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 Amen. Please take out your copy of God's Word. Turn to the Gospel according to Mark chapter 7.

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 Amen. It's good to be here with you today, and I'm glad that you're here with us. If you are a guest with us today, we have been preaching, working together through, verse by verse, through the Gospel according to Mark, looking at the life of Christ together.

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 And we've come now to chapter 7, and I'm going to read to us the first 13 verses.

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 Now when the Pharisees gathered to him with some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem, they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed.

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 For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands properly, holding to the tradition of the elders.

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 And when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash.

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 And there are many other traditions that they observe, such as the washing of cups and pots and copper vessels and dining couches.

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 And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him,

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 Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with defiled hands?

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 And he said to them,

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 Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written,

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 This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

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 In vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.

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 You leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men.

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 And he said to them,

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 You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition.

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 For Moses said,

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 Honor your father and mother, and whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.

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 But you say,

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 If a man tells his father or his mother,

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 Whatever you would have gained from me is Corban, that is, given to God,

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 then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother,

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 thus making void the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down.

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 And many such things you do.

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 This is God's word to us, written for his glory and our good.

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 We will all do well to listen to it and obey it.

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 Join me in prayer.

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 Father, we do praise you this morning for the person and work of Jesus Christ.

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 We thank you that you are drawing us together even now to hear from your word,

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 and we praise you for it.

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 I pray, Father, that it will be powerful this morning in our lives,

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 in my preaching of it and in the hearing of it and in the application of it throughout this next week.

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 This is a gift from you.

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 We cannot accomplish this on our own.

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 No perfectly put together speech.

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 No convincing nature of my argument.

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 Not the best note-taker, best listener in this room can possibly understand and apply your word

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 unless you work in us to accomplish that by your spirit.

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 And so we pray that that would be the case this morning,

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 that none of us would leave here unchanged.

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 And we pray this in Christ's name.

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 Amen.

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 So we have another one of these confrontations on the religious of Jerusalem with Jesus.

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 Now he's coming to a close of his Galilean ministry.

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 It's beginning to wind down.

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 He's just fed the 5,000.

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 It's the last of the largest groups.

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 We'll see him feed later 4,000 as the reverb is being worked out of the system right now.

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 But this is winding down.

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 When he's going to move from the region of Galilee,

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 he's going to go to Tyre and Sidon, some other places.

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 He's primarily going to be focused, through the rest of the Gospel account of Mark,

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 on teaching the disciples.

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 And he'll encounter the world, the lost along the way.

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 And he'll be teaching the disciples things as that happens.

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 And we kind of see this heightened level of confrontation

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 as the religious of the day are getting more and more nervous about the things that Jesus is teaching.

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 And they confront him here.

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 As he is allowing his disciples to eat with unwashed hands.

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 And we'll explain that in a bit more degree in just a moment here.

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 But I want you to focus your attention in on the very beginning of verse 7.

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 This is the axiom statement.

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 This is the thing we really need to draw our attention to and really notice.

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 Everything else in this text builds around this.

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 This little phrase,

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 In vain do they worship me.

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 In vain do they worship me.

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 It is possible to worship the right God wrongly.

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 And this is a frightful reality.

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 That you could worship the God of Moses,

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 the God of Abraham,

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 the God of Jesus,

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 and do it wrongly,

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 and find yourself outside the faith,

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 is a frightful reality.

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 You see,

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 they thought that they were worshiping God rightly.

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 In fact,

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 their lives were devoted to this.

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 These Pharisees and the scribes.

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 The scribes would have been the academic elite.

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 They would have come down from Jerusalem.

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 You see,

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 they were probably called as some elites down.

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 Help us come and confront this Jesus

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 because he is confounding our accusations at every turn

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 and we need your expertise

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 to come down from Jerusalem,

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 the center of religious learning.

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 These people devoted themselves

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 to what they thought was the right worship of God

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 in their legalism.

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 And we see that

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 Mark's parenthetical statement

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 that it was not just the Pharisees and the scribes,

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 but that it was all of Israel

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 at the beginning of verse 3.

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 The Pharisees and the scribes

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 and all of Israel

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 worshipped in this way.

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 This small group of Judaism,

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 the Pharisees numbered about 700 in these days,

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 had so convinced the nation

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 that they must follow the traditions of the elders

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 rather than submit themselves

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 to the Word of God.

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 Today we see this happening

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 with either legalism or liberalism,

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 right?

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 With good intention,

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 but that there's a strain

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 from the teaching of the Word

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 and a living that is supposed

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 will bring us into righteousness

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 by the outworking,

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 the showing of what we do

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 rather than the change that happens

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 in our hearts.

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 Matthew 23,

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 verse 13-15,

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 Jesus rebukes the scribes and Pharisees.

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 He says,

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 But woe to you,

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 scribes and Pharisees,

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 hypocrites,

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 for you shut the kingdom of heaven

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 in people's faces,

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 for you neither enter yourselves

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 nor allow those who would enter

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 to go in.

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 Woe to you,

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 scribes and Pharisees,

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 hypocrites,

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 for you travel across sea and land

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 to make a single proselytite.

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 And when he becomes a proselytite,

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 you make him twice as much

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 a child of hell

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 as yourselves.

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 You see the good intention here.

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 They would do all this traveling

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 to just bring one convert

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 into Judaism.

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 All of this work

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 to see this accomplished.

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 And yet,

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 what they're accomplishing

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 is the opposite

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 of what they hoped to do.

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 Well-intentioned,

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 but wrong.

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 To quote the great Wes Shelnut,

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 the song he once wrote,

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 which he thinks he picked this up

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 from someplace else,

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 they were providing

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 air conditioning

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 on a train ride to hell.

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 Air conditioning

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 on a train ride to hell.

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 And the issue at hand here,

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 really,

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 concerning the worship of God,

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 is an issue of heart.

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 God desires heart worship.

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 Deuteronomy 6, 4 and 5.

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 God says,

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 Hear, O Israel,

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 the Lord our God,

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 the Lord is one.

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 You shall love the Lord your God

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 with all your heart

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 and with all your soul

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 and with all your might.

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 And we're speaking here

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 of the heart

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 as the center of who we are,

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 our very being.

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 Don't misunderstand this

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 as the beating vessel

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 that pumps blood to our organs.

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 This is the center

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 of who we are.

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 Religion kills.

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 Outward trappings,

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 outward appearance

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 of righteousness

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 kills.

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 Its end is destruction

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 and death.

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 But heart worship

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 gives life.

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 This is how we find

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 these Pharisees

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 and these scribes

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 coming and bringing

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 this accusation.

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 Mark chapter 12,

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 verse 28 to 34.

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 You'd do well to turn there

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 if you'd like to join me.

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 Mark chapter 12.

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 Here we see

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 an exception to the dorm.

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 A scribe who seems

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 to understand

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 what Jesus was teaching.

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 Beginning in verse 28,

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 and one of the scribes

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 came up

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 and heard them

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 disputing with one another

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 and seeing that he

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 answered them well,

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 asked,

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 which commandment

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 is the most important

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 of all?

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 Jesus here answers

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 quotes from Deuteronomy 6,

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 4 and 5.

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 The important is,

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 Hear, O Israel,

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 the Lord our God,

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 the Lord is one.

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 And you shall love

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 the Lord your God

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 with all your heart,

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 with all your soul,

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 with all your mind,

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 and with all your strength.

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 The second is this,

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 that you shall love

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 your neighbor as yourself.

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 There is no other

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 commandment greater

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 than these.

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 And the scribe said to him,

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 You are right, teacher.

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 You have truly said

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 that he is one

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 and there is no other

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 besides him.

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 And to love him

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 with all the heart

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 and with all the understanding

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 and with all the strength

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 and to love one's neighbor

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 as oneself

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 is much more

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 than all whole burnt offerings

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!

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 And sacrifices.

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 And when Jesus saw

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 that he answered wisely,

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 he said to him,

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 You are not far

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 from the kingdom

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 of God.

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 It's an issue of

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 heart,

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 right?

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 We must

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 be changed

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 by God,

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 that we will submit

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 to his ways.

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 The things that we do

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 on the exterior

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 are the evidences

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 of a changed heart.

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 But those evidences

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 do not change

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 who we are.

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 This was not a new issue

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 just in Jesus' time.

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 In the past,

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 this was a problem as well.

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 It seems to be

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 kind of knit into

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 our sinful character

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 that we would want

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 to trade the commandments

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 of God

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 for the traditions of men.

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 In the days of Isaiah,

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 this was true.

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 Turn to Isaiah 1,

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 verse 11.

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 Get ready to Bible drill

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 this morning,

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 or at least jot down

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 these references.

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 Isaiah 1,

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 beginning in verse 11.

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 What to me is the multitude

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 of your sacrifices,

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 your religion,

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 says the Lord?

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 I have had enough

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 of burnt offerings,

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 of rams,

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 and the fat

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 of well-fed beasts.

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 I do not delight

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 in the blood of bulls,

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 or of lambs,

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 or of goats.

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 When you come to appear

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 before me,

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 who has required of you

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 this trampling

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 of my courts?

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 Now get,

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 these were prescribed things.

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 God had asked them

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 to do these things.

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 But he says to them,

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 who has required of you

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 this trampling

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 of my courts?

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 Bring no more

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 vain offerings.

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 Verse 13.

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 Incense is an abomination

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 to me.

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 New moon and Sabbath

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 and the calling

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 of convocations.

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 I cannot endure

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 iniquity and solemn assembly.

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 The two can't walk

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 hand in hand.

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 Your new moons

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 and your appointed feasts

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 my soul hates.

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 They have become

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 a burden to me.

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 I am weary

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 of bearing them.

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 When you spread out

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 your hands,

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 I will hide my eyes

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 from you.

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 Even though you make

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 many prayers,

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 I will not listen.

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 Your hands are full

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 of blood.

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 Now here's the answer.

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 Here's the right way

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 to worship God.

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 Wash yourselves.

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 Make yourselves clean.

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 We do this by the blood

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 of Christ.

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 Remove the evil

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 of your deeds

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 from before my eyes.

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 Cease to do evil.

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 Learn to do good.

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 Seek justice.

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 Correct oppression.

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 Bring justice

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 to the fatherless.

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 Plead the widow's cause.

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 These are the evidences

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 of changed hearts.

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 Come now.

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 Let us reason together,

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 says the Lord.

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 Though your sins

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 are like scarlet,

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 they shall be

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 as white as snow.

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 Though they are red

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 like crimson,

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 they shall become

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 like wool.

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 If you are willing

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 and obedient,

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 you shall eat

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 the good of the land.

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 But if you refuse

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 and rebel,

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 you shall be eaten

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 by the sword,

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 for the mouth

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 of the Lord

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 has spoken.

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 This was not a new issue

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 in Jesus' time.

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 This was a problem

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 in the days of Isaiah

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 as well.

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 It's also a problem

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 in the days of Malachi

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 after Israel's return

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 from exile.

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 Malachi chapter 2.

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 This is the prophet

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 right before Matthew

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 if you don't know

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 where that's at.

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 Just before Matthew,

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 Malachi chapter 2.

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 After God is commended

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 by the prophet Malachi

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 the service of Levi,

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 the first in the

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 priestly order,

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 in verse 8 he says

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 to the priests of that day,

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 but you have turned aside

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 from the way.

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 You have caused many

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 to stumble

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 by your instruction.

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 You have corrupted

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 the covenant of Levi,

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 says the Lord of hosts,

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 and so I make you

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 despised and abased

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 before all the people

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 inasmuch as you do not

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 keep my ways,

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 but show partiality

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 in your instruction.

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 So it's happening

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 after the return

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 from exile.

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 After Israel had been

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 taught a great lesson

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 at the hands

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 of their enemies,

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 and they returned,

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 they'd been restored

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 by God,

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 it was still an issue.

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 It was an issue

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 in the days of Peter

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 and Paul,

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 after Jesus' death

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 and his resurrection.

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 Turn to 1 Timothy

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 chapter 6.

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 1 Timothy 6.

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 1 Timothy 6.

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 1 Timothy 6.

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 1 Timothy 6.

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 Verses 3 through 5.

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 If anyone teaches

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 a different doctrine

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 and does not agree

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 with the sound words

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 of our Lord Jesus Christ

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 and the teaching

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 that accords with godliness,

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 he is puffed up

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 with conceit

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 and understands nothing.

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 He has an unhealthy craving

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 for controversy

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 and for quarrels

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 about words

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 which produce envy,

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 dissensions,

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 slander,

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 evil suspicions,

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 and constant friction

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 among people

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 who are depraved in mind

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 and deprived of the truth,

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 imagining that godliness

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 is a means of gain.

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 So men in this day

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 were already preaching

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 what we would call

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 the prosperity gospel.

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 And the warning to Timothy

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 is to shut them up.

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 This is not truth.

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 Quiet them.

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 Peter experienced it too.

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 2 Peter 2.

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 Verses 1-3.

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 But false prophets

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 also arose among the people.

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 Just as there will be

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 false teachers among you

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 who will secretly bring in

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 destructive heresies,

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 even denying the master

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 who bought them,

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 bringing upon themselves

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 swift destruction.

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 And many will follow.

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 Many will follow

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 their sensuality.

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 And because of them

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 the way of truth

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 will be blasphemed.

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 And in their greed

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 they will exploit you

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 with false words.

