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 Evening all, let's pray.

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 Gracious Father, we thank you that you have not left us alone,

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 as we've seen the last couple of weeks,

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 in the solidarity we have, not just in our image of you,

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 but solidarity in our sin,

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 which puts us at odds with you and puts us at odds with one another.

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 We thank you that you have worked to solve that problem.

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 We've sung about it tonight.

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 I pray that that reality of what you've done for us in the Lord Jesus

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 might become very real for us personally

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 and will impact radically not just our relationship with you,

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 but our relationship with one another as well.

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 And we ask it for your glory. Amen.

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 We're into week number three on our series of racism and ethnocentricity.

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 And racial pride and ethnocentricity has a long and a bloody past.

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 I'll give you just a few examples.

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 The Holocaust in Germany caused the death of up to 11 million Jews

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 between 1933 and 1945.

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 1.5 million Armenians died at the hands of the Turks

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 from 1915 to 1923,

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 a further 750,000 Assyrians during the same time

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 at the hands of the Turks

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 and a further 1 million Greeks at the same time,

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 again at the hands of the Turks.

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 Racism and ethnic cleansing was a motivating factor

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 that saw 3 million casualties in the Cambodian genocide,

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 another 1 million dead in Rwanda in 1994,

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 Soviet slaughtered 250,000 Polish people in 1937 to 1938,

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 and another couple of hundred thousand Poles

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 by the Ukrainians less than a decade later.

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 Getting a little bit closer to home,

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 between 1824 and 1908,

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 white settlers and native Mountied police in Queensland

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 killed more than 10,000 Aborigines

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 who regarded them as vermin

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 and sometimes even hunted them for sport

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 in the same kind of way that I would treat a wild pig

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 in regarding it as vermin and hunted for sport.

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 That's on our own country here in Australia.

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 Now racism in our country has become a little bit more civilised,

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 if I can use that term very broadly.

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 You're probably aware of the vilification

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 of AFL player and prominent Aboriginal Adam Goodes recently.

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 There have also been a number of Reclaim Australia rallies

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 in capital cities around this country.

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 And in the past week, Eddie Maguire,

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 the president of the Collingwood AFL team,

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 was accused again of racism.

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 He had previously joked,

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 apparently because of a brain freeze or a brain snap

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 or a no brain at all, I can't remember,

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 that he likened Adam Goodes to King Kong

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 or that he could play a part in the movie King Kong.

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 And so in Maguire's most recent controversy,

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 he referred to the Victorian sports minister,

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 John Aaron, as a soccer-loving Turkish-born moosey.

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 Now, I want to suggest to you that it is naive to think

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 that a prime minister making a public apology

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 or laws against racial vilification

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 or a general move in the direction of equality

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 and freedom for all people

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 or the acceptance of political correctness

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 results in any way in the end of racial pride

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 or ethnocentricity.

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 The issues are deep.

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 We had a new couple here at church this morning.

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 Three months ago, they escaped from Syria.

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 And I spoke to them this morning.

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 They are literally here, refugees escaping.

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 They went home.

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 Their house was bombed.

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 It's just levelled.

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 And I said to them,

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 I talked to them about the issues at Syria,

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 and they said,

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 it is very complex.

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 There is no easy answer

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 to the racial tensions there at all.

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 And I think an answer to it

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 is something that we want.

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 In fact, something that we need.

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 When Reclaim Australia marched in Sydney recently,

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 more people turned out to march against Reclaim Australia

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 than actually for Reclaim Australia.

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 That is, there was more people turning out

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 to march against racism,

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 as they see it portrayed in Reclaiming Australia,

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 than, in fact, the Reclaiming Australia group.

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 Now, the Christian faith is not at odds

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 with our secular society at that point.

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 We saw two weeks ago

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 that one of the foundational biblical truths

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 is that all people are made equally

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 in the image of God.

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 There is a solidarity

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 in our image of God,

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 but there is also, as we saw last week,

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 a solidarity in our sinfulness,

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 in our rejection of God.

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 Since Adam, right from the very beginning,

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 rejected God,

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 we have all shared in Adam's sin,

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 and likewise, we have, by choice, rejected God.

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 But the choices that we make reject God.

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 And so this solidarity sets us

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 not just up against God,

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 but against one another

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 because we put ourselves

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 at the center of the universe.

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 It becomes about us rather than about God.

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 And so we need to be really careful

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 as we deal with this situation

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 of racial pride.

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 We need to be really careful

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 of not coming up with just simplistic solutions.

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 On the TV program Studio 10,

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 Jessica Rowe this week

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 said that she thought

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 that the term Moosey

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 was racist and offensive,

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 and she questioned

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 Eddie Maguire's intelligence,

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 something that a few people

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 have done apparently over the time.

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 She said,

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 If he is not smart enough,

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 and I don't think he is,

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 to moderate his language,

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 depending on the sort of forum he is in,

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 he has to take the flack for it.

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 Hear what she's saying?

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 Just control your tongue, Eddie.

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 Depending on where you are,

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 just be careful about what you say.

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 Now, don't hear me wrong.

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 First of all, let me say,

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 the assumption there is,

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 if he doesn't say it,

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 then he's not a racist.

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 I want to,

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 I think it's a good thing,

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 I think it's a great thing

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 to control your tongue.

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 In fact, I think it would be great

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 if we all practice it a little bit more,

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 or let me just say myself,

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 it would be great if I control my tongue

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 a little bit more,

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 and I think it's a fantastic thing,

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 and we're going to see it

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 in our next series in James

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 when we get there,

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 but the problem is significantly deeper

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 than just controlling the tongue.

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 This week,

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 I was driving to a ministry seminar

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 on Thursday morning,

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 and I had the job

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 of driving the seminar leader

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 to the venue.

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 And so we're driving along,

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 this guy is in his early 70s,

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 he's a very well-respected Christian leader

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 from the United States,

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 and we were driving along,

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 and all of a sudden,

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 boom, we hit traffic,

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 we just stand still.

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 And I knew that I needed

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 to take a left turn up ahead,

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 and so I put my blinker on,

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 and I just started

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 to sort of move across.

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 And as I moved across,

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 there's a car behind me

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 that just kept pushing up,

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 pushing up.

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 And I'm like trying to go across

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 a little bit further,

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 and as we're doing this,

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 I'm talking to this ministry guy,

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 and we're talking about the gospel,

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 talking about all sorts

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 of wonderful things,

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 and I'm at the same time

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 trying to get across,

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 and this guy comes up,

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 and he just keeps,

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 and I'm thinking,

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 he's breaking the law?

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 You know,

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 my nose is in front of his,

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 he's got to give way.

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 If he ran into me,

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 it's going to be his fault,

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 and it's going to be

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 his insurance claim,

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 and that sort of stuff,

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 but you kind of don't want

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 your car to get run into,

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 and so I'm pushing him across,

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 and this guy just kept coming up,

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 kept coming up,

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 kept coming up.

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 He just kept pushing

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 across and across,

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 and he's waving at me

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 through the window,

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 you know,

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 mouthing obscene things at me,

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 and I never said a word.

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 I just kept talking to this guy

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 about ministry and stuff,

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 and even as we were driving along here,

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 at one point he said,

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 I don't think that guy

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 is going to let you in.

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 I said, no, no,

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 I don't think he is,

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 but you know,

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 that's okay.

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 Now,

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 what came out my mouth

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 was nothing.

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 What was in my heart

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 was something,

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 and what was in my heart

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 if my children

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 were in the back seat?

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 Remember last week,

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 I said that by original sin,

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 my children have learnt things.

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 I didn't teach them.

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 I didn't teach them

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 to throw tantrums,

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 anything like that,

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 but there are some things

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 I have taught them,

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 and if they were in the back seat

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 at that particular point,

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 one of them would have piped up

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 and said,

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 oh my goodness,

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 look at that idiot.

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 That is something,

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 I don't blame original sin for that,

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 that's something

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 they've learnt from me.

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 Over time,

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 they've learnt that one from me.

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 That's what was in my heart

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 at the time.

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 I was fuming at that guy,

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 but I never said a word.

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 You see,

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 political correctness

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 might be a start,

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 but it doesn't deal

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 with the core issue.

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 A sinful heart

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 bent away from God

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 and bent away

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 from other people.

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 That guy

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 wanted

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 one car space

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 and I

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 didn't want him

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 to have that car space.

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 We were both

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 as bad as one another.

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 It's interesting

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 that as you turn

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 to the gospel

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 and ask Jesus

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 often makes

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 the

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 hated

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 foreigner

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 the recipient

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 of God's blessing

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 or the hero

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 of his stories.

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 As I said last week,

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 Jesus is the end

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 of ethnocentricity

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 and we'll see it

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 today.

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 One of the best examples

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 is what Sam

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 just read out for us

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 in the Good Samaritan

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 in Luke 10.

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 So if you've got your Bibles,

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 flick to Luke chapter 10.

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 In verse 25,

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 a lawyer

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 asked Jesus

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 what he must do

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 to receive eternal life

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 and Jesus

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 asked him,

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 well,

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 what does the law say?

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 And so he says,

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 well,

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 love the Lord your God

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 with all your heart,

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 with all your soul,

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 with all your strength,

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 with all your mind

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 and love your neighbor

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 as yourself.

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 And Jesus says,

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 yeah,

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 that's right.

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 That's right.

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 Just do that.

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 But,

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 verse 29,

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 it says,

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 he wanted

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 to justify himself.

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 And so he asked Jesus,

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 yeah,

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 but,

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 you know,

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 when you say neighbor,

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 what do you mean

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 by neighbor?

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 who is really

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 by neighbor?

