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 Father, it is very easy for us, we confess,

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 not to read your word from the perspective of grace,

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 from the viewpoint of the gospel.

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 It is very easy for us, Father, to read your word

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 from the perspective of natural human religion.

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 Father, we confess before you that our heart has a desperate need

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 to stay in control and enthroned and to keep you distant.

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 To not acknowledge our need for a savior.

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 So we ask, Father, at this time and for every time as we read your word,

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 that your Holy Spirit would move mightily in our hearts,

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 that you would both humble our hearts so that we know that we need a savior

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 and create within us, Father, a hunger for Jesus, a hunger for your presence.

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 Father, make us disciples of Jesus, gripped by the gospel, living for your glory.

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 This we pray in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 I read an internet report of a poll.

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 I'm qualifying this because I know that just because it's in the internet

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 doesn't mean it's true, right?

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 But I read an internet report of a poll that was recently done in Britain, the UK,

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 on people's religious beliefs.

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 And according to this internet report that I read about this recent poll,

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 a majority of people who answered the poll on religions and religious practice in England,

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 in UK, a majority of them said that religion is harmful.

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 That's what a majority of them said.

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 So wouldn't it be interesting to know what Jesus would say to that?

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 Let's listen because actually he talks about that very topic in the gospel text,

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 which I just read a few moments ago.

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 So it'd be very, very helpful if you got out your Bibles.

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 Once again, if you've forgotten your Bibles or if you don't own a Bible,

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 we usually have some Bibles up at the front.

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 You're always welcome to take one of those Bibles, use it during the service.

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 You can keep it as a gift or you could return it afterwards.

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 And Luke 14 was the text that we were looking at in the gospel that I read just a few moments ago.

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 And so given that, if it is in fact true, if that was a good poll, a good survey,

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 and the internet actually got it right,

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 a majority of people in the UK think that religion is harmful.

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 What would Jesus say to that?

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 What would he have to say about it?

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 Well, let's look at Luke 14, verses 1 to 14.

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 And one of the things about this text is that we often,

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 we don't really hear the full dynamic, all of the things that are going on in it.

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 But it's a very curious text.

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 It begins like this.

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 One Sabbath, when Jesus went to dine at the house of a ruler of the Pharisees,

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 they were watching him carefully.

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 Now, just sort of pause there for a second.

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 Watching him carefully is a perfectly fine translation.

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 It just doesn't capture a nuance in the Greek, the original language.

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 And the nuance in the original language is that they were watching him.

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 You know when you watch those National Geographic specials?

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 And they show the lion watching the antelope?

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 That's how they're watching Jesus.

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 That's the, so watching's right.

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 It's a good word.

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 It just doesn't capture that they're not just sort of,

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 oh, like maybe watching with delight or watching with mere curiosity.

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 They're watching Jesus like a lion watches an antelope

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 in a National Geographic special.

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 So on one hand, here we have these very religious and spiritual people.

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 The Pharisees were a group movement within the day

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 that were very concerned with holiness and authentic holiness.

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 And what they call lawyers here,

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 another way would be that they were specialists

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 in understanding religious texts and how they applied to your lives.

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 And so we have religious people, spiritual people,

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 who've invited Jesus to come and eat with them,

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 which sounds like a good thing,

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 but they are watching him like a lion watches an antelope.

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 How does it get even worse?

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 Verse 2.

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 And behold, there was a man before him who had dropsy.

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 Once again, a perfectly good translation.

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 It just doesn't quite capture something.

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 Now we have to think no longer of the lion.

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 There's a different type of image here.

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 Whether or not they actually place Jesus in a particular seat

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 so that he's right looking at the man,

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 or whether when they get Jesus lying there, reclined there,

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 they bring up a man so that he's right in front of Jesus.

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 It doesn't matter which way it works.

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 The same thing is, think now for those 19-cent,

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 you know, movies that are portraying, you know,

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 the English or American hunters going to Africa to try to bag a lion.

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 And one of the things that they would do in movies like that,

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 I'm assuming it's at least vaguely historical,

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 is that there would be this staked goat.

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 You know you get some little goat?

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 I don't know what the sound a goat makes.

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 That's a sheep.

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 Bah, bah.

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 It's pegged in a clearing,

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 and you got the guys with their big rifles all sitting there,

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 and the goat's there hoping that a lion will come to eat it.

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 And they don't really care whether or not the poor little goat

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 or the poor little lamb gets eaten,

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 but they want to shoot the lion.

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 And that's what's happening here in the text.

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 So first, they're looking at Jesus like a lion looks at an antelope to get it.

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 And they place this poor man, he's the staked goat.

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 He's the staked lamb.

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 And they've put him in front of Jesus to get Jesus.

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 And they've done it.

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 There's two things that are going on with the man

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 when they tell you that he has drops you.

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 I didn't know this before I did the research for the sermon.

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 In those days, it was a common belief

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 that if you had that illness,

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 it was because you had a sexually transmitted disease.

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 The other idea behind it is not only had you

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 a sexually transmitted disease,

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 and these were the symptoms of it,

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 which is, by the way, just medically.

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 We now know medically that's not the case,

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 but that's what they believed back then.

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 It was also considered to be an illness

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 which showed that you were under the judgment of God.

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 So these religious and spiritual types

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 have their staked goat.

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 And I don't know what was going on.

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 They're there to get Jesus.

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 Maybe they want to see whether or not

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 Jesus will recognize that this man

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 is under God's judgment and what he'll say.

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 We don't really know what their motives are.

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 But it's because of these two verses

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 that verse 3 begins in an odd way in English.

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 Because it says,

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 and Jesus responded.

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 It looks funny if you don't know,

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 if you haven't sort of figured out that other part

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 because you think nobody said anything to Jesus,

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 but Jesus reads the room.

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 He knows they're lurking.

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 He knows it's the staked goat.

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 So he responds to them.

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 He responds to them.

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 And always in the Gospels,

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 and actually any biblical narrative,

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 there's always a question,

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 what's going to happen?

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 Okay, well, I mean,

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 Jesus is earlier on in the Gospel of Luke.

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 He's given a whole series of woes.

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 Is this going to produce a whole pile of woes from him?

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 Like, how is he going to respond

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 to this particular situation,

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 surrounded by his enemies,

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 when they want to get him?

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 How is he going to respond?

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 And in verse 3, we get this.

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 And Jesus responded to the lawyers

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 and the Pharisees saying,

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 hmm,

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 there's this poor, sick guy here.

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 One of the things that's really interesting

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 is Jesus doesn't respond

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 to the religious and spiritual dynamics

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 and all of the other things.

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 And now that you actually know the background,

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 you can easily see that,

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 wow, Jesus could talk about this,

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 he could talk about this,

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 he could talk about this,

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 but you know what he remembers?

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 The poor guy in front of him

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 has this disease,

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 has this problem.

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 He has a whole pile of problems.

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 This poor guy

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 is being used as a stake goat.

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 Who wants to be used like that

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 as a tool by powerful people?

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 Like, how many people here in this room

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 would say, yeah, yeah, take me,

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 I like to be used as a tool

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 by a powerful person,

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 like I don't matter whatsoever.

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 That fits my identity.

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 Please, no, nobody wants that.

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 Here's this poor guy

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 who already is suffering

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 under a particular medical condition,

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 is being treated like just like an animal,

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 just being treated like an animal.

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 And Jesus doesn't forget the person.

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 He doesn't forget the person in need.

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 So he says, hmm,

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 is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?

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 But they remain silent.

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 Maybe because they're still trying to get him

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 and also because they,

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 at one moment,

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 this isn't exactly going the way

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 we thought it was going to go.

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 I'm not quite sure what to say to this.

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 And then, once again,

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 it's a very, very,

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 it's a completely good translation,

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 but it doesn't capture the nuances

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 in the original language.

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 It says here,

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 then he took him and healed him

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 and sent him away.

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 You know what Jesus does?

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 Says took him.

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 Jesus gets up.

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 He embraces the man.

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 And as he embraces the man,

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 treating him as a person,

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 he embraces him.

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 As he embraces him,

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 the man is healed.

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 And he embraces the man

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 and the man is healed.

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 And then he, in a sense,

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 I mean, it shortens it.

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 He, I guess, in a sense,

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 takes the man by the shoulders

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 and says, you can go.

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 You can go.

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 You don't have to stay.

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 He treats the man as a person.

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 He gets the man out of the situation

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 where he's controlled

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 by the powerful people

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 as a staked goat.

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 And he heals him.

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 That's what Jesus does.

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 Verse 5.

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 And Jesus said to the room,

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 which of you having a son

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 or even an ox

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 that has fallen into a well

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 on a Sabbath day

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 will not immediately pull him out?

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 They could not reply

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 to these things.

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 Now, here's the first thing

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 about this very powerful story

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 once you start to realize

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 the dynamics of the story.

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 If you could put it up, Andrew.

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 The true stories of Jesus

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 are a profound critique of religion.

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 The true stories of Jesus

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 are a profound critique of religion.

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 You know what?

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 Hollywood couldn't write

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 a better story than this.

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 Right?

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 If you wanted to get Hollywood people

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 to really just put religious

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 and spiritual people

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 in their place,

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 you know,

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 they're all there,

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 all looking like they're so holy

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 and so fancy,

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 and then inwardly, though,

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 they're just trying to get this guy

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 and they don't care about the other guy,

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 and it's all about politics

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 and power

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 and prestige

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 and control

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 and getting people

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 all under the guise.

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 You could not get Hollywood

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 to write a better story than this.

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 And time and time and time

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 and time and time

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 and time again

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 in the Gospels,

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 the true stories of Jesus

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 are a profound critique of religion.

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 Now, somebody might say,

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 okay, George,

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 okay, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

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 That's good.

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 I hadn't thought of it.

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 But, you know, George,

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 I just, you know,

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 I was actually listening

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 when you read the Gospel

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 a few minutes earlier

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 at the bit after it.

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 Jesus is just as religious as all,

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 you know,

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 the rest of the things

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 that Jesus does,

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 I mean, sure,

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 that's a bit of a critique,

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 but, you know,

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 you keep going

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 and Jesus is religious.

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 You know, what does he do?

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 He gives you really stupid,

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 foolish advice

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 about taking the lowest place

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 and then he tells you

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 you've got to feel bad

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 about yourself all the time

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 and not take proper steps

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 to get ahead in life.

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 Like, that just sounds

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 like religion to me.

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 George, I labored under that

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 all the time.

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 Or like, I've watched TV shows

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 or my friend or my cousin

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 five times removed.

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 They labored under

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 some type of crazy church

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 always telling the dude

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 dumb things

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 and just making them

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 feel bad about themselves

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 all the time.

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 That's what Jesus

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 goes ahead and talks about.

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 Well, let's read

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 and see if he does.

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 Let's read verse 7.

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 Now, Jesus told a parable

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 to those who were invited

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 when he noticed

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 how they chose

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 the places of honor,

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 saying to them,

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 when you were invited

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 by someone

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 to a wedding feast,

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 do not sit down

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 in a place of honor.

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 Lest someone

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 more distinguished

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 than you be invited

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 by him

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 and he who invited you

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 both will come

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 and say to you,

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 give your place

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 to this person

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 and then you will

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 begin with shame

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 to take the lowest place.

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 But when you were

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 invited,

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 go and sit

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 in the lowest place

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 so that when your host

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 comes,

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 he may,

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 may say to you,

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 friend,

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 move up higher

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 and you will be honored

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 in the presence

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 of all who sit

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 at table with you.

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 And then sort of

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 the basic principle,

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 the big principle

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 that Jesus wants

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 to communicate

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 in the story

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 and then the principle.

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 For everyone

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 who exalts himself

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 will be humbled

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 and he who humbles

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 himself

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 will be exalted.

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 Actually,

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 you know what I mean?

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 I'm going to give you

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 the summary point

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 and I'm going to

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 sort of explain

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 sort of it's

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 how the text

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 is actually

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 far more surprising.

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 No, maybe before

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 we put the point up.

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 Here's the thing.

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 Think about it

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 for a second.

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 No, sorry,

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 put it up.

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 Put it up.

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 Number two.

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 Jesus is not telling me

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 to think and act

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 like I am nothing.

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 In a world

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 which thinks

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 in terms of tower,

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 tower,

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 or cower,

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 he calls me

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 to consider

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 who the living God is.

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 And Jesus is not

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 telling me to think

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 and act like I am nothing.

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 In a world

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 which thinks

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 in terms of

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 either I tower over

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 or if I don't tower

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 over people,

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 the only other option

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 is that I tower

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 under people

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 who are towering

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 over me.

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 In a world

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 which thinks

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 in those categories,

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 Jesus calls me

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 to consider

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 who the living God is.

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 How he's been revealing

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 who the living,

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 true, real,

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 actual,

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 existing God

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 actually is.

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 Think about

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 different religious

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 philosophies

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 and spiritualities

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 and therapies

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 that are common

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 in the world.

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 In much of the world,

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 the basic understanding

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 of the human person

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 is that the human person's

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 destiny

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 is not to exist.

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 That we are

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 a drop of water

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 that one day

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 will merge

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 into the ocean

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 and lose our identity.

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 That we actually

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 are nothing.

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 We actually are

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 one with the everything

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 in and of ourselves

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 actually are nothing.

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 And we are to develop

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 religious practices

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 so that we understand

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 that we are nothing

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 and actually experience

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 losing ourselves

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 completely and utterly

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 immersed

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 in the everything,

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 the all.

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 That's not what

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 humility means to Jesus.

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 There's always a person

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 involved in all of that.

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 And there's a whole range

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 of other types

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 of religions

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 which basically present

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 a real personal God

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 that's different

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 than a human being

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 but that real personal God

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 that is different

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 than the human being,

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 he's basically

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 just over everything

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 and he by fiat

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 just decides

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 heaven,

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 hell,

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 heaven,

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 hell.

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 And it's purely

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 and utterly fate,

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 it's purely and utterly

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 God's will,

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 it has nothing to do

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 with who we are,

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 we are completely

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 and utterly caught

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 in this particular

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 type of fate

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 which God

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 just says,

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 hmm,

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 no,

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 you,

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 hell,

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 hmm,

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 hell,

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 hmm,

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 heaven,

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 hmm,

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 hell,

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 and there's nothing

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 you can do about it.

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 You have to just learn

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 to live

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 as you are

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 under the fate

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 of God

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 that you can do

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 nothing about.

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 In other words,

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 really,

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 you're nothing

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 and if you're not

00:16:52.019 --> 00:16:52.659
 nothing,

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 somehow or another

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 you're really,

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 really important

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 and there's nothing

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 in between.

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 And much of therapy

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 is all about us

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 figuring out

00:17:03.019 --> 00:17:04.079
 how to tower

00:17:04.079 --> 00:17:05.259
 over circumstances

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 and situations.

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 I mean,

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 that's in a sense

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 the heart of the,

00:17:09.119 --> 00:17:09.619
 you know that book

00:17:09.619 --> 00:17:10.279
 a few years ago,

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 The Secret,

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 was how to,

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 in a sense,

00:17:12.519 --> 00:17:14.079
 manage the forces

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 of the universe

00:17:14.799 --> 00:17:15.900
 so that you will be able

00:17:15.900 --> 00:17:16.559
 to triumph

00:17:16.559 --> 00:17:17.299
 financially,

00:17:17.740 --> 00:17:18.200
 sexually,

00:17:18.539 --> 00:17:18.940
 socially,

00:17:19.299 --> 00:17:19.779
 culturally,

00:17:20.180 --> 00:17:20.680
 politically,

00:17:21.879 --> 00:17:22.700
 career-wise

00:17:22.700 --> 00:17:24.519
 and much philosophy

00:17:24.519 --> 00:17:25.319
 is all about

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 how to tower.

00:17:28.180 --> 00:17:29.139
 And so it is

00:17:29.139 --> 00:17:30.059
 that it's deeply

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 ingrained with us

00:17:31.059 --> 00:17:31.879
 as human beings

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 that it seems

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 as if the only

00:17:33.200 --> 00:17:34.380
 options we have

00:17:34.380 --> 00:17:35.680
 are some option

00:17:35.680 --> 00:17:36.520
 whereby we will

00:17:36.520 --> 00:17:37.420
 either become

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 like nothing,

00:17:38.340 --> 00:17:39.080
 which is a type

00:17:39.080 --> 00:17:39.980
 of cowering

00:17:39.980 --> 00:17:41.520
 or you just have

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 to basically accept

00:17:42.540 --> 00:17:43.860
 that that's your fate

00:17:43.860 --> 00:17:45.600
 or that there's

00:17:45.600 --> 00:17:46.560
 some way by which

00:17:46.560 --> 00:17:47.220
 you tower

00:17:47.220 --> 00:17:48.060
 over everything.

00:17:49.800 --> 00:17:50.340
 And Jesus

00:17:50.340 --> 00:17:51.080
 in this story

00:17:51.080 --> 00:17:51.960
 is not telling me

00:17:51.960 --> 00:17:52.720
 to think and act

00:17:52.720 --> 00:17:53.720
 like I am nothing.

