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 Let's pray.

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 Fathers, we come now to the end of this road to Jerusalem with Jesus.

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 Along the way, he's cleared up many misconceptions of what it means to follow you.

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 And now we have the challenge before us.

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 As the words of the old poems say, only one life will soon be passed, only what's done for Christ will last.

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 May those words reverberate in our hearts and our minds this morning.

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 And we ask it for your glory. Amen.

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 A team of European doctors in the 1990s, in the early 1990s,

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 discovered that there was a higher chance of having a heart attack on Monday than any other day of the week.

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 In fact, they found out there was a dramatic increase in all stress-related illnesses on Mondays.

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 Blood pressure is up, and so you're more likely to have a stroke on a Monday.

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 Stomach acidity is up, increasing the risk of ulcers.

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 People are twice as likely to commit suicide on Mondays than any other day of the week.

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 And so they concluded that the Monday morning feeling is actually no myth.

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 It's medical fact.

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 There was one explanation for it.

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 Most of us feel that the very idea of working another week, depressing.

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 However, it wasn't because of the workload or the responsibilities.

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 The research found that there was little distinction between a high flyer

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 and what you might call a low flyer, I'm assuming.

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 People with mundane and undemanding jobs displayed the same symptoms

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 as those at the other end of the scale.

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 No matter how good the job as well, or how considerate the employer,

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 how nice the people you worked with,

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 or even the surrounds in which you work,

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 it made no difference.

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 The very idea of working another week caused so much stress-related illnesses.

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 And the reason?

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 Purposelessness.

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 Purposelessness is having plenty to do,

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 but no satisfying reason to do it.

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 It's like living life without purpose

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 is kind of like playing soccer without goalposts.

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 You can dribble the ball with great skill,

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 you can execute some fine passes,

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 you can enjoy your time on the paddock,

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 but in the end, what's the point?

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 What's the point to it all?

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 Unless there is some goal, some objective,

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 some reason for doing it,

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 then in the end,

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 it is all a farce.

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 It is this quest for purpose in our daily existence

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 that makes this parable of the ten miners

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 so drastically important for us.

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 Jesus here provides us with that vital missing link,

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 and that is future perspective.

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 And we need that future perspective

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 in order to give our daily routine significance.

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 As you know,

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 we have been travelling with Jesus

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 on his way to Jerusalem,

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 and as we've been travelling with Jesus,

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 he has encountered a number of people,

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 he has told lots of stories

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 about what it means to be part of his kingdom,

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 he has cleared up misconceptions

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 of what it means to be his disciple,

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 he has told stories like the rich fool

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 and the lost sheep and the lost coin

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 and the lost son and the shrewd manager,

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 he has encountered people

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 like the rich young ruler

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 and the blind beggar,

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 and as he arrives close to Jerusalem,

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 he has one final encounter

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 with a person,

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 and that is with Zacchaeus.

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 And this encounter with Zacchaeus

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 is where this journey with Jesus

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 comes to its climax.

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 The visit of Jesus to Jericho

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 attracts a large crowd.

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 Zacchaeus, the chief tax collector,

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 wants a chance to look at Jesus,

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 but he can't because he's too short.

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 Instead, he climbs a tree

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 to get a glimpse of Jesus

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 as he wanders by.

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 The important thing is, though,

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 in that encounter

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 is the fact that Jesus took the initiative.

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 Verse 5,

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 Zacchaeus,

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 Jesus said to him,

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 Zacchaeus,

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 come down immediately,

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 I must stay at your house today.

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 And it's this acceptance

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 of Zacchaeus

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 by Jesus

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 that repulses the crowd.

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 It says in verse 7,

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 all the people saw this

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 and began to mutter,

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 he has gone

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 to be the guest

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 of a sinner.

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 You see,

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 Zac and his kind

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 were social outcasts,

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 but Jesus welcomes him.

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 Zacchaeus responds to Jesus

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 by coming out of the tree immediately

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 and it says he received

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 Jesus with joy.

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 A reception of joy

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 to Jesus

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 is the appropriate response

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 on Jesus' actions

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 on our behalf.

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 We also see another response

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 to Jesus by Zac.

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 In verse 8,

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 it says,

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 Look, Lord,

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 here and now

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 I give half of my possessions

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 to the poor

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 and if I have cheated anybody

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 out of anything,

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 I will pay back

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 four times the amount.

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 There are, in fact,

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 two responses there.

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 A new generosity,

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 which means he gives

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 half of his assets

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 to the poor.

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 And secondly,

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 a desire to undo

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 the wrongs from the past.

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 And he says

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 he will pay back them

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 four times as much

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 anyone that he has robbed.

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 It's interesting

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 that normal restitution

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 only actually added 20%.

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 If I've robbed you

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 of a dollar,

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 I'll give you

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 a dollar,

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 you know,

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 a dollar,

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 twenty back.

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 But Zacchaeus

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 actually suggests

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 and submits himself

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 to the highest penalty

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 that the Old Testament

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 law required.

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 The highest penalty.

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 You see,

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 what has happened here,

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 God has made

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 the impossible happen.

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 He's done the impossible.

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 A rich man

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 gets through

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 the eye of the needle.

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 A rich man

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 gets through

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 the eye of the needle

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 and here

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 at the end

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 of this road

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 to Jerusalem,

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 Jesus sets up

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 Zacchaeus

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 as the model disciple.

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 The model disciple.

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 He receives

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 the grace

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 of the Lord Jesus

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 with joy

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 and a radical

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 transformation

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 of priorities

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 and his life

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 is a result.

