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 Jesus talks about this in the book of Luke chapter 4. He says, I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns as well.

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 You know, the spirit of the Lord is on him to give this good news. And so he goes. And then they keep trying to look for him and he keeps saying, hey, we've got to go.

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 We've got to keep going because the good news needs to spread. And I hope, and actually, I know, not only hope, I know that there have been people in this congregation has been going through the book of Acts.

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 But the Holy Spirit, the same Holy Spirit that moved these people here is the same Holy Spirit that has been moving you to go and be more courageous to your friends, family and colleagues.

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 And I can see that. I've witnessed that. And that's what given that's what's given me courage as I stand up here opening up this word, because I know the Holy Spirit is speaking to you.

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 And so Jesus is basically saying the same thing. He says, I must go preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns as well.

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 And then he says it's for it was for this reason I was sent. It was for this purpose.

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 And so when you understand why Jesus came, you start to really understand what we should do, how we should respond.

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 And actually, just he came to save. The passage I'm going to be focusing on, if I can just invite you, is again, we'll stay in the Gospel of Luke, chapter 19.

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 Chapter 19, verse 10. If there's one verse that really sums up the whole theme of this Gospel, is Jesus declaring why he came.

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 It says this, for the Son of Man came to seek and save the lost.

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 Do you have that favorite bit when the preacher just goes, hey, if you forget everything else today, you remember this.

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 If you forget everything else today, remember this line that Jesus said.

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 When you look at the news later and you see that number continuing to count and you feel despair,

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 you look and you see that's the passage that you hold on to.

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 That's what you cling on to. Jesus, the Son of Man, came to seek and save the lost.

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 Of course, I want to understand a little bit more about why he said this.

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 So I'm actually inviting you, as we always do, to stand in reverence and awe for the word of the Lord.

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 And I'm going to ask Juju to come up and read it for us.

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 The Gospel of Luke, chapter 19, starting from verse 1.

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 He entered Jericho and was passing through.

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 And behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus.

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 He was a chief tax collector and was rich.

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 And he was seeking to see who Jesus was.

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 But on account of the crowd, he could not because he was small in stature.

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 So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him,

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 for he was about to pass that way.

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 And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him,

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 Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for I must stay at your house today.

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 So he hurried and came down and received him joyfully.

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 And when they saw it, they all grumbled.

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 He has gone in to be a guest of a man who is a sinner.

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 And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord,

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 Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor.

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 And if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I restore it fourfold.

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 And Jesus said to him, Today salvation has come to this house,

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 since he also is a son of Abraham.

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 For the son of man came to seek and to save the lost.

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 This is the word of the Lord.

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 Praise be to God.

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 Please take a seat.

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 Thank you, Gigi.

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 Feels nice standing up on a stage, doesn't it?

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 Small in stature.

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 Small in stature.

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 I promise you there's no reason why I asked you to read that.

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 Other than the spirit's leading.

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 But that's low hanging fruit, guys.

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 Let's not do that to Gigi.

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 There are way better ways.

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 As Paul says, let's not talk about his, attack his character.

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 That's what we do.

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 That's how we know we love each other.

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 This line here.

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 So when I say that I wrote my sermon,

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 and then it feels a little bit dated,

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 is I've just scribbled all over it now and blocked things out.

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 Because one of the things that I really wanted to say,

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 and I'll say now, but with all the care I can as I say this,

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 is this world is not in a good place.

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 My words exactly here is,

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 the world is on fire right now.

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 And we as the church, what are we actually doing?

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 What are we actually doing?

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 See, the problem is,

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 those outside are not doing well,

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 but then they look down at our churches,

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 and they say, well, you're not any better.

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 It's just filled with hypocrisy.

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 You aren't helping in any way.

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 Instead of living with conviction,

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 you've assimilated into society.

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 You look just the same as us.

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 Instead of having any kind of urgency,

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 like we have been reminded of this week,

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 we have on the most part lived with just complacency.

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 When the Son of Man came to seek and save the lost,

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 and yet we kind of just go,

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 oh yeah, well, that's what he did.

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 But where are you going to find Christ right now?

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 It's his body.

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 And so his body better understand,

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 better,

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 why the head came.

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 And then, and only then can we be the change

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 that he desires for us to be.

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 You see in Acts,

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 we just read a couple weeks ago,

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 that the Christians there,

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 the followers of Christ,

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 they turn the world upside down.

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 But in order for that to happen,

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 Christians need to first understand

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 what Christ did for them,

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 and for their lives,

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 their hearts to be turned upside down,

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 for their value systems

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 to completely turn upside down.

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 And only then,

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 if we invite Christ into our lives,

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 and we say we are going to be Christians,

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 we are going to be followers of Christ,

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 then we invite him into our hearts,

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 we allow him to move the furniture around,

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 change everything up completely.

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 But so often,

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 if we ask ourselves,

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 we kind of did invite him,

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 well, really,

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 we just believed in him,

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 and we treat him as kind of like a,

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 an end of life,

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 post life insurance policy.

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 We treat him,

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 okay, well,

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 Jesus,

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 if we believe in you,

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 do you promise that we get to be with you in eternity?

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 But yes,

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 we want to be with you in eternity,

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 but we kind of don't want to be with you right now.

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 So we're going to keep living our lives right now,

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 but just in case,

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 because we'd rather have that

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 than the fire and the pitchforks.

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 So why don't we just believe in you now?

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 Can you see,

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 can you see what the world sees?

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 Can you see the hypocrisy that they see?

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 That we say we want to follow him,

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 and yet we live our lives

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 completely in the way that the world

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 just does anyway.

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 We say we want to spend eternity with him,

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 but we can't even spend five minutes with him

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 on a day-to-day basis.

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 Something seems off.

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 If we are to truly understand

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 why we as a church exist,

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 why we gather,

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 we must first understand

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 why Jesus came.

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 Last week in Acts 18,

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 we met Apollos, right?

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 This gifted speaker,

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 probably the debate champion.

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 And he comes and he speaks,

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 and then what do Priscilla and Aquila do?

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 They take him aside and say,

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 hey, you are right,

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 Jesus is the Messiah,

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 but actually we don't think

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 you truly understand

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 how that works.

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 You only got to the baptism of John.

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 You don't understand that actually

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 the Spirit of Christ now lives in us,

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 and actually it's the Holy Spirit

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 that is sanctifying

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 and moving people towards him,

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 drawing people towards him.

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 Do you understand what the Holy Spirit

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 is actually doing here?

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 And so he, open to rebuke,

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 open to being trained,

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 humbly receives it.

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 All from this place where he kind of knew

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 what Jesus was,

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 who Jesus was,

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 but he didn't truly.

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 I wonder whether that's the same

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 for all of us.

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 Yes, we do know

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 that we need to believe in Jesus,

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 but we actually don't really know why.

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 We don't really know how to follow him.

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 And so here we are.

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 We see this account

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 that's an interesting one

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 that is, of course,

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 a very famous one,

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 probably the most famous story

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 about a short guy

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 that we can find in the Bible,

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 Zacchaeus.

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 Zacchaeus, the chief tax collector.

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 So we're going to break it down

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 a little bit.

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 Luke chapter 19, verse 1.

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 He entered Jericho

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 and was passing through

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 and behold,

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 there was a man named Zacchaeus.

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 He was a chief tax collector

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 and was rich.

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 Why was he rich?

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 Because he was not just a tax collector.

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 There was tax farming

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 from his own people

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 to collect for the Roman Empire,

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 but he was the chief tax collector,

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 which meant that he actually

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 had a team of tax collectors

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 that would collect money for him,

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 bring it all to him.

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 He would then look

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 and count the pot,

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 take what he needed for himself

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 or what he wanted for himself,

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 and then he would pass it on

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 to the Romans.

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 So he was rich.

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 Interestingly,

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 this kind of person

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 would not be doing

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 what we see he does next here.

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 And he was seeking

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 to see who Jesus was,

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 but on account of the crowd,

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 he could not

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 because he was small in stature.

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 So he ran on ahead

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 and climbed up

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 into a sycamore tree

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 to see him,

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 for he was about

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 to pass that way.

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 Imagine someone

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 who is rich.

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 Someone who is rich,

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 who has status,

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 who obviously has influence,

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 has power,

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 socially isolated

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 from his own people,

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 by the way,

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 banned from synagogues,

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 likely,

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 because his people

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 wouldn't have wanted

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 anything to do with him.

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 But maybe,

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 I've got a feeling

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 that over time,

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 if you live that kind of life,

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 your heart would have

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 just become hard.

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 Like, you know what?

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 If you don't want to be near me,

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 I don't want to be near you.

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 Hey, I'm doing me,

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 I'm living my life,

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 and you do yours.

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 What would it have taken

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 for someone like him

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 to then hear

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 all the hype

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 about this person,

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 Jesus,

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 and decide,

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 I really want to find out

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 about this person.

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 So whilst he was rich

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 and whilst he had power,

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 he was also desperate

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 for the truth.

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 And so he runs,

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 which wouldn't have been

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 a thing that someone

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 like him would have done.

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 And he runs,

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 and you can just imagine

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 the scene.

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 People are just rushing

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 towards Jesus.

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 He's trying to get there,

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 and he's trying to see,

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 but he can't see

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 because he's short.

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 He can't see.

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 So what does he do?

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 Then he sees a tree.

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 And so he's like,

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 well, I'm going to climb up

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 on the tree.

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 I must see this guy.

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 You can see how smart he is

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 because he's running,

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 and he's like,

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 I can't see.

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 And actually,

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 the Jews probably

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 would have seen him

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 and said,

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 well, block his way.

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 I would,

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 because I don't like him.

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 So I'm not going

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 to let you pass.

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 But then he's smart.

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 He doesn't become

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 chief tax collector

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 without being smart.

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 So then he sees

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 where Jesus is heading,

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 and then he cuts him off

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 another way,

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 finds a tree to climb up,

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 climbs up the tree.

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 Can you see the hunger

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 that comes from the,

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 leading to actions like that?

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 What that means is

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 he was rich,

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 but he was still dissatisfied.

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 He's still looking for,

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 he's still looking for,

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 basically,

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 who Jesus was.

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 He's still looking

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 for the truth.

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 And then the fascinating

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 moment comes.

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 Whilst he's looking

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 for Jesus,

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 Jesus walked by the tree

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 because he was right,

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 he did walk past there.

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 Jesus stops.

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 Jesus stops

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 and looks up at him

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 and says,

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 Zacchaeus,

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 hurry and come down,

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 for I must stay

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 at your house today.

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 Why does Jesus do this

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 all the time?

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 He just seems to do

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 the thing that is

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 the least predictable.

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 What's Jesus trying

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 to do here?

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 What's he trying to prove?

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 He's looking at Zacchaeus.

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 Everyone knows

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 who Zacchaeus is.

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 And yet he stops

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 and in front of everyone

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 says,

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 Zacchaeus,

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 you come down.

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 Well,

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 first thing,

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 he knows his name.

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 So it's interesting here,

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 when we say that

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 the Son of Man

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 came to seek

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 and save the lost,

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 it's important

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 that you see

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 Zacchaeus

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 as the one

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 who's seeking

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 after Jesus,

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 but actually Jesus

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 is already

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 familiar with him.

