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 If your eyesight is poor, you may not know that I am not Matthew.

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 And for that, I apologize, but I am not sorry.

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 My name is Drew Arrington, and unlike Matthew and Jeff who preceded me last Sunday, I am not a PCA teaching elder.

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 But rest assured, I am an ordained minister in a sister denomination called the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church.

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 My wife and I, well, skipped a little bit.

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 I am currently serving, however, as a chaplain in the United States Army like Jeff.

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 Let's see.

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 Yes, my wife Allison and I, along with our three daughters, moved here last spring from Clarksville, Tennessee.

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 And if you ask them, they will tell you that is the absolute best place to live in America.

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 Most of it has to do with a lot of really great friends and a school that they adored.

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 But our family greatly appreciates the fellowship and appreciation that you have extended to us as the CMPC family.

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 And my wife and daughters are all in the process of joining this wonderful church.

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 So thank you for that welcome.

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 Well, that's enough about me.

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 After all, you didn't come here to learn about who I am and my family, but you came here to glorify God and to enjoy him forever.

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 So with that in mind, let's shift a little bit and start looking at today's passage.

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 So Matthew has been leading us through an exposition of the Gospel of Mark.

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 And it's my great honor to pick up that study following a break for Advent and Christmas.

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 And this week, we find ourselves in the 12th chapter of the Gospel, where we consider a passage that contains a deep truth of significant importance for those of us that are being transformed into the image of Christ.

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 Well, the events of Mark chapter 12, 13 through 17 occur in the middle of Passion or Holy Week, which is that week leading up to the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

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 The week began on Sunday with Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem, not on a majestic war horse, but on a lowly, borrowed donkey.

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 On Monday, he cursed a deceptive fig tree and cleared the temple of profiteers, placing obstacles in the path of those who came to praise God.

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 On Tuesday, leading up to our passage, Jesus' disciples saw the withered fig tree in the morning light as they were entering back into Jerusalem.

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 They would then go to the temple where Jesus would critique the religious leaders using the parable of the evil vineyard tenants.

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 Today's passage records an exchange between Jesus and some of those same religious leaders later that afternoon before he and the disciples would head out to the Mount of Olives for the Olivet Discourse.

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 So I alluded to a deep truth embedded in this exchange between Jesus and the religious leaders of the day.

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 However, as I was studying, I realized that that deep truth is often missed, not just by common readers of Scripture, but also by many commentators.

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 And in many ways, there missing this deep truth is like the white witch's inability to understand the deep magic in C.S. Lewis' beloved classic, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.

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 Thinking she understands the deep magic, Jadus exuberantly accepts Aslan's offer to trade his life for the life of Edmund the traitor.

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 She does so because she expects that with the Grand Lion out of the way, she can secure her reign as the undisputed sovereign of Narnia.

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 Unfortunately for the white witch, her faulty understanding leads to her tragic end.

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 And it is my hope that by God's grace and the enlightenment of the Holy Spirit, that will not be our end this morning.

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 Instead, that we may avoid the twin traps of viewing this passage as an encouragement for the separation of church and state,

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 or the endorsement of obedience to the fulfillment of the civil magistrate, both of which are great concepts, but both of which miss the deeper and more important truth in this exchange.

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 Rather, it's my prayer that we may lay hold of that deep truth that we and a culture infatuated with image, icons, and idols desperately need.

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 But before we go any further, let us pray for the reading and preaching of God's word.

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 Please join me.

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 Almighty God, creator of our world and all that is in it,

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 you did not choose to remain silent and distant, but instead inspired men of old to record and encapsulate your word for us within the pages of scripture.

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 Just as your Holy Spirit has preserved your divine proclamations,

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 we ask this morning that he press that saving and preserving salve deep into our hearts and minds,

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 that we may be comforted and conformed to the image of Christ our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 Grant us this, we ask, according to your faithfulness,

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 for the glory of our Savior and the good of his bride, the church.

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 Amen.

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 Well, if you've not already turned in your Bibles,

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 do so now or open your worship guide or direct your digital device to the word of God recorded in Mark chapter 12,

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 verses 13 through 17.

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 And they sent to him some of the Pharisees and some of the Herodians to trap him in his talk.

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 And they came and said to him,

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 Teacher, we know that you are true and do not care about anyone's opinion.

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 For you are not swayed by appearances, but truly teach the way of God.

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 Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?

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 Should we pay them or should we not?

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 But knowing their hypocrisy, he said to them,

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 Why put me to the test?

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 Bring me a denarius and let me look at it.

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 And they brought one.

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 And he said to them,

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 Whose likeness and inscription is this?

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 They said to him,

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 Caesar's.

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 Jesus said to them,

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 Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's,

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 and to God the things that are God's.

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 And they marveled at him.

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 Well, in this short passage,

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 which, by the way, is recorded in all three of the Synoptic Gospels,

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 we see the discernment and disarming wisdom of Jesus

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 in response to the plotting of desperate and deceitful men.

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 As such, Christ's response here is an example and an encouragement for his church

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 as we live in and engage a culture infatuated with image icons and idols.

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 But before we examine the discernment of Christ's response

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 and the disarming wisdom of Jesus,

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 we need to take a moment and look at the plot of these desperate and deceitful men

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 in the first two verses that we read.

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 See, this is a plot.

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 It is a deceitful and desperate plot

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 by the religious leaders

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 to entrap Jesus,

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 to catch Jesus,

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 to snare Jesus

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 in his words.

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 They're setting up

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 these

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 highly impossible situations,

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 trying to present him with

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 yes or no answers

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 in order

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 to trap him

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 in what he says

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 because so far

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 they've not been able to trap him

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 in what he's done.

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 We see that this is a plot

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 born of desperation

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 and we see hints of that desperation

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 in the awkward alliance

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 here between the Pharisees

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 and the Herodians.

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 These are

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 two groups of

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 religious leaders

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 on opposite ends

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 in first century Jerusalem.

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 you have the Pharisees

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 who find,

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 who established their position

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 and find pride

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 in the idol

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 of self-righteousness,

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 being strict

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 adherence

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 to the law

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 of God

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 as interpreted

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 by man

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 and having

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 tons and tons

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 of additional requirements

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 placed upon themselves

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 and the people.

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 Then on the other side,

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 you have the Herodians

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 who weren't so much

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 religious in nature

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 but political,

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 looking towards

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 the icon of Herod

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 for security

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 and stability.

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 So why

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 would these two

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 disparate groups

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 join together

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 in desperation

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 to find

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 some fault

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 with Jesus?

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 Image.

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 their image

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 as being

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 the leaders

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 was threatened

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 by the presence

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 and the proclamations

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 We saw that

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 the last time

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 Matthew

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 delivered a sermon

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 from Mark

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 about the

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 wicked

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 tenants

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 of the vineyard.

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 And those leaders

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 left understanding

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 that Christ

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 was upsetting

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 the status quo.

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 He was tarnishing

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 their image

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 as the leaders

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 in first century

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 Jerusalem

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 and Israel.

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 But that desperation

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 born of the awkward

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 alliance

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 was also united

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 in deceitfulness.

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 We see here

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 the flattery

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 in the early parts

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 of verse 14.

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 And there are some

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 commentators

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 who have suggested

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 that this wasn't

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 flattery.

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 this was just

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 the normal way

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 that people

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 would exchange

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 with a leader.

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 And I could

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 almost buy that

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 except for the fact

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 that Luke

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 in the parallel passage

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 says that these men

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 pretended

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 to be sincere.

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 They pretended

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 to be sincere

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 when in fact

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 they were flattering

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 him

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 and bringing

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 to him

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 a false concern.

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 they weren't

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 really concerned

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 about whether

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 or not

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 they should

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 pay taxes

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 to Caesar.

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 In fact

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 honestly

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 they came

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 from different

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 positions

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 on the issue.

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 The Herodians

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 would say

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 yep absolutely

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 because it's

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 going to strengthen

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 the Herod family

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 and be politically

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 expeditious

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 for us to do so.

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 And the Pharisees

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 even though

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 they would have

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 not liked

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 to pay the tax

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 would have paid

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 the tax

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 because it meant

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 stability

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 and they could

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 remain in power.

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 So they had

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 different positions

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 but they had

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 the same

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 practical practice

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 that they would

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 pay the tax

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 but they came

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 to Jesus

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 and said

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 should we pay

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 this or should

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 we not?

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 But you know

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 this is not a story

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 this story

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 of desperate

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 men

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 deceitfully

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 engaging

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 others

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 is not

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 isolated

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 to first

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 century

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 Jerusalem.

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 It's a tale

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 older than

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 the deep

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 magic

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 of C.S.

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 Lewis

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 in fact

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 if we understand

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 scripture right

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 it's perhaps

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 even older

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 than the creation

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 of the earth

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 itself

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 as we understand

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 that Satan

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 in an act

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 of desperation

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 deceived

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 other angels

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 into rebelling

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 against God

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 because he felt

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 that his image

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 was more important

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 than that

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 of God.

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 We see

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 this deceit

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 and this

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 desperation

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 in the life

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 of Abraham

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 not once

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 but twice

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 when he fails

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 to recognize

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 Sarah

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 as his wife

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 but instead

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 says no

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 no no no

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 let's keep

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 the image

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 that we're

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 not married

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 because it'll

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 be safer

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 for me.

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 we see

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 this deceit

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 and this

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 desperation

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 and in

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 the life

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 of Jacob

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 who deceives

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 both his

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 brother

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 and his

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 father

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 in order

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 to secure

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 the position

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 that God

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 had promised

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 him

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 and then

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 suffers

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 that same

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 deceit

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 and desperation

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 at the hands

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 of Laban

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 when he seeks

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 one of his

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 daughter's hand

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 in marriage.

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 and we

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 could go

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 on and

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 on about

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 the desperation

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 and the deceit

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 exhibited

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 by the kings

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 of Israel

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 and Judah

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 including

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 King David

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 who was a

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 man after

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 God's own

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 heart.

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 History books

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 are littered

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 with men

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 and women

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 who are

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 desperate

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 and in

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 their desperation

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 deceive

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 others.

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 In 1920

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 a guy

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 by the name

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 of Charles

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 schemed

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 about

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 $15 million

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 over a period

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 of eight months.

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 He really

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 did steal

00:14:40.100 --> 00:14:42.140
 as Jeff

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 pointed out

00:14:42.500 --> 00:14:42.780
 last week

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 he really

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 did steal

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 your grandma's

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 inheritance

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 and life

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 fortune.

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 He was

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 so successful

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 that that's

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 now known

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 as a Ponzi

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 scheme

00:14:52.000 --> 00:14:53.700
 after his

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 last name

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 and people

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 today

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 have engaged

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 in Ponzi

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 schemes

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 that benefit

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 their own

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 lavish

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 lifestyle.

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 We think

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 of the

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 Elizabeth Holmes

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 the Sam

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 Bankman

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 Freeds

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 people

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 practicing

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 deceit

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 to desperately

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 gain

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 something that

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 they feel

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 is theirs.

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 Jeff

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 pointed out

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 last week

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 we have

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 also the

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 Harvey Weinsteins

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 in the world

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 today

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 that use

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 their power

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 to deceive

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 in order

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 to gratify

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 their own

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 desires.

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 Let us

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 not forget

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 the breaking

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 news of

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 the George

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 Santoses

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 who use

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 in their

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 desperation

00:15:40.019 --> 00:15:41.120
 use deceit

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 as a way

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 of grasping

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 power and

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 influence.

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 but it's

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 not just

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 the history

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 that we

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 read

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 it's not

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 just the

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 headlines

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 it's our

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 lives

00:15:53.300 --> 00:15:55.840
 it's our

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 encounters

00:15:56.360 --> 00:15:57.759
 with desperate

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 and deceitful

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 people

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 people that

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 violate our

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 trust

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 abuse the

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 authority that

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 God has

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 given them

00:16:06.019 --> 00:16:08.240
 maybe it's

00:16:08.240 --> 00:16:08.620
 the people

00:16:08.620 --> 00:16:09.659
 that maliciously

00:16:09.659 --> 00:16:10.519
 misrepresent

00:16:10.519 --> 00:16:11.399
 what we

00:16:11.399 --> 00:16:11.920
 believe

00:16:11.919 --> 00:16:13.500
 or who

00:16:13.500 --> 00:16:14.979
 flagrantly

00:16:14.979 --> 00:16:15.679
 flaunt

00:16:15.679 --> 00:16:16.579
 our

00:16:16.579 --> 00:16:16.979
 cherished

00:16:16.979 --> 00:16:17.539
 values.

