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 Well, it's always a blessing to be here Sunday after Sunday and be reminded of who Christ

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! through the ministry of the Word of God that comes to us in so many different aspects.

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! Through singing of songs and even through the instrumental of that song and seeing the scripture

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 there for us to meditate on as we were listening to the music itself and through the special music

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 that happens, through the ministry of teaching that happens in the Sunday school setting and now

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 in church time as our children are going to be going out there. But now, to sit underneath the

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 Word of God and to be reminded of what God has for us is a tremendous blessing. And then later on,

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 as many of you will be going to small groups and then throughout this week we'll be coming back on

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 Wednesday night or your conversations with individuals throughout the week in the ministry

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 of the Word that is happening day by day is a tremendous blessing for us as a people to be

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 able to do that freely here in the United States. Well, as I was thinking a little bit this morning

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 and throughout this week about the message and the passage for today, something that just came to my

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 mind is how busy life seems to be. Do you ever find yourself kind of getting caught up in the rat race,

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 the flow of the schedule and the difficulties and complexities of life and all the things that

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 bombard you from day to day that just continue to overwhelm? I mean, if you're a husband or a wife,

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 there's the desire to meet one another's needs and to meet expectations and how often we as husbands

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 joke around about that honey-do list that's waiting for us on the weekends so that we can get some of

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 those things finished in the house that we tend to put off during the week. Or if you're a mom and you're

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 trying to get your kids back and forth to all the activities that they're a part of, whether it be

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 sports activities or school activities or the play or the musical or whatever it might be, the challenges

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 of life that tend to invade the day-to-day. And of course, if you're involved in any kind of

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 business, if you're employed in any way, you know that there's the challenges of trying to meet

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 expectations of your boss. Then there's the difficulties that often happen in the office

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 dynamic of trying to not step on people's toes and trying to not hurt people's feelings. And if

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 you're a manager, to try to manage that team without causing any degree of friction in your workplace.

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 And that can be a challenge. And then add to that all the things that we just kind of add to our

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 plate from day to day. The important things like watching football games that are happening today.

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 Or the things that happen just keeping up with the day-to-day duties of house and home and maintenance

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 of cars and all of these things that bombard us day after day that sometimes it's just exhausting.

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 Have you ever stepped back and wondered,

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 if I could just move out into the country,

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 if I could just kind of pull away from this rat race and then everything would be simpler.

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 And of course, those of you who grew up on a farm

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 know the fallacy of that and all the

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 work that comes in to being on the farm and managing the property and taking care of

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 the animals and all that is involved with that.

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 And maybe you're wishing you could move into the city so everything would be simpler.

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 But do you ever think,

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 God, if there was just

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 one or two things

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 that I could concentrate on.

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 Just one or two things that I could devote my energy to.

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 If you could condense the scripture down to just two commands,

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 then my life would be really easy.

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 And you know where I'm going with this.

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 Because, in fact, Jesus did do that for us.

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 In fact, Jesus did say that all of the law and the prophets,

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 the 66 books that we have in the scriptures,

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 have been condensed down to two summary statements.

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 Two guiding principles.

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 Two commands that God has given to us

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 to make life simple.

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 Or simpler.

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 And if we align ourselves to God's perspectives,

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 if we order our priorities

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 so that God is pleased in these two areas,

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 we'll be fulfilling all that God expects of us

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 from Genesis to Revelation.

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 That is a little liberating thought, isn't it?

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 And we're going to take a look at

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 one of those commands,

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 the second of those commands,

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 in Luke chapter 10 this morning.

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 So turn with me, if you would,

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 to Luke chapter 10.

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 And I want to begin to look at this little narrative,

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 this account of Jesus' life.

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 And I want us to understand

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 the significance of this command,

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 love your neighbor as yourself.

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 Of course, it flows after the first and great commandment,

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 which is to love the Lord your God

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 with all your heart,

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 with all your soul,

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 and with all your might.

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 That's the first and greatest commandment.

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 And the secondary commandment,

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 the one that follows soon after,

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 is loving your neighbor as yourself.

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 And we'll find,

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 as we begin to do this in our life,

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 as we begin to align ourself to his perspective

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 in relationship to loving our neighbors

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 as we love ourself,

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 that then it'll make a love for God

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 a little clearer.

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 There's something about loving difficult people.

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 There's something about understanding the challenges

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 of that employee or that distant relative,

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 perhaps,

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 that always seems to make trouble for you.

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 There's something about that

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 that points you

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 to the wonder of God's love

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 for you and for me

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 as stinkers of people,

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 as stubborn individuals,

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 as self-oriented.

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 We begin to appreciate

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 the magnitude of God's love for us

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 as we apply this love for others.

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 So look with me, if you would,

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 at Luke chapter 10.

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 And I want to just kind of begin

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 to read this together.

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 We're going to take this just a verse at a time.

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 And I want to help us to understand

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 the significance,

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 the significance of loving your neighbor

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 as yourself.

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 Let me read.

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 Luke chapter 10, verse 25.

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 If you're a guest with us this morning,

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 in the Pew Bible,

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 on page 869,

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 it says this,

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 And behold,

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 a lawyer stood up

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 to put him to the test,

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 saying,

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 Teacher,

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 what shall I do

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 to inherit eternal life?

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 What shall I do

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 to inherit eternal life?

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 Now,

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 this is an important question

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 that we're going to delve in today.

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 And I want you to know

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 that this is the ultimate question.

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 This is the most significant question

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 that anybody in this world

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 could ever ask

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 because it involves

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 your future trajectory.

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 It involves your future destination.

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 And so here we are.

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 This lawyer,

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 or this scribe,

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 is asking this question.

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 He stands up to put Jesus to the test.

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 Now,

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 to help us get a sense of the context,

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 where is Jesus in the flow of his ministry?

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 Let me just describe

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 some of these things for us.

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 First,

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 this is Jesus.

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 He's kind of in the back end,

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 the tail end of his ministry.

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 He's six to eight months away from the cross.

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 He has already set his face

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 to go to Jerusalem.

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 That happened in Luke chapter 9.

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 And now,

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 he is kind of dotting his way

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 through Samaria and through Judea,

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 various kinds of ministry

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 in various places,

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 making his way gradually

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 to Jerusalem

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 for that final moment

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 that will climax

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 in his death,

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 in his resurrection.

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 Now,

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 Jesus has seen his fair share

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 of antagonism.

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 And this hostility

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 from the scribes

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 and the Pharisees

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 continues to rise.

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 Their difficulty

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 with his ministry

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 is almost in your face.

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 It's almost non-stop.

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 Wherever he goes,

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 from city to city,

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 he knows he can be met

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 and confronted

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 by this group of individuals

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 who is always challenging

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 his statements,

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 who's always questioning

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 his authority,

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 who's always raising questions

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 about his origination

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 and wondering whether or not

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 he's somebody who's credible.

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 Jesus has already been transfigured,

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 and on at least two occasions,

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 he's already told his disciples

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 that he's going to Jerusalem

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 to die

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 and to rise again.

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 His Galilean ministry

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 has come to a close,

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 and now here Jesus is

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 somewhere,

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 perhaps even on his way

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 to Jerusalem

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 to make,

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 he's here,

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 and he is answering

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 this question

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 somewhere along the way.

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 In the sequence of events,

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 we find Jesus

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 in the flow of ministry,

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 and he's visited Jerusalem

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 or the surrounding area

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 of Jerusalem

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 three times

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 before he actually goes

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 to the cross.

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 We find that in

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 the book of the Gospel of John

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 as we're moving through.

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 And here,

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 this lawyer

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 is putting Jesus

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 to the test.

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 He stands up,

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 which was just a,

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 was a sign of respect,

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 and Jesus,

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 even though this is

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 in a public instance,

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 is dealing with this person

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 individually,

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 seeking to draw out

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 his heart.

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 And I want us to see,

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 first of all,

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 that this question

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 affects your eternity.

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 This is a significant question,

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 who is my neighbor,

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 because it's a question

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 that affects your eternity.

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 This lawyer says,

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 what shall I do

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 to inherit eternal life?

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 This lawyer or scribe

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 was an expert

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 in the interpretation

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 and the understanding

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 of the law,

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 the application

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 of the Mosaic law

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 and rabbinical traditions

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 for the Jewish people.

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 As an expert,

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 he would have given

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 most of his life

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 to the memorization

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 and the study

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 of the scripture.

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 Certainly having

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 the books of Genesis,

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 Exodus,

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 Leviticus,

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 Numbers,

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 and Deuteronomy

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 memorized,

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 kind of placed

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 in his memory bank,

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 but perhaps

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 many of the other

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 Old Testament books

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 as well.

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 He was the go-to man

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 when it came

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 to knowledge

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 about the scripture,

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 doctrines that the law

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 would have expounded.

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 He would have known

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 the intricacies

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 of the commands,

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 the history of Israel

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 and the specifics

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 related to God's word

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 to the prophets.

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 But here we find him

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 putting Christ

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 to the test.

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 Look at that

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 at the very beginning

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 of verse 25.

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 He stood up

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 and put him

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 to the test.

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 Now,

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 we don't know his heart

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 and Luke doesn't tell us

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 what's going on inside

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 at this point,

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 but we find that

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 he is challenging

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 Christ in some way,

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 perhaps seeking

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 to discredit his ministry

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 or perhaps trying

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 to verify

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 whether or not

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 he was the kind

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 of religious figure

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 that the crowds

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 should follow.

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 As a scribe

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 and as an expert

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 in the law,

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 he would be

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 the go-to guy

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 to validate

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 a ministry

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 of a religious figure

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 and maybe people

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 were coming to him

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 asking him,

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 was Jesus somebody

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 to be trusted?

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 Well,

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 here he is

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 standing up

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 and asking

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 this significant

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 question,

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 what does it take

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 to inherit

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 eternal life?

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 This is

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 the ultimate question

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 and the answer

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 to this question

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 is imperative.

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 It is non-negotiable.

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 It is not optional.

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 That's the significance

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 of this question.

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 What shall I do

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 to inherit

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 eternal life?

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 the implications

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 of the answer

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 for this question

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 will determine

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 your destination

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 for eternity.

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 That's the significance

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 of this question.

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 I want to bring it

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 all home to us

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 as we think about

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 the significance

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 of the answer

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 to this

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 very important question.

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 And for such

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 an important question,

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 one would think

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 that Jesus

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 would be happy

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 to make the answer

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 clear.

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 Well,

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 let me tell you

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 how it happens.

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 Let me make it

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 very clear

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 what it takes.

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 And yet,

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 what we'll find

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 in this continuing

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 narrative

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 is that Jesus

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 is interested

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 in drawing

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 this lawyer out

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 and helping

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 to interact

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 with him

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 and build

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 relationship

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 and engage

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 him in some

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 level of discussion.

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 So Jesus

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 defers the question

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 back to this lawyer

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 so that he can

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 draw him

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 into this discussion

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 and so they can

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 begin to make

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 a connection

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 over this very

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 important

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 and significant

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 topic.

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 That draws us

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 to the next

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 aspect of this

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 question.

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 Not only

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 affects your

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 eternity,

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 but it also

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 is anchored

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 in history.

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 In order to look

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 towards the future,

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 it would be

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 important for

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 this lawyer

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 to look

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 to the past.

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 He would need

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 to look

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 to the law.

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 Notice what

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 Jesus says

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 in verse 26.

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 He says to him,

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 What is written

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 in the law?

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 How do you

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 read it?

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 Now,

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 at face value,

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 this is not

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 the answer

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 that one

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 would expect.

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 What is written

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 in the law?

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 Is that what it

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 takes?

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 To be a law

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 keeper?

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 That I'm a

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 law keeper

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 and because of

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 doing all of

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 the things,

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 aligning myself

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 to the commands

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 that God

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 has set in

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 the law?

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 That's what

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 it takes

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 to be a

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 person that's

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 headed to

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 the kingdom?

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 One would

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 not expect

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 Jesus to

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 move that

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 direction.

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 And yet,

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 that is exactly

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 the direction

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 that Jesus

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 takes.

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 And again,

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 Jesus is trying

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 to draw out

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 this lawyer,

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 this scribe,

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 this expert

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 in the law.

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 He knows

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 this is his

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 area of

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 expertise.

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 So he

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 continues to

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 draw him

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 out and

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 to feed

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 on this

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 curiosity

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 in the

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 hopes of

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 helping to

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 lead this

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 individual,

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 this scribe,

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 to a right

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 understanding of

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 why the law

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 was given

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 and what the

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 law actually

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 says about

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 a person's

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 life.

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 What would

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 he find?

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 What would

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 he discover

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 as he looks

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 into the

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 perfect law

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 of liberty?

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 What would

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 he find

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 as he is

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 understanding

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 the expectations

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 of God

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 for our

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 lives?

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 I want us

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 to recognize

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 that in

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 looking back,

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 Jesus is

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 helping to

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 establish the

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 fact that

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 he is the

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 Alpha and

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 the Omega,

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 the beginning

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 and the end.

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 He is the

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 unchanging God

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 and his

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 standards and

00:16:33.700 --> 00:16:34.399
 his character

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 are the same

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 yesterday,

00:16:36.620 --> 00:16:37.019
 today,

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 and forever.

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 You see,

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 what the law

00:16:40.319 --> 00:16:40.919
 is,

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 is not a

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 reflection

00:16:42.960 --> 00:16:43.799
 necessarily

00:16:43.799 --> 00:16:44.740
 of God's

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 desire to

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 box you

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 in and

00:16:48.539 --> 00:16:49.399
 to make

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 you compliant

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 as much as

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 the law

00:16:52.159 --> 00:16:52.559
 is an

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 expression

00:16:53.120 --> 00:16:53.840
 or a

00:16:53.840 --> 00:16:54.639
 reflection

00:16:54.639 --> 00:16:55.299
 of God's

00:16:55.299 --> 00:16:55.740
 character

00:16:55.740 --> 00:16:56.299
 himself.

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 The reason

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 why God

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 has given

00:16:58.960 --> 00:16:59.899
 us the

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 law

00:17:00.360 --> 00:17:01.740
 is not

00:17:01.740 --> 00:17:02.079
 so that

00:17:02.079 --> 00:17:02.600
 we have

00:17:02.600 --> 00:17:03.720
 some level

00:17:03.720 --> 00:17:04.779
 of measuring

00:17:04.779 --> 00:17:05.779
 up to his

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 expectations,

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 but so

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 that we

00:17:07.140 --> 00:17:07.720
 can really

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 get a

00:17:08.360 --> 00:17:08.680
 better

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 picture

00:17:09.120 --> 00:17:09.840
 of who

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 he is.

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 His

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 character

00:17:12.039 --> 00:17:12.720
 comes

00:17:12.720 --> 00:17:13.279
 through

00:17:13.279 --> 00:17:14.259
 the law.

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 His

00:17:14.740 --> 00:17:15.320
 purity,

00:17:15.680 --> 00:17:15.860
 his

00:17:15.860 --> 00:17:16.420
 righteousness,

00:17:16.660 --> 00:17:16.779
 his

00:17:16.779 --> 00:17:17.180
 holiness,

00:17:17.320 --> 00:17:17.539
 and as

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 we compare

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 ourselves

00:17:19.180 --> 00:17:19.980
 in looking

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 at the

00:17:20.360 --> 00:17:20.539
 law,

00:17:20.640 --> 00:17:21.360
 we recognize

00:17:21.360 --> 00:17:22.820
 that we

00:17:22.820 --> 00:17:23.220
 fall

00:17:23.220 --> 00:17:24.160
 woefully

00:17:24.160 --> 00:17:24.720
 short

00:17:24.720 --> 00:17:26.100
 of the

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 standard.

00:17:27.200 --> 00:17:27.600
 There is

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 nothing that

00:17:28.080 --> 00:17:28.400
 we can

00:17:28.400 --> 00:17:29.039
 do to

00:17:29.039 --> 00:17:30.440
 measure up

00:17:30.440 --> 00:17:30.700
 to the

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 expectations

00:17:31.440 --> 00:17:32.160
 that God

00:17:32.160 --> 00:17:32.580
 has given.