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 And that's what I said

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 a couple weeks ago,

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 right?

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 The moment

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 where you truly get it

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 as a Christian

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 is when you've been

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 chasing God

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 and pursuing God

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 all of your life

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 until the moment

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 you realize

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 actually he's been

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 the one who's

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 pursuing you.

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 He's been the one

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 who has been seeking

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 and pursuing you.

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 So he says,

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 Zacchaeus,

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 come down.

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 I must,

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 I must stay

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 at your house.

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 And of course,

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 Zacchaeus was filled

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 with joy.

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 It's ironic.

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 The name Zacchaeus

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 actually means

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 pure and righteous.

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 And of course,

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 he's anything,

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 but you don't get

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 that rich by being

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 pure and righteous.

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 You don't get

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 that hated by your people

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 by being pure and righteous.

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 But it's really interesting.

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 Jesus says,

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 I must come to your house today.

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 It's not,

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 hey,

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 I just want to acknowledge you.

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 No, he says,

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 I must come to your house today.

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 Do you recognize how big,

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 how scandalous

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 that would have been?

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 And you hear it

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 and you see it.

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 And when they saw it,

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 verse seven,

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 they all grumbled.

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 He has gone in

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 to be the guest

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 of a man who is a sinner.

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 This wasn't just,

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 hey,

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 hi,

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 shake your hand.

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 Nice to meet you.

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 I know you are.

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 This is,

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 I must come to your house today.

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 I must associate with you.

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 I want to move beyond

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 just an acquaintance with you.

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 Sharing a table

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 with a sinner.

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 Probably the most scandalous thing

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 that Jesus did

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 time and time again.

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 Hang out with people

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 that shouldn't be hung out with.

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 Why?

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 Because the son of man

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 came to seek

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 and save

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 the lost.

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 He didn't come

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 for the righteous.

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 He came for the sinners.

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 Intellectually,

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 in our heads,

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 I think we understand that.

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 But those of us

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 who have been

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 around the church

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 for a long time,

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 we actually don't

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 truly,

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 truly get that

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 because we think

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 actually Jesus came

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 for us

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 because we've been

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 working hard enough.

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 Because my church

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 attendance

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 is over 75%.

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 So Jesus came

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 for me.

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 It's because I'm not

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 sinning anymore,

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 or at least it's not

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 as much as I used to.

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 That's why Jesus loves me.

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 It's at that moment

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 we realize actually

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 we have missed the point

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 of why the son of man came.

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 He came to seek

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 and save

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 the lost.

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 What does it mean

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 to be lost?

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 As someone,

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 as I've said,

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 growing up in the late 1900s,

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 getting lost

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 was a familiar event

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 because you just,

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 there was no smartphone.

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 There was a map.

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 My father trained me

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 when we visited

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 Toronto

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 as a kid,

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 or just Canada,

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 just this vast expanse.

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 and he would sit me

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 in front of him,

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 not in front of him,

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 that would be dangerous

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 in the car,

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 but he would sit me

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 in the passenger seat

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 and he would give me

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 the map.

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 Or in England

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 there would be

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 an A to Z.

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 Deeply,

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 deeply confusing.

00:14:16.119 --> 00:14:16.279
 Right?

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 And then he'd say,

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 hey,

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 we want to get here,

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 tell us how.

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 Now,

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 something about directions

00:14:23.159 --> 00:14:23.779
 is you need to know

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 two things.

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 You need to first,

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 in order to know where,

00:14:26.559 --> 00:14:26.939
 well one,

00:14:27.000 --> 00:14:27.319
 you need to know

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 where you're going,

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 you need to know

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 the destination,

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 but maybe even more importantly

00:14:30.319 --> 00:14:30.959
 is you need to know

00:14:30.959 --> 00:14:31.839
 where you are right now.

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 Otherwise,

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 there's no point

00:14:32.800 --> 00:14:33.300
 looking at a map

00:14:33.300 --> 00:14:34.000
 because if you don't know

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 where you are right now,

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 you're not going to get

00:14:35.639 --> 00:14:36.440
 to your destination.

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 But those of you

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 growing up in more recent times

00:14:40.300 --> 00:14:41.019
 won't understand that,

00:14:41.080 --> 00:14:41.180
 right?

00:14:41.220 --> 00:14:42.420
 Because your phone

00:14:42.420 --> 00:14:43.019
 will tell you

00:14:43.019 --> 00:14:43.740
 where you're at.

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 In a time before

00:14:47.180 --> 00:14:47.740
 AirTags

00:14:47.740 --> 00:14:48.759
 and Google Maps,

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 we,

00:14:49.920 --> 00:14:50.160
 I think,

00:14:50.200 --> 00:14:50.780
 truly understood

00:14:50.780 --> 00:14:51.700
 what it meant

00:14:51.700 --> 00:14:52.280
 to be lost.

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 This week,

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 I was reminded once again

00:14:56.100 --> 00:14:57.180
 what it meant

00:14:57.180 --> 00:14:57.800
 to be lost

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 and helpless.

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 And this is what I'm saying.

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 I think there's some of us here

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 who need to,

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 who need to hear,

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 hear me loud and clear

00:15:06.080 --> 00:15:07.840
 that you have been found.

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 Just as what Danny said,

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 that Jesus came for you.

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 You didn't think

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 you could find your own way.

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 You knew you couldn't

00:15:14.740 --> 00:15:15.500
 find your own way.

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 You are the,

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 maybe you are the younger brother

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 in the parable

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 of the prodigal son

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 and you're like,

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 I knew I was,

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 I was so lost

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 and Jesus came

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 to find you

00:15:24.100 --> 00:15:25.820
 despite everything

00:15:25.820 --> 00:15:26.400
 that you did.

00:15:28.000 --> 00:15:29.240
 Jesus came to pursue you,

00:15:29.320 --> 00:15:29.980
 to seek you

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 and to save you.

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 Some of you need

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 to hear that.

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 But actually,

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 the creator of heaven

00:15:36.340 --> 00:15:36.820
 and earth

00:15:36.820 --> 00:15:38.720
 knew exactly

00:15:38.720 --> 00:15:39.260
 where you were

00:15:39.260 --> 00:15:41.640
 and in that moment

00:15:41.640 --> 00:15:42.620
 dragged you out of the pit

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 as it says

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 in Psalm 103.

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 I think some of us

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 genuinely need to hear that

00:15:50.199 --> 00:15:51.000
 because we're sat here

00:15:51.000 --> 00:15:51.679
 still thinking,

00:15:51.819 --> 00:15:51.960
 actually,

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 I don't know if I'm found.

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 There's another group though.

00:15:57.939 --> 00:15:58.720
 There's another group

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 who I think

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 you actually don't know

00:16:00.139 --> 00:16:00.679
 that you're lost.

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 Well, you might say,

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 well, I know exactly

00:16:03.740 --> 00:16:04.240
 where I am.

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 I am in

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 Admiralty,

00:16:06.679 --> 00:16:07.059
 Tower.

00:16:08.899 --> 00:16:09.559
 Admiralty Center,

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 Tower 2,

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 fifth floor.

00:16:12.460 --> 00:16:12.879
 By the way,

00:16:12.939 --> 00:16:14.120
 the most convenient building

00:16:14.120 --> 00:16:16.000
 in the whole of Hong Kong

00:16:16.000 --> 00:16:16.519
 for church

00:16:16.519 --> 00:16:17.860
 is my own opinion.

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 Because if you look

00:16:19.980 --> 00:16:21.379
 at the whole of the MTR map,

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 which is the station

00:16:22.120 --> 00:16:22.879
 that is most connected?

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 Probably Admiralty.

00:16:25.159 --> 00:16:26.620
 If you look at the MTR station,

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 you look and see

00:16:28.100 --> 00:16:30.379
 which exit

00:16:30.379 --> 00:16:31.860
 is probably the most convenient

00:16:31.860 --> 00:16:32.759
 that can head straight up

00:16:32.759 --> 00:16:33.320
 into the building.

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 It's probably exit A.

00:16:35.379 --> 00:16:36.340
 And I hope you're not here

00:16:36.340 --> 00:16:37.519
 because this is a convenient place

00:16:37.519 --> 00:16:38.120
 for you to worship.

00:16:40.700 --> 00:16:41.399
 But my goodness,

00:16:41.500 --> 00:16:42.340
 it is convenient.

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 But some of you

00:16:46.240 --> 00:16:47.259
 are actually genuinely lost

00:16:47.259 --> 00:16:47.879
 and I'm here to try

00:16:47.879 --> 00:16:48.679
 and convince you of that

00:16:48.679 --> 00:16:49.500
 because you might say,

00:16:49.580 --> 00:16:50.259
 well, what am I lost in?

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 Well, I think you're lost

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 in your busyness.

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 I think you're lost

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 in your productivity.

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 I think you're lost

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 in money.

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 I think you're lost

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 in your moral record.

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 I think you're lost

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 in your religion.

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 And the scary thing is

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 I don't know

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 if you know

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 that you're lost.

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 See, this is the crux of it.

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 This is the key of it.

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 If you are truly to understand

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 why we gather here,

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 you must first fully

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 be able to acknowledge

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 and articulate

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 that you are lost.

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 Jesus came to seek

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 and save the lost.

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 And until we are willing

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 to acknowledge that,

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 to confess that,

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 then we don't really truly

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 understand why we're saved.

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 Because the next question

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 would be, well, okay,

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 you're saved by Jesus.

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 Well, what is he saving me from?

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 To truly understand

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 why Jesus came,

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 we have to first understand

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 that we,

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 as it says in Ephesians 2,

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 that we were dead

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 in our trespasses and sins.

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 We were following

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 the way of this world.

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 We were blind.

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 We were lost.

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 And I'll tell you,

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 you will know it.

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 Maybe as a pastor,

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 I'll kind of give you

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 a little secret peek

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 behind the curtain.

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 I think I sometimes can tell

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 when someone who truly

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 is saved by Jesus

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 because they know

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 that they were lost.

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 It's those who are like,

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 yeah, I'm a Christian

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 and then they go ahead

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 and reel off all the things

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 that they do in life,

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 all the impact,

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 the change that they make,

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 all the accomplishments

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 they've had.

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 And I'm like,

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 oh, I don't know.

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 I don't know.

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 So when you truly understand

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 your need for grace,

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 I think some of us

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 are lost in our parenting.

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 You see or just

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 pursuit of family.

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 Our kids are the first thing.

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 I bumped into an old friend

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 this week

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 and who used to go to church

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 who no longer goes anymore.

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 He said,

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 oh, well,

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 in this season of my life,

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 I just need to focus

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 on my kids

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 and be present

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 with my kids.

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 And it all sounds so right.

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 And then I find myself

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 just thinking,

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 but Jesus is supposed

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 to be part of that.

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 Jesus gave you the kids.

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 Jesus gave you your job

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 and yet this season

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 you say,

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 hey, I can't focus

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 on Jesus this season

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 because the job

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 that he gave me

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 is taking me away from him.

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 Is in essence

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 often what we're trying to say.

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 The true freedom

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 that Darren talks about

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 is the moment you realize

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 that actually

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 you are a slave to sin.

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 You realize that you are actually

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 just completely consumed

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 by something

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 that actually is neutral.

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 It's a job.