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 His priorities

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 change because

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 of this new life.

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 It's this new life

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 and his priority

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 which will govern

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 the rest of his life.

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 Which is why

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 Jesus launches

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 into this parable

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 straight after

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 his encounter

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 with Zacchaeus.

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 Jesus is close

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 to Jerusalem

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 and there are

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 some that are

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 there with Jesus

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 thinking that

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 it's all over.

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 It's about to finish.

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 Jesus the king

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 who's done all these

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 miracles along the way

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 he's going to get

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 to Jerusalem

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 and he's going to

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 beat up the Romans

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 and kick the king out

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 and we're going to

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 go to the palace

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 and we're going to

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 get the temple back.

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 It's all going to

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 be hunky dory

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 and it's going to

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 be like the good old days

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 we're going to party on

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 and it's kind of

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 the king is established

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 and he's thrown

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 and Jesus goes

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 hang on a bit.

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 Verse 11

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 Jesus tells

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 this parable

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 because he was

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 near Jerusalem

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 and the people

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 thought that the

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 kingdom of God

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 was going to

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 appear at once.

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 They thought it

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 was almost over.

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 And so Jesus

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 uses this parable

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 to instruct

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 his disciples

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 that salvation

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 as we saw

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 with Zacchaeus

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 is not the end

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 of the matter.

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 It's not just

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 a matter of

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 ticking a box

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 and praying a prayer

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 and getting in

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 the kingdom

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 and that's it.

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 Getting into

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 the kingdom of God

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 like Zacchaeus

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 doesn't mean that

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 you just kind of

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 sit back

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 and wait

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 for heaven

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 to come.

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 You know

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 we fill our pews

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 it's not like

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 church is like

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 a holding pen

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 for Christians

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 waiting for Jesus

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 to come back

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 like a bunch

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 of sheep

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 really

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 in a pen

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 kind of

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 waiting to be

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 shorn.

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 If you're part

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 of the kingdom

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 of God

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 if you respond

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 to Jesus

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 then you've

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 got a job

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 to do

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 until the king

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 comes back.

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 So he says

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 this

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 soon after

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 they arrived

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 in Jerusalem

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 Jesus would

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 be leaving

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 them.

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 In verse 12

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 he said

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 this

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 a man

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 of noble

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 birth

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 went to

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 a distant

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 country

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 to have

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 himself

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 appointed

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 king

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 and then

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 to return.

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 But the

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 disciples were

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 not meant

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 to be

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 disheartened

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 by this.

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 Yes

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 Jesus was

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 going to

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 leave them

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 he made

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 it clear

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 they were

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 not to be

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 disheartened

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 by this

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 because the

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 king

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 would

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 return.

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 And the

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 point of

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 this parable

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 is what

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 do they do

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 between when

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 the king

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 leaves and

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 when the

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 king comes

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 back again?

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 What happens

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 in the meantime?

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 Verse 13

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 So he called

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 in ten of his

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 servants and

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 gave them ten

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 minors, put

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 this money to

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 work until I

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 come back.

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 That

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 sentence

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 is

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 Jesus'

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 answer to

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 the dreaded

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 Monday morning

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 feeling.

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 That sentence

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 is the

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 Bible's work

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 ethic.

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 We've got a

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 job to do

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 for the

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 king until

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 the king

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 comes back.

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 And that

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 gives everything

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 meaning.

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 It gives

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 everything

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 purpose.

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 And this

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 work ethic

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 is not

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 grounded in

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 a moral

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 duty but

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 in future

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 hope.

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 Future

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 hope.

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 We are

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 to put the

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 king's

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 resources to

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 work until

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 he comes

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 back.

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 Those

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 few words

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 are desperately

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 important

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 because the

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 world is

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 going

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 somewhere.

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 There is a

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 hope and

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 the king

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 is returning.

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 Therefore,

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 make the

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 most of the

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 opportunities

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 and the

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 resources we

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 have to

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 invest in

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 the kingdom

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 by working

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 hard for

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 the king.

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 I said

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 this a

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 couple of

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 Sundays

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 ago on

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 Vision

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 Sunday.

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 Wise

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 investments.

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 This is

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 what gives

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 our daily

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 routine

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 meaning.

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 It's

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 what gives

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 our daily

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 routine

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 purpose.

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 This is

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 the task

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 that Jesus

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 leaves us

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 with.

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 And what

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 this parable

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 says is

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 that people

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 are divided

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 into three

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 broad

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 categories

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 depending

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 on how

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 they respond

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 to the

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 challenge

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 from the

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 king.

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 At one

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 extreme

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 are those

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 described in

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 verse 14.

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 Jesus

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 saying is

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 that there

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 will be

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 some who

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 reject

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 God's

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 king.

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 They'll

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 reject

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 Jesus

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 being the

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 king.

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 They won't

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 want him

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 to be

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 king.

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 And they

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 won't

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 accept his

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 authority

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 as the

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 king.

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 Some

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 will hide

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 their

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 rebellion

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 against

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 the

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 king

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 under

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 the

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 guise

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 of

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 doubt

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 or

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 ignorance.

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 But Jesus

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 is clear

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 here that

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 the main

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 resistance

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 to the

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 rule of

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 king

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 Jesus

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 is

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 the

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 will.

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 Verse

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 14.

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 We don't

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 want

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 this man

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 to be

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 our

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 king.

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 We don't

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 want this

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 man to

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 be our

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 king.

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 But of

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 course it's

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 all in

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 vain because

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 he is

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 the king.

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 Verse 15.