00:17:34.440 --> 00:17:34.840
 And in

00:17:34.840 --> 00:17:35.200
 this

00:17:35.200 --> 00:17:35.820
 stunning

00:17:35.820 --> 00:17:36.420
 reply,

00:17:37.440 --> 00:17:37.840
 not what

00:17:37.840 --> 00:17:38.100
 we would

00:17:38.100 --> 00:17:38.559
 expect,

00:17:38.720 --> 00:17:39.220
 Jesus

00:17:39.220 --> 00:17:41.059
 seeks to

00:17:41.059 --> 00:17:41.980
 reaffirm

00:17:41.980 --> 00:17:43.100
 the significance

00:17:43.100 --> 00:17:43.519
 of the

00:17:43.519 --> 00:17:44.059
 law and

00:17:44.059 --> 00:17:44.980
 connect it

00:17:44.980 --> 00:17:45.820
 with what

00:17:45.820 --> 00:17:46.240
 he has

00:17:46.240 --> 00:17:47.200
 said and

00:17:47.200 --> 00:17:47.920
 stated already

00:17:47.920 --> 00:17:48.160
 in the

00:17:48.160 --> 00:17:48.600
 past,

00:17:48.720 --> 00:17:49.240
 that he

00:17:49.240 --> 00:17:50.039
 has come

00:17:50.039 --> 00:17:50.720
 not to

00:17:50.720 --> 00:17:51.279
 abolish

00:17:51.279 --> 00:17:51.640
 the law

00:17:51.640 --> 00:17:52.059
 but to

00:17:52.059 --> 00:17:52.400
 fulfill

00:17:52.400 --> 00:17:52.660
 it,

00:17:53.440 --> 00:17:53.900
 and that

00:17:53.900 --> 00:17:54.440
 he will

00:17:54.440 --> 00:17:54.860
 fulfill

00:17:54.860 --> 00:17:55.440
 the law

00:17:55.440 --> 00:17:55.940
 in

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 himself.

00:17:56.500 --> 00:17:58.440
 The law

00:17:58.440 --> 00:17:59.019
 does have

00:17:59.019 --> 00:17:59.460
 demands

00:17:59.460 --> 00:18:00.339
 that must

00:18:00.339 --> 00:18:00.920
 be met

00:18:00.920 --> 00:18:01.180
 and they

00:18:01.180 --> 00:18:01.599
 can only

00:18:01.599 --> 00:18:02.119
 be met

00:18:02.119 --> 00:18:03.299
 in Christ.

00:18:04.819 --> 00:18:05.079
 Well,

00:18:05.119 --> 00:18:05.440
 the lawyer

00:18:05.440 --> 00:18:06.019
 has the

00:18:06.019 --> 00:18:06.480
 right answer

00:18:06.480 --> 00:18:06.759
 as we

00:18:06.759 --> 00:18:07.240
 find in

00:18:07.240 --> 00:18:08.240
 verse 27.

00:18:09.519 --> 00:18:10.180
 What does

00:18:10.180 --> 00:18:10.500
 the lawyer

00:18:10.500 --> 00:18:10.859
 say?

00:18:11.779 --> 00:18:12.359
 The lawyer

00:18:12.359 --> 00:18:12.779
 says,

00:18:12.940 --> 00:18:13.079
 well,

00:18:13.640 --> 00:18:14.059
 you shall

00:18:14.059 --> 00:18:14.420
 love the

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 Lord your

00:18:14.720 --> 00:18:15.180
 God with

00:18:15.180 --> 00:18:15.500
 all your

00:18:15.500 --> 00:18:15.960
 heart,

00:18:16.380 --> 00:18:16.859
 with all

00:18:16.859 --> 00:18:17.559
 your soul,

00:18:17.859 --> 00:18:18.259
 with all

00:18:18.259 --> 00:18:19.000
 your strength,

00:18:19.039 --> 00:18:19.240
 and with

00:18:19.240 --> 00:18:19.519
 all your

00:18:19.519 --> 00:18:20.019
 mind,

00:18:20.880 --> 00:18:21.259
 and your

00:18:21.259 --> 00:18:21.680
 neighbor

00:18:21.680 --> 00:18:22.819
 as

00:18:22.819 --> 00:18:23.359
 yourself.

00:18:24.559 --> 00:18:24.960
 And,

00:18:25.079 --> 00:18:25.839
 he says

00:18:25.839 --> 00:18:26.220
 to him,

00:18:26.500 --> 00:18:27.460
 you have

00:18:27.460 --> 00:18:28.019
 answered

00:18:28.019 --> 00:18:28.920
 correctly,

00:18:29.740 --> 00:18:30.579
 do this

00:18:30.579 --> 00:18:31.740
 and live.

00:18:33.279 --> 00:18:33.680
 Jesus

00:18:33.680 --> 00:18:34.519
 continues to

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 engage

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 this

00:18:36.019 --> 00:18:36.539
 lawyer,

00:18:37.279 --> 00:18:37.920
 continues to

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 draw him

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 out,

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 he doesn't

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 pounce on

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 him,

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 he doesn't

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 try to

00:18:41.799 --> 00:18:42.500
 correct him

00:18:42.500 --> 00:18:43.339
 or attack

00:18:43.339 --> 00:18:43.539
 him,

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 but he

00:18:44.200 --> 00:18:44.819
 leads him

00:18:44.819 --> 00:18:45.200
 into this

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 discussion,

00:18:47.140 --> 00:18:47.859
 tries to

00:18:47.859 --> 00:18:48.740
 help establish

00:18:48.740 --> 00:18:49.740
 the standard

00:18:49.740 --> 00:18:50.440
 of the law

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 that exists,

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 and tries to

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 help him

00:18:53.519 --> 00:18:54.299
 understand that

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 he will

00:18:54.579 --> 00:18:55.220
 never measure

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 up

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 to the

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 expectations

00:18:57.460 --> 00:18:57.919
 that God

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 has for

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 his life.

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 Those who

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 know God

00:19:02.099 --> 00:19:02.819
 will be

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 transformed

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 in how

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 they live.

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 Now,

00:19:06.559 --> 00:19:06.799
 Jesus

00:19:06.799 --> 00:19:08.339
 is going to

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 do the

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 work

00:19:08.980 --> 00:19:10.460
 of leading

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 this

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 conversation

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 that it

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 was meant

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 to have.

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 The effect

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 now is

00:19:14.419 --> 00:19:14.980
 beginning to

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 land.

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 As Jesus

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 says,

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 now do

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 this and

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 you will

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 live.

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 Now,

00:19:21.099 --> 00:19:21.500
 notice in

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 verse 29,

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 now the

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 force of

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 this command

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 is coming

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 true in

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 the heart

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 and life

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 of this

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 lawyer.

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 And how

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 does he

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 respond?

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 He says,

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 and he,

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 desiring to

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 justify himself,

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 said to

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 Jesus,

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 and who

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 is my

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 neighbor?

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 Who is

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 my neighbor?

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 He's beginning

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 to understand

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 how woefully

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 short he

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 falls to

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 the standard

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 of loving

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 the people

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 around him.

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 The scribes

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 and the

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 Pharisees

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 in particular

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 had a

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 challenge.

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 It was

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 difficult for

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 them to

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 even love

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 people within

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 their own

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 Jewish

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 nationality.

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 He knows

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 that his

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 love is

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 pretty exclusive

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 when it

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 comes to

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 loving his

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 neighbor.

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 It's not

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 nearly as

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 extensive as

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 perhaps he

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 would have

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 read in

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 the law

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 itself.

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 Matter of

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 fact,

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 if we were

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 to flip

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 over a

00:20:18.940 --> 00:20:19.720
 couple of

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 chapters in

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 Luke and

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 go to

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 Luke chapter

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 15,

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 we would

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 find that

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 this is

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 the issue

00:20:26.320 --> 00:20:27.299
 that the

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 scribes and

00:20:27.799 --> 00:20:28.400
 the Pharisees

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 have with

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 Jesus

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 primarily.

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 He mixes

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 it up with

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 tax collectors

00:20:35.620 --> 00:20:36.200
 and sinners.

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 Who is

00:20:37.940 --> 00:20:38.440
 this kind

00:20:38.440 --> 00:20:38.840
 of guy?

00:20:40.200 --> 00:20:40.600
 In their

00:20:40.600 --> 00:20:40.920
 minds,

00:20:41.039 --> 00:20:41.320
 he was

00:20:41.320 --> 00:20:42.299
 disqualified

00:20:42.299 --> 00:20:43.059
 for ministry

00:20:43.059 --> 00:20:43.980
 because of

00:20:43.980 --> 00:20:44.500
 the company

00:20:44.500 --> 00:20:44.799
 that he

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 kept.

00:20:47.259 --> 00:20:47.480
 No,

00:20:47.480 --> 00:20:48.120
 their love

00:20:48.120 --> 00:20:48.440
 wasn't

00:20:48.440 --> 00:20:49.299
 broad like

00:20:49.299 --> 00:20:49.539
 Jesus'

00:20:49.759 --> 00:20:50.019
 love.

00:20:50.019 --> 00:20:51.000
 They saw

00:20:51.000 --> 00:20:51.460
 even in

00:20:51.460 --> 00:20:52.000
 his life

00:20:52.000 --> 00:20:53.079
 how their

00:20:53.079 --> 00:20:54.339
 life was

00:20:54.339 --> 00:20:54.680
 certainly

00:20:54.680 --> 00:20:55.220
 different.

00:20:56.720 --> 00:20:57.000
 In their

00:20:57.000 --> 00:20:57.380
 minds,

00:20:57.519 --> 00:20:58.120
 Jesus was

00:20:58.120 --> 00:20:58.599
 totally

00:20:58.599 --> 00:20:59.240
 disqualified

00:20:59.240 --> 00:21:00.980
 because he

00:21:00.980 --> 00:21:01.559
 was a

00:21:01.559 --> 00:21:02.620
 friend of

00:21:02.620 --> 00:21:03.220
 sinners and

00:21:03.220 --> 00:21:03.980
 eats with

00:21:03.980 --> 00:21:04.140
 them.

00:21:04.240 --> 00:21:04.839
 How could

00:21:04.839 --> 00:21:05.480
 a religious

00:21:05.480 --> 00:21:07.440
 leader be

00:21:07.440 --> 00:21:08.140
 involved with

00:21:08.140 --> 00:21:08.620
 such a

00:21:08.620 --> 00:21:09.860
 company of

00:21:09.860 --> 00:21:10.279
 individuals?

00:21:12.180 --> 00:21:12.400
 Well,

00:21:12.440 --> 00:21:12.940
 Jesus takes

00:21:12.940 --> 00:21:13.480
 this opportunity

00:21:13.480 --> 00:21:13.920
 now to

00:21:13.920 --> 00:21:14.299
 dig in.

00:21:14.299 --> 00:21:15.759
 Jesus

00:21:15.759 --> 00:21:16.500
 wants to

00:21:16.500 --> 00:21:17.559
 now help

00:21:17.559 --> 00:21:18.200
 to develop

00:21:18.200 --> 00:21:19.899
 this important

00:21:19.899 --> 00:21:20.399
 question.

00:21:21.339 --> 00:21:22.019
 Now that

00:21:22.019 --> 00:21:22.379
 he has

00:21:22.379 --> 00:21:22.899
 the lawyer's

00:21:22.899 --> 00:21:23.299
 attention,

00:21:24.059 --> 00:21:24.579
 now that

00:21:24.579 --> 00:21:24.799
 he has

00:21:24.799 --> 00:21:25.399
 drawn him

00:21:25.399 --> 00:21:25.720
 out and

00:21:25.720 --> 00:21:26.519
 involved him

00:21:26.519 --> 00:21:26.919
 in this

00:21:26.919 --> 00:21:27.419
 dialogue,

00:21:28.319 --> 00:21:28.819
 now that

00:21:28.819 --> 00:21:29.099
 he has

00:21:29.099 --> 00:21:29.579
 commended

00:21:29.579 --> 00:21:30.220
 his expertise

00:21:30.220 --> 00:21:30.619
 in the

00:21:30.619 --> 00:21:30.839
 law,

00:21:31.740 --> 00:21:32.200
 now that

00:21:32.200 --> 00:21:32.720
 the beginnings

00:21:32.720 --> 00:21:33.059
 of a

00:21:33.059 --> 00:21:33.579
 relationship

00:21:33.579 --> 00:21:34.079
 have taken

00:21:34.079 --> 00:21:34.579
 place,

00:21:34.680 --> 00:21:34.960
 and this

00:21:34.960 --> 00:21:35.980
 lawyer is

00:21:35.980 --> 00:21:36.379
 the one

00:21:36.379 --> 00:21:37.099
 now asking

00:21:37.099 --> 00:21:37.839
 the questions,

00:21:38.159 --> 00:21:38.819
 now Jesus

00:21:38.819 --> 00:21:39.579
 has a

00:21:39.579 --> 00:21:39.940
 captive

00:21:39.940 --> 00:21:40.460
 audience.

00:21:42.759 --> 00:21:43.059
 And now

00:21:43.059 --> 00:21:43.539
 we'll find

00:21:43.539 --> 00:21:44.399
 that this

00:21:44.399 --> 00:21:45.119
 question is

00:21:45.119 --> 00:21:45.539
 significant

00:21:45.539 --> 00:21:46.180
 because it

00:21:46.180 --> 00:21:47.619
 addresses your

00:21:47.619 --> 00:21:48.220
 availability.

00:21:48.859 --> 00:21:49.159
 And that's

00:21:49.159 --> 00:21:49.639
 point number

00:21:49.639 --> 00:21:49.920
 three.

00:21:50.659 --> 00:21:51.420
 It addresses

00:21:51.420 --> 00:21:52.259
 your

00:21:52.259 --> 00:21:53.220
 availability.

00:21:54.539 --> 00:21:55.059
 Now let me

00:21:55.059 --> 00:21:55.599
 read this

00:21:55.599 --> 00:21:56.139
 parable for

00:21:56.139 --> 00:21:56.980
 us and I'll

00:21:56.980 --> 00:21:57.399
 just kind of

00:21:57.399 --> 00:21:58.099
 summarize it

00:21:58.099 --> 00:21:58.779
 for us and

00:21:58.779 --> 00:21:59.639
 then I want

00:21:59.639 --> 00:22:01.119
 to just make

00:22:01.119 --> 00:22:02.259
 some observations

00:22:02.259 --> 00:22:02.920
 about the

00:22:02.920 --> 00:22:03.599
 kind of love

00:22:03.599 --> 00:22:04.339
 that we see

00:22:04.339 --> 00:22:05.079
 this good

00:22:05.079 --> 00:22:05.659
 Samaritan

00:22:05.659 --> 00:22:06.339
 have.

00:22:07.519 --> 00:22:08.659
 Beginning in

00:22:08.659 --> 00:22:09.399
 verse 30 it

00:22:09.399 --> 00:22:09.659
 says,

00:22:09.799 --> 00:22:10.220
 Now Jesus

00:22:10.220 --> 00:22:10.740
 replied,

00:22:10.740 --> 00:22:12.500
 a man was

00:22:12.500 --> 00:22:13.079
 going down

00:22:13.079 --> 00:22:13.680
 from Jerusalem

00:22:13.680 --> 00:22:14.319
 to Jericho

00:22:14.319 --> 00:22:14.960
 and he

00:22:14.960 --> 00:22:15.519
 fell among

00:22:15.519 --> 00:22:16.799
 robbers who

00:22:16.799 --> 00:22:17.539
 stripped him

00:22:17.539 --> 00:22:18.380
 and beat

00:22:18.380 --> 00:22:19.400
 him and

00:22:19.400 --> 00:22:19.799
 departed,

00:22:20.059 --> 00:22:20.539
 leaving him

00:22:20.539 --> 00:22:21.039
 half dead.

00:22:21.960 --> 00:22:22.460
 Now by

00:22:22.460 --> 00:22:23.279
 chance a

00:22:23.279 --> 00:22:23.700
 priest was

00:22:23.700 --> 00:22:24.220
 going down

00:22:24.220 --> 00:22:24.759
 that road

00:22:24.759 --> 00:22:25.920
 and when he

00:22:25.920 --> 00:22:26.559
 saw him he

00:22:26.559 --> 00:22:27.240
 passed by on

00:22:27.240 --> 00:22:27.500
 the other

00:22:27.500 --> 00:22:27.839
 side.

00:22:28.620 --> 00:22:29.279
 So likewise

00:22:29.279 --> 00:22:30.120
 a Levite

00:22:30.120 --> 00:22:31.000
 when he came

00:22:31.000 --> 00:22:31.559
 to the place

00:22:31.559 --> 00:22:32.700
 and saw him

00:22:32.700 --> 00:22:33.779
 passed by

00:22:33.779 --> 00:22:34.400
 on the other

00:22:34.400 --> 00:22:34.759
 side.