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 It's money.

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 But you let that

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 big thing become God

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 and then it controls you

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 and then you don't realize

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 you're lost.

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 I love what Danny said there

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 because it reminded me

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 of the quote

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 that Keller said

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 that this church,

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 this group of people

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 is not a museum of saints.

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 We often feel like it

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 because we don't know

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 what everyone is going through

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 but it's a hospital for sins.

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 And there's such a joy

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 that comes with that.

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 I was reading an account

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 this week from Typo

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 of just someone

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 who waited hours and hours

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 not knowing whether

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 there would be anyone

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 that would save them.

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 And the moment that came

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 when a firefighter

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 walks through the door

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 that person just filled,

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 filled with immense gratitude.

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 Not just that they were

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 going to be saved

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 but that someone

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 actually was risking

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 their lives to come

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 and save them.

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 What if the objective

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 of the church

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 is to go and seek

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 and save

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 as many people

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 as we possibly can

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 because that's what

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 the Lord called us to do.

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 And yet we are trapped

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 in our own comfort.

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 We are trapped

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 in our own complacency.

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 Something else

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 about being saved,

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 this post-life insurance policy

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 that I just talked about,

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 I feel as though

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 we have such an anemic,

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 anemic view

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 of what being saved

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 truly means.

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 Just quoted

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 John 10.10

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 that Jesus came

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 to give us life

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 and life to the full

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 and yet you look around

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 at Christians

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 outside of incidents

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 like these

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 where we are grieving

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 but you look at us

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 and you just think

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 we are miserable.

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 We are miserable,

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 we are ungrateful,

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 we are just concerned

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 about the worldly things

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 and it's in those moments

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 I'm like,

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 Jesus remind me once again

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 of the good news.

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 You came to deal

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 with death

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 once and for all.

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 That you came to save me

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 when I was lost,

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 when I needed a savior.

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 I don't know if there's,

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 I don't know if actually

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 being on the pulpit

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 and preaching

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 from the word of God

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 is actually the thing

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 that convicts you.

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 I think it's John 16.8,

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 I think it's

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 the Holy Spirit comes

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 and convicts us

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 of sin and righteousness

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 to show us,

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 to remind us

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 that actually

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 we need God.

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 It's that song,

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 Lord, I need you.

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 Every moment,

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 every hour,

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 I need you.

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 If we're honest,

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 if I'm honest,

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 often it's just,

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 good God,

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 I want you

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 and it's for all

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 the wrong reasons.

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 I want you

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 so I can feel better

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 about myself.

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 I want you

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 so you can pour out

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 blessings upon me.

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 I want you

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 because you help

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 make sense of my life

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 for me.

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 I want you

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 because you will then

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 help me get the job

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 that I really,

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 really want.

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 That's why Luke 19.10,

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 almost if you want

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 to just distill

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 the whole book of Luke,

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 the whole Bible,

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 it's just,

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 the Son of Man

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 came to seek

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 and save

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 the lost

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 and that is you

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 and I

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 and when you

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 realize that,

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 that's when things

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 change.

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 That's when you

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 realize that actually

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 being a Christian

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 isn't just about

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 following the Ten Commandments.

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 It's about moving,

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 graduating from

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 the Ten Commandments.

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 You still do

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 all of the Ten Commandments

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 but it's moving

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 from the Commandments

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 into the Beatitudes.

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 When you live a life

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 that is free

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 because the Spirit

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 is leading you

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 to actually rejoice

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 because you are blessed

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 when you are poor

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 in Spirit

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 for you will inherit

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 the kingdom of God.

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 Blessed are those

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 who mourn

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 for they shall be comforted.

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 Blessed are those

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 who are meek

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 for they shall inherit

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 the earth.

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 When you truly understand

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 that upside down kingdom,

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 that's when we can

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 turn the world

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 upside down.

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 The Son of Man

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 came to seek

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 and save

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 the lost.

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 And you see here,

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 Zacchaeus

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 isn't repentant.

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 At least not yet.

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 Grace meets him first.

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 Right?

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 Grace meets him first.

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 He's not like,

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 I must meet Jesus

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 so I can go and apologize

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 to him for all the things

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 that I've done.

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 No, he just wants to find out

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 who Jesus is

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 and he's just going

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 and then it turns out

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 actually,

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 whilst he thinks

00:23:48.940 --> 00:23:49.759
 he's seeking Jesus,

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 actually Jesus

00:23:50.640 --> 00:23:51.519
 has been seeking him

00:23:51.519 --> 00:23:52.019
 all along.

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 And so grace meets us

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 first and then

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 the repentance comes.

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 It reminds me of Romans

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 where it says,

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 actually,

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 while we were still sinners,

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 Christ died for us.

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 That should fill us

00:24:03.819 --> 00:24:04.299
 with gratitude.

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 This is not my own doing.

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 But my faith

00:24:07.799 --> 00:24:08.860
 is a gift

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 from God.

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 That grace

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 is completely undeserved.

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 So the grace

00:24:17.920 --> 00:24:19.080
 comes before repentance

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 but repentance

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 does something

00:24:20.620 --> 00:24:21.180
 is when you are

00:24:21.180 --> 00:24:22.019
 truly repentant

00:24:22.019 --> 00:24:23.000
 your life will turn

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 upside down

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 and then it will lead

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 to action.

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 And that's why

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 we love the book of James

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 because the book of James

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 is very practical

00:24:30.160 --> 00:24:31.120
 because all Jameses

00:24:31.120 --> 00:24:31.880
 are very practical

00:24:31.880 --> 00:24:33.700
 and we try and live out

00:24:33.700 --> 00:24:34.180
 our faith.

00:24:36.700 --> 00:24:37.019
 And it says,

00:24:37.120 --> 00:24:37.220
 well,

00:24:37.500 --> 00:24:37.700
 okay,

00:24:37.740 --> 00:24:38.360
 you can have faith

00:24:38.360 --> 00:24:39.160
 but you can't have it

00:24:39.160 --> 00:24:39.839
 without works.

00:24:40.160 --> 00:24:41.279
 That's not how you're saved

00:24:41.279 --> 00:24:42.519
 but once you are saved

00:24:42.519 --> 00:24:43.539
 you can't help but work.

00:24:43.640 --> 00:24:44.559
 You can't help but do,

00:24:44.740 --> 00:24:45.660
 you can't help but run

00:24:45.660 --> 00:24:47.339
 towards the trouble.

00:24:49.480 --> 00:24:50.160
 And so what you see

00:24:50.160 --> 00:24:51.039
 Zacchaeus doing here

00:24:51.039 --> 00:24:52.059
 is actually Jesus

00:24:52.059 --> 00:24:53.000
 doesn't really say anything

00:24:53.000 --> 00:24:53.440
 other than

00:24:53.440 --> 00:24:54.420
 I must go to your house

00:24:54.420 --> 00:24:54.880
 to have dinner.

00:24:56.560 --> 00:24:57.259
 And then Zacchaeus,

00:24:57.480 --> 00:24:58.080
 verse 8,

00:24:58.160 --> 00:24:59.160
 I think he does hear

00:24:59.160 --> 00:24:59.740
 everyone else

00:24:59.740 --> 00:25:00.279
 kind of grumbling

00:25:00.279 --> 00:25:01.080
 because he knows

00:25:01.080 --> 00:25:02.200
 he's hated by nearly everyone.

00:25:03.080 --> 00:25:03.880
 And Zacchaeus stood

00:25:03.880 --> 00:25:04.460
 and said to the Lord,

00:25:04.560 --> 00:25:05.120
 behold, Lord,

00:25:05.220 --> 00:25:06.180
 the good half of my goods

00:25:06.180 --> 00:25:06.900
 I give to the poor

00:25:06.900 --> 00:25:08.000
 and if I have defrauded

00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:08.820
 anyone of anything

00:25:08.820 --> 00:25:10.620
 I restore it fourfold,

00:25:10.759 --> 00:25:11.600
 four times as much.

00:25:11.779 --> 00:25:12.560
 Anyone who I've cheated

00:25:12.560 --> 00:25:13.000
 I'm going to give

00:25:13.000 --> 00:25:13.880
 four times as much

00:25:13.880 --> 00:25:15.820
 which actually far surpasses

00:25:15.820 --> 00:25:16.580
 the Levitical law

00:25:16.580 --> 00:25:17.800
 for when you actually

00:25:17.800 --> 00:25:18.320
 wrong someone

00:25:18.320 --> 00:25:18.900
 you're supposed to give

00:25:18.900 --> 00:25:19.920
 just over 20% back

00:25:19.920 --> 00:25:21.100
 but here's like four times

00:25:21.100 --> 00:25:21.820
 just take it all.

00:25:21.819 --> 00:25:24.759
 And time and time again

00:25:24.759 --> 00:25:25.339
 you see

00:25:25.339 --> 00:25:26.740
 everyone who encounters

00:25:26.740 --> 00:25:27.599
 who meets Jesus

00:25:27.599 --> 00:25:28.579
 their life is just turned

00:25:28.579 --> 00:25:29.599
 completely upside down.

00:25:31.659 --> 00:25:32.519
 So respectfully

00:25:32.519 --> 00:25:33.619
 the question I ask

00:25:33.619 --> 00:25:34.159
 for all of us

00:25:34.159 --> 00:25:35.059
 I ask myself is

00:25:35.059 --> 00:25:36.659
 is my life upside down?

00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:38.460
 Do I live in a different way?

00:25:38.519 --> 00:25:39.299
 When people look at me

00:25:39.299 --> 00:25:39.639
 do they go

00:25:39.639 --> 00:25:40.700
 oh that person is different?

00:25:41.839 --> 00:25:43.119
 That person is set apart.

00:25:44.119 --> 00:25:45.039
 That person is holy.

00:25:45.039 --> 00:25:49.099
 If I'm honest

00:25:49.099 --> 00:25:50.399
 that's a daily decision.

00:25:51.200 --> 00:25:52.460
 It's a daily decision

00:25:52.460 --> 00:25:53.319
 to take up the cross

00:25:53.319 --> 00:25:54.680
 and say I will live differently.

00:25:55.940 --> 00:25:57.779
 I will be the non-anxious

00:25:57.779 --> 00:25:58.839
 presence in the room.

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 I will be the one

00:26:00.279 --> 00:26:01.420
 who is inoffendable.

00:26:02.440 --> 00:26:03.480
 You cannot offend me

00:26:03.480 --> 00:26:04.460
 because Christ has already

00:26:04.460 --> 00:26:05.259
 taken the ultimate

00:26:05.259 --> 00:26:06.000
 offense for me.

00:26:10.399 --> 00:26:11.539
 So say what you will.

00:26:13.599 --> 00:26:14.440
 Try and cheat your way

00:26:14.440 --> 00:26:14.960
 to the promotion

00:26:14.960 --> 00:26:15.600
 that I deserve

00:26:15.600 --> 00:26:16.480
 it doesn't really matter

00:26:16.480 --> 00:26:18.100
 because my God is sovereign.

00:26:22.279 --> 00:26:23.700
 Do we have that kind of faith

00:26:23.700 --> 00:26:24.740
 that leads to action

00:26:24.740 --> 00:26:25.799
 that leads us

00:26:25.799 --> 00:26:27.019
 to react

00:26:27.019 --> 00:26:27.820
 in different ways?

