WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:09.660 If you'll turn to Matthew chapter 5 and verses 38 to 42. 00:00:11.460 --> 00:00:12.939 ! 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:36.299 It's written by a man called Samuel Stone. 00:00:37.299 --> 00:00:39.359 Samuel Stone was a vicar in East London. 00:00:39.359 --> 00:00:43.219 He was walking along in Hackney one Sunday morning. 00:00:43.799 --> 00:00:46.460 And he saw a woman being attacked by four men. 00:00:48.100 --> 00:00:49.719 Samuel Stone was quite handy with his fists. 00:00:50.600 --> 00:00:52.299 He knocked the first one out clean cold. 00:00:52.939 --> 00:00:54.460 He broke the jaw of the second one. 00:00:55.359 --> 00:00:56.579 And the other two ran off. 00:00:58.340 --> 00:00:59.879 Edward Irving was a minister. 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:01.899 In the 19th century in Scotland. 00:01:02.899 --> 00:01:04.799 He heard that a man called Thomas Chalmers. 00:01:05.260 --> 00:01:06.620 Was going to preach in Edinburgh. 00:01:06.939 --> 00:01:09.099 And so he took six of his congregation. 00:01:09.659 --> 00:01:11.900 They walked 22 miles to Edinburgh. 00:01:12.200 --> 00:01:13.379 To hear Thomas Chalmers. 00:01:14.140 --> 00:01:17.079 When they got there the steward wouldn't allow them to sit. 00:01:18.439 --> 00:01:21.379 Edward Irving repeatedly asked the steward. 00:01:21.740 --> 00:01:22.539 Can we sit down? 00:01:23.240 --> 00:01:23.960 Can we sit down? 00:01:25.340 --> 00:01:26.379 Steward refused. 00:01:26.539 --> 00:01:28.079 In the end Edward Irving said. 00:01:28.079 --> 00:01:29.299 Let me sit down. 00:01:29.299 --> 00:01:31.000 Or I'll break your arm in pieces. 00:01:32.759 --> 00:01:35.299 Robert Pope was a minister in the 1700s. 00:01:36.739 --> 00:01:37.959 In the north of Scotland. 00:01:38.519 --> 00:01:40.819 He's a man of great and bodily strength. 00:01:41.519 --> 00:01:43.299 He carried with him a kind of heavy cudgel. 00:01:43.859 --> 00:01:45.159 A kind of club with him. 00:01:45.859 --> 00:01:46.560 And he preached. 00:01:46.719 --> 00:01:47.659 Didn't preach very well. 00:01:48.200 --> 00:01:50.079 In a service in the north of Scotland. 00:01:50.299 --> 00:01:52.920 And he sat down on a stone outside the church manse. 00:01:53.739 --> 00:01:55.400 Church manse was opposite a pub. 00:01:55.400 --> 00:01:57.820 And out of the pub came four men. 00:01:58.080 --> 00:02:00.719 And said Pope you'll drink whiskey with us tonight. 00:02:01.900 --> 00:02:03.020 And Robert Pope said no. 00:02:03.760 --> 00:02:04.860 They went back into the pub. 00:02:04.960 --> 00:02:06.940 They came back with 40 people. 00:02:07.260 --> 00:02:07.780 Not 40 people. 00:02:07.840 --> 00:02:08.759 They came back with 20 men. 00:02:09.259 --> 00:02:10.219 A bottle of whiskey. 00:02:10.840 --> 00:02:11.540 And a tumbler. 00:02:12.540 --> 00:02:15.580 They poured a healthy dose of whiskey out before Robert Pope. 00:02:15.740 --> 00:02:18.040 And said you'll drink with us tonight. 00:02:18.680 --> 00:02:19.800 He said no. 00:02:19.800 --> 00:02:22.860 So the man threw the bottle of whiskey at him. 00:02:22.980 --> 00:02:23.800 Smashed the glass. 00:02:24.760 --> 00:02:26.180 Robert Pope got up. 00:02:26.980 --> 00:02:28.020 With his cudgel. 00:02:28.640 --> 00:02:29.760 Not one of them flat. 00:02:30.380 --> 00:02:31.100 Two minutes later. 00:02:31.240 --> 00:02:32.540 Five of them lie on the ground. 00:02:33.340 --> 00:02:34.360 And the other 14. 00:02:34.960 --> 00:02:35.939 Pick up their friends. 00:02:36.020 --> 00:02:37.240 Who lay prostrate on the floor. 00:02:37.400 --> 00:02:38.200 And carry them home. 00:02:39.360 --> 00:02:40.100 Were they right. 00:02:40.640 --> 00:02:41.180 To do that. 00:02:42.000 --> 00:02:43.660 Was Samuel Stone right? 00:02:44.280 --> 00:02:45.800 Was Edward Irving right? 00:02:45.800 --> 00:02:46.360 Right. 00:02:47.840 --> 00:02:49.620 Was Robert Pope right? 00:02:51.120 --> 00:02:52.700 Does Jesus forbid that? 00:02:53.719 --> 00:02:55.620 Shouldn't they just have turned the other cheek? 00:02:56.760 --> 00:02:57.719 Well I would argue no. 00:02:58.620 --> 00:03:01.680 Is Jesus teaching us to be wimps? 00:03:03.000 --> 00:03:03.960 In this passage. 00:03:05.100 --> 00:03:07.680 Is Jesus teaching pacifism? 00:03:08.320 --> 00:03:09.060 As it's called. 00:03:10.600 --> 00:03:13.020 What is Jesus exactly getting at? 00:03:13.939 --> 00:03:15.700 That's why we need to ask some questions. 00:03:15.800 --> 00:03:16.939 Of the text. 00:03:17.760 --> 00:03:18.439 The first question. 00:03:18.660 --> 00:03:21.140 Is from verses 38 to 42. 00:03:21.280 --> 00:03:22.780 How is Jesus opposing us? 00:03:23.480 --> 00:03:25.060 How is Jesus opposing us? 00:03:26.800 --> 00:03:27.380 You'll see. 00:03:27.480 --> 00:03:28.580 There's that familiar phrase. 00:03:28.740 --> 00:03:29.160 At the end of. 00:03:29.520 --> 00:03:30.520 Start of verse 38. 00:03:30.640 --> 00:03:31.900 You've heard it said. 00:03:33.020 --> 00:03:35.180 That's the traditional teaching. 00:03:35.540 --> 00:03:36.540 You've heard it said. 00:03:36.680 --> 00:03:37.300 Jesus says. 00:03:37.560 --> 00:03:38.220 An eye for an eye. 00:03:38.360 --> 00:03:39.060 A tooth for a tooth. 00:03:39.120 --> 00:03:40.220 Or a tooth for a tooth. 00:03:40.220 --> 00:03:41.340 Depending on how you say it. 00:03:42.020 --> 00:03:43.060 But I say to you. 00:03:43.500 --> 00:03:44.880 Don't resist one who is evil. 00:03:44.879 --> 00:03:46.379 What's Jesus getting at here? 00:03:47.060 --> 00:03:48.340 What is Jesus opposing? 00:03:49.939 --> 00:03:51.219 Well we need to go back. 00:03:51.419 --> 00:03:52.319 Into the situation. 00:03:53.199 --> 00:03:53.939 And we need to see. 00:03:54.099 --> 00:03:54.519 When it says. 00:03:54.639 --> 00:03:55.219 An eye for an eye. 00:03:55.280 --> 00:03:56.099 Or a tooth for a tooth. 00:03:56.699 --> 00:03:57.539 That it's an illusion. 00:03:57.659 --> 00:03:58.639 He's pointing us back. 00:03:58.719 --> 00:03:59.340 To the Old Testament. 00:03:59.859 --> 00:04:00.919 To Exodus 21. 00:04:01.579 --> 00:04:02.639 22 to 25. 00:04:02.840 --> 00:04:04.240 Or Leviticus 24. 00:04:04.560 --> 00:04:06.060 Or Deuteronomy 19. 00:04:06.139 --> 00:04:06.819 Where this is quoted. 00:04:08.699 --> 00:04:10.079 An eye for an eye. 00:04:10.080 --> 00:04:12.080 A tooth for a tooth. 00:04:12.800 --> 00:04:13.960 It's a formula. 00:04:14.380 --> 00:04:15.640 In the Old Testament. 00:04:16.560 --> 00:04:17.660 And the idea. 00:04:17.819 --> 00:04:18.840 Behind this. 00:04:19.060 --> 00:04:19.420 Command. 00:04:20.920 --> 00:04:21.639 Was that. 00:04:21.759 --> 00:04:22.699 If a life was. 00:04:23.199 --> 00:04:24.139 Unjustly taken. 00:04:25.379 --> 00:04:26.340 Then part of the formula. 00:04:26.460 --> 00:04:27.100 Was like for like. 00:04:28.259 --> 00:04:29.180 Someone murdered. 00:04:30.080 --> 00:04:31.620 Or something like that. 00:04:31.720 --> 00:04:32.379 Then their life. 00:04:32.480 --> 00:04:33.240 Should be forfeit. 00:04:33.319 --> 00:04:34.480 For the life that they took. 00:04:35.080 --> 00:04:36.060 Life for life. 00:04:36.060 --> 00:04:38.280 And in the Old Testament. 00:04:38.480 --> 00:04:38.800 There was. 00:04:39.000 --> 00:04:40.360 Legislation for capital punishment. 00:04:41.280 --> 00:04:42.319 But if there was. 00:04:42.540 --> 00:04:43.480 Some other injury. 00:04:44.339 --> 00:04:45.079 It was. 00:04:45.680 --> 00:04:46.620 Like an eye. 00:04:46.780 --> 00:04:47.620 Or a tooth. 00:04:47.759 --> 00:04:48.480 That was taken out. 00:04:49.360 --> 00:04:49.780 When it says. 00:04:49.899 --> 00:04:50.560 Eye for eye. 00:04:50.680 --> 00:04:51.240 Tooth for tooth. 00:04:51.899 --> 00:04:52.699 Wound for wound. 00:04:52.779 --> 00:04:54.060 The idea behind it. 00:04:54.120 --> 00:04:54.959 Is that there should be. 00:04:55.199 --> 00:04:56.560 Just an equitable. 00:04:57.180 --> 00:04:58.480 And fair punishment. 00:04:58.600 --> 00:04:59.579 That fits the crime. 00:05:01.399 --> 00:05:02.220 Eye for eye. 00:05:02.319 --> 00:05:02.920 Tooth for tooth. 00:05:03.720 --> 00:05:04.180 That is. 00:05:04.279 --> 00:05:05.540 An eye for an eye. 00:05:05.540 --> 00:05:06.780 And no more than an eye. 00:05:08.040 --> 00:05:09.060 A tooth for a tooth. 