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 Amen. It's a good prayer as we come to God's Word that the Holy Spirit would speak through it and speak to our hearts and minds.

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 Turn with me in your Bibles to the Gospel of Luke, chapter 17. We are looking at chapter 17, verses 1 to 19 tonight.

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 So, I'm going to read those for us, and then we're going to sort of walk through this section together.

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 Luke 17, if you're looking at the Bible, it's page 876, so let me read this.

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 And Jesus said to his disciples,

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 Temptations to sin are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come.

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 It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were cast into the sea,

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 than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin.

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 Pay attention to yourselves.

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 If your brother sins, rebuke him.

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 And if he repents, forgive him.

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 And if he sins against you seven times in the day,

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 and turns to you seven times, saying,

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 I repent, you must forgive him.

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 The apostle said to the Lord,

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 Increase our faith.

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 And the Lord said,

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 If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed,

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 you could say to this mulberry tree,

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 Be uprooted and planted in the sea,

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 and it would obey you.

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 Will any one of you who has a servant,

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 plowing or keeping sheep,

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 say to him when he has come in from the field,

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 Come at once and recline at table?

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 Will he not rather say to him,

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 Prepare supper for me,

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 and dress properly,

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 and serve me while I eat and drink,

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 and afterward you will eat and drink?

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 Does he thank the servant,

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 because he did what was commanded?

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 So you also.

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 When you have done all that you were commanded,

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 say,

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 We are unworthy servants.

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 We have only done what was our duty.

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 On the way to Jerusalem,

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 he was passing along between Samaria and Galilee,

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 and as he entered a village,

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 he was met by ten lepers,

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 who stood at a distance,

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 and lifted up their voices,

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 saying,

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 Jesus, Master,

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 have mercy on us.

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 When he saw them,

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 he said to them,

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 Go and show yourselves to the priests.

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 And as they went,

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 they were cleansed.

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 Then one of them,

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 when he saw that he was healed,

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 turned back,

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 praising God with a loud voice,

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 and he fell on his face at Jesus' feet,

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 giving him thanks.

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 Now he was a Samaritan.

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 Then Jesus answered,

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 Were not ten cleansed?

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 Where are the nine?

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 Was no one found to return

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 and give praise to God

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 except this foreigner?

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 And he said to him,

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 Rise and go your way.

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 Your faith has made you well.

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 So this summer,

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 we've been doing a series

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 in the Gospel of Luke,

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 the middle section,

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 and we're coming toward the end.

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 We have about a month to go.

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 We'll go to the end of August,

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 to chapter 19,

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 but we're most of the way through.

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 And so as I was preparing

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 for tonight's sermon,

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 I looked over the last six or seven chapters

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 that we've been reading

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 just to sort of see,

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 you know,

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 are there some themes,

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 major themes that stick out

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 and, you know,

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 might they happen to appear

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 in our passage tonight?

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 Now, if you were here

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 for the first sermon in this series,

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 Pastor Nick mentioned two themes,

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 that Jesus is trying to teach his disciples

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 as they're going along the road

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 up to Jerusalem.

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 And the first theme is priority.

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 That Jesus must be number one priority

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 for his disciples and for us.

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 That's the first thing Jesus taught them.

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 When he called them,

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 follow me,

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 he says,

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 nothing else can come ahead of

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 your loyalty to me.

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 He has to be number one priority.

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 The second theme

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 that Pastor Nick mentioned

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 was mercy.

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 That Jesus is rich in mercy

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 and he's teaching his disciples

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 to also be merciful

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 as God has shown mercy to them.

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 And lo and behold,

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 I think these are the two major themes

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 of tonight's passage as well.

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 If you look at verse one to 10,

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 as we go through those,

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 we'll see the theme of priority.

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 Jesus is saying to his disciples,

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 if you're following me,

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 I have to be number one.

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 You belong to me.

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 I don't owe you.

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 You owe me everything.

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 But then what we see in the second half

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 is that Jesus is a merciful Savior

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 who gives us all that we need

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 and even more.

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 So that's what we're going to see tonight.

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 These two themes,

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 once again,

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 and we've seen these themes

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 in several,

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 if you look,

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 if you think of some of the stories

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 we've looked at,

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 right,

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 when Jesus is talking to Mary and Martha,

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 sort of emphasizes the priority theme,

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 you need to listen to me.

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 When he talks about money,

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 he says you either love money

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 or you love God.

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 You can't love both.

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 One has to be the priority.

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 In chapter 13,

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 he says repent.

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 Now is the time to repent

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 and turn to God.

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 Don't delay.

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 Today.

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 Don't wait.

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 But we've also seen Jesus

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 is rich in mercy, right?

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 The story of the Good Samaritan.

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 Jesus calling his disciples

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 to go and do likewise,

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 to show that kind of mercy

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 to people in need.

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 We've seen chapter 15,

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 right,

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 the story of the lost sheep

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 and the lost coin

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 and the lost son

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 about God seeking out the lost

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 and bringing them home.

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 And that's what Jesus came to do,

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 to seek us out when we were lost

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 and bring us home

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 by his mercy and grace.

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 And back in chapter 12,

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 he said to us,

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 don't be anxious

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 because you have a heavenly father.

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 Who loves you

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 and knows you

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 and will provide for you.

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 So again,

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 these themes have come up a lot.

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 So I think it's one of the major things

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 Jesus wants us to go away with

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 and that Jesus wanted to teach his disciples

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 during this long journey

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 they were taking to Jerusalem.

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 So let's look at these themes in turn.

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 First,

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 the theme of priority.

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 Verses 1 to 10.

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 Now if you read verses 1 to 4,

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 so you got verses 1 to 2

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 talk about temptations to sin

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 or he's causing others to sin.

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 Verses 3 and 4 talk about

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 what if someone sins against you?

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 So sort of sin going both ways, right?

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 Don't,

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 if there's a warning,

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 don't cause others to stumble.

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 Don't lead other people astray.

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 And Jesus gives a very strong warning.

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 He says it would be better

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 to be drowned in the sea

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 than to lead somebody else into sin.

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 Because sin is that dangerous.

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 It's that spiritually perilous.

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 It will lead to death.

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 And Jesus is saying,

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 be careful.

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 No.

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 God's called you together

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 to follow him together.

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 So be careful

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 that you don't lead others astray

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 but instead

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 lead others closer to Jesus.

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 And we see, for example,

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 the Apostle Paul

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 applying this principle.

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 If you read in Romans 14,

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 we're not going to go there,

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 but that's one place

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 where the Apostle Paul

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 applies this principle

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 in reminding

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 the Christians in Rome

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 and he says,

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 let's do everything

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 that makes for peace

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 and for building up the church.

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 Right?

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 Be careful to build one another up

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 and not tear each other down.

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 And he uses the same thing.

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 Don't cause your brother to stumble

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 because Christ died for your brother.

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 But in verse 3 to 4,

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 we see how Jesus tells us to respond

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 if somebody sins against us.

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 Right?

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 Now, again,

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 Jesus is realistic here.

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 He doesn't say,

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 well, if you're going to be my followers,

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 you've got to be perfect.

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 He acknowledges,

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 you know what?

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 Somebody's going to sin against you

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 and temptations to sin

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 are sure to come.

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 He's like,

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 he's being very realistic.

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 If you're looking for the perfect church,

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 you'll never find it.

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 And if you ever found it,

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 you'd spoil it.

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 So, right?

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 So, Jesus is very realistic.

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 He says, you know,

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 we're going to have to deal with things.

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 Right?

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 You might have a brother

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 or sister in Christ

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 who sins against you,

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 who wrongs you.

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 Right?

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 Maybe they lie to you.

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 Maybe they gossip behind your back.

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 Maybe they just are mean to you.

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 Right?

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 There's maybe,

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 whatever,

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 they get angry and blow up at you.

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 There's going to be issues.

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 Right?

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 And Jesus tells us

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 how to deal with them.

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 And he says two things.

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 He says,

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 first,

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 if your brother or sister sins,

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 rebuke them.

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 Now, that means

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 don't just

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 sweep it under the rug.

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 Right?

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 And don't

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 be angry on the inside

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 and say nothing to the person.

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 Jesus says,

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 no,

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 there's a way to deal with things.

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 Actually,

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 he's following

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 what God had already said

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 to the Israelites

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 in the Old Testament

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 in Leviticus 19.17

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 where it says,

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 don't hate your brother

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 in your heart,

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 but frankly,

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 rebuke him

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 or her.

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 Okay?

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 So,

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 don't sort of

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 nurse a grudge

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 against somebody

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 who's done you wrong.

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 Go to them.

