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 Well, tonight we're looking at Luke chapter 18.

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 So if you want to turn there in a Bible, that would be great.

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 Looking at one of Jesus' parables.

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 Last week we looked at the parable of the persistent widow,

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 teaching us that we should pray always and not lose heart.

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 Jesus talks about his people who cry out to him day and night.

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 So that parable encourages us to pray and to keep on praying.

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 And this parable that we're looking at tonight teaches us how to pray,

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 the attitude with which we should come before God.

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 In particular, humbling ourselves and exalting God rather than vice versa.

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 So Luke 18 verse 9 to 14, let me read this parable for us.

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 18, Luke 18.

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 Yep, page 877 in the Pew Bible.

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 There we go.

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 Luke 18, beginning at verse 9.

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 He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous

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 and treated others with contempt.

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 Two men went up into the temple to pray.

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 One a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.

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 The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed thus,

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 God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers,

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 or even like this tax collector.

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 I fast twice a week.

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 I give tithes of all I get.

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 But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven,

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 but beat his breast, saying,

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 God, be merciful to me, a sinner.

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 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other.

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 For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled,

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 but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.

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 This is God's word.

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 Well, appearances can be deceiving.

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 Recently, I was looking on Craigslist

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 because I was trying to help somebody who was looking for a new apartment.

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 And I've never had to use Craigslist to find an apartment,

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 but maybe you have,

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 or maybe you've done that along with somebody else.

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 And if you've done that, you know that the photos posted

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 and the descriptions listed

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 do not always match the reality of the property.

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 So, some experiences I've had,

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 a friend of mine said,

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 oh, I saw this house that's posted for rent.

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 And it happened to be a block down from where we used to live.

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 But in front of the house was a for sale sign.

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 He said, but no, on Craigslist, it says it's for rent,

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 not for sale.

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 Well, it was a scam.

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 It was a complete scam.

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 It wasn't for rent at all.

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 The person who was posting on Craigslist

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 didn't even own the house.

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 Another one, my wife and I,

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 this didn't involve Craigslist,

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 but my wife and I, several years ago,

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 were just sort of looking at houses in New Haven.

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 And we weren't even really wanting to buy one,

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 but we just wanted to sort of see what was out there.

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 And so, we talked to a realtor.

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 And the realtor said,

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 here's a few houses.

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 Let me take you this one.

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 So, we walk up to the second floor.

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 And literally, from one side of the room to the other,

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 you could almost slide down.

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 Like, there was at least a two-foot difference in height,

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 and there was no steps.

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 The floor was, the house had settled into the ground.

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 And so, the floors had become completely warped.

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 Of course, you would never know that from any description

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 that was posted about it.

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 But even the realtor said, after looking at that,

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 you don't want to buy that house.

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 I could go on, but you get the point.

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 Now, what we see in this passage

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 is that appearances can be deceiving in church as well.

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 The Pharisee, there's two,

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 this parable's pretty simple, right?

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 There's the Pharisee and the tax collector.

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 Two guys, they both go up to the temple,

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 they both stand there praying,

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 and the Pharisee had an appearance of righteousness.

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 Now, if you've read the Bible a lot,

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 or if you've been in church for a long time,

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 and you hear the word Pharisee,

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 you might think that means a hypocrite.

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 Someone who just pretends to be religious,

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 but they really aren't.

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 But in Jesus' day, that's not what people would have thought.

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 So, the Jewish historian Josephus said,

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 the Pharisees are, described the Pharisees as,

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 a class of Jews, a group of Jews,

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 who consider themselves the godliest of the nation,

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 and the most rigorous followers of the law.

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 For the most part, that's who they sought to be.

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 The name Pharisee means either separated ones or holy ones.

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 And that's what they sought to be,

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 is separated and holy unto God.

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 So, the Pharisees knew the Bible,

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 and they studied it very carefully.

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 Unlike the Sadducees, who was another Jewish group at that time,

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 the Sadducees only believed in the first five books of the Bible,

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 the books of Moses.

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 The Pharisees believed in the whole Scripture,

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 the whole Old Testament,

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 all 39 books.

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 The Pharisees, unlike the Sadducees,

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 believed in the resurrection.

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 They believed in angels.

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 They believed in demons,

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 because the Bible talks about them.

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 They believed in all those things.

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 They could explain to you all those things.

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 They could explain to you about God's sovereignty,

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 and human responsibility,

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 and how they fit together.

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 And they had good explanations for that.

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 And they not only adhered carefully to all the Scriptures,

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 but they also knew the history of,

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 the interpretation of them.

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 And they followed the oral traditions of the rabbis.

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 Besides that, the Pharisees were honest,

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 and law-abiding citizens,

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 unlike the Zealots,

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 who were violent revolutionaries.

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 They were well-respected in the broader community,

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 unlike the Herodians,

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 another group who were sort of involved

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 in corrupt political schemes.

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 Right?

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 The Pharisees, it seemed like they were the best group of them all.

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 They were honest, law-abiding, upstanding citizens.

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 They knew the Bible.

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 They believed in God.

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 This Pharisee was faithful in his marriage.

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 He says, I'm not an adulterer.

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 He paid his workers.

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 He said, I'm not an extortioner.

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 He, um,

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 and he didn't just do the minimum that God's law required.

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 He went over and beyond.

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 He fasted twice a week.

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 Now, the law only required people to fast once a year,

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 on the Day of Atonement.

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 But the Pharisees had developed a practice of fasting

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 on Mondays and Thursdays,

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 and praying,

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 as part of their devotion to God.

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 And he says,

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 I tithe on everything I get.

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 Now, again, strictly speaking,

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 the law only required tithing on flocks, crops, wine, and oil.

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 Sort of the main things.

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 But the Pharisees even tithe from their herbs.

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 Right?

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 They'd pick their mint from their plant,

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 and they'd make sure to tithe.

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 One piece of mint for every ten pieces they took for,

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 you know, nine pieces they took for themselves.

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 Right?

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 They were very careful.

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 They did all these things.

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 The Pharisee seems quite confident and comfortable

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 coming into the temple to pray.

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 He stands.

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 He prays.

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 He walks confidently.

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 He feels comfortable when he comes in.

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 Right?

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 So if you think of a Pharisee,

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 you think of like a regular churchgoer,

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 someone who lives a moral life,

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 someone who has a good reputation,

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 someone who goes above and beyond

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 what God's law requires in some ways.

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 He's the kind of person that you would look at and think,

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 if anybody is a righteous man,

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 that would be a righteous man.

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 On almost everyone's definition.

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 Now, contrast,

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 the tax collector.

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 So the tax collector would have worked for the government.

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 And back then,

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 the government was the Roman Empire,

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 and everyone agreed.

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 There was no disagreement.

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 Everyone agreed the Roman Empire was oppressive and unjust.

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 And the tax collector's profits came from extorting,

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 the extortion of their own people.

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 The way that many tax collectors' jobs worked was,

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 their boss would say,

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 you have this area of land,

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 from Jerusalem,

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 to Bethlehem,

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 to Nazareth,

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 or wherever.

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 Right?

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 These three cities,

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 and the area in between them.

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 And at the end of the year,

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 you need to deliver to me

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 10,000 denarii,

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 or whatever.

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 Right?

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 You know, a million bucks.

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 So you go collect your taxes.

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 And your salary is whatever you collect,

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 on top of that.

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 And so the tax collectors,

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 many of them became very rich,

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 because they found ways

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 to get a lot of money from the people.

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 And so,

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 you know,

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 there were lots of things that the different,

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 the different Jewish groups,

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 the different Jewish rabbis,

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 disagreed on.

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 But one thing they all agreed on,

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 in Jesus' time,

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 the rabbis agreed that it was okay

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 to lie and deceive tax collectors,

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 because they were considered so corrupt.

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 And they were in the same category

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 as thieves and murderers.

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 Like, tax collectors,

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 thieves,

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 and murderers.

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 Those kind of people.

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 You don't,

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 you don't even have to tell them the truth,

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 because they're so corrupt,

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 and so unreliable,

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 and so wrong.

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 Wrong.

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 So,

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 a Jewish man who collected taxes

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 would have been expelled from his synagogue,

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 disqualified from being a witness in court,

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 and seen as a disgrace to his family.

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 Tax collectors were despised and hated.

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 So, let me just give you a few modern examples,

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 some of them might resonate more with you than others,

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 about what a tax collector might have looked like.

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 So, think about the owner of a strip club,

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 or the CEO of a casino

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 that intentionally seeks to make money off compulsive gamblers,

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 or a slum lord,

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 or a slum lord,

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 who never fixes up his rat and roach infested houses,

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 and just wants to make a lot of money off him,

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 or a drug dealer,

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 who runs the streets in the hood,

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 or the big dude,

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 who owns the pawn shop,

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 who's probably connected with the mafia.

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 Yeah.

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 That's what a tax collector would have been like.

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 He was working for a shady business,

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 and he was benefiting from it.

