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 Hi, my name is George Sinclair. I'm the lead pastor of Church of the Messiah. It is wonderful

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 that you would like to check out some of the sermons done by Church of the Messiah, either

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 by myself or some of the others. Listen, just a couple of things. First of all, would you pray

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 for us that we will open God's Word well to His glory and for the good of people like yourself?

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 The second thing is, if you aren't connected to a church and if you are a Christian, we really,

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 I would really like to encourage you to find a good local church where they believe the Bible,

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 they preach the gospel, and if you have some trouble finding that, send us an email. We will

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 do what we can to help connect you with a good local church wherever you are. And if you're a

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 non-Christian checking us out, we're really, really, really glad you're doing that. Don't

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 hesitate to send us questions. It helps me, actually, to know, as I'm preaching, how to

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 deal with the types of things that you're really struggling with. So God bless.

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 Jonathan, as you know, is joining us to preach the Word. And for those who don't know, Jonathan

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 used to be, I believe, a ministry intern here, and now Jonathan and his wife are serving the

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 Lord on the other side of the river. So thanks, Jonathan, for coming to preach.

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 Thank you. So just remaining standing, let us pray as we open God's Word to meditate upon it.

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 Heavenly Father, I thank you for your presence where your Word has opened your speaking. And

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 I pray your Holy Spirit would come upon the words that are spoken this morning, that you would

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 direct my words, but also that you would help all of us to receive your words, the truth that you

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 have for us today. I pray that you would touch our hearts in ways that we might have tried to hide

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 our hearts, and that you would give us the grace to walk in the newness of life which the Gospel

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 brings. And I pray these things in Jesus' name. Amen. You may be seated.

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 Amen. So it's a pleasure for me to be here. It's a joy to see very familiar faces, faces that I've,

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 people that I've known for years, that many of you have played such a key role in my life. And it's

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 such a joy to be here, open God's Word with you. As some of you know, my wife and I moved to Quebec,

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 and just as I say, the other side of the river. It's along the river, but it's a little bit,

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 it's on the other border, close to where Hawkesbury is. If you know the little town called Rego,

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 we moved there a few years ago. And I've been working over the last couple of years as a cook

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 and supervisor in a federal government training college. And so I work there, and it's been a joy

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 to work there and be able to be a light as much as the Lord gives grace among the people there.

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 And I want to share with you a brief story of what has happened there. So I work Thursdays to

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 Sundays, but the deal is I work starting at two or starting at one or two to the evening, so I don't

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 miss church Sunday mornings. But anyway, I get to work there. And one of the things that's pretty cool

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 that happens is that on Sundays when I get there and I serve people their meals, they ask me,

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 how was your day? What did you do today? And so it kind of pushes me to out of my comfort zone to say,

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 well, I went to church this morning. And there was one guy in particular, I won't say his name,

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 but he would often come. He was kind of like the life of the party and all that. But every time I

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 would ask him, hey, how are you doing? How's it going? And he would kind of show up in the line,

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 and he said, he would always say, well, I'm alive. To which I would respond, hey, I'm glad you're alive.

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 I'm glad you're here. It's good to see you. And we proceed to do that. And then he would ask me,

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 well, what did you do this morning? How was your day? How was your weekend? And on one particular

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 Sunday, I said, well, I went to church this morning. And he was kind of like, oh, interesting.

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 And I said, I taught Sunday school as well. And to which he responded, oh, that's really good. I

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 guess if it makes you happy, like that's a very good thing. I know, to serve your community that

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 way and all that. And he kind of explained away what was happening and kind of, you know, led the

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 conversation to a segue to something else. And, you know, for me as a Christian, my primary concern

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 isn't necessarily being happy in life. Of course, I want to be happy in life. But there's another way

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 around that. But I wasn't going to try to explain that to him. Like, the conversation is closed,

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 buddy. Like, I'm not going to try to say, well, actually, that's not how I, like, he would just

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 think that I try to be unhappy in life. And I go to church and associate church with pursuing

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 unhappiness. And that's just kind of weird. The story that we're looking at today is a

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 story about Jesus who is encountering someone who we might call a relativist, someone who

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 kind of lives by his own law, his own preferences, his own ambitions. And his life is kind of

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 centered around that. And Jesus is encountering him. And what do you think Jesus would say to

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 someone like that? Would he say something like, hey, I'm so glad that you're doing what makes

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 you happy in life? So let's look at the text. We're looking at Matthew chapter 9. I invite

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 you to turn with me, if you have your Bibles, to chapter 9, verse 9, which goes something like this.

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 As Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth.

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 And so we'll pause here. We'll just kind of unpack who are the characters, what is the setting.

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 Jesus has just healed a paralytic person. And so he did a miracle, very clearly a miracle. He wasn't

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 there with, you know, surgical kind of equipment or anything. Like, it was a miracle. He spoke,

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 and the man was healed. And it was kind of like a play on words. Which one is easier,

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 to say your sins are forgiven or take up your mat and walk? Jesus was just really highlighting the power

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 of his word, which is something which belongs to the creator. And now he's here. He's going across,

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 you know, just some of the different territories in Rome, in the Roman Empire. And he's crossing a

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 border, and he finds someone called Matthew. Now, Matthew is a Jewish man. The other gospels of

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 Mark and Luke tell us that his name was Levi. But Matthew decided to abandon that name and associate

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 with the new name that is Matthew. And so Jesus is calling Matthew. And Matthew is a Jewish man.

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 He is working for the Roman Empire. And so already you get a sense that he is an asymmetrical

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 character. Is that too big a word? He's kind of like, he's Jewish in his being, but he puts on

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 Roman clothes and works for Rome. And at that time, the Jewish people were seen as the oppressors,

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 or the victims, and the Romans were seen as the oppressors of the victims. You know, it's kind of

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 like this weird thing happening where Matthew is just kind of working for the bad guys, if you will.

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 And so there's something asymmetrical about him. There's something strange about Matthew. And the text

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 doesn't say exactly what it is, but I get the impression that Matthew was just tired of being on the

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 losing team. You know, maybe he just wanted to work for the winning team. He would want his efforts to

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 go forward. You know, he maybe had a skill that he wanted to contribute in the world. And so as a tax

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 collector, which is actually originally someone who would work in the border and would receive kind of

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 the shipping, and he would kind of add taxes to whatever cost the shipping would be. And that way,

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 he would gain money. And the way that people did that back in those days is that they would add extra

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 fees that he would keep the money. That was something that the Roman Empire kind of valued. So Matthew was

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 this character who was not prized by the Jewish people. He was not someone who was well-received,

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 appreciated. He basically cut himself off of his tribe to pursue his ambitions.

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 And so in that sense, we can see him as a relativist. So what would Jesus say to someone

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 like that? What would Jesus say? Would he say like, my friend, hey, I'm so glad you're just,

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 you know, doing what makes you happy in life. You know, someone who's like stealing, someone who's

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 not honest in his dealings. Like, would Jesus actually say that? Like, just to affirm him? Like,

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 that's the Canadian thing to say. What would Jesus say? He says here in verse 9, and Jesus said,

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 follow me. Jesus said, follow me. Now, there's something about human beings that we are followers.

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 And if you're here thinking, I'm a follower of no one. I am my own person, and I just do whatever I do,

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 and whatever I want to do. Well, from the time you were a baby, you were actually following

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 your mother's cues. You were looking at her eyes. You're following her smile, trying to understand

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 the world through your experience of your mother. So chances are, if you've had that experience,

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 you're a follower. And if you ever go on YouTube, you definitely hear the call to click, like, and

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 subscribe to get more of this content. And so the whole world, in a sense of the whole media world,

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 is based on this premise that we are followers, that we follow things. And me as a cook, I like my,

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 I have my certain chefs. I have my Greek chef that I follow online, the Indian chef, and all these

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 different chefs that I kind of learn my recipes from, because I'm kind of learning on the fly. I didn't

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 go to chef school. So I'm definitely a follower, and I'm sure some of you, maybe in ways that you're

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 conscious of or unconscious of, are followers as well. And so there's something human, that we are

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 followers, and we follow either someone or someone's or something or some things. That is really what we

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 are, and it's not wrong to follow things. That's not the point that I'm making here. There's nothing

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 wrong with following. But when we make following someone or something the ultimate in our life,

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 that's when it becomes murky waters. And so Matthew was a relativist who would have followed

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 his happiness, maybe the happiness of being prosperous, wealthy, famous, appreciated and applauded by Rome.

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 He was pursuing happiness. And in that sense, happiness, when we follow it as the ultimate,

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 becomes a tyrant. Now, I know I sound a bit extreme as I'm saying that. But I am guessing that maybe

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 some of you here might have this similar experience where whenever you feel angry or whenever you feel

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 sad, you feel guilty. I shouldn't be feeling this. And there's something about, you know, I should be

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 feeling happy. Or I should brush this off and pursue happiness right away. And maybe if you're a parent,

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 you've experienced this as well. Your children are crying and you're like, no, no, no, cover the tears.

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 Let's stop this right away. As soon as possible. This is uncomfortable. Or if your child is screaming,

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 no, no, no, no, let's stop this. Let's calm this right down. Let's try to find happiness together.

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 And in a sense, happiness has become an idol. Why? Because happiness is just a fraction of our human

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 experience. Happiness is just a small part of what it means to be human. And if you read the book of

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 Psalms, you get a sense that the human experience is way more. The emotional spectrum of what it means

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 to be human is way bigger. And so happiness is a good thing. Happiness is a very good thing.

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 It's a gift of God. But pursuing happiness as the ultimate, as the ultimate thing, the very guiding

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 principle of our life, that's when it becomes a tyrant that we cannot experience the rest of what it

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 means to be human. And it's impossible not to feel it when you're pursuing happiness. And I am wondering

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 if Matthew felt this when Jesus came up to him and said, follow me. Follow me. Jesus has two words to

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 Matthew. And we see that Matthew has a type of conversion experience. When you look at it from

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 a symbolic, choreographical point of view, we see in verse 9, Matthew rose and followed him.

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 You think of Isaiah 60 or Psalm 1, when people are, when it says that, blessed is the man who walks

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 not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers.

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 Matthew was sitting in those who were oppressing the people of God. He was sitting in that sense,

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 but he decided he saw Jesus, he heard the words of Jesus, and he got up. And he got up and he followed

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 Jesus. And I want to share with you my first point here, if we can have that on the screen.

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 Jesus' word is healing power. Jesus' word is healing power. Now why healing power?

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 We're in the context of the gospel of Matthew here, where Jesus is doing healings. He's doing

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 multiple healings. And he healed the centurion's servant, where the centurion asked Jesus, would you

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 say one word and my servant will be healed? And Jesus says, go, he's healed. And same thing with

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 the paralytic. He says one word and he's healed. And this whole rhetoric of what Matthew is doing here

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 that he's showing, showcasing the authority of Jesus' word. And what kind of authority is that?

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 The authority to break us and crush us? No, the authority to heal, to bind what is broken.

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 And so how does this look like? How does this work? That Jesus' word brings healing.

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 See, we're made for God's presence. We were made to behold God, to know God, to behold him as the

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 highest possible being, the highest possible pursuit, the highest goodness, the highest beauty.

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 That is our original relationship, the intention that God made us for. And you read that in the

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 early pages of scripture. That is God's intention for us, to know him and behold him. But what our

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 original ancestors did, Adam and Eve, is that they, having heard the word of the serpent, Satan,

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 they decided to turn and they didn't follow God anymore. They followed their own selves,

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 their own ambitions. The devil said that you could be gods if you just eat from the tree of the

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 knowledge of good and evil. You will be gods. And so they decided to follow their own selves,

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 their own self-interest, their own autonomy. They became followers of self. And in that sense,

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 they became distorted. In that sense, there was a breaking off from God. There's no way to have

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 relationship with God when we follow our own selves, when God is other-oriented in his own being and in

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 his relationship to his creation. And so in the garden, there was this exile where Adam and Eve were

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 cast out of the garden. And every human being afterward has experienced this exile of not being

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 in fellowship, not beholding God, not being in the presence of God. And that has characterized the rest of

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 humanity ever since. So when Jesus called Matthew, he invited him back into this original knowing and

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 beholding. There's something about Jesus's words, maybe Jesus's face, the blending of the two,

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 that Matthew saw, the face of God. And he thought, whoa, I need to follow this man. I need to follow

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 his man. And as someone who would have worked at the border, I'm sure he would have heard the stories,

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 the miracles of what Jesus has done. But his time came when Jesus said, follow me. And Matthew,

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 who is the writer of this gospel that we're looking at, he wrote this down because he has tasted and seen

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 the goodness of Jesus, the goodness of knowing God and beholding him. He wrote this down so that we

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 could participate in the same thing. And I don't know where you find yourself today. Maybe you're

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 not a follower of Jesus. You're a follower of happiness, maybe, or a follower of your pursuit of

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 wealth or fame, your work, whatever it is, your relationship. You're a follower of something. I know it.

