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 The scripture reading today comes from the Gospel of Luke, chapter 20.

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 Please follow along in your bulletin.

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 On one of the days while he was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the gospel,

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 the chief priests and the scribes with the elders confronted him,

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 and they spoke, saying to him,

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 Tell us by what authority you're doing these things,

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 and who is the one who gave you this authority?

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 Jesus answered and said to them,

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 I will also ask you a question, and you tell me.

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 Was the baptism of John from heaven or from men?

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 They reasoned among themselves, saying,

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 If we say from heaven, he will say,

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 Why did you not believe him?

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 But if we say from men, all the people will stone us to death,

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 for they are convinced that John was a prophet.

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 So they answered that they did not know where it came from.

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 And Jesus said to them,

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 Nor will I tell you by what authority I do these things.

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 And he began to tell the people a parable.

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 A man planted a vineyard and rented it out to vine growers,

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 and went on a journey for a long time.

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 At the harvest time he sent a slave to the vine growers,

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 so that they would give him some of the produce of the vineyard.

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 But the vine growers beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

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 And he proceeded to send another slave.

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 And they beat him also and treated him shamefully,

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 and sent him away empty-handed.

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 And he proceeded to send a third.

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 And this one also they wounded and cast out.

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 The owner of the vineyard said,

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 What shall I do?

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 I will send my beloved son.

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 Perhaps they will respect him.

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 But when the vine growers saw him,

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 they reasoned with one another, saying,

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 This is the heir.

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 Let us kill him so that the inheritance will be ours.

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 So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

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 What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?

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 He will come and destroy these vine growers,

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 and will give out the vineyard to others.

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 When they heard it, they said,

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 May it never be.

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 But Jesus looked at them and said,

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 What then is this that is written?

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 The stone which the builders rejected,

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 this became the chief cornerstone.

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 Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces,

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 but on whomever it falls,

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 it will scatter him like dust.

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 This is the word of the Lord.

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 Think about that song.

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 I keep thinking about it.

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 The word, you're the one who saves us.

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 You're the one who saves us.

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 I wonder how often we sing that in our lives.

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 I wonder how often we need to sing that in our lives,

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 and we don't sing that in our lives.

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 I've shared before that,

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 okay, so we have four kids,

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 and I would say that the place that I ask God to save me the most

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 is in parenting,

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 in being a dad,

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 in being a husband,

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 because I feel like I have very little good modeling in that area in my life.

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 So I'm continually trying to figure out what to do and how to do that.

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 I'm so thankful that we have a perfect Savior.

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 That way my kids don't need a perfect dad, right?

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 They can look to Christ.

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 But today, even just kids getting dressed,

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 and I had three of my daughters come in,

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 and they asked me,

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 does this outfit look nice?

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 Well, how do you answer that with your daughters, right?

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 I know how to answer that with my wife.

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 Honey, does this make me look fat?

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 No, you don't look fat at all.

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 The dress looks really good.

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 But how do you answer that with your daughters, right?

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 And so I would look at it,

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 and I said, okay, so what kind of style are you trying to get there?

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 Okay, that's great.

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 Okay, yeah, that looks good.

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 And so we got dressed,

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 and it's always a challenge to me to think about

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 what does it mean to trust the Lord

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 and to walk with Him and to be a parent.

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 We needed, you're going to die,

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 we needed some eggs and some bread in our house.

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 And so we needed to go get it,

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 and I was busy doing, I can't remember what I was doing.

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 So I gave some money to one of my kids,

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 who will remain nameless.

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 And I sent them to go get the eggs and the bread.

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 And right as they were walking out of the door,

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 they asked me the question,

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 if I have anything left,

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 can I buy something for myself?

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 I thought, that seemed like a reasonable request, right?

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 And so I said, yeah, that's great.

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 Go ahead and do that.

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 And so they went.

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 And they come back about 20 minutes later,

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 chewing on a drumstick ice cream cone,

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 and they have a whole box of drumstick ice cream cones

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 in their bag.

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 But they have no eggs or no bread.

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 And I'm like, what happened?

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 He goes, well, I didn't have enough money for eggs and bread.

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 So as a parent there,

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 you have some choices to make in your mind, right?

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 So you're figuring out, okay,

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 how do I respond to this?

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 Part of me, I'm really angry, right?

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 I'm really, because it's an authority issue, right?

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 I'm like, I ask, well,

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 why did you think that you could buy the ice cream

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 instead of the eggs?

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 And well, I just felt like it was a thing to do.

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 And so there's an authority thing there, right?

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 So the authority part of me is like, I'm furious.

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 And then the other part of me is like,

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 I'm just kind of laughing,

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 because I don't,

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 I never read that in a book,

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 what to do when that happens, right?

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 And so I'm trying to use this as a teachable moment.

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 And so I'm asking myself, what do I do?

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 Do I give the kid more money

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 and have them go out and buy some bread and eggs?

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 What if they come back with

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 six-pack of Diet Coke or something else?

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 And they say, well,

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 I just didn't have enough money

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 to buy the eggs and the bread.

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 And I wondered about that in my life.

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 And I kind of laughed,

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 because I think that is sometimes me.

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 God gives me resources.

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 He gives me things that he wants me to use

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 for his kingdom to make his name great.

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 And I listen, I say, yeah, that's great.

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 That's good, that's good.

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 But then I end up buying him other things

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 that I really need,

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 like ice cream cones or other things like that.

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 And I make the excuse,

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 well, I didn't have enough money

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 to make your kingdom great.

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 If you give me more money, I can make it great,

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 but I need to live.

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 I need to get these things done.

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 Luke 19,

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 Jesus is finishing the last week of his life.

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 He's up on Bethany,

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 which is on the southeast corner of Jerusalem.

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 Jerusalem sits on a hill.

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 The only way you can attack Jerusalem

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 was from the north,

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 because it's the only place where it's flat.

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 Everywhere else there's a valley.

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 And in Bethany is where Lazarus came from.

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 So he's going,

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 and he's leading this group,

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 and sometimes they were told

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 it might be like 10,000 or 15,000 people joining him.

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 And they're heading to Jerusalem for the Passover.

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 And at that time in Jerusalem,

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 Jerusalem would swell to like 2 million people.

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 Normally there's about 350,000 people,

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 but on the Passover,

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 2 million people, pilgrims,

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 would come to take part in this.

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 And so Jesus is on this hill,

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 and he's looking down through the Kidron Valley,

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 and he's looking up at Jerusalem,

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 and he realizes what's going to happen

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 this last week of his life.

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 All the prophecy that he's going to fulfill,

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 and so he sends his disciples in,

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 and they go to a little house,

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 and they grab a colt, a donkey.

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 It's out of Zechariah.

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 Instead of traveling into Jerusalem on a stallion,

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 which would be the symbol of a king and a conqueror,

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 Scripture, the prophets,

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 hundreds of years before he was even born,

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 said he would come in on a colt.

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 The symbol of mildness,

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 and gentleness, and meekness.

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 And so he goes down this valley,

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 and as he goes,

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 people are yelling,

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 and they're screaming,

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 Hosanna!

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 Hosanna!

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 Everyone thinks this is it.

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 The Messiah's come.

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 We're going to be free.

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 We're going to be free of the Romans.

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 Everything's going to be perfect.

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 They're taking off their coats.

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 They're laying them on the ground.

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 They're waving palm branches.

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 Everybody,

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 and this is really significant,

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 because on this day in the Old Testament,

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 Exodus 12,

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 it tells us for the Passover,

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 that this is the day that you buy your lamb

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 without blemish,

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 spotless and clean,

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 and you bring that lamb into your home

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 to take care of it,

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 so that seven days later,

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 you sacrifice it to cover your sins.

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 And so this is the day that Jesus is entering in,

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 the Lamb of God,

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 into the temple,

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 and people are going crazy,

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 and it's a party,

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 it's a rock festival,

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 and the rabbis and the leaders come to him

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 and say,

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 tell your disciples to stop.

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 Tell them to be quiet.

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 This is unacceptable.

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 Remember what Jesus said?

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 He said,

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 even if they stopped,

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 the rocks would shout and sing

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 because God has come.

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 We're told that he gets there.

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 He walks into the temple.

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 He would have entered into the southern gate.

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 It's the gate of the Gentiles,

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 the court of the Gentiles.

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 Now historians tell us,

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 I've tried to verify this,

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 and I've looked over,

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 but what I've been told

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 is that this is the first year this has happened,

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 and what happened was

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 that the leadership of the temple

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 moved all the livestock,

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 all the money changing,

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 into the temple

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 to be in that place this year.

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 It's the court of the Gentiles,

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 so if you were not a Jew,

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 it's the only place that you could go into.

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 But the Jews,

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 the Gentiles couldn't go in there

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 because it was stocked full of animals

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 and money changers.

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 And there's this racket going on

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 that the church leadership had,

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 and it was something like this.

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 When you came into the temple,

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 you had to pay a tax,

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 but you had to pay a special tax.

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 And this coin could only be seen

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 in Godden at the temple.

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 You couldn't buy it with you.

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 So when you came in,

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 let's say it was $1,

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 you needed to buy a $1 tax,

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 but you ended up having to pay $1.40

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 to get that tax.

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 And so you took that coin,

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 and they just pocketed the $0.40,

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 and they stuck it in the treasury

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 as you walked in the church.

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 There's a big racket.

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 And Jesus says in the scripture,

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 when he saw that,

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 he became furious.

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 It was an anger with righteousness

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 kind of wound up in it.

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 It says he makes his rope,

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 and he starts to whip

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 all of the money changers.

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 He turns over the tables.

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 He throws out the animals.

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 There's this total chaos,

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 and everybody's just in awe

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 because in their mind,

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 they're thinking this is it.

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 The Messiah's coming.

