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 It was in October 2006.

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 A gunman took a bunch of hostages

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 in a one-room Amish school in Pennsylvania, USA.

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 The result was of that moment that he shot 10 children,

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 all between the ages of 7 and 12, 13,

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 five of whom died before he himself took his own life.

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 Within hours of that tragedy happening,

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 the Amish community visited both the killer's immediate family

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 and his parents to express sympathy

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 for the loss of their father, brother, son.

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 The Amish, as a community,

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 the uniformly expressed forgiveness for the murderer.

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 And this amazed America.

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 Numerous voices called on America as a nation to follow suit

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 and to be a country that is more forgiving.

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 Others commented that,

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 no, no, no, justice must come first here before forgiveness.

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 Others commented, in fact, that the secular society

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 in which they were existing here

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 can't produce people who handle

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 that level of injustice and suffering

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 without some form of retaliation.

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 You see, their culture, like ours,

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 is committed to self-realization and self-assertion

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 with a profound sense of self-entitlement.

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 We are consistently told that our happiness,

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 our individual happiness,

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 our individual interests,

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 our needs come first.

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 And yet, there's something in it that says

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 we cannot live without forgiveness.

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 No society can, in fact, survive without forgiveness.

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 When it's absent in a society,

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 in any sort of community,

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 with any family,

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 the results are horrifying.

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 As Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote,

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 he who is devoid of the power to forgive

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 is devoid of the power of love.

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 And we cannot live without love.

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 We crave a more loving,

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 a more generous society.

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 But instead, what we are existing on,

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 in right now, in our culture,

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 is from the schoolyard to the lounge room

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 to the office, to institution and politics,

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 we exist in cancel culture,

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 not forgiving culture.

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 And so, if you just joined us,

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 our theme for this term is generous God.

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 What I've been saying consistently

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 throughout this series

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 is that generosity in the Bible

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 is not less than what we do with our money,

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 but it's much more than that.

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 Radical generosity means to be pervasively generous.

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 It's characterized by our spirit of unselfishness,

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 of service and generosity

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 in every single area of life.

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 And there's a very specific form

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 of relational generosity

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 that must characterize every Christian,

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 and that is generous forgiveness.

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 And so, grab your Bibles, Luke 17,

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 St. Paul's app has got an outline.

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 You'll see the journey there.

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 We're going to start with the difficulty of forgiveness,

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 how to practice forgiveness,

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 and then how to unlock forgiveness.

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 That's our journey this morning.

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 So, every one of us

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 have people out there

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 who, if you like,

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 owe us

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 in some way

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 because of the way they've treated us

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 or because of the way that we have perceived

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 that they've treated us.

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 And we tend to hold that thing over them

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 relationally in some kind of way.

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 We might be demanding of them

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 or we might just keep it bottled up inside

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 and we don't speak about it.

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 Either way,

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 it's not a radical generosity towards them.

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 Forgiveness means that we release it.

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 We need to let it go.

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 Does that sound hard?

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 Does it sound hard?

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 Well, the disciples said,

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 yes, this is really hard.

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 They thought it was too.

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 You see, when Jesus starts talking about forgiveness,

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 the response of the disciples

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 is an emphatic,

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 increase our faith.

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 Increase our faith.

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 It's another way of saying,

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 how on earth is this possible?

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 How can we possibly live like this?

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 Verse 4 is the enormity of the challenge

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 Jesus puts before the disciples.

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 He says,

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 if your brother sins against you seven times in a day

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 and seven times they come to you repentant,

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 you must forgive.

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 Now, he's not encouraging them in any way

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 to calculate how many times

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 someone sins against you in the course of one day.

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 The number seven was symbolic for Jewish people.

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 It's the number that means completeness,

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 fullness,

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 perfection,

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 beyond which no more is possible.

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 So what Jesus is saying here

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 is a lot worse than we think it is.

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 Someone put it like this.

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 If a person would wrong you

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 as completely and as fully

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 as any person

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 could wrong another human being,

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 you must forgive them.

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 Imagine the worst thing

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 that anyone could ever possibly do to you.

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 Something so bad

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 that there's nothing beyond it that's possible.

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 Jesus turns to his disciples

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 and says,

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 you must forgive them.

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 That's why they're going,

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 increase our faith.

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 Increase our faith.

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 That's impossible, Jesus.

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 It's an enormous challenge

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 and yet it's one

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 that we should not shrink back from

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 because

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 Jesus says

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 there's an enormous danger for you

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 if you don't forgive.

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 There's a little phrase

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 right at the very beginning

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 of our passage read out for us.

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 It's easy to ignore.

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 Verse three,

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 it says very simply,

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 watch yourselves.

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 We are called to

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 watch ourselves

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 when we are sinned against.

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 Which is the exact opposite

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 of what normally happens.

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 Normally when someone wrongs us,

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 we pay a great deal of attention

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 to them.

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 Think about how much they've wronged us,

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 how much they've hurt us.

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 Jesus says

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 we are to pay attention to ourselves

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 because there is so much damage

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 to ourselves

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 if we don't.

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 Watch yourselves.

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 Watch yourselves

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 because it is so hard

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 to admit

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 how angry you are

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 at the people

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 that have wronged you.

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 We say

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 I'm fine.

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 You know,

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 I'm just a little upset.

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 And we have to say that

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 in order to maintain

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 the image

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 that we ourselves

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 are good people.

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 and so we deny

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 how embittered

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 we actually are.

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 And then we say

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 things like,

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 well,

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 I forgive them

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 but I don't forget.

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 Forgive but don't forget.

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 Which translated

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 means

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 I'm not

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 actively seeking

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 their revenge

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 but I'm hoping

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 they do get

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 some payback.

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 Okay.

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 We should always

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 assume

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 this is what Jesus

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 is saying here

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 we'll watch

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 always assume

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 that you are

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 more resentful

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 and less forgiving

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 and more controlled

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 by what other people

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 think of you

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 than you are.

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 Than you think you are.

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 Jesus says

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 watch yourself

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 because

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 it will

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 destroy you.

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 Watch yourself

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 when you are wronged

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 against

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 it will

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 destroy you.

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 The Russian novelist

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 Leo Tolstoy

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 I'm going to mention him

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 I think in a couple

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 of weeks as well

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 a bit more

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 extensive illustration

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 but to simply say

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 he had an extremely

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 over

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 over

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 inflated view

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 of himself

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 is probably a good

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 way to put it.

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 He was a

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 notoriously

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 difficult individual.

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 He was married

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 to a lady

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 named Sonia

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 and on the eve

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 of his wedding

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 to Sonia

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 he gave

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 Sonia

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 his diaries

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 for her to read

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 which included

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 his many

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 many sexual

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 experiences

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 including

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 one of which

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 was with

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 the servant

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 who was currently

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 living and working

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 with them

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 and the child

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 that she had

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 was his.