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 And when this guy walked into the temple,

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 you can see he wasn't used to being there.

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 I mean, if this was the temple,

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 this isn't a temple,

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 it's just where we meet together,

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 but if this was the temple and he walked in,

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 he would have sat in the back right behind that pillar,

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 where nobody would see him,

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 and nobody would notice him,

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 because he felt like,

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 I don't belong here,

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 and I'm not used to being here.

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 Now, that's why the end of Jesus' parable is so surprising.

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 Look at verse 14.

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 Jesus says,

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 I tell you,

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 this man,

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 the tax collector,

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 went down to his house justified.

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 That means righteous.

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 That means right with God.

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 That means forgiven.

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 That means accepted into God's family.

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 Having God's stamp of approval.

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 That's what justified means.

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 Rather than the other.

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 Jesus is saying,

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 at the end of the day,

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 the tax collector was righteous before God,

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 and the Pharisee was not.

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 You see how surprising,

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 and even scandalous of a story this would have been,

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 for Jesus' hearers.

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 Right?

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 Especially for any who were Pharisees.

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 Now, why?

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 Why does Jesus say this?

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 Jesus sees the reality that goes deeper than the appearance.

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 See, if you look at what the Pharisee prays,

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 his prayer is all about himself.

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 He starts with the word God.

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 God, I thank you.

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 And then he just starts talking about himself.

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 Do you notice how many times he says,

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 I?

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 God, I thank you that I

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 am not like other men.

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 I fast twice a week.

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 I give tithes of all I get.

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 God, I thank you that I am.

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 It's all about how,

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 what he does

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 makes him better

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 than everybody else.

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 Verse 11 could even be translated,

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 it could be translated,

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 the Pharisee standing by himself,

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 prayed,

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 or it could be translated,

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 the Pharisee standing,

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 prayed to himself.

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 right it's interesting the pharisee's prayer puts himself in the center and god on the edges

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 the tax collector's prayer is the opposite

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 tax collector humbles himself in light of a holy god

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 he says god be merciful to me a sinner

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 now the pharisee's prayer is much longer than the tax collector's tax collector's prayer is very short

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 and it's not wordy he's probably not used to praying a lot but he gets right to the point of it

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 god be merciful to me a sinner

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 and he uses a very interesting word when he says be merciful it's the word that is usually

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 translated god make atonement for me it's the word that was used to describe what the high priest did

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 when he went into the holy place once a year and he offered a sacrifice to cleanse the people of

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 israel from all their sins and he went and he offered that sacrifice before what was called

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 the mercy seat called the hilasterion and that's the same word that's called the mercy seat sort of where

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 god

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 offered his forgiveness to the people through the sacrifice that the priest offered on their behalf

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 and the people received mercy as a result and that's what the tax collector says god make atonement for me

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 make a sacrifice for me to make me clean

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 she doesn't come parading his own accomplishments he has he knows that he has nothing to offer to god

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 he comes simply empty-handed saying god have mercy on me that's the only way i can come before you

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 is if you have mercy and if you cover over my sins by a sacrifice

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 and at the end of the day jesus said he went home

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 justified before god

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 he was right with god at the end of the day and jesus i mean how amazing is that jesus doesn't say

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 well at the end of the day the tax collector was a little closer than the pharisee

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 no he doesn't say at the end of the day the tax collector had made a couple steps in the right

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 direction and maybe if he kept on making steps in the right direction then he would be approved and

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 accepted and forgiven by god no he says he went down to his house when he left that temple

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 god he was right with god

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 and the pharisee despite all the good things he did

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 wasn't

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 now

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 what do we take away from this

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 i want to say three things

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 three applications three things that we can take away from this passage number one

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 it's a word of warning

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 it says jesus told this parable

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 to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and treated others with contempt

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 and so this parable is perhaps primarily a warning

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 it's not just what you do that matters it also matters why you do it

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 you know there are many things that can motivate people

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 to act in ways that look good and appear righteous

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 two of those things are pride

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 wanting to preserve your own reputation

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 and fear of other people

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 wanting to please others

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 and wanting their approval

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 and if you combine both of those things

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 those two things put together can motivate you to do a lot of

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 good things

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 well

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 because you know if there's something that's

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 you're tempted to do

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 that's bad

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 but you think that you'll be found out

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 and it'll be embarrassing

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 then you're not going to do it

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 because you don't want to be embarrassed

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 or if you think people will look at you

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 in a more negative light

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 you won't do it

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 because you think

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 somebody's not going to think so well of me

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 I mean if you put just those two things together

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 pride and the fear of man

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 fear of other people

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 that can motivate all kinds of good things

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 it can motivate fasting and praying

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 it can motivate tithing

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 right especially the way the Pharisees did it very publicly

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 so that everybody knew

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 it can motivate you to come to church

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 maybe not so much here in New England

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 right you don't get a lot of social props from coming to church here

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 but in some places

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 right that's the respectable thing to do on Sunday

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 sometimes people come up here from other parts of the country

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 and that's really the reason they went to church

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 their family did it

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 or

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 most of their friends did it

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 or

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 you know

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 it just sort of feels like the right thing to do

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 and you

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 you know

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 and then you come

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 to a place like this

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 and you have to examine your motives

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 you have to say

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 why do I come here

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 see it's not just what you do that matters

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 it also matters why you do it

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 and this is also sometimes

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 why people who seem to be

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 very good and moral upstanding citizens

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 sometimes get caught

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 with horrible things

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 whether it's a crime that lands them in jail

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 or a secret sin

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 that nobody knows about

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 or a pattern of

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 abusive or controlling behavior

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 behavior that

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 lies under the surface

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 it's because

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 the things that are motivating

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 to do all the good things

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 all the things that make them appear good

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 in some circumstances

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 let's say if

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 if somebody gets

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 if they get criticized

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 they're gonna blast you off

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 because don't you dare criticize me

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 right

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 or maybe you get the silent treatment as a result

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 so there's a warning

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 it's possible to do everything the Pharisee did

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 and go home

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 not right with God

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 and facing ultimately God's judgment

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 and punishment

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 and that's a

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 that's a

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 a serious warning

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 now how can we know

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 well I'll get to that later

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 how can we know if we're

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 if we're falling into that Pharisee trap

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 I'll get to that in a minute

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 so it's a word of warning

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 but it's also a word of hope

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 it's a word of hope for

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 people like the tax collector

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 if you feel like

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 when you come to church

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 or when you hang out with Christians

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 if there's some part of

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 if there's a big party that feels like

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 I just feel like I don't quite belong here

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 I don't

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 I know that I don't measure up

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 and some other people

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 you look at them

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 and they're clearly more mature than I am

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 and I just

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 I just don't know

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 whether I really belong here

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 and so maybe some days

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 you don't come to church

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 because you really feel that

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 and so you stay away

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 or you don't pursue Christian friendships

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 because you feel that shame

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 and you know deep down inside

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 you're not worthy

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 to come before God

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 and come among his people

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 there's a word of hope

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 for you

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 because Jesus said

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 the tax collector went down to his house

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 justified before God

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 that God looked upon him with favor

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 and mercy

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 and grace

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 and that word justified

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 it's a

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 it's like the judge's gavel

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 right

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 if you ever had to deal with the courts

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 or if you've gone with people to court

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 what happens the first time you go to court

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 they continue it

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 then what happens the second time

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 they continue it again

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 right

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 and again

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 and it's not unusual to have

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 right

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 five six seven eight court dates

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 dealing with the same thing

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 because they

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 take a long time to make decisions

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 that word justified

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 is as if you walk into court before God

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 and the judge slams the gavel down

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 and says you are not guilty

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 you can go free

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 I mean

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 how liberating that is

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 if you come into God's presence

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 and you know that you don't deserve to be there

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 and you know that you're actually guilty

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 and yet you hear

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 in Jesus Christ

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 God the Father

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 saying to you

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 Jesus Christ has made atonement for you

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 and so

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 I will have mercy on you

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 it's the most liberating thing in the world

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 I mean it's amazing if

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 if you've ever been in a court case

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 and you've

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 or you know someone who's been there

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 right

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 and they've been under the weight

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 of this fear

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 of what's going to happen

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 am I going to get thrown in jail

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 am I going to have to pay a fine

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 how am I going to pay the fine

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 I don't have any money anyway

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 and you get that verdict

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 not guilty

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 set free

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 how much more

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 if that is the verdict

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 that you have before the God

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 who created all things

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 before the judge

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 of the universe

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 and that's what Jesus says

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 we can have

00:24:51.720 --> 00:24:52.980
 through him

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 so there's a word of hope

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 for tax collectors

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 I mean

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 just consider

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 some of the people we consider

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 great leaders in the Bible

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 just three

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 Moses

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 well when Moses was young

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 and impulsive

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 he killed an Egyptian

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 he murdered someone

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 who was beating up

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 on his fellow Hebrew

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 now yes

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 was he trying to do justice

