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 We're in the Sermon on the Mount.

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 At the beginning of the sermon, Jesus shared the Beatitudes, blessed is, blessed is, and

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 he shows us a profile of what a Christian is, and that profile is a blessed life.

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 And for those who have been born of the Spirit of God, we bear the beautiful fruit that we

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 see there.

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 The effect is being sawed in light in a decaying and dark world.

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 In Matthew 5, 17, Jesus says something really interesting.

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 He says, do you not think that I've come to abolish the law of the prophets?

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 I've not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them.

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 So Jesus teaches the Sermon on the Mount, and what he teaches is the fulfillment of the

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 law.

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 And so he, in chapter 5, verses 21 and 26, he picks up this anger thing.

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 And he says, you know what?

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 Don't just murder, don't hate.

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 Don't lust either.

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 And 5, 31 through 32, he says, be actively keeping your life-long exclusive vows to your

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 spouse.

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 And in this morning, we're going to be looking at something that Jesus had to say.

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 And at the outset, he may say, what does that mean?

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 Well, as followers of Jesus, we no longer speak lies, and we're no longer unfaithful to

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 our word.

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 We speak the truth, and we are true to what we say.

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 And you know what?

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 We don't have to make oaths anymore.

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 We don't have to build scaffolding around what we say to ensure people that what we need

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 is what we need.

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 We can say something, let our yes be yes, and our no be no.

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 I'm going to end this sermon today talking about this concept called corum deo.

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 It's a Latin word.

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 It means before the face of God.

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 And we're going to be truth seekers because we live corum deo.

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 And so hold on.

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 We'll get there.

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 But right now, I want you to know that your words matter.

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 What you say matters.

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 It matters to God, and it affects the people around you.

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 And so here in Matthew 5, 33 through 37, Jesus is calling us, his disciples, to be truthful.

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 Let me read it.

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 Again, you've heard that it was said to those bold, you shall not swear falsely, but shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn.

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 But I say to you, do not take an oath at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God, or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great king.

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 And do not take an oath by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black.

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 Let what you say be simply yes or no.

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 Anything more than that comes from evil.

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 Our Lord Jesus, our King, is calling us to be truthful.

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 To be consistent with what we say in our lips and the walk we walk day after day.

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 We'll be truthful in what we say and true to what we say.

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 And so to help you see this, I'm going to make three points in the sermon this morning.

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 I want to help you see the truth about oaths, the swearing business, you know, what's that all about.

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 Let's look at the truth about that, what the Old Testament has to say about that.

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 And then we're going to look at the truth distorted by Pharisaical technicalities.

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 And then finally, the last move is Jesus.

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 He comes and clarifies this whole oath thing.

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 The truth clarified by living in quorum damn.

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 So, what we're going to find is we're truthful because we're living for God.

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 The truth about oaths.

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 If you look at verse 33, you can guess.

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 Again, you've heard that it was said to those of all,

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 You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn.

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 So, the swearing Jesus is talking about is not cussing.

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 The swearing he's talking about is swearing to do something.

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 Committing something with your words.

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 And in verse 34, we see, he says,

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 What I say to you, do not take an oath at all.

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 And so swearing and oaths are talking about the same kinds of things.

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 It's not the same basket, including vows even.

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 So, what we need to ask at the outset is,

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 What is an oath?

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 What's a vow?

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 What does it mean to swear to do something?

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 Well, an oath or a vow or swearing to do something

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 is a verbal guarantee for a serious commitment you're making.

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 So, one takes an oath or makes a vow

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 when you're going to do something serious,

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 something weighty.

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 For example, January 20, 2017,

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 we will have a new president being sworn into the Oval Office.

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 I do solemnly swear that I will thankfully execute

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 the Office of the President of the United States

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 and will, to the best of my ability,

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 preserve, protect, and defend

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 the Constitution of the United States.

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 They're being sworn into office.

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 Or maybe you've taken this kind of oath before.

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 Left hand on the Bible, right hand up in a court of law.

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 I swear to tell the truth, the whole truth,

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 and nothing but the truth.

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 So, help me God.

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 Take you none.

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 Take you none.

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 For wedding vows.

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 For wedding vows, I had the privilege of

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 officiating a ceremony this past Friday night,

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 and I said to the bride and groom,

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 having indicated your desire to join together as husband and wife,

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 will you please turn to one other, join hands,

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 and repeat these vows.

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 I groan, take you, bride, to be my wedded wife,

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 to have and behold, for this day forward,

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 for better and for worse, for riches, for poor,

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 and sickness and health, to love, to cherish,

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 put death to his heart, according to God's holy word,

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 and to that end, I pledge you,

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 I bow to you, my exclusive devotion.

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 We're surrounded by oaths.

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 We're surrounded by vows.

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 We're surrounded by swearing to do things.

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 When you speak an oath, when you make a vow,

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 you are binding yourself to your word.

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 You are committing, you say,

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 I'm going to do this no matter what.

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 What I'm saying is true.

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 And I'm going to be true to what I'm saying.

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 So the purpose of an oath

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 is to guarantee the truthfulness of one's word.

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 That's the purpose of an oath.

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 And as R.C. Sproul points out,

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 there is a place for folks and vows

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 on occasions of great importance

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 and lasting significance.

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 We'll come back to that.

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 But right now, I want you to realize that

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 oaths are binding.

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 Vows are binding.

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 But there's more to the truth about oaths.

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 Oaths frequently invoke the name of God.

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 Or at least something greater

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 to solemnize the importance of something.

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 I swear to tell the whole truth

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 and the truth, the whole truth is nothing but the truth.

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 So help me, God.

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 What they're saying in the court of law is,

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 hey, before God, as God is my witness,

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 I'm going to tell you the truth as I know it best.

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 It's a very solemn event when you take an oath.

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 When you swear to do something by invoking God's name,

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 or vow to do something in God's name,

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 or take an oath in God's name,

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 the Old Testament would say,

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 not only is that permitted, but it's encouraged.

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 Listen to Deuteronomy chapter 6.

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 Deuteronomy chapter 6, verses 13 and 14,

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 you read this.

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 It is the Lord your God you shall fear.

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 Him you shall serve,

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 and by His name you shall swear.

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 You shall not go after other gods,

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 the gods and the peoples who are around you.

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 What Moses is saying is,

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 hey, if you're going to swear by a God,

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 swear by your God,

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 Yahweh, not Baal, not Molek.

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 Swear by the name of your God.

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 Deuteronomy 23, verses 21 through 23,

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 we read this.

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 If you make a vow to the Lord,

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 the Lord your God,

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 you shall not delay in fulfilling it,

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 for the Lord your God will surely require of you

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 that you will be guilty of sin.

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 But if you refrain from valuing,

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 you will not be guilty of sin.

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 You shall be careful to do what is past your list,

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 for you have voluntarily vowed to the Lord your God

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 what you have promised with your mouth.

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 So what we're learning is that

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 in the Old Testament,

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 vows were not prohibited.

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 They were encouraged in some way.

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 And if you're going to make a vow,

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 you better do it.

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 And if you're familiar with Jephthah,

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 Judges chapter 11,

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 you read like the most tragic of vows ever.

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 It points to the flawed character

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 of Israel's leaders at the time.

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 So just this brief sampling of the Old Testament,

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 I just want to let you know

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 that oaths were okay.

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 Vows were appropriate.

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 You can swear by God's name.

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 You just need to make sure you did it.

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 But here's a little piece that you need to remember.

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 It's also in Deuteronomy.

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 Chapter 5, verse 11.

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 This is kind of a summary of the Ten Commandments

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 before Israel enters the promised land.

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 God says,

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 You shall not take the name of the Lord in vain.

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 So here's what that means

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 in connection to vows and oaths.

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 If you were to make an oath in God's name

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 and then fail to meet the oath,

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 not only did you fail in the word,

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 you have now profaned the name of God.

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 You have emptied the name of God of its glory.

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 You're making a statement about God himself.

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 So in the Old Testament,

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 if they broke an oath in the name of God,

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 they were profaned in the name of God.

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 So not only was it a failed commitment,

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 they have defamed their God.

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 So as you can see,

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 making an oath is a pretty serious business.

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 And so this first section,

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 the truth about oaths,

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 as you want to see,

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 is that an oath is basically about

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 guaranteeing the truthfulness of one's word.

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 That's what an oath is about.

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 And oaths are binding,

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 and when God's name is invoked,

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 one's oath becomes a statement

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 about God's character,

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 and God will look to it.

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 So that's the truth about oaths.

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 Now let's look at this truth

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 that is distorted by

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 Pharisees,

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 Satan,

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 and the truth about it.

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 Amen.

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 Look back at verse 5,

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 verse 33.

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 Again, you've heard that it was said to those of old,

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 you shall not swear falsely,

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 but shall perform to the Lord

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 what you have sworn.

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 Jesus is not taking issue

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 with the Old Testament.

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 Jesus is taking issue

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 with the fair saying,

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 called twisting,

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 of the Old Testament

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 when it came to oaths.

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 Let me explain.

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 Now,

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 you've got to realize

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 that the religious leaders

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 of Jesus said

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 that Pharisees

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 were fully aware

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 of what the Old Testament

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 had to say about oaths.

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 And there's more

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 to what the Old Testament

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 said about oaths

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 than what I shared with you

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 just moments ago.

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 And so,

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 the Pharisees

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 certainly did not want

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 to take God's name

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 in the fair.

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 They didn't want to do that.

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 Yet,

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 they wanted to keep giving oaths.

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 And,

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 if they didn't have

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 to be held accountable to it,

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 that would be great.

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 And so,

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 they were seeking ways

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 to speak oaths

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 and vows

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 and swear

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 without binding themselves

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 to have to do

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 what they're saying

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 they're going to do.

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 They wanted the ability

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 to make an oath

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 without being required

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 to follow through

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 with that oath.

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 They wanted to keep

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 their options open.

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 So,

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 you know what they did?

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 They devised

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 a very complicated

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 and technical system

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 of determining

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 when an oath

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 was binding

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 and when an oath

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 was not binding.

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 And you get a glimpse

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 of that

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 in Matthew chapter 23.

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 So,

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 we'll just skip ahead

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 to Matthew chapter 23

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 verses 16 through 22.

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 And I just want

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 to let you know up front

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 what you're going to read

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 is a lot different

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 than Matthew 5

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 and Matthew 23.

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 This is a poem.

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 This is Jesus

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 coming after the Pharisees.

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 He is rebuking them.

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 It's a series of

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 woe to you

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 scribes and Pharisees.

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 And so,

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 look at verse 16.

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 Woe to you blind guides

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 who say

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 if anyone swears

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 by the temple

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 that is nothing

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 but if anyone swears

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 by the gold

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 of the temple

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 he's bound by his own.

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 You see what's going on there?

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 The Pharisees

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 have this devised

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 system

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 where they were

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 slitting hairs

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 upon

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 the gold

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 of the temple

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 and the temple

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 as to whether

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 they're bound

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 to keep their word

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 or not.

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 Let's read up.

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 You blind fools

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 for which is greater

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 the gold

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 or the temple

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 that is

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 made the gold sacred?

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 And you say

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 if anyone swears

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 by the altar

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 is nothing

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 but if anyone swears

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 by the gift

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 that is on the altar

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 he's bound

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 by his own.

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 You blind men

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 for which is greater

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 the gift

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 or the altar

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 that makes the gift sacred?

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 So whoever swears

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 by the altar

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 swears by it

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 and by everything on it

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 and whoever swears

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 by the temple

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 swears by it

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 and by him

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 who dwells in it

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 and whoever swears

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 by heaven

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 swears by the throne

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 of God

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 and by him

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 who sits upon it.

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 Jesus is getting

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 after the Pharisees

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 because they wanted

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 to preserve

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 the weightiness

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 of their words

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 but without

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 the weightiness

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 of having to

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 follow through on it.

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 They were manipulating

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 oaths

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 for personal gain.

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 Now I mentioned

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 before that

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 when you take

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 an oath

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 with God's name

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 you're bound to it

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 and so what the Pharisees

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 were trying to do

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 is they're speaking

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 making oaths

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 on the basis

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 of important things

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 that weren't

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 God's name

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 and the thing

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 was if we make

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 an oath

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 that's not God's name

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 but it's important

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 well then we're not

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 really bound

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 to do it.

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 And Jesus is just

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 blowing that out

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 of the water.

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 Imagine what we make

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 first century

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 Palestine

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 there's a widow

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 her name is Rebecca

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 she approaches

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 the Pharisee

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 named Levi

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 and she says

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 I need a fence

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 built around

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 my garden

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 all these rock

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 badgers

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 are eating

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 my cabbage

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 I'm not going to have

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 anything to eat

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 can you please

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 do something

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 about it?