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 And Jesus says

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 the same thing

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 in Matthew 18.

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 He says,

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 go to them

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 and rebuke them.

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 And do that in love.

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 Right?

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 Because,

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 of course,

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 you can go and rebuke somebody

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 in a very angry

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 and hateful spirit.

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 And Jesus is

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 not encouraging that.

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 So,

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 he says,

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 we should,

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 we should

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 go to,

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 you know,

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 if somebody has offended you

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 or wronged you,

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 go to that person

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 and say,

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 you know,

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 this is,

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 this really hurt me

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 when you did this

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 or when you said this.

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 And,

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 and,

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 and then

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 they have an opportunity.

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 It gives them an opportunity

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 to say,

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 I'm sorry.

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 I really didn't mean that.

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 I was,

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 I was wrong.

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 And Jesus says,

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 if they do that,

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 forgive them.

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 Now,

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 sometimes we get confused

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 about what forgiveness is.

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 The word forgiveness

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 is a word that means

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 to release.

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 It means to

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 set someone free.

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 It's the same word

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 for untying a knot

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 or

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 taking a chain

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 off of someone,

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 letting them,

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 setting them,

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 releasing them.

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 right?

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 So forgiveness

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 means releasing

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 someone

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 into God's hands

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 and not trying

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 to punish them

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 or hurt them

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 or pay them back

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 yourself.

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 That's what forgiveness

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 means.

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 Forgiveness doesn't

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 necessarily mean

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 that you completely

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 forget what happened.

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 Although sometimes,

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 in God's mercy,

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 sometimes that can be

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 a good thing,

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 eventually.

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 Although sometimes,

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 it's,

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 sometimes we need to

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 remember what happened.

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 forgiveness isn't denying

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 that something wrong

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 happened.

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 It's not making excuses.

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 Right?

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 Again,

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 Jesus says,

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 go and

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 if someone,

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 if someone really

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 wrongs you,

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 go and rebuke them.

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 Right?

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 Now,

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 of course,

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 there,

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 there is a time

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 to overlook.

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 Right?

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 Sometimes people

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 say something minor

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 and you know

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 they weren't thinking

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 and sometimes,

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 sometimes it's best

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 you just overlook it

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 and you forgive

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 and you go on

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 and it's not a big deal.

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 It's a little thing.

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 But Jesus is saying

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 if it's a bigger thing,

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 you know,

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 if there's a real sin,

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 a real wrong,

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 then deal with it

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 but be willing to forgive.

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 And Jesus even says

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 if they sin against you

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 seven times in a day,

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 I mean,

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 have you ever had somebody

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 sin against you

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 seven times in the same day?

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 If you have kids,

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 maybe,

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 right?

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 Like,

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 I mean,

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 kids can do that.

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 Right?

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 But the other thing

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 about kids is

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 they can,

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 they can,

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 they can say they're sorry

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 and actually mean it.

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 Even if they,

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 you know,

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 kids go back and forth

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 real quick.

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 Anyway,

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 but Jesus says

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 you must forgive.

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 Jesus is saying

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 as my followers,

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 you don't have

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 an option

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 to decide,

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 well,

00:12:21.700 --> 00:12:22.720
 maybe I'll forgive them

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 or maybe I won't.

00:12:24.039 --> 00:12:24.539
 Jesus says

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 you must forgive.

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 Forgiveness is hard,

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 right?

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 It's not easy

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 but Jesus is saying

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 you must forgive.

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 And then verse 5,

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 the apostles respond.

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 You see what the apostles say

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 when they hear this?

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 They say,

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 increase our faith.

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 Help us.

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 Boy,

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 that takes a lot of faith

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 to,

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 a lot of trust in God

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 to be able to do that.

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 And Jesus says,

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 even if you have

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 just a little bit

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 of faith,

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 just a little bit

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 of trust in God,

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 God can make

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 powerful things happen.

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 You don't have to have

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 a whole

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 big handful of faith.

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 You can even have

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 a tiny mustard seed.

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 And if you have

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 just a little faith

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 in Jesus

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 and if you act

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 on that faith,

00:13:18.840 --> 00:13:19.259
 God says,

00:13:20.240 --> 00:13:20.759
 Jesus says,

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 amazing things can happen.

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 We'll actually see

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 later in our passage

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 some amazing things

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 happening

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 through when someone

00:13:31.019 --> 00:13:31.580
 has faith.

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 but we'll get there

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 later.

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 So,

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 so then,

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 so 7 through 10,

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 right,

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 so Jesus has

00:13:43.199 --> 00:13:44.139
 these high standards,

00:13:44.259 --> 00:13:44.480
 right?

00:13:44.779 --> 00:13:45.639
 Don't cause someone

00:13:45.639 --> 00:13:46.240
 else to sin.

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 Rebuke,

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 forgive,

00:13:48.019 --> 00:13:48.659
 whenever someone

00:13:48.659 --> 00:13:49.080
 repents,

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 even if it's

00:13:49.620 --> 00:13:50.059
 seven times

00:13:50.059 --> 00:13:50.699
 on the same day.

00:13:50.919 --> 00:13:51.360
 And the apostles

00:13:51.360 --> 00:13:51.559
 say,

00:13:51.639 --> 00:13:52.279
 please help us

00:13:52.279 --> 00:13:52.960
 increase our faith.

00:13:53.000 --> 00:13:53.460
 And Jesus says,

00:13:53.740 --> 00:13:54.240
 even if you've got

00:13:54.240 --> 00:13:54.720
 a little faith,

00:13:54.759 --> 00:13:55.360
 you can do it.

00:13:55.580 --> 00:13:56.580
 Or God can do

00:13:56.580 --> 00:13:57.480
 great things through you.

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 7 through 10,

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 Jesus sort of

00:14:00.100 --> 00:14:02.100
 gives a parable

00:14:02.100 --> 00:14:03.820
 or a little image,

00:14:04.340 --> 00:14:05.159
 a story that would

00:14:05.159 --> 00:14:05.820
 have made a lot of

00:14:05.820 --> 00:14:06.399
 sense to people

00:14:06.399 --> 00:14:07.019
 back then

00:14:07.019 --> 00:14:09.500
 because Jesus was

00:14:09.500 --> 00:14:10.820
 talking about

00:14:10.820 --> 00:14:11.500
 a master

00:14:11.500 --> 00:14:12.539
 and a servant.

00:14:13.580 --> 00:14:13.860
 And

00:14:13.860 --> 00:14:16.379
 let me just explain

00:14:16.379 --> 00:14:17.120
 a little bit of

00:14:17.120 --> 00:14:18.639
 what that might

00:14:18.639 --> 00:14:19.240
 have looked like.

00:14:19.320 --> 00:14:19.500
 So,

00:14:19.620 --> 00:14:20.180
 in Jesus' time,

00:14:20.240 --> 00:14:20.639
 there were a lot

00:14:20.639 --> 00:14:21.480
 of different kinds

00:14:21.480 --> 00:14:21.960
 of servants

00:14:21.960 --> 00:14:23.039
 who did a lot

00:14:23.039 --> 00:14:23.580
 of different kinds

00:14:23.580 --> 00:14:24.220
 of jobs.

00:14:24.700 --> 00:14:24.920
 Cooking,

00:14:25.159 --> 00:14:25.480
 gardening,

00:14:25.480 --> 00:14:26.000
 cleaning,

00:14:26.620 --> 00:14:27.159
 teaching,

00:14:27.960 --> 00:14:29.519
 working in the field,

00:14:30.100 --> 00:14:31.019
 managing finances,

00:14:31.120 --> 00:14:32.000
 all kinds of things.

00:14:33.000 --> 00:14:34.320
 But the word

00:14:34.320 --> 00:14:35.039
 that's translated

00:14:35.039 --> 00:14:36.360
 servant in this passage

00:14:36.360 --> 00:14:37.399
 isn't just any

00:14:37.399 --> 00:14:38.620
 kind of hired worker.

00:14:39.220 --> 00:14:39.759
 It's a word

00:14:39.759 --> 00:14:40.159
 that means

00:14:40.159 --> 00:14:41.080
 a bond servant.

00:14:41.659 --> 00:14:42.220
 That means

00:14:42.220 --> 00:14:43.440
 someone who belonged

00:14:43.440 --> 00:14:45.180
 to someone else.

00:14:48.300 --> 00:14:48.860
 And

00:14:48.860 --> 00:14:49.399
 someone who

00:14:49.399 --> 00:14:50.060
 is completely

00:14:50.060 --> 00:14:50.840
 dependent on

00:14:50.840 --> 00:14:51.420
 their master

00:14:51.420 --> 00:14:51.920
 to provide

00:14:51.920 --> 00:14:52.659
 for all

00:14:52.659 --> 00:14:53.779
 of their needs.

