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 Welcome to Ontario Community Church, where we are encouraging, equipping, and engaging lives for Christ.

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 I'm Pastor Patrick Daly, and each week I share sermons that balance the grace and love of Jesus Christ with the truth of the Word of God.

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 Together, we'll explore Scripture using observation, interpretation, and application.

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 This helps us discover practical ways to live out our faith every single day.

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 Let's dive in together into God's Word.

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 Well, good morning, everyone.

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 How's the time change?

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 So some of us absolutely like the time change, some of us don't, and I'm reminded how in Hawaii there is no time change.

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 So for those of us who visit or have any relatives in Hawaii, it stays constant every single time.

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 So that's pretty cool for that.

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 Well, today, we are going to do, we're continuing our sermon series through the parables that's found in Scripture.

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 We've been going through the Gospel of Matthew, where we've gone over quite a few parables.

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 The parable of the net for last Sunday, if you remember.

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 Someone who was casting the net into the sea, pulling up fish and separating it, representing the final judgment that we see that is directly tied into Revelation 20,

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 which is really awesome when you start seeing connections not only throughout the bulk of Scripture,

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 but also even in books that sometimes cause controversy, such as Revelation.

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 But it's still part of the Word of God, and it's still important for us to read, to discover, to learn, to observe, and to apply to our very lives.

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 And so today, we are going to go over to the Gospel of Luke.

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 And it's going to be Luke chapter 18, verses 9 through 14, if you want to turn there.

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 You are welcome to use the ESV Pew Bible that's on page 1042, or whatever mobile device, or whatever Bible translation of your choice.

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 You know, one thing that's always, has been very interesting.

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 How many of you? I want to ask all of you.

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 How many of you have met someone that you just know they like to boast?

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 Some of us don't know anybody like that. I'm sure you do.

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 We've all met someone like that.

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 Someone that's very arrogant.

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 Someone that's very proud.

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 Especially those kind of people where they like to one-up you.

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 You tell them one story of something that's going on.

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 Well, I know something. Let me tell you what happened the other day.

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 Ah, your story's not that significant.

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 We've met people like that.

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 We find that not only in people that we interact with on a personal level, but also when we consider these little fun guys known as our phones.

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 We look at, you know, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, X.

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 People that are living their best lives, right?

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 When really what they're doing is setting up an image to make it look better than what's actually going on.

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 Let's be honest here, right?

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 It's just like how if you have someone that's coming to visit your house and you've got to clean up really quick so you sweep things under the rug to put your best foot forward, and rightfully so.

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 But for many of us, we know someone who loves, who's very prideful, very arrogant, and loves to just constantly compare themselves to you.

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 And what we're going to find in Scripture today is that Jesus tells a parable about two men who come before God in prayer.

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 One of them is filled with arrogance, with pride, and the other one is filled with humility.

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 And it is one of them who leaves and is justified.

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 Let's pray together, and we'll go ahead and read this verse together.

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 Dear Lord and Heavenly Father, we are grateful that we are here today in this time and in this place with this time change.

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 We are reminded that you are the God of all time and of every season.

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 We certainly appreciate when the seasons change and things begin to warm up, but we are reminded that you are the God of all.

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 Father, we ask that you are with us in this time and in this place.

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 May we all recognize that you are the Lord of all.

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 And I pray that no matter where anyone here today is on life's journey, may they come to you.

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 And may they do life living and loving like you.

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 Father, we've been going over these parables.

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 May we have ears that listen to you.

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 May we have eyes to see the truth and the beauty of what you provide for us.

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 And also, may we have our hearts ready to receive your word and to live in love like you.

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 It is in the name of Jesus that we pray together and we all say together, amen.

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 Amen.

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 All right.

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 So the Gospel of Luke, like I said, we've been going through the Gospel of Matthew for a lot of their parables.

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 Now we're in the Gospel of Luke, page 1042.

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 We're going to start at verse 9 here, 9 through 14.

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 We all there?

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 All right.

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 He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and treated others with contempt.

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 Two men went up into the temple to pray.

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 One of them was a what?

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 A Pharisee.

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 And the other was what?

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 A tax collector.

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 The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed thus,

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 God, I thank you that I'm not like other men.

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 I'm not like those extortioners, the unjust, the adulterers.

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 This is my favorite part.

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 Or even like this tax collector.

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 I fast twice a week.

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 And I give tithes of all that I get.

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 So we have the scene of the Pharisee right there.

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 But what about the tax collector?

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 But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven,

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 but beat his breast, saying, saying what?

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 God, be merciful to me, a sinner.

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 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other.

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 For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled,

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 but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.

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 I want you to picture the scene here.

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 You have two men that are going to the temple.

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 And one of them, what's very interesting,

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 when the Jewish people would go to the temple to pray,

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 they would look up to the heavens.

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 And so I want you to imagine someone who's finely dressed,

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 standing by himself, praying,

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 God, I thank you that I'm not like these other men.

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 I'm not like the adulterers.

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 I'm not like the extortioners.

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 And I'm certainly not like this tax collector.

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 You can get an idea of how he is posturing himself,

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 how he's positioning himself.

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 And we also can think about the posture of his heart.

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 We then can see that there is this tax collector.

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 Now, for many of us, we may know that the tax collectors

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 were not really viewed upon highly in society.

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 I mean, if you don't know that, you should know that.

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 And we can think right off the bat.

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 We can think of maybe people that are outcasts in society even today.

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 I mean, tax collectors may not have the greatest viewing even today.

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 So imagine this tax collector.

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 He's going into the temple.

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 Now, it was customary for, again,

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 the Jewish people to stand when they're praying.

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 But he's not lifting his eyes up towards heaven.