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 And the Pharisee

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 Levi says

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 Rebecca

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 they're slammed

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 by the temple

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 we'll get it done

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 by Thursday

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 the following

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 Saturday

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 at synagogue

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 Thursday

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 is coming on

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 widow Rebecca

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 flies

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 to Levi

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 and says

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 Levi

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 you swore

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 you had that

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 fence up

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 by two days ago

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 and now

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 the rock

00:17:47.399 --> 00:17:47.759
 badgers

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 are going to come

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 they can eat

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 all my cabbage

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 I don't have

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 anything to eat

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 to which Levi

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 would say

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 yes I know

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 I swore to you

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 but I swore

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 by the temple

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 not the door

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 of the temple

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 let's get something

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 on the books

00:18:02.599 --> 00:18:03.279
 for next week

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 and so when Jesus

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 says you blind

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 gods

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 he needs it

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 you're misleading

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 the people

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 you're bringing

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 mistrust

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 the Pharisees

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 had devised

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 for themselves

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 a system

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 of oaths

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 and vows

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 that kept

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 them off

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 the hook

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 while soundly

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 authoritative

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 and truthful

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 and maintaining

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 their position

00:18:30.779 --> 00:18:32.519
 now you might

00:18:32.519 --> 00:18:32.879
 be saying

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 well that's

00:18:33.279 --> 00:18:33.740
 ridiculous

00:18:33.740 --> 00:18:34.379
 I've seen

00:18:34.379 --> 00:18:34.819
 through that

00:18:34.819 --> 00:18:35.480
 in a heartbeat

00:18:35.480 --> 00:18:38.019
 still not

00:18:38.019 --> 00:18:38.660
 for me today

00:18:38.660 --> 00:18:39.819
 we appeal

00:18:39.819 --> 00:18:40.599
 to all sorts

00:18:40.599 --> 00:18:41.619
 of technicalities

00:18:41.619 --> 00:18:42.480
 to get ourselves

00:18:42.480 --> 00:18:43.420
 off the hook

00:18:43.420 --> 00:18:47.279
 maybe it sounds

00:18:47.279 --> 00:18:47.619
 familiar

00:18:47.619 --> 00:18:49.180
 I know I said

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 that I would

00:18:49.819 --> 00:18:51.019
 tar the driveway

00:18:51.019 --> 00:18:53.639
 by the end

00:18:53.639 --> 00:18:54.160
 of the day

00:18:54.160 --> 00:18:55.139
 but technically

00:18:55.139 --> 00:18:55.720
 it's still

00:18:55.720 --> 00:18:56.879
 11.15pm

00:18:56.879 --> 00:18:57.579
 I still have

00:18:57.579 --> 00:18:58.399
 45 minutes

00:18:58.399 --> 00:18:59.420
 to tar the driveway

00:18:59.420 --> 00:19:02.320
 technicality

00:19:02.320 --> 00:19:03.920
 or maybe

00:19:03.920 --> 00:19:04.259
 you found

00:19:04.259 --> 00:19:04.560
 yourself

00:19:04.560 --> 00:19:05.160
 in a situation

00:19:05.160 --> 00:19:05.720
 like this

00:19:05.720 --> 00:19:06.400
 oh oh oh

00:19:06.400 --> 00:19:07.519
 when I agreed

00:19:07.519 --> 00:19:08.300
 to that

00:19:08.300 --> 00:19:10.180
 what I really

00:19:10.180 --> 00:19:10.700
 meant

00:19:10.700 --> 00:19:11.240
 was that

00:19:11.240 --> 00:19:11.980
 if I had

00:19:11.980 --> 00:19:12.759
 time

00:19:12.759 --> 00:19:14.000
 I would do it

00:19:14.000 --> 00:19:15.539
 kind of changing

00:19:15.539 --> 00:19:16.060
 the terms

00:19:16.060 --> 00:19:16.800
 of the agreement

00:19:16.800 --> 00:19:18.900
 technicality

00:19:18.900 --> 00:19:22.060
 you said

00:19:22.060 --> 00:19:22.580
 I couldn't

00:19:22.580 --> 00:19:23.180
 watch this

00:19:23.180 --> 00:19:24.400
 sexually explicit

00:19:24.400 --> 00:19:25.300
 Netflix show

00:19:25.300 --> 00:19:25.820
 on TV

00:19:25.819 --> 00:19:27.319
 and you said

00:19:27.319 --> 00:19:27.799
 I couldn't

00:19:27.799 --> 00:19:28.419
 watch it

00:19:28.419 --> 00:19:29.960
 on TV

00:19:29.960 --> 00:19:30.599
 but you

00:19:30.599 --> 00:19:31.399
 didn't say

00:19:31.399 --> 00:19:32.059
 I couldn't

00:19:32.059 --> 00:19:32.639
 watch that

00:19:32.639 --> 00:19:33.439
 Netflix TV

00:19:33.439 --> 00:19:34.399
 on my laptop

00:19:34.399 --> 00:19:40.159
 technicality

00:19:40.159 --> 00:19:42.599
 oh did you

00:19:42.599 --> 00:19:43.299
 mean you

00:19:43.299 --> 00:19:43.700
 didn't want me

00:19:43.700 --> 00:19:44.059
 to watch it

00:19:44.059 --> 00:19:44.379
 at all

00:19:44.379 --> 00:19:48.740
 well you know

00:19:48.740 --> 00:19:49.200
 what when we

00:19:49.200 --> 00:19:49.500
 had that

00:19:49.500 --> 00:19:50.019
 conversation

00:19:50.019 --> 00:19:50.480
 about my

00:19:50.480 --> 00:19:50.759
 gambling

00:19:50.759 --> 00:19:51.359
 we had both

00:19:51.359 --> 00:19:51.859
 agreed that

00:19:51.859 --> 00:19:52.359
 I couldn't

00:19:52.359 --> 00:19:53.419
 spend our

00:19:53.419 --> 00:19:53.839
 money

00:19:53.839 --> 00:19:54.799
 on gambling

00:19:54.799 --> 00:19:55.619
 so what I

00:19:55.619 --> 00:19:55.980
 did

00:19:55.980 --> 00:19:56.579
 was just

00:19:56.579 --> 00:19:57.139
 open an

00:19:57.139 --> 00:19:57.659
 account

00:19:57.659 --> 00:19:58.220
 my own

00:19:58.220 --> 00:19:58.519
 name

00:19:58.519 --> 00:19:58.959
 and I'm

00:19:58.959 --> 00:19:59.359
 using my

00:19:59.359 --> 00:19:59.899
 own money

00:19:59.899 --> 00:20:01.019
 to gamble

00:20:01.019 --> 00:20:04.099
 technicality

00:20:04.099 --> 00:20:05.959
 your risk is a

00:20:05.959 --> 00:20:06.240
 point

00:20:06.240 --> 00:20:11.099
 politics

00:20:11.099 --> 00:20:11.659
 today

00:20:11.659 --> 00:20:14.579
 technicalities

00:20:14.579 --> 00:20:19.980
 the Pharisees

00:20:19.980 --> 00:20:20.419
 were using

00:20:20.419 --> 00:20:20.919
 the system

00:20:20.919 --> 00:20:22.099
 of technicalities

00:20:22.099 --> 00:20:23.279
 to shield

00:20:23.279 --> 00:20:23.839
 themselves

00:20:23.839 --> 00:20:24.399
 from taking

00:20:24.399 --> 00:20:25.160
 responsibility

00:20:25.160 --> 00:20:25.960
 what they

00:20:25.960 --> 00:20:26.480
 said

00:20:26.480 --> 00:20:29.099
 happens

00:20:29.099 --> 00:20:29.519
 today

00:20:29.519 --> 00:20:31.019
 happens

00:20:31.019 --> 00:20:31.440
 with all

00:20:31.440 --> 00:20:32.059
 of us

00:20:32.059 --> 00:20:34.000
 I'll tell you

00:20:34.000 --> 00:20:34.200
 that

00:20:34.200 --> 00:20:36.639
 it's an

00:20:36.639 --> 00:20:37.220
 evisive

00:20:37.220 --> 00:20:38.460
 use of

00:20:38.460 --> 00:20:39.119
 oaths

00:20:39.119 --> 00:20:42.119
 and so

00:20:42.119 --> 00:20:42.460
 what the

00:20:42.460 --> 00:20:42.899
 Pharisees

00:20:42.899 --> 00:20:43.420
 were doing

00:20:43.420 --> 00:20:44.039
 what we

00:20:44.039 --> 00:20:44.519
 are calling

00:20:44.519 --> 00:20:44.799
 to do

00:20:44.799 --> 00:20:45.259
 ourselves

00:20:45.259 --> 00:20:46.240
 are use

00:20:46.240 --> 00:20:47.460
 oaths

00:20:47.460 --> 00:20:48.240
 and commitments

00:20:48.240 --> 00:20:49.460
 and technicalities

00:20:49.460 --> 00:20:50.460
 to the

00:20:50.460 --> 00:20:51.059
 thing

00:20:51.059 --> 00:20:51.940
 having to be

00:20:51.940 --> 00:20:52.920
 true to our

00:20:52.920 --> 00:20:53.500
 word

00:20:53.500 --> 00:20:54.259
 and deal

00:20:54.259 --> 00:20:54.600
 with the

00:20:54.600 --> 00:20:55.259
 consequences

00:20:55.259 --> 00:20:55.700
 of our

00:20:55.700 --> 00:20:56.259
 decisions

00:20:56.259 --> 00:21:02.059
 you see

00:21:02.059 --> 00:21:02.440
 what the

00:21:02.440 --> 00:21:02.900
 Pharisees

00:21:02.900 --> 00:21:03.360
 had done

00:21:03.360 --> 00:21:03.759
 is they

00:21:03.759 --> 00:21:04.840
 had twisted

00:21:04.840 --> 00:21:05.460
 the very

00:21:05.460 --> 00:21:06.299
 purpose of

00:21:06.299 --> 00:21:06.680
 an oath

00:21:06.680 --> 00:21:08.560
 the purpose

00:21:08.560 --> 00:21:09.019
 of those

00:21:09.019 --> 00:21:09.380
 was to

00:21:09.380 --> 00:21:10.140
 guarantee

00:21:10.140 --> 00:21:10.580
 the

00:21:10.580 --> 00:21:11.140
 truthfulness

00:21:11.140 --> 00:21:11.519
 of a

00:21:11.519 --> 00:21:11.840
 statement

00:21:11.840 --> 00:21:12.980
 and what

00:21:12.980 --> 00:21:14.240
 the blind

00:21:14.240 --> 00:21:14.620
 gods

00:21:14.620 --> 00:21:15.140
 blind

00:21:15.140 --> 00:21:15.560
 fools

00:21:15.560 --> 00:21:15.799
 these

00:21:15.799 --> 00:21:16.240
 blind

00:21:16.240 --> 00:21:16.460
 men

00:21:16.460 --> 00:21:17.060
 had done

00:21:17.060 --> 00:21:17.560
 is

00:21:17.560 --> 00:21:19.500
 they

00:21:19.500 --> 00:21:19.660
 can

00:21:19.660 --> 00:21:19.960
 make

00:21:19.960 --> 00:21:20.420
 this

00:21:20.420 --> 00:21:20.779
 system

00:21:20.779 --> 00:21:21.519
 of oaths

00:21:21.519 --> 00:21:21.940
 as a

00:21:21.940 --> 00:21:22.460
 guarantee

00:21:22.460 --> 00:21:23.940
 a way

00:21:23.940 --> 00:21:24.360
 out

00:21:24.360 --> 00:21:29.019
 and Jesus

00:21:29.019 --> 00:21:29.360
 has a

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 very

00:21:29.640 --> 00:21:30.340
 sharp

00:21:30.340 --> 00:21:30.539
 thing

00:21:30.539 --> 00:21:31.019
 to say

00:21:31.019 --> 00:21:31.299
 to them

00:21:31.299 --> 00:21:31.700
 in Matthew

00:21:31.700 --> 00:21:32.160
 23

00:21:32.160 --> 00:21:33.700
 they were

00:21:33.700 --> 00:21:34.500
