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 Father, we confess before you that we are very good at seeing specks in other people's eyes

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 and not very good at seeing logs in our own eyes.

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 We confess before you that we are very good at flattering ourselves

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 too much to detect or hate our own sin.

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 And we are also very good at hanging on to the sins of others.

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 And Father, we confess before you as well that we can say this before you,

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 but it's hard for us to recognize it when we're doing it.

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 Lord, as we come to gather around your word,

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 we ask that the Holy Spirit would move with might and power and deep conviction within each one of our hearts.

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 Bring your word home to us.

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 Deliver us from self-deception that we might no longer be deceived,

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 but know the truth about you and about ourselves and about the world,

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 and that we might live in truth and freedom to bring you glory.

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 And we ask this in the name of Jesus, your Son and our Savior.

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 Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 Is it me or is my thing too close or is it just my...

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 Everything's fine?

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 Just my hearing which is going or something?

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 Okay, well that's fine.

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 There's all sorts of things breaking on me.

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 So if hearing is just one more thing, that's just...

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 That's life.

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 Long...

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 Oh, I better turn on my timer.

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 A long time ago, long, long, long time ago, I was actually...

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 I was in graduate school for sociology, and sort of the area that I was best at,

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 I took four graduate-level courses in statistics,

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 and so I got hired by a couple of professors at the university to help them.

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 They weren't as good with the statistical aspect of it, the statistical analysis of it,

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 and so they hired me to help them because they were working on a project.

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 And part of the project was about comparing government transfer payments

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 or government programs where the government either adjusts taxes or gives you money

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 and how that affected income inequality.

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 And they didn't just want to have a sense about how that was going on in Canada.

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 They wanted to compare Canada to other advanced capitalist societies like Canada.

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 So, you know, Sweden and Norway and the United States and Great Britain and France and Japan,

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 a variety of different countries were all in this,

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 and I was doing the statistical, helping them with the statistical analysis.

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 So we do the first run through the statistical analysis,

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 and lo and behold, when we start to compare the different nations,

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 the United States was in about the middle.

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 And now I'm telling you that because I found this profoundly disappointing and upsetting

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 because going into it, I was convinced that the United States would be the worst

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 because everybody knows that the United States, the American government,

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 hates poor people, doesn't care about them, doesn't give them medical help,

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 you know, and on and on and on.

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 And that's just where I...

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 So we do the first run through the statistics,

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 and it comes out the United States is about the middle.

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 And I think that can't be right.

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 That has to be wrong.

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 So, you know, I'm clever enough with that type of stuff,

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 and I, you know, I adjust some variables,

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 and I look at different things,

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 and I go deep diving into some of the other data, etc.

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 We rerun things after making some adjustments,

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 and lo and behold, the United States is about the middle, not the bottom.

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 Not even close to the bottom, about the middle.

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 So I have a discussion with the professors.

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 We also say there's something must be not quite right about this data,

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 and we have a bit of a discussion.

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 I do some more models and everything.

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 And at the end of it, the United States was about the middle.

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 By the way, this isn't... I'm not leading up to a joke.

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 I'm leading up to a confession.

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 Because of this, I was just thinking, I'm going to tell you this story.

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 It's about like I'm going to tell you a joke.

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 But no, no, I'm not... I come up with a confession.

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 So it's still in the middle, and I'm convinced that this just can't be right

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 because everybody knows that the American political system and cultural system

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 isn't good for the poor.

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 And I'm just, you know, puzzled about it.

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 Anyway, I'm a Christian, and the next day I'm doing my morning devotions.

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 I'm reading my Bible and I'm praying.

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 Now, if I was a charismatic, I'd tell you that God spoke to me.

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 But because I'm not a charismatic, I don't know what exactly I would say to you

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 because probably the charismatics are right.

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 But it was almost as if there was a visible voice, almost like not a visible voice.

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 That would be weird.

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 An audible voice that came to me that said,

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 George, you hate Americans.

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 Now, me being a very devout Christian, as soon as I have this sense

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 that God is almost speaking to me saying, George, you hate Americans,

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 being a very devout Christian, I immediately argue with God.

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 In other words, I tell him that's not true.

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 I don't hate Americans.

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 I'm, you know, I'm all for justice.

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 I'm all for equality.

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 And I start to think of all these reasons why that can't possibly be true.

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 But it was that sense that continued to be there.

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 And I realized I hate Americans.

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 It was very upsetting to realize that for who knows how many years in my life,

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 I'd carried around this prejudice against Americans.

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 I mean, good grief, they'd never done anything against me even once.

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 Only a few times I'd ever been to the United States.

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 It was really, it was nice.

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 I went to Cape Cod, you know, old Orchard Beach.

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 And here I am, I'm prejudiced.

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 And that's what was happening with my study, is I wasn't actually interested in the truth.

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 I wanted to do whatever I could to find them bad.

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 Now, I share this because what I'm describing is a human problem.

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 And the Bible text that we're going to look at today addresses this human problem in a very,

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 very interesting way.

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 So it would be a great help to me if you would open up your Bibles and turn to Mark chapter 3,

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 verse 1 to 19.

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 And let's look at these stories, especially the first one, but all three of them,

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 as it speaks to this human problem of unrecognized prejudice or unrecognized hatred,

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 or in fact what the Bible is going to call hardness of heart.

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 And here's how it goes.

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 Now, just sort of pause here for a second.

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 So they've gone to the synagogue on the Sabbath.

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 So Jesus has gone there to worship.

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 He's gone there to, in theory, that's why everybody has gone there.

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 They've gone to be in God's presence, to hear the Torah, the Tanakh read, to hear it explained,

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 to sing praises to God, to confess their sins, just to be in God's presence.

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 That's what they've gone to do.

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 But actually, for some of the people who are there, they've gone to accuse Jesus.

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 And the word accuse here is from the legal word.

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 They go to find evidence to find him guilty.

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 They don't go to find evidence to try to figure out who he is and what he's doing.

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 They have only one purpose, which is to find evidence that will get him in trouble.

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 And obviously, it's not trouble with the law in the sense of Rome.

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 Rome couldn't care less what happens in the synagogue.

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 But in terms of, you know, while Rome obviously had a huge intrusive presence,

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 most of their daily life was ruled by the Jewish community.

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 And that's the community that they wanted to get Jesus in trouble with.

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 And what we see here, that here we are, they're all gathered in theory to worship,

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 but inwardly, some of them are actually only there to get Jesus in trouble,

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 is a very, very profoundly human problem.

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 If you think about it, how many churches in Alabama would have people singing

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 how great thou art with their lips, but in their minds,

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 they're planning the lynching after the church service.

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 Or that night.

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 They're in church, hearing the Bible, singing God's praises,

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 but really what's going on inside of them is planning the lynching.

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 We're very familiar, unfortunately, that some people, some Muslims, go to a mosque,

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 and in the midst of their prayers, they're planning a terrorist attack.

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 It's not reported as much, but people can be in a Hindu temple in India,

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 and they're planning some type of anti-Christian or anti-Muslim action

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 later on that day or that week.

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 Or to make it more secular, they're gathered for a rally to protect the pipelines

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 and to protect the environment, but they urge the bombing of pipelines.

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 Oh, sorry, that one got cut out, didn't it, by the press?

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 But, you know, it's an even deeper problem than that.

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 It's easy to, and that's why I added the last one about the environment issue,

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 because it's easy to say, yeah, yeah, that's the problem with religion,

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 that's the problem, oh, one moment, that's the problem with caring for the environment.

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 But it's also a deeper problem than that.

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 There's something about this which is very, very human,

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 a deep human problem in another aspect.

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 How many people have thought, how many couples have thought

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 they're going to have a very, very pleasant romantic moment with the other person,

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 and one of you is having a very romantic moment,

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 but you can tell that the other person is, who knows,

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 maybe they're even thinking about another woman or a man,

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 maybe they're thinking about what they should do at work,

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 or how much they hate their mother, or something that they want to do, or sports.

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 How many couples have had a conversation to discuss very, very deep issues,

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 and at some point in time the woman realizes that the man is actually watching the television

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 whenever she takes her eyes off of him, because he's watching the football game.

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 How many times have all of us dealt with people who are very nice to our face,

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 but you know that inwardly, you find out later on,

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 that they were very, very, very, very nice to your face,

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 but they were actually thinking about how to ruin you.

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 You see, on one level, the Bible is the most profound critique of religion all the time,

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 but if we just think of it as purely a critique of religion,

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 we're going to miss the fact, you see, that what happens is that religion doesn't solve the problem

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 of the hardness of our heart.

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 As you think about these other times where you should be here for one purpose,

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 a good purpose, like applauding or rewarding a good employee or a good boss,

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 or you should be here for a romantic moment or for a good conversation,

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 or to be concerned about the environment,

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 but actually at the same time, underneath all of that, what's going on beneath the words

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 is plans that go completely and utterly against the good purpose of the gathering.

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 So what will Jesus do?

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 What is the insight that Jesus begins to give to this human problem,

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 not just a religious problem?

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 Well, let's continue reading.

