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 Has anyone seen that video before?

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 That video is trending now on social media.

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 It's got more than 13 million views all around the world.

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 It's touched a real chord with a lot of people.

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 And I think in a society where we've said that the Bible's view of sin,

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 the Bible's view of morality doesn't count,

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 and it's primitive, it's restrictive, it's hypocritical.

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 And when you even look in the passage like today,

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 and you see so much violence and sexism and just terrible, terrible things,

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 it seems justified for the culture to say,

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 well, we don't want to listen to the Bible's view of right and wrong.

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 And we define what right and wrong says ourselves according to our cultural values,

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 whether that's Eastern or whether that's Western.

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 And yet our culture, as the video shows, is actually dripping with shame.

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 It is filled, in Chinese culture we call it saving face.

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 And that's a technical way of saying applying makeup to cover up your shame.

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 And as I look in this passage,

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 to be honest, this is one of the,

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 I think this is the most grotesque passage in the whole Bible.

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 I really, I don't want to preach on this,

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 but actually, if you're new here today,

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 I'm sorry you came for this one.

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 Like, maybe you can go away to Starbucks and come back next week.

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 But we're, I mean, this is a disturbing, disturbing passage.

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 Let's just be real, let's just be honest.

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 It really is sick, I think, in many ways.

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 But the reason why we go through the Bible

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 is because these passages,

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 I don't think are irrelevant to our culture.

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 I think they are totally relevant.

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 And I think this passage has got something very powerful

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 that every one of us needs to hear in the 21st century.

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 We've been looking through this series in the book of Judges.

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 Judges is a dark book,

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 but it's a book where the basic premise

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 is that God has called his people to be a holy people,

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 to be living in his light,

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 reflecting him to the nations around.

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 And yet the people of God have turned away from him

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 and they have chosen to follow all the idols

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 of everybody else around them.

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 And as they have followed the idols,

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 then they have become more and more like the people around them.

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 And the phrase that you see at the beginning of the passage is,

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 in those days, there was no king in Israel.

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 Well, there was a king, which was God,

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 but they rejected him.

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 And you know, when you turn away from God,

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 when you put anything above God,

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 you don't turn to nothing.

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 You turn to the idols of those around you.

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 What everybody else worships,

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 that's what you turn to.

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 And that's what the Israelites turned to.

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 And the light that they were meant to be

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 had grown dimmer and dimmer

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 until it had just gone dark.

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 And we're going to look through this story.

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 And I know for some of you,

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 this is going to be,

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 this is a tough, tough story.

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 But we're going to look through at it.

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 And then I want to just bring out three things.

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 I want to talk about how other people's sin

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 dehumanizes us, devalues us.

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 How our sin dehumanizes us.

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 And our need for a savior,

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 for cleansing in this.

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 So let's, if you've got your bulletin in front of you,

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 let's just walk through this story

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 as well as we can.

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 Because the story starts with a Levite.

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 And Levites were the priests.

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 They were the religious people.

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 They were the pastors in the society.

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 And this pastor, this priest, this Levite,

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 he has a concubine,

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 which is basically a second wife.

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 But a wife who has little value.

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 A wife who is just there for sex,

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 having kids,

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 and maybe looking after

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 some of the extra household jobs

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 that need doing.

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 And we don't know where his first wife had got to,

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 but it's obvious that things are not going

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 pretty well with their relationship

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 because the concubine runs away.

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 And she runs back to her father.

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 And four months later,

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 the Levite comes.

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 And he comes back to the house.

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 Maybe he's missing the sex.

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 Maybe he's just finding,

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 oh, there's too much jobs around the house to do.

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 But four months later,

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 he comes back.

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 And he comes to the dad's home.

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 And he stays.

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 And the father of this concubine

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 does over-the-top hospitality.

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 And he stays three nights.

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 And then after three nights,

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 the Levite's thinking,

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 I've got to go.

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 But he said,

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 oh, just have another drink.

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 Just have some more food.

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 You know, it's a bit like

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 going to your relatives.

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 You know, and they're there like,

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 we've just cooked this for you.

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 You're trying to get out of the door.

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 But they still insist.

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 And he does this for another day.

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 He stays on.

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 And finally,

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 he puts his foot down

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 and says,

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 no, we've got to go.

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 We've got to go back.

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 So they started heading off.

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 And it's beginning to get dark.

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 And the servant says,

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 well, it's getting dark.

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 Why don't we go and stay

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 in the city over there?

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 That city is called Jabus.

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 It's a city which is filled

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 with Canaanites

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 who are the enemies of God.

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 And the Levite naturally says,

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 you've got to be joking.

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 It's a city of foreigners.

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 We're not going to stay in there.

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 It's a bit like

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 in the Second World War

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 if you're a Chinese guy

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 and you suggest to them,

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 okay,

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 why don't you go and stay

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 in that Japanese hostel?

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 You know,

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 it's not going to happen.

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 That's the feeling

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 that they would have.

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 And so they move on

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 to the Israelite town of Gibeah.

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 And they walk in

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 and they go in

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 and they sit down in the square.

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 And when you sit down in the square,

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 it's a sign

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 that you want somewhere to stay.

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 It's a bit like

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 going into a hotel lobby

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 and just waiting

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 at the check-in desk.

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 You know,

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 it's clear

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 that you want to stay.

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 But nobody

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 comes to serve you.

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 That would be weird

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 in our culture.

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 In their culture,

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 it was incredibly weird

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 because you see

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 how the Father

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 shows incredible hospitality.

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 Hospitality

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 was one of the ways

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 that you showed

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 your honor

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 in the society.

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 But this is a place

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 which seems to have

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 no honor

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 and is shaming

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 these people.

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 But just when

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 they're giving up hope,

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 the Levite,

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 then suddenly

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 this old guy,

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 an immigrant to the town

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 from their area,

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 comes along.

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 He's an old farmer,

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 comes down,

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 sees them,

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 takes pity on them,

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 says,

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 hey,

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 you can come back

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 to my place.

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 And then he says

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 this very chilling phrase.

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 He says,

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 only do not spend

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 the night

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 in the square.

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 You know,

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 don't stay

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 in the hotel lobby.

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 You know,

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 you can see

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 if it was a movie

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 that the music

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 would start playing

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 in the background.

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 But then the man

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 carries on as normally,

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 brings him back.

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 They have the equivalent

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 of a shower.

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 They're enjoying themselves.

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 There's food,

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 there's drink,

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 and then there's

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 this knock at the door.

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 And the knock

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 gets louder

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 and louder

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 and louder.

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 And they hear voices

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 shouting outside

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 saying,

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 bring out the guy

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 inside there,

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 we want to have

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 sex with him.

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 That's what the word

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 no means

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 in Hebrew.

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 And

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 the farmer

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 is shocked

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 because the social

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 norms of the day

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 told him

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 that if you have

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 a male guest

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 in your house,

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 it is your honor

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 to look after him.

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 You protect him

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 with your life

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 because

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 if he allowed

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 anything to happen

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 to him,

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 his reputation

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 was on the line.

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 The whole of his

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 family would be

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 shamed.

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 And so he goes out

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 to try and bargain

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 with these guys.

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 And they're crowding

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 up around him.

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 And he goes to them

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 and he says,

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 well,

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 just have my daughter,

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 have my concubine,

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 his concubine,

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 have anything

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 but save this man,

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 protect this man

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 because in that society,

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 the rape of a man

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 was more dishonorable

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 than the rape of a woman.

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 That's what society said.

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 And so

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 they don't seem

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 to listen to this.

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 They're insistent.

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 They're determined.

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 They're wild.

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 And so the Levite

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 who's inside

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 is hearing this.

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 He sees like

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 he is right,

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 they're heading

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 right for him.

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 So what does he do?

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 In terror,

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 he takes his concubine,

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 throws her out of the door,

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 brings the host

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 back inside,

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 slams the door

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 and breathes

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 a sigh of relief.

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 At least I'm safe.

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 What about the concubine?

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 You see,

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 that seems to satisfy

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 the men.

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 The concubine

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 has a night

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 of horrific torture.

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 I mean horrific.

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 When she gets back

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 in the morning,

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 she's half dead.

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 She's so broken,

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 so damaged

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 that she collapses

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 in front of the door.

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 She can't even

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 open the door.

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 Handle.

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 The narrator

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 switches back

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 to the Levite.

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 What's he been doing

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 all night?

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 Has he been fretting

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 about what's happening

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 to his concubine?

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 Has he been pacing

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 up and down,

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 regretting what he'd done?

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 Not at all.

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 You see,

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 it says,

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 when he rose up

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 in the morning

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 and opened the doors

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 of his house

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 to go on his way,

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 in other words,

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 he's had a good night's sleep.

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 He was about to carry on

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 just as normal,

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 as if nothing had happened.

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 Maybe I'll have

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 a bit of breakfast.

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 And then he opens

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 the door,

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 and what does he see?

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 He sees his concubine

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 there lying

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 in the way.

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 And like a dog,

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 he says,

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 get up.

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 Let's go on the way.

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 There's no sound.

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 So he picks her up,

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 presumably puts her

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 on a donkey

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 like a sack of potatoes,

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 takes her back

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 to his hometown.

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 We don't yet know

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 whether she's dead or not.

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 The author deliberately

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 leaves it vague.

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 And he's angry.

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 He's brooding

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 on what has happened to him.

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 He's angry

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 because he's lost

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 maybe his chance

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 for sex here.

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 He's angry

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 because of the way

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 he's been treated

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 in this.

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 And so he hatches

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 a plan for revenge.

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 And he uses

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 a known shock tactic

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 of the time.

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 Because if you want

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 to gather people

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 together for a fight,

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 you shock them

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 into coming.

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 And what he does,

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 what people would normally do,

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 they take an animal

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 and they would cut them up

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 and they would send them around

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 and say,

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 look at what has happened.

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 You need to come here.

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 We need to deal with this.

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 King Saul does this

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 later on in 1 Samuel.

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 But this is not an animal.

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 This is his concubine

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 that he cuts up.

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 And the tactic works

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 because everybody

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 is shocked

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 out of their minds.

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 They cannot believe

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 that this is happening.

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 Never before,

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 they say,

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 such a thing

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 has never happened

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 or been seen

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 from the day

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 that the people of Israel

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 came up

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 out of the land of Egypt

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 until this day.

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 This is the Levites'

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 call for revenge.

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 How do you feel

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 about that story?

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 It's quite shocking,

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 isn't it?

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 It's quite sick.

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 And can you believe

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 that actually

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 the Bible,

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 which is supposed

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 to be God's word,

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 has a story

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 like this in it?

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 I don't know

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 if you've ever watched

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 one of those movies

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 where you,

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 you know,

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 you see the baddie

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 and you just want

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 the bad guy

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 to die.

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 Have you ever

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 got to that point?

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 You know,

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 it's,

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 I don't know,

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 Lord Voldemort

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 in Harry Potter

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 and you know,

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 when it gets to the end

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 and he's about to die

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 and you're going,

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 yes!

