WEBVTT 00:00:00.860 --> 00:00:05.560 It's good to be here with you guys tonight. It's been such a blessing to serve at Advent in a 00:00:05.560 --> 00:00:12.019 fellow's role, and I'm really, really excited to talk about this parable tonight. One of the things 00:00:12.019 --> 00:00:17.660 that Tommy said to me as he was sort of prepping me tonight to speak was he said, remember one thing, 00:00:17.719 --> 00:00:25.580 if nothing else, that God loves these people, and so do you. And that's a profound statement, 00:00:25.579 --> 00:00:32.939 both from Tommy but also in this story that Jesus is trying to get across, that Jesus' love is so deep 00:00:32.939 --> 00:00:39.599 and so wide that it's meant for everyone, and there's not a person in this room who can't receive 00:00:39.599 --> 00:00:48.119 that. So saying that, let's open with a quote from English priest C.F. Andrews, who served as a 00:00:48.119 --> 00:00:54.879 missionary in India for most of his life, and it says this, Christ seeks from us deeds, not words. 00:00:55.579 --> 00:01:00.939 Devotion to him is in the first place not sentimental, but practical. If the Christian 00:01:00.939 --> 00:01:07.519 faith has no power to restore or recreate the human will, leading one to deeds of unselfish service, 00:01:08.159 --> 00:01:10.359 then it stands self-condemned. 00:01:13.039 --> 00:01:17.579 Well, after saying to you that Jesus loves you and then saying that if we're not doing anything 00:01:17.579 --> 00:01:22.920 about it, the faith stands self-condemned, I think we need to look into it a little bit more 00:01:22.920 --> 00:01:30.820 together and talk about it. So tonight as we wrap up the parable series, I want to really dive into the 00:01:30.820 --> 00:01:38.379 idea that throughout Jesus' ministry, and specifically here, what he's doing is he's reorienting the way 00:01:38.379 --> 00:01:42.840 that people look at faith. He's reorienting the way people approach the relationship with God, 00:01:43.060 --> 00:01:48.320 with any God, but specifically with the one true God, his Father and our Father. 00:01:48.319 --> 00:01:54.179 He's reorienting the way that our lives should be lived. He's reorienting the way that we should see 00:01:54.179 --> 00:01:59.819 our very selves. No longer is it an inward faith. No longer can it be about ourselves, 00:02:00.259 --> 00:02:03.179 or how good the sacrifice we bring to the table, 00:02:04.179 --> 00:02:09.159 but it becomes about the kingdom, and about God's glory, and it becomes outward-facing, 00:02:09.719 --> 00:02:11.060 and missional in its essence. 00:02:11.060 --> 00:02:19.159 This has never been more real and more necessary for the church than it is today, for a long time. 00:02:20.000 --> 00:02:25.979 The church in our culture has been sort of a center point of culture. It's often community centers. 00:02:26.120 --> 00:02:31.759 It's often been the place of gathering. For many, many years, the church, as you all know, 00:02:33.099 --> 00:02:38.439 the church is a place where truth came from, and culture accepted what the church said as truth. 00:02:38.439 --> 00:02:42.000 But we find ourselves in a time where the church is no longer a city center, 00:02:42.599 --> 00:02:47.379 and biblical truth is no longer truth. In fact, truth is not truth at all, and 00:02:47.379 --> 00:02:51.120 anything that's relative may be truth or may not be truth, and 00:02:51.120 --> 00:02:56.500 we could have a discussion philosophically about that at a different point. I won't probably be a part of it, 00:02:56.699 --> 00:02:57.599 but feel free. 00:02:59.740 --> 00:03:03.879 So tonight, let me propose two questions for us to ponder as we walk through this parable. 00:03:03.879 --> 00:03:09.780 The first is this. Would you rather be a part of a community, cared for, loved, and defended, 00:03:10.780 --> 00:03:18.699 or would you rather be alone, unaware of the dangers around you, without protection, and defenseless? 00:03:20.780 --> 00:03:25.599 And secondly, if you could choose for every person you've ever met, 00:03:26.460 --> 00:03:29.819 what would your choice for them be in that first question? 00:03:29.819 --> 00:03:33.439 You see, this is what Jesus is laying out for the people that he's talking to in this parable. 00:03:33.579 --> 00:03:36.439 It's what he wants us to understand and dwell with tonight. 00:03:37.139 --> 00:03:41.879 And he answers them as well, and the answer comes in the form of a call and an offer, 00:03:42.239 --> 00:03:43.739 and we'll get back to that at the end. 00:03:44.439 --> 00:03:48.459 So tonight, we're going to do a little bit of a heart inspection on ourselves and on the church. 00:03:50.299 --> 00:03:54.120 We're going to look deeper to understand what this offer and call might look like for us, 00:03:54.240 --> 00:03:55.819 both as individuals and as a community. 00:03:55.819 --> 00:03:59.359 And we're going to do so by looking at the heart of the Pharisees 00:03:59.359 --> 00:04:01.299 and the heart of the shepherd in this story. 00:04:03.139 --> 00:04:03.719 Let's pray. 00:04:04.939 --> 00:04:07.979 Heavenly Father God, we thank you so much for loving us. 00:04:08.400 --> 00:04:12.299 We thank you so much for the grace you've given to us, for the gift you've given us. 00:04:12.759 --> 00:04:17.779 God, as we walk through this story, let us see and receive the offer and answer the call. 00:04:19.199 --> 00:04:20.219 God, be with us tonight. 00:04:20.300 --> 00:04:23.159 Let your spirit fill this place, open our hearts and minds to you. 00:04:23.720 --> 00:04:24.520 In your name we pray. 00:04:25.460 --> 00:04:25.800 Amen. 00:04:27.980 --> 00:04:30.720 All right, so we'll kick off with a very, very short summary 00:04:30.720 --> 00:04:34.020 of what Jesus is dealing with here in his audience, 00:04:34.340 --> 00:04:38.100 and then we'll take a look at both the heart of the Pharisees and the heart of the shepherd. 00:04:39.140 --> 00:04:44.440 So Jesus here, he's, in this context, he's speaking to sort of two parties here. 00:04:44.500 --> 00:04:47.020 He's speaking both to the sinners, the lost, the broken. 00:04:47.019 --> 00:04:53.659 He's also speaking to the Pharisees and the Israelites and those who are sort of steeped in God tradition. 00:04:54.859 --> 00:04:56.879 The believers, if I can put it that way. 00:04:58.339 --> 00:05:01.979 And what's going on here is those believers, the Pharisees, the ones who claimed God, 00:05:02.879 --> 00:05:05.240 were extremely hostile towards Jesus and his ministry. 00:05:05.799 --> 00:05:10.159 They're hostile towards his lifestyle, spending time and dining with, you know, 00:05:10.160 --> 00:05:14.020 with the destitute, with thieves, with harlots, with tax collectors. 00:05:15.420 --> 00:05:18.439 Really, they were upset that Jesus decided to spend most of his time 00:05:18.439 --> 00:05:20.300 with the most despicable people of their culture. 00:05:23.040 --> 00:05:26.580 And just before this, what really got them riled up in chapter 14, 00:05:27.040 --> 00:05:28.020 if we were to go back, 00:05:28.640 --> 00:05:29.940 is Jesus says, 00:05:29.939 --> 00:05:31.579 understand this, 00:05:32.339 --> 00:05:34.939 God is giving the kingdom to the outcasts of society. 00:05:36.600 --> 00:05:38.579 Those of you who have it in a row, 00:05:38.740 --> 00:05:40.420 this is Jesus speaking to the Pharisees, 00:05:41.139 --> 00:05:42.740 who have all your ducks lined up, 00:05:43.540 --> 00:05:44.480 you need to be careful. 00:05:45.120 --> 00:05:45.860 You need to listen. 