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 The text before us today is Mark chapter 12, verse 38 through 44.

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 Now, let me remind you before we read this where we are.

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! We're in the Passion Week.

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 Jesus is now in Jerusalem.

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 On Friday, He will be crucified.

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 And this is Wednesday.

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 And we've been here for a while now in Wednesday.

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 And we'll be here for about a month more.

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 On Monday, He entered into Jerusalem.

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 The praise of the people.

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 The triumphal entry is what it's often called.

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 Tuesday, He goes back in.

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 He goes out for a while.

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 He goes back in.

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 He takes over the temple by overturning the money changers' tables

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 and stopping the court of Gentiles from being used as a thoroughfare.

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 And then on Wednesday, He's now encountered this wave of confrontations.

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 First from the Pharisees, along with a political group called the Herodians.

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 Then the Sadducees.

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 And then a scribe.

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 One who's a professional in the law.

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 And in verse 34 of chapter 12, we see,

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 And after that, no one dared to ask Him any more questions.

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 Because all who had come to Him, who had sought to make a fool of Him,

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 He turned back around and made fools of them.

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 And so they've ceased asking questions.

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 And in verse 35, He then begins to teach.

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 Let's read together, beginning in verse 38.

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 And in His teaching, He said,

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 Beware of the scribes who like to walk around in long robes

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 and like greetings in the marketplaces

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 and have the best seats in the synagogues

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 and the places of honor at feasts,

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 who devour widows' houses and for a pretense make long prayers.

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 They will receive the greater condemnation.

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 And He sat down opposite the treasury

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 and watched the people putting money into the offering box.

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 Many rich people put in large sums.

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 And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins,

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 which make a penny.

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 And He called His disciples to Him and said to them,

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 Truly I say to you,

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 this poor widow has put in more than all those

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 who are contributing to the offering box,

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 for they all contributed out of their abundance,

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 but she, out of her poverty,

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 has put in everything she had,

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 all she had to live on.

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 This is God's Word to us.

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 It was written for His good,

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 or excuse me, for His glory,

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 and our good.

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 My brain is still catching up this morning.

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 We would all do well to listen to it

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 in order to believe its promises

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 and obey its commands.

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 Let's pray together.

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 Father God, we certainly do praise You this morning

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 for the blessing of Your Word,

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 for becoming an author,

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 for inspiring men by Your Spirit

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 to pen these words for us today.

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 Father, we ask for a great miracle in my speaking,

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 that You would guard me from air,

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 that I would lead people well by Your Word.

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 And we also ask for a great miracle in the hearing,

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 that the Spirit would apply the words that I speak

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 concerning Your Word

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 to people's hearts appropriately,

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 that they might respond appropriately.

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 All of this to the praise of Your glorious name.

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 And we pray this in Christ's name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 So, as I said, we are in Wednesday.

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 And just to give you a little bit of an idea

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 of where we're headed to,

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 at the end of chapter 12,

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 Jesus heads out of the temple

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 and continues to teach about the end of all things

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 through the end of chapter 13.

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 Beginning of chapter 14,

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 we'll then get into Thursday.

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 I've managed to sit down and plot out the timeline

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 for the rest of Mark.

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 And praise God,

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 we get to actually preach on the resurrection on Easter.

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 I'm so thankful that it turned out in that way.

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 So you may be asking,

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 why is it that these two texts are placed together?

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 Why 38 through 40 and then 41 through 44?

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 Because certainly those two things

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 seem to be able to stand alone.

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 And we could.

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 It could be preached that way.

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 Though I think you'll find,

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 and I'll hope to show you,

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 the great theme that exists

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 between the two of them.

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 They are actually tied together thematically.

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 I'm not doing that just to keep the timeline

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 of getting us to the resurrection on Easter.

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 Very important that we wrap our minds around

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 why Jesus says the one,

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 and then He says the next.

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 And the major theme that ties it together

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 is this nature,

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 this situation that's before them

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 of these false teachers.

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 Jesus here calls them scribes.

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 For a particular group,

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 although they weren't an official religious group,

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 they weren't an official political faction,

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 they were just the extra learned men.

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 Most likely Pharisees.

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 This was typically the case.

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 These men were experts in the law.

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 They knew the law very, very well.

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 They were the theologians,

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 so to speak, of the day.

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 John MacArthur said,

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 the Jews had a saying

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 that Moses received the law

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 and gave it to Joshua.

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 Joshua received the law

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 and gave it to the elders.

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 The elders received the law

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 and gave it to the prophets.

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 The prophets received the law

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 and gave it to the scribes.

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 They were the professionals.

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 They were the experts of this day.

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 And everybody trusted them

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 and hung on what it was they had to say

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 concerning the law.

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 But Jesus gives to us

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 a very strong warning

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 concerning these men.

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 He says to us,

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 beware of the scribes.

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 Strong warning.

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 And let me say to you

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 that as a general habit,

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 it is healthy and right

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 to be known for what we're for

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 rather than for what we're against.

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 Although,

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 there's a great deal of value at times.

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 From time to time to stop

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 and to recognize the wrong

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 in order to maintain the right.

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 And this is what Jesus is doing here.

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 He's making a very emphatic point

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 to the disciples

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 and those others

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 that are listening to Him

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 that this is not the way

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 to worship God.

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 There's a right way

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 to worship the right God.

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 And these men

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 really worship themselves,

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 but in this pursuit

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 of worshiping God,

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 were doing so wrongly.

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 In fact, they were apostate.

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 They were outside

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 any favor of God's blessing.

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 And they were leading the people

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 in the same way.

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 Jesus says some very stark things

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 about them

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 that they are sons of Satan

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 and they're making sons of Satan.

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 Matthew 23, 15 says,

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 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees,

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 hypocrites!

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 For you travel across sea and land

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 to make a single proselytite

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 or convert.

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 And when he becomes

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 a proselytite,

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 you make him twice as much

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 a child of hell

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 as yourselves.

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 They were leading people astray.

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 And you have to understand

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 that there's not a continuum

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 for the way in which people are led.

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 You either are going to lead people

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 in the way of God

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 or you're going to lead people

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 in the way of Satan.

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 And that's where these men

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 find themselves.

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 Now, there's a scope to this warning

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 which exists all throughout

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 the Scriptures.

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 I'll give you one Old Testament example.

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 Ezekiel 13,

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 false prophets are condemned.

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 And in chapter 14,

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 idolatrous elders are condemned

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 for the way in which

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 they led the people astray.

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 Jesus said in Matthew 7, 15,

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 beware of false prophets

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 who come to you

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 in sheep's clothing,

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 but inwardly are ravenous wolves

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 dressed up.

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 They look good on the outside,

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 but truly they come

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 to devour and to destroy.

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 Paul says in 2 Corinthians 11,

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 verse 13 through 15,

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 for such men are false apostles,

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 deceitful workmen,

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 disguising themselves

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 as apostles of Christ.

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 And no wonder,

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 for even Satan disguises himself

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 as an angel of light.

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 So it is no surprise

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 of his servants

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 also disguise themselves

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 as servants of righteousness.

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 Put on the dressings,

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 the trappings of good,

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 but ultimately,

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 they're aimed at evil.

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 Paul makes an emphatic charge

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 to Timothy in 1 Timothy

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 on a number of occasions.

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 I'll let you read those

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 on your own later.

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 Chapter 1, verses 3 through 7.

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 Chapter 4, verses 1 and 2.

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 Chapter 6, verses 3 through 5.

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 The major charge to him

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 is that he preserve sound doctrine

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 among the church at Ephesus.

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 Peter also gives warning to this

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 in 2 Peter 2, verse 1.

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 But false prophets

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 also arose among the people,

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 just as there will be

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 false teachers among you

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 who will secretly bring in

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 destructive heresies,

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 even denying the Master

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 who bought them,

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 bringing upon themselves

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 swift destruction.

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 1 John 4, verse 1.

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 Many false prophets

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 have gone out into the world.

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 And so this is to be

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 the reality of things,

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 that in this day,

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 there was warning about it

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 in the Old Testament.

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 Jesus said it would be true.

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 Certainly there are scribes

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 in this day

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 that he is giving strong

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 warning against.

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 And the apostles warn

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 in those churches

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 it would be true

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 as well as in our day.

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 And it's certainly

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 our experience at this

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 is the case.

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 Many false teachers

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 leading people ultimately astray.

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 And we tend to categorically

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 put some people way off,

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 way off in left field

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 who do this very thing.

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 But there really isn't a spectrum.

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 This makes me tremble.

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 I want to rightly handle

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 the Word of God.

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 I cannot say to you

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 that I have never erred.

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 I am sure that I have.

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 Probably someday

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 I will go back

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 and listen to some old

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 recording of a sermon

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 and ask that it all be destroyed

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 because I messed it up.

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 If we do not walk in the truth,

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 then we walk in a lie.

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 Any believable lie

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 contains within it

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 some measure of truth.

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 This is the great deception of Satan.

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 He takes things that are true

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 and he distorts them.

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 Things that are bizarrely false

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 no one believes.

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 It's a very bizarre lie

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 and no one would ever believe it.

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 But if you anchor it

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 in some truth,

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 then it becomes believable.

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 And this is the great deception

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 of Satan.

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 And therefore,

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 all men who even speak

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 some truth,

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 but yet mixed within it lies,

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 are they themselves not liars?

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 Servants of Satan.

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 It's a great strong warning here.

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 Beware.

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 This is the exhortation

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 that Jesus is giving to us.

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 Beware.

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 The explicit thing

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 that He's trying to tell us.

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 But what can we draw out

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 of who these people are?

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 How can we help to identify

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 these people?

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 And He gives to us

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 some nature.

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 So we see a warning

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 firstly in verse 38.

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 Then going on,

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 verse 38,

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 and into the following,

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 we see the nature

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 of their hypocrisy.

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 It says,

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 to like to walk around

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 in long robes

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 and like greetings

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 in the marketplaces

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 and have the best seats

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 in the synagogues

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 and the places of honor

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 at feasts

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 who devour widows' houses

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 and for pretense

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 make long prayers.

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 These men like to walk around

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 in their ceremonial robes,

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 these long decorative robes

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 so they can be picked out

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 of a crowd

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 so you can see them coming

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 and know that here comes

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 a great learned man,

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 a wonderful follower of God.

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 In the parallel passage,

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 Matthew 23,

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 Matthew records

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 that they make their fringes long.

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 At the bottom of these robes

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 were blue fringes.

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 In fact,

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 it was commanded

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 in Numbers 15

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 that the Jewish people

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 were to put little blue tassels

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 on the bottom of their robes

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 to identify themselves as Jews

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 and to identify themselves

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 as those who gave their attention

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 to God

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 and their attention

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 to God's word.

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 It was meant to be a reminder

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 of this very thing.

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 In fact,

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 in Matthew 9,

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 verse 20,

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 most of you are familiar

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 with the miracle

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 of the woman

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 with the discharge of blood

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 who touches the fringes

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 of Jesus' garment.

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 That's what she touched

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 were these tassels

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 that would have been

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 on the edge

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 of his garment.

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 So it wasn't wrong

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 to do that,

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 but these men

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 were elevating.

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 They were making

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 their tassels extra long

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 to say to others,

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 we are extra devoted.

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 We are extra followers

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 of God.

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 Please pay attention to us

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 and what it is

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 we have to say.

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 They like to walk around

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 in these long robes

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 and they like to receive

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 greetings

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 in the marketplaces.

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 Now,

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 he's not talking here

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 about people saying

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 hello to them.

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 I like it when people say

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 hello to me.

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 He's talking about

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 pomp and circumstance

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 type of greetings.

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 Again,

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 in the parallel passage,

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 Matthew 23,

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 verse 7,

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 it adds that they like

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 to be called

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 rabbi

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 or teacher

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 or my master.

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 This is a great,

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 high,

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 elevated title

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 given to these men,

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 which is why

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 I don't care much

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 at all for titles.

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 You'll never hear me

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 call myself

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 Pastor Nathan.

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 My email

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 just is Nathan

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 at our website.

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 If you want to call me

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 Pastor,

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 I consider that an honor,

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 but I don't seek out

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 that type of thing.

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 This type of title

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 is a lot like

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 people who earn

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 PhDs

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 or doctors of ministry

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 and want to be called

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 doctor.

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 Now,

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 clearly,

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 it is a lot of work.

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 It's a massive amount

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 of work to earn

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 these degrees

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 and MD,

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 I will include

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 in that.

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 And in some sense,

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 these people deserve

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 to be called

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 doctor.

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 In fact,

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 I will call

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 anybody doctor

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 until they ask me

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 to do it.

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 They deserve

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 some commendation

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 for them,

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 but as soon as

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 somebody says,

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 oh,

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 excuse me,

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 that's doctor

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 so-and-so,

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 well,

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 they have just

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 ensured that

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 I will never

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 call them

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 doctor so-and-so.

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 We get on a

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 first-name basis

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 at that point.

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 This is what

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 these men

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 are looking for.

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 Oh,

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 great,

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 learned doctor,

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 rabbi,

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 let us step

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 out of your way

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 and let you

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 pass.

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 This type of

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 honor is what

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 they sought

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 in the market

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 places.

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 In addition to

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 that,

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 they sought

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 the best seats

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 in the synagogues

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 and the places

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 of honor

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 at feasts.

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 They wanted

00:14:48.019 --> 00:14:48.559
 to be placed

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 first in all

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 of their social

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 circumstances.

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 When they gathered

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 for worship

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 together and

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 when they gathered

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 to eat food,

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 they wanted

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 to be placed

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 at the very

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 highest place

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 to be shown

00:14:58.359 --> 00:15:00.319
 honor in that

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 way.

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 Jesus has

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 been speaking

00:15:01.580 --> 00:15:02.820
 directly against

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 this type

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 of attitude

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 leading up

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 to our text

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 today.

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 Flip back

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 just a couple

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 of pages

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 starting in

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 Mark 8,

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 verse 34.

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 I've shown you

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 this theme

00:15:19.200 --> 00:15:19.900
 a number of times.

00:15:19.960 --> 00:15:20.340
 I want to show

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 you to it once more.

00:15:21.840 --> 00:15:22.600
 Mark 8,

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 34-36.