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 Because,

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 and maybe sometimes

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 that kind of shows you

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 a little bit

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 about yourself,

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 but,

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 but we get angry

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 when we see evil

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 and abuse

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 and this story

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 is written

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 to make you angry.

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 It's written

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 to leave you disgusted

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 with the level

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 of depravity

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 of how sin

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 can lead you into.

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 That's the purpose.

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 They don't have 3D

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 but he uses

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 this shocking image.

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 It's meant

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 to leave you

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 crying out,

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 seeing how low

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 Israel has gone

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 and how much

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 they need a saviour.

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 That's the point

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 of this story.

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 And it's interesting

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 because the incident

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 mirrors exactly

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 what happens

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 in the book of Genesis

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 in the town of Sodom.

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 Sodom was a pagan city

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 and there again

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 they had almost

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 exactly the same incident

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 where a group of men

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 want to rape

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 a couple of

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 male angelic visitors.

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 And the story,

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 the narrator uses

00:13:04.759 --> 00:13:05.680
 exactly the same

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 number of words.

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 It's deliberate

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 because what he's saying is

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 Sodom,

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 which was a pagan city,

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 was exactly like

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 or rather

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 Israel,

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 which is meant

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 to be the people

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 of God,

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 is exactly like

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 the Canaanites.

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 Exactly the same.

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 Canaan

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 has become

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 into the hearts

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 of Israel.

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 They've rejected God,

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 they've put other

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 things above him

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 and now they look

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 like everybody else.

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 you know,

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 because the Canaanites,

00:13:37.879 --> 00:13:38.560
 their lust

00:13:38.560 --> 00:13:39.920
 reflected the gods

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 that they worship.

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 They worship gods

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 of violence and sex.

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 And the gods

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 that you worship

00:13:46.879 --> 00:13:47.720
 will be reflected.

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 You become like

00:13:48.640 --> 00:13:49.379
 what you worship.

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 You image

00:13:50.940 --> 00:13:51.780
 what you worship.

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 Someone put it

00:13:53.160 --> 00:13:53.660
 like this,

00:13:54.400 --> 00:13:55.340
 God's people

00:13:55.340 --> 00:13:56.680
 are their own

00:13:56.680 --> 00:13:57.400
 worst enemies.

00:13:58.020 --> 00:13:59.160
 It's not the enemies

00:13:59.160 --> 00:14:00.460
 outside who threaten

00:14:00.460 --> 00:14:01.060
 the soul,

00:14:01.400 --> 00:14:02.660
 but the Canaanite

00:14:02.660 --> 00:14:03.100
 within.

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 You become like

00:14:04.560 --> 00:14:05.279
 what you worship.

00:14:08.019 --> 00:14:09.060
 So what do we learn?

00:14:09.180 --> 00:14:09.840
 What do we learn

00:14:09.840 --> 00:14:10.680
 from this story?

00:14:11.779 --> 00:14:12.700
 Here's our three things

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 that we're going to learn.

00:14:13.320 --> 00:14:13.879
 First of all,

00:14:14.200 --> 00:14:15.320
 other people's

00:14:15.320 --> 00:14:16.740
 idolatry and sin

00:14:16.740 --> 00:14:19.519
 dehumanizes us.

00:14:20.659 --> 00:14:21.139
 And I realize

00:14:21.139 --> 00:14:21.720
 this is going to be

00:14:21.720 --> 00:14:22.840
 difficult for some of us.

00:14:24.620 --> 00:14:25.519
 We've had a spate

00:14:25.519 --> 00:14:26.379
 of babies born

00:14:26.379 --> 00:14:27.899
 in our congregation.

00:14:28.540 --> 00:14:29.019
 And you know

00:14:29.019 --> 00:14:29.740
 when you see

00:14:29.740 --> 00:14:31.580
 a mother

00:14:31.580 --> 00:14:32.300
 or a father

00:14:32.300 --> 00:14:33.040
 doting over

00:14:33.040 --> 00:14:33.740
 their child

00:14:33.740 --> 00:14:34.639
 and everyone else

00:14:34.639 --> 00:14:35.240
 comes and says

00:14:35.240 --> 00:14:36.400
 oh, who do they look like?

00:14:36.440 --> 00:14:36.860
 Do they look like

00:14:36.860 --> 00:14:37.340
 the father?

00:14:38.000 --> 00:14:38.160
 Okay.

00:14:38.520 --> 00:14:39.220
 Is it, oh,

00:14:39.240 --> 00:14:40.320
 he's got the father's eyes,

00:14:40.420 --> 00:14:41.480
 he's got the mother's nose,

00:14:41.620 --> 00:14:42.540
 got the grandfather's

00:14:42.540 --> 00:14:43.220
 nasal hair,

00:14:43.480 --> 00:14:44.360
 something like that.

00:14:44.520 --> 00:14:46.020
 And they look at it

00:14:46.020 --> 00:14:48.700
 and your appearance

00:14:48.700 --> 00:14:49.520
 is directly,

00:14:50.000 --> 00:14:50.920
 and this is very

00:14:50.920 --> 00:14:52.180
 unfortunate for some of us,

00:14:52.660 --> 00:14:54.160
 shaped by your parents.

00:14:55.600 --> 00:14:55.900
 Right?

00:14:55.899 --> 00:14:59.919
 Now, if you are born

00:14:59.919 --> 00:15:01.059
 in the royal family,

00:15:02.899 --> 00:15:04.860
 you're Kate Middleton's

00:15:04.860 --> 00:15:06.240
 whatever son,

00:15:06.679 --> 00:15:07.439
 I've lost track

00:15:07.439 --> 00:15:07.899
 of the gossip,

00:15:08.539 --> 00:15:10.059
 or Prince William

00:15:10.059 --> 00:15:10.919
 or Prince Harry,

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 you have an identity

00:15:12.600 --> 00:15:13.620
 which is shaped

00:15:13.620 --> 00:15:14.659
 by your heritage.

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 You're valuable.

00:15:18.659 --> 00:15:19.620
 Now, what the Bible

00:15:19.620 --> 00:15:20.639
 says about us,

00:15:20.799 --> 00:15:22.039
 what God says is,

00:15:22.740 --> 00:15:24.159
 unlike normal parents,

00:15:24.159 --> 00:15:26.100
 we have been created

00:15:26.100 --> 00:15:27.100
 by our father

00:15:27.100 --> 00:15:27.839
 who's the king

00:15:27.839 --> 00:15:28.559
 of the universe

00:15:28.559 --> 00:15:31.659
 in his image.

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 What that means is

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 we have dignity,

00:15:35.079 --> 00:15:36.459
 value, and worth

00:15:36.459 --> 00:15:37.620
 because you are

00:15:37.620 --> 00:15:39.240
 uniquely stamped

00:15:39.240 --> 00:15:40.219
 with the fingerprints

00:15:40.219 --> 00:15:41.079
 of a loving,

00:15:41.339 --> 00:15:42.959
 beautiful, glorious God.

00:15:45.980 --> 00:15:47.439
 You are beautiful,

00:15:48.039 --> 00:15:50.279
 what the video said,

00:15:50.339 --> 00:15:51.079
 you're beautiful

00:15:51.079 --> 00:15:53.659
 because you are made

00:15:53.659 --> 00:15:54.339
 in the image

00:15:54.339 --> 00:15:55.360
 of a beautiful God.

00:15:57.019 --> 00:15:57.439
 You see,

00:15:57.519 --> 00:15:58.519
 you have got serious

00:15:58.519 --> 00:15:59.579
 street value.

00:16:00.120 --> 00:16:01.879
 Jack Ma can't afford you.

00:16:02.039 --> 00:16:03.000
 Li Ka Shing

00:16:03.000 --> 00:16:04.879
 can't buy shares in you.

00:16:05.799 --> 00:16:07.339
 Tao Bao cannot sell you.

00:16:07.600 --> 00:16:09.339
 Christie's cannot auction you.

00:16:10.219 --> 00:16:11.100
 The stock market

00:16:11.100 --> 00:16:12.279
 cannot trade you

00:16:12.279 --> 00:16:13.899
 because you're priceless,

00:16:14.679 --> 00:16:15.719
 because you're made

00:16:15.719 --> 00:16:16.679
 in the image

00:16:16.679 --> 00:16:18.539
 of a glorious God.

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 God.

00:16:19.219 --> 00:16:20.399
 That's what the Bible

00:16:20.399 --> 00:16:20.939
 says.

00:16:22.860 --> 00:16:24.079
 That's where your value

00:16:24.079 --> 00:16:24.740
 comes from.

00:16:25.519 --> 00:16:26.919
 So why do we feel angry

00:16:26.919 --> 00:16:27.839
 when we see people

00:16:27.839 --> 00:16:29.659
 abused and mistreated?

00:16:30.319 --> 00:16:31.719
 It's because you know

00:16:31.719 --> 00:16:32.919
 that beneath the surface

00:16:32.919 --> 00:16:33.919
 there is something

00:16:33.919 --> 00:16:35.099
 of intricate,

00:16:35.579 --> 00:16:36.779
 infinite worth

00:16:36.779 --> 00:16:37.500
 and value

00:16:37.500 --> 00:16:38.339
 about people.

00:16:39.000 --> 00:16:40.679
 It's because you're made

00:16:40.679 --> 00:16:41.939
 in the image

00:16:41.939 --> 00:16:43.399
 of a glorious God.

00:16:43.679 --> 00:16:45.039
 That's where your value

00:16:45.039 --> 00:16:45.719
 comes from.

00:16:45.720 --> 00:16:48.200
 But in this society,

00:16:48.759 --> 00:16:50.060
 in this passage,

00:16:50.320 --> 00:16:51.139
 the Canaanites

00:16:51.139 --> 00:16:52.500
 and therefore the Israelites

00:16:52.500 --> 00:16:53.399
 had replaced

00:16:53.399 --> 00:16:54.879
 the image of God

00:16:54.879 --> 00:16:56.120
 for other images.

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 And I think our society

00:16:58.840 --> 00:17:00.160
 does exactly the same.

00:17:00.259 --> 00:17:01.600
 And if you kick God

00:17:01.600 --> 00:17:02.720
 out of the picture,

00:17:03.180 --> 00:17:04.160
 then where does your worth

00:17:04.160 --> 00:17:05.200
 and value come from?

00:17:06.140 --> 00:17:06.900
 Think about it.

00:17:06.980 --> 00:17:07.759
 If you're just

00:17:07.759 --> 00:17:08.940
 a bunch of chemicals,

00:17:08.940 --> 00:17:10.319
 the result of millions

00:17:10.319 --> 00:17:11.740
 of years of evolution,

00:17:12.620 --> 00:17:14.539
 then you have no other

00:17:14.539 --> 00:17:15.819
 intrinsic worth

00:17:15.819 --> 00:17:16.759
 other than what other

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 people say about you

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 or what you say

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 about yourself.

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 And if culture

00:17:22.720 --> 00:17:25.200
 and culture's idols

00:17:25.200 --> 00:17:27.019
 say this is what

00:17:27.019 --> 00:17:27.960
 is valuable

00:17:27.960 --> 00:17:29.440
 and you don't meet

00:17:29.440 --> 00:17:30.019
 the standard

00:17:30.019 --> 00:17:31.019
 of what is valuable,

00:17:31.180 --> 00:17:31.859
 then you're treated

00:17:31.859 --> 00:17:32.500
 as worthless.

