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 Well, as God enables us, now we're going to revisit the passage we were exploring this morning

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! Matthew chapter 9. We have already looked at verse 9, and tonight we're going to navigate

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! navigate through verses 10 to 13. In verse 10, we read, as Jesus recalculates,

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 at table in the house, many tax collectors and sinners came and were reclining with Jesus and

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 his disciples. Now, we're going to consider two things, hospitable Matthew, hostile Pharisees.

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 Tonight comes with a more practical perspective on Matthew. Our title is Matthew Profiles Matthew.

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 Today, this morning, we considered his calling and evidence of his commitment to Jesus Christ.

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 Hospitable Matthew, take my life and let it be consecrated Lord to thee. Take my will and make it

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 thine. It shall be no longer mine. The melodious personal testimony of Francis Ridley Havergal,

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 words written back in 1874, but words which in many ways sum up Matthew's testimony.

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 Today, we looked at the A side. Tonight, it's very much the B side. Let's begin by recognizing that

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 submission to Jesus always leads to service for Jesus. Matthew rose and followed Jesus, verse 9.

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 Verse 10, so begins a life of consecrated service to his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

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 So, the scene unfolds in verse 10. It's the domestic scene. We're taken into Matthew's home.

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 Notice two Fs, how following Jesus and fellowship with Jesus go together. They go hand in hand,

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 following and fellowship. Matthew extends hospitality and organizes a house fellowship in his own home.

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 Now, in verse 10, we read that he invites many. Luke actually tells us in his account in Luke 5 that

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 many looks like a large crowd of fellow tax collectors and various other men labeled sinners. Yes, those

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 perceived to be, from the vantage point of the scribe and the Pharisee as notoriously wicked. Those who fell

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 foul of God's law. You see, the Pharisees used the twofold gauge of self-righteousness and hypocrisy

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 as they judged others. And this is no exception. But observe, if you will, the one who is at the very

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 center of this fascinating mix of loathed and stigmatized, marginalized individuals having dinner

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 together. It is, of course, the Lord Jesus Christ himself. And look at the picture that Matthew paints

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 here. They are all seen reclining at table with Jesus along with his disciples. Now, let's be clear that

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 this is a picture of open fellowship together. Oneness of fellowship, togetherness of fellowship.

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 Reclining at table is a picture of having dinner together, and it's powerfully symbolic. This is table

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 fellowship at its most personal. It's a scene of friends reunited. They have so much in common. No icebreakers

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 required. No awkward conversations here. Not at all. There is harmony in this fellowship. Yes, there is unity

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 in its diversity, you might say. And Matthew doesn't hold back. Let's be clear. It's not a light meal that is

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 being served here. Luke spells this out for us in his account. Luke 5, 29, Matthew made a great feast

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 feast in his house. We're talking an extravagant banquet. It's not a budget meal. No, it's a la carte.

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 And Jesus is Matthew's guest of honor. And isn't it fascinating, isn't it heartwarming,

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 too, that Jesus doesn't decline Matthew's invitation to his infamous home, labeled ceremonially unclean.

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 No, he accepts Matthew's hospitality gladly. And in doing so, something significant happens.

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 Rabbinic regulations go out the window with immediate effect. Now, what do we mean by that?

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 Well, by accepting this invitation, by reclining at table, by eating with this interesting group of men,

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 it's immediately apparent that Jesus is not minded to comply with the rabbi's rulebook. Think of the

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 Pharisee's code of conduct, which states clearly that any contact with sinners would make Jesus a sinner by

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 association. But notice that there's so much more than mere contact here. There is personal interaction

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 going on. Now, this kind of table fellowship was strictly forbidden. But for those who are reclining at table with Jesus,

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 along with Matthew and the disciples, tax collectors, sinners alike, it is a powerful and personal symbol of

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 Jesus' friendship and fellowship and association and acceptance of such despised individuals.

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 You see, Jesus immediately identifies with this room full of outcasts. And he doesn't shy away from it.

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 No, he engages with it. So picture this, if you will. Matthew here and his guests reclining on a couch that extends around the room.

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 The host takes the central place. Yes, his name is Matthew. And the guest of honor is Jesus of Nazareth. And there he is by Matthew's side.

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 And the remaining guests, well, they form a semicircle. And every eye in Matthew's house is fixed on Jesus. They are hanging on to his every word.

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 Can you imagine how engaging the Q&A would have been? The questions that they would have been asking Jesus?

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 And the answers in response to their questions. Every question answered with clarity.

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 What does this scene tell us about the host? What are we to glean about Matthew here?

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 What does this tell us about his hospitality?

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 Well, it tells us, surely, that Matthew is on fire for Jesus.

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 His heart burns within him.

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 And having had his heart opened, melted by the love and mercy of Jesus Christ at the tax collector's booth,

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 now we're beginning to see grace at work, expressing itself as it will.

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 After all, faith without works is dead, James tells us.

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 Well, that's not the case with Matthew.

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 You see, from a theological perspective, faith that is not followed by action, by doing,

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 in the Christian life is counterproductive.

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 It is of no use, and it is as good as dead.

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 But that's not what we are witnessing here.

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 His home has been, is now wide open.

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 First his heart, then his home in that order.

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 What does this convey to us?

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 You see, when we follow Jesus,

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 when we follow Jesus, we instinctively,

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 and this is what grace does,

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 when we begin to follow Jesus,

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 maybe you can recall this from your own Christian perspective,

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 as you began your Christian pilgrimage.

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 Remember these early days when your heart was on fire for Christ.

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 What do you recall?

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 Well, we see it here.

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 When we follow Jesus,

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 we instinctively

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 long to draw others into fellowship with us

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 who know not Jesus.

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 You see, following Christ and Christian fellowship

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 are complementary components,

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 and we see it here.

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 Again, we drew a comparison this morning

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 between Matthew and Lydia in Acts chapter 16.

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 You'll record how,

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 you'll recall how in Acts 16,

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 we read of how the Lord opened Lydia's heart

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 to respond to Paul's gospel message,

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 and when she and the members of her household were baptized,

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 Luke tells us of what happens next.

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 She invited us to her home.

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 First her heart,

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 then her home is opened.

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 If you consider me a believer in the Lord,

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 she said,

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 come and stay at my house.

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 And Paul says,

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 and she persuaded us.

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 She said it like she meant it.

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 And we gladly accepted her hospitality.

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 Submission to Jesus

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 and service for Jesus

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 go together.

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 Notice too that Matthew

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 extends Christian hospitality

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 without discrimination.

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 Notice here

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 that his open heart

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 is longing

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 to provide an open home,

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 particularly for the displaced,

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 as he once was.

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 All are welcome.

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 Nobody is barred.

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 What does this say

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 about Matthew's missional objective,

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 and what can we glean from it?

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 Well, his key objective

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 is to introduce others

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 to Jesus Christ.

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 And notice that he wastes

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 no time in witnessing to others.

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 And notice this too.

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 He doesn't turn his back

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 on his former work colleagues

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 or snub them in any way.

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 No, he reaches out to them.

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 They are the ones

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 who are invited for dinner

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 and to have fellowship

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 with Jesus Christ.

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 And I believe that Matthew

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 records this detail for us

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 so that we too

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 might be encouraged

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 to do likewise.

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 There is something

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 very winsome,

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 very engaging,

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 and attractive

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 about Matthew's life,

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 testimony,

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 and witness,

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 even at this very early stage

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 of his Christian life.

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 Notice what he doesn't do.

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 Matthew doesn't

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 de-friend

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 or ditch

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 his work colleagues,

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 former friends.

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 They're not in any way

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 cut off.

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 They are not cancelled.

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 No.

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 Instead,

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 he strengthens

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 his ties with them

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 by welcoming them

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 into his new home,

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 into his new world,

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 into his changed life

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 of complete transformation.

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 And notice that there is no bias.

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 His door is wide open

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 for all.

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 He leads by example.

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 Matthew's home

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 is a beautiful drop-in center

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 for anyone passing.

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 Come in, he says.

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 Friendship

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 have fellowship

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 with us,

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 and they all seem

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 to accept

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 his open invitation.

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 And I believe

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 that we are encouraged

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 to follow Matthew's example.

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 We too are encouraged

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 to retain friendships

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 in the Christian life

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 wherever possible.

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 I know that when

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 a person becomes

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 a Christian,

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 it's not always possible

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 to retain

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 every friendship.

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 Some ties

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 must be severed.

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 But many friendships

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 can and should

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 be retained.

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 I sometimes

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 get asked the question,

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 did you lose

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 many friends

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 when you became

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 a Christian?

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 Well, that's a good question.

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 I suppose

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 the answer to that

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 is yes.

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 to some extent,

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 but that need not be

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 the answer

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 that rolls off

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 our lips.

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 I want us

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 to ponder this.

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 Loss of friendship

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 can be self-inflicted

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 when we are the ones

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 who walk away

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 and keep our distance.

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 reflect on that,

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 if you will.

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 Because Matthew

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 doesn't disengage.

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 He doesn't

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 detach himself

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 from those

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 who were his

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 former colleagues

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 and friends,

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 not at all,

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 and neither

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 should you and I.

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 There is unity

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 in the diversity

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 of this fellowship,

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 as we said

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 a moment ago.

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 So, as we conclude

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 this,

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 our first point,

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 it's been

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 in the main

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 positive,

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 but we now

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 come to a negative

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 because not

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 everyone

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 is happy

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 or feeling

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 the harmony

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 of this

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 fellowship,

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 and they are

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 the hostile

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 Pharisees

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 we meet

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 time and again

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 on the pages

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 of the Gospels.

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 Matthew's Gospel

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 is no exception.

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 We meet them

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 across

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 the terrain

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 of

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 Matthew,

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 Mark,

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 Luke,

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 and John.

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 The Pharisees,

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 verse 11.

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 The scribes

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 are there too.

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 Mark and Luke

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 tell us that,

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 but they are one

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 and the same.

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 We see them

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 lurking in the

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 background.

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 They prowl

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 around,

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 always keeping

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 a close eye

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 on the Lord

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 Jesus,

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 monitoring his

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 every move

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 and words

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 with a very

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 fine

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 tooth comb.

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 They are

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 forensic in their

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 analysis,

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 and they observe

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 here with a

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 contempt-filled

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 hostility.

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 verse 11.

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 The question.

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 The question,

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 why,

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 they ask.

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 Why does

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 your teacher,

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 they ask

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 the disciples

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 of Jesus,

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 why does

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 your teacher

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 eat

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 with tax

00:18:36.340 --> 00:18:36.960
 collectors

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 and

00:18:37.779 --> 00:18:38.700
 sinners?

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 Now,

00:18:40.920 --> 00:18:41.500
 the point

00:18:41.500 --> 00:18:42.420
 of emphasis

00:18:42.420 --> 00:18:43.259
 in the

00:18:43.259 --> 00:18:43.740
 question

00:18:43.740 --> 00:18:44.660
 is that

00:18:44.660 --> 00:18:45.880
 three-letter

00:18:45.880 --> 00:18:46.940
 word

00:18:46.940 --> 00:18:48.319
 eat.

00:18:49.299 --> 00:18:50.000
 Why

00:18:50.000 --> 00:18:51.019
 is it so

00:18:51.019 --> 00:18:51.519
 significant?

00:18:52.259 --> 00:18:52.500
 Well,

00:18:53.059 --> 00:18:54.100
 it doesn't

00:18:54.100 --> 00:18:55.039
 go unnoticed,

00:18:55.120 --> 00:18:55.680
 does it,

00:18:55.819 --> 00:18:56.900
 that Jesus

00:18:56.900 --> 00:18:58.580
 is eating

00:18:58.580 --> 00:18:59.980
 with tax

00:18:59.980 --> 00:19:00.600
 collectors

00:19:00.600 --> 00:19:02.100
 and sinners.

00:19:02.480 --> 00:19:02.840
 You see,

00:19:02.960 --> 00:19:03.600
 the act

00:19:03.600 --> 00:19:04.440
 of eating

00:19:04.440 --> 00:19:06.160
 is so,

00:19:06.539 --> 00:19:07.660
 so significant

00:19:07.660 --> 00:19:08.880
 because it's

00:19:08.880 --> 00:19:10.420
 tangible evidence

00:19:10.420 --> 00:19:11.560
 that Jesus

00:19:11.560 --> 00:19:13.220
 is cementing

00:19:13.220 --> 00:19:14.000
 his fellowship

00:19:14.000 --> 00:19:15.700
 with outsiders,

00:19:16.200 --> 00:19:16.700
 with the

00:19:16.700 --> 00:19:17.580
 outcast.