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 But instead, as it says in the scripture here,

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 he is saying,

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 standing far off would not even lift his eyes to heaven.

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 So instead of looking up in reverence, as it were,

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 he beats his chest,

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 saying what, church?

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 God, be merciful to me, a sinner.

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 And even in that verse, you see that it says,

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 the language is saying that he stood far off.

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 Now, that's kind of an interesting one.

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 There's some debate on scholars on what that means.

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 Some of them say,

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 well, the tax collector was completely away from this Pharisee.

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 Maybe the Pharisee looked at him funny.

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 You guys have had those moments in life before

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 where you can tell someone's judging you.

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 Maybe the tax collector was far off from the Pharisee

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 because he wanted nothing to do with him.

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 It's also been stated,

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 again, there's some debate on this,

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 but we can think nonetheless,

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 that the tax collector was in the outer courts.

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 That instead, he was far off,

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 not just from the tax collector,

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 but from the presence of God.

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 That he felt convicted, as it were.

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 He felt the weight of the wrong that he had done.

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 In other words, he felt humble before God.

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 And he's praying this prayer,

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 God, be merciful to me, a sinner.

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 Isn't that like what we would call a sinner's prayer?

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 I mean, a form of one, at least.

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 And we see that this parable

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 is kind of smashed into a couple things that are going on.

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 The first being the parable of the persistent widow,

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 which we're not going into today.

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 But the parable of the persistent widow

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 is talking about humility.

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 The widow that's constantly going before the judge

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 and asking for justice,

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 humbling herself before the judge.

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 Here, we're seeing humility of the tax collector.

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 And then further on,

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 when it's talking about,

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 let the children come to me,

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 we have all heard that before, pretty much, right?

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 Let the children come to me,

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 because the mind of a child

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 is in awe and in wonder of the Lord.

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 And to think that we are to have

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 a similar mind of a child

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 can be very challenging for us.

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 But it's still showing this connection

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 with humility.

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 So the Pharisee stands by himself

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 and he prays about himself,

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 that he is boasting his own ego.

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 And he's listing his religious accomplishments,

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 saying that he fasts twice a week,

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 which is above the requirement,

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 and gave a tenth of all that he had

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 beyond what the law required.

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 And he's justifying himself by comparison,

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 rather than by humbling himself before God.

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 The tax collector, on the other hand,

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 humble and repentant.

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 Again, he's standing at a distance.

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 His eyes are downcast.

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 He beats his chest,

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 which is a sign of deep sorrow.

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 When we think about that.

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 And prays but the simplest prayer.

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 Not about his accomplishments,

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 but coming before the Lord.

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 God, be merciful to me, a sinner.

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 And for those of you who love the Greek,

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 he's saying,

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 make atonement for me.

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 Right?

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 Again, think of the humility in that.

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 And we find that in that verse 14,

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 where Christ is saying,

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 I tell you that this man,

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 the tax collector,

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 rather than the other,

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 went home justified before God.

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 And it's this idea

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 that the one who humbles themself

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 will be exalted,

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 and the one that exalts themself

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 will be humbled.

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 It's this very idea, church,

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 about the posture of the heart.

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 It's not about what we do

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 or our accomplishments.

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 Rather,

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 it's about us coming before the Lord.

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 And so when we look at this then,

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 what can we learn from this?

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 I mean, not only can we,

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 I want you to consider this on the screen,

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 but also think for a moment,

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 this parable is more common.

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 We can think of the tax collectors

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 that exist in the world today,

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 and the Pharisees that exist in the world today.

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 How many of us,

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 well, you don't have to raise your hand here,

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 but you might know a Pharisee

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 who's more interested on the things

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 that they have accomplished

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 rather than coming before the Lord

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 and relying on Him.

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 Some of us may know the tax collectors.

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 We may know the outcasts of society

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 who are coming before the Lord

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 just wanting to be in His presence,

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 to be close to Him.

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 Can we think about people like that?

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 I'm sure that for all of us

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 in our own network,

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 our own friends and families,

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 co-workers, students and teachers,

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 we can think of people

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 who can fit that kind of mold.

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 And so what we can learn from this then,

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 number one,

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 is that grace matters more than works.

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 We think about it,

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 us as Christians today,

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 as opposed to what was happening back then,

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 is that the Jewish people

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 would constantly go into the temple

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 for the forgiveness of sins.

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 As Christians today,

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 we know that Christ,

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 Jesus paid it all, right?

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 Like that song says,

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 all to Him I owe.

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 And so we recognize

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 that there's that sense of humility

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 before God that existed then

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 and certainly can exist now

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 and does exist now.

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 That we need Jesus Christ in our life.

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 And it's knowing

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 that God extends that invitation

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 to every single one of us.

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 And it's the question of

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 if we respond to that invitation,

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 humbling ourselves before God.

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 recognizing that we need

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 that which is higher,

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 that which is greater than us.

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 And so in this,

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 the grace that comes from God

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 is more powerful than what we can do.

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 Can you imagine for a moment?

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 Imagine for just a second here

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 if heaven was filled with only the rich.

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 man,

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 talk about arrogance, right?

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 Who gave more?

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 Who had more?

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 But instead,

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 instead of what we can do,

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 it is what Christ has done for you

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 by His death on the cross.

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 Knowing that salvation

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 is not contingent on how much money you have.

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 It's not contingent on

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 where you come from,

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 what you have gone through

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 or what you're going through,

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 how many degrees you may have.

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 And let's face it,

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 in the world that we live in,

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 we live in a world

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 where it's all about

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 stacking things up, right?

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 I don't want one Ferrari,

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 I want five of them.

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 I don't want five houses,

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 I want 50 houses.

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 Right?

