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 Good morning. Open up your copy of God's Word to Matthew 5.

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 So those of you who are kind of new on the scene, we've been going through a series for quite a while now,

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! Just an exposition on the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5.

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 And it has been challenging. It's been, let me think the right word,

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 it has made me really care about not just what I do, but why I do it.

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 And God has used it to really work in the hearts of the people here.

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 And today we'll pick up in verse 43 of Matthew 5.

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 And previous weeks, a lot has been talked about.

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 Nathan has, I guess, explained this very well, but just by way of review,

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 following his baptism by John and following the calling of his disciples,

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 Jesus began his earthly ministry in Galilee.

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 And Galilee roughly had a population of around 300,000, roughly, in a bunch of towns and villages.

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 And he's teaching in the synagogues and he's proclaiming the gospel,

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 the good news about the coming of the kingdom of God.

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 And he is healing diseases among the people.

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 As we see often in the scripture, Jesus combines, like his earthly ministry,

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 with teaching and acts of mercy and meeting the needs of physical ailments and physical needs.

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 And Jesus himself has come as the embodiment of the kingdom of God.

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 He is the king and he has come in humiliation,

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 walking among those created in the image of God.

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 And as we see, the word of Jesus spreads all over the place.

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 The acts that he's doing, the sick and the afflicted and the demon-possessed,

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 everyone is coming to encounter him and to hear him in hopes that he could heal them.

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 We read in chapter 4, verse 25,

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 If you skip ahead in chapter 5,

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 Seeing the crowds, he went up on a mountain.

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 And when he sat down, his disciples came to him, and he opened his mouth and taught them.

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 So standing on a high plain overlooking the Sea of Galilee near Capernaum,

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 Jesus began teaching his disciples and expounding on the reality of what it meant to be a citizen in God's kingdom

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 and living in his presence in the context of everyday life.

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 So that's what we hope to accomplish here.

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 Here, some of you again who are sort of new at this church,

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 we don't just want to teach from the Bible.

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 We just don't want to tell you what we want to say from the Bible.

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 We hopefully preach the Bible itself.

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 And that's what the power behind the word of God is.

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 It will impact our daily living.

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 So those who belong to Jesus, those who belong to the King and His kingdom,

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 are characterized by certain things that are so countercultural to a sinful world around us.

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 And a couple of the main themes that you'll pick up on in the Sermon on the Mount.

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 Throughout His discourse, Jesus is constantly seeking to teach His listeners

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 the difference between external and internal righteousness.

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 And He does this by contrasting the outward or external righteousness

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 of the Jewish religious leaders of the day.

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 And He contrasts that against the true inward righteousness that God desires.

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 And there's a huge difference between the two.

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 There's a huge difference between just outward holy living

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 and what really is on the inside.

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 People can look really great on the outside, as we all know.

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 A lot of us are really good at putting on a show for other people

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 and kind of displaying how moral and upright we are, humanly speaking.

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 Yet, apart from God, inwardly we are full of pride, anger, envy, sin.

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 Jesus is pushing the point that it's not just on the outside what we see in somebody's life,

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 but what really matters is what God is doing on the inside of someone.

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 And He rebukes the Jewish religious leaders constantly for their wrong thinking about external righteousness,

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 what true righteousness is.

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 In Matthew 23, verse 27, He says,

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 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites!

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 You're like whitewashed tombs.

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 You look great on the outside.

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 You're nice and clean.

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 But inwardly, you're dead men's bones.

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 And that's the outward appearance that they were seeking to put on,

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 as they have everything put together.

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 But inwardly, they were full of hypocrisy.

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 So, as our Lord points out, the righteousness of the religious leaders was purely external

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 and insufficient to be a part of God's kingdom.

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 Astoundingly, we see this as the measure constantly in the Scripture,

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 definitely in the Sermon on the Mount,

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 that God demands perfect righteousness,

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 which, humanly speaking, cannot be achieved by any of our own good works, our morality.

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 Nothing can achieve this righteousness.

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 So, again, some of you here today may think of yourself as a very good, moral, and upright person.

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 And you might be compared to most humans.

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 If you would just, you know, pause and think about the most upstanding person you know,

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 the best person you can think of,

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 who's very moral and works very hard to do a lot of things for other people.

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 But in truth, even they cannot measure up to the righteous, holy, perfect standard of God Almighty.

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 This is why Jesus says a little earlier in Matthew 5, verse 20,

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 I tell you that unless this righteousness that you're seeking exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees,

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 you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

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 And that's scary because they were the best.

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 They were the most upstanding.

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 They were the most moral.

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 They were the most religious.

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 And Jesus is saying, you have to even go way above that

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 because even what they do falls short of the righteousness that God requires.

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 So it's not an outward righteousness to show how good we look.

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 It's an inward righteousness that shows how powerful and gracious God is.

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 So that is one of the main themes in this is not just how to be a good person,

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 how to treat other people,

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 but it's how to actually be righteous in the sight of God

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 and what righteousness looks like in everyday living.

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 The second thing that's kind of pointed out by Jesus throughout the Sermon on the Mount

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 is the religious leaders of the day were twisting.

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 They were perverting God's actual commands.

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 In Jesus' time, there were many misinterpretations and twistings of the Old Testament Scripture.

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 And multiple times throughout this sermon, verse 21, 27, 33, 38,

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 you'll see Jesus kind of saying this,

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 you have heard it said,

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 and then he'll refer to something that the religious leaders taught.

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 And then he'll go on and he'll actually correct that and say,

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 but I say to you.

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 And that is kind of where we find ourselves today

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 in the midst of another commandment that they have twisted.

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 And today is clearing up the misconception that you're to love the people that are close to you

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 and to love your neighbors, but you're to hate and despise your enemies.

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 So it's a perversion of God's command to love.

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 And so we will read our text today.

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 Finally, right?

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 So Matthew 5, verse 43.

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 You have heard it said,

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 You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.

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 But I say to you,

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 love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

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 so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven.

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 For he makes his son rise on the evil and on the good,

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 and he sends rain on the just and the unjust.

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 For if you only love those who love you,

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 what reward do you have?

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 Do not even tax collectors do the same?

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 And if you greet only your brothers,

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 what more are you doing than others?

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 Do not even the Gentiles do the same?

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 You, therefore,

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 must be perfect

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 as your heavenly Father

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 is perfect.

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 Just join me in prayer.

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 Father, we come to you this morning

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 very needy,

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 very broken,

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 and we're in need of Jesus this morning.

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 And I pray that

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 whether we know him

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 or we don't know him,

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 he would be

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 working in our minds,

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 in our hearts,

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 speaking life into us

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 through your word.

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 And so, Lord,

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 we just offer this time

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 as an act of worship,

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 and I pray for those here

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 who may not know you,

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 who are separated from you

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 because of their sin,

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 that they would see very clearly

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 the love that you have displayed

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 through the person and work

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 I ask that in his name.

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 Amen.

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 So, in our text,

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 we see very clearly

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 that Jesus is saying,

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 you've misunderstood

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 this commandment.

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 You've heard it said

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 to hate your enemy.

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 And this is, again,

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 a twisting

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 of what the Scripture says.

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 So, does the Scripture

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 actually say that

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 in the Old Testament?

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 No, not at all.

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 Actually,

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 quite the opposite

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 in a lot of ways.

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 But in the Law of Moses

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 in Leviticus,

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 chapter 19,

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 you read in verses 18 and 34,

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 this is the actual commandment.

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 You shall not take vengeance

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 or bear a grudge

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 against the sons

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 of your own people,

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 but you shall love

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 your neighbor as yourself.

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 I am the Lord.

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 You shall treat the stranger

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 who sojourns with you

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 as the native among you,

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 and you shall love him

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 as yourself.

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 For you were strangers

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 in the land of Egypt.

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 I am the Lord your God.

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 And somehow,

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 they had figured out a way

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 to kind of twist this

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 into justification

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 to have hatred

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 towards their enemies

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 when that's not

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 what it says at all.

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 But to be sure,

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 before we kind of stand

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 in our context today

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 and look back at

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 the scribes

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 and the Pharisees

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 and a bunch of religious

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 hypocrites,

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 we definitely do

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 the same thing.

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 We, all the time,

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 we do the same thing.

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 We twist what God's word

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 actually says

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 to make it fit

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 a lifestyle that we want.

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 So, we need to be clear

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 about what God says

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 about certain things.

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 And so, Scripture never says

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 that anyone should maliciously

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 hate his or her enemy.

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 Quite the opposite.

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 God's hatred of sin

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 and God's hatred of evil

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 is a theme

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 in the Old Testament.

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 And he often chooses,

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 as we can read,

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 to execute judgment

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 on those people

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 that are against him.

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 So, here's a mystery,

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 though, to me.

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 It's a mystery,

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 and it's something

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 that we should just

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 stand in awe of.

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 Even though God chooses,

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 at his appointed time,

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 to execute judgment

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 on sinners,

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 there is something

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 in the heart of God

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 that still does not

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 delight in just

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 destroying people.

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 Let me be clear.

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 God says in

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 Ezekiel 18.23,

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 I have no pleasure

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 in the death

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 of the wicked.

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 The Scripture indicates

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 that God does destroy

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 the wicked,

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 but it's not done

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 in like a giddy

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 spirit of excitement.

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 It's not done

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 with like maniacal

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 enthusiasm.

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 He destroys the wicked

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 with a noble

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 and heavy heart.

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 It's not something

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 he's just jumping

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 up and down about.

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 But he does it

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 because he's going

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 to be just,

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 and he's going

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 to display his righteousness

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 and do what's right.

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 But just think about that.

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 He is destroying

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 those who

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 were created

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 in his image,

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 but are now broken

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 and shattered

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 because of sin

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 and are rebelling

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 against him.

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 It is a mystery,

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 but God takes

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 no pleasure

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 in the destruction

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 of the wicked.

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 He feels something

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 for them.

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 There's immense

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 complexity

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 in the heart

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 of God.

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 Not contradictive,

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 but something

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 that we as

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 fallen,

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 broken human beings

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 can't really

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 understand.

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 So there are

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 full,

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 many different

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 exhortations

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 in the Old Testament

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 to care for

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 one's enemies.

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 Proverbs 24,

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 17 says this,

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 Do not rejoice

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 when your enemy

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 falls,

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 and let not your

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 heart be glad

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 when he stumbles.

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 Even King David

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 expresses such a

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 heartfelt grief

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 towards his enemy,

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 King Saul.

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 He has broken

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 over the man

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 who is seeking

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 to kill him.

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 So,

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 Jesus is pointing

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 out that the

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 Jewish religious

00:14:12.099 --> 00:14:13.639
 leaders have

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 figured out a way

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 to look at

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 people who are

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 non-Jews and say

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 they are not my

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 neighbor,

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 they are my enemy,

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 and I should hate

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 them.

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 They saw that

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 your neighbor was

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 only your fellow

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 Israelite.

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 Jews should love

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 other Jews.

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 Everyone else

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 was considered

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 considered an enemy,

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 a Gentile

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 treated as an

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 enemy.

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 So,

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 as we begin

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 to unpack this,

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 Jesus is correcting

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 this false teaching.

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 And so,

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 as Nathan kind of

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 said last week,

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 this is not about

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 the state's

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 authority to

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 defend itself

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 and declare war.

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 This is not about

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 whether or not

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 you should have

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 the right to

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 defend yourself

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 if attacked.

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 This is not

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 the context of

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 what we're

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 talking about.

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 Those are topics

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 that we could

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 talk about

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 another time.

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 If you ask me,

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 we'll talk about it.

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 But this is not

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 the main point

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 of what Jesus

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 is emphasizing

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 today.

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 So,

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 I want you to

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 examine your

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 heart as we

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 unpack this.

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 And here's why.

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 This commandment

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 to love our

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 enemies

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 reveals every

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 potential

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 deficiency

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 in our

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 understanding

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 of the

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 gospel.

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 And it also

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 reveals every

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 potential

00:15:31.199 --> 00:15:31.919
 deficiency

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 in our

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 obedience

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 to that

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 gospel.

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 Are you

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 tempted to

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 think that?

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 Are you

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 tempted to

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 think,

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 yeah,

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 okay,

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 but what

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 about those

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 people?

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 Or what

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 about this

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 guy?

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 I get it,

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 but still,

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 should I love

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 this guy?

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 Surely there's

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 some sort of

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 exception to

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 the rule.

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 And when we

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 seek to wiggle

00:15:52.000 --> 00:15:52.819
 free of those

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 words,

00:15:54.259 --> 00:15:55.379
 of this command,

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 we're minimizing

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 the gospel

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 behind that

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 command.

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 So,

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 pay attention

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 and examine

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 your hearts.

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 Ask God to

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 search you.

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 So,

00:16:05.019 --> 00:16:05.279
 we're going to

00:16:05.279 --> 00:16:06.039
 unpack this

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 in asking

00:16:07.100 --> 00:16:08.259
 three questions.

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 Number one,

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 who is our

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 enemy?

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 Right?

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 Who is our

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 enemy?

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 We can see it

00:16:16.980 --> 00:16:17.740
 in verse 34

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 that in one

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 sense,

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 it's those

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 who persecute

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 you.

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 People on

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 whose account

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 you are

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 suffering

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 because of

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 Christ.

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 Those who

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 are acting

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 hostile

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 towards you

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 because of

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 your relationship

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 with him.

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 The word

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 actually kind

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 of implies

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 people who

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 are pursuing

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 you,

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 actively pursuing

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 you with

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 great hostility

00:16:43.520 --> 00:16:44.620
 in order to

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 inflict harm

00:16:45.400 --> 00:16:45.900
 on you

00:16:45.900 --> 00:16:47.060
 or mistreat

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 you,

00:16:48.300 --> 00:16:48.940
 in the hopes

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 that they will

00:16:49.280 --> 00:16:49.879
 cause you to

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 flee,

00:16:50.200 --> 00:16:50.720
 or drive

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 you away.