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 Eating

00:19:19.519 --> 00:19:20.560
 together

00:19:20.560 --> 00:19:22.080
 in table

00:19:22.080 --> 00:19:22.700
 fellowship

00:19:22.700 --> 00:19:23.640
 mode

00:19:23.640 --> 00:19:24.820
 is in

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 effect,

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 and I

00:19:25.980 --> 00:19:26.400
 quote,

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 extended

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 interpersonal

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 association.

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 and it's

00:19:35.859 --> 00:19:36.579
 taboo

00:19:36.579 --> 00:19:38.699
 from a

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 rabbinic

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 perspective.

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 Think,

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 for example,

00:19:43.719 --> 00:19:44.399
 of how

00:19:44.399 --> 00:19:45.639
 Luke chapter

00:19:45.639 --> 00:19:46.859
 15 begins

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 before we

00:19:47.599 --> 00:19:48.459
 come to

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 the three-fold

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 parable

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 of

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 culminating

00:19:52.739 --> 00:19:53.419
 with the

00:19:53.419 --> 00:19:54.199
 lost son,

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 the prodigal

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 son.

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 How does

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 Luke begin

00:19:57.779 --> 00:19:58.500
 that chapter?

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 Now,

00:20:00.139 --> 00:20:00.599
 the tax

00:20:00.599 --> 00:20:01.139
 collectors

00:20:01.140 --> 00:20:02.000
 and sinners

00:20:02.000 --> 00:20:02.680
 were all

00:20:02.680 --> 00:20:03.160
 gathering

00:20:03.160 --> 00:20:03.660
 round

00:20:03.660 --> 00:20:04.300
 to hear

00:20:04.300 --> 00:20:04.780
 Jesus,

00:20:05.140 --> 00:20:06.000
 but the

00:20:06.000 --> 00:20:06.620
 Pharisees

00:20:06.620 --> 00:20:07.040
 and the

00:20:07.040 --> 00:20:07.520
 teachers

00:20:07.520 --> 00:20:08.180
 of the

00:20:08.180 --> 00:20:08.480
 law

00:20:08.480 --> 00:20:09.900
 grumbled.

00:20:10.380 --> 00:20:11.020
 Why?

00:20:11.380 --> 00:20:12.000
 Why were

00:20:12.000 --> 00:20:12.620
 they grumbling,

00:20:12.900 --> 00:20:13.420
 you might

00:20:13.420 --> 00:20:13.980
 ask?

00:20:15.500 --> 00:20:16.320
 They

00:20:16.320 --> 00:20:17.080
 grumbled

00:20:17.080 --> 00:20:19.680
 because,

00:20:20.040 --> 00:20:20.820
 in their

00:20:20.820 --> 00:20:21.500
 own words,

00:20:22.160 --> 00:20:23.140
 this man,

00:20:24.400 --> 00:20:25.920
 and isn't

00:20:25.920 --> 00:20:26.480
 the tone

00:20:26.480 --> 00:20:27.640
 so disparaging,

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 this man

00:20:28.900 --> 00:20:30.080
 receives

00:20:30.080 --> 00:20:31.160
 or welcomes

00:20:31.160 --> 00:20:31.880
 sinners

00:20:31.880 --> 00:20:33.600
 and eats

00:20:33.600 --> 00:20:34.940
 with them.

00:20:35.080 --> 00:20:35.720
 As if to

00:20:35.720 --> 00:20:35.940
 say,

00:20:36.100 --> 00:20:36.280
 how

00:20:36.280 --> 00:20:37.820
 outrageously

00:20:37.820 --> 00:20:38.420
 offensive,

00:20:39.360 --> 00:20:41.420
 how unorthodox

00:20:41.420 --> 00:20:42.440
 in the

00:20:42.440 --> 00:20:43.100
 extreme.

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 And if you're

00:20:45.400 --> 00:20:45.620
 going to

00:20:45.620 --> 00:20:46.240
 continue

00:20:46.240 --> 00:20:48.080
 reading Luke's

00:20:48.080 --> 00:20:48.540
 gospel,

00:20:48.800 --> 00:20:49.340
 it's not

00:20:49.340 --> 00:20:49.960
 insignificant

00:20:49.960 --> 00:20:51.600
 that there

00:20:51.600 --> 00:20:52.220
 is much

00:20:52.220 --> 00:20:52.820
 grumbling

00:20:52.820 --> 00:20:54.100
 again from

00:20:54.100 --> 00:20:54.940
 the scribes

00:20:54.940 --> 00:20:55.220
 and the

00:20:55.220 --> 00:20:55.799
 Pharisees

00:20:55.799 --> 00:20:57.059
 just four

00:20:57.059 --> 00:20:57.700
 chapters

00:20:57.700 --> 00:20:58.220
 later,

00:20:58.220 --> 00:20:58.840
 you come

00:20:58.840 --> 00:20:59.299
 to Luke

00:20:59.299 --> 00:21:00.360
 chapter 19

00:21:00.360 --> 00:21:01.160
 where Jesus

00:21:01.160 --> 00:21:01.860
 is seen

00:21:01.860 --> 00:21:02.779
 going into

00:21:02.779 --> 00:21:03.460
 a certain

00:21:03.460 --> 00:21:04.200
 house to

00:21:04.200 --> 00:21:04.840
 be a

00:21:04.840 --> 00:21:05.380
 guest.

00:21:06.720 --> 00:21:07.440
 Now,

00:21:08.240 --> 00:21:08.840
 house,

00:21:09.160 --> 00:21:09.620
 guest,

00:21:09.980 --> 00:21:10.920
 houseguest,

00:21:11.440 --> 00:21:13.140
 again implies

00:21:13.140 --> 00:21:14.320
 hospitality,

00:21:14.960 --> 00:21:15.259
 food,

00:21:15.580 --> 00:21:15.840
 and the

00:21:15.840 --> 00:21:16.620
 act of

00:21:16.620 --> 00:21:17.200
 eating.

00:21:17.759 --> 00:21:18.360
 He is

00:21:18.360 --> 00:21:19.059
 going into

00:21:19.059 --> 00:21:19.660
 a certain

00:21:19.660 --> 00:21:20.220
 house to

00:21:20.220 --> 00:21:20.559
 be a

00:21:20.559 --> 00:21:21.059
 guest of

00:21:21.059 --> 00:21:21.539
 a man

00:21:21.539 --> 00:21:22.279
 who is

00:21:22.279 --> 00:21:22.899
 a sinner

00:21:22.899 --> 00:21:24.279
 and the

00:21:24.279 --> 00:21:24.720
 sinner's

00:21:24.720 --> 00:21:25.099
 name,

00:21:25.200 --> 00:21:25.440
 you've

00:21:25.440 --> 00:21:26.059
 guessed it,

00:21:26.660 --> 00:21:27.299
 Zacchaeus.

00:21:28.180 --> 00:21:28.460
 His

00:21:28.460 --> 00:21:29.139
 occupation,

00:21:29.559 --> 00:21:30.579
 not insignificant,

00:21:31.240 --> 00:21:32.460
 chief tax

00:21:32.460 --> 00:21:33.059
 collector,

00:21:33.799 --> 00:21:34.240
 in a

00:21:34.240 --> 00:21:34.639
 similar

00:21:34.639 --> 00:21:35.519
 mode

00:21:35.519 --> 00:21:36.379
 to

00:21:36.379 --> 00:21:37.980
 Matthew,

00:21:38.899 --> 00:21:39.599
 deja vu.

00:21:42.139 --> 00:21:42.619
 Jesus

00:21:42.619 --> 00:21:43.960
 interacts

00:21:43.960 --> 00:21:44.940
 personally

00:21:44.940 --> 00:21:46.359
 with Matthew's

00:21:46.359 --> 00:21:46.920
 guests.

00:21:47.139 --> 00:21:47.619
 That's the

00:21:47.619 --> 00:21:48.220
 other thing

00:21:48.220 --> 00:21:48.720
 that's so

00:21:48.720 --> 00:21:49.720
 striking about

00:21:49.720 --> 00:21:50.599
 this passage.

00:21:50.599 --> 00:21:53.059
 notice that

00:21:53.059 --> 00:21:53.879
 he doesn't

00:21:53.879 --> 00:21:54.659
 discriminate

00:21:54.659 --> 00:21:56.139
 against any

00:21:56.139 --> 00:21:57.179
 of those

00:21:57.179 --> 00:21:58.079
 who are

00:21:58.079 --> 00:21:58.619
 in the

00:21:58.619 --> 00:21:58.899
 room,

00:22:00.099 --> 00:22:00.859
 unlike

00:22:00.859 --> 00:22:02.159
 the scribes

00:22:02.159 --> 00:22:02.579
 and the

00:22:02.579 --> 00:22:03.219
 Pharisees.

00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:04.299
 You can't

00:22:04.299 --> 00:22:04.839
 help but

00:22:04.839 --> 00:22:06.079
 draw comparisons.

00:22:06.379 --> 00:22:06.939
 You compare,

00:22:07.079 --> 00:22:07.899
 you contrast.

00:22:08.740 --> 00:22:09.000
 You see,

00:22:09.099 --> 00:22:09.639
 Matthew's

00:22:09.639 --> 00:22:10.219
 friends,

00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:12.539
 most if not

00:22:12.539 --> 00:22:13.599
 all of them,

00:22:14.379 --> 00:22:14.779
 when it

00:22:14.779 --> 00:22:15.319
 comes to

00:22:15.319 --> 00:22:16.099
 professional

00:22:16.099 --> 00:22:16.939
 reputation,

00:22:17.219 --> 00:22:17.579
 believe me,

00:22:17.639 --> 00:22:18.000
 they had

00:22:18.000 --> 00:22:19.919
 the poorest

00:22:19.920 --> 00:22:21.820
 of professional

00:22:21.820 --> 00:22:23.039
 reputations.

00:22:23.500 --> 00:22:24.100
 But does

00:22:24.100 --> 00:22:25.080
 that hinder

00:22:25.080 --> 00:22:25.640
 the Lord

00:22:25.640 --> 00:22:26.080
 Jesus?

00:22:27.340 --> 00:22:28.160
 No,

00:22:28.300 --> 00:22:28.840
 he will not

00:22:28.840 --> 00:22:30.100
 distance himself

00:22:30.100 --> 00:22:30.580
 from the

00:22:30.580 --> 00:22:31.360
 outcast.

00:22:32.240 --> 00:22:33.259
 He will

00:22:33.259 --> 00:22:34.039
 by no

00:22:34.039 --> 00:22:34.580
 means

00:22:34.580 --> 00:22:35.759
 cast

00:22:35.759 --> 00:22:36.820
 out

00:22:36.820 --> 00:22:37.400
 the

00:22:37.400 --> 00:22:38.300
 outcast.

00:22:38.500 --> 00:22:38.960
 Instead,

00:22:39.480 --> 00:22:40.340
 he reaches

00:22:40.340 --> 00:22:41.060
 out to

00:22:41.060 --> 00:22:41.400
 them.

00:22:41.759 --> 00:22:43.000
 He befriends

00:22:43.000 --> 00:22:44.680
 them lovingly

00:22:44.680 --> 00:22:46.400
 and graciously.

00:22:46.880 --> 00:22:47.300
 It's

00:22:47.300 --> 00:22:48.000
 remarkable.

00:22:48.000 --> 00:22:49.299
 And again,

00:22:49.400 --> 00:22:49.880
 I believe

00:22:49.880 --> 00:22:50.460
 that we

00:22:50.460 --> 00:22:51.440
 are encouraged

00:22:51.440 --> 00:22:52.019
 from a

00:22:52.019 --> 00:22:52.539
 practical

00:22:52.539 --> 00:22:53.420
 perspective

00:22:53.420 --> 00:22:53.960
 to do

00:22:53.960 --> 00:22:54.519
 likewise.

00:22:55.440 --> 00:22:55.559
 Do you

00:22:55.559 --> 00:22:55.700
 know,

00:22:55.779 --> 00:22:56.579
 sometimes we

00:22:56.579 --> 00:22:57.359
 are inclined

00:22:57.359 --> 00:22:58.220
 to distance

00:22:58.220 --> 00:22:58.900
 ourselves

00:22:58.900 --> 00:23:00.220
 from those

00:23:00.220 --> 00:23:01.740
 whose reputation

00:23:01.740 --> 00:23:02.880
 goes before

00:23:02.880 --> 00:23:03.160
 them.