00:22:35.420 --> 00:22:35.900
 But a

00:22:35.900 --> 00:22:36.380
 Samaritan

00:22:36.380 --> 00:22:36.799
 as he

00:22:36.799 --> 00:22:37.960
 journeyed came

00:22:37.960 --> 00:22:38.339
 to where he

00:22:38.339 --> 00:22:39.099
 was and

00:22:39.099 --> 00:22:39.740
 when he

00:22:39.740 --> 00:22:40.339
 saw him

00:22:40.339 --> 00:22:40.759
 he had

00:22:40.759 --> 00:22:41.259
 compassion.

00:22:42.259 --> 00:22:42.579
 He went

00:22:42.579 --> 00:22:42.980
 to him

00:22:42.980 --> 00:22:44.359
 and bound

00:22:44.359 --> 00:22:44.759
 up his

00:22:44.759 --> 00:22:45.259
 wounds

00:22:45.259 --> 00:22:46.539
 pouring on

00:22:46.539 --> 00:22:47.139
 oil and

00:22:47.139 --> 00:22:47.559
 wine.

00:22:48.459 --> 00:22:48.679
 Then he

00:22:48.679 --> 00:22:49.099
 set him

00:22:49.099 --> 00:22:49.459
 on his

00:22:49.459 --> 00:22:50.259
 own animal

00:22:50.259 --> 00:22:50.980
 and brought

00:22:50.980 --> 00:22:51.539
 him to an

00:22:51.539 --> 00:22:51.899
 inn and

00:22:51.899 --> 00:22:52.579
 took care

00:22:52.579 --> 00:22:52.879
 of him.

00:22:53.719 --> 00:22:54.019
 And the

00:22:54.019 --> 00:22:54.480
 next day

00:22:54.480 --> 00:22:54.859
 he took

00:22:54.859 --> 00:22:55.359
 out two

00:22:55.359 --> 00:22:55.819
 denarii

00:22:55.819 --> 00:22:56.679
 and gave

00:22:56.679 --> 00:22:56.980
 them to

00:22:56.980 --> 00:22:57.699
 the innkeeper

00:22:57.699 --> 00:22:58.119
 saying,

00:22:58.699 --> 00:22:59.000
 take care

00:22:59.000 --> 00:22:59.419
 of him

00:22:59.419 --> 00:23:00.319
 and whatever

00:23:00.319 --> 00:23:01.359
 more you

00:23:01.359 --> 00:23:02.539
 spend I

00:23:02.539 --> 00:23:03.019
 will repay

00:23:03.019 --> 00:23:03.919
 you when

00:23:03.919 --> 00:23:04.199
 I come

00:23:04.199 --> 00:23:04.539
 back.

00:23:05.679 --> 00:23:06.299
 Now we

00:23:06.299 --> 00:23:06.799
 know the

00:23:06.799 --> 00:23:07.619
 story.

00:23:07.939 --> 00:23:08.959
 We're familiar

00:23:08.960 --> 00:23:09.420
 with this

00:23:09.420 --> 00:23:09.819
 account.

00:23:10.559 --> 00:23:10.940
 Here is

00:23:10.940 --> 00:23:11.680
 this man

00:23:11.680 --> 00:23:13.779
 not a

00:23:13.779 --> 00:23:14.519
 specific man

00:23:14.519 --> 00:23:15.120
 but some

00:23:15.120 --> 00:23:16.380
 general person

00:23:16.380 --> 00:23:17.079
 who's making

00:23:17.079 --> 00:23:17.559
 a journey.

00:23:18.519 --> 00:23:18.819
 Now this

00:23:18.819 --> 00:23:19.240
 may have

00:23:19.240 --> 00:23:20.840
 really

00:23:20.840 --> 00:23:22.740
 resonated in

00:23:22.740 --> 00:23:23.140
 the heart

00:23:23.140 --> 00:23:23.500
 of this

00:23:23.500 --> 00:23:24.299
 lawyer because

00:23:24.299 --> 00:23:25.279
 it's quite

00:23:25.279 --> 00:23:26.120
 possible that

00:23:26.120 --> 00:23:27.380
 this story

00:23:27.380 --> 00:23:27.840
 was actually

00:23:27.840 --> 00:23:28.200
 given,

00:23:28.299 --> 00:23:29.000
 this answer

00:23:29.000 --> 00:23:29.460
 was actually

00:23:29.460 --> 00:23:30.319
 given in

00:23:30.319 --> 00:23:30.860
 the area

00:23:30.860 --> 00:23:31.680
 around Jericho.

00:23:32.220 --> 00:23:32.779
 Because in

00:23:32.779 --> 00:23:33.220
 the following

00:23:33.220 --> 00:23:33.860
 account as

00:23:33.860 --> 00:23:34.380
 you kind

00:23:34.380 --> 00:23:34.740
 of drop

00:23:34.740 --> 00:23:35.140
 down and

00:23:35.140 --> 00:23:35.620
 look at

00:23:35.620 --> 00:23:36.400
 Luke chapter

00:23:36.400 --> 00:23:37.059
 10 verses

00:23:37.059 --> 00:23:38.420
 38 to

00:23:38.420 --> 00:23:39.500
 42,

00:23:40.160 --> 00:23:40.519
 you'll

00:23:40.519 --> 00:23:41.039
 notice that

00:23:41.039 --> 00:23:41.860
 Jesus finds

00:23:41.860 --> 00:23:42.740
 himself in

00:23:42.740 --> 00:23:43.480
 Mary and

00:23:43.480 --> 00:23:43.880
 Martha's

00:23:43.880 --> 00:23:44.180
 house.

00:23:44.920 --> 00:23:45.380
 They happen

00:23:45.380 --> 00:23:46.180
 to live in

00:23:46.180 --> 00:23:47.300
 a town of

00:23:47.300 --> 00:23:47.880
 Bethany which

00:23:47.880 --> 00:23:48.259
 is only a

00:23:48.259 --> 00:23:48.620
 couple of

00:23:48.620 --> 00:23:49.480
 miles away

00:23:49.480 --> 00:23:50.700
 from Jerusalem.

00:23:51.900 --> 00:23:52.220
 And on

00:23:52.220 --> 00:23:53.560
 this trip

00:23:53.560 --> 00:23:54.880
 it says

00:23:54.880 --> 00:23:55.539
 they went

00:23:55.539 --> 00:23:56.060
 their way

00:23:56.060 --> 00:23:56.460
 in verse

00:23:56.460 --> 00:23:56.900
 38.

00:23:57.960 --> 00:23:58.580
 Jesus

00:23:58.580 --> 00:23:59.039
 entered this

00:23:59.039 --> 00:23:59.420
 village.

00:24:00.019 --> 00:24:00.440
 So it's

00:24:00.440 --> 00:24:01.100
 quite possible

00:24:01.100 --> 00:24:01.519
 that Jesus

00:24:01.519 --> 00:24:02.500
 is actually

00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:03.279
 sharing this

00:24:03.279 --> 00:24:04.420
 story in

00:24:04.420 --> 00:24:05.500
 Jericho or

00:24:05.500 --> 00:24:06.140
 in the area

00:24:06.140 --> 00:24:06.720
 surrounding

00:24:06.720 --> 00:24:07.220
 Jericho.

00:24:07.560 --> 00:24:08.100
 So the

00:24:08.100 --> 00:24:08.600
 people who

00:24:08.600 --> 00:24:08.880
 were there

00:24:08.880 --> 00:24:09.440
 have made

00:24:09.440 --> 00:24:10.100
 that trek.

00:24:10.780 --> 00:24:11.440
 They know

00:24:11.440 --> 00:24:12.360
 how treacherous

00:24:12.360 --> 00:24:13.140
 this path

00:24:13.140 --> 00:24:13.320
 is.

00:24:13.520 --> 00:24:14.259
 It really

00:24:14.259 --> 00:24:14.880
 can resonate

00:24:14.880 --> 00:24:15.420
 with them

00:24:15.420 --> 00:24:16.020
 because they've

00:24:16.020 --> 00:24:16.560
 had that

00:24:16.560 --> 00:24:17.120
 experience.

00:24:17.420 --> 00:24:17.620
 They've

00:24:17.620 --> 00:24:18.020
 understood

00:24:18.020 --> 00:24:18.740
 the fear.

00:24:19.040 --> 00:24:19.360
 They know

00:24:19.360 --> 00:24:20.180
 how treacherous

00:24:20.180 --> 00:24:20.700
 that road

00:24:20.700 --> 00:24:20.940
 is.

00:24:21.200 --> 00:24:21.540
 They know

00:24:21.540 --> 00:24:22.160
 the dangers

00:24:22.160 --> 00:24:23.220
 that lie

00:24:23.220 --> 00:24:23.740
 along the

00:24:23.740 --> 00:24:24.160
 path.

00:24:24.700 --> 00:24:25.280
 They understand

00:24:25.280 --> 00:24:26.020
 how perilous

00:24:26.020 --> 00:24:26.560
 it can be.

00:24:27.920 --> 00:24:28.600
 Now Jericho

00:24:28.600 --> 00:24:30.560
 is about

00:24:30.560 --> 00:24:31.380
 15 to

00:24:31.380 --> 00:24:32.300
 17 miles

00:24:32.300 --> 00:24:33.160
 away from

00:24:33.160 --> 00:24:33.680
 Jerusalem.

00:24:33.680 --> 00:24:35.200
 It lies

00:24:35.200 --> 00:24:36.000
 about 900

00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:37.279
 feet below

00:24:37.279 --> 00:24:38.080
 sea level.

00:24:39.200 --> 00:24:39.900
 And Jerusalem

00:24:39.900 --> 00:24:40.640
 which is

00:24:40.640 --> 00:24:41.480
 about 2,600

00:24:41.480 --> 00:24:42.940
 feet above

00:24:42.940 --> 00:24:43.600
 sea level

00:24:43.600 --> 00:24:44.380
 to now go

00:24:44.380 --> 00:24:44.960
 down this

00:24:44.960 --> 00:24:45.720
 17 mile

00:24:45.720 --> 00:24:46.440
 track to

00:24:46.440 --> 00:24:47.440
 Jericho

00:24:47.440 --> 00:24:48.259
 900 feet

00:24:48.259 --> 00:24:48.980
 below sea

00:24:48.980 --> 00:24:49.279
 level.

00:24:49.640 --> 00:24:50.100
 That's a

00:24:50.100 --> 00:24:50.799
 pretty significant

00:24:50.799 --> 00:24:51.299
 decline.

00:24:52.320 --> 00:24:52.580
 About

00:24:52.580 --> 00:24:55.460
 3,500

00:24:55.460 --> 00:24:56.420
 feet in

00:24:56.420 --> 00:24:56.880
 elevation.

00:24:58.080 --> 00:24:58.380
 And so

00:24:58.380 --> 00:24:58.920
 this man

00:24:58.920 --> 00:24:59.100
 would have

00:24:59.100 --> 00:25:00.220
 been zigzagging

00:25:00.220 --> 00:25:00.799
 his way

00:25:00.799 --> 00:25:01.680
 through this

00:25:01.680 --> 00:25:02.480
 mountainous

00:25:02.480 --> 00:25:02.960
 pass

00:25:02.960 --> 00:25:03.860
 fraught

00:25:03.860 --> 00:25:04.100
 with

00:25:04.100 --> 00:25:04.860
 robbers

00:25:04.860 --> 00:25:05.960
 and it

00:25:05.960 --> 00:25:06.519
 became a

00:25:06.519 --> 00:25:06.819
 rather

00:25:06.819 --> 00:25:07.519
 perilous

00:25:07.519 --> 00:25:08.299
 journey.

00:25:09.340 --> 00:25:09.680
 Well as

00:25:09.680 --> 00:25:10.100
 we find

00:25:10.100 --> 00:25:11.140
 in verse

00:25:11.140 --> 00:25:11.519
 30

00:25:11.519 --> 00:25:13.400
 this man's

00:25:13.400 --> 00:25:14.019
 worst fears

00:25:14.019 --> 00:25:14.440
 came to

00:25:14.440 --> 00:25:14.840
 pass.

00:25:15.840 --> 00:25:16.340
 The robbers

00:25:16.340 --> 00:25:16.740
 come.

00:25:17.640 --> 00:25:18.059
 They stripped

00:25:18.059 --> 00:25:18.340
 him,

00:25:18.660 --> 00:25:19.200
 they beat

00:25:19.200 --> 00:25:19.500
 him,

00:25:19.799 --> 00:25:20.319
 they departed

00:25:20.319 --> 00:25:20.880
 from him

00:25:20.880 --> 00:25:21.480
 and they

00:25:21.480 --> 00:25:21.920
 left him

00:25:21.920 --> 00:25:22.360
 for dead.

00:25:23.240 --> 00:25:23.680
 Terrible

00:25:23.680 --> 00:25:24.140
 plight

00:25:24.140 --> 00:25:25.039
 for any

00:25:25.039 --> 00:25:25.480
 person.

00:25:26.519 --> 00:25:26.960
 A victim

00:25:26.960 --> 00:25:27.660
 of bad

00:25:27.660 --> 00:25:28.420
 circumstances.

00:25:29.380 --> 00:25:29.700
 But here

00:25:29.700 --> 00:25:30.160
 we find

00:25:30.160 --> 00:25:31.039
 in verse

00:25:31.039 --> 00:25:31.940
 31 a ray

00:25:31.940 --> 00:25:32.420
 of hope.

00:25:32.960 --> 00:25:34.120
 He may

00:25:34.120 --> 00:25:34.460
 have been

00:25:34.460 --> 00:25:35.140
 saying to

00:25:35.140 --> 00:25:35.759
 himself as

00:25:35.759 --> 00:25:36.059
 he was

00:25:36.059 --> 00:25:36.539
 observing

00:25:36.539 --> 00:25:37.140
 this scene,

00:25:37.340 --> 00:25:37.660
 Hallelujah!

00:25:38.380 --> 00:25:39.059
 Here comes

00:25:39.059 --> 00:25:40.299
 my helper.

00:25:41.900 --> 00:25:42.539
 This priest

00:25:42.539 --> 00:25:42.980
 was making

00:25:42.980 --> 00:25:43.460
 his way

00:25:43.460 --> 00:25:44.000
 down this

00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:44.240
 road.

00:25:44.539 --> 00:25:44.960
 Certainly

00:25:44.960 --> 00:25:45.680
 the priest

00:25:45.680 --> 00:25:46.500
 would provide

00:25:46.500 --> 00:25:47.180
 some assistance.

00:25:49.340 --> 00:25:50.059
 This would

00:25:50.059 --> 00:25:50.600
 appear to have

00:25:50.600 --> 00:25:51.340
 been the best

00:25:51.340 --> 00:25:52.620
 possible news

00:25:52.620 --> 00:25:53.400
 for this

00:25:53.400 --> 00:25:53.740
 victim,

00:25:53.860 --> 00:25:54.340
 this Jewish

00:25:54.340 --> 00:25:54.759
 man.

00:25:55.720 --> 00:25:56.200
 A priest

00:25:56.200 --> 00:25:56.480
 who was

00:25:56.480 --> 00:25:57.059
 expected to

00:25:57.059 --> 00:25:57.440
 be an

00:25:57.440 --> 00:25:58.579
 example of

00:25:58.579 --> 00:25:59.019
 spiritual

00:25:59.019 --> 00:25:59.500
 virtue.

00:25:59.500 --> 00:26:00.940
 the best,

00:26:01.140 --> 00:26:02.539
 the godliest,

00:26:02.700 --> 00:26:02.920
 and the

00:26:02.920 --> 00:26:03.880
 most righteous

00:26:03.880 --> 00:26:04.660
 man in

00:26:04.660 --> 00:26:05.099
 Jerusalem

00:26:05.099 --> 00:26:06.119
 and perhaps

00:26:06.119 --> 00:26:08.160
 in all

00:26:08.160 --> 00:26:08.920
 of Israel

00:26:08.920 --> 00:26:09.720
 at large.

