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 Please take your copy of God's Word, which I hope that you have with you, that it's well read and treasured in your heart, and turn with me to the book of Luke chapter 15.

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 If you've been part of our fellowship for very long, it might be a little unsettling to you that we're turning to the middle of a book of the Bible.

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 Well, as last week we concluded our, I think, 59 sermon study of the book of Acts. We started in February of 2016 and finished up last week.

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 Many people have asked me, what's next? Where are we headed? What are we doing? So I'm going to tell you that.

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 I'll give you the plan, at least the penciled-in plan for the rest of the year, so you can take a couple deep breaths and just enjoy being here with us on Sunday mornings and hearing God's Word exposited as we study it together.

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 So today and the next two weeks, we're going to look at chapter 15 of Luke. It's been three weeks on the story of the prodigal son.

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 The five following weeks, we're going to do a topical exposition of the five solas of the Reformation.

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 So we're headed up to 500th year anniversary. You heard me telling that to the children earlier.

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 The five solas were kind of like the banner cries of the Reformation.

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 And I want to be really clear, just as a little primer to looking to that in just a couple of weeks,

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 that Christianity did not begin with the Reformation.

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 It began much, much further before that.

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 And there were groups of people that managed, right?

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 The truth of God went forth and managed to skirt even around what the Reformers were reforming from.

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 But we don't want to neglect our family history, right?

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 And the Reformation is part of that.

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 We stand on the shoulders of many of the Reformers who helped, in large measure, recapture biblical doctrine for us.

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 And so the solas help us to think about those things.

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 A sola, if you're not aware, is Latin, and it means only.

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 So those five solas are sola scriptura, only scripture.

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 Sola gratia, only grace.

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 Sola fide, only faith.

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 Sola Christus, only Christ.

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 And soli deo gloria, to God alone be the glory.

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 And so you can think of it in these terms.

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 By scripture alone do we know that we are saved by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone, to the glory of God alone.

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 So we'll spend five weeks on the solas.

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 Four weeks beyond that, we're just going to do some various text and topics, likely from the Psalms.

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 And then the rest of the year, as we've done in many years past, we'll preach through the Advent candle themes.

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 We're not preaching candles, but they're hope, joy, peace, love, Christ.

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 And we light those candles together, leading up to keeping our minds fixed on why we celebrate Christmas.

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 And we'll open up texts that speak of those various privileges we have in Christ and exposit through them.

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 So that's where we're going across the rest of the year.

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 But today we are in Luke chapter 15.

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 And I'm going to read the entire chapter for our benefit before we narrow in on verses 11 through 19 this morning.

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 But all of it carries together.

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 So I want to read it all to you probably over the next few weeks as well.

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 We'll read it together at the beginning and then we'll narrow in on some verses from the text.

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 Before I read, I want to remind you that this is God's word to us, that it was written for his glory and for our good.

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 And as such, we would all do well to listen to it in order to believe its promises and obey its commands.

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 Beginning in verse 1 of Luke chapter 15.

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 Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to Jesus.

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 And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying,

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 This man receives sinners and eats with them.

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 So he told them this parable.

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 What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them,

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 does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the one that is lost until he finds it?

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 And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

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 And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them,

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 Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.

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 Just so I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents

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 than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.

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 Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin,

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 does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek diligently until she finds it?

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 And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying,

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 Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.

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 Just so I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents.

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 And he said,

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 There was a man who had two sons.

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 And the younger of them said to his father,

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 Father, give me the share of property that is coming to me.

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 And he divided his property between them.

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 Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had

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 and took a journey into a far country,

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 and there squandered his property in reckless living.

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 And when he had spent everything,

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 a severe famine arose in that country,

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 and he began to be in need.

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 So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country

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 who sent him into his fields to feed pigs.

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 And he was longing to be fed with the pods that the pigs ate,

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 and no one gave him anything.

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 But when he came to himself, he said,

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 How many of my father's hired servants have more than enough bread,

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 but I perish here with hunger?

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 I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him,

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 Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you.

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 I am no longer worthy to be called your son.

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 Treat me as one of your hired servants.

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 And he arose and came to his father.

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 But while he was still a long way off,

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 his father saw him and felt compassion,

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 and ran and embraced him and kissed him.

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 And the son said to him,

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 Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you.

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 I am no longer worthy to be called your son.

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 But the father said to his servants,

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 Bring quickly the best robe and put it on him,

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 and put a ring on his hand and shoes on his feet,

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 and bring the fattened calf and kill it,

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 and let us eat and celebrate.

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 For this my son was dead and is alive again.

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 He was lost and is found.

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 And they began to celebrate.

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 Now his older son was in the field,

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 and as he came and drew near to the house,

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 he heard music and dancing.

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 And he called one of the servants and asked what these things meant.

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 And he said to him,

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 Your brother has come,

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 and your father has killed the fattened calf,

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 because he has received him back safe and sound.

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 But he was angry and refused to go in.

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 His father came out and entreated him.

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 But he answered his father,

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 Look, these many years I have served you,

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 and I have never disobeyed your command,

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 yet you never gave me a young goat

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 that I might celebrate with my friends.

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 But when this son of yours came,

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 who has devoured your property with prostitutes,

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 you killed the fattened calf for him.

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 And he said to him,

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 Son, you are always with me,

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 and all that is mine is yours.

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 It was fitting to celebrate and be glad,

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 for this your brother was dead and is alive.

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 He was lost and is found.

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 The contemporary pastor and commentator,

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 John MacArthur,

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 has called the story of the prodigal son

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 the greatest short story ever told.

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 I agree.

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 This story has been often cited,

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 and it exists in the collective consciousness

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 of our culture.

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 You will hear,

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 and if you haven't already been aware of this,

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 you will begin to hear mention of the story

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 of the prodigal son in all sorts of places.

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 But,

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 this story is often misunderstood.

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 It is my prayer that over the next couple of weeks,

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 we will arrive at a clearer understanding

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 of its meaning

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 as we study it together.

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 This story is primarily told by Jesus

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 in order to address

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 the attitudes of the religious elite,

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 who Luke tells us about

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 at the beginning of chapter 15.

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 Verse 2 says,

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 And the Pharisees and scribes grumbled.

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 Those lawyers and those of this elite class

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 called the Pharisees.

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 And what did they say?

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 This man receives sinners

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 and eats with them.

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 So in response,

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 Luke records what Jesus said.

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 Verse 3,

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 that he told them this parable,

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 and then continues.

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 Verse 8,

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 Or what woman?

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 And then without skipping a beat,

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 to verse 11.

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 And he said,

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 There was a man who had two sons.

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 So we need to see

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 that it connects back

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 to the very beginning of chapter 15

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 and this conflict that's going on

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 and this type of judgmentalism

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 that the Pharisees and the scribes have

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 for Jesus,

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 who is gathering

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 with those who need to hear

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 the good news

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 of the coming kingdom of God.

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 Now as we look at

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 any of Jesus' parables,

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 but I think particularly this one,

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 there's a great temptation

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 to allegorize the parables,

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 to make everything in the text

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 take on some complex symbolic meaning.

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 If you just have some time to kill,

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 go search for explanations of symbolism

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 and the prodigal son.

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 You will find some crazy explanations

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 out there.

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 We need to be really careful

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 across these three weeks

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 to see that Jesus is driving

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 a solitary point.

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 He's heading us to

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 a particular thing

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 that he wants us

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 to understand.

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 And that is this.

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 He is juxtaposing

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 the attitudes of the Pharisees

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 and the scribes

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 with the rejoicing of heaven

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 over lost souls

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 being found.

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 That's what the drive is.

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 The rejoicing

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 of heaven

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 and therefore

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 the need for our rejoicing

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 in the lost being found.

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 We need to keep this in mind

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 as we consider the story

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 of the prodigal son.

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 It sits within a chapter of parables

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 with an even larger

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 cultural reality.

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 And we need to do some faithful work

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 to understand its meaning

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 and bearing on us today.

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 So, I'm going to break

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 across these next three weeks

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 the characters out.

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 So, we're going to look

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 at the younger son

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 who we'll call the prodigal

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 the prodigal son

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 the father

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 and then the eldest son

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 who we'll see

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 as really the point

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 of the story

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 this attitude

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 of the eldest son.

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 But for today

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 we'll look at the

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 youngest son

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 the younger of the two

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 and with fair ease

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 as we look at the prodigal

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 we can find ourselves

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 in him.

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 In some measure.

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 The word prodigal

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 means licentious

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 or lavish.

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 It's not a word

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 we tend to use very often

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 unless you hear it

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 in reference

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 to this particular story.

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 Or as the ESV translation

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 puts it

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 as I'm reading from

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 in verse 13

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 reckless.

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 Luke records

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 the ESV text

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 that he went

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 and squandered

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 his inheritance

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 and reckless living.

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 The prodigal son

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 is prodigal

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 he is reckless

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 in his sin

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 in his rebellion

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 against his father.

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 Now there are various

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 stages in the history

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 of a sinner.

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 And this is true

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 of the prodigal

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 and these stages

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 are worth noting

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 in this text

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 for our benefit.

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 This is especially

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 important for you

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 this morning

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 if you have not

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 believed

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 in Jesus Christ.

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 To take a look

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 at the stages

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 these history stages

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 in the life

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 of the prodigal.

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 But if you have believed

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 do not think

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 that a careful

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 consideration

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 of who you

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 once were

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 is a fruitless

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 effort.

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 It is always

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 good

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 to remember

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 the grace of God

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 to us

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 in Jesus Christ.

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 For me to remember

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 that I was once

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 prodigal

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 but that I have been

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 restored

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 to my father.

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 To be reminded

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 of what we were

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 saved from

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 makes us revel

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 in who

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 we have been

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 saved to.

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 So let's do that

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 together

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 in the following

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 outlines.

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 Here is the outline

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 for this morning

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 and then I will

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 go back to it.

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 Number one

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 independence

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 from God.

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 Number two

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 indulgence

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 of self.

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 And number three

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 insanity

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 of soul.

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 So these are the

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 stages

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 in this history

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 of the sinner

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 that we can

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 observe here

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 in the text

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 of the

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 prodigal son.

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 And then

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 fourthly

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 for those of us

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 who are in Christ

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 who have been

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 justified before God

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 we can readily

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 relate with this

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 fourth step

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 and I hope

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 that this will be

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 a true step

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 for each and

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 every one of us

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 repentance

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 and faith.

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 So number one

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 independence

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 from God.

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 Verses 11 and 12

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 and he said

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 there was a man

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 who had two sons

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 and the younger

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 of them said

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 to his father

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 father give me

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 the share of property

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 that is coming to me

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 and he divided

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 his property

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 between them.

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 We first learn

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 of a man

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 who has two sons.

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 Inheritance

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 in Jesus' day

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 was governed

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 by the law

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 of primogenitor.

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 You don't have

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 to remember that word

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 but there it is

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 for you right

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 this law

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 that governed

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 the way

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 in which

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 inheritance

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 was handed

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 down

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 and it was

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 strictly adhered

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 to.

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 The eldest son

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 under this law

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 received a double

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 portion of the

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 inheritance

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 which means

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 in the case

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 of two sons

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 that the older

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 son would receive

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 two thirds

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 of the inheritance

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 and the younger

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 one third.

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 You get to learn

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 math on Sunday

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 mornings as well.

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 Upon the request

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 of his inheritance

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 the father

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 not only grants

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 the younger brother

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 what he asked

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 for but also

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 the older

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 he also grants

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 it.

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 It says

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 and he divided

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 his property

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 between them.

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 The fact

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 that he does

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 this bears

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 a great deal

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 of significance

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 later on.

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 This morning

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 what we need

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 to understand

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 about the

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 prodigal's request

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 is that it

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 was audacious.

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 Under this law

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 of inheritance

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 the inheritance

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 was only granted

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 upon the death

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 of the father.

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 There was no

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 pre-granting

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 of inheritance

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 under the law.

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 So the younger

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 son in requesting

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 his inheritance

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 was wishing

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 his father

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 dead.

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 So remember

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 Jesus is talking

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 to the Pharisees

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 and the scribes

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 as he's telling

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 this story

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 and this is their

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 first gasping

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 moment in the

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 telling of this

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 thing right out

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 of the gate.

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 Greatest short

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 story ever told.

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 They are in awe.

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 How could a son

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 ask such a thing

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 of his father?

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 I wish

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 you were dead.

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 Give me

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 what is

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 mine.

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 And this is

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 the nature

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 of sin.

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 Rejection

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 of God's

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 good

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 loving

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 rule.

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 The pastor

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 John Piper

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 once defined

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 sin like this.

