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 Luke chapter number 13, Luke chapter number 13, if you're able to stand for the reading of God's word, I ask that you would.

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 Luke chapter number 13, what a beautiful song, what a reminder.

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 It goes right along with the message this morning.

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 I'm going to preach a message entitled this, Living on Borrowed Time.

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 Living on Borrowed Time.

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 And I'm enjoying this study through the Gospel of Luke.

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 I hope it's been a help to you.

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 And Jesus is, really this is kind of the conclusion of the sermon Jesus has been preaching since the start of chapter number 12.

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 And really the entire theme of this sermon is this, be ready.

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 Because the Lord is coming back.

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 I love that song, it is well, I think we could sing it every Sunday and I still wouldn't tire of it.

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 But I love that last verse that He's coming back.

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 And so since He's coming back, here's what we need to be doing.

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 We need to be ready.

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 And that's what Jesus wants us to know.

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 He wants us to understand that truth.

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 Whether we know Him as our Lord and Savior, we still need to be ready.

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 And if we don't know the Lord as our Savior, we need to make sure that we are ready.

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 And Jesus shows us exactly how to do that.

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 So we're going to read the first nine verses here in Luke chapter number 13.

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 Have a word of prayer and then jump right in.

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 The Bible says this,

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 They were present at that season some that told Him of the Galileans,

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 whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

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 And Jesus answering said unto them,

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 Suppose ye, these Galileans, were sinners above all the Galileans,

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 because they suffered such things?

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 I tell you, nay.

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 But except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

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 Or those eighteen upon whom the Tower of Siloam fell and slew them,

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 think ye they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?

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 I tell you, nay.

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 But except ye repent, ye shall likewise perish.

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 I just want to throw this in here.

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 You notice Jesus said the same thing twice.

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 It's kind of like when your mom repeats something twice.

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 You probably should pay attention.

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 So Jesus, when He says things back to back like this,

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 He wants us to understand this truth.

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 And so to understand the truth, He illustrates this by giving a parable in verse 6.

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 And He spake also this parable.

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 A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard,

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 and he came and sought fruit thereon and found none.

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 Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard,

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 Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this tree,

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 and find none.

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 Cut it down.

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 Why cumbereth it the ground?

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 And he answering said unto him,

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 Lord, let it alone this year also till I dig about it and dung it.

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 And if it bear fruit, well.

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 And if not, then after that shall cut it down.

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 Jesus, it seems kind of, the illustration here at the beginning,

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 it seems like what in the world is He talking about?

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 But He's really giving us this idea that we have this illusion,

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 we have all this time.

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 But He gives two specific tragedies,

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 because that morning, they didn't think those things were going to happen to them.

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 But they did.

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 And Jesus is saying, listen, we don't know how much time we have.

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 Every breath is borrowed.

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 We're living on this borrowed time.

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 So how do we move forward?

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 How do we prepare our lives?

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 And that's what He's going to show us here this morning.

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 So let's go ahead and ask Him to help us.

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 Father, thank You for this time together.

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 Lord, thank You for Your Word that we can open it up.

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 And Lord, I know there's been a lot of things going on in a lot of lives this week.

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 We're busy.

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 We have a busy week coming up.

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 But Lord, I pray You would help us just to slow down.

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 Lord, help us to do some evaluation,

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 take some inventory on how we're spending our time.

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 Lord, are we living a life that is ready for You to come back?

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 Are we on mission for You?

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 Lord, I pray that You would just use this text,

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 You would use Your Word today to speak to our hearts,

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 to challenge us, to convict us,

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 to encourage us where need be.

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 Lord, I do pray that if there is somebody here today

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 that does not know You as their Savior,

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 Lord, they're not trusting in other things.

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 They must trust in You, Lord,

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 that today would be that day.

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 Lord, I pray You would be with me now.

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 You would empty me of self.

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 You would cleanse me of sin.

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 You would fill me with Your Spirit.

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 Lord, I want to be a help to Your people this morning

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 as You've been a help to me even studying this text.

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 Lord, I pray You would receive all the honor and glory

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 that's due Your name.

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 We ask it in Christ's name.

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 Amen.

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 Thank you so much for standing.

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 You may be seated.

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 I think I already know the answer to this question

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 because we were a slow-arriving crowd this morning.

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 But I'm going to ask anyways,

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 how many of you hit the snooze button this morning?

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 I feel like we are liars in here.

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 Like, not me.

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 How many of you just, okay,

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 how many of you even set an alarm?

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 Yeah, there you go.

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 Man, you're living by faith, man.

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 That's next-level stuff right there.

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 I appreciate that.

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 But for those that raised your hand

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 and those that were afraid to raise your hand

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 but still hit the snooze button,

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 I mean, if you're like me,

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 the alarm went off

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 and your first thought was either,

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 ugh,

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 and then it was followed by

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 just a few more minutes.

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 And we all know how that goes.

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 Five minutes turns to ten minutes.

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 Ten minutes turns to fifteen,

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 and before you know it,

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 you're running around like a chicken

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 with your head cut off.

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 You're yelling at the kids to get in the car.

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 You're frustrated by everything.

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 Every single light was red,

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 and if you live on the wrong side of the tracks,

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 you are stopped by the Gainesville train

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 that is ever faithful to be there

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 when you're running late.

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 I mean, that's how I think.

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 I'm like,

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 do I have time to go down California

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 or do I have to drive all the way to 82

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 just in case the train comes?

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 You know,

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 and I see people like that,

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 and I've been there too,

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 and they're mad at the lights,

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 and I tell them,

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 I can't believe all these lights,

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 and you know,

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 the reality is if you just got up on time

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 and left a little bit earlier,

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 you'd be okay.

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 But it's one of those things,

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 and we've all been there,

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 and honestly,

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 the snooze button was okay

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 when it comes to your morning alarm,

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 but the problem is,

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 is it's not just something we do

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 with an alarm clock.

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 I think we do it in our life often,

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 whether it's spiritual things

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 or just everyday life.

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 It's not that we're saying no to certain things.

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 We're just saying,

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 now's not a great time.

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 Hey, a couple more days.

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 Next week,

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 when it slows down,

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 and I think we're all guilty of assuming

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 we have more time than we do.

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 We think things like this.

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 I'll get to it later.

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 I'll deal with that tomorrow.

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 Some of us have been dealing with saying that

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 for weeks now.

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 I'll deal with that tomorrow,

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 and you know,

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 we just kind of want to keep pushing it down the road.

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 We say things like,

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 I got plenty of time.

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 You know,

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 and I was like that in school.

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 I got plenty of time to finish this project.

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 You know,

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 I just figured this.

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 I work better under pressure,

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 so I'm just going to wait

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 until like the last minute,

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 then it's going to really help me focus.

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 But the problem is,

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 is we think we have all this time,

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 and then suddenly,

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 we don't.

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 That things that's been on the calendar for months,

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 that deadline at work,

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 it just seems to have snuck up on you.

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 That bill that you were going to pay,

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 guess what?

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 You forgot to pay it.

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 This is your friendly reminder.

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 Check your bills.

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 Pay them.

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 A conversation you may have wished you would have had

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 before it was too late.

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 But here's what's even more serious,

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 is that we don't just do it with everyday things.

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 I think if we're honest,

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 sometimes we do it with spiritual things.

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 We do it with eternal things.

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 We assume that we have more time to get right with God.

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 We think to ourselves,

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 the Lord knows I love Him,

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 but I'll just deal with this later.

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 Maybe you're at a stage in your life,

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 maybe young people think,

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 I'll get more serious when I get a little bit older.

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 I'll get more serious when this happens,

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 and one day I'll really go all in for God.

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 Listen, it doesn't matter if you're a teenager,

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 or you're the oldest person in your room,

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 today's the day to go all in.

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 That's what Jesus calls.

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 That's the life that He calls us to live,

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 and Jesus is confronting that exact mindset

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 here in Luke chapter number 13.

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 And we read those first five verses,

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 and we think, man,

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 what did these two tragedies some 2,000 years ago

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 have to do with us here at Central Baptist Church in 2026?

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 Because really it has nothing to do with these tragedies.

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 What Jesus is really trying to pull out

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 and to put into our lives

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 is that we need to live our life with some urgency.

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 We need to be urgent about the things of God.

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 It's time to be serious about dealing with repentance,

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 about dealing with things in our life

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 that are there that should not be.

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 It reminds us of this simple reality.

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 We are living on borrowed time.

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 See, you don't control,

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 if we're going to kind of think of an idea here,

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 we don't control how much time we have.

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 But what we can control

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 is what we do with the time that we have.

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 That's what Jesus wants us to understand.

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 He wants us to be a people that live with urgency.

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 So the question naturally becomes,

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 how should we live knowing that we're on borrowed time?

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 Because I think we understand that.

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 We understand the reality of that.

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 Here in the text,

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 Jesus is going to give us three powerful reminders

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 reminders about life and about time and about eternity.

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 And the first thing that we see here is this.

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 Number one,

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 that tragedy is a warning,

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 not a measure.

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 Tragedy is a warning,

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 not a measure.