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 Verse 3.

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 And Jesus said to the man with the withered hand,

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 Come here.

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 And Jesus said to them,

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 Now he's talking to the room,

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 but he's not just talking to some of the people who don't know what's going on.

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 They're actually just there to hear the Torah read and to sing God's praises.

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 But he, Jesus talks to those that there's this other thing going on in their hearts and their minds.

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 Verse 4.

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 He says,

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 Is it lawful?

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 And really when it says here lawful,

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 we should really replace,

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 I mean, lawful is the right word,

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 but he's not talking about Roman law.

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 He's talking about biblical.

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 He's talking,

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 Is it biblical?

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 Is it biblical on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm,

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 to save life or to kill?

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 But they were silent.

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 And Jesus looked around at them with anger,

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 grieved.

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 Notice this again.

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 I'll read again verse 5.

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 He looked around at them with anger,

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 grieved at their hardness of heart.

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 And he said to the man,

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 Stretch out your hand.

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 And the man stretched it out,

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 and his hand was restored.

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 The Pharisees went out and immediately held counsel with the Herodians against him,

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 how to destroy Jesus.

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 What is hardness of heart?

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 Well, hardness of heart is being closed off.

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 Closed off from good things,

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 because you're closed off from good things to pursue your own ego,

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 to pursue your own pride,

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 to pursue your own prejudice,

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 to pursue your own racism,

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 to pursue your greed,

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 to pursue your lust,

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 your envy.

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 You're closed off.

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 You're closed off from the kids that are right with you,

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 having a family time,

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 because even though you're with your children,

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 for family time,

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 in your mind,

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 you're raging about your dad,

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 or you're raging about your boss,

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 or you're

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 consumed with how you can get that promotion,

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 or to make more money.

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 Hardness of heart is being closed off from good things,

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 like intimacy and justice and love and truth,

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 to be fixated on those wrong things

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 that are grasping the heart.

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 And in our culture,

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 echo chambers are hardness of heart

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 magnified by social media and the press.

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 Because when in doubt,

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 you can always go to your favorite Twitter feed,

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 or your Instagram feed,

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 or your TikTok feed,

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 or your YouTube channel,

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 and you can fuel the hardness of your heart

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 with many,

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 many other people.

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 And part of the thing about the hardness of the heart

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 is that not only does it close you off

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 to the things like truth,

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 and justice,

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 and love,

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 and compassion,

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 and intimacy,

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 but it makes you self-righteous.

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 I mean,

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 those Pharisees in this particular story,

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 they leave feeling virtuous.

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 Let me tell you about myself.

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 I felt very virtuous about my anti-Americanism.

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 I wouldn't have said I was anti-American.

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 I would have said I was prophetic.

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 I would say that,

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 unlike all these other benighted Christians,

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 I was reading the book of Amos.

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 I was reading the book of Micah.

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 I was reading Isaiah.

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 I was listening to Jesus,

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 and all these other people,

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 completely and utterly opposed

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 to this society,

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 not opposed to this society to the south of me.

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 They're the ones who are living in illusion.

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 They're the ones who have their eyes closed.

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 I'm the one consumed with justice.

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 I'm the one concerned for the poor,

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 not recognizing that what I had

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 was a great self-deception

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 and self-blindness.

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 My hardness of heart

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 made me more self-righteous,

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 more claiming a higher purpose.

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 And part of the hardness of the heart

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 is shown here so powerfully

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 just in this simple little story.

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 I mean, you think about it for a second.

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 If Shane had the ability,

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 God gave him the healing ability

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 that you could come to him,

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 and he would pray for you,

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 and you have an arm which is bent,

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 somehow or another deformed,

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 and because it's deformed

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 and connected with the deformity,

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 I mean, I have skinny little wrists.

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 I should have got a picture up there

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 of the rock,

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 his wrist or something like that,

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 but, you know,

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 some skinny little wrist

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 that's just basically like two twigs,

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 and there's no flesh to it whatsoever.

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 And could you just imagine

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 that you're in a room,

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 like you come here to worship the God

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 who's the creator and sustainer

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 of all of all things,

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 and Jesus is there,

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 and he performs a miracle,

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 and you all know going in,

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 because it's a small community.

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 Everybody knew Joseph or whatever his name.

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 They don't tell you his name.

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 I'm just picking a good Jewish name,

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 Joseph.

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 They all knew Joseph.

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 They all knew that his arm was bent and twisted,

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 that his hand would hardly work at all,

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 and that there was absolutely no flesh there,

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 and when he takes his arm out,

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 good grief,

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 the bones are straight,

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 and there's muscle.

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 It would be as if all of a sudden

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 Shane prayed,

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 and my wrist looks like the rock's wrist,

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 not like the wrist I'm stuck with.

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 If Shane could do that,

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 he could pay a thousand dollars.

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 People would pay thousands of dollars to watch it,

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 and they're right there in the room,

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 and that happens.

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 In good grief,

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 you'd think that they'd go,

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 whoa, maybe I'm wrong about Jesus.

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 Like, whoa.

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 What's happening?

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 Like, who is he?

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 How could that happen?

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 Like, that's mind-blowing

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 to see something like that.

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 And yet,

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 all they get as a result of that remarkable miracle

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 is a deeper desire to destroy Jesus.

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 You have a perfect picture of the hardness of the human heart.

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 In fact, actually, it's even worse,

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 because you see,

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 normally the Herodians and the Pharisees were,

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 in a sense, enemies.

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 Herod wasn't Jewish.

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 The Pharisees were all about having the Jewish people

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 follow the Jewish laws and the Jewish rules

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 so that God would bless them.

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 And Herod wasn't even Jewish.

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 And Herodians were basically Herod's cheering section.

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 They were his spin doctors,

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 his public proponents,

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 the ones that said that,

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 yea, Herod, yea, Herod, yea, Herod,

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 Herod forever, Herod forever.

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 And normally the Pharisees and the Herodians,

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 and the Herodians didn't care a hoot about keeping the law,

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 but what unites them is their dislike of Jesus.

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 And that's what often happens with hardness of heart,

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 is before we know it,

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 we're eating bread,

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 and we're fellowshipping with other people

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 who share our hardness of heart.

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 Not a concern for truth,

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 not a concern for justice,

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 not a concern for the poor,

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 not a concern for the oppressed,

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 but they share our hardness of heart.

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 And all of a sudden,

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 they look like we should be spending time together,

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 and they never even stop to think about it.

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 Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, moment.

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 I just saw a guy in the midst of worshipping God

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 do this remarkable miracle,

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 and here I am filled with anger,

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 hanging out with people I don't even agree with.

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 What's wrong with me?

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 And they can't see it.

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 They can't see it.

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 Now, there's other things.

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 I know I have to move on,

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 but there's other things about this story

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 which is just really incredible,

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 if you think about it for a second.

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 So one of the things,

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 as we go on through Mark's Gospel,

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 and as you read the other Gospels,

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 one of the things that's very obvious

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 about these ancient biographies of Jesus

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 is the disciples did not think

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 that Jesus would die upon the cross.

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 Like, that's very, very obvious.

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 It's one of the reasons why the historical record

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 is actually in the direction,

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 favors the belief that Jesus really, really would rise from the dead,

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 because nobody who knew him actually thought he'd die,

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 and when he did die,

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 they were completely and utterly defeated,

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 so they definitely didn't think that Jesus could ever die,

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 and that if he did die, he'd rise from the dead.

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 They didn't think that at all.

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 It wasn't part of how they understood the world.

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 But if you think about it for a second,

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 if Jesus could build muscle and straighten bones,

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 he's like Deadpool without all the foul language and jokes.

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 He's like Wolverine,

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 those of you who know the Marvel Universe.

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 He's like those guys.

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 And if you think about it for a second,

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 if he's able to take a bone that's all bent and make it straight,

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 and if he's able to take an arm with no muscle

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 and all of a sudden give it muscle and make the things work,

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 then he can break legs.

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 Like how could the soldier have ever hammered the nails

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 into the hands and feet of Jesus

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 if Jesus by the mere thought could break the soldier's hand

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 and the next soldier's hand

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 and the next soldier's hand

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 until they all gave up?

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 You see, this is one of the things,

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 as you're gripped with these stories about what Jesus does,

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 it's one of the reasons why you can understand

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 that that very old Christian saying

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 that it was not the nails that held Jesus to the cross

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 but his love for you that held him to the cross,

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 that that must be true.

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 That's the only explanation

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 as to why he could actually die on a cross.

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 He could just have had those nails,

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 but he could have just did it as a big joke.

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 Yeah, yeah, hang me up,

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 and the next thing you know,

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 the nails all just go out,

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 his heels are going to his hand.

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 He could have done that.

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 It was his love that held him to the cross,

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 and it was his love that held him to the cross

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 for the heart of heart.

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 Some people get bothered by the fact that Jesus is angry.

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 In fact, I've talked to people who say

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 that stories like this show the superiority of Buddha

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 because Buddha, of course,

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 would have taught us methods and techniques

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 to not be angry.