00:26:29.299 --> 00:26:30.320
 Again it comes down to

00:26:30.320 --> 00:26:31.240
 do we truly understand

00:26:31.240 --> 00:26:31.980
 that we were lost?

00:26:32.299 --> 00:26:33.440
 Because if we truly understood

00:26:33.440 --> 00:26:34.120
 that we were lost

00:26:34.120 --> 00:26:34.759
 that we couldn't find

00:26:34.759 --> 00:26:35.380
 our own way back

00:26:35.380 --> 00:26:36.279
 that someone came

00:26:36.279 --> 00:26:37.460
 to find us

00:26:37.460 --> 00:26:38.360
 and to seek us

00:26:38.360 --> 00:26:39.299
 and to save us

00:26:39.299 --> 00:26:40.500
 then actually everything else

00:26:40.500 --> 00:26:41.420
 excuse the analogy

00:26:41.420 --> 00:26:42.100
 is house money.

00:26:44.440 --> 00:26:45.740
 I'm not afraid

00:26:45.740 --> 00:26:46.480
 of losing anything

00:26:46.480 --> 00:26:47.519
 because I don't have

00:26:47.519 --> 00:26:48.080
 anything anymore.

00:26:48.600 --> 00:26:49.240
 Everything I have

00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:49.759
 is from him.

00:26:53.080 --> 00:26:53.700
 That's why even

00:26:53.700 --> 00:26:54.799
 the stewardship conversation

00:26:54.799 --> 00:26:55.539
 about well should it be

00:26:55.539 --> 00:26:56.400
 10% or should it be

00:26:56.400 --> 00:26:57.820
 well how about this?

00:26:57.900 --> 00:26:58.559
 How about all of it

00:26:58.559 --> 00:26:59.000
 is from God?

00:26:59.620 --> 00:27:00.240
 How about everything

00:27:00.240 --> 00:27:00.960
 that you have

00:27:00.960 --> 00:27:03.680
 is from him?

00:27:04.580 --> 00:27:05.100
 Those of us

00:27:05.100 --> 00:27:05.600
 who are truly

00:27:05.600 --> 00:27:07.200
 understanding

00:27:07.200 --> 00:27:07.860
 that we are lost

00:27:07.860 --> 00:27:08.559
 will understand

00:27:08.559 --> 00:27:09.080
 that actually

00:27:09.080 --> 00:27:09.559
 that is true.

00:27:09.559 --> 00:27:12.579
 And honestly

00:27:12.579 --> 00:27:13.679
 as a parent

00:27:13.679 --> 00:27:14.379
 who has struggled

00:27:14.379 --> 00:27:15.240
 with the idol

00:27:15.240 --> 00:27:15.839
 of parenting

00:27:15.839 --> 00:27:17.159
 wanting the best

00:27:17.159 --> 00:27:17.779
 for my kids

00:27:17.779 --> 00:27:18.980
 honestly

00:27:18.980 --> 00:27:20.039
 it all comes crashing down

00:27:20.039 --> 00:27:20.759
 the moment they enter

00:27:20.759 --> 00:27:21.279
 into hospital.

00:27:22.240 --> 00:27:23.599
 The moment you realise

00:27:23.599 --> 00:27:24.779
 that you have no control

00:27:24.779 --> 00:27:25.679
 over your kids

00:27:25.679 --> 00:27:26.419
 health and safety.

00:27:30.899 --> 00:27:32.039
 But sending them

00:27:32.039 --> 00:27:32.659
 to Bremer Hill

00:27:32.659 --> 00:27:33.579
 will not guarantee

00:27:33.579 --> 00:27:35.559
 the job at McKinsey.

00:27:35.559 --> 00:27:41.859
 the whole of parenting

00:27:41.859 --> 00:27:42.460
 the whole of marriage

00:27:42.460 --> 00:27:43.539
 the whole of relationships

00:27:43.539 --> 00:27:44.179
 is all about

00:27:44.179 --> 00:27:44.879
 just surrendering

00:27:44.879 --> 00:27:45.419
 going actually

00:27:45.419 --> 00:27:47.639
 I am not in control.

00:27:49.119 --> 00:27:50.119
 I am lost.

00:27:50.919 --> 00:27:51.599
 I am blind.

00:27:52.740 --> 00:27:53.659
 I was dead.

00:27:56.919 --> 00:27:57.700
 And this is where

00:27:57.700 --> 00:27:58.059
 I'll finish.

00:27:59.139 --> 00:27:59.980
 Who is Zacchaeus?

00:28:00.599 --> 00:28:01.639
 Of course the easy one

00:28:01.639 --> 00:28:02.919
 is well Zacchaeus

00:28:02.919 --> 00:28:03.440
 is you and I.

00:28:03.440 --> 00:28:08.120
 But my question is

00:28:08.120 --> 00:28:08.920
 how do I convince you

00:28:08.920 --> 00:28:09.299
 of that?

00:28:11.240 --> 00:28:12.420
 What's the story

00:28:12.420 --> 00:28:13.080
 behind that?

00:28:13.299 --> 00:28:13.779
 If you just take

00:28:13.779 --> 00:28:14.519
 a peek with me

00:28:14.519 --> 00:28:15.519
 so that passage

00:28:15.519 --> 00:28:16.340
 is in Luke 19

00:28:16.340 --> 00:28:17.039
 but if you take

00:28:17.039 --> 00:28:17.680
 a peek with me

00:28:17.680 --> 00:28:18.500
 you see something

00:28:18.500 --> 00:28:18.980
 interesting

00:28:18.980 --> 00:28:20.460
 in Luke chapter 18

00:28:20.460 --> 00:28:21.539
 Jesus is talking

00:28:21.539 --> 00:28:22.160
 about a lot of

00:28:22.160 --> 00:28:22.759
 different things

00:28:22.759 --> 00:28:23.820
 but he's talking

00:28:23.820 --> 00:28:24.400
 about the parable

00:28:24.400 --> 00:28:25.279
 of a persistent widow.

00:28:25.420 --> 00:28:26.400
 Hey do not lose heart

00:28:26.400 --> 00:28:27.080
 keep praying

00:28:27.080 --> 00:28:27.980
 keep praying

00:28:27.980 --> 00:28:29.559
 because God hears you.

00:28:30.680 --> 00:28:31.440
 Chapter 18

00:28:31.440 --> 00:28:32.480
 verse 8

00:28:32.480 --> 00:28:32.900
 says this

00:28:32.900 --> 00:28:33.259
 nevertheless

00:28:33.259 --> 00:28:34.180
 when the son of man

00:28:34.180 --> 00:28:34.819
 comes will he

00:28:34.819 --> 00:28:35.900
 find faith on earth.

00:28:36.059 --> 00:28:36.859
 That is what

00:28:36.859 --> 00:28:37.539
 he's looking for.

00:28:38.059 --> 00:28:38.640
 He's not looking

00:28:38.640 --> 00:28:39.500
 for perfect people.

00:28:39.960 --> 00:28:40.460
 He's not looking

00:28:40.460 --> 00:28:41.099
 for people who

00:28:41.099 --> 00:28:42.180
 truly get it

00:28:42.180 --> 00:28:42.839
 and are living

00:28:42.839 --> 00:28:44.000
 good Christian lives.

00:28:44.339 --> 00:28:45.599
 There is no such thing.

00:28:46.400 --> 00:28:47.299
 He's looking for faith.

00:28:50.420 --> 00:28:51.400
 None of us can jump

00:28:51.400 --> 00:28:51.920
 to the moon

00:28:51.920 --> 00:28:52.740
 let alone heaven.

00:28:55.559 --> 00:28:57.039
 It's do you have faith

00:28:57.039 --> 00:28:57.519
 in the one

00:28:57.519 --> 00:28:58.119
 who is the bridge?

00:28:59.859 --> 00:29:00.700
 The one who said

00:29:00.700 --> 00:29:01.240
 I am the way

00:29:01.240 --> 00:29:01.619
 the truth

00:29:01.619 --> 00:29:01.940
 and the life

00:29:01.940 --> 00:29:02.500
 you will only

00:29:02.500 --> 00:29:03.200
 get to the father

00:29:03.200 --> 00:29:04.320
 through me.

00:29:05.380 --> 00:29:05.960
 He's looking

00:29:05.960 --> 00:29:06.460
 for faith.

00:29:06.860 --> 00:29:07.160
 And then

00:29:07.160 --> 00:29:08.080
 verse 9

00:29:08.080 --> 00:29:08.779
 in chapter 18

00:29:08.779 --> 00:29:09.019
 still

00:29:09.019 --> 00:29:09.640
 he does

00:29:09.640 --> 00:29:10.600
 another parable

00:29:10.600 --> 00:29:11.259
 and he talks

00:29:11.259 --> 00:29:12.080
 about the Pharisee

00:29:12.080 --> 00:29:12.980
 and the tax collector

00:29:12.980 --> 00:29:13.500
 the Pharisee

00:29:13.500 --> 00:29:14.140
 who has given up

00:29:14.140 --> 00:29:14.559
 his life.

00:29:14.680 --> 00:29:14.860
 Again

00:29:14.860 --> 00:29:15.720
 we hate too much

00:29:15.720 --> 00:29:16.299
 on the Pharisees

00:29:16.299 --> 00:29:16.759
 because they are

00:29:16.759 --> 00:29:17.360
 such good people

00:29:17.360 --> 00:29:17.840
 they have such

00:29:17.840 --> 00:29:18.519
 good intentions

00:29:18.519 --> 00:29:19.380
 they've sacrificed

00:29:19.380 --> 00:29:20.140
 their whole lives

00:29:20.140 --> 00:29:21.039
 committed their lives

00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:21.539
 to studying

00:29:21.539 --> 00:29:22.160
 the word of God

00:29:22.160 --> 00:29:23.140
 living a life

00:29:23.140 --> 00:29:23.820
 that is set apart

00:29:23.820 --> 00:29:24.320
 and different.

00:29:24.640 --> 00:29:25.019
 They just didn't

00:29:25.019 --> 00:29:25.600
 understand that

00:29:25.600 --> 00:29:26.440
 Jesus was the answer

00:29:26.440 --> 00:29:27.080
 to all of this.

00:29:27.079 --> 00:29:29.299
 they searched

00:29:29.299 --> 00:29:29.720
 the scriptures

00:29:29.720 --> 00:29:30.240
 they just didn't

00:29:30.240 --> 00:29:30.799
 know that he

00:29:30.799 --> 00:29:31.339
 was the key

00:29:31.339 --> 00:29:32.259
 to eternal life.

00:29:33.859 --> 00:29:34.519
 But it's funny

00:29:34.519 --> 00:29:35.179
 we all have

00:29:35.179 --> 00:29:35.659
 those of us

00:29:35.659 --> 00:29:35.939
 who have been

00:29:35.939 --> 00:29:36.339
 in the church

00:29:36.339 --> 00:29:36.819
 for a long time

00:29:36.819 --> 00:29:37.339
 we all have

00:29:37.339 --> 00:29:38.059
 that Pharisee

00:29:38.059 --> 00:29:38.899
 inside us

00:29:38.899 --> 00:29:39.500
 because we look

00:29:39.500 --> 00:29:40.179
 at someone else

00:29:40.179 --> 00:29:41.319
 we look at someone

00:29:41.319 --> 00:29:41.819
 else and we go

00:29:41.819 --> 00:29:42.119
 hmm

00:29:42.119 --> 00:29:42.799
 at least I'm

00:29:42.799 --> 00:29:43.500
 not that person.