00:05:09.160 --> 00:05:10.260 And no more than a tooth. 00:05:11.980 --> 00:05:12.420 So. 00:05:12.800 --> 00:05:13.620 This formula. 00:05:13.800 --> 00:05:14.480 For justice. 00:05:15.740 --> 00:05:16.520 It's a formula. 00:05:16.620 --> 00:05:17.620 For exact justice. 00:05:19.700 --> 00:05:20.360 That is. 00:05:21.140 --> 00:05:21.939 The death penalty. 00:05:22.140 --> 00:05:23.280 Ought to be proportionate. 00:05:23.400 --> 00:05:23.900 And proper. 00:05:24.100 --> 00:05:24.720 And just. 00:05:24.860 --> 00:05:25.560 For the crime. 00:05:25.640 --> 00:05:26.320 Or misdemeanor. 00:05:26.480 --> 00:05:26.800 Committed. 00:05:27.340 --> 00:05:28.160 It's a formula. 00:05:28.320 --> 00:05:29.840 For exact justice. 00:05:30.379 --> 00:05:31.080 And it's a formula. 00:05:31.180 --> 00:05:32.520 For public justice. 00:05:33.680 --> 00:05:35.080 If you look at Exodus 21. 00:05:35.079 --> 00:05:36.419 Then it's a formula. 00:05:36.419 --> 00:05:37.859 That was meant for justice. 00:05:38.079 --> 00:05:38.459 Judges. 00:05:38.599 --> 00:05:39.699 To help judges. 00:05:40.019 --> 00:05:40.939 And magistrates. 00:05:41.219 --> 00:05:42.120 They were the ones. 00:05:42.240 --> 00:05:42.839 To decide. 00:05:43.000 --> 00:05:44.079 What was proper. 00:05:44.300 --> 00:05:45.039 And a fair. 00:05:45.159 --> 00:05:45.959 Kind of penalty. 00:05:47.180 --> 00:05:47.719 It's not something. 00:05:47.819 --> 00:05:48.639 For the private individual. 00:05:48.639 --> 00:05:49.019 To do. 00:05:49.819 --> 00:05:51.019 A private individual. 00:05:51.019 --> 00:05:52.379 Who's been a victim of crime. 00:05:52.459 --> 00:05:53.000 Did not. 00:05:53.419 --> 00:05:53.939 Decide. 00:05:54.019 --> 00:05:54.919 What kind of penalty. 00:05:54.919 --> 00:05:55.819 Was fit. 00:05:56.819 --> 00:05:57.799 It was for judges. 00:05:58.459 --> 00:05:59.500 And the magistrates. 00:06:00.240 --> 00:06:01.180 It was a principle. 00:06:01.180 --> 00:06:02.759 They were to operate by. 00:06:03.000 --> 00:06:03.540 When they. 00:06:03.840 --> 00:06:04.699 Made decisions. 00:06:06.400 --> 00:06:07.379 And in fact. 00:06:07.459 --> 00:06:08.000 It's a principle. 00:06:08.180 --> 00:06:09.340 That restrained. 00:06:09.439 --> 00:06:10.819 Of restraining justice. 00:06:11.860 --> 00:06:12.480 That is. 00:06:12.560 --> 00:06:13.720 When something was committed. 00:06:14.139 --> 00:06:14.879 A crime. 00:06:15.019 --> 00:06:15.680 Or a misdemeanor. 00:06:15.819 --> 00:06:16.340 Or whatever. 00:06:17.879 --> 00:06:18.660 Then it would give. 00:06:18.819 --> 00:06:19.780 That appropriate. 00:06:19.920 --> 00:06:20.780 Kind of penalty. 00:06:21.100 --> 00:06:21.840 That much. 00:06:21.860 --> 00:06:22.680 And no more. 00:06:23.199 --> 00:06:24.379 An eye for an eye. 00:06:24.939 --> 00:06:26.120 And no more than an eye. 00:06:27.100 --> 00:06:28.079 Or you could put it this way. 00:06:28.079 --> 00:06:29.579 Only an eye for an eye. 00:06:29.839 --> 00:06:31.399 Or only a tooth for a tooth. 00:06:32.219 --> 00:06:32.620 That it was. 00:06:32.740 --> 00:06:33.120 That is. 00:06:33.180 --> 00:06:34.000 It was meant to. 00:06:34.359 --> 00:06:35.199 Put a break. 00:06:35.279 --> 00:06:36.019 On vengeance. 00:06:37.139 --> 00:06:38.060 On revenge. 00:06:39.439 --> 00:06:40.779 On unrestrained. 00:06:40.779 --> 00:06:41.740 Blood fields. 00:06:42.639 --> 00:06:43.419 That sort of thing. 00:06:44.680 --> 00:06:45.879 We know what happens. 00:06:45.959 --> 00:06:46.339 Don't we. 00:06:46.479 --> 00:06:47.459 When it's left up. 00:06:47.539 --> 00:06:48.139 To an individual. 00:06:49.759 --> 00:06:50.279 He might. 00:06:50.500 --> 00:06:51.079 She might. 00:06:51.199 --> 00:06:51.599 In anger. 00:06:51.759 --> 00:06:52.599 Take more. 00:06:52.719 --> 00:06:53.539 Than is appropriate. 00:06:54.680 --> 00:06:56.120 And then in return. 00:06:57.120 --> 00:06:58.000 Receives more. 00:06:58.079 --> 00:06:58.599 Back more. 00:06:59.000 --> 00:06:59.800 And so on. 00:07:00.659 --> 00:07:01.419 And so you have. 00:07:01.519 --> 00:07:02.120 A blood food. 00:07:02.180 --> 00:07:02.899 On your hand. 00:07:03.379 --> 00:07:04.219 And this was meant. 00:07:04.259 --> 00:07:04.819 To be a principle. 00:07:04.919 --> 00:07:06.680 Of restraining justice. 00:07:08.959 --> 00:07:09.979 An eye for an eye. 00:07:10.139 --> 00:07:10.899 And only an eye. 00:07:12.800 --> 00:07:13.399 A tooth. 00:07:14.379 --> 00:07:14.979 For a tooth. 00:07:15.180 --> 00:07:16.159 And only a tooth. 00:07:18.099 --> 00:07:19.279 But over the passage of time. 00:07:19.339 --> 00:07:19.680 In tradition. 00:07:19.919 --> 00:07:20.279 And in the way. 00:07:20.279 --> 00:07:20.959 That it was used. 00:07:21.099 --> 00:07:21.939 People begin to read. 00:07:21.939 --> 00:07:22.479 This differently. 00:07:23.719 --> 00:07:24.379 And they read. 00:07:24.599 --> 00:07:25.039 The words. 00:07:25.120 --> 00:07:25.699 An eye for an eye. 00:07:25.779 --> 00:07:26.579 And a tooth for a tooth. 00:07:27.019 --> 00:07:27.560 And they said. 00:07:27.560 --> 00:07:28.100 If someone. 00:07:28.399 --> 00:07:29.040 Offends me. 00:07:29.160 --> 00:07:29.579 If someone. 00:07:29.780 --> 00:07:30.439 Assaults me. 00:07:30.740 --> 00:07:31.959 I must have. 00:07:32.139 --> 00:07:33.060 An eye for an eye. 00:07:33.680 --> 00:07:34.780 I must have. 00:07:34.860 --> 00:07:35.740 A tooth for a tooth. 00:07:36.399 --> 00:07:37.579 I have a right. 00:07:37.759 --> 00:07:38.339 To an eye. 00:07:40.399 --> 00:07:41.100 And so. 00:07:41.220 --> 00:07:41.699 This principle. 00:07:41.780 --> 00:07:42.199 That was meant. 00:07:42.240 --> 00:07:43.199 To restrain. 00:07:43.439 --> 00:07:44.000 Vengeance. 00:07:44.340 --> 00:07:44.740 Became. 00:07:45.079 --> 00:07:45.600 A formula. 00:07:45.860 --> 00:07:46.579 An excuse. 00:07:46.920 --> 00:07:47.519 For vengeance. 00:07:49.360 --> 00:07:50.000 It's not. 00:07:50.079 --> 00:07:50.800 The Old Testament. 00:07:51.019 --> 00:07:51.340 Formula. 00:07:51.699 --> 00:07:52.379 That Jesus. 00:07:52.500 --> 00:07:53.139 Is countering. 00:07:53.340 --> 00:07:54.220 It's the abuse. 00:07:54.220 --> 00:07:54.840 Of that formula. 00:07:54.839 --> 00:07:56.639 It's how it was being mistreated. 00:07:56.799 --> 00:07:57.399 And abused. 00:07:58.639 --> 00:07:58.879 And so. 00:07:58.959 --> 00:07:59.379 What Jesus. 00:07:59.519 --> 00:08:00.019 Is countering. 00:08:00.099 --> 00:08:00.679 When he says. 00:08:01.219 --> 00:08:02.719 When I say to you. 00:08:03.659 --> 00:08:04.259 You have heard. 00:08:04.359 --> 00:08:05.039 That it was said. 00:08:05.419 --> 00:08:06.799 But I say to you. 00:08:06.839 --> 00:08:07.579 Verse 39. 00:08:08.319 --> 00:08:09.060 Do not resist. 00:08:09.139 --> 00:08:09.879 The one who is evil. 00:08:11.500 --> 00:08:12.139 He is saying. 00:08:12.259 --> 00:08:13.620 Get rid of the passion. 00:08:13.759 --> 00:08:14.239 For vengeance. 00:08:14.719 --> 00:08:15.799 Get rid of the spirit. 00:08:15.859 --> 00:08:16.359 Of revenge. 00:08:17.500 --> 00:08:18.739 Get rid of the lust. 00:08:18.819 --> 00:08:19.779 For retaliation. 00:08:20.500 --> 00:08:21.819 Get rid of the drive. 00:08:21.819 --> 00:08:23.560 To have your pound of flesh. 00:08:23.680 --> 00:08:24.740 I'll make them pay. 00:08:26.560 --> 00:08:27.219 He's not saying. 00:08:27.300 --> 00:08:28.079 You should be a doormat. 00:08:29.560 --> 00:08:30.500 But he is saying. 00:08:30.620 --> 00:08:31.599 That my disciples. 00:08:31.939 --> 00:08:32.840 My followers. 00:08:33.179 --> 00:08:34.100 Should have control. 00:08:34.139 --> 00:08:34.460 Of themselves. 00:08:34.919 --> 00:08:35.519 He's not saying. 00:08:35.600 --> 00:08:36.439 You should be a wimp. 00:08:37.899 --> 00:08:38.600 But he is saying. 00:08:38.679 --> 00:08:39.679 That you should be a peacemaker. 00:08:39.819 --> 00:08:40.419 Verse 39. 00:08:42.240 --> 00:08:42.899 But I say. 00:08:42.960 --> 00:08:43.059 To you. 00:08:43.120 --> 00:08:43.639 Do not resist. 00:08:43.700 --> 00:08:44.340 The one who is evil. 00:08:44.439 --> 00:08:45.399 But if anyone slaps you. 00:08:45.399 --> 00:08:46.080 On the right cheek. 00:08:46.080 --> 00:08:47.000 Turn to the other. 