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 If anyone

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 would come

00:15:25.620 --> 00:15:26.180
 after me,

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 let him deny

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 himself

00:15:27.780 --> 00:15:28.960
 and take up

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 his cross

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 and follow me.

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 This is

00:15:32.059 --> 00:15:33.019
 antithesis

00:15:33.019 --> 00:15:34.120
 to long

00:15:34.120 --> 00:15:34.719
 fringed

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 robes

00:15:35.079 --> 00:15:35.600
 and seeking

00:15:35.600 --> 00:15:36.360
 honor in

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 things.

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 Verse 35,

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 for whoever

00:15:38.000 --> 00:15:38.519
 would save

00:15:38.519 --> 00:15:39.000
 his life

00:15:39.000 --> 00:15:39.740
 will lose it,

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 but whoever

00:15:40.019 --> 00:15:40.679
 loses his life

00:15:40.679 --> 00:15:41.219
 for my sake

00:15:41.219 --> 00:15:41.839
 in the Gospels

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 will save it.

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 For what

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 does it

00:15:43.419 --> 00:15:44.179
 profit a man

00:15:44.179 --> 00:15:44.899
 to gain

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 the whole

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 world

00:15:45.899 --> 00:15:46.699
 and to

00:15:46.699 --> 00:15:47.240
 forfeit

00:15:47.240 --> 00:15:48.379
 his soul?

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 To gain

00:15:48.939 --> 00:15:49.620
 all of that

00:15:49.620 --> 00:15:49.980
 honor,

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 but yet

00:15:50.799 --> 00:15:51.579
 to be found

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 outside the

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 faith.

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 Chapter 9,

00:15:53.559 --> 00:15:54.240
 verse 35,

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 If anyone

00:15:55.759 --> 00:15:56.019
 will be

00:15:56.019 --> 00:15:56.580
 first,

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 he must

00:15:57.279 --> 00:15:58.000
 be last

00:15:58.000 --> 00:15:58.539
 of all

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 and servant

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 of all.

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 Not self-exalting,

00:16:03.440 --> 00:16:04.899
 but self-emptying

00:16:04.899 --> 00:16:05.879
 in service

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 to others.

00:16:07.620 --> 00:16:08.500
 Chapter 10,

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 verse 44

00:16:09.560 --> 00:16:10.299
 and 45,

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 and Jesus

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 then gives

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 to us

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 the extent

00:16:12.700 --> 00:16:13.320
 of this

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 sacrifice.

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 Whoever

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 would be

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 first among

00:16:16.100 --> 00:16:16.680
 you must

00:16:16.680 --> 00:16:17.419
 be slave

00:16:17.419 --> 00:16:18.000
 of all.

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 For even

00:16:19.279 --> 00:16:19.680
 the Son

00:16:19.680 --> 00:16:20.100
 of Man

00:16:20.100 --> 00:16:20.659
 came

00:16:20.659 --> 00:16:21.539
 not to

00:16:21.539 --> 00:16:22.320
 be served,

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 but to

00:16:23.000 --> 00:16:23.340
 serve,

00:16:23.340 --> 00:16:23.660
 and to

00:16:23.660 --> 00:16:23.980
 give his

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 life

00:16:24.480 --> 00:16:25.200
 as a

00:16:25.200 --> 00:16:25.500
 ransom

00:16:25.500 --> 00:16:26.660
 for many.

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 To show

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 honor to

00:16:28.600 --> 00:16:29.320
 other people,

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 to love

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 them even

00:16:30.740 --> 00:16:31.200
 to the

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 point

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 of death.

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 Jesus

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 told a

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 parable

00:16:35.600 --> 00:16:35.860
 that's

00:16:35.860 --> 00:16:36.160
 recorded

00:16:36.160 --> 00:16:36.620
 in Luke

00:16:36.620 --> 00:16:37.700
 chapter 14,

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 beginning

00:16:38.860 --> 00:16:39.220
 in verse

00:16:39.220 --> 00:16:39.620
 7.

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 He says,

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 Now he

00:16:40.740 --> 00:16:41.019
 told a

00:16:41.019 --> 00:16:41.240
 parable

00:16:41.240 --> 00:16:41.560
 to those

00:16:41.560 --> 00:16:41.740
 that were

00:16:41.740 --> 00:16:42.060
 invited

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 when he

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 noticed

00:16:42.800 --> 00:16:43.220
 how they

00:16:43.220 --> 00:16:43.620
 chose

00:16:43.620 --> 00:16:43.800
 the

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 places

00:16:44.080 --> 00:16:44.580
 of honor,

00:16:45.259 --> 00:16:45.519
 saying

00:16:45.519 --> 00:16:46.019
 to them,

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 When you

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 are invited

00:16:47.160 --> 00:16:47.639
 by someone

00:16:47.639 --> 00:16:47.920
 to a

00:16:47.920 --> 00:16:48.080
 wedding

00:16:48.080 --> 00:16:48.400
 feast,

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 do not

00:16:48.840 --> 00:16:49.280
 sit down

00:16:49.280 --> 00:16:49.460
 in a

00:16:49.460 --> 00:16:49.639
 place

00:16:49.639 --> 00:16:50.080
 of honor,

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 lest

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 someone

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 more

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 distinguished

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 than

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 you

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 be invited

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 by him.

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 And he

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 who

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 invited

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 you

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 both

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 will

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 come

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 and

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 say

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 to

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 you,

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 Give

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 your

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 place

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 to

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 this

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 person,

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 and

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 then

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 you

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 will

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 begin

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 with

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 shame

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 to

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 take

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 the

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 lowest

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 place.

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 But

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 when

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 you

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 are

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 invited,

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 go

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 and

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 sit

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 in

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 the

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 lowest

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 place,

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 so that

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 when

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 your

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 host

00:17:06.319 --> 00:17:06.639
 comes,

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 he

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 may

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 say

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 to

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 you,

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 friend,

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 move

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 up

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 higher.

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 Then

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 you

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 will

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 be

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 honored

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 in

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 the

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 presence

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 of

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 all

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 who

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 sit

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 at

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 table

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 with

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 you.

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 For

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 everyone

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 who

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 exalts

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 himself

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 will

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 be

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 humbled,

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 and

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 he

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 who

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 humbles

00:17:16.240 --> 00:17:16.779
 himself

00:17:16.779 --> 00:17:17.399
 will

00:17:17.399 --> 00:17:17.740
 be

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 exalted.

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 And

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 he's

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 speaking

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 an

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 indictment

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 on

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 these

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 men

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 who

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 place

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 themselves

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 in

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 positions

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 of

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 honor.

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 And

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 the

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 groomsmen

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 will

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 come

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 to

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 them

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 one

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 day

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 and

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 put

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 them

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 in

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 the

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 lowliest

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 of

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 places.

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 That

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 is

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 the

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 place

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 of

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 eternal

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 destruction.

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 They

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 thought

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 that

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 they

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 deserved

00:17:34.179 --> 00:17:34.460
 the

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 favor

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 of

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 God,

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 that

00:17:35.839 --> 00:17:35.960
 they

00:17:41.579 --> 00:17:41.859
 as we

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 ought

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 to,

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 putting

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 ourselves

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 in

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 the

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 lowliest

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 place.

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 Certainly

00:17:44.939 --> 00:17:45.299
 we

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 deserve

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 eternal

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 damnation

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 for our

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 sin,

00:17:47.980 --> 00:17:48.220
 and yet

00:17:48.220 --> 00:17:48.379
 the

00:17:48.379 --> 00:17:48.579
 groom

00:17:48.579 --> 00:17:48.720
 will

00:17:48.720 --> 00:17:48.859
 come

00:17:48.859 --> 00:17:49.019
 to

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 us

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 and

00:17:49.439 --> 00:17:49.679
 say,

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 please

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 come

00:17:50.319 --> 00:17:50.519
 and

00:17:50.519 --> 00:17:50.779
 sit

00:17:50.779 --> 00:17:51.319
 in

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 this

00:17:51.500 --> 00:17:51.859
 honored

00:17:51.859 --> 00:17:53.099
 place.

00:17:54.159 --> 00:17:54.699
 Jesus

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 was

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 never

00:17:55.899 --> 00:17:58.139
 self-exalting.

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 In fact,

00:17:59.740 --> 00:17:59.939
 he was

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 constantly

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 self-abasing,

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 constantly

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 pointing to

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 God the

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 Father as

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 the source

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 of all

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 the things

00:18:05.819 --> 00:18:06.079
 that he

00:18:06.079 --> 00:18:06.439
 did.

00:18:06.699 --> 00:18:06.839
 He

00:18:06.839 --> 00:18:06.980
 did

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 nothing

00:18:07.279 --> 00:18:07.639
 on his

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 own

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 initiative.

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 John

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 records this

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 for us

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 again and

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 again.

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 He

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 acted,

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 and he

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 only

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 spoke

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 as he

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 saw

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 the

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 Father

00:18:14.059 --> 00:18:14.399
 doing.

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 He

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 exalted

00:18:14.919 --> 00:18:15.159
 the

00:18:15.159 --> 00:18:15.539
 Father

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 in

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 all

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 that

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 he

00:18:17.199 --> 00:18:17.439
 did.

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 Isn't

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 it

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 interesting

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 that we

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 live in

00:18:18.779 --> 00:18:19.059
 a day

00:18:19.059 --> 00:18:19.439
 and age

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 that if

00:18:19.659 --> 00:18:19.779
 you're

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 going to

00:18:20.000 --> 00:18:20.159
 be

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 popular

00:18:20.740 --> 00:18:21.399
 in the

00:18:21.399 --> 00:18:21.699
 Christian

00:18:21.699 --> 00:18:22.039
 world,

00:18:22.139 --> 00:18:22.519
 you have

00:18:22.519 --> 00:18:22.819
 to be

00:18:22.819 --> 00:18:23.980
 self-exalting

00:18:23.980 --> 00:18:24.740
 instead

00:18:24.740 --> 00:18:25.919
 of self-emptying?

00:18:26.319 --> 00:18:26.740
 You have

00:18:26.740 --> 00:18:26.919
 to be

00:18:26.919 --> 00:18:27.339
 incredibly

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 active

00:18:27.839 --> 00:18:28.240
 with your

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 blogs

00:18:28.759 --> 00:18:29.179
 and your

00:18:29.179 --> 00:18:29.480
 Twitter

00:18:29.480 --> 00:18:29.859
 feed,

00:18:29.960 --> 00:18:30.119
 and you

00:18:30.119 --> 00:18:30.359
 have to

00:18:30.359 --> 00:18:30.500
 be

00:18:30.500 --> 00:18:30.980
 constantly

00:18:30.980 --> 00:18:31.799
 touting

00:18:31.799 --> 00:18:32.079
 all the

00:18:32.079 --> 00:18:32.319
 things

00:18:32.319 --> 00:18:32.599
 that you

00:18:32.599 --> 00:18:32.980
 know

00:18:32.980 --> 00:18:33.559
 and all

00:18:33.559 --> 00:18:33.819
 that you

00:18:33.819 --> 00:18:34.000
 can

00:18:34.000 --> 00:18:34.399
 do.

00:18:34.400 --> 00:18:36.500
 Adfinitum,

00:18:36.580 --> 00:18:36.800
 if you're

00:18:36.800 --> 00:18:36.920
 going to

00:18:36.920 --> 00:18:37.980
 be popular

00:18:37.980 --> 00:18:38.759
 in this

00:18:38.759 --> 00:18:39.620
 day,

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 I want to

00:18:41.259 --> 00:18:41.560
 be like

00:18:41.560 --> 00:18:41.800
 Jesus,

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 and I

00:18:42.120 --> 00:18:42.440
 also don't

00:18:42.440 --> 00:18:42.740
 like

00:18:42.740 --> 00:18:43.920
 social media.

00:18:44.340 --> 00:18:44.620
 It works

00:18:44.620 --> 00:18:44.820
 out,

00:18:44.900 --> 00:18:45.080
 right?

00:18:46.440 --> 00:18:47.019
 Now it

00:18:47.019 --> 00:18:47.420
 says,

00:18:47.580 --> 00:18:48.600
 please don't

00:18:48.600 --> 00:18:48.960
 draw that as

00:18:48.960 --> 00:18:49.200
 a direct

00:18:49.200 --> 00:18:49.540
 connection,

00:18:49.780 --> 00:18:49.940
 right?

00:18:50.480 --> 00:18:51.180
 It says

00:18:51.180 --> 00:18:51.620
 that they

00:18:51.620 --> 00:18:52.400
 like to

00:18:52.400 --> 00:18:52.900
 walk around.

00:18:53.000 --> 00:18:53.259
 Now there's

00:18:53.259 --> 00:18:53.759
 an interesting

00:18:53.759 --> 00:18:55.759
 verb here,

00:18:55.800 --> 00:18:56.340
 they like,

00:18:56.420 --> 00:18:57.000
 and it means

00:18:57.000 --> 00:18:58.120
 more so than

00:18:58.120 --> 00:18:58.680
 just what we

00:18:58.680 --> 00:18:59.080
 would think of

00:18:59.080 --> 00:18:59.400
 as like,

00:18:59.460 --> 00:18:59.720
 that they

00:18:59.720 --> 00:19:00.800
 desire these

00:19:00.800 --> 00:19:01.240
 things,

00:19:01.380 --> 00:19:01.940
 that they

00:19:01.940 --> 00:19:02.759
 love these

00:19:02.759 --> 00:19:03.100
 things,

00:19:03.180 --> 00:19:03.360
 right?

00:19:03.359 --> 00:19:03.799
 This is the

00:19:03.799 --> 00:19:05.119
 very existence

00:19:05.119 --> 00:19:05.759
 of their

00:19:05.759 --> 00:19:06.579
 being,

00:19:06.819 --> 00:19:07.319
 this type

00:19:07.319 --> 00:19:08.059
 of praise

00:19:08.059 --> 00:19:09.439
 being heaped

00:19:09.439 --> 00:19:10.139
 upon them.