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 Verse number one,

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 they were present at the season,

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 some that told him of the Galileans

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 whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

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 Now, maybe to us,

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 we're thinking,

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 okay,

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 I'm not really sure what that means.

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 But you got to realize that the Bible,

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 they would understand that.

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 This would be like,

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 this would be a major event in their history.

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 This was something that didn't happen that long ago.

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 Pilate is still alive.

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 He is still in rule at this time.

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 And this was shocking.

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 I mean,

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 it would be like if we said,

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 you remember 9-11?

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 I mean,

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 many of us in this room,

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 we would instantly know exactly what it was.

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 And there's opinions about it.

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 And there's all kinds of situations about it.

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 But that was kind of the situation here.

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 Now,

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 we don't know all the details,

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 but more than likely,

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 this atrocity took place during Passover.

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 It would have been the only time

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 that these ordinary worshipers,

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 these Galileans,

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 would have been allowed

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 kind of into the temple grounds area.

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 They would have traveled in for Passover.

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 We see that throughout the Gospels.

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 And they would have been there

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 and they would have been directly involved.

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 They would have purchased a lamb

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 or a turtle doves,

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 depending on their financial state.

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 And they would have been in that opportunity.

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 And see,

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 these Galileans,

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 they had simply come to worship the Lord.

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 Now,

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 some historians say that

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 they were using some of this opportunity

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 to protest against Pilate,

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 to protest against the Romans.

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 We've seen that.

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 Israel did not like the fact

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 that Rome was in charge

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 and they kind of had their hands

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 in some of the religious ceremonies.

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 But we don't know what the details were,

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 but Pilate decided,

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 you know what,

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 we're just going to kill them right here.

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 And so,

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 he had his officers,

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 his police,

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 his soldiers,

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 they would have killed them

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 right there in the temple grounds.

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 I mean,

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 we see things,

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 we see tragedies like this

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 even in our culture.

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 People have come in

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 and shot at churches

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 and different things like that.

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 That's kind of what this was.

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 That they were there just worshiping.

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 They were there just serving the Lord

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 and it was disturbing

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 and it was violent

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 and it was unforgettable.

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 Everybody in town knew about it

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 and it was the talk of the town.

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 So,

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 Jesus is preaching this sermon.

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 If your Bible has red letters,

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 I mean,

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 he's talking

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 and somebody's just in the middle of the sermon,

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 hey,

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 did you hear about this?

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 What do you have to say about this,

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 Jesus?

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 You know,

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 it kind of seems as an interruption.

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 And here's the issue.

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 The assumption in the crowd was this.

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 Those people must have done something

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 to deserve that.

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 That was the way that they thought.

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 And I just want to remind you,

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 this is not really new thinking.

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 If you know your Old Testament,

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 there was a man named Job.

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 Job was a very rich man.

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 He was a very powerful man.

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 He had pretty much everything he ever needed.

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 He had houses and lands.

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 I mean,

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 he was probably the most wealthy man

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 on the face of the earth.

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 And yet,

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 God allowed Satan to come

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 and to touch those things

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 and he lost all those things.

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 And then Job had some really awesome,

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 solid friends show up.

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 And if you've read the book of Job,

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 you know I'm being completely sarcastic.

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 But I mean,

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 I kind of understand

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 where Job's friends were coming from.

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 Because I mean,

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 Job seemed to have everything

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 and then like in a moment,

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 everything was gone

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 and they're there

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 and they kind of feel bad for him

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 and they're kind of,

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 they don't know what to say.

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 They're like,

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 let's just sit here for a minute.

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 Then they decide,

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 you know what?

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 Job,

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 you're a bad dude.

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 I mean,

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 we've thought about it.

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 We've prayed about it.

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 And only bad things happen

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 to bad people.

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 And that was kind of their mindset.

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 That Job's suffering

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 was because he was

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 an awful,

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 wicked sinner

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 who was just really good

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 at hiding it.

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 That was their mindset.

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 And really,

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 it's been that way

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 for a long time.

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 You go to John chapter 9.

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 The disciples,

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 the apostles of Jesus,

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 they're there

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 and this blind man

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 comes in

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 and here's what

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 the disciples ask.

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 Why was this man,

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 who sinned

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 that this man

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 was born blind?

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 Was it his parents

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 or was it him?

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 Because when they looked

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 at somebody that was maimed

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 or somebody that had

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 a deformity like that,

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 the only option

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 for that

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 was they were sinners.

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 That was the only option.

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 And before we judge

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 the Job's friends

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 and before we judge

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 the disciples,

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 I submit to you

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 that sometimes

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 that mindset,

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 it runs deep

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 in our human nature.

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 And honestly,

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 here's why it does.

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 It's an attractive way

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 to think

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 because it's neat

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 and it's clean

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 and it's self-satisfying

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 because we can look

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 at a situation

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 and we can think

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 because if tragedy

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 only happens

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 to bad people,

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 I must be a good person then.

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 That's kind of

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 what we think.

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 That's kind of

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 how our mind works.

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 In other words,

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 here's what they're saying.

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 They didn't have

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 a legitimate question.

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 They're saying,

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 come on, Jesus,

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 just tell us

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 they did wrong

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 so we feel better

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 about ourselves.

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 That's what's

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 taking place here.

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 That's kind of

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 the mindset.

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 But Jesus,

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 He's just like

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 my parents were.

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 He just kind of

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 ignored it

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 and just went on.

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 He just kind of

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 He's not there

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 to play their game

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 and in fact,

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 He brings up

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 another tragedy.

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 Verse number 14,

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 verse number 4,

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 excuse me,

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 or those 18

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 upon whom

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 the Tower of Siloam

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 fell and slew them.

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 Think ye

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 they were sinners

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 above all men

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 that dwelt in Jerusalem?

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 See,

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 many believe

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 this Tower of Siloam

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 would have stood

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 near the wall

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 of Jerusalem.

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 Maybe when you read

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 the Bible

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 you heard of the

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 Pool of Siloam.

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 This would have been

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 maybe what many

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 historians believe

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 is they were building

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 one of the aqueducts

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 to bring water in

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 to have a better

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 water source

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 and what happens

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 during this construction

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 is it collapses

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 and it kills

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 18 people.

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 It was an absolute

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 tragedy

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 and here's why

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 that matters.

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 Here's why Jesus

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 is bringing it up

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 because the Galileans

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 were kind of

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 looked down upon.

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 They were Jews

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 but they were just

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 Jews from the

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 wrong side of the tracks.

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 They were kind of

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 the backwoods Jews.

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 They were the

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 redneck Jews.

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 They weren't

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 sophisticated

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 Jerusalem Jews.

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 So what they had

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 going on for them

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 is when they

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 looked at them

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 well the Galileans

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 you know what

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 they probably

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 had that coming.

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 If they would

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 just learn

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 to keep their

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 mouth shut

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 if they would

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 just learn

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 to not mess

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 with Pilate

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 they probably

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 wouldn't have

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 had that happen.

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 But Jesus

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 brings up a

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 situation

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 that nobody

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 could say that

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 about.

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 This was

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 random

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 it was unexpected

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 there was no

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 explanation

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 it was an

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 accident.

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 In Jesus

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 he uses

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 both examples

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 to drive

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 home the

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 same point.

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 He says

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 there in

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 verse number

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 two

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 suppose ye

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 these Galileans

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 were sinners

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 above all

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 the Galileans

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 because they

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 suffered such

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 things and the

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 crowd's thinking

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 absolutely we

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 do.

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 That's a hundred

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 percent what we

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 think because that

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 is what they

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 thought.

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 He says in

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 verse number

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 five verse

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 number four

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 think ye

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 that they were

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 sinners above all

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 that dwelt in

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 Jerusalem.

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 And Jesus

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 gives the same

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 answer to both.

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 He says I

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 tell you I

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 tell you this

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 no.

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 He said you're

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 thinking about

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 this wrong.

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 You're assuming

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 the wrong

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 things.

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 Now before we

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 move on I

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 don't want us

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 to misunderstand

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 this.

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 Jesus is not

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 saying that

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 sin never

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 brings

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 consequences.

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 Sin does

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 bring consequences.

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 We got to be

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 careful because our

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 sin will find us

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 out.

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 That everything

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 we do is not

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 hid from the

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 Lord.

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 But that's not

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 the point of

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 this text.

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 Here's what he's

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 doing.

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 He's rejecting

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 the idea that

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 all tragedy is

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 the result of

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 us being

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 sinners.

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 That's what he's

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 saying.

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 Because that's

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 how they

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 thought.

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 They thought

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 well as long

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 as I'm good

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 and as long

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 as nothing

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 happens to me

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 then I must

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 be living

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 okay.

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 My life is

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 good.

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 My life is

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 right before

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 the Lord.

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 But that's

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 not the

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 he's not

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 he doesn't

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 want us to

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 miss this.

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 His message is

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 found in

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 verse 3

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 and verse 5

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 he says

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 this

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 but except

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 ye repent

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 ye shall

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 all likewise

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 perish.

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 Here's what

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 Jesus is

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 doing.

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 He's not

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 comparing

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 sinners.

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 Galileans

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 versus

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 Jerusalem

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 people.

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 You know

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 higher society

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 versus regular

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 people.

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 That's not

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 what he's

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 doing.