00:26:10.400 --> 00:26:11.200
 If anyone

00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:12.359
 was moving

00:26:12.359 --> 00:26:12.839
 in the

00:26:12.839 --> 00:26:13.539
 direction of

00:26:13.539 --> 00:26:14.019
 the kingdom,

00:26:15.420 --> 00:26:15.960
 if anyone

00:26:15.960 --> 00:26:16.599
 was following

00:26:16.599 --> 00:26:17.259
 after the

00:26:17.259 --> 00:26:17.859
 standard that

00:26:17.859 --> 00:26:18.160
 God has

00:26:18.160 --> 00:26:18.500
 set,

00:26:18.660 --> 00:26:19.140
 certainly

00:26:19.140 --> 00:26:20.099
 it would

00:26:20.099 --> 00:26:20.380
 be a

00:26:20.380 --> 00:26:20.680
 priest.

00:26:22.079 --> 00:26:22.519
 Now at

00:26:22.519 --> 00:26:22.900
 this moment

00:26:22.900 --> 00:26:23.420
 I want to

00:26:23.420 --> 00:26:23.960
 just remind

00:26:23.960 --> 00:26:25.700
 us what

00:26:25.700 --> 00:26:26.839
 initiated this

00:26:26.839 --> 00:26:27.660
 parable to

00:26:27.660 --> 00:26:28.259
 begin with.

00:26:28.880 --> 00:26:29.360
 What shall

00:26:29.360 --> 00:26:30.000
 I do to

00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:30.460
 inherit

00:26:30.460 --> 00:26:30.960
 eternal

00:26:30.960 --> 00:26:31.420
 life?

00:26:33.140 --> 00:26:33.600
 For this

00:26:33.600 --> 00:26:33.960
 man,

00:26:34.460 --> 00:26:35.380
 for this

00:26:35.380 --> 00:26:35.840
 lawyer,

00:26:36.040 --> 00:26:36.480
 and anyone

00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:36.900
 who is

00:26:36.900 --> 00:26:37.460
 listening to

00:26:37.460 --> 00:26:38.140
 this story,

00:26:38.840 --> 00:26:39.480
 the priest

00:26:39.480 --> 00:26:39.960
 would be

00:26:39.960 --> 00:26:40.560
 at the

00:26:40.560 --> 00:26:41.060
 top of

00:26:41.060 --> 00:26:41.560
 the list

00:26:41.560 --> 00:26:41.940
 of

00:26:41.940 --> 00:26:42.560
 individuals

00:26:42.560 --> 00:26:43.279
 who were

00:26:43.279 --> 00:26:43.740
 certainly

00:26:43.740 --> 00:26:44.360
 headed to

00:26:44.360 --> 00:26:44.779
 the kingdom.

00:26:46.420 --> 00:26:46.779
 And yet

00:26:46.779 --> 00:26:47.320
 in this

00:26:47.320 --> 00:26:47.880
 story we

00:26:47.880 --> 00:26:48.420
 find the

00:26:48.420 --> 00:26:49.900
 priest is

00:26:49.900 --> 00:26:50.440
 the one

00:26:50.440 --> 00:26:50.980
 who is

00:26:50.980 --> 00:26:51.660
 avoiding the

00:26:51.660 --> 00:26:52.540
 very things

00:26:52.540 --> 00:26:52.880
 that God

00:26:52.880 --> 00:26:53.380
 has said

00:26:53.380 --> 00:26:54.000
 in terms

00:26:54.000 --> 00:26:55.460
 of general

00:26:55.460 --> 00:26:56.640
 and comprehensive

00:26:56.640 --> 00:26:57.519
 statements about

00:26:57.519 --> 00:26:58.119
 how to

00:26:58.119 --> 00:26:58.539
 emulate

00:26:58.539 --> 00:26:59.059
 God's

00:26:59.059 --> 00:26:59.339
 heart.

00:27:00.420 --> 00:27:00.740
 He was

00:27:00.740 --> 00:27:01.559
 not one

00:27:01.559 --> 00:27:02.519
 who would

00:27:02.519 --> 00:27:03.119
 love his

00:27:03.119 --> 00:27:04.099
 neighbor as

00:27:04.099 --> 00:27:04.579
 himself.

00:27:07.039 --> 00:27:07.400
 Yet for

00:27:07.400 --> 00:27:08.639
 all that he

00:27:08.639 --> 00:27:09.099
 knew about

00:27:09.099 --> 00:27:09.579
 the law's

00:27:09.579 --> 00:27:09.980
 demands,

00:27:10.119 --> 00:27:10.740
 he decided

00:27:10.740 --> 00:27:11.240
 that he

00:27:11.240 --> 00:27:11.639
 wasn't going

00:27:11.639 --> 00:27:11.920
 to take

00:27:11.920 --> 00:27:12.440
 the risk,

00:27:12.700 --> 00:27:13.000
 he was

00:27:13.000 --> 00:27:13.220
 going to

00:27:13.220 --> 00:27:13.940
 pass by

00:27:13.940 --> 00:27:14.879
 on the

00:27:14.879 --> 00:27:15.379
 other side.

00:27:16.759 --> 00:27:17.579
 Verse 32,

00:27:17.700 --> 00:27:18.319
 we find another

00:27:18.319 --> 00:27:19.079
 ray of

00:27:19.079 --> 00:27:19.420
 hope.

00:27:21.099 --> 00:27:21.480
 How did

00:27:21.480 --> 00:27:21.879
 this guy

00:27:21.879 --> 00:27:22.400
 get so

00:27:22.400 --> 00:27:22.720
 lucky?

00:27:24.019 --> 00:27:24.440
 Not only

00:27:24.440 --> 00:27:24.759
 does a

00:27:24.759 --> 00:27:25.259
 priest come

00:27:25.259 --> 00:27:25.480
 by,

00:27:25.539 --> 00:27:26.019
 but now a

00:27:26.019 --> 00:27:26.500
 Levite.

00:27:27.519 --> 00:27:28.240
 Fortunately

00:27:28.240 --> 00:27:28.819
 for this

00:27:28.819 --> 00:27:29.900
 desperate man,

00:27:29.980 --> 00:27:30.180
 another

00:27:30.180 --> 00:27:31.160
 traveler appears

00:27:31.160 --> 00:27:31.460
 on this

00:27:31.460 --> 00:27:31.839
 road,

00:27:32.379 --> 00:27:32.900
 a Levite

00:27:32.900 --> 00:27:33.220
 who would

00:27:33.220 --> 00:27:33.299
 have

00:27:33.299 --> 00:27:33.740
 assisted

00:27:33.740 --> 00:27:33.980
 the

00:27:33.980 --> 00:27:34.259
 priest,

00:27:34.420 --> 00:27:34.960
 who would

00:27:34.960 --> 00:27:35.200
 have been

00:27:35.200 --> 00:27:36.000
 exposed to

00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:36.359
 the law,

00:27:36.519 --> 00:27:37.139
 who would

00:27:37.139 --> 00:27:37.500
 have been

00:27:37.500 --> 00:27:38.759
 understanding

00:27:38.759 --> 00:27:39.539
 all that God

00:27:39.539 --> 00:27:40.099
 had said in

00:27:40.099 --> 00:27:41.200
 terms of his

00:27:41.200 --> 00:27:42.319
 expectations for

00:27:42.319 --> 00:27:42.839
 his people.

00:27:43.720 --> 00:27:43.980
 He would

00:27:43.980 --> 00:27:44.680
 have been on

00:27:44.680 --> 00:27:45.079
 the second

00:27:45.079 --> 00:27:45.859
 tier of this

00:27:45.859 --> 00:27:46.319
 list of

00:27:46.319 --> 00:27:47.279
 individuals who

00:27:47.279 --> 00:27:47.759
 were moving

00:27:47.759 --> 00:27:48.220
 into the

00:27:48.220 --> 00:27:48.519
 kingdom,

00:27:49.339 --> 00:27:49.839
 at least as

00:27:49.839 --> 00:27:50.819
 far as the

00:27:50.819 --> 00:27:51.539
 society would

00:27:51.539 --> 00:27:51.900
 have thought.

00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:52.480
 And yet,

00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:53.779
 for all that

00:27:53.779 --> 00:27:54.319
 he knew about

00:27:54.319 --> 00:27:54.819
 the law,

00:27:56.539 --> 00:27:56.939
 he too

00:27:56.939 --> 00:27:57.740
 passed by

00:27:57.740 --> 00:27:58.200
 on the

00:27:58.200 --> 00:27:58.720
 other side.

00:28:00.619 --> 00:28:01.240
 Two men

00:28:01.240 --> 00:28:03.279
 from the

00:28:03.279 --> 00:28:04.319
 spiritual class

00:28:04.319 --> 00:28:04.819
 of Israel,

00:28:05.519 --> 00:28:06.039
 the best

00:28:06.039 --> 00:28:06.740
 chance of

00:28:06.740 --> 00:28:07.379
 this wounded

00:28:07.379 --> 00:28:07.899
 victim,

00:28:08.899 --> 00:28:10.700
 both ignore

00:28:10.700 --> 00:28:11.679
 the opportunity

00:28:11.679 --> 00:28:13.480
 to show God's

00:28:13.480 --> 00:28:14.779
 love to this

00:28:14.779 --> 00:28:15.480
 individual who

00:28:15.480 --> 00:28:15.919
 is hurting.

00:28:17.379 --> 00:28:18.019
 Certainly,

00:28:18.159 --> 00:28:18.839
 his chances

00:28:18.839 --> 00:28:19.759
 are exhausted

00:28:19.759 --> 00:28:20.439
 at this point.

00:28:20.440 --> 00:28:21.880
 certainly,

00:28:22.440 --> 00:28:23.160
 the doom of

00:28:23.160 --> 00:28:23.799
 his future

00:28:23.799 --> 00:28:24.180
 has been

00:28:24.180 --> 00:28:24.660
 written in

00:28:24.660 --> 00:28:25.080
 the books.

00:28:26.420 --> 00:28:26.960
 And now,

00:28:27.500 --> 00:28:28.000
 comes a

00:28:28.000 --> 00:28:28.519
 Samaritan,

00:28:29.620 --> 00:28:30.240
 in verse

00:28:30.240 --> 00:28:30.680
 33.

00:28:33.480 --> 00:28:33.900
 But,

00:28:34.440 --> 00:28:35.299
 a Samaritan,

00:28:35.840 --> 00:28:36.340
 as he

00:28:36.340 --> 00:28:36.820
 journeyed,

00:28:36.920 --> 00:28:38.220
 came to

00:28:38.220 --> 00:28:38.779
 where he

00:28:38.779 --> 00:28:39.259
 was.

00:28:40.580 --> 00:28:41.180
 Unclean

00:28:41.180 --> 00:28:41.580
 from a

00:28:41.580 --> 00:28:41.799
 Jewish

00:28:41.799 --> 00:28:42.380
 perspective.

00:28:43.500 --> 00:28:44.160
 If this

00:28:44.160 --> 00:28:44.759
 man had

00:28:44.759 --> 00:28:45.100
 been in

00:28:45.100 --> 00:28:45.720
 good health,

00:28:45.920 --> 00:28:46.420
 he probably

00:28:46.420 --> 00:28:46.720
 would have

00:28:46.720 --> 00:28:47.220
 avoided it,

00:28:47.299 --> 00:28:48.059
 this Samaritan

00:28:48.059 --> 00:28:49.160
 himself.

00:28:50.440 --> 00:28:51.960
 coming from

00:28:51.960 --> 00:28:52.640
 a mixed

00:28:52.640 --> 00:28:53.380
 race because

00:28:53.380 --> 00:28:53.759
 they had

00:28:53.759 --> 00:28:54.400
 intermarried

00:28:54.400 --> 00:28:54.700
 with the

00:28:54.700 --> 00:28:55.360
 Gentiles.

00:28:56.259 --> 00:28:56.500
 So,

00:28:56.580 --> 00:28:57.400
 they were

00:28:57.400 --> 00:28:58.420
 pushed out

00:28:58.420 --> 00:28:59.380
 of the

00:28:59.380 --> 00:28:59.960
 covenant

00:28:59.960 --> 00:29:00.600
 community

00:29:00.600 --> 00:29:01.900
 and despised

00:29:01.900 --> 00:29:02.200
 by the

00:29:02.200 --> 00:29:02.380
 Jewish

00:29:02.380 --> 00:29:02.720
 people.

00:29:04.680 --> 00:29:05.320
 But,

00:29:05.420 --> 00:29:05.740
 this one,

00:29:05.840 --> 00:29:06.240
 moved with

00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:06.779
 compassion,

00:29:07.940 --> 00:29:08.640
 gets personally

00:29:08.640 --> 00:29:09.200
 involved.

00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:10.500
 He binds

00:29:10.500 --> 00:29:10.980
 his wounds,

00:29:11.059 --> 00:29:11.519
 he pours

00:29:11.519 --> 00:29:12.360
 on oil.

00:29:13.720 --> 00:29:14.100
 He wasn't

00:29:14.100 --> 00:29:14.680
 just interested

00:29:14.680 --> 00:29:15.500
 in moving

00:29:15.500 --> 00:29:16.120
 this man

00:29:16.120 --> 00:29:16.559
 out of the

00:29:16.559 --> 00:29:17.140
 way so

00:29:17.140 --> 00:29:17.519
 that other

00:29:17.519 --> 00:29:18.039
 travelers

00:29:18.039 --> 00:29:18.519
 would not

00:29:18.519 --> 00:29:19.440
 have the

00:29:19.440 --> 00:29:20.220
 burden or

00:29:20.220 --> 00:29:21.039
 the hurdle

00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:21.640
 of this

00:29:21.640 --> 00:29:22.160
 individual

00:29:22.160 --> 00:29:22.819
 lying in

00:29:22.819 --> 00:29:23.160
 the path.

00:29:23.299 --> 00:29:23.299


00:29:23.360 --> 00:29:24.140
 he takes

00:29:24.140 --> 00:29:24.680
 ownership

00:29:24.680 --> 00:29:25.039
 of the

00:29:25.039 --> 00:29:25.420
 problem

00:29:25.420 --> 00:29:26.720
 and he

00:29:26.720 --> 00:29:27.079
 seeks to

00:29:27.079 --> 00:29:27.539
 address

00:29:27.539 --> 00:29:28.380
 the issue.

00:29:29.539 --> 00:29:29.900
 In

00:29:29.900 --> 00:29:30.200
 Jesus'

00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:30.880
 story,

00:29:30.980 --> 00:29:31.240
 as he

00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:32.180
 does so

00:29:32.180 --> 00:29:32.559
 well,

00:29:32.880 --> 00:29:33.140
 Jesus

00:29:33.140 --> 00:29:33.640
 turns

00:29:33.640 --> 00:29:34.220
 everything

00:29:34.220 --> 00:29:35.079
 upside down.

00:29:36.079 --> 00:29:36.259
 Jesus

00:29:36.259 --> 00:29:36.640
 has a

00:29:36.640 --> 00:29:37.059
 way of

00:29:37.059 --> 00:29:37.980
 reversing

00:29:37.980 --> 00:29:38.440
 all of

00:29:38.440 --> 00:29:38.559
 the

00:29:38.559 --> 00:29:39.240
 expectations,

00:29:39.480 --> 00:29:39.660
 this

00:29:39.660 --> 00:29:40.559
 surprise

00:29:40.559 --> 00:29:41.200
 ending.

00:29:41.559 --> 00:29:41.720
 Who

00:29:41.720 --> 00:29:42.059
 will be

00:29:42.059 --> 00:29:42.259
 the

00:29:42.259 --> 00:29:42.480
 hero?

00:29:43.559 --> 00:29:44.039
 Well,

00:29:44.559 --> 00:29:44.960
 the

00:29:44.960 --> 00:29:45.559
 villain of

00:29:45.559 --> 00:29:46.079
 the story

00:29:46.079 --> 00:29:46.660
 is actually

00:29:46.660 --> 00:29:47.180
 the hero

00:29:47.180 --> 00:29:47.900
 of the

00:29:47.900 --> 00:29:48.200
 story.

00:29:48.200 --> 00:29:49.059
 this

00:29:49.059 --> 00:29:49.640
 Samaritan

00:29:49.640 --> 00:29:50.700
 rises to

00:29:50.700 --> 00:29:51.100
 the top

00:29:51.100 --> 00:29:51.460
 as the

00:29:51.460 --> 00:29:51.980
 individual

00:29:51.980 --> 00:29:52.980
 who will

00:29:52.980 --> 00:29:53.840
 demonstrate

00:29:53.840 --> 00:29:54.240
 the love

00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:54.640
 of God

00:29:54.640 --> 00:29:55.559
 as God

00:29:55.559 --> 00:29:56.120
 expects.