 blinded

00:21:34.500 --> 00:21:35.340
 by this

00:21:35.340 --> 00:21:36.799
 they didn't

00:21:36.799 --> 00:21:37.559
 see what

00:21:37.559 --> 00:21:37.900
 they were

00:21:37.900 --> 00:21:38.340
 doing

00:21:38.340 --> 00:21:39.700
 and they

00:21:39.700 --> 00:21:40.360
 were blinded

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 by their

00:21:40.740 --> 00:21:41.000
 own

00:21:41.000 --> 00:21:41.720
 sinfulness

00:21:41.720 --> 00:21:42.480
 and pride

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 because

00:21:42.860 --> 00:21:43.840
 this system

00:21:43.840 --> 00:21:44.579
 was serving

00:21:44.579 --> 00:21:45.200
 their

00:21:45.200 --> 00:21:46.100
 personal

00:21:46.100 --> 00:21:47.000
 interests

00:21:47.000 --> 00:21:48.000
 they were

00:21:48.000 --> 00:21:48.740
 entrenched

00:21:48.740 --> 00:21:49.240
 in their

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 thinking

00:21:49.599 --> 00:21:50.680
 they just

00:21:50.680 --> 00:21:50.900
 thought

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 it was

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 okay

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 they didn't

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 want to

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 be

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 accountable

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 they didn't

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 want to

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 have to

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 submit

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 to

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 somebody

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 else

00:22:01.359 --> 00:22:05.779
 so

00:22:05.779 --> 00:22:05.980
 their

00:22:05.980 --> 00:22:06.640
 practice

00:22:06.640 --> 00:22:07.240
 of making

00:22:07.240 --> 00:22:07.839
 oaths

00:22:07.839 --> 00:22:08.700
 was actually

00:22:08.700 --> 00:22:09.579
 distorting

00:22:09.579 --> 00:22:10.440
 the truth

00:22:10.440 --> 00:22:12.000
 in misleading

00:22:12.000 --> 00:22:12.799
 people

00:22:12.799 --> 00:22:16.000
 at this

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 point

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 we're like

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 would someone

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 please

00:22:17.940 --> 00:22:18.980
 step into

00:22:18.980 --> 00:22:19.700
 this mess

00:22:19.700 --> 00:22:20.319
 and make

00:22:20.319 --> 00:22:20.839
 sense of

00:22:20.839 --> 00:22:21.099
 it

00:22:21.099 --> 00:22:22.819
 and if you

00:22:22.819 --> 00:22:23.079
 look at

00:22:23.079 --> 00:22:23.920
 verse 34

00:22:23.920 --> 00:22:25.079
 Jesus

00:22:25.079 --> 00:22:25.720
 steps in

00:22:25.720 --> 00:22:27.220
 but I

00:22:27.220 --> 00:22:27.759
 say

00:22:27.759 --> 00:22:30.519
 but I

00:22:30.519 --> 00:22:30.839
 say

00:22:30.839 --> 00:22:35.359
 let me

00:22:35.359 --> 00:22:35.799
 clarify

00:22:35.799 --> 00:22:36.559
 this oath

00:22:36.559 --> 00:22:36.940
 there

00:22:36.940 --> 00:22:37.819
 Jesus

00:22:37.819 --> 00:22:38.559
 says

00:22:38.559 --> 00:22:39.160
 but I

00:22:39.160 --> 00:22:39.579
 say

00:22:39.579 --> 00:22:42.019
 now those

00:22:42.019 --> 00:22:42.640
 three words

00:22:42.640 --> 00:22:43.240
 are really

00:22:43.240 --> 00:22:44.220
 three important

00:22:44.220 --> 00:22:44.660
 words

00:22:44.660 --> 00:22:45.440
 you gotta

00:22:45.440 --> 00:22:45.799
 remember

00:22:45.799 --> 00:22:46.120
 who's

00:22:46.120 --> 00:22:46.400
 saying

00:22:46.400 --> 00:22:48.660
 this is

00:22:48.660 --> 00:22:49.120
 God

00:22:49.120 --> 00:22:49.860
 incarnate

00:22:49.860 --> 00:22:50.740
 saying

00:22:50.740 --> 00:22:51.440
 but I

00:22:51.440 --> 00:22:51.840
 say

00:22:51.840 --> 00:22:53.140
 let me

00:22:53.140 --> 00:22:53.759
 bring to

00:22:53.759 --> 00:22:54.060
 you the

00:22:54.060 --> 00:22:54.640
 true meaning

00:22:54.640 --> 00:22:54.980
 of this

00:22:54.980 --> 00:22:55.340
 oath of

00:22:55.340 --> 00:22:55.800
 business

00:22:55.800 --> 00:22:57.040
 let me

00:22:57.040 --> 00:22:57.900
 just shed

00:22:57.900 --> 00:22:58.480
 light on

00:22:58.480 --> 00:22:58.880
 this

00:22:58.880 --> 00:23:00.340
 clarify this

00:23:00.340 --> 00:23:00.920
 because the

00:23:00.920 --> 00:23:01.580
 Pharisees have

00:23:01.580 --> 00:23:02.200
 just messed

00:23:02.200 --> 00:23:02.720
 this thing

00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:03.060
 up

00:23:03.059 --> 00:23:06.720
 this is

00:23:06.720 --> 00:23:07.100
 Emmanuel

00:23:07.100 --> 00:23:07.660
 Emmanuel speaking

00:23:07.660 --> 00:23:08.779
 this is

00:23:08.779 --> 00:23:09.819
 Emmanuel speaking

00:23:09.819 --> 00:23:13.600
 this is the one

00:23:13.600 --> 00:23:14.819
 and came

00:23:14.819 --> 00:23:15.839
 through without

00:23:15.839 --> 00:23:16.460
 giving in

00:23:16.460 --> 00:23:17.500
 this is the one

00:23:17.500 --> 00:23:18.000
 who said

00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:18.539
 after being

00:23:18.539 --> 00:23:19.039
 baptized

00:23:19.039 --> 00:23:19.660
 the father

00:23:19.660 --> 00:23:20.600
 is my son

00:23:20.600 --> 00:23:21.100
 with whom I

00:23:21.100 --> 00:23:21.400
 want to

00:23:21.400 --> 00:23:21.839
 please

00:23:21.839 --> 00:23:23.839
 this is our

00:23:23.839 --> 00:23:24.240
 king

00:23:24.240 --> 00:23:26.200
 and he speaks

00:23:26.200 --> 00:23:27.079
 with all authority

00:23:27.079 --> 00:23:27.799
 because he's God

00:23:27.799 --> 00:23:28.279
 in the flesh

00:23:28.279 --> 00:23:28.759
 would you just

00:23:28.759 --> 00:23:29.859
 look back to

00:23:29.859 --> 00:23:31.160
 the last words

00:23:31.160 --> 00:23:31.619
 of Matthew

00:23:31.619 --> 00:23:32.500
 chapter 7

00:23:32.500 --> 00:23:33.639
 verses 28

00:23:33.639 --> 00:23:34.220
 29

00:23:34.220 --> 00:23:34.940
 it says

00:23:34.940 --> 00:23:35.579
 and when Jesus

00:23:35.579 --> 00:23:36.619
 finished this

00:23:36.619 --> 00:23:37.160
 sermon

00:23:37.160 --> 00:23:37.819
 the crowds

00:23:37.819 --> 00:23:38.579
 were astonished

00:23:38.579 --> 00:23:39.220
 as teaching

00:23:39.220 --> 00:23:40.399
 for he was

00:23:40.399 --> 00:23:40.899
 teaching them

00:23:40.899 --> 00:23:41.480
 as one who

00:23:41.480 --> 00:23:42.259
 had authority

00:23:42.259 --> 00:23:43.460
 and not as

00:23:43.460 --> 00:23:43.940
 their

00:23:43.940 --> 00:23:45.000
 strongness

00:23:45.000 --> 00:23:46.339
 Jesus was set

00:23:46.339 --> 00:23:47.039
 apart in what

00:23:47.039 --> 00:23:47.579
 he's saying

00:23:47.579 --> 00:23:48.660
 that what I

00:23:48.660 --> 00:23:49.259
 say

00:23:49.259 --> 00:23:50.440
 is God

00:23:50.440 --> 00:23:51.200
 speaking to

00:23:51.200 --> 00:23:51.720
 us

00:23:51.720 --> 00:23:54.600
 and so we're

00:23:54.600 --> 00:23:55.039
 going to come

00:23:55.039 --> 00:23:56.279
 under what

00:23:56.279 --> 00:23:57.000
 he says

00:23:57.000 --> 00:24:00.559
 in verse 34

00:24:00.559 --> 00:24:00.980
 he says

00:24:00.980 --> 00:24:01.839
 what I say

00:24:01.839 --> 00:24:03.259
 do not take

00:24:03.259 --> 00:24:03.860
 an oath

00:24:03.860 --> 00:24:04.759
 at all

00:24:04.759 --> 00:24:06.860
 and I'm

00:24:06.860 --> 00:24:07.319
 guessing in

00:24:07.319 --> 00:24:07.779
 your mind

00:24:07.779 --> 00:24:08.360
 you're wondering

00:24:08.360 --> 00:24:09.000
 things like

00:24:09.000 --> 00:24:09.339
 well

00:24:09.339 --> 00:24:10.940
 is that

00:24:10.940 --> 00:24:11.240
 everything

00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:12.819
 does this

00:24:12.819 --> 00:24:13.440
 mean everything

00:24:13.440 --> 00:24:13.900
 out there

00:24:13.900 --> 00:24:15.299
 is that

00:24:15.299 --> 00:24:15.640
 is that

00:24:15.640 --> 00:24:17.079
 an exclusive

00:24:17.079 --> 00:24:18.380
 prohibition

00:24:18.380 --> 00:24:20.700
 well the

00:24:20.700 --> 00:24:21.160
 simple answer

00:24:21.160 --> 00:24:21.519
 that is

00:24:21.519 --> 00:24:21.960
 no it's

00:24:21.960 --> 00:24:22.340
 not

00:24:22.340 --> 00:24:23.240
 Jesus

00:24:23.240 --> 00:24:23.860
 is not

00:24:23.860 --> 00:24:24.160
 saying

00:24:24.160 --> 00:24:24.960
 no you

00:24:24.960 --> 00:24:25.279
 can't

00:24:25.279 --> 00:24:25.580
 speak

00:24:25.580 --> 00:24:25.960
 any

00:24:25.960 --> 00:24:26.360
 oath

00:24:26.360 --> 00:24:27.320
 so here's

00:24:27.320 --> 00:24:27.620
 why

00:24:27.620 --> 00:24:29.980
 all throughout

00:24:29.980 --> 00:24:30.720
 the New Testament

00:24:30.720 --> 00:24:31.640
 we see people

00:24:31.640 --> 00:24:32.980
 taking oaths

00:24:32.980 --> 00:24:33.560
 we see people

00:24:33.560 --> 00:24:34.560
 making vows

00:24:34.560 --> 00:24:35.720
 swearing by

00:24:35.720 --> 00:24:36.440
 God's name

00:24:36.440 --> 00:24:37.259
 the apostle

00:24:37.259 --> 00:24:37.980
 Paul

00:24:37.980 --> 00:24:38.980
 will use

00:24:38.980 --> 00:24:39.480
 the phrase

00:24:39.480 --> 00:24:39.980
 regularly

00:24:39.980 --> 00:24:40.700
 he'll say

00:24:40.700 --> 00:24:41.779
 as God

00:24:41.779 --> 00:24:42.540
 is my

00:24:42.540 --> 00:24:43.340
 readiness

00:24:43.340 --> 00:24:45.440
 Romans 1

00:24:45.440 --> 00:24:45.740
 9

00:24:45.740 --> 00:24:46.420
 2 Corinthians

00:24:46.420 --> 00:24:47.300
 1.23

00:24:47.300 --> 00:24:48.160
 Philippians 1

00:24:48.160 --> 00:24:48.420
 8

00:24:48.420 --> 00:24:49.259
 1 Corinthians

00:24:49.259 --> 00:24:49.880
 2

00:24:49.880 --> 00:24:50.240
 5

00:24:50.240 --> 00:24:50.519
 10

00:24:50.519 --> 00:24:50.859
 surely

00:24:50.859 --> 00:24:51.220
 Paul

00:24:51.220 --> 00:24:51.519
 knew

00:24:51.519 --> 00:24:52.119
 what

00:24:52.119 --> 00:24:52.440
 Jesus

00:24:52.440 --> 00:24:52.660
 is

00:24:52.660 --> 00:24:52.940
 teaching

00:24:52.940 --> 00:24:53.319
 here

00:24:53.319 --> 00:24:54.319
 and

00:24:54.319 --> 00:24:54.619
 surely

00:24:54.619 --> 00:24:55.019
 Paul

00:24:55.019 --> 00:24:55.359
 understood

00:24:55.359 --> 00:24:55.539
 it

00:24:55.539 --> 00:24:55.799
 not

00:24:55.799 --> 00:24:56.240
 as

00:24:56.240 --> 00:24:56.720
 a

00:24:56.720 --> 00:24:58.339
 exclusive

00:24:58.339 --> 00:24:59.279
 prohibition

00:24:59.279 --> 00:24:59.579
 to

00:24:59.579 --> 00:25:00.019
 taking

00:25:00.019 --> 00:25:00.599
 the oath

00:25:00.599 --> 00:25:01.019
 even

00:25:01.019 --> 00:25:01.579
 in God's

00:25:01.579 --> 00:25:01.879
 name

00:25:01.879 --> 00:25:04.839
 and

00:25:04.839 --> 00:25:05.139
 Hebrews

00:25:05.139 --> 00:25:05.920
 chapter 6

00:25:05.920 --> 00:25:06.400
 God

00:25:06.400 --> 00:25:07.160
 himself

00:25:07.160 --> 00:25:08.139
 takes

00:25:08.139 --> 00:25:08.700
 an oath

00:25:08.700 --> 00:25:10.259
 guaranteeing

00:25:10.259 --> 00:25:10.759
 our

00:25:10.759 --> 00:25:11.440
 salvation

00:25:11.440 --> 00:25:12.440
 salvation

00:25:12.440 --> 00:25:14.840
 and

00:25:14.840 --> 00:25:15.039
 maybe

00:25:15.039 --> 00:25:15.299
 what's

00:25:15.299 --> 00:25:15.539
 most

00:25:15.539 --> 00:25:15.960
 interesting

00:25:15.960 --> 00:25:16.240
 is

00:25:16.240 --> 00:25:16.640
 Matthew

00:25:16.640 --> 00:25:17.440
 26

00:25:17.440 --> 00:25:17.740
 verse

00:25:17.740 --> 00:25:18.320
 63

00:25:18.320 --> 00:25:20.200
 Jesus

00:25:20.200 --> 00:25:20.480
 is

00:25:20.480 --> 00:25:20.720
 standing

00:25:20.720 --> 00:25:21.100
 before

00:25:21.100 --> 00:25:21.880
 Caiaphas

00:25:21.880 --> 00:25:22.940
 and

00:25:22.940 --> 00:25:23.460
 Caiaphas

00:25:23.460 --> 00:25:24.039
 says

00:25:24.039 --> 00:25:28.559
 what he

00:25:28.559 --> 00:25:29.039
 says

00:25:29.039 --> 00:25:29.480
 I