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 Sin is

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 the glory

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 of God

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 not honored

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 the holiness

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 of God

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 not reverenced

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 the greatness

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 of God

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 not admired

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 the power

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 of God

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 not praised

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 the truth

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 of God

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 not sought

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 the wisdom

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 of God

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 not esteemed

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 the beauty

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 of God

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 not treasured

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 the goodness

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 of God

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 not savored

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 the faithfulness

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 of God

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 not trusted

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 the promise

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 of God

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 not believed

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 the commandments

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 of God

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 not obeyed

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 the justice

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 of God

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 not respected

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 the wrath

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 of God

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 not feared

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 the grace

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 of God

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 not cherished

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 the presence

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 of God

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 not prized

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 and the person

00:16:38.580 --> 00:16:39.580
 of God

00:16:39.580 --> 00:16:40.960
 not loved

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 in our sin

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 we say

00:16:44.160 --> 00:16:45.000
 to God

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 I wish

00:16:46.180 --> 00:16:47.400
 you were

00:16:47.400 --> 00:16:47.820
 dead

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 and we can

00:16:49.519 --> 00:16:50.080
 observe the

00:16:50.080 --> 00:16:51.040
 prodigal's expression

00:16:51.040 --> 00:16:51.639
 of sin

00:16:51.639 --> 00:16:52.580
 in the very

00:16:52.580 --> 00:16:53.500
 first

00:16:53.500 --> 00:16:54.680
 sin

00:16:54.680 --> 00:16:55.300
 found in

00:16:55.300 --> 00:16:55.600
 Genesis

00:16:55.600 --> 00:16:57.120
 chapter 3

00:16:57.120 --> 00:16:58.660
 and I begin

00:16:58.660 --> 00:16:59.600
 reading in verse 1

00:16:59.600 --> 00:17:01.480
 now the serpent

00:17:01.480 --> 00:17:02.340
 was more crafty

00:17:02.340 --> 00:17:02.779
 than any other

00:17:02.779 --> 00:17:03.560
 beast of the field

00:17:03.560 --> 00:17:04.500
 that the Lord God

00:17:04.500 --> 00:17:05.200
 had made

00:17:05.200 --> 00:17:07.019
 he said to the woman

00:17:07.019 --> 00:17:08.279
 did God

00:17:08.279 --> 00:17:09.579
 actually say

00:17:09.579 --> 00:17:10.420
 you shall not eat

00:17:10.420 --> 00:17:11.039
 of any tree

00:17:11.039 --> 00:17:11.799
 in the garden

00:17:11.799 --> 00:17:13.180
 and the woman

00:17:13.180 --> 00:17:13.880
 said to the serpent

00:17:13.880 --> 00:17:15.059
 we may eat

00:17:15.059 --> 00:17:15.339
 of the fruit

00:17:15.339 --> 00:17:15.660
 of the trees

00:17:15.660 --> 00:17:16.099
 in the garden

00:17:16.099 --> 00:17:16.940
 but God said

00:17:16.940 --> 00:17:17.779
 you shall not

00:17:17.779 --> 00:17:18.539
 eat of the fruit

00:17:18.539 --> 00:17:19.079
 of the tree

00:17:19.079 --> 00:17:19.860
 that is in the midst

00:17:19.860 --> 00:17:20.480
 of the garden

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 neither shall you

00:17:21.860 --> 00:17:22.360
 touch it

00:17:22.360 --> 00:17:24.200
 lest you die

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 and here's the

00:17:25.279 --> 00:17:26.420
 crafty deception

00:17:26.420 --> 00:17:27.440
 verse 4

00:17:27.440 --> 00:17:28.620
 but the serpent

00:17:28.620 --> 00:17:29.480
 said to the woman

00:17:29.480 --> 00:17:30.039
 woman

00:17:30.039 --> 00:17:31.599
 you will not

00:17:31.599 --> 00:17:32.539
 surely die

00:17:32.539 --> 00:17:34.160
 for God knows

00:17:34.160 --> 00:17:34.579
 that when you

00:17:34.579 --> 00:17:35.059
 eat of it

00:17:35.059 --> 00:17:35.720
 your eyes

00:17:35.720 --> 00:17:36.460
 will be opened

00:17:36.460 --> 00:17:37.779
 and you will be

00:17:37.779 --> 00:17:39.059
 like God

00:17:39.059 --> 00:17:40.360
 knowing

00:17:40.360 --> 00:17:41.579
 good and evil

00:17:41.579 --> 00:17:42.980
 what was the

00:17:42.980 --> 00:17:43.339
 deception

00:17:43.339 --> 00:17:44.299
 of the devil

00:17:44.299 --> 00:17:46.079
 that Adam and Eve

00:17:46.079 --> 00:17:47.500
 could themselves

00:17:47.500 --> 00:17:48.259
 be

00:17:48.259 --> 00:17:49.740
 gods

00:17:49.740 --> 00:17:51.519
 Adam and Eve

00:17:51.519 --> 00:17:51.799
 in their

00:17:51.799 --> 00:17:52.880
 very first

00:17:52.880 --> 00:17:53.700
 sin

00:17:53.700 --> 00:17:54.860
 the start

00:17:54.860 --> 00:17:55.920
 of all

00:17:55.920 --> 00:17:56.440
 of our

00:17:56.440 --> 00:17:57.039
 problems

00:17:57.039 --> 00:17:58.700
 was that they

00:17:58.700 --> 00:17:59.640
 wanted God

00:17:59.640 --> 00:18:00.340
 dead

00:18:00.340 --> 00:18:01.380
 they themselves

00:18:01.380 --> 00:18:02.799
 wanted to be

00:18:02.799 --> 00:18:03.160
 God

00:18:03.160 --> 00:18:03.779
 verse 6

00:18:03.779 --> 00:18:04.039
 says

00:18:04.039 --> 00:18:04.319
 so when the

00:18:04.319 --> 00:18:04.700
 woman saw

00:18:04.700 --> 00:18:05.000
 the tree

00:18:05.000 --> 00:18:05.340
 was good

00:18:05.340 --> 00:18:05.940
 for food

00:18:05.940 --> 00:18:06.259
 and that it

00:18:06.259 --> 00:18:06.779
 was a delight

00:18:06.779 --> 00:18:07.500
 to the eyes

00:18:07.500 --> 00:18:08.480
 and that the

00:18:08.480 --> 00:18:08.980
 tree was to be

00:18:08.980 --> 00:18:09.720
 desired to make

00:18:09.720 --> 00:18:10.259
 one wise

00:18:10.259 --> 00:18:10.759
 she took of

00:18:10.759 --> 00:18:11.080
 its fruit

00:18:11.079 --> 00:18:11.439
 and ate

00:18:11.439 --> 00:18:12.179
 and she

00:18:12.179 --> 00:18:12.419
 she also

00:18:12.419 --> 00:18:12.980
 gave some

00:18:12.980 --> 00:18:13.279
 to her

00:18:13.279 --> 00:18:13.579
 husband

00:18:13.579 --> 00:18:14.000
 who was

00:18:14.000 --> 00:18:15.099
 with her

00:18:15.099 --> 00:18:15.779
 and he

00:18:15.779 --> 00:18:16.199
 ate

00:18:16.199 --> 00:18:18.019
 Adam and Eve

00:18:18.019 --> 00:18:18.699
 said to their

00:18:18.699 --> 00:18:19.139
 father

00:18:19.139 --> 00:18:20.139
 God

00:18:20.139 --> 00:18:21.539
 father

00:18:21.539 --> 00:18:22.399
 give us the

00:18:22.399 --> 00:18:22.980
 share of

00:18:22.980 --> 00:18:23.439
 property

00:18:23.439 --> 00:18:24.339
 that is

00:18:24.339 --> 00:18:25.639
 coming to us

00:18:25.640 --> 00:18:26.880
 they wished

00:18:26.880 --> 00:18:26.900
 they wished

00:18:26.900 --> 00:18:27.240
 God

00:18:27.240 --> 00:18:28.080
 dead

00:18:28.080 --> 00:18:29.040
 they sought

00:18:29.040 --> 00:18:29.880
 independence

00:18:29.880 --> 00:18:31.140
 from God

00:18:31.140 --> 00:18:31.620
 and his

00:18:31.620 --> 00:18:32.520
 good rule

00:18:32.520 --> 00:18:33.160
 over them

00:18:33.160 --> 00:18:34.200
 just as the

00:18:34.200 --> 00:18:34.720
 prodigal son

00:18:34.720 --> 00:18:35.740
 desired independence

00:18:35.740 --> 00:18:36.920
 from his

00:18:36.920 --> 00:18:37.280
 father

00:18:37.280 --> 00:18:39.160
 as this should

00:18:39.160 --> 00:18:39.780
 be a shock

00:18:39.780 --> 00:18:40.400
 to us

00:18:40.400 --> 00:18:41.820
 it should be

00:18:41.820 --> 00:18:42.140
 if you're not

00:18:42.140 --> 00:18:42.660
 feeling that

00:18:42.660 --> 00:18:43.300
 as a shock

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 I pray that

00:18:44.360 --> 00:18:44.700
 God would

00:18:44.700 --> 00:18:45.320
 stir in your

00:18:45.320 --> 00:18:45.759
 heart

00:18:45.759 --> 00:18:46.420
 recognize

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 the offense

00:18:47.500 --> 00:18:48.220
 of sin

00:18:48.220 --> 00:18:50.060
 as it should

00:18:50.060 --> 00:18:50.460
 be a shock

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 to us

00:18:50.780 --> 00:18:50.980
 that the

00:18:50.980 --> 00:18:51.360
 younger son

00:18:51.360 --> 00:18:51.640
 would ask

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 that it

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 would have

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 been even

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 greater

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 to Jesus

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 listeners

00:18:55.099 --> 00:18:56.119
 in a culture

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 where honor

00:18:56.659 --> 00:18:57.559
 was massively

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 important

00:18:58.279 --> 00:18:59.019
 and the

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 fifth command

00:18:59.559 --> 00:18:59.980
 and honor

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 your father

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 and mother

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 was not

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 only part

00:19:02.339 --> 00:19:02.500
 of the

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 moral law

00:19:02.939 --> 00:19:03.319
 but also

00:19:03.319 --> 00:19:03.579
 the

00:19:03.579 --> 00:19:04.259
 judicial

00:19:04.259 --> 00:19:05.059
 law

00:19:05.059 --> 00:19:06.579
 this request

00:19:06.579 --> 00:19:07.119
 was more

00:19:07.119 --> 00:19:07.719
 than just

00:19:07.719 --> 00:19:08.559
 a little

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 scandalous

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 listen to

00:19:11.500 --> 00:19:12.899
 the law

00:19:12.899 --> 00:19:13.279
 found in

00:19:13.279 --> 00:19:13.759
 Deuteronomy

00:19:13.759 --> 00:19:14.519
 chapter 21

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 verses 18

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 through 21

00:19:15.980 --> 00:19:16.679
 this is

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 the command

00:19:19.259 --> 00:19:19.959
 against rebellious

00:19:19.959 --> 00:19:20.339
 children

00:19:20.339 --> 00:19:20.879
 children you

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 should listen

00:19:21.199 --> 00:19:21.639
 to this

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 if a man

00:19:24.639 --> 00:19:24.859
 is a

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 stubborn

00:19:25.059 --> 00:19:25.559
 and rebellious

00:19:25.559 --> 00:19:25.919
 son who

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 will not

00:19:26.279 --> 00:19:26.599
 obey the

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 voice of

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 his father

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 or the

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 voice of

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 his mother

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 and though

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 they discipline

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 him will not

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 listen to

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 them

