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 Thank you, Ron. Appreciate that this morning.

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 Do you want to take your Bibles from Mark chapter 12 this morning?

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 Mark chapter 12 as we continue on our series going through the book of Mark

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 and just seeing how God has revealed His Son Jesus Christ to us through the Gospels.

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 And we find here in Mark chapter 12, we're in Tuesday of the last week here before the crucifixion.

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 And Tuesday in the temple, we find here was a long day for our Lord as He was faced with multiple rounds of questioning.

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 And we're going to walk through those.

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 And this is one of those days in the life of Jesus that has much recorded about it.

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 And so we're going to begin here earlier in the day.

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 If you remember last week, the scribes and the elders and the chief priests had come and questioned Jesus about His authority.

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 You know, who gives you authority to do these things?

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 And Jesus had replied back to them about the question of John the Baptist.

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 By whose authority did He come?

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 You know, who is He?

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 And they thought they could bring everything to a stalemate by saying, we don't know.

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 You know, but we're going to find here this morning that Jesus had much to say about this as He brings forth a parable to them about the landowner that planted a vineyard.

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 And He prepared and He protected the vineyard that He left in the hands of a husbandman.

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 And this was something similar.

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 We're going to find this idea and concept we're going to read about.

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 Today we would call it sharecropping.

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 You know, where you have a portion of land that somebody takes and produces on.

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 And then the owner expects fruit or reward to be manifest from it.

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 And so Jesus brings them with a very familiar illustration that they would have known and understood in His day,

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 which is really a dynamic that's very practical.

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 We understand the spiritual through the physical of the things that we can relate to with that.

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 And so we need to understand, though, that as a parable, the Bible tells us here very clearly this is a parable.

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 So we need to interpret it as a parable, okay?

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 A parable is simply this.

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 It's a parable is just a common, a fictitious narrative of common life conveying a moral.

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 You know, in other words, it's something about common life that everybody would understand that had a moral attached to it

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 or some sort of moral reality attached to it to say, okay, you need to understand the principle here,

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 and this will help you do it.

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 And so we see here this morning as Jesus is going to use this tool to help His disciples

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 and help the leaders to grab a hold of that.

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 And so if you found Mark chapter 12 this morning, we're going to stand together in honor of the reading of the Word of God.

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 And we're going to read down through this parable here that the Lord gave here this morning.

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 And so we find here in Mark chapter 12, it says,

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 And he began to speak unto them by parables.

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 A certain man planted a vineyard and set a hedge about it and digged a place for the vineyard

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 and built a tower and led it out to husbandmen and went into a far country.

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 And at the season he sent to the husband and the servant that he might receive from the husbandman of the fruit of the vineyard.

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 And they caught him and beat him and sent him away empty.

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 And again he sent unto them another servant.

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 And at him they cast stones and wounded him in the head and sent him away shamefully handled.

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 And again he sent another and him that they killed and many others beating some and killing some.

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 Having yet therefore one son is well beloved.

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 He sent him also last unto them saying,

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 They will reverence my son.

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 But those husbandmen said among themselves,

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 This is the heir, come let us kill him and the inheritance shall be ours.

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 And they took him and killed him and cast him out of the vineyard.

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 What shall therefore the Lord of the vineyard do?

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 He will come and destroy the husbandmen and will give the vineyard unto others.

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 And have ye not read this scripture?

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 The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner.

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 This is the Lord's doing and is marvelous in our eyes.

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 And they sought to lay hold of him but feared the people for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them.

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 And they left him and went their way.

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 Let's pray.

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 Heavenly fathers we come before you this morning Lord as we see here today the parable of the vineyard.

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 The Lord of the vineyard.

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 Lord we pray just would reveal those truths to us today Lord that we would need.

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 Lord to realize the facts about you that are revealed in it.

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 To understand how those things apply to us as individuals even today.

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 And Lord we pray just work in a mighty way.

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 We ask it all in your precious name.

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 Amen.

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 May you be seated.

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 You know as we find here today we know from the end the parable definitely hit home.

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 You know.

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 The Bible makes it clear that they knew the parable was spoken against them.

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 You know those that had came and questioned Jesus' authority.

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 Remember Jesus didn't directly answer the question of authority.

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 But this parable is that.

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 It gives them a practical application of the idea of authority.

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 And the structure of why there is this level and this dynamics of authority.

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 And it hit the point very directly to them.

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 And he did this by pointing out three facts about God and what God has done.

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 And what God is going to do.

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 You know we're going to look at those things that Jesus pointed out this morning that hit home with them.

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 Because they're the same three things that are going to hit home with you and me.

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 When we understand what Jesus was telling them about through this parable that is here.

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 You know we notice here as we begin in verse 1.

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 When he spake to them he says a certain man planted a vineyard.

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 You know.

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 In other words we're going to see here this man planted a vineyard.

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 And he prepared all the things that were necessary for it to succeed.

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 You know as you read through verse 1 you find that he planted it.

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 He put a hedge about it.

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 That was a way of protection from the animals.

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 He put a tower so they could watch over and protect and defend the vineyard.

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 We're going to see here that all these things were prepared.

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 And so we're going to see here the first thing that Jesus is going to point out to them very clearly is God's goodness.

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 The goodness of God is something where we need to start to understand that God is a good God.

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 He is good to us.

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 And we're going to see here he was good to Israel because this idea of a vineyard is directly connected to Israel.

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 And we're going to look at that here in just a moment.

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 But understand God's goodness to us.

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 He starts out at this point with them because the leaders had just questioned his authority.

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 And Jesus replies here using a picture of a vineyard.

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 Now I want you to understand in the temple they tell us that in Herod's temple on the front doors of the temple area there was a big grape vine that was engraved upon the doors.

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 In other words this picture of a vineyard, a picture of grapes, a picture of all these things was very clear to the children of Israel what they were talking about and how it was connected.

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 And we find here that Jesus uses this picture of the vine and God had been good to Israel.

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 And the picture here is that he had brought them out of Egypt into the land of promise and put them into the land.

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 You know, take a look over into Isaiah chapter 5 for a moment.

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 Isaiah chapter 5 because Isaiah the prophet uses this same illustration.

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 That Jesus brings forth.

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 That's the other reason I think they understood it very clearly because they would have known Isaiah's writings.

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 And Jesus made a parable directly from this because you'll see the correlations that are here.

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 You know, Isaiah chapter 5 and verse 1.

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 Notice what it says.

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 Now I will sing to my well-beloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard.

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 My well-beloved hath a vineyard and a very fruitful hill.

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 And he fenced it and gathered out of the stones thereof and planted it with the choicest vine.

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 And built a tower in the midst of it and also among the winepress made a winepress therein.

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 And he looked and it should bring forth grapes and it brought forth wild grapes.

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 Verse 3.

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 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, between me and my vineyard,

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 what could have been done more to my vineyard that I have not done in it?

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 Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, it brought forth wild grapes.

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 You know, Jesus here is using this same illustration as the vineyard and the master of the vineyard.

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 The man who owned the vineyard, who took and planted and prepared and protected all the things that were there.

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 It was a picture of Israel.

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 And he says he lent it out to husbandmen.

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 And to understand, if we look down in Isaiah, look down in chapter 5, verse 7.

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 It says,

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 For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant.

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 And he looked for judgment, but behold, oppression.

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 For righteousness, but behold, a cry.

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 You know, you see the parallels that Jesus uses here from Isaiah in this parable.

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 It stood out very clearly in their mind that what he was speaking of was them.

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 You know, the parable is very direct here in this,

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 because God's goodness is revealed that the vine was planted and protected.

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 It had the hedge to keep the wild beasts out.

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 It had a wine press.

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 That's that wine fat that's mentioned there.

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 And a place, you know, it's a place to process the vineyard and along with the tower.

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 And clearly the Lord was good.

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 You know, the Lord's been good to us by giving us all that we have.

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 When we understand what he has given to us, God is good.

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 Clearly he is good to us.

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 Even today, you think about all the things God gives to us.

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 You know, we have all the things around us.

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 We have the very creation.

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 We have the things that God provides.

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 You know, even the rain that falls and the sunshine we have is from the goodness of God.

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 God gives it to us.

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 But we see here the pictures of a man that left his vineyard in the hands of the husband to work the vineyard,

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 giving them a share to enjoy.

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 Now, notice at the end of verse 1 here, he says this,

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 You know, the husband here represent those that were to watch over the vineyard while the master was gone.

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 There was a direct connection between those leaders that had come and addressed him.

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 It was their responsibility of their position to guide and direct the nation.

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 To guide and protect and oversee and to keep on track and to make fruitful the vine that the Lord had planted,

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 and that is Israel.

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 And we see that bringing forth here.

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 And as we see here that the harvest was prepared,

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 and when this man sends his servant, which is a representative of the prophets,

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 to receive his share, instead of giving what's owed,

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 he gets a pretty cold reception.

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 You know, we see here what happens.

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 That husbandmen that were supposed to be willing to give back the reward of a portion of what they had been blessed,

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 refused.

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 And they beat the servant and sent him away.

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 God had been good to them, and they said,

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 We don't care.

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 You know, it's not unlike today.

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 Oftentimes we forget how good God is to us.

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 And we look at him and say, I don't care.

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 Jesus reminds them here of a very important fact that God gives us and reveals his goodness.

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 God is good to us.

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 Jesus makes a very important point here in the fact that God is good.

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 He is there.

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 And we find, though, that they rejected him.

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 You know, we need to consider how good God has even been to us today.

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 You know, look over in the New Testament.

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 Look over at Colossians chapter 1 for a moment.

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 Colossians chapter 1 tells us this.

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 It's just a reminder for us here this morning.

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 Notice here in verse 12, it says,

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 You know, God's very salvation that he gives to us is proof of his goodness.

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 Of what he provides for us.

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 But as we see here, this man that owned the vineyard sends his servant,

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 and they beat his servant, and they send him away.

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 We find that we see the second fact about God that Jesus reveals.

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 Because the second thing we see is God's grace.

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 Because at the first rejection,

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 did the owner not have a right to come and cast judgment just from one time?

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 He had a right to come and to retake and to regain his possession.

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 To have judgment and authority over it.

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 But I want you to see what happened here.

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 Because it's a picture of God's grace to us.

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 You know, I'm thankful God's gracious to us.

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 And we see here, notice, as we look through this passage here,

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 notice in the end it says,

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 And received from the vineyard the husband and the fruit of the vineyard.

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 And they caught him, verse 3,

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 And beat him and sent him away.

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 You know, the first one was beaten.

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 Verse 4, And again he sent unto them another servant.

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 And at him they cast stones and wounded him in the head

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 and sent him away, shamefully handled.

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 You know, here he is.

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 He sends the first one that's beaten and returns.

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 The second one has rocks thrown at him and is injured.

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 And returns and tells.

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 And the master, they send another one.

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 Look at verse 5.

