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 Father, we give you thanks and praise that as we gather as your people in your presence

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 to sing your praises, to pray to you, and to hear your word, we give you thanks and

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 praise that you desire us to have a true and accurate knowledge of ourselves in the context

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 of the gospel and the context of hope.

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 We thank you, Father, that you want us to know ourselves in the context of hope, that

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 you can and will work within us to make us more whole, more free, more at one with truth

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 and goodness and justice.

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 So we ask, Father, that you would do that gentle but deep and powerful work in our midst as

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 we enter into thinking about your word.

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 We ask this in the name of Jesus, your Son and our Savior.

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 Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 I've shared this with you before.

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 It's one of my character flaws, of which I have many.

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 And I'm not very good at telling people off.

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 When they've been doing something which is wrong and it needs to be corrected, I'm just

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 not very good at it.

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 I think I'm better at it than I was 10 years ago and better at it than I was 20 years ago,

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 but it's just never been something that I've been very good at.

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 And those times when I do finally confront a person about what they've done wrong that

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 needs to be corrected.

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 I can usually tell within, I was going to say a minute, but really it's probably within

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 less than 30 seconds.

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 I can tell within less than 30 seconds whether this is going to go really well or really bad.

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 You can tell just by the way the person starts to receive it, whether they're going to be

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 sort of penitent, whether they're going to acknowledge that they've done something wrong.

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 And it's often, you can almost see them, if you were to videotape it, you can almost see

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 them not slumping, but almost like puffing up their chest and moving forward and almost

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 clenching their hands because they're going to fight you over this.

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 They're going to point the finger at you and, or me I should say, and really be aggressive.

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 And I can tell fairly quickly in a conversation whether it's going to go bad or not.

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 Why is this?

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 Not that why am I bad at confronting people?

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 That's a whole, you know, that's a whole other topic of conversation.

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 But why is it that, why is it that sometimes, not just others, but us, when we're confronted

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 of something that we do wrong, why is it that we don't feel guilty, or maybe we do feel guilty,

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 but our response isn't to say that we're sorry.

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 Our response is to lash out, to get angry, to push back in a very, very hard way.

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 And why is it at the same time, like in a bit of a similar type of thing, why is it that

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 sometimes if we've been having a discussion with somebody, a friend or a family member,

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 and we've made certain types of claims about things being true, and then maybe the next

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 day you see it, that you see, you know, some really, really solid evidence that what you

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 said was true is wrong.

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 And what the other person was saying was true was correct.

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 And when you see that, it doesn't make you happy.

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 It makes you sad.

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 And in fact, actually, not only might it make you sad that you've been incorrect and they're

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 correct, but it might make you want to do things to try to, well, to make it look like

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 either you didn't say it, or they didn't say it, or they're still wrong, or whatever.

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 Like, why is it that that goes on in us as individuals?

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 And of course, we can then extend it to what we see in politics and in culture and in the

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 media and everything like that.

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 But why is it that those two types of things is part of the human experience?

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 The Bible text that we have today, the two texts, the two stories or incidents that we

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 have in, we're going to look at today in the Gospel of Mark, is actually a very interesting

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 meditation upon these two questions.

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 And it's a meditation that actually has, it both is quite confronting, but it's actually

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 also very deeply filled with hope.

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 Hope that we can be better than that, or a way to be a little bit, or be a lot more better

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 than that.

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 So let's have a look at it.

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 If you're following along in these, which we've given out, if you don't have one, there's

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 still a few left, you can pick it up either now or after the service.

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 It's Mark chapter 11, verse 27.

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 And if you're following along in this booklet, it's page 70, at the very bottom of the page.

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 And just a reminder, Mark, it looks all fancy now, but it's an ancient eyewitness biography,

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 eyewitness-based biography of Jesus.

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 It's one of four ancient eyewitness-based biographies of Jesus written, while literally thousands

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 of eyewitnesses were still alive and could have refuted it.

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 And in terms of, he tells it like a story, and in the story, sort of a bit of a climax

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 or a low mat, depending on how you look at it, as a climax, or maybe it's like a bit of

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 a pit, that he announces he's going to go to Jerusalem and he's going to be captured,

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 he's going to be killed.

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 And that's in chapter 8.

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 And now, just we looked at last week, he's finally come to Jerusalem.

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 And we now know, but the people in the stories don't know, that within a couple of days, he'll

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 be dying on a cross, and then he'll be buried.

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 And so this story is written within that context.

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 We know that, maybe some of you don't, but we know it.

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 But Jesus has predicted that he's going to die in Jerusalem.

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 And it didn't maybe look at that at first because of the triumphal entry, but we know

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 that he's predicted it.

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 So what happens?

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 Look here, verse...

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 Oh yeah, the other thing here that is important, just to know if you don't know the Bible very

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 well, is that what's just happened before this is what's called the cleansing of the

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 temple, where there were a whole pile of merchants taking up the area where pagans were supposed

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 to be allowed to come and worship God.

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 And Jesus has driven them all out.

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 He's caused chaos and driven them all out of the temple area with just overturning tables

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 and everything like that.

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 And that's just sort of happened the day or two before this.

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 And now we have this incident.

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 Verse 27.

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 And they, that's Jesus and his disciples, came again to Jerusalem.

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 And as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests and the scribes and the elders came

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 to him.

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 And they said to him, by what authority are you doing these things or who gave you this

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 authority to do them?

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 Now just sort of pause here for a second.

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 This is, I've said this many times, but it's an important thing to remember.

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 However, we live in a, unless you're a conspiracy theorist and think the World Economic Forum

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 or, you know, Jewish people or, I don't know, Davos people or whatever, or, you know, is controlling

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 all of the different groups in society.

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 Apart from that, what we have in our day and age is we have very, we have separate types

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 of elites.

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 But that didn't exist at the time of Jesus.

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 So when it talks about chief priests and scribes and elders, it's not talking about sort of

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 like a Roman Catholic priest, a scribe being like a writer of a newspaper or a writer of

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 novels and an elder being an old person.

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 What it is, it's actually describing what's called the Sanhedrin.

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 So Jerusalem, Israel, the Jewish people are under Roman occupation.

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 And the Romans, they actually gave a lot of leeway for local management.

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 And as long as the peace was kept and as long as tax dollars kept going up to the Romans,

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 they allowed the Jewish people to basically govern themselves.

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 And so what we have here is we have the three leading groups all together.

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 It's called the Sanhedrin.

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 And what you need to think of, it would be as if the spiritual elite, the literary elite,

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 the political elite, the cultural elite, the intellectual elite, the commercial elite,

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 the legal elite, the educational elite, that all of those elites are just one body.

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 Like in our culture, there's lots of different groups.

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 But in that time, there was just this one group that was all unified.

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 And so that's the representatives of that one unified group.

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 So in our days and age, it's Amazon and Apple and the Globe and Mail and the University of Toronto

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 and McGill, the representatives of that one group all coming and saying to Jesus,

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 by what authority are you doing these things?

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 And it's a very interesting question because just to remind us,

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 there's a difference between authority and power.

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 Like a little bit of an illustration and maybe make why they're bothered.

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 You know, the last little while, there's been odd things going on in England.

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 People throwing tomato soup, cans of tomato soup or mashed potatoes on works of art.

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 And then after they've done that, they glue themselves to the seat or the wall or whatever.

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 And we might say, by what authority are you?

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 But you don't ask them by what power you do it because they just did it.

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 Like you don't ask Jesus by what power did you drive them all?

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 Well, we know you did it.

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 Authority is a different type of question.

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 Like what justifies it?

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 What gives you the right to be able to do something like that?

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 You know, and I don't want to get you on the sideline as to what the climate change people would say,

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 but that's the same type of thing.

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 Like you just did this, caused this huge, huge big mess.

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 Like what gives you the right?

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 What gives you the authority to do that?

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 That's the question which they ask.

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 So how does Jesus answer the question?

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 Well, let's look.

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 Verse 29.

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 Jesus said to them, I will ask you one question.

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 Answer me.

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 And I will tell you by what authority I do these things.

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 Here's the question.

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 Was the baptism of John the Baptist from heaven or from human beings?

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 Answer me.

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 Now, this is not an evasion.

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 This is not him cloaking.

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 This isn't trying to deflect the question.

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 This isn't him trying to buy time.

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 He's actually doing something which is very profound that we can learn from.

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 One of the problems that we have often is that we just merely answer questions,

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 but we don't answer the questioner, the person.

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 And I don't mean in a bad way, like going after the questioner,

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 because Jesus isn't at all threatening here.

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 But it's very important in life that you don't just think of the question.

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 You think of the person asking the question.

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 And you don't want to just merely answer a question.

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 You want to answer the person who's asking the question.

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 And that's what Jesus is modeling here.

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 And his question is a way to help the questioner, the person,

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 come to a certain degree of self-knowledge,

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 and also actually for Jesus to learn a little bit more about the questioner

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 so that there can be, in fact, a really good answer

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 that not only answers the question, but the person.

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 So this is an evasion.

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 And some of you might be thinking,

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 what exactly is it that John the Baptist said?

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 So if you just flip in your Bibles to Mark chapter 1,

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 and if you're using this, it's actually the page doesn't have a number.

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 It's at the very beginning, obviously, page 6.

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 And this will help to refresh our memories

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 as to why it is that Jesus says to them,

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 the baptism of John the Baptist,

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 was it from heaven or was it from...

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 And heaven means from God.

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 And here's how Mark begins his story of Jesus,

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 his biography of Jesus.

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 The beginning of the gospel, which means good news,

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 the beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

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 And Mark quotes Isaiah,

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 as it is written in Isaiah the prophet,

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 Behold, I send my messenger before your face,

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 who will prepare your way,

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 the voice of one crying in the wilderness,

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 prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

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 So just pause.

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 What Mark is saying here is that

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 as you're going to read the rest of the gospel,

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 we're going to meet John the Baptist,

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 and John the Baptist is fulfilling this prophecy

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 from 600 years earlier.

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 John the Baptist is that messenger who's come

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 to prepare the way of the Lord.

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 And, you know, to our Muslim friends,

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 I would say this is one of many texts in the Bible

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 which is showing you that the Mark

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 and the Christians in the Bible

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 teaches that Jesus is God.

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 John the Baptist has come to prepare the way of the Lord.

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 What exactly did John the Baptist say?

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 Look at verse 4.

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 John appeared baptizing in the wilderness

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 and proclaiming a baptism of repentance

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 for the forgiveness of sin.

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 And all the country of Judea and all Jerusalem

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 were going out to him

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 and were being baptized by him in the River Jordan,

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 confessing their sins.

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 Now, John the Baptist was clothed with camel's hair

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 and wore a leather belt around his waist

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 and ate locusts and wild honey.

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 He was a bit of a hippie.

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 And he preached, saying,

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 after me comes he who is mightier than I,

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 the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy

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 to stoop down and untie.