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 He's looking

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 to justify himself,

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 verse 29,

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 that is,

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 he's looking for

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 a loophole

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 in the law.

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 He's looking for Jesus

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 to affirm

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 his thinking

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 and his actions

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 as being righteous,

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 as,

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 yeah,

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 you've done that already.

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 You see,

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 the Jews of Jesus' time

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 interpreted the neighbor here,

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 which comes from

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 Leviticus 19,

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 as other Jews.

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 At a stretch,

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 it could include

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 some foreigners

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 who have

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 sort of converted

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 to Judaism

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 or are serving,

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 you know,

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 the country

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 and that sort of stuff,

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 but it certainly

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 didn't include

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 Samaritans

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 or other foreigners.

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 And so,

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 Jesus tells this

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 mainly Jewish audience

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 this story.

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 The story is possibly

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 the most socially

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 charged story

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 that Jesus ever tells.

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 There's this guy

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 traveling from Jerusalem

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 to Jericho.

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 It's a fairly main road.

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 We're meant to understand

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 that this is a Jewish man

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 traveling this road.

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 The man gets robbed,

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 he's stripped,

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 he's beaten

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 and left for dead.

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 And then by chance,

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 his fate would have it,

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 as it would happen,

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 a Jewish priest

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 comes wandering by.

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 This is a Jewish pastor,

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 right?

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 This is a Jewish pastor

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 and so,

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 the thinking is,

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 surely he

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 is going to help

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 his brother

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 in the ditch.

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 But no,

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 the priest

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 couldn't be bothered.

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 He walked,

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 in fact,

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 on the other side

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 of the street

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 to stay well away from him.

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 and pretend he doesn't exist.

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 Didn't go near him.

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 And Jesus goes on

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 and says,

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 well,

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 now a Levite comes by.

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 So,

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 we've gone from the pastor

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 to the lecture

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 of the theological college.

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 And again,

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 you would think

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 that this guy

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 is going to stop

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 and help his brother

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 in the ditch.

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 But he likewise

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 does not bother.

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 He walks

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 on the other side

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 of the street.

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 And then Jesus says,

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 well,

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 along comes

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 the Samaritan.

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 You know it's going

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 to be the third guy.

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 Along comes

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 the Samaritan.

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 And at this point,

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 at the hearing,

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 these Jewish crowds

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 gather

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 and they hear

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 the word Samaritan

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 and they go,

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 Samaritan?

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 What's a Samaritan

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 doing in the story?

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 You see,

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 Jews and Samaritans,

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 their tension ran

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 over a long period

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 of time.

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 Samaritans

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 were despised.

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 They were not

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 to be associated

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 with.

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 The majority of Jews

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 in Judea

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 and Galilee

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 hated Samaritans.

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 And by the time

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 of Jesus,

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 the animosity

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 between these groups,

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 these two groups,

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 had been growing

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 for several hundred years

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 and it exploded

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 into violence

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 and murderous violence

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 in the first century.

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 And so,

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 what is a Samaritan

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 doing in this story?

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 As it turns out,

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 he's the hero.

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 He sees

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 the injured

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 Jew,

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 his enemy

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 on the side

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 of the road.

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 He goes over to him

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 and he has compassion

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 on him.

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 He cleans up his wounds.

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 He treats his wounds.

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 He puts him

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 on the back

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 of his donkey,

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 takes him to

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 a local motel,

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 checks him in,

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 makes sure he's

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 well cared for,

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 hands over his credit card

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 and said,

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 charge to my account

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 anything,

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 any expenses

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 and I'll pick it up.

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 And by the time

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 Jesus finished

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 telling this story,

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 his audience

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 would have had

00:15:37.399 --> 00:15:37.980
 their jaws

00:15:37.980 --> 00:15:38.800
 on the ground.

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 This is

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 not possible,

00:15:41.700 --> 00:15:41.980
 Jesus.

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 The Samaritan

00:15:46.680 --> 00:15:47.539
 was an

00:15:47.539 --> 00:15:48.860
 unthinkable hero.

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 So imagine

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 I got an invitation

00:15:53.300 --> 00:15:55.320
 to speak

00:15:55.320 --> 00:15:56.700
 at a Reclaim Australia

00:15:56.700 --> 00:15:58.000
 rally

00:15:58.000 --> 00:15:59.039
 because they thought

00:15:59.039 --> 00:16:00.000
 I was some redneck

00:16:00.000 --> 00:16:01.019
 and

00:16:01.019 --> 00:16:04.960
 once upon a time

00:16:04.960 --> 00:16:06.120
 and

00:16:06.120 --> 00:16:07.180
 I happened

00:16:07.180 --> 00:16:08.360
 to tell the story

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 of

00:16:08.980 --> 00:16:11.259
 an Australian

00:16:11.259 --> 00:16:12.480
 SAS trooper

00:16:12.480 --> 00:16:14.159
 who was blown up

00:16:14.159 --> 00:16:15.240
 by a roadside bomb

00:16:15.240 --> 00:16:16.100
 in Afghanistan.

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 He's lying there

00:16:18.060 --> 00:16:18.860
 on the side of the road.

00:16:18.980 --> 00:16:19.759
 Along comes

00:16:19.759 --> 00:16:21.759
 an Australian

00:16:21.759 --> 00:16:22.519
 army medic

00:16:22.519 --> 00:16:23.000
 sees him

00:16:23.000 --> 00:16:23.539
 on the side of the road,

00:16:23.620 --> 00:16:24.639
 pretends he doesn't see him

00:16:24.639 --> 00:16:25.920
 and walks across

00:16:25.920 --> 00:16:27.039
 and misses him

00:16:27.039 --> 00:16:27.460
 altogether.

00:16:29.360 --> 00:16:30.500
 And as the guy's there

00:16:30.500 --> 00:16:32.000
 bleeding on the side

00:16:32.000 --> 00:16:32.340
 of the road,

00:16:32.440 --> 00:16:33.180
 along comes

00:16:33.180 --> 00:16:36.279
 another Australian

00:16:36.279 --> 00:16:37.060
 military personnel.

00:16:37.180 --> 00:16:37.620
 This time

00:16:37.620 --> 00:16:39.100
 it's a Padre,

00:16:39.179 --> 00:16:39.679
 a chaplain

00:16:39.679 --> 00:16:40.940
 and he too

00:16:40.940 --> 00:16:41.659
 walks past

00:16:41.659 --> 00:16:42.480
 and ignores

00:16:42.480 --> 00:16:42.980
 the guy

00:16:42.980 --> 00:16:43.840
 standing there.

00:16:44.940 --> 00:16:45.659
 And the next person

00:16:45.659 --> 00:16:46.500
 who walks up

00:16:46.500 --> 00:16:49.659
 is a Taliban

00:16:49.659 --> 00:16:50.399
 freedom fighter

00:16:50.399 --> 00:16:51.419
 with his AK-47

00:16:51.419 --> 00:16:52.039
 still struck

00:16:52.039 --> 00:16:52.679
 to his back.

00:16:53.919 --> 00:16:54.759
 Sees the guy

00:16:54.759 --> 00:16:55.179
 on the side

00:16:55.179 --> 00:16:55.659
 of the road,

00:16:56.560 --> 00:16:57.019
 sees that

00:16:57.019 --> 00:16:57.860
 it's an SAS

00:16:57.860 --> 00:16:58.279
 trooper

00:16:58.279 --> 00:16:58.700
 sent there

00:16:58.700 --> 00:16:59.259
 to kill him

00:16:59.259 --> 00:17:00.560
 and he

00:17:00.560 --> 00:17:01.560
 bandages up

00:17:01.560 --> 00:17:02.259
 his wounds,

00:17:03.259 --> 00:17:04.039
 he puts them

00:17:04.039 --> 00:17:04.440
 on the back

00:17:04.440 --> 00:17:05.019
 of his donkey,

00:17:05.160 --> 00:17:05.880
 he takes them

00:17:05.880 --> 00:17:07.320
 to a safe place,

00:17:07.940 --> 00:17:09.220
 he pays for all

00:17:09.220 --> 00:17:10.380
 his medical expenses,

00:17:11.440 --> 00:17:12.900
 he even sends

00:17:12.900 --> 00:17:13.500
 a chunk of money

00:17:13.500 --> 00:17:14.380
 back to his family

00:17:14.380 --> 00:17:14.920
 in Australia

00:17:14.920 --> 00:17:16.800
 to cover his

00:17:16.800 --> 00:17:18.520
 lifetime military pension.

00:17:21.520 --> 00:17:22.600
 What do you think

00:17:22.600 --> 00:17:23.140
 the reception

00:17:23.140 --> 00:17:23.700
 would be?

00:17:27.520 --> 00:17:28.520
 Jesus says

00:17:28.520 --> 00:17:29.260
 to this lawyer,

00:17:29.259 --> 00:17:33.339
 just do that.

00:17:35.740 --> 00:17:36.900
 Just go and do that.

00:17:38.799 --> 00:17:39.960
 Just do what he did.

00:17:40.940 --> 00:17:42.279
 Treat your worst

00:17:42.279 --> 00:17:42.779
 enemy

00:17:42.779 --> 00:17:43.779
 just like that.

00:17:43.879 --> 00:17:44.299
 Now remember,

00:17:44.379 --> 00:17:45.039
 this is going back

00:17:45.039 --> 00:17:46.279
 to the original question

00:17:46.279 --> 00:17:47.200
 that the lawyer

00:17:47.200 --> 00:17:47.779
 asked about

00:17:47.779 --> 00:17:48.339
 how he might have

00:17:48.339 --> 00:17:49.000
 eternal life

00:17:49.000 --> 00:17:49.720
 and so when Jesus

00:17:49.720 --> 00:17:50.099
 says,

00:17:50.500 --> 00:17:52.940
 just go and do that,

00:17:53.940 --> 00:17:55.400
 he isn't saying

00:17:55.400 --> 00:17:56.779
 give it a try

00:17:56.779 --> 00:17:57.819
 and see how it goes.