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 I mean,

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 sometimes,

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 I'll be very honest,

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 when I go on YouTube

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 or TikTok,

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 I sometimes see videos,

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 I got my third master's degree

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 and I'm on my way

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 to my second doctorate's.

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 Cool.

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 Good for you, man.

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 But that's the kind of world

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 that we live in.

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 Where people like to,

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 and,

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 that's the world we live in.

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 People like to showcase

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 their accomplishments.

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 But when it comes to salvation

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 that comes from the Lord,

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 it's a very different situation

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 about what God has done for us

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 rather than what we can do.

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 The second thing being,

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 this one's a little harder, right?

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 Comparing our faith with others' faith

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 is what, church?

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 It's foolish, right?

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 And not only can we think about this

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 in our own accomplishments,

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 my dad used to tell me

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 when I was very young,

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 don't compare yourself with others

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 because there will always be

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 someone better than you,

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 especially how you define better, right?

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 So not only is that unhealthy

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 when we're constantly comparing ourselves

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 with others' accomplishments,

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 who makes more,

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 who does more,

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 who's stronger,

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 et cetera, et cetera,

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 but when it comes to our own faith,

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 I pray that every single one of you

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 come to know who Jesus Christ is.

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 For many of us,

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 we may be on a journey

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 seeking to find truth.

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 And I pray that your pursuit of truth

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 will be coming to find

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 that Jesus is the way,

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 the truth,

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 and the life.

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 And upon believing in Christ

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 and being saved,

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 may your journey be one

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 that is in Christ.

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 Being molded by him,

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 right?

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 Just as I've mentioned before,

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 that God is the potter

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 and we are the clay,

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 the work of his hands.

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 May God mold you

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 and transform you

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 into who the Lord wants you to be.

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 That's the beautiful thing

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 about being a Christian.

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 Not only the greatest thing,

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 that we receive salvation,

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 that we will have eternal life,

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 but that God transforms

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 our very lives.

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 How many of you know someone

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 that wasn't a Christian

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 and became a Christian

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 and you saw drastic changes

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 in their life?

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 I know I have.

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 You don't have to raise your hand,

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 but I'm sure,

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 I hope you know someone like that.

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 Maybe that's yourself

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 that has gone through

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 such a transition.

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 And so comparing our faith

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 with others' faith

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 is foolish.

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 In 2 Corinthians 10, verse 12,

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 there's a mentioning

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 where the apostle Paul

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 rebukes false teachers

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 who define righteousness

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 by human comparison.

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 We can also see

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 how in Scripture

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 there's this constant

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 obsessive comparison disorder,

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 as it were.

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 People constantly comparing themselves

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 nowadays in the world

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 that we live in,

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 but also even in Scripture.

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 You know, Cain and Abel.

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 Right?

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 Or we can think of Jonah,

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 how he had a hardened heart

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 towards the city of Nineveh.

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 Or you can even think

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 of the elder brother,

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 right?

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 The prodigal son.

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 You can think about that.

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 There's many times in Scripture

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 where we see this.

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 And so we have to remember,

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 the Pharisee felt

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 that he was justified

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 by what he was doing.

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 Being prideful and arrogant

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 by what he accomplished

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 rather than the mercy

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 that comes from the Lord.

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 And the third thing

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 is that salvation

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 comes through faith,

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 humility to God.

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 It is the recognizing.

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 When we believe in Christ,

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 it's believing in the death,

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 the burial,

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 and the resurrection of Christ.

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 Do you realize

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 that it's acknowledging

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 the power that comes

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 from the Lord?

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 That the power of God

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 is far greater

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 than what we can do.

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 I mean,

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 if you think about

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 the miracles of Christ,

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 turning water to wine,

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 walking on water,

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 healing the sick,

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 raising people

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 from the dead,

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 we don't have

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 that kind of power,

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 let's be honest.

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 And if you think you do,

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 I'll talk to you later

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 after it.

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 The reality is,

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 it's showing the power

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 that comes from the Lord.

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 That God is far beyond

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 our understanding.

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 His power,

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 His mercy,

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 His healing,

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 His presence

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 is far greater

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 than we could understand

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 or we could ever do.

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 Is that not humility?

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 Is that not recognizing

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 that,

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 hey, look,

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 I can't do it on my own.

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 I need you, God.

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 Be merciful to me,

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 a sinner.

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 For we are all sinners

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 that are in need

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 of a Savior.

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 Savior.

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 And when we believe

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 in Jesus Christ,

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 yes,

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 it is the changing

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 of the mind,

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 but it's recognizing

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 the power

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 and the glory

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 and the truth

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 that come from Christ.

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 And so,

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 many of you know

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 the Ephesians chapter 2

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 verses 8 through 9.

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 Don't forget that verse 10

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 that comes after it.

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 Many of you can quote it verbatim.

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 For by grace

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 you have been saved, right?

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 Not of works

00:21:32.859 --> 00:21:34.679
 so that no one may boast, right?

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 That verse 10

00:21:36.500 --> 00:21:38.399
 speaks to the idea

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 of works

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 because there's some people

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 that believe,

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 well, you're saved by grace.

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 I'm good to go.

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 There's still a call

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 for us to grow in the Lord

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 and to do good

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 in His name.

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 Where it says

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 the language in there,

00:21:51.720 --> 00:21:54.319
 we are His workmanship

00:21:54.319 --> 00:21:56.839
 created in Jesus Christ

00:21:56.839 --> 00:21:58.860
 for good works.

00:21:59.660 --> 00:22:00.680
 Saved by grace

00:22:00.680 --> 00:22:02.440
 through faith, right?

00:22:02.500 --> 00:22:03.900
 So that no one can boast,

00:22:03.980 --> 00:22:05.360
 no one can compare themselves.