00:29:45.339 --> 00:29:46.139
 I have sinned

00:29:46.139 --> 00:29:46.779
 I am still sinning

00:29:46.779 --> 00:29:47.240
 but at least I'm

00:29:47.240 --> 00:29:47.619
 not sinning

00:29:47.619 --> 00:29:48.220
 as bad as him

00:29:48.220 --> 00:29:49.519
 or her.

00:29:50.720 --> 00:29:51.419
 And Jesus is

00:29:51.419 --> 00:29:52.019
 saying no no no

00:29:52.019 --> 00:29:53.460
 that tax collector

00:29:53.460 --> 00:29:54.660
 he can't even

00:29:54.660 --> 00:29:55.660
 look up to God

00:29:55.660 --> 00:29:56.779
 and he's beating

00:29:56.779 --> 00:29:57.240
 his chest

00:29:57.240 --> 00:29:57.680
 and he's saying

00:29:57.680 --> 00:29:58.400
 God be merciful

00:29:58.400 --> 00:29:58.920
 to me

00:29:58.920 --> 00:30:00.139
 a sinner.

00:30:01.480 --> 00:30:02.079
 And he says

00:30:02.079 --> 00:30:02.420
 for everyone

00:30:02.420 --> 00:30:02.920
 who exalts

00:30:02.920 --> 00:30:03.519
 himself will be

00:30:03.519 --> 00:30:03.759
 humble

00:30:03.759 --> 00:30:04.180
 but the one

00:30:04.180 --> 00:30:04.660
 who humbles

00:30:04.660 --> 00:30:05.339
 himself will be

00:30:05.339 --> 00:30:05.680
 exalted.

00:30:05.799 --> 00:30:06.139
 Can you see

00:30:06.139 --> 00:30:06.799
 the upside down

00:30:06.799 --> 00:30:07.379
 nature again

00:30:07.379 --> 00:30:07.980
 of how Jesus

00:30:07.980 --> 00:30:09.180
 looks at things?

00:30:10.379 --> 00:30:11.019
 And then he says

00:30:11.019 --> 00:30:11.920
 little children

00:30:11.920 --> 00:30:12.519
 come to me.

00:30:13.160 --> 00:30:13.700
 So I loved

00:30:13.700 --> 00:30:14.119
 what my brother

00:30:14.119 --> 00:30:14.720
 said that actually

00:30:14.720 --> 00:30:16.200
 we value the

00:30:16.200 --> 00:30:16.799
 next generation

00:30:16.799 --> 00:30:17.480
 we pursue the

00:30:17.480 --> 00:30:18.119
 next generation

00:30:18.119 --> 00:30:18.740
 we want to

00:30:18.740 --> 00:30:19.480
 create space

00:30:19.480 --> 00:30:19.980
 for the next

00:30:19.980 --> 00:30:20.420
 generation.

00:30:20.420 --> 00:30:22.279
 That's why

00:30:22.279 --> 00:30:23.000
 honestly it feels

00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:23.519
 just as crowded

00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:23.880
 in here

00:30:23.880 --> 00:30:24.340
 but at least

00:30:24.340 --> 00:30:24.580
 we know

00:30:24.580 --> 00:30:25.039
 that upstairs

00:30:25.039 --> 00:30:25.539
 we have this

00:30:25.539 --> 00:30:25.940
 space where

00:30:25.940 --> 00:30:26.320
 the kids

00:30:26.320 --> 00:30:26.980
 can feel

00:30:26.980 --> 00:30:27.320
 valued.

00:30:29.039 --> 00:30:29.600
 And again

00:30:29.600 --> 00:30:30.200
 in that culture

00:30:30.200 --> 00:30:30.460
 it would have

00:30:30.460 --> 00:30:30.920
 been hey kids

00:30:30.920 --> 00:30:31.380
 get away

00:30:31.380 --> 00:30:31.820
 do you know

00:30:31.820 --> 00:30:32.220
 who this guy

00:30:32.220 --> 00:30:32.500
 is?

00:30:34.240 --> 00:30:34.680
 He's going

00:30:34.680 --> 00:30:34.920
 to be

00:30:34.920 --> 00:30:35.500
 internationally

00:30:35.500 --> 00:30:36.080
 renowned.

00:30:36.960 --> 00:30:37.500
 Get away

00:30:37.500 --> 00:30:37.779
 from him

00:30:37.779 --> 00:30:38.100
 he has nothing

00:30:38.100 --> 00:30:38.640
 to say to

00:30:38.640 --> 00:30:38.900
 you.

00:30:40.060 --> 00:30:40.360
 And then

00:30:40.360 --> 00:30:40.700
 Jesus says

00:30:40.700 --> 00:30:41.140
 no no no

00:30:41.140 --> 00:30:41.700
 you've got it

00:30:41.700 --> 00:30:42.100
 wrong again.

00:30:42.620 --> 00:30:43.060
 Let the little

00:30:43.060 --> 00:30:43.660
 children come to

00:30:43.660 --> 00:30:43.800
 me.

00:30:43.880 --> 00:30:44.259
 And then of

00:30:44.259 --> 00:30:44.519
 course the

00:30:44.519 --> 00:30:44.880
 rich guy

00:30:44.880 --> 00:30:45.220
 comes.

00:30:45.720 --> 00:30:46.100
 The rich guy

00:30:46.100 --> 00:30:46.500
 that everyone

00:30:46.500 --> 00:30:46.740
 would have

00:30:46.740 --> 00:30:47.220
 known and

00:30:47.220 --> 00:30:47.640
 everyone would

00:30:47.640 --> 00:30:48.160
 have respected

00:30:48.160 --> 00:30:48.600
 and everyone

00:30:48.600 --> 00:30:49.140
 wanted to be

00:30:49.140 --> 00:30:49.640
 friends with.

00:30:50.420 --> 00:30:51.340
 And this

00:30:51.340 --> 00:30:52.480
 rich guy

00:30:52.480 --> 00:30:53.080
 actually seems

00:30:53.080 --> 00:30:53.500
 like a nice

00:30:53.500 --> 00:30:53.759
 guy.

00:30:54.019 --> 00:30:54.460
 Good teacher

00:30:54.460 --> 00:30:55.000
 what must I

00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:55.320
 do to

00:30:55.320 --> 00:30:56.000
 inherit eternal

00:30:56.000 --> 00:30:56.360
 life?

00:30:58.340 --> 00:30:58.820
 And then

00:30:58.820 --> 00:30:59.220
 Jesus says

00:30:59.220 --> 00:30:59.620
 well wait

00:30:59.620 --> 00:31:00.180
 why are you

00:31:00.180 --> 00:31:00.519
 calling me

00:31:00.519 --> 00:31:00.660
 good?

00:31:00.779 --> 00:31:01.039
 There's only

00:31:01.039 --> 00:31:01.420
 one who's

00:31:01.420 --> 00:31:01.580
 good.

00:31:03.640 --> 00:31:04.100
 And this

00:31:04.100 --> 00:31:04.539
 guy says

00:31:04.539 --> 00:31:04.860
 I have

00:31:04.860 --> 00:31:05.000
 done

00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:05.360
 everything.

00:31:05.600 --> 00:31:05.880
 And Jesus

00:31:05.880 --> 00:31:06.240
 says well

00:31:06.240 --> 00:31:06.500
 you know

00:31:06.500 --> 00:31:07.060
 the commandments

00:31:07.060 --> 00:31:07.680
 do not

00:31:07.680 --> 00:31:08.200
 commit adultery

00:31:08.200 --> 00:31:08.500
 do not

00:31:08.500 --> 00:31:08.740
 murder

00:31:08.740 --> 00:31:09.019
 do not

00:31:09.019 --> 00:31:09.240
 steal

00:31:09.240 --> 00:31:09.500
 do not

00:31:09.500 --> 00:31:09.660
 bear

00:31:09.660 --> 00:31:09.840
 false

00:31:09.840 --> 00:31:10.680
 witness

00:31:10.680 --> 00:31:11.460
 honor your

00:31:11.460 --> 00:31:11.880
 father and

00:31:11.880 --> 00:31:12.080
 mother.

00:31:14.080 --> 00:31:14.740
 And verse

00:31:14.740 --> 00:31:15.420
 21 the

00:31:15.420 --> 00:31:15.700
 rich guy

00:31:15.700 --> 00:31:16.240
 says all

00:31:16.240 --> 00:31:16.680
 these I have

00:31:16.680 --> 00:31:17.200
 kept from

00:31:17.200 --> 00:31:17.680
 my youth.

00:31:18.019 --> 00:31:18.380
 I have not

00:31:18.380 --> 00:31:18.759
 skipped a

00:31:18.759 --> 00:31:19.220
 single youth

00:31:19.220 --> 00:31:19.440
 group.

00:31:19.900 --> 00:31:20.120
 I've gone

00:31:20.119 --> 00:31:20.559
 to church

00:31:20.559 --> 00:31:21.319
 every Sunday.

00:31:22.039 --> 00:31:22.639
 I've even

00:31:22.639 --> 00:31:23.039
 helped with

00:31:23.039 --> 00:31:23.259
 AV.

00:31:24.579 --> 00:31:25.179
 I've helped

00:31:25.179 --> 00:31:25.419
 with the

00:31:25.419 --> 00:31:25.699
 kids.

00:31:26.679 --> 00:31:27.079
 Gone to

00:31:27.079 --> 00:31:27.639
 BSF.

00:31:28.199 --> 00:31:28.739
 Led us

00:31:28.739 --> 00:31:28.919
 through

00:31:28.919 --> 00:31:29.479
 Leviticus.

00:31:30.219 --> 00:31:30.619
 I've done

00:31:30.619 --> 00:31:31.000
 everything.

00:31:33.779 --> 00:31:34.319
 And then

00:31:34.319 --> 00:31:34.699
 Jesus says

00:31:34.699 --> 00:31:35.059
 one thing

00:31:35.059 --> 00:31:35.419
 you lack.

00:31:37.139 --> 00:31:37.699
 And this

00:31:37.699 --> 00:31:37.959
 is what

00:31:37.959 --> 00:31:38.399
 sends

00:31:38.399 --> 00:31:39.579
 chills down

00:31:39.579 --> 00:31:40.039
 every person

00:31:40.039 --> 00:31:40.279
 who has

00:31:40.279 --> 00:31:40.599
 any kind

00:31:40.599 --> 00:31:41.039
 of possessions.

00:31:41.579 --> 00:31:42.059
 One thing

00:31:42.059 --> 00:31:42.359
 you lack

00:31:42.359 --> 00:31:42.759
 sell all

00:31:42.759 --> 00:31:42.979
 that you

00:31:42.979 --> 00:31:43.299
 have and

00:31:43.299 --> 00:31:43.599
 distribute

00:31:43.599 --> 00:31:43.939
 to the

00:31:43.939 --> 00:31:44.399
 poor and

00:31:44.399 --> 00:31:44.619
 you will

00:31:44.619 --> 00:31:45.039
 have treasure

00:31:45.039 --> 00:31:45.379
 in heaven

00:31:45.379 --> 00:31:45.739
 and come

00:31:45.739 --> 00:31:46.239
 follow me.