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 Their condemnation

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 from long ago

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 is not idle.

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 And their destruction

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 is not asleep.

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 It was happening there

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 in this case as well.

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 And was predicted

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 that it would happen

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 both by Peter

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 in the text we just read

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 as well as by Paul

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 in 2 Timothy 4.

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 Verses 3-4.

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 Paul stated

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 this would be the case.

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 For the time is coming

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 when people

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 will not endure

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 sound teaching

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 but having itching ears

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 they will accumulate

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 for themselves

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 teachers to suit

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 their own passions

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 and will turn away

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 from listening to the truth

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 and wander off

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 into myths.

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 This is a problem

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 in our day.

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 People who have

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 wandered from

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 the truth of God.

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 People who have

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 wandered away

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 into myths.

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 People who have

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 built religion

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 which kills

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 which damns people

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 rather than

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 bringing them

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 to Christ

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 and having their hearts

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 be changed.

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 Now

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 let's take a look

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 at our text

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 and let's see

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 three ways

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 that the Pharisees

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 and all the Jews

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 worshipped God

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 in vain.

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 But don't miss

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 that this has

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 application for our day.

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 Don't put this

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 off and distant

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 for the Pharisees

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 and all the Jews.

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 This was a problem

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 for them.

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 The reason I just read

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 to you all those texts

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 was to show you

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 that this is a sweeping

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 problem.

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 It existed

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 way back then

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 and it certainly

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 exists now.

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 So three ways

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 that the Pharisees

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 and all the Jews

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 worshipped God

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 in vain.

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 In vain

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 do they

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 worship me.

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 Number one

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 by being

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 hypocritical.

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 The first part

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 of verse 6

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 and he said to them

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 well did Isaiah

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 prophesy of you

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 hypocrites

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 as it is written.

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 He constantly

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 was railing

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 against them

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 this accusation

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 that they were

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 hypocrites

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 that they said

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 one thing

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 and they did

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 quite the opposite

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 that they set

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 a standard up

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 for the people

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 of Israel

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 to live to

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 that they themselves

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 could not keep

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 and they did this

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 by mounding laws

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 that were called

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 hedge laws

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 on top of

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 the law of God.

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 In order to

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 prevent people

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 from breaking

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 the law of God

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 they added all

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 these nuances

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 all these extra

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 things

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 they stacked

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 them up

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 they piled it

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 around

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 so that no one

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 could possibly

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 keep all of them

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 and they missed

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 the very point

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 of the law of God.

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 The very point

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 of it being

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 that we are meant

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 to live righteous

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 before him

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 and we can't

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 so we need

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 a savior.

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 Every road

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 in the scriptures

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 leads to

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 Golgotha.

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 The law

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 was meant

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 to show us

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 our need

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 of Christ

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 but they

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 became legalists

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 they began

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 to add on

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 extra things

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 all around

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 do we not

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 know people

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 like that

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 this day?

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 Matthew chapter 23

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 verse 25

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 through 28

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 Woe to you

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 scribes

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 and Pharisees

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 hypocrites

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 for you clean

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 the outside

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 of the cup

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 and the plate

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 but inside

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 they are full

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 of greed

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 and self-indulgence

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 you blind

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 Pharisee

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 first clean

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 the inside

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 of the cup

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 and the plate

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 that the outside

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 also may be

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 clean

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 clean your heart

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 so that your actions

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 will be clean

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 is what he's saying

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 to them

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 verse 27

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 Woe to you

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 scribes

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 and Pharisees

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 hypocrites

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 for you are like

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 whitewashed tombs

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 which outwardly

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 appear beautiful

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 but within

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 are full of

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 dead people's bones

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 and all uncleanliness

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 so you also

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 outwardly appear

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 righteous to others

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 but within

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 you are full

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 of hypocrisy

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 and lawlessness

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 their hearts

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 were not changed

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 they did a lot

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 of things

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 that seemed

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 righteous

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 on the outside

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 but they were not

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 because they were

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 done for their glory

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 and not for the glory

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 of the Lord and Savior

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 Jesus Christ

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 John 14

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 15

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 Jesus says

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 if you love me

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 you will keep

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 my commandments

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 so get it right

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 that if our hearts

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 are changed

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 if we have been

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 compelled by God

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 to believe in Christ

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 and our desires

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 are now being shaped

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 into his desires

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 and we love Jesus

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 for the reality

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 of the gospel

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 all these songs

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 we sing together

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 that are so gospel

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 centric

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 are also Christo

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 centric

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 that we might praise

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 the one who redeemed us

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 if we love him

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 we'll keep his commandments

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 we'll do the things

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 he told us to do

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 the commandment keeping

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 is a result

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 of the love

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 of the changed heart

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 not the other way

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 around

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 now at this point

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 Jesus' statement here

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 is so scathing

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 because none of us

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 can say

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 that we keep

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 Jesus' commandments

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 as perfectly

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 can we?

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 I certainly cannot

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 right?

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 is that not great evidence

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 that I don't love him

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 at all?

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 1 John chapter 1

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 gives us some

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 better understanding

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 I think

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 of this

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 bring some comfort

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 to your Christian souls

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 1 John chapter 1

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 beginning of verse 5

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 this is the message

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 we have heard from him

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 and proclaim to you

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 that God is light

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 and in him

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 is no darkness

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 at all

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 he is perfect

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 he is righteous

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 he is holy

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 if we say we have

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 fellowship with him

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 while we walk

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 in darkness

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 we lie

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 and do not practice

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 the truth

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 but if we walk

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 in the light

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 as he is in the light

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 we have fellowship

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 with one another

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 and the blood

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 of Jesus his son

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 cleanses us

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 from all sin

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 now get

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 he's talking about

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 habitual practice here

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 right?

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 John's talking about

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 a person who walks

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 in darkness

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 it is the characteristic

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 of their life

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 they walk in darkness

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 versus the 1 in verse 7

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 the characteristic

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 of their life

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 is that they walk

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 in the light

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 notice the summation

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 of verse 7

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 the blood of Jesus

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 his son

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 cleanses us

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 from all sin

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 verse 8

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 if we say we have

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 no sin

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 you find the Pharisees

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 would find themselves

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 this way

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 the legalists of our day

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 would find themselves

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 in this position

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 if we say we have

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 no sin

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 we deceive ourselves

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 and the truth

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 is not in us

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 we don't have

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 a clear picture

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 of who we are

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 we don't know

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 that we need

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 a savior

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 verse 9

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 if we confess our sins

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 praise God

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 he is faithful

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 and just

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 to forgive us

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 our sins

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 and to cleanse us

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 from all unrighteousness

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 if we say we have

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 not sinned

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 we make him a liar

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 and his word

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 is not in us

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 in some ways

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 we're all hypocrites

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 aren't we?

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 we say one thing

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 and practice another

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 it's very often

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 that we don't

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 practice what we preach

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 but the regenerate heart

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 the one that is

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 close to God

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 the person who is pursuing

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 God knows this

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 full well

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 and is humbled by it

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 throws themselves

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 on his grace

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 and mercy

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 knows that we have

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 a high standard

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 that we've been called to

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 that we cannot keep

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 apart from his work

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 in our life

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 it is true that God

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 uses crooked sticks

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 to draw straight lines

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 the religious elite

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 of this day

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 were self-proclaimed

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 straight sticks

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 drawing lines

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 that they supposed

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 were straight

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 but they were horribly

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 mistaken

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 they thought they were

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 doing this on their own

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 under their own

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 power

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 yes those of you

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 who like propaganda

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 that's where that came from

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 in vain do they worship me

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 by being hypocritical

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 in vain do they worship me

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 number two

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 by having their hearts

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 distant from God

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 the second part of verse six

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 this people

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 honors me with their lips

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 but their heart

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 is far

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 from me

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 turn to the book of Hosea

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 chapter six

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 I hope by the time

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 you young people

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 leave Christ family church

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 you love the Old Testament

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 and I hope that none of you

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 only carry a New Testament

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 with you

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 to church

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 that's only a part

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 of the scriptures

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 Hosea chapter six

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 verses one

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 through six

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 now there's just been

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 this accusation made

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 to the people of Israel

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 by the prophet Hosea

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 if you read there

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 at the end of chapter five

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 and this is the response

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 to it

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 okay now

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 I want you to

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 I want you to know

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 that it's going to sound

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 really good for the first

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 three verses

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 I'm going to tell you

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 why it's not

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 verse one

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 come let us return

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 to the Lord

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 for he has torn us

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 that he may heal us

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 he has struck us down

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 and he will bind us up

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 after two days

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 he will revive us

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 on the third day

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 he will raise us up

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 that we may live

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 before him

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 let us know

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 let us press on

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 to know the Lord

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 his going out

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 is sure as the dawn

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 he will come to us

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 as the showers

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 as the spring rains

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 that water

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 the earth

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 this is not

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 true repentance

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 and God's going to give us

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 a clue to that

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 here in a moment

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 through the

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 through the prophet Hosea

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 right

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 but what they are doing

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 is expecting something

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 of God

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 without first repenting

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 of their sin

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 right

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 they are just saying

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 yeah

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 time and time again

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 God has restored

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 his people

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 time and time again

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 we mess up

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 God came back

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 this is a

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 let's sin so that grace

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 may abound

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 type of attitude

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 which Paul said

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 of may it never be

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 emphatically

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 we cannot go on

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 living our lives

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 that way

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 if we are thankful

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 for what God

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 has done for us

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 we will live

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 righteously

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 as a response

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 to it

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 right

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 look at his response

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 here

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 verse 4

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 this is God

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 speaking to

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 the people of Israel

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 because of their response

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 Hosea chapter 6

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 verse 4

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 what should I do

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 with you

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 oh Ephraim

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 what should I do

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 with you

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 oh Judah

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 your love

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 is like a morning cloud

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 like the dew

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 that goes early away

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 therefore I have

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 hewn them

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 by the prophets

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 I have slain them

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 by the words

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 of my mouth

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 and my judgment

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 goes forth

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 as the light

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 for I desire

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 steadfast love

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 and not sacrifice

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 the knowledge

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 of God

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 rather than burnt

00:24:08.819 --> 00:24:09.660
 offerings

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 see that steadfast love

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 that he requires

00:24:11.779 --> 00:24:12.779
 our hearts

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 being close

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 to God

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 a desire to commune

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 with him

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 and meet with him

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 and live appropriately

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 in response

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 to that

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 Psalm of David

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 Psalm 28

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 verse 7

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 David writes

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 the Lord is my strength

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 and my shield

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 in him

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 my heart

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 trusts

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 and I am helped

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 my heart exults

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 and with my song

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 I give thanks

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 to him

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 if our hearts

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 are thankful

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 if our hearts

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 are near to God

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 our lives

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 will reflect that

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 our lives

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 will be the song

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 in which we give thanks

00:24:45.360 --> 00:24:46.519
 to our God

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 in Hebrews chapter 10

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 first part of verse 22

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 says

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 in light of the gospel truth

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 that the writer of Hebrews

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 has presented so far

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 he says

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 let us draw near

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 with a true heart

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 in full assurance

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 of faith

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 it's a matter of heart

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 and these people

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 these scribes

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 and these Pharisees

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 had hearts

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 that were distant

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 from God

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 thirdly

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 in vain do they worship

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 me

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 one by being hypocritical

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 two by having their hearts

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 distant from God

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 three by placing

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 the tradition of men

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 above

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 the commandment

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 of God

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 and you see that

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 in this quote

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 from Isaiah 29

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 13

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 the last half

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 of verse 7

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 teaching as doctrines

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 truths

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 doctrine not words

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 simply means truths

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 the commandments

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 of men

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 now they had done

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 all types of things

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 as I mentioned previously

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 and here we actually see

00:25:42.299 --> 00:25:44.259
 in the rest of our text

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 we see

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 Mark's commentary

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 on that

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 in the parenthetical

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 from verse 3

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 and verse 4

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 right

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 they weren't talking

00:25:52.119 --> 00:25:53.059
 about them eating

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 with dirty hands

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 it wasn't that they had

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 soiled hands

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 and they just couldn't believe

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 that they would possibly

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 do that

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 because there was

00:25:59.819 --> 00:26:01.479
 Old Testament commandment

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 to clean your hands

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 right

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 for the sake of staying healthy

