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 It's a story some of you may have heard before.

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 It was written by a preacher in the 1950s

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 and it's been quoted in a number of places.

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 It says,

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 On a dangerous seacoast where shipwrecks often occur,

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 there was once a crude little life-saving station.

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 The building was just a hut and there was only one boat,

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 but the few devoted members kept a constant watch over the sea.

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 With no thought for their own comfort,

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 they went out day and night tirelessly searching for the lost.

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 Some of those who were saved

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 and various others in the surrounding area

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 wanted to become associated with the station

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 and gave of their time, money and effort for the support of the work.

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 New boats were bought, new crews trained

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 and the little life-saving station grew.

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 Some of the members of the life-saving station

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 were unhappy that the building was so crude and poorly equipped.

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 They felt that a more comfortable place should be provided

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 as the first refuge of those safe from the sea.

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 They replaced the emergency cots with beds

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 and put better furniture in the enlarged building.

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 Now, the life-saving station

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 became a popular gathering place for its members

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 and they decorated it beautifully

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 because they used it as a sort of a club.

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 Fewer members were now interested in going to sea

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 on life-saving missions,

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 so they hired lifeboat crews to do this important work.

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 The life-saving motif still prevailed in the club's decorations

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 and there was a liturgical lifeboat in the room

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 where the club's initiations were held.

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 About this time, a large ship wrecked off the coast

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 and the hired crews brought in boatloads

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 of cold, wet and half-drowned people.

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 They were dirty and sick.

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 The beautiful new club was in chaos,

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 so the property committee immediately had a shower house

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 built outside the club where victims of shipwrecks

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 could be cleaned up before coming inside.

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 At the next meeting,

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 there was a split among the club membership.

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 Most of the members wanted to stop the club's life-saving activities

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 for being unpleasant

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 and a hindrance to the normal social life of the club.

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 Some members insisted upon life-saving as their primary purpose

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 and pointed out that they were still called a life-saving station.

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 But they were finally voted down

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 and told that if they wanted to save the lives

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 of all the various kinds of people

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 who were shipwrecked in those waters,

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 they could begin their own life-saving station.

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 So they did.

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 As the years went by,

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 the new station experienced the same changes

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 that occurred in the old.

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 It evolved into a club

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 and yet another life-saving station was founded.

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 History continued to repeat itself

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 and if you visit that sea coast today,

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 you will find a number of exclusive clubs along that shore.

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 Shipwrecks are frequent in those waters,

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 but most of the people drown.

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 In Mark 10, verse 45,

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 Jesus declares that his life and ministry

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 is one of service.

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 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served,

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 but to serve

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 and to give his life as a ransom for many.

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 Jesus tells us that he came to rescue many people.

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 His coming was a life-saving mission.

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 Now we were preaching a short message

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 over the next three weeks

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 from Mark chapter 11 and 12

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 and as you read these chapters

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 and I'd encourage you to do it at home,

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 it doesn't take long,

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 you get a strong sense

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 that Jesus has come on the scene

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 and he has disturbed a very comfortable club.

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 And for the leaders of that club,

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 he has become a source of threat

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 and annoyance

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 and from their point of view,

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 he doesn't understand their history,

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 he doesn't care about their culture,

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 he doesn't understand their place

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 and he doesn't understand their authority.

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 And he is not a voice to be listened to,

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 he is a problem to be dealt with.

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 From Jesus' point of view,

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 they do not understand God's purposes for his world

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 and the place that they have with regard to them.

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 And so, there is this huge clash of authority.

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 Now the early part of Mark's gospel

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 is a series of stories about Jesus

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 which beg the question,

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 who is this man?

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 Who is this man that teaches with this authority?

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 Who is this man that even the demons obey him?

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 Who is this man who stills the wind

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 and the waves with a word?

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 Who is this man who claims to have authority

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 to forgive sins?

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 Who is this man who raises the dead?

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 And Mark tells one story after another

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 and he brings us to a turning point

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 in chapter 8, verse 27.

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 Jesus is travelling with his disciples

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 and he asks the question,

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 who do people say I am?

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 What's the gods?

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 What's everybody saying about me?

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 And the disciples say,

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 well, some people are saying you're John the Baptist

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 and others are saying you're Elijah,

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 one of the prophets that died a long time ago.

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 But he doesn't leave it there.

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 He fingers the disciples personally.

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 He eyeballs the lot of them.

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 What about you?

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 Who do you say I am?

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 And Peter answers,

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 you are the Christ.

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 You are the king.

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 And he's absolutely right.

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 But Jesus commands the disciples

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 not to tell anyone about him.

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 And there's a good reason

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 the disciples now have to learn

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 how this king is going to exercise his authority.

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 They've recognised who he is,

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 but they have no idea

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 how this king is going to reign.

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 And Jesus now begins to teach his disciples

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 what his kingship will mean

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 and how his authority will be exercised.

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 And it says in chapter 8,

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 verse 31,

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 he began to teach them

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 that the Son of Man

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 must suffer many things

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 and be rejected by the elders,

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 the chief priests,

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 and the teachers of the law,

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 that he must be killed

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 and after three days rise again.

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 It's the first time in Mark's Gospel

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 that Jesus mentions

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 his rejection

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 and his death.

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 So you get to chapter 11

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 where we are this morning

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 and Jesus has taught

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 about his rejection

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 and his death

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 on a number of occasions.

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 It's getting closer.

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 Verse 1 says

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 that they were approaching Jerusalem.

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 It's the first time

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 that he's been in Jerusalem

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 in Mark's Gospel.

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 He rides into the city

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 on a donkey,

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 the crowd giving him

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 a ticker tape parade.

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 They welcome him

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 with palm branches.

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 They rejoice in his coming

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 in the name of the Lord.

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 They're looking for the promises

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 of God

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 to their great king David

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 to be fulfilled.

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 The king makes his authoritative entry

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 into his capital city.

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 It's late in the day

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 and then he leaves again

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 and stays the night

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 just across the valley in Bethany.

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 Mark 11 verse 15

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 tells us that Jesus

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 returned the next day.

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 He came into the temple courts.

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 He wrought havoc.

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 He drove out everybody

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 who was buying and selling.

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 He turned over the tables

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 of the money changers

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 and those selling doves.

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 Gentle Jesus,

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 meek and mild.

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 Can you imagine

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 what would happen

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 if I left church this morning,

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 go down into Westfield,

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 into Myra

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 and start turning over the tables?

