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 Mark chapter 12 will begin in verse 28.

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 And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another,

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! And seeing that he answered them well, asked him,

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! Which commandment is the most important of all?

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 Jesus answered, The most important is,

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 Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.

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 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart,

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 and with all your soul,

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 and with all your mind,

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 and with all your strength.

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 The second is this,

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 You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

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 There is no other commandment greater than these.

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 And the scribe said to him,

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 You are right, teacher.

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 You have truly said that he is one,

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 and there is no other beside him.

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 And to love him with all the heart,

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 and with all the understanding,

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 and with all the strength,

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 and to love one's neighbor as oneself

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 is much more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.

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 And when Jesus saw that he answered wisely,

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 he said to him,

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 You are not far from the kingdom of God.

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 And after that,

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 no one dared to ask him any more questions.

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 This is God's word to us.

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 It was written for his glory and our good.

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 We would all do well to listen to it

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 in order to believe its promises

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 and obey its commands.

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 Let's pray together.

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 Father, we would ask for your namesake

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 that you would bless the preaching of your word.

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 Lord, we all need you in this time.

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 I need you to help me speak with clarity,

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 with a compassion,

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 and a conviction for the truth.

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 And we all need you to rightly apply these words to our hearts.

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 Change us from one degree of glory to another.

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 Father, to the praise of Jesus.

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 We pray this in his name.

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 Amen.

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 When we continue, if you're a guest with us,

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 we've been working through the Gospel of Mark,

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 verse by verse,

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 and we've come now here to Mark 12.

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 This is during the historical event of Passion Week.

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 Jesus has come into Jerusalem on Monday.

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 You can read about that at the beginning of chapter 11.

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 On Monday, on Tuesday,

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 he comes and he cleanses the temple.

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 He goes in and he runs out the money changers,

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 the people who were doing business in the temple court,

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 the court of the Gentiles.

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 He had, in fact, done so three years prior to this.

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 We can read about this in the second chapter of John,

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 that at the very beginning of his ministry,

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 he went and did this very same thing,

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 disrupted the temple practice of the day,

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 the apostate worship that was going on,

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 and he's now back.

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 And he's in this final week,

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 and we've come to Wednesday of this week.

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 Jesus will be crucified on Friday.

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 But here we find him having kind of dominated,

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 having set up camp and taken over in the temple,

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 having driven out those who were exchanging money

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 and extorting the people,

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 who were leading them astray,

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 and he is set up, presumably, teaching.

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 And as we see at the end of chapter 11

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 and then into the beginning of chapter 12,

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 we see a number of confrontations.

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 12.12, we see that as he indicts

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 these apostate religious leaders,

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 the text says,

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 And they were seeking to arrest him,

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 but feared the people,

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 for they perceived that he had told the parable against them.

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 So they left him and went away.

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 So he's disrupting this temple worship that's going on

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 and the power of these men.

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 He's becoming more popular than them.

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 And he's delivering indictments to them

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 that's going to disrupt this place of power

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 and influence and money that they're in.

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 And so they're seeking to destroy him.

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 This is absolutely what they're bent upon.

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 But their concern is

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 that the people have his...

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 Or he has the people's ear.

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 That he's found favor with the people.

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 And so they're trying now

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 to find ways to discredit him.

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 And so we see in chapter 12,

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 leading up to our text,

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 they send a faction of Pharisees

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 along with some Herodians,

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 which was a political group,

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 trying to trap him theologically and politically.

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 They try to put him in a tough spot.

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 And under inspiration from the Father,

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 he makes fools of them.

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 They then send to him a faction of Sadducees,

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 another group of religious elite individuals

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 with a theological trap.

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 And once again, he makes fools of them.

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 So rather than him being discredited,

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 they are discredited.

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 And in our text today,

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 they send a scribe.

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 Now, when we look at Mark 12, 28,

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 the record is,

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 and one of the scribes came up.

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 And the scribes were kind of the

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 religious scholars of the day.

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 They were the learned,

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 those who really poured over

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 and really studied the Scriptures.

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 In fact, you'll see them in places

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 referred to as lawyers,

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 not in that they defended it judicially,

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 but that they were experts on the law.

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 In the parallel text in Matthew 22,

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 verse 34 and 35, it says,

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 but when the Pharisees heard

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 that he had silenced the Sadducees,

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 they gathered together.

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 So there's this meeting of the Pharisees

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 and the Sadducees,

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 these groups that very rarely agreed

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 on much of anything at all,

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 but they gather together.

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 And then verse 35 says,

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 and one of them, a lawyer or scribe,

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 asked him a question to test him.

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 So we get a little bit more

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 as we look at the parallel text

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 about why it was that this particular man came.

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 So he heard them disputing,

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 and he saw that he answered them well,

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 and he said,

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 but I've got a question.

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 I've got a question for him

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 that will stump him,

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 that will discredit him.

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 At the outset of this interaction,

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 the scribe is not on Jesus' team,

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 although it seems to shift

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 as we go through our text today.

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 Now, as I said,

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 the Pharisees and the Sadducees

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 didn't agree about much,

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 but they did both esteem the law very highly.

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 Both held a high degree of respect

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 for the law.

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 And there was a common debate amongst them

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 about which law was the greatest law.

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 This very question that the scribe

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 is going to come and ask to Jesus.

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 There was much debate about this.

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 These men had little else to do

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 than to sit around,

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 collect people's money,

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 and debate theology together.

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 Shame on them and shame on us

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 when we do the same.

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 Rabbinical tradition holds

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 that they considered there to be

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 613 separate commandments

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 in the Old Testament,

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 many of which were hedge laws

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 or those traditional things

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 added to the law

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 to help the Jews

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 from breaking any of the laws,

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 hedge laws,

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 but 613 separate commandments.

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 And you may ask,

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 how exactly did they arrive at this

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 even as they were adding

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 their tradition to it?

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 And the foolish thing is

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 that they arrived at 613

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 because there are 613 letters

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 in the Hebrew of the Ten Commandments.

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 Isn't that ridiculous?

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 So they took the Ten Commandments,

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 they counted up the number of letters,

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 there are 613,

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 and then they came up with 613 laws

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 that they said the Scriptures taught.

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 Some were, of course,

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 some were not.

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 248 affirmatives,

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 things that should be done,

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 and 365 negatives,

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 one for every day of the year.

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 It was rather ridiculous and foolish

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 the way they had gathered

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 these laws together.

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 And so as I said,

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 they debated often

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 about the greatest law

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 because they knew

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 they couldn't keep the whole thing,

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 right?

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 Not all 613.

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 They knew they were capable

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 of doing this,

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 of amassing enough good work

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 to credit them before God.

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 They knew their own frailty,

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 but if they could just

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 keep a couple of them,

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 right?

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 If we could reduce it

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 to just a couple

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 that are the most important,

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 then maybe we can tip the scale

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 in our favor.

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 Maybe we can set off

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 against all the other laws

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 that we break.

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 If we can get the couple

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 that we think are most important

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 right and set those

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 on the good side of our scale,

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 we'll find favor before God.

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 This effort exists today

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 in great degree,

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 does it not?

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 People running around

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 trying to weigh out

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 what is most important

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 to live in society.

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 And you'll hear people

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 say things like,

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 well, yeah,

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 I think I'm a good person

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 because,

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 and I'll list off

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 some major things,

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 and they neglect

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 other parts

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 of God's standard.

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 These people recognized

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 that God had a standard,

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 but they wanted to

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 redefine the standard

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 in a way

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 that they could keep.

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 But all of us,

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 every single one of us,

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 the great metanarrative

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 of humanity

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 is that we have failed

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 to keep God's standard.

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 In fact,

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 we are incapable

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 of our own power

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 to do so.

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 You know this to be true

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 of yourself.

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 If you are honest

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 with yourself,

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 you know that you cannot

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 be a good person.

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 You know how much

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 bad you do.

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 Even in the things

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 that the world thinks

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 are good,

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 you know the motivation

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 behind it is so often

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 bad.

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 If you're honest

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 with yourself,

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 if you're not,

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 I suggest that you get

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 honest with yourself.

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 If you can't do that,

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 if your conscience

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 doesn't bear witness

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 against you,

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 your wife or your husband

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 know how bad you are,

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 how much you fail

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 at holding to the standard

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 of God.

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 Your kids know.

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 Young people,

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 your parents,

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 ask them,

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 am I a good person?

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 They will tell you

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 the truth.

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 Your roommate,

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 your employer.

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 We are all very aware

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 of this reality.

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 We are deluded

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 and deceiving ourselves

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 and others

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 if we think

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 that we're not.

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 We think that we're

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 good enough.

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 And this is what

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 they were about doing

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 as they debated this

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 and they had this

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 conversation,

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 this question.

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 Jesus delivers

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 an indictment to them

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 in Mark 7,

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 verses 6-8.

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 Mark records,

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 and he said to them,

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 Well, did Isaiah

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 prophesy of you hypocrites?

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 As it is written,

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 This people honors me

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 with their lips,

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 but their heart

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 is far from me.

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 In vain do they

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 worship me,

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 teaching as doctrines

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 the commandments

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 of men.

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 You leave the commandment

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 of God and hold

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 to the traditions

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 of men.

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 So these people

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 had elevated

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 their own idea

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 of what it meant

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 to follow God.

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 They were worshiping

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 the right God,

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 but they were

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 worshiping him

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 wrongly.

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 And this is a serious

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 matter.

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 This is a serious

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 issue.

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 It would seem

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 that they were

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 so close.

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 They were Jews.

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 They were descendants

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 of Abraham.

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 And yet,

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 they had totally

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 become apostate.

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 They had totally

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 wandered away

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 from the faith

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 of Abraham,

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 that saving

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 faith.

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 And so this was

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 a trap,

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 this question

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 was.

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 Because the Sadducees

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 and the Pharisees

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 elevated,

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 believed in,

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 esteemed the law,

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 although it was a

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 very distorted

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 misunderstanding of it.

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 And they held a

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 particular person

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 in very high regard.

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 They agreed

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 that Moses

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 was to be held

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 in high esteem.

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 There was no one

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 greater than Moses.

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 Moses,

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 the one who was

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 given the Ten

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 Commandments

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 on the mountain,

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 who met with God

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 face to face,

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 whose face

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 shone with the glory

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 of God.

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 You remember

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 these stories,

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 right?

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 Moses had a close

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 encounter with God.

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 They esteemed him

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 very highly.

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 And so,

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 when the scribe

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 comes to ask Jesus

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 this question,

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 he's setting him up

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 to have authority

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 over Moses

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 and therefore

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 discredit himself.

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 Therefore,

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 have the people

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 not follow him

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 any longer.

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 Now,

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 of course,

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 our Lord

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 perfectly

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 articulates

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 a response.

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 And he does so

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 by quoting

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 from the Old Testament,

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 from Deuteronomy

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 and from Leviticus.