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 then his

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 father and

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 mother shall

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 take hold

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 of him

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 and bring

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 him out

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 to the

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 elders of

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 his city

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 at the

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 gate

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 of the

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 place

00:19:38.179 --> 00:19:38.440
 where he

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 lives

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 and they

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 shall say

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 to the

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 elders

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 of his

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 city

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 this our

00:19:42.980 --> 00:19:43.319
 son is

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 stubborn

00:19:43.639 --> 00:19:44.179
 and rebellious

00:19:44.179 --> 00:19:44.519
 he will

00:19:44.519 --> 00:19:44.839
 not obey

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 our voice

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 he is a

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 glutton

00:19:46.059 --> 00:19:46.619
 and a

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 drunkard

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 then all

00:19:48.319 --> 00:19:48.539
 the men

00:19:48.539 --> 00:19:48.740
 of the

00:19:48.740 --> 00:19:48.940
 city

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 shall stone

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 him to

00:19:49.879 --> 00:19:50.059
 death

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 with stones

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 so you

00:19:52.039 --> 00:19:52.779
 shall purge

00:19:52.779 --> 00:19:53.399
 the evil

00:19:53.399 --> 00:19:53.740
 from your

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 midst

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 and all

00:19:54.639 --> 00:19:54.980
 israel

00:19:54.980 --> 00:19:55.619
 shall hear

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 and fear

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 so the

00:19:59.000 --> 00:19:59.759
 command to

00:19:59.759 --> 00:20:00.759
 obey your

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 father and

00:20:01.839 --> 00:20:02.940
 mother was

00:20:02.940 --> 00:20:03.420
 serious

00:20:03.420 --> 00:20:04.099
 and god

00:20:04.099 --> 00:20:04.680
 meant it

00:20:04.680 --> 00:20:05.200
 when he

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 said it

00:20:06.519 --> 00:20:07.920
 so in

00:20:07.920 --> 00:20:08.639
 this culture

00:20:08.639 --> 00:20:09.659
 insolence

00:20:09.659 --> 00:20:10.279
 was a

00:20:10.279 --> 00:20:11.240
 serious

00:20:11.240 --> 00:20:12.779
 infraction

00:20:12.779 --> 00:20:13.639
 young people

00:20:13.639 --> 00:20:14.039
 you did not

00:20:14.039 --> 00:20:14.740
 get to yell

00:20:14.740 --> 00:20:15.460
 I hate you

00:20:15.460 --> 00:20:15.879
 and slam

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 the door

00:20:16.139 --> 00:20:16.399
 to your

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 room

00:20:16.659 --> 00:20:17.279
 and your

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 parents just

00:20:17.740 --> 00:20:18.059
 don't know

00:20:18.059 --> 00:20:18.420
 how they

00:20:18.420 --> 00:20:18.799
 lost you

00:20:18.799 --> 00:20:19.019
 as a

00:20:19.019 --> 00:20:19.359
 friend

00:20:19.359 --> 00:20:22.240
 you were

00:20:22.240 --> 00:20:22.759
 meant to

00:20:22.759 --> 00:20:23.440
 honor your

00:20:23.440 --> 00:20:24.379
 mother and

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 your father

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 and while the

00:20:26.220 --> 00:20:26.980
 instruction of

00:20:26.980 --> 00:20:27.879
 Deuteronomy 21

00:20:27.879 --> 00:20:28.460
 was rarely

00:20:28.460 --> 00:20:28.940
 followed

00:20:28.940 --> 00:20:29.579
 please know

00:20:29.579 --> 00:20:29.919
 that

00:20:29.919 --> 00:20:30.980
 very few

00:20:30.980 --> 00:20:31.799
 sons were

00:20:31.799 --> 00:20:32.240
 stoned to

00:20:32.240 --> 00:20:32.500
 death

00:20:32.500 --> 00:20:33.000
 because they

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 knew what

00:20:33.359 --> 00:20:33.799
 was coming

00:20:33.799 --> 00:20:34.440
 to them

00:20:34.440 --> 00:20:35.139
 if they

00:20:35.139 --> 00:20:35.299
 weren't

00:20:35.299 --> 00:20:35.659
 obedient

00:20:35.659 --> 00:20:37.139
 a son

00:20:37.139 --> 00:20:37.619
 like the

00:20:37.619 --> 00:20:38.059
 prodigal

00:20:38.059 --> 00:20:38.559
 would be

00:20:38.559 --> 00:20:39.079
 publicly

00:20:39.079 --> 00:20:39.680
 shamed

00:20:39.680 --> 00:20:40.700
 and disowned

00:20:40.700 --> 00:20:43.200
 here however

00:20:43.200 --> 00:20:43.859
 what does the

00:20:43.859 --> 00:20:44.220
 father do

00:20:44.220 --> 00:20:44.419
 he does

00:20:44.419 --> 00:20:44.700
 something

00:20:44.700 --> 00:20:45.079
 that's so

00:20:45.079 --> 00:20:45.579
 surprising

00:20:45.579 --> 00:20:46.879
 and again

00:20:46.879 --> 00:20:47.339
 we don't

00:20:47.339 --> 00:20:47.779
 understand it

00:20:47.779 --> 00:20:47.940
 as a

00:20:47.940 --> 00:20:48.159
 culture

00:20:48.159 --> 00:20:48.480
 but what

00:20:48.480 --> 00:20:48.720
 does the

00:20:48.720 --> 00:20:49.299
 father do

00:20:49.299 --> 00:20:49.920
 instead of

00:20:49.920 --> 00:20:50.160
 public

00:20:50.160 --> 00:20:50.500
 shaming

00:20:50.500 --> 00:20:50.799
 him

00:20:50.799 --> 00:20:51.860
 and disowning

00:20:51.860 --> 00:20:52.079
 him

00:20:52.079 --> 00:20:52.799
 the father

00:20:52.799 --> 00:20:53.500
 divides his

00:20:53.500 --> 00:20:53.960
 property

00:20:53.960 --> 00:20:55.240
 between them

00:20:55.240 --> 00:20:56.339
 gives them

00:20:56.339 --> 00:20:57.640
 exactly what

00:20:57.640 --> 00:20:57.960
 he asked

00:20:57.960 --> 00:20:58.220
 for

00:20:58.220 --> 00:21:01.500
 we have

00:21:01.500 --> 00:21:01.960
 sought

00:21:01.960 --> 00:21:02.620
 the same

00:21:02.620 --> 00:21:03.819
 we have

00:21:03.819 --> 00:21:04.319
 said

00:21:04.319 --> 00:21:05.740
 to God

00:21:05.740 --> 00:21:06.099
 in our

00:21:06.099 --> 00:21:06.700
 willful

00:21:06.700 --> 00:21:07.220
 rebellion

00:21:07.220 --> 00:21:07.559
 against

00:21:07.559 --> 00:21:08.059
 God's

00:21:08.059 --> 00:21:08.380
 good

00:21:08.380 --> 00:21:09.000
 instruction

00:21:09.000 --> 00:21:10.240
 whether we

00:21:10.240 --> 00:21:10.559
 know it

00:21:10.559 --> 00:21:10.799
 from the

00:21:10.799 --> 00:21:11.220
 pages of

00:21:11.220 --> 00:21:11.480
 scripture

00:21:11.480 --> 00:21:11.920
 or whether

00:21:11.920 --> 00:21:12.480
 just the

00:21:12.480 --> 00:21:12.960
 law that's

00:21:12.960 --> 00:21:13.279
 written on

00:21:13.279 --> 00:21:13.759
 our hearts

00:21:13.759 --> 00:21:14.400
 we have

00:21:14.400 --> 00:21:15.000
 all rebelled

00:21:15.000 --> 00:21:15.700
 against God

00:21:15.700 --> 00:21:16.279
 and wished

00:21:16.279 --> 00:21:17.299
 him dead

00:21:17.299 --> 00:21:17.980
 we have

00:21:17.980 --> 00:21:18.619
 all sought

00:21:18.619 --> 00:21:19.099
 independence

00:21:19.099 --> 00:21:19.539
 from our

00:21:19.539 --> 00:21:20.139
 good father

00:21:20.139 --> 00:21:20.759
 we have

00:21:20.759 --> 00:21:21.579
 all wanted

00:21:21.579 --> 00:21:22.480
 ourselves

00:21:22.480 --> 00:21:23.720
 to be

00:21:23.720 --> 00:21:24.200
 gods

00:21:24.200 --> 00:21:25.940
 so this

00:21:25.940 --> 00:21:27.139
 is a

00:21:27.139 --> 00:21:28.639
 stage in

00:21:28.639 --> 00:21:29.240
 the history

00:21:29.240 --> 00:21:29.919
 of every

00:21:29.919 --> 00:21:30.419
 sinner as

00:21:30.419 --> 00:21:30.799
 we see it

00:21:30.799 --> 00:21:31.240
 in the stage

00:21:31.240 --> 00:21:32.019
 of the

00:21:32.019 --> 00:21:32.440
 prodigal

00:21:32.440 --> 00:21:33.119
 independence

00:21:33.119 --> 00:21:33.819
 is a desire

00:21:33.819 --> 00:21:34.720
 for independence

00:21:34.720 --> 00:21:36.419
 from God

00:21:36.419 --> 00:21:38.180
 but secondly

00:21:38.180 --> 00:21:38.659
 we see another

00:21:38.659 --> 00:21:39.079
 stage

00:21:39.079 --> 00:21:40.359
 we see the

00:21:40.359 --> 00:21:41.159
 indulgence

00:21:41.159 --> 00:21:41.159


00:21:41.159 --> 00:21:42.339
 of self

00:21:42.339 --> 00:21:44.119
 just in

00:21:44.119 --> 00:21:44.839
 verse 13

00:21:44.839 --> 00:21:45.879
 we see that

00:21:45.879 --> 00:21:46.279
 not many

00:21:46.279 --> 00:21:46.740
 days later

00:21:46.740 --> 00:21:47.099
 the younger

00:21:47.099 --> 00:21:47.679
 son gathered

00:21:47.679 --> 00:21:48.319
 all he had

00:21:48.319 --> 00:21:49.099
 and took a

00:21:49.099 --> 00:21:49.659
 journey into

00:21:49.659 --> 00:21:50.059
 a far

00:21:50.059 --> 00:21:50.480
 country

00:21:50.480 --> 00:21:51.240
 and there

00:21:51.240 --> 00:21:52.000
 he squandered

00:21:52.000 --> 00:21:52.559
 his property

00:21:52.559 --> 00:21:53.500
 in reckless

00:21:53.500 --> 00:21:54.419
 living

00:21:54.419 --> 00:21:56.220
 so the

00:21:56.220 --> 00:21:56.879
 son leaves

00:21:56.879 --> 00:21:58.579
 which appears

00:21:58.579 --> 00:21:58.899
 to have been

00:21:58.899 --> 00:21:59.459
 his plan

00:21:59.459 --> 00:22:00.279
 all along

00:22:00.279 --> 00:22:00.899
 as Jesus

00:22:00.899 --> 00:22:01.459
 states

00:22:01.459 --> 00:22:02.740
 not many

00:22:02.740 --> 00:22:03.259
 days

00:22:03.259 --> 00:22:03.919
 later

00:22:03.919 --> 00:22:05.539
 the son

00:22:05.539 --> 00:22:06.199
 took a

00:22:06.199 --> 00:22:06.559
 couple of

00:22:06.559 --> 00:22:06.939
 days

00:22:06.939 --> 00:22:08.059
 to liquidate

00:22:08.059 --> 00:22:08.759
 his inheritance

00:22:08.759 --> 00:22:09.799
 to take all

00:22:09.799 --> 00:22:10.199
 of the things

00:22:10.199 --> 00:22:10.419
 that have been

00:22:10.419 --> 00:22:10.799
 given to him

00:22:10.799 --> 00:22:11.220
 the livestock

00:22:11.220 --> 00:22:11.819
 and the land

00:22:11.819 --> 00:22:12.980
 to liquidate

00:22:12.980 --> 00:22:13.240
 it

00:22:13.240 --> 00:22:13.799
 into

00:22:13.799 --> 00:22:14.659
 transportable

00:22:14.659 --> 00:22:15.200
 cash

00:22:15.200 --> 00:22:16.379
 needed to

00:22:16.379 --> 00:22:16.899
 take it

00:22:16.899 --> 00:22:18.299
 with him

00:22:18.299 --> 00:22:19.899
 recall that

00:22:19.899 --> 00:22:20.319
 Jesus is

00:22:20.319 --> 00:22:20.819
 speaking to

00:22:20.819 --> 00:22:21.579
 this Jewish

00:22:21.579 --> 00:22:22.799
 audience

00:22:22.799 --> 00:22:23.279
 so the

00:22:23.279 --> 00:22:23.619
 statement

00:22:23.619 --> 00:22:24.000
 that the

00:22:24.000 --> 00:22:24.539
 son took

00:22:24.539 --> 00:22:25.139
 a journey

00:22:25.139 --> 00:22:26.000
 into a

00:22:26.000 --> 00:22:26.759
 far country

00:22:26.759 --> 00:22:27.119
 while to

00:22:27.119 --> 00:22:27.539
 us that

00:22:27.539 --> 00:22:27.980
 just sounds

00:22:27.980 --> 00:22:28.399
 like well

00:22:28.399 --> 00:22:28.720
 he took

00:22:28.720 --> 00:22:29.179
 a trip

00:22:29.179 --> 00:22:30.639
 would have

00:22:30.639 --> 00:22:31.000
 been

00:22:31.000 --> 00:22:31.619
 understood

00:22:31.619 --> 00:22:32.159
 to be a

00:22:32.159 --> 00:22:32.480
 journey

00:22:32.480 --> 00:22:32.779
 to

00:22:32.779 --> 00:22:33.700
 Gentile

00:22:33.700 --> 00:22:34.439
 lands

00:22:34.439 --> 00:22:34.839
 again

00:22:34.839 --> 00:22:35.539
 the next

00:22:35.539 --> 00:22:36.419
 gasping

00:22:36.419 --> 00:22:36.939
 moment

00:22:36.939 --> 00:22:38.039
 for his

00:22:38.039 --> 00:22:38.480
 listeners

00:22:38.480 --> 00:22:39.679
 to Jesus

00:22:39.679 --> 00:22:40.059
 listeners

00:22:40.059 --> 00:22:40.720
 there is a

00:22:40.720 --> 00:22:41.720
 compounding

00:22:41.720 --> 00:22:42.259
 audacity

00:22:42.259 --> 00:22:42.559
 of the

00:22:42.559 --> 00:22:42.839
 son

00:22:42.839 --> 00:22:43.440
 going to

00:22:43.440 --> 00:22:43.839
 live

00:22:43.839 --> 00:22:44.860
 among

00:22:44.860 --> 00:22:45.960
 unclean

00:22:45.960 --> 00:22:46.440
 people

00:22:46.440 --> 00:22:47.360
 to carry

00:22:47.360 --> 00:22:47.779
 out

00:22:47.779 --> 00:22:48.960
 unclean

00:22:48.960 --> 00:22:49.839
 motives

00:22:49.839 --> 00:22:51.319
 recall that

00:22:51.319 --> 00:22:51.700
 people in

00:22:51.700 --> 00:22:51.900
 Jesus'