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 Now that should

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 have raised

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 a whole heap

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 of alarms

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 for Sonia

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 in that moment

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 but they

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 went on

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 into marriage

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 anyway

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 and the early

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 days of their

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 marriage

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 were relatively

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 happy

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 but later

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 on in life

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 Sonia

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 herself

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 was known

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 to launch

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 into

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 jealous

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 rage

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 and tirades

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 when she

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 was 80

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 years old

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 she was

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 writing in

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 her own

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 journal

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 very very

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 bitterly

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 about how

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 she had

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 read those

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 diaries

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 decades

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 before

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 one historian

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 wrote this

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 about her

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 for half a

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 century

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 for unforgiveness

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 blameded her

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 and in the

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 process

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 destroyed

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 all love

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 for her

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 husband

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 and herself

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 Hebrews 12

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 15 says

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 see to it

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 that no one

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 falls short

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 of the grace

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 of God

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 and that no

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 bitter root

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 grows up

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 to cause

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 trouble

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 and defile

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 many

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 that's why

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 Jesus is here

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 watch

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 yourselves

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 watch

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 yourself

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 because

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 our

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 anger

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 will

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 always

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 call itself

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 justified

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 it will

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 always

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 call itself

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 truth

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 and righteousness

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 and if we

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 keep a hold

00:11:24.299 --> 00:11:24.659
 of it

00:11:24.659 --> 00:11:25.360
 it will

00:11:25.360 --> 00:11:26.199
 defile us

00:11:26.199 --> 00:11:28.179
 it's

00:11:28.179 --> 00:11:28.559
 interesting

00:11:28.559 --> 00:11:29.219
 that in

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 the English

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 language

00:11:30.419 --> 00:11:31.919
 there are

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 four words

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 that all

00:11:34.459 --> 00:11:34.919
 come from

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 the same

00:11:35.519 --> 00:11:36.279
 core root

00:11:36.279 --> 00:11:36.699
 meaning

00:11:36.699 --> 00:11:38.599
 wrath

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 which is

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 rage

00:11:40.219 --> 00:11:41.039
 fury

00:11:41.039 --> 00:11:41.639
 anger

00:11:41.639 --> 00:11:43.500
 wreath

00:11:43.500 --> 00:11:44.860
 which is

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 a twisting

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 together

00:11:46.299 --> 00:11:46.939
 of flowers

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 and vines

00:11:47.480 --> 00:11:48.180
 and branches

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 writhe

00:11:49.780 --> 00:11:50.200
 which is

00:11:50.200 --> 00:11:50.420
 to be

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 bent

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 out of

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 shape

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 and contorted

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 and wraith

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 which is

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 a ghost

00:11:56.480 --> 00:11:57.240
 like image

00:11:57.240 --> 00:11:57.920
 of someone

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 just before

00:11:59.360 --> 00:12:00.100
 or after

00:12:00.100 --> 00:12:00.600
 death

00:12:00.600 --> 00:12:03.460
 Jesus

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 says

00:12:03.760 --> 00:12:04.040
 watch

00:12:04.040 --> 00:12:04.540
 yourself

00:12:04.540 --> 00:12:06.200
 watch

00:12:06.200 --> 00:12:06.620
 yourself

00:12:06.620 --> 00:12:07.000
 for the

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 low level

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 spiritual

00:12:08.440 --> 00:12:08.820
 fever

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 called

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 self

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 pity

00:12:09.820 --> 00:12:11.780
 it will

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 give you

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 a sense

00:12:12.660 --> 00:12:12.820
 of

00:12:12.820 --> 00:12:13.379
 entitlement

00:12:13.379 --> 00:12:15.320
 that because

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 of what

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 you've

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 gone

00:12:17.240 --> 00:12:17.580
 through

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 you deserve

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 a break

00:12:18.720 --> 00:12:19.320
 you deserve

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 a good

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 treatment

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 from other

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 people

00:12:20.980 --> 00:12:22.620
 watch

00:12:22.620 --> 00:12:22.980
 yourself

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 because if

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 the good

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 treatment

00:12:24.200 --> 00:12:24.740
 does not

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 come

00:12:25.180 --> 00:12:25.879
 you will

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 quickly slide

00:12:26.900 --> 00:12:27.240
 into

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 cynicism

00:12:27.920 --> 00:12:28.560
 a joyless

00:12:28.560 --> 00:12:29.080
 cynicism

00:12:29.080 --> 00:12:30.140
 about people

00:12:30.140 --> 00:12:30.720
 and life

00:12:30.720 --> 00:12:31.060
 watch

00:12:31.060 --> 00:12:31.400
 yourself

00:12:31.400 --> 00:12:31.879
 because you

00:12:31.879 --> 00:12:32.220
 will pull

00:12:32.220 --> 00:12:32.500
 yourself

00:12:32.500 --> 00:12:33.040
 back from

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 people

00:12:33.480 --> 00:12:35.080
 for example

00:12:35.080 --> 00:12:35.480
 watch

00:12:35.480 --> 00:12:35.899
 yourself

00:12:35.899 --> 00:12:36.500
 if you

00:12:36.500 --> 00:12:36.899
 can't

00:12:36.899 --> 00:12:37.159
 forgive

00:12:37.159 --> 00:12:37.379
 your

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 parents

00:12:38.000 --> 00:12:38.960
 for things

00:12:38.960 --> 00:12:39.300
 that they've

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 done

00:12:39.600 --> 00:12:40.240
 it will

00:12:40.240 --> 00:12:40.779
 distort

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 your

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 relationship

00:12:41.580 --> 00:12:42.480
 with every

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 single

00:12:43.100 --> 00:12:43.580
 authority

00:12:43.580 --> 00:12:43.899
 figure

00:12:43.899 --> 00:12:44.460
 in life

00:12:44.460 --> 00:12:46.779
 watch

00:12:46.779 --> 00:12:47.180
 yourself

00:12:47.180 --> 00:12:47.659
 if someone

00:12:47.659 --> 00:12:48.159
 snubs

00:12:48.159 --> 00:12:48.460
 you

00:12:48.460 --> 00:12:49.539
 put yourself

00:12:49.539 --> 00:12:50.120
 on high

00:12:50.120 --> 00:12:50.460
 alert

00:12:50.460 --> 00:12:51.200
 watch

00:12:51.200 --> 00:12:52.220
 your heart

00:12:52.220 --> 00:12:52.820
 because

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 their snub

00:12:53.720 --> 00:12:54.320
 of you

00:12:54.320 --> 00:12:55.080
 is in

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 fact

00:12:55.300 --> 00:12:56.019
 the least

00:12:56.019 --> 00:12:56.360
 of your

00:12:56.360 --> 00:12:57.000