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 I will be in court

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 in North Sydney

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 on Monday morning.

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 I'd get a reaction.

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 Jesus is incensed.

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 He quotes the scriptures.

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 My house will be called

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 a house of prayer

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 for all the nations.

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 And then he adds,

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 and you have made it

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 a den of robbers.

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 He's passionately distressed

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 at the commercialisation

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 of the house of God.

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 And even more so,

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 he is disturbing the club.

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 For the Jews,

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 the temple was the symbol

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 of their own cultural identity.

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 Jesus is picking up

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 on God's promise to Abraham

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 of all the nations

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 being blessed through him.

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 The temple was meant

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 to be a place of blessing

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 to the world

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 where all nations

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 could come to meet with God.

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 And they do not touch him

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 with a finger

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 when he does these things.

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 But they set their minds

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 on a course of action.

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 Verse 18, chapter 11.

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 The chief priests

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 and the teachers of the law

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 heard this,

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 and they began looking

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 for a way to kill him,

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 for they feared him.

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 Because the whole crowd

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 was amazed at his teaching.

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 And so the die is cast,

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 the scene is set

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 for a great contest

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 which is centred around

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 the person

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 and the authority

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 of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 Who's in charge?

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 Who's calling the shots?

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 Where does real power lie?

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 In verse 27,

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 Mark tells us

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 that Jesus again

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 returned to Jerusalem

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 the next day.

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 He's walking

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 in the temple courts

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 and he's confronted

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 by the people

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 that he's been

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 teaching his disciples

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 will be the ones

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 who will reject him.

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 They are the ones

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 who the day before

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 determined amongst themselves

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 that they would find

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 a way to kill him.

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 The chief priests,

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 the teachers of the law,

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 the elders.

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 It is a very prestigious

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 gathering.

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 The groups taken together

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 were known as

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 the Sanhedrin

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 or the Jewish ruling council.

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 The chief priests

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 were the senior temple priests.

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 The teachers of the law

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 were the leading

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 Pharisee scholars.

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 They were the Bible teachers.

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 The elders

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 were the lay aristocrats,

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 prominent leaders

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 among the Jews.

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 And so Jesus

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 has stepped into

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 an open confrontation

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 with the senior

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 religious

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 and political leaders

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 from amongst

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 the Jewish people.

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 He has confronted

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 the establishment,

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 those in control,

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 and they are determined

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 to kill him.

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 And they do

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 what they didn't do

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 the day before.

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 They confront Jesus

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 in public.

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 And in verse 28,

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 they say,

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 by what authority

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 are you doing

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 these things?

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 Who gave you

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 the authority

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 to do this?

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 And it's a trap

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 because as soon

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 as he says

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 God's authority,

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 they will have

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 a basis

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 for accusing him

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 of submitting

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 to a different king

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 and then they would

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 be able to call

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 for his execution.

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 And Jesus knows

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 it's a trap

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 and Jesus turns

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 to them and says,

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 let me ask you

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 a question.

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 Verse 30,

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 John's baptism.

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 Was it from heaven

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 or from men?

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 Tell me.

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 He snookers them.

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 If you know the game,

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 they've caught

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 and they won't

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 answer him.

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 And their reasoning is,

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 look,

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 if we say he's from heaven,

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 Jesus will say,

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 well,

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 why didn't you believe him?

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 And they didn't dare

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 say he was from men

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 because they feared

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 the crowd

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 because all the people

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 believed that John

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 was a prophet of God.

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 The crowd would rise up

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 against them

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 if they said that.

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 And so they said,

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 we don't know.

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 And Jesus answered,

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 neither will I

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 answer you.

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 Calls them at their own game.

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 They were unwilling

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 to say.

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 They had an opinion.

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 They didn't believe

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 John and they didn't

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 accept his authority.

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 They don't believe

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 in Jesus

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 and they don't

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 accept his authority.

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 They haven't got

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 the guts to say it.

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 For all their religiosity,

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 they're unwilling

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 to believe.

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 They've made

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 a conscious decision

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 to reject

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 the authority

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 of Jesus.

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 They are religious

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 and they are

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 unbelievers.

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 Josh Short

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 comes at night.

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 He's one of our

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 young ministry interns.

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 His dad's a minister

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 in Vancouver

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 in Canada

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 and a few years ago

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 I heard Josh Short's

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 dad speak

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 to our ministers

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 here in Sydney

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 and he

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 and his congregation

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 including J.I. Packer

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 which I think

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 this is a badge

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 of honour

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 have been kicked

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 out of the Anglican

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 Church in Canada

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 only recently.

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 And for a number

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 of years

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 David Short

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 was persecuted

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 by his diocesan

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 bishop.

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 The bishop

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 had no confidence

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 in him

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 because he preached

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 the scriptures

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 as the word of God

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 and he called

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 people to live

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 in relationship

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 to Christ.

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 But the bishop

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 has walked away

00:14:18.860 --> 00:14:19.659
 from the scriptures.

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 He endorses

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 immoral relationships.

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 He ordains clergy

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 who are openly

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 and unashamedly

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 immoral.

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 His theological

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 college runs

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 courses in shamanism

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 and the tarot.

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 But the bishop

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 is a great

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 civic leader

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 who wears

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 the purple

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 and is probably

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 revered by many

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 in his community

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 because he has

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 a human touch.

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 Lives like

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 an unbeliever.

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 And appallingly

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 applies a teaching

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 that actively

00:15:00.779 --> 00:15:01.639
 leads people

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 away from Christ.

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 He does not

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 submit to the

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 authority of

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 the Lord Jesus

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 Christ.

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 It's not just

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 unbelieving bishops.

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 Unbelief comes

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 close to home.