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 But these things are temporary. And so when we follow something that's temporary, these pursuits

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 die when we die. The value is ephemeral. It's gone when we're gone. I was talking with one of my

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 colleagues, co-workers, someone that I supervise. And I asked her, like, look, for this type of job,

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 you need to have a vision that's higher than merely washing dishes, putting the food out,

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 serving the people, putting a smile on, and just kind of closing the day, closing the kitchen.

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 Like, you need to have a vision that's higher than that. And I know that you want to buy a car with

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 the money that you make, and that's a good vision, but you need something that's even higher than that.

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 Something that will not perish. Something that will bring you to the next point in your life that

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 you will carry with you. And once you figure that out, I give you a week to think about it. Once you

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 figure it out, come tell me so that I can help you reach that goal. We all need to aim for something

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 that is high. Why not aim for the highest thing? Why not aim for Jesus? If you're not following Jesus,

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 I want to encourage you that Jesus is the highest possible pursuit in this life. Your life will never

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 be the same. He will transform it for the good. And I want to invite you to consider that. Hopefully,

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 as we unpack the rest of the sermon, you'll understand a little bit more what that entails.

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 But Jesus is good. Jesus is good. He's good for all of us. From wherever background you come from,

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 he is good. Or maybe you're a follower of Jesus, but you're cold or dull. However, you may feel that

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 in your heart of hearts. Maybe if I would ask you, how are you doing? You'd say, I don't really know.

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 I'm just kind of like, I don't know. I just kind of go on and on and on, not really knowing and

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 kind of in the fog about where you are with Jesus. I would call on you to wake up. Wake up from the

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 slumber. Maybe you're following idols. Maybe it's the happiness thing that's kind of overtaken your

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 pursuit of Jesus. You kind of pursued Jesus and happiness, Jesus and something else. Get rid of the

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 idols. Get rid of these things, these pursuits that don't fill you, that don't give you eternal life.

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 Turn from them and follow Jesus and ask Jesus to search you and to know you.

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 And in the words of the great 1980s band, take a chance. Take a chance on Jesus. I'm thinking of

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 Abba. Maybe it's not a great example, but take a chance on Jesus. Like, if you need to wake up,

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 take a chance. Like, ask Jesus what it is and just take a chance. Just go up to someone who's in need

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 and give. Like, honestly, take a chance. Make it tangible, fleshly, real. Make your faith real, incarnate.

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 Live it out. Or maybe you're a solid follower of Jesus. Well, praise God. I praise God with you for that.

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 But don't give up. Keep going. Keep bearing fruit in line with the repentance that you've originally started with.

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 And be thankful to Jesus. Cultivate thankfulness. Keep going. Cultivate thankfulness.

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 Or lastly, maybe you're a discouraged follower of Jesus. Maybe you've been mocked. People have laughed at you.

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 Maybe you've suffered loss. I don't know what it is. But as it says in the book of Acts, and I know you've been going through the book of Acts,

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 rejoice in that you're accounted worthy of suffering for the name, the name of Jesus.

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 There's no greater honor in suffering for doing good in the name of Jesus.

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 That is a good thing.

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 And we want to follow Jesus because His word

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 is health. His word is healing

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 power. And His healing power is what brings us

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 into and fits us for this friendship with God the Trinity,

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 the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

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 As Jesus heals us,

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 as we get to see Jesus, we behold Him,

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 we hear His voice, we receive it,

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 and we trust in Him.

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 What happens is that it's not just kind of like,

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 you know, me here, Jesus there.

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 It's that

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 Jesus sends His Holy Spirit.

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 The very Spirit, the very presence of God

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 to indwell us.

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 So our life is not the same, you know.

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 It's really not Jesus my buddy.

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 It's really

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 God in me.

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 And as the Holy Spirit works in us,

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 our gaze, our sight

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 is set upon God the Father in Heaven.

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 And we're no longer just kind of just walking like this,

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 looking at the next task,

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 looking at the next pursuit,

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 feeling bogged down because it didn't work out,

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 or feeling good because it worked out,

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 but feeling anxious because you feel it's going to be taken away from you

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 at any moment.

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 We're following God,

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 the triune God,

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 who gives new life.

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 And now what does that look like?

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 Friendship with God.

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 We get a beautiful picture

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 of Matthew beholding Jesus

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 in the beauty of the gospel

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 in the next verse.

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 Let's look at verse 10.

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 It says,

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 And as Jesus reclined at table

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 in the house,

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 behold, many tax collectors and sinners

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 came and were reclining

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 with Jesus

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 and His disciples.

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 So Matthew,

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 presumably out of humility,

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 he left some details out

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 which we find in Luke

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 and in Mark.

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 It says that Matthew

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 held a great feast,

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 a great banquet.

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 He splurged.

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 And what did he do?

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 What did he splurge on?

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 Well, he received Jesus and His disciples

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 as well as sinners

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 and tax collectors.

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 And this is a reflection

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 of God's own hospitality

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 which we celebrate at communion,

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 that we celebrate that God receives us

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 and that God feeds us

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 with His own body,

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 His own life.

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 But Matthew is transposing that

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 into what it means

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 as a human being.

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 And so as the gospel grips us,

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 as the gospel grips us,

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 we begin to consolidate our lives.

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 That's where the Holy Spirit leads us.

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 We begin to consolidate our lives.

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 We see that Matthew,

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 he consolidates

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 his time,

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 his treasure,

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 his talents.

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 He looks at what he has,

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 does an inventory,

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 a stock inventory.

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 He looks at who he knows

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 and he brings them together.

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 We see his old friends,

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 maybe his,

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 you know,

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 if you work in an office building,

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 maybe his smoking buddies

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 at the bottom of the building

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 at the entrance

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 or his,

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 you know,

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 his drinking buddies after work.

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 He says,

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 come along,

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 I have something to show you.

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 And he brings his new Jesus

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 with them

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 and together

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 they share in a meal.

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 And there's something

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 absolutely beautiful,

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 Jesus reclining with them.

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 It's a very kind of

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 ancient way

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 of just,

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 you know,

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 being with people

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 that you would recline

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 at the table.

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 But being reclined,

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 you know,

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 if you're reclined,

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 you're not really going anywhere.

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 Like,

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 Jesus is not there

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 kind of looking at the door

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 like,

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 okay,

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 when's the next,

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 when's the perfect exit moment?

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 Like,

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 when is the conversation

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 kind of dying

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 so I can gun out?

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 And I showed my presence,

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 people know that was here

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 and then,

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 phew,

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 he's out.

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 No,

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 he's reclining

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 at table.

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 He's eating with them.

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 He's enjoying

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 their very presence.

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 There's something

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 absolutely beautiful

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 with that.

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 Now you might think,

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 okay,

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 if I did that,

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 like,

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 my friends would reject me.

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 Like,

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 I would get pushback.

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 My neighbors,

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 if they saw me do that,

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 like,

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 if they saw me

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 receive these sinners,

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 tax collectors,

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 with,

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 you know,

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 people with the tattoos

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 or people who smoke

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 or people who smell different,

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 like,

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 if they saw me do that,

00:24:56.819 --> 00:24:56.980
 like,

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 I would get pushback.

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 And they'd probably say something like,

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 like,

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 what is up with you

00:25:01.339 --> 00:25:01.460
 and,

00:25:01.539 --> 00:25:01.579
 like,

00:25:01.620 --> 00:25:02.519
 this Jesus stuff?

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 Like,

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 you're going a little bit

00:25:03.880 --> 00:25:04.759
 off the rails here.

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 Like,

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 that's a bit too much.

00:25:07.980 --> 00:25:09.140
 At least move upward.

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 At least try to invite people

00:25:10.759 --> 00:25:12.039
 that are higher than you

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 in your work

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 or higher than you

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 in society

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 so that way you can kind of

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 move your way up with them.

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 Like,

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 that's a good idea.

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 That's a wise idea.

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 That's what wise,

00:25:22.339 --> 00:25:23.380
 sophisticated people do.

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 Well,

00:25:25.579 --> 00:25:26.680
 that's exactly the criticism

00:25:26.680 --> 00:25:27.259
 that Jesus

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 and Matthew

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 receive in verse 11.

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 Let's read it.

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 Verse 11.

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 It says,

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 And when the Pharisees saw this,

00:25:35.299 --> 00:25:36.819
 they said to his disciples,

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 Why does your teacher

00:25:38.660 --> 00:25:39.859
 eat with tax collectors

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 and sinners?

00:25:41.920 --> 00:25:42.879
 There you have it.

00:25:43.700 --> 00:25:44.940
 Why does your teacher

00:25:44.940 --> 00:25:46.759
 eat with tax collectors

00:25:46.759 --> 00:25:47.980
 and sinners?

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 And I'd like to have

00:25:49.640 --> 00:25:50.559
 my second point

00:25:50.559 --> 00:25:52.519
 just so we can expound on this.

00:25:52.579 --> 00:25:53.500
 What is happening here?

00:25:55.539 --> 00:25:56.660
 What is happening here

00:25:56.660 --> 00:25:57.080
 is that

00:25:57.080 --> 00:25:58.779
 Jesus eats

00:25:58.779 --> 00:26:00.300
 and fellowships

00:26:00.300 --> 00:26:00.980
 with sinners.

00:26:01.820 --> 00:26:03.019
 He is clean.

00:26:03.620 --> 00:26:05.519
 He is mercy of God.

00:26:06.740 --> 00:26:07.460
 I'll say this again.

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 Jesus eats with sinners

00:26:08.840 --> 00:26:11.000
 and eats and fellowships

00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:11.440
 with sinners.

00:26:12.100 --> 00:26:13.620
 He is clean.

00:26:13.820 --> 00:26:15.460
 He is mercy of God.

00:26:15.840 --> 00:26:17.080
 He is the very definition

00:26:17.080 --> 00:26:17.640
 of what he means

00:26:17.640 --> 00:26:18.200
 to be clean.

00:26:18.340 --> 00:26:19.240
 He's the very definition

00:26:19.240 --> 00:26:20.720
 of the mercy of God.

00:26:20.779 --> 00:26:21.580
 And this is what we see

00:26:21.580 --> 00:26:23.000
 happening here

00:26:23.000 --> 00:26:23.620
 in this story.

00:26:23.619 --> 00:26:26.139
 Jesus makes very little

00:26:26.139 --> 00:26:26.979
 of externals

00:26:26.979 --> 00:26:28.579
 in case you're wondering,

00:26:28.839 --> 00:26:30.039
 in case maybe you have forgotten.

00:26:30.979 --> 00:26:31.559
 The externals,

00:26:32.079 --> 00:26:32.819
 not so much.

00:26:32.939 --> 00:26:34.319
 Jesus cares for the heart.

00:26:34.979 --> 00:26:35.739
 He goes towards

00:26:35.739 --> 00:26:37.019
 the heart of each

00:26:37.019 --> 00:26:39.399
 and every single one of us.

00:26:40.419 --> 00:26:41.899
 And this is a picture,

00:26:42.099 --> 00:26:43.159
 Jesus eating with

00:26:43.159 --> 00:26:44.399
 and fellowshipping with

00:26:44.399 --> 00:26:45.159
 his disciples

00:26:45.159 --> 00:26:46.179
 and with sinners

00:26:46.179 --> 00:26:46.839
 and tax collectors.