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 This is it.

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 We're going to be free.

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 This is it.

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 This is all going to happen.

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 Hallelujah.

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 We've been waiting for this.

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 Oppression's off.

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 We're going to be free.

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 And he walks in there,

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 and he throws out

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 all of these things,

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 and then scripture tells us

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 at Luke chapter 9,

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 right at the very end,

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 his disciples and him

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 go into the temple,

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 and they begin to teach.

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 And basically,

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 they stage a sit-in.

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 And so they're teaching

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 in the temple

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 where the priest

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 and the rabbi

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 should be preaching,

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 but Jesus has it under control,

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 and they can't even get in

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 because there's all these people

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 listening to him.

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 Remember what they said about Jesus?

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 They said he preached

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 in a way

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 unlike any other man before.

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 He preached with authority.

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 With the leadership,

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 they just can't handle this,

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 and so in chapter 20,

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 which you have in your bulletin,

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 they come to him.

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 And it's a very interesting passage,

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 and in this passage,

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 I just want to look at

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 three things really quickly

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 or briefly

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 and talk about them

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 and ask ourselves questions

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 like what is going on

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 in our life

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 and what can we learn

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 from these things.

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 And in these passages,

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 I just want to talk about

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 three things.

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 I want to talk about authority,

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 the idea of authority,

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 because Jesus was told

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 to be teaching with authority

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 that no one else

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 had ever had before.

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 I want to talk about

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 the vineyard.

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 There's this parable

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 that's told.

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 It's actually out of Isaiah,

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 and Jesus retells this parable,

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 and it's very powerful.

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 I want to talk about the vineyard,

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 and last,

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 I want to talk really,

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 it's kind of the core

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 of everything.

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 I want to talk about

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 the vineyard owner.

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 So the first thing

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 that comes out

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 in verses 1 through 8

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 is you see they come to him,

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 and they come at night,

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 I mean, not at night,

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 but all the chief priests,

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 the scribes,

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 and the elders,

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 verse 1,

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 that means everybody

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 within the leadership.

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 That's all three sections

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 of the Jewish leadership

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 at that time.

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 So whenever they came together

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 with something very,

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 very serious,

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 and so they come

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 to confront him,

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 and they ask him

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 two questions in verse 2.

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 They ask him,

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 tell us by what authority

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 you're doing these things,

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 or basically ask him,

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 are you coming as a prophet,

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 are you coming as a priest,

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 or are you coming as a king?

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 Because they want to know.

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 Are you coming as a king

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 to set us free?

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 Are you coming as a prophet

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 to set us straight?

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 Or are you coming as a priest

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 to minister to us?

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 Which way are you coming?

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 What authority

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 are you coming by?

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 And then the second question

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 they ask him is,

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 who gave you this authority?

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 authority,

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 where did it come from?

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 Now in Jesus' day,

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 you always taught,

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 like I taught last week,

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 I gave this quote,

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 and I said,

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 hey, don't,

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 it's not from me,

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 it's from Jonathan Edwards,

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 and Jonathan Edwards

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 stole it from John Owen,

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 and John Owen stole it

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 from Tertullian,

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 and Tertullian stole it

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 from Paul,

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 and Paul stole it

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 from Jesus,

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 and Jesus wrote it,

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 and that's how you would

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 teach in Jesus' day.

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 That's where your authority

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 came from.

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 So I would be up here

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 teaching,

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 and I would say,

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 well, Rabbi so-and-so

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 says this,

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 and then Rabbi so-and-so

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 said this plus this,

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 and then a long time ago,

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 Rabbi so-and-so

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 said this also,

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 and as I taught that way,

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 what I would be doing

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 is establishing

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 my authority,

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 and so everybody

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 would listen to me

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 and go,

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 wow,

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 he's very well educated,

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 he knows what he's

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 talking about,

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 we should listen to him,

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 because he's not

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 bringing anything new,

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 he's bringing something

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 the same.

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 Now remember,

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 in Jesus' day,

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 if you were there

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 and if you were a Christian,

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 let's say we're all

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 Christians here,

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 we would be the rabbis,

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 we would be the Pharisees,

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 we would be the holders

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 of the truth,

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 and all these people

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 coming in with Jesus,

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 they would be the radicals,

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 they would be the liberals,

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 they would be the people

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 who just came to faith,

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 they would be the people

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 who aren't mature,

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 they don't know

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 what's going on,

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 and so when we saw

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 Jesus coming in,

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 the first question

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 we would ask is,

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 why are you doing this?

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 Because all the authority

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 is from us.

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 You read the passage

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 and you realize

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 that the leaders

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 did not think

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 that they were breaking

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 God's rules.

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 You read the passage

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 and you understand

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 that the leaders

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 did not think

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 that they were rejecting God,

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 they actually assumed

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 that they had the right

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 to govern their lives,

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 they assumed

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 that they had the right

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 to govern these people,

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 and so they want to know

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 why Jesus thinks

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 he has the right

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 to do that,

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 and so they asked

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 him this question

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 and as a good rabbi

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 does in teaching,

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 they always ask questions

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 after questions

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 and Jesus answered them

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 and said,

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 I'll ask you a question

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 and you tell me,

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 was the baptism of John

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 from heaven or from men

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 and they reasoned

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 with themselves,

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 if we say from heaven,

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 then why don't you believe me

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 because that's where

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 my authority is coming from

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 or if we say from men,

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 they're going to storm me

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 because the penalty

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 for a false prophet

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 was stoning,

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 and if John was

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 a false prophet

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 and the rabbis

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 allowed him to teach,

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 then they were guilty

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 of his sin

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 and so they would

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 have been stoned too

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 and so they realized

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 that they're in this

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 untenable position

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 when it talks about authority

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 and they basically said,

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 well, we don't know.

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 We don't know.

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 And Jesus said,

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 well, I'm not going

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 to tell you either

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 and what I see

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 from this passage

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 and what I keep asking myself

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 these last couple weeks

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 is this,

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 where does our authority

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 come from?

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 where does your authority

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 come from?

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 Why do you live the life

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 that you live right now?

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 Why do you make the choices

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 that you make right now?

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 The passage says

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 that our authority

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 only comes from one

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 of two places.

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 Verses three and four.

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 Either our authority

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 comes from God,

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 the word there in Hebrew

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 would be they said heaven,

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 which means God,

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 or our authority

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 comes from men.

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 And so the question

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 we have to ask ourselves

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 as we think about this

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 is where,

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 where does our authority

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 really come from?

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 I don't know if you've ever

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 heard this

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 or said this,

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 but I've said this

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 sometimes in my life.

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 You know,

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 I'm a Christian.

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 I don't know what I think

00:16:51.860 --> 00:16:52.699
 about this part of the Bible.

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 This part of the Bible

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 is really hard.

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 It's very difficult.

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 It's very confusing.

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 I don't know if I can

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 live my life

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 the way Scripture

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 tells me

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 to live it

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 right here.

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 You know,

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 I follow God

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 and the Bible is good

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 for some things,

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 but you know,

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 there are other things

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 in the Bible,

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 you know,

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 like the sexuality

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 and relationships

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 and how we handle our money

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 and things like that.

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 You know,

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 I think maybe it's kind of

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 outdated for that

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 because God,

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 God wants me to be happy,

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 right?

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 Right?

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 Where,

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 where,

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 where does our authority

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 come from?

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 Do we live our life

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 in our own authority

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 as these Pharisees did

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 and not realizing

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 that they were doing that?

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 Because they didn't realize

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 that they were doing that.

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 They thought they were living

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 under God's authority,

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 but the Scripture

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 is really clear

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 that they weren't.

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 They were living

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 under their own authority.

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 They didn't handle God's Word.

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 They didn't know God's Word.

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 They didn't allow God's Word

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 to seep into them.

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 They changed God's Word.

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 They didn't like the Scriptures

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 that quoted the things

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 that were happening.

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 I mean,

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 all they had to do

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 is look into the Old Testament

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 and all the things

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 that were happening

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 to that point,

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 it was really clearly

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 told of.

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 But they didn't like that.

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 And I think sometimes

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 we don't either.

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 And I realize,

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 if we're honest,

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 sometimes in our life,

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 we just want to be

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 our own authority.

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 We say we love God.

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 We say we came to Christ

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 at this time.

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 But if you look at our life

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 day by day by day,

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 how we live it,

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 the question is,

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 are we living it

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 according to God's Word

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 or are we living it

00:18:45.620 --> 00:18:46.300
 to our Word?

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 One of the early church fathers

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 said it this way.

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 He said,

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 sin is largely

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 a matter of authority.

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 We sin because

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 we refuse God's authority.

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 Well,

00:18:57.179 --> 00:18:57.720
 when we sin,

00:18:57.779 --> 00:18:58.599
 we reject God,

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 we reject His Word,

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 we reject His authority,

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 and we replace it

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 with something else.

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 Us.

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 The Bible says

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 that we have a problem

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 with authority

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 that deep down

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 in our heart

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 there's this darkness

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 that prevents us

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 from wanting to obey.

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 The Scripture actually says

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 that we are angry

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 towards God

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 that we don't like

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 His authority.

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 And the Jewish leaders

00:19:27.139 --> 00:19:27.899
 in this passage

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 really, really show that.

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 They would rather live life

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 and run their lives

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 the way they want to.

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 But Jesus is presenting

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 to them something else,

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 something different.

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 And the question

00:19:43.099 --> 00:19:44.039
 we have to ask ourselves today

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 is what authority

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 do we live by?

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 What do we do

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 with that deep,

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 dark struggle

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 in our heart

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 when we know

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 we should buy

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 the eggs

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 in the bread

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 but we want

00:19:59.000 --> 00:20:00.000
 to buy something else?