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 And again he sent unto them another servant.

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 And at him they cast stones and wounded him in the head

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 and sent him away.

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 Excuse me, verse 5.

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 And again he sent another.

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 And him they killed.

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 And many others, beaten some and killing some.

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 In other words, we don't even have a total of how many the master sent.

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 And we see that he continued to send them

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 and make a request.

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 He says, Hey guys, this is what you need to be doing.

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 Son, I'm calling out to you.

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 And finally we find here in verse 6,

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 the landowner sends his son.

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 The last one to come is his son.

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 Saying they will reverence my son.

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 But we find here in verse 7,

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 their response was not to accept the son as a landowner

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 instead of plotting to kill the son

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 and claim the grapevine as their own.

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 Now I want you to see here,

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 this parable speaks directly to those religious leaders

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 in the fact about God's grace to them.

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 But it also speaks to us when we understand

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 as they were listening to that there that day,

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 we see a picture of God sent a man of God to Israel.

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 But Israel refused to heed the messenger.

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 You know, oftentimes we forget how many times

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 you read through the Old Testament,

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 it's filled with prophet after prophet after prophet

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 that God sent.

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 Saying, repent and turn to me.

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 The Old Testament's filled with prophets

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 that were abused and rejected.

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 Those that were denied what God has done.

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 And what God has proclaimed.

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 And we see here as he's continually,

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 he begins to send prophet after prophet.

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 And they were beaten and killed and rejected.

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 And then as we find in chapter 11,

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 we find the last prophet there,

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 John the Baptist.

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 You know, John was the one who came

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 calling for them to be prepared for the son.

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 To be prepared for the last that was going to come.

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 But remember, they refused John also.

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 You know, we looked at that last week in chapter 11,

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 how the leaders rejected John.

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 Remember, they didn't know what to do with John.

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 The people said he was a prophet,

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 so we don't want to make the people mad.

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 But, you know, we don't want to say he was a prophet,

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 because that means we should have accepted him.

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 They were in a quandary.

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 There was a problem that was there.

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 And so when Jesus speaks this parable,

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 you've got to remember it was immediately following.

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 So in other words, the conversation is still on their mind.

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 This dynamic is directly connected.

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 And we said that he sends John the Baptist,

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 and as they refused him,

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 and now they're faced with the last one, the son.

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 Jesus had come, the very son of God, the well-beloved,

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 had come and arrived on the scene,

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 saying, they will reverence my son.

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 Israel should have recognized Jesus.

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 They had everything that they needed to recognize him.

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 God had given them everything they needed

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 to make recognition and to acknowledge who he is.

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 To understand who he is and why he came.

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 God had given them a witness about who and how things were going to be

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 and how to identify the son.

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 But instead of accepting the witness, they rejected him.

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 You know, I want you to understand,

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 when it comes to God's grace,

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 God's grace is tied to the witnesses that God leaves to us

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 so we can understand who he is.

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 Because we've rejected the Lord.

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 We reject God and his authority.

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 But we have witnesses that God gives to us.

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 You know, today we have,

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 the two of the witnesses are exactly the same

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 as they were and have been

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 because, you know, the Bible tells us

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 that we have a witness of creation.

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 When you get out and see God's creation,

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 there's no other explanation.

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 People try to explain away

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 and they try to materialize creation.

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 They try to say, you know, it was an accident.

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 You know,

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 and logically in the back of our mind,

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 everybody understands that you don't get order out of chaos.

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 I would love if it worked that way.

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 You know,

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 wouldn't it be great to throw things in the garage

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 and they just put themselves away?

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 Or ladies, wouldn't it be neat, you know,

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 especially if you got kids at home,

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 if you threw clothes in the dryer

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 and they came out folded and pressed?

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 You know,

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 we all understand logically that doesn't happen.

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 You don't get order out of chaos.

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 Order has to happen because of intention

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 and something interacting

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 and moving it that direction.

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 You know, consider what Romans chapter 1 and verse 20 tells us.

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 It tells us this,

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 for the invisible things of Him

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 from the creation of the world are clearly seen,

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 being understood by the things that are made,

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 even His eternal power and Godhead,

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 so that they are without excuse.

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 I want you to understand,

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 God gives us His creation as a witness to who He is.

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 When you see the masterful handiwork of the Lord,

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 of how everything,

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 you know,

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 oftentimes when we talk about that,

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 we talk about the beauty

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 and the things that we see

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 that just make us awe-inspired.

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 But I want you to understand,

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 it's everything in creation

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 as you study it down

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 all the way to the very means

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 of how an atom is put together.

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 You know,

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 there's a lot of things

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 we take for granted in science today

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 that we have no idea how it works.

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 We have no idea.

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 We might say,

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 well, I understand how it works,

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 but you don't know why it works.

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 The why is still a problem.

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 We don't understand magnetism

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 or you don't understand those things.

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 You understand the principles

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 of what it functions,

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 but you don't understand why it does it.

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 The why is God.

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 God designed it that way.

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 His creation.

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 But how about our conscience?

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 You know,

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 those in Jesus,

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 they had the world that they could see.

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 They had a witness all around them.

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 And we also have their conscience.

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 You know,

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 yes,

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 God gives us a conscience.

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 Notice what it says in Romans chapter 2

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 in verse 14.

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 It says,

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 For when the Gentiles,

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 which have not the law,

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 do by nature the things contained in the law,

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 these things having not the law

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 are law unto themselves,

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 which show the work of the law

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 written in their hearts,

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 their conscience also bearing witness,

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 and their thoughts,

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 and their thoughts the mean

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 while accusing

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 or else excusing one another.

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 I want you to see here,

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 very importantly,

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 that everybody has a sense

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 of right and wrong.

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 The problem with the conscience is

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 a conscience can be twisted.

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 But I don't care who you are,

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 if you pin people down,

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 they have a conscience that says,

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 there's some things that I believe are right,

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 and I have some things I believe that are wrong.

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 It's innately wired within us.

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 God gives us a conscience

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 to understand

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 there are some things that are wrong

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 and some things that are right.

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 He gives us a conscience as a witness.

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 Your conscience bears witness to you.

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 You know,

00:23:50.339 --> 00:23:52.159
 we also wonderfully and thankfully

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 we have the witness of the Word of God.

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 You know,

00:23:56.220 --> 00:23:57.919
 today we have the Word of God,

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 the completed Word of God.

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 You know,

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 when you understand

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 in the Old Testament,

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 there were some things,

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 especially early on,

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 that they didn't know

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 or they didn't understand completely

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 how we do today.

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 You say,

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 why not?

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 Because God had not directly

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 revealed that to them.

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 But today,

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 we have absolutely no excuse.

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 We have the Word of God.

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 And notice how important it is.

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 Ephesians chapter 1 and verse 13

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 says this,

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 in whom ye also trusted,

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 notice this,

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 after that ye heard

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 the word of truth,

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 the gospel of your salvation,

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 in whom also,

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 after ye believed,

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 you were sealed

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 with the Holy Spirit

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 of promise.

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 I want you to understand

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 it's the Word of God.

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 Faith cometh by hearing

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 and hearing by the Word of God

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 that makes a difference.

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 It works upon our conscience.

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 It works upon our being.

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 The Holy Spirit convicts

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 us of sin

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 and we realize

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 our need

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 to turn to Him.

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 You know,

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 I want you to understand

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 we also have a witness

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 of believers.

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 Because your life

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 ought to be a witness

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 to those around you.

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 A testament.

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 And that witness

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 ought to go forth.

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 You know,

00:25:18.440 --> 00:25:18.980
 it's a great

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 and wonderful thing.

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 You know,

00:25:20.360 --> 00:25:21.280
 Matthew 24,

00:25:21.420 --> 00:25:22.140
 verse 14,

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 it says,

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 in this gospel,

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 the kingdom

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 shall be preached

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 in all the world

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 for a witness

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 unto all nations.

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 I want you to understand

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 we'll just talk

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 a little bit here

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 but that word

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 preach just means

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 proclaimed.

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 Proclaimed means

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 somebody went

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 and said it.

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 That proclamation

00:25:41.340 --> 00:25:42.800
 comes from believers

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 of who God is

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 as we consider

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 the grace of God.

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 We see God's grace

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 with us today.

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 You know,

00:25:51.940 --> 00:25:53.320
 as we walk through life

00:25:53.320 --> 00:25:54.520
 we see God's grace

00:25:54.520 --> 00:25:55.200
 played out

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 and Jesus here

00:25:56.259 --> 00:25:57.160
 is pointing to them

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 and saying,

00:25:58.000 --> 00:25:58.400
 guys,

00:25:59.059 --> 00:26:00.620
 God has been good to you

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 and you've seen

00:26:02.860 --> 00:26:03.640
 His grace

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 throughout time.

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 You've seen

00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:08.559
 the grace of God

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 as God continued

00:26:09.500 --> 00:26:10.500
 to have mercy

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 upon you.

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 As He sent

00:26:15.660 --> 00:26:16.360
 the prophets

00:26:16.360 --> 00:26:20.140
 to proclaim

00:26:20.140 --> 00:26:22.759
 and now finally

00:26:22.759 --> 00:26:23.779
 He sent His Son.

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 when we see here

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 the reality

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 as we consider

00:26:31.640 --> 00:26:32.860
 God's grace

00:26:32.860 --> 00:26:34.319
 He's still

00:26:34.319 --> 00:26:35.740
 patiently waiting

00:26:35.740 --> 00:26:36.539
 for us

00:26:36.539 --> 00:26:37.799
 to call upon Him

00:26:37.799 --> 00:26:39.660
 because He will save.

00:26:39.819 --> 00:26:39.940
 You know,

00:26:40.059 --> 00:26:41.440
 what grace

00:26:41.440 --> 00:26:42.160
 that He would even

00:26:42.160 --> 00:26:43.920
 call us to

00:26:43.920 --> 00:26:45.220
 keep calling us

00:26:45.220 --> 00:26:45.740
 to Him

00:26:45.740 --> 00:26:46.580
 for salvation.

00:26:47.420 --> 00:26:48.120
 What grace

00:26:48.120 --> 00:26:48.819
 that He would keep

00:26:48.819 --> 00:26:49.279
 seeking

00:26:49.279 --> 00:26:50.019
 and calling

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 and loving

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 and drawing

00:26:51.759 --> 00:26:53.100
 until we come to Him.

00:26:53.099 --> 00:26:55.859
 You know,

00:26:55.899 --> 00:26:56.639
 God's grace

00:26:56.639 --> 00:26:57.459
 is prevalent today.

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 Consider 2 Peter

00:26:58.500 --> 00:26:59.319
 chapter 3.

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 2 Peter chapter 3

00:27:01.219 --> 00:27:01.899
 verse 9

00:27:01.899 --> 00:27:02.500
 tells us this,

00:27:02.539 --> 00:27:03.699
 the Lord is not slack

00:27:03.699 --> 00:27:05.599
 concerning His promises

00:27:05.599 --> 00:27:06.379
 as some men

00:27:06.379 --> 00:27:07.299
 count slackness.