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 Now, I'll share in a moment

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 why anger is very problematic for us as human beings,

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 but if you think about it for a second,

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 people can be very, very, very anger-driven,

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 and that's one of the reasons why anger is very...

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 Anger is a very, very, very difficult...

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 Anger is a very, very difficult emotion

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 and reaction to the world.

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 But think about it for a second.

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 If you've ever seen some of the film clips

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 of what Martin Luther King went through

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 in the 1960s,

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 if you've seen him lead some of his peaceful marches,

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 only to have him and his followers

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 be struck down with water hoses

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 and attacked by white police officers

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 with big sticks

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 and see him and his followers bludgeoned

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 because they just wanted the end of racism and segregation,

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 you would not think that the person in Alabama

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 who was unmoved by that was morally superior.

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 You would say,

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 how could any person not look at this

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 and say this is deeply wrong?

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 How could they not look at this and see anger?

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 How could they...

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 Like, to show no anger at that

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 is not a sign of moral superiority.

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 It's a sign of something broken in you.

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 And the problem with anger is

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 I might be feeling depressed about getting older.

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 I might be feeling depressed about something about my finances.

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 I might be feeling depressed

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 because I'm not getting the promotion I want

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 or the job isn't going the way I want

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 or I don't have this or I don't have that.

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 But then I get angry.

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 And when I get angry,

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 those things that are making me depressed,

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 they go away, they fly away,

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 and I have this anger

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 which I can ride.

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 And anger makes me tower over the others.

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 It makes me feel like a god.

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 It overwhelms my feelings of inadequacy,

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 my depression, my shame

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 with this anger.

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 And I can be convinced that I am right.

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 And that is why anger is such a hard thing for human beings.

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 To not experience anger

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 at things which are truly wrong

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 and unjust and unloving

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 is a problem.

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 But it is too hard for us

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 with our anger

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 to just be angry in a way

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 that reflects our justice,

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 a sense of justice and love and compassion

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 and what is good and right in the world

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 without it quickly turning into something

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 which is in fact very, very bad for us

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 and very wrong.

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 But what we see in Jesus

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 is we do not see an anger-driven man.

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 In fact, we see the exact opposite.

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 You see, because anger,

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 before it goes off the rails,

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 before we start choosing anger

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 and nurturing anger

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 and becoming more and more

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 and more and more and more angry

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 and more and more self-righteous

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 and more and more in our high horse.

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 But when we begin that little opening moment

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 of the proper anger,

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 of a great injustice,

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 a great cruelty which is done

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 and we realize that it's unjust,

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 it's unloving,

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 it's not good,

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 it's not compassionate

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 and we recognize that

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 and part of the recognition is anger.

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 Just saying it that way,

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 you see that it's connected to justice,

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 it's connected to love.

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 And so what we see here in this story,

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 because it's setting up the end of the story,

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 by setting up the end of the story,

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 we see that Jesus says,

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 how can you be here singing

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 how great thou art with your lips,

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 but in your hearts you're trying to kill me?

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 That just saddens me

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 and it makes me angry at the injustice.

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 But because it emerges out of love

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 and a concern for justice,

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 it does not lead him

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 to obliterating his enemies,

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 but to dying on the cross

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 for the heart of heart.

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 You see here the complete

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 and utter opposite

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 of anger driven.

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 But as he is connected to that

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 which is good and just

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 and right and compassionate,

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 it realizes

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 that you and I

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 cannot fix the hardness

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 of our hearts by ourselves,

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 so we need a savior.

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 We do not need the Buddha

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 to teach us how to not be angry.

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 We need to recognize

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 that we have a problem

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 and we need a savior.

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 The next story is going to show us

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 just to start to wind this down.

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 The next story is going to show us,

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 in fact,

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 the next two stories

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 are going to show us

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 the hope that we have,

00:27:37.599 --> 00:27:38.420
 but also the fear,

00:27:38.620 --> 00:27:40.200
 the temptation that we have,

00:27:40.259 --> 00:27:41.099
 the fear that we have

00:27:41.099 --> 00:27:41.640
 and the hope

00:27:41.640 --> 00:27:43.880
 that actually Jesus provides us.

00:27:43.960 --> 00:27:45.640
 Let's look at verse 7

00:27:45.640 --> 00:27:47.200
 and we begin to see here in this

00:27:47.200 --> 00:27:49.019
 a bad temptation

00:27:49.019 --> 00:27:50.460
 and a deep fear

00:27:50.460 --> 00:27:53.000
 and it's the final story

00:27:53.000 --> 00:27:54.000
 that points us

00:27:54.000 --> 00:27:54.960
 in the direction of hope.

00:27:55.079 --> 00:27:55.859
 Look at verse 7.

00:27:55.859 --> 00:27:58.199
 Jesus withdrew with his disciples

00:27:58.199 --> 00:27:58.819
 to the sea

00:27:58.819 --> 00:27:59.639
 and a great crowd

00:27:59.639 --> 00:28:00.240
 followed him

00:28:00.240 --> 00:28:01.619
 from Galilee and Judea

00:28:01.619 --> 00:28:03.500
 and Jerusalem and Edomia

00:28:03.500 --> 00:28:04.839
 and from beyond the Jordan

00:28:04.839 --> 00:28:07.139
 and from around Tyre and Sidon.

00:28:07.979 --> 00:28:09.139
 Just sort of pause there.

00:28:09.519 --> 00:28:10.339
 What this is showing

00:28:10.339 --> 00:28:11.919
 is that Jesus' fame

00:28:11.919 --> 00:28:15.159
 is expanding very, very far

00:28:15.159 --> 00:28:16.099
 and it's going both

00:28:16.099 --> 00:28:18.159
 to areas which are basically

00:28:18.159 --> 00:28:20.419
 almost like 98% Jewish

00:28:20.419 --> 00:28:22.079
 to areas that are sort of like

00:28:22.079 --> 00:28:23.639
 50-50 Jewish Christian

00:28:23.640 --> 00:28:25.240
 and Jewish pagan

00:28:25.240 --> 00:28:26.900
 and even to areas

00:28:26.900 --> 00:28:28.020
 where there would have been

00:28:28.020 --> 00:28:28.980
 very few Jewish people

00:28:28.980 --> 00:28:30.660
 that was overwhelmingly pagan

00:28:30.660 --> 00:28:32.780
 and his fame is expanding

00:28:32.780 --> 00:28:35.480
 in this large area.

00:28:36.620 --> 00:28:37.860
 Continuing on in verse 8,

00:28:37.920 --> 00:28:38.940
 when the great crowd heard

00:28:38.940 --> 00:28:39.720
 all that he was doing,

00:28:39.800 --> 00:28:40.660
 they came to him

00:28:40.660 --> 00:28:42.460
 and he told his disciples

00:28:42.460 --> 00:28:43.800
 to have a boat ready for him

00:28:43.800 --> 00:28:44.820
 because of the crowd

00:28:44.820 --> 00:28:46.120
 lest they crush him

00:28:46.120 --> 00:28:47.880
 for he had healed many

00:28:47.880 --> 00:28:49.560
 so that all who had diseases

00:28:49.560 --> 00:28:50.560
 pressed around him

00:28:50.560 --> 00:28:51.220
 to touch him.

00:28:51.220 --> 00:28:54.019
 Now, in the original language,

00:28:54.200 --> 00:28:55.960
 there's a sense to all of this

00:28:55.960 --> 00:28:57.220
 that it can't really be

00:28:57.220 --> 00:28:58.660
 communicated into English

00:28:58.660 --> 00:29:00.600
 and in that original sense

00:29:00.600 --> 00:29:01.279
 which is there

00:29:01.279 --> 00:29:02.240
 is that this is actually

00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:03.579
 a bit of a threat to Jesus.

00:29:04.600 --> 00:29:06.220
 The crushing him is a threat.

00:29:07.400 --> 00:29:08.980
 The pressing in on him

00:29:08.980 --> 00:29:10.559
 is a type of grasping.

00:29:11.700 --> 00:29:13.000
 You see, what they want

00:29:13.000 --> 00:29:14.259
 is in a sense

00:29:14.259 --> 00:29:15.380
 that part of the heart

00:29:15.380 --> 00:29:16.600
 which is still hard,

00:29:17.279 --> 00:29:18.299
 it's not there's so much

00:29:18.299 --> 00:29:19.279
 a hardness of a heart,

00:29:19.279 --> 00:29:20.039
 but there's still

00:29:20.039 --> 00:29:21.639
 at the connect of the heart

00:29:21.639 --> 00:29:22.359
 this pride

00:29:22.359 --> 00:29:23.240
 and this desire,

00:29:23.480 --> 00:29:25.319
 this, you know what it is?

00:29:25.519 --> 00:29:26.940
 It's a gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme,

00:29:27.079 --> 00:29:27.839
 gimme, gimme, gimme.

00:29:29.039 --> 00:29:31.399
 It's not praise you, Jesus,

00:29:31.839 --> 00:29:32.420
 take me.