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 yeah

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 but did he murder someone

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 yeah he murdered someone

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 and so he had to run away

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 for 40 years

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 he had to face

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 some of the consequences

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 of that

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 but God wasn't done with him

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 and God took Moses

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 who was prone to

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 impulsive anger

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 and made him into

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 the leader of God's people

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 or think about David

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 when he was middle aged

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 and

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 didn't have quite enough

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 what to do

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 and he fell into adultery

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 with Bathsheba

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 and then he

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 arranged for her husband

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 to be killed

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 great King David

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 a man after God's own heart

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 and that's what he did

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 a horrible

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 evil

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 thing

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 or Paul

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 who had persecuted Christians

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 and when Stephen was being stoned

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 he stood there

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 giving his approval

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 personally

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 you know nearly all of the great leaders

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 in the Bible

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 had some pretty serious character flaws

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 and or

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 moral failures

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 nearly all of them

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 but what happened

00:26:46.539 --> 00:26:47.860
 what's the difference

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 I mean the Bible says

00:26:51.539 --> 00:26:52.640
 the wages of sin is death

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 but what happened

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 so that their sin

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 did not result

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 in death

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 and judgment

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 if you look at King David

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 King David wrote a psalm

00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:08.740
 Psalm 51

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 he wrote the psalm I quoted

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 Psalm 32

00:27:11.019 --> 00:27:12.579
 that I quoted at the beginning of the service

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 but he also wrote Psalm 51

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 and if you look back there

00:27:15.480 --> 00:27:17.279
 Psalm 51

00:27:17.279 --> 00:27:18.819
 page 474

00:27:18.819 --> 00:27:19.960
 in the Pew Bible

00:27:19.960 --> 00:27:24.740
 the psalm begins this way

00:27:24.740 --> 00:27:26.640
 well it's

00:27:26.640 --> 00:27:27.920
 the title says

00:27:27.920 --> 00:27:28.380
 the psalm

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 a psalm of David

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 when Nathan the prophet

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 went to him

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 Nathan had confronted him

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 after he had gone into Bathsheba

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 after he had committed adultery

00:27:36.640 --> 00:27:37.400
 with Bathsheba

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 and David said

00:27:39.620 --> 00:27:41.460
 have mercy on me

00:27:41.460 --> 00:27:41.960
 oh God

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 according to your steadfast love

00:27:45.100 --> 00:27:47.920
 according to your abundant mercy

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 blot out my transgressions

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 wash me thoroughly

00:27:51.640 --> 00:27:52.620
 from my iniquity

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 and cleanse me

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 from my sin

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 David didn't make any excuses

00:27:59.920 --> 00:28:03.000
 he didn't come to God

00:28:03.000 --> 00:28:03.300
 and say

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 but God

00:28:03.740 --> 00:28:04.940
 I've been a pretty good king

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 I've been a really good king

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 I mean

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 you know

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 when Saul was coming after me

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 I didn't kill him

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 I mean

00:28:13.500 --> 00:28:14.539
 yeah

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 I sort of

00:28:15.519 --> 00:28:16.660
 messed up here

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 but

00:28:16.880 --> 00:28:18.760
 but you know

00:28:18.760 --> 00:28:20.260
 I've still done a lot of good

00:28:20.260 --> 00:28:21.640
 I really deserve to be

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 blessed for all the good I've done

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 no

00:28:23.500 --> 00:28:25.220
 he doesn't do any of that

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 he says

00:28:28.040 --> 00:28:28.900
 have mercy on me

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 oh God

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 according to your

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 steadfast love

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 and he goes on

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 I know my transgressions

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 my sin is ever before me

00:28:41.600 --> 00:28:43.560
 against you

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 and you only

00:28:44.619 --> 00:28:46.259
 have I sinned

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 have I sinned

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 and done what is evil

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 in your sight

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 so that you may be justified

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 in your words

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 and blameless in your judgment

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 he goes on

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 he doesn't hide his sin

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 he doesn't excuse it

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 he doesn't explain it away

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 he has both

00:29:02.319 --> 00:29:03.319
 a general sense

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 of his sinfulness

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 and a specific

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 concrete

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 understanding

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 of his specific

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 concrete

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 failures

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 what I want to end with is

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 my third point of application

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 it's a word of warning

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 it's a word of hope

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 but what's the difference

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 what's the difference

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 between the Pharisee

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 and the tax collector

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 right

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 and how can we tell

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 how can we

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 how can we have

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 how can we

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 see

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 in our own hearts

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 what that looks like

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 and I think

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 one thing we see

00:29:45.919 --> 00:29:46.159
 in

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 in David's psalm

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 and in the tax collector

00:29:48.399 --> 00:29:48.779
 is

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 he has both

00:29:50.480 --> 00:29:51.680
 he has a sense of

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 his own sin

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 both generally

00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:55.059
 and specifically

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 now some people

00:29:56.019 --> 00:29:58.079
 have a sense of their own sin

00:29:58.079 --> 00:29:58.519
 generally

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 so they'll say

00:29:59.079 --> 00:29:59.500
 oh yes

00:29:59.500 --> 00:30:00.059
 I'm a sinner

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 you know

00:30:01.700 --> 00:30:02.980
 yeah I'm not perfect

00:30:02.980 --> 00:30:04.319
 I acknowledge that

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 but then if you actually

00:30:05.419 --> 00:30:06.079
 ask them

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 so

00:30:08.019 --> 00:30:09.259
 are there any

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 but if you

00:30:11.059 --> 00:30:12.000
 if you listen to them

00:30:12.000 --> 00:30:13.259
 they never actually admit

00:30:13.259 --> 00:30:14.619
 any particular things

00:30:14.619 --> 00:30:15.439
 that they've done wrong

00:30:15.439 --> 00:30:17.619
 if you ask them

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 you know

00:30:17.899 --> 00:30:18.539
 are you a sinner

00:30:18.539 --> 00:30:19.319
 before God

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 they'll say yes

00:30:19.919 --> 00:30:20.359
 I am

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 but if you confront them

00:30:23.059 --> 00:30:23.899
 about something specific

00:30:23.899 --> 00:30:24.720
 they've done wrong

00:30:24.720 --> 00:30:26.119
 then they'll say

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 but

00:30:26.339 --> 00:30:27.539
 well I had a reason

00:30:27.539 --> 00:30:28.279
 for doing that

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 and I have an explanation

00:30:29.700 --> 00:30:30.419
 for this

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 and really

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 no it wasn't that

00:30:32.880 --> 00:30:36.140
 now other people

00:30:36.140 --> 00:30:36.840
 are the reverse

00:30:36.840 --> 00:30:38.860
 other people

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 will sort of

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 reluctantly admit

00:30:40.520 --> 00:30:42.460
 that they have

00:30:42.460 --> 00:30:43.660
 committed sin

00:30:43.660 --> 00:30:45.260
 in very specific areas

00:30:45.260 --> 00:30:46.780
 but in general

00:30:46.780 --> 00:30:47.620
 they would say

00:30:47.620 --> 00:30:48.400
 but generally

00:30:48.400 --> 00:30:49.360
 I'm a good person

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 I just

00:30:52.100 --> 00:30:52.400
 okay

00:30:52.400 --> 00:30:52.740
 I did

00:30:52.740 --> 00:30:53.560
 I admit it

00:30:53.560 --> 00:30:54.880
 I lied

00:30:54.880 --> 00:30:57.620
 I was wrong

00:30:57.620 --> 00:30:58.480
 I shouldn't have said that

00:30:58.480 --> 00:30:58.740
 but

00:30:58.740 --> 00:30:59.540
 generally

00:30:59.540 --> 00:31:00.300
 I'm a good person

00:31:00.299 --> 00:31:03.399
 David has both

00:31:03.399 --> 00:31:04.240
 a sense of his

00:31:04.240 --> 00:31:05.000
 general

00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:05.799
 sinfulness

00:31:05.799 --> 00:31:06.379
 he says

00:31:06.379 --> 00:31:07.419
 against you

00:31:07.419 --> 00:31:08.039
 have I sinned

00:31:08.039 --> 00:31:10.000
 even from my mother's womb

00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:11.619
 I've been born in sin