00:26:47.239 --> 00:26:48.119
 This is a picture

00:26:48.119 --> 00:26:50.479
 of what the cross accomplishes.

00:26:50.480 --> 00:26:51.759
 So that when Jesus

00:26:51.759 --> 00:26:53.299
 comes down,

00:26:53.819 --> 00:26:53.940
 you know,

00:26:53.960 --> 00:26:54.960
 he's not going up the ladder.

00:26:55.039 --> 00:26:55.640
 He's coming down.

00:26:55.720 --> 00:26:56.160
 And in a sense,

00:26:56.240 --> 00:26:57.360
 he came down from heaven

00:26:57.360 --> 00:26:58.259
 as we read earlier.

00:26:58.660 --> 00:26:59.819
 Came down from heaven

00:26:59.819 --> 00:27:01.500
 to be with people

00:27:01.500 --> 00:27:03.660
 who are hungry,

00:27:03.880 --> 00:27:05.059
 people who are in need.

00:27:05.700 --> 00:27:07.120
 And as he is there,

00:27:07.740 --> 00:27:09.160
 he is fellowshipping with them

00:27:09.160 --> 00:27:12.720
 to show the ultimate reality

00:27:12.720 --> 00:27:14.000
 of what is going to happen

00:27:14.000 --> 00:27:17.279
 in the glory of the resurrection.

00:27:17.700 --> 00:27:18.880
 That we will have fellowship

00:27:18.880 --> 00:27:20.840
 and we will eat with Jesus.

00:27:21.280 --> 00:27:22.060
 That we will have

00:27:22.060 --> 00:27:24.560
 a good future with Jesus.

00:27:24.720 --> 00:27:26.360
 So that when he went to the cross,

00:27:26.440 --> 00:27:27.540
 he took everything

00:27:27.540 --> 00:27:29.340
 that made us poor

00:27:29.340 --> 00:27:30.680
 and needy and weak

00:27:30.680 --> 00:27:32.120
 upon him.

00:27:32.880 --> 00:27:34.060
 So that we could have

00:27:34.060 --> 00:27:35.180
 the riches of Jesus.

00:27:35.660 --> 00:27:36.300
 And the riches

00:27:36.300 --> 00:27:37.400
 is the very fellowship

00:27:37.400 --> 00:27:38.760
 of Jesus.

00:27:38.840 --> 00:27:39.620
 The very knowing

00:27:39.620 --> 00:27:40.680
 of God himself.

00:27:41.580 --> 00:27:42.340
 That is the cross

00:27:42.340 --> 00:27:42.880
 and that is what

00:27:42.880 --> 00:27:43.960
 Jesus accomplished

00:27:43.960 --> 00:27:44.500
 at the cross.

00:27:44.740 --> 00:27:45.900
 And this picture of eating

00:27:45.900 --> 00:27:48.180
 is a picture of eternity.

00:27:48.880 --> 00:27:49.980
 When you put your trust

00:27:49.980 --> 00:27:50.340
 in Jesus.

00:27:50.440 --> 00:27:51.120
 When you put faith

00:27:51.120 --> 00:27:51.560
 in Jesus.

00:27:53.820 --> 00:27:54.880
 Now Jesus is not

00:27:54.880 --> 00:27:56.840
 this distant hero

00:27:56.840 --> 00:27:58.620
 with no time

00:27:58.620 --> 00:27:59.360
 or interest

00:27:59.360 --> 00:28:00.940
 in you.

00:28:01.700 --> 00:28:02.280
 In the people

00:28:02.280 --> 00:28:02.980
 in the story.

00:28:04.260 --> 00:28:05.740
 He is literally eating.

00:28:06.060 --> 00:28:06.900
 Literally eating

00:28:06.900 --> 00:28:07.300
 with them.

00:28:08.800 --> 00:28:09.980
 He knows

00:28:09.980 --> 00:28:11.200
 human beings

00:28:11.200 --> 00:28:12.500
 but he knows you.

00:28:13.300 --> 00:28:14.160
 He knows your thoughts.

00:28:14.380 --> 00:28:15.200
 He knows your experiences.

00:28:15.800 --> 00:28:16.640
 He knows your pursuits.

00:28:16.640 --> 00:28:17.160
 Your ambitions.

00:28:17.920 --> 00:28:19.240
 He knows what kind

00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:20.660
 of imagination you have.

00:28:21.060 --> 00:28:22.160
 What you dwell on

00:28:22.160 --> 00:28:23.500
 when you're sitting quiet.

00:28:24.700 --> 00:28:25.860
 He knows all those things.

00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:27.700
 And he wants to have

00:28:27.700 --> 00:28:28.420
 a relationship

00:28:28.420 --> 00:28:29.680
 with you.

00:28:33.200 --> 00:28:34.220
 And you may be wondering

00:28:34.220 --> 00:28:35.220
 yeah but what if I'm

00:28:35.220 --> 00:28:36.500
 what if I'm disordered?

00:28:37.380 --> 00:28:38.460
 Like what if I'm financially

00:28:38.460 --> 00:28:39.900
 just kind of off the rails?

00:28:40.740 --> 00:28:41.660
 What if just my

00:28:41.660 --> 00:28:43.940
 my luck in life

00:28:43.940 --> 00:28:45.080
 I just

00:28:45.079 --> 00:28:45.839
 I don't have it?

00:28:46.019 --> 00:28:46.419
 What if

00:28:46.419 --> 00:28:47.919
 what if I'm not beautiful?

00:28:48.639 --> 00:28:50.179
 What if I'm not successful?

00:28:51.039 --> 00:28:52.379
 What if I always get turned down?

00:28:52.460 --> 00:28:53.460
 What if my sexuality

00:28:53.460 --> 00:28:53.859
 is just

00:28:53.859 --> 00:28:54.740
 I don't even have

00:28:54.740 --> 00:28:55.679
 a definition for it.

00:28:55.699 --> 00:28:55.960
 I don't even have

00:28:55.960 --> 00:28:56.539
 a word for it.

00:28:56.559 --> 00:28:56.939
 I don't even know

00:28:56.939 --> 00:28:57.439
 where I am.

00:28:57.439 --> 00:28:58.519
 What if

00:28:58.519 --> 00:28:59.720
 what if

00:28:59.720 --> 00:29:00.899
 and what if

00:29:00.899 --> 00:29:05.559
 Jesus is clean.

00:29:06.659 --> 00:29:08.240
 He is mercy of God.

00:29:08.839 --> 00:29:09.799
 And as we put

00:29:09.799 --> 00:29:10.539
 our faith in him

00:29:10.539 --> 00:29:12.319
 we receive

00:29:12.319 --> 00:29:13.279
 his cleanliness.

00:29:13.279 --> 00:29:14.559
 And that's the beauty

00:29:14.559 --> 00:29:15.960
 of what the cross

00:29:15.960 --> 00:29:16.619
 accomplishes.

00:29:16.839 --> 00:29:17.680
 You see in the Old Testament

00:29:17.680 --> 00:29:18.960
 there was this concern

00:29:18.960 --> 00:29:19.539
 that the

00:29:19.539 --> 00:29:21.379
 the innermost sanctuary

00:29:21.379 --> 00:29:22.359
 of the presence of God

00:29:22.359 --> 00:29:23.200
 could be contaminated

00:29:23.200 --> 00:29:25.359
 because sin

00:29:25.359 --> 00:29:26.099
 and uncleanliness

00:29:26.099 --> 00:29:26.480
 would go

00:29:26.480 --> 00:29:27.420
 and creep towards

00:29:27.420 --> 00:29:28.039
 like a serpent

00:29:28.039 --> 00:29:29.379
 towards the inner sanctuary

00:29:29.379 --> 00:29:30.160
 of the temple

00:29:30.160 --> 00:29:31.980
 or the tabernacle.

00:29:32.759 --> 00:29:33.940
 That was the concern.

00:29:34.079 --> 00:29:34.460
 That was what

00:29:34.460 --> 00:29:35.220
 all the regulations

00:29:35.220 --> 00:29:35.799
 were about.

00:29:36.319 --> 00:29:37.220
 But these regulations

00:29:37.220 --> 00:29:38.139
 are expired

00:29:38.139 --> 00:29:38.980
 because Jesus

00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:40.139
 who is the very

00:29:40.139 --> 00:29:41.119
 presence of God

00:29:41.119 --> 00:29:42.659
 he is clean

00:29:42.659 --> 00:29:43.819
 and like a mountain

00:29:43.819 --> 00:29:45.979
 has water dripping

00:29:45.979 --> 00:29:47.019
 all along it

00:29:47.019 --> 00:29:48.000
 and it's unstoppable.

00:29:48.219 --> 00:29:48.939
 I live on a mountain

00:29:48.939 --> 00:29:50.919
 and come springtime

00:29:50.919 --> 00:29:52.839
 I have to make sure

00:29:52.839 --> 00:29:53.639
 that my water pump

00:29:53.639 --> 00:29:54.259
 is functioning

00:29:54.259 --> 00:29:55.319
 because my basement

00:29:55.319 --> 00:29:55.959
 will be flooded

00:29:55.959 --> 00:29:57.019
 in a matter of seconds.

00:29:57.399 --> 00:29:58.699
 The water is so powerful

00:29:58.699 --> 00:29:59.500
 and you look at it

00:29:59.500 --> 00:30:00.379
 flow down the mountain

00:30:00.379 --> 00:30:01.899
 and it's unstoppable.

00:30:02.459 --> 00:30:03.439
 And that's the picture

00:30:03.439 --> 00:30:04.379
 of the Holy Spirit

00:30:04.379 --> 00:30:05.439
 coming out of Jesus.

00:30:05.919 --> 00:30:07.179
 And a few chapters later

00:30:07.179 --> 00:30:08.179
 in this account

00:30:08.180 --> 00:30:09.600
 we see the unclean woman

00:30:09.600 --> 00:30:10.539
 the woman with

00:30:10.539 --> 00:30:12.660
 the issue of blood

00:30:12.660 --> 00:30:13.940
 she comes to Jesus

00:30:13.940 --> 00:30:15.700
 and she touches Jesus

00:30:15.700 --> 00:30:16.580
 and what happens?

00:30:16.980 --> 00:30:18.240
 Power comes out of Jesus

00:30:18.240 --> 00:30:20.120
 and she is made clean.

00:30:20.560 --> 00:30:21.440
 And it's the same thing

00:30:21.440 --> 00:30:22.160
 same principle

00:30:22.160 --> 00:30:24.100
 that as we come to Jesus

00:30:24.100 --> 00:30:25.360
 frail

00:30:25.360 --> 00:30:27.259
 faulty

00:30:27.259 --> 00:30:28.640
 as you may be

00:30:28.640 --> 00:30:30.700
 Jesus is clean

00:30:30.700 --> 00:30:31.940
 and makes clean.

00:30:32.560 --> 00:30:34.120
 He is mercy of God.

00:30:34.660 --> 00:30:36.019
 What he is showing

00:30:36.019 --> 00:30:36.799
 and that picture

00:30:36.799 --> 00:30:37.400
 he is showing

00:30:37.400 --> 00:30:38.299
 for us

00:30:38.299 --> 00:30:40.119
 what might be for us

00:30:40.119 --> 00:30:41.279
 if we come to him.

00:30:44.099 --> 00:30:44.839
 And this

00:30:44.839 --> 00:30:46.480
 this is made clear

00:30:46.480 --> 00:30:47.039
 in verse 11.

00:30:47.160 --> 00:30:48.180
 Let's look at verse 11.

00:30:49.180 --> 00:30:50.359
 This relationship

00:30:50.359 --> 00:30:51.400
 with God

00:30:51.400 --> 00:30:52.680
 and how he makes us clean.

00:30:54.240 --> 00:30:55.099
 Verse 11 says

00:30:55.099 --> 00:30:56.079
 And when the Pharisees

00:30:56.079 --> 00:30:56.599
 saw this

00:30:56.599 --> 00:30:58.660
 they said to his disciples

00:30:58.660 --> 00:30:59.639
 why does your teacher

00:30:59.639 --> 00:31:00.700
 eat with tax collectors

00:31:00.700 --> 00:31:01.200
 and sinners?