00:16:20.519 --> 00:16:21.699
 Well before

00:16:21.699 --> 00:16:22.719
 we get too

00:16:22.719 --> 00:16:23.379
 personal and

00:16:23.379 --> 00:16:24.059
 too far down

00:16:24.059 --> 00:16:24.500
 that rabbit

00:16:24.500 --> 00:16:24.719
 hole

00:16:24.719 --> 00:16:26.099
 let's get

00:16:26.099 --> 00:16:26.639
 back to

00:16:26.639 --> 00:16:27.159
 the text

00:16:27.159 --> 00:16:27.779
 into verse

00:16:27.779 --> 00:16:28.360
 15

00:16:28.360 --> 00:16:29.319
 where we

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 encounter

00:16:29.839 --> 00:16:31.219
 the discernment

00:16:31.219 --> 00:16:32.759
 of Christ's

00:16:32.759 --> 00:16:33.360
 response.

00:16:35.479 --> 00:16:36.740
 See here

00:16:36.740 --> 00:16:38.419
 Jesus Christ

00:16:38.419 --> 00:16:39.000
 instead of

00:16:39.000 --> 00:16:39.939
 becoming angry

00:16:39.940 --> 00:16:43.320
 he lovingly

00:16:43.320 --> 00:16:44.580
 responds

00:16:44.580 --> 00:16:46.220
 to desperate

00:16:46.220 --> 00:16:47.240
 and deceitful

00:16:47.240 --> 00:16:47.520
 men.

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 And how?

00:16:52.960 --> 00:16:53.620
 How is he

00:16:53.620 --> 00:16:54.180
 able to

00:16:54.180 --> 00:16:54.620
 lovingly

00:16:54.620 --> 00:16:54.900
 respond?

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 Well first

00:16:55.400 --> 00:16:56.320
 he is

00:16:56.320 --> 00:16:57.120
 extremely

00:16:57.120 --> 00:16:57.700
 socially

00:16:57.700 --> 00:16:58.120
 aware.

00:16:58.680 --> 00:16:59.360
 He understands

00:16:59.360 --> 00:16:59.820
 what's going

00:16:59.820 --> 00:17:00.180
 on.

00:17:01.340 --> 00:17:01.620
 It says

00:17:01.620 --> 00:17:02.800
 in our

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 text today

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 he says

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 he knows

00:17:04.160 --> 00:17:04.920
 knowing their

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 hypocrisy

00:17:05.660 --> 00:17:07.220
 knowing that

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 they were

00:17:07.519 --> 00:17:08.100
 coming to

00:17:08.100 --> 00:17:08.519
 trip him

00:17:08.519 --> 00:17:08.759
 up.

00:17:08.759 --> 00:17:10.539
 Matthew

00:17:10.539 --> 00:17:11.019
 says

00:17:11.019 --> 00:17:12.160
 knowing

00:17:12.160 --> 00:17:12.460
 their

00:17:12.460 --> 00:17:13.140
 malice

00:17:13.140 --> 00:17:14.619
 Luke

00:17:14.619 --> 00:17:14.879
 says

00:17:14.879 --> 00:17:15.220
 knowing

00:17:15.220 --> 00:17:15.460
 their

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 craftiness

00:17:16.420 --> 00:17:18.319
 Jesus

00:17:18.319 --> 00:17:18.740
 was

00:17:18.740 --> 00:17:19.500
 extremely

00:17:19.500 --> 00:17:20.299
 perceptive

00:17:20.299 --> 00:17:21.119
 and understood

00:17:21.119 --> 00:17:22.359
 the social

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 happenings

00:17:22.980 --> 00:17:23.720
 around him

00:17:23.720 --> 00:17:24.539
 and what

00:17:24.539 --> 00:17:25.200
 the society

00:17:25.200 --> 00:17:25.700
 was going

00:17:25.700 --> 00:17:25.960
 through

00:17:25.960 --> 00:17:26.400
 and he

00:17:26.400 --> 00:17:27.039
 was not

00:17:27.039 --> 00:17:27.339
 caught

00:17:27.339 --> 00:17:27.940
 off guard.

00:17:30.440 --> 00:17:31.339
 He was

00:17:31.339 --> 00:17:31.759
 able

00:17:31.759 --> 00:17:33.220
 to lovingly

00:17:33.220 --> 00:17:34.019
 respond

00:17:34.019 --> 00:17:35.539
 to these

00:17:35.539 --> 00:17:35.839
 men.

00:17:36.480 --> 00:17:37.039
 But also

00:17:37.039 --> 00:17:37.440
 too

00:17:37.440 --> 00:17:38.319
 Christ

00:17:38.319 --> 00:17:38.819
 has

00:17:38.819 --> 00:17:39.460
 a very

00:17:39.460 --> 00:17:40.139
 penetrating

00:17:40.139 --> 00:17:40.660
 perception.

00:17:41.079 --> 00:17:41.339
 He is

00:17:41.339 --> 00:17:41.900
 able to

00:17:41.900 --> 00:17:42.220
 peer

00:17:42.220 --> 00:17:42.639
 through

00:17:42.639 --> 00:17:42.940
 the

00:17:42.940 --> 00:17:43.379
 actions

00:17:43.379 --> 00:17:43.599
 the

00:17:43.599 --> 00:17:44.059
 actions

00:17:44.059 --> 00:17:44.299
 that

00:17:44.299 --> 00:17:44.519
 may

00:17:44.519 --> 00:17:44.680
 have

00:17:44.680 --> 00:17:45.059
 seemed

00:17:45.059 --> 00:17:45.619
 sincere

00:17:45.619 --> 00:17:46.599
 but

00:17:46.599 --> 00:17:47.019
 weren't

00:17:47.019 --> 00:17:47.519
 sincere.

00:17:48.740 --> 00:17:49.079
 He was

00:17:49.079 --> 00:17:49.539
 able to

00:17:49.539 --> 00:17:49.879
 look

00:17:49.879 --> 00:17:50.379
 straight

00:17:50.379 --> 00:17:50.879
 into the

00:17:50.879 --> 00:17:51.259
 heart

00:17:51.259 --> 00:17:52.059
 of each

00:17:52.059 --> 00:17:52.400
 and every

00:17:52.400 --> 00:17:52.759
 one of

00:17:52.759 --> 00:17:53.259
 the men

00:17:53.259 --> 00:17:53.960
 that were

00:17:53.960 --> 00:17:54.379
 present

00:17:54.379 --> 00:17:54.759
 there

00:17:54.759 --> 00:17:55.700
 questioning

00:17:55.700 --> 00:17:57.019
 him

00:17:57.019 --> 00:17:57.559
 and trying

00:17:57.559 --> 00:17:58.160
 to trap

00:17:58.160 --> 00:17:58.400
 him.

00:17:58.400 --> 00:18:01.940
 We also

00:18:01.940 --> 00:18:02.460
 see that

00:18:02.460 --> 00:18:02.800
 Jesus

00:18:02.800 --> 00:18:04.000
 challenges

00:18:04.000 --> 00:18:04.420
 his

00:18:04.420 --> 00:18:05.120
 conspirators

00:18:05.120 --> 00:18:06.200
 and he

00:18:06.200 --> 00:18:06.640
 does this

00:18:06.640 --> 00:18:07.040
 out of

00:18:07.040 --> 00:18:07.519
 love not

00:18:07.519 --> 00:18:07.940
 only for

00:18:07.940 --> 00:18:08.080
 the

00:18:08.080 --> 00:18:08.720
 conspirators

00:18:08.720 --> 00:18:09.240
 but also

00:18:09.240 --> 00:18:09.759
 love for

00:18:09.759 --> 00:18:09.920
 the

00:18:09.920 --> 00:18:10.400
 observers.

00:18:10.920 --> 00:18:11.100
 You see

00:18:11.100 --> 00:18:11.680
 Jesus

00:18:11.680 --> 00:18:12.100
 could have

00:18:12.100 --> 00:18:12.759
 very easily

00:18:12.759 --> 00:18:13.540
 just dismissed

00:18:13.540 --> 00:18:14.000
 that and

00:18:14.000 --> 00:18:14.340
 said okay

00:18:14.340 --> 00:18:14.759
 show me

00:18:14.759 --> 00:18:14.920
 the

00:18:14.920 --> 00:18:15.240
 narrators

00:18:15.240 --> 00:18:15.840
 but no

00:18:15.840 --> 00:18:16.580
 he said

00:18:16.580 --> 00:18:17.600
 why do

00:18:17.600 --> 00:18:18.040
 you test

00:18:18.040 --> 00:18:18.259
 me?

00:18:19.340 --> 00:18:20.400
 He pointed

00:18:20.400 --> 00:18:21.460
 out to

00:18:21.460 --> 00:18:22.400
 those desperate

00:18:22.400 --> 00:18:23.360
 men hey

00:18:23.360 --> 00:18:24.060
 I know

00:18:24.060 --> 00:18:24.640
 what's going

00:18:24.640 --> 00:18:25.120
 on here

00:18:25.120 --> 00:18:27.920
 and it

00:18:27.920 --> 00:18:28.300
 wasn't

00:18:28.300 --> 00:18:28.800
 just

00:18:28.800 --> 00:18:29.460
 out of

00:18:29.460 --> 00:18:29.980
 love for

00:18:29.980 --> 00:18:30.440
 them that

00:18:30.440 --> 00:18:30.880
 he pointed

00:18:30.880 --> 00:18:31.320
 out their

00:18:31.320 --> 00:18:31.920
 deceitfulness

00:18:31.920 --> 00:18:32.759
 it was for

00:18:32.759 --> 00:18:33.180
 the love

00:18:33.180 --> 00:18:33.600
 of those

00:18:33.600 --> 00:18:34.039
 nearby.

00:18:35.460 --> 00:18:35.740
 He said

00:18:35.740 --> 00:18:36.019
 you know

00:18:36.019 --> 00:18:36.640
 what this

00:18:36.640 --> 00:18:37.060
 is not

00:18:37.060 --> 00:18:38.000
 normal you

00:18:38.000 --> 00:18:38.460
 are not

00:18:38.460 --> 00:18:39.039
 doing this

00:18:39.039 --> 00:18:39.519
 out of a

00:18:39.519 --> 00:18:40.320
 great concern

00:18:40.320 --> 00:18:41.300
 for yourselves

00:18:41.300 --> 00:18:41.820
 or for the

00:18:41.820 --> 00:18:42.340
 people you're

00:18:42.340 --> 00:18:42.779
 doing this

00:18:42.779 --> 00:18:43.320
 to entrap

00:18:43.320 --> 00:18:44.360
 me why?

00:18:45.800 --> 00:18:46.420
 In doing

00:18:46.420 --> 00:18:47.200
 that he

00:18:47.200 --> 00:18:47.700
 demonstrated

00:18:47.700 --> 00:18:48.440
 love for

00:18:48.440 --> 00:18:49.320
 the onlookers

00:18:49.320 --> 00:18:50.240
 because they

00:18:50.240 --> 00:18:50.720
 then were

00:18:50.720 --> 00:18:51.360
 cued in

00:18:51.360 --> 00:18:52.180
 that this

00:18:52.180 --> 00:18:52.759
 is not

00:18:52.759 --> 00:18:53.259
 the way

00:18:53.259 --> 00:18:54.259
 you should

00:18:54.259 --> 00:18:54.759
 treat

00:18:54.759 --> 00:18:55.580
 people

00:18:55.580 --> 00:18:56.440
 and other

00:18:56.440 --> 00:18:57.019
 and not

00:18:57.019 --> 00:18:57.480
 way that

00:18:57.480 --> 00:18:58.099
 you should

00:18:58.099 --> 00:18:58.900
 engage

00:18:58.900 --> 00:19:00.420
 in deceit.

00:19:04.079 --> 00:19:04.920
 And then

00:19:04.920 --> 00:19:05.279
 we see

00:19:05.279 --> 00:19:06.279
 a deflating

00:19:06.279 --> 00:19:06.740
 delay

00:19:06.740 --> 00:19:07.920
 and this

00:19:07.920 --> 00:19:08.160
 is a

00:19:08.160 --> 00:19:08.579
 deflating

00:19:08.579 --> 00:19:08.920
 delay

00:19:08.920 --> 00:19:09.500
 through a

00:19:09.500 --> 00:19:10.000
 very simple

00:19:10.000 --> 00:19:10.579
 request.

00:19:10.940 --> 00:19:11.099
 He said

00:19:11.099 --> 00:19:11.299
 hey

00:19:11.299 --> 00:19:12.160
 bring me

00:19:12.160 --> 00:19:12.620
 a denarius.

00:19:15.240 --> 00:19:16.140
 That may

00:19:16.140 --> 00:19:16.960
 seem like

00:19:16.960 --> 00:19:17.380
 a

00:19:17.380 --> 00:19:19.019
 not a

00:19:19.019 --> 00:19:19.599
 great point

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 in this

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 passage

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 but the

00:19:21.759 --> 00:19:22.180
 denarius

00:19:22.180 --> 00:19:22.819
 was a

00:19:22.819 --> 00:19:23.380
 Roman coin.

