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 We're in Matthew chapter 17, verse 24, going all the way to chapter 18, verse 9.

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 The saints of God, to worship you together.

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 And now to sit under your word as you address us from it.

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 And we ask God that you would renew our minds and captivate our vision

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 with this unique vision that Jesus set out for his church,

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 for the community of his people,

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 characterized by those who are childlike in their humility, their dependence,

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 who treat each other with much love and respect because of whom we represent.

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 Father, won't you even in this time, this morning,

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 work powerfully within us by your spirit and make us a little bit more like that.

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 And a little bit more like Christ.

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 In Jesus' name we ask. Amen.

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 Please stand if you are able to honor God as we read from his word, Matthew 17, 24.

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 When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of the two drachma tax went up to Peter and said,

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 Does your teacher not pay the tax?

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 He said, Yes.

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 And when he came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, saying,

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 What do you think, Simon?

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 From whom do kings of the earth take toll or tax?

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 From their sons or from others?

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 And when he said, From others, Jesus said to him,

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 Then the sons are free.

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 However, not to give offense to them,

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 go to the sea and cast a hook and take the first fish that comes up.

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 And when you open its mouth, you will find a shekel.

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 Take that and give it to them for me and for yourself.

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 At that time, the disciples came to Jesus, saying,

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 Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?

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 And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them and said,

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 Truly I say to you, unless you turn and become like children,

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 you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

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 Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

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 Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me.

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 But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin,

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 it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened around his neck

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 and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.

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 Woe to the world for temptations to sin,

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 for it is necessary that temptations come,

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 but woe to the one by whom the temptation comes.

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 And if your hand or your foot causes you to sin,

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 cut it off and throw it away.

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 It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame

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 than with two hands or two feet to be thrown into the eternal fire.

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 And if your eye causes you to sin,

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 tear it out and throw it away.

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 It is better for you to enter life with one eye

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 than with two eyes to be thrown into the hell of fire.

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 This is God's holy and authoritative word.

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 Please be seated.

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 Politics is inevitable

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 because politics is about how people relate to each other

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 and live together in society.

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 Wherever there is a community of people dwelling together,

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 you're going to encounter politics.

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 What makes politics distasteful to so many people, however,

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 is the sin that taints all earthly politics.

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 Selfish ambition, authoritarianism, rivalry, envy,

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 factions, rebellion, insubordination.

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 Because humans are sinful,

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 you see these sins and temptations at every level of society,

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 in city governments, state governments,

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 in federal governments.

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 You see it in corporations and schools

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 and even, unfortunately,

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 in local churches and denominations,

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 though if they are healthy churches to far less degrees.

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 In our passage, Jesus casts a new vision

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 for Christian community that is founded on humility,

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 on humble self-regard for others

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 rather than on prideful self-seeking.

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 But the realization of this grand vision

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 depends on a radical reorientation of our perspectives.

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 It requires a heavenly, eternal perspective

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 rather than an earthly and temporal one.

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 And according to this perspective,

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 children are the greatest.

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 According to this perspective,

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 the nobodies are the somebodies.

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 And according to this perspective,

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 the crippled and the lame

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 might be better off than the whole and able-bodied.

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 As I've been saying throughout my sermon series

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 in the Gospel of Matthew,

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 this book is organized around

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 five major discourses of Jesus,

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 the teaching discourses of Jesus.

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 We are now on the fourth one

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 where Jesus talks about Christian relations.

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 We know where the discourse kind of ends

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 because at the end of each discourse,

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 it has something along the lines

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 of when Jesus had finished these sayings,

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 and we find that here in chapter 19, verse 1.

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 And so this is the beginning of Jesus' fourth discourse,

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 which focuses on Christian relations,

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 but more specifically on how sin

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 affects those relationships

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 and how we ought to deal with that.

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 Usually people mark chapter 18

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 as beginning the mark of this new section in discourse,

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 but I'm treating 17, 24 to 27

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 as being a part of this passage

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 for two main reasons.

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 One, in chapter 18, verse 1,

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 the phrase, at that time,

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 specifically marks what follows in chapter 18

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 and links it back to what happened just before.

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 It's happening at the same time

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 as the conversation that took place in 17, 24 to 27.

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 Two, this whole section has a common thread

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 that runs through it all,

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 and that's the Greek word skandalon,

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 where we get the English word scandal from.

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 It's a word that means a stumbling block,

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 causing offense or causing someone else to stumble,

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 causing them to sin,

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 to make them trip and fall.

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 In 1727, the word translated giving offense

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 is that same word.

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 We see the same word again in 18.6

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 when it's translated as causing someone to sin.

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 And the same word appears repeatedly

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 in chapter 18, verses 7 to 9,

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 whether it's translated as temptation to sin

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 or things that cause you to sin.

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 Jesus is teaching us about the gravity of sin

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 and why we should take utmost care

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 to ensure that we don't put stumbling blocks

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 in front of people as we relate to each other.

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 So my main point of this morning is this,

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 remove every stumbling block

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 that prevents people, including you,

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 from entering the kingdom of heaven.

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 My outline's a little bit abstract,

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 but first I'm gonna start talking

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 about the subjective stumbling blocks,

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 secondly about the objective stumbling blocks,

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 and lastly about personal stumbling blocks,

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 which I'll explain what they mean.

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 I'm gonna focus the majority of my time

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 on the first section

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 because the latter two sections have,

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 those themes have already been touched on

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 in this series

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 and will be touched on again and again

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 in the coming passages.

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 In 17, 24 to 27,

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 Jesus first talks about subjective stumbling blocks,

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 and we are told in verse 24

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 that Jesus and his disciples

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 are passing through the Jewish region

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 of Capernaum once again,

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 and when in Capernaum,

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 usually Jesus and his disciples

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 made Peter's house their home base.

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 We saw that early in chapter 8, verse 14.

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 So they're presumably at Peter's house again,

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 which may explain why when these people

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 come to collect the two drachma tacks,

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 they address Peter in particular.

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 Does your teacher not pay the tax?

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 They don't address the other disciples,

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 just Peter,

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 and later Jesus only pays for himself and Peter.

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 This is Peter's house,

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 and I think that's why that's happening.

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 While they're at it

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 and asking Peter about that question,

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 they want to know what Jesus' opinion is,

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 what his view is on the temple tax.

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 Jesus is already at this point

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 quite a well-known, famous teacher

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 and miracle worker,

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 and so they wonder,

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 does your teacher not think

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 that we should pay this temple tax?

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 The collectors of the two drachma tax

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 approached Peter and asked this question,

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 and the two drachma tax

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 is the half-shekel temple tax

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 that was levied on adults,

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 all adult Jewish males.

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 If you've been following along

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 in the Bible reading plan

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 that we've recommended to the whole church,

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 you may have read this past week,

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 Exodus 30, verses 11 to 16.

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 And if you read that,

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 that's where it talks about the census tax,

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 and the census tax of Exodus 30

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 is what's called the atonement money.

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 This was meant to be a ransom to the Lord

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 for your life.

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 So by collecting this census tax

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 for everyone in Israel,

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 for every adult male representative,

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 they were supposed to signify

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 that all of our life belongs to God.

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 He's the one who has ransomed us,

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 and the money that was collected in that way

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 was used for the administration

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 and the upkeep of the Tent of Meeting,

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 their tabernacle,

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 before the construction of the physical temple.

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 So even though the census tax

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 when it was first levied

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 was meant to be a one-time tax,

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 once-a-life tax,

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 the Jews used that rationale

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 to justify the annual temple tax

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 for the upkeep of the temple building.

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 And unlike the Roman tax,

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 which the Jews universally resented

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 because it was being imposed by these occupiers,

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 many Jews saw this temple tax

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 as a patriotic and religious duty.

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 So the collector's question

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 is phrased in a way

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 that expects a positive answer,

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 an affirmative answer.

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 Does your teacher not pay the tax?

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 Surely he does, right?

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 If he really is a Jewish prophet,

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 what's his view of the matter?

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 Their suspicion that Jesus

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 might not pay this tax,

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 I think is well warranted

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 based on the body of Jesus' teaching

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 up to this point.

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 In Matthew 12, 6,

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 Jesus said to his disciples,

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 I tell you,

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 something greater than the temple is here,

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 referring to himself.

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 And later on in chapter 21,

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 when he is in the Jerusalem temple,

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 he will overthrow and overturn

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 the tables of the money changers

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 who are changing money

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 so that people can pay,

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 among other things,

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 this two drachma tax.

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 And Jesus says,

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 it is written,

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 my house shall be called

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 the house of prayer,

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 but you make it a den of robbers.

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 Matthew 21, 13.

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 And then still later in chapter 24,

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 Jesus will prophesy of the downfall

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 and the destruction

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 of the Jerusalem temple.

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 And he says in John 2, 19,

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 destroy this temple,

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 referring to his body,

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 himself as the new

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 spiritual temple of God.

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 Destroy this body,

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 and in three days,

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 I will raise it up.

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 So if you examine the full body

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 of Jesus' teaching,

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 the Jerusalem temple

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 is going to one day soon

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 become obsolete.

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 So perhaps these tax collectors

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 are catching the drift

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 of what Jesus is saying,

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 and they ask,

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 does your teacher not pay the tax?

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 And Peter,

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 as he has the habit of doing,

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 blurts out the answer

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 before he has even had a chance

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 to get Jesus' mind on the issue.

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 Yes.

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 Yes, of course.

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 That's what he means.

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 Yes, of course he pays

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 the temple tax.

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 I mean, come on,

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 what kind of question is that?

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 And then he goes into the house

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 thinking, okay,

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 I better check with Jesus

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 about this.

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 But before he checks with Jesus,

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 Jesus knows what's on his mind.

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 He says,

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 when he came into the house,

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 Jesus spoke to him first.

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 He already knows

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 what's on Peter's mind.

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 What do you think, Simon?

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 From whom do kings of the earth

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 take toll or tax?

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 From their sons

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 or from others?

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 And when Peter responds,

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 from others,

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 Jesus says to him,

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 then the sons are free.

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 Every earthly ruler

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 levies tax,

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 you know,

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 because in order to rule

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 and govern,

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 you need revenue.

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 However,

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 some powerful empires

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 like the Roman Empire

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 primarily taxed

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 outsiders and foreigners

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 because they had conquered

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 so much territory

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 they could sustain

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 the running of their empire

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 without taxing

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 their own citizens.

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 They could just tax

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 their subjects.

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 So that might be what

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 Jesus is referring to here.

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 But even more specifically,

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 even kingdoms that can't afford

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 to sustain themselves

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 by simply taxing outsiders

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 and must tax

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 their own citizens,

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 when they tax

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 their own citizens,

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 they don't tax

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 the king's children.

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 The king's kids,

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 their family,

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 are exempt

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 from the tax.

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 And that's the point

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 Jesus is making.

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 From whom do kings

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 of the earth

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 take toll or tax?

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 From their sons

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 or from others?

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 Of course it's from others.

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 And this raises

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 the natural question

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 in the case of the temple tax,

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 who is the ruler

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 levying the temple tax?

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 No human being

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 could rightly claim

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 to be the ruler

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 of the temple of God

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 because that's

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 the house of God.

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 If God is the ruler

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 of the temple,

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 who then are his sons?

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 Twice already

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 at Jesus' baptism

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 and at his transfiguration,

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 God the Father

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 has declared authoritatively

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 that Jesus

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 is his beloved son

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 with whom he is

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 well pleased.

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 And repeatedly

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 throughout the Gospel

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 of Matthew,

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 Jesus has referred

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 to God as my father.

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 So Jesus has confirmed

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 his divine sonship

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 and he's referring

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 to that.

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 If God is the ruler

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 of this temple

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 and he is my father

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 and I am his son,

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 the temple tax

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 does not apply to me.

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 And that's not all.

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 Jesus says in verse 26,

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 then the sons are free.

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 He uses the plural word,

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 sons.

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 Who else can claim

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 to be the sons of God?

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 By virtue of their relation

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 to Jesus,

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 his disciples

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 were also given

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 the privilege

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 of calling God

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 as their father,

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 praying to him

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 as our father,

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 as Jesus taught them.

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 And so Jesus said

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 in Matthew 5,

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 44 to 45,

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 love your enemies

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 and pray for those

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 who persecute you

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 so you may be sons

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 of your father

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 who is in heaven.

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 So sometimes Jesus refers

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 to when he is addressing

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 the disciples,

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 he refers to God the father

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 as your father.

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 And all of us,

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 all of us who are

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 in Christ Jesus

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 through faith

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 are sons of God.

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 He says in Galatians 3, 26

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 and uses the language

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 of sons to indicate

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 that we are all

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 heirs of God.

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 We all have an inheritance

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 in God's kingdom.

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 Those who are members

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 of God's family

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 through faith in Jesus

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 therefore should be

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 exempt,

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 free from this temple tax.

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 So neither Jesus

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 nor Peter

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 has to pay this tax.

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 It's a foolproof argument.

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 Imagine a lowly servant,

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 a tax collector

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 who is going around towns

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 and collecting

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 the king's taxes

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 unknowingly going up

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 to the crown prince

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 of the kingdom

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 and telling him,

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 hey lad,

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 pay your tax.

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 And then the son says,

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 excuse me,

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 do you know who I am?

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 However,

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 Jesus continues

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 in verse 27,

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 not to give offense

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 to them.

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 Go to the sea

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 and cast a hook

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 and take the first fish

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 that comes up

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 and when you open

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 its mouth

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 you will find a shekel.

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 Take that

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 and give it to them

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 for me and for yourself.

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 Jesus knows

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 that there's a fish

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 that has swallowed

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 a Jewish shekel

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 and that will be

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 the first fish

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 that Peter catches

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 and one shekel

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 is equivalent

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 to two Roman denarii

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 which is two days

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 worth of wages

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 for a common Roman worker

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 which is the equivalent

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 of the four Greek drachmas

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 necessary to pay

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 for two people's temple tax,

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 both Jesus and Peter.

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 It's fascinating

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 and instructive

00:17:04.619 --> 00:17:05.759
 that Jesus gives Peter

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 instructions

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 to pay the temple tax

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 despite the fact

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 that he just demonstrated

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 that he doesn't need

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 to pay the temple tax.

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 There is no theological

00:17:16.660 --> 00:17:18.520
 or biblical obligation

00:17:18.520 --> 00:17:20.060
 to pay the temple tax.

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 Their payment

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 of this temple tax

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 is a humble accommodation.

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 They are accommodating

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 the tax collectors

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 and other Jews

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 who believe

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 that it is not only lawful

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 but pious

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 and pleasing to God

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 to pay this tax

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 for the maintenance

00:17:37.000 --> 00:17:37.580
 of the temple.

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 So they are doing this

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 not to give offense

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 to or to not

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 to cause them

00:17:43.079 --> 00:17:43.679
 to stumble.

00:17:45.179 --> 00:17:46.000
 For Jesus

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 and his disciples

00:17:46.879 --> 00:17:48.359
 who are the sons of God

00:17:48.359 --> 00:17:49.500
 it is no sin

00:17:49.500 --> 00:17:50.740
 not to pay the temple tax.

00:17:50.859 --> 00:17:51.059
 However,

00:17:51.139 --> 00:17:52.319
 for these other Jews

00:17:52.319 --> 00:17:54.039
 who are collecting the tax

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 and who are watching

00:17:54.839 --> 00:17:55.960
 what Jesus will do

00:17:55.960 --> 00:17:57.139
 regarding his temple tax

00:17:57.139 --> 00:17:57.980
 for them

00:17:57.980 --> 00:17:59.059
 it would be sinful

00:17:59.059 --> 00:18:00.159
 to not pay this

00:18:00.159 --> 00:18:01.759
 because it would be

00:18:01.759 --> 00:18:02.559
 in their mind

00:18:02.559 --> 00:18:04.220
 neglecting the house of God

00:18:04.220 --> 00:18:06.240
 failing to honor God

00:18:06.240 --> 00:18:08.079
 consigning the house of God

00:18:08.079 --> 00:18:08.839
 to disrepair

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 and not prioritizing

00:18:11.159 --> 00:18:11.659
 the worship

00:18:11.659 --> 00:18:13.059
 and the sacrifices

00:18:13.059 --> 00:18:14.240
 that are offered

00:18:14.240 --> 00:18:15.339
 at the temple of God.

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 This is where

00:18:18.659 --> 00:18:19.399
 it's important for us

00:18:19.399 --> 00:18:19.899
 to distinguish

00:18:19.899 --> 00:18:21.659
 between objective sins

00:18:21.659 --> 00:18:23.379
 and subjective sins.

00:18:24.259 --> 00:18:25.319
 In Romans 14

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 Paul contrasts

00:18:26.699 --> 00:18:27.720
 a Christian

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 who has a weak conscience

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 who believes

00:18:30.339 --> 00:18:32.139
 because of his weak conscience

00:18:32.139 --> 00:18:33.279
 that it is wrong

00:18:33.279 --> 00:18:34.039
 to eat meat

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 or to drink wine.

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 And the Christian

00:18:37.680 --> 00:18:38.920
 with a strong conscience

00:18:38.920 --> 00:18:39.740
 on the other hand

00:18:39.740 --> 00:18:41.000
 believes that it's totally fine

00:18:41.000 --> 00:18:41.680
 to eat meat

00:18:41.680 --> 00:18:42.799
 and to drink wine.

00:18:43.539 --> 00:18:45.600
 The former eats only vegetables

00:18:45.600 --> 00:18:47.319
 and abstains from meat

00:18:47.319 --> 00:18:49.180
 the latter eats meat

00:18:49.180 --> 00:18:50.279
 to his heart's content.

00:18:51.200 --> 00:18:51.519
 However,

00:18:51.620 --> 00:18:52.819
 in this situation

00:18:52.819 --> 00:18:54.360
 Paul instructs the Christian

00:18:54.360 --> 00:18:56.519
 with the stronger conscience

00:18:56.519 --> 00:18:58.500
 never to put

00:18:58.500 --> 00:18:59.680
 a stumbling block

00:18:59.680 --> 00:19:00.360
 or hindrance

00:19:00.360 --> 00:19:01.339
 in the way of a brother.

00:19:01.339 --> 00:19:03.939
 For if your brother

00:19:03.939 --> 00:19:04.759
 is grieved

00:19:04.759 --> 00:19:05.859
 by what you eat

00:19:05.859 --> 00:19:06.879
 you are no longer

00:19:06.879 --> 00:19:08.220
 walking in love

00:19:08.220 --> 00:19:11.439
 and so by what you eat

00:19:11.439 --> 00:19:12.619
 do not destroy

00:19:12.619 --> 00:19:13.559
 the one for whom

00:19:13.559 --> 00:19:14.240
 Christ died.

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 This is Romans 14

00:19:15.139 --> 00:19:15.819
 13 and 15.

00:19:16.980 --> 00:19:17.980
 Paul says

00:19:17.980 --> 00:19:19.740
 he is himself convinced

00:19:19.740 --> 00:19:21.220
 that no food

00:19:21.220 --> 00:19:22.159
 is unclean

00:19:22.159 --> 00:19:24.000
 and that it is perfectly fine

00:19:24.000 --> 00:19:24.679
 to eat meat

00:19:24.679 --> 00:19:25.339
 and drink wine.

00:19:25.959 --> 00:19:26.279
 Nevertheless,

00:19:26.679 --> 00:19:27.399
 for the Christian

00:19:27.399 --> 00:19:28.699
 who is not convinced

00:19:28.699 --> 00:19:29.179
 of that

00:19:29.179 --> 00:19:30.079
 and has doubts

00:19:30.079 --> 00:19:30.740
 about that

00:19:30.740 --> 00:19:31.980
 the Christian

00:19:31.980 --> 00:19:32.440
 who thinks

00:19:32.440 --> 00:19:33.519
 that it might be sinful

00:19:33.519 --> 00:19:34.940
 for him to eat meat

00:19:34.940 --> 00:19:36.599
 if he eats it

00:19:36.599 --> 00:19:37.420
 that's sin for him.

00:19:38.440 --> 00:19:38.799
 Why?

00:19:38.920 --> 00:19:39.900
 Romans 14 23

00:19:39.900 --> 00:19:41.339
 whoever has doubts

00:19:41.339 --> 00:19:42.039
 is condemned

00:19:42.039 --> 00:19:42.880
 if he eats

00:19:42.880 --> 00:19:43.960
 because the eating

00:19:43.960 --> 00:19:45.859
 is not from faith

00:19:45.859 --> 00:19:47.079
 for whatever

00:19:47.079 --> 00:19:48.019
 does not proceed

00:19:48.019 --> 00:19:48.720
 from faith

00:19:48.720 --> 00:19:49.380
 is sin.

00:19:50.279 --> 00:19:50.980
 What does

00:19:50.980 --> 00:19:52.200
 Paul mean by that?

00:19:52.720 --> 00:19:53.359
 Eating meat

00:19:53.359 --> 00:19:54.960
 is not objectively sinful.

00:19:55.640 --> 00:19:56.200
 However,

00:19:56.400 --> 00:19:57.799
 it is subjectively sinful

00:19:57.799 --> 00:19:58.740
 for those who believe

00:19:58.740 --> 00:19:59.559
 that it is sinful

00:19:59.559 --> 00:20:00.759
 and do it anyway.

00:20:02.359 --> 00:20:03.579
 If he eats it

00:20:03.579 --> 00:20:04.599
 he is eating

00:20:04.599 --> 00:20:06.339
 against his own conscience.

00:20:06.720 --> 00:20:07.519
 He is doing

00:20:07.519 --> 00:20:08.599
 what he believes

00:20:08.599 --> 00:20:09.259
 is sinful

00:20:09.259 --> 00:20:10.220
 what he believes

00:20:10.220 --> 00:20:10.819
 offends

00:20:10.819 --> 00:20:12.159
 and displeases God.

00:20:13.220 --> 00:20:13.740
 Therefore,

00:20:13.799 --> 00:20:14.399
 he is no longer

00:20:14.399 --> 00:20:15.460
 acting out of faith

00:20:15.460 --> 00:20:16.079
 and obedience

00:20:16.079 --> 00:20:17.919
 but out of unbelief

00:20:17.919 --> 00:20:19.440
 and disobedience.

00:20:20.940 --> 00:20:22.460
 I think it's wrong

00:20:22.460 --> 00:20:23.079
 to eat meat

00:20:23.079 --> 00:20:25.639
 but who cares

00:20:25.639 --> 00:20:26.339
 I'm going to do it anyway.

00:20:26.339 --> 00:20:27.699
 what's God

00:20:27.699 --> 00:20:28.419
 going to do about it?

00:20:30.480 --> 00:20:31.139
 A whole bunch

00:20:31.139 --> 00:20:31.399
 of people

00:20:31.399 --> 00:20:31.899
 do it anyway.

00:20:34.000 --> 00:20:35.019
 For that person

00:20:35.019 --> 00:20:35.599
 it is sin

00:20:35.599 --> 00:20:36.500
 to eat meat

00:20:36.500 --> 00:20:37.319
 for whatever

00:20:37.319 --> 00:20:38.099
 does not proceed

00:20:38.099 --> 00:20:38.720
 from faith

00:20:38.720 --> 00:20:39.199
 is sin.

00:20:40.359 --> 00:20:41.079
 It follows

00:20:41.079 --> 00:20:41.679
 from this then

00:20:41.679 --> 00:20:42.399
 that if the person

00:20:42.399 --> 00:20:43.099
 with the stronger

00:20:43.099 --> 00:20:43.779
 conscience

00:20:43.779 --> 00:20:45.039
 flaunts his freedom

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 and eats meat

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 in front of this

00:20:47.059 --> 00:20:47.599
 other person

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 with the weaker

00:20:48.179 --> 00:20:48.699
 conscience

00:20:48.699 --> 00:20:49.879
 he is actually

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 inadvertently

00:20:50.599 --> 00:20:52.039
 tempting this person

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 to sin.

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 he is putting

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 a stumbling block

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 in the way

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 of a brother

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 and putting

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 a stumbling block

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 in front of a Christian

00:20:59.619 --> 00:21:00.259
 brother or sister

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 is itself sinful

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 because that

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 Paul says

00:21:03.179 --> 00:21:04.200
 is unloving.

00:21:05.339 --> 00:21:06.460
 Romans 14, 15

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 for if your brother

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 is grieved by what you eat

00:21:08.339 --> 00:21:09.220
 you are no longer

00:21:09.220 --> 00:21:10.359
 walking in love.

00:21:11.639 --> 00:21:12.399
 So the Christian

00:21:12.399 --> 00:21:14.119
 with a weaker conscience

00:21:14.119 --> 00:21:15.019
 who eats meat

00:21:15.019 --> 00:21:15.639
 sins

00:21:15.639 --> 00:21:17.099
 because his action

00:21:17.099 --> 00:21:17.879
 does not proceed

00:21:17.879 --> 00:21:18.720
 from faith.

00:21:19.359 --> 00:21:20.000
 The Christian

00:21:20.000 --> 00:21:21.460
 with the stronger conscience

00:21:21.460 --> 00:21:22.339
 who eats meat

00:21:22.339 --> 00:21:23.339
 in front of that

00:21:23.339 --> 00:21:24.159
 weaker brother

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 sins

00:21:24.959 --> 00:21:26.559
 because his action

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 does not proceed

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 from love.

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 You guys following?

00:21:31.240 --> 00:21:32.119
 Paul addresses

00:21:32.119 --> 00:21:33.039
 a similar situation

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 in 1 Corinthians 8 and 10.

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 Should Christians

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 eat food

00:21:36.199 --> 00:21:37.319
 sold at marketplaces

00:21:37.319 --> 00:21:38.259
 that had previously

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 been offered

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 to idols?

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 Paul says

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 an idol has no

00:21:41.480 --> 00:21:42.319
 real existence

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 whatsoever there is

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 since there is

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 no God but one.