00:14:54.960 --> 00:14:55.379
 And so,

00:14:55.480 --> 00:14:56.600
 for a bond

00:14:56.600 --> 00:14:56.960
 servant,

00:14:57.539 --> 00:14:58.139
 it wasn't like

00:14:58.139 --> 00:14:58.720
 they just were

00:14:58.720 --> 00:14:59.440
 sort of hired

00:14:59.440 --> 00:15:00.000
 to do a couple

00:15:00.000 --> 00:15:01.039
 jobs here and there.

00:15:01.440 --> 00:15:02.360
 But they were

00:15:02.360 --> 00:15:03.639
 at the service

00:15:03.639 --> 00:15:04.899
 of their boss

00:15:04.899 --> 00:15:06.560
 24-7.

00:15:07.779 --> 00:15:08.060
 Right?

00:15:08.340 --> 00:15:08.899
 And so,

00:15:08.960 --> 00:15:09.360
 Jesus says,

00:15:09.560 --> 00:15:10.420
 if you have

00:15:10.420 --> 00:15:11.120
 a bond servant,

00:15:12.159 --> 00:15:12.500
 you know,

00:15:12.620 --> 00:15:13.600
 working in the field,

00:15:13.759 --> 00:15:14.120
 plowing,

00:15:14.279 --> 00:15:14.940
 keeping sheep,

00:15:15.600 --> 00:15:17.220
 and he comes in

00:15:17.220 --> 00:15:18.220
 after a hard day's work,

00:15:18.320 --> 00:15:19.360
 his first priority

00:15:19.360 --> 00:15:19.940
 is

00:15:19.940 --> 00:15:21.519
 get the dinner

00:15:21.519 --> 00:15:22.100
 for the master

00:15:22.100 --> 00:15:22.680
 on the table.

00:15:23.820 --> 00:15:24.019
 Right?

00:15:24.019 --> 00:15:25.960
 not feed

00:15:25.960 --> 00:15:26.419
 himself.

00:15:28.659 --> 00:15:28.679
 And

00:15:28.679 --> 00:15:32.299
 so,

00:15:32.460 --> 00:15:34.319
 the bond servant's

00:15:34.319 --> 00:15:34.960
 priority was to

00:15:34.960 --> 00:15:35.720
 please the master

00:15:35.720 --> 00:15:36.639
 and not himself.

00:15:37.659 --> 00:15:37.819
 And

00:15:37.819 --> 00:15:39.819
 the servant's own

00:15:39.819 --> 00:15:40.279
 needs came

00:15:40.279 --> 00:15:40.759
 afterwards.

00:15:40.759 --> 00:15:42.659
 So,

00:15:42.980 --> 00:15:45.819
 and the point

00:15:45.819 --> 00:15:46.679
 that Jesus is making

00:15:46.679 --> 00:15:47.879
 in verse 10

00:15:47.879 --> 00:15:48.679
 is he says,

00:15:49.159 --> 00:15:49.659
 the master

00:15:49.659 --> 00:15:51.039
 is never in debt

00:15:51.039 --> 00:15:52.080
 to the bond servant

00:15:52.080 --> 00:15:52.939
 because the master,

00:15:53.500 --> 00:15:56.419
 because the servant

00:15:56.419 --> 00:15:57.419
 belongs to the master.

00:15:58.039 --> 00:15:58.399
 All right.

00:15:58.600 --> 00:15:58.960
 Now,

00:15:59.000 --> 00:15:59.939
 let me just stop

00:15:59.939 --> 00:16:00.740
 for a minute

00:16:00.740 --> 00:16:02.319
 and address a question

00:16:02.319 --> 00:16:03.179
 that might have come up

00:16:03.179 --> 00:16:03.919
 when we're talking

00:16:03.919 --> 00:16:04.480
 about masters

00:16:04.480 --> 00:16:05.200
 and bond servants.

00:16:05.399 --> 00:16:05.819
 Right?

00:16:05.820 --> 00:16:06.840
 Because

00:16:06.840 --> 00:16:08.220
 we all know

00:16:08.220 --> 00:16:09.440
 that slavery

00:16:09.440 --> 00:16:11.460
 caused a whole lot

00:16:11.460 --> 00:16:12.020
 of trouble

00:16:12.020 --> 00:16:13.600
 in the ancient world

00:16:13.600 --> 00:16:15.000
 and in the modern world

00:16:15.000 --> 00:16:16.379
 and it still does today.

00:16:17.320 --> 00:16:17.800
 There's,

00:16:17.800 --> 00:16:18.640
 there's still slavery

00:16:18.640 --> 00:16:19.600
 in many parts of the world

00:16:19.600 --> 00:16:21.040
 and,

00:16:21.120 --> 00:16:21.700
 and there's,

00:16:21.780 --> 00:16:22.820
 there's trafficking

00:16:22.820 --> 00:16:23.560
 in,

00:16:23.700 --> 00:16:24.760
 in all kinds of,

00:16:24.840 --> 00:16:25.940
 all kinds of slaves today.

00:16:26.140 --> 00:16:27.360
 That is very oppressive

00:16:27.360 --> 00:16:28.320
 and damaging.

00:16:29.160 --> 00:16:29.420
 And so,

00:16:29.460 --> 00:16:29.920
 let me just say

00:16:29.920 --> 00:16:30.560
 the Bible,

00:16:31.500 --> 00:16:31.960
 Jesus is,

00:16:32.060 --> 00:16:33.760
 Jesus is using an image

00:16:33.759 --> 00:16:35.080
 that would have made sense

00:16:35.080 --> 00:16:36.379
 to people in that culture.

00:16:37.159 --> 00:16:38.299
 He's not saying

00:16:38.299 --> 00:16:39.639
 that's how things should be

00:16:39.639 --> 00:16:40.500
 because it's,

00:16:40.500 --> 00:16:40.759
 it's,

00:16:40.759 --> 00:16:41.240
 it's interesting

00:16:41.240 --> 00:16:42.080
 if you look at the Bible,

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 Jesus says to his disciples,

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 you're all bond servants

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 of God.

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 And he also says

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 you're all sons and daughters

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 of God

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 through,

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 through Christ.

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 And so,

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 what he says

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 to basically all of us

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 is that

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 in one sense,

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 we're all slaves

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 who belong to God

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 and don't have,

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 and,

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 and,

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 and nothing belongs to us.

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 And in another sense,

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 he says,

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 we're completely free.

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 We're completely free

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 through Jesus.

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 And so,

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 what did I,

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 if,

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 if you understand

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 those two things,

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 it actually levels out

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 the playing field

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 because you realize

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 when you look at somebody else,

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 I'm called

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 to serve you.

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 Even more,

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 just like a bond servant

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 would,

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 we're supposed to serve

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 their master,

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 I'm supposed to serve you

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 as my brother

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 or sister in Christ.

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 And,

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 if you look at somebody else,

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 even the lowest person

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 on the totem pole

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 in society,

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 you think,

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 they are,

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 this person is,

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 a son or daughter

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 of God

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 who is free

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 and who is

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 loved by God.

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 And if,

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 and so,

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 it actually,

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 in the long term,

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 it sort of levels things out,

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 right?

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 And it makes us realize,

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 well,

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 there actually maybe

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 shouldn't be this sort of

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 master bond servant thing

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 because,

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 Jesus is saying,

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 it's actually more,

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 more about our relationship

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 with God.

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 So,

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 let me just say that

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 because that's a,

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 that's a,

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 that's a question,

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 a concern that comes up

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 when we,

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 when we hear about

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 servants and masters

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 and,

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 and what Jesus is saying there.

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 But what,

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 the point that Jesus is making

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 is that we belong

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 to Jesus

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 if we're his disciples.

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 And that,

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 that,

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 what he's saying is

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 God doesn't owe you

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 something.

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 And I think a lot of us

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 sometimes think

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 that God owes us

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 something.

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 And Jesus says,

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 no,

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 I mean,

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 God created you

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 out of nothing.

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 He doesn't owe you.

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 You owe him

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 everything you have.

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 And Jesus says,

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 don't think

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 that you can

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 sort of

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 do some,

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 do some good things

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 and get extra credit

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 with God

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 that sort of balances out

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 some of the bad things

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 you've done.

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 Jesus says,

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 no, no, no,

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 you belong to God

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 24-7.

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 You owe everything to God.

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 God doesn't owe

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 anything to you.

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 And if you're

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 one of Jesus' disciples,

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 you have to know that.

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 That God must be

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 number one priority

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 above everything else.