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 He was

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 made king

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 however and

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 he returned

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 home.

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 That's

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 the reality

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 of it.

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 My

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 desire for

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 Jesus not

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 to be

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 king is

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 somehow

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 stronger than

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 the fact

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 he is

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 king.

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 Nothing

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 can stop

00:12:16.060 --> 00:12:16.379
 Jesus'

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 final

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 triumph.

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 Whether

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 you like

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 it or

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 not,

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 he is

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 king.

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 And the

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 Bible says

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 that people

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 will resist

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 his

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 will,

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 with their

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 will,

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 resist

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 king

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 Jesus

00:12:30.340 --> 00:12:31.960
 right to

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 the very

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 end.

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 Right to

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 the very

00:12:35.759 --> 00:12:36.320
 end.

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 It

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 astounds

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 me that

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 the Bible

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 says that

00:12:41.860 --> 00:12:42.279
 in the

00:12:42.279 --> 00:12:43.059
 last days

00:12:43.059 --> 00:12:43.840
 when Jesus

00:12:43.840 --> 00:12:44.919
 appears with

00:12:44.919 --> 00:12:45.759
 loud trumpet

00:12:45.759 --> 00:12:46.440
 sounds,

00:12:47.100 --> 00:12:47.779
 people will be

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 confronted with

00:12:48.740 --> 00:12:49.360
 the descending

00:12:49.360 --> 00:12:50.159
 Lord Jesus

00:12:50.159 --> 00:12:51.679
 and instead

00:12:51.679 --> 00:12:52.879
 of bowing

00:12:52.879 --> 00:12:53.700
 and asking

00:12:53.700 --> 00:12:54.440
 for mercy

00:12:54.440 --> 00:12:54.940
 in that

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 last moment

00:12:55.920 --> 00:12:56.280
 of their

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 life,

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 they will

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 say let

00:12:59.020 --> 00:12:59.560
 the mountains

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 fall on

00:13:00.280 --> 00:13:01.380
 me rather

00:13:01.380 --> 00:13:01.940
 than submit

00:13:01.940 --> 00:13:02.500
 to him.

00:13:06.460 --> 00:13:06.980
 The

00:13:06.980 --> 00:13:07.600
 strength of

00:13:07.600 --> 00:13:08.020
 the will

00:13:08.020 --> 00:13:08.580
 to resist

00:13:08.580 --> 00:13:09.580
 Jesus right

00:13:09.580 --> 00:13:09.960
 to the

00:13:09.960 --> 00:13:10.840
 very end.

00:13:14.900 --> 00:13:15.420
 Nothing

00:13:15.420 --> 00:13:15.900
 can stop

00:13:15.900 --> 00:13:16.180
 Jesus'

00:13:16.380 --> 00:13:17.100
 final triumph.

00:13:17.240 --> 00:13:17.520
 He is

00:13:17.520 --> 00:13:17.860
 king.

00:13:19.520 --> 00:13:20.180
 The end

00:13:20.180 --> 00:13:20.380
 of the

00:13:20.380 --> 00:13:20.960
 parable tells

00:13:20.960 --> 00:13:21.240
 us what

00:13:21.240 --> 00:13:21.620
 happened to

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 those who

00:13:21.980 --> 00:13:22.280
 rebelled

00:13:22.280 --> 00:13:22.860
 against the

00:13:22.860 --> 00:13:23.080
 king.

00:13:23.220 --> 00:13:23.920
 Verse 27,

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 but those

00:13:24.620 --> 00:13:25.699
 enemies of

00:13:25.699 --> 00:13:26.120
 mine who

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 did not

00:13:26.439 --> 00:13:26.959
 want me to

00:13:26.959 --> 00:13:27.479
 be king

00:13:27.479 --> 00:13:28.159
 over them,

00:13:28.959 --> 00:13:29.479
 bring them

00:13:29.479 --> 00:13:30.240
 here and

00:13:30.240 --> 00:13:30.719
 kill them

00:13:30.719 --> 00:13:31.179
 in front

00:13:31.179 --> 00:13:31.479
 of me.

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 Would

00:13:35.419 --> 00:13:35.639
 have been

00:13:35.639 --> 00:13:36.199
 so nice

00:13:36.199 --> 00:13:36.379
 if he

00:13:36.379 --> 00:13:36.579
 didn't

00:13:36.579 --> 00:13:36.899
 mention

00:13:36.899 --> 00:13:37.240
 that,

00:13:38.339 --> 00:13:38.579
 wouldn't

00:13:38.579 --> 00:13:38.799
 it?

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 It would

00:13:39.860 --> 00:13:40.079
 have been

00:13:40.079 --> 00:13:40.639
 so much

00:13:40.639 --> 00:13:41.139
 nicer if

00:13:41.139 --> 00:13:41.379
 he didn't

00:13:41.379 --> 00:13:41.879
 say it

00:13:41.879 --> 00:13:42.579
 so strongly.

00:13:44.860 --> 00:13:45.500
 But there

00:13:45.500 --> 00:13:46.120
 is no room

00:13:46.120 --> 00:13:46.559
 in God's

00:13:46.559 --> 00:13:47.039
 kingdom for

00:13:47.039 --> 00:13:47.339
 rebels.