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 and we all know that

00:26:06.059 --> 00:26:07.099
 they knew it in this day

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 as well

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 right

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 you don't go do something

00:26:09.180 --> 00:26:09.980
 real nasty

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 and then go eat

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 with your hands

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 right

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 not a good idea

00:26:12.880 --> 00:26:14.420
 I hope you all know that

00:26:14.420 --> 00:26:15.319
 right

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 not a good idea

00:26:16.120 --> 00:26:16.940
 this is not what

00:26:16.940 --> 00:26:17.700
 they're talking about

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 the disciples weren't

00:26:18.860 --> 00:26:19.680
 sitting around with

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 with gross hands

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 in that way

00:26:22.160 --> 00:26:22.960
 but they were speaking

00:26:22.960 --> 00:26:25.180
 of this further tradition

00:26:25.180 --> 00:26:26.380
 that they had stacked on

00:26:26.380 --> 00:26:27.940
 just look at his

00:26:27.940 --> 00:26:28.579
 explanation

00:26:28.579 --> 00:26:29.960
 and I like to read it

00:26:29.960 --> 00:26:30.539
 with a bit of

00:26:30.539 --> 00:26:31.360
 sarcasm

00:26:31.359 --> 00:26:33.099
 for the Pharisees

00:26:33.099 --> 00:26:33.699
 and all the Jews

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 did not eat

00:26:34.259 --> 00:26:34.879
 unless they washed

00:26:34.879 --> 00:26:35.399
 their hands

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 holding the tradition

00:26:36.099 --> 00:26:36.579
 of the elders

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 and when they come

00:26:37.500 --> 00:26:38.079
 from the marketplace

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 they don't eat

00:26:38.639 --> 00:26:39.339
 unless they wash

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 and there are many

00:26:40.019 --> 00:26:40.479
 other traditions

00:26:40.479 --> 00:26:41.000
 that they observe

00:26:41.000 --> 00:26:41.659
 such as the washing

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 of cups and pots

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 and copper vessels

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 and dining couches

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 it's like he's marked

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 going and on and on

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 and on and on

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 and on

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 all these other things

00:26:48.039 --> 00:26:48.599
 that they do

00:26:48.599 --> 00:26:49.740
 that's his commentary

00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:50.619
 there

00:26:50.619 --> 00:26:52.319
 and then Jesus shows

00:26:52.319 --> 00:26:53.699
 them another example

00:26:53.699 --> 00:26:55.659
 another way in which

00:26:55.659 --> 00:26:56.719
 that they've done this

00:26:56.719 --> 00:26:57.799
 and remember that he

00:26:57.799 --> 00:26:58.859
 sums up at the end

00:26:58.859 --> 00:26:59.500
 of verse 13

00:26:59.500 --> 00:27:01.000
 and many such

00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:01.619
 things

00:27:01.619 --> 00:27:02.500
 you do

00:27:02.500 --> 00:27:03.199
 this is not the

00:27:03.199 --> 00:27:04.299
 only two cases

00:27:04.299 --> 00:27:05.000
 in which they did

00:27:05.000 --> 00:27:05.199
 this

00:27:05.199 --> 00:27:05.679
 they did this

00:27:05.679 --> 00:27:07.000
 in many

00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:08.799
 many ways

00:27:08.799 --> 00:27:11.240
 and his summation

00:27:11.240 --> 00:27:11.899
 is

00:27:11.899 --> 00:27:12.679
 you leave the command

00:27:12.679 --> 00:27:12.879
 of God

00:27:12.879 --> 00:27:13.259
 hold the traditions

00:27:13.259 --> 00:27:13.599
 of men

00:27:13.599 --> 00:27:14.719
 and he said to them

00:27:14.719 --> 00:27:16.039
 you have a fine way

00:27:16.039 --> 00:27:16.699
 of rejecting the command

00:27:16.699 --> 00:27:16.979
 of God

00:27:16.979 --> 00:27:17.740
 in order to establish

00:27:17.740 --> 00:27:18.399
 your tradition

00:27:18.399 --> 00:27:19.939
 for Moses said

00:27:19.939 --> 00:27:20.559
 honor your father

00:27:20.559 --> 00:27:20.899
 or mother

00:27:20.899 --> 00:27:22.299
 and whoever reviles

00:27:22.299 --> 00:27:23.199
 father or mother

00:27:23.199 --> 00:27:24.299
 must surely die

00:27:24.299 --> 00:27:25.399
 so Moses gave

00:27:25.399 --> 00:27:26.039
 by God

00:27:26.039 --> 00:27:26.700
 a commandment

00:27:26.700 --> 00:27:27.119
 to honor

00:27:27.119 --> 00:27:27.659
 your father

00:27:27.659 --> 00:27:28.480
 and mother

00:27:28.480 --> 00:27:29.639
 and that if you're

00:27:29.639 --> 00:27:31.119
 sinful and you don't

00:27:31.119 --> 00:27:32.619
 the end of that

00:27:32.619 --> 00:27:33.139
 is death

00:27:33.139 --> 00:27:34.759
 but you say

00:27:34.759 --> 00:27:36.119
 these religious elite

00:27:36.119 --> 00:27:36.879
 you say

00:27:36.879 --> 00:27:38.259
 if a man tells

00:27:38.259 --> 00:27:38.759
 his father or mother

00:27:38.759 --> 00:27:39.779
 whatever you have

00:27:39.779 --> 00:27:40.960
 gained from me

00:27:40.960 --> 00:27:41.920
 is Corban

00:27:41.920 --> 00:27:42.500
 that is

00:27:42.500 --> 00:27:43.039
 we get the

00:27:43.039 --> 00:27:43.899
 again Mark's

00:27:43.899 --> 00:27:44.519
 little commentary

00:27:44.519 --> 00:27:45.279
 that is

00:27:45.279 --> 00:27:46.700
 given to God

00:27:46.700 --> 00:27:47.319
 this was a

00:27:47.319 --> 00:27:48.599
 common practice

00:27:48.599 --> 00:27:50.019
 this term

00:27:50.019 --> 00:27:51.059
 was similar

00:27:51.059 --> 00:27:51.799
 to a term

00:27:51.799 --> 00:27:52.680
 that referred

00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:53.220
 to the

00:27:53.220 --> 00:27:54.200
 temple treasury

00:27:54.200 --> 00:27:55.059
 and so it

00:27:55.059 --> 00:27:55.720
 became a

00:27:55.720 --> 00:27:56.339
 kind of oath

00:27:56.339 --> 00:27:56.980
 you could take

00:27:56.980 --> 00:27:57.539
 monies that you

00:27:57.539 --> 00:27:57.860
 had

00:27:57.860 --> 00:27:58.400
 and you could

00:27:58.400 --> 00:27:59.240
 set it aside

00:27:59.240 --> 00:28:00.460
 for the expressed

00:28:00.460 --> 00:28:01.559
 intent of giving

00:28:01.559 --> 00:28:02.759
 it to the temple

00:28:02.759 --> 00:28:03.299
 service

00:28:03.299 --> 00:28:04.519
 whether in your

00:28:04.519 --> 00:28:05.220
 life or when you

00:28:05.220 --> 00:28:05.839
 died it would be

00:28:05.839 --> 00:28:06.319
 set aside

00:28:06.319 --> 00:28:07.920
 for that purpose

00:28:07.920 --> 00:28:08.759
 so what this

00:28:08.759 --> 00:28:09.240
 person would be

00:28:09.240 --> 00:28:09.559
 doing

00:28:09.559 --> 00:28:10.980
 saying to his

00:28:10.980 --> 00:28:11.480
 father or mother

00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:12.299
 rather than caring