00:25:29.480 --> 00:25:29.920
 adjure

00:25:29.920 --> 00:25:30.139
 you

00:25:30.139 --> 00:25:30.500
 by the

00:25:30.500 --> 00:25:30.720
 living

00:25:30.720 --> 00:25:31.279
 God

00:25:31.279 --> 00:25:31.879
 tell us

00:25:31.879 --> 00:25:32.180
 that you

00:25:32.180 --> 00:25:32.519
 are the

00:25:32.519 --> 00:25:32.920
 Christ

00:25:32.920 --> 00:25:33.200
 the

00:25:33.200 --> 00:25:33.420
 son

00:25:33.420 --> 00:25:33.579
 of

00:25:33.579 --> 00:25:34.000
 God

00:25:34.000 --> 00:25:35.559
 he's

00:25:35.559 --> 00:25:35.779
 putting

00:25:35.779 --> 00:25:36.119
 Jesus

00:25:36.119 --> 00:25:36.420
 under

00:25:36.420 --> 00:25:36.659
 an

00:25:36.659 --> 00:25:37.039
 oath

00:25:37.039 --> 00:25:40.460
 swear

00:25:40.460 --> 00:25:41.500
 by God

00:25:41.500 --> 00:25:42.099
 your

00:25:42.099 --> 00:25:42.659
 answer

00:25:42.659 --> 00:25:43.759
 what

00:25:43.759 --> 00:25:43.879
 does

00:25:43.879 --> 00:25:44.119
 Jesus

00:25:44.119 --> 00:25:44.460
 do

00:25:44.460 --> 00:25:46.819
 uh

00:25:46.819 --> 00:25:47.740
 Caiaphas

00:25:47.740 --> 00:25:47.859
 you

00:25:47.859 --> 00:25:48.099
 shouldn't

00:25:48.099 --> 00:25:48.339
 take

00:25:48.339 --> 00:25:48.680
 oath

00:25:48.680 --> 00:25:53.200
 what

00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:53.359
 you

00:25:53.359 --> 00:25:53.539
 say

00:25:53.539 --> 00:25:53.700
 is

00:25:53.700 --> 00:25:54.099
 true

00:25:54.099 --> 00:25:56.759
 you

00:25:56.759 --> 00:25:57.120
 accept

00:25:57.120 --> 00:25:57.680
 so

00:25:57.680 --> 00:26:00.059
 when

00:26:00.059 --> 00:26:00.339
 Jesus

00:26:00.339 --> 00:26:00.579
 says

00:26:00.579 --> 00:26:00.920
 do not

00:26:00.920 --> 00:26:01.200
 take

00:26:01.200 --> 00:26:01.400
 an

00:26:01.400 --> 00:26:01.680
 oath

00:26:01.680 --> 00:26:01.940
 at

00:26:01.940 --> 00:26:02.319
 all

00:26:02.319 --> 00:26:02.819
 it's

00:26:02.819 --> 00:26:02.980
 not

00:26:02.980 --> 00:26:03.180
 an

00:26:03.180 --> 00:26:03.900
 exclusive

00:26:03.900 --> 00:26:04.960
 prohibition

00:26:04.960 --> 00:26:05.680
 but

00:26:05.680 --> 00:26:06.160
 he's

00:26:06.160 --> 00:26:06.700
 he's

00:26:06.700 --> 00:26:07.160
 prohibiting

00:26:07.160 --> 00:26:07.640
 something

00:26:07.640 --> 00:26:09.059
 so

00:26:09.059 --> 00:26:09.319
 what's

00:26:09.319 --> 00:26:09.440
 he

00:26:09.440 --> 00:26:09.859
 prohibiting

00:26:09.859 --> 00:26:10.160
 what

00:26:10.160 --> 00:26:10.299
 he's

00:26:10.299 --> 00:26:10.440
 saying

00:26:10.440 --> 00:26:10.819
 don't

00:26:10.819 --> 00:26:11.000
 do

00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:11.220
 this

00:26:11.220 --> 00:26:11.440
 my

00:26:11.440 --> 00:26:11.980
 followers

00:26:11.980 --> 00:26:12.880
 don't

00:26:12.880 --> 00:26:13.120
 do

00:26:13.120 --> 00:26:13.700
 this

00:26:13.700 --> 00:26:14.480
 and

00:26:14.480 --> 00:26:14.599
 what

00:26:14.599 --> 00:26:14.740
 he's

00:26:14.740 --> 00:26:14.859
 going

00:26:14.859 --> 00:26:14.940
 to

00:26:14.940 --> 00:26:15.140
 say

00:26:15.140 --> 00:26:15.380
 is

00:26:15.380 --> 00:26:16.000
 don't

00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:16.180
 do

00:26:16.180 --> 00:26:16.339
 what

00:26:16.339 --> 00:26:16.480
 the

00:26:16.480 --> 00:26:16.980
 Pharisees

00:26:16.980 --> 00:26:17.299
 do

00:26:17.299 --> 00:26:18.379
 don't

00:26:18.379 --> 00:26:18.639
 do

00:26:18.639 --> 00:26:18.899
 this

00:26:18.899 --> 00:26:19.480
 business

00:26:19.480 --> 00:26:19.720
 of

00:26:19.720 --> 00:26:20.019
 turning

00:26:20.019 --> 00:26:20.680
 oaths

00:26:20.680 --> 00:26:20.919
 into

00:26:20.919 --> 00:26:21.619
 guarantees

00:26:21.619 --> 00:26:21.859
 of

00:26:21.859 --> 00:26:22.159
 ways

00:26:22.159 --> 00:26:22.619
 out

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 so

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 remember

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 in

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 Matthew

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 5

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 Jesus

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 is

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 teaching

00:26:27.579 --> 00:26:28.059
 his

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 followers

00:26:28.879 --> 00:26:29.279
 and

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 he's

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 saying

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 to

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 them

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 do

00:26:31.399 --> 00:26:31.819
 not

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 misuse

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 oaths

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 he's

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 not

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 challenging

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 the

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 scriptures

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 he's

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 exposing

00:26:39.419 --> 00:26:39.619
 and

00:26:39.619 --> 00:26:40.079
 rebuking

00:26:40.079 --> 00:26:40.319
 the

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 Pharisees

00:26:40.899 --> 00:26:41.460
 practice

00:26:41.460 --> 00:26:41.899
 of

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 taking

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 oaths

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 without

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 any

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 intent

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 to

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 follow

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 through

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 Pharisees

00:26:49.039 --> 00:26:49.220
 were

00:26:49.220 --> 00:26:49.839
 misusing

00:26:49.839 --> 00:26:50.420
 oaths

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 and so

00:26:50.680 --> 00:26:50.819
 what

00:26:50.819 --> 00:26:51.059
 Jesus

00:26:51.059 --> 00:26:51.299
 is

00:26:51.299 --> 00:26:51.640
 saying

00:26:51.640 --> 00:26:52.220
 he's

00:26:52.220 --> 00:26:52.420
 saying

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 no

00:26:52.740 --> 00:26:53.099
 that's

00:26:53.099 --> 00:26:53.400
 not

00:26:53.400 --> 00:26:53.640
 why

00:26:53.640 --> 00:26:53.920
 that's

00:26:53.920 --> 00:26:54.019
 in

00:26:54.019 --> 00:26:54.140
 the

00:26:54.140 --> 00:26:54.559
 Bible

00:26:54.559 --> 00:26:55.779
 oaths

00:26:55.779 --> 00:26:55.900
 are

00:26:55.900 --> 00:26:56.019
 in

00:26:56.019 --> 00:26:56.160
 the

00:26:56.160 --> 00:26:56.500
 Bible

00:26:56.500 --> 00:26:56.779
 to

00:26:56.779 --> 00:26:57.319
 guarantee

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 the

00:26:57.680 --> 00:26:58.240
 truthfulness

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 of what

00:26:58.640 --> 00:26:58.859
 you're

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 saying

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 don't

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 do

00:27:00.980 --> 00:27:01.220
 what

00:27:01.220 --> 00:27:01.460
 these

00:27:01.460 --> 00:27:02.000
 Pharisees

00:27:02.000 --> 00:27:02.180
 are

00:27:02.180 --> 00:27:02.440
 doing

00:27:02.440 --> 00:27:02.640
 they

00:27:02.640 --> 00:27:03.019
 messed

00:27:03.019 --> 00:27:03.279
 up

00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:03.519
 you've

00:27:03.519 --> 00:27:03.660
 heard

00:27:03.660 --> 00:27:03.799
 it

00:27:03.799 --> 00:27:03.960
 said

00:27:03.960 --> 00:27:04.160
 them

00:27:04.160 --> 00:27:04.500
 all

00:27:04.500 --> 00:27:05.519
 don't

00:27:05.519 --> 00:27:05.680
 do

00:27:05.680 --> 00:27:06.140
 that

00:27:06.140 --> 00:27:08.180
 so

00:27:08.180 --> 00:27:08.580
 Jesus

00:27:08.580 --> 00:27:09.780
 presses

00:27:09.780 --> 00:27:10.000
 in

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 verse

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 34

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 35

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 36

00:27:13.460 --> 00:27:14.900
 exposes

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 the

00:27:15.180 --> 00:27:15.700
 false

00:27:15.700 --> 00:27:16.180
 in the

00:27:16.180 --> 00:27:16.740
 Pharisee

00:27:16.740 --> 00:27:16.960
 and

00:27:16.960 --> 00:27:17.780
 he

00:27:17.780 --> 00:27:18.280
 says

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 you

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 shall

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 not

00:27:19.320 --> 00:27:19.600
 swear

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 falsely

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 excuse

00:27:21.700 --> 00:27:21.860
 me

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 do not

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 take

00:27:22.360 --> 00:27:22.660
 oath

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 at

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 all

00:27:23.259 --> 00:27:23.860
 either

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 by

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 heaven

00:27:24.540 --> 00:27:25.580
 verse

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 35

00:27:26.020 --> 00:27:26.460
 or

00:27:26.460 --> 00:27:26.680
 by

00:27:26.680 --> 00:27:27.140
 earth

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 or

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 by

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 Jerusalem

00:27:29.680 --> 00:27:30.400
 verse

00:27:30.400 --> 00:27:31.040
 36

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 or

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 by

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 your

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 head

00:27:32.480 --> 00:27:32.960
 that's

00:27:32.960 --> 00:27:33.080
 what

00:27:33.080 --> 00:27:33.220
 the

00:27:33.220 --> 00:27:33.580
 Pharisees

00:27:33.580 --> 00:27:33.720
 were

00:27:33.720 --> 00:27:33.940
 doing

00:27:33.940 --> 00:27:34.100
 they

00:27:34.100 --> 00:27:34.200
 were

00:27:34.200 --> 00:27:34.500
 taking

00:27:34.500 --> 00:27:35.140
 oaths

00:27:35.140 --> 00:27:35.360
 and

00:27:35.360 --> 00:27:35.680
 making

00:27:35.680 --> 00:27:36.320
 oaths

00:27:36.320 --> 00:27:36.680
 based

00:27:36.680 --> 00:27:37.039
 upon

00:27:37.039 --> 00:27:37.500
 heaven

00:27:37.500 --> 00:27:38.100
 earth

00:27:38.100 --> 00:27:38.820
 Jerusalem

00:27:38.820 --> 00:27:39.279
 and

00:27:39.279 --> 00:27:39.560
 on

00:27:39.560 --> 00:27:39.759
 their

00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:40.220
 heads

00:27:40.220 --> 00:27:41.779
 don't

00:27:41.779 --> 00:27:42.279
 do that

00:27:42.279 --> 00:27:43.740
 they were

00:27:43.740 --> 00:27:44.120
 trying to

00:27:44.120 --> 00:27:44.539
 avoid

00:27:44.539 --> 00:27:44.900
 taking

00:27:44.900 --> 00:27:45.340
 God's

00:27:45.340 --> 00:27:45.860
 name

00:27:45.860 --> 00:27:46.259
 and

00:27:46.259 --> 00:27:46.519
 making

00:27:46.519 --> 00:27:46.740
 an

00:27:46.740 --> 00:27:47.060
 oath

00:27:47.060 --> 00:27:47.500
 in

00:27:47.500 --> 00:27:47.820
 God's

00:27:47.820 --> 00:27:48.080
 name

00:27:48.080 --> 00:27:48.320
 and

00:27:48.320 --> 00:27:48.640
 binding

00:27:48.640 --> 00:27:49.100
 themselves

00:27:49.100 --> 00:27:49.299
 to

00:27:49.299 --> 00:27:49.460
 what