 problems

00:12:57.000 --> 00:12:58.480
 the least

00:12:58.480 --> 00:12:58.779
 of your

00:12:58.779 --> 00:12:59.320
 problems

00:12:59.320 --> 00:13:04.640
 beginning

00:13:04.640 --> 00:13:05.020
 of this

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 year

00:13:05.260 --> 00:13:05.920
 I said

00:13:05.920 --> 00:13:06.200
 that

00:13:06.200 --> 00:13:06.480
 I

00:13:06.480 --> 00:13:07.100
 told

00:13:07.100 --> 00:13:07.280
 you

00:13:07.280 --> 00:13:07.700
 my

00:13:07.700 --> 00:13:09.500
 new

00:13:09.500 --> 00:13:09.780
 year's

00:13:09.780 --> 00:13:10.379
 resolutions

00:13:10.379 --> 00:13:11.500
 one

00:13:11.500 --> 00:13:11.720
 of

00:13:11.720 --> 00:13:12.180
 which

00:13:12.180 --> 00:13:12.500
 was

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 to

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 run

00:13:13.540 --> 00:13:13.980
 a

00:13:13.980 --> 00:13:14.580
 marathon

00:13:14.580 --> 00:13:15.760
 and

00:13:15.760 --> 00:13:16.340
 second

00:13:16.340 --> 00:13:16.700
 of which

00:13:16.700 --> 00:13:16.920
 was

00:13:16.920 --> 00:13:17.260
 to set

00:13:17.260 --> 00:13:18.300
 a PB

00:13:18.300 --> 00:13:19.800
 running

00:13:19.800 --> 00:13:19.980
 that

00:13:19.980 --> 00:13:20.180
 marathon

00:13:20.180 --> 00:13:20.379
 it was

00:13:20.379 --> 00:13:20.520
 my

00:13:20.520 --> 00:13:20.740
 first

00:13:20.740 --> 00:13:20.900
 ever

00:13:20.900 --> 00:13:21.379
 marathon

00:13:21.379 --> 00:13:22.040
 and

00:13:22.040 --> 00:13:22.280
 to set

00:13:22.280 --> 00:13:22.640
 a PB

00:13:22.640 --> 00:13:22.940
 doing

00:13:22.940 --> 00:13:23.060
 it

00:13:23.060 --> 00:13:23.160
 so

00:13:23.160 --> 00:13:23.500
 providing

00:13:23.500 --> 00:13:23.780
 I did

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 the

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 first

00:13:24.260 --> 00:13:24.500
 I would

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 achieve

00:13:24.740 --> 00:13:24.900
 the

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 second

00:13:25.180 --> 00:13:25.640
 so

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 two

00:13:26.200 --> 00:13:26.880
 in

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 one

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 go

00:13:27.380 --> 00:13:27.940
 and

00:13:27.940 --> 00:13:28.260
 so

00:13:28.259 --> 00:13:31.840
 I

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 did

00:13:36.379 --> 00:13:36.740
 that

00:13:36.740 --> 00:13:38.059
 Matilda's

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 didn't

00:13:38.179 --> 00:13:38.419
 get one

00:13:38.419 --> 00:13:38.679
 of these

00:13:38.679 --> 00:13:38.960
 but

00:13:38.960 --> 00:13:42.019
 it's

00:13:42.019 --> 00:13:42.220
 too

00:13:42.220 --> 00:13:42.519
 soon

00:13:42.519 --> 00:13:42.740
 isn't

00:13:42.740 --> 00:13:43.080
 it

00:13:43.080 --> 00:13:44.620
 yeah

00:13:44.620 --> 00:13:44.779
 there's

00:13:44.779 --> 00:13:44.919
 a lot

00:13:44.919 --> 00:13:45.240
 of pain

00:13:45.240 --> 00:13:45.480
 there

00:13:45.480 --> 00:13:45.779
 a lot

00:13:45.779 --> 00:13:46.100
 of pain

00:13:46.100 --> 00:13:50.500
 this

00:13:50.500 --> 00:13:51.279
 achieving

00:13:51.279 --> 00:13:51.879
 this

00:13:51.879 --> 00:13:52.919
 was

00:13:52.919 --> 00:13:54.080
 grueling

00:13:54.080 --> 00:13:55.519
 it

00:13:55.519 --> 00:13:55.779
 was

00:13:55.779 --> 00:13:56.439
 grueling

00:13:56.439 --> 00:13:56.700
 it

00:13:56.700 --> 00:13:56.919
 was

00:13:56.919 --> 00:13:57.620
 hard

00:13:57.620 --> 00:13:58.159
 work

00:13:58.159 --> 00:13:58.399
 and

00:13:58.399 --> 00:13:58.559
 I

00:13:58.559 --> 00:13:58.740
 will

00:13:58.740 --> 00:13:59.360
 never

00:13:59.360 --> 00:14:00.199
 ever

00:14:00.199 --> 00:14:01.000
 do

00:14:01.000 --> 00:14:01.139
 it

00:14:01.139 --> 00:14:01.480
 again

00:14:01.480 --> 00:14:04.980
 the

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 cost

00:14:05.419 --> 00:14:05.679
 was

00:14:05.679 --> 00:14:06.299
 enormous

00:14:06.299 --> 00:14:08.240
 another

00:14:08.240 --> 00:14:08.539
 new

00:14:08.539 --> 00:14:08.779
 year's

00:14:08.779 --> 00:14:09.299
 resolution

00:14:09.299 --> 00:14:10.159
 I won't

00:14:10.159 --> 00:14:10.379
 put it

00:14:10.379 --> 00:14:10.519
 there

00:14:10.519 --> 00:14:11.539
 I'll

00:14:11.539 --> 00:14:11.740
 put it

00:14:11.740 --> 00:14:11.899
 back

00:14:11.899 --> 00:14:14.539
 another

00:14:14.539 --> 00:14:15.199
 resolution

00:14:15.199 --> 00:14:16.319
 was to

00:14:16.319 --> 00:14:16.659
 not

00:14:16.659 --> 00:14:17.179
 purchase

00:14:17.179 --> 00:14:17.579
 any

00:14:17.579 --> 00:14:17.959
 new

00:14:17.959 --> 00:14:18.339
 clothing

00:14:18.339 --> 00:14:18.719
 except

00:14:18.719 --> 00:14:19.000
 for

00:14:19.000 --> 00:14:19.439
 underwear

00:14:19.439 --> 00:14:19.839
 which

00:14:19.839 --> 00:14:19.980
 I

00:14:19.980 --> 00:14:20.219
 don't

00:14:20.219 --> 00:14:20.419
 bear

00:14:20.419 --> 00:14:20.719
 second

00:14:20.719 --> 00:14:21.039
 hand

00:14:21.039 --> 00:14:24.639
 I

00:14:24.639 --> 00:14:24.980
 failed

00:14:24.980 --> 00:14:25.120
 in

00:14:25.120 --> 00:14:25.240
 that

00:14:25.240 --> 00:14:25.480
 one

00:14:25.480 --> 00:14:25.919
 I

00:14:25.919 --> 00:14:26.100
 bought

00:14:26.100 --> 00:14:26.319
 this

00:14:26.319 --> 00:14:26.559
 shirt

00:14:26.559 --> 00:14:26.839
 this

00:14:26.839 --> 00:14:27.120
 week

00:14:27.120 --> 00:14:29.580
 do

00:14:29.580 --> 00:14:29.700
 you know

00:14:29.700 --> 00:14:29.879
 the

00:14:29.879 --> 00:14:30.379
 hardest

00:14:30.379 --> 00:14:31.299
 hardest

00:14:31.299 --> 00:14:32.379
 hardest

00:14:32.379 --> 00:14:32.659
 new

00:14:32.659 --> 00:14:33.159
 resolution

00:14:33.159 --> 00:14:34.659
 that I've

00:14:34.659 --> 00:14:34.960
 had to

00:14:34.960 --> 00:14:35.240
 really

00:14:35.240 --> 00:14:35.560
 wrestle

00:14:35.560 --> 00:14:35.879
 with

00:14:35.879 --> 00:14:36.399
 not running

00:14:36.399 --> 00:14:36.539
 a

00:14:36.539 --> 00:14:36.879
 marathon

00:14:36.879 --> 00:14:38.159
 but

00:14:38.159 --> 00:14:38.460
 this

00:14:38.460 --> 00:14:38.840
 issue

00:14:38.840 --> 00:14:39.639
 I

00:14:39.639 --> 00:14:40.240
 said

00:14:40.240 --> 00:14:40.779
 one of

00:14:40.779 --> 00:14:40.940
 my

00:14:40.940 --> 00:14:41.159
 new

00:14:41.159 --> 00:14:41.340
 year's

00:14:41.340 --> 00:14:41.879
 resolutions

00:14:41.879 --> 00:14:42.340
 this

00:14:42.340 --> 00:14:42.720
 year

00:14:42.720 --> 00:14:43.659
 was to

00:14:43.659 --> 00:14:44.179
 grow

00:14:44.179 --> 00:14:44.779
 in

00:14:44.779 --> 00:14:45.320
 self

00:14:45.320 --> 00:14:46.379
 forgetfulness

00:14:46.379 --> 00:14:51.139
 forgetfulness

00:14:51.139 --> 00:14:51.679
 and

00:14:51.679 --> 00:14:51.939
 do you

00:14:51.939 --> 00:14:52.159
 know

00:14:52.159 --> 00:14:52.480
 you

00:14:52.480 --> 00:14:52.960
 cannot

00:14:52.960 --> 00:14:53.600
 grow

00:14:53.600 --> 00:14:54.000
 in

00:14:54.000 --> 00:14:54.340
 self

00:14:54.340 --> 00:14:55.000
 forgetfulness

00:14:55.000 --> 00:14:56.279
 without

00:14:56.279 --> 00:14:56.960
 watching

00:14:56.960 --> 00:14:57.720
 yourself

00:14:57.720 --> 00:14:59.320
 ironically

00:14:59.320 --> 00:15:02.539
 without

00:15:02.539 --> 00:15:03.039
 watching

00:15:03.039 --> 00:15:03.539
 yourself

00:15:03.539 --> 00:15:04.580
 so all

00:15:04.580 --> 00:15:04.960
 of this

00:15:04.960 --> 00:15:05.399
 year

00:15:05.399 --> 00:15:06.679
 since

00:15:06.679 --> 00:15:08.080
 early

00:15:08.080 --> 00:15:08.480
 January

00:15:08.480 --> 00:15:09.159
 this year

00:15:09.159 --> 00:15:10.539
 I have

00:15:10.539 --> 00:15:11.259
 slowly

00:15:11.259 --> 00:15:12.139
 and slowly

00:15:12.139 --> 00:15:12.899
 been working

00:15:12.899 --> 00:15:13.419
 through

00:15:13.419 --> 00:15:14.699
 this book

00:15:14.699 --> 00:15:15.259
 called

00:15:15.259 --> 00:15:15.879
 Forgive

00:15:15.879 --> 00:15:17.740
 Forgive

00:15:17.740 --> 00:15:19.740
 by Tim

00:15:19.740 --> 00:15:20.059
 Keller

00:15:20.059 --> 00:15:21.199
 I commend

00:15:21.199 --> 00:15:21.599
 it to

00:15:21.599 --> 00:15:21.939
 you

00:15:21.939 --> 00:15:24.240
 I commend

00:15:24.240 --> 00:15:24.579
 it to

00:15:24.579 --> 00:15:24.839
 you

00:15:24.839 --> 00:15:25.979
 and how

00:15:25.979 --> 00:15:26.699
 hard it

00:15:26.699 --> 00:15:27.219
 is

00:15:27.219 --> 00:15:28.399
 to truly

00:15:28.399 --> 00:15:28.759
 forgive

00:15:28.759 --> 00:15:29.259
 and how

00:15:29.259 --> 00:15:30.159
 essential it

00:15:30.159 --> 00:15:30.639
 is to

00:15:30.639 --> 00:15:31.099
 forgive

00:15:31.099 --> 00:15:32.199
 in this

00:15:32.199 --> 00:15:33.099
 past week

00:15:33.099 --> 00:15:33.939
 I've come

00:15:33.939 --> 00:15:34.719
 across four

00:15:34.719 --> 00:15:35.299
 people from

00:15:35.299 --> 00:15:36.120
 my past

00:15:36.120 --> 00:15:37.719
 and every

00:15:37.719 --> 00:15:38.439
 time the

00:15:38.439 --> 00:15:39.219
 first thought

00:15:39.219 --> 00:15:40.120
 in my mind

00:15:40.120 --> 00:15:41.059
 was how

00:15:41.059 --> 00:15:41.659
 those people

00:15:41.659 --> 00:15:42.179
 had wronged

00:15:42.179 --> 00:15:42.419
 me

00:15:42.419 --> 00:15:46.079
 Steve

00:15:46.079 --> 00:15:47.179
 watch

00:15:47.179 --> 00:15:47.679
 yourself

00:15:47.679 --> 00:15:49.699
 watch

00:15:49.699 --> 00:15:50.139
 yourself

00:15:50.139 --> 00:15:52.120
 so how

00:15:52.120 --> 00:15:52.339
 do we

00:15:52.339 --> 00:15:52.659
 practice

00:15:52.659 --> 00:15:53.099
 forgiveness

00:15:53.099 --> 00:15:56.500
 there are

00:15:56.500 --> 00:15:56.719
 at least

00:15:56.719 --> 00:15:57.259
 three things

00:15:57.259 --> 00:15:57.539
 that we

00:15:57.539 --> 00:15:58.059
 must do

00:15:58.059 --> 00:15:58.419
 if we

00:15:58.419 --> 00:15:58.579
 are to

00:15:58.579 --> 00:15:58.839
 avoid

00:15:58.839 --> 00:15:59.259
 becoming

00:15:59.259 --> 00:15:59.659
 twisted

00:15:59.659 --> 00:16:00.239
 and distorted

00:16:00.239 --> 00:16:00.819
 by bitterness

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 the first

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 thing we

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 must do

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 is refuse

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 to

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 caricature

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 the

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 wrongdoer

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 but we

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 must

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 instead

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 identify

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 with them

00:16:09.960 --> 00:16:12.180
 if someone

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 wrongs us

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 the first

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 thing we

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 do

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 is emphasize

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 their faults

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 and their

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 failings

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 Jesus is

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 making an

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 important point

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 here

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 when he

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 says

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 if your

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 brother

