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 It's Mark's Gospel. As we continue in our studies, Mark's Gospel, chapter 1, from verse 40 through to verse...

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 Sorry, let me start that again. Mark, chapter 1, verse 40, to chapter 2, verse 17, and it's on page 1002.

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 So I'm reading from Mark 1, 40 to 7.

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 A man with leprosy. A man with leprosy came to him and begged him on his knees,

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 If you are willing, you can make me clean. Filled with compassion, Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man.

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 I am willing, he said. Be clean. Immediately the leprosy left him and he was cured.

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 Jesus sent him away at once with a strong warning.

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 See that you don't tell this to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer the sacrifices that Moses commanded for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.

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 Instead, he went out and began to talk freely, spreading the news.

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 As a result, Jesus could no longer enter a town openly, but stayed outside in lonely places.

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 Yet the people still came to him from everywhere.

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 A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home.

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 So many gathered there, many gathered that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them.

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 Some men came, bringing to him a paralytic, carried by four of them.

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 Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus.

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 And after digging through it, lowered the mat the paralyzed man was lying on.

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 When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic,

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 Son, your sins are forgiven.

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 Now some teachers of the law were sitting there, thinking to themselves,

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 Why does this fellow talk like that?

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 He's blaspheming.

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 Who can forgive sins but God alone?

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 Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that this was what they were thinking in their hearts.

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 And he said to them,

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 Why are you thinking these things?

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 Which is easier, to say to the paralytic,

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 Your sins are forgiven?

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 Or to say, Get up, take your mat and walk?

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 But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.

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 He said to the paralytic,

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 I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.

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 He got up, took his mat and walked out in full view of them all.

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 This amazed everyone.

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 And they praised God, saying,

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 We have never seen anything like this.

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 Once again, Jesus went out beside the lake.

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 A large crowd came to him, and he began to teach them.

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 As he walked along, he saw Levi, son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax collector's booth.

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 Follow me, Jesus told him.

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 And Levi got up and followed him.

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 While Jesus was having dinner at Levi's house,

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 many tax collectors and sinners were eating with him and his disciples,

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 for there were many who followed him.

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 When the teachers of the law, who were Pharisees,

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 saw him eating with the sinners and tax collectors,

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 they asked his disciples,

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 Why did Jesus eat with tax collectors and sinners?

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 On hearing this, Jesus said to them,

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 It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.

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 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.

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 Thank you guys very much for reading.

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 Please keep your Bibles open there.

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 And if you happen to get up very early to watch Ireland,

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 you might want a pen in hand and a piece of paper.

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 It will keep you concentrating and awake,

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 if you're missing some vital sleep.

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 Well, I don't know how you could sleep

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 listening to these stories we've just read.

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 They are amazing.

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 Let's ask God for his help as we seek to look at them together.

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 Let's pray.

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 Our Father, we thank you again for your word.

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 We thank you for this Gospel of Mark recorded for us,

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 told by Peter, written down by Mark,

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 that we can read today in our language,

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 study it together.

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 And our purpose for doing this, Father,

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 is so that we would know Jesus better,

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 that we would become more like him,

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 that we would be changed and transformed

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 as we encounter him in these very stories itself.

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 May your Holy Spirit be upon us all,

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 giving us strength physically,

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 helping us to concentrate,

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 and giving us spirits to take in

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 what you are saying to us.

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 We ask this in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Well, in the text that we've just had read to us,

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 Mark is introducing us to three people,

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 all who have been completely changed.

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 By a simple encounter with Jesus Christ,

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 their lives have been radically transformed.

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 Each one seems to be in a hopeless and helpless situation,

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 but each one comes determined and dependent,

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 and on meeting Jesus,

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 they are renewed and restored.

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 Now, that shouldn't surprise us,

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 because that is the very mission of Jesus.

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 His mission was to come into this world

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 to change and transform lives.

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 Now, that's really important for us,

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 because I don't think there's anybody here

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 who would say,

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 there's nothing in my life that I don't want to change.

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 We all want things to change in our lives.

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 Perhaps we want to change our circumstances,

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 maybe a new job.

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 Maybe we'll want to live somewhere different.

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 Maybe we're wanting to change our character.

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 Maybe we feel a little bit kind of introverted,

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 and we want to be more confident,

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 and being able to speak to people,

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 and that people would accept us.

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 Maybe we want to change our physical looks,

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 drop a waist size,

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 build up a bicep or something,

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 so that people will say,

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 they're nice.

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 Maybe we want to change our status.

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 We want a new partner.

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 There's something that we would all like to change.

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 But the problem with all of those examples

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 that I've given is,

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 they're all external.

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 It all has to do with how we see ourselves,

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 and how other people perceive us.

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 And the people that Jesus meets here,

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 they all seem to be concerned with external things.

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 But as Jesus shows us,

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 real change starts with the internal things.

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 In fact,

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 Jesus deals with our perceived need,

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 the external,

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 to demonstrate his desire,

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 to deal with our real need,

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 the internal.

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 I'll read that again.

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 That's key to our understanding of this section.

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 Jesus deals with our perceived need,

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 the external,

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 to demonstrate his desire,

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 to deal with our real need,

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 the internal.

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 Look at verse 17.

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 On hearing this,

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 Jesus said to them,

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 it is not the healthy who need a doctor,

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 but the sick.

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 I have not come to call the righteous,

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 but sinners.

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 He's interested with heart issues.

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 So let's meet those who encounter Jesus,

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 and let's see how we too can be people who can change.

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 The first person that we meet is,

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 look at verse 40,

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 a man with leprosy.

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 Now if you had leprosy,

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 it destroyed your life.

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 It affected you physically,

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 with sores and infections,

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 resulting in the loss of limbs,

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 and eyesight,

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 and eventual death.

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 Second, it would have affected you socially.

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 Nobody associated with you for fear of catching the disease.

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 You were left on your own.

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 And third, it would affect you religiously.

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 Anybody with a skin disease like this

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 was not allowed anywhere near the temple

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 where people went to worship God.

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 You were barred.

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 And the way of describing all of this

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 was in one word,

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 unclean.

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 In Leviticus chapter 13,

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 this is just a reference for you,

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 Leviticus 13 verse 45,

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 this is what the law said

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 about those who had leprosy.

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 The person with such an infectious disease

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 must wear torn clothes,

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 let his hair be unkempt,

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 cover the lower part of his face,

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 and cry out,

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 unclean, unclean.

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 As long as he has the infection,

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 he remains unclean.

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 He must live alone.

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 He must live outside the camp.

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 So this man with leprosy,

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 we're not even given his name,

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 perhaps to say just how much an outsider he was,

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 is somebody who is in desperate need of change.

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 So it's not surprising,

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 look at verse 40,

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 that he comes to Jesus,

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 falls down on his knees,

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 and begs Jesus,

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 if you are willing,

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 you can make me clean.

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 You see,

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 to heal his leprosy

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 would make him clean.

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 It would end his physical,

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 social,

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 and religious problems

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 all at once.

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 And look at Jesus' response.

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 Verse 41,

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 filled with compassion,

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 Jesus reached out his hand

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 and touched the man.

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 I am willing,

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 he said.

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 Be clean.

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 Immediately,

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 the leprosy left him,

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 and he was cured.

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 Incredible.

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 But let's not miss the point here.

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 Jesus deals with the perceived need,

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 the external,

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 to demonstrate his desire

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 to deal with our real need,

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 the internal.

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 Let's see how he encounters this man.

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 First,

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 look at what he does.

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 Verse 41,

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 look at how Jesus responded.

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 Jesus reached out his hand

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 and he touched the man.

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 Rather than run away,

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 remember,

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 he was somebody

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 if there were crowds around,

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 would be shouting,

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 unclean,

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 unclean,

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 and everybody would scarper.

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 But not Jesus.

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 He doesn't run away.

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 He actually reaches out

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 towards the man

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 who does keep his distance

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 by bending down on his knees.

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 But Jesus crosses that barrier

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 and he touches the man.

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 Now touching him

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 made Jesus one with him.

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 with one touch,

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 what the man was,

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 Jesus became.

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 You see,

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 this touching

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 was an act of identifying

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 with the man.

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 The man is unclean.

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 And so Jesus now,

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 in the act of touching,

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 he himself becomes unclean.

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 But he does it deliberately.

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 It's Jesus is saying to him,

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 I am willing to be treated

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 as you are treated.

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 I am willing to be shut out,

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 to be pushed out,

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 to be left outside,

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 so that you can be made clean,

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 so that you can be welcomed,

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 brought in,

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 and accepted.

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 In a way,

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 through this touching

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 and identifying,

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 Jesus is trading places

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 with this man.

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 Look at what happens

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 in verse 45.

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 Jesus had told him

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 to go off to the temple.

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 He ignores that.

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 Verse 45,

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 he said,

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 instead he went out

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 and began to talk freely,

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 spreading the news,

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 mixing with all the people.

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 As a result,

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 Jesus could no longer

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 enter a town openly,

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 but stayed outside

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 in the lonely places.

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 Do we see what's happening?

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 Jesus,

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 who was clean,

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 and on the inside,

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 walking freely with the people,

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 has been made unclean

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 and pushed outside.

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 The unclean leper,

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 who was on the outside,

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 has now been made clean,

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 and he's walking freely

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 amongst the people,

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 accepted.

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 What's Jesus doing here?

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 Well, yes,

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 he does heal this man.

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 Externally,

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 all those things

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 are dealt with,

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 but I think Jesus

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 is teaching us

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 something through this.

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 This encounter

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 is a picture

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 of what Jesus sees

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 as our real need.

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 for Jesus knew

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 that he came

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 to go to the cross.

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 And we can picture

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 Christ on the cross now

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 with his arms nailed,

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 spread out.

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 And with arms spread out,

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 he is seeking

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 to reach out,

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 to cross the barriers,

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 coming from heaven to earth,

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 to cross over,

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 to touch the world.

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 And through the cross,

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 what is he doing

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 but identifying with us?

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 Jesus comes

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 to take our uncleanness,

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 not just the external,

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 but something greater

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 and bigger,

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 the uncleanness

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 of our sin,

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 our rebellion.

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 And he is shut out

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 from God

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 for us.

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 He is pushed outside

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 to the extremes,

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 to hell itself

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 for us.

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 so that you and I

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 could be forgiven,

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 so that we could be

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 made clean,

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 so that we could be

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 welcomed in.

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 He is trading places

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 with us.

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 He is changing us

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 on the inside

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 so that we can be

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 accepted by the Father.

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 And Jesus transforms us

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 as he did this man.

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 He transforms us

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 so that we can have

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 a new life externally.

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 look at how this man's

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 life is changed,

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 verse 45.

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 He went out

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 and began to talk

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 freely,

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 spreading the news.

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 And that's the work

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 that he does.

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 He changes us

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 in the inside

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 and he gives us

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 a new picture,

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 a new vision

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 of what life

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 is all about.

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 A life where we

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 can talk freely.

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 A life where we

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 can begin to share

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 and live out

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 the message of

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 Jesus Christ.

