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 Alright, so our reading today is from Matthew 18, starting at verse 15 and finishing at 35.

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 If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone.

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 If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.

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 But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you,

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 that every charge may be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses.

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 If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church.

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 And if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.

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 Truly I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven,

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 and whatever you lose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

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 Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask,

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 it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.

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 For where two or three are gathered in my name, there I am among them.

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 Then Peter came up and said to him,

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 Lord, how often will my brother sin against me and I forgive him?

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 As many as seven times, Jesus said to him.

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 I do not say to you seven times, but seventy-seven times.

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 Therefore the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his servants.

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 When he began to settle, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.

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 And since he could not pay, his master ordered him to be sold with his wife and children and all that he had,

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 and payment to be made.

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 So the servant fell on his knees, imploring him,

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 Have patience with me and I will pay you everything.

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 And out of pity for him, the master of that servant released him and forgave him the debt.

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 But when the same servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii and seized him.

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 He began to choke him, saying,

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 Pay what you owe.

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 So his fellow servant fell down and pleaded with him,

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 Have patience with me and I will pay you.

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 He refused and went and put him in prison until he should pay the debt.

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 When his fellow servants saw what had taken place, they were greatly distressed,

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 and they went and reported to their master all that had taken place.

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 Then his master summoned him and said to him,

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 You wicked servant, I forgave you all that your debt because you pleaded with me.

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 And should not you have had mercy on your fellow servant as I had mercy on you?

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 And in anger his master delivered him to the jailers until he should pay all his debt.

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 So also my heavenly Father will do to every one of you if you do not forgive your brother from your heart.

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 Good morning.

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 Good to see everyone again this week.

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 Also welcome to those who are online as well.

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 As Sam has said, we are doing, or we are reading,

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 and considering the book of Matthew, chapter 18.

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 And today we are in the second part of it.

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 So last week we talked about

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 how in the church,

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 or in the group of people,

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 we seek to be important,

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 to be somebody.

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 And this week we are coming to the part

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 where we seek to protect our rights.

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 So,

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 we will, yeah,

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 consider that.

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 Let's pray first before we stop.

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 Father God,

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 we are so thankful that we can

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 come together to worship you

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 as we sing songs,

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 as we listen to your word.

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 How does,

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 Father,

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 not to

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 concentrate on ourselves,

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 to consider how good we are,

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 or how bad we are.

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 help us to

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 be able to see the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 the founder and the perfecter of our faith.

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 For we pray in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 For those of us who have

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 watched many movies,

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 you might notice that

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 a lot of movies are about vengeance.

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 The story will start with

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 somebody,

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 or the main actor,

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 or actress,

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 was

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 bullied by

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 someone,

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 I mean,

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 the bad guys,

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 or persecuted by the bad guys,

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 and then

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 we will,

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 as we,

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 we will wait for the

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 development of the story,

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 and we will predict that

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 at the end,

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 the ugly duckling

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 will become a swan,

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 and then

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 it will

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 take revenge,

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 and the bad guys

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 suffer for what they have done.

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 That

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 will be in our mind,

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 but I wonder

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 whether we would

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 also wait at the same time

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 to

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 hope that

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 the bad guys

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 would

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 say sorry,

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 and repent,

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 and get forgiven,

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 and then

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 they become good friends again.

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 I think that is not very common,

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 we don't

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 think so much about it,

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 because

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 if the movie is like that,

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 nobody will watch

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 it,

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 I suppose,

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 because it's not entertaining

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 very much,

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 because in our culture,

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 personal rights,

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 human rights,

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 is very important,

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 and if

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 we

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 dare to violate it,

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 you will

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 be punished,

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 and you should be punished,

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 and we expect that

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 to be.

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 And so

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 we are not

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 very

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 culturally,

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 we are not

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 good

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 at seeking

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 forgiveness,

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 or giving

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 forgiveness.

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 So today,

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 we are considering

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 this,

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 especially in our,

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 as a church,

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 as God's people,

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 how we should

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 interact

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 with one another,

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 and this,

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 because as we gather,

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 there will be conflicts,

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 for sure,

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 even

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 husband and wife,

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 I mean,

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 conflicts happen

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 all the time,

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 and how do we

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 handle that,

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 right?

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 And so,

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 today,

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 we will,

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 with the question

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 of rights,

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 I will talk

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 four things about

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 rights.

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 The first one

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 is about

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 personal rights,

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 and when a

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 personal right

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 has been

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 violated,

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 why should I,

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 or why should we

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 forgive?

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 The second one

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 is about

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 the right actions.

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 If the conflict

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 is not resolved,

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 what do we do?

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 And the third

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 thing is the

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 right to take

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 action.

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 How,

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 who has the

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 right to say,

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 finally,

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 what is,

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 what is right

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 and wrong,

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 and take

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 further action?

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 And the fourth

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 thing is right

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 relations,

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 right relationship.

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 That is the

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 end goal

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 of

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 chapter 18,

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 I think.

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 So,

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 we'll start

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 with,

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 I will start

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 with verse

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 21,

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 so,

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 I will come

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 back to 15

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 later.

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 So,

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 on verse

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 21,

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 that is the

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 famous

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 question that

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 Peter asked

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 Jesus,

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 Lord,

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 how often

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 will my

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 brother sin

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 against me,

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 will I

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 forgive him?

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 As many as

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 seven times?

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 You see,

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 what Peter

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 is asking

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 is,

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 if somebody

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 has been

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 infringing on

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 my rights,

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 how many

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 times

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 should I

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 forgive the

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 person,

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 that person

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 is a

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 brother,

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 take note

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 there,

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 before I

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 stop,

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 I can

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 stop

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 forgiving.

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 That is,

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 because

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 if we

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 live in the

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 world,

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 he suppose

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 if I

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 forgive one

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 time,

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 I will be

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 very generous,

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 but because

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 in the

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 church

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 condition,

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 church

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 circumstances,

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 maybe seven

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 times is

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 enough,

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 that's what

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 is in

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 Peter's

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 mind.

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 And

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 then

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 Jesus

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 said,

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 not seven

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 times,

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 but 77

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 times.

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 Don said

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 70 times,

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 seven times,

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 seven times,

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 which is,

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 you can

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 translate that

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 as well.

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 It means

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 that there's

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 a lot of

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 times,

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 70 times,

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 or 490

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 times.

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 I mean,

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 it basically

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 means that

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 Jesus is

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 saying,

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 you don't

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 keep a

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 record of

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 how many

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 times people

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 have sinned

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 against you.

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 Because,

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 as you know,

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 I mean,

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 like in a

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 church

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 situation,

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 if there's

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 100 people,

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 if you

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 can remember

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 each one,

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 how many

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 times each

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 person has

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 sinned

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 against you,

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 seven times

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 is a lot

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 of number

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 to remember.

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 But 70

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 times,

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 it's just

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 impossible,

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 unless you

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 take a

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 notebook and

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 just record

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 every week,

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 who has

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 sinned

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 against me,

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 and whether

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 I've forgiven

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 the person.

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 So,

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 I mean,

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 life becomes

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 unlivable like

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 that.

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 So,

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 what Jesus

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 meant was

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 not,

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 don't record,

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 don't count.

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 So,

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 we can then

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 imagine,

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 Peter would

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 ask the

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 question that

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 it's not

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 fair.

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 Don't I

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 have my

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 rights?

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 I mean,

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 how,

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 why,

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 why should

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 I just

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 keep

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 copying

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 the

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 insults

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 on people,

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 or people

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 being taken

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 advantage

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 by people.

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 And,

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 in

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 anticipating

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 Peter having

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 this question,

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 then,

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 Jesus told

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 him and

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 the other

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 disciples that

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 the parable

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 of the

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 unforgiving

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 servant,

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 and we

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 know that

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 the servant

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 owes the

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 king,

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 owes the

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 king a

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 last sum

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 of money,

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 and it's

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 so large.

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 I mean,

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 in today's

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 term,

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 it's

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 calculated

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 to be

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 six billion

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 dollars.

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 Six billion

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 dollars,

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 I mean,

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 it's the

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 number that

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 we can

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 hardly

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 imagine.

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 And,

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 but,

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 obviously,

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 he couldn't

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 pay for

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 it.

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 He begged

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 for mercy,

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 and the

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 king had

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 mercy on

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 him,

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 and

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 canceled

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 his debt.

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 And,

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 the next

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 minute,

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 he went

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 out and

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 saw a

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 fellow

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 servant,

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 again,

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 his fellow

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 servant,

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 same servant

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 who was

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 serving the

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 king,

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 who

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 owed him

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 a small

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 debt,

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 which is

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 about

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 $12,000.

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 I mean,

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 it's still a

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 lot of

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 money,

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 $12,000,

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 but compared

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 to six

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 billion,

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 it's

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 nothing.

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 He

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 demanded

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 the

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 fellow

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 servant

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 to

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 repay

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 him the

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 debt,

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 and the

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 fellow

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 servant

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 pleaded

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 for mercy,

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 he couldn't

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 pay,

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 and then

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 he put

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 it in

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 jail.

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 And so,

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 when the

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 king found

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 out about

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 this,

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 the king

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 then put

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 this

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 unforgiveness

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 in jail

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 as well.

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 So,

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 we can,

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 I mean,

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 Peter thought

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 that by

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 forgiving seven

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 times,

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 he's already

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 doing better

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 than the

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 Jews.

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 The Jews

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 who forgive,

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 a good

00:11:15.440 --> 00:11:15.700
 Jew,

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 who forgive

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 their fellow

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 Jews three

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 times.

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 And,

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 so for

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 Peter to say

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 seven times

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 is very

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 generous.

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 But in

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 this parable,

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 Jesus is

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 reminding

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 Peter that

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 even if

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 you're the

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 best servant

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 of God,

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 you still

00:11:33.739 --> 00:11:34.739
 all got

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 a large

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 sum or

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 a big

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 debt,

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 because

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 the Jews

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 or the

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 Pharisees

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 or the

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 disciples

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 who think

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 that they

00:11:43.919 --> 00:11:44.979
 are giving

00:11:44.979 --> 00:11:46.099
 God a

00:11:46.099 --> 00:11:46.579
 service,

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 they are

00:11:47.519 --> 00:11:48.579
 contributing

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 to the

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 kingdom of

00:11:49.719 --> 00:11:50.019
 God.

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 But Jesus

00:11:51.339 --> 00:11:52.139
 is reminding

00:11:52.139 --> 00:11:53.039
 Peter that

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 it's not

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 so.

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 Because even

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 if we

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 serve God

00:11:58.439 --> 00:11:59.279
 perfectly in

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 terms of

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 following the

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 law and

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 doing things,

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 but our

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 hearts would

00:12:03.819 --> 00:12:06.299
 normally not

00:12:06.299 --> 00:12:06.739
 be serving

00:12:06.739 --> 00:12:07.019
 God.

00:12:07.119 --> 00:12:07.299
 We are

00:12:07.299 --> 00:12:07.819
 serving our

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 purpose like

00:12:08.919 --> 00:12:09.539
 the Pharisees.

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 I mean,

00:12:10.000 --> 00:12:10.579
 we do all

00:12:10.579 --> 00:12:10.979
 the things

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 for our

00:12:11.719 --> 00:12:12.559
 own reputation

00:12:12.559 --> 00:12:13.859
 or position.

00:12:14.939 --> 00:12:15.419
 And so

00:12:15.419 --> 00:12:16.019
 all the

00:12:16.019 --> 00:12:16.519
 service that

00:12:16.519 --> 00:12:17.939
 we appear

00:12:17.939 --> 00:12:18.759
 to give

00:12:18.759 --> 00:12:19.439
 service to

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 God is

00:12:20.659 --> 00:12:21.799
 actually for

00:12:21.799 --> 00:12:22.539
 our own

00:12:22.539 --> 00:12:24.120
 glory.

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 And so

00:12:25.419 --> 00:12:26.039
 we are

00:12:26.039 --> 00:12:26.559
 stealing

00:12:26.559 --> 00:12:27.120
 glory from

00:12:27.120 --> 00:12:28.120
 God

00:12:28.120 --> 00:12:29.899
 even as

00:12:29.899 --> 00:12:31.199
 we serve

00:12:31.199 --> 00:12:31.480
 him.