00:13:48.279 --> 00:13:48.659
 It's a

00:13:48.659 --> 00:13:48.959
 harsh

00:13:48.959 --> 00:13:49.439
 verdict,

00:13:50.519 --> 00:13:51.179
 but by

00:13:51.179 --> 00:13:51.719
 it Jesus

00:13:51.719 --> 00:13:53.179
 conveys the

00:13:53.179 --> 00:13:54.000
 hard truth

00:13:54.000 --> 00:13:54.739
 that if

00:13:54.739 --> 00:13:55.079
 you don't

00:13:55.079 --> 00:13:55.339
 want to

00:13:55.339 --> 00:13:55.699
 submit to

00:13:55.699 --> 00:13:56.219
 the king

00:13:56.219 --> 00:13:57.000
 then you

00:13:57.000 --> 00:13:57.359
 have no

00:13:57.359 --> 00:13:57.839
 place in

00:13:57.839 --> 00:13:58.219
 the kingdom.

00:14:00.059 --> 00:14:00.759
 What this

00:14:00.759 --> 00:14:01.259
 parable is

00:14:01.259 --> 00:14:01.859
 saying is

00:14:01.859 --> 00:14:02.199
 that God

00:14:02.199 --> 00:14:02.759
 takes our

00:14:02.759 --> 00:14:03.239
 sin,

00:14:03.779 --> 00:14:03.919
 our

00:14:03.919 --> 00:14:04.239
 rebellion

00:14:04.239 --> 00:14:04.839
 against him

00:14:04.839 --> 00:14:05.120
 very

00:14:05.120 --> 00:14:05.719
 seriously

00:14:05.719 --> 00:14:07.959
 and he

00:14:07.959 --> 00:14:08.639
 will judge

00:14:08.639 --> 00:14:09.359
 all acts

00:14:09.359 --> 00:14:09.819
 of rebellion

00:14:09.819 --> 00:14:10.500
 against him.

00:14:10.500 --> 00:14:11.500
 sin.

00:14:12.879 --> 00:14:13.639
 The second

00:14:13.639 --> 00:14:14.240
 category of

00:14:14.240 --> 00:14:15.240
 people are

00:14:15.240 --> 00:14:15.480
 at the

00:14:15.480 --> 00:14:15.879
 other end

00:14:15.879 --> 00:14:16.100
 of the

00:14:16.100 --> 00:14:16.620
 extreme.

00:14:17.299 --> 00:14:17.539
 There are

00:14:17.539 --> 00:14:18.639
 those whom

00:14:18.639 --> 00:14:19.580
 Jesus called

00:14:19.580 --> 00:14:20.740
 into this

00:14:20.740 --> 00:14:21.259
 story, the

00:14:21.259 --> 00:14:22.340
 good servants.

00:14:22.840 --> 00:14:23.580
 Verse 15,

00:14:23.960 --> 00:14:24.639
 he was made

00:14:24.639 --> 00:14:25.220
 king, however,

00:14:25.379 --> 00:14:26.200
 returned home.

00:14:26.580 --> 00:14:27.320
 Then he sent

00:14:27.320 --> 00:14:28.179
 for the

00:14:28.179 --> 00:14:29.399
 servants to

00:14:29.399 --> 00:14:29.879
 those whom

00:14:29.879 --> 00:14:30.320
 he had given

00:14:30.320 --> 00:14:31.059
 money in

00:14:31.059 --> 00:14:31.759
 order to find

00:14:31.759 --> 00:14:32.080
 out what

00:14:32.080 --> 00:14:32.340
 they had

00:14:32.340 --> 00:14:32.799
 gained with

00:14:32.799 --> 00:14:32.940
 it.

00:14:33.940 --> 00:14:34.639
 The first

00:14:34.639 --> 00:14:35.059
 one said,

00:14:35.159 --> 00:14:35.559
 sir, your

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 miner has

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 earned ten

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 more.

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 Well done.

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 my good

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 servant.

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 His master

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 replied,

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 because you

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 have been

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 trustworthy in

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 a very small

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 matter, take

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 charge of

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 ten cities.

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 The second

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 came and

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 said, sir,

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 your miner

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 has earned

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 five more.

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 His master

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 answered, you

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 take charge of

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 five cities.

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 I think it's

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 awesome.

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 What the

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 Bible actually

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 portrays is

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 that our

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 deepest joy and

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 satisfaction is

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 found in

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 serving the

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 king.

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 And this is

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 clearly here as

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 well.

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 That what

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 happens is,

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 when you

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 spend a

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 life of

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 serving king

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 Jesus, what

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 is the

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 reward?

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 More service.

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 Over ten

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 cities or

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 five cities.

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 More

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 opportunities to

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 serve king

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 Jesus because

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 it's where our

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 deepest satisfaction

00:15:29.600 --> 00:15:30.260
 and joy comes

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 from.

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 What a

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 wonderful picture.

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 Anyway, that's

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 just a side

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 point.

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 What Jesus is

00:15:35.960 --> 00:15:36.760
 using here is a

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 financial metaphor

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 to describe the

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 sort of

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 trustworthiness

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 that God is

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 working out in

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 those who

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 follow him.

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 The minor

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 represents the

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 thing that

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 Jesus left

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 us with.

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 The resources,

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 the endowments,

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 the charge,

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 the mandate,

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 the mandate to

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 go and make

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 disciples of

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 all nations.

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 The things that

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 he wants us to

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 get on with,

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 his business,

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 until he

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 returns.

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 What he is

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 saying is that

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 it actually

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 matters how we

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 live now.

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 It matters how

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 we order our

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 priorities.

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 It matters

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 what we

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 spend our

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 time doing

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 and how we

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 use the

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 resources that

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 God has

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 given us.

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 What it's

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 saying is that

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 for those who

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 are part of

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 the kingdom,

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 you don't sit

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 around twiddling

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 your thumbs,

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 kind of just

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 waiting for

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 Jesus to come

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 back.