00:28:12.299 --> 00:28:12.700
 for them

00:28:12.700 --> 00:28:13.759
 in their older age

00:28:13.759 --> 00:28:14.339
 when they were no

00:28:14.339 --> 00:28:15.019
 longer able to

00:28:15.019 --> 00:28:15.839
 produce for themselves

00:28:15.839 --> 00:28:17.019
 they didn't have

00:28:17.019 --> 00:28:18.380
 401ks or any

00:28:18.380 --> 00:28:19.059
 other types of

00:28:19.059 --> 00:28:20.000
 retirement investing

00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:20.819
 in this day

00:28:20.819 --> 00:28:21.900
 they relied on

00:28:21.900 --> 00:28:22.279
 the younger

00:28:22.279 --> 00:28:23.980
 people to take

00:28:23.980 --> 00:28:24.400
 care of them

00:28:24.400 --> 00:28:24.960
 so they said

00:28:24.960 --> 00:28:25.180
 to them

00:28:25.180 --> 00:28:26.320
 whatever you

00:28:26.320 --> 00:28:26.600
 would gain

00:28:26.600 --> 00:28:26.820
 from me

00:28:26.820 --> 00:28:27.340
 is Corban

00:28:27.340 --> 00:28:28.039
 I'm not going

00:28:28.039 --> 00:28:28.279
 to give it

00:28:28.279 --> 00:28:28.400
 to you

00:28:28.400 --> 00:28:28.560
 I'm going

00:28:28.560 --> 00:28:28.759
 to give it

00:28:28.759 --> 00:28:29.060
 to the temple

00:28:29.060 --> 00:28:29.440
 service

00:28:29.440 --> 00:28:30.140
 instead

00:28:30.140 --> 00:28:31.820
 then you

00:28:31.820 --> 00:28:32.259
 no longer

00:28:32.259 --> 00:28:32.680
 verse 12

00:28:32.680 --> 00:28:33.039
 permit him

00:28:33.039 --> 00:28:33.440
 do anything

00:28:33.440 --> 00:28:33.720
 for his

00:28:33.720 --> 00:28:34.060
 father or

00:28:34.060 --> 00:28:34.180
 mother

00:28:34.180 --> 00:28:34.720
 thus making

00:28:34.720 --> 00:28:35.519
 void the

00:28:35.519 --> 00:28:35.759
 word of

00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:36.039
 God

00:28:36.039 --> 00:28:37.000
 by a tradition

00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:37.380
 that you've

00:28:37.380 --> 00:28:37.820
 handed down

00:28:37.820 --> 00:28:38.580
 and many

00:28:38.580 --> 00:28:39.160
 such things

00:28:39.160 --> 00:28:39.860
 you do

00:28:39.860 --> 00:28:40.560
 so the

00:28:40.560 --> 00:28:40.960
 explanation

00:28:40.960 --> 00:28:41.380
 this is the

00:28:41.380 --> 00:28:41.920
 accusation

00:28:41.920 --> 00:28:42.380
 that Jesus

00:28:42.380 --> 00:28:43.720
 makes back

00:28:43.720 --> 00:28:44.519
 in response

00:28:44.519 --> 00:28:45.360
 that they

00:28:45.360 --> 00:28:45.640
 had taken

00:28:45.640 --> 00:28:46.279
 these teachings

00:28:46.279 --> 00:28:47.019
 of men

00:28:47.019 --> 00:28:48.240
 and placed

00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:48.640
 them above

00:28:48.640 --> 00:28:49.240
 the word

00:28:49.240 --> 00:28:49.480
 of God

00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:49.980
 beloved this

00:28:49.980 --> 00:28:50.759
 happens so

00:28:50.759 --> 00:28:51.799
 so much

00:28:51.799 --> 00:28:52.279
 in our

00:28:52.279 --> 00:28:52.480
 day

00:28:52.480 --> 00:28:55.259
 I have

00:28:55.259 --> 00:28:55.759
 as I

00:28:55.759 --> 00:28:56.500
 come to

00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:56.960
 preach the

00:28:56.960 --> 00:28:57.200
 word of

00:28:57.200 --> 00:28:57.480
 God

00:28:57.480 --> 00:28:58.559
 I don't

00:28:58.559 --> 00:28:58.920
 think I'm

00:28:58.920 --> 00:28:59.240
 the best

00:28:59.240 --> 00:28:59.619
 preacher of

00:28:59.619 --> 00:28:59.799
 the word

00:28:59.799 --> 00:29:00.019
 of God

00:29:00.019 --> 00:29:00.279
 there are

00:29:00.279 --> 00:29:00.859
 many men

00:29:00.859 --> 00:29:02.440
 more talented

00:29:02.440 --> 00:29:03.400
 than I am

00:29:03.400 --> 00:29:05.759
 more full

00:29:05.759 --> 00:29:06.319
 of the spirit

00:29:06.319 --> 00:29:07.039
 quite often

00:29:07.039 --> 00:29:08.400
 than I am

00:29:08.400 --> 00:29:09.160
 but I gotta tell

00:29:09.160 --> 00:29:09.640
 you I come to

00:29:09.640 --> 00:29:10.140
 this thing

00:29:10.140 --> 00:29:10.819
 fearfully

00:29:10.819 --> 00:29:12.779
 I do not

00:29:12.779 --> 00:29:13.720
 want to

00:29:13.720 --> 00:29:14.579
 say something

00:29:14.579 --> 00:29:15.799
 that would

00:29:15.799 --> 00:29:16.359
 cause you

00:29:16.359 --> 00:29:16.980
 to follow

00:29:16.980 --> 00:29:18.019
 me and

00:29:18.019 --> 00:29:18.500
 not follow

00:29:18.500 --> 00:29:18.960
 our risen

00:29:18.960 --> 00:29:19.519
 and reigning

00:29:19.519 --> 00:29:19.960
 Lord

00:29:19.960 --> 00:29:21.160
 the word

00:29:21.160 --> 00:29:21.440
 of God

00:29:21.440 --> 00:29:21.880
 points you

00:29:21.880 --> 00:29:22.579
 to him

00:29:22.579 --> 00:29:23.200
 you ever

00:29:23.200 --> 00:29:23.799
 wonder why

00:29:23.799 --> 00:29:24.380
 all my

00:29:24.380 --> 00:29:24.600
 sermons

00:29:24.600 --> 00:29:24.920
 are so

00:29:24.920 --> 00:29:25.400
 text heavy

00:29:25.400 --> 00:29:25.660
 it's because

00:29:25.660 --> 00:29:25.960
 I just

00:29:25.960 --> 00:29:26.180
 don't know

00:29:26.180 --> 00:29:26.400
 what to

00:29:26.400 --> 00:29:26.559
 say

00:29:26.559 --> 00:29:26.779
 I just

00:29:26.779 --> 00:29:27.000
 don't feel

00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:27.200
 like I

00:29:27.200 --> 00:29:27.539
 have anything

00:29:27.539 --> 00:29:28.079
 really good

00:29:28.079 --> 00:29:28.400
 to say

00:29:28.400 --> 00:29:28.660
 to you

00:29:28.660 --> 00:29:28.940
 at all

00:29:28.940 --> 00:29:29.380
 but the

00:29:29.380 --> 00:29:29.500
 word

00:29:29.500 --> 00:29:29.860
 of God

00:29:29.860 --> 00:29:30.660
 speaks

00:29:30.660 --> 00:29:31.340
 to our

00:29:31.340 --> 00:29:31.680
 hearts

00:29:31.680 --> 00:29:32.220
 and our

00:29:32.220 --> 00:29:32.640
 lives

00:29:32.640 --> 00:29:33.559
 this is

00:29:33.559 --> 00:29:33.860
 why

00:29:33.860 --> 00:29:34.240
 because I

00:29:34.240 --> 00:29:34.559
 see this

00:29:34.559 --> 00:29:35.180
 rampant

00:29:35.180 --> 00:29:35.460
 in our

00:29:35.460 --> 00:29:35.819
 culture

00:29:35.819 --> 00:29:36.700
 I see

00:29:36.700 --> 00:29:37.180
 pastor

00:29:37.180 --> 00:29:37.700
 worship

00:29:37.700 --> 00:29:38.519
 see guys

00:29:38.519 --> 00:29:38.799
 saying

00:29:38.799 --> 00:29:39.420
 look like

00:29:39.420 --> 00:29:39.980
 me

00:29:39.980 --> 00:29:41.120
 right

00:29:41.120 --> 00:29:41.900
 that's

00:29:41.900 --> 00:29:42.519
 that's

00:29:42.519 --> 00:29:43.079
 hypocrisy

00:29:43.079 --> 00:29:43.440
 that's

00:29:43.440 --> 00:29:44.000
 legalism

00:29:44.000 --> 00:29:44.640
 look like

00:29:44.640 --> 00:29:44.920
 me

00:29:44.920 --> 00:29:45.180
 I'm

00:29:45.180 --> 00:29:45.400
 ahead

00:29:45.400 --> 00:29:45.720
 of you

00:29:45.720 --> 00:29:47.079
 watch me

00:29:47.079 --> 00:29:47.539
 watch what

00:29:47.539 --> 00:29:47.920
 I do

00:29:47.920 --> 00:29:48.220
 this is

00:29:48.220 --> 00:29:48.440
 the way

00:29:48.440 --> 00:29:48.779
 I treat

00:29:48.779 --> 00:29:49.000
 my wife

00:29:49.000 --> 00:29:49.180
 this is

00:29:49.180 --> 00:29:49.339
 the way

00:29:49.339 --> 00:29:49.680
 I eat

00:29:49.680 --> 00:29:49.960
 food

00:29:49.960 --> 00:29:50.299
 this is

00:29:50.299 --> 00:29:50.620
 what I

00:29:50.620 --> 00:29:51.220
 exercise

00:29:51.220 --> 00:29:51.620
 this is

00:29:51.620 --> 00:29:51.880
 all the

00:29:51.880 --> 00:29:52.039
 things

00:29:52.039 --> 00:29:52.460
 we get

00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:52.839
 all the

00:29:52.839 --> 00:29:53.299
 steps

00:29:53.299 --> 00:29:53.559
 and all

00:29:53.559 --> 00:29:53.680
 the

00:29:53.680 --> 00:29:54.140
 processes

00:29:54.140 --> 00:29:54.620
 for being

00:29:54.620 --> 00:29:55.279
 more like

00:29:55.279 --> 00:29:55.779
 the pastor

00:29:55.779 --> 00:29:56.059
 I don't

00:29:56.059 --> 00:29:56.339
 want you

00:29:56.339 --> 00:29:56.519
 to be

00:29:56.519 --> 00:29:56.920
 like me

00:29:56.920 --> 00:29:58.440
 I'm a

00:29:58.440 --> 00:29:58.680
 sinner

00:29:58.680 --> 00:29:59.279
 I screw

00:29:59.279 --> 00:29:59.980
 up all

00:29:59.980 --> 00:30:00.819
 the time

00:30:00.819 --> 00:30:01.059
 I want

00:30:01.059 --> 00:30:01.200
 you to

00:30:01.200 --> 00:30:01.420
 be like

00:30:01.420 --> 00:30:02.000
 Christ

00:30:02.000 --> 00:30:02.799
 I don't

00:30:02.799 --> 00:30:02.940
 want to

00:30:02.940 --> 00:30:03.079
 help

00:30:03.079 --> 00:30:03.380
 point

00:30:03.380 --> 00:30:03.640
 you

00:30:03.640 --> 00:30:04.299
 to

00:30:04.299 --> 00:30:04.980
 that

00:30:04.980 --> 00:30:05.339
 very

00:30:05.339 --> 00:30:05.940
 thing

00:30:05.940 --> 00:30:06.279
 this is

00:30:06.279 --> 00:30:06.660
 why

00:30:06.660 --> 00:30:07.600
 I mean

00:30:07.600 --> 00:30:08.019
 literally

00:30:08.019 --> 00:30:08.839
 I tremble

00:30:08.839 --> 00:30:09.640
 before I

00:30:09.640 --> 00:30:09.980
 preach

00:30:09.980 --> 00:30:11.339
 sometimes

00:30:11.339 --> 00:30:11.759
 I'm a

00:30:11.759 --> 00:30:12.279
 type 1

00:30:12.279 --> 00:30:12.579
 diabetic

00:30:12.579 --> 00:30:12.939
 I think

00:30:12.939 --> 00:30:13.379
 I'm low

00:30:13.379 --> 00:30:13.960
 many of

00:30:13.960 --> 00:30:14.119
 you have

00:30:14.119 --> 00:30:14.379
 caught me

00:30:14.379 --> 00:30:15.039
 drinking grape

00:30:15.039 --> 00:30:15.319
 juice

00:30:15.319 --> 00:30:15.539
 in the

00:30:15.539 --> 00:30:15.859
 back

00:30:15.859 --> 00:30:17.740
 the juice

00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:17.980
 we use

00:30:17.980 --> 00:30:18.139
 for the

00:30:18.139 --> 00:30:18.319
 Lord's

00:30:18.319 --> 00:30:18.519
 supper

00:30:18.519 --> 00:30:19.279
 because I

00:30:19.279 --> 00:30:19.740
 think

00:30:19.740 --> 00:30:20.199
 I'm low

00:30:20.199 --> 00:30:20.759
 and more

00:30:20.759 --> 00:30:21.119
 often than

00:30:21.119 --> 00:30:21.279
 not

00:30:21.279 --> 00:30:21.759
 I'm just

00:30:21.759 --> 00:30:22.619
 nervous

00:30:22.619 --> 00:30:23.259
 because it

00:30:23.259 --> 00:30:23.699
 has such

00:30:23.699 --> 00:30:24.220
 weight

00:30:24.220 --> 00:30:24.799
 there's so

00:30:24.799 --> 00:30:25.000
 much

00:30:25.000 --> 00:30:25.699
 value

00:30:25.699 --> 00:30:26.059
 for your

00:30:26.059 --> 00:30:26.359
 living

00:30:26.359 --> 00:30:26.599
 in it

00:30:26.599 --> 00:30:26.839
 I don't

00:30:26.839 --> 00:30:27.179
 want you

00:30:27.179 --> 00:30:27.500
 to hear

00:30:27.500 --> 00:30:27.859
 me

00:30:27.859 --> 00:30:28.899
 if it

00:30:28.899 --> 00:30:29.000
 were

00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:29.419
 possible

00:30:29.419 --> 00:30:29.699
 for me

00:30:29.699 --> 00:30:29.859
 to

00:30:29.859 --> 00:30:30.339
 disappear

00:30:30.339 --> 00:30:31.099
 from the

00:30:31.099 --> 00:30:31.500
 stage

00:30:31.500 --> 00:30:31.740
 and you

00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:31.879
 guys

00:30:31.879 --> 00:30:32.220
 just

00:30:32.220 --> 00:30:32.359
 hear

00:30:32.359 --> 00:30:32.480
 the

00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:32.599
 word

00:30:32.599 --> 00:30:32.699
 of

00:30:32.699 --> 00:30:32.839
 God

00:30:32.839 --> 00:30:32.919
 I

00:30:32.919 --> 00:30:33.039
 would

00:30:33.039 --> 00:30:33.179
 do

00:30:33.179 --> 00:30:33.319
 it

00:30:33.319 --> 00:30:33.559
 I

00:30:33.559 --> 00:30:33.659
 would

00:30:33.659 --> 00:30:34.159
 absolutely

00:30:34.159 --> 00:30:35.019
 do

00:30:35.019 --> 00:30:35.279
 it

00:30:35.279 --> 00:30:37.720
 what

00:30:37.720 --> 00:30:37.799
 the

00:30:37.799 --> 00:30:37.980
 Bible

00:30:42.579 --> 00:30:43.539
 is brutal

00:30:43.539 --> 00:30:44.399
 absolutely

00:30:44.399 --> 00:30:45.019
 brutal

00:30:45.019 --> 00:30:46.679
 the book

00:30:46.679 --> 00:30:47.199
 of Jude

00:30:47.199 --> 00:30:48.159
 verses 12

00:30:48.159 --> 00:30:48.740
 and 13

00:30:48.740 --> 00:30:49.599
 speaking of

00:30:49.599 --> 00:30:49.919
 false

00:30:49.919 --> 00:30:50.419
 teachers

00:30:50.419 --> 00:30:50.819
 says

00:30:50.819 --> 00:30:51.439
 these are

00:30:51.439 --> 00:30:51.799
 hidden

00:30:51.799 --> 00:30:52.319
 reefs

00:30:52.319 --> 00:30:53.419
 at your

00:30:53.419 --> 00:30:53.619
 love

00:30:53.619 --> 00:30:53.879
 feast

00:30:53.879 --> 00:30:54.699
 as they

00:30:54.699 --> 00:30:55.139
 feast

00:30:55.139 --> 00:30:55.419
 with you

00:30:55.419 --> 00:30:55.659
 without

00:30:55.659 --> 00:30:56.099