00:17:57.819 --> 00:17:58.799
 He isn't saying

00:17:58.799 --> 00:18:00.639
 do at least once

00:18:00.639 --> 00:18:01.359
 in your life

00:18:01.359 --> 00:18:02.019
 if you can.

00:18:02.740 --> 00:18:03.539
 He's saying

00:18:03.539 --> 00:18:05.379
 live and act

00:18:05.379 --> 00:18:05.919
 and love

00:18:05.919 --> 00:18:06.480
 and serve

00:18:06.480 --> 00:18:07.059
 and think

00:18:07.059 --> 00:18:07.939
 and sacrifice

00:18:07.939 --> 00:18:09.220
 like this good

00:18:09.220 --> 00:18:09.740
 Samaritan

00:18:09.740 --> 00:18:11.439
 all of the time

00:18:11.439 --> 00:18:13.159
 then you can

00:18:13.159 --> 00:18:14.079
 have eternal life.

00:18:16.319 --> 00:18:17.659
 All of the time

00:18:17.659 --> 00:18:19.319
 for your worst

00:18:19.319 --> 00:18:19.819
 enemy.

00:18:22.579 --> 00:18:23.879
 Go and love

00:18:23.879 --> 00:18:24.419
 and serve

00:18:24.419 --> 00:18:24.919
 and sacrifice

00:18:24.919 --> 00:18:25.779
 people who

00:18:25.779 --> 00:18:26.439
 belittle you,

00:18:26.700 --> 00:18:27.439
 who curse you,

00:18:27.440 --> 00:18:28.779
 who marginalize you,

00:18:29.000 --> 00:18:29.940
 who ridicule you,

00:18:30.140 --> 00:18:30.700
 who hate you,

00:18:30.779 --> 00:18:31.279
 berate you,

00:18:31.420 --> 00:18:32.059
 ignore you,

00:18:32.660 --> 00:18:33.240
 demean you

00:18:33.240 --> 00:18:34.140
 and would even

00:18:34.140 --> 00:18:34.900
 kill you.

00:18:39.700 --> 00:18:40.799
 And then that's it.

00:18:43.660 --> 00:18:44.940
 That's the end

00:18:44.940 --> 00:18:46.740
 of the good Samaritan.

00:18:47.799 --> 00:18:48.980
 Go and do likewise.

00:18:48.980 --> 00:18:50.860
 And it's,

00:18:50.860 --> 00:18:51.660
 we just left

00:18:51.660 --> 00:18:52.519
 hanging there.

00:18:55.039 --> 00:18:56.480
 And so you go,

00:18:57.480 --> 00:18:58.700
 so is the answer

00:18:58.700 --> 00:19:00.539
 to racial pride

00:19:00.539 --> 00:19:01.700
 and ethnocentricity

00:19:01.700 --> 00:19:03.759
 just try harder?

00:19:05.039 --> 00:19:06.259
 Work a bit harder?

00:19:07.259 --> 00:19:08.180
 Just be nicer?

00:19:11.759 --> 00:19:12.799
 See, Luke was inspired

00:19:12.799 --> 00:19:13.720
 by God to write

00:19:13.720 --> 00:19:14.880
 what comes next.

00:19:14.880 --> 00:19:16.020
 One scene

00:19:16.020 --> 00:19:17.040
 ends with his lawyer,

00:19:17.160 --> 00:19:17.500
 the next

00:19:17.500 --> 00:19:18.040
 we're in the living

00:19:18.040 --> 00:19:19.220
 room with two

00:19:19.220 --> 00:19:19.700
 sisters,

00:19:20.560 --> 00:19:21.080
 Martha,

00:19:21.240 --> 00:19:22.120
 the elder sister

00:19:22.120 --> 00:19:22.880
 and Mary,

00:19:22.960 --> 00:19:23.380
 the younger.

00:19:23.600 --> 00:19:24.840
 And in classic

00:19:24.840 --> 00:19:25.640
 birth order,

00:19:26.380 --> 00:19:26.920
 Martha,

00:19:27.040 --> 00:19:27.820
 the older sister,

00:19:27.820 --> 00:19:29.120
 is getting busy

00:19:29.120 --> 00:19:29.560
 with dinner

00:19:29.560 --> 00:19:30.240
 preparations

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 and Mary,

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 the younger sister,

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 is sitting on the

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 floor at the feet

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 of Jesus.

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 And Martha

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 is a little annoyed.

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 She's busy

00:19:39.120 --> 00:19:40.320
 making stuff happen.

00:19:41.000 --> 00:19:41.740
 She's got stuff

00:19:41.740 --> 00:19:42.980
 boiling on the stove

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 and there's things

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 in the oven

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 and she's trying

00:19:45.319 --> 00:19:46.980
 to staff the dishwasher

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 at the same time.

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 You know,

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 she's got food

00:19:49.799 --> 00:19:50.620
 all over her

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 and she is

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 wanting Mary

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 to give her

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 some help here.

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 And in short,

00:19:58.299 --> 00:19:59.680
 she runs to Jesus

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 and says,

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 tell Mary

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 to get up

00:20:02.880 --> 00:20:03.640
 and help me.

00:20:06.059 --> 00:20:06.880
 And Jesus'

00:20:07.059 --> 00:20:07.920
 response to Martha

00:20:07.920 --> 00:20:08.519
 is,

00:20:08.980 --> 00:20:09.380
 no,

00:20:09.960 --> 00:20:10.799
 no,

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 I'm not going

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 to tell her

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 to move at all.

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 So let me

00:20:14.759 --> 00:20:15.380
 come to the chase

00:20:15.380 --> 00:20:15.539
 here.

00:20:15.660 --> 00:20:16.720
 In the second scene,

00:20:17.920 --> 00:20:18.960
 who looks

00:20:18.960 --> 00:20:20.099
 the most

00:20:20.099 --> 00:20:20.940
 like

00:20:20.940 --> 00:20:22.279
 the good Samaritan?

00:20:24.779 --> 00:20:25.420
 Martha.

00:20:26.220 --> 00:20:26.920
 Martha does.

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 Not Mary.

00:20:28.860 --> 00:20:29.839
 Mary's the bad

00:20:29.839 --> 00:20:30.440
 Samaritan.

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 She's not doing

00:20:31.599 --> 00:20:32.099
 anything.

00:20:32.839 --> 00:20:34.059
 Martha is busy

00:20:34.059 --> 00:20:34.819
 doing all the good

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 stuff,

00:20:35.120 --> 00:20:35.940
 all the preparations.

00:20:36.579 --> 00:20:37.380
 Mary is,

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 you're doing

00:20:38.259 --> 00:20:38.799
 nothing,

00:20:38.940 --> 00:20:39.440
 Samaritan.

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 And Martha

00:20:40.599 --> 00:20:41.200
 is going

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 and doing

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 and serving

00:20:42.359 --> 00:20:43.079
 and preparing

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 and Mary

00:20:43.579 --> 00:20:43.979
 is doing

00:20:43.979 --> 00:20:44.240
 nothing.

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 She's just

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 sitting at the feet

00:20:45.639 --> 00:20:45.979
 of Jesus

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 and going,

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 oh,

00:20:47.579 --> 00:20:47.779
 Jesus,

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 I just love you.

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 Do you know

00:20:53.519 --> 00:20:53.799
 what I think

00:20:53.799 --> 00:20:54.419
 is going on here?

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 I think the lawyer

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 should have responded

00:20:57.819 --> 00:20:59.579
 at the end of

00:20:59.579 --> 00:21:00.439
 when Jesus

00:21:00.439 --> 00:21:01.500
 just left it hanging.

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 The lawyer

00:21:02.199 --> 00:21:03.299
 should have responded,

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 I can't do that.

00:21:07.259 --> 00:21:10.819
 I can't do that.

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 And Jesus

00:21:12.799 --> 00:21:13.440
 would have said,

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 I know.

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 That's the point.

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 I know.

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 And if you

00:21:22.220 --> 00:21:22.680
 were there

00:21:22.680 --> 00:21:23.740
 or I was there,

00:21:23.980 --> 00:21:24.480
 he would have said,

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 Steve,

00:21:24.779 --> 00:21:25.400
 you can't do it

00:21:25.400 --> 00:21:25.660
 either.

00:21:25.900 --> 00:21:27.240
 And 5pm,

00:21:27.379 --> 00:21:28.200
 you can't do it

00:21:28.200 --> 00:21:28.480
 either.

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 The barrier

00:21:31.140 --> 00:21:31.700
 that exists

00:21:31.700 --> 00:21:32.400
 between us

00:21:32.400 --> 00:21:32.980
 and God

00:21:32.980 --> 00:21:33.539
 and us

00:21:33.539 --> 00:21:34.339
 and others

00:21:34.339 --> 00:21:36.360
 that racial

00:21:36.360 --> 00:21:36.920
 pride

00:21:36.920 --> 00:21:38.019
 and ethnocentricity

00:21:38.019 --> 00:21:38.839
 is a consequence

00:21:38.839 --> 00:21:39.380
 of

00:21:39.380 --> 00:21:40.779
 is not

00:21:40.779 --> 00:21:41.400
 fixed

00:21:41.400 --> 00:21:42.200
 simply

00:21:42.200 --> 00:21:42.779
 by

00:21:42.779 --> 00:21:44.160
 holding

00:21:44.160 --> 00:21:45.120
 your tongues

00:21:45.120 --> 00:21:45.880
 in some

00:21:45.880 --> 00:21:46.599
 contexts.