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 I have baptized you with water,

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 but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.

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 And so what he's saying here is that

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 this person he's about to introduce,

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 we're going to see that in the next few verses,

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 is vastly greater than him.

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 And John the Baptist is a prophet.

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 And only God can send...

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 The baptism of the Holy Spirit

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 is this idea that the Holy Spirit

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 can actually flood you.

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 You can be immersed in God the Holy Spirit.

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 And only God can do that,

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 not a human being.

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 And now look at the next page,

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 the actual baptism of Jesus.

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 So part of what we've just seen

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 is the message of John the Baptist

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 and his baptisms.

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 And then we see the actual baptism of Jesus

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 and John the Baptist,

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 who's going to be bearing witness

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 to what happened.

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 Verse 9,

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 In those days,

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 Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee

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 and was baptized by John in the Jordan River.

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 And when Jesus came up out of the water,

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 immediately,

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 and now actually the he,

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 it's not clear in the original language

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 whether it means Jesus

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 or whether it means John the Baptist,

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 or it could mean both,

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 immediately he saw the heavens being torn open

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 and the Holy Spirit descending on him.

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 That's now Jesus like a dove.

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 And a voice came from heaven,

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 You are my beloved son.

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 With you, I am well pleased.

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 Now, every one of my children

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 has the same nature as me.

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 We're both human beings.

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 And if a dog has puppies,

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 those puppies have the same nature

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 as the mother and the father.

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 And so here we have another very clear claim

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 that Jesus is actually God.

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 He's God the Son.

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 God the Father

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 and God the Holy Spirit

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 bearing witness

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 that Jesus is God's Son.

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 Now, let's go back to our text

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 now that we've sort of been reminded

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 about what it is that John the Baptist said.

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 If you turn back to Mark chapter 11,

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 verse 30, 31.

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 And by the way, just so you know,

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 one of the things which is so interesting

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 about the time of Jesus

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 is that John the Baptist

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 was well-known to historians.

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 The Jewish historian Josephus

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 has a lot of information

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 about the life of John the Baptist.

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 John the Baptist really was viewed as a prophet.

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 He really was wildly popular.

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 He really is known to history

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 outside of the New Testament.

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 And so Jesus says,

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 you know, back to what the question is,

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 okay, John the Baptist,

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 you've asked me by what authority

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 I've done these things.

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 I'm going to ask you the,

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 you know, the question is,

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 does the baptism of John from heaven,

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 in other words, from God

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 or from human beings answer me?

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 So verse 31,

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 we get what goes on

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 now in the questioners, right?

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 Jesus isn't just going to answer the question.

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 He's answering the questioner.

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 Verse 31,

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 and they, the elite,

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 discuss it with one another,

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 saying, hmm,

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 if we say from heaven,

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 he will say then,

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 why did he not believe John the Baptist?

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 But if we say from human beings,

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 they were afraid of the people,

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 for they all held that John the Baptist

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 really was a prophet.

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 So, they answered Jesus,

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 we do not know.

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 And Jesus said to them,

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 neither will I tell you

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 by what authority I do these things.

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 Now,

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 there's several things in here,

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 of course, which is very important.

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 John the Baptist is really telling us

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 that when we see Jesus dying on the cross,

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 we're seeing God die on the cross.

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 But what's really going on here,

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 just for now, very briefly,

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 is that it's not that they don't know.

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 Right?

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 It's not that the questioners don't know.

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 What is it?

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 The questioners don't want to know.

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 They don't want to know.

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 And that means they cannot know.

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 And if they cannot know,

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 there's no answer that Jesus can give them

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 that would allow them to know,

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 other than to puzzle over

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 how he asked them a question

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 which revealed,

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 if they're at all attentive,

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 that the problem is inside of them.

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 They don't want to know.

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 So, here's part of the thing,

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 which, remember I said,

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 this is a profound meditation.

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 It's opening to us something

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 which the Bible teaches in many places,

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 is that there is a part of you

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 that finds the truth a threat.

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 There is a part of you

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 that finds the truth a threat.

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 And that part can grow and grow and grow.

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 In fact, that's what we're going to see here

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 with these particular people.

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 They find the truth a threat,

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 and it's going to grow.

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 And it's going to grow to the point

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 that they killed Jesus.

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 But it's not just saying that,

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 it's not just saying this

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 about how bad these guys were.

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 It's making a far more basic comment

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 about every single one of us,

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 that if we're honest,

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 remember I gave you that opening thing,

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 why is it that sometimes if we hear,

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 we've been in a conversation,

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 maybe even an argument with somebody

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 about what actually happened

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 or what was true,

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 and then we discover later on

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 that we're wrong and they're right.

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 And that fills us not with happiness

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 that we know the truth,

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 but with sadness

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 that we're wrong.

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 And all of us have had experiences,

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 and probably if we were a married couple here,

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 we could each look at the other,

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 because we can all think of a time

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 when they did that,

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 and they're looking back at us

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 and thinking of a time

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 that we did that,

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 where some type of truth is given,

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 and it's obvious that it's the truth,

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 but we fight back against it.

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 We reject it.

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 We push it away.

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 We try to use our cleverness

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 to reinterpret it

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 or give a different lens

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 or just insult the person

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 that they're too stupid

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 to possibly know.

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 And this text is not saying,

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 like if you say,

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 George,

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 are you saying that Christians

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 then are sort of better

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 than other people,

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 that we're immune to that,

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 that we've been able

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 to figure out the truth,

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 and no,

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 that's not what Christians,

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 I mean,

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 some Christians say that.

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 And all I can say

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 is that the Bible says

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 that Christians who say that

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 and think that

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 are deceiving themselves.

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 The Bible here

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 is revealing a human problem,

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 and it's revealing

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 a human problem

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 that helps us to know

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 why it is that

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 I need a Savior,

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 because there is a part of me

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 that will reject the truth

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 and find the truth a threat.

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 And that's why,

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 one of the many reasons

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 that I need a Savior.

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 And it's an invitation

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 for us to look at this

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 and say,

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 Lord, how much is this true of me?

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 Like, am I not even aware

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 of the fact that

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 when certain things come my way

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 that I react in such a way

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 and I push it away?

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 Like, is it me, Lord?

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 Help me to understand

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 that it's me

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 and help me to not be like that,

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 to be changed.

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 I don't want that

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 to be the story of my life.

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 In fact, actually,

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 what the Bible is telling us

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 is another thing

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 which is very,

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 even, you see,

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 part of the thing

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 is this truth itself

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 is going to be offensive

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 to many,

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 because for many of us,

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 our identity is that

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 we're not like those naive people.

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 We're people who suspend judgment.

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 We're not like those naive people.

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 We're a skeptic.

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 We're not like those simple-minded people.

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 We're too intelligent

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 to actually believe such simple things.

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 We're not like those simple people.

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 We're open-minded.

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 But these are just actual ways

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 that we flatter ourselves

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 and deceive ourselves

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 that we find the truth a threat

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 at times.

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 Not all the time, obviously,

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 but at times.

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 And that that part can grow.

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 See, by the way,

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 just a bit of an aside,

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 that's one of the reasons

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 why science

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 is a moral project,

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 not just a technical project.

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 Engineering.

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 There has to be the desire

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 to know the truth

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 and to not be threatened by it.

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 Now, the Bible here is very wise.

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 It doesn't just say

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 this is an intellectual problem,

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 but it also is actually

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 a problem connected

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 to how we relate

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 to what is right and wrong

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 and how we relate

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 to justice.

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 That the Bible is very wise

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 and it connects things

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 which we separate.

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 Because we tend to separate

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 as if we have like the mind

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 and intellectual things.

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 And then there's the

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 how we know right and wrong.

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 And then we know

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 how there's justice

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 and injustice.

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 And we tend to keep

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 these two things,

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 the right and wrong

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 and justice and injustice.

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 We might connect those.

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 But often we think

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 that right and wrong

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 is just sort of over here

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 and not really connected to this.

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 But the Bible

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 constantly pushes us

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 to understand

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 that how our mind

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 and how our conscience

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 and how our will

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 and our emotions

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 and our appreciation

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 of beauty

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 and our understanding

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 of justice,

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 that those all ultimately

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 come down to one central

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 fundamental root

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 which the Bible

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 calls the heart.

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 And that these things

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 aren't different,

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 but they're all

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 in a sense

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 co-inhere with each other.

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 They're all connected

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 to each other.

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 And you can't put them

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 in separate bubbles

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 at water-type bubbles

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 or areas.

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 That they're all

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 connected to each other.

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 And the Bible shows this

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 not by just describing

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 it the way I do,

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 but just by the flow

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 of the story

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 because the very next story

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 touches on how we relate

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 to right and wrong

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 and how we relate

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 to justice and injustice.

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 Look what happens

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 in chapter 12, verse 1.

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 And Jesus began

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 to speak to them

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 in parables.

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 Now what's going

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 to happen here

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 is he's going

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 to give a parable

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 and then he's going

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 to ask a question.

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 He's going to give

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 the answer

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 and he's going

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 to give the Bible

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 passage.

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 And the Bible

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 passage is the hope.

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 And then we're going

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 to see how

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 the original questioners

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 who are still there

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 and their moral,

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 their intellectual,

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 in a sense,

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 refusal,

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 their feeling threatened

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 by the truth

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 is also now connected

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 to these being threatened

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 by justice

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 and by goodness.

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 So let's see the story.

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 It goes like this.

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 Verse 1 again.

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 And he began to speak

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 to them in parables.

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 A man planted a vineyard

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 and put a fence around it

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 and dug a pit

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 for the wine press

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 and built a tower

00:25:08.860 --> 00:25:09.880
 and leased it

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 to tenants

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 and went into

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 another country.

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 And just pause.

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 The commentaries tell me

00:25:14.820 --> 00:25:15.400
 this was very,

00:25:15.500 --> 00:25:16.180
 very common

00:25:16.180 --> 00:25:17.400
 economic arrangement

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 at the time

00:25:18.060 --> 00:25:19.120
 that Jesus was speaking.

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 Like we might look

00:25:20.080 --> 00:25:20.620
 at it a bit off.

00:25:20.660 --> 00:25:21.460
 It was very common,

00:25:22.120 --> 00:25:23.060
 very, very common.

00:25:23.780 --> 00:25:24.480
 Verse 2.

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 When the season came,

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 that is the harvest,

00:25:27.400 --> 00:25:28.660
 he,

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 that is the man,

00:25:31.860 --> 00:25:32.320
 the owner,

00:25:32.820 --> 00:25:34.040
 he sent a servant

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 to the tenants

00:25:35.120 --> 00:25:36.100
 to get from them

00:25:36.100 --> 00:25:36.780
 some of the fruit

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 of the vineyard.