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 That's what this

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 new life is all about.

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 This man was

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 radically changed

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 and radically

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 transformed.

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 The second person

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 that we meet

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 is a man who

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 can't walk.

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 Look at chapter 2,

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 verse 1.

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 A few days later

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 when Jesus again

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 entered Capernaum,

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 the people heard

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 that he had come

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 home.

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 So many gathered

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 that there was

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 no room left,

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 not even outside

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 the door,

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 and he preached

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 the word to them.

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 Some men came

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 bringing to him

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 a paralytic,

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 carried by four

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 of them.

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 Now obviously

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 these guys had

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 heard about

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 Jesus,

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 the healer.

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 The last time

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 he was in Capernaum,

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 back in chapter 1,

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 verse 32,

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 Jesus had healed

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 all the people

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 who were there,

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 all those who

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 had come to him.

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 Now this poor man,

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 obviously he's been

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 left out,

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 he missed out

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 on the big healing

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 thing,

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 and so he's

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 determined to

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 get to Jesus.

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 Verse 4.

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 So since they

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 couldn't get him

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 to Jesus because

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 of the crowds,

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 they made an

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 opening in the

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 roof above Jesus

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 and after digging

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 through it,

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 lowered the mat

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 the paralysed man

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 was lying on.

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 Now imagine

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 the scene,

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 put yourself there.

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 This crowded house,

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 they can't get in

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 from either way,

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 either from the

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 back door,

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 the front door,

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 or wherever.

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 So they go out

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 round the side,

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 up the steps,

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 and onto the

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 flat roof.

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 And flat roofs

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 were just made

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 of dirt and

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 all sorts of

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 things.

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 And then with

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 implements,

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 I don't know,

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 bit of stick in

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 their hands,

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 they start digging

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 and digging,

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 and they break

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 through.

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 And the crowds

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 below,

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 and they look up

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 and there's dust

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 and dirt falling

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 in their eyes,

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 and then this

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 man is literally

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 lowered down,

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 forcing the

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 crowd back

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 as he plunks

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 himself right

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 in front of

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 Jesus,

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 determined

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 to get

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 healing.

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 Now what Jesus

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 does is rather

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 surprising.

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 Jesus deals

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 with his

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 perceived need,

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 the external,

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 to prove his

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 authority to deal

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 with our real

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 need,

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 the internal.

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 Excuse me.

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 Jesus deals

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 with the

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 perceived need,

00:18:31.019 --> 00:18:31.700
 the external,

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 to prove his

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 authority to deal

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 with our real

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 need,

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 the internal.

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 Have a look

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 here again at

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 how he interacts.

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 Now I know

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 we know the

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 story,

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 but what would

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 we expect

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 Jesus to do

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 next,

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 when somebody

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 falls down

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 in front of

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 them who

00:18:48.819 --> 00:18:49.720
 can't walk?

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 Well from

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 our reading

00:18:51.900 --> 00:18:52.720
 so far in

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 Mark,

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 we expect

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 that he's

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 going to

00:18:54.339 --> 00:18:54.680
 tell the

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 man,

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 get up

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 and walk.

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 That's what

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 we would

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 expect him

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 to do,

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 but look

00:19:00.139 --> 00:19:00.359
 what he

00:19:00.359 --> 00:19:00.660
 says,

00:19:00.740 --> 00:19:01.379
 verse 5.

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 When

00:19:03.500 --> 00:19:05.379
 Jesus saw

00:19:05.379 --> 00:19:07.579
 their faith,

00:19:09.539 --> 00:19:10.000
 he said

00:19:10.000 --> 00:19:10.279
 to the

00:19:10.279 --> 00:19:10.759
 paralytic,

00:19:10.980 --> 00:19:11.259
 son,

00:19:11.639 --> 00:19:12.400
 your sins

00:19:12.400 --> 00:19:13.319
 are forgiven.

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 Now this

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 man and

00:19:15.659 --> 00:19:16.240
 his friends,

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 they've all

00:19:16.799 --> 00:19:17.419
 gotten together,

00:19:17.619 --> 00:19:18.220
 they've shown

00:19:18.220 --> 00:19:19.200
 great faith.

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 They're going

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 to go to

00:19:20.960 --> 00:19:21.740
 any lengths

00:19:21.740 --> 00:19:22.299
 to get to

00:19:22.299 --> 00:19:22.639
 Jesus,

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 even if that

00:19:23.359 --> 00:19:23.919
 means knocking

00:19:23.919 --> 00:19:24.379
 down the

00:19:24.379 --> 00:19:24.720
 roof.

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 They're

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 determined,

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 they're

00:19:26.879 --> 00:19:27.960
 dependent on

00:19:27.960 --> 00:19:28.439
 getting to

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 him.

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 And that's

00:19:30.839 --> 00:19:31.619
 what Jesus

00:19:31.619 --> 00:19:32.639
 sees.

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 That's

00:19:35.000 --> 00:19:35.819
 primarily what

00:19:35.819 --> 00:19:36.359
 he's seeing.

00:19:36.700 --> 00:19:37.319
 He sees

00:19:37.319 --> 00:19:38.759
 genuine faith.

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 faith.

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 Because faith

00:19:40.359 --> 00:19:40.859
 isn't just

00:19:40.859 --> 00:19:41.740
 knowing about

00:19:41.740 --> 00:19:42.259
 Jesus,

00:19:42.859 --> 00:19:43.480
 knowing that

00:19:43.480 --> 00:19:44.339
 he can do

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 all of these

00:19:44.900 --> 00:19:45.339
 things,

00:19:45.640 --> 00:19:46.220
 but an

00:19:46.220 --> 00:19:46.839
 act of

00:19:46.839 --> 00:19:47.440
 trust that

00:19:47.440 --> 00:19:48.059
 he alone

00:19:48.059 --> 00:19:48.700
 can meet

00:19:48.700 --> 00:19:49.480
 our deepest

00:19:49.480 --> 00:19:50.039
 need.

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 And Jesus

00:19:52.220 --> 00:19:53.240
 sees this

00:19:53.240 --> 00:19:53.779
 kind of

00:19:53.779 --> 00:19:54.440
 faith in

00:19:54.440 --> 00:19:55.059
 this man.

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 And he

00:19:57.579 --> 00:19:58.339
 sees this

00:19:58.339 --> 00:19:58.819
 kind of

00:19:58.819 --> 00:19:59.359
 faith that

00:19:59.359 --> 00:20:00.180
 is required

00:20:00.180 --> 00:20:01.099
 to bring

00:20:01.099 --> 00:20:01.640
 about an

00:20:01.640 --> 00:20:02.539
 internal

00:20:02.539 --> 00:20:03.140
 healing.

00:20:03.819 --> 00:20:04.319
 And because

00:20:04.319 --> 00:20:04.940
 he sees

00:20:04.940 --> 00:20:05.480
 that faith,

00:20:05.660 --> 00:20:06.579
 he responds

00:20:06.579 --> 00:20:07.220
 differently and

00:20:07.220 --> 00:20:07.519
 he says,

00:20:07.579 --> 00:20:07.960
 your sins

00:20:07.960 --> 00:20:08.519
 are forgiven.

00:20:08.759 --> 00:20:12.379
 Now I'm

00:20:12.379 --> 00:20:12.980
 quite sure

00:20:12.980 --> 00:20:13.400
 the man

00:20:13.400 --> 00:20:13.680
 would have

00:20:13.680 --> 00:20:14.119
 been blown

00:20:14.119 --> 00:20:14.660
 away by

00:20:14.660 --> 00:20:15.240
 what Jesus

00:20:15.240 --> 00:20:15.660
 said.

00:20:16.220 --> 00:20:16.559
 Quite

00:20:16.559 --> 00:20:16.960
 shocked.

00:20:17.039 --> 00:20:17.259
 What's

00:20:17.259 --> 00:20:17.740
 going on

00:20:17.740 --> 00:20:18.039
 here?

00:20:19.240 --> 00:20:19.839
 What do

00:20:19.839 --> 00:20:20.039
 you mean

00:20:20.039 --> 00:20:20.559
 my sins

00:20:20.559 --> 00:20:21.019
 are forgiven?

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 The paralytic

00:20:21.779 --> 00:20:22.379
 never came

00:20:22.379 --> 00:20:22.819
 to Jesus

00:20:22.819 --> 00:20:23.299
 because he

00:20:23.299 --> 00:20:23.819
 believed he

00:20:23.819 --> 00:20:24.379
 needed his

00:20:24.379 --> 00:20:25.019
 sins forgiven.

00:20:25.299 --> 00:20:25.819
 He came

00:20:25.819 --> 00:20:26.299
 because he

00:20:26.299 --> 00:20:26.839
 wanted his

00:20:26.839 --> 00:20:27.339
 paralysis

00:20:27.339 --> 00:20:27.799
 healed.

00:20:29.839 --> 00:20:30.579
 And it

00:20:30.579 --> 00:20:31.160
 shows us

00:20:31.160 --> 00:20:31.660
 that while

00:20:31.660 --> 00:20:32.059
 we're

00:20:32.059 --> 00:20:32.839
 concerned with

00:20:32.839 --> 00:20:33.519
 external

00:20:33.519 --> 00:20:34.160
 things,

00:20:35.279 --> 00:20:35.879
 Jesus is

00:20:35.879 --> 00:20:36.400
 primarily

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 concerned with

00:20:37.240 --> 00:20:38.039
 the internal.

00:20:38.759 --> 00:20:39.740
 After all,

00:20:39.799 --> 00:20:40.079
 this has

00:20:40.079 --> 00:20:40.440
 been his

00:20:40.440 --> 00:20:40.879
 message,

00:20:40.980 --> 00:20:41.519
 chapter 1,

00:20:41.599 --> 00:20:42.259
 verse 15.

00:20:42.599 --> 00:20:43.119
 The time

00:20:43.119 --> 00:20:43.539
 has come,

00:20:43.579 --> 00:20:43.940
 he said.

00:20:44.140 --> 00:20:44.680
 The kingdom

00:20:44.680 --> 00:20:45.200
 of God

00:20:45.200 --> 00:20:45.680
 is near.

00:20:46.180 --> 00:20:46.740
 Repent

00:20:46.740 --> 00:20:48.039
 and believe

00:20:48.039 --> 00:20:48.700
 the good

00:20:48.700 --> 00:20:49.059
 news,

00:20:49.140 --> 00:20:49.440
 the good

00:20:49.440 --> 00:20:49.839
 news that

00:20:49.839 --> 00:20:50.319
 we can

00:20:50.319 --> 00:20:51.359
 confess we

00:20:51.359 --> 00:20:51.839
 can be

00:20:51.839 --> 00:20:52.440
 forgiven and

00:20:52.440 --> 00:20:53.180
 welcomed into

00:20:53.180 --> 00:20:53.740
 his kingdom.

00:20:53.740 --> 00:20:53.839
 freedom.