00:08:47.279 --> 00:08:47.600 Also. 00:08:47.980 --> 00:08:49.039 Get rid of this. 00:08:49.299 --> 00:08:49.779 Passion. 00:08:50.259 --> 00:08:50.860 For vengeance. 00:08:51.820 --> 00:08:53.520 Get rid of this. 00:08:53.760 --> 00:08:54.200 Personal. 00:08:54.760 --> 00:08:55.240 Retaliation. 00:08:56.520 --> 00:08:57.280 That is what Jesus. 00:08:57.440 --> 00:08:57.840 Is opposing. 00:08:59.500 --> 00:09:00.500 Now the second question. 00:09:00.660 --> 00:09:01.320 We need to ask. 00:09:01.420 --> 00:09:01.700 Is then. 00:09:01.780 --> 00:09:02.700 What is Jesus teaching? 00:09:03.180 --> 00:09:03.700 What is he teaching? 00:09:03.760 --> 00:09:04.220 In detail. 00:09:05.480 --> 00:09:06.300 Verses 39. 00:09:06.420 --> 00:09:06.800 To 42. 00:09:08.700 --> 00:09:09.379 And at this point. 00:09:09.420 --> 00:09:10.200 We have to make a comment. 00:09:11.379 --> 00:09:12.640 I think it's really important. 00:09:12.740 --> 00:09:13.800 That we understand. 00:09:13.900 --> 00:09:14.680 The scope. 00:09:14.680 --> 00:09:15.520 Of what Jesus. 00:09:15.680 --> 00:09:16.360 Is teaching here. 00:09:18.200 --> 00:09:18.880 So again. 00:09:18.940 --> 00:09:19.220 And again. 00:09:19.320 --> 00:09:20.080 I try to remind you. 00:09:20.080 --> 00:09:20.700 Remind you. 00:09:20.879 --> 00:09:21.840 What is the audience. 00:09:21.980 --> 00:09:23.060 That Jesus is talking to. 00:09:24.000 --> 00:09:24.940 Who is Jesus. 00:09:25.139 --> 00:09:25.759 Speaking to. 00:09:27.160 --> 00:09:28.100 Jesus is speaking. 00:09:28.240 --> 00:09:29.200 To his disciples. 00:09:31.160 --> 00:09:32.580 So please notice that. 00:09:33.840 --> 00:09:34.980 He is not talking about. 00:09:35.139 --> 00:09:35.620 To governments. 00:09:37.000 --> 00:09:38.040 He is not talking. 00:09:38.420 --> 00:09:39.120 To political. 00:09:39.540 --> 00:09:39.980 Entities. 00:09:41.980 --> 00:09:42.420 So. 00:09:42.820 --> 00:09:43.220 Sometimes. 00:09:43.420 --> 00:09:44.220 Verse 39. 00:09:45.220 --> 00:09:46.520 The words. 00:09:46.640 --> 00:09:47.220 Do not resist. 00:09:47.300 --> 00:09:47.740 The one who is evil. 00:09:47.740 --> 00:09:48.700 But if anyone slaps you. 00:09:48.720 --> 00:09:49.220 On the right cheek. 00:09:49.320 --> 00:09:50.120 Turn to the other. 00:09:50.279 --> 00:09:50.639 Also. 00:09:51.080 --> 00:09:51.500 That is. 00:09:51.620 --> 00:09:52.539 That is used. 00:09:52.620 --> 00:09:53.460 To kind of leave up. 00:09:53.519 --> 00:09:54.659 All sorts of points. 00:09:54.659 --> 00:09:55.399 By people. 00:09:57.220 --> 00:09:58.100 This isn't actually. 00:09:58.100 --> 00:09:58.680 Speaking about. 00:09:58.759 --> 00:09:59.360 Capital punishment. 00:10:00.200 --> 00:10:01.220 Or wars. 00:10:02.680 --> 00:10:03.560 But sometimes. 00:10:03.820 --> 00:10:04.399 The idea is. 00:10:04.500 --> 00:10:05.299 That people teach. 00:10:05.539 --> 00:10:06.379 A kind of pacifism. 00:10:06.480 --> 00:10:07.000 That governments. 00:10:07.180 --> 00:10:07.879 Ought to not. 00:10:07.980 --> 00:10:08.840 Arm themselves. 00:10:08.960 --> 00:10:09.440 In defence. 00:10:09.680 --> 00:10:10.120 But that is. 00:10:10.200 --> 00:10:11.200 What Jesus is saying here. 00:10:12.519 --> 00:10:13.000 Jesus. 00:10:13.200 --> 00:10:13.620 Is not. 00:10:14.120 --> 00:10:14.600 Legislating. 00:10:14.720 --> 00:10:15.519 Government policy. 00:10:15.519 --> 00:10:17.840 He is not talking about. 00:10:17.899 --> 00:10:18.699 Anything in terms. 00:10:18.779 --> 00:10:19.519 Of capital punishment. 00:10:19.840 --> 00:10:20.740 He is not talking to. 00:10:20.899 --> 00:10:21.340 Nations. 00:10:21.639 --> 00:10:22.340 And governments. 00:10:22.659 --> 00:10:23.559 He is talking to his. 00:10:23.699 --> 00:10:24.059 Disciples. 00:10:24.159 --> 00:10:24.699 Can you just see that. 00:10:24.779 --> 00:10:25.439 In chapter 5. 00:10:25.480 --> 00:10:26.120 Verses 1 and 2. 00:10:27.500 --> 00:10:28.079 He is talking. 00:10:28.319 --> 00:10:28.699 Primarily. 00:10:28.819 --> 00:10:29.480 To his disciples. 00:10:29.480 --> 00:10:29.980 Who have entered. 00:10:30.139 --> 00:10:31.039 The kingdom of God. 00:10:32.620 --> 00:10:33.379 And to those. 00:10:33.500 --> 00:10:34.019 He charges. 00:10:34.159 --> 00:10:34.500 And he says. 00:10:34.579 --> 00:10:35.360 You must show. 00:10:35.460 --> 00:10:35.980 A righteousness. 00:10:36.179 --> 00:10:36.759 You must show. 00:10:36.840 --> 00:10:37.419 That you follow. 00:10:37.419 --> 00:10:38.159 The Lord Jesus. 00:10:38.579 --> 00:10:40.039 In every part of your life. 00:10:40.360 --> 00:10:41.139 So that your. 00:10:41.519 --> 00:10:42.039 Righteousness. 00:10:42.559 --> 00:10:42.960 Surpasses. 00:10:43.179 --> 00:10:44.299 Those of the theologians. 00:10:44.360 --> 00:10:44.879 And the priests. 00:10:44.879 --> 00:10:47.120 And the pronouns. 00:10:47.399 --> 00:10:48.080 In the second part. 00:10:48.100 --> 00:10:48.879 Of verse 39. 00:10:49.100 --> 00:10:49.559 To 42. 00:10:49.720 --> 00:10:51.159 Are second person singular. 00:10:52.740 --> 00:10:53.139 That is. 00:10:53.200 --> 00:10:54.059 They are addressed. 00:10:54.259 --> 00:10:55.299 To individual. 00:10:55.960 --> 00:10:56.480 Disciples. 00:10:56.620 --> 00:10:57.059 To followers. 00:10:57.279 --> 00:10:58.059 Of the Lord Jesus. 00:10:58.419 --> 00:10:59.259 I am not saying. 00:10:59.340 --> 00:10:59.679 That the Bible. 00:10:59.740 --> 00:11:01.080 Doesn't speak to national matters. 00:11:01.320 --> 00:11:01.580 Okay. 00:11:02.000 --> 00:11:02.559 It does. 00:11:03.419 --> 00:11:04.519 But it is an abuse. 00:11:04.620 --> 00:11:05.559 Of this text. 00:11:05.659 --> 00:11:06.600 To try and take it. 00:11:06.679 --> 00:11:07.399 And apply it. 00:11:07.439 --> 00:11:07.939 To the government. 00:11:10.080 --> 00:11:11.019 To apply it. 00:11:11.320 --> 00:11:11.639 To something. 00:11:11.759 --> 00:11:12.419 That Jesus simply. 00:11:12.419 --> 00:11:13.320 Didn't have in view. 00:11:13.320 --> 00:11:17.240 Let me say. 00:11:17.480 --> 00:11:18.820 This turning the other cheek business. 00:11:18.900 --> 00:11:19.379 Doesn't mean. 00:11:19.540 --> 00:11:20.940 That you don't bring resistance. 00:11:21.460 --> 00:11:22.320 And stand up. 00:11:22.379 --> 00:11:23.440 If someone is being threatened. 00:11:26.000 --> 00:11:27.400 He's talking to you. 00:11:28.160 --> 00:11:28.960 As you're concerned. 00:11:29.040 --> 00:11:29.580 As an individual. 00:11:30.379 --> 00:11:30.840 He's not saying. 00:11:30.960 --> 00:11:31.780 That you hold back. 00:11:31.840 --> 00:11:32.440 When somebody else. 00:11:32.480 --> 00:11:33.440 Is receiving injustice. 00:11:34.900 --> 00:11:35.660 Now the principle. 00:11:35.879 --> 00:11:36.500 In verse 39. 00:11:36.600 --> 00:11:37.340 Let's look at the examples. 00:11:37.740 --> 00:11:38.480 Don't resist. 00:11:38.640 --> 00:11:39.580 One who is evil. 00:11:39.580 --> 00:11:40.360 That's the principle. 00:11:40.360 --> 00:11:42.060 And he gives you. 00:11:42.220 --> 00:11:42.779 Four examples. 00:11:42.919 --> 00:11:43.519 Of the situation. 00:11:44.419 --> 00:11:45.139 Let's look at them. 00:11:45.500 --> 00:11:46.000 First of all. 00:11:46.159 --> 00:11:46.779 He talks about. 00:11:46.860 --> 00:11:47.419 Well what about the one. 00:11:47.460 --> 00:11:47.960 Who's insulted. 00:11:50.300 --> 00:11:51.259 If anyone. 00:11:51.860 --> 00:11:52.440 Slaps you. 00:11:52.560 --> 00:11:53.560 On the right cheek. 00:11:53.740 --> 00:11:54.240 Turn to him. 00:11:54.300 --> 00:11:54.720 The other. 00:11:54.879 --> 00:11:55.279 Also. 00:11:57.620 --> 00:11:58.379 Now I think. 00:11:59.039 --> 00:12:00.139 We need to understand this. 00:12:00.259 --> 00:12:00.399 That. 00:12:00.659 --> 00:12:01.899 That not even. 00:12:02.139 --> 00:12:02.539 Jesus. 00:12:04.480 --> 00:12:05.180 Not even. 00:12:05.360 --> 00:12:05.720 Jesus. 00:12:05.920 --> 00:12:06.279 Assuming. 00:12:06.379 --> 00:12:07.200 He was consistent. 00:12:07.200 --> 00:12:08.259 With his own teaching. 00:12:08.259 --> 00:12:08.860 And I want to say. 00:12:08.939 --> 00:12:09.500 He was. 00:12:09.939 --> 00:12:10.480 Not even. 00:12:10.580 --> 00:12:10.840 Jesus. 00:12:10.960 --> 00:12:11.379 Followed this. 00:12:11.580 --> 00:12:11.899 Literally. 00:12:12.419 --> 00:12:12.580 Okay. 00:12:13.799 --> 00:12:14.120 Or. 00:12:14.319 --> 00:12:14.720 Woodenly. 