00:05:47.659 --> 00:05:51.819 And so Jesus uses this parable to appeal to the common sense of both sides of the crowd 00:05:51.819 --> 00:05:56.759 and to show the reality of this ministry that he's come to bring and start and grow. 00:05:56.759 --> 00:06:01.039 And he does it both in the face of those who despise what he's doing 00:06:01.039 --> 00:06:03.719 and for those who, for the first time in their lives, 00:06:04.620 --> 00:06:07.800 have been invited in to a worship of the real God. 00:06:08.779 --> 00:06:12.199 The analogy of a shepherd that's used in this story is not a new one to them. 00:06:12.319 --> 00:06:16.459 It was well understood by both sides, the Pharisees and the sinners. 00:06:17.819 --> 00:06:20.980 They would have understood the shepherd and his role to be a selfless, 00:06:21.579 --> 00:06:24.620 humble, and extremely difficult life calling. 00:06:24.620 --> 00:06:27.600 One that involves much self-sacrifice. 00:06:28.879 --> 00:06:32.480 And in all honesty and analogy, that was drastically, drastically different 00:06:32.480 --> 00:06:35.639 than the legalistic and moralistic elitism 00:06:35.639 --> 00:06:38.780 that the Pharisees and religious leaders 00:06:38.780 --> 00:06:42.740 had come to portray faith to be. 00:06:42.740 --> 00:06:47.379 For us, maybe a shepherd doesn't work so well. 00:06:48.500 --> 00:06:50.139 I don't know if any of you tend sheep. 00:06:51.199 --> 00:06:53.759 I've sheared a sheep in my life, and I come from the Midwest, 00:06:54.040 --> 00:06:56.900 so I don't expect any of you to have done the same. 00:06:56.939 --> 00:06:58.420 And if you have, God bless you even more. 00:07:00.100 --> 00:07:04.340 But so maybe for us it would be more prudent to talk about it as a teacher and her students. 00:07:04.879 --> 00:07:08.220 Think about it like an elementary teacher and her class going on a field trip, 00:07:08.220 --> 00:07:10.640 going to the zoo, perhaps. 00:07:11.540 --> 00:07:13.960 And on this field trip they go and they have a good time, 00:07:14.020 --> 00:07:15.200 and they're all at the zoo together. 00:07:15.820 --> 00:07:19.320 And when it comes time to leave, the students come back to the bus. 00:07:20.960 --> 00:07:22.560 But there's one student missing. 00:07:22.560 --> 00:07:28.600 Now what Jesus says in this parable is the teacher is going to put the students on the bus 00:07:28.600 --> 00:07:30.939 and go back and find the student, 00:07:31.060 --> 00:07:32.939 to which all of us should rightly say, 00:07:33.220 --> 00:07:34.160 exactly. 00:07:35.139 --> 00:07:35.480 Right. 00:07:35.699 --> 00:07:36.300 It makes sense. 00:07:36.680 --> 00:07:38.240 That's exactly what the people here are saying. 00:07:38.340 --> 00:07:38.579 Okay. 00:07:39.079 --> 00:07:40.120 Where are you going with this, Jesus? 00:07:40.279 --> 00:07:41.639 This makes perfect sense. 00:07:42.120 --> 00:07:45.040 But we know you're taking it somewhere, and so he did. 00:07:46.459 --> 00:07:49.759 Maybe a better way of putting it yet is in the words of Archbishop of Canterbury, 00:07:49.860 --> 00:07:51.819 William Temple, who says this, 00:07:51.819 --> 00:07:54.699 the church is the only society in the world 00:07:54.699 --> 00:07:57.879 that exists for the benefit of those who are not yet its members. 00:08:00.519 --> 00:08:03.379 And so we must then tonight look at the heart of the Pharisees, 00:08:03.579 --> 00:08:06.219 and then after that look at the heart of the shepherd. 00:08:06.579 --> 00:08:08.159 So let's start with the heart of the Pharisees then. 00:08:09.039 --> 00:08:12.039 The heart of the Pharisees was very much a self-centered heart. 00:08:13.519 --> 00:08:14.860 For them, God was inward. 00:08:15.060 --> 00:08:15.699 He was a secret. 00:08:16.899 --> 00:08:19.139 He was something that they sort of controlled and manipulated. 00:08:19.600 --> 00:08:20.480 Throughout their history, 00:08:20.480 --> 00:08:22.400 they had sort of bargained with God 00:08:22.400 --> 00:08:24.240 and thought that they sort of had him under control 00:08:24.240 --> 00:08:25.300 and had him figured out. 00:08:26.319 --> 00:08:28.700 They should have seen by that point that it didn't work, 00:08:28.819 --> 00:08:29.780 because when they tried that, 00:08:29.840 --> 00:08:32.800 they ended up serving other nations and kings and rulers. 00:08:33.620 --> 00:08:34.960 They ended up as slaves 00:08:34.960 --> 00:08:37.519 and in not good situations. 00:08:37.940 --> 00:08:38.779 But they didn't learn. 00:08:39.120 --> 00:08:40.340 They still had this mindset. 00:08:40.340 --> 00:08:44.540 And there was an exclusivity to go with that. 00:08:44.540 --> 00:08:48.420 There was this self-centered heart bred individualism, 00:08:48.620 --> 00:08:49.840 and it bred ownership. 00:08:51.620 --> 00:08:53.780 See, in the story, the sheep belonged to the shepherd, 00:08:54.340 --> 00:08:58.300 but what had happened in the audience Jesus was talking to 00:08:58.300 --> 00:09:01.720 is the religious leaders and the Israelites 00:09:01.720 --> 00:09:03.860 had deemed themselves the shepherd. 00:09:04.580 --> 00:09:06.440 They'd sort of tried to misplace God 00:09:06.440 --> 00:09:09.520 and take the role and become the headship 00:09:09.520 --> 00:09:12.400 and choose who got to have their God 00:09:12.400 --> 00:09:17.020 rather than God getting to say who gets to have him. 00:09:20.700 --> 00:09:21.800 And this doesn't work. 00:09:21.880 --> 00:09:23.140 It doesn't work for a variety of reasons. 00:09:23.300 --> 00:09:24.160 The main reason it doesn't work 00:09:24.160 --> 00:09:25.540 is because it leads to a fortification, 00:09:26.100 --> 00:09:27.040 a heart of fortification, 00:09:27.200 --> 00:09:29.420 sort of a protect-this-house mentality. 00:09:30.140 --> 00:09:30.460 Right? 00:09:30.460 --> 00:09:33.160 But we all know that when things on the inside aren't good, 00:09:33.600 --> 00:09:36.820 the walls crumble from the outside inward. 00:09:37.580 --> 00:09:38.879 When things get to the point 00:09:38.879 --> 00:09:40.460 that you have to protect what's inside 00:09:40.460 --> 00:09:42.680 rather than going outward and building, 00:09:43.420 --> 00:09:44.300 things aren't good. 00:09:44.480 --> 00:09:45.480 In the business world, 00:09:46.180 --> 00:09:48.639 when you have to start cutting out your own business 00:09:48.639 --> 00:09:50.300 and costs and expenses 00:09:50.300 --> 00:09:52.780 rather than being able to use money 00:09:52.780 --> 00:09:53.820 to grow your business, 00:09:54.340 --> 00:09:55.600 the situation's not good. 00:09:56.019 --> 00:09:57.620 But yet this is the track they chose to take 00:09:57.620 --> 00:09:59.000 as a protect-this-house mentality. 00:09:59.000 --> 00:10:02.100 It may not be unlike some of your children 00:10:02.100 --> 00:10:04.639 or unlike my childhood at Christmastime. 00:10:05.460 --> 00:10:06.360 When I was eight, 00:10:06.440 --> 00:10:08.940 I received an electric race car track. 00:10:09.080 --> 00:10:10.120 I don't know if you guys remember these. 00:10:10.159 --> 00:10:11.519 These were big when I was a child. 00:10:12.320 --> 00:10:13.940 I didn't get one the first year without, 00:10:14.039 --> 00:10:15.240 and I was devastated about it. 00:10:15.759 --> 00:10:17.500 I was convinced Santa was dead. 00:10:18.779 --> 00:10:20.799 I came to believe that he's just a year late. 00:10:21.519 --> 00:10:22.580 Because when I turned eight 00:10:22.580 --> 00:10:24.919 and got to Christmas that next year, 00:10:25.220 --> 00:10:25.679 lo and behold, 00:10:25.799 --> 00:10:27.379 I got my electric race car track. 00:10:27.379 --> 00:10:30.139 You see, the thing about these race car tracks 00:10:30.139 --> 00:10:31.059 is there were two lanes 00:10:31.059 --> 00:10:32.240 and there was two controllers, 00:10:32.759 --> 00:10:36.000 and they were meant to be played with someone. 