00:20:57.339 --> 00:20:57.680
 And so

00:20:57.680 --> 00:20:58.099
 Jesus,

00:20:58.359 --> 00:20:59.059
 seeing this

00:20:59.059 --> 00:21:00.099
 real faith,

00:21:01.000 --> 00:21:01.400
 genuine

00:21:01.400 --> 00:21:02.120
 faith,

00:21:03.220 --> 00:21:04.200
 is willing

00:21:04.200 --> 00:21:05.039
 to forgive

00:21:05.039 --> 00:21:05.660
 the man

00:21:05.660 --> 00:21:07.319
 his sins.

00:21:09.700 --> 00:21:10.259
 Now,

00:21:10.319 --> 00:21:10.819
 what Jesus

00:21:10.819 --> 00:21:11.319
 has just

00:21:11.319 --> 00:21:11.880
 done and

00:21:11.880 --> 00:21:12.460
 said has

00:21:12.460 --> 00:21:13.539
 upset the

00:21:13.539 --> 00:21:14.420
 religious leaders.

00:21:15.220 --> 00:21:15.819
 Verse 6.

00:21:16.940 --> 00:21:17.460
 Some of the

00:21:17.460 --> 00:21:18.059
 teachers of the

00:21:18.059 --> 00:21:18.359
 law were

00:21:18.359 --> 00:21:18.839
 sitting there

00:21:18.839 --> 00:21:19.339
 thinking to

00:21:19.339 --> 00:21:19.700
 themselves,

00:21:19.700 --> 00:21:21.000
 why does

00:21:21.000 --> 00:21:21.500
 this fellow

00:21:21.500 --> 00:21:22.240
 talk like

00:21:22.240 --> 00:21:22.580
 that?

00:21:22.779 --> 00:21:23.220
 He's

00:21:23.220 --> 00:21:24.160
 blaspheming.

00:21:25.100 --> 00:21:25.519
 Who can

00:21:25.519 --> 00:21:26.140
 forgive sins

00:21:26.140 --> 00:21:26.600
 but God

00:21:26.600 --> 00:21:26.880
 alone?

00:21:28.880 --> 00:21:29.720
 Well, of course,

00:21:29.799 --> 00:21:30.500
 they were right,

00:21:30.600 --> 00:21:31.039
 weren't they?

00:21:31.500 --> 00:21:32.080
 The forgiveness

00:21:32.080 --> 00:21:33.519
 of sins is the

00:21:33.519 --> 00:21:34.759
 exclusive right of

00:21:34.759 --> 00:21:35.039
 God.

00:21:35.539 --> 00:21:36.360
 No one else has

00:21:36.360 --> 00:21:36.980
 that right to

00:21:36.980 --> 00:21:37.640
 forgive sins.

00:21:38.680 --> 00:21:39.360
 And here's this

00:21:39.360 --> 00:21:40.880
 man claiming to

00:21:40.880 --> 00:21:41.539
 forgive sins.

00:21:41.660 --> 00:21:42.120
 Verse 8.

00:21:42.119 --> 00:21:43.479
 Immediately,

00:21:43.739 --> 00:21:44.519
 Jesus knew in

00:21:44.519 --> 00:21:45.919
 his spirit that

00:21:45.919 --> 00:21:46.439
 this is what

00:21:46.439 --> 00:21:46.799
 they were

00:21:46.799 --> 00:21:47.459
 thinking in

00:21:47.459 --> 00:21:48.239
 their hearts.

00:21:49.399 --> 00:21:49.739
 And he

00:21:49.739 --> 00:21:50.119
 said to

00:21:50.119 --> 00:21:50.339
 them,

00:21:50.899 --> 00:21:51.939
 why are you

00:21:51.939 --> 00:21:52.579
 thinking these

00:21:52.579 --> 00:21:52.919
 things?

00:21:54.879 --> 00:21:55.579
 You see,

00:21:55.639 --> 00:21:56.239
 he not only

00:21:56.239 --> 00:21:57.179
 sees the

00:21:57.179 --> 00:21:58.339
 need of

00:21:58.339 --> 00:21:59.119
 the paralytic,

00:21:59.919 --> 00:22:01.219
 but he

00:22:01.219 --> 00:22:01.979
 sees the

00:22:01.979 --> 00:22:02.859
 true condition

00:22:02.859 --> 00:22:04.159
 of everybody

00:22:04.159 --> 00:22:05.019
 else's heart.

00:22:05.239 --> 00:22:05.819
 He sees

00:22:05.819 --> 00:22:06.359
 your heart.

00:22:06.459 --> 00:22:07.119
 He sees my

00:22:07.119 --> 00:22:07.639
 heart right

00:22:07.639 --> 00:22:07.979
 now.

00:22:09.299 --> 00:22:10.059
 He knows

00:22:10.059 --> 00:22:10.419
 what we're

00:22:10.419 --> 00:22:10.799
 thinking,

00:22:10.959 --> 00:22:11.479
 what's going

00:22:11.479 --> 00:22:11.799
 on.

00:22:12.119 --> 00:22:14.399
 And knowing

00:22:14.399 --> 00:22:14.919
 what they're

00:22:14.919 --> 00:22:15.279
 thinking,

00:22:15.459 --> 00:22:16.059
 Jesus sets

00:22:16.059 --> 00:22:16.500
 out to

00:22:16.500 --> 00:22:17.899
 prove that

00:22:17.899 --> 00:22:18.319
 he can

00:22:18.319 --> 00:22:18.839
 forgive.

00:22:19.059 --> 00:22:19.679
 Verse 9.

00:22:20.559 --> 00:22:20.939
 So he

00:22:20.939 --> 00:22:21.199
 says,

00:22:21.279 --> 00:22:21.619
 which is

00:22:21.619 --> 00:22:22.239
 easier to

00:22:22.239 --> 00:22:22.659
 say to

00:22:22.659 --> 00:22:22.839
 the

00:22:22.839 --> 00:22:23.359
 paralytic?

00:22:24.339 --> 00:22:25.159
 Your sins

00:22:25.159 --> 00:22:25.739
 are forgiven

00:22:25.739 --> 00:22:28.079
 or get

00:22:28.079 --> 00:22:28.579
 up and take

00:22:28.579 --> 00:22:28.899
 your mat

00:22:28.899 --> 00:22:29.500
 and walk?

00:22:31.099 --> 00:22:31.619
 Well,

00:22:31.659 --> 00:22:31.819
 again,

00:22:31.879 --> 00:22:32.259
 the answer

00:22:32.259 --> 00:22:32.839
 is simple.

00:22:33.179 --> 00:22:33.779
 It's much

00:22:33.779 --> 00:22:34.599
 easier to

00:22:34.599 --> 00:22:36.079
 say your

00:22:36.079 --> 00:22:36.639
 sins are

00:22:36.639 --> 00:22:38.019
 forgiven because

00:22:38.019 --> 00:22:38.839
 it can't be

00:22:38.839 --> 00:22:39.359
 proven wrong.

00:22:39.500 --> 00:22:39.979
 I could say

00:22:39.979 --> 00:22:40.959
 to any of

00:22:40.959 --> 00:22:41.019
 you,

00:22:41.099 --> 00:22:41.319
 I can say

00:22:41.319 --> 00:22:41.639
 to curse,

00:22:41.719 --> 00:22:42.019
 curse,

00:22:42.119 --> 00:22:42.839
 your sins

00:22:42.839 --> 00:22:43.339
 are forgiven.

00:22:43.899 --> 00:22:44.359
 You've a lot

00:22:44.359 --> 00:22:44.619
 of them.

00:22:45.000 --> 00:22:45.759
 Your sins

00:22:45.759 --> 00:22:46.359
 are forgiven.

00:22:46.839 --> 00:22:47.279
 You don't

00:22:47.279 --> 00:22:47.659
 know.

00:22:47.959 --> 00:22:48.500
 You don't

00:22:48.500 --> 00:22:48.799
 know if

00:22:48.799 --> 00:22:48.979
 they're

00:22:48.979 --> 00:22:49.319
 forgiven.

00:22:49.599 --> 00:22:50.079
 You can't

00:22:50.079 --> 00:22:50.659
 prove it.

00:22:51.419 --> 00:22:52.059
 On the

00:22:52.059 --> 00:22:52.699
 other hand,

00:22:53.319 --> 00:22:54.039
 it's much

00:22:54.039 --> 00:22:54.719
 more difficult

00:22:54.719 --> 00:22:55.379
 to say,

00:22:56.119 --> 00:22:57.159
 get up and

00:22:57.159 --> 00:22:57.699
 take your

00:22:57.699 --> 00:22:58.039
 mat and

00:22:58.039 --> 00:22:58.419
 walk.

00:22:58.519 --> 00:22:58.959
 Because if

00:22:58.959 --> 00:22:59.439
 I say

00:22:59.439 --> 00:22:59.919
 that,

00:23:01.399 --> 00:23:01.919
 or take

00:23:01.919 --> 00:23:02.479
 my daughter,

00:23:02.619 --> 00:23:03.179
 for example,

00:23:03.459 --> 00:23:03.979
 she can't

00:23:03.979 --> 00:23:04.179
 hear.

00:23:04.439 --> 00:23:04.699
 Say,

00:23:05.599 --> 00:23:06.559
 you're healed.

00:23:06.719 --> 00:23:06.979
 You can

00:23:06.979 --> 00:23:07.299
 hear.

00:23:07.299 --> 00:23:09.299
 you'd

00:23:09.299 --> 00:23:09.599
 have to

00:23:09.599 --> 00:23:10.220
 prove it,

00:23:10.279 --> 00:23:10.460
 wouldn't

00:23:10.460 --> 00:23:10.720
 you?

00:23:12.579 --> 00:23:13.039
 So,

00:23:13.159 --> 00:23:13.539
 Jesus

00:23:13.539 --> 00:23:14.619
 proves he

00:23:14.619 --> 00:23:15.980
 can forgive

00:23:15.980 --> 00:23:17.079
 sins by

00:23:17.079 --> 00:23:17.759
 providing

00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:18.659
 evidence.

00:23:19.519 --> 00:23:20.099
 Verse 10,

00:23:20.099 --> 00:23:21.619
 so he

00:23:21.619 --> 00:23:21.899
 says,

00:23:22.019 --> 00:23:22.379
 but that

00:23:22.379 --> 00:23:22.779
 you may

00:23:22.779 --> 00:23:23.339
 know that

00:23:23.339 --> 00:23:23.819
 the Son

00:23:23.819 --> 00:23:24.359
 of Man,

00:23:25.159 --> 00:23:25.599
 and that's

00:23:25.599 --> 00:23:26.259
 a title of

00:23:26.259 --> 00:23:27.279
 great authority,

00:23:27.819 --> 00:23:28.219
 that the

00:23:28.219 --> 00:23:28.859
 Son of Man

00:23:28.859 --> 00:23:29.819
 has authority

00:23:29.819 --> 00:23:30.559
 on earth

00:23:30.559 --> 00:23:31.199
 with you

00:23:31.199 --> 00:23:31.719
 to forgive

00:23:31.719 --> 00:23:32.199
 sins,

00:23:32.599 --> 00:23:33.099
 he said to

00:23:33.099 --> 00:23:33.659
 the paralytic,

00:23:33.660 --> 00:23:34.600
 I tell you,

00:23:34.860 --> 00:23:35.240
 get up,

00:23:35.519 --> 00:23:35.940
 take your

00:23:35.940 --> 00:23:36.400
 mat and

00:23:36.400 --> 00:23:36.980
 go home.