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 sins

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 and he's

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 talking in

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 this context

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 about Christians

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 wronging

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 Christians

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 he's reminding

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 us that we

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 are part of a

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 common family

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 when our

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 temptation is to

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 highlight the

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 differences

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 Jesus says

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 no no no

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 emphasize the

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 unity

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 in whose

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 you are

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 however the

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 Bible doesn't

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 just say

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 Christians are

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 to forgive

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 Christians

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 Mark 11

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 25

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 Jesus says

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 when you

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 stand praying

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 if you

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 hold anything

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 against

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 anyone

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 forgive them

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 anyone

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 it's the same

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 principle

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 we must

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 stress

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 what we

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 have in

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 common

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 with the

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 other

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 person

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 every human

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 being is

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 a complex

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 individual

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 made in

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 God's

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 image with

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 great

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 dignity

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 and worth

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 normal

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 practice

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 when someone

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 wrongs us

00:17:14.799 --> 00:17:15.240
 is to

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 reduce them

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 down so

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 that their

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 status is

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 attached to

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 what they've

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 done

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 someone

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 lies about

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 us and we

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 respond with

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 they are

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 a liar

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 when human

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 beings

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 sorry

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 we're human

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 beings

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 I'm a

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 human

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 being

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 but my

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 enemy

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 becomes

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 some

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 sort of

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 cartoon

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 character

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 a villain

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 we also

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 share a

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 common

00:17:48.259 --> 00:17:48.740
 sinfulness

00:17:48.740 --> 00:17:49.259
 with all

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 people

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 it's

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 impossible

00:17:51.100 --> 00:17:51.620
 to stay

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 angry with

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 someone

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 unless we

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 feel in

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 some way

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 superior to

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 them

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 when we

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 say things

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 like I

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 would never

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 do that

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 we elevate

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 ourselves

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 over others

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 in such a

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 way that it

00:18:06.179 --> 00:18:06.859
 makes us feel

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 morally superior

00:18:07.919 --> 00:18:08.599
 to them

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 we might not

00:18:10.819 --> 00:18:11.599
 sin in the same

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 way but we

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 are all just

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 as sinful

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 and instead

00:18:15.559 --> 00:18:17.519
 of caricaturing

00:18:17.519 --> 00:18:18.039
 them the

00:18:18.039 --> 00:18:19.099
 enemy we

00:18:19.099 --> 00:18:20.039
 must identify

00:18:20.039 --> 00:18:20.679
 with them

00:18:20.679 --> 00:18:21.399
 we must bring

00:18:21.399 --> 00:18:22.659
 ourselves down

00:18:22.659 --> 00:18:24.179
 and we must

00:18:24.179 --> 00:18:24.879
 lift them up

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 the second

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 thing we

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 need to

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 do is

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 to inwardly

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 surrender

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 the right

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 for repayment

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 and pay

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 the debt

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 ourselves

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 the word

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 that

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 the word

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 for forgive

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 that Jesus

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 uses in this

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 passage

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 is a very

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 specific word

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 that means

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 to release

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 a person

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 from a

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 financial debt

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 it means

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 in fact

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 to absorb

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 the debt

00:18:53.760 --> 00:18:54.400
 yourself

00:18:54.400 --> 00:18:56.860
 we can

00:18:56.860 --> 00:18:57.700
 only forgive

00:18:57.700 --> 00:18:59.560
 if inwardly

00:18:59.560 --> 00:19:01.240
 we forego

00:19:01.240 --> 00:19:02.000
 the seeking

00:19:02.000 --> 00:19:02.840
 of repayment

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 now this

00:19:05.780 --> 00:19:06.560
 is exact

00:19:06.560 --> 00:19:07.180
 opposite of

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 how I've

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 reacted on

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 so many

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 occasions

00:19:09.759 --> 00:19:11.519
 especially

00:19:11.519 --> 00:19:11.920
 with the

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 people that

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 I'm the

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 closest to

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 if someone

00:19:15.259 --> 00:19:16.280
 makes me

00:19:16.280 --> 00:19:16.720
 unhappy

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 we want to

00:19:18.080 --> 00:19:18.560
 make them

00:19:18.560 --> 00:19:19.019
 unhappy

00:19:19.019 --> 00:19:20.360
 if someone

00:19:20.360 --> 00:19:21.380
 rejects me

00:19:21.380 --> 00:19:21.980
 I want to

00:19:21.980 --> 00:19:22.860
 reject them

00:19:22.860 --> 00:19:23.540
 if someone

00:19:23.539 --> 00:19:24.720
 destroys my

00:19:24.720 --> 00:19:25.339
 reputation

00:19:25.339 --> 00:19:25.839
 I want to

00:19:25.839 --> 00:19:26.480
 destroy their

00:19:26.480 --> 00:19:27.119
 reputation

00:19:27.119 --> 00:19:28.700
 we trade

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 hurt for