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 It was a

00:19:24.920 --> 00:19:25.440
 Roman coin

00:19:25.440 --> 00:19:26.140
 that represented

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 about a

00:19:26.740 --> 00:19:27.300
 day's

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 worth

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 of work

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 and they

00:19:30.680 --> 00:19:30.940
 were in

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 the temple

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 and you

00:19:33.759 --> 00:19:34.000
 may not

00:19:34.000 --> 00:19:34.340
 know but

00:19:34.340 --> 00:19:34.960
 in the

00:19:34.960 --> 00:19:35.400
 temple you

00:19:35.400 --> 00:19:35.800
 don't use

00:19:35.800 --> 00:19:36.100
 a Roman

00:19:36.100 --> 00:19:36.460
 coin.

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 You pay

00:19:39.380 --> 00:19:40.860
 your tithes,

00:19:40.940 --> 00:19:41.180
 you pay

00:19:41.180 --> 00:19:41.840
 your offerings,

00:19:42.060 --> 00:19:42.620
 you buy

00:19:42.620 --> 00:19:44.240
 other offerings

00:19:44.240 --> 00:19:45.259
 with the

00:19:45.259 --> 00:19:45.520
 shekel,

00:19:46.520 --> 00:19:47.600
 not the

00:19:47.600 --> 00:19:48.040
 denarius.

00:19:49.240 --> 00:19:49.740
 So with

00:19:49.740 --> 00:19:50.180
 the worth

00:19:50.180 --> 00:19:50.460
 of the

00:19:50.460 --> 00:19:50.900
 denarius,

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 there's

00:19:51.360 --> 00:19:52.420
 very likelihood

00:19:52.420 --> 00:19:53.279
 that would

00:19:53.279 --> 00:19:53.700
 not be

00:19:53.700 --> 00:19:54.320
 present in

00:19:54.320 --> 00:19:54.700
 the temple

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 and then

00:19:55.740 --> 00:19:56.300
 Jesus would

00:19:56.300 --> 00:19:57.060
 have time

00:19:57.060 --> 00:19:58.400
 not only to

00:19:58.400 --> 00:19:58.840
 think but

00:19:58.840 --> 00:19:59.340
 others would

00:19:59.340 --> 00:19:59.800
 have time

00:19:59.800 --> 00:20:00.560
 and the

00:20:00.560 --> 00:20:01.060
 situation

00:20:01.060 --> 00:20:01.600
 would begin

00:20:01.600 --> 00:20:02.400
 to dissipate.

00:20:04.140 --> 00:20:04.860
 So after

00:20:04.860 --> 00:20:05.560
 some time

00:20:05.560 --> 00:20:06.500
 we'll get

00:20:06.500 --> 00:20:06.800
 to the

00:20:06.800 --> 00:20:07.340
 point where

00:20:07.340 --> 00:20:09.060
 the denarius

00:20:09.060 --> 00:20:09.800
 return or

00:20:09.800 --> 00:20:10.240
 comes to

00:20:10.240 --> 00:20:10.640
 the temple

00:20:10.640 --> 00:20:13.860
 but in the

00:20:13.860 --> 00:20:14.160
 meantime

00:20:14.160 --> 00:20:15.500
 we could

00:20:15.500 --> 00:20:16.440
 take time

00:20:16.440 --> 00:20:17.240
 and talk

00:20:17.240 --> 00:20:18.240
 about Christ's

00:20:18.240 --> 00:20:18.920
 response here

00:20:18.920 --> 00:20:22.080
 and how

00:20:22.080 --> 00:20:22.860
 he lovingly

00:20:22.860 --> 00:20:23.460
 responded

00:20:23.460 --> 00:20:24.900
 in a

00:20:24.900 --> 00:20:25.320
 situation

00:20:25.320 --> 00:20:25.779
 where we're

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 tempted

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 oftentimes

00:20:26.840 --> 00:20:27.400
 to not.

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 We could

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 spend the

00:20:30.840 --> 00:20:31.279
 rest of the

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 sermon

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 talking about

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 that but

00:20:32.620 --> 00:20:33.019
 we're not

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 because we

00:20:34.880 --> 00:20:36.480
 are after a

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 deeper truth

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 and I will

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 entrust you to

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 take a look at

00:20:40.039 --> 00:20:40.580
 that this

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 afternoon

00:20:41.120 --> 00:20:41.420
 on the

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 Lord's Day

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 and consider

00:20:42.840 --> 00:20:44.840
 how your

00:20:44.840 --> 00:20:45.960
 exchanges with

00:20:45.960 --> 00:20:47.960
 others might

00:20:47.960 --> 00:20:48.759
 be shaped

00:20:48.759 --> 00:20:49.720
 by Christ's

00:20:49.720 --> 00:20:50.099
 example.

00:20:51.940 --> 00:20:52.480
 But instead

00:20:52.480 --> 00:20:53.259
 we are going

00:20:53.259 --> 00:20:53.759
 to look at

00:20:53.759 --> 00:20:56.019
 how at

00:20:56.019 --> 00:20:56.480
 the text

00:20:56.480 --> 00:20:57.039
 we're going

00:20:57.039 --> 00:20:57.900
 to look at

00:20:57.900 --> 00:20:58.920
 the disarming

00:20:58.920 --> 00:21:00.099
 wisdom of

00:21:00.099 --> 00:21:01.019
 Christ in

00:21:01.019 --> 00:21:01.440
 these last

00:21:01.440 --> 00:21:01.960
 two verses.

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 Now I don't

00:21:03.819 --> 00:21:04.220
 know if you

00:21:04.220 --> 00:21:05.140
 caught it but

00:21:05.140 --> 00:21:05.920
 a couple of

00:21:05.920 --> 00:21:06.379
 months ago

00:21:06.379 --> 00:21:07.660
 the former

00:21:07.660 --> 00:21:08.420
 vice president

00:21:08.420 --> 00:21:09.140
 Mike Pence

00:21:09.140 --> 00:21:09.819
 gave an

00:21:09.819 --> 00:21:10.420
 interview with

00:21:10.420 --> 00:21:10.940
 David Muir

00:21:10.940 --> 00:21:13.180
 and if you

00:21:13.180 --> 00:21:13.940
 watched that

00:21:13.940 --> 00:21:15.200
 I think the

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 most fantastic

00:21:16.779 --> 00:21:19.079
 question and

00:21:19.079 --> 00:21:21.039
 response was

00:21:21.039 --> 00:21:21.920
 recorded in

00:21:21.920 --> 00:21:22.960
 that interview

00:21:22.960 --> 00:21:24.940
 and David

00:21:24.940 --> 00:21:25.319
 Muir

00:21:25.319 --> 00:21:27.680
 asks a

00:21:27.680 --> 00:21:28.119
 question he

00:21:28.119 --> 00:21:28.319
 says

00:21:28.319 --> 00:21:30.119
 now Mr.

00:21:30.180 --> 00:21:30.599
 Vice President

00:21:30.599 --> 00:21:31.460
 this is a

00:21:31.460 --> 00:21:32.920
 very simple

00:21:32.920 --> 00:21:33.660
 question to

00:21:33.660 --> 00:21:34.559
 answer yes or

00:21:34.559 --> 00:21:36.660
 no should

00:21:36.660 --> 00:21:37.299
 Donald Trump

00:21:37.299 --> 00:21:37.839
 be president

00:21:37.839 --> 00:21:38.180
 again?

00:21:38.180 --> 00:21:42.180
 and Mike

00:21:42.180 --> 00:21:42.600
 Pence

00:21:42.600 --> 00:21:43.980
 demonstrating

00:21:43.980 --> 00:21:45.180
 great awareness

00:21:45.180 --> 00:21:46.220
 and discernment

00:21:46.220 --> 00:21:48.779
 doesn't miss a

00:21:48.779 --> 00:21:49.420
 beat and he

00:21:49.420 --> 00:21:49.980
 says David

00:21:49.980 --> 00:21:51.920
 that's for the

00:21:51.920 --> 00:21:52.680
 American people

00:21:52.680 --> 00:21:53.320
 to decide.

00:21:55.519 --> 00:21:56.400
 And you see

00:21:56.400 --> 00:21:56.779
 what he did

00:21:56.779 --> 00:21:57.560
 he avoided

00:21:57.560 --> 00:21:59.440
 the yes

00:21:59.440 --> 00:22:00.820
 no and he

00:22:00.820 --> 00:22:01.340
 found a

00:22:01.340 --> 00:22:02.360
 third answer

00:22:02.360 --> 00:22:04.259
 that deflated

00:22:04.259 --> 00:22:04.940
 the situation

00:22:04.940 --> 00:22:05.620
 and that's what

00:22:05.620 --> 00:22:06.380
 we see Jesus

00:22:06.380 --> 00:22:07.039
 doing here.

00:22:07.039 --> 00:22:07.980
 he doesn't

00:22:07.980 --> 00:22:08.879
 bite on the

00:22:08.879 --> 00:22:09.460
 yes no

00:22:09.460 --> 00:22:09.980
 answer.

00:22:10.420 --> 00:22:10.940
 He doesn't

00:22:10.940 --> 00:22:11.920
 bite on

00:22:11.920 --> 00:22:12.720
 answering in a

00:22:12.720 --> 00:22:13.639
 way that would

00:22:13.639 --> 00:22:14.539
 entrap himself

00:22:14.539 --> 00:22:15.500
 that would anger

00:22:15.500 --> 00:22:16.599
 half the population

00:22:16.599 --> 00:22:17.879
 and elate the

00:22:17.879 --> 00:22:18.619
 other half or

00:22:18.619 --> 00:22:19.240
 vice versa.

00:22:20.339 --> 00:22:20.799
 Instead

00:22:20.799 --> 00:22:22.379
 using his

00:22:22.379 --> 00:22:23.059
 divine

00:22:23.059 --> 00:22:24.299
 discernment

00:22:24.299 --> 00:22:25.659
 he is able

00:22:25.659 --> 00:22:26.559
 to avoid

00:22:26.559 --> 00:22:27.639
 that entrapment

00:22:27.639 --> 00:22:29.200
 and to offer

00:22:29.200 --> 00:22:30.079
 a third way.

00:22:32.420 --> 00:22:33.579
 So we see

00:22:33.579 --> 00:22:34.519
 the tension

00:22:34.519 --> 00:22:35.339
 mounting as the

00:22:35.339 --> 00:22:35.819
 denarius

00:22:35.819 --> 00:22:37.000
 arrives there

00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:37.439
 in the temple

00:22:37.439 --> 00:22:37.859
 and you can

00:22:37.859 --> 00:22:38.619
 almost see

00:22:38.619 --> 00:22:39.779
 the Herodians

00:22:39.779 --> 00:22:40.480
 and Pharisees

00:22:40.480 --> 00:22:40.879
 coming out

00:22:40.879 --> 00:22:41.419
 and say we

00:22:41.419 --> 00:22:41.740
 got it

00:22:41.740 --> 00:22:42.220
 we got it

00:22:42.220 --> 00:22:42.460
 here

00:22:42.460 --> 00:22:44.839
 waiting to hear

00:22:44.839 --> 00:22:45.839
 Jesus answer

00:22:45.839 --> 00:22:47.500
 and finally say

00:22:47.500 --> 00:22:48.019
 ha ha

00:22:48.019 --> 00:22:48.919
 we gotcha.

00:22:48.920 --> 00:22:55.140
 but then

00:22:55.140 --> 00:22:55.920
 Jesus very

00:22:55.920 --> 00:22:56.400
 quickly

00:22:56.400 --> 00:22:57.960
 gains the

00:22:57.960 --> 00:22:58.740
 upper hand

00:22:58.740 --> 00:23:01.000
 through a

00:23:01.000 --> 00:23:01.500
 very simple

00:23:01.500 --> 00:23:01.980
 question

00:23:01.980 --> 00:23:02.300
 that I've

00:23:02.300 --> 00:23:02.860
 alluded to

00:23:02.860 --> 00:23:03.259
 already

00:23:03.259 --> 00:23:04.519
 he says

00:23:04.519 --> 00:23:07.779
 whose

00:23:07.779 --> 00:23:08.279
 inscription

00:23:08.279 --> 00:23:08.740
 is on

00:23:08.740 --> 00:23:09.039
 this?

00:23:10.300 --> 00:23:10.759
 Whose

00:23:10.759 --> 00:23:11.360
 image

00:23:11.360 --> 00:23:12.800
 and inscription

00:23:12.800 --> 00:23:14.039
 are on

00:23:14.039 --> 00:23:14.440
 this coin?