00:23:37.200 --> 00:23:37.500
 And he

00:23:37.500 --> 00:23:38.120
 got up and

00:23:38.120 --> 00:23:38.460
 he took

00:23:38.460 --> 00:23:39.000
 his mat and

00:23:39.000 --> 00:23:39.440
 he walked

00:23:39.440 --> 00:23:39.800
 out in

00:23:39.800 --> 00:23:40.300
 full view

00:23:40.300 --> 00:23:40.600
 of them

00:23:40.600 --> 00:23:40.940
 all.

00:23:44.980 --> 00:23:45.460
 Amazing.

00:23:46.820 --> 00:23:47.660
 And again,

00:23:47.800 --> 00:23:48.400
 Jesus is

00:23:48.400 --> 00:23:49.140
 teaching us

00:23:49.140 --> 00:23:49.980
 through this,

00:23:50.480 --> 00:23:51.000
 of what he

00:23:51.000 --> 00:23:51.720
 sees as our

00:23:51.720 --> 00:23:52.480
 real need.

00:23:53.519 --> 00:23:53.980
 He isn't

00:23:53.980 --> 00:23:54.600
 just somebody

00:23:54.600 --> 00:23:55.200
 who comes

00:23:55.200 --> 00:23:55.740
 to heal

00:23:55.740 --> 00:23:56.600
 the external

00:23:56.600 --> 00:23:57.300
 as great

00:23:57.300 --> 00:23:57.640
 and as

00:23:57.640 --> 00:23:58.060
 wonderful

00:23:58.060 --> 00:23:58.540
 as it

00:23:58.540 --> 00:23:58.920
 is,

00:23:59.500 --> 00:24:00.060
 but he

00:24:00.060 --> 00:24:00.560
 comes to

00:24:00.560 --> 00:24:01.040
 heal the

00:24:01.040 --> 00:24:01.820
 internal.

00:24:03.660 --> 00:24:04.320
 We were

00:24:04.320 --> 00:24:04.759
 looking at

00:24:04.759 --> 00:24:05.180
 this very

00:24:05.180 --> 00:24:05.860
 passage with

00:24:05.860 --> 00:24:06.160
 some of

00:24:06.160 --> 00:24:06.779
 the crusader

00:24:06.779 --> 00:24:07.360
 groups on

00:24:07.360 --> 00:24:08.200
 Friday night

00:24:08.200 --> 00:24:09.400
 and I

00:24:09.400 --> 00:24:09.759
 said to

00:24:09.759 --> 00:24:09.920
 them,

00:24:10.440 --> 00:24:11.900
 if you're

00:24:11.900 --> 00:24:12.340
 lame,

00:24:12.700 --> 00:24:13.080
 if you

00:24:13.080 --> 00:24:13.900
 can't walk,

00:24:15.160 --> 00:24:15.560
 does that

00:24:15.560 --> 00:24:15.920
 get you

00:24:15.920 --> 00:24:16.460
 into heaven?

00:24:16.720 --> 00:24:17.060
 Does that

00:24:17.060 --> 00:24:17.400
 get you

00:24:17.400 --> 00:24:17.980
 to be part

00:24:17.980 --> 00:24:18.220
 of the

00:24:18.220 --> 00:24:18.480
 kingdom?

00:24:19.940 --> 00:24:20.300
 No,

00:24:21.080 --> 00:24:21.660
 it doesn't.

00:24:21.840 --> 00:24:22.200
 If you're

00:24:22.200 --> 00:24:22.759
 made well,

00:24:22.840 --> 00:24:23.160
 does that

00:24:23.160 --> 00:24:23.519
 get you

00:24:23.519 --> 00:24:23.920
 into the

00:24:23.920 --> 00:24:24.140
 kingdom?

00:24:24.480 --> 00:24:24.759
 No.

00:24:25.560 --> 00:24:25.980
 But if

00:24:25.980 --> 00:24:26.180
 you're

00:24:26.180 --> 00:24:26.620
 forgiven,

00:24:27.060 --> 00:24:27.540
 does that

00:24:27.540 --> 00:24:27.960
 get you

00:24:27.960 --> 00:24:28.380
 into the

00:24:28.380 --> 00:24:28.600
 kingdom?

00:24:28.860 --> 00:24:29.580
 It does.

00:24:30.980 --> 00:24:31.480
 You can

00:24:31.480 --> 00:24:31.820
 have your

00:24:31.820 --> 00:24:32.640
 sins forgiven

00:24:32.640 --> 00:24:33.640
 and be

00:24:33.640 --> 00:24:35.560
 lame and

00:24:35.560 --> 00:24:35.860
 be in

00:24:35.860 --> 00:24:36.000
 the

00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:36.300
 kingdom.

00:24:38.280 --> 00:24:38.960
 You see,

00:24:39.040 --> 00:24:39.660
 he sees,

00:24:40.060 --> 00:24:40.660
 he shows

00:24:40.660 --> 00:24:41.060
 us that

00:24:41.060 --> 00:24:41.380
 he has

00:24:41.380 --> 00:24:41.980
 the ability

00:24:41.980 --> 00:24:42.580
 to forgive

00:24:42.580 --> 00:24:42.920
 sins.

00:24:43.020 --> 00:24:43.500
 He proves

00:24:43.500 --> 00:24:43.840
 he has

00:24:43.840 --> 00:24:44.580
 the authority

00:24:44.580 --> 00:24:45.100
 to forgive

00:24:45.100 --> 00:24:45.840
 sins because

00:24:45.840 --> 00:24:46.320
 this is

00:24:46.320 --> 00:24:47.280
 most important.

00:24:49.100 --> 00:24:49.520
 And in

00:24:49.520 --> 00:24:49.960
 offering

00:24:49.960 --> 00:24:50.560
 forgiveness,

00:24:51.060 --> 00:24:51.640
 he is

00:24:51.640 --> 00:24:52.140
 looking for

00:24:52.140 --> 00:24:52.680
 the active

00:24:52.680 --> 00:24:53.120
 faith,

00:24:53.200 --> 00:24:53.640
 the faith

00:24:53.640 --> 00:24:54.060
 that he

00:24:54.060 --> 00:24:54.740
 could see

00:24:54.740 --> 00:24:56.120
 that people

00:24:56.120 --> 00:24:57.040
 were determined

00:24:57.040 --> 00:24:58.000
 and dependent,

00:24:58.780 --> 00:24:59.540
 trusting that

00:24:59.540 --> 00:25:00.400
 Jesus alone

00:25:00.400 --> 00:25:00.980
 can meet

00:25:00.980 --> 00:25:02.120
 our deepest

00:25:02.120 --> 00:25:02.580
 need.

00:25:03.640 --> 00:25:08.340
 the third

00:25:08.340 --> 00:25:09.360
 person that

00:25:09.360 --> 00:25:09.880
 we meet

00:25:09.880 --> 00:25:11.820
 is a

00:25:11.820 --> 00:25:12.280
 corrupt,

00:25:12.700 --> 00:25:13.060
 greedy

00:25:13.060 --> 00:25:14.060
 taxman.

00:25:15.500 --> 00:25:16.160
 Look at

00:25:16.160 --> 00:25:16.860
 verse 13.

00:25:18.620 --> 00:25:19.520
 Once again,

00:25:19.640 --> 00:25:20.259
 Jesus went

00:25:20.259 --> 00:25:20.940
 out beside

00:25:20.940 --> 00:25:21.460
 the lake.

00:25:22.280 --> 00:25:22.700
 A large

00:25:22.700 --> 00:25:23.400
 crowd came

00:25:23.400 --> 00:25:23.840
 to him

00:25:23.840 --> 00:25:24.800
 and he

00:25:24.800 --> 00:25:25.320
 began to

00:25:25.320 --> 00:25:25.860
 teach them.

00:25:27.420 --> 00:25:27.960
 As he

00:25:27.960 --> 00:25:28.560
 walked along,

00:25:28.660 --> 00:25:29.000
 he saw

00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:29.360
 Levi,

00:25:29.560 --> 00:25:29.860
 son of

00:25:29.860 --> 00:25:30.300
 Alphaeus,

00:25:30.380 --> 00:25:31.480
 sitting at

00:25:31.480 --> 00:25:31.940
 the tax

00:25:31.940 --> 00:25:32.580
 collector's

00:25:32.580 --> 00:25:32.960
 booth.

00:25:33.640 --> 00:25:34.900
 Now,

00:25:34.980 --> 00:25:35.640
 tax collectors

00:25:35.640 --> 00:25:36.380
 are thought

00:25:36.380 --> 00:25:36.840
 of in the

00:25:36.840 --> 00:25:37.380
 same way

00:25:37.380 --> 00:25:37.820
 I would

00:25:37.820 --> 00:25:38.420
 imagine as

00:25:38.420 --> 00:25:39.240
 developers and

00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:39.880
 bankers are

00:25:39.880 --> 00:25:40.220
 in our

00:25:40.220 --> 00:25:40.620
 country.

00:25:41.500 --> 00:25:41.840
 They're not

00:25:41.840 --> 00:25:42.160
 the most

00:25:42.160 --> 00:25:42.680
 popular,

00:25:43.500 --> 00:25:44.320
 despised,

00:25:44.480 --> 00:25:44.780
 hated.

00:25:45.340 --> 00:25:45.720
 They're to

00:25:45.720 --> 00:25:46.220
 blame for

00:25:46.220 --> 00:25:46.680
 everything.

00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:48.759
 And Levi's

00:25:48.759 --> 00:25:49.500
 job was to

00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:50.420
 collect tax

00:25:50.420 --> 00:25:51.360
 from his

00:25:51.360 --> 00:25:52.380
 own people

00:25:52.380 --> 00:25:53.580
 and from

00:25:53.580 --> 00:25:54.100
 any of the

00:25:54.100 --> 00:25:54.700
 traders who

00:25:54.700 --> 00:25:55.100
 were coming

00:25:55.100 --> 00:25:55.580
 into the

00:25:55.580 --> 00:25:55.900
 town.

00:25:56.700 --> 00:25:57.320
 He would

00:25:57.320 --> 00:25:57.860
 collect all

00:25:57.860 --> 00:25:58.560
 of this tax

00:25:58.560 --> 00:25:59.160
 and then it

00:25:59.160 --> 00:25:59.440
 would be

00:25:59.440 --> 00:25:59.960
 handed over

00:25:59.960 --> 00:26:00.259
 to the

00:26:00.259 --> 00:26:00.580
 Romans,

00:26:01.380 --> 00:26:02.220
 the occupying

00:26:02.220 --> 00:26:02.559
 enemy.

00:26:02.960 --> 00:26:03.259
 He was

00:26:03.259 --> 00:26:03.779
 working for

00:26:03.779 --> 00:26:04.120
 the other

00:26:04.120 --> 00:26:04.640
 side.

