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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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 It's good to be back after being on, taking some time with my family over in Turner, Oregon.

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 This is the second time that we've done it, and it's really a great time to just take a step back,

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 to reflect, to pray, to focus on what really matters.

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 Spending time with family, time with the Lord, and just asking God,

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 how can I continue to connect with you and to have a deep and intimate relationship with you?

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 Sometimes we forget that when it comes to our relationship with Christ,

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 it's an ongoing relationship.

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 It's an ongoing relationship to communicate with the Lord through prayer,

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 asking God to speak to us,

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 to lead and to guide us in our lives,

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 in decisions,

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 to cast our cares upon Him,

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 to think and consider His Word,

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 the promises that the covenants that have been made,

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 the prophecies that have been fulfilled.

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 It is all connected.

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 that God not only has worked in the past,

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 but He is continuing to work in and through our lives every single day.

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 And to consider how precious life is,

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 and how every moment is but a gift from God.

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 I'm reminded how Scripture says that every good gift comes from above.

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 And God gives so many blessings.

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 He gives us so much,

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 especially the greatest opportunity for us to respond

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 to salvation

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 for eternal life.

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 Recently, I've been,

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 when I was on vacation,

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 I did hear, unfortunately,

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 some bad news of some personal friends that I had known.

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 One of my very close friends

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 passed away in military service.

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 And another friend, I guess you could say,

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 recently divorced.

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 And it was just back to back hearing the news.

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 And I'm like,

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 I want to offer this to God.

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 And I want to pray for the brokenness,

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 the hurt.

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 I don't know the scope of what was going on,

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 especially when you're very close to them

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 or semi-close to them.

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 You don't know all the intricacies,

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 but you can certainly pray for people.

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 And I bring all of that up

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 because it goes to show,

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 as we're going to go in this parable,

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 how important it is for us to consider our mind

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 and to consider our heart.

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 There is so much of Scripture

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 that is concerned with,

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 what is your posture towards the Lord?

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 In other words,

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 do you have a hardened heart

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 or do you have a softened heart towards the Lord?

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 How has God worked in your life recently?

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 When was the last time that you have seen

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 or experienced transformation in your life?

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 Or God stirring your heart

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 or molding you through experiences?

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 Because God continues to work through us.

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 And when we think about it,

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 it is important for us

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 to have that relationship,

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 to establish, to begin the relationship with Christ

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 and to continue it.

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 It's much like any sort of friendship

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 or any sort of relationship

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 that we have with people.

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 You don't just call your friend,

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 you know, once and then never call again.

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 You visit.

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 You take time.

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 And that's how important it is

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 for our relationship with the Lord.

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 And I want us to open our Bibles.

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 Go ahead and turn to page 1040.

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 We're going to turn to Luke chapter 16.

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 And it's important for us to understand

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 this parable.

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 As we've gone over in many weeks,

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 we've gone over the teachings,

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 the parables of Christ

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 that has a lot of symbolic language.

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 These parables are simple,

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 but yet they can be so convicting.

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 They can be so deep

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 and they can move us.

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 So the gospel of Luke chapter 16,

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 I want us to go specifically

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 to verses 14 through 15,

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 which is right before the parable

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 of the rich man and Lazarus.

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 This helps us understand the scene here

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 of what Jesus,

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 who Jesus is speaking to and why.

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 So it says,

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 the Pharisees who were lovers of money,

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 that's very important,

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 heard all these things,

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 or hearing about the teachings,

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 the parables of Christ,

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 and they,

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 what did they do?

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 They ridiculed him.

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 And he said to them,

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 you are those who justify yourselves

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 before men,

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 but God,

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 what?

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 Knows your heart.

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 For what is exalted among men

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 is an abomination in the sight of God.

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 So this is after

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 when Christ is teaching

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 about wealth,

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 about stewardship,

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 and it's addressing

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 the attitudes towards money.

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 That what was leading up to here.

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 When we go over

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 to the rich man and Lazarus,

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 there's some important things

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 that we should take to note.

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 When we go,

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 let's just go over to verse 19.

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 There was a rich man

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 who was clothed in purple

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 and fine linen.

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 Well, just right there,

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 when you see the color purple,

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 that is someone

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 who is of great wealth.

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 Now,

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 we may not,

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 some of us are wearing purple

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 here today.

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 I'm not going to pick on you here.

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 But,

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 back in the day,

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 the color purple

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 was a very rare color.

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 It was a,

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 something that only the,

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 those wealthy people

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 were able to have.

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 That's important to know.

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 Clothed in purple,

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 and we can understand

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 in fine linen,

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 right?

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 Certain materials

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 that people wear.

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 And this man,

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 he feasted

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 every single day.

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 So,

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 this guy is living it up.

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 He's got a good life.

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 Or,

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 at least it appears so.

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 Goes on then

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 in verse 20.

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 So,

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 you first have

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 the first individual,

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 the rich man,

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 wealthy,

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 purple clothed,

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 and feasting.

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 Lavishly,

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 right?

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 Then,

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 verse 20.

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 It's important.

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 It says,

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 at his gate.

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 At his gate

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 was laid

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 a poor man

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 named Lazarus,

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 covered with sores.

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 Now,

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 church,

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 is this the same Lazarus

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 that was raised

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 from the dead?

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 No.

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 And it's important

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 to identify that.

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 And we'll,

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 you'll see why

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 in the text.

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 So,

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 Lazarus is a

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 common name.

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 And what's interesting

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 about it

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 is that

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 the word

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 Lazarus

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 means

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 God helps.

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 It's a beautiful name

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 when you think about it.

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 So,

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 that's important

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 for us.

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 So,

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 he's covered

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 with sores.

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 When you think

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 of that kind

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 of

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 someone who

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 has sores,

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 even nowadays,

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 we can think

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 you kind of want

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 to stay away

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 from them.

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 I mean,

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 if we're being honest

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 here,

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 you kind of don't

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 want to catch

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 what they have.

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 But anyone

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 that had

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 sores over,

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 right,

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 leprosy

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 or whatever

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 disease it was,

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 was not viewed

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 upon very highly

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 back then.

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 And they were,

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 unfortunately,

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 the outcasts

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 of society.

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 You didn't want

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 to be around them.

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 Verse 21,

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 he desired

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 to be fed

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 with what fell

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 from the rich

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 man's table.

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 It's very interesting

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 to note that's

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 the very similar

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 language where

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 you have the woman

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 who is

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 saying,

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 talking about

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 scraps that

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 fall down

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 from the table

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 and the dogs

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 want that

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 if you remember

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 that.

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 So it's

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 interesting.

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 It goes,

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 who desired

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 to be fed

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 with what fell

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 from the rich

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 man's table

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 so he's hungry.

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 Unlike this

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 rich person

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 who has more

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 to eat

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 and you can

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 get this image

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 of scraps

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 falling on the

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 ground.

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 They're just

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 eating and

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 eating and

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 they just,

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 you know,

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 can't wait

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 to sip their

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 drinks or

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 whatever,

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 right?

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 You get that

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 kind of image

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 and this

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 guy is at

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 the gate

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 and he

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 just wants

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 a little

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 bit.

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 Okay?

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 So,

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 moreover,

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 even the

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 dogs came

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 and licked

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 his sores.

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 Now,

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 sometimes we

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 can read

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 this and we

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 can have

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 more of a

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 literal reading

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 where it

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 says,

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 okay,

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 the dogs

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 literally are

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 coming over

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 and licking

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 the sores.

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 There are

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 some scholars

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 that would

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 say that

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 there is

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 an underlying

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 lesson that

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 even the

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 dogs being

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 represented as

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 Gentiles would

00:10:18.280 --> 00:10:19.000
 give care and

00:10:19.000 --> 00:10:19.879
 compassion to

00:10:19.879 --> 00:10:20.780
 Lazarus more

00:10:20.780 --> 00:10:21.360
 than this

00:10:21.360 --> 00:10:22.700
 rich man

00:10:22.700 --> 00:10:23.800
 who is

00:10:23.800 --> 00:10:24.200
 Jewish,

00:10:24.360 --> 00:10:24.860
 who has a

00:10:24.860 --> 00:10:25.180
 hardened

00:10:25.180 --> 00:10:25.500
 heart.

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 There is

00:10:26.000 --> 00:10:26.680
 that kind

00:10:26.680 --> 00:10:28.240
 of distinction

00:10:28.240 --> 00:10:28.759
 there,

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 but you can

00:10:31.040 --> 00:10:31.480
 come to your

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 own conclusion

00:10:32.060 --> 00:10:32.360
 on that.

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 I just think

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 it's very

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 interesting,

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 nonetheless,

00:10:34.360 --> 00:10:35.280
 that dogs

00:10:35.280 --> 00:10:35.640
 have been

00:10:35.640 --> 00:10:36.180
 viewed upon

00:10:36.180 --> 00:10:37.180
 as Gentiles.

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 But in this

00:10:38.379 --> 00:10:38.620
 case,

00:10:38.660 --> 00:10:39.100
 we can just

00:10:39.100 --> 00:10:39.560
 look at it

00:10:39.559 --> 00:10:40.239
 as just

00:10:40.239 --> 00:10:40.979
 normal dogs.

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 So we

00:10:44.459 --> 00:10:44.719
 don't have

00:10:44.719 --> 00:10:45.019
 to over

00:10:45.019 --> 00:10:46.579
 complicate

00:10:46.579 --> 00:10:46.859
 that.

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 So the

00:10:47.319 --> 00:10:47.839
 dogs came

00:10:47.839 --> 00:10:48.159
 and licked

00:10:48.159 --> 00:10:48.739
 his sores.

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 So what

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 happened?

00:10:50.019 --> 00:10:50.659
 Verse 22,

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 what happened

00:10:51.639 --> 00:10:51.979
 to the poor

00:10:51.979 --> 00:10:52.239
 man?

00:10:52.879 --> 00:10:53.719
 He died.

00:10:54.639 --> 00:10:55.359
 What happened

00:10:55.359 --> 00:10:55.619
 then?

00:10:56.019 --> 00:10:56.519
 He was

00:10:56.519 --> 00:10:58.479
 carried by

00:10:58.479 --> 00:10:59.159
 the angels

00:10:59.159 --> 00:11:00.599
 to Abraham's

00:11:00.599 --> 00:11:00.859
 side.

00:11:01.659 --> 00:11:02.159
 The imagery

00:11:02.159 --> 00:11:02.639
 of that,

00:11:02.719 --> 00:11:03.319
 of angels

00:11:03.319 --> 00:11:04.299
 carrying anyone

00:11:04.299 --> 00:11:04.819
 is just,

00:11:05.459 --> 00:11:06.159
 that's very

00:11:06.159 --> 00:11:06.599
 beautiful.

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 And you

00:11:09.279 --> 00:11:09.899
 can think,

00:11:10.019 --> 00:11:10.419
 you can

00:11:10.419 --> 00:11:10.899
 conclude

00:11:10.899 --> 00:11:11.980
 that this

00:11:11.980 --> 00:11:13.299
 poor man,

00:11:13.399 --> 00:11:14.399
 this Lazarus,

00:11:14.740 --> 00:11:16.339
 was seeking

00:11:16.339 --> 00:11:16.860
 the Lord

00:11:16.860 --> 00:11:18.959
 and knew

00:11:18.959 --> 00:11:19.439
 the Lord

00:11:19.439 --> 00:11:19.980
 at some

00:11:19.980 --> 00:11:20.620
 capacity,

00:11:20.720 --> 00:11:21.019
 at least

00:11:21.019 --> 00:11:21.360
 to the

00:11:21.360 --> 00:11:21.959
 point where

00:11:21.959 --> 00:11:22.799
 angels would

00:11:22.799 --> 00:11:23.919
 gather him

00:11:23.919 --> 00:11:24.179
 up.

00:11:25.539 --> 00:11:26.059
 That's

00:11:26.059 --> 00:11:28.019
 beautiful

00:11:28.019 --> 00:11:28.839
 language to

00:11:28.839 --> 00:11:29.259
 think of.

00:11:29.360 --> 00:11:29.539
 I mean,

00:11:29.659 --> 00:11:32.000
 I want to

00:11:32.000 --> 00:11:32.419
 be carried

00:11:32.419 --> 00:11:33.259
 by angels,

00:11:33.500 --> 00:11:33.819
 you know?

00:11:34.120 --> 00:11:35.360
 But nonetheless,

00:11:35.620 --> 00:11:36.100
 it's still

00:11:36.100 --> 00:11:37.840
 very beautiful

00:11:37.840 --> 00:11:38.360
 to see.

00:11:39.040 --> 00:11:39.300
 So what

00:11:39.300 --> 00:11:39.940
 happens then,

00:11:40.040 --> 00:11:40.300
 church?

00:11:40.399 --> 00:11:40.779
 The rich

00:11:40.779 --> 00:11:41.100
 man,

00:11:41.159 --> 00:11:41.340
 what?

00:11:41.420 --> 00:11:41.700
 Was he

00:11:41.700 --> 00:11:42.159
 alive and

00:11:42.159 --> 00:11:42.399
 well?

00:11:43.360 --> 00:11:44.000
 He was

00:11:44.000 --> 00:11:44.560
 died and

00:11:44.560 --> 00:11:44.860
 buried.

00:11:45.000 --> 00:11:45.300
 And where

00:11:45.300 --> 00:11:45.540
 did he

00:11:45.540 --> 00:11:45.980
 end up?

00:11:46.720 --> 00:11:47.600
 In Hades.