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 That God doesn't,

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 God is not in your debt.

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 Right?

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 Sometimes,

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 sometimes we,

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 sometimes we can fall

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 into these traps.

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 We can think that,

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 well,

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 if I obey God,

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 then God's going to

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 give me what I want.

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 And Jesus says,

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 maybe,

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 and maybe not.

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 And either way,

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 you belong to God.

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 And you're in his hands.

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 And he made you.

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 And you're his.

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 And that means

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 he doesn't owe you.

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 Right?

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 But we can't make God

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 owe us anything.

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 So that's the,

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 that's the first half

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 of the passage

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 what Jesus is emphasizing.

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 And if you think about it,

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 it's a pretty hard teaching,

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 all these things.

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 Right?

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 About don't cause others

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 to sin

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 and forgiveness

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 and God doesn't

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 owe you anything.

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 And you might think,

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 whoa,

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 that's,

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 that's hard.

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 That's a hard teaching.

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 But in the second half

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 of this passage,

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 what we see

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 is that Jesus

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 is merciful.

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 He's a merciful Lord.

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 He's a merciful King.

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 And he

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 comes to help us

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 not because we deserve it,

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 not because he owes us,

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 but simply because he loves us

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 and because we need him.

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 So if you look at the second

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 half of this passage,

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 verse 11 to 19,

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 Jesus is walking along the road

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 and ten lepers call out to him

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 from a distance.

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 Now back then,

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 if you had leprosy

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 or some other type

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 of skin disease,

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 you had to stay separate

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 from the rest of the society.

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 Partly for fear

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 that you,

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 you might be contagious.

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 Some of these skin diseases

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 were contagious

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 and so they didn't want them

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 to spread.

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 And so you had to go around

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 crying unclean,

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 unclean.

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 You had to stay,

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 keep your distance.

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 Don't touch anyone,

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 anyone else.

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 Live by yourself

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 with other lepers.

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 And so,

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 it was a very isolating

00:21:41.620 --> 00:21:42.880
 experience.

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 You know,

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 think about,

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 think about it

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 if you've,

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 if you've ever had

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 that kind of experience

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 where you've been isolated

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 from everyone else

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 and you feel like

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 nobody wants to touch you,

00:21:54.920 --> 00:21:56.000
 to hug you,

00:21:56.340 --> 00:21:57.820
 or shake your hand,

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 or deal with you

00:22:00.119 --> 00:22:01.899
 and in a loving way.

00:22:05.500 --> 00:22:07.459
 So that's what these lepers,

00:22:07.779 --> 00:22:09.219
 that's what their life experience was,

00:22:09.279 --> 00:22:10.399
 but they approached Jesus

00:22:10.399 --> 00:22:12.459
 with humility and dependence.

00:22:12.559 --> 00:22:13.479
 They approached Jesus

00:22:13.479 --> 00:22:15.619
 not trying to say,

00:22:15.979 --> 00:22:16.159
 Jesus,

00:22:16.279 --> 00:22:17.019
 you owe me something,

00:22:17.119 --> 00:22:17.439
 or Jesus,

00:22:17.799 --> 00:22:18.739
 I did this for you,

00:22:18.959 --> 00:22:20.079
 I want you to do this for me.

00:22:20.139 --> 00:22:20.439
 They just,

00:22:20.659 --> 00:22:21.399
 how do they say it?

00:22:21.399 --> 00:22:21.699
 They say,

00:22:21.799 --> 00:22:22.139
 Jesus,

00:22:22.579 --> 00:22:23.039
 Master,

00:22:23.979 --> 00:22:25.259
 have mercy on us.

00:22:25.259 --> 00:22:28.039
 have mercy.

00:22:28.940 --> 00:22:29.599
 Help me.

00:22:29.779 --> 00:22:30.599
 I need help.

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 And I think you can help me.

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 Please,

00:22:34.339 --> 00:22:35.039
 help me.

00:22:35.279 --> 00:22:36.579
 That's what they're saying to Jesus.

00:22:38.339 --> 00:22:39.140
 And Jesus says,

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 go show yourselves to the priests.

00:22:41.500 --> 00:22:42.339
 Now back then,

00:22:43.059 --> 00:22:44.379
 the priests were not,

00:22:44.539 --> 00:22:45.200
 the priests

00:22:45.200 --> 00:22:47.180
 were not the hospital.

00:22:48.579 --> 00:22:48.799
 Okay,

00:22:48.859 --> 00:22:50.359
 the priests did not administer

00:22:50.359 --> 00:22:51.220
 medical treatments,

00:22:51.640 --> 00:22:52.680
 but they were

00:22:52.680 --> 00:22:54.579
 sort of like the doctors

00:22:54.579 --> 00:22:55.220
 in that they would

00:22:55.220 --> 00:22:56.079
 examine you.

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 And they would either say,

00:22:59.140 --> 00:23:01.140
 you've got leprosy

00:23:01.140 --> 00:23:02.220
 and you're unclean,

00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:03.620
 or they'd say,

00:23:03.920 --> 00:23:06.200
 your disease has been cured

00:23:06.200 --> 00:23:07.500
 and you're clean.

00:23:08.360 --> 00:23:09.400
 And they were the ones

00:23:09.400 --> 00:23:10.360
 who had the right to say

00:23:10.360 --> 00:23:12.019
 one way or the other,

00:23:12.400 --> 00:23:13.620
 and what they said

00:23:13.620 --> 00:23:14.259
 went.

00:23:16.279 --> 00:23:17.339
 So Jesus says,

00:23:17.720 --> 00:23:18.420
 go show yourselves

00:23:18.420 --> 00:23:19.160
 to the priests.

00:23:19.700 --> 00:23:20.759
 Which is interesting,

00:23:21.039 --> 00:23:22.380
 that's sort of a hopeful word.

00:23:22.779 --> 00:23:23.819
 It's sort of like saying,

00:23:24.420 --> 00:23:25.200
 go to the doctor,

00:23:25.220 --> 00:23:27.579
 and it's sort of like

00:23:27.579 --> 00:23:29.140
 the doctor has said,

00:23:29.259 --> 00:23:30.600
 you have this disease.

00:23:31.339 --> 00:23:32.120
 And Jesus says,

00:23:32.180 --> 00:23:32.299
 no,

00:23:32.360 --> 00:23:33.200
 go back to the doctor

00:23:33.200 --> 00:23:34.319
 and have him check you out again.

00:23:36.579 --> 00:23:37.120
 I mean,

00:23:37.140 --> 00:23:38.299
 the only reason you go back

00:23:38.299 --> 00:23:39.299
 is if

00:23:39.299 --> 00:23:41.019
 you might actually be better.

00:23:42.400 --> 00:23:43.460
 So it's a hopeful word

00:23:43.460 --> 00:23:44.200
 Jesus gives them.

00:23:44.640 --> 00:23:45.680
 And so they leave

00:23:45.680 --> 00:23:46.600
 and it says,

00:23:46.660 --> 00:23:47.180
 as they went,

00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:48.160
 they were cleansed.

00:23:48.160 --> 00:23:51.600
 And nine of them,

00:23:51.800 --> 00:23:52.300
 seems like,

00:23:52.360 --> 00:23:53.220
 just go on their way.

00:23:54.660 --> 00:23:55.620
 But one leper

00:23:55.620 --> 00:23:56.880
 turns around

00:23:56.880 --> 00:23:58.540
 and he doesn't go

00:23:58.540 --> 00:23:59.220
 to the priest

00:23:59.220 --> 00:23:59.880
 in the temple,

00:24:00.680 --> 00:24:01.800
 but he comes back

00:24:01.800 --> 00:24:02.200
 to Jesus

00:24:02.200 --> 00:24:03.420
 and he makes a big scene.

00:24:05.460 --> 00:24:05.800
 Now,

00:24:06.000 --> 00:24:07.660
 why does he come back

00:24:07.660 --> 00:24:08.040
 to Jesus?

00:24:10.240 --> 00:24:10.620
 Now,

00:24:10.660 --> 00:24:11.400
 when I was a kid,

00:24:11.840 --> 00:24:13.080
 my parents read me

00:24:13.080 --> 00:24:13.660
 this story

00:24:13.660 --> 00:24:15.040
 and they basically

00:24:15.040 --> 00:24:15.920
 used it as a way

00:24:15.920 --> 00:24:16.380
 to say,

00:24:16.800 --> 00:24:17.740
 here's why you always

00:24:17.740 --> 00:24:18.860
 need to say thank you

00:24:18.860 --> 00:24:19.540
 to somebody

00:24:19.540 --> 00:24:20.160
 who does something

00:24:20.160 --> 00:24:20.800
 nice for you.