00:29:33.019 --> 00:29:35.740
 It's not falling flat

00:29:35.740 --> 00:29:36.539
 on the face

00:29:36.539 --> 00:29:38.259
 in acknowledgement

00:29:38.259 --> 00:29:40.019
 of one who is greater than us.

00:29:41.059 --> 00:29:42.500
 The temptation is to see

00:29:42.500 --> 00:29:44.240
 the Jesus and the power of Jesus

00:29:44.240 --> 00:29:45.200
 and go like this.

00:29:45.420 --> 00:29:46.099
 Gimme, gimme, gimme.

00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:47.220
 Gimme, gimme, gimme.

00:29:47.940 --> 00:29:48.119
 Gimme.

00:29:48.119 --> 00:29:48.239
 Gimme.

00:29:51.399 --> 00:29:53.639
 Not even go in here

00:29:53.639 --> 00:29:54.839
 and take out my wallet

00:29:54.839 --> 00:29:56.819
 and give for the kingdom.

00:29:57.699 --> 00:29:58.719
 But gimme, gimme, gimme

00:29:58.719 --> 00:29:59.919
 so I can put it in my pocket

00:29:59.919 --> 00:30:00.919
 and my power can grow.

00:30:01.000 --> 00:30:02.059
 I can tell stories.

00:30:02.779 --> 00:30:04.959
 People will buy me wine

00:30:04.959 --> 00:30:06.000
 for decades

00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:07.079
 when I tell them

00:30:07.079 --> 00:30:08.979
 the stories I saw about Jesus.

00:30:15.579 --> 00:30:16.659
 And here's the fear.

00:30:16.659 --> 00:30:17.579
 Look at verse 11.

00:30:18.119 --> 00:30:20.239
 And whenever the unclean spirits

00:30:20.239 --> 00:30:21.319
 saw him,

00:30:21.959 --> 00:30:23.439
 they fell down before him

00:30:23.439 --> 00:30:24.119
 and cried out,

00:30:24.239 --> 00:30:25.159
 you are the son of God.

00:30:25.199 --> 00:30:26.419
 And he strictly ordered them

00:30:26.419 --> 00:30:27.259
 not to make him known.

00:30:27.419 --> 00:30:28.219
 Verse 11 again.

00:30:29.179 --> 00:30:31.179
 This verse is very,

00:30:31.239 --> 00:30:32.139
 very, very literal.

00:30:33.139 --> 00:30:34.599
 Sometimes the very literal

00:30:34.599 --> 00:30:35.759
 can confuse us.

00:30:35.759 --> 00:30:38.839
 I use the ESV when I'm preaching

00:30:38.839 --> 00:30:40.019
 because it's closest

00:30:40.019 --> 00:30:41.500
 to the most literal translation

00:30:41.500 --> 00:30:43.140
 that one of the most literal translations

00:30:43.140 --> 00:30:43.759
 you can get.

00:30:44.460 --> 00:30:46.319
 But what it's describing

00:30:46.319 --> 00:30:47.799
 is that human beings

00:30:47.799 --> 00:30:48.759
 have been possessed

00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:50.220
 by a demon.

00:30:52.420 --> 00:30:53.559
 For those of you

00:30:53.559 --> 00:30:54.740
 who are in the Marvel,

00:30:54.879 --> 00:30:55.920
 I think it's the Marvel Universe,

00:30:56.099 --> 00:30:56.799
 think of Venom

00:30:56.799 --> 00:31:02.119
 that's taken over Tom Hardy.

00:31:02.119 --> 00:31:04.059
 only once again

00:31:04.059 --> 00:31:04.859
 without the jokes.

00:31:06.819 --> 00:31:09.279
 And these men and women

00:31:09.279 --> 00:31:10.500
 who are demonized,

00:31:10.839 --> 00:31:11.679
 who a demon

00:31:11.679 --> 00:31:12.679
 or demons

00:31:12.679 --> 00:31:13.539
 have come into them

00:31:13.539 --> 00:31:14.519
 and controlled him,

00:31:14.679 --> 00:31:15.699
 control them now,

00:31:16.239 --> 00:31:17.939
 the spirits see Jesus

00:31:17.939 --> 00:31:21.019
 and they throw their host down

00:31:21.019 --> 00:31:22.659
 and have the host

00:31:22.659 --> 00:31:23.500
 cry out,

00:31:23.579 --> 00:31:24.619
 you are the son of God.

00:31:24.619 --> 00:31:27.299
 And Jesus strictly ordered them

00:31:27.299 --> 00:31:28.139
 not to make him known

00:31:28.139 --> 00:31:29.599
 because he doesn't need demons.

00:31:29.859 --> 00:31:31.419
 Even if demons say true things

00:31:31.419 --> 00:31:31.939
 about Jesus,

00:31:32.079 --> 00:31:32.959
 they'll do it in a way

00:31:32.959 --> 00:31:35.519
 that after just this one brief word,

00:31:35.619 --> 00:31:37.039
 it will be a lie,

00:31:37.099 --> 00:31:37.739
 it will hurt,

00:31:37.739 --> 00:31:40.519
 it will lead you away.

00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:43.839
 You don't get the testimony of demons.

00:31:44.599 --> 00:31:45.739
 But here's the fear.

00:31:47.500 --> 00:31:47.839
 Remember,

00:31:48.039 --> 00:31:50.699
 I don't recognize the hardness of my heart

00:31:50.699 --> 00:31:52.679
 and part of what happens for me

00:31:52.680 --> 00:31:56.039
 is that there's this natural part

00:31:56.039 --> 00:31:56.779
 of human beings

00:31:56.779 --> 00:31:57.580
 that have a fear

00:31:57.580 --> 00:31:58.779
 about letting Jesus,

00:31:59.380 --> 00:32:01.019
 letting the true God in.

00:32:01.539 --> 00:32:01.720
 Like,

00:32:01.779 --> 00:32:02.940
 part of us don't want

00:32:02.940 --> 00:32:04.640
 to lose our self-deception

00:32:04.640 --> 00:32:05.940
 because if we lose

00:32:05.940 --> 00:32:06.920
 our self-deception

00:32:06.920 --> 00:32:08.920
 and we actually see the world

00:32:08.920 --> 00:32:09.900
 as it really is,

00:32:10.279 --> 00:32:11.960
 as we see the triune God

00:32:11.960 --> 00:32:12.940
 as he really is,

00:32:13.220 --> 00:32:14.460
 and if we get close to him,

00:32:14.519 --> 00:32:15.420
 he'll hurt us,

00:32:16.200 --> 00:32:17.519
 he'll possess us.

00:32:18.360 --> 00:32:19.120
 But you see,

00:32:19.420 --> 00:32:20.060
 this fear

00:32:20.060 --> 00:32:22.120
 that we will be possessed by Jesus,

00:32:22.119 --> 00:32:23.299
 that we will be possessed

00:32:23.299 --> 00:32:24.099
 by the Holy Spirit,

00:32:24.159 --> 00:32:24.879
 that all of a sudden

00:32:24.879 --> 00:32:25.719
 the triune God

00:32:25.719 --> 00:32:26.739
 will so come into us,

00:32:26.919 --> 00:32:28.379
 how can he not come into us

00:32:28.379 --> 00:32:29.019
 in such a way

00:32:29.019 --> 00:32:29.919
 that he will completely

00:32:29.919 --> 00:32:31.319
 and utterly overwhelm us

00:32:31.319 --> 00:32:32.459
 and take us over?

00:32:32.639 --> 00:32:34.099
 What we're actually afraid of

00:32:34.099 --> 00:32:34.739
 is demons,

00:32:35.359 --> 00:32:36.079
 not Jesus.

00:32:40.439 --> 00:32:40.699
 I mean,

00:32:40.879 --> 00:32:41.779
 because you look at that,

00:32:41.839 --> 00:32:42.279
 that's the thing

00:32:42.279 --> 00:32:43.099
 which is so important

00:32:43.099 --> 00:32:43.759
 about the Bible

00:32:43.759 --> 00:32:45.339
 is that it's demons

00:32:45.339 --> 00:32:46.119
 that come in

00:32:46.119 --> 00:32:47.819
 and take us over.

00:32:47.959 --> 00:32:48.419
 It's demons

00:32:48.419 --> 00:32:49.439
 that do things to us

00:32:49.439 --> 00:32:50.259
 to tell us lies

00:32:50.259 --> 00:32:51.039
 and encourage us

00:32:51.039 --> 00:32:51.799
 in self-deception.

00:32:51.920 --> 00:32:52.839
 I'm sorry I yelled too loud

00:32:52.839 --> 00:32:53.680
 and I woke up the baby.

00:32:54.240 --> 00:32:55.039
 I just,

00:32:55.220 --> 00:32:56.480
 I don't plan to do this.

00:32:56.559 --> 00:32:56.619
 You know,

00:32:56.619 --> 00:32:57.299
 I just get up here

00:32:57.299 --> 00:32:58.039
 and who knows what.

00:32:58.220 --> 00:32:58.400
 Anyway,

00:32:58.460 --> 00:32:58.839
 there you go.

