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 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama.

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 Our passion is to experience and express grace. Join us.

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 Ray Cortese is our guest speaker this weekend for the conference.

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 He's the senior pastor of Seven Rivers Presbyterian Church in Lakanto, Florida.

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 He started that church 33 years ago.

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 But he's very, very young, which I failed to clarify last night.

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 And we're really glad that Ray and Diane have traveled up here to be with us this weekend.

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 Thank you all so much.

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 All right. Thank you, sir.

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 There are people who come to Sunday school on time.

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 And then there are people who have a life, right?

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 So, all right.

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 There we go.

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 If you have a Bible, we're going to look at a passage from Luke chapter 14.

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 So, I'll give you a minute to find your way there.

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 It's an experience grace, express grace.

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 I love it.

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 I love the clarity of the mission.

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 I love the content of your mission.

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 The challenge, of course, is to get any group of people on mission, to get a church on mission, stay on mission,

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 particularly in areas that are significantly churched areas or people that are significantly churched people,

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 to be on mission.

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 And something we did in our community that's kind of had a pretty radical and dramatic effect is that we changed the mission statement of our Christian school,

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 changed the stated missional purpose,

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 so that we were what was typically called a covenant school.

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 That is, one parent had to profess faith and be a member of a local church, you know, for their child to be admitted to our school.

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 And we took away that, and we took a more what we called missional approach.

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 And, of course, there was some disagreement with that decision.

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 And part of my argument was, if you went to, say, India to start a Christian school,

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 and you were a missionary, and you believe that starting a Christian school could be a viable option for impacting that community for the gospel,

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 advancing the kingdom of God, would you require one of the parents of any potential student to be a Christian?

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 And what do people say?

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 No.

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 And then, well, why not?

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 Because there aren't any, right?

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 So, our argument is that if you went to Crystal River, Florida,

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 and you thought that starting a Christian school would be a viable and perhaps effective way to influence the community,

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 advance the kingdom of God, would you require one parent of any potential student to be a Christian?

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 And the answer should be no, because there aren't any.

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 And so, there are still pockets in our country where there are Christians,

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 and you can pull perhaps enough professing Christians together to do some things.

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 But until the North American church realizes that the answer is,

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 why wouldn't you do that?

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 No, you know, because there aren't any.

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 Until we realize that there aren't any Christians,

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 then we will not be missional in the way that we need to be missional.

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 Churches can't be formed by gathering together the Christians in the community.

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 There aren't any.

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 There aren't any.

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 People need to be one to faith in Christ.

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 And you're reading this, right?

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 You can see how culture's changing.

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 I remember just a couple years ago thinking,

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 the Supreme Court is going to declare same-gender marriage as the law of the land,

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 and that's actually going to be the law in the state of Alabama.

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 I remember thinking,

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 how is that going to go down?

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 In Mississippi and in Alabama,

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 same-sex marriage is going to be legalized.

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 So if we want to live in America we wish it was,

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 or it once was,

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 or something else,

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 we can play those games,

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 or we can live in the culture in which God's put us in,

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 which, by the way,

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 is just an awesome time to be a Christian.

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 You know why it's an awesome time to be a Christian?

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 Because the darker the culture gets,

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 even dim bulbs like me,

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 and perhaps like you,

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 actually appear to be light, right?

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 So it doesn't take really that much to be a light in a very dark place.

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 So those of us who never consider ourselves that our life could ever make any difference for Jesus,

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 guess what?

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 The very simplest things now will make you a radical follower of Jesus in our culture.

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 And I'm going to suggest one of those in this brief Sunday school,

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 I was going to say Sunday school hour,

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 you know,

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 the abbreviated hour.

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 So,

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 you know,

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 sometimes what the Bible tells us to do is pretty simple.

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 And that's what we're going to read in this passage.

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 The passage says that God is having a party,

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 a big party,

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 and he wants,

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 he has his eye on people who are unwanted.

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 He wants unwanted people.

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 He wants the unwanted to come to his party.

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 And he wants you to bring them.

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 That's not that hard to understand, is it?

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 Pretty simple concept, right?

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 God's having a big party.

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 There's people he wants there,

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 and he wants you to bring them.

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 And if you do that,

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 you're on mission,

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 and you're actually a really radical Christian.

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 So let's look at the passage,

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 and I'll give you a chance to,

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 I could have you stand,

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 but you have coffee some of you.

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 By the way,

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 if you want to go out and get more coffee,

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 anytime,

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 or stand up,

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 or walk around the back to stay,

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 I'm not going to be the least bit disturbed.

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 So just make yourself at home for the next hour,

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 and we'll enjoy this time together.

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 So if you can,

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 go ahead and stand,

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 just as we give our attention to the Word of God.

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 And we're looking at Luke 14.

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 Now in Luke 14,

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 Jesus is at a dinner party,

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 and it's not a very warm affair.

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 In fact,

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 the first verse says that

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 Jesus went to dine at the house of a ruler of the Pharisees.

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 So you can,

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 you know,

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 he's kind of in the lion's den there,

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 isn't he?

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 And it says they were watching him carefully.

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 So you get the spirit of what is taking place there.

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 He's under scrutiny.

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 We're going to pick up the account at verse 12.

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 And notice sort of the chutzpah of what Jesus does,

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 because what he's about to say,

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 he says to the host.

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 You know,

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 usually you're kind of conciliatory towards the host.

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 But this is what Jesus said.

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 He said also to the man who had invited him,

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 when you give a dinner or a banquet,

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 do not invite your friends or your brothers

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 or your relatives or your rich neighbors,

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 lest they also invite you in return and you be repaid.

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 But when you give a feast,

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 invite the poor,

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 the crippled,

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 the lame,

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 and the blind,

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 and you will be blessed because they can't repay you.

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 You will be repaid at the resurrection of the just.

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 When one of those who reclined at table with him

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 heard these things,

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 he said to him,

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 blessed is everyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God.

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 But Jesus said,

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 a man once gave a great banquet and invited many.

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 And at that time for the banquet,

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 he sent his servant to say to those who had been invited,

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 come for everything is now ready.

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 But they all alike began to make excuses.

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 The first said to him,

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 I have bought a field and I must go out and see it.

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 Please have me excused.

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 And another said,

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 I have bought five yoke of oxen and I go to examine them.

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 Please excuse me.

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 Another said,

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 I have married a wife.

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 I can't come.

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 So the servant came and repeated these things to his master.

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 And the master was angry and said to his servant,

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 go out quickly to the streets and lanes of the city

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 and bring in the poor,

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 crippled,

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 blind,

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 and lame.

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 Servant said,

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 what you have commanded has been done.

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 There's still room.

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 And the master said to the servant,

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 go out into the highways and hedges.

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 In other words,

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 go further out.

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 Now this is Pharisees.

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 This is a Jewish deal here.

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 This is a Jewish crowd.

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 What is Jesus actually saying at this point?

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 Go out and invite who?

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 Gentiles.

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 Ugh.

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 Ick.

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 So he says,

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 go all the way out and compel people to come in,

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 that my house may be filled.

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 For I tell you,

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 none of those men who are invited

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 shall taste my banquet.

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 But this is the reading of God's holy word.

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 Let's pray.

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 Father,

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 we don't want to be hearers of the word only.

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 We want to hear it.

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 We want you to teach it to us.

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 We want to be stunned by it.

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 And we want our hearts and minds engaged.

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 But then we want it actually to show up in our lives.

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 We want your,

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 the fact that you included us in the great feast

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 to just blow us away afresh.

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 We pray this in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 All right.

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 Do be seated.

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 Listen,

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 hospitality.

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 We're going to talk about hospitality.

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 Hospitality is an ancient path.

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 Jeremiah says,

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 thus says the Lord,

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 stand by the roads,

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 look,

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 and ask for the ancient paths,

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 where the good way is,

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 and walk in it,

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 and find rest for your souls.

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 Jeremiah 6.16,

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 write that down.

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 Isn't that a great passage?

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 Stand by the roads,

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 and look,

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 and ask for the ancient path.

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 The well-worn path.

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 The ancient path is the way of life.

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 And so hospitality is one of those.

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 Hospitality is an ancient path.

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 And let me tell you something.

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 Hospitality matters.

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 Hospitality changes people's lives.

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 Hospitality is what it means to be a Christian.

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 Hospitality has tremendous impact.

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 Hospitality is personal.

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 It's deeply personal to me.

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 It's why I am a pastor.

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 Hospitality is a pastor.

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 When I was in,

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 when I finished high school,

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 a pastor and his wife invited me,

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 I grew up in Miami,

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 and they invited me to live in their home

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 in Upper Glade, West Virginia,

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 in the heart of Appalachia.

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 Less than half the people in the community

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 had running water.

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 And so for two summers in a row,

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 I went up,

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 and matter of fact,

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 when I got there the first summer,

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 after three weeks,

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 the pastor left for a month,

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 and I was the pastor of the church.

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 I was 17 years old.

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 And so I lived with this family for two.

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 I mean,

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 I saw things I've never seen since.

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 But I learned something about what it meant

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 to be a follower of Jesus,

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 even certainly amidst the poor.

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 Poor people would come.

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 They'd have a fire in their little shack

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 or their trailer or something

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 and lose everything,

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 and they'd knock on the door

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 of the pastor's house.

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 And I saw his wife go,

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 you know,

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 she didn't go down to the church

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 to get some old furniture people had donated.

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 She'd walk into her children's bedroom,

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 unload their dresser,

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 and walk it out the front door

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 and give it to people.

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 I saw her take their couch

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 and just give it away.

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 I mean,

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 it was just an astounding tutorial

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 in what it might look like

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 to be a follower of Jesus

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 in that place and time.

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 You know,

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 my wife and I spent a portion of our honeymoon

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 in Gadsden, Alabama.

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 Now,

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 don't ask why.

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 You might be surprised

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 to find that Gadsden's

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 a great honeymoon hotspot.

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 But on our honeymoon,

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 my wife had a dear friend from college

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 who was supposed to sing in our wedding,

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 and she fell off the radar,

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 and finally my wife got in touch with her

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 just days before the wedding,

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 and she said,

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 I'm not coming

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 because she had entered into a lesbian relationship

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 and was filled with guilt and shame.

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 And so on our honeymoon,

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 happened to be,

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 she was from Meridian, Mississippi,

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 so we were kind of in the neighborhood

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 by being in Alabama,

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 and my wife called her,

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 and she came and spent a couple days

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 in our hotel room on our honeymoon with us.

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 That was an introduction to hospitality,

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 and it made a big difference

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 in her life

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 and the way her story would play out.

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 A couple,

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 maybe a month,

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 six weeks ago,

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 we were in northern New Jersey,

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 Diane and I,

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 and we went to a church

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 that we were there

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 trying to initiate it 36 years ago.

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 Again,

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 right when we got married,

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 we went to New Jersey

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 three weeks after we were married

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 and started working on this church start.

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 And so 35 years later,

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 we went back to this little,

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 and it's just a little church

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 with less than 100 people,

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 and so we knew that nobody would be there

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 that had been there that long ago.

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 And when we walked in,

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 and somebody said,

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 is this your first time?

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 And we said,

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 no,

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 we've been here before.

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 And they said,

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 when did you,

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 when's the last time you were here?

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 It was 35 years ago.

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 We're kind of,

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 casual visitors.

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 And every 35 years.

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 So,

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 we went,

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 they said,

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 oh,

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 well,

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 then you must know Valerie,

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 Valerie Marquetta.

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 Of course,

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 we were just stunned.

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 And,

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 and they pointed out who Valerie was,

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 and we went over,

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 and she just began to,

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 to weep.

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 Because,

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 35,

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 36 years ago,

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 Valerie came and sat

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 in church next to us.

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 She was a Catholic girl

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 in northern New Jersey,

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 and she lived with her boyfriend,

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 and he was abusive.

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 And as we got to know her,

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 we invited her to come live with us,

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 at least trying to get her

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 to leave this horrible situation

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 she was in.

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 And,

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 and then even when we left there,

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 and we moved to,

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 went away to a graduate school,

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 Valerie came and stayed with us.

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 And she told us there,

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 you challenged me

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 when I came to your place

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 in Mississippi,

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 and,

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 and I gave my life to Christ.

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 Hospitality.

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 See,

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 it makes a difference

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 in people's lives.

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 We hadn't seen her in 35 years.

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 I won't forget what she said

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 as we were crying

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 and hugging each other

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 at this reunion.

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 She said,

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 this is what heaven

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 must feel like.

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 when,

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 when people you've long

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 lost touch with,

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 suddenly you're,

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 you're,

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 you're back together.

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 The power of hospitality.

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 When we were,

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 in some of the earlier days

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 of our church,

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 I remember there was a girl

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 who was a waitress

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 at a local restaurant.

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 She was a friendly kid

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 and got invited to play softball

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 because our,

00:15:47.580 --> 00:15:49.399
 our church did this softball thing then.

00:15:50.000 --> 00:15:51.120
 She was a good player,

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 so she showed up,

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 so then she came to church,

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 so then she met Jesus.

00:15:54.460 --> 00:15:54.659
 Okay?

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 Um,

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 and she lived with a guy

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 and because she met Jesus,

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 she moved out

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 and really within a month

00:16:01.079 --> 00:16:02.240
 she had relocated

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 to somewhere else in Florida

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 kind of to start her life over

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 because she was a Christian now.

00:16:06.559 --> 00:16:06.959
 Um,

00:16:07.480 --> 00:16:07.699
 and,

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 and so guess who started

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 coming to church when she left?

00:16:09.980 --> 00:16:10.079
 Well,

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 the guy that she used to live with,

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 um,

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 was kind of,

00:16:12.819 --> 00:16:14.039
 thought it was fairly remarkable

00:16:14.039 --> 00:16:16.639
 that not only had her life changed,

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 but she had met somebody

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 more wonderful than him.

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 And,

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 um,

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 he could hardly understand that.

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 And,

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 uh,

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 so he walked into church

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 and,

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 and he got converted

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 and he came

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 and,

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 and he was going,

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 wanted to go to law school

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 and his,

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 um,

00:16:33.259 --> 00:16:33.720
 uh,

00:16:33.720 --> 00:16:34.580
 living situation

00:16:34.580 --> 00:16:35.460
 had been disrupted.

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 Um,

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 so he,

00:16:37.700 --> 00:16:38.080
 uh,

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 he had nowhere to go.

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 So,

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 so he came to live with us

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 for about four months

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 and,

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 uh,

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 we remained good friends

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 for,

00:16:45.600 --> 00:16:45.820
 uh,

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 many years.

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 Uh,

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 went off to law school

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 and,

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 you know,

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 so it was,

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 it was kind of fun.

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 My little son,

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 you know,

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 in the bottom bunk

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 and this,

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 this guy in his early 20s

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 in the top bunk,

00:16:55.879 --> 00:16:56.539
 they were roommates

00:16:56.539 --> 00:16:57.639
 for a while.

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 Well,

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 in,

00:16:58.940 --> 00:16:59.779
 in November,

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 he will be the speaker

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 of the Florida House

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 of Representatives.

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 Um,

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 so,

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 uh,

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 hospitality is very personal,

00:17:08.079 --> 00:17:08.339
 uh,

00:17:08.360 --> 00:17:09.720
 deeply personal to me.

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 It's,

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 uh,

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 had a shaping influence,

00:17:11.860 --> 00:17:12.180
 uh,

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 in my life.

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 I want you to know

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 that hospitality

00:17:14.660 --> 00:17:16.039
 is our heritage.

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 From the 2nd century

00:17:18.019 --> 00:17:19.319
 to the 16th century,

00:17:19.539 --> 00:17:20.319
 any traveler

00:17:20.319 --> 00:17:22.140
 in the Western world

00:17:22.140 --> 00:17:23.440
 would spend,

00:17:23.579 --> 00:17:24.000
 uh,

00:17:24.039 --> 00:17:25.019
 every day

00:17:25.019 --> 00:17:26.160
 of their journey

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 scanning the horizon

00:17:27.579 --> 00:17:29.500
 in search of one thing.

00:17:29.980 --> 00:17:31.440
 What would they be looking for?

00:17:33.599 --> 00:17:35.500
 As you traveled along,

00:17:35.599 --> 00:17:36.199
 you would spend,

00:17:36.419 --> 00:17:36.779
 um,

00:17:36.839 --> 00:17:37.480
 every day

00:17:37.480 --> 00:17:38.859
 looking for one thing.

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 You would be looking

00:17:40.859 --> 00:17:41.859
 for a church

00:17:41.859 --> 00:17:43.159
 or more,

00:17:43.259 --> 00:17:43.539
 most,

00:17:43.659 --> 00:17:44.259
 more likely

00:17:44.259 --> 00:17:45.119
 a monastery,

00:17:45.119 --> 00:17:46.500
 uh,

00:17:46.539 --> 00:17:47.779
 because that's

00:17:47.779 --> 00:17:48.799
 where you would stay.

00:17:49.059 --> 00:17:50.299
 That's the only place

00:17:50.299 --> 00:17:50.959
 you could stay.

00:17:51.159 --> 00:17:52.339
 It's the only place

00:17:52.339 --> 00:17:54.740
 that most lodging places

00:17:54.740 --> 00:17:56.419
 were houses of ill repute.

00:17:57.059 --> 00:17:57.159
 Or,

00:17:57.319 --> 00:17:57.740
 um,

00:17:57.779 --> 00:17:58.439
 and,

00:17:58.519 --> 00:17:58.659
 uh,

00:17:58.659 --> 00:17:59.859
 this was the only place

00:17:59.859 --> 00:18:00.779
 where you could find

00:18:00.779 --> 00:18:01.500
 safety

00:18:01.500 --> 00:18:02.519
 and,

00:18:02.599 --> 00:18:02.879
 uh,

00:18:02.880 --> 00:18:03.640
 and food

00:18:03.640 --> 00:18:04.840
 and rest.

00:18:05.240 --> 00:18:05.900
 Everyone knew

00:18:05.900 --> 00:18:07.180
 the church was a place

00:18:07.180 --> 00:18:07.960
 where strangers

00:18:07.960 --> 00:18:08.740
 were welcomed

00:18:08.740 --> 00:18:09.960
 as guests.

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 Did you know that?

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 This is our heritage.

00:18:14.180 --> 00:18:15.220
 This is what the church,

00:18:15.280 --> 00:18:15.560
 um,

00:18:15.560 --> 00:18:16.600
 did for hundreds

00:18:16.600 --> 00:18:17.100
 and hundreds

00:18:17.100 --> 00:18:18.020
 and hundreds of years.

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 The vocation

00:18:18.800 --> 00:18:19.700
 of hospitality

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 is deeply embedded

00:18:21.560 --> 00:18:23.360
 in the historical DNA

00:18:23.360 --> 00:18:24.140
 of the church.

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 Perhaps you've heard

00:18:25.060 --> 00:18:25.580
 of the rules

00:18:25.580 --> 00:18:26.520
 of Saint Benedict.

00:18:27.200 --> 00:18:27.620
 Um,

00:18:28.140 --> 00:18:28.560
 and,

00:18:28.560 --> 00:18:29.160
 and here,

00:18:29.240 --> 00:18:29.940
 here's one of them,

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 the holy rule.

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 All guests

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 who present themselves

00:18:32.939 --> 00:18:33.919
 are to be welcomed

00:18:33.919 --> 00:18:34.879
 as Christ.