00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:04.779
 Sometimes our

00:23:04.779 --> 00:23:05.619
 hearts just

00:23:05.619 --> 00:23:06.740
 ooze with

00:23:06.740 --> 00:23:07.460
 prejudice

00:23:07.460 --> 00:23:09.079
 and discrimination.

00:23:10.039 --> 00:23:10.740
 We're afraid

00:23:10.740 --> 00:23:11.920
 to befriend

00:23:11.920 --> 00:23:13.619
 that certain

00:23:13.619 --> 00:23:14.319
 individual

00:23:14.319 --> 00:23:15.319
 so we will

00:23:15.319 --> 00:23:15.859
 give him

00:23:15.859 --> 00:23:16.379
 or her

00:23:16.379 --> 00:23:17.079
 a wider

00:23:17.079 --> 00:23:17.859
 birth.

00:23:18.240 --> 00:23:18.919
 We're afraid

00:23:18.919 --> 00:23:19.339
 of how

00:23:19.339 --> 00:23:20.319
 that person

00:23:20.319 --> 00:23:21.500
 might react

00:23:21.500 --> 00:23:22.399
 to any

00:23:22.399 --> 00:23:23.179
 attempts on

00:23:23.179 --> 00:23:23.740
 our part

00:23:23.740 --> 00:23:24.219
 to reach

00:23:24.219 --> 00:23:24.719
 out to

00:23:24.719 --> 00:23:24.879
 them.

00:23:24.959 --> 00:23:25.259
 There might

00:23:25.259 --> 00:23:25.599
 be a

00:23:25.599 --> 00:23:26.099
 backlash.

00:23:26.439 --> 00:23:26.740
 There might

00:23:26.740 --> 00:23:27.119
 be a

00:23:27.119 --> 00:23:27.659
 negative

00:23:27.659 --> 00:23:28.899
 reaction.

00:23:30.479 --> 00:23:31.199
 We do

00:23:31.199 --> 00:23:31.519
 it all

00:23:31.519 --> 00:23:32.240
 the time.

00:23:32.819 --> 00:23:33.219
 But you

00:23:33.219 --> 00:23:33.379
 see,

00:23:33.500 --> 00:23:34.459
 behind a

00:23:34.459 --> 00:23:35.000
 veneer

00:23:35.000 --> 00:23:36.519
 of poor

00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:37.479
 or bad

00:23:37.479 --> 00:23:38.359
 reputation

00:23:38.359 --> 00:23:39.159
 as we

00:23:39.159 --> 00:23:40.039
 see here,

00:23:40.379 --> 00:23:40.759
 the very

00:23:40.759 --> 00:23:41.539
 individuals

00:23:41.539 --> 00:23:42.779
 that we

00:23:42.779 --> 00:23:43.680
 are detaching

00:23:43.680 --> 00:23:44.359
 ourselves

00:23:44.359 --> 00:23:45.619
 from may

00:23:45.619 --> 00:23:46.639
 well be

00:23:46.639 --> 00:23:47.259
 the very

00:23:47.259 --> 00:23:48.799
 ones who

00:23:48.799 --> 00:23:50.359
 are more

00:23:50.359 --> 00:23:51.700
 receptive to

00:23:51.700 --> 00:23:52.299
 the gospel

00:23:52.299 --> 00:23:54.839
 and need

00:23:54.839 --> 00:23:55.500
 to hear

00:23:55.500 --> 00:23:56.059
 and may

00:23:56.059 --> 00:23:56.920
 even long

00:23:56.920 --> 00:23:57.659
 to hear

00:23:57.659 --> 00:23:58.500
 the message

00:23:58.500 --> 00:23:59.059
 of the

00:23:59.059 --> 00:23:59.539
 gospel

00:23:59.539 --> 00:24:02.779
 and have

00:24:02.779 --> 00:24:03.619
 the love

00:24:03.619 --> 00:24:05.200
 and tender

00:24:05.200 --> 00:24:06.240
 mercy of

00:24:06.240 --> 00:24:07.339
 Jesus Christ

00:24:07.339 --> 00:24:08.920
 extended to

00:24:08.920 --> 00:24:09.339
 them.

00:24:09.339 --> 00:24:11.059
 So let

00:24:11.059 --> 00:24:11.379
 me just

00:24:11.379 --> 00:24:12.199
 digress

00:24:12.199 --> 00:24:12.759
 just for

00:24:12.759 --> 00:24:13.199
 a moment.

00:24:13.379 --> 00:24:13.599
 Remember

00:24:13.599 --> 00:24:14.379
 Nathaniel?

00:24:19.279 --> 00:24:20.079
 Nathaniel

00:24:20.079 --> 00:24:20.759
 in John

00:24:20.759 --> 00:24:21.959
 chapter 1,

00:24:23.740 --> 00:24:24.139
 Philip

00:24:24.139 --> 00:24:24.899
 reaches out

00:24:24.899 --> 00:24:25.379
 to him,

00:24:26.279 --> 00:24:27.419
 but Nathaniel's

00:24:27.419 --> 00:24:28.019
 reputation

00:24:28.019 --> 00:24:28.939
 goes before

00:24:28.939 --> 00:24:30.679
 him as

00:24:30.679 --> 00:24:32.179
 someone who

00:24:32.179 --> 00:24:34.899
 is somewhat

00:24:34.899 --> 00:24:36.639
 skeptical of

00:24:36.639 --> 00:24:37.559
 not bordering

00:24:37.559 --> 00:24:38.359
 on cynical.

00:24:39.339 --> 00:24:40.759
 But Philip

00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:41.319
 doesn't give

00:24:41.319 --> 00:24:41.619
 up on

00:24:41.619 --> 00:24:41.819
 him.

00:24:44.699 --> 00:24:45.159
 Nathaniel

00:24:45.159 --> 00:24:45.699
 is somewhat

00:24:45.699 --> 00:24:46.399
 rude and

00:24:46.399 --> 00:24:46.899
 indifferent.

00:24:48.619 --> 00:24:49.480
 As Philip

00:24:49.480 --> 00:24:50.279
 tries to reach

00:24:50.279 --> 00:24:50.819
 out to

00:24:50.819 --> 00:24:51.519
 Nathaniel,

00:24:52.359 --> 00:24:52.879
 the moment

00:24:52.879 --> 00:24:53.619
 he speaks

00:24:53.619 --> 00:24:54.339
 of Jesus

00:24:54.339 --> 00:24:55.459
 of Nazareth,

00:24:56.359 --> 00:24:56.939
 Nathaniel

00:24:56.939 --> 00:24:57.579
 says in

00:24:57.579 --> 00:24:58.919
 that disparaging

00:24:58.919 --> 00:24:59.579
 tone,

00:25:00.059 --> 00:25:00.579
 really?

00:25:00.759 --> 00:25:01.379
 Can anything

00:25:01.379 --> 00:25:02.240
 good come

00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:02.579
 out of

00:25:02.579 --> 00:25:03.359
 Nazareth?

00:25:03.480 --> 00:25:03.819
 Are you

00:25:03.819 --> 00:25:04.279
 serious,

00:25:04.439 --> 00:25:04.559
 Philip?

00:25:05.419 --> 00:25:05.779
 That's

00:25:05.779 --> 00:25:06.299
 ridiculous.

00:25:06.439 --> 00:25:06.659
 That's

00:25:06.659 --> 00:25:07.139
 outrageous.

00:25:07.140 --> 00:25:10.380
 So what

00:25:10.380 --> 00:25:10.740
 does Philip

00:25:10.740 --> 00:25:10.960
 do?

00:25:11.020 --> 00:25:11.259
 Does he

00:25:11.259 --> 00:25:11.780
 write him

00:25:11.780 --> 00:25:11.980
 off?

00:25:12.040 --> 00:25:12.280
 Does he

00:25:12.280 --> 00:25:12.759
 walk away?

00:25:12.880 --> 00:25:13.140
 No,

00:25:13.259 --> 00:25:13.840
 he says,

00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:14.860
 Nathaniel,

00:25:15.300 --> 00:25:16.580
 I insist

00:25:16.580 --> 00:25:16.980
 that you

00:25:16.980 --> 00:25:17.420
 come and

00:25:17.420 --> 00:25:17.640
 see.

00:25:19.700 --> 00:25:20.380
 Come and

00:25:20.380 --> 00:25:20.740
 see for

00:25:20.740 --> 00:25:21.160
 yourself.

00:25:21.360 --> 00:25:21.620
 Follow

00:25:21.620 --> 00:25:21.960
 me.

00:25:22.960 --> 00:25:23.259
 You see,

00:25:23.560 --> 00:25:24.100
 befriending

00:25:24.100 --> 00:25:25.160
 Nathaniel is

00:25:25.160 --> 00:25:25.759
 clearly

00:25:25.759 --> 00:25:26.480
 challenging

00:25:26.480 --> 00:25:27.340
 for Philip,

00:25:27.960 --> 00:25:28.560
 but Philip

00:25:28.560 --> 00:25:29.620
 is rewarded

00:25:29.620 --> 00:25:30.320
 for his

00:25:30.320 --> 00:25:31.040
 prayerful

00:25:31.040 --> 00:25:31.740
 persistence

00:25:31.740 --> 00:25:32.900
 and perseverance.

00:25:33.560 --> 00:25:34.960
 He persuades

00:25:34.960 --> 00:25:35.900
 Nathaniel to

00:25:35.900 --> 00:25:36.380
 come to

00:25:36.380 --> 00:25:36.759
 Jesus.

00:25:38.720 --> 00:25:39.540
 And Nathaniel

00:25:39.540 --> 00:25:40.180
 ultimately

00:25:40.180 --> 00:25:41.019
 becomes,

00:25:41.200 --> 00:25:41.700
 doesn't he,

00:25:41.720 --> 00:25:42.400
 a disciple

00:25:42.400 --> 00:25:42.900
 of the

00:25:42.900 --> 00:25:43.519
 Lord Jesus

00:25:43.519 --> 00:25:44.259
 Christ.

00:25:45.580 --> 00:25:46.100
 Even

00:25:46.100 --> 00:25:47.400
 when someone

00:25:47.400 --> 00:25:48.300
 is less

00:25:48.300 --> 00:25:49.220
 than receptive,

00:25:51.420 --> 00:25:53.220
 when our

00:25:53.220 --> 00:25:54.080
 one-to-one

00:25:54.080 --> 00:25:55.680
 evangelism is

00:25:55.680 --> 00:25:56.620
 intentional

00:25:56.620 --> 00:25:58.480
 and purposeful,

00:25:59.480 --> 00:26:00.380
 and if we're

00:26:00.380 --> 00:26:01.320
 prepared not

00:26:01.320 --> 00:26:02.080
 to give up

00:26:02.080 --> 00:26:02.840
 too easily,

00:26:03.500 --> 00:26:04.640
 we see fruit

00:26:04.640 --> 00:26:05.320
 for our

00:26:05.320 --> 00:26:05.660
 labor.

00:26:07.060 --> 00:26:07.420
 Anyway,

00:26:08.700 --> 00:26:09.500
 back to

00:26:09.500 --> 00:26:11.100
 the scribes

00:26:11.100 --> 00:26:12.100
 and the

00:26:12.100 --> 00:26:12.860
 Pharisees,

00:26:12.960 --> 00:26:14.560
 as they

00:26:14.560 --> 00:26:15.840
 clearly feel,

00:26:15.960 --> 00:26:16.380
 don't they,

00:26:16.460 --> 00:26:18.300
 that Jesus

00:26:18.300 --> 00:26:19.060
 should have

00:26:19.060 --> 00:26:19.740
 at least

00:26:19.740 --> 00:26:20.660
 understood

00:26:20.660 --> 00:26:23.259
 that it

00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:23.640
 was

00:26:23.640 --> 00:26:25.100
 unorthodox

00:26:25.100 --> 00:26:25.720
 for him

00:26:25.720 --> 00:26:27.040
 to recline

00:26:27.040 --> 00:26:27.620
 a table

00:26:27.620 --> 00:26:28.460
 and eat

00:26:28.460 --> 00:26:28.920
 with

00:26:28.920 --> 00:26:29.940
 contaminated

00:26:29.940 --> 00:26:30.720
 men in

00:26:30.720 --> 00:26:31.000
 this

00:26:31.000 --> 00:26:31.940
 ceremonially

00:26:31.940 --> 00:26:32.860
 unclean,

00:26:33.080 --> 00:26:33.360
 filthy

00:26:33.359 --> 00:26:34.039
 environment.