00:27:49.460 --> 00:27:49.600
 they

00:27:49.600 --> 00:27:49.779
 had

00:27:49.779 --> 00:27:49.940
 to

00:27:49.940 --> 00:27:50.279
 say

00:27:50.279 --> 00:27:54.220
 and

00:27:54.220 --> 00:27:54.700
 Jesus

00:27:54.700 --> 00:27:55.560
 here

00:27:55.560 --> 00:27:55.700
 in

00:27:55.700 --> 00:27:55.920
 Matthew

00:27:55.920 --> 00:27:56.440
 5

00:27:56.440 --> 00:27:56.680
 and

00:27:56.680 --> 00:27:56.900
 he

00:27:56.900 --> 00:27:57.140
 makes

00:27:57.140 --> 00:27:57.519
 the same

00:27:57.519 --> 00:27:57.799
 case

00:27:57.799 --> 00:27:57.940
 in

00:27:57.940 --> 00:27:58.180
 Matthew

00:27:58.180 --> 00:27:58.759
 23

00:27:58.759 --> 00:27:59.299
 he

00:27:59.299 --> 00:27:59.600
 makes

00:27:59.600 --> 00:27:59.860
 a

00:27:59.860 --> 00:28:00.279
 linkage

00:28:00.279 --> 00:28:00.840
 he

00:28:00.840 --> 00:28:01.900
 reunites

00:28:01.900 --> 00:28:02.380
 what

00:28:02.380 --> 00:28:02.600
 the

00:28:02.600 --> 00:28:03.000
 Pharisees

00:28:03.000 --> 00:28:03.180
 were

00:28:03.180 --> 00:28:03.500
 trying

00:28:03.500 --> 00:28:03.720
 to

00:28:03.720 --> 00:28:03.960
 split

00:28:03.960 --> 00:28:04.360
 apart

00:28:04.360 --> 00:28:04.799
 he

00:28:04.799 --> 00:28:05.140
 says

00:28:05.140 --> 00:28:05.720
 don't

00:28:05.720 --> 00:28:05.920
 you know

00:28:05.920 --> 00:28:06.060
 that

00:28:06.060 --> 00:28:06.360
 heaven

00:28:06.360 --> 00:28:06.740
 is

00:28:06.740 --> 00:28:07.200
 God's

00:28:07.200 --> 00:28:07.660
 throne

00:28:07.660 --> 00:28:08.580
 don't

00:28:08.580 --> 00:28:08.840
 you know

00:28:08.840 --> 00:28:09.060
 that

00:28:09.060 --> 00:28:09.220
 the

00:28:09.220 --> 00:28:09.460
 earth

00:28:09.460 --> 00:28:09.680
 is

00:28:09.680 --> 00:28:10.080
 God's

00:28:10.080 --> 00:28:10.320
 foot

00:28:10.320 --> 00:28:10.680
 stool

00:28:10.680 --> 00:28:10.960
 don't

00:28:10.960 --> 00:28:11.180
 you know

00:28:11.180 --> 00:28:11.340
 that

00:28:11.340 --> 00:28:11.800
 Jerusalem

00:28:11.800 --> 00:28:12.320
 is the

00:28:12.320 --> 00:28:12.580
 city

00:28:12.580 --> 00:28:12.900
 of the

00:28:12.900 --> 00:28:13.240
 king

00:28:13.240 --> 00:28:14.120
 don't

00:28:14.120 --> 00:28:14.600
 you know

00:28:14.600 --> 00:28:15.000
 that

00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:16.120
 you have

00:28:16.120 --> 00:28:16.780
 no power

00:28:16.780 --> 00:28:17.280
 to change

00:28:17.280 --> 00:28:17.720
 the color

00:28:17.720 --> 00:28:18.080
 of your

00:28:18.080 --> 00:28:18.400
 hair

00:28:18.400 --> 00:28:21.520
 before

00:28:21.520 --> 00:28:22.200
 heaven

00:28:22.200 --> 00:28:22.780
 happens

00:28:22.779 --> 00:28:26.940
 God

00:28:26.940 --> 00:28:27.099
 God's

00:28:27.099 --> 00:28:27.119
 God's

00:28:27.119 --> 00:28:27.599
 promise

00:28:27.599 --> 00:28:28.139
 determines

00:28:28.139 --> 00:28:28.399
 the

00:28:28.399 --> 00:28:28.619
 color

00:28:28.619 --> 00:28:28.940
 of your

00:28:28.940 --> 00:28:29.200
 hair

00:28:29.200 --> 00:28:30.579
 and

00:28:30.579 --> 00:28:30.720
 the

00:28:30.720 --> 00:28:30.960
 point

00:28:30.960 --> 00:28:31.119
 that

00:28:31.119 --> 00:28:31.399
 Jesus

00:28:31.399 --> 00:28:31.619
 is

00:28:31.619 --> 00:28:31.960
 making

00:28:31.960 --> 00:28:32.299
 is

00:28:32.299 --> 00:28:32.579
 that

00:28:32.579 --> 00:28:33.139
 the

00:28:33.139 --> 00:28:33.619
 God

00:28:33.619 --> 00:28:34.180
 over

00:28:34.180 --> 00:28:34.940
 all

00:28:34.940 --> 00:28:36.519
 anything

00:28:36.519 --> 00:28:37.160
 you swear

00:28:37.160 --> 00:28:37.619
 by

00:28:37.619 --> 00:28:38.559
 it's

00:28:38.559 --> 00:28:39.099
 connected

00:28:39.099 --> 00:28:39.399
 to

00:28:39.399 --> 00:28:39.859
 God

00:28:39.859 --> 00:28:40.460
 you

00:28:40.460 --> 00:28:41.079
 can't

00:28:41.079 --> 00:28:41.920
 escape

00:28:41.920 --> 00:28:42.660
 accountability

00:28:42.660 --> 00:28:43.259
 with him

00:28:43.259 --> 00:28:44.299
 there's

00:28:44.299 --> 00:28:44.799
 no way

00:28:44.799 --> 00:28:46.700
 all of

00:28:46.700 --> 00:28:46.859
 your

00:28:46.859 --> 00:28:47.480
 swearing

00:28:47.480 --> 00:28:48.139
 God

00:28:48.139 --> 00:28:48.759
 hears

00:28:48.759 --> 00:28:49.200
 it

00:28:49.200 --> 00:28:49.559
 and

00:28:49.559 --> 00:28:49.720
 is

00:28:49.720 --> 00:28:49.859
 going

00:28:49.859 --> 00:28:50.000
 to

00:28:50.000 --> 00:28:50.319
 hold

00:28:50.319 --> 00:28:50.559
 it

00:28:50.559 --> 00:28:52.599
 what

00:28:52.599 --> 00:28:52.939
 Jesus

00:28:52.939 --> 00:28:53.139
 is

00:28:53.139 --> 00:28:53.359
 doing

00:28:53.359 --> 00:28:53.599
 here

00:28:53.599 --> 00:28:53.740
 is

00:28:53.740 --> 00:28:54.139
 reviewing

00:28:54.139 --> 00:28:54.399
 the

00:28:54.399 --> 00:28:54.839
 practice

00:28:54.839 --> 00:28:55.220
 of the

00:28:55.220 --> 00:28:55.899
 Pharisees

00:28:55.899 --> 00:28:56.259
 and

00:28:56.259 --> 00:28:56.439
 he's

00:28:56.439 --> 00:28:56.720
 calling

00:28:56.720 --> 00:28:56.919
 his

00:28:56.919 --> 00:28:57.419
 disciples

00:28:57.419 --> 00:28:57.839
 to be

00:28:57.839 --> 00:28:58.200
 don't

00:28:58.200 --> 00:28:58.359
 do

00:28:58.359 --> 00:28:58.599
 that

00:28:58.599 --> 00:28:58.899
 be

00:28:58.899 --> 00:28:59.359
 truthful

00:28:59.359 --> 00:29:00.099
 watchers

00:29:00.099 --> 00:29:01.579
 be

00:29:01.579 --> 00:29:01.980
 truthful

00:29:01.980 --> 00:29:05.659
 these

00:29:05.659 --> 00:29:06.099
 saints

00:29:06.099 --> 00:29:06.639
 in

00:29:06.639 --> 00:29:06.859
 verses

00:29:06.859 --> 00:29:07.319
 34

00:29:07.319 --> 00:29:07.859
 35

00:29:07.859 --> 00:29:08.119
 they're

00:29:08.119 --> 00:29:08.599
 not

00:29:08.599 --> 00:29:09.619
 in

00:29:09.619 --> 00:29:09.939
 God's

00:29:09.939 --> 00:29:10.179
 name

00:29:10.179 --> 00:29:10.559
 they all

00:29:10.559 --> 00:29:10.939
 belong

00:29:10.939 --> 00:29:11.119
 to

00:29:11.119 --> 00:29:11.419
 him

00:29:11.419 --> 00:29:12.039
 they're

00:29:12.039 --> 00:29:12.359
 all

00:29:12.359 --> 00:29:12.639
 under

00:29:12.639 --> 00:29:12.879
 his

00:29:12.879 --> 00:29:13.419
 authority

00:29:13.419 --> 00:29:15.980
 not

00:29:15.980 --> 00:29:16.379
 name

00:29:16.379 --> 00:29:16.799
 God

00:29:16.799 --> 00:29:17.279
 doesn't

00:29:17.279 --> 00:29:18.119
 excuse

00:29:18.119 --> 00:29:18.500
 them

00:29:18.500 --> 00:29:18.919
 for being

00:29:18.919 --> 00:29:19.559
 responsible

00:29:19.559 --> 00:29:20.240
 for what

00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:20.400
 their

00:29:20.400 --> 00:29:20.799
 commitment

00:29:20.799 --> 00:29:20.980
 is

00:29:20.980 --> 00:29:21.240
 on

00:29:21.240 --> 00:29:23.720
 so

00:29:23.720 --> 00:29:24.120
 Jesus

00:29:24.120 --> 00:29:24.859
 exposes

00:29:24.859 --> 00:29:25.120
 the

00:29:25.120 --> 00:29:25.460
 false

00:29:25.460 --> 00:29:26.019
 distinction

00:29:26.019 --> 00:29:26.299
 the

00:29:26.299 --> 00:29:26.779
 Pharisees

00:29:26.779 --> 00:29:26.940
 are

00:29:26.940 --> 00:29:27.240
 making

00:29:27.240 --> 00:29:27.640
 and

00:29:27.640 --> 00:29:27.819
 he

00:29:27.819 --> 00:29:28.279
 exposes

00:29:28.279 --> 00:29:28.500
 it

00:29:28.500 --> 00:29:28.680
 in

00:29:28.680 --> 00:29:29.140
 us

00:29:29.140 --> 00:29:42.079
 there's

00:29:42.079 --> 00:29:42.299
 another

00:29:42.299 --> 00:29:42.519
 thing

00:29:42.519 --> 00:29:42.660
 I

00:29:42.660 --> 00:29:42.819
 want

00:29:42.819 --> 00:29:43.220
 you

00:29:43.220 --> 00:29:43.380
 to

00:29:43.380 --> 00:29:43.620
 hear

00:29:43.620 --> 00:29:45.099
 it's

00:29:45.099 --> 00:29:45.319
 not

00:29:45.319 --> 00:29:45.599
 in

00:29:45.599 --> 00:29:45.920
 Matthew

00:29:45.920 --> 00:29:46.259
 5

00:29:46.259 --> 00:29:46.460
 it's

00:29:46.460 --> 00:29:46.779
 actually

00:29:46.779 --> 00:29:47.160
 Matthew

00:29:47.160 --> 00:29:47.660
 12

00:29:47.660 --> 00:29:49.700
 and

00:29:49.700 --> 00:29:49.840
 what

00:29:49.840 --> 00:29:49.960
 it

00:29:49.960 --> 00:29:50.220
 is

00:29:50.220 --> 00:29:50.640
 this

00:29:50.640 --> 00:29:53.180
 it's

00:29:53.180 --> 00:29:53.519
 another

00:29:53.519 --> 00:29:56.120
 shot

00:29:56.120 --> 00:29:56.420
 at the

00:29:56.420 --> 00:29:56.940
 Pharisee

00:29:56.940 --> 00:29:57.340
 Jesus

00:29:57.340 --> 00:29:57.820
 takes

00:29:57.820 --> 00:29:58.980
 appropriately

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 so

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 if you

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 look at

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 Matthew

00:30:01.580 --> 00:30:01.880
 chapter

00:30:01.880 --> 00:30:02.240
 12

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 verses

00:30:02.519 --> 00:30:03.160
 36

00:30:03.160 --> 00:30:03.880
 and 37

00:30:03.880 --> 00:30:07.140
 he's

00:30:07.140 --> 00:30:07.380
 talking

00:30:07.380 --> 00:30:07.880
 about

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 trees

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 are

00:30:10.519 --> 00:30:10.860
 known by

00:30:10.860 --> 00:30:11.040
 their

00:30:11.040 --> 00:30:11.420
 fruits

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 a

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 good

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 tree

00:30:12.900 --> 00:30:13.259
 produces

00:30:13.259 --> 00:30:13.500
 good

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 fruit

00:30:13.779 --> 00:30:14.080
 bad

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 tree

00:30:14.279 --> 00:30:14.640
 produces

00:30:14.640 --> 00:30:14.980
 bad

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 fruit

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 and then

00:30:16.800 --> 00:30:17.220
 it says

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 out of

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 the

00:30:17.860 --> 00:30:18.300
 abundance

00:30:18.300 --> 00:30:18.580
 of

00:30:18.580 --> 00:30:18.759
 your

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 heart

00:30:19.140 --> 00:30:19.380
 the

00:30:19.380 --> 00:30:19.660
 mouth

00:30:19.660 --> 00:30:20.380
 speaks

00:30:20.380 --> 00:30:22.840
 and

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 so

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 Jesus

00:30:23.300 --> 00:30:23.640
 said

00:30:23.640 --> 00:30:23.840
 in

00:30:23.840 --> 00:30:24.040
 verse

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 36

00:30:24.660 --> 00:30:24.980
 I

00:30:24.980 --> 00:30:25.380
 tell

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 you

00:30:25.800 --> 00:30:26.500
 on

00:30:26.500 --> 00:30:26.640
 the

00:30:26.640 --> 00:30:26.840
 day

00:30:26.840 --> 00:30:27.000
 of

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 judgment

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 people

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 will

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 give

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 an

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 account

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 for

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 every

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 careless

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 word

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 to

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 you

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 for

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 by

00:30:36.080 --> 00:30:36.280
 your

00:30:36.280 --> 00:30:36.620
 words

00:30:36.620 --> 00:30:36.760
 you

00:30:36.760 --> 00:30:36.860
 will

00:30:36.860 --> 00:30:36.980
 be

00:30:36.980 --> 00:30:37.420
 justified

00:30:37.420 --> 00:30:37.680
 and