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 We've got a

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 job to do

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 for the

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 king.

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 It's saying

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 that we use

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 our resources

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 and opportunities

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 here,

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 now,

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 and they will

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 have eternal

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 consequences.

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 In other

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 words,

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 it is possible

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 to live in

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 such a way

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 now that

00:16:42.500 --> 00:16:43.860
 heaven will

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 actually be

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 enriched for

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 us.

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 You get

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 that?

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 It is

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 possible to

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 live in

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 such a way

00:16:53.519 --> 00:16:54.059
 now that

00:16:54.059 --> 00:16:54.699
 heaven will

00:16:54.699 --> 00:16:55.559
 actually be

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 enriched for

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 us.

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 And the

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 mark of a

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 good and

00:16:59.539 --> 00:16:59.919
 trustworthy

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 servant is

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 that they

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 make wise

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 long-term

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 investments.

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 They build

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 for the

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 kingdom.

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 This is

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 brilliant news

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 in a world

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 that is full

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 of Monday

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 morning

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 itis.

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 It means

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 that you

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 can work

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 your guts

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 out in

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 service of

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 the king

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 and it

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 actually

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 counts.

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 It doesn't

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 matter what

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 your job

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 is.

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 It doesn't

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 matter what

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 role you

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 feel in

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 society.

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 You might

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 be a slave

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 or a

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 master.

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 You

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 might be

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 a husband

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 or a

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 wife.

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 You

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 might be

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 a child

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 or a

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 parent.

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 Every

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 Christian

00:17:36.799 --> 00:17:37.559
 can and

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 should

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 dedicate

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 their

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 daily

00:17:39.259 --> 00:17:40.180
 business

00:17:40.180 --> 00:17:40.480
 to

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 Christ

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 the

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 king.

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 Do it

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 all as

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 if working

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 for the

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 king.

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 And we

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 do it

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 because we

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 are going

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 somewhere.

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 We have a

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 goal and

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 we have a

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 hope.

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 But there

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 is one

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 more

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 servant.

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 Verse 20.

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 Then another

00:18:00.580 --> 00:18:01.220
 servant came

00:18:01.220 --> 00:18:01.600
 and said,

00:18:02.120 --> 00:18:02.380
 Sir,

00:18:03.100 --> 00:18:03.700
 here is

00:18:03.700 --> 00:18:03.880
 your

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 minor.

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 I have

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 kept it

00:18:05.539 --> 00:18:06.039
 laid away

00:18:06.039 --> 00:18:06.279
 in a

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 piece of

00:18:06.660 --> 00:18:07.000
 cloth.

00:18:07.559 --> 00:18:08.039
 I was

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 afraid of

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 you because

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 you're a

00:18:09.720 --> 00:18:10.360
 hard man.

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 You take

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 out what

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 you did

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 not put

00:18:12.580 --> 00:18:13.279
 in and

00:18:13.279 --> 00:18:13.640
 reap

00:18:13.640 --> 00:18:13.980
 what you

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 did

00:18:14.160 --> 00:18:14.320
 not

00:18:14.320 --> 00:18:14.600
 sow.

00:18:16.039 --> 00:18:16.480
 The

00:18:16.480 --> 00:18:16.880
 first thing

00:18:16.880 --> 00:18:17.320
 to say

00:18:17.320 --> 00:18:17.920
 about this

00:18:17.920 --> 00:18:18.600
 guy is

00:18:18.600 --> 00:18:18.900
 that his

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 characterization

00:18:19.539 --> 00:18:20.039
 of the

00:18:20.039 --> 00:18:20.460
 king is

00:18:20.460 --> 00:18:20.980
 grossly

00:18:20.980 --> 00:18:21.600
 unfair.

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 he actually

00:18:22.859 --> 00:18:23.559
 gave his

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 servants

00:18:23.819 --> 00:18:24.559
 responsibility.

00:18:25.779 --> 00:18:26.459
 He is

00:18:26.459 --> 00:18:27.000
 saying that

00:18:27.000 --> 00:18:27.500
 the king

00:18:27.500 --> 00:18:27.939
 is a

00:18:27.939 --> 00:18:28.219
 vicious

00:18:28.219 --> 00:18:29.059
 exploiter

00:18:29.059 --> 00:18:29.779
 of people.

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 He's

00:18:31.139 --> 00:18:31.740
 quite clear

00:18:31.740 --> 00:18:32.699
 from this

00:18:32.699 --> 00:18:33.319
 story in

00:18:33.319 --> 00:18:33.639
 fact that

00:18:33.639 --> 00:18:33.959
 the king

00:18:33.959 --> 00:18:34.619
 is nothing

00:18:34.619 --> 00:18:35.079
 of the

00:18:35.079 --> 00:18:35.459
 kind.

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 For

00:18:36.980 --> 00:18:37.399
 whatever

00:18:37.399 --> 00:18:38.219
 reason this

00:18:38.219 --> 00:18:38.539
 servant

00:18:38.539 --> 00:18:39.179
 can't bring

00:18:39.179 --> 00:18:39.740
 himself to

00:18:39.740 --> 00:18:40.519
 believe in

00:18:40.519 --> 00:18:41.099
 the kindness

00:18:41.099 --> 00:18:42.079
 and the

00:18:42.079 --> 00:18:42.579
 generosity

00:18:42.579 --> 00:18:42.980
 of the

00:18:42.980 --> 00:18:43.339
 king.