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 No here's

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 what he's

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 doing.

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 He's leveling

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 the ground.

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 He wants

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 us all to

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 understand this

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 they were

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 all sinners.

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 That we

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 all fall

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 short of

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 the glory

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 of God.

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 That we're

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 all guilty.

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 That we

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 all deserve

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 death.

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 You think

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 well I

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 don't know

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 if I

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 like that

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 message.

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 It's the

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 message.

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 But God

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 so loved

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 the world

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 that he

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 gave his

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 only begotten

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 son.

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 The wages

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 of sin

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 is death

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 but the

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 gift of

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 God is

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 eternal

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 life.

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 Listen

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 tragedy

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 is not

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 proof of

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 greater

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 guilt.

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 It's

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 just a

00:18:27.500 --> 00:18:27.940
 reminder

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 that judgment

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 is coming

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 one day.

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 I think

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 we mentioned

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 last week

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 it's appointed

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 a man

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 once to

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 die

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 and after

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 this the

00:18:35.240 --> 00:18:35.580
 judgment.

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 He's just

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 saying listen

00:18:37.600 --> 00:18:38.880
 sometimes life

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 has tragedies.

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 Sometimes there's

00:18:40.940 --> 00:18:41.700
 unexplainable

00:18:41.700 --> 00:18:42.480
 things as this

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 tower falling

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 or pilot

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 kind of

00:18:44.740 --> 00:18:45.540
 going off

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 the rails.

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 But instead

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 of asking

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 about it

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 instead of

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 thinking about it

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 every time we

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 hear about a

00:18:51.700 --> 00:18:52.200
 tragedy

00:18:52.200 --> 00:18:53.100
 an accident

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 a sudden

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 death

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 an unexpected

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 loss

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 sometimes we

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 try to

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 explain it

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 away.

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 We try to

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 figure out

00:18:59.779 --> 00:19:00.980
 the issues

00:19:00.980 --> 00:19:01.360
 of it

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 instead of

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 saying why

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 did this

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 happen to

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 them

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 we need

00:19:05.019 --> 00:19:05.220
 to look

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 at a text

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 like that

00:19:05.819 --> 00:19:06.000
 and say

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 what does

00:19:06.480 --> 00:19:06.839
 this mean

00:19:06.839 --> 00:19:07.299
 for me?

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 How can

00:19:08.860 --> 00:19:09.299
 I apply

00:19:09.299 --> 00:19:10.400
 this to

00:19:10.400 --> 00:19:11.599
 my life?

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 Because the

00:19:13.220 --> 00:19:13.860
 truth is that

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 you're not

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 guaranteed

00:19:14.620 --> 00:19:15.039
 tomorrow

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 either.

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 I mean

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 it's not a

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 popular thing

00:19:18.740 --> 00:19:19.039
 to think

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 about but

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 it is the

00:19:19.920 --> 00:19:20.440
 reality.

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 I would

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 imagine all

00:19:22.019 --> 00:19:22.339
 of us in

00:19:22.339 --> 00:19:22.860
 this room

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 know somebody

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 or know

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 something very

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 close where

00:19:25.819 --> 00:19:26.759
 some tragic

00:19:26.759 --> 00:19:27.400
 accident

00:19:27.400 --> 00:19:27.819
 happened.

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 And it

00:19:29.220 --> 00:19:29.500
 was just

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 they were

00:19:29.839 --> 00:19:30.120
 here and

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 they were

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 gone.

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 And we

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 know that

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 true but

00:19:32.779 --> 00:19:33.319
 if we're

00:19:33.319 --> 00:19:33.720
 honest we

00:19:33.720 --> 00:19:34.099
 think well

00:19:34.099 --> 00:19:34.319
 that will

00:19:34.319 --> 00:19:34.740
 never happen

00:19:34.740 --> 00:19:35.099
 to me

00:19:35.099 --> 00:19:36.500
 until it

00:19:36.500 --> 00:19:36.860
 does.

00:19:37.940 --> 00:19:38.279
 And Jesus

00:19:38.279 --> 00:19:38.839
 wants us to

00:19:38.839 --> 00:19:39.360
 be mindful

00:19:39.360 --> 00:19:39.839
 of that.

00:19:41.420 --> 00:19:42.720
 Listen to

00:19:42.720 --> 00:19:42.860
 this.

00:19:43.120 --> 00:19:43.519
 The real

00:19:43.519 --> 00:19:44.240
 question is

00:19:44.240 --> 00:19:45.299
 not why

00:19:45.299 --> 00:19:46.039
 do bad

00:19:46.039 --> 00:19:46.599
 things happen

00:19:46.599 --> 00:19:46.839
 to good

00:19:46.839 --> 00:19:47.099
 people?

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 I'm sure

00:19:47.720 --> 00:19:48.019
 you've heard

00:19:48.019 --> 00:19:49.400
 that all

00:19:49.400 --> 00:19:49.720
 the time.

00:19:49.940 --> 00:19:50.319
 Why do

00:19:50.319 --> 00:19:50.920
 bad things

00:19:50.920 --> 00:19:51.240
 happen to

00:19:51.240 --> 00:19:51.519
 good people?

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 No I

00:19:52.120 --> 00:19:52.519
 think here's

00:19:52.519 --> 00:19:52.759
 a better

00:19:52.759 --> 00:19:53.140
 question.

00:19:53.500 --> 00:19:53.880
 Why do

00:19:53.880 --> 00:19:54.559
 good things

00:19:54.559 --> 00:19:55.059
 happen to

00:19:55.059 --> 00:19:55.740
 bad people?

00:19:57.240 --> 00:19:57.980
 Because that's

00:19:57.980 --> 00:19:58.660
 all of us.

00:19:58.660 --> 00:20:03.000
 God loves

00:20:03.000 --> 00:20:03.680
 us.

00:20:03.680 --> 00:20:04.380
 I don't

00:20:04.380 --> 00:20:04.600
 know.

00:20:04.820 --> 00:20:05.240
 I think it

00:20:05.240 --> 00:20:05.600
 means God

00:20:05.600 --> 00:20:06.340
 loves us.

00:20:06.920 --> 00:20:07.360
 That God is

00:20:07.360 --> 00:20:08.220
 merciful and

00:20:08.220 --> 00:20:08.580
 that he's

00:20:08.580 --> 00:20:09.580
 gracious and

00:20:09.580 --> 00:20:10.040
 that's the

00:20:10.040 --> 00:20:10.340
 answer.

00:20:10.600 --> 00:20:11.500
 Why do good

00:20:11.500 --> 00:20:12.100
 things happen to

00:20:12.100 --> 00:20:12.620
 bad people?

00:20:12.759 --> 00:20:13.380
 Because he's

00:20:13.380 --> 00:20:14.380
 gracious and he's

00:20:14.380 --> 00:20:15.400
 merciful and he's

00:20:15.400 --> 00:20:16.440
 patient with us.

00:20:17.320 --> 00:20:18.140
 And the reason that

00:20:18.140 --> 00:20:19.000
 matters so much in

00:20:19.000 --> 00:20:19.740
 our life is

00:20:19.740 --> 00:20:20.400
 sometimes we're

00:20:20.400 --> 00:20:21.680
 carrying things that

00:20:21.680 --> 00:20:22.680
 we are not intended

00:20:22.680 --> 00:20:23.220
 to carry.

00:20:23.220 --> 00:20:24.799
 we're carrying

00:20:24.799 --> 00:20:26.079
 guilt and for

00:20:26.079 --> 00:20:26.680
 things that you

00:20:26.680 --> 00:20:27.539
 didn't cause.

00:20:28.700 --> 00:20:30.200
 Sometimes a tragedy

00:20:30.200 --> 00:20:30.980
 happens and you

00:20:30.980 --> 00:20:31.240
 know what?

00:20:31.640 --> 00:20:32.740
 We can't get

00:20:32.740 --> 00:20:33.480
 past it.

00:20:34.640 --> 00:20:35.339
 Sometimes parents

00:20:35.339 --> 00:20:36.079
 live in blame

00:20:36.079 --> 00:20:36.860
 their whole life

00:20:36.860 --> 00:20:37.339
 because their

00:20:37.339 --> 00:20:38.759
 child decided to

00:20:38.759 --> 00:20:39.819
 make a choice and

00:20:39.819 --> 00:20:41.079
 is living a

00:20:41.079 --> 00:20:42.100
 prodigal style

00:20:42.100 --> 00:20:42.720
 life.

00:20:44.079 --> 00:20:44.920
 Families carry

00:20:44.920 --> 00:20:45.819
 burdens they were

00:20:45.819 --> 00:20:46.900
 never meant to

00:20:46.900 --> 00:20:47.240
 carry.

00:20:48.799 --> 00:20:49.539
 But Jesus is

00:20:49.539 --> 00:20:50.559
 showing us here in

00:20:50.559 --> 00:20:52.579
 this text that

00:20:52.579 --> 00:20:53.799
 not all tragedy

00:20:53.799 --> 00:20:54.619
 is a result of

00:20:54.619 --> 00:20:55.159
 our sin.

00:20:56.139 --> 00:20:56.599
 That death

00:20:56.599 --> 00:20:57.199
 happens.

