WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.520 Well, I want us to look at Luke 30 verses 10-17. 00:00:05.780 --> 00:00:08.400 And I suppose the question that I've been asking myself this week, 00:00:08.400 --> 00:00:10.679 ! What is the biggest barrier in my Christian life? 00:00:11.279 --> 00:00:12.980 ! What's the biggest barrier to my growth? 00:00:14.200 --> 00:00:17.320 What's the biggest barrier to my witness? 00:00:18.039 --> 00:00:19.940 In speaking to people that I love? 00:00:20.920 --> 00:00:23.219 Speaking to people who are my friends, 00:00:23.359 --> 00:00:24.539 some people who are in my family. 00:00:25.260 --> 00:00:28.640 What's the biggest barrier I have to kind of living the gospel out before them 00:00:28.640 --> 00:00:30.320 and speaking to them about the gospel? 00:00:30.620 --> 00:00:32.500 Many people think it's an issue of confidence. 00:00:34.340 --> 00:00:35.420 Confidence in knowing the message. 00:00:35.420 --> 00:00:36.659 I don't think that. 00:00:38.039 --> 00:00:40.880 I expect most of you here today, not all of you, but most of you, 00:00:41.679 --> 00:00:44.620 have been Christians long enough that you can simply explain 00:00:44.620 --> 00:00:46.640 the good news of the Lord Jesus in your own words. 00:00:46.700 --> 00:00:47.359 You can do that. 00:00:48.340 --> 00:00:49.500 You can say what he's done. 00:00:49.600 --> 00:00:51.799 You can say that he died for me. 00:00:52.480 --> 00:00:54.460 And for most of us, that is not the issue. 00:00:54.540 --> 00:00:55.560 We can explain it. 00:00:55.560 --> 00:01:00.320 I have found the biggest barrier in my Christian life is my character. 00:01:01.320 --> 00:01:02.219 It's my character. 00:01:04.299 --> 00:01:06.280 But what has happened to us as Christians? 00:01:06.420 --> 00:01:07.960 God has called us, hasn't he, to be his children. 00:01:08.900 --> 00:01:10.700 He's called us to be in Christ. 00:01:11.820 --> 00:01:16.500 He's called us to declare his praises to the world around us. 00:01:16.939 --> 00:01:22.480 To show his unconditional, unchangeable, faithful love to the people I live amongst. 00:01:22.480 --> 00:01:26.659 And yet so often I find in my life, I don't know about yours, 00:01:26.840 --> 00:01:30.240 it is littered with examples of how I fail to do that. 00:01:31.219 --> 00:01:32.960 Sometimes it's the moment of madness, isn't it? 00:01:33.040 --> 00:01:34.280 Losing my rag. 00:01:35.300 --> 00:01:38.520 And blowing your top. 00:01:39.460 --> 00:01:40.800 And you do it in front of people. 00:01:41.700 --> 00:01:45.460 In front of family or friends or work colleagues that you've been praying for. 00:01:46.320 --> 00:01:47.260 And it's pretty embarrassing. 00:01:48.260 --> 00:01:50.300 But often it's not a moment of madness. 00:01:50.400 --> 00:01:51.380 Most of the time it's not, is it? 00:01:53.020 --> 00:01:55.140 But I don't know about you, but I look at my non-Christian friends 00:01:55.140 --> 00:01:57.100 and I often find that they are more loyal, 00:01:58.060 --> 00:01:59.100 they are more generous, 00:02:00.080 --> 00:02:02.280 and they seem more loving. 00:02:04.000 --> 00:02:06.080 And the main problem with my Christian life, 00:02:06.600 --> 00:02:08.599 and I suppose if you want to call it my evangelism, 00:02:08.659 --> 00:02:09.960 is my self-centred life. 00:02:09.960 --> 00:02:13.080 Now I think as we look at this section in Luke's Gospel, 00:02:13.700 --> 00:02:17.620 particularly as we go through chapter 13 over the next few weeks, 00:02:18.040 --> 00:02:19.420 we're going to see the Lord Jesus, 00:02:19.800 --> 00:02:22.140 who is wonderfully loving, 00:02:23.300 --> 00:02:26.400 and wonderfully other-person-centred, 00:02:26.659 --> 00:02:29.840 longing to bring people into his kingdom. 00:02:29.840 --> 00:02:33.219 And yet we're also going to see a dark side. 00:02:33.960 --> 00:02:36.180 We're going to see the religious hypocrites. 00:02:37.300 --> 00:02:39.120 And too often, as you read Luke 13, 00:02:39.219 --> 00:02:40.960 I find myself siding with them, 00:02:41.120 --> 00:02:42.280 and not with the Lord Jesus. 00:02:43.020 --> 00:02:44.640 Now the context of where we are, 00:02:44.920 --> 00:02:47.180 is we are in the longest section of Luke. 00:02:47.580 --> 00:02:49.780 And it started in chapter 9, verse 51. 00:02:50.020 --> 00:02:50.460 Can you see that? 00:02:50.620 --> 00:02:53.539 He sets off, resolutely, 00:02:54.620 --> 00:02:56.659 he set his face to go to Jerusalem. 00:02:56.659 --> 00:02:59.740 And it goes right away through to chapter 19, 00:02:59.840 --> 00:03:02.379 that's the section, the journey section. 00:03:03.020 --> 00:03:04.740 He's setting off, resolutely, 00:03:05.340 --> 00:03:07.579 to the place where he knows he's going to die. 00:03:08.620 --> 00:03:10.579 And it seems like suicidal madness. 00:03:11.639 --> 00:03:14.159 But we know, don't we, those of us who know Luke's Gospel, 00:03:14.319 --> 00:03:15.859 actually that is the heart of his mission. 00:03:16.699 --> 00:03:18.259 And the context of this journey, 00:03:18.719 --> 00:03:20.939 the context of him setting off to Jerusalem, 00:03:21.539 --> 00:03:24.019 he teaches his disciples what his kingdom, 00:03:24.020 --> 00:03:28.320 what it's going to be like to live under the reign of King Jesus. 00:03:28.600 --> 00:03:31.820 What it's going to be like to follow him down through the ages. 00:03:32.760 --> 00:03:35.640 It's a kingdom where people are accepted, 00:03:36.000 --> 00:03:37.980 as they accept Jesus as King. 00:03:38.260 --> 00:03:41.040 As people say that Jesus Christ is Lord, 00:03:41.540 --> 00:03:42.939 they come under his lordship, 00:03:43.020 --> 00:03:44.320 they take on his yoke. 00:03:44.660 --> 00:03:48.060 As they humbly repent of living for themselves, 00:03:48.620 --> 00:03:50.000 and they accept the forgiveness 00:03:50.000 --> 00:03:52.260 that Jesus unconditionally offers, 00:03:52.259 --> 00:03:53.599 they come into the kingdom. 00:03:55.039 --> 00:03:56.099 But it's also a kingdom 00:03:56.099 --> 00:03:59.139 that we've not yet fully experienced yet. 00:03:59.879 --> 00:04:01.299 Jesus is teaching us 00:04:01.299 --> 00:04:03.259 that there's going to be a perfection 00:04:03.259 --> 00:04:04.599 of the kingdom 00:04:04.599 --> 00:04:06.000 when he returns. 00:04:06.379 --> 00:04:08.379 The now and the not yet. 00:04:08.539 --> 00:04:09.199 We live in the now. 00:04:09.259 --> 00:04:10.219 We've just sung a bit, haven't we? 00:04:10.680 --> 00:04:12.579 Today is the Lord's day. 00:04:13.060 --> 00:04:13.959 It is the Sabbath rest. 00:04:14.060 --> 00:04:16.279 It is a picture of the rest of God 00:04:16.279 --> 00:04:18.259 in Genesis 1. 00:04:18.339 --> 00:04:19.659 It is a picture of the freedom, 00:04:19.660 --> 00:04:22.360 the rest that the people of Israel enjoyed in Exodus. 00:04:22.720 --> 00:04:25.560 It is a picture of the rest that we know in Christ. 00:04:27.100 --> 00:04:28.920 But we're not perfectly at rest, are we? 00:04:29.420 --> 00:04:31.920 We look forward, Hebrews 4, 00:04:32.400 --> 00:04:34.540 to the rest of God in eternity. 00:04:34.920 --> 00:04:35.980 We're not there yet. 00:04:36.260 --> 00:04:37.580 The kingdom has come. 00:04:37.879 --> 00:04:38.680 It is here. 00:04:38.960 --> 00:04:40.020 It is among us. 00:04:40.660 --> 00:04:41.760 And yet it is still to come. 00:04:41.759 --> 00:04:44.199 When he comes, 00:04:44.279 --> 00:04:45.379 he will come to judge the world. 00:04:45.480 --> 00:04:47.699 Look at verse 49 of chapter 12. 00:04:48.500 --> 00:04:49.699 He is the fire starter. 00:04:50.899 --> 00:04:53.000 And Jesus' teaching brings him into contact, 00:04:53.139 --> 00:04:54.939 conflict with the Jewish rulers of his day, 00:04:55.259 --> 00:04:56.219 the Bible experts, 00:04:56.599 --> 00:04:57.699 which is who the Pharisees were. 00:04:57.939 --> 00:04:59.519 They were the experts in the scriptures. 00:05:00.620 --> 00:05:01.639 The synagogue rulers, 00:05:01.779 --> 00:05:02.959 the pastors of the day, 00:05:03.360 --> 00:05:03.899 the elders. 00:05:05.199 --> 00:05:06.779 And you see with them, 00:05:07.120 --> 00:05:08.339 they don't see the need 00:05:08.339 --> 00:05:10.420 of an attitude of humble repentance. 00:05:10.420 --> 00:05:12.379 Because they think 00:05:12.379 --> 00:05:13.480 they are already 00:05:13.480 --> 00:05:15.080 on the right side of God. 00:05:15.759 --> 00:05:17.400 And as we go through this section, 00:05:17.520 --> 00:05:18.879 this chapter in the next few weeks, 00:05:19.439 --> 00:05:19.980 we're going to see 00:05:19.980 --> 00:05:21.560 that it's very easy for you and I 00:05:21.560 --> 00:05:22.900 to be self-righteous like them. 00:05:24.580 --> 00:05:26.639 Rather than humble like the Lord Jesus. 00:05:27.360 --> 00:05:28.860 So I want to do those two things this morning. 00:05:28.920 --> 00:05:29.819 I want to draw that contrast. 00:05:29.960 --> 00:05:30.460 First of all, 00:05:30.920 --> 00:05:31.819 I want us to see Jesus 00:05:31.819 --> 00:05:33.400 the compassionate freedom giver. 00:05:34.360 --> 00:05:37.540 Jesus the compassionate freedom giver. 00:05:37.600 --> 00:05:38.520 That's what Jesus is doing. 00:05:38.720 --> 00:05:39.280 Giving freedom. 00:05:39.400 --> 00:05:40.100 Look at verse 10. 00:05:40.420 --> 00:05:41.340 Of Luke 13. 00:05:43.520 --> 00:05:44.500 Now he was teaching 00:05:44.500 --> 00:05:46.020 in one of the synagogues 00:05:46.020 --> 00:05:46.960 on the Sabbath day. 00:05:47.900 --> 00:05:48.220 And behold, 00:05:48.280 --> 00:05:48.800 there was a woman 00:05:48.800 --> 00:05:51.000 who had had a disabling spirit 00:05:51.000 --> 00:05:52.580 for 18 years. 00:05:53.360 --> 00:05:54.280 She was bent over 00:05:54.280 --> 00:05:55.840 and could not 00:05:55.840 --> 00:05:57.020 straighten herself. 