00:29:57.460 --> 00:29:57.819
 So,

00:29:57.920 --> 00:29:58.080
 what does

00:29:58.080 --> 00:29:58.400
 this say

00:29:58.400 --> 00:29:58.779
 about our

00:29:58.779 --> 00:29:59.080
 love?

00:30:00.120 --> 00:30:00.660
 And what

00:30:00.660 --> 00:30:00.920
 does this

00:30:00.920 --> 00:30:01.279
 say about

00:30:01.279 --> 00:30:01.460
 our

00:30:01.460 --> 00:30:01.740
 neighboring?

00:30:02.380 --> 00:30:02.500
 Well,

00:30:02.539 --> 00:30:02.700
 let me

00:30:02.700 --> 00:30:03.279
 make some

00:30:03.279 --> 00:30:04.539
 four quick

00:30:04.539 --> 00:30:05.220
 observations.

00:30:05.620 --> 00:30:05.840
 First,

00:30:05.940 --> 00:30:06.460
 I want us

00:30:06.460 --> 00:30:06.819
 to see

00:30:06.819 --> 00:30:07.440
 that this

00:30:07.440 --> 00:30:07.759
 is a

00:30:07.759 --> 00:30:08.299
 simple

00:30:08.299 --> 00:30:09.019
 love.

00:30:09.799 --> 00:30:10.319
 It's a

00:30:10.319 --> 00:30:10.980
 simple

00:30:10.980 --> 00:30:11.920
 love.

00:30:12.819 --> 00:30:13.080
 Well,

00:30:13.279 --> 00:30:14.220
 when I

00:30:14.220 --> 00:30:15.000
 say simple,

00:30:15.100 --> 00:30:15.360
 I don't

00:30:15.360 --> 00:30:15.779
 mean that

00:30:15.779 --> 00:30:16.340
 it's simple

00:30:16.339 --> 00:30:16.779
 to do.

00:30:17.779 --> 00:30:18.419
 It's very

00:30:18.419 --> 00:30:19.059
 difficult to

00:30:19.059 --> 00:30:19.279
 do,

00:30:20.019 --> 00:30:20.659
 but it's

00:30:20.659 --> 00:30:21.139
 simple to

00:30:21.139 --> 00:30:21.779
 understand.

00:30:22.579 --> 00:30:22.980
 It's

00:30:22.980 --> 00:30:23.599
 straightforward

00:30:23.599 --> 00:30:24.159
 in its

00:30:24.159 --> 00:30:24.639
 approach.

00:30:25.519 --> 00:30:25.859
 It's

00:30:25.859 --> 00:30:26.959
 not very

00:30:26.959 --> 00:30:27.579
 complicated

00:30:27.579 --> 00:30:28.359
 or difficult

00:30:28.359 --> 00:30:30.599
 to realize

00:30:30.599 --> 00:30:31.439
 what's going

00:30:31.439 --> 00:30:32.059
 on in this

00:30:32.059 --> 00:30:32.399
 narrative.

00:30:33.359 --> 00:30:33.939
 It's easy

00:30:33.939 --> 00:30:34.359
 for us

00:30:34.359 --> 00:30:35.199
 to get

00:30:35.199 --> 00:30:36.240
 what this

00:30:36.240 --> 00:30:36.720
 Samaritan

00:30:36.720 --> 00:30:37.279
 is about,

00:30:37.500 --> 00:30:38.419
 and it's

00:30:38.419 --> 00:30:39.699
 really simple

00:30:39.699 --> 00:30:40.419
 for us

00:30:40.419 --> 00:30:41.179
 to understand.

00:30:43.019 --> 00:30:43.619
 It didn't

00:30:43.619 --> 00:30:44.480
 require somebody

00:30:44.480 --> 00:30:45.319
 who was flashy,

00:30:45.319 --> 00:30:46.939
 who came

00:30:46.939 --> 00:30:47.720
 from some

00:30:47.720 --> 00:30:48.980
 formal education.

00:30:49.539 --> 00:30:50.759
 He wasn't

00:30:50.759 --> 00:30:51.579
 a part of

00:30:51.579 --> 00:30:52.559
 the doctrinal

00:30:52.559 --> 00:30:53.799
 studies in

00:30:53.799 --> 00:30:54.299
 Jerusalem.

00:30:55.240 --> 00:30:55.759
 He wasn't

00:30:55.759 --> 00:30:56.339
 a scholar

00:30:56.339 --> 00:30:56.839
 by any

00:30:56.839 --> 00:30:57.119
 right.

00:30:58.439 --> 00:30:58.779
 He didn't

00:30:58.779 --> 00:30:59.220
 come from

00:30:59.220 --> 00:30:59.759
 a prestigious

00:30:59.759 --> 00:31:00.579
 background or

00:31:00.579 --> 00:31:01.059
 reputation.

00:31:02.079 --> 00:31:02.639
 He wasn't

00:31:02.639 --> 00:31:03.460
 even qualified

00:31:03.460 --> 00:31:04.159
 as it related

00:31:04.159 --> 00:31:04.899
 to his

00:31:04.899 --> 00:31:05.439
 ability to

00:31:05.439 --> 00:31:05.980
 care for

00:31:05.980 --> 00:31:07.519
 the real

00:31:07.519 --> 00:31:08.559
 physical needs

00:31:08.559 --> 00:31:09.139
 of this

00:31:09.139 --> 00:31:09.659
 individual.

00:31:10.759 --> 00:31:11.659
 For all we

00:31:11.659 --> 00:31:11.799
 know,

00:31:11.879 --> 00:31:12.139
 he didn't

00:31:12.139 --> 00:31:12.679
 go through

00:31:12.679 --> 00:31:13.599
 EMT training.

00:31:13.599 --> 00:31:15.699
 wasn't a

00:31:15.699 --> 00:31:15.980
 medic,

00:31:16.980 --> 00:31:17.779
 but he

00:31:17.779 --> 00:31:18.279
 was available.

00:31:19.579 --> 00:31:19.839
 He was

00:31:19.839 --> 00:31:20.299
 somebody who

00:31:20.299 --> 00:31:20.879
 was willing

00:31:20.879 --> 00:31:21.819
 to see the

00:31:21.819 --> 00:31:22.179
 need,

00:31:22.779 --> 00:31:23.539
 to recognize

00:31:23.539 --> 00:31:24.179
 that God

00:31:24.179 --> 00:31:24.980
 had sovereignly

00:31:24.980 --> 00:31:25.819
 and providentially

00:31:25.819 --> 00:31:26.740
 placed this

00:31:26.740 --> 00:31:27.559
 individual before

00:31:27.559 --> 00:31:27.819
 him,

00:31:28.619 --> 00:31:29.659
 and because of

00:31:29.659 --> 00:31:30.119
 availability,

00:31:30.359 --> 00:31:30.939
 he was willing

00:31:30.939 --> 00:31:31.839
 to act.

00:31:33.019 --> 00:31:33.500
 Interestingly

00:31:33.500 --> 00:31:35.179
 to me,

00:31:35.439 --> 00:31:35.779
 this is

00:31:35.779 --> 00:31:36.539
 somebody that

00:31:36.539 --> 00:31:36.899
 he hadn't

00:31:36.899 --> 00:31:38.059
 even met

00:31:38.059 --> 00:31:38.459
 before.

00:31:39.419 --> 00:31:40.099
 Wasn't part

00:31:40.099 --> 00:31:40.379
 of his

00:31:40.379 --> 00:31:41.399
 nationality,

00:31:41.400 --> 00:31:42.180
 was out

00:31:42.180 --> 00:31:42.940
 of the

00:31:42.940 --> 00:31:43.259
 realm

00:31:43.259 --> 00:31:44.360
 of his

00:31:44.360 --> 00:31:45.160
 own space,

00:31:45.280 --> 00:31:45.680
 and yet

00:31:45.680 --> 00:31:46.320
 he was

00:31:46.320 --> 00:31:46.840
 willing to

00:31:46.840 --> 00:31:47.220
 act.

00:31:48.759 --> 00:31:49.240
 So,

00:31:49.320 --> 00:31:49.720
 this is a

00:31:49.720 --> 00:31:50.720
 simple love.

00:31:50.840 --> 00:31:51.880
 We understand

00:31:51.880 --> 00:31:53.019
 what this

00:31:53.019 --> 00:31:53.460
 means.

00:31:56.360 --> 00:31:57.000
 The love

00:31:57.000 --> 00:31:57.240
 of the

00:31:57.240 --> 00:31:57.700
 Samaritan

00:31:57.700 --> 00:31:58.560
 was simple

00:31:58.560 --> 00:31:59.200
 in its

00:31:59.200 --> 00:31:59.600
 approach.

00:32:00.300 --> 00:32:00.680
 He saw

00:32:00.680 --> 00:32:01.120
 the need,

00:32:02.240 --> 00:32:02.660
 he met

00:32:02.660 --> 00:32:03.140
 the need

00:32:03.140 --> 00:32:03.580
 with the

00:32:03.580 --> 00:32:04.120
 resources

00:32:04.120 --> 00:32:04.880
 that he

00:32:04.880 --> 00:32:05.160
 had.

00:32:06.259 --> 00:32:06.780
 Nothing

00:32:06.780 --> 00:32:07.320
 complex

00:32:07.320 --> 00:32:07.720
 about the

00:32:07.720 --> 00:32:08.140
 problem,

00:32:09.180 --> 00:32:09.400
 nothing

00:32:09.400 --> 00:32:10.060
 difficult to

00:32:10.059 --> 00:32:10.619
 understand

00:32:10.619 --> 00:32:11.059
 about the

00:32:11.059 --> 00:32:11.619
 situation.

00:32:12.579 --> 00:32:12.960
 All it

00:32:12.960 --> 00:32:13.859
 took was

00:32:13.859 --> 00:32:14.259
 a willingness

00:32:14.259 --> 00:32:15.220
 to step

00:32:15.220 --> 00:32:16.179
 in and

00:32:16.179 --> 00:32:16.519
 to provide

00:32:16.519 --> 00:32:17.159
 the assistance

00:32:17.159 --> 00:32:17.679
 that he

00:32:17.679 --> 00:32:17.879
 could.

00:32:19.339 --> 00:32:20.019
 It was a

00:32:20.019 --> 00:32:20.480
 simple love,

00:32:20.539 --> 00:32:20.759
 but it was

00:32:20.759 --> 00:32:21.559
 also a

00:32:21.559 --> 00:32:22.119
 serving

00:32:22.119 --> 00:32:23.000
 love.

00:32:23.839 --> 00:32:24.419
 It was a

00:32:24.419 --> 00:32:24.940
 serving

00:32:24.940 --> 00:32:25.940
 love.

00:32:27.059 --> 00:32:27.519
 It didn't

00:32:27.519 --> 00:32:28.399
 require vast

00:32:28.399 --> 00:32:29.059
 knowledge of

00:32:29.059 --> 00:32:29.419
 the law.

00:32:30.319 --> 00:32:30.619
 It didn't

00:32:30.619 --> 00:32:31.379
 require an

00:32:31.379 --> 00:32:32.519
 ability to

00:32:32.519 --> 00:32:33.059
 answer the

00:32:33.059 --> 00:32:33.740
 deep questions

00:32:33.740 --> 00:32:34.279
 of doctrine.

00:32:34.899 --> 00:32:35.200
 You didn't

00:32:35.200 --> 00:32:35.740
 have to have

00:32:35.740 --> 00:32:36.119
 all the

00:32:36.119 --> 00:32:36.559
 answers.

00:32:37.359 --> 00:32:37.539
 You didn't

00:32:37.539 --> 00:32:38.119
 have to know

00:32:38.119 --> 00:32:39.839
 how to

00:32:39.839 --> 00:32:40.500
 parse out

00:32:40.500 --> 00:32:40.879
 the Old

00:32:40.879 --> 00:32:41.319
 Testament.

00:32:42.559 --> 00:32:42.799
 All he

00:32:42.799 --> 00:32:42.980
 had to

00:32:42.980 --> 00:32:44.839
 know was

00:32:44.839 --> 00:32:45.439
 how to

00:32:45.439 --> 00:32:45.839
 serve.

00:32:47.199 --> 00:32:47.579
 And in

00:32:47.579 --> 00:32:48.419
 this posture

00:32:48.419 --> 00:32:49.059
 of service,

00:32:49.299 --> 00:32:49.720
 he was

00:32:49.720 --> 00:32:50.299
 emulating

00:32:50.299 --> 00:32:50.839
 the Savior.

00:32:52.399 --> 00:32:52.819
 Jesus,

00:32:53.179 --> 00:32:53.439
 who we

00:32:53.439 --> 00:32:53.779
 know,

00:32:54.619 --> 00:32:55.139
 came not

00:32:55.139 --> 00:32:55.519
 to be

00:32:55.519 --> 00:32:55.939
 served,

00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:56.539
 but to

00:32:56.539 --> 00:32:57.720
 serve and

00:32:57.720 --> 00:32:58.079
 to give

00:32:58.079 --> 00:32:58.559
 his life

00:32:58.559 --> 00:32:59.039
 a ransom

00:32:59.039 --> 00:32:59.919
 for many.

00:33:01.399 --> 00:33:01.759
 And a

00:33:01.759 --> 00:33:02.220
 quick look

00:33:02.220 --> 00:33:02.539
 at Jesus'

00:33:02.759 --> 00:33:03.339
 life will

00:33:03.339 --> 00:33:04.199
 bear out

00:33:04.199 --> 00:33:04.779
 the legacy

00:33:04.779 --> 00:33:06.279
 of a

00:33:06.279 --> 00:33:07.220
 man,

00:33:07.359 --> 00:33:08.179
 our Savior,

00:33:08.439 --> 00:33:08.859
 who had

00:33:08.859 --> 00:33:09.399
 the

00:33:09.399 --> 00:33:09.979
 approach

00:33:09.979 --> 00:33:10.199
 of

00:33:10.199 --> 00:33:10.500
 serving

00:33:10.500 --> 00:33:11.240
 individuals.

00:33:12.839 --> 00:33:13.519
 Meeting

00:33:13.519 --> 00:33:14.039
 needs,

00:33:14.339 --> 00:33:14.719
 physical

00:33:14.719 --> 00:33:15.459
 needs

00:33:15.459 --> 00:33:15.939
 by the

00:33:15.939 --> 00:33:16.479
 feeding

00:33:16.479 --> 00:33:16.759
 of the

00:33:16.759 --> 00:33:17.359
 5,000.

00:33:19.579 --> 00:33:20.179
 Delivering

00:33:20.179 --> 00:33:21.199
 individuals

00:33:21.199 --> 00:33:22.319
 from the

00:33:22.319 --> 00:33:23.079
 bondage of

00:33:23.079 --> 00:33:23.539
 their health

00:33:23.539 --> 00:33:24.240
 issues and

00:33:24.240 --> 00:33:25.479
 casting out

00:33:25.479 --> 00:33:26.199
 demons and

00:33:26.199 --> 00:33:27.079
 helping to

00:33:27.079 --> 00:33:28.000
 heal those

00:33:28.000 --> 00:33:28.299
 who were

00:33:28.299 --> 00:33:28.699
 sick.

00:33:30.240 --> 00:33:30.699
 Even in

00:33:30.699 --> 00:33:31.339
 the wedding

00:33:31.339 --> 00:33:31.919
 of Cana,

00:33:32.359 --> 00:33:32.919
 he was

00:33:32.919 --> 00:33:33.659
 willing to

00:33:33.659 --> 00:33:34.000
 meet a

00:33:34.000 --> 00:33:34.279
 physical

00:33:34.279 --> 00:33:34.579
 need.

00:33:34.719 --> 00:33:35.019
 They were

00:33:35.019 --> 00:33:35.519
 running out

00:33:35.519 --> 00:33:36.240
 of refreshments

00:33:36.240 --> 00:33:36.959
 and Jesus

00:33:36.959 --> 00:33:37.659
 steps in

00:33:37.660 --> 00:33:38.100
 to help.

00:33:40.320 --> 00:33:40.940
 This is

00:33:40.940 --> 00:33:41.340
 something that

00:33:41.340 --> 00:33:41.620
 we can

00:33:41.620 --> 00:33:42.040
 all do.