00:18:43.740 --> 00:18:44.379
 He wraps

00:18:44.379 --> 00:18:44.879
 up that

00:18:44.879 --> 00:18:45.459
 little piece

00:18:45.459 --> 00:18:45.919
 of money.

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 I was

00:18:48.519 --> 00:18:49.099
 afraid

00:18:49.099 --> 00:18:50.399
 was his

00:18:50.399 --> 00:18:51.059
 excuse.

00:18:51.599 --> 00:18:52.439
 I was

00:18:52.439 --> 00:18:52.980
 afraid.

00:18:54.219 --> 00:18:54.939
 Was he

00:18:54.939 --> 00:18:55.439
 afraid that

00:18:55.439 --> 00:18:55.779
 he might

00:18:55.779 --> 00:18:56.639
 not be

00:18:56.639 --> 00:18:57.240
 successful?

00:18:58.379 --> 00:18:59.019
 Maybe.

00:19:00.219 --> 00:19:01.019
 Was he

00:19:01.019 --> 00:19:01.759
 afraid that

00:19:01.759 --> 00:19:02.219
 he might

00:19:02.219 --> 00:19:02.819
 actually

00:19:02.819 --> 00:19:03.799
 miserably

00:19:03.799 --> 00:19:04.379
 fail?

00:19:06.019 --> 00:19:06.699
 Maybe.

00:19:08.459 --> 00:19:09.199
 But do

00:19:09.199 --> 00:19:09.279
 you know

00:19:09.279 --> 00:19:09.480
 what I

00:19:09.480 --> 00:19:09.719
 think his

00:19:09.719 --> 00:19:10.119
 real problem

00:19:10.119 --> 00:19:10.480
 is?

00:19:11.099 --> 00:19:11.980
 He wasn't

00:19:11.980 --> 00:19:12.719
 afraid enough.

00:19:14.179 --> 00:19:15.019
 He didn't

00:19:15.019 --> 00:19:16.259
 fear the

00:19:16.259 --> 00:19:16.679
 master

00:19:16.679 --> 00:19:18.039
 enough.

00:19:18.039 --> 00:19:19.039
 He didn't

00:19:19.039 --> 00:19:20.039
 fear the

00:19:20.039 --> 00:19:20.099
 master.

00:19:21.599 --> 00:19:22.799
 If he

00:19:22.799 --> 00:19:24.059
 had he

00:19:24.059 --> 00:19:24.359
 actually

00:19:24.359 --> 00:19:24.639
 would have

00:19:24.639 --> 00:19:24.799
 done

00:19:24.799 --> 00:19:25.139
 something

00:19:25.139 --> 00:19:25.559
 with that

00:19:25.559 --> 00:19:25.879
 minor.

00:19:27.099 --> 00:19:27.779
 The truth

00:19:27.779 --> 00:19:29.099
 was that

00:19:29.099 --> 00:19:29.619
 he was a

00:19:29.619 --> 00:19:30.339
 wicked servant

00:19:30.339 --> 00:19:31.659
 looking for

00:19:31.659 --> 00:19:32.519
 an excuse

00:19:32.519 --> 00:19:33.459
 for his

00:19:33.459 --> 00:19:34.059
 laziness,

00:19:34.559 --> 00:19:34.819
 for his

00:19:34.819 --> 00:19:36.179
 negligence and

00:19:36.179 --> 00:19:36.519
 for his

00:19:36.519 --> 00:19:37.559
 irresponsibility.

00:19:37.559 --> 00:19:39.740
 laziness.

00:19:39.740 --> 00:19:40.119
 And Jesus

00:19:40.119 --> 00:19:40.679
 is warning

00:19:40.679 --> 00:19:41.460
 us against

00:19:41.460 --> 00:19:42.019
 laziness.

00:19:42.879 --> 00:19:43.379
 He is

00:19:43.379 --> 00:19:43.899
 telling us

00:19:43.899 --> 00:19:44.220
 that we

00:19:44.220 --> 00:19:44.859
 must work

00:19:44.859 --> 00:19:45.240
 for his

00:19:45.240 --> 00:19:45.779
 kingdom with

00:19:45.779 --> 00:19:46.339
 vision and

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 vigour.

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 We mustn't

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 allow fear

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 to make us

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 withdraw like a

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 turtle into the

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 security of our

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 shell.

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 We must be

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 prepared to

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 commit ourselves

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 boldly to

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 the kingdom,

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 to kingdom

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 initiatives.

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 we are not

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 to be rash

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 with the

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 resources that

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 God has

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 given us,

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 but we

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 are to

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 make courageous

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 decisions for

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 the king.

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 I think what

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 Jesus is saying

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 here is that we

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 should never be

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 content as

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 Christians just

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 to kind of

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 happily attend

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 church each

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 week, feel

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 secure and

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 cosy, while

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 the rest of the

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 world is going

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 to hell in a

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 handbasket.

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 He is

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 telling us not

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 to stay on

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 the sidelines

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 as spectators

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 of other

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 people's

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 enterprise for

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 the kingdom.

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 Because too

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 often we do

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 that.

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 Too often we

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 just do that

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 by nature.

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 You go and

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 watch a football

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 team play,

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 you sit up

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 there in the

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 stands, you

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 watch them, if

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 they win you

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 kind of feel

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 like somehow

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 you've

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 contributed to

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 it.

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 I mean,

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 does anyone

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 boast?

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 I mean, I

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 do that.

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 I think that

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 somehow my

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 cheering has

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 sort of got

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 them over the

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 line.

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 Too often we

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 do that.