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 And you live in shame

00:17:36.720 --> 00:17:39.940
 like many of those people

00:17:39.940 --> 00:17:40.480
 in the video.

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 But if you do meet

00:17:43.360 --> 00:17:43.900
 the standard

00:17:43.900 --> 00:17:44.839
 of beauty

00:17:44.839 --> 00:17:46.000
 or whatever it is,

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 then you'll look down

00:17:47.480 --> 00:17:48.140
 on other people

00:17:48.140 --> 00:17:48.779
 who don't meet

00:17:48.779 --> 00:17:49.420
 that standard.

00:17:50.940 --> 00:17:51.339
 Because,

00:17:51.440 --> 00:17:51.839
 did you see

00:17:51.839 --> 00:17:52.640
 at the end of the video,

00:17:52.759 --> 00:17:53.400
 do you see it says,

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 she said,

00:17:54.059 --> 00:17:54.880
 don't let anyone

00:17:54.880 --> 00:17:55.380
 tell you,

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 you're beautiful,

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 don't let anyone

00:17:56.579 --> 00:17:57.440
 tell you differently,

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 not even yourself.

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 Did you read that?

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 Because those

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 are the two criteria

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 that our society

00:18:03.160 --> 00:18:04.220
 judges people by.

00:18:05.220 --> 00:18:06.019
 It's yourself

00:18:06.019 --> 00:18:06.740
 and what other people

00:18:06.740 --> 00:18:07.539
 say about you.

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 And she is appealing

00:18:09.639 --> 00:18:10.659
 for something more

00:18:10.659 --> 00:18:11.000
 than that,

00:18:11.079 --> 00:18:11.920
 but she doesn't tell

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 you where it is.

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 The Bible does.

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 And in this story,

00:18:17.420 --> 00:18:18.159
 this is precisely

00:18:18.159 --> 00:18:18.960
 what is going on.

00:18:19.019 --> 00:18:19.639
 The concubine

00:18:19.639 --> 00:18:20.480
 is being judged

00:18:20.480 --> 00:18:21.220
 by the standards

00:18:21.220 --> 00:18:21.779
 of the day

00:18:21.779 --> 00:18:22.599
 which said women

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 are inferior,

00:18:24.579 --> 00:18:25.379
 they aren't worth

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 as much,

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 they're just sex objects,

00:18:27.859 --> 00:18:28.200
 they're there

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 to provide men

00:18:29.940 --> 00:18:30.639
 what they want,

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 they're worth

00:18:31.379 --> 00:18:32.220
 very little.

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 That's why the host

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 is willing to sacrifice

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 his daughter.

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 And the concubine,

00:18:39.559 --> 00:18:40.500
 they are shamed

00:18:40.500 --> 00:18:42.000
 and dehumanized

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 because they have

00:18:43.279 --> 00:18:45.079
 removed that sense

00:18:45.079 --> 00:18:46.059
 of the image of God.

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 And we think

00:18:47.940 --> 00:18:48.519
 in our kind of

00:18:48.519 --> 00:18:49.519
 very enlightened

00:18:49.519 --> 00:18:50.859
 21st century minds,

00:18:51.019 --> 00:18:52.920
 how barbaric is that?

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 We are so much better,

00:18:54.819 --> 00:18:55.680
 we've overturned

00:18:55.680 --> 00:18:56.759
 so many prejudices,

00:18:57.039 --> 00:18:57.879
 aren't we great?

00:18:57.980 --> 00:18:58.579
 But think about

00:18:58.579 --> 00:19:00.240
 the idols in our society.

00:19:01.019 --> 00:19:02.259
 How are we valued?

00:19:02.980 --> 00:19:03.839
 How are we

00:19:03.839 --> 00:19:05.720
 and who do we devalue?

00:19:05.720 --> 00:19:05.819
 How are we?

00:19:07.360 --> 00:19:08.640
 The video shows you

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 one of the big idols.

00:19:10.779 --> 00:19:12.079
 Physical appearance

00:19:12.079 --> 00:19:14.180
 is such a massive idol

00:19:14.180 --> 00:19:14.660
 in our culture.

00:19:14.720 --> 00:19:16.220
 You look at every advert around.

00:19:16.779 --> 00:19:16.960
 You know,

00:19:17.180 --> 00:19:18.059
 I watch

00:19:18.059 --> 00:19:19.000
 rational,

00:19:19.180 --> 00:19:19.680
 sensible

00:19:19.680 --> 00:19:20.680
 men

00:19:20.680 --> 00:19:22.000
 and women

00:19:22.000 --> 00:19:23.900
 who are terrified

00:19:23.900 --> 00:19:25.279
 to leave their flat

00:19:25.279 --> 00:19:26.240
 because a pimple

00:19:26.240 --> 00:19:27.380
 comes on their face.

00:19:27.380 --> 00:19:30.060
 I see parents

00:19:30.060 --> 00:19:31.560
 telling their grown-up children

00:19:31.560 --> 00:19:33.000
 who have just about

00:19:33.000 --> 00:19:33.880
 got enough flesh

00:19:33.880 --> 00:19:35.120
 to hold their bones together

00:19:35.120 --> 00:19:36.160
 that they're fat.

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 And that defines you.

00:19:39.840 --> 00:19:41.000
 I see grown men

00:19:41.000 --> 00:19:41.780
 at the gym

00:19:41.780 --> 00:19:43.080
 spending more time

00:19:43.080 --> 00:19:43.820
 looking in the mirror

00:19:43.820 --> 00:19:44.520
 just to see

00:19:44.520 --> 00:19:45.860
 whether the bicep grows

00:19:45.860 --> 00:19:46.780
 as you look at it.

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 And I do it myself,

00:19:50.380 --> 00:19:51.080
 although I have to look

00:19:51.080 --> 00:19:52.260
 a little longer

00:19:52.260 --> 00:19:52.900
 because I've got to

00:19:52.900 --> 00:19:53.720
 find the muscles.

00:19:53.720 --> 00:19:56.140
 But,

00:19:57.019 --> 00:19:57.519
 you know,

00:19:57.600 --> 00:19:58.839
 you look at a group photo

00:19:58.839 --> 00:20:02.279
 and what is your first thing

00:20:02.279 --> 00:20:03.140
 you've got to look for?

00:20:03.319 --> 00:20:04.259
 You look for yourself.

00:20:04.339 --> 00:20:05.279
 What's the first thing you think?

00:20:05.420 --> 00:20:06.660
 Do I look okay?

00:20:07.880 --> 00:20:08.180
 Right?

00:20:08.339 --> 00:20:09.019
 If you do,

00:20:09.100 --> 00:20:09.960
 if you're looking a little cute,

00:20:10.079 --> 00:20:10.440
 sexy,

00:20:10.720 --> 00:20:10.940
 you know,

00:20:11.019 --> 00:20:11.360
 wow,

00:20:11.559 --> 00:20:12.700
 you feel worth something.

00:20:12.759 --> 00:20:13.539
 You feel valuable.

00:20:14.259 --> 00:20:15.500
 But if you just got

00:20:15.500 --> 00:20:16.519
 the wrong side of you,

00:20:16.579 --> 00:20:16.839
 you know,

00:20:16.900 --> 00:20:17.819
 you look a little fatter,

00:20:17.819 --> 00:20:19.519
 your nose is a little longer,

00:20:19.839 --> 00:20:20.920
 are you going to show that

00:20:20.920 --> 00:20:21.600
 to all your friends

00:20:21.600 --> 00:20:21.880
 and say,

00:20:22.039 --> 00:20:23.240
 here's my latest photo?

00:20:24.700 --> 00:20:25.100
 No,

00:20:25.200 --> 00:20:26.460
 because if we don't meet up

00:20:26.460 --> 00:20:27.720
 to the standard we set ourselves

00:20:27.720 --> 00:20:28.779
 and society sets us,

00:20:28.819 --> 00:20:31.000
 then we feel inadequate,

00:20:32.100 --> 00:20:32.640
 shamed,

00:20:33.480 --> 00:20:33.839
 worthless.

00:20:36.039 --> 00:20:37.279
 We don't want to come out.

00:20:38.279 --> 00:20:39.819
 That's the idol of appearance

00:20:39.819 --> 00:20:41.600
 because our worth is assessed

00:20:41.600 --> 00:20:42.819
 in how you look.

00:20:43.860 --> 00:20:44.779
 One pimple

00:20:44.779 --> 00:20:46.400
 and you're gone.

00:20:48.059 --> 00:20:48.880
 We're shamed.

00:20:49.759 --> 00:20:50.500
 But it's not just

00:20:50.500 --> 00:20:51.660
 physical appearance.

00:20:51.660 --> 00:20:52.940
 We also have the idol

00:20:52.940 --> 00:20:55.120
 of social appearance.

00:20:56.160 --> 00:20:56.640
 Chinese culture

00:20:56.640 --> 00:20:57.560
 calls it face.

00:20:59.140 --> 00:21:01.160
 But I was sitting

00:21:01.160 --> 00:21:01.759
 in a restaurant

00:21:01.759 --> 00:21:03.080
 a while back

00:21:03.080 --> 00:21:04.500
 and there was a boy

00:21:04.500 --> 00:21:05.060
 and his mother

00:21:05.060 --> 00:21:07.140
 sitting there

00:21:07.140 --> 00:21:08.279
 and the boy reached over

00:21:08.279 --> 00:21:09.480
 to try and grab the menu

00:21:09.480 --> 00:21:11.220
 and as he did,

00:21:11.279 --> 00:21:11.880
 he grabbed the menu,

00:21:11.980 --> 00:21:12.820
 he knocked a cup

00:21:12.820 --> 00:21:14.120
 off the table

00:21:14.120 --> 00:21:14.880
 and it went flying,

00:21:15.000 --> 00:21:15.900
 smashing on the ground.

00:21:15.900 --> 00:21:18.340
 For the next two minutes,

00:21:19.140 --> 00:21:20.960
 his mother

00:21:20.960 --> 00:21:22.780
 laid into him

00:21:22.780 --> 00:21:24.120
 and said,

00:21:24.519 --> 00:21:26.080
 you're useless.

00:21:27.120 --> 00:21:28.640
 Can't you do anything right?

00:21:28.640 --> 00:21:32.460
 Why can't you do

00:21:32.460 --> 00:21:33.980
 what I tell you to do?

00:21:34.759 --> 00:21:35.560
 She said,

00:21:36.560 --> 00:21:39.620
 you're so stupid.

00:21:44.020 --> 00:21:45.540
 Aren't you worth anything?

00:21:46.940 --> 00:21:48.360
 And the boy protested

00:21:48.360 --> 00:21:49.340
 that it was an accident

00:21:49.340 --> 00:21:50.160
 that he'd done

00:21:50.160 --> 00:21:50.680
 but his mother

00:21:50.680 --> 00:21:51.540
 continued

00:21:51.540 --> 00:21:52.580
 criticizing,

00:21:52.860 --> 00:21:53.620
 cutting him down

00:21:53.620 --> 00:21:54.160
 until the boy

00:21:54.160 --> 00:21:54.759
 went quiet.