00:21:48.599 --> 00:21:49.599
 The problem

00:21:49.599 --> 00:21:50.240
 is sin.

00:21:51.019 --> 00:21:51.440
 The problem

00:21:51.440 --> 00:21:52.339
 is our heart.

00:21:52.759 --> 00:21:53.420
 We need someone

00:21:53.420 --> 00:21:53.980
 to deal

00:21:53.980 --> 00:21:54.700
 with the dividing

00:21:54.700 --> 00:21:55.259
 wall

00:21:55.259 --> 00:21:57.039
 of hostility.

00:22:00.200 --> 00:22:01.079
 Romans 5

00:22:01.079 --> 00:22:01.480
 leads me

00:22:01.480 --> 00:22:01.900
 to believe

00:22:01.900 --> 00:22:02.560
 that Jesus

00:22:02.560 --> 00:22:03.220
 is,

00:22:03.380 --> 00:22:03.560
 in fact,

00:22:03.620 --> 00:22:03.900
 the Good

00:22:03.900 --> 00:22:04.340
 Samaritan

00:22:04.340 --> 00:22:05.180
 who comes

00:22:05.180 --> 00:22:06.259
 and who

00:22:06.259 --> 00:22:06.720
 does

00:22:06.720 --> 00:22:07.440
 what we

00:22:07.440 --> 00:22:08.320
 cannot do.

00:22:10.140 --> 00:22:11.060
 You and I

00:22:11.060 --> 00:22:11.660
 are,

00:22:11.820 --> 00:22:12.019
 in fact,

00:22:12.080 --> 00:22:12.560
 not the Good

00:22:12.560 --> 00:22:13.060
 Samaritan.

00:22:13.240 --> 00:22:13.700
 We are the

00:22:13.700 --> 00:22:14.120
 man

00:22:14.120 --> 00:22:15.140
 beaten,

00:22:15.440 --> 00:22:15.820
 bruised,

00:22:16.040 --> 00:22:16.340
 robbed,

00:22:16.540 --> 00:22:17.200
 left for dead

00:22:17.200 --> 00:22:17.740
 on the side

00:22:17.740 --> 00:22:18.259
 of the road.

00:22:19.660 --> 00:22:20.500
 We are cut

00:22:20.500 --> 00:22:21.300
 off from God

00:22:21.300 --> 00:22:21.980
 and we are

00:22:21.980 --> 00:22:22.680
 dead in our

00:22:22.680 --> 00:22:23.420
 transgressions

00:22:23.420 --> 00:22:24.280
 and sins.

00:22:25.900 --> 00:22:26.380
 Ever

00:22:26.380 --> 00:22:27.080
 since

00:22:27.080 --> 00:22:28.800
 Adam

00:22:28.800 --> 00:22:29.920
 decided to

00:22:29.920 --> 00:22:30.259
 rebel

00:22:30.259 --> 00:22:31.160
 against God,

00:22:31.160 --> 00:22:31.720
 we have

00:22:31.720 --> 00:22:32.420
 walked in

00:22:32.420 --> 00:22:32.779
 the ways

00:22:32.779 --> 00:22:33.120
 of Adam.

00:22:35.060 --> 00:22:35.500
 Now,

00:22:35.700 --> 00:22:36.400
 it might not

00:22:36.400 --> 00:22:36.960
 seem fair

00:22:36.960 --> 00:22:37.420
 that that's

00:22:37.420 --> 00:22:38.180
 our state.

00:22:39.460 --> 00:22:40.140
 When you

00:22:40.140 --> 00:22:40.500
 and I

00:22:40.500 --> 00:22:41.160
 look at the

00:22:41.160 --> 00:22:41.840
 carnage

00:22:41.840 --> 00:22:42.220
 that's in

00:22:42.220 --> 00:22:43.660
 this world,

00:22:44.100 --> 00:22:44.700
 the carnage

00:22:44.700 --> 00:22:45.120
 of human

00:22:45.120 --> 00:22:45.700
 history and

00:22:45.700 --> 00:22:46.200
 the racial

00:22:46.200 --> 00:22:47.019
 genocide and

00:22:47.019 --> 00:22:47.580
 the cancer

00:22:47.580 --> 00:22:47.980
 and the

00:22:47.980 --> 00:22:48.960
 suffering and

00:22:48.960 --> 00:22:49.500
 the divorce

00:22:49.500 --> 00:22:49.860
 and the

00:22:49.860 --> 00:22:50.259
 greed,

00:22:51.120 --> 00:22:51.540
 the fact

00:22:51.540 --> 00:22:52.240
 that over

00:22:52.240 --> 00:22:52.680
 there in

00:22:52.680 --> 00:22:53.120
 Number 7

00:22:53.120 --> 00:22:53.640
 View Street,

00:22:53.740 --> 00:22:54.040
 for some

00:22:54.040 --> 00:22:54.840
 strange reason,

00:22:54.920 --> 00:22:55.240
 the weeds

00:22:55.240 --> 00:22:55.940
 grow faster

00:22:55.940 --> 00:22:56.360
 than I can

00:22:56.360 --> 00:22:56.840
 kill them,

00:22:56.839 --> 00:22:58.480
 it's all

00:22:58.480 --> 00:22:59.179
 Adam's

00:22:59.179 --> 00:22:59.699
 fault

00:22:59.699 --> 00:23:01.720
 if you

00:23:01.720 --> 00:23:02.039
 look at

00:23:02.039 --> 00:23:02.319
 Genesis

00:23:02.319 --> 00:23:03.119
 chapter 3.

00:23:04.319 --> 00:23:04.919
 And every

00:23:04.919 --> 00:23:05.559
 time I

00:23:05.559 --> 00:23:05.959
 weed the

00:23:05.959 --> 00:23:06.339
 garden,

00:23:06.899 --> 00:23:07.799
 it's so

00:23:07.799 --> 00:23:08.559
 easy to

00:23:08.559 --> 00:23:09.179
 get angry

00:23:09.179 --> 00:23:09.879
 with Adam

00:23:09.879 --> 00:23:13.119
 because God

00:23:13.119 --> 00:23:13.619
 picks a

00:23:13.619 --> 00:23:14.359
 champion for

00:23:14.359 --> 00:23:14.899
 the head of

00:23:14.899 --> 00:23:15.299
 the human

00:23:15.299 --> 00:23:15.799
 race

00:23:15.799 --> 00:23:17.759
 and this

00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:18.519
 champion

00:23:18.519 --> 00:23:19.899
 blows it

00:23:19.900 --> 00:23:22.600
 and ever

00:23:22.600 --> 00:23:23.220
 since he

00:23:23.220 --> 00:23:23.900
 blew it,

00:23:24.840 --> 00:23:25.600
 our world

00:23:25.600 --> 00:23:26.120
 has been

00:23:26.120 --> 00:23:26.800
 messed up

00:23:26.800 --> 00:23:27.060
 and there

00:23:27.060 --> 00:23:27.620
 is something

00:23:27.620 --> 00:23:28.360
 in that

00:23:28.360 --> 00:23:30.840
 that makes

00:23:30.840 --> 00:23:31.300
 me feel

00:23:31.300 --> 00:23:31.680
 like it's

00:23:31.680 --> 00:23:32.320
 unfair.

00:23:35.460 --> 00:23:36.320
 That is,

00:23:36.460 --> 00:23:36.860
 how could

00:23:36.860 --> 00:23:37.340
 Adam have

00:23:37.340 --> 00:23:37.800
 been so

00:23:37.800 --> 00:23:38.600
 stupid?

00:23:41.120 --> 00:23:42.080
 It feels

00:23:42.080 --> 00:23:42.980
 unfair because

00:23:42.980 --> 00:23:43.840
 I think

00:23:43.840 --> 00:23:44.800
 that instead

00:23:44.800 --> 00:23:45.740
 of it was

00:23:45.740 --> 00:23:47.540
 you know,

00:23:48.259 --> 00:23:48.780
 Adam and

00:23:48.780 --> 00:23:49.100
 Eve,

00:23:49.200 --> 00:23:49.600
 if it was

00:23:49.599 --> 00:23:50.119
 Steve and

00:23:50.119 --> 00:23:50.480
 Eve,

00:23:50.679 --> 00:23:51.199
 I wouldn't

00:23:51.199 --> 00:23:51.439
 have been

00:23:51.439 --> 00:23:52.099
 as stupid

00:23:52.099 --> 00:23:52.559
 as Adam.

00:23:55.639 --> 00:23:56.339
 And yet

00:23:56.339 --> 00:23:56.859
 the reality

00:23:56.859 --> 00:23:57.439
 is,

00:23:58.039 --> 00:23:59.399
 even though

00:23:59.399 --> 00:23:59.879
 it feels

00:23:59.879 --> 00:24:00.319
 unfair,

00:24:00.459 --> 00:24:01.000
 I've joined

00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:01.519
 him in

00:24:01.519 --> 00:24:02.259
 his choices

00:24:02.259 --> 00:24:03.419
 all of

00:24:03.419 --> 00:24:04.059
 my life

00:24:04.059 --> 00:24:05.759
 and God

00:24:05.759 --> 00:24:06.519
 understands

00:24:06.519 --> 00:24:06.819
 that.

