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 I'll be reading from Matthew chapter 18, verses 1 to 14.

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 At that time, the disciples came to Jesus, saying,

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 Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?

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 And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them and said,

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 Truly I say to you, unless you turn and become like children,

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 you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

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 Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

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 Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me.

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 But whoever causes one of these little ones who believes in me to sin,

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 it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened round his neck

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 and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.

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 Woe to the world for temptations to sin.

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 For it is necessary that temptations come,

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 but woe to the one by whom the temptation comes.

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 And if your hand or your foot causes you to sin,

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 cut it off and throw it away.

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 It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame

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 than with two hands or two feet to be thrown into the eternal fire.

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 And if your eye causes you to sin,

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 tear it out and throw it away.

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 It is better for you to enter life with one eye

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 than with two eyes to be thrown into the hell of fire.

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 See that you do not despise one of these little ones.

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 For I tell you that in heaven,

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 their angels see the face of my Father who is in heaven.

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 What do you think?

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 If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them has gone astray,

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 does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains

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 and go in search of the one that went astray?

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 And if he finds it,

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 truly I say to you,

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 he rejoices over it

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 more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray.

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 So it is not the will of my Father who is in heaven

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 that one of these little ones should perish.

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 Good morning.

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 My name is Bo.

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 I am one of the elders of the church.

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 I would like to welcome all the visitors in particular today.

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 I have seen quite a number of visitors.

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 And you have me today because I am a regular preacher.

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 They brought us away for holidays,

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 so you will have me for two weeks.

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 Today, I am using this Nebel mic for the first time.

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 I mean, if it is not clear,

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 please raise up your hand so I can just use that big mic.

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 We will see how it goes.

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 So last week,

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 they brought us that,

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 as we went back into the book of Matthew,

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 they brought us that the book of Matthew

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 could be divided into two parts.

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 From chapter 1 to 16,

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 it is about who Jesus is.

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 And then 17 onwards,

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 it is about what he is going to do.

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 And so today we come to chapter 18 of Matthew.

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 We have done 1 to 17 last year,

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 or the year before,

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 some time ago.

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 So we start from chapter 18,

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 onwards,

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 for the rest of this year.

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 So chapter 18,

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 I think,

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 is talking about,

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 as we know,

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 what Jesus is going to do.

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 In particular,

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 he is talking about

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 Jesus is going to build his church.

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 And to build his church,

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 the first challenge that Jesus needs to face

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 is the crucifixion.

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 he needs to suffer and die for his people.

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 And subsequent to that,

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 I think it's more challenging

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 is what we will be dealing with

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 in chapter 18,

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 that is his people.

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 This is the challenge.

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 How are his people going to live together

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 as a body?

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 As you know,

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 in any social gatherings,

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 there's always competitions,

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 jealousy,

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 resentment of not giving opportunity

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 or something like this.

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 So it's not easy

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 to put a group of people

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 who are not really together.

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 So today we shall,

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 hopefully today and next week,

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 consider a bit about

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 how,

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 as God's people,

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 we should live together.

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 Let us pray first.

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 Almighty God,

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 we know that it's a privilege

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 for us to come together

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 as the body of Christ,

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 as your children.

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 we pray that as we go through

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 chapter 18 of Matthew,

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 you will help us to consider

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 how we should love one another

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 and start one another

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 to do good works as well.

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 Thank you, Lord.

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 We pray in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 So to start with,

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 for chapter 18,

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 it says that at that time

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 when the disciples

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 were asking

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 questions.

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 So,

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 we need to consider

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 the context.

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 What does that,

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 what time there was,

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 what,

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 what does at that time

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 point to?

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 The word time

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 could be,

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 could mean

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 a long period of time

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 or just a short period of time.

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 If we take it

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 for a long period of time,

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 we can look back

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 to previously

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 to 17,

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 say the transfiguration

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 on the mountain.

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 So,

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 the disciples

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 may be asking

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 in the kingdom of God

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 who was the greatest,

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 is it Moses,

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 Elijah,

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 or Jesus,

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 or someone else?

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 Or,

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 we can look forward

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 because

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 after the mountain,

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 Jesus again

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 told the disciples

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 that he would

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 be arrested

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 and killed

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 by people.

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 And so,

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 the disciples

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 may be thinking,

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 after Jesus is gone,

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 who would take over

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 the leadership?

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 Especially

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 who among them

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 would be the one

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 succeeding Jesus?

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 And that,

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 I mean,

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 that is a relevant

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 and important question.

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 If you,

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 if

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 Christianity

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 developed

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 like other religions,

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 like,

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 if you look at

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 the history of Islam,

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 you will see that

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 after Muhammad died,

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 there was a lot

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 of bloodshed

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 among his followers

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 to grab power,

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 see who

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 could lead

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 the group.

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 And so,

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 that question

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 is relevant.

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 But then,

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 I'm not going

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 there today.

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 I'm,

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 I take this

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 at that time.

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 The time means

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 a short time,

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 like,

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 at that hour.

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 So,

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 what happened

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 just before

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 18?

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 That,

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 at the end

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 of chapter 17,

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 we read that

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 Jesus,

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 the,

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 the,

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 religious leader

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 were asking

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 Jesus'

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 disciples,

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 whether Jesus

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 and the disciples

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 would pay

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 temple tax.

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 And so,

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 they came

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 to ask

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 Jesus.

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 Peter said,

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 yes,

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 we would,

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 but then,

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 when they asked

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 Jesus,

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 Jesus said,

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 the tax is

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 for the ruler

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 of this world

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 to collect

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 from their subjects.

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 But they don't

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 collect tax

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 from their children

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 or from their sons

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 in particular.

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 And so,

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 Jesus said,

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 we are

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 the sons of God

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 and so,

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 we don't need

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 to pay

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 tax,

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 at least

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 the temple tax.

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 But Jesus

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 still paid

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 for it,

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 partly because

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 Jesus,

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 Peter said

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 he would,

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 they would pay,

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 but partly

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 also,

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 Jesus didn't

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 want to,

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 I suppose,

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 create conflicts

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 unnecessary

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 in this instance.

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 But the,

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 what Jesus,

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 how Jesus

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 answered the

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 disciples,

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 told the disciples

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 that they

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 were a special

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 community,

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 they were the

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 sons of God.

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 And so,

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 if we put

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 this in mind,

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 and that's why

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 they asked

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 this question

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 in this

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 community,

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 who is

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 the greatest,

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 or what

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 is considered

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 important in

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 this community.

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 And the

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 second question

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 they asked

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 that we'll do

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 next week

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 is,

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 what rights

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 do I have

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 in this

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 community?

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 Like,

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 if you join

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 the army,

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 you would know

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 what is considered

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 important that you

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 can get promotion

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 by doing

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 or serving?

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 Or,

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 what rights

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 you have

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 when you

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 are bullied

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 or being

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 despised

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 in the

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 community?

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 And that's

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 why,

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 even as a

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 church community,

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 I think this

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 is an important

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 question that

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 we should

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 consider.

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 And so,

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 today,

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 I would

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 consider,

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 the title

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 of the

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 sermon today

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 is,

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 a question

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 of importance.

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 So,

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 this is an

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 important question,

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 but also

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 about how

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 do we

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 become

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 important

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 in this

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 community?

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 How do we

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 gain our

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 identity?

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 So,

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 next week,

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 we'll talk

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 about the

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 question of

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 rights.

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 What rights

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 do we have

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 as a

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 church?

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 So,

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 we will

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 consider

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 in this

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 14 verses

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 of chapter

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 18,

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 three things.

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 The first

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 one is,

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 our need

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 to be

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 important.

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 It's not

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 only what

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 is important,

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 it's the

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 need that

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 we need

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 to be

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 important.

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 So,

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 that is

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 our great

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 need.

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 The second

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 one is,

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 how this

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 need of

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 importance

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 causes

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 a

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 temer

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 to sin.

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 Because we

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 want to be

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 important,

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 so it's

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 likely that

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 we'll do

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 something,

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 and something

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 that would

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 be considered

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 sinful.

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 sinful.

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 And so,

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 the second

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 part of it

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 is our

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 great sin.

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 And so,

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 the need for

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 importance,

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 and then when

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 we try to

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 achieve the

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 importance,

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 we tend to

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 sin.

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 So,

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 we are in

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 a dilemma.

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 And so,

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 the third part

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 of it is,

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 how can we

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 be delivered

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 out of this

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 dilemma?

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 And that is

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 our great

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 savior.

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 Okay,

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 for the

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 first part,

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 the disciples

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 ask,

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 who is the

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 greatest in

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 the kingdom

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 of heaven?

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 Or who is

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 the most

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 important person

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 in the kingdom

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 of heaven?

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 This question

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 just reveals

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 the deep

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 needs that

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 we all

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 have to

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 be someone

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 important.

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 We need

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 to be

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 somebody.

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 You can,

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 if you're

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 new to a

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 church in

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 particular,

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 and nobody

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 say hello

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 to you,

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 or greet

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 you,

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 how do you

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 feel?

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 that's not

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 what we

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 would like

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 to experience

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 because we

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 want to be

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 considered

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 important.

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 And that

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 is natural

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 for each

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 of us.

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 And the

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 way the

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 world knows

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 that one

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 is important

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 is to be

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 great,

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 to be

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 successful,

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 or to be

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 better than

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 other people.

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 We can see

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 that in

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 President

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 Trump's

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 slogan,

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 to make

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 America

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 great again.

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 It's named

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 what he's

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 driving to.

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 And that

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 is the

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 drive

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 not only

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 America,

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 all of us

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 will have.

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 We want

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 to be

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 considered

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 somebody

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 significant

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 and not

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 be despised

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 or looked

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 down by

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 people.

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 And that's

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 why they

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 asked this

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 question.

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 and they

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 have been

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 also

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 perplexed

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 by the

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 way Jesus

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 conducts

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 himself.

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 Because for

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 the great

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 people of

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 the world,

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 they will

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 have many

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 followers or

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 supporters,

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 or they are

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 influential.

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 But when they

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 followed Jesus,

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 they did not

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 see Jesus

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 try to be

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 such.

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 like when

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 Jesus

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 teach,

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 he

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 tend to

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 teach in

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 parables.

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 And that

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 parables that

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 a lot of

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 people didn't

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 understand.

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 It didn't

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 seem to

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 try to

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 attract more

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 people.

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 Even when

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 Jesus healed

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 people,

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 cast out

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 demons,

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 he told

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 those people

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 not to

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 tell other

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 people about

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 what happened

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 to them.

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 He said

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 Jesus is not

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 there to

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 be more

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 famous.

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 the

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 disciples

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 were hoping

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 that,

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 because a

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 lot of

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 the

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 disciples,

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 as we

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 know,

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 they are

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 uneducated.

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 They did

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 not have

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 any

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 position in

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 society,

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 or status

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 in society.

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 And so

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 they were

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 hoping that

00:13:43.120 --> 00:13:43.580
 by following

00:13:43.580 --> 00:13:43.960
 Jesus,

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 they can

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 become

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 somebody

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 great.

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 And they

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 are willing

00:13:47.860 --> 00:13:48.320
 to die

00:13:48.320 --> 00:13:48.780
 for that

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 if Jesus

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 would lead

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 them to

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 do something

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 great.

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 But then

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 until now,

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 Jesus

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 has been

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 talking about

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 he will

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 be arrested,

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 he will

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 be killed.

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 So the

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 disciples were

00:14:02.120 --> 00:14:02.460
 a bit

00:14:02.460 --> 00:14:04.680
 uncertain how

00:14:04.680 --> 00:14:05.900
 this kingdom

00:14:05.900 --> 00:14:06.460
 of heaven

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 works,

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 what is

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 considered

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 important in

00:14:10.340 --> 00:14:11.840
 this kingdom

00:14:11.840 --> 00:14:12.360
 of heaven.

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 And I

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 think we

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 all can

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 identify with

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 that,

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 because from

00:14:17.140 --> 00:14:17.500
 young,

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 we have

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 learned to

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 do a lot

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 of things

00:14:21.700 --> 00:14:22.420
 just to

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 increase our

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 own importance

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 in school,

00:14:25.720 --> 00:14:26.200
 at work,

00:14:26.500 --> 00:14:26.860
 or even

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 in church

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 gatherings.

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 Many

00:14:28.980 --> 00:14:29.500
 things that

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 we do,

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 even though

00:14:31.560 --> 00:14:31.799
 it may

00:14:31.799 --> 00:14:32.139
 not be

00:14:32.139 --> 00:14:33.240
 the only

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 motive,

00:14:33.980 --> 00:14:35.200
 but part

00:14:35.200 --> 00:14:35.480
 of it

00:14:35.480 --> 00:14:35.960
 will be

00:14:35.960 --> 00:14:36.940
 how we

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 can be

00:14:37.980 --> 00:14:39.100
 more

00:14:39.100 --> 00:14:39.740
 acceptable

00:14:39.740 --> 00:14:41.820
 or approved

00:14:41.820 --> 00:14:42.460
 by other

00:14:42.460 --> 00:14:42.980
 people.

00:14:44.580 --> 00:14:45.039
 And so

00:14:45.039 --> 00:14:46.080
 the disciples

00:14:46.080 --> 00:14:47.080
 were surprised

00:14:47.080 --> 00:14:48.259
 when Jesus

00:14:48.259 --> 00:14:50.139
 showed them

00:14:50.139 --> 00:14:51.019
 a child

00:14:51.019 --> 00:14:53.000
 and said

00:14:53.000 --> 00:14:53.360
 that you

00:14:53.360 --> 00:14:53.980
 can't even

00:14:53.980 --> 00:14:55.860
 enter the

00:14:55.860 --> 00:14:56.299
 kingdom of

00:14:56.299 --> 00:14:57.600
 heaven unless

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 you turn

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 and like

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 this child.

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 I mean,

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 don't mention

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 about being

00:15:01.860 --> 00:15:02.399
 important in

00:15:02.399 --> 00:15:02.679
 the kingdom

00:15:02.679 --> 00:15:03.120
 of heaven,

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 you can't

00:15:03.799 --> 00:15:04.259
 even enter

00:15:04.259 --> 00:15:04.740
 into it

00:15:04.740 --> 00:15:05.340
 if you

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 are not

00:15:05.699 --> 00:15:06.199
 like this

00:15:06.199 --> 00:15:07.379
 child.

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 And what

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 characteristic

00:15:08.919 --> 00:15:09.419
 of the

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 child that

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 Jesus is

00:15:11.879 --> 00:15:12.659
 referring to,

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 he's not

00:15:13.899 --> 00:15:14.379
 saying that

00:15:14.379 --> 00:15:14.679
 we need to

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 be childish,

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 we need to

00:15:17.120 --> 00:15:19.500
 be ignorant,

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 but he's

00:15:20.279 --> 00:15:20.779
 saying that

00:15:20.779 --> 00:15:21.259
 you should

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 be like

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 a child

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 in his

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 humility.

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 And what

00:15:27.559 --> 00:15:28.019
 is humility?

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 Humunity

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 is when

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 a person

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 is not

00:15:34.399 --> 00:15:34.960
 thinking so

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 much about

00:15:35.419 --> 00:15:36.320
 himself,

00:15:36.399 --> 00:15:36.759
 herself,

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 and because

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 he's like

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 a child

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 whose identity

00:15:41.519 --> 00:15:42.220
 is in the

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 parents.