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 This scribe

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 was sent on behalf

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 of the Pharisees

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 and the Sadducees.

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 The Sadducees

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 relegated.

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 They didn't care

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 too much

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 about the prophets.

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 They cared primarily

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 about the first

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 five books

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 of the Bible.

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 So he quotes

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 from there.

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 He gives them

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 an answer

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 that they would

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 have been very,

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 very familiar

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 with.

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 From Deuteronomy

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 6,

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 4 and 5,

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 which reads,

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 Hear, O Israel,

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 the Lord our God,

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 the Lord is one.

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 This is a

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 restatement

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 of the law.

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 Just as the people

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 are about to go

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 and take the land

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 that God had promised

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 to them.

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 This is a restatement

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 here.

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 Verse 5,

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 You shall love

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 the Lord your God

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 with all your heart

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 and with all your soul

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 and with all your might.

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 And then Leviticus

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 19,

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 18 says,

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 But you shall love

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 your neighbor

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 as yourself.

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 And these sum up

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 the rest of the law.

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 We'll look at that a bit

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 in just a minute.

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 But these are the

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 great commandment

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 that Jesus speaks of

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 here.

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 And we could spend

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 months

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 unpacking

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 and trying to understand

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 all the implications

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 of this command.

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 In fact,

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 we will spend our lives

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 endeavoring to do so.

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 To see what it means

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 to love God

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 and to love people

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 in this way

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 is the great endeavor

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 of the Christian life.

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 I hope we'll get

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 enough of it

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 this morning

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 to set us on

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 the right trajectory.

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 That we'll have in mind

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 what this looks like

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 so that we can continue

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 to do this

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 in our life.

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 And we'll continue on

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 next week

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 in Mark.

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 The greatest commandment

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 is a commandment

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 to love.

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 Verse 31b.

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 A commandment.

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 Jesus says

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 there is no other

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 commandment.

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 Singular.

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 It's singular in the original.

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 There is no other commandment

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 greater than

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 these.

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 So the great commandment

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 is a commandment

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 to love.

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 To love vertically

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 God

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 and to have that

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 spill over

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 into a horizontal love

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 for others.

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 Vertical and horizontal

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 love.

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 Because you see,

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 beloved,

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 what we love

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 directs

00:14:50.059 --> 00:14:52.179
 how we act.

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 The affections

00:14:54.000 --> 00:14:55.319
 of your heart

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 deem

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 how you'll respond

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 in any given

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 circumstance.

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 For example,

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 if you love

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 Georgia football,

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 you're going to

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 tend to do

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 certain things.

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 Are you not?

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 I think we all

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 either are

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 or know

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 Georgia football

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 fans.

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 You'll probably

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 wear something

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 red and black.

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 I know

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 that you're going

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 to put things

00:15:20.699 --> 00:15:21.379
 on Facebook

00:15:21.379 --> 00:15:24.399
 regarding the game.

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 Why do you

00:15:25.179 --> 00:15:25.879
 live tweet

00:15:25.879 --> 00:15:26.259
 and Facebook

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 post a game?

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 If somebody

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 cares about it,

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 they're watching it.

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 I don't need

00:15:31.479 --> 00:15:31.819
 to know the

00:15:31.819 --> 00:15:32.519
 play-by-play.

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 I know

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 what you're

00:15:35.539 --> 00:15:36.219
 going to be doing

00:15:36.219 --> 00:15:37.479
 on the times

00:15:37.480 --> 00:15:37.960
 when Georgia's

00:15:37.960 --> 00:15:38.320
 playing,

00:15:38.399 --> 00:15:38.920
 unless somebody

00:15:38.920 --> 00:15:39.700
 plans a wedding.

00:15:40.100 --> 00:15:40.860
 How dare you?

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 During Georgia

00:15:41.639 --> 00:15:42.720
 football season.

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 It's going to

00:15:44.259 --> 00:15:45.019
 dictate certain

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 things.

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 It's what you're

00:15:45.920 --> 00:15:46.620
 going to talk

00:15:46.620 --> 00:15:46.899
 about.

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 People are

00:15:47.580 --> 00:15:48.440
 very aware

00:15:48.440 --> 00:15:49.340
 of those who

00:15:49.340 --> 00:15:51.060
 love Georgia

00:15:51.060 --> 00:15:51.519
 football.

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 The same thing

00:15:52.580 --> 00:15:53.200
 is true of our

00:15:53.200 --> 00:15:53.860
 children,

00:15:54.320 --> 00:15:54.740
 isn't it?

00:15:55.159 --> 00:15:55.940
 I've got friends

00:15:55.940 --> 00:15:57.580
 that vented

00:15:57.580 --> 00:15:59.039
 about how moms

00:15:59.039 --> 00:15:59.740
 always put stuff

00:15:59.740 --> 00:16:00.259
 on Facebook

00:16:00.259 --> 00:16:00.779
 about their

00:16:00.779 --> 00:16:01.100
 children.

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 I can't believe

00:16:01.680 --> 00:16:02.639
 clogging up my

00:16:02.639 --> 00:16:03.080
 feed with all

00:16:03.080 --> 00:16:03.480
 these pictures

00:16:03.480 --> 00:16:04.220
 of your babies

00:16:04.220 --> 00:16:05.240
 and now they do

00:16:05.240 --> 00:16:05.360
 it.

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 It's just so

00:16:06.000 --> 00:16:06.480
 wonderful.

00:16:06.480 --> 00:16:07.600
 It's so

00:16:07.600 --> 00:16:09.200
 ironic and

00:16:09.200 --> 00:16:09.899
 apropos that

00:16:09.899 --> 00:16:10.259
 they're now

00:16:10.259 --> 00:16:10.820
 doing it as

00:16:10.820 --> 00:16:11.259
 well and it's

00:16:11.259 --> 00:16:11.700
 because they

00:16:11.700 --> 00:16:12.399
 love their

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 kids and they

00:16:12.920 --> 00:16:13.440
 want to share

00:16:13.440 --> 00:16:14.019
 their kids

00:16:14.019 --> 00:16:14.840
 with the

00:16:14.840 --> 00:16:15.060
 world.

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 I don't fault

00:16:15.920 --> 00:16:16.639
 them or the

00:16:16.639 --> 00:16:17.060
 Georgia football

00:16:17.060 --> 00:16:19.120
 fans for doing

00:16:19.120 --> 00:16:19.580
 so.

00:16:20.840 --> 00:16:21.840
 What we love

00:16:21.840 --> 00:16:23.519
 directs how we

00:16:23.519 --> 00:16:24.379
 act, how we

00:16:24.379 --> 00:16:24.920
 respond.

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 If we love

00:16:26.240 --> 00:16:27.120
 God properly,

00:16:27.120 --> 00:16:27.879
 we will love

00:16:27.879 --> 00:16:28.519
 people properly

00:16:28.519 --> 00:16:29.240
 and we will

00:16:29.240 --> 00:16:30.840
 keep the

00:16:30.840 --> 00:16:31.240
 commandments.

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 we read

00:16:32.899 --> 00:16:33.960
 beyond Jesus'

00:16:34.159 --> 00:16:34.779
 quote in

00:16:34.779 --> 00:16:35.320
 Deuteronomy.

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 So he quotes

00:16:35.960 --> 00:16:36.779
 from Deuteronomy

00:16:36.779 --> 00:16:38.539
 6, 4 and

00:16:38.539 --> 00:16:39.060
 5.

00:16:39.519 --> 00:16:39.899
 Deuteronomy

00:16:39.899 --> 00:16:40.960
 6, 6

00:16:40.960 --> 00:16:41.659
 says,

00:16:42.299 --> 00:16:42.659
 and these

00:16:42.659 --> 00:16:43.299
 words that I

00:16:43.299 --> 00:16:43.840
 command you

00:16:43.840 --> 00:16:44.919
 today shall

00:16:44.919 --> 00:16:46.299
 be on your

00:16:46.299 --> 00:16:47.340
 heart and it

00:16:47.340 --> 00:16:47.919
 can also be

00:16:47.919 --> 00:16:48.620
 very readily

00:16:48.620 --> 00:16:50.060
 translated,

00:16:50.220 --> 00:16:51.519
 shall be in

00:16:51.519 --> 00:16:52.340
 your heart,

00:16:52.700 --> 00:16:53.960
 planted in

00:16:53.960 --> 00:16:54.840
 your heart.

00:16:54.840 --> 00:16:56.540
 speaks of a

00:16:56.540 --> 00:16:58.060
 change in

00:16:58.060 --> 00:16:58.700
 our hearts

00:16:58.700 --> 00:16:59.360
 themselves.

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 Not merely

00:17:00.259 --> 00:17:01.320
 some mental

00:17:01.320 --> 00:17:02.580
 cognition to

00:17:02.580 --> 00:17:03.480
 the law of

00:17:03.480 --> 00:17:04.160
 God, but

00:17:04.160 --> 00:17:04.620
 that the law

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 of God is

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 within us and

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 therefore we

00:17:07.380 --> 00:17:08.920
 respond as

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 we should.

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 It's an

00:17:11.019 --> 00:17:11.740
 internal issue,

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 not merely an

00:17:12.539 --> 00:17:13.220
 external issue,

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 it's an

00:17:14.420 --> 00:17:15.400
 internal issue.

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 Jesus says it

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 this way,

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 stated in the

00:17:19.079 --> 00:17:20.019
 negative,

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 Mark 7,

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 20-23,

00:17:22.700 --> 00:17:23.480
 and he said,

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 what comes

00:17:24.539 --> 00:17:25.119
 out of a

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 person is

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 what defiles

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 him.

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 From within,

00:17:28.680 --> 00:17:29.220
 out of the

00:17:29.220 --> 00:17:30.039
 heart of man

00:17:30.039 --> 00:17:30.619
 come evil

00:17:30.619 --> 00:17:31.079
 thoughts,

00:17:31.399 --> 00:17:32.339
 sexual immorality,

00:17:32.680 --> 00:17:32.980
 theft,

00:17:33.440 --> 00:17:33.740
 murder,

00:17:34.200 --> 00:17:34.680
 adultery,

00:17:35.059 --> 00:17:35.480
 coveting,

00:17:35.920 --> 00:17:36.399
 wickedness,

00:17:36.740 --> 00:17:37.240
 deceit,

00:17:37.680 --> 00:17:38.440
 sensuality,

00:17:38.799 --> 00:17:39.039
 envy,

00:17:39.539 --> 00:17:40.000
 slander,

00:17:40.539 --> 00:17:41.019
 pride,

00:17:41.460 --> 00:17:41.920
 foolishness.

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 He covers

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 all the things

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 that would

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 transgress the

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 law.