00:24:07.639 --> 00:24:07.899
 God

00:24:07.899 --> 00:24:08.579
 understands

00:24:08.579 --> 00:24:09.519
 that it

00:24:09.519 --> 00:24:10.199
 seems unfair

00:24:10.199 --> 00:24:10.719
 that because

00:24:10.719 --> 00:24:11.359
 of Adam

00:24:11.359 --> 00:24:14.659
 and his

00:24:14.659 --> 00:24:14.980
 sin,

00:24:15.079 --> 00:24:15.419
 that the

00:24:15.419 --> 00:24:15.759
 whole of

00:24:15.759 --> 00:24:16.359
 human race

00:24:16.359 --> 00:24:16.779
 has been

00:24:16.779 --> 00:24:17.419
 headed in

00:24:17.419 --> 00:24:17.899
 a trajectory

00:24:17.899 --> 00:24:18.439
 away from

00:24:18.439 --> 00:24:18.799
 God and

00:24:18.799 --> 00:24:19.219
 away from

00:24:19.220 --> 00:24:19.759
 one another.

00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:21.259
 And so

00:24:21.259 --> 00:24:21.620
 God

00:24:21.620 --> 00:24:23.680
 picks another

00:24:23.680 --> 00:24:24.160
 champion

00:24:24.160 --> 00:24:25.900
 in Romans

00:24:25.900 --> 00:24:27.720
 5 to

00:24:27.720 --> 00:24:28.900
 do what

00:24:28.900 --> 00:24:29.980
 is unfair

00:24:29.980 --> 00:24:30.960
 to him,

00:24:31.500 --> 00:24:32.279
 to God.

00:24:34.180 --> 00:24:34.839
 At the

00:24:34.839 --> 00:24:35.400
 cost of the

00:24:35.400 --> 00:24:35.740
 life of

00:24:35.740 --> 00:24:36.039
 his own

00:24:36.039 --> 00:24:36.339
 son,

00:24:36.460 --> 00:24:36.680
 God

00:24:36.680 --> 00:24:37.420
 reconciles

00:24:37.420 --> 00:24:37.880
 up to

00:24:37.880 --> 00:24:38.440
 himself

00:24:38.440 --> 00:24:39.960
 his worst

00:24:39.960 --> 00:24:40.360
 enemies.

00:24:40.440 --> 00:24:40.839
 This is how

00:24:40.839 --> 00:24:41.339
 Romans 5

00:24:41.339 --> 00:24:41.759
 puts it.

00:24:42.160 --> 00:24:42.400
 You see,

00:24:42.500 --> 00:24:42.860
 at just the

00:24:42.860 --> 00:24:43.420
 right time,

00:24:43.500 --> 00:24:43.900
 when we were

00:24:43.900 --> 00:24:44.620
 still powerless,

00:24:44.779 --> 00:24:45.420
 Christ died

00:24:45.420 --> 00:24:45.680
 for the

00:24:45.680 --> 00:24:46.120
 ungodly.

00:24:46.119 --> 00:24:46.979
 very rarely

00:24:46.979 --> 00:24:47.379
 will anyone

00:24:47.379 --> 00:24:47.839
 die for

00:24:47.839 --> 00:24:48.179
 a righteous

00:24:48.179 --> 00:24:48.579
 man,

00:24:48.799 --> 00:24:49.179
 though for

00:24:49.179 --> 00:24:49.479
 a good

00:24:49.479 --> 00:24:49.719
 man,

00:24:49.799 --> 00:24:50.239
 someone might

00:24:50.239 --> 00:24:50.959
 possibly dare

00:24:50.959 --> 00:24:51.359
 to die.

00:24:51.759 --> 00:24:52.279
 But God

00:24:52.279 --> 00:24:53.039
 demonstrates his

00:24:53.039 --> 00:24:53.519
 own love for

00:24:53.519 --> 00:24:53.919
 us in this,

00:24:53.979 --> 00:24:55.119
 that while we

00:24:55.119 --> 00:24:55.759
 were still

00:24:55.759 --> 00:24:56.379
 sinners,

00:24:56.739 --> 00:24:57.839
 Christ died

00:24:57.839 --> 00:24:58.579
 for us.

00:24:58.579 --> 00:24:59.339
 Since we have

00:24:59.339 --> 00:24:59.739
 now been

00:24:59.739 --> 00:25:00.539
 justified by

00:25:00.539 --> 00:25:01.099
 his blood,

00:25:01.399 --> 00:25:01.759
 how much

00:25:01.759 --> 00:25:02.259
 more shall

00:25:02.259 --> 00:25:02.899
 be saved

00:25:02.899 --> 00:25:03.399
 from God's

00:25:03.399 --> 00:25:03.839
 wrath through

00:25:03.839 --> 00:25:04.139
 him?

00:25:04.500 --> 00:25:05.219
 For if when

00:25:05.219 --> 00:25:05.579
 we were

00:25:05.579 --> 00:25:06.399
 God's enemies,

00:25:06.979 --> 00:25:07.539
 we were

00:25:07.539 --> 00:25:08.319
 reconciled to

00:25:08.319 --> 00:25:08.719
 him through

00:25:08.719 --> 00:25:09.159
 the death

00:25:09.159 --> 00:25:09.500
 of his

00:25:09.500 --> 00:25:09.899
 son,

00:25:10.199 --> 00:25:10.659
 how much

00:25:10.659 --> 00:25:10.859
 more,

00:25:10.979 --> 00:25:11.299
 having been

00:25:11.299 --> 00:25:12.219
 reconciled,

00:25:12.419 --> 00:25:13.099
 shall we be

00:25:13.099 --> 00:25:13.579
 saved through

00:25:13.579 --> 00:25:14.279
 his life?

00:25:15.460 --> 00:25:15.980
 Not only

00:25:15.980 --> 00:25:16.740
 is this so,

00:25:17.039 --> 00:25:17.980
 but we also

00:25:17.980 --> 00:25:18.699
 rejoice in

00:25:18.699 --> 00:25:19.299
 God through

00:25:19.299 --> 00:25:19.799
 our Lord

00:25:19.799 --> 00:25:20.519
 Jesus Christ,

00:25:20.799 --> 00:25:21.439
 through whom

00:25:21.439 --> 00:25:22.259
 we have now

00:25:22.259 --> 00:25:22.799
 received

00:25:22.799 --> 00:25:23.539
 reconciliation.

00:25:25.659 --> 00:25:26.799
 For if by

00:25:26.799 --> 00:25:27.639
 the trespass

00:25:27.639 --> 00:25:28.240
 of one man,

00:25:28.279 --> 00:25:28.759
 that's talking

00:25:28.759 --> 00:25:29.259
 about Adam

00:25:29.259 --> 00:25:29.720
 and what he

00:25:29.720 --> 00:25:30.159
 did in

00:25:30.159 --> 00:25:30.859
 Genesis 3,

00:25:31.759 --> 00:25:32.159
 death

00:25:32.159 --> 00:25:32.579
 reigned

00:25:32.579 --> 00:25:33.279
 through that

00:25:33.279 --> 00:25:34.159
 one man,

00:25:34.379 --> 00:25:34.960
 how much

00:25:34.960 --> 00:25:35.399
 more will

00:25:35.399 --> 00:25:35.919
 those who

00:25:35.919 --> 00:25:36.819
 receive God's

00:25:36.819 --> 00:25:37.139
 abundant

00:25:37.139 --> 00:25:37.699
 provision of

00:25:37.699 --> 00:25:38.579
 grace and

00:25:38.579 --> 00:25:39.039
 of the gift

00:25:39.039 --> 00:25:39.559
 of righteousness

00:25:39.559 --> 00:25:40.439
 reign in

00:25:40.439 --> 00:25:41.339
 life through

00:25:41.339 --> 00:25:42.259
 the one

00:25:42.259 --> 00:25:42.720
 man,

00:25:42.720 --> 00:25:43.740
 Jesus Christ.

00:25:43.860 --> 00:25:44.380
 Consequently,

00:25:44.559 --> 00:25:45.059
 just as the

00:25:45.059 --> 00:25:45.940
 result of

00:25:45.940 --> 00:25:47.100
 one trespass

00:25:47.100 --> 00:25:48.120
 was condemnation

00:25:48.120 --> 00:25:49.120
 for everyone,

00:25:49.740 --> 00:25:50.700
 so also the

00:25:50.700 --> 00:25:51.380
 result of

00:25:51.380 --> 00:25:52.519
 one act of

00:25:52.519 --> 00:25:53.380
 righteousness

00:25:53.380 --> 00:25:55.279
 was justification

00:25:55.279 --> 00:25:56.200
 that brings

00:25:56.200 --> 00:25:57.380
 life for

00:25:57.380 --> 00:25:58.279
 everyone.

00:26:00.860 --> 00:26:01.700
 For just as

00:26:01.700 --> 00:26:02.019
 through the

00:26:02.019 --> 00:26:02.819
 disobedience of

00:26:02.819 --> 00:26:03.460
 the one man

00:26:03.460 --> 00:26:03.839
 that many

00:26:03.839 --> 00:26:04.299
 were made

00:26:04.299 --> 00:26:04.660
 sinners,

00:26:05.120 --> 00:26:05.759
 so also

00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:06.240
 through the

00:26:06.240 --> 00:26:06.759
 obedience of

00:26:06.759 --> 00:26:07.299
 the one man

00:26:07.299 --> 00:26:07.740
 that many

00:26:07.740 --> 00:26:08.779
 will be made

00:26:08.779 --> 00:26:09.579
 righteous.

00:26:09.579 --> 00:26:14.399
 everyone on

00:26:14.399 --> 00:26:14.919
 this planet

00:26:14.919 --> 00:26:15.779
 is included

00:26:15.779 --> 00:26:16.419
 in that

00:26:16.419 --> 00:26:17.460
 text because

00:26:17.460 --> 00:26:18.240
 Adam is the

00:26:18.240 --> 00:26:18.859
 father of

00:26:18.859 --> 00:26:19.480
 everyone.