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 A child

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 does not

00:15:45.019 --> 00:15:46.480
 have a

00:15:46.480 --> 00:15:46.980
 personality

00:15:46.980 --> 00:15:47.720
 yet or

00:15:47.720 --> 00:15:49.360
 individuality

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 but he

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 refers to

00:15:51.980 --> 00:15:52.580
 the parents

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 as their

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 identity.

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 A few

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 weeks ago,

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 Leanne and

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 I went

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 to Hobart

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 with our

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 grandson,

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 Thomas,

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 he was

00:16:04.460 --> 00:16:06.220
 20 months

00:16:06.220 --> 00:16:06.560
 old.

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 And that

00:16:09.180 --> 00:16:09.800
 was because

00:16:09.800 --> 00:16:11.220
 his father

00:16:11.220 --> 00:16:11.659
 was there

00:16:11.659 --> 00:16:11.940
 for a

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 conference.

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 We went

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 there and

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 when we

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 went up

00:16:16.139 --> 00:16:18.079
 with them

00:16:18.079 --> 00:16:20.139
 and when

00:16:20.139 --> 00:16:22.419
 the other

00:16:22.419 --> 00:16:22.860
 tourists

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 saw Thomas,

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 they usually

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 would say

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 hello to

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 him.

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 And I'm

00:16:29.439 --> 00:16:30.279
 quite amazed

00:16:30.279 --> 00:16:31.019
 to see

00:16:31.019 --> 00:16:31.740
 Thomas

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 straight away

00:16:32.240 --> 00:16:32.720
 point to

00:16:32.720 --> 00:16:33.199
 the parents,

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 daddy,

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 mommy.

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 He didn't

00:16:35.840 --> 00:16:36.500
 point to

00:16:36.500 --> 00:16:36.819
 himself,

00:16:37.139 --> 00:16:37.319
 daddy,

00:16:37.439 --> 00:16:37.620
 mommy.

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 Is that

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 what you

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 see?

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 His

00:16:40.600 --> 00:16:41.080
 identity

00:16:41.080 --> 00:16:41.559
 is holy

00:16:41.559 --> 00:16:42.059
 in the

00:16:42.059 --> 00:16:42.820
 parents,

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 at least

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 at this

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 stage.

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 And so

00:16:47.399 --> 00:16:47.799
 that is

00:16:47.799 --> 00:16:48.679
 what it

00:16:48.679 --> 00:16:49.059
 means to

00:16:49.059 --> 00:16:49.779
 be humble.

00:16:50.379 --> 00:16:50.740
 Humble

00:16:50.740 --> 00:16:51.220
 does not

00:16:51.220 --> 00:16:52.759
 mean that

00:16:52.759 --> 00:16:53.460
 I feel

00:16:53.460 --> 00:16:53.820
 humble.

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 We can,

00:16:55.919 --> 00:16:56.940
 from television,

00:16:57.620 --> 00:16:58.179
 we can see

00:16:58.179 --> 00:16:58.600
 that when

00:16:58.600 --> 00:16:59.399
 somebody gets

00:16:59.399 --> 00:17:00.259
 an award

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 or something

00:17:00.860 --> 00:17:01.860
 and the

00:17:01.860 --> 00:17:02.299
 person will

00:17:02.299 --> 00:17:02.779
 usually say,

00:17:03.019 --> 00:17:03.279
 I'm

00:17:03.279 --> 00:17:04.079
 humbled by

00:17:04.079 --> 00:17:05.619
 this award

00:17:05.619 --> 00:17:06.359
 or something.

00:17:06.779 --> 00:17:07.160
 But he's

00:17:07.160 --> 00:17:07.539
 not humble.

00:17:07.539 --> 00:17:08.139
 He's

00:17:08.139 --> 00:17:08.759
 actually proud

00:17:08.759 --> 00:17:09.220
 of that.

00:17:09.539 --> 00:17:09.759
 But he

00:17:09.759 --> 00:17:10.180
 just wants

00:17:10.180 --> 00:17:10.579
 to know,

00:17:10.680 --> 00:17:11.079
 he knows

00:17:11.079 --> 00:17:12.039
 that if he

00:17:12.039 --> 00:17:12.220
 says,

00:17:12.339 --> 00:17:12.759
 I'm proud,

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 nobody will

00:17:13.319 --> 00:17:13.700
 like him.

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 So he

00:17:14.079 --> 00:17:14.319
 will have

00:17:14.319 --> 00:17:14.619
 to say,

00:17:14.720 --> 00:17:14.879
 I'm

00:17:14.879 --> 00:17:15.159
 humble.

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 But

00:17:15.659 --> 00:17:17.879
 someone is

00:17:17.879 --> 00:17:18.180
 humble,

00:17:18.500 --> 00:17:18.859
 he won't

00:17:18.859 --> 00:17:19.119
 say,

00:17:19.299 --> 00:17:19.639
 I am,

00:17:19.700 --> 00:17:20.059
 he'll just

00:17:20.059 --> 00:17:20.220
 say,

00:17:20.399 --> 00:17:20.639
 I'm

00:17:20.639 --> 00:17:20.980
 thankful

00:17:20.980 --> 00:17:22.240
 for this

00:17:22.240 --> 00:17:24.420
 award and

00:17:24.420 --> 00:17:25.000
 I'm thankful

00:17:25.000 --> 00:17:25.559
 for those

00:17:25.559 --> 00:17:26.859
 who have

00:17:26.859 --> 00:17:27.559
 contributed to

00:17:27.559 --> 00:17:27.700
 it,

00:17:27.720 --> 00:17:28.279
 all these

00:17:28.279 --> 00:17:28.460
 things,

00:17:28.579 --> 00:17:28.920
 but not

00:17:28.920 --> 00:17:29.799
 about himself.

00:17:29.960 --> 00:17:31.420
 That is

00:17:31.420 --> 00:17:32.960
 humanity.

00:17:33.899 --> 00:17:34.259
 And so

00:17:34.259 --> 00:17:35.000
 Jesus is

00:17:35.000 --> 00:17:35.639
 saying that

00:17:35.639 --> 00:17:36.960
 in the

00:17:36.960 --> 00:17:37.460
 kingdom

00:17:37.460 --> 00:17:38.019
 of God,

00:17:38.600 --> 00:17:38.920
 you will

00:17:38.920 --> 00:17:39.660
 not find

00:17:39.660 --> 00:17:40.600
 someone

00:17:40.600 --> 00:17:44.079
 who is

00:17:44.079 --> 00:17:44.539
 boasting

00:17:44.539 --> 00:17:45.759
 about himself

00:17:45.759 --> 00:17:46.440
 or herself.

00:17:47.120 --> 00:17:48.079
 And because

00:17:48.079 --> 00:17:48.480
 in the

00:17:48.480 --> 00:17:48.819
 kingdom of

00:17:48.819 --> 00:17:48.920
 God,

00:17:49.000 --> 00:17:51.220
 everyone is

00:17:51.220 --> 00:17:52.660
 deferring

00:17:52.660 --> 00:17:53.440
 himself,

00:17:53.519 --> 00:17:54.000
 herself to

00:17:54.000 --> 00:17:55.220
 Jesus as

00:17:55.220 --> 00:17:56.840
 their identity.

00:17:58.340 --> 00:17:58.779
 And if

00:17:58.779 --> 00:18:02.039
 we know

00:18:02.039 --> 00:18:03.140
 that we

00:18:03.140 --> 00:18:03.700
 need to

00:18:03.700 --> 00:18:04.860
 refer to

00:18:04.860 --> 00:18:05.640
 Jesus or

00:18:05.640 --> 00:18:06.279
 identify

00:18:06.279 --> 00:18:06.840
 ourselves in

00:18:06.839 --> 00:18:07.000
 Jesus,

00:18:07.099 --> 00:18:07.879
 but we

00:18:07.879 --> 00:18:08.159
 still

00:18:08.159 --> 00:18:08.559
 struggle

00:18:08.559 --> 00:18:09.119
 every day

00:18:09.119 --> 00:18:09.720
 because

00:18:09.720 --> 00:18:11.379
 in our

00:18:11.379 --> 00:18:11.859
 flesh,

00:18:12.059 --> 00:18:12.359
 we will

00:18:12.359 --> 00:18:12.959
 still want

00:18:12.959 --> 00:18:13.819
 to be

00:18:13.819 --> 00:18:14.839
 great.

00:18:15.879 --> 00:18:16.379
 But if

00:18:16.379 --> 00:18:16.899
 we keep

00:18:16.899 --> 00:18:18.679
 trying to

00:18:18.679 --> 00:18:19.159
 be great,

00:18:19.679 --> 00:18:20.500
 eventually we

00:18:20.500 --> 00:18:20.919
 will become

00:18:20.919 --> 00:18:21.399
 more and

00:18:21.399 --> 00:18:22.819
 more self-focused,

00:18:23.259 --> 00:18:23.839
 self-centered.

00:18:25.299 --> 00:18:26.959
 And then

00:18:26.959 --> 00:18:28.379
 we won't

00:18:28.379 --> 00:18:28.899
 be able to,

00:18:29.220 --> 00:18:29.500
 I mean,

00:18:29.959 --> 00:18:30.619
 we won't have

00:18:30.619 --> 00:18:31.099
 anything to do

00:18:31.099 --> 00:18:31.359
 with the

00:18:31.359 --> 00:18:31.899
 kingdom of

00:18:31.899 --> 00:18:32.819
 heaven because

00:18:32.819 --> 00:18:33.559
 in the kingdom

00:18:33.559 --> 00:18:34.039
 of heaven,

00:18:34.839 --> 00:18:35.480
 nobody who

00:18:35.480 --> 00:18:36.079
 is self-centered

00:18:36.079 --> 00:18:36.599
 will be

00:18:36.599 --> 00:18:37.379
 there.

00:18:38.099 --> 00:18:38.919
 We need

00:18:38.919 --> 00:18:39.399
 to be

00:18:39.399 --> 00:18:40.240
 Christ-centered.

00:18:42.079 --> 00:18:42.940
 But we

00:18:42.940 --> 00:18:43.279
 still

00:18:43.279 --> 00:18:44.619
 struggle.

00:18:45.220 --> 00:18:45.700
 So in our

00:18:45.700 --> 00:18:46.079
 struggle,

00:18:46.299 --> 00:18:46.720
 we sin.

00:18:47.079 --> 00:18:47.679
 We also

00:18:47.679 --> 00:18:48.960
 cause other

00:18:48.960 --> 00:18:49.440
 people to

00:18:49.440 --> 00:18:49.700
 sin.

00:18:50.700 --> 00:18:51.359
 And so we

00:18:51.359 --> 00:18:52.359
 come to

00:18:52.359 --> 00:18:53.240
 the part of

00:18:53.240 --> 00:18:53.700
 our great

00:18:53.700 --> 00:18:54.119
 sins.

00:18:54.679 --> 00:18:54.859
 In

00:18:54.859 --> 00:18:55.839
 verse 6

00:18:55.839 --> 00:18:56.359
 of chapter

00:18:56.359 --> 00:18:56.799
 18,

00:18:57.419 --> 00:18:58.319
 Jesus said,

00:18:58.319 --> 00:19:00.939
 let me

00:19:00.939 --> 00:19:01.879
 just read

00:19:01.879 --> 00:19:02.359
 to you.

00:19:06.839 --> 00:19:07.460
 But whoever

00:19:07.460 --> 00:19:08.759
 causes one

00:19:08.759 --> 00:19:09.379
 of these

00:19:09.379 --> 00:19:10.079
 little ones

00:19:10.079 --> 00:19:10.500
 who believe

00:19:10.500 --> 00:19:10.939
 in me to

00:19:10.939 --> 00:19:11.220
 sin,

00:19:11.659 --> 00:19:11.919
 it would

00:19:11.919 --> 00:19:12.359
 be better

00:19:12.359 --> 00:19:12.799
 for him

00:19:12.799 --> 00:19:13.359
 to have

00:19:13.359 --> 00:19:14.000
 a great

00:19:14.000 --> 00:19:14.799
 mewstone

00:19:14.799 --> 00:19:15.399
 fastened

00:19:15.399 --> 00:19:15.899
 around his

00:19:15.899 --> 00:19:16.960
 neck and

00:19:16.960 --> 00:19:17.259
 to be

00:19:17.259 --> 00:19:17.879
 drowned in

00:19:17.879 --> 00:19:18.220
 the depth

00:19:18.220 --> 00:19:18.559
 of the

00:19:18.559 --> 00:19:18.839
 sea.

00:19:21.019 --> 00:19:21.500
 So who

00:19:21.500 --> 00:19:22.980
 are the

00:19:22.980 --> 00:19:23.720
 little ones?

00:19:25.139 --> 00:19:25.619
 Jesus

00:19:25.619 --> 00:19:26.299
 used a

00:19:26.299 --> 00:19:26.679
 child as

00:19:26.679 --> 00:19:27.139
 example.

00:19:27.700 --> 00:19:27.919
 But a

00:19:27.920 --> 00:19:28.340
 little one

00:19:28.340 --> 00:19:29.640
 is someone

00:19:29.640 --> 00:19:30.200
 who is

00:19:30.200 --> 00:19:31.440
 learning to

00:19:31.440 --> 00:19:32.080
 trust in

00:19:32.080 --> 00:19:32.380
 Jesus,

00:19:34.000 --> 00:19:35.039
 learning to

00:19:35.039 --> 00:19:36.840
 live for

00:19:36.840 --> 00:19:37.259
 Jesus.

00:19:38.360 --> 00:19:39.360
 And so

00:19:39.360 --> 00:19:41.340
 this person

00:19:41.340 --> 00:19:42.700
 is not

00:19:42.700 --> 00:19:43.279
 there yet,

00:19:43.600 --> 00:19:44.720
 is learning,

00:19:45.740 --> 00:19:47.160
 and so

00:19:47.160 --> 00:19:48.680
 they can

00:19:48.680 --> 00:19:49.560
 fall.

00:19:50.940 --> 00:19:51.840
 And we,

00:19:52.759 --> 00:19:53.300
 when I'm

00:19:53.300 --> 00:19:53.880
 preparing for

00:19:53.880 --> 00:19:55.960
 this sermon,

00:19:56.160 --> 00:19:56.560
 I was

00:19:56.560 --> 00:19:57.259
 thinking to

00:19:57.259 --> 00:19:57.600
 myself,

00:19:57.599 --> 00:19:59.119
 am I a

00:19:59.119 --> 00:19:59.619
 little one

00:19:59.619 --> 00:20:00.119
 or am I

00:20:00.119 --> 00:20:00.480
 a great

00:20:00.480 --> 00:20:00.859
 one?

00:20:01.279 --> 00:20:04.779
 Then I

00:20:04.779 --> 00:20:05.399
 realized that

00:20:05.399 --> 00:20:06.839
 as soon as

00:20:06.839 --> 00:20:07.240
 I think

00:20:07.240 --> 00:20:07.740
 about this,

00:20:08.059 --> 00:20:08.759
 am I a

00:20:08.759 --> 00:20:09.159
 little one

00:20:09.159 --> 00:20:09.379
 or a

00:20:09.379 --> 00:20:09.740
 great one?