00:25:37.400 --> 00:25:37.780
 In other words,

00:25:37.880 --> 00:25:38.140
 they have to,

00:25:38.600 --> 00:25:39.759
 they've leased it,

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 now they have to

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 make their lease payments.

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 And,

00:25:43.200 --> 00:25:44.500
 but how did the people,

00:25:44.800 --> 00:25:46.000
 the tenants react?

00:25:46.560 --> 00:25:46.820
 Well,

00:25:47.380 --> 00:25:48.000
 should they pay

00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:49.540
 the lease payments?

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 No.

00:25:50.080 --> 00:25:50.519
 Verse 3.

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 They took the messenger

00:25:52.240 --> 00:25:53.740
 and beat him

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 and sent him away

00:25:55.059 --> 00:25:55.579
 handed.

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 So the owner,

00:25:57.799 --> 00:25:58.339
 verse 4,

00:25:58.480 --> 00:25:58.960
 sent to them

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 another servant.

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 And the tenants

00:26:00.960 --> 00:26:02.319
 struck that fellow

00:26:02.319 --> 00:26:03.419
 on the head,

00:26:03.779 --> 00:26:05.059
 treated him shamefully.

00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:06.299
 Don't give him

00:26:06.299 --> 00:26:06.679
 any money.

00:26:07.419 --> 00:26:08.139
 So the owner,

00:26:08.359 --> 00:26:08.980
 verse 5,

00:26:09.099 --> 00:26:09.700
 sends another.

00:26:10.539 --> 00:26:11.319
 And this person

00:26:11.319 --> 00:26:11.960
 they kill.

00:26:12.839 --> 00:26:13.740
 And it goes on

00:26:13.740 --> 00:26:14.339
 and on and on.

00:26:14.879 --> 00:26:15.019
 So,

00:26:15.119 --> 00:26:15.460
 verse 4.

00:26:15.519 --> 00:26:16.519
 And so with many others.

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 The owner keeps

00:26:17.740 --> 00:26:18.500
 sending people

00:26:18.500 --> 00:26:19.419
 and the people

00:26:19.419 --> 00:26:19.919
 that he sends,

00:26:20.019 --> 00:26:20.359
 some of them

00:26:20.359 --> 00:26:20.740
 they beat

00:26:20.740 --> 00:26:21.319
 and some of them

00:26:21.319 --> 00:26:21.799
 they kill.

00:26:22.559 --> 00:26:23.220
 So verse 8,

00:26:23.299 --> 00:26:24.259
 he thinks to himself,

00:26:24.259 --> 00:26:24.599
 okay,

00:26:24.740 --> 00:26:25.819
 I still have one other

00:26:25.819 --> 00:26:26.400
 that I can send.

00:26:26.500 --> 00:26:26.859
 It's my,

00:26:27.000 --> 00:26:27.519
 look at this,

00:26:27.680 --> 00:26:29.099
 a beloved son.

00:26:32.099 --> 00:26:33.480
 Remember chapter 1?

00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:35.839
 This is my beloved son.

00:26:37.859 --> 00:26:38.879
 And if you go back

00:26:38.879 --> 00:26:39.420
 and you look at

00:26:39.420 --> 00:26:40.440
 Mark chapter 9

00:26:40.440 --> 00:26:42.119
 where God speaks again

00:26:42.119 --> 00:26:43.319
 at the transfiguration,

00:26:44.400 --> 00:26:45.420
 Jesus is described

00:26:45.420 --> 00:26:47.180
 as my beloved son.

00:26:48.799 --> 00:26:49.900
 And so now we have here

00:26:49.900 --> 00:26:50.980
 for us who are reading this,

00:26:51.140 --> 00:26:52.359
 a beloved son is sent.

00:26:52.359 --> 00:26:54.359
 Finally he sent him,

00:26:54.500 --> 00:26:55.459
 he sent him,

00:26:55.539 --> 00:26:56.279
 the beloved son,

00:26:56.359 --> 00:26:56.879
 to them,

00:26:57.019 --> 00:26:57.479
 the tenants,

00:26:57.659 --> 00:26:57.919
 saying,

00:26:58.619 --> 00:27:00.000
 they will respect my son

00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:01.019
 like surely,

00:27:01.339 --> 00:27:01.839
 good grief,

00:27:02.399 --> 00:27:03.479
 they'll respect my son.

00:27:04.519 --> 00:27:05.619
 But those tenants,

00:27:05.799 --> 00:27:06.259
 verse 7,

00:27:06.379 --> 00:27:07.119
 said to one another,

00:27:07.459 --> 00:27:09.039
 this is the heir,

00:27:09.919 --> 00:27:11.619
 the only heir.

00:27:12.519 --> 00:27:12.899
 Come,

00:27:13.439 --> 00:27:14.839
 let us kill him

00:27:14.839 --> 00:27:16.679
 and the inheritance

00:27:16.679 --> 00:27:18.199
 will be ours.

00:27:18.200 --> 00:27:20.620
 and they took

00:27:20.620 --> 00:27:21.380
 the beloved son

00:27:21.380 --> 00:27:22.059
 and killed him

00:27:22.059 --> 00:27:22.620
 and threw him

00:27:22.620 --> 00:27:23.340
 out of the vineyard.

00:27:23.940 --> 00:27:24.880
 Now that's the story.

00:27:27.480 --> 00:27:28.460
 And by the way,

00:27:29.319 --> 00:27:30.680
 what Jesus is doing

00:27:30.680 --> 00:27:32.220
 is in some ways,

00:27:32.299 --> 00:27:33.000
 this is one way

00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:33.680
 to summarize

00:27:33.680 --> 00:27:35.460
 almost all

00:27:35.460 --> 00:27:36.380
 of the Old Testament.

00:27:38.980 --> 00:27:40.080
 What our Jewish friends

00:27:40.080 --> 00:27:40.819
 call the Torah

00:27:40.819 --> 00:27:41.700
 or the Tanakh,

00:27:43.460 --> 00:27:44.660
 where God sends,

00:27:44.660 --> 00:27:45.540
 I mean,

00:27:45.680 --> 00:27:46.660
 the whole fall

00:27:46.660 --> 00:27:47.779
 begins because

00:27:47.779 --> 00:27:48.840
 Adam and Eve

00:27:48.840 --> 00:27:50.080
 want to dethrone God

00:27:50.080 --> 00:27:50.600
 and become,

00:27:50.759 --> 00:27:51.100
 in a sense,

00:27:51.180 --> 00:27:51.680
 the owner

00:27:51.680 --> 00:27:53.880
 of the garden.

00:27:55.120 --> 00:27:57.180
 And time after time,

00:27:57.279 --> 00:27:58.220
 prophet is sent.

00:27:58.779 --> 00:27:59.200
 Some of them

00:27:59.200 --> 00:27:59.820
 they ignore,

00:28:00.980 --> 00:28:01.400
 some of them

00:28:01.400 --> 00:28:01.980
 they listen to,

00:28:02.060 --> 00:28:03.100
 but most often

00:28:03.100 --> 00:28:03.880
 they ignore them,

00:28:03.960 --> 00:28:04.600
 they beat them,

00:28:04.700 --> 00:28:05.420
 and some of them

00:28:05.420 --> 00:28:06.380
 they even kill them.

00:28:06.700 --> 00:28:08.259
 And Jesus is saying

00:28:08.259 --> 00:28:09.340
 he's the end

00:28:09.340 --> 00:28:10.400
 of that process,

00:28:10.560 --> 00:28:11.360
 the beloved son.

00:28:12.060 --> 00:28:12.920
 So what's the question?

00:28:13.460 --> 00:28:14.400
 Jesus asks them,

00:28:14.560 --> 00:28:15.240
 what will the owner

00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:15.940
 of the vineyard do?

00:28:16.640 --> 00:28:17.539
 Then he gives an answer.

00:28:17.860 --> 00:28:18.660
 What's the just answer?

00:28:18.740 --> 00:28:19.400
 Now we as Canadians

00:28:19.400 --> 00:28:20.740
 don't like capital punishment,

00:28:21.640 --> 00:28:22.880
 but the answer is

00:28:22.880 --> 00:28:24.019
 he will come

00:28:24.019 --> 00:28:25.160
 and destroy the tenants

00:28:25.160 --> 00:28:26.140
 and give the vineyard

00:28:26.140 --> 00:28:26.720
 to others.

00:28:27.860 --> 00:28:29.519
 And we would ultimately

00:28:29.519 --> 00:28:30.340
 all say

00:28:30.340 --> 00:28:31.860
 that that's the right thing.

00:28:32.060 --> 00:28:32.580
 Like, I mean,

00:28:32.640 --> 00:28:33.279
 if one of us

00:28:33.279 --> 00:28:34.000
 owned a house

00:28:34.000 --> 00:28:35.440
 and we were leasing

00:28:35.440 --> 00:28:36.380
 it out to somebody

00:28:36.380 --> 00:28:37.140
 and the people

00:28:37.140 --> 00:28:37.960
 never were paying,

00:28:38.100 --> 00:28:38.720
 we would want

00:28:38.720 --> 00:28:39.740
 eventually the police

00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:40.900
 to go and

00:28:40.900 --> 00:28:42.580
 arrest those people

00:28:42.579 --> 00:28:43.679
 and sue them

00:28:43.679 --> 00:28:44.079
 and we'd want

00:28:44.079 --> 00:28:44.699
 to get their money

00:28:44.699 --> 00:28:45.500
 and even if it means

00:28:45.500 --> 00:28:46.439
 that every last penny

00:28:46.439 --> 00:28:47.759
 of theirs is taken away,

00:28:47.839 --> 00:28:48.279
 we'd want to get

00:28:48.279 --> 00:28:48.759
 what was ours.

00:28:48.839 --> 00:28:50.199
 That's just and right

00:28:50.199 --> 00:28:51.639
 in terms of the story.

00:28:53.439 --> 00:28:54.559
 And now Jesus quotes

00:28:54.559 --> 00:28:55.119
 the Bible

00:28:55.119 --> 00:28:57.099
 and here's what he says,

00:28:57.179 --> 00:28:57.679
 verse 10,

00:28:57.779 --> 00:28:58.359
 have you not read

00:28:58.359 --> 00:28:59.000
 this scripture?

00:28:59.159 --> 00:28:59.619
 And he quotes

00:28:59.619 --> 00:29:00.879
 from Psalm 118,

00:29:01.399 --> 00:29:02.379
 which was recognized

00:29:02.379 --> 00:29:03.460
 in Jesus' day

00:29:03.460 --> 00:29:04.819
 as a Messianic psalm.

00:29:05.279 --> 00:29:06.419
 And here it is,

00:29:06.480 --> 00:29:07.139
 the stone

00:29:07.139 --> 00:29:08.079
 that the builders

00:29:08.079 --> 00:29:08.859
 rejected

00:29:08.859 --> 00:29:10.740
 has become

00:29:10.740 --> 00:29:11.759
 the cornerstone.