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 What we know

00:20:01.860 --> 00:20:02.259
 in the deep,

00:20:02.420 --> 00:20:02.920
 dark struggle

00:20:02.920 --> 00:20:03.500
 in our heart

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 when we know

00:20:03.880 --> 00:20:04.380
 we should do

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 certain things

00:20:05.079 --> 00:20:06.079
 or we're called

00:20:06.079 --> 00:20:07.100
 to bring comfort

00:20:07.100 --> 00:20:08.700
 in healing

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 but we're too busy.

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 The Scripture says

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 that we have

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 a heart problem

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 and there's this darkness

00:20:19.240 --> 00:20:19.680
 there

00:20:19.680 --> 00:20:21.440
 that even after

00:20:21.440 --> 00:20:22.420
 we've come to Christ

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 we still struggle

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 with it,

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 we still deal with it,

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 we still have to face it.

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 And the problem

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 is that most of us,

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 a lot of us

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 don't even realize

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 that we struggle.

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 the problem

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 is that most of us

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 don't like

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 having somebody

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 in authority

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 above us.

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 Think about that.

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 Do you really like

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 to know

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 that you're under

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 somebody else's authority?

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 I mean,

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 how do you do

00:20:48.960 --> 00:20:49.740
 in the speed limits?

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 How do you do

00:20:53.220 --> 00:20:53.860
 with the signs?

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 I mean,

00:20:55.420 --> 00:20:55.840
 Kip and I

00:20:55.840 --> 00:20:56.980
 love to play baseball

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 and we throw baseball

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 on a podium.

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 We were so fortunate

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 there's this big podium

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 right around the house

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 and so we go out

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 maybe once every week

00:21:03.960 --> 00:21:05.200
 throw pitch

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 and last week

00:21:06.500 --> 00:21:07.099
 we went out

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 and there was a sign there

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 that said

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 no throwing balls.

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 It had never been there

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 before.

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 Ever.

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 But this time

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 the sign was right

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 in front of my face

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 no throwing balls.

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 Kip looked at me

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 and said,

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 what are we going to do?

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 Wow,

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 I wish I could say

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 I was just the person

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 perfect dad

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 and like,

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 yeah,

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 you know,

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 we got to obey

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 our authority

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 and they're putting

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 it above us

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 and I kind of

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 took the sign

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 and I kind of

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 turned it around

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 backwards.

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 I said,

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 just one time.

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 But the scripture

00:21:47.779 --> 00:21:49.079
 says that our whole life

00:21:49.079 --> 00:21:49.859
 is about turning

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 signs around

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 backwards

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 because we don't

00:21:52.460 --> 00:21:53.480
 like to be

00:21:53.480 --> 00:21:54.400
 in authority.

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 We don't like

00:21:56.259 --> 00:21:57.079
 people to have

00:21:57.079 --> 00:21:59.099
 authority over us.

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 And so the question

00:22:00.939 --> 00:22:01.980
 this passage brings up

00:22:01.980 --> 00:22:03.000
 which is the question

00:22:03.000 --> 00:22:03.619
 for you and me

00:22:03.619 --> 00:22:05.480
 is where does

00:22:05.480 --> 00:22:05.959
 our authority

00:22:05.959 --> 00:22:06.539
 come from?

00:22:07.779 --> 00:22:08.500
 How do we live

00:22:08.500 --> 00:22:08.980
 our lives?

00:22:09.079 --> 00:22:09.599
 How do we know

00:22:09.599 --> 00:22:10.079
 that we're living

00:22:10.079 --> 00:22:10.559
 for God

00:22:10.559 --> 00:22:11.179
 and how do we know

00:22:11.179 --> 00:22:11.579
 that we're living

00:22:11.579 --> 00:22:12.199
 for ourselves?

00:22:13.199 --> 00:22:14.000
 How do we know

00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:14.819
 that we're not

00:22:14.819 --> 00:22:16.619
 under God's authority?

00:22:18.179 --> 00:22:19.099
 How do you know

00:22:19.099 --> 00:22:22.019
 when you're not living

00:22:22.019 --> 00:22:22.539
 the way God

00:22:22.539 --> 00:22:23.139
 wants you to?

00:22:23.140 --> 00:22:29.140
 Who tells you?

00:22:31.620 --> 00:22:32.240
 I mean if you're

00:22:32.240 --> 00:22:32.820
 fortunate you have

00:22:32.820 --> 00:22:33.980
 a friend or a spouse

00:22:33.980 --> 00:22:34.700
 or somebody in your

00:22:34.700 --> 00:22:35.140
 community group

00:22:35.140 --> 00:22:35.380
 that says,

00:22:35.460 --> 00:22:36.340
 dude, that's just wrong.

00:22:38.259 --> 00:22:39.600
 But sometimes we don't.

00:22:41.540 --> 00:22:42.200
 And what happens

00:22:42.200 --> 00:22:42.920
 when we don't?

00:22:44.820 --> 00:22:45.700
 The leaders were

00:22:45.700 --> 00:22:46.300
 blinded

00:22:46.300 --> 00:22:48.180
 to their blindness.

00:22:49.560 --> 00:22:50.280
 They thought they

00:22:50.280 --> 00:22:50.900
 were doing the right

00:22:50.900 --> 00:22:51.140
 thing.

00:22:51.220 --> 00:22:51.720
 They thought that they

00:22:51.720 --> 00:22:52.240
 were living under

00:22:52.240 --> 00:22:52.840
 God's rules.

00:22:52.839 --> 00:22:53.240
 They thought that

00:22:53.240 --> 00:22:53.699
 they were obeying

00:22:53.699 --> 00:22:54.099
 the Lord.

00:22:54.179 --> 00:22:54.579
 They thought that

00:22:54.579 --> 00:22:55.639
 they were checking

00:22:55.639 --> 00:22:56.399
 off all the boxes.

00:22:56.480 --> 00:22:56.879
 They thought that

00:22:56.879 --> 00:22:57.639
 they were under

00:22:57.639 --> 00:22:58.399
 the right authority

00:22:58.399 --> 00:22:59.099
 and they were the

00:22:59.099 --> 00:22:59.699
 authority and they

00:22:59.699 --> 00:23:00.199
 were helping everybody

00:23:00.199 --> 00:23:01.519
 else be under their

00:23:01.519 --> 00:23:01.939
 authority.

00:23:02.500 --> 00:23:03.659
 But Jesus says that

00:23:03.659 --> 00:23:04.359
 they were under

00:23:04.359 --> 00:23:06.099
 man's authority.

00:23:09.379 --> 00:23:10.699
 We either live today

00:23:10.699 --> 00:23:11.819
 under our authority

00:23:11.819 --> 00:23:14.259
 or under God's

00:23:14.259 --> 00:23:14.559
 authority.

00:23:16.059 --> 00:23:17.039
 Can I give you a hint

00:23:17.039 --> 00:23:17.619
 that I'm learning

00:23:17.619 --> 00:23:18.220
 in myself?

00:23:19.519 --> 00:23:20.619
 I realize

00:23:20.619 --> 00:23:22.439
 that if I'm living

00:23:22.440 --> 00:23:23.480
 under God's authority

00:23:23.480 --> 00:23:25.980
 I will always be

00:23:25.980 --> 00:23:27.480
 challenged in my

00:23:27.480 --> 00:23:28.160
 selfishness.

00:23:31.440 --> 00:23:32.120
 Because there's

00:23:32.120 --> 00:23:32.920
 this selfishness

00:23:32.920 --> 00:23:33.600
 inside of me

00:23:33.600 --> 00:23:35.779
 that I struggle with.

00:23:37.279 --> 00:23:37.940
 And if I'm not

00:23:37.940 --> 00:23:38.680
 struggling with that

00:23:38.680 --> 00:23:39.360
 selfishness,

00:23:39.779 --> 00:23:40.920
 for me,

00:23:41.080 --> 00:23:42.200
 it's a very good

00:23:42.200 --> 00:23:43.019
 indicator that I'm

00:23:43.019 --> 00:23:43.660
 living under my

00:23:43.660 --> 00:23:44.039
 authority.

00:23:45.080 --> 00:23:46.120
 Because all rules are

00:23:46.120 --> 00:23:46.720
 off and I can do

00:23:46.720 --> 00:23:47.400
 whatever makes me feel

00:23:47.400 --> 00:23:48.039
 good and I can turn

00:23:48.039 --> 00:23:48.740
 the signs and all

00:23:48.740 --> 00:23:49.259
 those things.

00:23:49.259 --> 00:23:50.500
 But if I'm

00:23:50.500 --> 00:23:51.279
 struggling with that

00:23:51.279 --> 00:23:51.980
 selfishness,

00:23:52.700 --> 00:23:53.920
 if I realize the

00:23:53.920 --> 00:23:54.839
 depth of how

00:23:54.839 --> 00:23:56.480
 depraved and how

00:23:56.480 --> 00:23:58.039
 selfish I am,

00:23:59.539 --> 00:24:00.319
 it's a sign for me

00:24:00.319 --> 00:24:01.160
 that God's authority

00:24:01.160 --> 00:24:02.000
 is being lived out

00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:02.720
 in my life.

00:24:03.279 --> 00:24:03.859
 And the amazing

00:24:03.859 --> 00:24:04.579
 thing about that is

00:24:04.579 --> 00:24:05.180
 as that happens,

00:24:05.240 --> 00:24:06.259
 he gives me grace

00:24:06.259 --> 00:24:08.940
 to continue on.

00:24:08.940 --> 00:24:12.420
 He gives me grace

00:24:12.420 --> 00:24:13.480
 to continue on

00:24:13.480 --> 00:24:16.480
 under his authority.

00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:17.960
 So authority,

00:24:18.299 --> 00:24:18.960
 whose authority are

00:24:18.960 --> 00:24:19.299
 you under?