00:32:59.960 --> 00:33:00.599
 But you see,

00:33:00.700 --> 00:33:01.000
 really,

00:33:01.160 --> 00:33:02.180
 if you look at the Gospels,

00:33:02.259 --> 00:33:02.779
 what happens

00:33:02.779 --> 00:33:03.819
 is you come close to Jesus,

00:33:03.960 --> 00:33:05.319
 he heals the withered hand.

00:33:05.980 --> 00:33:06.680
 What happens

00:33:06.680 --> 00:33:07.200
 when he meets

00:33:07.200 --> 00:33:08.119
 the demon possessed

00:33:08.119 --> 00:33:09.700
 is the demons are cast out

00:33:09.700 --> 00:33:10.779
 and people are free.

00:33:11.640 --> 00:33:12.379
 What happens

00:33:12.379 --> 00:33:13.740
 is you get closer to Jesus

00:33:13.740 --> 00:33:15.220
 is you get closer to love,

00:33:15.299 --> 00:33:16.440
 you get closer to justice,

00:33:16.559 --> 00:33:17.940
 you get closer to truth,

00:33:17.940 --> 00:33:20.140
 you get farther away

00:33:20.140 --> 00:33:21.500
 from us versus them,

00:33:21.860 --> 00:33:22.820
 your racism

00:33:22.820 --> 00:33:23.740
 and your prejudice

00:33:23.740 --> 00:33:24.460
 is attacked,

00:33:24.620 --> 00:33:25.580
 your lust

00:33:25.580 --> 00:33:26.759
 begins to try

00:33:26.759 --> 00:33:27.920
 to be quieted,

00:33:28.019 --> 00:33:29.799
 you're making an idol

00:33:29.799 --> 00:33:30.720
 out of alcohol

00:33:30.720 --> 00:33:31.400
 or money

00:33:31.400 --> 00:33:32.299
 or something like that

00:33:32.299 --> 00:33:33.480
 begins to be challenged

00:33:33.480 --> 00:33:34.640
 and broken down

00:33:34.640 --> 00:33:35.380
 and what happens

00:33:35.380 --> 00:33:36.120
 when you come close

00:33:36.120 --> 00:33:36.700
 to Jesus

00:33:36.700 --> 00:33:38.180
 is that Jesus died

00:33:38.180 --> 00:33:39.080
 for you and I

00:33:39.080 --> 00:33:39.820
 to be free.

00:33:43.160 --> 00:33:44.220
 It's idols

00:33:44.220 --> 00:33:45.259
 and demons

00:33:45.259 --> 00:33:46.660
 that bind us

00:33:46.660 --> 00:33:47.799
 and control us.

00:33:47.940 --> 00:33:48.860
 and bend us

00:33:48.860 --> 00:33:49.500
 out of shape.

00:33:50.220 --> 00:33:51.000
 It's Jesus

00:33:51.000 --> 00:33:52.380
 who takes

00:33:52.380 --> 00:33:53.500
 our disfigured,

00:33:53.680 --> 00:33:54.420
 misfigured,

00:33:54.600 --> 00:33:55.660
 muscle-less arm

00:33:55.660 --> 00:33:56.799
 and makes it straight

00:33:56.799 --> 00:33:57.759
 and gives it muscle.

00:33:59.559 --> 00:34:01.019
 That's what Jesus does.

00:34:05.019 --> 00:34:06.120
 And here's the hope.

00:34:06.799 --> 00:34:06.940
 See,

00:34:07.480 --> 00:34:07.960
 so George,

00:34:08.000 --> 00:34:08.700
 are you saying

00:34:08.700 --> 00:34:09.420
 that, you know,

00:34:09.840 --> 00:34:10.619
 you Christians

00:34:10.619 --> 00:34:12.220
 have less hardness

00:34:12.220 --> 00:34:13.039
 of heart

00:34:13.039 --> 00:34:13.679
 than others?

00:34:13.840 --> 00:34:14.039
 No,

00:34:14.179 --> 00:34:15.139
 I am not saying that.

00:34:15.200 --> 00:34:15.880
 Remember my story

00:34:15.880 --> 00:34:16.220
 at the beginning.

00:34:16.219 --> 00:34:16.879
 I've been Christian

00:34:16.879 --> 00:34:18.039
 for quite a few years

00:34:18.039 --> 00:34:19.480
 and the hardness

00:34:19.480 --> 00:34:20.159
 of my heart

00:34:20.159 --> 00:34:21.039
 towards Americans

00:34:21.039 --> 00:34:22.419
 I hadn't even recognized.

00:34:22.599 --> 00:34:23.459
 I'm not saying

00:34:23.459 --> 00:34:25.419
 anything like that.

00:34:27.419 --> 00:34:27.859
 George,

00:34:27.879 --> 00:34:28.379
 are you saying

00:34:28.379 --> 00:34:28.959
 that if you sort of

00:34:28.959 --> 00:34:29.639
 read the Bible

00:34:29.639 --> 00:34:30.980
 and come to sermons

00:34:30.980 --> 00:34:31.539
 and, you know,

00:34:31.599 --> 00:34:32.099
 listen to your

00:34:32.099 --> 00:34:33.019
 brilliant preaching

00:34:33.019 --> 00:34:33.879
 and because you're

00:34:33.879 --> 00:34:35.019
 such a brilliant preacher

00:34:35.019 --> 00:34:36.759
 that, you know,

00:34:36.839 --> 00:34:37.879
 people will go away

00:34:37.879 --> 00:34:38.339
 and their hearts

00:34:38.339 --> 00:34:39.079
 will be a little bit

00:34:39.079 --> 00:34:39.779
 less hard

00:34:39.779 --> 00:34:40.359
 and, you know,

00:34:40.360 --> 00:34:41.099
 and, no,

00:34:41.180 --> 00:34:41.260
 no,

00:34:41.320 --> 00:34:41.980
 that's not,

00:34:42.180 --> 00:34:43.680
 here's the Christian hope.

00:34:45.360 --> 00:34:46.019
 You see,

00:34:46.180 --> 00:34:48.740
 if the first story

00:34:48.740 --> 00:34:49.920
 talks about

00:34:49.920 --> 00:34:50.960
 this double mystery,

00:34:51.140 --> 00:34:52.360
 the mystery

00:34:52.360 --> 00:34:53.000
 of the fact

00:34:53.000 --> 00:34:54.079
 that,

00:34:54.079 --> 00:34:55.820
 you know,

00:34:55.880 --> 00:34:59.400
 that the Pharisees

00:34:59.400 --> 00:34:59.920
 and Herodians

00:34:59.920 --> 00:35:00.300
 are planning

00:35:00.300 --> 00:35:01.500
 to destroy Jesus,

00:35:02.800 --> 00:35:03.599
 they can't really

00:35:03.599 --> 00:35:04.300
 destroy him

00:35:04.300 --> 00:35:05.340
 if he has the power

00:35:05.340 --> 00:35:05.660
 that it is.

00:35:05.720 --> 00:35:06.660
 It's pointing to this

00:35:06.660 --> 00:35:07.280
 mystery of his

00:35:07.280 --> 00:35:08.140
 upcoming death

00:35:08.139 --> 00:35:08.859
 and the fact

00:35:08.859 --> 00:35:09.539
 that his death,

00:35:09.699 --> 00:35:10.099
 it's only going

00:35:10.099 --> 00:35:10.739
 to be his love

00:35:10.739 --> 00:35:12.139
 that holds them

00:35:12.139 --> 00:35:12.920
 to the cross.

00:35:14.920 --> 00:35:15.159
 Well,

00:35:15.359 --> 00:35:16.440
 look what happens

00:35:16.440 --> 00:35:16.639
 here,

00:35:16.699 --> 00:35:17.539
 verse 13,

00:35:17.679 --> 00:35:18.199
 and he went up

00:35:18.199 --> 00:35:18.739
 on the mountain

00:35:18.739 --> 00:35:19.699
 and called to him

00:35:19.699 --> 00:35:21.079
 those whom he desired

00:35:21.079 --> 00:35:22.599
 and they came to him.

00:35:23.000 --> 00:35:23.920
 In the original language,

00:35:24.039 --> 00:35:25.179
 this is very formal,

00:35:25.420 --> 00:35:26.400
 solemn language.

00:35:27.599 --> 00:35:29.539
 It's a solemn language.

00:35:30.480 --> 00:35:31.059
 And he went up

00:35:31.059 --> 00:35:31.639
 on the mountain

00:35:31.639 --> 00:35:32.739
 and called to him

00:35:32.739 --> 00:35:33.759
 those whom he desired

00:35:33.759 --> 00:35:34.659
 and they came to him.

00:35:35.699 --> 00:35:36.619
 And it's talking

00:35:36.619 --> 00:35:37.239
 about the fact

00:35:37.239 --> 00:35:38.799
 that in other places

00:35:38.799 --> 00:35:39.539
 in the New Testament

00:35:39.539 --> 00:35:40.199
 you'd find out

00:35:40.199 --> 00:35:40.859
 that Jesus had

00:35:40.859 --> 00:35:41.759
 lots more disciples

00:35:41.759 --> 00:35:42.519
 than the twelve.