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 hurt

00:19:29.740 --> 00:19:30.460
 hurt for

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 hurt for

00:19:31.339 --> 00:19:32.000
 hurt and

00:19:32.000 --> 00:19:32.799
 it spirals

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 down and

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 down and

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 down not

00:19:35.339 --> 00:19:35.940
 just destroying

00:19:35.940 --> 00:19:37.319
 them but

00:19:37.319 --> 00:19:38.119
 you in the

00:19:38.119 --> 00:19:38.659
 process

00:19:38.660 --> 00:19:41.600
 we might

00:19:41.600 --> 00:19:41.860
 do it

00:19:41.860 --> 00:19:42.840
 we might do

00:19:42.840 --> 00:19:43.560
 it directly

00:19:43.560 --> 00:19:44.200
 and tell

00:19:44.200 --> 00:19:44.620
 them off

00:19:44.620 --> 00:19:44.940
 and make

00:19:44.940 --> 00:19:45.259
 them feel

00:19:45.259 --> 00:19:45.779
 incredibly

00:19:45.779 --> 00:19:46.360
 bad

00:19:46.360 --> 00:19:47.019
 or we

00:19:47.019 --> 00:19:47.340
 might do

00:19:47.340 --> 00:19:47.680
 it behind

00:19:47.680 --> 00:19:47.940
 their

00:19:47.940 --> 00:19:48.279
 backs

00:19:48.279 --> 00:19:48.840
 and gossip

00:19:48.840 --> 00:19:49.360
 about them

00:19:49.360 --> 00:19:49.700
 and ruin

00:19:49.700 --> 00:19:50.519
 their reputation

00:19:50.519 --> 00:19:54.840
 do it

00:19:54.840 --> 00:19:55.340
 subtly

00:19:55.340 --> 00:19:56.759
 because you've

00:19:56.759 --> 00:19:57.600
 always got to

00:19:57.600 --> 00:19:58.160
 get behind

00:19:58.160 --> 00:19:58.880
 someone

00:19:58.880 --> 00:20:00.080
 before you

00:20:00.080 --> 00:20:00.480
 can stab

00:20:00.480 --> 00:20:00.740
 them in

00:20:00.740 --> 00:20:01.180
 the back

00:20:01.180 --> 00:20:05.560
 the less

00:20:05.560 --> 00:20:06.200
 obvious way

00:20:06.200 --> 00:20:06.700
 we do it

00:20:06.700 --> 00:20:07.019
 is through

00:20:07.019 --> 00:20:07.740
 an inward

00:20:07.740 --> 00:20:08.740
 nurturing

00:20:08.740 --> 00:20:09.460
 of the

00:20:09.460 --> 00:20:09.759
 hurt

00:20:09.759 --> 00:20:11.120
 we

00:20:11.120 --> 00:20:11.759
 replay the

00:20:11.759 --> 00:20:12.440
 hurt over

00:20:12.440 --> 00:20:12.779
 and over

00:20:12.779 --> 00:20:13.039
 in our

00:20:13.039 --> 00:20:13.519
 minds

00:20:13.519 --> 00:20:14.480
 in order

00:20:14.480 --> 00:20:15.140
 to stay

00:20:15.140 --> 00:20:15.759
 angry

00:20:15.759 --> 00:20:19.940
 whichever way

00:20:19.940 --> 00:20:20.340
 we do

00:20:20.340 --> 00:20:20.539
 it

00:20:20.539 --> 00:20:23.240
 we feel

00:20:23.240 --> 00:20:23.759
 like we're

00:20:23.759 --> 00:20:24.320
 getting some

00:20:24.320 --> 00:20:24.759
 kind of

00:20:24.759 --> 00:20:25.500
 repayment

00:20:25.500 --> 00:20:26.920
 but instead

00:20:26.920 --> 00:20:28.180
 it's robbing

00:20:28.180 --> 00:20:28.640
 us

00:20:28.640 --> 00:20:29.900
 it's robbing

00:20:29.900 --> 00:20:30.380
 us of

00:20:30.380 --> 00:20:30.780
 joy

00:20:30.780 --> 00:20:31.960
 and peace

00:20:31.960 --> 00:20:32.740
 and contentment

00:20:32.740 --> 00:20:32.940
 and we

00:20:32.940 --> 00:20:33.660
 become harder

00:20:33.660 --> 00:20:34.580
 we become

00:20:34.580 --> 00:20:34.940
 bitter

00:20:34.940 --> 00:20:35.980
 we become

00:20:35.980 --> 00:20:36.440
 twisted

00:20:36.440 --> 00:20:39.180
 a lack

00:20:39.180 --> 00:20:39.780
 of relational

00:20:39.780 --> 00:20:40.540
 generosity

00:20:40.540 --> 00:20:41.880
 destroys

00:20:41.880 --> 00:20:42.480
 us

00:20:42.480 --> 00:20:43.160
 over the

00:20:43.160 --> 00:20:43.820
 long term

00:20:43.820 --> 00:20:44.800
 and for

00:20:44.800 --> 00:20:45.440
 eternity

00:20:45.440 --> 00:20:46.759
 we

00:20:46.759 --> 00:20:47.920
 become

00:20:47.920 --> 00:20:48.840
 the victim

00:20:48.840 --> 00:20:54.259
 relational

00:20:54.259 --> 00:20:54.780
 generosity

00:20:54.780 --> 00:20:55.280
 might hurt

00:20:55.280 --> 00:20:55.520
 in the

00:20:55.520 --> 00:20:56.000
 short term

00:20:56.000 --> 00:20:57.580
 because we

00:20:57.580 --> 00:20:58.280
 refuse to

00:20:58.279 --> 00:20:58.799
 repay and

00:20:58.799 --> 00:20:59.559
 instead absorb

00:20:59.559 --> 00:21:00.000
 the debt

00:21:00.000 --> 00:21:00.660
 but it

00:21:00.660 --> 00:21:01.139
 leads to

00:21:01.139 --> 00:21:01.539
 joy

00:21:01.539 --> 00:21:02.579
 and peace

00:21:02.579 --> 00:21:03.599
 and freedom

00:21:03.599 --> 00:21:04.799
 for eternity

00:21:04.799 --> 00:21:06.720
 the third

00:21:06.720 --> 00:21:07.039
 thing we

00:21:07.039 --> 00:21:07.579
 are to do

00:21:07.579 --> 00:21:08.599
 in verse

00:21:08.599 --> 00:21:09.299
 three is

00:21:09.299 --> 00:21:09.599
 if your

00:21:09.599 --> 00:21:10.039
 brother or

00:21:10.039 --> 00:21:10.539
 sister sins

00:21:10.539 --> 00:21:11.039
 against you

00:21:11.039 --> 00:21:11.759
 rebuke them

00:21:11.759 --> 00:21:12.899
 that is

00:21:12.899 --> 00:21:13.359
 it's not

00:21:13.359 --> 00:21:13.899
 loving

00:21:13.899 --> 00:21:14.420
 this is to

00:21:14.420 --> 00:21:14.799
 answer the

00:21:14.799 --> 00:21:15.119
 justice

00:21:15.119 --> 00:21:15.480
 question

00:21:15.480 --> 00:21:15.779
 it's not

00:21:15.779 --> 00:21:16.319
 loving to

00:21:16.319 --> 00:21:16.740
 let someone

00:21:16.740 --> 00:21:17.220
 go on

00:21:17.220 --> 00:21:17.500
 doing

00:21:17.500 --> 00:21:17.940
 anything

00:21:17.940 --> 00:21:18.639
 they want

00:21:18.639 --> 00:21:20.119
 let's be

00:21:20.119 --> 00:21:20.779
 frank though

00:21:20.779 --> 00:21:22.279
 let's be

00:21:22.279 --> 00:21:22.700
 frank with

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 this one

00:21:23.220 --> 00:21:24.000
 and with

00:21:24.000 --> 00:21:24.839
 this verse

00:21:24.839 --> 00:21:25.899
 it is so

00:21:25.899 --> 00:21:26.639
 much easier

00:21:26.639 --> 00:21:27.339
 to rebuke

00:21:27.339 --> 00:21:27.779
 someone

00:21:27.779 --> 00:21:28.859
 I've always

00:21:28.859 --> 00:21:29.399
 found when

00:21:29.399 --> 00:21:29.879
 I'm particularly

00:21:29.879 --> 00:21:30.679
 angry with

00:21:30.679 --> 00:21:30.919
 them

00:21:30.919 --> 00:21:32.179
 and want

00:21:32.179 --> 00:21:32.559
 to give

00:21:32.559 --> 00:21:33.079
 them a

00:21:33.079 --> 00:21:33.539
 peace of

00:21:33.539 --> 00:21:34.259
 my mind

00:21:34.259 --> 00:21:35.539
 much easier

00:21:35.539 --> 00:21:35.859
 then

00:21:35.859 --> 00:21:38.419
 the purpose

00:21:38.419 --> 00:21:38.720
 of the

00:21:38.720 --> 00:21:39.319
 rebuke

00:21:39.319 --> 00:21:40.359
 is not to

00:21:40.359 --> 00:21:40.679
 put the

00:21:40.679 --> 00:21:41.299
 other person

00:21:41.299 --> 00:21:41.919
 down

00:21:41.919 --> 00:21:43.779
 the purpose

00:21:43.779 --> 00:21:44.279
 is to lift

00:21:44.279 --> 00:21:44.919
 them up

00:21:44.919 --> 00:21:47.399
 it is not

00:21:47.399 --> 00:21:48.220
 to win

00:21:48.220 --> 00:21:49.059
 an argument

00:21:49.059 --> 00:21:49.819
 it is to

00:21:49.819 --> 00:21:50.459
 win them

00:21:50.459 --> 00:21:51.299
 over into

00:21:51.299 --> 00:21:51.980
 relationship

00:21:51.980 --> 00:21:54.720
 it is to

00:21:54.720 --> 00:21:55.220
 restore

00:21:55.220 --> 00:21:55.799
 relationship

00:21:55.799 --> 00:21:56.240
 not to

00:21:56.240 --> 00:21:56.440
 further

00:21:56.440 --> 00:21:56.839
 break

00:21:56.839 --> 00:21:57.000
 the

00:21:57.000 --> 00:21:57.539
 relationship

00:21:57.539 --> 00:22:00.460
 if that's

00:22:00.460 --> 00:22:01.039
 the case

00:22:01.039 --> 00:22:02.819
 it's not

00:22:02.819 --> 00:22:03.360
 just what

00:22:03.360 --> 00:22:04.079
 we say

00:22:04.079 --> 00:22:05.140
 it is

00:22:05.140 --> 00:22:05.700
 how we

00:22:05.700 --> 00:22:06.299
 say it

00:22:06.299 --> 00:22:07.140
 and it's

00:22:07.140 --> 00:22:07.779
 particularly

00:22:07.779 --> 00:22:08.680
 the motivation

00:22:08.680 --> 00:22:09.579
 of why

00:22:09.579 --> 00:22:09.960
 we are

00:22:09.960 --> 00:22:10.519
 saying it

00:22:10.519 --> 00:22:12.700
 the truth

00:22:12.700 --> 00:22:13.759
 must be

00:22:13.759 --> 00:22:14.480
 spoken in

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 love

00:22:14.900 --> 00:22:15.940
 for the

00:22:15.940 --> 00:22:16.200
 other

00:22:16.200 --> 00:22:16.740
 person

00:22:16.740 --> 00:22:17.900
 if we

00:22:17.900 --> 00:22:18.460
 have not

00:22:18.460 --> 00:22:19.660
 inwardly

00:22:19.660 --> 00:22:20.620
 forgiven

00:22:20.620 --> 00:22:21.640
 the other

00:22:21.640 --> 00:22:22.160
 person

00:22:22.160 --> 00:22:22.859
 before we

00:22:22.859 --> 00:22:23.299
 rebuke

00:22:23.299 --> 00:22:23.559
 them

00:22:23.559 --> 00:22:25.740
 then why

00:22:25.740 --> 00:22:26.220
 are we

00:22:26.220 --> 00:22:26.720
 rebuking

00:22:26.720 --> 00:22:26.980
 them

00:22:26.980 --> 00:22:34.660
 in other

00:22:34.660 --> 00:22:35.079
 words

00:22:35.079 --> 00:22:36.019
 what this

00:22:36.019 --> 00:22:36.640
 passage is

00:22:36.640 --> 00:22:37.079
 saying

00:22:37.079 --> 00:22:37.720
 is we

00:22:37.720 --> 00:22:38.720
 must seek

00:22:38.720 --> 00:22:39.380
 the good

00:22:39.380 --> 00:22:40.660
 and we

00:22:40.660 --> 00:22:41.779
 must will

00:22:41.779 --> 00:22:42.740
 the good

00:22:42.740 --> 00:22:43.620
 of the

00:22:43.620 --> 00:22:44.279
 person that

00:22:44.279 --> 00:22:45.039
 we perceive

00:22:45.039 --> 00:22:45.480
 to have

00:22:45.480 --> 00:22:46.140
 wronged us

00:22:46.140 --> 00:22:47.080
 if we

00:22:47.080 --> 00:22:47.740
 do not

00:22:47.740 --> 00:22:48.560
 seek their

00:22:48.560 --> 00:22:49.020
 good

00:22:49.020 --> 00:22:50.400
 then we

00:22:50.400 --> 00:22:50.940
 haven't

00:22:50.940 --> 00:22:51.320
 forgiven

00:22:51.320 --> 00:22:51.660
 them

00:22:51.660 --> 00:22:53.280
 and therefore

00:22:53.280 --> 00:22:54.600
 watch

00:22:54.600 --> 00:22:55.160
 yourselves

00:22:55.160 --> 00:22:58.580
 so how

00:22:58.580 --> 00:22:58.780
 do we

00:22:58.780 --> 00:22:59.300
 unlock this

00:22:59.300 --> 00:22:59.680
 kind of

00:22:59.680 --> 00:23:00.020
 forgiveness

00:23:00.020 --> 00:23:01.740
 my

00:23:01.740 --> 00:23:02.180
 assumption

00:23:02.180 --> 00:23:02.820
 is that

00:23:02.820 --> 00:23:03.420
 if you've

00:23:03.420 --> 00:23:03.940
 been listening

00:23:03.940 --> 00:23:04.640
 and feeling

00:23:04.640 --> 00:23:05.060
 some of

00:23:05.060 --> 00:23:05.420
 this and

00:23:05.420 --> 00:23:05.800
 potentially

00:23:05.800 --> 00:23:06.140
 got some

00:23:06.140 --> 00:23:06.500
 people in

00:23:06.500 --> 00:23:06.820
 your mind

00:23:06.820 --> 00:23:07.180
 already

00:23:07.180 --> 00:23:08.960
 we're back

00:23:08.960 --> 00:23:09.280
 to the

00:23:09.280 --> 00:23:09.680
 plea of

00:23:09.680 --> 00:23:10.700
 the apostles

00:23:10.700 --> 00:23:11.140
 here

00:23:11.140 --> 00:23:11.980
 increase

00:23:11.980 --> 00:23:13.240
 our faith

00:23:13.240 --> 00:23:14.040
 this is

00:23:14.040 --> 00:23:14.940
 very hard

00:23:14.940 --> 00:23:15.840
 where's the

00:23:15.839 --> 00:23:16.699
 power to

00:23:16.699 --> 00:23:17.419
 live like

00:23:17.419 --> 00:23:17.879
 this

00:23:17.879 --> 00:23:19.480
 now

00:23:19.480 --> 00:23:20.259
 fortunately

00:23:20.259 --> 00:23:21.599
 Jesus has

00:23:21.599 --> 00:23:22.059
 given us

00:23:22.059 --> 00:23:22.619
 a great

00:23:22.619 --> 00:23:23.179
 answer to

00:23:23.179 --> 00:23:23.959
 that question

00:23:23.959 --> 00:23:25.079
 in what

00:23:25.079 --> 00:23:25.879
 follows in

00:23:25.879 --> 00:23:26.579
 verse 5

00:23:26.579 --> 00:23:28.099
 what we

00:23:28.099 --> 00:23:28.379
 have in

00:23:28.379 --> 00:23:28.839
 verse 5

00:23:28.839 --> 00:23:29.559
 and to

00:23:29.559 --> 00:23:30.339
 10

00:23:30.339 --> 00:23:31.579
 is a

00:23:31.579 --> 00:23:32.559
 parable

00:23:32.559 --> 00:23:33.419
 and a

00:23:33.419 --> 00:23:33.759
 metaphor

00:23:33.759 --> 00:23:34.519
 connected

00:23:34.519 --> 00:23:34.980