00:21:54.759 --> 00:21:58.319
 That mother

00:21:58.319 --> 00:22:00.500
 had dehumanized

00:22:00.500 --> 00:22:01.099
 her son.

00:22:03.160 --> 00:22:04.220
 Someone made

00:22:04.220 --> 00:22:05.440
 in the image of God

00:22:05.440 --> 00:22:06.400
 and had said,

00:22:06.879 --> 00:22:07.599
 your value

00:22:07.599 --> 00:22:08.279
 is found

00:22:08.279 --> 00:22:09.460
 in your good behavior.

00:22:09.859 --> 00:22:10.500
 Your value

00:22:10.500 --> 00:22:10.960
 is found

00:22:10.960 --> 00:22:12.140
 in getting things right.

00:22:12.519 --> 00:22:13.299
 Your value

00:22:13.299 --> 00:22:14.140
 is found

00:22:14.140 --> 00:22:14.799
 in making me

00:22:14.799 --> 00:22:16.099
 look like a good mother.

00:22:18.700 --> 00:22:19.579
 Because that's

00:22:19.579 --> 00:22:20.059
 the idol

00:22:20.059 --> 00:22:21.299
 of social appearance.

00:22:22.539 --> 00:22:23.640
 And many of us

00:22:23.640 --> 00:22:25.060
 carry around

00:22:25.060 --> 00:22:26.280
 the shame

00:22:26.280 --> 00:22:26.780
 of being

00:22:26.780 --> 00:22:28.280
 dehumanized,

00:22:28.940 --> 00:22:30.000
 devalued

00:22:30.000 --> 00:22:31.259
 by the comments

00:22:31.259 --> 00:22:32.000
 of others,

00:22:32.340 --> 00:22:33.220
 by the abuse,

00:22:33.380 --> 00:22:34.020
 whether physical,

00:22:34.220 --> 00:22:34.880
 whether verbal,

00:22:35.259 --> 00:22:35.940
 whether sexual,

00:22:36.320 --> 00:22:37.720
 whether any of these things.

00:22:37.860 --> 00:22:39.140
 And it makes us feel

00:22:39.140 --> 00:22:40.220
 like nothing.

00:22:42.880 --> 00:22:44.520
 Because we are shamed

00:22:44.520 --> 00:22:45.680
 by other people.

00:22:46.520 --> 00:22:47.040
 Ignored,

00:22:47.259 --> 00:22:47.620
 criticized,

00:22:47.980 --> 00:22:48.360
 judged.

00:22:49.100 --> 00:22:49.720
 And the problem

00:22:49.720 --> 00:22:50.140
 with this

00:22:50.140 --> 00:22:50.520
 is that

00:22:50.520 --> 00:22:51.560
 that's why

00:22:51.560 --> 00:22:52.620
 we're workaholics.

00:22:52.619 --> 00:22:53.579
 that's why

00:22:53.579 --> 00:22:54.579
 we're perfectionists.

00:22:54.699 --> 00:22:56.000
 Because all of our work,

00:22:56.099 --> 00:22:56.739
 all of our sense

00:22:56.739 --> 00:22:57.679
 of trying to achieve

00:22:57.679 --> 00:22:58.779
 and get success,

00:22:58.959 --> 00:22:59.959
 so much of that

00:22:59.959 --> 00:23:01.099
 is just plastering

00:23:01.099 --> 00:23:02.500
 makeup on us,

00:23:02.639 --> 00:23:03.439
 on our souls,

00:23:03.479 --> 00:23:04.219
 because we're trying

00:23:04.219 --> 00:23:05.159
 to cover the sense

00:23:05.159 --> 00:23:06.039
 of inadequacy

00:23:06.039 --> 00:23:06.719
 we feel

00:23:06.719 --> 00:23:07.819
 in so many parts

00:23:07.819 --> 00:23:08.539
 of our lives.

00:23:09.559 --> 00:23:10.919
 Because if I get success

00:23:10.919 --> 00:23:11.199
 in that,

00:23:11.259 --> 00:23:11.899
 then maybe people

00:23:11.899 --> 00:23:12.459
 won't see

00:23:12.459 --> 00:23:13.479
 what really is going

00:23:13.479 --> 00:23:14.159
 on inside.

00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:19.299
 Because how you appear

00:23:19.299 --> 00:23:20.339
 in our culture

00:23:20.339 --> 00:23:22.059
 determines your value.

00:23:22.619 --> 00:23:23.519
 sin

00:23:23.519 --> 00:23:25.539
 and it leaves us

00:23:25.539 --> 00:23:27.839
 dehumanized,

00:23:28.139 --> 00:23:28.639
 shamed,

00:23:29.139 --> 00:23:30.079
 devalued.

00:23:33.719 --> 00:23:35.319
 But it's not just

00:23:35.319 --> 00:23:36.379
 other people

00:23:36.379 --> 00:23:38.279
 who put that shame

00:23:38.279 --> 00:23:39.119
 onto us

00:23:39.119 --> 00:23:39.919
 and we live with.

00:23:41.359 --> 00:23:43.099
 It's also our own sin

00:23:43.099 --> 00:23:44.219
 and this is the second point.

00:23:44.299 --> 00:23:45.219
 Our own sin

00:23:45.219 --> 00:23:46.839
 dehumanizes us.

00:23:47.559 --> 00:23:47.699
 You see,

00:23:47.759 --> 00:23:48.659
 you look at the Levite.

00:23:48.660 --> 00:23:51.740
 he's a religious man

00:23:51.740 --> 00:23:53.120
 supposed to be

00:23:53.120 --> 00:23:53.800
 looking after

00:23:53.800 --> 00:23:55.360
 caring for his wife.

00:23:56.480 --> 00:23:57.680
 But what he does,

00:23:57.759 --> 00:23:58.580
 he treats her

00:23:58.580 --> 00:23:59.380
 like an animal.

00:23:59.960 --> 00:24:01.340
 And as he treats her

00:24:01.340 --> 00:24:02.040
 in that way,

00:24:02.140 --> 00:24:03.060
 he becomes

00:24:03.060 --> 00:24:04.960
 like an animal.

00:24:05.500 --> 00:24:05.700
 You know,

00:24:05.759 --> 00:24:06.100
 that's what,

00:24:06.259 --> 00:24:07.279
 if it was in the newspapers,

00:24:07.420 --> 00:24:08.440
 he'd be called a monster,

00:24:08.820 --> 00:24:09.440
 a beast,

00:24:09.779 --> 00:24:10.300
 an animal.

00:24:10.560 --> 00:24:10.860
 Why?

00:24:10.859 --> 00:24:12.199
 Because in some way,

00:24:12.439 --> 00:24:13.419
 his humanity

00:24:13.419 --> 00:24:14.899
 has become disfigured

00:24:14.899 --> 00:24:15.799
 and distorted

00:24:15.799 --> 00:24:17.039
 from what it's meant to be.

00:24:21.119 --> 00:24:21.679
 And

00:24:21.679 --> 00:24:24.899
 what you see

00:24:24.899 --> 00:24:25.719
 in this story

00:24:25.719 --> 00:24:29.459
 is that

00:24:29.459 --> 00:24:30.939
 he's no longer

00:24:30.939 --> 00:24:32.859
 reflecting the image of God.

00:24:32.939 --> 00:24:33.240
 You know,

00:24:33.319 --> 00:24:34.279
 you know Lord of the Rings.

00:24:35.439 --> 00:24:36.279
 There's a character

00:24:36.279 --> 00:24:37.059
 called Gollum.

00:24:38.399 --> 00:24:39.559
 Gollum was once

00:24:39.559 --> 00:24:40.619
 a river hobbit

00:24:40.619 --> 00:24:42.519
 until one day

00:24:42.519 --> 00:24:43.599
 he saw

00:24:43.599 --> 00:24:44.159
 and found

00:24:44.159 --> 00:24:45.259
 a ring of power.

00:24:46.480 --> 00:24:47.899
 And as he got hold

00:24:47.899 --> 00:24:49.159
 of that ring of power,

00:24:49.460 --> 00:24:50.079
 his quest

00:24:50.079 --> 00:24:51.099
 to keep hold of it,

00:24:51.159 --> 00:24:51.919
 his precious,

00:24:53.000 --> 00:24:54.259
 began to twist

00:24:54.259 --> 00:24:55.599
 and began to warp

00:24:55.599 --> 00:24:57.519
 and began to distort him

00:24:57.519 --> 00:24:58.659
 until he became

00:24:58.659 --> 00:24:59.440
 this pale,

00:24:59.720 --> 00:25:00.099
 kind of

00:25:00.099 --> 00:25:01.299
 weedy figure.

00:25:02.440 --> 00:25:03.240
 You know the story.

00:25:04.980 --> 00:25:05.440
 And

00:25:05.440 --> 00:25:08.240
 he's barely recognizable

00:25:08.240 --> 00:25:09.339
 as a hobbit

00:25:09.339 --> 00:25:10.180
 in the end.

00:25:10.500 --> 00:25:10.620
 Yeah?

00:25:12.299 --> 00:25:13.740
 All he can think about

00:25:13.740 --> 00:25:14.599
 is his precious.

00:25:15.620 --> 00:25:16.740
 If he can get his precious,

00:25:17.160 --> 00:25:18.039
 that's everything.

00:25:18.140 --> 00:25:19.099
 But you look at him

00:25:19.099 --> 00:25:20.000
 and you have

00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:21.759
 pity upon him

00:25:21.759 --> 00:25:23.039
 because he's not

00:25:23.039 --> 00:25:23.759
 the hobbit

00:25:23.759 --> 00:25:24.819
 that he was meant to be.

00:25:26.519 --> 00:25:27.519
 That's what's happened

00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:28.440
 to the Levite.

00:25:28.920 --> 00:25:29.960
 He is no longer

00:25:29.960 --> 00:25:30.559
 that beautiful,

00:25:30.799 --> 00:25:31.059
 loving,

00:25:31.240 --> 00:25:31.980
 God-honoring

00:25:31.980 --> 00:25:33.019
 image of God.

00:25:33.019 --> 00:25:35.099
 And he cannot even

00:25:35.099 --> 00:25:36.420
 see his own

00:25:36.420 --> 00:25:37.039
 distortion

00:25:37.039 --> 00:25:38.059
 because he's angry

00:25:38.059 --> 00:25:39.500
 at everybody else's sin.

00:25:39.599 --> 00:25:40.639
 Can't even see his own.

00:25:42.379 --> 00:25:43.299
 Canaan has entered

00:25:43.299 --> 00:25:43.940
 his heart

00:25:43.940 --> 00:25:46.180
 and it's disfigured him.

00:25:49.299 --> 00:25:50.740
 And the point is this,

00:25:51.759 --> 00:25:52.240
 that

00:25:52.240 --> 00:25:54.559
 it's not just

00:25:54.559 --> 00:25:55.119
 other people

00:25:55.119 --> 00:25:56.220
 who devalue us.