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 All these

00:17:45.079 --> 00:17:45.960
 evil things

00:17:45.960 --> 00:17:46.659
 come from

00:17:46.659 --> 00:17:47.799
 within and

00:17:47.799 --> 00:17:49.099
 they defile

00:17:49.099 --> 00:17:49.819
 a person.

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 It's the

00:17:50.200 --> 00:17:50.579
 matter of

00:17:50.579 --> 00:17:51.019
 somebody's

00:17:51.019 --> 00:17:51.980
 heart that

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 makes them

00:17:52.379 --> 00:17:53.259
 wrong before

00:17:53.259 --> 00:17:53.619
 God,

00:17:53.700 --> 00:17:54.059
 that makes

00:17:54.059 --> 00:17:54.599
 them not

00:17:54.599 --> 00:17:55.159
 able to

00:17:55.159 --> 00:17:55.940
 stand in

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 God's

00:17:56.220 --> 00:17:56.579
 presence,

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 that costs

00:17:58.159 --> 00:17:58.419
 them,

00:17:58.480 --> 00:17:58.980
 that gives

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 to them

00:17:59.500 --> 00:18:00.019
 eternal

00:18:00.019 --> 00:18:00.579
 destruction.

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 And so

00:18:02.299 --> 00:18:02.759
 therefore it

00:18:02.759 --> 00:18:03.339
 has to be

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 in the

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 positive that

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 the other

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 is true,

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 that it

00:18:05.159 --> 00:18:05.819
 comes from

00:18:05.819 --> 00:18:06.599
 our heart,

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 the good

00:18:07.200 --> 00:18:07.919
 things that

00:18:07.919 --> 00:18:08.679
 God requires

00:18:08.679 --> 00:18:09.639
 of us.

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 Because Jesus

00:18:10.119 --> 00:18:10.679
 is stating it

00:18:10.679 --> 00:18:11.799
 here in

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 the positive.

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 Elsewhere

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 in the

00:18:14.440 --> 00:18:14.879
 scriptures,

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 John 14,

00:18:17.139 --> 00:18:17.899
 verse 21,

00:18:18.799 --> 00:18:19.339
 Jesus says,

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 whoever has

00:18:19.980 --> 00:18:20.740
 my commandments

00:18:20.740 --> 00:18:21.559
 and keeps

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 them,

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 he it is

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 who loves

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 me.

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 And he

00:18:24.400 --> 00:18:24.740
 who loves

00:18:24.740 --> 00:18:25.059
 me will

00:18:25.059 --> 00:18:25.460
 be loved

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 by my

00:18:25.799 --> 00:18:26.059
 Father,

00:18:26.120 --> 00:18:26.279
 and I

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 will love

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 him and

00:18:27.500 --> 00:18:28.099
 manifest

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 myself to

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 them.

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 1 John 2.15,

00:18:32.940 --> 00:18:33.400
 John writes

00:18:33.400 --> 00:18:33.819
 again,

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 do not love

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 the world

00:18:35.480 --> 00:18:36.660
 or the things

00:18:36.660 --> 00:18:37.240
 in the world.

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 If anyone

00:18:37.620 --> 00:18:38.460
 loves the

00:18:38.460 --> 00:18:38.740
 world,

00:18:39.079 --> 00:18:39.400
 the love

00:18:39.400 --> 00:18:39.640
 of the

00:18:39.640 --> 00:18:40.660
 Father is

00:18:40.660 --> 00:18:41.880
 not in

00:18:41.880 --> 00:18:42.079
 him.

00:18:42.140 --> 00:18:42.299
 And so

00:18:42.299 --> 00:18:42.779
 the adverse

00:18:42.779 --> 00:18:43.259
 is true.

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 If the love

00:18:43.579 --> 00:18:43.759
 of the

00:18:43.759 --> 00:18:44.420
 Father is

00:18:44.420 --> 00:18:45.120
 in you,

00:18:45.359 --> 00:18:45.700
 then you

00:18:45.700 --> 00:18:46.420
 will not

00:18:46.420 --> 00:18:47.220
 love

00:18:47.220 --> 00:18:48.360
 the world.

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 And this

00:18:50.300 --> 00:18:50.620
 is at the

00:18:50.620 --> 00:18:51.140
 very center

00:18:51.140 --> 00:18:52.100
 of all

00:18:52.100 --> 00:18:52.420
 of our

00:18:52.420 --> 00:18:53.240
 experience

00:18:53.240 --> 00:18:53.860
 and how

00:18:53.860 --> 00:18:54.080
 it is

00:18:54.080 --> 00:18:54.380
 we're trying

00:18:54.380 --> 00:18:54.759
 to work

00:18:54.759 --> 00:18:55.460
 out Christian

00:18:55.460 --> 00:18:55.840
 living.

00:18:56.140 --> 00:18:56.580
 It is a

00:18:56.580 --> 00:18:57.720
 matter of

00:18:57.720 --> 00:18:58.720
 our affection.

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 What do

00:19:00.240 --> 00:19:01.840
 we love?

00:19:03.180 --> 00:19:03.920
 Those of us

00:19:03.920 --> 00:19:04.259
 who have been

00:19:04.259 --> 00:19:04.720
 redeemed,

00:19:04.820 --> 00:19:05.039
 who have been

00:19:05.039 --> 00:19:05.840
 set free

00:19:05.840 --> 00:19:06.220
 from the

00:19:06.220 --> 00:19:06.740
 bondage of

00:19:06.740 --> 00:19:07.019
 sin,

00:19:07.560 --> 00:19:08.300
 the great

00:19:08.300 --> 00:19:09.160
 travesty

00:19:09.160 --> 00:19:09.500
 of our

00:19:09.500 --> 00:19:10.340
 sin is

00:19:10.340 --> 00:19:10.620
 that we've

00:19:10.620 --> 00:19:11.120
 been freed

00:19:11.120 --> 00:19:11.460
 from it.

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 We no

00:19:11.759 --> 00:19:12.580
 longer have

00:19:12.580 --> 00:19:12.840
 to.

00:19:13.100 --> 00:19:13.600
 We've been

00:19:13.600 --> 00:19:14.300
 freed to

00:19:14.300 --> 00:19:14.740
 love God,

00:19:14.800 --> 00:19:15.300
 but when we

00:19:15.300 --> 00:19:15.580
 sin,

00:19:15.640 --> 00:19:16.380
 it proves

00:19:16.380 --> 00:19:16.980
 that in

00:19:16.980 --> 00:19:17.640
 that moment

00:19:17.640 --> 00:19:18.420
 we love

00:19:18.420 --> 00:19:18.980
 the sin

00:19:18.980 --> 00:19:19.720
 more than

00:19:19.720 --> 00:19:20.020
 we love

00:19:20.020 --> 00:19:20.320
 God.

00:19:21.340 --> 00:19:21.760
 It's a

00:19:21.760 --> 00:19:22.180
 tragedy.

00:19:23.140 --> 00:19:23.460
 We do

00:19:23.460 --> 00:19:23.700
 it all

00:19:23.700 --> 00:19:24.260
 the time.

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 We spit

00:19:25.280 --> 00:19:25.740
 back in

00:19:25.740 --> 00:19:26.160
 the face

00:19:26.160 --> 00:19:26.860
 of the

00:19:26.860 --> 00:19:27.220
 Father

00:19:27.220 --> 00:19:27.700
 and praise

00:19:27.700 --> 00:19:28.020
 God

00:19:28.020 --> 00:19:28.400
 because of

00:19:28.400 --> 00:19:28.840
 His goodness

00:19:28.840 --> 00:19:29.340
 to us

00:19:29.340 --> 00:19:30.300
 in Christ.

00:19:30.500 --> 00:19:31.160
 He's

00:19:31.160 --> 00:19:32.180
 forbearing

00:19:32.180 --> 00:19:32.620
 and His

00:19:32.620 --> 00:19:33.440
 love is

00:19:33.440 --> 00:19:34.020
 never-ending.

00:19:35.380 --> 00:19:35.740
 Now,

00:19:35.780 --> 00:19:36.420
 the commandment

00:19:36.420 --> 00:19:37.000
 in Deuteronomy

00:19:37.000 --> 00:19:37.700
 6.5

00:19:37.700 --> 00:19:39.260
 says that

00:19:39.260 --> 00:19:39.600
 we're to

00:19:39.600 --> 00:19:40.320
 love the

00:19:40.320 --> 00:19:40.540
 Lord our

00:19:40.540 --> 00:19:40.920
 God with

00:19:40.920 --> 00:19:41.260
 all our

00:19:41.260 --> 00:19:41.800
 heart,

00:19:42.140 --> 00:19:42.580
 with all

00:19:42.580 --> 00:19:43.300
 our soul,

00:19:44.100 --> 00:19:44.540
 with all

00:19:44.540 --> 00:19:45.840
 our might.

00:19:45.839 --> 00:19:46.220
 And so

00:19:46.220 --> 00:19:46.839
 it's worth

00:19:46.839 --> 00:19:47.399
 us talking

00:19:47.399 --> 00:19:47.959
 about this.

00:19:48.099 --> 00:19:48.299
 Jesus

00:19:48.299 --> 00:19:49.299
 adds to

00:19:49.299 --> 00:19:50.419
 that with

00:19:50.419 --> 00:19:51.699
 our minds.

00:19:52.699 --> 00:19:53.240
 So in

00:19:53.240 --> 00:19:53.720
 brief,

00:19:54.359 --> 00:19:55.199
 your heart

00:19:55.199 --> 00:19:55.859
 is the

00:19:55.859 --> 00:19:57.059
 core of

00:19:57.059 --> 00:19:57.480
 who you

00:19:57.480 --> 00:19:57.879
 are.

00:19:58.879 --> 00:19:59.279
 From it

00:19:59.279 --> 00:19:59.859
 emanates

00:19:59.859 --> 00:20:00.339
 all of your

00:20:00.339 --> 00:20:00.939
 thoughts,

00:20:01.399 --> 00:20:02.519
 your words,

00:20:03.259 --> 00:20:04.000
 your actions.

00:20:04.579 --> 00:20:05.059
 It is the

00:20:05.059 --> 00:20:05.859
 very core

00:20:05.859 --> 00:20:06.879
 of your

00:20:06.879 --> 00:20:08.319
 identity.

00:20:09.379 --> 00:20:10.199
 Proverbs 4.23

00:20:10.199 --> 00:20:10.539
 says,

00:20:10.539 --> 00:20:11.019
 keep your

00:20:11.019 --> 00:20:11.399
 heart

00:20:11.399 --> 00:20:12.379
 with all

00:20:12.379 --> 00:20:13.039
 vigilance

00:20:13.039 --> 00:20:13.680
 for from

00:20:13.680 --> 00:20:14.279
 it flow

00:20:14.279 --> 00:20:15.339
 the springs

00:20:15.339 --> 00:20:16.220
 of life.