00:27:08.139 --> 00:27:08.399
 You know,

00:27:08.439 --> 00:27:09.319
 sometimes people

00:27:09.319 --> 00:27:10.799
 confuse God's grace

00:27:10.799 --> 00:27:11.399
 and mercy

00:27:11.399 --> 00:27:12.699
 for God's slackness

00:27:12.699 --> 00:27:13.919
 of accountability.

00:27:13.920 --> 00:27:17.500
 don't be confused

00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:18.519
 because they are

00:27:18.519 --> 00:27:19.000
 different.

00:27:21.140 --> 00:27:22.039
 God's grace

00:27:22.039 --> 00:27:22.640
 we ought to be

00:27:22.640 --> 00:27:23.100
 thankful

00:27:23.100 --> 00:27:26.240
 because none of us

00:27:26.240 --> 00:27:27.100
 would be here today

00:27:27.100 --> 00:27:28.080
 if God's grace

00:27:28.080 --> 00:27:29.680
 was not in full effect.

00:27:32.160 --> 00:27:33.160
 Because it wasn't

00:27:33.160 --> 00:27:34.100
 for God's grace

00:27:34.100 --> 00:27:35.160
 the moment you sin

00:27:35.160 --> 00:27:36.100
 you'd be totally

00:27:36.100 --> 00:27:37.560
 100% condemned.

00:27:39.140 --> 00:27:40.039
 It wouldn't just be

00:27:40.039 --> 00:27:40.600
 a sentence

00:27:40.600 --> 00:27:41.120
 it would be

00:27:41.120 --> 00:27:41.640
 the sentence

00:27:41.640 --> 00:27:42.420
 carried out.

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 Notice what He says

00:27:46.900 --> 00:27:48.100
 but long suffering

00:27:48.100 --> 00:27:48.960
 toward us.

00:27:49.779 --> 00:27:50.240
 In other words

00:27:50.240 --> 00:27:50.700
 God says

00:27:50.700 --> 00:27:51.340
 I know

00:27:51.340 --> 00:27:52.640
 that you've sinned

00:27:52.640 --> 00:27:53.740
 but I still want

00:27:53.740 --> 00:27:54.120
 to give you

00:27:54.120 --> 00:27:54.800
 an opportunity

00:27:54.800 --> 00:27:56.500
 to call upon Me

00:27:56.500 --> 00:27:57.860
 to repent

00:27:57.860 --> 00:27:58.580
 of your sin

00:27:58.580 --> 00:27:59.500
 and turn to Me.

00:28:01.600 --> 00:28:02.480
 Because notice

00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:03.180
 why is He saying

00:28:03.180 --> 00:28:03.920
 He's not willing

00:28:03.920 --> 00:28:05.140
 that any should perish.

00:28:06.820 --> 00:28:07.060
 You know

00:28:07.060 --> 00:28:07.920
 a lot is said today

00:28:07.920 --> 00:28:08.900
 about God's love

00:28:08.900 --> 00:28:09.920
 that's God's love.

00:28:09.920 --> 00:28:13.360
 God's love

00:28:13.360 --> 00:28:14.060
 He's not willing

00:28:14.060 --> 00:28:15.320
 that any should perish

00:28:15.320 --> 00:28:16.140
 but that all

00:28:16.140 --> 00:28:17.160
 should come to repentance.

00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:19.440
 God says

00:28:19.440 --> 00:28:20.400
 I'm going to extend

00:28:20.400 --> 00:28:21.200
 My grace

00:28:21.200 --> 00:28:22.220
 to them

00:28:22.220 --> 00:28:23.240
 I'm going to display

00:28:23.240 --> 00:28:24.240
 My love to them

00:28:24.240 --> 00:28:24.900
 through that

00:28:24.900 --> 00:28:26.039
 and have mercy

00:28:26.039 --> 00:28:26.980
 upon them.

00:28:26.980 --> 00:28:32.140
 for all those

00:28:32.140 --> 00:28:32.799
 who will call

00:28:32.799 --> 00:28:33.480
 upon Him

00:28:33.480 --> 00:28:33.860
 Jesus

00:28:33.860 --> 00:28:34.759
 makes it

00:28:34.759 --> 00:28:34.960
 you know

00:28:34.960 --> 00:28:35.960
 we need to understand

00:28:35.960 --> 00:28:36.700
 that if we come

00:28:36.700 --> 00:28:37.220
 to Him

00:28:37.220 --> 00:28:38.579
 Jesus is clear

00:28:38.579 --> 00:28:39.860
 the rest of the

00:28:39.860 --> 00:28:40.420
 New Testament

00:28:40.420 --> 00:28:40.779
 is clear

00:28:40.779 --> 00:28:41.539
 the Old Testament

00:28:41.539 --> 00:28:42.059
 is clear

00:28:42.059 --> 00:28:43.140
 if you come

00:28:43.140 --> 00:28:43.740
 to God

00:28:43.740 --> 00:28:44.680
 and call upon Him

00:28:44.680 --> 00:28:45.120
 as Savior

00:28:45.120 --> 00:28:45.980
 He will save.

00:28:49.720 --> 00:28:50.880
 He is clear.

00:28:50.880 --> 00:28:56.060
 I want you

00:28:56.060 --> 00:28:56.440
 to look here

00:28:56.440 --> 00:28:57.160
 at verse 9

00:28:57.160 --> 00:28:57.940
 in our text

00:28:57.940 --> 00:28:59.660
 it says

00:28:59.660 --> 00:29:00.540
 what shall therefore

00:29:00.540 --> 00:29:01.100
 the Lord

00:29:01.100 --> 00:29:02.120
 of the vineyard do?

00:29:05.320 --> 00:29:06.380
 Because we see

00:29:06.380 --> 00:29:07.420
 that Jesus

00:29:07.420 --> 00:29:08.100
 has revealed

00:29:08.100 --> 00:29:08.900
 God's goodness

00:29:08.900 --> 00:29:10.660
 He reveals

00:29:10.660 --> 00:29:11.560
 God's grace

00:29:11.560 --> 00:29:13.960
 but I want you

00:29:13.960 --> 00:29:14.160
 to see

00:29:14.160 --> 00:29:14.900
 Jesus now

00:29:14.900 --> 00:29:15.540
 points that

00:29:15.540 --> 00:29:15.960
 God

00:29:15.960 --> 00:29:17.380
 will be glorified

00:29:17.380 --> 00:29:18.020
 above all.

00:29:19.580 --> 00:29:20.220
 He reveals

00:29:20.220 --> 00:29:20.799
 the glory

00:29:20.799 --> 00:29:21.420
 of God.

00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:22.759
 God's glory

00:29:22.759 --> 00:29:23.460
 is revealed

00:29:23.460 --> 00:29:23.900
 that He will

00:29:23.900 --> 00:29:24.920
 hold to account

00:29:24.920 --> 00:29:29.259
 He will hold

00:29:29.259 --> 00:29:29.920
 all mankind

00:29:29.920 --> 00:29:30.940
 to account.

00:29:33.279 --> 00:29:34.059
 Notice what

00:29:34.059 --> 00:29:35.059
 He tells us here

00:29:35.059 --> 00:29:36.519
 how is the answer?

00:29:37.120 --> 00:29:37.279
 You know

00:29:37.279 --> 00:29:37.680
 what should

00:29:37.680 --> 00:29:38.220
 the Lord

00:29:38.220 --> 00:29:38.779
 of the vineyard

00:29:38.779 --> 00:29:39.100
 do?

00:29:39.279 --> 00:29:39.759
 Well what's

00:29:39.759 --> 00:29:40.539
 the premise

00:29:40.539 --> 00:29:41.019
 of that?

00:29:41.519 --> 00:29:42.100
 How should

00:29:42.100 --> 00:29:42.539
 the Lord

00:29:42.539 --> 00:29:43.100
 of the vineyard

00:29:43.100 --> 00:29:43.680
 respond

00:29:43.680 --> 00:29:45.059
 when the one

00:29:45.059 --> 00:29:45.559
 sent

00:29:45.559 --> 00:29:46.180
 have been

00:29:46.180 --> 00:29:46.640
 beaten

00:29:46.640 --> 00:29:47.640
 and killed

00:29:47.640 --> 00:29:48.680
 and rejected?