00:25:56.779 --> 00:25:57.839
 It's our own

00:25:57.839 --> 00:25:58.480
 sinfulness

00:25:58.480 --> 00:25:59.900
 which devalues us.

00:25:59.900 --> 00:26:02.340
 And the thing is,

00:26:02.560 --> 00:26:03.080
 how do you,

00:26:03.220 --> 00:26:04.180
 and we feel shame

00:26:04.180 --> 00:26:04.759
 from these things,

00:26:04.840 --> 00:26:05.660
 but how do you actually

00:26:05.660 --> 00:26:07.060
 make yourself feel better

00:26:07.060 --> 00:26:08.140
 when you know

00:26:08.140 --> 00:26:09.019
 that you have sinned,

00:26:09.080 --> 00:26:09.560
 when you know

00:26:09.560 --> 00:26:10.240
 you've done these things?

00:26:10.300 --> 00:26:10.960
 How do you make yourself

00:26:10.960 --> 00:26:11.360
 feel better?

00:26:11.680 --> 00:26:11.880
 Well,

00:26:12.160 --> 00:26:13.860
 if you look down

00:26:13.860 --> 00:26:14.700
 on other people,

00:26:15.860 --> 00:26:17.019
 you can feel a little bit

00:26:17.019 --> 00:26:17.960
 better about yourself.

00:26:18.420 --> 00:26:18.680
 Right?

00:26:19.519 --> 00:26:20.660
 Because if you have

00:26:20.660 --> 00:26:21.220
 your standard

00:26:21.220 --> 00:26:21.820
 and you've met

00:26:21.820 --> 00:26:22.440
 your standard

00:26:22.440 --> 00:26:23.460
 and somebody else hasn't,

00:26:23.519 --> 00:26:24.080
 well at least

00:26:24.080 --> 00:26:24.880
 there's something

00:26:24.880 --> 00:26:26.000
 that I can be proud of.

00:26:27.920 --> 00:26:28.940
 And I just,

00:26:28.940 --> 00:26:30.340
 I feel this

00:26:30.340 --> 00:26:31.700
 and I'm going to be honest

00:26:31.700 --> 00:26:32.220
 with you,

00:26:32.380 --> 00:26:33.500
 I think this is,

00:26:33.620 --> 00:26:35.740
 this is so prevalent

00:26:35.740 --> 00:26:36.880
 in my heart

00:26:36.880 --> 00:26:38.059
 and in all of our hearts

00:26:38.059 --> 00:26:39.720
 that it actually keeps us

00:26:39.720 --> 00:26:40.759
 locked in

00:26:40.759 --> 00:26:41.940
 in this sense of shame.

00:26:42.900 --> 00:26:43.240
 You see,

00:26:43.340 --> 00:26:44.960
 I see a mainland mother

00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:46.200
 on the MTR

00:26:46.200 --> 00:26:47.340
 and her kids

00:26:47.340 --> 00:26:48.220
 are going crazy

00:26:48.220 --> 00:26:49.220
 and she's doing nothing

00:26:49.220 --> 00:26:50.059
 and what do I do

00:26:50.059 --> 00:26:50.779
 in my mind?

00:26:51.039 --> 00:26:51.600
 I say,

00:26:51.779 --> 00:26:53.320
 what kind of a mother are you?

00:26:53.519 --> 00:26:54.820
 Can't you have any discipline?

00:26:56.680 --> 00:26:58.279
 And I look down on her.

00:26:59.940 --> 00:27:00.960
 Someone made

00:27:00.960 --> 00:27:02.120
 in the image of God.

00:27:03.200 --> 00:27:04.120
 The other day,

00:27:04.279 --> 00:27:05.380
 a homeless guy

00:27:05.380 --> 00:27:06.380
 who I've said hi to

00:27:06.380 --> 00:27:06.940
 a few times

00:27:06.940 --> 00:27:07.700
 came up to me

00:27:07.700 --> 00:27:09.980
 and he said hi

00:27:09.980 --> 00:27:10.840
 and he came over

00:27:10.840 --> 00:27:12.160
 and shook my hand

00:27:12.160 --> 00:27:12.740
 like this

00:27:12.740 --> 00:27:14.360
 and as he came

00:27:14.360 --> 00:27:15.160
 and shook my hand,

00:27:15.340 --> 00:27:17.000
 I pulled my hand back

00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:20.680
 because I felt contaminated

00:27:20.680 --> 00:27:22.779
 as he did that.

00:27:22.779 --> 00:27:25.460
 I felt like

00:27:25.460 --> 00:27:27.500
 I didn't want to be touched

00:27:27.500 --> 00:27:27.980
 by this guy.

00:27:28.079 --> 00:27:29.220
 I'll be polite to him

00:27:29.220 --> 00:27:30.359
 but I didn't want

00:27:30.359 --> 00:27:31.500
 to be touched by him

00:27:31.500 --> 00:27:34.460
 but I went away

00:27:34.460 --> 00:27:36.639
 feeling ashamed of myself.

00:27:37.639 --> 00:27:38.980
 This man made

00:27:38.980 --> 00:27:40.359
 in the image of God

00:27:40.359 --> 00:27:42.460
 and I had treated him

00:27:42.460 --> 00:27:42.920
 like that.

00:27:44.160 --> 00:27:44.519
 You see,

00:27:44.660 --> 00:27:46.940
 that is the Levite in me.

00:27:47.440 --> 00:27:49.779
 That is Gollum in me.

00:27:49.779 --> 00:27:52.440
 That is the Canaanite in me

00:27:52.440 --> 00:27:54.579
 and I've stopped imaging

00:27:54.579 --> 00:27:56.200
 this glorious loving God

00:27:56.200 --> 00:27:56.980
 and I've become

00:27:56.980 --> 00:27:58.160
 by my own sin

00:27:58.160 --> 00:27:58.980
 disfigured

00:27:58.980 --> 00:28:00.980
 and it brings me shame.

00:28:00.980 --> 00:28:04.120
 I don't know how it works

00:28:04.120 --> 00:28:04.539
 for you.

00:28:05.620 --> 00:28:06.660
 How do you use your tongue?

00:28:07.880 --> 00:28:08.599
 Do you criticize

00:28:08.599 --> 00:28:09.299
 and point out

00:28:09.299 --> 00:28:10.120
 every mistake

00:28:10.120 --> 00:28:10.900
 that your spouse,

00:28:11.039 --> 00:28:11.620
 that your kids,

00:28:11.740 --> 00:28:12.860
 that your colleagues make?

00:28:13.180 --> 00:28:14.500
 Because every time

00:28:14.500 --> 00:28:15.880
 we do all of those things

00:28:15.880 --> 00:28:17.860
 we devalue people.

00:28:18.819 --> 00:28:19.640
 We value them

00:28:19.640 --> 00:28:20.500
 just based on

00:28:20.500 --> 00:28:21.319
 how good they are,

00:28:21.400 --> 00:28:22.779
 how well they can perform

00:28:22.779 --> 00:28:24.640
 and yet do we see people

00:28:24.640 --> 00:28:26.079
 made in the image

00:28:26.079 --> 00:28:27.200
 of a glorious God?

00:28:27.200 --> 00:28:32.880
 And we dehumanize ourselves

00:28:32.880 --> 00:28:33.660
 when we do that.

00:28:34.340 --> 00:28:34.559
 You know,

00:28:34.640 --> 00:28:36.039
 I could talk on and on

00:28:36.039 --> 00:28:36.799
 and we could talk about

00:28:36.799 --> 00:28:37.460
 how pornography,

00:28:38.059 --> 00:28:38.840
 we could talk about

00:28:38.840 --> 00:28:40.279
 how helpers are viewed,

00:28:40.420 --> 00:28:41.120
 we could talk about

00:28:41.120 --> 00:28:42.460
 your workplace

00:28:42.460 --> 00:28:44.160
 and how we are dehumanized

00:28:44.160 --> 00:28:44.840
 in the workplace,

00:28:44.920 --> 00:28:45.940
 we could do all of that.

00:28:47.120 --> 00:28:48.299
 But what this passage

00:28:48.299 --> 00:28:48.980
 is trying to do,

00:28:49.039 --> 00:28:49.960
 this is the heart of it,

00:28:50.160 --> 00:28:52.319
 it's trying to expose us

00:28:52.319 --> 00:28:54.460
 because we want to hide

00:28:54.460 --> 00:28:56.259
 and it's trying to bring us

00:28:56.259 --> 00:28:57.119
 out into the open

00:28:57.119 --> 00:28:57.420
 and say,

00:28:57.579 --> 00:28:58.240
 be real,

00:28:58.980 --> 00:29:00.339
 be real

00:29:00.339 --> 00:29:02.200
 and face your shame

00:29:02.200 --> 00:29:04.160
 and those things

00:29:04.160 --> 00:29:04.900
 inside of you.

00:29:05.700 --> 00:29:06.500
 Be real.

00:29:07.720 --> 00:29:08.980
 Some of you are offended

00:29:08.980 --> 00:29:11.759
 that I might even dare

00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:14.559
 to call us,

00:29:15.220 --> 00:29:15.920
 to call you

00:29:15.920 --> 00:29:17.140
 like one of the Levites.

00:29:18.440 --> 00:29:18.980
 But you know,

00:29:19.539 --> 00:29:20.000
 because you think,

00:29:20.099 --> 00:29:21.539
 I'm an okay person,

00:29:22.099 --> 00:29:22.420
 but now,

00:29:22.420 --> 00:29:24.840
 I am a nice,

00:29:25.019 --> 00:29:26.380
 middle-class Englishman.

00:29:27.080 --> 00:29:28.500
 I haven't raped anyone,

00:29:28.620 --> 00:29:29.580
 I haven't murdered anyone,

00:29:29.700 --> 00:29:30.960
 I haven't fiddled my taxes,

00:29:31.120 --> 00:29:32.539
 I haven't stolen paper clips

00:29:32.539 --> 00:29:33.320
 from the office,

00:29:33.740 --> 00:29:35.400
 I have a large amount

00:29:35.400 --> 00:29:36.259
 of watermark pens

00:29:36.259 --> 00:29:36.759
 at my home,

00:29:36.840 --> 00:29:38.440
 but that doesn't count.

00:29:41.840 --> 00:29:42.360
 But,

00:29:42.519 --> 00:29:45.420
 if you were to show

00:29:45.420 --> 00:29:46.640
 a video of my life,

00:29:46.920 --> 00:29:47.700
 every thought,

00:29:48.019 --> 00:29:48.779
 every word,

00:29:48.779 --> 00:29:49.819
 every action.

00:29:51.480 --> 00:29:51.839
 And,

00:29:52.059 --> 00:29:53.180
 that videotape,

00:29:53.279 --> 00:29:54.019
 somebody took

00:29:54.019 --> 00:29:54.339
 and said,

00:29:54.399 --> 00:29:55.019
 they're going to play it

00:29:55.019 --> 00:29:55.819
 in Times Square

00:29:55.819 --> 00:29:57.079
 in Causeway Bay tonight.