00:26:19.960 --> 00:26:20.639
 Every person

00:26:20.639 --> 00:26:21.519
 you meet of

00:26:21.519 --> 00:26:23.159
 any ethnicity

00:26:23.159 --> 00:26:24.679
 is facing what

00:26:24.679 --> 00:26:26.019
 that passage

00:26:26.019 --> 00:26:26.720
 talks about,

00:26:27.000 --> 00:26:27.779
 either death

00:26:27.779 --> 00:26:28.919
 in Adam or

00:26:28.919 --> 00:26:30.019
 life in Christ.

00:26:30.259 --> 00:26:30.659
 Everyone.

00:26:33.699 --> 00:26:34.659
 That's it.

00:26:34.660 --> 00:26:37.840
 this is a

00:26:37.840 --> 00:26:38.840
 global text.

00:26:38.940 --> 00:26:39.380
 Don't miss

00:26:39.380 --> 00:26:39.660
 that.

00:26:40.080 --> 00:26:40.600
 This is the

00:26:40.600 --> 00:26:42.060
 defining reality

00:26:42.060 --> 00:26:43.100
 for every single

00:26:43.100 --> 00:26:43.759
 person you will

00:26:43.759 --> 00:26:44.279
 ever meet.

00:26:44.620 --> 00:26:45.259
 This is not,

00:26:45.320 --> 00:26:45.720
 the Christian

00:26:45.720 --> 00:26:46.519
 worldview here

00:26:46.519 --> 00:26:47.680
 is not a

00:26:47.680 --> 00:26:48.400
 wimpy worldview.

00:26:48.400 --> 00:26:50.240
 It stretches

00:26:50.240 --> 00:26:51.160
 over all of

00:26:51.160 --> 00:26:51.540
 history,

00:26:51.880 --> 00:26:52.720
 over all of

00:26:52.720 --> 00:26:53.340
 the earth,

00:26:53.840 --> 00:26:54.840
 to profoundly,

00:26:55.060 --> 00:26:55.740
 it profoundly

00:26:55.740 --> 00:26:57.060
 affects every

00:26:57.060 --> 00:26:58.140
 person in the

00:26:58.140 --> 00:26:59.160
 world and

00:26:59.160 --> 00:27:00.060
 every headline

00:27:00.060 --> 00:27:00.500
 on the

00:27:00.500 --> 00:27:00.840
 internet.

00:27:01.300 --> 00:27:02.140
 The spectacular

00:27:02.140 --> 00:27:03.400
 sin of

00:27:03.400 --> 00:27:03.920
 Adam,

00:27:04.519 --> 00:27:05.460
 which we

00:27:05.460 --> 00:27:06.340
 all suffer

00:27:06.340 --> 00:27:07.240
 the consequence

00:27:07.240 --> 00:27:07.660
 with,

00:27:07.780 --> 00:27:08.140
 of,

00:27:08.259 --> 00:27:08.960
 and agree

00:27:08.960 --> 00:27:09.540
 with,

00:27:09.540 --> 00:27:12.580
 is not as

00:27:12.580 --> 00:27:14.060
 great as

00:27:14.060 --> 00:27:15.280
 the spectacular

00:27:15.280 --> 00:27:16.660
 grace and

00:27:16.660 --> 00:27:17.440
 obedience of

00:27:17.440 --> 00:27:18.039
 Christ and

00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:19.100
 the gift of

00:27:19.100 --> 00:27:19.860
 eternal life

00:27:19.860 --> 00:27:20.340
 in him.

00:27:21.820 --> 00:27:22.140
 Indeed,

00:27:22.279 --> 00:27:22.880
 God's plan

00:27:22.880 --> 00:27:23.180
 from the

00:27:23.180 --> 00:27:23.680
 beginning was

00:27:23.680 --> 00:27:24.200
 that Adam,

00:27:24.400 --> 00:27:24.660
 as the

00:27:24.660 --> 00:27:25.100
 representative

00:27:25.100 --> 00:27:25.620
 head of

00:27:25.620 --> 00:27:25.980
 mankind,

00:27:26.840 --> 00:27:27.740
 would be

00:27:27.740 --> 00:27:28.500
 a kind

00:27:28.500 --> 00:27:29.259
 of Christ

00:27:29.259 --> 00:27:30.420
 as the

00:27:30.420 --> 00:27:31.299
 representative

00:27:31.299 --> 00:27:32.080
 head of

00:27:32.080 --> 00:27:32.700
 a new

00:27:32.700 --> 00:27:33.320
 mankind.

00:27:34.500 --> 00:27:35.140
 Verse 17

00:27:35.140 --> 00:27:35.580
 puts the

00:27:35.580 --> 00:27:36.019
 matter to

00:27:36.019 --> 00:27:36.559
 you very

00:27:36.559 --> 00:27:36.980
 personally.

00:27:37.140 --> 00:27:37.539
 So this is

00:27:37.539 --> 00:27:37.980
 it for you.

00:27:38.059 --> 00:27:38.340
 If you're

00:27:38.340 --> 00:27:39.000
 someone sitting

00:27:39.000 --> 00:27:39.920
 here and

00:27:39.920 --> 00:27:40.259
 you don't

00:27:40.259 --> 00:27:40.920
 know Jesus,

00:27:41.580 --> 00:27:42.299
 verse 17

00:27:42.299 --> 00:27:43.059
 puts it very

00:27:43.059 --> 00:27:43.880
 personally and

00:27:43.880 --> 00:27:45.160
 very urgently to

00:27:45.160 --> 00:27:45.960
 you right now.

00:27:46.120 --> 00:27:46.600
 Where do you

00:27:46.600 --> 00:27:47.299
 stand on this?

00:27:47.440 --> 00:27:48.259
 For if,

00:27:48.559 --> 00:27:49.120
 because of

00:27:49.120 --> 00:27:49.740
 one man's

00:27:49.740 --> 00:27:50.259
 trespass,

00:27:50.460 --> 00:27:51.299
 death reigns

00:27:51.299 --> 00:27:51.820
 through that

00:27:51.820 --> 00:27:52.519
 one man,

00:27:53.320 --> 00:27:53.920
 how much

00:27:53.920 --> 00:27:54.539
 more will

00:27:54.539 --> 00:27:55.019
 those who

00:27:55.019 --> 00:27:55.539
 receive the

00:27:55.539 --> 00:27:56.100
 abundance of

00:27:56.100 --> 00:27:56.539
 grace and

00:27:56.539 --> 00:27:57.059
 the free gift

00:27:57.059 --> 00:27:57.539
 of righteousness

00:27:57.539 --> 00:27:58.320
 reign in

00:27:58.320 --> 00:27:59.400
 life through

00:27:59.400 --> 00:28:00.160
 the one man

00:28:00.160 --> 00:28:00.980
 Christ Jesus?

00:28:01.960 --> 00:28:02.519
 Notice the

00:28:02.519 --> 00:28:03.019
 words very

00:28:03.019 --> 00:28:04.340
 carefully and

00:28:04.340 --> 00:28:05.180
 very personally.

00:28:06.420 --> 00:28:07.299
 Those who

00:28:07.299 --> 00:28:08.360
 receive the

00:28:08.360 --> 00:28:09.240
 abundance of

00:28:09.240 --> 00:28:10.259
 grace and

00:28:10.259 --> 00:28:11.059
 the free gift

00:28:11.059 --> 00:28:11.900
 of righteousness.

00:28:12.740 --> 00:28:13.680
 Those words

00:28:13.680 --> 00:28:14.820
 there are

00:28:14.820 --> 00:28:15.660
 precious words

00:28:15.660 --> 00:28:16.140
 for sinners.

00:28:16.279 --> 00:28:16.860
 The grace

00:28:16.860 --> 00:28:18.440
 is a gift.

00:28:19.620 --> 00:28:20.019
 The gift

00:28:20.019 --> 00:28:20.680
 is free.

00:28:22.259 --> 00:28:22.660
 The righteousness

00:28:22.660 --> 00:28:23.220
 of Christ

00:28:23.220 --> 00:28:23.900
 is free.

00:28:26.019 --> 00:28:26.720
 And so I

00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:27.320
 call on you

00:28:27.320 --> 00:28:27.700
 tonight.

00:28:27.840 --> 00:28:28.140
 Will you

00:28:28.140 --> 00:28:28.779
 receive it

00:28:28.779 --> 00:28:30.779
 as the hope

00:28:30.779 --> 00:28:31.259
 and treasure

00:28:31.259 --> 00:28:32.060
 of your life?

00:28:32.460 --> 00:28:33.019
 And if you

00:28:33.019 --> 00:28:34.160
 do, you

00:28:34.160 --> 00:28:35.140
 will reign in

00:28:35.140 --> 00:28:35.660
 life through

00:28:35.660 --> 00:28:36.259
 the one man

00:28:36.259 --> 00:28:37.060
 Christ Jesus.

00:28:37.060 --> 00:28:37.279
 Jesus.

00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:41.960
 Jesus has

00:28:41.960 --> 00:28:44.539
 reconciled you

00:28:44.539 --> 00:28:45.319
 to God.

00:28:47.119 --> 00:28:47.879
 And in

00:28:47.879 --> 00:28:48.579
 Ephesians 2,

00:28:48.660 --> 00:28:49.160
 which Sam

00:28:49.160 --> 00:28:49.799
 also read

00:28:49.799 --> 00:28:50.039
 out,

00:28:51.639 --> 00:28:53.019
 it's a

00:28:53.019 --> 00:28:53.460
 description

00:28:53.460 --> 00:28:55.460
 of how

00:28:55.460 --> 00:28:56.180
 the death

00:28:56.180 --> 00:28:56.579
 of Jesus

00:28:56.579 --> 00:28:57.460
 reconciled

00:28:57.460 --> 00:28:58.259
 us to one

00:28:58.259 --> 00:28:58.579
 another

00:28:58.579 --> 00:29:01.059
 across racial

00:29:01.059 --> 00:29:01.639
 lines.