00:21:06.340 --> 00:21:06.740
 We sit on

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 the sideline

00:21:07.380 --> 00:21:08.279
 as spectators

00:21:08.279 --> 00:21:08.720
 of other

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 people's

00:21:09.059 --> 00:21:09.720
 enterprise for

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 the kingdom.

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 That's why I

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 can say that

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 I'm particularly

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 encouraged that

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 the staff of

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 the parish

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 council are

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 not sitting

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 on the

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 sidelines.

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 They're not

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 sitting on

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 the sidelines.

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 Some of us

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 are crippled by

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 what we

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 perceive to

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 be our

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 lack of

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 resources.

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 You know, if

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 I could preach

00:21:30.379 --> 00:21:30.779
 like Billy

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 Graham, I'd

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 be an

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 evangelist.

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 Or if I

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 was any

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 good at

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 languages, I'd

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 be a

00:21:38.000 --> 00:21:38.319
 missionary.

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 If I

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 could do

00:21:41.440 --> 00:21:42.200
 music, I'd

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 sort of bump

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 Nick from

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 his job.

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 If I was

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 academic, I'd

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 go to Bible

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 college.

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 If I wasn't

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 so shy, I'd

00:21:49.039 --> 00:21:49.799
 evangelise my

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 friends.

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 If I had

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 more money, I'd

00:21:52.480 --> 00:21:52.839
 be able to

00:21:52.839 --> 00:21:53.059
 give.

00:21:53.139 --> 00:21:53.500
 I had more

00:21:53.500 --> 00:21:54.220
 time, I could

00:21:54.220 --> 00:21:54.779
 do church

00:21:54.779 --> 00:21:55.299
 ministry

00:21:55.299 --> 00:21:55.720
 more.

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 If only, if

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 only, if

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 only God

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 had not

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 given me so

00:22:01.759 --> 00:22:02.359
 little to

00:22:02.359 --> 00:22:02.940
 work with.

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 It's his

00:22:05.099 --> 00:22:05.639
 fault in the

00:22:05.639 --> 00:22:05.879
 end.

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 God isn't

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 interested in

00:22:11.359 --> 00:22:11.940
 the hypothetical

00:22:11.940 --> 00:22:13.519
 devotion that

00:22:13.519 --> 00:22:14.299
 we would give

00:22:14.299 --> 00:22:15.700
 if we had the

00:22:15.700 --> 00:22:16.160
 resources.

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 The irony of

00:22:19.359 --> 00:22:20.639
 this faithless

00:22:20.639 --> 00:22:22.539
 servant is

00:22:22.539 --> 00:22:23.139
 that in

00:22:23.140 --> 00:22:24.880
 trying to

00:22:24.880 --> 00:22:26.640
 avoid taking

00:22:26.640 --> 00:22:28.880
 risks, he

00:22:28.880 --> 00:22:29.320
 was in

00:22:29.320 --> 00:22:29.880
 fact taking

00:22:29.880 --> 00:22:30.360
 the greatest

00:22:30.360 --> 00:22:31.900
 risk of

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 all.

00:22:35.300 --> 00:22:36.060
 Gambling with

00:22:36.060 --> 00:22:36.740
 his place in

00:22:36.740 --> 00:22:37.180
 the kingdom,

00:22:38.120 --> 00:22:39.520
 gambling with

00:22:39.520 --> 00:22:40.120
 his life.

00:22:40.119 --> 00:22:42.379
 God's

00:22:42.379 --> 00:22:44.699
 life.

00:22:44.699 --> 00:22:45.239
 Well, friends,

00:22:46.859 --> 00:22:47.779
 sorry to

00:22:47.779 --> 00:22:48.259
 say, but it's

00:22:48.259 --> 00:22:48.519
 going to be

00:22:48.519 --> 00:22:49.039
 Monday again

00:22:49.039 --> 00:22:51.339
 tomorrow, and

00:22:51.339 --> 00:22:52.019
 you could wake

00:22:52.019 --> 00:22:52.719
 up depressed

00:22:52.719 --> 00:22:54.159
 and miserable

00:22:54.159 --> 00:22:55.799
 as people who

00:22:55.799 --> 00:22:56.199
 are going

00:22:56.199 --> 00:22:58.239
 nowhere, like

00:22:58.239 --> 00:22:58.699
 all the

00:22:58.699 --> 00:22:59.500
 purposeless

00:22:59.500 --> 00:23:00.299
 people who

00:23:00.299 --> 00:23:01.039
 drive here,

00:23:01.179 --> 00:23:01.679
 past you on

00:23:01.679 --> 00:23:01.959
 a Monday

00:23:01.959 --> 00:23:04.339
 morning, going

00:23:04.339 --> 00:23:04.779
 to their

00:23:04.779 --> 00:23:05.839
 offices in

00:23:05.839 --> 00:23:06.359
 their fancy

00:23:06.359 --> 00:23:06.919
 cars.