00:19:10.259 --> 00:19:10.559
 And so,

00:19:10.759 --> 00:19:11.199
 as Jesus

00:19:11.199 --> 00:19:11.619
 is saying

00:19:11.619 --> 00:19:12.659
 to them

00:19:12.659 --> 00:19:12.959
 and to

00:19:12.959 --> 00:19:13.299
 us,

00:19:13.399 --> 00:19:13.879
 beware of

00:19:13.879 --> 00:19:14.679
 the scribes,

00:19:14.759 --> 00:19:15.119
 beware of

00:19:15.119 --> 00:19:15.819
 these false

00:19:15.819 --> 00:19:16.479
 teachers,

00:19:16.599 --> 00:19:16.979
 he's saying

00:19:16.979 --> 00:19:17.240
 to them,

00:19:17.299 --> 00:19:18.240
 beware of

00:19:18.240 --> 00:19:19.179
 people who

00:19:19.179 --> 00:19:21.279
 are self-exalting.

00:19:22.279 --> 00:19:22.779
 Beware of

00:19:22.779 --> 00:19:23.119
 people who

00:19:23.119 --> 00:19:24.959
 are self-exalting.

00:19:25.839 --> 00:19:26.399
 Now we'll

00:19:26.399 --> 00:19:26.819
 skip down

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 for a moment

00:19:27.359 --> 00:19:28.199
 and see

00:19:28.199 --> 00:19:28.479
 that they

00:19:28.479 --> 00:19:29.259
 also make

00:19:29.259 --> 00:19:30.539
 a pretense

00:19:30.539 --> 00:19:32.159
 of long

00:19:32.159 --> 00:19:33.219
 prayers.

00:19:33.359 --> 00:19:33.859
 They make

00:19:33.859 --> 00:19:34.500
 a pretense

00:19:34.500 --> 00:19:34.879
 of long

00:19:34.879 --> 00:19:35.099
 prayers.

00:19:35.519 --> 00:19:35.799
 For the

00:19:35.799 --> 00:19:36.199
 sake of

00:19:36.199 --> 00:19:36.759
 appearance

00:19:36.759 --> 00:19:37.079
 would be

00:19:37.079 --> 00:19:37.459
 another way

00:19:37.459 --> 00:19:37.759
 to say

00:19:37.759 --> 00:19:37.919
 that.

00:19:38.000 --> 00:19:38.199
 Some of

00:19:38.199 --> 00:19:38.299
 your

00:19:38.299 --> 00:19:38.759
 translations

00:19:38.759 --> 00:19:39.159
 may.

00:19:39.259 --> 00:19:39.500
 For the

00:19:39.500 --> 00:19:39.839
 sake of

00:19:39.839 --> 00:19:40.359
 appearance,

00:19:41.159 --> 00:19:41.899
 they make

00:19:41.899 --> 00:19:42.939
 long

00:19:42.939 --> 00:19:43.839
 prayers.

00:19:44.879 --> 00:19:45.399
 When Jesus

00:19:45.399 --> 00:19:45.879
 teaches the

00:19:45.879 --> 00:19:46.459
 disciples how

00:19:46.459 --> 00:19:46.859
 to pray,

00:19:46.979 --> 00:19:47.559
 Matthew 6,

00:19:47.679 --> 00:19:48.259
 5 says,

00:19:48.339 --> 00:19:48.639
 and when you

00:19:48.639 --> 00:19:49.039
 pray,

00:19:49.719 --> 00:19:50.279
 you must not

00:19:50.279 --> 00:19:50.859
 be like

00:19:50.859 --> 00:19:51.979
 the hypocrites.

00:19:52.339 --> 00:19:52.839
 That's who he's

00:19:52.839 --> 00:19:53.419
 referring to.

00:19:53.500 --> 00:19:53.979
 For they love

00:19:53.979 --> 00:19:54.799
 to stand and

00:19:54.799 --> 00:19:55.259
 pray in the

00:19:55.259 --> 00:19:55.839
 synagogues

00:19:55.839 --> 00:19:56.639
 and at the

00:19:56.639 --> 00:19:57.199
 street corners.

00:19:57.299 --> 00:19:57.699
 They may be

00:19:57.699 --> 00:19:58.399
 seen by

00:19:58.399 --> 00:19:58.879
 others.

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 Truly I

00:20:00.119 --> 00:20:00.959
 say to you,

00:20:00.960 --> 00:20:02.299
 they have

00:20:02.299 --> 00:20:04.220
 received their

00:20:04.220 --> 00:20:05.140
 reward.

00:20:05.340 --> 00:20:05.860
 They like to

00:20:05.860 --> 00:20:06.620
 put on the

00:20:06.620 --> 00:20:07.180
 pretense.

00:20:07.279 --> 00:20:07.720
 They like to

00:20:07.720 --> 00:20:08.700
 act righteous

00:20:08.700 --> 00:20:09.039
 on the

00:20:09.039 --> 00:20:09.519
 outside and

00:20:09.519 --> 00:20:09.960
 like to do

00:20:09.960 --> 00:20:10.460
 so in such

00:20:10.460 --> 00:20:10.860
 a way that

00:20:10.860 --> 00:20:12.279
 everyone can

00:20:12.279 --> 00:20:12.700
 see it.

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 Not in the

00:20:13.279 --> 00:20:13.900
 quiet,

00:20:14.299 --> 00:20:14.539
 hidden,

00:20:14.880 --> 00:20:15.500
 secret places,

00:20:15.600 --> 00:20:16.100
 but out where

00:20:16.100 --> 00:20:17.059
 everyone can

00:20:17.059 --> 00:20:17.360
 see.

00:20:17.640 --> 00:20:18.140
 And they put a

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 great show

00:20:19.000 --> 00:20:20.200
 on so that

00:20:20.200 --> 00:20:20.640
 they will be

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 praised.

00:20:22.980 --> 00:20:23.460
 Jesus says

00:20:23.460 --> 00:20:24.279
 beware of the

00:20:24.279 --> 00:20:24.799
 scribes,

00:20:24.840 --> 00:20:25.160
 the false

00:20:25.160 --> 00:20:25.600
 teachers.

00:20:25.799 --> 00:20:26.319
 Beware of

00:20:26.319 --> 00:20:27.279
 people who

00:20:27.279 --> 00:20:28.180
 merely put on

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 the appearance

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 of holiness.

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 And then

00:20:33.960 --> 00:20:34.420
 lastly,

00:20:35.160 --> 00:20:35.539
 in the

00:20:35.539 --> 00:20:35.940
 nature,

00:20:37.680 --> 00:20:38.160
 we see that

00:20:38.160 --> 00:20:38.660
 these men

00:20:38.660 --> 00:20:39.460
 devour

00:20:39.460 --> 00:20:40.740
 widows'

00:20:40.840 --> 00:20:41.180
 houses.

00:20:42.000 --> 00:20:42.880
 They devour

00:20:42.880 --> 00:20:43.180
 widows'

00:20:43.279 --> 00:20:43.519
 houses.

00:20:43.720 --> 00:20:43.860
 Now,

00:20:44.019 --> 00:20:44.480
 for the sake

00:20:44.480 --> 00:20:44.900
 of time,

00:20:44.980 --> 00:20:45.180
 I won't

00:20:45.180 --> 00:20:46.180
 develop thematically

00:20:46.180 --> 00:20:47.279
 for you all

00:20:47.279 --> 00:20:47.720
 of God's

00:20:47.720 --> 00:20:48.320
 commands to

00:20:48.320 --> 00:20:48.820
 care for

00:20:48.820 --> 00:20:49.120
 widows,

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 but they

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 are many,

00:20:50.980 --> 00:20:51.980
 20 to 30

00:20:51.980 --> 00:20:52.860
 different times

00:20:52.860 --> 00:20:53.580
 in the Old

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 Testament.

00:20:54.080 --> 00:20:54.299
 There are

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 commands to

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 care for

00:20:56.220 --> 00:20:56.620
 widows,

00:20:56.720 --> 00:20:57.560
 to look out

00:20:57.559 --> 00:20:58.399
 for them.

00:20:58.460 --> 00:20:58.940
 And these

00:20:58.940 --> 00:20:59.299
 men were

00:20:59.299 --> 00:20:59.720
 doing the

00:20:59.720 --> 00:21:00.500
 very opposite

00:21:00.500 --> 00:21:01.279
 of that.

00:21:02.079 --> 00:21:03.419
 As they

00:21:03.419 --> 00:21:04.359
 still believed,

00:21:04.419 --> 00:21:04.679
 even though

00:21:04.679 --> 00:21:04.879
 they were

00:21:04.879 --> 00:21:05.319
 under Roman

00:21:05.319 --> 00:21:05.599
 rule,

00:21:05.700 --> 00:21:05.919
 that they

00:21:05.919 --> 00:21:06.359
 lived a

00:21:06.359 --> 00:21:07.099
 theocracy,

00:21:07.299 --> 00:21:07.700
 in many

00:21:07.700 --> 00:21:08.119
 ways,

00:21:08.399 --> 00:21:08.839
 these men

00:21:08.839 --> 00:21:09.339
 ruled.

00:21:09.599 --> 00:21:09.919
 They were

00:21:09.919 --> 00:21:10.460
 part of

00:21:10.460 --> 00:21:11.659
 the ruling

00:21:11.659 --> 00:21:12.200
 class,

00:21:12.319 --> 00:21:13.099
 the Sanhedrin,

00:21:13.179 --> 00:21:13.519
 those who

00:21:13.519 --> 00:21:13.879
 sat in

00:21:13.879 --> 00:21:14.659
 judgment over

00:21:14.659 --> 00:21:15.059
 Israel,

00:21:15.259 --> 00:21:15.700
 and they

00:21:15.700 --> 00:21:16.279
 were experts

00:21:16.279 --> 00:21:16.599
 in the

00:21:16.599 --> 00:21:16.839
 law,

00:21:16.940 --> 00:21:17.119
 and so

00:21:17.119 --> 00:21:17.639
 they did

00:21:17.639 --> 00:21:18.099
 things,

00:21:18.179 --> 00:21:18.839
 they managed

00:21:18.839 --> 00:21:19.259
 to do

00:21:19.259 --> 00:21:20.079
 things in

00:21:20.079 --> 00:21:20.960
 being asked

00:21:20.960 --> 00:21:21.519
 to help

00:21:21.519 --> 00:21:22.399
 with estates

00:21:22.399 --> 00:21:22.819
 from these

00:21:22.819 --> 00:21:23.139
 widows.

00:21:23.299 --> 00:21:23.700
 They did

00:21:23.700 --> 00:21:24.279
 manipulative

00:21:24.279 --> 00:21:24.839
 things to

00:21:24.839 --> 00:21:25.399
 take advantage

00:21:25.399 --> 00:21:25.799
 of them.

00:21:26.220 --> 00:21:26.419
 They took

00:21:26.419 --> 00:21:26.839
 advantage of

00:21:26.839 --> 00:21:26.960
 their

00:21:27.559 --> 00:21:27.679
 property,

00:21:27.879 --> 00:21:28.259
 they would

00:21:28.259 --> 00:21:28.579
 stay at

00:21:28.579 --> 00:21:29.119
 their homes,

00:21:29.299 --> 00:21:29.659
 and eat

00:21:29.659 --> 00:21:30.200
 their food,

00:21:30.399 --> 00:21:30.659
 and they

00:21:30.659 --> 00:21:31.019
 would find

00:21:31.019 --> 00:21:31.579
 ways in

00:21:31.579 --> 00:21:31.899
 which to

00:21:31.899 --> 00:21:32.659
 actually keep

00:21:32.659 --> 00:21:32.879
 their

00:21:32.879 --> 00:21:33.299
 property.

00:21:34.579 --> 00:21:35.259
 Above and

00:21:35.259 --> 00:21:36.200
 beyond that,

00:21:37.079 --> 00:21:37.679
 they developed

00:21:37.679 --> 00:21:38.480
 a system that

00:21:38.480 --> 00:21:39.279
 wasn't just

00:21:39.279 --> 00:21:39.980
 oppressive to

00:21:39.980 --> 00:21:40.240
 widows,

00:21:40.299 --> 00:21:40.919
 but all people

00:21:40.919 --> 00:21:41.419
 generally,

00:21:41.879 --> 00:21:42.599
 which said that

00:21:42.599 --> 00:21:43.740
 you must buy

00:21:43.740 --> 00:21:45.059
 the favor of

00:21:45.059 --> 00:21:45.359
 God.

00:21:45.460 --> 00:21:45.740
 There were

00:21:45.740 --> 00:21:47.079
 13 offering

00:21:47.079 --> 00:21:48.279
 boxes in

00:21:48.279 --> 00:21:48.740
 the temple

00:21:48.740 --> 00:21:49.099
 where you

00:21:49.099 --> 00:21:49.419
 would put

00:21:49.419 --> 00:21:49.919
 your money

00:21:49.919 --> 00:21:50.819
 to buy

00:21:50.819 --> 00:21:51.819
 God's

00:21:51.819 --> 00:21:52.700
 favor.

00:21:52.700 --> 00:21:52.819
 favor.

00:21:53.720 --> 00:21:54.080
 And this

00:21:54.080 --> 00:21:54.380
 was a

00:21:54.380 --> 00:21:54.900
 system that

00:21:54.900 --> 00:21:55.559
 presumably

00:21:55.559 --> 00:21:56.340
 the people

00:21:56.340 --> 00:21:57.220
 didn't care

00:21:57.220 --> 00:21:57.580
 for.

00:21:58.080 --> 00:21:58.460
 I think

00:21:58.460 --> 00:21:59.059
 they knew

00:21:59.059 --> 00:21:59.420
 that they

00:21:59.420 --> 00:21:59.920
 were being

00:21:59.920 --> 00:22:00.759
 swindled,

00:22:00.880 --> 00:22:01.120
 which is

00:22:01.120 --> 00:22:02.080
 likely why

00:22:02.080 --> 00:22:02.519
 they began

00:22:02.519 --> 00:22:02.840
 to pay

00:22:02.840 --> 00:22:03.420
 attention to

00:22:03.420 --> 00:22:03.819
 Jesus when

00:22:03.819 --> 00:22:04.360
 he overturned

00:22:04.360 --> 00:22:04.620
 the money

00:22:04.620 --> 00:22:05.299
 changers table.

00:22:05.380 --> 00:22:05.880
 They liked

00:22:05.880 --> 00:22:06.259
 that.