00:35:43.219 --> 00:35:44.139
 Mary Magdalene

00:35:44.139 --> 00:35:44.879
 was a disciple.

00:35:45.159 --> 00:35:45.399
 Joseph,

00:35:45.719 --> 00:35:47.599
 Jose was a disciple.

00:35:48.599 --> 00:35:49.719
 Matthias was a disciple.

00:35:49.819 --> 00:35:50.259
 He had many,

00:35:50.379 --> 00:35:51.039
 many disciples,

00:35:51.259 --> 00:35:51.819
 but out of these

00:35:51.819 --> 00:35:52.559
 many disciples

00:35:52.559 --> 00:35:53.479
 he goes to the mountain

00:35:53.479 --> 00:35:54.699
 and verse 14,

00:35:54.819 --> 00:35:55.819
 he appointed twelve

00:35:55.819 --> 00:35:56.779
 whom he also named

00:35:56.779 --> 00:35:57.259
 apostles

00:35:57.259 --> 00:35:58.459
 so that they might

00:35:58.459 --> 00:35:59.039
 be with him

00:35:59.039 --> 00:36:00.079
 and he might send

00:36:00.079 --> 00:36:00.879
 them out to preach

00:36:00.879 --> 00:36:01.879
 and have authority

00:36:01.879 --> 00:36:03.000
 to cast out demons.

00:36:03.619 --> 00:36:04.859
 He appointed the twelve,

00:36:05.079 --> 00:36:05.439
 Simon,

00:36:05.579 --> 00:36:06.139
 to whom he gave

00:36:06.139 --> 00:36:06.879
 the name Peter,

00:36:06.880 --> 00:36:07.380
 James,

00:36:07.500 --> 00:36:08.260
 the son of Zebedee,

00:36:08.300 --> 00:36:08.660
 and John,

00:36:08.740 --> 00:36:09.559
 the brother of James,

00:36:09.640 --> 00:36:10.200
 to whom he gave

00:36:10.200 --> 00:36:12.019
 the name Boanerges,

00:36:12.460 --> 00:36:13.099
 that is,

00:36:13.119 --> 00:36:14.039
 the sons of thunder,

00:36:14.420 --> 00:36:15.220
 Andrew and Philip

00:36:15.220 --> 00:36:16.019
 and Bartholomew

00:36:16.019 --> 00:36:16.480
 and Matthew

00:36:16.480 --> 00:36:17.039
 and Thomas

00:36:17.039 --> 00:36:17.539
 and James,

00:36:17.640 --> 00:36:18.420
 the son of Alphaeus

00:36:18.420 --> 00:36:19.039
 and Thaddeus

00:36:19.039 --> 00:36:20.059
 and Simon the Zealot

00:36:20.059 --> 00:36:21.700
 and Judas Iscariot

00:36:21.700 --> 00:36:23.400
 who betrayed him.

00:36:25.220 --> 00:36:26.340
 Another implication

00:36:26.340 --> 00:36:28.059
 of the coming death

00:36:28.059 --> 00:36:28.920
 that he's going

00:36:28.920 --> 00:36:29.940
 to have on the cross.

00:36:30.619 --> 00:36:31.760
 But here's the hope.

00:36:33.320 --> 00:36:34.860
 And in the original language

00:36:34.860 --> 00:36:35.720
 in verse 14

00:36:35.720 --> 00:36:36.220
 when it says

00:36:36.220 --> 00:36:37.260
 he appointed twelve

00:36:37.260 --> 00:36:37.960
 and then again

00:36:37.960 --> 00:36:38.820
 in verse 16

00:36:38.820 --> 00:36:40.079
 he appointed the twelve.

00:36:40.680 --> 00:36:41.340
 In verse 14

00:36:41.340 --> 00:36:41.780
 when it says

00:36:41.780 --> 00:36:42.260
 he appointed,

00:36:42.920 --> 00:36:44.340
 that's a good word

00:36:44.340 --> 00:36:44.800
 in English

00:36:44.800 --> 00:36:45.539
 but the problem

00:36:45.539 --> 00:36:46.760
 is the original language,

00:36:46.880 --> 00:36:47.860
 you can't translate

00:36:47.860 --> 00:36:48.880
 the original language

00:36:48.880 --> 00:36:49.280
 in a way

00:36:49.280 --> 00:36:50.820
 that makes grammatical sense

00:36:50.820 --> 00:36:51.360
 in English

00:36:51.360 --> 00:36:52.620
 without adding

00:36:52.620 --> 00:36:53.900
 a lot of extra words.

00:36:54.519 --> 00:36:56.099
 And the actual literal word

00:36:56.099 --> 00:36:56.460
 is

00:36:56.460 --> 00:36:57.039
 and he

00:36:57.039 --> 00:36:58.240
 make,

00:36:59.180 --> 00:37:00.200
 he made,

00:37:00.199 --> 00:37:02.079
 he made

00:37:02.079 --> 00:37:03.819
 twelve.

00:37:06.619 --> 00:37:07.779
 Same in verse 16

00:37:07.779 --> 00:37:08.679
 he made

00:37:08.679 --> 00:37:09.779
 the twelve.

00:37:10.699 --> 00:37:11.719
 And if you go back

00:37:11.719 --> 00:37:12.480
 and you read

00:37:12.480 --> 00:37:13.739
 Genesis chapter 1

00:37:13.739 --> 00:37:17.980
 when the Jewish text

00:37:17.980 --> 00:37:18.739
 was translated

00:37:18.739 --> 00:37:19.559
 into Greek

00:37:19.559 --> 00:37:21.199
 the same word

00:37:21.199 --> 00:37:21.799
 made

00:37:21.799 --> 00:37:22.239
 is there

00:37:22.239 --> 00:37:22.839
 when it said

00:37:22.839 --> 00:37:24.199
 and God made

00:37:24.199 --> 00:37:24.739
 the heavens

00:37:24.739 --> 00:37:25.379
 and the earth.

00:37:25.839 --> 00:37:26.859
 When God made

00:37:26.859 --> 00:37:27.659
 the night and the day

00:37:27.659 --> 00:37:28.399
 God made

00:37:28.399 --> 00:37:29.359
 the sun and the stars

00:37:29.360 --> 00:37:30.260
 God made

00:37:30.260 --> 00:37:30.840
 human beings.

00:37:30.960 --> 00:37:31.860
 That word made

00:37:31.860 --> 00:37:33.680
 is the same word here

00:37:33.680 --> 00:37:34.440
 that's translated

00:37:34.440 --> 00:37:35.019
 as appointed

00:37:35.019 --> 00:37:35.480
 because

00:37:35.480 --> 00:37:36.820
 he made twelve

00:37:36.820 --> 00:37:38.260
 doesn't really make sense

00:37:38.260 --> 00:37:39.340
 in English

00:37:39.340 --> 00:37:40.240
 so they use the word

00:37:40.240 --> 00:37:40.700
 appointed

00:37:40.700 --> 00:37:42.000
 but this word is made.

00:37:43.519 --> 00:37:45.180
 And if you look at

00:37:45.180 --> 00:37:46.380
 verse 14 again

00:37:46.380 --> 00:37:47.519
 and he made

00:37:47.519 --> 00:37:49.300
 apostles

00:37:49.300 --> 00:37:50.420
 he made them

00:37:50.420 --> 00:37:51.880
 so that they might

00:37:51.880 --> 00:37:52.539
 be with him

00:37:52.539 --> 00:37:53.180
 and he might

00:37:53.180 --> 00:37:53.760
 send them out

00:37:53.760 --> 00:37:54.280
 to preach

00:37:54.280 --> 00:37:54.960
 and have authority

00:37:54.960 --> 00:37:56.019
 to cast out demons.

00:37:56.680 --> 00:37:57.820
 He makes them first.