00:12:32.759 --> 00:12:33.019
 So we

00:12:33.019 --> 00:12:33.599
 can imagine

00:12:33.599 --> 00:12:35.399
 Jesus is

00:12:35.399 --> 00:12:36.159
 telling Peter

00:12:36.159 --> 00:12:38.259
 to imagine

00:12:38.259 --> 00:12:39.559
 one day

00:12:39.559 --> 00:12:40.259
 God

00:12:40.259 --> 00:12:41.459
 will come

00:12:41.459 --> 00:12:41.919
 to you

00:12:41.919 --> 00:12:43.219
 and demand

00:12:43.219 --> 00:12:44.000
 you to

00:12:44.000 --> 00:12:44.480
 pay back

00:12:44.480 --> 00:12:44.759
 all the

00:12:44.759 --> 00:12:45.219
 glory that

00:12:45.219 --> 00:12:45.439
 you have

00:12:45.439 --> 00:12:45.959
 stolen from

00:12:45.959 --> 00:12:46.199
 him.

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 and also

00:12:47.480 --> 00:12:48.100
 all the

00:12:48.100 --> 00:12:48.900
 neglect that

00:12:48.900 --> 00:12:49.180
 you should

00:12:49.180 --> 00:12:49.840
 have given

00:12:49.840 --> 00:12:50.220
 to your

00:12:50.220 --> 00:12:51.500
 brother and

00:12:51.500 --> 00:12:52.300
 you have

00:12:52.300 --> 00:12:52.640
 not.

00:12:53.020 --> 00:12:53.420
 What will

00:12:53.420 --> 00:12:53.860
 you do?

00:12:53.860 --> 00:12:54.800
 Peter and

00:12:54.800 --> 00:12:55.640
 Peter will

00:12:55.640 --> 00:12:55.860
 think,

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 I don't

00:12:58.360 --> 00:12:58.680
 know what

00:12:58.680 --> 00:12:58.940
 to do.

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 I won't

00:12:59.480 --> 00:12:59.940
 have any

00:12:59.940 --> 00:13:00.680
 way to

00:13:00.680 --> 00:13:01.480
 repeat that

00:13:01.480 --> 00:13:02.100
 debt,

00:13:02.620 --> 00:13:03.220
 but I

00:13:03.220 --> 00:13:03.620
 will plead

00:13:03.620 --> 00:13:04.220
 for mercy

00:13:04.220 --> 00:13:06.300
 and promise

00:13:06.300 --> 00:13:07.379
 that I

00:13:07.379 --> 00:13:08.340
 will do

00:13:08.340 --> 00:13:08.900
 better next

00:13:08.900 --> 00:13:09.200
 time.

00:13:09.780 --> 00:13:10.180
 I will

00:13:10.180 --> 00:13:10.759
 love God

00:13:10.759 --> 00:13:11.900
 as I

00:13:11.900 --> 00:13:12.480
 should and

00:13:12.480 --> 00:13:13.060
 love my

00:13:13.060 --> 00:13:13.900
 brothers as

00:13:13.900 --> 00:13:14.340
 I should.

00:13:14.340 --> 00:13:16.040
 okay,

00:13:16.460 --> 00:13:16.720
 I mean,

00:13:17.000 --> 00:13:18.080
 God hears

00:13:18.080 --> 00:13:18.700
 you and

00:13:18.700 --> 00:13:19.940
 forgive you.

00:13:20.480 --> 00:13:20.840
 But the

00:13:20.840 --> 00:13:21.300
 next minute

00:13:21.300 --> 00:13:21.560
 Peter,

00:13:21.560 --> 00:13:23.639
 you meet

00:13:23.639 --> 00:13:24.480
 a brother

00:13:24.480 --> 00:13:25.160
 who owe

00:13:25.160 --> 00:13:26.060
 you a

00:13:26.060 --> 00:13:26.620
 small debt.

00:13:28.780 --> 00:13:29.700
 And you

00:13:29.700 --> 00:13:29.980
 already

00:13:29.980 --> 00:13:31.399
 given this

00:13:31.399 --> 00:13:32.200
 brother seven,

00:13:32.500 --> 00:13:33.540
 extended the

00:13:33.540 --> 00:13:33.879
 debt line

00:13:33.879 --> 00:13:34.620
 seven times.

00:13:35.399 --> 00:13:35.600
 I mean,

00:13:35.639 --> 00:13:36.139
 this time is

00:13:36.139 --> 00:13:36.460
 the eighth

00:13:36.460 --> 00:13:36.920
 time you

00:13:36.920 --> 00:13:37.160
 said,

00:13:37.379 --> 00:13:38.040
 I won't

00:13:38.040 --> 00:13:38.480
 extend it

00:13:38.480 --> 00:13:38.700
 anymore,

00:13:38.780 --> 00:13:39.060
 you must

00:13:39.060 --> 00:13:39.379
 pay me

00:13:39.379 --> 00:13:39.620
 back.

00:13:40.100 --> 00:13:40.560
 And this

00:13:40.560 --> 00:13:40.820
 brother

00:13:40.820 --> 00:13:41.220
 couldn't

00:13:41.220 --> 00:13:41.480
 pay you

00:13:41.480 --> 00:13:41.720
 back,

00:13:42.180 --> 00:13:42.980
 you take

00:13:42.980 --> 00:13:43.700
 him to

00:13:43.700 --> 00:13:44.060
 court.

00:13:44.340 --> 00:13:45.160
 And put

00:13:45.160 --> 00:13:45.460
 him to

00:13:45.460 --> 00:13:45.820
 jail.

00:13:46.780 --> 00:13:47.080
 So,

00:13:47.460 --> 00:13:47.660
 Peter,

00:13:47.759 --> 00:13:48.120
 you have

00:13:48.120 --> 00:13:48.780
 broken your

00:13:48.780 --> 00:13:49.200
 promise.

00:13:50.639 --> 00:13:51.340
 What do

00:13:51.340 --> 00:13:51.600
 you think

00:13:51.600 --> 00:13:52.200
 God does

00:13:52.200 --> 00:13:52.800
 for you?

00:13:52.860 --> 00:13:53.120
 So that

00:13:53.120 --> 00:13:54.139
 is basically

00:13:54.139 --> 00:13:54.720
 what the

00:13:54.720 --> 00:13:55.180
 parable

00:13:55.180 --> 00:13:57.139
 is about.

00:13:57.879 --> 00:13:58.280
 And Jesus

00:13:58.280 --> 00:13:58.800
 is telling

00:13:58.800 --> 00:13:59.379
 us that in

00:13:59.379 --> 00:13:59.740
 the kingdom

00:13:59.740 --> 00:14:00.220
 of God,

00:14:00.879 --> 00:14:01.980
 people do

00:14:01.980 --> 00:14:02.480
 not think

00:14:02.480 --> 00:14:02.920
 in terms

00:14:02.920 --> 00:14:03.480
 of personal

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 rights.

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 Because they

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 are so

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 overwhelmed

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 by the

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 forgiveness

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 that they

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 have received

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 from God

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 that they

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 basically

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 lose

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 themselves

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 in that

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 amazement.

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 So you

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 can imagine

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 if you

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 borrow $6

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 million

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 from the

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 bank,

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 from a

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 bank,

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 and you

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 couldn't

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 repay it,

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 and the

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 bank

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 cancels

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 your $6

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 million

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 debt.

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 Would you

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 care if

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 your brother

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 all used

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 $12?

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 for any

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 person of

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 logic and

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 heart,

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 you won't

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 care about

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 how much

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 other people

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 owe you

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 if you

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 know how

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 much you

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 owe God

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 and how

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 much debt

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 God has

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 cancelled.

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 So if

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 we are not

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 forgiving,

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 that means

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 we have

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 not tasted

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 the forgiveness

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 of God,

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 or we have

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 not understood

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 the forgiveness

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 of God,

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 I understand

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 that sometimes,

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 as Don just

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 announced,

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 that sometimes

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 it's actually

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 very hard for

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 us to

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 forgive,

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 because the

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 hurt is so

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 deep.

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 But I

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 think the

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 important thing

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 is that we

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 do have a

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 desire to

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 forgive.

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 We may

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 not be able

00:15:22.860 --> 00:15:23.159
 to do it

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 straight away,

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 but at

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 least the

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 desire is

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 there to

00:15:27.100 --> 00:15:27.839
 tell God

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 that I

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 want to

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 forgive,

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 but I

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 find it

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 hard.

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 If we

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 do have

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 that desire,

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 I think

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 the Holy

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 Spirit is

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 already

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 working in

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 our hearts

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 for it.

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 Sometimes

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 people who

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 ask for

00:15:41.720 --> 00:15:42.120
 forgiveness

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 may not

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 be sincere.

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 We know

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 that.

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 They say,

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 I'm sorry,

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 but they

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 are not

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 actually

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 sorry.

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 What do

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 we do

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 then?

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 Or sometimes

00:15:51.360 --> 00:15:51.759
 people,

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 just like

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 in this

00:15:53.800 --> 00:15:54.200
 story,

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 just keep

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 sinning

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 against you.

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 What do

00:15:59.100 --> 00:15:59.379
 you do

00:15:59.379 --> 00:15:59.659
 then?

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 so we

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 will come

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 back to

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 verse 15

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 to look

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 at the

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 actions

00:16:09.299 --> 00:16:10.179
 that we

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 should take

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 if we

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 are suffering

00:16:13.559 --> 00:16:14.339
 or we

00:16:14.339 --> 00:16:14.919
 have been

00:16:14.919 --> 00:16:15.339
 wrong,

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 what do we

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 do if the

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 other party

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 has not

00:16:18.120 --> 00:16:19.319
 come to

00:16:19.319 --> 00:16:20.279
 apologize?

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 So there

00:16:22.159 --> 00:16:23.240
 are, I

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 will put

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 down in

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 five points

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 just quickly,

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 because verse

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 15 to

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 17 will

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 take the

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 whole sermon

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 at least.

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 So I

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 was, first

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 of all,

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 initiative.

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 So if we

00:16:36.220 --> 00:16:37.660
 find that

00:16:37.660 --> 00:16:38.360
 our relationship

00:16:38.360 --> 00:16:38.680
 has been

00:16:38.680 --> 00:16:39.120
 strained,

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 we should

00:16:41.240 --> 00:16:41.540
 be the

00:16:41.540 --> 00:16:41.879
 one who

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 take

00:16:42.100 --> 00:16:42.960
 initiative

00:16:42.960 --> 00:16:44.140
 to

00:16:44.140 --> 00:16:45.900
 reestablish

00:16:45.900 --> 00:16:46.400
 the

00:16:46.400 --> 00:16:46.840
 relationship.

00:16:47.440 --> 00:16:47.900
 So we

00:16:47.900 --> 00:16:49.300
 should talk

00:16:49.300 --> 00:16:50.320
 to the

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 person that

00:16:51.180 --> 00:16:51.620
 has wronged

00:16:51.620 --> 00:16:52.259
 us or

00:16:52.259 --> 00:16:53.160
 have not

00:16:53.160 --> 00:16:53.860
 sincerely

00:16:53.860 --> 00:16:54.460
 apologized.

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 we should

00:16:55.780 --> 00:16:58.080
 help the

00:16:58.080 --> 00:16:58.460
 person to

00:16:58.460 --> 00:16:59.460
 understand the

00:16:59.460 --> 00:17:00.500
 damage that's

00:17:00.500 --> 00:17:01.120
 done to

00:17:01.120 --> 00:17:01.759
 the relationship,

00:17:02.440 --> 00:17:03.320
 the hurt that's

00:17:03.320 --> 00:17:03.680
 caused.

00:17:04.079 --> 00:17:04.460
 It's not

00:17:04.460 --> 00:17:05.480
 easy, okay,

00:17:05.960 --> 00:17:07.420
 to do that.

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 Unless we

00:17:08.279 --> 00:17:09.019
 do it often

00:17:09.019 --> 00:17:09.759
 enough, we

00:17:09.759 --> 00:17:11.299
 just don't

00:17:11.299 --> 00:17:11.720
 know how to

00:17:11.720 --> 00:17:12.200
 do it, but

00:17:12.200 --> 00:17:12.559
 we have to

00:17:12.559 --> 00:17:13.120
 start somewhere.

