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 Let's pray.

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 Gracious God, as we come to your word now,

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 we ask that we might be challenged again

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 as we walk this road with Jesus to Jerusalem.

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 Father, we pray that you might clear up misconceptions

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 that we have of what it means to be your disciple.

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 And Lord, if we are looking to anything else but Jesus

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 for our justification, then Lord,

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 help us to clearly see that this morning,

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 that we might trust in him and him alone.

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 And we ask it for your sake. Amen.

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 I heard the story of a young lad who mounted a campaign

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 just before Christmas in order to secure a brand new bike

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 at Christmastime.

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 And he badgered his parents to the point where one day

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 his mother said to him, confusing Jesus with Santa,

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 well, why don't you go and write a letter to Jesus

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 and tell him that you deserve this bike?

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 And so the young lad trudged off upstairs,

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 started to write the letter, dear Jesus,

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 I've been good all year.

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 And he thought to himself, no, that's not really true.

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 He screwed up the piece of paper and threw it away

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 and started again, dear Jesus,

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 I've been good for the last six months.

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 And he thought, well, that's not really true either.

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 I mean, at the very least, this guy's a realist.

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 He started again, dear Jesus, I've been good all week.

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 Frustrated, he just screwed the paper up and threw it away.

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 He knew that wasn't true.

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 So in his frustration, he walked downstairs,

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 walked to the mantelpiece where the nativity scene was,

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 picked up Mary, walked back upstairs,

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 plonked it on his desk.

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 Dear Jesus, if you ever want to see your mother again,

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 he had a few things worked out about Jesus.

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 He knew that Mary was Jesus' mother.

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 That's a good start.

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 But in terms of how to relate to God,

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 it was kind of more like a terrorist.

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 He was trying to force God's hand.

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 And that's the story we have here.

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 The Pharisee and the tax collector

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 helps us in our confusion about how to relate to God.

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 Although we read a large chunk there of the narrative,

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 it's all kind of interconnected.

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 But I just want to hone in, particularly in the Pharisee and the tax collector.

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 We see the Pharisee and the tax collector being spelled out for us

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 in the story of the young children

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 and then following on with the rich young ruler.

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 They are, if you like, the Pharisee and the tax collectors

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 in this story as well.

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 And so let's just hone in on these two stark characters,

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 comic characters.

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 The issue that Jesus wants to address here is very clear for us.

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 In verse 9, it says,

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 To some who were confident of their own righteousness

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 and looked down on everybody else,

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 Jesus told this parable.

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 To some who were confident of their own righteousness

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 and looked down on everyone else,

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 Jesus told this parable.

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 But it's not just looking down on other people.

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 He's not just saying,

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 Hey, it's just not a kind thing to do.

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 Look down on other people.

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 He spills out quite clearly

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 that the core issue here

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 is a core issue of our standing before God.

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 Verse 14,

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 I tell you that this man,

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 rather than the other,

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 went home justified before God.

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 That's the core issue.

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 The core issue is,

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 Do I trust in myself

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 or do I trust in Jesus

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 in order to be right with God?

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 That's the issue Jesus wants to address here.

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 How to be right with God.

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 This story is all about people

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 who are self-confident, self-righteous,

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 and somehow think that that makes them okay with God.

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 Jesus,

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 and this is the clutcher for us,

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 Jesus was particularly talking

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 to people who make some sort of attempt at religion.

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 You could just imagine Jesus

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 eyeballing the Pharisees at this point

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 and his disciples at this point

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 because it was specifically those guys

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 who he was addressing.

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 You could say that Jesus

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 is talking to people like us

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 gathered here right now.

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 And his message for us is very clear.

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 God is not pleased by self-confidence

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 or self-righteousness.

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 He is only pleased with people

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 who come to him

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 for their righteousness.

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 So let's have a look at it.

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 We know from verse 10

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 that there are two men

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 who go up to the temple to pray,

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 but in verse 14,

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 it says that only one of them

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 goes home okay with God.

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 Only one of them

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 goes home as a friend of God.

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 It's kind of like,

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 if you ever watch the movie

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 Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome,

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 there is this post-war situation,

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 and if two people get into a bit of biff,

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 they would go into the Thunderdome

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 and sort it out,

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 and when they go into the Thunderdome

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 and sort it out,

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 it was like to the death,

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 that is,

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 this chant would go up,

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 two men enter,

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 one man leaves,

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 two men enter,

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 one man leaves.

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 And you kind of get that feeling

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 as these two men go into the temple,

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 you know that as Jesus' story goes,

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 only one of these guys

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 is going to come out

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 having any form of meaningful relationship

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 with God.

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 We are told that one of them

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 is a tax collector,

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 the other is a Pharisee,

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 and again,

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 I know I've said this before,

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 we need to come back to it,

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 we are in danger

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 of mucking it up right from the start

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 because we are familiar

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 with the Bible,

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 and we automatically,

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 as Christian people,

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 go boo his to the Pharisees

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 because we know that Jesus,

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 you know,

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 kicked the Pharisees

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 in the guts all the time.