00:11:48.360 --> 00:11:49.240
 Being in

00:11:49.240 --> 00:11:49.680
 torment,

00:11:49.920 --> 00:11:50.420
 he lifted

00:11:50.420 --> 00:11:51.259
 his eyes

00:11:51.259 --> 00:11:51.759
 and saw

00:11:51.759 --> 00:11:52.680
 Abraham far

00:11:52.680 --> 00:11:53.560
 off and

00:11:53.560 --> 00:11:54.340
 Lazarus at

00:11:54.340 --> 00:11:54.940
 his side.

00:11:55.440 --> 00:11:56.720
 It's important

00:11:56.720 --> 00:11:57.420
 to note that

00:11:57.420 --> 00:11:59.340
 there's a lot

00:11:59.340 --> 00:12:00.720
 of language

00:12:00.720 --> 00:12:02.259
 that describes

00:12:02.259 --> 00:12:03.480
 heaven and

00:12:03.480 --> 00:12:03.759
 hell.

00:12:03.759 --> 00:12:05.399
 And just

00:12:05.399 --> 00:12:05.860
 to kind of

00:12:05.860 --> 00:12:06.539
 give you a

00:12:06.539 --> 00:12:07.460
 broad sense

00:12:07.460 --> 00:12:07.740
 here,

00:12:08.679 --> 00:12:11.919
 back then,

00:12:12.340 --> 00:12:13.220
 to be in

00:12:13.220 --> 00:12:14.139
 Hades was

00:12:14.139 --> 00:12:15.120
 to be in

00:12:15.120 --> 00:12:16.259
 the underworld,

00:12:16.399 --> 00:12:16.980
 as it were.

00:12:18.360 --> 00:12:19.960
 And it

00:12:19.960 --> 00:12:20.960
 appears that

00:12:20.960 --> 00:12:21.919
 somehow they

00:12:21.919 --> 00:12:22.679
 are able to

00:12:22.679 --> 00:12:23.259
 see one

00:12:23.259 --> 00:12:23.600
 another,

00:12:23.720 --> 00:12:24.580
 despite one

00:12:24.580 --> 00:12:25.379
 being in

00:12:25.379 --> 00:12:26.460
 more of

00:12:26.460 --> 00:12:27.179
 paradise,

00:12:27.960 --> 00:12:28.759
 and the

00:12:28.759 --> 00:12:29.399
 other being

00:12:29.399 --> 00:12:30.080
 in torment.

00:12:30.259 --> 00:12:30.639
 So that's

00:12:30.639 --> 00:12:31.200
 kind of an

00:12:31.200 --> 00:12:32.019
 interesting thing

00:12:32.019 --> 00:12:32.799
 to see here.

00:12:32.799 --> 00:12:36.139
 that in

00:12:36.139 --> 00:12:36.539
 Hades,

00:12:36.639 --> 00:12:37.199
 being in

00:12:37.199 --> 00:12:37.759
 torment,

00:12:38.479 --> 00:12:39.179
 he lifted

00:12:39.179 --> 00:12:39.740
 his eyes

00:12:39.740 --> 00:12:40.199
 and saw

00:12:40.199 --> 00:12:40.559
 Abraham.

00:12:40.699 --> 00:12:40.839
 So you

00:12:40.839 --> 00:12:41.039
 have to

00:12:41.039 --> 00:12:41.379
 remember,

00:12:42.059 --> 00:12:43.059
 Christ is

00:12:43.059 --> 00:12:43.679
 speaking to

00:12:43.679 --> 00:12:44.399
 the Pharisees.

00:12:44.500 --> 00:12:44.959
 He's speaking

00:12:44.959 --> 00:12:46.000
 to a

00:12:46.000 --> 00:12:46.839
 Jewish audience

00:12:46.839 --> 00:12:47.859
 in this.

00:12:49.099 --> 00:12:49.179
 So,

00:12:49.359 --> 00:12:50.439
 let's see

00:12:50.439 --> 00:12:50.819
 here.

00:12:51.279 --> 00:12:51.839
 Far off to

00:12:51.839 --> 00:12:52.179
 his side,

00:12:52.240 --> 00:12:52.879
 verse 24,

00:12:53.039 --> 00:12:53.479
 he called

00:12:53.479 --> 00:12:53.740
 out,

00:12:54.059 --> 00:12:54.799
 Father Abraham,

00:12:54.939 --> 00:12:55.459
 have mercy

00:12:55.459 --> 00:12:55.879
 on me,

00:12:56.059 --> 00:12:56.659
 and send

00:12:56.659 --> 00:12:57.779
 Lazarus to

00:12:57.779 --> 00:12:58.539
 dip the

00:12:58.539 --> 00:12:59.240
 end of

00:12:59.240 --> 00:13:00.079
 his finger

00:13:00.079 --> 00:13:00.639
 in water

00:13:00.639 --> 00:13:01.159
 and cool

00:13:01.159 --> 00:13:01.740
 my tongue

00:13:01.740 --> 00:13:02.179
 for I

00:13:02.179 --> 00:13:02.480
 am in

00:13:02.480 --> 00:13:02.919
 anguish

00:13:02.919 --> 00:13:03.379
 in this

00:13:03.379 --> 00:13:03.899
 flame.

00:13:04.059 --> 00:13:04.419
 It is

00:13:04.419 --> 00:13:05.360
 hot there.

00:13:06.679 --> 00:13:07.379
 Just to

00:13:07.379 --> 00:13:07.779
 dip your

00:13:07.779 --> 00:13:08.379
 finger to

00:13:08.379 --> 00:13:08.819
 get a little

00:13:08.819 --> 00:13:09.279
 cooling,

00:13:09.419 --> 00:13:09.620
 I mean,

00:13:09.659 --> 00:13:09.980
 that is

00:13:09.980 --> 00:13:10.580
 pretty hot

00:13:10.580 --> 00:13:10.939
 in there.

00:13:11.860 --> 00:13:12.299
 And so,

00:13:12.419 --> 00:13:12.620
 look,

00:13:13.620 --> 00:13:15.740
 two different

00:13:15.740 --> 00:13:16.240
 people,

00:13:16.639 --> 00:13:17.799
 two different

00:13:17.799 --> 00:13:18.279
 deaths,

00:13:18.379 --> 00:13:18.580
 right?

00:13:19.000 --> 00:13:19.960
 Lazarus dies,

00:13:20.159 --> 00:13:20.580
 he's carried

00:13:20.580 --> 00:13:21.299
 by angels,

00:13:21.720 --> 00:13:22.419
 the rich man

00:13:22.419 --> 00:13:23.120
 is died,

00:13:23.419 --> 00:13:23.939
 he dies,

00:13:24.059 --> 00:13:24.600
 and is buried

00:13:24.600 --> 00:13:25.159
 and finds

00:13:25.159 --> 00:13:26.059
 himself in

00:13:26.059 --> 00:13:26.840
 torment.

00:13:26.840 --> 00:13:28.300
 It's

00:13:28.300 --> 00:13:28.680
 more of

00:13:28.680 --> 00:13:29.100
 descriptive

00:13:29.100 --> 00:13:29.879
 language of

00:13:29.879 --> 00:13:30.160
 what we

00:13:30.160 --> 00:13:30.580
 would call

00:13:30.580 --> 00:13:31.220
 Gehenna,

00:13:32.280 --> 00:13:32.680
 so to

00:13:32.680 --> 00:13:32.980
 speak.

00:13:35.660 --> 00:13:36.300
 And the

00:13:36.300 --> 00:13:36.860
 rich man

00:13:36.860 --> 00:13:37.800
 is begging

00:13:37.800 --> 00:13:40.300
 Abraham for

00:13:40.300 --> 00:13:40.720
 mercy.

00:13:41.960 --> 00:13:42.259
 Well,

00:13:42.519 --> 00:13:43.440
 Abraham replies

00:13:43.440 --> 00:13:43.920
 and says,

00:13:44.040 --> 00:13:44.360
 child,

00:13:44.480 --> 00:13:45.019
 remember that

00:13:45.019 --> 00:13:45.860
 you in your

00:13:45.860 --> 00:13:46.740
 lifetime received

00:13:46.740 --> 00:13:47.120
 your good

00:13:47.120 --> 00:13:47.500
 things,

00:13:47.600 --> 00:13:48.180
 and Lazarus

00:13:48.180 --> 00:13:48.860
 in like manner

00:13:48.860 --> 00:13:49.540
 bad things,

00:13:49.600 --> 00:13:50.040
 and now he

00:13:50.040 --> 00:13:50.980
 is comforted

00:13:50.980 --> 00:13:51.259
 here,

00:13:51.360 --> 00:13:51.639
 and you

00:13:51.639 --> 00:13:51.940
 are in

00:13:51.940 --> 00:13:52.460
 anguish.

00:13:53.100 --> 00:13:53.620
 That's

00:13:53.620 --> 00:13:54.080
 interesting.

00:13:54.680 --> 00:13:55.519
 Verse 26,

00:13:55.519 --> 00:13:56.860
 besides all

00:13:56.860 --> 00:13:57.120
 this,

00:13:57.199 --> 00:13:58.079
 between us

00:13:58.079 --> 00:13:58.500
 and you,

00:13:58.579 --> 00:13:58.960
 a great

00:13:58.960 --> 00:13:59.720
 chasm has

00:13:59.720 --> 00:14:00.299
 been fixed

00:14:00.299 --> 00:14:00.960
 in order

00:14:00.960 --> 00:14:01.559
 that those

00:14:01.559 --> 00:14:02.100
 would pass

00:14:02.100 --> 00:14:02.699
 from here

00:14:02.699 --> 00:14:03.600
 to you

00:14:03.600 --> 00:14:04.159
 may not

00:14:04.159 --> 00:14:04.600
 be able,

00:14:05.159 --> 00:14:05.620
 and none

00:14:05.620 --> 00:14:06.259
 may cross

00:14:06.259 --> 00:14:06.759
 from there

00:14:06.759 --> 00:14:07.360
 to us.

00:14:07.980 --> 00:14:08.340
 So you

00:14:08.340 --> 00:14:08.939
 can't cross

00:14:08.939 --> 00:14:09.259
 over.

00:14:10.039 --> 00:14:10.639
 When we

00:14:10.639 --> 00:14:11.039
 think of

00:14:11.039 --> 00:14:11.639
 heaven and

00:14:11.639 --> 00:14:11.860
 hell,

00:14:11.919 --> 00:14:12.139
 when we

00:14:12.139 --> 00:14:12.500
 think of

00:14:12.500 --> 00:14:13.139
 torment and

00:14:13.139 --> 00:14:13.460
 comfort,

00:14:13.559 --> 00:14:13.819
 there is

00:14:13.819 --> 00:14:14.659
 no crossing

00:14:14.659 --> 00:14:15.079
 over,

00:14:15.179 --> 00:14:15.519
 at least

00:14:15.519 --> 00:14:16.360
 that's what

00:14:16.360 --> 00:14:16.779
 is being

00:14:16.779 --> 00:14:17.279
 described

00:14:17.279 --> 00:14:18.179
 here within

00:14:18.179 --> 00:14:18.759
 the parable.

00:14:19.620 --> 00:14:20.480
 So Abraham

00:14:20.480 --> 00:14:21.840
 is explaining

00:14:21.840 --> 00:14:22.819
 there is a

00:14:22.819 --> 00:14:24.019
 chasm between

00:14:24.019 --> 00:14:25.379
 comfort and

00:14:25.379 --> 00:14:25.860
 torment,

00:14:26.659 --> 00:14:27.299
 and there's

00:14:27.299 --> 00:14:27.899
 no crossing

00:14:27.899 --> 00:14:28.580
 possible.

00:14:29.679 --> 00:14:30.519
 So that's

00:14:30.519 --> 00:14:31.500
 important for

00:14:31.500 --> 00:14:31.960
 us to know.

00:14:33.399 --> 00:14:33.679
 And he

00:14:33.679 --> 00:14:33.960
 said,

00:14:34.080 --> 00:14:34.740
 then I beg

00:14:34.740 --> 00:14:34.919
 you,

00:14:35.059 --> 00:14:35.259
 Father,

00:14:35.360 --> 00:14:35.899
 to send

00:14:35.899 --> 00:14:36.360
 him to

00:14:36.360 --> 00:14:36.980
 my father's

00:14:36.980 --> 00:14:37.139
 house.

00:14:37.220 --> 00:14:37.700
 It's

00:14:37.700 --> 00:14:38.259
 interesting to

00:14:38.259 --> 00:14:38.460
 know,

00:14:38.899 --> 00:14:39.419
 I was

00:14:39.419 --> 00:14:39.639
 reading,

00:14:39.820 --> 00:14:40.220
 there's one

00:14:40.220 --> 00:14:40.679
 commentary

00:14:40.679 --> 00:14:41.779
 about this

00:14:41.779 --> 00:14:42.220
 specific

00:14:42.220 --> 00:14:42.600
 parable,

00:14:42.659 --> 00:14:42.840
 and I

00:14:42.840 --> 00:14:43.059
 thought it

00:14:43.059 --> 00:14:43.299
 was very

00:14:43.299 --> 00:14:43.679
 interesting.

00:14:45.139 --> 00:14:45.899
 He is

00:14:45.899 --> 00:14:47.139
 thinking,

00:14:47.460 --> 00:14:48.639
 despite being

00:14:48.639 --> 00:14:49.220
 in torment,

00:14:49.399 --> 00:14:49.740
 he's saying,

00:14:50.120 --> 00:14:50.759
 send this

00:14:50.759 --> 00:14:51.379
 guy who

00:14:51.379 --> 00:14:53.220
 died over

00:14:53.220 --> 00:14:54.139
 to speak

00:14:54.139 --> 00:14:54.580
 to my

00:14:54.580 --> 00:14:55.259
 family on

00:14:55.259 --> 00:14:56.080
 my behalf.