00:17:55.100 --> 00:17:56.260
 He's not telling me

00:17:56.260 --> 00:17:56.780
 that at all.

00:17:57.880 --> 00:17:58.660
 In a world

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 which thinks

00:17:59.200 --> 00:18:00.160
 in terms of tower

00:18:00.160 --> 00:18:00.680
 or cower,

00:18:00.680 --> 00:18:01.779
 he calls me

00:18:01.779 --> 00:18:02.519
 to consider

00:18:02.519 --> 00:18:04.200
 who the living

00:18:04.200 --> 00:18:05.180
 God is.

00:18:07.220 --> 00:18:07.720
 You see,

00:18:07.799 --> 00:18:08.160
 humility

00:18:08.160 --> 00:18:09.240
 is not thinking

00:18:09.240 --> 00:18:10.380
 if you're smart

00:18:10.380 --> 00:18:11.039
 that you're dumb

00:18:11.039 --> 00:18:12.980
 and it's not thinking

00:18:12.980 --> 00:18:13.640
 that if you're

00:18:13.640 --> 00:18:14.580
 young

00:18:14.580 --> 00:18:15.140
 that you should

00:18:15.140 --> 00:18:16.299
 act like you're old.

00:18:17.019 --> 00:18:18.080
 It's not telling you

00:18:18.080 --> 00:18:18.820
 that if you are

00:18:18.820 --> 00:18:19.820
 blessed with lots

00:18:19.820 --> 00:18:20.460
 of finances

00:18:20.460 --> 00:18:21.380
 that you should

00:18:21.380 --> 00:18:22.160
 act and think

00:18:22.160 --> 00:18:23.259
 as if you have

00:18:23.259 --> 00:18:23.720
 nothing.

00:18:26.640 --> 00:18:27.120
 Humility

00:18:27.119 --> 00:18:28.059
 in the Bible

00:18:28.059 --> 00:18:29.219
 is not so much

00:18:29.219 --> 00:18:30.179
 thinking about yourself

00:18:30.179 --> 00:18:31.619
 but looking outside

00:18:31.619 --> 00:18:32.159
 of yourself

00:18:32.159 --> 00:18:32.959
 to recognize

00:18:32.959 --> 00:18:33.839
 that the fundamental

00:18:33.839 --> 00:18:34.919
 constant problem

00:18:34.919 --> 00:18:35.579
 that we have

00:18:35.579 --> 00:18:36.879
 is that we're always

00:18:36.879 --> 00:18:37.519
 sort of thinking

00:18:37.519 --> 00:18:38.359
 about ourselves

00:18:38.359 --> 00:18:39.139
 and we're always

00:18:39.139 --> 00:18:39.899
 thinking in terms

00:18:39.899 --> 00:18:41.039
 of power or cower.

00:18:42.239 --> 00:18:42.719
 And the call

00:18:42.719 --> 00:18:43.259
 to humility,

00:18:43.519 --> 00:18:43.879
 in a sense,

00:18:43.959 --> 00:18:44.439
 even as Jesus

00:18:44.439 --> 00:18:45.559
 calls us to humility,

00:18:45.719 --> 00:18:46.939
 we realize how hard

00:18:46.939 --> 00:18:48.119
 it is to not always

00:18:48.119 --> 00:18:48.779
 think in terms

00:18:48.779 --> 00:18:49.399
 of how things

00:18:49.399 --> 00:18:50.239
 affect ourselves

00:18:50.240 --> 00:18:51.480
 and just see.

00:18:52.880 --> 00:18:53.460
 Some of you have

00:18:53.460 --> 00:18:54.140
 heard me use

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 this example before.

00:18:55.819 --> 00:18:56.539
 In some ways

00:18:56.539 --> 00:18:57.759
 a perfect illustration

00:18:57.759 --> 00:19:00.359
 of our spiritual

00:19:00.359 --> 00:19:01.160
 problem

00:19:01.160 --> 00:19:02.779
 is seen in science

00:19:02.779 --> 00:19:03.880
 with the idea

00:19:03.880 --> 00:19:04.819
 of the black hole

00:19:04.819 --> 00:19:08.740
 that human beings

00:19:08.740 --> 00:19:10.640
 are like a star

00:19:10.640 --> 00:19:11.759
 which is so dense

00:19:11.759 --> 00:19:12.519
 that light

00:19:12.519 --> 00:19:13.779
 can't escape from it.

00:19:13.839 --> 00:19:15.019
 It's sucked back in.

00:19:16.519 --> 00:19:17.559
 And there's something

00:19:17.559 --> 00:19:18.519
 inside of us

00:19:18.519 --> 00:19:19.319
 that always wants

00:19:19.319 --> 00:19:20.460
 to suck everything

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 into us

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 as if it's all about us.

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 And in some ways

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 the biblical picture

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 of humility

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 is like if you see

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 a very young child

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 for a moment.

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 Maybe like a year old

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 and if you seem to

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 I know one year old

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 can have the attention span

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 of a hummingbird

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 but you can get

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 these brief instances

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 where they're transfixed

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 with something.

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 Maybe it's a hummingbird.

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 They're transfixed

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 and you look at the child

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 and you realize

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 that for a second

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 or two seconds

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 or three seconds

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 it's as if that child

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 does not even know

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 that the child exists.

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 It's not thinking

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 about that at all.

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 It is completely

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 he or she

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 is completely transfixed

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 by what is seen outside.

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 And that's an insight

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 into what the Bible

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 understands humility

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 as and it's an insight

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 about what the Bible

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 understands

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 about our fundamental

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 human problem

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 that we always want

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 to be somehow

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 enthroned

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 or in control

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 and if we're not

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 enthroned

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 or in control

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 then we think

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 the only option

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 is to cower

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 and to be nothing.

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 Sort of going beyond this

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 we'll talk about it

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 more a little bit

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 later on

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 or if I forget

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 then you get this

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 that the Bible

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 is going to always present

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 that rather than

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 cower or cower

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 the other option

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 is to be the servant

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 for the living God.

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 And that's actually

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 what this text

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 is pointing to.

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 Jesus isn't talking

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 about some type

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 of biological

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 or cultural

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 or moral

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 or karmic law

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 by which if you seek

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 the low place

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 you'll go to the high place

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 or that if you go

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 to the high place

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 you'll go to the low.

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 It's not a law.

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 Every human being

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 has to deal

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 with the living God.

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 You see

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 human religion

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 likes to focus

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 ultimately

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 on the self.

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 Jesus is constantly

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 having us

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 look at the heart

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 the center

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 of who we are

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 in the context

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 of the living God.

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 that God

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 actually

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 exists

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 with a character

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 and a heart

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 and a plan

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 and a purpose.

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 The same God

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 that strung

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 the stars

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 in the sky

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 and formed

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 the planets

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 with his hand

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 that his strong hand

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 that same strong

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 hand of love

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 will come

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 and touch

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 every human being.

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 And that rather

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 than thinking

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 in terms of

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 tower or cower

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 and myself

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 at the center

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 of that dynamic

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 Jesus is saying

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 there is one

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 who exalts

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 and humbles.

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 There is in fact

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 a living God

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 who is a person.

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 I'm not talking

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 about a law

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 or a principle.

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 There's a person.

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 Jesus is not telling me

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 to think and act

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 like I am nothing

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 in a world

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 which thinks

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 in terms of tower

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 or tower.

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 He calls me

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 to consider

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 who the living God is.

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 But some of you

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 might say

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 oh George

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 yeah you know

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 you wax and wane

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 poetic

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 every once in a while.

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 George

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 it's all still

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 about rules.

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 Yeah it's all

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 about rules.

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 You know

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 go take the low place.

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 You know

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 and what's that next part

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 that you haven't read yet?

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 You're probably going to say

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 we're going to look at it

00:22:51.659 --> 00:22:51.960
 in a second

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 and that's good.

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 I want you to look at it.

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 Okay.

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 You know

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 what is it all about?

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 You know

00:22:55.960 --> 00:22:57.220
 you have to give your money away

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 and help all those poor people

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 and stuff like that.

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 Yeah yeah yeah.

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 You know

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 every once in a while

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 I go through Loblaws

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 and they say

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 well you allow me

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 to take two dollars

00:23:03.799 --> 00:23:05.299
 off your bill

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 so we can help this or that.

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 And I say

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 yeah yeah sure

00:23:07.539 --> 00:23:07.880
 you know what

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 two bucks.

00:23:08.720 --> 00:23:08.840
 You know

00:23:08.840 --> 00:23:09.799
 go ahead.

00:23:10.220 --> 00:23:10.440
 You know

00:23:10.440 --> 00:23:11.079
 and I know

00:23:11.079 --> 00:23:11.600
 you got to help

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 the poor people

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 and all like that.

00:23:13.240 --> 00:23:13.519
 George

00:23:13.519 --> 00:23:14.299
 come on.

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 But you know

00:23:15.360 --> 00:23:16.380
 that's the thing

00:23:16.380 --> 00:23:17.000
 about religion

00:23:17.000 --> 00:23:18.079
 why it's so harmful.

00:23:18.220 --> 00:23:19.019
 It's always telling you

00:23:19.019 --> 00:23:19.660
 do this

00:23:19.660 --> 00:23:20.720
 don't do that.

00:23:20.900 --> 00:23:21.660
 Feel guilty

00:23:21.660 --> 00:23:23.120
 if you don't do this.

00:23:23.480 --> 00:23:23.799
 You know

00:23:23.799 --> 00:23:24.759
 rather than just sort of

00:23:24.759 --> 00:23:25.460
 going with the flow.

00:23:25.460 --> 00:23:25.680
 Well you know

00:23:25.680 --> 00:23:26.779
 that's why I find

00:23:26.779 --> 00:23:27.660
 going to a bar

00:23:27.660 --> 00:23:28.900
 far more pleasant

00:23:28.900 --> 00:23:30.440
 than going to church

00:23:30.440 --> 00:23:32.140
 or going to a Starbucks.

00:23:32.319 --> 00:23:32.440
 You know

00:23:32.440 --> 00:23:33.180
 you just sit there

00:23:33.180 --> 00:23:33.980
 you read the paper

00:23:33.980 --> 00:23:34.860
 you have your ideas

00:23:34.860 --> 00:23:35.900
 you have the odd chat.

00:23:36.019 --> 00:23:36.120
 You know

00:23:36.120 --> 00:23:36.600
 there's nobody

00:23:36.600 --> 00:23:37.700
 putting all this pressure

00:23:37.700 --> 00:23:38.019
 on you

00:23:38.019 --> 00:23:39.120
 and laws and rules

00:23:39.120 --> 00:23:40.000
 and stuff like that.

00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:42.079
 Jesus is still religious.

00:23:42.299 --> 00:23:43.279
 Even if you say

00:23:43.279 --> 00:23:44.680
 and that was a good story

00:23:44.680 --> 00:23:45.620
 that it was a profound

00:23:45.620 --> 00:23:46.600
 critique of religion

00:23:46.600 --> 00:23:47.720
 and even if

00:23:47.720 --> 00:23:48.340
 yeah

00:23:48.340 --> 00:23:48.819
 I mean

00:23:48.819 --> 00:23:49.500
 I have to confess

00:23:49.500 --> 00:23:50.160
 it's hard for me

00:23:50.160 --> 00:23:51.059
 to think of options

00:23:51.059 --> 00:23:51.880
 other than tower

00:23:51.880 --> 00:23:52.460
 or cower

00:23:52.460 --> 00:23:53.220
 but it's still

00:23:53.220 --> 00:23:54.220
 just all about rules.

00:23:54.400 --> 00:23:54.680
 I mean

00:23:54.680 --> 00:23:55.700
 look what he says next.

00:23:55.900 --> 00:23:56.400
 Well let's look.

00:23:57.680 --> 00:23:58.579
 Verse 12

00:23:58.579 --> 00:23:59.460
 through 14

00:23:59.460 --> 00:24:01.759
 Jesus also said

00:24:01.759 --> 00:24:02.160
 to the man

00:24:02.160 --> 00:24:03.059
 who had invited him

00:24:03.059 --> 00:24:04.579
 when you give a dinner

00:24:04.579 --> 00:24:05.279
 or a banquet

00:24:05.279 --> 00:24:06.000
 do not invite

00:24:06.000 --> 00:24:06.579
 your friends

00:24:06.579 --> 00:24:07.160
 or your brothers

00:24:07.160 --> 00:24:07.940
 or your relatives

00:24:07.940 --> 00:24:08.840
 or rich neighbors

00:24:08.840 --> 00:24:10.259
 lest they also invite you

00:24:10.259 --> 00:24:11.160
 in return

00:24:11.160 --> 00:24:12.920
 and you be repaid.

00:24:13.460 --> 00:24:14.640
 But when you give a feast

00:24:14.640 --> 00:24:15.600
 invite the poor

00:24:15.600 --> 00:24:16.279
 the crippled

00:24:16.279 --> 00:24:16.779
 the lame

00:24:16.779 --> 00:24:17.340
 the blind

00:24:17.340 --> 00:24:18.500
 and you will be blessed

00:24:18.500 --> 00:24:20.819
 because they cannot repay you

00:24:20.819 --> 00:24:22.339
 for you will be repaid

00:24:22.339 --> 00:24:23.079
 at the resurrection

00:24:23.079 --> 00:24:23.759
 of the just.

00:24:24.900 --> 00:24:25.160
 Now

00:24:25.160 --> 00:24:26.180
 here's the thing

00:24:26.180 --> 00:24:27.019
 about this text.

00:24:30.920 --> 00:24:31.900
 This is also

00:24:31.900 --> 00:24:32.900
 a profound critique

00:24:32.900 --> 00:24:33.500
 of religion

00:24:33.500 --> 00:24:34.619
 and spirituality

00:24:34.619 --> 00:24:35.759
 and actually

00:24:35.759 --> 00:24:36.680
 much therapy

00:24:36.680 --> 00:24:38.599
 because at the heart

00:24:38.599 --> 00:24:38.980
 of many

00:24:38.980 --> 00:24:39.980
 of much therapy

00:24:39.980 --> 00:24:40.980
 and much spirituality

00:24:40.980 --> 00:24:41.920
 and much religion

00:24:41.920 --> 00:24:42.880
 is the idea

00:24:42.880 --> 00:24:43.619
 of creating

00:24:43.619 --> 00:24:44.799
 indebtedness

00:24:44.799 --> 00:24:46.619
 in others

00:24:46.619 --> 00:24:48.699
 so you will benefit.

00:24:51.179 --> 00:24:51.839
 Once again

00:24:51.839 --> 00:24:52.519
 think of how

00:24:52.519 --> 00:24:53.439
 many of the religions

00:24:53.439 --> 00:24:54.519
 in the world work.

00:24:55.679 --> 00:24:57.119
 You're in an endless cycle

00:24:57.119 --> 00:24:58.139
 of death and rebirth

00:24:58.139 --> 00:24:59.179
 and death and rebirth

00:24:59.179 --> 00:25:00.119
 and death and rebirth.

00:25:00.239 --> 00:25:00.839
 If you follow

00:25:00.839 --> 00:25:02.199
 these practices

00:25:02.199 --> 00:25:03.419
 maybe of meditation

00:25:03.419 --> 00:25:04.439
 maybe of yoga

00:25:04.439 --> 00:25:05.279
 maybe of certain

00:25:05.279 --> 00:25:06.239
 acts of charity

00:25:06.239 --> 00:25:07.799
 that if you follow

00:25:07.799 --> 00:25:08.759
 these practices

00:25:08.759 --> 00:25:10.319
 you will earn

00:25:10.319 --> 00:25:11.199
 some type of thing

00:25:11.199 --> 00:25:12.000
 so that in the next

00:25:12.000 --> 00:25:12.859
 cycle of life

00:25:12.859 --> 00:25:13.299
 you will have

00:25:13.299 --> 00:25:14.500
 a better cycle of life

00:25:14.500 --> 00:25:15.419
 and eventually

00:25:15.419 --> 00:25:16.019
 you will come

00:25:16.019 --> 00:25:16.480
 to the goal

00:25:16.480 --> 00:25:16.839
 of it all

00:25:16.839 --> 00:25:17.720
 which is to be nothing.

00:25:19.440 --> 00:25:20.240
 Or that

00:25:20.240 --> 00:25:21.440
 if you have

00:25:21.440 --> 00:25:22.180
 to understand

00:25:22.180 --> 00:25:22.720
 that actually

00:25:22.720 --> 00:25:23.500
 desire is

00:25:23.500 --> 00:25:23.980
 the fundamental

00:25:23.980 --> 00:25:24.539
 problem

00:25:24.539 --> 00:25:25.359
 and so that

00:25:25.359 --> 00:25:25.779
 if you do

00:25:25.779 --> 00:25:26.379
 these types

00:25:26.379 --> 00:25:26.759
 of things

00:25:26.759 --> 00:25:27.160
 there's this

00:25:27.160 --> 00:25:28.279
 type of benefit

00:25:28.279 --> 00:25:29.259
 that automatically

00:25:29.259 --> 00:25:30.119
 comes from you.