00:12:15.639 --> 00:12:16.259 How do we know that? 00:12:16.299 --> 00:12:17.000 Well in John 18. 00:12:17.059 --> 00:12:18.139 Verses 22 to 23. 00:12:18.519 --> 00:12:19.200 Jesus is being. 00:12:19.439 --> 00:12:19.759 Tried. 00:12:19.879 --> 00:12:20.679 By the high priest. 00:12:21.620 --> 00:12:22.539 Before his trial. 00:12:22.659 --> 00:12:23.340 Before Pilate. 00:12:23.919 --> 00:12:24.799 And they ask him. 00:12:24.840 --> 00:12:25.319 About his teaching. 00:12:25.439 --> 00:12:25.840 And he says. 00:12:25.919 --> 00:12:26.779 I've always talked publicly. 00:12:27.100 --> 00:12:27.720 And in the open. 00:12:27.779 --> 00:12:28.259 If you want to know. 00:12:28.319 --> 00:12:28.799 About teaching. 00:12:29.200 --> 00:12:29.639 My teaching. 00:12:29.759 --> 00:12:30.319 Why don't you ask. 00:12:30.319 --> 00:12:31.039 The people who are there. 00:12:33.200 --> 00:12:34.120 And John tells us. 00:12:34.120 --> 00:12:35.220 That one of the disciples. 00:12:35.439 --> 00:12:36.279 One of the officials. 00:12:36.539 --> 00:12:37.860 Struck Jesus in the face. 00:12:38.259 --> 00:12:40.860 Is that any way. 00:12:40.899 --> 00:12:41.759 To answer the high priest. 00:12:41.819 --> 00:12:42.240 He demanded. 00:12:42.939 --> 00:12:43.919 What did Jesus do? 00:12:45.220 --> 00:12:46.019 Did Jesus. 00:12:46.379 --> 00:12:47.279 Turn the other cheek. 00:12:47.899 --> 00:12:48.379 At him. 00:12:48.439 --> 00:12:48.639 And say. 00:12:48.700 --> 00:12:49.399 Well hit me again. 00:12:50.879 --> 00:12:51.240 No. 00:12:51.340 --> 00:12:51.879 Jesus didn't. 00:12:51.939 --> 00:12:52.100 Did he? 00:12:52.259 --> 00:12:52.799 Jesus said. 00:12:52.840 --> 00:12:53.740 If I've done something wrong. 00:12:54.000 --> 00:12:54.639 Testify me. 00:12:55.639 --> 00:12:56.240 Testify to me. 00:12:56.259 --> 00:12:56.939 What I've done wrong. 00:12:57.139 --> 00:12:58.159 But if I spoke the truth. 00:12:58.240 --> 00:12:59.299 Why do you strike me? 00:13:00.539 --> 00:13:01.700 What about the apostle Paul? 00:13:03.580 --> 00:13:05.259 He was in front of the Sanhedrin. 00:13:05.679 --> 00:13:06.819 The main Jewish council. 00:13:06.939 --> 00:13:07.819 And in Acts 23. 00:13:08.820 --> 00:13:10.720 The apostle Paul makes an opening statement. 00:13:10.720 --> 00:13:11.700 About the high priest. 00:13:13.140 --> 00:13:14.220 And the man who is. 00:13:14.660 --> 00:13:15.540 Conducting the trial. 00:13:15.700 --> 00:13:16.520 Tells the attendant. 00:13:16.900 --> 00:13:18.379 To strike Paul on the mouth. 00:13:19.860 --> 00:13:20.700 What did Paul do. 00:13:20.740 --> 00:13:21.400 When he did that? 00:13:22.400 --> 00:13:23.920 Did Paul turn the other cheek. 00:13:24.780 --> 00:13:25.400 And say. 00:13:25.500 --> 00:13:26.240 Hit me again. 00:13:27.140 --> 00:13:27.760 Well not exactly. 00:13:28.860 --> 00:13:29.379 He says this. 00:13:29.500 --> 00:13:30.560 God is going to strike you. 00:13:30.620 --> 00:13:31.660 You whitewashed wall. 00:13:32.580 --> 00:13:33.120 Are you going to sit. 00:13:33.320 --> 00:13:34.060 And judge me. 00:13:34.140 --> 00:13:34.860 According to the law. 00:13:34.920 --> 00:13:35.160 And yet. 00:13:35.380 --> 00:13:36.080 Contrary to the law. 00:13:36.080 --> 00:13:37.180 You order me to be struck. 00:13:39.240 --> 00:13:40.860 Jesus and Paul. 00:13:41.820 --> 00:13:43.000 Were not contrary. 00:13:43.000 --> 00:13:43.879 To this position. 00:13:45.840 --> 00:13:47.259 Here in Matthew chapter 5. 00:13:48.560 --> 00:13:49.460 Here's a situation. 00:13:49.600 --> 00:13:50.740 In which Matthew and Jesus. 00:13:51.300 --> 00:13:52.139 Paul and Jesus. 00:13:52.139 --> 00:13:53.259 They are being treated. 00:13:53.480 --> 00:13:53.900 Illegally. 00:13:54.040 --> 00:13:55.460 They are being assaulted. 00:13:55.460 --> 00:13:56.740 In a legal assembly. 00:13:56.740 --> 00:13:59.419 And they call the person on it. 00:13:59.480 --> 00:13:59.680 They say. 00:13:59.820 --> 00:14:00.399 That's out of order. 00:14:00.480 --> 00:14:01.080 That's out of line. 00:14:01.139 --> 00:14:01.820 Don't do that. 00:14:03.980 --> 00:14:04.440 And so. 00:14:04.539 --> 00:14:05.539 What does Jesus mean. 00:14:05.539 --> 00:14:07.060 Here in Matthew chapter 5. 00:14:09.060 --> 00:14:09.840 And what's helpful. 00:14:09.960 --> 00:14:10.539 For you and I. 00:14:10.840 --> 00:14:11.440 Is that we understand. 00:14:11.580 --> 00:14:12.500 That this is a situation. 00:14:12.500 --> 00:14:13.620 Of insult. 00:14:14.340 --> 00:14:15.539 Not assault. 00:14:16.379 --> 00:14:16.860 Can you get that? 00:14:18.039 --> 00:14:18.879 It's a situation. 00:14:18.879 --> 00:14:19.779 Of insult. 00:14:19.980 --> 00:14:21.200 And not assault. 00:14:21.200 --> 00:14:21.400 Right. 00:14:26.300 --> 00:14:26.660 Notice. 00:14:26.740 --> 00:14:27.160 Matthew says. 00:14:27.200 --> 00:14:28.100 Whoever strikes you. 00:14:28.200 --> 00:14:29.680 On the right cheek. 00:14:33.180 --> 00:14:33.620 John. 00:14:33.620 --> 00:14:33.840 John's over. 00:14:33.879 --> 00:14:34.200 Come up here. 00:14:34.360 --> 00:14:34.580 All right. 00:14:34.980 --> 00:14:35.620 Come up here. 00:14:36.660 --> 00:14:37.060 All right. 00:14:37.500 --> 00:14:37.879 So. 00:14:38.480 --> 00:14:39.700 Most people are right handed. 00:14:39.800 --> 00:14:40.320 So stand there. 00:14:40.379 --> 00:14:41.080 This is why you have heard this. 00:14:41.259 --> 00:14:41.420 Okay. 00:14:42.200 --> 00:14:42.640 And so. 00:14:44.220 --> 00:14:45.600 If John's right cheek. 00:14:45.700 --> 00:14:46.120 Is there. 00:14:46.200 --> 00:14:46.480 Isn't it? 00:14:46.560 --> 00:14:47.920 If I was going to hit John. 00:14:48.000 --> 00:14:48.980 Where would I hit John? 00:14:48.980 --> 00:14:50.460 I would hit John. 00:14:50.639 --> 00:14:51.080 Left cheek. 00:14:51.139 --> 00:14:51.340 Okay. 00:14:51.420 --> 00:14:52.180 That's how I do it. 00:14:52.720 --> 00:14:53.340 But Jesus says. 00:14:53.420 --> 00:14:54.519 If someone strikes you. 00:14:54.580 --> 00:14:55.460 On the right cheek. 00:14:55.720 --> 00:14:56.840 You wouldn't normally go. 00:14:57.039 --> 00:14:57.639 That direction. 00:14:58.000 --> 00:14:58.620 Those of you. 00:14:58.759 --> 00:14:59.500 Who follow boxing. 00:14:59.860 --> 00:15:00.180 So. 00:15:00.519 --> 00:15:01.399 When would you hit John. 00:15:01.420 --> 00:15:02.259 On the right cheek. 00:15:03.019 --> 00:15:03.680 You would hit John. 00:15:03.680 --> 00:15:04.000 Hit John. 00:15:04.060 --> 00:15:04.460 On the right cheek. 00:15:04.500 --> 00:15:04.980 In a situation. 00:15:04.980 --> 00:15:05.560 Of insult. 00:15:06.259 --> 00:15:06.740 Like that. 00:15:07.019 --> 00:15:07.279 All right. 00:15:09.600 --> 00:15:10.379 That's what you do. 00:15:10.460 --> 00:15:11.139 It's a situation. 00:15:11.139 --> 00:15:11.920 Of insult. 00:15:12.139 --> 00:15:13.360 It's the back of his hand. 00:15:15.420 --> 00:15:16.240 I don't think Jesus. 00:15:16.340 --> 00:15:16.860 Was left handed. 00:15:17.080 --> 00:15:17.300 All right. 00:15:17.440 --> 00:15:18.300 That might ruin this. 00:15:18.299 --> 00:15:18.459 But. 00:15:18.779 --> 00:15:20.319 The point is. 00:15:20.639 --> 00:15:21.339 It's a situation. 00:15:21.339 --> 00:15:21.839 Of insult. 00:15:23.120 --> 00:15:24.539 You take the back of your hand. 00:15:24.599 --> 00:15:25.459 In the middle of the Middle East. 00:15:25.519 --> 00:15:25.959 Some of you. 00:15:26.099 --> 00:15:27.059 From an Iranian culture. 00:15:27.139 --> 00:15:27.959 Might be able to talk about that. 00:15:28.139 --> 00:15:28.979 It's a situation. 00:15:28.979 --> 00:15:29.639 Of insult. 00:15:31.679 --> 00:15:32.599 That's a gesture. 00:15:32.719 --> 00:15:33.740 That's used in the day. 00:15:33.819 --> 00:15:34.859 And I think it's still used in the day. 00:15:34.899 --> 00:15:36.259 To show extreme contempt. 00:15:37.399 --> 00:15:38.179 To show that someone. 00:15:38.500 --> 00:15:39.819 Utterly despised you. 00:15:40.219 --> 00:15:41.639 They thought you were zero. 00:15:41.939 --> 00:15:42.299 Essentially. 00:15:42.919 --> 00:15:43.339 And notice. 00:15:43.459 --> 00:15:44.120 It's a gesture. 00:15:44.259 --> 00:15:45.339 It's not an attack. 00:15:45.340 --> 00:15:48.680 It's an expression of contempt. 00:15:48.680 --> 00:15:49.420 It's not an. 00:15:49.680 --> 00:15:50.920 It's not an assault. 