00:14:56.740 --> 00:14:57.480
 So he

00:14:57.480 --> 00:14:58.200
 still has

00:14:58.200 --> 00:14:59.300
 this hardness

00:14:59.300 --> 00:15:00.300
 of heart,

00:15:00.399 --> 00:15:00.940
 so to speak.

00:15:01.060 --> 00:15:01.500
 He's so

00:15:01.500 --> 00:15:02.080
 focused,

00:15:02.399 --> 00:15:02.800
 he's not

00:15:02.800 --> 00:15:03.540
 even caring

00:15:03.540 --> 00:15:05.320
 about Lazarus.

00:15:05.540 --> 00:15:06.200
 Does that

00:15:06.200 --> 00:15:06.779
 make sense?

00:15:07.779 --> 00:15:08.519
 He's not

00:15:08.519 --> 00:15:09.180
 recognizing,

00:15:09.480 --> 00:15:09.639
 like,

00:15:09.720 --> 00:15:10.000
 okay,

00:15:10.560 --> 00:15:11.500
 there's this

00:15:11.500 --> 00:15:11.960
 other guy

00:15:11.960 --> 00:15:12.480
 here that

00:15:12.480 --> 00:15:13.680
 just died,

00:15:14.360 --> 00:15:15.220
 and yet,

00:15:15.379 --> 00:15:16.300
 I need you

00:15:16.300 --> 00:15:16.680
 to send

00:15:16.680 --> 00:15:17.100
 him over

00:15:17.100 --> 00:15:17.460
 to my

00:15:17.460 --> 00:15:17.820
 family.

00:15:18.759 --> 00:15:19.340
 That's

00:15:19.340 --> 00:15:19.700
 interesting.

00:15:19.840 --> 00:15:20.100
 It's the

00:15:20.100 --> 00:15:20.639
 same kind

00:15:20.639 --> 00:15:21.139
 of mindset,

00:15:21.360 --> 00:15:22.420
 not having

00:15:22.420 --> 00:15:23.159
 really a

00:15:23.159 --> 00:15:23.700
 care for

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 Lazarus in

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 there,

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 and I

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 just thought,

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 that's

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 very true,

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 that's

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 very

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 interesting.

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 I beg

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 you,

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 Father,

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 to send

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 him to

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 my

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 father's

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 house,

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 for I

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 have

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 five

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 brothers,

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 so that

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 he may

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 warn

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 them,

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 lest they

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 also come

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 into this

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 place of

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 torment.

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 Well,

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 at least

00:15:39.940 --> 00:15:40.259
 he's

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 caring for

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 his

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 brothers

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 here.

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 At

00:15:42.460 --> 00:15:43.019
 least he

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 has the

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 care

00:15:43.620 --> 00:15:43.800
 for

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 them.

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 But

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 Abraham

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 said,

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 what does

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 it say,

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 church?

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 They have

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 what?

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 Moses and

00:15:50.139 --> 00:15:50.279
 the

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 prophets.

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 Let them

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 hear them.

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 And he

00:15:53.799 --> 00:15:53.979
 said,

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 no,

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 Father

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 Abraham,

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 but if

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 someone goes

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 to them

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 from the

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 dead,

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 they will

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 repent.

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 And he

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 said to

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 him,

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 if they

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 do not

00:16:01.159 --> 00:16:01.399
 hear

00:16:01.399 --> 00:16:01.959
 Moses and

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 the

00:16:02.099 --> 00:16:02.500
 prophets,

00:16:02.679 --> 00:16:02.899
 neither

00:16:02.899 --> 00:16:03.399
 will they

00:16:03.399 --> 00:16:04.479
 be convinced

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 if someone

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 should rise

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 from the

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 dead.

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 Interesting.

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 They,

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 the Jewish

00:16:11.199 --> 00:16:11.679
 people,

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 had Moses,

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 they had

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 the prophets,

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 they had

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 the law

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 to show

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 them

00:16:17.560 --> 00:16:18.639
 the Lord,

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 to draw

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 close to

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 the Lord,

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 and yet,

00:16:22.720 --> 00:16:23.740
 even despite

00:16:23.740 --> 00:16:24.700
 someone raising

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 from the

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 dead,

00:16:27.039 --> 00:16:27.860
 there are

00:16:27.860 --> 00:16:28.360
 still going

00:16:28.360 --> 00:16:28.639
 to be

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 people who

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 do not

00:16:29.500 --> 00:16:29.820
 believe.

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 I've

00:16:30.159 --> 00:16:30.740
 always found

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 it very

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 interesting,

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 and maybe

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 you can

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 identify as

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 well.

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 Imagine

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 being

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 back in

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 biblical

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 times and

00:16:39.759 --> 00:16:40.580
 seeing some

00:16:40.580 --> 00:16:40.840
 of the

00:16:40.840 --> 00:16:41.659
 signs and

00:16:41.659 --> 00:16:42.299
 wonders that

00:16:42.299 --> 00:16:42.720
 happened.

00:16:43.399 --> 00:16:43.779
 The parting

00:16:43.779 --> 00:16:44.180
 of the Red

00:16:44.180 --> 00:16:44.440
 Sea,

00:16:44.539 --> 00:16:45.019
 for example.

00:16:46.039 --> 00:16:46.240
 Right?

00:16:46.539 --> 00:16:47.379
 Or Christ

00:16:47.379 --> 00:16:48.320
 walking on

00:16:48.320 --> 00:16:48.679
 water.

00:16:51.080 --> 00:16:51.919
 It's just

00:16:51.919 --> 00:16:53.139
 two miracles

00:16:53.139 --> 00:16:53.679
 right there.

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 And yet,

00:16:55.299 --> 00:16:55.639
 there were

00:16:55.639 --> 00:16:56.460
 still some

00:16:56.460 --> 00:16:57.179
 that did

00:16:57.179 --> 00:16:57.860
 not believe.

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 Like,

00:16:59.799 --> 00:17:00.060
 in my

00:17:00.060 --> 00:17:00.399
 mind,

00:17:00.639 --> 00:17:01.659
 if I see

00:17:01.659 --> 00:17:02.879
 anything,

00:17:03.240 --> 00:17:03.779
 if I see

00:17:03.779 --> 00:17:04.500
 someone walking

00:17:04.500 --> 00:17:05.079
 on water,

00:17:05.660 --> 00:17:06.720
 I'd be

00:17:06.720 --> 00:17:07.079
 kind of

00:17:07.079 --> 00:17:07.660
 fascinated.

00:17:08.200 --> 00:17:09.279
 If I see

00:17:09.279 --> 00:17:10.339
 the feeding

00:17:10.339 --> 00:17:10.880
 of the

00:17:10.880 --> 00:17:11.779
 5,000,

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 wouldn't

00:17:13.259 --> 00:17:13.740
 you be

00:17:13.740 --> 00:17:14.440
 impressed by

00:17:14.440 --> 00:17:14.640
 that?

00:17:14.640 --> 00:17:15.080
 But yet,

00:17:15.280 --> 00:17:15.759
 despite

00:17:15.759 --> 00:17:16.440
 all of

00:17:16.440 --> 00:17:16.640
 that,

00:17:16.900 --> 00:17:17.259
 there are

00:17:17.259 --> 00:17:17.640
 still

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 people

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 back

00:17:19.160 --> 00:17:19.560
 then

00:17:19.560 --> 00:17:20.820
 that

00:17:20.820 --> 00:17:21.060
 did

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 not

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 believe.

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 Even

00:17:24.780 --> 00:17:25.280
 someone

00:17:25.280 --> 00:17:25.640
 being

00:17:25.640 --> 00:17:26.020
 raised

00:17:26.020 --> 00:17:26.380
 from the

00:17:26.380 --> 00:17:26.640
 dead,

00:17:27.460 --> 00:17:27.840
 there are

00:17:27.840 --> 00:17:28.100
 still

00:17:28.100 --> 00:17:28.480
 people

00:17:28.480 --> 00:17:28.759
 who

00:17:28.759 --> 00:17:29.000
 will

00:17:29.000 --> 00:17:29.420
 reject

00:17:29.420 --> 00:17:29.680
 the

00:17:29.680 --> 00:17:29.980
 Lord.

00:17:31.440 --> 00:17:32.020
 That's

00:17:32.020 --> 00:17:32.420
 shocking.

00:17:33.940 --> 00:17:34.600
 I mean,

00:17:34.700 --> 00:17:36.320
 I've never

00:17:36.320 --> 00:17:36.820
 been able to

00:17:36.820 --> 00:17:37.180
 just get

00:17:37.180 --> 00:17:37.740
 myself to

00:17:37.740 --> 00:17:37.960
 think,

00:17:38.080 --> 00:17:38.220
 like,

00:17:38.220 --> 00:17:39.600
 if I

00:17:39.600 --> 00:17:40.000
 saw a

00:17:40.000 --> 00:17:40.319
 miracle

00:17:40.319 --> 00:17:40.940
 right in

00:17:40.940 --> 00:17:41.299
 front of

00:17:41.299 --> 00:17:41.440
 me

00:17:41.440 --> 00:17:41.779
 happen,

00:17:42.500 --> 00:17:43.960
 I'm

00:17:43.960 --> 00:17:44.160
 not

00:17:44.160 --> 00:17:44.579
 interested.

00:17:45.740 --> 00:17:46.240
 Can you

00:17:46.240 --> 00:17:46.600
 imagine?

00:17:47.960 --> 00:17:48.339
 But yet,

00:17:48.400 --> 00:17:48.640
 there are

00:17:48.640 --> 00:17:49.140
 people that

00:17:49.140 --> 00:17:49.460
 are that

00:17:49.460 --> 00:17:49.700
 way.

00:17:50.539 --> 00:17:51.079
 And it's

00:17:51.079 --> 00:17:51.819
 important for

00:17:51.819 --> 00:17:52.319
 us,

00:17:53.220 --> 00:17:54.000
 where God

00:17:54.000 --> 00:17:54.660
 has worked

00:17:54.660 --> 00:17:55.079
 in and

00:17:55.079 --> 00:17:55.500
 through our

00:17:55.500 --> 00:17:55.839
 lives,

00:17:55.880 --> 00:17:56.220
 or maybe

00:17:56.220 --> 00:17:57.160
 he hasn't,

00:17:58.400 --> 00:17:59.180
 pray that

00:17:59.180 --> 00:17:59.900
 God will

00:17:59.900 --> 00:18:00.660
 soften your

00:18:00.660 --> 00:18:01.779
 heart and

00:18:01.779 --> 00:18:02.660
 change your

00:18:02.660 --> 00:18:03.460
 mind to

00:18:03.460 --> 00:18:04.180
 recognize

00:18:04.180 --> 00:18:05.259
 who

00:18:05.259 --> 00:18:06.220
 Christ

00:18:06.220 --> 00:18:07.120
 is.

00:18:08.220 --> 00:18:08.779
 Recognizing

00:18:08.779 --> 00:18:09.420
 the power

00:18:09.420 --> 00:18:10.980
 of Christ's

00:18:10.980 --> 00:18:11.440
 miracles,

00:18:11.680 --> 00:18:12.259
 the ministry

00:18:12.259 --> 00:18:12.900
 of Christ,

00:18:13.080 --> 00:18:13.580
 all of

00:18:13.580 --> 00:18:14.019
 these things,

00:18:14.519 --> 00:18:14.980
 the things

00:18:14.980 --> 00:18:15.220
 that we

00:18:15.220 --> 00:18:15.840
 find in

00:18:15.840 --> 00:18:16.080
 Scripture.

00:18:16.220 --> 00:18:16.320
 Now,

00:18:16.539 --> 00:18:16.920
 here's the

00:18:16.920 --> 00:18:17.120
 thing,

00:18:17.779 --> 00:18:18.200
 there's a

00:18:18.200 --> 00:18:18.539
 lot of

00:18:18.539 --> 00:18:19.279
 us in

00:18:19.279 --> 00:18:19.700
 the world

00:18:19.700 --> 00:18:20.740
 that we

00:18:20.740 --> 00:18:21.480
 want to

00:18:21.480 --> 00:18:23.039
 psychoanalyze

00:18:23.039 --> 00:18:23.580
 and come to

00:18:23.580 --> 00:18:24.820
 understand how

00:18:24.820 --> 00:18:25.640
 and why

00:18:25.640 --> 00:18:26.820
 and where

00:18:26.820 --> 00:18:27.380
 and when

00:18:27.380 --> 00:18:28.259
 things happen.

00:18:28.980 --> 00:18:29.660
 I want to

00:18:29.660 --> 00:18:30.480
 understand how

00:18:30.480 --> 00:18:30.900
 the Red

00:18:30.900 --> 00:18:31.480
 Sea was

00:18:31.480 --> 00:18:32.060
 parted,

00:18:32.740 --> 00:18:33.980
 so I can

00:18:33.980 --> 00:18:34.819
 understand it.

00:18:35.839 --> 00:18:36.039
 Well,

00:18:36.099 --> 00:18:36.799
 there are

00:18:36.799 --> 00:18:37.799
 some things,

00:18:38.200 --> 00:18:39.299
 even in the

00:18:39.299 --> 00:18:40.380
 scientific community,

00:18:40.900 --> 00:18:41.680
 even in

00:18:41.680 --> 00:18:42.940
 academic pursuits,

00:18:43.019 --> 00:18:44.039
 that we just

00:18:44.039 --> 00:18:44.660
 do not

00:18:44.660 --> 00:18:45.279
 understand.