00:22:52.059 --> 00:22:52.339
 day when

00:22:52.339 --> 00:22:53.100
 they returned

00:22:53.100 --> 00:22:53.940
 to Jerusalem

00:22:53.940 --> 00:22:54.620
 would go

00:22:54.620 --> 00:22:55.039
 straight to

00:22:55.039 --> 00:22:55.440
 the temple

00:22:55.440 --> 00:22:55.860
 to be

00:22:55.860 --> 00:22:56.660
 cleansed

00:22:56.660 --> 00:22:57.279
 of the

00:22:57.279 --> 00:22:57.980
 uncleanliness

00:22:57.980 --> 00:22:58.680
 of Gentile

00:22:58.680 --> 00:22:59.440
 lands

00:22:59.440 --> 00:22:59.900
 so this is

00:22:59.900 --> 00:23:00.620
 an audacious

00:23:00.620 --> 00:23:01.440
 thing

00:23:01.440 --> 00:23:02.420
 that this

00:23:02.420 --> 00:23:03.160
 young man

00:23:03.160 --> 00:23:03.660
 has gone

00:23:03.660 --> 00:23:04.460
 to do

00:23:04.460 --> 00:23:05.299
 he takes

00:23:05.299 --> 00:23:05.819
 the inheritance

00:23:05.819 --> 00:23:06.079
 that the

00:23:06.079 --> 00:23:06.620
 father granted

00:23:06.620 --> 00:23:06.880
 him

00:23:06.880 --> 00:23:07.440
 and he

00:23:07.440 --> 00:23:08.259
 spends it

00:23:08.259 --> 00:23:09.640
 on himself

00:23:09.640 --> 00:23:10.920
 he spends

00:23:10.920 --> 00:23:11.160
 it on

00:23:11.160 --> 00:23:12.019
 his

00:23:12.019 --> 00:23:12.500
 desires

00:23:12.500 --> 00:23:12.980
 we find

00:23:12.980 --> 00:23:13.400
 out from

00:23:13.400 --> 00:23:13.940
 the older

00:23:13.940 --> 00:23:14.319
 son

00:23:14.319 --> 00:23:14.859
 later in

00:23:14.859 --> 00:23:15.279
 the text

00:23:15.279 --> 00:23:15.559
 that he

00:23:15.559 --> 00:23:16.000
 spends it

00:23:16.000 --> 00:23:16.160
 on

00:23:16.160 --> 00:23:17.039
 prostitutes

00:23:17.039 --> 00:23:18.180
 he does

00:23:18.180 --> 00:23:18.559
 not seek

00:23:18.559 --> 00:23:18.799
 to do

00:23:18.799 --> 00:23:19.160
 good with

00:23:19.160 --> 00:23:19.299
 it

00:23:19.299 --> 00:23:19.819
 but rather

00:23:19.819 --> 00:23:20.799
 indulges

00:23:20.799 --> 00:23:21.740
 his

00:23:21.740 --> 00:23:22.339
 every

00:23:22.339 --> 00:23:23.259
 whim

00:23:23.259 --> 00:23:25.599
 earlier

00:23:25.599 --> 00:23:26.740
 in Luke's

00:23:26.740 --> 00:23:27.039
 narrative

00:23:27.039 --> 00:23:27.720
 we find

00:23:27.720 --> 00:23:27.980
 this in

00:23:27.980 --> 00:23:28.559
 chapter 12

00:23:28.559 --> 00:23:28.799
 you may

00:23:28.799 --> 00:23:29.059
 want to

00:23:29.059 --> 00:23:29.359
 turn there

00:23:29.359 --> 00:23:29.700
 with me

00:23:29.700 --> 00:23:30.119
 to verse

00:23:30.119 --> 00:23:30.779
 13

00:23:30.779 --> 00:23:37.319
 Luke

00:23:37.319 --> 00:23:37.740
 records

00:23:37.740 --> 00:23:38.299
 another

00:23:38.299 --> 00:23:38.799
 parable

00:23:38.799 --> 00:23:41.039
 that

00:23:41.039 --> 00:23:41.500
 similarly

00:23:41.500 --> 00:23:41.980
 drives

00:23:41.980 --> 00:23:42.279
 at this

00:23:42.279 --> 00:23:42.700
 point

00:23:42.700 --> 00:23:43.460
 being

00:23:43.460 --> 00:23:43.859
 made

00:23:43.859 --> 00:23:47.139
 verse 13

00:23:47.139 --> 00:23:47.319
 Luke

00:23:47.319 --> 00:23:47.619
 records

00:23:47.619 --> 00:23:48.019
 someone in

00:23:48.019 --> 00:23:48.359
 the crowd

00:23:48.359 --> 00:23:48.819
 said to

00:23:48.819 --> 00:23:49.039
 him

00:23:49.039 --> 00:23:49.480
 teacher

00:23:49.480 --> 00:23:50.819
 tell my

00:23:50.819 --> 00:23:51.180
 brother

00:23:51.180 --> 00:23:52.160
 to divide

00:23:52.160 --> 00:23:52.839
 the inheritance

00:23:52.839 --> 00:23:53.319
 with me

00:23:53.319 --> 00:23:54.180
 we can

00:23:54.180 --> 00:23:54.460
 presume

00:23:54.460 --> 00:23:54.879
 that the

00:23:54.879 --> 00:23:55.259
 inheritance

00:23:55.259 --> 00:23:55.559
 has been

00:23:55.559 --> 00:23:55.899
 granted

00:23:55.899 --> 00:23:56.220
 at this

00:23:56.220 --> 00:23:56.420
 point

00:23:56.420 --> 00:23:56.859
 the father

00:23:56.859 --> 00:23:57.099
 has

00:23:57.099 --> 00:23:57.859
 died

00:23:57.859 --> 00:23:59.480
 but Jesus

00:23:59.480 --> 00:23:59.839
 says to

00:23:59.839 --> 00:24:00.039
 him

00:24:00.039 --> 00:24:00.279
 man

00:24:00.279 --> 00:24:00.619
 who made

00:24:00.619 --> 00:24:00.879
 me a

00:24:00.879 --> 00:24:01.119
 judge

00:24:01.119 --> 00:24:01.279
 or

00:24:01.279 --> 00:24:01.579
 arbiter

00:24:01.579 --> 00:24:01.879
 over

00:24:01.879 --> 00:24:02.299
 you

00:24:02.299 --> 00:24:04.059
 and then

00:24:04.059 --> 00:24:04.399
 he says

00:24:04.399 --> 00:24:04.879
 to them

00:24:04.879 --> 00:24:06.679
 perceiving

00:24:06.679 --> 00:24:07.579
 the motivation

00:24:07.579 --> 00:24:08.739
 of this

00:24:08.739 --> 00:24:09.199
 young man

00:24:09.199 --> 00:24:10.239
 take care

00:24:10.239 --> 00:24:11.839
 and be on

00:24:11.839 --> 00:24:12.219
 your guard

00:24:12.219 --> 00:24:12.979
 against all

00:24:12.979 --> 00:24:13.659
 covetousness

00:24:13.659 --> 00:24:15.199
 for one's

00:24:15.199 --> 00:24:15.599
 life does

00:24:15.599 --> 00:24:16.359
 not consist

00:24:16.359 --> 00:24:16.679
 in the

00:24:16.679 --> 00:24:17.039
 abundance

00:24:17.039 --> 00:24:18.259
 of his

00:24:18.259 --> 00:24:18.719
 possessions

00:24:18.719 --> 00:24:20.179
 and he

00:24:20.179 --> 00:24:20.479
 told them

00:24:20.479 --> 00:24:20.859
 a parable

00:24:20.859 --> 00:24:21.259
 saying

00:24:21.259 --> 00:24:21.759
 the land

00:24:21.759 --> 00:24:21.979
 of a

00:24:21.979 --> 00:24:22.139
 rich

00:24:22.139 --> 00:24:22.399
 man

00:24:22.399 --> 00:24:22.779
 produced

00:24:22.779 --> 00:24:23.339
 plentifully

00:24:23.339 --> 00:24:24.399
 and he

00:24:24.399 --> 00:24:24.739
 thought to

00:24:24.739 --> 00:24:25.199
 himself

00:24:25.199 --> 00:24:26.179
 what shall

00:24:26.179 --> 00:24:26.539
 I do

00:24:26.539 --> 00:24:26.839
 for I

00:24:26.839 --> 00:24:26.979
 have

00:24:26.979 --> 00:24:27.500
 nowhere

00:24:27.500 --> 00:24:27.819
 to store

00:24:27.819 --> 00:24:28.000
 my

00:24:28.000 --> 00:24:28.339
 crops

00:24:28.339 --> 00:24:28.699
 and he

00:24:28.699 --> 00:24:28.939
 said

00:24:28.939 --> 00:24:29.139
 I

00:24:29.139 --> 00:24:29.259
 will

00:24:29.259 --> 00:24:29.379
 do

00:24:29.379 --> 00:24:29.819
 this

00:24:29.819 --> 00:24:30.519
 I

00:24:30.519 --> 00:24:30.619
 will

00:24:30.619 --> 00:24:30.759
 tow

00:24:30.759 --> 00:24:30.919
 down

00:24:30.919 --> 00:24:31.079
 my

00:24:31.079 --> 00:24:31.399
 barns

00:24:31.399 --> 00:24:31.599
 and build

00:24:31.599 --> 00:24:31.919
 larger

00:24:31.919 --> 00:24:32.179
 ones

00:24:32.179 --> 00:24:32.519
 and there

00:24:32.519 --> 00:24:32.619
 I

00:24:32.619 --> 00:24:32.740
 will

00:24:32.740 --> 00:24:33.079
 store

00:24:33.079 --> 00:24:33.399
 all

00:24:33.399 --> 00:24:33.599
 my

00:24:33.599 --> 00:24:33.960
 grain

00:24:33.960 --> 00:24:35.139
 and my

00:24:35.139 --> 00:24:35.599
 goods

00:24:35.599 --> 00:24:36.460
 and I

00:24:36.460 --> 00:24:36.559
 will

00:24:36.559 --> 00:24:36.839
 say to

00:24:36.839 --> 00:24:37.379
 my soul

00:24:37.379 --> 00:24:38.019
 soul

00:24:38.019 --> 00:24:38.960
 you have

00:24:38.960 --> 00:24:39.740
 ample goods

00:24:39.740 --> 00:24:40.179
 laid up for

00:24:40.179 --> 00:24:40.679
 many years

00:24:40.679 --> 00:24:41.200
 relax

00:24:41.200 --> 00:24:41.740
 eat

00:24:41.740 --> 00:24:42.480
 drink

00:24:42.480 --> 00:24:43.019
 be

00:24:43.019 --> 00:24:43.359
 merry

00:24:43.359 --> 00:24:44.659
 but God

00:24:44.659 --> 00:24:45.719
 so

00:24:45.719 --> 00:24:46.359
 so

00:24:46.359 --> 00:24:47.639
 so

00:24:47.639 --> 00:24:47.639


00:24:47.639 --> 00:24:59.799
 so

00:24:59.799 --> 00:24:59.919
 the

00:24:59.919 --> 00:25:00.279
 sinner

00:25:00.279 --> 00:25:01.240
 indulges

00:25:01.240 --> 00:25:01.779
 in

00:25:01.779 --> 00:25:03.219
 self

00:25:03.219 --> 00:25:03.779
 right

00:25:03.779 --> 00:25:04.240
 and

00:25:04.240 --> 00:25:04.779
 and not

00:25:04.779 --> 00:25:05.240
 just

00:25:05.240 --> 00:25:05.839
 financially

00:25:05.839 --> 00:25:06.079
 although

00:25:06.079 --> 00:25:06.339
 that's

00:25:06.339 --> 00:25:06.519
 what we

00:25:06.519 --> 00:25:06.679
 see

00:25:06.679 --> 00:25:06.899
 this

00:25:06.899 --> 00:25:07.179
 young

00:25:07.179 --> 00:25:07.559
 man

00:25:07.559 --> 00:25:07.979
 doing

00:25:07.979 --> 00:25:08.279
 right

00:25:08.279 --> 00:25:08.639
 but in

00:25:08.639 --> 00:25:09.179
 everything

00:25:09.180 --> 00:25:10.120
 they seek

00:25:10.120 --> 00:25:10.360
 their

00:25:10.360 --> 00:25:10.880
 own

00:25:10.880 --> 00:25:11.259
 pleasure

00:25:11.259 --> 00:25:11.840
 not the glory

00:25:11.840 --> 00:25:12.220
 of God

00:25:12.220 --> 00:25:12.720
 or the good

00:25:12.720 --> 00:25:13.340
 of their

00:25:13.340 --> 00:25:13.660
 fellow

00:25:13.660 --> 00:25:14.440
 man

00:25:14.440 --> 00:25:15.640
 and we

00:25:15.640 --> 00:25:16.440
 have all

00:25:16.440 --> 00:25:17.400
 been selfish

00:25:17.400 --> 00:25:18.380
 in this

00:25:18.380 --> 00:25:18.799
 way

00:25:18.799 --> 00:25:19.960
 seeking our

00:25:19.960 --> 00:25:20.240
 good

00:25:20.240 --> 00:25:21.060
 seeking our

00:25:21.060 --> 00:25:21.340
 gain

00:25:21.340 --> 00:25:22.320
 seeking our

00:25:22.320 --> 00:25:23.259
 pleasure

00:25:23.259 --> 00:25:23.880
 right

00:25:23.880 --> 00:25:24.620
 we've rejected

00:25:24.620 --> 00:25:25.100
 God

00:25:25.100 --> 00:25:26.200
 we want to live in

00:25:26.200 --> 00:25:26.940
 independence from

00:25:26.940 --> 00:25:27.279
 him

00:25:27.279 --> 00:25:28.060
 and we have

00:25:28.060 --> 00:25:29.440
 indulged the

00:25:29.440 --> 00:25:29.940
 sinfulness

00:25:29.940 --> 00:25:31.240
 of our

00:25:31.240 --> 00:25:31.799
 flesh

00:25:31.799 --> 00:25:33.399
 Paul

00:25:33.399 --> 00:25:33.960
 writes to

00:25:33.960 --> 00:25:34.839
 Titus

00:25:34.839 --> 00:25:35.319
 in Titus