00:05:58.220 --> 00:05:59.860 The Sabbath was the day, 00:06:00.700 --> 00:06:01.180 of course, 00:06:01.220 --> 00:06:02.620 when people gathered to hear 00:06:02.620 --> 00:06:03.580 the Bible, 00:06:03.700 --> 00:06:04.220 the scriptures, 00:06:04.460 --> 00:06:04.920 taught 00:06:04.920 --> 00:06:06.660 and discussed them 00:06:06.660 --> 00:06:07.200 in the synagogue. 00:06:07.199 --> 00:06:08.899 And this woman 00:06:08.899 --> 00:06:10.639 had been coming week by week 00:06:10.639 --> 00:06:11.860 and she was doubled up 00:06:11.860 --> 00:06:12.500 in pain. 00:06:12.500 --> 00:06:13.959 We can think of people like that, 00:06:14.040 --> 00:06:14.339 can't we? 00:06:14.680 --> 00:06:15.439 We can think of people 00:06:15.439 --> 00:06:16.800 maybe in our family 00:06:16.800 --> 00:06:17.899 or on our street. 00:06:18.540 --> 00:06:20.220 They struggle to stand up 00:06:20.220 --> 00:06:22.720 and they struggle to sit down 00:06:22.720 --> 00:06:25.019 and their back bows, 00:06:25.120 --> 00:06:26.000 they're hunched over 00:06:26.000 --> 00:06:27.459 and their shoulders 00:06:27.459 --> 00:06:28.740 are permanently hunched. 00:06:28.980 --> 00:06:29.779 And it's painful 00:06:29.779 --> 00:06:31.100 getting up in the morning. 00:06:31.480 --> 00:06:33.160 It's painful getting dressed. 00:06:33.740 --> 00:06:34.920 It's painful to get down 00:06:34.920 --> 00:06:35.540 the stairs. 00:06:35.860 --> 00:06:36.840 It's painful to get 00:06:36.840 --> 00:06:37.360 the breakfast. 00:06:37.800 --> 00:06:39.060 It's painful to sit down 00:06:39.060 --> 00:06:39.680 on a seat. 00:06:40.400 --> 00:06:41.040 And that is with 00:06:41.040 --> 00:06:41.740 modern medicine, 00:06:41.840 --> 00:06:42.180 isn't it? 00:06:42.939 --> 00:06:43.920 That is with old people 00:06:43.920 --> 00:06:45.080 popping loads of pills. 00:06:46.440 --> 00:06:47.440 That's with modern medicine. 00:06:48.280 --> 00:06:49.400 I cannot imagine 00:06:49.400 --> 00:06:50.260 the agonies 00:06:50.260 --> 00:06:51.560 of this woman's life. 00:06:51.660 --> 00:06:52.320 It was John Chapman 00:06:52.320 --> 00:06:52.820 that used to say, 00:06:52.900 --> 00:06:54.300 growing old is the pits. 00:06:54.920 --> 00:06:55.620 And it is, 00:06:55.800 --> 00:06:56.220 isn't it? 00:06:56.640 --> 00:06:58.020 When you're really old 00:06:58.020 --> 00:06:58.800 and when you're struggling 00:06:58.800 --> 00:06:59.600 with health 00:06:59.600 --> 00:07:00.800 and when there's pain, 00:07:00.800 --> 00:07:02.660 here's the agony 00:07:02.660 --> 00:07:03.720 of this woman's life. 00:07:04.220 --> 00:07:05.259 But she's at the synagogue. 00:07:06.300 --> 00:07:07.100 And Luke tells us 00:07:07.100 --> 00:07:07.780 it is a spirit, 00:07:07.860 --> 00:07:08.840 a disabling spirit 00:07:08.840 --> 00:07:09.819 that is afflicting her. 00:07:10.400 --> 00:07:11.759 It's not a normal ailment. 00:07:11.860 --> 00:07:13.000 Look at verse 12. 00:07:14.699 --> 00:07:15.780 When Jesus saw her, 00:07:15.840 --> 00:07:16.560 he called her over 00:07:16.560 --> 00:07:18.180 and said to her, 00:07:19.280 --> 00:07:19.699 woman, 00:07:20.100 --> 00:07:21.120 you are free 00:07:21.120 --> 00:07:22.000 from your disability. 00:07:23.879 --> 00:07:25.120 It's so simple, isn't it? 00:07:27.000 --> 00:07:29.360 Jesus sees her suffering. 00:07:29.360 --> 00:07:31.819 She doesn't come to him 00:07:31.819 --> 00:07:32.420 for healing. 00:07:33.000 --> 00:07:33.840 In grace, 00:07:33.960 --> 00:07:34.600 the Lord Jesus, 00:07:34.840 --> 00:07:36.020 he takes the initiative. 00:07:36.439 --> 00:07:38.280 In tenderness and love, 00:07:38.600 --> 00:07:39.800 he calls her over. 00:07:40.139 --> 00:07:41.280 There's no great struggle, 00:07:41.360 --> 00:07:41.720 is there? 00:07:42.340 --> 00:07:44.420 There's no all-night praying, 00:07:44.800 --> 00:07:45.340 prayer meeting. 00:07:45.600 --> 00:07:47.560 There is no prolonged appeal. 00:07:48.720 --> 00:07:49.840 Begging the Lord, 00:07:49.980 --> 00:07:51.280 twisting the Lord's back 00:07:51.280 --> 00:07:52.080 behind his arm 00:07:52.080 --> 00:07:52.520 for healing. 00:07:52.960 --> 00:07:54.400 His arm behind his back 00:07:54.400 --> 00:07:54.660 for healing. 00:07:54.939 --> 00:07:56.199 It is just the unstoppable 00:07:56.199 --> 00:07:57.639 power of Jesus Christ, 00:07:57.740 --> 00:07:58.060 isn't it? 00:07:58.060 --> 00:08:01.000 He simply declares her free. 00:08:02.079 --> 00:08:04.079 Sat free from the daily struggle 00:08:04.079 --> 00:08:05.439 against spiritual bondage. 00:08:05.500 --> 00:08:06.259 Look at verse 13. 00:08:07.639 --> 00:08:09.300 He laid his hands on her 00:08:09.300 --> 00:08:11.220 and immediately 00:08:11.220 --> 00:08:12.360 she was made straight. 00:08:13.399 --> 00:08:14.519 And she glorified God. 00:08:14.579 --> 00:08:15.319 You bet she did. 00:08:17.079 --> 00:08:18.220 Imagine the relief. 00:08:19.240 --> 00:08:20.860 The joy from being bent 00:08:20.860 --> 00:08:22.040 double with pain. 00:08:22.040 --> 00:08:23.160 Pain filled 00:08:23.160 --> 00:08:24.800 to standing upright, 00:08:25.319 --> 00:08:25.879 upright, 00:08:25.879 --> 00:08:26.819 pain free 00:08:26.819 --> 00:08:28.199 in a touch. 00:08:28.699 --> 00:08:28.959 You see, 00:08:29.019 --> 00:08:29.959 Jesus is the compassionate 00:08:29.959 --> 00:08:30.719 freedom giver. 00:08:31.120 --> 00:08:31.959 He is the one who sees 00:08:31.959 --> 00:08:33.360 the brokenness and the pain. 00:08:34.080 --> 00:08:35.439 He sees the suffering of people 00:08:35.439 --> 00:08:36.639 and he acts to save them. 00:08:37.659 --> 00:08:38.439 In Luke's gospel, 00:08:38.559 --> 00:08:39.500 Jesus is most commonly 00:08:39.500 --> 00:08:40.460 called the saviour. 00:08:41.460 --> 00:08:42.299 But it's a word that can 00:08:42.299 --> 00:08:43.240 equally be translated 00:08:43.240 --> 00:08:44.080 as the healer. 00:08:45.000 --> 00:08:46.120 So while King Jesus 00:08:46.120 --> 00:08:46.980 is on earth, 00:08:47.299 --> 00:08:48.059 he shows that 00:08:48.059 --> 00:08:48.960 his kingdom 00:08:48.960 --> 00:08:51.139 is going to be one 00:08:51.139 --> 00:08:52.720 in which all the products 00:08:52.720 --> 00:08:53.340 of sin 00:08:53.340 --> 00:08:54.160 are destroyed. 00:08:55.060 --> 00:08:55.620 Sickness, 00:08:56.200 --> 00:08:56.620 suffering, 00:08:57.120 --> 00:08:58.019 and eventually 00:08:58.019 --> 00:08:58.860 death. 00:09:00.100 --> 00:09:00.720 King Jesus 00:09:00.720 --> 00:09:01.820 can set us free 00:09:01.820 --> 00:09:02.639 from the war. 00:09:03.000 --> 00:09:03.920 And he will 00:09:03.920 --> 00:09:04.500 one day 00:09:04.500 --> 00:09:05.000 fully 00:09:05.000 --> 00:09:06.220 and finally 00:09:06.220 --> 00:09:07.100 when he returns. 00:09:08.100 --> 00:09:09.200 Then we will enjoy 00:09:09.200 --> 00:09:10.340 fully the benefits 00:09:10.340 --> 00:09:11.580 of being his people. 00:09:12.660 --> 00:09:13.639 But at the heart 00:09:13.639 --> 00:09:14.340 of the freedom 00:09:14.340 --> 00:09:15.060 King Jesus' 00:09:15.280 --> 00:09:15.639 offering 00:09:15.639 --> 00:09:17.639 is the freedom 00:09:17.639 --> 00:09:18.399 from the punishment 00:09:18.399 --> 00:09:19.519 that our sin deserves. 00:09:20.980 --> 00:09:21.679 Freedom from 00:09:21.679 --> 00:09:22.539 the enslavement 00:09:22.539 --> 00:09:23.240 to the devil 00:09:23.240 --> 00:09:24.419 as those who 00:09:24.419 --> 00:09:25.799 follow the devil's lies. 00:09:27.199 --> 00:09:28.100 That life 00:09:28.100 --> 00:09:29.500 lived in rebellion, 00:09:29.659 --> 00:09:30.580 that is the best life, 00:09:30.639 --> 00:09:30.819 isn't it? 00:09:30.819 --> 00:09:32.220 That's the great devil's lie. 00:09:32.580 --> 00:09:33.139 That life 00:09:33.139 --> 00:09:34.600 lived in rebellion 00:09:34.600 --> 00:09:35.379 from God 00:09:35.379 --> 00:09:36.080 is one of true 00:09:36.080 --> 00:09:36.639 fulfilment. 00:09:37.000 --> 00:09:37.980 And that is the lie 00:09:37.980 --> 00:09:38.879 that we see time 00:09:38.879 --> 00:09:39.879 and again and again. 00:09:41.720 --> 00:09:42.279 Our non-Christian 00:09:42.279 --> 00:09:43.120 friends and family 00:09:43.120 --> 00:09:43.539 following 00:09:43.539 --> 00:09:45.340 a life 00:09:45.340 --> 00:09:46.200 where they believe 00:09:46.200 --> 00:09:47.280 that being in rebellion 00:09:47.280 --> 00:09:48.019 against God 00:09:48.019 --> 00:09:48.660 is the one of 00:09:48.660 --> 00:09:49.519 true fulfilment. 00:09:49.899 --> 00:09:50.580 That's what I think. 00:09:51.980 --> 00:09:52.879 And that is the true 00:09:52.879 --> 00:09:53.340 slavery 00:09:53.340 --> 00:09:55.700 that this woman's 00:09:55.700 --> 00:09:56.759 physical suffering 00:09:56.759 --> 00:09:58.139 points you to. 00:09:58.680 --> 00:09:59.220 For slavery 00:09:59.220 --> 00:09:59.759 to sin. 00:10:01.360 --> 00:10:02.019 Now because some of you 00:10:02.019 --> 00:10:02.480 are thinking it, 00:10:02.519 --> 00:10:03.000 let me just say 00:10:03.000 --> 00:10:03.780 the Bible does not 00:10:03.780 --> 00:10:04.580 directly link 00:10:04.580 --> 00:10:05.360 sickness to sin, 00:10:05.420 --> 00:10:05.740 does it? 00:10:06.300 --> 00:10:07.259 If you've got a cold 00:10:07.259 --> 00:10:08.180 this morning like I have, 00:10:08.200 --> 00:10:08.820 it's not because you 00:10:08.820 --> 00:10:09.580 gossiped about your 00:10:09.580 --> 00:10:10.440 neighbour last week. 00:10:11.360 --> 00:10:12.680 The Bible does say 00:10:12.680 --> 00:10:13.700 that sickness 00:10:13.700 --> 00:10:14.620 and suffering 00:10:14.620 --> 00:10:15.480 are in the world 00:10:15.480 --> 00:10:16.360 because of sin. 00:10:16.960 --> 00:10:17.399 We learnt that 00:10:17.399 --> 00:10:17.919 last week, 00:10:17.960 --> 00:10:18.120 didn't we? 00:10:18.120 --> 00:10:18.659 You see that 00:10:18.659 --> 00:10:20.299 in verses 1-9. 00:10:21.519 --> 00:10:22.120 That suffering 00:10:22.120 --> 00:10:23.399 is part of God's 00:10:23.399 --> 00:10:24.060 curse 00:10:24.060 --> 00:10:25.379 on a rebellious world. 