00:26:36.379 --> 00:26:37.199
 By

00:26:37.199 --> 00:26:37.819
 comparison,

00:26:38.039 --> 00:26:38.439
 if you

00:26:38.439 --> 00:26:38.819
 had

00:26:38.819 --> 00:26:39.439
 attended

00:26:39.439 --> 00:26:41.299
 a high-end

00:26:41.299 --> 00:26:42.159
 dinner party

00:26:42.159 --> 00:26:43.079
 hosted by

00:26:43.079 --> 00:26:44.519
 a Pharisee

00:26:44.519 --> 00:26:44.779
 and a

00:26:44.779 --> 00:26:45.319
 scribe

00:26:45.319 --> 00:26:45.619
 and a

00:26:45.619 --> 00:26:46.379
 Sadducee,

00:26:47.039 --> 00:26:47.439
 well,

00:26:48.439 --> 00:26:49.039
 they were

00:26:49.039 --> 00:26:50.319
 likened to

00:26:50.319 --> 00:26:52.439
 an exclusive

00:26:52.439 --> 00:26:53.639
 society

00:26:53.639 --> 00:26:55.559
 for the

00:26:55.559 --> 00:26:56.000
 righteous,

00:26:56.500 --> 00:26:56.939
 for the

00:26:56.939 --> 00:26:58.179
 holier-than-thou

00:26:58.179 --> 00:26:59.000
 brigade,

00:26:59.639 --> 00:27:00.599
 like-minded,

00:27:00.599 --> 00:27:02.000
 upright,

00:27:02.419 --> 00:27:03.559
 pious men

00:27:03.559 --> 00:27:04.399
 of standing

00:27:04.399 --> 00:27:05.119
 and for

00:27:05.119 --> 00:27:06.379
 nobody else.

00:27:07.139 --> 00:27:08.119
 Nobody else

00:27:08.119 --> 00:27:08.859
 is welcome.

00:27:10.459 --> 00:27:11.259
 But look at

00:27:11.259 --> 00:27:12.159
 verse 12.

00:27:13.759 --> 00:27:14.359
 Look at how

00:27:14.359 --> 00:27:15.759
 Jesus responds

00:27:15.759 --> 00:27:18.699
 to their

00:27:18.699 --> 00:27:19.839
 hostility.

00:27:21.139 --> 00:27:21.819
 Isn't Jesus

00:27:21.819 --> 00:27:22.719
 forthright?

00:27:23.679 --> 00:27:24.359
 And isn't it

00:27:24.359 --> 00:27:25.719
 peppered

00:27:25.719 --> 00:27:26.559
 with irony?

00:27:26.559 --> 00:27:28.299
 because Jesus

00:27:28.299 --> 00:27:29.019
 goes on to

00:27:29.019 --> 00:27:30.019
 draw a

00:27:30.019 --> 00:27:30.460
 telling

00:27:30.460 --> 00:27:31.480
 comparison

00:27:31.480 --> 00:27:32.220
 between

00:27:32.220 --> 00:27:34.179
 the Pharisee

00:27:34.179 --> 00:27:34.740
 and those

00:27:34.740 --> 00:27:35.240
 with whom

00:27:35.240 --> 00:27:35.779
 he is

00:27:35.779 --> 00:27:36.179
 having

00:27:36.179 --> 00:27:36.679
 fellowship.

00:27:36.819 --> 00:27:36.919
 Now,

00:27:36.940 --> 00:27:37.259
 this is how

00:27:37.259 --> 00:27:37.559
 we're going

00:27:37.559 --> 00:27:38.200
 to conclude

00:27:38.200 --> 00:27:38.740
 tonight,

00:27:38.859 --> 00:27:39.240
 but it's

00:27:39.240 --> 00:27:39.720
 worth

00:27:39.720 --> 00:27:41.440
 looking at

00:27:41.440 --> 00:27:42.099
 in a

00:27:42.099 --> 00:27:42.460
 little

00:27:42.460 --> 00:27:43.419
 detail.

00:27:45.639 --> 00:27:46.319
 Let's

00:27:46.319 --> 00:27:46.679
 just,

00:27:46.879 --> 00:27:47.279
 again,

00:27:47.379 --> 00:27:47.740
 remind

00:27:47.740 --> 00:27:48.220
 ourselves

00:27:48.220 --> 00:27:48.599
 of what

00:27:48.599 --> 00:27:48.899
 Jesus

00:27:48.899 --> 00:27:49.559
 says

00:27:49.559 --> 00:27:50.019
 in

00:27:50.019 --> 00:27:50.460
 verse

00:27:50.460 --> 00:27:51.079
 12.

00:27:51.240 --> 00:27:51.480
 Those

00:27:51.480 --> 00:27:51.819
 who are

00:27:51.819 --> 00:27:52.500
 well,

00:27:52.720 --> 00:27:53.519
 who have

00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:55.059
 no need

00:27:55.059 --> 00:27:55.500
 of a

00:27:55.500 --> 00:27:55.980
 physician,

00:27:56.559 --> 00:27:58.139
 but those

00:27:58.139 --> 00:27:58.440
 who are

00:27:58.440 --> 00:27:59.039
 sick.

00:28:02.740 --> 00:28:03.079
 Now,

00:28:05.559 --> 00:28:06.200
 tax

00:28:06.200 --> 00:28:06.900
 collectors

00:28:06.900 --> 00:28:09.759
 and their

00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:10.579
 associates,

00:28:10.940 --> 00:28:11.400
 they are

00:28:11.400 --> 00:28:12.160
 the sick,

00:28:13.400 --> 00:28:14.319
 the spiritually

00:28:14.319 --> 00:28:15.000
 ill,

00:28:15.079 --> 00:28:15.539
 and here

00:28:15.539 --> 00:28:16.039
 they are

00:28:16.039 --> 00:28:16.480
 gathering

00:28:16.480 --> 00:28:17.299
 in Matthew's

00:28:17.299 --> 00:28:17.660
 home.

00:28:19.019 --> 00:28:19.400
 He,

00:28:19.940 --> 00:28:20.700
 the Lord

00:28:20.700 --> 00:28:21.779
 Jesus Christ,

00:28:21.779 --> 00:28:22.480
 is the

00:28:22.480 --> 00:28:23.019
 good

00:28:23.019 --> 00:28:23.839
 physician

00:28:23.839 --> 00:28:25.180
 they need

00:28:25.180 --> 00:28:25.819
 and he

00:28:25.819 --> 00:28:26.899
 will attend

00:28:26.899 --> 00:28:27.539
 to them.

00:28:27.920 --> 00:28:28.359
 He will

00:28:28.359 --> 00:28:29.259
 bring healing

00:28:29.259 --> 00:28:29.759
 to their

00:28:29.759 --> 00:28:30.359
 troubled

00:28:30.359 --> 00:28:31.359
 souls.

00:28:33.220 --> 00:28:33.639
 Yes,

00:28:33.700 --> 00:28:34.119
 here we

00:28:34.119 --> 00:28:34.920
 see Jesus,

00:28:35.720 --> 00:28:36.720
 the good

00:28:36.720 --> 00:28:37.420
 physician,

00:28:37.660 --> 00:28:38.160
 the good

00:28:38.160 --> 00:28:38.639
 shepherd,

00:28:38.799 --> 00:28:39.240
 the good

00:28:39.240 --> 00:28:39.740
 physician,

00:28:39.879 --> 00:28:40.579
 because from

00:28:40.579 --> 00:28:41.579
 his surgery

00:28:41.579 --> 00:28:43.539
 comes

00:28:43.539 --> 00:28:44.720
 salvation

00:28:44.720 --> 00:28:45.399
 for the

00:28:45.399 --> 00:28:45.899
 lost.

00:28:46.960 --> 00:28:47.460
 He has

00:28:47.460 --> 00:28:48.000
 come to

00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:48.660
 seek and

00:28:48.660 --> 00:28:49.259
 to save

00:28:49.259 --> 00:28:49.879
 the lost.

00:28:49.879 --> 00:28:50.899
 From his

00:28:50.900 --> 00:28:51.940
 dispensary,

00:28:52.080 --> 00:28:52.500
 from his

00:28:52.500 --> 00:28:53.180
 divine

00:28:53.180 --> 00:28:54.140
 dispensary,

00:28:54.300 --> 00:28:55.180
 comes the

00:28:55.180 --> 00:28:56.360
 remedy of

00:28:56.360 --> 00:28:57.060
 redemption

00:28:57.060 --> 00:28:57.780
 for those

00:28:57.780 --> 00:28:58.400
 considered

00:28:58.400 --> 00:28:59.100
 beyond

00:28:59.100 --> 00:28:59.700
 redemption.

00:29:01.400 --> 00:29:01.800
 By

00:29:01.800 --> 00:29:02.680
 contrast,

00:29:02.820 --> 00:29:03.320
 those who

00:29:03.320 --> 00:29:04.340
 consider

00:29:04.340 --> 00:29:05.320
 themselves

00:29:05.320 --> 00:29:06.080
 to be

00:29:06.080 --> 00:29:06.780
 healthy,

00:29:06.900 --> 00:29:07.200
 in other

00:29:07.200 --> 00:29:07.460
 words,

00:29:07.620 --> 00:29:08.200
 perfectly

00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:08.780
 well,

00:29:08.980 --> 00:29:09.500
 under the

00:29:09.500 --> 00:29:10.140
 guise of

00:29:10.140 --> 00:29:10.500
 false

00:29:10.500 --> 00:29:11.220
 piety,

00:29:11.740 --> 00:29:12.380
 and have

00:29:12.380 --> 00:29:12.780
 in their

00:29:12.780 --> 00:29:13.140
 own

00:29:13.140 --> 00:29:13.680
 considered

00:29:13.680 --> 00:29:14.300
 opinion,

00:29:14.660 --> 00:29:15.400
 no need

00:29:15.400 --> 00:29:15.680
 for

00:29:15.680 --> 00:29:16.160
 cleansing

00:29:16.160 --> 00:29:17.620
 from sin,

00:29:18.160 --> 00:29:18.460
 see

00:29:18.460 --> 00:29:19.840
 no need

00:29:19.840 --> 00:29:20.740
 whatsoever

00:29:20.740 --> 00:29:21.640
 for the

00:29:21.640 --> 00:29:22.000
 healing

00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:22.980
 intervention

00:29:22.980 --> 00:29:24.079
 of this

00:29:24.079 --> 00:29:24.840
 heavenly

00:29:24.840 --> 00:29:25.779
 physician

00:29:25.779 --> 00:29:26.539
 who is

00:29:26.539 --> 00:29:27.039
 passing

00:29:27.039 --> 00:29:27.539
 by.

00:29:28.600 --> 00:29:29.140
 Such

00:29:29.140 --> 00:29:30.720
 was

00:29:30.720 --> 00:29:31.259
 the

00:29:31.259 --> 00:29:31.799
 attitude

00:29:31.799 --> 00:29:33.019
 of

00:29:33.019 --> 00:29:33.440
 the

00:29:33.440 --> 00:29:33.819
 religious

00:29:33.819 --> 00:29:34.420
 leaders

00:29:34.420 --> 00:29:35.240
 we are

00:29:35.240 --> 00:29:35.779
 engaging

00:29:35.779 --> 00:29:36.400
 with here,

00:29:36.420 --> 00:29:37.180
 because the

00:29:37.180 --> 00:29:38.299
 scourge

00:29:38.299 --> 00:29:38.860
 of

00:29:38.860 --> 00:29:40.559
 self-righteousness

00:29:40.559 --> 00:29:41.880
 is theirs.

00:29:41.880 --> 00:29:42.840
 They are

00:29:42.840 --> 00:29:44.200
 blinded

00:29:44.200 --> 00:29:47.500
 to their

00:29:47.500 --> 00:29:48.360
 leprosy

00:29:48.360 --> 00:29:48.920
 of sin

00:29:48.920 --> 00:29:49.299
 within.

00:29:49.460 --> 00:29:49.720
 Yes,

00:29:49.840 --> 00:29:50.319
 the very

00:29:50.319 --> 00:29:51.039
 ones who

00:29:51.039 --> 00:29:51.740
 will label

00:29:51.740 --> 00:29:52.600
 the leper

00:29:52.600 --> 00:29:53.480
 unclean,

00:29:54.180 --> 00:29:54.940
 blinded

00:29:54.940 --> 00:29:55.400
 to their

00:29:55.400 --> 00:29:56.160
 leprosy

00:29:56.160 --> 00:29:56.860
 of sin

00:29:56.860 --> 00:29:57.799
 within.