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 That's kind

00:16:52.379 --> 00:16:52.820
 of what

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 persecution

00:16:53.940 --> 00:16:54.680
 means,

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 at least in a

00:16:56.280 --> 00:16:57.440
 grammatical sense

00:16:57.440 --> 00:16:58.060
 of the word.

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 And it's done

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 because of your

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 faith in Christ.

00:17:00.740 --> 00:17:01.460
 It's because of

00:17:01.460 --> 00:17:02.320
 your attachment

00:17:02.320 --> 00:17:03.540
 and relationship

00:17:03.540 --> 00:17:04.140
 to him.

00:17:05.500 --> 00:17:06.160
 We know

00:17:06.160 --> 00:17:06.880
 that during

00:17:06.880 --> 00:17:07.559
 the past

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 century,

00:17:09.200 --> 00:17:10.240
 there have

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 been more

00:17:10.640 --> 00:17:11.519
 Christian martyrs

00:17:11.519 --> 00:17:11.980
 in the world

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 than all the

00:17:12.500 --> 00:17:13.259
 previous centuries

00:17:13.259 --> 00:17:13.840
 combined.

00:17:15.380 --> 00:17:16.180
 Just in

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 2018,

00:17:17.539 --> 00:17:17.720
 okay,

00:17:18.819 --> 00:17:19.480
 three days

00:17:19.480 --> 00:17:19.819
 ago,

00:17:19.819 --> 00:17:21.460
 in Sri

00:17:21.460 --> 00:17:21.779
 Lanka,

00:17:21.779 --> 00:17:23.059
 a pastor,

00:17:23.839 --> 00:17:24.419
 his wife,

00:17:24.480 --> 00:17:24.740
 and two

00:17:24.740 --> 00:17:25.399
 other believers

00:17:25.399 --> 00:17:25.879
 were walking

00:17:25.879 --> 00:17:27.480
 home from a

00:17:27.480 --> 00:17:28.099
 birthday party

00:17:28.099 --> 00:17:28.899
 of a fellow

00:17:28.899 --> 00:17:29.299
 believer,

00:17:30.099 --> 00:17:30.779
 and they'd

00:17:30.779 --> 00:17:31.919
 been experiencing

00:17:31.919 --> 00:17:32.779
 some hostility

00:17:32.779 --> 00:17:33.579
 from local

00:17:33.579 --> 00:17:34.079
 Buddhists.

00:17:35.379 --> 00:17:36.139
 And as they

00:17:36.139 --> 00:17:36.559
 were walking

00:17:36.559 --> 00:17:37.039
 home,

00:17:37.240 --> 00:17:38.139
 attackers began

00:17:38.139 --> 00:17:38.819
 yelling things

00:17:38.819 --> 00:17:39.299
 at them

00:17:39.299 --> 00:17:40.279
 and began

00:17:40.279 --> 00:17:41.059
 throwing really

00:17:41.059 --> 00:17:42.339
 big stones

00:17:42.339 --> 00:17:42.819
 at them.

00:17:43.619 --> 00:17:44.439
 It struck

00:17:44.439 --> 00:17:45.179
 his wife

00:17:45.180 --> 00:17:45.960
 and one

00:17:45.960 --> 00:17:46.160
 of the

00:17:46.160 --> 00:17:46.660
 other women

00:17:46.660 --> 00:17:47.160
 with them

00:17:47.160 --> 00:17:48.380
 injured

00:17:48.380 --> 00:17:49.200
 them severely.

00:17:51.039 --> 00:17:52.560
 April 10th,

00:17:52.560 --> 00:17:53.620
 just April

00:17:53.620 --> 00:17:54.460
 10th,

00:17:54.460 --> 00:17:56.340
 Hindu

00:17:56.340 --> 00:17:56.940
 activists

00:17:56.940 --> 00:17:57.620
 burned down

00:17:57.620 --> 00:17:58.840
 the home

00:17:58.840 --> 00:17:59.620
 of a pastor

00:17:59.620 --> 00:18:01.420
 who had a

00:18:01.420 --> 00:18:01.820
 wife and

00:18:01.820 --> 00:18:02.400
 three children.

00:18:02.400 --> 00:18:03.440
 and they

00:18:03.440 --> 00:18:03.740
 were on

00:18:03.740 --> 00:18:04.120
 their way

00:18:04.120 --> 00:18:05.140
 home from

00:18:05.140 --> 00:18:06.960
 an all-night

00:18:06.960 --> 00:18:07.680
 prayer meeting

00:18:07.680 --> 00:18:09.680
 and they

00:18:09.680 --> 00:18:10.300
 were getting

00:18:10.300 --> 00:18:11.000
 angry at the

00:18:11.000 --> 00:18:12.019
 evangelistic work

00:18:12.019 --> 00:18:12.440
 that he was

00:18:12.440 --> 00:18:13.040
 doing among

00:18:13.040 --> 00:18:13.580
 the Hindus

00:18:13.580 --> 00:18:13.960
 there,

00:18:14.600 --> 00:18:15.259
 and so they

00:18:15.259 --> 00:18:15.880
 burned down

00:18:15.880 --> 00:18:16.580
 his house

00:18:16.580 --> 00:18:17.980
 and have

00:18:17.980 --> 00:18:18.500
 been trying

00:18:18.500 --> 00:18:19.240
 to force him

00:18:19.240 --> 00:18:19.660
 out of that

00:18:19.660 --> 00:18:20.040
 area.

00:18:21.300 --> 00:18:22.259
 This past

00:18:22.259 --> 00:18:22.820
 July,

00:18:23.740 --> 00:18:24.620
 in Nigeria,

00:18:25.680 --> 00:18:26.060
 militant

00:18:26.060 --> 00:18:26.460
 Muslims

00:18:26.460 --> 00:18:27.220
 attacked Christian

00:18:27.220 --> 00:18:27.620
 villages,

00:18:27.800 --> 00:18:28.340
 killing around

00:18:28.340 --> 00:18:29.740
 200 and

00:18:29.740 --> 00:18:30.540
 forcing thousands

00:18:30.539 --> 00:18:31.740
 to be displaced.

00:18:33.579 --> 00:18:34.480
 And very

00:18:34.480 --> 00:18:34.960
 recently,

00:18:35.480 --> 00:18:36.980
 in Columbia,

00:18:37.180 --> 00:18:37.779
 where we sent

00:18:37.779 --> 00:18:38.519
 a dear brother

00:18:38.519 --> 00:18:39.079
 of ours

00:18:39.079 --> 00:18:39.619
 recently,

00:18:40.779 --> 00:18:41.339
 a pastor

00:18:41.339 --> 00:18:41.920
 there who

00:18:41.920 --> 00:18:42.440
 was doing

00:18:42.440 --> 00:18:44.220
 gospel work

00:18:44.220 --> 00:18:44.579
 in one of

00:18:44.579 --> 00:18:44.960
 the most

00:18:44.960 --> 00:18:45.579
 dangerous,

00:18:45.839 --> 00:18:46.759
 poorest areas

00:18:46.759 --> 00:18:47.519
 in Columbia,

00:18:48.559 --> 00:18:49.519
 he constantly

00:18:49.519 --> 00:18:50.420
 received death

00:18:50.420 --> 00:18:52.180
 threats from

00:18:52.180 --> 00:18:53.299
 paramilitary

00:18:53.299 --> 00:18:54.980
 groups and

00:18:54.980 --> 00:18:55.720
 guerrillas and

00:18:55.720 --> 00:18:56.159
 members of

00:18:56.159 --> 00:18:56.759
 street gangs.

00:18:57.799 --> 00:18:58.759
 So he's been

00:18:58.759 --> 00:18:59.359
 warned you'll

00:18:59.359 --> 00:18:59.980
 be killed if

00:18:59.980 --> 00:19:00.279
 you don't

00:19:00.279 --> 00:19:00.599
 leave,

00:19:00.660 --> 00:19:00.799
 if you

00:19:00.799 --> 00:19:00.960
 don't

00:19:00.960 --> 00:19:01.740
 stop this,

00:19:02.460 --> 00:19:02.839
 but he's

00:19:02.839 --> 00:19:03.200
 remaining

00:19:03.200 --> 00:19:04.460
 faithful among

00:19:04.460 --> 00:19:05.400
 the other

00:19:05.400 --> 00:19:06.000
 Christians who

00:19:06.000 --> 00:19:06.579
 are there to

00:19:06.579 --> 00:19:07.099
 lead them.

00:19:08.079 --> 00:19:08.839
 And they've

00:19:08.839 --> 00:19:09.480
 chosen to

00:19:09.480 --> 00:19:10.019
 stick it out

00:19:10.019 --> 00:19:10.559
 there because

00:19:10.559 --> 00:19:11.000
 they say

00:19:11.000 --> 00:19:11.920
 Christ has

00:19:11.920 --> 00:19:12.620
 taught us

00:19:12.620 --> 00:19:13.839
 to love

00:19:13.839 --> 00:19:14.599
 our enemies.

00:19:16.180 --> 00:19:16.740
 And it

00:19:16.740 --> 00:19:17.559
 goes on that

00:19:17.559 --> 00:19:18.900
 since they've

00:19:18.900 --> 00:19:19.519
 stuck it out

00:19:19.519 --> 00:19:19.880
 and really

00:19:19.880 --> 00:19:20.559
 asked God

00:19:20.559 --> 00:19:21.160
 to work,

00:19:22.079 --> 00:19:22.680
 they're starting

00:19:22.680 --> 00:19:23.279
 to change the

00:19:23.279 --> 00:19:24.120
 attitude of the

00:19:24.120 --> 00:19:24.839
 community around

00:19:24.839 --> 00:19:25.039
 them.

00:19:25.140 --> 00:19:25.460
 People are

00:19:25.460 --> 00:19:25.920
 starting to

00:19:25.920 --> 00:19:26.660
 respect them

00:19:26.660 --> 00:19:27.620
 and wonder

00:19:27.620 --> 00:19:28.339
 why in the

00:19:28.339 --> 00:19:28.819
 heck they're

00:19:28.819 --> 00:19:29.120
 there.

00:19:29.119 --> 00:19:32.359
 So according

00:19:32.359 --> 00:19:33.199
 to Jesus

00:19:33.199 --> 00:19:34.319
 in our

00:19:34.319 --> 00:19:34.839
 text,

00:19:35.879 --> 00:19:36.219
 persecution

00:19:36.219 --> 00:19:36.799
 doesn't

00:19:36.799 --> 00:19:37.459
 necessarily

00:19:37.459 --> 00:19:38.979
 have to be

00:19:38.979 --> 00:19:39.479
 violent,

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 meaning it

00:19:40.239 --> 00:19:41.959
 might not

00:19:41.959 --> 00:19:42.459
 put you in

00:19:42.459 --> 00:19:43.000
 the hospital

00:19:43.000 --> 00:19:43.599
 or in

00:19:43.599 --> 00:19:44.259
 prison or

00:19:44.259 --> 00:19:44.479
 in the

00:19:44.479 --> 00:19:44.859
 grave.

00:19:45.959 --> 00:19:46.519
 Earlier in

00:19:46.519 --> 00:19:47.099
 the discourse,

00:19:47.259 --> 00:19:47.919
 Jesus lumps

00:19:47.919 --> 00:19:49.059
 in insults

00:19:49.059 --> 00:19:49.879
 and slander

00:19:49.879 --> 00:19:51.379
 with persecution.

00:19:52.099 --> 00:19:53.000
 Verse 11,

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 blessed are

00:19:54.640 --> 00:19:54.980
 you when

00:19:54.980 --> 00:19:55.859
 others revile

00:19:55.859 --> 00:19:56.299
 you and

00:19:56.299 --> 00:19:56.799
 persecute

00:19:56.799 --> 00:19:57.119
 you and

00:19:57.119 --> 00:19:57.660
 utter all

00:19:57.660 --> 00:19:58.279
 kinds of

00:19:58.279 --> 00:19:59.059
 evil against

00:19:59.059 --> 00:19:59.980
 you falsely

00:19:59.980 --> 00:20:01.079
 on my

00:20:01.079 --> 00:20:01.460
 account.

00:20:03.119 --> 00:20:03.980
 So many

00:20:03.980 --> 00:20:05.839
 American

00:20:05.839 --> 00:20:06.400
 Christians,

00:20:06.539 --> 00:20:07.160
 we're so

00:20:07.160 --> 00:20:07.900
 weak and

00:20:07.900 --> 00:20:08.240
 we're so

00:20:08.240 --> 00:20:08.859
 soft and

00:20:08.859 --> 00:20:09.180
 we're so

00:20:09.180 --> 00:20:09.619
 overly

00:20:09.619 --> 00:20:11.140
 sensitive that

00:20:11.140 --> 00:20:11.500
 that would

00:20:11.500 --> 00:20:12.299
 seem like the

00:20:12.299 --> 00:20:12.920
 most violent

00:20:12.920 --> 00:20:13.400
 thing in the

00:20:13.400 --> 00:20:14.160
 world to us,

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 but put in

00:20:15.420 --> 00:20:17.180
 perspective in

00:20:17.180 --> 00:20:17.579
 many other

00:20:17.579 --> 00:20:18.140
 places in the

00:20:18.140 --> 00:20:18.859
 world and in

00:20:18.859 --> 00:20:19.700
 the context in

00:20:19.700 --> 00:20:20.160
 which Jesus

00:20:20.160 --> 00:20:20.720
 is speaking,

00:20:21.860 --> 00:20:23.840
 it's not

00:20:23.840 --> 00:20:24.720
 really worthy

00:20:24.720 --> 00:20:25.120
 to be

00:20:25.120 --> 00:20:25.660
 compared.