00:20:16.279 --> 00:20:16.619
 It is the

00:20:16.619 --> 00:20:17.539
 very essence

00:20:17.539 --> 00:20:18.399
 of who

00:20:18.399 --> 00:20:20.079
 you are.

00:20:21.399 --> 00:20:22.200
 Your soul

00:20:22.200 --> 00:20:22.599
 is the

00:20:22.599 --> 00:20:23.099
 seat of

00:20:23.099 --> 00:20:23.440
 your

00:20:23.440 --> 00:20:24.440
 emotions.

00:20:25.339 --> 00:20:25.599
 Matthew

00:20:25.599 --> 00:20:26.879
 26.38

00:20:26.879 --> 00:20:27.779
 Jesus says

00:20:27.779 --> 00:20:28.319
 to them,

00:20:28.420 --> 00:20:29.079
 my soul

00:20:29.079 --> 00:20:30.240
 is very

00:20:30.240 --> 00:20:31.539
 sorrowful

00:20:31.539 --> 00:20:32.759
 even to

00:20:32.759 --> 00:20:33.039
 death.

00:20:33.079 --> 00:20:33.259
 And then

00:20:33.259 --> 00:20:33.559
 He asks

00:20:33.559 --> 00:20:33.819
 them to

00:20:33.819 --> 00:20:34.339
 remain with

00:20:34.339 --> 00:20:34.619
 Him

00:20:34.619 --> 00:20:35.559
 in the

00:20:35.559 --> 00:20:36.019
 garden

00:20:36.019 --> 00:20:36.639
 to pray.

00:20:37.319 --> 00:20:37.899
 My soul

00:20:37.899 --> 00:20:38.259
 is the

00:20:38.259 --> 00:20:39.700
 place from

00:20:39.700 --> 00:20:40.519
 which emanates

00:20:40.519 --> 00:20:41.259
 our

00:20:41.259 --> 00:20:42.340
 emotions.

00:20:43.819 --> 00:20:44.220
 Our

00:20:44.220 --> 00:20:44.660
 mind,

00:20:44.779 --> 00:20:45.000
 again,

00:20:45.100 --> 00:20:45.319
 Jesus'

00:20:45.480 --> 00:20:46.100
 addition here

00:20:46.100 --> 00:20:46.360
 to the

00:20:46.360 --> 00:20:46.720
 commandment

00:20:46.720 --> 00:20:47.380
 in Deuteronomy,

00:20:47.519 --> 00:20:48.240
 our intellect,

00:20:48.660 --> 00:20:49.440
 our power

00:20:49.440 --> 00:20:50.100
 of reason,

00:20:50.480 --> 00:20:51.259
 our intention,

00:20:51.799 --> 00:20:52.840
 our purpose.

00:20:53.420 --> 00:20:54.700
 1 Kings 4.29

00:20:54.700 --> 00:20:55.759
 records that

00:20:55.759 --> 00:20:56.279
 God gave

00:20:56.279 --> 00:20:57.279
 Solomon wisdom

00:20:57.279 --> 00:20:58.500
 and understanding

00:20:58.500 --> 00:20:59.340
 beyond measure

00:20:59.340 --> 00:21:00.640
 and breadth

00:21:00.640 --> 00:21:01.480
 of mind

00:21:01.480 --> 00:21:02.200
 like the

00:21:02.200 --> 00:21:03.000
 sand on

00:21:03.000 --> 00:21:03.680
 the seashore.

00:21:04.259 --> 00:21:04.580
 He made

00:21:04.580 --> 00:21:05.279
 him able

00:21:05.279 --> 00:21:05.940
 to understand,

00:21:06.299 --> 00:21:06.680
 able to

00:21:06.680 --> 00:21:07.100
 comprehend,

00:21:07.660 --> 00:21:08.420
 able to

00:21:08.420 --> 00:21:10.360
 hold out

00:21:10.360 --> 00:21:11.300
 cognition

00:21:11.300 --> 00:21:12.200
 and logic

00:21:12.200 --> 00:21:12.860
 and to

00:21:12.860 --> 00:21:14.420
 be wise

00:21:14.420 --> 00:21:14.820
 in his

00:21:14.820 --> 00:21:15.160
 judgment

00:21:15.160 --> 00:21:16.160
 over Israel.

00:21:17.340 --> 00:21:17.880
 And then

00:21:17.880 --> 00:21:18.539
 our strength

00:21:18.539 --> 00:21:19.000
 which speaks

00:21:19.000 --> 00:21:19.340
 to our

00:21:19.340 --> 00:21:19.779
 physical

00:21:19.779 --> 00:21:20.320
 energy.

00:21:21.240 --> 00:21:21.620
 In Deuteronomy

00:21:21.620 --> 00:21:22.480
 it's translated

00:21:22.480 --> 00:21:23.660
 our might.

00:21:24.200 --> 00:21:25.360
 That physical

00:21:25.360 --> 00:21:25.860
 energy that we

00:21:25.860 --> 00:21:26.080
 have,

00:21:26.120 --> 00:21:26.519
 the way in

00:21:26.519 --> 00:21:26.840
 which we

00:21:26.840 --> 00:21:27.460
 get up

00:21:27.460 --> 00:21:27.759
 and the

00:21:27.759 --> 00:21:28.340
 way that

00:21:28.340 --> 00:21:29.160
 we act,

00:21:29.259 --> 00:21:29.400
 the way

00:21:29.400 --> 00:21:29.600
 that we

00:21:29.600 --> 00:21:30.539
 carry out.

00:21:30.640 --> 00:21:30.900
 It's

00:21:30.900 --> 00:21:32.200
 every bit

00:21:32.200 --> 00:21:32.880
 of us.

00:21:32.980 --> 00:21:33.240
 These are

00:21:33.240 --> 00:21:33.779
 all the

00:21:33.779 --> 00:21:34.259
 components

00:21:34.259 --> 00:21:34.759
 that make

00:21:34.759 --> 00:21:35.600
 up a

00:21:35.600 --> 00:21:36.200
 human being.

00:21:36.500 --> 00:21:36.840
 Our heart,

00:21:36.940 --> 00:21:37.259
 our soul,

00:21:37.360 --> 00:21:37.800
 our mind.

00:21:37.799 --> 00:21:39.319
 our strength.

00:21:40.480 --> 00:21:41.099
 And before

00:21:41.099 --> 00:21:41.639
 each one of

00:21:41.639 --> 00:21:41.919
 these in

00:21:41.919 --> 00:21:42.299
 the original

00:21:42.299 --> 00:21:42.839
 language,

00:21:43.180 --> 00:21:43.700
 we see the

00:21:43.700 --> 00:21:44.359
 little phrase

00:21:44.359 --> 00:21:45.339
 all of

00:21:45.339 --> 00:21:45.539
 your,

00:21:45.839 --> 00:21:46.200
 all of

00:21:46.200 --> 00:21:46.740
 your heart

00:21:46.740 --> 00:21:47.319
 and all

00:21:47.319 --> 00:21:47.519
 of your

00:21:47.519 --> 00:21:47.980
 soul

00:21:47.980 --> 00:21:49.159
 and all

00:21:49.159 --> 00:21:49.379
 of your

00:21:49.379 --> 00:21:49.799
 mind

00:21:49.799 --> 00:21:50.440
 and all

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 of your

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 strength.

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 And the

00:21:52.599 --> 00:21:53.079
 original

00:21:53.079 --> 00:21:53.839
 doesn't say

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 with all

00:21:54.919 --> 00:21:55.159
 of your

00:21:55.159 --> 00:21:55.419
 heart,

00:21:55.519 --> 00:21:55.659
 soul,

00:21:55.759 --> 00:21:55.960
 mind,

00:21:56.000 --> 00:21:56.500
 and strength.

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 It puts

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 the emphasis

00:21:57.519 --> 00:21:59.079
 and puts

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 it before

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 the phrase

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 before each

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 one of

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 these

00:22:01.559 --> 00:22:02.159
 nouns

00:22:02.159 --> 00:22:02.619
 to say

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 every

00:22:03.379 --> 00:22:03.980
 single

00:22:03.980 --> 00:22:04.480
 bit.

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 All of

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 your heart,

00:22:05.419 --> 00:22:05.680
 all of

00:22:05.680 --> 00:22:05.960
 your soul,

00:22:06.119 --> 00:22:06.379
 all of

00:22:06.379 --> 00:22:06.680
 your mind,

00:22:06.879 --> 00:22:07.159
 all of

00:22:07.159 --> 00:22:07.500
 your strength.

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 We're not

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 to be

00:22:08.000 --> 00:22:08.400
 divided

00:22:08.400 --> 00:22:08.740
 in any

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 way,

00:22:09.160 --> 00:22:09.380
 but we're

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 to be

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 completely

00:22:10.279 --> 00:22:11.220
 devoted

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 in our

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 affection

00:22:12.279 --> 00:22:13.539
 to the

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 Lord.

00:22:15.400 --> 00:22:15.819
 John

00:22:15.819 --> 00:22:16.160
 MacArthur

00:22:16.160 --> 00:22:16.519
 said it

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 this way,

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 so the

00:22:17.240 --> 00:22:17.700
 intellectual,

00:22:18.319 --> 00:22:18.900
 emotional,

00:22:19.420 --> 00:22:19.980
 volitional,

00:22:20.420 --> 00:22:21.140
 and physical

00:22:21.140 --> 00:22:21.819
 elements of

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 personhood all

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 combine to

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 love the

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 one true

00:22:24.680 --> 00:22:25.059
 God.

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 It is an

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 intelligent

00:22:26.720 --> 00:22:27.099
 love.

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 It is an

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 emotional

00:22:28.279 --> 00:22:28.740
 love.

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 It is a

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 willing love.

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 And it is an

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 active love.

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 It is an

00:22:32.579 --> 00:22:34.019
 all-consuming

00:22:34.019 --> 00:22:36.039
 love.

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 This is the

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 way we are

00:22:38.720 --> 00:22:39.019
 to love

00:22:39.019 --> 00:22:39.539
 the Father.

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 Part of

00:22:40.660 --> 00:22:41.160
 the greatest

00:22:41.160 --> 00:22:43.059
 commandment.

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 How do

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 we do

00:22:45.379 --> 00:22:45.740
 that?

00:22:46.359 --> 00:22:46.799
 How is

00:22:46.799 --> 00:22:47.059
 this

00:22:47.059 --> 00:22:48.299
 possible?

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 Those of

00:22:49.619 --> 00:22:49.920
 us who

00:22:49.920 --> 00:22:50.460
 were once

00:22:50.460 --> 00:22:51.599
 enemies of

00:22:51.599 --> 00:22:52.119
 God have

00:22:52.119 --> 00:22:52.519
 now been

00:22:52.519 --> 00:22:53.279
 made His

00:22:53.279 --> 00:22:53.839
 friends by

00:22:53.839 --> 00:22:54.180
 the power

00:22:54.180 --> 00:22:54.400
 of the

00:22:54.400 --> 00:22:54.700
 gospel.