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 For he himself

00:18:36.159 --> 00:18:36.759
 will say,

00:18:37.099 --> 00:18:38.019
 I was a stranger

00:18:38.019 --> 00:18:39.179
 and you welcomed me.

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 Once a guest

00:18:40.439 --> 00:18:41.199
 has been announced,

00:18:41.339 --> 00:18:42.000
 the superior

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 and the brothers

00:18:43.299 --> 00:18:44.079
 are to meet him

00:18:44.079 --> 00:18:44.859
 with all courtesy

00:18:44.859 --> 00:18:45.379
 of love.

00:18:45.519 --> 00:18:46.179
 All humility

00:18:46.179 --> 00:18:46.899
 should be shown

00:18:46.899 --> 00:18:47.459
 in addressing

00:18:47.459 --> 00:18:48.259
 a guest

00:18:48.259 --> 00:18:48.980
 on arrival

00:18:48.980 --> 00:18:49.699
 or departure.

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 By a bow

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 of the head

00:18:51.339 --> 00:18:52.399
 or by a complete

00:18:52.399 --> 00:18:53.099
 prostration

00:18:53.099 --> 00:18:54.000
 of the body,

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 Christ is to be adored.

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 Did you hear that?

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 They believed

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 that when anyone

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 showed up

00:19:01.680 --> 00:19:02.400
 at their door,

00:19:03.440 --> 00:19:03.840
 um,

00:19:04.080 --> 00:19:05.120
 that was Jesus.

00:19:05.600 --> 00:19:07.259
 Jesus was showing

00:19:07.259 --> 00:19:08.060
 up at their door

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 and the way

00:19:08.560 --> 00:19:09.460
 they treated the guests

00:19:09.460 --> 00:19:10.100
 was the way

00:19:10.100 --> 00:19:11.340
 they treated Jesus.

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 In a sense,

00:19:13.380 --> 00:19:14.160
 you couldn't say

00:19:14.160 --> 00:19:15.240
 you love Jesus

00:19:15.240 --> 00:19:16.720
 if you didn't love

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 the guests

00:19:17.240 --> 00:19:17.860
 that he brought

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 to your door.

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 Um,

00:19:20.360 --> 00:19:20.900
 the abbot

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 shall pour water

00:19:21.920 --> 00:19:22.519
 on the hands

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 of the guests

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 and the abbot

00:19:23.759 --> 00:19:24.820
 with the entire community

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 shall wash their feet.

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 Isn't that wild?

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 Well,

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 this was the,

00:19:29.220 --> 00:19:29.559
 um,

00:19:29.600 --> 00:19:30.160
 um,

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 the church,

00:19:31.180 --> 00:19:31.580
 um,

00:19:31.759 --> 00:19:32.740
 at its heart

00:19:32.740 --> 00:19:33.700
 is a community

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 of welcome.

00:19:35.539 --> 00:19:36.160
 Philip Haley

00:19:36.160 --> 00:19:36.799
 wrote a book

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 called

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 Lest Innocent Blood

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 Be Shed.

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 Uh,

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 I really recommend it.

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 It's about the,

00:19:42.740 --> 00:19:43.059
 uh,

00:19:43.080 --> 00:19:44.200
 a French Huguenot

00:19:44.200 --> 00:19:44.700
 community

00:19:44.700 --> 00:19:45.860
 called Les Chambons.

00:19:45.960 --> 00:19:46.080
 Now,

00:19:46.120 --> 00:19:46.759
 the Huguenots

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 you might not,

00:19:47.779 --> 00:19:48.140
 um,

00:19:48.259 --> 00:19:49.660
 be entirely aware of

00:19:49.660 --> 00:19:49.860
 are,

00:19:50.519 --> 00:19:51.160
 if you,

00:19:51.259 --> 00:19:51.519
 um,

00:19:51.840 --> 00:19:52.559
 adhere to,

00:19:52.779 --> 00:19:53.059
 uh,

00:19:53.059 --> 00:19:54.019
 the reform faith,

00:19:54.140 --> 00:19:55.039
 reform theology,

00:19:55.039 --> 00:19:56.159
 um,

00:19:56.539 --> 00:19:57.420
 then the Huguenots

00:19:57.420 --> 00:19:58.879
 are our forebears.

00:19:59.399 --> 00:19:59.759
 Um,

00:19:59.819 --> 00:20:00.700
 we don't have

00:20:00.700 --> 00:20:01.559
 Huguenot churches

00:20:01.559 --> 00:20:02.240
 because they were

00:20:02.240 --> 00:20:03.319
 all slaughtered.

00:20:03.399 --> 00:20:04.399
 The ones that weren't

00:20:04.399 --> 00:20:05.039
 slaughtered,

00:20:05.039 --> 00:20:05.420
 um,

00:20:05.480 --> 00:20:06.680
 were up in the hills.

00:20:06.799 --> 00:20:07.799
 They were in more rural,

00:20:07.920 --> 00:20:08.779
 out-of-the-way places

00:20:08.779 --> 00:20:09.859
 like this town.

00:20:10.440 --> 00:20:10.920
 Um,

00:20:10.920 --> 00:20:12.019
 but Huguenots

00:20:12.019 --> 00:20:13.220
 were experts

00:20:13.220 --> 00:20:13.720
 at,

00:20:13.720 --> 00:20:14.500
 um,

00:20:14.619 --> 00:20:15.019
 hiding,

00:20:15.420 --> 00:20:15.720
 right?

00:20:15.859 --> 00:20:16.099
 They,

00:20:16.139 --> 00:20:17.019
 they had to hide

00:20:17.019 --> 00:20:18.000
 for their lives.

00:20:18.659 --> 00:20:19.359
 And so during,

00:20:19.559 --> 00:20:19.839
 uh,

00:20:19.859 --> 00:20:20.440
 Philip Haley

00:20:20.440 --> 00:20:20.899
 wrote,

00:20:21.000 --> 00:20:21.579
 wrote that,

00:20:21.960 --> 00:20:23.599
 that he was so distressed

00:20:23.599 --> 00:20:24.980
 studying World War II

00:20:24.980 --> 00:20:25.859
 and the,

00:20:25.919 --> 00:20:27.519
 and the inhumanity

00:20:27.519 --> 00:20:28.039
 and the,

00:20:28.039 --> 00:20:28.339
 the,

00:20:28.339 --> 00:20:28.579
 the,

00:20:28.579 --> 00:20:28.799
 um,

00:20:28.980 --> 00:20:30.099
 industrialization

00:20:30.099 --> 00:20:31.079
 of death.

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 And,

00:20:32.199 --> 00:20:32.599
 um,

00:20:32.939 --> 00:20:33.159
 it,

00:20:33.379 --> 00:20:33.639
 you know,

00:20:33.699 --> 00:20:34.379
 he said he was

00:20:34.379 --> 00:20:35.439
 emotionalist.

00:20:35.519 --> 00:20:35.980
 He was,

00:20:36.000 --> 00:20:36.399
 um,

00:20:36.859 --> 00:20:38.199
 callous to it all.

00:20:38.639 --> 00:20:39.119
 And,

00:20:39.119 --> 00:20:39.679
 um,

00:20:40.079 --> 00:20:40.259
 and,

00:20:40.359 --> 00:20:41.119
 and then suddenly

00:20:41.119 --> 00:20:41.879
 he began reading

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 about this small town

00:20:42.939 --> 00:20:43.980
 he'd never heard of

00:20:43.980 --> 00:20:44.819
 and he said

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 the strangest sensation

00:20:46.219 --> 00:20:46.599
 happened.

00:20:46.759 --> 00:20:47.159
 There was,

00:20:47.240 --> 00:20:48.659
 there was moisture drops

00:20:48.659 --> 00:20:49.039
 hitting,

00:20:49.039 --> 00:20:49.599
 um,

00:20:49.599 --> 00:20:50.079
 the book,

00:20:50.219 --> 00:20:50.379
 the,

00:20:50.379 --> 00:20:51.240
 the materials

00:20:51.240 --> 00:20:51.839
 in front of him

00:20:51.839 --> 00:20:52.439
 and he realized

00:20:52.439 --> 00:20:53.240
 he was weeping.

00:20:53.599 --> 00:20:54.299
 Uh,

00:20:54.299 --> 00:20:55.179
 because he discovered

00:20:55.179 --> 00:20:56.459
 the town of Le Chambon

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 and the,

00:20:56.839 --> 00:20:58.179
 the story of Andre

00:20:58.179 --> 00:20:58.480
 and,

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 and Magda Trachma,

00:21:00.279 --> 00:21:00.659
 the,

00:21:00.719 --> 00:21:01.000
 um,

00:21:01.359 --> 00:21:01.599
 uh,

00:21:01.599 --> 00:21:02.619
 Protestant pastor

00:21:02.619 --> 00:21:03.279
 and his wife

00:21:03.279 --> 00:21:03.980
 who organized

00:21:03.980 --> 00:21:05.099
 their entire community

00:21:05.099 --> 00:21:06.359
 to hide Jewish children.

00:21:06.939 --> 00:21:08.539
 They saved thousands

00:21:08.539 --> 00:21:09.839
 of Jewish children,

00:21:09.839 --> 00:21:10.740
 uh,

00:21:10.740 --> 00:21:11.879
 during World War II.

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 And the Nazis

00:21:13.039 --> 00:21:13.519
 would come

00:21:13.519 --> 00:21:14.379
 and look for them,

00:21:14.939 --> 00:21:15.439
 um,

00:21:15.439 --> 00:21:16.079
 and,

00:21:16.179 --> 00:21:16.579
 uh,

00:21:16.579 --> 00:21:16.799
 I,

00:21:16.799 --> 00:21:17.419
 I think they,

00:21:17.519 --> 00:21:18.099
 they ultimately

00:21:18.099 --> 00:21:18.980
 found one.

00:21:19.699 --> 00:21:20.079
 Um,

00:21:20.339 --> 00:21:20.659
 they were,

00:21:20.740 --> 00:21:21.519
 they were experts

00:21:21.519 --> 00:21:22.099
 at this.

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 And,

00:21:22.980 --> 00:21:23.240
 uh,

00:21:23.240 --> 00:21:23.940
 they imperiled

00:21:23.940 --> 00:21:24.680
 their whole community.

00:21:25.099 --> 00:21:25.460
 Matter of fact,

00:21:25.500 --> 00:21:26.620
 when the Nazis came

00:21:26.620 --> 00:21:27.779
 ultimately to arrest

00:21:27.779 --> 00:21:28.500
 her husband,

00:21:28.579 --> 00:21:29.140
 the pastor,

00:21:29.680 --> 00:21:29.900
 um,

00:21:29.900 --> 00:21:30.819
 and he was arrested,

00:21:31.220 --> 00:21:31.539
 um,

00:21:32.519 --> 00:21:33.579
 Magda said,

00:21:33.700 --> 00:21:33.960
 um,

00:21:34.339 --> 00:21:35.299
 they knocked on the door

00:21:35.299 --> 00:21:35.779
 and,

00:21:35.980 --> 00:21:36.059
 they,

00:21:36.200 --> 00:21:36.700
 they were coming

00:21:36.700 --> 00:21:37.579
 to take him away

00:21:37.579 --> 00:21:38.500
 and,

00:21:38.620 --> 00:21:38.900
 uh,

00:21:38.940 --> 00:21:39.460
 and she said,

00:21:39.500 --> 00:21:39.579
 well,

00:21:39.640 --> 00:21:40.579
 you are not going

00:21:40.579 --> 00:21:41.220
 to take him away

00:21:41.220 --> 00:21:42.059
 until you sit down

00:21:42.059 --> 00:21:42.720
 at my table

00:21:42.720 --> 00:21:43.359
 and you eat.

00:21:44.079 --> 00:21:44.980
 It is dinner time

00:21:44.980 --> 00:21:46.359
 and guests at my table,

00:21:46.500 --> 00:21:46.859
 uh,

00:21:47.099 --> 00:21:47.980
 are going to be fed.

00:21:47.980 --> 00:21:48.839
 So she had the Nazis

00:21:48.839 --> 00:21:49.380
 sit down

00:21:49.380 --> 00:21:50.099
 and she fed them

00:21:50.099 --> 00:21:50.660
 before they took

00:21:50.660 --> 00:21:51.599
 her husband away

00:21:51.599 --> 00:21:52.980
 because she was

00:21:52.980 --> 00:21:54.220
 in charge of her house.

00:21:54.880 --> 00:21:55.279
 Um,

00:21:55.740 --> 00:21:56.420
 just great.

00:21:56.539 --> 00:21:56.720
 You know,

00:21:56.740 --> 00:21:58.019
 if you go to Yad Vashem,

00:21:58.220 --> 00:21:58.779
 uh,

00:21:58.839 --> 00:21:59.160
 in,

00:21:59.240 --> 00:21:59.440
 uh,

00:21:59.440 --> 00:22:00.140
 in Israel,

00:22:00.140 --> 00:22:01.460
 there is a place

00:22:01.460 --> 00:22:02.059
 of honor

00:22:02.059 --> 00:22:02.640
 for,

00:22:02.640 --> 00:22:03.720
 um,

00:22:03.900 --> 00:22:04.559
 these are,

00:22:04.660 --> 00:22:05.240
 these are our,

00:22:05.380 --> 00:22:06.220
 this is our heritage.

00:22:06.420 --> 00:22:07.059
 This ought to be

00:22:07.059 --> 00:22:07.220
 the,

00:22:07.319 --> 00:22:07.579
 uh,

00:22:07.579 --> 00:22:08.180
 a height of,

00:22:08.259 --> 00:22:08.500
 uh,

00:22:08.720 --> 00:22:09.980
 of incredible joy

00:22:09.980 --> 00:22:11.200
 that this is our

00:22:11.200 --> 00:22:12.019
 historical,

00:22:12.019 --> 00:22:12.980
 um,

00:22:12.980 --> 00:22:13.539
 legacy.

00:22:13.980 --> 00:22:15.180
 So here's our challenge

00:22:15.180 --> 00:22:15.740
 in our day

00:22:15.740 --> 00:22:17.000
 is that our neighbors

00:22:17.000 --> 00:22:18.159
 are still wandering

00:22:18.159 --> 00:22:19.440
 just like they have

00:22:19.440 --> 00:22:20.500
 for all of history.

00:22:21.220 --> 00:22:21.659
 Um,

00:22:21.859 --> 00:22:22.980
 but they're not looking

00:22:22.980 --> 00:22:24.059
 anymore for the church,

00:22:24.079 --> 00:22:24.500
 are they?

00:22:25.000 --> 00:22:25.279
 Uh,

00:22:25.279 --> 00:22:26.579
 like people once did,

00:22:26.980 --> 00:22:27.480
 um,

00:22:27.480 --> 00:22:28.539
 as a place of refuge,

00:22:28.720 --> 00:22:29.659
 a place of safety,

00:22:29.759 --> 00:22:30.680
 a place of welcome.

00:22:30.779 --> 00:22:31.519
 They're not looking

00:22:31.519 --> 00:22:32.200
 any longer,

00:22:32.200 --> 00:22:33.059
 um,

00:22:33.079 --> 00:22:33.799
 for the church.

00:22:33.799 --> 00:22:35.259
 And what's even sadder

00:22:35.259 --> 00:22:36.139
 is that all too often

00:22:36.139 --> 00:22:37.319
 we're not looking for them.

00:22:38.139 --> 00:22:38.500
 Um,

00:22:38.500 --> 00:22:39.319
 and we're not open,

00:22:39.319 --> 00:22:39.819
 uh,

00:22:39.819 --> 00:22:40.039
 to,

00:22:40.119 --> 00:22:41.899
 to welcome them.

00:22:42.440 --> 00:22:42.700
 Um,

00:22:42.700 --> 00:22:43.399
 so we must

00:22:43.400 --> 00:22:44.960
 recover this ancient path.

00:22:45.040 --> 00:22:46.560
 It's the lost vocation

00:22:46.560 --> 00:22:47.580
 of,

00:22:47.580 --> 00:22:47.940
 uh,

00:22:47.940 --> 00:22:48.560
 hospitality.

00:22:49.560 --> 00:22:49.720
 Now,

00:22:49.780 --> 00:22:50.780
 almost everybody here

00:22:50.780 --> 00:22:51.019
 has,

00:22:51.080 --> 00:22:51.480
 has,

00:22:51.560 --> 00:22:51.700
 uh,

00:22:51.700 --> 00:22:52.960
 seen the musical

00:22:52.960 --> 00:22:53.560
 Les Mis.

00:22:53.960 --> 00:22:54.540
 And you remember

00:22:54.540 --> 00:22:55.440
 at the very beginning

00:22:55.440 --> 00:22:56.920
 when Jean Valjean

00:22:56.920 --> 00:22:57.480
 is,

00:22:57.560 --> 00:22:57.940
 uh,

00:22:58.040 --> 00:22:58.960
 has been set,

00:22:59.040 --> 00:22:59.380
 uh,

00:22:59.380 --> 00:22:59.780
 free,

00:22:59.900 --> 00:23:00.380
 but he has,

00:23:00.480 --> 00:23:01.480
 no one will take him in,

00:23:01.519 --> 00:23:01.680
 right?

00:23:01.720 --> 00:23:02.320
 Where does he go?

00:23:03.880 --> 00:23:04.759
 He goes to a monastery,

00:23:04.940 --> 00:23:05.100
 right?

00:23:05.180 --> 00:23:05.280
 See,

00:23:05.340 --> 00:23:06.019
 that's the very picture

00:23:06.019 --> 00:23:07.019
 of what we're talking about.

00:23:07.280 --> 00:23:08.460
 That's where people went,

00:23:08.680 --> 00:23:09.680
 that there was nowhere else

00:23:09.680 --> 00:23:10.480
 for them to go.

00:23:10.780 --> 00:23:11.360
 And you remember

00:23:11.360 --> 00:23:12.860
 what the priest sings

00:23:12.859 --> 00:23:14.299
 in the Broadway version.

00:23:14.919 --> 00:23:15.079
 Um,

00:23:15.079 --> 00:23:15.619
 come in,

00:23:15.699 --> 00:23:15.859
 sir,

00:23:15.939 --> 00:23:16.819
 for you are weary

00:23:16.819 --> 00:23:18.639
 and the night is cold

00:23:18.639 --> 00:23:19.339
 out there.

00:23:19.699 --> 00:23:20.359
 Though our lives

00:23:20.359 --> 00:23:21.099
 are very humble,

00:23:21.179 --> 00:23:21.759
 what we have,

00:23:21.839 --> 00:23:22.719
 we have to share.

00:23:23.079 --> 00:23:24.019
 There's wine here

00:23:24.019 --> 00:23:24.899
 to revive you.

00:23:24.979 --> 00:23:25.679
 There is bread

00:23:25.679 --> 00:23:26.879
 to make you strong.

00:23:27.359 --> 00:23:28.039
 There's a bed

00:23:28.039 --> 00:23:29.240
 to rest till morning.

00:23:29.779 --> 00:23:30.859
 Rest from pain

00:23:30.859 --> 00:23:32.699
 and rest from wrong.

00:23:33.379 --> 00:23:34.219
 Wouldn't that be awesome

00:23:34.219 --> 00:23:34.759
 to have

00:23:34.759 --> 00:23:35.899
 right across the doorway

00:23:35.899 --> 00:23:36.279
 of,

00:23:36.279 --> 00:23:36.679
 of,

00:23:36.759 --> 00:23:36.939
 uh,

00:23:36.939 --> 00:23:37.719
 of our churches?