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 When we reject

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 the authority

00:15:16.759 --> 00:15:17.299
 of Jesus

00:15:17.299 --> 00:15:18.340
 to rule our lives

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 when we say

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 no to him

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 when we sit

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 in church

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 hearing the words

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 of Jesus

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 without any

00:15:23.960 --> 00:15:24.700
 intention of

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 submitting to them

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 when we know

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 what the scriptures

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 say and we are

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 unwilling to

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 obey

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 we try to

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 create a bit

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 of space

00:15:34.559 --> 00:15:35.099
 to do

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 what we want

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 for a while

00:15:37.279 --> 00:15:39.339
 maybe try

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 a forbidden

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 relationship

00:15:40.539 --> 00:15:42.239
 hold back

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 on time

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 or money

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 that we

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 ought to

00:15:44.019 --> 00:15:44.739
 give to God

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 refuse

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 to forgive

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 the person

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 that we know

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 that we have

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 to because

00:15:50.039 --> 00:15:50.779
 Jesus has

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 forgiven us

00:15:51.559 --> 00:15:57.139
 you might be

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 a person

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 who has

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 heard the

00:15:58.639 --> 00:15:59.199
 call of

00:15:59.199 --> 00:15:59.500
 Jesus

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 many times

00:16:00.559 --> 00:16:02.539
 and you

00:16:02.539 --> 00:16:02.839
 might be

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 one of those

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 people

00:16:03.779 --> 00:16:05.179
 who really

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 don't need

00:16:05.719 --> 00:16:06.319
 convincing

00:16:06.319 --> 00:16:07.039
 that he is

00:16:07.039 --> 00:16:07.339
 real

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 you know

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 that he is

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 you've weighed

00:16:11.979 --> 00:16:12.739
 the evidence

00:16:12.739 --> 00:16:14.619
 maybe you

00:16:14.619 --> 00:16:15.159
 felt great

00:16:15.159 --> 00:16:15.759
 conviction

00:16:15.759 --> 00:16:18.619
 but you

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 have not

00:16:19.139 --> 00:16:19.679
 been willing

00:16:19.679 --> 00:16:20.159
 to count

00:16:20.159 --> 00:16:20.799
 the cost

00:16:20.799 --> 00:16:22.379
 and take

00:16:22.379 --> 00:16:23.120
 the risk

00:16:23.120 --> 00:16:23.779
 of submitting

00:16:23.779 --> 00:16:24.279
 to his

00:16:24.279 --> 00:16:24.860
 authority

00:16:24.860 --> 00:16:27.120
 you know

00:16:27.120 --> 00:16:27.860
 Jesus is

00:16:27.860 --> 00:16:28.240
 true

00:16:28.240 --> 00:16:29.759
 yet you

00:16:29.759 --> 00:16:30.159
 remain

00:16:30.159 --> 00:16:30.519
 unwilling

00:16:30.519 --> 00:16:31.139
 to trust

00:16:31.139 --> 00:16:31.459
 him

00:16:31.459 --> 00:16:34.000
 that is

00:16:34.000 --> 00:16:34.699
 an expression

00:16:34.699 --> 00:16:35.659
 of

00:16:35.659 --> 00:16:36.439
 unbelief

00:16:36.439 --> 00:16:42.219
 in chapter

00:16:42.219 --> 00:16:42.719
 12

00:16:42.719 --> 00:16:43.100
 Jesus

00:16:43.100 --> 00:16:43.740
 continues

00:16:43.740 --> 00:16:44.480
 to confront

00:16:44.480 --> 00:16:44.740
 his

00:16:44.740 --> 00:16:45.480
 questioners

00:16:45.480 --> 00:16:47.199
 he tells

00:16:47.199 --> 00:16:47.759
 a parable

00:16:47.759 --> 00:16:48.379
 which they

00:16:48.379 --> 00:16:48.759
 know

00:16:48.759 --> 00:16:49.419
 is against

00:16:49.419 --> 00:16:49.779
 them

00:16:49.779 --> 00:16:51.679
 Jesus

00:16:51.679 --> 00:16:52.100
 actually

00:16:52.100 --> 00:16:52.620
 takes an

00:16:52.620 --> 00:16:52.819
 old

00:16:52.819 --> 00:16:53.179
 testament

00:16:53.179 --> 00:16:53.759
 story

00:16:53.759 --> 00:16:54.659
 from

00:16:54.659 --> 00:16:55.079
 Isaiah

00:16:55.079 --> 00:16:55.419
 chapter

00:16:55.419 --> 00:16:55.860
 5

00:16:55.860 --> 00:16:56.159
 and he

00:16:56.159 --> 00:16:56.740
 updates

00:16:56.740 --> 00:16:57.019
 it

00:16:57.019 --> 00:16:58.519
 to explain

00:16:58.519 --> 00:16:59.000
 the current

00:16:59.000 --> 00:16:59.659
 conflict

00:16:59.659 --> 00:17:01.399
 in Isaiah

00:17:01.399 --> 00:17:01.779
 it's a

00:17:01.779 --> 00:17:02.139
 parable

00:17:02.139 --> 00:17:02.500
 of the

00:17:02.500 --> 00:17:02.879
 vineyard

00:17:02.879 --> 00:17:03.100
 this

00:17:03.100 --> 00:17:03.519
 vineyard

00:17:03.519 --> 00:17:03.779
 it's

00:17:03.779 --> 00:17:04.119
 loved

00:17:04.119 --> 00:17:04.460
 it's

00:17:04.460 --> 00:17:04.799
 tended

00:17:04.799 --> 00:17:05.180
 it's

00:17:05.180 --> 00:17:05.899
 fertilised

00:17:05.899 --> 00:17:06.160
 it's

00:17:06.160 --> 00:17:06.579
 protected

00:17:06.579 --> 00:17:06.879
 from

00:17:06.879 --> 00:17:07.220
 wild

00:17:07.220 --> 00:17:07.680
 animals

00:17:07.680 --> 00:17:08.599
 it's

00:17:08.599 --> 00:17:08.899