00:22:55.359 --> 00:22:55.619
 Our

00:22:55.619 --> 00:22:56.180
 hearts

00:22:56.180 --> 00:22:57.079
 have been

00:22:57.079 --> 00:22:58.099
 made new.

00:22:58.460 --> 00:22:58.759
 He is

00:22:58.759 --> 00:22:59.559
 redeeming

00:22:59.559 --> 00:22:59.799
 our

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 emotions

00:23:00.480 --> 00:23:01.339
 and our

00:23:01.339 --> 00:23:02.240
 mind.

00:23:03.159 --> 00:23:03.759
 We are

00:23:03.759 --> 00:23:04.639
 now capable

00:23:04.639 --> 00:23:04.919
 of being

00:23:04.919 --> 00:23:05.419
 set free

00:23:05.419 --> 00:23:05.940
 from sin

00:23:05.940 --> 00:23:06.579
 to live

00:23:06.579 --> 00:23:07.000
 to Him,

00:23:07.059 --> 00:23:07.440
 to live

00:23:07.440 --> 00:23:08.000
 to righteousness

00:23:08.000 --> 00:23:09.079
 by our

00:23:09.079 --> 00:23:10.240
 strength.

00:23:11.460 --> 00:23:12.579
 The natural

00:23:12.579 --> 00:23:13.879
 response of

00:23:13.879 --> 00:23:14.399
 the redeemed

00:23:14.399 --> 00:23:15.259
 soul is to

00:23:15.259 --> 00:23:15.839
 love the

00:23:15.839 --> 00:23:17.299
 one that

00:23:17.299 --> 00:23:17.679
 redeemed

00:23:17.679 --> 00:23:17.919
 Him.

00:23:20.059 --> 00:23:20.740
 So we

00:23:20.740 --> 00:23:21.139
 love God

00:23:21.139 --> 00:23:21.500
 because of

00:23:21.500 --> 00:23:21.919
 the gospel.

00:23:23.700 --> 00:23:24.359
 Verse 31,

00:23:25.399 --> 00:23:25.919
 the second

00:23:25.919 --> 00:23:26.519
 is this.

00:23:27.339 --> 00:23:28.159
 That was the

00:23:28.159 --> 00:23:29.240
 vertical element

00:23:29.240 --> 00:23:29.759
 of this

00:23:29.759 --> 00:23:30.279
 love,

00:23:30.380 --> 00:23:31.019
 affection set

00:23:31.019 --> 00:23:31.420
 on God.

00:23:31.519 --> 00:23:31.759
 The second

00:23:31.759 --> 00:23:32.120
 is this.

00:23:32.200 --> 00:23:32.440
 You shall

00:23:32.440 --> 00:23:33.319
 love your

00:23:33.319 --> 00:23:34.599
 neighbor as

00:23:34.599 --> 00:23:35.160
 yourself.

00:23:36.180 --> 00:23:36.500
 You shall

00:23:36.500 --> 00:23:36.940
 love your

00:23:36.940 --> 00:23:37.819
 neighbor as

00:23:37.819 --> 00:23:38.140
 yourself.

00:23:38.240 --> 00:23:38.420
 It shall

00:23:38.420 --> 00:23:39.720
 flow out

00:23:39.720 --> 00:23:40.200
 for your

00:23:40.200 --> 00:23:40.579
 love for

00:23:40.579 --> 00:23:41.220
 God to

00:23:41.220 --> 00:23:42.160
 other people

00:23:42.160 --> 00:23:42.980
 as well.

00:23:43.819 --> 00:23:44.160
 And your

00:23:44.160 --> 00:23:44.640
 neighbor is

00:23:44.640 --> 00:23:45.259
 anybody that

00:23:45.259 --> 00:23:45.799
 you encounter.

00:23:45.940 --> 00:23:46.180
 So don't

00:23:46.180 --> 00:23:46.500
 think we're

00:23:46.500 --> 00:23:46.940
 just merely

00:23:46.940 --> 00:23:47.480
 talking about

00:23:47.480 --> 00:23:47.839
 the person

00:23:47.839 --> 00:23:48.200
 who shares

00:23:48.200 --> 00:23:48.720
 a property

00:23:48.720 --> 00:23:49.599
 line or

00:23:49.599 --> 00:23:50.539
 a wall in

00:23:50.539 --> 00:23:50.940
 your dorm

00:23:50.940 --> 00:23:51.500
 or apartment.

00:23:51.799 --> 00:23:52.120
 This is

00:23:52.120 --> 00:23:52.900
 anybody that

00:23:52.900 --> 00:23:53.460
 you encounter.

00:23:53.559 --> 00:23:53.720
 It's those

00:23:53.720 --> 00:23:54.120
 people that

00:23:54.120 --> 00:23:54.519
 you work

00:23:54.519 --> 00:23:54.759
 with.

00:23:55.019 --> 00:23:55.279
 It's those

00:23:55.279 --> 00:23:55.940
 people that

00:23:55.940 --> 00:23:56.480
 ring you up

00:23:56.480 --> 00:23:56.680
 at the

00:23:56.680 --> 00:23:57.160
 places that

00:23:57.160 --> 00:23:57.680
 you buy

00:23:57.680 --> 00:23:58.279
 your groceries.

00:23:58.480 --> 00:23:58.700
 It's the

00:23:58.700 --> 00:23:59.220
 server,

00:23:59.240 --> 00:23:59.519
 server that

00:23:59.519 --> 00:24:00.160
 serves you,

00:24:00.279 --> 00:24:00.579
 that you

00:24:00.579 --> 00:24:01.200
 tip so

00:24:01.200 --> 00:24:01.680
 poorly.

00:24:03.480 --> 00:24:04.180
 Love these

00:24:04.180 --> 00:24:04.559
 people.

00:24:05.059 --> 00:24:05.480
 Love these

00:24:05.480 --> 00:24:05.819
 people.

00:24:06.819 --> 00:24:07.799
 Romans 13,

00:24:08.799 --> 00:24:09.380
 8 and

00:24:09.380 --> 00:24:09.660
 10,

00:24:10.299 --> 00:24:10.900
 Paul writes,

00:24:11.519 --> 00:24:12.940
 O no one

00:24:12.940 --> 00:24:14.460
 anything except

00:24:14.460 --> 00:24:16.200
 to love each

00:24:16.200 --> 00:24:16.519
 other.

00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:17.579
 For the one

00:24:17.579 --> 00:24:18.039
 who loves

00:24:18.039 --> 00:24:18.680
 another has

00:24:18.680 --> 00:24:20.220
 fulfilled the

00:24:20.220 --> 00:24:20.539
 law.

00:24:20.720 --> 00:24:21.140
 Isn't that

00:24:21.140 --> 00:24:21.539
 interesting?

00:24:22.440 --> 00:24:23.440
 Paul understood

00:24:23.440 --> 00:24:23.940
 the greatest

00:24:23.940 --> 00:24:24.259
 command.

00:24:24.339 --> 00:24:24.640
 For the one

00:24:24.640 --> 00:24:24.900
 who loves

00:24:24.900 --> 00:24:25.880
 another has

00:24:25.880 --> 00:24:26.660
 fulfilled the

00:24:26.660 --> 00:24:26.839
 law.

00:24:26.920 --> 00:24:27.140
 For the

00:24:27.140 --> 00:24:27.599
 commandments,

00:24:28.380 --> 00:24:28.759
 you shall

00:24:28.759 --> 00:24:29.319
 not commit

00:24:29.319 --> 00:24:29.799
 adultery,

00:24:30.279 --> 00:24:30.700
 you shall

00:24:30.700 --> 00:24:31.240
 not murder,

00:24:31.339 --> 00:24:31.759
 you shall

00:24:31.759 --> 00:24:32.339
 not steal,

00:24:32.460 --> 00:24:32.900
 you shall

00:24:32.900 --> 00:24:33.579
 not covet,

00:24:33.940 --> 00:24:34.480
 and any

00:24:34.480 --> 00:24:34.759
 other

00:24:34.759 --> 00:24:35.400
 commandment

00:24:35.400 --> 00:24:36.379
 are summed

00:24:36.379 --> 00:24:36.859
 up in

00:24:36.859 --> 00:24:37.500
 this word.

00:24:37.819 --> 00:24:38.160
 You shall

00:24:38.160 --> 00:24:38.480
 love your

00:24:38.480 --> 00:24:39.900
 neighbor as

00:24:39.900 --> 00:24:40.279
 yourself.

00:24:40.279 --> 00:24:40.759
 The last

00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:41.319
 four of the

00:24:41.319 --> 00:24:41.920
 ten commandments

00:24:41.920 --> 00:24:42.480
 he says are

00:24:42.480 --> 00:24:43.039
 summed up by

00:24:43.039 --> 00:24:43.960
 this and

00:24:43.960 --> 00:24:44.980
 any other

00:24:44.980 --> 00:24:45.440
 commandment,

00:24:45.440 --> 00:24:45.799
 any other

00:24:45.799 --> 00:24:46.319
 commandment

00:24:46.319 --> 00:24:47.099
 that is about

00:24:47.099 --> 00:24:47.779
 us relating

00:24:47.779 --> 00:24:48.180
 to one

00:24:48.180 --> 00:24:48.700
 another are

00:24:48.700 --> 00:24:49.359
 summed up

00:24:49.359 --> 00:24:50.259
 in the word.

00:24:50.339 --> 00:24:50.579
 You shall

00:24:50.579 --> 00:24:50.960
 love your

00:24:50.960 --> 00:24:52.079
 neighbor as

00:24:52.079 --> 00:24:52.640
 yourself.

00:24:53.140 --> 00:24:53.559
 Verse 10,

00:24:53.559 --> 00:24:54.639
 love does

00:24:54.639 --> 00:24:55.220
 no wrong

00:24:55.220 --> 00:24:55.559
 to a

00:24:55.559 --> 00:24:55.779
 neighbor,

00:24:56.359 --> 00:24:57.279
 therefore love

00:24:57.279 --> 00:24:57.879
 is the

00:24:57.879 --> 00:24:59.700
 fulfilling of

00:24:59.700 --> 00:25:00.259
 the law.

00:25:01.519 --> 00:25:01.940
 Paul wrote

00:25:01.940 --> 00:25:02.319
 again in

00:25:02.319 --> 00:25:03.019
 Galatians 5

00:25:03.019 --> 00:25:03.500
 14,

00:25:03.619 --> 00:25:03.859
 for the

00:25:03.859 --> 00:25:04.579
 whole law

00:25:04.579 --> 00:25:05.619
 is fulfilled

00:25:05.619 --> 00:25:06.379
 in one

00:25:06.379 --> 00:25:06.779
 word,

00:25:07.159 --> 00:25:07.480
 you shall

00:25:07.480 --> 00:25:07.839
 love your

00:25:07.839 --> 00:25:09.480
 neighbor as

00:25:09.480 --> 00:25:10.079
 yourself.