 together

00:23:34.980 --> 00:23:36.379
 the parable

00:23:36.379 --> 00:23:37.159
 starts in

00:23:37.159 --> 00:23:37.919
 verse 7

00:23:37.919 --> 00:23:39.379
 suppose

00:23:39.379 --> 00:23:40.740
 you were

00:23:40.740 --> 00:23:41.159
 the lord

00:23:41.159 --> 00:23:41.699
 the master

00:23:41.699 --> 00:23:42.139
 and the owner

00:23:42.139 --> 00:23:42.779
 of a farm

00:23:42.779 --> 00:23:43.500
 and you

00:23:43.500 --> 00:23:43.960
 had people

00:23:43.960 --> 00:23:44.519
 plowing the

00:23:44.519 --> 00:23:44.839
 paddocks

00:23:44.839 --> 00:23:45.200
 and looking

00:23:45.200 --> 00:23:45.639
 after your

00:23:45.639 --> 00:23:46.079
 livestock

00:23:46.079 --> 00:23:47.519
 at the

00:23:47.519 --> 00:23:47.940
 end of

00:23:47.940 --> 00:23:48.539
 the day

00:23:48.539 --> 00:23:49.660
 would you

00:23:49.660 --> 00:23:50.240
 say to

00:23:50.240 --> 00:23:50.519
 them

00:23:50.519 --> 00:23:51.019
 hey it's

00:23:51.019 --> 00:23:51.359
 time to

00:23:51.359 --> 00:23:51.859
 finish up

00:23:51.859 --> 00:23:52.240
 come on

00:23:52.240 --> 00:23:52.379
 in

00:23:52.379 --> 00:23:52.920
 have dinner

00:23:52.920 --> 00:23:54.619
 would you

00:23:54.619 --> 00:23:55.119
 say

00:23:55.119 --> 00:23:55.920
 oh thank

00:23:55.920 --> 00:23:56.220
 you for

00:23:56.220 --> 00:23:56.519
 the way

00:23:56.519 --> 00:23:56.819
 that you've

00:23:56.819 --> 00:23:57.379
 taken care of

00:23:57.379 --> 00:23:57.899
 my sheep

00:23:57.899 --> 00:23:58.200
 and looked

00:23:58.200 --> 00:23:58.660
 after the

00:23:58.660 --> 00:23:59.139
 cows

00:23:59.139 --> 00:23:59.759
 really really

00:23:59.759 --> 00:24:00.160
 appreciate

00:24:00.160 --> 00:24:00.639
 that

00:24:00.639 --> 00:24:01.480
 would you

00:24:01.480 --> 00:24:02.079
 say that

00:24:02.079 --> 00:24:05.119
 now us

00:24:05.119 --> 00:24:05.799
 modern people

00:24:05.799 --> 00:24:06.439
 would say

00:24:06.439 --> 00:24:07.460
 well yeah I

00:24:07.460 --> 00:24:08.000
 probably would

00:24:08.000 --> 00:24:08.500
 say that

00:24:08.500 --> 00:24:09.879
 you know

00:24:09.879 --> 00:24:11.639
 it's good for

00:24:11.639 --> 00:24:12.339
 staff morale

00:24:12.339 --> 00:24:13.519
 to affirm

00:24:13.519 --> 00:24:13.939
 them and

00:24:13.939 --> 00:24:14.659
 you know it's

00:24:14.659 --> 00:24:15.379
 a good HR

00:24:15.379 --> 00:24:15.919
 principle

00:24:15.919 --> 00:24:16.779
 we would do

00:24:16.779 --> 00:24:17.379
 that sort of

00:24:17.379 --> 00:24:17.599
 thing

00:24:17.599 --> 00:24:19.319
 but this is

00:24:19.319 --> 00:24:20.119
 first century

00:24:20.119 --> 00:24:20.720
 Palestine

00:24:20.720 --> 00:24:22.639
 it is not

00:24:22.639 --> 00:24:23.919
 western world

00:24:23.919 --> 00:24:24.819
 and rampant

00:24:24.819 --> 00:24:25.740
 individualism

00:24:25.740 --> 00:24:26.939
 and fragile

00:24:26.939 --> 00:24:27.720
 egos

00:24:27.720 --> 00:24:30.279
 the apostles

00:24:30.279 --> 00:24:31.199
 hearing this

00:24:31.199 --> 00:24:31.779
 would say

00:24:31.779 --> 00:24:33.960
 no Jesus

00:24:33.960 --> 00:24:34.359
 we would

00:24:34.359 --> 00:24:34.839
 never say

00:24:34.839 --> 00:24:35.160
 that

00:24:35.160 --> 00:24:36.220
 no one

00:24:36.220 --> 00:24:36.599
 would say

00:24:36.599 --> 00:24:36.779
 that

00:24:36.779 --> 00:24:37.319
 no land

00:24:37.319 --> 00:24:37.599
 owner

00:24:37.599 --> 00:24:38.079
 would say

00:24:38.079 --> 00:24:38.399
 that

00:24:38.399 --> 00:24:42.139
 these people

00:24:42.139 --> 00:24:42.519
 in this

00:24:42.519 --> 00:24:42.940
 parable

00:24:42.940 --> 00:24:43.759
 are servants

00:24:43.759 --> 00:24:44.220
 they're not

00:24:44.220 --> 00:24:45.019
 slaves

00:24:45.019 --> 00:24:46.160
 they're not

00:24:46.160 --> 00:24:46.759
 slaves

00:24:46.759 --> 00:24:47.339
 traded

00:24:47.339 --> 00:24:48.160
 in the

00:24:48.160 --> 00:24:48.680
 marketplace

00:24:48.680 --> 00:24:49.079
 who have

00:24:49.079 --> 00:24:49.759
 no rights

00:24:49.759 --> 00:24:50.839
 at all

00:24:50.839 --> 00:24:51.960
 but on the

00:24:51.960 --> 00:24:52.359
 other hand

00:24:52.359 --> 00:24:52.759
 they're not

00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:53.599
 equivalent to

00:24:53.599 --> 00:24:54.779
 your modern

00:24:54.779 --> 00:24:55.680
 employee

00:24:55.680 --> 00:24:56.319
 either

00:24:56.319 --> 00:24:57.859
 these servants

00:24:57.859 --> 00:24:58.579
 were people

00:24:58.579 --> 00:24:59.480
 who fell

00:24:59.480 --> 00:25:00.379
 into debt

00:25:00.380 --> 00:25:01.920
 they became

00:25:01.920 --> 00:25:02.560
 bankrupt

00:25:02.560 --> 00:25:04.140
 and instead

00:25:04.140 --> 00:25:04.560
 of being

00:25:04.560 --> 00:25:05.200
 put into

00:25:05.200 --> 00:25:05.820
 prison

00:25:05.820 --> 00:25:07.460
 they were

00:25:07.460 --> 00:25:07.920
 given an

00:25:07.920 --> 00:25:08.540
 opportunity

00:25:08.540 --> 00:25:09.660
 to work

00:25:09.660 --> 00:25:10.040
 for the

00:25:10.040 --> 00:25:10.540
 person

00:25:10.540 --> 00:25:11.400
 who owed

00:25:11.400 --> 00:25:11.720
 them

00:25:11.720 --> 00:25:12.460
 who they

00:25:12.460 --> 00:25:12.920
 owed the

00:25:12.920 --> 00:25:13.560
 money to

00:25:13.560 --> 00:25:14.840
 in order

00:25:14.840 --> 00:25:15.440
 to work

00:25:15.440 --> 00:25:15.920
 off their

00:25:15.920 --> 00:25:16.260
 debt

00:25:16.260 --> 00:25:18.700
 and it

00:25:18.700 --> 00:25:19.360
 could be

00:25:19.360 --> 00:25:20.100
 in first

00:25:20.100 --> 00:25:20.780
 century

00:25:20.780 --> 00:25:21.300
 Palestine

00:25:21.300 --> 00:25:22.180
 in Jewish

00:25:22.180 --> 00:25:22.560
 law

00:25:22.560 --> 00:25:23.240
 it could

00:25:23.240 --> 00:25:23.620
 be for

00:25:23.620 --> 00:25:24.000
 up to

00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:24.340
 seven

00:25:24.340 --> 00:25:24.960
 years

00:25:24.960 --> 00:25:27.039
 but in

00:25:27.039 --> 00:25:27.600
 that seven

00:25:27.600 --> 00:25:28.059
 years

00:25:28.059 --> 00:25:28.819
 this servant

00:25:28.819 --> 00:25:30.000
 was never

00:25:30.000 --> 00:25:30.819
 off duty

00:25:30.819 --> 00:25:31.960
 until the

00:25:31.960 --> 00:25:32.360
 debt was

00:25:32.360 --> 00:25:32.920
 paid

00:25:32.920 --> 00:25:35.480
 and so

00:25:35.480 --> 00:25:36.120
 the master

00:25:36.120 --> 00:25:36.400
 of the

00:25:36.400 --> 00:25:36.799
 house

00:25:36.799 --> 00:25:37.460
 would not

00:25:37.460 --> 00:25:38.259
 thank them

00:25:38.259 --> 00:25:39.019
 for helping

00:25:39.019 --> 00:25:39.759
 so much

00:25:39.759 --> 00:25:43.299
 you owe

00:25:43.299 --> 00:25:43.579
 them

00:25:43.579 --> 00:25:45.079
 you were

00:25:45.079 --> 00:25:45.880
 simply doing

00:25:45.880 --> 00:25:46.500
 your duty

00:25:46.500 --> 00:25:46.940
 to pay

00:25:46.940 --> 00:25:47.319
 down a

00:25:47.319 --> 00:25:47.600
 debt

00:25:47.600 --> 00:25:50.019
 and so

00:25:50.019 --> 00:25:51.059
 Jesus got

00:25:51.059 --> 00:25:51.620
 the apostles

00:25:51.620 --> 00:25:52.400
 to imagine

00:25:52.400 --> 00:25:52.920
 themselves

00:25:52.920 --> 00:25:53.580
 as the

00:25:53.580 --> 00:25:54.120
 masters

00:25:54.120 --> 00:25:56.100
 helping them

00:25:56.100 --> 00:25:56.700
 to see

00:25:56.700 --> 00:25:57.140
 that it

00:25:57.140 --> 00:25:57.560
 would be

00:25:57.560 --> 00:25:58.320
 inappropriate

00:25:58.320 --> 00:25:59.960
 for a

00:25:59.960 --> 00:26:00.440
 servant

00:26:00.440 --> 00:26:01.080
 to demand

00:26:01.080 --> 00:26:01.740
 thanks

00:26:01.740 --> 00:26:02.100
 from their

00:26:02.100 --> 00:26:02.580
 masters

00:26:02.580 --> 00:26:03.840
 and the

00:26:03.840 --> 00:26:04.160
 apostles

00:26:04.160 --> 00:26:04.580
 go yeah

00:26:04.580 --> 00:26:04.800
 that's

00:26:04.800 --> 00:26:05.100
 exactly

00:26:05.100 --> 00:26:05.480
 right

00:26:05.480 --> 00:26:06.279
 totally

00:26:06.279 --> 00:26:06.720
 inappropriate

00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:09.680
 especially

00:26:09.680 --> 00:26:10.720
 when the

00:26:10.720 --> 00:26:11.500
 master in

00:26:11.500 --> 00:26:12.160
 this case

00:26:12.160 --> 00:26:12.800
 has been

00:26:12.800 --> 00:26:13.740
 so gracious

00:26:13.740 --> 00:26:14.779
 as to

00:26:14.779 --> 00:26:15.500
 not throw

00:26:15.500 --> 00:26:16.180
 them into

00:26:16.180 --> 00:26:16.620
 prison

00:26:16.620 --> 00:26:17.480
 but has

00:26:17.480 --> 00:26:17.920
 given them

00:26:17.920 --> 00:26:18.539
 an opportunity

00:26:18.539 --> 00:26:19.680
 to get

00:26:19.680 --> 00:26:20.180
 out of

00:26:20.180 --> 00:26:20.460
 debt

00:26:20.460 --> 00:26:23.000
 that's

00:26:23.000 --> 00:26:23.500
 the parable

00:26:23.500 --> 00:26:25.900
 and then

00:26:25.900 --> 00:26:26.740
 Jesus flips

00:26:26.740 --> 00:26:27.180
 it in

00:26:27.180 --> 00:26:27.920
 verse 10

00:26:27.920 --> 00:26:30.019
 so you

00:26:30.019 --> 00:26:30.539
 also

00:26:30.539 --> 00:26:31.519
 when you

00:26:31.519 --> 00:26:32.039
 have done

00:26:32.039 --> 00:26:32.680
 everything

00:26:32.680 --> 00:26:33.880
 you were

00:26:33.880 --> 00:26:34.440
 told to

00:26:34.440 --> 00:26:34.819
 do

00:26:34.819 --> 00:26:35.779
 you should

00:26:35.779 --> 00:26:36.279
 say we

00:26:36.279 --> 00:26:37.039
 are unworthy

00:26:37.039 --> 00:26:37.660
 servants

00:26:37.660 --> 00:26:38.500
 we have

00:26:38.500 --> 00:26:39.420
 only done

00:26:39.420 --> 00:26:40.240
 our duty

00:26:40.240 --> 00:26:43.660
 when you

00:26:43.660 --> 00:26:44.079
 have done

00:26:44.079 --> 00:26:44.559
 everything

00:26:44.559 --> 00:26:45.360
 that you

00:26:45.360 --> 00:26:45.799
 are told

00:26:45.799 --> 00:26:46.340
 to do

00:26:46.340 --> 00:26:47.720
 including

00:26:47.720 --> 00:26:48.559
 forgive

00:26:48.559 --> 00:26:50.259
 you should

00:26:50.259 --> 00:26:50.659
 simply

00:26:50.659 --> 00:26:51.980
 say I

00:26:51.980 --> 00:26:52.579
 am doing

00:26:52.579 --> 00:26:53.339
 my

00:26:53.339 --> 00:26:54.679
 duty

00:26:54.679 --> 00:26:57.179
 the

00:26:57.179 --> 00:26:57.480
 self

00:26:57.480 --> 00:26:58.059
 righteous

00:26:58.059 --> 00:26:59.679
 moralistic

00:26:59.679 --> 00:27:00.379
 religious

00:27:00.379 --> 00:27:01.159
 person

00:27:01.159 --> 00:27:02.179
 says I've

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 done my

00:27:02.679 --> 00:27:03.119
 duty

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 God

00:27:04.919 --> 00:27:06.339
 you now

00:27:06.339 --> 00:27:07.059
 owe me

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 the

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 religious

00:27:13.079 --> 00:27:13.799
 person

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 is a

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 servant

00:27:16.679 --> 00:27:17.539
 acting like

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 a master

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 you owe

00:27:20.419 --> 00:27:20.699
 me

00:27:20.699 --> 00:27:23.819
 Jesus

00:27:23.819 --> 00:27:24.359
 saying

00:27:24.359 --> 00:27:25.199
 that when

00:27:25.199 --> 00:27:26.259
 we refuse

00:27:26.259 --> 00:27:26.919
 to forgive

00:27:26.919 --> 00:27:29.019
 we are

00:27:29.019 --> 00:27:29.359
 forgetting

00:27:29.359 --> 00:27:29.899
 who we

00:27:29.899 --> 00:27:30.379
 are

00:27:30.379 --> 00:27:33.699
 we are

00:27:33.699 --> 00:27:34.219
 servants

00:27:34.219 --> 00:27:34.959
 acting like

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 a master

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 he says

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 roundabout

00:27:42.779 --> 00:27:43.059
 way

00:27:43.059 --> 00:27:43.479
 what he's

00:27:43.479 --> 00:27:43.919
 saying here

00:27:43.919 --> 00:27:44.239
 is the

00:27:44.239 --> 00:27:44.619
 Christian

00:27:44.619 --> 00:27:45.039
 knows

00:27:45.039 --> 00:27:45.339
 that they

00:27:45.339 --> 00:27:45.699