00:25:30.180 --> 00:25:30.500
 It's as if

00:25:30.500 --> 00:25:31.379
 somehow or another

00:25:31.379 --> 00:25:32.079
 in the forces

00:25:32.079 --> 00:25:32.819
 of how the universe

00:25:32.819 --> 00:25:33.359
 works

00:25:33.359 --> 00:25:34.139
 that if you

00:25:34.139 --> 00:25:34.940
 give this

00:25:34.940 --> 00:25:36.279
 you get that.

00:25:37.099 --> 00:25:37.579
 And how much

00:25:37.579 --> 00:25:38.460
 of even therapy

00:25:38.460 --> 00:25:39.039
 is all about

00:25:39.039 --> 00:25:39.900
 that you know

00:25:39.900 --> 00:25:40.599
 like how do you

00:25:40.599 --> 00:25:41.099
 win friends

00:25:41.099 --> 00:25:41.839
 and influence people

00:25:41.839 --> 00:25:42.319
 or how do you

00:25:42.319 --> 00:25:42.879
 do well at work?

00:25:42.960 --> 00:25:44.519
 Well if you

00:25:44.519 --> 00:25:45.879
 spend more time

00:25:45.879 --> 00:25:46.480
 listening than

00:25:46.480 --> 00:25:46.920
 speaking

00:25:46.920 --> 00:25:48.379
 if you compliment

00:25:48.379 --> 00:25:49.160
 people in the right

00:25:49.160 --> 00:25:49.519
 way

00:25:49.519 --> 00:25:51.200
 if you are

00:25:51.200 --> 00:25:52.259
 helpful and notice

00:25:52.259 --> 00:25:52.839
 things that need

00:25:52.839 --> 00:25:53.240
 to be done

00:25:53.240 --> 00:25:53.819
 and work

00:25:53.819 --> 00:25:54.660
 then you're going

00:25:54.660 --> 00:25:55.079
 to create

00:25:55.079 --> 00:25:55.940
 this dynamic

00:25:55.940 --> 00:25:56.779
 whereby people

00:25:56.779 --> 00:25:57.400
 like you

00:25:57.400 --> 00:25:58.200
 and they feel

00:25:58.200 --> 00:25:58.799
 maybe even a

00:25:58.799 --> 00:25:59.619
 sense of obligation

00:25:59.619 --> 00:25:59.859
 to you

00:25:59.859 --> 00:26:00.319
 and they notice

00:26:00.319 --> 00:26:00.680
 you and so

00:26:00.680 --> 00:26:01.220
 you get good

00:26:01.220 --> 00:26:01.779
 things coming

00:26:01.779 --> 00:26:02.160
 back

00:26:02.160 --> 00:26:03.059
 and in all

00:26:03.059 --> 00:26:03.700
 of these things

00:26:03.700 --> 00:26:04.299
 the self

00:26:04.299 --> 00:26:04.759
 is still

00:26:04.759 --> 00:26:05.500
 enthroned.

00:26:06.460 --> 00:26:07.299
 The self

00:26:07.299 --> 00:26:08.400
 is still

00:26:08.400 --> 00:26:09.460
 enthroned.

00:26:10.400 --> 00:26:10.839
 And what

00:26:10.839 --> 00:26:11.279
 does Jesus

00:26:11.279 --> 00:26:11.700
 say?

00:26:12.220 --> 00:26:12.860
 Jesus is

00:26:12.860 --> 00:26:13.299
 not only

00:26:13.299 --> 00:26:13.660
 saying

00:26:13.660 --> 00:26:14.319
 he's saying

00:26:14.319 --> 00:26:15.039
 something about

00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:15.559
 the nature

00:26:15.559 --> 00:26:16.220
 of the universe

00:26:16.220 --> 00:26:16.880
 he goes

00:26:16.880 --> 00:26:17.519
 right to the

00:26:17.519 --> 00:26:17.779
 heart.