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 And we are created

00:22:07.779 --> 00:22:08.880
 so that

00:22:08.880 --> 00:22:10.559
 we can do good

00:22:10.559 --> 00:22:11.759
 in the name of Christ.

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 That then comes

00:22:13.900 --> 00:22:15.259
 to the application

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 then of,

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 okay,

00:22:16.380 --> 00:22:19.580
 so we've gone over

00:22:19.580 --> 00:22:20.140
 a parable

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 where there's this Pharisee

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 who's just puffed up

00:22:22.880 --> 00:22:23.540
 with pride

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 and this tax collector

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 and there's things

00:22:25.980 --> 00:22:27.060
 that we can learn.

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 Let us always remember

00:22:29.160 --> 00:22:31.260
 when we come together,

00:22:31.620 --> 00:22:33.080
 we should come together

00:22:33.080 --> 00:22:34.420
 united in Christ,

00:22:35.420 --> 00:22:37.040
 opening the Word of God

00:22:37.040 --> 00:22:37.920
 as the source,

00:22:38.700 --> 00:22:39.760
 learning lessons

00:22:39.760 --> 00:22:41.280
 for our own growth

00:22:41.280 --> 00:22:41.920
 and development,

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 but let us not forget

00:22:43.600 --> 00:22:44.440
 the application.

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 How can I live

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 and apply this

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 to my very life?

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 Number one,

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 examine the posture

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 of your heart.

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 As I mentioned,

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 are there Pharisees anymore?

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 Maybe not literal Pharisees,

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 but there are still people

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 that have that kind of heart,

00:23:04.259 --> 00:23:04.700
 aren't there?

00:23:05.519 --> 00:23:06.539
 I see some of you

00:23:06.539 --> 00:23:07.220
 shaking your head.

00:23:07.300 --> 00:23:08.500
 You may know someone, right?

00:23:08.519 --> 00:23:09.480
 You may know a few people

00:23:09.480 --> 00:23:10.380
 who are like that,

00:23:10.380 --> 00:23:12.420
 who are so focused

00:23:12.420 --> 00:23:15.200
 that their heart

00:23:15.200 --> 00:23:16.200
 gets hardened,

00:23:16.540 --> 00:23:17.220
 as it were.

00:23:18.740 --> 00:23:19.960
 They get angry.

00:23:20.680 --> 00:23:21.660
 They compare themselves.

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 I'm glad I'm not like...

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 And you fill in the blank.

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 This is a call for you

00:23:29.620 --> 00:23:31.580
 to reflect on.

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 Do you identify more

00:23:33.480 --> 00:23:34.360
 with the Pharisee?

00:23:35.660 --> 00:23:36.520
 If you do,

00:23:37.280 --> 00:23:38.940
 let this be a call for you

00:23:38.940 --> 00:23:41.840
 to submit to the Lord.

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 To recognize,

00:23:44.380 --> 00:23:45.660
 I get it.

00:23:46.200 --> 00:23:47.100
 You're accomplished.

00:23:47.860 --> 00:23:48.840
 You've done a lot.

00:23:49.900 --> 00:23:51.360
 But when it comes to God,

00:23:51.700 --> 00:23:53.059
 it's not about what you do.

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 It's about what's been done

00:23:54.940 --> 00:23:55.380
 for you.

00:23:56.700 --> 00:23:58.380
 For those of you that know

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 any modern day Pharisees,

00:24:01.140 --> 00:24:03.200
 let this be a call for you

00:24:03.200 --> 00:24:04.440
 to pray for them.

00:24:05.299 --> 00:24:06.100
 Pray for the ones

00:24:06.100 --> 00:24:07.980
 whose hearts have been hardened,

00:24:07.980 --> 00:24:10.519
 that God will soften their heart.

00:24:12.140 --> 00:24:13.279
 Whether that's you

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 or someone you know.

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 So examine your heart

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 and maybe

00:24:18.039 --> 00:24:20.299
 you're like the tax collector.

00:24:21.759 --> 00:24:22.720
 Recognizing your need

00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:23.279
 for the Lord.

00:24:25.519 --> 00:24:26.700
 That Jesus Christ

00:24:26.700 --> 00:24:27.740
 is all that you need.

00:24:28.920 --> 00:24:29.720
 Number two,

00:24:31.160 --> 00:24:32.420
 look to Christ

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 and don't what?

00:24:35.700 --> 00:24:36.980
 Don't compare yourself

00:24:36.980 --> 00:24:37.640
 with others.

00:24:38.539 --> 00:24:39.000
 Right?

00:24:39.100 --> 00:24:40.060
 Just like we see

00:24:40.060 --> 00:24:40.940
 on Instagram

00:24:40.940 --> 00:24:42.000
 or we see

00:24:42.000 --> 00:24:42.759
 in the world

00:24:42.759 --> 00:24:43.600
 that we live in,

00:24:43.820 --> 00:24:45.000
 there are some people

00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:45.900
 who just look

00:24:45.900 --> 00:24:46.900
 so put together.

00:24:47.920 --> 00:24:48.200
 Now,

00:24:48.240 --> 00:24:48.759
 I'm not saying

00:24:48.759 --> 00:24:50.060
 don't put your best foot forward.

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 But sometimes

00:24:51.759 --> 00:24:52.600
 the image

00:24:52.600 --> 00:24:53.580
 that we see

00:24:53.580 --> 00:24:54.920
 may not be

00:24:54.920 --> 00:24:55.960
 reality

00:24:55.960 --> 00:24:57.279
 of what's

00:24:57.279 --> 00:24:58.860
 actually going on

00:24:58.860 --> 00:25:00.240
 behind the scenes.