00:10:37.139 --> 00:10:38.340 But I didn't want to. 00:10:39.159 --> 00:10:40.980 I wanted to run both controllers. 00:10:41.879 --> 00:10:44.200 I didn't care about racing, winning, or losing. 00:10:44.899 --> 00:10:46.740 It was my race car track, 00:10:47.080 --> 00:10:48.860 and therefore I was going to play with it. 00:10:48.860 --> 00:10:51.720 So though my little brother wanted to play 00:10:51.720 --> 00:10:53.500 and my dad demanded that he play, 00:10:54.399 --> 00:10:55.340 I refused. 00:10:55.899 --> 00:10:56.680 I said, no. 00:10:56.820 --> 00:10:58.259 If he's going to play, I'm not going to play. 00:10:58.480 --> 00:10:59.440 And my dad said, that's fine. 00:10:59.480 --> 00:10:59.980 Then don't play. 00:11:00.360 --> 00:11:02.139 And that's sort of what Jesus is saying here. 00:11:02.919 --> 00:11:03.180 All right? 00:11:03.960 --> 00:11:05.279 You both can play, 00:11:05.980 --> 00:11:07.620 and if you choose not to, that's fine. 00:11:08.259 --> 00:11:09.360 But they're going to get to play. 00:11:11.720 --> 00:11:13.779 But you see, what happened is I proceeded to play, 00:11:13.779 --> 00:11:15.720 and shortly thereafter I realized 00:11:15.720 --> 00:11:18.439 how much fun I was missing out on. 00:11:18.839 --> 00:11:20.000 Because the real joy 00:11:20.000 --> 00:11:22.539 in having a two-lane race car track 00:11:22.539 --> 00:11:23.559 as an eight-year-old child 00:11:23.559 --> 00:11:26.699 is destroying your five-year-old brother in a race. 00:11:27.699 --> 00:11:28.059 Right? 00:11:28.159 --> 00:11:29.600 Because he wasn't nearly as coordinated 00:11:29.600 --> 00:11:30.639 as I was at that point. 00:11:30.899 --> 00:11:32.159 If we were to do it again today, 00:11:32.220 --> 00:11:33.179 he'd probably beat me. 00:11:36.120 --> 00:11:37.500 But we don't have the track anymore, 00:11:37.539 --> 00:11:38.600 so I can still claim victory. 00:11:41.679 --> 00:11:42.279 All right. 00:11:42.279 --> 00:11:43.439 The other thing that you get 00:11:43.439 --> 00:11:44.600 out of a self-centered heart 00:11:44.600 --> 00:11:46.000 in the example of the Pharisees 00:11:46.000 --> 00:11:47.439 is this elitism I referenced. 00:11:49.019 --> 00:11:50.439 See, they think they're better. 00:11:50.799 --> 00:11:52.059 They think they're better 00:11:52.059 --> 00:11:53.339 and therefore more deserving. 00:11:54.159 --> 00:11:55.299 And because they're more deserving, 00:11:55.480 --> 00:11:57.179 then they're more loved by God. 00:12:00.019 --> 00:12:00.860 If we were to sit here 00:12:00.860 --> 00:12:01.679 and just make that statement, 00:12:01.759 --> 00:12:02.819 it's easy to sit in our seats 00:12:02.819 --> 00:12:03.819 or stand up here even 00:12:03.819 --> 00:12:05.139 and say, well, that's backwards. 00:12:05.879 --> 00:12:07.819 Obviously, no one is more loved by God. 00:12:10.720 --> 00:12:11.899 But you see, Jesus never leaves 00:12:11.899 --> 00:12:12.539 at surface level. 00:12:12.639 --> 00:12:13.740 He always takes a little bit deeper. 00:12:13.819 --> 00:12:15.199 So I want us to take just a moment 00:12:15.199 --> 00:12:16.980 and take it a little bit deeper. 00:12:17.819 --> 00:12:18.720 This heart of elitism, 00:12:18.799 --> 00:12:20.360 before you judge the Pharisees 00:12:20.360 --> 00:12:22.000 and the Israelites of the day 00:12:22.000 --> 00:12:23.019 too harshly, 00:12:23.639 --> 00:12:24.740 think about our own lives 00:12:24.740 --> 00:12:25.299 for a second. 00:12:27.059 --> 00:12:28.720 How often do we compare? 00:12:29.959 --> 00:12:31.579 Compare ourselves to other people. 00:12:32.279 --> 00:12:35.039 Other people in our field of vocation. 00:12:36.279 --> 00:12:37.779 Other parents, maybe, 00:12:37.779 --> 00:12:39.319 and how they raise their children. 00:12:39.839 --> 00:12:40.839 Other churches, 00:12:41.240 --> 00:12:42.480 and how they operate. 00:12:44.360 --> 00:12:45.419 Other neighborhoods, 00:12:45.659 --> 00:12:46.399 other cities. 00:12:47.399 --> 00:12:47.539 Right? 00:12:47.600 --> 00:12:48.339 Whatever it is, 00:12:48.439 --> 00:12:50.120 our lives and our culture 00:12:50.120 --> 00:12:52.600 is built around comparisons. 00:12:53.600 --> 00:12:55.120 And when we buy into comparisons, 00:12:55.240 --> 00:12:56.199 what we've immediately done 00:12:56.199 --> 00:12:58.019 is established a level of elitism. 00:12:58.240 --> 00:12:59.500 The very thing Jesus said 00:12:59.500 --> 00:13:00.959 doesn't work in my kingdom. 00:13:00.960 --> 00:13:06.220 So before we judge them, 00:13:07.340 --> 00:13:08.860 let's make sure that comparison 00:13:08.860 --> 00:13:11.300 is something that we try to avoid. 00:13:13.040 --> 00:13:14.240 And the last thing here 00:13:14.240 --> 00:13:15.120 in the heart of the Pharisees 00:13:15.120 --> 00:13:16.300 is Jesus is opening them up 00:13:16.300 --> 00:13:17.000 to a heart check. 00:13:17.200 --> 00:13:18.820 The same way he's opening us up tonight. 00:13:19.759 --> 00:13:21.940 He says very clearly in the passage, 00:13:23.000 --> 00:13:24.000 you all are sheep. 00:13:24.519 --> 00:13:24.840 Right? 00:13:25.240 --> 00:13:27.780 He separates the 99 from the one. 00:13:27.779 --> 00:13:28.500 Right? 00:13:29.399 --> 00:13:29.980 The group, 00:13:30.179 --> 00:13:31.179 the large community, 00:13:31.600 --> 00:13:32.339 and the lost. 00:13:33.539 --> 00:13:35.079 But none of them are elephants. 00:13:35.600 --> 00:13:37.019 None of them are lions or bears. 00:13:37.459 --> 00:13:38.419 What you have here 00:13:38.419 --> 00:13:39.519 is a group of sheep. 00:13:40.799 --> 00:13:41.600 Some are together 00:13:41.600 --> 00:13:42.879 and some aren't there yet, 00:13:42.919 --> 00:13:43.659 but we're all sheep. 00:13:43.860 --> 00:13:44.620 And so that means 00:13:44.620 --> 00:13:45.899 that we're all completely broken. 00:13:46.419 --> 00:13:47.679 We all have the same level 00:13:47.679 --> 00:13:48.559 of brokenness, 00:13:48.919 --> 00:13:51.079 but we're all open 00:13:51.079 --> 00:13:52.179 to the same availability 00:13:52.179 --> 00:13:54.500 of complete and total grace. 00:13:56.000 --> 00:13:57.159 And Jesus is telling them 00:13:57.159 --> 00:13:57.839 that their faith 00:13:57.839 --> 00:14:00.620 is that duty of a shepherd's 00:14:00.620 --> 00:14:02.139 that as a community 00:14:02.139 --> 00:14:03.799 to carry on the role of shepherd. 00:14:04.659 --> 00:14:05.879 But as individuals 00:14:05.879 --> 00:14:07.179 to never forget 00:14:07.179 --> 00:14:08.799 that we're mere sheep. 00:14:12.399 --> 00:14:13.839 The heart of a shepherd then. 00:14:15.059 --> 00:14:16.319 How does this contrast 00:14:16.319 --> 00:14:16.939 or look different 00:14:16.939 --> 00:14:18.019 than the Pharisee's heart? 00:14:19.939 --> 00:14:21.639 It's a selfless heart 00:14:21.639 --> 00:14:23.379 instead of a self-centered heart. 00:14:23.379 --> 00:14:25.899 First and foremost, 00:14:26.220 --> 00:14:27.019 in this parable, 00:14:27.399 --> 00:14:28.659 Jesus is telling them 00:14:28.659 --> 00:14:29.740 and telling us 00:14:29.740 --> 00:14:33.019 God cares about the lost. 00:14:34.600 --> 00:14:36.139 Now before we go any further, 00:14:37.320 --> 00:14:38.460 I want you to take notice 00:14:38.460 --> 00:14:40.059 that he offers 00:14:40.059 --> 00:14:41.279 a token of comfort here 00:14:41.279 --> 00:14:42.259 that we might miss. 00:14:43.399 --> 00:14:44.259 And let's pause 00:14:44.259 --> 00:14:45.600 for a bit of good exegesis 00:14:45.600 --> 00:14:46.179 as well, 00:14:46.279 --> 00:14:47.000 just briefly. 