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 We know the Pharisees

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 are the bad guys,

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 they're the ones

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 that Jesus consistently hammers,

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 and so we need to try

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 and hear this story

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 as it would have been

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 for first century Palestine,

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 in there,

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 for Jesus' friends,

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 for Peter, James and John

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 and the rest of the boys,

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 they would have known

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 that the tax collector

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 was the scum,

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 they knew that,

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 the tax collector

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 was the guy

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 who wore the black hat,

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 he was the guy

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 who rode around

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 on the mean looking camel,

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 he was the one

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 that no one really liked

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 very much,

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 he was the low life

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 of first century Palestine,

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 he was filth,

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 he was traitor,

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 they sold out God

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 for money,

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 they were not welcomed

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 in a place of worship,

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 he was scum,

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 the Pharisee,

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 on the other hand,

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 was deeply,

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 deeply respected,

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 it's hard to imagine

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 how deeply respected

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 a Pharisee was

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 in first century Palestine,

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 they were the guys

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 who wore the white hats,

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 right,

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 they wore the respectable camels,

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 you know,

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 the nice ones

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 with the smile

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 and the speed limited camels,

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 they were the kind of,

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 they were the kind of

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 the Camry drivers

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 of first century Palestine,

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 they were not men

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 who made their living

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 out of religion,

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 they were regular

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 church attendees

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 who were deeply,

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 deeply serious

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 and set the pace

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 for everyone else,

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 in Jesus' day

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 the people would go

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 boo his scumbag

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 tax collector

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 but the Pharisee

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 definitely not,

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 the Pharisee

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 is the guy

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 who is dead

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 earnest about God,

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 a valued member

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 of society

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 and a very valued

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 member

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 of the community

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 of God's people,

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 well that's the

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 two extraordinary men,

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 now let's look

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 at their two

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 extraordinary prayers

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 because their prayers

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 reveal what their heart

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 is like,

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 let's look at

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 the Pharisee's prayers,

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 now I occasionally,

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 I'll let you in

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 a bit of my psyche here,

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 occasionally enjoy

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 the read of the

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 personal ads of a paper,

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 you know,

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 I don't know if you've

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 ever done that before

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 but I can't ever

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 imagine what it

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 would mean for someone

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 to actually

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 advertise

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 their finer points

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 and ask for someone

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 to love them

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 kind of thing,

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 I find that kind of

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 odd

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 and it must be

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 kind of frustrating

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 for them

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 example,

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 I read this one,

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 30 year old,

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 6 foot tall,

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 brown hair,

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 green eyes,

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 6 lady,

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 21 to 28 year old

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 for friendship

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 and or relationship

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 and it's like,

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 haven't you got

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 anything else to offer?

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 He's 30 year old,

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 6 foot tall,

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 brown hair,

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 green eyes,

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 well that just

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 pretty much opens it up,

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 that's him putting

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 his good foot forward,

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 that's him advertising

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 his higher points,

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 now I've got to

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 understand here

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 that I've never read

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 a personal ad

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 where someone

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 highlights

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 their negative points,

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 you know,

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 I like to sleep in,

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 I don't have a job,

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 looking for a house

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 for my greyhounds,

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 you know,

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 that's,

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 you know,

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 like I've never

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 ever seen that,

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 looking for someone

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 to cook and clean

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 for me,

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 is there anyone

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 out there

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 who's willing

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 to take on this gig?

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 I've never seen that,

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 that is because

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 our natural human

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 tendency is to put

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 our best foot forward,

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 we always put

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 our best foot forward,

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 we promote ourselves

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 and it's no different

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 when it comes

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 to our relationship

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 with God,

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 our nature is to

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 outline the wonderful

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 things that we are

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 or that we do

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 and we don't mention

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 the things that we do

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 too wrong,

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 too often,

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 unless we are

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 absolutely confronted

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 with it and have to,

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 we even go to the

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 point of justifying

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 our wrongdoing

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 by giving them

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 different kind of names

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 which kind of lessen

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 the sin of it,

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 so I don't evade tax,

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 I just minimise tax,

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 I don't lie,

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 I just,

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 you know,

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 occasional white lie,

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 I don't gossip,

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 I share prayer points,

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 I don't ridicule people

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 because I was just

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 kind of joking

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 and I'm not committing

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 adultery,

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 I'm having an affair

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 or a midlife crisis,

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 I didn't steal

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 the stamps from work,

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 I borrowed the stamps

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 from work

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 and by the time

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 that we've justified

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 our position,

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 we're kind of like,

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 actually,

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 I'm not that bad

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 after all,

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 but God knows

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 our hearts

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 and so the Pharisee

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 prays like this

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 in verse 11,

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 God,

00:10:09.540 --> 00:10:10.400
 I thank you

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 that I'm not like

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 other men,

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 robbers,

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 evildoers,

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 adulterers,

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 or even like that

00:10:15.200 --> 00:10:16.040
 tax collector

00:10:16.040 --> 00:10:16.780
 over there,

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 I fast twice a week

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 and give a tenth

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 of all that I get.

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 Now,

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 it is so easy

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 to send this guy up

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 because I think

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 that's exactly

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 what Jesus is doing

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 here.

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 Hey God,

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 I am

00:10:33.579 --> 00:10:35.299
 just ever

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 so terribly

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 marvelous,

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 God.

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 But,

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 you know,

00:10:41.019 --> 00:10:42.059
 the awful thing

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 about it,

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 the way he does it,

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 is he spiritualizes it.

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 Thank you,

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 God.

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 Thank you,

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 God,

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 that you've made

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 a difference

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 in my life.

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 Thank you,

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 God,

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 that you've changed me.

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 Thank you,

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 God,

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 that I'm not like

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 other people.