00:26:18.080 --> 00:26:18.360
 He says

00:26:18.360 --> 00:26:19.000
 oh yeah

00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:20.279
 you have

00:26:20.279 --> 00:26:20.759
 meals

00:26:20.759 --> 00:26:21.700
 and you

00:26:21.700 --> 00:26:22.180
 invite your

00:26:22.180 --> 00:26:22.600
 family

00:26:22.600 --> 00:26:22.920
 and you

00:26:22.920 --> 00:26:23.400
 invite your

00:26:23.400 --> 00:26:23.860
 friends

00:26:23.860 --> 00:26:24.279
 and you

00:26:24.279 --> 00:26:24.640
 hope to

00:26:24.640 --> 00:26:24.920
 get the

00:26:24.920 --> 00:26:25.440
 exact same

00:26:25.440 --> 00:26:25.860
 thing back

00:26:25.860 --> 00:26:26.220
 and you

00:26:26.220 --> 00:26:26.680
 even

00:26:26.680 --> 00:26:27.819
 invite rich

00:26:27.819 --> 00:26:28.259
 people

00:26:28.259 --> 00:26:28.920
 in the

00:26:28.920 --> 00:26:29.340
 hope that

00:26:29.340 --> 00:26:29.559
 they'll

00:26:29.559 --> 00:26:29.980
 come

00:26:29.980 --> 00:26:30.799
 because if

00:26:30.799 --> 00:26:31.220
 a rich

00:26:31.220 --> 00:26:31.680
 person

00:26:31.680 --> 00:26:32.080
 comes

00:26:32.080 --> 00:26:32.299
 they're

00:26:32.299 --> 00:26:32.500
 going to

00:26:32.500 --> 00:26:32.680
 feel

00:26:32.680 --> 00:26:33.460
 obligated

00:26:33.460 --> 00:26:34.380
 to invite

00:26:34.380 --> 00:26:34.779
 you over

00:26:34.779 --> 00:26:35.160
 to their

00:26:35.160 --> 00:26:35.620
 house

00:26:35.620 --> 00:26:36.779
 and you

00:26:36.779 --> 00:26:37.319
 might only

00:26:37.319 --> 00:26:37.779
 have given

00:26:37.779 --> 00:26:38.019
 them

00:26:38.019 --> 00:26:38.980
 falafel

00:26:38.980 --> 00:26:40.980
 but they'll

00:26:40.980 --> 00:26:41.460
 give you

00:26:41.460 --> 00:26:42.160
 chicken

00:26:42.160 --> 00:26:43.079
 shawarmas

00:26:43.079 --> 00:26:45.579
 because

00:26:45.579 --> 00:26:45.920
 you're

00:26:45.920 --> 00:26:46.519
 poor and

00:26:46.519 --> 00:26:46.980
 can only

00:26:46.980 --> 00:26:47.360
 afford

00:26:47.360 --> 00:26:48.259
 chickpeas

00:26:48.259 --> 00:26:49.440
 they can

00:26:49.440 --> 00:26:49.799
 afford

00:26:49.799 --> 00:26:50.620
 chickens

00:26:50.620 --> 00:26:52.059
 or maybe

00:26:52.059 --> 00:26:52.880
 a cow

00:26:52.880 --> 00:26:53.299
 and you

00:26:53.299 --> 00:26:53.660
 can get

00:26:53.660 --> 00:26:53.960
 some

00:26:53.960 --> 00:26:54.460
 beef

00:26:54.460 --> 00:26:57.700
 and this

00:26:57.700 --> 00:26:58.120
 is also

00:26:58.120 --> 00:26:58.620
 talking about

00:26:58.620 --> 00:26:58.880
 how we

00:26:58.880 --> 00:26:59.279
 relate to

00:26:59.279 --> 00:26:59.500
 God

00:26:59.500 --> 00:26:59.880
 because

00:26:59.880 --> 00:27:00.400
 who's

00:27:00.400 --> 00:27:00.700
 richer

00:27:00.700 --> 00:27:00.920
 than

00:27:00.920 --> 00:27:01.460
 God

00:27:01.460 --> 00:27:04.240
 no one's

00:27:04.240 --> 00:27:04.500
 richer

00:27:04.500 --> 00:27:04.720
 than

00:27:04.720 --> 00:27:05.120
 God

00:27:05.119 --> 00:27:07.319
 yeah

00:27:07.319 --> 00:27:07.539
 yeah

00:27:07.539 --> 00:27:08.719
 I'll

00:27:08.719 --> 00:27:08.939
 put

00:27:08.939 --> 00:27:09.339
 yeah

00:27:09.339 --> 00:27:09.959
 I'll

00:27:09.959 --> 00:27:10.119
 put

00:27:10.119 --> 00:27:10.239
 the

00:27:10.239 --> 00:27:10.839
 20

00:27:10.839 --> 00:27:11.139
 bucks

00:27:11.139 --> 00:27:11.299
 in

00:27:11.299 --> 00:27:11.439
 the

00:27:11.439 --> 00:27:11.719
 plate

00:27:11.719 --> 00:27:13.619
 God

00:27:13.619 --> 00:27:13.879
 owes

00:27:13.879 --> 00:27:14.059
 me

00:27:14.059 --> 00:27:14.399
 back

00:27:14.399 --> 00:27:14.679
 now

00:27:14.679 --> 00:27:14.839
 you

00:27:14.839 --> 00:27:15.059
 know

00:27:15.059 --> 00:27:16.000
 20

00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:16.500
 bucks

00:27:16.500 --> 00:27:17.039
 he owes

00:27:17.039 --> 00:27:17.319
 me

00:27:17.319 --> 00:27:18.739
 how many

00:27:18.739 --> 00:27:19.000
 of us

00:27:19.000 --> 00:27:19.279
 when we're

00:27:19.279 --> 00:27:19.859
 depressed

00:27:19.859 --> 00:27:21.039
 we think

00:27:21.039 --> 00:27:21.639
 you know

00:27:21.639 --> 00:27:22.000
 God

00:27:22.000 --> 00:27:22.199
 look

00:27:22.199 --> 00:27:22.639
 I was

00:27:22.639 --> 00:27:22.819
 so

00:27:22.819 --> 00:27:23.179
 you know

00:27:23.179 --> 00:27:23.419
 look

00:27:23.419 --> 00:27:24.500
 sexually

00:27:24.500 --> 00:27:24.959
 I was

00:27:24.959 --> 00:27:25.419
 faithful

00:27:25.419 --> 00:27:25.699
 and I

00:27:25.699 --> 00:27:26.159
 gave

00:27:26.159 --> 00:27:26.479
 this

00:27:26.479 --> 00:27:26.739
 and I

00:27:26.739 --> 00:27:26.979
 did

00:27:26.979 --> 00:27:27.279
 this

00:27:27.279 --> 00:27:27.519
 and I

00:27:27.519 --> 00:27:27.799
 taught

00:27:27.799 --> 00:27:28.159
 Sunday

00:27:28.159 --> 00:27:28.399
 school

00:27:28.399 --> 00:27:28.719
 and now

00:27:28.719 --> 00:27:29.299
 why

00:27:29.299 --> 00:27:29.759
 is this

00:27:29.759 --> 00:27:30.139
 happening

00:27:30.139 --> 00:27:30.639
 to me

00:27:30.639 --> 00:27:31.879
 and why

00:27:31.879 --> 00:27:32.139
 do we

00:27:32.139 --> 00:27:32.279
 say

00:27:32.279 --> 00:27:32.639
 why is

00:27:32.639 --> 00:27:32.759
 it

00:27:32.759 --> 00:27:33.059
 happening

00:27:33.059 --> 00:27:33.519
 to me

00:27:33.519 --> 00:27:35.359
 because we

00:27:35.359 --> 00:27:35.700
 think we

00:27:35.700 --> 00:27:36.180
 put God

00:27:36.180 --> 00:27:36.460
 in our

00:27:36.460 --> 00:27:36.720
 debt

00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:39.420
 for some

00:27:39.420 --> 00:27:39.720
 of us

00:27:39.720 --> 00:27:40.119
 who left

00:27:40.119 --> 00:27:40.700
 the building

00:27:40.700 --> 00:27:42.579
 three some

00:27:42.579 --> 00:27:43.059
 odd years

00:27:43.059 --> 00:27:43.359
 ago

00:27:43.359 --> 00:27:44.379
 and God

00:27:44.379 --> 00:27:44.799
 didn't give

00:27:44.799 --> 00:27:45.180
 us a new

00:27:45.180 --> 00:27:45.420
 church

00:27:45.420 --> 00:27:45.799
 building

00:27:45.799 --> 00:27:46.879
 and for

00:27:46.879 --> 00:27:47.220
 some of

00:27:47.220 --> 00:27:47.339
 us

00:27:47.339 --> 00:27:47.759
 whether we

00:27:47.759 --> 00:27:48.200
 recognize

00:27:48.200 --> 00:27:48.559
 it or

00:27:48.559 --> 00:27:48.759
 not

00:27:48.759 --> 00:27:49.440
 we carry

00:27:49.440 --> 00:27:50.019
 around

00:27:50.019 --> 00:27:50.599
 within us

00:27:50.599 --> 00:27:51.200
 the idea

00:27:51.200 --> 00:27:51.799
 that we

00:27:51.799 --> 00:27:52.180
 did a

00:27:52.180 --> 00:27:52.740
 really big

00:27:52.740 --> 00:27:53.019
 thing

00:27:53.019 --> 00:27:53.740
 for God

00:27:53.740 --> 00:27:55.160
 he owes

00:27:55.160 --> 00:27:55.700
 us

00:27:55.700 --> 00:27:58.680
 and if

00:27:58.680 --> 00:27:59.759
 he isn't

00:27:59.759 --> 00:28:00.160
 following

00:28:00.160 --> 00:28:00.740
 through

00:28:00.740 --> 00:28:02.359
 it's because

00:28:02.359 --> 00:28:02.879
 there's some

00:28:02.880 --> 00:28:03.360
 secret

00:28:03.360 --> 00:28:03.840
 person

00:28:03.840 --> 00:28:04.300
 adding

00:28:04.300 --> 00:28:04.820
 extra

00:28:04.820 --> 00:28:05.400
 lack

00:28:05.400 --> 00:28:05.600
 of

00:28:05.600 --> 00:28:05.940
 faith

00:28:05.940 --> 00:28:06.620
 debt

00:28:06.620 --> 00:28:07.280
 that

00:28:07.280 --> 00:28:07.820
 cancels

00:28:07.820 --> 00:28:08.020
 out

00:28:08.020 --> 00:28:08.200
 our

00:28:08.200 --> 00:28:09.180
 sacrifice

00:28:09.180 --> 00:28:10.920
 if we

00:28:10.920 --> 00:28:11.240
 could just

00:28:11.240 --> 00:28:11.840
 figure out

00:28:11.840 --> 00:28:12.260
 what it is

00:28:12.260 --> 00:28:12.640
 that the

00:28:12.640 --> 00:28:13.100
 pastor's

00:28:13.100 --> 00:28:13.660
 done wrong

00:28:13.660 --> 00:28:13.960
 or the

00:28:13.960 --> 00:28:14.320
 wardens

00:28:14.320 --> 00:28:14.700
 have done

00:28:14.700 --> 00:28:15.020
 wrong

00:28:15.020 --> 00:28:15.300
 or the

00:28:15.300 --> 00:28:15.580
 Sunday

00:28:15.580 --> 00:28:15.880
 school

00:28:15.880 --> 00:28:16.140
 or the

00:28:16.140 --> 00:28:16.340
 youth

00:28:16.340 --> 00:28:16.640
 group

00:28:16.640 --> 00:28:17.040
 or the

00:28:17.040 --> 00:28:17.780
 interns

00:28:17.780 --> 00:28:18.240
 have done

00:28:18.240 --> 00:28:18.560
 wrong

00:28:18.560 --> 00:28:18.960
 then the

00:28:18.960 --> 00:28:19.340
 balance

00:28:19.340 --> 00:28:19.660
 would be

00:28:19.660 --> 00:28:20.200
 restored

00:28:20.200 --> 00:28:21.640
 I'm

00:28:21.640 --> 00:28:22.000
 speaking

00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:22.280
 really

00:28:22.280 --> 00:28:22.800
 crass

00:28:22.800 --> 00:28:24.920
 it's how

00:28:24.920 --> 00:28:25.100
 our

00:28:25.100 --> 00:28:25.480
 heart

00:28:25.480 --> 00:28:25.980
 works

00:28:25.980 --> 00:28:28.180
 so here's

00:28:28.180 --> 00:28:28.800
 what Jesus

00:28:28.800 --> 00:28:29.520
 is telling

00:28:29.520 --> 00:28:30.020
 us in this

00:28:30.020 --> 00:28:30.440
 story

00:28:30.440 --> 00:28:32.620
 number

00:28:32.620 --> 00:28:33.019
 three

00:28:33.019 --> 00:28:33.400
 Andrew

00:28:33.400 --> 00:28:34.620
 no human

00:28:34.620 --> 00:28:35.140
 being

00:28:35.140 --> 00:28:36.259
 ever has

00:28:36.259 --> 00:28:36.980
 or ever

00:28:36.980 --> 00:28:37.539
 can

00:28:37.539 --> 00:28:38.799
 put the

00:28:38.799 --> 00:28:39.559
 living God

00:28:39.559 --> 00:28:40.160
 in their

00:28:40.160 --> 00:28:40.539
 debt

00:28:40.539 --> 00:28:43.539
 no human

00:28:43.539 --> 00:28:44.120
 being

00:28:44.120 --> 00:28:45.180
 ever has

00:28:45.180 --> 00:28:45.779
 or ever

00:28:45.779 --> 00:28:46.320
 can

00:28:46.320 --> 00:28:47.279
 put the

00:28:47.279 --> 00:28:48.000
 living God

00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:48.700
 in their

00:28:48.700 --> 00:28:49.000
 debt

00:28:49.000 --> 00:28:51.360
 this is a

00:28:51.360 --> 00:28:52.240
 profound

00:28:52.240 --> 00:28:53.140
 attack

00:28:53.140 --> 00:28:54.100
 not not

00:28:54.100 --> 00:28:54.620
 an attack

00:28:54.620 --> 00:28:55.080
 it's a

00:28:55.080 --> 00:28:55.580
 profound

00:28:55.580 --> 00:28:56.220
 challenge

00:28:56.220 --> 00:28:56.900
 to our

00:28:56.900 --> 00:28:57.420
 heart

00:28:57.420 --> 00:28:58.140
 the center

00:28:58.140 --> 00:28:58.519
 of who

00:28:58.519 --> 00:28:58.920
 we are

00:28:58.920 --> 00:29:00.059
 the center

00:29:00.059 --> 00:29:00.480
 of where

00:29:00.480 --> 00:29:01.180
 our mind

00:29:01.180 --> 00:29:01.539
 and our

00:29:01.539 --> 00:29:02.160
 will

00:29:02.160 --> 00:29:02.660
 and our

00:29:02.660 --> 00:29:03.900
 emotions

00:29:03.900 --> 00:29:04.639
 all come

00:29:04.639 --> 00:29:04.839
 from

00:29:04.839 --> 00:29:05.180
 the heart

00:29:05.180 --> 00:29:05.400
 in the

00:29:05.400 --> 00:29:05.680
 Bible

00:29:05.680 --> 00:29:06.200
 doesn't just

00:29:06.200 --> 00:29:06.519
 mean our

00:29:06.519 --> 00:29:06.940
 emotions

00:29:06.940 --> 00:29:07.460
 it's the

00:29:07.460 --> 00:29:07.819
 center

00:29:07.819 --> 00:29:08.139
 of who

00:29:08.139 --> 00:29:08.440
 we are

00:29:08.440 --> 00:29:09.299
 it's

00:29:09.299 --> 00:29:09.680
 that

00:29:09.680 --> 00:29:10.259
 united

00:29:10.259 --> 00:29:10.740
 one

00:29:10.740 --> 00:29:11.240
 place

00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:11.460
 that

00:29:11.460 --> 00:29:12.000
 emotions

00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:12.420
 emerge

00:29:12.420 --> 00:29:12.639
 from

00:29:12.639 --> 00:29:12.799
 and

00:29:12.799 --> 00:29:13.160
 thoughts

00:29:13.160 --> 00:29:13.539
 emerge

00:29:13.539 --> 00:29:13.759
 from

00:29:13.759 --> 00:29:13.920
 and

00:29:13.920 --> 00:29:14.279
 memories

00:29:14.279 --> 00:29:14.619
 and

00:29:14.619 --> 00:29:15.639
 plans

00:29:15.639 --> 00:29:15.839
 and

00:29:15.839 --> 00:29:16.000
 the

00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:16.299
 will

00:29:16.299 --> 00:29:16.500
 and

00:29:16.500 --> 00:29:16.639
 it

00:29:16.639 --> 00:29:17.019
 all

00:29:17.019 --> 00:29:17.359
 there's

00:29:17.359 --> 00:29:17.519
 this

00:29:17.519 --> 00:29:17.839
 one

00:29:17.839 --> 00:29:18.619
 central

00:29:18.619 --> 00:29:19.019
 root

00:29:19.019 --> 00:29:19.279
 of

00:29:19.279 --> 00:29:19.680
 I

00:29:19.680 --> 00:29:19.859
 and

00:29:19.859 --> 00:29:20.019
 the

00:29:20.019 --> 00:29:20.240
 Bible

00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:20.539
 uses

00:29:20.539 --> 00:29:20.720
 the

00:29:20.720 --> 00:29:20.879
 word

00:29:20.879 --> 00:29:21.299
 heart

00:29:21.299 --> 00:29:21.879
 to

00:29:21.879 --> 00:29:22.319
 describe

00:29:22.319 --> 00:29:22.539
 that

00:29:22.539 --> 00:29:22.799
 part

00:29:22.799 --> 00:29:23.000
 in the

00:29:23.000 --> 00:29:23.160
 very

00:29:23.160 --> 00:29:23.579
 center

00:29:23.579 --> 00:29:23.839
 of us

00:29:23.839 --> 00:29:23.980
 the

00:29:23.980 --> 00:29:24.519
 deep

00:29:24.519 --> 00:29:24.839
 root

00:29:24.839 --> 00:29:25.039
 of

00:29:25.039 --> 00:29:25.279
 who

00:29:25.279 --> 00:29:25.559
 we

00:29:25.559 --> 00:29:25.879
 are

00:29:25.879 --> 00:29:26.099
 at

00:29:26.099 --> 00:29:26.460
 the

00:29:26.460 --> 00:29:27.099
 deepest

00:29:27.099 --> 00:29:27.500
 level

00:29:27.500 --> 00:29:27.779
 of our

00:29:27.779 --> 00:29:28.319
 identity

00:29:28.319 --> 00:29:30.299
 that

00:29:30.299 --> 00:29:30.480
 has

00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:31.200
 dethroned

00:29:31.200 --> 00:29:31.460
 the

00:29:31.460 --> 00:29:31.680
 living

00:29:31.680 --> 00:29:32.279
 God

00:29:32.279 --> 00:29:32.599
 from

00:29:32.599 --> 00:29:32.779
 his

00:29:32.779 --> 00:29:33.119
 proper

00:29:33.119 --> 00:29:33.639
 place

00:29:33.639 --> 00:29:34.240
 as

00:29:34.240 --> 00:29:34.400
 our

00:29:34.400 --> 00:29:34.759