00:26:05.519 --> 00:26:05.960
 And the

00:26:05.960 --> 00:26:06.440
 way Levi

00:26:06.440 --> 00:26:07.120
 was paid

00:26:07.120 --> 00:26:07.559
 was by

00:26:07.559 --> 00:26:08.160
 charging a

00:26:08.160 --> 00:26:08.600
 bit extra

00:26:08.600 --> 00:26:09.039
 and putting

00:26:09.039 --> 00:26:09.440
 it into

00:26:09.440 --> 00:26:10.039
 his pocket.

00:26:12.440 --> 00:26:13.079
 Not a

00:26:13.079 --> 00:26:13.839
 nice character.

00:26:15.259 --> 00:26:16.039
 A historian

00:26:16.039 --> 00:26:16.660
 by the name

00:26:16.660 --> 00:26:17.240
 of Philo

00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:17.920
 writing in

00:26:17.920 --> 00:26:19.039
 40 AD,

00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:20.500
 this is what

00:26:20.500 --> 00:26:21.180
 he said about

00:26:21.180 --> 00:26:22.000
 tax collectors.

00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:24.119
 When they

00:26:24.119 --> 00:26:24.579
 came,

00:26:25.640 --> 00:26:26.039
 they were

00:26:26.039 --> 00:26:26.779
 poor men.

00:26:27.819 --> 00:26:28.420
 But they

00:26:28.420 --> 00:26:29.500
 amassed much

00:26:29.500 --> 00:26:30.339
 wealth in

00:26:30.339 --> 00:26:31.339
 various forms

00:26:31.339 --> 00:26:32.660
 by defrauding

00:26:32.660 --> 00:26:33.980
 and embezzling

00:26:33.980 --> 00:26:34.799
 the people.

00:26:36.500 --> 00:26:37.279
 They weren't

00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:38.119
 nice characters.

00:26:38.680 --> 00:26:39.059
 They were

00:26:39.059 --> 00:26:39.900
 banned from

00:26:39.900 --> 00:26:40.480
 the synagogue.

00:26:40.900 --> 00:26:41.279
 They weren't

00:26:41.279 --> 00:26:42.019
 allowed in with

00:26:42.019 --> 00:26:42.420
 the others.

00:26:43.319 --> 00:26:43.819
 They were a

00:26:43.819 --> 00:26:44.279
 cause of

00:26:44.279 --> 00:26:45.140
 disgrace to

00:26:45.140 --> 00:26:45.660
 the family.

00:26:46.079 --> 00:26:46.839
 Nobody wanted

00:26:46.839 --> 00:26:47.720
 a tax collector

00:26:47.720 --> 00:26:48.519
 as their

00:26:48.519 --> 00:26:48.880
 friend.

00:26:48.880 --> 00:26:51.360
 That's the

00:26:51.360 --> 00:26:51.640
 kind of

00:26:51.640 --> 00:26:52.160
 person we're

00:26:52.160 --> 00:26:52.720
 dealing with

00:26:52.720 --> 00:26:52.980
 here.

00:26:54.240 --> 00:26:54.780
 And once

00:26:54.780 --> 00:26:56.160
 again, we

00:26:56.160 --> 00:26:56.800
 see how

00:26:56.800 --> 00:26:57.820
 Jesus deals

00:26:57.820 --> 00:26:58.300
 with this

00:26:58.300 --> 00:26:58.580
 man.

00:26:58.900 --> 00:26:59.360
 It's so

00:26:59.360 --> 00:27:00.000
 surprising.

00:27:00.340 --> 00:27:00.580
 It's

00:27:00.580 --> 00:27:01.200
 scandalous.

00:27:01.380 --> 00:27:01.680
 It's

00:27:01.680 --> 00:27:02.080
 shocking.

00:27:03.100 --> 00:27:03.940
 But before

00:27:03.940 --> 00:27:04.660
 we see how

00:27:04.660 --> 00:27:05.620
 Jesus interacts

00:27:05.620 --> 00:27:06.020
 with them,

00:27:06.280 --> 00:27:06.860
 we want to

00:27:06.860 --> 00:27:07.560
 introduce some

00:27:07.560 --> 00:27:08.120
 other people

00:27:08.120 --> 00:27:08.540
 and their

00:27:08.540 --> 00:27:09.360
 key to this

00:27:09.360 --> 00:27:09.800
 story.

00:27:10.660 --> 00:27:11.220
 They've been

00:27:11.220 --> 00:27:11.820
 mingling in

00:27:11.820 --> 00:27:12.420
 the crowd

00:27:12.420 --> 00:27:13.060
 back in

00:27:13.060 --> 00:27:14.340
 verse 6.

00:27:15.360 --> 00:27:15.940
 The teachers

00:27:15.940 --> 00:27:16.560
 of the law.

00:27:17.340 --> 00:27:18.340
 The Pharisees.

00:27:18.420 --> 00:27:18.720
 We see

00:27:18.720 --> 00:27:19.059
 them in

00:27:19.059 --> 00:27:19.860
 verse 16.

00:27:20.819 --> 00:27:21.400
 The teachers

00:27:21.400 --> 00:27:21.940
 of the law

00:27:21.940 --> 00:27:22.779
 who were

00:27:22.779 --> 00:27:24.420
 Pharisees saw

00:27:24.420 --> 00:27:25.000
 him eating

00:27:25.000 --> 00:27:25.480
 with the

00:27:25.480 --> 00:27:26.079
 sinners and

00:27:26.079 --> 00:27:26.920
 tax collectors.

00:27:27.600 --> 00:27:28.019
 So they're

00:27:28.019 --> 00:27:28.440
 following.

00:27:28.579 --> 00:27:29.019
 They're amongst

00:27:29.019 --> 00:27:29.420
 the crowd.

00:27:29.539 --> 00:27:30.160
 They're observing

00:27:30.160 --> 00:27:30.839
 what's going

00:27:30.839 --> 00:27:31.240
 on.

00:27:32.180 --> 00:27:32.779
 And because

00:27:32.779 --> 00:27:33.120
 of their

00:27:33.120 --> 00:27:34.059
 very careful

00:27:34.059 --> 00:27:34.920
 study of

00:27:34.920 --> 00:27:35.660
 God's law,

00:27:35.980 --> 00:27:36.460
 because of

00:27:36.460 --> 00:27:36.980
 the way they

00:27:36.980 --> 00:27:37.680
 dressed, the

00:27:37.680 --> 00:27:38.059
 way they

00:27:38.059 --> 00:27:38.539
 conducted

00:27:38.539 --> 00:27:39.440
 themselves in

00:27:39.440 --> 00:27:40.000
 society,

00:27:40.480 --> 00:27:41.799
 they disapproved

00:27:41.799 --> 00:27:42.440
 of all those

00:27:42.440 --> 00:27:43.220
 other people.

00:27:44.660 --> 00:27:45.380
 They thought

00:27:45.380 --> 00:27:46.019
 of themselves

00:27:46.019 --> 00:27:47.460
 as deserving

00:27:47.460 --> 00:27:48.640
 and righteous,

00:27:48.720 --> 00:27:49.839
 after all,

00:27:49.900 --> 00:27:50.299
 they read

00:27:50.299 --> 00:27:50.900
 their Bibles

00:27:50.900 --> 00:27:51.299
 and they

00:27:51.299 --> 00:27:51.799
 encouraged

00:27:51.799 --> 00:27:52.339
 people to

00:27:52.339 --> 00:27:52.680
 read their

00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:53.200
 Bibles and

00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:53.920
 they told

00:27:53.920 --> 00:27:54.440
 people where

00:27:54.440 --> 00:27:54.799
 they weren't

00:27:54.799 --> 00:27:55.400
 living up to

00:27:55.400 --> 00:27:55.860
 the Bible.

00:27:56.819 --> 00:27:57.339
 They were

00:27:57.339 --> 00:27:58.180
 loved by God

00:27:58.180 --> 00:27:58.839
 and accepted

00:27:58.839 --> 00:27:59.519
 by God.

00:28:00.480 --> 00:28:00.880
 And it was

00:28:00.880 --> 00:28:01.480
 people like

00:28:01.480 --> 00:28:02.940
 that that

00:28:02.940 --> 00:28:04.539
 deserved the

00:28:04.539 --> 00:28:05.059
 attention.

00:28:06.940 --> 00:28:07.460
 Externally,

00:28:08.120 --> 00:28:08.900
 they've got it

00:28:08.900 --> 00:28:10.940
 all so right

00:28:10.940 --> 00:28:11.720
 and together.

00:28:11.720 --> 00:28:11.819
 together.

00:28:13.460 --> 00:28:14.279
 Now those

00:28:14.279 --> 00:28:14.519
 are the

00:28:14.519 --> 00:28:15.059
 people that

00:28:15.059 --> 00:28:15.660
 we've got.

00:28:17.259 --> 00:28:17.799
 And Jesus

00:28:17.799 --> 00:28:18.279
 wants to

00:28:18.279 --> 00:28:18.700
 teach us

00:28:18.700 --> 00:28:19.319
 something through

00:28:19.319 --> 00:28:19.740
 this.

00:28:20.920 --> 00:28:22.120
 Jesus responds

00:28:22.120 --> 00:28:23.140
 with grace

00:28:23.140 --> 00:28:24.740
 to those who

00:28:24.740 --> 00:28:25.240
 see their

00:28:25.240 --> 00:28:26.120
 real needs,

00:28:26.220 --> 00:28:26.900
 the internal,

00:28:27.620 --> 00:28:28.240
 while he

00:28:28.240 --> 00:28:29.600
 refuses grace

00:28:29.600 --> 00:28:30.299
 to those who

00:28:30.299 --> 00:28:31.019
 rely on their

00:28:31.019 --> 00:28:31.779
 good efforts,

00:28:31.940 --> 00:28:32.600
 the external.

00:28:33.420 --> 00:28:33.980
 Did you get

00:28:33.980 --> 00:28:34.339
 that?

00:28:35.180 --> 00:28:36.240
 He responds

00:28:36.240 --> 00:28:37.200
 with grace to

00:28:37.200 --> 00:28:37.940
 those who see

00:28:37.940 --> 00:28:38.819
 their real need,

00:28:38.819 --> 00:28:39.599
 the internal,

00:28:40.359 --> 00:28:41.039
 while he

00:28:41.039 --> 00:28:42.259
 refuses grace

00:28:42.259 --> 00:28:42.939
 to those who

00:28:42.939 --> 00:28:43.559
 rely on their

00:28:43.559 --> 00:28:44.259
 good efforts,

00:28:44.759 --> 00:28:45.419
 the external.

00:28:46.279 --> 00:28:46.980
 Again, let's

00:28:46.980 --> 00:28:47.419
 look at how

00:28:47.419 --> 00:28:48.119
 he interacts.

00:28:48.259 --> 00:28:48.939
 Verse 14.