00:20:27.299 --> 00:20:28.000
 But he

00:20:28.000 --> 00:20:28.400
 says,

00:20:28.480 --> 00:20:28.779
 nonetheless,

00:20:29.200 --> 00:20:30.279
 Paul said,

00:20:30.360 --> 00:20:30.700
 when we are

00:20:30.700 --> 00:20:31.259
 reviled,

00:20:31.440 --> 00:20:32.160
 we bless.

00:20:33.840 --> 00:20:34.360
 And so,

00:20:35.640 --> 00:20:36.319
 persecution,

00:20:37.319 --> 00:20:37.759
 those who

00:20:37.759 --> 00:20:38.640
 persecute you

00:20:38.640 --> 00:20:40.299
 are in the

00:20:40.299 --> 00:20:41.120
 category of

00:20:41.120 --> 00:20:41.740
 an enemy,

00:20:42.880 --> 00:20:43.259
 but we are

00:20:43.259 --> 00:20:43.779
 to love them.

00:20:44.880 --> 00:20:45.559
 To go on a

00:20:45.559 --> 00:20:46.080
 little further,

00:20:46.160 --> 00:20:46.680
 if you look at

00:20:46.680 --> 00:20:47.539
 our text,

00:20:48.319 --> 00:20:48.840
 it could really

00:20:48.840 --> 00:20:49.460
 just mean

00:20:49.460 --> 00:20:49.980
 those who

00:20:49.980 --> 00:20:50.720
 oppose your

00:20:50.720 --> 00:20:51.340
 desires,

00:20:52.240 --> 00:20:52.720
 those who

00:20:52.720 --> 00:20:53.200
 are set

00:20:53.200 --> 00:20:53.980
 against you.

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 Many

00:20:55.700 --> 00:20:56.160
 Christians,

00:20:56.279 --> 00:20:56.779
 I've heard

00:20:56.779 --> 00:20:57.059
 it even

00:20:57.059 --> 00:20:57.579
 this past

00:20:57.579 --> 00:20:58.000
 week,

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 someone who

00:21:00.019 --> 00:21:00.420
 would say

00:21:00.420 --> 00:21:00.759
 that they

00:21:00.759 --> 00:21:01.799
 are a

00:21:01.799 --> 00:21:02.340
 follower of

00:21:02.340 --> 00:21:02.720
 Jesus,

00:21:04.200 --> 00:21:04.620
 quote,

00:21:05.420 --> 00:21:06.000
 I hate

00:21:06.000 --> 00:21:06.660
 those darn

00:21:06.660 --> 00:21:07.100
 liberal

00:21:07.100 --> 00:21:07.779
 Democrats.

00:21:09.779 --> 00:21:10.200
 And on

00:21:10.200 --> 00:21:10.500
 the other

00:21:10.500 --> 00:21:10.860
 side,

00:21:11.259 --> 00:21:11.940
 I hate

00:21:11.940 --> 00:21:12.240
 those

00:21:12.240 --> 00:21:12.799
 conservative

00:21:12.799 --> 00:21:13.380
 Republicans.

00:21:13.640 --> 00:21:13.960
 Some of

00:21:13.960 --> 00:21:14.180
 you wouldn't

00:21:14.180 --> 00:21:14.519
 consider

00:21:14.519 --> 00:21:15.019
 Republicans

00:21:15.019 --> 00:21:15.559
 conservative,

00:21:15.799 --> 00:21:17.079
 but nonetheless,

00:21:17.559 --> 00:21:18.100
 we have all

00:21:18.100 --> 00:21:18.840
 these divisions

00:21:18.839 --> 00:21:20.740
 that take

00:21:20.740 --> 00:21:21.559
 precedence over

00:21:21.559 --> 00:21:22.379
 who we are

00:21:22.379 --> 00:21:23.319
 in the

00:21:23.319 --> 00:21:23.799
 kingdom of

00:21:23.799 --> 00:21:24.099
 God.

00:21:25.039 --> 00:21:25.959
 And that's

00:21:25.959 --> 00:21:28.279
 total nonsense.

00:21:29.259 --> 00:21:29.959
 There's so much

00:21:29.959 --> 00:21:31.000
 junk like that

00:21:31.000 --> 00:21:31.539
 in the church

00:21:31.539 --> 00:21:31.959
 today.

00:21:32.619 --> 00:21:33.699
 We love or

00:21:33.699 --> 00:21:34.539
 despise someone

00:21:34.539 --> 00:21:35.159
 based on their

00:21:35.159 --> 00:21:36.039
 political views,

00:21:36.679 --> 00:21:37.240
 their social

00:21:37.240 --> 00:21:37.819
 background,

00:21:38.740 --> 00:21:39.139
 or their

00:21:39.139 --> 00:21:40.059
 ethnic background,

00:21:40.879 --> 00:21:41.859
 instead of our

00:21:41.859 --> 00:21:42.559
 identity as

00:21:42.559 --> 00:21:43.240
 children of the

00:21:43.240 --> 00:21:43.959
 Most High.

00:21:43.960 --> 00:21:45.360
 God

00:21:45.360 --> 00:21:45.160
 and the

00:21:45.160 --> 00:21:46.200
 gospel demands

00:21:46.200 --> 00:21:46.500
 that we

00:21:46.500 --> 00:21:47.160
 love all

00:21:47.160 --> 00:21:47.880
 who oppose

00:21:47.880 --> 00:21:48.720
 our personal

00:21:48.720 --> 00:21:49.400
 desires.

00:21:51.000 --> 00:21:51.740
 It's a

00:21:51.740 --> 00:21:52.259
 demand.

00:21:53.759 --> 00:21:54.220
 For God

00:21:54.220 --> 00:21:54.840
 himself is

00:21:54.840 --> 00:21:55.440
 kind to

00:21:55.440 --> 00:21:56.000
 those who

00:21:56.000 --> 00:21:56.720
 oppose him.

00:21:58.640 --> 00:21:58.900
 So,

00:21:59.299 --> 00:21:59.920
 to carry it

00:21:59.920 --> 00:22:00.259
 one more

00:22:00.259 --> 00:22:00.940
 step further,

00:22:01.500 --> 00:22:01.900
 if you kind

00:22:01.900 --> 00:22:02.400
 of look at

00:22:02.400 --> 00:22:03.100
 our text,

00:22:03.799 --> 00:22:04.279
 an enemy

00:22:04.279 --> 00:22:04.759
 could really

00:22:04.759 --> 00:22:05.279
 be summed

00:22:05.279 --> 00:22:05.880
 up as

00:22:05.880 --> 00:22:07.079
 those

00:22:07.079 --> 00:22:08.319
 who don't

00:22:08.319 --> 00:22:08.860
 love you

00:22:08.860 --> 00:22:09.680
 are someone

00:22:09.680 --> 00:22:10.200
 who is not

00:22:10.200 --> 00:22:10.620
 your brother.

00:22:10.619 --> 00:22:13.519
 another

00:22:13.519 --> 00:22:14.119
 illustration

00:22:14.119 --> 00:22:14.479
 of an

00:22:14.479 --> 00:22:14.779
 enemy.

00:22:15.579 --> 00:22:15.799
 If you

00:22:15.799 --> 00:22:16.279
 love those

00:22:16.279 --> 00:22:16.599
 who love

00:22:16.599 --> 00:22:16.719
 you,

00:22:16.799 --> 00:22:17.579
 what reward

00:22:17.579 --> 00:22:18.739
 have you?

00:22:19.519 --> 00:22:19.919
 Do not

00:22:19.919 --> 00:22:20.519
 even tax

00:22:20.519 --> 00:22:20.959
 collectors

00:22:20.959 --> 00:22:21.379
 do the

00:22:21.379 --> 00:22:21.719
 same.

00:22:22.559 --> 00:22:22.959
 And if

00:22:22.959 --> 00:22:23.819
 you greet

00:22:23.819 --> 00:22:24.659
 your brothers

00:22:24.659 --> 00:22:25.159
 only,

00:22:25.699 --> 00:22:26.799
 what do

00:22:26.799 --> 00:22:27.439
 you do

00:22:27.439 --> 00:22:28.219
 more than

00:22:28.219 --> 00:22:28.579
 others?

00:22:29.259 --> 00:22:29.759
 So,

00:22:29.819 --> 00:22:30.139
 you might

00:22:30.139 --> 00:22:30.500
 consider

00:22:30.500 --> 00:22:31.019
 yourself

00:22:31.019 --> 00:22:31.579
 a loving

00:22:31.579 --> 00:22:31.979
 person.

00:22:32.079 --> 00:22:32.319
 You might

00:22:32.319 --> 00:22:32.679
 consider

00:22:32.679 --> 00:22:33.139
 someone you

00:22:33.139 --> 00:22:33.579
 know to

00:22:33.579 --> 00:22:34.519
 be a

00:22:34.519 --> 00:22:35.299
 very loving

00:22:35.299 --> 00:22:35.819
 person.

00:22:37.839 --> 00:22:38.359
 But,

00:22:38.679 --> 00:22:39.679
 how far

00:22:39.679 --> 00:22:40.039
 does that

00:22:40.039 --> 00:22:40.700
 love extend

00:22:40.700 --> 00:22:41.240
 to those

00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:41.960
 who oppose

00:22:41.960 --> 00:22:42.220
 you,

00:22:42.720 --> 00:22:43.180
 those who

00:22:43.180 --> 00:22:43.879
 are different

00:22:43.879 --> 00:22:45.039
 than you?

00:22:46.079 --> 00:22:46.519
 Jesus

00:22:46.519 --> 00:22:47.220
 presses this

00:22:47.220 --> 00:22:47.680
 point with

00:22:47.680 --> 00:22:49.059
 unusual force,

00:22:50.079 --> 00:22:50.619
 as if he's

00:22:50.619 --> 00:22:50.879
 saying,

00:22:51.019 --> 00:22:51.139
 yeah,

00:22:51.220 --> 00:22:51.619
 even the

00:22:51.619 --> 00:22:52.319
 tax collectors,

00:22:52.460 --> 00:22:52.740
 the people

00:22:52.740 --> 00:22:53.000
 that you

00:22:53.000 --> 00:22:54.659
 despise and

00:22:54.659 --> 00:22:55.200
 consider to

00:22:55.200 --> 00:22:56.019
 be outsiders

00:22:56.019 --> 00:22:56.879
 and traitors,

00:22:57.659 --> 00:22:58.500
 even they

00:22:58.500 --> 00:22:59.259
 love the

00:22:59.259 --> 00:22:59.639
 people who

00:22:59.639 --> 00:23:00.180
 love them.

00:23:01.059 --> 00:23:01.539
 What's so

00:23:01.539 --> 00:23:02.319
 special about

00:23:02.319 --> 00:23:02.819
 this kind

00:23:02.819 --> 00:23:03.200
 of love

00:23:03.200 --> 00:23:03.500
 that you

00:23:03.500 --> 00:23:04.000
 think you

00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:04.399
 have,

00:23:04.460 --> 00:23:04.879
 if that's

00:23:04.879 --> 00:23:05.180
 where it

00:23:05.180 --> 00:23:05.539
 stops?

00:23:06.079 --> 00:23:06.359
 Then he

00:23:06.359 --> 00:23:06.639
 goes on

00:23:06.639 --> 00:23:06.799
 and says,

00:23:06.859 --> 00:23:07.639
 even pagan

00:23:07.639 --> 00:23:09.119
 non-believers

00:23:09.119 --> 00:23:09.939
 who don't

00:23:09.939 --> 00:23:10.500
 even know

00:23:10.500 --> 00:23:10.899
 God,

00:23:11.479 --> 00:23:11.979
 they care

00:23:11.979 --> 00:23:12.299
 about the

00:23:12.299 --> 00:23:12.739
 people who

00:23:12.739 --> 00:23:13.119
 care about

00:23:13.119 --> 00:23:13.419
 them,

00:23:13.500 --> 00:23:13.759
 and they

00:23:13.759 --> 00:23:14.339
 greet those

00:23:14.339 --> 00:23:14.759
 who love

00:23:14.759 --> 00:23:15.079
 them.

00:23:17.299 --> 00:23:17.959
 He is

00:23:17.959 --> 00:23:18.579
 saying that

00:23:18.579 --> 00:23:19.279
 the gospel

00:23:19.279 --> 00:23:20.179
 demands a

00:23:20.179 --> 00:23:20.779
 different kind

00:23:20.779 --> 00:23:21.179
 of love,

00:23:21.239 --> 00:23:21.739
 that is an

00:23:21.739 --> 00:23:22.379
 extraordinary

00:23:22.379 --> 00:23:24.219
 godly love

00:23:24.219 --> 00:23:24.599
 that is to be

00:23:24.599 --> 00:23:25.519
 demonstrated by

00:23:25.519 --> 00:23:26.059
 believers.

00:23:28.459 --> 00:23:28.759
 If you

00:23:28.759 --> 00:23:29.199
 consider

00:23:29.199 --> 00:23:30.759
 someone

00:23:30.759 --> 00:23:32.819
 on the

00:23:32.819 --> 00:23:33.179
 news,

00:23:33.259 --> 00:23:33.659
 we always

00:23:33.659 --> 00:23:34.079
 seem to be

00:23:34.079 --> 00:23:34.639
 pittered against

00:23:34.640 --> 00:23:35.100
 different

00:23:35.100 --> 00:23:36.820
 countries a

00:23:36.820 --> 00:23:37.020
 lot of

00:23:37.020 --> 00:23:37.440
 the time,

00:23:39.060 --> 00:23:39.720
 Muslim

00:23:39.720 --> 00:23:40.340
 countries,

00:23:41.020 --> 00:23:41.780
 for example,

00:23:43.259 --> 00:23:44.200
 we should

00:23:44.200 --> 00:23:45.780
 see them

00:23:45.780 --> 00:23:47.440
 as captive

00:23:47.440 --> 00:23:47.800
 to the

00:23:47.800 --> 00:23:48.380
 enemy and

00:23:48.380 --> 00:23:48.800
 be broken

00:23:48.800 --> 00:23:49.380
 hearted for

00:23:49.380 --> 00:23:49.660
 them.