00:29:12.579 --> 00:29:14.240
 This was the Lord's doing

00:29:14.240 --> 00:29:16.159
 and it is marvelous

00:29:16.159 --> 00:29:17.359
 in our eyes.

00:29:17.899 --> 00:29:18.879
 And I'm going to explain

00:29:18.879 --> 00:29:19.299
 in a moment

00:29:19.299 --> 00:29:20.179
 what this means.

00:29:20.720 --> 00:29:21.819
 But notice here

00:29:21.819 --> 00:29:22.879
 how it is

00:29:22.879 --> 00:29:24.559
 that the same people

00:29:24.559 --> 00:29:27.179
 who found truth

00:29:27.179 --> 00:29:28.039
 a threat,

00:29:29.039 --> 00:29:30.319
 how they hear

00:29:30.319 --> 00:29:31.199
 this description

00:29:31.199 --> 00:29:32.099
 of right and wrong

00:29:32.099 --> 00:29:33.039
 and justice

00:29:33.039 --> 00:29:34.159
 a threat.

00:29:34.679 --> 00:29:35.419
 Verse 12,

00:29:36.059 --> 00:29:37.480
 what's their response?

00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:39.599
 Their response is,

00:29:39.599 --> 00:29:40.659
 and they were seeking

00:29:40.659 --> 00:29:41.879
 to arrest Jesus

00:29:41.879 --> 00:29:43.639
 but feared the people

00:29:43.639 --> 00:29:45.179
 for they perceived

00:29:45.179 --> 00:29:46.299
 that he had told

00:29:46.299 --> 00:29:47.699
 the parable against them.

00:29:48.240 --> 00:29:49.240
 So they left him

00:29:49.240 --> 00:29:50.379
 and went away.

00:29:53.179 --> 00:29:53.659
 Now,

00:29:53.819 --> 00:29:54.980
 the fact of the matter is,

00:29:55.179 --> 00:29:56.459
 Jesus is predicting here

00:29:56.459 --> 00:29:57.339
 that he's going to die.

00:29:58.859 --> 00:29:59.759
 And in fact,

00:29:59.839 --> 00:30:00.559
 he's correct.

00:30:00.919 --> 00:30:02.399
 Within a couple of days,

00:30:02.679 --> 00:30:04.179
 those very same people

00:30:04.179 --> 00:30:05.779
 will have figured out

00:30:05.779 --> 00:30:07.039
 a way to conspire

00:30:07.039 --> 00:30:07.799
 with Rome,

00:30:07.799 --> 00:30:08.980
 pressure Rome

00:30:08.980 --> 00:30:10.159
 and conspire

00:30:10.159 --> 00:30:10.960
 with Judas

00:30:10.960 --> 00:30:12.559
 to have Jesus

00:30:12.559 --> 00:30:13.399
 isolated,

00:30:14.759 --> 00:30:15.859
 falsely accused,

00:30:16.279 --> 00:30:17.339
 falsely condemned,

00:30:18.099 --> 00:30:19.960
 killed unjustly

00:30:19.960 --> 00:30:21.399
 for political expedience

00:30:21.399 --> 00:30:21.819
 reasons

00:30:21.819 --> 00:30:24.059
 of the Roman imperial power,

00:30:24.839 --> 00:30:25.259
 crucified,

00:30:26.039 --> 00:30:26.639
 and die.

00:30:27.619 --> 00:30:29.339
 That's all going to come true

00:30:29.339 --> 00:30:30.419
 in a couple of days.

00:30:33.159 --> 00:30:34.579
 It's very interesting

00:30:34.579 --> 00:30:35.700
 that their response

00:30:35.700 --> 00:30:36.720
 to recognizing

00:30:36.720 --> 00:30:37.620
 that this story

00:30:37.620 --> 00:30:38.720
 is against them,

00:30:39.100 --> 00:30:40.160
 that they're plotting

00:30:40.160 --> 00:30:41.319
 to kill him.

00:30:42.160 --> 00:30:44.259
 It doesn't go,

00:30:44.640 --> 00:30:45.200
 good grief,

00:30:45.440 --> 00:30:46.140
 is that me?

00:30:46.839 --> 00:30:47.079
 Like,

00:30:47.140 --> 00:30:48.059
 am I really

00:30:48.059 --> 00:30:51.900
 so blind

00:30:51.900 --> 00:30:53.420
 to what's right?

00:30:53.500 --> 00:30:54.299
 Am I really

00:30:54.299 --> 00:30:55.120
 so blind

00:30:55.120 --> 00:30:56.019
 to injustice

00:30:56.019 --> 00:30:57.460
 that I would respond

00:30:57.460 --> 00:30:58.640
 with anger at this?

00:30:58.720 --> 00:30:59.360
 Is that me?

00:30:59.359 --> 00:30:59.419
 me?

00:31:00.699 --> 00:31:01.099
 No,

00:31:01.279 --> 00:31:02.059
 the fact of the matter

00:31:02.059 --> 00:31:03.039
 is there is a part

00:31:03.039 --> 00:31:03.439
 of you

00:31:03.439 --> 00:31:04.799
 that finds justice

00:31:04.799 --> 00:31:06.799
 and finds the good

00:31:06.799 --> 00:31:07.859
 a threat.

00:31:09.659 --> 00:31:10.299
 And me.

00:31:10.399 --> 00:31:11.000
 I'm not just saying

00:31:11.000 --> 00:31:11.619
 you and me.

00:31:11.759 --> 00:31:12.799
 There is a part of me

00:31:12.799 --> 00:31:14.039
 that finds at times

00:31:14.039 --> 00:31:14.759
 justice

00:31:14.759 --> 00:31:15.579
 a threat,

00:31:15.740 --> 00:31:16.859
 that finds the good

00:31:16.859 --> 00:31:17.500
 a threat,

00:31:17.740 --> 00:31:19.819
 and that part

00:31:19.819 --> 00:31:21.639
 can grow.

00:31:21.640 --> 00:31:28.000
 There are some

00:31:28.000 --> 00:31:28.920
 very important

00:31:28.920 --> 00:31:29.740
 thoughts here

00:31:29.740 --> 00:31:30.860
 that are

00:31:30.860 --> 00:31:32.040
 captured in this

00:31:32.040 --> 00:31:32.800
 whole story.

00:31:33.840 --> 00:31:35.120
 If your center,

00:31:35.860 --> 00:31:36.840
 if a person's

00:31:36.840 --> 00:31:37.440
 center,

00:31:38.480 --> 00:31:39.040
 or if a

00:31:39.040 --> 00:31:39.960
 significant part

00:31:39.960 --> 00:31:41.000
 of your personality,

00:31:41.280 --> 00:31:41.980
 if a significant

00:31:41.980 --> 00:31:42.620
 part of your

00:31:42.620 --> 00:31:43.259
 thinking,

00:31:44.200 --> 00:31:45.840
 if you're

00:31:45.840 --> 00:31:46.680
 centered on

00:31:46.680 --> 00:31:47.480
 your personal

00:31:47.480 --> 00:31:48.160
 power,

00:31:48.540 --> 00:31:49.380
 or the power

00:31:49.380 --> 00:31:50.420
 of your group,

00:31:52.080 --> 00:31:53.140
 your center

00:31:53.140 --> 00:31:53.920
 isn't really

00:31:53.920 --> 00:31:54.920
 on what's true,

00:31:55.820 --> 00:31:56.440
 your center

00:31:56.440 --> 00:31:57.140
 isn't really

00:31:57.140 --> 00:31:58.060
 on what's good,

00:31:58.540 --> 00:31:59.200
 your center

00:31:59.200 --> 00:32:00.100
 isn't really

00:32:00.100 --> 00:32:01.200
 on what is just,

00:32:02.000 --> 00:32:02.880
 but the fact

00:32:02.880 --> 00:32:03.240
 of the matter

00:32:03.240 --> 00:32:05.140
 is your center

00:32:05.140 --> 00:32:06.040
 is deeply

00:32:06.040 --> 00:32:06.640
 connected

00:32:06.640 --> 00:32:07.480
 to personal

00:32:07.480 --> 00:32:08.040
 power.

00:32:09.800 --> 00:32:10.440
 What the Bible

00:32:10.440 --> 00:32:11.060
 is suggesting

00:32:11.060 --> 00:32:11.600
 to us

00:32:11.600 --> 00:32:12.080
 is that you

00:32:12.080 --> 00:32:12.960
 will always

00:32:12.960 --> 00:32:13.780
 be anxious.

00:32:14.900 --> 00:32:15.820
 You will

00:32:15.820 --> 00:32:16.600
 always

00:32:16.600 --> 00:32:17.760
 be fragile.

00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:19.019
 You will

00:32:19.019 --> 00:32:19.759
 always

00:32:19.759 --> 00:32:20.859
 be insecure.

00:32:21.819 --> 00:32:22.339
 You will

00:32:22.339 --> 00:32:23.019
 always

00:32:23.019 --> 00:32:24.059
 feel

00:32:24.059 --> 00:32:24.779
 threatened.

00:32:25.740 --> 00:32:26.140
 And you

00:32:26.140 --> 00:32:26.720
 will never

00:32:26.720 --> 00:32:27.740
 find

00:32:27.740 --> 00:32:28.539
 peace.

00:32:31.839 --> 00:32:32.440
 Never.

00:32:34.980 --> 00:32:35.879
 Because if

00:32:35.879 --> 00:32:36.460
 it's all about

00:32:36.460 --> 00:32:37.039
 your power,

00:32:37.140 --> 00:32:37.519
 you're always

00:32:37.519 --> 00:32:38.180
 under threat.

00:32:39.240 --> 00:32:40.019
 Like good grief,

00:32:40.119 --> 00:32:40.680
 it's all about

00:32:40.680 --> 00:32:41.279
 your personal

00:32:41.279 --> 00:32:41.759
 power,

00:32:41.920 --> 00:32:42.440
 you'll notice

00:32:42.440 --> 00:32:42.799
 every,

00:32:43.019 --> 00:32:43.299
 you know,

00:32:43.400 --> 00:32:44.059
 it's all about

00:32:44.059 --> 00:32:44.599
 your beauty,

00:32:44.799 --> 00:32:45.559
 and that personal

00:32:45.559 --> 00:32:46.440
 power from beauty,

00:32:46.519 --> 00:32:46.940
 you'll notice

00:32:46.940 --> 00:32:47.559
 every zit,

00:32:47.559 --> 00:32:48.099
 you'll notice

00:32:48.099 --> 00:32:48.740
 every wrinkle,

00:32:48.859 --> 00:32:49.319
 you'll notice

00:32:49.319 --> 00:32:50.379
 every little

00:32:50.379 --> 00:32:50.980
 bulge.