00:10:25.480 --> 00:10:26.440 It is not his laser 00:10:26.440 --> 00:10:27.639 beam on certain people, 00:10:27.860 --> 00:10:28.740 but suffering is 00:10:28.740 --> 00:10:29.899 as a result of sin. 00:10:31.019 --> 00:10:32.000 But it's a curse 00:10:32.000 --> 00:10:33.419 that Jesus deals with. 00:10:34.460 --> 00:10:35.159 A curse that will 00:10:35.159 --> 00:10:36.299 finally be removed 00:10:36.299 --> 00:10:37.120 when Jesus judges 00:10:37.120 --> 00:10:37.720 the world. 00:10:38.480 --> 00:10:39.299 And to prove that 00:10:39.299 --> 00:10:40.080 in Luke's Gospel, 00:10:40.480 --> 00:10:41.180 as Jesus 00:10:41.180 --> 00:10:42.820 strides the earth, 00:10:42.820 --> 00:10:44.500 he shows his 00:10:44.500 --> 00:10:45.280 total authority 00:10:45.280 --> 00:10:46.080 to restore people 00:10:46.080 --> 00:10:46.879 to health completely. 00:10:48.460 --> 00:10:49.440 Jesus is the 00:10:49.440 --> 00:10:49.940 compassionate 00:10:49.940 --> 00:10:50.860 freedom giver. 00:10:51.640 --> 00:10:52.240 He says towards 00:10:52.240 --> 00:10:52.660 the end of the 00:10:52.660 --> 00:10:52.900 section, 00:10:53.040 --> 00:10:53.760 just come to 00:10:53.760 --> 00:10:55.400 Luke chapter 19 00:10:55.400 --> 00:10:56.060 verse 10. 00:10:56.980 --> 00:10:57.879 Luke 19 00:10:57.879 --> 00:10:58.580 verse 12. 00:10:58.960 --> 00:10:59.820 For the Son of Man 00:10:59.820 --> 00:11:00.560 came to seek 00:11:00.560 --> 00:11:01.240 and save 00:11:01.240 --> 00:11:03.020 the lost. 00:11:05.000 --> 00:11:05.800 That's what Jesus 00:11:05.800 --> 00:11:06.640 continues to do 00:11:06.640 --> 00:11:07.480 by his Spirit. 00:11:07.480 --> 00:11:09.440 as the Gospel 00:11:09.440 --> 00:11:10.120 is preached 00:11:10.120 --> 00:11:11.139 Sunday by Sunday 00:11:11.139 --> 00:11:11.820 and during the week. 00:11:12.120 --> 00:11:12.879 He has come to 00:11:12.879 --> 00:11:13.580 seek and to 00:11:13.580 --> 00:11:14.360 save the lost. 00:11:16.759 --> 00:11:17.800 In compassion, 00:11:18.279 --> 00:11:19.220 Jesus is setting 00:11:19.220 --> 00:11:20.159 people free. 00:11:21.519 --> 00:11:22.240 He's setting people 00:11:22.240 --> 00:11:23.120 from the lies 00:11:23.120 --> 00:11:23.759 of Satan 00:11:23.759 --> 00:11:25.460 and the punishment 00:11:25.460 --> 00:11:26.120 that their sin 00:11:26.120 --> 00:11:26.680 deserves. 00:11:27.820 --> 00:11:28.539 And finally, 00:11:28.700 --> 00:11:29.000 one day, 00:11:29.060 --> 00:11:30.120 we will all be free 00:11:30.120 --> 00:11:30.840 from all the 00:11:30.840 --> 00:11:31.899 products of sin 00:11:31.899 --> 00:11:32.860 in our lives. 00:11:34.159 --> 00:11:35.019 And that is what 00:11:35.019 --> 00:11:35.620 Jesus is doing. 00:11:35.620 --> 00:11:37.220 He's doing it in 00:11:37.220 --> 00:11:37.539 London, 00:11:37.799 --> 00:11:38.740 now in this city. 00:11:39.560 --> 00:11:40.159 He's doing it in 00:11:40.159 --> 00:11:40.399 Ealing. 00:11:41.279 --> 00:11:42.060 He's doing it in 00:11:42.060 --> 00:11:42.500 Sussex, 00:11:42.720 --> 00:11:43.220 in Surrey, 00:11:43.539 --> 00:11:44.200 in Swansea, 00:11:44.460 --> 00:11:45.039 in Brighton, 00:11:45.259 --> 00:11:45.759 in Birmingham, 00:11:46.179 --> 00:11:46.659 in Beverly. 00:11:47.919 --> 00:11:48.560 He's setting 00:11:48.560 --> 00:11:49.240 people free. 00:11:50.620 --> 00:11:51.259 Because of his 00:11:51.259 --> 00:11:51.779 compassion. 00:11:53.379 --> 00:11:53.980 And the question 00:11:53.980 --> 00:11:54.659 is, are we on 00:11:54.659 --> 00:11:55.279 board with his 00:11:55.279 --> 00:11:55.720 mission? 00:11:57.000 --> 00:11:58.299 Do we rejoice 00:11:58.299 --> 00:11:59.620 as he does that? 00:12:01.159 --> 00:12:01.879 Because as we 00:12:01.879 --> 00:12:02.419 look at this 00:12:02.419 --> 00:12:02.720 passage, 00:12:02.840 --> 00:12:03.139 the one who 00:12:03.139 --> 00:12:03.500 should have been 00:12:03.500 --> 00:12:04.480 most overjoyed 00:12:04.480 --> 00:12:04.940 in what Jesus 00:12:04.940 --> 00:12:05.440 has done for 00:12:05.440 --> 00:12:06.020 this poor woman, 00:12:06.080 --> 00:12:06.680 is far from 00:12:06.680 --> 00:12:06.980 happy, 00:12:07.060 --> 00:12:07.260 is he? 00:12:08.440 --> 00:12:09.040 In fact, 00:12:09.100 --> 00:12:10.000 he's angered 00:12:10.000 --> 00:12:10.840 by her freedom. 00:12:11.820 --> 00:12:12.420 So let me give 00:12:12.420 --> 00:12:13.100 you three reasons 00:12:13.100 --> 00:12:13.760 why the synagogue 00:12:13.760 --> 00:12:14.820 ruler reacts 00:12:14.820 --> 00:12:15.460 like that. 00:12:16.320 --> 00:12:16.840 So let's 00:12:16.840 --> 00:12:17.460 secondly look at 00:12:17.460 --> 00:12:17.820 the synagogue 00:12:17.820 --> 00:12:18.260 ruler. 00:12:19.300 --> 00:12:19.780 Here's the 00:12:19.780 --> 00:12:20.220 first thing we 00:12:20.220 --> 00:12:20.680 need to ask 00:12:20.680 --> 00:12:22.160 ourselves as a 00:12:22.160 --> 00:12:22.600 result of the 00:12:22.600 --> 00:12:23.200 synagogue ruler. 00:12:23.560 --> 00:12:24.080 Do you love 00:12:24.080 --> 00:12:26.020 being right more 00:12:26.020 --> 00:12:26.480 than you love 00:12:26.480 --> 00:12:26.960 the lost? 00:12:28.600 --> 00:12:29.280 Do you love 00:12:29.280 --> 00:12:31.500 being right more 00:12:31.500 --> 00:12:31.900 than you love 00:12:31.900 --> 00:12:32.400 the lost? 00:12:32.860 --> 00:12:33.320 It's such a 00:12:33.320 --> 00:12:33.840 great picture, 00:12:33.920 --> 00:12:34.080 isn't it? 00:12:34.100 --> 00:12:34.740 Verse 13. 00:12:35.440 --> 00:12:35.940 And he 00:12:35.940 --> 00:12:36.260 laid his 00:12:36.260 --> 00:12:36.640 hands on 00:12:36.640 --> 00:12:36.820 her and 00:12:36.820 --> 00:12:37.220 immediately 00:12:37.220 --> 00:12:37.620 she was 00:12:37.620 --> 00:12:37.840 made 00:12:37.840 --> 00:12:38.100 straight. 00:12:38.180 --> 00:12:38.620 Imagine it. 00:12:38.660 --> 00:12:38.840 And she 00:12:38.840 --> 00:12:40.100 glorified God. 00:12:40.620 --> 00:12:41.180 Verse 14. 00:12:41.240 --> 00:12:41.660 But the ruler 00:12:41.660 --> 00:12:42.200 of the synagogue 00:12:42.200 --> 00:12:43.080 indignant. 00:12:45.060 --> 00:12:46.000 It's a very 00:12:46.000 --> 00:12:46.820 strong word, 00:12:46.880 --> 00:12:47.200 isn't it? 00:12:48.100 --> 00:12:49.080 It's an angry 00:12:49.080 --> 00:12:50.500 snorting horse. 00:12:51.020 --> 00:12:51.300 That's what the 00:12:51.300 --> 00:12:51.920 word is used for. 00:12:53.080 --> 00:12:53.880 This man is 00:12:53.880 --> 00:12:55.040 angry with Jesus. 00:12:55.380 --> 00:12:56.020 He's not a 00:12:56.020 --> 00:12:56.640 little bit 00:12:56.640 --> 00:12:57.440 perturbed. 00:12:57.980 --> 00:12:58.620 This man is 00:12:58.620 --> 00:12:59.760 totally hacked 00:12:59.760 --> 00:13:00.080 off. 00:13:00.080 --> 00:13:02.420 Not that he's 00:13:02.420 --> 00:13:02.660 got the 00:13:02.660 --> 00:13:03.060 courage to 00:13:03.060 --> 00:13:03.540 face up to 00:13:03.540 --> 00:13:03.860 Jesus. 00:13:04.139 --> 00:13:04.420 Do you see 00:13:04.420 --> 00:13:04.620 what he 00:13:04.620 --> 00:13:04.980 says? 00:13:05.080 --> 00:13:05.440 It says, 00:13:05.960 --> 00:13:06.200 it doesn't 00:13:06.200 --> 00:13:06.500 bring it out 00:13:06.500 --> 00:13:06.960 that clearly 00:13:06.960 --> 00:13:08.660 in the ESV, 00:13:08.740 --> 00:13:09.080 but the ruler 00:13:09.080 --> 00:13:09.520 of the synagogue 00:13:09.520 --> 00:13:10.200 indignant with 00:13:10.200 --> 00:13:10.680 Jesus that 00:13:10.680 --> 00:13:11.680 Jesus has 00:13:11.680 --> 00:13:12.139 healed on the 00:13:12.139 --> 00:13:13.040 Sabbath said 00:13:13.040 --> 00:13:13.740 to the people. 00:13:14.840 --> 00:13:15.340 He said it 00:13:15.340 --> 00:13:16.020 very loudly to 00:13:16.020 --> 00:13:16.620 the people around 00:13:16.620 --> 00:13:16.860 him. 00:13:17.320 --> 00:13:17.639 Have you ever 00:13:17.639 --> 00:13:18.080 used that 00:13:18.080 --> 00:13:18.560 technique? 00:13:19.139 --> 00:13:19.340 You know 00:13:19.340 --> 00:13:19.540 what it's 00:13:19.540 --> 00:13:19.860 like when 00:13:19.860 --> 00:13:20.280 Noah and I 00:13:20.280 --> 00:13:21.080 are in the 00:13:21.080 --> 00:13:22.400 supermarket and 00:13:22.400 --> 00:13:23.000 people say, 00:13:23.320 --> 00:13:23.920 somebody says, 00:13:23.980 --> 00:13:24.520 in a very loud 00:13:24.520 --> 00:13:24.980 voice of the 00:13:24.980 --> 00:13:25.140 king, 00:13:25.200 --> 00:13:25.379 don't they? 00:13:25.379 --> 00:13:26.200 It is dreadful 00:13:26.200 --> 00:13:26.700 the way parents 00:13:26.700 --> 00:13:27.000 let their 00:13:27.000 --> 00:13:27.580 children behave 00:13:27.580 --> 00:13:28.220 in shops like 00:13:28.220 --> 00:13:28.480 this, 00:13:28.519 --> 00:13:28.919 isn't it? 00:13:29.820 --> 00:13:30.200 In our 00:13:30.200 --> 00:13:30.439 day that 00:13:30.439 --> 00:13:30.840 never happens. 00:13:30.899 --> 00:13:31.100 They don't 00:13:31.100 --> 00:13:31.460 say it to 00:13:31.460 --> 00:13:31.799 you. 00:13:33.539 --> 00:13:34.159 They say it 00:13:34.159 --> 00:13:34.539 very loudly 00:13:34.539 --> 00:13:34.840 to other 00:13:34.840 --> 00:13:35.159 people. 00:13:37.059 --> 00:13:37.419 Well, 00:13:37.439 --> 00:13:37.639 look what 00:13:37.639 --> 00:13:38.039 this man 00:13:38.039 --> 00:13:38.419 does. 00:13:39.580 --> 00:13:40.100 He says 00:13:40.100 --> 00:13:40.379 it to the 00:13:40.379 --> 00:13:40.659 people, 00:13:40.879 --> 00:13:41.139 isn't it? 00:13:42.080 --> 00:13:42.720 He says, 00:13:42.779 --> 00:13:43.399 there are 00:13:43.399 --> 00:13:44.279 six days in 00:13:44.279 --> 00:13:44.700 which work 00:13:44.700 --> 00:13:45.080 ought to be 00:13:45.080 --> 00:13:45.360 done. 00:13:45.539 --> 00:13:45.840 Come on 00:13:45.840 --> 00:13:46.399 those days 00:13:46.399 --> 00:13:46.639 and be 00:13:46.639 --> 00:13:46.919 healed, 00:13:47.259 --> 00:13:47.720 and not on 00:13:47.720 --> 00:13:48.139 the Sabbath 00:13:48.139 --> 00:13:48.659 day. 00:13:50.639 --> 00:13:50.980 But this 00:13:50.980 --> 00:13:51.220 woman, 00:13:51.320 --> 00:13:51.659 she didn't 00:13:51.659 --> 00:13:52.080 come for 00:13:52.080 --> 00:13:52.360 healing, 00:13:52.460 --> 00:13:52.799 did she? 00:13:52.799 --> 00:13:55.219 She just 00:13:55.219 --> 00:13:55.500 came to 00:13:55.500 --> 00:13:55.819 the synagogue 00:13:55.819 --> 00:13:56.339 as usual. 