00:18:46.960 --> 00:18:47.460
 And that's

00:18:47.460 --> 00:18:47.839
 okay.

00:18:48.500 --> 00:18:49.460
 It's okay to

00:18:49.460 --> 00:18:50.000
 not know

00:18:50.000 --> 00:18:50.960
 how,

00:18:51.480 --> 00:18:52.440
 we know that

00:18:52.440 --> 00:18:53.519
 God split

00:18:53.519 --> 00:18:53.880
 the Red

00:18:53.880 --> 00:18:54.099
 Sea,

00:18:54.200 --> 00:18:54.720
 we know that

00:18:54.720 --> 00:18:56.400
 God raised

00:18:56.400 --> 00:18:57.039
 the other

00:18:57.039 --> 00:18:58.019
 Lazarus from

00:18:58.019 --> 00:18:58.519
 the dead,

00:18:59.039 --> 00:19:00.880
 but it goes

00:19:00.880 --> 00:19:01.940
 to show that

00:19:01.940 --> 00:19:03.380
 God has far

00:19:03.380 --> 00:19:03.880
 greater

00:19:03.880 --> 00:19:04.940
 power than

00:19:04.940 --> 00:19:05.400
 our

00:19:05.400 --> 00:19:06.420
 understanding.

00:19:07.800 --> 00:19:08.720
 We try to

00:19:08.720 --> 00:19:09.460
 understand so

00:19:09.460 --> 00:19:09.780
 much,

00:19:10.260 --> 00:19:10.760
 don't we?

00:19:13.240 --> 00:19:14.000
 God is

00:19:14.000 --> 00:19:15.340
 beyond our

00:19:15.340 --> 00:19:16.040
 understanding.

00:19:17.120 --> 00:19:18.040
 Trust in the

00:19:18.040 --> 00:19:18.820
 Lord with

00:19:18.820 --> 00:19:19.620
 all of your

00:19:19.620 --> 00:19:20.520
 heart and

00:19:20.520 --> 00:19:21.740
 lean not on

00:19:21.740 --> 00:19:22.380
 your what?

00:19:22.980 --> 00:19:23.420
 Your

00:19:23.420 --> 00:19:24.280
 understanding.

00:19:25.280 --> 00:19:25.800
 But yet we

00:19:25.800 --> 00:19:26.620
 try to lean on

00:19:26.620 --> 00:19:27.280
 our understanding.

00:19:27.420 --> 00:19:27.940
 We try to

00:19:27.940 --> 00:19:28.880
 understand things

00:19:28.880 --> 00:19:29.680
 that don't

00:19:29.680 --> 00:19:30.400
 make sense.

00:19:30.400 --> 00:19:31.460
 God is

00:19:31.460 --> 00:19:32.400
 so,

00:19:32.640 --> 00:19:34.600
 let them

00:19:34.600 --> 00:19:34.960
 hear.

00:19:37.860 --> 00:19:38.500
 It's

00:19:38.500 --> 00:19:39.320
 important for

00:19:39.320 --> 00:19:39.740
 us to

00:19:39.740 --> 00:19:40.380
 learn from

00:19:40.380 --> 00:19:41.000
 this about

00:19:41.000 --> 00:19:42.660
 how important

00:19:42.660 --> 00:19:43.660
 life is.

00:19:43.800 --> 00:19:43.920
 Now,

00:19:44.360 --> 00:19:46.180
 I don't want

00:19:46.180 --> 00:19:46.740
 you thinking

00:19:46.740 --> 00:19:47.640
 that having

00:19:47.640 --> 00:19:48.480
 money is

00:19:48.480 --> 00:19:48.860
 evil.

00:19:49.360 --> 00:19:50.320
 I don't want

00:19:50.320 --> 00:19:50.820
 you thinking

00:19:50.820 --> 00:19:51.480
 that being

00:19:51.480 --> 00:19:54.160
 poor is

00:19:54.160 --> 00:19:54.580
 holy.

00:19:54.579 --> 00:19:55.699
 it's all

00:19:55.699 --> 00:19:57.319
 about the

00:19:57.319 --> 00:19:57.579
 what?

00:19:58.399 --> 00:19:59.480
 The heart.

00:20:00.480 --> 00:20:00.779
 Are there

00:20:00.779 --> 00:20:01.419
 not wicked

00:20:01.419 --> 00:20:02.720
 people who

00:20:02.720 --> 00:20:03.179
 are rich?

00:20:04.599 --> 00:20:04.919
 Are there

00:20:04.919 --> 00:20:05.199
 not?

00:20:05.639 --> 00:20:07.539
 All right,

00:20:07.679 --> 00:20:08.119
 right?

00:20:08.119 --> 00:20:10.659
 Can the

00:20:10.659 --> 00:20:11.779
 same argument

00:20:11.779 --> 00:20:12.259
 be made?

00:20:12.339 --> 00:20:12.579
 There are

00:20:12.579 --> 00:20:13.019
 people who

00:20:13.019 --> 00:20:13.399
 are wicked

00:20:13.399 --> 00:20:13.859
 that are

00:20:13.859 --> 00:20:14.419
 poor.

00:20:14.859 --> 00:20:15.639
 Of course.

00:20:16.579 --> 00:20:17.099
 It has

00:20:17.099 --> 00:20:17.339
 so.

00:20:17.399 --> 00:20:17.819
 It doesn't

00:20:17.819 --> 00:20:18.359
 matter your

00:20:18.359 --> 00:20:19.539
 socioeconomic

00:20:19.539 --> 00:20:20.000
 status.

00:20:20.259 --> 00:20:21.339
 But what

00:20:21.339 --> 00:20:22.179
 is interesting

00:20:22.179 --> 00:20:23.179
 is that very

00:20:23.179 --> 00:20:23.519
 often,

00:20:23.879 --> 00:20:24.639
 specifically in

00:20:24.639 --> 00:20:25.059
 parables,

00:20:25.379 --> 00:20:26.099
 you have

00:20:26.099 --> 00:20:27.779
 what appears

00:20:27.779 --> 00:20:28.199
 to be

00:20:28.199 --> 00:20:28.879
 successful,

00:20:29.059 --> 00:20:29.579
 what appears

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 to be good.

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 The Lord

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 is comparing.

00:20:34.219 --> 00:20:34.879
 Look at

00:20:34.879 --> 00:20:36.539
 this poor

00:20:36.539 --> 00:20:37.859
 beggar.

00:20:38.119 --> 00:20:39.179
 This guy

00:20:39.179 --> 00:20:40.000
 with sores

00:20:40.000 --> 00:20:40.299
 and the

00:20:40.299 --> 00:20:40.899
 dogs are

00:20:40.899 --> 00:20:41.619
 licking his

00:20:41.619 --> 00:20:42.199
 sores to

00:20:42.199 --> 00:20:42.500
 give him

00:20:42.500 --> 00:20:43.079
 some sort

00:20:43.079 --> 00:20:43.659
 of comfort.

00:20:44.739 --> 00:20:45.719
 And yet,

00:20:45.839 --> 00:20:46.559
 he's being

00:20:46.559 --> 00:20:47.419
 transported by

00:20:47.419 --> 00:20:47.819
 angels.

00:20:49.259 --> 00:20:50.139
 If you

00:20:50.139 --> 00:20:51.239
 remember the

00:20:51.239 --> 00:20:52.119
 parable of

00:20:52.119 --> 00:20:53.559
 the Pharisee

00:20:53.559 --> 00:20:53.799
 and the

00:20:53.799 --> 00:20:54.500
 tax collector,

00:20:54.619 --> 00:20:55.139
 that was

00:20:55.139 --> 00:20:56.719
 very different.

00:20:57.839 --> 00:20:58.279
 Actually,

00:20:58.419 --> 00:20:58.859
 it's the same.

00:20:58.959 --> 00:20:59.299
 It's very

00:20:59.299 --> 00:20:59.739
 similar.

00:21:00.939 --> 00:21:01.219
 Two

00:21:01.219 --> 00:21:01.919
 completely

00:21:01.919 --> 00:21:02.899
 contrasting

00:21:02.899 --> 00:21:03.379
 people.

00:21:04.319 --> 00:21:04.759
 If you

00:21:04.759 --> 00:21:05.419
 remember that,

00:21:06.199 --> 00:21:07.119
 the Pharisee

00:21:07.119 --> 00:21:08.079
 and the

00:21:08.079 --> 00:21:08.799
 tax collector,

00:21:08.939 --> 00:21:10.299
 the Pharisee,

00:21:10.480 --> 00:21:10.759
 he,

00:21:12.099 --> 00:21:12.980
 the tax

00:21:12.980 --> 00:21:13.599
 collector was

00:21:13.599 --> 00:21:14.539
 justified before

00:21:14.539 --> 00:21:15.019
 the Lord,

00:21:15.119 --> 00:21:15.659
 but not

00:21:15.659 --> 00:21:17.139
 the Pharisee,

00:21:17.679 --> 00:21:18.339
 logically,

00:21:18.699 --> 00:21:19.899
 that does

00:21:19.899 --> 00:21:20.319
 not make

00:21:20.319 --> 00:21:20.899
 sense.

00:21:21.859 --> 00:21:22.500
 Logically,

00:21:22.939 --> 00:21:23.699
 the rich

00:21:23.699 --> 00:21:24.599
 person should

00:21:24.599 --> 00:21:25.099
 make it to

00:21:25.099 --> 00:21:25.319
 heaven.

00:21:25.980 --> 00:21:26.500
 Logically,

00:21:27.079 --> 00:21:27.899
 the religious

00:21:27.899 --> 00:21:28.619
 person that

00:21:28.619 --> 00:21:29.399
 follows the

00:21:29.399 --> 00:21:30.220
 rules and

00:21:30.220 --> 00:21:31.740
 is keeping

00:21:31.740 --> 00:21:32.559
 everything to a

00:21:32.559 --> 00:21:33.539
 T should

00:21:33.539 --> 00:21:34.039
 make it.

00:21:34.039 --> 00:21:34.099
 person.

00:21:35.420 --> 00:21:36.059
 Let's think

00:21:36.059 --> 00:21:36.480
 about how

00:21:36.480 --> 00:21:36.940
 our world

00:21:36.940 --> 00:21:37.379
 works.

00:21:37.980 --> 00:21:38.680
 You perform

00:21:38.680 --> 00:21:39.019
 well,

00:21:39.079 --> 00:21:39.480
 you get a

00:21:39.480 --> 00:21:39.859
 promotion.

00:21:40.039 --> 00:21:40.500
 You perform

00:21:40.500 --> 00:21:40.799
 well,

00:21:40.879 --> 00:21:41.659
 you make it

00:21:41.659 --> 00:21:41.920
 on the

00:21:41.920 --> 00:21:42.319
 honor roll.

00:21:42.799 --> 00:21:43.460
 It's very

00:21:43.460 --> 00:21:44.399
 logical when

00:21:44.399 --> 00:21:44.899
 it comes to

00:21:44.899 --> 00:21:45.079
 that.

00:21:45.319 --> 00:21:45.720
 But when it

00:21:45.720 --> 00:21:46.279
 comes to

00:21:46.279 --> 00:21:46.759
 things of

00:21:46.759 --> 00:21:47.220
 the Lord,

00:21:47.819 --> 00:21:48.819
 matters is

00:21:48.819 --> 00:21:49.920
 your heart.

00:21:49.920 --> 00:21:52.940
 the softening

00:21:52.940 --> 00:21:53.740
 of your

00:21:53.740 --> 00:21:54.019
 heart.

00:21:54.100 --> 00:21:54.539
 I think I've

00:21:54.539 --> 00:21:54.980
 mentioned it

00:21:54.980 --> 00:21:55.680
 before about

00:21:55.680 --> 00:21:56.980
 the story of

00:21:56.980 --> 00:21:57.519
 the Grinch,

00:21:57.640 --> 00:21:57.820
 right?

00:21:57.860 --> 00:21:58.660
 Where his

00:21:58.660 --> 00:21:59.539
 heart was so

00:21:59.539 --> 00:22:00.180
 small,

00:22:00.600 --> 00:22:00.800
 right?

00:22:00.880 --> 00:22:01.080
 And,

00:22:01.539 --> 00:22:02.340
 spoiler alert,

00:22:02.960 --> 00:22:03.500
 his heart

00:22:03.500 --> 00:22:03.960
 grows,

00:22:04.060 --> 00:22:04.279
 right?

00:22:04.960 --> 00:22:05.840
 Signifying a

00:22:05.840 --> 00:22:06.640
 change of

00:22:06.640 --> 00:22:07.259
 his heart.

00:22:08.200 --> 00:22:08.759
 Well,

00:22:08.960 --> 00:22:10.019
 I know that's

00:22:10.019 --> 00:22:10.660
 just a movie,

00:22:10.880 --> 00:22:12.320
 but when we

00:22:12.320 --> 00:22:12.940
 think of the

00:22:12.940 --> 00:22:13.259
 Lord,

00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:14.539
 there is

00:22:14.539 --> 00:22:15.120
 change that

00:22:15.120 --> 00:22:15.820
 happens within

00:22:15.820 --> 00:22:16.360
 our heart.

00:22:17.120 --> 00:22:17.980
 Going from

00:22:17.980 --> 00:22:19.279
 hardness of

00:22:19.279 --> 00:22:19.800
 heart to

00:22:19.799 --> 00:22:20.659
 a softening,

00:22:20.980 --> 00:22:21.680
 the ability

00:22:21.680 --> 00:22:22.759
 to love,

00:22:22.859 --> 00:22:23.539
 to live and

00:22:23.539 --> 00:22:24.039
 love like

00:22:24.039 --> 00:22:24.559
 the Lord.