00:22:06.620 --> 00:22:07.039
 Here was a

00:22:07.039 --> 00:22:07.340
 man who

00:22:07.340 --> 00:22:07.680
 was coming

00:22:07.680 --> 00:22:08.200
 and flying

00:22:08.200 --> 00:22:08.720
 in the face

00:22:08.720 --> 00:22:09.340
 of all

00:22:09.340 --> 00:22:09.640
 that was

00:22:09.640 --> 00:22:10.240
 being done

00:22:10.240 --> 00:22:10.779
 in the

00:22:10.779 --> 00:22:11.480
 name of

00:22:11.480 --> 00:22:11.880
 God

00:22:11.880 --> 00:22:12.640
 to take

00:22:12.640 --> 00:22:13.160
 advantage

00:22:13.160 --> 00:22:13.500
 of the

00:22:13.500 --> 00:22:13.900
 people,

00:22:13.900 --> 00:22:14.519
 and they

00:22:14.519 --> 00:22:15.319
 began to

00:22:15.319 --> 00:22:15.740
 listen.

00:22:16.460 --> 00:22:16.840
 This is

00:22:16.840 --> 00:22:17.460
 why these

00:22:17.460 --> 00:22:17.940
 groups of

00:22:17.940 --> 00:22:18.200
 men,

00:22:18.279 --> 00:22:18.740
 these religious

00:22:18.740 --> 00:22:19.140
 leaders,

00:22:19.140 --> 00:22:19.980
 were so

00:22:19.980 --> 00:22:20.980
 offended at

00:22:20.980 --> 00:22:21.380
 what Jesus

00:22:21.380 --> 00:22:21.940
 was doing

00:22:21.940 --> 00:22:22.319
 because he

00:22:22.319 --> 00:22:23.240
 was disrupting

00:22:23.240 --> 00:22:24.079
 that system.

00:22:24.400 --> 00:22:24.640
 He was

00:22:24.640 --> 00:22:25.360
 cutting off

00:22:25.360 --> 00:22:26.220
 their flow

00:22:26.220 --> 00:22:26.900
 of income

00:22:26.900 --> 00:22:27.559
 in this

00:22:27.559 --> 00:22:27.920
 way.

00:22:28.220 --> 00:22:28.660
 The more

00:22:28.660 --> 00:22:29.339
 I study,

00:22:29.539 --> 00:22:29.779
 Mark,

00:22:29.839 --> 00:22:30.160
 the more

00:22:30.160 --> 00:22:30.940
 I understand

00:22:30.940 --> 00:22:31.539
 I could

00:22:31.539 --> 00:22:31.980
 actually put

00:22:31.980 --> 00:22:32.420
 myself in

00:22:32.420 --> 00:22:32.779
 the shoes

00:22:32.779 --> 00:22:33.039
 of these

00:22:33.039 --> 00:22:33.339
 religious

00:22:33.339 --> 00:22:33.620
 leaders,

00:22:33.740 --> 00:22:34.059
 why they

00:22:34.059 --> 00:22:34.200
 would have

00:22:34.200 --> 00:22:34.819
 been so

00:22:34.819 --> 00:22:35.920
 upset at

00:22:35.920 --> 00:22:36.220
 Jesus,

00:22:36.339 --> 00:22:36.700
 even to

00:22:36.700 --> 00:22:37.099
 the point

00:22:37.099 --> 00:22:38.279
 of death.

00:22:38.680 --> 00:22:38.880
 They

00:22:38.880 --> 00:22:39.259
 worshipped

00:22:39.259 --> 00:22:39.880
 themselves.

00:22:40.180 --> 00:22:40.680
 They worshipped

00:22:40.680 --> 00:22:41.240
 the system

00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:41.519
 they had

00:22:41.519 --> 00:22:41.980
 established.

00:22:42.279 --> 00:22:42.779
 They worshipped

00:22:42.779 --> 00:22:43.680
 all of the

00:22:43.680 --> 00:22:44.460
 fame and

00:22:44.460 --> 00:22:45.099
 honor that

00:22:45.099 --> 00:22:45.480
 came to

00:22:45.480 --> 00:22:45.740
 them,

00:22:45.799 --> 00:22:46.200
 and Jesus

00:22:46.200 --> 00:22:47.120
 came to

00:22:47.120 --> 00:22:47.839
 destroy

00:22:47.839 --> 00:22:48.980
 that kind

00:22:48.980 --> 00:22:49.519
 of self

00:22:49.519 --> 00:22:50.880
 exaltation.

00:22:51.960 --> 00:22:52.420
 So they

00:22:52.420 --> 00:22:53.059
 devoured

00:22:53.059 --> 00:22:53.860
 widows'

00:22:53.960 --> 00:22:54.240
 houses,

00:22:54.380 --> 00:22:54.779
 the very

00:22:54.779 --> 00:22:55.640
 lowliest

00:22:55.640 --> 00:22:56.460
 of society

00:22:56.460 --> 00:22:56.819
 that should

00:22:56.819 --> 00:22:57.039
 have been

00:22:57.039 --> 00:22:57.720
 cared for

00:22:57.720 --> 00:22:58.539
 and supported

00:22:58.539 --> 00:22:58.900
 by the

00:22:58.900 --> 00:22:59.200
 law of

00:22:59.200 --> 00:22:59.380
 God.

00:22:59.440 --> 00:22:59.660
 They did

00:22:59.660 --> 00:23:00.000
 the very

00:23:00.000 --> 00:23:00.740
 opposite

00:23:00.740 --> 00:23:01.599
 of that

00:23:01.599 --> 00:23:02.019
 thing

00:23:02.019 --> 00:23:02.720
 with the

00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:03.059
 structure

00:23:03.059 --> 00:23:03.579
 that they

00:23:03.579 --> 00:23:04.220
 created.

00:23:05.000 --> 00:23:05.500
 This is

00:23:05.500 --> 00:23:05.960
 true in

00:23:05.960 --> 00:23:06.539
 our day

00:23:06.539 --> 00:23:07.839
 as well.

00:23:08.420 --> 00:23:08.740
 Many

00:23:08.740 --> 00:23:09.339
 false

00:23:09.339 --> 00:23:10.120
 teachers,

00:23:10.539 --> 00:23:11.240
 most of

00:23:11.240 --> 00:23:11.759
 them that

00:23:11.759 --> 00:23:12.000
 you can

00:23:12.000 --> 00:23:12.519
 see on

00:23:12.519 --> 00:23:13.079
 TV,

00:23:13.200 --> 00:23:13.640
 not all

00:23:13.640 --> 00:23:14.319
 but most

00:23:14.319 --> 00:23:15.360
 on TV,

00:23:15.779 --> 00:23:16.240
 who just

00:23:16.240 --> 00:23:17.019
 want a

00:23:17.019 --> 00:23:17.740
 little seed

00:23:17.740 --> 00:23:18.299
 gift,

00:23:18.700 --> 00:23:19.319
 just want

00:23:19.319 --> 00:23:19.579
 you to

00:23:19.579 --> 00:23:19.960
 order up

00:23:19.960 --> 00:23:20.460
 the prayer

00:23:20.460 --> 00:23:20.839
 rug,

00:23:20.839 --> 00:23:21.099
 which is

00:23:21.099 --> 00:23:21.339
 a piece

00:23:21.339 --> 00:23:21.720
 of paper

00:23:21.720 --> 00:23:22.199
 strangely,

00:23:22.759 --> 00:23:22.959
 right?

00:23:23.059 --> 00:23:23.319
 That are

00:23:23.319 --> 00:23:23.500
 going to

00:23:23.500 --> 00:23:23.779
 give you

00:23:23.779 --> 00:23:24.240
 some kind

00:23:24.240 --> 00:23:24.439
 of a

00:23:24.439 --> 00:23:24.759
 thing

00:23:24.759 --> 00:23:24.939
 that's

00:23:24.939 --> 00:23:25.179
 going to

00:23:25.179 --> 00:23:25.539
 bless

00:23:25.539 --> 00:23:25.919
 you

00:23:25.919 --> 00:23:26.679
 more.

00:23:26.759 --> 00:23:26.899
 If they

00:23:26.899 --> 00:23:27.199
 could just

00:23:27.199 --> 00:23:27.799
 wring a

00:23:27.799 --> 00:23:28.220
 little bit

00:23:28.220 --> 00:23:29.579
 more out

00:23:29.579 --> 00:23:29.959
 of you.

00:23:30.779 --> 00:23:31.119
 You know

00:23:31.119 --> 00:23:31.439
 some of

00:23:31.439 --> 00:23:31.959
 these people.

00:23:32.500 --> 00:23:33.240
 Joel Osteen,

00:23:33.459 --> 00:23:34.179
 Joyce Meyer,

00:23:34.639 --> 00:23:34.939
 T.D.

00:23:35.039 --> 00:23:35.500
 Jakes,

00:23:35.939 --> 00:23:36.599
 Benny Hinn,

00:23:37.000 --> 00:23:37.799
 Creflo Dollar,

00:23:37.899 --> 00:23:37.819
!

00:23:37.819 --> 00:23:38.480
 The list can

00:23:38.480 --> 00:23:39.500
 go on and

00:23:39.500 --> 00:23:40.439
 on and

00:23:40.439 --> 00:23:40.859
 on.

00:23:41.240 --> 00:23:42.279
 Beware of

00:23:42.279 --> 00:23:42.859
 these people.

00:23:43.939 --> 00:23:44.399
 As I said

00:23:44.399 --> 00:23:44.879
 to you though,

00:23:45.059 --> 00:23:45.459
 we tend to

00:23:45.459 --> 00:23:45.819
 put them

00:23:45.819 --> 00:23:46.759
 categorically

00:23:46.759 --> 00:23:47.439
 off in one

00:23:47.439 --> 00:23:48.099
 place.

00:23:48.099 --> 00:23:48.500
 It's not

00:23:48.500 --> 00:23:49.719
 just them.

00:23:50.279 --> 00:23:50.599
 There are

00:23:50.599 --> 00:23:51.139
 many others

00:23:51.139 --> 00:23:51.659
 who do

00:23:51.659 --> 00:23:52.079
 this as

00:23:52.079 --> 00:23:52.439
 well that

00:23:52.439 --> 00:23:52.799
 just don't

00:23:52.799 --> 00:23:53.199
 have the

00:23:53.199 --> 00:23:53.899
 name or

00:23:53.899 --> 00:23:54.539
 the scope

00:23:54.539 --> 00:23:55.179
 that they

00:23:55.179 --> 00:23:55.679
 have.

00:23:56.699 --> 00:23:57.359
 So beware of

00:23:57.359 --> 00:23:58.279
 the scribes,

00:23:58.359 --> 00:23:59.240
 the false

00:23:59.240 --> 00:23:59.679
 teachers.

00:24:00.219 --> 00:24:00.659
 Beware of

00:24:00.659 --> 00:24:01.179
 people who

00:24:01.179 --> 00:24:02.079
 take advantage

00:24:02.079 --> 00:24:03.579
 of the less

00:24:03.579 --> 00:24:05.199
 advantaged.

00:24:05.399 --> 00:24:06.219
 Who don't

00:24:06.219 --> 00:24:07.219
 serve,

00:24:07.919 --> 00:24:08.459
 but are

00:24:08.459 --> 00:24:09.759
 served.

00:24:09.759 --> 00:24:11.119
 And so

00:24:11.119 --> 00:24:11.539
 this is the

00:24:11.539 --> 00:24:12.599
 nature of

00:24:12.599 --> 00:24:13.339
 their hypocrisy.

00:24:13.460 --> 00:24:13.819
 We've got a

00:24:13.819 --> 00:24:14.559
 strong warning

00:24:14.559 --> 00:24:15.640
 against people

00:24:15.640 --> 00:24:17.839
 like this.

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 And then we

00:24:18.379 --> 00:24:20.160
 see in

00:24:20.160 --> 00:24:20.759
 verse 40

00:24:20.759 --> 00:24:21.740
 their final

00:24:21.740 --> 00:24:23.319
 condemnation.

00:24:23.440 --> 00:24:23.799
 The text

00:24:23.799 --> 00:24:24.339
 says they

00:24:24.339 --> 00:24:25.279
 will receive

00:24:25.279 --> 00:24:26.700
 the greater

00:24:26.700 --> 00:24:28.039
 condemnation.

00:24:28.579 --> 00:24:29.000
 2 Corinthians

00:24:29.000 --> 00:24:29.779
 11.15

00:24:29.779 --> 00:24:30.220
 says their

00:24:30.220 --> 00:24:31.259
 end will

00:24:31.259 --> 00:24:33.259
 correspond to

00:24:33.259 --> 00:24:34.039
 their deeds.

00:24:34.640 --> 00:24:34.940
 And as I

00:24:34.940 --> 00:24:35.319
 read to you

00:24:35.319 --> 00:24:36.500
 2 Peter 2.1

00:24:36.500 --> 00:24:36.920
 I'll read it

00:24:36.920 --> 00:24:38.099
 to you again.

00:24:38.680 --> 00:24:39.259
 But false

00:24:39.259 --> 00:24:40.500
 prophets also

00:24:40.500 --> 00:24:41.259
 arose among

00:24:41.259 --> 00:24:41.740
 the people,

00:24:41.859 --> 00:24:42.279
 just as there

00:24:42.279 --> 00:24:42.839
 will be false

00:24:42.839 --> 00:24:43.460
 teachers among

00:24:43.460 --> 00:24:44.259
 you, who

00:24:44.259 --> 00:24:44.779
 will secretly

00:24:44.779 --> 00:24:45.379
 bring in

00:24:45.379 --> 00:24:45.900
 destructive

00:24:45.900 --> 00:24:46.859
 heresies, even

00:24:46.859 --> 00:24:47.500
 denying the

00:24:47.500 --> 00:24:47.960
 master who

00:24:47.960 --> 00:24:48.359
 bought them,

00:24:48.839 --> 00:24:49.559
 bringing upon

00:24:49.559 --> 00:24:51.779
 themselves swift

00:24:51.779 --> 00:24:53.359
 destruction.