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 And for people

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 who understand

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 that it is no sin

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 to eat food

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 that had previously

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 been offered

00:21:50.559 --> 00:21:51.139
 to idols

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 as long as

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 you are not

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 actively participating

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 in idolatrous

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 worship

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 which is demonic.

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 However,

00:21:56.740 --> 00:21:57.380
 Paul continues

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 not all

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 possess this knowledge.

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 There are some

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 people in Paul's day

00:22:01.320 --> 00:22:02.120
 who came out

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 of that kind

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 of idolatry

00:22:03.380 --> 00:22:04.360
 who still think

00:22:04.360 --> 00:22:04.660
 that there is

00:22:04.660 --> 00:22:05.280
 something real

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 happening

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 in that meat

00:22:07.460 --> 00:22:07.860
 that has been

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 offered to an idol

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 that is associated

00:22:09.780 --> 00:22:10.340
 with idols

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 that it belongs

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 to an idol

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 and so they feel

00:22:13.020 --> 00:22:14.000
 this pang

00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:14.700
 of their conscience

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 to not eat it.

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 And for such people

00:22:17.940 --> 00:22:19.020
 to eat that food

00:22:19.020 --> 00:22:19.420
 that had been

00:22:19.420 --> 00:22:20.340
 sacrificed to an idol

00:22:20.339 --> 00:22:20.980
 Paul says

00:22:20.980 --> 00:22:22.899
 is that it defiles

00:22:22.899 --> 00:22:23.579
 their conscience.

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 So Paul warns

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 the people

00:22:26.759 --> 00:22:27.740
 with stronger conscience

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 take care

00:22:28.859 --> 00:22:30.339
 that this right

00:22:30.339 --> 00:22:31.119
 of yours

00:22:31.119 --> 00:22:32.699
 does not somehow

00:22:32.699 --> 00:22:33.679
 become a stumbling

00:22:33.679 --> 00:22:34.720
 block to the weak.

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 If they see you

00:22:37.559 --> 00:22:38.119
 eating food

00:22:38.119 --> 00:22:38.839
 offered to idols

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 and then they

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 follow your example

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 they themselves

00:22:42.500 --> 00:22:43.439
 lack the faith

00:22:43.439 --> 00:22:44.039
 and the knowledge

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 that this food

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 is fine to eat

00:22:45.819 --> 00:22:46.319
 that the idols

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 are nothing

00:22:46.799 --> 00:22:48.439
 but they follow

00:22:48.439 --> 00:22:49.379
 your example in it.

00:22:49.380 --> 00:22:50.180
 their conscience

00:22:50.180 --> 00:22:50.900
 is defiled

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 and they've become

00:22:51.700 --> 00:22:52.880
 entangled in sin.

00:22:54.840 --> 00:22:55.700
 You have

00:22:55.700 --> 00:22:56.980
 in effect

00:22:56.980 --> 00:22:57.860
 made them stumble

00:22:57.860 --> 00:22:58.320
 and fall

00:22:58.320 --> 00:22:58.940
 into sin.

00:23:02.300 --> 00:23:03.200
 So Paul

00:23:03.200 --> 00:23:04.140
 himself says

00:23:04.140 --> 00:23:05.400
 this is his own

00:23:05.400 --> 00:23:06.220
 avowal

00:23:06.220 --> 00:23:06.620
 he says

00:23:06.620 --> 00:23:08.120
 if food makes

00:23:08.120 --> 00:23:09.400
 my brother stumble

00:23:09.400 --> 00:23:11.380
 I will never

00:23:11.380 --> 00:23:12.020
 eat meat

00:23:12.020 --> 00:23:13.840
 lest I make

00:23:13.840 --> 00:23:14.700
 my brother stumble.

00:23:16.380 --> 00:23:17.240
 Imagine making

00:23:17.240 --> 00:23:18.160
 that kind of declaration.

00:23:18.160 --> 00:23:19.940
 it's quite a sacrifice

00:23:19.940 --> 00:23:20.800
 for all you meat lovers

00:23:20.800 --> 00:23:21.220
 out there.

00:23:22.620 --> 00:23:23.519
 But this raises

00:23:23.519 --> 00:23:24.019
 a question

00:23:24.019 --> 00:23:25.519
 why should

00:23:25.519 --> 00:23:26.900
 my liberty

00:23:26.900 --> 00:23:29.040
 be restricted

00:23:29.040 --> 00:23:29.920
 by someone

00:23:29.920 --> 00:23:30.980
 else's conscience?

00:23:33.320 --> 00:23:34.460
 Paul anticipates

00:23:34.460 --> 00:23:35.480
 that exact question

00:23:35.480 --> 00:23:36.940
 in 1 Corinthians 10

00:23:36.940 --> 00:23:37.600
 verse 29

00:23:37.600 --> 00:23:38.779
 and this is his answer.

00:23:39.540 --> 00:23:40.200
 Whether you eat

00:23:40.200 --> 00:23:40.779
 or drink

00:23:40.779 --> 00:23:42.180
 or whatever you do

00:23:42.180 --> 00:23:42.840
 do all

00:23:42.840 --> 00:23:43.480
 to the glory

00:23:43.480 --> 00:23:44.000
 of God.

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 Give no offense

00:23:45.480 --> 00:23:45.980
 to Jews

00:23:45.980 --> 00:23:46.620
 or to Greeks

00:23:46.619 --> 00:23:47.299
 or to the church

00:23:47.299 --> 00:23:47.719
 of God

00:23:47.719 --> 00:23:48.939
 just as I try

00:23:48.939 --> 00:23:49.719
 to please

00:23:49.719 --> 00:23:50.399
 everyone

00:23:50.399 --> 00:23:51.559
 in everything

00:23:51.559 --> 00:23:52.579
 I do

00:23:52.579 --> 00:23:53.899
 not seeking

00:23:53.899 --> 00:23:55.059
 my own advantage

00:23:55.059 --> 00:23:56.259
 but that of many

00:23:56.259 --> 00:23:57.379
 that they may be

00:23:57.379 --> 00:23:58.000
 saved.

00:23:59.779 --> 00:24:00.559
 Wait a minute

00:24:00.559 --> 00:24:02.179
 Paul just admitted

00:24:02.179 --> 00:24:03.879
 that he tries

00:24:03.879 --> 00:24:04.899
 to please

00:24:04.899 --> 00:24:05.799
 everyone

00:24:05.799 --> 00:24:07.159
 in everything

00:24:07.159 --> 00:24:07.719
 he does.

00:24:09.099 --> 00:24:09.839
 Isn't that

00:24:09.839 --> 00:24:11.159
 the definition

00:24:11.160 --> 00:24:12.640
 of a people

00:24:12.640 --> 00:24:13.000
 pleaser?

00:24:16.440 --> 00:24:17.100
 Isn't that

00:24:17.100 --> 00:24:17.800
 a bad thing?

00:24:19.980 --> 00:24:20.779
 Why should

00:24:20.779 --> 00:24:21.600
 I change

00:24:21.600 --> 00:24:22.600
 how I live

00:24:22.600 --> 00:24:23.540
 based on

00:24:23.540 --> 00:24:24.340
 other people's

00:24:24.340 --> 00:24:24.759
 concerns?

00:24:25.259 --> 00:24:26.180
 Why should I

00:24:26.180 --> 00:24:26.480
 give up

00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:27.279
 my freedoms

00:24:27.279 --> 00:24:28.180
 for them?

00:24:29.660 --> 00:24:30.640
 This idea

00:24:30.640 --> 00:24:31.779
 of foregoing

00:24:31.779 --> 00:24:32.720
 our rights

00:24:32.720 --> 00:24:34.720
 for the love

00:24:34.720 --> 00:24:35.279
 of others

00:24:35.279 --> 00:24:36.940
 and accommodating

00:24:36.940 --> 00:24:37.640
 other people's

00:24:37.640 --> 00:24:38.700
 weaker consciences

00:24:38.700 --> 00:24:40.319
 goes against

00:24:40.319 --> 00:24:40.840
 the grain

00:24:40.840 --> 00:24:41.420
 of our culture.

00:24:43.940 --> 00:24:44.740
 Think about

00:24:44.740 --> 00:24:45.759
 how many times

00:24:45.759 --> 00:24:46.100
 you have

00:24:46.100 --> 00:24:46.860
 uncritically

00:24:46.860 --> 00:24:47.420
 adopted

00:24:47.420 --> 00:24:48.019
 these

00:24:48.019 --> 00:24:49.200
 mantras

00:24:49.200 --> 00:24:49.539
 of

00:24:49.539 --> 00:24:50.940
 popular

00:24:50.940 --> 00:24:52.380
 therapy speak.

00:24:53.559 --> 00:24:54.299
 Don't live

00:24:54.299 --> 00:24:54.940
 for other people.

00:24:57.240 --> 00:24:57.680
 Be your

00:24:57.680 --> 00:24:58.080
 authentic

00:24:58.080 --> 00:24:58.779
 true self.

00:25:00.500 --> 00:25:01.019
 You don't

00:25:01.019 --> 00:25:01.539
 owe anyone

00:25:01.539 --> 00:25:01.940
 anything.

00:25:03.340 --> 00:25:03.640
 Protect

00:25:03.640 --> 00:25:04.400
 your peace.

00:25:05.539 --> 00:25:05.900
 Set

00:25:05.900 --> 00:25:06.340
 boundaries.

00:25:06.380 --> 00:25:06.580
 Set

00:25:06.580 --> 00:25:06.500
 boundaries.

00:25:08.700 --> 00:25:10.460
 Our culture

00:25:10.460 --> 00:25:11.039
 has gone

00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:12.340
 well beyond

00:25:12.340 --> 00:25:13.200
 simply trying

00:25:13.200 --> 00:25:13.700
 to avoid

00:25:13.700 --> 00:25:14.420
 being controlled

00:25:14.420 --> 00:25:15.100
 by others.

00:25:15.539 --> 00:25:16.140
 Now we don't

00:25:16.140 --> 00:25:16.600
 even want

00:25:16.600 --> 00:25:16.880
 to be

00:25:16.880 --> 00:25:17.380
 concerned

00:25:17.380 --> 00:25:18.039
 by others.

00:25:20.120 --> 00:25:20.640
 Doing

00:25:20.640 --> 00:25:21.319
 concerns,

00:25:21.600 --> 00:25:22.080
 doing things

00:25:22.080 --> 00:25:22.860
 out of concern

00:25:22.860 --> 00:25:23.460
 for others

00:25:23.460 --> 00:25:24.140
 because we

00:25:24.140 --> 00:25:24.500
 feel that

00:25:24.500 --> 00:25:24.720
 that is

00:25:24.720 --> 00:25:25.059
 what we

00:25:25.059 --> 00:25:25.840
 should do

00:25:25.840 --> 00:25:26.700
 is not

00:25:26.700 --> 00:25:27.140
 viewed as

00:25:27.140 --> 00:25:27.600
 a threat

00:25:27.600 --> 00:25:28.539
 to authenticity

00:25:28.539 --> 00:25:30.000
 because we

00:25:30.000 --> 00:25:30.380
 should really

00:25:30.380 --> 00:25:31.039
 only do

00:25:31.039 --> 00:25:31.720
 what we

00:25:31.720 --> 00:25:32.100
 ourselves

00:25:32.100 --> 00:25:32.660
 want to

00:25:32.660 --> 00:25:32.880
 do.

00:25:35.539 --> 00:25:35.799
 And

00:25:35.799 --> 00:25:36.400
 telling people

00:25:36.400 --> 00:25:36.840
 to bear

00:25:36.840 --> 00:25:37.299
 that kind

00:25:37.299 --> 00:25:38.200
 of emotional

00:25:38.200 --> 00:25:38.620
 burden

00:25:38.619 --> 00:25:38.979
 for the

00:25:38.979 --> 00:25:39.259
 sake of

00:25:39.259 --> 00:25:39.459
 other

00:25:39.459 --> 00:25:39.859
 people

00:25:39.859 --> 00:25:40.479
 is seen

00:25:40.479 --> 00:25:40.739
 as a

00:25:40.739 --> 00:25:41.079
 form of

00:25:41.079 --> 00:25:41.659
 manipulation.

00:25:44.579 --> 00:25:45.139
 Externally

00:25:45.139 --> 00:25:45.739
 imposed

00:25:45.739 --> 00:25:46.579
 expectations

00:25:46.579 --> 00:25:47.379
 and obligations

00:25:47.379 --> 00:25:48.439
 are automatically

00:25:48.439 --> 00:25:49.159
 suspect in

00:25:49.159 --> 00:25:49.539
 our culture.

00:25:51.799 --> 00:25:52.379
 This

00:25:52.379 --> 00:25:52.779
 kind of

00:25:52.779 --> 00:25:53.059
 thinking

00:25:53.059 --> 00:25:53.579
 has in

00:25:53.579 --> 00:25:53.719
 fact

00:25:53.719 --> 00:25:54.000
 become

00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:54.259
 so

00:25:54.259 --> 00:25:54.799
 pervasive

00:25:54.799 --> 00:25:55.799
 that it

00:25:55.799 --> 00:25:56.359
 almost

00:25:56.359 --> 00:25:56.819
 feels

00:25:56.819 --> 00:25:57.519
 intuitive.

00:26:00.259 --> 00:26:00.819
 But

00:26:00.819 --> 00:26:01.219
 this kind

00:26:01.219 --> 00:26:01.559
 of thinking

00:26:01.559 --> 00:26:02.019
 is rooted

00:26:02.019 --> 00:26:02.679
 in

00:26:02.679 --> 00:26:03.339
 18th

00:26:03.339 --> 00:26:03.659
 century

00:26:03.659 --> 00:26:04.179
 romantic

00:26:04.179 --> 00:26:04.779
 philosophy

00:26:04.779 --> 00:26:05.099
 of

00:26:05.099 --> 00:26:05.739
 Jean-Jacques

00:26:05.739 --> 00:26:06.179
 Rousseau

00:26:06.180 --> 00:26:07.860
 who

00:26:07.860 --> 00:26:08.140
 taught

00:26:08.140 --> 00:26:08.380
 that we

00:26:08.380 --> 00:26:08.560
 must

00:26:08.560 --> 00:26:08.740
 be

00:26:08.740 --> 00:26:09.039
 true

00:26:09.039 --> 00:26:09.240
 to

00:26:09.240 --> 00:26:09.380
 our

00:26:09.380 --> 00:26:09.779
 internal

00:26:09.779 --> 00:26:10.460
 feelings

00:26:10.460 --> 00:26:10.900
 and

00:26:10.900 --> 00:26:11.299
 resist

00:26:11.299 --> 00:26:11.880
 conforming

00:26:11.880 --> 00:26:12.000
 to

00:26:12.000 --> 00:26:12.440
 external

00:26:12.440 --> 00:26:13.100
 expectations.

00:26:14.140 --> 00:26:14.480
 This

00:26:14.480 --> 00:26:14.799
 kind of

00:26:14.799 --> 00:26:15.060
 thinking

00:26:15.060 --> 00:26:15.519
 is rooted

00:26:15.519 --> 00:26:15.740
 in

00:26:15.740 --> 00:26:16.279
 19th

00:26:16.279 --> 00:26:16.539
 century

00:26:16.539 --> 00:26:17.000
 Sigmund

00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:16.980
!

00:26:16.980 --> 00:26:17.380
 Freud

00:26:17.380 --> 00:26:18.420
 who

00:26:18.420 --> 00:26:18.700
 taught

00:26:18.700 --> 00:26:18.900
 that

00:26:18.900 --> 00:26:19.560
 psychological

00:26:19.560 --> 00:26:19.560


00:26:19.560 --> 00:26:20.420
 unhealth

00:26:20.420 --> 00:26:20.980
 comes

00:26:20.980 --> 00:26:21.240
 from

00:26:21.240 --> 00:26:21.460
 among

00:26:21.460 --> 00:26:21.740
 other

00:26:21.740 --> 00:26:21.960
 things

00:26:21.960 --> 00:26:22.220
 letting

00:26:22.220 --> 00:26:22.560
 your

00:26:22.560 --> 00:26:23.019
 reality

00:26:23.019 --> 00:26:23.320
 be

00:26:23.320 --> 00:26:24.240
 defined

00:26:24.240 --> 00:26:24.560
 by

00:26:24.560 --> 00:26:24.700
 and

00:26:24.700 --> 00:26:25.060
 restricted

00:26:25.060 --> 00:26:25.340
 by

00:26:25.340 --> 00:26:25.519
 your

00:26:25.519 --> 00:26:25.940
 super

00:26:25.940 --> 00:26:26.259
 ego

00:26:26.259 --> 00:26:26.539
 which

00:26:26.539 --> 00:26:26.720
 is

00:26:26.720 --> 00:26:26.880
 your

00:26:26.880 --> 00:26:27.360
 moral

00:26:27.360 --> 00:26:28.019
 conscience

00:26:28.019 --> 00:26:28.019


00:26:28.620 --> 00:26:29.320
 representing

00:26:29.320 --> 00:26:29.720
 the

00:26:29.720 --> 00:26:30.299
 internalized

00:26:30.299 --> 00:26:30.700
 societal

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 and

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 parental

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 expectations.

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 This

00:26:33.579 --> 00:26:33.799
 kind

00:26:33.799 --> 00:26:33.920
 of

00:26:33.920 --> 00:26:34.140
 thinking

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 is

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 rooted

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 in

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 20th

00:26:35.259 --> 00:26:35.579
 century

00:26:35.579 --> 00:26:36.039
 Abraham

00:26:36.039 --> 00:26:36.579
 Maslow

00:26:36.579 --> 00:26:37.299
 who

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 taught

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 that

00:26:38.079 --> 00:26:38.480
 self

00:26:38.480 --> 00:26:39.400
 actualization

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 involves

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 becoming

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 one's

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 own

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 true

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 self

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 rather

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 than

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 living

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 to meet

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 the

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 expectations

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 and demands

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 of others.

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 It's

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 this

00:26:48.440 --> 00:26:48.740
 kind

00:26:48.740 --> 00:26:48.859
 of

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 thinking

00:26:49.079 --> 00:26:49.259
 that

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 has

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 given

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 rise

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 to

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 the

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 radical

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 expressive

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 individualism

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 of our

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 age.

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 This

00:26:55.160 --> 00:26:55.400
 kind

00:26:55.400 --> 00:26:55.519
 of

00:26:55.519 --> 00:26:55.700
 thinking

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 does

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 not

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 come

00:26:56.299 --> 00:26:56.460
 from

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 the

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 Bible.

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 Now

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 please

00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:00.339
 don't hear

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 what I'm

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 not saying.

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 I'm

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 not

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 saying

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 that

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 you

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 should

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 live

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 enslaved

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 to

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 other

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 people's

00:27:07.160 --> 00:27:07.480
 opinions

00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:07.660
 and

00:27:07.660 --> 00:27:08.200
 expectations.

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 Far

00:27:10.879 --> 00:27:11.339
 from it.

00:27:11.819 --> 00:27:12.039
 Having

00:27:12.039 --> 00:27:12.740
 concern

00:27:12.740 --> 00:27:13.240
 for other

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 people

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 is not

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 the same

00:27:15.240 --> 00:27:15.519
 thing

00:27:15.519 --> 00:27:15.920
 as being

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 controlled

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 by other

00:27:16.859 --> 00:27:17.200
 people.

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 Living

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 out of

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 the fear

00:27:20.660 --> 00:27:22.440
 of man,

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 being

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 controlled

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 by what

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 they perceive

00:27:25.579 --> 00:27:25.740
 of you,

00:27:25.799 --> 00:27:26.039
 what they

00:27:26.039 --> 00:27:26.500
 think of

00:27:26.500 --> 00:27:26.579
 you,

00:27:26.640 --> 00:27:26.920
 and wanting

00:27:26.920 --> 00:27:27.299
 to do

00:27:27.299 --> 00:27:27.500
 everything

00:27:27.500 --> 00:27:27.700
 you can

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 to please

00:27:28.059 --> 00:27:28.160
 them,

00:27:28.500 --> 00:27:28.799
 living

00:27:28.799 --> 00:27:29.019
 out of

00:27:29.019 --> 00:27:29.339
 the fear

00:27:29.339 --> 00:27:29.660
 of man

00:27:29.660 --> 00:27:30.079
 is

00:27:30.079 --> 00:27:31.319
 night and

00:27:31.319 --> 00:27:31.519
 day

00:27:31.519 --> 00:27:31.839
 different

00:27:31.839 --> 00:27:32.059
 from

00:27:32.059 --> 00:27:32.319
 living

00:27:32.319 --> 00:27:32.559
 out of

00:27:32.559 --> 00:27:33.039
 the fear

00:27:33.039 --> 00:27:33.679
 of God

00:27:33.679 --> 00:27:34.439
 and the

00:27:34.439 --> 00:27:34.819
 love

00:27:34.819 --> 00:27:35.299
 of man.

00:27:39.980 --> 00:27:40.519
 The

00:27:40.519 --> 00:27:40.879
 secular

00:27:40.879 --> 00:27:41.759
 culture's

00:27:41.759 --> 00:27:42.559
 antidote

00:27:42.559 --> 00:27:43.460
 to the

00:27:43.460 --> 00:27:43.819
 fear of

00:27:43.819 --> 00:27:44.119
 man

00:27:44.119 --> 00:27:45.439
 is love

00:27:45.439 --> 00:27:46.039
 of self.

00:27:48.439 --> 00:27:49.139
 But the

00:27:49.139 --> 00:27:49.639
 Bible's

00:27:49.639 --> 00:27:50.220
 antidote to

00:27:50.220 --> 00:27:50.559
 the fear

00:27:50.559 --> 00:27:50.960
 of man

00:27:50.960 --> 00:27:51.599
 is the

00:27:51.599 --> 00:27:52.039
 fear of

00:27:52.039 --> 00:27:52.419
 God

00:27:52.419 --> 00:27:53.279
 and the

00:27:53.279 --> 00:27:53.539
 love

00:27:53.539 --> 00:27:54.019
 of neighbor.

00:27:55.539 --> 00:27:55.740
 Do you

00:27:55.740 --> 00:27:56.000
 see the

00:27:56.000 --> 00:27:56.359
 difference?

00:27:56.359 --> 00:27:58.339
 God

00:27:58.339 --> 00:27:58.859
 is the

00:27:58.859 --> 00:27:58.859


00:27:58.859 --> 00:27:59.179
 God.

00:27:59.179 --> 00:27:58.779
 That's

00:27:58.779 --> 00:27:58.919
 what

00:27:58.919 --> 00:27:59.279
 Christianity

00:27:59.279 --> 00:27:59.619
 is all

00:27:59.619 --> 00:27:59.819
 about.

00:27:59.959 --> 00:28:00.259
 Faith

00:28:00.259 --> 00:28:00.619
 working

00:28:00.619 --> 00:28:00.859
 through

00:28:00.859 --> 00:28:01.259
 love.

00:28:02.179 --> 00:28:02.299
 The

00:28:02.299 --> 00:28:02.659
 aim of

00:28:02.659 --> 00:28:02.799
 our

00:28:02.799 --> 00:28:03.079
 charge

00:28:03.079 --> 00:28:03.479
 is love

00:28:03.479 --> 00:28:03.619
 that

00:28:03.619 --> 00:28:03.839
 issues

00:28:03.839 --> 00:28:04.199
 from a

00:28:04.199 --> 00:28:04.439
 pure

00:28:04.439 --> 00:28:04.759
 heart

00:28:04.759 --> 00:28:05.000
 and a

00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:05.179
 good

00:28:05.179 --> 00:28:05.679
 conscience

00:28:05.679 --> 00:28:05.979
 and a

00:28:05.979 --> 00:28:06.379
 sincere

00:28:06.379 --> 00:28:06.819
 faith.

00:28:07.679 --> 00:28:07.979
 When

00:28:07.979 --> 00:28:08.240
 we are

00:28:08.240 --> 00:28:09.139
 transformed

00:28:09.139 --> 00:28:10.459
 from the

00:28:10.459 --> 00:28:11.159
 inside out

00:28:11.159 --> 00:28:11.539
 by the

00:28:11.539 --> 00:28:11.939
 love of

00:28:11.939 --> 00:28:12.439
 Christ,

00:28:12.699 --> 00:28:13.559
 we have

00:28:13.559 --> 00:28:14.079
 the power

00:28:14.079 --> 00:28:14.339
 to

00:28:14.339 --> 00:28:14.899
 selflessly

00:28:14.899 --> 00:28:15.399
 serve

00:28:15.399 --> 00:28:15.779
 others

00:28:15.779 --> 00:28:16.439
 and to

00:28:16.439 --> 00:28:17.000
 accommodate

00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:17.539
 even our

00:28:17.539 --> 00:28:17.899
 weaker

00:28:17.899 --> 00:28:19.219
 brothers and

00:28:19.219 --> 00:28:19.639
 sisters with

00:28:19.639 --> 00:28:19.939
 weaker

00:28:19.939 --> 00:28:20.479
 consciences.

00:28:21.659 --> 00:28:22.279
 This is

00:28:22.279 --> 00:28:22.779
 what Paul is

00:28:22.779 --> 00:28:23.139
 talking about

00:28:23.139 --> 00:28:23.719
 in 1 Corinthians

00:28:23.719 --> 00:28:24.399
 9 verse

00:28:24.399 --> 00:28:24.839
 19.

00:28:24.839 --> 00:28:25.359
 For

00:28:25.359 --> 00:28:25.939
 although I

00:28:25.939 --> 00:28:26.480
 am free

00:28:26.480 --> 00:28:27.159
 from all,

00:28:27.259 --> 00:28:27.740
 I'm free

00:28:27.740 --> 00:28:28.179
 from all,

00:28:28.199 --> 00:28:28.619
 he says,

00:28:29.039 --> 00:28:29.980
 I have

00:28:29.980 --> 00:28:31.039
 made myself

00:28:31.039 --> 00:28:31.799
 a servant

00:28:31.799 --> 00:28:32.399
 to all

00:28:32.399 --> 00:28:33.099
 that I

00:28:33.099 --> 00:28:33.679
 might win

00:28:33.679 --> 00:28:34.240
 more of

00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:34.480
 them.