00:17:13.640 --> 00:17:14.279
 We need to

00:17:14.279 --> 00:17:14.900
 have the

00:17:14.900 --> 00:17:16.019
 right place,

00:17:16.299 --> 00:17:16.600
 so we

00:17:16.600 --> 00:17:17.840
 don't just

00:17:17.840 --> 00:17:18.460
 in the

00:17:18.460 --> 00:17:19.299
 public area

00:17:19.299 --> 00:17:19.740
 and talk

00:17:19.740 --> 00:17:20.220
 about this.

00:17:20.740 --> 00:17:21.180
 Right

00:17:21.180 --> 00:17:22.480
 timing,

00:17:23.160 --> 00:17:23.620
 like if

00:17:23.619 --> 00:17:24.319
 the person

00:17:24.319 --> 00:17:25.459
 is busy

00:17:25.459 --> 00:17:25.899
 with something

00:17:25.899 --> 00:17:26.199
 else,

00:17:26.259 --> 00:17:26.679
 occupied with

00:17:26.679 --> 00:17:26.859
 something

00:17:26.859 --> 00:17:27.199
 else,

00:17:27.500 --> 00:17:27.839
 it's not

00:17:27.839 --> 00:17:28.099
 a good

00:17:28.099 --> 00:17:28.559
 time to

00:17:28.559 --> 00:17:29.059
 talk about

00:17:29.059 --> 00:17:29.359
 it.

00:17:31.000 --> 00:17:32.139
 And the

00:17:32.139 --> 00:17:32.899
 right attitude,

00:17:34.359 --> 00:17:34.919
 the attitude

00:17:34.919 --> 00:17:36.199
 will be the

00:17:36.199 --> 00:17:36.759
 next thing

00:17:36.759 --> 00:17:37.199
 that is,

00:17:37.619 --> 00:17:38.159
 we talk

00:17:38.159 --> 00:17:38.559
 about,

00:17:39.000 --> 00:17:39.739
 this is not

00:17:39.739 --> 00:17:40.459
 to protect

00:17:40.459 --> 00:17:41.379
 our rights,

00:17:42.159 --> 00:17:42.599
 but to

00:17:42.599 --> 00:17:43.079
 restore

00:17:43.079 --> 00:17:43.719
 relationship.

00:17:44.199 --> 00:17:44.539
 If you

00:17:44.539 --> 00:17:44.939
 have this

00:17:44.939 --> 00:17:45.579
 in mind,

00:17:46.000 --> 00:17:46.379
 then the

00:17:46.379 --> 00:17:46.799
 way we

00:17:46.799 --> 00:17:47.799
 talk will

00:17:47.799 --> 00:17:49.179
 be gentler,

00:17:49.719 --> 00:17:50.699
 not coming

00:17:50.699 --> 00:17:53.179
 down as

00:17:53.180 --> 00:17:53.480
 someone

00:17:53.480 --> 00:17:54.039
 aggressive,

00:17:55.820 --> 00:17:56.759
 and also

00:17:56.759 --> 00:17:57.759
 the attitude

00:17:57.759 --> 00:17:59.539
 of caring

00:17:59.539 --> 00:18:01.039
 for the

00:18:01.039 --> 00:18:01.680
 other party,

00:18:02.100 --> 00:18:02.640
 not so

00:18:02.640 --> 00:18:02.860
 much

00:18:02.860 --> 00:18:03.500
 condemning.

00:18:04.259 --> 00:18:04.580
 So we

00:18:04.580 --> 00:18:06.220
 also want

00:18:06.220 --> 00:18:06.759
 to consider,

00:18:06.880 --> 00:18:07.720
 not only our

00:18:07.720 --> 00:18:08.259
 rights have

00:18:08.259 --> 00:18:09.320
 been infringed,

00:18:09.480 --> 00:18:09.940
 we want to

00:18:09.940 --> 00:18:10.480
 talk about,

00:18:10.700 --> 00:18:11.360
 if you see

00:18:11.360 --> 00:18:11.980
 a brother

00:18:11.980 --> 00:18:12.900
 sinning against

00:18:12.900 --> 00:18:13.799
 somebody else,

00:18:15.299 --> 00:18:16.360
 somebody who's

00:18:16.360 --> 00:18:17.019
 weaker and

00:18:17.019 --> 00:18:17.799
 unable to

00:18:17.799 --> 00:18:19.200
 defend

00:18:19.200 --> 00:18:19.680
 themselves,

00:18:19.680 --> 00:18:20.340
 I think we

00:18:20.340 --> 00:18:20.900
 should still

00:18:20.900 --> 00:18:21.660
 talk to

00:18:21.660 --> 00:18:22.100
 the brother

00:18:22.100 --> 00:18:22.840
 as well,

00:18:22.940 --> 00:18:23.220
 or the

00:18:23.220 --> 00:18:23.539
 sister,

00:18:23.920 --> 00:18:24.480
 about this.

00:18:25.759 --> 00:18:26.620
 Or even

00:18:26.620 --> 00:18:27.519
 if you see

00:18:27.519 --> 00:18:28.200
 somebody who's

00:18:28.200 --> 00:18:28.519
 harming

00:18:28.519 --> 00:18:29.019
 himself,

00:18:29.680 --> 00:18:30.160
 himself,

00:18:30.279 --> 00:18:30.660
 herself,

00:18:30.940 --> 00:18:31.680
 by addiction,

00:18:32.120 --> 00:18:32.480
 alcohol,

00:18:32.980 --> 00:18:33.519
 pornography,

00:18:33.880 --> 00:18:34.240
 bambling,

00:18:34.360 --> 00:18:34.660
 all these

00:18:34.660 --> 00:18:34.960
 things,

00:18:36.160 --> 00:18:36.660
 I think we

00:18:36.660 --> 00:18:36.920
 should,

00:18:37.320 --> 00:18:37.620
 even though

00:18:37.620 --> 00:18:37.980
 it's not

00:18:37.980 --> 00:18:38.960
 sinning against

00:18:38.960 --> 00:18:39.820
 me or

00:18:39.820 --> 00:18:40.279
 ourselves,

00:18:40.960 --> 00:18:41.360
 then we

00:18:41.360 --> 00:18:42.019
 should still

00:18:42.019 --> 00:18:42.960
 talk to

00:18:42.960 --> 00:18:43.519
 the person.

00:18:44.180 --> 00:18:44.580
 So that

00:18:44.580 --> 00:18:46.259
 is our

00:18:46.259 --> 00:18:48.140
 attitude.

00:18:48.539 --> 00:18:48.819
 And then

00:18:48.819 --> 00:18:49.480
 there's the

00:18:49.480 --> 00:18:51.059
 steps that

00:18:51.059 --> 00:18:52.059
 we take,

00:18:52.339 --> 00:18:52.579
 that is

00:18:52.579 --> 00:18:53.220
 privacy.

00:18:54.279 --> 00:18:54.740
 So the

00:18:54.740 --> 00:18:55.140
 third thing

00:18:55.140 --> 00:18:55.339
 would be

00:18:55.339 --> 00:18:55.660
 privacy,

00:18:56.019 --> 00:18:56.299
 that is

00:18:56.299 --> 00:18:57.160
 when we

00:18:57.160 --> 00:18:57.460
 try to

00:18:57.460 --> 00:18:57.819
 settle

00:18:57.819 --> 00:18:58.680
 conflicts,

00:19:00.119 --> 00:19:00.400
 bear in

00:19:00.400 --> 00:19:01.059
 mind privacy

00:19:01.059 --> 00:19:01.879
 because we

00:19:01.879 --> 00:19:02.779
 do not

00:19:02.779 --> 00:19:03.839
 want to

00:19:03.839 --> 00:19:04.879
 publish the

00:19:04.879 --> 00:19:05.740
 whole thing

00:19:05.740 --> 00:19:06.539
 to everyone.

00:19:07.079 --> 00:19:07.900
 So as

00:19:07.900 --> 00:19:08.180
 the Lord

00:19:08.180 --> 00:19:08.379
 say,

00:19:08.460 --> 00:19:08.879
 it's one

00:19:08.879 --> 00:19:09.299
 to one

00:19:09.299 --> 00:19:10.099
 to start

00:19:10.099 --> 00:19:10.379
 with.

00:19:10.920 --> 00:19:11.740
 If it

00:19:11.740 --> 00:19:12.440
 doesn't get

00:19:12.440 --> 00:19:12.940
 resolved,

00:19:13.039 --> 00:19:13.299
 you get

00:19:13.299 --> 00:19:13.900
 some weaknesses,

00:19:14.660 --> 00:19:15.579
 so small

00:19:15.579 --> 00:19:16.180
 group leader,

00:19:16.259 --> 00:19:17.619
 or another

00:19:17.619 --> 00:19:17.960
 elder,

00:19:18.180 --> 00:19:18.700
 or somebody

00:19:18.700 --> 00:19:19.160
 else who

00:19:19.160 --> 00:19:19.700
 is appropriate

00:19:19.700 --> 00:19:20.519
 to talk

00:19:20.519 --> 00:19:20.799
 to the

00:19:20.799 --> 00:19:21.259
 person.

00:19:22.140 --> 00:19:22.740
 And only

00:19:22.740 --> 00:19:23.579
 if it's

00:19:23.579 --> 00:19:24.740
 not resolved

00:19:24.740 --> 00:19:25.400
 that you

00:19:25.400 --> 00:19:25.839
 bring the

00:19:25.839 --> 00:19:26.759
 whole matter

00:19:26.759 --> 00:19:27.640
 to the

00:19:27.640 --> 00:19:28.119
 church.

00:19:29.759 --> 00:19:30.579
 And then

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 so the

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 church can

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 make the

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 decision

00:19:34.980 --> 00:19:36.099
 or make

00:19:36.099 --> 00:19:36.559
 a judgment

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 on this

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 case.

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 And there

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 is the,

00:19:43.079 --> 00:19:43.519
 we also

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 need to

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 consider the

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 cause of

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 doing it.

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 sometimes

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 we try

00:19:47.299 --> 00:19:47.960
 to resolve

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 the

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 conflict

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 that it

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 may not

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 be

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 resolvable.

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 We thank

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 God that

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 most of

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 the time

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 it is

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 resolvable,

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 one to

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 one

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 level.

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 Sometimes

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 you go

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 to one

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 to,

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 many to

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 one,

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 some

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 two or

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 three to

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 one.

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 But in

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 reality,

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 in the

00:20:09.279 --> 00:20:09.460
 church

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 situation,

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 it's very

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 rare for

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 the case

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 to bring

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 up to

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 the

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 whole

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 church.

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 For my

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 last ten

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 years being

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 involved in

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 the

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 eldership,

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 there's none

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 of these

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 cases ever

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 come to

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 this.

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 Just because

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 by the

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 second stage,

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 when there

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 are two

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 or three

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 talking to

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 one, if

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 it doesn't

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 get resolved,

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 the person

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 usually leave

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 the church

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 and they

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 just go to

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 another

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 church.

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 church.

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 And that's

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 the cause

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 of it,

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 when there's

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 not resolved

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 on both

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 sides.

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 And the

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 other cause

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 would be

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 reputation,

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 because the

00:20:52.200 --> 00:20:52.660
 person who

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 leave the

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 church would

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 usually get

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 asked,

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 why did

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 you leave

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 the church?

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 So then

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 he would

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 talk about

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 the hurt

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 that he

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 received

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 by somebody

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 in the

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 church.

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 But those

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 who left

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 in the

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 church,

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 who are

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 involved in

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 it,

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 because of

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 privacy,

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 they don't

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 tend to

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 talk about

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 their side

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 of the

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 story.

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 And so

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 whoever

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 tries to

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 resolve

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 problems,

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 sometimes

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 they will

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 be the

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 ones paying

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 for the

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 price for

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 doing it.

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 Just be

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 mindful of

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 this as

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 well when

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 we try to

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 resolve

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 conflicts.

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 Sorry,

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 I need to

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 hurry.

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 So we

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 will go

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 to the

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 next,

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 from

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 18 to

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 20.

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 It's

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 talked about

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 here,

00:21:40.720 --> 00:21:41.040
 the church

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 has got

00:21:41.400 --> 00:21:41.960
 the final

00:21:41.960 --> 00:21:43.300
 authority to

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 decide on

00:21:44.140 --> 00:21:45.140
 a conflict.