00:33:43.420 --> 00:33:44.040
 If you

00:33:44.040 --> 00:33:44.740
 can pick

00:33:44.740 --> 00:33:45.040
 up a

00:33:45.040 --> 00:33:46.120
 shovel and

00:33:46.120 --> 00:33:46.660
 shovel your

00:33:46.660 --> 00:33:46.980
 walk,

00:33:47.040 --> 00:33:47.300
 if you

00:33:47.300 --> 00:33:48.000
 can pick

00:33:48.000 --> 00:33:48.259
 up a

00:33:48.259 --> 00:33:48.660
 rake and

00:33:48.660 --> 00:33:49.100
 rake your

00:33:49.100 --> 00:33:49.519
 leaves,

00:33:50.080 --> 00:33:50.600
 if you

00:33:50.600 --> 00:33:51.500
 can make

00:33:51.500 --> 00:33:52.160
 a meal,

00:33:52.660 --> 00:33:53.100
 if you

00:33:53.100 --> 00:33:54.000
 can make

00:33:54.000 --> 00:33:54.340
 a phone

00:33:54.340 --> 00:33:55.000
 call or

00:33:55.000 --> 00:33:56.340
 deliver a

00:33:56.340 --> 00:33:56.759
 text,

00:33:57.560 --> 00:33:58.420
 if you

00:33:58.420 --> 00:33:58.800
 can fix

00:33:58.800 --> 00:33:59.300
 a car,

00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:00.820
 whatever

00:34:00.820 --> 00:34:01.800
 you can

00:34:01.800 --> 00:34:02.540
 do is

00:34:02.540 --> 00:34:03.040
 a way

00:34:03.040 --> 00:34:03.519
 for you

00:34:03.519 --> 00:34:04.220
 to love

00:34:04.220 --> 00:34:05.079
 the person

00:34:05.079 --> 00:34:06.100
 across the

00:34:06.100 --> 00:34:06.339
 street.

00:34:07.720 --> 00:34:08.380
 Can you

00:34:08.380 --> 00:34:08.740
 do that?

00:34:10.240 --> 00:34:10.900
 Can you

00:34:10.900 --> 00:34:11.119
 do that

00:34:11.119 --> 00:34:11.639
 for yourself?

00:34:13.000 --> 00:34:13.539
 You find

00:34:13.539 --> 00:34:13.920
 that your

00:34:13.920 --> 00:34:14.900
 walk is

00:34:14.900 --> 00:34:16.559
 cleaned off

00:34:16.559 --> 00:34:17.099
 after a

00:34:17.099 --> 00:34:17.599
 snowstorm?

00:34:18.139 --> 00:34:18.720
 You find

00:34:18.720 --> 00:34:19.000
 that your

00:34:19.000 --> 00:34:19.820
 driveway is

00:34:19.820 --> 00:34:21.059
 salted because

00:34:21.059 --> 00:34:21.840
 you've gone

00:34:21.840 --> 00:34:22.179
 through the

00:34:22.179 --> 00:34:22.699
 effort of

00:34:22.699 --> 00:34:23.679
 making sure

00:34:23.679 --> 00:34:24.280
 that those

00:34:24.280 --> 00:34:24.720
 things are

00:34:24.720 --> 00:34:25.220
 taken care

00:34:25.220 --> 00:34:25.500
 of?

00:34:26.780 --> 00:34:27.099
 Well,

00:34:27.119 --> 00:34:27.320
 if you

00:34:27.320 --> 00:34:27.960
 can love

00:34:27.960 --> 00:34:29.039
 yourself in

00:34:29.039 --> 00:34:29.740
 those ways,

00:34:29.739 --> 00:34:31.959
 then God

00:34:31.959 --> 00:34:32.519
 is calling

00:34:32.519 --> 00:34:33.079
 us to

00:34:33.079 --> 00:34:33.819
 love our

00:34:33.819 --> 00:34:34.299
 neighbor in

00:34:34.299 --> 00:34:34.659
 the same

00:34:34.659 --> 00:34:35.000
 way that

00:34:35.000 --> 00:34:36.019
 we have

00:34:36.019 --> 00:34:36.599
 chosen to

00:34:36.599 --> 00:34:36.739
 love

00:34:36.739 --> 00:34:37.299
 ourself.

00:34:38.319 --> 00:34:38.939
 That is

00:34:38.939 --> 00:34:39.759
 the concept

00:34:39.759 --> 00:34:40.119
 here.

00:34:43.099 --> 00:34:43.739
 Can we

00:34:43.739 --> 00:34:44.159
 do this?

00:34:44.239 --> 00:34:44.639
 It's a

00:34:44.639 --> 00:34:46.059
 serving love.

00:34:47.219 --> 00:34:47.719
 Next,

00:34:47.819 --> 00:34:48.159
 it's a

00:34:48.159 --> 00:34:48.779
 selfless

00:34:48.779 --> 00:34:49.419
 love,

00:34:49.479 --> 00:34:50.219
 a selfless

00:34:50.219 --> 00:34:50.919
 love.

00:34:51.739 --> 00:34:52.079
 There's no

00:34:52.079 --> 00:34:52.799
 surprise here

00:34:52.799 --> 00:34:53.119
 that this

00:34:53.119 --> 00:34:53.719
 man took

00:34:53.719 --> 00:34:54.739
 some risks.

00:34:55.919 --> 00:34:56.259
 Perhaps

00:34:56.259 --> 00:34:57.119
 the robbers

00:34:57.119 --> 00:34:57.939
 were still

00:34:57.939 --> 00:34:58.599
 lingering in

00:34:58.599 --> 00:34:59.059
 the rocks

00:34:59.059 --> 00:35:00.139
 and he

00:35:00.139 --> 00:35:00.699
 was willing

00:35:00.699 --> 00:35:01.799
 to accept

00:35:01.799 --> 00:35:02.639
 the risk,

00:35:02.739 --> 00:35:03.320
 the danger,

00:35:03.719 --> 00:35:04.039
 so that he

00:35:04.039 --> 00:35:04.759
 could address

00:35:04.759 --> 00:35:05.699
 this man's

00:35:05.699 --> 00:35:06.880
 situation.

00:35:08.239 --> 00:35:08.539
 He put

00:35:08.539 --> 00:35:09.099
 himself in

00:35:09.099 --> 00:35:09.739
 harm's way.

00:35:10.239 --> 00:35:10.440
 He was

00:35:10.440 --> 00:35:10.840
 willing to

00:35:10.840 --> 00:35:11.579
 serve regardless

00:35:11.579 --> 00:35:11.940
 of the

00:35:11.940 --> 00:35:12.900
 potential for

00:35:12.900 --> 00:35:13.279
 injury.

00:35:14.799 --> 00:35:15.159
 And notice

00:35:15.159 --> 00:35:15.759
 he uses his

00:35:15.759 --> 00:35:16.420
 own resources.

00:35:16.799 --> 00:35:17.159
 We find

00:35:17.159 --> 00:35:17.619
 that here.

00:35:18.420 --> 00:35:19.039
 It says in

00:35:19.039 --> 00:35:20.079
 verse 34,

00:35:20.299 --> 00:35:21.799
 he binds

00:35:21.799 --> 00:35:22.219
 up his

00:35:22.219 --> 00:35:22.599
 wounds.

00:35:22.739 --> 00:35:23.579
 He pours

00:35:23.579 --> 00:35:24.179
 on oil.

00:35:24.840 --> 00:35:25.360
 He sets

00:35:25.360 --> 00:35:25.759
 him on his

00:35:25.759 --> 00:35:26.440
 own animal.

00:35:26.779 --> 00:35:27.219
 He brings

00:35:27.219 --> 00:35:27.719
 him to an

00:35:27.719 --> 00:35:27.960
 inn.

00:35:28.079 --> 00:35:28.699
 He uses

00:35:28.699 --> 00:35:29.199
 his own

00:35:29.199 --> 00:35:29.919
 money.

00:35:31.859 --> 00:35:32.460
 He

00:35:32.460 --> 00:35:34.439
 exhausts a

00:35:34.439 --> 00:35:34.919
 measure of

00:35:34.919 --> 00:35:35.539
 his own

00:35:35.539 --> 00:35:35.819
 time.

00:35:37.139 --> 00:35:37.659
 He's willing

00:35:37.659 --> 00:35:38.659
 to step

00:35:38.659 --> 00:35:39.299
 in and to

00:35:39.299 --> 00:35:39.939
 use his

00:35:39.939 --> 00:35:40.759
 resources that

00:35:40.759 --> 00:35:41.139
 are available

00:35:41.139 --> 00:35:41.619
 to him

00:35:41.619 --> 00:35:42.980
 to love

00:35:42.980 --> 00:35:43.779
 this man

00:35:43.779 --> 00:35:44.739
 who is in

00:35:44.739 --> 00:35:44.980
 need.

00:35:46.460 --> 00:35:47.039
 What often

00:35:47.039 --> 00:35:47.579
 stands in

00:35:47.579 --> 00:35:48.019
 our way,

00:35:48.759 --> 00:35:49.659
 I'll

00:35:49.659 --> 00:35:50.219
 personalize

00:35:50.219 --> 00:35:50.519
 this,

00:35:51.279 --> 00:35:52.019
 what often

00:35:52.019 --> 00:35:52.619
 stands in

00:35:52.619 --> 00:35:53.379
 my way

00:35:53.379 --> 00:35:54.799
 of serving

00:35:54.799 --> 00:35:55.239
 the people

00:35:55.239 --> 00:35:55.839
 around me

00:35:55.840 --> 00:35:56.360
 is my

00:35:56.360 --> 00:35:56.900
 own agenda.

00:35:58.380 --> 00:35:59.160
 What often

00:35:59.160 --> 00:35:59.740
 stands in

00:35:59.740 --> 00:36:00.380
 my way

00:36:00.380 --> 00:36:01.220
 is my

00:36:01.220 --> 00:36:01.740
 schedule,

00:36:02.300 --> 00:36:03.240
 my priorities,

00:36:03.800 --> 00:36:04.600
 my checklist,

00:36:04.940 --> 00:36:06.000
 my, the

00:36:06.000 --> 00:36:06.740
 things that

00:36:06.740 --> 00:36:07.700
 I think are

00:36:07.700 --> 00:36:08.860
 so important

00:36:08.860 --> 00:36:09.460
 to do,

00:36:10.380 --> 00:36:11.140
 so often

00:36:11.140 --> 00:36:11.539
 get in the

00:36:11.539 --> 00:36:12.840
 way of

00:36:12.840 --> 00:36:13.420
 serving the

00:36:13.420 --> 00:36:14.220
 individuals who

00:36:14.220 --> 00:36:15.500
 God providentially

00:36:15.500 --> 00:36:16.579
 places in my

00:36:16.579 --> 00:36:17.059
 path.

00:36:17.820 --> 00:36:18.360
 Those

00:36:18.360 --> 00:36:19.420
 intersection

00:36:19.420 --> 00:36:20.300
 points that

00:36:20.300 --> 00:36:21.579
 God does

00:36:21.579 --> 00:36:22.699
 by design

00:36:22.699 --> 00:36:24.739
 to give us

00:36:24.739 --> 00:36:25.739
 opportunities to

00:36:25.739 --> 00:36:26.659
 love the

00:36:26.659 --> 00:36:27.619
 people who

00:36:27.619 --> 00:36:28.039
 are in the

00:36:28.039 --> 00:36:28.380
 world.

00:36:28.599 --> 00:36:29.360
 Will we

00:36:29.360 --> 00:36:30.179
 be willing

00:36:30.179 --> 00:36:31.000
 to set

00:36:31.000 --> 00:36:31.880
 aside for

00:36:31.880 --> 00:36:32.900
 a little

00:36:32.900 --> 00:36:33.480
 bit our

00:36:33.480 --> 00:36:34.340
 schedules so

00:36:34.340 --> 00:36:34.799
 that we can

00:36:34.799 --> 00:36:35.559
 meet the

00:36:35.559 --> 00:36:36.259
 higher objectives?

00:36:37.960 --> 00:36:38.779
 It's really

00:36:38.779 --> 00:36:39.360
 surprising,

00:36:39.480 --> 00:36:39.739
 you look at

00:36:39.739 --> 00:36:40.199
 the life of

00:36:40.199 --> 00:36:40.420
 Jesus,

00:36:40.599 --> 00:36:41.199
 it never

00:36:41.199 --> 00:36:43.079
 ceases to

00:36:43.079 --> 00:36:43.699
 amaze me

00:36:43.699 --> 00:36:44.500
 that he

00:36:44.500 --> 00:36:45.960
 is never

00:36:45.960 --> 00:36:46.500
 in a hurry.

00:36:48.400 --> 00:36:49.279
 He's never

00:36:49.279 --> 00:36:50.380
 surprised by

00:36:50.380 --> 00:36:50.860
 the detour.

00:36:50.960 --> 00:36:51.199
 As a matter

00:36:51.199 --> 00:36:51.519
 of fact,

00:36:52.059 --> 00:36:52.759
 the one

00:36:52.759 --> 00:36:53.299
 time where

00:36:53.299 --> 00:36:53.960
 it says he

00:36:53.960 --> 00:36:55.239
 intended to

00:36:55.239 --> 00:36:55.899
 go somewhere

00:36:55.899 --> 00:36:56.439
 is he

00:36:56.439 --> 00:36:57.079
 intended to

00:36:57.079 --> 00:36:57.799
 go to

00:36:57.799 --> 00:36:58.679
 this one

00:36:58.679 --> 00:36:59.199
 place in

00:36:59.199 --> 00:36:59.819
 Samaria so

00:36:59.819 --> 00:37:00.119
 he could

00:37:00.119 --> 00:37:00.659
 meet this

00:37:00.659 --> 00:37:01.219
 lady at

00:37:01.219 --> 00:37:01.579
 the well.

00:37:04.159 --> 00:37:05.259
 Jesus was

00:37:05.259 --> 00:37:05.779
 willing to

00:37:05.779 --> 00:37:06.399
 be distracted.

00:37:06.599 --> 00:37:06.799
 He was

00:37:06.799 --> 00:37:07.599
 willing to

00:37:07.599 --> 00:37:08.099
 set aside

00:37:08.099 --> 00:37:08.639
 his agenda

00:37:08.639 --> 00:37:09.659
 for the

00:37:09.659 --> 00:37:10.519
 sake of

00:37:10.519 --> 00:37:11.099
 accomplishing

00:37:11.099 --> 00:37:11.659
 the greater

00:37:11.659 --> 00:37:12.559
 objectives.

00:37:13.480 --> 00:37:14.359
 The mission

00:37:14.359 --> 00:37:14.960
 of love

00:37:14.960 --> 00:37:15.919
 that God

00:37:15.919 --> 00:37:16.279
 has given

00:37:16.279 --> 00:37:16.819
 to us to

00:37:16.819 --> 00:37:17.039
 do.

00:37:18.379 --> 00:37:18.659
 And so

00:37:18.659 --> 00:37:19.179
 often the

00:37:19.179 --> 00:37:19.859
 need on the

00:37:19.859 --> 00:37:20.319
 surface

00:37:20.320 --> 00:37:21.559
 that need

00:37:21.559 --> 00:37:22.280
 that stares

00:37:22.280 --> 00:37:22.580
 us in

00:37:22.580 --> 00:37:23.100
 the face

00:37:23.100 --> 00:37:24.880
 is just

00:37:24.880 --> 00:37:25.740
 a superficial

00:37:25.740 --> 00:37:27.059
 way to

00:37:27.059 --> 00:37:27.539
 get beneath

00:37:27.539 --> 00:37:27.940
 the surface

00:37:27.940 --> 00:37:28.360
 and meet

00:37:28.360 --> 00:37:28.880
 the deeper

00:37:28.880 --> 00:37:29.860
 needs.

00:37:31.420 --> 00:37:32.120
 What are

00:37:32.120 --> 00:37:32.580
 those deeper

00:37:32.580 --> 00:37:32.940
 needs?

00:37:33.780 --> 00:37:34.500
 Someone who

00:37:34.500 --> 00:37:34.880
 cares.

00:37:35.980 --> 00:37:36.300
 Someone who

00:37:36.300 --> 00:37:36.980
 can sympathize.

00:37:37.140 --> 00:37:37.760
 Someone who

00:37:37.760 --> 00:37:38.220
 will listen.