00:20:57.659 --> 00:20:58.579
 Tragedies come to

00:20:58.579 --> 00:20:59.939
 all and sometimes

00:20:59.939 --> 00:21:00.699
 the unthinkable

00:21:00.699 --> 00:21:01.759
 even comes to the

00:21:01.759 --> 00:21:02.559
 most faithful

00:21:02.559 --> 00:21:03.460
 people.

00:21:04.619 --> 00:21:05.559
 Which means the

00:21:05.559 --> 00:21:06.299
 issue is not

00:21:06.299 --> 00:21:07.159
 why them.

00:21:07.659 --> 00:21:08.659
 The issue is this.

00:21:09.159 --> 00:21:09.799
 Are you ready?

00:21:10.899 --> 00:21:11.720
 That's what Jesus

00:21:11.720 --> 00:21:12.559
 is driving home.

00:21:13.199 --> 00:21:13.759
 Because when these

00:21:13.759 --> 00:21:15.399
 men went to build

00:21:15.399 --> 00:21:15.980
 the Tower of

00:21:15.980 --> 00:21:16.639
 Siloam, they

00:21:16.639 --> 00:21:17.259
 didn't think when

00:21:17.259 --> 00:21:17.859
 they got up that

00:21:17.859 --> 00:21:18.619
 morning that was

00:21:18.619 --> 00:21:19.220
 the last morning

00:21:19.220 --> 00:21:19.559
 they were going

00:21:19.559 --> 00:21:19.919
 to get up.

00:21:20.839 --> 00:21:21.439
 Nobody thinks

00:21:21.439 --> 00:21:21.720
 that.

00:21:21.720 --> 00:21:23.460
 We see accents

00:21:23.460 --> 00:21:24.019
 all the time on

00:21:24.019 --> 00:21:24.299
 the highway.

00:21:24.600 --> 00:21:25.180
 Nobody gets up

00:21:25.180 --> 00:21:25.940
 and thinks that's

00:21:25.940 --> 00:21:26.400
 going to be me

00:21:26.400 --> 00:21:26.660
 today.

00:21:27.700 --> 00:21:28.600
 I mean we just

00:21:28.600 --> 00:21:29.759
 live life like we

00:21:29.759 --> 00:21:30.579
 just have unlimited

00:21:30.579 --> 00:21:31.220
 time.

00:21:31.600 --> 00:21:32.519
 No, it's borrowed.

00:21:33.240 --> 00:21:33.960
 We don't know how

00:21:33.960 --> 00:21:34.860
 much time that we

00:21:34.860 --> 00:21:35.200
 have.

00:21:36.200 --> 00:21:37.059
 But why does Jesus

00:21:37.059 --> 00:21:38.259
 dig so deep in on

00:21:38.259 --> 00:21:38.680
 this idea?

00:21:38.759 --> 00:21:39.160
 We've been talking

00:21:39.160 --> 00:21:39.960
 about repentance for

00:21:39.960 --> 00:21:41.440
 it seems weeks now.

00:21:42.900 --> 00:21:43.519
 I think he does it

00:21:43.519 --> 00:21:44.000
 because of this.

00:21:44.079 --> 00:21:45.200
 Number two, life is

00:21:45.200 --> 00:21:46.900
 limited so repentance

00:21:46.900 --> 00:21:47.680
 is urgent.

00:21:48.640 --> 00:21:50.079
 Life is limited so

00:21:50.079 --> 00:21:51.559
 repentance is urgent.

00:21:51.720 --> 00:21:53.640
 Notice what he said

00:21:53.640 --> 00:21:54.240
 again in verse 3.

00:21:54.819 --> 00:21:56.220
 But except ye

00:21:56.220 --> 00:21:57.960
 repent, ye shall

00:21:57.960 --> 00:21:59.839
 all likewise perish.

00:22:00.839 --> 00:22:02.160
 This word except it

00:22:02.160 --> 00:22:03.740
 means unless this

00:22:03.740 --> 00:22:05.819
 happens, nothing else

00:22:05.819 --> 00:22:06.160
 matters.

00:22:07.059 --> 00:22:07.700
 That's what he's

00:22:07.700 --> 00:22:08.140
 bringing us to the

00:22:08.140 --> 00:22:08.360
 point.

00:22:08.980 --> 00:22:09.600
 I mean you can live

00:22:09.600 --> 00:22:10.519
 your life and do all

00:22:10.519 --> 00:22:11.539
 of these things but

00:22:11.539 --> 00:22:13.779
 except ye repent, it

00:22:13.779 --> 00:22:14.400
 doesn't matter what

00:22:14.400 --> 00:22:14.799
 you did.

00:22:15.440 --> 00:22:16.420
 This is the most

00:22:16.420 --> 00:22:18.100
 important decision that

00:22:18.100 --> 00:22:19.720
 you will ever make.

00:22:20.279 --> 00:22:21.140
 Here's what Jesus is

00:22:21.140 --> 00:22:21.400
 saying.

00:22:21.900 --> 00:22:23.279
 Repentance is not

00:22:23.279 --> 00:22:24.059
 optional.

00:22:25.360 --> 00:22:26.220
 It's not when you get

00:22:26.220 --> 00:22:27.000
 around to it and you

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 feel like it's a good

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 idea and if it fits in

00:22:29.019 --> 00:22:30.039
 your schedule and it

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 kind of molds around

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 your lifestyle.

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 No, it's absolutely

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 necessary.

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 But notice what Jesus

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 doesn't say.

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 He doesn't say all you

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 need to do is just try a

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 little bit harder.

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 He doesn't say you know

00:22:41.900 --> 00:22:42.539
 what you need to do?

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 You just need to be a

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 better person.

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 You know sometimes you

00:22:45.279 --> 00:22:46.380
 ever wake up and say

00:22:46.380 --> 00:22:47.079
 man today I'm just going

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 to be a better person

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 and then you get in

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 your car and you start

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 yelling at people.

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 At least they don't

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 know.

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 You know that's just

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 between, isn't it super

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 hard just to be a better

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 person sometimes?

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 Because even sometimes

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 on the outside you're

00:23:01.119 --> 00:23:01.519
 trying to be a better

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 person, on the inside

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 you're like I want to

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 punch these people in

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 their face.

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 So if I'm looking at

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 you weird when you're

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 talking to me you just

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 think he probably wants

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 to punch me in my face.

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 I'm just trying to be

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 real.

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 If us getting to

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 heaven was based on

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 being a better person

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 I'm not sure any of us

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 would make it.

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 Jesus doesn't say hey

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 here's what I need you

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 to do.

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 Here's how you get to

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 heaven.

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 Clean up your life.

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 Well I got to clean my

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 life up a little bit

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 before I come to Jesus

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 before I come to church.

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 No, no.

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 Here's what you got to

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 do.

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 Repent.

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 You got to realize that

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 you're a sinner and God

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 loves you and he saved

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 you.

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 That's where it starts.

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 He never says clean

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 yourself up.

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 He says come unto me.

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 That's the goal.

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 That's the aim.

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 So here's the question.

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 We talked a lot about it

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 but what is repentance?

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 I just want to dig in

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 real quick so we make

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 sure we understand.

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 Because I think repentance

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 is often misunderstood.

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 Sometimes people think

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 repentance is just

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 emotion.

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 It's crying and it's

00:24:01.579 --> 00:24:02.399
 feeling bad.

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 Listen, sometimes that

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 is that way.

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 But you know what?

00:24:05.899 --> 00:24:06.939
 Sometimes I cried and I

00:24:06.939 --> 00:24:07.899
 was sad when I got caught

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 growing up just because I

00:24:09.700 --> 00:24:10.099
 got caught.

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 I wasn't really

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 repentant.

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 I was just like my dad's

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 going to kill me and I'm

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 probably going to die.

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 I might as well cry about

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 it.

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 But sometimes that's how we

00:24:18.919 --> 00:24:19.419
 treat repentance.

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 We know it's wrong but we

00:24:22.579 --> 00:24:23.439
 actually enjoy it.

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 We just want to say I'm

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 sorry so we can just move

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 on past it.

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 Sometimes people view

00:24:29.299 --> 00:24:30.439
 repentance as a ritual.

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 It's something you go

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 through.

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 It's something you do.

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 That's not what repentance

00:24:36.599 --> 00:24:37.079
 is.

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 Repentance, true repentance,

00:24:39.779 --> 00:24:40.859
 true biblical repentance

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 when Jesus says except you

00:24:42.079 --> 00:24:43.000
 repent, here's what it

00:24:43.000 --> 00:24:43.220
 means.

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 It means you change your

00:24:44.659 --> 00:24:46.419
 mind about your sin.

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 That's the first step.

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 You change your mind about

00:24:49.899 --> 00:24:51.419
 your sin and then number

00:24:51.419 --> 00:24:52.759
 two, you turn from your

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 sin to Jesus.

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 Basically you're going down

00:24:55.879 --> 00:24:56.939
 life, living life like

00:24:56.939 --> 00:24:58.019
 this, you realize that

00:24:58.019 --> 00:24:58.759
 you're a sinner that you

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 sinned against God and you

00:24:59.919 --> 00:25:00.740
 want to go towards him.