00:13:57.179 --> 00:13:57.439 It was a 00:13:57.439 --> 00:13:57.979 usual Saturday 00:13:57.979 --> 00:13:58.359 thing. 00:13:59.479 --> 00:13:59.939 And Jesus 00:13:59.939 --> 00:14:00.699 seeing her 00:14:00.699 --> 00:14:01.019 need, 00:14:01.079 --> 00:14:01.479 his heart 00:14:01.479 --> 00:14:01.939 goes out 00:14:01.939 --> 00:14:02.120 to her, 00:14:02.299 --> 00:14:02.620 and he 00:14:02.620 --> 00:14:03.159 frees her 00:14:03.159 --> 00:14:03.479 from her 00:14:03.479 --> 00:14:03.779 agony. 00:14:04.079 --> 00:14:04.479 Where is 00:14:04.479 --> 00:14:05.039 the compassion 00:14:05.039 --> 00:14:05.419 of this 00:14:05.419 --> 00:14:05.779 bloke? 00:14:07.199 --> 00:14:07.819 He's the 00:14:07.819 --> 00:14:08.240 synagogue 00:14:08.240 --> 00:14:09.059 ruler after all. 00:14:09.240 --> 00:14:09.679 He is the 00:14:09.679 --> 00:14:10.079 pastor. 00:14:10.419 --> 00:14:10.740 He is one 00:14:10.740 --> 00:14:10.919 of the 00:14:10.919 --> 00:14:11.299 elders. 00:14:12.879 --> 00:14:13.399 That's what 00:14:13.399 --> 00:14:13.839 it's like. 00:14:15.120 --> 00:14:15.459 He must 00:14:15.459 --> 00:14:15.839 have seen 00:14:15.839 --> 00:14:16.359 her suffering 00:14:16.359 --> 00:14:16.639 for the 00:14:16.639 --> 00:14:17.359 last 18 00:14:17.359 --> 00:14:17.819 years. 00:14:18.159 --> 00:14:18.479 He must 00:14:18.479 --> 00:14:18.899 have seen 00:14:18.899 --> 00:14:19.439 her struggle 00:14:19.439 --> 00:14:19.959 to live 00:14:19.959 --> 00:14:20.439 day by 00:14:20.439 --> 00:14:20.899 day. 00:14:21.319 --> 00:14:21.779 He's seen 00:14:21.779 --> 00:14:22.479 how loyally 00:14:22.480 --> 00:14:22.860 she's 00:14:22.860 --> 00:14:23.159 come to 00:14:23.159 --> 00:14:23.300 the 00:14:23.300 --> 00:14:23.560 synagogue 00:14:23.560 --> 00:14:23.940 each 00:14:23.940 --> 00:14:24.200 week. 00:14:24.539 --> 00:14:24.740 This 00:14:24.740 --> 00:14:25.300 man must 00:14:25.300 --> 00:14:25.440 have 00:14:25.440 --> 00:14:25.659 known 00:14:25.659 --> 00:14:25.820 her 00:14:25.820 --> 00:14:26.279 well. 00:14:27.420 --> 00:14:27.659 The 00:14:27.659 --> 00:14:28.000 synagogue 00:14:28.000 --> 00:14:28.500 ruler, 00:14:28.980 --> 00:14:29.420 the 00:14:29.420 --> 00:14:29.720 synagogue 00:14:29.720 --> 00:14:30.000 is like 00:14:30.000 --> 00:14:30.500 the local 00:14:30.500 --> 00:14:30.899 Bible 00:14:30.899 --> 00:14:31.220 study 00:14:31.220 --> 00:14:31.759 centre. 00:14:33.039 --> 00:14:33.259 This 00:14:33.259 --> 00:14:33.480 is like 00:14:33.480 --> 00:14:33.620 her 00:14:33.620 --> 00:14:33.860 house 00:14:33.860 --> 00:14:34.080 group 00:14:34.080 --> 00:14:34.420 leader. 00:14:36.300 --> 00:14:36.620 But the 00:14:36.620 --> 00:14:36.879 problem 00:14:36.879 --> 00:14:37.240 is that 00:14:37.240 --> 00:14:37.500 he's got 00:14:37.500 --> 00:14:37.779 his head 00:14:37.779 --> 00:14:38.379 so far 00:14:38.379 --> 00:14:38.620 shoved 00:14:38.620 --> 00:14:38.860 up his 00:14:38.860 --> 00:14:39.019 own 00:14:39.019 --> 00:14:39.399 Bible 00:14:39.399 --> 00:14:39.740 study, 00:14:40.139 --> 00:14:40.440 he's 00:14:40.440 --> 00:14:40.920 totally 00:14:40.920 --> 00:14:41.259 lost 00:14:41.259 --> 00:14:41.740 sight of 00:14:41.740 --> 00:14:41.860 the 00:14:41.860 --> 00:14:42.139 Bible, 00:14:42.220 --> 00:14:42.360 hasn't 00:14:42.360 --> 00:14:42.580 he? 00:14:45.100 --> 00:14:45.639 What is 00:14:45.639 --> 00:14:45.960 the purpose 00:14:45.960 --> 00:14:46.159 of the 00:14:46.159 --> 00:14:46.360 Bible? 00:14:46.440 --> 00:14:46.720 To bring 00:14:46.720 --> 00:14:47.139 people into 00:14:47.139 --> 00:14:47.279 a 00:14:47.279 --> 00:14:47.659 relationship 00:14:47.659 --> 00:14:47.920 with 00:14:47.920 --> 00:14:48.259 God? 00:14:49.480 --> 00:14:49.879 He's 00:14:49.879 --> 00:14:50.100 lost 00:14:50.100 --> 00:14:50.420 sight of 00:14:50.420 --> 00:14:50.600 the 00:14:50.600 --> 00:14:50.920 Sabbath. 00:14:50.919 --> 00:14:51.279 What is 00:14:51.279 --> 00:14:51.439 the 00:14:51.439 --> 00:14:51.699 Sabbath 00:14:51.699 --> 00:14:51.959 meant 00:14:51.959 --> 00:14:52.099 to 00:14:52.099 --> 00:14:52.519 represent? 00:14:54.039 --> 00:14:54.479 What is 00:14:54.479 --> 00:14:54.599 the 00:14:54.599 --> 00:14:54.779 Sabbath 00:14:54.779 --> 00:14:55.019 meant 00:14:55.019 --> 00:14:55.120 to 00:14:55.120 --> 00:14:55.419 represent? 00:14:55.559 --> 00:14:55.759 It is 00:14:55.759 --> 00:14:55.939 meant 00:14:55.939 --> 00:14:56.059 to 00:14:56.059 --> 00:14:56.379 represent 00:14:56.379 --> 00:14:56.559 a 00:14:56.559 --> 00:14:56.679 day 00:14:56.679 --> 00:14:56.860 of 00:14:56.860 --> 00:14:57.379 freedom. 00:14:59.439 --> 00:14:59.740 It was 00:14:59.740 --> 00:15:00.120 the day 00:15:00.120 --> 00:15:00.379 that they 00:15:00.379 --> 00:15:00.599 were to 00:15:00.599 --> 00:15:01.039 remember 00:15:01.039 --> 00:15:01.939 that God 00:15:01.939 --> 00:15:02.579 rested in 00:15:02.579 --> 00:15:03.259 Genesis 1. 00:15:03.559 --> 00:15:03.939 And it was 00:15:03.939 --> 00:15:04.279 the day 00:15:04.279 --> 00:15:04.500 that was 00:15:04.500 --> 00:15:05.059 to remind 00:15:05.059 --> 00:15:05.419 them that 00:15:05.419 --> 00:15:06.000 freedom 00:15:06.000 --> 00:15:06.519 had been 00:15:06.519 --> 00:15:06.979 given to 00:15:06.979 --> 00:15:07.319 them as 00:15:07.319 --> 00:15:07.679 the people. 00:15:08.000 --> 00:15:08.699 That God 00:15:08.699 --> 00:15:09.219 had freed 00:15:09.219 --> 00:15:09.620 them from 00:15:09.620 --> 00:15:10.039 Egypt. 00:15:10.279 --> 00:15:10.740 And God 00:15:10.740 --> 00:15:11.259 had freed 00:15:11.259 --> 00:15:11.639 them to 00:15:11.639 --> 00:15:11.959 live in 00:15:11.959 --> 00:15:12.059 the 00:15:12.059 --> 00:15:12.360 promised 00:15:12.360 --> 00:15:12.779 land. 00:15:13.699 --> 00:15:14.000 It was 00:15:14.000 --> 00:15:14.500 the day 00:15:14.500 --> 00:15:14.779 that they 00:15:14.779 --> 00:15:15.019 were to 00:15:15.019 --> 00:15:15.419 remember 00:15:15.419 --> 00:15:16.179 perfect 00:15:16.179 --> 00:15:16.620 freedom 00:15:16.620 --> 00:15:17.000 is still 00:15:17.000 --> 00:15:17.480 to come. 00:15:18.360 --> 00:15:18.899 When all 00:15:18.899 --> 00:15:19.079 those 00:15:20.919 --> 00:15:20.919 00:15:22.899 --> 00:15:23.579 were to 00:15:23.579 --> 00:15:24.279 do 00:15:24.279 --> 00:15:25.659 on the 00:15:25.659 --> 00:15:25.899 Sabbath 00:15:25.899 --> 00:15:26.399 than to 00:15:26.399 --> 00:15:26.620 free 00:15:26.620 --> 00:15:26.919 someone 00:15:26.919 --> 00:15:27.120 from 00:15:27.120 --> 00:15:27.500 bondage 00:15:27.500 --> 00:15:27.639 to 00:15:27.639 --> 00:15:27.979 Satan 00:15:27.979 --> 00:15:28.719 and 00:15:28.719 --> 00:15:29.099 physical 00:15:29.099 --> 00:15:29.579 suffering. 00:15:30.579 --> 00:15:30.959 It is 00:15:30.959 --> 00:15:31.159 a 00:15:31.159 --> 00:15:31.759 totally 00:15:31.759 --> 00:15:32.599 Sabbath 00:15:32.599 --> 00:15:33.339 activity. 00:15:34.439 --> 00:15:34.939 But this 00:15:34.939 --> 00:15:35.279 cynical 00:15:35.279 --> 00:15:35.959 ruler is 00:15:35.959 --> 00:15:36.819 so obsessed 00:15:36.819 --> 00:15:37.179 with his 00:15:37.179 --> 00:15:37.539 own way 00:15:37.539 --> 00:15:37.839 of doing 00:15:37.839 --> 00:15:38.139 things, 00:15:38.360 --> 00:15:39.019 so obsessed 00:15:39.019 --> 00:15:39.459 with his 00:15:39.459 --> 00:15:40.039 spin, 00:15:40.459 --> 00:15:41.139 his take 00:15:41.139 --> 00:15:41.860 on God's 00:15:41.860 --> 00:15:42.120 law, 00:15:42.459 --> 00:15:42.919 that when a 00:15:42.919 --> 00:15:43.279 woman he 00:15:43.279 --> 00:15:43.719 administered 00:15:43.719 --> 00:15:44.360 to for as 00:15:44.360 --> 00:15:44.719 long as 00:15:44.719 --> 00:15:45.000 some of 00:15:45.000 --> 00:15:45.219 you have 00:15:45.219 --> 00:15:45.379 been 00:15:45.379 --> 00:15:46.079 alive, 00:15:47.159 --> 00:15:47.639 is 00:15:47.639 --> 00:15:48.259 wonderfully 00:15:48.259 --> 00:15:48.919 released 00:15:48.919 --> 00:15:49.379 from her 00:15:49.379 --> 00:15:49.819 suffering, 00:15:49.820 --> 00:15:51.480 he's 00:15:51.480 --> 00:15:52.020 furious. 00:15:55.160 --> 00:15:55.680 And it's 00:15:55.680 --> 00:15:56.420 actually easy 00:15:56.420 --> 00:15:56.980 to love 00:15:56.980 --> 00:15:57.800 being right 00:15:57.800 --> 00:15:59.540 more than 00:15:59.540 --> 00:15:59.820 we love 00:15:59.820 --> 00:16:00.300 the lost. 00:16:01.740 --> 00:16:02.240 Don't get 00:16:02.240 --> 00:16:02.620 me wrong, 00:16:02.900 --> 00:16:03.620 I think 00:16:03.620 --> 00:16:03.920 there is 00:16:03.920 --> 00:16:04.260 a right 00:16:04.260 --> 00:16:05.100 and I 00:16:05.100 --> 00:16:05.340 think there 00:16:05.340 --> 00:16:05.580 is a 00:16:05.580 --> 00:16:06.080 wrong way 00:16:06.080 --> 00:16:06.660 to follow 00:16:06.660 --> 00:16:07.000 the Lord 00:16:07.000 --> 00:16:07.260 Jesus. 00:16:07.460 --> 00:16:08.000 I believe 00:16:08.000 --> 00:16:09.320 in doctrine, 00:16:09.560 --> 00:16:09.960 I believe 00:16:09.960 --> 00:16:10.620 that for a 00:16:10.620 --> 00:16:10.840 number of 00:16:10.840 --> 00:16:11.780 years we 00:16:11.780 --> 00:16:12.360 didn't teach 00:16:12.360 --> 00:16:13.220 doctrine enough 00:16:13.220 --> 00:16:13.680 in this 00:16:13.680 --> 00:16:13.960 church. 00:16:14.040 --> 00:16:14.220 It's one 00:16:14.220 --> 00:16:14.420 of the 00:16:14.420 --> 00:16:14.860 joys of 00:16:14.860 --> 00:16:15.280 adult Sunday 00:16:15.280 --> 00:16:15.460 school. 00:16:15.540 --> 00:16:15.680 It's why 00:16:15.680 --> 00:16:15.940 I want 00:16:15.940 --> 00:16:16.520 you all 00:16:16.520 --> 00:16:16.880 to go to 00:16:16.880 --> 00:16:17.340 adult Sunday 00:16:17.340 --> 00:16:17.700 school if 00:16:17.700 --> 00:16:18.100 you possibly 00:16:18.100 --> 00:16:18.600 can on a 00:16:18.600 --> 00:16:18.780 Sunday 00:16:18.780 --> 00:16:19.220 morning because 00:16:19.220 --> 00:16:19.500 of teaching 00:16:19.500 --> 00:16:20.080 doctrine. 