00:23:14.440 --> 00:23:20.000
 and they

00:23:20.000 --> 00:23:20.180
 say

00:23:20.180 --> 00:23:20.440
 ah

00:23:20.440 --> 00:23:20.880
 well

00:23:20.880 --> 00:23:22.140
 Caesars

00:23:22.140 --> 00:23:25.539
 you got

00:23:25.539 --> 00:23:25.940
 to think

00:23:25.940 --> 00:23:26.279
 that at

00:23:26.279 --> 00:23:26.759
 that point

00:23:26.759 --> 00:23:28.240
 the Pharisees

00:23:28.240 --> 00:23:28.480
 and the

00:23:28.480 --> 00:23:28.860
 Herodians

00:23:28.860 --> 00:23:29.299
 were probably

00:23:29.299 --> 00:23:29.640
 thinking

00:23:29.640 --> 00:23:30.539
 oh no

00:23:30.539 --> 00:23:32.140
 this is

00:23:32.140 --> 00:23:32.960
 not going

00:23:32.960 --> 00:23:33.320
 the way

00:23:33.320 --> 00:23:33.660
 we were

00:23:33.660 --> 00:23:33.900
 thinking

00:23:33.900 --> 00:23:34.140
 it was

00:23:34.140 --> 00:23:34.340
 going to

00:23:34.340 --> 00:23:34.539
 go

00:23:34.539 --> 00:23:36.799
 and then

00:23:36.799 --> 00:23:37.340
 we see

00:23:37.340 --> 00:23:37.960
 in verse

00:23:37.960 --> 00:23:38.400
 17

00:23:38.400 --> 00:23:39.440
 two

00:23:39.440 --> 00:23:40.700
 very rapid

00:23:40.700 --> 00:23:41.160
 momentum

00:23:41.160 --> 00:23:41.580
 shifts

00:23:41.579 --> 00:23:41.879
 right

00:23:41.879 --> 00:23:42.659
 you see

00:23:42.659 --> 00:23:42.939
 Jesus

00:23:42.939 --> 00:23:43.259
 saying

00:23:43.259 --> 00:23:43.879
 oh

00:23:43.879 --> 00:23:44.419
 okay

00:23:44.419 --> 00:23:45.619
 well then

00:23:45.619 --> 00:23:46.119
 why don't

00:23:46.119 --> 00:23:46.639
 you give

00:23:46.639 --> 00:23:47.199
 to Caesar

00:23:47.199 --> 00:23:48.519
 that which

00:23:48.519 --> 00:23:49.139
 belongs to

00:23:49.139 --> 00:23:49.439
 Caesar

00:23:49.439 --> 00:23:50.579
 and you can

00:23:50.579 --> 00:23:50.819
 hear him

00:23:50.819 --> 00:23:50.980
 saying

00:23:50.980 --> 00:23:51.399
 oh yeah

00:23:51.399 --> 00:23:51.859
 we got

00:23:51.859 --> 00:23:52.039
 him

00:23:52.039 --> 00:23:52.819
 we got

00:23:52.819 --> 00:23:53.139
 him

00:23:53.139 --> 00:23:55.679
 and then

00:23:55.679 --> 00:23:56.039
 he says

00:23:56.039 --> 00:23:57.059
 and give

00:23:57.059 --> 00:23:57.639
 to God

00:23:57.639 --> 00:23:58.919
 that which

00:23:58.919 --> 00:23:59.359
 belongs

00:23:59.359 --> 00:23:59.879
 to God

00:23:59.879 --> 00:24:02.359
 and then

00:24:02.359 --> 00:24:02.839
 they say

00:24:02.839 --> 00:24:03.439
 ah

00:24:03.439 --> 00:24:04.339
 we don't

00:24:04.339 --> 00:24:04.879
 have him

00:24:04.879 --> 00:24:06.159
 in fact

00:24:06.159 --> 00:24:06.919
 the word

00:24:06.919 --> 00:24:07.519
 there is

00:24:07.519 --> 00:24:08.179
 they were

00:24:08.179 --> 00:24:09.000
 amazed

00:24:09.000 --> 00:24:11.079
 at him

00:24:11.079 --> 00:24:12.159
 and they

00:24:12.159 --> 00:24:12.379
 weren't

00:24:12.379 --> 00:24:12.740
 amazed

00:24:12.740 --> 00:24:13.039
 at him

00:24:13.039 --> 00:24:13.259
 because

00:24:13.259 --> 00:24:13.579
 they said

00:24:13.579 --> 00:24:13.899
 wow

00:24:13.899 --> 00:24:14.299
 this guy

00:24:14.299 --> 00:24:14.720
 is really

00:24:14.720 --> 00:24:15.279
 wise

00:24:15.279 --> 00:24:16.019
 and what

00:24:16.019 --> 00:24:16.379
 great

00:24:16.379 --> 00:24:16.960
 truth

00:24:16.960 --> 00:24:17.819
 and man

00:24:17.819 --> 00:24:18.159
 we could

00:24:18.159 --> 00:24:18.639
 talk about

00:24:18.639 --> 00:24:19.399
 this forever

00:24:19.399 --> 00:24:20.399
 on the

00:24:20.399 --> 00:24:20.679
 next

00:24:20.679 --> 00:24:21.179
 Sabbath

00:24:21.179 --> 00:24:21.659
 meeting

00:24:21.659 --> 00:24:22.559
 no

00:24:22.559 --> 00:24:26.240
 that word

00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:26.899
 amazement

00:24:26.899 --> 00:24:27.980
 is more

00:24:27.980 --> 00:24:28.319
 like

00:24:28.319 --> 00:24:29.839
 perplexed

00:24:29.839 --> 00:24:30.179
 man

00:24:30.179 --> 00:24:30.659
 how did

00:24:30.659 --> 00:24:31.039
 he get

00:24:31.039 --> 00:24:31.399
 out of

00:24:31.399 --> 00:24:31.720
 that one

00:24:31.720 --> 00:24:32.139
 again

00:24:32.139 --> 00:24:33.539
 we had

00:24:33.539 --> 00:24:33.779
 this

00:24:33.779 --> 00:24:34.199
 crafted

00:24:34.199 --> 00:24:34.679
 tight

00:24:34.679 --> 00:24:35.059
 there was

00:24:35.059 --> 00:24:35.500
 no way

00:24:35.500 --> 00:24:36.059
 out

00:24:36.059 --> 00:24:38.839
 or it

00:24:38.839 --> 00:24:39.099
 was a

00:24:39.099 --> 00:24:39.399
 sense of

00:24:39.399 --> 00:24:39.859
 frustration

00:24:39.859 --> 00:24:40.619
 ah

00:24:40.619 --> 00:24:41.179
 we've

00:24:41.179 --> 00:24:41.500
 already

00:24:41.500 --> 00:24:41.879
 tried

00:24:41.879 --> 00:24:42.079
 this

00:24:42.079 --> 00:24:42.339
 once

00:24:42.339 --> 00:24:42.779
 before

00:24:42.779 --> 00:24:43.059
 and it

00:24:43.059 --> 00:24:43.299
 didn't

00:24:43.299 --> 00:24:43.559
 work

00:24:43.559 --> 00:24:43.759
 it's

00:24:43.759 --> 00:24:43.959
 not

00:24:43.959 --> 00:24:44.259
 working

00:24:44.259 --> 00:24:44.619
 now

00:24:44.619 --> 00:24:45.679
 we have

00:24:45.679 --> 00:24:45.879
 to go

00:24:45.879 --> 00:24:46.099
 back

00:24:46.099 --> 00:24:46.359
 to the

00:24:46.359 --> 00:24:46.699
 drawing

00:24:46.699 --> 00:24:46.959
 boards

00:24:46.959 --> 00:24:47.219
 we gotta

00:24:47.219 --> 00:24:47.659
 find a

00:24:47.659 --> 00:24:47.919
 better

00:24:47.919 --> 00:24:48.379
 question

00:24:48.379 --> 00:24:49.059
 a more

00:24:49.059 --> 00:24:49.500
 tighter

00:24:49.500 --> 00:24:50.000
 question

00:24:50.000 --> 00:24:50.539
 one that

00:24:50.539 --> 00:24:51.039
 he can't

00:24:51.039 --> 00:24:51.319
 weasel

00:24:51.319 --> 00:24:51.719
 his way

00:24:51.719 --> 00:24:52.299
 out of

00:24:52.299 --> 00:24:57.319
 if you've

00:24:57.319 --> 00:24:57.619
 been paying

00:24:57.619 --> 00:24:57.979
 attention

00:24:57.979 --> 00:24:58.559
 maybe you're

00:24:58.559 --> 00:24:58.899
 like that

00:24:58.899 --> 00:24:59.359
 this morning

00:24:59.359 --> 00:24:59.659
 you're like

00:24:59.659 --> 00:24:59.979
 wait a

00:24:59.979 --> 00:25:00.179
 minute

00:25:00.179 --> 00:25:01.899
 where's

00:25:01.899 --> 00:25:02.359
 this deep

00:25:02.359 --> 00:25:02.639
 truth

00:25:02.639 --> 00:25:02.839
 you've

00:25:02.839 --> 00:25:02.959
 been

00:25:02.959 --> 00:25:03.199
 talking

00:25:03.199 --> 00:25:03.519
 about

00:25:03.519 --> 00:25:06.279
 you haven't

00:25:06.279 --> 00:25:06.539
 mentioned

00:25:06.539 --> 00:25:06.839
 anything

00:25:06.839 --> 00:25:07.859
 about it

00:25:07.859 --> 00:25:09.699
 well it

00:25:09.699 --> 00:25:10.419
 is here

00:25:10.419 --> 00:25:11.619
 in Christ's

00:25:11.619 --> 00:25:12.199
 response

00:25:12.199 --> 00:25:14.939
 when you

00:25:14.939 --> 00:25:15.500
 ask the

00:25:15.500 --> 00:25:16.339
 Pharisees

00:25:16.339 --> 00:25:16.639
 and the

00:25:16.639 --> 00:25:17.179
 Herodians

00:25:17.179 --> 00:25:17.500
 he says

00:25:17.500 --> 00:25:17.699
 hey

00:25:17.699 --> 00:25:18.799
 whose image

00:25:18.799 --> 00:25:19.139
 is on

00:25:19.139 --> 00:25:19.619
 the coin

00:25:19.619 --> 00:25:22.179
 they say

00:25:22.179 --> 00:25:24.219
 Caesar's

00:25:24.219 --> 00:25:25.500
 and he

00:25:25.500 --> 00:25:25.979
 says okay

00:25:25.979 --> 00:25:27.339
 well give

00:25:27.339 --> 00:25:28.399
 to Caesar

00:25:28.399 --> 00:25:29.059
 the things

00:25:29.059 --> 00:25:29.479
 that bear

00:25:29.479 --> 00:25:30.219
 his image

00:25:30.219 --> 00:25:31.219
 if I can

00:25:31.219 --> 00:25:31.639
 take the

00:25:31.639 --> 00:25:31.939
 liberty

00:25:31.939 --> 00:25:33.519
 and give

00:25:33.519 --> 00:25:34.259
 to God

00:25:34.259 --> 00:25:35.379
 the things

00:25:35.380 --> 00:25:36.040
 that bear

00:25:36.040 --> 00:25:37.120
 his image

00:25:37.120 --> 00:25:40.320
 and what

00:25:40.320 --> 00:25:40.580
 do we

00:25:40.580 --> 00:25:41.120
 know

00:25:41.120 --> 00:25:42.580
 well