00:22:26.379 --> 00:22:26.740
 So,

00:22:27.299 --> 00:22:27.980
 things to

00:22:27.980 --> 00:22:29.419
 take note

00:22:29.419 --> 00:22:29.799
 is,

00:22:30.519 --> 00:22:32.960
 yeah,

00:22:33.019 --> 00:22:33.579
 the connection

00:22:33.579 --> 00:22:34.279
 with the

00:22:34.279 --> 00:22:34.779
 Pharisee and

00:22:34.779 --> 00:22:35.180
 the tax

00:22:35.180 --> 00:22:35.720
 collector and

00:22:35.720 --> 00:22:36.220
 even the

00:22:36.220 --> 00:22:36.859
 rich fool.

00:22:38.159 --> 00:22:38.639
 And,

00:22:38.759 --> 00:22:39.220
 certainly,

00:22:39.399 --> 00:22:40.579
 this parable

00:22:40.579 --> 00:22:41.180
 can be very

00:22:41.180 --> 00:22:41.940
 challenging for

00:22:41.940 --> 00:22:42.399
 us because

00:22:42.399 --> 00:22:43.519
 it's addressing,

00:22:44.000 --> 00:22:44.720
 well,

00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:45.319
 what happens

00:22:45.319 --> 00:22:45.980
 after death?

00:22:47.099 --> 00:22:47.740
 You know,

00:22:47.759 --> 00:22:48.279
 only light

00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:48.599
 reading,

00:22:48.700 --> 00:22:48.899
 right?

00:22:48.900 --> 00:22:51.120
 But it's

00:22:51.120 --> 00:22:51.820
 important for

00:22:51.820 --> 00:22:52.019
 us,

00:22:52.160 --> 00:22:52.600
 nonetheless,

00:22:52.860 --> 00:22:53.740
 to read and

00:22:53.740 --> 00:22:54.160
 to study

00:22:54.160 --> 00:22:54.940
 scripture to

00:22:54.940 --> 00:22:55.800
 understand it.

00:22:56.140 --> 00:22:56.440
 And this

00:22:56.440 --> 00:22:57.600
 leads us in,

00:22:58.080 --> 00:22:58.300
 okay,

00:22:58.440 --> 00:22:59.420
 what can we

00:22:59.420 --> 00:23:00.240
 learn from

00:23:00.240 --> 00:23:00.620
 this?

00:23:01.480 --> 00:23:02.140
 Number one,

00:23:02.220 --> 00:23:02.519
 church,

00:23:02.680 --> 00:23:03.420
 our actions

00:23:03.420 --> 00:23:04.380
 reveal our

00:23:04.380 --> 00:23:04.840
 heart.

00:23:05.640 --> 00:23:06.060
 So,

00:23:06.120 --> 00:23:06.780
 the rich man

00:23:06.780 --> 00:23:07.740
 was neglectful.

00:23:08.540 --> 00:23:09.720
 He revealed a

00:23:09.720 --> 00:23:10.640
 hardened heart

00:23:10.640 --> 00:23:12.120
 by not having

00:23:12.120 --> 00:23:12.980
 kindness and

00:23:12.980 --> 00:23:13.920
 compassion and

00:23:13.920 --> 00:23:14.980
 care for the

00:23:14.980 --> 00:23:15.620
 person right

00:23:15.620 --> 00:23:16.380
 outside his

00:23:16.380 --> 00:23:16.720
 gate.

00:23:16.720 --> 00:23:19.120
 do you

00:23:19.120 --> 00:23:19.720
 know anyone

00:23:19.720 --> 00:23:20.480
 who is right

00:23:20.480 --> 00:23:20.880
 by your

00:23:20.880 --> 00:23:21.180
 gate?

00:23:21.600 --> 00:23:22.000
 That's a

00:23:22.000 --> 00:23:22.620
 hard question

00:23:22.620 --> 00:23:23.140
 to ask.

00:23:24.039 --> 00:23:24.299
 But,

00:23:24.339 --> 00:23:24.660
 certainly,

00:23:24.839 --> 00:23:25.860
 consider someone

00:23:25.860 --> 00:23:27.460
 who might be

00:23:27.460 --> 00:23:28.279
 at your own

00:23:28.279 --> 00:23:28.839
 front door

00:23:28.839 --> 00:23:30.160
 needing help.

00:23:31.759 --> 00:23:32.220
 And,

00:23:32.220 --> 00:23:33.420
 faith is

00:23:33.420 --> 00:23:34.039
 then shown

00:23:34.039 --> 00:23:34.400
 through

00:23:34.400 --> 00:23:35.180
 transformation.

00:23:36.440 --> 00:23:37.019
 Having a

00:23:37.019 --> 00:23:37.559
 compassionate

00:23:37.559 --> 00:23:38.039
 heart.

00:23:38.759 --> 00:23:39.460
 That's what

00:23:39.460 --> 00:23:40.200
 this is about.

00:23:40.860 --> 00:23:41.640
 Having a

00:23:41.640 --> 00:23:42.519
 changed mind

00:23:42.519 --> 00:23:42.860
 and a

00:23:42.860 --> 00:23:43.799
 changed heart.

00:23:43.799 --> 00:23:45.379
 the second

00:23:45.379 --> 00:23:46.019
 thing then,

00:23:46.119 --> 00:23:46.339
 church,

00:23:46.419 --> 00:23:46.720
 what does

00:23:46.720 --> 00:23:47.200
 it say?

00:23:47.919 --> 00:23:48.639
 Eternal life

00:23:48.639 --> 00:23:49.000
 exists.

00:23:49.099 --> 00:23:49.680
 That's pretty

00:23:49.680 --> 00:23:51.720
 self-explanatory

00:23:51.720 --> 00:23:52.440
 when we have,

00:23:52.759 --> 00:23:53.359
 at least for

00:23:53.359 --> 00:23:53.899
 the Jewish

00:23:53.899 --> 00:23:54.680
 understanding,

00:23:56.039 --> 00:23:57.379
 those who

00:23:57.379 --> 00:23:58.619
 end up in

00:23:58.619 --> 00:24:00.740
 torment and

00:24:00.740 --> 00:24:01.099
 those who

00:24:01.099 --> 00:24:01.559
 end up in

00:24:01.559 --> 00:24:02.000
 comfort.

00:24:02.119 --> 00:24:02.839
 Much like how

00:24:02.839 --> 00:24:04.180
 we understand

00:24:04.180 --> 00:24:05.200
 heaven and

00:24:05.200 --> 00:24:05.500
 hell.

00:24:07.359 --> 00:24:07.960
 So,

00:24:08.059 --> 00:24:08.319
 there is

00:24:08.319 --> 00:24:08.960
 life after

00:24:08.960 --> 00:24:09.319
 death.

00:24:10.159 --> 00:24:10.799
 In this

00:24:10.799 --> 00:24:11.359
 parable,

00:24:11.359 --> 00:24:12.299
 speaking of

00:24:12.299 --> 00:24:13.220
 being comforted

00:24:13.220 --> 00:24:14.200
 or being

00:24:14.200 --> 00:24:15.359
 tormented.

00:24:16.419 --> 00:24:17.220
 It's important

00:24:17.220 --> 00:24:17.700
 for us to

00:24:17.700 --> 00:24:18.119
 note then

00:24:18.119 --> 00:24:18.480
 that we

00:24:18.480 --> 00:24:19.480
 have decisions

00:24:19.480 --> 00:24:20.000
 to make

00:24:20.000 --> 00:24:20.359
 in this

00:24:20.359 --> 00:24:20.839
 life which

00:24:20.839 --> 00:24:21.299
 goes to

00:24:21.299 --> 00:24:22.019
 show how

00:24:22.019 --> 00:24:22.720
 important it

00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:23.440
 is for us

00:24:23.440 --> 00:24:24.720
 to seek

00:24:24.720 --> 00:24:25.139
 the Lord,

00:24:25.319 --> 00:24:25.799
 to know

00:24:25.799 --> 00:24:26.220
 the Lord,

00:24:26.319 --> 00:24:26.879
 to grow

00:24:26.879 --> 00:24:27.399
 in Him,

00:24:27.539 --> 00:24:28.059
 and to

00:24:28.059 --> 00:24:28.619
 continually

00:24:28.619 --> 00:24:29.019
 be

00:24:29.019 --> 00:24:29.639
 transformed.

00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:31.519
 Because,

00:24:31.619 --> 00:24:31.759
 if you

00:24:31.759 --> 00:24:32.220
 think about

00:24:32.220 --> 00:24:32.480
 it,

00:24:32.899 --> 00:24:33.359
 responding

00:24:33.359 --> 00:24:33.700
 to the

00:24:33.700 --> 00:24:34.019
 gospel

00:24:34.019 --> 00:24:34.559
 message,

00:24:35.000 --> 00:24:35.359
 you know,

00:24:35.480 --> 00:24:36.319
 only has

00:24:36.319 --> 00:24:36.740
 eternal

00:24:36.740 --> 00:24:37.460
 consequences,

00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:38.980
 but you

00:24:38.980 --> 00:24:39.659
 should respond

00:24:39.659 --> 00:24:40.240
 accordingly.

00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:41.419
 It's kind

00:24:41.419 --> 00:24:41.659
 of the

00:24:41.660 --> 00:24:41.880
 biggest

00:24:41.880 --> 00:24:42.300
 decision

00:24:42.300 --> 00:24:42.519
 you'll

00:24:42.519 --> 00:24:42.700
 ever

00:24:42.700 --> 00:24:42.960
 make,

00:24:43.019 --> 00:24:43.259
 you know.

00:24:45.440 --> 00:24:46.160
 The third

00:24:46.160 --> 00:24:46.700
 thing then

00:24:46.700 --> 00:24:47.440
 is scripture

00:24:47.440 --> 00:24:48.420
 is sufficient

00:24:48.420 --> 00:24:49.420
 for salvation.

00:24:49.540 --> 00:24:49.720
 What does

00:24:49.720 --> 00:24:50.200
 that mean?

00:24:50.259 --> 00:24:50.580
 It's that

00:24:50.580 --> 00:24:51.560
 God's word

00:24:51.560 --> 00:24:52.340
 gives us

00:24:52.340 --> 00:24:52.980
 a guide

00:24:52.980 --> 00:24:53.380
 to

00:24:53.380 --> 00:24:54.259
 understanding

00:24:54.259 --> 00:24:54.980
 salvation.

00:24:55.700 --> 00:24:56.000
 Okay?

00:24:56.560 --> 00:24:56.840
 To

00:24:56.840 --> 00:24:57.420
 understanding

00:24:57.420 --> 00:24:58.080
 salvation

00:24:58.080 --> 00:24:58.980
 and newness

00:24:58.980 --> 00:25:00.200
 of life.

00:25:01.100 --> 00:25:02.000
 And it's

00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:02.800
 also important

00:25:02.800 --> 00:25:04.420
 that even

00:25:04.420 --> 00:25:04.840
 when we

00:25:04.840 --> 00:25:05.360
 think of

00:25:05.360 --> 00:25:05.779
 miracles

00:25:05.779 --> 00:25:07.080
 and signs

00:25:07.080 --> 00:25:09.080
 as wonderful

00:25:09.080 --> 00:25:09.600
 and as

00:25:09.600 --> 00:25:10.340
 beautiful as

00:25:10.339 --> 00:25:10.859
 they are,

00:25:11.459 --> 00:25:12.119
 we have

00:25:12.119 --> 00:25:12.539
 to think,

00:25:12.699 --> 00:25:13.059
 do those

00:25:13.059 --> 00:25:13.679
 signs and

00:25:13.679 --> 00:25:14.039
 wonders

00:25:14.039 --> 00:25:14.859
 change our

00:25:14.859 --> 00:25:16.559
 hearts or

00:25:16.559 --> 00:25:17.399
 our minds

00:25:17.399 --> 00:25:18.359
 towards the

00:25:18.359 --> 00:25:18.659
 Lord?

00:25:20.259 --> 00:25:20.980
 And then

00:25:20.980 --> 00:25:21.539
 that leads

00:25:21.539 --> 00:25:22.159
 us to,

00:25:22.720 --> 00:25:23.859
 what do we

00:25:23.859 --> 00:25:24.419
 do about

00:25:24.419 --> 00:25:24.859
 this?

00:25:25.720 --> 00:25:26.220
 All right,

00:25:26.359 --> 00:25:27.179
 you have

00:25:27.179 --> 00:25:27.939
 this parable

00:25:27.939 --> 00:25:29.799
 about two

00:25:29.799 --> 00:25:30.319
 people,

00:25:31.319 --> 00:25:31.559
 right?

00:25:31.619 --> 00:25:31.819
 You have

00:25:31.819 --> 00:25:32.220
 the rich

00:25:32.220 --> 00:25:32.720
 man and

00:25:32.720 --> 00:25:33.019
 you have

00:25:33.019 --> 00:25:33.819
 Lazarus.

00:25:34.339 --> 00:25:35.059
 The one

00:25:35.059 --> 00:25:35.779
 parable that

00:25:35.779 --> 00:25:36.819
 mentions a

00:25:36.819 --> 00:25:37.339
 specific

00:25:37.339 --> 00:25:38.059
 individual.