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 Who gave

00:21:46.920 --> 00:21:47.400
 the church

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 that authority?

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 So that's

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 18 to

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 20.

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 Jesus is

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 saying that

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 God has

00:21:53.360 --> 00:21:54.180
 given the

00:21:54.180 --> 00:21:54.440
 church

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 authority to

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 decide in

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 terms of

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 the binding

00:21:57.380 --> 00:21:58.260
 and losing.

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 And of course,

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 if the church

00:22:01.300 --> 00:22:01.900
 went through a

00:22:01.900 --> 00:22:02.160
 trade,

00:22:02.780 --> 00:22:03.760
 gather in

00:22:03.759 --> 00:22:04.019
 Jesus'

00:22:04.019 --> 00:22:04.420
 name,

00:22:05.039 --> 00:22:05.579
 and God

00:22:05.579 --> 00:22:06.059
 will guide

00:22:06.059 --> 00:22:06.579
 the church

00:22:06.579 --> 00:22:08.480
 for the

00:22:08.480 --> 00:22:08.920
 decision.

00:22:11.720 --> 00:22:12.500
 The question

00:22:12.500 --> 00:22:12.900
 would be,

00:22:13.160 --> 00:22:13.440
 would the

00:22:13.440 --> 00:22:13.720
 church,

00:22:14.019 --> 00:22:14.680
 even as

00:22:14.680 --> 00:22:15.000
 the church

00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:15.299
 make a

00:22:15.299 --> 00:22:15.640
 decision,

00:22:16.140 --> 00:22:16.559
 to make a

00:22:16.559 --> 00:22:16.940
 judgment,

00:22:17.240 --> 00:22:17.440
 would the

00:22:17.440 --> 00:22:17.940
 church always

00:22:17.940 --> 00:22:18.579
 be right?

00:22:21.079 --> 00:22:21.680
 It depends

00:22:21.680 --> 00:22:22.420
 on what

00:22:22.420 --> 00:22:23.920
 you define

00:22:23.920 --> 00:22:24.420
 as right.

00:22:24.900 --> 00:22:25.539
 How do you

00:22:25.539 --> 00:22:26.279
 know something

00:22:26.279 --> 00:22:26.920
 is right or

00:22:26.920 --> 00:22:27.099
 wrong?

00:22:27.180 --> 00:22:27.740
 Sometimes we

00:22:27.740 --> 00:22:28.339
 don't actually

00:22:28.339 --> 00:22:29.700
 know or

00:22:29.700 --> 00:22:30.200
 can never

00:22:30.200 --> 00:22:30.539
 know.

00:22:30.539 --> 00:22:32.599
 in

00:22:32.599 --> 00:22:34.839
 1748,

00:22:36.039 --> 00:22:37.839
 Jonathan

00:22:37.839 --> 00:22:38.240
 Edwards,

00:22:38.700 --> 00:22:39.339
 the famous

00:22:39.339 --> 00:22:41.399
 preacher in

00:22:41.399 --> 00:22:41.779
 America,

00:22:41.920 --> 00:22:42.659
 was dismissed

00:22:42.659 --> 00:22:43.359
 by his own

00:22:43.359 --> 00:22:44.000
 church.

00:22:46.460 --> 00:22:47.339
 Because the

00:22:47.339 --> 00:22:47.680
 church,

00:22:48.480 --> 00:22:48.879
 by that

00:22:48.879 --> 00:22:49.440
 tradition of

00:22:49.440 --> 00:22:49.659
 the church

00:22:49.659 --> 00:22:50.159
 is that

00:22:50.159 --> 00:22:51.299
 the Lord's

00:22:51.299 --> 00:22:51.899
 Supper was

00:22:51.899 --> 00:22:52.440
 open to

00:22:52.440 --> 00:22:52.879
 anyone,

00:22:53.420 --> 00:22:53.859
 whether they

00:22:53.859 --> 00:22:54.200
 are Christian

00:22:54.200 --> 00:22:54.579
 or not.

00:22:55.420 --> 00:22:55.960
 So this

00:22:55.960 --> 00:22:56.539
 is a means

00:22:56.539 --> 00:22:56.899
 of the

00:22:56.899 --> 00:22:57.339
 church to

00:22:57.339 --> 00:22:58.500
 attract

00:22:58.500 --> 00:22:59.579
 non-Christians

00:22:59.579 --> 00:22:59.879
 who come

00:22:59.879 --> 00:23:00.319
 to church

00:23:00.319 --> 00:23:00.899
 and start

00:23:00.899 --> 00:23:01.679
 joining the

00:23:01.679 --> 00:23:01.980
 church.

00:23:03.119 --> 00:23:03.679
 But Jonathan

00:23:03.679 --> 00:23:04.559
 Edwards insisted

00:23:04.559 --> 00:23:05.439
 that only

00:23:05.439 --> 00:23:06.439
 Christians,

00:23:06.679 --> 00:23:07.119
 people who

00:23:07.119 --> 00:23:07.659
 have repented

00:23:07.659 --> 00:23:07.980
 of their

00:23:07.980 --> 00:23:08.299
 sins,

00:23:08.939 --> 00:23:09.319
 should take

00:23:09.319 --> 00:23:09.759
 part in

00:23:09.759 --> 00:23:10.119
 the Lord's

00:23:10.119 --> 00:23:10.359
 Supper.

00:23:12.059 --> 00:23:12.759
 So the

00:23:12.759 --> 00:23:13.200
 church came

00:23:13.200 --> 00:23:13.839
 together and

00:23:13.839 --> 00:23:14.619
 out of the

00:23:14.619 --> 00:23:16.980
 230 people,

00:23:17.639 --> 00:23:18.799
 only 10%

00:23:18.799 --> 00:23:19.480
 voted for

00:23:19.480 --> 00:23:19.819
 Jonathan

00:23:19.819 --> 00:23:20.119
 Edwards.

00:23:21.200 --> 00:23:21.899
 The others

00:23:21.899 --> 00:23:23.259
 were against

00:23:23.259 --> 00:23:24.879
 him.

00:23:25.139 --> 00:23:26.399
 So Jonathan

00:23:26.399 --> 00:23:27.059
 Edwards was

00:23:27.059 --> 00:23:27.859
 dismissed.

00:23:28.460 --> 00:23:28.819
 Jonathan Edwards

00:23:28.819 --> 00:23:29.659
 wasn't

00:23:29.660 --> 00:23:31.240
 bitter about

00:23:31.240 --> 00:23:31.460
 this.

00:23:31.700 --> 00:23:32.019
 He was

00:23:32.019 --> 00:23:32.640
 very calm.

00:23:33.120 --> 00:23:33.540
 He gave

00:23:33.540 --> 00:23:34.960
 a farewell

00:23:34.960 --> 00:23:36.400
 sermon and

00:23:36.400 --> 00:23:36.620
 in the

00:23:36.620 --> 00:23:37.040
 sermon he

00:23:37.040 --> 00:23:37.320
 told,

00:23:37.920 --> 00:23:38.900
 advised the

00:23:38.900 --> 00:23:39.580
 church to

00:23:39.580 --> 00:23:40.800
 keep their

00:23:40.800 --> 00:23:41.240
 unity.

00:23:41.759 --> 00:23:41.980
 I mean,

00:23:42.320 --> 00:23:44.460
 don't divide

00:23:44.460 --> 00:23:45.160
 because of

00:23:45.160 --> 00:23:46.140
 this.

00:23:47.300 --> 00:23:47.940
 And he

00:23:47.940 --> 00:23:49.560
 just went

00:23:49.560 --> 00:23:50.000
 on and

00:23:50.000 --> 00:23:50.740
 do some

00:23:50.740 --> 00:23:51.000
 other

00:23:51.000 --> 00:23:51.560
 ministries.

00:23:52.340 --> 00:23:52.960
 So is

00:23:52.960 --> 00:23:53.380
 it a right

00:23:53.380 --> 00:23:53.700
 or wrong

00:23:53.700 --> 00:23:54.120
 decision?

00:23:54.560 --> 00:23:55.200
 It's very

00:23:55.200 --> 00:23:55.800
 hard to say.

00:23:55.799 --> 00:23:56.559
 the church

00:23:56.559 --> 00:23:57.039
 definitely

00:23:57.039 --> 00:23:57.379
 have

00:23:57.379 --> 00:24:00.119
 possibly the

00:24:00.119 --> 00:24:00.960
 best pastor

00:24:00.960 --> 00:24:01.940
 and preacher

00:24:01.940 --> 00:24:03.039
 American ever

00:24:03.039 --> 00:24:03.359
 had.

00:24:05.000 --> 00:24:06.039
 But in

00:24:06.039 --> 00:24:06.279
 God's

00:24:06.279 --> 00:24:06.759
 sovereignty,

00:24:07.759 --> 00:24:08.619
 the church

00:24:08.619 --> 00:24:09.000
 has set

00:24:09.000 --> 00:24:10.059
 loose a

00:24:10.059 --> 00:24:11.200
 very powerful

00:24:11.200 --> 00:24:12.059
 missionary to

00:24:12.059 --> 00:24:12.759
 the Indians

00:24:12.759 --> 00:24:13.859
 because they

00:24:13.859 --> 00:24:15.119
 dismissed

00:24:15.119 --> 00:24:16.259
 Jonathan

00:24:16.259 --> 00:24:16.539
 Edwards.

00:24:16.700 --> 00:24:17.299
 So we

00:24:17.299 --> 00:24:17.680
 can never

00:24:17.680 --> 00:24:18.539
 know in

00:24:18.539 --> 00:24:18.879
 terms of

00:24:18.879 --> 00:24:19.299
 right or

00:24:19.299 --> 00:24:20.079
 wrong in

00:24:20.079 --> 00:24:20.240
 there.

00:24:20.319 --> 00:24:21.119
 But in

00:24:21.119 --> 00:24:21.359
 God's

00:24:21.359 --> 00:24:21.799
 sovereignty,

00:24:22.519 --> 00:24:23.039
 things will

00:24:23.039 --> 00:24:24.099
 always turn

00:24:24.099 --> 00:24:24.799
 up right in

00:24:24.799 --> 00:24:25.960
 God's plan

00:24:25.960 --> 00:24:26.379
 in any

00:24:26.379 --> 00:24:26.799
 case.

00:24:28.579 --> 00:24:31.859
 So why

00:24:31.859 --> 00:24:32.299
 should we do

00:24:32.299 --> 00:24:32.599
 all these

00:24:32.599 --> 00:24:33.039
 things?

00:24:33.579 --> 00:24:34.119
 That is the

00:24:34.119 --> 00:24:34.700
 main point

00:24:34.700 --> 00:24:36.359
 of the

00:24:36.359 --> 00:24:37.019
 second half

00:24:37.019 --> 00:24:37.659
 of 18.

00:24:38.039 --> 00:24:38.680
 That is to

00:24:38.680 --> 00:24:40.079
 have the

00:24:40.079 --> 00:24:40.319
 right

00:24:40.319 --> 00:24:40.859
 relationship.

00:24:41.659 --> 00:24:42.839
 We try to

00:24:42.839 --> 00:24:43.420
 reestablish

00:24:43.420 --> 00:24:44.240
 relationship with

00:24:44.240 --> 00:24:45.759
 people and

00:24:45.759 --> 00:24:46.339
 with God.

00:24:47.200 --> 00:24:47.680
 And so

00:24:47.680 --> 00:24:48.839
 with the

00:24:48.839 --> 00:24:49.279
 forgiveness

00:24:49.279 --> 00:24:50.399
 and all

00:24:50.399 --> 00:24:51.099
 those going

00:24:51.099 --> 00:24:52.099
 on, we

00:24:52.099 --> 00:24:52.399
 are talking

00:24:52.399 --> 00:24:53.019
 about is

00:24:53.019 --> 00:24:53.319
 about

00:24:53.319 --> 00:24:53.839
 relationship.

00:24:54.799 --> 00:24:55.099
 You see

00:24:55.099 --> 00:24:55.440
 the word

00:24:55.440 --> 00:24:56.019
 righteousness

00:24:56.019 --> 00:24:57.279
 is not

00:24:57.279 --> 00:24:57.680
 only to

00:24:57.680 --> 00:24:58.019
 do the

00:24:58.019 --> 00:24:58.619
 right thing

00:24:58.619 --> 00:24:59.660
 in God's

00:24:59.660 --> 00:25:00.440
 eye, it's

00:25:00.440 --> 00:25:01.440
 actually to

00:25:01.440 --> 00:25:01.879
 have the

00:25:01.879 --> 00:25:02.160
 right

00:25:02.160 --> 00:25:02.980
 relationship.