00:23:51.100 --> 00:23:51.880
 I have a

00:23:51.880 --> 00:23:53.140
 couple of

00:23:53.140 --> 00:23:53.640
 dear friends

00:23:53.640 --> 00:23:54.040
 of mine

00:23:54.040 --> 00:23:56.320
 who were

00:23:56.320 --> 00:23:56.540
 in the

00:23:56.540 --> 00:23:56.820
 army,

00:23:56.960 --> 00:23:57.640
 they served

00:23:57.640 --> 00:23:57.860
 in the

00:23:57.860 --> 00:23:58.120
 ranger

00:23:58.120 --> 00:23:58.500
 regiment,

00:23:59.900 --> 00:24:01.720
 and they

00:24:01.720 --> 00:24:02.000
 have been

00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:02.420
 deployed

00:24:02.420 --> 00:24:03.400
 multiple times

00:24:03.400 --> 00:24:04.040
 to Iraq,

00:24:04.160 --> 00:24:04.600
 Afghanistan,

00:24:05.400 --> 00:24:06.320
 other places,

00:24:07.560 --> 00:24:10.040
 and because

00:24:10.040 --> 00:24:11.680
 of these

00:24:11.680 --> 00:24:12.019
 brothers'

00:24:12.220 --> 00:24:12.720
 love for

00:24:12.720 --> 00:24:13.120
 Jesus,

00:24:14.000 --> 00:24:15.100
 they realized,

00:24:15.580 --> 00:24:16.920
 man, this

00:24:16.920 --> 00:24:17.380
 is not

00:24:17.380 --> 00:24:17.720
 going to

00:24:17.720 --> 00:24:18.240
 solve the

00:24:18.240 --> 00:24:19.080
 real problem.

00:24:20.320 --> 00:24:21.060
 And now

00:24:21.060 --> 00:24:21.360
 that they

00:24:21.360 --> 00:24:21.800
 are out

00:24:21.800 --> 00:24:22.019
 of the

00:24:22.019 --> 00:24:22.280
 army,

00:24:23.580 --> 00:24:24.660
 they have

00:24:24.660 --> 00:24:25.120
 moved

00:24:25.120 --> 00:24:25.720
 themselves

00:24:25.720 --> 00:24:26.220
 and their

00:24:26.220 --> 00:24:27.120
 families to

00:24:27.120 --> 00:24:28.740
 closed,

00:24:28.900 --> 00:24:29.240
 dangerous

00:24:29.240 --> 00:24:29.980
 places in

00:24:29.980 --> 00:24:30.320
 the Middle

00:24:30.320 --> 00:24:31.140
 East to

00:24:31.140 --> 00:24:31.740
 share the

00:24:31.740 --> 00:24:32.320
 gospel with

00:24:32.320 --> 00:24:32.680
 Muslims.

00:24:33.400 --> 00:24:35.380
 that's

00:24:35.380 --> 00:24:35.880
 loving your

00:24:35.880 --> 00:24:36.160
 enemy.

00:24:38.660 --> 00:24:39.440
 So, to

00:24:39.440 --> 00:24:39.960
 go on, the

00:24:39.960 --> 00:24:40.640
 second question,

00:24:40.900 --> 00:24:41.360
 that is, the

00:24:41.360 --> 00:24:41.900
 first question

00:24:41.900 --> 00:24:42.880
 was, who

00:24:42.880 --> 00:24:43.460
 are our

00:24:43.460 --> 00:24:43.800
 enemies?

00:24:45.100 --> 00:24:45.560
 The second

00:24:45.560 --> 00:24:48.080
 question, what

00:24:48.080 --> 00:24:48.519
 does this

00:24:48.519 --> 00:24:49.040
 look like?

00:24:49.100 --> 00:24:49.500
 What kind

00:24:49.500 --> 00:24:50.460
 of, how

00:24:50.460 --> 00:24:50.920
 does this

00:24:50.920 --> 00:24:51.960
 love look,

00:24:52.420 --> 00:24:52.920
 look, excuse

00:24:52.920 --> 00:24:53.759
 me, what

00:24:53.759 --> 00:24:54.280
 does this

00:24:54.280 --> 00:24:54.840
 love look

00:24:54.840 --> 00:24:55.320
 like, is

00:24:55.320 --> 00:24:55.720
 the question.

00:24:57.759 --> 00:24:58.259
 All right, so in

00:24:58.259 --> 00:24:58.860
 other words, how do we

00:24:58.860 --> 00:24:59.660
 manifest this

00:24:59.660 --> 00:24:59.960
 love?

00:25:00.420 --> 00:25:00.840
 How do we

00:25:00.840 --> 00:25:02.019
 actually carry

00:25:02.019 --> 00:25:02.660
 out this

00:25:02.660 --> 00:25:03.019
 love?

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 Well, first

00:25:04.359 --> 00:25:05.740
 of all, we

00:25:05.740 --> 00:25:06.279
 see in our

00:25:06.279 --> 00:25:07.940
 text, to

00:25:07.940 --> 00:25:08.299
 pray for

00:25:08.299 --> 00:25:08.599
 them.

00:25:09.980 --> 00:25:10.539
 Praying for

00:25:10.539 --> 00:25:11.319
 our enemies

00:25:11.319 --> 00:25:12.539
 is a

00:25:12.539 --> 00:25:12.819
 humble

00:25:12.819 --> 00:25:13.500
 recognition

00:25:13.500 --> 00:25:14.539
 from God's

00:25:14.539 --> 00:25:15.339
 saving grace

00:25:15.339 --> 00:25:16.220
 towards us.

00:25:17.420 --> 00:25:17.980
 We would

00:25:17.980 --> 00:25:18.799
 be just as

00:25:18.799 --> 00:25:19.660
 evil as

00:25:19.660 --> 00:25:20.220
 they are, and

00:25:20.220 --> 00:25:20.700
 just as

00:25:20.700 --> 00:25:21.339
 lost as

00:25:21.339 --> 00:25:22.680
 they are, had

00:25:22.680 --> 00:25:23.299
 not God

00:25:23.299 --> 00:25:24.240
 saved us.

00:25:24.920 --> 00:25:25.599
 And it

00:25:25.599 --> 00:25:26.220
 recognizes

00:25:26.220 --> 00:25:27.639
 that unless

00:25:27.639 --> 00:25:28.460
 God acts

00:25:28.460 --> 00:25:29.759
 grace and

00:25:29.759 --> 00:25:30.259
 grant them

00:25:30.259 --> 00:25:31.059
 mercy, they

00:25:31.059 --> 00:25:31.720
 will remain

00:25:31.720 --> 00:25:32.039
 in that

00:25:32.039 --> 00:25:32.600
 place of

00:25:32.600 --> 00:25:32.940
 judgment.

00:25:33.900 --> 00:25:34.440
 So nothing

00:25:34.440 --> 00:25:35.200
 will transform

00:25:35.200 --> 00:25:35.880
 your heart

00:25:35.880 --> 00:25:36.500
 towards the

00:25:36.500 --> 00:25:36.720
 one you

00:25:36.720 --> 00:25:37.240
 consider to

00:25:37.240 --> 00:25:37.480
 be your

00:25:37.480 --> 00:25:38.019
 enemy than

00:25:38.019 --> 00:25:38.440
 getting on

00:25:38.440 --> 00:25:39.100
 your knees

00:25:39.100 --> 00:25:40.539
 before God

00:25:40.539 --> 00:25:41.120
 and pleading

00:25:41.120 --> 00:25:41.900
 with him on

00:25:41.900 --> 00:25:42.539
 their behalf.

00:25:43.720 --> 00:25:44.299
 Nothing will

00:25:44.299 --> 00:25:44.720
 change your

00:25:44.720 --> 00:25:45.240
 heart more.

00:25:46.900 --> 00:25:48.200
 When you're on

00:25:48.200 --> 00:25:48.600
 your knees

00:25:48.600 --> 00:25:49.220
 praying for

00:25:49.220 --> 00:25:49.980
 them, you

00:25:49.980 --> 00:25:50.740
 might do nice

00:25:50.740 --> 00:25:51.299
 things for

00:25:51.299 --> 00:25:51.880
 them, kind

00:25:51.880 --> 00:25:52.240
 of on the

00:25:52.240 --> 00:25:52.799
 surface, but

00:25:52.799 --> 00:25:53.960
 then behind

00:25:53.960 --> 00:25:54.420
 the scenes,

00:25:54.480 --> 00:25:54.720
 you're kind

00:25:54.720 --> 00:25:55.220
 of grumbling

00:25:55.220 --> 00:25:55.960
 about them and

00:25:55.960 --> 00:25:56.740
 despising them.

00:25:56.740 --> 00:25:58.059
 but praying

00:25:58.059 --> 00:25:58.660
 for them, getting

00:25:58.660 --> 00:25:59.420
 on your knees

00:25:59.420 --> 00:26:00.120
 in the presence

00:26:00.120 --> 00:26:01.660
 of God, who

00:26:01.660 --> 00:26:02.339
 knows your

00:26:02.339 --> 00:26:03.940
 heart and

00:26:03.940 --> 00:26:06.960
 has full

00:26:06.960 --> 00:26:08.039
 awareness of

00:26:08.039 --> 00:26:08.680
 your intentions

00:26:08.680 --> 00:26:09.440
 towards those

00:26:09.440 --> 00:26:10.940
 people, that

00:26:10.940 --> 00:26:11.640
 changes you.

00:26:12.720 --> 00:26:13.460
 Paul prayed

00:26:13.460 --> 00:26:14.140
 for his fellow

00:26:14.140 --> 00:26:14.779
 Jews that

00:26:14.779 --> 00:26:15.420
 hated him.

00:26:16.380 --> 00:26:16.779
 He says,

00:26:16.880 --> 00:26:17.380
 brothers, my

00:26:17.380 --> 00:26:18.559
 heart desire is

00:26:18.559 --> 00:26:19.220
 for them to

00:26:19.220 --> 00:26:19.859
 be saved.

00:26:21.660 --> 00:26:22.200
 And in doing

00:26:22.200 --> 00:26:22.700
 this, we

00:26:22.700 --> 00:26:24.200
 portray our

00:26:24.200 --> 00:26:24.720
 suffering,

00:26:24.859 --> 00:26:25.759
 crucified Lord,

00:26:25.819 --> 00:26:26.240
 when he

00:26:26.240 --> 00:26:26.620
 prayed.

00:26:26.740 --> 00:26:27.799
 for his

00:26:27.799 --> 00:26:28.180
 enemies.

00:26:28.880 --> 00:26:29.440
 Even in the

00:26:29.440 --> 00:26:30.160
 worst possible

00:26:30.160 --> 00:26:31.079
 position, Father,

00:26:32.099 --> 00:26:33.980
 forgive them, for

00:26:33.980 --> 00:26:34.740
 they know not

00:26:34.740 --> 00:26:35.519
 what they do.

00:26:36.900 --> 00:26:38.200
 So, the

00:26:38.200 --> 00:26:38.980
 first way we

00:26:38.980 --> 00:26:39.480
 actually can

00:26:39.480 --> 00:26:40.460
 manifest out love

00:26:40.460 --> 00:26:41.099
 towards those

00:26:41.099 --> 00:26:41.480
 that we might

00:26:41.480 --> 00:26:42.019
 consider an

00:26:42.019 --> 00:26:43.220
 enemy is to

00:26:43.220 --> 00:26:43.839
 pray for them, to

00:26:43.839 --> 00:26:45.140
 intercede on

00:26:45.140 --> 00:26:46.000
 their behalf before

00:26:46.000 --> 00:26:46.380
 God.

00:26:47.279 --> 00:26:47.839
 And then to go

00:26:47.839 --> 00:26:49.200
 on, it is

00:26:49.200 --> 00:26:49.980
 simply dismeaned

00:26:49.980 --> 00:26:50.539
 from our text,

00:26:50.599 --> 00:26:51.259
 just to greet

00:26:51.259 --> 00:26:51.599
 them.

00:26:52.319 --> 00:26:52.960
 If you greet

00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:53.799
 those who only

00:26:53.799 --> 00:26:54.700
 greet you, right?

00:26:55.700 --> 00:26:56.220
 To greet

00:26:56.220 --> 00:26:56.980
 someone means

00:26:56.980 --> 00:26:57.700
 to warmly

00:26:57.700 --> 00:26:58.279
 welcome them,

00:26:58.340 --> 00:26:58.840
 to receive

00:26:58.840 --> 00:26:59.940
 one joyfully.

00:27:00.940 --> 00:27:01.319
 To greet

00:27:01.319 --> 00:27:01.960
 someone does not

00:27:01.960 --> 00:27:02.559
 just mean that

00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:02.940
 you kind of

00:27:02.940 --> 00:27:03.819
 begrudgingly shake

00:27:03.819 --> 00:27:04.779
 their hand and

00:27:04.779 --> 00:27:06.200
 put on a fake

00:27:06.200 --> 00:27:07.080
 smile and a fake

00:27:07.080 --> 00:27:08.039
 conversation and

00:27:08.039 --> 00:27:08.860
 then forget about

00:27:08.860 --> 00:27:09.100
 them.

00:27:09.759 --> 00:27:10.660
 It's not just a

00:27:10.660 --> 00:27:11.200
 touch-and-go

00:27:11.200 --> 00:27:11.640
 thing.