00:29:58.080 --> 00:29:58.960
 They live

00:29:58.960 --> 00:29:59.240
 their

00:29:59.240 --> 00:29:59.660
 religious

00:29:59.660 --> 00:30:00.299
 lives

00:30:00.299 --> 00:30:01.019
 on a

00:30:01.019 --> 00:30:02.559
 self-elevated

00:30:02.559 --> 00:30:03.620
 pedestal

00:30:03.620 --> 00:30:04.059
 of

00:30:04.059 --> 00:30:05.120
 contradictory

00:30:05.120 --> 00:30:06.259
 piety.

00:30:06.620 --> 00:30:07.019
 They are

00:30:07.019 --> 00:30:07.600
 deluded

00:30:07.600 --> 00:30:08.440
 and they

00:30:08.440 --> 00:30:09.120
 are in

00:30:09.120 --> 00:30:10.019
 denial,

00:30:10.460 --> 00:30:10.799
 and the

00:30:10.799 --> 00:30:11.539
 Lord Jesus

00:30:11.539 --> 00:30:12.920
 say so

00:30:12.920 --> 00:30:13.680
 without

00:30:13.680 --> 00:30:14.160
 holding

00:30:14.160 --> 00:30:14.660
 back.

00:30:14.940 --> 00:30:15.259
 No

00:30:15.259 --> 00:30:15.720
 filter

00:30:15.720 --> 00:30:16.160
 here.

00:30:17.060 --> 00:30:17.380
 Jesus

00:30:17.380 --> 00:30:18.039
 declares

00:30:18.039 --> 00:30:18.500
 that he

00:30:18.500 --> 00:30:18.740
 has

00:30:18.740 --> 00:30:19.160
 come

00:30:19.160 --> 00:30:19.860
 not

00:30:19.860 --> 00:30:20.160
 to

00:30:20.160 --> 00:30:20.580
 call

00:30:20.580 --> 00:30:20.840
 the

00:30:20.840 --> 00:30:21.539
 righteous,

00:30:22.880 --> 00:30:23.120
 the

00:30:23.120 --> 00:30:24.420
 self-righteous

00:30:24.420 --> 00:30:25.220
 scribes

00:30:25.220 --> 00:30:25.900
 and Pharisees.

00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:26.120
 No,

00:30:26.220 --> 00:30:26.560
 he has

00:30:26.560 --> 00:30:26.840
 come

00:30:26.840 --> 00:30:27.080
 to

00:30:27.080 --> 00:30:27.500
 call

00:30:27.500 --> 00:30:28.759
 sinners,

00:30:30.360 --> 00:30:30.800
 those

00:30:30.800 --> 00:30:31.019
 who

00:30:31.019 --> 00:30:31.480
 fully

00:30:31.480 --> 00:30:32.759
 recognize

00:30:32.759 --> 00:30:33.100
 their

00:30:33.100 --> 00:30:33.740
 urgent

00:30:33.740 --> 00:30:34.019
 and

00:30:34.019 --> 00:30:34.519
 pressing

00:30:34.519 --> 00:30:35.080
 need

00:30:35.080 --> 00:30:35.380
 to

00:30:35.380 --> 00:30:35.940
 repent

00:30:35.940 --> 00:30:36.200
 of

00:30:36.200 --> 00:30:36.460
 their

00:30:36.460 --> 00:30:36.800
 sins

00:30:36.800 --> 00:30:37.060
 and

00:30:37.060 --> 00:30:37.420
 find

00:30:37.420 --> 00:30:38.180
 salvation

00:30:38.180 --> 00:30:38.779
 in

00:30:38.779 --> 00:30:39.180
 Jesus

00:30:39.180 --> 00:30:39.740
 Christ

00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:39.960
 and

00:30:39.960 --> 00:30:40.180
 be

00:30:40.180 --> 00:30:40.980
 clothed

00:30:40.980 --> 00:30:41.200
 with

00:30:41.200 --> 00:30:41.400
 the

00:30:41.400 --> 00:30:42.600
 imputed

00:30:42.599 --> 00:30:43.439
 righteousness

00:30:43.439 --> 00:30:44.599
 of

00:30:44.599 --> 00:30:45.419
 God.

00:30:46.419 --> 00:30:46.819
 Now,

00:30:47.779 --> 00:30:48.539
 we read

00:30:48.539 --> 00:30:49.000
 from the

00:30:49.000 --> 00:30:49.240
 beginning

00:30:49.240 --> 00:30:49.719
 of this

00:30:49.719 --> 00:30:50.119
 chapter.

00:30:51.059 --> 00:30:51.500
 Why?

00:30:52.039 --> 00:30:52.339
 Well,

00:30:53.339 --> 00:30:54.799
 think of

00:30:54.799 --> 00:30:56.159
 the phrase

00:30:56.159 --> 00:30:57.459
 that the

00:30:57.459 --> 00:30:58.139
 title of

00:30:58.139 --> 00:30:58.519
 some of

00:30:58.519 --> 00:30:59.819
 Calvin's

00:30:59.819 --> 00:31:01.719
 commentaries

00:31:01.719 --> 00:31:02.039
 on the

00:31:02.039 --> 00:31:02.659
 Gospels,

00:31:02.839 --> 00:31:03.899
 a harmony

00:31:03.899 --> 00:31:04.899
 of

00:31:04.899 --> 00:31:05.819
 the

00:31:05.819 --> 00:31:06.859
 Gospels.

00:31:07.599 --> 00:31:07.939
 And there

00:31:07.939 --> 00:31:08.500
 is harmony

00:31:08.500 --> 00:31:08.779
 here,

00:31:08.839 --> 00:31:09.259
 there always

00:31:09.259 --> 00:31:09.879
 is.

00:31:10.779 --> 00:31:11.240
 There is

00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:11.839
 logic

00:31:11.839 --> 00:31:12.240
 to

00:31:12.240 --> 00:31:12.620
 chapter

00:31:12.620 --> 00:31:12.980
 9

00:31:12.980 --> 00:31:13.480
 beginning

00:31:13.480 --> 00:31:13.819
 with

00:31:13.819 --> 00:31:14.000
 the

00:31:14.000 --> 00:31:14.620
 episode

00:31:14.620 --> 00:31:15.559
 concerning

00:31:15.559 --> 00:31:15.859
 the

00:31:15.859 --> 00:31:16.519
 paralytic.

00:31:18.599 --> 00:31:19.019
 And then

00:31:19.019 --> 00:31:19.839
 we transition

00:31:19.839 --> 00:31:20.700
 to Matthew

00:31:20.700 --> 00:31:21.400
 and into

00:31:21.400 --> 00:31:22.039
 Matthew's

00:31:22.039 --> 00:31:22.420
 home.

00:31:23.160 --> 00:31:23.299
 The

00:31:23.299 --> 00:31:23.799
 words

00:31:23.799 --> 00:31:24.039
 of

00:31:24.039 --> 00:31:24.400
 Jesus

00:31:24.400 --> 00:31:24.940
 speak

00:31:24.940 --> 00:31:25.220
 into

00:31:25.220 --> 00:31:25.620
 a much

00:31:25.620 --> 00:31:26.299
 wider

00:31:26.299 --> 00:31:27.240
 context.

00:31:28.019 --> 00:31:28.579
 And more

00:31:28.579 --> 00:31:29.299
 often than

00:31:29.299 --> 00:31:29.640
 not,

00:31:29.980 --> 00:31:30.720
 it's like

00:31:30.720 --> 00:31:32.120
 that as

00:31:32.120 --> 00:31:32.640
 we read

00:31:32.640 --> 00:31:33.279
 through

00:31:33.279 --> 00:31:33.819
 the

00:31:33.819 --> 00:31:34.700
 Gospels.

00:31:35.980 --> 00:31:36.680
 So,

00:31:36.839 --> 00:31:37.920
 verse 1

00:31:37.920 --> 00:31:38.559
 here in

00:31:38.559 --> 00:31:39.319
 chapter 9,

00:31:39.319 --> 00:31:39.619
 let's

00:31:39.619 --> 00:31:40.220
 just follow

00:31:40.220 --> 00:31:40.899
 it briefly.

00:31:41.159 --> 00:31:41.460
 When a

00:31:41.460 --> 00:31:41.919
 paralyzed

00:31:41.919 --> 00:31:42.759
 man,

00:31:43.919 --> 00:31:44.399
 carried

00:31:44.399 --> 00:31:45.079
 by four

00:31:45.079 --> 00:31:45.480
 friends,

00:31:45.599 --> 00:31:46.259
 is lowered

00:31:46.259 --> 00:31:47.200
 to Jesus

00:31:47.200 --> 00:31:47.700
 through an

00:31:47.700 --> 00:31:48.159
 opening in

00:31:48.159 --> 00:31:48.419
 the roof

00:31:48.419 --> 00:31:48.659
 of a

00:31:48.659 --> 00:31:49.119
 house dug

00:31:49.119 --> 00:31:49.559
 by those

00:31:49.559 --> 00:31:49.980
 carrying

00:31:49.980 --> 00:31:50.259
 him,

00:31:50.359 --> 00:31:51.079
 what happens?

00:31:51.179 --> 00:31:51.460
 Jesus

00:31:51.460 --> 00:31:52.619
 responds to

00:31:52.619 --> 00:31:53.460
 their faith

00:31:53.460 --> 00:31:54.460
 by healing

00:31:54.460 --> 00:31:55.179
 the

00:31:55.179 --> 00:31:58.299
 incapacitated

00:31:58.299 --> 00:31:59.019
 body of

00:31:59.019 --> 00:31:59.179
 the

00:31:59.179 --> 00:31:59.639
 paralytic.

00:32:01.299 --> 00:32:02.179
 Is that

00:32:02.179 --> 00:32:02.480
 it?

00:32:03.039 --> 00:32:03.460
 No.

00:32:04.460 --> 00:32:05.119
 By no

00:32:05.119 --> 00:32:05.619
 means.

00:32:06.599 --> 00:32:07.179
 Notice

00:32:07.180 --> 00:32:08.400
 where Matthew

00:32:08.400 --> 00:32:09.160
 places the

00:32:09.160 --> 00:32:09.660
 emphasis

00:32:09.660 --> 00:32:10.240
 here.

00:32:10.640 --> 00:32:11.100
 The key

00:32:11.100 --> 00:32:11.620
 issue

00:32:11.620 --> 00:32:13.019
 is the

00:32:13.019 --> 00:32:13.980
 paralytic's

00:32:13.980 --> 00:32:15.060
 spiritual

00:32:15.060 --> 00:32:15.700
 sickness.

00:32:16.840 --> 00:32:17.440
 It's his

00:32:17.440 --> 00:32:17.980
 sinful

00:32:17.980 --> 00:32:18.720
 condition

00:32:18.720 --> 00:32:19.420
 that comes

00:32:19.420 --> 00:32:19.920
 under the

00:32:19.920 --> 00:32:20.539
 spotlight.

00:32:21.600 --> 00:32:22.360
 Primarily

00:32:22.360 --> 00:32:23.420
 his soul.

00:32:24.320 --> 00:32:24.480
 The

00:32:24.480 --> 00:32:24.960
 secondary

00:32:24.960 --> 00:32:25.480
 issue

00:32:25.480 --> 00:32:27.680
 is his

00:32:27.680 --> 00:32:28.640
 physical

00:32:28.640 --> 00:32:31.680
 situation,

00:32:31.900 --> 00:32:32.080
 his

00:32:32.080 --> 00:32:33.200
 incapacitated

00:32:33.200 --> 00:32:34.460
 body,

00:32:34.660 --> 00:32:35.160
 disabled

00:32:35.160 --> 00:32:35.720
 as it

00:32:35.720 --> 00:32:36.259
 is.

00:32:37.060 --> 00:32:37.400
 But look

00:32:37.400 --> 00:32:37.740
 at how

00:32:37.740 --> 00:32:38.180
 Jesus,

00:32:38.600 --> 00:32:39.080
 the good

00:32:39.080 --> 00:32:39.620
 physician,

00:32:40.880 --> 00:32:41.660
 intervenes

00:32:41.660 --> 00:32:42.120
 in verse

00:32:42.120 --> 00:32:42.360
 2.

00:32:42.660 --> 00:32:42.980
 Take

00:32:42.980 --> 00:32:43.420
 heart,

00:32:43.600 --> 00:32:44.160
 my son,

00:32:44.519 --> 00:32:45.540
 your sins

00:32:45.540 --> 00:32:46.300
 are

00:32:46.300 --> 00:32:47.259
 forgiven.