00:25:35.319 --> 00:25:35.579
 3

00:25:35.579 --> 00:25:35.899
 3

00:25:35.899 --> 00:25:36.339
 for we

00:25:36.339 --> 00:25:37.039
 ourselves

00:25:37.039 --> 00:25:38.240
 were once

00:25:38.240 --> 00:25:38.819
 foolish

00:25:38.819 --> 00:25:40.579
 disobedient

00:25:40.579 --> 00:25:41.839
 led astray

00:25:41.839 --> 00:25:43.359
 slaves to

00:25:43.359 --> 00:25:44.339
 various passions

00:25:44.339 --> 00:25:45.639
 and pleasures

00:25:45.639 --> 00:25:47.200
 passing our

00:25:47.200 --> 00:25:47.659
 days in

00:25:47.659 --> 00:25:48.419
 malice and

00:25:48.419 --> 00:25:48.839
 envy

00:25:48.839 --> 00:25:49.980
 hated by

00:25:49.980 --> 00:25:50.399
 others

00:25:50.399 --> 00:25:51.759
 and hating

00:25:51.759 --> 00:25:52.940
 one another

00:25:52.940 --> 00:25:54.139
 so we

00:25:54.139 --> 00:25:54.639
 did see the

00:25:54.639 --> 00:25:55.279
 stage in the

00:25:55.279 --> 00:25:55.799
 history of

00:25:55.799 --> 00:25:56.720
 this young

00:25:56.720 --> 00:25:57.159
 man

00:25:57.159 --> 00:25:58.339
 indulging

00:25:58.339 --> 00:25:59.720
 the self

00:25:59.720 --> 00:26:00.279
 and we

00:26:00.279 --> 00:26:01.200
 have all

00:26:01.200 --> 00:26:02.279
 been and

00:26:02.279 --> 00:26:03.759
 are still

00:26:03.759 --> 00:26:04.259
 at times

00:26:04.259 --> 00:26:04.680
 guilty

00:26:04.680 --> 00:26:05.779
 of the

00:26:05.779 --> 00:26:06.319
 very same

00:26:06.319 --> 00:26:08.059
 third

00:26:08.059 --> 00:26:08.480
 stage we

00:26:08.480 --> 00:26:08.759
 see

00:26:08.759 --> 00:26:11.519
 is

00:26:11.519 --> 00:26:12.059
 insanity

00:26:12.059 --> 00:26:13.220
 of soul

00:26:13.220 --> 00:26:16.720
 verses

00:26:16.720 --> 00:26:17.080
 14

00:26:17.080 --> 00:26:17.519
 through 16

00:26:17.519 --> 00:26:17.759
 and when

00:26:17.759 --> 00:26:17.960
 he had

00:26:17.960 --> 00:26:18.620
 spent

00:26:18.620 --> 00:26:19.340
 everything

00:26:19.340 --> 00:26:21.140
 a severe

00:26:21.140 --> 00:26:21.880
 famine arose

00:26:21.880 --> 00:26:22.140
 in that

00:26:22.140 --> 00:26:22.519
 country

00:26:22.519 --> 00:26:22.980
 and he

00:26:22.980 --> 00:26:23.440
 began

00:26:23.440 --> 00:26:24.620
 to be

00:26:24.620 --> 00:26:25.180
 in need

00:26:25.180 --> 00:26:26.420
 just as

00:26:26.420 --> 00:26:27.000
 an aside

00:26:27.000 --> 00:26:27.759
 this is a

00:26:27.759 --> 00:26:28.080
 parable

00:26:28.080 --> 00:26:28.559
 clearly

00:26:28.559 --> 00:26:29.200
 so Jesus

00:26:29.200 --> 00:26:29.440
 is just

00:26:29.440 --> 00:26:29.880
 telling the

00:26:29.880 --> 00:26:30.140
 story

00:26:30.140 --> 00:26:30.460
 so we

00:26:30.460 --> 00:26:30.779
 don't

00:26:30.779 --> 00:26:31.899
 as I

00:26:31.899 --> 00:26:32.019
 said

00:26:32.019 --> 00:26:32.259
 before

00:26:32.259 --> 00:26:32.420
 we

00:26:32.420 --> 00:26:32.519
 don't

00:26:32.519 --> 00:26:32.740
 want to

00:26:32.740 --> 00:26:33.299
 extrapolate

00:26:33.299 --> 00:26:33.740
 too much

00:26:33.740 --> 00:26:34.059
 out of

00:26:34.059 --> 00:26:34.180
 it

00:26:34.180 --> 00:26:34.420
 but

00:26:34.420 --> 00:26:36.079
 had

00:26:36.079 --> 00:26:36.359
 this

00:26:36.359 --> 00:26:36.879
 happened

00:26:36.879 --> 00:26:38.339
 I

00:26:38.339 --> 00:26:38.480
 would

00:26:38.480 --> 00:26:38.619
 just

00:26:38.619 --> 00:26:38.779
 like

00:26:38.779 --> 00:26:38.899
 to

00:26:38.899 --> 00:26:39.220
 suggest

00:26:39.220 --> 00:26:39.420
 that

00:26:39.420 --> 00:26:39.639
 this

00:26:39.639 --> 00:26:40.079
 famine

00:26:40.079 --> 00:26:40.779
 the

00:26:40.779 --> 00:26:41.220
 severe

00:26:41.220 --> 00:26:41.639
 famine

00:26:41.639 --> 00:26:42.619
 was a

00:26:42.619 --> 00:26:43.180
 providence

00:26:43.180 --> 00:26:43.619
 of God

00:26:43.619 --> 00:26:43.940
 for the

00:26:43.940 --> 00:26:44.220
 benefit

00:26:44.220 --> 00:26:44.539
 of this

00:26:44.539 --> 00:26:44.740
 young

00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:45.079
 man

00:26:45.079 --> 00:26:46.220
 so the

00:26:46.220 --> 00:26:46.500
 severe

00:26:46.500 --> 00:26:46.759
 famine

00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:47.039
 arise

00:26:47.039 --> 00:26:47.220
 in the

00:26:47.220 --> 00:26:47.460
 country

00:26:47.460 --> 00:26:47.779
 he has

00:26:47.779 --> 00:26:48.279
 nothing

00:26:48.279 --> 00:26:48.759
 left

00:26:48.759 --> 00:26:49.379
 and he

00:26:49.379 --> 00:26:49.660
 begins

00:26:49.660 --> 00:26:50.059
 to be

00:26:50.059 --> 00:26:50.740
 in need

00:26:50.740 --> 00:26:50.920
 verse

00:26:50.920 --> 00:26:51.279
 15

00:26:51.279 --> 00:26:51.859
 so he

00:26:51.859 --> 00:26:52.039
 went

00:26:52.039 --> 00:26:52.200
 and

00:26:52.200 --> 00:26:52.460
 hired

00:26:52.460 --> 00:26:52.720
 himself

00:26:52.720 --> 00:26:52.920
 out

00:26:52.920 --> 00:26:53.079
 to

00:26:53.079 --> 00:26:53.220
 one

00:26:53.220 --> 00:26:53.299
 of

00:26:53.299 --> 00:26:53.399
 the

00:26:53.399 --> 00:26:53.660
 citizens

00:26:53.660 --> 00:26:53.839
 of

00:26:53.839 --> 00:26:53.980
 that

00:26:53.980 --> 00:26:54.319
 country

00:26:54.319 --> 00:26:54.859
 who

00:26:54.859 --> 00:26:55.139
 sent

00:26:55.139 --> 00:26:55.319
 him

00:26:55.319 --> 00:26:55.500
 into

00:26:55.500 --> 00:26:55.680
 his

00:26:55.680 --> 00:26:56.220
 fields

00:26:56.220 --> 00:26:57.279
 to

00:26:57.279 --> 00:26:57.579
 feed

00:26:57.579 --> 00:26:58.220
 pigs

00:26:58.220 --> 00:26:59.279
 and he

00:26:59.279 --> 00:26:59.420
 was

00:26:59.420 --> 00:26:59.839
 longing

00:26:59.839 --> 00:27:00.139
 to be

00:27:00.139 --> 00:27:00.339
 fed

00:27:00.339 --> 00:27:00.460
 with

00:27:00.460 --> 00:27:00.579
 the

00:27:00.579 --> 00:27:01.039
 pods

00:27:01.039 --> 00:27:01.379
 that

00:27:01.379 --> 00:27:01.539
 the

00:27:01.539 --> 00:27:01.859
 pigs

00:27:01.859 --> 00:27:02.259
 ate

00:27:02.259 --> 00:27:03.200
 and no

00:27:03.200 --> 00:27:03.399
 one

00:27:03.399 --> 00:27:03.720
 gave

00:27:03.720 --> 00:27:04.039
 him

00:27:04.039 --> 00:27:05.480
 anything

00:27:05.480 --> 00:27:06.619
 so Jesus

00:27:06.619 --> 00:27:06.819
 next

00:27:06.819 --> 00:27:07.240
 tells us

00:27:07.240 --> 00:27:07.399
 here

00:27:07.399 --> 00:27:07.599
 the

00:27:07.599 --> 00:27:07.859
 young

00:27:07.859 --> 00:27:08.160
 man

00:27:08.160 --> 00:27:08.460
 spent

00:27:08.460 --> 00:27:08.759
 all

00:27:08.759 --> 00:27:08.859
 of

00:27:08.859 --> 00:27:08.960
 his

00:27:08.960 --> 00:27:09.379
 inheritance

00:27:09.379 --> 00:27:09.599
 and

00:27:09.599 --> 00:27:09.899
 found

00:27:09.899 --> 00:27:10.359
 himself

00:27:10.359 --> 00:27:11.139
 in

00:27:11.139 --> 00:27:11.319
 a

00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:11.899
 desperate

00:27:11.899 --> 00:27:12.639
 spot

00:27:12.639 --> 00:27:12.920
 as

00:27:12.920 --> 00:27:13.059
 there's

00:27:13.059 --> 00:27:13.220
 a

00:27:13.220 --> 00:27:13.500
 famine

00:27:13.500 --> 00:27:14.420
 in

00:27:14.420 --> 00:27:14.539
 the

00:27:14.539 --> 00:27:14.779
 land

00:27:14.779 --> 00:27:14.779


00:27:21.279 --> 00:27:21.599
 and

00:27:21.599 --> 00:27:21.740
 they

00:27:21.740 --> 00:27:21.899
 are

00:27:21.899 --> 00:27:22.500
 fleeting

00:27:22.500 --> 00:27:23.920
 we

00:27:23.920 --> 00:27:24.059
 don't

00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:24.180
 know

00:27:24.180 --> 00:27:24.420
 how

00:27:24.420 --> 00:27:24.720
 long

00:27:24.720 --> 00:27:24.879
 he

00:27:24.879 --> 00:27:25.220
 spends

00:27:25.220 --> 00:27:25.359
 in

00:27:25.359 --> 00:27:25.480
 the

00:27:25.480 --> 00:27:25.759
 land

00:27:25.759 --> 00:27:25.920
 in

00:27:25.920 --> 00:27:26.119
 Jesus

00:27:26.119 --> 00:27:26.619
 parable

00:27:26.619 --> 00:27:27.039
 right

00:27:27.039 --> 00:27:27.500
 but

00:27:27.500 --> 00:27:27.660
 it

00:27:27.660 --> 00:27:27.940
 doesn't

00:27:27.940 --> 00:27:28.279
 seem

00:27:28.279 --> 00:27:28.720
 to be

00:27:28.720 --> 00:27:29.240
 very

00:27:29.240 --> 00:27:29.859
 long

00:27:29.859 --> 00:27:30.279
 right

00:27:30.279 --> 00:27:30.480
 in

00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:30.940
 reckless

00:27:30.940 --> 00:27:31.299
 living

00:27:31.299 --> 00:27:31.899
 he

00:27:31.899 --> 00:27:32.299
 spends

00:27:32.299 --> 00:27:32.440
 it

00:27:32.440 --> 00:27:32.599
 all

00:27:32.599 --> 00:27:32.779
 and

00:27:32.779 --> 00:27:33.220
 finds

00:27:33.220 --> 00:27:33.759
 himself

00:27:33.759 --> 00:27:34.460
 in

00:27:34.460 --> 00:27:34.660
 a

00:27:34.660 --> 00:27:35.420
 desperate

00:27:35.420 --> 00:27:36.379
 place

00:27:36.379 --> 00:27:37.460
 the

00:27:37.460 --> 00:27:37.700
 author

00:27:37.700 --> 00:27:37.839
 of

00:27:37.839 --> 00:27:37.920
 the

00:27:37.920 --> 00:27:38.039
 book

00:27:38.039 --> 00:27:38.160
 of

00:27:38.160 --> 00:27:38.399
 Hebrews

00:27:38.399 --> 00:27:38.700
 tells

00:27:38.700 --> 00:27:38.819
 us

00:27:38.819 --> 00:27:38.920
 in

00:27:38.920 --> 00:27:39.119
 Hebrews

00:27:39.119 --> 00:27:39.460
 11

00:27:39.460 --> 00:27:39.960
 25

00:27:39.960 --> 00:27:40.299
 that

00:27:40.299 --> 00:27:40.700
 Moses

00:27:40.700 --> 00:27:41.359
 chose

00:27:41.359 --> 00:27:42.160
 rather

00:27:42.160 --> 00:27:42.519
 to be

00:27:42.519 --> 00:27:43.160
 mistreated

00:27:43.160 --> 00:27:43.420
 with

00:27:43.420 --> 00:27:43.559
 the

00:27:43.559 --> 00:27:43.839
 people

00:27:43.839 --> 00:27:44.019
 of

00:27:44.019 --> 00:27:44.379
 God

00:27:44.379 --> 00:27:44.980
 than

00:27:44.980 --> 00:27:45.160
 to

00:27:45.160 --> 00:27:45.599
 enjoy

00:27:45.599 --> 00:27:45.839
 the

00:27:45.839 --> 00:27:46.599
 fleeting

00:27:46.599 --> 00:27:47.579
 pleasures

00:27:47.579 --> 00:27:47.779
!

00:27:51.279 --> 00:27:51.279


00:27:51.279 --> 00:27:51.779
!