00:31:11.619 --> 00:31:13.000
 but he also

00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:14.000
 confesses

00:31:14.000 --> 00:31:15.419
 yes

00:31:15.419 --> 00:31:17.339
 I committed adultery

00:31:17.339 --> 00:31:18.960
 yes

00:31:18.960 --> 00:31:20.139
 I did that

00:31:20.139 --> 00:31:22.839
 that's one of the

00:31:22.839 --> 00:31:23.559
 ways we can

00:31:23.559 --> 00:31:24.379
 see

00:31:24.379 --> 00:31:26.019
 that the Holy Spirit

00:31:26.019 --> 00:31:26.619
 is actually bringing

00:31:26.619 --> 00:31:27.720
 conviction to our hearts

00:31:27.720 --> 00:31:28.539
 and shining his light

00:31:28.539 --> 00:31:29.159
 in our hearts

00:31:29.159 --> 00:31:30.519
 is that

00:31:30.519 --> 00:31:31.680
 we have both a general

00:31:31.680 --> 00:31:32.579
 and a specific sense

00:31:32.579 --> 00:31:33.159
 of our sin

00:31:33.159 --> 00:31:34.519
 okay

00:31:34.519 --> 00:31:35.240
 if you look at the tax

00:31:35.240 --> 00:31:36.139
 collector in the parable

00:31:36.139 --> 00:31:38.579
 he calls himself

00:31:38.579 --> 00:31:39.019
 a sinner

00:31:39.019 --> 00:31:39.460
 right

00:31:39.460 --> 00:31:40.000
 he has a general

00:31:40.000 --> 00:31:40.539
 sense of sin

00:31:40.539 --> 00:31:41.359
 and then if you look

00:31:41.359 --> 00:31:41.960
 at Zacchaeus

00:31:41.960 --> 00:31:42.659
 in the next chapter

00:31:42.659 --> 00:31:43.440
 who's also a tax

00:31:43.440 --> 00:31:43.799
 collector

00:31:43.799 --> 00:31:44.839
 he confesses

00:31:44.839 --> 00:31:45.440
 a very specific

00:31:45.440 --> 00:31:45.839
 sin

00:31:45.839 --> 00:31:48.079
 you know

00:31:48.079 --> 00:31:48.839
 if I've defrauded

00:31:48.839 --> 00:31:49.220
 anyone

00:31:49.220 --> 00:31:49.920
 I will pay them

00:31:49.920 --> 00:31:50.279
 back

00:31:50.279 --> 00:31:51.720
 he's actually

00:31:51.720 --> 00:31:52.220
 willing to

00:31:52.220 --> 00:31:53.240
 make amends

00:31:53.240 --> 00:31:54.779
 so

00:31:54.779 --> 00:31:55.680
 if you combine

00:31:55.680 --> 00:31:56.059
 those two

00:31:56.059 --> 00:31:56.659
 you see both

00:31:56.660 --> 00:31:57.759
 but I think

00:31:57.759 --> 00:31:58.420
 that's one way

00:31:58.420 --> 00:31:59.580
 we can tell

00:31:59.580 --> 00:32:00.240
 the Holy Spirit

00:32:00.240 --> 00:32:00.960
 is working in our hearts

00:32:00.960 --> 00:32:01.279
 when we have

00:32:01.279 --> 00:32:01.800
 both a general

00:32:01.800 --> 00:32:02.220
 and specific

00:32:02.220 --> 00:32:02.720
 sense of sin

00:32:02.720 --> 00:32:03.820
 second thing

00:32:03.820 --> 00:32:05.259
 the Holy Spirit

00:32:05.259 --> 00:32:05.660
 produces

00:32:05.660 --> 00:32:06.880
 is

00:32:06.880 --> 00:32:08.800
 the fear

00:32:08.800 --> 00:32:09.560
 of the Lord

00:32:09.560 --> 00:32:13.840
 and that

00:32:13.840 --> 00:32:14.220
 word

00:32:14.220 --> 00:32:14.540
 the fear

00:32:14.540 --> 00:32:15.000
 of the Lord

00:32:15.000 --> 00:32:15.980
 is used

00:32:15.980 --> 00:32:16.279
 throughout

00:32:16.279 --> 00:32:16.900
 a lot

00:32:16.900 --> 00:32:17.380
 of the Bible

00:32:17.380 --> 00:32:19.800
 and it doesn't

00:32:19.800 --> 00:32:20.160
 just mean

00:32:20.160 --> 00:32:20.740
 being afraid

00:32:20.740 --> 00:32:21.300
 of God

00:32:21.300 --> 00:32:22.860
 and it doesn't

00:32:22.860 --> 00:32:23.180
 mean being

00:32:23.180 --> 00:32:23.600
 terrified

00:32:23.600 --> 00:32:24.040
 by God

00:32:24.040 --> 00:32:24.300
 and running

00:32:24.300 --> 00:32:24.820
 away from him

00:32:24.819 --> 00:32:25.500
 it means having

00:32:25.500 --> 00:32:26.339
 it means

00:32:26.339 --> 00:32:27.279
 having God

00:32:27.279 --> 00:32:27.939
 at the center

00:32:27.939 --> 00:32:29.200
 of our picture

00:32:29.200 --> 00:32:31.059
 and living in

00:32:31.059 --> 00:32:31.859
 reverent obedience

00:32:31.859 --> 00:32:32.679
 before him

00:32:32.679 --> 00:32:34.939
 but it also

00:32:34.939 --> 00:32:35.480
 means

00:32:35.480 --> 00:32:38.720
 Psalm 130

00:32:38.720 --> 00:32:41.980
 the end of

00:32:41.980 --> 00:32:42.659
 Psalm 130

00:32:42.659 --> 00:32:45.039
 sorry the middle

00:32:45.039 --> 00:32:45.619
 of Psalm 130

00:32:45.619 --> 00:32:46.240
 Psalm 130

00:32:46.240 --> 00:32:46.899
 verse 4

00:32:46.899 --> 00:32:47.859
 verse 3 and 4

00:32:47.859 --> 00:32:48.139
 says

00:32:48.139 --> 00:32:48.980
 if you oh Lord

00:32:48.980 --> 00:32:49.919
 should mark

00:32:49.919 --> 00:32:50.559
 iniquities

00:32:50.559 --> 00:32:51.659
 oh Lord

00:32:51.659 --> 00:32:52.240
 who could stand

00:32:52.240 --> 00:32:52.779
 in other words

00:32:52.779 --> 00:32:53.720
 if God kept

00:32:53.720 --> 00:32:54.059
 a list

00:32:54.059 --> 00:32:54.559
 of all our

00:32:54.559 --> 00:32:55.000
 sins

00:32:55.000 --> 00:32:56.519
 no one

00:32:56.519 --> 00:32:57.519
 would pass

00:32:57.519 --> 00:32:58.079
 the test

00:32:58.079 --> 00:32:59.460
 but he says

00:32:59.460 --> 00:33:00.099
 but with you

00:33:00.099 --> 00:33:00.579
 there is

00:33:00.579 --> 00:33:01.019
 forgiveness

00:33:01.019 --> 00:33:01.680
 that you

00:33:01.680 --> 00:33:02.359
 may be

00:33:02.359 --> 00:33:03.099
 feared

00:33:03.099 --> 00:33:05.319
 so the fear

00:33:05.319 --> 00:33:05.700
 of the Lord

00:33:05.700 --> 00:33:06.200
 is the kind

00:33:06.200 --> 00:33:06.680
 of fear

00:33:06.680 --> 00:33:07.700
 it's like

00:33:07.700 --> 00:33:08.980
 the kind

00:33:08.980 --> 00:33:09.339
 of fear

00:33:09.339 --> 00:33:09.680
 that

00:33:09.680 --> 00:33:11.220
 a child

00:33:11.220 --> 00:33:11.920
 would have

00:33:11.920 --> 00:33:13.039
 if they were

00:33:13.039 --> 00:33:13.399
 wandering

00:33:13.399 --> 00:33:14.019
 into a busy

00:33:14.019 --> 00:33:14.339
 street

00:33:14.339 --> 00:33:14.819
 and their

00:33:14.819 --> 00:33:15.160
 parents

00:33:15.160 --> 00:33:15.539
 suddenly

00:33:15.539 --> 00:33:16.079
 snatched

00:33:16.079 --> 00:33:16.460
 them out

00:33:16.460 --> 00:33:16.899
 of traffic

00:33:16.899 --> 00:33:17.240
 and they

00:33:17.240 --> 00:33:17.660
 realized

00:33:17.660 --> 00:33:17.980
 that if

00:33:17.980 --> 00:33:18.399
 their parent

00:33:18.399 --> 00:33:18.700