00:32:48.320 --> 00:32:48.759
 Bishop

00:32:48.759 --> 00:32:49.180
 Ryle,

00:32:49.279 --> 00:32:49.660
 J.C.

00:32:49.740 --> 00:32:50.080
 Ryle,

00:32:50.200 --> 00:32:50.900
 calls Jesus

00:32:50.900 --> 00:32:51.360
 in this

00:32:51.360 --> 00:32:51.940
 context,

00:32:52.300 --> 00:32:53.140
 the healer

00:32:53.140 --> 00:32:54.220
 of sin,

00:32:54.660 --> 00:32:55.040
 sick

00:32:55.040 --> 00:32:56.180
 souls.

00:32:56.519 --> 00:32:57.080
 And so

00:32:57.080 --> 00:32:57.900
 he is.

00:32:58.120 --> 00:32:58.940
 Because the

00:32:58.940 --> 00:32:59.620
 paralytic

00:32:59.620 --> 00:33:00.259
 we see

00:33:00.259 --> 00:33:00.620
 here,

00:33:01.040 --> 00:33:01.440
 yes,

00:33:01.500 --> 00:33:01.740
 he's

00:33:01.740 --> 00:33:02.680
 restored to

00:33:02.680 --> 00:33:03.160
 health.

00:33:03.320 --> 00:33:03.940
 Physically,

00:33:04.080 --> 00:33:04.759
 he's on his

00:33:04.759 --> 00:33:05.200
 feet.

00:33:06.700 --> 00:33:07.160
 But in

00:33:07.160 --> 00:33:07.940
 particular,

00:33:08.140 --> 00:33:08.900
 especially,

00:33:09.140 --> 00:33:09.460
 you might

00:33:09.460 --> 00:33:09.680
 say,

00:33:09.740 --> 00:33:10.140
 from a

00:33:10.140 --> 00:33:10.660
 spiritual

00:33:10.660 --> 00:33:11.480
 perspective,

00:33:11.819 --> 00:33:12.259
 which is

00:33:12.259 --> 00:33:12.640
 the key

00:33:12.640 --> 00:33:13.079
 point of

00:33:13.079 --> 00:33:13.440
 emphasis

00:33:13.440 --> 00:33:14.299
 in his

00:33:14.299 --> 00:33:14.960
 personal

00:33:14.960 --> 00:33:15.759
 encounter

00:33:15.759 --> 00:33:16.420
 with

00:33:16.420 --> 00:33:16.879
 Jesus.

00:33:17.400 --> 00:33:17.920
 In other

00:33:17.920 --> 00:33:18.500
 words,

00:33:18.759 --> 00:33:19.819
 it's not

00:33:19.819 --> 00:33:21.940
 the self-declared

00:33:21.940 --> 00:33:22.879
 healthy

00:33:22.879 --> 00:33:24.019
 who need

00:33:24.019 --> 00:33:24.539
 a doctor,

00:33:24.680 --> 00:33:25.200
 but those

00:33:25.200 --> 00:33:25.599
 who are

00:33:25.599 --> 00:33:26.319
 ill.

00:33:29.319 --> 00:33:30.259
 And those

00:33:30.259 --> 00:33:31.539
 who are

00:33:31.539 --> 00:33:31.900
 unable

00:33:31.900 --> 00:33:33.100
 to see

00:33:33.100 --> 00:33:35.620
 with clarity

00:33:35.620 --> 00:33:36.519
 their illness

00:33:36.519 --> 00:33:37.019
 for what

00:33:37.019 --> 00:33:38.000
 it is.

00:33:40.640 --> 00:33:41.360
 Sick

00:33:41.360 --> 00:33:42.340
 here points

00:33:42.340 --> 00:33:42.600
 to

00:33:42.600 --> 00:33:44.019
 outcasts

00:33:44.019 --> 00:33:44.960
 who

00:33:44.960 --> 00:33:45.640
 recognize

00:33:45.640 --> 00:33:46.480
 that they

00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:47.000
 have a

00:33:47.000 --> 00:33:47.640
 pressing,

00:33:47.920 --> 00:33:48.720
 urgent need

00:33:48.720 --> 00:33:49.420
 for healing.

00:33:50.680 --> 00:33:51.000
 You see,

00:33:51.160 --> 00:33:51.860
 Matthew was

00:33:51.860 --> 00:33:52.680
 just like

00:33:52.680 --> 00:33:53.380
 the paralyzed

00:33:53.380 --> 00:33:54.200
 man we're

00:33:54.200 --> 00:33:55.100
 introduced to

00:33:55.100 --> 00:33:55.940
 at the

00:33:55.940 --> 00:33:56.320
 beginning

00:33:56.320 --> 00:33:57.460
 of chapter

00:33:57.460 --> 00:33:57.980
 nine,

00:33:58.340 --> 00:33:59.080
 just like

00:33:59.080 --> 00:34:00.220
 him discriminated

00:34:00.220 --> 00:34:00.839
 against,

00:34:01.380 --> 00:34:02.079
 by the

00:34:02.079 --> 00:34:02.600
 righteous,

00:34:03.319 --> 00:34:04.819
 the self-righteous

00:34:04.819 --> 00:34:05.680
 teachers of

00:34:05.680 --> 00:34:05.940
 the law,

00:34:06.039 --> 00:34:06.839
 who have no

00:34:06.839 --> 00:34:07.420
 spiritual

00:34:07.420 --> 00:34:08.460
 discernment

00:34:08.460 --> 00:34:09.639
 or compassion

00:34:09.639 --> 00:34:11.699
 for sinners.

00:34:12.300 --> 00:34:13.220
 They don't.

00:34:14.059 --> 00:34:14.740
 Not an

00:34:14.740 --> 00:34:15.159
 iota.

00:34:16.159 --> 00:34:17.019
 But Jesus

00:34:17.019 --> 00:34:17.840
 Christ

00:34:17.840 --> 00:34:18.559
 does.

00:34:20.579 --> 00:34:21.480
 Unclean

00:34:21.480 --> 00:34:22.220
 Matthew

00:34:22.220 --> 00:34:23.159
 has been

00:34:23.159 --> 00:34:24.740
 cleansed.

00:34:25.519 --> 00:34:25.920
 He has

00:34:25.920 --> 00:34:26.920
 been forgiven

00:34:26.920 --> 00:34:28.400
 through Jesus

00:34:28.400 --> 00:34:29.199
 Christ.

00:34:30.219 --> 00:34:31.539
 as was

00:34:31.539 --> 00:34:32.579
 the paralytic

00:34:32.579 --> 00:34:33.579
 before him.

00:34:35.779 --> 00:34:36.759
 You see,

00:34:36.859 --> 00:34:37.539
 the spiritual

00:34:37.539 --> 00:34:38.419
 blindness,

00:34:38.819 --> 00:34:39.279
 pride,

00:34:39.439 --> 00:34:40.059
 and prejudice

00:34:40.059 --> 00:34:40.739
 of the

00:34:40.739 --> 00:34:41.559
 Pharisees

00:34:41.559 --> 00:34:42.299
 means that

00:34:42.299 --> 00:34:43.959
 they fail

00:34:43.959 --> 00:34:45.079
 to recognize

00:34:45.079 --> 00:34:45.980
 who Jesus

00:34:45.980 --> 00:34:47.500
 really is.

00:34:47.980 --> 00:34:48.759
 Verse 6,

00:34:48.919 --> 00:34:49.659
 the Son

00:34:49.659 --> 00:34:50.419
 of Man

00:34:50.419 --> 00:34:51.179
 who has

00:34:51.179 --> 00:34:51.939
 authority

00:34:51.939 --> 00:34:52.859
 on earth

00:34:52.859 --> 00:34:54.279
 to forgive

00:34:54.279 --> 00:34:55.639
 sins.

00:34:56.719 --> 00:34:57.419
 The Son

00:34:57.419 --> 00:34:57.919
 of Man

00:34:57.919 --> 00:34:58.419
 is the

00:34:58.419 --> 00:34:59.559
 Son of God.

00:34:59.559 --> 00:35:00.719
 God

00:35:00.719 --> 00:35:01.920
 manifest

00:35:01.920 --> 00:35:02.360
 in the

00:35:02.360 --> 00:35:02.739
 flesh,

00:35:03.059 --> 00:35:03.360
 God

00:35:03.360 --> 00:35:04.139
 incarnate,

00:35:04.239 --> 00:35:04.619
 but He

00:35:04.619 --> 00:35:05.079
 is.

00:35:05.079 --> 00:35:05.820
 We see

00:35:05.820 --> 00:35:06.239
 Him here

00:35:06.239 --> 00:35:07.039
 in Matthew's

00:35:07.039 --> 00:35:07.320
 home.

00:35:07.619 --> 00:35:08.299
 He is

00:35:08.299 --> 00:35:09.179
 Emmanuel.

00:35:09.579 --> 00:35:09.960
 He is

00:35:09.960 --> 00:35:10.559
 God

00:35:10.559 --> 00:35:11.480
 with

00:35:11.480 --> 00:35:12.920
 us.

00:35:14.440 --> 00:35:15.159
 So again,

00:35:15.320 --> 00:35:15.960
 verse 7,

00:35:16.400 --> 00:35:17.159
 one final

00:35:17.159 --> 00:35:17.860
 reference to

00:35:17.860 --> 00:35:18.619
 the paralytic.

00:35:18.619 --> 00:35:19.599
 because

00:35:19.599 --> 00:35:20.359
 whilst the

00:35:20.359 --> 00:35:20.900
 healed

00:35:20.900 --> 00:35:21.839
 paralytic

00:35:21.839 --> 00:35:22.719
 took up

00:35:22.719 --> 00:35:23.239
 his mat

00:35:23.239 --> 00:35:24.019
 and walked

00:35:24.019 --> 00:35:24.480
 out in

00:35:24.480 --> 00:35:25.339
 full view

00:35:25.339 --> 00:35:25.679
 of them

00:35:25.679 --> 00:35:25.920
 all,

00:35:26.039 --> 00:35:26.619
 what happens?

00:35:26.699 --> 00:35:27.179
 Everyone

00:35:27.179 --> 00:35:27.859
 praises

00:35:27.859 --> 00:35:28.480
 God

00:35:28.480 --> 00:35:29.859
 in unison?

00:35:30.219 --> 00:35:31.579
 Not quite.

00:35:32.739 --> 00:35:33.719
 The scribes

00:35:33.719 --> 00:35:35.059
 and the Pharisees

00:35:35.059 --> 00:35:35.839
 beg

00:35:35.839 --> 00:35:36.719
 to differ.

00:35:37.339 --> 00:35:37.719
 They are

00:35:37.719 --> 00:35:38.279
 furious.

00:35:38.559 --> 00:35:38.799
 They are

00:35:38.799 --> 00:35:39.619
 incensed

00:35:39.619 --> 00:35:40.139
 at what

00:35:40.139 --> 00:35:41.099
 unfolds.

00:35:41.819 --> 00:35:42.480
 Back to

00:35:42.480 --> 00:35:43.239
 verse 13

00:35:43.239 --> 00:35:43.659
 here.

00:35:43.659 --> 00:35:45.299
 We have

00:35:45.299 --> 00:35:46.000
 the

00:35:46.000 --> 00:35:46.719
 rebuke

00:35:46.719 --> 00:35:48.299
 and it

00:35:48.299 --> 00:35:49.440
 is sharp.

00:35:49.719 --> 00:35:50.159
 What does

00:35:50.159 --> 00:35:50.859
 Jesus say

00:35:50.859 --> 00:35:51.279
 to them?

00:35:52.399 --> 00:35:52.920
 Go

00:35:52.920 --> 00:35:54.139
 and learn

00:35:54.139 --> 00:35:54.980
 what

00:35:54.980 --> 00:35:55.799
 this

00:35:55.799 --> 00:35:56.799
 means.

00:35:57.679 --> 00:35:58.500
 And then

00:35:58.500 --> 00:35:59.379
 He quotes

00:35:59.379 --> 00:36:00.319
 the prophet

00:36:00.319 --> 00:36:01.379
 Hosea.

00:36:01.940 --> 00:36:02.619
 Chapter

00:36:02.619 --> 00:36:03.319
 6,

00:36:03.599 --> 00:36:04.719
 verse 6,

00:36:04.719 --> 00:36:05.459
 I

00:36:05.459 --> 00:36:06.539
 desire

00:36:06.539 --> 00:36:07.759
 mercy,

00:36:08.539 --> 00:36:09.039
 not

00:36:09.039 --> 00:36:10.199
 sacrifice.