00:31:01.579 --> 00:31:02.200
 And verse 12

00:31:02.200 --> 00:31:03.579
 but when he heard it

00:31:03.579 --> 00:31:03.980
 he said

00:31:03.980 --> 00:31:05.400
 those who are well

00:31:05.400 --> 00:31:06.200
 have no need

00:31:06.200 --> 00:31:06.860
 of a physician

00:31:06.860 --> 00:31:09.079
 but those who are sick.

00:31:10.019 --> 00:31:11.059
 What is going on here?

00:31:12.440 --> 00:31:13.539
 The Pharisees

00:31:13.539 --> 00:31:14.860
 are not catching on.

00:31:15.259 --> 00:31:15.779
 They think

00:31:15.779 --> 00:31:16.400
 that

00:31:16.400 --> 00:31:17.220
 okay

00:31:17.220 --> 00:31:18.500
 I can make myself clean

00:31:18.500 --> 00:31:20.180
 by my religiosity

00:31:20.180 --> 00:31:21.299
 by obeying rules

00:31:21.299 --> 00:31:22.099
 obeying laws

00:31:22.099 --> 00:31:23.120
 pleasing God

00:31:23.120 --> 00:31:23.640
 like this.

00:31:24.140 --> 00:31:25.360
 I don't really need

00:31:25.360 --> 00:31:27.200
 Jesus' power

00:31:27.200 --> 00:31:27.680
 or cleanliness.

00:31:27.839 --> 00:31:28.160
 I don't need

00:31:28.160 --> 00:31:28.860
 the mercy of God.

00:31:28.940 --> 00:31:29.519
 I can leave that

00:31:29.519 --> 00:31:30.460
 to the others.

00:31:31.220 --> 00:31:31.620
 I

00:31:31.620 --> 00:31:33.099
 follow the principles

00:31:33.099 --> 00:31:33.519
 of God.

00:31:33.599 --> 00:31:34.419
 I follow the laws

00:31:34.419 --> 00:31:34.799
 of God.

00:31:35.240 --> 00:31:35.519
 Therefore

00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:36.599
 I am clean

00:31:36.599 --> 00:31:37.079
 and I'm good.

00:31:37.679 --> 00:31:38.039
 And that's

00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:39.079
 the very religious spirit.

00:31:39.439 --> 00:31:40.559
 That's very contrasted

00:31:40.559 --> 00:31:42.339
 with the relativist spirit

00:31:42.339 --> 00:31:42.879
 which is

00:31:42.879 --> 00:31:44.079
 I don't need

00:31:44.079 --> 00:31:44.799
 really what to

00:31:44.799 --> 00:31:45.599
 I don't need

00:31:45.599 --> 00:31:46.599
 really any laws

00:31:46.599 --> 00:31:47.879
 or any principles

00:31:47.879 --> 00:31:48.379
 to follow.

00:31:48.579 --> 00:31:48.939
 I'm just going

00:31:48.939 --> 00:31:49.599
 to follow myself

00:31:49.599 --> 00:31:50.399
 and whatever else

00:31:50.399 --> 00:31:51.740
 other leader

00:31:51.740 --> 00:31:52.359
 I can find

00:31:52.359 --> 00:31:53.419
 on the internet.

00:31:54.819 --> 00:31:55.139
 So you have

00:31:55.139 --> 00:31:56.039
 these contrasts.

00:31:56.139 --> 00:31:58.039
 We have the relativist

00:31:58.039 --> 00:31:58.539
 who is

00:31:58.539 --> 00:31:59.679
 all heart

00:31:59.679 --> 00:32:00.199
 passion

00:32:00.199 --> 00:32:01.119
 but no external

00:32:01.119 --> 00:32:01.719
 conformity

00:32:01.720 --> 00:32:02.740
 and you have

00:32:02.740 --> 00:32:03.420
 the religious

00:32:03.420 --> 00:32:04.240
 who is all

00:32:04.240 --> 00:32:05.680
 external conformity

00:32:05.680 --> 00:32:06.400
 but no heart.

00:32:07.460 --> 00:32:08.000
 And their hearts

00:32:08.000 --> 00:32:08.319
 are

00:32:08.319 --> 00:32:09.559
 whatever heart

00:32:09.559 --> 00:32:10.259
 that they have

00:32:10.259 --> 00:32:11.019
 is revealed

00:32:11.019 --> 00:32:12.460
 in calling

00:32:12.460 --> 00:32:12.960
 Jesus

00:32:12.960 --> 00:32:13.839
 teacher.

00:32:15.000 --> 00:32:15.880
 See with a teacher

00:32:15.880 --> 00:32:17.200
 you learn things

00:32:17.200 --> 00:32:17.740
 and you climb

00:32:17.740 --> 00:32:18.240
 your way up.

00:32:18.620 --> 00:32:19.480
 You go up the ladder

00:32:19.480 --> 00:32:20.579
 and you move

00:32:20.579 --> 00:32:21.200
 towards

00:32:21.200 --> 00:32:21.940
 one degree

00:32:21.940 --> 00:32:23.740
 of glory

00:32:23.740 --> 00:32:24.279
 if you will

00:32:24.279 --> 00:32:24.860
 one degree

00:32:24.860 --> 00:32:25.779
 of healing

00:32:25.779 --> 00:32:26.519
 of wholeness

00:32:26.519 --> 00:32:27.380
 to another

00:32:27.380 --> 00:32:28.240
 to another.

00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:29.319
 And that's

00:32:29.319 --> 00:32:30.100
 anyway

00:32:30.099 --> 00:32:30.679
 that's the hope

00:32:30.679 --> 00:32:31.839
 that's the anticipation

00:32:31.839 --> 00:32:33.059
 that's why people

00:32:33.059 --> 00:32:34.179
 kind of go into it

00:32:34.179 --> 00:32:34.899
 in the first place.

00:32:36.179 --> 00:32:36.919
 But Jesus

00:32:36.919 --> 00:32:37.599
 counters that

00:32:37.599 --> 00:32:38.059
 he says

00:32:38.059 --> 00:32:39.500
 in a sense

00:32:39.500 --> 00:32:40.240
 Matthew

00:32:40.240 --> 00:32:40.779
 you're not going

00:32:40.779 --> 00:32:41.139
 to be

00:32:41.139 --> 00:32:42.219
 you're not a

00:32:42.219 --> 00:32:42.859
 relativist anymore

00:32:42.859 --> 00:32:43.559
 but I'm not going

00:32:43.559 --> 00:32:43.859
 to allow you

00:32:43.859 --> 00:32:44.159
 to become

00:32:44.159 --> 00:32:44.579
 a religious

00:32:44.579 --> 00:32:45.559
 person.

00:32:46.139 --> 00:32:46.659
 You're going

00:32:46.659 --> 00:32:47.159
 to follow me.

00:32:47.740 --> 00:32:48.099
 And what that

00:32:48.099 --> 00:32:48.679
 looks like

00:32:48.679 --> 00:32:49.579
 is that Jesus

00:32:49.579 --> 00:32:50.679
 corrects the Pharisees

00:32:50.679 --> 00:32:51.259
 by saying

00:32:51.259 --> 00:32:54.359
 those who are well

00:32:54.359 --> 00:32:54.899
 have no need

00:32:54.899 --> 00:32:55.599
 of a physician

00:32:55.599 --> 00:32:57.219
 but those who are sick.

00:32:58.699 --> 00:32:58.939
 In a sense

00:32:58.940 --> 00:32:59.539
 Jesus says

00:32:59.539 --> 00:32:59.840
 you're going

00:32:59.840 --> 00:33:00.220
 to relate

00:33:00.220 --> 00:33:00.620
 to me

00:33:00.620 --> 00:33:02.220
 as a physician.

00:33:03.200 --> 00:33:03.660
 You're going

00:33:03.660 --> 00:33:03.920
 to relate

00:33:03.920 --> 00:33:04.160
 to me

00:33:04.160 --> 00:33:04.700
 not as a

00:33:04.700 --> 00:33:05.340
 teacher first

00:33:05.340 --> 00:33:05.779
 but as a

00:33:05.779 --> 00:33:06.160
 physician.

00:33:07.240 --> 00:33:07.420
 And so

00:33:07.420 --> 00:33:07.759
 here's my

00:33:07.759 --> 00:33:09.340
 third point.

00:33:10.740 --> 00:33:11.259
 The world

00:33:11.259 --> 00:33:11.720
 says

00:33:11.720 --> 00:33:12.279
 follow

00:33:12.279 --> 00:33:12.960
 teachings

00:33:12.960 --> 00:33:13.799
 for your

00:33:13.799 --> 00:33:14.140
 healing

00:33:14.140 --> 00:33:15.360
 and Jesus

00:33:15.360 --> 00:33:15.840
 says

00:33:15.840 --> 00:33:16.580
 I will

00:33:16.580 --> 00:33:17.259
 heal you

00:33:17.259 --> 00:33:18.460
 then teach

00:33:18.460 --> 00:33:18.740
 you.

00:33:19.740 --> 00:33:20.120
 So you see

00:33:20.120 --> 00:33:20.740
 it's completely

00:33:20.740 --> 00:33:21.120
 different.

00:33:21.240 --> 00:33:21.759
 Jesus is not

00:33:21.759 --> 00:33:22.259
 offering

00:33:22.259 --> 00:33:23.259
 a religion.

00:33:24.600 --> 00:33:24.960
 He's not

00:33:24.960 --> 00:33:25.380
 offering

00:33:25.380 --> 00:33:26.080
 relativism.

00:33:26.559 --> 00:33:27.279
 He's offering

00:33:27.279 --> 00:33:28.059
 a relationship.

00:33:28.059 --> 00:33:29.500
 a lively

00:33:29.500 --> 00:33:30.460
 relationship

00:33:30.460 --> 00:33:31.619
 with your

00:33:31.619 --> 00:33:31.960
 maker

00:33:31.960 --> 00:33:32.419
 with your

00:33:32.419 --> 00:33:32.899
 creator.

00:33:33.579 --> 00:33:34.200
 He is

00:33:34.200 --> 00:33:34.639
 your creator

00:33:34.639 --> 00:33:35.460
 come to you

00:33:35.460 --> 00:33:36.200
 come to us

00:33:36.200 --> 00:33:36.759
 this morning

00:33:36.759 --> 00:33:37.740
 calling

00:33:37.740 --> 00:33:39.000
 follow me.

00:33:39.339 --> 00:33:39.779
 He's saying

00:33:39.779 --> 00:33:40.440
 follow me

00:33:40.440 --> 00:33:41.279
 to you

00:33:41.279 --> 00:33:42.179
 to me

00:33:42.179 --> 00:33:43.419
 so that we

00:33:43.419 --> 00:33:44.279
 would commit

00:33:44.279 --> 00:33:44.980
 ourselves to him

00:33:44.980 --> 00:33:45.319
 and maybe

00:33:45.319 --> 00:33:45.879
 recommit

00:33:45.879 --> 00:33:46.339
 ourselves

00:33:46.339 --> 00:33:47.399
 to him.

00:33:48.599 --> 00:33:48.980
 And Jesus

00:33:48.980 --> 00:33:49.720
 has a special

00:33:49.720 --> 00:33:50.319
 insight into

00:33:50.319 --> 00:33:50.679
 the human

00:33:50.679 --> 00:33:51.079
 person.

00:33:52.159 --> 00:33:52.879
 His word

00:33:52.879 --> 00:33:53.500
 play here

00:33:53.500 --> 00:33:54.220
 is really

00:33:54.220 --> 00:33:55.039
 masterful.

00:33:55.139 --> 00:33:55.839
 He's talking

00:33:55.839 --> 00:33:57.059
 about those

00:33:57.059 --> 00:33:57.339
 who are

00:33:57.339 --> 00:33:57.700
 well

00:33:57.700 --> 00:33:58.679
 have no

00:33:58.679 --> 00:33:59.460
 need of

00:33:59.460 --> 00:33:59.899
 a physician

00:33:59.899 --> 00:34:00.319
 but those

00:34:00.319 --> 00:34:00.559
 who are

00:34:00.559 --> 00:34:00.879
 sick.