00:25:11.259 --> 00:25:11.659
 And then

00:25:11.659 --> 00:25:12.279
 James writes

00:25:12.279 --> 00:25:12.960
 in chapter 2

00:25:12.960 --> 00:25:13.480
 verse 8,

00:25:13.720 --> 00:25:14.059
 the book of

00:25:14.059 --> 00:25:14.359
 James,

00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:15.419
 if you really

00:25:15.419 --> 00:25:16.099
 fulfill the

00:25:16.099 --> 00:25:16.819
 royal law

00:25:16.819 --> 00:25:17.619
 according to

00:25:17.619 --> 00:25:18.000
 the scripture,

00:25:18.119 --> 00:25:18.399
 you shall

00:25:18.399 --> 00:25:18.799
 love your

00:25:18.799 --> 00:25:19.399
 neighbor as

00:25:19.399 --> 00:25:19.899
 yourself.

00:25:20.299 --> 00:25:21.299
 You are

00:25:21.299 --> 00:25:23.399
 doing well.

00:25:24.839 --> 00:25:25.659
 How do we

00:25:25.659 --> 00:25:26.899
 love our

00:25:26.899 --> 00:25:27.159
 neighbor?

00:25:28.859 --> 00:25:29.599
 We love

00:25:29.599 --> 00:25:30.159
 our neighbors

00:25:30.159 --> 00:25:31.759
 sacrificially,

00:25:32.139 --> 00:25:32.960
 in practical

00:25:32.960 --> 00:25:33.460
 ways.

00:25:34.319 --> 00:25:35.440
 We empty

00:25:35.440 --> 00:25:36.379
 ourselves of

00:25:36.379 --> 00:25:36.799
 our self

00:25:36.799 --> 00:25:37.440
 determination,

00:25:38.259 --> 00:25:39.099
 our own

00:25:39.099 --> 00:25:40.720
 self glorification.

00:25:40.720 --> 00:25:41.419
 If we properly

00:25:41.419 --> 00:25:42.099
 love God,

00:25:42.159 --> 00:25:42.399
 if we are

00:25:42.399 --> 00:25:43.039
 humble before

00:25:43.039 --> 00:25:43.299
 Him,

00:25:43.500 --> 00:25:44.259
 we recognize

00:25:44.259 --> 00:25:44.799
 that this is

00:25:44.799 --> 00:25:45.379
 not a proper

00:25:45.379 --> 00:25:46.279
 thing for the

00:25:46.279 --> 00:25:46.559
 one who

00:25:46.559 --> 00:25:47.119
 worships God

00:25:47.119 --> 00:25:47.599
 to do,

00:25:47.759 --> 00:25:48.940
 and we serve

00:25:48.940 --> 00:25:49.779
 our neighbor

00:25:49.779 --> 00:25:51.039
 sacrificially.

00:25:51.039 --> 00:25:51.659
 We find

00:25:51.659 --> 00:25:52.220
 ways in

00:25:52.220 --> 00:25:52.799
 which we

00:25:52.799 --> 00:25:53.279
 can serve

00:25:53.279 --> 00:25:54.000
 them that

00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:54.500
 no one

00:25:54.500 --> 00:25:54.899
 else would

00:25:54.899 --> 00:25:55.159
 do.

00:25:55.759 --> 00:25:56.180
 We lay

00:25:56.180 --> 00:25:56.740
 down our

00:25:56.740 --> 00:25:57.500
 lives for

00:25:57.500 --> 00:25:57.899
 the sake

00:25:57.899 --> 00:25:58.899
 of their

00:25:58.899 --> 00:25:59.319
 lives.

00:25:59.700 --> 00:26:00.000
 And we

00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:00.759
 do this so

00:26:00.759 --> 00:26:01.299
 that we

00:26:01.299 --> 00:26:01.639
 can preach

00:26:01.639 --> 00:26:02.039
 the gospel

00:26:02.039 --> 00:26:02.460
 to them.

00:26:03.019 --> 00:26:03.559
 So that we

00:26:03.559 --> 00:26:03.980
 can give

00:26:03.980 --> 00:26:04.440
 them the

00:26:04.440 --> 00:26:05.359
 great solution

00:26:05.359 --> 00:26:05.899
 to their

00:26:05.899 --> 00:26:06.819
 major problem.

00:26:06.920 --> 00:26:07.220
 Remember

00:26:07.220 --> 00:26:08.019
 meta-narrative

00:26:08.019 --> 00:26:08.420
 problem.

00:26:08.539 --> 00:26:08.799
 We come

00:26:08.799 --> 00:26:09.039
 and we

00:26:09.039 --> 00:26:09.480
 fix the

00:26:09.480 --> 00:26:09.680
 little

00:26:09.680 --> 00:26:10.180
 problems.

00:26:10.359 --> 00:26:10.619
 We're

00:26:10.619 --> 00:26:11.359
 there as

00:26:11.359 --> 00:26:11.700
 a shoulder

00:26:11.700 --> 00:26:12.180
 to cry

00:26:12.180 --> 00:26:12.480
 on,

00:26:12.680 --> 00:26:13.019
 but then

00:26:13.019 --> 00:26:13.619
 we need

00:26:13.619 --> 00:26:14.159
 to give

00:26:14.159 --> 00:26:14.480
 them

00:26:14.480 --> 00:26:15.299
 Jesus.

00:26:16.099 --> 00:26:16.440
 So the

00:26:16.440 --> 00:26:16.740
 greatest

00:26:16.740 --> 00:26:17.119
 way that

00:26:17.119 --> 00:26:17.339
 you can

00:26:17.339 --> 00:26:17.700
 love

00:26:17.700 --> 00:26:18.539
 anybody,

00:26:18.779 --> 00:26:19.139
 fill their

00:26:19.139 --> 00:26:19.519
 belly,

00:26:19.519 --> 00:26:20.319
 and then fill

00:26:20.319 --> 00:26:20.980
 their soul.

00:26:21.039 --> 00:26:24.039
 Matthew 22,

00:26:24.159 --> 00:26:24.519
 40,

00:26:24.740 --> 00:26:25.279
 Jesus says,

00:26:25.480 --> 00:26:25.940
 on these

00:26:25.940 --> 00:26:26.839
 two commandments,

00:26:27.059 --> 00:26:27.339
 this is the

00:26:27.339 --> 00:26:27.940
 parallel text,

00:26:28.099 --> 00:26:29.539
 depend all

00:26:29.539 --> 00:26:30.159
 the law

00:26:30.159 --> 00:26:31.680
 and the

00:26:31.680 --> 00:26:32.200
 prophets.

00:26:33.399 --> 00:26:33.920
 It's

00:26:33.920 --> 00:26:34.819
 fulfilled in

00:26:34.819 --> 00:26:35.180
 all of

00:26:35.180 --> 00:26:35.480
 this,

00:26:35.539 --> 00:26:36.119
 this vertical

00:26:36.119 --> 00:26:37.159
 access of

00:26:37.159 --> 00:26:37.879
 affection towards

00:26:37.879 --> 00:26:38.519
 God and

00:26:38.519 --> 00:26:39.000
 the horal

00:26:39.000 --> 00:26:40.420
 access of

00:26:40.420 --> 00:26:41.240
 it as

00:26:41.240 --> 00:26:41.500
 well.

00:26:42.779 --> 00:26:43.299
 And then

00:26:43.299 --> 00:26:44.000
 verse 32

00:26:44.000 --> 00:26:44.420
 of chapter

00:26:44.420 --> 00:26:44.940
 12 of

00:26:44.940 --> 00:26:45.319
 Mark.

00:26:46.720 --> 00:26:47.159
 The

00:26:47.159 --> 00:26:47.779
 scribe seems

00:26:47.779 --> 00:26:48.339
 to be a

00:26:48.339 --> 00:26:49.220
 bit open-minded

00:26:49.220 --> 00:26:50.059
 as he comes

00:26:50.059 --> 00:26:50.519
 to him,

00:26:50.519 --> 00:26:51.420
 to test

00:26:51.420 --> 00:26:51.759
 him,

00:26:52.680 --> 00:26:53.220
 is very

00:26:53.220 --> 00:26:53.839
 pleased with

00:26:53.839 --> 00:26:54.400
 his answer

00:26:54.400 --> 00:26:55.500
 because he

00:26:55.500 --> 00:26:55.980
 repeats it

00:26:55.980 --> 00:26:56.400
 back.

00:26:57.299 --> 00:26:57.379
 The

00:26:57.379 --> 00:26:57.759
 scribe said

00:26:57.759 --> 00:26:58.000
 to him,

00:26:58.079 --> 00:26:58.259
 you are

00:26:58.259 --> 00:26:58.519
 right,

00:26:58.619 --> 00:26:58.920
 teacher,

00:26:59.079 --> 00:26:59.420
 you have

00:26:59.420 --> 00:27:00.379
 truly said

00:27:00.379 --> 00:27:01.339
 that he

00:27:01.339 --> 00:27:01.859
 is one.

00:27:01.980 --> 00:27:02.220
 We know

00:27:02.220 --> 00:27:02.359
 we're

00:27:02.359 --> 00:27:02.779
 worshiping

00:27:02.779 --> 00:27:03.200
 the right

00:27:03.200 --> 00:27:03.579
 God

00:27:03.579 --> 00:27:04.160
 together,

00:27:04.799 --> 00:27:05.240
 this God

00:27:05.240 --> 00:27:05.500
 that is

00:27:05.500 --> 00:27:05.960
 one.

00:27:06.259 --> 00:27:06.559
 There is

00:27:06.559 --> 00:27:07.240
 no other

00:27:07.240 --> 00:27:08.400
 besides

00:27:08.400 --> 00:27:08.720
 him.

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 And to

00:27:09.579 --> 00:27:09.759
 love him

00:27:09.759 --> 00:27:09.960
 with all

00:27:09.960 --> 00:27:10.299
 the heart,

00:27:10.379 --> 00:27:10.559
 with all

00:27:10.559 --> 00:27:11.079
 the understanding,

00:27:11.579 --> 00:27:11.980
 and with all

00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:12.500
 the strength,

00:27:12.579 --> 00:27:12.799
 and to love

00:27:12.799 --> 00:27:13.200
 one's neighbor

00:27:13.200 --> 00:27:13.680
 as oneself

00:27:13.680 --> 00:27:14.079
 is much

00:27:14.079 --> 00:27:14.480
 more than

00:27:14.480 --> 00:27:15.099
 all whole

00:27:15.099 --> 00:27:15.579
 burnt

00:27:15.579 --> 00:27:16.139
 offerings

00:27:16.140 --> 00:27:17.180
 and sacrifices,

00:27:17.640 --> 00:27:18.960
 he understands

00:27:18.960 --> 00:27:20.360
 that this

00:27:20.360 --> 00:27:21.000
 commandment is

00:27:21.000 --> 00:27:21.560
 greater than

00:27:21.560 --> 00:27:22.259
 all of the

00:27:22.259 --> 00:27:22.960
 temple worship

00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:23.500
 that was

00:27:23.500 --> 00:27:24.100
 going on

00:27:24.100 --> 00:27:24.720
 in this

00:27:24.720 --> 00:27:24.960
 day,

00:27:25.040 --> 00:27:25.680
 all of the

00:27:25.680 --> 00:27:26.120
 religious

00:27:26.120 --> 00:27:26.880
 practice

00:27:26.880 --> 00:27:27.980
 that was

00:27:27.980 --> 00:27:28.420
 happening.