00:20:10.679 --> 00:20:11.059
 I'm

00:20:11.059 --> 00:20:12.079
 surely not

00:20:12.079 --> 00:20:12.419
 a little

00:20:12.419 --> 00:20:12.719
 one.

00:20:13.059 --> 00:20:13.679
 Because a

00:20:13.679 --> 00:20:14.199
 little one

00:20:14.199 --> 00:20:14.579
 will not

00:20:14.579 --> 00:20:15.199
 even think

00:20:15.199 --> 00:20:15.519
 about,

00:20:15.719 --> 00:20:16.179
 a true

00:20:16.179 --> 00:20:16.619
 little one

00:20:16.619 --> 00:20:16.879
 will not

00:20:16.879 --> 00:20:17.279
 even think

00:20:17.279 --> 00:20:17.539
 about

00:20:17.539 --> 00:20:18.279
 himself or

00:20:18.279 --> 00:20:18.579
 herself.

00:20:19.240 --> 00:20:19.659
 He's not,

00:20:20.519 --> 00:20:21.059
 he doesn't

00:20:21.059 --> 00:20:22.079
 care so much

00:20:22.079 --> 00:20:23.279
 because he's

00:20:23.279 --> 00:20:24.599
 lost in

00:20:24.599 --> 00:20:24.899
 the Lord

00:20:24.899 --> 00:20:25.639
 Jesus Christ.

00:20:26.419 --> 00:20:27.059
 And that

00:20:27.059 --> 00:20:27.519
 is a true

00:20:27.519 --> 00:20:27.980
 little one,

00:20:28.059 --> 00:20:29.359
 but there's

00:20:29.359 --> 00:20:29.939
 none of us

00:20:29.939 --> 00:20:30.199
 here,

00:20:30.519 --> 00:20:31.460
 so we are

00:20:31.460 --> 00:20:32.899
 halfway to

00:20:32.899 --> 00:20:33.720
 dare to be

00:20:33.720 --> 00:20:34.259
 the true

00:20:34.259 --> 00:20:34.740
 little one.

00:20:35.339 --> 00:20:36.000
 So we

00:20:36.000 --> 00:20:37.339
 can be the

00:20:37.339 --> 00:20:37.779
 great one

00:20:37.779 --> 00:20:39.079
 and we can

00:20:39.079 --> 00:20:39.539
 sin and

00:20:39.539 --> 00:20:40.319
 influence the

00:20:40.319 --> 00:20:40.859
 little one

00:20:40.859 --> 00:20:41.500
 who look up

00:20:41.500 --> 00:20:41.839
 to us,

00:20:42.099 --> 00:20:42.879
 or we can

00:20:42.879 --> 00:20:43.639
 follow those

00:20:43.639 --> 00:20:46.019
 we look up

00:20:46.019 --> 00:20:47.079
 to and

00:20:47.079 --> 00:20:47.919
 sin as well.

00:20:47.920 --> 00:20:49.680
 So this

00:20:49.680 --> 00:20:50.200
 is something

00:20:50.200 --> 00:20:50.600
 that's

00:20:50.600 --> 00:20:52.180
 happening all

00:20:52.180 --> 00:20:52.640
 the time.

00:20:53.840 --> 00:20:54.620
 How do

00:20:54.620 --> 00:20:56.380
 we cause

00:20:56.380 --> 00:20:57.060
 the little

00:20:57.060 --> 00:20:57.360
 one to

00:20:57.360 --> 00:20:57.580
 sin,

00:20:57.720 --> 00:20:58.180
 or how

00:20:58.180 --> 00:20:59.100
 the little

00:20:59.100 --> 00:21:00.580
 one's

00:21:00.580 --> 00:21:00.900
 cause to

00:21:00.900 --> 00:21:01.300
 be sin?

00:21:03.019 --> 00:21:03.300
 Their

00:21:03.300 --> 00:21:04.800
 cause to

00:21:04.800 --> 00:21:06.600
 sin is

00:21:06.600 --> 00:21:07.600
 not to

00:21:07.600 --> 00:21:08.200
 trust God

00:21:08.200 --> 00:21:09.180
 for their

00:21:09.180 --> 00:21:09.840
 importance.

00:21:12.200 --> 00:21:13.960
 We show

00:21:13.960 --> 00:21:14.279
 them that

00:21:14.279 --> 00:21:14.600
 we need

00:21:14.600 --> 00:21:15.740
 to try

00:21:15.740 --> 00:21:16.240
 hardest

00:21:16.240 --> 00:21:16.880
 to be

00:21:16.880 --> 00:21:17.220
 important,

00:21:17.920 --> 00:21:18.340
 and not

00:21:18.340 --> 00:21:18.740
 to trust

00:21:18.740 --> 00:21:19.080
 God for

00:21:19.080 --> 00:21:19.340
 that.

00:21:19.880 --> 00:21:20.519
 And how

00:21:20.519 --> 00:21:20.900
 do we

00:21:20.900 --> 00:21:21.100
 sin?

00:21:21.660 --> 00:21:22.600
 By using

00:21:22.600 --> 00:21:23.200
 our eyes,

00:21:23.860 --> 00:21:24.500
 our hands,

00:21:24.640 --> 00:21:25.120
 our feet.

00:21:25.700 --> 00:21:26.279
 So our

00:21:26.279 --> 00:21:26.820
 eyes sin,

00:21:27.019 --> 00:21:27.500
 when we

00:21:27.500 --> 00:21:28.560
 see something,

00:21:28.820 --> 00:21:29.840
 we cover

00:21:29.840 --> 00:21:30.320
 it, we

00:21:30.320 --> 00:21:30.779
 want it.

00:21:32.240 --> 00:21:32.840
 Our hands

00:21:32.840 --> 00:21:33.700
 sin, our

00:21:33.700 --> 00:21:34.980
 feet sin,

00:21:35.140 --> 00:21:35.960
 we move

00:21:35.960 --> 00:21:36.720
 closer to

00:21:36.720 --> 00:21:37.940
 that target,

00:21:38.200 --> 00:21:38.500
 the thing

00:21:38.500 --> 00:21:38.820
 that I

00:21:38.820 --> 00:21:39.259
 desire,

00:21:40.000 --> 00:21:40.860
 and our

00:21:40.860 --> 00:21:41.400
 hands sin

00:21:41.400 --> 00:21:42.279
 by grabbing

00:21:42.279 --> 00:21:43.460
 it and

00:21:43.460 --> 00:21:43.820
 wondering

00:21:43.820 --> 00:21:44.240
 it for

00:21:44.240 --> 00:21:45.160
 myself.

00:21:45.160 --> 00:21:48.860
 in the

00:21:48.860 --> 00:21:49.259
 history of

00:21:49.259 --> 00:21:49.519
 mankind,

00:21:49.720 --> 00:21:49.940
 I think

00:21:49.940 --> 00:21:50.560
 the two

00:21:50.560 --> 00:21:51.200
 persons who

00:21:51.200 --> 00:21:51.700
 are closest

00:21:51.700 --> 00:21:52.060
 to the

00:21:52.060 --> 00:21:52.900
 little ones

00:21:52.900 --> 00:21:54.060
 besides

00:21:54.060 --> 00:21:54.480
 Jesus,

00:21:55.100 --> 00:21:55.940
 Adam and

00:21:55.940 --> 00:21:56.220
 Eve,

00:21:57.300 --> 00:21:57.980
 yet they

00:21:57.980 --> 00:22:00.019
 fell into

00:22:00.019 --> 00:22:00.540
 temptation

00:22:00.540 --> 00:22:01.400
 and sin

00:22:01.400 --> 00:22:01.920
 as well.

00:22:02.920 --> 00:22:03.220
 And how

00:22:03.220 --> 00:22:03.500
 did

00:22:03.500 --> 00:22:04.700
 Satan

00:22:04.700 --> 00:22:06.160
 tell Eve

00:22:06.160 --> 00:22:06.660
 to sin?

00:22:07.560 --> 00:22:07.900
 Satan

00:22:07.900 --> 00:22:08.600
 asked Eve,

00:22:08.900 --> 00:22:09.279
 did God

00:22:09.279 --> 00:22:09.920
 say that

00:22:09.920 --> 00:22:11.279
 you shouldn't

00:22:11.279 --> 00:22:11.840
 eat any

00:22:11.840 --> 00:22:12.360
 of the

00:22:12.360 --> 00:22:13.000
 fruit from

00:22:13.000 --> 00:22:13.440
 the garden?

00:22:13.900 --> 00:22:14.319
 And then

00:22:14.319 --> 00:22:14.900
 if they

00:22:14.900 --> 00:22:15.579
 know only

00:22:15.579 --> 00:22:16.559
 that

00:22:16.559 --> 00:22:17.839
 particular

00:22:17.839 --> 00:22:18.220
 fruit,

00:22:18.660 --> 00:22:19.119
 we shouldn't

00:22:19.119 --> 00:22:19.359
 eat,

00:22:19.519 --> 00:22:19.779
 otherwise

00:22:19.779 --> 00:22:20.099
 you will

00:22:20.099 --> 00:22:20.420
 die.

00:22:21.019 --> 00:22:21.279
 And what

00:22:21.279 --> 00:22:21.980
 did Satan

00:22:21.980 --> 00:22:22.259
 say?

00:22:22.559 --> 00:22:23.000
 He said,

00:22:23.980 --> 00:22:24.539
 no, you

00:22:24.539 --> 00:22:25.119
 won't die.

00:22:26.039 --> 00:22:26.579
 That fruit

00:22:26.579 --> 00:22:27.460
 is good

00:22:27.460 --> 00:22:28.440
 for you.

00:22:29.299 --> 00:22:29.500
 God

00:22:29.500 --> 00:22:31.599
 knows that

00:22:31.599 --> 00:22:31.900
 if you

00:22:31.900 --> 00:22:32.440
 eat that,

00:22:33.200 --> 00:22:33.579
 you will

00:22:33.579 --> 00:22:33.940
 know,

00:22:34.460 --> 00:22:34.799
 you can

00:22:34.799 --> 00:22:35.240
 decide,

00:22:35.599 --> 00:22:35.859
 you will

00:22:35.859 --> 00:22:36.319
 have wisdom

00:22:36.319 --> 00:22:36.859
 to decide

00:22:36.859 --> 00:22:37.279
 what is

00:22:37.279 --> 00:22:37.940
 good and

00:22:37.940 --> 00:22:38.259
 evil.

00:22:39.380 --> 00:22:40.240
 What Satan

00:22:40.240 --> 00:22:40.720
 means is

00:22:40.720 --> 00:22:42.460
 that don't

00:22:42.460 --> 00:22:42.980
 trust God

00:22:42.980 --> 00:22:43.360
 on this

00:22:43.360 --> 00:22:44.579
 because that

00:22:44.579 --> 00:22:44.940
 fruit

00:22:44.940 --> 00:22:46.680
 would make

00:22:46.680 --> 00:22:47.440
 you great.

00:22:48.140 --> 00:22:48.360
 You will

00:22:48.360 --> 00:22:48.759
 be like

00:22:48.759 --> 00:22:49.079
 God

00:22:49.079 --> 00:22:50.299
 in being

00:22:50.299 --> 00:22:50.599
 able to

00:22:50.599 --> 00:22:51.079
 decide

00:22:51.079 --> 00:22:51.799
 what is

00:22:51.799 --> 00:22:52.200
 good and

00:22:52.200 --> 00:22:52.519
 evil.

00:22:53.099 --> 00:22:53.480
 And so

00:22:53.480 --> 00:22:54.960
 Eve saw

00:22:54.960 --> 00:22:55.480
 with his

00:22:55.480 --> 00:22:55.839
 eyes

00:22:55.839 --> 00:22:56.440
 that

00:22:56.440 --> 00:22:57.940
 fruit

00:22:57.940 --> 00:23:00.220
 can make

00:23:00.220 --> 00:23:00.860
 her

00:23:00.860 --> 00:23:01.519
 greater

00:23:01.519 --> 00:23:02.620
 person.

00:23:03.620 --> 00:23:03.920
 And then

00:23:03.920 --> 00:23:06.019
 she moves

00:23:06.019 --> 00:23:06.599
 closer to

00:23:06.599 --> 00:23:07.059
 the tree

00:23:07.059 --> 00:23:07.880
 and then

00:23:07.880 --> 00:23:09.099
 she used

00:23:09.099 --> 00:23:09.640
 her hands

00:23:09.640 --> 00:23:10.339
 to pick

00:23:10.339 --> 00:23:10.720
 the fruit

00:23:10.720 --> 00:23:11.980
 and eat

00:23:11.980 --> 00:23:12.160
 it.

00:23:12.980 --> 00:23:13.120
 love.

00:23:14.319 --> 00:23:14.620
 And that

00:23:14.620 --> 00:23:15.519
 is how

00:23:15.519 --> 00:23:16.420
 generation

00:23:16.420 --> 00:23:16.700
 after

00:23:16.700 --> 00:23:17.339
 generation

00:23:17.339 --> 00:23:18.740
 we

00:23:18.740 --> 00:23:19.059
 attempted

00:23:19.059 --> 00:23:19.620
 to sin

00:23:19.620 --> 00:23:20.240
 or

00:23:20.240 --> 00:23:21.019
 caused

00:23:21.019 --> 00:23:21.240
 others

00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:21.620
 to sin

00:23:21.620 --> 00:23:22.200
 by doing

00:23:22.200 --> 00:23:22.579
 the same

00:23:22.579 --> 00:23:22.880
 thing.

00:23:23.420 --> 00:23:23.819
 We see

00:23:23.819 --> 00:23:24.380
 that in

00:23:24.380 --> 00:23:24.799
 the life

00:23:24.799 --> 00:23:25.519
 of Lot,

00:23:25.819 --> 00:23:26.440
 Abraham's

00:23:26.440 --> 00:23:27.039
 nephew,

00:23:27.799 --> 00:23:29.200
 when Abraham

00:23:29.200 --> 00:23:29.680
 and him

00:23:29.680 --> 00:23:30.759
 had too

00:23:30.759 --> 00:23:31.259
 much

00:23:31.259 --> 00:23:31.980
 property,

00:23:32.420 --> 00:23:32.860
 servants

00:23:32.860 --> 00:23:34.099
 and stocks,

00:23:34.660 --> 00:23:35.180
 that Abraham

00:23:35.180 --> 00:23:36.400
 said we

00:23:36.400 --> 00:23:37.220
 should move

00:23:37.220 --> 00:23:37.920
 apart so

00:23:37.920 --> 00:23:38.360
 that we

00:23:38.360 --> 00:23:38.799
 do not

00:23:38.799 --> 00:23:39.559
 fight for

00:23:39.559 --> 00:23:40.160
 resources.

00:23:40.160 --> 00:23:41.240
 so

00:23:41.240 --> 00:23:42.820
 Lot saw

00:23:42.820 --> 00:23:43.259
 with his

00:23:43.259 --> 00:23:43.640
 eyes

00:23:43.640 --> 00:23:44.460
 that the

00:23:44.460 --> 00:23:45.019
 lands

00:23:45.019 --> 00:23:45.680
 near

00:23:45.680 --> 00:23:46.140
 Sodom

00:23:46.140 --> 00:23:46.759
 was

00:23:46.759 --> 00:23:47.140
 fertile.