00:15:51.300 --> 00:15:52.879 It's not a fight situation. 00:15:54.920 --> 00:15:55.820 It wasn't as. 00:15:55.960 --> 00:15:57.220 As if Jesus says. 00:15:57.620 --> 00:15:57.780 Let. 00:15:57.860 --> 00:15:58.639 When the guy strikes you. 00:15:58.720 --> 00:15:59.620 On the right cheek. 00:16:01.340 --> 00:16:02.300 And then he proceeds. 00:16:02.360 --> 00:16:03.620 With a left to the jaw. 00:16:04.240 --> 00:16:05.680 And then as you bend down. 00:16:05.780 --> 00:16:07.200 There's a right to the stomach again. 00:16:07.280 --> 00:16:08.300 And you kneel him in the face. 00:16:08.379 --> 00:16:08.500 It's. 00:16:08.500 --> 00:16:09.340 It's not that. 00:16:09.700 --> 00:16:10.820 It's not an attack. 00:16:10.940 --> 00:16:11.840 It's not assault. 00:16:13.840 --> 00:16:14.660 He's not saying. 00:16:14.759 --> 00:16:15.940 When somebody attacks you. 00:16:15.980 --> 00:16:17.139 You can't defend yourself. 00:16:17.320 --> 00:16:18.240 Do defend yourself. 00:16:18.379 --> 00:16:19.440 Train yourself for that. 00:16:20.899 --> 00:16:21.300 Pacifism. 00:16:21.379 --> 00:16:22.080 It's not Christian. 00:16:24.139 --> 00:16:25.160 So it's not an attack. 00:16:25.240 --> 00:16:26.759 It's not a danger to your life. 00:16:28.180 --> 00:16:29.519 It's a danger to your pride. 00:16:29.840 --> 00:16:30.080 Isn't it? 00:16:31.800 --> 00:16:32.879 It's a matter of insult. 00:16:34.820 --> 00:16:35.560 He's not saying. 00:16:35.720 --> 00:16:36.180 If you're. 00:16:37.000 --> 00:16:37.480 Attacked. 00:16:37.560 --> 00:16:38.759 Or your loved one is attacked. 00:16:38.759 --> 00:16:39.879 You can't go to their defence. 00:16:39.960 --> 00:16:40.500 That's ridiculous. 00:16:41.319 --> 00:16:42.700 That's not in the scope of the passage. 00:16:42.840 --> 00:16:43.580 It's an insult. 00:16:44.019 --> 00:16:44.840 And what is essentially. 00:16:44.840 --> 00:16:45.799 Being done here. 00:16:45.980 --> 00:16:46.939 Is your reputation. 00:16:47.600 --> 00:16:48.779 Is taking a hammering. 00:16:50.200 --> 00:16:51.000 Somebody is saying. 00:16:51.299 --> 00:16:51.740 Publicly. 00:16:51.799 --> 00:16:53.100 I really can't stand you. 00:16:53.159 --> 00:16:54.080 I despise you. 00:16:55.139 --> 00:16:55.899 And Jesus is saying. 00:16:56.000 --> 00:16:57.240 If they want to despise you. 00:16:57.439 --> 00:16:59.080 If they look on you with contempt. 00:16:59.220 --> 00:17:00.179 Then allow them to do it. 00:17:01.639 --> 00:17:02.720 Let them carry out. 00:17:03.319 --> 00:17:04.480 The gesture on the other cheek. 00:17:04.579 --> 00:17:04.900 If they want. 00:17:06.460 --> 00:17:07.359 Don't get hung up. 00:17:07.440 --> 00:17:08.539 Because people don't esteem you. 00:17:08.759 --> 00:17:12.240 Because they don't cherish you. 00:17:13.440 --> 00:17:15.099 And if they despise you. 00:17:15.640 --> 00:17:16.660 They despise you. 00:17:16.740 --> 00:17:17.900 Don't be enslaved. 00:17:17.900 --> 00:17:20.340 To someone else's opinion of you. 00:17:22.280 --> 00:17:23.440 When Jesus gives the example. 00:17:23.440 --> 00:17:24.720 Of injustice. 00:17:24.720 --> 00:17:25.840 He says in verse 40. 00:17:26.460 --> 00:17:27.740 He says to the one who wants. 00:17:28.100 --> 00:17:29.019 To take your coat. 00:17:31.720 --> 00:17:33.240 He wants to take your shirt. 00:17:33.360 --> 00:17:34.980 Let him take your coat as well. 00:17:36.420 --> 00:17:37.259 It's a bit of a switch. 00:17:37.960 --> 00:17:38.720 In the Old Testament. 00:17:39.019 --> 00:17:40.300 You give. 00:17:40.780 --> 00:17:41.480 In Exodus 22. 00:17:41.680 --> 00:17:43.300 You give your outer garment. 00:17:43.460 --> 00:17:44.920 As a kind of collateral on a loan. 00:17:45.019 --> 00:17:46.060 The security on a loan. 00:17:46.059 --> 00:17:47.919 And the fellow. 00:17:47.919 --> 00:17:49.519 Who loans you money. 00:17:49.619 --> 00:17:51.480 He could take your outer garments. 00:17:51.480 --> 00:17:52.259 To make sure. 00:17:52.440 --> 00:17:53.619 That you were going to pay it back. 00:17:54.519 --> 00:17:55.799 But there was one stipulation. 00:17:55.940 --> 00:17:57.279 The one stipulation was. 00:17:57.599 --> 00:17:58.220 That the guy. 00:17:58.359 --> 00:17:59.759 Always had to get it back to you. 00:17:59.779 --> 00:18:00.700 Before sundown. 00:18:01.839 --> 00:18:02.940 Because your outer garment. 00:18:03.059 --> 00:18:03.460 Your cloak. 00:18:03.539 --> 00:18:03.879 Your coat. 00:18:03.880 --> 00:18:05.540 It functioned as your sleeping bag as well. 00:18:06.500 --> 00:18:07.180 With your blanket. 00:18:08.380 --> 00:18:09.740 And you needed it to keep warm. 00:18:10.260 --> 00:18:11.120 And the Lord said. 00:18:11.320 --> 00:18:12.740 When you take the outer garment. 00:18:12.740 --> 00:18:13.280 As collateral. 00:18:13.440 --> 00:18:14.580 Get it back to them overnight. 00:18:14.760 --> 00:18:15.520 So they can sleep. 00:18:15.660 --> 00:18:16.580 You don't keep it all the time. 00:18:16.960 --> 00:18:17.760 But Jesus says. 00:18:17.820 --> 00:18:18.400 When someone. 00:18:19.040 --> 00:18:19.800 Takes you to court. 00:18:19.880 --> 00:18:21.140 They want to take your shirt away. 00:18:21.220 --> 00:18:22.940 Let them have your outer cloak as well. 00:18:24.960 --> 00:18:25.540 In principle. 00:18:25.660 --> 00:18:26.040 He's saying. 00:18:26.140 --> 00:18:27.720 Is they don't always be insisting. 00:18:27.720 --> 00:18:28.460 On your rights. 00:18:31.020 --> 00:18:31.820 My rights. 00:18:31.819 --> 00:18:32.460 And so on. 00:18:34.500 --> 00:18:35.679 Now if someone does that. 00:18:36.200 --> 00:18:36.799 Let them go ahead. 00:18:36.879 --> 00:18:37.259 And take it. 00:18:38.439 --> 00:18:39.019 Don't always be. 00:18:39.099 --> 00:18:39.279 He can say. 00:18:39.319 --> 00:18:39.960 Don't be a prisoner. 00:18:40.079 --> 00:18:40.679 To your rights. 00:18:42.619 --> 00:18:43.559 And then Jesus gives. 00:18:43.639 --> 00:18:44.500 An example of coercion. 00:18:44.559 --> 00:18:44.859 He says. 00:18:45.179 --> 00:18:46.259 And somebody forces you. 00:18:46.359 --> 00:18:46.980 Or compels you. 00:18:47.039 --> 00:18:48.159 To go one mile with them. 00:18:49.240 --> 00:18:49.899 Go with them two. 00:18:50.019 --> 00:18:50.139 Do you. 00:18:50.319 --> 00:18:50.919 You remember. 00:18:51.000 --> 00:18:51.899 What the situation is. 00:18:52.000 --> 00:18:53.259 They're an occupied people. 00:18:54.480 --> 00:18:55.159 The Romans. 00:18:55.159 --> 00:18:56.059 Are in control. 00:18:56.279 --> 00:18:57.079 Of Palestine. 00:18:58.039 --> 00:18:59.019 And the Roman soldier. 00:18:59.099 --> 00:18:59.700 Has a right. 00:18:59.819 --> 00:19:00.519 To come up to you. 00:19:00.579 --> 00:19:01.579 And tap you on the shoulder. 00:19:01.579 --> 00:19:02.659 With the flat of your spear. 00:19:02.759 --> 00:19:03.000 And say. 00:19:03.059 --> 00:19:04.059 Carry my bags. 00:19:04.960 --> 00:19:05.939 Carry my luggage. 00:19:06.359 --> 00:19:07.699 And you were press ganged. 00:19:07.720 --> 00:19:08.419 Into service. 00:19:10.299 --> 00:19:11.519 And when somebody did that. 00:19:11.659 --> 00:19:13.059 It wouldn't make you feel. 00:19:13.119 --> 00:19:13.319 Would it. 00:19:13.519 --> 00:19:14.319 All lovely. 00:19:14.399 --> 00:19:15.079 Dovey to the Romans. 00:19:16.460 --> 00:19:17.220 The same verse. 00:19:17.379 --> 00:19:18.279 In Matthew 27. 00:19:18.419 --> 00:19:19.480 Where Simon of Cyrene. 00:19:19.659 --> 00:19:20.939 Is press ganged. 00:19:21.419 --> 00:19:23.000 To carry Jesus cross. 00:19:23.939 --> 00:19:24.699 The same word. 00:19:25.399 --> 00:19:25.759 Compelled. 00:19:27.359 --> 00:19:28.139 And so Jesus says. 00:19:28.220 --> 00:19:29.119 If you're a Roman soldier. 00:19:29.119 --> 00:19:29.939 I come up to you. 00:19:30.000 --> 00:19:31.039 And presses you into service. 00:19:31.359 --> 00:19:32.459 And forces you to carry. 00:19:32.559 --> 00:19:33.479 His heavy baggage. 00:19:33.479 --> 00:19:34.119 For a while. 00:19:34.399 --> 00:19:35.099 For a mile. 00:19:35.419 --> 00:19:36.259 Don't be imprisoned. 00:19:36.379 --> 00:19:36.939 With resentment. 00:19:37.779 --> 00:19:38.759 For the irksome duty. 00:19:38.899 --> 00:19:39.599 Show him something. 00:19:39.939 --> 00:19:40.419 Shock him. 00:19:40.959 --> 00:19:41.739 Carry it two miles. 