00:29:50.220 --> 00:29:53.240
 and when

00:29:53.240 --> 00:29:53.720
 they take

00:29:53.720 --> 00:29:54.279
 the one

00:29:54.279 --> 00:29:54.640
 that He

00:29:54.640 --> 00:29:55.000
 sent

00:29:55.000 --> 00:29:55.559
 His well

00:29:55.559 --> 00:29:55.900
 beloved

00:29:55.900 --> 00:29:56.460
 His only

00:29:56.460 --> 00:29:56.860
 beloved

00:29:56.860 --> 00:29:57.400
 Son

00:29:57.400 --> 00:29:59.880
 when Jesus

00:29:59.880 --> 00:30:00.539
 came

00:30:00.539 --> 00:30:01.380
 and then they

00:30:01.380 --> 00:30:01.940
 took here

00:30:01.940 --> 00:30:02.579
 in just a few

00:30:02.579 --> 00:30:03.440
 short days

00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:04.180
 you're going

00:30:04.180 --> 00:30:04.700
 to find

00:30:04.700 --> 00:30:05.160
 that these

00:30:05.160 --> 00:30:05.579
 men

00:30:05.579 --> 00:30:06.720
 took Jesus

00:30:06.720 --> 00:30:07.480
 and they

00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:07.940
 nailed Him

00:30:07.940 --> 00:30:08.640
 on a cross

00:30:08.640 --> 00:30:09.620
 they rejected

00:30:09.620 --> 00:30:10.839
 once again

00:30:10.839 --> 00:30:11.620
 they rejected

00:30:11.620 --> 00:30:12.079
 the Son

00:30:12.079 --> 00:30:12.680
 Jesus was

00:30:12.680 --> 00:30:13.059
 telling them

00:30:13.059 --> 00:30:14.480
 what was

00:30:14.480 --> 00:30:14.720
 going to

00:30:14.720 --> 00:30:15.019
 happen

00:30:15.019 --> 00:30:19.779
 He understood

00:30:19.779 --> 00:30:20.559
 the hardness

00:30:20.559 --> 00:30:21.019
 of their

00:30:21.019 --> 00:30:21.500
 hearts

00:30:21.500 --> 00:30:24.539
 notice what

00:30:24.539 --> 00:30:25.099
 He says

00:30:25.099 --> 00:30:25.420
 here

00:30:25.420 --> 00:30:26.160
 He says

00:30:26.160 --> 00:30:26.539
 He will

00:30:26.539 --> 00:30:27.059
 come

00:30:27.059 --> 00:30:27.759
 and destroy

00:30:27.759 --> 00:30:28.319
 the husband

00:30:28.319 --> 00:30:29.059
 and will

00:30:29.059 --> 00:30:29.480
 give the

00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:29.980
 vineyard

00:30:29.980 --> 00:30:30.759
 unto another

00:30:30.759 --> 00:30:34.220
 notice

00:30:34.220 --> 00:30:34.660
 what's

00:30:34.660 --> 00:30:35.039
 happening

00:30:35.039 --> 00:30:35.480
 here

00:30:35.480 --> 00:30:37.039
 after

00:30:37.039 --> 00:30:37.559
 repeated

00:30:37.559 --> 00:30:38.139
 attempts

00:30:38.139 --> 00:30:38.859
 to come

00:30:38.859 --> 00:30:41.039
 and to

00:30:41.039 --> 00:30:41.539
 reconcile

00:30:41.539 --> 00:30:42.180
 and to

00:30:42.180 --> 00:30:42.339
 make

00:30:42.339 --> 00:30:42.839
 provision

00:30:42.839 --> 00:30:43.220
 He says

00:30:43.220 --> 00:30:43.599
 finally

00:30:43.599 --> 00:30:44.000
 it's too

00:30:44.000 --> 00:30:44.279
 late

00:30:44.279 --> 00:30:47.160
 I want you

00:30:47.160 --> 00:30:47.619
 to understand

00:30:47.619 --> 00:30:48.039
 there's coming

00:30:48.039 --> 00:30:48.420
 a day

00:30:48.420 --> 00:30:48.859
 it's too

00:30:48.859 --> 00:30:49.180
 late

00:30:49.180 --> 00:30:53.319
 it's going

00:30:53.319 --> 00:30:53.720
 to be too

00:30:53.720 --> 00:30:54.119
 late to

00:30:54.119 --> 00:30:54.519
 repent

00:30:54.519 --> 00:31:01.299
 we understand

00:31:01.299 --> 00:31:02.859
 that without

00:31:02.859 --> 00:31:03.359
 a doubt

00:31:03.359 --> 00:31:03.980
 the leaders

00:31:03.980 --> 00:31:04.660
 caught the

00:31:04.660 --> 00:31:05.180
 moral of

00:31:05.180 --> 00:31:05.680
 the story

00:31:05.680 --> 00:31:09.759
 they understood

00:31:09.759 --> 00:31:10.899
 the authority

00:31:10.899 --> 00:31:13.839
 that Jesus

00:31:13.839 --> 00:31:14.319
 had

00:31:14.319 --> 00:31:14.480
 had and

00:31:14.480 --> 00:31:15.059
 who gave

00:31:15.059 --> 00:31:15.199
 him

00:31:15.199 --> 00:31:15.419
 that

00:31:15.419 --> 00:31:15.980
 authority

00:31:15.980 --> 00:31:17.220
 as Jesus

00:31:17.220 --> 00:31:17.879
 reveals

00:31:17.879 --> 00:31:18.679
 these things

00:31:18.679 --> 00:31:19.319
 this morning

00:31:19.319 --> 00:31:21.099
 because after

00:31:21.099 --> 00:31:21.659
 repeated

00:31:21.659 --> 00:31:22.379
 attempts

00:31:22.379 --> 00:31:25.579
 finally

00:31:25.579 --> 00:31:26.459
 God says

00:31:26.459 --> 00:31:27.079
 that those

00:31:27.079 --> 00:31:27.459
 that have

00:31:27.459 --> 00:31:27.980
 rebelled

00:31:27.980 --> 00:31:28.519
 against the

00:31:28.519 --> 00:31:28.899
 Lord's

00:31:28.899 --> 00:31:29.240
 command

00:31:29.240 --> 00:31:29.579
 are going

00:31:29.579 --> 00:31:29.919
 to face

00:31:29.919 --> 00:31:30.500
 judgment

00:31:30.500 --> 00:31:33.679
 accountability

00:31:33.679 --> 00:31:36.000
 you know

00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:36.559
 God cannot

00:31:36.559 --> 00:31:37.339
 be a just

00:31:37.339 --> 00:31:37.779
 God

00:31:37.779 --> 00:31:38.039
 if he

00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:38.359
 doesn't

00:31:38.359 --> 00:31:38.779
 hold to

00:31:38.779 --> 00:31:39.199
 account

00:31:39.199 --> 00:31:41.679
 justice

00:31:41.680 --> 00:31:42.560
 requires

00:31:42.560 --> 00:31:43.340
 accountability

00:31:43.340 --> 00:31:45.759
 now where we

00:31:45.759 --> 00:31:46.519
 get caught up

00:31:46.519 --> 00:31:46.820
 in that

00:31:46.820 --> 00:31:47.480
 often times

00:31:47.480 --> 00:31:47.759
 is we

00:31:47.759 --> 00:31:48.420
 think God

00:31:48.420 --> 00:31:48.700
 ought to

00:31:48.700 --> 00:31:48.920
 do it

00:31:48.920 --> 00:31:49.460
 right now

00:31:49.460 --> 00:31:53.660
 the problem

00:31:53.660 --> 00:31:54.100
 with that

00:31:54.100 --> 00:31:54.539
 is

00:31:54.539 --> 00:31:55.200
 have you

00:31:55.200 --> 00:31:55.860
 ever noticed

00:31:55.860 --> 00:31:56.360
 that when we

00:31:56.360 --> 00:31:57.279
 want God's

00:31:57.279 --> 00:31:57.640
 judgment

00:31:57.640 --> 00:31:58.360
 right now

00:31:58.360 --> 00:31:58.860
 it's usually

00:31:58.860 --> 00:31:59.460
 on somebody

00:31:59.460 --> 00:31:59.840
 else

00:31:59.840 --> 00:32:04.279
 you ever

00:32:04.279 --> 00:32:04.840
 notice that

00:32:04.839 --> 00:32:13.599
 that's exactly

00:32:13.599 --> 00:32:13.919
 in our

00:32:13.919 --> 00:32:14.240
 mind

00:32:14.240 --> 00:32:14.799
 isn't it

00:32:14.799 --> 00:32:17.419
 they

00:32:17.419 --> 00:32:18.079
 deserve

00:32:18.079 --> 00:32:18.359
 it

00:32:18.359 --> 00:32:21.319
 the reality

00:32:21.319 --> 00:32:21.980
 is what

00:32:21.980 --> 00:32:23.619
 I deserve

00:32:23.619 --> 00:32:23.959
 it

00:32:23.959 --> 00:32:27.279
 I deserve

00:32:27.279 --> 00:32:27.720
 God's

00:32:27.720 --> 00:32:28.079
 judgment

00:32:28.079 --> 00:32:32.659
 but the

00:32:32.659 --> 00:32:33.139
 good news

00:32:33.139 --> 00:32:33.459
 is

00:32:33.459 --> 00:32:33.980
 is Jesus

00:32:33.980 --> 00:32:34.419
 came

00:32:34.420 --> 00:32:38.600
 Jesus

00:32:38.600 --> 00:32:39.019
 is the

00:32:39.019 --> 00:32:39.440
 one who

00:32:39.440 --> 00:32:39.900
 took care

00:32:39.900 --> 00:32:40.140
 of the

00:32:40.140 --> 00:32:40.460
 judgment

00:32:40.460 --> 00:32:41.019
 for me

00:32:41.019 --> 00:32:45.320
 when we

00:32:45.320 --> 00:32:45.900
 understand

00:32:45.900 --> 00:32:46.420
 that they

00:32:46.420 --> 00:32:47.120
 had rebelled

00:32:47.120 --> 00:32:47.740
 against the

00:32:47.740 --> 00:32:48.120
 Lord

00:32:48.120 --> 00:32:48.860
 and faced

00:32:48.860 --> 00:32:49.420
 judgment

00:32:49.420 --> 00:32:50.340
 look in

00:32:50.340 --> 00:32:50.720
 Romans

00:32:50.720 --> 00:32:51.560
 chapter 11

00:32:51.560 --> 00:32:51.960
 for a

00:32:51.960 --> 00:32:52.200
 moment

00:32:52.200 --> 00:32:52.840
 because

00:32:52.840 --> 00:32:53.180
 Romans

00:32:53.180 --> 00:32:53.640
 11

00:32:53.640 --> 00:32:54.140
 deals

00:32:54.140 --> 00:32:54.560
 with

00:32:54.560 --> 00:32:55.740
 Israel

00:32:55.740 --> 00:32:56.140
 and we

00:32:56.140 --> 00:32:56.580
 see here

00:32:56.580 --> 00:32:56.800
 some