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 Thank you,

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 God,

00:11:00.599 --> 00:11:01.459
 that I'm not like

00:11:01.459 --> 00:11:02.559
 that scumbag

00:11:02.559 --> 00:11:03.439
 tax collector

00:11:03.439 --> 00:11:04.959
 sitting over there.

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 He spiritualizes it,

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 thanks God

00:11:11.679 --> 00:11:12.339
 for it

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 because he

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 even recognizes

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 that God

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 has made a change

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 in his life.

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 He then goes on,

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 explains how he's

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 different from other people.

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 He fasts twice a week,

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 he says.

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 That is,

00:11:24.060 --> 00:11:25.000
 he goes without food

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 twice a week.

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 Normal Jewish practice

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 by this time

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 was that you did it

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 once or twice a year

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 and occasionally

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 as you felt like it.

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 And this guy

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 does it twice a week.

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 He is

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 really serious

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 about his relationship

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 with God.

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 But not just that.

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 It says here

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 he gives a tenth

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 of all that I get.

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 I give a tenth

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 of it all.

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 He

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 tithes

00:11:53.700 --> 00:11:54.840
 his herb garden.

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 He gives

00:11:56.740 --> 00:11:57.660
 some of his peas

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 away.

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 This guy

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 is

00:12:00.840 --> 00:12:01.760
 thoroughly

00:12:01.760 --> 00:12:02.520
 religious.

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 He's

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 keeping the

00:12:06.240 --> 00:12:07.360
 command of God

00:12:07.360 --> 00:12:08.020
 to the letter

00:12:08.020 --> 00:12:08.680
 of the law.

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 And so he says,

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 God,

00:12:11.200 --> 00:12:12.000
 I must be okay.

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 But the problem

00:12:14.740 --> 00:12:15.220
 is,

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 is his evaluation

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 of himself

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 is based on

00:12:17.780 --> 00:12:18.640
 the wrong standard.

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 He compares

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 himself with other

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 people on the

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 surface

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 and he doesn't

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 look deep,

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 deep in his

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 heart.

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 He looks at

00:12:29.780 --> 00:12:30.780
 the tax

00:12:30.780 --> 00:12:31.360
 collector and

00:12:31.360 --> 00:12:31.640
 goes,

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 I must be okay

00:12:32.760 --> 00:12:33.260
 because I'm

00:12:33.260 --> 00:12:33.940
 clearly not as

00:12:33.940 --> 00:12:34.460
 bad as that

00:12:34.460 --> 00:12:34.760
 guy.

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 And that

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 is our

00:12:36.780 --> 00:12:37.200
 normal

00:12:37.200 --> 00:12:38.200
 human

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 tendency.

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 We do

00:12:39.279 --> 00:12:39.600
 it by

00:12:39.600 --> 00:12:40.279
 default.

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 When it

00:12:42.160 --> 00:12:42.540
 comes to

00:12:42.540 --> 00:12:42.920
 morality,

00:12:43.120 --> 00:12:43.420
 we look

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 down the

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 line.

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 When it

00:12:44.320 --> 00:12:44.600
 comes to

00:12:44.600 --> 00:12:44.800
 riches,

00:12:44.879 --> 00:12:45.080
 we look

00:12:45.080 --> 00:12:45.360
 up the

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 line because

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 there's

00:12:46.019 --> 00:12:46.160
 always

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 someone

00:12:46.320 --> 00:12:46.540
 richer

00:12:46.540 --> 00:12:46.820
 than me.

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 That means

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 I don't

00:12:47.620 --> 00:12:47.840
 have to be

00:12:47.840 --> 00:12:48.259
 so generous

00:12:48.259 --> 00:12:48.420
 because

00:12:48.420 --> 00:12:48.800
 someone else

00:12:48.800 --> 00:12:49.160
 should be.

00:12:49.639 --> 00:12:49.940
 But I

00:12:49.940 --> 00:12:50.320
 look down

00:12:50.320 --> 00:12:50.580
 the line

00:12:50.580 --> 00:12:50.800
 when it

00:12:50.800 --> 00:12:51.139
 comes to

00:12:51.139 --> 00:12:51.580
 morality

00:12:51.580 --> 00:12:52.040
 because

00:12:52.040 --> 00:12:52.200
 there's

00:12:52.200 --> 00:12:52.379
 always

00:12:52.379 --> 00:12:52.639
 someone

00:12:52.639 --> 00:12:53.100
 worse

00:12:53.100 --> 00:12:53.560
 than me.

00:12:54.620 --> 00:12:55.060
 And that

00:12:55.060 --> 00:12:55.700
 makes me

00:12:55.700 --> 00:12:56.340
 feel good.

00:12:56.340 --> 00:12:57.340
 I

00:12:57.340 --> 00:12:57.639
 know a

00:12:57.639 --> 00:12:58.180
 guy who

00:12:58.180 --> 00:12:58.560
 is serving

00:12:58.560 --> 00:12:58.820
 two

00:12:58.820 --> 00:12:59.259
 consecutive

00:12:59.259 --> 00:12:59.639
 life

00:12:59.639 --> 00:13:00.139
 sentences

00:13:00.139 --> 00:13:01.379
 in

00:13:01.379 --> 00:13:01.800
 Long Bay

00:13:01.800 --> 00:13:02.220
 Jail.

00:13:03.340 --> 00:13:05.340
 He killed

00:13:05.340 --> 00:13:05.860
 a mother

00:13:05.860 --> 00:13:06.340
 and her

00:13:06.340 --> 00:13:06.780
 baby.