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 I should have put

00:25:02.420 --> 00:25:03.620
 some of those photos

00:25:03.620 --> 00:25:04.279
 where it shows

00:25:04.279 --> 00:25:05.640
 the image

00:25:05.640 --> 00:25:06.620
 that's on Instagram

00:25:06.620 --> 00:25:07.640
 and then it

00:25:07.640 --> 00:25:08.819
 zooms out a little bit

00:25:08.819 --> 00:25:10.500
 and it's nothing like

00:25:10.500 --> 00:25:11.259
 what the photo

00:25:11.259 --> 00:25:12.019
 is actually.

00:25:13.160 --> 00:25:13.880
 Many of you can,

00:25:14.059 --> 00:25:14.740
 you understand

00:25:14.740 --> 00:25:15.299
 what I mean

00:25:15.299 --> 00:25:16.079
 when I say that.

00:25:17.460 --> 00:25:18.299
 And so,

00:25:18.980 --> 00:25:21.200
 let this be a call

00:25:21.200 --> 00:25:21.720
 for you

00:25:21.720 --> 00:25:22.420
 to be

00:25:22.420 --> 00:25:23.680
 on a journey

00:25:23.680 --> 00:25:24.299
 in Christ

00:25:24.299 --> 00:25:25.240
 if you haven't begun

00:25:25.240 --> 00:25:25.680
 already.

00:25:26.019 --> 00:25:26.799
 And if you are,

00:25:26.960 --> 00:25:27.779
 continue to grow.

00:25:27.779 --> 00:25:29.899
 encourage one another

00:25:29.899 --> 00:25:30.899
 but certainly

00:25:30.899 --> 00:25:31.639
 don't compare.

00:25:32.799 --> 00:25:33.879
 Where you are at,

00:25:34.019 --> 00:25:35.160
 what the Lord

00:25:35.160 --> 00:25:36.220
 is teaching you

00:25:36.220 --> 00:25:36.660
 today

00:25:36.660 --> 00:25:37.819
 is certainly

00:25:37.819 --> 00:25:38.539
 going to be different

00:25:38.539 --> 00:25:39.259
 to the person

00:25:39.259 --> 00:25:39.940
 next to you

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 and to the person

00:25:40.839 --> 00:25:41.299
 next

00:25:41.299 --> 00:25:42.639
 and so on.

00:25:43.680 --> 00:25:44.559
 Let's remember that.

00:25:45.059 --> 00:25:45.819
 The idea

00:25:45.819 --> 00:25:46.720
 is that we all

00:25:46.720 --> 00:25:47.639
 come to know Christ

00:25:47.639 --> 00:25:48.319
 and we're all

00:25:48.319 --> 00:25:49.799
 growing nonetheless.

00:25:50.339 --> 00:25:51.139
 When we think

00:25:51.139 --> 00:25:51.480
 of

00:25:51.480 --> 00:25:52.940
 the scattering

00:25:52.940 --> 00:25:53.579
 of seeds

00:25:53.579 --> 00:25:54.339
 on the ground,

00:25:54.899 --> 00:25:55.480
 plants,

00:25:55.480 --> 00:25:56.860
 do they all

00:25:56.860 --> 00:25:57.460
 grow at the

00:25:57.460 --> 00:25:58.200
 same time?

00:25:58.480 --> 00:25:58.660
 Well,

00:25:59.059 --> 00:25:59.559
 they kind of

00:25:59.559 --> 00:26:00.019
 grow in the

00:26:00.019 --> 00:26:00.640
 same season,

00:26:00.839 --> 00:26:01.019
 sure.

00:26:01.460 --> 00:26:01.839
 They don't

00:26:01.839 --> 00:26:02.920
 all grow

00:26:02.920 --> 00:26:03.700
 at the same

00:26:03.700 --> 00:26:04.019
 time.

00:26:04.120 --> 00:26:04.980
 Some shoot up,

00:26:05.319 --> 00:26:05.759
 some take

00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:06.160
 a little bit

00:26:06.160 --> 00:26:06.559
 of time.

00:26:07.660 --> 00:26:08.400
 So too

00:26:08.400 --> 00:26:08.920
 is it

00:26:08.920 --> 00:26:10.180
 in our

00:26:10.180 --> 00:26:10.880
 spiritual walk

00:26:10.880 --> 00:26:11.400
 with the Lord.

00:26:11.920 --> 00:26:12.640
 We are all

00:26:12.640 --> 00:26:13.500
 called to grow

00:26:13.500 --> 00:26:14.220
 and to bear

00:26:14.220 --> 00:26:14.880
 fruit.

00:26:16.480 --> 00:26:16.740
 And then

00:26:16.740 --> 00:26:17.220
 finally,

00:26:18.680 --> 00:26:19.759
 extend grace

00:26:19.759 --> 00:26:20.500
 to others

00:26:20.500 --> 00:26:21.559
 devoted

00:26:21.559 --> 00:26:22.680
 like the

00:26:22.680 --> 00:26:23.599
 tax collectors.

00:26:23.599 --> 00:26:25.459
 it's important

00:26:25.459 --> 00:26:25.919
 for us

00:26:25.919 --> 00:26:26.719
 to reflect

00:26:26.719 --> 00:26:27.799
 and it's

00:26:27.799 --> 00:26:28.599
 important for us

00:26:28.599 --> 00:26:29.359
 not to compare

00:26:29.359 --> 00:26:29.919
 ourselves,

00:26:30.199 --> 00:26:30.839
 but let this

00:26:30.839 --> 00:26:31.379
 be a call

00:26:31.379 --> 00:26:31.939
 for you

00:26:31.939 --> 00:26:33.319
 to share

00:26:33.319 --> 00:26:34.219
 in the love

00:26:34.219 --> 00:26:34.980
 and the grace

00:26:34.980 --> 00:26:35.619
 that comes

00:26:35.619 --> 00:26:36.259
 from Jesus

00:26:36.259 --> 00:26:36.819
 Christ.