00:32:56.800 --> 00:32:57.220
 things

00:32:57.220 --> 00:32:57.940
 it says

00:32:57.940 --> 00:32:58.279
 well

00:32:58.279 --> 00:32:58.860
 because of

00:32:58.860 --> 00:32:59.420
 unbelief

00:32:59.420 --> 00:32:59.779
 they were

00:32:59.779 --> 00:33:00.140
 broken

00:33:00.140 --> 00:33:00.560
 off

00:33:00.560 --> 00:33:01.200
 and thou

00:33:01.200 --> 00:33:01.900
 standest

00:33:01.900 --> 00:33:02.660
 by faith

00:33:02.660 --> 00:33:03.400
 be not

00:33:03.400 --> 00:33:04.100
 high-minded

00:33:04.099 --> 00:33:04.879
 but fear

00:33:04.879 --> 00:33:05.599
 for if

00:33:05.599 --> 00:33:06.339
 God spared

00:33:06.339 --> 00:33:06.799
 not the

00:33:06.799 --> 00:33:07.240
 natural

00:33:07.240 --> 00:33:07.699
 branches

00:33:07.699 --> 00:33:08.500
 take heed

00:33:08.500 --> 00:33:09.159
 lest he

00:33:09.159 --> 00:33:09.659
 also

00:33:09.659 --> 00:33:10.379
 not

00:33:10.379 --> 00:33:10.879
 spare

00:33:10.879 --> 00:33:11.339
 not

00:33:11.339 --> 00:33:12.000
 thee

00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:14.899
 I want

00:33:14.899 --> 00:33:15.079
 you to

00:33:15.079 --> 00:33:15.539
 understand

00:33:15.539 --> 00:33:15.879
 what's

00:33:15.879 --> 00:33:16.639
 taking place

00:33:16.639 --> 00:33:17.240
 here is a

00:33:17.240 --> 00:33:17.659
 warning

00:33:17.659 --> 00:33:19.379
 to even

00:33:19.379 --> 00:33:20.079
 us today

00:33:20.079 --> 00:33:22.679
 to understand

00:33:22.679 --> 00:33:22.779
 to understand

00:33:22.779 --> 00:33:23.839
 the importance

00:33:23.839 --> 00:33:25.619
 of what

00:33:25.619 --> 00:33:26.279
 God has

00:33:26.279 --> 00:33:26.740
 done

00:33:26.740 --> 00:33:27.339
 his

00:33:27.339 --> 00:33:29.279
 goodness

00:33:29.279 --> 00:33:30.259
 and his

00:33:30.259 --> 00:33:30.699
 grace

00:33:30.699 --> 00:33:31.379
 to us

00:33:31.379 --> 00:33:33.679
 this

00:33:33.679 --> 00:33:34.119
 final

00:33:34.119 --> 00:33:34.740
 messenger

00:33:34.740 --> 00:33:35.939
 the son

00:33:35.939 --> 00:33:36.379
 the one

00:33:36.379 --> 00:33:36.740
 whom they

00:33:36.740 --> 00:33:37.379
 rejected

00:33:37.379 --> 00:33:39.480
 we're going

00:33:39.480 --> 00:33:39.960
 to find

00:33:39.960 --> 00:33:40.419
 here that

00:33:40.419 --> 00:33:41.480
 God removes

00:33:41.480 --> 00:33:42.000
 Israel

00:33:42.000 --> 00:33:42.639
 Israel's

00:33:42.639 --> 00:33:43.199
 cut off

00:33:43.199 --> 00:33:43.559
 this is

00:33:43.559 --> 00:33:44.279
 Daniel chapter

00:33:44.279 --> 00:33:44.679
 9

00:33:44.679 --> 00:33:45.179
 happening

00:33:45.180 --> 00:33:48.400
 that

00:33:48.400 --> 00:33:48.900
 Israel

00:33:48.900 --> 00:33:49.380
 is cut

00:33:49.380 --> 00:33:49.840
 off

00:33:49.840 --> 00:33:52.840
 for a

00:33:52.840 --> 00:33:53.180
 time

00:33:53.180 --> 00:33:55.480
 I want

00:33:55.480 --> 00:33:55.720
 to make

00:33:55.720 --> 00:33:56.259
 that clear

00:33:56.259 --> 00:33:57.600
 because God

00:33:57.600 --> 00:33:58.320
 says he gave

00:33:58.320 --> 00:33:58.880
 it to another

00:33:58.880 --> 00:33:59.259
 he didn't

00:33:59.259 --> 00:33:59.779
 create

00:33:59.779 --> 00:34:02.140
 a replacement

00:34:02.140 --> 00:34:02.960
 for Israel

00:34:02.960 --> 00:34:07.080
 he put

00:34:07.080 --> 00:34:07.720
 Israel on

00:34:07.720 --> 00:34:08.019
 hold

00:34:08.019 --> 00:34:08.400
 because one

00:34:08.400 --> 00:34:08.920
 day God's

00:34:08.920 --> 00:34:09.139
 going to

00:34:09.139 --> 00:34:09.500
 finish

00:34:09.500 --> 00:34:10.519
 holding them

00:34:10.519 --> 00:34:11.059
 to account

00:34:11.059 --> 00:34:14.380
 when we

00:34:14.380 --> 00:34:14.920
 understand

00:34:14.920 --> 00:34:15.440
 what's

00:34:15.440 --> 00:34:15.900
 happening

00:34:15.900 --> 00:34:17.699
 I want

00:34:17.699 --> 00:34:17.840
 you to

00:34:17.840 --> 00:34:18.219
 understand

00:34:18.219 --> 00:34:18.980
 that we

00:34:18.980 --> 00:34:20.000
 are now

00:34:20.000 --> 00:34:20.940
 the vineyard

00:34:20.940 --> 00:34:21.239
 of the

00:34:21.239 --> 00:34:21.679
 Lord

00:34:21.679 --> 00:34:22.599
 in holding

00:34:22.599 --> 00:34:23.320
 the truth

00:34:23.320 --> 00:34:23.840
 of the

00:34:23.840 --> 00:34:24.219
 word of

00:34:24.219 --> 00:34:24.619
 God

00:34:24.619 --> 00:34:25.799
 and proclaiming

00:34:25.799 --> 00:34:26.059
 it the

00:34:26.059 --> 00:34:26.679
 local church

00:34:26.679 --> 00:34:26.980
 is the

00:34:26.980 --> 00:34:27.579
 foundation

00:34:27.579 --> 00:34:28.079
 of those

00:34:28.079 --> 00:34:28.599
 things

00:34:28.599 --> 00:34:30.960
 when we

00:34:30.960 --> 00:34:31.559
 understand

00:34:31.559 --> 00:34:32.320
 the importance

00:34:32.320 --> 00:34:32.739
 here

00:34:32.739 --> 00:34:33.380
 look over

00:34:33.380 --> 00:34:33.739
 in 1

00:34:33.739 --> 00:34:34.119
 Peter

00:34:34.119 --> 00:34:35.179
 because remember

00:34:35.179 --> 00:34:35.960
 Jesus said

00:34:35.960 --> 00:34:36.880
 that they

00:34:36.880 --> 00:34:37.099
 were going

00:34:37.099 --> 00:34:37.599
 to come

00:34:37.599 --> 00:34:38.579
 and condemn

00:34:38.579 --> 00:34:39.099
 the husband

00:34:39.099 --> 00:34:39.519
 and give

00:34:39.519 --> 00:34:39.840
 it unto

00:34:39.840 --> 00:34:40.279
 another

00:34:40.280 --> 00:34:41.300
 I want

00:34:41.300 --> 00:34:41.440
 you to

00:34:41.440 --> 00:34:41.840
 understand

00:34:41.840 --> 00:34:42.120
 New

00:34:42.120 --> 00:34:42.519
 Testament

00:34:42.519 --> 00:34:43.040
 believers

00:34:43.040 --> 00:34:43.420
 have been

00:34:43.420 --> 00:34:43.820
 given

00:34:43.820 --> 00:34:44.380
 this

00:34:44.380 --> 00:34:45.120
 responsibility

00:34:45.120 --> 00:34:46.700
 and we

00:34:46.700 --> 00:34:47.000
 have the

00:34:47.000 --> 00:34:47.320
 same

00:34:47.320 --> 00:34:48.060
 responsibility

00:34:48.060 --> 00:34:49.019
 that those

00:34:49.019 --> 00:34:49.519
 in Israel

00:34:49.519 --> 00:34:50.000
 had

00:34:50.000 --> 00:34:51.900
 we have

00:34:51.900 --> 00:34:52.360
 the same

00:34:52.360 --> 00:34:53.080
 accountability

00:34:53.080 --> 00:34:54.180
 1 Peter

00:34:54.180 --> 00:34:54.920
 chapter 2

00:34:54.920 --> 00:34:55.260
 look at

00:34:55.260 --> 00:34:55.960
 verse 9

00:34:55.960 --> 00:34:57.040
 it tells us

00:34:57.040 --> 00:34:57.260
 this

00:34:57.260 --> 00:34:57.720
 but ye are

00:34:57.720 --> 00:34:58.280
 a chosen

00:34:58.280 --> 00:34:59.040
 generation

00:34:59.040 --> 00:35:00.200
 a royal

00:35:00.200 --> 00:35:00.860
 priesthood

00:35:00.860 --> 00:35:01.300
 a holy

00:35:01.300 --> 00:35:01.760
 nation

00:35:01.760 --> 00:35:02.280
 a peculiar

00:35:02.280 --> 00:35:02.820
 people

00:35:02.820 --> 00:35:03.640
 that ye

00:35:03.640 --> 00:35:04.280
 should show

00:35:04.280 --> 00:35:04.900
 forth the

00:35:04.900 --> 00:35:05.560
 praises of

00:35:05.560 --> 00:35:06.260
 him who

00:35:06.260 --> 00:35:06.880
 hath called

00:35:06.880 --> 00:35:07.320
 you out

00:35:07.320 --> 00:35:07.940
 of darkness

00:35:07.940 --> 00:35:08.500
 into his

00:35:08.500 --> 00:35:08.920
 marvelous

00:35:08.920 --> 00:35:09.440
 light

00:35:09.440 --> 00:35:10.000
 which

00:35:10.000 --> 00:35:10.559
 in time

00:35:10.559 --> 00:35:11.019
 past

00:35:11.019 --> 00:35:11.519
 were not

00:35:11.519 --> 00:35:11.960
 a people

00:35:11.960 --> 00:35:12.639
 but are

00:35:12.639 --> 00:35:13.199
 now the

00:35:13.199 --> 00:35:13.719
 people of

00:35:13.719 --> 00:35:14.019
 God

00:35:14.019 --> 00:35:14.400
 which had

00:35:14.400 --> 00:35:15.119
 not obtained

00:35:15.119 --> 00:35:15.559
 mercy

00:35:15.559 --> 00:35:18.860
 but now

00:35:18.860 --> 00:35:19.699
 have obtained

00:35:19.699 --> 00:35:20.760
 mercy

00:35:20.760 --> 00:35:21.960
 I want you

00:35:21.960 --> 00:35:22.579
 to understand

00:35:22.579 --> 00:35:23.159
 that God

00:35:23.159 --> 00:35:23.599
 took

00:35:23.599 --> 00:35:24.539
 and Israel

00:35:24.539 --> 00:35:25.320
 is on hold

00:35:25.320 --> 00:35:25.780