00:25:04.859 --> 00:25:05.500
 Relationship

00:25:05.500 --> 00:25:06.039
 with God

00:25:06.039 --> 00:25:06.960
 and relationship

00:25:06.960 --> 00:25:07.559
 with man.

00:25:08.379 --> 00:25:08.839
 For example,

00:25:09.319 --> 00:25:10.940
 in Psalm

00:25:10.940 --> 00:25:11.819
 112,

00:25:12.059 --> 00:25:12.660
 verse 9,

00:25:13.759 --> 00:25:14.460
 it says

00:25:14.460 --> 00:25:14.859
 that he

00:25:14.859 --> 00:25:15.119
 has

00:25:15.119 --> 00:25:16.160
 distributed

00:25:16.160 --> 00:25:17.119
 freely,

00:25:17.339 --> 00:25:17.579
 he has

00:25:17.579 --> 00:25:18.099
 given to

00:25:18.099 --> 00:25:18.619
 the poor,

00:25:19.099 --> 00:25:19.299
 his

00:25:19.299 --> 00:25:19.819
 righteousness

00:25:19.819 --> 00:25:20.440
 endures

00:25:20.440 --> 00:25:20.920
 forever.

00:25:21.940 --> 00:25:22.700
 And his

00:25:22.700 --> 00:25:23.600
 horn is

00:25:23.600 --> 00:25:24.480
 exorbitant

00:25:24.480 --> 00:25:24.840
 honor.

00:25:25.779 --> 00:25:26.380
 Righteousness

00:25:26.380 --> 00:25:27.019
 in here is

00:25:27.019 --> 00:25:27.420
 saying that

00:25:27.420 --> 00:25:27.940
 somebody is

00:25:27.940 --> 00:25:28.460
 generous,

00:25:29.259 --> 00:25:29.640
 distributed,

00:25:29.819 --> 00:25:30.120
 freely,

00:25:30.360 --> 00:25:32.340
 given to

00:25:32.340 --> 00:25:33.059
 the poor,

00:25:33.660 --> 00:25:34.200
 and so

00:25:34.200 --> 00:25:35.080
 he established

00:25:35.080 --> 00:25:35.799
 a relationship

00:25:35.799 --> 00:25:37.000
 with people,

00:25:37.580 --> 00:25:38.200
 the poor

00:25:38.200 --> 00:25:38.519
 people,

00:25:38.660 --> 00:25:39.080
 the needy

00:25:39.080 --> 00:25:39.400
 people,

00:25:39.660 --> 00:25:40.160
 and that's

00:25:40.160 --> 00:25:40.720
 righteousness.

00:25:41.660 --> 00:25:42.400
 And so

00:25:42.400 --> 00:25:43.100
 it is

00:25:43.100 --> 00:25:43.840
 important for

00:25:43.840 --> 00:25:44.220
 us to

00:25:44.220 --> 00:25:45.360
 know that

00:25:45.360 --> 00:25:46.299
 to be

00:25:46.299 --> 00:25:46.680
 considered

00:25:46.680 --> 00:25:47.120
 righteous,

00:25:47.480 --> 00:25:47.840
 it's not

00:25:47.840 --> 00:25:48.660
 only sort

00:25:48.660 --> 00:25:49.299
 of living

00:25:49.299 --> 00:25:50.299
 according to

00:25:50.299 --> 00:25:50.619
 God's

00:25:50.619 --> 00:25:50.740
 law,

00:25:50.839 --> 00:25:51.460
 but more

00:25:51.460 --> 00:25:51.980
 so is

00:25:51.980 --> 00:25:52.339
 having

00:25:52.339 --> 00:25:53.659
 the love

00:25:53.659 --> 00:25:54.220
 towards

00:25:54.220 --> 00:25:54.559
 God

00:25:54.559 --> 00:25:56.379
 and other

00:25:56.379 --> 00:25:57.399
 people.

00:25:58.259 --> 00:25:58.559
 And that

00:25:58.559 --> 00:25:59.319
 is the,

00:25:59.859 --> 00:26:00.299
 I suppose,

00:26:00.500 --> 00:26:01.419
 sum up

00:26:01.419 --> 00:26:02.319
 the message

00:26:02.319 --> 00:26:03.419
 of chapter

00:26:03.419 --> 00:26:04.680
 18.

00:26:06.240 --> 00:26:06.579
 Then,

00:26:06.960 --> 00:26:07.919
 from this

00:26:07.919 --> 00:26:08.579
 understanding,

00:26:08.960 --> 00:26:09.759
 I will go

00:26:09.759 --> 00:26:10.519
 back to

00:26:10.519 --> 00:26:11.659
 the parable

00:26:11.659 --> 00:26:12.519
 of unforgiving

00:26:12.519 --> 00:26:12.519


00:26:13.159 --> 00:26:14.119
 Because I

00:26:14.119 --> 00:26:14.399
 think there

00:26:14.399 --> 00:26:14.819
 are many

00:26:14.819 --> 00:26:15.759
 questions that

00:26:15.759 --> 00:26:16.339
 we will have

00:26:16.339 --> 00:26:16.919
 from this

00:26:16.919 --> 00:26:17.359
 parable.

00:26:17.359 --> 00:26:18.579
 I will

00:26:18.579 --> 00:26:18.979
 deal with

00:26:18.979 --> 00:26:19.219
 three

00:26:19.219 --> 00:26:19.759
 questions.

00:26:20.359 --> 00:26:21.059
 The question

00:26:21.059 --> 00:26:21.559
 one is,

00:26:21.859 --> 00:26:22.979
 is the

00:26:22.979 --> 00:26:23.899
 unforgiving

00:26:23.899 --> 00:26:24.419
 servant

00:26:24.419 --> 00:26:27.359
 a believer?

00:26:28.359 --> 00:26:28.899
 Is he

00:26:28.899 --> 00:26:29.819
 a sort

00:26:29.819 --> 00:26:30.319
 of,

00:26:30.319 --> 00:26:31.099
 according to

00:26:31.099 --> 00:26:31.579
 a Christian?

00:26:32.879 --> 00:26:33.579
 If he's

00:26:33.579 --> 00:26:33.899
 not a

00:26:33.899 --> 00:26:34.139
 believer,

00:26:34.299 --> 00:26:34.619
 how can

00:26:34.619 --> 00:26:35.019
 he be a

00:26:35.019 --> 00:26:35.459
 servant of

00:26:35.459 --> 00:26:35.779
 the king?

00:26:37.099 --> 00:26:37.559
 But if

00:26:37.559 --> 00:26:37.859
 he's a

00:26:37.859 --> 00:26:38.179
 believer,

00:26:38.879 --> 00:26:39.399
 how can

00:26:39.399 --> 00:26:40.000
 he be

00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:40.479
 condemned

00:26:40.479 --> 00:26:41.119
 by the

00:26:41.119 --> 00:26:42.419
 king at

00:26:42.419 --> 00:26:42.859
 the end?

00:26:44.279 --> 00:26:45.000
 How do

00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:46.199
 we resolve

00:26:46.199 --> 00:26:47.240
 this,

00:26:47.359 --> 00:26:47.799
 question?

00:26:47.899 --> 00:26:48.139
 We need

00:26:48.139 --> 00:26:48.439
 to think

00:26:48.439 --> 00:26:48.699
 about

00:26:48.699 --> 00:26:49.299
 relationship.

00:26:50.899 --> 00:26:52.019
 When the

00:26:52.019 --> 00:26:52.799
 unforgiving

00:26:52.799 --> 00:26:53.199
 servant

00:26:53.199 --> 00:26:53.819
 asked for

00:26:53.819 --> 00:26:55.000
 mercy,

00:26:56.119 --> 00:26:56.779
 do you

00:26:56.779 --> 00:26:57.079
 think he

00:26:57.079 --> 00:26:57.240
 have,

00:26:57.779 --> 00:26:58.579
 what did

00:26:58.579 --> 00:26:58.799
 he have

00:26:58.799 --> 00:26:59.319
 in mind?

00:26:59.419 --> 00:26:59.699
 Why did

00:26:59.699 --> 00:27:00.000
 he ask

00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:00.479
 for mercy?

00:27:02.159 --> 00:27:02.740
 So he

00:27:02.740 --> 00:27:03.240
 didn't want

00:27:03.240 --> 00:27:03.479
 to be

00:27:03.479 --> 00:27:03.859
 punished,

00:27:04.179 --> 00:27:04.500
 obviously.

00:27:05.299 --> 00:27:05.559
 Did he

00:27:05.559 --> 00:27:06.179
 have in

00:27:06.179 --> 00:27:06.599
 mind he

00:27:06.599 --> 00:27:07.799
 want to

00:27:07.799 --> 00:27:08.519
 reestablish

00:27:08.519 --> 00:27:08.740
 his

00:27:08.740 --> 00:27:09.219
 relationship

00:27:09.219 --> 00:27:09.579
 with the

00:27:09.579 --> 00:27:09.799
 king?

00:27:10.479 --> 00:27:11.000
 Possibly

00:27:11.000 --> 00:27:11.399
 not.

00:27:12.539 --> 00:27:13.079
 So his

00:27:13.079 --> 00:27:13.639
 mind is

00:27:13.639 --> 00:27:14.319
 about himself,

00:27:14.459 --> 00:27:14.939
 how he

00:27:14.940 --> 00:27:16.160
 can get

00:27:16.160 --> 00:27:17.200
 off the

00:27:17.200 --> 00:27:19.320
 punishment.

00:27:20.140 --> 00:27:20.460
 So the

00:27:20.460 --> 00:27:21.000
 relationship

00:27:21.000 --> 00:27:21.500
 is very

00:27:21.500 --> 00:27:22.200
 important in

00:27:22.200 --> 00:27:22.400
 here.

00:27:22.740 --> 00:27:22.960
 If we

00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:23.440
 go back

00:27:23.440 --> 00:27:23.820
 to,

00:27:24.220 --> 00:27:24.820
 if we

00:27:24.820 --> 00:27:25.279
 go to

00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:26.400
 Luke 15,

00:27:26.940 --> 00:27:27.320
 in Luke

00:27:27.320 --> 00:27:27.880
 15 we

00:27:27.880 --> 00:27:28.940
 have the

00:27:28.940 --> 00:27:30.279
 parables of

00:27:30.279 --> 00:27:30.680
 the lost

00:27:30.680 --> 00:27:30.980
 sheep,

00:27:31.440 --> 00:27:31.779
 the lost

00:27:31.779 --> 00:27:32.220
 coin,

00:27:32.559 --> 00:27:32.900
 the lost

00:27:32.900 --> 00:27:33.420
 son.

00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:36.640
 Remember

00:27:36.640 --> 00:27:38.120
 Jesus was

00:27:38.120 --> 00:27:39.680
 talking to

00:27:39.680 --> 00:27:41.640
 the Pharisees

00:27:41.640 --> 00:27:42.940
 in Luke

00:27:42.940 --> 00:27:44.580
 15 and

00:27:44.580 --> 00:27:45.540
 he first

00:27:45.540 --> 00:27:46.080
 mentioned the

00:27:46.080 --> 00:27:46.540
 lost sheep,

00:27:46.920 --> 00:27:47.400
 one lost

00:27:47.400 --> 00:27:47.780
 sheep with

00:27:47.780 --> 00:27:48.980
 99 sheep

00:27:48.980 --> 00:27:49.500
 who didn't

00:27:49.500 --> 00:27:50.000
 think that

00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:50.220
 they were

00:27:50.220 --> 00:27:50.540
 lost.