 fear

00:30:56.099 --> 00:30:57.039
 shepherds

00:30:57.039 --> 00:30:57.359
 feeding

00:30:57.359 --> 00:30:57.939
 themselves

00:30:57.939 --> 00:30:59.059
 waterless

00:30:59.059 --> 00:30:59.659
 clouds

00:30:59.659 --> 00:31:00.279
 swept

00:31:00.279 --> 00:31:00.619
 along

00:31:00.619 --> 00:31:00.819
 by

00:31:00.819 --> 00:31:01.279
 winds

00:31:01.279 --> 00:31:02.359
 fruitless

00:31:02.359 --> 00:31:02.799
 trees

00:31:02.799 --> 00:31:03.220
 in late

00:31:03.220 --> 00:31:03.539
 autumn

00:31:03.539 --> 00:31:04.319
 twice

00:31:04.319 --> 00:31:04.839
 dead

00:31:04.839 --> 00:31:05.799
 uprooted

00:31:05.799 --> 00:31:06.659
 wild

00:31:06.659 --> 00:31:07.179
 waves

00:31:07.179 --> 00:31:07.460
 of the

00:31:07.460 --> 00:31:07.659
 sea

00:31:07.659 --> 00:31:08.199
 casting

00:31:08.199 --> 00:31:08.599
 up the

00:31:08.599 --> 00:31:08.960
 foam

00:31:08.960 --> 00:31:09.559
 of their

00:31:09.559 --> 00:31:09.960
 own

00:31:09.960 --> 00:31:10.439
 shame

00:31:10.439 --> 00:31:11.579
 wandering

00:31:11.579 --> 00:31:12.759
 stars

00:31:12.759 --> 00:31:13.119
 it's like

00:31:13.119 --> 00:31:13.539
 he can't

00:31:13.539 --> 00:31:14.199
 get enough

00:31:14.199 --> 00:31:15.000
 adjective

00:31:15.000 --> 00:31:16.119
 to explain

00:31:16.119 --> 00:31:17.339
 these type

00:31:17.339 --> 00:31:17.759
 of men

00:31:17.759 --> 00:31:18.639
 for whom

00:31:18.639 --> 00:31:19.460
 the gloom

00:31:19.460 --> 00:31:20.559
 of utter

00:31:20.559 --> 00:31:21.079
 darkness

00:31:21.079 --> 00:31:21.519
 has been

00:31:21.519 --> 00:31:22.199
 reserved

00:31:22.199 --> 00:31:23.359
 forever

00:31:23.359 --> 00:31:25.619
 Charles

00:31:25.619 --> 00:31:26.059
 Spurgeon

00:31:26.059 --> 00:31:26.659
 said of

00:31:26.659 --> 00:31:27.220
 this text

00:31:27.220 --> 00:31:29.279
 if I

00:31:29.279 --> 00:31:29.740
 must be

00:31:29.740 --> 00:31:30.220
 lost

00:31:30.220 --> 00:31:31.299
 let it

00:31:31.299 --> 00:31:31.539
 be

00:31:31.539 --> 00:31:32.220
 anyhow

00:31:32.220 --> 00:31:33.139
 rather

00:31:33.139 --> 00:31:33.859
 than

00:31:33.859 --> 00:31:34.480
 as

00:31:34.480 --> 00:31:35.319
 an apostate

00:31:35.319 --> 00:31:35.799
 an apostate

00:31:35.799 --> 00:31:36.079
 is one

00:31:36.079 --> 00:31:37.379
 who falls

00:31:37.379 --> 00:31:37.659
 away

00:31:37.659 --> 00:31:37.980
 from the

00:31:37.980 --> 00:31:38.259
 truth

00:31:38.259 --> 00:31:38.480
 who's

00:31:38.480 --> 00:31:38.819
 walked

00:31:38.819 --> 00:31:39.199
 away

00:31:39.199 --> 00:31:39.939
 from the

00:31:39.939 --> 00:31:40.240
 truth

00:31:40.240 --> 00:31:41.279
 it's

00:31:41.279 --> 00:31:41.440
 one

00:31:41.440 --> 00:31:41.599
 who

00:31:41.599 --> 00:31:41.940
 teaches

00:31:41.940 --> 00:31:42.279
 the

00:31:42.279 --> 00:31:42.660
 traditions

00:31:42.660 --> 00:31:42.859
 of

00:31:42.859 --> 00:31:42.980
 men

00:31:42.980 --> 00:31:43.120
 over

00:31:43.120 --> 00:31:43.240
 the

00:31:43.240 --> 00:31:43.480
 commands

00:31:43.480 --> 00:31:43.620
 of

00:31:43.620 --> 00:31:43.859
 God

00:31:43.859 --> 00:31:45.420
 if

00:31:45.420 --> 00:31:45.579
 there

00:31:45.579 --> 00:31:45.819
 be

00:31:45.819 --> 00:31:46.240
 any

00:31:46.240 --> 00:31:46.779
 distinction

00:31:46.779 --> 00:31:47.099
 among

00:31:47.099 --> 00:31:47.279
 the

00:31:47.279 --> 00:31:47.620
 damned

00:31:47.620 --> 00:31:48.519
 those

00:31:48.519 --> 00:31:48.880
 have

00:31:48.880 --> 00:31:49.000
 it

00:31:49.000 --> 00:31:49.160
 who

00:31:49.160 --> 00:31:49.279
 are

00:31:49.279 --> 00:31:49.779
 wandering

00:31:49.779 --> 00:31:50.299
 stars

00:31:50.299 --> 00:31:50.759
 trees

00:31:50.759 --> 00:31:51.140
 plucked

00:31:51.140 --> 00:31:51.240
 up

00:31:51.240 --> 00:31:51.339
 by

00:31:51.339 --> 00:31:51.460
 the

00:31:51.460 --> 00:31:51.680
 roots

00:31:51.680 --> 00:31:52.059
 twice

00:31:52.059 --> 00:31:52.339
 dead

00:31:52.339 --> 00:31:52.779
 for whom

00:31:52.779 --> 00:31:53.000
 Jude

00:31:53.000 --> 00:31:53.299
 tells

00:31:53.299 --> 00:31:53.519
 us

00:31:53.519 --> 00:31:54.120
 is

00:31:54.120 --> 00:31:54.720
 reserved

00:31:54.720 --> 00:31:55.160
 the

00:31:55.160 --> 00:31:55.779
 blackness

00:31:55.779 --> 00:31:56.039
 of

00:31:56.039 --> 00:31:56.620
 darkness

00:31:56.620 --> 00:31:57.519
 forever

00:31:57.519 --> 00:31:58.620
 reserved

00:31:58.620 --> 00:31:59.859
 as if

00:31:59.859 --> 00:32:00.380
 nobody

00:32:00.380 --> 00:32:00.819
 else

00:32:00.819 --> 00:32:01.019
 were

00:32:01.019 --> 00:32:01.579
 qualified

00:32:01.579 --> 00:32:01.900
 to

00:32:01.900 --> 00:32:02.279
 occupy

00:32:02.279 --> 00:32:02.640
 that

00:32:02.640 --> 00:32:03.099
 place

00:32:03.099 --> 00:32:03.319
 but

00:32:03.319 --> 00:32:03.839
 themselves

00:32:03.839 --> 00:32:04.779
 they

00:32:04.779 --> 00:32:04.920
 are

00:32:04.920 --> 00:32:05.039
 to

00:32:05.039 --> 00:32:05.339
 inhabit

00:32:05.339 --> 00:32:05.579
 the

00:32:05.579 --> 00:32:06.079
 darkest

00:32:06.079 --> 00:32:06.779
 hottest

00:32:06.779 --> 00:32:07.319
 place

00:32:07.319 --> 00:32:08.220
 because

00:32:08.220 --> 00:32:08.380
 they

00:32:08.380 --> 00:32:08.880
 forsook

00:32:08.880 --> 00:32:09.759
 the

00:32:09.759 --> 00:32:10.079
 Lord

00:32:10.079 --> 00:32:12.599
 in

00:32:12.599 --> 00:32:13.220
 vain

00:32:13.220 --> 00:32:14.740
 do

00:32:14.740 --> 00:32:14.900
 they

00:32:14.900 --> 00:32:15.259
 worship

00:32:15.259 --> 00:32:15.579
 me

00:32:15.579 --> 00:32:15.980
 by

00:32:15.980 --> 00:32:16.220
 being

00:32:16.220 --> 00:32:16.799
 hypocritical

00:32:16.799 --> 00:32:17.579
 by

00:32:17.579 --> 00:32:17.859
 having

00:32:17.859 --> 00:32:18.059
 their

00:32:18.059 --> 00:32:18.460
 hearts

00:32:18.460 --> 00:32:18.940
 distant

00:32:18.940 --> 00:32:19.240
 from

00:32:19.240 --> 00:32:19.640
 God

00:32:19.640 --> 00:32:20.180
 by

00:32:20.180 --> 00:32:20.500
 placing

00:32:20.500 --> 00:32:20.680
 the

00:32:20.680 --> 00:32:21.000
 tradition

00:32:21.000 --> 00:32:21.220
 of

00:32:21.220 --> 00:32:21.400
 men

00:32:21.400 --> 00:32:21.940
 above

00:32:21.940 --> 00:32:22.379
 the

00:32:22.379 --> 00:32:22.819
 commandments

00:32:22.819 --> 00:32:23.900
 of

00:32:23.900 --> 00:32:24.160
 God

00:32:24.160 --> 00:32:24.400
 and so

00:32:24.400 --> 00:32:24.559
 what

00:32:24.559 --> 00:32:24.680
 does

00:32:24.680 --> 00:32:24.839
 this

00:32:24.839 --> 00:32:25.099
 mean

00:32:25.099 --> 00:32:25.359
 for

00:32:25.359 --> 00:32:25.839
 us

00:32:25.839 --> 00:32:26.640
 today

00:32:26.640 --> 00:32:27.819
 because

00:32:27.819 --> 00:32:27.940
 it

00:32:27.940 --> 00:32:28.220
 does

00:32:28.220 --> 00:32:28.359
 the

00:32:28.359 --> 00:32:28.460
 word

00:32:28.460 --> 00:32:28.559
 of

00:32:28.559 --> 00:32:28.680
 God

00:32:28.680 --> 00:32:28.819
 was

00:32:28.819 --> 00:32:29.059
 written

00:32:29.059 --> 00:32:29.720
 then

00:32:29.720 --> 00:32:31.180
 but

00:32:31.180 --> 00:32:31.259
 it

00:32:31.259 --> 00:32:31.359
 was

00:32:31.359 --> 00:32:31.539
 written

00:32:31.539 --> 00:32:32.019
 for

00:32:32.019 --> 00:32:33.180
 us

00:32:33.180 --> 00:32:34.379
 firstly

00:32:34.379 --> 00:32:36.259
 be

00:32:36.259 --> 00:32:36.539
 sure

00:32:36.539 --> 00:32:36.720
 that

00:32:36.720 --> 00:32:36.799
 you

00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:36.920
 were

00:32:36.920 --> 00:32:37.440
 not

00:32:37.440 --> 00:32:38.799
 apostate

00:32:38.799 --> 00:32:40.139
 be

00:32:40.139 --> 00:32:40.299
 sure

00:32:40.299 --> 00:32:40.460
 that

00:32:40.460 --> 00:32:40.599
 you're

00:32:40.599 --> 00:32:40.879
 not

00:32:40.879 --> 00:32:41.359
 found

00:32:41.359 --> 00:32:41.879
 outside

00:32:41.879 --> 00:32:42.079
 the

00:32:42.079 --> 00:32:42.519
 faith

00:32:42.519 --> 00:32:44.419
 we

00:32:44.419 --> 00:32:44.859
 live

00:32:44.859 --> 00:32:45.339
 in a

00:32:45.339 --> 00:32:45.940
 Christian

00:32:45.940 --> 00:32:46.740
 culture

00:32:46.740 --> 00:32:47.680
 to

00:32:47.680 --> 00:32:47.960
 be

00:32:47.960 --> 00:32:48.539
 sure

00:32:48.539 --> 00:32:49.859
 and

00:32:49.859 --> 00:32:50.059
 many

00:32:50.059 --> 00:32:50.220
 of

00:32:50.220 --> 00:32:50.379
 you

00:32:50.379 --> 00:32:50.960
 may

00:32:50.960 --> 00:32:51.519
 come

00:32:51.519 --> 00:32:51.700
 to

00:32:51.700 --> 00:32:52.039
 church

00:32:52.039 --> 00:32:52.500
 thinking

00:32:52.500 --> 00:32:52.799
 that

00:32:52.799 --> 00:32:53.299
 that's

00:32:53.299 --> 00:32:53.440
 what

00:32:53.440 --> 00:32:53.919
 gains

00:32:53.919 --> 00:32:54.059
 you

00:32:54.059 --> 00:32:54.500
 acceptance

00:32:54.500 --> 00:32:54.879
 to

00:32:54.879 --> 00:32:55.139
 heaven

00:32:55.139 --> 00:32:56.139
 thinking

00:32:56.139 --> 00:32:56.379
 that

00:32:56.379 --> 00:32:56.500
 if

00:32:56.500 --> 00:32:56.619
 you

00:32:56.619 --> 00:32:56.759
 can

00:32:56.759 --> 00:32:57.039
 just

00:32:57.039 --> 00:32:57.779
 stack

00:32:57.779 --> 00:32:58.099
 more

00:32:58.099 --> 00:32:58.519
 good

00:32:58.519 --> 00:32:59.099
 things

00:32:59.099 --> 00:32:59.460
 up

00:32:59.460 --> 00:32:59.859
 than

00:32:59.859 --> 00:33:00.299
 bad

00:33:00.299 --> 00:33:00.680
 things

00:33:00.680 --> 00:33:01.000
 up

00:33:01.000 --> 00:33:01.460
 that

00:33:01.460 --> 00:33:01.659
 God

00:33:01.659 --> 00:33:01.779
 will

00:33:01.779 --> 00:33:01.980
 put

00:33:01.980 --> 00:33:02.159
 that

00:33:02.159 --> 00:33:02.279
 on

00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:02.460
 a

00:33:02.460 --> 00:33:02.980
 scale

00:33:02.980 --> 00:33:03.599
 and

00:33:03.599 --> 00:33:03.919
 accept

00:33:03.919 --> 00:33:04.139
 you

00:33:04.139 --> 00:33:04.659
 into

00:33:04.659 --> 00:33:04.980
 heaven

00:33:04.980 --> 00:33:06.259
 you

00:33:06.259 --> 00:33:06.640
 must

00:33:06.640 --> 00:33:07.140
 know

00:33:07.140 --> 00:33:07.819
 that

00:33:07.819 --> 00:33:08.140
 apart

00:33:08.140 --> 00:33:08.380
 from

00:33:08.380 --> 00:33:08.900
 Christ

00:33:08.900 --> 00:33:09.259
 you

00:33:09.259 --> 00:33:09.400
 are

00:33:09.400 --> 00:33:09.779
 utterly

00:33:09.779 --> 00:33:10.200
 sinful

00:33:10.200 --> 00:33:11.000
 everything

00:33:11.000 --> 00:33:11.440
 you

00:33:11.440 --> 00:33:11.680
 do

00:33:11.680 --> 00:33:11.920
 even

00:33:11.920 --> 00:33:12.079
 the

00:33:12.079 --> 00:33:12.259
 things

00:33:12.259 --> 00:33:12.380
 you

00:33:12.380 --> 00:33:12.539
 may

00:33:12.539 --> 00:33:12.799
 see

00:33:12.799 --> 00:33:12.980
 as

00:33:12.980 --> 00:33:13.319
 good

00:33:13.319 --> 00:33:13.860
 attending

00:33:13.860 --> 00:33:14.319
 church

00:33:14.319 --> 00:33:14.779
 is

00:33:14.779 --> 00:33:15.640
 evil

00:33:15.640 --> 00:33:16.200
 apart

00:33:16.200 --> 00:33:16.380
 from

00:33:16.380 --> 00:33:16.799
 Christ

00:33:16.799 --> 00:33:17.880
 it

00:33:17.880 --> 00:33:18.019
 is

00:33:18.019 --> 00:33:18.259
 from

00:33:18.259 --> 00:33:18.880
 Christ

00:33:18.880 --> 00:33:19.200
 that

00:33:19.200 --> 00:33:19.299
 we

00:33:19.299 --> 00:33:19.400
 are

00:33:19.400 --> 00:33:19.539
 able

00:33:19.539 --> 00:33:19.660
 to

00:33:19.660 --> 00:33:19.839
 have

00:33:19.839 --> 00:33:20.220
 faith

00:33:20.220 --> 00:33:20.380
 and

00:33:20.380 --> 00:33:20.640
 anything

00:33:20.640 --> 00:33:20.900
 not

00:33:20.900 --> 00:33:21.039
 of

00:33:21.039 --> 00:33:21.380
 faith

00:33:21.380 --> 00:33:22.000
 is

00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:22.839
 sin

00:33:22.839 --> 00:33:23.380
 you

00:33:23.380 --> 00:33:23.720
 must

00:33:23.720 --> 00:33:24.180
 understand

00:33:24.180 --> 00:33:24.500
 this

00:33:24.500 --> 00:33:24.940
 you

00:33:24.940 --> 00:33:25.400
 must

00:33:25.400 --> 00:33:25.940
 stand

00:33:25.940 --> 00:33:26.180
 before

00:33:26.180 --> 00:33:26.500
 God

00:33:26.500 --> 00:33:26.960
 one

00:33:26.960 --> 00:33:27.240
 day

00:33:27.240 --> 00:33:27.620
 and

00:33:27.620 --> 00:33:27.960
 claim

00:33:27.960 --> 00:33:27.960


00:33:27.960 --> 00:33:28.640
 only

00:33:28.640 --> 00:33:29.660
 the

00:33:29.660 --> 00:33:30.039
 excellencies

00:33:30.039 --> 00:33:30.539
 of

00:33:30.539 --> 00:33:30.940
 Christ

00:33:30.940 --> 00:33:31.220
 for

00:33:31.220 --> 00:33:31.380
 your

00:33:31.380 --> 00:33:31.779
 admission

00:33:31.779 --> 00:33:31.799
!