00:31:47.039 --> 00:31:47.719
 It's I

00:31:47.719 --> 00:31:48.179
 know what

00:31:48.179 --> 00:31:48.559
 you've given

00:31:48.559 --> 00:31:49.000
 but you're

00:31:49.000 --> 00:31:49.399
 still holding

00:31:49.399 --> 00:31:49.639
 back.

00:31:50.119 --> 00:31:51.899
 Do you

00:31:51.899 --> 00:31:52.239
 understand

00:31:52.239 --> 00:31:52.599
 it's not

00:31:52.599 --> 00:31:53.039
 about what

00:31:53.039 --> 00:31:53.339
 you can

00:31:53.339 --> 00:31:53.639
 give or

00:31:53.639 --> 00:31:53.939
 what you

00:31:53.939 --> 00:31:54.339
 can do.

00:31:55.259 --> 00:31:55.559
 It's not

00:31:55.559 --> 00:31:55.919
 about how

00:31:55.919 --> 00:31:56.339
 good you've

00:31:56.339 --> 00:31:56.539
 been.

00:31:57.099 --> 00:31:57.639
 The one

00:31:57.639 --> 00:31:57.919
 thing that

00:31:57.919 --> 00:31:58.279
 you're holding

00:31:58.279 --> 00:31:58.659
 back from

00:31:58.659 --> 00:31:58.959
 me, that's

00:31:58.959 --> 00:31:59.199
 the thing

00:31:59.199 --> 00:31:59.439
 that I

00:31:59.439 --> 00:31:59.639
 want.

00:31:59.639 --> 00:32:00.019
 I want

00:32:00.019 --> 00:32:00.419
 your heart.

00:32:03.179 --> 00:32:03.679
 Actually, we

00:32:03.679 --> 00:32:04.159
 don't quite

00:32:04.159 --> 00:32:04.739
 know where

00:32:04.739 --> 00:32:05.259
 that guy

00:32:05.259 --> 00:32:05.739
 ends up

00:32:05.740 --> 00:32:06.980
 because Jesus

00:32:06.980 --> 00:32:08.099
 says something

00:32:08.099 --> 00:32:09.059
 says.

00:32:09.059 --> 00:32:09.680
 He says

00:32:09.680 --> 00:32:10.420
 verse 23,

00:32:10.620 --> 00:32:10.880
 but when

00:32:10.880 --> 00:32:11.140
 he heard

00:32:11.140 --> 00:32:11.519
 these things

00:32:11.519 --> 00:32:11.900
 he became

00:32:11.900 --> 00:32:12.380
 very sad

00:32:12.380 --> 00:32:12.620
 for he

00:32:12.620 --> 00:32:12.720
 was

00:32:12.720 --> 00:32:13.039
 extremely

00:32:13.039 --> 00:32:13.339
 rich.

00:32:14.339 --> 00:32:14.620
 Jesus

00:32:14.620 --> 00:32:14.880
 seeing

00:32:14.880 --> 00:32:15.059
 that he

00:32:15.059 --> 00:32:15.160
 had

00:32:15.160 --> 00:32:15.380
 become

00:32:15.380 --> 00:32:15.660
 sad

00:32:15.660 --> 00:32:15.980
 said

00:32:15.980 --> 00:32:16.460
 how

00:32:16.460 --> 00:32:16.839
 difficult

00:32:16.839 --> 00:32:17.099
 it

00:32:17.099 --> 00:32:17.259
 is

00:32:17.259 --> 00:32:17.579
 for those

00:32:17.579 --> 00:32:17.880
 who have

00:32:17.880 --> 00:32:18.120
 wealth

00:32:18.120 --> 00:32:18.460
 to enter

00:32:18.460 --> 00:32:18.839
 the kingdom

00:32:18.839 --> 00:32:19.200
 of God

00:32:19.200 --> 00:32:20.000
 for it

00:32:20.000 --> 00:32:20.420
 is easier

00:32:20.420 --> 00:32:21.000
 for a camel

00:32:21.000 --> 00:32:21.299
 to go

00:32:21.299 --> 00:32:21.660
 through the

00:32:21.660 --> 00:32:22.059
 eye of a

00:32:22.059 --> 00:32:22.259
 needle

00:32:22.259 --> 00:32:23.039
 than for a

00:32:23.039 --> 00:32:23.500
 rich person

00:32:23.500 --> 00:32:23.920
 to enter

00:32:23.920 --> 00:32:24.380
 the kingdom

00:32:24.380 --> 00:32:24.759
 of God.

00:32:27.380 --> 00:32:27.779
 Now

00:32:27.779 --> 00:32:28.019
 that's

00:32:28.019 --> 00:32:28.220
 sad.

00:32:29.859 --> 00:32:30.259
 He's

00:32:30.259 --> 00:32:30.460
 sad,

00:32:30.579 --> 00:32:30.819
 yes,

00:32:30.819 --> 00:32:31.399
 but I

00:32:31.399 --> 00:32:31.659
 can see

00:32:31.659 --> 00:32:32.059
 how sad

00:32:32.059 --> 00:32:33.439
 Jesus is

00:32:33.439 --> 00:32:33.659
 because

00:32:33.659 --> 00:32:33.899
 Jesus

00:32:33.899 --> 00:32:35.379
 until he

00:32:35.379 --> 00:32:35.819
 realizes

00:32:35.819 --> 00:32:36.299
 that everything

00:32:36.299 --> 00:32:36.559
 that he

00:32:36.559 --> 00:32:37.019
 has comes

00:32:37.019 --> 00:32:37.460
 from me

00:32:37.460 --> 00:32:39.099
 he's not

00:32:39.099 --> 00:32:39.319
 going to

00:32:39.319 --> 00:32:39.740
 truly get

00:32:39.740 --> 00:32:39.819
 it.

00:32:39.879 --> 00:32:40.240
 He still

00:32:40.240 --> 00:32:40.679
 lacks that

00:32:40.679 --> 00:32:41.159
 one thing

00:32:41.159 --> 00:32:42.559
 faith in

00:32:42.559 --> 00:32:42.879
 me,

00:32:43.179 --> 00:32:43.679
 not in

00:32:43.679 --> 00:32:44.019
 money,

00:32:44.379 --> 00:32:44.899
 not in

00:32:44.899 --> 00:32:45.480
 politics,

00:32:45.599 --> 00:32:45.879
 not in

00:32:45.879 --> 00:32:46.220
 status,

00:32:46.339 --> 00:32:46.619
 not in

00:32:46.619 --> 00:32:46.859
 wealth,

00:32:47.240 --> 00:32:47.700
 in me.

00:32:47.799 --> 00:32:48.139
 That's the

00:32:48.139 --> 00:32:48.639
 one thing

00:32:48.639 --> 00:32:49.240
 that he

00:32:49.240 --> 00:32:49.679
 lacks

00:32:49.679 --> 00:32:50.279
 because he

00:32:50.279 --> 00:32:50.700
 thinks he

00:32:50.700 --> 00:32:51.039
 has it

00:32:51.039 --> 00:32:51.299
 but he

00:32:51.299 --> 00:32:51.799
 doesn't.

00:32:53.559 --> 00:32:53.859
 And then

00:32:53.859 --> 00:32:54.139
 the rest

00:32:54.139 --> 00:32:54.319
 of the

00:32:54.319 --> 00:32:54.679
 people who

00:32:54.679 --> 00:32:55.159
 are less

00:32:55.159 --> 00:32:55.379
 rich

00:32:55.379 --> 00:32:55.659
 than this

00:32:55.659 --> 00:32:55.779
 guy

00:32:55.779 --> 00:32:55.899
 say,

00:32:56.019 --> 00:32:56.039
 well,

00:32:56.139 --> 00:32:56.819
 what chance

00:32:56.819 --> 00:32:57.139
 do we all

00:32:57.139 --> 00:32:57.359
 have?

00:32:58.539 --> 00:32:58.960
 What hope

00:32:58.960 --> 00:32:59.419
 do we have?

00:32:59.420 --> 00:33:01.460
 Then who

00:33:01.460 --> 00:33:01.820
 can be

00:33:01.820 --> 00:33:02.160
 saved?

00:33:02.900 --> 00:33:03.200
 But then

00:33:03.200 --> 00:33:03.620
 Jesus says

00:33:03.620 --> 00:33:03.900
 this,

00:33:04.360 --> 00:33:04.600
 what is

00:33:04.600 --> 00:33:05.019
 impossible

00:33:05.019 --> 00:33:05.539
 with man

00:33:05.539 --> 00:33:06.160
 is possible

00:33:06.160 --> 00:33:07.380
 with God.

00:33:08.759 --> 00:33:09.160
 Carrying

00:33:09.160 --> 00:33:09.460
 on,

00:33:09.759 --> 00:33:10.580
 chapter 18,

00:33:10.680 --> 00:33:10.920
 he meets

00:33:10.920 --> 00:33:11.200
 a blind

00:33:11.200 --> 00:33:11.900
 beggar and

00:33:11.900 --> 00:33:12.200
 the blind

00:33:12.200 --> 00:33:12.500
 beggar,

00:33:12.700 --> 00:33:13.000
 again,

00:33:13.100 --> 00:33:13.400
 the same

00:33:13.400 --> 00:33:14.000
 spirit as

00:33:14.000 --> 00:33:14.460
 the parable

00:33:14.460 --> 00:33:14.800
 of the

00:33:14.800 --> 00:33:15.279
 tax collector

00:33:15.279 --> 00:33:15.900
 says,

00:33:16.180 --> 00:33:16.400
 Jesus,

00:33:16.539 --> 00:33:16.700
 son of

00:33:16.700 --> 00:33:16.820
 God,

00:33:16.880 --> 00:33:17.480
 have mercy

00:33:17.480 --> 00:33:17.820
 on me,

00:33:17.900 --> 00:33:18.539
 have mercy

00:33:18.539 --> 00:33:19.039
 on me.