00:16:21.019 --> 00:16:21.680 We need 00:16:21.680 --> 00:16:22.080 to weigh 00:16:22.080 --> 00:16:22.960 everything we 00:16:22.960 --> 00:16:23.700 do against 00:16:23.700 --> 00:16:24.320 the Bible. 00:16:25.680 --> 00:16:26.040 There are 00:16:26.040 --> 00:16:27.580 right and 00:16:27.580 --> 00:16:28.820 wrong things 00:16:28.820 --> 00:16:29.540 we need to 00:16:29.540 --> 00:16:30.139 teach and 00:16:30.139 --> 00:16:30.600 we need to 00:16:30.600 --> 00:16:31.019 avoid. 00:16:32.320 --> 00:16:32.879 We need to 00:16:32.879 --> 00:16:33.340 know when 00:16:33.340 --> 00:16:33.519 it's the 00:16:33.519 --> 00:16:34.000 wrong way to 00:16:34.000 --> 00:16:34.279 follow the 00:16:34.279 --> 00:16:34.740 Lord Jesus. 00:16:35.220 --> 00:16:35.540 We do 00:16:35.540 --> 00:16:37.200 honour to 00:16:37.200 --> 00:16:37.720 God by 00:16:37.720 --> 00:16:39.460 spirit-empowered 00:16:39.460 --> 00:16:40.259 obedience. 00:16:40.560 --> 00:16:41.120 I believe in 00:16:41.120 --> 00:16:41.740 duty in the 00:16:41.740 --> 00:16:42.420 Christian life. 00:16:44.639 --> 00:16:44.960 We can 00:16:44.960 --> 00:16:45.420 sniff a 00:16:45.420 --> 00:16:48.399 bit of 00:16:48.399 --> 00:16:48.840 heresy a 00:16:48.840 --> 00:16:49.199 mile off 00:16:49.199 --> 00:16:49.399 can't 00:16:49.399 --> 00:16:49.579 we? 00:16:51.919 --> 00:16:52.500 But when 00:16:52.500 --> 00:16:52.939 that means 00:16:52.939 --> 00:16:53.199 that we 00:16:53.199 --> 00:16:53.539 cannot 00:16:53.539 --> 00:16:54.559 rejoice in 00:16:54.559 --> 00:16:55.000 people being 00:16:55.000 --> 00:16:55.819 set free 00:16:55.819 --> 00:16:56.379 we've got a 00:16:56.379 --> 00:16:57.039 serious problem. 00:16:58.779 --> 00:16:59.220 Especially 00:16:59.220 --> 00:16:59.759 when like 00:16:59.759 --> 00:17:00.360 the synagogue 00:17:00.360 --> 00:17:01.399 ruler it's 00:17:01.399 --> 00:17:01.759 our own 00:17:01.759 --> 00:17:02.379 little spin 00:17:02.379 --> 00:17:02.899 our own 00:17:02.899 --> 00:17:03.399 little extra 00:17:03.399 --> 00:17:03.980 law the 00:17:03.980 --> 00:17:04.460 thing we've 00:17:04.460 --> 00:17:04.920 added to 00:17:04.920 --> 00:17:05.339 God's word 00:17:05.339 --> 00:17:05.619 and we're 00:17:05.619 --> 00:17:06.119 particularly 00:17:06.119 --> 00:17:07.220 worried about 00:17:07.220 --> 00:17:07.500 that. 00:17:09.599 --> 00:17:10.259 One of my 00:17:10.259 --> 00:17:10.700 problems is I 00:17:10.700 --> 00:17:11.220 just love 00:17:11.220 --> 00:17:12.039 being right. 00:17:14.579 --> 00:17:14.920 When I 00:17:14.920 --> 00:17:15.259 think of some 00:17:15.259 --> 00:17:17.379 of the churches 00:17:17.380 --> 00:17:17.800 in this 00:17:17.800 --> 00:17:18.720 city I 00:17:18.720 --> 00:17:19.200 really 00:17:19.200 --> 00:17:19.500 struggle 00:17:19.500 --> 00:17:19.840 with them. 00:17:20.960 --> 00:17:21.520 I really 00:17:21.520 --> 00:17:21.920 struggle with 00:17:21.920 --> 00:17:22.040 them. 00:17:22.140 --> 00:17:22.400 Some of the 00:17:22.400 --> 00:17:22.720 churches in 00:17:22.720 --> 00:17:23.240 Ealing actually. 00:17:24.560 --> 00:17:25.240 I don't 00:17:25.240 --> 00:17:25.560 think they're 00:17:25.560 --> 00:17:25.820 right. 00:17:27.220 --> 00:17:27.600 I think 00:17:27.600 --> 00:17:28.220 there are 00:17:28.220 --> 00:17:28.440 certain 00:17:28.440 --> 00:17:28.660 biblical 00:17:28.660 --> 00:17:29.280 things I've 00:17:29.280 --> 00:17:29.680 got massive 00:17:29.680 --> 00:17:30.160 issues with 00:17:30.160 --> 00:17:30.320 them. 00:17:31.380 --> 00:17:32.240 I profoundly 00:17:32.240 --> 00:17:32.820 disagree with 00:17:32.820 --> 00:17:32.860 them. 00:17:32.920 --> 00:17:33.140 I have to 00:17:33.140 --> 00:17:33.460 say there's 00:17:33.460 --> 00:17:33.880 a card 00:17:33.880 --> 00:17:34.260 carrying 00:17:34.260 --> 00:17:34.760 Westminster 00:17:34.760 --> 00:17:35.360 Confession 00:17:35.360 --> 00:17:35.660 Three 00:17:35.660 --> 00:17:36.160 Forms of 00:17:36.160 --> 00:17:36.440 Unity 00:17:36.440 --> 00:17:36.760 Loving 00:17:36.760 --> 00:17:37.040 Man. 00:17:37.600 --> 00:17:37.940 But I've 00:17:37.940 --> 00:17:38.140 got to 00:17:38.140 --> 00:17:38.700 say this. 00:17:39.920 --> 00:17:40.540 Many of 00:17:40.540 --> 00:17:41.000 these churches 00:17:41.000 --> 00:17:41.820 introduce people 00:17:41.820 --> 00:17:42.320 to Jesus. 00:17:44.200 --> 00:17:44.820 And God 00:17:44.820 --> 00:17:45.460 is using 00:17:45.460 --> 00:17:46.120 them to set 00:17:46.120 --> 00:17:46.880 people free. 00:17:47.380 --> 00:17:48.620 They're not 00:17:48.620 --> 00:17:49.120 perfect. 00:17:50.320 --> 00:17:50.940 But neither 00:17:50.940 --> 00:17:51.400 am I. 00:17:52.960 --> 00:17:53.520 And here I 00:17:53.520 --> 00:17:53.960 think there are 00:17:53.960 --> 00:17:54.520 areas where 00:17:54.520 --> 00:17:54.800 they are 00:17:54.800 --> 00:17:55.440 really seriously 00:17:55.440 --> 00:17:55.920 mistaken. 00:17:57.440 --> 00:17:58.080 But my 00:17:58.080 --> 00:17:58.640 emotional 00:17:58.640 --> 00:17:59.260 reaction 00:17:59.260 --> 00:18:00.640 sometimes 00:18:00.640 --> 00:18:04.080 is as if 00:18:04.080 --> 00:18:04.520 I'd rather 00:18:04.520 --> 00:18:04.820 that they 00:18:04.820 --> 00:18:05.200 didn't see 00:18:05.200 --> 00:18:05.620 people come 00:18:05.620 --> 00:18:06.180 to Jesus. 00:18:07.720 --> 00:18:08.540 When that 00:18:08.540 --> 00:18:08.840 is the 00:18:08.840 --> 00:18:09.240 case, 00:18:10.320 --> 00:18:10.660 that is 00:18:10.660 --> 00:18:11.140 loving 00:18:11.140 --> 00:18:12.160 being right 00:18:12.160 --> 00:18:13.180 more than 00:18:13.180 --> 00:18:13.800 loving the 00:18:13.800 --> 00:18:14.180 lost. 00:18:14.180 --> 00:18:14.240 Christ. 00:18:16.740 --> 00:18:17.700 It happens 00:18:17.700 --> 00:18:18.000 when we 00:18:18.000 --> 00:18:18.840 get irritated 00:18:18.840 --> 00:18:19.940 by God 00:18:19.940 --> 00:18:20.759 for working 00:18:20.759 --> 00:18:21.580 outside our 00:18:21.580 --> 00:18:22.460 carefully run 00:18:22.460 --> 00:18:23.060 programme. 00:18:24.960 --> 00:18:25.880 It happens 00:18:25.880 --> 00:18:26.420 when God 00:18:26.420 --> 00:18:28.140 uses another 00:18:28.140 --> 00:18:28.820 church to 00:18:28.820 --> 00:18:29.519 save people. 00:18:30.360 --> 00:18:31.180 When he 00:18:31.180 --> 00:18:31.740 doesn't use 00:18:31.740 --> 00:18:32.840 my ministry 00:18:32.840 --> 00:18:34.180 that I'm 00:18:34.180 --> 00:18:34.900 involved with. 00:18:34.900 --> 00:18:37.420 it happens 00:18:37.420 --> 00:18:37.800 when other 00:18:37.800 --> 00:18:38.300 things in 00:18:38.300 --> 00:18:38.920 church life 00:18:38.920 --> 00:18:40.180 that I'm 00:18:40.180 --> 00:18:40.960 not involved 00:18:40.960 --> 00:18:42.360 with are 00:18:42.360 --> 00:18:43.420 going really 00:18:43.420 --> 00:18:44.080 well. 00:18:45.080 --> 00:18:45.560 And the 00:18:45.560 --> 00:18:46.000 things that 00:18:46.000 --> 00:18:46.840 I'm involved 00:18:46.840 --> 00:18:48.220 with are 00:18:48.220 --> 00:18:48.780 not going 00:18:48.780 --> 00:18:49.340 really well. 00:18:50.380 --> 00:18:50.740 And if 00:18:50.740 --> 00:18:51.120 truth be 00:18:51.120 --> 00:18:52.040 told, I'm 00:18:52.040 --> 00:18:52.580 pretty angry 00:18:52.580 --> 00:18:53.019 about it. 00:18:53.019 --> 00:18:55.460 I find it 00:18:55.460 --> 00:18:55.779 hard this 00:18:55.779 --> 00:18:55.940 week. 00:18:56.039 --> 00:18:56.400 I'm doing 00:18:56.400 --> 00:18:56.779 four weeks 00:18:56.779 --> 00:18:56.960 at the 00:18:56.960 --> 00:18:57.220 Morgate 00:18:57.220 --> 00:18:57.599 Talks. 00:18:57.619 --> 00:18:57.839 They do 00:18:57.839 --> 00:18:58.299 question and 00:18:58.299 --> 00:18:58.740 answer after 00:18:58.740 --> 00:18:58.879 it. 00:18:59.019 --> 00:18:59.299 There is 00:18:59.299 --> 00:18:59.839 a very 00:18:59.839 --> 00:19:00.299 annoying 00:19:00.299 --> 00:19:00.740 atheist 00:19:00.740 --> 00:19:01.259 who sits 00:19:01.259 --> 00:19:01.720 right in 00:19:01.720 --> 00:19:02.099 the front 00:19:02.099 --> 00:19:02.440 row. 00:19:03.680 --> 00:19:04.019 Closes 00:19:04.019 --> 00:19:04.420 his eyes 00:19:04.420 --> 00:19:04.879 during my 00:19:04.879 --> 00:19:05.299 talks. 00:19:06.059 --> 00:19:06.240 And there 00:19:06.240 --> 00:19:06.720 was question 00:19:06.720 --> 00:19:07.279 and answer. 00:19:08.519 --> 00:19:08.799 And he 00:19:08.799 --> 00:19:09.099 asked a 00:19:09.099 --> 00:19:09.420 very, very 00:19:09.420 --> 00:19:09.920 good question 00:19:09.920 --> 00:19:10.160 that I 00:19:10.160 --> 00:19:10.379 couldn't 00:19:10.379 --> 00:19:10.559 really 00:19:10.559 --> 00:19:10.759 answer. 00:19:10.799 --> 00:19:10.879 I 00:19:10.879 --> 00:19:11.200 wanted to 00:19:11.200 --> 00:19:11.279 be 00:19:11.279 --> 00:19:11.619 right. 00:19:12.500 --> 00:19:12.759 And I 00:19:12.759 --> 00:19:13.139 wanted him 00:19:13.139 --> 00:19:13.460 to be 00:19:13.460 --> 00:19:13.759 shown to 00:19:13.759 --> 00:19:14.279 be wrong. 00:19:16.539 --> 00:19:16.839 And I 00:19:16.839 --> 00:19:17.099 think that's 00:19:17.099 --> 00:19:17.359 one of the 00:19:17.359 --> 00:19:17.639 dangers, 00:19:17.759 --> 00:19:17.920 isn't it? 00:19:17.940 --> 00:19:18.279 The danger 00:19:18.279 --> 00:19:18.599 of so 00:19:18.599 --> 00:19:19.059 wanting to 00:19:19.059 --> 00:19:19.740 be right 00:19:19.740 --> 00:19:21.079 that we're 00:19:21.079 --> 00:19:21.259 not 00:19:21.259 --> 00:19:21.680 compassionate 00:19:21.680 --> 00:19:22.019 about the 00:19:22.019 --> 00:19:22.359 lost. 00:19:23.460 --> 00:19:24.120 And don't 00:19:24.120 --> 00:19:24.620 think we're 00:19:24.620 --> 00:19:25.019 free of 00:19:25.019 --> 00:19:25.200 it. 00:19:26.779 --> 00:19:27.339 We don't 00:19:27.339 --> 00:19:27.700 pity them 00:19:27.700 --> 00:19:28.200 like Jesus. 