 watched

00:17:08.899 --> 00:17:09.279
 over

00:17:09.279 --> 00:17:10.639
 and it

00:17:10.639 --> 00:17:10.899
 never

00:17:10.899 --> 00:17:11.460
 produces

00:17:11.460 --> 00:17:12.259
 a decent

00:17:12.259 --> 00:17:12.660
 crop

00:17:12.660 --> 00:17:12.920
 of

00:17:12.920 --> 00:17:13.440
 anything

00:17:13.440 --> 00:17:15.680
 and in

00:17:15.680 --> 00:17:16.079
 Isaiah

00:17:16.079 --> 00:17:16.559
 5

00:17:16.559 --> 00:17:17.160
 the garden

00:17:17.160 --> 00:17:17.519
 is

00:17:17.519 --> 00:17:18.059
 Israel

00:17:18.059 --> 00:17:18.639
 and Judah

00:17:18.639 --> 00:17:19.119
 the people

00:17:19.119 --> 00:17:19.599
 of God

00:17:19.599 --> 00:17:21.240
 and the

00:17:21.240 --> 00:17:21.679
 gardener

00:17:21.679 --> 00:17:22.159
 is God

00:17:22.159 --> 00:17:23.839
 and he

00:17:23.839 --> 00:17:24.279
 looks for

00:17:24.279 --> 00:17:24.779
 righteousness

00:17:24.779 --> 00:17:25.519
 and justice

00:17:25.519 --> 00:17:26.199
 amongst his

00:17:26.199 --> 00:17:26.619
 people

00:17:26.619 --> 00:17:28.000
 and he

00:17:28.000 --> 00:17:28.859
 sees only

00:17:28.859 --> 00:17:29.619
 bloodshed

00:17:29.619 --> 00:17:30.819
 and hears

00:17:30.819 --> 00:17:31.639
 only cries

00:17:31.639 --> 00:17:32.399
 of distress

00:17:32.400 --> 00:17:35.600
 and in the

00:17:35.600 --> 00:17:36.180
 end God's

00:17:36.180 --> 00:17:36.620
 justice

00:17:36.620 --> 00:17:37.240
 will be to

00:17:37.240 --> 00:17:37.840
 destroy the

00:17:37.840 --> 00:17:38.200
 garden

00:17:38.200 --> 00:17:38.759
 that has

00:17:38.759 --> 00:17:39.600
 only produced

00:17:39.600 --> 00:17:40.320
 bloodshed

00:17:40.320 --> 00:17:41.280
 instead of

00:17:41.280 --> 00:17:41.880
 justice

00:17:41.880 --> 00:17:43.360
 and cries

00:17:43.360 --> 00:17:44.100
 of distress

00:17:44.100 --> 00:17:45.480
 instead of

00:17:45.480 --> 00:17:46.080
 righteousness

00:17:46.079 --> 00:17:49.179
 in

00:17:49.179 --> 00:17:49.460
 in Mark

00:17:49.460 --> 00:17:49.819
 in Mark 12

00:17:49.819 --> 00:17:50.399
 when Jesus

00:17:50.399 --> 00:17:50.960
 picks up

00:17:50.960 --> 00:17:51.240
 on this

00:17:51.240 --> 00:17:51.579
 story

00:17:51.579 --> 00:17:52.039
 and tells

00:17:52.039 --> 00:17:52.579
 it again

00:17:52.579 --> 00:17:53.460
 it's

00:17:53.460 --> 00:17:53.759
 similar

00:17:53.759 --> 00:17:54.000
 but

00:17:54.000 --> 00:17:54.460
 different

00:17:54.460 --> 00:17:56.240
 a whole

00:17:56.240 --> 00:17:56.679
 series

00:17:56.679 --> 00:17:57.179
 of people

00:17:57.179 --> 00:17:57.559
 are sent

00:17:57.559 --> 00:17:57.919
 by the

00:17:57.919 --> 00:17:58.139
 owner

00:17:58.139 --> 00:17:58.619
 of the

00:17:58.619 --> 00:17:58.960
 vineyard

00:17:58.960 --> 00:17:59.460
 to collect

00:17:59.460 --> 00:17:59.859
 the rent

00:17:59.859 --> 00:18:00.500
 and the

00:18:00.500 --> 00:18:00.839
 tenants

00:18:00.839 --> 00:18:01.439
 beat them

00:18:01.439 --> 00:18:01.659
 up

00:18:01.659 --> 00:18:01.960
 and they

00:18:01.960 --> 00:18:02.299
 shame

00:18:02.299 --> 00:18:02.579
 some

00:18:02.579 --> 00:18:02.919
 and they

00:18:02.919 --> 00:18:03.220
 kill

00:18:03.220 --> 00:18:03.599
 some

00:18:03.599 --> 00:18:04.159
 and they

00:18:04.159 --> 00:18:04.599
 reject

00:18:04.599 --> 00:18:04.799
 the

00:18:04.799 --> 00:18:05.319
 authority

00:18:05.319 --> 00:18:05.699
 of the

00:18:05.699 --> 00:18:05.939
 owner

00:18:05.939 --> 00:18:06.240
 of the

00:18:06.240 --> 00:18:06.599
 vineyard

00:18:06.599 --> 00:18:06.919
 by

00:18:06.919 --> 00:18:07.919
 rejecting

00:18:07.919 --> 00:18:08.339
 every

00:18:08.339 --> 00:18:08.839
 messenger

00:18:08.839 --> 00:18:09.199
 that he

00:18:09.199 --> 00:18:09.500
 sends

00:18:09.500 --> 00:18:09.939
 to them

00:18:09.940 --> 00:18:13.059
 and finally

00:18:13.059 --> 00:18:13.580
 the owner

00:18:13.580 --> 00:18:14.220
 sends the

00:18:14.220 --> 00:18:14.660
 son that

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 he loves

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 and he

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 says they'll

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 listen to

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 him

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 they'll

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 respect

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 him

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 and the

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 tenants

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 make a

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 greedy

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 grab

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 for

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 ownership

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 kill

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 the

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 son

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 claim

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 the

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 vineyard

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 as

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 their

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 own

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 and what

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 Jesus

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 has just

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 done

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 is give

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 an Old

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 Testament

00:18:30.299 --> 00:18:30.779
 history

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 lesson

00:18:31.259 --> 00:18:31.860
 the

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 people

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 of God

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 have

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 rejected

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 one

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 prophet

00:18:34.380 --> 00:18:34.820
 after

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 another

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 including