00:14:47.000 --> 00:14:48.740 All right, 00:14:48.779 --> 00:14:50.240 it's easy to read this passage 00:14:50.240 --> 00:14:52.039 and to see this 00:14:52.039 --> 00:14:53.279 leaving of the 99 00:14:53.279 --> 00:14:54.700 in the open country 00:14:54.700 --> 00:14:55.440 as it says 00:14:55.440 --> 00:14:56.419 and go after the one 00:14:56.419 --> 00:14:57.080 that is lost 00:14:57.080 --> 00:14:58.059 until he finds it. 00:14:58.679 --> 00:14:59.860 Now upon just reading this, 00:14:59.960 --> 00:15:01.659 if you're like me 00:15:01.659 --> 00:15:02.220 and you read it 00:15:02.220 --> 00:15:02.620 and you think 00:15:02.620 --> 00:15:03.080 99, 00:15:03.559 --> 00:15:04.419 open country, 00:15:05.419 --> 00:15:07.960 that's not very much care. 00:15:09.559 --> 00:15:09.960 Right? 00:15:10.139 --> 00:15:11.120 But in fact, 00:15:11.899 --> 00:15:12.860 it's total care 00:15:12.860 --> 00:15:13.480 of the 99 00:15:13.480 --> 00:15:15.560 that he shows 00:15:15.560 --> 00:15:16.580 in that statement 00:15:16.580 --> 00:15:17.240 because you see 00:15:17.240 --> 00:15:18.279 in the translation 00:15:18.279 --> 00:15:18.980 from the Greek 00:15:18.980 --> 00:15:19.460 and the words 00:15:19.460 --> 00:15:20.600 that Jesus spoke 00:15:20.600 --> 00:15:21.300 and what he meant, 00:15:22.320 --> 00:15:23.320 the word open country 00:15:23.320 --> 00:15:24.300 actually means 00:15:24.300 --> 00:15:25.240 a safe, 00:15:25.759 --> 00:15:27.580 sort of solituded pasture 00:15:27.580 --> 00:15:29.779 up on the mountainside. 00:15:31.100 --> 00:15:32.759 They didn't have fences 00:15:32.759 --> 00:15:33.960 all over the place. 00:15:34.980 --> 00:15:36.320 Shepherds traveled. 00:15:36.560 --> 00:15:37.080 They journeyed 00:15:37.080 --> 00:15:37.980 where the grass grew. 00:15:39.180 --> 00:15:39.759 And so for Jesus 00:15:39.759 --> 00:15:40.840 to make a point 00:15:40.840 --> 00:15:41.399 of stating 00:15:41.399 --> 00:15:42.439 that the 99 00:15:42.439 --> 00:15:43.980 were in the open country 00:15:43.980 --> 00:15:45.179 is essentially 00:15:45.179 --> 00:15:46.039 for him to say 00:15:46.039 --> 00:15:48.000 they were safe 00:15:48.000 --> 00:15:49.799 and then the shepherd 00:15:49.799 --> 00:15:51.019 turned immediately. 00:15:54.240 --> 00:15:55.379 So the focus is 00:15:55.379 --> 00:15:56.179 without hesitation 00:15:56.179 --> 00:15:57.500 the shepherd's 00:15:57.500 --> 00:15:58.819 instantaneous pursuit 00:15:58.819 --> 00:15:59.720 of the lost sheep 00:15:59.720 --> 00:16:01.639 but I don't want you 00:16:01.639 --> 00:16:02.039 to miss 00:16:02.039 --> 00:16:03.039 that he also 00:16:03.039 --> 00:16:05.019 puts the 99 00:16:05.019 --> 00:16:06.019 in safe place. 00:16:07.199 --> 00:16:07.419 Alright. 00:16:08.620 --> 00:16:09.740 So what does it 00:16:09.740 --> 00:16:10.139 mean then 00:16:10.139 --> 00:16:10.699 to say that God 00:16:10.699 --> 00:16:11.559 cares about the lost? 00:16:11.639 --> 00:16:12.220 It means a couple 00:16:12.220 --> 00:16:13.039 of things, alright? 00:16:14.419 --> 00:16:15.340 It means that God 00:16:15.340 --> 00:16:16.840 seeks after the lost. 00:16:17.919 --> 00:16:19.460 He seeks after the lost 00:16:19.460 --> 00:16:20.960 and this seeking 00:16:20.960 --> 00:16:21.720 after the lost 00:16:21.720 --> 00:16:23.299 happens in three ways, 00:16:23.419 --> 00:16:24.559 three primary ways. 00:16:25.720 --> 00:16:26.159 First, 00:16:26.860 --> 00:16:28.439 it's an active search. 00:16:29.759 --> 00:16:30.299 The shepherd 00:16:30.299 --> 00:16:31.259 actively seeks. 00:16:31.500 --> 00:16:32.419 He doesn't turn over 00:16:32.419 --> 00:16:33.159 this obligation 00:16:33.159 --> 00:16:34.159 to a ranch hand 00:16:34.159 --> 00:16:35.480 or a hired hand 00:16:35.480 --> 00:16:36.279 or a college kid 00:16:36.279 --> 00:16:37.319 who had a few free hours 00:16:37.319 --> 00:16:38.120 at the end of the day. 00:16:38.120 --> 00:16:39.440 Right? 00:16:39.500 --> 00:16:40.100 He didn't wait 00:16:40.100 --> 00:16:41.060 until the next morning 00:16:41.060 --> 00:16:42.120 and go out 00:16:42.120 --> 00:16:42.980 with a group of buddies 00:16:42.980 --> 00:16:44.440 to go on a search. 00:16:44.980 --> 00:16:45.600 He dropped 00:16:45.600 --> 00:16:46.340 what he was doing. 00:16:47.580 --> 00:16:48.700 He didn't 00:16:48.700 --> 00:16:50.060 delegate the role 00:16:50.060 --> 00:16:51.700 and he went 00:16:51.700 --> 00:16:52.379 all out. 00:16:52.799 --> 00:16:53.480 A hundred percent 00:16:53.480 --> 00:16:54.299 he went all out 00:16:54.299 --> 00:16:55.460 for this one sheep. 00:16:55.759 --> 00:16:57.000 He invests his time 00:16:57.000 --> 00:16:58.000 and risks 00:16:58.000 --> 00:16:58.940 his life 00:16:58.940 --> 00:17:00.480 for the lost. 00:17:01.580 --> 00:17:02.240 We can see that 00:17:02.240 --> 00:17:02.720 no clearer 00:17:02.720 --> 00:17:03.620 than on the cross. 00:17:03.620 --> 00:17:05.640 not far down 00:17:05.640 --> 00:17:06.119 the line 00:17:06.119 --> 00:17:06.859 in Luke 00:17:06.859 --> 00:17:09.500 where the search 00:17:09.500 --> 00:17:10.220 for the lost 00:17:10.220 --> 00:17:10.920 ends 00:17:10.920 --> 00:17:12.220 with his death 00:17:12.220 --> 00:17:12.740 on the cross 00:17:12.740 --> 00:17:13.099 for you 00:17:13.099 --> 00:17:13.640 and for me. 00:17:16.279 --> 00:17:16.680 Secondly, 00:17:16.839 --> 00:17:18.140 it's an incessant search. 00:17:19.779 --> 00:17:20.319 You see, 00:17:20.380 --> 00:17:20.740 in the text 00:17:20.740 --> 00:17:21.559 we see that the shepherd 00:17:21.559 --> 00:17:22.480 doesn't quit seeking. 00:17:23.420 --> 00:17:24.400 He doesn't search 00:17:24.400 --> 00:17:24.859 and then break 00:17:24.859 --> 00:17:25.400 for coffee. 00:17:25.900 --> 00:17:26.099 Right? 00:17:26.240 --> 00:17:27.240 My grandfather's a farmer. 00:17:28.599 --> 00:17:29.299 I'm familiar 00:17:29.299 --> 00:17:30.680 with farm culture 00:17:30.680 --> 00:17:31.440 and farm time 00:17:31.440 --> 00:17:32.140 and it goes 00:17:32.140 --> 00:17:32.559 a little something 00:17:32.559 --> 00:17:33.220 like this. 00:17:33.960 --> 00:17:34.879 8 a.m. breakfast, 00:17:35.519 --> 00:17:36.519 10 a.m. coffee, 00:17:37.720 --> 00:17:38.720 12 p.m. lunch, 00:17:39.519 --> 00:17:40.460 2 p.m. coffee, 00:17:41.220 --> 00:17:42.200 4 p.m. coffee, 00:17:43.299 --> 00:17:44.399 5 p.m. go home. 00:17:45.519 --> 00:17:45.839 Right? 00:17:47.119 --> 00:17:48.119 That's farm schedule. 00:17:48.240 --> 00:17:48.480 However, 00:17:48.619 --> 00:17:49.480 the shepherd here 00:17:49.480 --> 00:17:50.700 throws out 00:17:50.700 --> 00:17:51.399 his own agenda, 00:17:51.539 --> 00:17:52.440 his own coffee, 00:17:52.579 --> 00:17:53.339 his own lunch. 00:17:53.619 --> 00:17:54.240 He throws out 00:17:54.240 --> 00:17:55.279 his own sleep cycle, 00:17:55.460 --> 00:17:55.960 in fact. 00:17:56.379 --> 00:17:57.399 And he goes 00:17:57.399 --> 00:17:58.819 without stopping 00:17:58.819 --> 00:18:00.619 until he arrives 00:18:00.619 --> 00:18:01.240 at the sheep. 00:18:02.559 --> 00:18:04.200 His needs 00:18:04.200 --> 00:18:06.179 fall after 00:18:06.179 --> 00:18:06.599 the needs 00:18:06.599 --> 00:18:07.159 of the sheep. 00:18:08.379 --> 00:18:09.679 His care for self 00:18:09.679 --> 00:18:10.339 comes second 00:18:10.339 --> 00:18:10.899 to the care 00:18:10.899 --> 00:18:11.779 for his flock. 