00:26:37.240 --> 00:26:37.839
 What that

00:26:37.839 --> 00:26:38.659
 can look like

00:26:38.659 --> 00:26:39.759
 is again

00:26:39.759 --> 00:26:40.819
 praying for

00:26:40.819 --> 00:26:41.319
 those with

00:26:41.319 --> 00:26:42.159
 hardened hearts.

00:26:42.379 --> 00:26:43.099
 It can be

00:26:43.099 --> 00:26:43.679
 having a

00:26:43.679 --> 00:26:44.819
 simple conversation

00:26:44.819 --> 00:26:46.079
 with someone

00:26:46.079 --> 00:26:46.719
 that doesn't

00:26:46.719 --> 00:26:47.379
 know the Lord.

00:26:47.699 --> 00:26:48.259
 It can be

00:26:48.259 --> 00:26:49.099
 a conversation

00:26:49.099 --> 00:26:50.879
 with a Pharisee.

00:26:50.880 --> 00:26:54.060
 let us

00:26:54.060 --> 00:26:54.740
 be

00:26:54.740 --> 00:26:55.480
 encouraged.

00:26:56.140 --> 00:26:56.700
 It's

00:26:56.700 --> 00:26:57.220
 okay

00:26:57.220 --> 00:26:58.140
 to share

00:26:58.140 --> 00:26:58.900
 in your

00:26:58.900 --> 00:26:59.580
 testimony

00:26:59.580 --> 00:27:00.800
 and to share

00:27:00.800 --> 00:27:01.400
 in the gospel

00:27:01.400 --> 00:27:02.000
 message with

00:27:02.000 --> 00:27:02.400
 others

00:27:02.400 --> 00:27:04.080
 that

00:27:04.080 --> 00:27:04.740
 whosoever

00:27:04.740 --> 00:27:05.380
 believes

00:27:05.380 --> 00:27:06.700
 shall not

00:27:06.700 --> 00:27:07.160
 perish

00:27:07.160 --> 00:27:08.180
 but have

00:27:08.180 --> 00:27:09.000
 eternal life.

00:27:09.620 --> 00:27:10.280
 And I

00:27:10.280 --> 00:27:10.960
 pray that

00:27:10.960 --> 00:27:12.740
 many of us

00:27:12.740 --> 00:27:13.120
 may have

00:27:13.120 --> 00:27:13.880
 family members

00:27:13.880 --> 00:27:14.420
 that we can

00:27:14.420 --> 00:27:14.900
 think of

00:27:14.900 --> 00:27:15.480
 right away

00:27:15.480 --> 00:27:17.320
 that we

00:27:17.320 --> 00:27:17.680
 can pray

00:27:17.680 --> 00:27:17.980
 for

00:27:17.980 --> 00:27:18.720
 or we

00:27:18.720 --> 00:27:19.020
 can have

00:27:19.020 --> 00:27:19.560
 a discussion

00:27:19.560 --> 00:27:19.920
 with.