00:19:42.919 --> 00:19:43.539 And he'll think. 00:19:43.619 --> 00:19:44.759 That is remarkable. 00:19:46.199 --> 00:19:47.019 He's never had anyone. 00:19:47.099 --> 00:19:47.739 Do that before. 00:19:49.339 --> 00:19:50.439 He can force them. 00:19:50.500 --> 00:19:51.619 To carry it so far. 00:19:51.619 --> 00:19:54.459 But you carry it a mile further. 00:19:56.259 --> 00:19:57.279 Without even being asked. 00:19:57.339 --> 00:19:58.399 And that will really surprise him. 00:19:59.419 --> 00:20:00.399 He'll never get over that. 00:20:00.479 --> 00:20:01.039 Go with him too. 00:20:01.139 --> 00:20:01.979 Don't be resentful. 00:20:02.099 --> 00:20:02.819 Over the situation. 00:20:03.119 --> 00:20:04.619 For Jesus says in verse 42. 00:20:05.159 --> 00:20:06.479 Give to the one who begs. 00:20:06.619 --> 00:20:07.079 From you. 00:20:07.199 --> 00:20:07.939 And do not refuse. 00:20:08.000 --> 00:20:09.079 The one who would borrow from you. 00:20:10.779 --> 00:20:11.759 And I think we read that. 00:20:11.819 --> 00:20:12.139 And we think. 00:20:12.199 --> 00:20:13.659 How stupid can Jesus be? 00:20:13.659 --> 00:20:13.699 How stupid can Jesus be? 00:20:16.899 --> 00:20:17.919 We people don't we. 00:20:18.059 --> 00:20:19.259 I was in Ealing yesterday. 00:20:19.500 --> 00:20:20.979 That has been an increase in beggars. 00:20:20.980 --> 00:20:21.940 In Ealing Broadway. 00:20:22.160 --> 00:20:23.660 I think I passed three or four. 00:20:23.779 --> 00:20:24.440 With signs. 00:20:25.000 --> 00:20:25.720 Asking for money. 00:20:27.420 --> 00:20:28.559 Is that what we're to do? 00:20:28.700 --> 00:20:29.880 Are we to give money? 00:20:30.839 --> 00:20:31.380 And so on. 00:20:32.140 --> 00:20:32.740 Are we to give money? 00:20:32.799 --> 00:20:33.299 Even if we. 00:20:33.700 --> 00:20:35.120 We know those people have been trafficked. 00:20:35.180 --> 00:20:36.000 And they'll give it to gangs. 00:20:37.360 --> 00:20:38.259 Are we to give it. 00:20:38.460 --> 00:20:39.160 Even though we know. 00:20:39.279 --> 00:20:40.880 That it'll be spent on drugs. 00:20:40.940 --> 00:20:41.519 Or on alcohol. 00:20:43.400 --> 00:20:44.079 I don't know about you. 00:20:44.099 --> 00:20:45.920 But I turned down all four people yesterday. 00:20:47.680 --> 00:20:48.799 I've been around a while. 00:20:48.799 --> 00:20:50.440 I know what they'll do with their money. 00:20:51.100 --> 00:20:51.820 I'll offer them to. 00:20:52.000 --> 00:20:52.779 Maybe buy them breakfast. 00:20:52.900 --> 00:20:53.600 Get them a sandwich. 00:20:53.759 --> 00:20:54.299 That's okay. 00:20:54.519 --> 00:20:55.640 But I'm not going to give them money. 00:20:57.680 --> 00:20:58.559 Because we know. 00:20:58.620 --> 00:20:58.799 Don't we? 00:20:58.799 --> 00:20:59.340 We're not naive. 00:20:59.460 --> 00:21:00.680 We know what it'll be spent on. 00:21:02.019 --> 00:21:04.160 Is that going against Jesus' command here? 00:21:05.900 --> 00:21:06.940 I don't think it is. 00:21:08.580 --> 00:21:09.559 Jesus isn't saying. 00:21:09.759 --> 00:21:11.600 You can't use discernment. 00:21:13.019 --> 00:21:14.140 Jesus' teaching. 00:21:14.360 --> 00:21:15.360 Is never ridiculous. 00:21:17.120 --> 00:21:18.240 He doesn't speak nonsense. 00:21:18.240 --> 00:21:19.200 So what is the burden. 00:21:19.200 --> 00:21:19.980 He's laying on us here. 00:21:20.059 --> 00:21:20.380 Well again. 00:21:20.500 --> 00:21:21.980 Remember Deuteronomy 17. 00:21:22.480 --> 00:21:23.480 Deuteronomy 15. 00:21:23.579 --> 00:21:24.460 Verse 7 and 8. 00:21:26.319 --> 00:21:27.039 Jesus is saying. 00:21:27.200 --> 00:21:28.140 If anyone is poor. 00:21:28.519 --> 00:21:29.299 Among you. 00:21:30.819 --> 00:21:31.799 If anyone is poor. 00:21:31.859 --> 00:21:32.980 Among the people of God. 00:21:33.400 --> 00:21:34.019 One of their brethren. 00:21:34.099 --> 00:21:34.680 In any of the towns. 00:21:34.779 --> 00:21:35.700 Don't harden your heart. 00:21:35.759 --> 00:21:36.160 Against them. 00:21:37.819 --> 00:21:39.359 Don't shut your hand. 00:21:39.500 --> 00:21:40.819 Against your poor brother. 00:21:40.819 --> 00:21:44.259 But you hold your hand. 00:21:44.379 --> 00:21:45.220 Open to him. 00:21:45.339 --> 00:21:46.439 And you lend him. 00:21:46.500 --> 00:21:47.779 What is sufficient for his need. 00:21:47.859 --> 00:21:48.460 Or you give to him. 00:21:48.500 --> 00:21:49.480 What is sufficient for his need. 00:21:50.879 --> 00:21:52.519 What is Jesus getting at here? 00:21:52.599 --> 00:21:53.039 He is saying. 00:21:53.159 --> 00:21:55.039 Don't hog your resources. 00:21:57.039 --> 00:21:57.799 Don't say. 00:21:59.039 --> 00:22:01.359 I need so much for my security. 00:22:02.179 --> 00:22:03.379 And harden yourself. 00:22:03.379 --> 00:22:04.500 Against someone in need. 00:22:04.500 --> 00:22:07.500 Especially when you know. 00:22:07.599 --> 00:22:08.299 It's one of your brothers. 00:22:08.420 --> 00:22:09.240 Or sisters in Christ. 00:22:09.359 --> 00:22:10.500 Don't turn away from them. 00:22:11.039 --> 00:22:12.680 Be willing to lend it to them. 00:22:14.359 --> 00:22:15.220 Don't say to them. 00:22:15.299 --> 00:22:15.380 Yeah. 00:22:15.480 --> 00:22:16.279 You can have it. 00:22:16.299 --> 00:22:17.339 At 15%. 00:22:17.339 --> 00:22:19.180 Lend it to them. 00:22:19.240 --> 00:22:19.900 Jesus is saying. 00:22:20.119 --> 00:22:20.519 Basically. 00:22:20.680 --> 00:22:20.839 Isn't he? 00:22:20.880 --> 00:22:21.740 Be generous. 00:22:21.859 --> 00:22:22.859 Be open handed. 00:22:24.160 --> 00:22:25.880 Use what you have. 00:22:25.940 --> 00:22:26.660 For the good of others. 00:22:28.259 --> 00:22:29.460 Jesus is not wanting you. 00:22:29.539 --> 00:22:30.200 To be stupid. 00:22:32.019 --> 00:22:32.779 But he wants you. 00:22:32.859 --> 00:22:33.539 To be generous. 00:22:35.460 --> 00:22:36.640 It's the same principle. 00:22:36.839 --> 00:22:38.039 The apostle Paul outlines. 00:22:38.140 --> 00:22:38.660 In Ephesians. 00:22:38.720 --> 00:22:39.259 So come with me. 00:22:39.279 --> 00:22:40.099 To Ephesians 4. 00:22:40.160 --> 00:22:41.680 It's a really really helpful verse. 00:22:42.359 --> 00:22:43.500 Ephesians chapter 4. 00:22:43.599 --> 00:22:44.599 And verse 28. 00:22:45.200 --> 00:22:47.019 It's on page 978. 00:22:47.059 --> 00:22:47.960 In the Black Church Bibles. 00:22:48.960 --> 00:22:50.039 And in Ephesians 4. 00:22:50.140 --> 00:22:50.660 28. 00:22:50.900 --> 00:22:51.759 Jesus says. 00:22:52.140 --> 00:22:53.259 Let the thief. 00:22:53.259 --> 00:22:55.039 Let the person who steals. 00:22:55.460 --> 00:22:57.140 Steal no longer. 00:23:00.500 --> 00:23:02.740 But rather let him labour. 00:23:02.740 --> 00:23:04.640 Let him work hard. 00:23:05.079 --> 00:23:06.799 Doing honest work. 00:23:06.940 --> 00:23:08.200 With his own hands. 00:23:09.019 --> 00:23:10.480 That he may share. 00:23:10.759 --> 00:23:11.920 That he may have something to share. 00:23:12.000 --> 00:23:12.839 With anyone in need. 00:23:14.299 --> 00:23:15.019 So do you see. 00:23:15.099 --> 00:23:16.220 Let there be honesty. 00:23:17.660 --> 00:23:18.680 Let there be honesty. 00:23:20.279 --> 00:23:21.620 And let there be industry. 00:23:21.779 --> 00:23:23.319 He doesn't steal anymore. 00:23:23.779 --> 00:23:24.839 He is honest. 00:23:25.480 --> 00:23:26.660 But he's not just honest. 00:23:26.660 --> 00:23:28.099 He is industrious. 00:23:28.819 --> 00:23:30.679 He works with his own hands. 00:23:30.819 --> 00:23:32.139 He does what is good. 00:23:32.759 --> 00:23:34.240 And it's not just honesty. 00:23:35.219 --> 00:23:36.159 He doesn't steal anymore. 00:23:36.240 --> 00:23:37.199 It's not just industry. 00:23:37.339 --> 00:23:38.459 He works hard with his hands. 00:23:38.579 --> 00:23:39.399 But Paul says. 00:23:39.779 --> 00:23:40.859 Let him that stole. 00:23:41.519 --> 00:23:42.819 Steal no more. 00:23:43.119 --> 00:23:44.519 But rather let him work with his hands. 00:23:44.659 --> 00:23:45.519 Doing that which is good. 00:23:45.579 --> 00:23:46.439 In order that he might. 00:23:47.079 --> 00:23:48.319 Give to him who is in need. 00:23:48.619 --> 00:23:49.099 In other words. 00:23:49.159 --> 00:23:50.139 Not just honesty. 00:23:50.699 --> 00:23:51.319 And industry. 00:23:51.480 --> 00:23:52.199 But generosity. 