 hadn't

00:33:18.700 --> 00:33:18.980
 snatched

00:33:18.980 --> 00:33:19.180
 them out

00:33:19.180 --> 00:33:19.559
 of traffic

00:33:19.559 --> 00:33:20.240
 the bus

00:33:20.240 --> 00:33:20.480
 would have

00:33:20.480 --> 00:33:20.799
 run over

00:33:20.799 --> 00:33:21.039
 them

00:33:21.039 --> 00:33:22.879
 and so

00:33:22.879 --> 00:33:23.119
 what do

00:33:23.119 --> 00:33:23.399
 they do

00:33:23.399 --> 00:33:23.919
 after that

00:33:23.919 --> 00:33:24.700
 they start

00:33:24.700 --> 00:33:25.000
 listening

00:33:25.000 --> 00:33:25.319
 to their

00:33:25.319 --> 00:33:25.680
 parent

00:33:25.680 --> 00:33:27.279
 they start

00:33:27.279 --> 00:33:27.659
 obeying

00:33:27.659 --> 00:33:28.180
 their parent

00:33:28.180 --> 00:33:28.839
 they start

00:33:28.839 --> 00:33:29.200
 trusting

00:33:29.200 --> 00:33:29.680
 their parent

00:33:29.680 --> 00:33:30.099
 even when

00:33:30.099 --> 00:33:30.399
 they don't

00:33:30.399 --> 00:33:30.720
 understand

00:33:30.720 --> 00:33:31.039
 what their

00:33:31.039 --> 00:33:31.960
 reason

00:33:31.960 --> 00:33:32.319
 for their

00:33:32.319 --> 00:33:32.680
 parents

00:33:32.680 --> 00:33:33.779
 commands

00:33:33.779 --> 00:33:36.379
 they have

00:33:36.379 --> 00:33:37.359
 a right

00:33:37.359 --> 00:33:37.819
 kind of

00:33:37.819 --> 00:33:38.159
 fear

00:33:38.159 --> 00:33:38.819
 of their

00:33:38.819 --> 00:33:39.299
 mother

00:33:39.299 --> 00:33:39.819
 or father

00:33:39.819 --> 00:33:42.379
 and that's

00:33:42.379 --> 00:33:42.639
 the kind

00:33:42.639 --> 00:33:43.079
 of fear

00:33:43.079 --> 00:33:43.419
 of the

00:33:43.419 --> 00:33:43.799
 Lord

00:33:43.799 --> 00:33:44.879
 that the

00:33:44.879 --> 00:33:45.059
 Bible

00:33:45.059 --> 00:33:45.519
 is talking

00:33:45.519 --> 00:33:45.759
 about

00:33:45.759 --> 00:33:45.980
 that's

00:33:45.980 --> 00:33:46.200
 the kind

00:33:46.200 --> 00:33:46.480
 of fear

00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:46.680
 of the

00:33:46.680 --> 00:33:46.819
 Lord

00:33:46.819 --> 00:33:47.200
 the tax

00:33:47.200 --> 00:33:47.519
 collector

00:33:47.519 --> 00:33:47.980
 had

00:33:47.980 --> 00:33:49.740
 he stood

00:33:49.740 --> 00:33:49.960
 at a

00:33:49.960 --> 00:33:50.299
 distance

00:33:50.299 --> 00:33:50.740
 he beat

00:33:50.740 --> 00:33:50.899
 his

00:33:50.899 --> 00:33:51.079
 breast

00:33:51.079 --> 00:33:53.059
 and the

00:33:53.059 --> 00:33:53.240
 way

00:33:53.240 --> 00:33:54.899
 those

00:33:54.899 --> 00:33:55.259
 verbs

00:33:55.259 --> 00:33:55.440
 are

00:33:55.440 --> 00:33:55.659
 written

00:33:55.659 --> 00:33:56.440
 it's

00:33:56.440 --> 00:33:56.599
 an

00:33:56.599 --> 00:33:57.039
 ongoing

00:33:57.039 --> 00:33:57.500
 action

00:33:57.500 --> 00:33:57.700
 it's

00:33:57.700 --> 00:33:57.819
 not

00:33:57.819 --> 00:33:57.960
 just

00:33:57.960 --> 00:33:58.079
 a

00:33:58.079 --> 00:33:58.299
 one

00:33:58.299 --> 00:33:58.700
 time

00:33:58.700 --> 00:33:59.839
 demonstration

00:33:59.839 --> 00:34:01.379
 but it's

00:34:01.379 --> 00:34:01.779
 an ongoing

00:34:01.779 --> 00:34:02.279
 posture

00:34:02.279 --> 00:34:03.019
 of repentance

00:34:03.019 --> 00:34:04.200
 and confessing

00:34:04.200 --> 00:34:04.680
 his sin

00:34:04.680 --> 00:34:05.579
 and acknowledging

00:34:05.579 --> 00:34:06.319
 he's unworthy

00:34:06.319 --> 00:34:06.720
 to stand

00:34:06.720 --> 00:34:07.440
 before God

00:34:07.440 --> 00:34:09.579
 so he has

00:34:09.579 --> 00:34:09.880
 a kind

00:34:09.880 --> 00:34:10.400
 of a

00:34:10.400 --> 00:34:10.659
 fear

00:34:10.659 --> 00:34:10.920
 of the

00:34:10.920 --> 00:34:11.259
 Lord

00:34:11.259 --> 00:34:13.000
 knowing

00:34:13.000 --> 00:34:13.380
 who he

00:34:13.380 --> 00:34:13.539
 is

00:34:13.539 --> 00:34:13.880
 in light

00:34:13.880 --> 00:34:14.279
 of God's

00:34:14.279 --> 00:34:14.579
 holiness

00:34:14.579 --> 00:34:16.239
 and then

00:34:16.239 --> 00:34:17.920
 knowing

00:34:17.920 --> 00:34:18.179
 who he

00:34:18.179 --> 00:34:18.320
 is

00:34:18.320 --> 00:34:18.579
 in light

00:34:18.579 --> 00:34:18.940
 of God's

00:34:18.940 --> 00:34:19.239
 mercy

00:34:19.239 --> 00:34:22.119
 so sin

00:34:22.119 --> 00:34:22.559
 general and

00:34:22.559 --> 00:34:22.899
 specific

00:34:22.899 --> 00:34:23.299
 fear of

00:34:23.299 --> 00:34:23.419
 the

00:34:23.419 --> 00:34:23.639
 Lord

00:34:23.639 --> 00:34:23.879
 and

00:34:23.879 --> 00:34:24.279
 three

00:34:24.279 --> 00:34:27.939
 our

00:34:27.939 --> 00:34:28.379
 attitude

00:34:28.379 --> 00:34:30.799
 our

00:34:30.799 --> 00:34:31.139
 attitude

00:34:31.139 --> 00:34:31.679
 towards

00:34:31.679 --> 00:34:32.899
 prayer

00:34:32.899 --> 00:34:33.559
 and other

00:34:33.559 --> 00:34:34.159
 good works

00:34:34.159 --> 00:34:40.599
 let me

00:34:40.599 --> 00:34:41.119
 end with

00:34:41.119 --> 00:34:43.719
 you can

00:34:43.719 --> 00:34:44.000
 turn to

00:34:44.000 --> 00:34:44.559
 Philippians

00:34:44.559 --> 00:34:45.199
 I want to

00:34:45.199 --> 00:34:45.500
 end with a

00:34:45.500 --> 00:34:45.799
 verse from

00:34:45.799 --> 00:34:46.379
 Philippians

00:34:46.379 --> 00:34:49.379
 because

00:34:49.379 --> 00:34:49.980
 Paul

00:34:49.980 --> 00:34:51.599
 in

00:34:51.599 --> 00:34:51.980
 Philippians

00:34:51.980 --> 00:34:52.239
 chapter

00:34:52.239 --> 00:34:52.699
 three

00:34:52.699 --> 00:34:53.079
 page

00:34:53.079 --> 00:34:53.659
 981

00:34:53.659 --> 00:34:53.960
 if you're

00:34:53.960 --> 00:34:54.159
 looking

00:34:54.159 --> 00:34:54.339
 at a

00:34:54.339 --> 00:34:54.460
 pew

00:34:54.460 --> 00:34:54.839
 bible

00:34:54.839 --> 00:34:55.839
 Paul

00:34:55.839 --> 00:34:56.299
 describes

00:34:56.299 --> 00:34:56.559
 himself

00:34:56.559 --> 00:34:56.879
 as a

00:34:56.879 --> 00:34:57.379
 Pharisee

00:34:57.379 --> 00:34:58.899
 that

00:34:58.899 --> 00:34:59.179
 was

00:34:59.179 --> 00:35:00.359
 the

00:35:00.359 --> 00:35:01.579
 school

00:35:01.579 --> 00:35:01.839
 that

00:35:01.839 --> 00:35:02.039
 was

00:35:02.039 --> 00:35:02.259
 the

00:35:02.259 --> 00:35:02.539