00:27:12.580 --> 00:27:13.559
 It means extending

00:27:13.559 --> 00:27:14.480
 a friendly welcome

00:27:14.480 --> 00:27:15.279
 to one who you

00:27:15.279 --> 00:27:16.160
 consider to be an

00:27:16.160 --> 00:27:16.940
 outsider, to

00:27:16.940 --> 00:27:17.539
 someone who is

00:27:17.539 --> 00:27:18.940
 opposed to you.

00:27:18.940 --> 00:27:22.059
 So who do you

00:27:22.059 --> 00:27:22.700
 welcome and

00:27:22.700 --> 00:27:23.400
 greet into your

00:27:23.400 --> 00:27:24.019
 life and

00:27:24.019 --> 00:27:24.559
 welcome into

00:27:24.559 --> 00:27:25.080
 your home?

00:27:25.779 --> 00:27:26.240
 Is it those

00:27:26.240 --> 00:27:28.140
 who you know

00:27:28.140 --> 00:27:28.940
 that will repay

00:27:28.940 --> 00:27:30.019
 you and greet

00:27:30.019 --> 00:27:30.799
 you as well and

00:27:30.799 --> 00:27:31.660
 love you as well

00:27:31.660 --> 00:27:33.759
 or someone that

00:27:33.759 --> 00:27:35.220
 you know would

00:27:35.220 --> 00:27:36.259
 not love you in

00:27:36.259 --> 00:27:36.640
 return?

00:27:38.000 --> 00:27:38.759
 So if that's the

00:27:38.759 --> 00:27:39.480
 case, like,

00:27:40.120 --> 00:27:41.799
 where and what

00:27:41.799 --> 00:27:42.480
 kind of love are

00:27:42.480 --> 00:27:43.340
 we displaying to

00:27:43.340 --> 00:27:43.799
 the world?

00:27:44.940 --> 00:27:46.019
 What's so special

00:27:46.019 --> 00:27:46.620
 about us?

00:27:46.619 --> 00:27:49.000
 to go on.

00:27:50.299 --> 00:27:51.379
 A third way we

00:27:51.379 --> 00:27:53.019
 can manifest the

00:27:53.019 --> 00:27:54.679
 love of Christ to

00:27:54.679 --> 00:27:56.399
 other people, also

00:27:56.399 --> 00:27:58.439
 seen in the word

00:27:58.439 --> 00:28:00.399
 here, is to meet

00:28:00.399 --> 00:28:01.059
 their needs.

00:28:02.479 --> 00:28:03.500
 Know that true

00:28:03.500 --> 00:28:04.500
 love for others

00:28:04.500 --> 00:28:06.019
 actually takes

00:28:06.019 --> 00:28:07.059
 action on behalf

00:28:07.059 --> 00:28:07.679
 of that person.

00:28:08.259 --> 00:28:08.799
 We all know

00:28:08.799 --> 00:28:09.079
 that.

00:28:09.279 --> 00:28:09.699
 We don't just

00:28:09.699 --> 00:28:10.479
 want lip service.

00:28:10.619 --> 00:28:11.179
 We actually want

00:28:11.179 --> 00:28:12.819
 what we say to

00:28:12.819 --> 00:28:14.239
 manifest itself in

00:28:14.239 --> 00:28:15.699
 real life in

00:28:15.699 --> 00:28:16.179
 action.

00:28:16.619 --> 00:28:17.439
 not just words.

00:28:18.659 --> 00:28:19.059
 And so though

00:28:19.059 --> 00:28:20.239
 God hates evil,

00:28:20.779 --> 00:28:21.819
 he still brings

00:28:21.819 --> 00:28:22.619
 many blessings

00:28:22.619 --> 00:28:23.739
 in the life of

00:28:23.739 --> 00:28:24.279
 his enemies.

00:28:25.159 --> 00:28:25.919
 Jesus says,

00:28:26.859 --> 00:28:27.459
 for he makes

00:28:27.459 --> 00:28:28.839
 his son rise

00:28:28.839 --> 00:28:29.459
 on the evil

00:28:29.459 --> 00:28:30.319
 and on the good.

00:28:31.219 --> 00:28:31.879
 And he sends

00:28:31.879 --> 00:28:32.479
 rain on the

00:28:32.479 --> 00:28:33.039
 just and the

00:28:33.039 --> 00:28:33.579
 unjust.

00:28:33.739 --> 00:28:34.199
 It says in

00:28:34.199 --> 00:28:35.059
 verse 45.

00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:36.359
 And in Luke's

00:28:36.359 --> 00:28:37.579
 account of this

00:28:37.579 --> 00:28:39.159
 gospel passage,

00:28:39.279 --> 00:28:39.839
 this is what he

00:28:39.839 --> 00:28:40.179
 says,

00:28:40.899 --> 00:28:41.099
 this,

00:28:41.099 --> 00:28:43.500
 God himself is

00:28:43.500 --> 00:28:45.079
 kind to the

00:28:45.079 --> 00:28:46.339
 ungrateful and

00:28:46.339 --> 00:28:46.759
 evil.

00:28:48.219 --> 00:28:49.139
 So this is what

00:28:49.139 --> 00:28:49.740
 we would call

00:28:49.740 --> 00:28:50.939
 theologically

00:28:50.939 --> 00:28:51.639
 speaking,

00:28:51.819 --> 00:28:52.639
 common grace,

00:28:52.719 --> 00:28:53.419
 meaning that it's

00:28:53.419 --> 00:28:54.399
 the grace of God

00:28:54.399 --> 00:28:55.459
 and the blessings

00:28:55.459 --> 00:28:56.099
 of God that

00:28:56.099 --> 00:28:56.959
 extend to all

00:28:56.959 --> 00:28:57.419
 people,

00:28:57.939 --> 00:28:58.719
 regardless of

00:28:58.719 --> 00:28:59.259
 whether they are

00:28:59.259 --> 00:29:00.179
 saved or not.

00:29:00.679 --> 00:29:02.159
 God graciously

00:29:02.159 --> 00:29:03.959
 extends his love

00:29:03.959 --> 00:29:05.519
 to his enemies.

00:29:05.519 --> 00:29:08.720
 So as true

00:29:08.720 --> 00:29:09.740
 children of God,

00:29:10.339 --> 00:29:10.980
 we're to imitate

00:29:10.980 --> 00:29:12.039
 such love

00:29:12.039 --> 00:29:12.700
 towards our

00:29:12.700 --> 00:29:13.259
 enemies.

00:29:14.139 --> 00:29:14.819
 And in such a

00:29:14.819 --> 00:29:15.279
 way where it

00:29:15.279 --> 00:29:15.839
 leaves them

00:29:15.839 --> 00:29:16.359
 puzzled,

00:29:16.839 --> 00:29:17.759
 asking why,

00:29:17.940 --> 00:29:19.299
 like what kind

00:29:19.299 --> 00:29:20.079
 of power is

00:29:20.079 --> 00:29:20.680
 behind this

00:29:20.680 --> 00:29:21.299
 person to

00:29:21.299 --> 00:29:21.980
 enable them

00:29:21.980 --> 00:29:23.619
 to love me

00:29:23.619 --> 00:29:24.440
 in this way,

00:29:25.240 --> 00:29:25.779
 asking them

00:29:25.779 --> 00:29:26.160
 why.

00:29:27.599 --> 00:29:28.259
 Paul says

00:29:28.259 --> 00:29:28.799
 in Romans

00:29:28.799 --> 00:29:29.379
 12,

00:29:30.839 --> 00:29:32.720
 verse 17,

00:29:33.859 --> 00:29:34.379
 he says,

00:29:34.460 --> 00:29:35.160
 to the contrary,

00:29:35.160 --> 00:29:35.440
 and then he

00:29:35.440 --> 00:29:35.880
 goes on to

00:29:35.880 --> 00:29:36.540
 quote from

00:29:36.540 --> 00:29:36.980
 the Old

00:29:36.980 --> 00:29:37.500
 Testament and

00:29:37.500 --> 00:29:37.920
 Proverbs.

00:29:38.080 --> 00:29:38.360
 He says,

00:29:38.840 --> 00:29:39.360
 if your enemy

00:29:39.360 --> 00:29:39.980
 is hungry,

00:29:40.779 --> 00:29:41.200
 feed him.

00:29:41.940 --> 00:29:42.880
 If he's thirsty,

00:29:43.019 --> 00:29:43.279
 give him

00:29:43.279 --> 00:29:43.840
 something to

00:29:43.840 --> 00:29:44.220
 drink.

00:29:46.279 --> 00:29:46.940
 For by doing

00:29:46.940 --> 00:29:47.480
 so, you will

00:29:47.480 --> 00:29:47.980
 heap burning

00:29:47.980 --> 00:29:48.660
 coals on his

00:29:48.660 --> 00:29:48.960
 head.

00:29:49.720 --> 00:29:50.740
 Do not be

00:29:50.740 --> 00:29:51.580
 overcome by

00:29:51.580 --> 00:29:52.180
 evil, but

00:29:52.180 --> 00:29:53.040
 overcome evil

00:29:53.040 --> 00:29:53.700
 with good.

00:29:55.160 --> 00:29:55.540
 Have you ever

00:29:55.540 --> 00:29:56.019
 done that for

00:29:56.019 --> 00:29:56.560
 someone who

00:29:56.560 --> 00:29:57.240
 opposed you,

00:29:57.380 --> 00:29:58.019
 done something,

00:29:58.640 --> 00:29:59.380
 an act of

00:29:59.380 --> 00:30:01.120
 kindness to

00:30:01.120 --> 00:30:01.800
 serve them to

00:30:01.800 --> 00:30:02.300
 meet your need

00:30:02.300 --> 00:30:02.820
 and they were

00:30:02.820 --> 00:30:03.560
 astonished?

00:30:05.160 --> 00:30:06.060
 This is the

00:30:06.060 --> 00:30:06.400
 kind of

00:30:06.400 --> 00:30:06.940
 lower to

00:30:06.940 --> 00:30:07.680
 display.

00:30:09.060 --> 00:30:09.440
 And so,

00:30:10.100 --> 00:30:10.720
 the third

00:30:10.720 --> 00:30:11.220
 question,

00:30:12.100 --> 00:30:12.580
 the last

00:30:12.580 --> 00:30:13.000
 question,

00:30:14.259 --> 00:30:15.360
 is how can

00:30:15.360 --> 00:30:16.180
 we love

00:30:16.180 --> 00:30:16.820
 our enemies?

00:30:17.660 --> 00:30:18.140
 So, in

00:30:18.140 --> 00:30:18.640
 other words,

00:30:18.759 --> 00:30:19.420
 like, what

00:30:19.420 --> 00:30:20.240
 enables us,

00:30:20.300 --> 00:30:20.740
 what is the

00:30:20.740 --> 00:30:22.540
 power behind

00:30:22.540 --> 00:30:22.980
 this to

00:30:22.980 --> 00:30:23.880
 motivate us to

00:30:23.880 --> 00:30:24.519
 do such a

00:30:24.519 --> 00:30:25.300
 thing as love

00:30:25.300 --> 00:30:25.920
 our enemies?

00:30:26.440 --> 00:30:27.060
 That's a good

00:30:27.060 --> 00:30:28.120
 question, because

00:30:28.120 --> 00:30:29.660
 humanly speaking,

00:30:29.800 --> 00:30:30.880
 it's impossible.

00:30:30.880 --> 00:30:32.480
 I'm not good

00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:32.760
 at loving

00:30:32.760 --> 00:30:33.200
 people I

00:30:33.200 --> 00:30:33.700
 don't like,

00:30:35.200 --> 00:30:35.620
 or that are

00:30:35.620 --> 00:30:36.340
 opposed to

00:30:36.340 --> 00:30:36.620
 me.

00:30:37.640 --> 00:30:38.140
 I've even

00:30:38.140 --> 00:30:38.600
 gone through

00:30:38.600 --> 00:30:39.200
 seasons in

00:30:39.200 --> 00:30:39.560
 my life,

00:30:39.580 --> 00:30:39.840
 and this

00:30:39.840 --> 00:30:40.960
 has convict

00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:42.440
 me, where

00:30:42.440 --> 00:30:42.980
 I walk

00:30:42.980 --> 00:30:43.640
 around just

00:30:43.640 --> 00:30:44.340
 sizing people

00:30:44.340 --> 00:30:44.960
 up that I

00:30:44.960 --> 00:30:45.700
 think look

00:30:45.700 --> 00:30:47.600
 either hostile

00:30:47.600 --> 00:30:48.500
 towards me or

00:30:48.500 --> 00:30:49.000
 different than

00:30:49.000 --> 00:30:50.620
 me, instead

00:30:50.620 --> 00:30:51.280
 of feeling a

00:30:51.280 --> 00:30:51.620
 heart of

00:30:51.620 --> 00:30:52.760
 compassion towards

00:30:52.760 --> 00:30:53.060
 them.

00:30:55.160 --> 00:30:55.920
 This kind

00:30:55.920 --> 00:30:56.260
 of love

00:30:56.260 --> 00:30:57.020
 cannot be

00:30:57.020 --> 00:30:58.040
 faked.

00:30:58.340 --> 00:30:58.700
 It cannot

00:30:58.700 --> 00:30:59.560
 be imitated

00:30:59.559 --> 00:31:00.679
 in a false

00:31:00.679 --> 00:31:01.039
 way.

00:31:03.619 --> 00:31:04.399
 The love

00:31:04.399 --> 00:31:05.519
 that we need

00:31:05.519 --> 00:31:05.960
 to have for

00:31:05.960 --> 00:31:06.379
 these people

00:31:06.379 --> 00:31:08.159
 comes only by

00:31:08.159 --> 00:31:08.639
 the gospel

00:31:08.639 --> 00:31:09.259
 alone, and

00:31:09.259 --> 00:31:09.779
 only by the

00:31:09.779 --> 00:31:10.220
 power of

00:31:10.220 --> 00:31:10.859
 Jesus Christ

00:31:10.859 --> 00:31:11.440
 working through

00:31:11.440 --> 00:31:12.139
 us alone.