00:24:19.580 --> 00:24:20.700
 Yourself's or God's?

00:24:21.320 --> 00:24:21.680
 Really?

00:24:22.900 --> 00:24:23.559
 And how do you know

00:24:23.559 --> 00:24:23.960
 when you're not?

00:24:24.940 --> 00:24:25.740
 The next thing this

00:24:25.740 --> 00:24:26.580
 passage screams out

00:24:26.580 --> 00:24:27.180
 to me is just this

00:24:27.180 --> 00:24:28.080
 idea of the vineyard.

00:24:29.620 --> 00:24:29.820
 You know,

00:24:29.860 --> 00:24:30.779
 sometimes I've used

00:24:30.779 --> 00:24:31.460
 these ten verses

00:24:31.460 --> 00:24:32.100
 when someone comes

00:24:32.100 --> 00:24:32.700
 to me and they say,

00:24:33.039 --> 00:24:33.960
 hey, can you give me

00:24:33.960 --> 00:24:35.220
 a CliffsNotes,

00:24:35.539 --> 00:24:36.559
 a short version

00:24:36.559 --> 00:24:37.400
 of the Bible,

00:24:37.500 --> 00:24:38.200
 what the Bible's all

00:24:38.200 --> 00:24:38.400
 about,

00:24:38.400 --> 00:24:38.840
 what the story

00:24:38.840 --> 00:24:39.420
 of the Bible's all

00:24:39.420 --> 00:24:39.580
 about?

00:24:39.640 --> 00:24:40.180
 Can you just give me

00:24:40.180 --> 00:24:41.980
 like a brief synopsis

00:24:41.980 --> 00:24:42.680
 of what the Bible's

00:24:42.680 --> 00:24:43.080
 all about?

00:24:43.560 --> 00:24:44.560
 Sometimes I take them

00:24:44.560 --> 00:24:45.920
 to this parable.

00:24:47.560 --> 00:24:48.100
 Because I think

00:24:48.100 --> 00:24:48.920
 within this parable,

00:24:49.019 --> 00:24:49.900
 within these ten

00:24:49.900 --> 00:24:51.600
 sentences,

00:24:53.759 --> 00:24:54.740
 is God's whole story

00:24:54.740 --> 00:24:55.259
 lived out.

00:24:57.180 --> 00:24:58.160
 God's whole creation

00:24:58.160 --> 00:24:59.580
 plan lived out.

00:24:59.620 --> 00:25:00.180
 And what do we learn

00:25:00.180 --> 00:25:01.440
 about this vineyard?

00:25:01.500 --> 00:25:02.040
 Well, what we learn

00:25:02.040 --> 00:25:03.120
 is a couple things.

00:25:03.160 --> 00:25:03.620
 We learn that the

00:25:03.620 --> 00:25:04.180
 vineyard was made

00:25:04.180 --> 00:25:06.240
 by God or the owner.

00:25:07.240 --> 00:25:08.420
 In Matthew 21

00:25:08.420 --> 00:25:09.259
 and Mark 11,

00:25:09.359 --> 00:25:10.240
 it tells the story again

00:25:10.240 --> 00:25:10.859
 and it even gives you

00:25:10.859 --> 00:25:11.519
 a better picture

00:25:11.519 --> 00:25:11.980
 of the vineyard.

00:25:12.259 --> 00:25:13.299
 This vineyard was massive.

00:25:13.660 --> 00:25:14.759
 He dug this deep trench

00:25:14.759 --> 00:25:15.160
 around it,

00:25:15.400 --> 00:25:16.180
 these high walls

00:25:16.180 --> 00:25:16.740
 to protect it.

00:25:16.960 --> 00:25:17.620
 It was interwoven

00:25:17.620 --> 00:25:18.620
 with vines and stickers

00:25:18.620 --> 00:25:19.680
 so no animals could get in.

00:25:19.900 --> 00:25:20.720
 There was a big tower

00:25:20.720 --> 00:25:21.380
 in the center of it

00:25:21.380 --> 00:25:22.120
 so that you could look

00:25:22.120 --> 00:25:22.700
 out for your enemies

00:25:22.700 --> 00:25:23.460
 but you also can go

00:25:23.460 --> 00:25:24.299
 underneath it for the shade

00:25:24.299 --> 00:25:24.880
 and be protected.

00:25:25.559 --> 00:25:26.539
 There's a big wine press

00:25:26.539 --> 00:25:27.200
 in the middle of it

00:25:27.200 --> 00:25:28.940
 so you could do all your work

00:25:28.940 --> 00:25:30.240
 and live within that community

00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:31.539
 and everything you needed,

00:25:31.819 --> 00:25:32.819
 everything that you needed

00:25:32.819 --> 00:25:33.539
 was there.

00:25:34.839 --> 00:25:35.279
 In the passage,

00:25:35.380 --> 00:25:36.500
 it says that the vineyard owner

00:25:36.500 --> 00:25:37.680
 produced it,

00:25:37.779 --> 00:25:38.380
 he made it

00:25:38.380 --> 00:25:40.000
 and he just opened it up

00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:42.980
 for us to use

00:25:42.980 --> 00:25:44.920
 and to be a part of it.

00:25:46.120 --> 00:25:46.819
 So that everything

00:25:46.819 --> 00:25:47.380
 in the vineyard

00:25:47.380 --> 00:25:50.279
 was made by the vineyard owner

00:25:50.279 --> 00:25:51.539
 or God,

00:25:52.259 --> 00:25:53.480
 we also see that everything

00:25:53.480 --> 00:25:54.019
 in the vineyard

00:25:54.019 --> 00:25:55.380
 was expected to produce fruit.

00:25:56.779 --> 00:25:56.960
 I mean,

00:25:57.019 --> 00:25:58.079
 you wouldn't make a vineyard

00:25:58.079 --> 00:25:59.839
 if he didn't expect produce,

00:25:59.919 --> 00:26:00.139
 right?

00:26:00.939 --> 00:26:02.339
 So everything in the vineyard

00:26:02.339 --> 00:26:05.559
 was made to produce produce.

00:26:07.759 --> 00:26:09.599
 We see that the vineyard owner

00:26:09.599 --> 00:26:10.279
 isn't greedy.

00:26:11.419 --> 00:26:12.859
 He's not a mean owner.

00:26:13.759 --> 00:26:13.879
 I mean,

00:26:13.899 --> 00:26:14.220
 basically,

00:26:14.339 --> 00:26:14.899
 he lets the people

00:26:14.899 --> 00:26:15.699
 go into the vineyard

00:26:15.699 --> 00:26:16.599
 and do whatever they want.

00:26:17.460 --> 00:26:18.179
 He basically says,

00:26:18.259 --> 00:26:18.339
 hey,

00:26:18.399 --> 00:26:18.980
 here's the vineyard.

00:26:19.220 --> 00:26:20.059
 You take care of it.

00:26:20.139 --> 00:26:21.240
 You use the resources in it.

00:26:21.460 --> 00:26:22.339
 You produce whatever kind

00:26:22.339 --> 00:26:23.199
 of grapes you want to make,

00:26:23.319 --> 00:26:23.919
 whatever kind of wine

00:26:23.919 --> 00:26:24.339
 you want to make.

00:26:24.599 --> 00:26:25.119
 You can do whatever

00:26:25.119 --> 00:26:25.619
 you want in it.

00:26:25.699 --> 00:26:27.279
 This is my vineyard

00:26:27.279 --> 00:26:27.960
 but I'm giving it to you

00:26:27.960 --> 00:26:28.240
 to use.

00:26:28.579 --> 00:26:29.519
 You do this.

00:26:30.400 --> 00:26:31.100
 Hands off.

00:26:31.799 --> 00:26:32.420
 I'm going away

00:26:32.420 --> 00:26:33.120
 on a long trip

00:26:33.120 --> 00:26:35.660
 but there's one thing

00:26:35.660 --> 00:26:36.900
 that I expect.

00:26:38.799 --> 00:26:39.720
 I expect fruit.

00:26:42.660 --> 00:26:43.840
 I expect produce.

00:26:46.700 --> 00:26:47.440
 So the vineyard

00:26:47.440 --> 00:26:48.500
 is this amazing place

00:26:48.500 --> 00:26:49.500
 that the creator made

00:26:49.500 --> 00:26:50.180
 and gave to us.

00:26:50.440 --> 00:26:50.880
 He's given us

00:26:50.880 --> 00:26:51.500
 all this freedom.

00:26:51.620 --> 00:26:52.039
 He's allowed us

00:26:52.039 --> 00:26:52.720
 to do all these things.

00:26:52.819 --> 00:26:53.340
 He's allowed us

00:26:53.340 --> 00:26:55.460
 to have our hand

00:26:55.460 --> 00:26:56.220
 in creating

00:26:56.220 --> 00:26:56.980
 and changing

00:26:56.980 --> 00:26:58.319
 and fixing creation

00:26:58.319 --> 00:27:00.660
 but the problem is

00:27:00.660 --> 00:27:01.039
 that sometimes

00:27:01.039 --> 00:27:01.779
 when we live in a vineyard

00:27:01.779 --> 00:27:02.579
 for a long time

00:27:02.579 --> 00:27:06.019
 and the owner

00:27:06.019 --> 00:27:07.420
 hasn't come back,

00:27:09.339 --> 00:27:10.140
 we start to think

00:27:10.140 --> 00:27:12.740
 that we're the owner.

00:27:15.039 --> 00:27:15.440
 Right?