 God has

00:35:25.780 --> 00:35:26.679
 removed that

00:35:26.679 --> 00:35:27.579
 from them

00:35:27.579 --> 00:35:28.320
 and has given

00:35:28.320 --> 00:35:28.840
 it unto

00:35:28.840 --> 00:35:29.719
 his church

00:35:29.719 --> 00:35:31.159
 unto the

00:35:31.159 --> 00:35:31.619
 believers

00:35:31.619 --> 00:35:32.599
 today

00:35:32.599 --> 00:35:33.260
 and we

00:35:33.260 --> 00:35:33.699
 understand

00:35:33.699 --> 00:35:34.559
 the importance

00:35:34.559 --> 00:35:35.159
 of it

00:35:35.159 --> 00:35:36.019
 I want you

00:35:36.019 --> 00:35:36.440
 to know

00:35:36.440 --> 00:35:37.159
 this morning

00:35:37.159 --> 00:35:37.819
 as we

00:35:37.819 --> 00:35:38.219
 look at

00:35:38.219 --> 00:35:38.440
 this

00:35:38.440 --> 00:35:39.319
 the reality

00:35:39.319 --> 00:35:40.460
 of God's

00:35:40.460 --> 00:35:40.839
 goodness

00:35:40.839 --> 00:35:42.259
 God has

00:35:42.259 --> 00:35:42.639
 been good

00:35:42.639 --> 00:35:43.179
 to us

00:35:43.179 --> 00:35:47.599
 God's been

00:35:47.599 --> 00:35:48.000
 gracious

00:35:48.000 --> 00:35:48.659
 to us

00:35:48.659 --> 00:35:50.879
 those same

00:35:50.879 --> 00:35:51.500
 facts hold

00:35:51.500 --> 00:35:52.059
 true today

00:35:52.059 --> 00:35:55.339
 just as

00:35:55.339 --> 00:35:56.099
 Jesus was

00:35:56.099 --> 00:35:56.920
 calling them

00:35:56.920 --> 00:35:57.659
 to repentance

00:35:57.659 --> 00:36:03.759
 I want you

00:36:03.759 --> 00:36:04.319
 to understand

00:36:04.319 --> 00:36:05.480
 Jesus wasn't

00:36:05.480 --> 00:36:06.799
 condemning them

00:36:06.799 --> 00:36:07.420
 directly

00:36:07.420 --> 00:36:11.099
 in the sense

00:36:11.099 --> 00:36:11.679
 of saying

00:36:11.679 --> 00:36:13.319
 I'm picking

00:36:13.319 --> 00:36:13.839
 you

00:36:13.839 --> 00:36:14.799
 I've

00:36:14.799 --> 00:36:15.679
 rejected you

00:36:15.679 --> 00:36:16.519
 no the fact

00:36:16.519 --> 00:36:16.960
 is they

00:36:16.960 --> 00:36:17.839
 rejected him

00:36:17.840 --> 00:36:20.740
 he gave

00:36:20.740 --> 00:36:21.100
 them a

00:36:21.100 --> 00:36:21.600
 parable

00:36:21.600 --> 00:36:23.880
 that they

00:36:23.880 --> 00:36:24.160
 might

00:36:24.160 --> 00:36:24.800
 understand

00:36:24.800 --> 00:36:25.360
 that their

00:36:25.360 --> 00:36:25.860
 conscience

00:36:25.860 --> 00:36:26.680
 might work

00:36:26.680 --> 00:36:27.220
 that the

00:36:27.220 --> 00:36:27.940
 Holy Spirit

00:36:27.940 --> 00:36:28.539
 might prick

00:36:28.539 --> 00:36:29.019
 their heart

00:36:29.019 --> 00:36:29.340
 and say

00:36:29.340 --> 00:36:29.680
 you know

00:36:29.680 --> 00:36:30.019
 what

00:36:30.019 --> 00:36:32.820
 he's

00:36:32.820 --> 00:36:33.120
 right

00:36:33.120 --> 00:36:36.480
 you know

00:36:36.480 --> 00:36:36.720
 what

00:36:36.720 --> 00:36:36.980
 he's

00:36:36.980 --> 00:36:37.320
 accurate

00:36:37.320 --> 00:36:37.559
 about

00:36:37.559 --> 00:36:37.760
 what

00:36:37.760 --> 00:36:37.940
 he's

00:36:37.940 --> 00:36:38.200
 saying

00:36:38.200 --> 00:36:40.220
 you know

00:36:40.220 --> 00:36:40.519
 what

00:36:40.519 --> 00:36:41.440
 I'm

00:36:41.440 --> 00:36:41.780
 guilty

00:36:41.780 --> 00:36:44.640
 the

00:36:44.640 --> 00:36:45.360
 reality

00:36:45.360 --> 00:36:46.900
 of that

00:36:46.900 --> 00:36:47.620
 that mercy

00:36:47.619 --> 00:36:48.139
 that God

00:36:48.139 --> 00:36:48.420
 gives

00:36:48.420 --> 00:36:48.839
 I want

00:36:48.839 --> 00:36:49.059
 you to

00:36:49.059 --> 00:36:49.380
 know

00:36:49.380 --> 00:36:50.259
 that very

00:36:50.259 --> 00:36:50.699
 clearly

00:36:50.699 --> 00:36:51.339
 that God

00:36:51.339 --> 00:36:51.779
 is good

00:36:51.779 --> 00:36:52.279
 and God

00:36:52.279 --> 00:36:52.940
 is gracious

00:36:52.940 --> 00:36:53.539
 but I want

00:36:53.539 --> 00:36:53.739
 you to

00:36:53.739 --> 00:36:54.179
 understand

00:36:54.179 --> 00:36:55.099
 he also

00:36:55.099 --> 00:36:55.359
 is going

00:36:55.359 --> 00:36:55.659
 to hold

00:36:55.659 --> 00:36:56.119
 sin to

00:36:56.119 --> 00:36:56.639
 account

00:36:56.639 --> 00:37:01.960
 his glory

00:37:01.960 --> 00:37:02.819
 demands

00:37:02.819 --> 00:37:03.859
 an accounting

00:37:03.859 --> 00:37:07.119
 look back

00:37:07.119 --> 00:37:07.659
 in Romans

00:37:07.659 --> 00:37:08.299
 for a moment

00:37:08.299 --> 00:37:09.019
 Romans chapter

00:37:09.019 --> 00:37:09.719
 11 again

00:37:09.719 --> 00:37:10.079
 look down

00:37:10.079 --> 00:37:10.359
 at verse

00:37:10.359 --> 00:37:10.900
 22

00:37:10.900 --> 00:37:18.480
 look at

00:37:18.480 --> 00:37:18.780
 the beginning

00:37:18.780 --> 00:37:19.099
 of this

00:37:19.099 --> 00:37:19.480
 verse

00:37:19.480 --> 00:37:19.880
 you know

00:37:19.880 --> 00:37:20.860
 behold

00:37:20.860 --> 00:37:21.200
 therefore

00:37:21.200 --> 00:37:21.840
 the goodness

00:37:21.840 --> 00:37:23.539
 and severity

00:37:23.539 --> 00:37:24.740
 of God

00:37:24.740 --> 00:37:28.820
 I want you

00:37:28.820 --> 00:37:29.320
 to understand

00:37:29.320 --> 00:37:29.840
 when God

00:37:29.840 --> 00:37:30.320
 judges

00:37:30.320 --> 00:37:31.180
 God judges

00:37:31.180 --> 00:37:31.780
 accurately

00:37:31.780 --> 00:37:34.280
 and completely

00:37:34.280 --> 00:37:38.240
 you know

00:37:38.240 --> 00:37:38.640
 today we

00:37:38.640 --> 00:37:39.019
 have a lot

00:37:39.019 --> 00:37:39.519
 of question

00:37:39.519 --> 00:37:40.280
 about judges

00:37:40.280 --> 00:37:41.680
 and courts

00:37:41.680 --> 00:37:42.900
 and legal

00:37:42.900 --> 00:37:43.500
 systems

00:37:43.500 --> 00:37:43.920
 but I want

00:37:43.920 --> 00:37:44.400
 to tell you

00:37:44.400 --> 00:37:45.560
 there's no

00:37:45.560 --> 00:37:46.380
 fancy lawyer

00:37:46.380 --> 00:37:46.860
 going to get

00:37:46.860 --> 00:37:47.360
 you off the

00:37:47.360 --> 00:37:47.600
 hook

00:37:47.600 --> 00:37:47.880
 when it

00:37:47.880 --> 00:37:48.240
 comes to

00:37:48.240 --> 00:37:48.460
 standing

00:37:48.460 --> 00:37:48.900
 before the

00:37:48.900 --> 00:37:49.180
 Lord

00:37:49.180 --> 00:37:55.740
 they might

00:37:55.740 --> 00:37:56.140
 try to

00:37:56.140 --> 00:37:56.640
 sweet talk

00:37:56.640 --> 00:37:57.120
 themselves

00:37:57.120 --> 00:37:57.540
 out of

00:37:57.540 --> 00:37:57.880
 things

00:37:57.880 --> 00:37:58.260
 or try

00:37:58.260 --> 00:37:58.920
 to manipulate

00:37:58.920 --> 00:38:00.100
 or maneuver

00:38:00.099 --> 00:38:02.539
 but the

00:38:02.539 --> 00:38:02.799
 Bible

00:38:02.799 --> 00:38:03.279
 tells us

00:38:03.279 --> 00:38:03.460
 there's

00:38:03.460 --> 00:38:03.860
 coming a

00:38:03.860 --> 00:38:04.139
 day

00:38:04.139 --> 00:38:04.699
 and God's

00:38:04.699 --> 00:38:04.900
 going to

00:38:04.900 --> 00:38:05.360
 open up

00:38:05.360 --> 00:38:05.799
 a book

00:38:05.799 --> 00:38:09.339
 a book

00:38:09.339 --> 00:38:09.739
 in which

00:38:09.739 --> 00:38:10.400
 your life

00:38:10.400 --> 00:38:11.000
 and every

00:38:11.000 --> 00:38:11.519
 thought

00:38:11.519 --> 00:38:12.440
 everything

00:38:12.440 --> 00:38:12.860
 of your

00:38:12.860 --> 00:38:13.259
 life

00:38:13.259 --> 00:38:13.619
 has been

00:38:13.619 --> 00:38:14.079
 recorded

00:38:14.079 --> 00:38:20.679
 I want

00:38:20.679 --> 00:38:20.860
 you to

00:38:20.860 --> 00:38:21.460
 understand

00:38:21.460 --> 00:38:21.799
 that

00:38:21.799 --> 00:38:24.079
 look how

00:38:24.079 --> 00:38:24.539
 Jesus

00:38:24.539 --> 00:38:25.339
 replies to

00:38:25.339 --> 00:38:25.460
 them

00:38:25.460 --> 00:38:25.880
 look down

00:38:25.880 --> 00:38:26.239
 here in

00:38:26.239 --> 00:38:26.839
 verse 10

00:38:26.840 --> 00:38:31.300
 and have

00:38:31.300 --> 00:38:31.740
 ye not

00:38:31.740 --> 00:38:32.500
 read this

00:38:32.500 --> 00:38:32.980
 scripture

00:38:32.980 --> 00:38:39.019
 now that

00:38:39.019 --> 00:38:39.320
 was kind

00:38:39.320 --> 00:38:39.500
 of a

00:38:39.500 --> 00:38:39.960