00:13:07.740 --> 00:13:09.160
 And he

00:13:09.160 --> 00:13:09.440
 was in

00:13:09.440 --> 00:13:10.040
 the same

00:13:10.040 --> 00:13:11.019
 wing of

00:13:11.019 --> 00:13:11.440
 Long Bay

00:13:11.440 --> 00:13:12.480
 Jail as

00:13:12.480 --> 00:13:12.980
 the

00:13:12.980 --> 00:13:13.519
 Milpera

00:13:13.519 --> 00:13:14.399
 Bicycle

00:13:14.399 --> 00:13:15.420
 Massacre

00:13:15.420 --> 00:13:15.840
 guys.

00:13:15.940 --> 00:13:16.120
 You know,

00:13:16.160 --> 00:13:16.440
 the guys

00:13:16.440 --> 00:13:16.700
 had the

00:13:16.700 --> 00:13:17.000
 shootout

00:13:17.000 --> 00:13:17.540
 in Milpera

00:13:17.540 --> 00:13:18.500
 years ago.

00:13:19.259 --> 00:13:19.800
 One day

00:13:19.800 --> 00:13:20.080
 those

00:13:20.080 --> 00:13:20.519
 bikey

00:13:20.519 --> 00:13:21.180
 guys grabbed

00:13:21.180 --> 00:13:21.780
 this guy,

00:13:22.180 --> 00:13:22.600
 they beat

00:13:22.600 --> 00:13:23.040
 him up and

00:13:23.040 --> 00:13:23.200
 poured

00:13:23.200 --> 00:13:23.900
 boiling water

00:13:23.899 --> 00:13:26.259
 all over

00:13:26.259 --> 00:13:27.659
 him for

00:13:27.659 --> 00:13:29.159
 daring to

00:13:29.159 --> 00:13:30.259
 murder a

00:13:30.259 --> 00:13:30.500
 baby.

00:13:31.639 --> 00:13:32.360
 How dare

00:13:32.360 --> 00:13:32.659
 you do

00:13:32.659 --> 00:13:32.939
 that,

00:13:33.620 --> 00:13:34.240
 you scumbag.

00:13:35.079 --> 00:13:35.319
 Now,

00:13:35.980 --> 00:13:36.379
 these are

00:13:36.379 --> 00:13:37.000
 the guys

00:13:37.000 --> 00:13:37.439
 who gun

00:13:37.439 --> 00:13:37.840
 down a

00:13:37.840 --> 00:13:38.539
 seven-year-old

00:13:38.539 --> 00:13:39.019
 girl.

00:13:40.199 --> 00:13:40.600
 If she

00:13:40.600 --> 00:13:41.100
 was seven,

00:13:41.319 --> 00:13:41.740
 it's kind

00:13:41.740 --> 00:13:42.139
 of different.

00:13:44.459 --> 00:13:45.039
 When it

00:13:45.039 --> 00:13:45.419
 comes to

00:13:45.419 --> 00:13:45.779
 morality,

00:13:45.939 --> 00:13:46.159
 we look

00:13:46.159 --> 00:13:46.600
 down the

00:13:46.600 --> 00:13:47.019
 line and

00:13:47.019 --> 00:13:47.340
 even when

00:13:47.340 --> 00:13:47.500
 you're

00:13:47.500 --> 00:13:47.860
 sitting,

00:13:48.079 --> 00:13:48.399
 languishing

00:13:48.399 --> 00:13:48.720
 in a

00:13:48.720 --> 00:13:49.319
 prison cell

00:13:49.319 --> 00:13:49.639
 in Long

00:13:49.639 --> 00:13:50.199
 Bay Jail,

00:13:50.500 --> 00:13:50.879
 there is

00:13:50.879 --> 00:13:51.519
 always

00:13:51.519 --> 00:13:52.299
 someone

00:13:52.299 --> 00:13:53.000
 worse

00:13:53.000 --> 00:13:53.699
 than

00:13:53.700 --> 00:13:54.060
 you.

00:13:55.580 --> 00:13:56.140
 It is

00:13:56.140 --> 00:13:56.320
 our

00:13:56.320 --> 00:13:56.900
 default

00:13:56.900 --> 00:13:57.420
 position.

00:13:58.800 --> 00:13:59.060
 Even

00:13:59.060 --> 00:13:59.560
 people who

00:13:59.560 --> 00:14:00.020
 should know

00:14:00.020 --> 00:14:00.580
 better,

00:14:02.160 --> 00:14:03.140
 consequence of

00:14:03.140 --> 00:14:03.759
 their sin,

00:14:04.160 --> 00:14:04.920
 they live it

00:14:04.920 --> 00:14:05.440
 for the rest

00:14:05.440 --> 00:14:05.680
 of their

00:14:05.680 --> 00:14:06.540
 life around

00:14:06.540 --> 00:14:06.840
 them,

00:14:07.259 --> 00:14:07.960
 still look

00:14:07.960 --> 00:14:08.300
 down the

00:14:08.300 --> 00:14:08.680
 line.