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 the very

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 last

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 one

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 John

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 the

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 Baptist

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 and now

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 they are

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 in the

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 process

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 of rejecting

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 not just

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 a prophet

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 but God's

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 dearly

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 loved

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 son

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 and if

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 the parable

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 ended

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 there it

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 would be

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 a tragic

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 story

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 it would

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 appear as

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 though evil

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 had triumphed

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 over good

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 injustice

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 over justice

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 but not

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 so

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 the owner

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 of the

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 vineyard

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 will have

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 the last

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 word

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 and you

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 see it

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 in verse

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 9

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 chapter 12

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 he will

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 come

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 and kill

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 those tenants

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 and give

00:19:07.000 --> 00:19:07.500
 the vineyard

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 to others

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 the rejected

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 son will

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 become the

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 keystone

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 that holds

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 the whole

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 show together

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 and the

00:19:15.440 --> 00:19:16.380
 leaders respond

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 to Jesus

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 parable

00:19:17.440 --> 00:19:17.980
 in verse

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 12

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 they looked

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 for a way

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 to arrest

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 him

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 because they

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 knew

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 that he

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 had spoken

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 this parable

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 against them

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 but they

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 were afraid

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 because of

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 the crowd

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 so they

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 left him

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 and they

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 went away

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 and so

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 in the

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 immediate

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 context

00:19:36.859 --> 00:19:37.259
 Jesus

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 is heading

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 to death

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 and apparent

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 defeat

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 yet the

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 parable

00:19:42.259 --> 00:19:42.979
 foreshadows

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 that his

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 death

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 will not

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 be the

00:19:44.740 --> 00:19:45.019
 end of

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 the matter

00:19:45.399 --> 00:19:47.319
 the owner

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 of the

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 vineyard

00:19:47.959 --> 00:19:48.599
 will come

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 and he