00:29:58.399 --> 00:29:59.399
 And they're going to invite

00:29:59.399 --> 00:30:00.660
 all my friends and family.

00:30:03.379 --> 00:30:04.359
 Do you know what?

00:30:04.899 --> 00:30:06.119
 I think I'd want to get

00:30:06.119 --> 00:30:07.000
 that tape back.

00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:09.139
 Do you know what?

00:30:09.440 --> 00:30:09.700
 Because,

00:30:10.019 --> 00:30:11.639
 could you stand

00:30:11.639 --> 00:30:12.899
 with the tape of your life

00:30:12.899 --> 00:30:13.879
 in front of people

00:30:13.880 --> 00:30:15.520
 and have nobody

00:30:15.520 --> 00:30:17.580
 getting angry at you

00:30:17.580 --> 00:30:18.600
 for the way that you

00:30:18.600 --> 00:30:20.060
 have behaved towards others?

00:30:22.640 --> 00:30:23.680
 Because I couldn't.

00:30:24.560 --> 00:30:26.140
 That is my shame.

00:30:26.700 --> 00:30:27.440
 That is where

00:30:27.440 --> 00:30:28.640
 I have been disfigured.

00:30:30.120 --> 00:30:30.740
 And I would want to

00:30:30.740 --> 00:30:31.380
 fast forward

00:30:31.380 --> 00:30:32.880
 large parts of that video.

00:30:35.460 --> 00:30:36.380
 This is heavy,

00:30:36.380 --> 00:30:37.400
 heavy stuff.

00:30:37.680 --> 00:30:38.620
 It's not kind of

00:30:38.620 --> 00:30:39.480
 nice, light,

00:30:39.580 --> 00:30:39.840
 fluffy,

00:30:40.200 --> 00:30:40.580
 fluffy

00:30:40.580 --> 00:30:42.620
 Bible.

00:30:43.880 --> 00:30:46.400
 But just as

00:30:46.400 --> 00:30:47.700
 the financial crisis

00:30:47.700 --> 00:30:48.840
 exposed

00:30:48.840 --> 00:30:49.760
 greed

00:30:49.760 --> 00:30:51.480
 and the hideous

00:30:51.480 --> 00:30:52.480
 nature of greed

00:30:52.480 --> 00:30:53.400
 in our society

00:30:53.400 --> 00:30:54.300
 which we had said

00:30:54.300 --> 00:30:54.960
 was okay,

00:30:55.640 --> 00:30:56.580
 so God wants

00:30:56.580 --> 00:30:57.660
 to use this passage

00:30:57.660 --> 00:30:58.580
 to expose

00:30:58.580 --> 00:30:59.880
 the shame

00:30:59.880 --> 00:31:00.640
 that is caused

00:31:00.640 --> 00:31:01.340
 by others

00:31:01.340 --> 00:31:02.060
 and is caused

00:31:02.060 --> 00:31:02.800
 by ourselves.

00:31:03.080 --> 00:31:03.920
 That disfigurement,

00:31:03.980 --> 00:31:05.200
 He wants to expose it

00:31:05.200 --> 00:31:06.340
 into the light

00:31:06.340 --> 00:31:07.080
 because He wants

00:31:07.080 --> 00:31:07.900
 to deal with it.

00:31:08.420 --> 00:31:10.040
 He wants to restore us

00:31:10.040 --> 00:31:11.080
 back to the image

00:31:11.080 --> 00:31:11.940
 that He made us.

00:31:11.940 --> 00:31:14.680
 someone once said

00:31:14.680 --> 00:31:15.920
 you can't deal,

00:31:16.080 --> 00:31:16.920
 the only issues

00:31:16.920 --> 00:31:17.640
 you can't deal

00:31:17.640 --> 00:31:18.420
 with in your life

00:31:18.420 --> 00:31:18.820
 are the ones

00:31:18.820 --> 00:31:19.360
 you deny.

00:31:20.700 --> 00:31:21.660
 The only issues

00:31:21.660 --> 00:31:22.400
 you can't deal

00:31:22.400 --> 00:31:23.100
 with in your life

00:31:23.100 --> 00:31:23.519
 are the ones

00:31:23.519 --> 00:31:24.039
 you deny.

00:31:25.340 --> 00:31:26.559
 Because we all,

00:31:26.980 --> 00:31:27.779
 if we are honest,

00:31:28.019 --> 00:31:29.259
 every single one

00:31:29.259 --> 00:31:29.720
 of us

00:31:29.720 --> 00:31:30.580
 in this room

00:31:30.580 --> 00:31:31.660
 has skeletons

00:31:31.660 --> 00:31:32.420
 in our closet.

00:31:33.400 --> 00:31:33.860
 And do you know

00:31:33.860 --> 00:31:34.420
 what we do?

00:31:34.580 --> 00:31:35.720
 We try and hide

00:31:35.720 --> 00:31:36.340
 the skeletons

00:31:36.340 --> 00:31:37.380
 and keep in front

00:31:37.380 --> 00:31:37.779
 of the door

00:31:37.779 --> 00:31:38.779
 so nobody else

00:31:38.779 --> 00:31:39.380
 will see that

00:31:39.380 --> 00:31:40.039
 there is a skeleton

00:31:40.039 --> 00:31:40.639
 in the door,

00:31:40.819 --> 00:31:41.379
 in the closet.

00:31:42.099 --> 00:31:43.519
 The problem with that

00:31:43.519 --> 00:31:44.519
 is the longer

00:31:44.519 --> 00:31:45.619
 you try and cover it up

00:31:45.619 --> 00:31:46.500
 there is always

00:31:46.500 --> 00:31:46.859
 going to be

00:31:46.859 --> 00:31:47.259
 a skeleton

00:31:47.259 --> 00:31:47.920
 in the closet.

00:31:49.579 --> 00:31:50.480
 It is only

00:31:50.480 --> 00:31:51.279
 as you begin

00:31:51.279 --> 00:31:52.279
 to open the closet

00:31:52.279 --> 00:31:53.299
 and allow the skeleton

00:31:53.299 --> 00:31:54.259
 to come out

00:31:54.259 --> 00:31:55.539
 that you can begin

00:31:55.539 --> 00:31:56.460
 to have a clean,

00:31:56.899 --> 00:31:57.579
 free closet

00:31:57.579 --> 00:31:58.539
 without shame,

00:31:58.700 --> 00:31:59.299
 without fear,

00:31:59.420 --> 00:31:59.799
 without having

00:31:59.799 --> 00:32:00.539
 to hide

00:32:00.539 --> 00:32:01.420
 any longer.

00:32:02.460 --> 00:32:03.180
 But if you keep

00:32:03.180 --> 00:32:04.600
 the closet door shut,

00:32:05.060 --> 00:32:05.980
 you will always

00:32:05.980 --> 00:32:06.779
 have a skeleton

00:32:06.779 --> 00:32:07.779
 haunting you,

00:32:08.100 --> 00:32:08.960
 enslaving you,

00:32:09.220 --> 00:32:09.900
 making you afraid

00:32:09.900 --> 00:32:10.840
 of what everyone else

00:32:10.840 --> 00:32:11.500
 will find out

00:32:11.500 --> 00:32:12.060
 about you.

00:32:13.279 --> 00:32:14.240
 No matter how much

00:32:14.240 --> 00:32:15.420
 makeup we try

00:32:15.420 --> 00:32:16.759
 and apply to our hearts

00:32:16.759 --> 00:32:17.660
 and our lives,

00:32:18.120 --> 00:32:19.420
 through our career success,

00:32:20.060 --> 00:32:21.160
 through our appearance,

00:32:21.299 --> 00:32:21.799
 through all these

00:32:21.799 --> 00:32:22.620
 different things,

00:32:23.220 --> 00:32:24.920
 you will never remove it.

00:32:26.060 --> 00:32:26.880
 Because when you are

00:32:26.880 --> 00:32:27.519
 alone in the room,

00:32:27.600 --> 00:32:28.840
 the makeup has come off.

00:32:31.240 --> 00:32:32.360
 So what is your shame?

00:32:34.000 --> 00:32:34.940
 What's your shame?

00:32:35.720 --> 00:32:36.700
 What is it that you

00:32:36.700 --> 00:32:37.759
 don't want anyone else

00:32:37.759 --> 00:32:38.440
 to know about?

00:32:39.860 --> 00:32:41.000
 What is it that you're

00:32:41.000 --> 00:32:41.380
 hiding?

00:32:43.420 --> 00:32:44.480
 Because God wants

00:32:44.480 --> 00:32:46.200
 to open the door

00:32:46.200 --> 00:32:48.000
 of your heart

00:32:48.000 --> 00:32:49.700
 to let the skeletons

00:32:49.700 --> 00:32:50.680
 out so he can

00:32:50.680 --> 00:32:51.420
 restore you

00:32:51.420 --> 00:32:52.400
 and remove

00:32:52.400 --> 00:32:53.160
 that shame

00:32:53.160 --> 00:32:54.140
 from our lives.

00:32:58.600 --> 00:32:59.660
 Other people's sin

00:32:59.660 --> 00:33:00.900
 dehumanizes us.

00:33:01.019 --> 00:33:01.779
 Our own sin

00:33:01.779 --> 00:33:02.980
 dehumanizes us.

00:33:02.980 --> 00:33:04.299
 It brings us shame.

00:33:04.480 --> 00:33:06.200
 It brings us inadequacy.

00:33:07.200 --> 00:33:08.380
 This passage is written

00:33:08.380 --> 00:33:09.420
 to show that we

00:33:09.420 --> 00:33:11.079
 need a savior.

00:33:11.559 --> 00:33:13.220
 We need cleansing

00:33:13.220 --> 00:33:14.200
 because we can't

00:33:14.200 --> 00:33:14.880
 do it ourselves.

00:33:15.460 --> 00:33:16.500
 So here's the last point.

00:33:17.660 --> 00:33:18.920
 In Jesus' day,

00:33:20.000 --> 00:33:20.700
 there was a group

00:33:20.700 --> 00:33:21.220
 of people

00:33:21.220 --> 00:33:25.140
 who were despised,

00:33:26.519 --> 00:33:27.500
 who were dripping,

00:33:28.220 --> 00:33:30.259
 culted with that same shame.

00:33:30.259 --> 00:33:31.799
 they were lepers.

00:33:32.799 --> 00:33:34.059
 They were disfigured.

00:33:34.579 --> 00:33:35.119
 They suffered

00:33:35.119 --> 00:33:36.240
 from a skin disease

00:33:36.240 --> 00:33:36.980
 which meant

00:33:36.980 --> 00:33:37.559
 that anyone

00:33:37.559 --> 00:33:38.420
 who touched them

00:33:38.420 --> 00:33:39.480
 would become unclean.

00:33:39.480 --> 00:33:40.460
 So everyone would,

00:33:40.859 --> 00:33:41.339
 in fear,

00:33:41.480 --> 00:33:42.259
 run away from them.

00:33:42.480 --> 00:33:43.319
 They had to walk.