00:25:42.580 --> 00:25:43.720
 and that

00:25:43.720 --> 00:25:44.360
 may be

00:25:44.360 --> 00:25:44.780
 missed

00:25:44.780 --> 00:25:45.560
 in today's

00:25:45.560 --> 00:25:46.020
 society

00:25:46.020 --> 00:25:48.180
 but it

00:25:48.180 --> 00:25:48.560
 would not

00:25:48.560 --> 00:25:48.960
 have been

00:25:48.960 --> 00:25:49.460
 missed by

00:25:49.460 --> 00:25:50.080
 those religious

00:25:50.080 --> 00:25:50.480
 leaders

00:25:50.480 --> 00:25:51.160
 they would

00:25:51.160 --> 00:25:51.900
 have seen

00:25:51.900 --> 00:25:52.800
 immediately

00:25:52.800 --> 00:25:53.860
 the direct

00:25:53.860 --> 00:25:54.380
 connection

00:25:54.380 --> 00:25:55.100
 between

00:25:55.100 --> 00:25:56.260
 Caesar's

00:25:56.260 --> 00:25:56.740
 image on

00:25:56.740 --> 00:25:57.260
 the coin

00:25:57.260 --> 00:25:58.380
 and man's

00:25:58.380 --> 00:25:58.880
 image

00:25:58.880 --> 00:25:59.520
 or God's

00:25:59.520 --> 00:25:59.840
 image

00:25:59.840 --> 00:26:00.540
 and man

00:26:00.540 --> 00:26:01.460
 going all

00:26:01.460 --> 00:26:01.620
 the way

00:26:01.620 --> 00:26:02.000
 back to

00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:02.780
 Genesis 1

00:26:02.780 --> 00:26:03.100
 that we

00:26:03.100 --> 00:26:03.580
 read this

00:26:03.580 --> 00:26:03.940
 morning

00:26:03.940 --> 00:26:06.440
 and that

00:26:06.440 --> 00:26:06.840
 the

00:26:06.840 --> 00:26:07.900
 authors

00:26:07.900 --> 00:26:08.680
 of our

00:26:08.680 --> 00:26:09.059
 confession

00:26:09.059 --> 00:26:09.640
 of faith

00:26:09.640 --> 00:26:10.799
 also

00:26:10.799 --> 00:26:11.640
 alluded

00:26:11.640 --> 00:26:11.940
 to

00:26:11.940 --> 00:26:15.600
 so what

00:26:15.600 --> 00:26:15.759
 I would

00:26:15.759 --> 00:26:16.120
 like to

00:26:16.120 --> 00:26:16.360
 do

00:26:16.360 --> 00:26:16.840
 as we

00:26:16.840 --> 00:26:17.320
 conclude

00:26:17.320 --> 00:26:17.740
 our look

00:26:17.740 --> 00:26:18.019
 at this

00:26:18.019 --> 00:26:18.480
 passage

00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:19.779
 is to

00:26:19.779 --> 00:26:20.200
 end

00:26:20.200 --> 00:26:20.600
 with a

00:26:20.600 --> 00:26:20.880
 brief

00:26:20.880 --> 00:26:21.860
 exploration

00:26:21.860 --> 00:26:23.120
 of how

00:26:23.120 --> 00:26:23.740
 the deep

00:26:23.740 --> 00:26:24.279
 truth

00:26:24.279 --> 00:26:25.360
 of the

00:26:25.360 --> 00:26:25.799
 imago

00:26:25.799 --> 00:26:26.080
 Dei

00:26:26.080 --> 00:26:27.180
 the image

00:26:27.180 --> 00:26:28.019
 of God

00:26:28.019 --> 00:26:29.059
 on man

00:26:29.059 --> 00:26:30.820
 significantly

00:26:30.820 --> 00:26:31.799
 impacts our

00:26:31.799 --> 00:26:32.440
 view of

00:26:32.440 --> 00:26:32.820
 self

00:26:32.820 --> 00:26:33.799
 others

00:26:33.799 --> 00:26:34.559
 in our

00:26:34.559 --> 00:26:34.940
 cultural

00:26:34.940 --> 00:26:35.580
 engagements

00:26:35.580 --> 00:26:37.740
 so in

00:26:37.740 --> 00:26:38.019
 your

00:26:38.019 --> 00:26:38.740
 bulletin

00:26:38.740 --> 00:26:39.299
 you have

00:26:39.299 --> 00:26:39.600
 the

00:26:39.600 --> 00:26:40.539
 commentary

00:26:40.539 --> 00:26:40.980
 quote

00:26:40.980 --> 00:26:41.660
 or commentary

00:26:41.660 --> 00:26:42.340
 on Genesis

00:26:42.340 --> 00:26:43.559
 by John

00:26:43.559 --> 00:26:43.940
 Calvin

00:26:43.940 --> 00:26:44.360
 a quote

00:26:44.360 --> 00:26:44.700
 there

00:26:44.700 --> 00:26:45.580
 where he

00:26:45.580 --> 00:26:46.120
 highlights

00:26:46.120 --> 00:26:46.580
 how the

00:26:46.580 --> 00:26:47.380
 imago Dei

00:26:47.380 --> 00:26:48.080
 shapes our

00:26:48.080 --> 00:26:48.640
 understanding

00:26:48.640 --> 00:26:49.220
 of ourselves

00:26:49.220 --> 00:26:50.320
 and this

00:26:50.320 --> 00:26:51.100
 is what

00:26:51.100 --> 00:26:51.500
 he wrote

00:26:51.500 --> 00:26:52.700
 men are

00:26:52.700 --> 00:26:53.340
 indeed

00:26:53.340 --> 00:26:54.340
 unworthy

00:26:54.340 --> 00:26:55.059
 of God's

00:26:55.059 --> 00:26:55.340
 care

00:26:55.340 --> 00:26:57.140
 if

00:26:57.140 --> 00:26:58.600
 respect

00:26:58.600 --> 00:26:59.580
 be had

00:26:59.580 --> 00:27:00.320
 only

00:27:00.319 --> 00:27:01.119
 to

00:27:01.119 --> 00:27:01.700
 themselves

00:27:01.700 --> 00:27:02.859
 but

00:27:02.859 --> 00:27:03.179
 since

00:27:03.179 --> 00:27:03.379
 they

00:27:03.379 --> 00:27:03.740
 bear

00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:03.980
 the

00:27:03.980 --> 00:27:04.379
 image

00:27:04.379 --> 00:27:04.579
 of

00:27:04.579 --> 00:27:04.939
 God

00:27:04.939 --> 00:27:05.519
 engraven

00:27:05.519 --> 00:27:05.859
 on

00:27:05.859 --> 00:27:06.139
 them

00:27:06.139 --> 00:27:06.659
 he

00:27:06.659 --> 00:27:07.099
 deems

00:27:07.099 --> 00:27:07.539
 himself

00:27:07.539 --> 00:27:08.319
 violated

00:27:08.319 --> 00:27:09.019
 in

00:27:09.019 --> 00:27:09.200
 their

00:27:09.200 --> 00:27:09.679
 person

00:27:09.679 --> 00:27:11.079
 thus

00:27:11.079 --> 00:27:11.899
 although

00:27:11.899 --> 00:27:12.200
 they

00:27:12.200 --> 00:27:12.480
 have

00:27:12.480 --> 00:27:13.039
 nothing

00:27:13.039 --> 00:27:13.599
 of their

00:27:13.599 --> 00:27:14.019
 own

00:27:14.019 --> 00:27:14.519
 by which

00:27:14.519 --> 00:27:14.679
 they

00:27:14.679 --> 00:27:15.139
 obtain

00:27:15.139 --> 00:27:15.359
 the

00:27:15.359 --> 00:27:15.639
 favor

00:27:15.639 --> 00:27:15.919
 of

00:27:15.919 --> 00:27:16.279
 God

00:27:16.279 --> 00:27:16.919
 he

00:27:16.919 --> 00:27:17.220
 looks

00:27:17.220 --> 00:27:17.559
 upon

00:27:17.559 --> 00:27:17.819
 his

00:27:17.819 --> 00:27:18.279
 own

00:27:18.279 --> 00:27:18.679
 gifts

00:27:18.679 --> 00:27:19.159
 in

00:27:19.159 --> 00:27:19.519
 them

00:27:19.519 --> 00:27:20.179
 and

00:27:20.179 --> 00:27:20.379
 is

00:27:20.379 --> 00:27:20.779
 thereby

00:27:20.779 --> 00:27:21.539
 excited

00:27:21.539 --> 00:27:21.980
 to

00:27:21.980 --> 00:27:22.480
 love

00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:23.139
 and

00:27:23.139 --> 00:27:23.319
 to

00:27:23.319 --> 00:27:23.819
 care

00:27:23.819 --> 00:27:24.460
 for

00:27:24.460 --> 00:27:24.879
 them

00:27:24.880 --> 00:27:27.360
 what

00:27:27.360 --> 00:27:27.540
 an

00:27:27.540 --> 00:27:28.040
 amazing

00:27:28.040 --> 00:27:28.440
 quote

00:27:28.440 --> 00:27:28.860
 about

00:27:28.860 --> 00:27:29.380
 the

00:27:29.380 --> 00:27:30.080
 importance

00:27:30.080 --> 00:27:30.760
 of

00:27:30.760 --> 00:27:30.960
 the

00:27:30.960 --> 00:27:31.420
 image

00:27:31.420 --> 00:27:31.720
 of

00:27:31.720 --> 00:27:32.300
 God

00:27:32.300 --> 00:27:33.460
 embossed

00:27:33.460 --> 00:27:33.780
 on

00:27:33.780 --> 00:27:34.140
 each

00:27:34.140 --> 00:27:34.280
 and

00:27:34.280 --> 00:27:34.520
 every

00:27:34.520 --> 00:27:34.740
 one

00:27:34.740 --> 00:27:34.880
 of

00:27:34.880 --> 00:27:35.080
 you

00:27:35.080 --> 00:27:36.600
 that

00:27:36.600 --> 00:27:36.740
 it

00:27:36.740 --> 00:27:37.000
 is

00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:37.740
 and

00:27:37.740 --> 00:27:37.920
 through

00:27:37.920 --> 00:27:38.120
 this

00:27:38.120 --> 00:27:38.320
 quote

00:27:38.320 --> 00:27:38.480
 we

00:27:38.480 --> 00:27:38.960
 understand

00:27:38.960 --> 00:27:39.180
 that

00:27:39.180 --> 00:27:39.500
 while

00:27:39.500 --> 00:27:39.980
 God

00:27:39.980 --> 00:27:40.900
 while

00:27:40.900 --> 00:27:41.320
 created

00:27:41.320 --> 00:27:41.580
 in

00:27:41.580 --> 00:27:41.960
 God's

00:27:41.960 --> 00:27:42.380
 image

00:27:42.380 --> 00:27:43.360
 we

00:27:43.360 --> 00:27:44.000
 ourselves

00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:44.580
 aren't

00:27:44.580 --> 00:27:44.920
 gods

00:27:44.920 --> 00:27:45.140
 it's

00:27:45.140 --> 00:27:45.300
 not

00:27:45.300 --> 00:27:45.460
 that

00:27:45.460 --> 00:27:45.640
 we're

00:27:45.640 --> 00:27:46.180