00:25:01.480 --> 00:25:02.859
 That's what repentance is.

00:25:03.279 --> 00:25:04.819
 It's turning from your sin,

00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:06.259
 not just stop sinning,

00:25:06.259 --> 00:25:08.740
 but stop sinning and turn

00:25:08.740 --> 00:25:09.339
 towards Christ.

00:25:10.039 --> 00:25:10.940
 That's the goal.

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 That's the aim.

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 And here's the reminder.

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 It's not a temporary change

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 or a quick fix.

00:25:17.940 --> 00:25:18.680
 You know what?

00:25:18.799 --> 00:25:19.420
 I mean, we'll give an

00:25:19.420 --> 00:25:19.799
 example.

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 How many of you have

00:25:20.799 --> 00:25:21.480
 ever been to the dentist?

00:25:22.980 --> 00:25:24.019
 Yeah, we got some dental

00:25:24.019 --> 00:25:25.059
 hygienists in here and stuff.

00:25:25.339 --> 00:25:26.700
 You know how good I brush my

00:25:26.700 --> 00:25:27.480
 teeth the week I'm going to

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 the dentist?

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 Like I'm supposed to.

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 And then when, you know

00:25:31.640 --> 00:25:32.559
 how much I, you know when I

00:25:32.559 --> 00:25:34.019
 floss the day before?

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 Because they're going to

00:25:34.799 --> 00:25:35.799
 say, do you floss them?

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 I'm like, absolutely I floss.

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 Don't listen to that, Miss

00:25:39.399 --> 00:25:39.639
 Jordan.

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 Because she asked me that.

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 I'm like, is that not how

00:25:42.379 --> 00:25:42.859
 we operate?

00:25:43.740 --> 00:25:44.059
 Yeah.

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 But that's sometimes how we

00:25:45.919 --> 00:25:47.099
 view repentance.

00:25:48.159 --> 00:25:49.819
 We do something, we feel like,

00:25:49.859 --> 00:25:50.700
 man, I need to get ahead of

00:25:50.700 --> 00:25:51.559
 this before this train comes

00:25:51.559 --> 00:25:52.319
 down the track and the Lord

00:25:52.319 --> 00:25:53.099
 just smashes me.

00:25:53.319 --> 00:25:54.659
 Listen, God's not trying to do

00:25:54.659 --> 00:25:54.819
 that.

00:25:54.859 --> 00:25:55.619
 That's not what he's, that's

00:25:55.619 --> 00:25:56.419
 not the goal.

00:25:57.259 --> 00:25:58.099
 He's not up here to make our

00:25:58.099 --> 00:25:58.599
 life miserable.

00:25:58.919 --> 00:25:59.940
 You know why he wants us to

00:25:59.940 --> 00:26:00.859
 live in a state of repentance?

00:26:00.859 --> 00:26:02.279
 So we can have a relationship

00:26:02.279 --> 00:26:02.779
 with him.

00:26:02.779 --> 00:26:04.259
 Because he loves us and he

00:26:04.259 --> 00:26:05.500
 cares for us and he wants the

00:26:05.500 --> 00:26:06.339
 best for us.

00:26:07.539 --> 00:26:09.639
 He's giving all of his thoughts

00:26:09.639 --> 00:26:10.660
 towards us and sometimes we're

00:26:10.660 --> 00:26:11.720
 just not going that way.

00:26:13.759 --> 00:26:15.039
 See, it's not a quick fix.

00:26:15.079 --> 00:26:16.019
 It's not a temporary change.

00:26:16.180 --> 00:26:18.460
 It's a change of mind that leads

00:26:18.460 --> 00:26:19.899
 to a change of life.

00:26:20.859 --> 00:26:23.240
 And it affects how you think and

00:26:23.240 --> 00:26:24.079
 how you live.

00:26:24.240 --> 00:26:26.599
 Not one day, not one week, but for

00:26:26.599 --> 00:26:28.920
 the rest of your life.

00:26:28.920 --> 00:26:30.740
 Does that mean we're perfect?

00:26:30.860 --> 00:26:31.100
 No.

00:26:32.460 --> 00:26:34.240
 No, we can, we can know that

00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:34.680
 we're saved.

00:26:34.779 --> 00:26:35.580
 We can know we're on the way to

00:26:35.580 --> 00:26:36.820
 heaven and we can have repented

00:26:36.820 --> 00:26:38.200
 of our sins one time.

00:26:38.300 --> 00:26:39.560
 Salvation is a one time thing.

00:26:40.460 --> 00:26:41.200
 Let's just make sure we

00:26:41.200 --> 00:26:41.820
 understand that.

00:26:42.160 --> 00:26:43.080
 You don't have to get saved over

00:26:43.080 --> 00:26:44.200
 and over again, but we still

00:26:44.200 --> 00:26:46.480
 sin and we have to repent and

00:26:46.480 --> 00:26:47.740
 ask the Lord for forgiveness.

00:26:48.259 --> 00:26:50.800
 First John 1, 9, if we repent of

00:26:50.800 --> 00:26:52.560
 our sins, he is faithful and just

00:26:52.560 --> 00:26:53.039
 to forgive us.

00:26:53.120 --> 00:26:54.940
 It's about fellowship with God.

00:26:55.539 --> 00:26:56.460
 That's what it's about.

00:26:56.460 --> 00:26:59.380
 You say, well, preacher, why

00:26:59.380 --> 00:27:00.059
 should I repent?

00:27:01.500 --> 00:27:02.900
 Because Jesus shows us in these

00:27:02.900 --> 00:27:05.140
 verses, it's because judgment is

00:27:05.140 --> 00:27:06.000
 certain.

00:27:07.100 --> 00:27:09.079
 He says, except ye repent, notice

00:27:09.079 --> 00:27:11.840
 what he said, ye shall all

00:27:11.840 --> 00:27:13.700
 likewise perish.

00:27:14.720 --> 00:27:18.000
 Not might, not maybe, we will.

00:27:19.180 --> 00:27:20.720
 That's the reality of it.

00:27:21.120 --> 00:27:22.759
 We don't like to talk about it, but

00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:24.880
 every person will face death and

00:27:24.880 --> 00:27:26.500
 after that, they'll face God.

00:27:27.840 --> 00:27:29.040
 But here's the beautiful thing.

00:27:29.440 --> 00:27:30.480
 If you know Christ is your

00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:31.940
 Savior, you don't have to fear

00:27:31.940 --> 00:27:32.260
 that.

00:27:33.280 --> 00:27:35.160
 I'm ready to see the Lord face to

00:27:35.160 --> 00:27:35.480
 face.

00:27:36.260 --> 00:27:38.200
 Even so, come quickly, Lord Jesus.

00:27:38.400 --> 00:27:39.800
 I want to see my Savior.

00:27:40.020 --> 00:27:40.740
 I want to be there.

00:27:40.880 --> 00:27:41.900
 I don't want to have to deal with

00:27:41.900 --> 00:27:42.460
 sin anymore.

00:27:42.920 --> 00:27:44.760
 I want to live in a place of a

00:27:44.760 --> 00:27:46.320
 perfect relationship with Jesus

00:27:46.320 --> 00:27:46.760
 Christ.

00:27:47.100 --> 00:27:48.620
 And Jesus knows this.

00:27:48.880 --> 00:27:50.300
 He knows that death is coming.

00:27:50.560 --> 00:27:51.860
 He knows judgment is certain.

00:27:51.859 --> 00:27:53.699
 And he's telling us this because

00:27:53.699 --> 00:27:54.799
 he loves us.

00:27:55.879 --> 00:27:57.419
 This is not a, oh man, the

00:27:57.419 --> 00:27:59.219
 preacher's mad and Jesus is mad.

00:28:00.240 --> 00:28:01.979
 I'm thankful Jesus tells us the

00:28:01.979 --> 00:28:02.359
 truth.

00:28:03.299 --> 00:28:04.599
 That we don't live through life

00:28:04.599 --> 00:28:05.599
 thinking we're all good.

00:28:06.299 --> 00:28:07.519
 And then judgment comes and we

00:28:07.519 --> 00:28:08.519
 think, wish somebody would have

00:28:08.519 --> 00:28:09.259
 told me about this.

00:28:10.119 --> 00:28:10.939
 You ever had one of those things

00:28:10.939 --> 00:28:11.240
 at work?

00:28:11.299 --> 00:28:12.019
 You think, I wish somebody had

00:28:12.019 --> 00:28:12.779
 told me about this.

00:28:13.139 --> 00:28:14.399
 I'm completely unprepared.

00:28:14.479 --> 00:28:15.539
 I look silly up here.

00:28:16.199 --> 00:28:17.099
 Listen, that's not how Jesus

00:28:17.099 --> 00:28:17.719
 operates.

00:28:17.720 --> 00:28:20.700
 And he's confronting this, this

00:28:20.700 --> 00:28:23.100
 illusion of time that we think

00:28:23.100 --> 00:28:23.980
 that we have.

00:28:25.900 --> 00:28:27.380
 In fact, he's just lovingly

00:28:27.380 --> 00:28:31.460
 reminding us, time is no, we have

00:28:31.460 --> 00:28:32.579
 no guarantee of it.