00:23:37.720 --> 00:23:38.960
 Um,

00:23:38.960 --> 00:23:40.000
 come in,

00:23:40.559 --> 00:23:40.860
 child,

00:23:41.440 --> 00:23:42.460
 for you are weary

00:23:42.460 --> 00:23:43.620
 and the night

00:23:43.620 --> 00:23:45.059
 is cold out there.

00:23:45.279 --> 00:23:46.319
 Our lives are humble,

00:23:46.440 --> 00:23:47.140
 but what we have,

00:23:47.200 --> 00:23:47.880
 we have to share.

00:23:47.960 --> 00:23:48.680
 There's wine

00:23:48.680 --> 00:23:49.600
 to revive you,

00:23:50.259 --> 00:23:50.799
 bread

00:23:50.799 --> 00:23:52.079
 to make you

00:23:52.079 --> 00:23:53.039
 strong.

00:23:53.700 --> 00:23:55.059
 So this is the mission

00:23:55.059 --> 00:23:56.539
 of Southwood Church.

00:23:57.120 --> 00:23:57.559
 Um,

00:23:57.640 --> 00:23:58.140
 it's,

00:23:58.259 --> 00:23:58.600
 uh,

00:23:58.740 --> 00:23:59.900
 it's to having

00:23:59.900 --> 00:24:01.420
 experienced the welcome

00:24:01.420 --> 00:24:01.980
 of Jesus,

00:24:02.180 --> 00:24:02.360
 right?

00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:03.440
 Experience grace.

00:24:04.160 --> 00:24:05.079
 Then you extend

00:24:05.079 --> 00:24:05.600
 the welcome

00:24:05.600 --> 00:24:06.559
 of,

00:24:06.559 --> 00:24:06.860
 uh,

00:24:06.859 --> 00:24:07.500
 of Jesus.

00:24:07.859 --> 00:24:08.719
 So let's talk

00:24:08.719 --> 00:24:09.399
 about that together.

00:24:09.899 --> 00:24:10.339
 Hospitality,

00:24:10.459 --> 00:24:10.599
 the,

00:24:10.599 --> 00:24:10.859
 the,

00:24:10.859 --> 00:24:11.119
 the,

00:24:11.119 --> 00:24:12.099
 the main characters

00:24:12.099 --> 00:24:12.699
 we're going to talk

00:24:12.699 --> 00:24:13.899
 about in Jesus' parable

00:24:13.899 --> 00:24:15.219
 and the first is

00:24:15.219 --> 00:24:16.059
 we have the host,

00:24:16.179 --> 00:24:17.379
 the yearning host.

00:24:18.299 --> 00:24:18.479
 Um,

00:24:18.479 --> 00:24:19.279
 so the recovery

00:24:19.279 --> 00:24:20.259
 of the vocation

00:24:20.259 --> 00:24:21.079
 of hospitality

00:24:21.079 --> 00:24:22.479
 begins with the conviction

00:24:22.479 --> 00:24:24.099
 that God is a host

00:24:24.099 --> 00:24:25.359
 who wants his house filled.

00:24:26.039 --> 00:24:26.559
 He has,

00:24:26.579 --> 00:24:26.799
 uh,

00:24:26.799 --> 00:24:28.379
 set up a great feast

00:24:28.379 --> 00:24:28.919
 and,

00:24:29.079 --> 00:24:29.279
 uh,

00:24:29.779 --> 00:24:30.379
 um,

00:24:30.439 --> 00:24:31.299
 and the church then

00:24:31.299 --> 00:24:32.359
 is to be that community

00:24:32.359 --> 00:24:33.139
 of welcome.

00:24:33.619 --> 00:24:34.399
 So Luke 14

00:24:34.399 --> 00:24:34.659
 is,

00:24:34.740 --> 00:24:35.119
 is this,

00:24:35.119 --> 00:24:35.399
 uh,

00:24:35.399 --> 00:24:36.679
 fascinating tableau

00:24:36.680 --> 00:24:37.400
 because Jesus

00:24:37.400 --> 00:24:38.460
 is at this tension

00:24:38.460 --> 00:24:39.080
 filled,

00:24:39.680 --> 00:24:41.120
 a Sabbath dinner party

00:24:41.120 --> 00:24:42.720
 with the most conservative

00:24:42.720 --> 00:24:43.840
 religious leaders

00:24:43.840 --> 00:24:45.039
 who are watching him.

00:24:45.620 --> 00:24:46.680
 And Jesus first

00:24:46.680 --> 00:24:48.180
 criticizes the guests.

00:24:48.560 --> 00:24:49.480
 We didn't read this,

00:24:49.480 --> 00:24:49.740
 um,

00:24:49.740 --> 00:24:50.700
 part of the passage,

00:24:50.700 --> 00:24:52.320
 but Jesus criticizes

00:24:52.320 --> 00:24:52.799
 the guests

00:24:52.799 --> 00:24:53.580
 because they seek

00:24:53.580 --> 00:24:54.700
 the places of honor

00:24:54.700 --> 00:24:56.500
 and then he criticizes

00:24:56.500 --> 00:24:57.120
 the host.

00:24:57.320 --> 00:24:58.519
 So Jesus is really not,

00:24:59.720 --> 00:24:59.960
 um,

00:24:59.960 --> 00:25:00.700
 Jesus apparently

00:25:00.700 --> 00:25:01.580
 is not a southerner

00:25:01.580 --> 00:25:02.660
 because no good southerner

00:25:02.660 --> 00:25:03.120
 would act,

00:25:03.120 --> 00:25:03.980
 um,

00:25:03.980 --> 00:25:04.720
 this way.

00:25:05.319 --> 00:25:05.680
 Um,

00:25:05.940 --> 00:25:06.120
 he,

00:25:06.240 --> 00:25:06.500
 he,

00:25:06.500 --> 00:25:07.140
 he not only

00:25:07.140 --> 00:25:08.160
 criticizes the host

00:25:08.160 --> 00:25:08.420
 but,

00:25:08.620 --> 00:25:08.819
 you know,

00:25:08.860 --> 00:25:09.940
 then he criticizes

00:25:09.940 --> 00:25:10.799
 the other guests

00:25:10.799 --> 00:25:11.360
 because,

00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:11.599
 you know,

00:25:11.599 --> 00:25:12.339
 the guests for seeking

00:25:12.339 --> 00:25:13.059
 the place of honor

00:25:13.059 --> 00:25:13.579
 and the host

00:25:13.579 --> 00:25:14.839
 because he's invited

00:25:14.839 --> 00:25:16.039
 the socially prominent.

00:25:16.599 --> 00:25:17.480
 Nobody is eating.

00:25:17.920 --> 00:25:18.720
 The tension is,

00:25:18.720 --> 00:25:18.960
 uh,

00:25:18.960 --> 00:25:19.460
 palpable

00:25:19.460 --> 00:25:20.759
 and one,

00:25:20.759 --> 00:25:21.240
 um,

00:25:21.420 --> 00:25:22.420
 good fellow decides

00:25:22.420 --> 00:25:23.000
 that he's going to

00:25:23.000 --> 00:25:23.799
 ease the mood

00:25:23.799 --> 00:25:24.579
 and he stands up

00:25:24.579 --> 00:25:24.940
 and says,

00:25:25.380 --> 00:25:25.559
 well,

00:25:25.700 --> 00:25:25.920
 well,

00:25:26.039 --> 00:25:27.420
 blessed is everybody

00:25:27.420 --> 00:25:28.319
 who's going to eat

00:25:28.319 --> 00:25:29.319
 bread in the kingdom

00:25:29.319 --> 00:25:29.899
 of God.

00:25:30.919 --> 00:25:31.579
 In other words,

00:25:31.639 --> 00:25:32.819
 what he's really saying

00:25:32.819 --> 00:25:33.439
 is,

00:25:33.980 --> 00:25:34.099
 now,

00:25:34.220 --> 00:25:35.039
 blessed are the likes

00:25:35.039 --> 00:25:35.559
 of us who are

00:25:35.559 --> 00:25:36.720
 essentially shoe-ins

00:25:36.720 --> 00:25:37.779
 at the feast in heaven.

00:25:38.179 --> 00:25:39.139
 We're all going.

00:25:39.919 --> 00:25:40.619
 We're all,

00:25:40.619 --> 00:25:41.039
 uh,

00:25:41.099 --> 00:25:42.019
 going to the feast

00:25:42.019 --> 00:25:42.759
 so it's,

00:25:42.759 --> 00:25:43.899
 it's good with all of us.

00:25:43.960 --> 00:25:44.059
 Now,

00:25:44.519 --> 00:25:45.639
 Jesus can't,

00:25:45.679 --> 00:25:46.759
 just can't let it go,

00:25:46.960 --> 00:25:47.220
 right?

00:25:47.740 --> 00:25:48.019
 And,

00:25:48.079 --> 00:25:49.500
 and so he tells a parable

00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:51.179
 and in his parable

00:25:51.179 --> 00:25:52.119
 he says there's a man

00:25:52.119 --> 00:25:53.359
 of immense wealth

00:25:53.359 --> 00:25:54.460
 and he,

00:25:54.460 --> 00:25:54.759
 um,

00:25:54.759 --> 00:25:56.240
 puts on a sumptuous feast

00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:57.980
 and the invitation list

00:25:57.980 --> 00:25:58.839
 is lengthy

00:25:58.839 --> 00:26:00.279
 but when the day is come

00:26:00.279 --> 00:26:01.240
 and the meal is ready

00:26:01.240 --> 00:26:02.459
 he sends his servants out

00:26:02.459 --> 00:26:03.679
 to inform everyone,

00:26:03.679 --> 00:26:04.399
 uh,

00:26:04.399 --> 00:26:05.199
 that it's time to come

00:26:05.199 --> 00:26:05.579
 to the feast.

00:26:05.659 --> 00:26:06.279
 But what do they say?

00:26:06.339 --> 00:26:07.679
 They have a whole bevy

00:26:07.679 --> 00:26:08.399
 of excuses,

00:26:08.399 --> 00:26:09.039
 um,

00:26:09.039 --> 00:26:09.379
 right?

00:26:09.879 --> 00:26:10.159
 Uh,

00:26:10.159 --> 00:26:10.319
 and,

00:26:10.419 --> 00:26:11.319
 and they decline

00:26:11.319 --> 00:26:12.679
 but he's adamant

00:26:12.679 --> 00:26:13.959
 his house is going to be filled

00:26:13.959 --> 00:26:15.079
 so he sends them out

00:26:15.079 --> 00:26:16.159
 to bring the poor

00:26:16.159 --> 00:26:16.859
 and the lame

00:26:16.859 --> 00:26:18.039
 and the nobodies

00:26:18.039 --> 00:26:19.439
 and compel them to come in

00:26:19.439 --> 00:26:21.139
 and even that doesn't fill the house

00:26:21.139 --> 00:26:22.579
 so he does the unthinkable.

00:26:23.199 --> 00:26:23.559
 Um,

00:26:23.939 --> 00:26:24.619
 Jesus says

00:26:24.619 --> 00:26:25.859
 he actually sends them out

00:26:25.859 --> 00:26:26.980
 to gather Gentiles

00:26:26.980 --> 00:26:28.799
 and even bring them

00:26:28.799 --> 00:26:29.579
 um,

00:26:29.579 --> 00:26:31.039
 into his house.

00:26:31.039 --> 00:26:32.259
 So what's the picture

00:26:32.259 --> 00:26:33.220
 we have of the host

00:26:33.220 --> 00:26:35.119
 in our parable?

00:26:35.759 --> 00:26:36.799
 The host is,

00:26:37.019 --> 00:26:37.460
 uh,

00:26:37.579 --> 00:26:38.799
 Jesus portrays God

00:26:38.799 --> 00:26:39.579
 as passionate.

00:26:40.279 --> 00:26:40.639
 Um,

00:26:40.639 --> 00:26:41.919
 he is going to share

00:26:41.919 --> 00:26:43.399
 his fullness

00:26:43.399 --> 00:26:44.799
 with the hungry

00:26:44.799 --> 00:26:46.019
 and that is the story

00:26:46.019 --> 00:26:46.539
 of the Bible.

00:26:47.059 --> 00:26:48.019
 The story of the Bible

00:26:48.019 --> 00:26:48.799
 as it unfolds

00:26:48.799 --> 00:26:49.639
 is God,

00:26:49.779 --> 00:26:50.039
 uh,

00:26:50.039 --> 00:26:51.799
 God as the desirous host.

00:26:51.899 --> 00:26:52.019
 Look,

00:26:52.099 --> 00:26:52.960
 consider the whole story.

00:26:53.240 --> 00:26:54.159
 What is creation?

00:26:54.700 --> 00:26:55.779
 Creation is God,

00:26:55.779 --> 00:26:56.680
 um,

00:26:56.680 --> 00:26:57.779
 showing his,

00:26:57.779 --> 00:26:58.099
 um,

00:26:58.099 --> 00:26:59.299
 creative genius

00:26:59.299 --> 00:27:00.500
 and laying out

00:27:00.500 --> 00:27:00.759
 this,

00:27:00.839 --> 00:27:01.039
 this,

00:27:01.160 --> 00:27:01.359
 um,

00:27:01.599 --> 00:27:02.759
 this spread

00:27:02.759 --> 00:27:03.779
 of beauty

00:27:03.779 --> 00:27:04.359
 and art

00:27:04.359 --> 00:27:05.059
 and creation

00:27:05.059 --> 00:27:05.839
 and food

00:27:05.839 --> 00:27:06.740
 and the bounty

00:27:06.740 --> 00:27:07.980
 and inviting

00:27:07.980 --> 00:27:09.299
 and then creating us

00:27:09.299 --> 00:27:09.619
 um,

00:27:09.619 --> 00:27:10.399
 to come to his,

00:27:10.700 --> 00:27:11.899
 to fill his,

00:27:12.039 --> 00:27:12.200
 um,

00:27:12.420 --> 00:27:13.480
 to fill his house

00:27:13.480 --> 00:27:14.920
 and enjoy the feast

00:27:14.920 --> 00:27:16.160
 that he's created.

00:27:16.240 --> 00:27:17.200
 That's creation itself.

00:27:17.299 --> 00:27:18.119
 We know in the wilderness,

00:27:18.720 --> 00:27:19.000
 um,

00:27:19.000 --> 00:27:20.059
 God feeds his people.

00:27:20.160 --> 00:27:21.420
 God's always feeding people.

00:27:21.500 --> 00:27:23.299
 The Bible revolves around eating.

00:27:23.399 --> 00:27:24.740
 That's something we can get excited about,

00:27:24.740 --> 00:27:25.460
 isn't it?

00:27:25.539 --> 00:27:25.980
 Um,

00:27:26.420 --> 00:27:27.059
 and,

00:27:27.059 --> 00:27:27.900
 and so in,

00:27:27.940 --> 00:27:28.740
 in the wilderness,

00:27:28.740 --> 00:27:29.240
 he's,

00:27:29.279 --> 00:27:30.519
 he's giving them bread,

00:27:30.519 --> 00:27:30.940
 right,

00:27:31.240 --> 00:27:31.819
 from heaven.

00:27:31.819 --> 00:27:32.920
 He's giving them meat,

00:27:33.019 --> 00:27:34.079
 quail from heaven.

00:27:34.079 --> 00:27:35.880
 He gives them shelter

00:27:35.880 --> 00:27:36.940
 from the hot sun

00:27:36.940 --> 00:27:37.319
 in,

00:27:37.420 --> 00:27:37.599
 uh,

00:27:37.599 --> 00:27:38.160
 in the day.

00:27:38.259 --> 00:27:39.279
 He keeps them warm

00:27:39.279 --> 00:27:40.019
 in the,

00:27:40.019 --> 00:27:40.980
 the cold nights

00:27:40.980 --> 00:27:41.859
 in the wilderness.

00:27:42.400 --> 00:27:43.339
 The prophets,

00:27:43.440 --> 00:27:43.680
 uh,

00:27:43.680 --> 00:27:44.599
 love to describe

00:27:44.599 --> 00:27:45.759
 the coming glory

00:27:45.759 --> 00:27:46.400
 in,

00:27:46.480 --> 00:27:47.460
 in terms like these

00:27:47.460 --> 00:27:48.140
 from Isaiah.

00:27:48.380 --> 00:27:49.380
 On this mountain,

00:27:49.500 --> 00:27:50.160
 the Lord of hosts

00:27:50.160 --> 00:27:51.480
 will make for all peoples

00:27:51.480 --> 00:27:53.059
 a feast of rich food,

00:27:53.420 --> 00:27:54.720
 a feast of well-aged

00:27:54.720 --> 00:27:55.400
 wine,

00:27:55.400 --> 00:27:56.579
 of rich food,

00:27:56.660 --> 00:27:57.279
 full of marrow,

00:27:57.420 --> 00:27:58.720
 of aged wine,

00:27:59.259 --> 00:28:00.339
 well-refined.

00:28:01.240 --> 00:28:01.600
 Um,

00:28:01.720 --> 00:28:03.140
 for many of the people

00:28:03.140 --> 00:28:03.559
 in our church,

00:28:03.640 --> 00:28:04.740
 that's their life verse.

00:28:04.940 --> 00:28:05.640
 They love reading

00:28:05.640 --> 00:28:07.039
 about all that wine.

00:28:07.519 --> 00:28:07.960
 Um,

00:28:07.960 --> 00:28:08.299
 so,

00:28:08.440 --> 00:28:10.299
 here we have it.

00:28:10.440 --> 00:28:10.680
 Um,

00:28:11.000 --> 00:28:12.100
 in the New Testament,

00:28:12.299 --> 00:28:12.740
 what do we,

00:28:12.839 --> 00:28:13.120
 um,

00:28:13.200 --> 00:28:13.980
 what do we get?

00:28:14.140 --> 00:28:16.079
 Jesus usurps the role

00:28:16.079 --> 00:28:16.980
 of the wedding host

00:28:16.980 --> 00:28:18.779
 and makes the best wine.

00:28:18.900 --> 00:28:20.059
 He feeds thousands

00:28:20.059 --> 00:28:20.919
 of people.

00:28:21.480 --> 00:28:21.879
 Um,

00:28:21.919 --> 00:28:22.659
 he eats,

00:28:22.740 --> 00:28:22.960
 uh,

00:28:22.960 --> 00:28:23.679
 with the notorious

00:28:23.679 --> 00:28:24.659
 and gets in trouble

00:28:24.659 --> 00:28:25.159
 for it.

00:28:25.279 --> 00:28:26.200
 He initiates

00:28:26.200 --> 00:28:27.119
 the Lord's Supper.

00:28:27.579 --> 00:28:28.279
 He tells us

00:28:28.279 --> 00:28:29.599
 that God is a welcoming,

00:28:29.599 --> 00:28:30.539
 um,

00:28:30.599 --> 00:28:31.259
 father who,

00:28:31.399 --> 00:28:32.419
 when his wayward children

00:28:32.419 --> 00:28:33.119
 comes home,

00:28:33.179 --> 00:28:34.279
 he throws a big barbecue,

00:28:34.279 --> 00:28:34.639
 right,

00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:35.419
 for all the,

00:28:35.519 --> 00:28:36.659
 all the community

00:28:36.659 --> 00:28:37.419
 to attend.