00:14:09.720 --> 00:14:09.960
 And I

00:14:09.960 --> 00:14:10.440
 think Jesus

00:14:10.440 --> 00:14:11.020
 says very

00:14:11.020 --> 00:14:11.620
 clearly that

00:14:11.620 --> 00:14:12.100
 that is our

00:14:12.100 --> 00:14:12.780
 normal human

00:14:12.780 --> 00:14:13.560
 tendency and

00:14:13.560 --> 00:14:13.980
 how much

00:14:13.980 --> 00:14:14.620
 easy it is

00:14:14.620 --> 00:14:15.340
 for us,

00:14:15.780 --> 00:14:16.200
 the religious

00:14:16.200 --> 00:14:16.560
 people,

00:14:16.660 --> 00:14:16.920
 to do

00:14:16.920 --> 00:14:17.080
 it.

00:14:20.720 --> 00:14:21.460
 The tax

00:14:21.460 --> 00:14:22.040
 collector is

00:14:22.040 --> 00:14:22.420
 in total

00:14:22.420 --> 00:14:23.259
 contrast to

00:14:23.259 --> 00:14:23.960
 the Pharisee.

00:14:25.100 --> 00:14:25.919
 He beats

00:14:25.919 --> 00:14:27.139
 himself on

00:14:27.139 --> 00:14:27.840
 the chest

00:14:27.840 --> 00:14:29.360
 and he

00:14:29.360 --> 00:14:29.539
 says,

00:14:29.620 --> 00:14:30.039
 God have

00:14:30.039 --> 00:14:30.600
 mercy on

00:14:30.600 --> 00:14:31.039
 me,

00:14:31.700 --> 00:14:32.100
 a sinner.

00:14:33.740 --> 00:14:34.379
 Who does

00:14:34.379 --> 00:14:34.720
 he compare

00:14:34.720 --> 00:14:35.360
 himself with?

00:14:37.200 --> 00:14:37.679
 Well,

00:14:38.039 --> 00:14:38.779
 nobody as

00:14:38.779 --> 00:14:39.159
 far as we

00:14:39.159 --> 00:14:39.480
 can tell

00:14:39.480 --> 00:14:39.840
 from the

00:14:39.840 --> 00:14:40.240
 text.

00:14:41.360 --> 00:14:41.819
 A better

00:14:41.819 --> 00:14:42.360
 reading of

00:14:42.360 --> 00:14:42.960
 this statement

00:14:42.960 --> 00:14:43.419
 is,

00:14:43.939 --> 00:14:44.899
 God have

00:14:44.899 --> 00:14:45.840
 mercy on

00:14:45.840 --> 00:14:46.379
 me,

00:14:46.879 --> 00:14:47.319
 the sinner.

00:14:48.620 --> 00:14:49.259
 He's not

00:14:49.259 --> 00:14:49.639
 trying to

00:14:49.639 --> 00:14:50.240
 find comfort

00:14:50.240 --> 00:14:50.740
 in the fact

00:14:50.740 --> 00:14:51.180
 that he's

00:14:51.180 --> 00:14:53.019
 part of a

00:14:53.019 --> 00:14:53.620
 large group

00:14:53.620 --> 00:14:53.879
 in the

00:14:53.879 --> 00:14:54.519
 same boat.

00:14:55.100 --> 00:14:55.539
 He doesn't

00:14:55.539 --> 00:14:55.799
 say,

00:14:56.060 --> 00:14:56.320
 sure,

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 I've made

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 a few

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 mistakes,

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 I've made

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 even some

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 really big

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 mistakes,

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 I acknowledge

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 my mistakes,

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 but I'm no

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 different than

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 anyone else,

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 I'm only human

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 after all.

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 He says,

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 God,

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 I am the

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 sinner.

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 I am the

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 model sinner,

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 I am the

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 essential sinner.

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 He doesn't

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 care how he

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 compares with

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 other people,

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 he doesn't

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 even look

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 to the

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 Pharisee,

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 he just

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 knows he's

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 not okay

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 with God

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 and he

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 cries out

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 in despair.

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 And Jesus

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 says that

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 that scumbag

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 goes home

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 justified

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 by God

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 while the

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 other is

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 rejected.

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 The scumbag

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 tax collector

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 goes home

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 with God

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 as his

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 friend.

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 The way

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 that we

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 are always

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 to approach

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 God is

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 God have

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 mercy on

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 me,

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 the sinner.

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 The

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 fulfillment

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 of religious

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 duties

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 doesn't put

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 us in

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 God's good

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 books.

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 There is

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 no other

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 way to be

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 right with

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 the God

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 of this

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 universe

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 than to

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 ask him

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 for mercy

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 through

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 Jesus.

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 And we

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 need to

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 all do

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 that.

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 Don't

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 expect to

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 get into

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 God's good

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 books by

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 the terrorist

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 method and

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 to make

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 demands of

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 God.

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 Don't

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 expect to

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 get there

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 by the

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 resume

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 method and

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 give him

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 a big

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 list of

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 all my

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 finer points

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 and hopefully

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 they will

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 outbalance

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 my bad

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 points and

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 God will

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 be okay.

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 God is

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 not impressed

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 by the

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 resume

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 method,

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 even the

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 resume

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 method of

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 religious

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 people.

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 And that's

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 when Jesus

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 eyeballs us.

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 No,

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 no,

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 forget that.

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 That's when

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 Jesus eyeballs

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 me.

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 Because in

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 reality,

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 I am more

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 religious than

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 the average

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 Aussie bloke.

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 I read the

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 Bible, I

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 pray, I

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 go to

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 church, hang

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 out at

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 church.

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 In fact, I

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 live at

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 church.