00:27:16.559 --> 00:27:16.960
 I mean,

00:27:16.980 --> 00:27:17.259
 sometimes

00:27:17.259 --> 00:27:18.339
 if we've lived in a vineyard

00:27:18.339 --> 00:27:19.059
 for a long time

00:27:19.059 --> 00:27:19.579
 and we've done

00:27:19.579 --> 00:27:20.660
 some amazing things

00:27:20.660 --> 00:27:21.100
 with the vineyard,

00:27:21.160 --> 00:27:22.019
 we start to think,

00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:22.759
 wow,

00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:22.819
 wow,

00:27:23.299 --> 00:27:24.279
 I did this.

00:27:26.279 --> 00:27:26.720
 I mean,

00:27:26.740 --> 00:27:27.740
 the world around us

00:27:27.740 --> 00:27:29.000
 is going to encourage us

00:27:29.000 --> 00:27:30.640
 to think that way,

00:27:30.700 --> 00:27:30.879
 right?

00:27:31.839 --> 00:27:32.079
 I mean,

00:27:32.099 --> 00:27:32.920
 you made it in Oxford.

00:27:34.160 --> 00:27:35.359
 You passed the test.

00:27:36.379 --> 00:27:37.740
 You presented that thing

00:27:37.740 --> 00:27:38.440
 so well.

00:27:39.640 --> 00:27:40.440
 You brought yourself

00:27:40.440 --> 00:27:41.160
 to this place.

00:27:42.579 --> 00:27:43.500
 You're the authority.

00:27:43.660 --> 00:27:44.900
 You made it.

00:27:47.700 --> 00:27:48.980
 The struggle is sometimes,

00:27:49.099 --> 00:27:49.279
 I think,

00:27:49.359 --> 00:27:50.940
 deep down inside of us

00:27:50.940 --> 00:27:55.799
 we want to believe that

00:27:55.799 --> 00:27:59.160
 but we know

00:27:59.160 --> 00:28:00.180
 that it's not true

00:28:00.180 --> 00:28:03.700
 and the fact

00:28:03.700 --> 00:28:04.400
 that it's not true

00:28:04.400 --> 00:28:05.140
 kind of makes

00:28:05.140 --> 00:28:07.880
 me angry

00:28:07.880 --> 00:28:11.440
 because I want to be able

00:28:11.440 --> 00:28:11.900
 to say I did it all

00:28:11.900 --> 00:28:12.519
 by myself.

00:28:13.940 --> 00:28:14.360
 I want to say

00:28:14.360 --> 00:28:15.039
 I'm the one who did it.

00:28:15.100 --> 00:28:15.480
 I want to say

00:28:15.480 --> 00:28:16.600
 I made it.

00:28:16.980 --> 00:28:18.799
 I manifest destiny.

00:28:18.960 --> 00:28:19.600
 I came across

00:28:19.600 --> 00:28:20.779
 and I cleared the land

00:28:20.779 --> 00:28:21.200
 and I did it.

00:28:21.259 --> 00:28:21.799
 I did it.

00:28:21.879 --> 00:28:22.839
 It's all mine.

00:28:25.920 --> 00:28:26.660
 But the rules

00:28:26.660 --> 00:28:27.119
 of the vineyard

00:28:27.119 --> 00:28:27.700
 say something

00:28:27.700 --> 00:28:28.940
 totally different.

00:28:29.059 --> 00:28:29.859
 The rules of the vineyard

00:28:29.859 --> 00:28:32.139
 say that it's not ours

00:28:32.139 --> 00:28:34.500
 that was given to us

00:28:34.500 --> 00:28:35.740
 and everything within it

00:28:35.740 --> 00:28:39.240
 is somebody else's.

00:28:43.019 --> 00:28:43.879
 Maybe the question

00:28:43.879 --> 00:28:44.899
 we should ask ourselves

00:28:44.899 --> 00:28:45.259
 is

00:28:45.259 --> 00:28:47.859
 who are we working for?

00:28:47.859 --> 00:28:52.959
 I mean really?

00:28:54.199 --> 00:28:54.639
 Who

00:28:54.639 --> 00:28:57.559
 who are we working for?

00:28:58.719 --> 00:28:59.979
 Are we working for ourselves?

00:29:02.879 --> 00:29:03.559
 Or are we working

00:29:03.559 --> 00:29:04.219
 for the true owner?

00:29:06.699 --> 00:29:07.119
 I mean I think

00:29:07.119 --> 00:29:08.139
 the problem sometimes

00:29:08.139 --> 00:29:09.419
 is we don't even recognize

00:29:09.419 --> 00:29:10.199
 that we're acting

00:29:10.199 --> 00:29:11.059
 like owners.

00:29:14.099 --> 00:29:15.579
 How do you realize

00:29:15.579 --> 00:29:16.099
 when you're acting

00:29:16.099 --> 00:29:16.559
 like an owner?

00:29:19.659 --> 00:29:20.819
 Jesus talked about it

00:29:20.819 --> 00:29:21.419
 really clearly

00:29:21.419 --> 00:29:22.699
 in the passage

00:29:22.699 --> 00:29:23.480
 and the problem is

00:29:23.480 --> 00:29:24.439
 as we look at it

00:29:24.439 --> 00:29:25.500
 as we think about it

00:29:25.500 --> 00:29:27.480
 as we look at our finances

00:29:27.480 --> 00:29:28.719
 as we look at our gifts

00:29:28.719 --> 00:29:29.799
 as we look at our talents

00:29:29.799 --> 00:29:31.039
 as we look at all these things

00:29:31.039 --> 00:29:32.039
 that we've been able

00:29:32.039 --> 00:29:32.639
 to accomplish

00:29:32.639 --> 00:29:33.159
 and do

00:29:33.159 --> 00:29:34.439
 within the vineyard

00:29:34.439 --> 00:29:36.179
 because the owner

00:29:36.179 --> 00:29:36.819
 has been away

00:29:36.819 --> 00:29:37.799
 for so long

00:29:37.799 --> 00:29:41.679
 we start to doubt

00:29:41.679 --> 00:29:42.319
 whether he's ever

00:29:42.319 --> 00:29:43.159
 going to come back.

00:29:43.160 --> 00:29:47.540
 you start to think

00:29:47.540 --> 00:29:48.320
 that the things

00:29:48.320 --> 00:29:50.320
 are ours.

00:29:52.640 --> 00:29:53.519
 The leaders

00:29:53.519 --> 00:29:54.420
 in this passage

00:29:54.420 --> 00:29:55.660
 didn't understand this.

00:29:56.779 --> 00:29:57.300
 They thought

00:29:57.300 --> 00:29:58.040
 that Jerusalem

00:29:58.040 --> 00:29:59.519
 the Jewish people

00:29:59.519 --> 00:30:00.240
 the temple

00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:01.860
 was all theirs

00:30:01.860 --> 00:30:04.580
 until 70 AD

00:30:04.580 --> 00:30:06.279
 when Titus

00:30:06.279 --> 00:30:07.500
 led the Roman army in

00:30:07.500 --> 00:30:09.560
 and destroyed everything

00:30:09.559 --> 00:30:12.099
 and the Jewish nation

00:30:12.099 --> 00:30:13.480
 ceased to exist

00:30:13.480 --> 00:30:15.220
 from that point on.

00:30:16.179 --> 00:30:17.379
 You're never going to find

00:30:17.379 --> 00:30:18.279
 in history again

00:30:18.279 --> 00:30:19.319
 the idea of priest.

00:30:19.980 --> 00:30:21.019
 You're never going to find

00:30:21.019 --> 00:30:21.720
 in history again

00:30:21.720 --> 00:30:22.720
 the idea of scribes.

00:30:22.779 --> 00:30:23.419
 You're never going to find

00:30:23.419 --> 00:30:24.059
 in history again

00:30:24.059 --> 00:30:24.779
 the idea of elders

00:30:24.779 --> 00:30:25.759
 within the Jewish nation.

00:30:26.740 --> 00:30:27.460
 If you go to the day

00:30:27.460 --> 00:30:28.200
 they're just teachers

00:30:28.200 --> 00:30:30.220
 and there's rabbis

00:30:30.220 --> 00:30:32.299
 because those guys

00:30:32.299 --> 00:30:33.259
 thought that the vineyard

00:30:33.259 --> 00:30:34.000
 was theirs

00:30:34.000 --> 00:30:35.220
 they clung to it

00:30:35.220 --> 00:30:36.259
 they said

00:30:36.259 --> 00:30:37.500
 this is what we've done

00:30:37.500 --> 00:30:38.359
 we've made

00:30:38.359 --> 00:30:39.500
 all these things

00:30:39.500 --> 00:30:43.819
 and it was taken away.

00:30:47.199 --> 00:30:47.559
 Finally

00:30:47.559 --> 00:30:48.619
 and I think this is

00:30:48.619 --> 00:30:49.359
 the main point

00:30:49.359 --> 00:30:49.939
 of this passage

00:30:49.939 --> 00:30:50.659
 this is the point

00:30:50.659 --> 00:30:51.899
 that sticks out

00:30:51.899 --> 00:30:53.000
 to me over and over

00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:53.339
 and it's what

00:30:53.339 --> 00:30:54.240
 I've been challenged to.

00:30:57.779 --> 00:30:58.439
 At the time

00:30:58.439 --> 00:30:58.859
 of the harvest

00:30:58.859 --> 00:30:59.479
 he sent a slave

00:30:59.479 --> 00:31:00.199
 to the vine growers

00:31:00.199 --> 00:31:00.779
 and so they would

00:31:00.779 --> 00:31:01.559
 give him some of the

00:31:01.559 --> 00:31:02.259
 produce of the vineyard

00:31:02.259 --> 00:31:03.099
 but the vine growers

00:31:03.099 --> 00:31:04.059
 beat him

00:31:04.059 --> 00:31:05.459
 and sent him away

00:31:05.459 --> 00:31:06.039
 empty handed.