00:33:32.000 --> 00:33:32.059
 into

00:33:32.059 --> 00:33:32.240
 his

00:33:32.240 --> 00:33:32.519
 kingdom

00:33:32.519 --> 00:33:33.460
 that's

00:33:33.460 --> 00:33:33.599
 all

00:33:33.599 --> 00:33:33.859
 we've

00:33:33.859 --> 00:33:34.220
 got

00:33:34.220 --> 00:33:35.139
 that

00:33:35.139 --> 00:33:35.279
 is

00:33:35.279 --> 00:33:35.720
 all

00:33:35.720 --> 00:33:36.480
 we've

00:33:36.480 --> 00:33:36.680
 got

00:33:36.680 --> 00:33:36.920
 be

00:33:36.920 --> 00:33:37.259
 sure

00:33:37.259 --> 00:33:37.819
 that

00:33:37.819 --> 00:33:37.900
 you

00:33:37.900 --> 00:33:38.000
 are

00:33:38.000 --> 00:33:38.379
 not

00:33:38.379 --> 00:33:39.599
 apostate

00:33:39.599 --> 00:33:40.139
 that

00:33:40.139 --> 00:33:40.240
 you

00:33:40.240 --> 00:33:40.460
 don't

00:33:40.460 --> 00:33:40.779
 simply

00:33:40.779 --> 00:33:41.039
 go

00:33:41.039 --> 00:33:41.240
 through

00:33:41.240 --> 00:33:41.779
 motions

00:33:41.779 --> 00:33:42.119
 thinking

00:33:42.119 --> 00:33:42.339
 that

00:33:42.339 --> 00:33:42.480
 it

00:33:42.480 --> 00:33:42.859
 gains

00:33:42.859 --> 00:33:43.079
 you

00:33:43.079 --> 00:33:43.740
 godliness

00:33:43.740 --> 00:33:45.839
 secondly

00:33:45.839 --> 00:33:47.740
 correct

00:33:47.740 --> 00:33:47.960
 the

00:33:47.960 --> 00:33:48.180
 one

00:33:48.180 --> 00:33:48.359
 who

00:33:48.359 --> 00:33:48.759
 is

00:33:48.759 --> 00:33:50.180
 apostate

00:33:50.180 --> 00:33:51.579
 correct

00:33:51.579 --> 00:33:51.980
 the

00:33:51.980 --> 00:33:52.259
 one

00:33:52.259 --> 00:33:52.839
 who

00:33:52.839 --> 00:33:53.220
 is

00:33:53.220 --> 00:33:53.799
 apostate

00:33:53.799 --> 00:33:53.980
 we

00:33:53.980 --> 00:33:54.180
 need

00:33:54.180 --> 00:33:54.319
 to

00:33:54.319 --> 00:33:54.519
 learn

00:33:54.519 --> 00:33:54.839
 something

00:33:54.839 --> 00:33:55.039
 from

00:33:55.039 --> 00:33:55.220
 our

00:33:55.220 --> 00:33:55.440
 Lord

00:33:55.440 --> 00:33:55.660
 here

00:33:55.660 --> 00:33:55.819
 and

00:33:55.819 --> 00:33:55.980
 the

00:33:55.980 --> 00:33:56.299
 way

00:33:56.299 --> 00:33:56.500
 in

00:33:56.500 --> 00:33:56.720
 which

00:33:56.720 --> 00:33:56.879
 he

00:33:56.879 --> 00:33:57.359
 deals

00:33:57.359 --> 00:33:57.879
 with

00:33:57.879 --> 00:33:58.119
 his

00:33:58.119 --> 00:33:58.619
 accusers

00:33:58.619 --> 00:33:59.079
 now

00:33:59.079 --> 00:33:59.440
 remember

00:33:59.440 --> 00:33:59.879
 that

00:33:59.879 --> 00:34:00.119
 this

00:34:00.119 --> 00:34:00.400
 is

00:34:00.400 --> 00:34:01.279
 compassionate

00:34:01.279 --> 00:34:01.980
 Jesus

00:34:01.980 --> 00:34:02.680
 right

00:34:02.680 --> 00:34:03.079
 this

00:34:03.079 --> 00:34:03.220
 is

00:34:03.220 --> 00:34:03.360
 the

00:34:03.360 --> 00:34:03.720
 Jesus

00:34:03.720 --> 00:34:04.140
 who

00:34:04.140 --> 00:34:04.299
 was

00:34:04.299 --> 00:34:04.539
 trying

00:34:04.539 --> 00:34:04.700
 to

00:34:04.700 --> 00:34:04.839
 get

00:34:04.839 --> 00:34:05.140
 away

00:34:05.140 --> 00:34:05.339
 from

00:34:05.339 --> 00:34:05.500
 the

00:34:05.500 --> 00:34:05.799
 crowds

00:34:05.799 --> 00:34:06.000
 because

00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:06.400
 he

00:34:06.400 --> 00:34:06.559
 had

00:34:06.559 --> 00:34:06.759
 just

00:34:06.759 --> 00:34:07.200
 learned

00:34:07.200 --> 00:34:07.579
 that

00:34:07.579 --> 00:34:07.720
 his

00:34:07.720 --> 00:34:08.380
 predecessor

00:34:08.380 --> 00:34:08.880
 and

00:34:08.880 --> 00:34:09.420
 cousin

00:34:09.420 --> 00:34:10.059
 John

00:34:10.059 --> 00:34:10.219
 the

00:34:10.219 --> 00:34:10.460
 Baptist

00:34:10.460 --> 00:34:10.740
 had been

00:34:10.740 --> 00:34:11.159
 beheaded

00:34:11.159 --> 00:34:11.599
 he was

00:34:11.599 --> 00:34:11.880
 trying to

00:34:11.880 --> 00:34:12.079
 get

00:34:12.079 --> 00:34:12.480
 away

00:34:12.480 --> 00:34:12.820
 to

00:34:12.820 --> 00:34:12.980
 a

00:34:12.980 --> 00:34:13.240
 quiet

00:34:13.240 --> 00:34:13.659
 place

00:34:13.659 --> 00:34:14.019
 and

00:34:14.019 --> 00:34:14.179
 this

00:34:14.179 --> 00:34:14.579
 large

00:34:14.579 --> 00:34:15.199
 crowd

00:34:15.199 --> 00:34:15.800
 followed

00:34:15.800 --> 00:34:15.920
 him

00:34:15.920 --> 00:34:16.179
 around

00:34:16.179 --> 00:34:16.619
 20 to

00:34:16.619 --> 00:34:16.960
 25

00:34:16.960 --> 00:34:17.480
 thousand

00:34:17.480 --> 00:34:17.800
 people

00:34:17.800 --> 00:34:18.000
 I

00:34:18.000 --> 00:34:18.099
 would

00:34:18.099 --> 00:34:18.179
 have

00:34:18.179 --> 00:34:18.300
 been

00:34:18.300 --> 00:34:18.659
 so

00:34:18.659 --> 00:34:19.159
 annoyed

00:34:19.159 --> 00:34:19.400
 by

00:34:19.400 --> 00:34:19.639
 them

00:34:19.639 --> 00:34:19.960
 but

00:34:19.960 --> 00:34:20.059
 he

00:34:20.059 --> 00:34:20.219
 had

00:34:20.219 --> 00:34:20.719
 compassion

00:34:20.719 --> 00:34:20.940
 on

00:34:20.940 --> 00:34:21.119
 them

00:34:21.119 --> 00:34:21.519
 he

00:34:21.519 --> 00:34:21.719
 saw

00:34:21.719 --> 00:34:21.740
!

00:34:21.740 --> 00:34:21.880
 them

00:34:21.880 --> 00:34:22.039
 as

00:34:22.039 --> 00:34:22.300
 sheep

00:34:22.300 --> 00:34:22.719
 without

00:34:22.719 --> 00:34:22.920
 a

00:34:22.920 --> 00:34:23.199
 shepherd

00:34:23.199 --> 00:34:23.719
 right

00:34:23.719 --> 00:34:23.839
 he

00:34:23.839 --> 00:34:24.179
 sat

00:34:24.179 --> 00:34:24.359
 them

00:34:24.359 --> 00:34:24.619
 down

00:34:24.619 --> 00:34:24.739
 and

00:34:24.739 --> 00:34:24.919
 not

00:34:24.919 --> 00:34:25.099
 only

00:34:25.099 --> 00:34:25.359
 gave

00:34:25.359 --> 00:34:25.480
 them

00:34:25.480 --> 00:34:25.619
 the

00:34:25.619 --> 00:34:25.859
 things

00:34:25.859 --> 00:34:26.019
 they

00:34:26.019 --> 00:34:26.239
 needed

00:34:26.239 --> 00:34:26.439
 for

00:34:26.439 --> 00:34:26.879
 spiritual

00:34:26.879 --> 00:34:27.239
 life

00:34:27.239 --> 00:34:27.559
 but

00:34:27.559 --> 00:34:27.819
 also

00:34:27.819 --> 00:34:28.079
 gave

00:34:28.079 --> 00:34:28.199
 them

00:34:28.199 --> 00:34:28.339
 the

00:34:28.339 --> 00:34:28.539
 things

00:34:28.539 --> 00:34:28.659
 they

00:34:28.659 --> 00:34:28.879
 needed

00:34:28.879 --> 00:34:29.259
 for

00:34:29.259 --> 00:34:29.639
 physical

00:34:29.639 --> 00:34:30.000
 life

00:34:30.000 --> 00:34:30.439
 this

00:34:30.439 --> 00:34:30.559
 is

00:34:30.559 --> 00:34:30.679
 the

00:34:30.679 --> 00:34:31.000
 Jesus

00:34:31.000 --> 00:34:31.480
 that

00:34:31.480 --> 00:34:31.899
 healed

00:34:31.899 --> 00:34:33.059
 indiscriminately

00:34:33.059 --> 00:34:33.699
 people

00:34:33.699 --> 00:34:34.139
 came up

00:34:34.139 --> 00:34:34.579
 and touched

00:34:34.579 --> 00:34:34.599
!