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 I've got a

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 theological

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 degree and

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 something else

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 called a

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 diploma in

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 ministry, not

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 that anyone

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 knows what

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 that is.

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 I work

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 full-time in

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 ministry.

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 I travel

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 around the

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 country and

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 speak to

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 church leaders

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 and train

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 church leaders.

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 I read

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 deep

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 theological

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 books.

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 I run

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 youth

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 ministry

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 programs.

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 And I

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 even get

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 to wear a

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 dress.

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 I look

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 religious.

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 I'm

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 probably more

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 religious than

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 anyone here.

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 Are you

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 impressed?

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 God's not.

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 God's not.

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 Don't fall

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 into the trap

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 of thinking

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 that we

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 impress God

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 by what

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 we do.

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 Anyone who

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 says that

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 there is

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 something

00:17:48.600 --> 00:17:49.700
 religious

00:17:49.700 --> 00:17:50.380
 activity,

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 some form

00:17:50.960 --> 00:17:51.460
 of religious

00:17:51.460 --> 00:17:52.340
 activity that

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 you must

00:17:53.039 --> 00:17:54.640
 do is

00:17:54.640 --> 00:17:55.100
 wrong.

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 He's

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 wrong.

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 The best

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 case scenario

00:17:59.560 --> 00:18:01.019
 is I think

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 potentially the

00:18:02.060 --> 00:18:02.779
 first believer.

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 If he wasn't

00:18:03.720 --> 00:18:04.120
 the first

00:18:04.120 --> 00:18:04.680
 believer, he's

00:18:04.680 --> 00:18:05.060
 certainly the

00:18:05.060 --> 00:18:05.680
 first guy to

00:18:05.680 --> 00:18:06.259
 follow Jesus

00:18:06.259 --> 00:18:06.759
 into heaven.

00:18:06.759 --> 00:18:08.359
 you know

00:18:08.359 --> 00:18:08.819
 the bloke?

00:18:08.879 --> 00:18:09.240
 He's stuck

00:18:09.240 --> 00:18:09.619
 up there on

00:18:09.619 --> 00:18:09.960
 the cross

00:18:09.960 --> 00:18:10.879
 beside Jesus.

00:18:12.039 --> 00:18:12.740
 He's on the

00:18:12.740 --> 00:18:13.359
 cross beside

00:18:13.359 --> 00:18:14.099
 Jesus and he

00:18:14.099 --> 00:18:14.759
 says to Jesus,

00:18:14.900 --> 00:18:15.420
 remember me

00:18:15.420 --> 00:18:16.059
 when you come

00:18:16.059 --> 00:18:16.440
 into your

00:18:16.440 --> 00:18:16.779
 kingdom.

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 That is, he

00:18:18.980 --> 00:18:20.079
 recognized who

00:18:20.079 --> 00:18:20.779
 Jesus was.

00:18:20.839 --> 00:18:21.140
 It was a

00:18:21.140 --> 00:18:21.559
 statement of

00:18:21.559 --> 00:18:22.019
 faith and

00:18:22.019 --> 00:18:22.559
 trust in

00:18:22.559 --> 00:18:23.180
 Jesus, the

00:18:23.180 --> 00:18:23.599
 guy who was

00:18:23.599 --> 00:18:24.180
 dying beside

00:18:24.180 --> 00:18:24.559
 him on the

00:18:24.559 --> 00:18:24.900
 cross.

00:18:25.339 --> 00:18:26.279
 He recognized

00:18:26.279 --> 00:18:26.799
 that Jesus

00:18:26.799 --> 00:18:27.420
 must be a

00:18:27.420 --> 00:18:28.319
 king because

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 he's going

00:18:28.779 --> 00:18:29.359
 into his

00:18:29.359 --> 00:18:29.940
 kingdom and

00:18:29.940 --> 00:18:30.359
 his kingdom

00:18:30.359 --> 00:18:30.759
 is going to

00:18:30.759 --> 00:18:31.220
 come when

00:18:31.220 --> 00:18:31.920
 he dies.

00:18:33.379 --> 00:18:33.619
 And so

00:18:33.619 --> 00:18:33.900
 what did

00:18:33.900 --> 00:18:34.559
 Jesus say to

00:18:34.559 --> 00:18:35.160
 this guy?

00:18:35.160 --> 00:18:36.360
 Yeah, mate,

00:18:36.540 --> 00:18:37.220
 not a problem.

00:18:37.600 --> 00:18:38.080
 If you can

00:18:38.080 --> 00:18:38.640
 manage to get

00:18:38.640 --> 00:18:39.200
 yourself down

00:18:39.200 --> 00:18:39.700
 off the cross

00:18:39.700 --> 00:18:40.200
 and get off

00:18:40.200 --> 00:18:40.740
 the church,

00:18:40.840 --> 00:18:41.420
 then guarantee

00:18:41.420 --> 00:18:41.960
 you can be

00:18:41.960 --> 00:18:42.400
 part of the

00:18:42.400 --> 00:18:42.660
 kingdom.

00:18:43.720 --> 00:18:44.100
 No, that

00:18:44.100 --> 00:18:44.519
 wasn't it.

00:18:45.320 --> 00:18:46.060
 Or did he

00:18:46.060 --> 00:18:46.759
 say, hey

00:18:46.759 --> 00:18:47.820
 disciples, bring

00:18:47.820 --> 00:18:48.460
 up the hoses,

00:18:48.620 --> 00:18:49.000
 we need to

00:18:49.000 --> 00:18:49.740
 baptize this

00:18:49.740 --> 00:18:50.100
 guy.