00:28:32.980 --> 00:28:34.860
 And we have no guarantee that we

00:28:34.860 --> 00:28:35.920
 have more time later.

00:28:36.440 --> 00:28:38.160
 So what he's saying is, is we must

00:28:38.160 --> 00:28:39.559
 make sure we are right with him

00:28:39.559 --> 00:28:40.640
 right now.

00:28:41.640 --> 00:28:43.339
 That we, we don't leave these,

00:28:43.620 --> 00:28:45.259
 this, this auditorium this morning

00:28:45.259 --> 00:28:48.240
 thinking, I'll deal with that later.

00:28:50.440 --> 00:28:53.039
 See, the greatest tragedy is not

00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:53.680
 how you die.

00:28:54.240 --> 00:28:55.140
 That's what the Jews thought.

00:28:55.700 --> 00:28:56.920
 Like, I can't believe they got

00:28:56.920 --> 00:28:57.819
 slaughtered in the temple.

00:28:58.039 --> 00:28:59.119
 I can't believe, man, they got to

00:28:59.119 --> 00:29:01.099
 be really bad if a tower fell on

00:29:01.099 --> 00:29:01.319
 them.

00:29:02.140 --> 00:29:04.059
 I mean, I mean, towers just don't

00:29:04.059 --> 00:29:05.140
 fall on people unless you're bad

00:29:05.140 --> 00:29:05.460
 people.

00:29:06.279 --> 00:29:07.240
 That's what they were thinking.

00:29:08.299 --> 00:29:10.039
 Jesus says, no, actually the worst

00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:12.119
 way to die is without repentance.

00:29:13.539 --> 00:29:14.539
 That's where you don't want to find

00:29:14.539 --> 00:29:14.899
 yourself.

00:29:15.639 --> 00:29:17.619
 Like, a tower's not great.

00:29:18.639 --> 00:29:20.039
 But a repent, without repentance,

00:29:20.339 --> 00:29:21.700
 has eternal consequences.

00:29:22.480 --> 00:29:23.659
 And that's what Jesus is teaching.

00:29:24.460 --> 00:29:25.599
 And before we move on, I just want

00:29:25.599 --> 00:29:26.799
 to, I want to make it real in our

00:29:26.799 --> 00:29:28.740
 lives real quick and just ask

00:29:28.740 --> 00:29:30.539
 yourself, is there something God has

00:29:30.539 --> 00:29:31.759
 shown you that you've been putting

00:29:31.759 --> 00:29:32.079
 off?

00:29:33.599 --> 00:29:34.980
 Maybe there's a sin in your life.

00:29:35.119 --> 00:29:37.099
 And he says, get rid of that.

00:29:38.039 --> 00:29:39.240
 Stop doing that.

00:29:40.019 --> 00:29:42.059
 And we keep saying, well, it's not

00:29:42.059 --> 00:29:42.399
 that bad.

00:29:42.460 --> 00:29:43.079
 I'll deal with it later.

00:29:43.079 --> 00:29:45.480
 Like, you know, I'll deal with it.

00:29:45.559 --> 00:29:47.740
 And then it, Lord, just let me be.

00:29:48.759 --> 00:29:51.159
 Maybe it's a step of obedience that

00:29:51.159 --> 00:29:51.699
 we're delaying.

00:29:51.779 --> 00:29:52.740
 He's calling you out to do

00:29:52.740 --> 00:29:53.099
 something.

00:29:53.779 --> 00:29:55.699
 Maybe to take a stand at school and

00:29:55.699 --> 00:29:57.220
 share the gospel with your friends,

00:29:57.319 --> 00:29:58.679
 to take a stand at work.

00:29:59.139 --> 00:30:01.460
 Listen, peer pressure is not just only

00:30:01.460 --> 00:30:02.059
 for teenagers.

00:30:02.859 --> 00:30:03.919
 Sometimes we're not willing to do what

00:30:03.919 --> 00:30:05.879
 we should at work because we're

00:30:05.879 --> 00:30:06.179
 afraid.

00:30:06.839 --> 00:30:08.019
 Maybe God is leading us to that step

00:30:08.019 --> 00:30:08.319
 of obedience.

00:30:08.619 --> 00:30:09.919
 Maybe it's just, maybe you're coming

00:30:09.919 --> 00:30:11.279
 to this realization, I've never

00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:12.440
 really repented of my sins.

00:30:12.500 --> 00:30:13.819
 You just need to trust Christ today

00:30:13.819 --> 00:30:14.500
 for salvation.

00:30:15.399 --> 00:30:17.920
 Listen, if you keep saying later,

00:30:18.299 --> 00:30:20.059
 later becomes into not at all, and

00:30:20.059 --> 00:30:22.139
 the urgency fades, and you find

00:30:22.139 --> 00:30:23.660
 yourself maybe one day thinking,

00:30:23.839 --> 00:30:24.759
 it's too late.

00:30:26.619 --> 00:30:27.660
 So what are you putting off

00:30:27.660 --> 00:30:30.399
 spiritually right now?

00:30:31.299 --> 00:30:34.299
 Because whatever it is, I think this,

00:30:34.359 --> 00:30:35.619
 it's probably more urgent than you

00:30:35.619 --> 00:30:36.200
 think it is.

00:30:36.200 --> 00:30:38.380
 Because we don't know how much time

00:30:38.380 --> 00:30:38.779
 we have.

00:30:39.420 --> 00:30:40.160
 It's borrowed time.

00:30:41.140 --> 00:30:42.059
 So life is limited.

00:30:42.819 --> 00:30:43.740
 Repentance is urgent.

00:30:44.340 --> 00:30:45.720
 So why hasn't judgment come?

00:30:45.759 --> 00:30:46.299
 That's what the world says.

00:30:46.440 --> 00:30:47.400
 Well, where is he?

00:30:48.080 --> 00:30:49.500
 You always talk about Jesus coming

00:30:49.500 --> 00:30:49.799
 back.

00:30:49.940 --> 00:30:51.059
 Where is he?

00:30:51.779 --> 00:30:52.740
 Well, I love this third point.

00:30:52.840 --> 00:30:55.480
 God is patient, but time is running

00:30:55.480 --> 00:30:55.740
 out.

00:30:56.880 --> 00:30:58.460
 Peter tells us in the book of 1 Peter

00:30:58.460 --> 00:31:00.360
 that God is not slack concerning his

00:31:00.360 --> 00:31:02.680
 promises, as some men count slackness.

00:31:02.680 --> 00:31:05.860
 He's not lazy, but he's rather that all

00:31:05.860 --> 00:31:08.019
 should come to repentance.

00:31:09.100 --> 00:31:10.240
 No, God is patient.

00:31:10.980 --> 00:31:13.039
 And to close out his sermon, Jesus uses

00:31:13.039 --> 00:31:15.360
 a parable to illustrate this truth.

00:31:16.100 --> 00:31:18.380
 He introduces us to a man that planted

00:31:18.380 --> 00:31:20.100
 a fig tree in his vineyard, and he came

00:31:20.100 --> 00:31:22.279
 looking for fruit, and he found none.

00:31:23.299 --> 00:31:24.340
 And I think we would understand the

00:31:24.340 --> 00:31:25.019
 frustration there.

00:31:25.480 --> 00:31:27.440
 Some of you want to be gardeners.

00:31:30.340 --> 00:31:31.700
 And you go out to your garden, you're

00:31:31.700 --> 00:31:34.120
 thinking, why is nothing growing?

00:31:34.779 --> 00:31:36.120
 All I grow is leaves.

00:31:36.120 --> 00:31:37.700
 It's just green all the time.

00:31:38.180 --> 00:31:38.700
 And you know what?

00:31:38.900 --> 00:31:40.140
 And you think, you know what I'm going

00:31:40.140 --> 00:31:40.319
 to do?

00:31:40.420 --> 00:31:41.620
 I'm going to tear this up and throw it

00:31:41.620 --> 00:31:42.519
 away and plant something new.

00:31:42.920 --> 00:31:43.779
 That makes sense.

00:31:44.180 --> 00:31:44.940
 You spent money.

00:31:45.120 --> 00:31:46.279
 You cultivate the ground.

00:31:46.440 --> 00:31:47.319
 You fertilize it.

00:31:47.420 --> 00:31:48.420
 You do all of these things.

00:31:48.480 --> 00:31:48.740
 Why?

00:31:48.980 --> 00:31:51.759
 Because the idea is it bears fruit.

00:31:52.759 --> 00:31:54.059
 That is the goal.

00:31:54.440 --> 00:31:56.279
 And this tree that we're introduced to

00:31:56.279 --> 00:31:58.120
 in verse number six had everything it

00:31:58.120 --> 00:31:59.319
 needed to bear fruit.

00:31:59.920 --> 00:32:00.980
 It had been planted.

00:32:00.980 --> 00:32:02.120
 It had been cared for.

00:32:02.339 --> 00:32:04.579
 It had been watered over and over and

00:32:04.579 --> 00:32:04.759
 over.

00:32:04.839 --> 00:32:08.140
 It had been fertilized for years and

00:32:08.140 --> 00:32:10.180
 absolutely nothing.