00:31:06.859 --> 00:31:07.319
 And he proceeded

00:31:07.319 --> 00:31:08.079
 to send another slave

00:31:08.079 --> 00:31:08.619
 and they beat him

00:31:08.619 --> 00:31:08.879
 also

00:31:08.879 --> 00:31:09.319
 and they treated

00:31:09.319 --> 00:31:09.859
 him shamefully

00:31:09.859 --> 00:31:10.240
 and they sent

00:31:10.240 --> 00:31:10.480
 him away

00:31:10.480 --> 00:31:10.960
 empty handed

00:31:10.960 --> 00:31:11.799
 and he proceeded

00:31:11.799 --> 00:31:12.299
 to send a third

00:31:12.299 --> 00:31:12.539
 slave

00:31:12.539 --> 00:31:13.240
 and they treated

00:31:13.240 --> 00:31:13.519
 him

00:31:13.519 --> 00:31:14.399
 and they wounded

00:31:14.399 --> 00:31:14.639
 him

00:31:14.639 --> 00:31:15.339
 the word trauma

00:31:15.339 --> 00:31:15.939
 and they cast

00:31:15.939 --> 00:31:16.439
 him out

00:31:16.439 --> 00:31:19.559
 and the vineyard

00:31:19.559 --> 00:31:20.319
 looks around

00:31:20.319 --> 00:31:20.899
 and he tells

00:31:20.899 --> 00:31:21.579
 this story

00:31:21.579 --> 00:31:22.079
 as Jesus

00:31:22.079 --> 00:31:22.480
 is talking

00:31:22.480 --> 00:31:22.879
 and this would

00:31:22.879 --> 00:31:23.299
 be a very

00:31:23.299 --> 00:31:24.000
 powerful story

00:31:24.000 --> 00:31:24.220
 guys

00:31:24.220 --> 00:31:24.619
 because Jesus

00:31:24.619 --> 00:31:25.339
 is in the temple

00:31:25.339 --> 00:31:26.839
 we're told

00:31:26.839 --> 00:31:27.359
 that the temple

00:31:27.359 --> 00:31:28.079
 is decorated

00:31:28.079 --> 00:31:29.240
 by this huge

00:31:29.240 --> 00:31:29.879
 carving

00:31:29.879 --> 00:31:31.259
 of a vine

00:31:31.259 --> 00:31:33.039
 it was a symbol

00:31:33.039 --> 00:31:33.660
 of Israel

00:31:33.660 --> 00:31:35.140
 and Herod

00:31:35.140 --> 00:31:35.759
 started it

00:31:35.759 --> 00:31:36.220
 it was over

00:31:36.220 --> 00:31:37.359
 130 feet tall

00:31:37.359 --> 00:31:38.819
 and it was inlaid

00:31:38.819 --> 00:31:39.359
 with gold

00:31:39.359 --> 00:31:40.000
 and whenever

00:31:40.000 --> 00:31:40.819
 a wealthy person

00:31:40.819 --> 00:31:41.680
 came into the temple

00:31:41.680 --> 00:31:42.640
 they would donate

00:31:42.640 --> 00:31:43.180
 jewels

00:31:43.180 --> 00:31:44.579
 to be the grapes

00:31:44.579 --> 00:31:45.240
 of this vineyard

00:31:45.240 --> 00:31:45.940
 and so Jesus

00:31:45.940 --> 00:31:47.279
 is teaching this story

00:31:47.279 --> 00:31:48.480
 with this vine

00:31:48.480 --> 00:31:49.319
 as the backdropping

00:31:49.319 --> 00:31:49.720
 so everybody

00:31:49.720 --> 00:31:50.319
 is looking at him

00:31:50.319 --> 00:31:50.879
 they're looking at him

00:31:50.879 --> 00:31:51.339
 looking at that

00:31:51.339 --> 00:31:51.720
 looking at that

00:31:51.720 --> 00:31:52.140
 looking at that

00:31:52.140 --> 00:31:53.480
 so they understand

00:31:53.480 --> 00:31:54.740
 what he's saying

00:31:54.740 --> 00:31:57.279
 and the owner

00:31:57.279 --> 00:31:58.559
 sends all of these

00:31:58.559 --> 00:31:59.240
 people in

00:31:59.240 --> 00:32:00.220
 and patiently

00:32:00.220 --> 00:32:00.980
 he comes

00:32:00.980 --> 00:32:01.799
 to them

00:32:01.799 --> 00:32:02.400
 and he sends

00:32:02.400 --> 00:32:03.420
 messengers to them

00:32:03.420 --> 00:32:04.740
 trying to remind them

00:32:04.740 --> 00:32:05.220
 that they're not

00:32:05.220 --> 00:32:05.920
 the owners

00:32:05.920 --> 00:32:09.819
 and the tenants

00:32:09.819 --> 00:32:11.039
 continually beat them

00:32:11.039 --> 00:32:11.839
 and in verse 13

00:32:11.839 --> 00:32:13.259
 there's this pause

00:32:13.259 --> 00:32:14.259
 in the original language

00:32:14.259 --> 00:32:14.759
 and the owner

00:32:14.759 --> 00:32:15.559
 pauses

00:32:15.559 --> 00:32:16.059
 and he says

00:32:16.059 --> 00:32:18.339
 what should I do

00:32:18.339 --> 00:32:22.900
 I will send

00:32:22.900 --> 00:32:23.880
 my beloved son

00:32:23.880 --> 00:32:26.180
 it's the same wording

00:32:26.180 --> 00:32:26.780
 that is used

00:32:26.780 --> 00:32:27.900
 when Jesus was baptized

00:32:27.900 --> 00:32:29.300
 remember John

00:32:29.300 --> 00:32:30.260
 sends Jesus down

00:32:30.260 --> 00:32:31.360
 and the dove lands on it

00:32:31.360 --> 00:32:32.320
 and God speaks

00:32:32.320 --> 00:32:32.560
 and says

00:32:32.560 --> 00:32:33.700
 behold my beloved son

00:32:33.700 --> 00:32:34.280
 in whom I'm well

00:32:34.280 --> 00:32:35.300
 please listen to him

00:32:35.300 --> 00:32:37.280
 it's the same word

00:32:37.280 --> 00:32:38.880
 and so the owner

00:32:38.880 --> 00:32:40.060
 takes this pause

00:32:40.060 --> 00:32:40.320
 and he goes

00:32:40.320 --> 00:32:41.140
 what should I do

00:32:41.140 --> 00:32:42.820
 what should I do

00:32:42.820 --> 00:32:45.200
 in Hebrew culture

00:32:45.200 --> 00:32:45.760
 what it says

00:32:45.760 --> 00:32:46.320
 that he's doing

00:32:46.320 --> 00:32:46.980
 is he's taking

00:32:46.980 --> 00:32:47.740
 his anger

00:32:47.740 --> 00:32:50.480
 and he's turning it

00:32:50.480 --> 00:32:51.980
 into grace

00:32:51.980 --> 00:32:54.740
 you think about that

00:32:54.740 --> 00:32:55.240
 for a second

00:32:55.240 --> 00:32:57.039
 what if you're living

00:32:57.039 --> 00:32:57.660
 the ideal

00:32:57.660 --> 00:32:58.799
 Hong Kong life

00:32:58.799 --> 00:33:00.960
 you have your

00:33:00.960 --> 00:33:01.640
 three apartments

00:33:01.640 --> 00:33:03.059
 you're living in one

00:33:03.059 --> 00:33:03.860
 you're renting out two

00:33:03.860 --> 00:33:06.019
 it's time for rent

00:33:06.019 --> 00:33:08.640
 people go to collect

00:33:08.640 --> 00:33:09.059
 your rent

00:33:09.059 --> 00:33:10.900
 and the people living

00:33:10.900 --> 00:33:11.620
 in the apartments

00:33:11.620 --> 00:33:12.240
 beat them up

00:33:12.240 --> 00:33:14.440
 this is our apartment

00:33:14.440 --> 00:33:15.160
 this is not your apartment

00:33:15.160 --> 00:33:18.000
 what do you do

00:33:18.000 --> 00:33:21.380
 would you send

00:33:21.380 --> 00:33:22.000
 a second person

00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:26.220
 would you send

00:33:26.220 --> 00:33:26.859
 a third person

00:33:26.859 --> 00:33:34.339
 everybody listening

00:33:34.339 --> 00:33:34.980
 to this story

00:33:34.980 --> 00:33:35.720
 in Jesus day

00:33:35.720 --> 00:33:36.759
 would have been amazed

00:33:36.759 --> 00:33:38.920
 because all the rules

00:33:38.920 --> 00:33:39.299
 would have said

00:33:39.299 --> 00:33:40.299
 after the first break

00:33:40.299 --> 00:33:41.059
 you send the army

00:33:41.059 --> 00:33:42.920
 and the army

00:33:42.920 --> 00:33:44.059
 gets rid of everybody

00:33:44.059 --> 00:33:46.279
 you send your hired thugs

00:33:46.279 --> 00:33:47.420
 and they do business

00:33:47.420 --> 00:33:47.940
 on those people

00:33:47.940 --> 00:33:48.400
 when they break

00:33:48.400 --> 00:33:49.100
 their arms and legs

00:33:49.100 --> 00:33:49.820
 and they're out of there

00:33:49.820 --> 00:33:51.860
 but Jesus tells

00:33:51.860 --> 00:33:52.259
 this story

00:33:52.259 --> 00:33:53.080
 of this landowner

00:33:53.080 --> 00:33:54.500
 who continually

00:33:54.500 --> 00:33:56.060
 continually

00:33:56.060 --> 00:33:57.440
 continually

00:33:57.440 --> 00:33:59.560
 sends people

00:33:59.560 --> 00:34:02.220
 to wake us up

00:34:02.220 --> 00:34:06.279
 to remind us

00:34:06.279 --> 00:34:06.620
 that we're not

00:34:06.620 --> 00:34:07.180