00:37:58.140 --> 00:37:59.120
 You see this is what's saying

00:37:59.119 --> 00:38:00.199
 what the Bible

00:38:00.199 --> 00:38:00.440
 is saying

00:38:00.440 --> 00:38:01.159
 this is the wonderful

00:38:01.159 --> 00:38:02.139
 thing about the gospel

00:38:02.139 --> 00:38:02.960
 is that Jesus

00:38:02.960 --> 00:38:05.279
 he's angered

00:38:05.279 --> 00:38:05.880
 at our hardness

00:38:05.880 --> 00:38:06.299
 of heart

00:38:06.299 --> 00:38:07.480
 it grieves him

00:38:07.480 --> 00:38:08.759
 but he doesn't let

00:38:08.759 --> 00:38:09.299
 the anger

00:38:09.299 --> 00:38:10.279
 he never becomes

00:38:10.279 --> 00:38:11.239
 anger driven

00:38:11.239 --> 00:38:12.920
 the anger is connected

00:38:12.920 --> 00:38:13.659
 to that which

00:38:13.659 --> 00:38:15.139
 anger should be connected

00:38:15.139 --> 00:38:16.159
 we can't keep

00:38:16.159 --> 00:38:16.900
 connected to that

00:38:16.900 --> 00:38:17.319
 because we

00:38:17.319 --> 00:38:19.139
 build it up

00:38:19.139 --> 00:38:20.259
 we flame it up

00:38:20.259 --> 00:38:22.019
 and anger

00:38:22.019 --> 00:38:23.059
 quickly leads us

00:38:23.059 --> 00:38:23.859
 to no longer

00:38:23.859 --> 00:38:24.500
 being just

00:38:24.500 --> 00:38:25.079
 to no longer

00:38:25.079 --> 00:38:25.880
 being compassionate

00:38:25.880 --> 00:38:26.599
 to no longer

00:38:26.599 --> 00:38:27.219
 being loving

00:38:27.219 --> 00:38:27.980
 to no longer

00:38:27.980 --> 00:38:28.539
 caring

00:38:28.539 --> 00:38:29.840
 but he

00:38:29.840 --> 00:38:30.940
 it doesn't drive

00:38:30.940 --> 00:38:31.719
 that with Jesus

00:38:31.719 --> 00:38:32.519
 it's connected

00:38:32.519 --> 00:38:33.179
 to his love

00:38:33.179 --> 00:38:33.820
 it's connected

00:38:33.820 --> 00:38:34.599
 to his justice

00:38:34.599 --> 00:38:35.400
 it's connected

00:38:35.400 --> 00:38:35.920
 to mercy

00:38:35.920 --> 00:38:36.519
 it's connected

00:38:36.519 --> 00:38:37.340
 to compassion

00:38:37.340 --> 00:38:38.519
 and so he's going

00:38:38.519 --> 00:38:39.699
 to die upon the cross

00:38:39.699 --> 00:38:40.440
 and when he dies

00:38:40.440 --> 00:38:41.300
 upon the cross

00:38:41.300 --> 00:38:42.400
 he is doing

00:38:42.400 --> 00:38:43.559
 something for us

00:38:43.559 --> 00:38:44.240
 as human beings

00:38:44.240 --> 00:38:44.880
 that we cannot

00:38:44.880 --> 00:38:46.099
 do for ourselves

00:38:46.099 --> 00:38:48.719
 and when we receive

00:38:48.719 --> 00:38:49.199
 Christ

00:38:49.199 --> 00:38:50.440
 he makes us

00:38:50.440 --> 00:38:51.059
 a Christian

00:38:51.059 --> 00:38:53.039
 he makes us

00:38:53.039 --> 00:38:54.019
 right with God

00:38:54.019 --> 00:38:56.780
 you see

00:38:56.780 --> 00:38:57.559
 it's not

00:38:57.559 --> 00:38:59.079
 okay my heart's

00:38:59.079 --> 00:38:59.860
 a little bit less

00:38:59.860 --> 00:39:00.280
 hard

00:39:00.280 --> 00:39:00.880
 as a result

00:39:00.880 --> 00:39:01.480
 of this sermon

00:39:01.480 --> 00:39:02.159
 and next week

00:39:02.159 --> 00:39:02.920
 it's a little bit

00:39:02.920 --> 00:39:03.519
 less hard

00:39:03.519 --> 00:39:04.380
 and then it's a little

00:39:04.380 --> 00:39:05.159
 bit less hard

00:39:05.159 --> 00:39:06.219
 and finally my heart

00:39:06.219 --> 00:39:08.840
 becomes so soft

00:39:08.840 --> 00:39:10.440
 that I get awarded

00:39:10.440 --> 00:39:11.639
 being a Christian

00:39:11.639 --> 00:39:12.659
 it's the opposite

00:39:12.659 --> 00:39:15.639
 the work of grace

00:39:15.639 --> 00:39:16.280
 is that God

00:39:16.280 --> 00:39:17.519
 makes you

00:39:17.519 --> 00:39:18.400
 and me

00:39:18.400 --> 00:39:19.400
 with our hard

00:39:19.400 --> 00:39:20.079
 hearts

00:39:20.079 --> 00:39:21.900
 his

00:39:21.900 --> 00:39:23.059
 out of grace

00:39:23.059 --> 00:39:23.719
 by what he did

00:39:23.719 --> 00:39:24.920
 for us on the cross

00:39:24.920 --> 00:39:27.179
 and then we become

00:39:27.179 --> 00:39:29.599
 we become

00:39:29.599 --> 00:39:31.559
 because we're made

00:39:31.559 --> 00:39:32.500
 by him

00:39:32.500 --> 00:39:33.239
 first

00:39:33.239 --> 00:39:35.340
 we don't become

00:39:35.340 --> 00:39:37.880
 we don't just sort of

00:39:37.880 --> 00:39:38.519
 keep becoming

00:39:38.519 --> 00:39:39.639
 until we achieve

00:39:39.639 --> 00:39:41.239
 he makes us

00:39:41.239 --> 00:39:42.619
 and then we become

00:39:42.619 --> 00:39:43.860
 look at verse 14

00:39:43.860 --> 00:39:45.000
 he appointed the 12

00:39:45.000 --> 00:39:45.739
 whom he also named

00:39:45.739 --> 00:39:46.179
 apostles

00:39:46.179 --> 00:39:47.840
 and he gives two purposes

00:39:47.840 --> 00:39:49.719
 that they might be with him

00:39:49.719 --> 00:39:51.259
 and he might send them

00:39:51.259 --> 00:39:51.959
 out to preach

00:39:51.959 --> 00:39:52.819
 and have authority

00:39:52.819 --> 00:39:54.059
 to cast out demons

00:39:54.059 --> 00:39:58.259
 he makes us

00:39:58.259 --> 00:39:59.859
 unworthy as we are

00:39:59.859 --> 00:40:00.639
 to be his

00:40:00.639 --> 00:40:02.539
 and he makes us

00:40:02.539 --> 00:40:03.480
 unworthy as we are

00:40:03.480 --> 00:40:03.939
 to be his

00:40:03.939 --> 00:40:04.519
 so that we will

00:40:04.519 --> 00:40:05.759
 spend time with Jesus

00:40:05.759 --> 00:40:06.919
 and as we spend time

00:40:06.919 --> 00:40:07.559
 with Jesus

00:40:07.559 --> 00:40:08.599
 that the Lord

00:40:08.599 --> 00:40:09.559
 begins to reveal

00:40:09.559 --> 00:40:10.859
 to us prejudice

00:40:10.859 --> 00:40:11.719
 and racism

00:40:11.719 --> 00:40:13.000
 and a hard

00:40:13.000 --> 00:40:14.279
 heart towards the poor

00:40:14.279 --> 00:40:15.559
 and greed

00:40:15.559 --> 00:40:17.359
 and an idolatry

00:40:17.359 --> 00:40:17.859
 of money

00:40:17.859 --> 00:40:18.799
 or an idolatry

00:40:18.800 --> 00:40:19.780
 of ourselves

00:40:19.780 --> 00:40:20.700
 or pride

00:40:20.700 --> 00:40:22.280
 or selfishness

00:40:22.280 --> 00:40:24.680
 and because he makes us his

00:40:24.680 --> 00:40:26.539
 and we spend time with him

00:40:26.539 --> 00:40:27.380
 he begins to

00:40:27.380 --> 00:40:28.880
 confront these things

00:40:28.880 --> 00:40:29.180
 in us

00:40:29.180 --> 00:40:30.519
 and to change these things

00:40:30.519 --> 00:40:31.060
 within us

00:40:31.060 --> 00:40:32.260
 within the context

00:40:32.260 --> 00:40:33.000
 that everything

00:40:33.000 --> 00:40:34.100
 that we needed to do

00:40:34.100 --> 00:40:34.840
 to be made right

00:40:34.840 --> 00:40:35.340
 with God

00:40:35.340 --> 00:40:36.360
 was done by Jesus

00:40:36.360 --> 00:40:37.180
 he knows everything

00:40:37.180 --> 00:40:38.019
 about our heart

00:40:38.019 --> 00:40:39.640
 so we can look at ourselves

00:40:39.640 --> 00:40:40.600
 without becoming

00:40:40.600 --> 00:40:41.460
 thinking

00:40:41.460 --> 00:40:42.140
 oh my

00:40:42.140 --> 00:40:43.420
 if God knew that

00:40:43.420 --> 00:40:43.920
 about me

00:40:43.920 --> 00:40:44.300
 he wouldn't

00:40:44.300 --> 00:40:44.700
 no no

00:40:44.700 --> 00:40:45.500
 he did know that

00:40:45.500 --> 00:40:45.920
 about you

00:40:45.920 --> 00:40:46.460
 when he died

00:40:46.460 --> 00:40:46.980
 for you

00:40:46.980 --> 00:40:50.099
 and that as we get

00:40:50.099 --> 00:40:51.220
 closer to Jesus

00:40:51.220 --> 00:40:52.880
 and you look at

00:40:52.880 --> 00:40:53.579
 there's another place

00:40:53.579 --> 00:40:54.400
 later on

00:40:54.400 --> 00:40:55.039
 where I'll talk about

00:40:55.039 --> 00:40:55.800
 this other purpose

00:40:55.800 --> 00:40:57.360
 what is the purpose

00:40:57.360 --> 00:40:59.180
 as we spend time

00:40:59.180 --> 00:40:59.559
 with him

00:40:59.559 --> 00:41:00.559
 because he's made us him

00:41:00.559 --> 00:41:01.480
 that we will bear witness

00:41:01.480 --> 00:41:02.079
 to Jesus

00:41:02.079 --> 00:41:05.019
 and that we will be

00:41:05.019 --> 00:41:06.519
 against evil

00:41:06.519 --> 00:41:07.619
 in whatever form

00:41:07.619 --> 00:41:08.139
 whether it's

00:41:08.139 --> 00:41:08.920
 spiritual evil

00:41:08.920 --> 00:41:10.380
 which has to be exercised

00:41:10.380 --> 00:41:11.180
 whether it's

00:41:11.180 --> 00:41:12.820
 institutional evil

00:41:12.820 --> 00:41:14.860
 it leads to great injustice

00:41:14.860 --> 00:41:16.640
 or any type of

00:41:16.640 --> 00:41:17.820
 institutional wrongdoing

00:41:17.820 --> 00:41:18.720
 against the poor

00:41:18.720 --> 00:41:19.380
 or others

00:41:19.380 --> 00:41:21.200
 we are against it

00:41:21.200 --> 00:41:22.640
 we're against the evil

00:41:22.640 --> 00:41:23.580
 and the idolatry

00:41:23.580 --> 00:41:24.120
 of greed

00:41:24.120 --> 00:41:24.880
 and gluttony

00:41:24.880 --> 00:41:25.559
 and other things

00:41:25.559 --> 00:41:26.820
 which bend human beings

00:41:26.820 --> 00:41:27.380
 out of shape

00:41:27.380 --> 00:41:28.240
 and break them

00:41:28.240 --> 00:41:29.660
 that we are against it

00:41:29.660 --> 00:41:31.600
 and that we are for healing

00:41:31.600 --> 00:41:33.039
 to bring the healing

00:41:33.039 --> 00:41:34.019
 to the city

00:41:34.019 --> 00:41:34.900
 to bring healing

00:41:34.900 --> 00:41:35.500
 to people

00:41:35.500 --> 00:41:36.820
 to bring healing

00:41:36.820 --> 00:41:38.320
 to our country

00:41:38.320 --> 00:41:41.580
 he makes us

00:41:41.579 --> 00:41:43.900
 and he makes us

00:41:43.900 --> 00:41:45.119
 and we are to spend time

00:41:45.119 --> 00:41:45.539
 with him

00:41:45.539 --> 00:41:47.039