 rhetorical

00:38:39.960 --> 00:38:40.420
 question

00:38:40.420 --> 00:38:40.860
 considering

00:38:40.860 --> 00:38:41.400
 the crowd

00:38:41.400 --> 00:38:47.220
 when you

00:38:47.220 --> 00:38:47.519
 got the

00:38:47.519 --> 00:38:47.780
 chief

00:38:47.780 --> 00:38:48.280
 priests

00:38:48.280 --> 00:38:48.640
 and the

00:38:48.640 --> 00:38:49.260
 scribes

00:38:49.260 --> 00:38:50.940
 and the

00:38:50.940 --> 00:38:51.300
 elders

00:38:51.300 --> 00:38:51.700
 there

00:38:51.700 --> 00:38:52.559
 of Israel

00:38:52.559 --> 00:38:54.720
 it's really

00:38:54.720 --> 00:38:55.380
 a rhetorical

00:38:55.380 --> 00:38:55.900
 question

00:38:55.900 --> 00:38:58.760
 because all

00:38:58.760 --> 00:38:59.000
 of them

00:38:59.000 --> 00:38:59.380
 have probably

00:38:59.380 --> 00:38:59.820
 read this

00:38:59.820 --> 00:39:00.500
 many times

00:39:00.500 --> 00:39:00.860
 now look

00:39:00.860 --> 00:39:01.340
 what Jesus

00:39:01.340 --> 00:39:01.780
 says

00:39:01.780 --> 00:39:02.880
 the stone

00:39:02.880 --> 00:39:03.380
 which the

00:39:03.380 --> 00:39:03.720
 builders

00:39:03.720 --> 00:39:04.300
 rejected

00:39:04.300 --> 00:39:04.880
 has become

00:39:04.880 --> 00:39:05.519
 the head

00:39:05.519 --> 00:39:05.920
 of the

00:39:05.920 --> 00:39:06.260
 corner

00:39:06.260 --> 00:39:09.000
 this was

00:39:09.000 --> 00:39:09.639
 the Lord's

00:39:09.639 --> 00:39:09.920
 doing

00:39:09.920 --> 00:39:10.260
 and is

00:39:10.260 --> 00:39:10.860
 marvelous

00:39:10.860 --> 00:39:11.900
 in our

00:39:11.900 --> 00:39:12.340
 eyes

00:39:12.340 --> 00:39:14.380
 you know

00:39:14.380 --> 00:39:14.940
 Matthew's

00:39:14.940 --> 00:39:15.480
 account of

00:39:15.480 --> 00:39:15.700
 this

00:39:15.700 --> 00:39:16.400
 adds this

00:39:16.400 --> 00:39:16.900
 he says

00:39:16.900 --> 00:39:17.500
 this about

00:39:17.500 --> 00:39:18.160
 it in

00:39:18.160 --> 00:39:18.420
 Matthew

00:39:18.420 --> 00:39:18.880
 21

00:39:18.880 --> 00:39:19.420
 44

00:39:19.420 --> 00:39:20.240
 it says

00:39:20.240 --> 00:39:20.840
 whosoever

00:39:20.840 --> 00:39:21.639
 shall fall

00:39:21.639 --> 00:39:22.260
 upon this

00:39:22.260 --> 00:39:22.720
 stone

00:39:22.720 --> 00:39:23.460
 shall be

00:39:23.460 --> 00:39:23.900
 broken

00:39:23.900 --> 00:39:25.079
 but whomsoever

00:39:25.079 --> 00:39:25.659
 it shall

00:39:25.659 --> 00:39:26.119
 fall

00:39:26.119 --> 00:39:26.420
 it will

00:39:26.420 --> 00:39:27.039
 grind him

00:39:27.039 --> 00:39:27.539
 to powder

00:39:27.539 --> 00:39:30.360
 the reality

00:39:30.360 --> 00:39:31.139
 is this

00:39:31.139 --> 00:39:32.039
 Jesus is

00:39:32.039 --> 00:39:32.579
 the corner

00:39:32.579 --> 00:39:32.880
 stone

00:39:32.880 --> 00:39:33.279
 he is

00:39:33.279 --> 00:39:33.920
 the stone

00:39:33.920 --> 00:39:34.719
 you either

00:39:34.719 --> 00:39:35.539
 fall upon

00:39:35.539 --> 00:39:35.920
 it for

00:39:35.920 --> 00:39:36.360
 mercy

00:39:36.360 --> 00:39:39.039
 or later

00:39:39.039 --> 00:39:39.659
 it falls

00:39:39.659 --> 00:39:40.500
 upon you

00:39:40.500 --> 00:39:44.880
 now logic

00:39:44.880 --> 00:39:45.259
 if you're a

00:39:45.259 --> 00:39:46.119
 logical person

00:39:46.119 --> 00:39:47.960
 I would

00:39:47.960 --> 00:39:48.500
 much rather

00:39:48.500 --> 00:39:49.239
 be on top

00:39:49.239 --> 00:39:49.779
 of the stone

00:39:49.779 --> 00:39:50.400
 calling for

00:39:50.400 --> 00:39:50.779
 mercy

00:39:50.780 --> 00:39:55.240
 than it

00:39:55.240 --> 00:39:55.560
 would be

00:39:55.560 --> 00:39:55.800
 to be

00:39:55.800 --> 00:39:55.980
 under

00:39:55.980 --> 00:39:56.460
 the stone

00:39:56.460 --> 00:40:00.500
 Jesus

00:40:00.500 --> 00:40:01.160
 is asking

00:40:01.160 --> 00:40:01.820
 you today

00:40:01.820 --> 00:40:02.900
 to fall

00:40:02.900 --> 00:40:03.500
 upon the

00:40:03.500 --> 00:40:04.060
 stone

00:40:04.060 --> 00:40:05.060
 of him

00:40:05.060 --> 00:40:06.820
 to understand

00:40:06.820 --> 00:40:07.400
 that he

00:40:07.400 --> 00:40:07.760
 is the

00:40:07.760 --> 00:40:08.160
 one

00:40:08.160 --> 00:40:09.400
 just as the

00:40:09.400 --> 00:40:10.019
 leaders there

00:40:10.019 --> 00:40:10.480
 that day

00:40:10.480 --> 00:40:11.000
 had to make

00:40:11.000 --> 00:40:11.620
 a choice

00:40:11.620 --> 00:40:12.620
 you and I

00:40:12.620 --> 00:40:13.200
 have a choice

00:40:13.200 --> 00:40:13.540
 to make

00:40:13.540 --> 00:40:13.960
 today

00:40:13.960 --> 00:40:16.060
 that's what

00:40:16.060 --> 00:40:16.440
 everything

00:40:16.440 --> 00:40:17.220
 came down

00:40:17.220 --> 00:40:17.580
 to

00:40:17.580 --> 00:40:18.460
 either you

00:40:18.460 --> 00:40:19.019
 will fall

00:40:19.019 --> 00:40:19.800
 on Jesus

00:40:19.800 --> 00:40:20.220
 and be

00:40:20.220 --> 00:40:20.700
 broken

00:40:20.700 --> 00:40:21.519
 in conviction

00:40:21.519 --> 00:40:22.680
 and repent

00:40:22.680 --> 00:40:23.380
 and turn

00:40:23.380 --> 00:40:23.980
 to him

00:40:23.980 --> 00:40:27.580
 or one

00:40:27.580 --> 00:40:27.900
 day

00:40:27.900 --> 00:40:28.580
 the stone

00:40:28.580 --> 00:40:28.920
 is going

00:40:28.920 --> 00:40:29.300
 to fall

00:40:29.300 --> 00:40:30.000
 upon you

00:40:30.000 --> 00:40:30.580
 and crush

00:40:30.580 --> 00:40:30.860
 you to

00:40:30.860 --> 00:40:31.200
 powder

00:40:31.200 --> 00:40:35.539
 the choice

00:40:35.539 --> 00:40:36.039
 is yours

00:40:36.039 --> 00:40:39.720
 the choice

00:40:39.720 --> 00:40:40.340
 is yours

00:40:40.340 --> 00:40:42.039
 because God's

00:40:42.039 --> 00:40:42.560
 offering you

00:40:42.560 --> 00:40:43.080
 a chance

00:40:43.080 --> 00:40:43.760
 to be saved

00:40:43.760 --> 00:40:44.300
 he's offering

00:40:44.300 --> 00:40:45.000
 you a chance

00:40:45.000 --> 00:40:46.060
 to have all

00:40:46.060 --> 00:40:46.620
 your sins

00:40:46.620 --> 00:40:47.100
 forgiven

00:40:47.100 --> 00:40:48.080
 he's offering

00:40:48.080 --> 00:40:48.420
 you an

00:40:48.420 --> 00:40:48.940
 opportunity

00:40:48.940 --> 00:40:49.740
 to avoid

00:40:49.739 --> 00:40:50.199
 hell

00:40:50.199 --> 00:40:50.919
 and make

00:40:50.919 --> 00:40:51.359
 heaven

00:40:51.359 --> 00:40:52.239
 with him

00:40:52.239 --> 00:40:53.039
 your eternal

00:40:53.039 --> 00:40:53.539
 home

00:40:53.539 --> 00:40:54.759
 God is there

00:40:54.759 --> 00:40:55.439
 he's calling

00:40:55.439 --> 00:40:55.899
 you

00:40:55.899 --> 00:40:57.039
 the question

00:40:57.039 --> 00:40:57.379
 is how

00:40:57.379 --> 00:40:57.579
 are you

00:40:57.579 --> 00:40:57.799
 going to

00:40:57.799 --> 00:40:58.359
 respond

00:40:58.359 --> 00:41:02.299
 because you

00:41:02.299 --> 00:41:02.619
 got two

00:41:02.619 --> 00:41:03.059
 choices

00:41:03.059 --> 00:41:03.559
 you can either

00:41:03.559 --> 00:41:04.299
 come to him

00:41:04.299 --> 00:41:05.979
 or reject

00:41:05.979 --> 00:41:06.259
 him

00:41:06.259 --> 00:41:10.079
 that's where

00:41:10.079 --> 00:41:10.779
 those men

00:41:10.779 --> 00:41:11.459
 stood that

00:41:11.459 --> 00:41:11.779
 day

00:41:11.779 --> 00:41:14.379
 look at

00:41:14.379 --> 00:41:14.939
 verse 12

00:41:14.940 --> 00:41:22.099
 look at

00:41:22.099 --> 00:41:22.920
 their response

00:41:22.920 --> 00:41:25.840
 and they

00:41:25.840 --> 00:41:26.380
 sought to

00:41:26.380 --> 00:41:26.860
 lay hold

00:41:26.860 --> 00:41:27.420
 on him

00:41:27.420 --> 00:41:29.960
 but they

00:41:29.960 --> 00:41:30.380
 feared the

00:41:30.380 --> 00:41:30.740
 people

00:41:30.740 --> 00:41:37.280
 here they

00:41:37.280 --> 00:41:37.480
 are

00:41:37.480 --> 00:41:38.340
 living their

00:41:38.340 --> 00:41:39.059
 life based

00:41:39.059 --> 00:41:39.579
 on opinion

00:41:39.579 --> 00:41:40.019
 again

00:41:40.019 --> 00:41:43.679
 opinion

00:41:43.679 --> 00:41:44.559
 and perception

00:41:44.559 --> 00:41:48.059
 sadly

00:41:48.059 --> 00:41:48.579
 today