00:37:38.340 --> 00:37:39.059
 Maybe someone

00:37:39.059 --> 00:37:39.840
 who will pray

00:37:39.840 --> 00:37:40.420
 with an

00:37:40.420 --> 00:37:40.840
 individual.

00:37:41.400 --> 00:37:42.120
 Someone who

00:37:42.120 --> 00:37:42.620
 will point

00:37:42.620 --> 00:37:43.600
 them to the

00:37:43.600 --> 00:37:43.840
 Savior.

00:37:43.840 --> 00:37:45.480
 will we

00:37:45.480 --> 00:37:47.000
 take the

00:37:47.000 --> 00:37:47.460
 opportunities

00:37:47.460 --> 00:37:47.900
 that God

00:37:47.900 --> 00:37:48.340
 gives to

00:37:48.340 --> 00:37:49.800
 us to

00:37:49.800 --> 00:37:50.200
 meet the

00:37:50.200 --> 00:37:52.039
 needs of

00:37:52.039 --> 00:37:52.519
 those around

00:37:52.519 --> 00:37:52.960
 us.

00:37:54.000 --> 00:37:54.460
 Now finally

00:37:54.460 --> 00:37:55.300
 here in

00:37:55.300 --> 00:37:55.840
 this section

00:37:55.840 --> 00:37:56.600
 it's our

00:37:56.600 --> 00:37:57.300
 Savior's

00:37:57.300 --> 00:37:57.720
 love.

00:37:58.360 --> 00:37:58.720
 It's our

00:37:58.720 --> 00:37:59.380
 Savior's

00:37:59.380 --> 00:37:59.760
 love.

00:38:00.640 --> 00:38:01.260
 Notice with

00:38:01.260 --> 00:38:02.440
 me in

00:38:02.440 --> 00:38:03.420
 verse 33

00:38:03.420 --> 00:38:03.980
 what does

00:38:03.980 --> 00:38:04.400
 it say?

00:38:06.280 --> 00:38:06.920
 It says

00:38:06.920 --> 00:38:18.740
 Now this

00:38:18.740 --> 00:38:19.039
 is an

00:38:19.039 --> 00:38:19.480
 amazing

00:38:19.480 --> 00:38:20.180
 word.

00:38:20.300 --> 00:38:20.700
 This is the

00:38:20.700 --> 00:38:21.500
 word for

00:38:21.500 --> 00:38:21.840
 pity.

00:38:21.840 --> 00:38:23.360
 And everywhere

00:38:23.360 --> 00:38:24.500
 it is used

00:38:24.500 --> 00:38:25.079
 in the New

00:38:25.079 --> 00:38:25.920
 Testament except

00:38:25.920 --> 00:38:26.480
 for the

00:38:26.480 --> 00:38:27.240
 parables that

00:38:27.240 --> 00:38:28.220
 Jesus shared

00:38:28.220 --> 00:38:29.180
 it is always

00:38:29.180 --> 00:38:29.840
 used to

00:38:29.840 --> 00:38:30.700
 describe the

00:38:30.700 --> 00:38:31.880
 attitude and

00:38:31.880 --> 00:38:32.579
 the ministry

00:38:32.579 --> 00:38:33.460
 in the life

00:38:33.460 --> 00:38:34.220
 of Jesus.

00:38:35.460 --> 00:38:36.599
 It is always

00:38:36.599 --> 00:38:37.279
 used to

00:38:37.279 --> 00:38:38.559
 characterize our

00:38:38.559 --> 00:38:39.219
 Savior.

00:38:40.039 --> 00:38:41.059
 He was one

00:38:41.059 --> 00:38:41.880
 of compassion.

00:38:42.739 --> 00:38:43.179
 And at least

00:38:43.179 --> 00:38:44.299
 12 times in

00:38:44.299 --> 00:38:44.539
 the New

00:38:44.539 --> 00:38:45.619
 Testament Jesus

00:38:45.619 --> 00:38:46.400
 uses this

00:38:46.400 --> 00:38:47.159
 word either

00:38:47.159 --> 00:38:47.759
 to speak of

00:38:47.759 --> 00:38:48.460
 himself or

00:38:48.460 --> 00:38:49.420
 to characterize

00:38:49.420 --> 00:38:50.339
 himself in a

00:38:50.339 --> 00:38:50.639
 parable.

00:38:51.819 --> 00:38:53.380
 This is the

00:38:53.380 --> 00:38:54.500
 ministry that

00:38:54.500 --> 00:38:55.119
 God has called

00:38:55.119 --> 00:38:55.500
 us to.

00:38:55.619 --> 00:38:56.000
 It is a

00:38:56.000 --> 00:38:56.860
 ministry of

00:38:56.860 --> 00:38:57.460
 our Savior.

00:38:58.420 --> 00:38:59.000
 So that when

00:38:59.000 --> 00:39:00.400
 we show up as

00:39:00.400 --> 00:39:01.019
 people of

00:39:01.019 --> 00:39:01.599
 compassion,

00:39:02.159 --> 00:39:03.239
 guess who

00:39:03.239 --> 00:39:03.759
 gets the

00:39:03.759 --> 00:39:04.079
 credit?

00:39:05.420 --> 00:39:06.259
 He does.

00:39:06.599 --> 00:39:08.079
 It is a

00:39:08.079 --> 00:39:09.460
 beautiful ray

00:39:09.460 --> 00:39:10.980
 that points

00:39:10.980 --> 00:39:11.500
 to our

00:39:11.500 --> 00:39:12.440
 beautiful God.

00:39:13.559 --> 00:39:14.299
 That's what

00:39:14.299 --> 00:39:15.259
 1 John says

00:39:15.259 --> 00:39:16.940
 in 1 John 4,

00:39:17.019 --> 00:39:17.559
 7 and 8.

00:39:17.659 --> 00:39:18.119
 Beloved,

00:39:18.739 --> 00:39:19.299
 let us love

00:39:19.299 --> 00:39:19.739
 one another.

00:39:20.599 --> 00:39:21.219
 For love is

00:39:21.219 --> 00:39:21.839
 from God and

00:39:21.839 --> 00:39:22.679
 whoever loves

00:39:22.679 --> 00:39:23.599
 has been born

00:39:23.599 --> 00:39:24.460
 of God and

00:39:24.460 --> 00:39:25.039
 knows God.

00:39:26.099 --> 00:39:26.960
 Anyone who

00:39:26.960 --> 00:39:27.799
 does not love

00:39:27.799 --> 00:39:29.019
 does not know

00:39:29.019 --> 00:39:29.599
 God because

00:39:29.599 --> 00:39:31.019
 God is love.

00:39:31.900 --> 00:39:33.279
 How is our

00:39:33.279 --> 00:39:34.079
 loving?

00:39:34.079 --> 00:39:36.079
 God is

00:39:36.079 --> 00:39:36.079


00:39:36.079 --> 00:39:36.360
 How does it

00:39:36.360 --> 00:39:36.840
 show up?

00:39:37.619 --> 00:39:38.179
 Are we people

00:39:38.179 --> 00:39:38.840
 of compassion?

00:39:39.239 --> 00:39:39.699
 Are we people

00:39:39.699 --> 00:39:40.400
 who hurt with

00:39:40.400 --> 00:39:41.500
 the people around

00:39:41.500 --> 00:39:41.980
 us?

00:39:42.980 --> 00:39:43.500
 I had an

00:39:43.500 --> 00:39:44.179
 opportunity just

00:39:44.179 --> 00:39:45.440
 yesterday evening.

00:39:46.420 --> 00:39:47.380
 Someone who

00:39:47.380 --> 00:39:49.900
 I was in

00:39:49.900 --> 00:39:51.279
 conversation with

00:39:51.279 --> 00:39:52.400
 shared with me

00:39:52.400 --> 00:39:54.219
 that a little

00:39:54.219 --> 00:39:54.819
 less than a

00:39:54.819 --> 00:39:55.579
 year ago her

00:39:55.579 --> 00:39:56.259
 son had

00:39:56.259 --> 00:39:57.139
 committed suicide.

00:39:58.819 --> 00:39:59.880
 Now, that was

00:39:59.880 --> 00:40:00.259
 kind of an

00:40:00.259 --> 00:40:01.000
 awkward moment.

00:40:01.000 --> 00:40:02.900
 What do you

00:40:02.900 --> 00:40:03.440
 do with that?

00:40:04.420 --> 00:40:04.800
 Well, I'll tell

00:40:04.800 --> 00:40:06.039
 you, the most

00:40:06.039 --> 00:40:06.480
 important thing

00:40:06.480 --> 00:40:07.780
 you can do is

00:40:07.780 --> 00:40:08.460
 show compassion.

00:40:09.280 --> 00:40:09.840
 Show sympathy.

00:40:11.019 --> 00:40:11.480
 And sometimes

00:40:11.480 --> 00:40:11.800
 you don't even

00:40:11.800 --> 00:40:12.239
 have to say any

00:40:12.239 --> 00:40:12.579
 words.

00:40:13.340 --> 00:40:13.960
 Sometimes you

00:40:13.960 --> 00:40:16.300
 just shed a

00:40:16.300 --> 00:40:16.480
 tear.

00:40:17.360 --> 00:40:17.940
 Sometimes you

00:40:17.940 --> 00:40:18.599
 just pray.

00:40:19.500 --> 00:40:20.219
 Sometimes you

00:40:20.219 --> 00:40:21.539
 say, you must

00:40:21.539 --> 00:40:22.219
 be feeling

00:40:22.219 --> 00:40:22.659
 terrible.

00:40:24.000 --> 00:40:25.480
 You sympathize

00:40:25.480 --> 00:40:25.780
 with their

00:40:25.780 --> 00:40:26.579
 situation and

00:40:26.579 --> 00:40:27.679
 you seek in

00:40:27.679 --> 00:40:28.440
 that moment to

00:40:28.440 --> 00:40:29.619
 demonstrate the

00:40:29.619 --> 00:40:30.559
 love of Christ

00:40:30.559 --> 00:40:31.199
 and His

00:40:31.199 --> 00:40:31.920
 compassion for

00:40:31.920 --> 00:40:32.340
 people.

00:40:32.900 --> 00:40:33.320
 And it can be

00:40:33.320 --> 00:40:33.920
 as simple as

00:40:33.920 --> 00:40:34.039
 that.

00:40:34.099 --> 00:40:34.480
 You don't

00:40:34.480 --> 00:40:35.460
 necessarily have

00:40:35.460 --> 00:40:36.039
 to have the

00:40:36.039 --> 00:40:36.579
 right answers.

00:40:36.980 --> 00:40:37.559
 You just have

00:40:37.559 --> 00:40:38.139
 to show the

00:40:38.139 --> 00:40:38.719
 right love.

00:40:39.920 --> 00:40:40.739
 I can do

00:40:40.739 --> 00:40:41.259
 that.

00:40:42.059 --> 00:40:42.699
 I don't always

00:40:42.699 --> 00:40:43.299
 have the right

00:40:43.299 --> 00:40:43.820
 answers.

00:40:46.320 --> 00:40:47.179
 But I can

00:40:47.179 --> 00:40:48.119
 show the

00:40:48.119 --> 00:40:48.699
 right service.

00:40:50.079 --> 00:40:51.139
 It can really

00:40:51.139 --> 00:40:52.079
 be as simple

00:40:52.079 --> 00:40:52.599
 as that.

00:40:54.599 --> 00:40:55.320
 Bearing out

00:40:55.320 --> 00:40:56.039
 the gospel in

00:40:56.039 --> 00:40:56.659
 our communities

00:40:56.659 --> 00:40:57.219
 can be as

00:40:57.219 --> 00:40:58.380
 simple as just

00:40:58.380 --> 00:40:59.519
 showing love

00:40:59.519 --> 00:41:00.719
 and service

00:41:00.719 --> 00:41:01.320
 to the people

00:41:01.320 --> 00:41:01.920
 that God

00:41:01.920 --> 00:41:02.380
 puts in

00:41:02.380 --> 00:41:02.800
 our path.

00:41:03.840 --> 00:41:04.840
 Well, that

00:41:04.840 --> 00:41:05.280
 takes us to

00:41:05.280 --> 00:41:06.400
 our final point

00:41:06.400 --> 00:41:06.699
 that we'll

00:41:06.699 --> 00:41:07.320
 close with.

00:41:08.320 --> 00:41:08.920
 This is a

00:41:08.920 --> 00:41:09.980
 question that

00:41:09.980 --> 00:41:11.119
 appeals to you

00:41:11.119 --> 00:41:11.800
 immediately.

00:41:12.840 --> 00:41:13.519
 Well, it

00:41:13.519 --> 00:41:14.539
 appeals to you

00:41:14.539 --> 00:41:15.780
 immediately for

00:41:15.780 --> 00:41:16.699
 several reasons.

00:41:17.000 --> 00:41:17.880
 One, it

00:41:17.880 --> 00:41:18.480
 appeals to you

00:41:18.480 --> 00:41:19.139
 immediately because

00:41:19.139 --> 00:41:20.539
 this is what we

00:41:20.539 --> 00:41:21.199
 are going to do

00:41:21.199 --> 00:41:22.239
 this year as a

00:41:22.239 --> 00:41:23.780
 church in terms

00:41:23.780 --> 00:41:24.440
 of a strategic

00:41:24.440 --> 00:41:25.440
 initiative in

00:41:25.440 --> 00:41:26.199
 seeking to

00:41:26.199 --> 00:41:27.380
 nurture and

00:41:27.380 --> 00:41:28.220
 develop this

00:41:28.220 --> 00:41:29.280
 area of our

00:41:29.280 --> 00:41:30.280
 ministry.

00:41:31.300 --> 00:41:31.820
 How can we

00:41:31.820 --> 00:41:32.539
 be better

00:41:32.539 --> 00:41:34.640
 people in

00:41:34.640 --> 00:41:35.200
 terms of

00:41:35.200 --> 00:41:36.420
 loving God

00:41:36.420 --> 00:41:37.039
 and loving

00:41:37.039 --> 00:41:38.039
 one another?

00:41:38.820 --> 00:41:39.480
 And by the

00:41:39.480 --> 00:41:40.880
 way, this

00:41:40.880 --> 00:41:41.660
 neighboring

00:41:41.660 --> 00:41:42.920
 concept, this

00:41:42.920 --> 00:41:44.220
 loving our

00:41:44.220 --> 00:41:44.740
 neighbor as

00:41:44.740 --> 00:41:45.900
 ourself, doesn't

00:41:45.900 --> 00:41:47.160
 just happen in

00:41:47.160 --> 00:41:47.840
 your community.

00:41:48.519 --> 00:41:49.500
 It needs to

00:41:49.500 --> 00:41:50.019
 happen here

00:41:50.019 --> 00:41:50.280
 too.

00:41:51.099 --> 00:41:51.780
 It needs to

00:41:51.780 --> 00:41:52.619
 happen with

00:41:52.619 --> 00:41:53.119
 one another.

00:41:54.079 --> 00:41:54.700
 As a matter

00:41:54.700 --> 00:41:55.340
 of fact, a

00:41:55.340 --> 00:41:56.039
 pastor alluded

00:41:56.039 --> 00:41:56.800
 to this last

00:41:56.800 --> 00:41:57.719
 week from

00:41:57.719 --> 00:41:58.480
 John chapter

00:41:58.480 --> 00:42:00.360
 17 when he

00:42:00.360 --> 00:42:01.480
 read the part

00:42:01.480 --> 00:42:02.440
 of Jesus'

00:42:02.659 --> 00:42:03.119
 prayer that

00:42:03.119 --> 00:42:04.380
 says that

00:42:04.380 --> 00:42:04.940
 they might be

00:42:04.940 --> 00:42:06.559
 one as you

00:42:06.559 --> 00:42:07.019
 and I are

00:42:07.019 --> 00:42:07.519
 one and just

00:42:07.519 --> 00:42:07.940
 as Jesus

00:42:07.940 --> 00:42:08.579
 speaking with

00:42:08.579 --> 00:42:09.059
 the Father

00:42:09.059 --> 00:42:10.599
 so that the

00:42:10.599 --> 00:42:11.179
 world might

00:42:11.179 --> 00:42:11.860
 know that you

00:42:11.860 --> 00:42:12.400
 have sent

00:42:12.400 --> 00:42:12.739
 me.