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 will destroy

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 those who

00:19:51.240 --> 00:19:51.839
 have rejected

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 his son

00:19:52.479 --> 00:19:54.479
 they reject

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 his authority

00:19:55.319 --> 00:19:55.819
 when they

00:19:55.819 --> 00:19:56.519
 reject his

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 son

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 and it's a

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 tough bottom

00:20:02.779 --> 00:20:03.319
 line

00:20:03.319 --> 00:20:03.839
 but the

00:20:03.839 --> 00:20:04.319
 judgment

00:20:04.319 --> 00:20:05.000
 of god

00:20:05.000 --> 00:20:05.740
 will come

00:20:05.740 --> 00:20:07.359
 and it

00:20:07.359 --> 00:20:07.679
 will be

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 fierce

00:20:08.139 --> 00:20:08.519
 against

00:20:08.519 --> 00:20:09.039
 those who

00:20:09.039 --> 00:20:09.419
 reject

00:20:09.419 --> 00:20:10.059
 his son

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 but his

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 judgment

00:20:12.079 --> 00:20:12.559
 will not

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 be whimsical

00:20:13.299 --> 00:20:14.379
 and harsh

00:20:14.379 --> 00:20:15.399
 it won't

00:20:15.399 --> 00:20:15.720
 be the

00:20:15.720 --> 00:20:16.119
 act of

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 an

00:20:16.240 --> 00:20:16.659
 unfair

00:20:16.659 --> 00:20:17.299
 despot

00:20:17.299 --> 00:20:17.639
 it will

00:20:17.639 --> 00:20:18.000
 be an

00:20:18.000 --> 00:20:18.379
 act of

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 justice

00:20:19.019 --> 00:20:20.759
 it will

00:20:20.759 --> 00:20:21.079
 be the

00:20:21.079 --> 00:20:21.700
 result of

00:20:21.700 --> 00:20:22.279
 the rejection

00:20:22.279 --> 00:20:22.759
 of his

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 authority

00:20:23.359 --> 00:20:24.500
 it will

00:20:24.500 --> 00:20:25.139
 come after

00:20:25.139 --> 00:20:25.639
 all the

00:20:25.639 --> 00:20:26.220
 warnings in

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 the world

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 it will

00:20:27.559 --> 00:20:28.079
 come to

00:20:28.079 --> 00:20:28.599
 men and

00:20:28.599 --> 00:20:29.079
 women who

00:20:29.079 --> 00:20:30.000
 continue to

00:20:30.000 --> 00:20:30.659
 reject the

00:20:30.659 --> 00:20:31.240
 much loved

00:20:31.240 --> 00:20:32.039
 son of god

00:20:32.039 --> 00:20:32.980
 sent into

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 our world

00:20:33.759 --> 00:20:34.879
 it will

00:20:34.879 --> 00:20:36.379
 come because

00:20:36.379 --> 00:20:37.259
 they reject

00:20:37.259 --> 00:20:38.019
 his authority

00:20:38.019 --> 00:20:41.139
 and so

00:20:41.139 --> 00:20:41.759
 right through

00:20:41.759 --> 00:20:42.259
 mark's

00:20:42.259 --> 00:20:42.639
 gospel

00:20:42.639 --> 00:20:43.659
 mark tells

00:20:43.659 --> 00:20:44.480
 one story

00:20:44.480 --> 00:20:45.220
 after another

00:20:45.220 --> 00:20:45.940
 establishing

00:20:45.940 --> 00:20:47.440
 jesus authority

00:20:47.440 --> 00:20:48.000
 as king

00:20:48.000 --> 00:20:50.079
 and the

00:20:50.079 --> 00:20:50.759
 passage this

00:20:50.759 --> 00:20:51.359
 morning is a

00:20:51.359 --> 00:20:51.899
 confrontation

00:20:51.899 --> 00:20:52.680
 with the

00:20:52.680 --> 00:20:53.079
 religious

00:20:53.079 --> 00:20:53.940
 establishment

00:20:53.940 --> 00:20:54.680
 the club

00:20:54.680 --> 00:20:57.159
 and i could

00:20:57.159 --> 00:20:57.680
 leave the

00:20:57.680 --> 00:20:58.220
 message there

00:20:58.220 --> 00:20:58.599
 and i could

00:20:58.599 --> 00:20:59.019
 say look

00:20:59.019 --> 00:20:59.740
 jesus is

00:20:59.740 --> 00:21:00.139
 king

00:21:00.139 --> 00:21:00.899
 he is

00:21:00.899 --> 00:21:01.339
 lord

00:21:01.339 --> 00:21:02.099
 in terms

00:21:02.099 --> 00:21:02.419
 of the

00:21:02.419 --> 00:21:02.819
 parable

00:21:02.819 --> 00:21:03.859
 of the

00:21:03.859 --> 00:21:04.359
 vineyard

00:21:04.359 --> 00:21:04.959
 he is

00:21:04.959 --> 00:21:05.439
 the very

00:21:05.439 --> 00:21:06.240
 last word

00:21:06.240 --> 00:21:06.759
 from god

00:21:06.759 --> 00:21:07.199
 there will

00:21:07.199 --> 00:21:07.619
 not be

00:21:07.619 --> 00:21:07.939
 another

00:21:07.939 --> 00:21:08.279
 one

00:21:08.279 --> 00:21:08.980
 he is

00:21:08.980 --> 00:21:09.399
 god's

00:21:09.399 --> 00:21:10.000
 much loved

00:21:10.000 --> 00:21:10.379
 son

00:21:10.379 --> 00:21:10.959
 and if

00:21:10.959 --> 00:21:11.339
 we do

00:21:11.339 --> 00:21:11.579
 not

00:21:11.579 --> 00:21:11.879
 listen

00:21:11.879 --> 00:21:12.299
 to him

00:21:12.299 --> 00:21:12.639
 there will

00:21:12.639 --> 00:21:13.079
 be no

00:21:13.079 --> 00:21:13.399
 other

00:21:13.399 --> 00:21:17.059
 but i want

00:21:17.059 --> 00:21:17.439
 to press

00:21:17.439 --> 00:21:17.899
 further

00:21:17.899 --> 00:21:18.539
 and say

00:21:18.539 --> 00:21:19.740
 that this

00:21:19.740 --> 00:21:20.339
 is much

00:21:20.339 --> 00:21:20.859
 more than

00:21:20.859 --> 00:21:21.339
 a power

00:21:21.339 --> 00:21:21.899
 struggle

00:21:21.899 --> 00:21:24.339
 the battle

00:21:24.339 --> 00:21:25.019
 is really

00:21:25.019 --> 00:21:25.659
 interesting

00:21:25.659 --> 00:21:26.240
 but what

00:21:26.240 --> 00:21:26.959
 is at stake

00:21:26.959 --> 00:21:27.899
 is priceless

00:21:27.900 --> 00:21:31.160
 the battle

00:21:31.160 --> 00:21:32.200
 between jesus

00:21:32.200 --> 00:21:32.620
 and the

00:21:32.620 --> 00:21:33.060
 religious

00:21:33.060 --> 00:21:33.660
 leaders

00:21:33.660 --> 00:21:34.180
 in the

00:21:34.180 --> 00:21:34.560
 end is

00:21:34.560 --> 00:21:34.860
 about

00:21:34.860 --> 00:21:35.540
 people's

00:21:35.540 --> 00:21:35.940
 souls

00:21:35.940 --> 00:21:39.700
 the king

00:21:39.700 --> 00:21:40.200
 has not

00:21:40.200 --> 00:21:40.720
 come to

00:21:40.720 --> 00:21:41.259
 big note

00:21:41.259 --> 00:21:41.820
 himself

00:21:41.820 --> 00:21:43.160
 and for

00:21:43.160 --> 00:21:43.620
 self

00:21:43.620 --> 00:21:44.880
 aggrandisement

00:21:44.880 --> 00:21:48.060
 he has

00:21:48.060 --> 00:21:48.940
 come on

00:21:48.940 --> 00:21:49.380
 the most