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 And there's a

00:24:54.519 --> 00:24:54.960
 great deal of

00:24:54.960 --> 00:24:55.640
 encouragement in

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 that, and seeing

00:24:56.220 --> 00:24:56.839
 that there is in

00:24:56.839 --> 00:24:57.240
 fact a

00:24:57.240 --> 00:24:58.279
 condemnation for

00:24:58.279 --> 00:24:58.859
 these men,

00:24:58.960 --> 00:24:59.379
 because even

00:24:59.379 --> 00:25:00.259
 as we are to

00:25:00.259 --> 00:25:01.119
 beware them,

00:25:01.140 --> 00:25:01.519
 and I will

00:25:01.519 --> 00:25:02.420
 show you some

00:25:02.420 --> 00:25:03.000
 other places

00:25:03.000 --> 00:25:03.500
 that we are

00:25:03.500 --> 00:25:04.200
 actually supposed

00:25:04.200 --> 00:25:05.319
 to battle

00:25:05.319 --> 00:25:06.339
 against them,

00:25:07.019 --> 00:25:07.839
 that one day,

00:25:08.039 --> 00:25:08.539
 fully and

00:25:08.539 --> 00:25:09.220
 finally, God

00:25:09.220 --> 00:25:09.440
 will be

00:25:09.440 --> 00:25:09.940
 vindicated.

00:25:10.259 --> 00:25:10.620
 In fact,

00:25:10.940 --> 00:25:11.480
 Peter says

00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:11.860
 that their

00:25:11.860 --> 00:25:12.660
 destruction will

00:25:12.660 --> 00:25:13.640
 be swift.

00:25:13.839 --> 00:25:14.460
 Not in our

00:25:14.460 --> 00:25:15.559
 terms, certainly.

00:25:16.100 --> 00:25:16.880
 There are many

00:25:16.880 --> 00:25:17.360
 men, I would

00:25:17.360 --> 00:25:18.059
 gladly see their

00:25:18.059 --> 00:25:18.680
 destruction come

00:25:18.680 --> 00:25:19.180
 now, that they

00:25:19.180 --> 00:25:19.779
 would quit leading

00:25:19.779 --> 00:25:20.579
 so many people

00:25:20.579 --> 00:25:21.700
 astray, but their

00:25:21.700 --> 00:25:22.779
 destruction will

00:25:22.779 --> 00:25:23.819
 in fact be

00:25:23.819 --> 00:25:24.140
 swift.

00:25:24.259 --> 00:25:24.839
 Things will be

00:25:24.839 --> 00:25:26.339
 made right in

00:25:26.339 --> 00:25:26.839
 that day.

00:25:26.900 --> 00:25:27.380
 And this is the

00:25:27.380 --> 00:25:29.240
 final place for

00:25:29.240 --> 00:25:30.480
 these men, damned

00:25:30.480 --> 00:25:31.039
 for eternity,

00:25:31.440 --> 00:25:32.700
 because they used

00:25:32.700 --> 00:25:34.180
 the name in our

00:25:34.180 --> 00:25:34.960
 day of Jesus

00:25:34.960 --> 00:25:36.079
 Christ to

00:25:36.079 --> 00:25:37.019
 perpetuate their

00:25:37.019 --> 00:25:38.940
 own kingdoms.

00:25:40.680 --> 00:25:41.240
 Now, verse

00:25:41.240 --> 00:25:41.779
 41 through

00:25:41.779 --> 00:25:42.240
 44.

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 So Jesus

00:25:44.559 --> 00:25:45.059
 goes out, he

00:25:45.059 --> 00:25:46.059
 sits out opposite

00:25:46.059 --> 00:25:46.599
 the treasury,

00:25:47.000 --> 00:25:47.960
 and he watched

00:25:47.960 --> 00:25:48.519
 the people putting

00:25:48.519 --> 00:25:49.119
 money into the

00:25:49.119 --> 00:25:49.720
 offering box.

00:25:49.819 --> 00:25:50.480
 Many rich people

00:25:50.480 --> 00:25:51.160
 put in large

00:25:51.160 --> 00:25:52.539
 sums, and a

00:25:52.539 --> 00:25:53.200
 poor widow came

00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:53.799
 and put in two

00:25:53.799 --> 00:25:55.180
 small copper coins

00:25:55.180 --> 00:25:55.900
 which make a

00:25:55.900 --> 00:25:56.119
 penny.

00:25:56.900 --> 00:25:57.579
 And he called

00:25:57.579 --> 00:25:58.220
 to his disciples

00:25:58.220 --> 00:25:58.960
 to him and

00:25:58.960 --> 00:25:59.619
 said to them,

00:26:00.119 --> 00:26:00.879
 truly I say to

00:26:00.879 --> 00:26:01.319
 you, this poor

00:26:01.319 --> 00:26:01.859
 widow has put in

00:26:01.859 --> 00:26:02.480
 more than all

00:26:02.480 --> 00:26:02.900
 those who are

00:26:02.900 --> 00:26:03.319
 contributing to

00:26:03.319 --> 00:26:04.019
 the offering box,

00:26:04.019 --> 00:26:04.980
 for they all

00:26:04.980 --> 00:26:05.799
 contributed out

00:26:05.799 --> 00:26:06.440
 of their abundance,

00:26:06.599 --> 00:26:07.339
 but she, out of

00:26:07.339 --> 00:26:08.559
 her poverty, has

00:26:08.559 --> 00:26:09.299
 put in everything

00:26:09.299 --> 00:26:11.339
 she had, all she

00:26:11.339 --> 00:26:13.480
 had to live on.

00:26:13.579 --> 00:26:14.299
 She puts in

00:26:14.299 --> 00:26:15.460
 there what is the

00:26:15.460 --> 00:26:16.160
 equivalent of a

00:26:16.160 --> 00:26:18.339
 one-sixty-fourth of

00:26:18.339 --> 00:26:19.079
 a denarius, which

00:26:19.079 --> 00:26:19.819
 a denarius was a

00:26:19.819 --> 00:26:20.500
 day's wage.

00:26:20.599 --> 00:26:21.059
 To give you an

00:26:21.059 --> 00:26:21.960
 idea of how little

00:26:21.960 --> 00:26:22.660
 money this was,

00:26:22.759 --> 00:26:24.379
 one-sixty-fourth of

00:26:24.379 --> 00:26:25.000
 a denarius, and

00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:26.039
 this seems to be all

00:26:26.039 --> 00:26:27.079
 that she has left

00:26:27.079 --> 00:26:28.119
 in the world.

00:26:28.579 --> 00:26:29.259
 These coins that

00:26:29.259 --> 00:26:29.879
 she puts in are

00:26:29.879 --> 00:26:30.599
 the two of the

00:26:30.599 --> 00:26:32.319
 smallest coins used

00:26:32.319 --> 00:26:32.779
 by Jews.

00:26:32.779 --> 00:26:34.200
 insignificant from

00:26:34.200 --> 00:26:35.079
 everybody else's

00:26:35.079 --> 00:26:35.960
 perspective.

00:26:37.139 --> 00:26:38.839
 Now, how does the

00:26:38.839 --> 00:26:40.660
 one connect to the

00:26:40.660 --> 00:26:40.920
 other?

00:26:42.059 --> 00:26:43.279
 You've probably heard

00:26:43.279 --> 00:26:43.799
 this preached.

00:26:44.059 --> 00:26:45.220
 I believe I've used

00:26:45.220 --> 00:26:46.099
 it as an example

00:26:46.099 --> 00:26:47.759
 of sacrificial

00:26:47.759 --> 00:26:49.299
 giving, of the

00:26:49.299 --> 00:26:50.539
 faith that it

00:26:50.539 --> 00:26:51.920
 takes to give,

00:26:52.019 --> 00:26:53.700
 of seeking first

00:26:53.700 --> 00:26:54.539
 the kingdom of

00:26:54.539 --> 00:26:55.379
 God and all of

00:26:55.379 --> 00:26:56.359
 our needs will be

00:26:56.359 --> 00:26:57.379
 added to us, but

00:26:57.379 --> 00:26:58.279
 that is not at

00:26:58.279 --> 00:26:59.660
 all what this

00:26:59.660 --> 00:27:00.460
 text is about.

00:27:01.399 --> 00:27:02.000
 It's not even

00:27:02.000 --> 00:27:02.559
 kind of.

00:27:02.779 --> 00:27:03.859
 what it's about.

00:27:04.379 --> 00:27:05.220
 In fact, we tend

00:27:05.220 --> 00:27:06.139
 to want to run

00:27:06.139 --> 00:27:07.680
 to juxtapose the

00:27:07.680 --> 00:27:08.579
 rich against her,

00:27:08.660 --> 00:27:09.379
 but Jesus never

00:27:09.379 --> 00:27:10.819
 condemns the rich

00:27:10.819 --> 00:27:11.059
 here.

00:27:11.160 --> 00:27:11.779
 In fact, he says

00:27:11.779 --> 00:27:12.259
 that they give

00:27:12.259 --> 00:27:12.700
 well.

00:27:12.940 --> 00:27:13.460
 They're giving a

00:27:13.460 --> 00:27:14.779
 lot out of their

00:27:14.779 --> 00:27:15.740
 abundance.

00:27:17.279 --> 00:27:17.960
 It's not the

00:27:17.960 --> 00:27:18.639
 point at all.

00:27:19.579 --> 00:27:20.519
 What he's doing

00:27:20.519 --> 00:27:21.279
 is he's pointing

00:27:21.279 --> 00:27:22.599
 to the fact that

00:27:22.599 --> 00:27:23.980
 she is a victim

00:27:23.980 --> 00:27:25.639
 of this system.

00:27:26.399 --> 00:27:27.420
 She is a victim

00:27:27.420 --> 00:27:29.759
 of the scribes,

00:27:29.759 --> 00:27:30.680
 believing that

00:27:30.680 --> 00:27:31.539
 she must come

00:27:31.539 --> 00:27:32.980
 and buy God's

00:27:32.980 --> 00:27:33.359
 blessing.

00:27:33.359 --> 00:27:34.180
 She has given

00:27:34.180 --> 00:27:35.400
 every single

00:27:35.400 --> 00:27:36.059
 bit that she

00:27:36.059 --> 00:27:36.599
 has.

00:27:36.799 --> 00:27:37.359
 She's given it

00:27:37.359 --> 00:27:38.019
 all away.

00:27:38.259 --> 00:27:38.759
 She now no

00:27:38.759 --> 00:27:39.900
 longer has any

00:27:39.900 --> 00:27:41.259
 money to support

00:27:41.259 --> 00:27:42.000
 herself because

00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:42.619
 she's given it

00:27:42.619 --> 00:27:43.480
 now to the

00:27:43.480 --> 00:27:43.940
 temple worship,

00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:44.920
 to the apostate

00:27:44.920 --> 00:27:46.220
 temple worship.

00:27:46.740 --> 00:27:47.799
 Jesus here is not

00:27:47.799 --> 00:27:49.519
 supporting giving

00:27:49.519 --> 00:27:50.460
 good offerings in

00:27:50.460 --> 00:27:50.940
 our churches,

00:27:51.059 --> 00:27:51.940
 although you should.

00:27:52.019 --> 00:27:52.480
 That's not what

00:27:52.480 --> 00:27:53.220
 he's doing in

00:27:53.220 --> 00:27:53.940
 this case.

00:27:54.700 --> 00:27:55.579
 Every sermon

00:27:55.579 --> 00:27:56.279
 you've heard preached

00:27:56.279 --> 00:27:57.339
 out of this likely

00:27:57.339 --> 00:27:58.740
 had the right

00:27:58.740 --> 00:27:59.420
 point made,

00:27:59.879 --> 00:28:00.500
 but taught

00:28:00.500 --> 00:28:01.079
 someplace else

00:28:01.079 --> 00:28:01.559
 in Scripture.

00:28:02.259 --> 00:28:03.119
 Jesus is simply

00:28:03.119 --> 00:28:04.559
 finding a physical

00:28:04.559 --> 00:28:05.680
 example in the

00:28:05.680 --> 00:28:06.680
 temple court of

00:28:06.680 --> 00:28:07.460
 the very thing

00:28:07.460 --> 00:28:08.099
 he's been saying.

00:28:08.180 --> 00:28:08.480
 He's saying,

00:28:08.680 --> 00:28:10.000
 see, beware the

00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:10.680
 scribes.

00:28:11.019 --> 00:28:12.059
 Look, case in

00:28:12.059 --> 00:28:13.279
 point, they devour

00:28:13.279 --> 00:28:15.279
 widows' houses.

00:28:16.660 --> 00:28:17.920
 Luke 16, 14,

00:28:18.039 --> 00:28:18.539
 Jesus says that

00:28:18.539 --> 00:28:19.940
 the Pharisees are

00:28:19.940 --> 00:28:22.359
 lovers of money.

00:28:22.839 --> 00:28:23.619
 They have failed

00:28:23.619 --> 00:28:24.220
 to love the

00:28:24.220 --> 00:28:24.599
 people.

00:28:24.879 --> 00:28:25.339
 They have failed

00:28:25.339 --> 00:28:26.039
 to lead the

00:28:26.039 --> 00:28:26.980
 people in the

00:28:26.980 --> 00:28:27.519
 truth, but

00:28:27.519 --> 00:28:28.200
 rather they

00:28:28.200 --> 00:28:28.740
 seek what

00:28:28.740 --> 00:28:29.659
 they can gain

00:28:29.659 --> 00:28:30.180
 from them,

00:28:30.259 --> 00:28:30.879
 not what they

00:28:30.879 --> 00:28:32.839
 can give to

00:28:32.839 --> 00:28:33.180
 them.

00:28:33.980 --> 00:28:34.700
 And this is

00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:35.779
 the case

00:28:35.779 --> 00:28:37.159
 with the

00:28:37.159 --> 00:28:37.480
 widow's

00:28:37.480 --> 00:28:37.819
 offering.

00:28:38.779 --> 00:28:39.839
 Now I hope

00:28:39.839 --> 00:28:41.379
 that by her

00:28:41.379 --> 00:28:42.200
 faith God

00:28:42.200 --> 00:28:42.819
 was good to

00:28:42.819 --> 00:28:43.480
 her in this,

00:28:43.579 --> 00:28:44.500
 but this act

00:28:44.500 --> 00:28:45.359
 is not what

00:28:45.359 --> 00:28:46.000
 bought her

00:28:46.000 --> 00:28:47.779
 God's favor.