00:27:51.779 --> 00:27:52.279
 He

00:27:52.279 --> 00:27:51.920
 experiences

00:27:51.920 --> 00:27:52.660
 the

00:27:52.660 --> 00:27:53.059
 temporal

00:27:53.059 --> 00:27:53.539
 pleasure

00:27:53.539 --> 00:27:53.759
 of

00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:54.240
 sin

00:27:54.240 --> 00:27:54.899
 in

00:27:54.899 --> 00:27:55.079
 a

00:27:55.079 --> 00:27:55.460
 very

00:27:55.460 --> 00:27:55.980
 stark

00:27:55.980 --> 00:27:56.379
 way

00:27:56.379 --> 00:27:57.379
 He

00:27:57.379 --> 00:27:57.799
 ventures

00:27:57.799 --> 00:27:58.420
 rapidly

00:27:58.420 --> 00:27:58.759
 from

00:27:58.759 --> 00:27:59.160
 reckless

00:27:59.160 --> 00:27:59.480
 living

00:27:59.480 --> 00:27:59.700
 to

00:27:59.700 --> 00:28:00.399
 abject

00:28:00.399 --> 00:28:01.339
 poverty

00:28:01.339 --> 00:28:02.059
 and

00:28:02.059 --> 00:28:02.259
 his

00:28:02.259 --> 00:28:02.539
 sin

00:28:02.539 --> 00:28:02.779
 has

00:28:02.779 --> 00:28:03.180
 placed

00:28:03.180 --> 00:28:03.399
 him

00:28:03.399 --> 00:28:03.599
 in

00:28:03.599 --> 00:28:03.779
 a

00:28:03.779 --> 00:28:04.359
 dreadful

00:28:04.359 --> 00:28:04.980
 spot

00:28:04.980 --> 00:28:06.500
 If

00:28:06.500 --> 00:28:06.599
 you

00:28:06.599 --> 00:28:06.740
 have

00:28:06.740 --> 00:28:07.059
 not

00:28:07.059 --> 00:28:07.559
 believed

00:28:07.559 --> 00:28:08.059
 in

00:28:08.059 --> 00:28:08.519
 Christ

00:28:08.519 --> 00:28:09.599
 I

00:28:09.599 --> 00:28:09.920
 pray

00:28:09.920 --> 00:28:10.160
 that

00:28:10.160 --> 00:28:10.259
 you

00:28:10.259 --> 00:28:10.399
 would

00:28:10.399 --> 00:28:10.819
 repent

00:28:10.819 --> 00:28:11.039
 and

00:28:11.039 --> 00:28:11.420
 believe

00:28:11.420 --> 00:28:11.940
 before

00:28:11.940 --> 00:28:12.299
 you

00:28:12.299 --> 00:28:12.759
 find

00:28:12.759 --> 00:28:13.379
 yourself

00:28:13.379 --> 00:28:14.119
 in

00:28:14.119 --> 00:28:14.619
 such

00:28:14.619 --> 00:28:15.200
 a

00:28:15.200 --> 00:28:15.639
 place

00:28:15.639 --> 00:28:16.960
 The

00:28:16.960 --> 00:28:17.399
 prodigal

00:28:17.399 --> 00:28:18.000
 becomes

00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:18.639
 a

00:28:18.639 --> 00:28:18.920
 keeper

00:28:18.920 --> 00:28:19.960
 of

00:28:19.960 --> 00:28:20.440
 pigs

00:28:20.440 --> 00:28:21.640
 which

00:28:21.640 --> 00:28:21.779
 I

00:28:21.779 --> 00:28:21.980
 think

00:28:21.980 --> 00:28:22.140
 to

00:28:22.140 --> 00:28:22.480
 us

00:28:22.480 --> 00:28:23.019
 has

00:28:23.019 --> 00:28:23.299
 some

00:28:23.299 --> 00:28:24.160
 resonation

00:28:24.160 --> 00:28:24.559
 sounds

00:28:24.559 --> 00:28:24.759
 kind

00:28:24.759 --> 00:28:24.880
 of

00:28:24.880 --> 00:28:25.320
 horrible

00:28:25.320 --> 00:28:25.740
 to

00:28:25.740 --> 00:28:26.080
 me

00:28:26.080 --> 00:28:26.860
 but

00:28:26.860 --> 00:28:26.960
 it

00:28:26.960 --> 00:28:27.039
 would

00:28:27.039 --> 00:28:27.140
 have

00:28:27.140 --> 00:28:27.259
 been

00:28:27.259 --> 00:28:27.799
 additionally

00:28:27.799 --> 00:28:28.320
 shocking

00:28:28.320 --> 00:28:28.539
 to

00:28:28.539 --> 00:28:28.840
 Jesus

00:28:28.840 --> 00:28:29.620
 Jewish

00:28:29.620 --> 00:28:30.680
 hearers

00:28:30.680 --> 00:28:31.840
 remember

00:28:31.840 --> 00:28:32.640
 to

00:28:32.640 --> 00:28:32.900
 the

00:28:32.900 --> 00:28:33.180
 Jews

00:28:33.180 --> 00:28:33.340
 in

00:28:33.340 --> 00:28:33.500
 this

00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:33.820
 day

00:28:33.820 --> 00:28:34.279
 and

00:28:34.279 --> 00:28:34.960
 now

00:28:34.960 --> 00:28:35.140
 for

00:28:35.140 --> 00:28:35.380
 many

00:28:35.380 --> 00:28:35.940
 the

00:28:35.940 --> 00:28:36.120
 pig

00:28:36.120 --> 00:28:36.259
 was

00:28:36.259 --> 00:28:36.440
 an

00:28:36.440 --> 00:28:36.960
 unclean

00:28:36.960 --> 00:28:37.299
 animal

00:28:37.299 --> 00:28:37.519
 so

00:28:37.519 --> 00:28:37.700
 not

00:28:37.700 --> 00:28:37.920
 only

00:28:37.920 --> 00:28:38.180
 is

00:28:38.180 --> 00:28:38.279
 he

00:28:38.279 --> 00:28:38.380
 in

00:28:38.380 --> 00:28:38.480
 an

00:28:38.480 --> 00:28:38.880
 unclean

00:28:38.880 --> 00:28:39.120
 land

00:28:39.120 --> 00:28:39.320
 doing

00:28:39.320 --> 00:28:39.740
 unclean

00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:40.140
 things

00:28:40.140 --> 00:28:40.720
 now

00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:41.420
 he's

00:28:41.420 --> 00:28:41.940
 caring

00:28:41.940 --> 00:28:42.380
 for

00:28:42.380 --> 00:28:42.620
 he's

00:28:42.620 --> 00:28:42.759
 the

00:28:42.759 --> 00:28:43.340
 caretaker

00:28:43.340 --> 00:28:43.740
 of

00:28:43.740 --> 00:28:44.340
 an

00:28:44.340 --> 00:28:45.660
 unclean

00:28:45.660 --> 00:28:46.660
 animal

00:28:46.660 --> 00:28:47.620
 the

00:28:47.620 --> 00:28:47.960
 prodigal

00:28:47.960 --> 00:28:48.100
 is

00:28:48.100 --> 00:28:48.380
 further

00:28:48.380 --> 00:28:48.900
 forsaking

00:28:48.900 --> 00:28:49.320
 his

00:28:49.320 --> 00:28:49.980
 father

00:28:49.980 --> 00:28:50.480
 and

00:28:50.480 --> 00:28:50.800
 his

00:28:50.800 --> 00:28:51.960
 nationality

00:28:51.960 --> 00:28:52.900
 and

00:28:52.900 --> 00:28:53.080
 he's

00:28:53.080 --> 00:28:53.340
 become

00:28:53.340 --> 00:28:53.900
 so

00:28:53.900 --> 00:28:54.940
 desperately

00:28:54.940 --> 00:28:55.720
 hungry

00:28:55.720 --> 00:28:56.660
 that

00:28:56.660 --> 00:28:56.780
 he

00:28:56.780 --> 00:28:57.180
 desires

00:28:57.180 --> 00:28:57.400
 to

00:28:57.400 --> 00:28:57.680
 eat

00:28:57.680 --> 00:28:58.160
 something

00:28:58.160 --> 00:28:59.040
 that

00:28:59.040 --> 00:28:59.220
 could

00:28:59.220 --> 00:28:59.700
 never

00:28:59.700 --> 00:29:00.840
 satisfy

00:29:00.839 --> 00:29:02.480
 Jesus

00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:02.720
 said

00:29:02.720 --> 00:29:02.819
 he

00:29:02.819 --> 00:29:02.939
 was

00:29:02.939 --> 00:29:03.339
 longing

00:29:03.339 --> 00:29:03.519
 to

00:29:03.519 --> 00:29:03.659
 be

00:29:03.659 --> 00:29:03.879
 fed

00:29:03.879 --> 00:29:04.039
 with

00:29:04.039 --> 00:29:04.159
 the

00:29:04.159 --> 00:29:04.720
 pods

00:29:04.720 --> 00:29:05.699
 that

00:29:05.699 --> 00:29:05.839
 the

00:29:05.839 --> 00:29:06.059
 pigs

00:29:06.059 --> 00:29:06.299
 ate

00:29:06.299 --> 00:29:07.579
 these

00:29:07.579 --> 00:29:07.980
 pods

00:29:07.980 --> 00:29:08.419
 if

00:29:08.419 --> 00:29:08.500
 you

00:29:08.500 --> 00:29:08.619
 look

00:29:08.619 --> 00:29:08.699
 at

00:29:08.699 --> 00:29:08.799
 the

00:29:08.799 --> 00:29:09.000
 Greek

00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:09.139
 you

00:29:09.139 --> 00:29:09.259
 can

00:29:09.259 --> 00:29:09.599
 understand

00:29:09.599 --> 00:29:09.819
 that

00:29:09.819 --> 00:29:09.939
 they

00:29:09.939 --> 00:29:10.099
 would

00:29:10.099 --> 00:29:10.240
 have

00:29:10.240 --> 00:29:10.559
 been

00:29:10.559 --> 00:29:11.359
 carob

00:29:11.359 --> 00:29:12.419
 pods

00:29:12.419 --> 00:29:13.179
 the

00:29:13.179 --> 00:29:13.500
 carob

00:29:13.500 --> 00:29:13.699
 plant

00:29:13.699 --> 00:29:13.980
 has

00:29:13.980 --> 00:29:14.559
 very

00:29:14.559 --> 00:29:14.899
 little

00:29:14.899 --> 00:29:15.379
 use

00:29:15.379 --> 00:29:15.779
 although

00:29:15.779 --> 00:29:17.019
 if

00:29:17.019 --> 00:29:17.279
 you

00:29:17.279 --> 00:29:17.559
 are

00:29:17.559 --> 00:29:17.819
 into

00:29:17.819 --> 00:29:18.199
 cooking

00:29:18.199 --> 00:29:18.500
 you

00:29:18.500 --> 00:29:18.659
 can

00:29:18.659 --> 00:29:18.980
 grind

00:29:18.980 --> 00:29:19.419
 carob

00:29:19.419 --> 00:29:19.939
 seeds

00:29:19.939 --> 00:29:20.259
 into

00:29:20.259 --> 00:29:20.500
 something

00:29:20.500 --> 00:29:20.679
 that's

00:29:20.679 --> 00:29:20.779
 like

00:29:20.779 --> 00:29:20.879
 a

00:29:20.879 --> 00:29:21.259
 replacement

00:29:21.259 --> 00:29:21.839
 for

00:29:21.839 --> 00:29:22.679
 chocolate

00:29:22.679 --> 00:29:22.899
 it's

00:29:22.899 --> 00:29:23.019
 kind

00:29:23.019 --> 00:29:23.179
 of

00:29:23.179 --> 00:29:23.799
 interesting

00:29:23.799 --> 00:29:24.699
 but

00:29:24.699 --> 00:29:24.819
 it's

00:29:24.819 --> 00:29:24.959
 not

00:29:24.959 --> 00:29:25.099
 an

00:29:25.099 --> 00:29:25.500
 attractive

00:29:25.500 --> 00:29:25.959
 thing

00:29:25.959 --> 00:29:26.740
 here

00:29:26.740 --> 00:29:26.759
!

00:29:26.759 --> 00:29:28.019
 it's

00:29:28.019 --> 00:29:28.160
 a

00:29:28.160 --> 00:29:28.559
 really

00:29:28.559 --> 00:29:29.379
 hardy

00:29:29.379 --> 00:29:29.779
 plant

00:29:29.779 --> 00:29:30.279
 so

00:29:30.279 --> 00:29:30.440
 in

00:29:30.440 --> 00:29:30.559
 the

00:29:30.559 --> 00:29:30.740
 midst

00:29:30.740 --> 00:29:30.879
 of

00:29:30.879 --> 00:29:31.079
 this

00:29:31.079 --> 00:29:31.559
 famine

00:29:31.559 --> 00:29:32.220
 it

00:29:32.220 --> 00:29:32.559
 seems

00:29:32.559 --> 00:29:32.700
 that

00:29:32.700 --> 00:29:32.839
 this

00:29:32.839 --> 00:29:32.920
 is

00:29:32.920 --> 00:29:33.039
 a

00:29:33.039 --> 00:29:33.259
 plant

00:29:33.259 --> 00:29:33.400
 that

00:29:33.400 --> 00:29:33.539
 would

00:29:33.539 --> 00:29:33.680
 have

00:29:33.680 --> 00:29:34.220
 survived

00:29:34.220 --> 00:29:35.140
 and

00:29:35.140 --> 00:29:35.279
 it

00:29:35.279 --> 00:29:35.839
 produced

00:29:35.839 --> 00:29:36.160
 these

00:29:36.160 --> 00:29:36.700
 tough

00:29:36.700 --> 00:29:37.700
 leathery

00:29:37.700 --> 00:29:38.839
 pod

00:29:38.839 --> 00:29:39.480
 shells

00:29:39.480 --> 00:29:39.879
 long

00:29:39.879 --> 00:29:40.379
 shells

00:29:40.379 --> 00:29:40.859
 that

00:29:40.859 --> 00:29:41.180
 contain

00:29:41.180 --> 00:29:41.460
 within

00:29:41.460 --> 00:29:41.619
 it

00:29:41.619 --> 00:29:41.839
 a

00:29:41.839 --> 00:29:42.099
 really

00:29:42.099 --> 00:29:42.740
 hard

00:29:42.740 --> 00:29:43.680
 bean

00:29:43.680 --> 00:29:46.039
 this

00:29:46.039 --> 00:29:46.559
 carob

00:29:46.559 --> 00:29:46.960
 pod

00:29:46.960 --> 00:29:47.240
 is

00:29:47.240 --> 00:29:47.980
 barely

00:29:47.980 --> 00:29:48.900
 digestible

00:29:48.900 --> 00:29:49.200
 for

00:29:49.200 --> 00:29:49.619
 pigs

00:29:49.619 --> 00:29:49.819
 so

00:29:49.819 --> 00:29:50.000
 remember

00:29:50.000 --> 00:29:50.180
 this

00:29:50.180 --> 00:29:50.279
 is

00:29:50.279 --> 00:29:50.400
 a

00:29:50.400 --> 00:29:50.720
 famine

00:29:50.720 --> 00:29:51.279
 and

00:29:51.279 --> 00:29:51.519
 pigs

00:29:51.519 --> 00:29:51.619
 will

00:29:51.619 --> 00:29:51.799
 just

00:29:51.799 --> 00:29:51.960
 eat

00:29:51.960 --> 00:29:52.420
 anything

00:29:52.420 --> 00:29:53.099
 but

00:29:53.099 --> 00:29:53.200
 they're

00:29:53.200 --> 00:29:53.359
 being

00:29:53.359 --> 00:29:53.559
 fed

00:29:53.559 --> 00:29:53.740
 these

00:29:53.740 --> 00:29:53.740


00:29:53.740 --> 00:29:54.019
!

00:29:54.019 --> 00:29:54.099
 pod

00:29:54.099 --> 00:29:54.519
!