 gods

00:27:46.180 --> 00:27:46.560
 that

00:27:46.560 --> 00:27:46.840
 God

00:27:46.840 --> 00:27:47.120
 loves

00:27:47.120 --> 00:27:47.380
 us

00:27:47.380 --> 00:27:47.940
 it's

00:27:47.940 --> 00:27:48.460
 because

00:27:48.460 --> 00:27:49.680
 his

00:27:49.680 --> 00:27:50.520
 image

00:27:50.520 --> 00:27:51.140
 his

00:27:51.140 --> 00:27:51.880
 goodness

00:27:51.880 --> 00:27:52.580
 his

00:27:52.580 --> 00:27:53.720
 likeness

00:27:53.720 --> 00:27:54.299
 is

00:27:54.299 --> 00:27:54.600
 in

00:27:54.600 --> 00:27:54.880
 us

00:27:54.880 --> 00:27:55.100
 and

00:27:55.100 --> 00:27:55.579
 that

00:27:55.579 --> 00:27:55.860
 is

00:27:55.860 --> 00:27:56.140
 what

00:27:56.140 --> 00:27:56.779
 draws

00:27:56.779 --> 00:27:57.319
 him

00:27:57.319 --> 00:27:57.579
 to

00:27:57.579 --> 00:27:57.980
 us

00:27:57.980 --> 00:27:58.960
 that

00:27:58.960 --> 00:27:59.100
 is

00:27:59.100 --> 00:27:59.299
 what

00:27:59.299 --> 00:27:59.519
 he

00:27:59.519 --> 00:27:59.940
 finds

00:27:59.940 --> 00:28:00.500
 loving

00:28:00.500 --> 00:28:02.900
 you

00:28:02.900 --> 00:28:02.980
 know

00:28:02.980 --> 00:28:03.420
 unfortunately

00:28:03.420 --> 00:28:04.079
 we've

00:28:04.079 --> 00:28:04.360
 got a

00:28:04.360 --> 00:28:04.680
 lot of

00:28:04.680 --> 00:28:05.120
 modern

00:28:05.120 --> 00:28:06.039
 thinkers

00:28:06.039 --> 00:28:06.299
 and

00:28:06.299 --> 00:28:06.860
 influencers

00:28:06.860 --> 00:28:07.400
 today

00:28:07.400 --> 00:28:07.920
 like

00:28:07.920 --> 00:28:08.400
 Oprah

00:28:08.400 --> 00:28:08.759
 and

00:28:08.759 --> 00:28:09.259
 Deepak

00:28:09.259 --> 00:28:10.360
 that

00:28:10.360 --> 00:28:11.019
 want to

00:28:11.019 --> 00:28:11.160
 say

00:28:11.160 --> 00:28:11.299
 that

00:28:11.299 --> 00:28:11.460
 we

00:28:11.460 --> 00:28:11.700
 are

00:28:11.700 --> 00:28:12.160
 gods

00:28:12.160 --> 00:28:12.880
 you

00:28:12.880 --> 00:28:12.980
 know

00:28:12.980 --> 00:28:13.140
 we

00:28:13.140 --> 00:28:13.319
 just

00:28:13.319 --> 00:28:13.480
 have

00:28:13.480 --> 00:28:13.600
 to

00:28:13.600 --> 00:28:13.980
 find

00:28:13.980 --> 00:28:14.180
 our

00:28:14.180 --> 00:28:14.420
 inner

00:28:14.420 --> 00:28:14.720
 God

00:28:14.720 --> 00:28:14.900
 and

00:28:14.900 --> 00:28:15.100
 it's

00:28:15.100 --> 00:28:15.400
 not

00:28:15.400 --> 00:28:15.740
 that

00:28:15.740 --> 00:28:16.059
 it's

00:28:16.059 --> 00:28:16.539
 the

00:28:16.539 --> 00:28:17.120
 image

00:28:17.120 --> 00:28:17.460
 of

00:28:17.460 --> 00:28:17.880
 God

00:28:17.880 --> 00:28:18.480
 that

00:28:18.480 --> 00:28:19.220
 Calvin

00:28:19.220 --> 00:28:19.940
 highlights

00:28:19.940 --> 00:28:23.779
 Calvin

00:28:23.779 --> 00:28:24.240
 also

00:28:24.240 --> 00:28:24.860
 highlights

00:28:24.860 --> 00:28:25.600
 an

00:28:25.600 --> 00:28:26.059
 important

00:28:26.059 --> 00:28:26.920
 observation

00:28:26.920 --> 00:28:27.620
 that

00:28:27.620 --> 00:28:28.000
 Jeff

00:28:28.000 --> 00:28:28.279
 helped

00:28:28.279 --> 00:28:28.460
 us

00:28:28.460 --> 00:28:28.620
 see

00:28:28.620 --> 00:28:28.960
 last

00:28:28.960 --> 00:28:29.240
 week

00:28:29.240 --> 00:28:30.299
 that

00:28:30.299 --> 00:28:30.559
 we

00:28:30.559 --> 00:28:30.940
 all

00:28:30.940 --> 00:28:31.519
 need

00:28:31.519 --> 00:28:32.480
 the

00:28:32.480 --> 00:28:32.900
 shepherd

00:28:32.900 --> 00:28:34.240
 the

00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:34.600
 shepherd

00:28:34.600 --> 00:28:34.980
 Jesus

00:28:34.980 --> 00:28:35.460
 Christ

00:28:35.460 --> 00:28:35.720
 to

00:28:35.720 --> 00:28:36.080
 rescue

00:28:36.080 --> 00:28:36.539
 us

00:28:36.539 --> 00:28:39.539
 the

00:28:39.539 --> 00:28:39.880
 question

00:28:39.880 --> 00:28:40.080
 is

00:28:40.080 --> 00:28:40.240
 but

00:28:40.240 --> 00:28:40.559
 why

00:28:40.559 --> 00:28:40.799
 should

00:28:40.799 --> 00:28:41.140
 God

00:28:41.140 --> 00:28:41.620
 rescue

00:28:41.620 --> 00:28:42.000
 such

00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:42.200
 a

00:28:42.200 --> 00:28:42.920
 rebellious

00:28:42.920 --> 00:28:43.100
 and

00:28:43.100 --> 00:28:43.400
 wandering

00:28:43.400 --> 00:28:43.860
 people

00:28:43.860 --> 00:28:46.580
 because

00:28:46.580 --> 00:28:46.840
 he's

00:28:46.840 --> 00:28:47.299
 attracted

00:28:47.299 --> 00:28:47.620
 to

00:28:47.620 --> 00:28:47.920
 his

00:28:47.920 --> 00:28:48.400
 image

00:28:48.400 --> 00:28:48.799
 in

00:28:48.799 --> 00:28:49.180
 us

00:28:49.180 --> 00:28:51.120
 that

00:28:51.120 --> 00:28:51.519
 image

00:28:51.519 --> 00:28:51.720
 that

00:28:51.720 --> 00:28:51.860
 is

00:28:51.860 --> 00:28:52.519
 imprinted

00:28:52.519 --> 00:28:53.180
 on

00:28:53.180 --> 00:28:53.640
 every

00:28:53.640 --> 00:28:54.380
 individual

00:28:54.380 --> 00:28:54.840
 human

00:28:54.840 --> 00:28:55.160
 being

00:28:55.160 --> 00:28:58.440
 when

00:28:58.440 --> 00:28:58.600
 we

00:28:58.600 --> 00:28:58.980
 understand

00:28:58.980 --> 00:28:59.480
 that

00:28:59.480 --> 00:29:00.680
 that

00:29:00.680 --> 00:29:00.880
 it's

00:29:00.880 --> 00:29:01.240
 nothing

00:29:01.240 --> 00:29:01.560
 within

00:29:01.560 --> 00:29:02.019
 us

00:29:02.019 --> 00:29:03.360
 but

00:29:03.360 --> 00:29:03.560
 it's

00:29:03.560 --> 00:29:03.860
 only

00:29:03.860 --> 00:29:04.380
 God's

00:29:04.380 --> 00:29:04.700
 image

00:29:04.700 --> 00:29:04.900
 that

00:29:04.900 --> 00:29:05.160
 he

00:29:05.160 --> 00:29:05.560
 bestowed

00:29:05.560 --> 00:29:05.840
 upon

00:29:05.840 --> 00:29:06.240
 us

00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:07.120
 that

00:29:07.120 --> 00:29:07.340
 should

00:29:07.340 --> 00:29:07.660
 lead

00:29:07.660 --> 00:29:07.940
 us

00:29:07.940 --> 00:29:08.180
 to

00:29:08.180 --> 00:29:08.380
 a

00:29:08.380 --> 00:29:08.940
 great

00:29:08.940 --> 00:29:09.340
 sense

00:29:09.340 --> 00:29:09.480
 of

00:29:09.480 --> 00:29:09.920
 humility

00:29:09.920 --> 00:29:12.100
 as

00:29:12.100 --> 00:29:12.279
 we

00:29:12.279 --> 00:29:13.039
 engage

00:29:13.039 --> 00:29:15.160
 the

00:29:15.160 --> 00:29:15.460
 world

00:29:15.460 --> 00:29:15.779
 around

00:29:15.779 --> 00:29:16.160
 us

00:29:16.160 --> 00:29:17.820
 well

00:29:17.820 --> 00:29:18.279
 secondly

00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:18.740
 the

00:29:18.740 --> 00:29:19.019
 image

00:29:19.019 --> 00:29:19.180
 of

00:29:19.180 --> 00:29:19.480
 God

00:29:19.480 --> 00:29:19.960
 imprinted

00:29:19.960 --> 00:29:20.099
 on

00:29:20.099 --> 00:29:20.299
 all

00:29:20.299 --> 00:29:20.599
 human

00:29:20.599 --> 00:29:20.920
 beings

00:29:20.920 --> 00:29:21.099
 is

00:29:21.099 --> 00:29:21.279
 the

00:29:21.279 --> 00:29:21.599
 basis

00:29:21.599 --> 00:29:22.339
 of

00:29:22.339 --> 00:29:22.680
 human

00:29:22.680 --> 00:29:23.139
 dignity

00:29:23.139 --> 00:29:23.399
 and

00:29:23.399 --> 00:29:23.819
 value

00:29:23.819 --> 00:29:25.180
 now

00:29:25.180 --> 00:29:25.359
 there's

00:29:25.359 --> 00:29:25.700
 a lot

00:29:25.700 --> 00:29:25.839
 of

00:29:25.839 --> 00:29:26.240
 questions

00:29:26.240 --> 00:29:26.639
 today

00:29:26.639 --> 00:29:27.240
 about

00:29:27.240 --> 00:29:27.839
 where

00:29:27.839 --> 00:29:27.980
 do

00:29:27.980 --> 00:29:28.139
 we

00:29:28.139 --> 00:29:28.599
 find

00:29:28.599 --> 00:29:28.940
 what

00:29:28.940 --> 00:29:29.200
 what

00:29:29.200 --> 00:29:29.539
 makes

00:29:29.539 --> 00:29:30.119
 us

00:29:30.119 --> 00:29:30.940
 different

00:29:30.940 --> 00:29:31.339
 why

00:29:31.339 --> 00:29:31.539
 are

00:29:31.539 --> 00:29:31.720
 we

00:29:31.720 --> 00:29:31.960
 so

00:29:31.960 --> 00:29:32.519
 valuable

00:29:32.519 --> 00:29:35.139
 and

00:29:35.139 --> 00:29:35.279
 the

00:29:35.279 --> 00:29:36.099
 writing

00:29:36.099 --> 00:29:36.420
 from

00:29:36.420 --> 00:29:36.819
 R.C.