 creator

00:29:34.759 --> 00:29:34.900
 and

00:29:34.900 --> 00:29:35.039
 our

00:29:35.039 --> 00:29:35.579
 sustainer

00:29:35.579 --> 00:29:35.779
 and

00:29:35.779 --> 00:29:35.920
 the

00:29:35.920 --> 00:29:36.220
 end

00:29:36.220 --> 00:29:37.579
 and

00:29:37.579 --> 00:29:37.700
 has

00:29:37.700 --> 00:29:37.940
 tried

00:29:37.940 --> 00:29:38.079
 to

00:29:38.079 --> 00:29:38.379
 enthrone

00:29:38.379 --> 00:29:38.900
 ourselves

00:29:38.900 --> 00:29:39.279
 and we

00:29:39.279 --> 00:29:39.460
 sit

00:29:39.460 --> 00:29:39.660
 there

00:29:39.660 --> 00:29:39.819
 with

00:29:39.819 --> 00:29:39.980
 our

00:29:39.980 --> 00:29:40.359
 idols

00:29:40.359 --> 00:29:41.400
 and

00:29:41.400 --> 00:29:41.680
 don't

00:29:41.680 --> 00:29:41.960
 want

00:29:41.960 --> 00:29:42.119
 to

00:29:42.119 --> 00:29:42.779
 have

00:29:42.779 --> 00:29:43.019
 that

00:29:43.019 --> 00:29:43.519
 challenged

00:29:43.519 --> 00:29:43.720
 at

00:29:43.720 --> 00:29:43.980
 all

00:29:43.980 --> 00:29:45.660
 and

00:29:45.660 --> 00:29:45.859
 so

00:29:45.859 --> 00:29:46.039
 we

00:29:46.039 --> 00:29:46.200
 think

00:29:46.200 --> 00:29:46.339
 we

00:29:46.339 --> 00:29:46.480
 can

00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:46.700
 put

00:29:46.700 --> 00:29:47.000
 God

00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:47.139
 in

00:29:47.139 --> 00:29:47.279
 our

00:29:47.279 --> 00:29:47.519
 debt

00:29:47.519 --> 00:29:47.740
 the

00:29:47.740 --> 00:29:48.079
 universe

00:29:48.079 --> 00:29:48.379
 in

00:29:48.379 --> 00:29:48.519
 our

00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:48.759
 debt

00:29:48.759 --> 00:29:50.000
 and

00:29:50.000 --> 00:29:50.359
 Jesus

00:29:50.359 --> 00:29:51.160
 critiques

00:29:51.160 --> 00:29:51.440
 it

00:29:54.519 --> 00:29:54.940
 Jesus

00:29:54.940 --> 00:29:55.480
 or

00:29:55.480 --> 00:29:56.000
 profound

00:29:56.000 --> 00:29:56.420
 critique

00:29:56.420 --> 00:29:56.639
 of

00:29:56.639 --> 00:29:57.000
 religion

00:29:57.000 --> 00:29:57.200
 or

00:29:57.200 --> 00:29:58.299
 profound

00:29:58.299 --> 00:29:58.740
 critique

00:29:58.740 --> 00:29:58.940
 of

00:29:58.940 --> 00:29:59.519
 spirituality

00:29:59.519 --> 00:29:59.759
 they

00:29:59.759 --> 00:29:59.879
 are

00:29:59.879 --> 00:30:00.480
 profound

00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:01.039
 critique

00:30:01.039 --> 00:30:01.519
 of

00:30:01.519 --> 00:30:02.279
 therapies

00:30:02.279 --> 00:30:04.660
 a

00:30:04.660 --> 00:30:05.359
 profound

00:30:05.359 --> 00:30:06.319
 critique

00:30:06.319 --> 00:30:09.000
 and

00:30:09.000 --> 00:30:09.200
 they're

00:30:09.200 --> 00:30:09.319
 a

00:30:09.319 --> 00:30:09.740
 profound

00:30:09.740 --> 00:30:10.099
 critique

00:30:10.099 --> 00:30:10.440
 it

00:30:10.440 --> 00:30:11.160
 worries

00:30:11.160 --> 00:30:11.420
 us

00:30:11.420 --> 00:30:11.579
 that

00:30:11.579 --> 00:30:11.700
 we

00:30:11.700 --> 00:30:12.059
 can't

00:30:12.059 --> 00:30:12.279
 put

00:30:12.279 --> 00:30:12.700
 God

00:30:12.700 --> 00:30:12.900
 in

00:30:12.900 --> 00:30:13.039
 our

00:30:13.039 --> 00:30:13.240
 debt

00:30:13.240 --> 00:30:13.599
 because

00:30:13.599 --> 00:30:13.960
 we

00:30:13.960 --> 00:30:14.379
 desire

00:30:14.379 --> 00:30:14.660
 to

00:30:14.660 --> 00:30:15.119
 tower

00:30:15.119 --> 00:30:15.819
 and

00:30:15.819 --> 00:30:15.980
 our

00:30:15.980 --> 00:30:16.480
 worry

00:30:16.480 --> 00:30:16.940
 is

00:30:16.940 --> 00:30:17.400
 that

00:30:17.400 --> 00:30:17.539
 if

00:30:17.539 --> 00:30:17.759
 we

00:30:17.759 --> 00:30:18.139
 can't

00:30:18.139 --> 00:30:18.339
 put

00:30:18.339 --> 00:30:18.759
 God

00:30:18.759 --> 00:30:19.059
 in

00:30:19.059 --> 00:30:19.240
 our

00:30:19.240 --> 00:30:19.839
 debt

00:30:19.839 --> 00:30:20.339
 then

00:30:20.339 --> 00:30:20.680
 all

00:30:20.680 --> 00:30:20.859
 we

00:30:20.859 --> 00:30:21.039
 will

00:30:21.039 --> 00:30:21.240
 do

00:30:21.240 --> 00:30:21.460
 is

00:30:21.460 --> 00:30:22.059
 cower

00:30:22.059 --> 00:30:22.500
 under

00:30:22.500 --> 00:30:22.879
 him

00:30:22.879 --> 00:30:23.319
 and

00:30:23.319 --> 00:30:23.599
 so

00:30:23.599 --> 00:30:24.000
 let's

00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:24.460
 go have

00:30:24.460 --> 00:30:24.619
 a

00:30:24.619 --> 00:30:24.880
 beer

00:30:24.880 --> 00:30:25.440
 and

00:30:25.440 --> 00:30:25.619
 try

00:30:25.619 --> 00:30:25.759
 to

00:30:25.759 --> 00:30:26.000
 forget

00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:26.240
 about

00:30:26.240 --> 00:30:26.380
 it

00:30:26.380 --> 00:30:26.579
 all

00:30:26.579 --> 00:30:29.019
 let's

00:30:29.019 --> 00:30:29.160
 go

00:30:29.160 --> 00:30:29.380
 for

00:30:29.380 --> 00:30:29.500
 a

00:30:29.500 --> 00:30:29.700
 run

00:30:29.700 --> 00:30:30.019
 and

00:30:30.019 --> 00:30:30.160
 try

00:30:30.160 --> 00:30:30.279
 to

00:30:30.279 --> 00:30:30.500
 forget

00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:30.700
 about

00:30:30.700 --> 00:30:30.839
 it

00:30:30.839 --> 00:30:31.039
 all

00:30:31.039 --> 00:30:32.059
 let's

00:30:32.059 --> 00:30:32.200
 eat

00:30:32.200 --> 00:30:32.579
 poutine

00:30:32.579 --> 00:30:32.900
 and

00:30:32.900 --> 00:30:33.079
 try

00:30:33.079 --> 00:30:33.220
 to

00:30:33.220 --> 00:30:33.400
 forget

00:30:33.400 --> 00:30:33.599
 about

00:30:33.599 --> 00:30:33.740
 it

00:30:33.740 --> 00:30:33.940
 all

00:30:33.940 --> 00:30:34.619
 I

00:30:34.619 --> 00:30:34.720
 want

00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:34.839
 to

00:30:34.839 --> 00:30:35.039
 cover

00:30:35.039 --> 00:30:35.299
 all

00:30:35.299 --> 00:30:35.759
 ranges

00:30:35.759 --> 00:30:36.119
 here

00:30:36.119 --> 00:30:36.779
 runners

00:30:36.779 --> 00:30:37.119
 and

00:30:37.119 --> 00:30:37.519
 poutine

00:30:37.519 --> 00:30:37.980
 people

00:30:37.980 --> 00:30:38.180
 on

00:30:38.180 --> 00:30:38.339
 their

00:30:38.339 --> 00:30:38.819
 couches

00:30:38.819 --> 00:30:39.039
 you

00:30:39.039 --> 00:30:39.099
 know

00:30:39.099 --> 00:30:39.200
 I

00:30:39.200 --> 00:30:39.319
 don't

00:30:39.319 --> 00:30:39.420
 want

00:30:39.420 --> 00:30:39.500
 to

00:30:39.500 --> 00:30:39.660
 just

00:30:39.660 --> 00:30:39.900
 pick

00:30:39.900 --> 00:30:40.079
 on

00:30:40.079 --> 00:30:40.299
 one

00:30:40.299 --> 00:30:40.640
 group

00:30:40.640 --> 00:30:40.819
 or

00:30:40.819 --> 00:30:41.160
 something

00:30:41.160 --> 00:30:41.339
 you

00:30:41.339 --> 00:30:41.519
 know

00:30:41.519 --> 00:30:42.559
 so

00:30:42.559 --> 00:30:42.900
 no

00:30:42.900 --> 00:30:43.299
 human

00:30:43.299 --> 00:30:43.619
 being

00:30:43.619 --> 00:30:43.940
 ever

00:30:43.940 --> 00:30:44.339
 has

00:30:44.339 --> 00:30:44.480
 or

00:30:44.480 --> 00:30:44.720
 ever

00:30:44.720 --> 00:30:45.059
 can

00:30:45.059 --> 00:30:45.380
 put

00:30:45.380 --> 00:30:45.580
 the

00:30:45.580 --> 00:30:45.780
 living

00:30:45.780 --> 00:30:46.200
 God

00:30:46.200 --> 00:30:46.520
 in

00:30:46.520 --> 00:30:46.680
 their

00:30:46.680 --> 00:30:46.920
 death

00:30:46.920 --> 00:30:47.140
 so

00:30:47.140 --> 00:30:47.420
 what's

00:30:47.420 --> 00:30:47.620
 going

00:30:47.620 --> 00:30:47.820
 on

00:30:47.820 --> 00:30:48.000
 here

00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:48.120
 in

00:30:48.120 --> 00:30:48.260
 the

00:30:48.260 --> 00:30:48.600
 story

00:30:48.600 --> 00:30:49.040
 you

00:30:49.040 --> 00:30:49.140
 see

00:30:49.140 --> 00:30:49.320
 it's

00:30:49.320 --> 00:30:49.520
 very

00:30:49.520 --> 00:30:49.860
 easy

00:30:49.860 --> 00:30:50.180
 for us

00:30:50.180 --> 00:30:50.340
 as

00:30:50.340 --> 00:30:50.700
 Christians

00:30:50.700 --> 00:30:50.940
 to

00:30:50.940 --> 00:30:51.140
 read

00:30:51.140 --> 00:30:51.480
 this

00:30:51.480 --> 00:30:52.040
 and

00:30:52.040 --> 00:30:52.180
 at

00:30:52.180 --> 00:30:52.300
 the

00:30:52.300 --> 00:30:52.440
 end

00:30:52.440 --> 00:30:52.540
 of

00:30:52.540 --> 00:30:52.640
 the

00:30:52.640 --> 00:30:52.840
 thing

00:30:52.840 --> 00:30:53.080
 like

00:30:53.080 --> 00:30:53.220
 the

00:30:53.220 --> 00:30:53.420
 very

00:30:53.420 --> 00:30:54.000
 first

00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:54.400
 story

00:30:54.400 --> 00:30:54.700
 about

00:30:54.700 --> 00:30:55.400
 healing

00:30:55.400 --> 00:30:55.920
 what

00:30:55.920 --> 00:30:56.040
 I

00:30:56.040 --> 00:30:56.200
 could

00:30:56.200 --> 00:30:56.460
 say

00:30:56.460 --> 00:30:56.640
 to

00:30:56.640 --> 00:30:56.860
 you

00:30:56.860 --> 00:30:57.380
 and

00:30:57.380 --> 00:30:57.640
 you

00:30:57.640 --> 00:30:57.780
 see

00:30:57.780 --> 00:30:57.980
 this

00:30:57.980 --> 00:30:58.100
 is

00:30:58.100 --> 00:30:58.580
 what

00:30:58.580 --> 00:30:58.880
 people

00:30:58.880 --> 00:30:59.220
 often

00:30:59.220 --> 00:30:59.480
 see

00:30:59.480 --> 00:30:59.680
 about

00:30:59.680 --> 00:30:59.860
 us

00:30:59.860 --> 00:31:00.000
 as

00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:00.480
 Christians

00:31:00.480 --> 00:31:01.140
 is

00:31:01.140 --> 00:31:01.400
 that

00:31:01.400 --> 00:31:03.280
 it

00:31:03.280 --> 00:31:03.840
 just

00:31:03.840 --> 00:31:04.280
 it

00:31:04.280 --> 00:31:06.620
 tells

00:31:06.620 --> 00:31:07.000
 us

00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:08.240
 all

00:31:08.240 --> 00:31:08.580
 these

00:31:08.580 --> 00:31:09.180
 big

00:31:09.180 --> 00:31:10.000
 aspirations

00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:10.440
 that

00:31:10.440 --> 00:31:10.680
 just

00:31:10.680 --> 00:31:11.620
 crush

00:31:11.620 --> 00:31:12.060
 us

00:31:15.380 --> 00:31:15.580
 read

00:31:15.580 --> 00:31:15.800
 this

00:31:15.800 --> 00:31:15.920
 in

00:31:15.920 --> 00:31:16.040
 a

00:31:16.040 --> 00:31:16.320
 religious

00:31:16.320 --> 00:31:16.660
 way

00:31:16.660 --> 00:31:16.800
 and

00:31:16.800 --> 00:31:16.940
 say

00:31:16.940 --> 00:31:17.140
 okay

00:31:17.140 --> 00:31:17.500
 therefore

00:31:17.500 --> 00:31:17.840
 all

00:31:17.840 --> 00:31:17.960
 of

00:31:17.960 --> 00:31:18.080
 you

00:31:18.080 --> 00:31:18.420
 folks

00:31:18.420 --> 00:31:18.860
 when

00:31:18.860 --> 00:31:19.120
 you're

00:31:19.120 --> 00:31:19.520
 surrounded

00:31:19.520 --> 00:31:19.820
 by

00:31:19.820 --> 00:31:20.020
 your

00:31:20.020 --> 00:31:20.340
 enemies

00:31:20.340 --> 00:31:21.140
 don't

00:31:21.140 --> 00:31:21.360
 think

00:31:21.360 --> 00:31:21.580
 about

00:31:21.580 --> 00:31:21.780
 your

00:31:21.780 --> 00:31:22.080
 enemies

00:31:22.080 --> 00:31:22.560
 you've

00:31:22.560 --> 00:31:22.840
 got to

00:31:22.840 --> 00:31:23.020
 think

00:31:23.020 --> 00:31:23.240
 about

00:31:23.240 --> 00:31:23.420
 the

00:31:23.420 --> 00:31:23.760
 person

00:31:23.760 --> 00:31:24.020
 and

00:31:24.020 --> 00:31:24.200
 you've

00:31:24.200 --> 00:31:24.300
 got

00:31:24.300 --> 00:31:24.420
 to

00:31:24.420 --> 00:31:24.560
 try

00:31:24.560 --> 00:31:24.680
 to

00:31:24.680 --> 00:31:24.820
 be

00:31:24.820 --> 00:31:24.980
 a

00:31:24.980 --> 00:31:25.540
 healer

00:31:25.540 --> 00:31:25.880
 in

00:31:25.880 --> 00:31:25.980
 the

00:31:25.980 --> 00:31:26.200
 midst

00:31:26.200 --> 00:31:26.360
 of

00:31:26.360 --> 00:31:26.460
 your

00:31:26.460 --> 00:31:26.680
 enemies

00:31:26.680 --> 00:31:26.920
 that's

00:31:26.920 --> 00:31:27.020
 what

00:31:27.020 --> 00:31:27.260
 you've

00:31:27.260 --> 00:31:27.440
 got

00:31:27.440 --> 00:31:27.560
 to

00:31:27.560 --> 00:31:27.760
 do

00:31:27.760 --> 00:31:28.220
 and

00:31:28.220 --> 00:31:28.360
 when

00:31:28.360 --> 00:31:28.500
 you

00:31:28.500 --> 00:31:28.720
 go

00:31:28.720 --> 00:31:28.900
 to

00:31:28.900 --> 00:31:29.240
 work

00:31:29.240 --> 00:31:29.860
 always

00:31:29.860 --> 00:31:30.180
 take

00:31:30.180 --> 00:31:30.400
 the

00:31:30.400 --> 00:31:30.820
 worst

00:31:30.820 --> 00:31:31.460
 position

00:31:31.460 --> 00:31:32.460
 and

00:31:32.460 --> 00:31:33.080
 always

00:31:33.080 --> 00:31:34.220
 try to

00:31:34.220 --> 00:31:34.360
 be

00:31:34.360 --> 00:31:34.700
 humble

00:31:34.700 --> 00:31:35.000
 and have

00:31:35.000 --> 00:31:35.340
 a long

00:31:35.339 --> 00:31:35.799
 face

00:31:35.799 --> 00:31:36.299
 okay

00:31:36.299 --> 00:31:36.519
 and

00:31:36.519 --> 00:31:36.859
 always

00:31:36.859 --> 00:31:37.099
 give

00:31:37.099 --> 00:31:37.459
 lots

00:31:37.459 --> 00:31:37.599
 and

00:31:37.599 --> 00:31:37.839
 lots

00:31:37.839 --> 00:31:37.980
 of

00:31:37.980 --> 00:31:38.119
 money

00:31:38.119 --> 00:31:38.259
 to

00:31:38.259 --> 00:31:38.399
 the

00:31:38.399 --> 00:31:38.699
 poor

00:31:38.699 --> 00:31:39.299
 and

00:31:39.299 --> 00:31:39.919
 always

00:31:39.919 --> 00:31:40.279
 do

00:31:40.279 --> 00:31:40.659
 that

00:31:40.659 --> 00:31:40.919
 and

00:31:40.919 --> 00:31:41.399
 never

00:31:41.399 --> 00:31:41.699
 just

00:31:41.699 --> 00:31:41.980
 have

00:31:41.980 --> 00:31:42.119
 a

00:31:42.119 --> 00:31:42.379
 moment

00:31:42.379 --> 00:31:42.559
 where

00:31:42.559 --> 00:31:42.659
 you

00:31:42.659 --> 00:31:42.839
 just

00:31:42.839 --> 00:31:43.000
 say

00:31:43.000 --> 00:31:43.199
 you know

00:31:43.199 --> 00:31:43.599
 I'm

00:31:43.599 --> 00:31:43.699
 going to

00:31:43.699 --> 00:31:43.859
 have

00:31:43.859 --> 00:31:44.039
 this

00:31:44.039 --> 00:31:44.639
 Haagen-Dazs

00:31:44.639 --> 00:31:45.099
 ice cream

00:31:45.099 --> 00:31:45.359
 because

00:31:45.359 --> 00:31:45.619
 you know

00:31:45.619 --> 00:31:45.819
 what

00:31:45.819 --> 00:31:46.119
 I just

00:31:46.119 --> 00:31:47.259
 I want