00:28:36.399 --> 00:28:36.899
 Martin

00:28:36.899 --> 00:28:37.240
 Luther

00:28:37.240 --> 00:28:38.459
 captures this

00:28:38.459 --> 00:28:38.959
 paradox in

00:28:38.959 --> 00:28:39.259
 his book,

00:28:39.339 --> 00:28:39.679
 The Freedom

00:28:39.679 --> 00:28:39.959
 of a

00:28:39.959 --> 00:28:40.259
 Christian.

00:28:40.779 --> 00:28:40.959
 A

00:28:40.959 --> 00:28:41.299
 Christian

00:28:41.299 --> 00:28:41.959
 is a

00:28:41.959 --> 00:28:42.419
 perfectly

00:28:42.419 --> 00:28:43.019
 free

00:28:43.019 --> 00:28:43.519
 lord of

00:28:43.519 --> 00:28:43.859
 all,

00:28:44.059 --> 00:28:44.299
 subject

00:28:44.299 --> 00:28:44.899
 to none.

00:28:45.959 --> 00:28:46.299
 A

00:28:46.299 --> 00:28:46.639
 Christian

00:28:46.639 --> 00:28:47.459
 is a

00:28:47.459 --> 00:28:47.859
 perfectly

00:28:47.859 --> 00:28:48.679
 dutiful

00:28:48.679 --> 00:28:49.279
 servant

00:28:49.279 --> 00:28:49.740
 of all,

00:28:50.500 --> 00:28:50.980
 subject

00:28:50.980 --> 00:28:51.679
 to all.

00:28:54.839 --> 00:28:56.659
 earlier

00:28:56.659 --> 00:28:56.980
 on in

00:28:56.980 --> 00:28:57.720
 chapter 15

00:28:57.720 --> 00:28:58.419
 when Jesus

00:28:58.419 --> 00:28:58.919
 taught that

00:28:58.919 --> 00:28:59.399
 it is not

00:28:59.399 --> 00:29:00.139
 what goes

00:29:00.139 --> 00:29:00.699
 into the

00:29:00.699 --> 00:29:01.099
 mouth but

00:29:01.099 --> 00:29:01.619
 what comes

00:29:01.619 --> 00:29:02.119
 out of

00:29:02.119 --> 00:29:02.419
 the mouth

00:29:02.419 --> 00:29:03.059
 that defiles

00:29:03.059 --> 00:29:03.619
 a person,

00:29:04.259 --> 00:29:04.859
 the disciples

00:29:04.859 --> 00:29:05.939
 kindly informed

00:29:05.939 --> 00:29:06.919
 Jesus that

00:29:06.919 --> 00:29:07.599
 the Pharisees

00:29:07.599 --> 00:29:08.339
 were offended

00:29:08.339 --> 00:29:09.240
 when they

00:29:09.240 --> 00:29:09.720
 heard this

00:29:09.720 --> 00:29:10.059
 saying.

00:29:10.879 --> 00:29:11.159
 And that

00:29:11.159 --> 00:29:11.759
 word offended

00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:12.299
 is actually

00:29:12.299 --> 00:29:12.639
 the same

00:29:12.639 --> 00:29:12.980
 word that's

00:29:12.980 --> 00:29:13.379
 used in our

00:29:13.379 --> 00:29:13.939
 passage to

00:29:13.939 --> 00:29:14.699
 cause someone

00:29:14.699 --> 00:29:15.319
 to stumble.

00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:16.339
 Jesus

00:29:16.339 --> 00:29:17.179
 made the

00:29:17.179 --> 00:29:17.740
 Pharisees

00:29:17.740 --> 00:29:18.319
 stumble.

00:29:18.319 --> 00:29:21.379
 So Jesus

00:29:21.379 --> 00:29:22.399
 at times

00:29:22.399 --> 00:29:23.099
 had no

00:29:23.099 --> 00:29:23.460
 qualms

00:29:23.460 --> 00:29:23.939
 whatsoever

00:29:23.939 --> 00:29:24.419
 about

00:29:24.419 --> 00:29:24.839
 making

00:29:24.839 --> 00:29:25.919
 certain

00:29:25.919 --> 00:29:26.179
 people

00:29:26.179 --> 00:29:26.519
 stumble.

00:29:27.659 --> 00:29:28.879
 So why

00:29:28.879 --> 00:29:29.700
 does he

00:29:29.700 --> 00:29:29.980
 take a

00:29:29.980 --> 00:29:30.200
 different

00:29:30.200 --> 00:29:30.599
 approach

00:29:30.599 --> 00:29:31.039
 here with

00:29:31.039 --> 00:29:31.539
 these

00:29:31.539 --> 00:29:32.619
 two

00:29:32.619 --> 00:29:32.939
 drachma

00:29:32.939 --> 00:29:33.220
 tax

00:29:33.220 --> 00:29:33.599
 collectors?

00:29:34.019 --> 00:29:34.519
 Because

00:29:34.519 --> 00:29:35.099
 there

00:29:35.099 --> 00:29:35.960
 previously

00:29:35.960 --> 00:29:36.399
 Jesus

00:29:36.399 --> 00:29:36.720
 was

00:29:36.720 --> 00:29:37.019
 teaching

00:29:37.019 --> 00:29:37.359
 on the

00:29:37.359 --> 00:29:38.019
 fundamental

00:29:38.019 --> 00:29:38.579
 inside

00:29:38.579 --> 00:29:38.879
 out

00:29:38.879 --> 00:29:39.319
 principle

00:29:39.319 --> 00:29:39.740
 of the

00:29:39.740 --> 00:29:40.119
 gospel

00:29:40.119 --> 00:29:40.899
 and in

00:29:40.899 --> 00:29:41.240
 order to

00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:41.759
 confront

00:29:41.759 --> 00:29:41.980
 the

00:29:41.980 --> 00:29:42.480
 Pharisees

00:29:42.480 --> 00:29:42.839
 self

00:29:42.839 --> 00:29:43.359
 righteousness

00:29:43.359 --> 00:29:43.799
 and

00:29:43.799 --> 00:29:44.379
 outside

00:29:44.379 --> 00:29:44.759
 in

00:29:44.759 --> 00:29:45.539
 legalism

00:29:45.539 --> 00:29:46.019
 there

00:29:46.019 --> 00:29:46.220
 was

00:29:46.220 --> 00:29:46.559
 no

00:29:46.559 --> 00:29:46.839
 way

00:29:46.839 --> 00:29:47.019
 to

00:29:47.019 --> 00:29:47.439
 avoid

00:29:47.439 --> 00:29:48.000
 scandal.

00:29:48.319 --> 00:29:49.119
 There's

00:29:49.119 --> 00:29:49.359
 no

00:29:49.359 --> 00:29:49.639
 way

00:29:49.639 --> 00:29:49.799
 to

00:29:49.799 --> 00:29:50.119
 avoid

00:29:50.119 --> 00:29:50.359
 putting

00:29:50.359 --> 00:29:50.500
 a

00:29:50.500 --> 00:29:50.779
 stumbling

00:29:50.779 --> 00:29:51.019
 block

00:29:51.019 --> 00:29:51.179
 in

00:29:51.179 --> 00:29:51.339
 front

00:29:51.339 --> 00:29:51.419
 of

00:29:51.419 --> 00:29:51.599
 these

00:29:51.599 --> 00:29:52.220
 Pharisees.

00:29:54.619 --> 00:29:55.139
 However

00:29:55.139 --> 00:29:55.480
 here

00:29:55.480 --> 00:29:55.779
 this

00:29:55.779 --> 00:29:56.039
 morning

00:29:56.039 --> 00:29:56.319
 in our

00:29:56.319 --> 00:29:56.619
 passage

00:29:56.619 --> 00:29:56.919
 what's

00:29:56.919 --> 00:29:57.299
 at stake

00:29:57.299 --> 00:29:57.700
 is not

00:29:57.700 --> 00:29:57.839
 a

00:29:57.839 --> 00:29:58.259
 fundamental

00:29:58.259 --> 00:29:58.679
 gospel

00:29:58.679 --> 00:29:59.179
 principle.

00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:01.039
 Some

00:30:01.039 --> 00:30:01.700
 sincere

00:30:01.700 --> 00:30:02.259
 Jews

00:30:02.259 --> 00:30:02.759
 who

00:30:02.759 --> 00:30:03.159
 believe

00:30:03.159 --> 00:30:03.399
 that

00:30:03.399 --> 00:30:03.919
 faithful

00:30:03.919 --> 00:30:04.379
 God

00:30:04.379 --> 00:30:04.899
 honoring

00:30:04.899 --> 00:30:05.259
 Jews

00:30:05.259 --> 00:30:05.500
 should

00:30:05.500 --> 00:30:05.740
 pay

00:30:05.740 --> 00:30:05.919
 the

00:30:05.919 --> 00:30:06.200
 temple

00:30:06.200 --> 00:30:06.619
 tax

00:30:06.619 --> 00:30:07.639
 are

00:30:07.639 --> 00:30:08.119
 asking

00:30:08.119 --> 00:30:08.419
 whether

00:30:08.419 --> 00:30:08.759
 or not

00:30:08.759 --> 00:30:09.000
 Jesus

00:30:09.000 --> 00:30:09.319
 pays

00:30:09.319 --> 00:30:09.480
 the

00:30:09.480 --> 00:30:09.720
 temple

00:30:09.720 --> 00:30:10.079
 tax

00:30:10.079 --> 00:30:10.480
 because

00:30:10.480 --> 00:30:10.740
 they

00:30:10.740 --> 00:30:11.119
 just

00:30:11.119 --> 00:30:11.419
 don't

00:30:11.419 --> 00:30:11.700
 know

00:30:11.700 --> 00:30:12.019
 better

00:30:12.019 --> 00:30:12.339
 yet

00:30:12.339 --> 00:30:13.019
 and

00:30:13.019 --> 00:30:13.379
 Jesus

00:30:13.379 --> 00:30:13.799
 does

00:30:13.799 --> 00:30:14.019
 not

00:30:14.019 --> 00:30:14.339
 want

00:30:14.339 --> 00:30:14.480
 to

00:30:14.480 --> 00:30:14.799
 cause

00:30:14.799 --> 00:30:14.939
 them

00:30:14.939 --> 00:30:15.099
 to

00:30:15.099 --> 00:30:15.439
 stumble.

00:30:15.439 --> 00:30:15.439


00:30:15.619 --> 00:30:15.799
 Jesus

00:30:18.319 --> 00:30:19.000
 don't

00:30:19.000 --> 00:30:19.519
 value

00:30:19.519 --> 00:30:19.720
 the

00:30:19.720 --> 00:30:20.019
 temple

00:30:20.019 --> 00:30:20.179
 or

00:30:20.179 --> 00:30:20.439
 don't

00:30:20.439 --> 00:30:20.740
 value

00:30:20.740 --> 00:30:20.899
 the

00:30:20.899 --> 00:30:21.200
 worship

00:30:21.200 --> 00:30:21.379
 or

00:30:21.379 --> 00:30:21.539
 the

00:30:21.539 --> 00:30:21.939
 sacrifice

00:30:21.939 --> 00:30:22.220
 of

00:30:22.220 --> 00:30:22.439
 God

00:30:22.439 --> 00:30:22.759
 the

00:30:22.759 --> 00:30:23.019
 very

00:30:23.019 --> 00:30:23.359
 things

00:30:23.359 --> 00:30:23.500
 that

00:30:23.500 --> 00:30:23.859
 point

00:30:23.859 --> 00:30:24.079
 to

00:30:24.079 --> 00:30:24.359
 Jesus

00:30:24.359 --> 00:30:24.740
 ultimate

00:30:24.740 --> 00:30:25.319
 sacrifice

00:30:25.319 --> 00:30:25.599
 on the

00:30:25.599 --> 00:30:25.960
 cross.

00:30:29.099 --> 00:30:29.899
 So it

00:30:29.899 --> 00:30:30.559
 requires

00:30:30.559 --> 00:30:31.000
 wisdom and

00:30:31.000 --> 00:30:31.339
 discernment

00:30:31.339 --> 00:30:31.619
 to know

00:30:31.619 --> 00:30:31.939
 when

00:30:31.939 --> 00:30:34.019
 you take

00:30:34.019 --> 00:30:34.220
 what

00:30:34.220 --> 00:30:34.659
 approach.

00:30:35.259 --> 00:30:35.619
 You see

00:30:35.619 --> 00:30:36.220
 the same

00:30:36.220 --> 00:30:37.779
 adaptation

00:30:37.779 --> 00:30:38.639
 in Apostle

00:30:38.639 --> 00:30:39.240
 Paul and

00:30:39.240 --> 00:30:39.519
 I think

00:30:39.519 --> 00:30:39.879
 the reason

00:30:39.879 --> 00:30:40.399
 why Apostle

00:30:40.399 --> 00:30:40.759
 Paul has

00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:41.240
 these kinds

00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:41.359
 of

00:30:41.359 --> 00:30:41.659
 teachings

00:30:41.659 --> 00:30:41.700
!

00:30:41.700 --> 00:30:42.059
 in

00:30:42.059 --> 00:30:42.680
 Romans

00:30:42.680 --> 00:30:43.100
 14

00:30:43.100 --> 00:30:43.279
 and

00:30:43.279 --> 00:30:43.539
 1

00:30:43.539 --> 00:30:44.000
 Corinthians

00:30:44.000 --> 00:30:44.319
 10

00:30:44.319 --> 00:30:44.480
 and

00:30:44.480 --> 00:30:44.840
 other

00:30:44.840 --> 00:30:45.220
 places

00:30:45.220 --> 00:30:45.660
 is

00:30:45.660 --> 00:30:45.920
 because

00:30:45.920 --> 00:30:46.240
 Jesus

00:30:46.240 --> 00:30:46.640
 taught

00:30:46.640 --> 00:30:46.980
 this.

00:30:48.440 --> 00:30:48.700
 In

00:30:48.700 --> 00:30:49.039
 Acts

00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:49.299
 chapter

00:30:49.299 --> 00:30:49.740
 16

00:30:49.740 --> 00:30:50.240
 verse 3

00:30:50.240 --> 00:30:50.519
 when

00:30:50.519 --> 00:30:50.759
 he

00:30:50.759 --> 00:30:50.940
 is

00:30:50.940 --> 00:30:51.420
 traveling

00:30:51.420 --> 00:30:51.819
 and

00:30:51.819 --> 00:30:52.240
 ministering

00:30:52.240 --> 00:30:52.380
 in

00:30:52.380 --> 00:30:52.660
 Jewish

00:30:52.660 --> 00:30:53.120
 cities

00:30:53.120 --> 00:30:54.000
 he

00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:55.000
 circumcises

00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:55.360
 his

00:30:55.360 --> 00:30:55.920
 apprentice

00:30:55.920 --> 00:30:56.539
 Timothy.

00:30:57.100 --> 00:30:57.440
 Why

00:30:57.440 --> 00:30:57.620
 does

00:30:57.620 --> 00:30:57.720
 he

00:30:57.720 --> 00:30:57.860
 do

00:30:57.860 --> 00:30:57.980
 it?

00:30:58.000 --> 00:30:58.180
 Because

00:30:58.180 --> 00:30:58.299
 he

00:30:58.299 --> 00:30:58.559
 doesn't

00:30:58.559 --> 00:30:58.700
 want

00:30:58.700 --> 00:30:58.819
 to

00:30:58.819 --> 00:30:59.160
 cause

00:30:59.160 --> 00:30:59.340
 the

00:30:59.340 --> 00:30:59.600
 Jews

00:30:59.600 --> 00:30:59.840
 to

00:30:59.840 --> 00:31:00.140
 stumble

00:31:00.140 --> 00:31:00.400
 because

00:31:00.400 --> 00:31:00.600
 the

00:31:00.600 --> 00:31:00.819
 Jews

00:31:00.819 --> 00:31:01.000
 were

00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:01.460
 aware

00:31:01.460 --> 00:31:02.120
 that

00:31:02.120 --> 00:31:02.420
 Timothy

00:31:02.420 --> 00:31:02.640
 had

00:31:02.640 --> 00:31:02.779
 a

00:31:02.779 --> 00:31:02.980
 Jewish

00:31:02.980 --> 00:31:03.240
 mother

00:31:03.240 --> 00:31:03.440
 but

00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:03.559
 he

00:31:03.559 --> 00:31:03.799
 had

00:31:03.799 --> 00:31:04.000
 a

00:31:04.000 --> 00:31:04.279
 Greek

00:31:04.279 --> 00:31:04.720
 father

00:31:04.720 --> 00:31:04.920
 a

00:31:04.920 --> 00:31:05.340
 Gentile

00:31:05.340 --> 00:31:05.759
 father.

00:31:06.380 --> 00:31:06.559
 So

00:31:06.559 --> 00:31:06.700
 they

00:31:06.700 --> 00:31:06.839
 didn't

00:31:06.839 --> 00:31:07.220
 want

00:31:07.220 --> 00:31:07.700
 people

00:31:07.700 --> 00:31:07.879
 to

00:31:07.879 --> 00:31:08.059
 think

00:31:08.059 --> 00:31:08.220
 that

00:31:08.220 --> 00:31:08.460
 Timothy

00:31:08.460 --> 00:31:08.720
 was

00:31:08.720 --> 00:31:08.940
 this

00:31:08.940 --> 00:31:09.440
 lawless

00:31:09.440 --> 00:31:09.980
 faithless

00:31:09.980 --> 00:31:10.220
 Jew

00:31:10.220 --> 00:31:10.419
 who

00:31:10.419 --> 00:31:10.659
 just

00:31:10.659 --> 00:31:11.200
 flaunts

00:31:11.200 --> 00:31:12.740
 just

00:31:12.740 --> 00:31:14.480
 openly

00:31:14.480 --> 00:31:15.119
 disobeys

00:31:15.119 --> 00:31:15.460
 the law

00:31:15.460 --> 00:31:15.859
 of God.

00:31:16.619 --> 00:31:16.919
 So

00:31:16.919 --> 00:31:17.179
 he

00:31:17.179 --> 00:31:18.299
 circumcised

00:31:18.299 --> 00:31:18.659
 Timothy.

00:31:19.480 --> 00:31:19.819
 However

00:31:19.819 --> 00:31:20.399
 later on

00:31:20.399 --> 00:31:20.519
 in

00:31:20.519 --> 00:31:20.899
 Galatians

00:31:20.899 --> 00:31:21.079
 2

00:31:21.079 --> 00:31:21.299
 3

00:31:21.299 --> 00:31:21.419
 to

00:31:21.419 --> 00:31:21.799
 5

00:31:21.799 --> 00:31:22.419
 when

00:31:22.419 --> 00:31:22.639
 the

00:31:22.639 --> 00:31:23.279
 Judaizers

00:31:23.279 --> 00:31:23.740
 who

00:31:23.740 --> 00:31:24.559
 insist

00:31:24.559 --> 00:31:24.899
 that

00:31:24.899 --> 00:31:25.539
 Gentile

00:31:25.539 --> 00:31:26.119
 converts

00:31:26.119 --> 00:31:26.419
 to

00:31:26.419 --> 00:31:26.960
 Christianity

00:31:26.960 --> 00:31:27.639
 must

00:31:27.639 --> 00:31:28.220
 become

00:31:28.220 --> 00:31:28.639
 a Jew

00:31:28.639 --> 00:31:28.919
 by

00:31:28.919 --> 00:31:29.220
 getting

00:31:29.220 --> 00:31:30.079
 circumcised

00:31:30.079 --> 00:31:30.759
 and

00:31:30.759 --> 00:31:30.980
 they

00:31:30.980 --> 00:31:31.259
 start

00:31:31.259 --> 00:31:31.419
 to

00:31:31.419 --> 00:31:31.839
 pressure

00:31:31.839 --> 00:31:32.259
 Paul

00:31:32.259 --> 00:31:32.440
 and

00:31:32.440 --> 00:31:32.679
 people

00:31:32.679 --> 00:31:32.819
 who

00:31:32.819 --> 00:31:32.879
 are

00:31:32.879 --> 00:31:33.119
 with

00:31:33.119 --> 00:31:33.299
 him

00:31:33.299 --> 00:31:33.679
 to

00:31:33.679 --> 00:31:34.039
 therefore

00:31:34.039 --> 00:31:34.960
 circumcise

00:31:34.960 --> 00:31:35.619
 Titus

00:31:35.619 --> 00:31:36.000
 who

00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:36.299
 is a

00:31:36.299 --> 00:31:36.839
 Gentile

00:31:36.839 --> 00:31:37.279
 convert

00:31:37.279 --> 00:31:37.500
 to

00:31:37.500 --> 00:31:37.940
 Christianity

00:31:37.940 --> 00:31:39.039
 Paul

00:31:39.039 --> 00:31:39.460
 says

00:31:39.460 --> 00:31:39.720
 here

00:31:39.720 --> 00:31:39.900
 in

00:31:39.900 --> 00:31:40.240
 Galatians

00:31:40.240 --> 00:31:40.460
 2

00:31:40.460 --> 00:31:40.759
 we

00:31:40.759 --> 00:31:41.200
 did

00:31:41.200 --> 00:31:41.700
 not

00:31:41.700 --> 00:31:42.160
 yield

00:31:42.160 --> 00:31:42.400
 in

00:31:42.400 --> 00:31:42.759
 submission

00:31:42.759 --> 00:31:43.220
 even

00:31:43.220 --> 00:31:43.460
 for

00:31:43.460 --> 00:31:43.700
 a

00:31:43.700 --> 00:31:44.140
 moment

00:31:44.140 --> 00:31:45.000
 so

00:31:45.000 --> 00:31:45.140
 that

00:31:45.140 --> 00:31:45.319
 the

00:31:45.319 --> 00:31:45.660
 truth

00:31:45.660 --> 00:31:45.799
 of

00:31:45.799 --> 00:31:45.940
 the

00:31:45.940 --> 00:31:46.240
 gospel

00:31:46.240 --> 00:31:46.519
 might

00:31:46.519 --> 00:31:46.660
 be

00:31:46.660 --> 00:31:46.960
 preserved

00:31:46.960 --> 00:31:47.180
 for

00:31:47.180 --> 00:31:47.460
 you.

00:31:51.180 --> 00:31:51.680
 Completely

00:31:51.680 --> 00:31:52.160
 to

00:31:52.160 --> 00:31:52.579
 completely

00:31:52.579 --> 00:31:52.859
 different

00:31:52.859 --> 00:31:53.339
 responses.

00:31:53.940 --> 00:31:54.140
 Why?

00:31:54.240 --> 00:31:54.420
 Because

00:31:54.420 --> 00:31:54.720
 in one

00:31:54.720 --> 00:31:55.160
 situation

00:31:55.160 --> 00:31:55.380
 the

00:31:55.380 --> 00:31:55.660
 gospel

00:31:55.660 --> 00:31:55.839
 is

00:31:55.839 --> 00:31:55.980
 at

00:31:55.980 --> 00:31:56.359
 stake

00:31:56.359 --> 00:31:57.000
 in

00:31:57.000 --> 00:31:57.099
 the

00:31:57.099 --> 00:31:57.259
 other

00:31:57.259 --> 00:31:57.740
 situation

00:31:57.740 --> 00:31:57.880
 it

00:31:57.880 --> 00:31:58.000
 is

00:31:58.000 --> 00:31:58.400
 not.

00:32:01.220 --> 00:32:01.759
 So

00:32:01.759 --> 00:32:01.880
 you

00:32:01.880 --> 00:32:02.059
 can

00:32:02.059 --> 00:32:02.579
 accommodate

00:32:02.579 --> 00:32:03.339
 others

00:32:03.339 --> 00:32:03.799
 and give

00:32:03.799 --> 00:32:04.140
 up your

00:32:04.140 --> 00:32:04.339
 own

00:32:04.339 --> 00:32:04.779
 preferences

00:32:04.779 --> 00:32:05.019
 and

00:32:05.019 --> 00:32:05.359
 freedoms.

00:32:06.000 --> 00:32:08.079
 Jesus

00:32:08.079 --> 00:32:08.420
 and the

00:32:08.420 --> 00:32:08.839
 apostles

00:32:08.839 --> 00:32:10.059
 followed

00:32:10.059 --> 00:32:10.400
 they

00:32:10.400 --> 00:32:10.980
 operated

00:32:10.980 --> 00:32:11.240
 on

00:32:11.240 --> 00:32:11.720
 higher

00:32:11.720 --> 00:32:12.220
 principles

00:32:12.220 --> 00:32:12.819
 of

00:32:12.819 --> 00:32:13.279
 fear

00:32:13.279 --> 00:32:13.440
 of

00:32:13.440 --> 00:32:13.759
 God

00:32:13.759 --> 00:32:14.539
 love

00:32:14.539 --> 00:32:14.700
 of

00:32:14.700 --> 00:32:15.019
 neighbor

00:32:15.019 --> 00:32:15.559
 and

00:32:15.559 --> 00:32:15.779
 the

00:32:15.779 --> 00:32:16.200
 stewardship

00:32:16.200 --> 00:32:16.440
 of

00:32:16.440 --> 00:32:16.559
 the

00:32:16.559 --> 00:32:16.920
 gospel.

00:32:17.980 --> 00:32:18.400
 Love

00:32:18.400 --> 00:32:19.220
 is a

00:32:19.220 --> 00:32:19.519
 higher

00:32:19.519 --> 00:32:20.019
 value

00:32:20.019 --> 00:32:20.980
 than

00:32:20.980 --> 00:32:21.559
 individual

00:32:21.559 --> 00:32:22.019
 freedom

00:32:22.019 --> 00:32:22.180
 and

00:32:22.180 --> 00:32:22.599
 autonomy.