00:32:11.079 --> 00:32:12.099
 What a one-time thing.

00:32:13.019 --> 00:32:14.039
 Because some people have the idea that

00:32:14.039 --> 00:32:15.519
 God is just going to, he gave you one

00:32:15.519 --> 00:32:16.680
 chance and then you're done.

00:32:18.059 --> 00:32:19.180
 No, three years.

00:32:19.319 --> 00:32:20.259
 That's what the Bible says in verse

00:32:20.259 --> 00:32:20.620
 number seven.

00:32:20.940 --> 00:32:22.400
 Then he said he unto the dresser of

00:32:22.400 --> 00:32:24.220
 the vineyard, behold, these three years

00:32:24.220 --> 00:32:27.240
 I come of this fig tree and find none.

00:32:27.240 --> 00:32:32.920
 There was no growth, no fruit, no change.

00:32:34.200 --> 00:32:35.299
 Notice what he says at the end of the

00:32:35.299 --> 00:32:35.519
 verse.

00:32:36.299 --> 00:32:37.839
 He said, cut it down.

00:32:38.700 --> 00:32:40.059
 Why cumbereth it the ground?

00:32:40.319 --> 00:32:42.900
 He said, why is this tree taking up all

00:32:42.900 --> 00:32:44.839
 this space in my vineyard and not doing

00:32:44.839 --> 00:32:46.259
 its one job producing fruit?

00:32:47.140 --> 00:32:47.859
 That's what he's saying.

00:32:47.859 --> 00:32:50.939
 And if we're looking at this strictly

00:32:50.939 --> 00:32:53.919
 from a farming perspective, from a

00:32:53.919 --> 00:32:56.879
 vineyard dresser, that is a perfectly

00:32:56.879 --> 00:32:58.719
 reasonable suggestion.

00:32:59.619 --> 00:33:00.339
 Cut it down.

00:33:00.939 --> 00:33:02.119
 It's not worth anything.

00:33:03.799 --> 00:33:04.679
 They're reasonable.

00:33:04.879 --> 00:33:06.139
 The tree was planted in good soil.

00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:06.859
 It was given space.

00:33:06.919 --> 00:33:07.599
 It was given sunlight.

00:33:07.859 --> 00:33:09.259
 It's drawing nutrients from the ground

00:33:09.259 --> 00:33:10.519
 and it's producing nothing.

00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:14.000
 It was using resources without

00:33:14.000 --> 00:33:15.099
 fulfilling its purpose.

00:33:15.099 --> 00:33:17.939
 And the guys, the vineyard dresser

00:33:17.939 --> 00:33:20.139
 says this, the owner says, it must go.

00:33:21.379 --> 00:33:22.679
 But I love verse number eight.

00:33:24.659 --> 00:33:26.399
 And he answering said unto him, Lord,

00:33:27.279 --> 00:33:30.179
 let it alone this year also till I shall

00:33:30.179 --> 00:33:32.259
 dig about it and dung it.

00:33:33.179 --> 00:33:34.639
 The caretaker speaks up.

00:33:36.599 --> 00:33:38.480
 Let's just give it, let's give it one

00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:38.859
 more year.

00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:41.419
 Look, I'm going to put some extra work

00:33:41.419 --> 00:33:41.819
 in it here.

00:33:42.659 --> 00:33:44.000
 I'm going to put some people around

00:33:44.000 --> 00:33:45.119
 this tree that really know what

00:33:45.119 --> 00:33:45.420
 they're doing.

00:33:45.599 --> 00:33:47.440
 I'm going to call a tree specialist.

00:33:47.720 --> 00:33:48.940
 I'm going to come and have the soil

00:33:48.940 --> 00:33:50.420
 tested and I'm going to dig around

00:33:50.420 --> 00:33:50.539
 it.

00:33:50.559 --> 00:33:51.220
 I'm going to make sure it's got

00:33:51.220 --> 00:33:52.140
 everything that it needs.

00:33:52.279 --> 00:33:53.279
 I'm going to fertilize it.

00:33:53.519 --> 00:33:55.779
 Let's just give it a little more

00:33:55.779 --> 00:33:56.480
 time.

00:33:57.960 --> 00:33:58.700
 You know what that is?

00:33:59.940 --> 00:34:01.259
 Astonishing mercy.

00:34:02.740 --> 00:34:03.779
 That's what that is.

00:34:04.740 --> 00:34:05.640
 See, don't miss this.

00:34:05.640 --> 00:34:08.820
 The owner represents the justice of

00:34:08.820 --> 00:34:09.079
 God.

00:34:09.980 --> 00:34:10.840
 God is just.

00:34:10.840 --> 00:34:13.680
 And he will exact justice.

00:34:14.220 --> 00:34:15.079
 Perfect justice.

00:34:15.460 --> 00:34:17.079
 Everything he does is perfect.

00:34:17.460 --> 00:34:19.660
 But the caretaker, it represents the

00:34:19.660 --> 00:34:21.800
 mercy of Jesus Christ.

00:34:22.740 --> 00:34:24.860
 Because God says, hey, this tree is not

00:34:24.860 --> 00:34:25.320
 doing anything.

00:34:25.559 --> 00:34:26.240
 Let's get rid of it.

00:34:26.280 --> 00:34:28.320
 And Jesus says, let's just give it a

00:34:28.320 --> 00:34:28.920
 little more time.

00:34:29.980 --> 00:34:31.579
 Let me just, I'm going to send some

00:34:31.579 --> 00:34:33.480
 people in his life and they're going

00:34:33.480 --> 00:34:34.740
 to love on him and they're going to

00:34:34.740 --> 00:34:35.280
 share the gospel.

00:34:35.460 --> 00:34:37.680
 Let's just give him a little more time.

00:34:37.679 --> 00:34:40.779
 See, justice says, cut it down.

00:34:41.079 --> 00:34:43.119
 And mercy says, give it more time.

00:34:45.419 --> 00:34:48.480
 See, the Lord is merciful to give us

00:34:48.480 --> 00:34:49.279
 time to respond.

00:34:52.039 --> 00:34:53.759
 How does God work in that time?

00:34:55.199 --> 00:34:56.480
 He digs around the roots.

00:34:56.579 --> 00:34:57.199
 He fertilizes.

00:34:57.299 --> 00:34:58.899
 He brings the word into your life.

00:34:59.719 --> 00:35:01.099
 Maybe he's brought people into your

00:35:01.099 --> 00:35:01.339
 life.

00:35:01.399 --> 00:35:02.039
 You know what they're doing?

00:35:02.179 --> 00:35:03.159
 They're just loving you.

00:35:03.319 --> 00:35:04.359
 They're sharing the gospel.

00:35:04.639 --> 00:35:06.139
 He sends the spirit to stir your

00:35:06.139 --> 00:35:06.359
 heart.

00:35:06.360 --> 00:35:07.780
 Maybe it's right now the Holy Spirit

00:35:07.780 --> 00:35:09.780
 saying, that's exactly what you need.

00:35:09.960 --> 00:35:12.059
 And he reminds you of sin, not to make

00:35:12.059 --> 00:35:13.400
 you feel terrible, but to realize

00:35:13.400 --> 00:35:14.579
 there's a debt to be paid.

00:35:14.840 --> 00:35:15.840
 But here's the great news.

00:35:16.120 --> 00:35:18.519
 He already paid the debt.

00:35:19.740 --> 00:35:21.500
 And he presses that conviction on your

00:35:21.500 --> 00:35:21.820
 soul.

00:35:22.120 --> 00:35:23.980
 And moment after moment, month after

00:35:23.980 --> 00:35:26.500
 month, God is working to produce fruit

00:35:26.500 --> 00:35:27.320
 in your life.

00:35:27.940 --> 00:35:28.920
 He loves you.

00:35:29.220 --> 00:35:30.140
 He cares for you.

00:35:30.240 --> 00:35:31.420
 But here's the reality.

00:35:31.800 --> 00:35:34.059
 There is a time limit.

00:35:34.059 --> 00:35:36.980
 Verse 9.

00:35:38.340 --> 00:35:40.320
 And if it bear fruit, we're good to go.

00:35:41.420 --> 00:35:42.320
 But notice what he says.

00:35:42.920 --> 00:35:47.159
 And if not, then after that, thou shalt cut

00:35:47.159 --> 00:35:48.739
 it down.

00:35:50.739 --> 00:35:52.380
 He's not being mean here.

00:35:53.179 --> 00:35:55.519
 He's just speaking to the reality that at

00:35:55.519 --> 00:35:56.840
 some point time will run out.

00:35:57.960 --> 00:35:59.559
 Some people live a few years.

00:35:59.559 --> 00:36:01.199
 Some people live 100 years.

00:36:02.799 --> 00:36:04.320
 But the opportunity is not going to last

00:36:04.320 --> 00:36:04.679
 forever.

00:36:06.019 --> 00:36:07.299
 See, God's patience.

00:36:08.079 --> 00:36:08.900
 Get a hold of this.

00:36:09.139 --> 00:36:12.279
 God's patience is not permission to keep

00:36:12.279 --> 00:36:13.420
 hitting the snooze button.