00:28:37.980 --> 00:28:38.399
 Um,

00:28:38.399 --> 00:28:39.139
 and he says

00:28:39.139 --> 00:28:40.059
 that all of creation

00:28:40.059 --> 00:28:40.519
 is headed

00:28:40.519 --> 00:28:41.519
 for a great wedding

00:28:41.519 --> 00:28:42.339
 celebration,

00:28:42.519 --> 00:28:43.019
 a great,

00:28:43.019 --> 00:28:43.740
 um,

00:28:43.740 --> 00:28:44.279
 feast.

00:28:44.940 --> 00:28:45.460
 Um,

00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:46.079
 and regularly

00:28:46.079 --> 00:28:46.579
 in churches,

00:28:46.579 --> 00:28:47.099
 what do we do?

00:28:47.099 --> 00:28:47.779
 We invite people

00:28:47.779 --> 00:28:48.699
 to come forward

00:28:48.699 --> 00:28:49.599
 and,

00:28:49.599 --> 00:28:49.839
 uh,

00:28:49.839 --> 00:28:50.939
 and taste and see

00:28:50.939 --> 00:28:52.019
 that the Lord is good

00:28:52.019 --> 00:28:53.219
 and taste the bread

00:28:53.219 --> 00:28:53.939
 and,

00:28:53.980 --> 00:28:54.199
 uh,

00:28:54.199 --> 00:28:55.799
 and drink the wine.

00:28:55.919 --> 00:28:57.000
 God is the host.

00:28:57.259 --> 00:28:57.819
 He is,

00:28:57.939 --> 00:28:58.139
 uh,

00:28:58.179 --> 00:28:58.879
 he is this,

00:28:58.879 --> 00:28:59.259
 um,

00:28:59.259 --> 00:28:59.859
 lavish,

00:29:00.339 --> 00:29:00.659
 um,

00:29:00.699 --> 00:29:01.079
 generous,

00:29:01.319 --> 00:29:02.359
 welcoming host.

00:29:02.619 --> 00:29:03.039
 Now,

00:29:03.099 --> 00:29:03.859
 we will never be

00:29:03.859 --> 00:29:04.559
 the practitioners

00:29:04.559 --> 00:29:05.599
 of hospitality

00:29:05.599 --> 00:29:07.099
 until we experience

00:29:07.099 --> 00:29:07.819
 personally

00:29:07.819 --> 00:29:09.259
 this welcoming

00:29:09.259 --> 00:29:09.759
 heart

00:29:09.759 --> 00:29:10.339
 of,

00:29:10.379 --> 00:29:10.619
 uh,

00:29:10.619 --> 00:29:11.179
 of God.

00:29:12.099 --> 00:29:12.500
 Um,

00:29:12.779 --> 00:29:13.579
 so have you,

00:29:13.740 --> 00:29:14.000
 um,

00:29:14.019 --> 00:29:15.079
 have you experienced

00:29:15.079 --> 00:29:16.740
 God welcome you?

00:29:17.599 --> 00:29:17.919
 Do you know

00:29:17.919 --> 00:29:18.480
 what it's like

00:29:18.480 --> 00:29:20.439
 to go to God's house?

00:29:20.619 --> 00:29:20.679
 And,

00:29:20.679 --> 00:29:21.059
 and,

00:29:21.059 --> 00:29:21.639
 and,

00:29:21.639 --> 00:29:21.980
 you know,

00:29:22.099 --> 00:29:22.719
 in our church

00:29:22.719 --> 00:29:23.519
 when we go forward

00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:24.139
 for communion

00:29:24.139 --> 00:29:24.480
 we,

00:29:24.679 --> 00:29:25.719
 we encourage people

00:29:25.719 --> 00:29:26.179
 to come,

00:29:26.299 --> 00:29:26.639
 um,

00:29:26.639 --> 00:29:27.259
 with their hands

00:29:27.259 --> 00:29:28.159
 out like this

00:29:28.159 --> 00:29:29.240
 because it's a way

00:29:29.240 --> 00:29:30.159
 for us to say,

00:29:30.399 --> 00:29:31.159
 uh,

00:29:31.159 --> 00:29:32.139
 we don't bring anything.

00:29:32.319 --> 00:29:32.819
 We don't bring

00:29:32.819 --> 00:29:33.859
 righteousness to this.

00:29:33.939 --> 00:29:34.500
 We don't have any

00:29:34.500 --> 00:29:35.599
 merits to come to this.

00:29:35.679 --> 00:29:36.519
 We haven't provided,

00:29:36.519 --> 00:29:37.019
 um,

00:29:37.019 --> 00:29:38.279
 the food at this meal.

00:29:38.899 --> 00:29:39.199
 You know,

00:29:39.219 --> 00:29:40.119
 in our church,

00:29:40.199 --> 00:29:40.619
 um,

00:29:40.619 --> 00:29:41.519
 I take people out

00:29:41.519 --> 00:29:42.000
 to lunch,

00:29:42.059 --> 00:29:42.339
 um,

00:29:42.339 --> 00:29:43.139
 all the time

00:29:43.139 --> 00:29:44.059
 and,

00:29:44.139 --> 00:29:44.240
 uh,

00:29:44.240 --> 00:29:44.959
 when I take out

00:29:44.959 --> 00:29:46.399
 particularly the successful,

00:29:46.599 --> 00:29:47.079
 the wealthy,

00:29:47.099 --> 00:29:47.500
 the,

00:29:47.500 --> 00:29:48.359
 uh,

00:29:48.359 --> 00:29:49.039
 those people,

00:29:49.199 --> 00:29:51.019
 I always pay for it

00:29:51.019 --> 00:29:52.179
 and I have to be

00:29:52.179 --> 00:29:52.980
 really quick.

00:29:53.619 --> 00:29:54.059
 Um,

00:29:54.099 --> 00:29:55.299
 and they are always

00:29:55.299 --> 00:29:56.139
 bothered by that.

00:29:56.799 --> 00:29:57.319
 Um,

00:29:57.379 --> 00:29:58.119
 because they,

00:29:58.179 --> 00:29:58.959
 they have an idea

00:29:58.959 --> 00:29:59.399
 that,

00:29:59.599 --> 00:30:00.000
 um,

00:30:00.199 --> 00:30:00.599
 that,

00:30:00.599 --> 00:30:01.500
 um,

00:30:01.500 --> 00:30:02.399
 they're the provider,

00:30:02.519 --> 00:30:03.579
 the church is the recipient.

00:30:04.119 --> 00:30:04.899
 They give,

00:30:05.000 --> 00:30:05.919
 the church receives.

00:30:06.639 --> 00:30:07.119
 Um,

00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:08.339
 they're the have,

00:30:08.439 --> 00:30:09.799
 the pastor is the have not.

00:30:10.559 --> 00:30:11.000
 Um,

00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:11.799
 and,

00:30:11.799 --> 00:30:12.220
 uh,

00:30:12.579 --> 00:30:12.759
 and,

00:30:12.839 --> 00:30:13.579
 and they're always

00:30:13.579 --> 00:30:14.140
 bothered.

00:30:14.259 --> 00:30:14.839
 And one of the things

00:30:14.839 --> 00:30:15.259
 they'll often say is,

00:30:15.319 --> 00:30:16.240
 we'll have to do this again.

00:30:18.279 --> 00:30:18.900
 And I say,

00:30:18.960 --> 00:30:19.180
 no,

00:30:19.920 --> 00:30:20.380
 no,

00:30:21.180 --> 00:30:21.559
 no,

00:30:21.559 --> 00:30:22.079
 we're not.

00:30:22.519 --> 00:30:22.960
 And,

00:30:23.019 --> 00:30:23.240
 uh,

00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:24.119
 and you're not going to

00:30:24.119 --> 00:30:25.039
 get the satisfaction

00:30:25.039 --> 00:30:25.940
 of you,

00:30:25.940 --> 00:30:26.480
 um,

00:30:26.640 --> 00:30:27.099
 um,

00:30:27.259 --> 00:30:27.539
 uh,

00:30:27.539 --> 00:30:27.940
 paying,

00:30:28.319 --> 00:30:28.880
 uh,

00:30:28.880 --> 00:30:29.579
 because this is the way

00:30:29.579 --> 00:30:30.720
 it works in the family

00:30:30.720 --> 00:30:31.240
 of God.

00:30:31.400 --> 00:30:32.339
 It's called grace.

00:30:32.779 --> 00:30:34.240
 You contribute nothing.

00:30:34.240 --> 00:30:35.680
 Um,

00:30:35.680 --> 00:30:37.000
 something is given to you

00:30:37.000 --> 00:30:38.380
 that you don't pay for.

00:30:39.160 --> 00:30:39.579
 And,

00:30:39.680 --> 00:30:39.759
 uh,

00:30:39.759 --> 00:30:40.579
 and if you can't even

00:30:40.579 --> 00:30:41.819
 stand it at a lunch,

00:30:42.420 --> 00:30:43.220
 how can you,

00:30:43.339 --> 00:30:43.500
 um,

00:30:43.940 --> 00:30:44.240
 uh,

00:30:44.240 --> 00:30:44.700
 how can you,

00:30:44.900 --> 00:30:45.859
 how can you understand

00:30:45.859 --> 00:30:47.339
 it as a way of life?

00:30:48.160 --> 00:30:48.680
 Um,

00:30:48.880 --> 00:30:50.559
 we don't pay God back.

00:30:51.059 --> 00:30:51.299
 Um,

00:30:51.299 --> 00:30:52.259
 that's not the motivation

00:30:52.259 --> 00:30:53.220
 for Christian living.

00:30:54.099 --> 00:30:54.460
 Um,

00:30:54.740 --> 00:30:55.759
 we have to experience,

00:30:55.839 --> 00:30:55.960
 listen,

00:30:56.059 --> 00:30:57.019
 there's all sorts of people

00:30:57.019 --> 00:30:58.240
 go to church in North America

00:30:58.240 --> 00:30:59.519
 who profess faith in Jesus

00:30:59.519 --> 00:31:01.700
 who could recite the,

00:31:01.700 --> 00:31:02.079
 um,

00:31:02.620 --> 00:31:04.019
 Westminster Confession of Faith

00:31:04.019 --> 00:31:04.779
 and Ugaritic.

00:31:05.559 --> 00:31:06.000
 Um,

00:31:06.619 --> 00:31:07.299
 but that doesn't mean

00:31:07.299 --> 00:31:08.639
 you've ever had the experience,

00:31:08.799 --> 00:31:09.039
 uh,

00:31:09.099 --> 00:31:09.359
 uh,

00:31:09.359 --> 00:31:10.839
 you've ever experienced grace.

00:31:12.039 --> 00:31:13.000
 Doesn't mean that,

00:31:13.059 --> 00:31:13.259
 um,

00:31:13.259 --> 00:31:14.740
 you really know the love of God.

00:31:15.440 --> 00:31:15.799
 Um,

00:31:15.799 --> 00:31:16.700
 that you've ever been,

00:31:17.319 --> 00:31:17.539
 you know,

00:31:17.559 --> 00:31:17.700
 my,

00:31:17.779 --> 00:31:18.059
 my,

00:31:18.180 --> 00:31:18.339
 uh,

00:31:18.339 --> 00:31:19.639
 my favorite verse in the Bible

00:31:19.639 --> 00:31:20.759
 is when the prodigal son

00:31:20.759 --> 00:31:21.900
 came home

00:31:21.900 --> 00:31:23.200
 in all his shame

00:31:23.200 --> 00:31:24.359
 and all his filth

00:31:24.359 --> 00:31:25.359
 and all his rebellion.

00:31:25.879 --> 00:31:27.059
 Not only did his father

00:31:27.059 --> 00:31:27.819
 run out to him,

00:31:27.879 --> 00:31:28.720
 but the Bible says

00:31:28.720 --> 00:31:29.619
 his father what?

00:31:30.700 --> 00:31:31.559
 He kissed him.

00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:34.000
 He kissed him.

00:31:34.019 --> 00:31:34.200
 Him.

00:31:35.839 --> 00:31:37.180
 Your life changes

00:31:37.180 --> 00:31:39.000
 the day you experience

00:31:39.000 --> 00:31:40.440
 the kiss of the father.

00:31:40.660 --> 00:31:42.180
 You can be a follower of God,

00:31:42.259 --> 00:31:43.339
 a believer in the Bible,

00:31:43.339 --> 00:31:44.940
 and never have experienced

00:31:44.940 --> 00:31:45.519
 the kiss.

00:31:46.519 --> 00:31:47.000
 Um,

00:31:47.000 --> 00:31:47.799
 the kiss of,

00:31:47.940 --> 00:31:48.200
 uh,

00:31:48.319 --> 00:31:48.700
 of,

00:31:48.779 --> 00:31:49.400
 of God.

00:31:49.639 --> 00:31:50.920
 And to consider the price

00:31:50.920 --> 00:31:51.559
 of the feast,

00:31:51.680 --> 00:31:51.960
 you know,

00:31:52.039 --> 00:31:53.200
 this is my body

00:31:53.200 --> 00:31:54.400
 broken for you.

00:31:54.960 --> 00:31:55.759
 That's the price.

00:31:56.259 --> 00:31:57.119
 He provides it.

00:31:57.599 --> 00:31:58.700
 He provides the meal

00:31:58.700 --> 00:32:00.059
 for his children.

00:32:00.220 --> 00:32:01.000
 This welcoming,

00:32:01.519 --> 00:32:02.619
 I bet you sing

00:32:02.619 --> 00:32:02.960
 in,

00:32:03.039 --> 00:32:03.640
 in your church

00:32:03.640 --> 00:32:04.480
 from time to time,

00:32:04.619 --> 00:32:04.799
 oh,

00:32:04.859 --> 00:32:06.240
 I'm running to his arms.

00:32:06.240 --> 00:32:06.799
 That song,

00:32:06.880 --> 00:32:07.059
 right?

00:32:07.440 --> 00:32:08.019
 And the riches

00:32:08.019 --> 00:32:09.259
 of your love

00:32:09.259 --> 00:32:09.920
 will never,

00:32:10.400 --> 00:32:10.660
 you know,

00:32:10.740 --> 00:32:11.240
 the,

00:32:11.319 --> 00:32:12.680
 the riches of your love

00:32:12.680 --> 00:32:14.559
 will always be enough.

00:32:15.059 --> 00:32:15.240
 Oh,

00:32:15.259 --> 00:32:16.259
 I'm running to your arms.

00:32:16.259 --> 00:32:17.160
 It's such a beautiful

00:32:17.160 --> 00:32:18.259
 visual picture

00:32:18.259 --> 00:32:19.420
 of children,

00:32:20.000 --> 00:32:20.480
 um,

00:32:20.640 --> 00:32:20.920
 um,

00:32:20.920 --> 00:32:22.079
 running into,

00:32:22.079 --> 00:32:22.559
 uh,

00:32:22.599 --> 00:32:23.339
 the welcome

00:32:23.339 --> 00:32:24.200
 of the father.

00:32:25.200 --> 00:32:26.099
 My wife and I went

00:32:26.099 --> 00:32:27.460
 on a road trip

00:32:27.460 --> 00:32:28.240
 a couple years ago

00:32:28.240 --> 00:32:29.099
 up I-95

00:32:29.099 --> 00:32:29.920
 through,

00:32:29.920 --> 00:32:30.339
 uh,

00:32:30.339 --> 00:32:30.839
 Georgia.

00:32:31.420 --> 00:32:32.460
 And before you get

00:32:32.460 --> 00:32:33.140
 to Savannah,

00:32:33.900 --> 00:32:35.039
 there was an exit

00:32:35.039 --> 00:32:35.579
 we took,

00:32:35.660 --> 00:32:36.500
 and we went to find

00:32:36.500 --> 00:32:37.259
 a restaurant

00:32:37.259 --> 00:32:38.920
 because Southern Living

00:32:38.920 --> 00:32:39.940
 had talked about it.

00:32:40.379 --> 00:32:40.900
 Uh,

00:32:41.140 --> 00:32:42.400
 the Old School Diner,

00:32:42.539 --> 00:32:43.099
 it was called.

00:32:43.519 --> 00:32:44.779
 It was Ben Affleck's

00:32:44.779 --> 00:32:45.640
 favorite restaurant

00:32:45.640 --> 00:32:46.360
 during the filming

00:32:46.360 --> 00:32:47.320
 of some movie

00:32:47.320 --> 00:32:47.740
 and of course

00:32:47.740 --> 00:32:48.620
 what Ben does,

00:32:48.720 --> 00:32:49.080
 I do.

00:32:49.560 --> 00:32:49.860
 And,

00:32:49.940 --> 00:32:50.259
 um,

00:32:50.540 --> 00:32:51.060
 so,

00:32:51.420 --> 00:32:51.900
 um,

00:32:52.520 --> 00:32:53.620
 we drove and drove

00:32:53.620 --> 00:32:54.360
 and drove and drove

00:32:54.360 --> 00:32:55.060
 and finally got

00:32:55.060 --> 00:32:55.840
 to a dirt road

00:32:55.840 --> 00:32:56.460
 and you turn down

00:32:56.460 --> 00:32:57.320
 the dirt road

00:32:57.320 --> 00:32:57.840
 and,

00:32:57.960 --> 00:32:58.259
 um,

00:32:58.320 --> 00:32:59.160
 and there's just a,

00:32:59.240 --> 00:32:59.480
 uh,

00:32:59.600 --> 00:32:59.840
 uh,

00:32:59.920 --> 00:33:00.160
 and,

00:33:00.160 --> 00:33:01.820
 and really a shack

00:33:01.820 --> 00:33:03.820
 with about five shacks,

00:33:04.040 --> 00:33:04.280
 you know,

00:33:04.300 --> 00:33:05.300
 added on to it

00:33:05.300 --> 00:33:06.220
 and,

00:33:06.340 --> 00:33:06.700
 uh,

00:33:06.960 --> 00:33:07.960
 and the most bizarre,

00:33:07.960 --> 00:33:08.580
 uh,

00:33:08.720 --> 00:33:09.460
 tableau

00:33:09.460 --> 00:33:10.740
 because there's,

00:33:10.740 --> 00:33:11.160
 it's not,

00:33:11.259 --> 00:33:12.420
 there's no paved parking.

00:33:12.880 --> 00:33:13.259
 Um,

00:33:13.259 --> 00:33:14.259
 the whole area

00:33:14.259 --> 00:33:15.300
 around the restaurant

00:33:15.299 --> 00:33:15.899
 is covered

00:33:15.899 --> 00:33:16.559
 with carpet

00:33:16.559 --> 00:33:19.279
 torn out of mobile homes.