00:32:22.599 --> 00:32:26.159
 Christian

00:32:26.159 --> 00:32:26.419
 love

00:32:26.419 --> 00:32:26.759
 demands

00:32:26.759 --> 00:32:26.899
 that

00:32:26.899 --> 00:32:27.059
 we

00:32:27.059 --> 00:32:27.559
 sometimes

00:32:27.559 --> 00:32:28.240
 forego

00:32:28.240 --> 00:32:28.579
 our

00:32:28.579 --> 00:32:29.019
 rights

00:32:29.019 --> 00:32:30.039
 for

00:32:30.039 --> 00:32:30.199
 the

00:32:30.199 --> 00:32:30.379
 sake

00:32:30.379 --> 00:32:30.559
 of

00:32:30.559 --> 00:32:30.819
 others

00:32:30.819 --> 00:32:31.079
 rather

00:32:31.079 --> 00:32:31.279
 than

00:32:31.279 --> 00:32:31.959
 insisting

00:32:31.959 --> 00:32:32.099
 on

00:32:32.099 --> 00:32:32.279
 our

00:32:32.279 --> 00:32:32.559
 rights

00:32:32.559 --> 00:32:32.719
 at

00:32:32.719 --> 00:32:32.839
 the

00:32:32.839 --> 00:32:33.240
 expense

00:32:33.240 --> 00:32:33.439
 of

00:32:33.439 --> 00:32:33.759
 others.

00:32:36.139 --> 00:32:36.699
 So

00:32:36.699 --> 00:32:37.119
 you

00:32:37.119 --> 00:32:37.319
 might

00:32:37.319 --> 00:32:37.779
 understand

00:32:37.779 --> 00:32:37.959
 for

00:32:37.959 --> 00:32:38.219
 example

00:32:38.219 --> 00:32:38.559
 that

00:32:38.559 --> 00:32:39.279
 it's

00:32:39.279 --> 00:32:39.519
 no

00:32:39.519 --> 00:32:39.980
 sin

00:32:39.980 --> 00:32:40.519
 to

00:32:40.519 --> 00:32:40.779
 drink

00:32:40.779 --> 00:32:41.240
 alcohol

00:32:41.240 --> 00:32:44.639
 but

00:32:44.639 --> 00:32:44.839
 if

00:32:44.839 --> 00:32:45.119
 your

00:32:45.119 --> 00:32:45.559
 Christian

00:32:45.559 --> 00:32:45.879
 brother

00:32:45.879 --> 00:32:46.079
 or

00:32:46.079 --> 00:32:46.319
 sister

00:32:46.319 --> 00:32:46.879
 formerly

00:32:46.879 --> 00:32:47.359
 struggled

00:32:47.359 --> 00:32:47.619
 with

00:32:47.619 --> 00:32:48.279
 alcoholism

00:32:48.279 --> 00:32:49.619
 and

00:32:49.619 --> 00:32:50.279
 they

00:32:50.279 --> 00:32:50.399
 are

00:32:50.399 --> 00:32:50.960
 finally

00:32:50.960 --> 00:32:51.359
 sober

00:32:51.359 --> 00:32:51.680
 after

00:32:51.680 --> 00:32:52.180
 years

00:32:52.180 --> 00:32:52.359
 of

00:32:52.359 --> 00:32:52.680
 hard

00:32:52.680 --> 00:32:52.940
 fought

00:32:52.940 --> 00:32:53.379
 battle

00:32:53.379 --> 00:32:55.079
 and

00:32:55.079 --> 00:32:55.299
 you're

00:32:55.299 --> 00:32:55.740
 drinking

00:32:55.740 --> 00:32:56.220
 in front

00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:56.379
 of

00:32:56.379 --> 00:32:56.579
 him

00:32:56.579 --> 00:32:56.879
 and

00:32:56.879 --> 00:32:57.420
 inviting

00:32:57.420 --> 00:32:57.660
 him

00:32:57.660 --> 00:32:57.839
 out

00:32:57.839 --> 00:32:58.019
 to

00:32:58.019 --> 00:32:58.180
 a

00:32:58.180 --> 00:32:58.460
 bar

00:32:58.460 --> 00:32:59.720
 in

00:32:59.720 --> 00:32:59.899
 doing

00:32:59.899 --> 00:33:00.079
 so

00:33:00.079 --> 00:33:00.200
 you

00:33:00.200 --> 00:33:00.359
 might

00:33:00.359 --> 00:33:00.639
 cause

00:33:00.639 --> 00:33:00.740
 him

00:33:00.740 --> 00:33:00.899
 to

00:33:00.899 --> 00:33:01.200
 stumble.

00:33:04.500 --> 00:33:05.059
 Maybe

00:33:05.059 --> 00:33:05.319
 you're

00:33:05.319 --> 00:33:05.759
 convinced

00:33:05.759 --> 00:33:06.099
 that

00:33:06.099 --> 00:33:06.920
 behaving

00:33:06.920 --> 00:33:07.299
 in a

00:33:07.299 --> 00:33:07.819
 certain

00:33:07.819 --> 00:33:08.180
 way

00:33:08.180 --> 00:33:08.399
 with

00:33:08.399 --> 00:33:08.680
 members

00:33:08.680 --> 00:33:08.839
 of

00:33:08.839 --> 00:33:08.960
 the

00:33:08.960 --> 00:33:09.299
 opposite

00:33:09.299 --> 00:33:09.779
 sex

00:33:09.779 --> 00:33:10.180
 or

00:33:10.180 --> 00:33:10.720
 the

00:33:10.720 --> 00:33:11.000
 way

00:33:11.000 --> 00:33:11.220
 you

00:33:11.220 --> 00:33:11.559
 spend

00:33:11.559 --> 00:33:11.940
 alone

00:33:11.940 --> 00:33:12.279
 time

00:33:12.279 --> 00:33:12.519
 with

00:33:12.519 --> 00:33:12.720
 or

00:33:12.720 --> 00:33:13.160
 show

00:33:13.160 --> 00:33:13.599
 physical

00:33:13.599 --> 00:33:14.059
 affection

00:33:14.059 --> 00:33:14.339
 to

00:33:14.339 --> 00:33:14.519
 your

00:33:14.519 --> 00:33:14.859
 boyfriend

00:33:14.859 --> 00:33:15.059
 or

00:33:15.059 --> 00:33:15.319
 girlfriend

00:33:15.319 --> 00:33:15.539
 is

00:33:15.539 --> 00:33:15.980
 perfectly

00:33:15.980 --> 00:33:16.420
 proper

00:33:16.420 --> 00:33:16.619
 and

00:33:16.619 --> 00:33:16.920
 fine.

00:33:18.279 --> 00:33:19.240
 But

00:33:19.240 --> 00:33:19.399
 a

00:33:19.399 --> 00:33:19.680
 Christian

00:33:19.680 --> 00:33:20.039
 friend

00:33:20.039 --> 00:33:20.180
 of

00:33:20.180 --> 00:33:20.420
 yours

00:33:20.420 --> 00:33:21.079
 disagrees

00:33:21.079 --> 00:33:22.539
 and

00:33:22.539 --> 00:33:22.839
 your

00:33:22.839 --> 00:33:23.399
 behavior

00:33:23.399 --> 00:33:23.660
 in

00:33:23.660 --> 00:33:23.940
 front

00:33:23.940 --> 00:33:24.079
 of

00:33:24.079 --> 00:33:24.259
 them

00:33:24.259 --> 00:33:24.519
 might

00:33:24.519 --> 00:33:24.940
 set

00:33:24.940 --> 00:33:25.200
 a

00:33:25.200 --> 00:33:25.440
 bad

00:33:25.440 --> 00:33:25.920
 example

00:33:25.920 --> 00:33:26.160
 for

00:33:26.160 --> 00:33:26.379
 him

00:33:26.379 --> 00:33:26.519
 or

00:33:26.519 --> 00:33:26.680
 her

00:33:26.680 --> 00:33:27.119
 cause

00:33:27.119 --> 00:33:27.299
 her

00:33:27.299 --> 00:33:27.519
 to

00:33:27.519 --> 00:33:27.899
 stumble

00:33:27.899 --> 00:33:28.200
 into

00:33:28.200 --> 00:33:28.559
 sin

00:33:28.559 --> 00:33:28.980
 with

00:33:28.980 --> 00:33:29.200
 her

00:33:29.200 --> 00:33:29.639
 boyfriend.

00:33:33.160 --> 00:33:33.960
 Maybe

00:33:33.960 --> 00:33:34.299
 your

00:33:34.299 --> 00:33:35.039
 practice

00:33:35.039 --> 00:33:35.319
 of

00:33:35.319 --> 00:33:35.720
 yoga

00:33:35.720 --> 00:33:36.379
 is

00:33:36.379 --> 00:33:36.779
 causing

00:33:36.779 --> 00:33:37.420
 Hindu

00:33:37.420 --> 00:33:38.000
 converts

00:33:38.000 --> 00:33:38.619
 to

00:33:38.619 --> 00:33:39.119
 Christianity

00:33:39.119 --> 00:33:39.599
 to

00:33:39.599 --> 00:33:39.980
 stumble

00:33:39.980 --> 00:33:40.920
 because

00:33:40.920 --> 00:33:41.039
 they

00:33:41.039 --> 00:33:41.500
 associate

00:33:41.500 --> 00:33:41.700
 it

00:33:41.700 --> 00:33:41.819
 with

00:33:41.819 --> 00:33:42.000
 their

00:33:42.000 --> 00:33:42.460
 former

00:33:42.460 --> 00:33:43.779
 practices

00:33:43.779 --> 00:33:44.240
 within

00:33:44.240 --> 00:33:44.779
 Hinduism.

00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:47.279
 Don't

00:33:47.279 --> 00:33:47.740
 destroy

00:33:47.740 --> 00:33:48.259
 your

00:33:48.259 --> 00:33:48.740
 Christian

00:33:48.740 --> 00:33:49.139
 sister

00:33:49.139 --> 00:33:49.299
 for

00:33:49.299 --> 00:33:49.460
 the

00:33:49.460 --> 00:33:49.599
 sake

00:33:49.599 --> 00:33:49.720
 of

00:33:49.720 --> 00:33:49.839
 your

00:33:49.839 --> 00:33:50.099
 freedom.

00:33:51.960 --> 00:33:52.759
 Why?

00:33:52.879 --> 00:33:53.220
 Because

00:33:53.220 --> 00:33:53.500
 their

00:33:53.500 --> 00:33:53.879
 eternal

00:33:53.879 --> 00:33:54.500
 souls

00:33:54.500 --> 00:33:55.399
 matter

00:33:55.399 --> 00:33:55.859
 more

00:33:55.859 --> 00:33:56.519
 than

00:33:56.519 --> 00:33:56.759
 your

00:33:56.759 --> 00:33:57.139
 temporal

00:33:57.139 --> 00:33:57.680
 preferences

00:33:57.680 --> 00:33:58.079
 and

00:33:58.079 --> 00:33:58.500
 desires.

00:34:02.339 --> 00:34:03.139
 Undoubtedly

00:34:03.139 --> 00:34:03.899
 we need

00:34:03.899 --> 00:34:04.480
 to apply

00:34:04.480 --> 00:34:04.700
 this

00:34:04.700 --> 00:34:05.099
 carefully

00:34:05.099 --> 00:34:05.740
 and

00:34:05.740 --> 00:34:06.160
 wisely

00:34:06.160 --> 00:34:06.819
 and I

00:34:06.819 --> 00:34:07.279
 don't

00:34:07.279 --> 00:34:07.480
 want

00:34:07.480 --> 00:34:07.579
 you

00:34:07.579 --> 00:34:07.740
 to

00:34:07.740 --> 00:34:08.099
 ever

00:34:08.099 --> 00:34:08.779
 compromise

00:34:08.779 --> 00:34:09.360
 gospel

00:34:09.360 --> 00:34:09.940
 principles

00:34:09.940 --> 00:34:10.519
 or

00:34:10.519 --> 00:34:10.900
 biblical

00:34:10.900 --> 00:34:11.619
 commands

00:34:11.619 --> 00:34:12.759
 but if

00:34:12.759 --> 00:34:13.079
 it's a

00:34:13.079 --> 00:34:13.340
 matter

00:34:13.340 --> 00:34:13.639
 of

00:34:13.639 --> 00:34:13.920
 giving

00:34:13.920 --> 00:34:14.159
 up

00:34:14.159 --> 00:34:14.420
 your

00:34:14.420 --> 00:34:15.019
 preferences

00:34:15.019 --> 00:34:15.300
 and

00:34:15.300 --> 00:34:15.780
 desires

00:34:15.780 --> 00:34:17.019
 why

00:34:17.019 --> 00:34:17.500
 not

00:34:17.500 --> 00:34:18.500
 gladly

00:34:18.500 --> 00:34:19.219
 give

00:34:19.219 --> 00:34:19.380
 up

00:34:19.380 --> 00:34:19.519
 your

00:34:19.519 --> 00:34:19.940
 preferences

00:34:19.940 --> 00:34:20.139
 and

00:34:20.139 --> 00:34:20.539
 desires

00:34:20.539 --> 00:34:21.759
 for

00:34:21.759 --> 00:34:21.900
 the

00:34:21.900 --> 00:34:22.320
 eternal

00:34:22.320 --> 00:34:22.639
 good

00:34:22.639 --> 00:34:22.759
 of

00:34:22.759 --> 00:34:22.860
 your

00:34:22.860 --> 00:34:23.219
 neighbors

00:34:23.219 --> 00:34:27.480
 Jesus

00:34:27.480 --> 00:34:27.900
 drives

00:34:27.900 --> 00:34:28.039
 this

00:34:28.039 --> 00:34:28.239
 point

00:34:28.239 --> 00:34:28.460
 home

00:34:28.460 --> 00:34:28.679
 even

00:34:28.679 --> 00:34:28.880
 more

00:34:28.880 --> 00:34:29.280
 pointedly

00:34:29.280 --> 00:34:29.400
 in

00:34:29.400 --> 00:34:29.559
 chapter

00:34:29.559 --> 00:34:29.920
 18

00:34:29.920 --> 00:34:30.179
 verses

00:34:30.179 --> 00:34:30.440
 1

00:34:30.440 --> 00:34:30.559
 to

00:34:30.559 --> 00:34:30.820
 6

00:34:30.820 --> 00:34:30.980
 he

00:34:30.980 --> 00:34:31.119
 says

00:34:31.119 --> 00:34:31.239
 in

00:34:31.239 --> 00:34:31.420
 verse

00:34:31.420 --> 00:34:31.679
 1

00:34:31.679 --> 00:34:32.239
 at

00:34:32.239 --> 00:34:32.440
 that

00:34:32.440 --> 00:34:32.739
 time

00:34:32.739 --> 00:34:32.880
 the

00:34:32.880 --> 00:34:33.239
 disciples

00:34:33.239 --> 00:34:33.559
 came

00:34:33.559 --> 00:34:33.699
 to

00:34:33.699 --> 00:34:33.940
 Jesus

00:34:33.940 --> 00:34:34.259
 saying

00:34:34.259 --> 00:34:34.500
 who

00:34:34.500 --> 00:34:34.699
 is

00:34:34.699 --> 00:34:34.840
 the

00:34:34.840 --> 00:34:35.139
 greatest

00:34:35.139 --> 00:34:35.320
 in

00:34:35.320 --> 00:34:35.420
 the

00:34:35.420 --> 00:34:35.599
 kingdom

00:34:35.599 --> 00:34:35.780
 of

00:34:35.780 --> 00:34:36.039
 heaven

00:34:36.039 --> 00:34:38.639
 I

00:34:38.639 --> 00:34:38.800
 keep

00:34:38.800 --> 00:34:39.059
 saying

00:34:39.059 --> 00:34:39.219
 to

00:34:39.219 --> 00:34:39.320
 you

00:34:39.320 --> 00:34:39.460
 guys

00:34:39.460 --> 00:34:39.599
 that

00:34:39.599 --> 00:34:39.759
 the

00:34:39.759 --> 00:34:40.480
 unpopular

00:34:40.480 --> 00:34:40.500
!

00:34:40.500 --> 00:34:41.039
 topic

00:34:41.039 --> 00:34:41.440
 that

00:34:41.440 --> 00:34:41.780
 Jesus

00:34:41.780 --> 00:34:42.139
 likes

00:34:42.139 --> 00:34:42.280
 to

00:34:42.280 --> 00:34:42.659
 return

00:34:42.659 --> 00:34:42.960
 over

00:34:42.960 --> 00:34:43.079
 and

00:34:43.079 --> 00:34:43.300
 over

00:34:43.300 --> 00:34:43.599
 again

00:34:43.599 --> 00:34:43.800
 too

00:34:43.800 --> 00:34:43.960
 is

00:34:43.960 --> 00:34:44.079
 that

00:34:44.079 --> 00:34:44.159
 he

00:34:44.159 --> 00:34:44.260
 is

00:34:44.260 --> 00:34:44.380
 going

00:34:44.380 --> 00:34:44.460
 to

00:34:44.460 --> 00:34:44.780
 die

00:34:44.780 --> 00:34:45.159
 right

00:34:45.159 --> 00:34:45.579
 he

00:34:45.579 --> 00:34:45.659
 is

00:34:45.659 --> 00:34:45.740
 going

00:34:45.740 --> 00:34:45.840
 to

00:34:45.840 --> 00:34:46.119
 suffer

00:34:46.119 --> 00:34:46.440
 and

00:34:46.440 --> 00:34:46.659
 be

00:34:46.659 --> 00:34:47.079
 killed

00:34:47.079 --> 00:34:47.340
 and

00:34:47.340 --> 00:34:47.539
 on

00:34:47.539 --> 00:34:47.659
 the

00:34:47.659 --> 00:34:47.820
 third

00:34:47.820 --> 00:34:47.960
 day

00:34:47.960 --> 00:34:48.079
 be

00:34:48.079 --> 00:34:48.320
 raised

00:34:48.320 --> 00:34:48.619
 again

00:34:48.619 --> 00:34:49.900
 now

00:34:49.900 --> 00:34:50.199
 the

00:34:50.199 --> 00:34:50.480
 most

00:34:50.480 --> 00:34:51.179
 popular

00:34:51.179 --> 00:34:51.679
 topic

00:34:51.679 --> 00:34:51.940
 among

00:34:51.940 --> 00:34:52.240
 Jesus

00:34:52.240 --> 00:34:52.699
 disciples

00:34:52.699 --> 00:34:52.960
 is

00:34:52.960 --> 00:34:53.099
 the

00:34:53.099 --> 00:34:53.320
 never

00:34:53.320 --> 00:34:53.679
 ending

00:34:53.679 --> 00:34:54.039
 goat

00:34:54.039 --> 00:34:54.460
 debate

00:34:54.460 --> 00:34:56.260
 who

00:34:56.260 --> 00:34:56.360
 is

00:34:56.360 --> 00:34:56.480
 the

00:34:56.480 --> 00:34:58.500
 greatest

00:34:58.500 --> 00:34:58.659
 in

00:34:58.659 --> 00:34:58.740
 the

00:34:58.740 --> 00:34:58.900
 kingdom

00:34:58.900 --> 00:34:59.059
 of

00:34:59.059 --> 00:34:59.320
 heaven

00:34:59.320 --> 00:35:01.880
 Jesus

00:35:01.880 --> 00:35:02.340
 mentioned

00:35:02.340 --> 00:35:02.599
 of

00:35:02.599 --> 00:35:02.840
 who

00:35:02.840 --> 00:35:03.059
 the

00:35:03.059 --> 00:35:03.500
 sons

00:35:03.500 --> 00:35:03.659
 of

00:35:03.659 --> 00:35:03.780
 the

00:35:03.780 --> 00:35:03.980
 kingdom

00:35:03.980 --> 00:35:04.220
 are

00:35:04.220 --> 00:35:04.340
 in

00:35:04.340 --> 00:35:04.440
 the

00:35:04.440 --> 00:35:04.699
 previous

00:35:04.699 --> 00:35:05.079
 passage

00:35:05.079 --> 00:35:05.840
 appears

00:35:05.840 --> 00:35:05.980
 to

00:35:05.980 --> 00:35:06.099
 have

00:35:06.099 --> 00:35:06.480
 sparked

00:35:06.480 --> 00:35:06.820
 this

00:35:06.820 --> 00:35:07.340
 lively

00:35:07.340 --> 00:35:07.860
 debate

00:35:07.860 --> 00:35:08.039
 or

00:35:08.039 --> 00:35:08.539
 questions

00:35:12.960 --> 00:35:14.059
 wow

00:35:14.059 --> 00:35:15.079
 we're

00:35:15.079 --> 00:35:15.260
 really

00:35:15.260 --> 00:35:15.639
 something

00:35:15.639 --> 00:35:15.820
 aren't

00:35:15.820 --> 00:35:16.059
 we

00:35:16.059 --> 00:35:18.800
 not

00:35:18.800 --> 00:35:19.079
 only

00:35:19.079 --> 00:35:19.420
 that

00:35:19.420 --> 00:35:19.760
 Jesus

00:35:19.760 --> 00:35:19.960
 had

00:35:19.960 --> 00:35:20.240
 taken

00:35:20.240 --> 00:35:20.559
 Peter

00:35:20.559 --> 00:35:20.860
 James

00:35:20.860 --> 00:35:21.039
 and

00:35:21.039 --> 00:35:21.240
 John

00:35:21.240 --> 00:35:21.400
 on

00:35:21.400 --> 00:35:21.539
 their

00:35:21.539 --> 00:35:21.960
 exclusive

00:35:21.960 --> 00:35:22.740
 field

00:35:22.740 --> 00:35:23.000
 trip

00:35:23.000 --> 00:35:23.300
 to

00:35:23.300 --> 00:35:23.760
 Mount

00:35:23.760 --> 00:35:23.900
 of

00:35:23.900 --> 00:35:24.559
 Transfiguration

00:35:24.559 --> 00:35:24.720
 and

00:35:24.720 --> 00:35:24.800
 they

00:35:24.800 --> 00:35:24.920
 just

00:35:24.920 --> 00:35:25.099
 came

00:35:25.099 --> 00:35:25.340
 down

00:35:25.340 --> 00:35:25.539
 from

00:35:25.539 --> 00:35:25.780
 there

00:35:25.780 --> 00:35:26.820
 and

00:35:26.820 --> 00:35:27.159
 a couple

00:35:27.159 --> 00:35:27.480
 chapters

00:35:27.480 --> 00:35:27.880
 earlier

00:35:27.880 --> 00:35:28.260
 Jesus

00:35:28.260 --> 00:35:28.500
 had

00:35:28.500 --> 00:35:28.840
 declared

00:35:28.840 --> 00:35:29.039
 to

00:35:29.039 --> 00:35:29.320
 Peter

00:35:29.320 --> 00:35:29.780
 blessed

00:35:29.780 --> 00:35:30.019
 are

00:35:30.019 --> 00:35:30.280
 you

00:35:30.280 --> 00:35:30.659
 Simon

00:35:30.659 --> 00:35:30.960
 bar

00:35:30.960 --> 00:35:31.260
 Jonah

00:35:31.260 --> 00:35:31.639
 for

00:35:31.639 --> 00:35:31.980
 flesh

00:35:31.980 --> 00:35:32.139
 and

00:35:32.139 --> 00:35:32.360
 blood

00:35:32.360 --> 00:35:32.500
 has

00:35:32.500 --> 00:35:32.639
 not

00:35:32.639 --> 00:35:32.960
 revealed

00:35:32.960 --> 00:35:33.119
 this

00:35:33.119 --> 00:35:33.220
 to

00:35:33.220 --> 00:35:33.300
 you

00:35:33.300 --> 00:35:33.400
 but

00:35:33.400 --> 00:35:33.579
 my

00:35:33.579 --> 00:35:33.920
 father

00:35:33.920 --> 00:35:34.059
 who

00:35:34.059 --> 00:35:34.159
 is

00:35:34.159 --> 00:35:34.260
 in

00:35:34.260 --> 00:35:34.440
 heaven

00:35:34.440 --> 00:35:34.920
 and

00:35:34.920 --> 00:35:35.039
 I

00:35:35.039 --> 00:35:35.240
 tell

00:35:35.240 --> 00:35:35.360
 you

00:35:35.360 --> 00:35:35.619
 you

00:35:35.619 --> 00:35:35.860
 are

00:35:35.860 --> 00:35:36.199
 Peter

00:35:36.199 --> 00:35:36.380
 and

00:35:36.380 --> 00:35:36.559
 on

00:35:36.559 --> 00:35:36.800
 this

00:35:36.800 --> 00:35:37.119
 rock

00:35:37.119 --> 00:35:37.240
 I

00:35:37.240 --> 00:35:37.380
 will

00:35:37.380 --> 00:35:37.599
 build

00:35:37.599 --> 00:35:37.820
 my

00:35:37.820 --> 00:35:38.059
 church

00:35:38.059 --> 00:35:38.160
 and

00:35:38.160 --> 00:35:38.300
 the

00:35:38.300 --> 00:35:38.500
 gates

00:35:38.500 --> 00:35:38.640
 of

00:35:38.640 --> 00:35:38.840
 Haiti

00:35:38.840 --> 00:35:39.039
 shall

00:35:39.039 --> 00:35:39.180
 not

00:35:39.180 --> 00:35:39.420
 prevail

00:35:39.420 --> 00:35:39.820
 against

00:35:39.820 --> 00:35:40.119
 it

00:35:40.119 --> 00:35:41.920
 all

00:35:41.920 --> 00:35:42.099
 of

00:35:42.099 --> 00:35:42.400
 these

00:35:42.400 --> 00:35:43.960
 events

00:35:43.960 --> 00:35:44.320
 probably

00:35:44.320 --> 00:35:44.820
 created

00:35:44.820 --> 00:35:45.539
 murmurings

00:35:45.539 --> 00:35:46.380
 whisperings

00:35:46.380 --> 00:35:46.539
 and

00:35:46.539 --> 00:35:46.980
 debates

00:35:46.980 --> 00:35:47.980
 who's

00:35:47.980 --> 00:35:48.099
 the

00:35:48.099 --> 00:35:48.320
 top

00:35:48.320 --> 00:35:48.660
 dog

00:35:48.660 --> 00:35:50.640
 who's

00:35:50.640 --> 00:35:50.740
 the

00:35:50.740 --> 00:35:51.059
 greatest

00:35:51.059 --> 00:35:51.320
 in the

00:35:51.320 --> 00:35:51.480
 kingdom

00:35:51.480 --> 00:35:51.640
 of

00:35:51.640 --> 00:35:51.880
 heaven

00:35:51.880 --> 00:35:54.079
 what

00:35:54.079 --> 00:35:54.280
 does

00:35:54.280 --> 00:35:54.440
 it

00:35:54.440 --> 00:35:54.740
 mean

00:35:54.740 --> 00:35:55.039
 to

00:35:55.039 --> 00:35:55.220
 be

00:35:55.220 --> 00:35:55.380
 the

00:35:55.380 --> 00:35:55.760
 greatest

00:35:55.760 --> 00:35:57.240
 the

00:35:57.240 --> 00:35:57.660
 concept

00:35:57.660 --> 00:35:57.900
 of

00:35:57.900 --> 00:35:58.300
 greatness

00:35:58.300 --> 00:35:58.619
 is

00:35:58.619 --> 00:35:59.059
 inherently

00:35:59.059 --> 00:35:59.880
 competitive

00:35:59.880 --> 00:36:00.119
 and

00:36:00.119 --> 00:36:00.539
 comparative

00:36:00.539 --> 00:36:00.880
 isn't

00:36:00.880 --> 00:36:01.300
 it

00:36:01.300 --> 00:36:03.180
 who

00:36:03.180 --> 00:36:03.300
 are

00:36:03.300 --> 00:36:03.400
 the

00:36:03.400 --> 00:36:03.579
 people

00:36:03.579 --> 00:36:03.700
 that

00:36:03.700 --> 00:36:03.820
 we

00:36:03.820 --> 00:36:04.019
 call

00:36:04.019 --> 00:36:04.340
 great

00:36:04.340 --> 00:36:04.480
 in

00:36:04.480 --> 00:36:04.599
 our

00:36:04.599 --> 00:36:05.079
 society

00:36:05.079 --> 00:36:06.360
!