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 by

00:30:37.820 --> 00:30:38.020
 your

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 words

00:30:38.420 --> 00:30:38.600
 you

00:30:38.600 --> 00:30:38.720
 will

00:30:38.720 --> 00:30:38.880
 be

00:30:38.880 --> 00:30:39.280
 done

00:30:39.280 --> 00:30:41.840
 what

00:30:41.840 --> 00:30:42.100
 Jesus

00:30:42.100 --> 00:30:42.340
 is

00:30:42.340 --> 00:30:42.640
 saying

00:30:42.640 --> 00:30:42.860
 there

00:30:42.860 --> 00:30:43.220
 is

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 for

00:30:43.780 --> 00:30:43.980
 those

00:30:43.980 --> 00:30:44.120
 of

00:30:44.120 --> 00:30:44.220
 you

00:30:44.220 --> 00:30:44.340
 who

00:30:44.340 --> 00:30:44.480
 may

00:30:44.480 --> 00:30:44.800
 think

00:30:44.800 --> 00:30:44.980
 that

00:30:44.980 --> 00:30:45.200
 not

00:30:45.200 --> 00:30:45.420
 by

00:30:45.420 --> 00:30:45.780
 swearing

00:30:45.780 --> 00:30:45.980
 by

00:30:45.980 --> 00:30:46.340
 God's

00:30:46.340 --> 00:30:46.540
 name

00:30:46.540 --> 00:30:46.900
 somehow

00:30:46.900 --> 00:30:47.180
 you're

00:30:47.180 --> 00:30:47.300
 not

00:30:47.300 --> 00:30:47.720
 accountable

00:30:47.720 --> 00:30:47.920
 for

00:30:47.920 --> 00:30:48.100
 what

00:30:48.100 --> 00:30:48.240
 you

00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:48.600
 say

00:30:48.600 --> 00:30:49.120
 Jesus

00:30:49.120 --> 00:30:49.360
 is

00:30:49.360 --> 00:30:49.600
 saying

00:30:50.380 --> 00:30:50.760
 that

00:30:50.760 --> 00:30:51.060
 on

00:30:51.060 --> 00:30:51.300
 that

00:30:51.300 --> 00:30:51.680
 day

00:30:51.680 --> 00:30:52.320
 every

00:30:52.320 --> 00:30:53.000
 word

00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:54.040
 every

00:30:54.040 --> 00:30:54.720
 careless

00:30:54.720 --> 00:30:55.340
 word

00:30:55.340 --> 00:30:56.040
 is

00:30:56.040 --> 00:30:56.260
 going

00:30:56.260 --> 00:30:56.360
 to

00:30:56.360 --> 00:30:56.560
 be

00:30:56.560 --> 00:30:57.180
 judged

00:30:57.180 --> 00:30:57.500
 by

00:30:57.500 --> 00:30:58.020
 God

00:30:58.020 --> 00:30:59.620
 he's

00:30:59.620 --> 00:30:59.780
 getting

00:30:59.780 --> 00:31:00.120
 track

00:31:00.120 --> 00:31:00.280
 of

00:31:00.280 --> 00:31:00.380
 it

00:31:00.380 --> 00:31:00.680
 all

00:31:00.680 --> 00:31:00.900
 he

00:31:00.900 --> 00:31:01.500
 sees

00:31:01.500 --> 00:31:01.980
 all

00:31:01.980 --> 00:31:02.200
 he

00:31:02.200 --> 00:31:02.780
 knows

00:31:02.780 --> 00:31:03.420
 all

00:31:03.420 --> 00:31:05.240
 it's

00:31:05.240 --> 00:31:05.400
 not

00:31:05.400 --> 00:31:05.660
 some

00:31:05.660 --> 00:31:06.340
 formula

00:31:06.340 --> 00:31:06.640
 that

00:31:06.640 --> 00:31:07.100
 saves

00:31:07.100 --> 00:31:07.300
 your

00:31:07.300 --> 00:31:07.960
 speech

00:31:07.960 --> 00:31:11.000
 Jesus

00:31:11.000 --> 00:31:11.380
 gets

00:31:11.380 --> 00:31:11.880
 right

00:31:11.880 --> 00:31:12.300
 at

00:31:12.300 --> 00:31:12.540
 the

00:31:12.540 --> 00:31:13.060
 heart

00:31:13.060 --> 00:31:13.600
 of

00:31:13.600 --> 00:31:13.800
 the

00:31:13.800 --> 00:31:14.200
 matter

00:31:14.200 --> 00:31:15.820
 what

00:31:15.820 --> 00:31:16.200
 we

00:31:16.200 --> 00:31:16.800
 need

00:31:16.800 --> 00:31:17.440
 is

00:31:17.440 --> 00:31:17.820
 not

00:31:17.820 --> 00:31:18.380
 new

00:31:18.380 --> 00:31:19.100
 oath

00:31:19.100 --> 00:31:20.120
 formulas

00:31:20.119 --> 00:31:21.779
 what

00:31:21.779 --> 00:31:22.059
 we

00:31:22.059 --> 00:31:22.619
 need

00:31:22.619 --> 00:31:22.959
 is

00:31:22.959 --> 00:31:23.259
 a

00:31:23.259 --> 00:31:23.699
 new

00:31:23.699 --> 00:31:24.419
 heart

00:31:24.419 --> 00:31:25.879
 and

00:31:25.879 --> 00:31:26.099
 that

00:31:26.099 --> 00:31:26.279
 is

00:31:26.279 --> 00:31:26.599
 something

00:31:26.599 --> 00:31:26.879
 only

00:31:26.879 --> 00:31:27.279
 God

00:31:27.279 --> 00:31:27.839
 himself

00:31:27.839 --> 00:31:28.119
 can

00:31:28.119 --> 00:31:28.319
 bring

00:31:28.319 --> 00:31:28.599
 about

00:31:28.599 --> 00:31:28.859
 by

00:31:28.859 --> 00:31:29.059
 his

00:31:29.059 --> 00:31:29.659
 grace

00:31:29.659 --> 00:31:35.279
 a

00:31:35.279 --> 00:31:35.659
 heart

00:31:35.659 --> 00:31:35.979
 that's

00:31:35.979 --> 00:31:36.679
 transformed

00:31:36.679 --> 00:31:37.179
 by

00:31:37.179 --> 00:31:37.779
 God's

00:31:37.779 --> 00:31:38.279
 grace

00:31:38.279 --> 00:31:38.899
 bears

00:31:38.899 --> 00:31:39.179
 the

00:31:39.179 --> 00:31:39.659
 fruit

00:31:39.659 --> 00:31:39.979
 of

00:31:39.979 --> 00:31:40.819
 words

00:31:40.819 --> 00:31:41.899
 that

00:31:41.899 --> 00:31:42.059
 are

00:31:42.059 --> 00:31:42.539
 transformed

00:31:42.539 --> 00:31:42.859
 by

00:31:42.859 --> 00:31:43.299
 God's

00:31:43.299 --> 00:31:43.659
 grace

00:31:43.659 --> 00:31:44.019
 let me

00:31:44.019 --> 00:31:44.259
 put it

00:31:44.259 --> 00:31:44.439
 this

00:31:44.439 --> 00:31:44.779
 way

00:31:44.779 --> 00:31:46.879
 a

00:31:46.879 --> 00:31:47.519
 pharisaical

00:31:47.519 --> 00:31:48.039
 heart

00:31:48.039 --> 00:31:48.559
 that is

00:31:48.559 --> 00:31:49.079
 consumed

00:31:49.079 --> 00:31:49.319
 with

00:31:49.319 --> 00:31:49.819
 oneself

00:31:49.819 --> 00:31:50.259
 is

00:31:50.259 --> 00:31:50.440
 going

00:31:50.440 --> 00:31:50.559
 to

00:31:50.559 --> 00:31:50.879
 speak

00:31:50.879 --> 00:31:51.339
 words

00:31:51.339 --> 00:31:51.899
 consumed

00:31:51.899 --> 00:31:52.139
 with

00:31:52.139 --> 00:31:52.639
 oneself

00:31:52.639 --> 00:31:54.200
 out of

00:31:54.200 --> 00:31:54.299
 the

00:31:54.299 --> 00:31:54.599
 abundance

00:31:54.599 --> 00:31:54.759
 of

00:31:54.759 --> 00:31:54.859
 the

00:31:54.859 --> 00:31:55.039
 heart

00:31:55.039 --> 00:31:55.160
 of

00:31:55.160 --> 00:31:55.420
 God's

00:31:55.420 --> 00:31:55.759
 grace

00:31:55.759 --> 00:31:57.079
 but

00:31:57.079 --> 00:31:57.220
 a

00:31:57.220 --> 00:31:57.579
 heart

00:31:57.579 --> 00:31:58.480
 radically

00:31:58.480 --> 00:31:58.940
 changed

00:31:58.940 --> 00:31:59.140
 by

00:31:59.140 --> 00:31:59.519
 God's

00:31:59.519 --> 00:32:00.019
 grace

00:32:00.019 --> 00:32:00.879
 that

00:32:00.879 --> 00:32:01.079
 has

00:32:01.079 --> 00:32:01.319
 been

00:32:01.319 --> 00:32:01.579
 made

00:32:01.579 --> 00:32:02.019
 alive

00:32:02.019 --> 00:32:02.220
 by

00:32:02.220 --> 00:32:02.420
 the

00:32:02.420 --> 00:32:02.700
 spirit

00:32:02.700 --> 00:32:02.879
 of

00:32:02.879 --> 00:32:03.220
 God

00:32:03.220 --> 00:32:03.799
 because

00:32:03.799 --> 00:32:03.940
 of

00:32:03.940 --> 00:32:04.099
 what

00:32:04.099 --> 00:32:04.559
 Christ

00:32:04.559 --> 00:32:04.779
 has

00:32:04.779 --> 00:32:04.960
 done

00:32:04.960 --> 00:32:05.079
 on

00:32:05.079 --> 00:32:05.200
 the

00:32:05.200 --> 00:32:05.619
 cross

00:32:05.619 --> 00:32:05.839
 and

00:32:05.839 --> 00:32:06.440
 raised

00:32:06.440 --> 00:32:06.680
 from

00:32:06.680 --> 00:32:06.859
 the

00:32:06.859 --> 00:32:07.140
 dead

00:32:07.140 --> 00:32:07.900
 that

00:32:07.900 --> 00:32:08.660
 heart

00:32:08.660 --> 00:32:09.379
 now

00:32:09.379 --> 00:32:10.039
 wants

00:32:10.039 --> 00:32:10.440
 what

00:32:10.440 --> 00:32:10.879
 God

00:32:10.879 --> 00:32:11.480
 wants

00:32:11.480 --> 00:32:13.220
 God

00:32:13.220 --> 00:32:13.660
 delights

00:32:13.660 --> 00:32:13.819
 in

00:32:13.819 --> 00:32:14.299
 truth

00:32:14.299 --> 00:32:14.700
 he's

00:32:14.700 --> 00:32:14.799
 the

00:32:14.799 --> 00:32:15.019
 God

00:32:15.019 --> 00:32:15.140
 of

00:32:15.140 --> 00:32:15.480
 truth

00:32:15.480 --> 00:32:15.740
 and

00:32:15.740 --> 00:32:15.920
 he

00:32:15.920 --> 00:32:16.279
 sets

00:32:16.279 --> 00:32:16.759
 Jesus

00:32:16.759 --> 00:32:17.000
 who

00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.200
 is

00:32:17.200 --> 00:32:17.360
 the

00:32:17.360 --> 00:32:17.680
 truth

00:32:17.680 --> 00:32:18.099
 so

00:32:18.099 --> 00:32:18.299
 that

00:32:18.299 --> 00:32:18.640
 we

00:32:18.640 --> 00:32:18.900
 can

00:32:18.900 --> 00:32:19.319
 speak

00:32:19.319 --> 00:32:19.759
 truth

00:32:19.759 --> 00:32:19.940
 and

00:32:19.940 --> 00:32:20.120
 be

00:32:20.120 --> 00:32:20.380
 true

00:32:20.380 --> 00:32:20.599
 to

00:32:20.599 --> 00:32:20.759
 our

00:32:20.759 --> 00:32:21.319
 words

00:32:21.319 --> 00:32:26.620
 what

00:32:26.620 --> 00:32:26.839
 this

00:32:26.839 --> 00:32:27.039
 all

00:32:27.039 --> 00:32:27.380
 points

00:32:27.380 --> 00:32:27.620
 to

00:32:27.620 --> 00:32:27.940
 is

00:32:27.940 --> 00:32:28.180
 the

00:32:28.180 --> 00:32:28.500
 need

00:32:28.500 --> 00:32:28.839
 for

00:32:28.839 --> 00:32:29.099
 a

00:32:29.099 --> 00:32:29.500
 new

00:32:29.500 --> 00:32:30.160
 heart

00:32:30.160 --> 00:32:34.279
 a

00:32:34.279 --> 00:32:34.680
 heart

00:32:34.680 --> 00:32:35.480
 that

00:32:35.480 --> 00:32:35.640
 is

00:32:35.640 --> 00:32:36.140
 transformed

00:32:36.140 --> 00:32:36.500
 by

00:32:36.500 --> 00:32:36.960
 God's

00:32:36.960 --> 00:32:37.519
 grace

00:32:37.519 --> 00:32:38.819
 lives

00:32:38.819 --> 00:32:39.960
 quorum

00:32:39.960 --> 00:32:41.120
 deo

00:32:41.119 --> 00:32:42.839
 before

00:32:42.839 --> 00:32:43.219
 the

00:32:43.219 --> 00:32:43.979
 face

00:32:43.979 --> 00:32:44.719
 of

00:32:44.719 --> 00:32:45.379
 God

00:32:45.379 --> 00:32:45.859
 the

00:32:45.859 --> 00:32:46.459
 face

00:32:46.459 --> 00:32:46.959
 I'm

00:32:46.959 --> 00:32:47.259
 most

00:32:47.259 --> 00:32:47.819
 concerned

00:32:47.819 --> 00:32:48.299
 about

00:32:48.299 --> 00:32:48.879
 with

00:32:48.879 --> 00:32:49.179
 my

00:32:49.179 --> 00:32:49.959
 speech

00:32:49.959 --> 00:32:50.779
 is

00:32:50.779 --> 00:32:51.479
 God's

00:32:51.479 --> 00:32:51.979
 face

00:32:51.979 --> 00:32:52.739
 what

00:32:52.739 --> 00:32:53.000
 he

00:32:53.000 --> 00:32:53.639
 thinks

00:32:53.639 --> 00:32:55.039
 his

00:32:55.039 --> 00:32:55.679
 eyes

00:32:55.679 --> 00:32:56.239
 his

00:32:56.239 --> 00:32:56.759
 ear

00:32:56.759 --> 00:32:57.199
 he

00:32:57.199 --> 00:32:57.500
 is

00:32:57.500 --> 00:32:57.719
 the

00:32:57.719 --> 00:32:58.199
 God

00:32:58.199 --> 00:32:58.879
 of

00:32:58.879 --> 00:32:59.539
 truth

00:32:59.539 --> 00:33:03.439
 the

00:33:03.439 --> 00:33:03.619
 God

00:33:03.619 --> 00:33:03.779
 of

00:33:03.779 --> 00:33:04.199
 truth

00:33:04.199 --> 00:33:05.259
 is

00:33:05.259 --> 00:33:05.759
 overall

00:33:05.759 --> 00:33:06.519
 he sees

00:33:06.519 --> 00:33:07.039
 all

00:33:07.039 --> 00:33:08.319
 he sees

00:33:08.319 --> 00:33:08.539
 your

00:33:08.539 --> 00:33:09.000
 heart

00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:09.819
 and he

00:33:09.819 --> 00:33:10.159
 knows

00:33:10.159 --> 00:33:10.379
 the

00:33:10.379 --> 00:33:10.639
 word

00:33:10.640 --> 00:33:10.880
 that

00:33:10.880 --> 00:33:11.180
 flow

00:33:11.180 --> 00:33:11.560
 from

00:33:11.560 --> 00:33:11.860
 it

00:33:11.860 --> 00:33:12.500
 and so

00:33:12.500 --> 00:33:12.680
 when

00:33:12.680 --> 00:33:12.820
 you

00:33:12.820 --> 00:33:13.000
 live

00:33:13.000 --> 00:33:13.380
 quorum

00:33:13.380 --> 00:33:13.880
 deo

00:33:13.880 --> 00:33:14.100
 you

00:33:14.100 --> 00:33:14.280
 no

00:33:14.280 --> 00:33:14.660
 longer

00:33:14.660 --> 00:33:15.120
 care

00:33:15.120 --> 00:33:15.460
 about

00:33:15.460 --> 00:33:15.940
 using

00:33:15.940 --> 00:33:17.200
 technicalities

00:33:17.200 --> 00:33:17.500
 to

00:33:17.500 --> 00:33:18.460
 evade

00:33:18.460 --> 00:33:19.720
 consequences

00:33:19.720 --> 00:33:21.440
 you don't

00:33:21.440 --> 00:33:21.860
 care

00:33:21.860 --> 00:33:22.380
 anymore

00:33:22.380 --> 00:33:23.220
 because

00:33:23.220 --> 00:33:23.680
 you want

00:33:23.680 --> 00:33:24.020
 to use

00:33:24.020 --> 00:33:24.200