00:31:13.179 --> 00:31:13.619
 So, here

00:31:13.619 --> 00:31:14.740
 are three

00:31:14.740 --> 00:31:15.299
 things,

00:31:16.220 --> 00:31:16.679
 under this

00:31:16.679 --> 00:31:17.119
 question,

00:31:17.980 --> 00:31:19.019
 of motivations

00:31:19.019 --> 00:31:20.019
 or powers

00:31:20.019 --> 00:31:22.220
 behind the

00:31:22.220 --> 00:31:22.759
 ability to

00:31:22.759 --> 00:31:23.059
 love our

00:31:23.059 --> 00:31:23.440
 enemies.

00:31:25.359 --> 00:31:26.200
 Number one

00:31:26.200 --> 00:31:27.559
 is, God

00:31:27.559 --> 00:31:28.299
 will carry

00:31:28.299 --> 00:31:29.059
 out justice.

00:31:29.059 --> 00:31:29.740
 All right?

00:31:30.179 --> 00:31:31.000
 We're always

00:31:31.000 --> 00:31:31.700
 afraid to

00:31:31.700 --> 00:31:32.039
 think if we

00:31:32.039 --> 00:31:32.460
 just let

00:31:32.460 --> 00:31:33.200
 this go, if

00:31:33.200 --> 00:31:34.539
 we don't

00:31:34.539 --> 00:31:35.960
 repay them

00:31:35.960 --> 00:31:36.460
 for the

00:31:36.460 --> 00:31:36.940
 wrong they've

00:31:36.940 --> 00:31:37.240
 done to

00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:37.659
 us, they're

00:31:37.659 --> 00:31:37.899
 just going

00:31:37.899 --> 00:31:38.119
 to get

00:31:38.119 --> 00:31:38.460
 away.

00:31:39.440 --> 00:31:39.619
 They're

00:31:39.619 --> 00:31:40.399
 going to

00:31:40.399 --> 00:31:41.220
 go unpunished

00:31:41.220 --> 00:31:42.519
 and justice

00:31:42.519 --> 00:31:43.220
 will not be

00:31:43.220 --> 00:31:43.679
 done.

00:31:44.599 --> 00:31:45.259
 But what God

00:31:45.259 --> 00:31:45.799
 is saying is

00:31:45.799 --> 00:31:46.599
 be confident,

00:31:46.799 --> 00:31:47.319
 I will

00:31:47.319 --> 00:31:48.119
 handle this.

00:31:48.819 --> 00:31:49.379
 I will

00:31:49.379 --> 00:31:51.220
 deal with

00:31:51.220 --> 00:31:51.899
 this person.

00:31:53.299 --> 00:31:53.899
 Turn to

00:31:53.899 --> 00:31:54.940
 Romans 12.

00:31:55.659 --> 00:31:55.960
 We're going to

00:31:55.960 --> 00:31:56.159
 look at a

00:31:56.159 --> 00:31:56.740
 couple passages

00:31:56.740 --> 00:31:57.359
 in Romans

00:31:57.359 --> 00:31:58.859
 before we

00:31:58.859 --> 00:31:59.339
 close.

00:32:00.960 --> 00:32:01.819
 Romans 12,

00:32:01.900 --> 00:32:02.120
 go to

00:32:02.120 --> 00:32:03.400
 verse 17.

00:32:09.279 --> 00:32:09.920
 So, we're

00:32:09.920 --> 00:32:10.500
 unable to

00:32:10.500 --> 00:32:10.819
 love our

00:32:10.819 --> 00:32:11.400
 enemies because

00:32:11.400 --> 00:32:12.000
 we know at

00:32:12.000 --> 00:32:12.339
 the end of

00:32:12.339 --> 00:32:12.660
 the day,

00:32:12.759 --> 00:32:13.120
 God is

00:32:13.120 --> 00:32:14.019
 going to

00:32:14.019 --> 00:32:14.620
 carry out

00:32:14.620 --> 00:32:15.099
 justice.

00:32:18.700 --> 00:32:19.359
 Even if

00:32:19.359 --> 00:32:19.720
 they get

00:32:19.720 --> 00:32:20.240
 away with

00:32:20.240 --> 00:32:20.759
 things in

00:32:20.759 --> 00:32:21.400
 this life,

00:32:21.480 --> 00:32:21.980
 they won't

00:32:21.980 --> 00:32:22.579
 in eternity.

00:32:22.740 --> 00:32:23.359
 They will be

00:32:23.359 --> 00:32:23.920
 brought before

00:32:23.920 --> 00:32:24.420
 the judgment

00:32:24.420 --> 00:32:24.880
 seed of

00:32:24.880 --> 00:32:25.680
 God and

00:32:25.680 --> 00:32:25.940
 he will

00:32:25.940 --> 00:32:26.380
 deal with

00:32:26.380 --> 00:32:26.560
 it.

00:32:27.220 --> 00:32:28.000
 Romans 12,

00:32:28.100 --> 00:32:28.800
 verse 17.

00:32:30.320 --> 00:32:31.039
 Repay no

00:32:31.039 --> 00:32:31.720
 one evil

00:32:31.720 --> 00:32:32.320
 for evil,

00:32:33.500 --> 00:32:34.259
 but give

00:32:34.259 --> 00:32:36.600
 thought to

00:32:36.600 --> 00:32:37.259
 do what is

00:32:37.259 --> 00:32:38.019
 honorable in

00:32:38.019 --> 00:32:38.620
 the sight of

00:32:38.620 --> 00:32:38.960
 all.

00:32:39.740 --> 00:32:40.600
 If possible,

00:32:40.860 --> 00:32:41.500
 so far as it

00:32:41.500 --> 00:32:42.060
 depends on

00:32:42.060 --> 00:32:43.160
 you, live

00:32:43.160 --> 00:32:43.720
 peaceably

00:32:43.720 --> 00:32:44.300
 with all.

00:32:45.500 --> 00:32:45.980
 Beloved,

00:32:46.820 --> 00:32:47.380
 never

00:32:47.380 --> 00:32:48.200
 avenge

00:32:48.200 --> 00:32:48.700
 yourselves,

00:32:49.240 --> 00:32:49.980
 but leave

00:32:49.980 --> 00:32:50.480
 it to the

00:32:50.480 --> 00:32:51.039
 wrath of

00:32:51.039 --> 00:32:51.380
 God.

00:32:52.100 --> 00:32:52.640
 For it is

00:32:52.640 --> 00:32:52.920
 written,

00:32:53.300 --> 00:32:53.580
 vengeance

00:32:53.580 --> 00:32:54.440
 is mine.

00:32:55.080 --> 00:32:55.780
 I will

00:32:55.780 --> 00:32:56.360
 repay,

00:32:56.660 --> 00:32:57.000
 says the

00:32:57.000 --> 00:32:57.240
 Lord.

00:32:58.680 --> 00:32:59.400
 That is

00:32:59.400 --> 00:33:00.920
 a big

00:33:00.920 --> 00:33:01.520
 struggle for

00:33:01.520 --> 00:33:01.920
 me because

00:33:01.920 --> 00:33:02.420
 I always

00:33:02.420 --> 00:33:02.740
 want to

00:33:02.740 --> 00:33:03.280
 see justice

00:33:03.280 --> 00:33:03.620
 done.

00:33:03.680 --> 00:33:04.000
 If someone

00:33:04.000 --> 00:33:04.520
 has wronged

00:33:04.520 --> 00:33:04.759
 me, I

00:33:04.759 --> 00:33:04.980
 want to

00:33:04.980 --> 00:33:05.420
 see them

00:33:05.420 --> 00:33:07.300
 paid back.

00:33:08.259 --> 00:33:09.700
 Some of

00:33:09.700 --> 00:33:09.960
 you are

00:33:09.960 --> 00:33:10.580
 just better

00:33:10.580 --> 00:33:11.000
 than me,

00:33:11.040 --> 00:33:11.360
 I guess,

00:33:11.420 --> 00:33:12.360
 but I'm

00:33:12.360 --> 00:33:13.240
 very quick

00:33:13.240 --> 00:33:14.340
 to want

00:33:14.340 --> 00:33:14.960
 justice to

00:33:14.960 --> 00:33:15.420
 be done,

00:33:16.080 --> 00:33:16.940
 not forgetting

00:33:16.940 --> 00:33:18.560
 that if

00:33:18.560 --> 00:33:19.040
 God treated

00:33:19.040 --> 00:33:19.460
 me that

00:33:19.460 --> 00:33:20.280
 way, I

00:33:20.280 --> 00:33:21.840
 would be

00:33:21.840 --> 00:33:22.360
 separated.

00:33:22.640 --> 00:33:23.440
 from

00:33:23.440 --> 00:33:23.680
 him.

00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:26.000
 So we

00:33:26.000 --> 00:33:26.600
 are to

00:33:26.600 --> 00:33:27.500
 repay evil

00:33:27.500 --> 00:33:28.880
 with good.

00:33:29.800 --> 00:33:30.540
 God will

00:33:30.540 --> 00:33:31.100
 settle it.

00:33:31.140 --> 00:33:31.680
 Just trust

00:33:31.680 --> 00:33:31.840
 him.

00:33:31.880 --> 00:33:32.100
 We can

00:33:32.100 --> 00:33:32.480
 put that

00:33:32.480 --> 00:33:32.840
 in his

00:33:32.840 --> 00:33:33.180
 hands.

00:33:33.259 --> 00:33:33.580
 He will

00:33:33.580 --> 00:33:34.200
 carry out

00:33:34.200 --> 00:33:34.759
 justice.

00:33:36.500 --> 00:33:37.360
 With such

00:33:37.360 --> 00:33:38.000
 a holy

00:33:38.000 --> 00:33:38.560
 and sovereign

00:33:38.560 --> 00:33:39.300
 vow from

00:33:39.300 --> 00:33:39.980
 Almighty God,

00:33:40.020 --> 00:33:40.280
 we can

00:33:40.280 --> 00:33:40.900
 believe that.

00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:41.880
 Don't feel

00:33:41.880 --> 00:33:42.240
 like someone

00:33:42.240 --> 00:33:42.540
 is going to

00:33:42.540 --> 00:33:42.900
 get away

00:33:42.900 --> 00:33:43.200
 with their

00:33:43.200 --> 00:33:43.460
 sin.

00:33:44.620 --> 00:33:45.060
 And then

00:33:45.060 --> 00:33:45.820
 secondly,

00:33:46.720 --> 00:33:47.920
 another

00:33:47.920 --> 00:33:48.540
 motivation,

00:33:49.500 --> 00:33:49.820
 another

00:33:49.820 --> 00:33:50.500
 empowering,

00:33:50.500 --> 00:33:52.480
 so that

00:33:52.480 --> 00:33:52.660
 you'll

00:33:52.660 --> 00:33:53.680
 prove your

00:33:53.680 --> 00:33:54.400
 sonship.

00:33:55.480 --> 00:33:55.819
 Look at

00:33:55.819 --> 00:33:57.039
 verse 45.

00:33:57.980 --> 00:33:58.299
 We don't

00:33:58.299 --> 00:33:58.640
 have to

00:33:58.640 --> 00:33:58.839
 because you

00:33:58.839 --> 00:33:59.200
 just turn,

00:33:59.319 --> 00:33:59.700
 but verse

00:33:59.700 --> 00:34:00.400
 45,

00:34:01.000 --> 00:34:01.579
 Jesus says

00:34:01.579 --> 00:34:02.059
 about loving

00:34:02.059 --> 00:34:02.700
 your enemies

00:34:02.700 --> 00:34:04.200
 so that

00:34:04.200 --> 00:34:05.680
 you may be

00:34:05.680 --> 00:34:06.539
 sons of

00:34:06.539 --> 00:34:07.099
 your Father

00:34:07.099 --> 00:34:07.640
 who is in

00:34:07.640 --> 00:34:07.920
 heaven.

00:34:09.179 --> 00:34:09.800
 So loving

00:34:09.800 --> 00:34:10.460
 others the

00:34:10.460 --> 00:34:10.860
 way God

00:34:10.860 --> 00:34:11.519
 loved doesn't

00:34:11.519 --> 00:34:12.380
 make us

00:34:12.380 --> 00:34:13.960
 his children,

00:34:13.960 --> 00:34:15.400
 but what

00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:15.780
 it does

00:34:15.780 --> 00:34:16.179
 do is

00:34:16.179 --> 00:34:16.880
 it proves,

00:34:17.119 --> 00:34:17.920
 it evidences

00:34:17.920 --> 00:34:18.579
 that we do

00:34:18.579 --> 00:34:19.099
 belong to

00:34:19.099 --> 00:34:20.280
 God because

00:34:20.280 --> 00:34:20.880
 that kind

00:34:20.880 --> 00:34:21.260
 of love,

00:34:21.380 --> 00:34:21.559
 again,

00:34:21.679 --> 00:34:22.059
 can't just

00:34:22.059 --> 00:34:22.740
 be faked.

00:34:22.820 --> 00:34:23.119
 It can't

00:34:23.119 --> 00:34:24.260
 be created

00:34:24.260 --> 00:34:25.280
 by human

00:34:25.280 --> 00:34:26.800
 ability so

00:34:26.800 --> 00:34:27.380
 that if we

00:34:27.380 --> 00:34:29.099
 love the

00:34:29.099 --> 00:34:29.420
 way that

00:34:29.420 --> 00:34:30.079
 God does,

00:34:30.699 --> 00:34:31.820
 we evidence

00:34:31.820 --> 00:34:32.880
 ourselves to

00:34:32.880 --> 00:34:33.420
 be his

00:34:33.420 --> 00:34:33.780
 children.