 the owners

00:34:07.180 --> 00:34:09.460
 the word there

00:34:09.460 --> 00:34:10.599
 is a very special word

00:34:10.599 --> 00:34:11.039
 and I don't like

00:34:11.039 --> 00:34:12.019
 talking all these

00:34:12.019 --> 00:34:12.480
 Greek words

00:34:12.480 --> 00:34:13.220
 but this word

00:34:13.220 --> 00:34:13.740
 is only used

00:34:13.740 --> 00:34:14.639
 this one time

00:34:14.639 --> 00:34:15.659
 and there's not a word

00:34:15.659 --> 00:34:16.139
 in English

00:34:16.139 --> 00:34:17.119
 that means it

00:34:17.119 --> 00:34:18.019
 in Arabic

00:34:18.019 --> 00:34:18.579
 there's a word

00:34:18.579 --> 00:34:18.940
 kind of

00:34:18.940 --> 00:34:19.400
 that means it

00:34:19.400 --> 00:34:19.799
 halim

00:34:19.799 --> 00:34:20.679
 and it basically

00:34:20.679 --> 00:34:21.219
 is this idea

00:34:21.219 --> 00:34:22.039
 that he puts aside

00:34:22.039 --> 00:34:22.539
 his anger

00:34:22.539 --> 00:34:23.839
 he turns his anger

00:34:23.839 --> 00:34:24.460
 into grace

00:34:24.460 --> 00:34:26.379
 he's patient

00:34:26.379 --> 00:34:27.719
 he's long suffering

00:34:27.719 --> 00:34:28.900
 he's risk taking

00:34:28.900 --> 00:34:30.019
 he's compassionate

00:34:30.019 --> 00:34:31.420
 he's self sacrificing

00:34:31.420 --> 00:34:32.440
 he's gentle

00:34:32.440 --> 00:34:33.579
 all these things

00:34:33.579 --> 00:34:34.079
 are rolled up

00:34:34.079 --> 00:34:34.739
 into this word

00:34:34.739 --> 00:34:37.319
 and Jesus says

00:34:37.319 --> 00:34:38.000
 this is what

00:34:38.000 --> 00:34:38.719
 the character

00:34:38.719 --> 00:34:41.159
 of the landowner is

00:34:41.159 --> 00:34:44.199
 Jesus says

00:34:44.199 --> 00:34:44.519
 this is what

00:34:44.519 --> 00:34:44.879
 the character

00:34:44.879 --> 00:34:45.460
 of God

00:34:45.460 --> 00:34:46.239
 is

00:34:46.239 --> 00:34:48.579
 so everybody

00:34:48.579 --> 00:34:49.319
 listening to this

00:34:49.319 --> 00:34:49.779
 would have been

00:34:49.779 --> 00:34:50.659
 freaked out

00:34:50.659 --> 00:34:51.059
 they would have

00:34:51.059 --> 00:34:51.559
 understood

00:34:51.559 --> 00:34:52.480
 that this is wrong

00:34:52.480 --> 00:34:53.420
 because he's been

00:34:53.420 --> 00:34:53.920
 dishonored

00:34:53.920 --> 00:34:54.739
 you should go in

00:34:54.739 --> 00:34:55.099
 and you should

00:34:55.099 --> 00:34:55.839
 kill these people

00:34:55.839 --> 00:34:56.599
 get rid of them

00:34:56.599 --> 00:34:58.219
 but Jesus

00:34:58.219 --> 00:34:59.539
 continually reminds us

00:34:59.539 --> 00:35:00.960
 and continually shows us

00:35:00.960 --> 00:35:02.239
 of how gracious

00:35:02.239 --> 00:35:02.899
 God is

00:35:02.899 --> 00:35:05.940
 think about it

00:35:05.940 --> 00:35:06.539
 in your life

00:35:06.539 --> 00:35:09.320
 maybe you've come

00:35:09.320 --> 00:35:09.860
 to Christ

00:35:09.860 --> 00:35:12.980
 how many messengers

00:35:12.980 --> 00:35:14.079
 did God send to you

00:35:14.079 --> 00:35:16.679
 before you realized

00:35:16.679 --> 00:35:17.079
 that you weren't

00:35:17.079 --> 00:35:17.420
 the owner

00:35:17.420 --> 00:35:22.440
 statistically

00:35:22.440 --> 00:35:23.480
 there's an average

00:35:23.480 --> 00:35:24.440
 of 23 people

00:35:24.440 --> 00:35:25.599
 that enter

00:35:25.599 --> 00:35:26.519
 into a person's life

00:35:26.519 --> 00:35:27.380
 and share the gospel

00:35:27.380 --> 00:35:28.420
 and share their testimony

00:35:28.420 --> 00:35:30.400
 and before someone says

00:35:30.400 --> 00:35:30.960
 wow this

00:35:30.960 --> 00:35:31.840
 something's here

00:35:31.840 --> 00:35:32.920
 I need to pray about this

00:35:32.920 --> 00:35:34.099
 or I need to think about this

00:35:34.099 --> 00:35:38.239
 how many messengers

00:35:38.239 --> 00:35:39.079
 did God send

00:35:39.079 --> 00:35:41.699
 into your life

00:35:41.699 --> 00:35:46.059
 what would have happened

00:35:46.059 --> 00:35:47.139
 if God stopped

00:35:47.139 --> 00:35:49.539
 at the first messenger

00:35:49.539 --> 00:35:54.480
 the first time

00:35:54.480 --> 00:35:55.339
 Johnny told me

00:35:55.339 --> 00:35:56.579
 of why I needed

00:35:56.579 --> 00:35:57.179
 to go to church

00:35:57.179 --> 00:35:58.339
 and I laughed at him

00:35:58.339 --> 00:36:00.119
 I said

00:36:00.119 --> 00:36:01.179
 you gotta be kidding me

00:36:01.179 --> 00:36:05.980
 what would have happened

00:36:05.980 --> 00:36:08.079
 if the landowner

00:36:08.079 --> 00:36:08.739
 had stopped

00:36:08.739 --> 00:36:11.039
 and so he says

00:36:11.039 --> 00:36:11.419
 he's gonna do

00:36:11.419 --> 00:36:12.019
 one more thing

00:36:12.019 --> 00:36:13.079
 this incredible act

00:36:13.079 --> 00:36:13.539
 of mercy

00:36:13.539 --> 00:36:14.639
 this incredible act

00:36:14.639 --> 00:36:15.039
 of grace

00:36:15.039 --> 00:36:15.919
 this incredible act

00:36:15.919 --> 00:36:16.460
 of compassion

00:36:16.460 --> 00:36:17.460
 this incredible act

00:36:17.460 --> 00:36:18.119
 of long suffering

00:36:18.119 --> 00:36:19.099
 this incredible act

00:36:19.099 --> 00:36:19.559
 of gentleness

00:36:19.559 --> 00:36:20.119
 he says

00:36:20.119 --> 00:36:20.699
 I'm going to send

00:36:20.699 --> 00:36:21.079
 my son

00:36:21.079 --> 00:36:21.980
 my beloved son

00:36:21.980 --> 00:36:27.159
 I've never heard

00:36:27.159 --> 00:36:27.639
 anything like this

00:36:27.639 --> 00:36:28.199
 before have you

00:36:28.199 --> 00:36:32.019
 one of the things

00:36:32.019 --> 00:36:32.439
 I grew up

00:36:32.439 --> 00:36:33.339
 my dad was in the military

00:36:33.339 --> 00:36:34.119
 and one of the neat things

00:36:34.119 --> 00:36:34.779
 about being in the military

00:36:34.779 --> 00:36:36.000
 is my dad became a teacher

00:36:36.000 --> 00:36:37.119
 for other military officers

00:36:37.119 --> 00:36:39.219
 and we had a lot of

00:36:39.219 --> 00:36:40.879
 Middle Eastern officers

00:36:40.879 --> 00:36:41.699
 in our home

00:36:41.699 --> 00:36:42.259
 we would talk

00:36:42.259 --> 00:36:42.699
 and things like that

00:36:42.699 --> 00:36:43.619
 and we had these big parties

00:36:43.619 --> 00:36:44.559
 and I remember hearing

00:36:44.559 --> 00:36:45.239
 this story one time

00:36:45.239 --> 00:36:46.419
 and it stuck in my head

00:36:46.419 --> 00:36:47.559
 I never forgot it

00:36:47.559 --> 00:36:48.679
 because it was just so weird

00:36:48.679 --> 00:36:49.899
 that I couldn't believe it

00:36:49.899 --> 00:36:50.579
 and he told this story

00:36:50.579 --> 00:36:51.899
 one day in the 1980s

00:36:51.899 --> 00:36:53.619
 when King Hussein

00:36:53.619 --> 00:36:54.699
 who was King of Jordan

00:36:54.699 --> 00:36:55.399
 at that time

00:36:55.399 --> 00:36:56.839
 was at a party

00:36:56.840 --> 00:37:00.019
 and one of his

00:37:00.019 --> 00:37:01.980
 achetes came in

00:37:01.980 --> 00:37:02.180
 and said

00:37:02.180 --> 00:37:03.180
 hey I got to tell you this

00:37:03.180 --> 00:37:04.300
 in the building

00:37:04.300 --> 00:37:04.800
 over there

00:37:04.800 --> 00:37:05.680
 there's 75

00:37:05.680 --> 00:37:07.019
 senior officers

00:37:07.019 --> 00:37:08.079
 who are playing a coup

00:37:08.079 --> 00:37:09.019
 right now

00:37:09.019 --> 00:37:10.760
 they're playing a coup

00:37:10.760 --> 00:37:11.740
 to overthrow the government

00:37:11.740 --> 00:37:13.039
 to kill you

00:37:13.039 --> 00:37:14.340
 and take over Jordan

00:37:14.340 --> 00:37:15.720