 owe

00:27:45.699 --> 00:27:46.179
 God

00:27:46.179 --> 00:27:46.959
 everything

00:27:46.960 --> 00:27:48.660
 he gives

00:27:48.660 --> 00:27:48.819
 us

00:27:48.819 --> 00:27:49.240
 life

00:27:49.240 --> 00:27:50.180
 he has

00:27:50.180 --> 00:27:50.799
 brought

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 us

00:27:51.100 --> 00:27:51.420
 back

00:27:51.420 --> 00:27:51.579
 to

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 himself

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 at

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 great

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 cost

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 to

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 himself

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 he

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 is

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 the

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 king

00:27:55.220 --> 00:27:55.680
 and

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 we

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 are

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 the

00:27:56.740 --> 00:27:57.259
 servants

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 and when

00:27:58.000 --> 00:27:58.579
 we say

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 I'm not

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 going to

00:27:59.579 --> 00:27:59.860
 forgive

00:27:59.860 --> 00:28:00.120
 that

00:28:00.120 --> 00:28:00.579
 person

00:28:00.579 --> 00:28:02.380
 we are

00:28:02.380 --> 00:28:02.779
 swapping

00:28:02.779 --> 00:28:03.299
 roles

00:28:03.299 --> 00:28:05.519
 we are

00:28:05.519 --> 00:28:05.799
 playing

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 God

00:28:06.379 --> 00:28:10.099
 we think

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 we know

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 what people

00:28:11.099 --> 00:28:11.659
 deserve

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 when in

00:28:12.139 --> 00:28:12.539
 fact we

00:28:12.539 --> 00:28:13.039
 hardly even

00:28:13.039 --> 00:28:13.940
 know what

00:28:13.940 --> 00:28:14.419
 they've been

00:28:14.419 --> 00:28:14.799
 through in

00:28:14.799 --> 00:28:15.099
 life

00:28:15.099 --> 00:28:15.599
 what they've

00:28:15.599 --> 00:28:16.019
 done in

00:28:16.019 --> 00:28:16.419
 life

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 or what

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 their motives

00:28:17.859 --> 00:28:18.299
 are

00:28:18.299 --> 00:28:20.899
 Jesus also

00:28:20.899 --> 00:28:21.440
 uses a

00:28:21.440 --> 00:28:21.899
 metaphor to

00:28:21.899 --> 00:28:22.399
 help us see

00:28:22.399 --> 00:28:23.039
 how we can

00:28:23.039 --> 00:28:23.680
 live a life

00:28:23.680 --> 00:28:24.099
 of forgiving

00:28:24.099 --> 00:28:25.139
 verse 6

00:28:25.139 --> 00:28:26.219
 if you have

00:28:26.219 --> 00:28:27.359
 a faith

00:28:27.359 --> 00:28:28.279
 as small

00:28:28.279 --> 00:28:28.799
 as a

00:28:28.799 --> 00:28:29.279
 mustard

00:28:29.279 --> 00:28:29.799
 seed

00:28:29.799 --> 00:28:31.279
 you can

00:28:31.279 --> 00:28:31.719
 say to

00:28:31.719 --> 00:28:32.379
 this mulberry

00:28:32.379 --> 00:28:32.719
 tree

00:28:32.719 --> 00:28:33.439
 be uprooted

00:28:33.439 --> 00:28:33.899
 and plant

00:28:33.899 --> 00:28:34.339
 in the sea

00:28:34.339 --> 00:28:34.599
 and it

00:28:34.599 --> 00:28:34.980
 will obey

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 you

00:28:35.319 --> 00:28:37.339
 Jesus

00:28:37.339 --> 00:28:37.939
 saying that

00:28:37.939 --> 00:28:38.719
 if you have

00:28:38.719 --> 00:28:39.639
 even the

00:28:39.639 --> 00:28:40.639
 smallest

00:28:40.639 --> 00:28:41.740
 understanding

00:28:41.740 --> 00:28:42.599
 of what has

00:28:42.599 --> 00:28:43.159
 been done

00:28:43.159 --> 00:28:43.740
 for you

00:28:43.740 --> 00:28:44.339
 in Jesus

00:28:44.339 --> 00:28:45.259
 even the

00:28:45.259 --> 00:28:45.879
 slightest

00:28:45.879 --> 00:28:46.719
 understanding

00:28:46.719 --> 00:28:47.459
 that you

00:28:47.459 --> 00:28:48.059
 are a

00:28:48.059 --> 00:28:48.319
 sinner

00:28:48.319 --> 00:28:49.059
 saved by

00:28:49.059 --> 00:28:49.439
 grace

00:28:49.440 --> 00:28:49.900
 if we

00:28:49.900 --> 00:28:50.340
 understand

00:28:50.340 --> 00:28:50.880
 the good

00:28:50.880 --> 00:28:51.360
 news

00:28:51.360 --> 00:28:52.380
 of the

00:28:52.380 --> 00:28:53.080
 radical

00:28:53.080 --> 00:28:53.680
 generosity

00:28:53.680 --> 00:28:54.180
 of God

00:28:54.180 --> 00:28:54.400
 in the

00:28:54.400 --> 00:28:54.660
 gospel

00:28:54.660 --> 00:28:55.240
 to us

00:28:55.240 --> 00:28:55.840
 he said

00:28:55.840 --> 00:28:56.140
 you can

00:28:56.140 --> 00:28:56.500
 forgive

00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:57.120
 you just

00:28:57.120 --> 00:28:57.340
 need a

00:28:57.340 --> 00:28:57.420
 little

00:28:57.420 --> 00:28:57.820
 you can

00:28:57.820 --> 00:28:58.000
 just

00:28:58.000 --> 00:28:58.320
 forgive

00:28:58.320 --> 00:28:58.799
 just the

00:28:58.799 --> 00:28:59.120
 smallest

00:28:59.120 --> 00:28:59.640
 understanding

00:28:59.640 --> 00:28:59.900
 of that

00:28:59.900 --> 00:29:00.160
 is enough

00:29:00.160 --> 00:29:00.600
 to change

00:29:00.600 --> 00:29:01.000
 your heart

00:29:01.000 --> 00:29:03.860
 the only

00:29:03.860 --> 00:29:04.299
 way of

00:29:04.299 --> 00:29:04.799
 getting out

00:29:04.799 --> 00:29:05.000
 of the

00:29:05.000 --> 00:29:05.440
 behaviour

00:29:05.440 --> 00:29:05.860
 and the

00:29:05.860 --> 00:29:06.160
 attitude

00:29:06.160 --> 00:29:06.519
 of being

00:29:06.519 --> 00:29:06.980
 a servant

00:29:06.980 --> 00:29:07.460
 acting

00:29:07.460 --> 00:29:07.920
 like a

00:29:07.920 --> 00:29:08.220
 king

00:29:08.220 --> 00:29:09.519
 is in

00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:09.940
 fact to

00:29:09.940 --> 00:29:10.279
 marvel

00:29:10.279 --> 00:29:11.240
 at the

00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:11.559
 king

00:29:11.559 --> 00:29:12.120
 who became

00:29:12.120 --> 00:29:12.600
 a servant

00:29:12.600 --> 00:29:13.820
 it's the

00:29:13.820 --> 00:29:14.320
 only way

00:29:14.320 --> 00:29:16.640
 we will

00:29:16.640 --> 00:29:17.019
 never be

00:29:17.019 --> 00:29:17.279
 long

00:29:17.279 --> 00:29:17.820
 suffering

00:29:17.819 --> 00:29:19.539
 until we

00:29:19.539 --> 00:29:20.519
 marvel at

00:29:20.519 --> 00:29:20.899
 his

00:29:20.899 --> 00:29:21.559
 suffering

00:29:21.559 --> 00:29:22.379
 on the

00:29:22.379 --> 00:29:22.599
 cross

00:29:22.599 --> 00:29:23.240
 for us

00:29:23.240 --> 00:29:24.599
 we will

00:29:24.599 --> 00:29:24.919
 never be

00:29:24.919 --> 00:29:25.279
 able to

00:29:25.279 --> 00:29:25.619
 forgive

00:29:25.619 --> 00:29:25.939
 other

00:29:25.939 --> 00:29:26.359
 people's

00:29:26.359 --> 00:29:26.799
 tiny

00:29:26.799 --> 00:29:27.139
 debts

00:29:27.139 --> 00:29:27.519
 towards

00:29:27.519 --> 00:29:28.059
 us

00:29:28.059 --> 00:29:29.179
 until

00:29:29.179 --> 00:29:29.439
 we

00:29:29.439 --> 00:29:29.759
 marvel

00:29:29.759 --> 00:29:30.000
 at

00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:30.279
 Jesus

00:29:30.279 --> 00:29:30.700
 dying

00:29:30.700 --> 00:29:30.980
 on the

00:29:30.980 --> 00:29:31.319
 cross

00:29:31.319 --> 00:29:32.679
 to pay

00:29:32.679 --> 00:29:32.980
 an

00:29:32.980 --> 00:29:33.659
 incalculable

00:29:33.659 --> 00:29:34.019
 debt

00:29:34.019 --> 00:29:34.679
 that we

00:29:34.679 --> 00:29:34.879
 owe

00:29:34.879 --> 00:29:35.220
 against

00:29:35.220 --> 00:29:35.619
 God

00:29:35.619 --> 00:29:39.460
 Jesus

00:29:39.460 --> 00:29:40.179
 is the

00:29:40.179 --> 00:29:40.460
 judge

00:29:40.460 --> 00:29:40.740
 of the

00:29:40.740 --> 00:29:41.279
 universe

00:29:41.279 --> 00:29:43.019
 who

00:29:43.019 --> 00:29:43.299
 left

00:29:43.299 --> 00:29:43.500
 the

00:29:43.500 --> 00:29:43.839
 judgment

00:29:43.839 --> 00:29:44.379
 seat

00:29:44.379 --> 00:29:45.579
 and

00:29:45.579 --> 00:29:45.839
 got

00:29:45.839 --> 00:29:46.299
 judged

00:29:46.299 --> 00:29:47.079
 for us

00:29:47.079 --> 00:29:47.939
 for our

00:29:47.939 --> 00:29:48.299
 sin

00:29:48.299 --> 00:29:49.899
 in such

00:29:49.899 --> 00:29:50.199
 a way

00:29:50.199 --> 00:29:50.439
 that it

00:29:50.439 --> 00:29:50.599
 would

00:29:50.599 --> 00:29:51.059
 transform

00:29:51.059 --> 00:29:51.339
 our

00:29:51.339 --> 00:29:51.679
 hearts

00:29:51.679 --> 00:29:52.019
 that we

00:29:52.019 --> 00:29:52.279
 stop

00:29:52.279 --> 00:29:52.500
 being

00:29:52.500 --> 00:29:52.859
 judges

00:29:52.859 --> 00:29:53.079
 of

00:29:53.079 --> 00:29:53.419
 others

00:29:53.419 --> 00:29:56.259
 even

00:29:56.259 --> 00:29:56.779
 as he

00:29:56.779 --> 00:29:57.059
 was

00:29:57.059 --> 00:29:57.539
 dying

00:29:57.539 --> 00:29:57.859
 on

00:29:57.859 --> 00:29:58.059
 the

00:29:58.059 --> 00:29:58.439
 cross

00:29:58.439 --> 00:30:01.460
 even

00:30:01.460 --> 00:30:02.000
 as he

00:30:02.000 --> 00:30:02.199
 was

00:30:02.199 --> 00:30:02.839
 painfully

00:30:02.839 --> 00:30:03.279
 dying

00:30:03.279 --> 00:30:03.539
 on

00:30:03.539 --> 00:30:03.720
 the

00:30:03.720 --> 00:30:04.159
 cross

00:30:04.159 --> 00:30:05.059
 his

00:30:05.059 --> 00:30:05.500
 words

00:30:05.500 --> 00:30:05.759
 were

00:30:05.759 --> 00:30:06.240
 father

00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:06.659
 forgive

00:30:06.659 --> 00:30:07.079
 them

00:30:07.079 --> 00:30:08.699
 because

00:30:08.699 --> 00:30:08.839
 they

00:30:08.839 --> 00:30:09.059
 don't

00:30:09.059 --> 00:30:09.199
 know

00:30:09.199 --> 00:30:09.339
 what

00:30:09.339 --> 00:30:09.500
 they're

00:30:09.500 --> 00:30:09.759
 doing

00:30:09.759 --> 00:30:10.759
 forgive

00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:11.079
 them

00:30:11.079 --> 00:30:14.679
 only

00:30:14.679 --> 00:30:15.099
 as

00:30:15.099 --> 00:30:15.259
 we

00:30:15.259 --> 00:30:15.439
 look

00:30:15.439 --> 00:30:15.599
 to

00:30:15.599 --> 00:30:15.759
 the

00:30:15.759 --> 00:30:16.179
 cross

00:30:16.180 --> 00:30:17.580
 look

00:30:17.580 --> 00:30:17.779
 to

00:30:17.779 --> 00:30:18.299
 Jesus

00:30:18.299 --> 00:30:20.140
 him

00:30:20.140 --> 00:30:20.400
 there

00:30:20.400 --> 00:30:20.580
 for

00:30:20.580 --> 00:30:20.840
 us

00:30:20.840 --> 00:30:21.039
 can

00:30:21.039 --> 00:30:21.160
 we

00:30:21.160 --> 00:30:21.320
 be

00:30:21.320 --> 00:30:21.660
 changed

00:30:21.660 --> 00:30:21.840
 to

00:30:21.840 --> 00:30:22.259
 people

00:30:22.259 --> 00:30:22.980
 who

00:30:22.980 --> 00:30:23.519
 radically

00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:24.200
 generously

00:30:24.200 --> 00:30:24.799
 forgive

00:30:24.799 --> 00:30:27.120
 and we're

00:30:27.120 --> 00:30:27.259
 going to

00:30:27.259 --> 00:30:27.640
 do that

00:30:27.640 --> 00:30:28.120
 now

00:30:28.120 --> 00:30:28.980
 as we

00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:29.259
 share

00:30:29.259 --> 00:30:29.500
 in the

00:30:29.500 --> 00:30:29.840
 Lord's

00:30:29.840 --> 00:30:30.120
 Supper

00:30:30.120 --> 00:30:31.299
 it's a

00:30:31.299 --> 00:30:31.740
 great way

00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:31.960
 to I

00:30:31.960 --> 00:30:32.120
 think

00:30:32.120 --> 00:30:32.680
 to lead

00:30:32.680 --> 00:30:33.120
 from this

00:30:33.120 --> 00:30:33.500
 message

00:30:33.500 --> 00:30:33.920
 into

00:30:33.920 --> 00:30:35.460
 a

00:30:35.460 --> 00:30:36.320
 response

00:30:36.320 --> 00:30:36.980
 to

00:30:36.980 --> 00:30:38.060
 the

00:30:38.060 --> 00:30:38.500
 gospel

00:30:38.500 --> 00:30:39.440
 Matthew

00:30:39.440 --> 00:30:40.220
 26

00:30:40.220 --> 00:30:40.700