00:31:47.259 --> 00:31:47.480
 to have

00:31:47.480 --> 00:31:47.679
 some

00:31:47.679 --> 00:31:48.159
 joy

00:31:48.159 --> 00:31:49.959
 bad

00:31:49.959 --> 00:31:50.659
 feel

00:31:50.659 --> 00:31:51.240
 guilty

00:31:51.240 --> 00:31:52.639
 and

00:31:52.639 --> 00:31:52.799
 it's

00:31:52.799 --> 00:31:53.119
 easy

00:31:53.119 --> 00:31:53.599
 for us

00:31:53.599 --> 00:31:54.079
 to take

00:31:54.079 --> 00:31:54.319
 these

00:31:54.319 --> 00:31:54.599
 texts

00:31:54.599 --> 00:31:54.720
 and

00:31:54.720 --> 00:31:54.879
 just

00:31:54.879 --> 00:31:55.119
 turn

00:31:55.119 --> 00:31:55.259
 them

00:31:55.259 --> 00:31:55.439
 into

00:31:55.439 --> 00:31:55.679
 more

00:31:55.679 --> 00:31:56.199
 religion

00:31:56.199 --> 00:31:56.879
 so

00:31:56.879 --> 00:31:57.179
 what's

00:31:57.179 --> 00:31:57.379
 going

00:31:57.379 --> 00:31:57.559
 on

00:31:57.559 --> 00:31:57.639
 in

00:31:57.639 --> 00:31:57.759
 the

00:31:57.759 --> 00:31:58.199
 text

00:31:58.199 --> 00:31:59.359
 remember

00:31:59.359 --> 00:31:59.980
 we

00:31:59.980 --> 00:32:00.299
 have

00:32:00.299 --> 00:32:00.480
 to

00:32:00.480 --> 00:32:00.900
 remember

00:32:00.900 --> 00:32:01.579
 as

00:32:01.579 --> 00:32:01.759
 we're

00:32:01.759 --> 00:32:01.980
 reading

00:32:01.980 --> 00:32:02.380
 Luke's

00:32:02.380 --> 00:32:02.880
 gospel

00:32:02.880 --> 00:32:04.099
 remember

00:32:04.099 --> 00:32:04.240
 and

00:32:04.240 --> 00:32:04.319
 it

00:32:04.319 --> 00:32:04.440
 was

00:32:04.440 --> 00:32:04.819
 reminded

00:32:04.819 --> 00:32:05.099
 those

00:32:05.099 --> 00:32:05.240
 of

00:32:05.240 --> 00:32:05.319
 you

00:32:05.319 --> 00:32:05.519
 here

00:32:05.519 --> 00:32:05.799
 last

00:32:05.799 --> 00:32:06.720
 Sunday

00:32:06.720 --> 00:32:07.559
 Jesus

00:32:07.559 --> 00:32:08.160
 reminded

00:32:08.160 --> 00:32:09.299
 the text

00:32:09.299 --> 00:32:09.740
 itself

00:32:09.740 --> 00:32:10.220
 reminded

00:32:10.220 --> 00:32:10.400
 you

00:32:10.400 --> 00:32:10.579
 but

00:32:10.579 --> 00:32:11.420
 everything

00:32:11.420 --> 00:32:11.660
 in

00:32:11.660 --> 00:32:12.019
 Luke's

00:32:12.019 --> 00:32:12.539
 gospel

00:32:12.539 --> 00:32:12.980
 from

00:32:12.980 --> 00:32:13.259
 Luke

00:32:13.259 --> 00:32:13.660
 9

00:32:13.660 --> 00:32:14.120
 on

00:32:14.120 --> 00:32:14.440
 is

00:32:14.440 --> 00:32:14.599
 that

00:32:14.599 --> 00:32:14.880
 Luke

00:32:14.880 --> 00:32:15.360
 Jesus

00:32:15.360 --> 00:32:15.720
 keeps

00:32:15.720 --> 00:32:16.099
 saying

00:32:16.099 --> 00:32:16.799
 I'm

00:32:16.799 --> 00:32:17.200
 going

00:32:17.200 --> 00:32:17.620
 to

00:32:17.620 --> 00:32:18.160
 Jerusalem

00:32:18.160 --> 00:32:18.740
 to

00:32:18.740 --> 00:32:19.099
 die

00:32:19.099 --> 00:32:20.480
 I'm

00:32:20.480 --> 00:32:20.860
 going

00:32:20.860 --> 00:32:21.299
 to

00:32:21.299 --> 00:32:21.779
 Jerusalem

00:32:21.779 --> 00:32:22.339
 to

00:32:22.339 --> 00:32:22.680
 die

00:32:22.680 --> 00:32:24.039
 and

00:32:24.039 --> 00:32:24.259
 last

00:32:24.259 --> 00:32:24.460
 week

00:32:24.460 --> 00:32:24.599
 we

00:32:24.599 --> 00:32:24.860
 talked

00:32:24.860 --> 00:32:25.120
 about

00:32:25.120 --> 00:32:25.460
 how

00:32:25.460 --> 00:32:25.799
 he

00:32:25.799 --> 00:32:26.140
 uses

00:32:26.140 --> 00:32:26.700
 constantly

00:32:26.700 --> 00:32:27.339
 telos

00:32:27.339 --> 00:32:27.880
 words

00:32:27.880 --> 00:32:28.700
 telos

00:32:28.700 --> 00:32:29.680
 end

00:32:29.680 --> 00:32:30.180
 words

00:32:30.180 --> 00:32:30.700
 in

00:32:30.700 --> 00:32:30.860
 other

00:32:30.860 --> 00:32:31.100
 words

00:32:31.100 --> 00:32:31.279
 that

00:32:31.279 --> 00:32:31.539
 his

00:32:31.539 --> 00:32:31.980
 death

00:32:31.980 --> 00:32:32.240
 is

00:32:32.240 --> 00:32:32.480
 what

00:32:32.480 --> 00:32:33.220
 defines

00:32:33.220 --> 00:32:34.000
 it's

00:32:34.000 --> 00:32:34.140
 his

00:32:34.140 --> 00:32:34.759
 purpose

00:32:34.759 --> 00:32:35.000
 it

00:32:35.000 --> 00:32:35.160
 what

00:32:35.160 --> 00:32:35.660
 defines

00:32:35.660 --> 00:32:36.200
 everything

00:32:36.200 --> 00:32:36.480
 that's

00:32:36.480 --> 00:32:36.660
 going

00:32:36.660 --> 00:32:36.840
 on

00:32:36.840 --> 00:32:37.059
 about

00:32:37.059 --> 00:32:37.500
 everything

00:32:37.500 --> 00:32:37.759
 and

00:32:37.759 --> 00:32:37.940
 so

00:32:37.940 --> 00:32:39.140
 everything

00:32:39.140 --> 00:32:39.500
 that we

00:32:39.500 --> 00:32:39.779
 read

00:32:39.779 --> 00:32:39.960
 is

00:32:39.960 --> 00:32:40.380
 always

00:32:40.380 --> 00:32:40.799
 in

00:32:40.799 --> 00:32:41.400
 preparation

00:32:41.400 --> 00:32:41.880
 for us

00:32:41.880 --> 00:32:42.039
 to

00:32:42.039 --> 00:32:42.600
 understand

00:32:42.600 --> 00:32:43.039
 what's

00:32:43.039 --> 00:32:43.220
 going

00:32:43.220 --> 00:32:43.440
 to be

00:32:43.440 --> 00:32:43.960
 accomplished

00:32:43.960 --> 00:32:44.360
 when he

00:32:44.360 --> 00:32:44.680
 dies

00:32:44.680 --> 00:32:44.960
 upon

00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:45.160
 the

00:32:45.160 --> 00:32:45.559
 cross

00:32:45.559 --> 00:32:47.000
 Andrew

00:32:47.000 --> 00:32:47.220
 if you

00:32:47.220 --> 00:32:47.340
 could

00:32:47.340 --> 00:32:47.640
 put it

00:32:47.640 --> 00:32:47.860
 up

00:32:47.860 --> 00:32:49.420
 the

00:32:49.420 --> 00:32:49.840
 gospel

00:32:49.840 --> 00:32:50.039
 is

00:32:50.039 --> 00:32:50.180
 the

00:32:50.180 --> 00:32:50.460
 true

00:32:50.460 --> 00:32:50.880
 story

00:32:50.880 --> 00:32:51.080
 of

00:32:51.080 --> 00:32:51.420
 Jesus

00:32:51.420 --> 00:32:52.640
 in

00:32:52.640 --> 00:32:53.340
 compassion

00:32:53.340 --> 00:32:54.500
 humbling

00:32:54.500 --> 00:32:55.080
 himself

00:32:55.080 --> 00:32:55.620
 to

00:32:55.620 --> 00:32:55.840
 live

00:32:55.840 --> 00:32:56.120
 among

00:32:56.120 --> 00:32:56.500
 us

00:32:56.500 --> 00:32:57.120
 and

00:32:57.120 --> 00:32:57.620
 heal

00:32:57.620 --> 00:32:57.940
 our

00:32:57.940 --> 00:32:58.500
 gravest

00:32:58.500 --> 00:32:59.000
 wound

00:32:59.000 --> 00:32:59.819
 by

00:32:59.819 --> 00:33:00.140
 dying

00:33:00.140 --> 00:33:00.299
 on

00:33:00.299 --> 00:33:00.420
 the

00:33:00.420 --> 00:33:00.759
 cross

00:33:00.759 --> 00:33:00.920
 in

00:33:00.920 --> 00:33:01.039
 our

00:33:01.039 --> 00:33:01.440
 place

00:33:01.440 --> 00:33:03.579
 it's

00:33:03.579 --> 00:33:03.700
 the

00:33:03.700 --> 00:33:03.960
 first

00:33:03.960 --> 00:33:04.220
 thing

00:33:04.220 --> 00:33:05.720
 these

00:33:05.720 --> 00:33:06.339
 stories

00:33:06.339 --> 00:33:06.599
 aren't

00:33:06.599 --> 00:33:06.740
 here

00:33:06.740 --> 00:33:06.880
 to

00:33:06.880 --> 00:33:07.220
 crush

00:33:07.220 --> 00:33:07.559
 us

00:33:07.559 --> 00:33:08.500
 these

00:33:08.500 --> 00:33:08.980
 stories

00:33:08.980 --> 00:33:09.220
 are

00:33:09.220 --> 00:33:09.460
 here

00:33:09.460 --> 00:33:09.799
 for us

00:33:09.799 --> 00:33:10.019
 to have

00:33:10.019 --> 00:33:10.240
 a bit

00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:10.460
 of an

00:33:10.460 --> 00:33:11.140
 understanding

00:33:11.140 --> 00:33:11.559
 of what

00:33:11.559 --> 00:33:11.980
 it is

00:33:11.980 --> 00:33:12.299
 that when

00:33:12.299 --> 00:33:12.420
 the

00:33:12.420 --> 00:33:12.759
 Bible

00:33:12.759 --> 00:33:13.740
 later

00:33:13.740 --> 00:33:14.019
 on

00:33:14.019 --> 00:33:14.180
 will

00:33:14.180 --> 00:33:14.660
 describe

00:33:14.660 --> 00:33:14.839
 that

00:33:14.839 --> 00:33:14.980
 the

00:33:14.980 --> 00:33:15.200
 death

00:33:15.200 --> 00:33:15.339
 of

00:33:15.339 --> 00:33:15.599
 Jesus

00:33:15.599 --> 00:33:15.920
 upon

00:33:15.920 --> 00:33:16.079
 the

00:33:16.079 --> 00:33:16.400
 cross

00:33:16.400 --> 00:33:16.559
 is

00:33:16.559 --> 00:33:16.700
 a

00:33:16.700 --> 00:33:17.059
 power

00:33:17.059 --> 00:33:17.259
 of

00:33:17.259 --> 00:33:17.539
 God

00:33:17.539 --> 00:33:17.779
 for

00:33:17.779 --> 00:33:18.299
 salvation

00:33:18.299 --> 00:33:18.599
 like

00:33:18.599 --> 00:33:19.220
 there's

00:33:19.220 --> 00:33:19.759
 that

00:33:19.759 --> 00:33:20.039
 is

00:33:20.039 --> 00:33:20.480
 you know

00:33:20.480 --> 00:33:20.819
 human

00:33:20.819 --> 00:33:21.180
 beings

00:33:21.180 --> 00:33:21.380
 are

00:33:21.380 --> 00:33:21.839
 deep

00:33:21.839 --> 00:33:22.099
 and

00:33:22.099 --> 00:33:22.299
 they're

00:33:22.299 --> 00:33:23.160
 multifaceted

00:33:23.160 --> 00:33:23.940
 and

00:33:23.940 --> 00:33:24.279
 our

00:33:24.279 --> 00:33:24.700
 heart

00:33:24.700 --> 00:33:24.960
 is

00:33:24.960 --> 00:33:25.279
 deep

00:33:25.279 --> 00:33:25.500
 and

00:33:25.500 --> 00:33:26.380
 multifaceted

00:33:26.380 --> 00:33:26.740
 and

00:33:26.740 --> 00:33:26.960
 so

00:33:26.960 --> 00:33:27.160
 the

00:33:27.160 --> 00:33:27.660
 Bible

00:33:27.660 --> 00:33:28.500
 Jesus

00:33:28.500 --> 00:33:29.039
 uses

00:33:29.039 --> 00:33:29.819
 a range

00:33:29.819 --> 00:33:30.019
 of

00:33:30.019 --> 00:33:30.400
 different

00:33:30.400 --> 00:33:30.900
 images

00:33:30.900 --> 00:33:31.319
 and

00:33:31.319 --> 00:33:31.940
 metaphors

00:33:31.940 --> 00:33:32.340
 to try

00:33:32.340 --> 00:33:32.700
 to help

00:33:32.700 --> 00:33:32.840
 us

00:33:32.840 --> 00:33:33.019
 to

00:33:33.019 --> 00:33:33.620
 understand

00:33:33.620 --> 00:33:34.200
 this

00:33:34.200 --> 00:33:35.140
 unbelievably

00:33:35.140 --> 00:33:36.019
 huge

00:33:36.019 --> 00:33:36.420
 thing

00:33:36.420 --> 00:33:36.880
 that he

00:33:36.880 --> 00:33:37.120
 will

00:33:37.120 --> 00:33:37.620
 accomplish

00:33:37.620 --> 00:33:38.480
 for us

00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:39.000
 on our

00:33:39.000 --> 00:33:39.340
 behalf

00:33:39.340 --> 00:33:39.880
 that God

00:33:39.880 --> 00:33:40.600
 accomplishes

00:33:40.600 --> 00:33:41.240
 for us

00:33:41.240 --> 00:33:41.860
 on our

00:33:41.860 --> 00:33:42.319
 behalf

00:33:42.319 --> 00:33:43.059
 when Jesus

00:33:43.059 --> 00:33:43.400
 dies

00:33:43.400 --> 00:33:43.880
 upon the

00:33:43.880 --> 00:33:44.259
 cross

00:33:44.259 --> 00:33:44.980
 and the

00:33:44.980 --> 00:33:45.740
 gospel

00:33:45.740 --> 00:33:46.180
 is the

00:33:46.180 --> 00:33:46.519
 true

00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:47.079
 story

00:33:47.079 --> 00:33:47.319
 of

00:33:47.319 --> 00:33:47.700
 Jesus

00:33:47.700 --> 00:33:48.680
 and

00:33:48.680 --> 00:33:48.900
 what

00:33:48.900 --> 00:33:49.420
 motivates

00:33:49.420 --> 00:33:49.960
 Jesus

00:33:49.960 --> 00:33:50.819
 in

00:33:50.819 --> 00:33:51.700
 compassion

00:33:51.700 --> 00:33:53.059
 remember

00:33:53.059 --> 00:33:53.420
 Jesus

00:33:53.420 --> 00:33:54.019
 is saying

00:33:54.019 --> 00:33:54.759
 you have

00:33:54.759 --> 00:33:55.000
 to have

00:33:55.000 --> 00:33:55.740
 a costly

00:33:55.740 --> 00:33:56.579
 compassion

00:33:56.579 --> 00:33:57.299
 don't

00:33:57.299 --> 00:33:57.759
 just do

00:33:57.759 --> 00:33:58.099
 things

00:33:58.099 --> 00:33:58.440
 so you

00:33:58.440 --> 00:33:58.779
 can get

00:33:58.779 --> 00:33:59.079
 things

00:33:59.079 --> 00:33:59.319
 back

00:33:59.319 --> 00:33:59.900
 so Jesus

00:33:59.900 --> 00:34:00.559
 so that

00:34:00.559 --> 00:34:01.099
 not so he

00:34:01.099 --> 00:34:01.400
 will get

00:34:01.400 --> 00:34:01.879
 anything

00:34:01.879 --> 00:34:02.440
 back

00:34:02.440 --> 00:34:03.019
 in

00:34:03.019 --> 00:34:03.700
 compassion

00:34:03.700 --> 00:34:04.460
 seeing

00:34:04.460 --> 00:34:04.940
 that we

00:34:04.940 --> 00:34:05.519
 are poor

00:34:05.519 --> 00:34:05.960
 and in

00:34:05.960 --> 00:34:06.200
 need

00:34:06.200 --> 00:34:06.539
 because

00:34:06.539 --> 00:34:06.799
 we

00:34:06.799 --> 00:34:07.259
 are locked

00:34:07.259 --> 00:34:07.779
 into a

00:34:07.779 --> 00:34:08.019
 world

00:34:08.019 --> 00:34:08.460
 that thinks

00:34:08.460 --> 00:34:08.860
 in terms

00:34:08.860 --> 00:34:09.460
 of tower

00:34:09.460 --> 00:34:10.440
 or cower

00:34:10.440 --> 00:34:11.039
 and is

00:34:11.039 --> 00:34:11.500
 terrified

00:34:11.500 --> 00:34:11.960
 of the

00:34:11.960 --> 00:34:12.179
 living

00:34:12.179 --> 00:34:12.639
 God

00:34:12.639 --> 00:34:13.079
 and

00:34:13.079 --> 00:34:14.280
 is trying

00:34:14.280 --> 00:34:15.059
 to protect

00:34:15.059 --> 00:34:15.460
 ourselves

00:34:15.460 --> 00:34:15.800
 from the

00:34:15.800 --> 00:34:15.960
 living

00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:16.219
 God

00:34:16.219 --> 00:34:16.519
 by trying

00:34:16.519 --> 00:34:16.860
 to put

00:34:16.860 --> 00:34:16.960
 him

00:34:16.960 --> 00:34:17.179
 in our

00:34:17.179 --> 00:34:17.579
 debt

00:34:17.579 --> 00:34:18.179
 and yet

00:34:18.179 --> 00:34:19.000
 he owns

00:34:19.000 --> 00:34:19.159
 the

00:34:19.159 --> 00:34:19.599
 planets

00:34:19.599 --> 00:34:19.920
 he owns

00:34:19.920 --> 00:34:20.099
 the

00:34:20.099 --> 00:34:20.619
 galaxies

00:34:20.619 --> 00:34:21.099
 he owns

00:34:21.099 --> 00:34:21.259
 the

00:34:21.259 --> 00:34:21.699
 universes

00:34:21.699 --> 00:34:22.380
 how can

00:34:22.380 --> 00:34:22.659
 you ever

00:34:24.019 --> 00:34:24.719
 galaxies

00:34:24.719 --> 00:34:25.259
 in your

00:34:25.259 --> 00:34:25.539
 debt

00:34:25.539 --> 00:34:26.159
 if you

00:34:26.159 --> 00:34:26.400
 think

00:34:26.400 --> 00:34:26.759
 about it

00:34:26.759 --> 00:34:27.019
 for a

00:34:27.019 --> 00:34:27.179
 second

00:34:27.179 --> 00:34:27.599
 the whole

00:34:27.599 --> 00:34:28.039
 idea is

00:34:28.039 --> 00:34:28.579
 completely

00:34:28.579 --> 00:34:29.159
 and utterly

00:34:29.159 --> 00:34:30.000
 ludicrous

00:34:30.000 --> 00:34:30.719