00:33:19.859 --> 00:33:20.259
 Um,

00:33:20.259 --> 00:33:20.919
 the carpet's

00:33:20.919 --> 00:33:21.700
 the whole ground

00:33:21.700 --> 00:33:22.740
 and,

00:33:22.919 --> 00:33:23.200
 uh,

00:33:23.379 --> 00:33:24.539
 and so as we pulled

00:33:24.539 --> 00:33:25.299
 into this place

00:33:25.299 --> 00:33:25.639
 thinking,

00:33:25.839 --> 00:33:26.180
 you know,

00:33:26.240 --> 00:33:27.019
 what is this

00:33:27.019 --> 00:33:27.940
 gonna be like,

00:33:28.299 --> 00:33:29.240
 out the door

00:33:29.240 --> 00:33:30.180
 barrels

00:33:30.180 --> 00:33:31.259
 Chef Jerome

00:33:31.259 --> 00:33:32.759
 and he runs

00:33:32.759 --> 00:33:33.559
 up to the car

00:33:33.559 --> 00:33:34.980
 and as he's running

00:33:34.980 --> 00:33:35.579
 out towards us

00:33:35.579 --> 00:33:35.940
 he goes,

00:33:36.220 --> 00:33:36.940
 my family,

00:33:37.079 --> 00:33:37.779
 my family,

00:33:37.899 --> 00:33:39.139
 my family is here

00:33:39.139 --> 00:33:40.839
 and he wraps us

00:33:40.839 --> 00:33:41.379
 in his arms

00:33:41.379 --> 00:33:41.659
 and he says,

00:33:41.859 --> 00:33:43.000
 get on in here,

00:33:43.379 --> 00:33:44.079
 get on in here.

00:33:44.079 --> 00:33:44.399
 He said,

00:33:44.619 --> 00:33:45.500
 I threw the hush puppies

00:33:45.500 --> 00:33:46.240
 on when I saw you

00:33:46.240 --> 00:33:47.399
 coming down the lane.

00:33:48.639 --> 00:33:49.819
 Now there was a welcome

00:33:49.819 --> 00:33:51.319
 um,

00:33:51.480 --> 00:33:52.519
 and,

00:33:52.679 --> 00:33:53.059
 uh,

00:33:53.099 --> 00:33:54.419
 it was a beautiful picture

00:33:54.419 --> 00:33:55.699
 uh,

00:33:55.779 --> 00:33:56.220
 of,

00:33:56.359 --> 00:33:56.659
 um,

00:33:57.099 --> 00:33:57.359
 uh,

00:33:57.359 --> 00:33:58.779
 a beautiful gospel

00:33:58.779 --> 00:33:59.599
 picture.

00:34:00.599 --> 00:34:01.039
 Um,

00:34:01.399 --> 00:34:01.839
 listen,

00:34:02.139 --> 00:34:03.199
 we wanna have churches

00:34:03.199 --> 00:34:04.220
 that reflect

00:34:04.220 --> 00:34:05.699
 the yearning host

00:34:05.699 --> 00:34:06.220
 uh,

00:34:06.220 --> 00:34:07.259
 who wants his,

00:34:07.259 --> 00:34:07.619
 um,

00:34:07.619 --> 00:34:08.940
 party filled.

00:34:08.940 --> 00:34:09.559
 Diane and I went

00:34:09.559 --> 00:34:10.000
 to a church

00:34:10.000 --> 00:34:10.920
 in Los Angeles

00:34:10.920 --> 00:34:12.420
 where,

00:34:12.420 --> 00:34:12.720
 um,

00:34:13.159 --> 00:34:13.400
 we,

00:34:13.659 --> 00:34:13.960
 uh,

00:34:13.960 --> 00:34:15.039
 they met in a school

00:34:15.039 --> 00:34:16.099
 and,

00:34:16.179 --> 00:34:16.240
 uh,

00:34:16.240 --> 00:34:16.740
 we had to park

00:34:16.740 --> 00:34:17.420
 a number of blocks

00:34:17.420 --> 00:34:18.340
 away in a parking

00:34:18.340 --> 00:34:18.820
 garage

00:34:18.820 --> 00:34:19.900
 and,

00:34:20.000 --> 00:34:20.320
 uh,

00:34:20.360 --> 00:34:20.679
 it was,

00:34:20.780 --> 00:34:21.579
 it was an incredible

00:34:21.579 --> 00:34:22.220
 experience

00:34:22.220 --> 00:34:23.240
 because when you got

00:34:23.240 --> 00:34:23.679
 out of the car

00:34:23.679 --> 00:34:24.400
 somebody was standing

00:34:24.400 --> 00:34:24.840
 there and said,

00:34:24.920 --> 00:34:25.559
 walk over that

00:34:25.559 --> 00:34:26.480
 stairway to that

00:34:26.480 --> 00:34:27.119
 guy in the green

00:34:27.119 --> 00:34:27.420
 shirt,

00:34:27.500 --> 00:34:27.800
 you know,

00:34:28.079 --> 00:34:28.480
 and when you got

00:34:28.480 --> 00:34:29.059
 to the stairway

00:34:29.059 --> 00:34:29.700
 a guy in the green

00:34:29.700 --> 00:34:30.099
 shirt said,

00:34:30.179 --> 00:34:31.099
 go down the stairwell

00:34:31.099 --> 00:34:32.099
 and at the bottom

00:34:32.099 --> 00:34:32.700
 you'll see a guy

00:34:32.700 --> 00:34:33.420
 in a green shirt

00:34:33.420 --> 00:34:34.079
 and at the bottom

00:34:34.079 --> 00:34:34.519
 he said,

00:34:34.599 --> 00:34:35.480
 go down this alley

00:34:35.480 --> 00:34:36.000
 to the end,

00:34:36.079 --> 00:34:36.639
 see that guy in the

00:34:36.639 --> 00:34:37.259
 green shirt down

00:34:37.259 --> 00:34:37.379
 there,

00:34:37.440 --> 00:34:37.799
 go to him

00:34:37.799 --> 00:34:38.599
 and that went

00:34:38.599 --> 00:34:39.559
 to about seven

00:34:39.559 --> 00:34:40.239
 different guys

00:34:40.239 --> 00:34:41.000
 in green shirts

00:34:41.000 --> 00:34:41.500
 all the way

00:34:41.500 --> 00:34:41.980
 till we got

00:34:41.980 --> 00:34:42.519
 into the,

00:34:43.159 --> 00:34:43.619
 and,

00:34:43.679 --> 00:34:44.039
 uh,

00:34:44.159 --> 00:34:45.279
 and their warmth

00:34:45.279 --> 00:34:46.019
 and their welcome

00:34:46.019 --> 00:34:47.480
 continued all the way

00:34:47.480 --> 00:34:48.039
 through the,

00:34:48.039 --> 00:34:48.359
 uh,

00:34:48.359 --> 00:34:49.259
 experience there

00:34:49.259 --> 00:34:50.159
 so much so

00:34:50.159 --> 00:34:50.619
 that when we went

00:34:50.619 --> 00:34:51.579
 forward for communion,

00:34:51.579 --> 00:34:52.480
 uh,

00:34:52.539 --> 00:34:52.719
 the,

00:34:52.759 --> 00:34:53.579
 the man who served

00:34:53.579 --> 00:34:54.420
 us was so,

00:34:54.420 --> 00:34:54.920
 um,

00:34:54.960 --> 00:34:56.639
 warm that my wife

00:34:56.639 --> 00:34:57.779
 took a picture

00:34:57.779 --> 00:34:58.319
 of him

00:34:58.319 --> 00:34:59.359
 and I was like,

00:34:59.460 --> 00:34:59.719
 no,

00:34:59.799 --> 00:35:00.539
 don't do this to me,

00:35:00.579 --> 00:35:01.559
 I'm a PCA pastor

00:35:01.559 --> 00:35:02.339
 and,

00:35:02.539 --> 00:35:02.739
 um,

00:35:03.099 --> 00:35:03.739
 um,

00:35:04.059 --> 00:35:04.879
 but it was that,

00:35:04.980 --> 00:35:05.359
 uh,

00:35:05.960 --> 00:35:06.339
 you know,

00:35:06.340 --> 00:35:06.920
 we were blown

00:35:06.920 --> 00:35:07.340
 away,

00:35:07.340 --> 00:35:07.780
 uh,

00:35:07.780 --> 00:35:08.019
 and,

00:35:08.019 --> 00:35:08.559
 and wrote the

00:35:08.559 --> 00:35:09.340
 pastor later,

00:35:09.340 --> 00:35:10.780
 so there we go,

00:35:10.860 --> 00:35:11.200
 we got it,

00:35:11.260 --> 00:35:11.860
 hospitality,

00:35:12.079 --> 00:35:12.600
 this is our

00:35:12.600 --> 00:35:13.140
 heritage,

00:35:13.559 --> 00:35:14.200
 our father

00:35:14.200 --> 00:35:15.280
 is a welcomer

00:35:15.280 --> 00:35:16.079
 and,

00:35:16.140 --> 00:35:16.300
 uh,

00:35:16.300 --> 00:35:16.840
 we have been

00:35:16.840 --> 00:35:17.340
 welcomed

00:35:17.340 --> 00:35:18.280
 and so we

00:35:18.280 --> 00:35:19.059
 welcome,

00:35:19.200 --> 00:35:19.600
 so second,

00:35:19.720 --> 00:35:20.140
 I want you to

00:35:20.140 --> 00:35:20.880
 see the guests

00:35:20.880 --> 00:35:21.380
 that,

00:35:21.460 --> 00:35:21.740
 uh,

00:35:22.059 --> 00:35:22.280
 that,

00:35:22.380 --> 00:35:22.820
 they come to

00:35:22.820 --> 00:35:23.280
 the party,

00:35:23.800 --> 00:35:24.240
 with me,

00:35:24.900 --> 00:35:25.460
 the guests,

00:35:25.579 --> 00:35:26.220
 to re-engage

00:35:26.220 --> 00:35:27.120
 this vocation,

00:35:27.220 --> 00:35:27.660
 we've got to

00:35:27.660 --> 00:35:28.280
 believe that those

00:35:28.280 --> 00:35:29.300
 outside the church

00:35:29.300 --> 00:35:30.019
 are the father's

00:35:30.019 --> 00:35:30.880
 desired guests,

00:35:32.380 --> 00:35:33.200
 Jesus says to

00:35:33.200 --> 00:35:33.760
 those gathered

00:35:33.760 --> 00:35:34.280
 in the dinner

00:35:34.280 --> 00:35:34.559
 party,

00:35:34.660 --> 00:35:35.180
 when you give

00:35:35.180 --> 00:35:35.539
 a dinner,

00:35:35.539 --> 00:35:36.139
 don't invite

00:35:36.139 --> 00:35:36.679
 your friends

00:35:36.679 --> 00:35:37.380
 or your family

00:35:37.380 --> 00:35:38.039
 or your rich

00:35:38.039 --> 00:35:38.440
 neighbors,

00:35:39.519 --> 00:35:40.219
 Jesus' day

00:35:40.219 --> 00:35:40.860
 was like our

00:35:40.860 --> 00:35:41.059
 own,

00:35:41.179 --> 00:35:41.900
 society was

00:35:41.900 --> 00:35:42.739
 stratified by

00:35:42.739 --> 00:35:43.420
 class,

00:35:43.880 --> 00:35:44.460
 it was all

00:35:44.460 --> 00:35:44.860
 about who

00:35:44.860 --> 00:35:45.440
 you knew,

00:35:46.000 --> 00:35:46.579
 and everybody

00:35:46.579 --> 00:35:47.159
 wanted to

00:35:47.159 --> 00:35:47.980
 socialize with

00:35:47.980 --> 00:35:48.500
 the beautiful

00:35:48.500 --> 00:35:49.340
 and the wealthy

00:35:49.340 --> 00:35:50.219
 and the important

00:35:50.219 --> 00:35:51.199
 and the successful

00:35:51.199 --> 00:35:52.639
 because social

00:35:52.639 --> 00:35:54.159
 engagements establish

00:35:54.159 --> 00:35:55.199
 your status,

00:35:55.960 --> 00:35:56.420
 and to get

00:35:56.420 --> 00:35:57.079
 anywhere you need

00:35:57.079 --> 00:35:57.739
 a network,

00:35:58.440 --> 00:35:59.199
 and you only

00:35:59.199 --> 00:35:59.679
 practiced

00:35:59.679 --> 00:36:00.420
 hospitality,

00:36:00.539 --> 00:36:01.000
 the purpose

00:36:01.000 --> 00:36:01.699
 of hospitality

00:36:01.699 --> 00:36:02.719
 ultimately

00:36:02.719 --> 00:36:03.839
 was to get

00:36:03.839 --> 00:36:04.579
 something out

00:36:04.579 --> 00:36:05.019
 of it,

00:36:06.019 --> 00:36:06.779
 got it?

00:36:07.519 --> 00:36:08.199
 So Jesus

00:36:08.199 --> 00:36:08.799
 is saying,

00:36:09.039 --> 00:36:09.559
 invite those

00:36:09.559 --> 00:36:10.000
 who offer

00:36:10.000 --> 00:36:10.619
 you nothing,

00:36:11.759 --> 00:36:12.039
 right?

00:36:12.699 --> 00:36:13.419
 It reminds me

00:36:13.419 --> 00:36:14.039
 of selfies

00:36:14.039 --> 00:36:14.919
 actually today,

00:36:15.419 --> 00:36:15.599
 you know,

00:36:15.599 --> 00:36:16.679
 when people

00:36:16.679 --> 00:36:17.319
 take selfies

00:36:17.319 --> 00:36:18.019
 and post them

00:36:18.019 --> 00:36:18.559
 online,

00:36:18.899 --> 00:36:19.460
 it in many

00:36:19.460 --> 00:36:20.059
 ways is about

00:36:20.059 --> 00:36:20.599
 establishing

00:36:20.599 --> 00:36:21.460
 their status,

00:36:22.139 --> 00:36:22.619
 they show

00:36:22.619 --> 00:36:23.139
 themselves in

00:36:23.139 --> 00:36:24.079
 beautiful restaurants,

00:36:24.239 --> 00:36:24.539
 they show

00:36:24.539 --> 00:36:25.079
 themselves in

00:36:25.079 --> 00:36:25.659
 New Zealand

00:36:25.659 --> 00:36:27.879
 on incredible

00:36:27.879 --> 00:36:29.000
 vacations,

00:36:29.000 --> 00:36:30.139
 if they happen

00:36:30.139 --> 00:36:31.139
 across a celebrity,

00:36:31.300 --> 00:36:31.719
 they take a

00:36:31.719 --> 00:36:32.159
 picture with

00:36:32.159 --> 00:36:32.699
 the celebrity

00:36:32.699 --> 00:36:33.079
 because it's

00:36:33.079 --> 00:36:33.500
 sort of like

00:36:33.500 --> 00:36:33.719
 saying,

00:36:33.820 --> 00:36:34.400
 look at me,

00:36:34.739 --> 00:36:35.699
 I'm with so-and-so,

00:36:35.940 --> 00:36:36.820
 I'm important.

00:36:38.840 --> 00:36:39.739
 So it was,

00:36:39.860 --> 00:36:40.699
 so it was,

00:36:40.760 --> 00:36:41.300
 so it is

00:36:41.300 --> 00:36:43.340
 with socializing.

00:36:43.900 --> 00:36:44.320
 So Jesus

00:36:44.320 --> 00:36:44.780
 says,

00:36:44.960 --> 00:36:45.699
 actually hang

00:36:45.699 --> 00:36:46.239
 out with people

00:36:46.239 --> 00:36:46.739
 who offer you

00:36:46.739 --> 00:36:47.099
 nothing,

00:36:47.320 --> 00:36:47.960
 invite the people

00:36:47.960 --> 00:36:48.559
 at the bottom

00:36:48.559 --> 00:36:49.280
 of the pile,

00:36:50.320 --> 00:36:51.039
 invite the poor

00:36:51.039 --> 00:36:51.539
 and crippled

00:36:51.539 --> 00:36:52.019
 and lame

00:36:52.019 --> 00:36:52.860
 and blind,

00:36:53.739 --> 00:36:54.420
 and one of the

00:36:54.420 --> 00:36:54.980
 reasons Jesus

00:36:54.980 --> 00:36:55.719
 says to invite

00:36:55.719 --> 00:36:56.340
 them is

00:36:56.340 --> 00:36:57.820
 because they'll

00:36:57.820 --> 00:36:58.820
 actually come,

00:36:59.000 --> 00:37:00.840
 when the rich

00:37:00.840 --> 00:37:01.579
 host invites

00:37:01.579 --> 00:37:02.300
 the well-off

00:37:02.300 --> 00:37:03.500
 to his party

00:37:03.500 --> 00:37:04.159
 in the parable,

00:37:04.260 --> 00:37:04.780
 what happens?

00:37:05.760 --> 00:37:06.500
 Nobody shows

00:37:06.500 --> 00:37:07.139
 up, right?

00:37:07.599 --> 00:37:08.320
 I've got a new

00:37:08.320 --> 00:37:08.840
 marriage,

00:37:08.900 --> 00:37:09.260
 one of them

00:37:09.260 --> 00:37:09.480
 says,

00:37:09.519 --> 00:37:10.000
 I've got new

00:37:10.000 --> 00:37:10.619
 property,

00:37:10.780 --> 00:37:11.280
 I've got new

00:37:11.280 --> 00:37:12.019
 oxen,

00:37:12.340 --> 00:37:12.840
 I've got to

00:37:12.840 --> 00:37:13.679
 go work out.

00:37:14.460 --> 00:37:14.880
 And then you

00:37:14.880 --> 00:37:15.500
 remember the man

00:37:15.500 --> 00:37:16.119
 interrupts and

00:37:16.119 --> 00:37:16.300
 says,

00:37:16.380 --> 00:37:16.480
 oh,

00:37:16.579 --> 00:37:17.079
 blessed is

00:37:17.079 --> 00:37:17.739
 everyone

00:37:17.739 --> 00:37:18.199
 because we'll

00:37:18.199 --> 00:37:18.900
 all be at

00:37:18.900 --> 00:37:19.440
 the feast.

00:37:19.940 --> 00:37:20.400
 And Jesus

00:37:20.400 --> 00:37:20.699
 says,

00:37:20.980 --> 00:37:21.320
 no,

00:37:22.099 --> 00:37:22.519
 no,

00:37:23.239 --> 00:37:23.780
 you won't

00:37:23.780 --> 00:37:24.179
 be at the

00:37:24.179 --> 00:37:24.360
 feast.

00:37:24.420 --> 00:37:24.699
 Do you realize

00:37:24.699 --> 00:37:25.059
 what Jesus

00:37:25.059 --> 00:37:25.519
 is saying

00:37:25.519 --> 00:37:25.780
 to these

00:37:25.780 --> 00:37:26.059
 people?

00:37:27.099 --> 00:37:27.780
 He's telling

00:37:27.780 --> 00:37:27.960
 them,

00:37:28.079 --> 00:37:28.460
 you're not

00:37:28.460 --> 00:37:28.980
 God,

00:37:29.000 --> 00:37:31.159
 you're not

00:37:31.159 --> 00:37:31.539
 going to be

00:37:31.539 --> 00:37:32.079
 at the feast.

00:37:32.219 --> 00:37:32.980
 You do not

00:37:32.980 --> 00:37:33.760
 belong to him.

00:37:34.039 --> 00:37:34.219
 I mean,

00:37:34.260 --> 00:37:34.860
 he counters

00:37:34.860 --> 00:37:35.699
 what that guy

00:37:35.699 --> 00:37:36.840
 says right

00:37:36.840 --> 00:37:37.500
 in the dinner

00:37:37.500 --> 00:37:37.920
 party.

00:37:38.840 --> 00:37:39.639
 Do not

00:37:39.639 --> 00:37:40.239
 invite Jesus

00:37:40.239 --> 00:37:40.619
 to your

00:37:40.619 --> 00:37:41.340
 dinner parties.

00:37:42.340 --> 00:37:42.960
 It will not

00:37:42.960 --> 00:37:44.000
 be a casual,

00:37:44.460 --> 00:37:44.860
 delightful,

00:37:45.119 --> 00:37:46.019
 social engagement.