00:34:01.220 --> 00:34:01.940
 He's talking

00:34:01.940 --> 00:34:02.359
 about these

00:34:02.359 --> 00:34:03.399
 deep realities

00:34:03.399 --> 00:34:03.859
 of what it

00:34:03.859 --> 00:34:04.480
 means to be

00:34:04.480 --> 00:34:05.299
 a human

00:34:05.299 --> 00:34:06.279
 in real time

00:34:06.279 --> 00:34:07.000
 in real space.

00:34:08.299 --> 00:34:08.940
 He's saying

00:34:08.940 --> 00:34:09.239
 that we're

00:34:09.239 --> 00:34:09.579
 sick.

00:34:10.799 --> 00:34:11.119
 He's saying

00:34:11.119 --> 00:34:11.519
 that it's not

00:34:11.519 --> 00:34:12.179
 good enough

00:34:12.179 --> 00:34:12.860
 to be

00:34:12.860 --> 00:34:13.159
 religious.

00:34:13.500 --> 00:34:13.799
 It's not

00:34:13.799 --> 00:34:14.299
 good enough

00:34:14.299 --> 00:34:14.739
 to try

00:34:14.739 --> 00:34:15.219
 harder.

00:34:15.699 --> 00:34:16.019
 It's not

00:34:16.019 --> 00:34:16.440
 good enough

00:34:16.440 --> 00:34:16.920
 to have

00:34:16.920 --> 00:34:17.679
 walked with

00:34:17.679 --> 00:34:18.000
 Jesus

00:34:18.000 --> 00:34:18.860
 for many

00:34:18.860 --> 00:34:19.139
 years

00:34:19.139 --> 00:34:19.360
 having

00:34:19.360 --> 00:34:19.659
 believed

00:34:19.659 --> 00:34:20.159
 the gospel

00:34:20.159 --> 00:34:21.019
 and now

00:34:21.019 --> 00:34:21.420
 saying

00:34:21.420 --> 00:34:22.779
 I got it.

00:34:23.159 --> 00:34:23.559
 I've got

00:34:23.559 --> 00:34:23.820
 this.

00:34:23.820 --> 00:34:24.340
 I can

00:34:24.340 --> 00:34:26.059
 just go

00:34:26.059 --> 00:34:26.620
 on and

00:34:26.620 --> 00:34:27.039
 continue

00:34:27.039 --> 00:34:27.680
 with my

00:34:27.680 --> 00:34:27.800
 own

00:34:27.800 --> 00:34:28.019
 thing

00:34:28.019 --> 00:34:28.780
 and have

00:34:28.780 --> 00:34:29.280
 my own

00:34:29.280 --> 00:34:29.580
 mind

00:34:29.580 --> 00:34:29.820
 about

00:34:29.820 --> 00:34:30.340
 reality.

00:34:31.220 --> 00:34:31.519
 Jesus

00:34:31.519 --> 00:34:33.140
 says we're

00:34:33.140 --> 00:34:33.440
 sick.

00:34:34.240 --> 00:34:34.480
 There's

00:34:34.480 --> 00:34:34.700
 something

00:34:34.700 --> 00:34:35.420
 sickly

00:34:35.420 --> 00:34:36.100
 about us,

00:34:36.160 --> 00:34:36.600
 about each

00:34:36.600 --> 00:34:36.980
 and every

00:34:36.980 --> 00:34:37.480
 single one

00:34:37.480 --> 00:34:37.820
 of us

00:34:37.820 --> 00:34:38.500
 which is

00:34:38.500 --> 00:34:38.720
 called

00:34:38.720 --> 00:34:39.039
 sin.

00:34:39.140 --> 00:34:39.519
 He's

00:34:39.519 --> 00:34:39.900
 using

00:34:39.900 --> 00:34:40.620
 another

00:34:40.620 --> 00:34:41.100
 layer

00:34:41.100 --> 00:34:42.960
 as he's

00:34:42.960 --> 00:34:43.420
 describing

00:34:43.420 --> 00:34:43.800
 in verse

00:34:43.800 --> 00:34:44.580
 13.

00:34:44.720 --> 00:34:45.280
 Go and

00:34:45.280 --> 00:34:45.780
 learn what

00:34:45.780 --> 00:34:46.320
 this means.

00:34:46.820 --> 00:34:47.320
 I desire

00:34:47.320 --> 00:34:47.840
 mercy

00:34:47.840 --> 00:34:48.559
 and not

00:34:48.559 --> 00:34:49.320
 sacrifice.

00:34:50.019 --> 00:34:50.260
 For I

00:34:50.260 --> 00:34:50.680
 came not

00:34:50.680 --> 00:34:51.100
 to call

00:34:51.100 --> 00:34:51.620
 the righteous

00:34:51.619 --> 00:34:52.900
 but sinners.

00:34:54.059 --> 00:34:54.639
 Those who

00:34:54.639 --> 00:34:55.159
 are sick,

00:34:55.900 --> 00:34:56.219
 those who

00:34:56.219 --> 00:34:56.859
 are sinful

00:34:56.859 --> 00:34:57.960
 are one

00:34:57.960 --> 00:34:58.259
 and the

00:34:58.259 --> 00:34:58.519
 same.

00:34:58.659 --> 00:34:58.839
 He's

00:34:58.839 --> 00:34:59.239
 describing

00:34:59.239 --> 00:34:59.599
 each and

00:34:59.599 --> 00:34:59.900
 every one

00:34:59.900 --> 00:35:00.199
 of us

00:35:00.199 --> 00:35:00.880
 and he's

00:35:00.880 --> 00:35:01.299
 saying that

00:35:01.299 --> 00:35:02.079
 he is

00:35:02.079 --> 00:35:02.719
 the physician

00:35:02.719 --> 00:35:03.699
 of our

00:35:03.699 --> 00:35:04.059
 souls.

00:35:04.859 --> 00:35:05.579
 He is

00:35:05.579 --> 00:35:05.980
 the only

00:35:05.980 --> 00:35:06.299
 one who

00:35:06.299 --> 00:35:06.599
 will make

00:35:06.599 --> 00:35:06.940
 us right

00:35:06.940 --> 00:35:07.380
 with God

00:35:07.380 --> 00:35:08.319
 and he's

00:35:08.319 --> 00:35:08.679
 the only

00:35:08.679 --> 00:35:08.980
 one who

00:35:08.980 --> 00:35:09.199
 will make

00:35:09.199 --> 00:35:09.579
 us right

00:35:09.579 --> 00:35:10.139
 with others,

00:35:10.639 --> 00:35:11.179
 right with

00:35:11.179 --> 00:35:11.739
 this world.

00:35:12.259 --> 00:35:12.699
 Jesus is

00:35:12.699 --> 00:35:13.199
 the physician

00:35:13.199 --> 00:35:14.139
 of each

00:35:14.139 --> 00:35:14.400
 and every

00:35:14.400 --> 00:35:14.679
 one of

00:35:14.679 --> 00:35:14.980
 us.

00:35:18.599 --> 00:35:19.039
 Now

00:35:19.039 --> 00:35:19.579
 Jesus is

00:35:19.579 --> 00:35:20.239
 also

00:35:20.239 --> 00:35:22.139
 centering

00:35:22.139 --> 00:35:22.639
 in on

00:35:22.639 --> 00:35:22.939
 what it

00:35:22.939 --> 00:35:23.299
 means to

00:35:23.299 --> 00:35:23.659
 have a

00:35:23.659 --> 00:35:24.179
 relationship

00:35:24.179 --> 00:35:24.739
 with him.

00:35:25.419 --> 00:35:25.879
 I mentioned

00:35:25.879 --> 00:35:26.599
 the relativists

00:35:26.599 --> 00:35:26.939
 have

00:35:26.939 --> 00:35:28.479
 internal

00:35:28.479 --> 00:35:29.639
 kind of

00:35:29.639 --> 00:35:30.259
 some

00:35:30.259 --> 00:35:30.719
 heart

00:35:30.719 --> 00:35:31.159
 passion

00:35:31.159 --> 00:35:32.079
 but no

00:35:32.079 --> 00:35:32.579
 external

00:35:32.579 --> 00:35:33.239
 conformity

00:35:33.239 --> 00:35:34.239
 whereas

00:35:34.239 --> 00:35:34.819
 the religious

00:35:34.819 --> 00:35:35.479
 have external

00:35:35.479 --> 00:35:36.099
 conformity

00:35:36.099 --> 00:35:36.939
 but no

00:35:36.939 --> 00:35:37.419
 heart

00:35:37.419 --> 00:35:37.819
 really

00:35:37.819 --> 00:35:39.119
 whereas

00:35:39.119 --> 00:35:39.639
 a relationship

00:35:39.639 --> 00:35:40.199
 with God

00:35:40.199 --> 00:35:41.399
 starts with

00:35:41.399 --> 00:35:41.879
 the heart

00:35:41.879 --> 00:35:43.119
 and moves

00:35:43.119 --> 00:35:43.579
 outward

00:35:43.579 --> 00:35:44.739
 into external

00:35:44.739 --> 00:35:45.479
 conformity.

00:35:46.599 --> 00:35:47.519
 We see

00:35:47.519 --> 00:35:48.079
 this in

00:35:48.079 --> 00:35:49.319
 verse 13.

00:35:49.439 --> 00:35:49.819
 He says

00:35:49.820 --> 00:35:51.519
 having said

00:35:51.519 --> 00:35:51.820
 that he

00:35:51.820 --> 00:35:52.100
 is the

00:35:52.100 --> 00:35:52.440
 physician

00:35:52.440 --> 00:35:53.120
 now he

00:35:53.120 --> 00:35:53.320
 says

00:35:53.320 --> 00:35:53.760
 go and

00:35:53.760 --> 00:35:54.100
 learn

00:35:54.100 --> 00:35:55.420
 what this

00:35:55.420 --> 00:35:55.860
 means.

00:35:56.460 --> 00:35:57.580
 I desire

00:35:57.580 --> 00:35:58.400
 mercy

00:35:58.400 --> 00:36:00.940
 and not

00:36:00.940 --> 00:36:01.400
 sacrifice.

00:36:01.800 --> 00:36:02.140
 He's

00:36:02.140 --> 00:36:02.580
 quoting from

00:36:02.580 --> 00:36:02.820
 the Old

00:36:02.820 --> 00:36:03.160
 Testament

00:36:03.160 --> 00:36:03.880
 and he's

00:36:03.880 --> 00:36:04.019
 saying

00:36:04.019 --> 00:36:05.000
 I desire

00:36:05.000 --> 00:36:05.340
 God

00:36:05.340 --> 00:36:05.740
 desires

00:36:05.740 --> 00:36:05.960
 from

00:36:05.960 --> 00:36:06.660
 God's

00:36:06.660 --> 00:36:06.980
 own

00:36:06.980 --> 00:36:07.539
 heart

00:36:07.539 --> 00:36:08.120
 his own

00:36:08.120 --> 00:36:08.620
 being

00:36:08.620 --> 00:36:09.260
 what he

00:36:09.260 --> 00:36:09.580
 wants

00:36:09.580 --> 00:36:10.039
 from us

00:36:10.039 --> 00:36:10.539
 is to

00:36:10.539 --> 00:36:10.940
 share

00:36:10.940 --> 00:36:11.280
 in his

00:36:11.280 --> 00:36:11.780
 own

00:36:11.780 --> 00:36:12.600
 being.

00:36:12.760 --> 00:36:12.940
 God

00:36:12.940 --> 00:36:13.640
 is love

00:36:13.640 --> 00:36:14.360
 and he

00:36:14.360 --> 00:36:14.680
 wants us

00:36:14.680 --> 00:36:15.200
 to share

00:36:15.200 --> 00:36:15.559
 in that

00:36:15.559 --> 00:36:15.880
 love.