00:28:48.920 --> 00:28:49.759
 She's a victim

00:28:49.759 --> 00:28:50.759
 of this very

00:28:50.759 --> 00:28:51.139
 thing.

00:28:52.839 --> 00:28:53.539
 What is the

00:28:53.539 --> 00:28:55.319
 application for

00:28:55.319 --> 00:28:56.419
 us today?

00:28:56.419 --> 00:28:57.539
 Rightly so,

00:28:57.659 --> 00:28:58.299
 we've said it.

00:28:58.639 --> 00:28:59.079
 Beware.

00:28:59.200 --> 00:28:59.980
 Beware of the

00:28:59.980 --> 00:29:01.019
 false teachers.

00:29:01.339 --> 00:29:02.000
 This warning is

00:29:02.000 --> 00:29:03.139
 explicit here in

00:29:03.139 --> 00:29:03.700
 our text today.

00:29:03.839 --> 00:29:05.019
 Avoid the

00:29:05.019 --> 00:29:06.460
 teachings of

00:29:06.460 --> 00:29:08.000
 these people.

00:29:08.799 --> 00:29:09.299
 Let me say to

00:29:09.299 --> 00:29:10.220
 you, the call

00:29:10.220 --> 00:29:10.759
 here is not to

00:29:10.759 --> 00:29:11.379
 avoid these

00:29:11.379 --> 00:29:12.720
 people altogether,

00:29:13.259 --> 00:29:15.079
 to ignore them,

00:29:15.679 --> 00:29:16.539
 but rather to

00:29:16.539 --> 00:29:17.200
 avoid their

00:29:17.200 --> 00:29:17.579
 teachings.

00:29:17.700 --> 00:29:18.159
 Be very,

00:29:18.259 --> 00:29:18.960
 very careful

00:29:18.960 --> 00:29:20.079
 what people

00:29:20.079 --> 00:29:20.980
 like this

00:29:20.980 --> 00:29:22.879
 perpetuate with

00:29:22.880 --> 00:29:23.620
 their mouths.

00:29:24.160 --> 00:29:24.660
 Watch what

00:29:24.660 --> 00:29:25.260
 they say.

00:29:25.560 --> 00:29:26.420
 Be careful of

00:29:26.420 --> 00:29:27.200
 their example.

00:29:28.760 --> 00:29:29.240
 Beware.

00:29:30.500 --> 00:29:30.760
 In fact,

00:29:30.800 --> 00:29:31.400
 Jesus gives an

00:29:31.400 --> 00:29:32.120
 example of

00:29:32.120 --> 00:29:32.980
 not just

00:29:32.980 --> 00:29:34.000
 avoidance,

00:29:34.240 --> 00:29:34.620
 right, but

00:29:34.620 --> 00:29:34.980
 he is

00:29:34.980 --> 00:29:35.860
 constantly

00:29:35.860 --> 00:29:37.400
 engaging with

00:29:37.400 --> 00:29:38.520
 these people.

00:29:38.620 --> 00:29:38.900
 We've seen

00:29:38.900 --> 00:29:39.440
 that quite

00:29:39.440 --> 00:29:40.520
 extensively here

00:29:40.520 --> 00:29:41.040
 in chapter

00:29:41.040 --> 00:29:41.960
 12.

00:29:42.180 --> 00:29:43.320
 He stands

00:29:43.320 --> 00:29:44.100
 firm and

00:29:44.100 --> 00:29:45.100
 he contends

00:29:45.100 --> 00:29:46.020
 for the

00:29:46.020 --> 00:29:46.480
 truth.

00:29:47.660 --> 00:29:48.040
 Turn with

00:29:48.040 --> 00:29:48.680
 me, if you

00:29:48.680 --> 00:29:49.040
 will, in

00:29:49.040 --> 00:29:50.020
 closing to

00:29:50.020 --> 00:29:50.700
 Jude, the

00:29:50.700 --> 00:29:50.980
 book of

00:29:50.980 --> 00:29:51.259
 Jude.

00:29:57.700 --> 00:29:58.180
 Right

00:29:58.180 --> 00:29:58.700
 towards the

00:29:58.700 --> 00:29:59.720
 end of

00:29:59.720 --> 00:29:59.940
 your New

00:29:59.940 --> 00:30:00.240
 Testament.

00:30:07.120 --> 00:30:07.860
 Jude has

00:30:07.860 --> 00:30:08.519
 no chapters

00:30:08.519 --> 00:30:08.980
 or one

00:30:08.980 --> 00:30:09.299
 chapter,

00:30:09.400 --> 00:30:09.579
 whichever

00:30:09.579 --> 00:30:10.240
 you prefer

00:30:10.240 --> 00:30:10.640
 to say.

00:30:12.460 --> 00:30:13.120
 Jude is

00:30:13.120 --> 00:30:13.559
 James'

00:30:13.799 --> 00:30:14.279
 brother.

00:30:14.920 --> 00:30:15.900
 Verse 3

00:30:15.900 --> 00:30:16.480
 and 4,

00:30:16.779 --> 00:30:17.380
 he writes,

00:30:18.200 --> 00:30:18.759
 Beloved,

00:30:19.299 --> 00:30:19.940
 although I

00:30:19.940 --> 00:30:20.440
 was very

00:30:20.440 --> 00:30:21.080
 eager to

00:30:21.080 --> 00:30:21.539
 write to

00:30:21.539 --> 00:30:21.980
 you about

00:30:21.980 --> 00:30:22.500
 our common

00:30:22.500 --> 00:30:23.120
 salvation,

00:30:23.779 --> 00:30:24.580
 I found

00:30:24.580 --> 00:30:25.220
 it necessary

00:30:25.220 --> 00:30:25.759
 to write

00:30:25.759 --> 00:30:26.480
 appealing to

00:30:26.480 --> 00:30:27.000
 you to

00:30:27.000 --> 00:30:27.960
 contend for

00:30:27.960 --> 00:30:28.539
 the faith

00:30:28.539 --> 00:30:29.279
 that was

00:30:29.279 --> 00:30:29.700
 once for

00:30:29.700 --> 00:30:30.180
 all delivered

00:30:30.180 --> 00:30:30.500
 to the

00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:30.840
 saints.

00:30:31.500 --> 00:30:32.080
 For certain

00:30:32.080 --> 00:30:32.580
 people have

00:30:32.580 --> 00:30:33.220
 crept in

00:30:33.220 --> 00:30:33.820
 unnoticed

00:30:33.820 --> 00:30:34.320
 who long

00:30:34.320 --> 00:30:34.820
 ago were

00:30:34.820 --> 00:30:35.460
 designated

00:30:35.460 --> 00:30:36.180
 for this

00:30:36.180 --> 00:30:36.960
 condemnation,

00:30:37.440 --> 00:30:38.000
 ungodly

00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:38.640
 people who

00:30:38.640 --> 00:30:39.140
 pervert the

00:30:39.140 --> 00:30:39.600
 grace of

00:30:39.600 --> 00:30:39.980
 our God

00:30:39.980 --> 00:30:40.180
 into

00:30:40.180 --> 00:30:40.880
 sensuality

00:30:40.880 --> 00:30:41.740
 and deny

00:30:41.740 --> 00:30:42.440
 our only

00:30:42.440 --> 00:30:43.039
 Master

00:30:43.039 --> 00:30:43.640
 and Lord,

00:30:44.420 --> 00:30:44.640
 Jesus

00:30:44.640 --> 00:30:45.220
 Christ.

00:30:45.940 --> 00:30:46.480
 So his

00:30:46.480 --> 00:30:47.340
 very longing

00:30:47.340 --> 00:30:48.080
 is that he

00:30:48.080 --> 00:30:48.660
 can talk

00:30:48.660 --> 00:30:49.600
 about what

00:30:49.599 --> 00:30:51.139
 he's for.

00:30:51.659 --> 00:30:52.559
 I really

00:30:52.559 --> 00:30:53.079
 wanted to

00:30:53.079 --> 00:30:53.500
 write to

00:30:53.500 --> 00:30:53.859
 you is what

00:30:53.859 --> 00:30:54.259
 he's saying.

00:30:54.379 --> 00:30:54.759
 It was my

00:30:54.759 --> 00:30:56.139
 eager desire

00:30:56.139 --> 00:30:56.740
 to write to

00:30:56.740 --> 00:30:57.119
 you about

00:30:57.119 --> 00:30:57.559
 our common

00:30:57.559 --> 00:30:57.980
 salvation.

00:30:58.099 --> 00:30:58.339
 I just

00:30:58.339 --> 00:30:58.659
 wanted to

00:30:58.659 --> 00:30:58.939
 write to

00:30:58.939 --> 00:30:59.119
 you and

00:30:59.119 --> 00:30:59.519
 talk about

00:30:59.519 --> 00:31:00.019
 the goodness

00:31:00.019 --> 00:31:00.559
 of the

00:31:00.559 --> 00:31:01.339
 gospel of

00:31:01.339 --> 00:31:01.539
 Jesus

00:31:01.539 --> 00:31:02.000
 Christ.

00:31:02.339 --> 00:31:02.779
 However,

00:31:04.179 --> 00:31:04.459
 it's

00:31:04.459 --> 00:31:05.199
 necessitated.

00:31:05.399 --> 00:31:05.759
 There's an

00:31:05.759 --> 00:31:06.480
 importance,

00:31:07.019 --> 00:31:07.779
 an emphasis

00:31:07.779 --> 00:31:08.899
 placed upon

00:31:08.899 --> 00:31:09.679
 me because

00:31:09.679 --> 00:31:10.139
 people are

00:31:10.139 --> 00:31:10.519
 coming in

00:31:10.519 --> 00:31:10.659
 and they're

00:31:10.659 --> 00:31:10.980
 leading you

00:31:10.980 --> 00:31:11.319
 astray.

00:31:11.599 --> 00:31:11.939
 Therefore,

00:31:12.259 --> 00:31:12.899
 I've come

00:31:12.899 --> 00:31:13.439
 to set

00:31:13.439 --> 00:31:14.419
 you straight.

00:31:14.500 --> 00:31:14.899
 This letter

00:31:14.900 --> 00:31:15.980
 is aimed

00:31:15.980 --> 00:31:16.380
 at that

00:31:16.380 --> 00:31:16.800
 very

00:31:16.800 --> 00:31:17.720
 thing.

00:31:19.540 --> 00:31:19.980
 Contend

00:31:19.980 --> 00:31:21.240
 for the

00:31:21.240 --> 00:31:21.500
 faith.

00:31:21.620 --> 00:31:22.120
 Beware of

00:31:22.120 --> 00:31:22.460
 the false

00:31:22.460 --> 00:31:22.860
 teachers,

00:31:23.040 --> 00:31:23.860
 but contend

00:31:23.860 --> 00:31:24.500
 for the

00:31:24.500 --> 00:31:24.759
 faith.

00:31:24.820 --> 00:31:25.019
 And how

00:31:25.019 --> 00:31:25.240
 do we

00:31:25.240 --> 00:31:25.640
 do that?

00:31:25.740 --> 00:31:25.860
 Number

00:31:25.860 --> 00:31:26.220
 one,

00:31:26.560 --> 00:31:27.140
 by searching

00:31:27.140 --> 00:31:27.640
 the scriptures

00:31:27.640 --> 00:31:28.900
 for ourselves.

00:31:29.440 --> 00:31:29.880
 Search the

00:31:29.880 --> 00:31:30.320
 scriptures for

00:31:30.320 --> 00:31:30.940
 yourself.

00:31:32.000 --> 00:31:32.300
 In Acts

00:31:32.300 --> 00:31:32.780
 17,

00:31:33.060 --> 00:31:33.860
 11-12,

00:31:34.019 --> 00:31:35.000
 we see a

00:31:35.000 --> 00:31:35.620
 little story

00:31:35.620 --> 00:31:36.519
 of Paul and

00:31:36.519 --> 00:31:37.259
 Silas being

00:31:37.259 --> 00:31:38.380
 in Berea.

00:31:39.640 --> 00:31:40.240
 Many of you

00:31:40.240 --> 00:31:40.500
 are familiar

00:31:40.500 --> 00:31:40.800
 with the

00:31:40.800 --> 00:31:41.400
 Bereans.

00:31:41.540 --> 00:31:41.880
 A little

00:31:41.880 --> 00:31:42.380
 mention of

00:31:42.380 --> 00:31:42.560
 them.

00:31:42.920 --> 00:31:43.420
 Verse 11,

00:31:43.420 --> 00:31:44.860
 Now these

00:31:44.860 --> 00:31:45.320
 Jews,

00:31:45.460 --> 00:31:45.779
 being the

00:31:45.779 --> 00:31:46.080
 Bereans,

00:31:46.140 --> 00:31:46.440
 were more

00:31:46.440 --> 00:31:46.960
 noble than

00:31:46.960 --> 00:31:47.320
 those in

00:31:47.320 --> 00:31:47.840
 Thessalonica.

00:31:48.640 --> 00:31:49.220
 They received

00:31:49.220 --> 00:31:49.759
 the word

00:31:49.759 --> 00:31:50.400
 with all

00:31:50.400 --> 00:31:50.940
 eagerness,

00:31:51.860 --> 00:31:52.600
 examining the

00:31:52.600 --> 00:31:53.360
 scriptures daily

00:31:53.360 --> 00:31:54.320
 to see if

00:31:54.320 --> 00:31:55.060
 these things

00:31:55.060 --> 00:31:55.600
 were so.

00:31:55.660 --> 00:31:56.060
 They're talking

00:31:56.060 --> 00:31:56.340
 about the

00:31:56.340 --> 00:31:57.100
 gospel proclamation

00:31:57.100 --> 00:31:57.519
 there.

00:31:57.920 --> 00:31:58.440
 And therefore,

00:31:58.600 --> 00:31:59.080
 verse 12,

00:31:59.320 --> 00:31:59.880
 many of them

00:31:59.880 --> 00:32:01.960
 therefore believed.

00:32:02.200 --> 00:32:03.400
 They carefully

00:32:03.400 --> 00:32:04.240
 scrutinized.