00:27:28.780 --> 00:27:28.960
 And then

00:27:28.960 --> 00:27:29.160
 Jesus'

00:27:29.320 --> 00:27:29.940
 response,

00:27:30.200 --> 00:27:30.540
 when Jesus

00:27:30.540 --> 00:27:31.900
 saw that

00:27:31.900 --> 00:27:32.500
 he answered

00:27:32.500 --> 00:27:33.040
 wisely,

00:27:33.040 --> 00:27:33.560
 said to

00:27:33.560 --> 00:27:33.800
 him,

00:27:34.560 --> 00:27:35.000
 you are

00:27:35.000 --> 00:27:35.960
 not far

00:27:35.960 --> 00:27:37.240
 from the

00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:37.720
 kingdom of

00:27:37.720 --> 00:27:37.980
 God.

00:27:38.060 --> 00:27:38.200
 And then

00:27:38.200 --> 00:27:38.780
 Mark records

00:27:38.780 --> 00:27:39.120
 for us

00:27:39.120 --> 00:27:39.380
 that they

00:27:39.380 --> 00:27:40.080
 stop asking

00:27:40.080 --> 00:27:40.759
 questions,

00:27:41.600 --> 00:27:41.940
 and Jesus

00:27:41.940 --> 00:27:42.320
 spends the

00:27:42.320 --> 00:27:42.700
 rest of

00:27:42.700 --> 00:27:43.040
 Wednesday

00:27:43.040 --> 00:27:43.680
 teaching,

00:27:44.320 --> 00:27:45.080
 telling them

00:27:45.079 --> 00:27:46.119
 rather than

00:27:46.119 --> 00:27:46.740
 being on

00:27:46.740 --> 00:27:47.220
 the defense,

00:27:47.339 --> 00:27:47.659
 he's now

00:27:47.659 --> 00:27:48.039
 on the

00:27:48.039 --> 00:27:49.279
 offense in

00:27:49.279 --> 00:27:49.740
 the rest of

00:27:49.740 --> 00:27:50.279
 this chapter

00:27:50.279 --> 00:27:50.699
 and a bit

00:27:50.699 --> 00:27:52.119
 beyond that.

00:27:52.379 --> 00:27:52.639
 But he

00:27:52.639 --> 00:27:53.099
 says to

00:27:53.099 --> 00:27:53.919
 this scribe,

00:27:54.019 --> 00:27:54.359
 you are

00:27:54.359 --> 00:27:55.919
 not far

00:27:55.919 --> 00:27:56.759
 from the

00:27:56.759 --> 00:27:57.179
 kingdom of

00:27:57.179 --> 00:27:57.519
 God.

00:27:58.579 --> 00:27:59.139
 And this

00:27:59.139 --> 00:27:59.419
 gives me

00:27:59.419 --> 00:28:00.159
 some encouragement

00:28:00.159 --> 00:28:01.139
 for this

00:28:01.139 --> 00:28:02.439
 scribe's soul.

00:28:02.639 --> 00:28:03.399
 We don't get

00:28:03.399 --> 00:28:03.879
 a record of

00:28:03.879 --> 00:28:04.379
 what happens

00:28:04.379 --> 00:28:04.679
 to him.

00:28:04.740 --> 00:28:05.419
 He's nameless

00:28:05.419 --> 00:28:06.059
 in our text,

00:28:06.139 --> 00:28:06.519
 and he is in

00:28:06.519 --> 00:28:07.159
 all the parallel

00:28:07.159 --> 00:28:07.899
 texts as well.

00:28:08.220 --> 00:28:09.399
 I hope that

00:28:09.399 --> 00:28:09.859
 he got it.

00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:10.399
 I hope that

00:28:10.399 --> 00:28:11.659
 he witnessed

00:28:11.659 --> 00:28:13.399
 the crucifixion,

00:28:13.939 --> 00:28:14.599
 that he heard

00:28:14.599 --> 00:28:14.799
 of the

00:28:14.799 --> 00:28:15.059
 resurrection,

00:28:15.079 --> 00:28:15.779
 and he placed

00:28:15.779 --> 00:28:16.460
 believing faith

00:28:16.460 --> 00:28:17.179
 in Jesus

00:28:17.179 --> 00:28:17.480
 Christ,

00:28:17.539 --> 00:28:17.779
 but we

00:28:17.779 --> 00:28:18.199
 don't know.

00:28:18.259 --> 00:28:18.480
 But we

00:28:18.480 --> 00:28:18.939
 can say

00:28:18.939 --> 00:28:19.819
 this from

00:28:19.819 --> 00:28:20.339
 our text,

00:28:20.480 --> 00:28:20.919
 that not

00:28:20.919 --> 00:28:21.980
 far is

00:28:21.980 --> 00:28:23.179
 not good

00:28:23.179 --> 00:28:23.559
 enough.

00:28:24.339 --> 00:28:25.179
 Not far

00:28:25.179 --> 00:28:25.519
 from the

00:28:25.519 --> 00:28:26.299
 kingdom is

00:28:26.299 --> 00:28:27.019
 not in

00:28:27.019 --> 00:28:27.480
 the kingdom.

00:28:27.919 --> 00:28:28.559
 It wasn't

00:28:28.559 --> 00:28:29.460
 good enough

00:28:29.460 --> 00:28:30.199
 at this

00:28:30.199 --> 00:28:31.099
 point in

00:28:31.099 --> 00:28:31.699
 our text.

00:28:32.500 --> 00:28:33.299
 My dad,

00:28:33.399 --> 00:28:33.779
 all of my

00:28:33.779 --> 00:28:34.259
 life growing

00:28:34.259 --> 00:28:34.599
 up,

00:28:35.419 --> 00:28:35.919
 would say,

00:28:36.299 --> 00:28:36.980
 close only

00:28:36.980 --> 00:28:38.159
 counts in

00:28:38.159 --> 00:28:38.919
 horseshoes

00:28:38.919 --> 00:28:39.539
 and hand

00:28:39.539 --> 00:28:39.819
 grenades.

00:28:40.379 --> 00:28:40.679
 It's a

00:28:40.679 --> 00:28:41.220
 familiar phrase

00:28:41.220 --> 00:28:41.559
 to some of

00:28:41.559 --> 00:28:41.720
 you, I

00:28:41.720 --> 00:28:42.059
 can tell.

00:28:42.679 --> 00:28:43.639
 Close only

00:28:43.639 --> 00:28:44.099
 counts in

00:28:44.099 --> 00:28:44.599
 horseshoes,

00:28:44.599 --> 00:28:45.359
 hand

00:28:45.359 --> 00:28:45.519
 grenades.

00:28:45.579 --> 00:28:45.819
 It doesn't

00:28:45.819 --> 00:28:46.539
 count in

00:28:46.539 --> 00:28:46.839
 the kingdom

00:28:46.839 --> 00:28:47.279
 of God.

00:28:47.579 --> 00:28:47.919
 There's not

00:28:47.919 --> 00:28:49.199
 a measure.

00:28:49.339 --> 00:28:49.619
 We don't

00:28:49.619 --> 00:28:50.279
 vary in

00:28:50.279 --> 00:28:50.859
 degree.

00:28:51.199 --> 00:28:51.719
 We're good

00:28:51.719 --> 00:28:52.539
 enough to

00:28:52.539 --> 00:28:52.919
 get into

00:28:52.919 --> 00:28:53.319
 the kingdom

00:28:53.319 --> 00:28:53.699
 of God.

00:28:53.779 --> 00:28:54.099
 You either

00:28:54.099 --> 00:28:54.599
 are in

00:28:54.599 --> 00:28:54.839
 the kingdom

00:28:54.839 --> 00:28:55.199
 of God

00:28:55.199 --> 00:28:55.759
 or you

00:28:55.759 --> 00:28:56.719
 are not

00:28:56.719 --> 00:28:57.699
 in the

00:28:57.699 --> 00:28:57.859
 kingdom

00:28:57.859 --> 00:28:58.279
 of God.

00:28:58.559 --> 00:28:58.719
 You

00:28:58.719 --> 00:28:59.659
 either are

00:28:59.659 --> 00:29:00.399
 under God's

00:29:00.399 --> 00:29:01.199
 rule over

00:29:01.199 --> 00:29:01.779
 your life

00:29:01.779 --> 00:29:02.299
 because of

00:29:02.299 --> 00:29:02.719
 what Christ

00:29:02.719 --> 00:29:03.139
 has done on

00:29:03.139 --> 00:29:03.599
 your behalf.

00:29:03.839 --> 00:29:04.119
 God has

00:29:04.119 --> 00:29:04.480
 worked a

00:29:04.480 --> 00:29:05.079
 faith in

00:29:05.079 --> 00:29:05.359
 you that

00:29:05.359 --> 00:29:05.559
 you would

00:29:05.559 --> 00:29:06.000
 believe in

00:29:06.000 --> 00:29:06.659
 him and

00:29:06.659 --> 00:29:06.919
 he has

00:29:06.919 --> 00:29:07.459
 changed

00:29:07.459 --> 00:29:07.740
 you.

00:29:07.939 --> 00:29:08.259
 He's made

00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:08.779
 you a new

00:29:08.779 --> 00:29:09.319
 creation.

00:29:09.699 --> 00:29:09.980
 You are now

00:29:09.980 --> 00:29:10.639
 a citizen of

00:29:10.639 --> 00:29:11.199
 his kingdom,

00:29:11.559 --> 00:29:11.959
 no longer

00:29:11.959 --> 00:29:12.459
 his enemy,

00:29:12.460 --> 00:29:13.019
 but his

00:29:13.019 --> 00:29:13.380
 friend,

00:29:13.600 --> 00:29:14.180
 adopted as

00:29:14.180 --> 00:29:14.620
 a son,

00:29:14.940 --> 00:29:15.420
 redeemed,

00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:15.720
 you've been

00:29:15.720 --> 00:29:16.000
 bought with

00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:16.500
 a price.