00:21:49.380 --> 00:21:50.259
 extraordinary

00:21:50.259 --> 00:21:51.060
 rescue

00:21:51.060 --> 00:21:51.580
 mission

00:21:51.580 --> 00:21:53.800
 he's god's

00:21:53.800 --> 00:21:54.380
 much loved

00:21:54.380 --> 00:21:54.940
 son who

00:21:54.940 --> 00:21:55.560
 comes as

00:21:55.560 --> 00:21:56.060
 a slave

00:21:56.060 --> 00:21:56.740
 to rescue

00:21:56.740 --> 00:21:57.259
 us

00:21:57.259 --> 00:21:59.640
 it just

00:21:59.640 --> 00:22:00.259
 demonstrates

00:22:00.259 --> 00:22:00.859
 to us

00:22:00.859 --> 00:22:01.279
 that god

00:22:01.279 --> 00:22:01.879
 loves us

00:22:01.879 --> 00:22:02.319
 god is

00:22:02.319 --> 00:22:02.900
 wonderfully

00:22:02.900 --> 00:22:03.519
 kind to

00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:03.819
 us

00:22:03.819 --> 00:22:05.640
 and his

00:22:05.640 --> 00:22:06.180
 heart is

00:22:06.180 --> 00:22:06.599
 to see

00:22:06.599 --> 00:22:07.259
 men and

00:22:07.259 --> 00:22:07.879
 women and

00:22:07.879 --> 00:22:08.519
 boys and

00:22:08.519 --> 00:22:09.259
 girls brought

00:22:09.259 --> 00:22:10.299
 into the

00:22:10.299 --> 00:22:11.000
 safety of

00:22:11.000 --> 00:22:11.700
 his kingdom

00:22:11.700 --> 00:22:16.140
 the club

00:22:16.140 --> 00:22:18.559
 the religious

00:22:18.559 --> 00:22:19.519
 establishment

00:22:19.519 --> 00:22:20.400
 had lost

00:22:20.400 --> 00:22:21.200
 the vision

00:22:21.200 --> 00:22:21.859
 for why

00:22:21.859 --> 00:22:22.240
 they were

00:22:22.240 --> 00:22:22.680
 there

00:22:22.680 --> 00:22:26.000
 they thought

00:22:26.000 --> 00:22:26.379
 that they

00:22:26.379 --> 00:22:27.000
 were upholding

00:22:27.000 --> 00:22:27.859
 god's purposes

00:22:27.859 --> 00:22:30.380
 they had

00:22:30.380 --> 00:22:30.960
 the temple

00:22:30.960 --> 00:22:31.420
 humming

00:22:31.420 --> 00:22:32.839
 and they

00:22:32.839 --> 00:22:33.339
 were making

00:22:33.339 --> 00:22:33.980
 a motza

00:22:33.980 --> 00:22:35.619
 and the

00:22:35.619 --> 00:22:36.640
 temple services

00:22:36.640 --> 00:22:38.700
 looked fantastic

00:22:38.700 --> 00:22:39.160
 and the

00:22:39.160 --> 00:22:39.799
 priests looked

00:22:39.799 --> 00:22:40.500
 magnificent

00:22:40.500 --> 00:22:41.339
 in all their

00:22:41.339 --> 00:22:41.720
 gear

00:22:41.720 --> 00:22:42.799
 the liturgy

00:22:42.799 --> 00:22:43.460
 was rich

00:22:43.460 --> 00:22:44.140
 the oldies

00:22:44.140 --> 00:22:44.660
 were happy

00:22:44.660 --> 00:22:45.160
 the young

00:22:45.160 --> 00:22:45.920
 loved to be

00:22:45.920 --> 00:22:46.299
 there

00:22:46.299 --> 00:22:47.660
 the music

00:22:47.660 --> 00:22:48.220
 was both

00:22:48.220 --> 00:22:48.859
 contemporary

00:22:48.859 --> 00:22:49.680
 and it was

00:22:49.680 --> 00:22:50.200
 ancient

00:22:50.200 --> 00:22:51.980
 and the club

00:22:51.980 --> 00:22:53.059
 was an exciting

00:22:53.059 --> 00:22:54.380
 place to be

00:22:54.380 --> 00:22:58.380
 and the

00:22:58.380 --> 00:22:58.840
 club

00:22:58.840 --> 00:23:00.300
 had moved

00:23:00.300 --> 00:23:01.140
 the killing

00:23:01.140 --> 00:23:01.680
 of its

00:23:01.680 --> 00:23:02.480
 founder and

00:23:02.480 --> 00:23:03.300
 owner to the

00:23:03.300 --> 00:23:04.080
 main item

00:23:04.080 --> 00:23:04.580
 on its

00:23:04.580 --> 00:23:05.100
 agenda

00:23:05.100 --> 00:23:14.560
 the main

00:23:14.560 --> 00:23:15.160
 item on our

00:23:15.160 --> 00:23:15.960
 agenda must be

00:23:15.960 --> 00:23:16.780
 the purposes of

00:23:16.780 --> 00:23:17.420
 god's king

00:23:17.420 --> 00:23:18.140
 the lord jesus

00:23:18.140 --> 00:23:18.700
 christ

00:23:18.700 --> 00:23:22.819
 he did not

00:23:22.819 --> 00:23:23.380
 come to be

00:23:23.380 --> 00:23:24.140
 served but to

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 serve and to

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 give his life

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 as a ransom

00:23:26.340 --> 00:23:27.019
 for many

00:23:27.019 --> 00:23:30.799
 and the

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 agenda for us

00:23:31.660 --> 00:23:32.819
 becomes to

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 proclaim the

00:23:33.440 --> 00:23:34.299
 glory of god's

00:23:34.299 --> 00:23:34.559
 king

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 i do not want

00:23:39.100 --> 00:23:39.740
 to put you on

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 a guilt trip

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 but i do want

00:23:43.840 --> 00:23:44.680
 to ask you in

00:23:44.680 --> 00:23:45.600
 the same way as

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 i ask myself

00:23:47.019 --> 00:23:50.139
 do you care

00:23:50.139 --> 00:23:50.759
 about the

00:23:50.759 --> 00:23:51.199
 lost

00:23:51.199 --> 00:23:55.839
 do you care

00:23:55.839 --> 00:23:56.339
 about the

00:23:56.339 --> 00:23:56.959
 outsider

00:23:56.959 --> 00:24:00.319
 i sat at the

00:24:00.319 --> 00:24:01.119
 rugby league at

00:24:01.119 --> 00:24:02.219
 brookvale oval last

00:24:02.219 --> 00:24:02.879
 night thinking

00:24:02.879 --> 00:24:03.779
 about people

00:24:03.779 --> 00:24:07.319
 it's really easy

00:24:07.319 --> 00:24:08.359
 to be judgmental

00:24:08.359 --> 00:24:09.079
 about the number

00:24:09.079 --> 00:24:09.839
 of cans of

00:24:09.839 --> 00:24:10.459
 twoies and

00:24:10.459 --> 00:24:11.319
 jim beam going

00:24:11.319 --> 00:24:12.159
 down all

00:24:12.159 --> 00:24:12.579
 around

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 and to

00:24:15.539 --> 00:24:16.119
 think about

00:24:16.119 --> 00:24:16.839
 people and

00:24:16.839 --> 00:24:17.679
 their relationships

00:24:17.679 --> 00:24:18.159
 and the

00:24:18.159 --> 00:24:18.919
 families without

00:24:18.919 --> 00:24:19.759
 wedding rings and

00:24:19.759 --> 00:24:20.539
 all the things that

00:24:20.539 --> 00:24:21.539
 you see and the

00:24:21.539 --> 00:24:22.559
 drunk man hugging

00:24:22.559 --> 00:24:23.659
 one woman after

00:24:23.659 --> 00:24:24.119
 another

00:24:24.119 --> 00:24:28.059
 that was last

00:24:28.059 --> 00:24:28.799
 night brookvale

00:24:28.799 --> 00:24:30.539
 oval and that

00:24:30.539 --> 00:24:31.480
 was me wrestling

00:24:31.480 --> 00:24:32.579
 with my feelings

00:24:32.579 --> 00:24:35.199
 or over the

00:24:35.199 --> 00:24:36.039
 fence my next

00:24:36.039 --> 00:24:36.779