00:29:36.879 --> 00:29:37.259
 Sproul

00:29:37.259 --> 00:29:37.759
 in

00:29:37.759 --> 00:29:38.079
 We Are

00:29:38.079 --> 00:29:38.299
 Not

00:29:38.299 --> 00:29:38.740
 Germs

00:29:38.740 --> 00:29:38.839
 is

00:29:38.839 --> 00:29:39.059
 very

00:29:39.059 --> 00:29:39.420
 helpful

00:29:39.420 --> 00:29:41.559
 he

00:29:41.559 --> 00:29:42.000
 says

00:29:42.000 --> 00:29:43.019
 the

00:29:43.019 --> 00:29:43.500
 creator

00:29:43.500 --> 00:29:44.200
 who

00:29:44.200 --> 00:29:44.819
 possesses

00:29:44.819 --> 00:29:45.220
 infinite

00:29:45.220 --> 00:29:45.720
 value

00:29:45.720 --> 00:29:45.920
 and

00:29:45.920 --> 00:29:46.220
 worth

00:29:46.220 --> 00:29:46.720
 has

00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:47.139
 stamped

00:29:47.139 --> 00:29:47.379
 us

00:29:47.379 --> 00:29:47.559
 with

00:29:47.559 --> 00:29:47.740
 a

00:29:47.740 --> 00:29:48.139
 value

00:29:48.139 --> 00:29:48.379
 and

00:29:48.379 --> 00:29:48.799
 dignity

00:29:48.799 --> 00:29:49.359
 that

00:29:49.359 --> 00:29:49.519
 is

00:29:49.519 --> 00:29:49.980
 derivative

00:29:49.980 --> 00:29:50.619
 of

00:29:50.619 --> 00:29:50.799
 his

00:29:50.799 --> 00:29:51.460
 own

00:29:51.460 --> 00:29:52.079
 value

00:29:52.079 --> 00:29:52.299
 and

00:29:52.299 --> 00:29:52.680
 dignity

00:29:52.680 --> 00:29:53.839
 lose

00:29:53.839 --> 00:29:54.079
 that

00:29:54.079 --> 00:29:54.480
 idea

00:29:54.480 --> 00:29:55.099
 and

00:29:55.099 --> 00:29:55.200
 you

00:29:55.200 --> 00:29:55.319
 have

00:29:55.319 --> 00:29:55.599
 lost

00:29:55.599 --> 00:29:55.920
 any

00:29:55.920 --> 00:29:56.639
 transcendent

00:29:56.639 --> 00:29:57.160
 foundational

00:29:57.160 --> 00:29:57.660
 reason

00:29:57.660 --> 00:29:58.200
 to

00:29:58.200 --> 00:29:58.440
 treat

00:29:58.440 --> 00:29:58.759
 human

00:29:58.759 --> 00:29:59.200
 beings

00:29:59.200 --> 00:29:59.779
 any

00:29:59.779 --> 00:30:00.180
 differently

00:30:00.180 --> 00:30:00.480
 than

00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:00.619
 you

00:30:00.619 --> 00:30:00.799
 treat

00:30:00.799 --> 00:30:00.940
 a

00:30:00.940 --> 00:30:01.259
 dog

00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:02.700
 a

00:30:02.700 --> 00:30:03.059
 dolphin

00:30:03.059 --> 00:30:04.559
 or

00:30:04.559 --> 00:30:04.839
 even

00:30:04.839 --> 00:30:05.019
 a

00:30:05.019 --> 00:30:05.339
 weed

00:30:05.339 --> 00:30:09.339
 notice

00:30:09.339 --> 00:30:09.599
 that

00:30:09.599 --> 00:30:09.879
 human

00:30:09.879 --> 00:30:10.339
 beings

00:30:10.339 --> 00:30:10.799
 are

00:30:10.799 --> 00:30:11.400
 valuable

00:30:11.400 --> 00:30:11.839
 because

00:30:11.839 --> 00:30:12.059
 they

00:30:12.059 --> 00:30:12.660
 possess

00:30:12.660 --> 00:30:13.000
 not

00:30:13.000 --> 00:30:13.539
 because

00:30:13.539 --> 00:30:14.019
 they

00:30:14.019 --> 00:30:14.420
 possess

00:30:14.420 --> 00:30:15.000
 autonomy

00:30:15.000 --> 00:30:15.339
 over

00:30:15.339 --> 00:30:15.539
 their

00:30:15.539 --> 00:30:15.940
 bodies

00:30:15.940 --> 00:30:17.440
 not

00:30:17.440 --> 00:30:18.079
 because

00:30:18.079 --> 00:30:19.160
 they

00:30:19.160 --> 00:30:19.400
 are

00:30:19.400 --> 00:30:19.720
 in

00:30:19.720 --> 00:30:20.079
 control

00:30:20.079 --> 00:30:20.279
 of

00:30:20.279 --> 00:30:20.420
 their

00:30:20.420 --> 00:30:20.599
 own

00:30:20.599 --> 00:30:21.000
 life

00:30:21.000 --> 00:30:22.059
 not

00:30:22.059 --> 00:30:22.700
 because

00:30:22.700 --> 00:30:23.500
 of

00:30:23.500 --> 00:30:23.680
 their

00:30:23.680 --> 00:30:24.099
 ability

00:30:24.099 --> 00:30:24.379
 to

00:30:24.379 --> 00:30:24.579
 live

00:30:24.579 --> 00:30:25.099
 independent

00:30:25.099 --> 00:30:25.339
 of

00:30:25.339 --> 00:30:25.480
 the

00:30:25.480 --> 00:30:25.700
 womb

00:30:25.700 --> 00:30:26.660
 not

00:30:26.660 --> 00:30:27.200
 because

00:30:27.200 --> 00:30:27.519
 they

00:30:27.519 --> 00:30:27.680
 can

00:30:27.680 --> 00:30:27.859
 live

00:30:27.859 --> 00:30:28.279
 independent

00:30:28.279 --> 00:30:28.539
 of

00:30:28.539 --> 00:30:29.000
 parents

00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:29.680
 or

00:30:29.680 --> 00:30:30.119
 independent

00:30:30.119 --> 00:30:30.400
 of

00:30:30.400 --> 00:30:30.819
 family

00:30:30.819 --> 00:30:31.439
 or

00:30:31.439 --> 00:30:31.899
 independent

00:30:31.899 --> 00:30:32.200
 of

00:30:32.200 --> 00:30:32.539
 medical

00:30:32.539 --> 00:30:32.819
 care

00:30:32.819 --> 00:30:32.939
 and

00:30:32.939 --> 00:30:33.480
 assistance

00:30:33.480 --> 00:30:38.240
 it

00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:38.379
 is

00:30:38.379 --> 00:30:38.599
 not

00:30:38.599 --> 00:30:38.779
 our

00:30:38.779 --> 00:30:39.519
 personhood

00:30:39.519 --> 00:30:39.960
 that

00:30:39.960 --> 00:30:40.220
 gives

00:30:40.220 --> 00:30:40.399
 us

00:30:40.399 --> 00:30:40.899
 value

00:30:40.899 --> 00:30:43.839
 rather

00:30:43.839 --> 00:30:45.139
 although

00:30:45.139 --> 00:30:45.639
 faded

00:30:45.639 --> 00:30:46.220
 and marred

00:30:46.220 --> 00:30:46.439
 by

00:30:46.439 --> 00:30:46.759
 sin

00:30:46.759 --> 00:30:47.659
 it

00:30:47.659 --> 00:30:47.819
 is

00:30:47.819 --> 00:30:48.000
 the

00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:48.480
 derivative

00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:49.480
 value

00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:49.799
 and

00:30:49.799 --> 00:30:50.299
 dignity

00:30:50.299 --> 00:30:50.579
 of

00:30:50.579 --> 00:30:51.039
 God

00:30:51.039 --> 00:30:52.200
 stamped

00:30:52.200 --> 00:30:52.519
 on

00:30:52.519 --> 00:30:52.899
 all

00:30:52.899 --> 00:30:53.079
 of

00:30:53.079 --> 00:30:53.439
 us

00:30:53.439 --> 00:30:54.399
 that

00:30:54.399 --> 00:30:55.059
 elevates

00:30:55.059 --> 00:30:55.339
 us

00:30:55.339 --> 00:30:56.039
 above

00:30:56.039 --> 00:30:57.039
 every

00:30:57.039 --> 00:30:57.539
 other

00:30:57.539 --> 00:30:58.139
 aspect

00:30:58.139 --> 00:30:58.399
 of

00:30:58.399 --> 00:30:58.839
 creation

00:30:58.839 --> 00:31:00.220
 we

00:31:00.220 --> 00:31:00.559
 give

00:31:00.559 --> 00:31:00.779
 up

00:31:00.779 --> 00:31:00.980
 on

00:31:00.980 --> 00:31:01.299
 that

00:31:01.299 --> 00:31:02.699
 and

00:31:02.699 --> 00:31:02.899
 there

00:31:02.899 --> 00:31:03.119
 is

00:31:03.119 --> 00:31:03.539
 no

00:31:03.539 --> 00:31:04.019
 distinction

00:31:04.019 --> 00:31:04.679
 there

00:31:04.679 --> 00:31:04.819
 is

00:31:04.819 --> 00:31:05.139
 no

00:31:05.139 --> 00:31:05.539
 reason

00:31:05.539 --> 00:31:06.119
 why

00:31:06.119 --> 00:31:06.559
 we

00:31:06.559 --> 00:31:06.759
 should

00:31:06.759 --> 00:31:07.240
 treat

00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:08.899
 any

00:31:08.899 --> 00:31:09.220
 human

00:31:09.220 --> 00:31:09.619
 being

00:31:09.619 --> 00:31:10.359
 differently

00:31:10.359 --> 00:31:10.919
 than we

00:31:10.919 --> 00:31:11.139
 treat

00:31:11.139 --> 00:31:11.379
 a

00:31:11.379 --> 00:31:11.740
 dog

00:31:11.740 --> 00:31:13.039
 or a

00:31:13.039 --> 00:31:13.339
 dolphin

00:31:13.339 --> 00:31:14.359
 or a

00:31:14.359 --> 00:31:14.619
 weed

00:31:14.619 --> 00:31:17.459
 finally

00:31:17.459 --> 00:31:18.619
 it is

00:31:18.619 --> 00:31:18.939
 the

00:31:18.939 --> 00:31:19.839
 image

00:31:19.839 --> 00:31:20.019
 of

00:31:20.019 --> 00:31:20.299
 God

00:31:20.299 --> 00:31:20.500
 the

00:31:20.500 --> 00:31:20.919
 imago

00:31:20.919 --> 00:31:21.240
 Dei

00:31:21.240 --> 00:31:21.459
 that

00:31:21.459 --> 00:31:22.119
 drives

00:31:22.119 --> 00:31:22.500
 our

00:31:22.500 --> 00:31:23.039
 engagements

00:31:23.039 --> 00:31:23.539
 with a

00:31:23.539 --> 00:31:23.919
 culture

00:31:23.919 --> 00:31:24.799
 infatuated

00:31:24.799 --> 00:31:25.539
 with image

00:31:25.539 --> 00:31:26.480
 icons

00:31:26.480 --> 00:31:26.959
 and idols

00:31:26.960 --> 00:31:28.700
 and we

00:31:28.700 --> 00:31:29.340
 may be

00:31:29.340 --> 00:31:29.799
 tempted

00:31:29.799 --> 00:31:30.920
 to

00:31:30.920 --> 00:31:31.600
 deride

00:31:31.600 --> 00:31:32.259
 ignore

00:31:32.259 --> 00:31:32.700
 or

00:31:32.700 --> 00:31:33.299
 discount

00:31:33.299 --> 00:31:34.059
 modern

00:31:34.059 --> 00:31:34.299
 day

00:31:34.299 --> 00:31:35.000
 Pharisees

00:31:35.000 --> 00:31:36.279
 modern

00:31:36.279 --> 00:31:36.539
 day

00:31:36.539 --> 00:31:37.180
 Herodians

00:31:37.180 --> 00:31:38.420
 modern

00:31:38.420 --> 00:31:38.880
 day

00:31:38.880 --> 00:31:39.380
 tax

00:31:39.380 --> 00:31:39.840
 collectors

00:31:39.840 --> 00:31:41.059
 or

00:31:41.059 --> 00:31:41.440
 even

00:31:41.440 --> 00:31:42.400
 the

00:31:42.400 --> 00:31:42.779
 Johns

00:31:42.779 --> 00:31:43.100
 in our

00:31:43.100 --> 00:31:43.460
 life

00:31:43.460 --> 00:31:46.819
 but

00:31:46.819 --> 00:31:47.559
 understanding

00:31:47.559 --> 00:31:48.180
 that the

00:31:48.180 --> 00:31:48.620
 imago

00:31:48.620 --> 00:31:49.000
 Dei

00:31:49.000 --> 00:31:49.319
 is

00:31:49.319 --> 00:31:50.200
 universally

00:31:50.200 --> 00:31:50.700
 born

00:31:50.700 --> 00:31:51.440
 by all

00:31:51.440 --> 00:31:51.799
 human

00:31:51.799 --> 00:31:52.279
 beings

00:31:52.279 --> 00:31:53.200
 challenges

00:31:53.200 --> 00:31:53.620
 that

00:31:53.620 --> 00:31:55.380
 let's

00:31:55.380 --> 00:31:55.660
 say that

00:31:55.660 --> 00:31:55.900
 again

00:31:55.900 --> 00:31:57.019
 we are

00:31:57.019 --> 00:31:57.360
 tempted

00:31:57.360 --> 00:31:57.759
 to

00:31:57.759 --> 00:31:58.240
 discount

00:31:58.240 --> 00:31:58.740
 people

00:31:58.740 --> 00:31:59.400
 because

00:31:59.400 --> 00:31:59.740
 of their

00:31:59.740 --> 00:32:00.100
 sin

00:32:00.100 --> 00:32:00.400
 because

00:32:00.400 --> 00:32:00.740
 of their

00:32:00.740 --> 00:32:01.240
 appearance

00:32:01.240 --> 00:32:01.519
 because

00:32:01.519 --> 00:32:01.820
 of their

00:32:01.820 --> 00:32:02.340
 preferences

00:32:02.340 --> 00:32:03.380
 because

00:32:03.380 --> 00:32:03.720
 of their

00:32:03.720 --> 00:32:04.240
 beliefs

00:32:04.240 --> 00:32:05.320
 because

00:32:05.320 --> 00:32:05.540
 of the

00:32:05.540 --> 00:32:05.660
 way

00:32:05.660 --> 00:32:05.820
 they

00:32:05.820 --> 00:32:06.180
 look

00:32:06.180 --> 00:32:07.200
 because

00:32:07.200 --> 00:32:07.360
 they

00:32:07.360 --> 00:32:07.560
 didn't

00:32:07.560 --> 00:32:07.800
 brush

00:32:07.800 --> 00:32:08.000
 their

00:32:08.000 --> 00:32:08.200
 hair

00:32:08.200 --> 00:32:08.519
 the way

00:32:08.519 --> 00:32:08.820
 that we

00:32:08.820 --> 00:32:09.000
 think

00:32:09.000 --> 00:32:09.420
 they should

00:32:09.420 --> 00:32:09.640
 brush

00:32:09.640 --> 00:32:09.980
 their hair