00:36:16.400 --> 00:36:16.760
 In your

00:36:16.760 --> 00:36:17.180
 translation

00:36:17.180 --> 00:36:17.539
 it probably

00:36:17.539 --> 00:36:17.760
 says

00:36:17.760 --> 00:36:18.160
 mercy

00:36:18.159 --> 00:36:19.319
 and in

00:36:19.319 --> 00:36:19.799
 the original

00:36:19.799 --> 00:36:20.219
 language

00:36:20.219 --> 00:36:20.619
 from which

00:36:20.619 --> 00:36:20.980
 this is

00:36:20.980 --> 00:36:21.279
 quoted

00:36:21.279 --> 00:36:22.219
 the word

00:36:22.219 --> 00:36:22.579
 is

00:36:22.579 --> 00:36:23.239
 chesed

00:36:23.239 --> 00:36:24.420
 which is

00:36:24.420 --> 00:36:24.859
 to say

00:36:24.859 --> 00:36:25.379
 God's

00:36:25.379 --> 00:36:26.179
 covenantal

00:36:26.179 --> 00:36:26.619
 love

00:36:26.619 --> 00:36:27.500
 God's

00:36:27.500 --> 00:36:28.219
 faithfulness

00:36:28.219 --> 00:36:28.940
 the very

00:36:28.940 --> 00:36:29.559
 fact that

00:36:29.559 --> 00:36:30.219
 God has

00:36:30.219 --> 00:36:30.899
 been faithful

00:36:30.899 --> 00:36:31.500
 when Israel

00:36:31.500 --> 00:36:31.819
 has been

00:36:31.819 --> 00:36:32.500
 unfaithful

00:36:32.500 --> 00:36:33.199
 the very

00:36:33.199 --> 00:36:33.759
 fact that

00:36:33.759 --> 00:36:34.199
 God has

00:36:34.199 --> 00:36:34.859
 been faithful

00:36:34.859 --> 00:36:35.899
 when you

00:36:35.899 --> 00:36:36.179
 and I

00:36:36.179 --> 00:36:36.500
 have been

00:36:36.500 --> 00:36:37.339
 unfaithful

00:36:37.339 --> 00:36:38.299
 that he

00:36:38.299 --> 00:36:38.759
 is there

00:36:38.759 --> 00:36:39.519
 he's pouring

00:36:39.519 --> 00:36:39.940
 out his

00:36:39.940 --> 00:36:40.259
 love

00:36:40.259 --> 00:36:41.799
 upon him

00:36:41.799 --> 00:36:42.519
 upon us

00:36:42.519 --> 00:36:42.980
 upon the

00:36:42.980 --> 00:36:43.420
 Holy Spirit

00:36:43.420 --> 00:36:43.759
 as the

00:36:43.759 --> 00:36:44.440
 Father pours

00:36:44.440 --> 00:36:44.859
 his love

00:36:44.859 --> 00:36:45.440
 upon Jesus

00:36:45.440 --> 00:36:46.159
 Jesus

00:36:46.159 --> 00:36:46.619
 pours his

00:36:46.619 --> 00:36:46.740
 love

00:36:46.740 --> 00:36:47.179
 back to

00:36:47.179 --> 00:36:47.320
 the

00:36:47.320 --> 00:36:47.579
 Father

00:36:47.579 --> 00:36:48.119
 and the

00:36:48.119 --> 00:36:48.300
 very

00:36:48.300 --> 00:36:48.700
 love

00:36:48.700 --> 00:36:49.340
 is the

00:36:49.340 --> 00:36:49.599
 love

00:36:49.599 --> 00:36:49.940
 of the

00:36:49.940 --> 00:36:50.480
 Holy Spirit

00:36:50.480 --> 00:36:51.500
 which wraps

00:36:51.500 --> 00:36:52.000
 us in

00:36:52.000 --> 00:36:52.420
 into this

00:36:52.420 --> 00:36:52.820
 eternal

00:36:52.820 --> 00:36:53.380
 dance of

00:36:53.380 --> 00:36:53.639
 God

00:36:53.639 --> 00:36:55.380
 do you

00:36:55.380 --> 00:36:55.780
 know this

00:36:55.780 --> 00:36:56.119
 love

00:36:56.119 --> 00:36:57.480
 is this

00:36:57.480 --> 00:36:57.760
 love

00:36:57.760 --> 00:36:58.500
 living in

00:36:58.500 --> 00:36:58.720
 you

00:36:58.720 --> 00:37:00.000
 that is

00:37:00.000 --> 00:37:00.400
 the ministry

00:37:00.400 --> 00:37:00.659
 of the

00:37:00.659 --> 00:37:01.200
 Holy Spirit

00:37:01.200 --> 00:37:02.360
 to participate

00:37:02.360 --> 00:37:03.300
 in the

00:37:03.300 --> 00:37:03.659
 eternal

00:37:03.659 --> 00:37:04.139
 love of

00:37:04.139 --> 00:37:04.420
 God

00:37:04.420 --> 00:37:07.700
 and what

00:37:07.700 --> 00:37:08.460
 is absolutely

00:37:08.460 --> 00:37:09.039
 beautiful

00:37:09.039 --> 00:37:09.619
 and stunning

00:37:09.619 --> 00:37:10.480
 and riveting

00:37:10.480 --> 00:37:10.820
 of this

00:37:10.820 --> 00:37:11.179
 story

00:37:11.179 --> 00:37:12.840
 is that

00:37:12.840 --> 00:37:14.179
 you're never

00:37:14.179 --> 00:37:14.720
 too far

00:37:14.719 --> 00:37:15.579
 you're never

00:37:15.579 --> 00:37:16.179
 too poor

00:37:16.179 --> 00:37:17.099
 never too

00:37:17.099 --> 00:37:17.439
 ugly

00:37:17.439 --> 00:37:18.219
 never too

00:37:18.219 --> 00:37:18.719
 shameful

00:37:18.719 --> 00:37:19.739
 never too

00:37:19.739 --> 00:37:20.139
 old

00:37:20.139 --> 00:37:20.619
 never too

00:37:20.619 --> 00:37:20.939
 young

00:37:20.939 --> 00:37:21.759
 never too

00:37:21.759 --> 00:37:22.379
 disordered

00:37:22.379 --> 00:37:23.179
 never too

00:37:23.179 --> 00:37:23.679
 clumsy

00:37:23.679 --> 00:37:24.819
 never too

00:37:24.819 --> 00:37:25.199
 weak

00:37:25.199 --> 00:37:26.119
 never too

00:37:26.119 --> 00:37:26.599
 lost

00:37:26.599 --> 00:37:27.779
 for Jesus

00:37:27.779 --> 00:37:28.500
 to receive

00:37:28.500 --> 00:37:28.799
 you

00:37:28.799 --> 00:37:29.500
 and to

00:37:29.500 --> 00:37:30.099
 heal you

00:37:30.099 --> 00:37:32.059
 but it

00:37:32.059 --> 00:37:32.459
 starts with

00:37:32.459 --> 00:37:32.739
 following

00:37:32.739 --> 00:37:33.099
 Jesus

00:37:33.099 --> 00:37:34.419
 and that's

00:37:34.419 --> 00:37:35.459
 a form

00:37:35.459 --> 00:37:36.000
 of worship

00:37:36.000 --> 00:37:37.079
 I'll put it

00:37:37.079 --> 00:37:37.539
 this way

00:37:37.539 --> 00:37:38.879
 following

00:37:38.879 --> 00:37:39.259
 Jesus

00:37:39.259 --> 00:37:39.659
 begins

00:37:39.659 --> 00:37:39.899
 with

00:37:39.899 --> 00:37:40.759
 beholding

00:37:40.759 --> 00:37:40.980
 him

00:37:40.980 --> 00:37:42.539
 seeing

00:37:42.539 --> 00:37:42.919
 him

00:37:42.919 --> 00:37:43.819
 looking

00:37:43.819 --> 00:37:44.099
 at

00:37:44.099 --> 00:37:44.399
 him

00:37:44.400 --> 00:37:45.579
 our

00:37:45.579 --> 00:37:46.380
 face

00:37:46.380 --> 00:37:46.740
 is the

00:37:46.740 --> 00:37:46.980
 window

00:37:46.980 --> 00:37:47.300
 of our

00:37:47.300 --> 00:37:47.660
 soul

00:37:47.660 --> 00:37:48.039
 and the

00:37:48.039 --> 00:37:48.480
 way

00:37:48.480 --> 00:37:48.820
 in which

00:37:48.820 --> 00:37:48.960
 our

00:37:48.960 --> 00:37:49.240
 face

00:37:49.240 --> 00:37:49.380
 is

00:37:49.380 --> 00:37:49.720
 directed

00:37:49.720 --> 00:37:50.559
 shows

00:37:50.559 --> 00:37:50.800
 where

00:37:50.800 --> 00:37:50.960
 our

00:37:50.960 --> 00:37:51.340
 attention

00:37:51.340 --> 00:37:51.619
 is

00:37:51.619 --> 00:37:51.820
 and where

00:37:51.820 --> 00:37:51.940
 our

00:37:51.940 --> 00:37:52.280
 attention

00:37:52.280 --> 00:37:52.519
 is

00:37:52.519 --> 00:37:52.619
 is

00:37:52.619 --> 00:37:52.780
 where

00:37:52.780 --> 00:37:53.000
 our

00:37:53.000 --> 00:37:53.340
 allegiance

00:37:53.340 --> 00:37:53.720
 is

00:37:53.720 --> 00:37:54.360
 and where

00:37:54.360 --> 00:37:54.519
 our

00:37:54.519 --> 00:37:54.900
 allegiance

00:37:54.900 --> 00:37:55.599
 is

00:37:55.599 --> 00:37:55.760
 where

00:37:55.760 --> 00:37:55.920
 our

00:37:55.920 --> 00:37:56.260
 actions

00:37:56.260 --> 00:37:56.460
 will

00:37:56.460 --> 00:37:56.800
 follow

00:37:56.800 --> 00:37:57.860
 and so

00:37:57.860 --> 00:37:58.059
 we need

00:37:58.059 --> 00:37:58.619
 to look

00:37:58.619 --> 00:37:58.920
 to

00:37:58.920 --> 00:37:59.420
 Jesus

00:37:59.420 --> 00:38:00.940
 our whole

00:38:00.940 --> 00:38:01.300
 life

00:38:01.300 --> 00:38:02.380
 is found

00:38:02.380 --> 00:38:02.760
 in him

00:38:02.760 --> 00:38:04.260
 so as we

00:38:04.260 --> 00:38:04.660
 look to

00:38:04.660 --> 00:38:04.920
 Jesus

00:38:04.920 --> 00:38:06.059
 we follow

00:38:06.059 --> 00:38:06.440
 him

00:38:06.440 --> 00:38:07.340
 and then

00:38:07.340 --> 00:38:08.200
 as a matter

00:38:08.200 --> 00:38:09.280
 of discipleship

00:38:09.280 --> 00:38:10.600
 we learn

00:38:10.600 --> 00:38:11.420
 to discern

00:38:11.420 --> 00:38:12.080
 Jesus'