00:29:02.879 --> 00:29:03.720
 Ephesians 2,

00:29:04.420 --> 00:29:04.920
 if you want to

00:29:04.920 --> 00:29:05.259
 go there in

00:29:05.259 --> 00:29:05.539
 your Bibles,

00:29:05.660 --> 00:29:06.139
 Ephesians 2

00:29:06.140 --> 00:29:06.759
 verse 11,

00:29:07.160 --> 00:29:09.060
 is a description

00:29:09.060 --> 00:29:10.620
 of the

00:29:10.620 --> 00:29:11.300
 division between

00:29:11.300 --> 00:29:11.680
 Jews and

00:29:11.680 --> 00:29:12.180
 Gentiles.

00:29:12.800 --> 00:29:13.920
 Verses 19

00:29:13.920 --> 00:29:14.600
 to 22

00:29:14.600 --> 00:29:16.080
 of Ephesians 2

00:29:16.080 --> 00:29:17.320
 is a description

00:29:17.320 --> 00:29:18.400
 of the

00:29:18.400 --> 00:29:19.060
 reconciliation

00:29:19.060 --> 00:29:20.480
 of Jews

00:29:20.480 --> 00:29:21.060
 and Gentiles

00:29:21.060 --> 00:29:21.420
 together.

00:29:22.780 --> 00:29:23.240
 Now keep

00:29:23.240 --> 00:29:23.940
 in mind here,

00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:24.440
 the division

00:29:24.440 --> 00:29:25.060
 between Jews

00:29:25.060 --> 00:29:25.759
 and Gentiles,

00:29:25.900 --> 00:29:26.400
 it's not

00:29:26.400 --> 00:29:26.800
 small,

00:29:26.900 --> 00:29:27.160
 it's not

00:29:27.160 --> 00:29:27.660
 simple,

00:29:27.880 --> 00:29:28.380
 it's not

00:29:28.380 --> 00:29:28.740
 shallow.

00:29:28.960 --> 00:29:29.680
 It is huge

00:29:29.680 --> 00:29:30.259
 and complex

00:29:30.259 --> 00:29:30.780
 and deep.

00:29:30.980 --> 00:29:31.280
 It was

00:29:31.280 --> 00:29:31.640
 religious,

00:29:31.840 --> 00:29:32.020
 it was

00:29:32.020 --> 00:29:32.420
 cultural,

00:29:32.520 --> 00:29:32.780
 it was

00:29:32.780 --> 00:29:33.200
 social,

00:29:33.340 --> 00:29:33.580
 it was

00:29:33.580 --> 00:29:34.040
 racial.

00:29:34.039 --> 00:29:35.059
 The divide

00:29:35.059 --> 00:29:35.960
 between Jew

00:29:35.960 --> 00:29:36.879
 and Gentile

00:29:36.879 --> 00:29:38.279
 was as big

00:29:38.279 --> 00:29:38.839
 or bigger

00:29:38.839 --> 00:29:39.480
 than any

00:29:39.480 --> 00:29:40.299
 divide on

00:29:40.299 --> 00:29:40.680
 the face

00:29:40.680 --> 00:29:40.859
 of the

00:29:40.859 --> 00:29:41.559
 human world

00:29:41.559 --> 00:29:41.899
 today.

00:29:43.659 --> 00:29:43.920
 And so

00:29:43.920 --> 00:29:44.680
 what happens

00:29:44.680 --> 00:29:45.539
 between verse

00:29:45.539 --> 00:29:46.779
 11 and

00:29:46.779 --> 00:29:47.920
 verse 19

00:29:47.920 --> 00:29:49.000
 that brings

00:29:49.000 --> 00:29:49.500
 about this

00:29:49.500 --> 00:29:50.039
 reconciliation?

00:29:51.519 --> 00:29:52.619
 There it is.

00:29:54.180 --> 00:29:55.119
 Jesus Christ,

00:29:55.379 --> 00:29:56.279
 the Son of God,

00:29:56.420 --> 00:29:57.559
 died and he

00:29:57.559 --> 00:29:59.039
 died by design.

00:29:59.119 --> 00:29:59.700
 You see it there

00:29:59.700 --> 00:30:00.079
 in the word

00:30:00.079 --> 00:30:01.220
 blood in

00:30:01.220 --> 00:30:02.159
 verse 13,

00:30:02.160 --> 00:30:02.600
 second half

00:30:02.600 --> 00:30:03.300
 verse 13,

00:30:03.660 --> 00:30:04.000
 you who

00:30:04.000 --> 00:30:04.580
 formerly were

00:30:04.580 --> 00:30:05.120
 far off

00:30:05.120 --> 00:30:05.400
 have been

00:30:05.400 --> 00:30:05.880
 brought near

00:30:05.880 --> 00:30:06.160
 by the

00:30:06.160 --> 00:30:06.460
 blood of

00:30:06.460 --> 00:30:06.779
 Christ.

00:30:06.960 --> 00:30:07.440
 You see it

00:30:07.440 --> 00:30:07.740
 in the word

00:30:07.740 --> 00:30:08.640
 flesh in

00:30:08.640 --> 00:30:09.460
 verse 15,

00:30:09.840 --> 00:30:10.740
 abolishing in

00:30:10.740 --> 00:30:11.480
 his flesh

00:30:11.480 --> 00:30:12.540
 the enmity.

00:30:12.940 --> 00:30:13.420
 And you see it

00:30:13.420 --> 00:30:13.740
 in the word

00:30:13.740 --> 00:30:14.500
 cross in

00:30:14.500 --> 00:30:15.300
 verse 16,

00:30:15.800 --> 00:30:16.240
 and might

00:30:16.240 --> 00:30:17.340
 reconcile

00:30:17.340 --> 00:30:18.300
 them both

00:30:18.300 --> 00:30:19.360
 in one body

00:30:19.360 --> 00:30:20.340
 to God

00:30:20.340 --> 00:30:21.380
 through the

00:30:21.380 --> 00:30:21.800
 cross.

00:30:22.220 --> 00:30:23.160
 And the rest

00:30:23.160 --> 00:30:23.940
 of this text

00:30:23.940 --> 00:30:25.300
 is Paul's

00:30:25.300 --> 00:30:26.279
 explanation of

00:30:26.279 --> 00:30:26.720
 how the

00:30:26.720 --> 00:30:27.259
 blood of

00:30:27.259 --> 00:30:27.720
 Christ,

00:30:28.080 --> 00:30:28.700
 his death

00:30:28.700 --> 00:30:29.820
 in the flesh

00:30:29.820 --> 00:30:30.940
 on the cross

00:30:30.940 --> 00:30:32.039
 removes the

00:30:32.039 --> 00:30:33.320
 enmity between

00:30:33.320 --> 00:30:34.480
 God and

00:30:34.480 --> 00:30:34.759
 Jew,

00:30:35.100 --> 00:30:35.940
 God and

00:30:35.940 --> 00:30:36.480
 Gentile,

00:30:36.799 --> 00:30:37.440
 and Jew

00:30:37.440 --> 00:30:38.360
 and Gentile.

00:30:39.279 --> 00:30:40.080
 All the

00:30:40.080 --> 00:30:40.720
 dividing walls

00:30:40.720 --> 00:30:41.000
 have been

00:30:41.000 --> 00:30:41.720
 broken down.

00:30:43.700 --> 00:30:44.360
 And therefore,

00:30:44.559 --> 00:30:45.519
 by implication

00:30:45.519 --> 00:30:46.799
 between every

00:30:46.799 --> 00:30:47.759
 ethnic group of

00:30:47.759 --> 00:30:48.279
 Christians who

00:30:48.279 --> 00:30:48.960
 are in Christ,

00:30:49.559 --> 00:30:51.000
 from many

00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:52.480
 different blood

00:30:52.480 --> 00:30:53.019
 lines,

00:30:53.340 --> 00:30:54.140
 through the

00:30:54.140 --> 00:30:54.500
 blood of

00:30:54.500 --> 00:30:54.860
 Jesus,

00:30:55.240 --> 00:30:55.840
 we have been

00:30:55.840 --> 00:30:56.580
 brought into

00:30:56.580 --> 00:30:57.580
 one blood

00:30:57.580 --> 00:30:57.880
 line.

00:30:57.880 --> 00:31:03.600
 God

00:31:03.600 --> 00:31:04.260
 ordained the

00:31:04.260 --> 00:31:04.580
 death of

00:31:04.580 --> 00:31:05.200
 his son to

00:31:05.200 --> 00:31:05.900
 reconcile

00:31:05.900 --> 00:31:06.880
 alien people

00:31:06.880 --> 00:31:07.720
 groups together

00:31:07.720 --> 00:31:09.080
 to each

00:31:09.080 --> 00:31:10.480
 other as

00:31:10.480 --> 00:31:10.940
 one body

00:31:10.940 --> 00:31:11.600
 in Christ.

00:31:14.120 --> 00:31:14.680
 Friends,

00:31:14.860 --> 00:31:15.600
 Christ died.

00:31:15.740 --> 00:31:17.080
 There's massive

00:31:17.080 --> 00:31:17.880
 implications for

00:31:17.880 --> 00:31:18.300
 the death of

00:31:18.300 --> 00:31:18.500
 Christ.

00:31:18.600 --> 00:31:19.060
 Here's one.