00:24:21.820 --> 00:24:22.259
 Right?

00:24:22.360 --> 00:24:23.019
 Nine of them

00:24:23.019 --> 00:24:24.320
 got something good

00:24:24.320 --> 00:24:25.759
 and they went on their way

00:24:25.759 --> 00:24:26.820
 and they were ungrateful

00:24:26.820 --> 00:24:28.100
 and one of them

00:24:28.100 --> 00:24:29.040
 was grateful.

00:24:29.840 --> 00:24:30.560
 And you need

00:24:30.560 --> 00:24:31.200
 to be grateful.

00:24:33.000 --> 00:24:33.460
 Now,

00:24:33.500 --> 00:24:34.180
 that's true,

00:24:35.040 --> 00:24:36.060
 but that's actually

00:24:36.060 --> 00:24:36.940
 not most of,

00:24:37.060 --> 00:24:37.820
 that's missing

00:24:37.820 --> 00:24:38.740
 a big part

00:24:38.740 --> 00:24:39.660
 of what's going on here.

00:24:40.220 --> 00:24:41.120
 Because back then

00:24:41.120 --> 00:24:41.740
 the rule was

00:24:41.740 --> 00:24:42.279
 you have to go

00:24:42.279 --> 00:24:42.940
 to the priest

00:24:42.940 --> 00:24:44.040
 and the priest

00:24:44.040 --> 00:24:44.400
 is the one

00:24:44.400 --> 00:24:45.220
 who says you're clean

00:24:45.220 --> 00:24:46.440
 and the priest

00:24:46.440 --> 00:24:47.259
 lives in the temple

00:24:47.259 --> 00:24:48.360
 and the temple

00:24:48.360 --> 00:24:49.740
 is where God's presence is.

00:24:51.160 --> 00:24:51.880
 And so you couldn't

00:24:51.880 --> 00:24:52.340
 just decide

00:24:52.340 --> 00:24:53.060
 not to do that.

00:24:54.420 --> 00:24:55.320
 So why does the guy

00:24:55.320 --> 00:24:56.080
 come back to Jesus?

00:24:57.380 --> 00:24:58.680
 He comes back to Jesus

00:24:58.680 --> 00:24:59.900
 because he sees

00:24:59.900 --> 00:25:01.060
 that Jesus

00:25:01.060 --> 00:25:02.700
 isn't just another man.

00:25:03.880 --> 00:25:04.900
 He isn't just

00:25:04.900 --> 00:25:05.880
 another person

00:25:05.880 --> 00:25:08.019
 who did something

00:25:08.019 --> 00:25:09.180
 nice for them.

00:25:10.279 --> 00:25:10.940
 They come back,

00:25:11.040 --> 00:25:12.100
 this man comes back

00:25:12.100 --> 00:25:12.500
 to Jesus

00:25:12.500 --> 00:25:13.600
 and he falls

00:25:13.600 --> 00:25:14.100
 at his feet.

00:25:14.180 --> 00:25:15.180
 He worships Jesus.

00:25:15.320 --> 00:25:15.900
 It says he gives

00:25:15.900 --> 00:25:16.700
 praise to God

00:25:16.700 --> 00:25:17.519
 and he kneels

00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:18.279
 at the feet of Jesus.

00:25:19.320 --> 00:25:20.240
 It's almost like

00:25:20.240 --> 00:25:20.620
 he's saying,

00:25:20.740 --> 00:25:22.100
 he's worshiping

00:25:22.100 --> 00:25:23.259
 God

00:25:23.259 --> 00:25:25.420
 as Jesus.

00:25:27.240 --> 00:25:28.500
 It's pretty surprising.

00:25:32.800 --> 00:25:33.380
 You see,

00:25:33.420 --> 00:25:34.220
 what he realized

00:25:34.220 --> 00:25:34.980
 is that Jesus

00:25:34.980 --> 00:25:35.740
 is

00:25:35.740 --> 00:25:36.920
 the one

00:25:36.920 --> 00:25:37.820
 who can make us

00:25:37.820 --> 00:25:38.300
 clean

00:25:38.299 --> 00:25:39.899
 and declare

00:25:39.899 --> 00:25:40.659
 us clean.

00:25:42.059 --> 00:25:42.960
 The priest.

00:25:43.779 --> 00:25:45.000
 And Jesus is

00:25:45.000 --> 00:25:46.279
 the temple

00:25:46.279 --> 00:25:46.839
 of God.

00:25:47.039 --> 00:25:47.740
 The place

00:25:47.740 --> 00:25:48.319
 where you can come

00:25:48.319 --> 00:25:49.059
 and worship God.

00:25:50.799 --> 00:25:51.859
 And he realizes

00:25:51.859 --> 00:25:53.759
 the priest

00:25:53.759 --> 00:25:54.220
 in the temple

00:25:54.220 --> 00:25:54.720
 in Jerusalem,

00:25:55.240 --> 00:25:57.619
 I found a better

00:25:57.619 --> 00:25:58.059
 priest

00:25:58.059 --> 00:25:59.399
 and a better temple.

00:25:59.839 --> 00:26:00.799
 And it's all

00:26:00.799 --> 00:26:01.319
 right here

00:26:01.319 --> 00:26:01.740
 in Jesus.

00:26:02.740 --> 00:26:03.559
 And so he comes

00:26:03.559 --> 00:26:04.200
 and he worships

00:26:04.200 --> 00:26:04.720
 Jesus and he

00:26:04.720 --> 00:26:05.819
 bows down before him

00:26:05.819 --> 00:26:06.419
 and he thanks

00:26:06.419 --> 00:26:07.279
 him.

00:26:08.919 --> 00:26:09.359
 He says,

00:26:09.439 --> 00:26:10.059
 thank you

00:26:10.059 --> 00:26:12.319
 so much.

00:26:13.119 --> 00:26:13.839
 You're the one

00:26:13.839 --> 00:26:14.359
 who made me

00:26:14.359 --> 00:26:14.839
 clean.

00:26:16.200 --> 00:26:17.259
 And you can make me

00:26:17.259 --> 00:26:18.240
 clean before God

00:26:18.240 --> 00:26:19.039
 and before men

00:26:19.039 --> 00:26:19.480
 forever.

00:26:22.220 --> 00:26:23.259
 One person wrote,

00:26:23.839 --> 00:26:25.339
 he wasn't just

00:26:25.339 --> 00:26:26.039
 thankful for the

00:26:26.039 --> 00:26:26.639
 gift of being

00:26:26.639 --> 00:26:27.079
 healed.

00:26:27.480 --> 00:26:28.720
 He recognized

00:26:28.720 --> 00:26:29.599
 the giver

00:26:29.599 --> 00:26:31.240
 in the gift.

00:26:31.240 --> 00:26:34.779
 he recognized

00:26:34.779 --> 00:26:35.140
 that Jesus

00:26:35.140 --> 00:26:35.900
 was the healer

00:26:35.900 --> 00:26:36.880
 and Jesus

00:26:36.880 --> 00:26:37.539
 was the priest

00:26:37.539 --> 00:26:37.920
 and Jesus

00:26:37.920 --> 00:26:38.500
 was the temple.

00:26:41.059 --> 00:26:41.720
 You see,

00:26:42.019 --> 00:26:43.420
 the first half

00:26:43.420 --> 00:26:44.000
 of this passage

00:26:44.000 --> 00:26:44.640
 is about how

00:26:44.640 --> 00:26:45.240
 Jesus is our

00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:45.859
 Lord and our

00:26:45.859 --> 00:26:46.500
 master and we

00:26:46.500 --> 00:26:47.299
 belong to him.

00:26:47.660 --> 00:26:48.380
 And he doesn't

00:26:48.380 --> 00:26:49.019
 owe us anything,

00:26:49.160 --> 00:26:49.819
 but the second half

00:26:49.819 --> 00:26:50.339
 of this passage

00:26:50.339 --> 00:26:51.039
 is about how

00:26:51.039 --> 00:26:51.720
 Jesus did what

00:26:51.720 --> 00:26:52.240
 he didn't have

00:26:52.240 --> 00:26:52.599
 to do

00:26:52.599 --> 00:26:54.799
 to heal us,

00:26:54.859 --> 00:26:55.640
 to cleanse us,

00:26:55.819 --> 00:26:56.960
 to forgive us.

00:26:58.160 --> 00:26:58.440
 You see,

00:26:58.500 --> 00:26:58.980
 at the end,

00:26:59.039 --> 00:26:59.599
 what Jesus says

00:26:59.599 --> 00:27:00.240
 to this man,

00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:01.639
 he says,

00:27:01.719 --> 00:27:02.299
 rise and go

00:27:02.299 --> 00:27:02.699
 your way.