00:28:50.159 --> 00:28:50.839
 As he walked

00:28:50.839 --> 00:28:51.599
 along, he saw

00:28:51.599 --> 00:28:52.500
 Levi, son of

00:28:52.500 --> 00:28:53.259
 Alphaeus, sitting

00:28:53.259 --> 00:28:53.859
 at the tax

00:28:53.859 --> 00:28:54.659
 collector's booth.

00:28:55.319 --> 00:28:56.200
 Follow me,

00:28:57.079 --> 00:28:57.939
 Jesus told him.

00:28:58.639 --> 00:28:59.500
 And Levi got

00:28:59.500 --> 00:29:00.519
 up and

00:29:00.519 --> 00:29:01.179
 followed him.

00:29:03.460 --> 00:29:04.339
 It's shocking.

00:29:04.500 --> 00:29:04.980
 We've got to

00:29:04.980 --> 00:29:05.599
 get our minds

00:29:05.599 --> 00:29:06.079
 around it.

00:29:06.339 --> 00:29:06.720
 He is

00:29:06.720 --> 00:29:07.539
 undeserving.

00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:08.379
 He is

00:29:08.380 --> 00:29:09.220
 unrighteous.

00:29:09.520 --> 00:29:10.020
 He is a

00:29:10.020 --> 00:29:11.000
 greedy and

00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:11.660
 defrauding

00:29:11.660 --> 00:29:12.560
 tax man.

00:29:14.140 --> 00:29:14.500
 And what

00:29:14.500 --> 00:29:14.920
 does Jesus

00:29:14.920 --> 00:29:15.220
 do?

00:29:15.280 --> 00:29:15.580
 He says,

00:29:15.920 --> 00:29:17.200
 come on

00:29:17.200 --> 00:29:17.860
 Levi, follow

00:29:17.860 --> 00:29:18.140
 me.

00:29:19.380 --> 00:29:20.540
 An outsider

00:29:20.540 --> 00:29:21.320
 who worked

00:29:21.320 --> 00:29:21.680
 for the

00:29:21.680 --> 00:29:22.560
 enemy, hated

00:29:22.560 --> 00:29:23.540
 by society,

00:29:23.900 --> 00:29:24.420
 is called

00:29:24.420 --> 00:29:25.060
 to follow

00:29:25.060 --> 00:29:25.860
 God's

00:29:25.860 --> 00:29:26.240
 king.

00:29:27.840 --> 00:29:28.440
 There's

00:29:28.440 --> 00:29:29.100
 nothing in

00:29:29.100 --> 00:29:29.620
 his life

00:29:29.620 --> 00:29:30.360
 that deserves

00:29:30.360 --> 00:29:30.840
 such a

00:29:30.840 --> 00:29:31.060
 call.

00:29:32.920 --> 00:29:33.720
 But that's

00:29:33.720 --> 00:29:34.220
 what grace

00:29:34.220 --> 00:29:34.620
 is.

00:29:36.100 --> 00:29:36.900
 Grace is

00:29:36.900 --> 00:29:37.620
 scandalous.

00:29:38.380 --> 00:29:40.340
 grace takes

00:29:40.340 --> 00:29:41.080
 the initiative.

00:29:41.640 --> 00:29:42.000
 It doesn't

00:29:42.000 --> 00:29:42.420
 wait for

00:29:42.420 --> 00:29:42.960
 people to

00:29:42.960 --> 00:29:43.500
 come to

00:29:43.500 --> 00:29:43.760
 him.

00:29:44.220 --> 00:29:44.720
 He took

00:29:44.720 --> 00:29:45.280
 the initiative.

00:29:45.560 --> 00:29:46.080
 Christ did

00:29:46.080 --> 00:29:46.640
 by coming

00:29:46.640 --> 00:29:47.460
 into this

00:29:47.460 --> 00:29:48.340
 world, by

00:29:48.340 --> 00:29:49.120
 approaching

00:29:49.120 --> 00:29:49.800
 people and

00:29:49.800 --> 00:29:50.320
 going to

00:29:50.320 --> 00:29:50.640
 people.

00:29:50.900 --> 00:29:51.540
 He makes

00:29:51.540 --> 00:29:52.080
 the moves

00:29:52.080 --> 00:29:52.660
 and he

00:29:52.660 --> 00:29:53.260
 calls a

00:29:53.260 --> 00:29:54.360
 rebellious

00:29:54.360 --> 00:29:55.020
 person like

00:29:55.020 --> 00:29:55.480
 Levi and

00:29:55.480 --> 00:29:55.900
 says, come

00:29:55.900 --> 00:29:56.320
 and follow

00:29:56.320 --> 00:29:56.700
 me.

00:29:56.700 --> 00:30:01.559
 what happens

00:30:01.559 --> 00:30:02.120
 next is

00:30:02.120 --> 00:30:02.660
 even more

00:30:02.660 --> 00:30:03.259
 scandalous.

00:30:03.380 --> 00:30:04.019
 Verse 15.

00:30:05.900 --> 00:30:06.720
 Jesus is

00:30:06.720 --> 00:30:07.380
 having dinner

00:30:07.380 --> 00:30:08.140
 at Levi's

00:30:08.140 --> 00:30:09.840
 house and

00:30:09.840 --> 00:30:10.559
 many tax

00:30:10.559 --> 00:30:11.200
 collectors and

00:30:11.200 --> 00:30:12.319
 sinners were

00:30:12.319 --> 00:30:12.960
 eating with

00:30:12.960 --> 00:30:14.180
 him and

00:30:14.180 --> 00:30:14.960
 his disciples,

00:30:15.840 --> 00:30:16.200
 for there

00:30:16.200 --> 00:30:16.620
 were many

00:30:16.620 --> 00:30:17.240
 who followed

00:30:17.240 --> 00:30:17.559
 him.

00:30:17.559 --> 00:30:20.440
 the sinners

00:30:20.440 --> 00:30:22.659
 were the

00:30:22.659 --> 00:30:23.179
 people who

00:30:23.179 --> 00:30:23.659
 not only

00:30:23.659 --> 00:30:24.419
 disobeyed

00:30:24.419 --> 00:30:24.779
 the law,

00:30:25.179 --> 00:30:25.480
 well they

00:30:25.480 --> 00:30:25.879
 just lived

00:30:25.879 --> 00:30:26.319
 completely

00:30:26.319 --> 00:30:27.099
 outside the

00:30:27.099 --> 00:30:27.299
 law.

00:30:27.659 --> 00:30:27.919
 They had

00:30:27.919 --> 00:30:28.359
 nothing to

00:30:28.359 --> 00:30:28.659
 do with

00:30:28.659 --> 00:30:28.720
 it.

00:30:28.779 --> 00:30:29.200
 They wanted

00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:29.779
 nothing to

00:30:29.779 --> 00:30:30.099
 do with

00:30:30.099 --> 00:30:30.279
 it.

00:30:30.819 --> 00:30:31.179
 They were

00:30:31.179 --> 00:30:31.779
 murderers,

00:30:31.879 --> 00:30:32.159
 violent

00:30:32.159 --> 00:30:32.700
 people,

00:30:33.119 --> 00:30:33.579
 thieves,

00:30:34.000 --> 00:30:34.679
 prostitutes,

00:30:34.859 --> 00:30:35.399
 drug dealers,

00:30:35.599 --> 00:30:36.099
 abusers.

00:30:36.259 --> 00:30:36.899
 They were all

00:30:36.899 --> 00:30:37.519
 there gathered

00:30:37.519 --> 00:30:38.000
 together,

00:30:38.139 --> 00:30:38.679
 wheeling and

00:30:38.679 --> 00:30:39.200
 dealing with

00:30:39.200 --> 00:30:39.599
 each other.

00:30:39.899 --> 00:30:40.359
 They hung

00:30:40.359 --> 00:30:40.779
 out with

00:30:40.779 --> 00:30:41.319
 each other.

00:30:42.980 --> 00:30:43.759
 And where's

00:30:43.759 --> 00:30:44.179
 Jesus?

00:30:44.180 --> 00:30:44.420
 Jesus,

00:30:45.320 --> 00:30:46.900
 do you see

00:30:46.900 --> 00:30:47.600
 where he is?

00:30:47.820 --> 00:30:48.620
 Sat right

00:30:48.620 --> 00:30:49.279
 down in the

00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:49.660
 middle of

00:30:49.660 --> 00:30:49.799
 them,

00:30:50.140 --> 00:30:51.299
 eating dinner

00:30:51.299 --> 00:30:51.860
 with them.

00:30:52.580 --> 00:30:53.380
 Not because

00:30:53.380 --> 00:30:54.080
 he was forced

00:30:54.080 --> 00:30:54.720
 to, but

00:30:54.720 --> 00:30:55.200
 because he

00:30:55.200 --> 00:30:55.799
 wants to.

00:30:56.220 --> 00:30:56.700
 Willingly,

00:30:56.820 --> 00:30:57.279
 he's sitting

00:30:57.279 --> 00:30:58.060
 down amongst

00:30:58.060 --> 00:30:58.299
 them.

00:31:01.360 --> 00:31:01.920
 Now,

00:31:02.039 --> 00:31:02.660
 eating with

00:31:02.660 --> 00:31:03.539
 such people

00:31:03.539 --> 00:31:05.000
 was a sign

00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:06.000
 of solidarity.

00:31:07.360 --> 00:31:08.360
 It wasn't a

00:31:08.360 --> 00:31:09.420
 case of endorsing

00:31:09.420 --> 00:31:09.960
 their behaviour

00:31:09.960 --> 00:31:10.380
 and saying,

00:31:10.640 --> 00:31:10.960
 ah, it's

00:31:10.960 --> 00:31:11.480
 alright what

00:31:11.480 --> 00:31:11.759
 you do,

00:31:11.779 --> 00:31:12.100
 it doesn't

00:31:12.100 --> 00:31:12.440
 matter.

00:31:14.180 --> 00:31:14.400
 But it

00:31:14.400 --> 00:31:15.080
 was a sign

00:31:15.080 --> 00:31:15.420
 of his

00:31:15.420 --> 00:31:16.220
 solidarity

00:31:16.220 --> 00:31:18.120
 with alienated

00:31:18.120 --> 00:31:19.180
 and needy

00:31:19.180 --> 00:31:19.600
 people.

00:31:21.680 --> 00:31:22.360
 You see,

00:31:22.440 --> 00:31:23.460
 Jesus' act

00:31:23.460 --> 00:31:24.100
 of calling

00:31:24.100 --> 00:31:24.560
 Levi,

00:31:25.500 --> 00:31:26.299
 the very act

00:31:26.299 --> 00:31:26.700
 of going

00:31:26.700 --> 00:31:27.240
 into his

00:31:27.240 --> 00:31:27.720
 house and

00:31:27.720 --> 00:31:28.400
 sitting down

00:31:28.400 --> 00:31:28.820
 and having

00:31:28.820 --> 00:31:29.480
 food with

00:31:29.480 --> 00:31:29.980
 all of his

00:31:29.980 --> 00:31:30.500
 friends,

00:31:31.140 --> 00:31:31.720
 is sending

00:31:31.720 --> 00:31:32.580
 a signal to

00:31:32.580 --> 00:31:33.640
 all the rest

00:31:33.640 --> 00:31:34.180
 of the people,

00:31:34.299 --> 00:31:34.779
 to all the

00:31:34.779 --> 00:31:35.500
 other sinners,

00:31:36.400 --> 00:31:36.980
 people like

00:31:36.980 --> 00:31:37.620
 you and me,

00:31:38.900 --> 00:31:39.380
 that they

00:31:39.380 --> 00:31:39.799
 too,

00:31:40.440 --> 00:31:41.200
 you too,

00:31:41.700 --> 00:31:42.380
 are called

00:31:42.380 --> 00:31:42.940
 to follow

00:31:42.940 --> 00:31:43.480
 Christ.