00:25:38.720 --> 00:25:39.199
 That's

00:25:39.199 --> 00:25:39.659
 interesting

00:25:39.659 --> 00:25:40.539
 because you

00:25:40.539 --> 00:25:40.819
 have the

00:25:40.819 --> 00:25:41.319
 Pharisee and

00:25:41.319 --> 00:25:41.720
 the tax

00:25:41.720 --> 00:25:42.139
 collector,

00:25:42.299 --> 00:25:42.519
 right?

00:25:42.559 --> 00:25:42.980
 You have

00:25:42.980 --> 00:25:43.839
 the widow

00:25:43.839 --> 00:25:44.839
 and the

00:25:44.839 --> 00:25:46.179
 unjust

00:25:46.179 --> 00:25:46.779
 judge.

00:25:47.000 --> 00:25:48.359
 You don't

00:25:48.359 --> 00:25:49.000
 have specific

00:25:49.000 --> 00:25:49.559
 names here,

00:25:49.639 --> 00:25:50.159
 but here

00:25:50.159 --> 00:25:50.939
 you do.

00:25:51.480 --> 00:25:52.179
 That's very

00:25:52.179 --> 00:25:52.720
 interesting.

00:25:54.299 --> 00:25:55.059
 So you

00:25:55.059 --> 00:25:55.559
 have these

00:25:55.559 --> 00:25:56.279
 two people,

00:25:57.079 --> 00:25:57.759
 Lazarus,

00:25:58.019 --> 00:25:58.619
 the rich

00:25:58.619 --> 00:25:58.919
 man,

00:25:59.000 --> 00:25:59.720
 both die

00:25:59.720 --> 00:25:59.959
 and they

00:25:59.959 --> 00:26:00.459
 both end

00:26:00.459 --> 00:26:00.759
 up in

00:26:00.759 --> 00:26:01.019
 different

00:26:01.019 --> 00:26:01.759
 places.

00:26:01.759 --> 00:26:04.420
 one appears

00:26:04.420 --> 00:26:04.839
 to have

00:26:04.839 --> 00:26:05.359
 it all,

00:26:06.359 --> 00:26:06.759
 but yet

00:26:06.759 --> 00:26:07.180
 loses,

00:26:07.619 --> 00:26:07.980
 and the

00:26:07.980 --> 00:26:09.099
 other doesn't

00:26:09.099 --> 00:26:09.619
 have much

00:26:09.619 --> 00:26:10.379
 in gains.

00:26:11.140 --> 00:26:12.480
 But in

00:26:12.480 --> 00:26:12.879
 order to

00:26:12.879 --> 00:26:13.279
 understand

00:26:13.279 --> 00:26:13.819
 this,

00:26:14.400 --> 00:26:14.980
 it goes

00:26:14.980 --> 00:26:15.879
 back to

00:26:15.879 --> 00:26:16.420
 the heart.

00:26:17.900 --> 00:26:18.700
 And so,

00:26:18.940 --> 00:26:20.039
 what do we

00:26:20.039 --> 00:26:20.559
 do about

00:26:20.559 --> 00:26:20.960
 this?

00:26:21.640 --> 00:26:21.900
 Well,

00:26:21.940 --> 00:26:22.279
 the first

00:26:22.279 --> 00:26:23.680
 thing is

00:26:23.680 --> 00:26:24.420
 to respond

00:26:24.420 --> 00:26:25.519
 to Christ's

00:26:25.519 --> 00:26:26.059
 invitation

00:26:26.059 --> 00:26:26.619
 for you.

00:26:27.500 --> 00:26:28.240
 As we

00:26:28.240 --> 00:26:28.819
 partaken

00:26:28.819 --> 00:26:29.640
 of communion,

00:26:30.099 --> 00:26:30.819
 we do

00:26:30.819 --> 00:26:31.420
 this in

00:26:31.420 --> 00:26:31.940
 remembrance

00:26:31.940 --> 00:26:33.140
 of Christ's

00:26:33.140 --> 00:26:33.580
 sacrifice

00:26:33.580 --> 00:26:34.320
 for us.

00:26:36.240 --> 00:26:36.940
 There are

00:26:36.940 --> 00:26:37.580
 some people,

00:26:37.680 --> 00:26:37.980
 there are

00:26:37.980 --> 00:26:38.620
 so many

00:26:38.620 --> 00:26:39.180
 people in

00:26:39.180 --> 00:26:39.580
 the world

00:26:39.580 --> 00:26:40.200
 who do

00:26:40.200 --> 00:26:40.759
 not know

00:26:40.759 --> 00:26:41.360
 the Lord.

00:26:41.840 --> 00:26:42.400
 And it's

00:26:42.400 --> 00:26:43.120
 important for

00:26:43.120 --> 00:26:43.500
 us to

00:26:43.500 --> 00:26:44.880
 share in

00:26:44.880 --> 00:26:45.500
 the gospel

00:26:45.500 --> 00:26:45.980
 message,

00:26:46.100 --> 00:26:46.560
 the death,

00:26:46.720 --> 00:26:46.960
 burial,

00:26:46.960 --> 00:26:47.680
 and resurrection

00:26:47.680 --> 00:26:48.560
 of Jesus

00:26:48.560 --> 00:26:49.100
 Christ.

00:26:49.519 --> 00:26:50.259
 That Jesus

00:26:50.259 --> 00:26:50.900
 is the

00:26:50.900 --> 00:26:51.180
 way,

00:26:51.300 --> 00:26:51.700
 the truth,

00:26:51.759 --> 00:26:52.000
 and the

00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:52.320
 life,

00:26:52.440 --> 00:26:53.180
 and we

00:26:53.180 --> 00:26:53.860
 ourselves

00:26:53.860 --> 00:26:54.380
 have got

00:26:54.380 --> 00:26:55.060
 to respond

00:26:55.060 --> 00:26:55.500
 to it

00:26:55.500 --> 00:26:56.180
 first and

00:26:56.180 --> 00:26:56.700
 foremost.

00:26:57.660 --> 00:26:57.960
 Believe

00:26:57.960 --> 00:26:58.660
 in the

00:26:58.660 --> 00:26:59.240
 Lord and

00:26:59.240 --> 00:27:00.060
 be saved.

00:27:00.059 --> 00:27:01.139
 So

00:27:01.139 --> 00:27:01.599
 recognize

00:27:01.599 --> 00:27:03.559
 that you

00:27:03.559 --> 00:27:04.159
 need

00:27:04.159 --> 00:27:05.279
 the Lord

00:27:05.279 --> 00:27:05.559
 in your

00:27:05.559 --> 00:27:05.799
 life.

00:27:05.899 --> 00:27:06.240
 You need

00:27:06.240 --> 00:27:06.599
 Jesus

00:27:06.599 --> 00:27:07.119
 Christ.

00:27:07.619 --> 00:27:07.940
 And

00:27:07.940 --> 00:27:08.460
 respond

00:27:08.460 --> 00:27:09.220
 to that

00:27:09.220 --> 00:27:09.799
 invitation.

00:27:11.059 --> 00:27:11.980
 The second

00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:12.659
 thing then,

00:27:13.619 --> 00:27:14.700
 upon being

00:27:14.700 --> 00:27:15.299
 saved,

00:27:15.740 --> 00:27:16.639
 being saved

00:27:16.639 --> 00:27:17.279
 by grace

00:27:17.279 --> 00:27:18.119
 through faith,

00:27:18.639 --> 00:27:19.259
 is to

00:27:19.259 --> 00:27:20.079
 live your

00:27:20.079 --> 00:27:20.819
 new life

00:27:20.819 --> 00:27:21.839
 being

00:27:21.839 --> 00:27:22.599
 transformed.

00:27:23.519 --> 00:27:24.279
 Being saved

00:27:24.279 --> 00:27:24.799
 by grace

00:27:24.799 --> 00:27:25.440
 through faith,

00:27:25.539 --> 00:27:25.940
 making a

00:27:25.940 --> 00:27:26.579
 decision for

00:27:26.579 --> 00:27:27.000
 Christ,

00:27:27.159 --> 00:27:27.659
 is the

00:27:27.659 --> 00:27:27.940
 greatest

00:27:27.940 --> 00:27:28.659
 decision you

00:27:28.660 --> 00:27:29.080
 can make,

00:27:29.240 --> 00:27:29.660
 and it

00:27:29.660 --> 00:27:30.040
 is the

00:27:30.040 --> 00:27:31.000
 beginning of

00:27:31.000 --> 00:27:31.900
 your new

00:27:31.900 --> 00:27:32.740
 life in

00:27:32.740 --> 00:27:33.000
 him.

00:27:33.500 --> 00:27:34.380
 To continue

00:27:34.380 --> 00:27:34.820
 to be

00:27:34.820 --> 00:27:35.240
 molded,

00:27:35.279 --> 00:27:35.700
 to become

00:27:35.700 --> 00:27:36.200
 more like

00:27:36.200 --> 00:27:36.620
 Christ.

00:27:36.779 --> 00:27:37.180
 I don't

00:27:37.180 --> 00:27:37.560
 know about

00:27:37.560 --> 00:27:37.880
 you,

00:27:38.080 --> 00:27:38.620
 but the

00:27:38.620 --> 00:27:39.440
 very notion

00:27:39.440 --> 00:27:40.060
 of becoming

00:27:40.060 --> 00:27:40.700
 like Christ

00:27:40.700 --> 00:27:41.080
 is an

00:27:41.080 --> 00:27:41.620
 incredible,

00:27:42.180 --> 00:27:42.800
 it's an

00:27:42.800 --> 00:27:43.040
 incredible

00:27:43.040 --> 00:27:43.480
 journey.

00:27:44.340 --> 00:27:45.180
 Because Christ

00:27:45.180 --> 00:27:45.740
 is way better

00:27:45.740 --> 00:27:46.279
 than I'll ever

00:27:46.279 --> 00:27:46.460
 be.

00:27:46.500 --> 00:27:46.860
 I want to

00:27:46.860 --> 00:27:47.240
 be like

00:27:47.240 --> 00:27:47.480
 him.

00:27:48.040 --> 00:27:48.320
 I don't

00:27:48.320 --> 00:27:48.500
 want to

00:27:48.500 --> 00:27:48.900
 be like

00:27:48.900 --> 00:27:49.660
 the old

00:27:49.660 --> 00:27:50.279
 me that

00:27:50.279 --> 00:27:51.300
 was some

00:27:51.300 --> 00:27:51.740
 punk.

00:27:52.440 --> 00:27:52.880
 Okay?

00:27:53.480 --> 00:27:53.820
 I don't

00:27:53.820 --> 00:27:54.000
 want to

00:27:54.000 --> 00:27:54.440
 be that.

00:27:54.920 --> 00:27:55.480
 I want to

00:27:55.480 --> 00:27:56.300
 be more like

00:27:56.300 --> 00:27:56.880
 that which

00:27:56.880 --> 00:27:57.480
 is holy.

00:27:57.480 --> 00:27:58.420
 I want to

00:27:58.420 --> 00:28:00.140
 be closer

00:28:00.140 --> 00:28:00.559
 to the

00:28:00.559 --> 00:28:00.799
 Lord.

00:28:01.279 --> 00:28:01.700
 And we

00:28:01.700 --> 00:28:02.420
 think we

00:28:02.420 --> 00:28:03.200
 should think

00:28:03.200 --> 00:28:03.740
 of how

00:28:03.740 --> 00:28:04.640
 important it

00:28:04.640 --> 00:28:05.480
 is for

00:28:05.480 --> 00:28:06.620
 transformation,

00:28:06.940 --> 00:28:07.880
 for holiness,

00:28:08.920 --> 00:28:09.240
 right?

00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:11.099
 Continuing on

00:28:11.099 --> 00:28:11.400
 the path.

00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:11.559
 Now,

00:28:11.579 --> 00:28:11.900
 here's the

00:28:11.900 --> 00:28:12.099
 thing.

00:28:13.039 --> 00:28:13.539
 We should

00:28:13.539 --> 00:28:14.039
 all be on

00:28:14.039 --> 00:28:14.759
 a path of

00:28:14.759 --> 00:28:15.140
 growth.

00:28:15.380 --> 00:28:15.880
 And what

00:28:15.880 --> 00:28:16.380
 that growth

00:28:16.380 --> 00:28:17.039
 looks like

00:28:17.039 --> 00:28:17.720
 is unique

00:28:17.720 --> 00:28:18.200
 to you.

00:28:18.579 --> 00:28:19.299
 How God

00:28:19.299 --> 00:28:19.960
 works in

00:28:19.960 --> 00:28:20.299
 and through

00:28:20.299 --> 00:28:20.900
 your life,

00:28:21.160 --> 00:28:22.380
 that is

00:28:22.380 --> 00:28:23.259
 specific

00:28:23.259 --> 00:28:24.079
 between you

00:28:24.079 --> 00:28:24.360
 and the

00:28:24.360 --> 00:28:24.599
 Lord.

00:28:24.599 --> 00:28:24.639
 God,

00:28:25.279 --> 00:28:28.139
 we are

00:28:28.139 --> 00:28:28.799
 all a

00:28:28.799 --> 00:28:29.359
 work in

00:28:29.359 --> 00:28:29.919
 progress.

00:28:30.599 --> 00:28:30.879
 Amen?

00:28:32.199 --> 00:28:32.879
 So we

00:28:32.879 --> 00:28:33.299
 are saved

00:28:33.299 --> 00:28:33.839
 by grace.

00:28:33.959 --> 00:28:34.259
 We are a

00:28:34.259 --> 00:28:34.639
 work in

00:28:34.639 --> 00:28:35.219
 progress.

00:28:35.740 --> 00:28:35.980
 And that

00:28:35.980 --> 00:28:36.939
 should mold

00:28:36.939 --> 00:28:37.099
 us.