00:19:29.500 --> 00:19:29.980 But it's 00:19:29.980 --> 00:19:30.380 not just 00:19:30.380 --> 00:19:31.120 self-righteousness 00:19:31.120 --> 00:19:31.400 in this 00:19:31.400 --> 00:19:31.660 guy. 00:19:31.759 --> 00:19:31.900 It's 00:19:31.900 --> 00:19:32.519 self-interest 00:19:32.519 --> 00:19:32.900 as well. 00:19:33.039 --> 00:19:33.519 Here's the 00:19:33.519 --> 00:19:34.180 second question. 00:19:35.480 --> 00:19:36.120 Do you 00:19:36.120 --> 00:19:36.400 love 00:19:36.400 --> 00:19:37.079 convenience 00:19:37.079 --> 00:19:38.579 more than 00:19:38.579 --> 00:19:38.859 you love 00:19:38.859 --> 00:19:39.259 the lost? 00:19:40.299 --> 00:19:40.799 Do you 00:19:40.799 --> 00:19:40.940 love 00:19:40.940 --> 00:19:41.380 convenience 00:19:41.380 --> 00:19:41.839 more than 00:19:41.839 --> 00:19:42.059 you love 00:19:42.059 --> 00:19:42.339 the lost? 00:19:42.400 --> 00:19:42.799 Because this 00:19:42.799 --> 00:19:43.120 man's 00:19:43.120 --> 00:19:43.680 religion was 00:19:43.680 --> 00:19:43.960 actually 00:19:43.960 --> 00:19:44.480 centred around 00:19:44.480 --> 00:19:44.779 himself. 00:19:44.859 --> 00:19:44.980 Look at 00:19:44.980 --> 00:19:45.579 verse 15. 00:19:46.940 --> 00:19:47.299 Then the 00:19:47.299 --> 00:19:47.480 Lord 00:19:47.480 --> 00:19:47.740 answered, 00:19:47.819 --> 00:19:48.759 you hypocrites, 00:19:48.880 --> 00:19:49.220 does not 00:19:49.220 --> 00:19:49.740 each of you 00:19:49.740 --> 00:19:49.960 on the 00:19:49.960 --> 00:19:50.140 Sabbath 00:19:50.140 --> 00:19:50.680 and tie 00:19:50.680 --> 00:19:51.279 his ox 00:19:51.279 --> 00:19:51.600 or his 00:19:51.600 --> 00:19:51.960 donkey 00:19:51.960 --> 00:19:52.339 from the 00:19:52.339 --> 00:19:52.640 manger 00:19:52.640 --> 00:19:53.079 and lead 00:19:53.079 --> 00:19:53.400 it away 00:19:53.400 --> 00:19:53.900 to water 00:19:53.900 --> 00:19:54.140 it? 00:19:54.460 --> 00:19:54.819 The word 00:19:54.819 --> 00:19:55.180 hypocrisy 00:19:55.180 --> 00:19:55.539 comes from 00:19:55.539 --> 00:19:55.860 the Greek 00:19:55.860 --> 00:19:56.279 theatre. 00:19:57.299 --> 00:19:57.880 They didn't 00:19:57.880 --> 00:19:58.360 have great 00:19:58.360 --> 00:19:58.860 actors in 00:19:58.860 --> 00:19:59.299 those days 00:19:59.299 --> 00:19:59.819 like Sandra 00:19:59.819 --> 00:20:00.220 Bullock 00:20:00.220 --> 00:20:03.120 and John 00:20:03.120 --> 00:20:03.579 Thorne 00:20:03.579 --> 00:20:03.799 or any 00:20:03.799 --> 00:20:04.039 of those 00:20:04.039 --> 00:20:04.279 kind of 00:20:04.279 --> 00:20:04.539 people. 00:20:05.740 --> 00:20:06.339 They were 00:20:06.339 --> 00:20:06.620 terrible 00:20:06.620 --> 00:20:06.960 actors. 00:20:07.140 --> 00:20:07.660 They had 00:20:07.660 --> 00:20:08.200 a mask 00:20:08.200 --> 00:20:08.440 that they 00:20:08.440 --> 00:20:08.740 put over 00:20:08.740 --> 00:20:09.299 their face. 00:20:09.400 --> 00:20:09.620 That was 00:20:09.620 --> 00:20:09.839 what they 00:20:09.839 --> 00:20:10.019 did in 00:20:10.019 --> 00:20:10.319 the Greek 00:20:10.319 --> 00:20:10.660 theatre. 00:20:10.920 --> 00:20:11.160 It was 00:20:11.160 --> 00:20:11.660 an act. 00:20:12.240 --> 00:20:12.480 And when 00:20:12.480 --> 00:20:12.660 they were 00:20:12.660 --> 00:20:13.140 on stage 00:20:13.140 --> 00:20:13.600 they wore 00:20:13.600 --> 00:20:13.900 it. 00:20:14.759 --> 00:20:15.019 And they 00:20:15.019 --> 00:20:15.480 wore a mask 00:20:15.480 --> 00:20:15.740 to show 00:20:15.740 --> 00:20:16.240 what mood 00:20:16.240 --> 00:20:16.579 they were 00:20:16.579 --> 00:20:16.759 in. 00:20:18.000 --> 00:20:18.319 And to 00:20:18.319 --> 00:20:18.879 be hypocrite 00:20:18.879 --> 00:20:19.099 was to 00:20:19.099 --> 00:20:19.359 have a 00:20:19.359 --> 00:20:19.740 mask 00:20:19.740 --> 00:20:20.139 in front 00:20:20.139 --> 00:20:20.500 of you. 00:20:21.480 --> 00:20:21.759 It is 00:20:21.759 --> 00:20:22.099 to behave 00:20:22.099 --> 00:20:22.559 one way 00:20:22.559 --> 00:20:23.439 outwardly 00:20:23.439 --> 00:20:24.199 but inwardly 00:20:24.199 --> 00:20:24.419 to have 00:20:24.419 --> 00:20:24.980 another set 00:20:24.980 --> 00:20:25.519 of attitudes. 00:20:27.439 --> 00:20:27.740 And do you 00:20:27.740 --> 00:20:27.919 know what 00:20:27.919 --> 00:20:28.199 the problem 00:20:28.199 --> 00:20:28.379 is? 00:20:28.419 --> 00:20:28.699 The problem 00:20:28.699 --> 00:20:28.980 is we 00:20:28.980 --> 00:20:29.439 just can't 00:20:29.439 --> 00:20:29.740 keep up 00:20:29.740 --> 00:20:30.059 the full 00:20:30.059 --> 00:20:30.659 performance 00:20:30.659 --> 00:20:31.000 can we? 00:20:31.399 --> 00:20:31.939 All the 00:20:31.939 --> 00:20:32.279 time. 00:20:33.339 --> 00:20:33.699 So the 00:20:33.699 --> 00:20:34.019 synagogue 00:20:34.019 --> 00:20:34.779 ruler is 00:20:34.779 --> 00:20:35.740 very keen 00:20:35.740 --> 00:20:36.779 on rigid 00:20:36.779 --> 00:20:37.339 Sabbath 00:20:37.339 --> 00:20:37.740 keeping 00:20:37.740 --> 00:20:38.759 as long 00:20:38.759 --> 00:20:38.960 as it 00:20:38.960 --> 00:20:39.179 doesn't 00:20:39.179 --> 00:20:39.720 affect him. 00:20:40.939 --> 00:20:41.359 He's 00:20:41.359 --> 00:20:42.359 very keen 00:20:42.359 --> 00:20:43.619 on rigid 00:20:43.619 --> 00:20:44.119 Sabbath 00:20:44.119 --> 00:20:44.500 keeping 00:20:44.500 --> 00:20:44.859 as long 00:20:44.859 --> 00:20:45.059 as he 00:20:45.059 --> 00:20:45.339 can keep 00:20:45.339 --> 00:20:45.460 his 00:20:45.460 --> 00:20:45.740 animal 00:20:45.740 --> 00:20:46.159 healthy. 00:20:46.579 --> 00:20:48.220 That is 00:20:48.220 --> 00:20:48.439 the way 00:20:48.439 --> 00:20:48.699 that he's 00:20:48.699 --> 00:20:49.039 rewritten 00:20:49.039 --> 00:20:49.759 the rules. 00:20:51.099 --> 00:20:51.259 His 00:20:51.259 --> 00:20:51.639 ox 00:20:51.639 --> 00:20:52.019 or his 00:20:52.019 --> 00:20:52.439 donkey 00:20:52.439 --> 00:20:53.259 was 00:20:53.259 --> 00:20:53.799 better 00:20:53.799 --> 00:20:54.359 treated 00:20:54.359 --> 00:20:54.879 on the 00:20:54.879 --> 00:20:55.179 Sabbath 00:20:55.179 --> 00:20:56.559 than the 00:20:56.559 --> 00:20:56.899 crippled 00:20:56.899 --> 00:20:57.159 woman 00:20:57.159 --> 00:20:57.439 in his 00:20:57.439 --> 00:20:57.919 congregation. 00:20:59.639 --> 00:21:00.079 His 00:21:00.079 --> 00:21:00.379 religion 00:21:00.379 --> 00:21:00.779 is just 00:21:00.779 --> 00:21:01.019 a matter 00:21:01.019 --> 00:21:01.460 of personal 00:21:01.460 --> 00:21:01.980 convenience. 00:21:03.240 --> 00:21:03.519 He's got 00:21:03.519 --> 00:21:03.939 two sets 00:21:03.939 --> 00:21:04.299 of rules 00:21:04.299 --> 00:21:04.720 one set 00:21:04.720 --> 00:21:05.199 that applies 00:21:05.199 --> 00:21:05.460 to him 00:21:05.460 --> 00:21:05.779 and another 00:21:05.779 --> 00:21:06.139 set that 00:21:06.139 --> 00:21:06.500 applies to 00:21:06.500 --> 00:21:06.980 everyone else. 00:21:07.319 --> 00:21:07.639 He cares 00:21:07.639 --> 00:21:08.119 more for the 00:21:08.119 --> 00:21:08.500 convenience 00:21:08.500 --> 00:21:08.819 of his 00:21:08.819 --> 00:21:09.339 life 00:21:09.339 --> 00:21:10.019 than for 00:21:10.019 --> 00:21:10.159 the 00:21:10.159 --> 00:21:10.500 plight 00:21:10.500 --> 00:21:10.980 of this 00:21:10.980 --> 00:21:11.259 crippled 00:21:11.259 --> 00:21:11.539 woman. 00:21:11.919 --> 00:21:12.079 It's 00:21:12.079 --> 00:21:12.799 the opposite 00:21:12.799 --> 00:21:13.779 of compassion 00:21:13.779 --> 00:21:14.259 isn't it? 00:21:16.579 --> 00:21:17.539 It's the 00:21:17.539 --> 00:21:17.919 opposite 00:21:17.919 --> 00:21:19.000 of the 00:21:19.000 --> 00:21:19.179 Lord 00:21:19.179 --> 00:21:19.539 Jesus. 00:21:23.220 --> 00:21:23.659 Whatever 00:21:23.659 --> 00:21:25.039 is easiest 00:21:25.039 --> 00:21:25.659 for us 00:21:25.659 --> 00:21:26.299 orders our 00:21:26.299 --> 00:21:26.799 lives. 00:21:27.000 --> 00:21:27.439 We live in 00:21:27.439 --> 00:21:27.960 that sort of 00:21:27.960 --> 00:21:28.500 culture don't 00:21:28.500 --> 00:21:28.699 we? 00:21:28.759 --> 00:21:29.019 It's a 00:21:29.019 --> 00:21:29.960 self-indulgent 00:21:29.960 --> 00:21:30.439 culture. 00:21:32.319 --> 00:21:33.039 It's one that 00:21:33.039 --> 00:21:33.819 seeks our own 00:21:33.819 --> 00:21:34.939 pleasure above 00:21:34.939 --> 00:21:35.419 all else. 00:21:35.500 --> 00:21:36.059 It starts in 00:21:36.059 --> 00:21:36.639 sixth form doesn't 00:21:36.639 --> 00:21:36.819 it? 00:21:37.500 --> 00:21:37.759 You know 00:21:37.759 --> 00:21:38.539 when sixth form 00:21:38.539 --> 00:21:38.939 is a great 00:21:38.939 --> 00:21:39.599 time of life 00:21:39.599 --> 00:21:40.539 but you begin 00:21:40.539 --> 00:21:41.439 to be released 00:21:41.439 --> 00:21:41.960 from some of the 00:21:41.960 --> 00:21:42.839 rules of school 00:21:42.839 --> 00:21:45.079 your school 00:21:45.079 --> 00:21:45.559 might start 00:21:45.559 --> 00:21:46.339 to experiment 00:21:46.339 --> 00:21:46.899 with drink 00:21:46.899 --> 00:21:47.359 and drugs 00:21:47.359 --> 00:21:47.980 and sex 00:21:47.980 --> 00:21:48.579 and then you 00:21:48.579 --> 00:21:49.099 get to student 00:21:49.099 --> 00:21:50.259 days and it 00:21:50.259 --> 00:21:50.759 really kicks 00:21:50.759 --> 00:21:51.500 in living for 00:21:51.500 --> 00:21:51.939 pleasure. 00:21:53.119 --> 00:21:53.599 But then you 00:21:53.599 --> 00:21:54.000 go into the 00:21:54.000 --> 00:21:54.539 workplace and 00:21:54.539 --> 00:21:55.019 you're told 00:21:55.019 --> 00:21:55.759 you've got to 00:21:55.759 --> 00:21:56.119 think about 00:21:56.119 --> 00:21:56.579 yourself. 00:21:57.419 --> 00:21:57.819 You've got to 00:21:57.819 --> 00:21:58.459 keep moving up 00:21:58.459 --> 00:21:59.199 the career ladder 00:21:59.199 --> 00:22:00.019 keep earning 00:22:00.019 --> 00:22:00.559 the money so 00:22:00.559 --> 00:22:01.179 you can enjoy 00:22:01.179 --> 00:22:02.039 it and then 00:22:02.039 --> 00:22:02.939 you retire and 00:22:02.939 --> 00:22:03.500 retirement is 00:22:03.500 --> 00:22:04.079 all about a 00:22:04.079 --> 00:22:04.720 life of leisure. 00:22:06.119 --> 00:22:06.480 And it's a 00:22:06.480 --> 00:22:07.159 huge temptation 00:22:07.159 --> 00:22:08.059 for all of us 00:22:08.059 --> 00:22:10.619 that we opt 00:22:10.619 --> 00:22:11.480 for our own 00:22:11.480 --> 00:22:12.059 comfort. 