00:27:51.700 --> 00:27:52.560
 The 99

00:27:52.560 --> 00:27:52.940
 sheep is

00:27:52.940 --> 00:27:53.200
 actually

00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:55.200
 referring to

00:27:55.200 --> 00:27:56.360
 the Pharisees,

00:27:56.740 --> 00:27:57.220
 people who

00:27:57.220 --> 00:27:57.640
 think that

00:27:57.640 --> 00:27:57.860
 they are

00:27:57.860 --> 00:27:58.540
 right with

00:27:58.540 --> 00:27:59.080
 God because

00:27:59.080 --> 00:28:00.320
 they have

00:28:00.320 --> 00:28:01.240
 followed the

00:28:01.240 --> 00:28:01.540
 law,

00:28:03.160 --> 00:28:03.320
 the

00:28:03.320 --> 00:28:04.620
 diligently,

00:28:04.619 --> 00:28:05.879
 but they

00:28:05.879 --> 00:28:06.599
 are not

00:28:06.599 --> 00:28:06.979
 actually,

00:28:07.279 --> 00:28:07.639
 their heart

00:28:07.639 --> 00:28:07.939
 is not

00:28:07.939 --> 00:28:08.459
 with God.

00:28:08.799 --> 00:28:09.159
 And then we

00:28:09.159 --> 00:28:09.799
 go to the

00:28:09.799 --> 00:28:10.399
 lost son.

00:28:11.739 --> 00:28:12.639
 The son is

00:28:12.639 --> 00:28:13.099
 lost,

00:28:13.779 --> 00:28:14.319
 the younger

00:28:14.319 --> 00:28:14.679
 son,

00:28:15.419 --> 00:28:16.379
 not because

00:28:16.379 --> 00:28:17.439
 he lost

00:28:17.439 --> 00:28:17.939
 his ways

00:28:17.939 --> 00:28:18.279
 or his

00:28:18.279 --> 00:28:18.619
 mind,

00:28:18.899 --> 00:28:19.159
 but he

00:28:19.159 --> 00:28:19.639
 lost his

00:28:19.639 --> 00:28:20.219
 relationship

00:28:20.219 --> 00:28:20.819
 with the

00:28:20.819 --> 00:28:21.139
 father.

00:28:22.219 --> 00:28:22.879
 When he

00:28:22.879 --> 00:28:23.679
 demanded his

00:28:23.679 --> 00:28:24.479
 inheritance,

00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:25.459
 he's already

00:28:25.459 --> 00:28:26.079
 considered his

00:28:26.079 --> 00:28:26.639
 father dead.

00:28:26.799 --> 00:28:27.299
 He didn't

00:28:27.299 --> 00:28:27.919
 actually care

00:28:27.919 --> 00:28:28.299
 about his

00:28:28.299 --> 00:28:28.519
 father.

00:28:28.859 --> 00:28:29.419
 So the

00:28:29.419 --> 00:28:29.839
 lost son

00:28:29.839 --> 00:28:30.539
 is about

00:28:30.539 --> 00:28:31.399
 people who

00:28:31.399 --> 00:28:32.319
 pay no

00:28:32.319 --> 00:28:33.039
 regard to

00:28:33.039 --> 00:28:33.279
 God,

00:28:34.000 --> 00:28:34.259
 who

00:28:34.259 --> 00:28:35.579
 who's

00:28:35.579 --> 00:28:35.980
 got his

00:28:35.980 --> 00:28:36.640
 pleasure.

00:28:36.859 --> 00:28:37.220
 He just

00:28:37.220 --> 00:28:38.440
 focused on

00:28:38.440 --> 00:28:39.559
 finding

00:28:39.559 --> 00:28:40.259
 pleasure in

00:28:40.259 --> 00:28:40.519
 life.

00:28:40.879 --> 00:28:41.220
 But the

00:28:41.220 --> 00:28:41.799
 lost son,

00:28:41.940 --> 00:28:42.319
 when he

00:28:42.319 --> 00:28:43.480
 realized that

00:28:43.480 --> 00:28:43.879
 worldly

00:28:43.879 --> 00:28:44.819
 pleasure

00:28:44.819 --> 00:28:45.940
 did not

00:28:45.940 --> 00:28:47.000
 last or

00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:47.299
 did not

00:28:47.299 --> 00:28:47.740
 satisfy,

00:28:48.200 --> 00:28:48.900
 he remembered

00:28:48.900 --> 00:28:49.700
 the goodness

00:28:49.700 --> 00:28:50.059
 of the

00:28:50.059 --> 00:28:50.359
 father.

00:28:51.039 --> 00:28:51.559
 So he

00:28:51.559 --> 00:28:53.119
 went home

00:28:53.119 --> 00:28:53.920
 and apologized.

00:28:54.400 --> 00:28:54.640
 He said,

00:28:54.720 --> 00:28:55.039
 I sinned

00:28:55.039 --> 00:28:56.000
 against heaven

00:28:56.000 --> 00:28:56.559
 and I sinned

00:28:56.559 --> 00:28:57.259
 against you,

00:28:57.680 --> 00:28:58.019
 the father.

00:28:58.460 --> 00:28:59.519
 So it

00:28:59.519 --> 00:29:00.579
 shows that

00:29:00.579 --> 00:29:00.980
 he wants

00:29:00.980 --> 00:29:01.779
 to reestablish

00:29:01.779 --> 00:29:02.299
 relationship

00:29:02.299 --> 00:29:03.680
 with the

00:29:03.680 --> 00:29:04.000
 father.

00:29:04.259 --> 00:29:05.660
 In the

00:29:05.660 --> 00:29:08.059
 story of

00:29:08.059 --> 00:29:08.359
 the lost

00:29:08.359 --> 00:29:08.700
 son,

00:29:09.180 --> 00:29:09.619
 there's also

00:29:09.619 --> 00:29:10.240
 the older

00:29:10.240 --> 00:29:11.039
 brother who

00:29:11.039 --> 00:29:11.379
 didn't think

00:29:11.379 --> 00:29:11.759
 that he

00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:12.460
 was lost

00:29:12.460 --> 00:29:13.319
 because he

00:29:13.319 --> 00:29:13.640
 had been

00:29:13.640 --> 00:29:14.740
 serving the

00:29:14.740 --> 00:29:15.579
 father faithfully.

00:29:16.400 --> 00:29:17.039
 But he

00:29:17.039 --> 00:29:17.680
 was equally

00:29:17.680 --> 00:29:18.400
 lost because

00:29:18.400 --> 00:29:19.339
 he did not

00:29:19.339 --> 00:29:20.359
 have a right

00:29:20.359 --> 00:29:21.140
 relationship with

00:29:21.140 --> 00:29:21.579
 the father

00:29:21.579 --> 00:29:22.799
 or the

00:29:22.799 --> 00:29:23.039
 younger

00:29:23.039 --> 00:29:23.420
 brother.

00:29:24.619 --> 00:29:25.259
 So the

00:29:25.259 --> 00:29:26.640
 older brother

00:29:26.640 --> 00:29:27.720
 represents people

00:29:27.720 --> 00:29:28.319
 who are lost

00:29:28.319 --> 00:29:30.359
 because his

00:29:30.359 --> 00:29:31.059
 God is

00:29:31.059 --> 00:29:31.680
 religion.

00:29:31.680 --> 00:29:36.120
 religion to

00:29:36.120 --> 00:29:37.460
 him is

00:29:37.460 --> 00:29:39.259
 the most

00:29:39.259 --> 00:29:39.620
 important.

00:29:39.740 --> 00:29:40.400
 He worships,

00:29:40.640 --> 00:29:41.019
 he's not

00:29:41.019 --> 00:29:41.620
 worshipping God,

00:29:41.720 --> 00:29:42.019
 he's worshipping

00:29:42.019 --> 00:29:42.840
 religion.

00:29:43.259 --> 00:29:43.740
 It means that

00:29:43.740 --> 00:29:44.539
 he's worshipping

00:29:44.539 --> 00:29:45.779
 himself because

00:29:45.779 --> 00:29:47.039
 by religion he's

00:29:47.039 --> 00:29:48.120
 establishing his

00:29:48.120 --> 00:29:49.640
 position,

00:29:49.900 --> 00:29:50.620
 his reputation.

00:29:51.580 --> 00:29:52.560
 And so if

00:29:52.560 --> 00:29:53.080
 we look at

00:29:53.080 --> 00:29:53.980
 this parable,

00:29:54.920 --> 00:29:55.900
 we know that

00:29:55.900 --> 00:29:56.940
 again,

00:29:57.060 --> 00:29:58.000
 the right

00:29:58.000 --> 00:29:58.480
 relationship is

00:29:58.480 --> 00:29:59.279
 very important.

00:29:59.279 --> 00:30:00.279
 so we

00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:00.879
 come back

00:30:00.879 --> 00:30:01.440
 to this

00:30:01.440 --> 00:30:02.920
 servant,

00:30:03.240 --> 00:30:04.519
 is he a

00:30:04.519 --> 00:30:04.819
 believer?

00:30:05.460 --> 00:30:05.759
 Now,

00:30:06.399 --> 00:30:07.680
 it is not

00:30:07.680 --> 00:30:08.519
 easy to

00:30:08.519 --> 00:30:11.079
 define a

00:30:11.079 --> 00:30:11.440
 believer.

00:30:12.240 --> 00:30:12.559
 While it's

00:30:12.559 --> 00:30:13.420
 quite easy to

00:30:13.420 --> 00:30:13.839
 define an

00:30:13.839 --> 00:30:14.319
 unbeliever,

00:30:14.480 --> 00:30:15.079
 unbeliever is

00:30:15.079 --> 00:30:15.740
 like the

00:30:15.740 --> 00:30:16.339
 younger son

00:30:16.339 --> 00:30:19.759
 who did

00:30:19.759 --> 00:30:20.299
 not pay

00:30:20.299 --> 00:30:20.940
 any attention

00:30:20.940 --> 00:30:21.399
 to God

00:30:21.399 --> 00:30:21.839
 at all

00:30:21.839 --> 00:30:24.059
 and have

00:30:24.059 --> 00:30:24.460
 nothing to

00:30:24.460 --> 00:30:24.740
 do with

00:30:24.740 --> 00:30:24.980
 God.

00:30:25.500 --> 00:30:26.059
 But to

00:30:26.059 --> 00:30:26.359
 define

00:30:26.359 --> 00:30:26.920
 believer is

00:30:26.920 --> 00:30:27.359
 harder.

00:30:27.980 --> 00:30:28.180
 You see,

00:30:28.319 --> 00:30:28.839
 most of

00:30:28.839 --> 00:30:29.019
 us,

00:30:29.059 --> 00:30:29.539
 when we

00:30:29.539 --> 00:30:30.279
 come to

00:30:30.279 --> 00:30:31.379
 believe in

00:30:31.379 --> 00:30:31.659
 God,

00:30:32.039 --> 00:30:32.720
 we usually

00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:33.179
 believe in

00:30:33.179 --> 00:30:33.720
 God because

00:30:33.720 --> 00:30:34.579
 God is

00:30:34.579 --> 00:30:35.339
 useful to

00:30:35.339 --> 00:30:35.559
 us.

00:30:36.459 --> 00:30:36.919
 God can

00:30:36.919 --> 00:30:37.519
 help us,

00:30:38.399 --> 00:30:39.279
 God can

00:30:39.279 --> 00:30:42.220
 make us

00:30:42.220 --> 00:30:43.000
 happier,

00:30:43.839 --> 00:30:44.659
 or suffer

00:30:44.659 --> 00:30:45.059
 less.

00:30:45.579 --> 00:30:46.099
 So that

00:30:46.099 --> 00:30:47.019
 is still

00:30:47.019 --> 00:30:47.639
 about

00:30:47.639 --> 00:30:48.919
 myself

00:30:48.919 --> 00:30:49.839
 when I

00:30:49.839 --> 00:30:50.519
 come to

00:30:50.519 --> 00:30:51.059
 believe in

00:30:51.059 --> 00:30:51.259
 God.

00:30:51.539 --> 00:30:51.939
 Am I a

00:30:51.939 --> 00:30:52.459
 believer then?

00:30:52.639 --> 00:30:53.119
 Possibly.