00:32:51.960 --> 00:32:52.599
 It's always

00:32:52.599 --> 00:32:53.000
 about you

00:32:53.000 --> 00:32:53.259
 being,

00:32:53.519 --> 00:32:54.099
 not just

00:32:54.099 --> 00:32:54.819
 knowing the

00:32:54.819 --> 00:32:55.019
 truth,

00:32:55.099 --> 00:32:55.399
 but being

00:32:55.399 --> 00:32:55.960
 the smartest.

00:32:56.139 --> 00:32:56.619
 You're always

00:32:56.619 --> 00:32:57.059
 going to be

00:32:57.059 --> 00:32:57.639
 threatened by

00:32:57.639 --> 00:32:58.559
 some little,

00:32:58.700 --> 00:32:59.480
 you know,

00:32:59.559 --> 00:32:59.779
 irk,

00:32:59.859 --> 00:33:00.940
 some 12-year-old

00:33:00.940 --> 00:33:01.799
 who's way

00:33:01.799 --> 00:33:02.579
 smarter than

00:33:02.579 --> 00:33:02.859
 you,

00:33:02.960 --> 00:33:03.839
 or some new

00:33:03.839 --> 00:33:04.559
 hire that's

00:33:04.559 --> 00:33:05.220
 way smarter

00:33:05.220 --> 00:33:05.679
 than you.

00:33:05.859 --> 00:33:06.339
 You will

00:33:06.339 --> 00:33:07.159
 always be

00:33:07.159 --> 00:33:08.299
 insecure and

00:33:08.299 --> 00:33:08.700
 anxious.

00:33:08.839 --> 00:33:09.099
 You will

00:33:09.099 --> 00:33:09.879
 always be.

00:33:10.440 --> 00:33:10.779
 But you

00:33:10.779 --> 00:33:11.039
 know the

00:33:11.039 --> 00:33:11.460
 thing is,

00:33:11.500 --> 00:33:11.980
 and we all

00:33:11.980 --> 00:33:12.399
 know this

00:33:12.399 --> 00:33:12.879
 at a very,

00:33:13.000 --> 00:33:13.480
 very deep

00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:13.879
 level,

00:33:14.299 --> 00:33:14.539
 you see,

00:33:14.599 --> 00:33:15.059
 because the

00:33:15.059 --> 00:33:15.720
 very nature

00:33:15.720 --> 00:33:16.139
 of my

00:33:16.140 --> 00:33:17.080
 personal power

00:33:17.080 --> 00:33:17.720
 is that

00:33:17.720 --> 00:33:18.220
 others are

00:33:18.220 --> 00:33:18.940
 now going

00:33:18.940 --> 00:33:19.480
 to be a

00:33:19.480 --> 00:33:19.920
 threat,

00:33:20.140 --> 00:33:20.960
 but the

00:33:20.960 --> 00:33:21.759
 truth is

00:33:21.759 --> 00:33:22.640
 shareable.

00:33:25.120 --> 00:33:26.220
 Goodness is

00:33:26.220 --> 00:33:27.160
 shareable.

00:33:28.160 --> 00:33:29.280
 Justice is

00:33:29.280 --> 00:33:30.240
 shareable.

00:33:33.820 --> 00:33:34.480
 And the

00:33:34.480 --> 00:33:35.200
 truth doesn't

00:33:35.200 --> 00:33:35.720
 make you

00:33:35.720 --> 00:33:36.480
 anxious.

00:33:36.920 --> 00:33:37.060
 I mean,

00:33:37.140 --> 00:33:37.900
 it does when

00:33:37.900 --> 00:33:38.259
 it's threatening

00:33:38.259 --> 00:33:38.820
 your power,

00:33:38.940 --> 00:33:39.240
 but when you

00:33:39.240 --> 00:33:39.720
 actually just,

00:33:39.820 --> 00:33:40.280
 well, that's

00:33:40.280 --> 00:33:40.600
 just the

00:33:40.600 --> 00:33:40.960
 truth.

00:33:42.060 --> 00:33:42.440
 Yeah, yeah,

00:33:42.440 --> 00:33:42.580
 yeah,

00:33:42.580 --> 00:33:42.960
 I'm not going

00:33:42.960 --> 00:33:43.300
 to be very

00:33:43.300 --> 00:33:44.100
 popular if I

00:33:44.099 --> 00:33:44.439
 say that.

00:33:44.480 --> 00:33:44.639
 I'm not

00:33:44.639 --> 00:33:44.839
 going to be

00:33:44.839 --> 00:33:45.459
 very popular

00:33:45.459 --> 00:33:45.699
 that I

00:33:45.699 --> 00:33:45.839
 believe,

00:33:45.879 --> 00:33:46.039
 but it's

00:33:46.039 --> 00:33:46.359
 just the

00:33:46.359 --> 00:33:46.740
 truth.

00:33:46.939 --> 00:33:47.339
 It's just

00:33:47.339 --> 00:33:47.679
 true.

00:33:52.439 --> 00:33:53.179
 And why

00:33:53.179 --> 00:33:53.699
 is it that?

00:33:53.839 --> 00:33:54.399
 Why is it

00:33:54.399 --> 00:33:55.000
 that power

00:33:55.000 --> 00:33:55.599
 makes you

00:33:55.599 --> 00:33:56.199
 anxious,

00:33:56.379 --> 00:33:57.059
 but truth,

00:33:57.419 --> 00:33:58.019
 and knowing

00:33:58.019 --> 00:33:58.679
 what's right,

00:33:59.000 --> 00:34:00.000
 and walking

00:34:00.000 --> 00:34:00.519
 with what's

00:34:00.519 --> 00:34:00.959
 right, and

00:34:00.959 --> 00:34:01.459
 walking with

00:34:01.459 --> 00:34:02.000
 what's just,

00:34:02.139 --> 00:34:02.619
 and walking

00:34:02.619 --> 00:34:03.099
 with what's

00:34:03.099 --> 00:34:04.219
 true, why

00:34:04.219 --> 00:34:05.179
 is it that

00:34:05.179 --> 00:34:05.759
 those things

00:34:05.759 --> 00:34:06.399
 don't create

00:34:06.399 --> 00:34:06.939
 anxiety?

00:34:07.159 --> 00:34:07.639
 It's because

00:34:07.639 --> 00:34:07.919
 you were

00:34:07.919 --> 00:34:08.440
 made for

00:34:08.440 --> 00:34:08.639
 it.

00:34:10.279 --> 00:34:10.880
 You were

00:34:10.880 --> 00:34:11.319
 made for

00:34:11.319 --> 00:34:11.719
 truth.

00:34:12.799 --> 00:34:13.400
 You were

00:34:13.400 --> 00:34:13.800
 made for

00:34:13.800 --> 00:34:14.220
 justice.

00:34:14.720 --> 00:34:14.960
 You were

00:34:14.960 --> 00:34:15.320
 made for

00:34:15.320 --> 00:34:15.700
 goodness.

00:34:16.200 --> 00:34:16.599
 Augustine,

00:34:16.680 --> 00:34:17.099
 many years

00:34:17.099 --> 00:34:17.740
 ago, said,

00:34:18.380 --> 00:34:18.680
 you have

00:34:18.680 --> 00:34:19.019
 made us

00:34:19.019 --> 00:34:19.720
 for yourself,

00:34:20.059 --> 00:34:20.500
 and our

00:34:20.500 --> 00:34:20.980
 hearts are

00:34:20.980 --> 00:34:21.700
 restless till

00:34:21.700 --> 00:34:22.079
 they rest

00:34:22.079 --> 00:34:22.480
 in you.

00:34:29.639 --> 00:34:30.220
 You see,

00:34:30.300 --> 00:34:30.639
 Christians,

00:34:30.780 --> 00:34:31.139
 once again,

00:34:31.180 --> 00:34:31.599
 aren't saying

00:34:31.599 --> 00:34:32.320
 that we don't

00:34:32.320 --> 00:34:32.800
 have any of

00:34:32.800 --> 00:34:33.340
 these problems.

00:34:33.519 --> 00:34:33.619
 No,

00:34:33.740 --> 00:34:34.300
 Christians are

00:34:34.300 --> 00:34:35.559
 saying we

00:34:35.559 --> 00:34:35.920
 need a

00:34:35.920 --> 00:34:36.220
 Savior.

00:34:36.420 --> 00:34:36.860
 It's proof

00:34:36.860 --> 00:34:37.139
 that we

00:34:37.139 --> 00:34:37.500
 need a

00:34:37.500 --> 00:34:37.820
 Savior,

00:34:38.300 --> 00:34:39.220
 and it's

00:34:39.220 --> 00:34:39.920
 an invitation

00:34:39.920 --> 00:34:40.400
 for it to

00:34:40.400 --> 00:34:40.539
 say,

00:34:40.639 --> 00:34:40.820
 Lord,

00:34:40.960 --> 00:34:41.380
 in what

00:34:41.380 --> 00:34:41.840
 ways is

00:34:41.840 --> 00:34:42.340
 this me?

00:34:43.400 --> 00:34:44.240
 But why

00:34:44.240 --> 00:34:44.800
 is this

00:34:44.800 --> 00:34:45.519
 all set

00:34:45.519 --> 00:34:45.760
 in the

00:34:45.760 --> 00:34:46.340
 context of

00:34:46.340 --> 00:34:46.500
 hope?

00:34:46.599 --> 00:34:47.160
 Look again,

00:34:47.320 --> 00:34:47.900
 if Claire

00:34:47.900 --> 00:34:48.340
 can put it

00:34:48.340 --> 00:34:48.440
 up,

00:34:48.480 --> 00:34:48.900
 look again

00:34:48.900 --> 00:34:49.800
 what verse

00:34:49.800 --> 00:34:50.240
 10 and

00:34:50.240 --> 00:34:50.480
 11,

00:34:50.579 --> 00:34:50.920
 the Bible

00:34:50.920 --> 00:34:51.639
 passage that

00:34:51.639 --> 00:34:52.360
 Jesus shares,

00:34:53.000 --> 00:34:53.360
 that they

00:34:53.360 --> 00:34:53.920
 don't listen

00:34:53.920 --> 00:34:55.039
 to because

00:34:55.039 --> 00:34:55.360
 they're

00:34:55.360 --> 00:34:56.800
 threatened by

00:34:56.800 --> 00:34:57.340
 what's right

00:34:57.340 --> 00:34:57.700
 and wrong.

00:34:57.800 --> 00:34:58.000
 They're

00:34:58.000 --> 00:34:58.740
 threatened by

00:34:58.740 --> 00:34:59.180
 justice,

00:34:59.180 --> 00:34:59.860
 and they

00:34:59.860 --> 00:35:00.920
 respond by

00:35:00.920 --> 00:35:01.519
 anger.

00:35:02.240 --> 00:35:02.660
 But listen

00:35:02.660 --> 00:35:02.860
 to what

00:35:02.860 --> 00:35:03.500
 Jesus says.