00:32:04.340 --> 00:32:05.060
 They studied it

00:32:05.060 --> 00:32:05.860
 for themselves

00:32:05.860 --> 00:32:07.080
 to see if

00:32:07.080 --> 00:32:07.580
 what the

00:32:07.580 --> 00:32:08.279
 apostles were

00:32:08.279 --> 00:32:09.539
 saying concerning

00:32:09.539 --> 00:32:10.360
 the scriptures

00:32:10.360 --> 00:32:11.779
 was true.

00:32:12.700 --> 00:32:13.240
 How will

00:32:13.240 --> 00:32:13.559
 you be able

00:32:13.559 --> 00:32:14.200
 to identify

00:32:14.200 --> 00:32:14.839
 a false

00:32:14.839 --> 00:32:15.380
 teacher if

00:32:15.380 --> 00:32:15.799
 you don't

00:32:15.799 --> 00:32:16.220
 know the

00:32:16.220 --> 00:32:17.779
 teaching itself?

00:32:19.220 --> 00:32:19.640
 And beloved,

00:32:19.740 --> 00:32:20.259
 this is not

00:32:20.259 --> 00:32:20.940
 a laborsome

00:32:20.940 --> 00:32:21.480
 task.

00:32:22.160 --> 00:32:22.620
 This is an

00:32:22.620 --> 00:32:23.420
 incredible book

00:32:23.420 --> 00:32:24.480
 and it is so

00:32:24.480 --> 00:32:25.359
 varied in its

00:32:25.359 --> 00:32:26.359
 themes,

00:32:26.620 --> 00:32:26.880
 in its

00:32:26.880 --> 00:32:27.599
 stylistic

00:32:27.599 --> 00:32:29.620
 expertise.

00:32:30.120 --> 00:32:30.519
 It's a

00:32:30.519 --> 00:32:30.920
 beautifully

00:32:30.920 --> 00:32:31.640
 written book.

00:32:32.319 --> 00:32:33.000
 It is not

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:33.660
 that hard

00:32:33.660 --> 00:32:34.640
 to know

00:32:34.640 --> 00:32:35.839
 your scriptures.

00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:37.120
 I shared

00:32:37.120 --> 00:32:37.400
 with you a

00:32:37.400 --> 00:32:37.700
 number of

00:32:37.700 --> 00:32:38.079
 weeks ago

00:32:38.079 --> 00:32:38.359
 that the

00:32:38.359 --> 00:32:39.000
 average college

00:32:39.000 --> 00:32:39.279
 student,

00:32:39.339 --> 00:32:39.680
 and I know

00:32:39.680 --> 00:32:40.079
 none of you

00:32:40.079 --> 00:32:40.480
 are this

00:32:40.480 --> 00:32:40.819
 kind of

00:32:40.819 --> 00:32:41.079
 average,

00:32:41.079 --> 00:32:42.079
 but spends

00:32:42.079 --> 00:32:42.740
 106

00:32:42.740 --> 00:32:43.299
 minutes per

00:32:43.299 --> 00:32:44.059
 day on

00:32:44.059 --> 00:32:44.639
 social media.

00:32:45.679 --> 00:32:46.000
 So if you

00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:46.500
 just took,

00:32:46.699 --> 00:32:47.119
 I'm not saying

00:32:47.119 --> 00:32:47.919
 social media is

00:32:47.919 --> 00:32:48.699
 all bad,

00:32:48.819 --> 00:32:49.019
 right?

00:32:49.039 --> 00:32:49.500
 It's okay to

00:32:49.500 --> 00:32:49.799
 spend some

00:32:49.799 --> 00:32:50.079
 time on

00:32:50.079 --> 00:32:50.539
 social media,

00:32:50.539 --> 00:32:51.259
 but let's

00:32:51.259 --> 00:32:51.639
 just say

00:32:51.639 --> 00:32:52.759
 theoretically

00:32:52.759 --> 00:32:53.379
 that you

00:32:53.379 --> 00:32:53.779
 did that

00:32:53.779 --> 00:32:54.599
 twice in

00:32:54.599 --> 00:32:54.919
 a week,

00:32:55.019 --> 00:32:55.519
 and the

00:32:55.519 --> 00:32:55.879
 rest of

00:32:55.879 --> 00:32:56.259
 the week

00:32:56.259 --> 00:32:56.919
 you devoted

00:32:56.919 --> 00:32:57.559
 that time,

00:32:57.639 --> 00:32:58.179
 that 106

00:32:58.179 --> 00:32:58.539
 minutes,

00:32:58.779 --> 00:32:59.179
 across,

00:32:59.599 --> 00:32:59.939
 let's give

00:32:59.939 --> 00:33:00.220
 you a couple

00:33:00.220 --> 00:33:00.679
 weeks off,

00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:01.019
 let's say

00:33:01.019 --> 00:33:01.859
 50 weeks

00:33:01.859 --> 00:33:02.899
 of the year.

00:33:03.980 --> 00:33:04.319
 Do you know

00:33:04.319 --> 00:33:04.759
 how many times

00:33:04.759 --> 00:33:05.039
 you could read

00:33:05.039 --> 00:33:05.460
 the scriptures

00:33:05.460 --> 00:33:06.199
 that time

00:33:06.199 --> 00:33:06.480
 through?

00:33:06.759 --> 00:33:07.359
 Average reading

00:33:07.359 --> 00:33:08.220
 speed of 250

00:33:08.220 --> 00:33:10.140
 words per

00:33:10.140 --> 00:33:10.420
 minute,

00:33:11.319 --> 00:33:12.160
 eight and a

00:33:12.160 --> 00:33:12.900
 half times.

00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:14.640
 Eight and a

00:33:14.640 --> 00:33:15.400
 half times.

00:33:16.039 --> 00:33:16.980
 We piddle

00:33:16.980 --> 00:33:18.160
 away time

00:33:18.160 --> 00:33:19.299
 on unimportant,

00:33:19.559 --> 00:33:20.019
 unnecessary

00:33:20.019 --> 00:33:20.579
 things,

00:33:20.700 --> 00:33:21.279
 and we neglect

00:33:21.279 --> 00:33:21.759
 to know our

00:33:21.759 --> 00:33:22.039
 scriptures.

00:33:22.180 --> 00:33:22.680
 How are we

00:33:22.680 --> 00:33:23.720
 to contend

00:33:23.720 --> 00:33:24.140
 for the

00:33:24.140 --> 00:33:24.640
 faith if we

00:33:24.640 --> 00:33:25.059
 do not

00:33:25.059 --> 00:33:26.600
 know our

00:33:26.600 --> 00:33:26.940
 faith?

00:33:27.240 --> 00:33:27.900
 We get

00:33:27.900 --> 00:33:28.100
 that we

00:33:28.100 --> 00:33:28.380
 have a

00:33:28.380 --> 00:33:28.640
 belief,

00:33:28.759 --> 00:33:29.160
 but what

00:33:29.160 --> 00:33:29.500
 does it

00:33:29.500 --> 00:33:29.920
 mean?

00:33:30.339 --> 00:33:30.680
 And what

00:33:30.680 --> 00:33:31.100
 are all

00:33:31.100 --> 00:33:31.480
 of its

00:33:31.480 --> 00:33:32.400
 intricacies

00:33:32.400 --> 00:33:33.779
 and complexity?

00:33:34.339 --> 00:33:35.100
 Get after

00:33:35.100 --> 00:33:35.960
 searching the

00:33:35.960 --> 00:33:36.220
 scriptures

00:33:36.220 --> 00:33:38.059
 for yourself.

00:33:38.220 --> 00:33:39.819
 And then

00:33:39.819 --> 00:33:40.059
 turn,

00:33:40.180 --> 00:33:40.700
 I shouldn't

00:33:40.700 --> 00:33:41.000
 say turn,

00:33:41.039 --> 00:33:41.279
 you're probably

00:33:41.279 --> 00:33:41.640
 on the same

00:33:41.640 --> 00:33:42.019
 page,

00:33:42.460 --> 00:33:45.039
 Jude 17-23,

00:33:45.180 --> 00:33:45.380
 and I'll

00:33:45.380 --> 00:33:45.600
 give you

00:33:45.600 --> 00:33:46.079
 two more

00:33:46.079 --> 00:33:47.000
 points.

00:33:48.319 --> 00:33:48.680
 So contend

00:33:48.680 --> 00:33:48.900
 for the

00:33:48.900 --> 00:33:49.279
 faith by

00:33:49.279 --> 00:33:49.720
 number one,

00:33:49.759 --> 00:33:50.120
 searching the

00:33:50.120 --> 00:33:50.279
 scriptures

00:33:50.279 --> 00:33:50.860
 for yourself,

00:33:51.059 --> 00:33:51.400
 and let's

00:33:51.400 --> 00:33:52.160
 read beginning

00:33:52.160 --> 00:33:52.799
 of verse 17.

00:33:53.279 --> 00:33:53.519
 But you

00:33:53.519 --> 00:33:54.319
 must remember,

00:33:54.460 --> 00:33:54.700
 beloved,

00:33:55.220 --> 00:33:55.940
 the predictions

00:33:55.940 --> 00:33:56.319
 of the

00:33:56.319 --> 00:33:56.860
 apostles of

00:33:56.860 --> 00:33:57.180
 our Lord

00:33:57.180 --> 00:33:57.940
 Jesus Christ.

00:33:58.220 --> 00:33:58.620
 They said

00:33:58.620 --> 00:33:59.180
 to you,

00:33:59.799 --> 00:34:00.299
 in the last

00:34:00.299 --> 00:34:00.720
 time there

00:34:00.720 --> 00:34:00.980
 will be

00:34:00.980 --> 00:34:01.559
 scoffers

00:34:01.559 --> 00:34:01.940
 following

00:34:01.940 --> 00:34:02.559
 their own

00:34:02.559 --> 00:34:03.220
 ungodly

00:34:03.220 --> 00:34:03.660
 passions.

00:34:04.380 --> 00:34:04.680
 It is

00:34:04.680 --> 00:34:05.120
 these who

00:34:05.120 --> 00:34:05.380
 cause

00:34:05.380 --> 00:34:05.960
 divisions,

00:34:06.360 --> 00:34:06.620
 worldly

00:34:06.620 --> 00:34:07.059
 people,

00:34:07.339 --> 00:34:07.799
 devoid of

00:34:07.799 --> 00:34:07.960
 the

00:34:07.960 --> 00:34:08.300
 spirit.

00:34:09.099 --> 00:34:09.559
 But you,

00:34:09.699 --> 00:34:09.960
 beloved,

00:34:10.099 --> 00:34:10.300
 building

00:34:10.300 --> 00:34:10.980
 yourselves up

00:34:10.980 --> 00:34:11.239
 in your

00:34:11.239 --> 00:34:11.779
 most holy

00:34:11.779 --> 00:34:12.300
 faith,

00:34:12.719 --> 00:34:13.500
 studying the

00:34:13.500 --> 00:34:13.739
 scriptures,

00:34:14.219 --> 00:34:15.199
 and praying

00:34:15.199 --> 00:34:15.519
 in the

00:34:15.519 --> 00:34:16.199
 Holy Spirit,

00:34:16.860 --> 00:34:17.719
 keep yourselves

00:34:17.719 --> 00:34:18.340
 in the

00:34:18.340 --> 00:34:18.659
 love of

00:34:18.659 --> 00:34:18.980
 God,

00:34:19.400 --> 00:34:19.940
 waiting for

00:34:19.940 --> 00:34:20.460
 the mercy

00:34:20.460 --> 00:34:20.739
 of our

00:34:20.739 --> 00:34:21.079
 Lord Jesus

00:34:21.079 --> 00:34:21.619
 Christ that

00:34:21.619 --> 00:34:21.980
 leads to

00:34:21.980 --> 00:34:22.219
 eternal

00:34:22.219 --> 00:34:22.599
 life.

00:34:23.000 --> 00:34:23.659
 And have

00:34:23.659 --> 00:34:24.380
 mercy on

00:34:24.380 --> 00:34:24.759
 those who

00:34:24.759 --> 00:34:25.059
 doubt,

00:34:25.440 --> 00:34:26.199
 save others

00:34:26.199 --> 00:34:26.900
 by snatching

00:34:26.900 --> 00:34:27.259
 them out

00:34:27.259 --> 00:34:27.440
 of the

00:34:27.440 --> 00:34:27.739
 fire,

00:34:28.079 --> 00:34:28.639
 to others

00:34:28.639 --> 00:34:29.219
 show mercy

00:34:29.219 --> 00:34:29.739
 with fear,

00:34:29.860 --> 00:34:30.420
 hating even

00:34:30.420 --> 00:34:30.840
 the garment

00:34:30.840 --> 00:34:32.159
 stained by

00:34:32.159 --> 00:34:32.719
 the flesh.

00:34:33.079 --> 00:34:33.679
 So firstly,

00:34:33.860 --> 00:34:34.159
 search the

00:34:34.159 --> 00:34:34.579
 scriptures for

00:34:34.579 --> 00:34:34.880
 yourself.

00:34:34.880 --> 00:34:35.200
 We even

00:34:35.200 --> 00:34:35.599
 see that

00:34:35.599 --> 00:34:36.140
 as in

00:34:36.140 --> 00:34:36.720
 verse 20,

00:34:37.140 --> 00:34:37.820
 Jude writes,

00:34:38.119 --> 00:34:38.860
 building yourselves

00:34:38.860 --> 00:34:39.480
 up in your

00:34:39.480 --> 00:34:40.320
 most holy

00:34:40.320 --> 00:34:40.680
 faith.

00:34:40.900 --> 00:34:41.240
 Secondly,

00:34:41.960 --> 00:34:42.220
 pray.

00:34:43.680 --> 00:34:44.599
 It is by

00:34:44.599 --> 00:34:45.460
 the grace

00:34:45.460 --> 00:34:46.099
 of God,

00:34:46.700 --> 00:34:47.300
 given to us

00:34:47.300 --> 00:34:47.599
 by his

00:34:47.599 --> 00:34:48.039
 Holy Spirit,

00:34:48.039 --> 00:34:49.140
 that we are

00:34:49.140 --> 00:34:50.240
 maintained in

00:34:50.240 --> 00:34:50.780
 the truth.