00:33:43.440 --> 00:33:44.019
 If they walked

00:33:44.019 --> 00:33:44.740
 through the village,

00:33:44.900 --> 00:33:46.039
 they would have to shout,

00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:47.279
 unclean,

00:33:47.480 --> 00:33:48.099
 unclean,

00:33:48.160 --> 00:33:49.400
 so that everyone else

00:33:49.400 --> 00:33:50.720
 would go near them

00:33:50.720 --> 00:33:51.980
 and would not be contaminated.

00:33:51.980 --> 00:33:55.140
 They were shamed,

00:33:55.480 --> 00:33:56.220
 disfigured,

00:33:56.460 --> 00:33:57.460
 dehumanized

00:33:57.460 --> 00:33:58.360
 by the society.

00:34:00.259 --> 00:34:01.680
 Jesus came along.

00:34:02.700 --> 00:34:03.360
 One day,

00:34:03.680 --> 00:34:04.740
 one of these lepers

00:34:04.740 --> 00:34:06.640
 runs up to him,

00:34:06.980 --> 00:34:08.400
 falls on his knees,

00:34:08.820 --> 00:34:09.619
 begs him,

00:34:10.260 --> 00:34:11.179
 if you are willing,

00:34:11.380 --> 00:34:11.679
 Jesus,

00:34:11.940 --> 00:34:14.480
 you can make me clean.

00:34:14.480 --> 00:34:16.920
 Do you know

00:34:16.920 --> 00:34:17.679
 what Jesus does?

00:34:18.960 --> 00:34:20.179
 He doesn't say,

00:34:20.300 --> 00:34:20.960
 oh, be clean,

00:34:21.159 --> 00:34:21.920
 okay, now go off

00:34:21.920 --> 00:34:22.940
 and live a good life.

00:34:23.940 --> 00:34:24.360
 Do you know

00:34:24.360 --> 00:34:24.820
 what he does?

00:34:24.920 --> 00:34:25.980
 Mark 1 says this.

00:34:27.300 --> 00:34:28.440
 Jesus stretched

00:34:28.440 --> 00:34:29.280
 out his hand

00:34:29.280 --> 00:34:31.420
 and he touched

00:34:31.420 --> 00:34:32.099
 the man.

00:34:33.599 --> 00:34:35.139
 He touched him.

00:34:36.699 --> 00:34:37.219
 Nobody

00:34:37.219 --> 00:34:38.460
 had touched

00:34:38.460 --> 00:34:39.219
 that man

00:34:39.219 --> 00:34:40.360
 in years.

00:34:40.360 --> 00:34:44.200
 but Jesus

00:34:44.200 --> 00:34:46.640
 touched him

00:34:46.640 --> 00:34:49.780
 because he wanted

00:34:49.780 --> 00:34:50.720
 to restore

00:34:50.720 --> 00:34:51.640
 his humanity

00:34:51.640 --> 00:34:52.240
 to him

00:34:52.240 --> 00:34:55.420
 and in touching him,

00:34:55.519 --> 00:34:55.760
 do you know

00:34:55.760 --> 00:34:56.280
 what happened?

00:34:56.680 --> 00:34:57.700
 Jesus became

00:34:57.700 --> 00:34:58.559
 unclean.

00:34:59.300 --> 00:35:00.079
 He took

00:35:00.079 --> 00:35:01.780
 the uncleanness

00:35:01.780 --> 00:35:02.539
 on himself

00:35:02.539 --> 00:35:05.500
 and that man

00:35:05.500 --> 00:35:06.380
 went away

00:35:06.380 --> 00:35:07.640
 with a new humanity.

00:35:07.820 --> 00:35:08.640
 Jesus then said,

00:35:09.039 --> 00:35:09.559
 I'm willing

00:35:09.559 --> 00:35:10.599
 to make you clean.

00:35:10.739 --> 00:35:11.380
 Be clean.

00:35:14.119 --> 00:35:15.460
 And every single

00:35:15.460 --> 00:35:16.519
 one of us

00:35:16.519 --> 00:35:17.739
 are like those

00:35:17.739 --> 00:35:18.320
 lepers,

00:35:19.019 --> 00:35:19.739
 maybe from

00:35:19.739 --> 00:35:20.860
 other people's sin,

00:35:20.980 --> 00:35:22.219
 maybe from our own sin

00:35:22.219 --> 00:35:23.519
 who have got that shame

00:35:23.519 --> 00:35:24.519
 and Jesus

00:35:24.519 --> 00:35:25.940
 wants us to run

00:35:25.940 --> 00:35:26.860
 to him

00:35:26.860 --> 00:35:27.820
 to come

00:35:27.820 --> 00:35:28.900
 with our shame

00:35:28.900 --> 00:35:29.440
 and to say,

00:35:29.639 --> 00:35:30.519
 are you willing

00:35:30.519 --> 00:35:31.519
 to make me clean?

00:35:31.840 --> 00:35:32.400
 And Jesus

00:35:32.400 --> 00:35:33.619
 will not just say,

00:35:33.719 --> 00:35:34.159
 be clean,

00:35:34.239 --> 00:35:35.400
 but he wants to reach out

00:35:35.400 --> 00:35:36.699
 wherever that skeleton

00:35:36.699 --> 00:35:37.960
 in your closet is

00:35:37.960 --> 00:35:38.780
 and he wants

00:35:38.780 --> 00:35:39.900
 to touch you

00:35:39.900 --> 00:35:41.800
 and restore

00:35:41.800 --> 00:35:42.760
 your humanity.

00:35:51.179 --> 00:35:52.460
 If we keep

00:35:52.460 --> 00:35:53.860
 plastering makeup

00:35:53.860 --> 00:35:55.079
 on ourselves,

00:35:56.599 --> 00:35:56.820
 you know,

00:35:56.920 --> 00:35:57.980
 Gollum wearing makeup

00:35:57.980 --> 00:35:59.320
 is not a pretty sight.

00:35:59.320 --> 00:36:03.340
 God of creation

00:36:03.340 --> 00:36:05.220
 wants us

00:36:05.220 --> 00:36:06.519
 not to hide

00:36:06.519 --> 00:36:07.100
 any longer.

00:36:08.019 --> 00:36:08.760
 He wants us

00:36:08.760 --> 00:36:09.980
 to be a community

00:36:09.980 --> 00:36:12.080
 where we are not

00:36:12.080 --> 00:36:12.800
 looking down

00:36:12.800 --> 00:36:13.539
 on each other,

00:36:14.680 --> 00:36:16.580
 not devaluing each other

00:36:16.580 --> 00:36:17.500
 by your appearance,

00:36:17.760 --> 00:36:18.780
 by how good you are,

00:36:18.980 --> 00:36:19.760
 by all the things

00:36:19.760 --> 00:36:20.340
 that you've done,

00:36:20.440 --> 00:36:21.000
 but actually

00:36:21.000 --> 00:36:22.000
 I can come

00:36:22.000 --> 00:36:23.740
 to one or two people

00:36:23.740 --> 00:36:24.740
 and I can bear

00:36:24.740 --> 00:36:25.380
 my closet

00:36:25.380 --> 00:36:26.320
 before you

00:36:26.320 --> 00:36:27.500
 and you will not

00:36:27.500 --> 00:36:28.120
 judge me

00:36:28.120 --> 00:36:28.840
 because you look

00:36:28.840 --> 00:36:29.580
 at me and say,

00:36:29.980 --> 00:36:31.320
 made in the image

00:36:31.320 --> 00:36:32.140
 of God.

00:36:33.019 --> 00:36:34.220
 Jesus is the one

00:36:34.220 --> 00:36:34.620
 who's going

00:36:34.620 --> 00:36:35.460
 to restore you.

00:36:35.900 --> 00:36:36.680
 Let me point you

00:36:36.680 --> 00:36:37.140
 to him.

00:36:38.940 --> 00:36:39.920
 Because if the devil

00:36:39.920 --> 00:36:40.680
 comes to you

00:36:40.680 --> 00:36:41.360
 and whispers,

00:36:43.320 --> 00:36:43.620
 yeah,

00:36:43.780 --> 00:36:44.820
 but if you open

00:36:44.820 --> 00:36:45.360
 the closet,

00:36:46.500 --> 00:36:47.000
 what are people

00:36:47.000 --> 00:36:47.580
 going to think

00:36:47.580 --> 00:36:47.960
 of you?

00:36:48.519 --> 00:36:49.120
 What are people

00:36:49.120 --> 00:36:49.740
 going to say

00:36:49.740 --> 00:36:50.380
 about you?

00:36:51.620 --> 00:36:52.539
 And if you've

00:36:52.539 --> 00:36:53.320
 already confessed

00:36:54.080 --> 00:36:55.000
 it before God

00:36:55.000 --> 00:36:55.800
 and if you've

00:36:55.800 --> 00:36:56.860
 already confessed

00:36:56.860 --> 00:36:57.800
 it to one or two

00:36:57.800 --> 00:36:59.000
 people in this

00:36:59.000 --> 00:36:59.639
 congregation,

00:37:00.059 --> 00:37:00.780
 do you know what?

00:37:01.679 --> 00:37:02.460
 You would just say,

00:37:02.599 --> 00:37:02.739
 well,

00:37:03.119 --> 00:37:04.119
 I've got nothing

00:37:04.119 --> 00:37:04.760
 to hide.

00:37:06.559 --> 00:37:07.860
 The skeleton's out.

00:37:08.719 --> 00:37:09.320
 I don't have

00:37:09.320 --> 00:37:10.119
 to live in shame.

00:37:10.380 --> 00:37:10.679
 Do you see

00:37:10.679 --> 00:37:11.960
 how free that is?

00:37:12.679 --> 00:37:13.199
 That you don't

00:37:13.199 --> 00:37:14.019
 have to hold

00:37:14.019 --> 00:37:16.219
 behind trying

00:37:16.219 --> 00:37:17.300
 to keep the things

00:37:17.300 --> 00:37:19.099
 inside when God

00:37:19.099 --> 00:37:19.739
 can begin

00:37:19.739 --> 00:37:20.840
 to heal you.

00:37:22.039 --> 00:37:22.900
 This city

00:37:22.900 --> 00:37:23.920
 is a city

00:37:23.920 --> 00:37:25.900
 in your workplace,

00:37:26.500 --> 00:37:27.599
 in your family,

00:37:28.200 --> 00:37:29.500
 in your own hearts

00:37:29.500 --> 00:37:30.180
 where we're

00:37:30.180 --> 00:37:31.519
 dripping with shame.

00:37:32.720 --> 00:37:33.760
 It needs

00:37:33.760 --> 00:37:34.880
 us

00:37:34.880 --> 00:37:36.119
 to start

00:37:36.119 --> 00:37:36.880
 that process,

00:37:37.019 --> 00:37:37.820
 to be brave,

00:37:37.900 --> 00:37:38.800
 to take the initiative

00:37:38.800 --> 00:37:39.680
 like that lady

00:37:39.680 --> 00:37:40.539
 did in the movie.