00:27:02.779 --> 00:27:03.279
 Your faith

00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:04.019
 has made you

00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:04.419
 well.

00:27:04.639 --> 00:27:05.199
 And that word

00:27:05.199 --> 00:27:05.819
 can also be

00:27:05.819 --> 00:27:06.299
 translated,

00:27:06.419 --> 00:27:06.839
 your faith

00:27:06.839 --> 00:27:07.699
 has saved

00:27:07.699 --> 00:27:08.279
 you.

00:27:09.679 --> 00:27:10.439
 This man

00:27:10.439 --> 00:27:11.099
 doesn't just

00:27:11.099 --> 00:27:11.699
 get healed,

00:27:11.939 --> 00:27:13.139
 he gets saved.

00:27:13.779 --> 00:27:14.379
 That means

00:27:14.379 --> 00:27:14.819
 he gets

00:27:14.819 --> 00:27:15.679
 forgiven of

00:27:15.679 --> 00:27:16.339
 his sins

00:27:16.339 --> 00:27:17.519
 and put right

00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:18.159
 with God

00:27:18.159 --> 00:27:19.319
 through Jesus.

00:27:25.459 --> 00:27:26.099
 You see,

00:27:26.199 --> 00:27:26.500
 Jesus

00:27:26.500 --> 00:27:28.000
 showed mercy

00:27:28.000 --> 00:27:29.579
 mercy to

00:27:29.579 --> 00:27:30.000
 the nine

00:27:30.000 --> 00:27:30.359
 lepers

00:27:30.359 --> 00:27:31.960
 who got

00:27:31.960 --> 00:27:32.339
 healed

00:27:32.339 --> 00:27:33.319
 and didn't

00:27:33.319 --> 00:27:33.720
 even come

00:27:33.720 --> 00:27:34.039
 back to

00:27:34.039 --> 00:27:34.460
 say thank

00:27:34.460 --> 00:27:34.579
 you.

00:27:34.660 --> 00:27:34.839
 Jesus

00:27:34.839 --> 00:27:35.539
 shows mercy

00:27:35.539 --> 00:27:36.099
 even to

00:27:36.099 --> 00:27:36.839
 the ungrateful

00:27:36.839 --> 00:27:37.400
 and wicked.

00:27:38.980 --> 00:27:39.660
 But Jesus

00:27:39.660 --> 00:27:40.480
 showed an

00:27:40.480 --> 00:27:41.019
 even greater

00:27:41.019 --> 00:27:41.559
 mercy to

00:27:41.559 --> 00:27:42.460
 this leper

00:27:42.460 --> 00:27:43.119
 who came

00:27:43.119 --> 00:27:44.259
 and found

00:27:44.259 --> 00:27:44.819
 not just

00:27:44.819 --> 00:27:45.380
 healing for

00:27:45.380 --> 00:27:46.400
 his leprosy,

00:27:46.740 --> 00:27:47.119
 but found

00:27:47.119 --> 00:27:47.960
 him and

00:27:47.960 --> 00:27:48.759
 found salvation

00:27:48.759 --> 00:27:50.180
 and found

00:27:50.180 --> 00:27:51.240
 cleansing.

00:27:52.960 --> 00:27:53.559
 And Jesus

00:27:53.559 --> 00:27:54.079
 points out

00:27:54.079 --> 00:27:54.539
 this man to

00:27:54.539 --> 00:27:55.079
 his disciples

00:27:55.079 --> 00:27:55.720
 and he says,

00:27:55.920 --> 00:27:56.740
 do you see

00:27:56.740 --> 00:27:57.359
 this man?

00:27:59.400 --> 00:27:59.980
 And he

00:27:59.980 --> 00:28:00.539
 points out

00:28:00.539 --> 00:28:01.279
 he was a

00:28:01.279 --> 00:28:01.599
 leper,

00:28:02.180 --> 00:28:02.400
 right?

00:28:02.460 --> 00:28:02.839
 The kind of

00:28:02.839 --> 00:28:03.319
 person nobody

00:28:03.319 --> 00:28:03.740
 else wanted

00:28:03.740 --> 00:28:04.059
 to deal

00:28:04.059 --> 00:28:04.900
 with and

00:28:04.900 --> 00:28:05.299
 he was a

00:28:05.299 --> 00:28:05.880
 Samaritan.

00:28:06.640 --> 00:28:06.980
 And the

00:28:06.980 --> 00:28:07.759
 Samaritans

00:28:07.759 --> 00:28:08.900
 were foreigners

00:28:08.900 --> 00:28:10.440
 who followed

00:28:10.440 --> 00:28:10.980
 some different

00:28:10.980 --> 00:28:11.839
 religious traditions

00:28:11.839 --> 00:28:14.000
 and the

00:28:14.000 --> 00:28:14.900
 people of

00:28:14.900 --> 00:28:15.779
 Israel didn't

00:28:15.779 --> 00:28:16.240
 really like

00:28:16.240 --> 00:28:16.980
 the Samaritans

00:28:16.980 --> 00:28:17.299
 and there was

00:28:17.299 --> 00:28:18.160
 all kinds of

00:28:18.160 --> 00:28:19.299
 enmity between

00:28:19.299 --> 00:28:19.759
 them.

00:28:20.259 --> 00:28:20.519
 And Jesus

00:28:20.519 --> 00:28:20.859
 says, look

00:28:20.859 --> 00:28:21.519
 at this man

00:28:21.519 --> 00:28:22.660
 who most

00:28:22.660 --> 00:28:23.140
 of you would

00:28:23.140 --> 00:28:24.180
 just avoid

00:28:24.180 --> 00:28:25.460
 or despise

00:28:25.460 --> 00:28:26.079
 or want to

00:28:26.079 --> 00:28:26.480
 run away

00:28:26.480 --> 00:28:26.880
 from.

00:28:27.160 --> 00:28:27.460
 And Jesus

00:28:27.460 --> 00:28:28.980
 says, he

00:28:28.980 --> 00:28:30.380
 had faith.

00:28:32.340 --> 00:28:33.180
 You just

00:28:33.180 --> 00:28:33.819
 asked me

00:28:33.819 --> 00:28:34.960
 increase our

00:28:34.960 --> 00:28:35.279
 faith.

00:28:35.400 --> 00:28:35.700
 You just

00:28:35.700 --> 00:28:36.200
 said, give

00:28:36.200 --> 00:28:36.640
 us more

00:28:36.640 --> 00:28:37.380
 faith and

00:28:37.380 --> 00:28:37.880
 I'm showing

00:28:37.880 --> 00:28:38.220
 you what

00:28:38.220 --> 00:28:38.740
 faith looks

00:28:38.740 --> 00:28:39.000
 like.

00:28:39.120 --> 00:28:39.519
 Faith looks

00:28:39.519 --> 00:28:40.640
 like coming

00:28:40.640 --> 00:28:41.059
 to Jesus

00:28:41.059 --> 00:28:41.480
 and saying,

00:28:41.579 --> 00:28:41.880
 Jesus,

00:28:42.220 --> 00:28:42.920
 master, have

00:28:42.920 --> 00:28:43.319
 mercy.

00:28:43.860 --> 00:28:44.920
 I need you.

00:28:45.200 --> 00:28:45.700
 Help me.

00:28:47.059 --> 00:28:48.019
 You can.

00:28:48.019 --> 00:28:52.759
 And faith

00:28:52.759 --> 00:28:53.279
 looks like

00:28:53.279 --> 00:28:55.279
 not just

00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:55.920
 getting healed.

00:28:57.539 --> 00:28:58.019
 Right?

00:28:58.839 --> 00:28:59.420
 You know,

00:28:59.460 --> 00:28:59.879
 all kinds of

00:28:59.879 --> 00:29:00.180
 people can

00:29:00.180 --> 00:29:00.660
 get healed

00:29:00.660 --> 00:29:02.139
 who don't

00:29:02.139 --> 00:29:02.740
 actually come

00:29:02.740 --> 00:29:03.619
 back and

00:29:03.619 --> 00:29:04.259
 thank Jesus.

00:29:07.599 --> 00:29:08.200
 People can

00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:08.539
 get healed

00:29:08.539 --> 00:29:09.059
 by Jesus

00:29:09.059 --> 00:29:10.099
 and not

00:29:10.099 --> 00:29:11.480
 be in a

00:29:11.480 --> 00:29:12.000
 right relationship

00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:12.460
 with God.