00:37:46.559 --> 00:37:47.280
 He tells the

00:37:47.280 --> 00:37:47.699
 people in the

00:37:47.699 --> 00:37:48.099
 dinner party,

00:37:48.260 --> 00:37:48.639
 no,

00:37:49.539 --> 00:37:50.000
 no,

00:37:51.000 --> 00:37:51.940
 you're not

00:37:51.940 --> 00:37:53.079
 responding.

00:37:53.559 --> 00:37:54.159
 I'm right

00:37:54.159 --> 00:37:54.639
 here.

00:37:54.639 --> 00:37:55.960
 I'm right

00:37:55.960 --> 00:37:56.799
 here inviting

00:37:56.799 --> 00:37:57.279
 you.

00:37:57.799 --> 00:37:58.379
 And you

00:37:58.379 --> 00:37:58.920
 will not

00:37:58.920 --> 00:37:59.359
 come.

00:38:01.500 --> 00:38:02.119
 You are

00:38:02.119 --> 00:38:03.119
 too self-sufficient

00:38:03.119 --> 00:38:04.000
 to respond.

00:38:04.779 --> 00:38:05.379
 The accomplished,

00:38:05.559 --> 00:38:05.980
 the busy,

00:38:06.099 --> 00:38:06.779
 the successful,

00:38:06.940 --> 00:38:07.579
 the achievers

00:38:07.579 --> 00:38:08.480
 are too full

00:38:08.480 --> 00:38:09.400
 to realize how

00:38:09.400 --> 00:38:10.119
 hungry they

00:38:10.119 --> 00:38:11.960
 are to run

00:38:11.960 --> 00:38:12.679
 to the feast.

00:38:13.619 --> 00:38:14.339
 Jesus is

00:38:14.339 --> 00:38:14.980
 blessed are the

00:38:14.980 --> 00:38:15.879
 poor in spirit.

00:38:15.980 --> 00:38:16.480
 They will come

00:38:16.480 --> 00:38:17.159
 to the feast.

00:38:17.679 --> 00:38:18.339
 But the middle

00:38:18.339 --> 00:38:19.199
 class in spirit

00:38:19.199 --> 00:38:20.339
 are too self-sufficient

00:38:20.339 --> 00:38:21.359
 to need mercy

00:38:21.360 --> 00:38:22.539
 and to need

00:38:22.539 --> 00:38:23.099
 charity

00:38:23.099 --> 00:38:24.280
 and to need

00:38:24.280 --> 00:38:24.780
 Jesus.

00:38:25.559 --> 00:38:26.559
 Philip Yancey

00:38:26.559 --> 00:38:30.360
 was traveling

00:38:30.360 --> 00:38:31.780
 in Eastern

00:38:31.780 --> 00:38:32.880
 Europe and he

00:38:32.880 --> 00:38:34.360
 was talking to

00:38:34.360 --> 00:38:35.220
 a prostitute

00:38:35.220 --> 00:38:36.220
 and he asked

00:38:36.220 --> 00:38:36.539
 her, he said,

00:38:36.599 --> 00:38:36.940
 do you know

00:38:36.940 --> 00:38:37.460
 that Jesus

00:38:37.460 --> 00:38:38.960
 actually talked

00:38:38.960 --> 00:38:41.519
 about prostitutes?

00:38:42.079 --> 00:38:42.539
 And she didn't

00:38:42.539 --> 00:38:43.200
 really know that

00:38:43.200 --> 00:38:44.000
 and he said,

00:38:44.440 --> 00:38:45.160
 do you know

00:38:45.160 --> 00:38:45.620
 that Jesus

00:38:45.620 --> 00:38:46.300
 said there are

00:38:46.300 --> 00:38:48.280
 more prostitutes

00:38:48.280 --> 00:38:49.500
 in the kingdom

00:38:49.500 --> 00:38:50.200
 of God

00:38:50.199 --> 00:38:52.159
 than there

00:38:52.159 --> 00:38:54.460
 are rich

00:38:54.460 --> 00:38:54.879
 people?

00:38:56.819 --> 00:38:58.460
 And he said,

00:38:58.500 --> 00:38:58.879
 why do you

00:38:58.879 --> 00:38:59.139
 think,

00:38:59.279 --> 00:39:00.359
 why do you

00:39:00.359 --> 00:39:00.799
 think Jesus

00:39:00.799 --> 00:39:01.359
 said that?

00:39:01.460 --> 00:39:01.879
 He asked this

00:39:01.879 --> 00:39:02.619
 to a prostitute

00:39:02.619 --> 00:39:03.839
 and this is

00:39:03.839 --> 00:39:04.460
 what she said.

00:39:06.099 --> 00:39:06.259
 Did,

00:39:06.919 --> 00:39:07.719
 she said,

00:39:08.059 --> 00:39:08.279
 you know,

00:39:08.319 --> 00:39:08.679
 there are more

00:39:08.679 --> 00:39:09.319
 prostitutes than

00:39:09.319 --> 00:39:10.460
 there are religious

00:39:10.460 --> 00:39:11.159
 conservatives

00:39:11.159 --> 00:39:11.919
 is actually what

00:39:11.919 --> 00:39:12.279
 he said.

00:39:14.419 --> 00:39:16.079
 And she said,

00:39:16.859 --> 00:39:16.980
 well,

00:39:17.019 --> 00:39:17.579
 everybody has

00:39:17.579 --> 00:39:18.279
 someone to

00:39:18.279 --> 00:39:19.119
 look down on

00:39:19.119 --> 00:39:20.559
 but not us.

00:39:21.099 --> 00:39:21.980
 We are at the

00:39:21.980 --> 00:39:22.279
 low.

00:39:22.980 --> 00:39:23.779
 Our families,

00:39:23.900 --> 00:39:24.500
 they feel shame

00:39:24.500 --> 00:39:24.980
 for us.

00:39:25.099 --> 00:39:25.859
 No mother nowhere

00:39:25.859 --> 00:39:26.420
 looks at her

00:39:26.420 --> 00:39:27.179
 little girl and

00:39:27.179 --> 00:39:27.679
 says, honey,

00:39:28.059 --> 00:39:28.839
 when you grow up,

00:39:28.880 --> 00:39:29.440
 I want you to be

00:39:29.440 --> 00:39:30.679
 a good prostitute.

00:39:31.480 --> 00:39:32.319
 Most places,

00:39:32.440 --> 00:39:32.920
 we are breaking

00:39:32.920 --> 00:39:33.460
 the law.

00:39:34.279 --> 00:39:34.639
 Believe me,

00:39:34.679 --> 00:39:35.179
 we know how

00:39:35.179 --> 00:39:36.039
 people feel about

00:39:36.039 --> 00:39:36.239
 us.

00:39:36.339 --> 00:39:37.019
 People call us

00:39:37.019 --> 00:39:37.420
 names,

00:39:37.579 --> 00:39:37.920
 whore,

00:39:38.119 --> 00:39:38.460
 slut,

00:39:38.659 --> 00:39:39.019
 hooker,

00:39:39.139 --> 00:39:39.519
 harlot.

00:39:40.179 --> 00:39:40.940
 We feel it,

00:39:41.059 --> 00:39:41.219
 too.

00:39:41.900 --> 00:39:42.460
 We are the

00:39:42.460 --> 00:39:42.839
 bottom.

00:39:43.799 --> 00:39:44.359
 And sometimes

00:39:44.359 --> 00:39:45.139
 when you are

00:39:45.139 --> 00:39:45.960
 at the low,

00:39:46.659 --> 00:39:47.480
 you cry for

00:39:47.480 --> 00:39:47.880
 help.

00:39:47.880 --> 00:39:49.559
 And when we

00:39:49.559 --> 00:39:50.200
 cry for help,

00:39:50.320 --> 00:39:51.119
 Jesus comes.

00:39:52.180 --> 00:39:52.700
 And when he

00:39:52.700 --> 00:39:52.980
 comes,

00:39:53.059 --> 00:39:53.740
 we respond.

00:39:54.860 --> 00:39:55.200
 She said,

00:39:55.619 --> 00:39:56.280
 maybe that's

00:39:56.280 --> 00:39:56.800
 what Jesus

00:39:56.800 --> 00:39:57.260
 meant.

00:39:59.840 --> 00:40:00.400
 When you're

00:40:00.400 --> 00:40:01.039
 at the low.

00:40:03.460 --> 00:40:03.900
 So,

00:40:04.320 --> 00:40:06.200
 we have to

00:40:06.200 --> 00:40:06.720
 admit that we

00:40:06.720 --> 00:40:07.880
 look at non-Christians

00:40:07.880 --> 00:40:08.680
 with contempt

00:40:08.680 --> 00:40:09.539
 and we look at

00:40:09.539 --> 00:40:10.099
 the poor

00:40:10.099 --> 00:40:11.680
 with disdain.

00:40:12.539 --> 00:40:13.619
 It's just in us.

00:40:14.280 --> 00:40:14.660
 If you're

00:40:14.660 --> 00:40:15.240
 successful,

00:40:15.239 --> 00:40:16.679
 it's in your

00:40:16.679 --> 00:40:17.059
 DNA.

00:40:17.399 --> 00:40:17.679
 People,

00:40:18.619 --> 00:40:18.739
 no,

00:40:18.759 --> 00:40:19.179
 we don't say

00:40:19.179 --> 00:40:20.079
 this out loud,

00:40:20.179 --> 00:40:20.839
 but inside we

00:40:20.839 --> 00:40:21.919
 think that

00:40:21.919 --> 00:40:22.899
 most people are

00:40:22.899 --> 00:40:23.439
 poor because

00:40:23.439 --> 00:40:24.019
 they choose to

00:40:24.019 --> 00:40:24.639
 be poor because

00:40:24.639 --> 00:40:25.179
 they aren't as

00:40:25.179 --> 00:40:25.819
 disciplined and

00:40:25.819 --> 00:40:26.379
 didn't work as

00:40:26.379 --> 00:40:26.919
 hard as we

00:40:26.919 --> 00:40:27.239
 have.

00:40:27.979 --> 00:40:28.619
 I like to say

00:40:28.619 --> 00:40:29.199
 in our church,

00:40:29.399 --> 00:40:30.179
 if you have

00:40:30.179 --> 00:40:30.899
 anything you

00:40:30.899 --> 00:40:31.219
 have,

00:40:31.319 --> 00:40:31.599
 it isn't

00:40:31.599 --> 00:40:31.959
 because you

00:40:31.959 --> 00:40:32.419
 worked hard

00:40:32.419 --> 00:40:32.779
 for it.

00:40:32.819 --> 00:40:33.259
 God gave

00:40:33.259 --> 00:40:33.719
 it to you.

00:40:34.979 --> 00:40:35.619
 You know,

00:40:36.239 --> 00:40:37.399
 most people

00:40:37.399 --> 00:40:38.059
 have a wealthy,

00:40:38.259 --> 00:40:38.939
 comfortable lifestyle

00:40:38.939 --> 00:40:39.399
 because they

00:40:39.399 --> 00:40:39.839
 were born in

00:40:39.839 --> 00:40:40.139
 the United

00:40:40.139 --> 00:40:40.659
 States of

00:40:40.659 --> 00:40:40.959
 America.

00:40:40.959 --> 00:40:41.319
 If you were

00:40:41.319 --> 00:40:41.839
 born in the

00:40:41.839 --> 00:40:42.619
 13th century

00:40:42.619 --> 00:40:43.339
 on a hillside

00:40:43.340 --> 00:40:43.800
 of Peru,

00:40:43.960 --> 00:40:44.380
 you probably

00:40:44.380 --> 00:40:44.720
 wouldn't have

00:40:44.720 --> 00:40:45.360
 lived to the

00:40:45.360 --> 00:40:46.019
 age of one.

00:40:46.780 --> 00:40:47.240
 You didn't

00:40:47.240 --> 00:40:47.640
 choose where

00:40:47.640 --> 00:40:48.200
 you were born.

00:40:49.660 --> 00:40:50.500
 If you have

00:40:50.500 --> 00:40:50.820
 anything,

00:40:51.059 --> 00:40:52.039
 it's the gift

00:40:52.039 --> 00:40:52.660
 of God.

00:40:55.260 --> 00:40:56.300
 Jesus wants

00:40:56.300 --> 00:40:57.079
 people at the

00:40:57.079 --> 00:40:57.780
 party that we

00:40:57.780 --> 00:40:58.500
 do not want

00:40:58.500 --> 00:40:59.079
 at the party.

00:40:59.980 --> 00:41:00.820
 His guest list

00:41:00.820 --> 00:41:01.420
 for the party

00:41:01.420 --> 00:41:02.160
 is completely

00:41:02.160 --> 00:41:03.360
 different than

00:41:03.360 --> 00:41:04.400
 our guest list.

00:41:06.200 --> 00:41:06.720
 Jonah,

00:41:06.980 --> 00:41:07.240
 remember,

00:41:08.039 --> 00:41:08.760
 would rather

00:41:08.760 --> 00:41:09.980
 run the

00:41:09.980 --> 00:41:10.740
 opposite way

00:41:10.740 --> 00:41:11.500
 than to go

00:41:11.500 --> 00:41:12.100
 preach to

00:41:12.099 --> 00:41:12.799
 Assyrians

00:41:12.799 --> 00:41:14.259
 because he

00:41:14.259 --> 00:41:15.139
 knew God,

00:41:15.500 --> 00:41:16.000
 because he

00:41:16.000 --> 00:41:16.440
 knew the

00:41:16.440 --> 00:41:16.920
 grace of

00:41:16.920 --> 00:41:17.279
 God,

00:41:17.579 --> 00:41:18.039
 because he

00:41:18.039 --> 00:41:18.480
 knew the

00:41:18.480 --> 00:41:18.799
 kind of

00:41:18.799 --> 00:41:19.299
 God that

00:41:19.299 --> 00:41:19.619
 God would

00:41:19.619 --> 00:41:20.299
 actually like

00:41:20.299 --> 00:41:20.819
 these people

00:41:20.819 --> 00:41:21.119
 that he

00:41:21.119 --> 00:41:21.679
 despised.

00:41:22.699 --> 00:41:23.239
 He knew

00:41:23.239 --> 00:41:23.659
 what God

00:41:23.659 --> 00:41:24.019
 would do.

00:41:24.659 --> 00:41:25.059
 He knew

00:41:25.059 --> 00:41:25.420
 that God

00:41:25.420 --> 00:41:25.900
 would convert

00:41:25.900 --> 00:41:26.440
 these people

00:41:26.440 --> 00:41:27.579
 and it

00:41:27.579 --> 00:41:28.179
 would ruin

00:41:28.179 --> 00:41:29.920
 the good

00:41:29.920 --> 00:41:30.480
 people of

00:41:30.480 --> 00:41:31.679
 God to

00:41:31.679 --> 00:41:32.219
 have those

00:41:32.219 --> 00:41:32.619
 people.

00:41:35.460 --> 00:41:36.779
 He was

00:41:36.779 --> 00:41:37.079
 right.

00:41:39.139 --> 00:41:39.739
 When I

00:41:39.739 --> 00:41:40.259
 was in

00:41:40.259 --> 00:41:41.000
 seminary in

00:41:41.000 --> 00:41:41.360
 Jackson,

00:41:41.500 --> 00:41:41.940
 Mississippi,

00:41:43.039 --> 00:41:44.219
 I used to

00:41:44.219 --> 00:41:44.539
 preach on

00:41:44.539 --> 00:41:45.079
 weekends in

00:41:45.079 --> 00:41:45.559
 Utica,

00:41:46.039 --> 00:41:46.380
 Mississippi.

00:41:47.460 --> 00:41:48.139
 There were

00:41:48.139 --> 00:41:49.699
 11 people

00:41:49.699 --> 00:41:50.059
 when I

00:41:50.059 --> 00:41:50.659
 started there.

00:41:51.579 --> 00:41:52.199
 We had

00:41:52.199 --> 00:41:53.219
 the Spirit

00:41:53.219 --> 00:41:53.559
 of God

00:41:53.559 --> 00:41:54.239
 moved and

00:41:54.239 --> 00:41:54.659
 we grew

00:41:54.659 --> 00:41:55.219
 to 17.

00:41:57.480 --> 00:41:58.920
 And so

00:41:58.920 --> 00:41:59.319
 we decided

00:41:59.319 --> 00:41:59.719
 to have a

00:41:59.719 --> 00:42:00.159
 revival.

00:42:00.360 --> 00:42:00.659
 That's what

00:42:00.659 --> 00:42:01.119
 you call it.

00:42:01.139 --> 00:42:01.420
 You don't

00:42:01.420 --> 00:42:01.940
 call it

00:42:01.940 --> 00:42:02.579
 an

00:42:02.579 --> 00:42:03.579
 experiencing

00:42:03.579 --> 00:42:04.059
 expressing

00:42:04.059 --> 00:42:04.519
 grace

00:42:04.519 --> 00:42:05.119
 weekend.

00:42:05.920 --> 00:42:06.460
 If you're

00:42:06.460 --> 00:42:06.819
 in Utica,

00:42:06.920 --> 00:42:07.159
 Mississippi,

00:42:07.159 --> 00:42:07.519
 it's a

00:42:07.519 --> 00:42:07.900
 revival.

00:42:08.699 --> 00:42:09.500
 And they

00:42:09.500 --> 00:42:09.900
 have kind

00:42:09.900 --> 00:42:10.319
 of a

00:42:10.319 --> 00:42:10.699
 comedy

00:42:10.699 --> 00:42:11.199
 agreement.

00:42:11.199 --> 00:42:12.960
 because the

00:42:12.960 --> 00:42:13.379
 Methodists

00:42:13.379 --> 00:42:13.919
 will go to

00:42:13.919 --> 00:42:14.079
 the

00:42:14.079 --> 00:42:14.739
 Presbyterians

00:42:14.739 --> 00:42:15.579
 and Baptist

00:42:15.579 --> 00:42:16.099
 revival.

00:42:16.219 --> 00:42:16.439
 They all

00:42:16.439 --> 00:42:16.639
 go to

00:42:16.639 --> 00:42:17.079
 each other's

00:42:17.079 --> 00:42:17.559
 revivals.

00:42:18.039 --> 00:42:18.379
 So we

00:42:18.379 --> 00:42:18.739
 said we're

00:42:18.739 --> 00:42:18.859
 going to

00:42:18.859 --> 00:42:19.099
 have a

00:42:19.099 --> 00:42:19.460
 revival.

00:42:20.439 --> 00:42:21.799
 And have

00:42:21.799 --> 00:42:22.159
 a preacher

00:42:22.159 --> 00:42:22.639
 come in

00:42:22.639 --> 00:42:22.899
 and have

00:42:22.899 --> 00:42:23.699
 special services.

00:42:23.879 --> 00:42:24.139
 So I went

00:42:24.139 --> 00:42:24.500
 all around

00:42:24.500 --> 00:42:24.859
 the town

00:42:24.859 --> 00:42:25.379
 to put up

00:42:25.379 --> 00:42:26.519
 posters to

00:42:26.519 --> 00:42:26.980
 announce our

00:42:26.980 --> 00:42:27.339
 revival.

00:42:27.460 --> 00:42:27.779
 They hadn't

00:42:27.779 --> 00:42:28.319
 had one at a

00:42:28.319 --> 00:42:28.799
 Presbyterian

00:42:28.799 --> 00:42:29.199
 church in

00:42:29.199 --> 00:42:29.779
 20 years.