00:36:06.380 --> 00:36:06.539
 to

00:36:06.539 --> 00:36:06.700
 be

00:36:06.700 --> 00:36:07.160
 perceived

00:36:07.160 --> 00:36:07.579
 to

00:36:07.579 --> 00:36:07.780
 be

00:36:07.780 --> 00:36:08.360
 superior

00:36:08.360 --> 00:36:08.700
 to

00:36:08.700 --> 00:36:08.960
 others

00:36:08.960 --> 00:36:09.119
 in

00:36:09.119 --> 00:36:09.400
 some

00:36:09.400 --> 00:36:09.680
 kind

00:36:09.680 --> 00:36:09.780
 of

00:36:09.780 --> 00:36:10.220
 significant

00:36:10.220 --> 00:36:10.500
 way

00:36:10.500 --> 00:36:10.660
 in

00:36:10.660 --> 00:36:10.760
 order

00:36:10.760 --> 00:36:10.900
 to

00:36:10.900 --> 00:36:11.000
 be

00:36:11.000 --> 00:36:11.260
 called

00:36:11.260 --> 00:36:11.640
 great

00:36:11.640 --> 00:36:11.880
 in

00:36:11.880 --> 00:36:12.320
 society

00:36:12.320 --> 00:36:13.519
 there

00:36:13.519 --> 00:36:13.740
 is

00:36:13.740 --> 00:36:14.059
 no

00:36:14.059 --> 00:36:14.800
 objective

00:36:14.800 --> 00:36:15.360
 level

00:36:15.360 --> 00:36:15.599
 of

00:36:15.599 --> 00:36:16.000
 achievement

00:36:16.000 --> 00:36:16.220
 that

00:36:16.220 --> 00:36:16.840
 qualifies

00:36:16.840 --> 00:36:17.039
 you

00:36:17.039 --> 00:36:17.200
 as

00:36:17.200 --> 00:36:17.460
 being

00:36:17.460 --> 00:36:17.900
 great

00:36:17.900 --> 00:36:19.519
 otherwise

00:36:19.519 --> 00:36:20.119
 if there

00:36:20.119 --> 00:36:20.300
 is

00:36:20.300 --> 00:36:20.440
 who

00:36:20.440 --> 00:36:20.880
 defines

00:36:20.880 --> 00:36:21.180
 that

00:36:21.180 --> 00:36:23.640
 you're

00:36:23.640 --> 00:36:23.840
 only

00:36:23.840 --> 00:36:24.220
 considered

00:36:24.220 --> 00:36:24.480
 great

00:36:24.480 --> 00:36:24.720
 if you

00:36:24.720 --> 00:36:25.140
 achieve

00:36:25.140 --> 00:36:25.420
 something

00:36:25.420 --> 00:36:25.619
 that

00:36:25.619 --> 00:36:25.920
 others

00:36:25.920 --> 00:36:26.119
 have

00:36:26.119 --> 00:36:26.340
 not

00:36:26.340 --> 00:36:26.720
 achieved

00:36:26.720 --> 00:36:27.760
 and

00:36:27.760 --> 00:36:27.940
 as

00:36:27.940 --> 00:36:28.140
 soon

00:36:28.140 --> 00:36:28.460
 as

00:36:28.460 --> 00:36:29.079
 everybody

00:36:29.079 --> 00:36:29.440
 else

00:36:29.440 --> 00:36:29.700
 around

00:36:29.700 --> 00:36:29.820
 you

00:36:29.820 --> 00:36:30.059
 reaches

00:36:30.059 --> 00:36:30.220
 the

00:36:30.220 --> 00:36:30.460
 same

00:36:30.460 --> 00:36:30.740
 level

00:36:30.740 --> 00:36:30.900
 of

00:36:30.900 --> 00:36:31.340
 success

00:36:31.340 --> 00:36:31.539
 and

00:36:31.539 --> 00:36:31.880
 wealth

00:36:31.880 --> 00:36:32.380
 and fame

00:36:32.380 --> 00:36:32.820
 and beauty

00:36:32.820 --> 00:36:33.320
 and power

00:36:33.320 --> 00:36:33.539
 you

00:36:33.539 --> 00:36:33.900
 cease

00:36:33.900 --> 00:36:34.039
 to

00:36:34.039 --> 00:36:34.160
 be

00:36:34.160 --> 00:36:34.460
 great

00:36:34.460 --> 00:36:34.880
 you're

00:36:34.880 --> 00:36:35.039
 now

00:36:35.039 --> 00:36:35.400
 normal

00:36:35.400 --> 00:36:39.680
 you're

00:36:39.680 --> 00:36:39.980
 only

00:36:39.980 --> 00:36:40.300
 great

00:36:40.300 --> 00:36:40.600
 if you're

00:36:40.600 --> 00:36:40.920
 better

00:36:40.920 --> 00:36:41.120
 than

00:36:41.120 --> 00:36:41.380
 someone

00:36:41.380 --> 00:36:41.740
 else

00:36:41.739 --> 00:36:43.919
 this

00:36:43.919 --> 00:36:44.339
 pursuit

00:36:44.339 --> 00:36:44.500
 of

00:36:44.500 --> 00:36:44.679
 so

00:36:44.679 --> 00:36:44.919
 called

00:36:44.919 --> 00:36:45.439
 greatness

00:36:45.439 --> 00:36:45.819
 then

00:36:45.819 --> 00:36:46.379
 is

00:36:46.379 --> 00:36:46.679
 really

00:36:46.679 --> 00:36:46.979
 an

00:36:46.979 --> 00:36:47.539
 unbridled

00:36:47.539 --> 00:36:48.059
 expression

00:36:48.059 --> 00:36:48.439
 of

00:36:48.439 --> 00:36:48.759
 human

00:36:48.759 --> 00:36:49.259
 pride

00:36:49.259 --> 00:36:49.839
 because

00:36:49.839 --> 00:36:50.019
 it

00:36:50.019 --> 00:36:50.319
 brings

00:36:50.319 --> 00:36:50.599
 so

00:36:50.599 --> 00:36:50.819
 much

00:36:50.819 --> 00:36:51.199
 focus

00:36:51.199 --> 00:36:51.379
 on

00:36:51.379 --> 00:36:51.539
 the

00:36:51.539 --> 00:36:51.859
 self

00:36:51.859 --> 00:36:52.039
 and

00:36:52.039 --> 00:36:52.179
 the

00:36:52.179 --> 00:36:52.439
 public

00:36:52.439 --> 00:36:53.000
 perception

00:36:53.000 --> 00:36:53.399
 of

00:36:53.399 --> 00:36:53.579
 the

00:36:53.579 --> 00:36:53.839
 self

00:36:53.839 --> 00:36:54.319
 it

00:36:54.319 --> 00:36:54.759
 produces

00:36:54.759 --> 00:36:55.119
 because

00:36:55.119 --> 00:36:55.299
 of

00:36:55.299 --> 00:36:55.479
 that

00:36:55.479 --> 00:36:55.879
 reason

00:36:55.879 --> 00:36:56.279
 deep

00:36:56.279 --> 00:36:56.959
 insecurity

00:36:56.959 --> 00:36:57.219
 and

00:36:57.219 --> 00:36:57.679
 anxiety

00:36:57.679 --> 00:36:58.139
 and

00:36:58.139 --> 00:36:58.459
 because

00:36:58.459 --> 00:36:58.679
 it

00:36:58.679 --> 00:36:59.039
 thrives

00:36:59.039 --> 00:36:59.219
 on

00:36:59.219 --> 00:36:59.939
 comparison

00:36:59.939 --> 00:37:00.539
 and

00:37:00.539 --> 00:37:00.859
 self

00:37:00.859 --> 00:37:01.379
 promotion

00:37:01.379 --> 00:37:01.619
 it

00:37:01.619 --> 00:37:02.159
 erodes

00:37:02.159 --> 00:37:02.699
 community

00:37:02.699 --> 00:37:03.500
 it

00:37:03.500 --> 00:37:04.039
 destroys

00:37:04.039 --> 00:37:04.599
 community

00:37:04.599 --> 00:37:06.099
 how

00:37:06.099 --> 00:37:06.399
 often

00:37:06.399 --> 00:37:06.599
 have

00:37:06.599 --> 00:37:06.719
 we

00:37:06.719 --> 00:37:06.919
 seen

00:37:06.919 --> 00:37:07.139
 this

00:37:07.139 --> 00:37:07.319
 even

00:37:07.319 --> 00:37:07.500
 in

00:37:07.500 --> 00:37:07.759
 churches

00:37:07.759 --> 00:37:07.879
!

00:37:11.739 --> 00:37:11.959
 I'm an

00:37:11.959 --> 00:37:12.219
 elder

00:37:12.219 --> 00:37:13.679
 I'm

00:37:13.679 --> 00:37:13.779
 a

00:37:13.779 --> 00:37:14.119
 deacon

00:37:14.119 --> 00:37:15.379
 I'm

00:37:15.379 --> 00:37:15.539
 a

00:37:15.539 --> 00:37:15.839
 community

00:37:15.839 --> 00:37:16.079
 group

00:37:16.079 --> 00:37:16.359
 leader

00:37:16.359 --> 00:37:17.559
 I'm

00:37:17.559 --> 00:37:17.679
 a

00:37:17.679 --> 00:37:18.000
 ministry

00:37:18.000 --> 00:37:18.379
 leader

00:37:18.379 --> 00:37:19.859
 I've

00:37:19.859 --> 00:37:19.959
 been

00:37:19.959 --> 00:37:20.099
 in

00:37:20.099 --> 00:37:20.299
 church

00:37:20.299 --> 00:37:20.579
 longer

00:37:20.579 --> 00:37:20.799
 than

00:37:20.799 --> 00:37:21.019
 you

00:37:21.019 --> 00:37:22.019
 I've

00:37:22.019 --> 00:37:22.139
 read

00:37:22.139 --> 00:37:22.279
 the

00:37:22.279 --> 00:37:22.500
 Bible

00:37:22.500 --> 00:37:22.739
 more

00:37:22.739 --> 00:37:23.019
 times

00:37:23.019 --> 00:37:23.179
 than

00:37:23.179 --> 00:37:23.419
 you

00:37:23.419 --> 00:37:26.319
 I'm

00:37:26.319 --> 00:37:27.119
 closer

00:37:27.119 --> 00:37:27.339
 to

00:37:27.339 --> 00:37:27.459
 the

00:37:27.459 --> 00:37:27.839
 pastor's

00:37:27.839 --> 00:37:28.099
 family

00:37:28.099 --> 00:37:28.319
 than

00:37:28.319 --> 00:37:28.559
 you

00:37:28.559 --> 00:37:31.439
 I

00:37:31.439 --> 00:37:31.599
 have

00:37:31.599 --> 00:37:31.799
 more

00:37:31.799 --> 00:37:32.079
 friends

00:37:32.079 --> 00:37:32.259
 than

00:37:32.259 --> 00:37:32.519
 you

00:37:32.519 --> 00:37:36.859
 I'm

00:37:36.859 --> 00:37:37.059
 more

00:37:37.059 --> 00:37:37.519
 spiritually

00:37:37.519 --> 00:37:37.959
 disciplined

00:37:37.959 --> 00:37:38.019
!

00:37:38.019 --> 00:37:38.199
 than

00:37:41.739 --> 00:37:44.559
 Jesus

00:37:44.559 --> 00:37:45.179
 turns

00:37:45.179 --> 00:37:45.419
 this

00:37:45.419 --> 00:37:45.939
 natural

00:37:45.939 --> 00:37:46.719
 sinful

00:37:46.719 --> 00:37:46.739
!

00:37:46.739 --> 00:37:47.179
 human

00:37:47.179 --> 00:37:47.959
 preoccupation

00:37:47.959 --> 00:37:48.119
 with

00:37:48.119 --> 00:37:48.539
 greatness

00:37:48.539 --> 00:37:49.339
 completely

00:37:49.339 --> 00:37:49.559
 on

00:37:49.559 --> 00:37:49.699
 his

00:37:49.699 --> 00:37:49.939
 head

00:37:49.939 --> 00:37:52.059
 in

00:37:52.059 --> 00:37:52.279
 verse

00:37:52.279 --> 00:37:52.479
 2

00:37:52.479 --> 00:37:52.779
 Jesus

00:37:52.779 --> 00:37:53.299
 calls

00:37:53.299 --> 00:37:53.439
 to

00:37:53.439 --> 00:37:53.559
 him

00:37:53.559 --> 00:37:53.699
 a

00:37:53.699 --> 00:37:54.079
 child

00:37:54.079 --> 00:37:54.299
 and

00:37:54.299 --> 00:37:54.539
 puts

00:37:54.539 --> 00:37:54.699
 him

00:37:54.699 --> 00:37:54.799
 in

00:37:54.799 --> 00:37:54.919
 the

00:37:54.919 --> 00:37:55.159
 midst

00:37:55.159 --> 00:37:55.439
 of

00:37:55.439 --> 00:37:56.359
 the

00:37:56.359 --> 00:37:56.759
 disciples

00:37:56.759 --> 00:37:57.219
 as

00:37:57.219 --> 00:37:57.359
 an

00:37:57.359 --> 00:37:57.639
 object

00:37:57.639 --> 00:37:58.000
 lesson

00:37:58.000 --> 00:37:58.199
 you

00:37:58.199 --> 00:37:58.379
 guys

00:37:58.379 --> 00:37:58.559
 have

00:37:58.559 --> 00:37:58.659
 it

00:37:58.659 --> 00:37:58.799
 right

00:37:58.799 --> 00:37:59.000
 here

00:37:59.000 --> 00:37:59.159
 right

00:37:59.159 --> 00:37:59.279
 in

00:37:59.279 --> 00:37:59.419
 front

00:37:59.419 --> 00:37:59.519
 of

00:37:59.519 --> 00:37:59.679
 you

00:37:59.679 --> 00:38:00.500
 in

00:38:00.500 --> 00:38:00.579
 the

00:38:00.579 --> 00:38:00.759
 front

00:38:00.759 --> 00:38:01.000
 row

00:38:01.000 --> 00:38:02.019
 as

00:38:02.019 --> 00:38:02.559
 illustration

00:38:02.559 --> 00:38:03.259
 and

00:38:03.259 --> 00:38:03.359
 then

00:38:03.359 --> 00:38:03.479
 he

00:38:03.479 --> 00:38:03.799
 says

00:38:03.799 --> 00:38:04.379
 truly

00:38:04.379 --> 00:38:04.619
 I

00:38:04.619 --> 00:38:04.819
 say

00:38:04.819 --> 00:38:04.959
 to

00:38:04.959 --> 00:38:05.299
 you

00:38:05.299 --> 00:38:06.539
 unless

00:38:06.539 --> 00:38:06.759
 you

00:38:06.759 --> 00:38:07.019
 turn

00:38:07.019 --> 00:38:07.159
 and

00:38:07.159 --> 00:38:07.500
 become

00:38:07.500 --> 00:38:07.739
 like

00:38:07.739 --> 00:38:08.059
 children

00:38:08.059 --> 00:38:08.259
 you

00:38:08.259 --> 00:38:08.419
 will

00:38:08.419 --> 00:38:08.659
 never

00:38:08.659 --> 00:38:08.979
 enter

00:38:08.980 --> 00:38:09.159
 the

00:38:09.159 --> 00:38:09.380
 kingdom

00:38:09.380 --> 00:38:09.599
 of

00:38:09.599 --> 00:38:09.860
 heaven

00:38:09.860 --> 00:38:11.059
 what

00:38:11.059 --> 00:38:11.219
 does

00:38:11.219 --> 00:38:11.340
 it

00:38:11.340 --> 00:38:11.519
 mean

00:38:11.519 --> 00:38:11.659
 to

00:38:11.659 --> 00:38:11.940
 become

00:38:11.940 --> 00:38:12.159
 like

00:38:12.159 --> 00:38:12.539
 children

00:38:12.539 --> 00:38:13.139
 it

00:38:13.139 --> 00:38:13.400
 doesn't

00:38:13.400 --> 00:38:13.539
 mean

00:38:13.539 --> 00:38:13.659
 to

00:38:13.659 --> 00:38:13.940
 become

00:38:13.940 --> 00:38:14.340
 innocent

00:38:14.340 --> 00:38:14.619
 like

00:38:14.619 --> 00:38:14.980
 children

00:38:14.980 --> 00:38:16.420
 children

00:38:16.420 --> 00:38:16.599
 are

00:38:16.599 --> 00:38:16.780
 not

00:38:16.780 --> 00:38:17.219
 innocent

00:38:17.219 --> 00:38:17.679
 only

00:38:17.679 --> 00:38:17.800
 if

00:38:17.800 --> 00:38:17.880
 you

00:38:17.880 --> 00:38:17.980
 knew

00:38:17.980 --> 00:38:18.260
 that

00:38:18.260 --> 00:38:20.420
 children

00:38:20.420 --> 00:38:20.920
 are

00:38:20.920 --> 00:38:21.599
 ignorant

00:38:21.599 --> 00:38:21.940
 of

00:38:21.940 --> 00:38:22.260
 some

00:38:22.260 --> 00:38:22.420
 of

00:38:22.420 --> 00:38:22.559
 the

00:38:22.559 --> 00:38:22.900
 cynical

00:38:22.900 --> 00:38:23.300
 ways

00:38:23.300 --> 00:38:23.440
 of

00:38:23.440 --> 00:38:23.860
 adults

00:38:23.860 --> 00:38:24.079
 for

00:38:24.079 --> 00:38:24.380
 sure

00:38:24.380 --> 00:38:25.400
 they're

00:38:25.400 --> 00:38:25.539
 not

00:38:25.539 --> 00:38:25.940
 exposed

00:38:25.940 --> 00:38:26.139
 to

00:38:26.139 --> 00:38:26.240
 as

00:38:26.240 --> 00:38:26.440
 many

00:38:26.440 --> 00:38:26.960
 things

00:38:26.960 --> 00:38:27.599
 but

00:38:27.599 --> 00:38:27.719
 they

00:38:27.719 --> 00:38:27.840
 are

00:38:27.840 --> 00:38:28.119
 far

00:38:28.119 --> 00:38:28.360
 from

00:38:28.360 --> 00:38:28.699
 innocent

00:38:28.699 --> 00:38:29.179
 they

00:38:29.179 --> 00:38:29.519
 sin

00:38:29.519 --> 00:38:29.679
 like

00:38:29.679 --> 00:38:29.800
 the

00:38:29.800 --> 00:38:29.980
 rest

00:38:29.980 --> 00:38:30.119
 of

00:38:30.119 --> 00:38:30.440
 us

00:38:30.440 --> 00:38:31.179
 wait

00:38:31.179 --> 00:38:31.320
 till

00:38:31.320 --> 00:38:31.420
 you

00:38:31.420 --> 00:38:31.559
 have

00:38:31.559 --> 00:38:31.840
 kids

00:38:31.840 --> 00:38:32.019
 if

00:38:32.019 --> 00:38:32.059
 you

00:38:32.059 --> 00:38:32.159
 don't

00:38:32.159 --> 00:38:32.300
 have

00:38:32.300 --> 00:38:32.559
 kids

00:38:32.559 --> 00:38:34.000
 in

00:38:38.980 --> 00:38:39.280
 sin

00:38:39.280 --> 00:38:39.460
 did

00:38:39.460 --> 00:38:39.619
 my

00:38:39.619 --> 00:38:39.880
 mother

00:38:39.880 --> 00:38:40.300
 conceive

00:38:40.300 --> 00:38:40.559
 me

00:38:40.559 --> 00:38:42.119
 that's

00:38:42.119 --> 00:38:42.240
 not

00:38:42.240 --> 00:38:42.420
 what

00:38:42.420 --> 00:38:42.639
 Jesus

00:38:42.639 --> 00:38:42.780
 is

00:38:42.780 --> 00:38:43.000
 talking

00:38:43.000 --> 00:38:43.199
 about

00:38:43.199 --> 00:38:43.380
 he

00:38:43.380 --> 00:38:43.840
 tells

00:38:43.840 --> 00:38:44.019
 us

00:38:44.019 --> 00:38:44.360
 exactly

00:38:44.360 --> 00:38:44.519
 what

00:38:44.519 --> 00:38:44.639
 he's

00:38:44.639 --> 00:38:44.820
 talking

00:38:44.820 --> 00:38:44.960
 about

00:38:44.960 --> 00:38:45.079
 in

00:38:45.079 --> 00:38:45.240
 verse

00:38:45.240 --> 00:38:45.480
 four

00:38:45.480 --> 00:38:45.800
 whoever

00:38:45.800 --> 00:38:46.539
 humbles

00:38:46.539 --> 00:38:46.920
 himself

00:38:46.920 --> 00:38:47.139
 like

00:38:47.139 --> 00:38:47.320
 this

00:38:47.320 --> 00:38:47.599
 child

00:38:47.599 --> 00:38:47.740
 is

00:38:47.740 --> 00:38:47.880
 the

00:38:47.880 --> 00:38:48.199
 greatest

00:38:48.199 --> 00:38:48.400
 in

00:38:48.400 --> 00:38:48.519
 the

00:38:48.519 --> 00:38:48.719
 kingdom

00:38:48.719 --> 00:38:48.920
 of

00:38:48.920 --> 00:38:49.179
 heaven

00:38:49.179 --> 00:38:50.199
 what

00:38:50.199 --> 00:38:50.519
 Jesus

00:38:50.519 --> 00:38:50.699
 is

00:38:50.699 --> 00:38:50.980
 after

00:38:50.980 --> 00:38:51.179
 is

00:38:51.179 --> 00:38:51.639
 humility

00:38:51.639 --> 00:38:54.119
 in

00:38:54.119 --> 00:38:54.340
 what

00:38:54.340 --> 00:38:54.679
 ways

00:38:54.679 --> 00:38:54.820
 are

00:38:54.820 --> 00:38:55.179
 children

00:38:55.179 --> 00:38:55.619
 humble

00:38:55.619 --> 00:38:56.940
 children

00:38:56.940 --> 00:38:57.260
 have

00:38:57.260 --> 00:38:57.519
 no

00:38:57.519 --> 00:38:58.000
 status

00:38:58.000 --> 00:38:58.260
 in

00:38:58.260 --> 00:38:58.780
 society

00:38:58.780 --> 00:39:00.139
 especially

00:39:00.139 --> 00:39:00.460
 in

00:39:00.460 --> 00:39:00.679
 Bible

00:39:00.679 --> 00:39:01.159
 times

00:39:01.159 --> 00:39:02.400
 later

00:39:02.400 --> 00:39:02.559
 in

00:39:02.559 --> 00:39:02.740
 chapter

00:39:02.740 --> 00:39:03.280
 19

00:39:03.280 --> 00:39:03.519
 verse

00:39:03.519 --> 00:39:03.860
 13

00:39:03.860 --> 00:39:03.980
 to

00:39:03.980 --> 00:39:04.360
 15

00:39:04.360 --> 00:39:04.699
 when

00:39:04.699 --> 00:39:05.099
 eager

00:39:05.099 --> 00:39:05.740
 parents

00:39:05.739 --> 00:39:08.559
 I

00:39:08.559 --> 00:39:09.339
 think

00:39:09.339 --> 00:39:09.459
 we

00:39:09.459 --> 00:39:09.639
 have

00:39:09.639 --> 00:39:10.379
 I

00:39:10.379 --> 00:39:10.659
 did

00:39:10.659 --> 00:39:10.779
 one

00:39:10.779 --> 00:39:10.859
 of

00:39:10.859 --> 00:39:10.979
 those

00:39:10.979 --> 00:39:11.239
 parents

00:39:11.239 --> 00:39:11.359
 I

00:39:11.359 --> 00:39:11.459
 think

00:39:11.459 --> 00:39:11.599
 if

00:39:11.599 --> 00:39:11.699
 I

00:39:11.699 --> 00:39:11.919
 saw

00:39:11.919 --> 00:39:12.159
 Jesus

00:39:12.159 --> 00:39:12.479
 walking

00:39:12.479 --> 00:39:12.779
 by

00:39:12.779 --> 00:39:13.479
 eager

00:39:13.479 --> 00:39:13.979
 parents

00:39:13.979 --> 00:39:14.319
 bring

00:39:14.319 --> 00:39:14.500
 their

00:39:14.500 --> 00:39:14.779
 children

00:39:14.779 --> 00:39:15.279
 to

00:39:15.279 --> 00:39:15.719
 Jesus

00:39:15.719 --> 00:39:17.679
 maybe

00:39:17.679 --> 00:39:18.199
 you

00:39:18.199 --> 00:39:18.359
 could

00:39:18.359 --> 00:39:18.779
 spend

00:39:18.779 --> 00:39:18.979
 a little

00:39:18.979 --> 00:39:19.139
 bit of

00:39:19.139 --> 00:39:19.319
 time

00:39:19.319 --> 00:39:19.519
 with

00:39:19.519 --> 00:39:20.000
 them

00:39:20.000 --> 00:39:21.679
 talk

00:39:21.679 --> 00:39:21.879
 to

00:39:21.879 --> 00:39:22.179
 them

00:39:22.179 --> 00:39:23.299
 lay

00:39:23.299 --> 00:39:23.459
 your

00:39:23.459 --> 00:39:23.699
 hands

00:39:23.699 --> 00:39:23.879
 on

00:39:23.879 --> 00:39:24.179
 them

00:39:24.179 --> 00:39:25.139
 pray

00:39:25.139 --> 00:39:25.359
 for

00:39:25.359 --> 00:39:25.659
 them

00:39:25.659 --> 00:39:26.559
 give

00:39:26.559 --> 00:39:26.659
 them

00:39:26.659 --> 00:39:26.799
 some

00:39:26.799 --> 00:39:27.119
 amazing

00:39:27.119 --> 00:39:27.599
 blessings

00:39:27.599 --> 00:39:27.619
!