00:27:19.920 --> 00:27:24.840
 Let us

00:27:24.840 --> 00:27:25.140
 be

00:27:25.140 --> 00:27:26.120
 like the

00:27:26.120 --> 00:27:26.840
 tax collector

00:27:26.840 --> 00:27:28.060
 who said

00:27:28.060 --> 00:27:28.700
 that simple

00:27:28.700 --> 00:27:29.140
 prayer

00:27:29.140 --> 00:27:30.360
 God

00:27:30.360 --> 00:27:31.259
 be merciful

00:27:31.259 --> 00:27:31.960
 to me

00:27:31.960 --> 00:27:33.140
 a sinner

00:27:33.140 --> 00:27:34.840
 and even

00:27:34.840 --> 00:27:36.160
 if we are

00:27:36.160 --> 00:27:36.740
 saved by

00:27:36.740 --> 00:27:37.259
 grace through

00:27:37.259 --> 00:27:37.800
 faith it's

00:27:37.800 --> 00:27:38.560
 still important

00:27:38.560 --> 00:27:38.960
 just like

00:27:38.960 --> 00:27:39.360
 when we

00:27:39.360 --> 00:27:40.800
 share in

00:27:40.800 --> 00:27:41.259
 communion

00:27:41.259 --> 00:27:42.840
 when we

00:27:42.840 --> 00:27:43.259
 are called

00:27:43.259 --> 00:27:43.680
 to do

00:27:43.680 --> 00:27:44.440
 this in

00:27:44.440 --> 00:27:44.960
 remembrance

00:27:44.960 --> 00:27:45.779
 of Christ

00:27:45.779 --> 00:27:47.019
 we are

00:27:47.019 --> 00:27:47.620
 reflecting

00:27:47.620 --> 00:27:48.259
 on the

00:27:48.259 --> 00:27:48.800
 sacrifice

00:27:48.800 --> 00:27:49.480
 that Christ

00:27:49.480 --> 00:27:49.940
 did for

00:27:49.940 --> 00:27:50.279
 us

00:27:50.279 --> 00:27:51.759
 and in

00:27:51.759 --> 00:27:52.140
 the same

00:27:52.140 --> 00:27:52.519
 way

00:27:52.519 --> 00:27:53.860
 let us

00:27:53.860 --> 00:27:54.559
 never forget

00:27:54.559 --> 00:27:55.099
 what the

00:27:55.099 --> 00:27:55.559
 Lord has

00:27:55.559 --> 00:27:56.059
 done for

00:27:56.059 --> 00:27:56.319
 us

00:27:56.319 --> 00:27:57.339
 the mercy

00:27:57.339 --> 00:27:58.079
 that he

00:27:58.079 --> 00:27:58.559
 has shown

00:27:58.559 --> 00:27:59.339
 for us

00:27:59.339 --> 00:28:01.099
 and so

00:28:01.099 --> 00:28:02.660
 in that

00:28:02.660 --> 00:28:03.480
 final verse

00:28:03.480 --> 00:28:04.160
 for all

00:28:04.160 --> 00:28:04.839
 those who

00:28:04.839 --> 00:28:05.220
 exalt

00:28:05.220 --> 00:28:05.700
 themselves

00:28:05.700 --> 00:28:06.120
 will be

00:28:06.120 --> 00:28:06.460
 humbled

00:28:06.460 --> 00:28:07.420
 and those

00:28:07.420 --> 00:28:08.019
 who humble

00:28:08.019 --> 00:28:09.140
 themselves

00:28:09.140 --> 00:28:09.839
 will be

00:28:09.839 --> 00:28:10.400
 exalted

00:28:10.400 --> 00:28:11.840
 and Jesus

00:28:11.840 --> 00:28:12.580
 asks the

00:28:12.580 --> 00:28:13.060
 question

00:28:13.060 --> 00:28:14.820
 what posture

00:28:14.820 --> 00:28:15.900
 do you

00:28:15.900 --> 00:28:16.240
 take

00:28:16.240 --> 00:28:17.200
 before God

00:28:17.200 --> 00:28:18.640
 only you

00:28:18.640 --> 00:28:19.160
 can answer

00:28:19.160 --> 00:28:19.500
 that

00:28:19.500 --> 00:28:20.560
 but I

00:28:20.560 --> 00:28:20.920
 pray

00:28:20.920 --> 00:28:21.680
 that you

00:28:21.680 --> 00:28:22.320
 may all

00:28:22.320 --> 00:28:22.960
 have a

00:28:22.960 --> 00:28:23.420
 softened

00:28:23.420 --> 00:28:23.820
 heart

00:28:23.820 --> 00:28:24.900
 ears

00:28:24.900 --> 00:28:25.759
 to hear

00:28:25.759 --> 00:28:26.840
 eyes

00:28:26.840 --> 00:28:27.440
 to see

00:28:27.440 --> 00:28:28.240
 and a

00:28:28.240 --> 00:28:28.580
 heart

00:28:28.580 --> 00:28:29.700
 to receive

00:28:29.700 --> 00:28:30.600
 let's pray

00:28:30.600 --> 00:28:31.019
 together

00:28:31.019 --> 00:28:33.540
 and father

00:28:33.540 --> 00:28:34.519
 we thank you

00:28:34.519 --> 00:28:35.100
 for this

00:28:35.100 --> 00:28:36.560
 time and this

00:28:36.560 --> 00:28:37.240
 opportunity to

00:28:37.240 --> 00:28:37.820
 go through this

00:28:37.820 --> 00:28:38.420
 parable through

00:28:38.420 --> 00:28:38.920
 the gospel

00:28:38.920 --> 00:28:39.560
 of Luke

00:28:39.560 --> 00:28:42.259
 it's certainly

00:28:42.259 --> 00:28:44.100
 a parable

00:28:44.100 --> 00:28:44.560
 that we can

00:28:44.560 --> 00:28:45.200
 all identify

00:28:45.200 --> 00:28:45.680
 with

00:28:45.680 --> 00:28:47.200
 father we

00:28:47.200 --> 00:28:47.740
 pray for

00:28:47.740 --> 00:28:48.039
 the

00:28:48.039 --> 00:28:49.160
 well the

00:28:49.160 --> 00:28:49.720
 Pharisees

00:28:49.720 --> 00:28:50.039
 in our

00:28:50.039 --> 00:28:50.420
 life

00:28:50.420 --> 00:28:52.940
 for their

00:28:52.940 --> 00:28:53.279
 hardened

00:28:53.279 --> 00:28:53.740
 hearts

00:28:53.740 --> 00:28:55.120
 or a

00:28:55.120 --> 00:28:55.759
 misunderstanding

00:28:55.759 --> 00:28:57.660
 we pray

00:28:57.660 --> 00:28:58.000
 that there

00:28:58.000 --> 00:28:58.440
 will be

00:28:58.440 --> 00:28:59.580
 a repentance

00:28:59.580 --> 00:29:00.120
 as it

00:29:00.120 --> 00:29:00.340
 were

00:29:00.340 --> 00:29:01.320
 which we

00:29:01.320 --> 00:29:01.600
 know

00:29:01.600 --> 00:29:02.120
 is the

00:29:02.120 --> 00:29:02.580
 changing

00:29:02.580 --> 00:29:03.039
 of the

00:29:03.039 --> 00:29:03.440
 mind

00:29:03.440 --> 00:29:05.120
 if there

00:29:05.120 --> 00:29:05.680
 is anyone

00:29:05.680 --> 00:29:06.240
 here who

00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:06.560
 has a

00:29:06.560 --> 00:29:06.820
 hardened

00:29:06.820 --> 00:29:07.080
 heart

00:29:07.080 --> 00:29:07.500
 we pray

00:29:07.500 --> 00:29:07.840
 that you

00:29:07.840 --> 00:29:08.300
 soften

00:29:08.299 --> 00:29:08.539
 it

00:29:08.539 --> 00:29:10.759