00:18:13.619 --> 00:18:14.319 You see, 00:18:14.379 --> 00:18:15.079 Jesus is teaching 00:18:15.079 --> 00:18:15.859 in this moment 00:18:15.859 --> 00:18:17.659 that no person, 00:18:18.099 --> 00:18:18.980 no harlot, 00:18:19.139 --> 00:18:19.859 no thief, 00:18:20.099 --> 00:18:21.079 no tax collector, 00:18:21.519 --> 00:18:22.639 no religious elite, 00:18:23.019 --> 00:18:23.940 no Israelite, 00:18:24.019 --> 00:18:24.799 no Gentile, 00:18:25.919 --> 00:18:26.940 no one, 00:18:27.579 --> 00:18:29.139 no level of brokenness 00:18:29.140 --> 00:18:30.680 could ever keep 00:18:30.680 --> 00:18:31.160 the shepherd 00:18:31.160 --> 00:18:32.300 from seeking for you. 00:18:33.500 --> 00:18:34.300 You're never, 00:18:34.640 --> 00:18:35.520 ever too far away 00:18:35.520 --> 00:18:36.340 for the love of Jesus 00:18:36.340 --> 00:18:37.100 to get to you. 00:18:39.000 --> 00:18:39.840 And thirdly, 00:18:39.880 --> 00:18:40.960 it's a burdensome search. 00:18:41.500 --> 00:18:42.080 We see at the end 00:18:42.080 --> 00:18:42.540 of this search 00:18:42.540 --> 00:18:43.660 in Luke 15, 00:18:43.960 --> 00:18:45.220 in this story, 00:18:45.880 --> 00:18:46.420 that the shepherd 00:18:46.420 --> 00:18:48.200 doesn't only find 00:18:48.200 --> 00:18:48.840 the sheep, 00:18:49.840 --> 00:18:50.840 he proceeds 00:18:50.840 --> 00:18:51.600 to pick up the sheep 00:18:51.600 --> 00:18:52.620 and carry him back. 00:18:52.619 --> 00:18:55.319 I raise dogs, 00:18:56.159 --> 00:18:57.419 have all my life, 00:18:57.579 --> 00:18:58.000 love it, 00:18:58.759 --> 00:18:59.419 but I tell you what, 00:18:59.459 --> 00:19:00.519 when a dog runs off 00:19:00.519 --> 00:19:01.679 and I have to go 00:19:01.679 --> 00:19:02.500 seeking the dog, 00:19:02.819 --> 00:19:03.939 I do so actively, 00:19:04.539 --> 00:19:06.019 I do so incessantly, 00:19:06.879 --> 00:19:07.679 but I promise you 00:19:07.679 --> 00:19:08.579 I don't bear the burden 00:19:08.579 --> 00:19:09.139 of the dog 00:19:09.139 --> 00:19:10.099 at the end of the search. 00:19:10.639 --> 00:19:11.939 That dog is going to march 00:19:11.939 --> 00:19:13.559 its happy hind end 00:19:13.559 --> 00:19:14.599 back to the kennel 00:19:14.599 --> 00:19:15.579 alongside of me, 00:19:15.739 --> 00:19:16.679 not on my shoulders. 00:19:18.479 --> 00:19:19.799 Because I'm not Jesus. 00:19:22.619 --> 00:19:24.439 But you see, 00:19:24.519 --> 00:19:25.659 Jesus says that he carries 00:19:25.659 --> 00:19:26.639 the lost sheep back. 00:19:26.959 --> 00:19:27.839 He doesn't rebuke it 00:19:27.839 --> 00:19:28.379 for wandering, 00:19:28.479 --> 00:19:29.299 there's no scolding 00:19:29.299 --> 00:19:30.039 that we see here. 00:19:30.299 --> 00:19:31.319 Rather, he picks it up 00:19:31.319 --> 00:19:32.839 and acts in a labor of love. 00:19:33.779 --> 00:19:35.139 More selfless love. 00:19:36.139 --> 00:19:36.959 He provides rest 00:19:36.959 --> 00:19:37.579 to the sheep 00:19:37.579 --> 00:19:38.759 at his own expense. 00:19:41.099 --> 00:19:41.819 Let me tell you 00:19:41.819 --> 00:19:42.619 a story real quick 00:19:42.619 --> 00:19:43.719 about my brother Zach. 00:19:45.739 --> 00:19:47.079 He came with our youth group, 00:19:47.099 --> 00:19:47.839 he lives in California, 00:19:47.979 --> 00:19:48.639 he's planting a church 00:19:48.639 --> 00:19:49.500 in the San Diego area 00:19:49.500 --> 00:19:50.039 right now. 00:19:51.000 --> 00:19:51.839 God bless him. 00:19:52.619 --> 00:19:54.159 But he came to Alaska 00:19:54.159 --> 00:19:55.279 with the youth group 00:19:55.279 --> 00:19:57.379 that I lead this summer. 00:19:58.079 --> 00:19:58.939 And what happened 00:19:58.939 --> 00:20:00.479 on one of the very first days 00:20:00.479 --> 00:20:01.879 is one of the kids 00:20:01.879 --> 00:20:02.959 on the way down a mountain 00:20:02.959 --> 00:20:04.619 tripped and fell 00:20:04.619 --> 00:20:05.319 and broke their toe. 00:20:06.799 --> 00:20:07.079 Well, you see, 00:20:07.159 --> 00:20:08.099 on the way down the mountain, 00:20:08.899 --> 00:20:11.039 how far down is the question 00:20:11.039 --> 00:20:13.119 and how far to go 00:20:13.119 --> 00:20:14.099 is the problem. 00:20:15.219 --> 00:20:16.479 It happened at the peak. 00:20:17.439 --> 00:20:18.699 And so he needed help 00:20:18.699 --> 00:20:19.359 getting all the way 00:20:19.359 --> 00:20:20.239 back down the mountain. 00:20:20.240 --> 00:20:21.539 My brother, 00:20:21.660 --> 00:20:22.420 without saying a word, 00:20:22.500 --> 00:20:23.099 picked his kid up 00:20:23.099 --> 00:20:23.859 and put him on his shoulders 00:20:23.859 --> 00:20:25.240 and hiked him down a mountain. 00:20:26.660 --> 00:20:28.079 37% incline. 00:20:29.240 --> 00:20:30.059 Didn't put him down 00:20:30.059 --> 00:20:30.680 the whole time. 00:20:31.599 --> 00:20:32.559 Didn't say a word. 00:20:33.200 --> 00:20:33.819 Didn't complain 00:20:33.819 --> 00:20:34.620 once all trip. 00:20:35.359 --> 00:20:36.319 By day four of the trip, 00:20:36.400 --> 00:20:37.180 we went on another hike 00:20:37.180 --> 00:20:38.180 and my brother 00:20:38.180 --> 00:20:39.460 had to walk down and up 00:20:39.460 --> 00:20:40.660 both sides of the hike 00:20:40.660 --> 00:20:42.539 backwards 00:20:42.539 --> 00:20:44.220 because his knees 00:20:44.220 --> 00:20:45.180 gave out every step 00:20:45.180 --> 00:20:45.859 he took forwards. 00:20:45.859 --> 00:20:49.059 He didn't complain once. 00:20:49.699 --> 00:20:50.740 He did it with a smile 00:20:50.740 --> 00:20:51.399 on his face 00:20:51.399 --> 00:20:53.659 because God has given 00:20:53.659 --> 00:20:54.799 my brother this capacity 00:20:54.799 --> 00:20:55.779 to love like Jesus 00:20:55.779 --> 00:20:57.579 and to love selflessly. 00:20:58.139 --> 00:20:59.159 The same love, 00:20:59.279 --> 00:21:01.459 the same shepherding gift 00:21:01.459 --> 00:21:03.659 that God calls us, 00:21:03.879 --> 00:21:04.539 his church, 00:21:05.000 --> 00:21:05.539 to emulate. 00:21:05.539 --> 00:21:09.319 And this all happens 00:21:09.319 --> 00:21:12.019 and is first exemplified 00:21:12.019 --> 00:21:12.539 by Jesus. 00:21:13.159 --> 00:21:14.359 Like I said a while ago, 00:21:14.839 --> 00:21:16.059 what he did at the cross, 00:21:16.139 --> 00:21:17.279 as we'll say in a little while, 00:21:17.639 --> 00:21:18.299 for you 00:21:18.299 --> 00:21:19.279 and for many, 00:21:20.279 --> 00:21:23.119 was a gift 00:21:23.119 --> 00:21:24.139 that comes only 00:21:24.139 --> 00:21:25.180 from a selfless heart, 00:21:25.740 --> 00:21:26.559 a shepherd's heart. 00:21:27.599 --> 00:21:28.639 And then God rejoices 00:21:28.639 --> 00:21:29.159 in the finding 00:21:29.159 --> 00:21:29.619 and redemption 00:21:29.619 --> 00:21:30.339 of the lost. 00:21:30.339 --> 00:21:33.579 This is the most spectacular 00:21:33.579 --> 00:21:34.559 part of the story to me. 00:21:35.419 --> 00:21:36.259 The most beautiful part 00:21:36.259 --> 00:21:36.759 of Jesus 00:21:36.759 --> 00:21:38.359 and our faith 00:21:38.359 --> 00:21:40.339 is that 00:21:40.339 --> 00:21:41.439 not only does he seek 00:21:41.439 --> 00:21:41.939 and find, 00:21:42.699 --> 00:21:43.779 he then rejoices. 00:21:44.199 --> 00:21:45.079 See, he didn't get back 00:21:45.079 --> 00:21:46.039 and then go take a nap 00:21:46.039 --> 00:21:47.000 or sleep 00:21:47.000 --> 00:21:48.019 and then rejoice. 00:21:48.259 --> 00:21:49.419 He didn't plan a party 00:21:49.419 --> 00:21:50.139 for some time 00:21:50.139 --> 00:21:50.799 down the road. 00:21:51.859 --> 00:21:52.939 As he was coming back 00:21:52.939 --> 00:21:53.339 up the hill, 00:21:53.379 --> 00:21:53.980 he says it's time 00:21:53.980 --> 00:21:54.559 to have a party 00:21:54.559 --> 00:21:55.859 because the sheep is back. 00:21:56.359 --> 00:21:56.639 Right? 00:21:56.899 --> 00:21:57.759 He doesn't break 00:21:57.759 --> 00:21:58.899 because it's more important 00:21:58.899 --> 00:21:59.959 to him that they celebrate 00:21:59.960 --> 00:22:02.059 than anything else 00:22:02.059 --> 00:22:02.620 in the world. 