00:38:12.360 --> 00:38:12.800
 mercy

00:38:12.800 --> 00:38:14.160
 towards

00:38:14.160 --> 00:38:14.660
 each one

00:38:14.660 --> 00:38:15.080
 of us

00:38:15.080 --> 00:38:16.180
 as the

00:38:16.180 --> 00:38:16.460
 true

00:38:16.460 --> 00:38:16.920
 physician

00:38:16.920 --> 00:38:17.920
 of your

00:38:17.920 --> 00:38:18.320
 souls

00:38:18.320 --> 00:38:19.160
 Jesus

00:38:19.160 --> 00:38:19.860
 is always

00:38:19.860 --> 00:38:20.540
 more willing

00:38:20.540 --> 00:38:21.700
 to receive

00:38:21.700 --> 00:38:22.080
 us

00:38:22.080 --> 00:38:23.000
 to heal

00:38:23.000 --> 00:38:23.380
 us

00:38:23.380 --> 00:38:25.000
 if you're

00:38:25.000 --> 00:38:25.240
 going to go

00:38:25.240 --> 00:38:25.600
 to Jesus

00:38:25.600 --> 00:38:25.960
 and say

00:38:25.960 --> 00:38:26.300
 Jesus

00:38:26.300 --> 00:38:26.760
 you're the

00:38:26.760 --> 00:38:27.040
 healer

00:38:27.040 --> 00:38:27.320
 of my

00:38:27.320 --> 00:38:27.600
 soul

00:38:27.600 --> 00:38:28.100
 would you

00:38:28.100 --> 00:38:28.519
 receive

00:38:28.519 --> 00:38:28.700
 me

00:38:28.700 --> 00:38:29.360
 I'm

00:38:29.360 --> 00:38:29.800
 broken

00:38:29.800 --> 00:38:30.240
 and I've

00:38:30.240 --> 00:38:30.720
 been following

00:38:30.720 --> 00:38:31.040
 you for

00:38:31.040 --> 00:38:31.540
 ten years

00:38:31.540 --> 00:38:31.880
 like I

00:38:31.880 --> 00:38:32.540
 don't know

00:38:32.540 --> 00:38:32.880
 why

00:38:32.880 --> 00:38:33.440
 but I'm

00:38:33.440 --> 00:38:33.800
 just in

00:38:33.800 --> 00:38:34.360
 this place

00:38:34.360 --> 00:38:34.620
 of

00:38:34.620 --> 00:38:35.820
 unclarity

00:38:35.820 --> 00:38:36.220
 and lack

00:38:36.220 --> 00:38:36.460
 of

00:38:36.460 --> 00:38:37.900
 truth

00:38:37.900 --> 00:38:38.920
 and I've

00:38:38.920 --> 00:38:39.240
 just been

00:38:39.240 --> 00:38:39.580
 in the

00:38:39.580 --> 00:38:40.180
 same sins

00:38:40.180 --> 00:38:41.059
 Jesus

00:38:41.059 --> 00:38:41.340
 is not

00:38:41.340 --> 00:38:41.519
 going to

00:38:41.519 --> 00:38:41.720
 go

00:38:41.720 --> 00:38:43.880
 I'm

00:38:43.880 --> 00:38:44.000
 your

00:38:44.000 --> 00:38:44.620
 teacher

00:38:44.620 --> 00:38:45.640
 bad

00:38:45.640 --> 00:38:46.140
 student

00:38:46.140 --> 00:38:46.860
 no

00:38:46.860 --> 00:38:47.700
 he's

00:38:47.700 --> 00:38:47.820
 the

00:38:47.820 --> 00:38:48.260
 physician

00:38:48.260 --> 00:38:48.940
 he will

00:38:48.940 --> 00:38:49.120
 say

00:38:49.120 --> 00:38:49.400
 yes

00:38:49.400 --> 00:38:49.700
 come

00:38:49.700 --> 00:38:50.660
 I'm

00:38:50.660 --> 00:38:51.140
 so glad

00:38:51.140 --> 00:38:51.360
 you've

00:38:51.360 --> 00:38:51.480
 come

00:38:51.480 --> 00:38:51.800
 back

00:38:51.800 --> 00:38:52.820
 I will

00:38:52.820 --> 00:38:53.000
 make

00:38:53.000 --> 00:38:53.120
 you

00:38:53.120 --> 00:38:53.440
 clean

00:38:53.440 --> 00:38:54.120
 I will

00:38:54.120 --> 00:38:54.380
 show

00:38:54.380 --> 00:38:54.500
 you

00:38:54.500 --> 00:38:54.640
 the

00:38:54.640 --> 00:38:55.019
 mercies

00:38:55.019 --> 00:38:55.180
 of

00:38:55.180 --> 00:38:55.460
 God

00:38:55.460 --> 00:38:57.460
 and

00:38:57.460 --> 00:38:57.800
 lastly

00:38:57.800 --> 00:38:58.180
 as a

00:38:58.180 --> 00:38:58.420
 matter

00:38:58.420 --> 00:38:58.640
 of

00:38:58.640 --> 00:38:59.080
 mission

00:38:59.080 --> 00:39:00.559
 learning

00:39:00.559 --> 00:39:00.940
 God's

00:39:00.940 --> 00:39:01.220
 mercy

00:39:01.220 --> 00:39:01.480
 for

00:39:01.480 --> 00:39:01.700
 you

00:39:01.700 --> 00:39:01.840
 and

00:39:01.840 --> 00:39:02.000
 for

00:39:02.000 --> 00:39:02.440
 others

00:39:02.440 --> 00:39:05.619
 we

00:39:05.619 --> 00:39:05.820
 see

00:39:05.820 --> 00:39:06.059
 this

00:39:06.059 --> 00:39:06.539
 pictured

00:39:06.539 --> 00:39:07.639
 Matthew

00:39:07.639 --> 00:39:07.860
 he

00:39:07.860 --> 00:39:08.119
 lived

00:39:08.119 --> 00:39:08.240
 it

00:39:08.240 --> 00:39:08.400
 out

00:39:08.400 --> 00:39:08.539
 he

00:39:08.539 --> 00:39:08.900
 received

00:39:08.900 --> 00:39:09.059
 the

00:39:09.059 --> 00:39:09.300
 mercy

00:39:09.300 --> 00:39:09.480
 of

00:39:09.480 --> 00:39:09.760
 Jesus

00:39:09.760 --> 00:39:10.200
 and

00:39:10.200 --> 00:39:10.320
 he

00:39:10.320 --> 00:39:10.599
 showed

00:39:10.599 --> 00:39:10.720
 it

00:39:10.720 --> 00:39:10.840
 to

00:39:10.840 --> 00:39:11.159
 others

00:39:11.159 --> 00:39:12.079
 he

00:39:12.079 --> 00:39:12.639
 consolidated

00:39:12.639 --> 00:39:12.880
 his

00:39:12.880 --> 00:39:13.139
 life

00:39:13.139 --> 00:39:13.340
 he

00:39:13.340 --> 00:39:13.539
 brought

00:39:13.539 --> 00:39:13.720
 his

00:39:13.720 --> 00:39:13.960
 old

00:39:13.960 --> 00:39:14.340
 friends

00:39:14.340 --> 00:39:14.539
 his

00:39:14.539 --> 00:39:14.740
 new

00:39:14.740 --> 00:39:15.039
 Jesus

00:39:15.039 --> 00:39:15.460
 together

00:39:15.460 --> 00:39:16.200
 and

00:39:16.200 --> 00:39:16.360
 it's

00:39:16.360 --> 00:39:16.460
 a

00:39:16.460 --> 00:39:16.639
 matter

00:39:16.639 --> 00:39:16.820
 of

00:39:16.820 --> 00:39:17.119
 mission

00:39:17.119 --> 00:39:17.320
 of

00:39:17.320 --> 00:39:17.920
 being

00:39:17.920 --> 00:39:18.480
 ambassadors

00:39:18.480 --> 00:39:19.220
 of

00:39:19.220 --> 00:39:19.519
 Jesus

00:39:19.519 --> 00:39:19.800
 in

00:39:19.800 --> 00:39:19.960
 this

00:39:19.960 --> 00:39:20.300
 world

00:39:20.300 --> 00:39:20.800
 of

00:39:20.800 --> 00:39:21.220
 knowing

00:39:21.220 --> 00:39:21.440
 the

00:39:21.440 --> 00:39:21.679
 mercy

00:39:21.679 --> 00:39:21.860
 of

00:39:21.860 --> 00:39:22.159
 God

00:39:22.159 --> 00:39:22.639
 and

00:39:22.639 --> 00:39:23.039
 showing

00:39:23.039 --> 00:39:23.280
 it

00:39:23.280 --> 00:39:23.760
 to

00:39:23.760 --> 00:39:24.159
 others

00:39:24.159 --> 00:39:25.280
 and

00:39:25.280 --> 00:39:25.559
 that

00:39:25.559 --> 00:39:25.800
 is

00:39:25.800 --> 00:39:26.240
 carried

00:39:26.240 --> 00:39:26.420
 out

00:39:26.420 --> 00:39:26.539
 by

00:39:26.539 --> 00:39:26.679
 the

00:39:26.679 --> 00:39:26.840
 fruit

00:39:26.840 --> 00:39:26.960
 of

00:39:26.960 --> 00:39:27.099
 the

00:39:27.099 --> 00:39:27.300
 spirit

00:39:27.300 --> 00:39:27.480
 you

00:39:27.480 --> 00:39:27.619
 don't

00:39:27.619 --> 00:39:27.740
 need

00:39:27.740 --> 00:39:27.840
 to

00:39:27.840 --> 00:39:28.000
 be

00:39:28.000 --> 00:39:28.380
 an

00:39:28.380 --> 00:39:29.079
 extravagant

00:39:29.079 --> 00:39:29.820
 missionary

00:39:29.820 --> 00:39:30.199
 who

00:39:30.199 --> 00:39:30.679
 knows

00:39:30.679 --> 00:39:31.380
 all

00:39:31.380 --> 00:39:31.659
 the

00:39:31.659 --> 00:39:32.260
 perfect

00:39:32.260 --> 00:39:32.639
 zingers

00:39:32.639 --> 00:39:33.300
 and lines

00:39:33.300 --> 00:39:33.940
 on how

00:39:33.940 --> 00:39:34.199
 to

00:39:34.199 --> 00:39:34.740
 have

00:39:34.740 --> 00:39:35.059
 people

00:39:35.059 --> 00:39:35.720
 reconsider

00:39:35.720 --> 00:39:36.139
 Jesus

00:39:36.139 --> 00:39:37.059
 you

00:39:37.059 --> 00:39:37.240
 just

00:39:37.240 --> 00:39:37.380
 need

00:39:37.380 --> 00:39:37.500
 to

00:39:37.500 --> 00:39:37.639
 bear

00:39:37.639 --> 00:39:37.920
 fruit

00:39:37.920 --> 00:39:38.059
 in

00:39:38.059 --> 00:39:38.159
 the

00:39:38.159 --> 00:39:38.360
 Holy

00:39:38.360 --> 00:39:38.740
 Spirit

00:39:38.740 --> 00:39:39.840
 that

00:39:39.840 --> 00:39:40.240
 enough

00:39:40.240 --> 00:39:40.500
 is

00:39:40.500 --> 00:39:41.679
 strange

00:39:41.679 --> 00:39:42.199
 in

00:39:42.199 --> 00:39:42.380
 this

00:39:42.380 --> 00:39:42.740
 world

00:39:42.740 --> 00:39:44.460
 showing

00:39:44.460 --> 00:39:44.900
 love

00:39:44.900 --> 00:39:45.360
 peace

00:39:45.360 --> 00:39:45.940
 patience

00:39:45.940 --> 00:39:46.880
 kindness

00:39:46.880 --> 00:39:49.720
 gentleness

00:39:49.720 --> 00:39:51.559
 faithfulness

00:39:51.559 --> 00:39:52.400
 that

00:39:52.400 --> 00:39:52.579
 is

00:39:52.579 --> 00:39:53.199
 strange

00:39:53.199 --> 00:39:53.820
 I

00:39:53.820 --> 00:39:54.039
 tell

00:39:54.039 --> 00:39:54.340
 you

00:39:54.340 --> 00:39:56.539
 just

00:39:56.539 --> 00:39:56.800
 doing

00:39:56.800 --> 00:39:57.140
 that

00:39:57.140 --> 00:39:57.460
 is

00:39:57.460 --> 00:39:58.120
 far

00:39:58.120 --> 00:39:59.100
 reaching

00:39:59.100 --> 00:39:59.720
 and

00:39:59.720 --> 00:39:59.900
 so

00:39:59.900 --> 00:40:00.160
 as