00:35:03.579 --> 00:35:03.980
 He quotes

00:35:03.980 --> 00:35:04.380
 the psalm,

00:35:04.440 --> 00:35:04.940
 the stone

00:35:04.940 --> 00:35:05.320
 that the

00:35:05.320 --> 00:35:05.639
 builders

00:35:05.639 --> 00:35:06.260
 rejected.

00:35:07.320 --> 00:35:07.579
 You know

00:35:07.579 --> 00:35:07.760
 they're

00:35:07.760 --> 00:35:08.220
 looking for

00:35:08.220 --> 00:35:08.740
 stones.

00:35:09.079 --> 00:35:09.740
 There's a stone,

00:35:09.940 --> 00:35:10.740
 throw it out.

00:35:10.739 --> 00:35:13.259
 But it's

00:35:13.259 --> 00:35:13.859
 actually the

00:35:13.859 --> 00:35:14.799
 cornerstone of

00:35:14.799 --> 00:35:15.319
 something that

00:35:15.319 --> 00:35:15.819
 God wants

00:35:15.819 --> 00:35:16.279
 to build.

00:35:20.719 --> 00:35:21.419
 And this

00:35:21.419 --> 00:35:21.739
 thing,

00:35:21.879 --> 00:35:22.179
 which was

00:35:22.179 --> 00:35:22.739
 rejected,

00:35:22.959 --> 00:35:23.259
 and it

00:35:23.259 --> 00:35:23.739
 looks like a

00:35:23.739 --> 00:35:24.199
 tragedy,

00:35:24.339 --> 00:35:24.479
 and it

00:35:24.479 --> 00:35:24.919
 looks like a

00:35:24.919 --> 00:35:25.299
 defeat,

00:35:25.459 --> 00:35:25.779
 but it's

00:35:25.779 --> 00:35:27.399
 actually the

00:35:27.399 --> 00:35:28.039
 Lord's doing.

00:35:28.859 --> 00:35:29.339
 And it's

00:35:29.339 --> 00:35:29.939
 marvelous in

00:35:29.939 --> 00:35:30.399
 our eyes.

00:35:30.519 --> 00:35:31.299
 This act of

00:35:31.299 --> 00:35:31.919
 rejection,

00:35:33.319 --> 00:35:34.239
 this act of

00:35:34.239 --> 00:35:34.859
 evil,

00:35:35.579 --> 00:35:36.739
 God uses for

00:35:36.739 --> 00:35:38.139
 good to

00:35:38.139 --> 00:35:39.639
 build something

00:35:39.639 --> 00:35:40.440
 new,

00:35:41.559 --> 00:35:43.539
 and strong,

00:35:43.679 --> 00:35:44.379
 and stable.

00:35:46.659 --> 00:35:47.659
 Because on

00:35:47.659 --> 00:35:48.279
 one level,

00:35:48.779 --> 00:35:49.440
 every single

00:35:49.440 --> 00:35:50.960
 person would

00:35:50.960 --> 00:35:51.440
 want to say,

00:35:51.579 --> 00:35:51.980
 I want to

00:35:51.980 --> 00:35:52.559
 be a person

00:35:52.559 --> 00:35:52.900
 of the

00:35:52.900 --> 00:35:53.159
 truth,

00:35:53.239 --> 00:35:53.539
 not a

00:35:53.539 --> 00:35:53.960
 person of

00:35:53.960 --> 00:35:54.359
 the lie.

00:35:54.639 --> 00:35:55.219
 I want to

00:35:55.219 --> 00:35:55.779
 be a person

00:35:55.779 --> 00:35:56.119
 of the

00:35:56.119 --> 00:35:56.400
 good,

00:35:56.500 --> 00:35:56.839
 not a

00:35:56.839 --> 00:35:57.279
 person of

00:35:57.279 --> 00:35:57.659
 the evil.

00:35:57.779 --> 00:35:58.159
 I want to

00:35:58.159 --> 00:35:58.659
 be a person

00:35:58.659 --> 00:35:58.960
 of the

00:35:58.960 --> 00:35:59.319
 just,

00:35:59.639 --> 00:36:00.159
 not the

00:36:00.159 --> 00:36:00.559
 unjust.

00:36:00.980 --> 00:36:01.379
 That's

00:36:01.379 --> 00:36:01.739
 where I

00:36:01.739 --> 00:36:02.079
 want to

00:36:02.079 --> 00:36:02.259
 live.

00:36:02.339 --> 00:36:02.759
 I want

00:36:02.759 --> 00:36:03.299
 to live

00:36:03.299 --> 00:36:04.000
 in that

00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:04.460
 country,

00:36:04.599 --> 00:36:04.879
 in that

00:36:04.879 --> 00:36:05.319
 land,

00:36:05.440 --> 00:36:06.440
 where truth

00:36:06.440 --> 00:36:07.139
 is what

00:36:07.139 --> 00:36:07.739
 we feed

00:36:07.739 --> 00:36:08.079
 on,

00:36:08.159 --> 00:36:08.519
 and what

00:36:08.519 --> 00:36:09.019
 we live

00:36:09.019 --> 00:36:09.579
 out of.

00:36:09.639 --> 00:36:10.000
 I want

00:36:10.000 --> 00:36:10.299
 to live

00:36:10.299 --> 00:36:10.599
 in that

00:36:10.599 --> 00:36:11.440
 place where

00:36:11.440 --> 00:36:12.319
 goodness is

00:36:12.319 --> 00:36:12.679
 what I

00:36:12.679 --> 00:36:13.239
 live on,

00:36:13.299 --> 00:36:13.519
 and what

00:36:13.519 --> 00:36:14.079
 I feed

00:36:14.079 --> 00:36:14.359
 on,

00:36:14.480 --> 00:36:14.900
 and where

00:36:14.900 --> 00:36:15.460
 I live,

00:36:15.900 --> 00:36:17.379
 and justice,

00:36:17.839 --> 00:36:18.559
 and beauty,

00:36:18.739 --> 00:36:19.460
 that's where

00:36:19.460 --> 00:36:20.219
 I want to

00:36:20.219 --> 00:36:20.619
 live.

00:36:21.579 --> 00:36:22.159
 And Jesus

00:36:22.159 --> 00:36:22.900
 is saying,

00:36:23.519 --> 00:36:24.799
 you know,

00:36:24.819 --> 00:36:25.059
 when you

00:36:25.059 --> 00:36:25.679
 see me

00:36:25.679 --> 00:36:26.099
 dying on

00:36:26.099 --> 00:36:26.679
 the cross,

00:36:26.839 --> 00:36:27.440
 you see me

00:36:27.440 --> 00:36:28.219
 being rejected,

00:36:28.480 --> 00:36:28.960
 but actually

00:36:28.960 --> 00:36:29.339
 what you

00:36:29.339 --> 00:36:29.920
 really need

00:36:29.920 --> 00:36:31.219
 to see is

00:36:31.219 --> 00:36:31.579
 that I'm

00:36:31.579 --> 00:36:32.219
 doing something,

00:36:32.420 --> 00:36:33.139
 God is doing

00:36:33.139 --> 00:36:34.219
 something marvelous,

00:36:34.759 --> 00:36:35.460
 and is building

00:36:35.460 --> 00:36:36.579
 something different

00:36:36.579 --> 00:36:37.339
 and marvelous.

00:36:38.239 --> 00:36:38.859
 You're seeing

00:36:38.859 --> 00:36:39.460
 truth,

00:36:39.639 --> 00:36:41.219
 truth itself

00:36:41.219 --> 00:36:42.559
 dying for

00:36:42.559 --> 00:36:43.159
 lies,

00:36:43.500 --> 00:36:44.440
 so that we

00:36:44.440 --> 00:36:45.279
 might be

00:36:45.279 --> 00:36:46.139
 one with

00:36:46.139 --> 00:36:46.659
 the truth.

00:36:47.279 --> 00:36:47.819
 You're seeing

00:36:47.819 --> 00:36:49.099
 justice dying,

00:36:49.420 --> 00:36:50.019
 in a sense,

00:36:50.139 --> 00:36:51.059
 for the unjust,

00:36:51.599 --> 00:36:52.420
 so that we,

00:36:52.559 --> 00:36:53.480
 by accepting it,

00:36:53.619 --> 00:36:54.699
 can enter into

00:36:54.699 --> 00:36:55.420
 his justice.

00:36:55.940 --> 00:36:57.000
 We see goodness

00:36:57.000 --> 00:36:58.480
 dying for evil,

00:36:58.900 --> 00:36:59.519
 so that when we

00:36:59.519 --> 00:37:00.359
 trust in him,

00:37:00.659 --> 00:37:01.460
 we enter into

00:37:01.460 --> 00:37:02.000
 goodness,

00:37:02.000 --> 00:37:03.619
 because he desires

00:37:03.619 --> 00:37:04.779
 to build a

00:37:04.779 --> 00:37:05.199
 people,

00:37:05.339 --> 00:37:05.960
 a kingdom,

00:37:06.539 --> 00:37:07.239
 through faith

00:37:07.239 --> 00:37:07.920
 in Christ,

00:37:08.920 --> 00:37:11.179
 that is

00:37:11.179 --> 00:37:11.679
 characterized

00:37:11.679 --> 00:37:13.000
 by the good,

00:37:13.239 --> 00:37:13.679
 the true,

00:37:13.839 --> 00:37:14.380
 the just,

00:37:14.619 --> 00:37:15.480
 and the beautiful.

00:37:15.480 --> 00:37:15.559
 people.

00:37:18.559 --> 00:37:19.500
 And it's not

00:37:19.500 --> 00:37:20.440
 just ideas,

00:37:21.000 --> 00:37:24.320
 because he

00:37:24.320 --> 00:37:24.780
 really did

00:37:24.780 --> 00:37:25.179
 die,

00:37:25.460 --> 00:37:25.980
 and he really

00:37:25.980 --> 00:37:26.820
 did rise,

00:37:27.199 --> 00:37:27.760
 and he is

00:37:27.760 --> 00:37:28.440
 really coming

00:37:28.440 --> 00:37:28.900
 again.

00:37:29.480 --> 00:37:30.199
 So it's not

00:37:30.199 --> 00:37:30.699
 just these

00:37:30.699 --> 00:37:31.519
 ideas,

00:37:32.079 --> 00:37:32.920
 but it's his

00:37:32.920 --> 00:37:33.519
 presence,

00:37:33.639 --> 00:37:34.000
 and his

00:37:34.000 --> 00:37:34.519
 power,

00:37:35.039 --> 00:37:35.420
 and an

00:37:35.420 --> 00:37:36.280
 invitation to

00:37:36.280 --> 00:37:36.840
 be a member

00:37:36.840 --> 00:37:37.659
 of his

00:37:37.659 --> 00:37:38.059
 people.