00:23:49.300 --> 00:23:50.140
 He knew

00:23:50.140 --> 00:23:50.700
 that the

00:23:50.700 --> 00:23:51.259
 people in

00:23:51.259 --> 00:23:51.560
 Sodom

00:23:51.560 --> 00:23:52.420
 were

00:23:52.420 --> 00:23:52.940
 wicked

00:23:52.940 --> 00:23:54.220
 but

00:23:54.220 --> 00:23:55.000
 because

00:23:55.000 --> 00:23:55.840
 he was

00:23:55.840 --> 00:23:57.400
 rich enough

00:23:57.400 --> 00:23:57.700
 Lord

00:23:57.700 --> 00:23:58.400
 but he

00:23:58.400 --> 00:23:58.940
 wanted to

00:23:58.940 --> 00:23:59.240
 be

00:23:59.240 --> 00:23:59.740
 richer,

00:24:00.220 --> 00:24:00.519
 he wanted

00:24:00.519 --> 00:24:00.900
 to be

00:24:00.900 --> 00:24:01.259
 greater

00:24:01.259 --> 00:24:02.460
 so

00:24:02.460 --> 00:24:04.500
 his feet

00:24:04.500 --> 00:24:05.039
 moved

00:24:05.039 --> 00:24:06.420
 closer

00:24:06.420 --> 00:24:06.960
 to that

00:24:06.960 --> 00:24:07.379
 place

00:24:07.379 --> 00:24:08.160
 and his

00:24:08.160 --> 00:24:08.420
 hand

00:24:08.420 --> 00:24:08.680
 grabbed

00:24:08.680 --> 00:24:08.839
 her

00:24:08.839 --> 00:24:09.099
 of the

00:24:09.099 --> 00:24:09.400
 land

00:24:09.400 --> 00:24:09.700
 and

00:24:09.700 --> 00:24:09.940
 lived

00:24:09.940 --> 00:24:10.279
 there.

00:24:13.119 --> 00:24:13.539
 And

00:24:13.539 --> 00:24:14.500
 we know

00:24:14.500 --> 00:24:14.859
 the

00:24:14.859 --> 00:24:15.819
 consequence

00:24:15.819 --> 00:24:16.359
 of that

00:24:16.359 --> 00:24:17.440
 he eventually

00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:17.819
 lost

00:24:17.819 --> 00:24:18.440
 everything.

00:24:20.579 --> 00:24:21.000
 But we

00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:21.480
 see a

00:24:21.480 --> 00:24:22.359
 different

00:24:22.359 --> 00:24:23.039
 story

00:24:23.039 --> 00:24:23.740
 in the

00:24:23.740 --> 00:24:24.119
 life of

00:24:24.119 --> 00:24:24.460
 Jesus.

00:24:25.460 --> 00:24:25.779
 When

00:24:25.779 --> 00:24:26.059
 Jesus

00:24:26.059 --> 00:24:26.319
 was

00:24:26.319 --> 00:24:27.200
 tempted

00:24:27.200 --> 00:24:27.460
 by

00:24:27.460 --> 00:24:27.839
 Satan

00:24:27.839 --> 00:24:28.879
 the same

00:24:28.879 --> 00:24:29.079
 thing

00:24:29.079 --> 00:24:29.460
 happened.

00:24:30.379 --> 00:24:30.599
 Satan

00:24:30.599 --> 00:24:30.899
 said,

00:24:31.159 --> 00:24:31.459
 look at

00:24:31.459 --> 00:24:31.919
 the

00:24:31.919 --> 00:24:32.299
 world,

00:24:33.119 --> 00:24:33.799
 all is

00:24:33.799 --> 00:24:34.159
 glory.

00:24:35.039 --> 00:24:35.480
 If you

00:24:35.480 --> 00:24:35.679
 will

00:24:35.679 --> 00:24:36.000
 worship

00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:36.240
 me,

00:24:36.299 --> 00:24:36.459
 I will

00:24:36.459 --> 00:24:36.799
 give that

00:24:36.799 --> 00:24:37.159
 to you.

00:24:38.619 --> 00:24:38.859
 And

00:24:38.859 --> 00:24:39.119
 Satan

00:24:39.119 --> 00:24:39.480
 said,

00:24:39.819 --> 00:24:40.139
 use your

00:24:40.139 --> 00:24:40.500
 hand to

00:24:40.500 --> 00:24:41.240
 turn the

00:24:41.240 --> 00:24:41.480
 stone

00:24:41.480 --> 00:24:41.740
 into

00:24:41.740 --> 00:24:42.240
 food

00:24:42.240 --> 00:24:43.559
 and

00:24:43.559 --> 00:24:43.819
 eat.

00:24:45.359 --> 00:24:45.740
 Satan

00:24:45.740 --> 00:24:46.299
 told

00:24:46.299 --> 00:24:46.519
 Jesus

00:24:46.519 --> 00:24:47.319
 to jump

00:24:47.319 --> 00:24:49.379
 down

00:24:49.379 --> 00:24:50.799
 from the

00:24:50.799 --> 00:24:51.079
 high

00:24:51.079 --> 00:24:51.459
 place

00:24:51.459 --> 00:24:52.339
 and God

00:24:52.339 --> 00:24:52.519
 will

00:24:52.519 --> 00:24:52.959
 protect

00:24:52.959 --> 00:24:53.579
 his

00:24:53.579 --> 00:24:54.539
 feet.

00:24:55.779 --> 00:24:55.980
 So

00:24:55.980 --> 00:24:56.219
 all

00:24:56.219 --> 00:24:56.459
 this

00:24:56.459 --> 00:24:56.719
 just

00:24:56.719 --> 00:24:57.079
 to

00:24:57.079 --> 00:24:59.319
 tempt

00:24:59.319 --> 00:24:59.639
 Jesus

00:24:59.640 --> 00:25:00.360
 to be

00:25:00.360 --> 00:25:00.780
 great

00:25:00.780 --> 00:25:01.620
 on his

00:25:01.620 --> 00:25:01.860
 own

00:25:01.860 --> 00:25:02.200
 terms.

00:25:03.020 --> 00:25:03.200
 But

00:25:03.200 --> 00:25:03.560
 Jesus'

00:25:04.280 --> 00:25:04.460
 whole

00:25:04.460 --> 00:25:04.820
 identity

00:25:04.820 --> 00:25:05.340
 was in

00:25:05.340 --> 00:25:05.740
 God

00:25:05.740 --> 00:25:05.880
 the

00:25:05.880 --> 00:25:06.200
 Father.

00:25:06.780 --> 00:25:06.840
 And

00:25:06.840 --> 00:25:07.180
 so

00:25:07.180 --> 00:25:08.120
 Satan

00:25:08.120 --> 00:25:08.420
 had

00:25:08.420 --> 00:25:08.880
 no

00:25:08.880 --> 00:25:10.300
 way

00:25:10.300 --> 00:25:10.500
 of

00:25:10.500 --> 00:25:10.860
 being

00:25:10.860 --> 00:25:11.080
 able

00:25:11.080 --> 00:25:11.360
 to

00:25:11.360 --> 00:25:11.840
 tempt

00:25:11.840 --> 00:25:12.140
 Jesus

00:25:12.140 --> 00:25:12.500
 to be

00:25:12.500 --> 00:25:12.840
 great

00:25:12.840 --> 00:25:13.360
 because

00:25:13.360 --> 00:25:13.720
 Jesus

00:25:13.720 --> 00:25:14.940
 was

00:25:14.940 --> 00:25:15.380
 completely

00:25:15.380 --> 00:25:16.080
 satisfied

00:25:16.080 --> 00:25:16.400
 for

00:25:16.400 --> 00:25:16.660
 his

00:25:16.660 --> 00:25:18.220
 greatness

00:25:18.220 --> 00:25:18.580
 in

00:25:18.580 --> 00:25:19.720
 God

00:25:19.720 --> 00:25:20.600
 himself.

00:25:23.560 --> 00:25:23.980
 When

00:25:23.980 --> 00:25:25.140
 we

00:25:25.140 --> 00:25:25.460
 look at

00:25:25.460 --> 00:25:25.960
 ourselves,

00:25:26.580 --> 00:25:26.980
 we can

00:25:26.980 --> 00:25:27.860
 look at

00:25:27.859 --> 00:25:28.799
 examples

00:25:28.799 --> 00:25:30.299
 in the

00:25:30.299 --> 00:25:30.500
 church

00:25:30.500 --> 00:25:31.059
 context

00:25:31.059 --> 00:25:32.219
 how we

00:25:32.219 --> 00:25:34.339
 want

00:25:34.339 --> 00:25:35.199
 to be

00:25:35.199 --> 00:25:36.619
 great

00:25:36.619 --> 00:25:38.179
 as well.

00:25:41.319 --> 00:25:41.919
 Sometimes

00:25:41.919 --> 00:25:42.799
 I'm not

00:25:42.799 --> 00:25:43.319
 talking about

00:25:43.319 --> 00:25:43.859
 our church

00:25:43.859 --> 00:25:44.799
 but I've

00:25:44.799 --> 00:25:45.039
 been to

00:25:45.039 --> 00:25:45.319
 many

00:25:45.319 --> 00:25:45.699
 churches

00:25:45.699 --> 00:25:46.759
 in

00:25:46.759 --> 00:25:47.699
 Malaysia

00:25:47.699 --> 00:25:49.619
 but this

00:25:49.619 --> 00:25:50.119
 can happen

00:25:50.119 --> 00:25:50.419
 in our

00:25:50.419 --> 00:25:50.819
 church or

00:25:50.819 --> 00:25:51.039
 other

00:25:51.039 --> 00:25:51.439
 churches.

00:25:51.939 --> 00:25:52.339
 Sometimes

00:25:52.339 --> 00:25:52.959
 Christians

00:25:52.959 --> 00:25:54.000
 will not

00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:54.959
 serve

00:25:54.959 --> 00:25:55.619
 or will

00:25:55.619 --> 00:25:55.819
 not do

00:25:55.819 --> 00:25:56.019
 any

00:25:56.019 --> 00:25:56.579
 ministries

00:25:56.579 --> 00:25:57.439
 without

00:25:57.439 --> 00:25:57.939
 being

00:25:57.939 --> 00:25:58.179
 given

00:25:58.179 --> 00:25:58.379
 a

00:25:58.379 --> 00:25:58.759
 title

00:25:58.759 --> 00:25:59.519
 or

00:25:59.519 --> 00:26:00.059
 position.

00:26:01.679 --> 00:26:02.399
 So

00:26:02.399 --> 00:26:03.639
 a

00:26:03.639 --> 00:26:04.000
 position

00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:05.319
 like

00:26:05.319 --> 00:26:05.699
 an

00:26:05.699 --> 00:26:06.039
 elder

00:26:06.039 --> 00:26:06.919
 or

00:26:06.919 --> 00:26:07.419
 a

00:26:07.419 --> 00:26:07.759
 deacon

00:26:07.759 --> 00:26:08.839
 or

00:26:08.839 --> 00:26:09.019
 a

00:26:09.019 --> 00:26:09.220
 leader

00:26:09.220 --> 00:26:09.379
 of

00:26:09.379 --> 00:26:09.539
 some

00:26:09.539 --> 00:26:09.859
 sort.

00:26:10.699 --> 00:26:10.919
 A

00:26:10.919 --> 00:26:11.359
 title

00:26:11.359 --> 00:26:12.079
 like

00:26:12.079 --> 00:26:12.460
 a

00:26:12.460 --> 00:26:12.939
 reverend

00:26:12.939 --> 00:26:13.779
 or

00:26:13.779 --> 00:26:14.279
 father

00:26:14.279 --> 00:26:15.519
 and

00:26:15.519 --> 00:26:17.299
 that

00:26:17.299 --> 00:26:18.299
 because

00:26:18.299 --> 00:26:19.759
 even in

00:26:19.759 --> 00:26:20.059
 the Christian

00:26:20.059 --> 00:26:20.559
 community

00:26:20.559 --> 00:26:21.419
 a lot

00:26:21.419 --> 00:26:21.539
 of

00:26:21.539 --> 00:26:21.879
 Christians

00:26:21.879 --> 00:26:22.500
 are still

00:26:22.500 --> 00:26:23.240
 seeking

00:26:23.240 --> 00:26:23.579
 to be

00:26:23.579 --> 00:26:23.879
 great.

00:26:24.519 --> 00:26:24.939
 If we

00:26:24.939 --> 00:26:25.079
 follow

00:26:25.079 --> 00:26:27.299
 a

00:26:27.299 --> 00:26:25.539
 title,

00:26:26.139 --> 00:26:26.259
 they

00:26:26.259 --> 00:26:26.439
 don't

00:26:26.439 --> 00:26:26.639
 want

00:26:26.639 --> 00:26:26.859
 to

00:26:26.859 --> 00:26:27.480
 be

00:26:27.480 --> 00:26:27.879
 involved

00:26:27.879 --> 00:26:28.559
 in

00:26:28.559 --> 00:26:29.199
 ministries.

00:26:30.039 --> 00:26:30.159
 And

00:26:30.159 --> 00:26:30.819
 in

00:26:30.819 --> 00:26:31.099
 particular

00:26:31.099 --> 00:26:31.599
 in

00:26:31.599 --> 00:26:32.259
 Chinese

00:26:32.259 --> 00:26:32.899
 churches,

00:26:33.259 --> 00:26:33.519
 a lot

00:26:33.519 --> 00:26:33.639
 of

00:26:33.639 --> 00:26:33.879
 the

00:26:33.879 --> 00:26:34.720
 people

00:26:34.720 --> 00:26:35.079
 who

00:26:35.079 --> 00:26:36.019
 are

00:26:36.019 --> 00:26:36.199
 in

00:26:36.199 --> 00:26:36.659
 positions,

00:26:37.379 --> 00:26:37.839
 even

00:26:37.839 --> 00:26:38.119
 though

00:26:38.119 --> 00:26:38.359
 they

00:26:38.359 --> 00:26:38.659
 are

00:26:38.659 --> 00:26:39.819
 elderly,

00:26:40.179 --> 00:26:40.419
 80

00:26:40.419 --> 00:26:40.699
 years

00:26:40.699 --> 00:26:40.859
 old,

00:26:40.899 --> 00:26:41.079
 90

00:26:41.079 --> 00:26:41.359
 years

00:26:41.359 --> 00:26:41.579
 old,

00:26:41.819 --> 00:26:42.000
 they

00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:42.220
 still

00:26:42.220 --> 00:26:42.899
 would

00:26:42.899 --> 00:26:43.019
 not

00:26:43.019 --> 00:26:43.199
 want

00:26:43.199 --> 00:26:43.339
 to

00:26:43.339 --> 00:26:43.559
 step

00:26:43.559 --> 00:26:43.879
 down

00:26:43.879 --> 00:26:44.699
 because

00:26:44.699 --> 00:26:45.679
 that

00:26:45.679 --> 00:26:45.879
 is

00:26:45.879 --> 00:26:46.099
 their

00:26:46.099 --> 00:26:46.579
 identity.

00:26:48.039 --> 00:26:48.240
 And

00:26:48.240 --> 00:26:48.619
 that

00:26:48.619 --> 00:26:48.759
 is

00:26:48.759 --> 00:26:49.059
 how

00:26:49.059 --> 00:26:49.819
 we

00:26:49.819 --> 00:26:50.220
 can

00:26:50.220 --> 00:26:51.220
 be

00:26:51.220 --> 00:26:52.240
 a

00:26:52.240 --> 00:26:52.399
 bad

00:26:52.399 --> 00:26:52.899
 example

00:26:52.899 --> 00:26:53.299
 to

00:26:53.299 --> 00:26:53.619
 the

00:26:53.619 --> 00:26:54.199
 younger

00:26:54.200 --> 00:26:54.559
 ones.