00:33:19.200 --> 00:33:19.480
 People

00:33:19.480 --> 00:33:19.840
 telling him

00:33:19.840 --> 00:33:20.100
 to be

00:33:20.100 --> 00:33:20.460
 quiet,

00:33:20.580 --> 00:33:20.740
 but he

00:33:20.740 --> 00:33:20.880
 says,

00:33:20.960 --> 00:33:21.140
 no,

00:33:21.400 --> 00:33:22.039
 have mercy

00:33:22.039 --> 00:33:22.460
 on me,

00:33:22.519 --> 00:33:22.779
 I will

00:33:22.779 --> 00:33:23.140
 not be

00:33:23.140 --> 00:33:23.400
 silent,

00:33:23.500 --> 00:33:24.000
 I need

00:33:24.000 --> 00:33:24.180
 you,

00:33:24.300 --> 00:33:24.440
 Lord,

00:33:24.480 --> 00:33:24.940
 I need

00:33:24.940 --> 00:33:25.080
 you,

00:33:25.259 --> 00:33:25.779
 I need

00:33:25.779 --> 00:33:26.120
 to be

00:33:26.120 --> 00:33:26.440
 saved,

00:33:26.840 --> 00:33:27.140
 I'm

00:33:29.420 --> 00:33:33.240
 it's

00:33:33.240 --> 00:33:33.420
 funny,

00:33:33.759 --> 00:33:33.960
 if you

00:33:33.960 --> 00:33:34.320
 look at

00:33:34.320 --> 00:33:35.340
 the whole

00:33:35.340 --> 00:33:35.800
 context of

00:33:35.800 --> 00:33:36.120
 the scripture

00:33:36.120 --> 00:33:36.340
 here,

00:33:36.400 --> 00:33:36.740
 you've got

00:33:36.740 --> 00:33:37.860
 the persistent

00:33:37.860 --> 00:33:38.080
 widow,

00:33:38.220 --> 00:33:38.500
 you've got

00:33:38.500 --> 00:33:39.180
 the parable

00:33:39.180 --> 00:33:39.400
 of the

00:33:39.400 --> 00:33:39.700
 Pharisee

00:33:39.700 --> 00:33:39.860
 and the

00:33:39.860 --> 00:33:40.259
 tax collector,

00:33:40.360 --> 00:33:40.519
 you've got

00:33:40.519 --> 00:33:40.940
 the children,

00:33:41.080 --> 00:33:41.279
 you've got

00:33:41.279 --> 00:33:42.019
 the rich

00:33:42.019 --> 00:33:42.320
 ruler,

00:33:43.460 --> 00:33:43.779
 you've got

00:33:43.779 --> 00:33:44.180
 the person

00:33:44.180 --> 00:33:44.560
 who can't

00:33:44.560 --> 00:33:44.759
 see,

00:33:46.500 --> 00:33:46.920
 and almost

00:33:46.920 --> 00:33:47.340
 to hammer

00:33:47.340 --> 00:33:47.800
 home his

00:33:47.800 --> 00:33:48.420
 teaching point,

00:33:48.560 --> 00:33:48.920
 he meets

00:33:48.920 --> 00:33:49.480
 Zacchaeus,

00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:51.279
 who was

00:33:51.279 --> 00:33:51.539
 rich,

00:33:52.539 --> 00:33:53.080
 who couldn't

00:33:53.080 --> 00:33:53.279
 see,

00:33:54.160 --> 00:33:54.620
 who couldn't

00:33:54.620 --> 00:33:54.920
 get to

00:33:54.920 --> 00:33:56.100
 Jesus by

00:33:56.100 --> 00:33:56.500
 himself,

00:33:56.640 --> 00:33:57.160
 so had to

00:33:57.160 --> 00:33:58.060
 become as

00:33:58.060 --> 00:33:58.640
 a child to

00:33:58.640 --> 00:33:59.400
 climb up on

00:33:59.400 --> 00:33:59.680
 to the

00:33:59.680 --> 00:33:59.860
 tree,

00:34:01.620 --> 00:34:02.280
 and though

00:34:02.280 --> 00:34:02.720
 it does

00:34:02.720 --> 00:34:03.200
 seem very

00:34:03.200 --> 00:34:03.740
 hard to

00:34:03.740 --> 00:34:04.620
 reach this

00:34:04.620 --> 00:34:05.280
 Jesus,

00:34:05.700 --> 00:34:06.240
 with man it

00:34:06.240 --> 00:34:06.740
 is impossible,

00:34:06.920 --> 00:34:07.300
 but with

00:34:07.300 --> 00:34:08.200
 God it

00:34:08.200 --> 00:34:09.420
 is possible,

00:34:09.519 --> 00:34:09.840
 he almost

00:34:09.840 --> 00:34:10.440
 hammers home

00:34:10.440 --> 00:34:10.720
 that point,

00:34:10.780 --> 00:34:11.000
 don't you

00:34:11.000 --> 00:34:11.300
 love a

00:34:11.300 --> 00:34:11.660
 teacher who

00:34:11.660 --> 00:34:12.019
 just lives

00:34:12.019 --> 00:34:12.300
 out what

00:34:12.300 --> 00:34:12.720
 they teach,

00:34:14.240 --> 00:34:14.599
 and says,

00:34:14.680 --> 00:34:14.920
 hey I've

00:34:14.920 --> 00:34:15.220
 just told

00:34:15.220 --> 00:34:15.460
 you how

00:34:15.460 --> 00:34:15.840
 hard it

00:34:15.840 --> 00:34:16.800
 is for

00:34:16.800 --> 00:34:17.079
 you,

00:34:18.180 --> 00:34:18.840
 but now

00:34:18.840 --> 00:34:19.039
 I'm going

00:34:19.039 --> 00:34:19.300
 to show

00:34:19.300 --> 00:34:19.599
 you that

00:34:19.599 --> 00:34:19.880
 actually,

00:34:20.960 --> 00:34:22.960
 it's me

00:34:22.960 --> 00:34:23.440
 that's going

00:34:23.440 --> 00:34:23.720
 to save

00:34:23.720 --> 00:34:23.940
 you,

00:34:25.240 --> 00:34:25.579
 look at

00:34:25.579 --> 00:34:26.000
 Zacchaeus,

00:34:26.760 --> 00:34:27.160
 he couldn't

00:34:27.160 --> 00:34:27.480
 see me,

00:34:27.519 --> 00:34:27.820
 he couldn't

00:34:27.820 --> 00:34:28.180
 get to me

00:34:28.180 --> 00:34:28.639
 by himself,

00:34:28.740 --> 00:34:29.000
 but I

00:34:29.000 --> 00:34:29.320
 have come

00:34:29.320 --> 00:34:29.619
 for him,

00:34:30.019 --> 00:34:30.559
 and if

00:34:30.559 --> 00:34:30.960
 he's come

00:34:30.960 --> 00:34:31.440
 for Zacchaeus,

00:34:31.480 --> 00:34:31.880
 he's come

00:34:31.880 --> 00:34:32.260
 for us,

00:34:32.960 --> 00:34:35.780
 we just

00:34:35.780 --> 00:34:36.000
 need to

00:34:36.000 --> 00:34:36.219
 have the

00:34:36.219 --> 00:34:36.699
 heart and

00:34:36.699 --> 00:34:37.079
 the repentance

00:34:37.079 --> 00:34:38.199
 of Zacchaeus,

00:34:38.480 --> 00:34:40.659
 to recognize

00:34:40.659 --> 00:34:41.460
 that truly

00:34:41.460 --> 00:34:41.940
 there was

00:34:41.940 --> 00:34:42.780
 someone who

00:34:42.780 --> 00:34:43.460
 decided to

00:34:43.460 --> 00:34:43.880
 give up his

00:34:43.880 --> 00:34:44.159
 life,

00:34:46.159 --> 00:34:47.179
 the son of

00:34:47.179 --> 00:34:47.780
 man came

00:34:47.780 --> 00:34:48.300
 to take

00:34:48.300 --> 00:34:48.820
 our place,

00:34:49.679 --> 00:34:51.860
 who stands

00:34:51.860 --> 00:34:52.340
 with us

00:34:52.340 --> 00:34:53.320
 in the

00:34:53.320 --> 00:34:53.539
 deepest

00:34:53.539 --> 00:34:53.880
 grief,

00:34:55.340 --> 00:34:56.059
 and so

00:34:56.059 --> 00:34:56.340
 that even

00:34:56.340 --> 00:34:56.599
 though we

00:34:56.599 --> 00:34:56.920
 walk through

00:34:56.920 --> 00:34:57.260
 the valley

00:34:57.260 --> 00:34:57.480
 of the

00:34:57.480 --> 00:34:57.880
 shadow of

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 death,

00:34:59.200 --> 00:34:59.560
 we do

00:34:59.560 --> 00:35:00.140
 not fear

00:35:00.140 --> 00:35:01.380
 evil,

00:35:02.200 --> 00:35:02.660
 we do

00:35:02.660 --> 00:35:02.960
 not fear

00:35:02.960 --> 00:35:03.360
 anything,

00:35:03.780 --> 00:35:04.640
 because the

00:35:04.640 --> 00:35:05.120
 shadows are

00:35:05.120 --> 00:35:05.580
 only just

00:35:05.580 --> 00:35:05.800
 that,

00:35:06.060 --> 00:35:06.300
 they are

00:35:06.300 --> 00:35:06.440
 just

00:35:06.440 --> 00:35:06.780
 shadows,

00:35:07.400 --> 00:35:07.760
 death is

00:35:07.760 --> 00:35:08.060
 not the

00:35:08.060 --> 00:35:08.280
 end.

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 Do we

00:35:13.780 --> 00:35:14.220
 believe that?

00:35:14.960 --> 00:35:15.340
 Do we

00:35:15.340 --> 00:35:16.040
 understand that

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 truly in

00:35:16.940 --> 00:35:17.340
 our hearts?

00:35:17.880 --> 00:35:18.440
 If we do,

00:35:18.520 --> 00:35:19.060
 I think if we

00:35:19.060 --> 00:35:19.660
 truly understand

00:35:19.660 --> 00:35:20.200
 why Jesus

00:35:20.200 --> 00:35:20.500
 came,

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 if we

00:35:20.800 --> 00:35:21.360
 truly understand

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 that we

00:35:21.660 --> 00:35:21.960
 would then

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 understand why

00:35:22.540 --> 00:35:23.060
 we are here,

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 why we are

00:35:24.020 --> 00:35:24.640
 gathered here,

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 and what we

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 must be to

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 those around

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 us,

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 to be the

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 light of

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 the world.

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 All he

00:35:32.319 --> 00:35:32.699
 needs is

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 faith.

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 Final,

00:35:36.339 --> 00:35:36.759
 final thing.

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 Jesus,

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 in the book

00:35:39.119 --> 00:35:39.599
 of Revelation,

00:35:39.839 --> 00:35:40.319
 talks to the

00:35:40.319 --> 00:35:40.940
 different churches,

00:35:41.379 --> 00:35:41.940
 and the one

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 that maybe is

00:35:42.379 --> 00:35:42.920
 the most famous

00:35:42.920 --> 00:35:43.400
 is in chapter

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 three where he

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 says,

00:35:44.139 --> 00:35:44.500
 you guys are

00:35:44.500 --> 00:35:45.039
 all lukewarm.

00:35:46.799 --> 00:35:47.159
 Lukewarm,

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 it just doesn't

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 taste nice,

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 it's just,

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 I'd rather spit

00:35:50.199 --> 00:35:50.639
 you out of

00:35:50.639 --> 00:35:51.299
 my mouth.

00:35:51.300 --> 00:35:55.440
 because you

00:35:55.440 --> 00:35:56.000
 don't get it.

00:35:56.980 --> 00:35:57.480
 You don't

00:35:57.480 --> 00:35:57.880
 realize that

00:35:57.880 --> 00:35:58.320
 you're lost.

00:35:59.440 --> 00:35:59.920
 You don't

00:35:59.920 --> 00:36:00.340
 realize that

00:36:00.340 --> 00:36:00.820
 you're blind.