00:29:16.980 --> 00:29:17.539
 That's either

00:29:17.539 --> 00:29:17.900
 true of

00:29:17.900 --> 00:29:19.180
 you or

00:29:19.180 --> 00:29:19.600
 it's not.

00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:21.559
 And at

00:29:21.559 --> 00:29:21.940
 this point,

00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:22.259
 this is the

00:29:22.259 --> 00:29:23.180
 case for

00:29:23.180 --> 00:29:23.660
 this man.

00:29:24.259 --> 00:29:24.740
 He had

00:29:24.740 --> 00:29:25.620
 the wisdom

00:29:25.620 --> 00:29:26.600
 to give a

00:29:26.600 --> 00:29:27.460
 wise answer,

00:29:27.920 --> 00:29:28.720
 but that

00:29:28.720 --> 00:29:29.519
 wasn't enough.

00:29:30.319 --> 00:29:30.740
 It wasn't

00:29:30.740 --> 00:29:31.079
 enough for

00:29:31.079 --> 00:29:31.640
 him just to

00:29:31.640 --> 00:29:32.220
 know the

00:29:32.220 --> 00:29:33.120
 truth and

00:29:33.120 --> 00:29:33.700
 give some

00:29:33.700 --> 00:29:34.279
 assent to

00:29:34.279 --> 00:29:34.500
 it in

00:29:34.500 --> 00:29:35.220
 his mind.

00:29:35.840 --> 00:29:36.120
 He had

00:29:36.120 --> 00:29:36.319
 to give

00:29:36.319 --> 00:29:37.059
 all of

00:29:37.059 --> 00:29:37.500
 himself,

00:29:38.559 --> 00:29:38.880
 pick up

00:29:38.880 --> 00:29:39.480
 his cross,

00:29:40.200 --> 00:29:41.160
 and follow

00:29:41.160 --> 00:29:42.340
 Jesus

00:29:42.340 --> 00:29:42.800
 Christ.

00:29:43.180 --> 00:29:43.740
 I hope

00:29:43.740 --> 00:29:44.200
 he did.

00:29:45.400 --> 00:29:45.759
 And I

00:29:45.759 --> 00:29:46.040
 hope that

00:29:46.040 --> 00:29:46.360
 all of

00:29:46.360 --> 00:29:46.660
 us in

00:29:46.660 --> 00:29:47.300
 this room

00:29:47.300 --> 00:29:48.420
 today are

00:29:48.420 --> 00:29:50.240
 doing the

00:29:50.240 --> 00:29:50.620
 same.

00:29:50.759 --> 00:29:51.460
 We must

00:29:51.460 --> 00:29:52.220
 enter the

00:29:52.220 --> 00:29:52.640
 kingdom of

00:29:52.640 --> 00:29:53.920
 God by

00:29:53.920 --> 00:29:54.759
 faith in

00:29:54.759 --> 00:29:55.340
 the completed

00:29:55.340 --> 00:29:55.820
 work of

00:29:55.820 --> 00:29:57.220
 Christ on

00:29:57.220 --> 00:29:57.820
 our behalf.

00:29:58.940 --> 00:29:59.820
 This man

00:29:59.820 --> 00:30:00.820
 recognizes that

00:30:00.820 --> 00:30:01.140
 it's an

00:30:01.140 --> 00:30:01.779
 internal issue.

00:30:02.000 --> 00:30:02.440
 That's to

00:30:02.440 --> 00:30:02.940
 his credit.

00:30:03.040 --> 00:30:03.580
 He gets

00:30:03.580 --> 00:30:04.220
 that it's an

00:30:04.220 --> 00:30:04.860
 internal issue

00:30:04.860 --> 00:30:05.600
 with his

00:30:05.600 --> 00:30:06.060
 mind.

00:30:06.600 --> 00:30:07.019
 He's yet to

00:30:07.019 --> 00:30:07.860
 be changed

00:30:07.860 --> 00:30:09.720
 internally.

00:30:11.160 --> 00:30:11.820
 We have

00:30:11.820 --> 00:30:12.460
 much to

00:30:12.460 --> 00:30:12.940
 praise God

00:30:12.940 --> 00:30:13.320
 for if

00:30:13.320 --> 00:30:13.620
 this is

00:30:13.620 --> 00:30:14.720
 true of

00:30:14.720 --> 00:30:15.140
 us.

00:30:16.000 --> 00:30:16.519
 Of all

00:30:16.519 --> 00:30:17.080
 the men

00:30:17.080 --> 00:30:18.660
 of Israel,

00:30:19.140 --> 00:30:19.860
 these scribes

00:30:19.860 --> 00:30:20.140
 should have

00:30:20.140 --> 00:30:21.259
 most understood,

00:30:21.900 --> 00:30:22.880
 most gotten

00:30:22.880 --> 00:30:23.820
 the scriptures.

00:30:24.360 --> 00:30:24.779
 They were

00:30:24.779 --> 00:30:25.640
 much smarter

00:30:25.640 --> 00:30:26.320
 than any

00:30:26.320 --> 00:30:26.940
 of us

00:30:26.940 --> 00:30:27.600
 in this

00:30:27.600 --> 00:30:27.940
 room.

00:30:29.259 --> 00:30:29.720
 But yet,

00:30:29.840 --> 00:30:30.259
 the truth

00:30:30.259 --> 00:30:30.640
 of God

00:30:30.640 --> 00:30:31.060
 had not

00:30:31.060 --> 00:30:31.680
 been revealed

00:30:31.680 --> 00:30:32.200
 to them.

00:30:32.680 --> 00:30:33.340
 Praise God

00:30:33.340 --> 00:30:33.640
 that he's

00:30:33.640 --> 00:30:34.120
 revealed his

00:30:34.120 --> 00:30:34.540
 truth to

00:30:34.540 --> 00:30:35.440
 simple minds

00:30:35.440 --> 00:30:36.620
 like mine.

00:30:37.400 --> 00:30:37.759
 That he

00:30:37.759 --> 00:30:38.700
 has rent

00:30:38.700 --> 00:30:39.300
 my heart.

00:30:39.500 --> 00:30:39.779
 He has

00:30:39.779 --> 00:30:40.600
 changed it.

00:30:41.160 --> 00:30:42.140
 From an

00:30:42.140 --> 00:30:42.720
 old heart.

00:30:42.860 --> 00:30:43.740
 A stony

00:30:43.740 --> 00:30:44.100
 heart.

00:30:44.180 --> 00:30:44.759
 A heart

00:30:44.759 --> 00:30:45.019
 that was

00:30:45.019 --> 00:30:45.720
 bent against

00:30:45.720 --> 00:30:46.380
 him and

00:30:46.380 --> 00:30:47.440
 set it in

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 his direction.

00:30:48.740 --> 00:30:49.120
 We have

00:30:49.120 --> 00:30:49.600
 much to

00:30:49.600 --> 00:30:49.940
 praise him

00:30:49.940 --> 00:30:50.160
 for.

00:30:51.040 --> 00:30:51.420
 If you

00:30:51.420 --> 00:30:51.920
 are not

00:30:51.920 --> 00:30:52.640
 found in

00:30:52.640 --> 00:30:53.100
 Christ,

00:30:53.279 --> 00:30:53.660
 if you

00:30:53.660 --> 00:30:54.680
 find yourself

00:30:54.680 --> 00:30:55.440
 relating to

00:30:55.440 --> 00:30:57.040
 these Pharisees

00:30:57.040 --> 00:30:57.800
 and Sadducees,

00:30:57.920 --> 00:30:58.240
 to these

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 scribes,

00:30:58.860 --> 00:30:59.259
 trying to

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 figure out

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 what are

00:31:00.360 --> 00:31:00.900
 the weightier

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 matters,

00:31:01.800 --> 00:31:02.279
 what things

00:31:02.279 --> 00:31:02.580
 must I

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 make sure

00:31:03.080 --> 00:31:03.500
 I'm doing

00:31:03.500 --> 00:31:04.080
 well to

00:31:04.080 --> 00:31:04.560
 earn favor

00:31:04.560 --> 00:31:05.220
 with God,

00:31:06.140 --> 00:31:06.440
 then I

00:31:06.440 --> 00:31:06.800
 would ask

00:31:06.800 --> 00:31:07.040
 that you

00:31:07.040 --> 00:31:07.820
 recognize

00:31:07.820 --> 00:31:08.820
 that nothing,

00:31:08.819 --> 00:31:11.299
 nothing earns

00:31:11.299 --> 00:31:11.639
 you favor

00:31:11.639 --> 00:31:12.079
 with God

00:31:12.079 --> 00:31:12.879
 except the

00:31:12.879 --> 00:31:13.960
 completed work

00:31:13.960 --> 00:31:14.759
 of Christ

00:31:14.759 --> 00:31:15.960
 on your

00:31:15.960 --> 00:31:16.419
 behalf.

00:31:16.839 --> 00:31:17.220
 He took

00:31:17.220 --> 00:31:18.079
 your place

00:31:18.079 --> 00:31:18.919
 on the

00:31:18.919 --> 00:31:19.259
 cross.

00:31:19.379 --> 00:31:19.679
 The song

00:31:19.679 --> 00:31:20.299
 Mercy that

00:31:20.299 --> 00:31:20.939
 Wes sang

00:31:20.939 --> 00:31:21.879
 was about

00:31:21.879 --> 00:31:22.359
 that.

00:31:22.859 --> 00:31:23.460
 He hung

00:31:23.460 --> 00:31:24.099
 on your

00:31:24.099 --> 00:31:24.779
 tree,

00:31:25.279 --> 00:31:26.659
 on your

00:31:26.659 --> 00:31:27.179
 behalf,

00:31:27.679 --> 00:31:28.079
 took the

00:31:28.079 --> 00:31:28.500
 wrath of

00:31:28.500 --> 00:31:28.879
 God for

00:31:28.879 --> 00:31:29.419
 your sin.

00:31:29.500 --> 00:31:29.879
 Those things

00:31:29.879 --> 00:31:30.399
 you've done,

00:31:30.500 --> 00:31:30.799
 those things

00:31:30.799 --> 00:31:31.299
 you're doing

00:31:31.299 --> 00:31:32.099
 even now,

00:31:32.339 --> 00:31:32.679
 and those

00:31:32.679 --> 00:31:33.119
 things you

00:31:33.119 --> 00:31:33.720
 will do,

00:31:33.799 --> 00:31:34.379
 this completed

00:31:34.380 --> 00:31:34.720
 work,

00:31:35.000 --> 00:31:35.560
 it is

00:31:35.560 --> 00:31:36.440
 finished.

00:31:37.100 --> 00:31:37.240
 If you

00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:37.480
 would just

00:31:37.480 --> 00:31:38.820
 believe in

00:31:38.820 --> 00:31:39.040
 Him.

00:31:39.900 --> 00:31:40.300
 Let's pray

00:31:40.300 --> 00:31:40.580
 together.