00:26:57.240 --> 00:26:57.680
 Sometimes

00:26:57.680 --> 00:26:58.080
 Christians

00:26:58.080 --> 00:26:58.480
 will not

00:26:58.480 --> 00:26:58.840
 give

00:26:58.840 --> 00:26:59.640
 unless

00:26:59.640 --> 00:26:59.920
 their

00:26:59.920 --> 00:27:00.420
 giving

00:27:00.420 --> 00:27:00.680
 is

00:27:00.680 --> 00:27:01.120
 published.

00:27:02.860 --> 00:27:03.299
 It's

00:27:03.299 --> 00:27:03.660
 not

00:27:03.660 --> 00:27:03.980
 very

00:27:03.980 --> 00:27:04.180
 common

00:27:04.180 --> 00:27:04.340
 in

00:27:04.340 --> 00:27:04.620
 Austria,

00:27:04.759 --> 00:27:04.880
 but

00:27:04.880 --> 00:27:05.000
 in

00:27:05.000 --> 00:27:05.240
 Malaysia

00:27:05.240 --> 00:27:05.460
 it's

00:27:05.460 --> 00:27:05.620
 very

00:27:05.620 --> 00:27:05.940
 common

00:27:05.940 --> 00:27:06.519
 that

00:27:06.519 --> 00:27:06.799
 churches

00:27:06.799 --> 00:27:07.120
 will

00:27:07.120 --> 00:27:07.660
 publish

00:27:07.660 --> 00:27:08.220
 the

00:27:08.220 --> 00:27:08.420
 list

00:27:08.420 --> 00:27:08.580
 of

00:27:08.580 --> 00:27:08.920
 people,

00:27:09.440 --> 00:27:09.559
 their

00:27:09.559 --> 00:27:09.880
 names,

00:27:10.000 --> 00:27:10.200
 and how

00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:10.360
 much

00:27:10.360 --> 00:27:10.500
 they

00:27:10.500 --> 00:27:10.700
 give

00:27:10.700 --> 00:27:10.940
 week

00:27:10.940 --> 00:27:11.080
 by

00:27:11.080 --> 00:27:11.400
 week.

00:27:13.259 --> 00:27:13.700
 We

00:27:13.700 --> 00:27:14.100
 may be

00:27:14.100 --> 00:27:14.299
 short,

00:27:14.380 --> 00:27:14.660
 but this

00:27:14.660 --> 00:27:15.220
 is a

00:27:15.220 --> 00:27:15.420
 common

00:27:15.420 --> 00:27:15.840
 practice.

00:27:17.299 --> 00:27:17.500
 And

00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:17.980
 churches

00:27:17.980 --> 00:27:18.440
 do that

00:27:18.440 --> 00:27:18.660
 will

00:27:18.660 --> 00:27:18.960
 tend

00:27:18.960 --> 00:27:19.120
 to

00:27:19.120 --> 00:27:19.299
 have

00:27:19.299 --> 00:27:19.500
 more

00:27:19.500 --> 00:27:19.920
 income.

00:27:21.279 --> 00:27:21.759
 Because

00:27:21.759 --> 00:27:23.400
 if your

00:27:23.400 --> 00:27:23.620
 name

00:27:23.619 --> 00:27:23.959
 appear

00:27:23.959 --> 00:27:24.259
 there

00:27:24.259 --> 00:27:24.459
 and

00:27:24.459 --> 00:27:24.599
 you

00:27:24.599 --> 00:27:24.859
 give

00:27:24.859 --> 00:27:25.139
 more,

00:27:25.259 --> 00:27:25.419
 then

00:27:25.419 --> 00:27:25.739
 you

00:27:25.739 --> 00:27:26.219
 are

00:27:26.219 --> 00:27:26.559
 important,

00:27:26.699 --> 00:27:26.959
 somebody

00:27:26.959 --> 00:27:27.339
 who's

00:27:27.339 --> 00:27:27.619
 great.

00:27:30.239 --> 00:27:31.099
 If you

00:27:31.099 --> 00:27:31.639
 really want

00:27:31.639 --> 00:27:31.919
 to be

00:27:31.919 --> 00:27:32.319
 accountable

00:27:32.319 --> 00:27:32.919
 to the

00:27:32.919 --> 00:27:33.159
 giving,

00:27:33.619 --> 00:27:33.799
 they

00:27:33.799 --> 00:27:33.959
 could

00:27:33.959 --> 00:27:34.099
 have

00:27:34.099 --> 00:27:34.299
 just

00:27:34.299 --> 00:27:34.659
 published

00:27:34.659 --> 00:27:34.839
 the

00:27:34.839 --> 00:27:35.119
 figures

00:27:35.119 --> 00:27:35.399
 before

00:27:35.399 --> 00:27:35.559
 the

00:27:35.559 --> 00:27:35.759
 name,

00:27:36.059 --> 00:27:36.339
 because

00:27:36.339 --> 00:27:36.639
 people

00:27:36.639 --> 00:27:36.859
 can

00:27:36.859 --> 00:27:37.079
 give

00:27:37.079 --> 00:27:37.199
 a

00:27:37.199 --> 00:27:37.579
 unique

00:27:37.579 --> 00:27:38.359
 number

00:27:38.359 --> 00:27:38.579
 of

00:27:38.579 --> 00:27:38.819
 some

00:27:38.819 --> 00:27:39.179
 to

00:27:39.179 --> 00:27:39.379
 know

00:27:39.379 --> 00:27:39.539
 that

00:27:39.539 --> 00:27:39.759
 your

00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:40.279
 money

00:27:40.279 --> 00:27:40.500
 has

00:27:40.500 --> 00:27:40.719
 been

00:27:40.719 --> 00:27:41.559
 given,

00:27:42.199 --> 00:27:43.979
 which

00:27:43.979 --> 00:27:44.519
 could

00:27:44.519 --> 00:27:44.779
 be

00:27:44.779 --> 00:27:45.339
 required

00:27:45.339 --> 00:27:45.799
 in

00:27:45.799 --> 00:27:47.199
 some

00:27:47.199 --> 00:27:47.939
 Asian

00:27:47.939 --> 00:27:48.939
 context,

00:27:49.119 --> 00:27:49.439
 because

00:27:49.439 --> 00:27:50.419
 the

00:27:50.419 --> 00:27:50.839
 money

00:27:50.839 --> 00:27:51.139
 is

00:27:51.139 --> 00:27:51.379
 quite

00:27:51.379 --> 00:27:51.579
 a

00:27:51.579 --> 00:27:51.739
 big

00:27:51.739 --> 00:27:52.259
 temptation

00:27:52.259 --> 00:27:52.940
 for

00:27:52.940 --> 00:27:53.200
 people

00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:53.359
 who

00:27:53.359 --> 00:27:53.559
 handle

00:27:53.559 --> 00:27:53.940
 money

00:27:53.940 --> 00:27:55.220
 to

00:27:55.220 --> 00:27:55.519
 steal.

00:27:56.420 --> 00:27:56.940
 And so

00:27:56.940 --> 00:27:57.279
 it's

00:27:57.279 --> 00:27:57.519
 not

00:27:57.519 --> 00:27:57.839
 without

00:27:57.839 --> 00:27:58.240
 reason,

00:27:58.359 --> 00:27:58.460
 but

00:27:58.460 --> 00:27:59.680
 now

00:27:59.680 --> 00:27:59.960
 it's

00:27:59.960 --> 00:28:00.099
 just

00:28:00.099 --> 00:28:00.359
 been

00:28:00.359 --> 00:28:00.960
 abused

00:28:00.960 --> 00:28:01.839
 to

00:28:01.839 --> 00:28:02.119
 make

00:28:02.119 --> 00:28:03.319
 somebody

00:28:03.319 --> 00:28:03.740
 great.

00:28:05.440 --> 00:28:05.799
 There

00:28:05.799 --> 00:28:05.940
 are

00:28:05.940 --> 00:28:06.279
 also

00:28:06.279 --> 00:28:07.059
 times

00:28:07.059 --> 00:28:07.440
 when

00:28:07.440 --> 00:28:08.440
 Christians

00:28:08.440 --> 00:28:08.900
 would

00:28:08.900 --> 00:28:09.119
 not

00:28:09.119 --> 00:28:09.400
 turn

00:28:09.400 --> 00:28:10.220
 up

00:28:10.220 --> 00:28:11.319
 to

00:28:11.319 --> 00:28:12.259
 service

00:28:12.259 --> 00:28:12.980
 unless

00:28:12.980 --> 00:28:13.900
 they

00:28:13.900 --> 00:28:14.059
 are

00:28:14.059 --> 00:28:14.359
 leading

00:28:14.359 --> 00:28:14.839
 on

00:28:14.839 --> 00:28:15.000
 their

00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:15.339
 Sunday,

00:28:15.920 --> 00:28:16.059
 or

00:28:16.059 --> 00:28:16.220
 they

00:28:16.220 --> 00:28:16.460
 are

00:28:16.460 --> 00:28:16.879
 leading

00:28:16.879 --> 00:28:17.599
 in

00:28:17.599 --> 00:28:17.980
 songs.

00:28:18.519 --> 00:28:18.879
 Again,

00:28:19.359 --> 00:28:19.920
 in

00:28:19.920 --> 00:28:21.220
 Malaysia,

00:28:21.539 --> 00:28:21.740
 we

00:28:21.740 --> 00:28:22.400
 visit

00:28:22.400 --> 00:28:22.800
 some

00:28:22.800 --> 00:28:23.019
 churches

00:28:23.019 --> 00:28:23.779
 repeatedly,

00:28:24.259 --> 00:28:24.460
 we

00:28:24.460 --> 00:28:24.720
 know

00:28:24.720 --> 00:28:25.000
 that

00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:25.440
 every

00:28:25.440 --> 00:28:25.759
 time

00:28:25.759 --> 00:28:26.759
 if

00:28:26.759 --> 00:28:26.860
 we

00:28:26.860 --> 00:28:27.039
 go

00:28:27.039 --> 00:28:27.180
 to

00:28:27.180 --> 00:28:27.420
 the

00:28:27.420 --> 00:28:27.779
 church,

00:28:28.220 --> 00:28:28.480
 if

00:28:28.480 --> 00:28:28.740
 that

00:28:28.740 --> 00:28:28.980
 leader

00:28:28.980 --> 00:28:29.240
 is

00:28:29.240 --> 00:28:29.519
 not

00:28:29.519 --> 00:28:30.300
 doing

00:28:30.300 --> 00:28:30.700
 something

00:28:30.700 --> 00:28:30.980
 on

00:28:30.980 --> 00:28:31.100
 the

00:28:31.100 --> 00:28:31.380
 front,

00:28:31.720 --> 00:28:32.640
 that

00:28:32.640 --> 00:28:32.920
 leader

00:28:32.920 --> 00:28:33.140
 will

00:28:33.140 --> 00:28:33.320
 not

00:28:33.320 --> 00:28:33.480
 be

00:28:33.480 --> 00:28:33.600
 in

00:28:33.600 --> 00:28:33.720
 the

00:28:33.720 --> 00:28:33.940
 church.

00:28:35.300 --> 00:28:35.560
 So

00:28:35.560 --> 00:28:35.800
 every

00:28:35.800 --> 00:28:36.120
 time

00:28:36.120 --> 00:28:36.720
 unless

00:28:36.720 --> 00:28:36.860
 the

00:28:36.860 --> 00:28:37.080
 leader

00:28:37.080 --> 00:28:37.440
 is

00:28:37.440 --> 00:28:37.900
 doing

00:28:37.900 --> 00:28:38.220
 something

00:28:38.220 --> 00:28:38.460
 in

00:28:38.460 --> 00:28:38.720
 front,

00:28:39.539 --> 00:28:39.700
 that

00:28:39.700 --> 00:28:39.880
 is

00:28:39.880 --> 00:28:40.259
 also

00:28:40.259 --> 00:28:40.680
 accepted.

00:28:41.800 --> 00:28:42.279
 Again,

00:28:42.400 --> 00:28:42.560
 there's

00:28:42.560 --> 00:28:43.560
 a sign

00:28:43.560 --> 00:28:43.940
 to show

00:28:43.940 --> 00:28:44.400
 that we

00:28:44.400 --> 00:28:44.900
 want

00:28:44.900 --> 00:28:45.039
 to

00:28:45.039 --> 00:28:45.300
 be

00:28:45.300 --> 00:28:46.519
 great.

00:28:46.519 --> 00:28:49.460
 the

00:28:49.460 --> 00:28:49.700
 other

00:28:49.700 --> 00:28:51.160
 thing

00:28:51.160 --> 00:28:51.639
 about

00:28:51.639 --> 00:28:53.759
 Christians'

00:28:54.519 --> 00:28:55.119
 tendency

00:28:55.119 --> 00:28:56.000
 is that

00:28:56.000 --> 00:28:57.339
 in a

00:28:57.339 --> 00:28:57.660
 church

00:28:57.660 --> 00:28:58.420
 setting,

00:28:59.440 --> 00:28:59.859
 roads

00:28:59.859 --> 00:29:00.839
 that

00:29:00.839 --> 00:29:01.319
 would

00:29:01.319 --> 00:29:04.180
 attract

00:29:04.180 --> 00:29:04.839
 attention,

00:29:05.240 --> 00:29:05.639
 like in

00:29:05.639 --> 00:29:06.079
 the front

00:29:06.079 --> 00:29:06.619
 or doing

00:29:06.619 --> 00:29:06.980
 something,

00:29:07.480 --> 00:29:08.639
 usually it's

00:29:08.639 --> 00:29:09.619
 not difficult

00:29:09.619 --> 00:29:09.900
 to get

00:29:09.900 --> 00:29:10.619
 people to

00:29:10.619 --> 00:29:11.119
 take up

00:29:11.119 --> 00:29:11.579
 those roads,

00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:12.819
 but if

00:29:12.819 --> 00:29:13.279
 you get

00:29:13.279 --> 00:29:13.700
 people to

00:29:13.700 --> 00:29:13.859
 do

00:29:13.859 --> 00:29:14.259
 cleaning

00:29:14.259 --> 00:29:16.019
 behind

00:29:16.019 --> 00:29:16.759
 things

00:29:16.759 --> 00:29:17.200
 behind

00:29:17.200 --> 00:29:17.420
 the

00:29:17.420 --> 00:29:17.700
 scene,

00:29:18.079 --> 00:29:18.259
 it will

00:29:18.259 --> 00:29:18.799
 be a

00:29:18.799 --> 00:29:18.980
 lot

00:29:18.980 --> 00:29:19.539
 harder

00:29:19.539 --> 00:29:20.500
 to get

00:29:20.500 --> 00:29:20.940
 people to

00:29:20.940 --> 00:29:21.079
 do

00:29:21.079 --> 00:29:21.339
 that.

00:29:21.859 --> 00:29:22.339
 So

00:29:22.339 --> 00:29:23.220
 that is

00:29:23.220 --> 00:29:23.639
 something

00:29:23.639 --> 00:29:24.119
 that we

00:29:24.119 --> 00:29:25.180
 all

00:29:25.180 --> 00:29:26.039
 struggle.