00:22:13.699 --> 00:22:14.299 And putting 00:22:14.299 --> 00:22:14.939 ourselves out 00:22:14.939 --> 00:22:15.500 for others. 00:22:16.839 --> 00:22:17.319 I've had lots 00:22:17.319 --> 00:22:17.599 of students 00:22:17.599 --> 00:22:18.079 prepared this 00:22:18.079 --> 00:22:18.579 week so I 00:22:18.579 --> 00:22:18.859 made the 00:22:18.859 --> 00:22:19.279 fitness thing 00:22:19.279 --> 00:22:19.980 I'm googling 00:22:19.980 --> 00:22:20.679 comfort and 00:22:20.679 --> 00:22:21.079 convenience. 00:22:21.199 --> 00:22:21.480 I was hoping 00:22:21.480 --> 00:22:21.899 to find some 00:22:21.899 --> 00:22:22.659 clever illustrations. 00:22:23.659 --> 00:22:24.299 What is odd 00:22:24.299 --> 00:22:25.799 when you google 00:22:25.799 --> 00:22:26.359 comfort, 00:22:26.619 --> 00:22:27.299 convenience and 00:22:27.299 --> 00:22:27.980 sacrifice the 00:22:27.980 --> 00:22:28.319 three of them 00:22:28.319 --> 00:22:28.659 together. 00:22:28.939 --> 00:22:29.500 There are a 00:22:29.500 --> 00:22:30.159 worrying number 00:22:30.159 --> 00:22:30.759 of sites for 00:22:30.759 --> 00:22:32.259 weddings and 00:22:32.259 --> 00:22:33.039 shoes for 00:22:33.039 --> 00:22:33.919 weddings particularly. 00:22:35.139 --> 00:22:35.899 There's even a 00:22:35.899 --> 00:22:36.539 site about buying 00:22:36.539 --> 00:22:37.240 a bed for your 00:22:37.240 --> 00:22:37.679 dog. 00:22:39.500 --> 00:22:40.359 It's no help 00:22:40.359 --> 00:22:40.819 at all on the 00:22:40.819 --> 00:22:41.399 illustration and 00:22:41.399 --> 00:22:41.939 there it is 00:22:41.939 --> 00:22:42.259 isn't it? 00:22:42.259 --> 00:22:43.079 Those are the 00:22:43.079 --> 00:22:43.640 things we worry 00:22:43.640 --> 00:22:43.940 about. 00:22:44.500 --> 00:22:45.460 So what really 00:22:45.460 --> 00:22:46.400 matters is not 00:22:46.400 --> 00:22:47.019 having the right 00:22:47.019 --> 00:22:47.619 shoes for the 00:22:47.619 --> 00:22:47.980 wedding. 00:22:48.819 --> 00:22:49.579 Or we're more 00:22:49.579 --> 00:22:50.500 interested that our 00:22:50.500 --> 00:22:51.680 dog has got back 00:22:51.680 --> 00:22:52.619 pain than our 00:22:52.619 --> 00:22:53.180 neighbours have 00:22:53.180 --> 00:22:53.680 salvation. 00:22:55.019 --> 00:22:55.599 We get more 00:22:55.599 --> 00:22:56.599 excited about our 00:22:56.599 --> 00:22:57.579 favourite TV programme 00:22:57.579 --> 00:22:58.099 than we do about 00:22:58.099 --> 00:22:58.700 the Lord's Day. 00:23:00.299 --> 00:23:00.819 Or I'm more 00:23:00.819 --> 00:23:01.559 worried that what I'm 00:23:01.559 --> 00:23:02.700 having for my tea 00:23:02.700 --> 00:23:04.839 than I am with my 00:23:04.839 --> 00:23:05.279 sister as a 00:23:05.279 --> 00:23:05.480 Christian. 00:23:05.720 --> 00:23:07.879 I mostly engage 00:23:07.879 --> 00:23:08.500 with my own 00:23:08.500 --> 00:23:08.940 convenience. 00:23:08.940 --> 00:23:09.759 I order my 00:23:09.759 --> 00:23:10.320 day for my 00:23:10.320 --> 00:23:11.000 own convenience. 00:23:13.059 --> 00:23:13.779 Or do I 00:23:13.779 --> 00:23:14.259 order it for the 00:23:14.259 --> 00:23:14.940 lost people around 00:23:14.940 --> 00:23:15.320 me? 00:23:16.440 --> 00:23:17.640 That God in 00:23:17.640 --> 00:23:18.440 his sovereignty 00:23:18.440 --> 00:23:19.860 has brought 00:23:19.860 --> 00:23:20.660 around you. 00:23:22.120 --> 00:23:23.120 The people who 00:23:23.120 --> 00:23:23.960 you might be the 00:23:23.960 --> 00:23:24.600 only Christian that 00:23:24.600 --> 00:23:25.120 they know. 00:23:26.759 --> 00:23:27.360 You see if you 00:23:27.360 --> 00:23:28.900 love them you'll 00:23:28.900 --> 00:23:29.779 spend time loving 00:23:29.779 --> 00:23:29.980 them. 00:23:30.080 --> 00:23:31.000 Putting emotional 00:23:31.000 --> 00:23:32.080 energy into them. 00:23:33.720 --> 00:23:34.220 The synagogue 00:23:34.220 --> 00:23:34.900 ruler is more 00:23:34.900 --> 00:23:35.580 interested in his 00:23:35.580 --> 00:23:36.480 livestock than he 00:23:36.480 --> 00:23:37.240 is by this crippled 00:23:37.240 --> 00:23:37.539 woman. 00:23:37.539 --> 00:23:39.879 It's all about 00:23:39.879 --> 00:23:40.359 his convenience. 00:23:41.779 --> 00:23:42.200 And the reason 00:23:42.200 --> 00:23:42.879 we need to spend 00:23:42.879 --> 00:23:43.579 our lives for the 00:23:43.579 --> 00:23:44.299 sake of others is 00:23:44.299 --> 00:23:44.920 that they desperately 00:23:44.920 --> 00:23:45.700 need to be set 00:23:45.700 --> 00:23:45.940 free. 00:23:46.039 --> 00:23:46.599 Here's the last 00:23:46.599 --> 00:23:46.859 thing. 00:23:46.980 --> 00:23:47.920 Do we see lost 00:23:47.920 --> 00:23:50.159 people as they 00:23:50.159 --> 00:23:50.440 are? 00:23:50.680 --> 00:23:51.319 Do we see how 00:23:51.319 --> 00:23:51.879 lost people are? 00:23:51.879 --> 00:23:52.319 Look at verse 00:23:52.319 --> 00:23:52.879 16. 00:23:55.440 --> 00:23:55.920 And ought not 00:23:55.920 --> 00:23:56.659 this woman, a 00:23:56.659 --> 00:23:57.119 daughter of 00:23:57.119 --> 00:23:57.680 Abraham, who 00:23:57.680 --> 00:23:58.039 was Satan 00:23:58.039 --> 00:23:59.759 bound for 18 00:23:59.759 --> 00:24:02.079 years, be 00:24:02.079 --> 00:24:02.619 loosed from 00:24:02.619 --> 00:24:03.299 this bond on 00:24:03.299 --> 00:24:03.639 the Sabbath 00:24:03.639 --> 00:24:04.039 day? 00:24:06.220 --> 00:24:06.500 In other 00:24:06.500 --> 00:24:06.920 ways Jesus 00:24:06.920 --> 00:24:07.359 says, listen 00:24:07.359 --> 00:24:07.639 if you're 00:24:07.639 --> 00:24:07.939 willing to 00:24:07.939 --> 00:24:08.240 feed your 00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:08.619 dog on 00:24:08.619 --> 00:24:09.019 a Sunday 00:24:09.019 --> 00:24:10.079 shouldn't 00:24:10.079 --> 00:24:10.419 this woman 00:24:10.419 --> 00:24:10.779 be given 00:24:10.779 --> 00:24:11.259 her freedom 00:24:11.259 --> 00:24:11.519 on a 00:24:11.519 --> 00:24:11.799 Sunday? 00:24:13.279 --> 00:24:13.899 Freedom from 00:24:13.899 --> 00:24:14.199 Satan? 00:24:16.339 --> 00:24:16.979 Because that 00:24:16.979 --> 00:24:17.579 is the state 00:24:17.579 --> 00:24:18.179 of all people 00:24:18.179 --> 00:24:18.919 without the 00:24:18.919 --> 00:24:19.379 Lord Jesus 00:24:19.379 --> 00:24:19.819 isn't it? 00:24:21.519 --> 00:24:22.039 They are 00:24:22.039 --> 00:24:22.500 followers of 00:24:22.500 --> 00:24:22.899 the devil. 00:24:24.279 --> 00:24:24.859 He is 00:24:24.859 --> 00:24:26.159 the prince of 00:24:26.159 --> 00:24:26.579 the air. 00:24:28.039 --> 00:24:28.559 He has them 00:24:28.559 --> 00:24:29.099 in his power. 00:24:29.199 --> 00:24:29.559 They live 00:24:29.559 --> 00:24:30.159 life for his 00:24:30.159 --> 00:24:30.659 lies. 00:24:30.799 --> 00:24:31.000 They don't 00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:31.399 even know 00:24:31.399 --> 00:24:31.579 it. 00:24:32.659 --> 00:24:33.000 They don't 00:24:33.000 --> 00:24:33.559 even know 00:24:33.559 --> 00:24:34.240 that God 00:24:34.240 --> 00:24:35.519 cares. 00:24:35.519 --> 00:24:37.420 they live 00:24:37.420 --> 00:24:37.879 lives for 00:24:37.879 --> 00:24:38.460 that lie 00:24:38.460 --> 00:24:39.039 that God 00:24:39.039 --> 00:24:39.420 doesn't 00:24:39.420 --> 00:24:39.859 care even 00:24:39.859 --> 00:24:40.619 if he 00:24:40.619 --> 00:24:41.019 exists. 00:24:41.940 --> 00:24:42.339 They live 00:24:42.339 --> 00:24:42.700 life for 00:24:42.700 --> 00:24:43.019 that lie 00:24:43.019 --> 00:24:43.420 that Jesus 00:24:43.420 --> 00:24:43.779 doesn't 00:24:43.779 --> 00:24:44.519 matter and 00:24:44.519 --> 00:24:44.839 the world 00:24:44.839 --> 00:24:45.400 is a much 00:24:45.400 --> 00:24:45.879 better place 00:24:45.879 --> 00:24:46.359 if we run 00:24:46.359 --> 00:24:46.619 it for 00:24:46.619 --> 00:24:47.200 ourselves. 00:24:47.720 --> 00:24:48.079 And those 00:24:48.079 --> 00:24:48.339 are the 00:24:48.339 --> 00:24:48.900 lives that 00:24:48.900 --> 00:24:49.220 the world 00:24:49.220 --> 00:24:49.859 lives for 00:24:49.859 --> 00:24:50.480 and it's 00:24:50.480 --> 00:24:50.839 slavery. 00:24:52.319 --> 00:24:53.180 The problem 00:24:53.180 --> 00:24:53.700 is, isn't 00:24:53.700 --> 00:24:54.279 it, is that 00:24:54.279 --> 00:24:55.000 bondage to 00:24:55.000 --> 00:24:55.799 Satan is 00:24:55.799 --> 00:24:56.720 not always so 00:24:56.720 --> 00:24:57.160 clearly 00:24:57.160 --> 00:24:57.879 distressing. 00:24:57.880 --> 00:25:00.840 we can 00:25:00.840 --> 00:25:01.580 clearly see 00:25:01.580 --> 00:25:02.140 this woman's 00:25:02.140 --> 00:25:02.680 needs, can't 00:25:02.680 --> 00:25:02.920 we, even 00:25:02.920 --> 00:25:03.400 reading about 00:25:03.400 --> 00:25:03.560 it. 00:25:03.760 --> 00:25:04.080 If this 00:25:04.080 --> 00:25:04.680 woman walked 00:25:04.680 --> 00:25:05.140 in here this 00:25:05.140 --> 00:25:05.520 morning we 00:25:05.520 --> 00:25:06.260 would all 00:25:06.260 --> 00:25:07.000 look over, 00:25:07.180 --> 00:25:07.660 sigh, and 00:25:07.660 --> 00:25:08.040 think, oh 00:25:08.040 --> 00:25:08.580 poor dad. 00:25:09.920 --> 00:25:10.280 If we were 00:25:10.280 --> 00:25:10.840 near her we'd 00:25:10.840 --> 00:25:11.260 get up, we'd 00:25:11.260 --> 00:25:11.660 help her into 00:25:11.660 --> 00:25:12.160 her seat. 00:25:13.240 --> 00:25:13.660 We'd have 00:25:13.660 --> 00:25:14.300 leapt up and 00:25:14.300 --> 00:25:14.540 we'd have 00:25:14.540 --> 00:25:15.100 helped her 00:25:15.100 --> 00:25:16.560 because her 00:25:16.560 --> 00:25:17.240 physical needs 00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:17.660 were visible 00:25:17.660 --> 00:25:18.420 on the outside 00:25:18.420 --> 00:25:19.720 but you 00:25:19.720 --> 00:25:20.880 cannot see 00:25:20.880 --> 00:25:22.300 most people's 00:25:22.300 --> 00:25:23.100 spiritual needs. 