00:34:51.380 --> 00:34:51.720
 That I have

00:34:51.720 --> 00:34:52.200
 understood

00:34:52.200 --> 00:34:53.380
 anything true

00:34:53.380 --> 00:34:54.220
 in this world

00:34:54.220 --> 00:34:54.920
 is a great

00:34:54.920 --> 00:34:56.079
 gift of

00:34:56.079 --> 00:34:56.420
 God.

00:34:56.900 --> 00:34:58.160
 My mind

00:34:58.160 --> 00:34:58.640
 and my heart

00:34:58.640 --> 00:34:59.180
 will be just

00:34:59.180 --> 00:34:59.900
 as darkened

00:34:59.900 --> 00:35:00.680
 as these

00:35:00.680 --> 00:35:01.420
 scribes if it

00:35:01.420 --> 00:35:02.039
 weren't for

00:35:02.039 --> 00:35:02.660
 the Lord.

00:35:02.659 --> 00:35:03.259
 So pray.

00:35:03.440 --> 00:35:03.940
 Pray that we

00:35:03.940 --> 00:35:04.420
 would have

00:35:04.420 --> 00:35:05.500
 right understanding.

00:35:06.159 --> 00:35:06.519
 Pray that we

00:35:06.519 --> 00:35:07.239
 would be able

00:35:07.239 --> 00:35:08.019
 to open up

00:35:08.019 --> 00:35:08.619
 the scriptures

00:35:08.619 --> 00:35:09.539
 and have our

00:35:09.539 --> 00:35:10.879
 minds illuminated

00:35:10.879 --> 00:35:11.899
 by the Spirit.

00:35:12.119 --> 00:35:12.500
 This is a

00:35:12.500 --> 00:35:13.319
 possible thing.

00:35:13.399 --> 00:35:14.000
 It's a promised

00:35:14.000 --> 00:35:14.899
 thing given

00:35:14.899 --> 00:35:15.940
 to us as

00:35:15.940 --> 00:35:16.379
 Christians.

00:35:16.619 --> 00:35:16.839
 Pray.

00:35:17.000 --> 00:35:17.239
 We are

00:35:17.239 --> 00:35:18.059
 dependent on

00:35:18.059 --> 00:35:18.839
 God to

00:35:18.839 --> 00:35:19.719
 rightly maintain

00:35:19.719 --> 00:35:20.799
 the truth.

00:35:21.480 --> 00:35:21.960
 Let me add

00:35:21.960 --> 00:35:22.819
 to that as

00:35:22.819 --> 00:35:23.799
 a step outside

00:35:23.799 --> 00:35:24.859
 of Jude's

00:35:24.859 --> 00:35:25.500
 exhortation,

00:35:25.639 --> 00:35:26.039
 but let's

00:35:26.039 --> 00:35:27.460
 also pray for

00:35:27.460 --> 00:35:28.259
 these false

00:35:28.259 --> 00:35:28.759
 teachers.

00:35:29.500 --> 00:35:29.920
 That God

00:35:29.920 --> 00:35:30.359
 would do the

00:35:30.359 --> 00:35:31.219
 same for

00:35:31.219 --> 00:35:31.500
 them.

00:35:31.559 --> 00:35:32.199
 That all of

00:35:32.199 --> 00:35:32.619
 those under

00:35:32.619 --> 00:35:33.419
 their influence

00:35:33.419 --> 00:35:33.799
 would be

00:35:33.799 --> 00:35:34.179
 rightly

00:35:34.179 --> 00:35:35.039
 turned.

00:35:35.919 --> 00:35:36.399
 Now likely

00:35:36.399 --> 00:35:37.279
 their churches,

00:35:37.419 --> 00:35:37.899
 their following

00:35:37.899 --> 00:35:38.399
 would die

00:35:38.399 --> 00:35:38.839
 away.

00:35:39.139 --> 00:35:39.519
 However,

00:35:40.119 --> 00:35:40.819
 maybe some.

00:35:41.219 --> 00:35:41.779
 Maybe some

00:35:41.779 --> 00:35:42.059
 would be

00:35:42.059 --> 00:35:42.419
 converted.

00:35:42.539 --> 00:35:43.000
 Maybe some

00:35:43.000 --> 00:35:43.480
 would follow

00:35:43.480 --> 00:35:44.159
 in the way

00:35:44.159 --> 00:35:44.399
 of God.

00:35:44.439 --> 00:35:44.659
 What a

00:35:44.659 --> 00:35:45.199
 wonderful thing

00:35:45.199 --> 00:35:45.559
 it would be

00:35:45.559 --> 00:35:46.259
 if Joel Osteen

00:35:46.259 --> 00:35:46.659
 one Sunday

00:35:46.659 --> 00:35:47.099
 got up and

00:35:47.099 --> 00:35:48.059
 repented of

00:35:48.059 --> 00:35:48.619
 everything that

00:35:48.619 --> 00:35:48.919
 he's been

00:35:48.919 --> 00:35:49.480
 teaching and

00:35:49.480 --> 00:35:50.139
 rightly taught

00:35:50.139 --> 00:35:50.899
 the gospel.

00:35:51.039 --> 00:35:51.559
 Let's pray

00:35:51.559 --> 00:35:52.399
 for these

00:35:52.399 --> 00:35:52.719
 people.

00:35:54.139 --> 00:35:54.739
 And thirdly,

00:35:55.960 --> 00:35:57.059
 teach the

00:35:57.059 --> 00:35:57.539
 truth.

00:35:57.980 --> 00:35:58.639
 Verse 22

00:35:58.639 --> 00:35:59.919
 and 23.

00:36:00.980 --> 00:36:01.579
 People are

00:36:01.579 --> 00:36:02.079
 going to

00:36:02.079 --> 00:36:02.840
 doubt.

00:36:03.239 --> 00:36:03.500
 People are

00:36:03.500 --> 00:36:03.759
 not going

00:36:03.759 --> 00:36:04.440
 to understand

00:36:04.440 --> 00:36:04.920
 the truth.

00:36:05.019 --> 00:36:05.119
 They're

00:36:05.119 --> 00:36:05.380
 going to be

00:36:05.380 --> 00:36:06.199
 following some

00:36:06.199 --> 00:36:06.519
 of these

00:36:06.519 --> 00:36:06.860
 teachers.

00:36:07.340 --> 00:36:08.039
 We must

00:36:08.039 --> 00:36:09.599
 teach the

00:36:09.599 --> 00:36:09.980
 truth.

00:36:11.019 --> 00:36:11.639
 You have

00:36:11.639 --> 00:36:11.819
 it.

00:36:11.940 --> 00:36:12.299
 You have

00:36:12.299 --> 00:36:12.719
 the truth.

00:36:12.840 --> 00:36:13.219
 Teach the

00:36:13.219 --> 00:36:13.539
 truth.

00:36:13.960 --> 00:36:14.500
 Find every

00:36:14.500 --> 00:36:15.360
 opportunity to

00:36:15.360 --> 00:36:16.059
 lead people

00:36:16.059 --> 00:36:16.980
 rightly, to

00:36:16.980 --> 00:36:17.299
 lead them

00:36:17.299 --> 00:36:18.079
 away from

00:36:18.079 --> 00:36:18.860
 those that

00:36:18.860 --> 00:36:19.119
 will lead

00:36:19.119 --> 00:36:19.659
 them astray

00:36:19.659 --> 00:36:20.119
 and lead

00:36:20.119 --> 00:36:20.579
 them in

00:36:20.579 --> 00:36:21.480
 the way

00:36:21.480 --> 00:36:22.539
 of God.

00:36:23.539 --> 00:36:24.119
 Now likely

00:36:24.119 --> 00:36:24.739
 very few of

00:36:24.739 --> 00:36:24.980
 us will

00:36:24.980 --> 00:36:25.559
 have chance

00:36:25.559 --> 00:36:26.199
 to encounter

00:36:26.199 --> 00:36:27.579
 the large

00:36:27.579 --> 00:36:28.819
 false prophets

00:36:28.820 --> 00:36:29.680
 of this

00:36:29.680 --> 00:36:29.940
 world.

00:36:30.039 --> 00:36:30.300
 Certainly

00:36:30.300 --> 00:36:30.700
 given the

00:36:30.700 --> 00:36:31.120
 opportunity,

00:36:31.320 --> 00:36:31.940
 teach them

00:36:31.940 --> 00:36:32.900
 as well.

00:36:33.000 --> 00:36:33.280
 If I'm

00:36:33.280 --> 00:36:33.640
 ever given

00:36:33.640 --> 00:36:34.100
 the chance,

00:36:34.180 --> 00:36:34.720
 I certainly

00:36:34.720 --> 00:36:35.640
 would be

00:36:35.640 --> 00:36:36.280
 glad to.

00:36:37.180 --> 00:36:37.920
 I will be

00:36:37.920 --> 00:36:38.460
 content with

00:36:38.460 --> 00:36:38.980
 teaching you

00:36:38.980 --> 00:36:39.559
 and teaching

00:36:39.559 --> 00:36:40.080
 those around

00:36:40.080 --> 00:36:41.320
 me at

00:36:41.320 --> 00:36:41.940
 this point.

00:36:42.620 --> 00:36:42.980
 So search

00:36:42.980 --> 00:36:43.380
 the scriptures

00:36:43.380 --> 00:36:44.140
 for yourself.

00:36:44.820 --> 00:36:45.280
 Pray that

00:36:45.280 --> 00:36:45.580
 God would

00:36:45.580 --> 00:36:46.180
 illuminate your

00:36:46.180 --> 00:36:46.580
 mind to

00:36:46.580 --> 00:36:47.160
 understand and

00:36:47.160 --> 00:36:47.539
 to keep

00:36:47.539 --> 00:36:48.240
 you, hold

00:36:48.240 --> 00:36:48.820
 you fast

00:36:48.820 --> 00:36:49.100
 to the

00:36:49.100 --> 00:36:49.780
 truth, and

00:36:49.780 --> 00:36:50.320
 then turn

00:36:50.320 --> 00:36:51.559
 and teach

00:36:51.559 --> 00:36:53.420
 that truth.

00:36:54.600 --> 00:36:55.160
 Now as we

00:36:55.160 --> 00:36:55.660
 are on the

00:36:55.660 --> 00:36:56.800
 Sunday before

00:36:56.800 --> 00:36:57.800
 Thanksgiving,

00:36:59.140 --> 00:36:59.460
 aren't you

00:36:59.460 --> 00:37:00.380
 thankful today

00:37:00.380 --> 00:37:01.200
 that we're

00:37:01.200 --> 00:37:02.260
 not counted

00:37:02.260 --> 00:37:03.280
 amongst the

00:37:03.280 --> 00:37:04.580
 scribes and

00:37:04.580 --> 00:37:04.960
 the false

00:37:04.960 --> 00:37:05.320
 teachers?

00:37:05.440 --> 00:37:05.860
 I am.

00:37:06.720 --> 00:37:07.440
 It is a

00:37:07.440 --> 00:37:08.280
 great wait to

00:37:08.280 --> 00:37:08.880
 get up each

00:37:08.880 --> 00:37:09.539
 week and to

00:37:09.539 --> 00:37:09.880
 teach the

00:37:09.880 --> 00:37:10.440
 word of God.

00:37:10.780 --> 00:37:11.140
 It is the

00:37:11.140 --> 00:37:11.980
 struggle of my

00:37:11.980 --> 00:37:12.440
 week to

00:37:12.440 --> 00:37:13.440
 rightly understand

00:37:13.440 --> 00:37:14.120
 it so that I

00:37:14.120 --> 00:37:15.140
 don't err, so

00:37:15.140 --> 00:37:15.700
 that I don't

00:37:15.700 --> 00:37:16.880
 lead you astray

00:37:16.880 --> 00:37:18.060
 in any measure.

00:37:20.280 --> 00:37:20.780
 It is a

00:37:20.780 --> 00:37:21.560
 blessing to be

00:37:21.560 --> 00:37:23.240
 found in

00:37:23.240 --> 00:37:24.840
 the truth.

00:37:25.340 --> 00:37:25.880
 And I don't

00:37:25.880 --> 00:37:26.480
 know all of

00:37:26.480 --> 00:37:26.960
 your different

00:37:26.960 --> 00:37:27.740
 spheres and

00:37:27.740 --> 00:37:28.059
 all the

00:37:28.059 --> 00:37:28.500
 things that

00:37:28.500 --> 00:37:28.980
 you're being

00:37:28.980 --> 00:37:30.260
 taken off to

00:37:30.260 --> 00:37:30.860
 into this

00:37:30.860 --> 00:37:31.139
 week.

00:37:31.219 --> 00:37:31.619
 I know many

00:37:31.619 --> 00:37:32.219
 people have

00:37:32.219 --> 00:37:33.199
 difficult family

00:37:33.199 --> 00:37:33.920
 situations,

00:37:34.360 --> 00:37:34.840
 unbelieving

00:37:34.840 --> 00:37:37.039
 parents, maybe

00:37:37.039 --> 00:37:37.519
 the believing

00:37:37.519 --> 00:37:38.179
 parents that

00:37:38.179 --> 00:37:39.199
 just seem to

00:37:39.199 --> 00:37:40.179
 not quite get

00:37:40.179 --> 00:37:41.340
 it are the

00:37:41.340 --> 00:37:42.019
 most challenging

00:37:42.019 --> 00:37:42.659
 of all.

00:37:43.460 --> 00:37:44.000
 Go and

00:37:44.000 --> 00:37:44.599
 contend for

00:37:44.599 --> 00:37:45.079
 the faith

00:37:45.079 --> 00:37:45.800
 this week.

00:37:46.360 --> 00:37:47.039
 Rejoice in

00:37:47.039 --> 00:37:47.539
 the good news

00:37:47.539 --> 00:37:48.039
 of the gospel

00:37:48.039 --> 00:37:49.039
 of Jesus

00:37:49.039 --> 00:37:49.599
 Christ and

00:37:49.599 --> 00:37:50.219
 share that

00:37:50.219 --> 00:37:51.159
 with those

00:37:51.159 --> 00:37:52.300
 around you.

00:37:52.840 --> 00:37:53.219
 Let's pray

00:37:53.219 --> 00:37:53.500
 together.