00:37:41.320 --> 00:37:42.380
 But to see

00:37:42.380 --> 00:37:44.019
 that our hope

00:37:44.019 --> 00:37:44.820
 is that we have

00:37:44.820 --> 00:37:45.420
 a savior

00:37:45.420 --> 00:37:47.539
 who is so great

00:37:47.539 --> 00:37:49.500
 that he says,

00:37:49.920 --> 00:37:50.579
 you are worth

00:37:50.579 --> 00:37:51.139
 something

00:37:51.139 --> 00:37:52.099
 because you're

00:37:52.099 --> 00:37:53.199
 made in my image

00:37:53.199 --> 00:37:54.400
 and because I

00:37:54.400 --> 00:37:55.279
 reach down

00:37:55.279 --> 00:37:56.199
 to touch

00:37:56.199 --> 00:37:57.420
 and restore you.

00:37:58.619 --> 00:38:00.059
 That is the gospel.

00:38:00.239 --> 00:38:01.000
 That's the gospel

00:38:01.000 --> 00:38:01.879
 our city needs.

00:38:02.239 --> 00:38:02.519
 That says,

00:38:02.659 --> 00:38:03.699
 community we are

00:38:03.699 --> 00:38:04.440
 called to be

00:38:04.440 --> 00:38:05.359
 where we can be

00:38:05.359 --> 00:38:05.839
 open,

00:38:06.339 --> 00:38:07.639
 knowing that

00:38:07.639 --> 00:38:08.359
 we are loved,

00:38:08.639 --> 00:38:09.559
 we are valued,

00:38:09.940 --> 00:38:10.619
 we are worth

00:38:10.619 --> 00:38:11.259
 something.

00:38:11.639 --> 00:38:12.359
 That concubine

00:38:12.359 --> 00:38:13.299
 never knew it

00:38:13.299 --> 00:38:14.119
 because of the

00:38:14.119 --> 00:38:14.579
 idols

00:38:14.579 --> 00:38:15.639
 that were in

00:38:15.639 --> 00:38:16.319
 the society.

00:38:16.960 --> 00:38:17.719
 If we put

00:38:17.719 --> 00:38:18.599
 God first,

00:38:18.599 --> 00:38:19.980
 we can be

00:38:19.980 --> 00:38:20.599
 a light

00:38:20.599 --> 00:38:21.279
 that Israel

00:38:21.279 --> 00:38:22.279
 never was.

00:38:23.380 --> 00:38:24.099
 Let's pray.

00:38:34.360 --> 00:38:35.000
 I'd like you

00:38:35.000 --> 00:38:35.519
 just to be

00:38:35.519 --> 00:38:37.199
 very honest

00:38:37.199 --> 00:38:37.739
 with yourself

00:38:37.739 --> 00:38:37.980
 now.

00:38:38.059 --> 00:38:38.699
 We're very rarely

00:38:38.699 --> 00:38:39.400
 very honest.

00:38:39.400 --> 00:38:43.220
 but there's

00:38:43.220 --> 00:38:43.980
 not one person

00:38:43.980 --> 00:38:44.440
 in this room

00:38:44.440 --> 00:38:44.980
 who does not

00:38:44.980 --> 00:38:45.599
 have shame

00:38:45.599 --> 00:38:47.099
 from either

00:38:47.099 --> 00:38:47.619
 what others

00:38:47.619 --> 00:38:48.000
 have done

00:38:48.000 --> 00:38:48.380
 to you

00:38:48.380 --> 00:38:49.000
 or what you

00:38:49.000 --> 00:38:49.639
 yourself

00:38:49.639 --> 00:38:50.139
 have done.

00:38:54.860 --> 00:38:55.480
 What is

00:38:55.480 --> 00:38:56.119
 that thing

00:38:56.119 --> 00:38:56.760
 that you

00:38:56.760 --> 00:38:57.700
 do not want

00:38:57.700 --> 00:38:58.420
 anybody else

00:38:58.420 --> 00:38:58.780
 to know

00:38:58.780 --> 00:38:59.039
 about?

00:39:02.880 --> 00:39:03.400
 That's

00:39:03.400 --> 00:39:04.220
 your shame.

00:39:04.219 --> 00:39:08.019
 Jesus is

00:39:08.019 --> 00:39:08.839
 asking you

00:39:08.839 --> 00:39:09.759
 right now

00:39:09.759 --> 00:39:12.480
 to be real

00:39:12.480 --> 00:39:12.939
 with him,

00:39:13.899 --> 00:39:15.279
 to run

00:39:15.279 --> 00:39:15.639
 to him

00:39:15.639 --> 00:39:16.019
 with that

00:39:16.019 --> 00:39:16.399
 shame.

00:39:18.980 --> 00:39:19.379
 Just like

00:39:19.379 --> 00:39:19.679
 you just

00:39:19.679 --> 00:39:20.199
 to take a

00:39:20.199 --> 00:39:20.579
 minute just

00:39:20.579 --> 00:39:20.939
 to think

00:39:20.939 --> 00:39:21.480
 about that.

00:39:22.939 --> 00:39:23.500
 That Jesus

00:39:23.500 --> 00:39:24.219
 is here

00:39:24.219 --> 00:39:25.099
 wanting to

00:39:25.099 --> 00:39:26.359
 restore you

00:39:26.359 --> 00:39:26.839
 with a

00:39:26.839 --> 00:39:27.399
 freedom

00:39:27.399 --> 00:39:30.899
 that we

00:39:30.899 --> 00:39:31.239
 don't have

00:39:31.239 --> 00:39:31.659
 to hide

00:39:31.659 --> 00:39:32.179
 any longer.

00:39:34.219 --> 00:39:35.459
 just spend

00:39:35.459 --> 00:39:36.379
 a minute

00:39:36.379 --> 00:39:37.139
 with just

00:39:37.139 --> 00:39:39.119
 sharing your

00:39:39.119 --> 00:39:39.459
 heart to

00:39:39.459 --> 00:39:40.019
 God now.

00:39:42.119 --> 00:39:42.579
 Confess

00:39:42.579 --> 00:39:42.980
 to him.

00:39:45.159 --> 00:39:45.719
 Let him

00:39:45.719 --> 00:39:46.379
 touch you

00:39:46.379 --> 00:39:47.019
 and heal

00:39:47.019 --> 00:39:47.259
 you.

00:39:47.259 --> 00:39:47.379
 Amen.

00:40:04.219 --> 00:40:05.619
 statement.

00:40:05.619 --> 00:40:05.779
 Amen.

00:40:05.779 --> 00:40:05.980
 Amen.

00:40:06.119 --> 00:40:06.959
 Amen.

00:40:06.959 --> 00:40:07.179
 Amen.

00:40:07.239 --> 00:40:08.000
 Amen.

00:40:08.000 --> 00:40:08.099
 Amen.

00:40:08.259 --> 00:40:08.579
 Amen.

00:40:09.199 --> 00:40:09.459
 Amen.

00:40:10.159 --> 00:40:10.359
 Amen.

00:40:10.959 --> 00:40:11.199
 Amen.

00:40:11.199 --> 00:40:11.279
 Amen.

00:40:11.339 --> 00:40:11.519
 Amen.

00:40:11.519 --> 00:40:11.559
 Amen.

00:40:11.559 --> 00:40:11.719
 Amen.

00:40:11.719 --> 00:40:12.059
 Amen.

00:40:12.079 --> 00:40:13.159
 Amen.

00:40:13.739 --> 00:40:13.819
 Amen.

00:40:13.839 --> 00:40:14.139
 Amen.

00:40:18.559 --> 00:40:18.639
 Amen.

00:40:20.739 --> 00:40:21.279
 Amen.

00:40:21.419 --> 00:40:22.099
 Amen.

00:40:30.980 --> 00:40:31.519
 Amen.

00:40:31.519 --> 00:40:31.659
 Amen.

00:40:31.659 --> 00:40:31.699
 Amen.

00:40:31.719 --> 00:40:32.839
 Amen.

00:40:32.839 --> 00:40:33.339
 Amen.

00:40:33.339 --> 00:40:33.419
 Amen.

00:40:33.439 --> 00:40:34.099
 Amen.

00:40:34.099 --> 00:41:04.039
 Father, I want to pray for each one of us here.

00:41:05.039 --> 00:41:08.880
 Some of us have deep wounds from the past which we don't really want to face.

00:41:11.440 --> 00:41:13.000
 Some of us think we're okay.

00:41:14.860 --> 00:41:18.219
 We can't even see how we could ever be like the Levite.

00:41:20.759 --> 00:41:23.940
 But Lord, I pray that you would help us to be honest.

00:41:25.079 --> 00:41:28.980
 But not honest to condemn us, honest to free us.

00:41:28.980 --> 00:41:36.059
 Thank you that you do not judge us.

00:41:37.000 --> 00:41:42.840
 That you knew the depth of our hearts and yet you died on that cross.

00:41:42.840 --> 00:41:49.200
 You who were shameless.

00:41:50.160 --> 00:41:51.559
 You had no sin.

00:41:52.700 --> 00:41:54.200
 You were disfigured.

00:41:55.120 --> 00:41:56.519
 You were humiliated.

00:41:57.519 --> 00:42:00.820
 You were scorned and despised for us.

00:42:01.940 --> 00:42:03.199
 Because of our sin.

00:42:04.000 --> 00:42:05.219
 Because of our shame.

00:42:06.139 --> 00:42:07.360
 That we could be free.

00:42:07.360 --> 00:42:10.200
 Thank you.

00:42:10.199 --> 00:42:16.480
 I pray, Lord, that you would just do that deep work, Lord.

00:42:16.500 --> 00:42:18.919
 I pray for each one of us to have a boldness, Lord.

00:42:18.980 --> 00:42:20.139
 I pray that...

00:42:20.139 --> 00:42:29.639
 I pray, Lord, for those who here just want to keep it between you and them.

00:42:29.639 --> 00:42:35.500
 But actually, that fear will still grip them until they actually share it with somebody else.

00:42:36.440 --> 00:42:39.359
 I pray that you give them courage right now.

00:42:39.799 --> 00:42:45.960
 To think who they can actually go and share that shame with.

00:42:47.400 --> 00:42:51.039
 And I pray for that person that they would have that heart to see.

00:42:52.019 --> 00:42:54.799
 That you are the one who restores every shame.

00:42:55.099 --> 00:42:56.920
 That there's no shame too bad.

00:42:56.920 --> 00:43:04.119
 And even the Levite, if he turned to you, you would forgive.

00:43:04.920 --> 00:43:06.260
 And you would restore.

00:43:07.300 --> 00:43:09.680
 In spite of the horrific things.

00:43:11.380 --> 00:43:13.840
 That is offensive, Lord, to many of us.

00:43:13.940 --> 00:43:15.400
 But, Lord, that is...

00:43:15.400 --> 00:43:16.460
 We all need that.

00:43:19.280 --> 00:43:21.720
 Please, would you do your work in us.

00:43:22.340 --> 00:43:23.099
 Set us free.

00:43:23.099 --> 00:43:23.159
 Okay.

00:43:26.759 --> 00:43:27.159
 Okay.

00:43:28.159 --> 00:43:28.539
 I'm out.