00:42:29.780 --> 00:42:32.500
 and I

00:42:32.500 --> 00:42:32.820
 remember

00:42:32.820 --> 00:42:33.860
 asking a

00:42:33.860 --> 00:42:35.420
 old lady

00:42:35.420 --> 00:42:35.680
 in the

00:42:35.680 --> 00:42:35.960
 church,

00:42:36.160 --> 00:42:36.380
 you know,

00:42:36.780 --> 00:42:37.120
 I said,

00:42:37.200 --> 00:42:37.380
 you know,

00:42:37.400 --> 00:42:37.740
 there's that

00:42:37.740 --> 00:42:38.320
 place right

00:42:38.320 --> 00:42:38.760
 when you get

00:42:38.760 --> 00:42:39.080
 off the

00:42:39.080 --> 00:42:39.500
 highway and

00:42:39.500 --> 00:42:39.840
 you pull

00:42:39.840 --> 00:42:40.460
 into town

00:42:40.460 --> 00:42:41.400
 and it

00:42:41.400 --> 00:42:41.700
 seems like

00:42:41.700 --> 00:42:41.900
 there's a

00:42:41.900 --> 00:42:42.120
 lot of

00:42:42.120 --> 00:42:42.620
 cars out

00:42:42.620 --> 00:42:42.860
 there.

00:42:43.040 --> 00:42:43.140
 Would

00:42:43.140 --> 00:42:43.560
 that be a

00:42:43.560 --> 00:42:43.960
 good place

00:42:43.960 --> 00:42:44.340
 to put a

00:42:44.340 --> 00:42:44.840
 poster up?

00:42:44.880 --> 00:42:45.060
 And she

00:42:45.060 --> 00:42:45.260
 said,

00:42:45.340 --> 00:42:45.640
 Pastor,

00:42:46.000 --> 00:42:47.620
 you can't

00:42:47.620 --> 00:42:47.980
 go in

00:42:47.980 --> 00:42:48.200
 there.

00:42:49.220 --> 00:42:49.660
 What if

00:42:49.660 --> 00:42:50.260
 somebody sees

00:42:50.260 --> 00:42:50.519
 you in

00:42:50.519 --> 00:42:50.720
 there?

00:42:52.320 --> 00:42:52.800
 That's not

00:42:52.800 --> 00:42:53.060
 the kind

00:42:53.060 --> 00:42:53.360
 of place

00:42:53.360 --> 00:42:53.640
 for a

00:42:53.640 --> 00:42:54.060
 pastor to

00:42:54.060 --> 00:42:54.200
 go,

00:42:54.260 --> 00:42:54.540
 not in

00:42:54.540 --> 00:42:54.700
 that

00:42:54.700 --> 00:42:55.040
 place.

00:42:56.000 --> 00:42:56.480
 And she

00:42:56.480 --> 00:42:56.800
 said,

00:42:57.200 --> 00:42:57.500
 ain't no

00:42:57.500 --> 00:42:57.760
 kind of

00:42:57.760 --> 00:42:58.140
 people in

00:42:58.140 --> 00:42:58.519
 that place

00:42:58.519 --> 00:42:59.019
 would want

00:42:59.019 --> 00:43:00.219
 to come

00:43:00.219 --> 00:43:00.500
 to our

00:43:00.500 --> 00:43:00.699
 church

00:43:00.699 --> 00:43:01.099
 anyway.

00:43:02.340 --> 00:43:05.119
 And I'm

00:43:05.119 --> 00:43:05.420
 not sure

00:43:05.420 --> 00:43:05.860
 we'd want

00:43:05.860 --> 00:43:06.719
 those folks

00:43:06.719 --> 00:43:07.039
 in our

00:43:07.039 --> 00:43:07.259
 church

00:43:07.259 --> 00:43:07.619
 anyway.

00:43:10.019 --> 00:43:11.500
 So all

00:43:11.500 --> 00:43:11.800
 I know

00:43:11.800 --> 00:43:13.320
 is Jesus

00:43:13.320 --> 00:43:13.679
 has a

00:43:13.679 --> 00:43:13.900
 different

00:43:13.900 --> 00:43:14.619
 guest list

00:43:14.619 --> 00:43:16.440
 than we

00:43:16.440 --> 00:43:17.780
 do to

00:43:17.780 --> 00:43:18.340
 his party.

00:43:18.719 --> 00:43:18.980
 So let

00:43:18.980 --> 00:43:19.400
 me finish

00:43:19.400 --> 00:43:19.780
 then.

00:43:20.420 --> 00:43:21.480
 What's the

00:43:21.480 --> 00:43:22.579
 last part

00:43:22.579 --> 00:43:23.159
 of understanding

00:43:23.159 --> 00:43:23.759
 this text?

00:43:23.980 --> 00:43:24.960
 It's not

00:43:24.960 --> 00:43:25.599
 to know

00:43:25.599 --> 00:43:26.159
 the host,

00:43:26.460 --> 00:43:27.019
 this yearning

00:43:27.019 --> 00:43:27.380
 host.

00:43:27.480 --> 00:43:27.719
 He's going

00:43:27.719 --> 00:43:28.039
 to have his

00:43:28.039 --> 00:43:28.699
 house filled.

00:43:29.259 --> 00:43:29.639
 He's going

00:43:29.639 --> 00:43:29.900
 to fill

00:43:29.900 --> 00:43:30.239
 his house

00:43:30.239 --> 00:43:30.699
 with people

00:43:30.699 --> 00:43:31.099
 that we

00:43:31.099 --> 00:43:31.440
 wouldn't

00:43:31.440 --> 00:43:31.840
 have on

00:43:31.840 --> 00:43:32.259
 our guest

00:43:32.259 --> 00:43:32.639
 list.

00:43:33.659 --> 00:43:34.400
 And then

00:43:34.400 --> 00:43:34.860
 what's our

00:43:34.860 --> 00:43:35.219
 role?

00:43:36.960 --> 00:43:37.559
 To be

00:43:37.559 --> 00:43:38.079
 the welcoming

00:43:38.079 --> 00:43:38.840
 servants.

00:43:39.539 --> 00:43:40.099
 The welcoming

00:43:40.099 --> 00:43:40.759
 servants.

00:43:41.059 --> 00:43:41.500
 The ones

00:43:41.500 --> 00:43:42.059
 who are sent

00:43:42.059 --> 00:43:42.460
 out to

00:43:42.460 --> 00:43:42.980
 scour the

00:43:42.980 --> 00:43:43.440
 countryside

00:43:43.440 --> 00:43:44.059
 until the

00:43:44.059 --> 00:43:44.639
 house is

00:43:44.639 --> 00:43:45.559
 full.

00:43:47.159 --> 00:43:47.599
 Our

00:43:47.599 --> 00:43:48.239
 calling is

00:43:48.239 --> 00:43:48.719
 to summon

00:43:48.719 --> 00:43:49.320
 our neighbors

00:43:49.320 --> 00:43:49.800
 to the

00:43:49.800 --> 00:43:50.219
 feast.

00:43:51.840 --> 00:43:52.539
 You think

00:43:52.539 --> 00:43:54.219
 evangelism.

00:43:54.340 --> 00:43:54.940
 I can't

00:43:54.940 --> 00:43:56.000
 do evangelism.

00:43:56.119 --> 00:43:56.340
 I don't

00:43:56.340 --> 00:43:56.559
 know how

00:43:56.559 --> 00:43:56.779
 to do

00:43:56.780 --> 00:43:57.560
 apologetics.

00:43:57.660 --> 00:43:58.000
 I can't

00:43:58.000 --> 00:43:58.360
 talk to

00:43:58.360 --> 00:43:59.140
 agnostics

00:43:59.140 --> 00:43:59.900
 or atheists

00:43:59.900 --> 00:44:00.300
 or give

00:44:00.300 --> 00:44:00.840
 proofs for

00:44:00.840 --> 00:44:01.440
 Christianity.

00:44:02.000 --> 00:44:02.519
 I don't

00:44:02.519 --> 00:44:02.880
 have a

00:44:02.880 --> 00:44:03.400
 good tongue.

00:44:03.480 --> 00:44:03.820
 I can't

00:44:03.820 --> 00:44:04.260
 answer their

00:44:04.260 --> 00:44:04.840
 arguments.

00:44:05.540 --> 00:44:06.260
 I'm telling

00:44:06.260 --> 00:44:06.900
 you, what

00:44:06.900 --> 00:44:07.080
 does the

00:44:07.080 --> 00:44:07.480
 Bible say

00:44:07.480 --> 00:44:07.820
 to do?

00:44:08.260 --> 00:44:08.640
 Feed

00:44:08.640 --> 00:44:08.840
 them.

00:44:10.440 --> 00:44:10.840
 Welcome

00:44:10.840 --> 00:44:11.240
 people.

00:44:12.500 --> 00:44:12.780
 Welcome

00:44:12.780 --> 00:44:13.180
 them into

00:44:13.180 --> 00:44:13.640
 your home.

00:44:13.780 --> 00:44:13.980
 Welcome

00:44:13.980 --> 00:44:14.360
 them into

00:44:14.360 --> 00:44:14.960
 your life.

00:44:16.220 --> 00:44:16.720
 This is

00:44:16.720 --> 00:44:17.560
 what God

00:44:17.560 --> 00:44:17.900
 says to

00:44:17.900 --> 00:44:18.060
 do.

00:44:18.120 --> 00:44:18.380
 He's having

00:44:18.380 --> 00:44:18.840
 a party

00:44:18.840 --> 00:44:19.200
 and he

00:44:19.200 --> 00:44:19.500
 wants you

00:44:19.500 --> 00:44:19.800
 to bring

00:44:19.800 --> 00:44:20.120
 people.

00:44:20.660 --> 00:44:20.880
 Is that

00:44:20.880 --> 00:44:21.280
 so hard?

00:44:21.280 --> 00:44:23.460
 God's

00:44:23.460 --> 00:44:23.740
 having a

00:44:23.740 --> 00:44:24.120
 party and

00:44:24.120 --> 00:44:24.300
 he wants

00:44:24.300 --> 00:44:24.519
 you to

00:44:24.519 --> 00:44:25.060
 invite your

00:44:25.060 --> 00:44:25.580
 friends to

00:44:25.580 --> 00:44:25.900
 go to the

00:44:25.900 --> 00:44:26.160
 party.

00:44:26.360 --> 00:44:26.800
 This is the

00:44:26.800 --> 00:44:27.440
 forever party.

00:44:27.560 --> 00:44:27.920
 This is the

00:44:27.920 --> 00:44:28.480
 big party.

00:44:29.040 --> 00:44:29.460
 This is a

00:44:29.460 --> 00:44:30.060
 great party.

00:44:31.260 --> 00:44:31.940
 Most of us

00:44:31.940 --> 00:44:32.360
 find it pretty

00:44:32.360 --> 00:44:32.920
 easy to invite

00:44:32.920 --> 00:44:33.480
 people to

00:44:33.480 --> 00:44:34.720
 our parties.

00:44:36.660 --> 00:44:37.880
 And so the

00:44:37.880 --> 00:44:38.480
 problem is our

00:44:38.480 --> 00:44:39.420
 hospitality of

00:44:39.420 --> 00:44:39.920
 course is

00:44:39.920 --> 00:44:40.780
 warped.

00:44:41.180 --> 00:44:41.800
 Our hospitality

00:44:41.800 --> 00:44:42.380
 is more

00:44:42.380 --> 00:44:43.080
 Martha Stewart

00:44:43.080 --> 00:44:43.700
 than Jesus.

00:44:44.360 --> 00:44:44.620
 It's

00:44:44.620 --> 00:44:45.420
 entertainment and

00:44:45.420 --> 00:44:46.000
 menus and

00:44:46.000 --> 00:44:46.700
 table settings

00:44:46.700 --> 00:44:47.260
 and southern

00:44:47.260 --> 00:44:47.640
 living.

00:44:47.639 --> 00:44:48.559
 And it's

00:44:48.559 --> 00:44:49.019
 often about

00:44:49.019 --> 00:44:49.539
 our looking

00:44:49.539 --> 00:44:49.960
 good and

00:44:49.960 --> 00:44:50.480
 our feeling

00:44:50.480 --> 00:44:51.219
 good about

00:44:51.219 --> 00:44:51.659
 what kind

00:44:51.659 --> 00:44:52.179
 of performance.

00:44:53.079 --> 00:44:53.179
 But

00:44:53.179 --> 00:44:53.940
 hospitality,

00:44:54.199 --> 00:44:55.339
 the word

00:44:55.339 --> 00:44:56.139
 actually is

00:44:56.139 --> 00:44:57.599
 philoxenia in

00:44:57.599 --> 00:44:58.019
 the Greek,

00:44:58.159 --> 00:44:58.480
 which means

00:44:58.480 --> 00:44:59.059
 the love of

00:44:59.059 --> 00:44:59.500
 strangers.

00:44:59.759 --> 00:45:00.079
 That's what

00:45:00.079 --> 00:45:01.159
 hospitality means.

00:45:01.759 --> 00:45:02.359
 The love of

00:45:02.359 --> 00:45:02.799
 strangers.

00:45:03.619 --> 00:45:04.379
 Hospitality is

00:45:04.379 --> 00:45:05.480
 welcoming strangers

00:45:05.480 --> 00:45:06.420
 into your life,

00:45:06.839 --> 00:45:07.420
 your home,

00:45:07.579 --> 00:45:08.559
 and your church.

00:45:08.679 --> 00:45:09.400
 It's offering

00:45:09.400 --> 00:45:10.000
 food,

00:45:10.199 --> 00:45:10.500
 rest,

00:45:10.659 --> 00:45:10.980
 warmth,

00:45:11.179 --> 00:45:11.859
 conversation,

00:45:12.920 --> 00:45:13.359
 safety,

00:45:14.000 --> 00:45:15.179
 and peace

00:45:15.179 --> 00:45:16.619
 to people.

00:45:17.639 --> 00:45:18.659
 So how do

00:45:18.659 --> 00:45:19.000
 we offer

00:45:19.000 --> 00:45:19.879
 hospitality to

00:45:19.879 --> 00:45:20.259
 strangers?

00:45:20.359 --> 00:45:20.819
 Real quick,

00:45:20.900 --> 00:45:21.179
 here's the

00:45:21.179 --> 00:45:21.719
 application.

00:45:22.819 --> 00:45:23.139
 Offer

00:45:23.139 --> 00:45:24.000
 hospitality to

00:45:24.000 --> 00:45:24.460
 Christians,

00:45:24.579 --> 00:45:25.159
 first of all.

00:45:26.039 --> 00:45:26.599
 And my

00:45:26.599 --> 00:45:27.299
 notes is offer

00:45:27.299 --> 00:45:28.259
 hospitality to

00:45:28.259 --> 00:45:29.339
 strange Christians

00:45:29.339 --> 00:45:31.920
 because some

00:45:31.920 --> 00:45:32.440
 Christians are

00:45:32.440 --> 00:45:33.599
 incredibly strange.

00:45:35.859 --> 00:45:35.920
 And,

00:45:35.980 --> 00:45:36.960
 you know,

00:45:37.139 --> 00:45:38.719
 in your church

00:45:38.719 --> 00:45:39.319
 there are people

00:45:39.319 --> 00:45:40.239
 you don't know

00:45:40.239 --> 00:45:42.299
 and there are

00:45:42.299 --> 00:45:42.940
 people you don't

00:45:42.940 --> 00:45:43.559
 really want to

00:45:43.559 --> 00:45:43.839
 know.

00:45:45.179 --> 00:45:45.359
 Okay?

00:45:45.960 --> 00:45:46.480
 There are people

00:45:46.480 --> 00:45:46.900
 in this church

00:45:46.900 --> 00:45:47.359
 that you will

00:45:47.360 --> 00:45:47.900
 not like,

00:45:48.000 --> 00:45:48.200
 that you

00:45:48.200 --> 00:45:48.579
 will not be

00:45:48.579 --> 00:45:49.200
 drawn to,

00:45:49.340 --> 00:45:49.599
 you're not

00:45:49.599 --> 00:45:49.940
 really the

00:45:49.940 --> 00:45:50.220
 people you

00:45:50.220 --> 00:45:50.440
 want to

00:45:50.440 --> 00:45:50.820
 hang out

00:45:50.820 --> 00:45:51.180
 with.

00:45:52.460 --> 00:45:53.059
 So when the

00:45:53.059 --> 00:45:53.460
 Bible says

00:45:53.460 --> 00:45:53.760
 to offer

00:45:53.760 --> 00:45:54.740
 hospitality to

00:45:54.740 --> 00:45:55.220
 strangers,

00:45:55.660 --> 00:45:56.280
 well,

00:45:56.400 --> 00:45:56.820
 a lot of

00:45:56.820 --> 00:45:57.120
 them are

00:45:57.120 --> 00:45:57.599
 right here.

00:45:57.920 --> 00:45:58.320
 They attend

00:45:58.320 --> 00:45:58.860
 this church

00:45:58.860 --> 00:45:59.320
 already.

00:46:00.059 --> 00:46:00.640
 They may

00:46:00.640 --> 00:46:01.940
 as well be

00:46:01.940 --> 00:46:03.059
 believers.

00:46:05.240 --> 00:46:05.539
 They're,

00:46:06.820 --> 00:46:07.140
 you know,

00:46:07.260 --> 00:46:07.820
 I'd ask,

00:46:07.900 --> 00:46:08.460
 is your small

00:46:08.460 --> 00:46:09.260
 group welcoming?

00:46:09.700 --> 00:46:10.160
 Are you on

00:46:10.160 --> 00:46:10.660
 the welcoming

00:46:10.660 --> 00:46:11.240
 team?

00:46:11.860 --> 00:46:12.260
 I don't know

00:46:12.260 --> 00:46:12.500
 if you have

00:46:12.500 --> 00:46:12.900
 a greeting

00:46:12.900 --> 00:46:13.660
 time in your

00:46:13.660 --> 00:46:14.019
 church,

00:46:14.160 --> 00:46:14.340
 but,

00:46:14.539 --> 00:46:14.740
 you know,

00:46:14.800 --> 00:46:15.380
 after church,

00:46:15.420 --> 00:46:15.840
 in our church

00:46:15.840 --> 00:46:16.360
 we have like a

00:46:16.360 --> 00:46:16.780
 ten minute

00:46:16.780 --> 00:46:17.160
 rule,

00:46:17.340 --> 00:46:18.120
 we emphasize,

00:46:18.760 --> 00:46:19.260
 you cannot

00:46:19.260 --> 00:46:19.860
 talk to your

00:46:19.860 --> 00:46:20.500
 friends for the

00:46:20.500 --> 00:46:21.160
 first ten minutes

00:46:21.160 --> 00:46:21.860
 after church.

00:46:23.380 --> 00:46:24.220
 That's a worthy

00:46:24.220 --> 00:46:24.760
 thing to do,

00:46:24.820 --> 00:46:25.280
 to get together

00:46:25.280 --> 00:46:25.800
 and talk to your

00:46:25.800 --> 00:46:26.000
 friends,

00:46:26.080 --> 00:46:26.640
 but there's too

00:46:26.640 --> 00:46:27.240
 many people you

00:46:27.240 --> 00:46:27.840
 don't know to

00:46:27.840 --> 00:46:28.280
 talk to.