00:36:14.860 --> 00:36:16.900
 Whether it's salvation, whether it's

00:36:16.900 --> 00:36:18.739
 obedience, whether it's service.

00:36:19.239 --> 00:36:20.320
 It's not a good time right now.

00:36:20.719 --> 00:36:21.239
 I'm busy.

00:36:21.360 --> 00:36:22.279
 I got kids at home.

00:36:22.559 --> 00:36:24.420
 And when I get out and we just keep it

00:36:24.420 --> 00:36:24.880
 and snooze.

00:36:25.079 --> 00:36:25.960
 Keep it and snooze.

00:36:27.000 --> 00:36:28.400
 No, here's what God's patience is.

00:36:28.400 --> 00:36:30.019
 It's an opportunity to repent.

00:36:30.920 --> 00:36:31.800
 That's what it is.

00:36:34.360 --> 00:36:36.220
 But what can we take home with us?

00:36:37.139 --> 00:36:38.119
 I think we can take this.

00:36:38.940 --> 00:36:40.220
 That every day that you wake up,

00:36:41.059 --> 00:36:42.639
 every breath that you take,

00:36:43.139 --> 00:36:44.400
 every moment that you have,

00:36:44.460 --> 00:36:45.119
 here's what it is.

00:36:46.079 --> 00:36:47.360
 Borrowed time.

00:36:49.160 --> 00:36:49.920
 That's what it is.

00:36:50.340 --> 00:36:51.660
 Everybody in this room, we're living on

00:36:51.660 --> 00:36:52.119
 borrowed time.

00:36:52.119 --> 00:36:54.599
 So ask yourself,

00:36:54.799 --> 00:36:56.960
 am I bearing fruit?

00:36:57.779 --> 00:36:59.719
 Or am I just taking up space?

00:37:01.000 --> 00:37:03.199
 Am I growing spiritually?

00:37:03.920 --> 00:37:06.500
 Or am I just coasting?

00:37:07.500 --> 00:37:10.219
 Am I responding to God?

00:37:11.019 --> 00:37:12.420
 Or ignoring Him?

00:37:12.980 --> 00:37:13.699
 Snoozing Him?

00:37:14.759 --> 00:37:18.339
 Listen, do not waste the borrowed time

00:37:18.340 --> 00:37:21.340
 that God is giving you to respond.

00:37:22.579 --> 00:37:24.539
 The time is now.

00:37:25.460 --> 00:37:28.000
 We don't know the rest of this day.

00:37:28.860 --> 00:37:29.440
 We know this.

00:37:29.519 --> 00:37:30.700
 We have this time right here.

00:37:31.360 --> 00:37:32.780
 Would the Lord help us to respond

00:37:32.780 --> 00:37:34.320
 however He spoke to our hearts?

00:37:34.380 --> 00:37:35.780
 With our heads bowed and our eyes closed,

00:37:36.860 --> 00:37:37.539
 why don't we stand

00:37:37.539 --> 00:37:40.600
 and get ready for this time of invitation?

00:37:40.599 --> 00:37:44.619
 If you're here, you say,

00:37:44.699 --> 00:37:45.920
 Preacher, I know the Lord is my Savior.

00:37:46.420 --> 00:37:47.679
 I put my faith and trust

00:37:47.679 --> 00:37:49.699
 in what Jesus Christ did on the cross of Calvary.

00:37:51.059 --> 00:37:51.900
 Let me ask you this.

00:37:52.000 --> 00:37:53.480
 Is your life bearing fruit?

00:37:54.559 --> 00:37:56.519
 That's what Jesus intends for us to do.

00:37:58.759 --> 00:38:00.059
 Bearing fruit looks like

00:38:00.059 --> 00:38:02.079
 living a Christ-like life.

00:38:03.000 --> 00:38:04.019
 Loving God.

00:38:04.159 --> 00:38:04.839
 Loving others.

00:38:06.019 --> 00:38:06.980
 Sharing the gospel.

00:38:08.799 --> 00:38:09.779
 Leading your children

00:38:09.780 --> 00:38:11.320
 and the nurture and the admonition of the Lord.

00:38:11.940 --> 00:38:13.940
 Being a witness wherever God places you.

00:38:15.040 --> 00:38:16.100
 He's not calling you to be perfect,

00:38:16.200 --> 00:38:17.680
 but He is calling you to make a difference.

00:38:18.920 --> 00:38:20.580
 People can see the fruit of your life.

00:38:20.660 --> 00:38:21.700
 They can see your good works

00:38:21.700 --> 00:38:23.019
 and want some of that.

00:38:23.420 --> 00:38:24.960
 And glorify your Father which is in heaven.

00:38:25.000 --> 00:38:25.519
 That's the goal,

00:38:25.580 --> 00:38:26.980
 that we're to let our light so shine.

00:38:27.840 --> 00:38:29.140
 He's not looking for perfection,

00:38:29.580 --> 00:38:31.460
 but He is looking for progress.

00:38:33.540 --> 00:38:35.480
 Is your life changed

00:38:35.480 --> 00:38:36.920
 and continuing to change?

00:38:37.640 --> 00:38:38.760
 That's a sign that you

00:38:38.760 --> 00:38:40.700
 are in the family.

00:38:41.280 --> 00:38:42.160
 That God is working.

00:38:43.320 --> 00:38:44.460
 Because real repentance

00:38:44.460 --> 00:38:46.480
 produces real fruit.

00:38:50.920 --> 00:38:51.940
 Maybe you're here and you

00:38:51.940 --> 00:38:54.240
 try to turn over a new leaf.

00:38:54.340 --> 00:38:55.300
 You're trying to be a good person.

00:38:55.380 --> 00:38:56.180
 You're trying to do the right thing.

00:38:56.420 --> 00:38:57.940
 Listen, there's nothing wrong with that.

00:39:00.100 --> 00:39:01.580
 But the most important decision

00:39:01.580 --> 00:39:02.660
 you'll ever make is

00:39:02.660 --> 00:39:04.460
 do you know Jesus Christ

00:39:04.460 --> 00:39:05.600
 as your Savior?

00:39:05.599 --> 00:39:08.199
 Because the only reason you're here,

00:39:08.259 --> 00:39:08.980
 the only reason I'm here

00:39:08.980 --> 00:39:10.239
 is the mercy of God.

00:39:11.659 --> 00:39:13.179
 And the only reason you still have time

00:39:13.179 --> 00:39:14.739
 is the grace of God.

00:39:16.099 --> 00:39:18.440
 But do not presume on that grace.

00:39:20.339 --> 00:39:21.579
 God is looking for fruit.

00:39:21.779 --> 00:39:22.559
 And here's the beautiful thing.

00:39:22.799 --> 00:39:23.719
 Jesus made a way.

00:39:24.679 --> 00:39:26.099
 That's what the cross of Calvary is about.

00:39:26.599 --> 00:39:27.659
 We're all sinners.

00:39:27.659 --> 00:39:30.519
 But we must all come to that realization

00:39:30.519 --> 00:39:32.199
 that it was my sin

00:39:32.199 --> 00:39:33.079
 that put Him on that cross.

00:39:33.199 --> 00:39:34.199
 That that should have been my cross.

00:39:34.259 --> 00:39:35.079
 And He died the death

00:39:35.079 --> 00:39:36.559
 that I should have died.

00:39:36.920 --> 00:39:37.659
 And He paid a debt

00:39:37.659 --> 00:39:38.379
 that I should have paid.

00:39:39.319 --> 00:39:40.239
 And He was buried

00:39:40.239 --> 00:39:41.199
 and He rose again

00:39:41.199 --> 00:39:42.619
 so that I might have life

00:39:42.619 --> 00:39:43.920
 and I might have it eternally.

00:39:44.819 --> 00:39:45.579
 I might have a purpose

00:39:45.579 --> 00:39:46.500
 in my life here today.

00:39:50.500 --> 00:39:51.559
 Don't put it off any longer.

00:39:52.579 --> 00:39:53.559
 You may not feel comfortable

00:39:53.559 --> 00:39:54.079
 coming down here

00:39:54.079 --> 00:39:54.819
 at this invitation time.

00:39:54.879 --> 00:39:55.739
 Nobody's going to be looking around.

00:39:55.739 --> 00:39:58.259
 Brother Garrett's down here.

00:39:58.519 --> 00:39:59.259
 My wife's down here.

00:39:59.299 --> 00:39:59.799
 I'm down here.

00:39:59.839 --> 00:40:01.079
 I'd love to show you

00:40:01.079 --> 00:40:01.599
 from the Word of God.

00:40:01.819 --> 00:40:02.659
 After church, you say,

00:40:02.839 --> 00:40:04.119
 Preacher, I've got some questions about that.

00:40:04.519 --> 00:40:05.299
 I'll sit down with you.

00:40:05.519 --> 00:40:06.559
 Let's talk about it.

00:40:06.979 --> 00:40:08.359
 Because that is the most important thing

00:40:08.359 --> 00:40:09.199
 that you can ever do

00:40:09.199 --> 00:40:12.439
 is trust Jesus Christ as your Savior.

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 Whether you know Him or you don't,

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 don't assume you have more time.

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 Don't delay what God is doing in your heart.

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 Come today.

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 Father, thank You for this time.