00:29:54.519 --> 00:29:54.519


00:29:54.519 --> 00:29:59.559
 So

00:29:59.559 --> 00:30:00.099
 catch

00:30:00.099 --> 00:30:00.220
 what

00:30:00.220 --> 00:30:00.379
 Jesus

00:30:00.379 --> 00:30:00.579
 is

00:30:00.579 --> 00:30:00.819
 saying

00:30:00.819 --> 00:30:01.119
 here

00:30:01.119 --> 00:30:01.680
 this

00:30:01.680 --> 00:30:01.879
 man

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 is

00:30:02.000 --> 00:30:02.220
 finding

00:30:02.220 --> 00:30:02.500
 himself

00:30:02.500 --> 00:30:02.660
 in

00:30:02.660 --> 00:30:02.839
 such

00:30:02.839 --> 00:30:03.019
 a

00:30:03.019 --> 00:30:03.319
 desperate

00:30:03.319 --> 00:30:03.819
 place

00:30:03.819 --> 00:30:04.220
 that

00:30:04.220 --> 00:30:04.319
 he

00:30:04.319 --> 00:30:04.539
 wants

00:30:04.539 --> 00:30:04.720
 to

00:30:04.720 --> 00:30:05.059
 eat

00:30:05.059 --> 00:30:05.440
 something

00:30:05.440 --> 00:30:05.660
 that

00:30:05.660 --> 00:30:05.799
 he

00:30:05.799 --> 00:30:06.079
 knows

00:30:06.079 --> 00:30:06.400
 full

00:30:06.400 --> 00:30:06.680
 well

00:30:06.680 --> 00:30:06.879
 will

00:30:06.879 --> 00:30:07.139
 not

00:30:07.139 --> 00:30:07.339
 be

00:30:07.339 --> 00:30:07.759
 nourishing

00:30:07.759 --> 00:30:08.279
 to

00:30:08.279 --> 00:30:08.579
 him

00:30:08.579 --> 00:30:09.420
 he's

00:30:09.420 --> 00:30:09.879
 that

00:30:09.879 --> 00:30:10.819
 desperate

00:30:10.819 --> 00:30:11.519
 that

00:30:11.519 --> 00:30:12.379
 soul

00:30:12.379 --> 00:30:12.740
 sick

00:30:12.740 --> 00:30:12.920
 that

00:30:12.920 --> 00:30:13.059
 he's

00:30:13.059 --> 00:30:13.259
 looking

00:30:13.259 --> 00:30:13.440
 to

00:30:13.440 --> 00:30:13.720
 something

00:30:13.720 --> 00:30:13.920
 that

00:30:13.920 --> 00:30:14.039
 is

00:30:14.039 --> 00:30:14.379
 not

00:30:14.379 --> 00:30:14.759
 the

00:30:14.759 --> 00:30:15.160
 answer

00:30:15.160 --> 00:30:16.019
 to

00:30:16.019 --> 00:30:16.220
 his

00:30:16.220 --> 00:30:16.639
 issue

00:30:16.639 --> 00:30:19.420
 this

00:30:19.420 --> 00:30:19.539
 is

00:30:19.539 --> 00:30:19.639
 the

00:30:19.639 --> 00:30:19.759
 way

00:30:19.759 --> 00:30:19.879
 of

00:30:19.879 --> 00:30:20.160
 sin

00:30:20.160 --> 00:30:21.759
 seeking

00:30:21.759 --> 00:30:22.000
 to be

00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:22.359
 satisfied

00:30:22.359 --> 00:30:22.619
 with

00:30:22.619 --> 00:30:22.940
 that

00:30:22.940 --> 00:30:23.220
 which

00:30:23.220 --> 00:30:23.379
 will

00:30:23.379 --> 00:30:23.859
 never

00:30:23.859 --> 00:30:25.259
 satisfy

00:30:25.259 --> 00:30:26.219
 and

00:30:26.219 --> 00:30:26.500
 this

00:30:26.500 --> 00:30:26.719
 is

00:30:26.719 --> 00:30:26.859
 an

00:30:26.859 --> 00:30:27.519
 insanity

00:30:27.519 --> 00:30:28.099
 of

00:30:28.099 --> 00:30:28.219
 the

00:30:28.219 --> 00:30:28.479
 soul

00:30:28.479 --> 00:30:29.759
 we

00:30:29.759 --> 00:30:29.899
 are

00:30:29.899 --> 00:30:30.279
 offered

00:30:30.279 --> 00:30:31.039
 abundant

00:30:31.039 --> 00:30:31.839
 satisfaction

00:30:31.839 --> 00:30:32.199
 in

00:30:32.199 --> 00:30:32.639
 relationship

00:30:32.639 --> 00:30:32.879
 with

00:30:32.879 --> 00:30:33.219
 God

00:30:33.219 --> 00:30:33.719
 but

00:30:33.719 --> 00:30:33.919
 we

00:30:33.919 --> 00:30:34.240
 have

00:30:34.240 --> 00:30:34.699
 turned

00:30:34.699 --> 00:30:35.339
 and

00:30:35.339 --> 00:30:35.459
 are

00:30:35.459 --> 00:30:35.839
 possibly

00:30:35.839 --> 00:30:36.359
 turning

00:30:36.359 --> 00:30:37.000
 to

00:30:37.000 --> 00:30:37.619
 worthless

00:30:37.619 --> 00:30:38.859
 things

00:30:38.859 --> 00:30:41.539
 God

00:30:41.539 --> 00:30:41.539


00:30:41.539 --> 00:30:41.879
 writes

00:30:41.879 --> 00:30:42.059
 through

00:30:42.059 --> 00:30:42.259
 the

00:30:42.259 --> 00:30:42.959
 pen

00:30:42.959 --> 00:30:43.099
 of

00:30:43.099 --> 00:30:43.199
 the

00:30:43.199 --> 00:30:43.459
 prophet

00:30:43.459 --> 00:30:44.039
 Jeremiah

00:30:44.039 --> 00:30:44.479
 chapter

00:30:44.479 --> 00:30:44.859
 2

00:30:44.859 --> 00:30:45.119
 verses

00:30:45.119 --> 00:30:45.459
 12

00:30:45.459 --> 00:30:45.559
 to

00:30:45.559 --> 00:30:45.979
 13

00:30:45.979 --> 00:30:47.719
 be

00:30:47.719 --> 00:30:48.359
 appalled

00:30:48.359 --> 00:30:48.619
 oh

00:30:48.619 --> 00:30:49.139
 heavens

00:30:49.139 --> 00:30:50.199
 at

00:30:50.199 --> 00:30:50.559
 this

00:30:50.559 --> 00:30:50.859
 be

00:30:50.859 --> 00:30:51.419
 shocked

00:30:51.419 --> 00:30:51.659
 be

00:30:51.659 --> 00:30:52.339
 utterly

00:30:52.339 --> 00:30:53.279
 desolate

00:30:53.279 --> 00:30:53.779
 declares

00:30:53.779 --> 00:30:54.099
 the

00:30:54.099 --> 00:30:54.399
 Lord

00:30:54.399 --> 00:30:55.259
 for

00:30:55.259 --> 00:30:55.500
 my

00:30:55.500 --> 00:30:55.879
 people

00:30:55.879 --> 00:30:56.119
 have

00:30:56.119 --> 00:30:56.579
 committed

00:30:56.579 --> 00:30:57.519
 two

00:30:57.519 --> 00:30:58.039
 evils

00:30:58.039 --> 00:30:59.099
 they

00:30:59.099 --> 00:30:59.240
 have

00:30:59.240 --> 00:30:59.699
 forsaken

00:30:59.699 --> 00:30:59.919
 me

00:30:59.919 --> 00:31:00.119
 the

00:31:00.119 --> 00:31:00.459
 fountain

00:31:00.459 --> 00:31:00.639
 of

00:31:00.639 --> 00:31:00.939
 living

00:31:00.939 --> 00:31:01.479
 waters

00:31:01.479 --> 00:31:01.479


00:31:01.480 --> 00:31:02.579
 and

00:31:02.579 --> 00:31:02.980
 hewed

00:31:02.980 --> 00:31:03.259
 out

00:31:03.259 --> 00:31:03.940
 cisterns

00:31:03.940 --> 00:31:04.120
 for

00:31:04.120 --> 00:31:04.579
 themselves

00:31:04.579 --> 00:31:05.180
 broken

00:31:05.180 --> 00:31:06.200
 cisterns

00:31:06.200 --> 00:31:06.720
 that

00:31:06.720 --> 00:31:06.860
 can

00:31:06.860 --> 00:31:07.339
 hold

00:31:07.339 --> 00:31:08.000
 no

00:31:08.000 --> 00:31:08.339
 water

00:31:08.339 --> 00:31:09.180
 so

00:31:09.180 --> 00:31:09.279
 they

00:31:09.279 --> 00:31:09.440
 have

00:31:09.440 --> 00:31:09.660
 given

00:31:09.660 --> 00:31:09.880
 up

00:31:09.880 --> 00:31:10.200
 that

00:31:10.200 --> 00:31:10.620
 thing

00:31:10.620 --> 00:31:10.940
 which

00:31:10.940 --> 00:31:11.420
 truly

00:31:11.420 --> 00:31:12.180
 satisfies

00:31:12.180 --> 00:31:12.779
 is the

00:31:12.779 --> 00:31:13.000
 first

00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:13.299
 evil

00:31:13.299 --> 00:31:14.480
 to

00:31:14.480 --> 00:31:14.900
 rather

00:31:14.900 --> 00:31:16.200
 try

00:31:16.200 --> 00:31:16.559
 to

00:31:16.559 --> 00:31:16.920
 be

00:31:16.920 --> 00:31:17.420
 satisfied

00:31:17.420 --> 00:31:18.660
 with

00:31:18.660 --> 00:31:18.779
 an

00:31:18.779 --> 00:31:19.480
 impossibility

00:31:19.480 --> 00:31:20.799
 Paul

00:31:20.799 --> 00:31:21.200
 expresses

00:31:21.200 --> 00:31:21.420
 the

00:31:21.420 --> 00:31:21.660
 same

00:31:21.660 --> 00:31:21.819
 in

00:31:21.819 --> 00:31:22.059
 Romans

00:31:22.059 --> 00:31:22.360
 chapter

00:31:22.360 --> 00:31:22.720
 1

00:31:22.720 --> 00:31:22.940
 verses

00:31:22.940 --> 00:31:23.360
 21

00:31:23.360 --> 00:31:23.539
 through

00:31:23.539 --> 00:31:24.099
 22

00:31:24.099 --> 00:31:25.339
 for

00:31:25.339 --> 00:31:25.500
 although

00:31:25.500 --> 00:31:25.720
 they

00:31:25.720 --> 00:31:25.940
 knew

00:31:25.940 --> 00:31:26.240
 God

00:31:26.240 --> 00:31:26.380
 they

00:31:26.380 --> 00:31:26.500
 did

00:31:26.500 --> 00:31:26.660
 not

00:31:26.660 --> 00:31:27.059
 honor

00:31:27.059 --> 00:31:27.220
 him

00:31:27.220 --> 00:31:27.360
 as

00:31:27.360 --> 00:31:27.579
 God

00:31:27.579 --> 00:31:27.700
 or

00:31:27.700 --> 00:31:27.860
 give

00:31:27.860 --> 00:31:28.220
 thanks

00:31:28.220 --> 00:31:28.220


00:31:31.480 --> 00:31:40.759
 Christian

00:31:40.759 --> 00:31:40.960
 you

00:31:40.960 --> 00:31:41.120
 have

00:31:41.120 --> 00:31:41.299
 been

00:31:41.299 --> 00:31:41.779
 delivered

00:31:41.779 --> 00:31:42.140
 from

00:31:42.140 --> 00:31:42.559
 such

00:31:42.559 --> 00:31:43.200
 futility

00:31:43.200 --> 00:31:43.599
 by

00:31:43.599 --> 00:31:43.740
 the

00:31:43.740 --> 00:31:44.099
 grace

00:31:44.099 --> 00:31:44.640
 of

00:31:44.640 --> 00:31:44.960
 God

00:31:44.960 --> 00:31:46.160
 rejoice

00:31:46.160 --> 00:31:46.360
 in

00:31:46.360 --> 00:31:46.480
 him

00:31:46.480 --> 00:31:46.579
 as

00:31:46.579 --> 00:31:46.660
 you

00:31:46.660 --> 00:31:46.940
 remember

00:31:46.940 --> 00:31:47.200
 what

00:31:47.200 --> 00:31:47.319
 you

00:31:47.319 --> 00:31:47.539
 have

00:31:47.539 --> 00:31:47.740
 been

00:31:47.740 --> 00:31:48.180
 delivered

00:31:48.180 --> 00:31:48.620
 and

00:31:48.620 --> 00:31:49.259
 spared

00:31:49.259 --> 00:31:50.579
 from

00:31:50.579 --> 00:31:50.860
 this

00:31:50.860 --> 00:31:51.519
 insanity

00:31:51.519 --> 00:31:52.099
 of

00:31:52.099 --> 00:31:52.480
 soul

00:31:52.480 --> 00:31:53.819
 if

00:31:53.819 --> 00:31:53.900
 you

00:31:53.900 --> 00:31:54.000
 have

00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:54.220
 not

00:31:54.220 --> 00:31:54.539
 placed

00:31:54.539 --> 00:31:54.880
 believing

00:31:54.880 --> 00:31:55.240
 faith

00:31:55.240 --> 00:31:55.400
 in

00:31:55.400 --> 00:31:55.599
 Jesus

00:31:55.599 --> 00:31:55.960
 Christ

00:31:55.960 --> 00:31:56.220
 this

00:31:56.220 --> 00:31:56.539
 morning

00:31:56.539 --> 00:31:57.940
 take

00:31:57.940 --> 00:31:58.180
 a

00:31:58.180 --> 00:31:58.480
 moment

00:31:58.480 --> 00:31:58.740
 to

00:31:58.740 --> 00:31:59.200
 consider

00:31:59.200 --> 00:31:59.500
 the

00:31:59.500 --> 00:32:00.059
 prodigal

00:32:00.059 --> 00:32:00.339
 and

00:32:00.339 --> 00:32:00.559
 his

00:32:00.559 --> 00:32:01.319
 desperate

00:32:01.319 --> 00:32:02.039
 state

00:32:02.039 --> 00:32:03.179
 he

00:32:03.179 --> 00:32:03.679
 surely

00:32:03.679 --> 00:32:04.439
 would

00:32:04.439 --> 00:32:04.539
 have

00:32:04.539 --> 00:32:05.119
 died

00:32:05.119 --> 00:32:05.539
 had

00:32:05.539 --> 00:32:05.639
 he

00:32:05.639 --> 00:32:06.000
 stayed

00:32:06.000 --> 00:32:06.500
 in

00:32:06.500 --> 00:32:06.679
 this

00:32:06.679 --> 00:32:07.039
 state

00:32:07.039 --> 00:32:08.159
 Jesus

00:32:08.159 --> 00:32:08.679
 concludes

00:32:08.679 --> 00:32:08.859
 this

00:32:08.859 --> 00:32:09.079
 portion

00:32:09.079 --> 00:32:09.259
 of the

00:32:09.259 --> 00:32:09.460
 text

00:32:09.460 --> 00:32:09.599
 with

00:32:09.599 --> 00:32:09.759
 a

00:32:09.759 --> 00:32:10.039
 statement

00:32:10.039 --> 00:32:10.439
 and

00:32:10.439 --> 00:32:10.839
 no

00:32:10.839 --> 00:32:11.200
 one

00:32:11.200 --> 00:32:11.759
 gave

00:32:11.759 --> 00:32:12.299
 him

00:32:12.299 --> 00:32:13.399
 anything

00:32:13.399 --> 00:32:14.939
 he

00:32:14.939 --> 00:32:15.119
 had

00:32:15.119 --> 00:32:15.379
 left

00:32:15.379 --> 00:32:15.559
 the

00:32:15.559 --> 00:32:15.839
 goodness

00:32:15.839 --> 00:32:16.099
 of

00:32:16.099 --> 00:32:16.259
 his

00:32:16.259 --> 00:32:16.859
 father's

00:32:16.859 --> 00:32:17.339
 house

00:32:17.339 --> 00:32:17.559
 to

00:32:17.559 --> 00:32:17.899
 find

00:32:17.899 --> 00:32:18.439
 himself

00:32:18.439 --> 00:32:18.980
 desperately

00:32:18.980 --> 00:32:19.439
 lost

00:32:19.439 --> 00:32:20.159
 in

00:32:20.159 --> 00:32:20.319
 a

00:32:20.319 --> 00:32:20.659
 foreign

00:32:20.659 --> 00:32:21.700
 land

00:32:21.700 --> 00:32:22.619
 if

00:32:22.619 --> 00:32:22.720
 you

00:32:22.720 --> 00:32:22.839
 are

00:32:22.839 --> 00:32:23.119
 not

00:32:23.119 --> 00:32:23.319
 in

00:32:23.319 --> 00:32:23.619
 Christ

00:32:23.619 --> 00:32:23.839
 this

00:32:23.839 --> 00:32:24.139
 morning

00:32:24.139 --> 00:32:24.879
 whether

00:32:24.879 --> 00:32:25.079
 you

00:32:25.079 --> 00:32:25.539
 recognize

00:32:25.539 --> 00:32:25.779
 it

00:32:25.779 --> 00:32:25.879
 or

00:32:25.879 --> 00:32:26.159
 not

00:32:26.159 --> 00:32:27.059
 you

00:32:27.059 --> 00:32:27.319
 find

00:32:27.319 --> 00:32:27.799
 yourself

00:32:27.799 --> 00:32:28.099
 in

00:32:28.099 --> 00:32:28.259
 the

00:32:28.259 --> 00:32:28.519
 very

00:32:28.519 --> 00:32:29.000
 same

00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:30.220
 state

00:32:30.220 --> 00:32:32.000
 listen to

00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:32.360
 the words

00:32:32.360 --> 00:32:32.640
 of

00:32:32.640 --> 00:32:33.400
 Charles

00:32:33.400 --> 00:32:33.799
 Spurgeon

00:32:33.799 --> 00:32:34.360
 who

00:32:34.360 --> 00:32:34.779
 was a

00:32:34.779 --> 00:32:35.180
 19th

00:32:35.180 --> 00:32:35.539
 century

00:32:35.539 --> 00:32:36.360
 British

00:32:36.360 --> 00:32:37.339
 Baptist

00:32:37.339 --> 00:32:37.740
 pastor

00:32:37.740 --> 00:32:38.559
 one of my

00:32:38.559 --> 00:32:39.279
 favorites

00:32:39.279 --> 00:32:40.039
 you'll learn

00:32:40.039 --> 00:32:42.180
 and this is found on the front of your bulletin

00:32:42.180 --> 00:32:43.039
 if you'd like to

00:32:43.039 --> 00:32:44.900
 follow it along

00:32:44.900 --> 00:32:46.620
 he wrote this

00:32:46.620 --> 00:32:47.120
 in a sermon

00:32:47.120 --> 00:32:47.900
 on the

00:32:47.900 --> 00:32:48.759
 prodigal son

00:32:48.759 --> 00:32:49.540
 on this portion

00:32:49.540 --> 00:32:50.060
 of

00:32:50.060 --> 00:32:50.800
 the

00:32:50.800 --> 00:32:51.340
 parable

00:32:51.340 --> 00:32:51.519
 of the

00:32:51.519 --> 00:32:52.060
 prodigal son

00:32:52.060 --> 00:32:53.240
 he wrote this

00:32:53.240 --> 00:32:54.019
 if you must

00:32:54.019 --> 00:32:54.680
 play the fool

00:32:54.680 --> 00:32:57.259
 I think the preference would be that we would never be fools