00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:04.519
 But then,

00:36:04.600 --> 00:36:04.880
 he doesn't

00:36:04.880 --> 00:36:05.400
 finish there

00:36:05.400 --> 00:36:05.880
 and kind of

00:36:05.880 --> 00:36:06.460
 close his

00:36:06.460 --> 00:36:06.840
 Bible and

00:36:06.840 --> 00:36:07.180
 extend the

00:36:07.180 --> 00:36:07.620
 sermon there.

00:36:07.800 --> 00:36:08.320
 He says,

00:36:08.440 --> 00:36:08.680
 behold,

00:36:08.960 --> 00:36:09.640
 I stand at

00:36:09.640 --> 00:36:09.920
 the door

00:36:09.920 --> 00:36:10.260
 and knock.

00:36:12.120 --> 00:36:12.660
 Anyone who

00:36:12.660 --> 00:36:13.120
 opens the

00:36:13.120 --> 00:36:13.280
 door,

00:36:14.220 --> 00:36:14.740
 I will come

00:36:14.740 --> 00:36:15.019
 in and I

00:36:15.019 --> 00:36:15.440
 will sit

00:36:15.440 --> 00:36:16.060
 with him

00:36:16.060 --> 00:36:18.519
 and eat

00:36:18.519 --> 00:36:18.860
 with him.

00:36:21.300 --> 00:36:22.560
 Just like

00:36:22.560 --> 00:36:22.800
 he did

00:36:22.800 --> 00:36:23.340
 with Zacchaeus,

00:36:23.940 --> 00:36:24.560
 he does

00:36:24.560 --> 00:36:24.920
 with us.

00:36:27.600 --> 00:36:28.200
 The trick

00:36:28.200 --> 00:36:28.440
 here,

00:36:28.539 --> 00:36:28.760
 and this

00:36:28.760 --> 00:36:29.019
 is where

00:36:29.019 --> 00:36:30.080
 the gathering

00:36:30.080 --> 00:36:30.500
 scattering

00:36:30.500 --> 00:36:31.260
 paradigm comes

00:36:31.260 --> 00:36:31.660
 back into

00:36:31.660 --> 00:36:31.880
 play.

00:36:32.280 --> 00:36:32.720
 We've been

00:36:32.720 --> 00:36:33.260
 invited to

00:36:33.260 --> 00:36:33.660
 sit at the

00:36:33.660 --> 00:36:34.100
 table with

00:36:34.100 --> 00:36:34.380
 Jesus,

00:36:35.380 --> 00:36:35.680
 but there

00:36:35.680 --> 00:36:36.260
 are so many

00:36:36.260 --> 00:36:36.760
 people out

00:36:36.760 --> 00:36:37.180
 there who

00:36:37.180 --> 00:36:37.640
 don't know

00:36:37.640 --> 00:36:37.840
 him,

00:36:38.640 --> 00:36:39.580
 who haven't

00:36:39.580 --> 00:36:40.140
 been invited

00:36:40.140 --> 00:36:40.500
 to the

00:36:40.500 --> 00:36:40.940
 table yet,

00:36:41.039 --> 00:36:41.320
 who actually

00:36:41.320 --> 00:36:41.880
 know they

00:36:41.880 --> 00:36:42.560
 are invited,

00:36:44.320 --> 00:36:45.060
 but aren't

00:36:45.060 --> 00:36:45.760
 able to

00:36:45.760 --> 00:36:46.140
 come in

00:36:46.140 --> 00:36:47.500
 for whatever

00:36:47.500 --> 00:36:47.880
 reason.

00:36:49.880 --> 00:36:50.500
 Would we

00:36:50.500 --> 00:36:51.159
 just enjoy

00:36:51.159 --> 00:36:51.599
 the time

00:36:51.599 --> 00:36:51.840
 that we

00:36:51.840 --> 00:36:52.199
 have with

00:36:52.199 --> 00:36:52.480
 the Lord

00:36:52.480 --> 00:36:52.880
 in these

00:36:52.880 --> 00:36:53.400
 times here

00:36:53.400 --> 00:36:53.699
 on these

00:36:53.699 --> 00:36:54.219
 Sunday mornings,

00:36:54.320 --> 00:36:55.059
 but then can

00:36:55.059 --> 00:36:55.739
 we go out

00:36:55.739 --> 00:36:56.380
 and live

00:36:56.380 --> 00:36:56.860
 with the sense

00:36:56.860 --> 00:36:57.300
 of urgency,

00:36:57.440 --> 00:36:57.820
 live with the

00:36:57.820 --> 00:36:58.139
 sense of

00:36:58.139 --> 00:37:00.739
 conviction that

00:37:00.739 --> 00:37:01.300
 is appropriate

00:37:01.300 --> 00:37:03.079
 in response to

00:37:03.079 --> 00:37:03.599
 what our Lord

00:37:03.599 --> 00:37:04.139
 came to do.

00:37:07.139 --> 00:37:07.739
 Can I pray

00:37:07.739 --> 00:37:08.059
 for us?

00:37:20.500 --> 00:37:27.460
 Lord, that is

00:37:27.460 --> 00:37:27.980
 the reason why

00:37:27.980 --> 00:37:28.380
 you came,

00:37:28.860 --> 00:37:29.559
 to seek and

00:37:29.559 --> 00:37:30.119
 to save the

00:37:30.119 --> 00:37:30.380
 lost.

00:37:34.179 --> 00:37:35.019
 We sit here

00:37:35.019 --> 00:37:36.420
 grateful for

00:37:36.420 --> 00:37:36.840
 that because

00:37:36.840 --> 00:37:41.639
 we were

00:37:41.639 --> 00:37:41.960
 lost.

00:37:43.639 --> 00:37:44.239
 Sometimes we

00:37:44.239 --> 00:37:44.599
 still are

00:37:44.599 --> 00:37:44.880
 lost.

00:37:44.880 --> 00:37:58.240
 Holy Spirit,

00:37:58.340 --> 00:37:58.720
 would you

00:37:58.720 --> 00:37:59.660
 stir up in

00:37:59.660 --> 00:38:00.099
 our hearts

00:38:00.099 --> 00:38:00.519
 a passion

00:38:00.519 --> 00:38:01.119
 for your

00:38:01.119 --> 00:38:01.440
 name

00:38:01.440 --> 00:38:08.140
 and a

00:38:08.140 --> 00:38:08.619
 passion for

00:38:08.619 --> 00:38:09.039
 the people

00:38:09.039 --> 00:38:09.420
 in this

00:38:09.420 --> 00:38:09.720
 city.

00:38:09.719 --> 00:38:15.019
 that we

00:38:15.019 --> 00:38:15.459
 would welcome

00:38:15.459 --> 00:38:15.819
 them just

00:38:15.819 --> 00:38:16.119
 like you

00:38:16.119 --> 00:38:16.699
 welcomed us,

00:38:16.839 --> 00:38:17.079
 that we

00:38:17.079 --> 00:38:17.519
 would pursue

00:38:17.519 --> 00:38:17.899
 them just

00:38:17.899 --> 00:38:18.239
 like you

00:38:18.239 --> 00:38:18.819
 pursued us.

00:38:18.820 --> 00:38:28.840
 because there

00:38:28.840 --> 00:38:29.580
 truly is good

00:38:29.580 --> 00:38:29.900
 news.

00:38:33.440 --> 00:38:34.000
 Even though

00:38:34.000 --> 00:38:34.559
 every time I

00:38:34.559 --> 00:38:35.100
 open up this

00:38:35.100 --> 00:38:36.059
 SCMP app and

00:38:36.059 --> 00:38:36.920
 I hold my

00:38:36.920 --> 00:38:38.019
 breath as I

00:38:38.019 --> 00:38:39.539
 anticipate more

00:38:39.539 --> 00:38:40.059
 bad news,

00:38:45.580 --> 00:38:46.340
 I remember

00:38:46.340 --> 00:38:46.880
 that there is

00:38:46.880 --> 00:38:47.600
 truly, truly

00:38:47.600 --> 00:38:48.220
 good news that

00:38:48.220 --> 00:38:48.800
 surpasses all

00:38:48.800 --> 00:38:49.400
 the bad news.

00:38:53.560 --> 00:38:54.280
 And as Joe

00:38:54.280 --> 00:38:54.780
 prayed earlier,

00:38:54.860 --> 00:38:55.280
 that we would

00:38:55.280 --> 00:38:55.900
 be people who

00:38:55.900 --> 00:38:56.460
 hold those

00:38:56.460 --> 00:38:56.840
 things in

00:38:56.840 --> 00:38:57.100
 tension,

00:38:57.220 --> 00:38:57.440
 that we

00:38:57.440 --> 00:38:57.880
 would be

00:38:57.880 --> 00:39:00.480
 people of

00:39:00.480 --> 00:39:02.700
 grief because

00:39:02.700 --> 00:39:03.300
 the world is

00:39:03.300 --> 00:39:03.600
 broken.

00:39:06.400 --> 00:39:07.039
 But that there

00:39:07.039 --> 00:39:07.519
 would be hope,

00:39:07.720 --> 00:39:08.039
 there would be

00:39:08.039 --> 00:39:08.400
 gratitude.

00:39:11.860 --> 00:39:12.440
 And that we

00:39:12.440 --> 00:39:13.240
 can truly say

00:39:13.240 --> 00:39:13.860
 as one body,

00:39:13.980 --> 00:39:14.560
 blessed be the

00:39:14.560 --> 00:39:14.980
 God and

00:39:14.980 --> 00:39:15.600
 Father of our

00:39:15.600 --> 00:39:16.080
 Lord Jesus

00:39:16.080 --> 00:39:16.500
 Christ.

00:39:16.600 --> 00:39:17.180
 According to

00:39:17.180 --> 00:39:17.700
 his great

00:39:17.700 --> 00:39:18.060
 mercy,

00:39:18.059 --> 00:39:18.820
 he has

00:39:18.820 --> 00:39:19.400
 caused us to

00:39:19.400 --> 00:39:19.820
 be born

00:39:19.820 --> 00:39:20.360
 again to

00:39:20.360 --> 00:39:20.779
 a living

00:39:20.779 --> 00:39:21.320
 hope through

00:39:21.320 --> 00:39:21.880
 the resurrection

00:39:21.880 --> 00:39:22.420
 of Jesus

00:39:22.420 --> 00:39:22.960
 Christ from

00:39:22.960 --> 00:39:23.299
 the dead,

00:39:24.259 --> 00:39:24.480
 to an

00:39:24.480 --> 00:39:25.079
 inheritance that

00:39:25.079 --> 00:39:25.860
 is imperishable,

00:39:26.019 --> 00:39:26.579
 undefiled,

00:39:26.900 --> 00:39:27.579
 and unfading,

00:39:28.079 --> 00:39:28.480
 kept in

00:39:28.480 --> 00:39:30.079
 heaven for

00:39:30.079 --> 00:39:30.380
 us.

00:39:30.380 --> 00:39:37.680
 God who

00:39:37.680 --> 00:39:38.619
 didn't just die

00:39:38.619 --> 00:39:39.500
 die, but

00:39:39.500 --> 00:39:39.800
 who also

00:39:39.800 --> 00:39:40.140
 lives.

00:39:40.140 --> 00:39:42.440
 Thank you,

00:39:44.619 --> 00:39:48.820
 Lord, we

00:39:48.820 --> 00:39:49.340
 worship you,

00:39:50.420 --> 00:39:51.240
 our living hope.

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