 your

00:33:24.200 --> 00:33:24.660
 words

00:33:24.660 --> 00:33:25.060
 for the

00:33:25.060 --> 00:33:25.540
 glory

00:33:25.540 --> 00:33:26.100
 of the

00:33:26.100 --> 00:33:26.360
 living

00:33:26.360 --> 00:33:26.840
 God

00:33:26.840 --> 00:33:27.480
 and for

00:33:27.480 --> 00:33:27.700
 the

00:33:27.700 --> 00:33:28.360
 upbuilding

00:33:28.360 --> 00:33:28.980
 of those

00:33:28.980 --> 00:33:29.380
 people

00:33:29.380 --> 00:33:29.800
 within

00:33:29.800 --> 00:33:30.580
 ear

00:33:30.580 --> 00:33:31.080
 of your

00:33:31.080 --> 00:33:31.780
 speech

00:33:31.780 --> 00:33:33.180
 and so

00:33:33.180 --> 00:33:33.759
 the question

00:33:33.759 --> 00:33:34.120
 within

00:33:34.120 --> 00:33:34.620
 yourself

00:33:34.620 --> 00:33:35.140
 becomes

00:33:35.140 --> 00:33:36.440
 if I

00:33:36.440 --> 00:33:36.860
 say this

00:33:36.860 --> 00:33:37.160
 will I

00:33:37.160 --> 00:33:37.640
 get caught

00:33:37.640 --> 00:33:38.100
 up in it

00:33:38.100 --> 00:33:38.240
 will

00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:38.500
 somebody

00:33:38.500 --> 00:33:38.700
 hold

00:33:38.700 --> 00:33:39.140
 accountable

00:33:39.140 --> 00:33:39.680
 to it

00:33:39.680 --> 00:33:41.000
 it

00:33:41.000 --> 00:33:41.480
 becomes

00:33:41.480 --> 00:33:42.940
 oh God

00:33:42.940 --> 00:33:43.840
 with what's

00:33:43.840 --> 00:33:44.400
 in my mind

00:33:44.400 --> 00:33:44.880
 right now

00:33:44.880 --> 00:33:45.240
 will that

00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:45.880
 glorify

00:33:45.880 --> 00:33:46.500
 your name

00:33:46.500 --> 00:33:48.840
 if when I

00:33:48.840 --> 00:33:49.420
 seek that

00:33:49.420 --> 00:33:50.060
 love will that

00:33:50.060 --> 00:33:50.539
 build up

00:33:50.539 --> 00:33:51.279
 people around

00:33:51.279 --> 00:33:51.660
 me

00:33:51.660 --> 00:33:55.299
 when you

00:33:55.299 --> 00:33:55.500
 live

00:33:55.500 --> 00:33:55.600
 the

00:33:55.600 --> 00:33:55.860
 cora

00:33:55.860 --> 00:33:56.000
 of

00:33:56.000 --> 00:33:56.440
 deo

00:33:56.440 --> 00:33:57.279
 all of

00:33:57.279 --> 00:33:57.400
 your

00:33:57.400 --> 00:33:57.720
 words

00:33:57.720 --> 00:33:58.120
 matter

00:33:58.120 --> 00:33:59.580
 not if

00:33:59.580 --> 00:33:59.980
 some are

00:33:59.980 --> 00:34:00.460
 oaths or

00:34:00.460 --> 00:34:00.940
 vows

00:34:00.940 --> 00:34:01.980
 all of them

00:34:01.980 --> 00:34:02.340
 matter

00:34:02.340 --> 00:34:04.680
 your jokes

00:34:04.680 --> 00:34:05.840
 your whispers

00:34:05.839 --> 00:34:07.779
 your oaths

00:34:07.779 --> 00:34:08.059
 and your

00:34:08.059 --> 00:34:08.539
 minds

00:34:08.539 --> 00:34:11.960
 it's no

00:34:11.960 --> 00:34:12.239
 longer

00:34:12.239 --> 00:34:12.719
 what can I

00:34:12.719 --> 00:34:13.079
 get out

00:34:13.079 --> 00:34:13.519
 of this

00:34:13.519 --> 00:34:14.279
 it's

00:34:14.279 --> 00:34:15.259
 how do I

00:34:15.259 --> 00:34:15.639
 give my

00:34:15.639 --> 00:34:16.099
 glory

00:34:16.099 --> 00:34:21.159
 when you

00:34:21.159 --> 00:34:21.360
 live

00:34:21.360 --> 00:34:21.659
 cora

00:34:21.659 --> 00:34:21.819
 of

00:34:21.819 --> 00:34:22.159
 deo

00:34:22.159 --> 00:34:23.340
 you take

00:34:23.340 --> 00:34:23.900
 every

00:34:23.900 --> 00:34:24.519
 thought

00:34:24.519 --> 00:34:25.199
 captive

00:34:25.199 --> 00:34:25.940
 before

00:34:25.940 --> 00:34:26.519
 God

00:34:26.519 --> 00:34:27.340
 before

00:34:27.340 --> 00:34:27.539
 it

00:34:27.539 --> 00:34:27.840
 comes

00:34:27.840 --> 00:34:28.179
 out

00:34:28.179 --> 00:34:30.019
 and when

00:34:30.019 --> 00:34:30.480
 you take

00:34:30.480 --> 00:34:31.039
 that thought

00:34:31.039 --> 00:34:31.539
 captive

00:34:31.539 --> 00:34:31.980
 and ask

00:34:31.980 --> 00:34:32.199
 God

00:34:32.199 --> 00:34:32.500
 will this

00:34:32.500 --> 00:34:33.019
 glorify

00:34:33.019 --> 00:34:33.579
 you

00:34:33.579 --> 00:34:34.579
 when

00:34:34.579 --> 00:34:34.840
 you

00:34:34.840 --> 00:34:35.519
 speak

00:34:35.519 --> 00:34:35.840
 it

00:34:35.840 --> 00:34:36.880
 you

00:34:36.880 --> 00:34:37.500
 speak

00:34:37.500 --> 00:34:37.719
 it

00:34:37.719 --> 00:34:37.920
 in

00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:38.639
 love

00:34:38.639 --> 00:34:39.360
 to

00:34:39.360 --> 00:34:39.800
 build

00:34:39.800 --> 00:34:44.599
 Jesus

00:34:44.599 --> 00:34:45.079
 is saying

00:34:45.079 --> 00:34:45.619
 don't look

00:34:45.619 --> 00:34:46.019
 like the

00:34:46.019 --> 00:34:46.800
 Pharisees

00:34:46.800 --> 00:34:48.699
 live

00:34:48.699 --> 00:34:49.300
 for

00:34:49.300 --> 00:34:49.840
 God

00:34:49.840 --> 00:34:52.340
 let

00:34:52.340 --> 00:34:52.599
 what

00:34:52.599 --> 00:34:53.219
 you say

00:34:53.219 --> 00:34:54.340
 be simply

00:34:54.340 --> 00:34:55.039
 yes

00:34:55.039 --> 00:34:55.599
 or no

00:34:55.599 --> 00:34:56.440
 we don't

00:34:56.440 --> 00:34:56.659
 need to

00:34:56.659 --> 00:34:56.980
 make a

00:34:56.980 --> 00:34:57.360
 vow

00:34:57.360 --> 00:34:58.420
 vows

00:34:58.420 --> 00:34:59.139
 and oath

00:34:59.139 --> 00:34:59.679
 are to be

00:34:59.679 --> 00:35:00.259
 a few

00:35:00.259 --> 00:35:00.619
 and far

00:35:00.619 --> 00:35:00.940
 between

00:35:00.940 --> 00:35:01.840
 and when

00:35:01.840 --> 00:35:02.159
 you're not

00:35:02.159 --> 00:35:02.500
 making

00:35:02.500 --> 00:35:02.900
 oaths

00:35:02.900 --> 00:35:03.380
 and vows

00:35:03.380 --> 00:35:03.840
 let

00:35:03.840 --> 00:35:04.000
 your

00:35:04.000 --> 00:35:04.300
 yes

00:35:04.300 --> 00:35:04.460
 to

00:35:04.460 --> 00:35:04.719
 yes

00:35:04.719 --> 00:35:05.039
 and no

00:35:05.039 --> 00:35:05.179
 you

00:35:05.179 --> 00:35:05.340
 don't

00:35:05.340 --> 00:35:05.579
 just

00:35:05.579 --> 00:35:06.579
 do

00:35:06.579 --> 00:35:06.780
 what

00:35:06.780 --> 00:35:06.900
 you

00:35:06.900 --> 00:35:07.320
 say

00:35:07.320 --> 00:35:08.159
 say

00:35:08.159 --> 00:35:08.380
 what

00:35:08.380 --> 00:35:08.519
 you

00:35:08.519 --> 00:35:09.059
 mean

00:35:09.059 --> 00:35:09.699
 mean

00:35:09.699 --> 00:35:09.880
 what

00:35:09.880 --> 00:35:10.019
 you

00:35:10.019 --> 00:35:10.619
 say

00:35:10.619 --> 00:35:11.119
 you

00:35:11.119 --> 00:35:11.219
 don't

00:35:11.219 --> 00:35:11.380
 get

00:35:11.380 --> 00:35:12.440
 scaffolding

00:35:12.440 --> 00:35:12.719
 around

00:35:12.719 --> 00:35:13.260
 everything

00:35:13.260 --> 00:35:13.500
 you

00:35:13.500 --> 00:35:13.980
 say

00:35:13.980 --> 00:35:14.659
 let

00:35:14.659 --> 00:35:14.880
 it

00:35:14.880 --> 00:35:15.719
 stand

00:35:15.719 --> 00:35:18.239
 because

00:35:18.239 --> 00:35:18.500
 God

00:35:18.500 --> 00:35:18.639
 is

00:35:18.639 --> 00:35:18.880
 my

00:35:18.880 --> 00:35:19.199
 children

00:35:19.199 --> 00:35:21.219
 because

00:35:21.219 --> 00:35:21.480
 God

00:35:21.480 --> 00:35:22.059
 hears

00:35:22.059 --> 00:35:27.739
 living

00:35:27.739 --> 00:35:28.139
 corn

00:35:28.139 --> 00:35:28.539
 down

00:35:28.539 --> 00:35:29.820
 will

00:35:29.820 --> 00:35:30.380
 ensure

00:35:30.380 --> 00:35:32.019
 that

00:35:32.019 --> 00:35:32.160
 you

00:35:32.160 --> 00:35:32.400
 speak

00:35:32.400 --> 00:35:33.099
 truthfully

00:35:33.099 --> 00:35:34.220
 and

00:35:34.220 --> 00:35:34.360
 are

00:35:34.360 --> 00:35:34.760
 true

00:35:34.760 --> 00:35:35.099
 to

00:35:35.099 --> 00:35:35.280
 what

00:35:35.280 --> 00:35:35.420
 you

00:35:35.420 --> 00:35:35.780
 speak

00:35:35.780 --> 00:35:36.420
 and

00:35:36.420 --> 00:35:36.599
 that's

00:35:36.599 --> 00:35:36.740
 what

00:35:36.740 --> 00:35:36.960
 Jesus

00:35:36.960 --> 00:35:37.320
 died

00:35:37.320 --> 00:35:38.860
 he

00:35:38.860 --> 00:35:39.180
 died

00:35:39.180 --> 00:35:39.519
 so that

00:35:39.519 --> 00:35:39.680
 you

00:35:39.680 --> 00:35:40.220
 couldn't

00:35:40.220 --> 00:35:40.880
 you

00:35:40.880 --> 00:35:41.160
 couldn't

00:35:41.160 --> 00:35:41.539
 afford

00:35:41.539 --> 00:35:43.380
 and with

00:35:43.380 --> 00:35:43.640
 him

00:35:43.640 --> 00:35:44.099
 living

00:35:44.099 --> 00:35:44.539
 in

00:35:44.539 --> 00:35:45.220
 us

00:35:45.220 --> 00:35:46.519
 as

00:35:46.519 --> 00:35:46.720
 Rick

00:35:46.720 --> 00:35:46.900
 was

00:35:46.900 --> 00:35:47.220
 speaking

00:35:47.220 --> 00:35:47.660
 of

00:35:47.660 --> 00:35:48.220
 we

00:35:48.220 --> 00:35:48.420
 are

00:35:48.420 --> 00:35:48.780
 now

00:35:48.780 --> 00:35:49.360
 able

00:35:49.360 --> 00:35:49.619
 to

00:35:49.619 --> 00:35:49.780
 do

00:35:49.780 --> 00:35:50.099
 that

00:35:50.099 --> 00:35:52.180
 so

00:35:52.180 --> 00:35:52.360
 the

00:35:52.360 --> 00:35:52.619
 truth

00:35:52.619 --> 00:35:52.960
 about

00:35:52.960 --> 00:35:53.599
 oaths

00:35:53.599 --> 00:35:53.820
 is

00:35:53.820 --> 00:35:54.160
 that

00:35:54.160 --> 00:35:54.599
 the

00:35:54.599 --> 00:35:54.820
 Old

00:35:54.820 --> 00:35:55.160
 Testament

00:35:55.160 --> 00:35:55.840
 allowed

00:35:55.840 --> 00:35:56.300
 for it

00:35:56.300 --> 00:35:56.640
 and they

00:35:56.640 --> 00:35:56.980
 were

00:35:56.980 --> 00:35:58.720
 made

00:35:58.719 --> 00:35:59.139
 in order

00:35:59.139 --> 00:35:59.359
 to

00:35:59.359 --> 00:35:59.859
 ensure

00:35:59.859 --> 00:36:00.119
 the

00:36:00.119 --> 00:36:00.699
 truthfulness

00:36:00.699 --> 00:36:01.079
 of what

00:36:01.079 --> 00:36:01.199
 you

00:36:01.199 --> 00:36:01.559
 said

00:36:01.559 --> 00:36:02.480
 the

00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:02.839
 truth

00:36:02.839 --> 00:36:03.359
 distorted

00:36:03.359 --> 00:36:03.639
 by

00:36:03.639 --> 00:36:04.480
 technicality

00:36:04.480 --> 00:36:04.819
 this is

00:36:04.819 --> 00:36:05.439
 a Pharisee

00:36:05.439 --> 00:36:05.699
 that's

00:36:05.699 --> 00:36:06.119
 twisted

00:36:06.119 --> 00:36:07.000
 oaths

00:36:07.000 --> 00:36:07.619
 into a

00:36:07.619 --> 00:36:08.059
 practice

00:36:08.059 --> 00:36:08.719
 of self

00:36:08.719 --> 00:36:09.259
 protection

00:36:09.259 --> 00:36:09.779
 and self

00:36:09.779 --> 00:36:10.259
 promotion

00:36:10.259 --> 00:36:11.199
 and then

00:36:11.199 --> 00:36:11.699
 Jesus

00:36:11.699 --> 00:36:13.000
 speaks

00:36:13.000 --> 00:36:13.679
 right into

00:36:13.679 --> 00:36:13.899
 it

00:36:13.899 --> 00:36:15.219
 and clarifies

00:36:15.219 --> 00:36:15.899
 no no

00:36:15.899 --> 00:36:16.239
 we don't

00:36:16.239 --> 00:36:16.919
 live

00:36:16.919 --> 00:36:17.639
 like that

00:36:17.639 --> 00:36:18.259
 we don't

00:36:18.259 --> 00:36:18.539
 live

00:36:18.539 --> 00:36:18.919
 like the

00:36:18.919 --> 00:36:19.459
 Pharisees

00:36:19.459 --> 00:36:20.379
 we don't

00:36:20.379 --> 00:36:20.779
 live

00:36:20.779 --> 00:36:21.939
 politically

00:36:21.939 --> 00:36:23.319
 we live

00:36:23.319 --> 00:36:25.480
 for the

00:36:25.480 --> 00:36:25.959
 glory of

00:36:25.959 --> 00:36:26.179
 God

00:36:26.179 --> 00:36:26.459
 in your

00:36:26.459 --> 00:36:26.859
 speech

00:36:26.860 --> 00:36:29.900
 let me

00:36:29.900 --> 00:36:30.099
 just

00:36:30.099 --> 00:36:30.360
 brief

00:36:30.360 --> 00:36:30.620
 through

00:36:30.620 --> 00:36:30.900
 some

00:36:30.900 --> 00:36:31.599
 applications

00:36:31.599 --> 00:36:33.940
 first

00:36:33.940 --> 00:36:34.480
 is this

00:36:34.480 --> 00:36:35.660
 there's a

00:36:35.660 --> 00:36:36.079
 place

00:36:36.079 --> 00:36:37.300
 for oaths

00:36:37.300 --> 00:36:38.039
 and vows

00:36:38.039 --> 00:36:39.860
 they should

00:36:39.860 --> 00:36:40.500
 be reserved

00:36:40.500 --> 00:36:41.260
 for occasions

00:36:41.260 --> 00:36:41.820
 of great

00:36:41.820 --> 00:36:42.440
 import

00:36:42.440 --> 00:36:43.220
 and lasting

00:36:43.220 --> 00:36:44.079
 significance

00:36:44.079 --> 00:36:44.599
 R.C.