00:32:57.259 --> 00:32:57.940
 but if you must

00:32:57.940 --> 00:32:58.460
 play the fool

00:32:58.460 --> 00:33:01.519
 take some lighter things to trifle with

00:33:01.519 --> 00:33:02.560
 than your souls

00:33:02.560 --> 00:33:03.540
 and your eternal

00:33:03.540 --> 00:33:04.420
 destinies

00:33:04.420 --> 00:33:04.700
 right

00:33:04.700 --> 00:33:05.320
 he's saying

00:33:05.320 --> 00:33:07.400
 be a fool about things that don't really matter

00:33:07.400 --> 00:33:10.420
 but don't be a fool about these things

00:33:10.420 --> 00:33:11.300
 he says

00:33:11.300 --> 00:33:12.280
 shut yourselves up

00:33:12.280 --> 00:33:12.840
 alone

00:33:12.840 --> 00:33:13.720
 for a while

00:33:13.720 --> 00:33:15.480
 go through the matter

00:33:15.480 --> 00:33:16.420
 steadily

00:33:16.420 --> 00:33:17.900
 lay it out in order

00:33:17.900 --> 00:33:19.360
 make a plan of it

00:33:19.360 --> 00:33:20.259
 see

00:33:20.259 --> 00:33:21.259
 where you

00:33:21.259 --> 00:33:22.500
 are going

00:33:22.500 --> 00:33:24.500
 he encouraged us earlier in the sermon

00:33:24.500 --> 00:33:25.539
 to actually write

00:33:25.539 --> 00:33:26.640
 to write it out

00:33:26.640 --> 00:33:29.880
 actually take the time to consider the state of your soul

00:33:29.880 --> 00:33:31.140
 and then to consider

00:33:31.140 --> 00:33:33.299
 the goodness of God to us

00:33:33.299 --> 00:33:34.120
 in Christ

00:33:34.120 --> 00:33:34.380
 he says

00:33:34.380 --> 00:33:35.140
 see where you are going

00:33:35.140 --> 00:33:36.640
 think over the way of salvation

00:33:36.640 --> 00:33:38.440
 the story of the cross

00:33:38.440 --> 00:33:39.839
 the love of God

00:33:39.839 --> 00:33:40.860
 the readiness

00:33:40.860 --> 00:33:42.000
 of Christ

00:33:42.000 --> 00:33:43.160
 to save

00:33:43.160 --> 00:33:44.980
 find

00:33:44.980 --> 00:33:46.320
 in the prodigal

00:33:46.320 --> 00:33:47.240
 yourself

00:33:47.240 --> 00:33:50.060
 and then I hope

00:33:50.060 --> 00:33:50.700
 I pray

00:33:50.700 --> 00:33:53.360
 turn to God

00:33:53.360 --> 00:33:54.960
 in repentance

00:33:54.960 --> 00:33:55.460
 and faith

00:33:55.460 --> 00:33:56.000
 so fourthly

00:33:56.000 --> 00:33:56.380
 repentance

00:33:56.380 --> 00:33:57.980
 and faith

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 I'm so glad

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 the story goes here

00:33:59.900 --> 00:34:01.500
 verse 17

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 but when he came to himself

00:34:02.980 --> 00:34:03.860
 he said

00:34:03.860 --> 00:34:05.920
 how many of my father's hired servants

00:34:05.920 --> 00:34:07.000
 have more than enough bread

00:34:07.000 --> 00:34:08.119
 but I perish here

00:34:08.119 --> 00:34:09.019
 with hunger

00:34:09.019 --> 00:34:10.380
 I will arise

00:34:10.380 --> 00:34:11.019
 and go to my father

00:34:11.019 --> 00:34:11.659
 and I will say to him

00:34:11.659 --> 00:34:12.980
 father I have sinned against heaven

00:34:12.980 --> 00:34:14.179
 and before you

00:34:14.179 --> 00:34:15.799
 I am no longer worthy

00:34:15.799 --> 00:34:16.899
 to be called your son

00:34:16.899 --> 00:34:19.960
 treat me as one of your hired servants

00:34:19.960 --> 00:34:21.339
 praise God

00:34:21.339 --> 00:34:22.239
 that the prodigal

00:34:22.239 --> 00:34:23.679
 of Jesus story

00:34:23.679 --> 00:34:24.659
 does not stay

00:34:24.659 --> 00:34:26.399
 in this desperate state

00:34:26.399 --> 00:34:27.920
 let us learn from that

00:34:27.920 --> 00:34:29.679
 but Jesus says

00:34:29.679 --> 00:34:30.899
 he came

00:34:30.899 --> 00:34:32.259
 to himself

00:34:32.259 --> 00:34:33.299
 and that is to say

00:34:33.299 --> 00:34:34.059
 that he returned

00:34:34.059 --> 00:34:35.119
 to his right mind

00:34:35.119 --> 00:34:35.460
 right

00:34:35.460 --> 00:34:36.539
 he recognized

00:34:36.539 --> 00:34:37.319
 the goodness

00:34:37.319 --> 00:34:38.079
 of his father

00:34:38.079 --> 00:34:39.079
 he remembered

00:34:39.079 --> 00:34:39.619
 that even

00:34:39.619 --> 00:34:41.119
 his father's hired servants

00:34:41.119 --> 00:34:43.059
 had more than enough bread

00:34:43.059 --> 00:34:45.239
 and that he was being foolish

00:34:45.239 --> 00:34:46.039
 to stay

00:34:46.039 --> 00:34:47.420
 where he was

00:34:47.420 --> 00:34:48.319
 and perish

00:34:48.319 --> 00:34:49.559
 with hunger

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 so he makes a plan

00:34:51.900 --> 00:34:54.099
 he decides to go back

00:34:54.099 --> 00:34:54.739
 to his father

00:34:54.739 --> 00:34:56.659
 humbly admitting

00:34:56.659 --> 00:34:56.579
!

00:34:56.579 --> 00:34:58.179
 the error of his way

00:34:58.179 --> 00:34:59.199
 saying

00:34:59.199 --> 00:35:00.219
 I have sinned

00:35:00.219 --> 00:35:01.019
 against heaven

00:35:01.019 --> 00:35:02.739
 and before you

00:35:02.739 --> 00:35:04.219
 recognizing

00:35:04.219 --> 00:35:05.139
 that he has said

00:35:05.139 --> 00:35:05.880
 to his father

00:35:05.880 --> 00:35:06.480
 I wish

00:35:06.480 --> 00:35:07.599
 you were dead

00:35:07.599 --> 00:35:09.380
 seeing that that was wrong

00:35:09.380 --> 00:35:10.099
 and repenting

00:35:10.099 --> 00:35:10.880
 before his father

00:35:10.880 --> 00:35:12.720
 and being willing

00:35:12.720 --> 00:35:13.500
 to live

00:35:13.500 --> 00:35:14.380
 once again

00:35:14.380 --> 00:35:15.820
 under his father's

00:35:15.820 --> 00:35:16.480
 good

00:35:16.480 --> 00:35:17.760
 instruction

00:35:17.760 --> 00:35:19.000
 you see that

00:35:19.000 --> 00:35:19.599
 that he is turning

00:35:19.599 --> 00:35:20.460
 from his wickedness

00:35:20.460 --> 00:35:20.920
 and he is turning

00:35:20.920 --> 00:35:22.099
 back to his father

00:35:22.099 --> 00:35:23.380
 saying it is good

00:35:23.380 --> 00:35:23.880
 to be

00:35:23.880 --> 00:35:25.960
 in my father's house

00:35:25.960 --> 00:35:27.160
 he doesn't have

00:35:27.160 --> 00:35:27.720
 the expectation

00:35:27.720 --> 00:35:28.260
 that he will get

00:35:28.260 --> 00:35:28.660
 to live

00:35:28.660 --> 00:35:30.079
 as a son

00:35:30.079 --> 00:35:30.920
 but he is willing

00:35:30.920 --> 00:35:31.400
 to live

00:35:31.400 --> 00:35:32.559
 as a servant

00:35:32.559 --> 00:35:33.039
 to be under

00:35:33.039 --> 00:35:34.220
 his father's

00:35:34.220 --> 00:35:35.019
 good care

00:35:35.019 --> 00:35:36.659
 the prodigal

00:35:36.659 --> 00:35:37.179
 turns from

00:35:37.179 --> 00:35:37.800
 his wickedness

00:35:37.800 --> 00:35:38.800
 the foolishness

00:35:38.800 --> 00:35:39.340
 and error

00:35:39.340 --> 00:35:39.940
 of his way

00:35:39.940 --> 00:35:42.119
 we call this

00:35:42.119 --> 00:35:42.900
 repentance

00:35:42.900 --> 00:35:44.639
 and he turns

00:35:44.639 --> 00:35:45.300
 to his father

00:35:45.300 --> 00:35:46.679
 believing that

00:35:46.679 --> 00:35:47.159
 his father

00:35:47.159 --> 00:35:48.300
 will be good

00:35:48.300 --> 00:35:48.639
 to him

00:35:48.639 --> 00:35:50.000
 and this is

00:35:50.000 --> 00:35:50.820
 the prodigal's

00:35:50.820 --> 00:35:51.780
 faith

00:35:51.780 --> 00:35:53.539
 believes

00:35:53.539 --> 00:35:54.300
 in who his father

00:35:54.300 --> 00:35:54.699
 is

00:35:54.699 --> 00:35:55.759
 and that he will

00:35:55.759 --> 00:35:56.360
 care for him

00:35:56.360 --> 00:35:57.719
 we will see

00:35:57.719 --> 00:35:58.219
 next week

00:35:58.219 --> 00:35:59.300
 the loving kindness

00:35:59.300 --> 00:35:59.960
 of the father

00:35:59.960 --> 00:36:01.000
 toward the son

00:36:01.000 --> 00:36:01.739
 it is my favorite

00:36:01.739 --> 00:36:02.679
 part of the parable

00:36:02.679 --> 00:36:03.780
 we will see

00:36:03.780 --> 00:36:04.840
 that as the son

00:36:04.840 --> 00:36:06.340
 returns in repentance

00:36:06.340 --> 00:36:06.860
 and faith

00:36:06.860 --> 00:36:07.460
 the father

00:36:07.460 --> 00:36:08.380
 becomes humble

00:36:08.380 --> 00:36:09.000
 himself

00:36:09.000 --> 00:36:10.480
 in order to love

00:36:10.480 --> 00:36:10.980
 his son

00:36:10.980 --> 00:36:12.220
 and to spare him

00:36:12.220 --> 00:36:13.200
 from his deserved

00:36:13.200 --> 00:36:13.800
 punishment

00:36:13.800 --> 00:36:15.460
 the father

00:36:15.460 --> 00:36:16.460
 takes on

00:36:16.460 --> 00:36:17.180
 the son's

00:36:17.180 --> 00:36:17.820
 shame

00:36:17.820 --> 00:36:18.620
 to restore

00:36:18.620 --> 00:36:19.900
 him

00:36:19.900 --> 00:36:21.480
 to sonship

00:36:21.480 --> 00:36:22.300
 and there is

00:36:22.300 --> 00:36:23.420
 much rejoicing

00:36:23.420 --> 00:36:26.360
 dear listener

00:36:26.360 --> 00:36:26.880
 if you have

00:36:26.880 --> 00:36:27.800
 not humbled

00:36:27.800 --> 00:36:28.140
 yourself

00:36:28.140 --> 00:36:28.800
 before God

00:36:28.800 --> 00:36:30.180
 recognizing

00:36:30.180 --> 00:36:30.800
 that you have

00:36:30.800 --> 00:36:31.519
 sought independence

00:36:31.519 --> 00:36:32.160
 from him

00:36:32.159 --> 00:36:33.279
 as you have

00:36:33.279 --> 00:36:34.239
 lived in a state

00:36:34.239 --> 00:36:35.099
 of indulgence

00:36:35.099 --> 00:36:35.639
 of self

00:36:35.639 --> 00:36:36.159
 and that

00:36:36.159 --> 00:36:36.579
 if you are

00:36:36.579 --> 00:36:37.500
 not already

00:36:37.500 --> 00:36:38.039
 there

00:36:38.039 --> 00:36:39.199
 you risk

00:36:39.199 --> 00:36:40.039
 an insanity

00:36:40.039 --> 00:36:41.199
 of your soul

00:36:41.199 --> 00:36:42.719
 my plea to you

00:36:42.719 --> 00:36:43.179
 this morning

00:36:43.179 --> 00:36:43.759
 is

00:36:43.759 --> 00:36:45.839
 flee to Christ

00:36:45.839 --> 00:36:48.139
 let this day

00:36:48.139 --> 00:36:48.879
 be a day

00:36:48.879 --> 00:36:49.579
 of repentance

00:36:49.579 --> 00:36:51.019
 and faith

00:36:51.019 --> 00:36:52.019
 that there will

00:36:52.019 --> 00:36:53.039
 be a great rejoicing

00:36:53.039 --> 00:36:53.440
 in heaven

00:36:53.440 --> 00:36:54.500
 over the salvation

00:36:54.500 --> 00:36:55.799
 of your soul

00:36:55.799 --> 00:36:57.379
 beloved

00:36:57.379 --> 00:36:58.079
 those of us

00:36:58.079 --> 00:36:58.619
 who are

00:36:58.619 --> 00:36:59.460
 in Christ

00:36:59.460 --> 00:37:00.579
 we have

00:37:00.579 --> 00:37:01.619
 much to rejoice

00:37:01.619 --> 00:37:01.900
 in

00:37:01.900 --> 00:37:02.400
 having been

00:37:02.400 --> 00:37:02.860
 delivered

00:37:02.860 --> 00:37:03.679
 having all

00:37:03.679 --> 00:37:04.420
 once been

00:37:04.420 --> 00:37:05.780
 the prodigal

00:37:05.780 --> 00:37:06.500
 and now being

00:37:06.500 --> 00:37:06.960
 called

00:37:06.960 --> 00:37:08.400
 sons of the

00:37:08.400 --> 00:37:08.840
 most high

00:37:08.840 --> 00:37:09.240
 God

00:37:09.240 --> 00:37:10.960
 in closing

00:37:10.960 --> 00:37:12.599
 God through

00:37:12.599 --> 00:37:12.920
 the prophet

00:37:12.920 --> 00:37:13.639
 Isaiah said

00:37:13.639 --> 00:37:14.079
 in Isaiah

00:37:14.079 --> 00:37:14.639
 43

00:37:14.639 --> 00:37:15.599
 verses 6

00:37:15.599 --> 00:37:16.119
 and 7

00:37:16.119 --> 00:37:17.900
 I will say

00:37:17.900 --> 00:37:18.599
 to the north

00:37:18.599 --> 00:37:19.840
 give up

00:37:19.840 --> 00:37:21.220
 and to the south

00:37:21.220 --> 00:37:22.440
 do not withhold

00:37:22.440 --> 00:37:24.480
 bring my sons

00:37:24.480 --> 00:37:25.139
 from afar

00:37:25.139 --> 00:37:25.860
 and my daughters

00:37:25.860 --> 00:37:26.740
 from the end

00:37:26.740 --> 00:37:27.720
 of the earth

00:37:27.719 --> 00:37:28.779
 everyone who

00:37:28.779 --> 00:37:29.099
 was called

00:37:29.099 --> 00:37:29.779
 by my name

00:37:29.779 --> 00:37:30.939
 whom I created

00:37:30.939 --> 00:37:31.939
 for my glory

00:37:31.939 --> 00:37:33.279
 whom I formed

00:37:33.279 --> 00:37:34.439
 and made

00:37:34.439 --> 00:37:35.539
 let's pray together