00:36:11.199 --> 00:36:11.519
 Whoa!

00:36:12.359 --> 00:36:13.039
 Reality

00:36:13.039 --> 00:36:13.699
 check.

00:36:14.679 --> 00:36:15.139
 It's

00:36:15.139 --> 00:36:15.899
 such a

00:36:15.899 --> 00:36:16.839
 sobering

00:36:16.839 --> 00:36:17.579
 call

00:36:17.579 --> 00:36:17.899
 to

00:36:17.899 --> 00:36:18.619
 reflection

00:36:18.619 --> 00:36:19.259
 and

00:36:19.259 --> 00:36:19.899
 serious

00:36:19.899 --> 00:36:20.839
 consideration.

00:36:22.980 --> 00:36:24.039
 You see,

00:36:24.179 --> 00:36:24.579
 Jesus,

00:36:25.059 --> 00:36:25.599
 as He

00:36:25.599 --> 00:36:26.199
 quotes

00:36:26.199 --> 00:36:26.899
 the words

00:36:26.899 --> 00:36:27.379
 of the

00:36:27.379 --> 00:36:27.759
 prophet,

00:36:28.500 --> 00:36:28.980
 highlights

00:36:28.980 --> 00:36:29.879
 the

00:36:29.879 --> 00:36:30.659
 danger

00:36:30.659 --> 00:36:32.379
 of a

00:36:32.379 --> 00:36:32.980
 religious

00:36:32.980 --> 00:36:34.219
 persuasion

00:36:34.219 --> 00:36:34.959
 that is

00:36:34.959 --> 00:36:35.619
 purely

00:36:35.619 --> 00:36:36.859
 external

00:36:36.859 --> 00:36:38.319
 in which

00:36:38.319 --> 00:36:39.419
 ritual

00:36:39.419 --> 00:36:40.919
 ceremonial

00:36:40.919 --> 00:36:42.079
 demands

00:36:42.079 --> 00:36:43.919
 take the

00:36:43.919 --> 00:36:44.459
 place

00:36:44.459 --> 00:36:45.359
 of

00:36:45.359 --> 00:36:46.159
 mercy.

00:36:47.359 --> 00:36:48.179
 Now,

00:36:48.259 --> 00:36:48.659
 the word

00:36:48.659 --> 00:36:49.419
 mercy

00:36:49.419 --> 00:36:51.459
 is taken

00:36:51.459 --> 00:36:52.179
 from the

00:36:52.179 --> 00:36:52.879
 vocabulary

00:36:52.879 --> 00:36:53.919
 of covenant

00:36:53.919 --> 00:36:54.719
 theology.

00:36:55.480 --> 00:36:56.179
 It's a

00:36:56.179 --> 00:36:56.959
 key Hebrew

00:36:56.959 --> 00:36:57.339
 word.

00:36:57.459 --> 00:36:58.139
 We sang it

00:36:58.139 --> 00:36:58.799
 repeatedly

00:36:58.799 --> 00:36:59.539
 tonight in

00:36:59.539 --> 00:37:00.480
 our Psalms.

00:37:01.000 --> 00:37:01.500
 It's the

00:37:01.500 --> 00:37:01.779
 word

00:37:01.779 --> 00:37:02.619
 chesed.

00:37:02.619 --> 00:37:04.519
 it's the

00:37:04.519 --> 00:37:05.099
 language of

00:37:05.099 --> 00:37:05.599
 loving

00:37:05.599 --> 00:37:06.279
 kindness,

00:37:07.059 --> 00:37:07.559
 tender

00:37:07.559 --> 00:37:08.239
 mercy,

00:37:08.739 --> 00:37:09.819
 faithfulness,

00:37:10.400 --> 00:37:11.519
 steadfast

00:37:11.519 --> 00:37:12.539
 love.

00:37:14.980 --> 00:37:15.539
 Mercy,

00:37:15.960 --> 00:37:16.679
 not

00:37:16.679 --> 00:37:17.139
 merit.

00:37:19.139 --> 00:37:19.839
 And it's

00:37:19.839 --> 00:37:20.839
 conspicuous

00:37:20.839 --> 00:37:21.539
 by its

00:37:21.539 --> 00:37:22.359
 absence,

00:37:22.519 --> 00:37:23.119
 isn't it,

00:37:23.440 --> 00:37:23.900
 in the

00:37:23.900 --> 00:37:24.500
 scribe

00:37:24.500 --> 00:37:24.799
 and the

00:37:24.799 --> 00:37:25.480
 Pharisee.

00:37:25.480 --> 00:37:25.599
 mercy.

00:37:27.159 --> 00:37:27.940
 But anyway,

00:37:28.019 --> 00:37:28.300
 it's not

00:37:28.300 --> 00:37:28.820
 about them,

00:37:28.920 --> 00:37:29.199
 is it?

00:37:29.260 --> 00:37:29.559
 Let's

00:37:29.559 --> 00:37:30.079
 conclude.

00:37:31.199 --> 00:37:31.659
 This is

00:37:31.659 --> 00:37:33.000
 all about

00:37:33.000 --> 00:37:34.320
 the personal

00:37:34.320 --> 00:37:35.480
 dynamic of

00:37:35.480 --> 00:37:36.039
 the gospel.

00:37:36.460 --> 00:37:36.900
 That's what

00:37:36.900 --> 00:37:37.719
 we've explored

00:37:37.719 --> 00:37:38.400
 this morning

00:37:38.400 --> 00:37:38.940
 and this

00:37:38.940 --> 00:37:39.300
 evening,

00:37:39.300 --> 00:37:40.240
 and let's

00:37:40.240 --> 00:37:40.900
 now

00:37:40.900 --> 00:37:42.300
 home in

00:37:42.300 --> 00:37:42.840
 on the

00:37:42.840 --> 00:37:43.940
 final sentence

00:37:43.940 --> 00:37:44.740
 we have

00:37:44.740 --> 00:37:45.360
 in this

00:37:45.360 --> 00:37:45.860
 paragraph.

00:37:47.139 --> 00:37:47.559
 What does

00:37:47.559 --> 00:37:48.019
 it say?

00:37:48.019 --> 00:37:50.860
 we are

00:37:50.860 --> 00:37:51.460
 reminded,

00:37:51.860 --> 00:37:52.259
 aren't we,

00:37:52.280 --> 00:37:53.119
 in no uncertain

00:37:53.119 --> 00:37:53.920
 terms,

00:37:54.500 --> 00:37:55.380
 that Jesus

00:37:55.380 --> 00:37:56.139
 came not

00:37:56.139 --> 00:37:56.699
 to call

00:37:56.699 --> 00:37:57.360
 the righteous,

00:37:58.920 --> 00:37:59.880
 but

00:37:59.880 --> 00:38:01.340
 sinners,

00:38:02.340 --> 00:38:02.960
 but

00:38:02.960 --> 00:38:03.920
 sinners.

00:38:07.920 --> 00:38:08.840
 Ordinary

00:38:08.840 --> 00:38:10.280
 individual,

00:38:11.440 --> 00:38:12.039
 fishermen,

00:38:13.239 --> 00:38:14.340
 tax collectors,

00:38:15.300 --> 00:38:16.360
 paralytics,

00:38:17.180 --> 00:38:17.680
 lepers,

00:38:18.460 --> 00:38:20.000
 and so

00:38:20.000 --> 00:38:20.600
 on and

00:38:20.600 --> 00:38:21.480
 so forth.

00:38:22.840 --> 00:38:23.260
 You know,

00:38:23.300 --> 00:38:23.940
 as you read

00:38:23.940 --> 00:38:25.039
 of Matthew,

00:38:25.940 --> 00:38:27.440
 you might

00:38:27.440 --> 00:38:27.900
 say that

00:38:27.900 --> 00:38:28.579
 long,

00:38:28.760 --> 00:38:29.000
 long,

00:38:29.120 --> 00:38:29.920
 long before

00:38:29.920 --> 00:38:30.960
 John

00:38:30.960 --> 00:38:31.680
 Newton

00:38:31.680 --> 00:38:32.880
 penned

00:38:32.880 --> 00:38:33.500
 the words

00:38:33.500 --> 00:38:33.980
 that we're

00:38:33.980 --> 00:38:34.700
 so familiar

00:38:34.700 --> 00:38:35.220
 with,

00:38:37.160 --> 00:38:37.539
 Matthew

00:38:37.539 --> 00:38:38.039
 would have

00:38:38.039 --> 00:38:38.840
 been saying

00:38:38.840 --> 00:38:39.980
 that evening

00:38:39.980 --> 00:38:43.000
 as he

00:38:43.000 --> 00:38:43.559
 closed

00:38:43.559 --> 00:38:44.280
 the door

00:38:44.280 --> 00:38:44.620
 as the

00:38:44.620 --> 00:38:45.480
 last guest

00:38:45.480 --> 00:38:46.260
 leaves,

00:38:47.700 --> 00:38:48.060
 and as

00:38:48.060 --> 00:38:48.780
 he turns

00:38:48.780 --> 00:38:49.880
 the lights

00:38:49.880 --> 00:38:50.840
 out,

00:38:51.880 --> 00:38:52.700
 he might

00:38:52.700 --> 00:38:53.480
 have said,

00:38:53.820 --> 00:38:55.160
 amazing grace,

00:38:56.220 --> 00:38:56.840
 how sweet

00:38:56.840 --> 00:38:57.480
 the sound

00:38:57.480 --> 00:38:58.300
 that saved

00:38:58.300 --> 00:38:58.920
 a wretch

00:38:58.920 --> 00:38:59.660
 like me

00:38:59.660 --> 00:39:01.420
 and others

00:39:01.420 --> 00:39:02.080
 like me

00:39:02.080 --> 00:39:02.760
 in this room

00:39:02.760 --> 00:39:03.440
 this evening,

00:39:04.100 --> 00:39:05.140
 for I once

00:39:05.140 --> 00:39:05.960
 was lost,

00:39:06.100 --> 00:39:06.660
 but now

00:39:06.660 --> 00:39:07.620
 I'm found,

00:39:07.820 --> 00:39:08.580
 I was once

00:39:08.580 --> 00:39:09.340
 blind,

00:39:09.340 --> 00:39:10.120
 but now

00:39:10.120 --> 00:39:11.200
 I see.

00:39:11.199 --> 00:39:14.859
 I mention

00:39:14.859 --> 00:39:16.359
 John

00:39:16.359 --> 00:39:16.919
 Newton,

00:39:18.199 --> 00:39:19.579
 his

00:39:19.579 --> 00:39:20.299
 gravestone

00:39:20.299 --> 00:39:20.899
 is telling.

00:39:22.599 --> 00:39:23.239
 In

00:39:23.239 --> 00:39:23.819
 Olney,

00:39:23.980 --> 00:39:24.619
 in England,

00:39:25.339 --> 00:39:25.719
 you will

00:39:25.719 --> 00:39:26.500
 find John

00:39:26.500 --> 00:39:27.359
 Newton's

00:39:27.359 --> 00:39:28.519
 tombstone,

00:39:28.679 --> 00:39:28.980
 as it's

00:39:28.980 --> 00:39:29.960
 often called,

00:39:31.659 --> 00:39:32.139
 and if you

00:39:32.139 --> 00:39:32.699
 read it,

00:39:33.539 --> 00:39:34.099
 it's a

00:39:34.099 --> 00:39:34.699
 fascinating

00:39:34.699 --> 00:39:35.239
 read.