00:31:44.180 --> 00:31:45.299
 I've

00:31:45.299 --> 00:31:45.720
 come for

00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:46.019
 you.

00:31:48.820 --> 00:31:49.240
 Well,

00:31:49.279 --> 00:31:49.580
 of course,

00:31:49.680 --> 00:31:50.019
 such an

00:31:50.019 --> 00:31:50.500
 act didn't

00:31:50.500 --> 00:31:51.180
 go unnoticed,

00:31:51.259 --> 00:31:51.539
 did it,

00:31:51.560 --> 00:31:51.980
 by these

00:31:51.980 --> 00:31:52.779
 ever-watching

00:31:52.779 --> 00:31:53.400
 Pharisees

00:31:53.400 --> 00:31:54.240
 sitting on

00:31:54.240 --> 00:31:54.820
 the outside.

00:31:55.100 --> 00:31:55.500
 I bet

00:31:55.500 --> 00:31:55.799
 they were

00:31:55.799 --> 00:31:56.100
 hungry,

00:31:56.240 --> 00:31:56.500
 but they

00:31:56.500 --> 00:31:56.779
 couldn't

00:31:56.779 --> 00:31:57.180
 bring

00:31:57.180 --> 00:31:57.660
 themselves

00:31:57.660 --> 00:31:58.100
 to eat

00:31:58.100 --> 00:31:58.500
 with such

00:31:58.500 --> 00:31:58.920
 people.

00:31:59.900 --> 00:32:00.120
 Verse

00:32:00.120 --> 00:32:00.680
 16,

00:32:00.779 --> 00:32:01.220
 when the

00:32:01.220 --> 00:32:01.799
 teachers

00:32:01.799 --> 00:32:02.180
 of the

00:32:02.180 --> 00:32:02.400
 law,

00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:02.840
 who were

00:32:02.840 --> 00:32:03.660
 Pharisees,

00:32:03.759 --> 00:32:04.140
 saw him

00:32:04.140 --> 00:32:04.759
 eating with

00:32:04.759 --> 00:32:05.320
 the sinners

00:32:05.320 --> 00:32:05.799
 and the

00:32:05.799 --> 00:32:06.779
 tax collectors,

00:32:07.320 --> 00:32:08.080
 they asked

00:32:08.080 --> 00:32:08.660
 his disciples,

00:32:08.820 --> 00:32:09.180
 why does

00:32:09.180 --> 00:32:09.580
 he eat

00:32:09.580 --> 00:32:10.120
 with tax

00:32:10.120 --> 00:32:10.779
 collectors and

00:32:10.779 --> 00:32:11.080
 sinners?

00:32:11.079 --> 00:32:14.339
 don't we

00:32:14.339 --> 00:32:14.960
 think that

00:32:14.960 --> 00:32:16.299
 the external

00:32:16.299 --> 00:32:17.139
 is what

00:32:17.139 --> 00:32:18.000
 really counts?

00:32:18.919 --> 00:32:19.679
 Good

00:32:19.679 --> 00:32:20.279
 behaviour,

00:32:21.359 --> 00:32:22.159
 separation

00:32:22.159 --> 00:32:23.019
 from bad

00:32:23.019 --> 00:32:23.399
 people,

00:32:23.779 --> 00:32:24.699
 standing back

00:32:24.699 --> 00:32:25.179
 from all

00:32:25.179 --> 00:32:25.960
 those terrible

00:32:25.960 --> 00:32:27.000
 lifestyles,

00:32:28.579 --> 00:32:29.519
 sitting and

00:32:29.519 --> 00:32:30.179
 reading your

00:32:30.179 --> 00:32:30.819
 own Bible,

00:32:32.059 --> 00:32:32.899
 meditating on

00:32:32.899 --> 00:32:33.359
 the Lord,

00:32:33.819 --> 00:32:34.659
 singing worship

00:32:34.659 --> 00:32:35.240
 songs,

00:32:35.899 --> 00:32:36.399
 isn't that what

00:32:36.400 --> 00:32:36.880
 it's about?

00:32:39.580 --> 00:32:40.280
 But for

00:32:40.280 --> 00:32:40.580
 Jesus,

00:32:40.720 --> 00:32:41.220
 what counts

00:32:41.220 --> 00:32:41.580
 is the

00:32:41.580 --> 00:32:42.060
 internal.

00:32:43.560 --> 00:32:43.940
 Look at

00:32:43.940 --> 00:32:44.759
 verse 17,

00:32:45.700 --> 00:32:46.540
 on hearing

00:32:46.540 --> 00:32:47.160
 this,

00:32:48.300 --> 00:32:48.940
 Jesus said

00:32:48.940 --> 00:32:49.320
 to them,

00:32:50.240 --> 00:32:51.240
 it is not

00:32:51.240 --> 00:32:51.800
 the healthy

00:32:51.800 --> 00:32:52.460
 who need a

00:32:52.460 --> 00:32:52.800
 doctor,

00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:53.280
 but the

00:32:53.280 --> 00:32:53.640
 sick.

00:32:54.300 --> 00:32:55.080
 I have

00:32:55.080 --> 00:32:55.620
 not come

00:32:55.620 --> 00:32:56.080
 to call

00:32:56.080 --> 00:32:56.640
 the righteous,

00:32:57.580 --> 00:32:58.960
 but sinners.

00:33:01.000 --> 00:33:01.840
 The sick

00:33:01.840 --> 00:33:02.400
 are welcome,

00:33:03.900 --> 00:33:04.519
 the sinners,

00:33:04.680 --> 00:33:05.540
 the disobedient,

00:33:05.539 --> 00:33:06.460
 the rebellious.

00:33:07.500 --> 00:33:08.099
 They are

00:33:08.099 --> 00:33:08.720
 the ones

00:33:08.720 --> 00:33:09.059
 who are

00:33:09.059 --> 00:33:09.759
 welcome to

00:33:09.759 --> 00:33:10.420
 join in

00:33:10.420 --> 00:33:11.019
 and to

00:33:11.019 --> 00:33:11.940
 follow Jesus.

00:33:12.240 --> 00:33:12.720
 They're the

00:33:12.720 --> 00:33:13.200
 ones who

00:33:13.200 --> 00:33:13.879
 are accepted.

00:33:15.599 --> 00:33:16.379
 He's saying

00:33:16.379 --> 00:33:16.940
 and sending

00:33:16.940 --> 00:33:17.559
 out a clear

00:33:17.559 --> 00:33:18.180
 message,

00:33:18.899 --> 00:33:19.440
 that I have

00:33:19.440 --> 00:33:19.940
 not come

00:33:19.940 --> 00:33:20.359
 for those

00:33:20.359 --> 00:33:20.940
 who think

00:33:20.940 --> 00:33:21.399
 they are

00:33:21.399 --> 00:33:21.960
 deserving

00:33:21.960 --> 00:33:22.579
 and righteous,

00:33:22.819 --> 00:33:23.379
 but I've

00:33:23.379 --> 00:33:23.779
 come for

00:33:23.779 --> 00:33:24.220
 those who

00:33:24.220 --> 00:33:25.420
 are undeserving

00:33:25.420 --> 00:33:26.779
 and unrighteous.

00:33:27.659 --> 00:33:28.519
 Just as a

00:33:28.519 --> 00:33:29.139
 doctor would

00:33:29.139 --> 00:33:29.720
 never turn

00:33:29.720 --> 00:33:30.399
 away a sick

00:33:30.399 --> 00:33:30.839
 person,

00:33:31.119 --> 00:33:31.740
 so Jesus

00:33:31.740 --> 00:33:32.220
 is never

00:33:32.220 --> 00:33:32.659
 going to

00:33:32.659 --> 00:33:33.039
 turn away

00:33:33.039 --> 00:33:33.379
 a sinner,

00:33:33.420 --> 00:33:33.740
 no matter

00:33:33.740 --> 00:33:34.519
 how rebellious,

00:33:34.599 --> 00:33:34.859
 no matter

00:33:34.859 --> 00:33:35.299
 what they

00:33:35.299 --> 00:33:35.519
 do,

00:33:35.659 --> 00:33:36.279
 how often

00:33:36.279 --> 00:33:36.599
 they do

00:33:36.599 --> 00:33:36.740
 it,

00:33:36.859 --> 00:33:37.460
 it doesn't

00:33:37.460 --> 00:33:37.819
 matter.

00:33:39.339 --> 00:33:40.379
 Because Jesus

00:33:40.379 --> 00:33:41.419
 responds with

00:33:41.419 --> 00:33:42.539
 grace to

00:33:42.539 --> 00:33:43.139
 those who

00:33:43.139 --> 00:33:43.759
 see their

00:33:43.759 --> 00:33:45.119
 internal need

00:33:45.119 --> 00:33:45.960
 while he

00:33:45.960 --> 00:33:47.180
 refuses grace

00:33:47.180 --> 00:33:47.859
 to those who

00:33:47.859 --> 00:33:48.519
 rely on their

00:33:48.519 --> 00:33:49.559
 external efforts

00:33:49.559 --> 00:33:50.539
 and think that

00:33:50.539 --> 00:33:51.339
 they are above

00:33:51.339 --> 00:33:52.099
 everybody else

00:33:52.099 --> 00:33:53.220
 and so different.

00:33:53.639 --> 00:33:54.259
 There is no

00:33:54.259 --> 00:33:54.980
 grace there.

00:33:58.480 --> 00:33:59.379
 One writer

00:33:59.379 --> 00:34:00.019
 put it like

00:34:00.019 --> 00:34:00.419
 this,

00:34:01.000 --> 00:34:01.539
 ironically,

00:34:01.859 --> 00:34:02.359
 he says,

00:34:02.359 --> 00:34:03.479
 in one

00:34:03.479 --> 00:34:04.019
 sense,

00:34:04.659 --> 00:34:05.879
 great sinners

00:34:05.879 --> 00:34:07.039
 stand

00:34:07.039 --> 00:34:07.979
 closer to

00:34:07.979 --> 00:34:08.480
 God

00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:10.420
 than those

00:34:10.420 --> 00:34:10.900
 who think

00:34:10.900 --> 00:34:11.420
 themselves

00:34:11.420 --> 00:34:11.900
 righteous,

00:34:13.000 --> 00:34:13.819
 for sinners

00:34:13.819 --> 00:34:14.400
 are more

00:34:14.400 --> 00:34:14.880
 aware of

00:34:14.880 --> 00:34:15.359
 their need

00:34:15.359 --> 00:34:16.079
 of God's

00:34:16.079 --> 00:34:16.719
 transforming

00:34:16.719 --> 00:34:17.219
 grace.