 door neighbours

00:24:36.779 --> 00:24:39.279
 my buddhist

00:24:39.279 --> 00:24:40.919
 neighbours who

00:24:40.919 --> 00:24:41.759
 have only just

00:24:41.759 --> 00:24:42.599
 begun to talk

00:24:42.599 --> 00:24:43.079
 to in the

00:24:43.079 --> 00:24:43.759
 last couple

00:24:43.759 --> 00:24:44.579
 of months after

00:24:44.579 --> 00:24:45.240
 being there for

00:24:45.240 --> 00:24:45.779
 nearly two

00:24:45.779 --> 00:24:46.200
 years

00:24:46.200 --> 00:24:49.879
 without christ

00:24:49.879 --> 00:24:50.839
 they are lost

00:24:50.839 --> 00:24:55.079
 and christ

00:24:55.079 --> 00:24:56.259
 does want us

00:24:56.259 --> 00:24:56.980
 to proclaim

00:24:56.980 --> 00:24:57.460
 him

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 and i think

00:24:59.539 --> 00:25:00.460
 if i go next

00:25:00.460 --> 00:25:01.180
 door and try

00:25:01.180 --> 00:25:01.680
 to do that

00:25:01.680 --> 00:25:02.420
 with my taxi

00:25:02.420 --> 00:25:03.259
 driver neighbour

00:25:03.259 --> 00:25:03.700
 under the

00:25:03.700 --> 00:25:04.240
 bonnet of his

00:25:04.240 --> 00:25:04.900
 car i don't

00:25:04.900 --> 00:25:05.640
 think if i do

00:25:05.640 --> 00:25:06.660
 that cold it

00:25:06.660 --> 00:25:07.339
 will work

00:25:07.339 --> 00:25:12.939
 so i think

00:25:12.939 --> 00:25:13.359
 i want to

00:25:13.359 --> 00:25:13.839
 pray for

00:25:13.839 --> 00:25:14.099
 them

00:25:14.099 --> 00:25:17.919
 and i want

00:25:17.919 --> 00:25:18.480
 to pray for

00:25:18.480 --> 00:25:19.419
 opportunities to

00:25:19.419 --> 00:25:19.959
 get to know

00:25:19.959 --> 00:25:20.279
 them

00:25:20.279 --> 00:25:23.220
 and i want to

00:25:23.220 --> 00:25:23.899
 think about how

00:25:23.899 --> 00:25:24.519
 maybe i might

00:25:24.519 --> 00:25:24.980
 show some

00:25:24.980 --> 00:25:25.740
 kindness to

00:25:25.740 --> 00:25:26.059
 them

00:25:26.059 --> 00:25:28.179
 and i'm

00:25:28.179 --> 00:25:28.679
 wondering if

00:25:28.679 --> 00:25:29.199
 a plate of

00:25:29.199 --> 00:25:29.819
 chocolate chip

00:25:29.819 --> 00:25:30.639
 cookies cooked

00:25:30.639 --> 00:25:31.299
 by kerry

00:25:31.299 --> 00:25:33.859
 might be a way

00:25:33.859 --> 00:25:34.279
 of showing

00:25:34.279 --> 00:25:35.439
 appreciation for

00:25:35.440 --> 00:25:36.000
 the work that

00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:36.519
 they've just

00:25:36.519 --> 00:25:37.180
 done fixing

00:25:37.180 --> 00:25:37.799
 our boundary

00:25:37.799 --> 00:25:38.320
 fence

00:25:38.320 --> 00:25:43.100
 so i'm

00:25:43.100 --> 00:25:43.960
 wondering if

00:25:43.960 --> 00:25:44.600
 developing

00:25:44.600 --> 00:25:45.900
 relationship like

00:25:45.900 --> 00:25:46.400
 that would

00:25:46.400 --> 00:25:47.000
 lead to

00:25:47.000 --> 00:25:48.160
 opportunity down

00:25:48.160 --> 00:25:48.840
 the track to

00:25:48.840 --> 00:25:49.640
 share something

00:25:49.640 --> 00:25:50.200
 of what i

00:25:50.200 --> 00:25:51.100
 believe or

00:25:51.100 --> 00:25:51.940
 even to invite

00:25:51.940 --> 00:25:52.279
 them to

00:25:52.279 --> 00:25:53.120
 something special

00:25:53.120 --> 00:25:53.680
 that happens

00:25:53.680 --> 00:25:54.480
 here at church

00:25:54.480 --> 00:25:58.860
 and dream a

00:25:58.860 --> 00:25:59.340
 bit more

00:25:59.340 --> 00:26:00.160
 what if lots

00:26:00.160 --> 00:26:00.640
 of us were

00:26:00.640 --> 00:26:01.100
 living like

00:26:01.100 --> 00:26:01.539
 that some

00:26:01.539 --> 00:26:02.220
 of you are

00:26:02.220 --> 00:26:03.740
 but what if

00:26:03.740 --> 00:26:04.480
 lots of us

00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:04.840
 were

00:26:04.839 --> 00:26:07.839
 engaging our

00:26:07.839 --> 00:26:08.379
 friends and

00:26:08.379 --> 00:26:08.919
 our neighbours

00:26:08.919 --> 00:26:09.559
 with the love

00:26:09.559 --> 00:26:10.159
 of christ

00:26:10.159 --> 00:26:11.699
 we would

00:26:11.699 --> 00:26:12.599
 move beyond

00:26:12.599 --> 00:26:13.480
 being like a

00:26:13.480 --> 00:26:14.559
 club we

00:26:14.559 --> 00:26:15.079
 would be

00:26:15.079 --> 00:26:16.059
 impacting our

00:26:16.059 --> 00:26:17.720
 community we

00:26:17.720 --> 00:26:18.099
 would be

00:26:18.099 --> 00:26:18.720
 showing that

00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:19.319
 we treasure

00:26:19.319 --> 00:26:19.799
 the lord

00:26:19.799 --> 00:26:20.679
 jesus in our

00:26:20.679 --> 00:26:21.419
 concern for

00:26:21.419 --> 00:26:21.980
 the lost

00:26:21.980 --> 00:26:25.240
 jesus engaged

00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:25.980
 in a massive

00:26:25.980 --> 00:26:26.859
 power play

00:26:26.859 --> 00:26:32.719
 and he would

00:26:32.719 --> 00:26:33.639
 seem to lose

00:26:33.639 --> 00:26:34.439
 when he died

00:26:34.439 --> 00:26:37.679
 but his

00:26:37.679 --> 00:26:38.779
 death was

00:26:38.779 --> 00:26:39.339
 the ransom

00:26:39.339 --> 00:26:41.439
 price for

00:26:41.439 --> 00:26:42.199
 yours and

00:26:42.199 --> 00:26:42.740
 for my

00:26:42.740 --> 00:26:44.579
 sins and

00:26:44.579 --> 00:26:44.979
 they are

00:26:44.979 --> 00:26:45.279
 many

00:26:45.279 --> 00:26:49.219
 so i don't

00:26:49.219 --> 00:26:49.539
 think it

00:26:49.539 --> 00:26:50.119
 matters if

00:26:50.119 --> 00:26:50.479
 we are

00:26:50.479 --> 00:26:51.599
 older and

00:26:51.599 --> 00:26:52.240
 conservative

00:26:52.240 --> 00:26:53.900
 younger and

00:26:53.900 --> 00:26:54.779
 wanting radical

00:26:54.779 --> 00:26:55.599
 change

00:26:55.599 --> 00:26:58.579
 we must

00:26:58.579 --> 00:26:59.779
 not be a

00:26:59.779 --> 00:27:01.500
 club in

00:27:01.500 --> 00:27:01.920
 a new

00:27:01.920 --> 00:27:02.620
 generation

00:27:02.620 --> 00:27:04.240
 that has

00:27:04.240 --> 00:27:04.900
 lost its

00:27:04.900 --> 00:27:05.559
 vision for

00:27:05.559 --> 00:27:06.519
 saving souls

00:27:06.519 --> 00:27:09.660
 may god so

00:27:09.660 --> 00:27:10.420
 bless us

00:27:10.420 --> 00:27:11.200
 that saint

00:27:11.200 --> 00:27:11.960
 paul's might

00:27:11.960 --> 00:27:12.819
 be a church

00:27:12.819 --> 00:27:14.380
 with a

00:27:14.380 --> 00:27:15.180
 people whose

00:27:15.180 --> 00:27:15.859
 ministry

00:27:15.859 --> 00:27:17.740
 brings many

00:27:17.740 --> 00:27:18.400
 people to

00:27:18.400 --> 00:27:19.120
 safety in

00:27:19.119 --> 00:27:19.619
 christ

00:27:19.619 --> 00:27:21.539
 amen