00:39:35.239 --> 00:39:36.619
 John

00:39:36.619 --> 00:39:37.439
 Newton,

00:39:37.859 --> 00:39:38.500
 Clark,

00:39:38.879 --> 00:39:39.819
 once an

00:39:39.819 --> 00:39:40.539
 infidel,

00:39:41.539 --> 00:39:42.479
 and Libertine,

00:39:42.559 --> 00:39:43.159
 that's someone

00:39:43.159 --> 00:39:43.819
 who is

00:39:43.819 --> 00:39:45.219
 riotous in the

00:39:45.219 --> 00:39:45.839
 extreme,

00:39:45.979 --> 00:39:46.959
 a profligate,

00:39:47.579 --> 00:39:48.279
 a servant

00:39:48.279 --> 00:39:49.179
 of slaves

00:39:49.179 --> 00:39:49.899
 in Africa,

00:39:50.119 --> 00:39:51.279
 was by the

00:39:51.279 --> 00:39:52.799
 rich mercy,

00:39:52.979 --> 00:39:53.899
 the chesed,

00:39:54.159 --> 00:39:55.299
 of our Lord

00:39:55.299 --> 00:39:55.939
 and Savior

00:39:55.939 --> 00:39:57.079
 Jesus Christ,

00:39:57.459 --> 00:39:57.959
 preserved,

00:39:58.639 --> 00:39:59.259
 restored,

00:39:59.859 --> 00:40:00.559
 pardoned,

00:40:00.639 --> 00:40:01.479
 and appointed

00:40:01.480 --> 00:40:02.219
 to preach

00:40:02.219 --> 00:40:02.960
 the faith

00:40:02.960 --> 00:40:03.920
 he had

00:40:03.920 --> 00:40:05.019
 long labored

00:40:05.019 --> 00:40:06.340
 to destroy.

00:40:07.780 --> 00:40:08.159
 Now,

00:40:08.219 --> 00:40:08.760
 before you

00:40:08.760 --> 00:40:09.340
 close your

00:40:09.340 --> 00:40:09.780
 Bible,

00:40:11.079 --> 00:40:11.800
 look at

00:40:11.800 --> 00:40:12.679
 how chapter

00:40:12.679 --> 00:40:14.000
 10 in

00:40:14.000 --> 00:40:14.559
 Matthew's

00:40:14.559 --> 00:40:15.039
 Gospel

00:40:15.039 --> 00:40:16.179
 begins.

00:40:17.880 --> 00:40:18.639
 Notice

00:40:18.639 --> 00:40:19.119
 there

00:40:19.119 --> 00:40:29.859
 that the

00:40:29.859 --> 00:40:30.599
 names of

00:40:30.599 --> 00:40:31.199
 the twelve

00:40:31.199 --> 00:40:32.199
 apostles are

00:40:32.199 --> 00:40:32.759
 highlighted.

00:40:33.759 --> 00:40:34.139
 Simon,

00:40:34.319 --> 00:40:34.559
 who is

00:40:34.559 --> 00:40:34.920
 called

00:40:34.920 --> 00:40:35.299
 Peter,

00:40:35.500 --> 00:40:35.839
 Andrew,

00:40:35.940 --> 00:40:36.420
 his brother,

00:40:36.599 --> 00:40:36.940
 James,

00:40:37.099 --> 00:40:37.619
 the son of

00:40:37.619 --> 00:40:38.079
 Zebedee,

00:40:38.139 --> 00:40:38.539
 and John,

00:40:38.639 --> 00:40:39.159
 his brother,

00:40:39.359 --> 00:40:39.619
 Philip,

00:40:39.759 --> 00:40:40.639
 and Bartholomew,

00:40:40.639 --> 00:40:41.019
 Thomas,

00:40:41.539 --> 00:40:42.579
 and Matthew,

00:40:43.920 --> 00:40:45.099
 the tax

00:40:45.099 --> 00:40:45.659
 collector.

00:40:47.619 --> 00:40:47.900
 Hmm.

00:40:49.119 --> 00:40:50.079
 Matthew,

00:40:50.880 --> 00:40:51.500
 the tax

00:40:51.500 --> 00:40:52.000
 collector.

00:40:52.219 --> 00:40:52.579
 We said

00:40:52.579 --> 00:40:53.079
 this morning

00:40:53.079 --> 00:40:53.819
 that names

00:40:53.819 --> 00:40:54.460
 stick,

00:40:54.599 --> 00:40:54.859
 but it's

00:40:54.859 --> 00:40:55.480
 also a

00:40:55.480 --> 00:40:55.960
 wonderful

00:40:55.960 --> 00:40:56.679
 reminder

00:40:56.679 --> 00:40:58.219
 of the

00:40:58.219 --> 00:40:58.819
 one who

00:40:58.819 --> 00:40:59.900
 saves to

00:40:59.900 --> 00:41:00.799
 the uttermost.

00:41:01.039 --> 00:41:01.299
 Yes,

00:41:01.500 --> 00:41:02.480
 tax collectors

00:41:02.480 --> 00:41:04.239
 too are

00:41:04.239 --> 00:41:05.500
 numbered in

00:41:05.500 --> 00:41:07.559
 the register

00:41:07.559 --> 00:41:08.319
 of which we

00:41:08.319 --> 00:41:09.319
 sang earlier

00:41:09.319 --> 00:41:10.440
 in Psalm

00:41:10.440 --> 00:41:11.099
 87.

00:41:11.460 --> 00:41:11.799
 Can you

00:41:11.799 --> 00:41:12.440
 imagine

00:41:12.440 --> 00:41:13.859
 a

00:41:13.859 --> 00:41:14.739
 gravestone

00:41:14.739 --> 00:41:16.539
 on the

00:41:16.539 --> 00:41:17.380
 outskirts

00:41:17.380 --> 00:41:19.440
 of

00:41:19.440 --> 00:41:20.340
 somewhere

00:41:20.340 --> 00:41:20.720
 in

00:41:20.720 --> 00:41:21.200
 Galilee,

00:41:22.260 --> 00:41:22.400
 the

00:41:22.400 --> 00:41:23.180
 gravestone

00:41:23.180 --> 00:41:23.480
 of

00:41:23.480 --> 00:41:23.940
 Matthew,

00:41:24.039 --> 00:41:24.519
 the tax

00:41:24.519 --> 00:41:25.039
 collector?

00:41:25.200 --> 00:41:25.500
 Can you

00:41:25.500 --> 00:41:26.039
 imagine

00:41:26.039 --> 00:41:26.760
 what might

00:41:26.760 --> 00:41:28.180
 have been

00:41:28.180 --> 00:41:28.820
 written on

00:41:28.820 --> 00:41:28.920
 it?

00:41:29.000 --> 00:41:29.300
 Probably

00:41:29.300 --> 00:41:29.820
 something

00:41:29.820 --> 00:41:30.559
 similar to

00:41:30.559 --> 00:41:30.860
 John

00:41:30.860 --> 00:41:31.260
 Newton,

00:41:31.420 --> 00:41:31.780
 you might

00:41:31.780 --> 00:41:32.039
 say.

00:41:32.140 --> 00:41:32.500
 Matthew,

00:41:32.660 --> 00:41:33.059
 Levi,

00:41:33.420 --> 00:41:34.420
 once a

00:41:34.420 --> 00:41:35.039
 publican,

00:41:35.700 --> 00:41:36.280
 a tax

00:41:36.280 --> 00:41:36.820
 collector,

00:41:36.980 --> 00:41:37.320
 so he

00:41:37.320 --> 00:41:37.599
 was,

00:41:37.660 --> 00:41:38.240
 was by

00:41:38.240 --> 00:41:38.840
 the rich

00:41:38.840 --> 00:41:39.960
 mercy of

00:41:39.960 --> 00:41:40.500
 our Lord

00:41:40.500 --> 00:41:41.260
 and Savior

00:41:41.260 --> 00:41:42.260
 preserved,

00:41:42.900 --> 00:41:43.579
 restored,

00:41:44.180 --> 00:41:45.000
 pardoned,

00:41:45.000 --> 00:41:46.019
 and appointed

00:41:46.019 --> 00:41:47.519
 as one

00:41:47.519 --> 00:41:47.880
 of the

00:41:47.880 --> 00:41:48.679
 twelve,

00:41:49.179 --> 00:41:49.840
 an apostle

00:41:49.840 --> 00:41:50.699
 no less,

00:41:50.820 --> 00:41:51.739
 and commissioned

00:41:51.739 --> 00:41:53.599
 to write

00:41:53.599 --> 00:41:54.599
 under the

00:41:54.599 --> 00:41:55.679
 superintendence

00:41:55.679 --> 00:41:56.239
 of God

00:41:56.239 --> 00:41:56.780
 the Holy

00:41:56.780 --> 00:41:57.340
 Spirit,

00:41:57.860 --> 00:41:58.659
 the gospel

00:41:58.659 --> 00:42:00.400
 according

00:42:00.400 --> 00:42:02.719
 to

00:42:02.719 --> 00:42:03.199
 Matthew.

00:42:05.199 --> 00:42:06.039
 Amen.

00:42:07.380 --> 00:42:08.420
 Let's pray

00:42:08.420 --> 00:42:08.860
 together.

00:42:08.860 --> 00:42:12.740
 gracious

00:42:12.740 --> 00:42:13.440
 God,

00:42:14.160 --> 00:42:14.660
 we

00:42:14.660 --> 00:42:15.480
 praise

00:42:15.480 --> 00:42:15.800
 you

00:42:15.800 --> 00:42:16.200
 for

00:42:16.200 --> 00:42:16.519
 your

00:42:16.519 --> 00:42:17.519
 faithfulness

00:42:17.519 --> 00:42:18.800
 and

00:42:18.800 --> 00:42:19.460
 for

00:42:19.460 --> 00:42:20.519
 your

00:42:20.519 --> 00:42:21.420
 covenant

00:42:21.420 --> 00:42:22.700
 love,

00:42:24.340 --> 00:42:25.200
 steadfast,

00:42:26.240 --> 00:42:27.260
 unfailing.

00:42:28.640 --> 00:42:29.559
 We

00:42:29.559 --> 00:42:30.019
 praise

00:42:30.019 --> 00:42:30.400
 you

00:42:30.400 --> 00:42:31.860
 for

00:42:31.860 --> 00:42:33.079
 how

00:42:33.079 --> 00:42:35.539
 you

00:42:35.539 --> 00:42:35.799
 have

00:42:35.799 --> 00:42:36.059
 given

00:42:36.059 --> 00:42:36.480
 us

00:42:36.480 --> 00:42:37.960
 such

00:42:37.960 --> 00:42:38.559
 moving

00:42:38.559 --> 00:42:39.519
 accounts

00:42:39.519 --> 00:42:39.940
 of

00:42:39.940 --> 00:42:40.500
 individuals

00:42:40.500 --> 00:42:41.259
 like

00:42:41.259 --> 00:42:41.819
 Matthew

00:42:41.819 --> 00:42:43.539
 who

00:42:43.539 --> 00:42:43.860
 came

00:42:43.860 --> 00:42:44.119
 to

00:42:44.119 --> 00:42:44.759
 faith

00:42:44.759 --> 00:42:46.679
 and

00:42:46.679 --> 00:42:47.199
 as

00:42:47.199 --> 00:42:48.980
 he

00:42:48.980 --> 00:42:49.500
 followed

00:42:49.500 --> 00:42:49.960
 so

00:42:49.960 --> 00:42:52.639
 he

00:42:52.639 --> 00:42:53.659
 reached

00:42:53.659 --> 00:42:53.980
 out

00:42:53.980 --> 00:42:54.219
 to

00:42:54.219 --> 00:42:54.960
 others

00:42:54.960 --> 00:42:56.579
 longing

00:42:56.579 --> 00:42:57.219
 to

00:42:57.219 --> 00:42:58.579
 bring

00:42:58.579 --> 00:43:00.980
 whoever

00:43:00.980 --> 00:43:01.840
 might

00:43:01.840 --> 00:43:02.299
 come

00:43:02.299 --> 00:43:02.619
 into

00:43:02.619 --> 00:43:03.119
 fellowship

00:43:03.119 --> 00:43:04.500
 with

00:43:04.500 --> 00:43:04.900
 Jesus

00:43:04.900 --> 00:43:05.599
 Christ.

00:43:06.400 --> 00:43:07.139
 A

00:43:07.139 --> 00:43:07.500
 wonderful

00:43:07.500 --> 00:43:08.019
 example

00:43:08.019 --> 00:43:08.759
 for us

00:43:08.759 --> 00:43:09.480
 to

00:43:09.480 --> 00:43:09.819
 follow

00:43:09.819 --> 00:43:10.880
 and

00:43:10.880 --> 00:43:11.079
 may

00:43:11.079 --> 00:43:11.279
 we

00:43:11.279 --> 00:43:11.519
 be

00:43:11.519 --> 00:43:12.059
 moved

00:43:12.059 --> 00:43:12.400
 this

00:43:12.400 --> 00:43:12.819
 evening

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 Christ

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 and

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 well

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 the

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 name

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 72

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 to

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 his

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 praise

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 the

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 Psalter

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 his

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 name

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 forever

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 Now blessed

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 Be the Lord

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 Lord our Lord

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 Amen.

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 So let it be.

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 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 the love of God the Father,

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 and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit

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 remain with us all.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.