00:39:27.759 --> 00:39:27.839
 That would

00:39:27.839 --> 00:39:27.899
 be

00:39:27.899 --> 00:39:28.239
 great!

00:39:31.039 --> 00:39:31.639
 And

00:39:31.639 --> 00:39:31.919
 then

00:39:31.919 --> 00:39:32.459
 the

00:39:32.459 --> 00:39:32.859
 disciples

00:39:32.859 --> 00:39:33.119
 who

00:39:33.119 --> 00:39:33.339
 see

00:39:33.339 --> 00:39:33.679
 that

00:39:33.679 --> 00:39:33.679


00:39:33.959 --> 00:39:33.979
 they

00:39:33.979 --> 00:39:34.619
 rebuke

00:39:34.619 --> 00:39:34.859
 these

00:39:34.859 --> 00:39:35.399
 parents

00:39:35.400 --> 00:39:36.619
 and

00:39:36.619 --> 00:39:36.760
 they

00:39:36.760 --> 00:39:37.000
 try

00:39:37.000 --> 00:39:37.180
 to

00:39:37.180 --> 00:39:37.519
 shoo

00:39:37.519 --> 00:39:37.700
 the

00:39:37.700 --> 00:39:38.000
 children

00:39:38.000 --> 00:39:38.400
 away

00:39:38.400 --> 00:39:40.660
 why?

00:39:40.800 --> 00:39:41.099
 Because

00:39:41.099 --> 00:39:41.579
 children

00:39:41.579 --> 00:39:42.139
 in their

00:39:42.139 --> 00:39:42.460
 view

00:39:42.460 --> 00:39:43.360
 are not

00:39:43.360 --> 00:39:43.860
 important

00:39:43.860 --> 00:39:45.400
 Jesus

00:39:45.400 --> 00:39:46.639
 is far

00:39:46.639 --> 00:39:46.940
 too

00:39:46.940 --> 00:39:47.440
 important

00:39:47.440 --> 00:39:48.400
 and far

00:39:48.400 --> 00:39:48.680
 too

00:39:48.680 --> 00:39:49.079
 busy

00:39:49.079 --> 00:39:49.800
 to have

00:39:49.800 --> 00:39:50.480
 children

00:39:50.480 --> 00:39:52.559
 taking

00:39:52.559 --> 00:39:52.760
 up

00:39:52.760 --> 00:39:52.920
 his

00:39:52.920 --> 00:39:53.240
 time

00:39:53.240 --> 00:39:55.320
 how

00:39:55.320 --> 00:39:55.920
 inconsiderate

00:39:55.920 --> 00:39:56.099
 of you

00:39:56.099 --> 00:39:56.440
 take

00:39:56.440 --> 00:39:56.619
 them

00:39:56.619 --> 00:39:56.900
 away

00:39:56.900 --> 00:39:58.059
 children

00:39:58.059 --> 00:39:58.400
 are the

00:39:58.400 --> 00:39:58.840
 nobodies

00:39:58.840 --> 00:39:59.460
 of society

00:39:59.460 --> 00:40:01.960
 they

00:40:01.960 --> 00:40:02.400
 don't

00:40:02.400 --> 00:40:02.840
 have a

00:40:02.840 --> 00:40:03.059
 seat

00:40:03.059 --> 00:40:03.400
 at the

00:40:03.400 --> 00:40:03.720
 table

00:40:03.719 --> 00:40:06.559
 have

00:40:06.559 --> 00:40:32.659
 you guys

00:40:32.659 --> 00:40:32.919
 heard that

00:40:32.919 --> 00:40:33.239
 before?