 we pray

00:29:10.759 --> 00:29:11.099
 for that

00:29:11.099 --> 00:29:11.819
 transformation

00:29:11.819 --> 00:29:13.359
 for those

00:29:13.359 --> 00:29:13.659
 of us

00:29:13.659 --> 00:29:14.279
 that identify

00:29:14.279 --> 00:29:14.799
 with the

00:29:14.799 --> 00:29:15.619
 tax collector

00:29:15.619 --> 00:29:17.399
 may we

00:29:17.399 --> 00:29:18.220
 continue on

00:29:18.220 --> 00:29:18.680
 our journey

00:29:18.680 --> 00:29:19.159
 and path

00:29:19.159 --> 00:29:20.000
 not comparing

00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:20.539
 ourselves

00:29:20.539 --> 00:29:21.180
 not to

00:29:21.180 --> 00:29:21.960
 become a

00:29:21.960 --> 00:29:22.500
 Pharisee

00:29:22.500 --> 00:29:23.000
 but to

00:29:23.000 --> 00:29:23.480
 be fully

00:29:23.480 --> 00:29:23.859
 devoted

00:29:23.859 --> 00:29:24.440
 to you

00:29:24.440 --> 00:29:26.799
 and I

00:29:26.799 --> 00:29:27.359
 pray father

00:29:27.359 --> 00:29:27.680
 that

00:29:27.680 --> 00:29:30.119
 we may

00:29:30.119 --> 00:29:31.460
 come to

00:29:31.460 --> 00:29:31.859
 know you

00:29:31.859 --> 00:29:32.180
 that we

00:29:32.180 --> 00:29:32.700
 all grow

00:29:32.700 --> 00:29:33.240
 together

00:29:33.240 --> 00:29:33.879
 in you

00:29:33.879 --> 00:29:35.379
 but also

00:29:35.379 --> 00:29:36.539
 may we

00:29:36.539 --> 00:29:37.079
 all be

00:29:37.079 --> 00:29:37.799
 moved to

00:29:37.799 --> 00:29:38.440
 do good

00:29:38.440 --> 00:29:38.899
 in your

00:29:38.899 --> 00:29:39.700
 holy name

00:29:39.700 --> 00:29:41.680
 you call

00:29:41.680 --> 00:29:42.139
 for us

00:29:42.139 --> 00:29:42.659
 to be

00:29:42.659 --> 00:29:43.399
 transformed

00:29:43.399 --> 00:29:44.519
 and to

00:29:44.519 --> 00:29:45.159
 act upon

00:29:45.159 --> 00:29:45.720
 this faith

00:29:45.720 --> 00:29:46.200
 that we

00:29:46.200 --> 00:29:47.740
 we love

00:29:47.740 --> 00:29:48.159
 you for

00:29:48.159 --> 00:29:48.639
 you loved

00:29:48.639 --> 00:29:49.159
 us first

00:29:49.159 --> 00:29:49.859
 and foremost

00:29:49.859 --> 00:29:53.039
 we thank

00:29:53.039 --> 00:29:53.419
 you so

00:29:53.419 --> 00:29:53.700
 much

00:29:53.700 --> 00:29:55.399
 again that

00:29:55.399 --> 00:29:55.700
 you give

00:29:55.700 --> 00:29:56.079
 us this

00:29:56.079 --> 00:29:56.399
 time

00:29:56.399 --> 00:29:56.879
 together

00:29:56.879 --> 00:29:58.599
 to worship

00:29:58.599 --> 00:29:59.139
 together

00:29:59.139 --> 00:30:00.480
 to read

00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:00.859
 from your

00:30:00.859 --> 00:30:01.259
 word

00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:02.700
 and to

00:30:02.700 --> 00:30:02.980
 delve

00:30:02.980 --> 00:30:03.660
 into it

00:30:03.660 --> 00:30:04.099
 together

00:30:04.099 --> 00:30:06.180
 and father

00:30:06.180 --> 00:30:06.680
 I pray

00:30:06.680 --> 00:30:07.099
 if there's

00:30:07.099 --> 00:30:07.740
 anyone here

00:30:07.740 --> 00:30:08.299
 that has

00:30:08.299 --> 00:30:08.859
 that hardened

00:30:08.859 --> 00:30:09.119
 heart

00:30:09.119 --> 00:30:09.640
 just be

00:30:09.640 --> 00:30:10.160
 with them

00:30:10.160 --> 00:30:11.259
 comfort

00:30:11.259 --> 00:30:11.599
 them

00:30:11.599 --> 00:30:12.599
 and show

00:30:12.599 --> 00:30:12.920
 them

00:30:12.920 --> 00:30:14.740
 it's not

00:30:14.740 --> 00:30:15.400
 about what

00:30:15.400 --> 00:30:16.759
 you do

00:30:16.759 --> 00:30:17.920
 rather what's

00:30:17.920 --> 00:30:18.579
 been done

00:30:18.579 --> 00:30:19.539
 because of

00:30:19.539 --> 00:30:20.000
 you father

00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:21.140
 and we

00:30:21.140 --> 00:30:21.660
 thank you

00:30:21.660 --> 00:30:22.079
 what you

00:30:22.079 --> 00:30:22.900
 have done

00:30:22.900 --> 00:30:23.519
 for us

00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:25.660
 we love

00:30:25.660 --> 00:30:25.839
 you

00:30:25.839 --> 00:30:26.559
 we praise

00:30:26.559 --> 00:30:26.779
 you

00:30:26.779 --> 00:30:27.500
 we glorify

00:30:27.500 --> 00:30:27.740
 you

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 and we

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 honor

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 you

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 it is in

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 the name

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 of Jesus

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 Christ

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 that we

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 pray

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 and we

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 all say

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 together

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 amen

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 amen

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 thank you

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 for listening

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 that you

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 are encouraged

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 and strengthened

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 in your

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 live out

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