 apostle

00:35:02.539 --> 00:35:02.739
 Paul

00:35:02.739 --> 00:35:02.920
 was

00:35:02.920 --> 00:35:03.300
 trained

00:35:03.300 --> 00:35:03.659
 in

00:35:03.659 --> 00:35:04.820
 he

00:35:04.820 --> 00:35:04.960
 would

00:35:04.960 --> 00:35:05.079
 have

00:35:05.079 --> 00:35:05.239
 fit

00:35:05.239 --> 00:35:05.360
 the

00:35:05.360 --> 00:35:05.719
 description

00:35:05.719 --> 00:35:05.940
 of

00:35:05.940 --> 00:35:06.099
 this

00:35:06.099 --> 00:35:06.300
 guy

00:35:06.300 --> 00:35:06.440
 who

00:35:06.440 --> 00:35:06.619
 came

00:35:06.619 --> 00:35:06.719
 to

00:35:06.719 --> 00:35:06.860
 the

00:35:06.860 --> 00:35:07.199
 temple

00:35:07.199 --> 00:35:08.079
 fasting

00:35:08.079 --> 00:35:08.380
 twice

00:35:08.380 --> 00:35:08.539
 a

00:35:08.539 --> 00:35:08.719
 week

00:35:08.719 --> 00:35:08.960
 giving

00:35:08.960 --> 00:35:09.320
 tithes

00:35:09.320 --> 00:35:09.420
 of

00:35:09.420 --> 00:35:09.559
 all

00:35:09.559 --> 00:35:09.719
 I

00:35:09.719 --> 00:35:09.880
 get

00:35:09.880 --> 00:35:10.039
 he

00:35:10.039 --> 00:35:10.179
 knew

00:35:10.179 --> 00:35:10.360
 the

00:35:10.360 --> 00:35:10.719
 scriptures

00:35:10.719 --> 00:35:12.000
 he

00:35:12.000 --> 00:35:12.139
 was

00:35:12.139 --> 00:35:12.259
 an

00:35:12.259 --> 00:35:12.599
 upstanding

00:35:12.599 --> 00:35:13.179
 citizen

00:35:13.179 --> 00:35:15.039
 of course

00:35:15.039 --> 00:35:15.579
 he persecuted

00:35:15.579 --> 00:35:16.039
 Christians

00:35:16.039 --> 00:35:16.599
 because he

00:35:16.599 --> 00:35:17.400
 thought that

00:35:17.400 --> 00:35:17.840
 he should

00:35:17.840 --> 00:35:18.539
 at one

00:35:18.539 --> 00:35:18.860
 point

00:35:18.860 --> 00:35:19.099
 but

00:35:19.099 --> 00:35:22.539
 but this

00:35:22.539 --> 00:35:22.779
 is what

00:35:22.779 --> 00:35:23.320
 he says

00:35:23.320 --> 00:35:24.759
 in

00:35:24.759 --> 00:35:25.119
 Philippians

00:35:25.119 --> 00:35:25.380
 chapter

00:35:25.380 --> 00:35:25.679
 three

00:35:25.679 --> 00:35:25.920
 verse

00:35:25.920 --> 00:35:26.340
 seven

00:35:26.340 --> 00:35:28.920
 and on

00:35:28.920 --> 00:35:29.279
 he says

00:35:29.279 --> 00:35:30.059
 whatever gain

00:35:30.059 --> 00:35:30.759
 I had

00:35:30.759 --> 00:35:31.099
 in other

00:35:31.099 --> 00:35:31.259
 words

00:35:31.259 --> 00:35:31.519
 whatever

00:35:31.519 --> 00:35:31.880
 gain

00:35:31.880 --> 00:35:32.059
 I

00:35:32.059 --> 00:35:32.440
 had

00:35:32.440 --> 00:35:32.779
 whatever

00:35:32.779 --> 00:35:33.320
 privileges

00:35:33.320 --> 00:35:33.559
 I

00:35:33.559 --> 00:35:33.960
 had

00:35:33.960 --> 00:35:35.159
 from

00:35:35.159 --> 00:35:35.980
 being

00:35:35.980 --> 00:35:36.219
 born

00:35:36.219 --> 00:35:36.420
 into

00:35:36.420 --> 00:35:36.559
 a

00:35:36.559 --> 00:35:36.699
 certain

00:35:36.699 --> 00:35:37.139
 family

00:35:37.139 --> 00:35:38.119
 whatever

00:35:38.119 --> 00:35:38.820
 moral

00:35:38.820 --> 00:35:39.460
 accomplishments

00:35:39.460 --> 00:35:39.820
 I

00:35:39.820 --> 00:35:40.259
 had

00:35:40.259 --> 00:35:41.380
 as a

00:35:41.380 --> 00:35:42.639
 Pharisee

00:35:42.639 --> 00:35:43.960
 whatever

00:35:43.960 --> 00:35:44.279
 gain

00:35:44.279 --> 00:35:44.420
 I

00:35:44.420 --> 00:35:44.579
 had

00:35:44.579 --> 00:35:44.699
 I

00:35:44.699 --> 00:35:44.940
 counted

00:35:44.940 --> 00:35:45.139
 as

00:35:45.139 --> 00:35:45.440
 loss

00:35:45.440 --> 00:35:45.719
 for the

00:35:45.719 --> 00:35:45.880
 sake

00:35:45.880 --> 00:35:46.039
 of

00:35:46.039 --> 00:35:46.320
 Christ

00:35:46.320 --> 00:35:46.619
 indeed

00:35:46.619 --> 00:35:46.820
 I

00:35:46.820 --> 00:35:47.079
 counted

00:35:47.079 --> 00:35:47.480
 I

00:35:47.480 --> 00:35:47.739
 count

00:35:47.739 --> 00:35:48.119
 everything

00:35:48.119 --> 00:35:48.340
 as

00:35:48.340 --> 00:35:48.759
 loss

00:35:48.759 --> 00:35:49.679
 because

00:35:49.679 --> 00:35:49.860
 of

00:35:49.860 --> 00:35:49.980
 the

00:35:49.980 --> 00:35:50.579
 surpassing

00:35:50.579 --> 00:35:50.840
 worth

00:35:50.840 --> 00:35:51.000
 of

00:35:51.000 --> 00:35:51.259
 knowing

00:35:51.259 --> 00:35:51.599
 Christ

00:35:51.599 --> 00:35:51.880
 Jesus

00:35:51.880 --> 00:35:52.139
 my

00:35:52.139 --> 00:35:52.480
 Lord

00:35:52.480 --> 00:35:53.400
 for

00:35:53.400 --> 00:35:53.639
 his

00:35:53.639 --> 00:35:53.900
 sake

00:35:53.900 --> 00:35:54.099
 I

00:35:54.099 --> 00:35:54.219
 have

00:35:54.219 --> 00:35:54.500
 suffered

00:35:54.500 --> 00:35:54.679
 the

00:35:54.679 --> 00:35:54.920
 loss

00:35:54.920 --> 00:35:55.039
 of

00:35:55.039 --> 00:35:55.219
 all

00:35:55.219 --> 00:35:55.659
 things

00:35:55.659 --> 00:35:56.299
 and

00:35:56.299 --> 00:35:56.519
 count

00:35:56.519 --> 00:35:56.639
 them

00:35:56.639 --> 00:35:56.799
 as

00:35:56.799 --> 00:35:57.219
 rubbish

00:36:00.059 --> 00:36:00.739
 and

00:36:00.739 --> 00:36:01.000
 here's

00:36:01.000 --> 00:36:01.159
 where

00:36:01.159 --> 00:36:01.279
 it

00:36:01.279 --> 00:36:01.480
 is

00:36:01.480 --> 00:36:01.799
 not

00:36:01.799 --> 00:36:02.179
 having

00:36:02.179 --> 00:36:02.380
 a

00:36:02.380 --> 00:36:02.739
 righteousness

00:36:02.739 --> 00:36:03.019
 of

00:36:03.019 --> 00:36:03.199
 my

00:36:03.199 --> 00:36:03.559
 own

00:36:03.559 --> 00:36:04.059
 that

00:36:04.059 --> 00:36:04.340
 comes

00:36:04.340 --> 00:36:04.500
 from

00:36:04.500 --> 00:36:04.639
 the

00:36:04.639 --> 00:36:04.920
 law

00:36:04.920 --> 00:36:05.900
 but

00:36:05.900 --> 00:36:06.039
 that

00:36:06.039 --> 00:36:06.199
 which

00:36:06.199 --> 00:36:06.659
 comes

00:36:06.659 --> 00:36:07.139
 through

00:36:07.139 --> 00:36:07.539
 faith

00:36:07.539 --> 00:36:07.840
 in

00:36:07.840 --> 00:36:08.219
 Christ

00:36:08.219 --> 00:36:09.179
 the

00:36:09.179 --> 00:36:09.519
 righteousness

00:36:09.519 --> 00:36:09.820
 from

00:36:09.820 --> 00:36:10.099
 God

00:36:10.099 --> 00:36:10.239
 that

00:36:10.239 --> 00:36:10.679
 depends

00:36:10.679 --> 00:36:11.500
 on

00:36:11.500 --> 00:36:12.299
 faith

00:36:12.299 --> 00:36:15.440
 you

00:36:15.440 --> 00:36:15.539
 see

00:36:15.539 --> 00:36:15.679