00:29:13.759 --> 00:29:14.480
 So it's not

00:29:14.480 --> 00:29:14.839
 all about

00:29:14.839 --> 00:29:15.420
 getting physically

00:29:15.420 --> 00:29:16.019
 healed, even

00:29:16.019 --> 00:29:16.480
 though Jesus

00:29:16.480 --> 00:29:17.099
 can do that.

00:29:18.019 --> 00:29:18.379
 It's about

00:29:18.379 --> 00:29:19.220
 recognizing Jesus

00:29:19.220 --> 00:29:19.700
 for who he

00:29:19.700 --> 00:29:21.299
 is and

00:29:21.299 --> 00:29:21.680
 saying, Jesus,

00:29:21.799 --> 00:29:22.039
 you're the

00:29:22.039 --> 00:29:22.259
 one who

00:29:22.259 --> 00:29:22.559
 can make

00:29:22.559 --> 00:29:23.000
 me clean.

00:29:23.859 --> 00:29:24.359
 You're the

00:29:24.359 --> 00:29:25.740
 one who

00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:26.180
 has the

00:29:26.180 --> 00:29:26.639
 presence of

00:29:26.639 --> 00:29:27.180
 God dwelling

00:29:27.180 --> 00:29:28.139
 in you and

00:29:28.139 --> 00:29:29.139
 I can worship

00:29:29.139 --> 00:29:29.639
 God at your

00:29:29.639 --> 00:29:29.879
 feet.

00:29:31.839 --> 00:29:32.460
 That's why we

00:29:32.460 --> 00:29:32.740
 can come

00:29:32.740 --> 00:29:33.079
 before him

00:29:33.079 --> 00:29:33.400
 tonight.

00:29:35.740 --> 00:29:36.339
 You know,

00:29:36.779 --> 00:29:37.240
 maybe you're

00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:38.319
 like the

00:29:38.319 --> 00:29:38.940
 Samaritan

00:29:38.940 --> 00:29:40.259
 leper, right?

00:29:40.359 --> 00:29:41.079
 He was an

00:29:41.079 --> 00:29:41.680
 outcast.

00:29:43.160 --> 00:29:45.319
 He was

00:29:45.319 --> 00:29:46.460
 rejected by

00:29:46.460 --> 00:29:47.039
 other people.

00:29:47.200 --> 00:29:47.579
 Maybe he

00:29:47.579 --> 00:29:48.480
 had failed

00:29:48.480 --> 00:29:49.460
 in his

00:29:49.460 --> 00:29:49.879
 life.

00:29:50.899 --> 00:29:51.279
 And Jesus

00:29:51.279 --> 00:29:51.759
 comes to

00:29:51.759 --> 00:29:53.139
 him and

00:29:53.139 --> 00:29:53.679
 Jesus heals

00:29:53.679 --> 00:29:53.960
 him.

00:29:54.119 --> 00:29:54.439
 When he

00:29:54.439 --> 00:29:54.960
 calls out for

00:29:54.960 --> 00:29:55.419
 mercy, he

00:29:55.419 --> 00:29:56.179
 listens and

00:29:56.179 --> 00:29:56.919
 Jesus answers.

00:29:58.079 --> 00:29:58.359
 And so if

00:29:58.359 --> 00:29:58.559
 you can

00:29:58.559 --> 00:29:59.379
 identify with

00:29:59.379 --> 00:30:00.359
 the Samaritan,

00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:00.819
 the leper

00:30:00.819 --> 00:30:02.839
 man, Jesus

00:30:02.839 --> 00:30:03.299
 says, come

00:30:03.299 --> 00:30:03.699
 to me.

00:30:05.460 --> 00:30:05.980
 If you

00:30:05.980 --> 00:30:06.460
 call to me,

00:30:06.519 --> 00:30:07.019
 I'll answer.

00:30:07.859 --> 00:30:08.460
 Cry out for

00:30:08.460 --> 00:30:09.319
 mercy and

00:30:09.319 --> 00:30:10.599
 I'll draw

00:30:10.599 --> 00:30:11.220
 near to you.

00:30:14.659 --> 00:30:15.299
 That's what it

00:30:15.299 --> 00:30:15.819
 means to have

00:30:15.819 --> 00:30:16.700
 faith.

00:30:18.700 --> 00:30:19.179
 It's to

00:30:19.179 --> 00:30:19.460
 know that

00:30:19.460 --> 00:30:19.919
 Jesus can

00:30:19.919 --> 00:30:20.240
 make us

00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:21.379
 clean by

00:30:21.379 --> 00:30:21.819
 his blood

00:30:21.819 --> 00:30:22.059
 that he

00:30:22.059 --> 00:30:22.379
 shed on

00:30:22.379 --> 00:30:22.879
 the cross.

00:30:26.240 --> 00:30:26.819
 So cry

00:30:26.819 --> 00:30:27.079
 out to

00:30:27.079 --> 00:30:27.519
 Jesus for

00:30:27.519 --> 00:30:27.879
 mercy.

00:30:29.259 --> 00:30:29.599
 Trust and

00:30:29.599 --> 00:30:29.980
 obey what

00:30:29.980 --> 00:30:30.359
 he says.

00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:31.099
 And God

00:30:31.099 --> 00:30:31.480
 can even

00:30:31.480 --> 00:30:32.179
 use you as

00:30:32.179 --> 00:30:32.720
 an example

00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:33.399
 to others.

00:30:35.319 --> 00:30:35.679
 Right?

00:30:35.740 --> 00:30:36.099
 That's also

00:30:36.099 --> 00:30:36.439
 what Jesus

00:30:36.439 --> 00:30:36.740
 wants to

00:30:36.740 --> 00:30:37.039
 teach his

00:30:37.039 --> 00:30:37.460
 disciples,

00:30:38.359 --> 00:30:38.799
 is don't

00:30:38.799 --> 00:30:39.359
 ignore people

00:30:39.359 --> 00:30:39.759
 like the

00:30:39.759 --> 00:30:40.179
 Samaritan

00:30:40.179 --> 00:30:40.500
 leper.

00:30:40.500 --> 00:30:42.180
 don't

00:30:42.180 --> 00:30:42.700
 ignore people

00:30:42.700 --> 00:30:43.059
 who you

00:30:43.059 --> 00:30:44.079
 might avoid

00:30:44.079 --> 00:30:44.660
 or fear

00:30:44.660 --> 00:30:45.619
 or despise,

00:30:46.059 --> 00:30:46.579
 people who

00:30:46.579 --> 00:30:49.259
 have ugly

00:30:49.259 --> 00:30:49.940
 kinds of

00:30:49.940 --> 00:30:50.400
 illnesses.

00:30:51.019 --> 00:30:51.500
 Leprosy was

00:30:51.500 --> 00:30:51.940
 an ugly

00:30:51.940 --> 00:30:52.400
 illness.

00:30:53.500 --> 00:30:54.200
 People who

00:30:54.200 --> 00:30:55.900
 are foreigners,

00:30:56.259 --> 00:30:56.799
 right, from

00:30:56.799 --> 00:30:57.480
 all kinds of

00:30:57.480 --> 00:30:58.299
 different walks

00:30:58.299 --> 00:30:58.819
 of life.

00:30:59.359 --> 00:30:59.740
 Jesus says,

00:30:59.920 --> 00:31:00.259
 don't ignore

00:31:00.259 --> 00:31:00.779
 those people.

00:31:00.900 --> 00:31:01.099
 If you

00:31:01.099 --> 00:31:01.740
 follow me,

00:31:02.680 --> 00:31:03.319
 I love

00:31:03.319 --> 00:31:05.339
 all kinds

00:31:05.339 --> 00:31:05.759
 of people.

00:31:06.759 --> 00:31:07.319
 And I want

00:31:07.319 --> 00:31:07.539
 you to

00:31:07.539 --> 00:31:08.720
 learn to

00:31:08.720 --> 00:31:09.240
 show mercy

00:31:09.240 --> 00:31:09.980
 and learn

00:31:09.980 --> 00:31:10.440
 to see

00:31:10.440 --> 00:31:11.660
 and learn

00:31:11.660 --> 00:31:12.039
 to have

00:31:12.039 --> 00:31:12.500
 faith

00:31:12.500 --> 00:31:13.860
 from

00:31:13.860 --> 00:31:14.880
 people like

00:31:14.880 --> 00:31:15.460
 this Samaritan

00:31:15.460 --> 00:31:15.720
 leper.

00:31:15.819 --> 00:31:16.100
 So Jesus

00:31:16.100 --> 00:31:16.259
 says,

00:31:16.319 --> 00:31:16.720
 don't ignore

00:31:16.720 --> 00:31:17.019
 them.