00:34:34.599 --> 00:34:34.779
 Him

00:34:34.779 --> 00:34:35.099
 and

00:34:35.099 --> 00:34:35.219
 were

00:34:35.219 --> 00:34:35.459
 healed

00:34:35.459 --> 00:34:35.839
 he

00:34:35.839 --> 00:34:36.039
 went

00:34:36.039 --> 00:34:36.419
 around

00:34:36.419 --> 00:34:37.059
 making

00:34:37.059 --> 00:34:37.659
 people's

00:34:37.659 --> 00:34:38.000
 lives

00:34:38.000 --> 00:34:38.419
 better

00:34:38.419 --> 00:34:39.379
 constantly

00:34:39.379 --> 00:34:40.199
 this

00:34:40.199 --> 00:34:40.339
 is

00:34:40.339 --> 00:34:40.459
 the

00:34:40.459 --> 00:34:40.699
 Jesus

00:34:40.699 --> 00:34:40.919
 who

00:34:40.919 --> 00:34:41.139
 spoke

00:34:41.139 --> 00:34:41.619
 words

00:34:41.619 --> 00:34:41.759
 of

00:34:41.759 --> 00:34:42.239
 life

00:34:42.239 --> 00:34:42.639
 to

00:34:42.639 --> 00:34:42.980
 people

00:34:42.980 --> 00:34:43.759
 right

00:34:43.759 --> 00:34:44.079
 this

00:34:44.079 --> 00:34:44.239
 is

00:34:44.239 --> 00:34:44.399
 that

00:34:44.399 --> 00:34:44.739
 Jesus

00:34:44.739 --> 00:34:45.419
 compassionate

00:34:45.419 --> 00:34:45.859
 in

00:34:45.859 --> 00:34:46.019
 every

00:34:46.019 --> 00:34:46.239
 way

00:34:46.239 --> 00:34:46.539
 but

00:34:46.539 --> 00:34:46.699
 when

00:34:53.719 --> 00:34:53.879
 to

00:34:53.879 --> 00:34:54.179
 you

00:34:54.179 --> 00:34:54.839
 scribes

00:34:54.839 --> 00:34:55.000
 and

00:34:55.000 --> 00:34:55.500
 Pharisees

00:34:55.500 --> 00:34:55.899
 you

00:34:55.899 --> 00:34:56.439
 hypocrites

00:34:56.439 --> 00:34:57.299
 brood of

00:34:57.299 --> 00:34:58.000
 vipers

00:34:58.000 --> 00:34:58.480
 because

00:34:58.480 --> 00:34:58.919
 what they

00:34:58.919 --> 00:34:59.500
 were doing

00:34:59.500 --> 00:35:00.599
 was evil

00:35:00.599 --> 00:35:01.119
 in the

00:35:01.119 --> 00:35:01.959
 greatest sense

00:35:01.959 --> 00:35:02.339
 because they

00:35:02.339 --> 00:35:02.659
 were leading

00:35:02.659 --> 00:35:03.579
 so many

00:35:03.579 --> 00:35:04.500
 astray

00:35:04.500 --> 00:35:06.000
 I don't know

00:35:06.000 --> 00:35:06.459
 what that looks

00:35:06.459 --> 00:35:06.899
 like for your

00:35:06.899 --> 00:35:07.199
 life

00:35:07.199 --> 00:35:08.959
 I would

00:35:08.959 --> 00:35:10.039
 not encourage

00:35:10.039 --> 00:35:10.419
 you to go

00:35:10.419 --> 00:35:11.079
 and confront

00:35:11.079 --> 00:35:11.779
 preachers

00:35:11.779 --> 00:35:12.219
 that you know

00:35:12.219 --> 00:35:12.659
 don't preach

00:35:12.659 --> 00:35:13.019
 the word of

00:35:13.019 --> 00:35:13.259
 God

00:35:13.259 --> 00:35:13.539
 well

00:35:13.539 --> 00:35:14.939
 probably

00:35:14.939 --> 00:35:15.459
 not your

00:35:15.459 --> 00:35:15.879
 place

00:35:15.879 --> 00:35:17.139
 I don't

00:35:17.139 --> 00:35:17.419
 know what

00:35:17.419 --> 00:35:17.699
 it means

00:35:17.699 --> 00:35:18.039
 exactly

00:35:18.039 --> 00:35:18.399
 for my

00:35:18.399 --> 00:35:18.679
 life

00:35:18.679 --> 00:35:18.839
 but

00:35:18.839 --> 00:35:19.099
 beloved

00:35:19.099 --> 00:35:19.639
 we have

00:35:19.639 --> 00:35:19.879
 to be

00:35:19.879 --> 00:35:20.059
 more

00:35:20.059 --> 00:35:20.379
 bold

00:35:20.379 --> 00:35:20.799
 in living

00:35:20.799 --> 00:35:21.159
 the truth

00:35:21.159 --> 00:35:21.399
 of the

00:35:21.399 --> 00:35:21.719
 gospel

00:35:21.719 --> 00:35:22.379
 speaking

00:35:22.379 --> 00:35:22.739
 the truth

00:35:22.739 --> 00:35:22.879
 of the

00:35:22.879 --> 00:35:23.019
 gospel

00:35:23.019 --> 00:35:23.299
 and

00:35:23.300 --> 00:35:23.780
 correcting

00:35:23.780 --> 00:35:24.080
 it

00:35:24.080 --> 00:35:25.740
 there

00:35:25.740 --> 00:35:25.960
 are

00:35:25.960 --> 00:35:27.400
 thousands

00:35:27.400 --> 00:35:27.760
 hundreds

00:35:27.760 --> 00:35:28.000
 of

00:35:28.000 --> 00:35:28.320
 thousands

00:35:28.320 --> 00:35:28.920
 possibly

00:35:28.920 --> 00:35:29.340
 millions

00:35:29.340 --> 00:35:29.519
 of

00:35:29.519 --> 00:35:29.740
 people

00:35:29.740 --> 00:35:30.100
 in

00:35:30.100 --> 00:35:30.360
 just

00:35:30.360 --> 00:35:30.600
 our

00:35:30.600 --> 00:35:31.000
 region

00:35:31.000 --> 00:35:31.640
 being led

00:35:31.640 --> 00:35:32.120
 astray

00:35:32.120 --> 00:35:33.100
 by false

00:35:33.100 --> 00:35:33.660
 teachers

00:35:33.660 --> 00:35:35.519
 so number

00:35:35.519 --> 00:35:35.960
 one be sure

00:35:35.960 --> 00:35:36.200
 that you're

00:35:36.200 --> 00:35:36.780
 not apostate

00:35:36.780 --> 00:35:37.560
 second correct

00:35:37.560 --> 00:35:37.920
 the one

00:35:37.920 --> 00:35:38.460
 who is

00:35:38.460 --> 00:35:39.080
 apostate

00:35:39.080 --> 00:35:40.400
 thirdly

00:35:40.400 --> 00:35:41.940
 do not

00:35:41.940 --> 00:35:42.240
 miss the

00:35:42.240 --> 00:35:42.500
 lesson

00:35:42.500 --> 00:35:43.000
 for our

00:35:43.000 --> 00:35:43.360
 lives

00:35:43.360 --> 00:35:44.240
 now if

00:35:44.240 --> 00:35:44.440
 you are

00:35:44.440 --> 00:35:44.840
 found

00:35:44.840 --> 00:35:45.420
 in

00:35:45.420 --> 00:35:45.840
 Christ

00:35:45.840 --> 00:35:46.340
 you are

00:35:46.340 --> 00:35:46.519
 sure

00:35:46.519 --> 00:35:46.820
 that you're

00:35:46.820 --> 00:35:47.060
 in the

00:35:47.060 --> 00:35:47.280
 faith

00:35:47.280 --> 00:35:47.740
 you can

00:35:47.740 --> 00:35:48.060
 say with

00:35:48.060 --> 00:35:48.460
 confidence

00:35:48.460 --> 00:35:48.760
 that you're

00:35:48.760 --> 00:35:48.900
 not

00:35:48.900 --> 00:35:49.320
 apostate

00:35:49.320 --> 00:35:49.720
 praise

00:35:49.720 --> 00:35:50.140
 God

00:35:50.140 --> 00:35:50.460
 for that

00:35:50.460 --> 00:35:50.820
 as a

00:35:50.820 --> 00:35:51.060
 work

00:35:51.060 --> 00:35:51.640
 of his

00:35:51.640 --> 00:35:51.920
 on your

00:35:51.920 --> 00:35:52.420
 behalf

00:35:52.420 --> 00:35:53.900
 praise

00:35:53.900 --> 00:35:54.119
 God

00:35:54.119 --> 00:35:54.320
 for it

00:35:54.320 --> 00:35:54.940
 but yet

00:35:54.940 --> 00:35:55.740
 we still

00:35:55.740 --> 00:35:56.460
 act like

00:35:56.460 --> 00:35:57.039
 the Pharisees

00:35:57.039 --> 00:35:57.340
 in many

00:35:57.340 --> 00:35:57.680
 ways

00:35:57.680 --> 00:35:59.139
 we can

00:35:59.139 --> 00:35:59.860
 still tend

00:35:59.860 --> 00:36:00.619
 towards this

00:36:00.619 --> 00:36:01.059
 because we

00:36:01.059 --> 00:36:01.619
 still have

00:36:01.619 --> 00:36:02.320
 our sinful

00:36:02.320 --> 00:36:02.680
 nature

00:36:02.680 --> 00:36:03.360
 we can

00:36:03.360 --> 00:36:04.300
 tend to want

00:36:04.300 --> 00:36:04.639
 to make

00:36:04.639 --> 00:36:05.240
 our list

00:36:05.240 --> 00:36:05.860
 and simply

00:36:05.860 --> 00:36:06.360
 check them

00:36:06.360 --> 00:36:06.659
 off

00:36:06.659 --> 00:36:07.720
 this is so

00:36:07.720 --> 00:36:08.139
 tempting

00:36:08.139 --> 00:36:08.900
 right

00:36:08.900 --> 00:36:09.500
 just give me a

00:36:09.500 --> 00:36:09.659
 list

00:36:09.659 --> 00:36:10.119
 it'd be so

00:36:10.119 --> 00:36:10.639
 much easier

00:36:10.639 --> 00:36:11.200
 right

00:36:11.200 --> 00:36:11.740
 just give me a

00:36:11.740 --> 00:36:11.900
 list

00:36:11.900 --> 00:36:12.400
 it wouldn't

00:36:12.400 --> 00:36:13.059
 require my

00:36:13.059 --> 00:36:13.619
 devotion

00:36:13.619 --> 00:36:14.559
 it wouldn't

00:36:14.559 --> 00:36:15.159
 require my

00:36:15.159 --> 00:36:16.099
 relationship

00:36:16.099 --> 00:36:16.760
 with the

00:36:16.760 --> 00:36:17.039
 Lord

00:36:17.039 --> 00:36:17.440
 right

00:36:17.440 --> 00:36:17.820
 just give me

00:36:17.820 --> 00:36:18.119
 the list

00:36:18.119 --> 00:36:18.539
 I can do

00:36:18.539 --> 00:36:19.539
 the list

00:36:19.539 --> 00:36:19.860
 it's no

00:36:19.860 --> 00:36:20.259
 problem

00:36:20.259 --> 00:36:22.119
 God draws

00:36:22.119 --> 00:36:22.420
 us into

00:36:22.420 --> 00:36:22.860
 relationship

00:36:22.860 --> 00:36:23.179
 with him

00:36:23.179 --> 00:36:23.679
 because he

00:36:23.679 --> 00:36:23.920
 is the

00:36:23.920 --> 00:36:24.279
 best thing

00:36:24.279 --> 00:36:24.840
 he is the

00:36:24.840 --> 00:36:25.400
 great end

00:36:25.400 --> 00:36:25.840
 to everything

00:36:25.840 --> 00:36:26.179
 that we

00:36:26.179 --> 00:36:26.440
 do

00:36:26.440 --> 00:36:26.880
 that we

00:36:26.880 --> 00:36:27.320
 might know

00:36:27.320 --> 00:36:27.519
 him

00:36:27.519 --> 00:36:28.059
 experience

00:36:28.059 --> 00:36:28.360
 him

00:36:28.360 --> 00:36:28.860
 and make

00:36:28.860 --> 00:36:29.199
 him known

00:36:29.199 --> 00:36:30.000
 this is why

00:36:30.000 --> 00:36:30.659
 we have

00:36:30.659 --> 00:36:31.259
 life

00:36:31.259 --> 00:36:31.860
 this is why

00:36:31.860 --> 00:36:32.139
 we're not

00:36:32.139 --> 00:36:32.860
 already taken

00:36:32.860 --> 00:36:33.199
 up with

00:36:33.199 --> 00:36:33.320
 him

00:36:33.320 --> 00:36:33.599
 that's why

00:36:33.599 --> 00:36:33.860
 we're

00:36:33.860 --> 00:36:34.699
 experiencing

00:36:34.699 --> 00:36:35.119
 him in

00:36:35.119 --> 00:36:35.420
 greater

00:36:35.420 --> 00:36:35.900
 and more

00:36:35.900 --> 00:36:36.699
 unfolding

00:36:36.699 --> 00:36:37.440
 ways

00:36:37.440 --> 00:36:38.559
 if you

00:36:38.559 --> 00:36:38.759
 all don't

00:36:38.759 --> 00:36:39.059
 know about

00:36:39.059 --> 00:36:39.420
 the man

00:36:39.420 --> 00:36:39.719
 George

00:36:39.719 --> 00:36:39.960
 Mueller

00:36:39.960 --> 00:36:40.259
 I would

00:36:40.259 --> 00:36:40.480
 really

00:36:40.480 --> 00:36:40.699
 really

00:36:40.699 --> 00:36:41.440
 commend

00:36:41.440 --> 00:36:42.219
 any of

00:36:42.219 --> 00:36:42.320
 his

00:36:42.320 --> 00:36:42.860
 biographies

00:36:42.860 --> 00:36:43.259
 to you

00:36:43.259 --> 00:36:44.019
 particularly

00:36:44.019 --> 00:36:44.480
 George

00:36:44.480 --> 00:36:44.659
 Mueller

00:36:44.659 --> 00:36:45.079
 of Bristol

00:36:45.079 --> 00:36:45.539
 written by

00:36:45.539 --> 00:36:45.820
 a man