00:32:09.980 --> 00:32:14.019
 but

00:32:14.019 --> 00:32:14.840
 if we

00:32:14.840 --> 00:32:15.700
 understand

00:32:15.700 --> 00:32:16.460
 the

00:32:16.460 --> 00:32:16.960
 imago

00:32:16.960 --> 00:32:17.340
 Dei

00:32:17.340 --> 00:32:18.460
 the fact

00:32:18.460 --> 00:32:18.800
 that it

00:32:18.800 --> 00:32:19.120
 is

00:32:19.120 --> 00:32:19.780
 not

00:32:19.780 --> 00:32:20.560
 Caesar's

00:32:20.560 --> 00:32:21.000
 image

00:32:21.000 --> 00:32:21.420
 impressed

00:32:21.420 --> 00:32:21.759
 on a

00:32:21.759 --> 00:32:22.040
 coin

00:32:22.040 --> 00:32:22.980
 but God's

00:32:22.980 --> 00:32:23.420
 image

00:32:23.420 --> 00:32:23.820
 and the

00:32:23.820 --> 00:32:24.340
 derivative

00:32:24.340 --> 00:32:25.519
 value

00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:26.579
 of his

00:32:26.579 --> 00:32:27.220
 dignity

00:32:27.220 --> 00:32:28.160
 and worth

00:32:28.160 --> 00:32:28.559
 that is

00:32:28.559 --> 00:32:28.960
 stamped

00:32:28.960 --> 00:32:29.559
 on each

00:32:29.559 --> 00:32:30.079
 and every

00:32:30.079 --> 00:32:30.400
 human

00:32:30.400 --> 00:32:30.740
 being

00:32:30.740 --> 00:32:33.200
 not just

00:32:33.200 --> 00:32:33.660
 those of

00:32:33.660 --> 00:32:33.980
 us

00:32:33.980 --> 00:32:34.980
 in the

00:32:34.980 --> 00:32:35.500
 pews

00:32:35.500 --> 00:32:35.940
 in the

00:32:35.940 --> 00:32:36.240
 chairs

00:32:36.240 --> 00:32:36.599
 this

00:32:36.599 --> 00:32:36.980
 morning

00:32:36.980 --> 00:32:37.420
 because

00:32:37.420 --> 00:32:38.259
 we know

00:32:38.259 --> 00:32:38.740
 that God

00:32:38.740 --> 00:32:39.259
 is at work

00:32:39.259 --> 00:32:39.579
 in our

00:32:39.579 --> 00:32:39.879
 hearts

00:32:39.879 --> 00:32:40.160
 and has

00:32:40.160 --> 00:32:40.559
 transformed

00:32:40.559 --> 00:32:40.879
 our

00:32:40.879 --> 00:32:41.240
 hearts

00:32:41.240 --> 00:32:42.700
 but even

00:32:42.700 --> 00:32:43.119
 those that

00:32:43.119 --> 00:32:43.700
 are outside

00:32:43.700 --> 00:32:44.279
 of our

00:32:44.279 --> 00:32:44.759
 confession

00:32:44.759 --> 00:32:45.759
 those that

00:32:45.759 --> 00:32:46.379
 are outside

00:32:46.379 --> 00:32:46.779
 of the

00:32:46.779 --> 00:32:47.200
 community

00:32:47.200 --> 00:32:47.740
 of faith

00:32:47.740 --> 00:32:49.119
 they

00:32:49.119 --> 00:32:49.599
 too

00:32:49.599 --> 00:32:50.879
 have

00:32:50.880 --> 00:32:51.520
 the

00:32:51.520 --> 00:32:51.820
 image

00:32:51.820 --> 00:32:52.440
 of God

00:32:52.440 --> 00:32:53.260
 stamped

00:32:53.260 --> 00:32:53.960
 on them

00:32:53.960 --> 00:32:55.300
 that is

00:32:55.300 --> 00:32:55.580
 what

00:32:55.580 --> 00:32:56.520
 John

00:32:56.520 --> 00:32:56.920
 Stott

00:32:56.920 --> 00:32:57.800
 communicates

00:32:57.800 --> 00:32:59.100
 in the

00:32:59.100 --> 00:32:59.400
 quote

00:32:59.400 --> 00:32:59.760
 I believe

00:32:59.760 --> 00:33:00.020
 it's on

00:33:00.020 --> 00:33:00.920
 the back

00:33:00.920 --> 00:33:01.320
 of your

00:33:01.320 --> 00:33:02.360
 bulletin

00:33:02.360 --> 00:33:02.920
 says

00:33:02.920 --> 00:33:04.500
 that man

00:33:04.500 --> 00:33:05.320
 is in the

00:33:05.320 --> 00:33:05.780
 image of

00:33:05.780 --> 00:33:06.180
 God

00:33:06.180 --> 00:33:06.860
 means that

00:33:06.860 --> 00:33:07.520
 man as a

00:33:07.520 --> 00:33:08.160
 whole person

00:33:08.160 --> 00:33:09.200
 both physically

00:33:09.200 --> 00:33:09.940
 and spiritually

00:33:09.940 --> 00:33:10.700
 is in some

00:33:10.700 --> 00:33:11.120
 sense

00:33:11.120 --> 00:33:12.120
 like his

00:33:12.120 --> 00:33:12.500
 maker

00:33:12.500 --> 00:33:13.820
 just what

00:33:13.820 --> 00:33:14.280
 the nature

00:33:14.280 --> 00:33:14.560
 of that

00:33:14.560 --> 00:33:15.180
 likeness is

00:33:15.180 --> 00:33:15.660
 we are not

00:33:15.660 --> 00:33:15.980
 told

00:33:15.980 --> 00:33:17.420
 but we are

00:33:17.420 --> 00:33:17.860
 told what

00:33:17.860 --> 00:33:18.700
 really matters

00:33:18.700 --> 00:33:20.319
 even as

00:33:20.319 --> 00:33:20.840
 sinners

00:33:20.840 --> 00:33:22.980
 we bear

00:33:22.980 --> 00:33:23.660
 God's

00:33:23.660 --> 00:33:24.140
 image

00:33:24.140 --> 00:33:28.620
 well if

00:33:28.620 --> 00:33:28.920
 that's

00:33:28.920 --> 00:33:29.200
 true

00:33:29.200 --> 00:33:30.100
 then we

00:33:30.100 --> 00:33:30.319
 the

00:33:30.319 --> 00:33:30.720
 rescued

00:33:30.720 --> 00:33:31.240
 lambs

00:33:31.240 --> 00:33:31.420
 who are

00:33:31.420 --> 00:33:31.680
 being

00:33:31.680 --> 00:33:32.319
 remade

00:33:32.319 --> 00:33:32.779
 into the

00:33:32.779 --> 00:33:33.200
 image of

00:33:33.200 --> 00:33:33.559
 Christ

00:33:33.559 --> 00:33:34.120
 have a

00:33:34.120 --> 00:33:34.759
 responsibility

00:33:34.759 --> 00:33:36.380
 to cherish

00:33:36.380 --> 00:33:37.420
 the imago

00:33:37.420 --> 00:33:37.880
 Dei that

00:33:37.880 --> 00:33:38.460
 remains

00:33:38.460 --> 00:33:39.200
 even in

00:33:39.200 --> 00:33:39.559
 the most

00:33:39.559 --> 00:33:40.279
 vile of

00:33:40.279 --> 00:33:40.539
 sinners

00:33:40.539 --> 00:33:41.779
 even in

00:33:41.779 --> 00:33:42.200
 the Harvey

00:33:42.200 --> 00:33:43.059
 Weinsteins

00:33:43.059 --> 00:33:44.960
 even in

00:33:44.960 --> 00:33:45.980
 the Elizabeth

00:33:45.980 --> 00:33:46.519
 Holmes

00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:47.220
 Sam

00:33:47.220 --> 00:33:47.620
 Benkman

00:33:47.620 --> 00:33:48.160
 Freeds

00:33:48.160 --> 00:33:50.140
 even in

00:33:50.140 --> 00:33:50.820
 the George

00:33:50.820 --> 00:33:51.400
 Santoses

00:33:51.400 --> 00:33:53.440
 even in

00:33:53.440 --> 00:33:55.620
 the homeless

00:33:55.620 --> 00:33:56.259
 person that

00:33:56.259 --> 00:33:56.840
 you pass

00:33:56.840 --> 00:33:57.540
 at various

00:33:57.540 --> 00:33:58.100
 intersections

00:33:58.100 --> 00:34:00.140
 even in

00:34:00.140 --> 00:34:00.600
 the lives

00:34:00.600 --> 00:34:01.160
 of those

00:34:01.160 --> 00:34:01.800
 who would

00:34:01.800 --> 00:34:02.279
 trample

00:34:02.279 --> 00:34:02.820
 upon

00:34:02.820 --> 00:34:04.060
 our most

00:34:04.060 --> 00:34:04.620
 held

00:34:04.620 --> 00:34:05.920
 and cherished

00:34:05.920 --> 00:34:06.720
 beliefs

00:34:06.720 --> 00:34:07.960
 and values

00:34:07.960 --> 00:34:12.519
 now just

00:34:12.519 --> 00:34:12.960
 as Herod

00:34:12.960 --> 00:34:13.320
 had the

00:34:13.320 --> 00:34:13.780
 right to

00:34:13.780 --> 00:34:14.300
 and valued

00:34:14.300 --> 00:34:14.780
 the imprint

00:34:14.780 --> 00:34:15.099
 of his

00:34:15.099 --> 00:34:15.519
 image on

00:34:15.519 --> 00:34:15.980
 the denarius

00:34:15.980 --> 00:34:16.700
 so too

00:34:16.700 --> 00:34:17.559
 does God

00:34:17.559 --> 00:34:17.940
 have a

00:34:17.940 --> 00:34:18.519
 right to

00:34:18.519 --> 00:34:19.480
 and

00:34:19.480 --> 00:34:20.380
 highly

00:34:20.380 --> 00:34:21.199
 values

00:34:21.199 --> 00:34:22.239
 his

00:34:22.239 --> 00:34:22.699
 image

00:34:22.699 --> 00:34:23.779
 imprinted

00:34:23.779 --> 00:34:24.139
 on all

00:34:24.139 --> 00:34:24.559
 of us

00:34:24.559 --> 00:34:26.199
 by God's

00:34:26.199 --> 00:34:26.679
 grace and

00:34:26.679 --> 00:34:26.960
 the work

00:34:26.960 --> 00:34:27.159
 of the

00:34:27.159 --> 00:34:27.799
 Holy Spirit

00:34:27.799 --> 00:34:28.840
 may we

00:34:28.840 --> 00:34:29.279
 come to

00:34:29.279 --> 00:34:29.719
 value

00:34:29.719 --> 00:34:30.440
 the

00:34:30.440 --> 00:34:30.940
 imago

00:34:30.940 --> 00:34:31.360
 Dei

00:34:31.360 --> 00:34:32.000
 in our

00:34:32.000 --> 00:34:32.279
 fellow

00:34:32.279 --> 00:34:32.860
 believers

00:34:32.860 --> 00:34:35.579
 may we

00:34:35.579 --> 00:34:36.099
 cherish

00:34:36.099 --> 00:34:36.779
 that same

00:34:36.779 --> 00:34:37.159
 image

00:34:37.159 --> 00:34:37.659
 in those

00:34:37.659 --> 00:34:38.000
 that are

00:34:38.000 --> 00:34:38.799
 outside of

00:34:38.799 --> 00:34:38.980
 our

00:34:38.980 --> 00:34:39.420
 communion

00:34:39.420 --> 00:34:41.539
 and may

00:34:41.539 --> 00:34:42.240
 we allow

00:34:42.240 --> 00:34:42.900
 the image

00:34:42.900 --> 00:34:43.440
 of God

00:34:43.440 --> 00:34:44.840
 to inform

00:34:44.840 --> 00:34:45.159
 our

00:34:45.159 --> 00:34:45.680
 engagements

00:34:45.680 --> 00:34:46.860
 with a

00:34:46.860 --> 00:34:47.240
 culture

00:34:47.240 --> 00:34:48.680
 that is

00:34:48.680 --> 00:34:49.019
 truly

00:34:49.019 --> 00:34:49.860
 infatuated

00:34:49.860 --> 00:34:50.860
 with image

00:34:50.860 --> 00:34:52.380
 icons

00:34:52.380 --> 00:34:53.480
 and idols

00:34:53.480 --> 00:34:54.780
 amen

00:34:54.780 --> 00:34:56.460
 let us

00:34:56.460 --> 00:34:56.720
 pray

00:34:56.720 --> 00:34:58.519
 gracious heavenly

00:34:58.519 --> 00:34:58.960
 father we

00:34:58.960 --> 00:34:59.480
 thank you that

00:34:59.480 --> 00:35:00.000
 you have

00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:00.500
 indeed

00:35:00.500 --> 00:35:01.980
 stamped us

00:35:01.980 --> 00:35:02.760
 with

00:35:02.760 --> 00:35:04.659
 unestimatable

00:35:04.659 --> 00:35:05.200
 worth

00:35:05.199 --> 00:35:07.419
 not because

00:35:07.419 --> 00:35:08.139
 we are

00:35:08.139 --> 00:35:08.699
 stamped with

00:35:08.699 --> 00:35:08.879
 your

00:35:08.879 --> 00:35:09.319
 image

00:35:09.319 --> 00:35:11.319
 oh God

00:35:11.319 --> 00:35:11.879
 may that

00:35:11.879 --> 00:35:13.559
 enliven our

00:35:13.559 --> 00:35:13.960
 hearts

00:35:13.960 --> 00:35:14.759
 this morning

00:35:14.759 --> 00:35:16.159
 and encourage

00:35:16.159 --> 00:35:16.699
 us

00:35:16.699 --> 00:35:17.659
 father to

00:35:17.659 --> 00:35:18.219
 love

00:35:18.219 --> 00:35:19.779
 our

00:35:19.779 --> 00:35:20.239
 neighbors

00:35:20.239 --> 00:35:21.599
 whether they

00:35:21.599 --> 00:35:22.159
 be those

00:35:22.159 --> 00:35:22.539
 in this

00:35:22.539 --> 00:35:22.759
 church

00:35:22.759 --> 00:35:23.239
 building

00:35:23.239 --> 00:35:23.980
 or those

00:35:23.980 --> 00:35:24.599
 outside of

00:35:24.599 --> 00:35:24.759
 it

00:35:24.759 --> 00:35:26.259
 that we

00:35:26.259 --> 00:35:27.000
 might find

00:35:27.000 --> 00:35:27.339
 within

00:35:27.339 --> 00:35:27.739
 them

00:35:27.739 --> 00:35:28.879
 your

00:35:28.879 --> 00:35:29.299
 image

00:35:29.299 --> 00:35:30.719
 and love

00:35:30.719 --> 00:35:31.019
 them

00:35:31.019 --> 00:35:31.679
 because of

00:35:31.679 --> 00:35:31.899
 that

00:35:31.899 --> 00:35:32.480
 it's in

00:35:32.480 --> 00:35:32.779
 Christ's

00:35:32.779 --> 00:35:33.000
 name I

00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:33.199
 pray

00:35:33.199 --> 00:35:33.759
 amen

00:35:35.199 --> 00:35:36.419
 for

00:36:01.619 --> 00:36:03.819
 to