00:22:03.799 --> 00:22:04.279 Rejoicing 00:22:04.279 --> 00:22:06.299 is what God 00:22:06.299 --> 00:22:07.120 calls his friends 00:22:07.120 --> 00:22:07.840 and neighbors to 00:22:07.840 --> 00:22:08.299 in the finding 00:22:08.299 --> 00:22:09.059 of the lost sheep. 00:22:09.980 --> 00:22:10.799 Much alike 00:22:10.799 --> 00:22:12.200 one of our first 00:22:12.200 --> 00:22:13.360 and foremost callings 00:22:13.360 --> 00:22:14.440 as the church 00:22:14.440 --> 00:22:16.620 ought to be rejoicing. 00:22:18.079 --> 00:22:18.559 Rejoicing 00:22:18.559 --> 00:22:19.640 the moment 00:22:19.640 --> 00:22:20.759 and every moment 00:22:20.759 --> 00:22:23.000 an unbeliever 00:22:23.000 --> 00:22:23.759 claims Jesus. 00:22:25.779 --> 00:22:27.039 There's no greater joy 00:22:27.039 --> 00:22:27.579 for the shepherd 00:22:27.579 --> 00:22:28.220 than the return 00:22:28.220 --> 00:22:28.960 of the lost sheep. 00:22:29.960 --> 00:22:32.579 And he gives everything 00:22:32.579 --> 00:22:35.440 everything of himself 00:22:35.440 --> 00:22:37.340 and his flock 00:22:37.340 --> 00:22:39.480 and finds his ultimate joy 00:22:39.480 --> 00:22:40.299 in the finding. 00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:42.640 I want to step aside 00:22:42.640 --> 00:22:43.299 from the story 00:22:43.299 --> 00:22:43.779 for a second 00:22:43.779 --> 00:22:44.539 to talk about 00:22:44.539 --> 00:22:45.860 our church 00:22:45.860 --> 00:22:48.360 and to talk about 00:22:48.360 --> 00:22:49.039 core groups 00:22:49.039 --> 00:22:49.799 and the vision 00:22:49.799 --> 00:22:50.440 of core groups 00:22:50.440 --> 00:22:50.880 briefly. 00:22:52.340 --> 00:22:53.860 The O in core group 00:22:53.860 --> 00:22:56.840 talks about 00:22:56.840 --> 00:22:57.680 outward facing 00:22:57.680 --> 00:22:59.240 being outward facing 00:22:59.240 --> 00:22:59.840 communities. 00:23:00.840 --> 00:23:02.039 What a beautiful vision. 00:23:03.560 --> 00:23:03.700 Right? 00:23:03.740 --> 00:23:04.480 The question then is 00:23:04.480 --> 00:23:05.779 how many of our core groups 00:23:05.779 --> 00:23:07.100 have made this a priority 00:23:07.100 --> 00:23:09.060 and part of the essence 00:23:09.060 --> 00:23:10.860 of the very group itself? 00:23:10.859 --> 00:23:13.919 is your group focused 00:23:13.919 --> 00:23:15.000 on being a family 00:23:15.000 --> 00:23:16.299 for the lonely 00:23:16.299 --> 00:23:17.059 the lost 00:23:17.059 --> 00:23:18.679 for the abandoned 00:23:18.679 --> 00:23:19.479 in your neighborhood? 00:23:23.599 --> 00:23:24.579 It's a journey. 00:23:25.479 --> 00:23:26.559 If you're sitting there 00:23:26.559 --> 00:23:27.299 right now saying 00:23:27.299 --> 00:23:28.559 no it feels a little bit 00:23:28.559 --> 00:23:29.139 more like a 00:23:29.139 --> 00:23:30.019 pharisaical click 00:23:30.019 --> 00:23:31.699 don't worry. 00:23:32.819 --> 00:23:33.779 The journey means 00:23:33.779 --> 00:23:34.579 that growth happens 00:23:34.579 --> 00:23:35.579 starting right there. 00:23:35.579 --> 00:23:37.559 If you're sitting there 00:23:37.559 --> 00:23:38.579 saying yeah 00:23:38.579 --> 00:23:39.740 our group's really good 00:23:39.740 --> 00:23:40.139 at that 00:23:40.139 --> 00:23:41.319 wonderful 00:23:41.319 --> 00:23:42.480 share with us 00:23:42.480 --> 00:23:43.000 how you do it 00:23:43.000 --> 00:23:43.980 so we can all learn better. 00:23:45.960 --> 00:23:47.059 The easy tendency 00:23:47.059 --> 00:23:47.619 in this 00:23:47.619 --> 00:23:49.279 is to love each other 00:23:49.279 --> 00:23:50.399 and fortify ourselves. 00:23:51.799 --> 00:23:52.859 The struggle really 00:23:52.859 --> 00:23:53.859 is to build relationships 00:23:53.859 --> 00:23:54.819 instead of fences. 00:23:56.579 --> 00:23:57.059 Right? 00:23:57.419 --> 00:23:58.359 How many fences 00:23:58.359 --> 00:23:58.899 do you see 00:23:58.899 --> 00:23:59.480 or gates 00:23:59.480 --> 00:24:01.399 in D.C.? 00:24:01.399 --> 00:24:02.319 Well one around 00:24:02.319 --> 00:24:03.240 nearly every government 00:24:03.240 --> 00:24:03.599 building. 00:24:04.240 --> 00:24:04.519 Right? 00:24:04.519 --> 00:24:06.400 One around most walls. 00:24:07.039 --> 00:24:08.039 We live in a culture 00:24:08.039 --> 00:24:08.519 of fences 00:24:08.519 --> 00:24:09.940 and Christ calls us 00:24:09.940 --> 00:24:11.180 to take down fences 00:24:11.180 --> 00:24:12.000 and instead 00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:12.799 build relationships. 00:24:15.180 --> 00:24:16.259 To those here tonight 00:24:16.259 --> 00:24:17.200 without a core group 00:24:17.200 --> 00:24:18.160 or maybe this is your 00:24:18.160 --> 00:24:19.220 first time here at Advent 00:24:19.220 --> 00:24:20.859 how beautiful 00:24:20.859 --> 00:24:21.859 does it sound 00:24:21.859 --> 00:24:23.519 to know that you 00:24:23.519 --> 00:24:24.220 have a family 00:24:24.220 --> 00:24:25.160 right here 00:24:25.160 --> 00:24:26.480 in this room 00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:27.440 and in your community 00:24:27.440 --> 00:24:28.879 no matter where 00:24:28.879 --> 00:24:29.740 you have been 00:24:29.740 --> 00:24:30.460 or are 00:24:30.460 --> 00:24:33.819 because we love you 00:24:33.819 --> 00:24:35.639 we love you deeply 00:24:35.639 --> 00:24:36.339 because Jesus 00:24:36.339 --> 00:24:37.220 loves you deeply. 00:24:41.379 --> 00:24:42.379 So all in all 00:24:42.379 --> 00:24:43.439 where does this leave us? 00:24:44.519 --> 00:24:45.720 I started by saying 00:24:45.720 --> 00:24:46.240 this parable 00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:46.839 is an offer 00:24:46.839 --> 00:24:47.359 and a call 00:24:47.359 --> 00:24:48.939 and so that's 00:24:48.939 --> 00:24:49.619 where we'll return. 00:24:50.919 --> 00:24:52.119 How is it an offer then? 00:24:52.179 --> 00:24:52.639 It's an offer 00:24:52.639 --> 00:24:53.700 to those who are lost 00:24:53.700 --> 00:24:54.399 right now 00:24:54.399 --> 00:24:56.259 wandering through life 00:24:56.259 --> 00:24:57.119 scared 00:24:57.119 --> 00:24:59.679 good news 00:24:59.679 --> 00:25:01.259 the shepherd's 00:25:01.259 --> 00:25:01.899 on his way 00:25:01.899 --> 00:25:03.019 and he's not 00:25:03.019 --> 00:25:03.699 taking a break 00:25:03.699 --> 00:25:04.759 until he gets to you. 00:25:06.839 --> 00:25:07.279 Right? 00:25:07.319 --> 00:25:08.179 We don't have the capacity 00:25:08.179 --> 00:25:09.000 to pursue God. 00:25:09.500 --> 00:25:10.179 We can't 00:25:10.179 --> 00:25:10.939 we can't do it 00:25:10.939 --> 00:25:11.699 on our own. 00:25:11.939 --> 00:25:12.939 We can't make the choice 00:25:12.939 --> 00:25:14.059 to chase after him. 00:25:14.739 --> 00:25:15.819 He has to make the choice 00:25:15.819 --> 00:25:16.679 to pursue us 00:25:16.679 --> 00:25:18.339 and thank God 00:25:18.339 --> 00:25:19.179 he did. 00:25:21.199 --> 00:25:21.619 But you see 00:25:21.619 --> 00:25:22.399 in this pursuit 00:25:22.399 --> 00:25:23.079 in this finding 00:25:23.079 --> 00:25:24.099 there is a little bit 00:25:24.099 --> 00:25:25.419 that we have 00:25:25.419 --> 00:25:26.599 a role we have 00:25:26.599 --> 00:25:27.459 to play in this 00:25:27.459 --> 00:25:29.379 and that role 00:25:29.379 --> 00:25:30.799 we can find 00:25:30.799 --> 00:25:31.619 in verse 7 00:25:31.619 --> 00:25:32.799 it says 00:25:32.799 --> 00:25:33.539 just so 00:25:33.539 --> 00:25:36.379 I tell you 00:25:36.379 --> 00:25:37.480 there will be 00:25:37.480 --> 00:25:38.459 more joy in heaven 00:25:38.459 --> 00:25:39.339 over one sinner 00:25:39.339 --> 00:25:40.179 who repents 00:25:40.179 --> 00:25:41.679 than over 99 00:25:41.679 --> 00:25:42.599 righteous persons 00:25:42.599 --> 00:25:43.639 who need no repentance. 