00:34:34.380 --> 00:34:35.300
 It proves.

00:34:36.599 --> 00:34:37.559
 It stirs

00:34:37.559 --> 00:34:38.039
 the heart of

00:34:38.039 --> 00:34:38.639
 any parent,

00:34:38.740 --> 00:34:39.280
 though one

00:34:39.280 --> 00:34:39.820
 day I hope

00:34:39.820 --> 00:34:40.340
 to experience

00:34:40.340 --> 00:34:40.840
 this,

00:34:41.440 --> 00:34:42.519
 to be a

00:34:42.519 --> 00:34:42.780
 father,

00:34:42.780 --> 00:34:43.140
 but it

00:34:43.140 --> 00:34:43.780
 stirs any

00:34:43.780 --> 00:34:44.620
 good parent

00:34:44.620 --> 00:34:45.620
 to have

00:34:45.620 --> 00:34:46.320
 someone say

00:34:46.320 --> 00:34:46.760
 of them,

00:34:47.600 --> 00:34:48.120
 you are so

00:34:48.120 --> 00:34:48.580
 like your

00:34:48.580 --> 00:34:48.900
 father,

00:34:49.200 --> 00:34:49.820
 you are so

00:34:49.820 --> 00:34:50.560
 like your

00:34:50.560 --> 00:34:50.840
 mother.

00:34:52.019 --> 00:34:52.600
 And it is

00:34:52.600 --> 00:34:53.420
 our spiritual

00:34:53.420 --> 00:34:54.480
 DNA to

00:34:54.480 --> 00:34:55.180
 love other

00:34:55.180 --> 00:34:55.680
 people the

00:34:55.680 --> 00:34:55.940
 way that

00:34:55.940 --> 00:34:56.519
 God loves.

00:34:57.840 --> 00:34:58.660
 A supernatural

00:34:58.660 --> 00:35:00.060
 empowering kind

00:35:00.060 --> 00:35:01.320
 of love so

00:35:01.320 --> 00:35:01.940
 we can prove

00:35:01.940 --> 00:35:02.640
 our sonship.

00:35:03.800 --> 00:35:04.019
 And then

00:35:04.019 --> 00:35:04.420
 lastly,

00:35:04.540 --> 00:35:04.960
 and this is

00:35:04.960 --> 00:35:06.480
 huge,

00:35:07.980 --> 00:35:08.280
 another

00:35:08.280 --> 00:35:08.880
 motivation,

00:35:10.560 --> 00:35:11.200
 give what

00:35:11.200 --> 00:35:11.560
 you have

00:35:11.560 --> 00:35:12.160
 received.

00:35:12.780 --> 00:35:14.040
 And here

00:35:14.040 --> 00:35:14.320
 it is,

00:35:14.340 --> 00:35:14.660
 we can

00:35:14.660 --> 00:35:15.360
 love our

00:35:15.360 --> 00:35:15.920
 enemies

00:35:15.920 --> 00:35:18.360
 because we

00:35:18.360 --> 00:35:19.180
 have experienced

00:35:19.180 --> 00:35:19.940
 being loved

00:35:19.940 --> 00:35:20.620
 as an

00:35:20.620 --> 00:35:20.900
 enemy.

00:35:22.380 --> 00:35:23.080
 Many of

00:35:23.080 --> 00:35:24.260
 you have

00:35:24.260 --> 00:35:24.580
 come from

00:35:24.580 --> 00:35:24.880
 different

00:35:24.880 --> 00:35:25.480
 backgrounds

00:35:25.480 --> 00:35:26.760
 where you

00:35:26.760 --> 00:35:27.300
 are taught

00:35:27.300 --> 00:35:28.220
 God is

00:35:28.220 --> 00:35:29.800
 all-loving

00:35:29.800 --> 00:35:30.220
 and he'll

00:35:30.220 --> 00:35:30.820
 never do

00:35:30.820 --> 00:35:31.360
 anything to

00:35:31.360 --> 00:35:31.860
 hurt you

00:35:31.860 --> 00:35:32.440
 or he

00:35:32.440 --> 00:35:32.980
 won't judge

00:35:32.980 --> 00:35:33.380
 you.

00:35:34.019 --> 00:35:34.400
 On the

00:35:34.400 --> 00:35:35.019
 other side,

00:35:35.120 --> 00:35:35.340
 you might

00:35:35.340 --> 00:35:35.540
 have been

00:35:35.540 --> 00:35:36.040
 taught God

00:35:36.040 --> 00:35:36.600
 is holy

00:35:36.600 --> 00:35:36.980
 and God

00:35:36.980 --> 00:35:37.380
 is going

00:35:37.380 --> 00:35:37.960
 to destroy

00:35:37.960 --> 00:35:38.440
 you and

00:35:38.440 --> 00:35:38.740
 there's no

00:35:38.740 --> 00:35:39.120
 love in

00:35:39.120 --> 00:35:39.400
 him at

00:35:39.400 --> 00:35:39.740
 all.

00:35:40.519 --> 00:35:40.880
 And both

00:35:40.880 --> 00:35:41.140
 of those

00:35:41.140 --> 00:35:41.600
 are wrong.

00:35:42.780 --> 00:35:44.920
 Romans 5,

00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:47.100
 we'll end

00:35:47.100 --> 00:35:47.660
 things here,

00:35:47.700 --> 00:35:48.060
 but look at

00:35:48.060 --> 00:35:48.880
 Romans 5.

00:35:51.660 --> 00:35:52.360
 And I want

00:35:52.360 --> 00:35:52.780
 you to see

00:35:52.780 --> 00:35:53.340
 that God's

00:35:53.340 --> 00:35:53.860
 love is not

00:35:53.860 --> 00:35:54.660
 opposed to

00:35:54.660 --> 00:35:55.300
 his justice.

00:35:57.519 --> 00:35:58.360
 What kind

00:35:58.360 --> 00:35:58.980
 of love

00:35:58.980 --> 00:36:00.800
 God has

00:36:00.800 --> 00:36:01.420
 shown us?

00:36:02.920 --> 00:36:03.760
 Romans 5,

00:36:03.800 --> 00:36:04.000
 look at

00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:04.540
 verse 8.

00:36:05.400 --> 00:36:05.740
 It says,

00:36:05.739 --> 00:36:06.679
 God shows

00:36:06.679 --> 00:36:08.219
 his love

00:36:08.219 --> 00:36:08.819
 for us

00:36:08.819 --> 00:36:09.239
 and that

00:36:09.239 --> 00:36:09.959
 while we

00:36:09.959 --> 00:36:10.639
 were still

00:36:10.639 --> 00:36:11.139
 sinners,

00:36:11.979 --> 00:36:12.699
 Christ died

00:36:12.699 --> 00:36:13.439
 for us.

00:36:14.779 --> 00:36:15.199
 Since

00:36:15.199 --> 00:36:15.959
 therefore we

00:36:15.959 --> 00:36:16.379
 have now

00:36:16.379 --> 00:36:17.239
 been justified

00:36:17.239 --> 00:36:17.919
 by his

00:36:17.919 --> 00:36:18.419
 blood,

00:36:19.119 --> 00:36:19.859
 much more

00:36:19.859 --> 00:36:20.319
 shall I

00:36:20.319 --> 00:36:20.839
 be saved

00:36:20.839 --> 00:36:21.319
 by him

00:36:21.319 --> 00:36:21.699
 from the

00:36:21.699 --> 00:36:22.039
 wrath

00:36:22.039 --> 00:36:23.319
 of God.

00:36:24.000 --> 00:36:24.619
 So in

00:36:24.619 --> 00:36:25.359
 two verses

00:36:25.359 --> 00:36:25.859
 you see the

00:36:25.859 --> 00:36:26.279
 idea of

00:36:26.279 --> 00:36:26.919
 God's love,

00:36:27.539 --> 00:36:28.000
 you see the

00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:28.579
 reality of

00:36:28.579 --> 00:36:29.339
 God's wrath

00:36:29.339 --> 00:36:30.639
 right side

00:36:30.639 --> 00:36:31.219
 by side.

00:36:32.219 --> 00:36:32.819
 Then it

00:36:32.819 --> 00:36:33.319
 goes on in

00:36:33.319 --> 00:36:33.779
 verse 10,

00:36:33.780 --> 00:36:34.300
 for if

00:36:34.300 --> 00:36:35.320
 while we

00:36:35.320 --> 00:36:36.140
 were enemies

00:36:36.140 --> 00:36:37.320
 we were

00:36:37.320 --> 00:36:38.300
 reconciled to

00:36:38.300 --> 00:36:38.980
 God by the

00:36:38.980 --> 00:36:39.500
 death of

00:36:39.500 --> 00:36:40.040
 his son,

00:36:40.860 --> 00:36:41.640
 much more

00:36:41.640 --> 00:36:42.920
 now that we

00:36:42.920 --> 00:36:44.220
 are reconciled

00:36:44.220 --> 00:36:45.140
 shall we

00:36:45.140 --> 00:36:45.760
 be saved

00:36:45.760 --> 00:36:46.200
 by his

00:36:46.200 --> 00:36:46.640
 life.

00:36:47.380 --> 00:36:47.780
 And more

00:36:47.780 --> 00:36:48.340
 than that,

00:36:48.580 --> 00:36:49.040
 we also

00:36:49.040 --> 00:36:49.740
 rejoice in

00:36:49.740 --> 00:36:51.040
 God through

00:36:51.040 --> 00:36:51.440
 our Lord

00:36:51.440 --> 00:36:52.300
 Jesus Christ

00:36:52.300 --> 00:36:52.840
 through whom

00:36:52.840 --> 00:36:53.580
 we have now

00:36:53.580 --> 00:36:54.140
 received

00:36:54.140 --> 00:36:54.880
 reconciliation.

00:36:56.360 --> 00:36:56.860
 So this

00:36:56.860 --> 00:36:57.880
 so extraordinary

00:36:57.880 --> 00:36:58.580
 is the love

00:36:58.580 --> 00:36:58.840
 of our

00:36:58.840 --> 00:36:59.200
 father.

00:36:59.340 --> 00:36:59.940
 It extends

00:36:59.940 --> 00:37:01.600
 beyond his

00:37:01.600 --> 00:37:02.360
 kingdom to

00:37:02.360 --> 00:37:03.000
 his enemies.

00:37:03.780 --> 00:37:05.420
 God

00:37:05.420 --> 00:37:06.120
 demonstrated

00:37:06.120 --> 00:37:06.680
 his great

00:37:06.680 --> 00:37:07.040
 love in

00:37:07.040 --> 00:37:07.300
 the while

00:37:07.300 --> 00:37:07.620
 we were

00:37:07.620 --> 00:37:08.180
 rebelling

00:37:08.180 --> 00:37:08.720
 against him,

00:37:08.760 --> 00:37:09.519
 not while

00:37:09.519 --> 00:37:09.780
 we were

00:37:09.780 --> 00:37:10.120
 all put

00:37:10.120 --> 00:37:10.500
 together

00:37:10.500 --> 00:37:10.940
 and good

00:37:10.940 --> 00:37:11.360
 people,

00:37:11.760 --> 00:37:12.000
 but while

00:37:12.000 --> 00:37:12.240
 we were

00:37:12.240 --> 00:37:12.920
 his enemies,

00:37:13.040 --> 00:37:13.260
 while we

00:37:13.260 --> 00:37:13.800
 were still

00:37:13.800 --> 00:37:14.160
 in that

00:37:14.160 --> 00:37:14.660
 place of

00:37:14.660 --> 00:37:15.080
 rebellion,

00:37:15.920 --> 00:37:16.220
 God

00:37:16.220 --> 00:37:16.920
 demonstrated

00:37:16.920 --> 00:37:17.600
 his love

00:37:17.600 --> 00:37:18.480
 towards us

00:37:18.480 --> 00:37:19.640
 by sending

00:37:19.640 --> 00:37:20.260
 his beloved

00:37:20.260 --> 00:37:21.660
 son to

00:37:21.660 --> 00:37:22.360
 die the

00:37:22.360 --> 00:37:22.860
 death that

00:37:22.860 --> 00:37:23.480
 we deserve

00:37:23.480 --> 00:37:24.540
 and to

00:37:24.540 --> 00:37:24.820
 give us

00:37:24.820 --> 00:37:25.220
 the life

00:37:25.220 --> 00:37:25.480
 that we

00:37:25.480 --> 00:37:25.740
 cannot

00:37:25.740 --> 00:37:26.320
 live.

00:37:27.160 --> 00:37:27.720
 He died

00:37:27.720 --> 00:37:28.060
 in our

00:37:28.060 --> 00:37:28.660
 place.

00:37:30.300 --> 00:37:30.560
 God

00:37:30.560 --> 00:37:31.240
 demands

00:37:31.239 --> 00:37:32.339
 that we

00:37:32.339 --> 00:37:32.899
 recognize

00:37:32.899 --> 00:37:33.899
 this as

00:37:33.899 --> 00:37:34.379
 those who

00:37:34.379 --> 00:37:34.879
 belong to

00:37:34.879 --> 00:37:35.099
 him.