 and yet

00:34:30.719 --> 00:34:31.340
 we live

00:34:31.340 --> 00:34:31.800
 by that

00:34:31.800 --> 00:34:32.079
 it's

00:34:32.079 --> 00:34:32.480
 deeply

00:34:32.480 --> 00:34:32.900
 gripped

00:34:32.900 --> 00:34:33.400
 by our

00:34:33.400 --> 00:34:33.980
 heart

00:34:33.980 --> 00:34:35.340
 and Jesus

00:34:35.340 --> 00:34:35.900
 is saying

00:34:35.900 --> 00:34:36.820
 in compassion

00:34:36.820 --> 00:34:37.980
 I come

00:34:37.980 --> 00:34:38.340
 to you

00:34:38.340 --> 00:34:38.679
 who are

00:34:38.679 --> 00:34:39.019
 poor

00:34:39.019 --> 00:34:40.119
 with costly

00:34:40.119 --> 00:34:40.900
 generosity

00:34:40.900 --> 00:34:43.139
 I set

00:34:43.139 --> 00:34:43.559
 aside

00:34:43.559 --> 00:34:44.360
 my glory

00:34:44.360 --> 00:34:45.039
 in heaven

00:34:45.039 --> 00:34:46.659
 and humbled

00:34:46.659 --> 00:34:47.239
 myself

00:34:47.239 --> 00:34:48.119
 to walk

00:34:48.119 --> 00:34:48.679
 among you

00:34:48.679 --> 00:34:50.239
 I will

00:34:50.239 --> 00:34:50.820
 die

00:34:50.820 --> 00:34:51.980
 on a

00:34:51.980 --> 00:34:52.500
 cross

00:34:52.500 --> 00:34:54.500
 with

00:34:54.500 --> 00:34:55.000
 people

00:34:55.000 --> 00:34:55.760
 lurking

00:34:55.760 --> 00:34:56.219
 and

00:34:56.219 --> 00:34:56.739
 watching

00:34:56.739 --> 00:34:57.639
 to devour

00:34:57.639 --> 00:34:57.960
 me

00:34:57.960 --> 00:34:58.760
 amongst

00:34:58.760 --> 00:34:59.139
 my

00:34:59.139 --> 00:34:59.619
 enemies

00:34:59.619 --> 00:35:00.159
 I will

00:35:00.159 --> 00:35:00.559
 die

00:35:00.559 --> 00:35:02.679
 and just

00:35:02.679 --> 00:35:03.300
 as Jesus

00:35:03.300 --> 00:35:04.579
 is God

00:35:04.579 --> 00:35:05.420
 actually

00:35:05.420 --> 00:35:06.579
 showing up

00:35:06.579 --> 00:35:07.639
 and acting

00:35:07.639 --> 00:35:09.219
 in defiance

00:35:09.219 --> 00:35:09.800
 of all

00:35:09.800 --> 00:35:10.380
 religion

00:35:10.380 --> 00:35:11.179
 and spirituality

00:35:11.179 --> 00:35:12.079
 and ritual

00:35:12.079 --> 00:35:12.920
 which ultimately

00:35:12.920 --> 00:35:13.860
 tries to keep

00:35:13.860 --> 00:35:14.659
 God distant

00:35:14.659 --> 00:35:15.619
 Jesus

00:35:15.619 --> 00:35:16.780
 shows up

00:35:16.780 --> 00:35:17.179
 and the

00:35:17.179 --> 00:35:17.619
 miracle

00:35:17.619 --> 00:35:18.480
 miracles are

00:35:18.480 --> 00:35:19.239
 central and

00:35:19.239 --> 00:35:19.960
 essential to

00:35:19.960 --> 00:35:20.579
 Christianity

00:35:20.579 --> 00:35:22.420
 it's God's

00:35:22.420 --> 00:35:23.299
 power

00:35:23.299 --> 00:35:24.340
 at work

00:35:24.340 --> 00:35:25.420
 to heal

00:35:25.420 --> 00:35:26.860
 and the

00:35:26.860 --> 00:35:27.539
 cross

00:35:27.539 --> 00:35:28.440
 is the

00:35:28.440 --> 00:35:29.019
 healing

00:35:29.019 --> 00:35:30.079
 of our

00:35:30.079 --> 00:35:31.000
 gravest

00:35:31.000 --> 00:35:32.039
 wound

00:35:32.039 --> 00:35:36.259
 Jesus

00:35:36.259 --> 00:35:36.840
 heals

00:35:36.840 --> 00:35:37.639
 the small

00:35:37.639 --> 00:35:38.179
 wounds

00:35:38.179 --> 00:35:39.199
 to show

00:35:39.199 --> 00:35:39.759
 us that

00:35:39.759 --> 00:35:40.219
 his death

00:35:40.219 --> 00:35:40.699
 upon the

00:35:40.699 --> 00:35:41.099
 cross

00:35:41.099 --> 00:35:42.079
 heals

00:35:42.079 --> 00:35:43.219
 the gravest

00:35:43.219 --> 00:35:44.059
 wound

00:35:44.059 --> 00:35:47.239
 I'm a

00:35:47.239 --> 00:35:47.539
 guy

00:35:47.539 --> 00:35:48.139
 not a

00:35:48.139 --> 00:35:48.400
 gal

00:35:48.400 --> 00:35:49.860
 but

00:35:49.860 --> 00:35:51.019
 you know

00:35:51.019 --> 00:35:51.679
 there's

00:35:51.679 --> 00:35:53.099
 a woman

00:35:53.099 --> 00:35:53.880
 who's blessed

00:35:53.880 --> 00:35:54.480
 to have a

00:35:54.480 --> 00:35:55.039
 baby that

00:35:55.039 --> 00:35:55.579
 she carries

00:35:55.579 --> 00:35:56.219
 within her

00:35:56.219 --> 00:35:58.360
 you know

00:35:58.360 --> 00:35:58.940
 maybe in

00:35:58.940 --> 00:35:59.380
 heaven I'll

00:35:59.380 --> 00:35:59.659
 get to

00:35:59.659 --> 00:36:00.039
 understand

00:36:00.039 --> 00:36:00.460
 what it's

00:36:00.460 --> 00:36:00.820
 like to

00:36:00.820 --> 00:36:01.139
 actually

00:36:01.139 --> 00:36:02.119
 carry a

00:36:02.119 --> 00:36:02.519
 human

00:36:02.519 --> 00:36:03.019
 being

00:36:03.019 --> 00:36:03.559
 in your

00:36:03.559 --> 00:36:03.880
 womb

00:36:03.880 --> 00:36:06.279
 as part

00:36:06.279 --> 00:36:06.659
 of you

00:36:06.659 --> 00:36:08.779
 and to

00:36:08.779 --> 00:36:09.259
 feel that

00:36:09.259 --> 00:36:09.619
 baby

00:36:09.619 --> 00:36:10.159
 kick

00:36:10.159 --> 00:36:12.679
 and

00:36:12.679 --> 00:36:14.000
 I know

00:36:14.000 --> 00:36:14.219
 there's

00:36:14.219 --> 00:36:14.879
 bad moms

00:36:14.879 --> 00:36:15.379
 and bad

00:36:15.379 --> 00:36:15.779
 kids

00:36:15.779 --> 00:36:16.339
 but don't

00:36:16.339 --> 00:36:16.619
 you know

00:36:16.619 --> 00:36:17.119
 we all

00:36:17.119 --> 00:36:17.480
 know that

00:36:17.480 --> 00:36:17.940
 at some

00:36:17.940 --> 00:36:18.539
 level when

00:36:18.539 --> 00:36:18.960
 there is

00:36:18.960 --> 00:36:19.879
 a mother

00:36:19.879 --> 00:36:21.279
 and their

00:36:21.279 --> 00:36:21.779
 children

00:36:21.779 --> 00:36:22.599
 and they're

00:36:22.599 --> 00:36:23.420
 completely and

00:36:23.420 --> 00:36:24.399
 utterly alienated

00:36:24.399 --> 00:36:25.259
 later on in

00:36:25.259 --> 00:36:25.460
 life

00:36:25.460 --> 00:36:26.059
 that's a

00:36:26.059 --> 00:36:26.920
 woundedness

00:36:26.920 --> 00:36:27.699
 isn't it

00:36:27.699 --> 00:36:28.920
 I mean it's

00:36:28.920 --> 00:36:29.379
 hard for the

00:36:29.379 --> 00:36:29.980
 dad as well

00:36:29.980 --> 00:36:30.559
 but you know

00:36:30.559 --> 00:36:31.619
 there was that

00:36:31.619 --> 00:36:32.319
 biological

00:36:32.319 --> 00:36:33.679
 connection for

00:36:33.679 --> 00:36:34.559
 nine months

00:36:34.559 --> 00:36:35.559
 between the

00:36:35.559 --> 00:36:35.879
 mother and

00:36:35.879 --> 00:36:36.319
 the child

00:36:36.319 --> 00:36:37.960
 and we all

00:36:37.960 --> 00:36:38.199
 you know

00:36:38.199 --> 00:36:38.519
 that's why

00:36:38.519 --> 00:36:39.259
 so much of

00:36:39.259 --> 00:36:39.880
 fiction and

00:36:39.880 --> 00:36:40.559
 so much of

00:36:40.559 --> 00:36:41.159
 movies and

00:36:41.159 --> 00:36:41.599
 so much of

00:36:41.599 --> 00:36:42.099
 entertainment

00:36:42.099 --> 00:36:42.900
 talks about

00:36:42.900 --> 00:36:43.320
 the whole

00:36:43.320 --> 00:36:44.039
 consequences

00:36:44.039 --> 00:36:44.780
 the tragedy

00:36:44.780 --> 00:36:45.880
 and maybe

00:36:45.880 --> 00:36:46.380
 if it's a

00:36:46.380 --> 00:36:46.880
 good movie

00:36:46.880 --> 00:36:47.259
 or a good

00:36:47.259 --> 00:36:47.940
 story the

00:36:47.940 --> 00:36:48.880
 reconciliation

00:36:48.880 --> 00:36:49.739
 and there's a

00:36:49.739 --> 00:36:50.440
 recognition that

00:36:50.440 --> 00:36:51.039
 there's a deep

00:36:51.039 --> 00:36:51.599
 wound in

00:36:51.599 --> 00:36:52.539
 particular between

00:36:52.539 --> 00:36:53.199
 a mother and

00:36:53.199 --> 00:36:53.920
 child when

00:36:53.920 --> 00:36:54.860
 there's alienation

00:36:54.860 --> 00:36:55.420
 and anger

00:36:55.420 --> 00:36:56.139
 and hostility

00:36:56.139 --> 00:36:56.739
 and distance

00:36:56.739 --> 00:36:58.199
 and so much

00:36:58.199 --> 00:36:58.980
 movies and

00:36:58.980 --> 00:36:59.539
 books are all

00:36:59.539 --> 00:37:00.199
 about the deep

00:37:00.199 --> 00:37:00.960
 woundedness that

00:37:00.960 --> 00:37:01.699
 happens when a

00:37:01.699 --> 00:37:03.039
 couple who are

00:37:03.039 --> 00:37:03.860
 married and have

00:37:03.860 --> 00:37:04.619
 pledged themselves

00:37:04.619 --> 00:37:05.539
 to forsake all

00:37:05.539 --> 00:37:06.420
 others and that

00:37:06.420 --> 00:37:07.219
 comes to an

00:37:07.219 --> 00:37:08.340
 end and

00:37:08.340 --> 00:37:09.280
 they no longer

00:37:09.280 --> 00:37:10.280
 love each other

00:37:10.280 --> 00:37:12.180
 and they're at

00:37:12.180 --> 00:37:13.000
 odds and they

00:37:13.000 --> 00:37:13.940
 hate each other

00:37:13.940 --> 00:37:15.200
 and we recognize

00:37:15.200 --> 00:37:15.800
 that there's a

00:37:15.800 --> 00:37:16.860
 deep wound there

00:37:16.860 --> 00:37:18.140
 and many people

00:37:18.140 --> 00:37:18.519
 who have been

00:37:18.519 --> 00:37:19.400
 divorced that's a

00:37:19.400 --> 00:37:20.260
 wound which they

00:37:20.260 --> 00:37:21.039
 carry with them

00:37:21.039 --> 00:37:21.780
 for many many

00:37:21.780 --> 00:37:22.500
 many years

00:37:22.500 --> 00:37:23.120
 not everybody

00:37:23.120 --> 00:37:24.059
 but many people

00:37:24.059 --> 00:37:25.180
 and we understand

00:37:25.180 --> 00:37:25.920
 the wounds that

00:37:25.920 --> 00:37:26.800
 come when close

00:37:26.800 --> 00:37:27.740
 friends break

00:37:27.740 --> 00:37:28.840
 but the Bible

00:37:28.840 --> 00:37:29.640
 says that there

00:37:29.640 --> 00:37:30.480
 is a God who

00:37:30.480 --> 00:37:31.220
 does exist who

00:37:31.220 --> 00:37:32.220
 has created us

00:37:32.220 --> 00:37:34.559
 who sustains us

00:37:34.559 --> 00:37:36.760
 that we are

00:37:36.760 --> 00:37:37.640
 described as

00:37:37.640 --> 00:37:39.140
 being sustained

00:37:39.140 --> 00:37:39.720
 by God

00:37:39.720 --> 00:37:40.360
 he made us

00:37:40.360 --> 00:37:41.020
 for himself

00:37:41.020 --> 00:37:42.920
 I can't blink

00:37:42.920 --> 00:37:43.560
 my eye

00:37:43.560 --> 00:37:44.280
 I can't think

00:37:44.280 --> 00:37:44.660
 a thought

00:37:44.660 --> 00:37:45.440
 I can't breathe

00:37:45.440 --> 00:37:45.880
 a breath

00:37:45.880 --> 00:37:47.500
 without the God

00:37:47.500 --> 00:37:48.380
 who really does

00:37:48.380 --> 00:37:49.480
 exist sustaining

00:37:49.480 --> 00:37:51.000
 me and yet

00:37:51.000 --> 00:37:52.940
 I am in

00:37:52.940 --> 00:37:53.580
 rebellion

00:37:53.580 --> 00:37:54.700
 against him

00:37:54.700 --> 00:37:56.520
 and I cannot

00:37:56.520 --> 00:37:57.780
 fix that rebellion

00:37:57.780 --> 00:37:58.700
 by myself

00:37:58.700 --> 00:38:00.420
 I have at the

00:38:00.420 --> 00:38:01.260
 center of who

00:38:01.260 --> 00:38:02.020
 I am

00:38:02.019 --> 00:38:03.340
 the gravest

00:38:03.340 --> 00:38:04.199
 wound

00:38:04.199 --> 00:38:05.519
 imaginable

00:38:05.519 --> 00:38:09.280
 and the gospel

00:38:09.280 --> 00:38:09.840
 is the true

00:38:09.840 --> 00:38:10.739
 story of Jesus

00:38:10.739 --> 00:38:11.900
 in compassion

00:38:11.900 --> 00:38:14.000
 humbling himself

00:38:14.000 --> 00:38:15.239
 to live among us

00:38:15.239 --> 00:38:16.920
 and heal our

00:38:16.920 --> 00:38:17.840
 gravest wound

00:38:17.840 --> 00:38:19.340
 by dying on the

00:38:19.340 --> 00:38:19.780
 cross

00:38:19.780 --> 00:38:20.759
 in our place

00:38:20.759 --> 00:38:24.199
 and Jesus

00:38:24.199 --> 00:38:25.199
 is preparing us

00:38:25.199 --> 00:38:26.000
 with a range of

00:38:26.000 --> 00:38:27.280
 images to understand

00:38:27.280 --> 00:38:28.559
 one way of what

00:38:28.559 --> 00:38:29.059
 it is that he

00:38:29.059 --> 00:38:29.980
 accomplishes on the

00:38:29.980 --> 00:38:30.360
 cross

00:38:30.360 --> 00:38:33.760
 and that

00:38:33.760 --> 00:38:34.880
 story is to

00:38:34.880 --> 00:38:35.680
 grip us

00:38:35.680 --> 00:38:36.720
 and as the

00:38:36.720 --> 00:38:37.780
 story grips

00:38:37.780 --> 00:38:38.280
 us

00:38:38.280 --> 00:38:40.340
 change takes

00:38:40.340 --> 00:38:40.920
 place in our

00:38:40.920 --> 00:38:41.280
 lives

00:38:41.280 --> 00:38:42.380
 final slide

00:38:42.380 --> 00:38:44.500
 as the gospel

00:38:44.500 --> 00:38:45.300
 grips my

00:38:45.300 --> 00:38:45.760
 heart

00:38:45.760 --> 00:38:47.099
 I am nudged

00:38:47.099 --> 00:38:47.940
 and drawn

00:38:47.940 --> 00:38:48.860
 and grounded

00:38:48.860 --> 00:38:49.840
 and shaped

00:38:49.840 --> 00:38:52.240
 see

00:38:52.240 --> 00:38:54.820
 Jesus

00:38:54.820 --> 00:38:56.039
 in a sense

00:38:56.039 --> 00:38:57.320
 the way the

00:38:57.320 --> 00:38:58.099
 gospel is set up

00:38:58.099 --> 00:38:58.420
 is that

00:38:58.420 --> 00:38:59.539
 we're not to

00:38:59.539 --> 00:38:59.980
 read these

00:38:59.980 --> 00:39:00.840
 texts as a

00:39:00.840 --> 00:39:01.500
 new set of

00:39:01.500 --> 00:39:02.340
 religious advice

00:39:02.340 --> 00:39:03.000
 a new set of

00:39:03.000 --> 00:39:03.619
 religious and

00:39:03.619 --> 00:39:04.780
 spiritual rules

00:39:04.780 --> 00:39:06.880
 of impossibly high

00:39:06.880 --> 00:39:07.760
 ideals that we're

00:39:07.760 --> 00:39:08.420
 never going to be

00:39:08.420 --> 00:39:09.119
 able to live up

00:39:09.119 --> 00:39:09.340
 to

00:39:09.340 --> 00:39:11.300
 but

00:39:11.300 --> 00:39:14.500
 it's not

00:39:14.500 --> 00:39:15.000
 then that it

00:39:15.000 --> 00:39:15.760
 describes us

00:39:15.760 --> 00:39:16.480
 coming to faith

00:39:16.480 --> 00:39:16.960
 in Jesus

00:39:16.960 --> 00:39:17.539
 and after we've

00:39:17.539 --> 00:39:17.920
 come up to

00:39:17.920 --> 00:39:18.720
 faith in Jesus

00:39:18.720 --> 00:39:20.360
 you know we can

00:39:20.360 --> 00:39:20.900
 sort of close

00:39:20.900 --> 00:39:21.639
 that little part

00:39:21.639 --> 00:39:22.000
 because he

00:39:22.000 --> 00:39:22.700
 redeemed us

00:39:22.700 --> 00:39:23.059
 and now it's

00:39:23.059 --> 00:39:23.559
 just all about

00:39:23.559 --> 00:39:24.599
 willpower and

00:39:24.599 --> 00:39:25.300
 rules and

00:39:25.300 --> 00:39:26.360
 rituals and

00:39:26.360 --> 00:39:27.380
 religion

00:39:27.380 --> 00:39:27.720
 it's