00:30:53.720 --> 00:30:54.740
 But if

00:30:54.740 --> 00:30:55.859
 at some

00:30:55.859 --> 00:30:56.639
 stage I

00:30:56.639 --> 00:30:57.399
 can see the

00:30:57.399 --> 00:30:57.879
 beauty of

00:30:57.880 --> 00:30:59.920
 God and

00:30:59.920 --> 00:31:00.300
 I want

00:31:00.300 --> 00:31:02.220
 to know

00:31:02.220 --> 00:31:02.980
 God and

00:31:02.980 --> 00:31:03.580
 love him

00:31:03.580 --> 00:31:05.300
 and love

00:31:05.300 --> 00:31:06.820
 other people

00:31:06.820 --> 00:31:07.280
 as well,

00:31:07.880 --> 00:31:08.480
 then I'm

00:31:08.480 --> 00:31:09.100
 coming to

00:31:09.100 --> 00:31:09.900
 believe in

00:31:09.900 --> 00:31:10.180
 God not

00:31:10.180 --> 00:31:10.700
 because he's

00:31:10.700 --> 00:31:11.320
 useful to

00:31:11.320 --> 00:31:12.140
 me, but

00:31:12.140 --> 00:31:12.620
 because he's

00:31:12.620 --> 00:31:13.020
 beautiful.

00:31:15.180 --> 00:31:15.700
 And I

00:31:15.700 --> 00:31:16.120
 think Jesus

00:31:16.120 --> 00:31:18.280
 is talking

00:31:18.280 --> 00:31:20.120
 to Peter

00:31:20.120 --> 00:31:21.040
 in this

00:31:21.040 --> 00:31:23.000
 level of

00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:23.900
 belief,

00:31:23.900 --> 00:31:26.759
 desire to

00:31:26.759 --> 00:31:27.220
 have a

00:31:27.220 --> 00:31:27.420
 right

00:31:27.420 --> 00:31:27.940
 relationship

00:31:27.940 --> 00:31:29.580
 with God.

00:31:30.580 --> 00:31:30.960
 And that

00:31:30.960 --> 00:31:31.720
 is very

00:31:31.720 --> 00:31:32.180
 important to

00:31:32.180 --> 00:31:32.580
 the church

00:31:32.580 --> 00:31:33.160
 definitely

00:31:33.160 --> 00:31:34.180
 because if

00:31:34.180 --> 00:31:34.380
 you have

00:31:34.380 --> 00:31:34.880
 desire to

00:31:34.880 --> 00:31:35.080
 have the

00:31:35.080 --> 00:31:35.280
 right

00:31:35.280 --> 00:31:35.580
 relationship

00:31:35.580 --> 00:31:36.100
 with God

00:31:36.100 --> 00:31:36.660
 and then

00:31:36.660 --> 00:31:37.460
 you have

00:31:37.460 --> 00:31:38.100
 desire to

00:31:38.100 --> 00:31:39.019
 have the

00:31:39.019 --> 00:31:39.259
 right

00:31:39.259 --> 00:31:39.640
 relationship

00:31:39.640 --> 00:31:40.200
 with one

00:31:40.200 --> 00:31:40.580
 another.

00:31:41.320 --> 00:31:41.880
 And that's

00:31:41.880 --> 00:31:42.519
 how the

00:31:42.519 --> 00:31:43.000
 church will

00:31:43.000 --> 00:31:44.440
 grow and

00:31:44.440 --> 00:31:45.240
 be attractive

00:31:45.240 --> 00:31:46.300
 to other

00:31:46.300 --> 00:31:46.940
 people as

00:31:46.940 --> 00:31:47.180
 well.

00:31:47.759 --> 00:31:48.200
 So that is

00:31:48.200 --> 00:31:48.700
 the first

00:31:48.700 --> 00:31:49.120
 question.

00:31:49.540 --> 00:31:49.920
 The second

00:31:49.920 --> 00:31:50.620
 question would

00:31:50.619 --> 00:31:51.099
 be, I

00:31:51.099 --> 00:31:51.539
 imagine

00:31:51.539 --> 00:31:52.359
 Peter

00:31:52.359 --> 00:31:53.939
 asked

00:31:53.939 --> 00:31:55.139
 Jesus,

00:31:55.539 --> 00:31:55.739
 he said,

00:31:56.839 --> 00:31:57.419
 Peter could

00:31:57.419 --> 00:31:57.679
 say,

00:31:58.379 --> 00:31:59.379
 Lord, I

00:31:59.379 --> 00:32:00.419
 know that I

00:32:00.419 --> 00:32:00.719
 need to

00:32:00.719 --> 00:32:01.379
 love God

00:32:01.379 --> 00:32:02.019
 for all my

00:32:02.019 --> 00:32:02.879
 heart, all

00:32:02.879 --> 00:32:03.399
 my soul,

00:32:03.479 --> 00:32:03.719
 all my

00:32:03.719 --> 00:32:04.079
 strength,

00:32:04.179 --> 00:32:04.419
 all my

00:32:04.419 --> 00:32:04.759
 might,

00:32:05.719 --> 00:32:06.099
 and I

00:32:06.099 --> 00:32:06.539
 should love

00:32:06.539 --> 00:32:07.119
 my brother

00:32:07.119 --> 00:32:08.159
 as myself.

00:32:10.239 --> 00:32:11.379
 But I'm

00:32:11.379 --> 00:32:11.899
 not confident

00:32:11.899 --> 00:32:12.379
 that I can

00:32:12.379 --> 00:32:12.899
 keep it up

00:32:12.899 --> 00:32:13.339
 all the

00:32:13.339 --> 00:32:13.639
 time.

00:32:14.579 --> 00:32:15.039
 If I

00:32:15.039 --> 00:32:15.399
 fell,

00:32:15.739 --> 00:32:16.139
 would God

00:32:16.139 --> 00:32:16.679
 put me in

00:32:16.679 --> 00:32:17.039
 prison?

00:32:18.339 --> 00:32:19.099
 That's from

00:32:19.099 --> 00:32:19.399
 this,

00:32:19.400 --> 00:32:21.060
 parable.

00:32:21.380 --> 00:32:21.640
 So we

00:32:21.640 --> 00:32:22.880
 can imagine

00:32:22.880 --> 00:32:24.440
 also how

00:32:24.440 --> 00:32:24.920
 Jesus will

00:32:24.920 --> 00:32:25.460
 answer this

00:32:25.460 --> 00:32:26.080
 question.

00:32:29.080 --> 00:32:29.820
 Jesus will

00:32:29.820 --> 00:32:30.160
 say,

00:32:30.320 --> 00:32:31.420
 Peter, I'm

00:32:31.420 --> 00:32:31.980
 glad that you

00:32:31.980 --> 00:32:32.380
 have no

00:32:32.380 --> 00:32:33.340
 confidence in

00:32:33.340 --> 00:32:33.860
 yourself.

00:32:34.259 --> 00:32:34.759
 You are

00:32:34.759 --> 00:32:35.560
 always full of

00:32:35.560 --> 00:32:36.040
 confidence,

00:32:36.480 --> 00:32:36.780
 but it's

00:32:36.780 --> 00:32:37.180
 good that you

00:32:37.180 --> 00:32:37.560
 have no

00:32:37.560 --> 00:32:37.940
 confidence.

00:32:38.740 --> 00:32:39.560
 And it's

00:32:39.560 --> 00:32:39.960
 not a

00:32:39.960 --> 00:32:40.519
 question if

00:32:40.519 --> 00:32:40.860
 you will

00:32:40.860 --> 00:32:41.920
 fail, you

00:32:41.920 --> 00:32:42.460
 will fail

00:32:42.460 --> 00:32:43.280
 again and

00:32:43.280 --> 00:32:43.640
 again.

00:32:44.780 --> 00:32:45.140
 In the

00:32:45.140 --> 00:32:45.580
 parable,

00:32:46.580 --> 00:32:47.380
 the unforgiveness

00:32:47.380 --> 00:32:47.900
 servant

00:32:47.900 --> 00:32:49.200
 needed to

00:32:49.200 --> 00:32:50.380
 pay all

00:32:50.380 --> 00:32:50.860
 his debt

00:32:50.860 --> 00:32:51.480
 before he

00:32:51.480 --> 00:32:52.100
 can be

00:32:52.100 --> 00:32:52.400
 released

00:32:52.400 --> 00:32:52.980
 from the

00:32:52.980 --> 00:32:55.100
 prison.

00:32:56.420 --> 00:32:57.160
 But in

00:32:57.160 --> 00:32:57.559
 reality,

00:32:58.559 --> 00:32:59.080
 one day

00:32:59.080 --> 00:32:59.500
 you will

00:32:59.500 --> 00:33:00.259
 understand

00:33:00.259 --> 00:33:00.900
 that your

00:33:00.900 --> 00:33:01.259
 debt

00:33:01.259 --> 00:33:02.940
 has been

00:33:02.940 --> 00:33:03.420
 paid by

00:33:03.420 --> 00:33:03.840
 someone.

00:33:05.600 --> 00:33:06.440
 Your debt

00:33:06.440 --> 00:33:07.120
 in the

00:33:07.120 --> 00:33:07.700
 past or

00:33:07.700 --> 00:33:07.920
 in the

00:33:07.920 --> 00:33:08.319
 future

00:33:08.319 --> 00:33:09.580
 will be

00:33:09.580 --> 00:33:09.860
 paid.

00:33:10.559 --> 00:33:10.900
 And it

00:33:10.900 --> 00:33:11.059
 will be

00:33:11.059 --> 00:33:11.440
 paid by

00:33:11.440 --> 00:33:11.720
 me.

00:33:12.620 --> 00:33:13.019
 And that's

00:33:13.019 --> 00:33:13.700
 why I

00:33:13.700 --> 00:33:14.000
 have been

00:33:14.000 --> 00:33:14.620
 telling you

00:33:14.620 --> 00:33:15.480
 about my

00:33:15.480 --> 00:33:15.900
 debt

00:33:15.900 --> 00:33:18.380
 on the

00:33:18.380 --> 00:33:18.780
 cross.

00:33:20.660 --> 00:33:21.019
 So that

00:33:21.019 --> 00:33:21.460
 is the

00:33:21.460 --> 00:33:21.600
 second

00:33:21.600 --> 00:33:22.080
 question.

00:33:22.560 --> 00:33:22.880
 The third

00:33:22.880 --> 00:33:23.560
 question is

00:33:23.560 --> 00:33:24.720
 Peter may

00:33:24.720 --> 00:33:25.440
 then ask

00:33:25.440 --> 00:33:26.000
 Jesus,

00:33:26.759 --> 00:33:27.040
 oh, in

00:33:27.040 --> 00:33:27.540
 that case,

00:33:28.440 --> 00:33:28.740
 you have

00:33:28.740 --> 00:33:29.420
 given me

00:33:29.420 --> 00:33:31.460
 an hour

00:33:31.460 --> 00:33:31.960
 of jail

00:33:31.960 --> 00:33:32.380
 card.

00:33:33.800 --> 00:33:34.600
 Then why

00:33:34.600 --> 00:33:34.980
 should I

00:33:34.980 --> 00:33:36.960
 worry to

00:33:36.960 --> 00:33:37.759
 be unforgiving?

00:33:38.420 --> 00:33:38.660
 I mean,

00:33:38.740 --> 00:33:39.180
 you have

00:33:39.180 --> 00:33:39.800
 already paid

00:33:39.800 --> 00:33:40.259
 my debt.

00:33:40.840 --> 00:33:41.340
 I can't

00:33:41.340 --> 00:33:41.960
 just go

00:33:41.960 --> 00:33:42.220
 on and

00:33:42.220 --> 00:33:42.519
 live my

00:33:42.519 --> 00:33:42.960
 life and

00:33:42.960 --> 00:33:44.740
 be unforgiving.

00:33:44.740 --> 00:33:45.259
 I won't

00:33:45.259 --> 00:33:45.519
 be a

00:33:45.519 --> 00:33:46.039
 job.

00:33:46.039 --> 00:33:46.339
 God will

00:33:46.339 --> 00:33:46.579
 not put

00:33:46.579 --> 00:33:46.819
 people into

00:33:46.819 --> 00:33:47.240
 prison.

00:33:48.940 --> 00:33:49.640
 Why would

00:33:49.640 --> 00:33:50.160
 Jesus answer

00:33:50.160 --> 00:33:50.920
 this question?

00:33:52.339 --> 00:33:53.299
 Jesus would

00:33:53.299 --> 00:33:53.460
 say,

00:33:53.559 --> 00:33:53.940
 Peter, you

00:33:53.940 --> 00:33:54.279
 don't

00:33:54.279 --> 00:33:54.980
 understand.