00:25:25.020 --> 00:25:25.680 Your friends, 00:25:25.780 --> 00:25:26.020 family, 00:25:26.160 --> 00:25:26.440 neighbours, 00:25:26.580 --> 00:25:26.980 work colleagues, 00:25:27.060 --> 00:25:27.320 they don't 00:25:27.320 --> 00:25:27.660 come in, 00:25:27.660 --> 00:25:28.000 together with 00:25:28.000 --> 00:25:28.840 creaking chains. 00:25:29.120 --> 00:25:29.860 It would be 00:25:29.860 --> 00:25:32.140 easy if our 00:25:32.140 --> 00:25:32.600 non-Christian 00:25:32.600 --> 00:25:33.200 friends came 00:25:33.200 --> 00:25:33.759 swathed in 00:25:33.759 --> 00:25:34.240 chains. 00:25:34.800 --> 00:25:35.519 The devil is 00:25:35.519 --> 00:25:36.160 far, far more 00:25:36.160 --> 00:25:36.660 subtle, isn't 00:25:36.660 --> 00:25:36.800 he? 00:25:37.560 --> 00:25:38.500 He enslaves 00:25:38.500 --> 00:25:39.140 people very 00:25:39.140 --> 00:25:39.860 often in the 00:25:39.860 --> 00:25:40.300 things that 00:25:40.300 --> 00:25:41.120 they want. 00:25:42.740 --> 00:25:43.440 And often 00:25:43.440 --> 00:25:43.900 they seem to 00:25:43.900 --> 00:25:44.240 have better 00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:44.820 lives than 00:25:44.820 --> 00:25:45.100 us. 00:25:46.640 --> 00:25:47.279 They seem 00:25:47.279 --> 00:25:47.900 more successful, 00:25:48.080 --> 00:25:48.480 more popular, 00:25:48.600 --> 00:25:49.040 more happy, 00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:50.120 more secure. 00:25:51.779 --> 00:25:52.680 They seemingly 00:25:52.680 --> 00:25:53.400 seem to enjoy 00:25:53.400 --> 00:25:54.200 more freedom 00:25:54.200 --> 00:25:54.860 but they're 00:25:54.860 --> 00:25:55.480 enslaved to 00:25:55.480 --> 00:25:55.680 see. 00:25:55.680 --> 00:25:58.140 The devil 00:25:58.140 --> 00:25:59.340 often uses 00:25:59.340 --> 00:26:00.320 very good 00:26:00.320 --> 00:26:00.860 things to 00:26:00.860 --> 00:26:01.720 grab people 00:26:01.720 --> 00:26:02.200 into his 00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:02.519 grip. 00:26:03.960 --> 00:26:04.779 With Eve 00:26:04.779 --> 00:26:05.080 it was 00:26:05.080 --> 00:26:05.560 fruit. 00:26:06.740 --> 00:26:07.320 Fruit is 00:26:07.320 --> 00:26:07.680 good for 00:26:07.680 --> 00:26:08.299 you, so 00:26:08.299 --> 00:26:08.660 I'm told. 00:26:10.100 --> 00:26:10.600 And Eve 00:26:10.600 --> 00:26:11.259 saw that the 00:26:11.259 --> 00:26:12.720 fruit was 00:26:12.720 --> 00:26:13.220 good for 00:26:13.220 --> 00:26:14.940 food and 00:26:14.940 --> 00:26:15.160 it was 00:26:15.160 --> 00:26:15.860 pleasing for 00:26:15.860 --> 00:26:17.560 the eye and 00:26:17.560 --> 00:26:17.799 it was 00:26:17.799 --> 00:26:18.519 desirable for 00:26:18.519 --> 00:26:19.019 gaining wisdom 00:26:19.019 --> 00:26:19.600 and she 00:26:19.600 --> 00:26:20.180 took some 00:26:20.180 --> 00:26:21.299 and she 00:26:21.299 --> 00:26:21.660 ate it. 00:26:21.660 --> 00:26:23.700 you see 00:26:23.700 --> 00:26:24.060 we will 00:26:24.060 --> 00:26:24.660 never 00:26:24.660 --> 00:26:25.820 truly 00:26:25.820 --> 00:26:26.519 rejoice 00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:27.720 in the 00:26:27.720 --> 00:26:28.340 freedom of 00:26:28.340 --> 00:26:28.640 Jesus 00:26:28.640 --> 00:26:30.440 until we 00:26:30.440 --> 00:26:30.779 see the 00:26:30.779 --> 00:26:31.380 lostness of 00:26:31.380 --> 00:26:31.779 the lost. 00:26:33.500 --> 00:26:33.860 And Luke 00:26:33.860 --> 00:26:34.640 emphasizes that 00:26:34.640 --> 00:26:35.000 you see 00:26:35.000 --> 00:26:35.920 Jesus says 00:26:35.920 --> 00:26:36.540 bound, 00:26:37.080 --> 00:26:37.960 bound for 00:26:37.960 --> 00:26:39.259 18 long 00:26:39.259 --> 00:26:40.000 years. 00:26:41.820 --> 00:26:42.860 Life in the 00:26:42.860 --> 00:26:43.340 world without 00:26:43.340 --> 00:26:43.880 Jesus can 00:26:43.880 --> 00:26:44.480 never be what 00:26:44.480 --> 00:26:44.940 God wanted 00:26:44.940 --> 00:26:46.060 it to be. 00:26:47.660 --> 00:26:48.340 Life in 00:26:48.340 --> 00:26:49.040 eternity without 00:26:49.040 --> 00:26:49.600 Christ is a 00:26:49.600 --> 00:26:50.240 punishment more 00:26:50.240 --> 00:26:50.740 awful than 00:26:50.740 --> 00:26:51.140 words can 00:26:51.140 --> 00:26:51.600 describe. 00:26:53.960 --> 00:26:54.380 Philip 00:26:54.380 --> 00:26:54.920 Jensen says 00:26:54.920 --> 00:26:56.120 you can 00:26:56.120 --> 00:26:56.620 photograph 00:26:56.620 --> 00:26:57.160 terrible 00:26:57.160 --> 00:26:58.480 suffering but 00:26:58.480 --> 00:26:58.980 you cannot 00:26:58.980 --> 00:27:00.420 photograph a 00:27:00.420 --> 00:27:00.880 person in 00:27:00.880 --> 00:27:01.120 hell. 00:27:01.460 --> 00:27:01.780 I wonder 00:27:01.780 --> 00:27:02.220 whether we 00:27:02.220 --> 00:27:02.440 could. 00:27:03.800 --> 00:27:04.500 Or if we 00:27:04.500 --> 00:27:05.060 could see the 00:27:05.060 --> 00:27:06.280 anguish in 00:27:06.280 --> 00:27:06.880 our friends 00:27:06.880 --> 00:27:07.540 eyes on the 00:27:07.540 --> 00:27:08.320 day of 00:27:08.320 --> 00:27:08.620 judgment. 00:27:08.900 --> 00:27:09.440 If only we 00:27:09.440 --> 00:27:09.900 could accept 00:27:09.900 --> 00:27:10.480 the warnings 00:27:10.480 --> 00:27:10.759 of the 00:27:10.759 --> 00:27:11.200 Bible that 00:27:11.200 --> 00:27:11.900 slavery to 00:27:11.900 --> 00:27:12.500 sin and 00:27:12.500 --> 00:27:13.460 Satan is 00:27:13.460 --> 00:27:13.920 worse than 00:27:13.920 --> 00:27:14.440 being bent 00:27:14.440 --> 00:27:14.880 double in 00:27:14.880 --> 00:27:15.440 agony every 00:27:15.440 --> 00:27:15.759 day of 00:27:15.759 --> 00:27:16.140 your life. 00:27:18.680 --> 00:27:18.960 You see 00:27:18.960 --> 00:27:19.460 to have true 00:27:19.460 --> 00:27:20.480 compassion is 00:27:20.480 --> 00:27:20.900 to see how 00:27:20.900 --> 00:27:21.420 lost people 00:27:21.420 --> 00:27:21.720 are. 00:27:22.820 --> 00:27:23.480 How bound 00:27:23.480 --> 00:27:23.780 they are 00:27:23.780 --> 00:27:24.019 without 00:27:24.019 --> 00:27:24.340 Christ. 00:27:24.460 --> 00:27:25.060 I don't 00:27:25.060 --> 00:27:25.340 want to 00:27:25.340 --> 00:27:25.759 guilt trip 00:27:25.759 --> 00:27:26.580 you this 00:27:26.580 --> 00:27:26.900 morning. 00:27:28.019 --> 00:27:28.340 I really 00:27:28.340 --> 00:27:28.500 don't. 00:27:28.560 --> 00:27:28.780 Preaching 00:27:28.780 --> 00:27:29.480 Revelation on 00:27:29.480 --> 00:27:29.960 Sunday nights 00:27:29.960 --> 00:27:30.360 has done me 00:27:30.360 --> 00:27:30.900 the world 00:27:30.900 --> 00:27:32.480 of good in 00:27:32.480 --> 00:27:32.960 seeing the 00:27:32.960 --> 00:27:33.580 final judgment 00:27:33.580 --> 00:27:34.000 and how it 00:27:34.000 --> 00:27:34.519 must motivate 00:27:34.519 --> 00:27:34.960 us. 00:27:36.200 --> 00:27:36.759 But as I 00:27:36.759 --> 00:27:37.259 come to this 00:27:37.259 --> 00:27:37.740 passage my 00:27:37.740 --> 00:27:38.180 prayer for 00:27:38.180 --> 00:27:38.780 myself and 00:27:38.780 --> 00:27:39.300 for us as a 00:27:39.300 --> 00:27:39.740 church family 00:27:39.740 --> 00:27:40.280 is that by 00:27:40.280 --> 00:27:41.060 God's spirit 00:27:41.060 --> 00:27:43.560 I might love 00:27:43.560 --> 00:27:44.220 people more 00:27:44.220 --> 00:27:44.680 than I love 00:27:44.680 --> 00:27:45.019 my own 00:27:45.019 --> 00:27:45.759 convenience. 00:27:45.759 --> 00:27:48.099 that I 00:27:48.099 --> 00:27:48.480 might long 00:27:48.480 --> 00:27:48.799 for their 00:27:48.799 --> 00:27:49.619 freedom more 00:27:49.619 --> 00:27:49.839 than I 00:27:49.839 --> 00:27:50.160 long to 00:27:50.160 --> 00:27:50.779 be right. 00:27:52.220 --> 00:27:52.720 And I 00:27:52.720 --> 00:27:53.299 might be a 00:27:53.299 --> 00:27:53.700 little bit 00:27:53.700 --> 00:27:54.180 more like 00:27:54.180 --> 00:27:54.519 the Lord 00:27:54.519 --> 00:27:55.180 Jesus because 00:27:55.180 --> 00:27:55.940 Jesus didn't 00:27:55.940 --> 00:27:56.379 put his 00:27:56.379 --> 00:27:56.859 righteousness 00:27:56.859 --> 00:27:58.079 first did 00:27:58.079 --> 00:27:58.299 he. 00:27:59.839 --> 00:28:00.420 Jesus 00:28:00.420 --> 00:28:00.839 actually 00:28:00.839 --> 00:28:01.339 suffered 00:28:01.339 --> 00:28:02.200 silently 00:28:02.200 --> 00:28:04.220 the injustice 00:28:04.220 --> 00:28:06.160 and he took 00:28:06.160 --> 00:28:07.460 my unrighteousness 00:28:07.460 --> 00:28:08.039 upon himself 00:28:08.039 --> 00:28:08.539 and he didn't 00:28:08.539 --> 00:28:09.160 live for his 00:28:09.160 --> 00:28:09.940 convenience and 00:28:09.940 --> 00:28:10.420 he didn't live 00:28:10.420 --> 00:28:10.680 for his 00:28:10.680 --> 00:28:11.680 comfort and 00:28:11.680 --> 00:28:12.359 he gave up 00:28:12.359 --> 00:28:13.139 the perfection 00:28:13.139 --> 00:28:14.139 of heaven 00:28:14.139 --> 00:28:15.159 to walk on 00:28:15.159 --> 00:28:15.699 this squalid 00:28:15.699 --> 00:28:16.099 earth. 00:28:17.240 --> 00:28:17.679 And he 00:28:17.679 --> 00:28:18.519 then experienced 00:28:18.519 --> 00:28:19.339 what it was 00:28:19.339 --> 00:28:20.299 to be lost 00:28:20.299 --> 00:28:21.179 for us. 00:28:22.779 --> 00:28:23.240 And maybe 00:28:23.240 --> 00:28:23.799 as I spend 00:28:23.799 --> 00:28:24.179 a bit more 00:28:24.179 --> 00:28:24.740 time thinking 00:28:24.740 --> 00:28:25.079 on the 00:28:25.079 --> 00:28:25.719 compassion 00:28:25.719 --> 00:28:26.839 and the 00:28:26.839 --> 00:28:27.779 love of 00:28:27.779 --> 00:28:28.179 the Lord 00:28:28.179 --> 00:28:28.639 Jesus 00:28:28.639 --> 00:28:31.139 I would 00:28:31.139 --> 00:28:31.559 find myself 00:28:31.559 --> 00:28:31.879 a little bit 00:28:31.879 --> 00:28:32.259 more like 00:28:32.259 --> 00:28:34.159 him and a 00:28:34.159 --> 00:28:34.439 little bit 00:28:34.439 --> 00:28:34.959 less like 00:28:34.959 --> 00:28:35.740 those nitpicking 00:28:35.740 --> 00:28:36.679 religious leaders. 00:28:37.779 --> 00:28:38.479 And I'd 00:28:38.479 --> 00:28:38.939 probably be 00:28:38.939 --> 00:28:40.959 rejoicing at 00:28:40.959 --> 00:28:41.359 all the 00:28:41.359 --> 00:28:42.339 glorious things 00:28:42.339 --> 00:28:43.459 that God 00:28:43.459 --> 00:28:43.799 is doing. 00:28:44.799 --> 00:28:45.379 Let's pray.