00:25:45.259 --> 00:25:46.399 So what's our role 00:25:46.399 --> 00:25:46.759 in this 00:25:46.759 --> 00:25:47.779 what's our role 00:25:47.779 --> 00:25:48.419 in this pursuit 00:25:48.419 --> 00:25:49.259 and in this rescue? 00:25:49.939 --> 00:25:50.879 It's that of repentance. 00:25:51.679 --> 00:25:52.480 What does repentance 00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:53.119 look like? 00:25:54.679 --> 00:25:55.599 Jesus tells us 00:25:55.599 --> 00:25:55.980 that too 00:25:55.980 --> 00:25:56.539 in the parable. 00:25:57.980 --> 00:25:58.799 He says 00:25:58.799 --> 00:25:59.859 it's letting yourself 00:25:59.859 --> 00:26:00.319 be carried 00:26:00.319 --> 00:26:00.959 by the shepherd. 00:26:03.019 --> 00:26:03.719 He says 00:26:03.719 --> 00:26:04.159 it's owning 00:26:04.159 --> 00:26:05.059 your lostness 00:26:05.059 --> 00:26:06.240 by accepting 00:26:06.240 --> 00:26:06.919 that carry 00:26:06.919 --> 00:26:08.839 and by allowing 00:26:08.839 --> 00:26:09.799 Jesus to put you 00:26:09.799 --> 00:26:10.500 on his shoulders 00:26:10.500 --> 00:26:12.899 and take us 00:26:12.899 --> 00:26:13.399 back into 00:26:13.399 --> 00:26:14.000 the Father's 00:26:14.000 --> 00:26:14.759 loving arms. 00:26:15.740 --> 00:26:16.899 That is repentance 00:26:16.899 --> 00:26:18.779 allowing God 00:26:18.779 --> 00:26:20.859 to give you grace. 00:26:20.859 --> 00:26:25.439 let me ask you this 00:26:25.439 --> 00:26:28.279 where in your lives 00:26:28.279 --> 00:26:30.699 do you need 00:26:30.699 --> 00:26:31.619 repentance today? 00:26:34.279 --> 00:26:34.879 For me 00:26:34.879 --> 00:26:35.279 it's happened 00:26:35.279 --> 00:26:36.259 incredibly intensely 00:26:36.259 --> 00:26:37.619 the last month 00:26:37.619 --> 00:26:38.379 month and a half. 00:26:39.959 --> 00:26:40.759 I told you 00:26:40.759 --> 00:26:41.539 I grew up in Iowa 00:26:41.539 --> 00:26:42.879 Iowa's slow 00:26:42.879 --> 00:26:44.699 and I love it 00:26:44.699 --> 00:26:45.159 for that. 00:26:45.539 --> 00:26:46.479 I moved to Jamaica 00:26:46.480 --> 00:26:47.900 Jamaica's slower. 00:26:48.720 --> 00:26:50.019 I love it even more 00:26:50.019 --> 00:26:51.259 for that. 00:26:51.880 --> 00:26:52.680 And then I moved 00:26:52.680 --> 00:26:53.299 to D.C. 00:26:54.819 --> 00:26:55.519 And the word 00:26:55.519 --> 00:26:56.380 slow doesn't exist 00:26:56.380 --> 00:26:57.140 in the vocabulary 00:26:57.140 --> 00:26:58.980 of the District 00:26:58.980 --> 00:26:59.539 of Columbia. 00:27:00.279 --> 00:27:00.539 You see 00:27:00.539 --> 00:27:00.980 what had happened 00:27:00.980 --> 00:27:01.240 to me 00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:01.660 is I had 00:27:01.660 --> 00:27:02.360 completely bought 00:27:02.360 --> 00:27:02.940 into the power 00:27:02.940 --> 00:27:03.519 of productivity. 00:27:04.559 --> 00:27:05.140 I had completely 00:27:05.140 --> 00:27:05.980 bought into the lie 00:27:05.980 --> 00:27:06.500 that the busier 00:27:06.500 --> 00:27:06.900 you are 00:27:06.900 --> 00:27:07.200 and the more 00:27:07.200 --> 00:27:07.860 you can get done 00:27:07.860 --> 00:27:09.220 the more accomplished 00:27:09.220 --> 00:27:09.920 your career 00:27:09.920 --> 00:27:11.519 and the better 00:27:11.519 --> 00:27:12.500 a person you are. 00:27:13.539 --> 00:27:13.840 And you see 00:27:13.840 --> 00:27:14.580 I felt pretty good 00:27:14.580 --> 00:27:15.120 because almost 00:27:15.120 --> 00:27:16.000 all of my time 00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:16.720 is spent in the church 00:27:16.720 --> 00:27:17.519 in some capacity. 00:27:19.720 --> 00:27:20.580 But the deception 00:27:20.580 --> 00:27:20.960 in that 00:27:20.960 --> 00:27:22.279 is the power 00:27:22.279 --> 00:27:22.940 of productivity 00:27:22.940 --> 00:27:25.140 doesn't escape 00:27:25.140 --> 00:27:25.920 the church either 00:27:25.920 --> 00:27:27.140 and it doesn't 00:27:27.140 --> 00:27:27.940 escape Christians. 00:27:30.360 --> 00:27:30.860 You see 00:27:30.860 --> 00:27:31.519 what God called me 00:27:31.519 --> 00:27:32.360 to painfully 00:27:32.360 --> 00:27:33.620 and it's still painful 00:27:33.620 --> 00:27:35.000 but I'm in his arms 00:27:35.000 --> 00:27:35.320 now 00:27:35.320 --> 00:27:37.080 is to rediscover 00:27:37.080 --> 00:27:37.560 Sabbath 00:27:37.559 --> 00:27:38.720 and to orient 00:27:38.720 --> 00:27:39.559 my life around 00:27:39.559 --> 00:27:39.960 Sabbath 00:27:39.960 --> 00:27:40.579 and resting 00:27:40.579 --> 00:27:41.460 in his arms 00:27:41.460 --> 00:27:43.299 to be willing 00:27:43.299 --> 00:27:43.899 to stop 00:27:43.899 --> 00:27:44.399 and say 00:27:44.399 --> 00:27:45.859 God you are enough 00:27:45.859 --> 00:27:48.119 and he's driven 00:27:48.119 --> 00:27:48.779 me to that. 00:27:53.539 --> 00:27:54.559 So think about 00:27:54.559 --> 00:27:55.099 where God 00:27:55.099 --> 00:27:55.759 is calling you 00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:56.240 to rest 00:27:56.240 --> 00:27:56.879 in his arms 00:27:56.879 --> 00:27:57.319 today 00:27:57.319 --> 00:27:58.480 because 00:27:58.480 --> 00:28:00.220 I tell you what 00:28:00.220 --> 00:28:00.720 there's nothing 00:28:00.720 --> 00:28:01.639 better in the world 00:28:01.639 --> 00:28:02.720 there's no greater 00:28:02.720 --> 00:28:03.659 comfort or joy 00:28:03.659 --> 00:28:04.859 than resting 00:28:04.859 --> 00:28:05.960 in the Father's arms 00:28:05.960 --> 00:28:07.220 completely 00:28:07.220 --> 00:28:08.759 and totally. 00:28:09.660 --> 00:28:10.120 And secondly 00:28:10.120 --> 00:28:10.680 and lastly 00:28:10.680 --> 00:28:11.400 then it's a call. 00:28:12.339 --> 00:28:13.259 If it's an offer 00:28:13.259 --> 00:28:13.819 for those 00:28:13.819 --> 00:28:14.460 who are searching 00:28:14.460 --> 00:28:15.240 those who are lost 00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:15.740 those who are hopeless 00:28:15.740 --> 00:28:16.440 it's a call 00:28:16.440 --> 00:28:17.740 to the church. 00:28:18.500 --> 00:28:19.220 It's a call 00:28:19.220 --> 00:28:20.180 to Christ's body. 00:28:22.500 --> 00:28:23.380 The New Testament 00:28:23.380 --> 00:28:24.120 calls us 00:28:24.120 --> 00:28:24.779 Christ's body 00:28:24.779 --> 00:28:25.400 for a reason 00:28:25.400 --> 00:28:25.900 because we're to 00:28:25.900 --> 00:28:26.720 emulate the heart 00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:27.220 of the shepherd. 00:28:28.299 --> 00:28:29.000 It's a call 00:28:29.000 --> 00:28:29.720 one because 00:28:29.720 --> 00:28:30.160 the shepherd 00:28:30.160 --> 00:28:31.039 has rescued us 00:28:31.039 --> 00:28:32.079 from our lostness. 00:28:33.440 --> 00:28:34.259 I could speak 00:28:34.259 --> 00:28:35.319 on this for hours 00:28:35.319 --> 00:28:35.919 but I think 00:28:35.919 --> 00:28:36.899 it's better 00:28:36.899 --> 00:28:37.919 to go to the source 00:28:37.919 --> 00:28:39.279 one of the most 00:28:39.279 --> 00:28:40.220 brilliant sources 00:28:40.220 --> 00:28:41.819 that you'll ever read 00:28:41.819 --> 00:28:42.519 St. Paul 00:28:42.519 --> 00:28:44.059 and in 1st Timothy 00:28:44.059 --> 00:28:44.980 he says this 00:28:44.980 --> 00:28:45.899 Christ Jesus 00:28:45.899 --> 00:28:46.639 came into the world 00:28:46.639 --> 00:28:47.599 to save sinners 00:28:47.599 --> 00:28:49.000 of whom I am 00:28:49.000 --> 00:28:49.539 the worst. 00:28:50.539 --> 00:28:50.899 Church 00:28:50.899 --> 00:28:51.599 never forget 00:28:51.599 --> 00:28:52.899 that we were all 00:28:52.899 --> 00:28:53.379 lost 00:28:53.379 --> 00:28:55.059 before we were found. 