00:23:52.399 --> 00:23:53.339 So why do you work? 00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:54.819 Why are you in employment? 00:23:55.079 --> 00:23:56.000 Why are you in a job? 00:23:56.000 --> 00:23:58.259 In order to make a living. 00:23:59.980 --> 00:24:01.140 Well yes but no. 00:24:02.779 --> 00:24:04.500 You work in order to make a living. 00:24:04.740 --> 00:24:05.079 Yes. 00:24:05.200 --> 00:24:07.880 But you also work in order to give to those who are in need. 00:24:10.380 --> 00:24:12.279 You work not just to support yourself. 00:24:12.460 --> 00:24:14.819 And that's what Jesus is essentially underscoring. 00:24:14.980 --> 00:24:15.259 He's saying. 00:24:15.319 --> 00:24:16.119 Don't be tight. 00:24:18.220 --> 00:24:19.819 Give to the one who asks you. 00:24:21.359 --> 00:24:23.519 The one who wants to borrow from you. 00:24:23.519 --> 00:24:26.319 They may ask to borrow from you. 00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:27.599 Don't turn away. 00:24:28.220 --> 00:24:29.319 Don't shut them off. 00:24:31.539 --> 00:24:33.279 Well that's some of Jesus teaching us. 00:24:36.079 --> 00:24:37.639 And now we have come to the third question. 00:24:37.900 --> 00:24:39.000 How is Jesus opposing us? 00:24:39.039 --> 00:24:39.940 What is Jesus teaching us? 00:24:40.039 --> 00:24:41.299 And thirdly and briefly. 00:24:41.460 --> 00:24:42.779 Where is Jesus calling us? 00:24:43.879 --> 00:24:45.539 Where is Jesus calling us? 00:24:45.539 --> 00:24:49.720 What I think is I've studied this week. 00:24:49.920 --> 00:24:53.379 Where is Jesus calling you and I as followers of his? 00:24:53.759 --> 00:24:55.940 I think Jesus is calling us for suffering. 00:24:58.319 --> 00:25:00.139 Do you remember at the start of the Sermon on the Mount? 00:25:01.240 --> 00:25:02.299 In the last Beatitudes. 00:25:02.920 --> 00:25:03.440 Jesus says. 00:25:03.559 --> 00:25:05.759 Blessed are those who are persecuted. 00:25:06.399 --> 00:25:08.279 On account of righteousness and so on. 00:25:08.279 --> 00:25:12.240 And the first three examples. 00:25:12.660 --> 00:25:13.639 That Jesus gives here. 00:25:14.379 --> 00:25:15.379 Striking on the cheek. 00:25:16.019 --> 00:25:16.720 And the cloak. 00:25:17.019 --> 00:25:19.099 And being pressed into service for a mile. 00:25:19.259 --> 00:25:21.720 All have to do with someone acting upon us. 00:25:23.879 --> 00:25:25.019 And I think that what he's. 00:25:25.339 --> 00:25:27.200 Trying to prepare his disciples for. 00:25:27.279 --> 00:25:27.960 Is something like this. 00:25:28.079 --> 00:25:28.500 He's saying. 00:25:28.619 --> 00:25:30.480 You are going to suffer for my sake. 00:25:30.519 --> 00:25:31.879 When you go out to serve. 00:25:33.619 --> 00:25:35.879 And you will have people that abuse you. 00:25:35.880 --> 00:25:37.640 And hold you in contempt. 00:25:38.240 --> 00:25:40.140 And you are going to have people. 00:25:40.140 --> 00:25:42.220 That will not give you your rights. 00:25:42.920 --> 00:25:43.580 And so on. 00:25:43.620 --> 00:25:44.900 And he's trying to prepare them for that. 00:25:46.480 --> 00:25:47.120 And so he's saying. 00:25:47.200 --> 00:25:47.640 Get ready. 00:25:50.200 --> 00:25:51.260 He's saying in words. 00:25:51.380 --> 00:25:53.360 I guess the Apostle Paul could say. 00:25:53.880 --> 00:25:55.060 Philippians 1 verse 29. 00:25:56.440 --> 00:25:57.020 He says this. 00:25:57.080 --> 00:25:58.460 For it has been granted to you. 00:25:58.560 --> 00:25:59.820 That for the sake of Christ. 00:25:59.900 --> 00:26:01.660 You should not only believe in him. 00:26:02.340 --> 00:26:03.240 That's great privilege. 00:26:03.400 --> 00:26:05.180 You get to believe in the Lord Jesus. 00:26:05.880 --> 00:26:08.920 But also to suffer for his sake. 00:26:14.740 --> 00:26:16.380 And so I think Jesus is calling us to suffering. 00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:18.260 I think Jesus is also calling us to freedom. 00:26:19.720 --> 00:26:20.120 Freedom. 00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:23.460 When you look at four examples. 00:26:24.300 --> 00:26:26.100 That Jesus gives in 39 to 42. 00:26:26.260 --> 00:26:26.840 And you see. 00:26:27.560 --> 00:26:28.920 What they deal with. 00:26:28.920 --> 00:26:32.539 If that's someone. 00:26:33.340 --> 00:26:34.480 Giving you an insult. 00:26:36.160 --> 00:26:36.560 Saying. 00:26:36.980 --> 00:26:38.880 You are not worth anything. 00:26:40.220 --> 00:26:41.700 It has to do with your reputation. 00:26:41.880 --> 00:26:42.259 Doesn't it? 00:26:43.420 --> 00:26:45.140 And it has to do with what other people. 00:26:45.259 --> 00:26:47.400 That smack on the side of the face. 00:26:47.560 --> 00:26:48.680 It's to do with. 00:26:49.000 --> 00:26:50.240 Your public reputation. 00:26:50.240 --> 00:26:54.259 And is Jesus not saying. 00:26:54.339 --> 00:26:55.359 Just turn the other cheek. 00:26:55.400 --> 00:26:56.460 If people want to insult you. 00:26:58.519 --> 00:26:59.559 Isn't he saying to you. 00:26:59.620 --> 00:27:01.099 And I don't be a slave. 00:27:01.200 --> 00:27:02.079 To your reputation. 00:27:05.680 --> 00:27:06.420 If other people. 00:27:06.660 --> 00:27:07.680 Don't think of you properly. 00:27:09.400 --> 00:27:10.759 If they don't esteem you. 00:27:10.880 --> 00:27:11.960 The way that you think. 00:27:12.099 --> 00:27:13.620 You ought to be esteemed. 00:27:13.619 --> 00:27:16.899 Or the way you'd like to be esteemed. 00:27:17.819 --> 00:27:19.739 Or if people slight you. 00:27:20.019 --> 00:27:22.319 And people misrepresent you. 00:27:25.899 --> 00:27:27.619 And they don't think that you matter. 00:27:29.000 --> 00:27:30.679 Don't be a slave to your reputation. 00:27:32.739 --> 00:27:33.919 Don't be a slave. 00:27:33.919 --> 00:27:35.739 To what other people think of you. 00:27:37.979 --> 00:27:40.279 Paul says in 1 Corinthians chapter 3. 00:27:40.359 --> 00:27:41.139 In verse 3 and 4. 00:27:41.219 --> 00:27:43.379 But for me it is a very small thing. 00:27:44.239 --> 00:27:45.899 It's a very small thing. 00:27:45.959 --> 00:27:47.219 That I should be judged by you. 00:27:47.299 --> 00:27:48.539 Or by any human court. 00:27:48.659 --> 00:27:50.159 I do not even judge myself. 00:27:50.639 --> 00:27:52.559 It is the Lord who judges me. 00:27:57.739 --> 00:27:59.079 It's not that it's not nice. 00:27:59.359 --> 00:28:00.759 And it's not helpful. 00:28:01.019 --> 00:28:02.419 And that it's not up building. 00:28:02.519 --> 00:28:03.959 To have other people think well of us. 00:28:03.979 --> 00:28:04.679 And encourage us. 00:28:05.179 --> 00:28:06.299 But you and I. 00:28:06.399 --> 00:28:07.039 We know don't we. 00:28:07.099 --> 00:28:08.459 When we are enslaved. 00:28:08.459 --> 00:28:10.519 To people thinking well of us. 00:28:11.159 --> 00:28:13.159 When that drives us. 00:28:13.619 --> 00:28:17.339 We are going to be shattered. 00:28:17.739 --> 00:28:19.539 We are absolutely devastated. 00:28:19.679 --> 00:28:20.979 When other people don't think well of us. 00:28:21.019 --> 00:28:21.879 So many of us are like that. 00:28:21.939 --> 00:28:22.279 Aren't we? 00:28:22.279 --> 00:28:25.440 And Jesus says. 00:28:25.559 --> 00:28:27.460 Don't be a slave to your reputation. 00:28:29.359 --> 00:28:30.859 Don't be a slave to your rights. 00:28:33.279 --> 00:28:34.460 In that second situation. 00:28:34.599 --> 00:28:34.839 Somebody. 00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:37.200 They want to take your shirt. 00:28:38.000 --> 00:28:38.619 And he says. 00:28:38.680 --> 00:28:40.279 Let them have your coat as well. 00:28:40.399 --> 00:28:41.079 And the principle is. 00:28:41.160 --> 00:28:42.160 Don't be a slave. 00:28:43.160 --> 00:28:44.139 To your rights. 00:28:44.140 --> 00:28:47.200 He can't do that to me. 00:28:50.200 --> 00:28:50.640 You see. 00:28:50.700 --> 00:28:51.800 That is where it all comes down to. 00:28:51.860 --> 00:28:52.020 Isn't it? 00:28:52.040 --> 00:28:53.040 And where we have the problem with it. 00:28:53.100 --> 00:28:53.960 It centres on me. 00:28:54.259 --> 00:28:55.460 Don't be a slave. 00:28:56.320 --> 00:28:57.320 To your rights. 00:29:00.060 --> 00:29:01.180 It's not fair. 00:29:02.860 --> 00:29:04.380 Don't be a slave to resentment. 