00:34:19.460 --> 00:34:20.420
 If you're

00:34:20.420 --> 00:34:20.920
 aware of

00:34:20.920 --> 00:34:21.579
 your internal

00:34:21.579 --> 00:34:22.019
 need,

00:34:22.500 --> 00:34:22.880
 you are

00:34:22.880 --> 00:34:23.519
 closer to

00:34:23.519 --> 00:34:23.880
 God

00:34:23.880 --> 00:34:25.139
 than if you

00:34:25.139 --> 00:34:25.460
 think,

00:34:25.779 --> 00:34:25.960
 I am

00:34:25.960 --> 00:34:26.779
 better and

00:34:26.779 --> 00:34:27.279
 superior.

00:34:27.280 --> 00:34:33.920
 three people

00:34:33.920 --> 00:34:35.920
 who encounter

00:34:35.920 --> 00:34:37.880
 Jesus and

00:34:37.880 --> 00:34:38.740
 their lives

00:34:38.740 --> 00:34:39.880
 are changed,

00:34:40.420 --> 00:34:41.220
 transformed

00:34:41.220 --> 00:34:41.820
 radically,

00:34:42.820 --> 00:34:43.340
 and it

00:34:43.340 --> 00:34:43.900
 shows us

00:34:43.900 --> 00:34:44.340
 not only

00:34:44.340 --> 00:34:44.860
 how we

00:34:44.860 --> 00:34:45.660
 can change,

00:34:46.800 --> 00:34:47.400
 but it

00:34:47.400 --> 00:34:47.880
 shows us

00:34:47.880 --> 00:34:48.300
 how we

00:34:48.300 --> 00:34:48.740
 can bring

00:34:48.740 --> 00:34:50.400
 change to

00:34:50.400 --> 00:34:50.980
 the world.

00:34:51.760 --> 00:34:52.560
 Because the

00:34:52.560 --> 00:34:53.280
 world is

00:34:53.280 --> 00:34:54.440
 fixated on

00:34:54.440 --> 00:34:55.460
 the external,

00:34:55.460 --> 00:34:56.500
 all the

00:34:56.500 --> 00:34:56.880
 outside

00:34:56.880 --> 00:34:57.300
 things,

00:34:57.400 --> 00:34:57.780
 how I

00:34:57.780 --> 00:34:58.440
 see myself,

00:34:58.699 --> 00:34:59.199
 how others

00:34:59.199 --> 00:34:59.860
 perceive me,

00:34:59.940 --> 00:35:00.480
 that's what's

00:35:00.480 --> 00:35:00.880
 important.

00:35:01.360 --> 00:35:01.940
 Jesus says,

00:35:02.019 --> 00:35:02.179
 no,

00:35:02.240 --> 00:35:02.860
 it's what I

00:35:02.860 --> 00:35:03.119
 see,

00:35:03.440 --> 00:35:04.059
 that's what's

00:35:04.059 --> 00:35:04.480
 important.

00:35:07.240 --> 00:35:07.639
 I don't have

00:35:07.639 --> 00:35:08.260
 time to go

00:35:08.260 --> 00:35:08.880
 through all

00:35:08.880 --> 00:35:09.119
 of it,

00:35:09.220 --> 00:35:09.900
 but let me

00:35:09.900 --> 00:35:10.360
 just say

00:35:10.360 --> 00:35:10.720
 this,

00:35:11.599 --> 00:35:12.460
 as we go

00:35:12.460 --> 00:35:12.980
 into this

00:35:12.980 --> 00:35:13.320
 week,

00:35:13.800 --> 00:35:14.460
 let's be

00:35:14.460 --> 00:35:14.980
 Christ

00:35:14.980 --> 00:35:15.820
 where we

00:35:15.820 --> 00:35:16.059
 go.

00:35:17.440 --> 00:35:18.220
 Let's be

00:35:18.220 --> 00:35:19.019
 reaching

00:35:19.019 --> 00:35:19.500
 out,

00:35:20.720 --> 00:35:21.619
 reach across

00:35:21.619 --> 00:35:22.440
 the barriers,

00:35:23.539 --> 00:35:23.900
 touching.

00:35:25.460 --> 00:35:26.500
 accepting,

00:35:27.800 --> 00:35:28.340
 eating,

00:35:29.780 --> 00:35:30.220
 welcoming,

00:35:31.980 --> 00:35:32.740
 and let's

00:35:32.740 --> 00:35:34.019
 point people

00:35:34.019 --> 00:35:35.220
 as we point

00:35:35.220 --> 00:35:36.019
 ourselves and

00:35:36.019 --> 00:35:36.539
 one another

00:35:36.539 --> 00:35:38.260
 continually to

00:35:38.260 --> 00:35:39.000
 our amazing

00:35:39.000 --> 00:35:39.579
 Saviour,

00:35:39.880 --> 00:35:40.380
 who with

00:35:40.380 --> 00:35:41.139
 compassion

00:35:41.139 --> 00:35:43.059
 identifies with

00:35:43.059 --> 00:35:43.480
 us.

00:35:44.340 --> 00:35:44.780
 With

00:35:44.780 --> 00:35:45.559
 authority,

00:35:46.019 --> 00:35:46.360
 he will

00:35:46.360 --> 00:35:47.039
 forgive all

00:35:47.039 --> 00:35:47.599
 our sins,

00:35:48.619 --> 00:35:49.119
 and with

00:35:49.119 --> 00:35:49.539
 grace,

00:35:49.980 --> 00:35:50.659
 calls us

00:35:50.659 --> 00:35:51.240
 to follow

00:35:51.240 --> 00:35:52.740
 him and

00:35:52.740 --> 00:35:53.480
 be part of

00:35:53.480 --> 00:35:53.980
 what he is

00:35:53.980 --> 00:35:54.300
 doing.

00:35:55.460 --> 00:35:56.179
 This is

00:35:56.179 --> 00:35:56.940
 the Christ

00:35:56.940 --> 00:35:59.079
 that came

00:35:59.079 --> 00:35:59.539
 into the

00:35:59.539 --> 00:35:59.980
 world,

00:36:00.980 --> 00:36:01.559
 and this

00:36:01.559 --> 00:36:01.920
 is the

00:36:01.920 --> 00:36:03.619
 Christ we

00:36:03.619 --> 00:36:03.980
 are to

00:36:03.980 --> 00:36:04.519
 bring into

00:36:04.519 --> 00:36:05.019
 the world,

00:36:06.220 --> 00:36:07.500
 and we've

00:36:07.500 --> 00:36:07.840
 got to

00:36:07.840 --> 00:36:08.320
 live it.

00:36:09.599 --> 00:36:10.500
 Let's pray

00:36:10.500 --> 00:36:11.179
 together.

00:36:11.179 --> 00:36:19.559
 we are

00:36:19.559 --> 00:36:20.739
 just amazed

00:36:20.739 --> 00:36:23.179
 at Christ

00:36:23.179 --> 00:36:23.980
 who comes

00:36:23.980 --> 00:36:24.659
 to us

00:36:24.659 --> 00:36:26.659
 in grace,

00:36:27.000 --> 00:36:27.339
 in

00:36:27.339 --> 00:36:28.039
 compassion,

00:36:29.179 --> 00:36:29.699
 reaching

00:36:29.699 --> 00:36:30.279
 across,

00:36:30.539 --> 00:36:31.359
 reaching into

00:36:31.359 --> 00:36:32.000
 our lives,

00:36:32.099 --> 00:36:32.619
 wherever we

00:36:32.619 --> 00:36:32.839
 are,

00:36:32.940 --> 00:36:33.539
 whatever we've

00:36:33.539 --> 00:36:33.819
 done,

00:36:34.539 --> 00:36:35.779
 to change

00:36:35.779 --> 00:36:36.159
 us and

00:36:36.159 --> 00:36:36.619
 transform

00:36:36.619 --> 00:36:37.219
 us.

00:36:37.219 --> 00:36:40.159
 Father,

00:36:40.239 --> 00:36:40.779
 help us

00:36:40.779 --> 00:36:41.439
 to know

00:36:41.439 --> 00:36:42.159
 afresh the

00:36:42.159 --> 00:36:42.659
 wonder of

00:36:42.659 --> 00:36:42.839
 your

00:36:42.839 --> 00:36:43.319
 forgiveness,

00:36:44.239 --> 00:36:45.379
 but help

00:36:45.379 --> 00:36:45.899
 us to go

00:36:45.899 --> 00:36:47.000
 now like

00:36:47.000 --> 00:36:47.739
 Christ into

00:36:47.739 --> 00:36:48.319
 the world.

00:36:49.719 --> 00:36:50.679
 Help us to

00:36:50.679 --> 00:36:51.099
 do what

00:36:51.099 --> 00:36:51.719
 Jesus did,

00:36:51.779 --> 00:36:52.239
 to reach

00:36:52.239 --> 00:36:52.939
 across those

00:36:52.939 --> 00:36:53.439
 barriers,

00:36:54.279 --> 00:36:55.219
 to touch,

00:36:55.439 --> 00:36:56.219
 to identify,

00:36:57.219 --> 00:36:58.919
 to sit

00:36:58.919 --> 00:36:59.459
 and eat,

00:37:00.459 --> 00:37:01.299
 to be

00:37:01.299 --> 00:37:02.099
 amongst the

00:37:02.099 --> 00:37:02.419
 world,

00:37:02.559 --> 00:37:03.099
 to be with

00:37:03.099 --> 00:37:03.619
 people,

00:37:04.279 --> 00:37:05.719
 to point

00:37:05.719 --> 00:37:06.380
 them towards

00:37:06.380 --> 00:37:06.940
 Christ,

00:37:07.659 --> 00:37:08.860
 that we

00:37:08.860 --> 00:37:09.699
 are all

00:37:09.699 --> 00:37:10.159
 in need

00:37:10.159 --> 00:37:10.759
 of grace,

00:37:10.940 --> 00:37:11.659
 we are all

00:37:11.659 --> 00:37:12.039
 in need

00:37:12.039 --> 00:37:12.579
 of forgiveness,

00:37:13.539 --> 00:37:14.860
 and it's

00:37:14.860 --> 00:37:15.579
 only Christ

00:37:15.579 --> 00:37:16.039
 who can

00:37:16.039 --> 00:37:16.579
 change us

00:37:16.579 --> 00:37:16.880
 on the

00:37:16.880 --> 00:37:17.400
 inside,

00:37:18.400 --> 00:37:19.719
 and give

00:37:19.719 --> 00:37:20.000
 us a

00:37:20.000 --> 00:37:20.279
 brighter

00:37:20.279 --> 00:37:20.799
 future.

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 So please

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 help us,

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 we pray,

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 in Jesus'

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 name,

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 Amen.