00:46:28.840 --> 00:46:29.500
 And God sends

00:46:29.500 --> 00:46:30.280
 somebody to

00:46:30.280 --> 00:46:32.620
 this place,

00:46:32.700 --> 00:46:33.340
 to his house,

00:46:33.420 --> 00:46:34.140
 he wants them

00:46:34.140 --> 00:46:35.740
 welcomed here.

00:46:35.840 --> 00:46:36.400
 And you never

00:46:36.400 --> 00:46:37.260
 have any idea

00:46:37.260 --> 00:46:38.100
 who is walking

00:46:38.100 --> 00:46:38.640
 through the doors

00:46:38.640 --> 00:46:39.280
 on any given

00:46:39.280 --> 00:46:39.680
 week here,

00:46:39.740 --> 00:46:39.960
 do you?

00:46:40.560 --> 00:46:41.320
 You have no idea.

00:46:41.740 --> 00:46:42.140
 Do you know I've

00:46:42.140 --> 00:46:42.680
 been to church here

00:46:42.680 --> 00:46:43.380
 one time?

00:46:43.380 --> 00:46:45.220
 one time,

00:46:45.740 --> 00:46:46.780
 about four years

00:46:46.780 --> 00:46:47.160
 ago,

00:46:48.160 --> 00:46:49.280
 and on Sunday

00:46:49.280 --> 00:46:49.640
 morning,

00:46:49.760 --> 00:46:50.660
 standing outside

00:46:50.660 --> 00:46:52.079
 by those bank

00:46:52.079 --> 00:46:53.300
 of windows there,

00:46:54.559 --> 00:46:56.500
 I encountered a

00:46:56.500 --> 00:46:59.500
 woman who was a

00:46:59.500 --> 00:47:00.099
 member of our

00:47:00.099 --> 00:47:00.640
 church,

00:47:01.180 --> 00:47:02.539
 and she was living

00:47:02.539 --> 00:47:03.300
 in Mississippi.

00:47:03.900 --> 00:47:04.640
 She left her

00:47:04.640 --> 00:47:05.000
 husband,

00:47:05.300 --> 00:47:06.340
 fled her marriage.

00:47:06.980 --> 00:47:07.720
 I didn't even know

00:47:07.720 --> 00:47:08.300
 about that until

00:47:08.300 --> 00:47:09.320
 after she was gone.

00:47:09.320 --> 00:47:12.280
 and she came

00:47:12.280 --> 00:47:12.900
 to Huntsville

00:47:12.900 --> 00:47:13.880
 to visit a relative

00:47:13.880 --> 00:47:14.940
 and came to church

00:47:14.940 --> 00:47:15.519
 that Sunday,

00:47:15.600 --> 00:47:16.280
 the one Sunday

00:47:16.280 --> 00:47:16.820
 that I've ever

00:47:16.820 --> 00:47:17.260
 been here,

00:47:17.320 --> 00:47:17.800
 and we crossed

00:47:17.800 --> 00:47:18.920
 paths at

00:47:18.920 --> 00:47:20.500
 Southwood Church,

00:47:20.740 --> 00:47:21.600
 and we had a

00:47:21.600 --> 00:47:22.460
 very significant

00:47:22.460 --> 00:47:24.260
 conversation right

00:47:24.260 --> 00:47:24.680
 outside.

00:47:24.880 --> 00:47:25.860
 You have no idea

00:47:25.860 --> 00:47:26.360
 who's going to be

00:47:26.360 --> 00:47:27.019
 here this morning.

00:47:28.000 --> 00:47:28.640
 God is sending

00:47:28.640 --> 00:47:29.580
 people here every

00:47:29.580 --> 00:47:30.000
 week,

00:47:30.720 --> 00:47:31.860
 and he wants you

00:47:31.860 --> 00:47:32.640
 to welcome them.

00:47:34.100 --> 00:47:35.539
 And it's a

00:47:35.539 --> 00:47:36.200
 beautiful thing.

00:47:36.559 --> 00:47:36.780
 Listen,

00:47:36.780 --> 00:47:38.100
 it's not Will's

00:47:38.100 --> 00:47:39.680
 job to build

00:47:39.680 --> 00:47:40.300
 this church.

00:47:40.460 --> 00:47:40.960
 Jesus said,

00:47:41.060 --> 00:47:41.600
 I'll build the

00:47:41.600 --> 00:47:41.940
 church.

00:47:42.320 --> 00:47:43.040
 The gates of hell

00:47:43.040 --> 00:47:43.800
 will not prevail

00:47:43.800 --> 00:47:44.980
 against it.

00:47:45.540 --> 00:47:46.440
 And it's just the

00:47:46.440 --> 00:47:47.420
 most fun to watch

00:47:47.420 --> 00:47:48.040
 him do it,

00:47:49.300 --> 00:47:50.640
 and to realize

00:47:50.640 --> 00:47:51.080
 it's not our

00:47:51.080 --> 00:47:51.640
 responsibility.

00:47:51.880 --> 00:47:53.200
 We can't do it.

00:47:53.560 --> 00:47:54.019
 People are going

00:47:54.019 --> 00:47:54.780
 to walk in this

00:47:54.780 --> 00:47:57.240
 church today.

00:47:57.820 --> 00:47:59.260
 So, you know,

00:48:01.100 --> 00:48:01.519
 got it,

00:48:01.800 --> 00:48:02.920
 hospitality to

00:48:02.920 --> 00:48:03.820
 Christians.

00:48:04.100 --> 00:48:04.560
 Second is

00:48:04.560 --> 00:48:05.420
 hospitality to your

00:48:05.420 --> 00:48:05.740
 neighbors.

00:48:05.739 --> 00:48:05.859
 believers.

00:48:06.500 --> 00:48:07.399
 Jesus was always

00:48:07.399 --> 00:48:08.419
 eating with people.

00:48:09.939 --> 00:48:10.899
 You don't have to

00:48:10.899 --> 00:48:11.639
 preach to them.

00:48:12.159 --> 00:48:12.939
 Most people are not

00:48:12.939 --> 00:48:13.739
 argued into the

00:48:13.739 --> 00:48:13.979
 kingdom.

00:48:14.239 --> 00:48:15.659
 They are loved into

00:48:15.659 --> 00:48:17.000
 the kingdom of God.

00:48:19.159 --> 00:48:20.459
 Rosaria Butterfield

00:48:20.459 --> 00:48:24.439
 was a

00:48:24.439 --> 00:48:24.939
 lesbian.

00:48:26.319 --> 00:48:27.359
 She was a PhD.

00:48:27.559 --> 00:48:28.319
 She was a professor

00:48:28.319 --> 00:48:29.439
 at Syracuse.

00:48:29.679 --> 00:48:30.739
 She had tenure

00:48:30.739 --> 00:48:31.319
 there.

00:48:32.519 --> 00:48:32.939
 She was

00:48:32.940 --> 00:48:34.119
 considered the

00:48:34.119 --> 00:48:36.139
 national expert

00:48:36.139 --> 00:48:36.619
 in gay and

00:48:36.619 --> 00:48:37.360
 lesbian studies.

00:48:37.460 --> 00:48:38.159
 She lectured at

00:48:38.159 --> 00:48:38.679
 all the different

00:48:38.679 --> 00:48:39.880
 Ivy League schools.

00:48:40.519 --> 00:48:41.400
 She was writing a

00:48:41.400 --> 00:48:42.260
 book on

00:48:42.260 --> 00:48:44.599
 why do

00:48:44.599 --> 00:48:46.300
 Christians hate

00:48:46.300 --> 00:48:47.400
 gays.

00:48:48.480 --> 00:48:49.519
 In the course of

00:48:49.519 --> 00:48:50.519
 researching it,

00:48:50.940 --> 00:48:52.380
 she got vile

00:48:52.380 --> 00:48:53.960
 communication from

00:48:53.960 --> 00:48:55.200
 Christians, which was,

00:48:55.380 --> 00:48:56.200
 of course, her whole

00:48:56.200 --> 00:48:56.820
 point.

00:48:56.820 --> 00:48:59.059
 But she also got a

00:48:59.059 --> 00:48:59.680
 letter from a

00:48:59.680 --> 00:49:00.820
 Presbyterian pastor

00:49:00.820 --> 00:49:02.019
 in her town that

00:49:02.019 --> 00:49:03.559
 intrigued her with

00:49:03.559 --> 00:49:05.280
 its tone and

00:49:05.280 --> 00:49:06.340
 everything else.

00:49:06.580 --> 00:49:07.600
 She decided to sit

00:49:07.600 --> 00:49:08.360
 down and talk with

00:49:08.360 --> 00:49:08.500
 him.

00:49:08.860 --> 00:49:09.700
 It sparked a long

00:49:09.700 --> 00:49:10.180
 friendship.

00:49:10.880 --> 00:49:12.360
 She found herself at

00:49:12.360 --> 00:49:13.960
 his dinner table

00:49:13.960 --> 00:49:16.320
 repeatedly.

00:49:16.320 --> 00:49:19.880
 It says,

00:49:20.000 --> 00:49:20.860
 he initiated two

00:49:20.860 --> 00:49:21.700
 years of bringing

00:49:21.700 --> 00:49:22.760
 the church to me,

00:49:22.880 --> 00:49:23.440
 a heathen.

00:49:24.160 --> 00:49:24.940
 I had seen my

00:49:24.940 --> 00:49:25.480
 share of Bible

00:49:25.480 --> 00:49:26.519
 verses on placards

00:49:26.519 --> 00:49:27.280
 at gay pride

00:49:27.280 --> 00:49:27.860
 marches.

00:49:27.960 --> 00:49:28.660
 The Christians who

00:49:28.660 --> 00:49:29.500
 mocked me on gay

00:49:29.500 --> 00:49:30.180
 pride day were

00:49:30.180 --> 00:49:31.519
 happy that I and

00:49:31.519 --> 00:49:32.320
 everyone I love were

00:49:32.320 --> 00:49:32.940
 going to hell.

00:49:33.160 --> 00:49:34.180
 That was as clear as

00:49:34.180 --> 00:49:34.840
 the blue sky.

00:49:35.559 --> 00:49:36.260
 But that's not what

00:49:36.260 --> 00:49:36.720
 Ken did.

00:49:36.800 --> 00:49:37.600
 He did not mock.

00:49:37.680 --> 00:49:38.440
 He engaged.

00:49:39.360 --> 00:49:40.180
 So when his letter

00:49:40.180 --> 00:49:41.000
 invited me to get

00:49:41.000 --> 00:49:41.700
 together for dinner,

00:49:41.840 --> 00:49:42.500
 I accepted.

00:49:43.820 --> 00:49:45.180
 My only motive was I

00:49:45.180 --> 00:49:45.740
 thought this would be

00:49:45.739 --> 00:49:46.939
 good for my research.

00:49:47.899 --> 00:49:48.719
 But something else

00:49:48.719 --> 00:49:49.059
 happened.

00:49:49.259 --> 00:49:50.159
 Ken and his wife and

00:49:50.159 --> 00:49:51.179
 I became friends.

00:49:51.299 --> 00:49:52.179
 They entered my world.

00:49:52.299 --> 00:49:53.219
 They met my friends.

00:49:53.659 --> 00:49:54.739
 We did book exchanges.

00:49:54.939 --> 00:49:56.079
 We talked openly about

00:49:56.079 --> 00:49:57.500
 sexuality and politics.

00:49:58.219 --> 00:49:59.319
 They did not act as if

00:49:59.319 --> 00:50:00.519
 such conversations were

00:50:00.519 --> 00:50:01.339
 polluting them.

00:50:01.719 --> 00:50:02.739
 When we ate together,

00:50:02.899 --> 00:50:04.079
 Ken prayed in a way I

00:50:04.079 --> 00:50:05.299
 had never heard before.

00:50:05.699 --> 00:50:06.479
 His prayers were

00:50:06.479 --> 00:50:07.639
 intimate and vulnerable.

00:50:08.239 --> 00:50:09.719
 He repented of his

00:50:09.719 --> 00:50:11.859
 sin in front of me.

00:50:15.739 --> 00:50:18.379
 So as powerful an

00:50:18.379 --> 00:50:20.219
 advocate for the

00:50:20.219 --> 00:50:21.579
 biblical teaching on

00:50:21.579 --> 00:50:22.539
 sexuality in our

00:50:22.539 --> 00:50:23.479
 country today is

00:50:23.479 --> 00:50:24.599
 Rosaria Butterfield.

00:50:25.119 --> 00:50:26.039
 And it's all because of

00:50:26.039 --> 00:50:26.339
 what?

00:50:27.939 --> 00:50:28.459
 Hospitality.

00:50:29.679 --> 00:50:30.199
 Hospitality.

00:50:30.879 --> 00:50:31.619
 Hospitality to our

00:50:31.619 --> 00:50:31.919
 neighbors.

00:50:32.139 --> 00:50:33.359
 Hospitality to those we

00:50:33.359 --> 00:50:34.039
 go to church with.

00:50:34.139 --> 00:50:35.500
 And last, hospitality to

00:50:35.500 --> 00:50:36.019
 the poor.

00:50:36.679 --> 00:50:37.219
 We are to give

00:50:37.219 --> 00:50:38.039
 preference to the

00:50:38.039 --> 00:50:39.179
 broken and needy.

00:50:39.179 --> 00:50:46.159
 Corrie Ten Boom, you're

00:50:46.159 --> 00:50:46.960
 familiar with.

00:50:47.960 --> 00:50:49.460
 She and her family hid

00:50:49.460 --> 00:50:51.579
 Jews in Holland until

00:50:51.579 --> 00:50:53.039
 somebody ratted them out

00:50:53.039 --> 00:50:53.679
 and they were

00:50:53.679 --> 00:50:54.199
 discovered.

00:50:54.940 --> 00:50:57.519
 And when the Nazis came,

00:50:58.460 --> 00:51:00.419
 they said to our father,

00:51:00.480 --> 00:51:01.079
 he was a watch

00:51:01.079 --> 00:51:02.679
 repairman, Casper Ten Boom,

00:51:02.779 --> 00:51:04.639
 and he had been doing it

00:51:04.639 --> 00:51:05.779
 for years in this

00:51:05.779 --> 00:51:06.059
 community.

00:51:06.119 --> 00:51:06.539
 He was one of the most

00:51:06.539 --> 00:51:07.539
 respected people in the

00:51:07.539 --> 00:51:07.899
 community.

00:51:07.900 --> 00:51:10.240
 I think he was 80

00:51:10.240 --> 00:51:11.180
 years old or something

00:51:11.180 --> 00:51:11.760
 like that.

00:51:12.599 --> 00:51:13.780
 And they knew he

00:51:13.780 --> 00:51:14.440
 wouldn't last long.

00:51:14.539 --> 00:51:15.559
 In fact, when he was

00:51:15.559 --> 00:51:16.840
 ultimately taken away,

00:51:17.280 --> 00:51:18.200
 he died within two

00:51:18.200 --> 00:51:18.539
 weeks.

00:51:19.720 --> 00:51:20.599
 He was just a frail

00:51:20.599 --> 00:51:21.160
 old man.

00:51:22.380 --> 00:51:23.660
 And so the Nazis

00:51:23.660 --> 00:51:25.780
 didn't want the Dutch

00:51:25.780 --> 00:51:27.119
 turning against them by

00:51:27.119 --> 00:51:28.440
 taking this venerated

00:51:28.440 --> 00:51:30.460
 elder man away.

00:51:31.000 --> 00:51:32.119
 So they said to

00:51:32.119 --> 00:51:33.119
 Casper Ten Boom,

00:51:33.559 --> 00:51:34.820
 just tell us you'll

00:51:34.820 --> 00:51:36.000
 stop hiding Jews.

00:51:37.019 --> 00:51:37.700
 That's all you have to

00:51:37.699 --> 00:51:37.859
 do.

00:51:37.859 --> 00:51:38.960
 We will not take you

00:51:38.960 --> 00:51:39.199
 away.

00:51:39.299 --> 00:51:40.079
 We will leave you here.

00:51:40.259 --> 00:51:41.759
 Just tell us you'll

00:51:41.759 --> 00:51:42.339
 stop.

00:51:42.859 --> 00:51:44.079
 That's all you have to do.

00:51:46.039 --> 00:51:47.059
 And he said,

00:51:47.159 --> 00:51:49.579
 if you leave me here

00:51:49.579 --> 00:51:51.579
 and tomorrow there's a

00:51:51.579 --> 00:51:52.559
 knock on my door

00:51:52.559 --> 00:51:54.599
 and there are people who

00:51:54.599 --> 00:51:56.119
 are seeking refuge,

00:51:56.399 --> 00:51:58.079
 then I will open my door

00:51:58.079 --> 00:52:00.000
 and I will welcome them in

00:52:00.000 --> 00:52:01.539
 and I will feed them

00:52:01.539 --> 00:52:02.279
 and if need be,

00:52:02.359 --> 00:52:03.559
 I will hide them from you.

00:52:03.559 --> 00:52:05.219
 He said,

00:52:05.579 --> 00:52:09.239
 why would I do that?

00:52:09.719 --> 00:52:10.139
 He said,

00:52:10.299 --> 00:52:11.980
 because I am a Christian.

00:52:13.719 --> 00:52:14.719
 That's what Christians

00:52:14.719 --> 00:52:15.940
 have always done.

00:52:16.880 --> 00:52:17.820
 That's what Christians

00:52:17.820 --> 00:52:18.820
 still do.

00:52:20.219 --> 00:52:21.420
 We've received the

00:52:21.420 --> 00:52:22.639
 welcome of the Father.

00:52:23.639 --> 00:52:24.840
 He feeds us

00:52:24.840 --> 00:52:27.139
 with his own body

00:52:27.139 --> 00:52:27.779
 and blood.

00:52:27.780 --> 00:52:31.060
 He kisses us

00:52:31.060 --> 00:52:33.540
 the most unworthy

00:52:33.540 --> 00:52:36.980
 and when you experience it,

00:52:37.620 --> 00:52:39.019
 you express it.

00:52:39.740 --> 00:52:40.580
 Let's pray.

00:52:40.720 --> 00:52:41.840
 Father, may it be so.

00:52:42.440 --> 00:52:43.580
 May it be so in the

00:52:43.580 --> 00:52:44.540
 Cortese house

00:52:44.540 --> 00:52:45.980
 and in the Cortese life.

00:52:46.980 --> 00:52:48.860
 May it be the experience

00:52:48.860 --> 00:52:50.300
 of us that

00:52:50.300 --> 00:52:52.200
 we find ourselves

00:52:52.200 --> 00:52:53.400
 at your table

00:52:53.400 --> 00:52:55.539
 the least worthy

00:52:55.539 --> 00:52:57.860
 and we just

00:52:57.860 --> 00:52:58.760
 can't get over it

00:52:58.760 --> 00:52:59.720
 and we pray this

00:52:59.720 --> 00:53:00.579
 in Jesus' name.

00:53:00.980 --> 00:53:01.200
 Amen.

00:53:05.980 --> 00:53:07.160
 For more information,

00:53:07.539 --> 00:53:08.460
 visit us online

00:53:08.460 --> 00:53:09.760
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00:53:09.760 --> 00:53:11.800
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00:53:11.980 --> 00:53:12.540
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00:53:12.540 --> 00:53:27.020
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00:53:27.020 --> 00:53:27.700
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