00:40:33.719 --> 00:40:34.519
 And

00:40:34.519 --> 00:40:34.679
 that

00:40:34.679 --> 00:40:34.899
 kind

00:40:34.899 --> 00:40:34.980
 of

00:40:34.980 --> 00:40:35.419
 expectation

00:40:35.419 --> 00:40:35.679
 is

00:40:35.679 --> 00:40:35.899
 pretty

00:40:35.899 --> 00:40:36.419
 universal

00:40:36.419 --> 00:40:36.959
 across

00:40:36.959 --> 00:40:37.579
 cultures

00:40:37.579 --> 00:40:38.639
 but

00:40:38.639 --> 00:40:39.019
 Jesus

00:40:39.019 --> 00:40:40.019
 turns

00:40:40.019 --> 00:40:40.219
 that

00:40:40.219 --> 00:40:40.480
 upside

00:40:40.480 --> 00:40:40.859
 down

00:40:40.859 --> 00:40:42.159
 he

00:40:42.159 --> 00:40:42.779
 welcomes

00:40:42.779 --> 00:40:43.139
 children

00:40:43.139 --> 00:40:43.559
 into his

00:40:43.559 --> 00:40:44.039
 presence

00:40:44.039 --> 00:40:45.779
 then he

00:40:45.779 --> 00:40:46.000
 says

00:40:46.000 --> 00:40:46.480
 unless

00:40:46.480 --> 00:40:47.079
 you

00:40:47.079 --> 00:40:47.839
 adults

00:40:47.839 --> 00:40:48.599
 turn

00:40:48.599 --> 00:40:49.219
 and become

00:40:49.219 --> 00:40:49.559
 like

00:40:49.559 --> 00:40:49.980
 children

00:40:49.980 --> 00:40:50.319
 you will

00:40:50.319 --> 00:40:50.559
 never

00:40:50.559 --> 00:40:50.819
 enter

00:40:50.819 --> 00:40:50.980
 the

00:40:50.980 --> 00:40:51.139
 kingdom

00:40:51.139 --> 00:40:51.319
 of

00:40:51.319 --> 00:40:51.619
 heaven

00:40:51.619 --> 00:40:53.959
 I

00:40:53.959 --> 00:40:54.219
 pointed

00:40:54.219 --> 00:40:54.439
 this

00:40:54.439 --> 00:40:54.719
 out to

00:40:54.719 --> 00:40:54.839
 you

00:40:54.839 --> 00:40:55.099
 last

00:40:55.099 --> 00:40:55.339
 week

00:40:55.339 --> 00:40:55.579
 that

00:40:55.579 --> 00:40:55.839
 more

00:40:55.839 --> 00:40:56.000
 than

00:40:56.000 --> 00:40:56.279
 any

00:40:56.279 --> 00:40:56.519
 other

00:40:56.519 --> 00:40:56.719
 New

00:40:56.719 --> 00:40:57.039
 Testament

00:40:57.039 --> 00:40:58.000
 writer

00:40:58.000 --> 00:40:58.399
 and

00:40:58.399 --> 00:40:58.659
 more

00:40:58.659 --> 00:40:58.939
 than

00:40:58.939 --> 00:40:59.359
 four

00:40:59.359 --> 00:40:59.659
 times

00:40:59.659 --> 00:40:59.859
 more

00:40:59.859 --> 00:41:00.019
 than

00:41:00.019 --> 00:41:00.319
 any

00:41:00.319 --> 00:41:00.459
 other

00:41:00.459 --> 00:41:01.179
 synoptic

00:41:01.179 --> 00:41:01.480
 gospel

00:41:01.480 --> 00:41:01.819
 writers

00:41:01.819 --> 00:41:02.460
 Matthew

00:41:02.460 --> 00:41:03.839
 speaks of

00:41:03.839 --> 00:41:04.219
 Christians

00:41:04.219 --> 00:41:04.879
 as little

00:41:04.879 --> 00:41:05.099
 ones

00:41:05.099 --> 00:41:05.359
 he does

00:41:05.359 --> 00:41:05.659
 it in our

00:41:05.659 --> 00:41:06.119
 passage here

00:41:06.119 --> 00:41:06.359
 too

00:41:06.359 --> 00:41:07.399
 that's his

00:41:07.399 --> 00:41:08.199
 favorite way

00:41:08.199 --> 00:41:08.739
 of referring

00:41:08.739 --> 00:41:09.219
 to the

00:41:09.219 --> 00:41:09.719
 followers of

00:41:09.719 --> 00:41:10.119
 Jesus

00:41:10.119 --> 00:41:12.299
 whoever gives

00:41:12.299 --> 00:41:12.699
 one of these

00:41:12.699 --> 00:41:13.639
 little ones

00:41:13.639 --> 00:41:14.619
 his disciples

00:41:14.619 --> 00:41:15.299
 his followers

00:41:15.299 --> 00:41:16.159
 even a cup

00:41:16.159 --> 00:41:16.619
 of cold

00:41:16.619 --> 00:41:17.339
 water because

00:41:17.339 --> 00:41:18.099
 he's a disciple

00:41:18.099 --> 00:41:19.239
 truly I say

00:41:19.239 --> 00:41:19.659
 to you he will

00:41:19.659 --> 00:41:20.359
 by no means

00:41:20.359 --> 00:41:20.919
 lose his

00:41:20.919 --> 00:41:21.339
 reward

00:41:21.340 --> 00:41:23.760
 and then

00:41:23.760 --> 00:41:24.200
 what he says

00:41:24.200 --> 00:41:24.660
 later in

00:41:24.660 --> 00:41:25.280
 this passage

00:41:25.280 --> 00:41:26.280
 verse 6

00:41:26.280 --> 00:41:26.980
 whoever causes

00:41:26.980 --> 00:41:27.500
 one of these

00:41:27.500 --> 00:41:28.200
 little ones

00:41:28.200 --> 00:41:28.600
 who believe

00:41:28.600 --> 00:41:28.820
 in me

00:41:28.820 --> 00:41:29.180
 to sin

00:41:29.180 --> 00:41:29.640
 it will

00:41:29.640 --> 00:41:30.019
 be better

00:41:30.019 --> 00:41:30.320
 for him

00:41:30.320 --> 00:41:30.640
 to have

00:41:30.640 --> 00:41:30.960
 a great

00:41:30.960 --> 00:41:31.460
 millstone

00:41:31.460 --> 00:41:31.900
 fastened

00:41:31.900 --> 00:41:32.420
 around his

00:41:32.420 --> 00:41:32.640
 neck

00:41:32.640 --> 00:41:32.940
 and to be

00:41:32.940 --> 00:41:33.240
 drowned

00:41:33.240 --> 00:41:33.500
 in the

00:41:33.500 --> 00:41:33.720
 depths

00:41:33.720 --> 00:41:34.000
 of the

00:41:34.000 --> 00:41:34.320
 sea

00:41:34.320 --> 00:41:38.600
 these

00:41:38.600 --> 00:41:38.940
 little

00:41:38.940 --> 00:41:39.380
 ones

00:41:39.380 --> 00:41:40.000
 these

00:41:40.000 --> 00:41:40.460
 small

00:41:40.460 --> 00:41:40.940
 people

00:41:40.940 --> 00:41:41.920
 he's

00:41:41.920 --> 00:41:42.280
 referring

00:41:42.280 --> 00:41:42.620
 to

00:41:42.620 --> 00:41:43.260
 Christians

00:41:43.260 --> 00:41:44.400
 his

00:41:44.400 --> 00:41:44.860
 followers

00:41:44.860 --> 00:41:46.660
 and using

00:41:46.660 --> 00:41:47.440
 the object

00:41:47.440 --> 00:41:47.740
 lesson

00:41:47.740 --> 00:41:48.000
 of

00:41:48.000 --> 00:41:48.559
 literal

00:41:48.559 --> 00:41:48.960
 children

00:41:48.960 --> 00:41:49.420
 to teach

00:41:49.420 --> 00:41:49.539
 them

00:41:49.539 --> 00:41:49.920
 this is

00:41:49.920 --> 00:41:50.200
 what you

00:41:50.200 --> 00:41:50.519
 must be

00:41:50.519 --> 00:41:50.740
 like

00:41:50.740 --> 00:41:51.000
 before

00:41:51.000 --> 00:41:51.300
 God

00:41:51.300 --> 00:41:53.320
 becoming

00:41:53.320 --> 00:41:53.780
 a Christian

00:41:53.780 --> 00:41:54.200
 in fact

00:41:54.200 --> 00:41:54.500
 I would

00:41:54.500 --> 00:41:54.720
 say

00:41:54.720 --> 00:41:55.519
 requires

00:41:55.519 --> 00:41:55.980
 turning

00:41:55.980 --> 00:41:56.680
 and becoming

00:41:56.680 --> 00:41:57.019
 like

00:41:57.019 --> 00:41:57.460
 children

00:41:57.460 --> 00:41:58.240
 that's

00:41:58.240 --> 00:41:58.580
 literally

00:41:58.580 --> 00:41:58.760
 what

00:41:58.760 --> 00:41:58.940
 Jesus

00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:59.280
 says

00:41:59.280 --> 00:42:00.960
 how so

00:42:00.960 --> 00:42:01.960
 to become

00:42:01.960 --> 00:42:02.500
 a Christian

00:42:02.500 --> 00:42:03.180
 is to

00:42:03.180 --> 00:42:03.420
 become

00:42:03.420 --> 00:42:03.940
 a child

00:42:03.940 --> 00:42:04.460
 of God

00:42:04.460 --> 00:42:05.920
 to

00:42:05.920 --> 00:42:06.580
 declare

00:42:06.580 --> 00:42:06.900
 our

00:42:06.900 --> 00:42:07.600
 dependence

00:42:07.600 --> 00:42:08.220
 on

00:42:08.220 --> 00:42:08.740
 God

00:42:08.740 --> 00:42:08.940
 to

00:42:08.940 --> 00:42:09.240
 become

00:42:09.240 --> 00:42:09.560
 his

00:42:09.560 --> 00:42:10.120
 dependent

00:42:10.120 --> 00:42:11.120
 to

00:42:11.120 --> 00:42:11.840
 become

00:42:11.840 --> 00:42:12.080
 a

00:42:12.080 --> 00:42:12.560
 Christian

00:42:12.560 --> 00:42:13.420
 is to

00:42:13.420 --> 00:42:13.720
 depend

00:42:13.720 --> 00:42:14.019
 on the

00:42:14.019 --> 00:42:14.320
 provision

00:42:14.320 --> 00:42:14.539
 of

00:42:14.539 --> 00:42:14.820
 God

00:42:14.820 --> 00:42:15.039
 rather

00:42:15.039 --> 00:42:15.260
 than

00:42:15.260 --> 00:42:15.640
 providing

00:42:15.640 --> 00:42:15.880
 for

00:42:15.880 --> 00:42:16.539
 yourself

00:42:16.539 --> 00:42:17.000
 and

00:42:17.000 --> 00:42:17.260
 trusting

00:42:17.260 --> 00:42:17.420
 in

00:42:17.420 --> 00:42:17.860
 yourself

00:42:17.860 --> 00:42:18.060
 and

00:42:18.060 --> 00:42:18.220
 being

00:42:18.220 --> 00:42:18.480
 self

00:42:18.480 --> 00:42:18.920
 sufficient

00:42:18.920 --> 00:42:20.880
 to

00:42:20.880 --> 00:42:21.200
 become

00:42:21.200 --> 00:42:21.360
 a

00:42:21.360 --> 00:42:21.720
 Christian

00:42:21.720 --> 00:42:22.119
 is to

00:42:22.119 --> 00:42:22.539
 receive

00:42:22.539 --> 00:42:22.780
 the

00:42:22.780 --> 00:42:23.660
 sacrificial

00:42:23.660 --> 00:42:24.220
 death

00:42:24.220 --> 00:42:24.519
 of

00:42:24.519 --> 00:42:24.800
 Jesus

00:42:24.800 --> 00:42:25.160
 Christ

00:42:25.160 --> 00:42:25.480
 on the

00:42:25.480 --> 00:42:25.880
 cross

00:42:25.880 --> 00:42:26.240
 on our

00:42:26.240 --> 00:42:26.619
 behalf

00:42:26.619 --> 00:42:27.119
 for our

00:42:27.119 --> 00:42:27.539
 sins

00:42:27.539 --> 00:42:29.380
 through

00:42:29.380 --> 00:42:30.000
 faith

00:42:30.000 --> 00:42:32.240
 to

00:42:32.240 --> 00:42:32.559
 believe

00:42:32.559 --> 00:42:32.840
 that we

00:42:32.840 --> 00:42:33.340
 are saved

00:42:33.340 --> 00:42:33.880
 not by

00:42:33.880 --> 00:42:34.420
 our own

00:42:34.420 --> 00:42:34.860
 righteousness

00:42:34.860 --> 00:42:35.599
 but by

00:42:35.599 --> 00:42:36.180
 the

00:42:36.180 --> 00:42:36.760
 toning

00:42:36.760 --> 00:42:37.240
 sacrifice

00:42:37.240 --> 00:42:37.720
 of Christ

00:42:37.720 --> 00:42:38.140
 and his

00:42:38.140 --> 00:42:38.700
 righteousness

00:42:38.700 --> 00:42:39.619
 imputed

00:42:39.619 --> 00:42:40.300
 to us

00:42:40.300 --> 00:42:41.300
 counted

00:42:41.300 --> 00:42:41.820
 on our

00:42:41.820 --> 00:42:42.240
 behalf

00:42:42.240 --> 00:42:44.180
 to

00:42:44.180 --> 00:42:44.460
 become

00:42:44.460 --> 00:42:44.619
 a

00:42:44.619 --> 00:42:44.960
 Christian

00:42:44.960 --> 00:42:45.740
 means to

00:42:45.740 --> 00:42:46.119
 come to

00:42:46.119 --> 00:42:46.380
 God

00:42:46.380 --> 00:42:46.559
 as

00:42:46.559 --> 00:42:47.059
 empty

00:42:47.059 --> 00:42:47.559
 handed

00:42:47.559 --> 00:42:48.480
 helpless

00:42:48.480 --> 00:42:48.960
 sinners

00:42:48.960 --> 00:42:49.320
 like we

00:42:49.320 --> 00:42:49.420
 were

00:42:49.420 --> 00:42:49.699
 talking

00:42:49.699 --> 00:42:49.940
 about

00:42:49.940 --> 00:42:50.219
 last

00:42:50.219 --> 00:42:50.460
 week

00:42:50.460 --> 00:42:50.799
 God

00:42:50.799 --> 00:42:51.259
 apart

00:42:51.259 --> 00:42:51.559
 from

00:42:51.559 --> 00:42:51.860
 you

00:42:51.860 --> 00:42:52.299
 I

00:42:52.299 --> 00:42:52.519
 have

00:42:52.519 --> 00:42:52.820
 no

00:42:52.820 --> 00:42:53.119
 good

00:42:53.119 --> 00:42:53.519
 thing

00:42:53.519 --> 00:42:53.980
 I

00:42:53.980 --> 00:42:54.099
 am

00:42:54.099 --> 00:42:54.239
 a

00:42:54.239 --> 00:42:54.500
 ruined

00:42:54.500 --> 00:42:54.920
 sinner

00:42:54.920 --> 00:42:55.179
 with

00:42:55.179 --> 00:42:55.480
 no

00:42:55.480 --> 00:42:55.820
 hope

00:42:55.820 --> 00:42:56.000
 of

00:42:56.000 --> 00:42:56.279
 saving

00:42:56.279 --> 00:42:56.779
 myself

00:42:56.779 --> 00:42:57.219
 I

00:42:57.219 --> 00:42:57.420
 have

00:42:57.420 --> 00:42:57.699
 no

00:42:57.699 --> 00:42:58.159
 merit

00:42:58.159 --> 00:42:58.380
 to

00:42:58.380 --> 00:42:58.719
 commend

00:42:58.719 --> 00:42:59.179
 myself

00:42:59.179 --> 00:42:59.360
 to

00:42:59.360 --> 00:42:59.579
 you

00:42:59.579 --> 00:43:00.000
 so I

00:43:00.000 --> 00:43:00.239
 come

00:43:00.239 --> 00:43:00.380
 to

00:43:00.380 --> 00:43:00.519
 you

00:43:00.519 --> 00:43:00.940
 empty

00:43:00.940 --> 00:43:01.340
 handed

00:43:01.340 --> 00:43:02.219
 to

00:43:02.219 --> 00:43:02.639
 receive

00:43:02.639 --> 00:43:03.199
 freely

00:43:03.199 --> 00:43:03.500
 from

00:43:03.500 --> 00:43:03.799
 your

00:43:03.799 --> 00:43:04.259
 bounty

00:43:04.259 --> 00:43:04.539
 and

00:43:04.539 --> 00:43:05.059
 grace

00:43:05.059 --> 00:43:07.679
 only

00:43:07.679 --> 00:43:08.179
 those

00:43:08.179 --> 00:43:08.360
 who

00:43:08.360 --> 00:43:08.799
 humble

00:43:08.799 --> 00:43:09.299
 themselves

00:43:09.299 --> 00:43:09.619
 in

00:43:09.619 --> 00:43:09.840
 that

00:43:09.840 --> 00:43:10.239
 way

00:43:10.239 --> 00:43:10.920
 before

00:43:10.920 --> 00:43:11.380
 God

00:43:11.380 --> 00:43:13.199
 are

00:43:13.199 --> 00:43:13.559
 called

00:43:13.559 --> 00:43:14.000
 children

00:43:14.000 --> 00:43:14.239
 of

00:43:14.239 --> 00:43:14.559
 God

00:43:14.559 --> 00:43:17.000
 and

00:43:17.000 --> 00:43:17.199
 when

00:43:17.199 --> 00:43:17.380
 you

00:43:17.380 --> 00:43:17.679
 see

00:43:17.679 --> 00:43:18.019
 yourself

00:43:18.019 --> 00:43:18.299
 as

00:43:18.299 --> 00:43:18.880
 children

00:43:18.880 --> 00:43:20.199
 when

00:43:20.199 --> 00:43:20.340
 you

00:43:20.340 --> 00:43:20.539
 see

00:43:20.539 --> 00:43:20.880
 yourself

00:43:20.880 --> 00:43:21.099
 in

00:43:21.099 --> 00:43:21.320
 that

00:43:21.320 --> 00:43:21.739
 lowly

00:43:21.739 --> 00:43:22.019
 humble

00:43:22.019 --> 00:43:22.460
 station

00:43:22.460 --> 00:43:22.639
 in

00:43:22.639 --> 00:43:22.759
 your

00:43:22.759 --> 00:43:23.199
 relationship

00:43:23.199 --> 00:43:23.440
 to

00:43:23.440 --> 00:43:23.779
 God

00:43:23.779 --> 00:43:24.639
 you

00:43:24.639 --> 00:43:25.139
 stop

00:43:25.139 --> 00:43:25.559
 trying

00:43:25.559 --> 00:43:25.799
 to

00:43:25.799 --> 00:43:26.199
 measure

00:43:26.199 --> 00:43:26.739
 yourself

00:43:26.739 --> 00:43:27.119
 against

00:43:27.119 --> 00:43:27.400
 other

00:43:27.400 --> 00:43:27.779
 people

00:43:27.779 --> 00:43:31.380
 you

00:43:31.380 --> 00:43:32.179
 don't

00:43:32.179 --> 00:43:32.579
 mind

00:43:32.579 --> 00:43:33.000
 being

00:43:33.000 --> 00:43:33.980
 overlooked

00:43:33.980 --> 00:43:34.739
 or

00:43:34.739 --> 00:43:35.000
 being

00:43:35.000 --> 00:43:35.559
 occupied

00:43:35.559 --> 00:43:35.840
 with

00:43:35.840 --> 00:43:36.159
 lowly

00:43:36.159 --> 00:43:36.619
 tasks

00:43:36.619 --> 00:43:38.159
 it

00:43:38.159 --> 00:43:38.920
 transforms

00:43:38.920 --> 00:43:39.519
 community

00:43:39.519 --> 00:43:43.219
 out

00:43:43.219 --> 00:43:43.480
 there

00:43:43.480 --> 00:43:43.679
 in the

00:43:43.679 --> 00:43:43.980
 world

00:43:43.980 --> 00:43:45.539
 you

00:43:45.539 --> 00:43:45.679
 need

00:43:45.679 --> 00:43:45.760
 to

00:43:45.760 --> 00:43:45.900
 have

00:43:45.900 --> 00:43:46.340
 degrees

00:43:46.340 --> 00:43:48.119
 out

00:43:48.119 --> 00:43:48.380
 there

00:43:48.380 --> 00:43:48.480
 in

00:43:48.480 --> 00:43:48.559
 the

00:43:48.559 --> 00:43:48.719
 world

00:43:48.719 --> 00:43:48.860
 you

00:43:48.860 --> 00:43:49.000
 need

00:43:49.000 --> 00:43:49.099
 to

00:43:49.099 --> 00:43:49.400
 stand

00:43:49.400 --> 00:43:49.760
 upright

00:43:49.760 --> 00:43:50.059
 and

00:43:50.059 --> 00:43:50.719
 keep

00:43:50.719 --> 00:43:50.840
 your

00:43:50.840 --> 00:43:51.039
 head

00:43:51.039 --> 00:43:51.400
 keep

00:43:51.400 --> 00:43:51.539
 your

00:43:51.539 --> 00:43:51.780
 chin

00:43:51.780 --> 00:43:51.940
 up

00:43:51.940 --> 00:43:52.340
 out

00:43:52.340 --> 00:43:52.500
 there

00:43:52.500 --> 00:43:52.599
 in

00:43:52.599 --> 00:43:53.079
 the

00:43:53.079 --> 00:43:52.900
 world

00:43:52.900 --> 00:43:53.079
 you

00:43:53.079 --> 00:43:53.079


00:43:53.079 --> 00:43:53.300
 to

00:43:53.300 --> 00:43:53.420
 be

00:43:53.420 --> 00:43:53.960
 articulate

00:43:53.960 --> 00:43:56.079
 out

00:43:56.079 --> 00:43:56.460
 smart

00:43:56.460 --> 00:43:56.679
 out

00:43:56.679 --> 00:43:56.780
 there

00:43:56.780 --> 00:43:56.860
 in

00:43:56.860 --> 00:43:56.980
 the

00:43:56.980 --> 00:43:57.219
 world

00:43:57.219 --> 00:43:57.420
 need

00:43:57.420 --> 00:43:57.500
 to

00:43:57.500 --> 00:43:57.679
 have

00:43:57.679 --> 00:43:58.119
 power

00:43:58.119 --> 00:43:58.719
 out

00:43:58.719 --> 00:43:58.920
 there

00:43:58.920 --> 00:43:58.960
 in

00:43:58.960 --> 00:43:59.039
 the

00:43:59.039 --> 00:43:59.199
 world

00:43:59.199 --> 00:43:59.380
 need

00:43:59.380 --> 00:43:59.380


00:43:59.380 --> 00:43:59.539
 be

00:43:59.539 --> 00:44:00.059
 tall

00:44:00.059 --> 00:44:00.260
 and

00:44:00.260 --> 00:44:00.500
 good

00:44:00.500 --> 00:44:00.780
 looking

00:44:00.780 --> 00:44:01.240
 out

00:44:01.240 --> 00:44:01.340
 there

00:44:01.340 --> 00:44:01.440
 in

00:44:01.440 --> 00:44:01.539
 the

00:44:01.539 --> 00:44:01.679
 world

00:44:01.679 --> 00:44:01.820
 you

00:44:01.820 --> 00:44:01.940
 need

00:44:01.940 --> 00:44:02.059
 to

00:44:02.059 --> 00:44:02.139
 have

00:44:02.139 --> 00:44:02.440
 all

00:44:02.440 --> 00:44:02.760
 these

00:44:02.760 --> 00:44:03.019
 things

00:44:03.019 --> 00:44:03.159
 to

00:44:03.159 --> 00:44:03.380
 be

00:44:03.380 --> 00:44:03.960
 recognized

00:44:03.960 --> 00:44:03.960


00:44:03.960 --> 00:44:04.300
 by

00:44:04.300 --> 00:44:04.940
 somebody

00:44:13.980 --> 00:44:15.659
 as sons and daughters of God.

00:44:20.659 --> 00:44:23.300
 So let's not import that stuff

00:44:23.300 --> 00:44:26.179
 into the church.

00:44:32.360 --> 00:44:34.420
 Christian pastor and author C.J. Mahaney

00:44:34.420 --> 00:44:35.740
 says this in his book,

00:44:35.840 --> 00:44:37.440
 Humility, True Greatness.

00:44:38.800 --> 00:44:41.199
 As sinfully and culturally defined,

00:44:41.619 --> 00:44:43.340
 pursuing greatness looks like this.

00:44:44.679 --> 00:44:47.059
 Individuals motivated by self-interest,

00:44:47.880 --> 00:44:48.699
 self-indulgence,

00:44:49.300 --> 00:44:51.400
 and a false sense of self-sufficiency

00:44:51.400 --> 00:44:54.099
 to pursue a selfish ambition

00:44:54.099 --> 00:44:57.119
 for the purpose of self-glorification.

00:44:58.219 --> 00:45:00.500
 Contrast that with the pursuit of true greatness

00:45:00.500 --> 00:45:01.639
 as biblically defined,

00:45:02.219 --> 00:45:04.559
 serving others for the glory of God.

00:45:05.219 --> 00:45:07.880
 This is a genuine expression of humility,

00:45:08.360 --> 00:45:10.219
 and this is true greatness

00:45:10.219 --> 00:45:12.659
 as the Savior defined it.

00:45:14.980 --> 00:45:16.039
 But wait a minute.

00:45:16.599 --> 00:45:18.559
 I can hear the objection in my head.

00:45:19.300 --> 00:45:20.679
 Have you ever tried this?

00:45:20.679 --> 00:45:23.980
 If I live like that,

00:45:24.460 --> 00:45:27.599
 people are going to step all over me.

00:45:31.000 --> 00:45:32.359
 Sean, have you ever tried this?

00:45:32.699 --> 00:45:33.779
 If you live like that,

00:45:33.819 --> 00:45:34.699
 you're going to be overlooked.

00:45:35.960 --> 00:45:37.059
 You're going to be mistreated.

00:45:37.480 --> 00:45:38.440
 You're going to be hurt.

00:45:38.799 --> 00:45:40.239
 You're going to be taken advantage of.

00:45:40.239 --> 00:45:44.719
 And here's Jesus' answer to that

00:45:44.719 --> 00:45:45.759
 in verses 5 to 6.

00:45:46.759 --> 00:45:49.519
 Whoever receives one such child in my name

00:45:49.519 --> 00:45:50.299
 receives me,

00:45:50.839 --> 00:45:53.019
 but whoever causes one of these little ones

00:45:53.019 --> 00:45:54.539
 who believe in me to sin,

00:45:54.879 --> 00:45:56.059
 it would be better for him

00:45:56.059 --> 00:45:57.479
 to have a great millstone

00:45:57.479 --> 00:45:58.559
 fastened around his neck

00:45:58.559 --> 00:46:00.719
 and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.

00:46:00.719 --> 00:46:03.659
 It's very similar to what Jesus said

00:46:03.659 --> 00:46:04.939
 earlier in chapter 10, verse 40.

00:46:05.039 --> 00:46:07.319
 Whoever receives you receives me,

00:46:07.519 --> 00:46:08.719
 and whoever receives me

00:46:08.719 --> 00:46:10.799
 receives him who sent me.

00:46:11.759 --> 00:46:12.679
 Jesus is saying,

00:46:14.039 --> 00:46:15.299
 the way you treat my children,

00:46:15.519 --> 00:46:16.119
 you treat,

00:46:16.859 --> 00:46:17.919
 well, God the Father is saying,

00:46:18.019 --> 00:46:19.279
 the way you treat my children,

00:46:19.439 --> 00:46:20.099
 you're treating me.

00:46:21.159 --> 00:46:21.980
 Jesus is saying,

00:46:22.059 --> 00:46:24.219
 the way you treat the members of my body,

00:46:24.359 --> 00:46:25.919
 that's the way you treat me.

00:46:25.920 --> 00:46:29.079
 And so this is why

00:46:29.079 --> 00:46:30.700
 in the context of the church,

00:46:30.940 --> 00:46:31.720
 the community of God,

00:46:31.780 --> 00:46:32.539
 this can work.

00:46:33.240 --> 00:46:33.980
 Because here,

00:46:34.079 --> 00:46:34.920
 you don't need to pretend,

00:46:35.639 --> 00:46:36.920
 you don't need to live in pretense

00:46:37.440 --> 00:46:38.480
 and put up faces,

00:46:38.780 --> 00:46:40.680
 and like you have everything put together.

00:46:40.840 --> 00:46:42.220
 Why don't you have to do that?

00:46:42.260 --> 00:46:44.079
 Because all you need to be recognized

00:46:44.079 --> 00:46:45.680
 is to be a child of God

00:46:45.680 --> 00:46:47.980
 if that's enough to respect someone

00:46:47.980 --> 00:46:49.400
 in the church of Christ.

00:46:53.099 --> 00:46:54.099
 When you come to church,

00:46:54.180 --> 00:46:55.480
 you are not surrounded by nobody.

00:46:55.480 --> 00:46:57.059
 You're surrounded by royalties,

00:46:59.119 --> 00:46:59.800
 crown princes,

00:47:00.740 --> 00:47:02.059
 and crown princesses

00:47:02.059 --> 00:47:03.079
 of the kingdom of heaven.

00:47:05.199 --> 00:47:06.639
 Doesn't matter what they look like.

00:47:07.019 --> 00:47:08.139
 Doesn't matter how little

00:47:08.139 --> 00:47:08.840
 they have accomplished

00:47:08.840 --> 00:47:09.579
 out in the world.

00:47:11.619 --> 00:47:12.900
 So we treat each other

00:47:12.900 --> 00:47:13.900
 as if we're dealing

00:47:13.900 --> 00:47:14.980
 with Christ himself

00:47:14.980 --> 00:47:17.240
 because we are members of his body.

00:47:17.960 --> 00:47:18.840
 We treat each other

00:47:18.840 --> 00:47:20.000
 as if we're dealing

00:47:20.000 --> 00:47:21.019
 with the children of God,

00:47:21.059 --> 00:47:21.880
 the Father himself,

00:47:21.960 --> 00:47:23.760
 because we are his children.

00:47:25.480 --> 00:47:30.139
 God is in essence saying,

00:47:30.740 --> 00:47:31.679
 I know,

00:47:31.740 --> 00:47:33.280
 I know what I'm asking you to do.

00:47:34.619 --> 00:47:36.360
 I know sometimes

00:47:36.360 --> 00:47:37.519
 you'll get hurt.

00:47:38.639 --> 00:47:39.760
 I know sometimes

00:47:39.760 --> 00:47:40.480
 sinful people

00:47:40.480 --> 00:47:41.699
 will step all over you.

00:47:42.619 --> 00:47:43.460
 I know sometimes

00:47:43.460 --> 00:47:44.400
 you're going to humble yourself

00:47:44.400 --> 00:47:45.079
 before others,

00:47:45.420 --> 00:47:46.380
 and you're going to confess

00:47:46.380 --> 00:47:47.199
 your sins to them,

00:47:47.599 --> 00:47:49.159
 and then they're not going to,

00:47:49.159 --> 00:47:50.519
 instead of giving you

00:47:50.519 --> 00:47:51.159
 grace and mercy,

00:47:51.300 --> 00:47:52.719
 they're going to stomp you.

00:47:53.320 --> 00:47:53.460
 Say,

00:47:53.460 --> 00:47:53.619
 yeah,

00:47:53.679 --> 00:47:54.519
 you are that bad.

00:47:59.579 --> 00:48:00.380
 But this is what

00:48:00.380 --> 00:48:01.280
 God the Father is saying.

00:48:02.119 --> 00:48:03.220
 Don't you worry

00:48:03.220 --> 00:48:04.800
 about how other people

00:48:04.800 --> 00:48:05.539
 will treat you.

00:48:07.760 --> 00:48:09.059
 I'll take care of that.

00:48:09.059 --> 00:48:15.119
 I remember

00:48:15.119 --> 00:48:17.579
 when I was in grade school,

00:48:18.460 --> 00:48:19.659
 there was a girl

00:48:19.659 --> 00:48:20.519
 that was bullied

00:48:20.519 --> 00:48:21.699
 every single day.

00:48:23.199 --> 00:48:23.380
 And

00:48:23.380 --> 00:48:26.380
 one time,

00:48:26.820 --> 00:48:27.880
 her mom

00:48:27.880 --> 00:48:30.279
 stormed into the classroom.

00:48:30.779 --> 00:48:32.039
 It's like a sliding door.

00:48:32.539 --> 00:48:32.920
 Slam,

00:48:33.139 --> 00:48:33.599
 slam,

00:48:33.739 --> 00:48:35.199
 just stormed into the classroom,

00:48:35.679 --> 00:48:37.059
 started naming all the boys

00:48:37.059 --> 00:48:37.860
 that were bullying her.

00:48:37.860 --> 00:48:39.140
 who is this guy?

00:48:39.220 --> 00:48:40.120
 Who do you think you are?

00:48:40.140 --> 00:48:40.960
 And started calling them

00:48:40.960 --> 00:48:41.660
 and yelling at them.

00:48:42.700 --> 00:48:43.480
 And then the teacher

00:48:43.480 --> 00:48:44.620
 is just panicking,

00:48:44.720 --> 00:48:45.280
 doesn't know what to do.

00:48:45.740 --> 00:48:46.180
 You know,

00:48:46.240 --> 00:48:46.380
 like,

00:48:46.500 --> 00:48:46.660
 and

00:48:46.660 --> 00:48:48.519
 I mean,

00:48:48.579 --> 00:48:49.640
 she didn't,

00:48:49.640 --> 00:48:51.079
 she didn't try to hurt

00:48:51.079 --> 00:48:51.780
 the boys or anything.

00:48:52.320 --> 00:48:52.880
 She's just trying

00:48:52.880 --> 00:48:53.460
 to make a statement.

00:48:55.920 --> 00:48:56.860
 After she left,

00:48:57.780 --> 00:48:58.940
 those boys never behaved

00:48:58.940 --> 00:48:59.660
 like that ever again.

00:48:59.659 --> 00:49:07.679
 God the Father

00:49:07.679 --> 00:49:07.940
 is saying,

00:49:08.019 --> 00:49:08.799
 I'll take care of you.

00:49:11.819 --> 00:49:12.819
 In this life

00:49:12.819 --> 00:49:13.339
 or the next,

00:49:13.440 --> 00:49:14.339
 there will be justice.

00:49:15.440 --> 00:49:16.579
 I'm watching over you.

00:49:20.699 --> 00:49:21.299
 Think about

00:49:21.299 --> 00:49:22.239
 having a millstone

00:49:22.239 --> 00:49:23.159
 tied around your neck

00:49:23.159 --> 00:49:23.799
 and being drowned

00:49:23.799 --> 00:49:24.319
 in the sea.

00:49:24.920 --> 00:49:25.980
 The millstone here

00:49:25.980 --> 00:49:27.299
 is not the small ones

00:49:27.299 --> 00:49:28.359
 that people do by hand.

00:49:28.360 --> 00:49:28.900
 It's literally

00:49:28.900 --> 00:49:30.840
 the donkey millstone.

00:49:32.099 --> 00:49:33.440
 The huge ones,

00:49:33.620 --> 00:49:34.400
 the heavy circular,

00:49:34.579 --> 00:49:34.720
 three,

00:49:34.860 --> 00:49:35.900
 six feet in diameter,

00:49:36.380 --> 00:49:38.539
 weighing around

00:49:38.539 --> 00:49:39.539
 1,000 pounds

00:49:39.539 --> 00:49:42.940
 that only animals

00:49:42.940 --> 00:49:44.120
 like horses

00:49:44.120 --> 00:49:44.860
 and donkeys

00:49:44.860 --> 00:49:45.440
 can pull

00:49:45.440 --> 00:49:46.280
 or oxen

00:49:46.280 --> 00:49:46.840
 can pull.

00:49:49.240 --> 00:49:50.240
 Jesus says,

00:49:50.360 --> 00:49:50.860
 it's better

00:49:50.860 --> 00:49:51.860
 for that person

00:49:51.860 --> 00:49:52.360
 who hurts

00:49:52.360 --> 00:49:53.559
 one of his little ones

00:49:53.559 --> 00:49:54.860
 to have that

00:49:54.860 --> 00:49:56.000
 tied around his neck

00:49:56.000 --> 00:49:56.579
 and drowned

00:49:56.579 --> 00:49:57.599
 in the depths of the sea.

00:49:57.599 --> 00:49:58.480
 That person

00:49:58.480 --> 00:49:59.539
 is never getting back up.

00:50:06.719 --> 00:50:08.759
 So this radically changes

00:50:08.759 --> 00:50:09.639
 the way we interact

00:50:09.639 --> 00:50:10.119
 with each other

00:50:10.119 --> 00:50:10.860
 in the Church of Christ.

00:50:11.259 --> 00:50:12.079
 This doesn't mean,

00:50:12.199 --> 00:50:12.500
 of course,

00:50:12.559 --> 00:50:13.819
 that Jesus eschewed

00:50:13.819 --> 00:50:15.319
 all forms of hierarchies

00:50:15.319 --> 00:50:16.219
 and leadership structures.

00:50:17.039 --> 00:50:17.900
 That'd be a wrong

00:50:17.900 --> 00:50:18.940
 application of this text.

00:50:20.179 --> 00:50:21.380
 Jesus does not endorse

00:50:21.380 --> 00:50:22.619
 a radically flat,

00:50:22.719 --> 00:50:23.599
 egalitarian vision

00:50:23.599 --> 00:50:24.199
 for the Church

00:50:24.199 --> 00:50:25.939
 that some Christian movements

00:50:25.939 --> 00:50:26.439
 throughout history

00:50:26.439 --> 00:50:28.019
 have espoused.

00:50:28.879 --> 00:50:30.179
 The original Quakers

00:50:30.179 --> 00:50:31.519
 were of this ilk.

00:50:32.119 --> 00:50:33.219
 They supremely valued

00:50:33.219 --> 00:50:34.859
 immediate experiential

00:50:34.859 --> 00:50:35.819
 revelation of Christ

00:50:35.819 --> 00:50:36.500
 to the individual,

00:50:37.139 --> 00:50:37.859
 aka prophecy.

00:50:38.659 --> 00:50:40.299
 So they correctly believed

00:50:40.299 --> 00:50:41.779
 that every single Christian

00:50:41.779 --> 00:50:42.679
 has a Spirit of God,

00:50:43.019 --> 00:50:44.879
 but they wrongly applied

00:50:44.879 --> 00:50:45.500
 that truth

00:50:45.500 --> 00:50:46.460
 into disregarding

00:50:46.460 --> 00:50:47.299
 the Bible's teaching

00:50:47.299 --> 00:50:48.539
 about elders and deacons,

00:50:48.539 --> 00:50:49.480
 and they flattened out

00:50:49.480 --> 00:50:50.380
 the structure of the Church.

00:50:51.880 --> 00:50:53.039
 They accorded everybody

00:50:53.039 --> 00:50:54.219
 attending their meetings,

00:50:54.500 --> 00:50:55.199
 their gatherings,

00:50:55.380 --> 00:50:56.099
 equal status,

00:50:56.199 --> 00:50:57.199
 and everybody would sit

00:50:57.199 --> 00:50:57.759
 in a circle.

00:50:57.920 --> 00:50:58.860
 There would be no pulpits

00:50:58.860 --> 00:50:59.779
 and no altars,

00:51:00.079 --> 00:51:00.920
 no set liturgies

00:51:00.920 --> 00:51:01.420
 in the worship.

00:51:01.820 --> 00:51:02.199
 Anyone,

00:51:02.420 --> 00:51:03.119
 regardless of their

00:51:03.119 --> 00:51:03.880
 membership status,

00:51:04.039 --> 00:51:04.320
 gender,

00:51:04.420 --> 00:51:04.940
 or age,

00:51:05.019 --> 00:51:05.960
 was permitted to speak

00:51:05.960 --> 00:51:07.320
 as long as they claimed

00:51:07.320 --> 00:51:08.019
 to have felt

00:51:08.019 --> 00:51:08.739
 the leading

00:51:08.739 --> 00:51:09.519
 of the Holy Spirit.

00:51:09.519 --> 00:51:14.139
 In the absence of elders

00:51:14.139 --> 00:51:15.019
 whose responsibility

00:51:15.019 --> 00:51:16.759
 it is to give instruction

00:51:16.759 --> 00:51:17.500
 in sound doctrine

00:51:17.500 --> 00:51:18.360
 and also to rebuke

00:51:18.360 --> 00:51:19.380
 those who contradict it,

00:51:19.420 --> 00:51:20.659
 as it says in Titus 1.9,

00:51:21.079 --> 00:51:21.880
 it should not come

00:51:21.880 --> 00:51:22.500
 as a surprise

00:51:22.500 --> 00:51:23.139
 that the Quakers

00:51:23.139 --> 00:51:24.639
 soon slid into heresy.

00:51:26.820 --> 00:51:28.239
 Followers of Elias Hick

00:51:28.239 --> 00:51:29.800
 emphasized what they called

00:51:29.800 --> 00:51:30.960
 the inward light

00:51:30.960 --> 00:51:32.460
 over biblical authority

00:51:32.460 --> 00:51:34.179
 and became the modern

00:51:34.179 --> 00:51:35.699
 liberal Quakerism,

00:51:36.440 --> 00:51:37.599
 most of whom became

00:51:37.599 --> 00:51:38.420
 universalists,

00:51:38.619 --> 00:51:39.000
 Buddhists,

00:51:39.000 --> 00:51:39.820
 or even atheists

00:51:39.820 --> 00:51:40.780
 by the 20th century.

00:51:42.360 --> 00:51:43.719
 The only Quakers

00:51:43.719 --> 00:51:44.920
 who remain biblically

00:51:44.920 --> 00:51:46.079
 and theologically sound

00:51:46.079 --> 00:51:47.059
 and faithful today

00:51:47.059 --> 00:51:48.019
 are those called

00:51:48.019 --> 00:51:49.059
 the Orthodox Quakers

00:51:49.059 --> 00:51:50.559
 who reinstated

00:51:50.559 --> 00:51:51.719
 biblical leadership structures

00:51:51.719 --> 00:51:52.699
 and appointed elders

00:51:52.699 --> 00:51:53.880
 in the early 1800s.

00:51:56.219 --> 00:51:57.380
 So the point

00:51:57.380 --> 00:51:58.619
 of that cautionary tale

00:51:58.619 --> 00:51:59.099
 is this,

00:51:59.420 --> 00:52:00.079
 the radical,

00:52:00.360 --> 00:52:00.840
 selfless,

00:52:01.079 --> 00:52:01.940
 childlike humility

00:52:01.940 --> 00:52:02.980
 that Jesus enjoins

00:52:02.980 --> 00:52:04.039
 for all Christians

00:52:04.039 --> 00:52:05.800
 does not undermine

00:52:05.800 --> 00:52:07.199
 biblical leadership structures.

00:52:07.539 --> 00:52:07.880
 However,

00:52:07.880 --> 00:52:09.700
 it does transform

00:52:09.700 --> 00:52:11.460
 those very leadership structures

00:52:11.460 --> 00:52:12.360
 so they don't work

00:52:12.360 --> 00:52:12.940
 like it does

00:52:12.940 --> 00:52:13.559
 out in the world.

00:52:17.800 --> 00:52:18.280
 Now,

00:52:18.400 --> 00:52:18.680
 finally,

00:52:18.920 --> 00:52:20.059
 to personal stumbling blocks,

00:52:20.119 --> 00:52:20.820
 I'll be brief here

00:52:20.820 --> 00:52:21.619
 since I've covered

00:52:21.619 --> 00:52:23.340
 Matthew 5, 29-30 already,

00:52:23.480 --> 00:52:24.559
 which is very similar.

00:52:24.559 --> 00:52:27.619
 Woe to the world

00:52:27.619 --> 00:52:29.759
 for temptations to sin

00:52:29.759 --> 00:52:30.579
 for it is necessary

00:52:30.579 --> 00:52:31.619
 that temptations come,

00:52:31.960 --> 00:52:32.960
 but woe to the one

00:52:32.960 --> 00:52:34.480
 by whom the temptation comes.

00:52:34.920 --> 00:52:35.599
 And if your hand

00:52:35.599 --> 00:52:36.139
 or your foot

00:52:36.139 --> 00:52:37.000
 causes you to sin,

00:52:37.099 --> 00:52:37.619
 cut it off

00:52:37.619 --> 00:52:38.320
 and throw it away.

00:52:38.539 --> 00:52:39.519
 It is better for you

00:52:39.519 --> 00:52:40.679
 to enter life crippled

00:52:40.679 --> 00:52:41.139
 or lame

00:52:41.139 --> 00:52:42.059
 than with two hands

00:52:42.059 --> 00:52:42.619
 or two feet

00:52:42.619 --> 00:52:43.099
 to be thrown

00:52:43.099 --> 00:52:44.079
 into the eternal fire.