 the

00:36:15.679 --> 00:36:15.900
 apostle

00:36:15.900 --> 00:36:16.159
 Paul

00:36:16.159 --> 00:36:16.659
 found

00:36:16.659 --> 00:36:17.320
 righteousness

00:36:17.320 --> 00:36:17.659
 from

00:36:17.659 --> 00:36:17.980
 God

00:36:17.980 --> 00:36:19.679
 not

00:36:19.679 --> 00:36:20.059
 by

00:36:20.059 --> 00:36:20.900
 his

00:36:20.900 --> 00:36:21.340
 efforts

00:36:21.340 --> 00:36:21.579
 and

00:36:21.579 --> 00:36:21.759
 his

00:36:21.759 --> 00:36:22.159
 works

00:36:22.159 --> 00:36:23.539
 but

00:36:23.539 --> 00:36:23.719
 by

00:36:23.719 --> 00:36:24.139
 faith

00:36:24.139 --> 00:36:24.619
 in

00:36:24.619 --> 00:36:24.739
 the

00:36:24.739 --> 00:36:25.000
 work

00:36:25.000 --> 00:36:25.219
 of

00:36:25.219 --> 00:36:25.639
 Jesus

00:36:25.639 --> 00:36:26.639
 who

00:36:26.639 --> 00:36:26.759
 had

00:36:26.759 --> 00:36:26.960
 died

00:36:26.960 --> 00:36:27.099
 on

00:36:27.099 --> 00:36:27.199
 the

00:36:27.199 --> 00:36:27.460
 cross

00:36:27.460 --> 00:36:27.639
 for

00:36:27.639 --> 00:36:27.880
 him

00:36:27.880 --> 00:36:28.579
 and

00:36:28.579 --> 00:36:28.659
 who

00:36:28.659 --> 00:36:28.739
 had

00:36:28.739 --> 00:36:28.880
 been

00:36:28.880 --> 00:36:29.119
 raised

00:36:29.119 --> 00:36:29.259
 from

00:36:29.259 --> 00:36:29.380
 the

00:36:29.380 --> 00:36:29.639
 dead

00:36:29.639 --> 00:36:31.579
 he

00:36:31.579 --> 00:36:32.000
 found

00:36:32.000 --> 00:36:33.259
 justification

00:36:33.259 --> 00:36:33.759
 before

00:36:33.759 --> 00:36:34.079
 God

00:36:34.079 --> 00:36:34.319
 just

00:36:34.319 --> 00:36:34.519
 like

00:36:34.519 --> 00:36:34.679
 this

00:36:34.679 --> 00:36:34.940
 tax

00:36:34.940 --> 00:36:35.319
 collector

00:36:35.319 --> 00:36:37.099
 you

00:36:37.099 --> 00:36:37.199
 see

00:36:37.199 --> 00:36:37.299
 at

00:36:37.299 --> 00:36:37.359
 the

00:36:37.359 --> 00:36:37.460
 end

00:36:37.460 --> 00:36:37.559
 of

00:36:37.559 --> 00:36:37.639
 the

00:36:37.639 --> 00:36:37.859
 day

00:36:37.859 --> 00:36:38.319
 Jesus

00:36:38.319 --> 00:36:38.480
 is

00:36:38.480 --> 00:36:38.679
 not

00:36:38.679 --> 00:36:39.159
 saying

00:36:39.159 --> 00:36:39.539
 that

00:36:39.539 --> 00:36:39.619
 you

00:36:39.619 --> 00:36:39.799
 have

00:36:39.799 --> 00:36:39.900
 to

00:36:39.900 --> 00:36:40.159
 become

00:36:40.159 --> 00:36:40.359
 like

00:36:40.359 --> 00:36:40.480
 a

00:36:40.480 --> 00:36:40.699
 tax

00:36:40.699 --> 00:36:41.099
 collector

00:36:41.099 --> 00:36:42.900
 and

00:36:42.900 --> 00:36:43.339
 join

00:36:43.339 --> 00:36:43.480
 the

00:36:43.480 --> 00:36:43.759
 mafia

00:36:43.759 --> 00:36:44.199
 or

00:36:44.199 --> 00:36:44.679
 work

00:36:44.679 --> 00:36:44.839
 for

00:36:44.839 --> 00:36:44.960
 a

00:36:44.960 --> 00:36:45.119
 shady

00:36:45.119 --> 00:36:45.500
 business

00:36:45.500 --> 00:36:45.779
 or

00:36:45.779 --> 00:36:45.920
 do

00:36:45.920 --> 00:36:46.079
 all

00:36:46.079 --> 00:36:46.299
 kinds

00:36:46.299 --> 00:36:46.400
 of

00:36:46.400 --> 00:36:46.659
 crazy

00:36:46.659 --> 00:36:47.159
 things

00:36:47.159 --> 00:36:47.339
 or

00:36:47.339 --> 00:36:47.480
 go

00:36:47.480 --> 00:36:47.619
 to

00:36:47.619 --> 00:36:47.960
 jail

00:36:47.960 --> 00:36:48.259
 right

00:36:48.259 --> 00:36:48.699
 Jesus

00:36:48.699 --> 00:36:48.819
 is

00:36:48.819 --> 00:36:48.980
 not

00:36:48.980 --> 00:36:49.199
 saying

00:36:49.199 --> 00:36:49.299
 you

00:36:49.299 --> 00:36:49.420
 need

00:36:49.420 --> 00:36:49.500
 to

00:36:49.500 --> 00:36:49.639
 do

00:36:49.639 --> 00:36:50.019
 that

00:36:50.019 --> 00:36:51.859
 what

00:36:51.859 --> 00:36:52.019
 he's

00:36:52.019 --> 00:36:52.179
 saying

00:36:52.179 --> 00:36:52.299
 is

00:36:52.299 --> 00:36:52.420
 you

00:36:52.420 --> 00:36:52.579
 need

00:36:52.579 --> 00:36:52.679
 to

00:36:52.679 --> 00:36:52.859
 have

00:36:52.859 --> 00:36:53.059
 that

00:36:53.059 --> 00:36:53.339
 same

00:36:53.339 --> 00:36:53.799
 humility

00:36:53.800 --> 00:36:54.840
 that

00:36:54.840 --> 00:36:55.060
 that

00:36:55.060 --> 00:36:55.280
 tax

00:36:55.280 --> 00:36:55.580
 collector

00:36:55.580 --> 00:36:55.980
 showed

00:36:55.980 --> 00:36:58.380
 I

00:36:58.380 --> 00:36:58.480
 mean

00:36:58.480 --> 00:36:58.700
 isn't

00:36:58.700 --> 00:36:58.820
 it

00:36:58.820 --> 00:36:59.060
 amazing

00:36:59.060 --> 00:36:59.240
 that

00:36:59.240 --> 00:36:59.500
 Paul

00:36:59.500 --> 00:36:59.680
 the

00:36:59.680 --> 00:37:00.100
 Pharisee

00:37:00.100 --> 00:37:00.300
 right

00:37:00.300 --> 00:37:00.539
 Jesus

00:37:00.539 --> 00:37:00.680
 is

00:37:00.680 --> 00:37:00.920
 saying

00:37:00.920 --> 00:37:01.300
 the

00:37:01.300 --> 00:37:01.539
 tax

00:37:01.539 --> 00:37:01.800
 collector

00:37:01.800 --> 00:37:02.019
 went

00:37:02.019 --> 00:37:02.200
 home

00:37:02.200 --> 00:37:02.560
 justified

00:37:02.560 --> 00:37:02.820
 and

00:37:02.820 --> 00:37:02.940
 the

00:37:02.940 --> 00:37:03.260
 Pharisee

00:37:03.260 --> 00:37:03.600
 didn't

00:37:03.600 --> 00:37:04.160
 but

00:37:04.160 --> 00:37:04.400
 yet

00:37:04.400 --> 00:37:05.820
 Jesus

00:37:05.820 --> 00:37:06.140
 saved

00:37:06.140 --> 00:37:06.360
 Paul

00:37:06.360 --> 00:37:06.519
 the

00:37:06.519 --> 00:37:07.019
 Pharisee

00:37:07.019 --> 00:37:08.500
 man

00:37:08.500 --> 00:37:08.660
 who

00:37:08.660 --> 00:37:08.860
 was

00:37:08.860 --> 00:37:09.580
 good

00:37:09.580 --> 00:37:09.720
 in

00:37:09.720 --> 00:37:09.880
 all

00:37:09.880 --> 00:37:10.120
 kinds

00:37:10.120 --> 00:37:10.220
 of

00:37:10.220 --> 00:37:10.539
 ways

00:37:10.539 --> 00:37:11.780
 and

00:37:11.780 --> 00:37:11.900
 who

00:37:11.900 --> 00:37:12.200
 obeyed

00:37:12.200 --> 00:37:12.320
 the

00:37:12.320 --> 00:37:12.640
 law

00:37:12.640 --> 00:37:13.960
 and

00:37:13.960 --> 00:37:14.100
 yet

00:37:14.100 --> 00:37:14.240
 he

00:37:14.240 --> 00:37:14.440
 brought

00:37:14.440 --> 00:37:14.539
 him

00:37:14.539 --> 00:37:14.660
 to

00:37:14.660 --> 00:37:14.840
 his

00:37:14.840 --> 00:37:15.180
 knees

00:37:15.180 --> 00:37:15.580
 at

00:37:15.580 --> 00:37:15.700
 the