00:36:45.820 --> 00:36:46.039
 named

00:36:48.539 --> 00:36:49.119
 wonderful

00:36:49.119 --> 00:36:49.440
 read

00:36:49.440 --> 00:36:51.179
 listen to

00:36:51.179 --> 00:36:52.119
 this quote

00:36:52.119 --> 00:36:53.039
 from him

00:36:53.039 --> 00:36:53.739
 after he's

00:36:53.739 --> 00:36:54.239
 recorded

00:36:54.239 --> 00:36:55.480
 Mueller going

00:36:55.480 --> 00:36:55.719
 through an

00:36:55.719 --> 00:36:56.279
 experience in

00:36:56.279 --> 00:36:56.699
 his life

00:36:56.699 --> 00:36:57.019
 where he

00:36:57.019 --> 00:36:57.800
 became more

00:36:57.800 --> 00:36:58.340
 devoted to

00:36:58.340 --> 00:36:58.579
 the word

00:36:58.579 --> 00:36:58.940
 of God

00:36:58.940 --> 00:36:59.519
 as the

00:36:59.519 --> 00:37:00.300
 supreme

00:37:00.300 --> 00:37:00.860
 authority

00:37:00.860 --> 00:37:01.460
 in his

00:37:01.460 --> 00:37:01.699
 life

00:37:01.699 --> 00:37:02.259
 and I

00:37:02.259 --> 00:37:02.539
 just as

00:37:02.539 --> 00:37:03.079
 an aside

00:37:03.079 --> 00:37:03.500
 tell you

00:37:03.500 --> 00:37:04.400
 that he

00:37:04.400 --> 00:37:05.199
 was preaching

00:37:05.199 --> 00:37:05.679
 at a

00:37:05.679 --> 00:37:05.920
 meeting

00:37:05.920 --> 00:37:06.739
 and afterwards

00:37:06.739 --> 00:37:07.659
 three ladies

00:37:07.659 --> 00:37:08.059
 were having

00:37:08.059 --> 00:37:08.639
 a conversation

00:37:08.639 --> 00:37:09.199
 about believers

00:37:09.199 --> 00:37:09.599
 baptism

00:37:09.599 --> 00:37:10.219
 and they

00:37:10.219 --> 00:37:10.500
 asked him

00:37:10.500 --> 00:37:10.739
 what he

00:37:10.739 --> 00:37:11.039
 thought

00:37:11.039 --> 00:37:11.440
 and he

00:37:11.440 --> 00:37:11.659
 said

00:37:11.659 --> 00:37:12.219
 I see

00:37:12.219 --> 00:37:12.619
 no need

00:37:12.619 --> 00:37:12.800
 to be

00:37:12.800 --> 00:37:13.059
 baptized

00:37:13.059 --> 00:37:13.340
 as a

00:37:13.340 --> 00:37:13.480
 believer

00:37:13.480 --> 00:37:13.759
 because I

00:37:13.759 --> 00:37:13.880
 was

00:37:13.880 --> 00:37:14.139
 baptized

00:37:14.139 --> 00:37:14.960
 as an

00:37:14.960 --> 00:37:15.179
 infant

00:37:15.179 --> 00:37:15.579
 and one

00:37:15.579 --> 00:37:16.039
 lady said

00:37:16.039 --> 00:37:16.320
 have you

00:37:16.320 --> 00:37:16.739
 ever searched

00:37:16.739 --> 00:37:17.079
 the scriptures

00:37:17.079 --> 00:37:17.440
 on this

00:37:17.440 --> 00:37:17.679
 matter

00:37:17.679 --> 00:37:18.659
 and he

00:37:18.659 --> 00:37:18.980
 said

00:37:18.980 --> 00:37:19.579
 no I

00:37:19.579 --> 00:37:19.879
 haven't

00:37:19.879 --> 00:37:20.079
 and she

00:37:20.079 --> 00:37:20.299
 said

00:37:20.299 --> 00:37:20.539
 well then

00:37:20.539 --> 00:37:20.719
 I would

00:37:20.719 --> 00:37:21.000
 encourage

00:37:21.000 --> 00:37:21.119
 you

00:37:21.119 --> 00:37:21.339
 to never

00:37:21.339 --> 00:37:21.619
 speak

00:37:21.619 --> 00:37:21.879
 on it

00:37:21.879 --> 00:37:22.099
 again

00:37:22.099 --> 00:37:22.460
 until you

00:37:22.460 --> 00:37:22.799
 have

00:37:22.799 --> 00:37:24.159
 this is

00:37:24.159 --> 00:37:24.559
 the preacher

00:37:24.559 --> 00:37:25.239
 the guest

00:37:25.239 --> 00:37:25.619
 preacher

00:37:25.619 --> 00:37:27.659
 and he

00:37:27.659 --> 00:37:28.319
 was moved

00:37:28.319 --> 00:37:28.759
 to do so

00:37:28.759 --> 00:37:29.179
 he did

00:37:29.179 --> 00:37:29.399
 and he

00:37:29.399 --> 00:37:29.699
 read the

00:37:29.699 --> 00:37:29.919
 entire

00:37:29.919 --> 00:37:30.079
 new

00:37:30.079 --> 00:37:30.359
 testament

00:37:30.359 --> 00:37:31.319
 and praise

00:37:31.319 --> 00:37:31.619
 god

00:37:31.619 --> 00:37:32.219
 he was a

00:37:32.219 --> 00:37:32.539
 baptist

00:37:32.539 --> 00:37:32.759
 at the

00:37:32.759 --> 00:37:32.940
 end of

00:37:32.940 --> 00:37:33.119
 that

00:37:33.119 --> 00:37:34.619
 process

00:37:34.619 --> 00:37:36.739
 as was

00:37:36.739 --> 00:37:37.000
 A.T.

00:37:37.059 --> 00:37:37.259
 Pearson

00:37:37.259 --> 00:37:39.239
 listen to

00:37:39.239 --> 00:37:39.399
 what he

00:37:39.399 --> 00:37:39.619
 says

00:37:39.619 --> 00:37:40.899
 what radical

00:37:40.899 --> 00:37:41.440
 reforms

00:37:41.440 --> 00:37:41.699
 would be

00:37:41.699 --> 00:37:42.159
 made in

00:37:42.159 --> 00:37:42.440
 modern

00:37:42.440 --> 00:37:42.799
 worship

00:37:42.799 --> 00:37:43.460
 teaching

00:37:43.460 --> 00:37:44.159
 and practice

00:37:44.159 --> 00:37:44.839
 in the

00:37:44.839 --> 00:37:45.039
 whole

00:37:45.039 --> 00:37:45.659
 conduct

00:37:45.659 --> 00:37:45.859
 of

00:37:45.859 --> 00:37:46.339
 disciples

00:37:46.339 --> 00:37:46.779
 and the

00:37:46.779 --> 00:37:47.219
 administration

00:37:47.219 --> 00:37:47.659
 of the

00:37:47.659 --> 00:37:47.960
 church

00:37:47.960 --> 00:37:48.379
 of God

00:37:48.379 --> 00:37:49.119
 if the

00:37:49.119 --> 00:37:49.940
 one final

00:37:49.940 --> 00:37:50.480
 criterion

00:37:50.480 --> 00:37:51.000
 of all

00:37:51.000 --> 00:37:51.440
 judgment

00:37:51.440 --> 00:37:51.859
 were

00:37:51.859 --> 00:37:52.879
 what

00:37:52.879 --> 00:37:53.460
 do the

00:37:53.460 --> 00:37:53.759
 scriptures

00:37:53.759 --> 00:37:54.739
 teach

00:37:54.739 --> 00:37:56.079
 and what

00:37:56.079 --> 00:37:56.639
 revolutions

00:37:56.639 --> 00:37:56.940
 in our

00:37:56.940 --> 00:37:57.500
 own lives

00:37:57.500 --> 00:37:57.920
 as believers

00:37:57.920 --> 00:37:58.420
 might take

00:37:58.420 --> 00:37:58.779
 place

00:37:58.779 --> 00:37:59.059
 if we

00:37:59.059 --> 00:37:59.199
 should

00:37:59.199 --> 00:37:59.839
 first put

00:37:59.839 --> 00:38:00.199
 every

00:38:00.199 --> 00:38:00.579
 notion

00:38:00.579 --> 00:38:01.139
 of truth

00:38:01.139 --> 00:38:02.139
 and custom

00:38:02.139 --> 00:38:02.719
 of life

00:38:02.719 --> 00:38:03.259
 to this

00:38:03.259 --> 00:38:04.259
 one test

00:38:04.259 --> 00:38:05.079
 of scripture

00:38:05.079 --> 00:38:05.739
 authority

00:38:05.739 --> 00:38:06.639
 and then

00:38:06.639 --> 00:38:07.019
 with the

00:38:07.019 --> 00:38:07.539
 courage

00:38:07.539 --> 00:38:08.219
 of conviction

00:38:08.219 --> 00:38:09.000
 dare to do

00:38:09.000 --> 00:38:09.359
 according

00:38:09.359 --> 00:38:10.159
 to that word

00:38:10.159 --> 00:38:10.859
 counting

00:38:10.859 --> 00:38:11.739
 no cost

00:38:11.739 --> 00:38:12.679
 but studying

00:38:12.679 --> 00:38:13.059
 to show

00:38:13.059 --> 00:38:13.359
 ourselves

00:38:13.359 --> 00:38:13.859
 approved

00:38:13.859 --> 00:38:14.480
 of God

00:38:14.480 --> 00:38:15.659
 is it

00:38:15.659 --> 00:38:16.219
 possible

00:38:16.219 --> 00:38:17.079
 that there

00:38:17.079 --> 00:38:17.579
 are any

00:38:17.579 --> 00:38:18.380
 modern

00:38:18.380 --> 00:38:18.880
 disciples

00:38:18.880 --> 00:38:20.139
 who reject

00:38:20.139 --> 00:38:20.599
 the commandment

00:38:20.599 --> 00:38:20.980
 of God

00:38:20.980 --> 00:38:21.380
 that they

00:38:21.380 --> 00:38:21.780
 may keep

00:38:21.780 --> 00:38:22.320
 their own

00:38:22.320 --> 00:38:23.079
 tradition

00:38:23.079 --> 00:38:23.639
 and he's

00:38:23.639 --> 00:38:24.119
 asking that

00:38:24.119 --> 00:38:24.639
 rhetorically

00:38:24.639 --> 00:38:25.099
 is it

00:38:25.099 --> 00:38:25.460
 possible

00:38:25.460 --> 00:38:25.960
 yes

00:38:25.960 --> 00:38:27.000
 it is

00:38:27.000 --> 00:38:27.659
 that there

00:38:27.659 --> 00:38:28.139
 are modern

00:38:28.139 --> 00:38:28.719
 disciples

00:38:28.719 --> 00:38:29.500
 disciples in

00:38:29.500 --> 00:38:30.059
 our day

00:38:30.059 --> 00:38:30.980
 who reject

00:38:30.980 --> 00:38:31.639
 the commandment

00:38:31.639 --> 00:38:31.960
 of God

00:38:31.960 --> 00:38:32.240
 that they

00:38:32.240 --> 00:38:32.659
 may keep

00:38:32.659 --> 00:38:33.219
 their own

00:38:33.219 --> 00:38:33.619
 tradition

00:38:33.619 --> 00:38:34.159
 beloved we

00:38:34.159 --> 00:38:34.619
 must filter

00:38:34.619 --> 00:38:35.360
 everything we

00:38:35.360 --> 00:38:35.619
 do

00:38:35.619 --> 00:38:36.719
 through the

00:38:36.719 --> 00:38:37.159
 powerful

00:38:37.159 --> 00:38:37.900
 word

00:38:37.900 --> 00:38:38.780
 of God

00:38:38.780 --> 00:38:39.680
 and it

00:38:39.680 --> 00:38:39.980
 is there

00:38:39.980 --> 00:38:40.820
 God wrote

00:38:40.820 --> 00:38:41.300
 a book

00:38:41.300 --> 00:38:41.840
 for us

00:38:41.840 --> 00:38:42.680
 we should

00:38:42.680 --> 00:38:42.980
 submit

00:38:42.980 --> 00:38:43.260
 ourselves

00:38:43.260 --> 00:38:43.720
 to it

00:38:43.720 --> 00:38:44.840
 in every

00:38:44.840 --> 00:38:45.180
 way

00:38:45.180 --> 00:38:46.760
 so as we

00:38:46.760 --> 00:38:47.200
 look at the

00:38:47.200 --> 00:38:47.620
 lives of

00:38:47.620 --> 00:38:48.100
 these men

00:38:48.100 --> 00:38:49.080
 that Jesus

00:38:49.080 --> 00:38:49.760
 makes these

00:38:49.760 --> 00:38:50.580
 great accusations

00:38:50.580 --> 00:38:51.220
 to let us

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 also be sure

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 that we will

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 not be

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 accused one

00:38:53.820 --> 00:38:54.420
 day of

00:38:54.420 --> 00:38:54.780
 these same

00:38:54.780 --> 00:38:55.100
 things

00:38:55.100 --> 00:38:55.440
 be sure

00:38:55.440 --> 00:38:55.720
 you're not

00:38:55.720 --> 00:38:56.180
 apostate

00:38:56.180 --> 00:38:56.700
 correct the

00:38:56.700 --> 00:38:57.019
 one who

00:38:57.019 --> 00:38:57.700
 is and

00:38:57.700 --> 00:38:58.200
 do not

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 miss this

00:38:58.800 --> 00:38:59.640
 lesson for

00:38:59.640 --> 00:38:59.980
 those of

00:38:59.980 --> 00:39:00.620
 us who

00:39:00.620 --> 00:39:01.040
 are in

00:39:01.040 --> 00:39:01.960
 the faith

00:39:01.960 --> 00:39:02.580
 let's pray

00:39:02.580 --> 00:39:02.920
 together