00:36:44.680 --> 00:36:45.300
 Cole says

00:36:45.300 --> 00:36:46.640
 they're very

00:36:46.640 --> 00:36:47.460
 appropriate

00:36:47.460 --> 00:36:48.160
 on wedding

00:36:48.160 --> 00:36:48.620
 days

00:36:48.620 --> 00:36:51.180
 second

00:36:51.180 --> 00:36:54.420
 be slow

00:36:54.420 --> 00:36:54.920
 to speak

00:36:54.920 --> 00:36:58.000
 J.A.

00:36:58.000 --> 00:36:58.639
 119

00:36:58.639 --> 00:36:59.260
 calls us

00:36:59.260 --> 00:36:59.519
 to be

00:36:59.519 --> 00:36:59.760
 slow

00:36:59.760 --> 00:37:00.280
 to speak

00:37:00.280 --> 00:37:01.460
 consider

00:37:01.460 --> 00:37:01.740
 your

00:37:01.740 --> 00:37:02.260
 words

00:37:02.260 --> 00:37:03.800
 consider

00:37:03.800 --> 00:37:04.039
 they

00:37:04.039 --> 00:37:04.440
 glorify

00:37:04.440 --> 00:37:04.960
 God

00:37:04.960 --> 00:37:06.099
 consider

00:37:06.099 --> 00:37:06.360
 their

00:37:06.360 --> 00:37:06.820
 effect

00:37:06.820 --> 00:37:07.059
 on

00:37:07.059 --> 00:37:07.760
 others

00:37:07.760 --> 00:37:09.860
 live

00:37:09.860 --> 00:37:10.099
 for

00:37:10.099 --> 00:37:10.280
 them

00:37:10.280 --> 00:37:10.539
 day

00:37:10.539 --> 00:37:11.380
 would

00:37:11.380 --> 00:37:11.480
 you

00:37:11.480 --> 00:37:11.700
 think

00:37:11.700 --> 00:37:11.840
 of

00:37:11.840 --> 00:37:11.940
 your

00:37:11.940 --> 00:37:12.380
 practice

00:37:12.380 --> 00:37:12.720
 like

00:37:12.720 --> 00:37:13.119
 this

00:37:13.119 --> 00:37:13.980
 every

00:37:13.980 --> 00:37:14.340
 day

00:37:14.340 --> 00:37:15.500
 God

00:37:15.500 --> 00:37:15.720
 may

00:37:15.720 --> 00:37:15.960
 my

00:37:15.960 --> 00:37:16.639
 words

00:37:16.639 --> 00:37:17.539
 bless

00:37:17.539 --> 00:37:18.320
 those

00:37:18.320 --> 00:37:18.860
 around

00:37:18.860 --> 00:37:19.280
 me

00:37:19.280 --> 00:37:19.820
 for

00:37:19.820 --> 00:37:19.980
 the

00:37:19.980 --> 00:37:20.420
 glory

00:37:20.420 --> 00:37:20.800
 of

00:37:20.800 --> 00:37:21.059
 your

00:37:21.059 --> 00:37:21.460
 name

00:37:21.460 --> 00:37:26.039
 you

00:37:26.039 --> 00:37:26.159
 may

00:37:26.159 --> 00:37:26.320
 be

00:37:26.320 --> 00:37:26.699
 asking

00:37:26.699 --> 00:37:27.059
 what

00:37:27.059 --> 00:37:27.260
 if

00:37:27.260 --> 00:37:27.500
 my

00:37:27.500 --> 00:37:27.940
 life

00:37:27.940 --> 00:37:28.199
 has

00:37:28.199 --> 00:37:28.800
 undermined

00:37:28.800 --> 00:37:29.039
 my

00:37:29.039 --> 00:37:29.559
 credibility

00:37:29.559 --> 00:37:29.940
 what

00:37:29.940 --> 00:37:30.159
 if

00:37:30.159 --> 00:37:30.360
 my

00:37:30.360 --> 00:37:30.699
 lack

00:37:30.699 --> 00:37:30.860
 of

00:37:30.860 --> 00:37:31.119
 keeping

00:37:31.119 --> 00:37:31.400
 my

00:37:31.400 --> 00:37:31.900
 word

00:37:31.900 --> 00:37:32.639
 has

00:37:32.639 --> 00:37:33.220
 caused

00:37:33.220 --> 00:37:33.500
 people

00:37:33.500 --> 00:37:33.860
 to not

00:37:33.860 --> 00:37:34.360
 trust

00:37:34.360 --> 00:37:34.880
 me

00:37:34.880 --> 00:37:36.500
 the

00:37:36.500 --> 00:37:36.900
 solution

00:37:36.900 --> 00:37:37.460
 is not

00:37:37.460 --> 00:37:38.079
 putting

00:37:38.079 --> 00:37:38.280
 in

00:37:38.280 --> 00:37:38.699
 formulas

00:37:38.699 --> 00:37:39.300
 the

00:37:39.300 --> 00:37:39.679
 solution

00:37:39.679 --> 00:37:40.059
 is

00:37:40.059 --> 00:37:40.940
 quorum

00:37:40.940 --> 00:37:41.300
 down

00:37:41.300 --> 00:37:42.619
 the

00:37:42.619 --> 00:37:42.980
 solution

00:37:42.980 --> 00:37:43.500
 is

00:37:43.500 --> 00:37:44.220
 being

00:37:44.220 --> 00:37:44.840
 truthful

00:37:44.840 --> 00:37:45.420
 before

00:37:45.420 --> 00:37:45.840
 God

00:37:45.840 --> 00:37:46.340
 and that

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 starts

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 with

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 acknowledging

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 that you

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 have been

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 speaking

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 in ways

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 that

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 is

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 perfect

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 what

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 if

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 I

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 foolishly

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 found

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 myself

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 by

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 my

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 words

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 and

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 am

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 unable

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 to

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 follow

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 through

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 with

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 them

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 I'll

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 do

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 there

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 more

00:38:05.159 --> 00:38:05.519
 times

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 than I

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 like

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 to

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 admit

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 be

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 honest

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 be

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 honest

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 before

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 God

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 on

00:38:12.099 --> 00:38:12.519
 others

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 if

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 you're

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 taking

00:38:13.559 --> 00:38:13.900
 notes

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 write

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 down

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 Proverbs

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 chapter

00:38:15.440 --> 00:38:15.960
 6

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 1

00:38:16.360 --> 00:38:16.579
 through

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 5

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 we've

00:38:18.019 --> 00:38:18.159
 got

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 instructions

00:38:18.759 --> 00:38:19.340
 from

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 Proverbs

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 of

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 what

00:38:21.480 --> 00:38:21.639
 to

00:38:21.639 --> 00:38:21.820
 do

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 in

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 that

00:38:22.119 --> 00:38:22.619
 case

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 if

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 you're

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 being

00:38:26.719 --> 00:38:27.300
 convicted

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 this

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 morning

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 that's

00:38:30.000 --> 00:38:30.280
 God's

00:38:30.280 --> 00:38:30.679
 kindness

00:38:30.679 --> 00:38:31.320
 to you

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 and you

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 want to

00:38:33.059 --> 00:38:33.480
 grow in

00:38:33.480 --> 00:38:33.639
 your

00:38:33.639 --> 00:38:34.219
 speech

00:38:34.219 --> 00:38:35.340
 let me

00:38:35.340 --> 00:38:35.800
 encourage

00:38:35.800 --> 00:38:36.219
 you

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 take

00:38:37.360 --> 00:38:37.900
 September

00:38:37.900 --> 00:38:38.400
 and go

00:38:38.400 --> 00:38:38.579
 through

00:38:38.579 --> 00:38:38.719
 the

00:38:38.719 --> 00:38:38.980
 book

00:38:38.980 --> 00:38:39.340
 of

00:38:39.340 --> 00:38:39.840
 Proverbs

00:38:39.840 --> 00:38:40.920
 and as

00:38:40.920 --> 00:38:41.179
 you go

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 through

00:38:41.360 --> 00:38:41.480
 the

00:38:41.480 --> 00:38:41.639
 book

00:38:41.639 --> 00:38:41.780
 of

00:38:41.780 --> 00:38:42.179
 Proverbs

00:38:42.179 --> 00:38:42.679
 you pay

00:38:42.679 --> 00:38:43.119
 attention

00:38:43.119 --> 00:38:43.380
 to

00:38:43.380 --> 00:38:43.759
 words

00:38:43.759 --> 00:38:44.139
 like

00:38:44.139 --> 00:38:45.059
 tongue

00:38:45.059 --> 00:38:46.039
 lips

00:38:46.039 --> 00:38:47.159
 words

00:38:47.159 --> 00:38:48.079
 and especially

00:38:48.079 --> 00:38:49.319
 the effect

00:38:49.319 --> 00:38:50.579
 of one's

00:38:50.579 --> 00:38:51.139
 words

00:38:51.139 --> 00:38:52.319
 on others

00:38:52.319 --> 00:38:53.659
 a word

00:38:53.659 --> 00:38:54.079
 physically

00:38:54.079 --> 00:38:54.679
 spoken

00:38:54.679 --> 00:38:55.159
 is like

00:38:55.159 --> 00:38:55.779
 apples of

00:38:55.779 --> 00:38:56.099
 gold

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 in the

00:38:56.500 --> 00:38:56.799
 setting

00:38:56.799 --> 00:38:57.379
 of silver

00:38:57.379 --> 00:38:58.379
 Proverbs

00:38:58.379 --> 00:38:58.879
 25

00:38:58.879 --> 00:39:01.899
 and finally

00:39:01.900 --> 00:39:03.480
 when you

00:39:03.480 --> 00:39:03.660
 feel

00:39:03.660 --> 00:39:04.099
 condemned

00:39:04.099 --> 00:39:04.500
 by your

00:39:04.500 --> 00:39:04.780
 sinful

00:39:04.780 --> 00:39:05.300
 words

00:39:05.300 --> 00:39:07.420
 I do

00:39:07.420 --> 00:39:07.920
 regularly

00:39:07.920 --> 00:39:10.780
 remember

00:39:10.780 --> 00:39:11.240
 the

00:39:11.240 --> 00:39:11.860
 sinless

00:39:11.860 --> 00:39:12.780
 incarnate

00:39:12.780 --> 00:39:13.180
 word

00:39:13.180 --> 00:39:14.820
 who said

00:39:14.820 --> 00:39:15.320
 for you

00:39:15.320 --> 00:39:15.660
 on the

00:39:15.660 --> 00:39:16.180
 cross

00:39:16.180 --> 00:39:17.240
 it's

00:39:17.240 --> 00:39:17.740
 finished

00:39:17.740 --> 00:39:19.139
 it's

00:39:19.139 --> 00:39:19.539
 painful

00:39:19.539 --> 00:39:21.840
 it's

00:39:21.840 --> 00:39:22.200
 cross

00:39:22.200 --> 00:39:22.519
 work

00:39:22.519 --> 00:39:23.240
 forgives

00:39:23.240 --> 00:39:23.740
 the sin

00:39:23.740 --> 00:39:23.980
 of your

00:39:23.980 --> 00:39:24.280
 mouth

00:39:24.280 --> 00:39:25.440
 and

00:39:25.440 --> 00:39:26.380
 purifies

00:39:26.380 --> 00:39:26.599
 you

00:39:26.599 --> 00:39:28.099
 so that

00:39:28.099 --> 00:39:28.519
 now

00:39:28.519 --> 00:39:28.840
 you're

00:39:28.840 --> 00:39:29.220
 able

00:39:29.220 --> 00:39:29.460
 to

00:39:29.460 --> 00:39:29.820
 speak

00:39:29.820 --> 00:39:30.440
 words

00:39:30.440 --> 00:39:31.220
 of a

00:39:31.220 --> 00:39:31.780
 righteousness

00:39:31.780 --> 00:39:33.380
 that exceeds

00:39:33.380 --> 00:39:33.960
 that of

00:39:33.960 --> 00:39:34.260
 even

00:39:34.260 --> 00:39:34.500
 of

00:39:34.500 --> 00:39:35.019
 fairness

00:39:35.019 --> 00:39:38.260
 he's

00:39:38.260 --> 00:39:38.760
 the way

00:39:38.760 --> 00:39:40.059
 he's

00:39:40.059 --> 00:39:40.659
 the truth

00:39:40.659 --> 00:39:41.659
 he's

00:39:41.659 --> 00:39:42.220
 the life

00:39:42.220 --> 00:39:43.079
 that's

00:39:43.079 --> 00:39:43.179
 what's

00:39:43.179 --> 00:39:43.400
 right

00:39:43.400 --> 00:39:47.920
 Lord Jesus

00:39:47.920 --> 00:39:48.179
 we

00:39:48.179 --> 00:39:48.300
 are

00:39:48.300 --> 00:39:50.179
 you

00:39:50.179 --> 00:39:52.179
 you

00:39:52.179 --> 00:39:54.179
 you

00:39:54.179 --> 00:39:56.179
 you

00:39:56.179 --> 00:39:57.179
 you

00:39:57.179 --> 00:39:58.179
 you

00:39:58.179 --> 00:39:59.179
 you

00:39:59.179 --> 00:40:00.179
 you

00:40:00.179 --> 00:40:00.240
 you