00:18:51.400 --> 00:18:53.060
 No, that

00:18:53.060 --> 00:18:53.600
 wasn't it.

00:18:56.460 --> 00:18:57.800
 Today you

00:18:57.800 --> 00:18:58.380
 will be with

00:18:58.380 --> 00:18:59.640
 me in

00:18:59.640 --> 00:19:00.060
 paradise.

00:19:02.000 --> 00:19:03.060
 Today you

00:19:03.060 --> 00:19:03.800
 will be with

00:19:03.800 --> 00:19:04.480
 me in

00:19:04.480 --> 00:19:04.920
 paradise.

00:19:05.160 --> 00:19:06.160
 God

00:19:06.160 --> 00:19:07.300
 is

00:19:07.300 --> 00:19:07.660
 because he

00:19:07.660 --> 00:19:08.100
 put his

00:19:08.100 --> 00:19:08.820
 faith in

00:19:08.820 --> 00:19:09.340
 Jesus.

00:19:10.400 --> 00:19:10.960
 Christianity

00:19:10.960 --> 00:19:12.420
 isn't about

00:19:12.420 --> 00:19:13.860
 self-righteousness,

00:19:14.000 --> 00:19:14.560
 it is about

00:19:14.560 --> 00:19:15.420
 God-given

00:19:15.420 --> 00:19:16.360
 righteousness and

00:19:16.360 --> 00:19:17.019
 that man had

00:19:17.019 --> 00:19:17.600
 it right there

00:19:17.600 --> 00:19:18.700
 and then on

00:19:18.700 --> 00:19:19.259
 the cross.

00:19:20.300 --> 00:19:21.120
 Without any

00:19:21.120 --> 00:19:22.440
 activity, on

00:19:22.440 --> 00:19:23.019
 the cross,

00:19:23.700 --> 00:19:24.759
 God-given

00:19:24.759 --> 00:19:25.660
 righteousness.

00:19:29.580 --> 00:19:30.460
 But there is a

00:19:30.460 --> 00:19:31.200
 message here for

00:19:31.200 --> 00:19:32.120
 us, not just for

00:19:32.120 --> 00:19:32.800
 those who need to

00:19:32.800 --> 00:19:33.580
 put their trust in

00:19:33.580 --> 00:19:34.460
 Jesus, but that

00:19:34.460 --> 00:19:35.559
 for those of us

00:19:35.559 --> 00:19:36.299
 who have put our

00:19:36.299 --> 00:19:37.079
 trust in Jesus,

00:19:37.440 --> 00:19:38.600
 it is so easy

00:19:38.600 --> 00:19:39.720
 for us to start

00:19:39.720 --> 00:19:40.799
 with faith in

00:19:40.799 --> 00:19:41.160
 Jesus.

00:19:42.059 --> 00:19:42.840
 We look at

00:19:42.840 --> 00:19:43.579
 where we are,

00:19:43.779 --> 00:19:44.360
 where we're at,

00:19:44.500 --> 00:19:45.039
 what God has

00:19:45.039 --> 00:19:45.660
 done for us, and

00:19:45.660 --> 00:19:46.380
 it seems like a

00:19:46.380 --> 00:19:46.880
 pretty simple

00:19:46.880 --> 00:19:47.559
 choice to put our

00:19:47.559 --> 00:19:48.400
 trust in Jesus.

00:19:49.140 --> 00:19:50.259
 But it's easy to

00:19:50.259 --> 00:19:50.920
 move from that

00:19:50.920 --> 00:19:52.400
 faith in Jesus and

00:19:52.400 --> 00:19:53.440
 back into religion

00:19:53.440 --> 00:19:54.779
 and start having

00:19:54.779 --> 00:19:56.299
 confidence because of

00:19:56.299 --> 00:19:56.980
 what I do.

00:19:56.980 --> 00:19:58.660
 it's often a

00:19:58.660 --> 00:20:00.099
 subtle shift, but

00:20:00.099 --> 00:20:01.620
 it's so easy to

00:20:01.620 --> 00:20:02.180
 do it.

00:20:03.360 --> 00:20:04.380
 The longer and

00:20:04.380 --> 00:20:04.980
 longer you've been

00:20:04.980 --> 00:20:05.660
 a Christian, the

00:20:05.660 --> 00:20:06.819
 more that God has

00:20:06.819 --> 00:20:07.839
 worked in you and

00:20:07.839 --> 00:20:08.740
 changed you and

00:20:08.740 --> 00:20:09.220
 you've been in

00:20:09.220 --> 00:20:09.960
 church and you go

00:20:09.960 --> 00:20:10.799
 to youth group and

00:20:10.799 --> 00:20:11.880
 you go to read the

00:20:11.880 --> 00:20:12.740
 Bible and pray and

00:20:12.740 --> 00:20:13.180
 you're involved in

00:20:13.180 --> 00:20:14.380
 all these Christian

00:20:14.380 --> 00:20:15.400
 activities and you

00:20:15.400 --> 00:20:16.000
 hang around with

00:20:16.000 --> 00:20:17.000
 Christian people and

00:20:17.000 --> 00:20:19.640
 you kind of get

00:20:19.640 --> 00:20:20.440
 changed.

00:20:20.440 --> 00:20:20.519
 changed.