00:41:48.579 --> 00:41:49.119
 opinion

00:41:49.119 --> 00:41:50.239
 and perception

00:41:50.239 --> 00:41:50.940
 keep many

00:41:50.940 --> 00:41:51.559
 people from

00:41:51.559 --> 00:41:51.980
 Christ

00:41:51.980 --> 00:41:55.980
 because they're

00:41:55.980 --> 00:41:56.500
 more worried

00:41:56.500 --> 00:41:56.900
 about what

00:41:56.900 --> 00:41:57.599
 somebody else

00:41:57.599 --> 00:41:58.239
 thinks than

00:41:58.239 --> 00:41:59.340
 what and

00:41:59.340 --> 00:41:59.739
 where they

00:41:59.739 --> 00:42:00.639
 stand between

00:42:00.639 --> 00:42:01.360
 them and

00:42:01.360 --> 00:42:01.659
 God

00:42:01.659 --> 00:42:04.899
 for they

00:42:04.899 --> 00:42:05.500
 knew that

00:42:05.500 --> 00:42:05.759
 he had

00:42:05.759 --> 00:42:06.379
 spoken the

00:42:06.379 --> 00:42:06.719
 parable

00:42:06.719 --> 00:42:07.179
 against

00:42:07.179 --> 00:42:07.519
 them

00:42:07.519 --> 00:42:09.859
 and they

00:42:09.859 --> 00:42:10.460
 left him

00:42:10.460 --> 00:42:10.759
 and went

00:42:10.759 --> 00:42:11.239
 their way

00:42:11.239 --> 00:42:14.960
 I want

00:42:14.960 --> 00:42:15.199
 you to

00:42:15.199 --> 00:42:15.579
 understand

00:42:15.579 --> 00:42:16.440
 today that

00:42:16.440 --> 00:42:16.759
 you have

00:42:16.759 --> 00:42:17.279
 a choice

00:42:17.279 --> 00:42:21.599
 you can

00:42:21.599 --> 00:42:22.219
 either turn

00:42:22.219 --> 00:42:22.859
 to God

00:42:22.859 --> 00:42:25.440
 or you

00:42:25.440 --> 00:42:25.799
 can walk

00:42:25.799 --> 00:42:26.119
 away

00:42:26.119 --> 00:42:30.259
 the reality

00:42:30.259 --> 00:42:30.799
 is everybody

00:42:30.799 --> 00:42:31.440
 in the room

00:42:31.440 --> 00:42:32.079
 here makes

00:42:32.079 --> 00:42:32.460
 a choice

00:42:32.460 --> 00:42:32.820
 today

00:42:32.820 --> 00:42:37.440
 there's

00:42:37.440 --> 00:42:37.559
 going to

00:42:37.559 --> 00:42:37.780
 be a

00:42:37.780 --> 00:42:38.079
 choice

00:42:38.079 --> 00:42:38.480
 made

00:42:38.480 --> 00:42:44.019
 what

00:42:44.019 --> 00:42:44.340
 choice

00:42:44.340 --> 00:42:44.679
 will you

00:42:44.679 --> 00:42:45.039
 make

00:42:45.039 --> 00:42:49.840
 this

00:42:49.840 --> 00:42:50.300
 morning if

00:42:50.300 --> 00:42:50.519
 you need

00:42:50.519 --> 00:42:50.820
 to come

00:42:50.820 --> 00:42:51.099
 to the

00:42:51.099 --> 00:42:51.579
 Savior I

00:42:51.579 --> 00:42:52.079
 encourage you

00:42:52.079 --> 00:42:52.539
 to come

00:42:52.539 --> 00:42:55.099
 we can have

00:42:55.099 --> 00:42:55.740
 somebody show

00:42:55.740 --> 00:42:56.300
 you clearly

00:42:56.300 --> 00:42:56.940
 from God's

00:42:56.940 --> 00:42:57.320
 word how

00:42:57.320 --> 00:42:57.760
 you can be

00:42:57.760 --> 00:42:58.179
 saved

00:42:58.179 --> 00:42:59.679
 because I

00:42:59.679 --> 00:43:00.019
 want you to

00:43:00.019 --> 00:43:00.860
 understand it's

00:43:00.860 --> 00:43:01.320
 not my

00:43:01.320 --> 00:43:01.700
 way it's

00:43:01.700 --> 00:43:02.000
 not the

00:43:02.000 --> 00:43:02.420
 preacher's

00:43:02.420 --> 00:43:04.480
 way it's

00:43:04.480 --> 00:43:04.800
 not a

00:43:04.800 --> 00:43:05.280
 historical

00:43:05.280 --> 00:43:05.920
 way it's

00:43:05.920 --> 00:43:06.280
 God's

00:43:06.280 --> 00:43:06.500
 way

00:43:06.500 --> 00:43:09.500
 there's no

00:43:09.500 --> 00:43:10.059
 other way

00:43:10.059 --> 00:43:16.740
 I encourage

00:43:16.740 --> 00:43:17.800
 you not to

00:43:17.800 --> 00:43:18.380
 walk away

00:43:18.380 --> 00:43:21.500
 but maybe

00:43:21.500 --> 00:43:21.820
 you're here

00:43:21.820 --> 00:43:22.280
 today and

00:43:22.280 --> 00:43:22.680
 you know

00:43:22.680 --> 00:43:23.160
 that you've

00:43:23.160 --> 00:43:23.780
 called upon

00:43:23.780 --> 00:43:24.120
 him that

00:43:24.120 --> 00:43:24.960
 you've been

00:43:24.960 --> 00:43:26.620
 mercifully upon

00:43:26.620 --> 00:43:27.280
 the stone

00:43:27.280 --> 00:43:28.660
 been broken

00:43:28.659 --> 00:43:29.079
 by the

00:43:29.079 --> 00:43:29.779
 conviction of

00:43:29.779 --> 00:43:30.119
 the Holy

00:43:30.119 --> 00:43:30.599
 Spirit

00:43:30.599 --> 00:43:33.980
 maybe you

00:43:33.980 --> 00:43:34.519
 know clearly

00:43:34.519 --> 00:43:34.879
 there's a

00:43:34.879 --> 00:43:35.279
 time in your

00:43:35.279 --> 00:43:35.659
 life when

00:43:35.659 --> 00:43:36.039
 you called

00:43:36.039 --> 00:43:36.519
 upon him

00:43:36.519 --> 00:43:37.019
 as Savior

00:43:37.019 --> 00:43:40.839
 maybe you

00:43:40.839 --> 00:43:41.239
 just need to

00:43:41.239 --> 00:43:41.659
 take a few

00:43:41.659 --> 00:43:42.299
 moments today

00:43:42.299 --> 00:43:43.019
 to remember

00:43:43.019 --> 00:43:45.539
 God's

00:43:45.539 --> 00:43:46.079
 goodness to

00:43:46.079 --> 00:43:46.359
 you

00:43:46.359 --> 00:43:48.379
 and his

00:43:48.379 --> 00:43:48.779
 grace

00:43:48.779 --> 00:43:51.399
 that we

00:43:51.399 --> 00:43:51.619
 ought to

00:43:51.619 --> 00:43:51.980
 come to

00:43:51.980 --> 00:43:52.299
 him

00:43:52.300 --> 00:43:54.840
 heavenly

00:43:54.840 --> 00:43:55.420
 father as

00:43:55.420 --> 00:43:55.780
 we just

00:43:55.780 --> 00:43:59.000
 finish here

00:43:59.000 --> 00:43:59.560
 this morning

00:43:59.560 --> 00:44:00.120
 lord with an

00:44:00.120 --> 00:44:00.800
 opportunity

00:44:00.800 --> 00:44:03.820
 an opportunity

00:44:03.820 --> 00:44:05.720
 to respond

00:44:05.719 --> 00:44:08.859
 to your

00:44:08.859 --> 00:44:09.239
 word

00:44:09.239 --> 00:44:11.799
 lord I

00:44:11.799 --> 00:44:12.159
 pray that you

00:44:12.159 --> 00:44:12.459
 have your

00:44:12.459 --> 00:44:12.899
 hand upon

00:44:12.899 --> 00:44:13.419
 each heart

00:44:13.419 --> 00:44:13.959
 each life

00:44:13.959 --> 00:44:14.439
 here today

00:44:14.439 --> 00:44:14.879
 you know

00:44:14.879 --> 00:44:15.480
 each one

00:44:15.480 --> 00:44:17.359
 just as you

00:44:17.359 --> 00:44:18.919
 knew the

00:44:18.919 --> 00:44:19.399
 hearts of

00:44:19.399 --> 00:44:19.919
 those men

00:44:19.919 --> 00:44:20.379
 there that

00:44:20.379 --> 00:44:20.599
 day

00:44:20.599 --> 00:44:20.899
 you know

00:44:20.899 --> 00:44:21.399
 the hearts

00:44:21.399 --> 00:44:21.779
 of each

00:44:21.779 --> 00:44:22.719
 individual

00:44:22.719 --> 00:44:23.079
 in the

00:44:23.079 --> 00:44:23.659
 auditorium

00:44:23.659 --> 00:44:24.179
 this morning

00:44:24.179 --> 00:44:26.579
 lord I

00:44:26.579 --> 00:44:26.919
 pray that

00:44:26.919 --> 00:44:27.419
 your spirit

00:44:27.419 --> 00:44:27.819
 would work

00:44:27.819 --> 00:44:28.079
 in a

00:44:28.079 --> 00:44:28.299
 mighty

00:44:28.299 --> 00:44:28.739
 way

00:44:28.739 --> 00:44:32.199
 you know

00:44:32.199 --> 00:44:32.619
 the need

00:44:32.619 --> 00:44:32.959
 of each

00:44:32.959 --> 00:44:33.359
 one

00:44:33.359 --> 00:44:35.099
 lord we

00:44:35.099 --> 00:44:35.619
 just ask

00:44:35.619 --> 00:44:36.039
 that be

00:44:36.039 --> 00:44:36.299
 met

00:44:36.299 --> 00:44:36.699
 today

00:44:36.699 --> 00:44:36.980
 and that

00:44:36.980 --> 00:44:37.299
 we would

00:44:37.299 --> 00:44:37.960
 respond

00:44:37.960 --> 00:44:40.460
 to you

00:44:40.460 --> 00:44:42.880
 and lord as

00:44:42.880 --> 00:44:43.440
 we turn this

00:44:43.440 --> 00:44:44.219
 invitation to

00:44:44.219 --> 00:44:44.739
 you and your

00:44:44.739 --> 00:44:45.480
 spirit lord we

00:44:45.480 --> 00:44:45.880
 pray that you

00:44:45.880 --> 00:44:46.279
 just work

00:44:46.279 --> 00:44:47.799
 mightily in

00:44:47.799 --> 00:44:48.279
 hearts here

00:44:48.279 --> 00:44:48.739
 today

00:44:48.739 --> 00:44:49.880
 and this we

00:44:49.880 --> 00:44:50.519
 ask in the

00:44:50.519 --> 00:44:51.139
 precious name

00:44:51.139 --> 00:44:51.699
 of Jesus

00:44:51.699 --> 00:44:53.079
 amen

00:44:53.079 --> 00:44:53.519
 heads are

00:44:53.519 --> 00:44:53.920
 bowed and

00:44:53.920 --> 00:44:54.259
 eyes are

00:44:54.259 --> 00:44:54.539
 closed