00:29:27.960 --> 00:29:28.319
 I'll

00:29:28.319 --> 00:29:28.539
 mention

00:29:28.539 --> 00:29:28.920
 one more

00:29:28.920 --> 00:29:29.480
 way that

00:29:29.480 --> 00:29:29.960
 we can

00:29:29.960 --> 00:29:30.480
 be a

00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:30.740
 bad

00:29:30.740 --> 00:29:31.599
 example

00:29:31.599 --> 00:29:32.099
 is

00:29:32.099 --> 00:29:32.819
 how

00:29:32.819 --> 00:29:33.240
 an

00:29:33.240 --> 00:29:33.599
 altitude

00:29:33.599 --> 00:29:35.019
 when

00:29:35.019 --> 00:29:36.759
 in a

00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:37.079
 church

00:29:37.079 --> 00:29:37.519
 setting,

00:29:37.680 --> 00:29:37.879
 if

00:29:37.879 --> 00:29:39.220
 one day

00:29:39.220 --> 00:29:40.539
 your

00:29:40.539 --> 00:29:41.059
 small group

00:29:41.059 --> 00:29:41.440
 leader

00:29:41.440 --> 00:29:42.180
 or an

00:29:42.180 --> 00:29:42.400
 elder

00:29:42.400 --> 00:29:42.859
 come to

00:29:42.859 --> 00:29:43.119
 you

00:29:43.119 --> 00:29:44.519
 to

00:29:44.519 --> 00:29:46.700
 challenge

00:29:46.700 --> 00:29:46.960
 you

00:29:46.960 --> 00:29:47.339
 about

00:29:47.339 --> 00:29:47.779
 your

00:29:47.779 --> 00:29:48.339
 behavior

00:29:48.339 --> 00:29:48.720
 or

00:29:48.720 --> 00:29:49.139
 belief,

00:29:50.420 --> 00:29:51.500
 if

00:29:51.500 --> 00:29:52.259
 your

00:29:52.259 --> 00:29:52.940
 first

00:29:52.940 --> 00:29:53.599
 response

00:29:53.599 --> 00:29:54.420
 is that

00:29:54.420 --> 00:29:54.700
 how

00:29:54.700 --> 00:29:55.039
 dare

00:29:55.039 --> 00:29:55.500
 you

00:29:55.500 --> 00:29:55.940
 look

00:29:55.940 --> 00:29:56.119
 down

00:29:56.119 --> 00:29:56.299
 on

00:29:56.299 --> 00:29:56.579
 me,

00:29:57.059 --> 00:29:57.440
 regardless

00:29:57.440 --> 00:29:57.900
 of what

00:29:57.900 --> 00:29:58.079
 the

00:29:58.079 --> 00:29:58.819
 problem

00:29:58.819 --> 00:29:59.119
 is,

00:29:59.559 --> 00:30:00.420
 then we

00:30:00.420 --> 00:30:00.639
 need to

00:30:00.639 --> 00:30:00.980
 be very

00:30:00.980 --> 00:30:01.339
 careful.

00:30:02.339 --> 00:30:02.539
 So

00:30:02.539 --> 00:30:04.000
 when we

00:30:04.000 --> 00:30:04.500
 are challenged

00:30:04.500 --> 00:30:05.119
 and our

00:30:05.119 --> 00:30:05.879
 first response

00:30:05.879 --> 00:30:06.759
 is that

00:30:06.759 --> 00:30:07.680
 these people

00:30:07.680 --> 00:30:08.119
 are looking

00:30:08.119 --> 00:30:08.480
 down on

00:30:08.480 --> 00:30:08.660
 me,

00:30:09.299 --> 00:30:10.039
 then

00:30:10.039 --> 00:30:11.379
 if we

00:30:11.379 --> 00:30:11.759
 have such

00:30:11.759 --> 00:30:12.359
 a response,

00:30:12.359 --> 00:30:13.279
 it is

00:30:13.279 --> 00:30:13.839
 easy for

00:30:13.839 --> 00:30:14.279
 us to

00:30:14.279 --> 00:30:14.859
 subsequently

00:30:14.859 --> 00:30:15.699
 criticize

00:30:15.699 --> 00:30:17.399
 those

00:30:17.399 --> 00:30:17.819
 leaders

00:30:17.819 --> 00:30:19.099
 who

00:30:19.099 --> 00:30:19.599
 talk to

00:30:19.599 --> 00:30:19.899
 us,

00:30:20.559 --> 00:30:20.959
 and so

00:30:20.959 --> 00:30:22.079
 being a

00:30:22.079 --> 00:30:22.319
 bad

00:30:22.319 --> 00:30:23.259
 influence

00:30:23.259 --> 00:30:23.599
 to

00:30:23.599 --> 00:30:24.359
 people

00:30:24.359 --> 00:30:25.039
 whom

00:30:25.039 --> 00:30:25.459
 we

00:30:25.459 --> 00:30:26.699
 talk

00:30:26.699 --> 00:30:26.959
 about

00:30:26.959 --> 00:30:27.179
 this

00:30:27.179 --> 00:30:27.459
 too.

00:30:29.059 --> 00:30:29.459
 And so

00:30:29.459 --> 00:30:30.740
 for all

00:30:30.740 --> 00:30:30.879
 these

00:30:30.879 --> 00:30:31.240
 examples,

00:30:31.379 --> 00:30:31.579
 we can

00:30:31.579 --> 00:30:31.979
 see that

00:30:31.979 --> 00:30:32.179
 we are

00:30:32.179 --> 00:30:32.599
 all

00:30:32.599 --> 00:30:33.959
 great

00:30:33.959 --> 00:30:34.939
 sinners,

00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:36.079
 even in

00:30:36.079 --> 00:30:36.500
 the church

00:30:36.500 --> 00:30:37.259
 setting.

00:30:37.979 --> 00:30:38.799
 How can

00:30:38.799 --> 00:30:39.279
 we be

00:30:39.279 --> 00:30:40.639
 safe?

00:30:41.019 --> 00:30:41.519
 How can

00:30:41.519 --> 00:30:43.879
 we get

00:30:43.879 --> 00:30:44.420
 importance

00:30:44.420 --> 00:30:45.599
 at the

00:30:45.599 --> 00:30:46.200
 same time

00:30:46.200 --> 00:30:47.559
 and not

00:30:47.559 --> 00:30:47.920
 sin?

00:30:48.819 --> 00:30:49.299
 And that

00:30:49.299 --> 00:30:49.879
 is,

00:30:50.440 --> 00:30:52.000
 we have

00:30:52.000 --> 00:30:52.339
 to come

00:30:52.339 --> 00:30:52.639
 to the

00:30:52.639 --> 00:30:52.900
 great

00:30:52.900 --> 00:30:53.680
 Savior.

00:30:54.639 --> 00:30:55.059
 In

00:30:55.059 --> 00:30:56.480
 verse 14,

00:30:56.839 --> 00:30:57.139
 we are

00:30:57.139 --> 00:30:57.379
 thankful

00:30:57.379 --> 00:30:57.740
 that

00:30:57.740 --> 00:30:58.660
 Jesus

00:30:58.660 --> 00:30:59.059
 did not

00:30:59.059 --> 00:30:59.500
 stop

00:30:59.500 --> 00:31:00.240
 in giving

00:31:00.240 --> 00:31:01.240
 us a

00:31:01.240 --> 00:31:01.639
 warning

00:31:01.639 --> 00:31:02.359
 about

00:31:02.359 --> 00:31:03.240
 sinning.

00:31:03.619 --> 00:31:04.420
 Verse 14

00:31:04.420 --> 00:31:04.819
 he said,

00:31:05.279 --> 00:31:05.599
 so it

00:31:05.599 --> 00:31:06.059
 is not

00:31:06.059 --> 00:31:06.480
 the will

00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:06.839
 of my

00:31:06.839 --> 00:31:07.240
 Father

00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:07.660
 who is

00:31:07.660 --> 00:31:07.839
 in

00:31:07.839 --> 00:31:08.079
 heaven

00:31:08.079 --> 00:31:08.400
 that

00:31:08.400 --> 00:31:09.119
 one of

00:31:09.119 --> 00:31:09.299
 these

00:31:09.299 --> 00:31:09.660
 little

00:31:09.660 --> 00:31:10.039
 ones

00:31:10.039 --> 00:31:10.559
 should

00:31:10.559 --> 00:31:11.160
 perish.

00:31:11.519 --> 00:31:12.920
 And that

00:31:12.920 --> 00:31:13.420
 is a

00:31:13.420 --> 00:31:13.759
 great

00:31:13.759 --> 00:31:15.400
 promise.

00:31:16.359 --> 00:31:16.819
 In

00:31:16.819 --> 00:31:17.099
 chapter

00:31:17.099 --> 00:31:17.400
 18,

00:31:17.480 --> 00:31:17.799
 basically,

00:31:18.339 --> 00:31:18.720
 there are

00:31:18.720 --> 00:31:19.279
 two things

00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:19.799
 that will

00:31:19.799 --> 00:31:20.960
 happen for

00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:21.319
 us to

00:31:21.319 --> 00:31:22.019
 be delivered

00:31:22.019 --> 00:31:22.539
 from this

00:31:22.539 --> 00:31:23.819
 dilemma or

00:31:23.819 --> 00:31:24.139
 to be

00:31:24.139 --> 00:31:24.460
 safe.

00:31:26.059 --> 00:31:26.579
 One

00:31:26.579 --> 00:31:27.079
 thing is

00:31:27.079 --> 00:31:28.359
 mentioned

00:31:28.359 --> 00:31:28.639
 in the

00:31:28.639 --> 00:31:28.819
 second

00:31:28.819 --> 00:31:29.500
 half that

00:31:29.500 --> 00:31:31.000
 I will

00:31:31.000 --> 00:31:31.539
 talk about

00:31:31.539 --> 00:31:31.980
 next week,

00:31:32.680 --> 00:31:33.139
 that is

00:31:33.139 --> 00:31:34.680
 we recognize

00:31:34.680 --> 00:31:35.220
 that we

00:31:35.220 --> 00:31:36.180
 have sinned

00:31:36.180 --> 00:31:36.779
 and we

00:31:36.779 --> 00:31:37.759
 confess

00:31:37.759 --> 00:31:38.279
 this sin

00:31:38.279 --> 00:31:40.059
 and by

00:31:40.059 --> 00:31:40.680
 doing so

00:31:40.680 --> 00:31:41.039
 we will

00:31:41.039 --> 00:31:41.420
 be turned

00:31:41.420 --> 00:31:42.019
 back into

00:31:42.019 --> 00:31:42.420
 the little

00:31:42.420 --> 00:31:43.180
 one when

00:31:43.180 --> 00:31:43.899
 we realize

00:31:43.899 --> 00:31:44.359
 that we

00:31:44.359 --> 00:31:44.599
 have been

00:31:44.599 --> 00:31:45.039
 trying to

00:31:45.039 --> 00:31:45.379
 be the

00:31:45.379 --> 00:31:46.200
 great one.

00:31:47.399 --> 00:31:47.960
 But in

00:31:47.960 --> 00:31:48.759
 this first

00:31:48.759 --> 00:31:49.059
 half,

00:31:49.139 --> 00:31:49.660
 Jesus is

00:31:49.660 --> 00:31:50.200
 talking about

00:31:50.200 --> 00:31:50.539
 the other

00:31:50.539 --> 00:31:51.039
 thing that

00:31:51.039 --> 00:31:53.599
 is the

00:31:53.599 --> 00:31:54.819
 shepherd or

00:31:54.819 --> 00:31:55.759
 God himself

00:31:55.759 --> 00:31:56.700
 will come

00:31:56.700 --> 00:31:57.299
 and seek

00:31:57.299 --> 00:31:58.000
 those who

00:31:58.000 --> 00:31:58.519
 are lost.

00:32:00.420 --> 00:32:00.839
 So there

00:32:00.839 --> 00:32:01.519
 is the two

00:32:01.519 --> 00:32:01.839
 things that

00:32:01.839 --> 00:32:02.220
 will happen.

00:32:02.379 --> 00:32:02.920
 One is the

00:32:02.920 --> 00:32:04.720
 seeking from

00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:05.500
 the shepherd or

00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:05.799
 God.

00:32:05.799 --> 00:32:06.460
 the other

00:32:06.460 --> 00:32:06.940
 thing is

00:32:06.940 --> 00:32:07.720
 the response

00:32:07.720 --> 00:32:09.559
 from the

00:32:09.559 --> 00:32:09.779
 sheep.

00:32:10.359 --> 00:32:10.680
 And so

00:32:10.680 --> 00:32:11.319
 Jesus said

00:32:11.319 --> 00:32:12.460
 one sheep

00:32:12.460 --> 00:32:12.839
 that is

00:32:12.839 --> 00:32:13.220
 lost,

00:32:13.919 --> 00:32:14.579
 the shepherd

00:32:14.579 --> 00:32:14.960
 will go

00:32:14.960 --> 00:32:15.399
 and look,

00:32:15.700 --> 00:32:16.379
 will search

00:32:16.379 --> 00:32:17.980
 and bring

00:32:17.980 --> 00:32:18.419
 him home.

00:32:20.639 --> 00:32:21.000
 And there

00:32:21.000 --> 00:32:21.440
 are 99

00:32:21.440 --> 00:32:22.440
 sheep that

00:32:22.440 --> 00:32:25.659
 is out,

00:32:25.839 --> 00:32:26.019
 sorry,

00:32:26.159 --> 00:32:26.899
 one out of

00:32:26.899 --> 00:32:27.259
 a hundred

00:32:27.259 --> 00:32:28.039
 that is

00:32:28.039 --> 00:32:28.279
 lost.

00:32:29.240 --> 00:32:29.659
 But he

00:32:29.659 --> 00:32:30.059
 doesn't,

00:32:30.399 --> 00:32:30.779
 he didn't

00:32:30.779 --> 00:32:31.159
 mean that

00:32:31.159 --> 00:32:31.619
 the 99

00:32:31.619 --> 00:32:32.079
 sheep were

00:32:32.079 --> 00:32:32.639
 not lost

00:32:32.639 --> 00:32:32.899
 though.

00:32:33.460 --> 00:32:33.960
 The 99

00:32:33.960 --> 00:32:34.859
 sheep usually

00:32:34.859 --> 00:32:36.240
 in the

00:32:36.240 --> 00:32:36.799
 context is

00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:37.279
 to refer

00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:37.659
 to the

00:32:37.659 --> 00:32:38.199
 Pharisees,

00:32:38.399 --> 00:32:39.099
 the religious

00:32:39.099 --> 00:32:40.639
 people who

00:32:40.639 --> 00:32:42.179
 don't think

00:32:42.179 --> 00:32:42.859
 that they

00:32:42.859 --> 00:32:43.779
 are lost

00:32:43.779 --> 00:32:45.299
 because they

00:32:45.299 --> 00:32:45.879
 are not

00:32:45.879 --> 00:32:46.939
 struggling with

00:32:46.939 --> 00:32:47.619
 greatness because

00:32:47.619 --> 00:32:48.039
 they already

00:32:48.039 --> 00:32:48.859
 gain greatness

00:32:48.859 --> 00:32:49.979
 from their

00:32:49.979 --> 00:32:50.399
 position.