 we read

00:30:40.700 --> 00:30:41.039
 when they

00:30:41.039 --> 00:30:41.220
 were

00:30:41.220 --> 00:30:41.600
 eating

00:30:41.600 --> 00:30:42.480
 Jesus

00:30:42.480 --> 00:30:42.900
 took

00:30:42.900 --> 00:30:43.299
 bread

00:30:43.299 --> 00:30:43.700
 and when

00:30:43.700 --> 00:30:43.799
 he

00:30:43.799 --> 00:30:44.080
 given

00:30:44.080 --> 00:30:44.440
 thanks

00:30:44.440 --> 00:30:44.600
 he

00:30:44.600 --> 00:30:44.940
 broke

00:30:44.940 --> 00:30:45.080
 it

00:30:45.080 --> 00:30:45.380
 and gave

00:30:45.380 --> 00:30:45.539
 it to

00:30:45.539 --> 00:30:45.700
 his

00:30:45.700 --> 00:30:46.100
 disciples

00:30:46.100 --> 00:30:46.420
 saying

00:30:46.420 --> 00:30:46.880
 take

00:30:46.880 --> 00:30:47.180
 and

00:30:47.180 --> 00:30:47.580
 eat

00:30:47.580 --> 00:30:48.340
 this

00:30:48.340 --> 00:30:48.519
 is

00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:48.819
 my

00:30:48.819 --> 00:30:49.240
 body

00:30:49.240 --> 00:30:50.819
 then

00:30:50.819 --> 00:30:50.980
 he

00:30:50.980 --> 00:30:51.180
 took

00:30:51.180 --> 00:30:51.360
 the

00:30:51.360 --> 00:30:51.660
 cup

00:30:51.660 --> 00:30:51.860
 and

00:30:51.860 --> 00:30:52.019
 when

00:30:52.019 --> 00:30:52.140
 he

00:30:52.140 --> 00:30:52.279
 had

00:30:52.279 --> 00:30:52.539
 given

00:30:52.539 --> 00:30:52.960
 thanks

00:30:52.960 --> 00:30:53.160
 he

00:30:53.160 --> 00:30:53.420
 gave

00:30:53.420 --> 00:30:53.519
 it

00:30:53.519 --> 00:30:53.620
 to

00:30:53.620 --> 00:30:53.779
 them

00:30:53.779 --> 00:30:54.200
 saying

00:30:54.200 --> 00:30:55.140
 drink

00:30:55.140 --> 00:30:55.460
 from

00:30:55.460 --> 00:30:55.620
 it

00:30:55.620 --> 00:30:55.940
 all

00:30:55.940 --> 00:30:56.140
 of

00:30:56.140 --> 00:30:56.400
 you

00:30:56.400 --> 00:30:57.440
 this

00:30:57.440 --> 00:30:57.640
 is

00:30:57.640 --> 00:30:57.980
 my

00:30:57.980 --> 00:30:58.400
 blood

00:30:58.400 --> 00:30:58.799
 of the

00:30:58.799 --> 00:30:59.039
 new

00:30:59.039 --> 00:30:59.420
 covenant

00:30:59.420 --> 00:31:00.220
 which

00:31:00.220 --> 00:31:00.400
 is

00:31:00.400 --> 00:31:00.660
 poured

00:31:00.660 --> 00:31:01.120
 out

00:31:01.120 --> 00:31:02.080
 for

00:31:02.080 --> 00:31:02.460
 many

00:31:02.460 --> 00:31:03.319
 for

00:31:03.319 --> 00:31:03.480
 the

00:31:03.480 --> 00:31:03.819
 forgiveness

00:31:03.819 --> 00:31:04.319
 of

00:31:04.319 --> 00:31:04.840
 sins

00:31:04.840 --> 00:31:06.500
 and so

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 I

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 invite

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 you

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 to

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 come

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 to

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 Jesus

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 Matthew

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 11

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 come

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 to

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 Jesus

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 who

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 says

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 come to

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 me

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 all

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 who

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 are

00:31:16.679 --> 00:31:16.980
 weary

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 and

00:31:17.220 --> 00:31:17.619
 burdened

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 and I

00:31:17.879 --> 00:31:18.259
 will give

00:31:18.259 --> 00:31:18.439
 you

00:31:18.439 --> 00:31:18.899
 rest

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 take my

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 yoke upon

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 you and

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 learn from

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 me

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 for I

00:31:22.339 --> 00:31:23.319
 am gentle

00:31:23.319 --> 00:31:24.679
 and humble

00:31:24.679 --> 00:31:25.339
 in heart

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 and you

00:31:26.439 --> 00:31:26.839
 will find

00:31:26.839 --> 00:31:27.299
 rest for

00:31:27.299 --> 00:31:27.919
 your souls

00:31:27.919 --> 00:31:30.220
 come to

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 the one

00:31:30.740 --> 00:31:33.460
 who should

00:31:33.460 --> 00:31:34.240
 be holding

00:31:34.240 --> 00:31:35.000
 our sin

00:31:35.000 --> 00:31:36.059
 against us

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 but whose

00:31:37.039 --> 00:31:37.759
 heart is

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 humble and

00:31:38.339 --> 00:31:39.099
 gentle towards

00:31:39.099 --> 00:31:39.599
 us

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 always

00:31:40.900 --> 00:31:41.160
 grace

00:31:41.160 --> 00:31:43.240
 I'm

00:31:43.240 --> 00:31:43.340
 going to

00:31:43.340 --> 00:31:43.720
 invite my

00:31:43.720 --> 00:31:44.000
 helpers

00:31:44.000 --> 00:31:44.220
 down

00:31:44.220 --> 00:31:44.400
 they're

00:31:44.400 --> 00:31:44.519
 going to

00:31:44.519 --> 00:31:44.740
 come and

00:31:44.740 --> 00:31:45.100
 distribute

00:31:45.100 --> 00:31:45.560
 this to

00:31:45.560 --> 00:31:45.780
 you

00:31:45.780 --> 00:31:46.280
 quickly

00:31:46.280 --> 00:31:49.259
 I

00:31:49.259 --> 00:31:49.780
 emphasize the

00:31:49.780 --> 00:31:50.360
 word quickly

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 there for a

00:31:51.380 --> 00:31:51.700
 reason

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 not that I

00:31:55.440 --> 00:31:55.900
 want to rush

00:31:55.900 --> 00:31:56.640
 the process of

00:31:56.640 --> 00:31:57.340
 your reflection

00:31:57.340 --> 00:31:58.000
 at all

00:31:58.000 --> 00:31:58.300
 but

00:31:58.300 --> 00:32:01.980
 the Lord's

00:32:01.980 --> 00:32:02.780
 Supper is

00:32:02.780 --> 00:32:03.360
 an outward

00:32:03.360 --> 00:32:04.140
 and a visible

00:32:04.140 --> 00:32:05.120
 sign of the

00:32:05.120 --> 00:32:05.840
 grace shown to

00:32:05.840 --> 00:32:06.500
 us in the

00:32:06.500 --> 00:32:06.980
 Lord Jesus

00:32:06.980 --> 00:32:07.540
 Christ

00:32:07.539 --> 00:32:09.200
 and as we

00:32:09.200 --> 00:32:09.920
 share these

00:32:09.920 --> 00:32:10.799
 elements together

00:32:10.799 --> 00:32:11.379
 we are

00:32:11.379 --> 00:32:12.599
 visually confronted

00:32:12.599 --> 00:32:13.539
 with God's

00:32:13.539 --> 00:32:14.299
 love for us

00:32:14.299 --> 00:32:14.980
 his gentle

00:32:14.980 --> 00:32:15.659
 and lowly

00:32:15.659 --> 00:32:16.480
 heart towards

00:32:16.480 --> 00:32:16.859
 us

00:32:16.859 --> 00:32:17.980
 for us

00:32:17.980 --> 00:32:18.259
 who are

00:32:18.259 --> 00:32:18.879
 unworthy

00:32:18.879 --> 00:32:20.519
 it's also an

00:32:20.519 --> 00:32:21.079
 opportunity for us

00:32:21.079 --> 00:32:21.879
 to be strengthened

00:32:21.879 --> 00:32:22.819
 by faith in the

00:32:22.819 --> 00:32:23.700
 one whose body

00:32:23.700 --> 00:32:24.200
 was given

00:32:24.200 --> 00:32:24.879
 his blood was

00:32:24.879 --> 00:32:25.599
 shed for our

00:32:25.599 --> 00:32:26.039
 forgiveness

00:32:26.039 --> 00:32:27.599
 so let's pray

00:32:27.599 --> 00:32:29.480
 Father you are

00:32:29.480 --> 00:32:30.399
 worthy to receive

00:32:30.399 --> 00:32:31.399
 all glory and

00:32:31.399 --> 00:32:32.339
 honor and

00:32:32.339 --> 00:32:33.200
 allegiance because

00:32:33.200 --> 00:32:33.920
 you are the one

00:32:33.920 --> 00:32:34.779
 who created all

00:32:34.779 --> 00:32:35.299
 things and

00:32:35.299 --> 00:32:35.960
 sustained all

00:32:35.960 --> 00:32:36.579
 things by the

00:32:36.579 --> 00:32:37.159
 power of your

00:32:37.159 --> 00:32:37.519
 word

00:32:37.519 --> 00:32:38.879
 we thank you

00:32:38.879 --> 00:32:39.379
 for the Lord

00:32:39.379 --> 00:32:40.279
 Jesus Christ

00:32:40.279 --> 00:32:41.839
 that through

00:32:41.839 --> 00:32:42.680
 his sinless

00:32:42.680 --> 00:32:43.339
 life his

00:32:43.339 --> 00:32:44.420
 sacrificial death

00:32:44.420 --> 00:32:44.740
 and his

00:32:44.740 --> 00:32:45.759
 powerful resurrection

00:32:45.759 --> 00:32:47.059
 he paid the

00:32:47.059 --> 00:32:48.160
 complete debt of

00:32:48.160 --> 00:32:49.680
 sin and that

00:32:49.680 --> 00:32:50.440
 he has forgiven

00:32:50.440 --> 00:32:51.940
 and eternally

00:32:51.940 --> 00:32:52.819
 delivered those

00:32:52.819 --> 00:32:53.779
 who trust in him

00:32:53.779 --> 00:32:54.279
 from your

00:32:54.279 --> 00:32:55.940
 judgment we

00:32:55.940 --> 00:32:56.480
 thank you for

00:32:56.480 --> 00:32:57.119
 these small

00:32:57.119 --> 00:32:57.920
 gifts of the

00:32:57.920 --> 00:32:58.519
 wafer of the

00:32:58.519 --> 00:32:59.079
 juice and we

00:32:59.079 --> 00:33:00.160
 pray that we

00:33:00.160 --> 00:33:00.839
 who take them

00:33:00.839 --> 00:33:01.420
 now in

00:33:01.420 --> 00:33:02.279
 remembrance of

00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:03.519
 the cost of

00:33:03.519 --> 00:33:04.259
 Christ's

00:33:04.259 --> 00:33:05.000
 forgiveness of

00:33:05.000 --> 00:33:05.740
 us his love

00:33:05.740 --> 00:33:07.139
 for us that

00:33:07.140 --> 00:33:07.680
 we might

00:33:07.680 --> 00:33:09.040
 relish in

00:33:09.040 --> 00:33:10.420
 his forgiveness

00:33:10.420 --> 00:33:11.620
 for us

00:33:11.620 --> 00:33:14.640
 particularly as

00:33:14.640 --> 00:33:15.480
 we look forward

00:33:15.480 --> 00:33:16.800
 to his

00:33:16.800 --> 00:33:18.540
 sharing in his

00:33:18.540 --> 00:33:19.380
 eternal inheritance

00:33:19.380 --> 00:33:20.880
 we thank you

00:33:20.880 --> 00:33:21.700
 father that you

00:33:21.700 --> 00:33:22.880
 spiritually feed us

00:33:22.880 --> 00:33:23.680
 you nourish us

00:33:23.680 --> 00:33:24.220
 through your son

00:33:24.220 --> 00:33:24.600
 Jesus

00:33:24.600 --> 00:33:26.160
 may we be

00:33:26.160 --> 00:33:26.680
 strengthened

00:33:26.680 --> 00:33:28.280
 and comforted

00:33:28.280 --> 00:33:29.040
 as we remember

00:33:29.040 --> 00:33:30.220
 that your heart

00:33:30.220 --> 00:33:31.320
 towards us

00:33:31.319 --> 00:33:33.359
 is always

00:33:33.359 --> 00:33:35.039
 gentle and

00:33:35.039 --> 00:33:35.519
 lowly

00:33:35.519 --> 00:33:39.259
 sorry Lord

00:33:39.259 --> 00:33:40.039
 Jesus that we

00:33:40.039 --> 00:33:40.659
 hold

00:33:40.659 --> 00:33:43.980
 snubs that we

00:33:43.980 --> 00:33:44.599
 have received

00:33:44.599 --> 00:33:45.679
 against others

00:33:45.679 --> 00:33:49.099
 and that you

00:33:49.099 --> 00:33:49.899
 have forgiven us

00:33:49.899 --> 00:33:50.659
 an incalculable

00:33:50.659 --> 00:33:50.980
 debt

00:33:50.980 --> 00:33:53.460
 we thank you

00:33:53.460 --> 00:33:53.899
 that in the

00:33:53.899 --> 00:33:54.679
 gospel you are

00:33:54.679 --> 00:33:55.559
 assure us of your

00:33:55.559 --> 00:33:56.200
 goodness and your

00:33:56.200 --> 00:33:58.039
 love we pray

00:33:58.039 --> 00:33:58.599
 that you might

00:33:58.599 --> 00:33:59.659
 renew us by your

00:33:59.660 --> 00:34:00.680
 holy spirit and

00:34:00.680 --> 00:34:01.580
 unite us together

00:34:01.580 --> 00:34:02.480
 in your son

00:34:02.480 --> 00:34:04.380
 transform our

00:34:04.380 --> 00:34:05.820
 hearts that we

00:34:05.820 --> 00:34:06.420
 might treasure

00:34:06.420 --> 00:34:07.480
 Jesus above all

00:34:07.480 --> 00:34:09.180
 things and it's in

00:34:09.180 --> 00:34:10.119
 his name we pray

00:34:10.119 --> 00:34:11.119
 amen

00:34:11.119 --> 00:34:13.119
 you