00:40:00.160 --> 00:40:00.340
 we

00:40:00.340 --> 00:40:00.740
 consider

00:40:00.740 --> 00:40:01.039
 these

00:40:01.039 --> 00:40:01.300
 things

00:40:01.300 --> 00:40:01.519
 to

00:40:01.519 --> 00:40:01.800
 follow

00:40:01.800 --> 00:40:02.160
 Jesus

00:40:02.160 --> 00:40:02.600
 discern

00:40:02.600 --> 00:40:02.800
 his

00:40:02.800 --> 00:40:03.180
 mercy

00:40:03.180 --> 00:40:03.960
 as

00:40:03.960 --> 00:40:04.140
 well

00:40:04.140 --> 00:40:04.360
 as

00:40:04.360 --> 00:40:04.940
 learning

00:40:04.940 --> 00:40:05.200
 his

00:40:05.200 --> 00:40:05.480
 mercy

00:40:05.480 --> 00:40:05.780
 for

00:40:05.780 --> 00:40:06.039
 us

00:40:06.039 --> 00:40:06.140
 and

00:40:06.140 --> 00:40:06.300
 for

00:40:06.300 --> 00:40:06.600
 others

00:40:06.600 --> 00:40:07.780
 extending

00:40:07.780 --> 00:40:07.980
 it

00:40:07.980 --> 00:40:08.059
 to

00:40:08.059 --> 00:40:08.160
 the

00:40:08.160 --> 00:40:08.400
 world

00:40:08.400 --> 00:40:09.340
 as

00:40:09.340 --> 00:40:09.539
 we

00:40:09.539 --> 00:40:10.079
 consider

00:40:10.079 --> 00:40:10.340
 these

00:40:10.340 --> 00:40:10.519
 things

00:40:10.519 --> 00:40:10.700
 we'll

00:40:10.700 --> 00:40:10.960
 pray

00:40:10.960 --> 00:40:11.140
 and

00:40:11.140 --> 00:40:11.400
 we'll

00:40:11.400 --> 00:40:11.780
 close

00:40:11.780 --> 00:40:13.280
 I

00:40:13.280 --> 00:40:13.460
 invite

00:40:13.460 --> 00:40:13.579
 you

00:40:13.579 --> 00:40:13.760
 to

00:40:13.760 --> 00:40:14.100
 stand

00:40:14.100 --> 00:40:17.039
 and

00:40:17.039 --> 00:40:17.160
 I

00:40:17.160 --> 00:40:17.400
 have

00:40:17.400 --> 00:40:17.700
 a

00:40:17.700 --> 00:40:17.940
 final

00:40:17.940 --> 00:40:18.280
 point

00:40:18.280 --> 00:40:18.480
 which

00:40:18.480 --> 00:40:18.600
 is

00:40:18.600 --> 00:40:18.740
 a

00:40:18.740 --> 00:40:19.000
 prayer

00:40:19.000 --> 00:40:21.280
 and

00:40:21.280 --> 00:40:22.140
 maybe

00:40:22.140 --> 00:40:23.480
 wherever

00:40:23.480 --> 00:40:23.720
 you

00:40:23.720 --> 00:40:23.980
 are

00:40:23.980 --> 00:40:24.280
 in

00:40:24.280 --> 00:40:24.440
 this

00:40:24.440 --> 00:40:24.699
 walk

00:40:24.699 --> 00:40:24.900
 this

00:40:24.900 --> 00:40:25.219
 prayer

00:40:25.219 --> 00:40:25.880
 applies

00:40:25.880 --> 00:40:26.099
 I've

00:40:26.099 --> 00:40:26.360
 tried

00:40:26.360 --> 00:40:26.579
 to

00:40:26.579 --> 00:40:26.860
 make

00:40:26.860 --> 00:40:26.980
 it

00:40:26.980 --> 00:40:27.099
 so

00:40:27.099 --> 00:40:27.240
 that

00:40:27.240 --> 00:40:27.619
 wherever

00:40:27.619 --> 00:40:27.860
 you

00:40:27.860 --> 00:40:28.119
 are

00:40:28.119 --> 00:40:28.900
 this

00:40:28.900 --> 00:40:29.159
 prayer

00:40:29.159 --> 00:40:29.400
 is

00:40:29.400 --> 00:40:29.940
 relevant

00:40:29.940 --> 00:40:30.719
 let's

00:40:30.719 --> 00:40:30.880
 pray

00:40:30.880 --> 00:40:31.099
 this

00:40:31.099 --> 00:40:31.500
 together

00:40:31.500 --> 00:40:32.900
 Jesus

00:40:32.900 --> 00:40:34.039
 you

00:40:34.039 --> 00:40:34.480
 alone

00:40:34.480 --> 00:40:34.860
 are

00:40:34.860 --> 00:40:35.059
 the

00:40:35.059 --> 00:40:35.480
 physician

00:40:35.480 --> 00:40:35.820
 of

00:40:35.820 --> 00:40:36.039
 my

00:40:36.039 --> 00:40:36.420
 soul

00:40:36.420 --> 00:40:37.139
 I

00:40:37.139 --> 00:40:37.639
 renounce

00:40:37.639 --> 00:40:38.059
 all

00:40:38.059 --> 00:40:38.519
 idols

00:40:38.519 --> 00:40:38.900
 in

00:40:38.900 --> 00:40:39.059
 my

00:40:39.059 --> 00:40:39.420
 life

00:40:39.420 --> 00:40:39.960
 and

00:40:39.960 --> 00:40:40.380
 receive

00:40:40.380 --> 00:40:40.740
 your

00:40:40.740 --> 00:40:41.199
 cleansing

00:40:41.199 --> 00:40:41.659
 mercy

00:40:41.659 --> 00:40:42.199
 today

00:40:42.199 --> 00:40:43.059
 help

00:40:43.059 --> 00:40:43.219
 me

00:40:43.219 --> 00:40:43.400
 to

00:40:43.400 --> 00:40:43.760
 follow

00:40:43.760 --> 00:40:44.119
 you

00:40:44.119 --> 00:40:44.800
 first

00:40:44.800 --> 00:40:45.019
 and

00:40:45.019 --> 00:40:45.440
 foremost

00:40:45.440 --> 00:40:46.019
 and

00:40:46.019 --> 00:40:46.179
 to

00:40:46.179 --> 00:40:46.500
 show

00:40:46.500 --> 00:40:46.800
 the

00:40:46.800 --> 00:40:47.099
 same

00:40:47.099 --> 00:40:47.539
 mercy

00:40:47.539 --> 00:40:48.119
 to

00:40:48.119 --> 00:40:48.519
 those

00:40:48.519 --> 00:40:48.920
 around

00:40:48.920 --> 00:40:49.179
 me

00:40:49.179 --> 00:40:49.880
 in

00:40:49.880 --> 00:40:50.099
 your

00:40:50.099 --> 00:40:50.440
 name

00:40:50.440 --> 00:40:50.960
 Jesus

00:40:50.960 --> 00:40:51.840
 amen

00:40:51.840 --> 00:40:54.360
 and if

00:40:54.360 --> 00:40:54.900
 maybe

00:40:54.900 --> 00:40:55.539
 if it's

00:40:55.539 --> 00:40:55.900
 the first

00:40:55.900 --> 00:40:56.240
 time

00:40:56.240 --> 00:40:56.760
 that you're

00:40:56.760 --> 00:40:56.920
 doing

00:40:56.920 --> 00:40:57.160
 this

00:40:57.160 --> 00:40:57.660
 come talk

00:40:57.660 --> 00:40:58.000
 with me

00:40:58.000 --> 00:40:58.460
 or come

00:40:58.460 --> 00:40:58.620
 talk

00:40:58.620 --> 00:40:59.039
 with someone

00:40:59.039 --> 00:41:00.800
 just let's

00:41:00.800 --> 00:41:01.260
 talk about

00:41:01.260 --> 00:41:01.559
 this

00:41:01.559 --> 00:41:02.460
 let's talk

00:41:02.460 --> 00:41:02.800
 about this

00:41:02.800 --> 00:41:02.960
 new

00:41:02.960 --> 00:41:03.180
 Jesus

00:41:03.180 --> 00:41:03.519
 thing

00:41:03.519 --> 00:41:04.780
 and let's

00:41:04.780 --> 00:41:05.019
 bow our

00:41:05.019 --> 00:41:05.220
 hearts

00:41:05.220 --> 00:41:05.740
 father in

00:41:05.740 --> 00:41:06.000
 heaven

00:41:06.000 --> 00:41:06.920
 I thank you

00:41:06.920 --> 00:41:07.400
 for your

00:41:07.400 --> 00:41:07.760
 mercy

00:41:07.760 --> 00:41:08.300
 revealed to

00:41:08.300 --> 00:41:08.640
 us in

00:41:08.640 --> 00:41:09.140
 the person

00:41:09.140 --> 00:41:09.420
 of your

00:41:09.420 --> 00:41:09.640
 son

00:41:09.640 --> 00:41:09.960
 Jesus

00:41:09.960 --> 00:41:10.800
 and I

00:41:10.800 --> 00:41:11.079
 thank you

00:41:11.079 --> 00:41:11.559
 that you

00:41:11.559 --> 00:41:11.820
 are not

00:41:11.820 --> 00:41:12.180
 distant

00:41:12.180 --> 00:41:12.539
 but you're

00:41:12.539 --> 00:41:12.940
 close

00:41:12.940 --> 00:41:13.700
 that you

00:41:13.700 --> 00:41:14.220
 indwell

00:41:14.220 --> 00:41:14.660
 us

00:41:14.660 --> 00:41:15.320
 that you

00:41:15.320 --> 00:41:16.059
 come in

00:41:16.059 --> 00:41:16.320
 us

00:41:16.320 --> 00:41:16.680
 through your

00:41:16.680 --> 00:41:17.200
 Holy Spirit

00:41:17.199 --> 00:41:18.259
 and I

00:41:18.259 --> 00:41:18.639
 pray that

00:41:18.639 --> 00:41:18.980
 as we

00:41:18.980 --> 00:41:19.419
 consider

00:41:19.419 --> 00:41:19.679
 these

00:41:19.679 --> 00:41:20.019
 things

00:41:20.019 --> 00:41:21.000
 as we

00:41:21.000 --> 00:41:21.379
 meditate

00:41:21.379 --> 00:41:21.659
 upon

00:41:21.659 --> 00:41:21.879
 these

00:41:21.879 --> 00:41:22.299
 truths

00:41:22.299 --> 00:41:22.980
 that you

00:41:22.980 --> 00:41:23.119
 would

00:41:23.119 --> 00:41:23.519
 give us

00:41:23.519 --> 00:41:23.939
 great

00:41:23.939 --> 00:41:24.319
 hope

00:41:24.319 --> 00:41:25.000
 in knowing

00:41:25.000 --> 00:41:25.339
 that you

00:41:25.339 --> 00:41:25.579
 are the

00:41:25.579 --> 00:41:25.879
 physician

00:41:25.879 --> 00:41:26.259
 of our

00:41:26.259 --> 00:41:26.619
 souls

00:41:26.619 --> 00:41:27.539
 and that

00:41:27.539 --> 00:41:27.739
 you would

00:41:27.739 --> 00:41:28.179
 give us

00:41:28.179 --> 00:41:29.519
 just the

00:41:29.519 --> 00:41:30.299
 grace to

00:41:30.299 --> 00:41:31.000
 take action

00:41:31.000 --> 00:41:32.139
 to take a

00:41:32.139 --> 00:41:32.699
 chance for

00:41:32.699 --> 00:41:32.919
 you

00:41:32.919 --> 00:41:34.119
 to cast

00:41:34.119 --> 00:41:34.599
 our whole

00:41:34.599 --> 00:41:35.759
 lives upon

00:41:35.759 --> 00:41:36.019
 you

00:41:36.019 --> 00:41:37.639
 to not rely

00:41:37.639 --> 00:41:38.000
 upon our

00:41:38.000 --> 00:41:38.480
 own strength

00:41:38.480 --> 00:41:39.899
 but to seek

00:41:39.899 --> 00:41:40.439
 after you

00:41:40.439 --> 00:41:41.239
 to set our

00:41:41.239 --> 00:41:41.779
 gaze upon

00:41:41.779 --> 00:41:42.039
 you

00:41:42.039 --> 00:41:42.699
 and I

00:41:42.699 --> 00:41:43.079
 pray that

00:41:43.079 --> 00:41:43.480
 in Jesus

00:41:43.480 --> 00:41:44.259
 mighty name

00:41:44.259 --> 00:41:45.159
 amen