00:20:22.640 --> 00:20:23.680
 And you can start

00:20:23.680 --> 00:20:24.380
 looking down on

00:20:24.380 --> 00:20:24.740
 others.

00:20:26.920 --> 00:20:27.880
 Even just within

00:20:27.880 --> 00:20:28.460
 the church, you

00:20:28.460 --> 00:20:29.100
 can start looking

00:20:29.100 --> 00:20:29.840
 down on others.

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 It's so easy for

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 your shift to

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 happen from faith

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 back into who you

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 are and what you've

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 done for Jesus.

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 You start to think

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 maybe I'm not that

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 bad after all.

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 God must be

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 impressed with me.

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 And so you start

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 putting your trust

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 in religion.

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 And so the

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 question for us is,

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 are we totally

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 looking away from

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 ourselves?

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 When you see

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 yourself standing

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 before the King

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 Jesus, the Holy

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 Judge, what are

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 you going to look

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 to?

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 What are you

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 going to trust

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 in?

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 Let me say that

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 it would be

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 absolutely shocking

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 for us to

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 have read that

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 Bible passage and

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 not be terrified

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 by those four

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 words in the

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 middle of verse

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 14.

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 Terrified by

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 those four words

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 in the middle of

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 verse 14.

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 I tell you,

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 this man,

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 that is the

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 tax collector,

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 went down to

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 his house

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 justified.

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 And here are

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 the four words,

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 rather than

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 the other.

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 Rather than

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 the other.

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 The Pharisee,

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 the righteous

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 one, the one

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 thanking God

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 for his

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 righteousness,

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 righteousness,

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 was not

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 justified.

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 He was

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 condemned.

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 People who

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 trust in the

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 righteousness that

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 God has worked

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 in them for

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 the basis of

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 their acceptance

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 and acquittal

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 and justification

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 before God

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 do not go

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 down to their

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 house justified.

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 people who

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 really believe

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 that the

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 righteousness

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 that God

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 helps them

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 do in this

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 life is a

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 sufficient basis

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 for their

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 justification,

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 Jesus says,

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 will not

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 be justified

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 before God.

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 So,

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 Paul's,

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 this is very

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 serious.

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 Very

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 serious.

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 we are not

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 justified by

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 the righteousness

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 that Christ

00:23:02.799 --> 00:23:03.759
 works in

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 us,

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 but by the

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 righteousness

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 that Christ

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 is for

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 us.

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 Let me say

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 that again.

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 We are not

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 justified by

00:23:13.160 --> 00:23:13.799
 the righteousness

00:23:13.799 --> 00:23:14.579
 that Christ

00:23:14.579 --> 00:23:15.319
 works in

00:23:15.319 --> 00:23:15.680
 us,

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 but the

00:23:16.539 --> 00:23:17.059
 righteousness

00:23:17.059 --> 00:23:18.559
 that Christ

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 is for

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 us.

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 Me having

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 a reverent

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 in front

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 of my

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 name,

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 a theological

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 degree at

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 the end

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 of my

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 name,

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 and all

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 the works

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 that I

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 do in

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 between day

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 after day

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 after day

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 for God's

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 glory mean

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 deadly squat

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 for my

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 justification.

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 And if you

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 don't know what

00:23:46.319 --> 00:23:46.899
 deadly squat is,

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 it means

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 nothing.

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 And so I

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 plead with you

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 today on behalf

00:23:52.859 --> 00:23:53.779
 of Jesus that

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 for your

00:23:54.179 --> 00:23:54.740
 justification,

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 you do not

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 look to,

00:23:56.279 --> 00:23:57.940
 that you

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 do not

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 trust in

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 what God

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 has worked

00:24:00.839 --> 00:24:01.579
 out in

00:24:01.579 --> 00:24:01.899
 you.

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 Instead,

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 look to

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 and trust

00:24:06.180 --> 00:24:06.940
 in Christ

00:24:06.940 --> 00:24:08.579
 alone and

00:24:08.579 --> 00:24:09.220
 all that

00:24:09.220 --> 00:24:09.980
 God is

00:24:09.980 --> 00:24:10.759
 for you

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 in him.

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 2 Corinthians

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 5,

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 God made

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 him to be

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 seen who

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 knew no

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 sin,

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 so that in

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 him we

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 might become

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 the righteousness

00:24:20.180 --> 00:24:20.980
 of God.

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 And so hear

00:24:22.259 --> 00:24:23.099
 the words of

00:24:23.099 --> 00:24:24.000
 Jesus again,

00:24:24.000 --> 00:24:25.740
 everyone who

00:24:25.740 --> 00:24:26.180
 exalts

00:24:26.180 --> 00:24:27.859
 himself will

00:24:27.859 --> 00:24:28.359
 be humbled

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 and he

00:24:29.619 --> 00:24:30.099
 who humbles

00:24:30.099 --> 00:24:31.359
 himself will

00:24:31.359 --> 00:24:31.920
 be exalted.

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 Everyone who

00:24:33.940 --> 00:24:34.180
 ensuring

00:24:34.180 --> 00:24:37.140
 himself will

00:24:37.140 --> 00:24:37.640
 be humbled

00:24:37.640 --> 00:24:38.700
 and he

00:24:38.700 --> 00:24:39.420
 who humbles

00:24:39.420 --> 00:24:41.119
 himself will

00:24:41.119 --> 00:24:41.680
 be exalted.

00:24:41.680 --> 00:25:11.660
 Thank you.