00:37:15.700 --> 00:37:15.840
 foot

00:37:15.840 --> 00:37:15.940
 of

00:37:15.940 --> 00:37:16.039
 the

00:37:16.039 --> 00:37:16.400
 cross

00:37:16.400 --> 00:37:22.780
 so

00:37:22.780 --> 00:37:22.940
 that's

00:37:22.940 --> 00:37:23.019
 the

00:37:23.019 --> 00:37:23.180
 point

00:37:23.180 --> 00:37:23.280
 of

00:37:23.280 --> 00:37:23.420
 this

00:37:23.420 --> 00:37:23.820
 parable

00:37:23.820 --> 00:37:25.200
 as

00:37:25.200 --> 00:37:25.380
 Jesus

00:37:25.380 --> 00:37:25.599
 says

00:37:25.599 --> 00:37:25.720
 in

00:37:25.720 --> 00:37:25.820
 the

00:37:25.820 --> 00:37:25.960
 end

00:37:25.960 --> 00:37:26.180
 everyone

00:37:26.180 --> 00:37:26.360
 who

00:37:26.360 --> 00:37:26.660
 exalts

00:37:26.660 --> 00:37:26.960
 himself

00:37:26.960 --> 00:37:27.099
 will

00:37:27.099 --> 00:37:27.220
 be

00:37:27.220 --> 00:37:27.539
 humbled

00:37:27.539 --> 00:37:28.300
 but

00:37:28.300 --> 00:37:28.400
 the

00:37:28.400 --> 00:37:28.519
 one

00:37:28.519 --> 00:37:28.639
 who

00:37:28.639 --> 00:37:28.900
 humbles

00:37:28.900 --> 00:37:29.200
 himself

00:37:29.200 --> 00:37:29.360
 will

00:37:29.360 --> 00:37:29.500
 be

00:37:29.500 --> 00:37:29.940
 exalted

00:37:29.940 --> 00:37:32.059
 let's

00:37:32.059 --> 00:37:32.300
 pray

00:37:32.300 --> 00:37:36.980
 Lord

00:37:36.980 --> 00:37:37.200
 Jesus

00:37:37.200 --> 00:37:37.420
 we

00:37:37.420 --> 00:37:37.680
 thank

00:37:37.680 --> 00:37:37.820
 you

00:37:37.820 --> 00:37:38.039
 for

00:37:38.039 --> 00:37:38.260
 this

00:37:38.260 --> 00:37:38.680
 parable

00:37:38.680 --> 00:37:41.900
 and

00:37:41.900 --> 00:37:42.059
 we

00:37:42.059 --> 00:37:42.360
 pray

00:37:42.360 --> 00:37:42.680
 that

00:37:42.680 --> 00:37:43.320
 you

00:37:43.320 --> 00:37:43.460
 would

00:37:43.460 --> 00:37:43.660
 help

00:37:43.660 --> 00:37:43.820
 us

00:37:43.820 --> 00:37:44.000
 by

00:37:44.000 --> 00:37:44.119
 your

00:37:44.119 --> 00:37:44.340
 Holy

00:37:44.340 --> 00:37:44.619
 Spirit

00:37:44.619 --> 00:37:44.820
 to

00:37:44.820 --> 00:37:45.019
 take

00:37:45.019 --> 00:37:45.119
 it

00:37:45.119 --> 00:37:45.240
 to

00:37:45.240 --> 00:37:45.480
 heart

00:37:45.480 --> 00:37:45.660
 as

00:37:45.660 --> 00:37:45.760
 a

00:37:45.760 --> 00:37:45.900
 word

00:37:45.900 --> 00:37:46.059
 of

00:37:46.059 --> 00:37:46.380
 warning

00:37:46.380 --> 00:37:46.900
 against

00:37:46.900 --> 00:37:47.840
 trusting

00:37:47.840 --> 00:37:48.039
 in

00:37:48.039 --> 00:37:48.180
 our

00:37:48.180 --> 00:37:48.340
 own

00:37:48.340 --> 00:37:48.800
 righteousness

00:37:48.800 --> 00:37:49.860
 and

00:37:49.860 --> 00:37:50.039
 treating

00:37:50.039 --> 00:37:50.380
 others

00:37:50.380 --> 00:37:50.579
 with

00:37:50.579 --> 00:37:51.019
 contempt

00:37:51.019 --> 00:37:51.940
 as

00:37:51.940 --> 00:37:52.039
 a

00:37:52.039 --> 00:37:52.380
 result

00:37:52.380 --> 00:37:56.059
 but

00:37:56.059 --> 00:37:56.220
 Lord

00:37:56.220 --> 00:37:56.360
 that

00:37:56.360 --> 00:37:56.460
 we

00:37:56.460 --> 00:37:56.619
 would

00:37:56.619 --> 00:37:56.920
 receive

00:37:56.920 --> 00:37:57.059
 it

00:37:57.059 --> 00:37:57.260
 also

00:37:57.260 --> 00:37:57.460
 as

00:37:57.460 --> 00:37:57.559
 a

00:37:57.559 --> 00:37:57.840
 word

00:37:57.840 --> 00:37:58.840
 of

00:37:58.840 --> 00:37:59.119
 hope

00:37:59.119 --> 00:37:59.320
 and

00:37:59.320 --> 00:37:59.800
 promise

00:37:59.800 --> 00:38:02.660
 Lord

00:38:02.660 --> 00:38:02.900
 this

00:38:02.900 --> 00:38:03.000
 is

00:38:03.000 --> 00:38:03.140
 what

00:38:03.140 --> 00:38:03.260
 you

00:38:03.260 --> 00:38:03.440
 came

00:38:03.440 --> 00:38:03.559
 to

00:38:03.559 --> 00:38:03.800
 do

00:38:03.800 --> 00:38:04.039
 you

00:38:04.039 --> 00:38:04.200
 came

00:38:04.200 --> 00:38:04.340
 to

00:38:04.340 --> 00:38:04.480
 lay

00:38:04.480 --> 00:38:04.660
 down

00:38:04.660 --> 00:38:04.820
 your

00:38:04.820 --> 00:38:05.180
 life

00:38:05.180 --> 00:38:06.000
 for

00:38:06.000 --> 00:38:06.340
 sinners

00:38:06.340 --> 00:38:06.960
 like

00:38:06.960 --> 00:38:07.360
 us

00:38:07.360 --> 00:38:10.640
 and

00:38:10.640 --> 00:38:10.920
 everyone

00:38:10.920 --> 00:38:11.119
 who

00:38:11.119 --> 00:38:11.360
 comes

00:38:11.360 --> 00:38:11.519
 to

00:38:11.519 --> 00:38:11.800
 you

00:38:11.800 --> 00:38:12.500
 can

00:38:12.500 --> 00:38:12.660
 know

00:38:12.660 --> 00:38:12.860
 that

00:38:12.860 --> 00:38:13.240
 forgiveness

00:38:13.240 --> 00:38:13.519
 that

00:38:13.519 --> 00:38:13.640
 the

00:38:13.640 --> 00:38:13.880
 tax

00:38:13.880 --> 00:38:14.200
 collector

00:38:14.200 --> 00:38:14.519
 knew

00:38:14.519 --> 00:38:16.639
 and

00:38:16.639 --> 00:38:16.780
 Lord

00:38:16.780 --> 00:38:17.460
 I pray

00:38:17.460 --> 00:38:17.639
 that

00:38:17.639 --> 00:38:17.920
 every

00:38:17.920 --> 00:38:18.719
 person

00:38:18.719 --> 00:38:19.119
 in this

00:38:19.119 --> 00:38:19.539
 place

00:38:19.539 --> 00:38:20.880
 would

00:38:20.880 --> 00:38:21.039
 not

00:38:21.039 --> 00:38:21.280
 leave

00:38:21.280 --> 00:38:21.599
 here

00:38:21.599 --> 00:38:22.380
 without

00:38:22.380 --> 00:38:22.860
 knowing

00:38:22.860 --> 00:38:24.800
 what the

00:38:24.800 --> 00:38:25.300
 tax collector

00:38:25.300 --> 00:38:25.599
 knew

00:38:25.599 --> 00:38:28.239
 being justified

00:38:28.239 --> 00:38:28.619
 before

00:38:28.619 --> 00:38:29.039
 God

00:38:29.039 --> 00:38:32.539
 Lord we

00:38:32.539 --> 00:38:33.079
 call out to you

00:38:33.079 --> 00:38:34.119
 have mercy on us

00:38:34.119 --> 00:38:38.039
 and make us so that we do

00:38:38.039 --> 00:38:39.759
 so that we're aware of our sin

00:38:39.760 --> 00:38:44.580
 and so that we do all the good works that you've called us to do out of a fear of the Lord

00:38:44.580 --> 00:38:45.800
 more and more

00:38:45.800 --> 00:38:50.080
 Lord not to promote ourselves not to

00:38:50.080 --> 00:38:55.520
 bring our accomplishments before you but

00:38:55.520 --> 00:38:58.920
 simply to say thank you for what you've done for us

00:38:58.920 --> 00:39:00.760
 we pray this in your name

00:39:00.760 --> 00:39:01.380
 amen