00:33:56.759 --> 00:33:57.480
 When you

00:33:57.480 --> 00:33:57.859
 are being

00:33:57.859 --> 00:33:58.579
 unforgiving

00:33:58.579 --> 00:33:59.620
 to your

00:33:59.620 --> 00:33:59.980
 brother,

00:34:00.880 --> 00:34:01.579
 you are

00:34:01.579 --> 00:34:01.839
 putting

00:34:01.839 --> 00:34:02.859
 yourself in

00:34:02.859 --> 00:34:03.420
 prison,

00:34:03.779 --> 00:34:04.460
 in a prison

00:34:04.460 --> 00:34:05.160
 voluntary.

00:34:06.539 --> 00:34:06.819
 Many

00:34:06.819 --> 00:34:07.240
 people in

00:34:07.240 --> 00:34:07.660
 the world

00:34:07.660 --> 00:34:08.199
 live in

00:34:08.199 --> 00:34:08.539
 prison

00:34:08.539 --> 00:34:09.039
 voluntary.

00:34:09.840 --> 00:34:10.219
 We live

00:34:10.219 --> 00:34:10.820
 in prison

00:34:10.820 --> 00:34:11.840
 of

00:34:11.840 --> 00:34:12.579
 bitterness,

00:34:13.400 --> 00:34:13.900
 prison

00:34:13.900 --> 00:34:14.380
 of

00:34:14.380 --> 00:34:14.980
 jealousy,

00:34:16.420 --> 00:34:16.639
 prison

00:34:16.639 --> 00:34:16.880
 of

00:34:16.880 --> 00:34:17.360
 hatred,

00:34:18.160 --> 00:34:18.340
 prison

00:34:18.340 --> 00:34:18.559
 of

00:34:18.559 --> 00:34:18.980
 anger.

00:34:20.980 --> 00:34:21.280
 There's

00:34:21.280 --> 00:34:21.800
 so many

00:34:21.800 --> 00:34:22.400
 prisons that

00:34:22.400 --> 00:34:22.880
 we build

00:34:22.880 --> 00:34:24.139
 for ourselves.

00:34:24.880 --> 00:34:25.500
 God doesn't

00:34:25.500 --> 00:34:25.840
 need to

00:34:25.840 --> 00:34:26.480
 put you

00:34:26.480 --> 00:34:27.039
 in prison.

00:34:27.940 --> 00:34:28.180
 You

00:34:28.180 --> 00:34:29.099
 put yourself

00:34:29.099 --> 00:34:29.660
 in prison.

00:34:30.500 --> 00:34:30.920
 When you

00:34:30.920 --> 00:34:33.079
 insist

00:34:33.079 --> 00:34:34.559
 that you

00:34:34.559 --> 00:34:35.019
 want to

00:34:35.019 --> 00:34:36.139
 protect

00:34:36.139 --> 00:34:36.500
 your own

00:34:36.500 --> 00:34:36.860
 rights,

00:34:37.320 --> 00:34:37.599
 you are

00:34:37.599 --> 00:34:38.039
 living for

00:34:38.039 --> 00:34:38.539
 yourself.

00:34:39.639 --> 00:34:40.320
 The longer

00:34:40.320 --> 00:34:40.619
 you live

00:34:40.619 --> 00:34:41.180
 for yourself,

00:34:41.280 --> 00:34:41.619
 the more

00:34:41.619 --> 00:34:42.059
 prison you

00:34:42.059 --> 00:34:42.480
 will build.

00:34:42.480 --> 00:34:44.000
 and one

00:34:44.000 --> 00:34:44.460
 day you

00:34:44.460 --> 00:34:45.880
 might find

00:34:45.880 --> 00:34:46.659
 that you

00:34:46.659 --> 00:34:47.059
 cannot

00:34:47.059 --> 00:34:47.659
 repent

00:34:47.659 --> 00:34:48.119
 anymore.

00:34:48.599 --> 00:34:48.699
 You

00:34:48.699 --> 00:34:48.900
 can't

00:34:48.900 --> 00:34:49.440
 even use

00:34:49.440 --> 00:34:49.679
 that

00:34:49.679 --> 00:34:49.880
 out

00:34:49.880 --> 00:34:50.019
 of

00:34:50.019 --> 00:34:50.800
 cut

00:34:50.800 --> 00:34:51.039
 because

00:34:51.039 --> 00:34:51.639
 you

00:34:51.639 --> 00:34:52.099
 forget.

00:34:53.240 --> 00:34:53.480
 You

00:34:53.480 --> 00:34:53.920
 are so

00:34:53.920 --> 00:34:54.760
 lost in

00:34:54.760 --> 00:34:54.920
 it.

00:34:55.539 --> 00:34:55.719
 You

00:34:55.719 --> 00:34:56.000
 are lost

00:34:56.000 --> 00:34:56.460
 in your

00:34:56.460 --> 00:34:57.380
 resentment,

00:34:57.860 --> 00:34:58.099
 in your

00:34:58.099 --> 00:34:58.440
 bitterness.

00:35:00.099 --> 00:35:00.280
 You

00:35:00.280 --> 00:35:00.659
 don't think

00:35:00.659 --> 00:35:01.019
 that one

00:35:01.019 --> 00:35:01.380
 day you

00:35:01.380 --> 00:35:01.719
 can

00:35:01.719 --> 00:35:02.320
 suddenly

00:35:02.320 --> 00:35:03.519
 come back

00:35:03.519 --> 00:35:03.760
 to me.

00:35:03.820 --> 00:35:03.920
 You

00:35:03.920 --> 00:35:04.360
 might not

00:35:04.360 --> 00:35:05.860
 because

00:35:05.860 --> 00:35:07.280
 if you

00:35:07.280 --> 00:35:08.639
 just live

00:35:08.639 --> 00:35:09.240
 for yourself,

00:35:09.559 --> 00:35:09.840
 you will

00:35:09.840 --> 00:35:10.079
 lose

00:35:10.079 --> 00:35:10.480
 yourself.

00:35:10.480 --> 00:35:12.500
 but if

00:35:12.500 --> 00:35:12.780
 you live

00:35:12.780 --> 00:35:13.360
 for God

00:35:13.360 --> 00:35:14.260
 and other

00:35:14.260 --> 00:35:14.699
 people,

00:35:15.400 --> 00:35:15.719
 you will

00:35:15.719 --> 00:35:15.980
 find

00:35:15.980 --> 00:35:16.440
 yourself.

00:35:17.659 --> 00:35:17.900
 Peter,

00:35:18.039 --> 00:35:18.280
 I've

00:35:18.280 --> 00:35:18.860
 come to

00:35:18.860 --> 00:35:19.380
 set the

00:35:19.380 --> 00:35:19.740
 prisoners

00:35:19.740 --> 00:35:20.280
 free.

00:35:20.960 --> 00:35:21.159
 Wouldn't

00:35:21.159 --> 00:35:21.280
 you

00:35:21.280 --> 00:35:21.900
 follow me?

00:35:22.219 --> 00:35:22.380
 Wouldn't

00:35:22.380 --> 00:35:22.460
 you

00:35:22.460 --> 00:35:22.980
 trust me

00:35:22.980 --> 00:35:23.219
 now?

00:35:25.139 --> 00:35:25.619
 Let's

00:35:25.619 --> 00:35:25.880
 pray.

00:35:31.760 --> 00:35:32.240
 Father

00:35:32.240 --> 00:35:32.400
 God,

00:35:32.460 --> 00:35:32.760
 we

00:35:32.760 --> 00:35:35.579
 know that

00:35:35.579 --> 00:35:36.019
 we are

00:35:36.019 --> 00:35:36.420
 unable

00:35:36.420 --> 00:35:36.980
 to

00:35:36.980 --> 00:35:39.119
 love you

00:35:39.119 --> 00:35:39.539
 as we

00:35:39.539 --> 00:35:39.860
 should

00:35:39.860 --> 00:35:40.760
 or our

00:35:40.760 --> 00:35:41.159
 fellow

00:35:41.159 --> 00:35:41.980
 brothers and

00:35:41.980 --> 00:35:42.360
 sisters

00:35:42.360 --> 00:35:43.599
 as we

00:35:43.599 --> 00:35:43.900
 should.

00:35:45.599 --> 00:35:45.980
 And so

00:35:45.980 --> 00:35:46.519
 many times

00:35:46.519 --> 00:35:47.139
 we insist

00:35:47.139 --> 00:35:47.800
 of our

00:35:47.800 --> 00:35:48.460
 own rights

00:35:48.460 --> 00:35:50.639
 and demand

00:35:50.639 --> 00:35:51.559
 to be

00:35:51.559 --> 00:35:52.260
 respected.

00:35:55.300 --> 00:35:55.639
 Father,

00:35:55.800 --> 00:35:56.260
 help us

00:35:56.260 --> 00:35:57.780
 to be

00:35:57.780 --> 00:35:58.420
 free from

00:35:58.420 --> 00:35:59.420
 such

00:35:59.420 --> 00:36:00.559
 prisons.

00:36:02.059 --> 00:36:02.700
 Help us

00:36:02.700 --> 00:36:03.260
 to be

00:36:03.260 --> 00:36:03.639
 able to

00:36:03.639 --> 00:36:03.980
 say

00:36:03.980 --> 00:36:05.840
 that it's

00:36:05.840 --> 00:36:06.380
 no longer

00:36:06.380 --> 00:36:07.260
 I who

00:36:07.260 --> 00:36:07.539
 live.

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 And

00:36:09.800 --> 00:36:10.039
 therefore,

00:36:10.179 --> 00:36:10.440
 I do

00:36:10.440 --> 00:36:10.760
 not need

00:36:10.760 --> 00:36:10.900
 to

00:36:10.900 --> 00:36:11.360
 protect

00:36:11.360 --> 00:36:13.119
 my own

00:36:13.119 --> 00:36:13.579
 interests.

00:36:14.420 --> 00:36:14.820
 But it's

00:36:14.820 --> 00:36:15.280
 Christ who

00:36:15.280 --> 00:36:15.679
 lives in

00:36:15.679 --> 00:36:15.960
 me.

00:36:17.480 --> 00:36:17.920
 I already

00:36:17.920 --> 00:36:18.199
 have

00:36:18.199 --> 00:36:18.800
 Christ in

00:36:18.800 --> 00:36:18.980
 me.

00:36:19.619 --> 00:36:20.559
 So at

00:36:20.559 --> 00:36:20.920
 times,

00:36:21.420 --> 00:36:21.900
 I'm not

00:36:21.900 --> 00:36:22.280
 confident

00:36:22.280 --> 00:36:22.639
 that I

00:36:22.639 --> 00:36:23.019
 can keep

00:36:23.019 --> 00:36:25.240
 up with

00:36:25.240 --> 00:36:26.019
 loving you

00:36:26.019 --> 00:36:26.719
 other people

00:36:26.719 --> 00:36:27.659
 because I

00:36:27.659 --> 00:36:28.059
 still live

00:36:28.059 --> 00:36:28.320
 in the

00:36:28.320 --> 00:36:28.659
 flesh.

00:36:28.659 --> 00:36:30.940
 but I

00:36:30.940 --> 00:36:31.239
 do not

00:36:31.239 --> 00:36:32.839
 live by

00:36:32.839 --> 00:36:33.219
 trusting

00:36:33.219 --> 00:36:33.779
 myself.

00:36:34.279 --> 00:36:34.599
 I live

00:36:34.599 --> 00:36:35.759
 by the

00:36:35.759 --> 00:36:36.099
 faith,

00:36:37.420 --> 00:36:37.980
 having faith

00:36:37.980 --> 00:36:38.259
 in the

00:36:38.259 --> 00:36:38.679
 Lord Jesus

00:36:38.679 --> 00:36:41.039
 Christ who

00:36:41.039 --> 00:36:42.119
 loved me

00:36:42.119 --> 00:36:43.319
 and gave

00:36:43.319 --> 00:36:43.920
 himself for

00:36:43.920 --> 00:36:44.139
 me.

00:36:44.879 --> 00:36:45.299
 Thank you,

00:36:45.299 --> 00:36:45.519
 Lord.

00:36:45.639 --> 00:36:46.839
 We pray in

00:36:46.839 --> 00:36:47.480
 Jesus' name.

00:36:47.899 --> 00:36:48.099
 Amen.