00:31:19.079 --> 00:31:19.680
 So that's

00:31:19.680 --> 00:31:19.980
 what we see

00:31:19.980 --> 00:31:20.339
 tonight,

00:31:20.759 --> 00:31:20.960
 right?

00:31:21.640 --> 00:31:22.039
 Priority

00:31:22.039 --> 00:31:22.799
 and mercy,

00:31:23.279 --> 00:31:23.460
 right?

00:31:23.539 --> 00:31:24.420
 Jesus must

00:31:24.420 --> 00:31:24.720
 be our

00:31:24.720 --> 00:31:25.160
 number one

00:31:25.160 --> 00:31:25.600
 priority.

00:31:25.740 --> 00:31:26.319
 He's our

00:31:26.319 --> 00:31:26.700
 Lord.

00:31:27.500 --> 00:31:28.019
 And we

00:31:28.019 --> 00:31:28.299
 owe him

00:31:28.299 --> 00:31:28.740
 everything.

00:31:29.279 --> 00:31:29.900
 And Jesus

00:31:29.900 --> 00:31:30.240
 is our

00:31:30.240 --> 00:31:30.640
 merciful

00:31:30.640 --> 00:31:31.299
 Savior.

00:31:31.779 --> 00:31:32.220
 And we

00:31:32.220 --> 00:31:32.640
 can count

00:31:32.640 --> 00:31:32.940
 on him

00:31:32.940 --> 00:31:33.160
 and we

00:31:33.160 --> 00:31:33.539
 can call

00:31:33.539 --> 00:31:33.740
 out to

00:31:33.740 --> 00:31:33.960
 him for

00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:34.180
 mercy

00:31:34.180 --> 00:31:34.440
 and he'll

00:31:34.440 --> 00:31:34.940
 hear us.

00:31:37.720 --> 00:31:38.299
 So let's

00:31:38.299 --> 00:31:38.640
 pray that

00:31:38.640 --> 00:31:40.700
 those truths

00:31:40.700 --> 00:31:41.820
 would come

00:31:41.820 --> 00:31:42.100
 home to

00:31:42.100 --> 00:31:42.440
 our hearts

00:31:42.440 --> 00:31:42.740
 tonight.

00:31:43.200 --> 00:31:43.780
 Lord Jesus,

00:31:43.880 --> 00:31:44.220
 we thank

00:31:44.220 --> 00:31:44.460
 you for

00:31:44.460 --> 00:31:44.700
 who you

00:31:44.700 --> 00:31:44.980
 are.

00:31:47.180 --> 00:31:47.660
 Lord,

00:31:47.720 --> 00:31:48.200
 tonight we

00:31:48.200 --> 00:31:50.100
 just want

00:31:50.100 --> 00:31:50.580
 to acknowledge

00:31:50.580 --> 00:31:52.600
 you as

00:31:52.600 --> 00:31:53.060
 the Lord

00:31:53.060 --> 00:31:53.320
 over

00:31:53.320 --> 00:31:53.740
 everything,

00:31:53.900 --> 00:31:56.380
 as the

00:31:56.380 --> 00:31:57.100
 holy God,

00:31:57.940 --> 00:31:59.640
 as our

00:31:59.640 --> 00:32:00.500
 rightful

00:32:00.500 --> 00:32:01.180
 master.

00:32:02.580 --> 00:32:03.060
 Lord,

00:32:03.140 --> 00:32:03.640
 you created

00:32:03.640 --> 00:32:03.940
 us,

00:32:04.000 --> 00:32:04.320
 you made

00:32:04.320 --> 00:32:04.660
 us.

00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:06.160
 We wouldn't

00:32:06.160 --> 00:32:06.800
 exist without

00:32:06.800 --> 00:32:07.080
 you.

00:32:07.180 --> 00:32:07.720
 You sustain

00:32:07.720 --> 00:32:08.160
 us every

00:32:08.160 --> 00:32:08.440
 day.

00:32:08.440 --> 00:32:08.779
 You give

00:32:08.779 --> 00:32:08.900
 us

00:32:08.900 --> 00:32:09.240
 everything

00:32:09.240 --> 00:32:09.900
 we have.

00:32:11.600 --> 00:32:11.960
 Lord,

00:32:12.019 --> 00:32:12.279
 we owe

00:32:12.279 --> 00:32:12.600
 everything

00:32:12.600 --> 00:32:12.980
 to you.

00:32:13.059 --> 00:32:13.279
 You don't

00:32:13.279 --> 00:32:13.720
 owe anything

00:32:13.720 --> 00:32:14.140
 to us,

00:32:14.200 --> 00:32:14.420
 but we

00:32:14.420 --> 00:32:14.779
 thank you

00:32:14.779 --> 00:32:15.000
 that you

00:32:15.000 --> 00:32:15.600
 are a

00:32:15.600 --> 00:32:15.920
 merciful

00:32:15.920 --> 00:32:16.360
 Savior.

00:32:18.259 --> 00:32:18.740
 And Lord,

00:32:18.799 --> 00:32:19.080
 we pray

00:32:19.080 --> 00:32:19.340
 that we

00:32:19.340 --> 00:32:19.640
 would draw

00:32:19.640 --> 00:32:20.039
 near to

00:32:20.039 --> 00:32:20.480
 you because

00:32:20.480 --> 00:32:20.960
 you are

00:32:20.960 --> 00:32:21.360
 a merciful

00:32:21.360 --> 00:32:21.779
 Savior.

00:32:23.680 --> 00:32:24.039
 Lord,

00:32:24.100 --> 00:32:24.279
 you are

00:32:24.279 --> 00:32:24.640
 not just

00:32:24.640 --> 00:32:24.980
 someone who

00:32:24.980 --> 00:32:25.559
 demands our

00:32:25.559 --> 00:32:25.920
 everything,

00:32:26.059 --> 00:32:26.220
 but you

00:32:26.220 --> 00:32:26.539
 are someone

00:32:26.539 --> 00:32:26.820
 who has

00:32:26.820 --> 00:32:27.059
 given

00:32:27.059 --> 00:32:27.460
 everything

00:32:27.460 --> 00:32:28.140
 for us.

00:32:29.740 --> 00:32:30.259
 So Lord,

00:32:30.320 --> 00:32:30.580
 give us

00:32:30.580 --> 00:32:31.140
 boldness and

00:32:31.140 --> 00:32:31.720
 confidence to

00:32:31.720 --> 00:32:32.120
 come before

00:32:32.120 --> 00:32:32.660
 your throne

00:32:32.660 --> 00:32:34.620
 because you

00:32:34.620 --> 00:32:34.920
 are our

00:32:34.920 --> 00:32:35.420
 great high

00:32:35.420 --> 00:32:35.799
 priest.

00:32:35.799 --> 00:32:36.259
 God,

00:32:36.259 --> 00:32:37.799
 we

00:32:37.799 --> 00:32:38.339
 come to

00:32:38.339 --> 00:32:38.599
 you.

00:32:38.599 --> 00:32:39.099
 We

00:32:39.099 --> 00:32:40.740
 worship at

00:32:40.740 --> 00:32:41.159
 your feet

00:32:41.159 --> 00:32:42.680
 and give

00:32:42.680 --> 00:32:43.859
 praise to

00:32:43.859 --> 00:32:44.419
 God Almighty.

00:32:47.139 --> 00:32:47.579
 Lord,

00:32:47.639 --> 00:32:48.220
 we pray that

00:32:48.220 --> 00:32:50.419
 you would

00:32:50.419 --> 00:32:50.759
 teach us

00:32:50.759 --> 00:32:51.220
 these things

00:32:51.220 --> 00:32:51.599
 so that we

00:32:51.599 --> 00:32:52.000
 can be your

00:32:52.000 --> 00:32:52.419
 disciples,

00:32:52.579 --> 00:32:52.879
 so that we

00:32:52.879 --> 00:32:56.220
 can live

00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:57.539
 with you as

00:32:57.539 --> 00:32:57.839
 our number

00:32:57.839 --> 00:32:58.500
 one priority

00:32:58.500 --> 00:32:58.980
 and so that

00:32:58.980 --> 00:32:59.379
 we can

00:32:59.379 --> 00:33:01.539
 rest

00:33:01.539 --> 00:33:02.519
 confidently

00:33:02.519 --> 00:33:03.059
 in your

00:33:03.059 --> 00:33:03.420
 mercy

00:33:03.420 --> 00:33:06.079
 and extend

00:33:06.079 --> 00:33:06.559
 that mercy

00:33:06.559 --> 00:33:07.079
 to others.

00:33:07.379 --> 00:33:07.740
 In your name

00:33:07.740 --> 00:33:08.119
 we pray.

00:33:08.420 --> 00:33:08.639
 Amen.