 to be with him

00:41:47.039 --> 00:41:48.860
 if you're watching this

00:41:48.860 --> 00:41:49.500
 if you haven't given

00:41:49.500 --> 00:41:50.259
 your life to Christ

00:41:50.259 --> 00:41:50.739
 if you're here

00:41:50.739 --> 00:41:51.199
 and you haven't given

00:41:51.199 --> 00:41:51.980
 your life to Christ

00:41:51.980 --> 00:41:53.219
 this is the time

00:41:53.219 --> 00:41:53.880
 to give your life

00:41:53.880 --> 00:41:54.519
 to Christ

00:41:54.519 --> 00:41:57.619
 call out to him

00:41:57.619 --> 00:41:57.920
 and say

00:41:57.920 --> 00:41:58.860
 Lord I need you

00:41:58.860 --> 00:41:59.819
 to be my savior

00:41:59.819 --> 00:42:01.920
 and for those of us

00:42:01.920 --> 00:42:02.340
 who are here

00:42:02.340 --> 00:42:03.019
 who have done that

00:42:03.019 --> 00:42:03.639
 you don't have to give

00:42:03.639 --> 00:42:04.739
 your life to Christ again

00:42:04.739 --> 00:42:06.079
 he already took it

00:42:06.079 --> 00:42:07.799
 it's a time

00:42:07.799 --> 00:42:08.699
 for us to remember

00:42:08.699 --> 00:42:09.440
 it is good

00:42:09.440 --> 00:42:10.179
 to be here

00:42:10.179 --> 00:42:11.159
 and to recommit

00:42:11.159 --> 00:42:11.659
 to this

00:42:11.659 --> 00:42:12.819
 to recommit

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 to be Lord

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 in your presence

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 that we might go

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 from here

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 and we might deal

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 with whether it's

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 demonic evil

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 or institutional evil

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 or social evil

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 or cultural evil

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 or intellectual evil

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 that we will be

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 against it

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 that we will be

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 for the health

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 of our community

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 and our society

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 and our nation

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 and the world

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 we will be for this

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 we will be against evil

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 it is good

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 to be here

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 to reconnect

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 to remember

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 Lord is it me

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 show me the hardness

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 of my heart

00:42:41.420 --> 00:42:42.900
 grant me help

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 that I might repent

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 of that hardness

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 of my heart

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 that that might not

00:42:46.599 --> 00:42:47.279
 control me

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 that I not be controlled

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 and have my eyes

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 and my heart

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 and my ears

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 blinded to the

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 not just to good

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 to that which is good

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 and just and true

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 and right

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 but the beauty

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 of the world

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 and the beauty

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 in human beings

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 that those

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 things of my heart

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 that are hard

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 that make me bent

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 and shriveled

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 and less than human

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 Lord

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 show me those things

00:43:15.300 --> 00:43:16.000
 in your mercy

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 that I might repent

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 of them

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 that I might know

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 your freedom

00:43:20.100 --> 00:43:22.240
 I invite you to stand

00:43:22.240 --> 00:43:24.660
 please stand

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 let's bow our heads

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 in prayer

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 Father we thank you

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 for Jesus

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 we ask Lord

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 that your word

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 would so work

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 and move within us

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 and Father

00:43:42.360 --> 00:43:43.039
 not that we be

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 blind to evil

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 or definitely

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 not that Father

00:43:45.900 --> 00:43:46.780
 that we see evil

00:43:46.780 --> 00:43:47.360
 clearly

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 that we see evil

00:43:49.900 --> 00:43:50.420
 clearly

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 and Father

00:43:51.019 --> 00:43:51.960
 it grants us

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 both a proper anger

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 that doesn't become

00:43:54.720 --> 00:43:55.360
 controlling

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 but a desire

00:43:56.780 --> 00:43:57.140
 Father

00:43:57.140 --> 00:43:57.880
 to see justice

00:43:57.880 --> 00:43:58.740
 and goodness done

00:43:58.740 --> 00:43:59.599
 that you'd show us

00:43:59.599 --> 00:44:00.460
 and reveal to us

00:44:00.460 --> 00:44:01.579
 the hardness of our heart

00:44:01.579 --> 00:44:02.159
 the blindness

00:44:02.159 --> 00:44:02.940
 that we have

00:44:02.940 --> 00:44:05.079
 Father

00:44:05.079 --> 00:44:06.059
 show that to us

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 and as you show it to us

00:44:07.380 --> 00:44:08.679
 remember

00:44:08.679 --> 00:44:09.639
 help us to remember

00:44:09.639 --> 00:44:10.119
 Jesus

00:44:10.119 --> 00:44:11.320
 and the gospel

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 that we might come to you

00:44:12.860 --> 00:44:13.920
 for amendment of life

00:44:13.920 --> 00:44:14.599
 for healing

00:44:14.599 --> 00:44:15.519
 for restoration

00:44:15.519 --> 00:44:16.420
 for renewal

00:44:16.420 --> 00:44:19.800
 Father

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 Father you know

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 in this room

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 the different ethical

00:44:21.800 --> 00:44:22.619
 and other issues

00:44:22.619 --> 00:44:23.900
 that people here face

00:44:23.900 --> 00:44:24.900
 whether it's in government

00:44:24.900 --> 00:44:26.680
 or in our neighborhoods

00:44:26.680 --> 00:44:27.800
 or our business

00:44:27.800 --> 00:44:29.079
 and Father

00:44:29.079 --> 00:44:30.400
 we ask for each one of us

00:44:30.400 --> 00:44:30.980
 that you help us

00:44:30.980 --> 00:44:32.139
 to bear witness to Jesus

00:44:32.139 --> 00:44:33.240
 and also Father

00:44:33.240 --> 00:44:34.200
 be a source

00:44:34.200 --> 00:44:34.940
 and an agent

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 of healing

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 of reconciliation

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 of compassion

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 of right ordering

00:44:40.320 --> 00:44:41.840
 in those places

00:44:41.840 --> 00:44:42.760
 that you have put us

00:44:42.760 --> 00:44:43.680
 and help us

00:44:43.680 --> 00:44:44.639
 to be people of prayer

00:44:44.639 --> 00:44:46.460
 we ask all these things

00:44:46.460 --> 00:44:47.420
 in the name of Jesus

00:44:47.420 --> 00:44:48.159
 your son

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 and our savior

00:44:48.980 --> 00:44:50.400
 and all God's people said

00:44:50.400 --> 00:44:51.559
 amen

00:44:51.559 --> 00:44:51.759
 amen