00:52:44.639 --> 00:52:45.559
 And if your eye

00:52:45.559 --> 00:52:46.340
 causes you to sin,

00:52:46.460 --> 00:52:46.900
 tear it out

00:52:46.900 --> 00:52:47.440
 and throw it away.

00:52:47.539 --> 00:52:48.380
 It is better for you

00:52:48.380 --> 00:52:49.119
 to enter life

00:52:49.119 --> 00:52:49.739
 with one eye

00:52:49.739 --> 00:52:50.579
 than with two eyes

00:52:50.579 --> 00:52:51.199
 to be thrown

00:52:51.199 --> 00:52:52.239
 into the hell of fire.

00:52:52.239 --> 00:52:54.239
 Jesus,

00:52:54.419 --> 00:52:55.379
 I've said this before,

00:52:55.459 --> 00:52:56.659
 he's not being literal here,

00:52:57.179 --> 00:52:58.199
 but he is being

00:52:58.199 --> 00:52:59.059
 utterly serious.

00:53:00.519 --> 00:53:01.500
 He's not saying

00:53:01.500 --> 00:53:02.079
 literally,

00:53:02.459 --> 00:53:03.279
 gouge out your eye,

00:53:03.399 --> 00:53:03.559
 right?

00:53:03.619 --> 00:53:03.819
 I mean,

00:53:03.879 --> 00:53:05.339
 you could gouge your,

00:53:05.479 --> 00:53:05.939
 you could have,

00:53:05.979 --> 00:53:06.639
 you could be blind

00:53:06.639 --> 00:53:07.199
 and still be

00:53:07.199 --> 00:53:09.119
 a very, very lustful person,

00:53:09.759 --> 00:53:10.019
 right?

00:53:10.559 --> 00:53:12.019
 And you could be,

00:53:12.279 --> 00:53:12.559
 I mean,

00:53:12.619 --> 00:53:13.239
 you could be missing

00:53:13.239 --> 00:53:14.339
 your legs

00:53:14.339 --> 00:53:15.000
 and you could still

00:53:15.000 --> 00:53:15.839
 take yourself

00:53:15.839 --> 00:53:16.639
 on your wheelchairs

00:53:16.639 --> 00:53:17.899
 to sinful areas

00:53:17.899 --> 00:53:19.179
 to wherever you want to go.

00:53:19.579 --> 00:53:19.779
 Like,

00:53:19.819 --> 00:53:20.659
 it's not those things

00:53:20.659 --> 00:53:21.000
 themselves

00:53:21.000 --> 00:53:22.139
 that cause people to sin,

00:53:22.139 --> 00:53:22.539
 but he's,

00:53:22.619 --> 00:53:23.440
 Jesus is using them

00:53:23.440 --> 00:53:24.359
 as metaphors,

00:53:24.519 --> 00:53:25.420
 as an analogy

00:53:25.420 --> 00:53:26.500
 to say that we should

00:53:26.500 --> 00:53:27.519
 get rid of the things

00:53:27.519 --> 00:53:28.420
 that cause us

00:53:28.420 --> 00:53:28.980
 to stumble.

00:53:30.379 --> 00:53:31.599
 So what is it

00:53:31.599 --> 00:53:32.259
 in your life

00:53:32.259 --> 00:53:33.199
 that causes you

00:53:33.199 --> 00:53:33.739
 to stumble?

00:53:37.099 --> 00:53:38.079
 Are you making

00:53:38.079 --> 00:53:39.639
 decisive choices

00:53:39.639 --> 00:53:41.659
 to get rid of these things?

00:53:44.460 --> 00:53:45.500
 I've been watching

00:53:45.500 --> 00:53:46.639
 in shock

00:53:46.639 --> 00:53:47.819
 as the list

00:53:47.819 --> 00:53:48.920
 of rich,

00:53:49.259 --> 00:53:49.579
 famous,

00:53:49.699 --> 00:53:50.559
 and powerful people

00:53:50.559 --> 00:53:51.679
 who are implicated

00:53:51.679 --> 00:53:53.039
 in the Jeffrey Epstein

00:53:53.039 --> 00:53:53.699
 scandal

00:53:53.699 --> 00:53:55.099
 continues to grow,

00:53:56.179 --> 00:53:57.579
 leading to embarrassing

00:53:57.579 --> 00:53:58.380
 mea culpas

00:53:58.380 --> 00:53:59.719
 and resignations

00:53:59.719 --> 00:54:01.380
 from powerful people.

00:54:02.059 --> 00:54:02.900
 This man

00:54:02.900 --> 00:54:04.320
 was a financier

00:54:04.320 --> 00:54:05.619
 who used his wealth

00:54:05.619 --> 00:54:06.159
 and connections

00:54:06.159 --> 00:54:07.259
 for sex trafficking

00:54:07.259 --> 00:54:07.900
 of children,

00:54:08.460 --> 00:54:09.960
 and it seems

00:54:09.960 --> 00:54:11.639
 that his sordid influence

00:54:11.639 --> 00:54:12.539
 was far-reaching,

00:54:12.619 --> 00:54:13.119
 reaching even

00:54:13.119 --> 00:54:14.400
 to a crown princess,

00:54:14.900 --> 00:54:15.519
 a prince,

00:54:15.920 --> 00:54:16.679
 a duchess,

00:54:16.679 --> 00:54:17.359
 CEOs,

00:54:18.099 --> 00:54:19.019
 multiple presidents

00:54:19.019 --> 00:54:20.039
 and prime ministers,

00:54:20.319 --> 00:54:20.919
 diplomats,

00:54:21.259 --> 00:54:21.940
 film directors,

00:54:22.119 --> 00:54:23.299
 university presidents

00:54:23.299 --> 00:54:24.099
 and professors,

00:54:24.319 --> 00:54:25.219
 a Nobel laureate,

00:54:25.579 --> 00:54:26.219
 and a chairman

00:54:26.219 --> 00:54:27.339
 of a top law firm.

00:54:29.539 --> 00:54:30.519
 The full story

00:54:30.519 --> 00:54:31.339
 remains to be seen,

00:54:31.419 --> 00:54:31.980
 but it seems

00:54:31.980 --> 00:54:33.879
 that many powerful people

00:54:33.879 --> 00:54:34.859
 were in his orbit,

00:54:35.480 --> 00:54:35.719
 one,

00:54:35.799 --> 00:54:36.440
 because they liked

00:54:36.440 --> 00:54:37.719
 the financial services

00:54:37.719 --> 00:54:38.299
 that he offered,

00:54:38.419 --> 00:54:38.960
 which saved them

00:54:38.960 --> 00:54:39.500
 tens of millions

00:54:39.500 --> 00:54:39.960
 of dollars

00:54:39.960 --> 00:54:40.819
 in tax loopholes,

00:54:41.239 --> 00:54:42.659
 and or because they liked

00:54:42.659 --> 00:54:44.139
 the moral sexual services

00:54:44.139 --> 00:54:45.500
 that he procured

00:54:45.500 --> 00:54:46.339
 on their behalf,

00:54:46.679 --> 00:54:48.000
 and or because they liked

00:54:48.000 --> 00:54:49.119
 access to his money

00:54:49.119 --> 00:54:49.679
 and connections

00:54:49.679 --> 00:54:50.599
 and social clout,

00:54:50.960 --> 00:54:52.059
 and or because they had

00:54:52.059 --> 00:54:52.819
 secrets now

00:54:52.819 --> 00:54:53.940
 that Jeffrey Epstein knew

00:54:53.940 --> 00:54:54.759
 and that he needed

00:54:54.759 --> 00:54:55.839
 to keep his mouth shut.

00:54:58.900 --> 00:55:00.480
 In this sinful world,

00:55:00.739 --> 00:55:01.699
 it is necessary

00:55:01.699 --> 00:55:02.739
 that temptations come,

00:55:02.839 --> 00:55:03.400
 Jesus says,

00:55:03.920 --> 00:55:05.799
 and you will confront

00:55:05.799 --> 00:55:07.159
 many stumbling blocks

00:55:07.159 --> 00:55:07.799
 that the world

00:55:07.799 --> 00:55:08.799
 throws at you

00:55:08.799 --> 00:55:09.839
 in your social life

00:55:09.839 --> 00:55:11.420
 and in your career paths.

00:55:11.420 --> 00:55:13.920
 Maybe your refusal

00:55:13.920 --> 00:55:14.880
 to get drunk

00:55:14.880 --> 00:55:17.119
 and be sexually promiscuous,

00:55:17.519 --> 00:55:18.980
 your refusal to cuss

00:55:18.980 --> 00:55:20.079
 or to agree

00:55:20.079 --> 00:55:21.579
 with unbiblical ideas

00:55:21.579 --> 00:55:22.320
 at your school

00:55:22.320 --> 00:55:22.960
 or in college

00:55:22.960 --> 00:55:24.360
 or at your work

00:55:24.360 --> 00:55:25.920
 will make you unpopular

00:55:25.920 --> 00:55:26.639
 and isolated.

00:55:29.019 --> 00:55:30.280
 Maybe your refusal

00:55:30.280 --> 00:55:31.000
 to engage

00:55:31.000 --> 00:55:32.079
 in unlawful,

00:55:33.599 --> 00:55:34.740
 shady business dealings

00:55:34.740 --> 00:55:37.460
 or your prioritization

00:55:37.460 --> 00:55:38.200
 of your family

00:55:38.200 --> 00:55:38.940
 and your church

00:55:38.940 --> 00:55:40.200
 in an extremely demanding

00:55:40.200 --> 00:55:40.940
 line of work

00:55:40.940 --> 00:55:42.000
 will put you

00:55:42.000 --> 00:55:42.760
 on the hot seat

00:55:42.760 --> 00:55:43.400
 with your boss

00:55:43.400 --> 00:55:44.380
 and it will hamstring

00:55:44.380 --> 00:55:45.840
 your upward mobility.

00:55:47.780 --> 00:55:49.059
 Maybe your refusal

00:55:49.059 --> 00:55:49.720
 to be chummy

00:55:49.720 --> 00:55:50.260
 and flirty

00:55:50.260 --> 00:55:51.000
 with the sleazy

00:55:51.000 --> 00:55:52.300
 but powerful old man

00:55:52.300 --> 00:55:53.200
 means forfeiting

00:55:53.200 --> 00:55:54.619
 a golden opportunity.

00:55:54.880 --> 00:55:56.940
 Maybe fleeing temptations

00:55:56.940 --> 00:55:58.280
 means being cut off

00:55:58.280 --> 00:55:59.240
 from the corridors

00:55:59.240 --> 00:56:00.480
 of worldly power.

00:56:01.480 --> 00:56:02.740
 Maybe it will make you

00:56:02.740 --> 00:56:04.320
 cripple or lame

00:56:04.320 --> 00:56:05.880
 in the eyes of the world.

00:56:05.880 --> 00:56:10.099
 Jesus says,

00:56:10.320 --> 00:56:12.260
 embrace being crippled

00:56:12.260 --> 00:56:13.079
 or lame.

00:56:16.340 --> 00:56:17.300
 It is better

00:56:17.300 --> 00:56:18.579
 to enter eternal life

00:56:18.579 --> 00:56:19.380
 as a cripple

00:56:19.380 --> 00:56:19.920
 than to be thrown

00:56:19.920 --> 00:56:20.880
 into the eternal fire

00:56:20.880 --> 00:56:21.940
 whole and able-bodied.

00:56:22.700 --> 00:56:23.480
 It's better

00:56:23.480 --> 00:56:24.860
 to enter eternal life

00:56:24.860 --> 00:56:25.960
 as a failure

00:56:25.960 --> 00:56:27.059
 in the eyes of the world

00:56:27.059 --> 00:56:28.099
 than to be thrown

00:56:28.099 --> 00:56:30.160
 into eternal hellfire

00:56:30.160 --> 00:56:31.539
 as a success story.

00:56:31.539 --> 00:56:34.199
 So often,

00:56:34.279 --> 00:56:34.980
 isn't this true?

00:56:35.719 --> 00:56:36.579
 That the very

00:56:36.579 --> 00:56:37.779
 stepping stones

00:56:37.779 --> 00:56:38.940
 that make you

00:56:38.940 --> 00:56:39.880
 get ahead in life

00:56:39.880 --> 00:56:41.639
 are the stumbling blocks

00:56:41.639 --> 00:56:42.360
 on the pathway

00:56:42.360 --> 00:56:43.360
 to the kingdom of heaven.

00:56:44.360 --> 00:56:45.279
 Do you know that,

00:56:45.360 --> 00:56:45.920
 brothers and sisters?

00:56:45.920 --> 00:56:51.960
 It's better

00:56:51.960 --> 00:56:52.820
 to enter life

00:56:52.820 --> 00:56:53.360
 poor

00:56:53.360 --> 00:56:54.639
 than to be thrown

00:56:54.639 --> 00:56:55.460
 into the hellfire

00:56:55.460 --> 00:56:55.920
 rich.

00:56:57.260 --> 00:56:58.500
 Better to enter heaven

00:56:58.500 --> 00:56:59.380
 as a nobody

00:56:59.380 --> 00:57:01.180
 than to be thrown

00:57:01.180 --> 00:57:01.940
 into hellfire

00:57:01.940 --> 00:57:02.780
 as a somebody

00:57:02.780 --> 00:57:04.320
 on the who's who

00:57:04.320 --> 00:57:04.940
 magazines.

00:57:08.840 --> 00:57:09.599
 It's better.

00:57:10.019 --> 00:57:10.940
 Jesus is not saying,

00:57:11.539 --> 00:57:11.619
 well,

00:57:11.659 --> 00:57:12.400
 this is really hard

00:57:12.400 --> 00:57:12.760
 to do

00:57:12.760 --> 00:57:13.760
 and it's a tough

00:57:13.760 --> 00:57:14.340
 pill to swallow,

00:57:14.460 --> 00:57:15.059
 but it's the right

00:57:15.059 --> 00:57:15.500
 thing to do,

00:57:15.500 --> 00:57:16.260
 so just do it.

00:57:16.900 --> 00:57:17.960
 That's not what he says.

00:57:18.019 --> 00:57:18.300
 He says,

00:57:18.360 --> 00:57:19.059
 this is better.

00:57:20.239 --> 00:57:21.079
 So set your side

00:57:21.079 --> 00:57:21.440
 on something

00:57:21.440 --> 00:57:22.219
 that is better.

00:57:23.440 --> 00:57:24.280
 In 2018,

00:57:24.500 --> 00:57:25.239
 a man named

00:57:25.239 --> 00:57:26.119
 Wayne Moorhead

00:57:26.119 --> 00:57:27.420
 developed sepsis

00:57:27.420 --> 00:57:28.300
 following an infection

00:57:28.300 --> 00:57:30.380
 and as his body

00:57:30.380 --> 00:57:31.260
 diverted blood

00:57:31.260 --> 00:57:32.440
 to his vital organs,

00:57:32.639 --> 00:57:33.619
 his extremities,

00:57:33.760 --> 00:57:34.360
 his limbs

00:57:34.360 --> 00:57:35.119
 became vulnerable

00:57:35.119 --> 00:57:36.320
 and suffered tissue death,

00:57:37.059 --> 00:57:37.559
 gangrene,

00:57:38.340 --> 00:57:39.539
 which began to spread

00:57:39.539 --> 00:57:40.679
 to his arms and legs.

00:57:41.440 --> 00:57:41.860
 Eventually,

00:57:42.000 --> 00:57:43.420
 in order to save his life,

00:57:43.699 --> 00:57:44.679
 he had to get

00:57:44.679 --> 00:57:45.420
 both his legs

00:57:45.420 --> 00:57:46.300
 and both his arms

00:57:46.300 --> 00:57:46.940
 amputated.

00:57:48.880 --> 00:57:49.740
 But this

00:57:49.740 --> 00:57:50.840
 was not

00:57:50.840 --> 00:57:52.119
 a sacrifice.

00:57:53.400 --> 00:57:54.659
 That was the only

00:57:54.659 --> 00:57:55.440
 sensible

00:57:55.440 --> 00:57:56.340
 and reasonable

00:57:56.340 --> 00:57:57.440
 thing to do

00:57:57.440 --> 00:57:58.380
 in that situation.

00:57:58.619 --> 00:57:59.980
 That was the better

00:57:59.980 --> 00:58:00.840
 thing to do

00:58:00.840 --> 00:58:01.519
 in that situation.

00:58:02.200 --> 00:58:02.500
 Yes,

00:58:02.579 --> 00:58:03.320
 he is crippled

00:58:03.320 --> 00:58:04.079
 and lame now.

00:58:04.079 --> 00:58:04.139
 Yes,

00:58:06.340 --> 00:58:07.800
 but he is

00:58:07.800 --> 00:58:08.079
 alive.

00:58:08.079 --> 00:58:08.860
 alive.

00:58:12.139 --> 00:58:12.719
 What if

00:58:12.719 --> 00:58:13.380
 when your eternal

00:58:13.380 --> 00:58:14.579
 life is at stake?

00:58:18.579 --> 00:58:19.299
 Are you willing

00:58:19.299 --> 00:58:20.340
 to sacrifice less?

00:58:23.119 --> 00:58:24.079
 Don't ever think

00:58:24.079 --> 00:58:24.699
 that, you know,

00:58:24.819 --> 00:58:25.779
 sin is a

00:58:25.779 --> 00:58:26.920
 harmless thing.

00:58:27.360 --> 00:58:27.519
 Oh,

00:58:27.579 --> 00:58:28.139
 that one time

00:58:28.139 --> 00:58:29.079
 will not do much harm.

00:58:29.860 --> 00:58:30.139
 Remember,

00:58:30.219 --> 00:58:31.259
 it's the one sin

00:58:31.259 --> 00:58:31.860
 of Adam

00:58:31.860 --> 00:58:32.400
 that led

00:58:32.400 --> 00:58:32.920
 to the fall

00:58:32.920 --> 00:58:33.420
 of humanity

00:58:33.420 --> 00:58:33.980
 and the groaning

00:58:33.980 --> 00:58:34.840
 of all creation.

00:58:34.840 --> 00:58:34.900
 sin.

00:58:37.420 --> 00:58:38.019
 That's how

00:58:38.019 --> 00:58:38.760
 seriously God

00:58:38.760 --> 00:58:40.059
 takes one sin.

00:58:41.620 --> 00:58:42.059
 Moreover,

00:58:42.280 --> 00:58:43.579
 sin never stays

00:58:43.579 --> 00:58:44.519
 confined to where

00:58:44.519 --> 00:58:45.280
 you want it to be.

00:58:45.340 --> 00:58:46.039
 It always grows.

00:58:46.120 --> 00:58:46.940
 It's like cancer.

00:58:47.039 --> 00:58:47.660
 All it takes is

00:58:47.660 --> 00:58:49.079
 one cancerous cell

00:58:49.079 --> 00:58:50.320
 and then it starts

00:58:50.320 --> 00:58:51.660
 to hijack your system.

00:58:53.220 --> 00:58:54.220
 Sin does the same thing.

00:58:54.219 --> 00:58:55.259
 It hijacks your

00:58:55.259 --> 00:58:55.839
 thinking,

00:58:56.099 --> 00:58:56.739
 your reasoning,

00:58:56.919 --> 00:58:57.919
 your moral reasoning,

00:58:58.259 --> 00:58:59.480
 your spiritual discernment.

00:58:59.539 --> 00:59:00.799
 It impairs your thinking.

00:59:01.459 --> 00:59:02.299
 It dulls your

00:59:02.299 --> 00:59:03.099
 spiritual appetite.

00:59:03.359 --> 00:59:04.519
 It grows and grows

00:59:04.519 --> 00:59:05.399
 and grows and not only

00:59:05.399 --> 00:59:06.339
 within your own life,

00:59:06.459 --> 00:59:07.419
 it spreads to other

00:59:07.419 --> 00:59:08.159
 people in your life

00:59:08.159 --> 00:59:08.939
 that you affect.

00:59:13.859 --> 00:59:14.519
 So if

00:59:14.519 --> 00:59:16.419
 that's what's at stake,

00:59:16.480 --> 00:59:17.559
 if eternal life

00:59:17.559 --> 00:59:18.199
 is at stake,

00:59:19.419 --> 00:59:20.539
 is it a sacrifice

00:59:20.539 --> 00:59:21.739
 to get rid of

00:59:21.739 --> 00:59:22.159
 a limb?

00:59:22.159 --> 00:59:25.519
 And the greatest

00:59:25.519 --> 00:59:26.319
 way we see

00:59:26.319 --> 00:59:27.239
 the heinousness

00:59:27.239 --> 00:59:27.679
 of sin

00:59:27.679 --> 00:59:28.399
 and the

00:59:28.399 --> 00:59:30.279
 graciousness of God

00:59:30.279 --> 00:59:31.119
 is at the cross

00:59:31.119 --> 00:59:31.879
 of Jesus Christ.

00:59:33.599 --> 00:59:34.420
 Our sins

00:59:34.420 --> 00:59:35.279
 were so bad

00:59:35.279 --> 00:59:35.719
 that Jesus

00:59:35.719 --> 00:59:36.859
 had to die.

00:59:37.679 --> 00:59:38.379
 The only

00:59:38.379 --> 00:59:39.079
 Son of God,

00:59:39.179 --> 00:59:39.779
 the sinless,

00:59:39.920 --> 00:59:40.359
 blameless

00:59:40.359 --> 00:59:41.099
 Son of God

00:59:41.099 --> 00:59:42.199
 and the Son of Man

00:59:42.199 --> 00:59:43.059
 had to die

00:59:43.059 --> 00:59:43.719
 on the cross

00:59:43.719 --> 00:59:44.460
 as the atonement

00:59:44.460 --> 00:59:45.960
 for our sins.

00:59:46.619 --> 00:59:47.219
 And Jesus

00:59:47.219 --> 00:59:48.199
 did it gladly

00:59:48.199 --> 00:59:48.899
 because He knew

00:59:48.899 --> 00:59:49.839
 it was the only way

00:59:49.839 --> 00:59:50.859
 He can redeem us

00:59:50.859 --> 00:59:51.379
 for Himself

00:59:51.380 --> 00:59:52.240
 so we can have

00:59:52.240 --> 00:59:52.900
 eternal life

00:59:52.900 --> 00:59:53.240
 with Him.

00:59:53.440 --> 00:59:54.099
 And if that's

00:59:54.099 --> 00:59:54.519
 the love

00:59:54.519 --> 00:59:55.280
 that the Son

00:59:55.280 --> 00:59:55.700
 of God

00:59:55.700 --> 00:59:56.480
 has shown us

00:59:56.480 --> 00:59:57.420
 and if the Son

00:59:57.420 --> 00:59:58.019
 of God,

00:59:58.240 --> 00:59:58.840
 the divine,

00:59:58.960 --> 00:59:59.700
 eternal Son

00:59:59.700 --> 01:00:00.200
 of God

01:00:00.200 --> 01:00:02.660
 laid down

01:00:02.660 --> 01:00:03.480
 His life

01:00:03.480 --> 01:00:04.300
 for us,

01:00:04.900 --> 01:00:07.059
 is it a sacrifice

01:00:07.059 --> 01:00:07.780
 for us

01:00:07.780 --> 01:00:09.579
 to lay down

01:00:09.579 --> 01:00:10.360
 our preferences,

01:00:11.480 --> 01:00:12.440
 our conveniences,

01:00:13.480 --> 01:00:14.280
 our desires

01:00:14.280 --> 01:00:17.519
 so that we can

01:00:17.519 --> 01:00:19.640
 run after,

01:00:19.880 --> 01:00:20.380
 run hard

01:00:20.380 --> 01:00:20.960
 and pursue

01:00:20.960 --> 01:00:23.340
 that eternal union

01:00:23.340 --> 01:00:24.160
 and fellowship

01:00:24.160 --> 01:00:24.800
 with Christ?

01:00:27.920 --> 01:00:28.880
 I think not.

01:00:29.820 --> 01:00:30.540
 Let's pray.

01:00:30.539 --> 01:00:38.380
 Father,

01:00:38.519 --> 01:00:39.920
 please grant us

01:00:39.920 --> 01:00:42.519
 humility,

01:00:46.519 --> 01:00:49.840
 childlike dependence

01:00:49.840 --> 01:00:50.340
 on You.

01:00:54.759 --> 01:00:55.599
 Oh, Lord,

01:00:55.800 --> 01:00:56.500
 give us

01:00:56.500 --> 01:00:57.199
 this eternal

01:00:57.199 --> 01:00:57.920
 perspective

01:00:57.920 --> 01:00:59.000
 without which

01:00:59.000 --> 01:00:59.960
 we cannot have

01:00:59.960 --> 01:01:01.099
 a heavenly

01:01:01.099 --> 01:01:02.619
 community.

01:01:10.460 --> 01:01:11.220
 Help us

01:01:11.220 --> 01:01:11.559
 to love

01:01:11.559 --> 01:01:12.079
 one another,

01:01:13.260 --> 01:01:16.519
 honor one another

01:01:16.519 --> 01:01:17.220
 as children

01:01:17.220 --> 01:01:17.800
 of the King,

01:01:18.880 --> 01:01:21.579
 and humble

01:01:21.579 --> 01:01:21.980
 ourselves

01:01:21.980 --> 01:01:22.900
 before one another

01:01:22.900 --> 01:01:26.860
 as children

01:01:26.860 --> 01:01:27.200
 who have

01:01:27.200 --> 01:01:27.820
 nothing to show

01:01:27.820 --> 01:01:28.539
 for ourselves

01:01:28.539 --> 01:01:32.660
 but the provision

01:01:32.660 --> 01:01:33.400
 and the protection

01:01:33.400 --> 01:01:34.280
 of our heavenly Father.

01:01:38.820 --> 01:01:39.820
 In Jesus' name

01:01:39.820 --> 01:01:40.180
 we pray.

01:01:40.599 --> 01:01:40.900
 Amen.

01:01:40.900 --> 01:01:41.059
 Amen.

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