00:28:37.099 --> 00:28:37.599
 As we

00:28:37.599 --> 00:28:37.959
 are being

00:28:37.959 --> 00:28:38.459
 molded,

00:28:38.659 --> 00:28:39.259
 we should

00:28:39.259 --> 00:28:39.879
 then in

00:28:39.879 --> 00:28:40.579
 turn be

00:28:40.579 --> 00:28:42.079
 moved to

00:28:42.079 --> 00:28:42.659
 act.

00:28:43.199 --> 00:28:43.679
 And this

00:28:43.679 --> 00:28:44.079
 is very

00:28:44.079 --> 00:28:44.559
 important.

00:28:45.539 --> 00:28:45.980
 There's a

00:28:45.980 --> 00:28:46.439
 lot of

00:28:46.439 --> 00:28:48.279
 books and

00:28:48.279 --> 00:28:50.240
 media

00:28:50.240 --> 00:28:51.339
 courses out

00:28:51.339 --> 00:28:51.659
 there that

00:28:51.659 --> 00:28:52.039
 will tell

00:28:52.039 --> 00:28:52.480
 you that

00:28:52.480 --> 00:28:54.140
 we got a

00:28:54.140 --> 00:28:54.360
 lot of

00:28:54.360 --> 00:28:54.539
 head

00:28:54.539 --> 00:28:54.920
 knowledge,

00:28:55.019 --> 00:28:55.200
 right?

00:28:55.700 --> 00:28:56.240
 But we

00:28:56.240 --> 00:28:56.819
 have to

00:28:56.819 --> 00:28:57.299
 live out

00:28:57.299 --> 00:28:57.819
 what we

00:28:57.819 --> 00:28:58.039
 have

00:28:58.039 --> 00:28:58.400
 learned.

00:28:59.240 --> 00:28:59.539
 And so

00:28:59.539 --> 00:28:59.839
 when it

00:28:59.839 --> 00:29:00.339
 comes to

00:29:00.339 --> 00:29:00.920
 things of

00:29:00.920 --> 00:29:01.460
 scripture,

00:29:01.680 --> 00:29:02.140
 the things

00:29:02.140 --> 00:29:02.599
 of the

00:29:02.599 --> 00:29:02.920
 Lord,

00:29:03.180 --> 00:29:03.519
 God

00:29:03.519 --> 00:29:04.319
 transforming

00:29:04.319 --> 00:29:04.960
 our lives,

00:29:05.120 --> 00:29:05.539
 we have

00:29:05.539 --> 00:29:06.079
 got to

00:29:06.079 --> 00:29:06.980
 be molded

00:29:06.980 --> 00:29:07.500
 and go

00:29:07.500 --> 00:29:08.839
 out and

00:29:08.839 --> 00:29:09.799
 share in

00:29:09.799 --> 00:29:10.380
 the life,

00:29:10.980 --> 00:29:11.240
 love,

00:29:11.400 --> 00:29:11.900
 and truth

00:29:11.900 --> 00:29:12.519
 of Jesus

00:29:12.519 --> 00:29:13.079
 Christ.

00:29:13.819 --> 00:29:14.380
 So share

00:29:14.380 --> 00:29:14.819
 God's

00:29:14.819 --> 00:29:15.160
 word,

00:29:15.480 --> 00:29:16.200
 share grace

00:29:16.200 --> 00:29:16.720
 and truth

00:29:16.720 --> 00:29:17.339
 to others.

00:29:17.620 --> 00:29:18.460
 The love

00:29:18.460 --> 00:29:19.019
 of Jesus

00:29:19.019 --> 00:29:19.880
 Christ to

00:29:19.880 --> 00:29:21.559
 the misfits

00:29:21.559 --> 00:29:22.480
 of society.

00:29:23.379 --> 00:29:23.659
 Who do

00:29:23.659 --> 00:29:24.079
 you know

00:29:24.079 --> 00:29:24.639
 who is

00:29:24.639 --> 00:29:25.819
 a leper?

00:29:26.279 --> 00:29:26.639
 It doesn't

00:29:26.639 --> 00:29:26.960
 have to be

00:29:26.960 --> 00:29:27.339
 a literal

00:29:27.339 --> 00:29:27.700
 leper,

00:29:27.819 --> 00:29:28.220
 mind you.

00:29:29.039 --> 00:29:29.519
 Who do

00:29:29.519 --> 00:29:29.919
 you know

00:29:29.919 --> 00:29:30.359
 is like

00:29:30.359 --> 00:29:31.139
 the Lazarus

00:29:31.139 --> 00:29:31.500
 who is

00:29:31.500 --> 00:29:31.980
 at the

00:29:31.980 --> 00:29:32.299
 gate,

00:29:33.179 --> 00:29:33.419
 needing

00:29:33.419 --> 00:29:33.879
 help?

00:29:34.559 --> 00:29:34.819
 Right?

00:29:34.899 --> 00:29:35.319
 That's where

00:29:35.319 --> 00:29:35.740
 we have

00:29:35.740 --> 00:29:36.240
 the love

00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:36.839
 aspect.

00:29:37.299 --> 00:29:37.960
 Then we

00:29:37.960 --> 00:29:38.619
 have the

00:29:38.619 --> 00:29:39.099
 truth

00:29:39.099 --> 00:29:39.779
 aspect.

00:29:40.619 --> 00:29:41.200
 Knowing

00:29:41.200 --> 00:29:42.119
 that Christ

00:29:42.119 --> 00:29:42.799
 is the

00:29:42.799 --> 00:29:43.039
 way,

00:29:43.139 --> 00:29:43.539
 the truth,

00:29:43.619 --> 00:29:43.839
 and the

00:29:43.839 --> 00:29:44.139
 life,

00:29:44.259 --> 00:29:44.819
 and knowing

00:29:44.819 --> 00:29:45.359
 that we

00:29:45.359 --> 00:29:46.659
 are blessed

00:29:46.659 --> 00:29:47.940
 to have

00:29:47.940 --> 00:29:48.519
 this Bible,

00:29:49.019 --> 00:29:49.799
 that we

00:29:49.799 --> 00:29:50.519
 continue to

00:29:50.519 --> 00:29:51.500
 grow on

00:29:51.500 --> 00:29:52.039
 an individual

00:29:52.039 --> 00:29:52.480
 level,

00:29:52.480 --> 00:29:53.079
 but also

00:29:53.079 --> 00:29:53.440
 on a

00:29:53.440 --> 00:29:53.839
 collective

00:29:53.839 --> 00:29:54.259
 level.

00:29:55.539 --> 00:29:55.880
 So,

00:29:56.359 --> 00:29:57.119
 share God's

00:29:57.119 --> 00:29:57.400
 word,

00:29:57.480 --> 00:29:58.059
 his grace

00:29:58.059 --> 00:29:58.640
 and truth.

00:29:59.880 --> 00:30:00.859
 It's all

00:30:00.859 --> 00:30:01.720
 about you

00:30:01.720 --> 00:30:02.839
 living and

00:30:02.839 --> 00:30:03.539
 loving like

00:30:03.539 --> 00:30:04.000
 the Lord

00:30:04.000 --> 00:30:05.200
 every single

00:30:05.200 --> 00:30:05.500
 day.

00:30:05.819 --> 00:30:06.000
 Now,

00:30:06.079 --> 00:30:06.500
 I'm not

00:30:06.500 --> 00:30:07.180
 saying you

00:30:07.180 --> 00:30:07.579
 have to

00:30:07.579 --> 00:30:08.039
 go out

00:30:08.039 --> 00:30:08.720
 and wave

00:30:08.720 --> 00:30:09.400
 signs all

00:30:09.400 --> 00:30:09.599
 day.

00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:12.059
 It is

00:30:12.059 --> 00:30:12.660
 being an

00:30:12.660 --> 00:30:13.180
 ambassador

00:30:13.180 --> 00:30:13.940
 for Christ

00:30:13.940 --> 00:30:15.259
 in the

00:30:15.259 --> 00:30:15.839
 words that

00:30:15.839 --> 00:30:16.440
 you speak

00:30:16.440 --> 00:30:16.880
 and the

00:30:16.880 --> 00:30:17.680
 actions that

00:30:17.680 --> 00:30:18.119
 you do.

00:30:19.339 --> 00:30:20.059
 Some of

00:30:20.059 --> 00:30:20.279
 you,

00:30:20.380 --> 00:30:20.859
 you may

00:30:20.859 --> 00:30:21.859
 be

00:30:21.859 --> 00:30:22.259
 attending

00:30:22.259 --> 00:30:22.740
 college,

00:30:22.979 --> 00:30:23.339
 you may

00:30:23.339 --> 00:30:24.219
 work at

00:30:24.219 --> 00:30:24.819
 a specific

00:30:24.819 --> 00:30:25.240
 job,

00:30:25.299 --> 00:30:25.619
 but you

00:30:25.619 --> 00:30:26.279
 might have

00:30:26.279 --> 00:30:26.919
 met someone

00:30:26.919 --> 00:30:27.339
 and you

00:30:27.339 --> 00:30:27.659
 knew they

00:30:27.659 --> 00:30:27.979
 were a

00:30:27.979 --> 00:30:28.299
 Christian.

00:30:29.259 --> 00:30:29.740
 You couldn't

00:30:29.740 --> 00:30:30.419
 explain it,

00:30:30.939 --> 00:30:31.779
 then later

00:30:31.779 --> 00:30:32.319
 you find out

00:30:32.319 --> 00:30:32.839
 they are a

00:30:32.839 --> 00:30:33.139
 Christian.

00:30:33.899 --> 00:30:34.779
 How you

00:30:34.779 --> 00:30:35.959
 perform your

00:30:35.959 --> 00:30:36.500
 work,

00:30:37.019 --> 00:30:37.639
 how you

00:30:37.639 --> 00:30:38.279
 conduct

00:30:38.279 --> 00:30:38.879
 yourself,

00:30:39.279 --> 00:30:39.799
 how you

00:30:39.799 --> 00:30:40.819
 are continuing

00:30:40.819 --> 00:30:41.740
 being molded

00:30:41.740 --> 00:30:42.839
 and letting

00:30:42.839 --> 00:30:43.519
 the light

00:30:43.519 --> 00:30:44.259
 of Christ,

00:30:45.219 --> 00:30:45.639
 just like

00:30:45.639 --> 00:30:46.240
 that song,

00:30:46.399 --> 00:30:46.859
 this little

00:30:46.859 --> 00:30:47.259
 light of

00:30:47.259 --> 00:30:47.559
 mine,

00:30:48.179 --> 00:30:48.779
 I'm gonna

00:30:48.779 --> 00:30:49.180
 let it

00:30:49.180 --> 00:30:49.559
 shine.

00:30:50.440 --> 00:30:50.940
 And we

00:30:50.940 --> 00:30:51.440
 let it

00:30:51.440 --> 00:30:52.099
 shine for

00:30:52.099 --> 00:30:52.799
 others to

00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:53.319
 see we

00:30:53.319 --> 00:30:53.579
 are to

00:30:53.579 --> 00:30:54.460
 be salt

00:30:54.460 --> 00:30:55.220
 and light

00:30:55.220 --> 00:30:56.339
 for our

00:30:56.339 --> 00:30:56.980
 community,

00:30:57.259 --> 00:30:57.859
 for our

00:30:57.859 --> 00:30:58.160
 neighbors,

00:30:58.379 --> 00:30:58.700
 for our

00:30:58.700 --> 00:30:59.200
 friends,

00:30:59.619 --> 00:31:00.139
 for our

00:31:00.139 --> 00:31:00.660
 families,

00:31:00.879 --> 00:31:01.700
 being

00:31:01.700 --> 00:31:02.339
 examples,

00:31:02.500 --> 00:31:03.519
 being present

00:31:03.519 --> 00:31:04.220
 with others.

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 That is for

00:31:05.920 --> 00:31:06.379
 us to

00:31:06.379 --> 00:31:07.399
 think and

00:31:07.399 --> 00:31:07.960
 to consider.

00:31:08.160 --> 00:31:08.660
 Live and

00:31:08.660 --> 00:31:09.200
 love like

00:31:09.200 --> 00:31:09.639
 Christ.

00:31:10.099 --> 00:31:10.579
 Live your

00:31:10.579 --> 00:31:11.039
 faith.

00:31:12.079 --> 00:31:12.700
 Don't sit

00:31:12.700 --> 00:31:13.000
 on the

00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:13.480
 sidelines.

00:31:13.619 --> 00:31:13.799
 If you

00:31:13.799 --> 00:31:14.680
 remember the

00:31:14.680 --> 00:31:15.240
 children in

00:31:15.240 --> 00:31:15.819
 the marketplace,

00:31:16.160 --> 00:31:16.279
 right?

00:31:16.279 --> 00:31:17.019
 those spoiled

00:31:17.019 --> 00:31:18.039
 children who

00:31:18.039 --> 00:31:18.759
 just were not

00:31:18.759 --> 00:31:19.579
 doing anything

00:31:19.579 --> 00:31:20.879
 in times of

00:31:20.879 --> 00:31:21.539
 joy and in

00:31:21.539 --> 00:31:22.019
 times of

00:31:22.019 --> 00:31:22.339
 sorrow,

00:31:22.420 --> 00:31:22.740
 they didn't

00:31:22.740 --> 00:31:23.379
 participate.

00:31:24.160 --> 00:31:24.660
 Don't be

00:31:24.660 --> 00:31:25.160
 like those

00:31:25.160 --> 00:31:25.660
 children in

00:31:25.660 --> 00:31:26.200
 the marketplace.