00:37:37.000 --> 00:37:37.819
 We were

00:37:37.819 --> 00:37:38.579
 separated

00:37:38.579 --> 00:37:39.139
 from him

00:37:39.139 --> 00:37:40.699
 and Jesus

00:37:40.699 --> 00:37:41.579
 restored us

00:37:41.579 --> 00:37:42.059
 back to

00:37:42.059 --> 00:37:43.199
 him so

00:37:43.199 --> 00:37:43.439
 that we

00:37:43.439 --> 00:37:43.879
 can know

00:37:43.879 --> 00:37:44.199
 him,

00:37:44.679 --> 00:37:44.939
 have

00:37:44.939 --> 00:37:45.459
 relationship

00:37:45.459 --> 00:37:45.939
 with him,

00:37:46.019 --> 00:37:46.239
 that we

00:37:46.239 --> 00:37:46.659
 can once

00:37:46.659 --> 00:37:47.839
 again reflect

00:37:47.839 --> 00:37:48.319
 who he

00:37:48.319 --> 00:37:48.919
 was and

00:37:48.919 --> 00:37:49.699
 glorify him

00:37:49.699 --> 00:37:49.959
 as we

00:37:49.959 --> 00:37:50.559
 were created

00:37:50.559 --> 00:37:51.079
 to do.

00:37:51.839 --> 00:37:52.439
 So if

00:37:52.439 --> 00:37:53.219
 God were

00:37:53.219 --> 00:37:53.759
 not that

00:37:53.759 --> 00:37:54.419
 generous and

00:37:54.419 --> 00:37:54.979
 merciful to

00:37:54.979 --> 00:37:55.239
 sinners,

00:37:55.339 --> 00:37:55.579
 we would

00:37:55.579 --> 00:37:56.019
 perish.

00:37:56.759 --> 00:37:57.139
 And so we

00:37:57.139 --> 00:37:57.379
 are to

00:37:57.379 --> 00:37:58.079
 reflect this

00:37:58.079 --> 00:37:58.859
 kind of love

00:37:58.860 --> 00:37:59.200
 that we

00:37:59.200 --> 00:37:59.680
 see in

00:37:59.680 --> 00:38:00.200
 the gospel.

00:38:02.559 --> 00:38:03.180
 And there's

00:38:03.180 --> 00:38:03.740
 no debate.

00:38:04.620 --> 00:38:05.460
 God loves

00:38:05.460 --> 00:38:06.019
 his enemies.

00:38:07.960 --> 00:38:08.420
 So,

00:38:08.760 --> 00:38:09.880
 in conclusion,

00:38:11.640 --> 00:38:12.500
 we see

00:38:12.500 --> 00:38:13.220
 in verse

00:38:13.220 --> 00:38:13.800
 48,

00:38:14.280 --> 00:38:14.680
 he ends

00:38:14.680 --> 00:38:15.120
 up by

00:38:15.120 --> 00:38:15.480
 kind of

00:38:15.480 --> 00:38:15.900
 summing up

00:38:15.900 --> 00:38:16.240
 this whole

00:38:16.240 --> 00:38:17.579
 section of

00:38:17.579 --> 00:38:17.960
 the Sermon

00:38:17.960 --> 00:38:18.180
 on the

00:38:18.180 --> 00:38:18.539
 Mount by

00:38:18.539 --> 00:38:18.840
 saying,

00:38:18.960 --> 00:38:19.059
 you,

00:38:19.220 --> 00:38:19.579
 therefore,

00:38:20.500 --> 00:38:21.019
 must be

00:38:21.019 --> 00:38:22.620
 perfect as

00:38:22.620 --> 00:38:23.079
 your heavenly

00:38:23.079 --> 00:38:24.099
 Father is

00:38:24.099 --> 00:38:24.500
 perfect.

00:38:25.440 --> 00:38:26.059
 So in

00:38:26.059 --> 00:38:26.700
 case anyone

00:38:26.700 --> 00:38:27.340
 was there

00:38:27.340 --> 00:38:28.420
 listening,

00:38:28.420 --> 00:38:28.539
 saying,

00:38:28.639 --> 00:38:28.980
 that still

00:38:28.980 --> 00:38:29.400
 thought,

00:38:29.980 --> 00:38:30.400
 I can

00:38:30.400 --> 00:38:31.000
 still be

00:38:31.000 --> 00:38:31.280
 good on

00:38:31.280 --> 00:38:31.680
 my own,

00:38:31.740 --> 00:38:31.980
 I can

00:38:31.980 --> 00:38:32.519
 still achieve

00:38:32.519 --> 00:38:33.079
 right standing

00:38:33.079 --> 00:38:33.700
 with God

00:38:33.700 --> 00:38:34.760
 on my

00:38:34.760 --> 00:38:35.099
 own,

00:38:36.280 --> 00:38:36.659
 he kind

00:38:36.659 --> 00:38:36.860
 of just

00:38:36.860 --> 00:38:37.220
 throws that

00:38:37.220 --> 00:38:37.559
 out there

00:38:37.559 --> 00:38:38.000
 to sum it

00:38:38.000 --> 00:38:38.220
 up.

00:38:38.559 --> 00:38:39.139
 You must

00:38:39.139 --> 00:38:40.220
 be perfect

00:38:40.220 --> 00:38:40.800
 as your

00:38:40.800 --> 00:38:41.079
 heavenly

00:38:41.079 --> 00:38:41.639
 Father is

00:38:41.639 --> 00:38:42.000
 perfect.

00:38:43.760 --> 00:38:44.539
 Which would

00:38:44.539 --> 00:38:44.940
 have

00:38:44.940 --> 00:38:45.860
 devastated

00:38:45.860 --> 00:38:47.559
 them because

00:38:47.559 --> 00:38:48.340
 God demands

00:38:48.340 --> 00:38:49.079
 total perfection.

00:38:50.639 --> 00:38:52.000
 So he

00:38:52.000 --> 00:38:52.559
 intentionally

00:38:52.559 --> 00:38:53.340
 does that

00:38:53.340 --> 00:38:54.200
 to make

00:38:54.200 --> 00:38:54.880
 them despair

00:38:54.880 --> 00:38:55.500
 of any

00:38:55.500 --> 00:38:55.940
 kind of

00:38:55.940 --> 00:38:56.880
 self-righteousness

00:38:56.880 --> 00:38:57.440
 they have

00:38:57.440 --> 00:38:58.760
 so that

00:38:58.760 --> 00:38:59.840
 they'll

00:38:59.840 --> 00:39:00.380
 flee to

00:39:00.380 --> 00:39:01.039
 him for

00:39:01.039 --> 00:39:01.559
 salvation.

00:39:02.039 --> 00:39:02.639
 To recognize

00:39:02.639 --> 00:39:03.039
 that they

00:39:03.039 --> 00:39:03.539
 will need

00:39:03.539 --> 00:39:04.099
 a Savior,

00:39:05.119 --> 00:39:05.519
 that their

00:39:05.519 --> 00:39:06.079
 own efforts

00:39:06.079 --> 00:39:06.539
 will not

00:39:06.539 --> 00:39:07.079
 achieve it.

00:39:07.920 --> 00:39:08.240
 And that's

00:39:08.240 --> 00:39:08.519
 what he's

00:39:08.519 --> 00:39:08.720
 saying.

00:39:08.780 --> 00:39:09.079
 He's like,

00:39:09.139 --> 00:39:09.619
 I'm here.

00:39:10.280 --> 00:39:10.679
 I'm the

00:39:10.679 --> 00:39:10.960
 one who's

00:39:10.960 --> 00:39:11.220
 going to

00:39:11.220 --> 00:39:12.000
 deliver you

00:39:12.000 --> 00:39:12.740
 from your

00:39:12.740 --> 00:39:13.000
 sin.

00:39:13.079 --> 00:39:13.500
 You cannot

00:39:13.500 --> 00:39:14.240
 do this

00:39:14.240 --> 00:39:15.519
 on your

00:39:15.519 --> 00:39:15.860
 own.

00:39:16.679 --> 00:39:17.139
 And that's

00:39:17.139 --> 00:39:17.679
 the marvelous

00:39:17.679 --> 00:39:18.240
 truth of

00:39:18.240 --> 00:39:18.740
 the gospel,

00:39:19.420 --> 00:39:19.740
 that we

00:39:19.740 --> 00:39:20.159
 could not

00:39:20.159 --> 00:39:20.720
 attain

00:39:20.720 --> 00:39:21.920
 perfection.

00:39:23.059 --> 00:39:23.300
 You ever

00:39:23.300 --> 00:39:23.679
 heard anybody

00:39:23.679 --> 00:39:24.039
 say,

00:39:24.039 --> 00:39:24.659
 nobody's

00:39:24.659 --> 00:39:25.099
 perfect.

00:39:26.679 --> 00:39:27.279
 They have

00:39:27.279 --> 00:39:27.800
 no idea

00:39:27.800 --> 00:39:28.599
 the intensity

00:39:28.599 --> 00:39:29.000
 and the

00:39:29.000 --> 00:39:29.320
 truth of

00:39:29.320 --> 00:39:29.599
 what they're

00:39:29.599 --> 00:39:29.900
 saying.

00:39:30.599 --> 00:39:31.400
 No, no

00:39:31.400 --> 00:39:31.840
 one is.

00:39:32.019 --> 00:39:32.340
 And God

00:39:32.340 --> 00:39:32.920
 demands it.

00:39:33.539 --> 00:39:34.119
 You can't

00:39:34.119 --> 00:39:34.400
 achieve it

00:39:34.400 --> 00:39:34.639
 on your

00:39:34.639 --> 00:39:35.920
 own, so

00:39:35.920 --> 00:39:36.340
 you go to

00:39:36.340 --> 00:39:36.639
 Jesus.

00:39:38.159 --> 00:39:38.639
 And it

00:39:38.639 --> 00:39:39.119
 says in

00:39:39.119 --> 00:39:40.259
 2 Corinthians

00:39:40.259 --> 00:39:41.900
 4, 21,

00:39:42.099 --> 00:39:42.500
 for our

00:39:42.500 --> 00:39:44.000
 sake, God

00:39:44.000 --> 00:39:44.759
 made Christ

00:39:44.759 --> 00:39:46.539
 to be sin

00:39:46.539 --> 00:39:46.880
 who knew

00:39:46.880 --> 00:39:47.380
 no sin,

00:39:47.840 --> 00:39:48.440
 so that in

00:39:48.440 --> 00:39:49.019
 him we might

00:39:49.019 --> 00:39:49.619
 become the

00:39:49.619 --> 00:39:50.059
 righteousness

00:39:50.059 --> 00:39:51.000
 of God.

00:39:51.940 --> 00:39:52.239
 It can

00:39:52.239 --> 00:39:52.960
 only come,

00:39:52.960 --> 00:39:53.880
 that righteousness

00:39:53.880 --> 00:39:54.659
 only comes

00:39:54.659 --> 00:39:54.900
 when we

00:39:54.900 --> 00:39:55.500
 are saved

00:39:55.500 --> 00:39:56.519
 completely

00:39:56.519 --> 00:39:57.019
 and fully

00:39:57.019 --> 00:39:57.679
 by the

00:39:57.679 --> 00:39:58.019
 work of

00:39:58.019 --> 00:39:58.260
 Jesus

00:39:58.260 --> 00:39:58.720
 Christ.

00:39:59.720 --> 00:40:00.159
 And once

00:40:00.159 --> 00:40:00.679
 united to

00:40:00.679 --> 00:40:02.159
 him, being

00:40:02.159 --> 00:40:02.920
 saved in

00:40:02.920 --> 00:40:04.679
 him, he

00:40:04.679 --> 00:40:05.480
 enables us

00:40:05.480 --> 00:40:06.039
 to live

00:40:06.039 --> 00:40:06.599
 righteously

00:40:06.599 --> 00:40:07.199
 before other

00:40:07.199 --> 00:40:07.500
 people.

00:40:09.679 --> 00:40:10.539
 So that's

00:40:10.539 --> 00:40:10.740
 it.

00:40:11.079 --> 00:40:12.139
 That's the

00:40:12.139 --> 00:40:12.559
 beauty of

00:40:12.559 --> 00:40:13.000
 the gospel,

00:40:13.099 --> 00:40:13.500
 that God

00:40:13.500 --> 00:40:14.360
 loved his

00:40:14.360 --> 00:40:14.760
 enemies.

00:40:15.840 --> 00:40:16.099
 And so

00:40:16.099 --> 00:40:16.480
 if you

00:40:16.480 --> 00:40:18.639
 feel and

00:40:18.639 --> 00:40:19.019
 you know

00:40:19.019 --> 00:40:19.300
 that you

00:40:19.300 --> 00:40:20.099
 are separated

00:40:20.099 --> 00:40:20.460
 from him

00:40:20.460 --> 00:40:21.079
 today, he's

00:40:21.079 --> 00:40:21.579
 calling you

00:40:21.579 --> 00:40:22.599
 to come.

00:40:23.400 --> 00:40:24.639
 Be reconciled

00:40:24.639 --> 00:40:25.000
 to him

00:40:25.000 --> 00:40:25.360
 through the

00:40:25.360 --> 00:40:25.820
 death of

00:40:25.820 --> 00:40:26.320
 his son.

00:40:27.079 --> 00:40:27.480
 And if you

00:40:27.480 --> 00:40:27.980
 do belong

00:40:27.980 --> 00:40:28.360
 to Jesus,

00:40:28.480 --> 00:40:29.260
 rejoice that

00:40:29.260 --> 00:40:30.699
 he did not

00:40:30.699 --> 00:40:31.720
 treat you and

00:40:31.720 --> 00:40:32.079
 did not

00:40:32.079 --> 00:40:33.760
 treat me the

00:40:33.760 --> 00:40:34.179
 way that we

00:40:34.179 --> 00:40:34.619
 deserve to

00:40:34.619 --> 00:40:34.960
 be treated.

00:40:38.639 --> 00:40:39.139
 Let's

00:40:39.139 --> 00:40:39.619
 pray together.

00:40:39.619 --> 00:40:39.800
 Let's

00:40:39.800 --> 00:40:39.619
 pray together.

00:40:43.619 --> 00:40:43.619


00:40:43.619 --> 00:40:44.199
 pray together.

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