00:32:50.819 --> 00:32:51.119
 So we

00:32:51.119 --> 00:32:51.439
 know that

00:32:51.439 --> 00:32:52.259
 Pharisees like

00:32:52.259 --> 00:32:52.899
 to be called

00:32:52.899 --> 00:32:55.619
 teacher or

00:32:55.619 --> 00:32:56.919
 some sort

00:32:56.919 --> 00:32:57.179
 of names

00:32:57.179 --> 00:32:58.759
 or give

00:32:58.759 --> 00:32:59.579
 them respect.

00:33:00.279 --> 00:33:01.000
 And they

00:33:01.000 --> 00:33:02.219
 pray long

00:33:02.219 --> 00:33:02.559
 prayers,

00:33:02.699 --> 00:33:03.019
 impressive

00:33:03.019 --> 00:33:03.459
 prayers.

00:33:03.460 --> 00:33:04.259
 They wear

00:33:04.259 --> 00:33:04.840
 impressive

00:33:04.840 --> 00:33:05.860
 attires.

00:33:06.559 --> 00:33:06.920
 And so

00:33:06.920 --> 00:33:08.620
 those 99

00:33:08.620 --> 00:33:08.880
 sheep,

00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:09.500
 they do

00:33:09.500 --> 00:33:10.200
 not rely

00:33:10.200 --> 00:33:10.519
 on God

00:33:10.519 --> 00:33:10.980
 for their

00:33:10.980 --> 00:33:11.940
 identity or

00:33:11.940 --> 00:33:12.200
 their

00:33:12.200 --> 00:33:13.120
 importance.

00:33:13.900 --> 00:33:14.299
 But the

00:33:14.299 --> 00:33:14.759
 one sheep

00:33:14.759 --> 00:33:15.100
 is the

00:33:15.100 --> 00:33:15.660
 one who

00:33:15.660 --> 00:33:16.160
 is struggling,

00:33:17.539 --> 00:33:18.600
 who are

00:33:18.600 --> 00:33:18.940
 struggling

00:33:18.940 --> 00:33:21.579
 to either

00:33:21.579 --> 00:33:21.940
 trust

00:33:21.940 --> 00:33:23.220
 himself or

00:33:23.220 --> 00:33:23.700
 trust

00:33:23.700 --> 00:33:24.500
 himself or

00:33:24.500 --> 00:33:25.480
 trust Jesus

00:33:25.480 --> 00:33:26.799
 for their

00:33:26.799 --> 00:33:27.660
 importance.

00:33:28.460 --> 00:33:28.900
 And so

00:33:28.900 --> 00:33:31.160
 Jesus came

00:33:31.160 --> 00:33:31.860
 to a

00:33:31.860 --> 00:33:32.360
 person like

00:33:32.360 --> 00:33:32.660
 that.

00:33:33.280 --> 00:33:33.740
 And how

00:33:33.740 --> 00:33:36.580
 does this

00:33:36.580 --> 00:33:37.620
 great shepherd

00:33:37.620 --> 00:33:39.220
 save us

00:33:39.220 --> 00:33:39.800
 from the

00:33:39.800 --> 00:33:40.080
 denom?

00:33:40.920 --> 00:33:41.720
 The first

00:33:41.720 --> 00:33:42.080
 song we

00:33:42.080 --> 00:33:42.860
 sing, we

00:33:42.860 --> 00:33:44.540
 have a

00:33:44.540 --> 00:33:44.840
 strong

00:33:44.840 --> 00:33:45.420
 plea

00:33:45.420 --> 00:33:46.340
 before the

00:33:46.340 --> 00:33:46.720
 throne of

00:33:46.720 --> 00:33:46.900
 God.

00:33:47.000 --> 00:33:47.780
 So Jesus

00:33:47.780 --> 00:33:48.800
 pleads for

00:33:48.800 --> 00:33:49.040
 us.

00:33:49.519 --> 00:33:49.800
 He said

00:33:49.800 --> 00:33:50.000
 that he

00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:50.400
 has died

00:33:50.400 --> 00:33:50.900
 for us.

00:33:50.900 --> 00:33:52.900
 So our

00:33:52.900 --> 00:33:53.980
 debt has

00:33:53.980 --> 00:33:54.480
 been paid.

00:33:55.300 --> 00:33:55.880
 We sing

00:33:55.880 --> 00:33:56.160
 that.

00:33:56.160 --> 00:33:58.560
 But on

00:33:58.560 --> 00:33:59.120
 the cross,

00:33:59.460 --> 00:34:00.480
 he shows

00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:02.420
 two things.

00:34:03.700 --> 00:34:04.680
 One is

00:34:04.680 --> 00:34:06.259
 that the

00:34:06.259 --> 00:34:07.460
 pursuit of

00:34:07.460 --> 00:34:09.300
 importance or

00:34:09.300 --> 00:34:11.200
 greatness is

00:34:11.200 --> 00:34:11.820
 not meaningful.

00:34:12.720 --> 00:34:13.260
 Second thing

00:34:13.260 --> 00:34:13.639
 is the

00:34:13.639 --> 00:34:14.300
 pursuit of

00:34:14.300 --> 00:34:15.940
 importance or

00:34:15.940 --> 00:34:17.039
 greatness is

00:34:17.039 --> 00:34:18.019
 not necessary.

00:34:19.559 --> 00:34:20.559
 Why is it

00:34:20.559 --> 00:34:21.139
 not meaningful?

00:34:22.579 --> 00:34:23.300
 We just

00:34:23.300 --> 00:34:23.800
 now, in

00:34:23.800 --> 00:34:24.220
 the beginning,

00:34:24.460 --> 00:34:24.740
 Gareth

00:34:24.740 --> 00:34:25.579
 read to us

00:34:25.579 --> 00:34:27.420
 that

00:34:27.420 --> 00:34:31.000
 Jesus,

00:34:31.579 --> 00:34:31.980
 despite

00:34:31.980 --> 00:34:32.759
 Jesus being

00:34:32.759 --> 00:34:33.400
 equal with

00:34:33.400 --> 00:34:33.679
 God,

00:34:34.599 --> 00:34:35.819
 Jesus is

00:34:35.819 --> 00:34:36.219
 the greatest

00:34:36.219 --> 00:34:36.880
 in the

00:34:36.880 --> 00:34:37.380
 kingdom of

00:34:37.380 --> 00:34:37.920
 heaven.

00:34:38.699 --> 00:34:39.119
 Despite,

00:34:39.779 --> 00:34:39.920
 well,

00:34:40.679 --> 00:34:41.199
 not despite

00:34:41.199 --> 00:34:41.460
 actually,

00:34:41.799 --> 00:34:42.440
 because he's

00:34:42.440 --> 00:34:42.840
 the greatest

00:34:42.840 --> 00:34:43.179
 in the

00:34:43.179 --> 00:34:43.579
 kingdom of

00:34:43.579 --> 00:34:43.880
 heaven,

00:34:45.480 --> 00:34:46.059
 he was

00:34:46.059 --> 00:34:48.759
 able to

00:34:48.759 --> 00:34:49.299
 consider

00:34:49.299 --> 00:34:49.719
 this

00:34:49.719 --> 00:34:50.119
 greatness

00:34:50.119 --> 00:34:52.259
 not a

00:34:52.259 --> 00:34:52.599
 thing to

00:34:52.599 --> 00:34:53.519
 be grasped,

00:34:54.659 --> 00:34:55.380
 but empty

00:34:55.380 --> 00:34:55.920
 himself.

00:34:56.640 --> 00:34:57.099
 That's because

00:34:57.099 --> 00:34:57.599
 he's great.

00:34:57.700 --> 00:34:58.059
 He can

00:34:58.059 --> 00:34:59.240
 do that.

00:35:00.059 --> 00:35:00.480
 And he

00:35:00.480 --> 00:35:04.400
 become in

00:35:04.400 --> 00:35:05.059
 the form of

00:35:05.059 --> 00:35:05.880
 a servant

00:35:05.880 --> 00:35:07.480
 and born in

00:35:07.480 --> 00:35:08.119
 the likeness of

00:35:08.119 --> 00:35:09.320
 man and

00:35:09.320 --> 00:35:10.019
 being found

00:35:10.019 --> 00:35:11.340
 in human

00:35:11.340 --> 00:35:11.820
 nature,

00:35:13.300 --> 00:35:13.680
 he humbled

00:35:13.680 --> 00:35:15.740
 himself by

00:35:15.740 --> 00:35:17.000
 being

00:35:17.000 --> 00:35:18.660
 obedient to

00:35:18.660 --> 00:35:19.160
 the point of

00:35:19.160 --> 00:35:19.460
 death,

00:35:19.980 --> 00:35:20.440
 even death

00:35:20.440 --> 00:35:21.019
 to the cross.

00:35:21.019 --> 00:35:22.559
 Jesus is

00:35:22.559 --> 00:35:23.559
 showing us

00:35:23.559 --> 00:35:23.840
 on the

00:35:23.840 --> 00:35:25.460
 cross that

00:35:25.460 --> 00:35:25.860
 if you

00:35:25.860 --> 00:35:26.500
 want to

00:35:26.500 --> 00:35:26.860
 be the

00:35:26.860 --> 00:35:27.199
 greatest

00:35:27.199 --> 00:35:27.780
 person,

00:35:29.880 --> 00:35:31.199
 you need

00:35:31.199 --> 00:35:31.699
 to be

00:35:31.699 --> 00:35:32.780
 basically the

00:35:32.780 --> 00:35:33.400
 greatest person

00:35:33.400 --> 00:35:33.699
 is the

00:35:33.699 --> 00:35:34.460
 one who

00:35:34.460 --> 00:35:35.559
 can lay

00:35:35.559 --> 00:35:35.940
 down the

00:35:35.940 --> 00:35:36.219
 greatness

00:35:36.219 --> 00:35:38.039
 and give

00:35:38.039 --> 00:35:38.559
 it away.

00:35:39.239 --> 00:35:39.480
 And that

00:35:39.480 --> 00:35:39.739
 is the

00:35:39.739 --> 00:35:39.960
 true

00:35:39.960 --> 00:35:40.320
 greatness.

00:35:41.119 --> 00:35:41.480
 And so

00:35:41.480 --> 00:35:42.440
 the greatness

00:35:42.440 --> 00:35:43.039
 that we

00:35:43.039 --> 00:35:43.940
 gain from

00:35:43.940 --> 00:35:44.460
 this world,

00:35:44.980 --> 00:35:45.559
 from the

00:35:45.559 --> 00:35:45.960
 praise of

00:35:45.960 --> 00:35:46.579
 other people,

00:35:46.960 --> 00:35:47.340
 from our

00:35:47.340 --> 00:35:47.559
 own

00:35:47.559 --> 00:35:48.079
 achievements,

00:35:48.340 --> 00:35:48.739
 performance,

00:35:48.739 --> 00:35:49.500
 they are

00:35:49.500 --> 00:35:50.079
 quite empty.

00:35:50.399 --> 00:35:51.699
 They don't

00:35:51.699 --> 00:35:52.079
 have much

00:35:52.079 --> 00:35:52.699
 substance.

00:35:54.659 --> 00:35:55.459
 We can

00:35:55.459 --> 00:35:56.619
 see that

00:35:56.619 --> 00:35:57.719
 President

00:35:57.719 --> 00:35:58.399
 Trump is

00:35:58.399 --> 00:35:59.039
 trying to

00:35:59.039 --> 00:35:59.819
 make

00:35:59.819 --> 00:36:00.259
 Americans

00:36:00.259 --> 00:36:00.979
 great again

00:36:00.979 --> 00:36:03.000
 by making

00:36:03.000 --> 00:36:04.039
 them wealthier,

00:36:05.099 --> 00:36:05.619
 the tariffs

00:36:05.619 --> 00:36:06.099
 that he's

00:36:06.099 --> 00:36:06.659
 imposing,

00:36:07.000 --> 00:36:07.519
 because they

00:36:07.519 --> 00:36:08.359
 don't want

00:36:08.359 --> 00:36:08.899
 Americans to

00:36:08.899 --> 00:36:09.179
 be taken

00:36:09.179 --> 00:36:10.199
 advantage by

00:36:10.199 --> 00:36:10.939
 other countries.

00:36:12.079 --> 00:36:12.659
 In a sense,

00:36:12.779 --> 00:36:13.259
 Americans have

00:36:13.259 --> 00:36:13.979
 been subsidizing

00:36:13.979 --> 00:36:15.219
 the economy

00:36:15.219 --> 00:36:15.699
 of many

00:36:15.699 --> 00:36:16.479
 countries,

00:36:16.879 --> 00:36:17.599
 but that

00:36:17.599 --> 00:36:18.139
 had to end

00:36:18.139 --> 00:36:18.519
 so that

00:36:18.519 --> 00:36:18.900
 Americans

00:36:18.900 --> 00:36:19.359
 themselves

00:36:19.359 --> 00:36:20.119
 can be

00:36:20.119 --> 00:36:21.259
 richer

00:36:21.259 --> 00:36:21.980
 again.

00:36:22.539 --> 00:36:22.879
 But is

00:36:22.879 --> 00:36:23.019
 that

00:36:23.019 --> 00:36:23.339
 greatness?

00:36:24.500 --> 00:36:25.059
 When Americans

00:36:25.059 --> 00:36:26.440
 were greater,

00:36:26.639 --> 00:36:26.960
 when they

00:36:26.960 --> 00:36:27.219
 were

00:36:27.219 --> 00:36:31.839
 considerate

00:36:31.839 --> 00:36:32.480
 to other

00:36:32.480 --> 00:36:33.279
 developing

00:36:33.279 --> 00:36:33.900
 countries,

00:36:34.379 --> 00:36:34.739
 when they

00:36:34.739 --> 00:36:35.239
 were helping

00:36:35.239 --> 00:36:36.559
 other people,

00:36:37.299 --> 00:36:37.940
 and that

00:36:37.940 --> 00:36:38.900
 is true

00:36:38.900 --> 00:36:39.279
 greatness,

00:36:39.639 --> 00:36:40.420
 to be

00:36:40.420 --> 00:36:41.059
 able to

00:36:41.059 --> 00:36:42.339
 put down

00:36:42.339 --> 00:36:43.579
 oneself.

00:36:44.579 --> 00:36:44.980
 And so

00:36:44.980 --> 00:36:45.460
 if we

00:36:45.460 --> 00:36:46.159
 try to

00:36:46.159 --> 00:36:46.480
 gain

00:36:46.480 --> 00:36:47.039
 greatness

00:36:47.039 --> 00:36:47.460
 in this

00:36:47.460 --> 00:36:47.759
 world,

00:36:48.139 --> 00:36:48.719
 they

00:36:48.719 --> 00:36:48.920
 don't

00:36:48.920 --> 00:36:49.079
 have

00:36:49.079 --> 00:36:49.339
 much

00:36:49.339 --> 00:36:50.400
 real

00:36:50.400 --> 00:36:50.759
 meaning.