00:28:56.899 --> 00:28:57.220 Know from 00:28:57.220 --> 00:28:58.359 know where you came from 00:28:58.359 --> 00:28:59.899 to know where you're going 00:28:59.899 --> 00:29:01.119 right 00:29:01.119 --> 00:29:02.399 where you're going 00:29:02.399 --> 00:29:03.200 in Christ Jesus. 00:29:03.200 --> 00:29:04.299 Two 00:29:04.299 --> 00:29:05.180 make your lives 00:29:05.180 --> 00:29:06.080 missional and outward. 00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:07.559 That's the call. 00:29:08.120 --> 00:29:09.019 It's a risky business 00:29:09.019 --> 00:29:09.720 being a Christian. 00:29:10.279 --> 00:29:11.340 It's never been promised 00:29:11.340 --> 00:29:12.019 to be easy. 00:29:12.759 --> 00:29:13.019 Right? 00:29:13.279 --> 00:29:14.299 We can look all over 00:29:14.299 --> 00:29:14.940 the world today 00:29:14.940 --> 00:29:16.059 and see the terrible things 00:29:16.059 --> 00:29:16.519 that are happening 00:29:16.519 --> 00:29:17.559 to our brothers and sisters 00:29:17.559 --> 00:29:18.380 across the world. 00:29:18.680 --> 00:29:19.460 We can look back 00:29:19.460 --> 00:29:19.940 in history 00:29:19.940 --> 00:29:20.680 and see equally 00:29:20.680 --> 00:29:21.420 as terrifying 00:29:21.420 --> 00:29:22.480 and terrible of things. 00:29:25.160 --> 00:29:26.279 But there's also 00:29:26.279 --> 00:29:27.220 terrifying and terrible 00:29:27.220 --> 00:29:27.840 things happening 00:29:27.840 --> 00:29:28.640 in our culture 00:29:28.640 --> 00:29:30.519 and they're even 00:29:30.519 --> 00:29:31.620 harder sometimes 00:29:31.619 --> 00:29:32.819 to deal with 00:29:32.819 --> 00:29:33.899 because they're masked. 00:29:34.919 --> 00:29:35.759 They're masked. 00:29:35.879 --> 00:29:36.599 They're not blatant. 00:29:37.599 --> 00:29:38.199 So you need to make 00:29:38.199 --> 00:29:39.239 your lives 00:29:39.239 --> 00:29:39.959 missional and outward. 00:29:40.079 --> 00:29:41.059 We all need to do that. 00:29:41.979 --> 00:29:43.019 Christ makes this claim 00:29:43.019 --> 00:29:43.979 as he calls us 00:29:43.979 --> 00:29:45.759 to pick up our cross 00:29:45.759 --> 00:29:46.299 daily 00:29:46.299 --> 00:29:47.859 and follow him. 00:29:49.139 --> 00:29:49.819 Whether that's 00:29:49.819 --> 00:29:50.759 through offering yourself 00:29:50.759 --> 00:29:51.819 to DC 127 00:29:51.819 --> 00:29:53.159 in some capacity. 00:29:55.000 --> 00:29:55.779 Whether that's 00:29:55.779 --> 00:29:56.759 to your co-workers 00:29:56.759 --> 00:29:58.279 being a selfless worker. 00:29:58.279 --> 00:30:00.599 or to your neighbors 00:30:00.599 --> 00:30:01.359 in your community 00:30:01.359 --> 00:30:03.759 through your core group 00:30:03.759 --> 00:30:04.480 in your household. 00:30:05.460 --> 00:30:06.299 The call is this 00:30:06.299 --> 00:30:07.139 to be a place 00:30:07.139 --> 00:30:08.240 and a people of rest 00:30:08.240 --> 00:30:09.740 for a tired, 00:30:09.960 --> 00:30:10.220 lost, 00:30:10.299 --> 00:30:11.099 and lonely world. 00:30:14.700 --> 00:30:15.500 And because 00:30:15.500 --> 00:30:16.740 he is so brilliant 00:30:16.740 --> 00:30:18.019 let's use 00:30:18.019 --> 00:30:19.019 Dietrich Bonhoeffer 00:30:19.019 --> 00:30:20.139 to close this out tonight 00:30:20.139 --> 00:30:21.559 with a quote 00:30:21.559 --> 00:30:23.139 from The Cost of Discipleship. 00:30:23.140 --> 00:30:25.680 Costly grace 00:30:25.680 --> 00:30:26.660 is the gospel 00:30:26.660 --> 00:30:27.740 which must be sought 00:30:27.740 --> 00:30:29.500 again and again and again. 00:30:30.380 --> 00:30:30.880 The gift 00:30:30.880 --> 00:30:32.060 which must be asked for. 00:30:32.520 --> 00:30:33.080 The door 00:30:33.080 --> 00:30:33.840 at which a man 00:30:33.840 --> 00:30:34.560 must knock. 00:30:35.140 --> 00:30:35.720 Such grace 00:30:35.720 --> 00:30:36.420 is costly 00:30:36.420 --> 00:30:37.620 because it calls us 00:30:37.620 --> 00:30:38.100 to follow. 00:30:38.740 --> 00:30:39.720 And it is grace 00:30:39.720 --> 00:30:41.080 because it calls us 00:30:41.080 --> 00:30:42.300 to follow Jesus Christ. 00:30:42.860 --> 00:30:43.820 It is costly 00:30:43.820 --> 00:30:44.620 because it costs 00:30:44.620 --> 00:30:45.380 a man his life. 00:30:45.840 --> 00:30:46.900 And it is grace 00:30:46.900 --> 00:30:48.680 because it gives a man 00:30:48.680 --> 00:30:49.820 the only true life. 00:30:50.480 --> 00:30:51.320 It is costly 00:30:51.320 --> 00:30:52.759 because it condemns sin. 00:30:53.140 --> 00:30:54.080 And grace 00:30:54.080 --> 00:30:55.180 because it justifies 00:30:55.180 --> 00:30:55.680 the sinner. 00:30:56.600 --> 00:30:57.140 Above all 00:30:57.140 --> 00:30:57.820 it is costly 00:30:57.820 --> 00:30:59.140 because it cost God 00:30:59.140 --> 00:31:00.440 the life of his son. 00:31:01.820 --> 00:31:02.500 Ye were bought 00:31:02.500 --> 00:31:03.259 at a price 00:31:03.259 --> 00:31:06.340 and what has cost God much 00:31:06.340 --> 00:31:08.320 cannot be cheap for us. 00:31:08.900 --> 00:31:09.460 Above all 00:31:09.460 --> 00:31:10.680 it is grace 00:31:10.680 --> 00:31:11.280 because God 00:31:11.280 --> 00:31:12.540 did not reckon his son 00:31:12.540 --> 00:31:13.480 too dear a price 00:31:13.480 --> 00:31:14.680 to pay for our life 00:31:14.680 --> 00:31:16.840 but delivered him up for us. 00:31:17.840 --> 00:31:18.820 Costly grace 00:31:18.820 --> 00:31:20.900 is the incarnation of God. 00:31:23.140 --> 00:31:23.860 Let's pray. 00:31:25.480 --> 00:31:26.660 Heavenly Father God 00:31:26.660 --> 00:31:27.900 grace is costly 00:31:27.900 --> 00:31:28.800 and it's beautiful. 00:31:29.920 --> 00:31:30.780 No greater joy 00:31:30.780 --> 00:31:32.100 no deeper hope 00:31:32.100 --> 00:31:33.960 can be found 00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:35.020 than in your salvation 00:31:35.020 --> 00:31:36.140 than in the shepherd's 00:31:36.140 --> 00:31:36.980 loving arms 00:31:36.980 --> 00:31:39.160 setting at the seat 00:31:39.160 --> 00:31:40.860 and the feet 00:31:40.860 --> 00:31:41.420 of the Father. 00:31:43.520 --> 00:31:44.380 God I ask 00:31:44.380 --> 00:31:44.840 for all of us 00:31:44.840 --> 00:31:45.720 in this room 00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:46.820 and those who aren't 00:31:46.820 --> 00:31:47.320 here tonight 00:31:47.319 --> 00:31:49.039 that we can receive 00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:49.839 both the offer 00:31:49.839 --> 00:31:50.439 and the call 00:31:50.439 --> 00:31:51.960 of you 00:31:51.960 --> 00:31:52.720 the good shepherd 00:31:52.720 --> 00:31:53.980 our Lord Jesus Christ 00:31:53.980 --> 00:31:55.379 and ask 00:31:55.379 --> 00:31:56.480 that our response 00:31:56.480 --> 00:31:57.159 can be one 00:31:57.159 --> 00:31:58.240 of repentance 00:31:58.240 --> 00:31:59.659 and joy. 00:31:59.779 --> 00:32:00.559 In your name we pray. 00:32:01.639 --> 00:32:02.000 Amen. 00:32:02.000 --> 00:32:02.179 Amen. 00:32:02.179 --> 00:32:02.419 Amen. 00:32:02.419 --> 00:32:02.519 Amen. 00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:02.579 Amen. 00:32:02.579 --> 00:32:03.079 Amen. 00:32:03.079 --> 00:32:03.639 Amen. 00:32:03.639 --> 00:32:04.200 Amen. 00:32:04.200 --> 00:32:04.460 Amen. 00:32:04.460 --> 00:32:04.859 Amen. 00:32:04.859 --> 00:32:04.960 Amen. 00:32:04.960 --> 00:32:05.039 Amen. 00:32:05.039 --> 00:32:05.200 Amen. 00:32:05.200 --> 00:32:06.139 Amen. 00:32:06.139 --> 00:32:06.200 Amen. 00:32:06.200 --> 00:32:06.240 Amen. 00:32:06.240 --> 00:32:06.339 Amen. 00:32:06.339 --> 00:32:06.359 Amen. 00:32:06.359 --> 00:32:06.379 Amen. 00:32:06.379 --> 00:32:06.460 Amen.