00:39:27.720 --> 00:39:28.140
 Jesus

00:39:28.140 --> 00:39:28.559
 doesn't

00:39:28.559 --> 00:39:28.960
 Jesus

00:39:28.960 --> 00:39:30.160
 the conversion

00:39:30.160 --> 00:39:30.920
 isn't just a

00:39:30.920 --> 00:39:31.700
 religious moment

00:39:31.700 --> 00:39:32.460
 that ushers us

00:39:32.460 --> 00:39:33.140
 into a religious

00:39:33.140 --> 00:39:33.740
 life

00:39:33.740 --> 00:39:35.599
 the gospel

00:39:35.599 --> 00:39:37.260
 not only

00:39:37.260 --> 00:39:38.140
 is a power

00:39:38.140 --> 00:39:38.660
 of God

00:39:38.660 --> 00:39:39.539
 that God

00:39:39.539 --> 00:39:40.400
 God does

00:39:40.400 --> 00:39:40.980
 something that

00:39:40.980 --> 00:39:41.519
 we cannot

00:39:41.519 --> 00:39:42.760
 do ourselves

00:39:42.760 --> 00:39:43.780
 that when we

00:39:43.780 --> 00:39:44.660
 receive it

00:39:44.660 --> 00:39:46.320
 it changes

00:39:46.320 --> 00:39:46.820
 it

00:39:46.820 --> 00:39:48.620
 the Bible

00:39:48.620 --> 00:39:49.420
 uses the language

00:39:49.420 --> 00:39:49.920
 of that there's

00:39:49.920 --> 00:39:50.559
 a new birth

00:39:50.559 --> 00:39:51.300
 inside of us

00:39:51.300 --> 00:39:51.740
 that there's a

00:39:51.740 --> 00:39:52.519
 new relationship

00:39:52.519 --> 00:39:53.240
 a new covenant

00:39:53.240 --> 00:39:53.820
 with the living

00:39:53.820 --> 00:39:54.300
 God

00:39:54.300 --> 00:39:56.080
 and at the

00:39:56.080 --> 00:39:56.940
 heart of all

00:39:56.940 --> 00:39:57.700
 transformation

00:39:57.700 --> 00:39:59.340
 is the gospel

00:39:59.340 --> 00:40:00.140
 gripping us

00:40:00.140 --> 00:40:00.720
 that we need

00:40:00.720 --> 00:40:01.380
 the gospel

00:40:01.380 --> 00:40:02.640
 day by day

00:40:02.640 --> 00:40:03.539
 all of the time

00:40:03.539 --> 00:40:04.700
 and you know

00:40:04.700 --> 00:40:05.420
 as you think

00:40:05.420 --> 00:40:06.180
 about this story

00:40:06.180 --> 00:40:07.600
 as you grasp

00:40:07.600 --> 00:40:08.360
 the story

00:40:08.360 --> 00:40:09.420
 that the story

00:40:09.420 --> 00:40:10.440
 is preparing us

00:40:10.440 --> 00:40:11.220
 to understand

00:40:11.220 --> 00:40:12.060
 that the gravest

00:40:12.060 --> 00:40:13.200
 possible wound

00:40:13.200 --> 00:40:13.920
 that I can

00:40:13.920 --> 00:40:14.960
 possibly imagine

00:40:14.960 --> 00:40:15.600
 that I have

00:40:15.600 --> 00:40:15.880
 that

00:40:15.880 --> 00:40:16.860
 that Jesus

00:40:16.860 --> 00:40:18.000
 by his death

00:40:18.000 --> 00:40:18.760
 upon the cross

00:40:18.760 --> 00:40:19.160
 and when I

00:40:19.160 --> 00:40:19.960
 receive that

00:40:19.960 --> 00:40:21.519
 that wound

00:40:21.519 --> 00:40:23.080
 is healed

00:40:23.079 --> 00:40:24.340
 not because

00:40:24.340 --> 00:40:25.079
 I have put

00:40:25.079 --> 00:40:25.799
 God in my

00:40:25.799 --> 00:40:26.319
 debt

00:40:26.319 --> 00:40:27.400
 not because

00:40:27.400 --> 00:40:27.819
 I am

00:40:27.819 --> 00:40:28.559
 not because

00:40:28.559 --> 00:40:29.019
 I have been

00:40:29.019 --> 00:40:29.440
 a victim

00:40:29.440 --> 00:40:30.139
 in my life

00:40:30.139 --> 00:40:30.519
 or because

00:40:30.519 --> 00:40:30.980
 I've never

00:40:30.980 --> 00:40:31.819
 been victimized

00:40:31.819 --> 00:40:32.199
 or because

00:40:32.199 --> 00:40:32.860
 of therapies

00:40:32.860 --> 00:40:33.360
 or because

00:40:33.360 --> 00:40:33.940
 of rituals

00:40:33.940 --> 00:40:34.539
 or because

00:40:34.539 --> 00:40:36.000
 of ceremonies

00:40:36.000 --> 00:40:36.980
 or because

00:40:36.980 --> 00:40:37.340
 of my

00:40:37.340 --> 00:40:37.980
 ordination

00:40:37.980 --> 00:40:38.519
 or because

00:40:38.519 --> 00:40:38.840
 I'm a

00:40:38.840 --> 00:40:39.219
 Canadian

00:40:39.219 --> 00:40:39.679
 or because

00:40:39.679 --> 00:40:40.099
 of anything

00:40:40.099 --> 00:40:40.400
 else

00:40:40.400 --> 00:40:41.159
 but purely

00:40:41.159 --> 00:40:41.779
 and utterly

00:40:41.779 --> 00:40:42.599
 as an act

00:40:42.599 --> 00:40:43.340
 of complete

00:40:43.340 --> 00:40:44.259
 and massive

00:40:44.259 --> 00:40:44.920
 grace

00:40:44.920 --> 00:40:45.719
 Jesus

00:40:45.719 --> 00:40:47.079
 leaving all

00:40:47.079 --> 00:40:47.920
 in compassion

00:40:47.920 --> 00:40:48.799
 doing it

00:40:48.799 --> 00:40:50.039
 all for me

00:40:50.039 --> 00:40:52.320
 he heals

00:40:52.320 --> 00:40:54.460
 my wound

00:40:54.460 --> 00:40:55.619
 when I put

00:40:55.619 --> 00:40:56.159
 my faith

00:40:56.159 --> 00:40:56.599
 and trust

00:40:56.599 --> 00:40:56.940
 in him

00:40:56.940 --> 00:40:57.440
 and I can

00:40:57.440 --> 00:40:57.920
 never be

00:40:57.920 --> 00:40:58.500
 re-wounded

00:40:58.500 --> 00:40:58.900
 at that

00:40:58.900 --> 00:40:59.659
 gravest level

00:40:59.659 --> 00:41:00.940
 and as I

00:41:00.940 --> 00:41:01.599
 think about

00:41:01.599 --> 00:41:02.239
 the cross

00:41:02.239 --> 00:41:04.579
 as that

00:41:04.579 --> 00:41:05.500
 grips me

00:41:05.500 --> 00:41:07.940
 I find

00:41:07.940 --> 00:41:08.639
 myself being

00:41:08.639 --> 00:41:09.599
 drawn into

00:41:09.599 --> 00:41:10.199
 new types

00:41:10.199 --> 00:41:10.880
 of behavior

00:41:10.880 --> 00:41:11.679
 and attitudes

00:41:11.679 --> 00:41:14.259
 as the

00:41:14.259 --> 00:41:15.179
 story of him

00:41:15.179 --> 00:41:15.820
 humbling

00:41:15.820 --> 00:41:16.400
 himself

00:41:16.400 --> 00:41:17.300
 grips me

00:41:17.300 --> 00:41:18.800
 before I

00:41:18.800 --> 00:41:19.139
 know it

00:41:19.139 --> 00:41:19.940
 it's easier

00:41:19.940 --> 00:41:20.359
 to do

00:41:20.359 --> 00:41:21.079
 something

00:41:21.079 --> 00:41:21.559
 which is

00:41:21.559 --> 00:41:22.000
 lowly

00:41:22.000 --> 00:41:22.420
 and doesn't

00:41:22.420 --> 00:41:22.960
 require

00:41:22.960 --> 00:41:24.019
 honor

00:41:24.019 --> 00:41:25.819
 as the

00:41:25.819 --> 00:41:26.359
 story

00:41:26.359 --> 00:41:27.460
 grips me

00:41:27.460 --> 00:41:29.099
 I realize

00:41:29.099 --> 00:41:29.619
 that maybe

00:41:29.619 --> 00:41:30.199
 it's alright

00:41:30.199 --> 00:41:30.739
 if something

00:41:30.739 --> 00:41:31.119
 that I

00:41:31.119 --> 00:41:32.559
 give a bit

00:41:32.559 --> 00:41:33.619
 more sacrificially

00:41:33.619 --> 00:41:34.039
 to help

00:41:34.039 --> 00:41:34.799
 another person

00:41:34.799 --> 00:41:36.279
 that as

00:41:36.279 --> 00:41:37.079
 the gospel

00:41:37.079 --> 00:41:38.199
 grips me

00:41:38.199 --> 00:41:41.299
 I'm nudged

00:41:41.299 --> 00:41:42.839
 and

00:41:42.839 --> 00:41:44.500
 drawn

00:41:44.500 --> 00:41:47.159
 and

00:41:47.159 --> 00:41:48.019
 shaped

00:41:48.019 --> 00:41:49.480
 and

00:41:49.480 --> 00:41:50.139
 grounded

00:41:50.139 --> 00:41:51.639
 grounded

00:41:51.639 --> 00:41:52.659
 not in

00:41:52.659 --> 00:41:52.880
 my

00:41:52.880 --> 00:41:53.440
 righteousness

00:41:53.440 --> 00:41:54.920
 but what

00:41:54.920 --> 00:41:55.360
 Jesus

00:41:55.360 --> 00:41:56.059
 really did

00:41:56.059 --> 00:41:56.500
 for me

00:41:56.500 --> 00:41:57.559
 and I

00:41:57.559 --> 00:41:58.159
 know it's

00:41:58.159 --> 00:41:58.519
 true

00:41:58.519 --> 00:41:59.119
 because he

00:41:59.119 --> 00:42:00.239
 really did

00:42:00.239 --> 00:42:01.159
 rise

00:42:01.159 --> 00:42:02.000
 from

00:42:02.000 --> 00:42:02.900
 the

00:42:02.900 --> 00:42:03.840
 dead

00:42:03.840 --> 00:42:05.280
 please

00:42:05.280 --> 00:42:05.699
 stand

00:42:05.699 --> 00:42:23.759
 just

00:42:23.759 --> 00:42:24.259
 bow our heads

00:42:24.259 --> 00:42:24.659
 in prayer

00:42:24.659 --> 00:42:31.139
 Jesus

00:42:31.139 --> 00:42:31.439
 we

00:42:31.439 --> 00:42:32.159
 father we

00:42:32.159 --> 00:42:32.599
 thank you

00:42:32.599 --> 00:42:32.919
 that the

00:42:32.919 --> 00:42:33.839
 gospel stories

00:42:33.839 --> 00:42:34.379
 are true

00:42:34.380 --> 00:42:35.980
 we thank you

00:42:35.980 --> 00:42:36.680
 father that

00:42:36.680 --> 00:42:37.720
 Jesus set

00:42:37.720 --> 00:42:38.500
 aside his

00:42:38.500 --> 00:42:39.240
 glory and

00:42:39.240 --> 00:42:40.019
 splendor and

00:42:40.019 --> 00:42:40.380
 divine

00:42:40.380 --> 00:42:41.140
 prerogatives

00:42:41.140 --> 00:42:41.800
 as God

00:42:41.800 --> 00:42:43.000
 his appearance

00:42:43.000 --> 00:42:43.660
 as God

00:42:43.660 --> 00:42:44.960
 the honor

00:42:44.960 --> 00:42:45.940
 and

00:42:45.940 --> 00:42:47.320
 the honor

00:42:47.320 --> 00:42:47.780
 that he was

00:42:47.780 --> 00:42:48.340
 due as God

00:42:48.340 --> 00:42:48.780
 that he set

00:42:48.780 --> 00:42:49.220
 that all

00:42:49.220 --> 00:42:49.880
 aside without

00:42:49.880 --> 00:42:50.680
 stopping being

00:42:50.680 --> 00:42:51.559
 God he took

00:42:51.559 --> 00:42:52.240
 into himself

00:42:52.240 --> 00:42:52.780
 our human

00:42:52.780 --> 00:42:53.220
 nature

00:42:53.220 --> 00:42:54.320
 that he

00:42:54.320 --> 00:42:54.840
 humbled

00:42:54.840 --> 00:42:55.460
 himself

00:42:55.460 --> 00:42:56.960
 and in

00:42:56.960 --> 00:42:57.579
 compassion

00:42:57.579 --> 00:42:58.360
 for us

00:42:58.360 --> 00:42:59.440
 took our

00:42:59.440 --> 00:43:00.079
 human nature

00:43:00.079 --> 00:43:00.900
 into himself

00:43:00.900 --> 00:43:02.840
 that he

00:43:02.840 --> 00:43:03.240
 walked

00:43:03.240 --> 00:43:04.039
 amongst us

00:43:04.039 --> 00:43:04.440
 and lived

00:43:04.440 --> 00:43:05.240
 amongst us

00:43:05.240 --> 00:43:06.200
 living a

00:43:06.200 --> 00:43:06.980
 simple life

00:43:06.980 --> 00:43:08.280
 performing

00:43:08.280 --> 00:43:08.920
 miracles

00:43:08.920 --> 00:43:09.500
 that show

00:43:09.500 --> 00:43:10.460
 that father

00:43:10.460 --> 00:43:10.960
 you aren't

00:43:10.960 --> 00:43:11.720
 distant and

00:43:11.720 --> 00:43:12.480
 powerful but

00:43:12.480 --> 00:43:13.160
 you actually

00:43:13.160 --> 00:43:13.800
 are real

00:43:13.800 --> 00:43:15.160
 that you

00:43:15.160 --> 00:43:15.660
 exist

00:43:15.660 --> 00:43:16.079
 that the

00:43:16.079 --> 00:43:16.400
 planet

00:43:16.400 --> 00:43:16.880
 shaping

00:43:16.880 --> 00:43:17.440
 God

00:43:17.440 --> 00:43:18.619
 can exist

00:43:18.619 --> 00:43:18.960
 and be

00:43:18.960 --> 00:43:19.420
 present

00:43:19.420 --> 00:43:20.380
 that he

00:43:20.380 --> 00:43:20.740
 performed

00:43:20.740 --> 00:43:21.320
 miracles

00:43:21.320 --> 00:43:21.680
 and he

00:43:21.680 --> 00:43:22.039
 taught

00:43:22.039 --> 00:43:22.480
 and most

00:43:22.480 --> 00:43:22.780
 of all

00:43:22.780 --> 00:43:23.240
 father we

00:43:23.240 --> 00:43:23.639
 thank you

00:43:23.639 --> 00:43:23.880
 that he

00:43:23.880 --> 00:43:24.380
 died upon

00:43:24.380 --> 00:43:24.920
 the cross

00:43:24.920 --> 00:43:25.300
 that his

00:43:25.300 --> 00:43:25.579
 death

00:43:25.579 --> 00:43:26.039
 upon the

00:43:26.039 --> 00:43:26.380
 cross

00:43:26.380 --> 00:43:26.599
 was

00:43:26.599 --> 00:43:27.280
 something

00:43:27.280 --> 00:43:27.700
 he did

00:43:27.700 --> 00:43:28.200
 for us

00:43:28.200 --> 00:43:28.460
 not

00:43:28.460 --> 00:43:29.039
 himself

00:43:29.039 --> 00:43:29.980
 that in

00:43:29.980 --> 00:43:30.179
 his

00:43:30.179 --> 00:43:30.420
 death

00:43:30.420 --> 00:43:30.699
 upon

00:43:30.699 --> 00:43:30.900
 the

00:43:30.900 --> 00:43:31.300
 cross

00:43:31.300 --> 00:43:31.719
 that there

00:43:31.719 --> 00:43:32.059
 is this

00:43:32.059 --> 00:43:32.619
 power

00:43:32.619 --> 00:43:33.259
 that comes

00:43:33.259 --> 00:43:33.739
 from you

00:43:33.739 --> 00:43:34.559
 for salvation

00:43:34.559 --> 00:43:35.759
 that heals

00:43:35.759 --> 00:43:36.579
 our gravest

00:43:36.579 --> 00:43:37.199
 and deepest

00:43:37.199 --> 00:43:37.800
 wound

00:43:37.800 --> 00:43:39.360
 and that you

00:43:39.360 --> 00:43:40.000
 offer this

00:43:40.000 --> 00:43:40.619
 to us

00:43:40.619 --> 00:43:42.300
 if we but

00:43:42.300 --> 00:43:43.199
 humbly receive

00:43:43.199 --> 00:43:43.880
 what only you

00:43:43.880 --> 00:43:44.219
 can do

00:43:44.219 --> 00:43:44.840
 father we

00:43:44.840 --> 00:43:45.559
 are we

00:43:45.559 --> 00:43:46.179
 are beggars

00:43:46.179 --> 00:43:46.659
 who come

00:43:46.659 --> 00:43:47.019
 to you

00:43:47.019 --> 00:43:47.440
 for this

00:43:47.440 --> 00:43:48.000
 free gift

00:43:48.000 --> 00:43:48.519
 of grace

00:43:48.519 --> 00:43:49.639
 and we

00:43:49.639 --> 00:43:50.259
 ask father

00:43:50.259 --> 00:43:50.599
 that you

00:43:50.599 --> 00:43:51.039
 help us

00:43:51.039 --> 00:43:51.619
 to receive

00:43:51.619 --> 00:43:52.000
 what your

00:43:52.000 --> 00:43:52.460
 son did

00:43:52.460 --> 00:43:52.779
 for us

00:43:52.779 --> 00:43:53.019
 on the

00:43:53.019 --> 00:43:53.380
 cross

00:43:53.380 --> 00:43:54.119
 and we

00:43:54.119 --> 00:43:54.779
 ask father

00:43:54.779 --> 00:43:55.199
 that your

00:43:55.199 --> 00:43:55.679
 gospel

00:43:55.679 --> 00:43:56.279
 would grip

00:43:56.279 --> 00:43:56.579
 us

00:43:56.579 --> 00:43:57.920
 that you

00:43:57.920 --> 00:43:58.659
 that we

00:43:58.659 --> 00:43:59.139
 would be

00:43:59.139 --> 00:43:59.679
 followers

00:43:59.679 --> 00:44:00.440
 of Jesus

00:44:00.440 --> 00:44:01.059
 gripped

00:44:01.059 --> 00:44:01.519
 by the

00:44:01.519 --> 00:44:02.079
 gospel

00:44:02.079 --> 00:44:03.299
 now living

00:44:03.299 --> 00:44:03.719
 for your

00:44:03.719 --> 00:44:04.119
 glory

00:44:04.119 --> 00:44:04.739
 father

00:44:04.739 --> 00:44:05.960
 this is the

00:44:05.960 --> 00:44:06.679
 cry of our

00:44:06.679 --> 00:44:07.039
 heart

00:44:07.039 --> 00:44:08.019
 and we

00:44:08.019 --> 00:44:08.500
 ask it in

00:44:08.500 --> 00:44:08.659
 the name

00:44:08.659 --> 00:44:09.239
 of Jesus

00:44:09.239 --> 00:44:09.920
 amen