00:31:19.500 --> 00:31:20.180
 Christ died to

00:31:20.180 --> 00:31:21.000
 take pride away

00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:21.900
 from our hearts

00:31:21.900 --> 00:31:23.740
 towards all

00:31:23.740 --> 00:31:24.540
 other people,

00:31:24.700 --> 00:31:25.280
 whatever their

00:31:25.280 --> 00:31:26.160
 race might be,

00:31:26.160 --> 00:31:27.320
 and whatever

00:31:27.320 --> 00:31:27.800
 their status

00:31:27.800 --> 00:31:28.300
 in Jesus

00:31:28.300 --> 00:31:28.920
 might be.

00:31:29.480 --> 00:31:29.900
 Racial

00:31:29.900 --> 00:31:30.860
 tensions are

00:31:30.860 --> 00:31:31.700
 rife with

00:31:31.700 --> 00:31:32.220
 pride.

00:31:32.840 --> 00:31:33.440
 The pride of

00:31:33.440 --> 00:31:34.120
 white supremacy,

00:31:34.360 --> 00:31:35.120
 the pride of

00:31:35.120 --> 00:31:35.820
 black power,

00:31:36.200 --> 00:31:36.779
 the pride of

00:31:36.779 --> 00:31:37.800
 intellectual analysis,

00:31:38.040 --> 00:31:38.560
 the pride of

00:31:38.560 --> 00:31:40.040
 anti-intellectual

00:31:40.040 --> 00:31:40.620
 scorn,

00:31:40.980 --> 00:31:41.560
 the pride of

00:31:41.560 --> 00:31:42.279
 a loud verbal

00:31:42.279 --> 00:31:42.640
 attack,

00:31:42.740 --> 00:31:43.320
 the pride of

00:31:43.320 --> 00:31:44.000
 a despising

00:31:44.000 --> 00:31:44.580
 silence,

00:31:44.980 --> 00:31:45.519
 the pride that

00:31:45.519 --> 00:31:46.180
 feels secure,

00:31:46.340 --> 00:31:46.900
 the pride that

00:31:46.900 --> 00:31:47.700
 masks fear.

00:31:49.540 --> 00:31:50.960
 Where pride

00:31:50.960 --> 00:31:52.320
 holds sway,

00:31:52.740 --> 00:31:53.580
 there is no

00:31:53.580 --> 00:31:54.500
 hope for the

00:31:54.500 --> 00:31:55.400
 kind of listening

00:31:55.400 --> 00:31:56.800
 and patience

00:31:56.800 --> 00:31:58.380
 and understanding

00:31:58.380 --> 00:31:59.220
 and openness

00:31:59.220 --> 00:31:59.900
 to correction

00:31:59.900 --> 00:32:01.360
 that mature

00:32:01.360 --> 00:32:02.580
 relationships

00:32:02.580 --> 00:32:03.740
 require.

00:32:05.560 --> 00:32:07.000
 The gospel of

00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:08.080
 Jesus breaks

00:32:08.080 --> 00:32:08.900
 the power of

00:32:08.900 --> 00:32:09.320
 pride.

00:32:09.840 --> 00:32:10.720
 It reveals the

00:32:10.720 --> 00:32:12.320
 magnitude and

00:32:12.320 --> 00:32:13.560
 the ugliness and

00:32:13.560 --> 00:32:14.920
 the deadliness of

00:32:14.920 --> 00:32:16.380
 it, even as it

00:32:16.380 --> 00:32:17.440
 provides deliverance

00:32:17.440 --> 00:32:17.940
 from it.

00:32:18.360 --> 00:32:18.980
 Jesus' death on

00:32:18.980 --> 00:32:19.640
 the cross for our

00:32:19.640 --> 00:32:21.340
 salvation is pure

00:32:21.340 --> 00:32:22.600
 devastation for

00:32:22.600 --> 00:32:23.019
 pride.

00:32:23.019 --> 00:32:23.079
 pride.

00:32:24.279 --> 00:32:24.940
 Nick read it

00:32:24.940 --> 00:32:25.400
 out to us,

00:32:25.440 --> 00:32:25.819
 I'll read it

00:32:25.819 --> 00:32:26.119
 again.

00:32:26.279 --> 00:32:27.039
 For by grace

00:32:27.039 --> 00:32:27.740
 you've been saved

00:32:27.740 --> 00:32:28.460
 through faith,

00:32:28.660 --> 00:32:29.460
 and this is not

00:32:29.460 --> 00:32:29.900
 of your own

00:32:29.900 --> 00:32:30.579
 doing, it is a

00:32:30.579 --> 00:32:31.319
 gift from God,

00:32:31.579 --> 00:32:32.920
 not a result of

00:32:32.920 --> 00:32:34.160
 works, so that

00:32:34.160 --> 00:32:35.559
 no one can

00:32:35.559 --> 00:32:36.180
 boast.

00:32:37.859 --> 00:32:39.180
 Jesus saves us

00:32:39.180 --> 00:32:40.500
 by grace alone,

00:32:40.660 --> 00:32:41.819
 so that we would

00:32:41.819 --> 00:32:42.960
 boast in him

00:32:42.960 --> 00:32:44.660
 alone, and that

00:32:44.660 --> 00:32:46.279
 verse shatters

00:32:46.279 --> 00:32:46.799
 pride.

00:32:46.799 --> 00:32:52.299
 imagine what

00:32:52.299 --> 00:32:53.500
 ethnic and racial

00:32:53.500 --> 00:32:55.259
 controversies would

00:32:55.259 --> 00:32:57.819
 look like if all

00:32:57.819 --> 00:32:58.619
 the participants

00:32:58.619 --> 00:33:00.379
 were dead to

00:33:00.379 --> 00:33:02.460
 pride and deeply

00:33:02.460 --> 00:33:03.819
 humble before God

00:33:03.819 --> 00:33:05.000
 and each other.

00:33:06.200 --> 00:33:06.899
 Imagine what it

00:33:06.899 --> 00:33:07.419
 would look like for

00:33:07.419 --> 00:33:08.299
 us as a church if

00:33:08.299 --> 00:33:09.220
 we took seriously

00:33:09.220 --> 00:33:09.960
 our core value

00:33:09.960 --> 00:33:10.539
 written on the

00:33:10.539 --> 00:33:11.240
 wall out there

00:33:11.240 --> 00:33:12.379
 called humble

00:33:12.379 --> 00:33:13.319
 authenticity.

00:33:13.319 --> 00:33:19.439
 God's plan is not

00:33:19.439 --> 00:33:19.919
 just that the

00:33:19.919 --> 00:33:20.720
 gospel will go to

00:33:20.720 --> 00:33:22.539
 all peoples, but

00:33:22.539 --> 00:33:23.460
 that all peoples

00:33:23.460 --> 00:33:24.240
 would be brought

00:33:24.240 --> 00:33:25.579
 together through the

00:33:25.579 --> 00:33:26.740
 gospel to form one

00:33:26.740 --> 00:33:28.000
 people in Christ.

00:33:29.359 --> 00:33:30.679
 And God is calling

00:33:30.679 --> 00:33:31.539
 the peoples of this

00:33:31.539 --> 00:33:33.799
 world to share in a

00:33:33.799 --> 00:33:35.279
 community that

00:33:35.279 --> 00:33:38.339
 includes their worst

00:33:38.339 --> 00:33:42.179
 enemies and

00:33:42.179 --> 00:33:43.399
 reconciles them

00:33:43.399 --> 00:33:44.919
 with those who

00:33:44.919 --> 00:33:46.659
 worship and

00:33:46.659 --> 00:33:48.199
 live in other

00:33:48.199 --> 00:33:49.339
 ways than them.

00:33:50.480 --> 00:33:51.559
 And if this is the

00:33:51.559 --> 00:33:52.679
 design of God,

00:33:53.439 --> 00:33:54.859
 then we will not

00:33:54.859 --> 00:33:57.199
 display and we

00:33:57.199 --> 00:33:58.740
 will not magnify

00:33:58.740 --> 00:34:00.039
 the cross of Christ

00:34:00.039 --> 00:34:02.579
 better than by

00:34:02.579 --> 00:34:03.859
 more and deeper

00:34:03.859 --> 00:34:05.459
 and sweeter ethnic

00:34:05.459 --> 00:34:07.000
 diversity and humble

00:34:07.000 --> 00:34:08.460
 unity in our

00:34:08.460 --> 00:34:09.420
 worship and our

00:34:09.420 --> 00:34:10.340
 life together at

00:34:10.340 --> 00:34:10.980
 St. Paul's.

00:34:12.420 --> 00:34:13.619
 The gospel demands

00:34:13.619 --> 00:34:15.119
 that it gets

00:34:15.119 --> 00:34:16.159
 proclaimed to all

00:34:16.159 --> 00:34:17.320
 peoples of all

00:34:17.320 --> 00:34:19.139
 ethnicities, but it

00:34:19.139 --> 00:34:21.980
 also demands that

00:34:21.980 --> 00:34:24.360
 all old culturally

00:34:24.360 --> 00:34:25.980
 driven worldviews

00:34:25.980 --> 00:34:27.179
 regarding racial

00:34:27.179 --> 00:34:28.699
 prejudices be

00:34:28.699 --> 00:34:30.519
 completely abandoned

00:34:30.519 --> 00:34:32.179
 by the new people

00:34:32.179 --> 00:34:32.659
 of God.

00:34:33.960 --> 00:34:34.940
 And we're going to

00:34:34.940 --> 00:34:35.880
 explore that a

00:34:35.880 --> 00:34:36.579
 little bit more in

00:34:36.579 --> 00:34:37.380
 the coming weeks.

00:34:38.159 --> 00:34:38.539
 Amen.