00:42:14.380 --> 00:42:14.699
 Do you

00:42:14.699 --> 00:42:15.199
 realize,

00:42:16.199 --> 00:42:16.820
 do you

00:42:16.820 --> 00:42:17.579
 realize that

00:42:17.579 --> 00:42:19.860
 the confirmation

00:42:19.860 --> 00:42:21.739
 of the gospel

00:42:21.739 --> 00:42:24.659
 shows up in

00:42:24.659 --> 00:42:25.959
 how we relate

00:42:25.959 --> 00:42:26.359
 to one

00:42:26.359 --> 00:42:26.639
 another?

00:42:28.019 --> 00:42:28.500
 Do you

00:42:28.500 --> 00:42:29.019
 realize it

00:42:29.019 --> 00:42:29.899
 doesn't do

00:42:29.899 --> 00:42:30.899
 any good for

00:42:30.899 --> 00:42:32.059
 us to have

00:42:32.059 --> 00:42:32.719
 a bunch of

00:42:32.719 --> 00:42:33.599
 guests come

00:42:33.599 --> 00:42:34.699
 and visit on

00:42:34.699 --> 00:42:35.079
 a particular

00:42:35.079 --> 00:42:36.819
 Sunday if

00:42:36.819 --> 00:42:37.139
 they're not

00:42:37.139 --> 00:42:37.679
 seeing the

00:42:37.679 --> 00:42:38.359
 power of the

00:42:38.359 --> 00:42:39.219
 gospel working

00:42:39.219 --> 00:42:39.899
 in our

00:42:39.899 --> 00:42:40.359
 community?

00:42:41.399 --> 00:42:42.019
 If they're not

00:42:42.019 --> 00:42:42.719
 seeing the

00:42:42.719 --> 00:42:43.659
 oneness that we

00:42:43.659 --> 00:42:44.599
 have with one

00:42:44.599 --> 00:42:44.919
 another?

00:42:45.179 --> 00:42:45.639
 If they're not

00:42:45.639 --> 00:42:46.379
 seeing the way

00:42:46.379 --> 00:42:46.939
 that we relate

00:42:46.939 --> 00:42:47.559
 to one another

00:42:47.559 --> 00:42:48.399
 in terms of

00:42:48.399 --> 00:42:49.319
 caring and

00:42:49.319 --> 00:42:50.639
 loving and

00:42:50.639 --> 00:42:51.900
 just enjoying

00:42:51.900 --> 00:42:52.420
 each other's

00:42:52.420 --> 00:42:52.799
 fellowship,

00:42:54.319 --> 00:42:55.159
 that is the

00:42:55.159 --> 00:42:55.659
 confirmation,

00:42:55.960 --> 00:42:56.460
 that is the

00:42:56.460 --> 00:42:57.679
 stamp of

00:42:57.679 --> 00:42:59.199
 validation that

00:42:59.199 --> 00:43:00.420
 the gospel has

00:43:00.420 --> 00:43:01.659
 actually done

00:43:01.659 --> 00:43:02.279
 its work,

00:43:03.379 --> 00:43:04.359
 is how you

00:43:04.359 --> 00:43:05.339
 and I

00:43:05.339 --> 00:43:06.139
 love each

00:43:06.139 --> 00:43:06.359
 other.

00:43:07.839 --> 00:43:08.619
 So, yes,

00:43:08.699 --> 00:43:09.239
 we do need to

00:43:09.239 --> 00:43:10.460
 be about loving

00:43:10.460 --> 00:43:11.379
 our community

00:43:11.379 --> 00:43:12.339
 and loving the

00:43:12.339 --> 00:43:13.019
 people at the

00:43:13.019 --> 00:43:13.699
 grocery store

00:43:13.699 --> 00:43:15.099
 and loving the

00:43:15.099 --> 00:43:15.940
 serviceman who

00:43:15.940 --> 00:43:16.739
 fixes your car

00:43:16.739 --> 00:43:17.799
 or whatever

00:43:17.799 --> 00:43:18.819
 it takes.

00:43:19.420 --> 00:43:20.119
 Whenever God

00:43:20.119 --> 00:43:20.599
 creates an

00:43:20.599 --> 00:43:21.239
 intersection for

00:43:21.239 --> 00:43:21.619
 your life,

00:43:21.819 --> 00:43:22.279
 learning to

00:43:22.279 --> 00:43:22.940
 love the

00:43:22.940 --> 00:43:23.339
 people that

00:43:23.339 --> 00:43:23.719
 God has put

00:43:23.719 --> 00:43:23.900
 in your

00:43:23.900 --> 00:43:24.079
 path,

00:43:24.179 --> 00:43:24.539
 that is

00:43:24.539 --> 00:43:25.000
 important.

00:43:26.519 --> 00:43:27.119
 But we also

00:43:27.119 --> 00:43:27.519
 need to learn

00:43:27.519 --> 00:43:27.900
 how to love

00:43:27.900 --> 00:43:28.239
 one another.

00:43:28.339 --> 00:43:28.659
 And there's

00:43:28.659 --> 00:43:29.500
 some opportunities

00:43:29.500 --> 00:43:30.179
 we're creating

00:43:30.179 --> 00:43:31.139
 for that.

00:43:31.259 --> 00:43:31.719
 First, we're

00:43:31.719 --> 00:43:32.279
 creating that

00:43:32.279 --> 00:43:32.920
 opportunity in

00:43:32.920 --> 00:43:33.440
 terms of small

00:43:33.440 --> 00:43:33.779
 groups.

00:43:34.579 --> 00:43:35.139
 Those of you

00:43:35.139 --> 00:43:35.659
 who are part

00:43:35.659 --> 00:43:36.599
 of a small

00:43:36.599 --> 00:43:37.360
 group, you're

00:43:37.360 --> 00:43:37.659
 going to be

00:43:37.659 --> 00:43:38.039
 spending the

00:43:38.039 --> 00:43:39.199
 next 12 to

00:43:39.199 --> 00:43:40.460
 14 weeks,

00:43:40.519 --> 00:43:41.139
 however long

00:43:41.139 --> 00:43:42.139
 your small

00:43:42.139 --> 00:43:42.539
 group leader

00:43:42.539 --> 00:43:43.199
 wants to take,

00:43:44.059 --> 00:43:44.659
 in working

00:43:44.659 --> 00:43:46.420
 through a study

00:43:46.420 --> 00:43:46.940
 called the

00:43:46.940 --> 00:43:47.219
 art of

00:43:47.219 --> 00:43:47.539
 neighboring.

00:43:47.719 --> 00:43:48.059
 And I would

00:43:48.059 --> 00:43:49.380
 encourage you

00:43:49.380 --> 00:43:50.000
 to not only

00:43:50.000 --> 00:43:50.660
 participate in

00:43:50.660 --> 00:43:50.960
 that, but

00:43:50.960 --> 00:43:51.500
 there's a study

00:43:51.500 --> 00:43:52.960
 guide and make

00:43:52.960 --> 00:43:53.619
 the most of

00:43:53.619 --> 00:43:54.300
 this opportunity

00:43:54.300 --> 00:43:55.039
 for us to

00:43:55.039 --> 00:43:55.680
 learn what it

00:43:55.680 --> 00:43:56.880
 takes to do

00:43:56.880 --> 00:43:57.599
 this second

00:43:57.599 --> 00:43:59.059
 command, which

00:43:59.059 --> 00:43:59.800
 leads us to the

00:43:59.800 --> 00:44:00.980
 trajectory of the

00:44:00.980 --> 00:44:02.619
 kingdom, as we're

00:44:02.619 --> 00:44:03.559
 letting the word of

00:44:03.559 --> 00:44:04.519
 God transform our

00:44:04.519 --> 00:44:05.220
 hearts and make us

00:44:05.220 --> 00:44:05.780
 loving people.

00:44:06.680 --> 00:44:07.119
 So we're going to be

00:44:07.119 --> 00:44:07.800
 doing this in small

00:44:07.800 --> 00:44:08.099
 groups.

00:44:08.519 --> 00:44:09.079
 We're also going to

00:44:09.079 --> 00:44:10.500
 be offering this in

00:44:10.500 --> 00:44:11.160
 Sunday school.

00:44:11.920 --> 00:44:13.300
 Now, this is not my

00:44:13.300 --> 00:44:13.740
 idea.

00:44:13.739 --> 00:44:13.779
 idea.

00:44:14.579 --> 00:44:16.339
 Somebody in this

00:44:16.339 --> 00:44:17.319
 congregation had a

00:44:17.319 --> 00:44:18.000
 great idea.

00:44:18.239 --> 00:44:18.959
 What about people

00:44:18.959 --> 00:44:19.639
 who are not part of

00:44:19.639 --> 00:44:20.139
 small groups?

00:44:21.059 --> 00:44:21.779
 And we certainly

00:44:21.779 --> 00:44:23.679
 want everyone who

00:44:23.679 --> 00:44:24.799
 is a part of this

00:44:24.799 --> 00:44:26.039
 congregation, whether

00:44:26.039 --> 00:44:26.739
 you're a guest and

00:44:26.739 --> 00:44:27.299
 you're just trying to

00:44:27.299 --> 00:44:28.219
 check things out, or

00:44:28.219 --> 00:44:29.379
 if you're a regular

00:44:29.379 --> 00:44:30.439
 member and attender

00:44:30.439 --> 00:44:31.379
 of this church, but

00:44:31.379 --> 00:44:32.639
 you're not able to be

00:44:32.639 --> 00:44:33.359
 part of a small group,

00:44:33.399 --> 00:44:34.239
 we want you to be part

00:44:34.239 --> 00:44:35.839
 of this process.

00:44:36.459 --> 00:44:37.479
 We want you to feel

00:44:37.479 --> 00:44:38.279
 like you're connected

00:44:38.279 --> 00:44:39.079
 to the rest of the

00:44:39.079 --> 00:44:40.819
 body because we're

00:44:40.819 --> 00:44:42.479
 all in this together.

00:44:42.480 --> 00:44:43.159
 We all need to be

00:44:43.159 --> 00:44:43.900
 moving in the same

00:44:43.900 --> 00:44:44.260
 direction.

00:44:44.500 --> 00:44:45.619
 So beginning next

00:44:45.619 --> 00:44:47.740
 week, I'm going to

00:44:47.740 --> 00:44:48.320
 be teaching this

00:44:48.320 --> 00:44:48.740
 class.

00:44:49.139 --> 00:44:49.420
 We're going to be

00:44:49.420 --> 00:44:49.880
 going through the

00:44:49.880 --> 00:44:51.260
 same material, and

00:44:51.260 --> 00:44:52.300
 I would love to

00:44:52.300 --> 00:44:53.559
 have you as a part

00:44:53.559 --> 00:44:54.300
 of that, and so

00:44:54.300 --> 00:44:55.820
 see me afterwards,

00:44:56.139 --> 00:44:57.039
 and I'll let you

00:44:57.039 --> 00:44:57.579
 know where we're

00:44:57.579 --> 00:44:58.079
 going to be meeting.

00:44:58.519 --> 00:45:00.000
 So if you're not

00:45:00.000 --> 00:45:01.460
 part of a small

00:45:01.460 --> 00:45:03.179
 group, please take

00:45:03.179 --> 00:45:03.980
 part in this Sunday

00:45:03.980 --> 00:45:05.039
 school so that we

00:45:05.039 --> 00:45:05.740
 can all be on the

00:45:05.740 --> 00:45:07.099
 same page and moving

00:45:07.099 --> 00:45:07.840
 in the same direction.

00:45:09.360 --> 00:45:09.880
 Excuse me.

00:45:10.179 --> 00:45:10.860
 Now finally, we're

00:45:10.860 --> 00:45:11.260
 going to be doing

00:45:11.260 --> 00:45:11.960
 this on some

00:45:11.960 --> 00:45:13.159
 strategic holidays.

00:45:14.059 --> 00:45:15.500
 Now, it doesn't do

00:45:15.500 --> 00:45:17.599
 us any good to go

00:45:17.599 --> 00:45:18.679
 send you out and

00:45:18.679 --> 00:45:19.800
 say, hey, go do

00:45:19.800 --> 00:45:20.039
 this.

00:45:20.059 --> 00:45:21.920
 This is great if

00:45:21.920 --> 00:45:22.760
 we're not behind

00:45:22.760 --> 00:45:23.780
 this as a church.

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 So I want you to

00:45:25.420 --> 00:45:26.139
 know we're behind

00:45:26.139 --> 00:45:28.000
 this enough that we

00:45:28.000 --> 00:45:29.440
 want to help set

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 aside some time for

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 you to do this.

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 And I know that

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 life is busy, and

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 so we want to

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 designate at least

00:45:37.619 --> 00:45:39.119
 four strategic

00:45:39.119 --> 00:45:40.559
 weekends that you're

00:45:40.559 --> 00:45:41.539
 going to be out with

00:45:41.539 --> 00:45:42.179
 your community,

00:45:42.259 --> 00:45:43.000
 maybe inviting them

00:45:43.000 --> 00:45:44.079
 to your home for a

00:45:44.079 --> 00:45:45.199
 meal, maybe having a

00:45:45.199 --> 00:45:46.440
 barbecue, maybe going

00:45:46.440 --> 00:45:47.960
 and enjoying a

00:45:47.960 --> 00:45:48.779
 fireworks show,

00:45:48.880 --> 00:45:50.340
 whatever it takes to

00:45:50.340 --> 00:45:51.619
 engage your community,

00:45:51.739 --> 00:45:53.159
 your neighbors, in

00:45:53.159 --> 00:45:54.679
 building relationships

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 with them.

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 This art of

00:45:56.099 --> 00:45:56.860
 neighboring we want to

00:45:56.860 --> 00:45:58.219
 take seriously, and so

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 we're going to designate

00:45:58.900 --> 00:46:00.079
 at least four weekends

00:46:00.079 --> 00:46:01.279
 where we're going to

00:46:01.279 --> 00:46:02.380
 not have an evening

00:46:02.380 --> 00:46:03.779
 service so that you can

00:46:03.779 --> 00:46:04.980
 be about ministry in

00:46:04.980 --> 00:46:05.519
 your community.

00:46:06.259 --> 00:46:06.980
 We want to free up

00:46:06.980 --> 00:46:08.599
 space for us to do

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 what God is calling

00:46:09.380 --> 00:46:09.920
 us to do.

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 It's our desire, our

00:46:13.960 --> 00:46:15.799
 prayer, that God will

00:46:15.799 --> 00:46:17.000
 help to lead us in this

00:46:17.000 --> 00:46:18.759
 process of learning to

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 love as he has called

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 us to love, so that we

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 can emulate his heart

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 and so that we can show

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 his life in the world

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 around us.

00:46:29.679 --> 00:46:30.059
 Let's pray.

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 God, this is a

00:46:33.820 --> 00:46:36.079
 significant task.

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 We understand that this

00:46:38.420 --> 00:46:39.619
 lawyer asked the

00:46:39.619 --> 00:46:41.739
 ultimate question, a

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 question that has as its

00:46:43.380 --> 00:46:44.519
 future destination

00:46:44.519 --> 00:46:46.360
 eternity.

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 So God, as you are

00:46:49.039 --> 00:46:50.219
 shaping our hearts and

00:46:50.219 --> 00:46:51.739
 molding us into the

00:46:51.739 --> 00:46:53.599
 image of Christ, we pray

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 that your Holy Spirit

00:46:54.440 --> 00:46:55.299
 would show up in our

00:46:55.299 --> 00:46:56.679
 lives and help us to be

00:46:56.679 --> 00:46:58.000
 people who are truly

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 loving our neighbor as

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 ourself.

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 We need your help, not

00:47:03.279 --> 00:47:05.519
 only in terms of the

00:47:05.519 --> 00:47:06.699
 enablement to do this,

00:47:06.759 --> 00:47:07.920
 but the wisdom on how

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 to do it well.

00:47:09.539 --> 00:47:10.420
 Thank you for this

00:47:10.420 --> 00:47:11.519
 opportunity that we have

00:47:11.519 --> 00:47:13.579
 this year, and we pray

00:47:13.579 --> 00:47:14.699
 that you would be

00:47:14.699 --> 00:47:16.559
 pleased with our efforts

00:47:16.559 --> 00:47:18.699
 and that you would equip

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 us for this work.

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 We pray in Jesus' name.

00:47:21.159 --> 00:47:21.380
 Amen.