00:36:51.719 --> 00:36:51.920
 The

00:36:51.920 --> 00:36:52.139
 second

00:36:52.139 --> 00:36:52.400
 thing

00:36:52.400 --> 00:36:52.599
 is

00:36:52.599 --> 00:36:52.839
 that

00:36:52.839 --> 00:36:53.039
 it

00:36:53.039 --> 00:36:53.319
 is

00:36:53.319 --> 00:36:54.659
 not

00:36:54.659 --> 00:36:55.199
 necessary,

00:36:56.279 --> 00:36:57.139
 because

00:36:57.139 --> 00:36:58.460
 while we

00:36:58.460 --> 00:36:58.839
 were

00:36:58.839 --> 00:37:01.019
 enemies

00:37:01.019 --> 00:37:02.099
 towards God,

00:37:02.339 --> 00:37:02.819
 God has

00:37:02.819 --> 00:37:03.219
 shown his

00:37:03.219 --> 00:37:03.659
 love to

00:37:03.659 --> 00:37:04.579
 us that

00:37:04.579 --> 00:37:05.779
 Christ

00:37:05.779 --> 00:37:06.299
 died for

00:37:06.299 --> 00:37:06.639
 us.

00:37:07.980 --> 00:37:08.799
 If God

00:37:08.799 --> 00:37:09.539
 loved us

00:37:09.539 --> 00:37:10.199
 despite

00:37:10.199 --> 00:37:12.199
 us being

00:37:12.199 --> 00:37:13.059
 hostile to

00:37:13.059 --> 00:37:13.299
 him,

00:37:14.099 --> 00:37:14.659
 that means

00:37:14.659 --> 00:37:14.900
 we are

00:37:14.900 --> 00:37:15.779
 precious in

00:37:15.780 --> 00:37:16.280
 God's side.

00:37:16.880 --> 00:37:17.200
 And so

00:37:17.200 --> 00:37:17.980
 we really

00:37:17.980 --> 00:37:18.420
 don't need

00:37:18.420 --> 00:37:18.880
 to be

00:37:18.880 --> 00:37:20.019
 any more

00:37:20.019 --> 00:37:20.640
 important

00:37:20.640 --> 00:37:22.580
 if the

00:37:22.580 --> 00:37:22.880
 Almighty

00:37:22.880 --> 00:37:23.260
 God,

00:37:23.940 --> 00:37:24.260
 if the

00:37:24.260 --> 00:37:24.660
 Lord Jesus

00:37:24.660 --> 00:37:25.180
 Christ

00:37:25.180 --> 00:37:26.480
 loved us

00:37:26.480 --> 00:37:28.280
 and we

00:37:28.280 --> 00:37:28.920
 already are

00:37:28.920 --> 00:37:29.540
 important.

00:37:30.740 --> 00:37:31.460
 And so

00:37:31.460 --> 00:37:32.019
 we don't

00:37:32.019 --> 00:37:32.519
 actually need

00:37:32.519 --> 00:37:33.360
 to seek

00:37:33.360 --> 00:37:33.940
 importance

00:37:33.940 --> 00:37:35.140
 elsewhere.

00:37:36.740 --> 00:37:37.600
 Who is the

00:37:37.600 --> 00:37:38.200
 greatest in

00:37:38.200 --> 00:37:38.580
 the kingdom

00:37:38.580 --> 00:37:39.740
 of heaven?

00:37:39.739 --> 00:37:41.599
 in chapter

00:37:41.599 --> 00:37:42.399
 11 of

00:37:42.399 --> 00:37:42.799
 Matthew,

00:37:43.279 --> 00:37:43.519
 Jesus

00:37:43.519 --> 00:37:44.339
 said

00:37:44.339 --> 00:37:45.879
 John the

00:37:45.879 --> 00:37:46.159
 Baptist

00:37:46.159 --> 00:37:47.399
 was the

00:37:47.399 --> 00:37:47.679
 greatest

00:37:47.679 --> 00:37:48.119
 person

00:37:48.119 --> 00:37:48.419
 ever

00:37:48.419 --> 00:37:48.859
 born

00:37:48.859 --> 00:37:50.459
 until

00:37:50.459 --> 00:37:51.339
 his

00:37:51.339 --> 00:37:51.639
 time.

00:37:53.339 --> 00:37:54.139
 But he

00:37:54.139 --> 00:37:54.359
 said

00:37:54.359 --> 00:37:55.019
 even the

00:37:55.019 --> 00:37:55.739
 least in

00:37:55.739 --> 00:37:56.159
 the kingdom

00:37:56.159 --> 00:37:56.799
 of heaven

00:37:56.799 --> 00:37:57.539
 is greater

00:37:57.539 --> 00:37:58.000
 than John

00:37:58.000 --> 00:37:58.399
 the Baptist.

00:37:59.619 --> 00:38:00.379
 What does

00:38:00.379 --> 00:38:00.719
 that mean?

00:38:01.159 --> 00:38:01.799
 Why was

00:38:01.799 --> 00:38:04.239
 John the

00:38:04.239 --> 00:38:04.459
 Baptist

00:38:04.459 --> 00:38:04.959
 the greatest

00:38:04.959 --> 00:38:06.139
 in his

00:38:06.139 --> 00:38:06.459
 time?

00:38:07.259 --> 00:38:07.619
 Because

00:38:07.619 --> 00:38:08.759
 of all the

00:38:08.759 --> 00:38:09.119
 prophets,

00:38:09.119 --> 00:38:09.619
 John the

00:38:09.619 --> 00:38:10.159
 Baptist was

00:38:10.159 --> 00:38:10.599
 the only

00:38:10.599 --> 00:38:11.779
 one who

00:38:11.779 --> 00:38:12.460
 was the

00:38:12.460 --> 00:38:13.940
 voice of

00:38:13.940 --> 00:38:14.239
 the Lord

00:38:14.239 --> 00:38:14.940
 Jesus Christ.

00:38:15.900 --> 00:38:16.659
 His whole

00:38:16.659 --> 00:38:17.719
 life purpose

00:38:17.719 --> 00:38:18.199
 was to

00:38:18.199 --> 00:38:20.359
 witness to

00:38:20.359 --> 00:38:21.480
 Jesus Christ.

00:38:24.019 --> 00:38:24.980
 But why

00:38:24.980 --> 00:38:25.559
 is the

00:38:25.559 --> 00:38:26.079
 least in

00:38:26.079 --> 00:38:26.380
 the kingdom

00:38:26.380 --> 00:38:26.799
 of heaven

00:38:26.799 --> 00:38:27.359
 greater than

00:38:27.359 --> 00:38:27.599
 John the

00:38:27.599 --> 00:38:27.859
 Baptist?

00:38:28.579 --> 00:38:28.880
 Because

00:38:28.880 --> 00:38:29.159
 John the

00:38:29.159 --> 00:38:29.400
 Baptist

00:38:29.400 --> 00:38:29.859
 couldn't

00:38:29.859 --> 00:38:30.339
 say one

00:38:30.339 --> 00:38:30.940
 thing that

00:38:30.940 --> 00:38:32.599
 all those

00:38:32.599 --> 00:38:33.119
 others in

00:38:33.119 --> 00:38:33.400
 the kingdom

00:38:33.400 --> 00:38:33.839
 of heaven

00:38:33.839 --> 00:38:34.299
 subsequent

00:38:34.299 --> 00:38:35.079
 to Jesus

00:38:35.079 --> 00:38:35.480
 death

00:38:35.480 --> 00:38:36.179
 could say.

00:38:37.659 --> 00:38:38.579
 We all

00:38:38.579 --> 00:38:39.519
 can say

00:38:39.519 --> 00:38:40.559
 I have

00:38:40.559 --> 00:38:40.739
 been

00:38:40.739 --> 00:38:41.119
 crucified

00:38:41.119 --> 00:38:41.539
 with

00:38:41.539 --> 00:38:41.900
 Christ.

00:38:42.960 --> 00:38:43.340
 It's no

00:38:43.340 --> 00:38:43.799
 longer I

00:38:43.799 --> 00:38:44.279
 who live

00:38:44.279 --> 00:38:45.960
 but Christ

00:38:45.960 --> 00:38:46.319
 who lives

00:38:46.319 --> 00:38:46.779
 in me.

00:38:47.779 --> 00:38:48.380
 The life

00:38:48.380 --> 00:38:49.039
 I now

00:38:49.039 --> 00:38:49.659
 live in

00:38:49.659 --> 00:38:50.119
 the flesh

00:38:50.119 --> 00:38:51.500
 I live

00:38:51.500 --> 00:38:52.179
 by faith

00:38:52.179 --> 00:38:52.480
 in the

00:38:52.480 --> 00:38:52.799
 Son of

00:38:52.799 --> 00:38:53.119
 God

00:38:53.119 --> 00:38:54.079
 who loved

00:38:54.079 --> 00:38:54.440
 me

00:38:54.440 --> 00:38:55.559
 and gave

00:38:55.559 --> 00:38:56.119
 himself for

00:38:56.119 --> 00:38:56.360
 me.

00:38:59.159 --> 00:38:59.480
 You see

00:38:59.480 --> 00:38:59.860
 it's no

00:38:59.860 --> 00:39:00.860
 longer you

00:39:00.860 --> 00:39:01.219
 or I

00:39:01.219 --> 00:39:01.679
 who live

00:39:01.679 --> 00:39:03.259
 is Christ

00:39:03.259 --> 00:39:03.639
 who lives

00:39:03.639 --> 00:39:04.500
 in me

00:39:04.500 --> 00:39:06.599
 and in

00:39:06.599 --> 00:39:06.919
 you.

00:39:07.319 --> 00:39:07.639
 And that's

00:39:07.639 --> 00:39:08.619
 why we

00:39:08.619 --> 00:39:09.239
 are greater

00:39:09.239 --> 00:39:10.279
 than John

00:39:10.279 --> 00:39:10.679
 the Baptist

00:39:10.679 --> 00:39:11.199
 in that

00:39:11.199 --> 00:39:11.519
 way.

00:39:12.219 --> 00:39:12.899
 John the

00:39:12.899 --> 00:39:13.059
 Baptist

00:39:13.059 --> 00:39:13.819
 died before

00:39:13.819 --> 00:39:14.559
 Christ was

00:39:14.559 --> 00:39:15.000
 crucified.

00:39:18.719 --> 00:39:19.339
 Jesus is

00:39:19.339 --> 00:39:21.019
 building his

00:39:21.019 --> 00:39:22.239
 church with

00:39:22.239 --> 00:39:24.019
 people whose

00:39:24.019 --> 00:39:26.460
 purpose in

00:39:26.460 --> 00:39:27.159
 life is to

00:39:27.159 --> 00:39:28.099
 honor the

00:39:28.099 --> 00:39:28.500
 Lord Jesus

00:39:28.500 --> 00:39:29.319
 Christ himself.

00:39:29.320 --> 00:39:30.420
 I mean if

00:39:30.420 --> 00:39:31.220
 our church

00:39:31.220 --> 00:39:33.440
 mature towards

00:39:33.440 --> 00:39:34.760
 this then

00:39:34.760 --> 00:39:35.500
 we can be

00:39:35.500 --> 00:39:36.120
 generous

00:39:36.120 --> 00:39:38.160
 towards one

00:39:38.160 --> 00:39:38.539
 another.

00:39:39.400 --> 00:39:40.120
 We can

00:39:40.120 --> 00:39:41.160
 sacrifice our

00:39:41.160 --> 00:39:41.580
 time.

00:39:42.600 --> 00:39:43.400
 We can

00:39:43.400 --> 00:39:44.340
 compliment

00:39:44.340 --> 00:39:45.200
 one another

00:39:45.200 --> 00:39:47.180
 more and

00:39:47.180 --> 00:39:48.300
 we can be

00:39:48.300 --> 00:39:48.800
 a true

00:39:48.800 --> 00:39:50.620
 witness for

00:39:50.620 --> 00:39:50.940
 the Lord

00:39:50.940 --> 00:39:51.640
 Jesus Christ

00:39:51.640 --> 00:39:52.519
 by the way

00:39:52.519 --> 00:39:52.860
 we love

00:39:52.860 --> 00:39:53.420
 one another.

00:39:54.500 --> 00:39:54.880
 Let us

00:39:54.880 --> 00:39:55.140
 pray.

00:39:59.320 --> 00:40:03.120
 Father God

00:40:03.120 --> 00:40:03.420
 we

00:40:03.420 --> 00:40:06.780
 know there

00:40:06.780 --> 00:40:07.320
 so many

00:40:07.320 --> 00:40:07.760
 times

00:40:07.760 --> 00:40:10.240
 we

00:40:10.240 --> 00:40:11.260
 are tempted

00:40:11.260 --> 00:40:12.840
 to trust

00:40:12.840 --> 00:40:13.500
 ourselves

00:40:13.500 --> 00:40:15.019
 or trust

00:40:15.019 --> 00:40:15.260
 our

00:40:15.260 --> 00:40:15.960
 achievements

00:40:15.960 --> 00:40:17.220
 to gain

00:40:17.220 --> 00:40:17.700
 approval.

00:40:19.580 --> 00:40:20.380
 We are so

00:40:20.380 --> 00:40:21.000
 forgetful

00:40:21.000 --> 00:40:21.740
 that we

00:40:21.740 --> 00:40:23.380
 are tempted

00:40:23.380 --> 00:40:24.760
 by advertisements

00:40:24.760 --> 00:40:25.920
 by how

00:40:25.920 --> 00:40:26.440
 other people

00:40:26.440 --> 00:40:26.820
 live.

00:40:26.820 --> 00:40:29.420
 we thank

00:40:29.420 --> 00:40:29.740
 you for

00:40:29.740 --> 00:40:30.440
 your goodness

00:40:30.440 --> 00:40:30.820
 to us

00:40:30.820 --> 00:40:31.340
 that you

00:40:31.340 --> 00:40:31.880
 come and

00:40:31.880 --> 00:40:32.320
 seek us

00:40:32.320 --> 00:40:32.960
 and you

00:40:32.960 --> 00:40:33.700
 remind us

00:40:33.700 --> 00:40:34.300
 that we

00:40:34.300 --> 00:40:34.580
 don't need

00:40:34.580 --> 00:40:34.880
 to do

00:40:34.880 --> 00:40:36.740
 so because

00:40:36.740 --> 00:40:37.660
 you love

00:40:37.660 --> 00:40:38.380
 us to

00:40:38.380 --> 00:40:38.960
 the extent

00:40:38.960 --> 00:40:40.519
 of giving

00:40:40.519 --> 00:40:41.519
 your son

00:40:41.519 --> 00:40:43.620
 for us.

00:40:46.000 --> 00:40:46.720
 Father we

00:40:46.720 --> 00:40:47.220
 ask that you

00:40:47.220 --> 00:40:48.220
 might help

00:40:48.220 --> 00:40:48.880
 us to enjoy

00:40:48.880 --> 00:40:49.420
 this love

00:40:49.420 --> 00:40:50.440
 and enjoy

00:40:50.440 --> 00:40:51.500
 one another

00:40:51.500 --> 00:40:53.580
 as brothers

00:40:53.580 --> 00:40:54.120
 and sisters

00:40:54.120 --> 00:40:55.080
 in the kingdom

00:40:55.080 --> 00:40:55.600
 of God.

00:40:55.599 --> 00:40:56.679
 we pray

00:40:56.679 --> 00:40:57.059
 in Jesus

00:40:57.059 --> 00:40:57.480
 name.

00:40:57.980 --> 00:40:58.219
 Amen.

00:40:58.219 --> 00:40:58.319
 Amen.