00:37:40.000 --> 00:37:40.860
 That is the

00:37:40.860 --> 00:37:41.260
 gospel.

00:37:41.260 --> 00:37:43.660
 one of the

00:37:43.660 --> 00:37:44.180
 reasons why

00:37:44.180 --> 00:37:44.860
 church is so

00:37:44.860 --> 00:37:45.240
 important,

00:37:45.400 --> 00:37:45.960
 and I just

00:37:45.960 --> 00:37:46.280
 want to

00:37:46.280 --> 00:37:47.360
 encourage you,

00:37:47.420 --> 00:37:47.740
 first of all,

00:37:47.760 --> 00:37:48.020
 I want to

00:37:48.020 --> 00:37:48.420
 encourage you,

00:37:48.500 --> 00:37:49.480
 if you haven't

00:37:49.480 --> 00:37:49.800
 given your

00:37:49.800 --> 00:37:50.380
 life to Christ,

00:37:50.440 --> 00:37:50.740
 there's no

00:37:50.740 --> 00:37:51.520
 time better

00:37:51.520 --> 00:37:52.200
 than right now

00:37:52.200 --> 00:37:52.580
 to say,

00:37:52.640 --> 00:37:52.780
 you know,

00:37:52.840 --> 00:37:54.120
 I understand

00:37:54.120 --> 00:37:54.620
 that there's

00:37:54.620 --> 00:37:55.100
 part of me

00:37:55.100 --> 00:37:55.660
 that finds

00:37:55.660 --> 00:37:56.220
 these things

00:37:56.220 --> 00:37:56.660
 a threat,

00:37:56.920 --> 00:37:58.100
 and now I

00:37:58.100 --> 00:37:59.460
 need a

00:37:59.460 --> 00:37:59.840
 Savior,

00:38:00.580 --> 00:38:01.100
 and a call

00:38:01.100 --> 00:38:01.720
 out to Jesus

00:38:01.720 --> 00:38:02.340
 to be your

00:38:02.340 --> 00:38:02.660
 Savior.

00:38:02.880 --> 00:38:03.440
 He is your

00:38:03.440 --> 00:38:03.940
 hope,

00:38:04.160 --> 00:38:04.640
 the only

00:38:04.640 --> 00:38:05.060
 hope,

00:38:06.780 --> 00:38:07.540
 and he

00:38:07.540 --> 00:38:10.260
 will move

00:38:10.260 --> 00:38:11.340
 you and me

00:38:11.340 --> 00:38:11.800
 as we

00:38:11.800 --> 00:38:12.620
 draw closer

00:38:12.620 --> 00:38:13.020
 to him,

00:38:13.060 --> 00:38:13.400
 and he

00:38:13.400 --> 00:38:14.080
 draws closer

00:38:14.080 --> 00:38:14.680
 to us,

00:38:15.160 --> 00:38:16.260
 to feel

00:38:16.260 --> 00:38:16.660
 more

00:38:16.660 --> 00:38:17.440
 uncomfortable

00:38:17.440 --> 00:38:18.200
 when we

00:38:18.200 --> 00:38:18.700
 find the

00:38:18.700 --> 00:38:19.180
 truth a

00:38:19.180 --> 00:38:19.540
 threat,

00:38:19.980 --> 00:38:20.200
 and to

00:38:20.200 --> 00:38:20.520
 want to

00:38:20.520 --> 00:38:20.800
 repent,

00:38:21.040 --> 00:38:21.560
 and more

00:38:21.560 --> 00:38:22.200
 uncomfortable

00:38:22.200 --> 00:38:22.760
 when we

00:38:22.760 --> 00:38:23.280
 find goodness

00:38:23.280 --> 00:38:23.780
 a threat,

00:38:23.940 --> 00:38:24.220
 and want

00:38:24.220 --> 00:38:24.740
 to repent,

00:38:24.900 --> 00:38:25.340
 and find

00:38:25.340 --> 00:38:26.400
 when we're

00:38:26.400 --> 00:38:26.900
 uncomfortable

00:38:26.900 --> 00:38:28.800
 by justice,

00:38:29.640 --> 00:38:30.440
 to want to

00:38:30.440 --> 00:38:31.120
 repent of

00:38:31.120 --> 00:38:31.440
 that.

00:38:31.760 --> 00:38:32.400
 He will

00:38:32.400 --> 00:38:32.940
 come into

00:38:32.940 --> 00:38:33.620
 our lives

00:38:33.620 --> 00:38:34.200
 and begin

00:38:34.200 --> 00:38:34.980
 to rebuild

00:38:34.980 --> 00:38:36.500
 you in

00:38:36.500 --> 00:38:37.100
 the context

00:38:37.100 --> 00:38:37.460
 of his

00:38:37.460 --> 00:38:37.900
 people,

00:38:38.540 --> 00:38:39.960
 into one

00:38:39.960 --> 00:38:40.340
 who,

00:38:42.079 --> 00:38:42.420
 well,

00:38:42.880 --> 00:38:43.380
 he wants

00:38:43.380 --> 00:38:43.800
 to invite

00:38:43.800 --> 00:38:44.159
 you into

00:38:44.159 --> 00:38:44.619
 his kingdom

00:38:44.619 --> 00:38:45.179
 of truth

00:38:45.179 --> 00:38:45.679
 and justice

00:38:45.679 --> 00:38:46.280
 and goodness

00:38:46.280 --> 00:38:46.860
 and beauty,

00:38:48.199 --> 00:38:48.940
 and he's

00:38:48.940 --> 00:38:49.440
 asking you

00:38:49.440 --> 00:38:49.820
 to say,

00:38:49.980 --> 00:38:50.420
 let me

00:38:50.420 --> 00:38:50.639
 in,

00:38:51.360 --> 00:38:51.780
 let me

00:38:51.780 --> 00:38:51.920
 in,

00:38:51.940 --> 00:38:52.320
 be my

00:38:52.320 --> 00:38:52.659
 Savior.

00:38:53.860 --> 00:38:54.280
 One of the

00:38:54.280 --> 00:38:54.599
 wonderful

00:38:54.599 --> 00:38:55.240
 things about

00:38:55.240 --> 00:38:55.760
 coming to

00:38:55.760 --> 00:38:57.940
 church is

00:38:57.940 --> 00:38:58.420
 the church

00:38:58.420 --> 00:38:58.960
 is not

00:38:58.960 --> 00:39:01.300
 where we

00:39:01.300 --> 00:39:02.679
 pound our

00:39:02.679 --> 00:39:03.380
 chest and

00:39:03.380 --> 00:39:04.079
 wave our

00:39:04.079 --> 00:39:04.960
 fists because

00:39:04.960 --> 00:39:05.500
 we're always

00:39:05.500 --> 00:39:06.280
 right and we

00:39:06.280 --> 00:39:06.840
 always love

00:39:06.840 --> 00:39:07.539
 the truth and

00:39:07.539 --> 00:39:08.519
 we always love

00:39:08.519 --> 00:39:09.199
 justice and we

00:39:09.199 --> 00:39:09.760
 always love

00:39:09.760 --> 00:39:10.140
 goodness.