00:29:04.380 --> 00:29:07.840 That would come wouldn't it. 00:29:07.840 --> 00:29:08.260 Really easily. 00:29:08.360 --> 00:29:09.420 If you've got a Roman soldier. 00:29:09.860 --> 00:29:11.160 Pressing you into service. 00:29:11.300 --> 00:29:12.560 And you can't do anything about it. 00:29:12.620 --> 00:29:14.560 Because you are part of a captive people. 00:29:15.080 --> 00:29:16.540 There's nothing like resentment. 00:29:16.680 --> 00:29:17.060 I would have thought. 00:29:17.140 --> 00:29:18.380 That can simmer at a time like that. 00:29:19.260 --> 00:29:20.320 Go within two miles. 00:29:20.360 --> 00:29:21.120 A mile for nothing. 00:29:21.300 --> 00:29:22.500 It's so easy isn't it. 00:29:22.500 --> 00:29:23.220 For resentment. 00:29:23.220 --> 00:29:24.000 Against someone. 00:29:24.160 --> 00:29:25.259 To come into our hearts. 00:29:27.559 --> 00:29:28.880 And then the fourth hour is. 00:29:29.380 --> 00:29:31.500 Is don't be a slave to resources. 00:29:33.299 --> 00:29:33.960 Don't say. 00:29:34.400 --> 00:29:35.299 I need to make sure. 00:29:35.420 --> 00:29:36.299 I've got enough money. 00:29:36.839 --> 00:29:38.180 I need to hoard up a little bit more. 00:29:38.259 --> 00:29:39.319 I need to save up a little bit more. 00:29:39.380 --> 00:29:40.400 And then I can give away. 00:29:41.640 --> 00:29:43.000 To this idiot brother or sister. 00:29:43.079 --> 00:29:43.920 Or to this situation. 00:29:45.600 --> 00:29:46.680 Don't be a slave. 00:29:49.140 --> 00:29:50.120 To your repetition. 00:29:50.960 --> 00:29:51.759 To your rights. 00:29:51.759 --> 00:29:53.740 To resentment. 00:29:54.019 --> 00:29:54.539 To resources. 00:29:56.220 --> 00:29:59.539 Don't have overwhelming anxiety. 00:30:00.019 --> 00:30:02.240 About financial and earthly resources. 00:30:03.879 --> 00:30:05.119 That you can't be generous. 00:30:06.839 --> 00:30:08.119 Jesus is calling us to freedom. 00:30:10.980 --> 00:30:12.220 And the whole thing is basically. 00:30:12.359 --> 00:30:14.940 When we become too important in our own eyes. 00:30:15.079 --> 00:30:16.819 That's what Jesus is really getting at. 00:30:18.059 --> 00:30:18.940 My reputation. 00:30:19.119 --> 00:30:19.619 My rights. 00:30:19.759 --> 00:30:20.319 My resentment. 00:30:20.500 --> 00:30:21.160 My resources. 00:30:21.759 --> 00:30:24.579 You see. 00:30:24.619 --> 00:30:25.819 The problem with this text. 00:30:26.279 --> 00:30:28.079 Is not that I don't understand it. 00:30:29.819 --> 00:30:31.059 And it's not so much. 00:30:31.579 --> 00:30:32.920 That you don't understand it. 00:30:34.859 --> 00:30:35.700 But the reason. 00:30:35.960 --> 00:30:37.019 We don't like this text. 00:30:37.579 --> 00:30:38.680 Is because it cuts. 00:30:38.819 --> 00:30:39.579 At our self. 00:30:39.980 --> 00:30:40.420 Centredness. 00:30:40.420 --> 00:30:45.160 He can't do that to me. 00:30:46.880 --> 00:30:47.660 I've got my rights. 00:30:47.740 --> 00:30:48.779 Please don't misunderstand me. 00:30:48.820 --> 00:30:50.580 I'm not pushing injustice here at all. 00:30:52.039 --> 00:30:53.560 But I'm getting you and I. 00:30:53.620 --> 00:30:54.779 To try and see that sometimes. 00:30:54.779 --> 00:30:55.740 Our selfishness. 00:30:55.860 --> 00:30:56.420 And sometimes. 00:30:56.940 --> 00:30:57.539 The principle. 00:30:57.860 --> 00:30:58.980 On which we operate. 00:31:00.440 --> 00:31:01.039 Is that. 00:31:01.480 --> 00:31:03.480 I am the most important person. 00:31:03.620 --> 00:31:04.400 In the universe. 00:31:04.400 --> 00:31:09.140 And when you operate like that. 00:31:09.220 --> 00:31:10.420 You find you're in bondage. 00:31:10.420 --> 00:31:14.620 I'm reading. 00:31:14.820 --> 00:31:16.279 The gospel according to peanuts. 00:31:16.740 --> 00:31:18.900 Hence a lot of Charlie Brown illustrations. 00:31:19.140 --> 00:31:19.900 It's a funny little book. 00:31:21.080 --> 00:31:22.279 Charlie Brown says to Lucy. 00:31:22.560 --> 00:31:23.160 He says. 00:31:23.240 --> 00:31:25.180 Lucy you are so self-centered. 00:31:25.880 --> 00:31:27.460 All you talk about is me. 00:31:27.700 --> 00:31:27.940 Me. 00:31:28.200 --> 00:31:28.480 Me. 00:31:28.720 --> 00:31:28.940 Me. 00:31:28.940 --> 00:31:29.279 Me. 00:31:29.279 --> 00:31:29.420 Me. 00:31:30.019 --> 00:31:31.259 All you care about is yourself. 00:31:32.279 --> 00:31:33.060 Lucy says. 00:31:33.600 --> 00:31:33.940 I. 00:31:35.420 --> 00:31:36.080 That's great. 00:31:37.980 --> 00:31:38.380 I. 00:31:40.420 --> 00:31:41.640 Jesus calls you to freedom. 00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:42.960 Freedom from reputation. 00:31:43.200 --> 00:31:43.519 And rights. 00:31:43.660 --> 00:31:44.060 And resentment. 00:31:44.259 --> 00:31:44.700 And resources. 00:31:44.900 --> 00:31:46.340 Does Jesus want you to be a wimp for Jesus? 00:31:48.360 --> 00:31:48.759 No. 00:31:48.820 --> 00:31:49.519 If you're a disciple. 00:31:49.519 --> 00:31:50.960 He wants you to be a slave of Jesus. 00:31:51.680 --> 00:31:53.180 And when you are a slave of Jesus. 00:31:53.380 --> 00:31:55.300 You will be free from every other bondage. 00:31:58.180 --> 00:31:58.580 How? 00:31:58.660 --> 00:31:59.220 How do we do that? 00:31:59.420 --> 00:31:59.700 This week. 00:32:00.620 --> 00:32:01.660 When we come to the Lord's tale. 00:32:03.620 --> 00:32:04.480 Because we see. 00:32:04.560 --> 00:32:04.820 Don't we. 00:32:04.880 --> 00:32:05.720 That the Lord Jesus. 00:32:05.720 --> 00:32:07.600 Was not a slave to his reputation. 00:32:09.200 --> 00:32:10.380 The king of the angels. 00:32:10.500 --> 00:32:12.160 Became less than the angels. 00:32:14.460 --> 00:32:16.539 He who was the Lord of all creation. 00:32:16.680 --> 00:32:18.080 Entered into creation. 00:32:18.779 --> 00:32:20.259 He made himself nothing. 00:32:20.500 --> 00:32:22.840 Taking the very nature of a servant. 00:32:24.440 --> 00:32:26.259 He was not a slave to his reputation. 00:32:27.279 --> 00:32:29.140 He was not a slave to his resentment. 00:32:29.140 --> 00:32:33.980 That when they nail his feet. 00:32:33.980 --> 00:32:35.759 And his hands onto the cross. 00:32:35.860 --> 00:32:37.160 He prays father forgive them. 00:32:37.280 --> 00:32:39.040 For they know not what they do. 00:32:40.820 --> 00:32:43.100 He didn't stand to his rights. 00:32:43.099 --> 00:32:43.639 The son of man. 00:32:43.639 --> 00:32:45.859 And he did not. 00:32:45.859 --> 00:32:48.359 Come to be served. 00:32:48.359 --> 00:32:49.639 But to serve. 00:32:49.819 --> 00:32:51.179 And to give his life as a ransom. 00:32:51.179 --> 00:32:51.740 For many. 00:32:53.740 --> 00:32:54.519 And he. 00:32:55.859 --> 00:32:56.859 Did not. 00:32:57.679 --> 00:32:58.500 Was not. 00:32:58.559 --> 00:32:59.819 A slave to his resources. 00:32:59.819 --> 00:33:01.119 That he who was rich. 00:33:01.219 --> 00:33:02.879 Beyond all splendor. 00:33:03.759 --> 00:33:04.699 All for love's sake. 00:33:04.759 --> 00:33:05.399 Became poor. 00:33:05.619 --> 00:33:06.639 He who was rich. 00:33:06.759 --> 00:33:07.459 Became poor. 00:33:07.460 --> 00:33:09.319 So that you might become rich. 00:33:09.460 --> 00:33:09.940 In Christ. 00:33:12.019 --> 00:33:12.799 And so you think. 00:33:12.860 --> 00:33:13.900 I can't do this this morning. 00:33:14.019 --> 00:33:14.579 Join the club. 00:33:16.500 --> 00:33:17.620 But we look for Christ. 00:33:17.799 --> 00:33:17.940 Don't we. 00:33:19.519 --> 00:33:20.759 We look in faith. 00:33:20.980 --> 00:33:21.400 To him. 00:33:22.860 --> 00:33:23.559 Who is. 00:33:23.799 --> 00:33:24.819 More than able. 00:33:24.940 --> 00:33:25.819 To strengthen us. 00:33:25.920 --> 00:33:26.720 By his spirit. 00:33:28.720 --> 00:33:29.799 And the one who is able. 00:33:29.799 --> 00:33:30.600 To sustain us. 00:33:30.599 --> 00:33:33.480 And he is our only hope. 00:33:33.679 --> 00:33:34.139 In life. 00:33:35.179 --> 00:33:35.959 And in death. 00:33:36.400 --> 00:33:36.539 To sustain us. 00:33:36.539 --> 00:33:36.539 00:33:36.539 --> 00:33:36.539 00:33:36.539 --> 00:33:36.539 00:33:36.539 --> 00:33:36.539 00:33:36.539 --> 00:33:36.539 00:33:36.539 --> 00:33:36.539 00:33:36.539 --> 00:33:36.539 00:33:36.539 --> 00:33:36.539 00:33:36.539 --> 00:33:36.539 00:33:36.539 --> 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