00:23:08.859 --> 00:23:09.579
 Or you

00:23:09.579 --> 00:23:09.919
 could be

00:23:09.919 --> 00:23:10.799
 motivated and

00:23:10.799 --> 00:23:11.740
 ambitious as

00:23:11.740 --> 00:23:12.639
 people who

00:23:12.639 --> 00:23:13.199
 know that you

00:23:13.199 --> 00:23:13.779
 have a hope,

00:23:14.579 --> 00:23:15.359
 a purpose,

00:23:16.279 --> 00:23:17.079
 and a reason,

00:23:17.919 --> 00:23:19.439
 and a job

00:23:19.439 --> 00:23:21.019
 to do, using

00:23:21.019 --> 00:23:21.619
 the king's

00:23:21.619 --> 00:23:22.439
 resources to

00:23:22.439 --> 00:23:22.779
 build up

00:23:22.779 --> 00:23:23.359
 treasure in

00:23:23.359 --> 00:23:24.720
 heaven, and

00:23:24.720 --> 00:23:25.459
 enriching your

00:23:25.459 --> 00:23:26.899
 experience and

00:23:26.899 --> 00:23:27.699
 other people's

00:23:27.699 --> 00:23:28.319
 experience of

00:23:28.319 --> 00:23:29.480
 heaven until

00:23:29.480 --> 00:23:30.079
 he comes.

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 The message

00:23:32.480 --> 00:23:34.339
 for us as

00:23:34.339 --> 00:23:35.519
 we get near

00:23:35.519 --> 00:23:36.480
 Jerusalem with

00:23:36.480 --> 00:23:38.399
 Jesus, over

00:23:38.399 --> 00:23:39.139
 these whole

00:23:39.139 --> 00:23:39.740
 number of

00:23:39.740 --> 00:23:40.139
 weeks as

00:23:40.139 --> 00:23:40.659
 we're travelled

00:23:40.659 --> 00:23:41.259
 with Jesus,

00:23:42.559 --> 00:23:43.519
 is quite

00:23:43.519 --> 00:23:43.959
 simple.

00:23:45.919 --> 00:23:46.699
 Honour the

00:23:46.699 --> 00:23:46.919
 king.

00:23:50.119 --> 00:23:51.500
 Live for

00:23:51.500 --> 00:23:51.939
 the king.

00:23:54.259 --> 00:23:55.220
 All of our

00:23:55.220 --> 00:23:56.179
 lives are on

00:23:56.179 --> 00:23:56.779
 the way to

00:23:56.779 --> 00:23:57.339
 eternity.

00:23:58.539 --> 00:23:59.240
 Jesus has

00:23:59.240 --> 00:23:59.699
 gone.

00:24:01.379 --> 00:24:02.119
 He's left.

00:24:04.339 --> 00:24:05.159
 After his

00:24:05.159 --> 00:24:05.779
 resurrection,

00:24:06.119 --> 00:24:06.639
 after his

00:24:06.639 --> 00:24:07.240
 ascension,

00:24:07.619 --> 00:24:08.039
 and his

00:24:08.039 --> 00:24:08.879
 glorification,

00:24:09.179 --> 00:24:09.879
 and he sits

00:24:09.879 --> 00:24:10.439
 on the

00:24:10.439 --> 00:24:11.939
 throne now.

00:24:12.720 --> 00:24:13.119
 And the

00:24:13.119 --> 00:24:13.539
 day has

00:24:13.539 --> 00:24:14.159
 been set

00:24:14.159 --> 00:24:14.819
 when he

00:24:14.819 --> 00:24:15.559
 will return.

00:24:17.099 --> 00:24:18.099
 And all

00:24:18.099 --> 00:24:18.439
 of our

00:24:18.439 --> 00:24:19.220
 lives are

00:24:19.220 --> 00:24:19.459
 on the

00:24:19.459 --> 00:24:19.819
 way to

00:24:19.819 --> 00:24:20.419
 eternity.

00:24:21.519 --> 00:24:21.720
 An

00:24:21.720 --> 00:24:22.139
 eternity

00:24:22.139 --> 00:24:22.539
 with

00:24:22.539 --> 00:24:23.019
 Christ,

00:24:23.919 --> 00:24:24.619
 or a

00:24:24.619 --> 00:24:25.619
 Christ-less

00:24:25.619 --> 00:24:26.619
 eternity.

00:24:28.299 --> 00:24:29.139
 And so,

00:24:29.720 --> 00:24:30.359
 in the

00:24:30.359 --> 00:24:31.079
 words of

00:24:31.079 --> 00:24:31.459
 the old

00:24:31.459 --> 00:24:31.839
 poem,

00:24:31.839 --> 00:24:33.259
 only one

00:24:33.259 --> 00:24:34.579
 life will

00:24:34.579 --> 00:24:35.019
 soon be

00:24:35.019 --> 00:24:35.559
 passed,

00:24:36.159 --> 00:24:36.740
 only what's

00:24:36.740 --> 00:24:37.459
 done for

00:24:37.459 --> 00:24:38.539
 Christ will

00:24:38.539 --> 00:24:38.919
 last.

00:24:39.919 --> 00:24:40.480
 Amen.

00:24:40.480 --> 00:24:40.559
 Amen.

00:24:40.559 --> 00:24:40.599
 Amen.

00:24:40.599 --> 00:24:40.639
 Amen.

00:24:40.639 --> 00:24:40.679
 Amen.

00:24:40.679 --> 00:24:40.759
 Amen.

00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:40.779
 Amen.

00:24:40.779 --> 00:24:40.819
 Amen.

00:24:40.819 --> 00:24:41.139
 Amen.

00:24:41.139 --> 00:24:41.179
 Amen.

00:24:41.179 --> 00:24:41.220
 Amen.

00:24:41.220 --> 00:24:42.619
 Amen.

00:24:42.619 --> 00:24:42.720
 Amen.

00:24:42.720 --> 00:24:42.859
 Amen.

00:24:42.859 --> 00:24:42.919
 Amen.

00:24:42.919 --> 00:24:43.019
 Amen.

00:24:43.019 --> 00:24:43.139
 Amen.

00:24:43.139 --> 00:24:43.179
 Amen.