00:39:10.920 --> 00:39:12.020
 It's time for

00:39:12.020 --> 00:39:12.600
 us to be

00:39:12.600 --> 00:39:13.460
 refreshed by

00:39:13.460 --> 00:39:14.400
 God's word

00:39:14.400 --> 00:39:15.420
 and the power

00:39:15.420 --> 00:39:15.880
 of the Holy

00:39:15.880 --> 00:39:16.680
 Spirit and

00:39:16.680 --> 00:39:17.480
 the presence

00:39:17.480 --> 00:39:18.100
 of Jesus

00:39:18.100 --> 00:39:19.380
 to win the

00:39:19.380 --> 00:39:19.800
 creed,

00:39:19.900 --> 00:39:20.220
 to say,

00:39:20.340 --> 00:39:20.480
 you know,

00:39:20.560 --> 00:39:20.800
 Lord,

00:39:20.880 --> 00:39:21.300
 this week

00:39:21.300 --> 00:39:21.640
 it's not

00:39:21.640 --> 00:39:22.160
 always been a

00:39:22.160 --> 00:39:22.560
 good week,

00:39:22.640 --> 00:39:22.960
 maybe it's

00:39:22.960 --> 00:39:23.480
 been a terrible

00:39:23.480 --> 00:39:23.780
 week,

00:39:23.860 --> 00:39:24.320
 but I once

00:39:24.320 --> 00:39:24.620
 again,

00:39:24.920 --> 00:39:25.320
 it's like the

00:39:25.320 --> 00:39:25.720
 pledge of

00:39:25.720 --> 00:39:26.060
 allegiance,

00:39:26.320 --> 00:39:27.600
 I pledge

00:39:27.600 --> 00:39:28.340
 my allegiance,

00:39:28.560 --> 00:39:29.160
 I believe

00:39:29.160 --> 00:39:29.760
 there's just

00:39:29.760 --> 00:39:30.640
 one God,

00:39:31.180 --> 00:39:32.360
 I believe in

00:39:32.360 --> 00:39:32.860
 the Father

00:39:32.860 --> 00:39:33.400
 and the Son

00:39:33.400 --> 00:39:33.820
 and the Holy

00:39:33.820 --> 00:39:35.120
 Spirit and

00:39:35.120 --> 00:39:35.860
 it's time for

00:39:35.860 --> 00:39:36.500
 us to get on

00:39:36.500 --> 00:39:37.000
 our knees

00:39:37.000 --> 00:39:38.079
 and remember

00:39:38.079 --> 00:39:38.800
 and to

00:39:38.800 --> 00:39:39.320
 recommit

00:39:39.320 --> 00:39:40.000
 ourselves in

00:39:40.000 --> 00:39:40.599
 a sense by

00:39:40.599 --> 00:39:41.099
 a covenant,

00:39:41.760 --> 00:39:42.559
 renewing the

00:39:42.559 --> 00:39:42.880
 covenant,

00:39:43.079 --> 00:39:43.900
 remembering that

00:39:43.900 --> 00:39:44.519
 Jesus said,

00:39:44.579 --> 00:39:44.900
 I'm going to

00:39:44.900 --> 00:39:45.440
 die on the

00:39:45.440 --> 00:39:46.219
 cross for you,

00:39:47.159 --> 00:39:48.000
 I'm going to

00:39:48.000 --> 00:39:48.840
 break my body

00:39:48.840 --> 00:39:49.599
 and shed my

00:39:49.599 --> 00:39:50.340
 blood for you

00:39:50.340 --> 00:39:50.840
 and I want you

00:39:50.840 --> 00:39:51.739
 to feed on me

00:39:51.739 --> 00:39:52.460
 and to remember

00:39:52.460 --> 00:39:53.380
 that it's me

00:39:53.380 --> 00:39:54.199
 who makes you

00:39:54.199 --> 00:39:55.239
 right with God

00:39:55.239 --> 00:39:56.440
 and we can

00:39:56.440 --> 00:39:57.159
 come together

00:39:57.159 --> 00:39:58.159
 in the midst of

00:39:58.159 --> 00:39:58.760
 our failures,

00:39:58.920 --> 00:39:59.500
 in the midst of

00:39:59.500 --> 00:40:00.199
 our successes

00:40:00.199 --> 00:40:01.699
 and recommit

00:40:01.699 --> 00:40:03.319
 and to know

00:40:03.319 --> 00:40:04.500
 his favor

00:40:04.500 --> 00:40:05.659
 to face

00:40:05.659 --> 00:40:06.579
 the rest of

00:40:06.579 --> 00:40:07.000
 the week

00:40:07.000 --> 00:40:08.779
 and it's so

00:40:08.779 --> 00:40:09.839
 important that

00:40:09.839 --> 00:40:10.359
 you're able to

00:40:10.359 --> 00:40:10.899
 come here and

00:40:10.899 --> 00:40:11.419
 be part of

00:40:11.419 --> 00:40:11.739
 that,

00:40:12.659 --> 00:40:13.779
 it really is,

00:40:14.819 --> 00:40:15.839
 you and I

00:40:15.839 --> 00:40:16.500
 need it

00:40:16.500 --> 00:40:18.139
 and I'm very

00:40:18.139 --> 00:40:18.819
 thankful for

00:40:18.819 --> 00:40:19.639
 this technology

00:40:19.639 --> 00:40:20.319
 and the fact

00:40:20.319 --> 00:40:21.179
 that for some

00:40:21.179 --> 00:40:21.980
 who are old

00:40:21.980 --> 00:40:23.599
 and ill

00:40:23.599 --> 00:40:24.559
 and maybe even

00:40:24.559 --> 00:40:25.259
 incarcerated

00:40:25.259 --> 00:40:26.039
 and there's no

00:40:26.039 --> 00:40:26.759
 other opportunity

00:40:26.759 --> 00:40:27.399
 and I'm really

00:40:27.399 --> 00:40:28.219
 thankful we can

00:40:28.219 --> 00:40:28.799
 do that but

00:40:28.799 --> 00:40:29.460
 there is something

00:40:29.460 --> 00:40:30.000
 about being

00:40:30.000 --> 00:40:30.399
 together.

00:40:31.699 --> 00:40:32.639
 And eating

00:40:32.639 --> 00:40:33.119
 the bread

00:40:33.119 --> 00:40:33.939
 and drinking

00:40:33.939 --> 00:40:34.500
 the wine

00:40:34.500 --> 00:40:36.359
 and hearing

00:40:36.359 --> 00:40:37.179
 the beautiful

00:40:37.179 --> 00:40:37.859
 children

00:40:37.859 --> 00:40:40.039
 and helping

00:40:40.039 --> 00:40:40.579
 with Sunday

00:40:40.579 --> 00:40:41.359
 school and

00:40:41.359 --> 00:40:41.799
 making a

00:40:41.799 --> 00:40:42.279
 difference in

00:40:42.279 --> 00:40:43.079
 people's lives

00:40:43.079 --> 00:40:43.779
 and being part

00:40:43.779 --> 00:40:44.299
 of the women's

00:40:44.299 --> 00:40:44.799
 ministry and

00:40:44.799 --> 00:40:45.259
 the men's

00:40:45.259 --> 00:40:45.919
 ministry and

00:40:45.919 --> 00:40:46.879
 small groups

00:40:46.879 --> 00:40:48.339
 and we need

00:40:48.339 --> 00:40:48.779
 each other.

00:40:49.119 --> 00:40:49.619
 We need to be

00:40:49.619 --> 00:40:50.239
 together in the

00:40:50.239 --> 00:40:50.799
 presence of

00:40:50.799 --> 00:40:51.539
 Jesus as he

00:40:51.539 --> 00:40:52.259
 builds not just

00:40:52.259 --> 00:40:53.079
 us as a person

00:40:53.079 --> 00:40:53.619
 of the truth

00:40:53.619 --> 00:40:54.679
 but a people

00:40:54.679 --> 00:40:55.319
 of the truth.

00:40:56.879 --> 00:40:57.599
 I invite you

00:40:57.599 --> 00:40:58.119
 to stand.

00:40:58.739 --> 00:40:59.399
 Please stand.

00:40:59.779 --> 00:41:00.559
 We close in

00:41:00.559 --> 00:41:00.859
 prayer.

00:41:01.699 --> 00:41:06.079
 Let's bow

00:41:06.079 --> 00:41:06.599
 our heads in

00:41:06.599 --> 00:41:06.819
 prayer.

00:41:06.980 --> 00:41:07.539
 Father, thank

00:41:07.539 --> 00:41:08.299
 you so much.

00:41:08.839 --> 00:41:09.539
 Father, thank

00:41:09.539 --> 00:41:10.339
 you so much

00:41:10.339 --> 00:41:12.019
 that you are

00:41:12.019 --> 00:41:12.619
 the truth.

00:41:12.799 --> 00:41:13.519
 You are true.

00:41:13.679 --> 00:41:14.419
 You are good.

00:41:14.539 --> 00:41:15.259
 You are just.

00:41:15.379 --> 00:41:16.059
 You are beautiful.

00:41:16.239 --> 00:41:17.039
 Father, Son, and

00:41:17.039 --> 00:41:18.019
 Holy Spirit, three

00:41:18.019 --> 00:41:19.139
 persons, one God.

00:41:19.539 --> 00:41:20.399
 Thank you, Father,

00:41:20.460 --> 00:41:21.399
 that you love us.

00:41:21.539 --> 00:41:22.179
 Thank you that you

00:41:22.179 --> 00:41:23.259
 sent Jesus to die

00:41:23.259 --> 00:41:24.379
 on the cross for us.

00:41:24.779 --> 00:41:25.480
 Thank you, Father,

00:41:25.539 --> 00:41:26.519
 that you know how

00:41:26.519 --> 00:41:27.799
 conflicted we can be

00:41:27.799 --> 00:41:28.599
 about the truth

00:41:28.599 --> 00:41:29.980
 and we don't want

00:41:29.980 --> 00:41:30.779
 the truth to be

00:41:30.779 --> 00:41:31.539
 true sometimes.

00:41:31.659 --> 00:41:32.279
 We don't want

00:41:32.279 --> 00:41:33.119
 justice to be

00:41:33.119 --> 00:41:33.880
 just sometimes.

00:41:33.880 --> 00:41:34.739
 We don't want

00:41:34.739 --> 00:41:35.500
 goodness to be

00:41:35.500 --> 00:41:36.239
 good sometimes.

00:41:36.380 --> 00:41:37.279
 Father, you know

00:41:37.279 --> 00:41:38.440
 how that can be

00:41:38.440 --> 00:41:39.400
 so conflicted

00:41:39.400 --> 00:41:39.920
 within us and

00:41:39.920 --> 00:41:40.599
 you know, Father,

00:41:40.699 --> 00:41:41.480
 the ways that we

00:41:41.480 --> 00:41:42.259
 can allow those

00:41:42.259 --> 00:41:43.059
 things to grow

00:41:43.059 --> 00:41:43.860
 and grow within

00:41:43.860 --> 00:41:44.099
 us.

00:41:44.199 --> 00:41:44.960
 Father, we give

00:41:44.960 --> 00:41:45.599
 you thanks and

00:41:45.599 --> 00:41:46.059
 praise that

00:41:46.059 --> 00:41:46.519
 seen us,

00:41:46.619 --> 00:41:47.119
 still you love

00:41:47.119 --> 00:41:48.819
 us, that your

00:41:48.819 --> 00:41:50.819
 son died for us,

00:41:50.880 --> 00:41:51.460
 that we might be

00:41:51.460 --> 00:41:52.299
 made one with you.

00:41:52.440 --> 00:41:53.299
 We ask, Father,

00:41:53.400 --> 00:41:54.319
 that your Holy

00:41:54.319 --> 00:41:55.199
 Spirit would bring

00:41:55.199 --> 00:41:56.319
 your word home to

00:41:56.319 --> 00:41:56.960
 us in a deep

00:41:56.960 --> 00:41:58.139
 way and bring

00:41:58.139 --> 00:41:59.079
 the gospel home

00:41:59.079 --> 00:41:59.940
 to us in a deep

00:41:59.940 --> 00:42:00.639
 way, that we

00:42:00.639 --> 00:42:01.320
 might know that

00:42:01.320 --> 00:42:02.400
 sense of security

00:42:02.400 --> 00:42:03.340
 in the gospel,

00:42:03.639 --> 00:42:05.460
 so that we might

00:42:05.460 --> 00:42:06.500
 hear texts like

00:42:06.500 --> 00:42:07.039
 this and say,

00:42:07.139 --> 00:42:08.199
 Lord, is this me?

00:42:08.699 --> 00:42:09.480
 Show me those

00:42:09.480 --> 00:42:10.559
 times it's me,

00:42:11.300 --> 00:42:12.340
 and Jesus, please

00:42:12.340 --> 00:42:13.760
 come and help me

00:42:13.760 --> 00:42:14.340
 and use your

00:42:14.340 --> 00:42:15.720
 people to help me

00:42:15.720 --> 00:42:17.039
 to repent of

00:42:17.039 --> 00:42:18.599
 that, so that

00:42:18.599 --> 00:42:19.420
 each of us can

00:42:19.420 --> 00:42:20.240
 grow more and

00:42:20.240 --> 00:42:21.380
 more day by day

00:42:21.380 --> 00:42:22.699
 as a person of

00:42:22.699 --> 00:42:23.980
 the truth, not a

00:42:23.980 --> 00:42:24.800
 person of the lie,

00:42:24.980 --> 00:42:25.820
 of a person of the

00:42:25.820 --> 00:42:26.159
 good.

00:42:26.960 --> 00:42:28.420
 Not the evil, of

00:42:28.420 --> 00:42:30.240
 justice, not of

00:42:30.240 --> 00:42:30.760
 injustice.

00:42:31.599 --> 00:42:32.280
 And we ask all

00:42:32.280 --> 00:42:33.179
 these things in the

00:42:33.179 --> 00:42:33.860
 sweet and precious

00:42:33.860 --> 00:42:36.240
 name of Jesus, your

00:42:36.240 --> 00:42:37.079
 Son and our

00:42:37.079 --> 00:42:37.420
 Savior.

00:42:38.099 --> 00:42:38.460
 Amen.

00:42:38.460 --> 00:42:38.599
 Amen.

00:42:39.139 --> 00:42:39.460
 Amen.

00:42:39.460 --> 00:42:40.460
 Amen.

00:42:40.460 --> 00:42:41.460
 Amen.

00:42:41.460 --> 00:42:42.460
 Amen.

00:42:42.460 --> 00:42:43.460
 Amen.

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