00:31:27.180 --> 00:31:27.660
 Actively

00:31:27.660 --> 00:31:29.460
 participate in

00:31:29.460 --> 00:31:29.940
 the world

00:31:29.940 --> 00:31:30.539
 around you.

00:31:30.879 --> 00:31:31.279
 You'll be

00:31:31.279 --> 00:31:33.420
 surprised at

00:31:33.420 --> 00:31:34.139
 how your

00:31:34.139 --> 00:31:35.220
 influence can

00:31:35.220 --> 00:31:36.079
 affect someone

00:31:36.079 --> 00:31:36.460
 else.

00:31:37.259 --> 00:31:37.799
 A simple

00:31:37.799 --> 00:31:38.359
 smile,

00:31:39.000 --> 00:31:39.440
 a simple

00:31:39.440 --> 00:31:40.000
 act of

00:31:40.000 --> 00:31:40.420
 kindness,

00:31:41.059 --> 00:31:41.680
 words of

00:31:41.680 --> 00:31:42.299
 encouragement,

00:31:42.879 --> 00:31:43.639
 the ministry

00:31:43.639 --> 00:31:44.339
 of presence,

00:31:44.420 --> 00:31:44.960
 just sitting

00:31:44.960 --> 00:31:45.539
 with someone

00:31:45.539 --> 00:31:46.220
 through a

00:31:46.220 --> 00:31:46.920
 hard time.

00:31:49.740 --> 00:31:50.460
 Praying for

00:31:50.460 --> 00:31:50.839
 someone.

00:31:51.899 --> 00:31:52.559
 Calling someone

00:31:52.559 --> 00:31:53.019
 on the phone,

00:31:53.079 --> 00:31:53.319
 how you

00:31:53.319 --> 00:31:53.559
 doing?

00:31:54.480 --> 00:31:55.039
 I'm not

00:31:55.039 --> 00:31:55.539
 doing so

00:31:55.539 --> 00:31:55.779
 well.

00:31:56.200 --> 00:31:56.700
 How can I

00:31:56.700 --> 00:31:57.079
 pray for

00:31:57.079 --> 00:31:57.240
 you?

00:31:58.279 --> 00:31:58.700
 And just

00:31:58.700 --> 00:31:59.299
 listen.

00:32:00.460 --> 00:32:00.899
 Hear them

00:32:00.899 --> 00:32:01.159
 out.

00:32:02.599 --> 00:32:03.420
 That's part

00:32:03.420 --> 00:32:04.200
 of what we

00:32:04.200 --> 00:32:04.720
 are called

00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:05.460
 to do as

00:32:05.460 --> 00:32:05.980
 Christians.

00:32:06.720 --> 00:32:07.579
 So share

00:32:07.579 --> 00:32:07.839
 in the

00:32:07.839 --> 00:32:08.200
 gospel,

00:32:08.460 --> 00:32:08.819
 share in

00:32:08.819 --> 00:32:09.440
 your story.

00:32:10.879 --> 00:32:11.519
 Live and

00:32:11.519 --> 00:32:12.299
 love like

00:32:12.299 --> 00:32:12.859
 Christ.

00:32:13.980 --> 00:32:14.379
 And in

00:32:14.379 --> 00:32:14.779
 closing,

00:32:14.779 --> 00:32:15.319
 Jesus

00:32:15.319 --> 00:32:16.000
 challenges

00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:17.359
 us to

00:32:17.359 --> 00:32:18.000
 examine

00:32:18.000 --> 00:32:18.920
 our hearts.

00:32:19.960 --> 00:32:20.279
 Consider

00:32:20.279 --> 00:32:21.019
 this parable.

00:32:21.980 --> 00:32:22.200
 Do you

00:32:22.200 --> 00:32:22.399
 want to

00:32:22.399 --> 00:32:22.779
 be like

00:32:22.779 --> 00:32:23.139
 the rich

00:32:23.139 --> 00:32:23.460
 man?

00:32:23.960 --> 00:32:24.539
 Or do

00:32:24.539 --> 00:32:24.799
 you want

00:32:24.799 --> 00:32:25.180
 to be

00:32:25.180 --> 00:32:26.059
 like the

00:32:26.059 --> 00:32:26.639
 Lazarus?

00:32:27.259 --> 00:32:27.779
 And it's

00:32:27.779 --> 00:32:28.099
 not a

00:32:28.099 --> 00:32:28.599
 money thing.

00:32:29.139 --> 00:32:29.740
 It's a

00:32:29.740 --> 00:32:30.319
 heart thing.

00:32:31.240 --> 00:32:31.779
 Respond

00:32:31.779 --> 00:32:32.779
 clearly in

00:32:32.779 --> 00:32:33.279
 faith.

00:32:34.359 --> 00:32:34.639
 Steward

00:32:34.639 --> 00:32:35.220
 your life

00:32:35.220 --> 00:32:35.819
 intentionally.

00:32:36.599 --> 00:32:37.240
 And respond

00:32:37.240 --> 00:32:38.000
 to God's

00:32:38.000 --> 00:32:39.759
 call for

00:32:39.759 --> 00:32:40.440
 your life.

00:32:41.359 --> 00:32:41.799
 Remember,

00:32:41.799 --> 00:32:43.940
 salvation,

00:32:45.379 --> 00:32:46.139
 responding to

00:32:46.139 --> 00:32:46.839
 that invitation

00:32:46.839 --> 00:32:47.339
 is the

00:32:47.339 --> 00:32:47.599
 greatest

00:32:47.599 --> 00:32:48.299
 decision you

00:32:48.299 --> 00:32:48.779
 can make.

00:32:49.619 --> 00:32:50.019
 May you

00:32:50.019 --> 00:32:50.619
 respond

00:32:50.619 --> 00:32:51.619
 wisely

00:32:51.619 --> 00:32:53.099
 to his

00:32:53.099 --> 00:32:53.419
 call.

00:32:53.859 --> 00:32:54.240
 Let's pray

00:32:54.240 --> 00:32:54.559
 together.

00:32:55.720 --> 00:32:56.299
 And Father,

00:32:56.379 --> 00:32:57.039
 we thank you

00:32:57.039 --> 00:32:58.139
 for this time

00:32:58.139 --> 00:32:58.419
 and this

00:32:58.419 --> 00:32:59.180
 opportunity for

00:32:59.180 --> 00:32:59.639
 us to go

00:32:59.639 --> 00:33:00.720
 through this

00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:01.599
 parable of

00:33:01.599 --> 00:33:01.960
 the rich

00:33:01.960 --> 00:33:02.700
 man and

00:33:02.700 --> 00:33:03.500
 Lazarus.

00:33:04.180 --> 00:33:04.700
 What a

00:33:04.700 --> 00:33:06.940
 crazy and

00:33:06.940 --> 00:33:07.759
 very challenging

00:33:07.759 --> 00:33:08.519
 parable this

00:33:08.519 --> 00:33:08.819
 is.

00:33:09.779 --> 00:33:10.759
 I pray,

00:33:11.059 --> 00:33:11.139
 Father,

00:33:11.240 --> 00:33:12.420
 that this

00:33:12.420 --> 00:33:13.639
 message was

00:33:13.639 --> 00:33:14.359
 preached in

00:33:14.359 --> 00:33:14.980
 such a way

00:33:14.980 --> 00:33:15.480
 that it is

00:33:15.480 --> 00:33:16.240
 understood by

00:33:16.240 --> 00:33:17.079
 everyone who

00:33:17.079 --> 00:33:18.559
 is present

00:33:18.559 --> 00:33:19.720
 here in

00:33:19.720 --> 00:33:20.200
 the church

00:33:20.200 --> 00:33:21.480
 or those

00:33:21.480 --> 00:33:21.920
 who are

00:33:21.920 --> 00:33:22.960
 tuning online

00:33:22.960 --> 00:33:23.519
 or listening

00:33:23.519 --> 00:33:23.819
 to the

00:33:23.819 --> 00:33:24.420
 recording or

00:33:24.420 --> 00:33:24.779
 whatever.

00:33:25.740 --> 00:33:26.279
 Father,

00:33:26.579 --> 00:33:28.079
 I pray for

00:33:28.079 --> 00:33:28.839
 transformation,

00:33:29.519 --> 00:33:30.900
 for decisions

00:33:30.900 --> 00:33:31.500
 to be made

00:33:31.500 --> 00:33:32.019
 for Christ.

00:33:32.099 --> 00:33:32.379
 If there

00:33:32.379 --> 00:33:33.019
 hasn't been a

00:33:33.019 --> 00:33:33.700
 decision made,

00:33:33.960 --> 00:33:34.720
 I pray for

00:33:34.720 --> 00:33:35.339
 continued

00:33:35.339 --> 00:33:35.920
 transformation,

00:33:36.680 --> 00:33:37.000
 healing,

00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:39.000
 forgiveness,

00:33:39.599 --> 00:33:39.880
 love,

00:33:40.059 --> 00:33:40.380
 kindness,

00:33:40.599 --> 00:33:41.180
 compassion.

00:33:41.900 --> 00:33:42.279
 In other

00:33:42.279 --> 00:33:42.500
 words,

00:33:42.599 --> 00:33:42.819
 Father,

00:33:42.920 --> 00:33:43.559
 I'm asking

00:33:43.559 --> 00:33:44.920
 that we

00:33:44.920 --> 00:33:45.720
 grow,

00:33:46.240 --> 00:33:46.700
 that we

00:33:46.700 --> 00:33:47.839
 are healed

00:33:47.839 --> 00:33:49.299
 and we

00:33:49.299 --> 00:33:50.160
 are mobilized

00:33:50.160 --> 00:33:50.619
 to live

00:33:50.619 --> 00:33:51.019
 and love

00:33:51.019 --> 00:33:51.519
 like you.

00:33:52.099 --> 00:33:52.819
 We're so

00:33:52.819 --> 00:33:53.500
 grateful for

00:33:53.500 --> 00:33:54.140
 your son and

00:33:54.140 --> 00:33:54.519
 we're so

00:33:54.519 --> 00:33:55.200
 grateful for

00:33:55.200 --> 00:33:55.799
 your word.

00:33:57.140 --> 00:33:57.859
 We are

00:33:57.859 --> 00:33:58.579
 reminded about

00:33:58.579 --> 00:33:59.059
 how your

00:33:59.059 --> 00:33:59.759
 word is

00:33:59.759 --> 00:34:00.240
 living and

00:34:00.240 --> 00:34:00.680
 active.

00:34:01.740 --> 00:34:02.420
 May we

00:34:02.420 --> 00:34:02.940
 continue.

00:34:03.299 --> 00:34:03.559
 May we

00:34:03.559 --> 00:34:04.119
 first and

00:34:04.119 --> 00:34:04.420
 foremost

00:34:04.420 --> 00:34:05.000
 believe in

00:34:05.000 --> 00:34:05.119
 you.

00:34:05.240 --> 00:34:05.660
 May we be

00:34:05.660 --> 00:34:06.220
 molded by

00:34:06.220 --> 00:34:06.460
 you.

00:34:06.460 --> 00:34:07.240
 and do

00:34:07.240 --> 00:34:08.480
 good in

00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:09.159
 your son's

00:34:09.159 --> 00:34:09.880
 precious name.

00:34:10.420 --> 00:34:11.019
 It is in

00:34:11.019 --> 00:34:11.820
 the name of

00:34:11.820 --> 00:34:12.539
 Jesus Christ

00:34:12.539 --> 00:34:13.220
 that we pray

00:34:13.220 --> 00:34:14.420
 and we all

00:34:14.420 --> 00:34:14.900
 say together,

00:34:14.980 --> 00:34:15.300
 can I get

00:34:15.300 --> 00:34:15.599
 an amen?

00:34:16.099 --> 00:34:16.460
 Amen.

00:34:18.559 --> 00:34:19.460
 Thank you for

00:34:19.460 --> 00:34:20.000
 listening for

00:34:20.000 --> 00:34:20.559
 this week's

00:34:20.559 --> 00:34:21.139
 message from

00:34:21.139 --> 00:34:22.000
 Ontario Community

00:34:22.000 --> 00:34:22.380
 Church.

00:34:22.740 --> 00:34:23.860
 I pray that

00:34:23.860 --> 00:34:24.260
 you are

00:34:24.260 --> 00:34:25.380
 encouraged and

00:34:25.380 --> 00:34:26.139
 strengthened in

00:34:26.139 --> 00:34:26.800
 your walk with

00:34:26.800 --> 00:34:27.159
 Christ.

00:34:27.720 --> 00:34:28.099
 For more

00:34:28.099 --> 00:34:28.679
 sermons and

00:34:28.679 --> 00:34:29.220
 resources,

00:34:29.840 --> 00:34:30.119
 visit

00:34:30.119 --> 00:34:30.639
 Ontario

00:34:30.639 --> 00:34:31.139
 Community

00:34:31.139 --> 00:34:31.619
 Church

00:34:31.619 --> 00:34:32.519
 dot org.

00:34:33.119 --> 00:34:33.559
 May God

00:34:33.559 --> 00:34:34.460
 bless you as

00:34:34.460 --> 00:34:35.039
 you live out

00:34:35.039 --> 00:34:35.940
 his grace and

00:34:35.940 --> 00:34:36.900
 truth every

00:34:36.900 --> 00:34:37.539
 single day.

00:34:37.539 --> 00:34:37.599
 Thank you.

00:34:37.599 --> 00:34:37.599


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00:34:37.599 --> 00:34:37.940
 Thank you.