 what are you going to do

00:37:15.720 --> 00:37:16.600
 you want me to send

00:37:16.600 --> 00:37:17.120
 the soldiers in

00:37:17.120 --> 00:37:17.780
 to arrest everybody

00:37:17.780 --> 00:37:20.720
 and my friend said

00:37:20.720 --> 00:37:21.539
 this is what

00:37:21.539 --> 00:37:23.280
 King Hussein said

00:37:23.280 --> 00:37:24.740
 he said no

00:37:24.740 --> 00:37:26.480
 call a helicopter

00:37:26.480 --> 00:37:28.659
 so he got on a helicopter

00:37:28.659 --> 00:37:29.480
 all by himself

00:37:29.480 --> 00:37:31.860
 he flew over to the top

00:37:31.860 --> 00:37:32.320
 of the building

00:37:32.320 --> 00:37:34.139
 left his gun

00:37:34.139 --> 00:37:34.780
 in the helicopter

00:37:34.780 --> 00:37:35.960
 turned to the pilot

00:37:35.960 --> 00:37:36.219
 and said

00:37:36.219 --> 00:37:37.099
 if you hear shooting

00:37:37.099 --> 00:37:38.079
 leave without me

00:37:38.079 --> 00:37:41.280
 he walks down the building

00:37:41.280 --> 00:37:43.639
 into this big room

00:37:43.639 --> 00:37:45.800
 where there's 75 officers

00:37:45.800 --> 00:37:46.699
 planning a coup

00:37:46.699 --> 00:37:49.240
 and he looks at him

00:37:49.240 --> 00:37:49.400
 and he says

00:37:49.400 --> 00:37:49.719
 gentlemen

00:37:49.719 --> 00:37:52.500
 it's come to my attention

00:37:52.500 --> 00:37:55.539
 that everyone in here

00:37:55.539 --> 00:37:56.440
 is playing a coup

00:37:56.440 --> 00:37:58.679
 to take over the government

00:37:58.679 --> 00:38:01.139
 don't do that

00:38:01.139 --> 00:38:03.780
 because if you do that

00:38:03.780 --> 00:38:05.460
 the government

00:38:05.460 --> 00:38:06.539
 will be fractured

00:38:06.539 --> 00:38:07.340
 the military

00:38:07.340 --> 00:38:08.219
 will be fractured

00:38:08.219 --> 00:38:09.880
 and thousands of people

00:38:09.880 --> 00:38:11.099
 will lose their lives

00:38:11.099 --> 00:38:14.559
 if all it takes

00:38:14.559 --> 00:38:15.420
 is me dying

00:38:15.420 --> 00:38:17.940
 here I am

00:38:17.940 --> 00:38:20.440
 you can kill me now

00:38:20.440 --> 00:38:24.820
 and the story goes

00:38:24.820 --> 00:38:25.519
 that when the officers

00:38:25.519 --> 00:38:26.039
 heard that

00:38:26.039 --> 00:38:26.780
 and they saw that

00:38:26.780 --> 00:38:27.679
 and they saw the love

00:38:27.679 --> 00:38:28.400
 and compassion

00:38:28.400 --> 00:38:29.440
 that King Hussein

00:38:29.440 --> 00:38:30.780
 put forth towards them

00:38:30.780 --> 00:38:32.780
 they all ran to him

00:38:32.780 --> 00:38:34.440
 and embraced him

00:38:34.440 --> 00:38:36.280
 and pledged allegiance

00:38:36.280 --> 00:38:37.599
 for the rest of their lives

00:38:37.599 --> 00:38:40.220
 but here we have a story

00:38:40.220 --> 00:38:41.460
 that's so much greater

00:38:41.460 --> 00:38:43.840
 than the King of Jordan

00:38:43.840 --> 00:38:46.480
 we have a story

00:38:46.480 --> 00:38:48.240
 that we are farmers

00:38:48.240 --> 00:38:50.240
 on this vineyard

00:38:50.240 --> 00:38:52.980
 that the good vine owner

00:38:52.980 --> 00:38:53.760
 gave us

00:38:53.760 --> 00:38:55.680
 that we're living our lives

00:38:55.680 --> 00:38:56.900
 we're producing these things

00:38:56.900 --> 00:38:59.320
 we're living under our authority

00:38:59.320 --> 00:39:00.940
 and continually and continually

00:39:00.940 --> 00:39:02.200
 he sends messengers to us

00:39:02.200 --> 00:39:02.680
 he says

00:39:02.680 --> 00:39:03.920
 it's not yours

00:39:03.920 --> 00:39:07.480
 if you live under your authority

00:39:07.480 --> 00:39:08.100
 you're in trouble

00:39:08.100 --> 00:39:11.100
 if you live according to your rules

00:39:11.100 --> 00:39:12.160
 ultimately you're going to fail

00:39:12.159 --> 00:39:14.420
 I have a better plan for you

00:39:14.420 --> 00:39:15.739
 I have something so much greater for you

00:39:15.739 --> 00:39:17.159
 if you can just trust me

00:39:17.159 --> 00:39:22.440
 and over and over and over

00:39:22.440 --> 00:39:27.879
 God sends messengers to us

00:39:27.879 --> 00:39:31.339
 to show us his mercy

00:39:31.339 --> 00:39:32.299
 and his grace

00:39:32.299 --> 00:39:35.960
 I have one last question

00:39:35.960 --> 00:39:39.899
 how do you feel

00:39:39.900 --> 00:39:42.639
 when you hear that

00:39:42.639 --> 00:39:49.220
 does that story of the vineyard

00:39:49.220 --> 00:39:51.019
 does this story of what goes on

00:39:51.019 --> 00:39:53.280
 in your life right now

00:39:53.280 --> 00:39:57.639
 does that move you

00:39:57.639 --> 00:40:05.539
 when you think of God's grace

00:40:05.539 --> 00:40:08.900
 in God's mercy

00:40:08.900 --> 00:40:12.199
 in God's gentleness

00:40:12.199 --> 00:40:12.940
 in your life

00:40:12.940 --> 00:40:20.719
 how do you respond

00:40:20.719 --> 00:40:28.199
 Jesus goes on

00:40:28.199 --> 00:40:29.340
 and he shares the ending

00:40:29.340 --> 00:40:30.000
 of the story

00:40:30.000 --> 00:40:31.139
 which is incredibly

00:40:31.139 --> 00:40:32.759
 harsh

00:40:32.760 --> 00:40:32.880
 harsh

00:40:32.880 --> 00:40:33.920
 and real

00:40:33.920 --> 00:40:37.080
 it's a story of judgment

00:40:37.080 --> 00:40:40.380
 often we don't talk about it

00:40:40.380 --> 00:40:40.840
 in churches

00:40:40.840 --> 00:40:41.480
 because people don't like

00:40:41.480 --> 00:40:42.400
 to hear the idea of this

00:40:42.400 --> 00:40:42.760
 in churches

00:40:42.760 --> 00:40:43.380
 that we're going to be

00:40:43.380 --> 00:40:44.080
 held accountable

00:40:44.080 --> 00:40:44.960
 and something's going to happen

00:40:44.960 --> 00:40:45.300
 one day

00:40:45.300 --> 00:40:46.260
 if we don't

00:40:46.260 --> 00:40:47.540
 listen to the messengers

00:40:47.540 --> 00:40:51.020
 if we don't understand

00:40:51.020 --> 00:40:52.260
 grace

00:40:52.260 --> 00:40:53.240
 if we don't understand

00:40:53.240 --> 00:40:55.100
 what Christ has done for us

00:40:55.100 --> 00:40:56.040
 to move us

00:40:56.040 --> 00:40:57.120
 and to change us

00:40:57.120 --> 00:40:59.040
 and to mold

00:40:59.040 --> 00:41:00.100
 our way of thinking

00:41:00.100 --> 00:41:00.840
 and doing

00:41:00.840 --> 00:41:01.760
 and being

00:41:01.760 --> 00:41:05.200
 the passage

00:41:05.200 --> 00:41:06.019
 probably says

00:41:06.019 --> 00:41:07.220
 that if it doesn't move you

00:41:07.220 --> 00:41:09.940
 then you have a lot of

00:41:09.940 --> 00:41:10.660
 heart questions

00:41:10.660 --> 00:41:11.260
 to ask

00:41:11.260 --> 00:41:15.539
 and you need to figure out

00:41:15.539 --> 00:41:15.860
 today

00:41:15.860 --> 00:41:16.600
 whose authority

00:41:16.600 --> 00:41:17.120
 you're living

00:41:17.120 --> 00:41:18.920
 under

00:41:18.920 --> 00:41:24.220
 everyone who falls

00:41:24.220 --> 00:41:25.059
 on that stone

00:41:25.059 --> 00:41:26.059
 will be broken

00:41:26.059 --> 00:41:26.559
 to pieces

00:41:26.559 --> 00:41:27.380
 but on whomever

00:41:27.380 --> 00:41:27.920
 it falls

00:41:27.920 --> 00:41:28.960
 it will scatter them

00:41:28.960 --> 00:41:30.260
 like dust

00:41:30.260 --> 00:41:34.640
 authority

00:41:34.640 --> 00:41:37.560
 who's your authority

00:41:37.560 --> 00:41:38.140
 in your life

00:41:38.140 --> 00:41:40.580
 the garden

00:41:40.580 --> 00:41:42.920
 who are you working

00:41:42.920 --> 00:41:43.500
 for today

00:41:43.500 --> 00:41:48.140
 the father

00:41:48.140 --> 00:41:51.580
 how do you respond

00:41:51.580 --> 00:41:53.600
 to his love

00:41:53.600 --> 00:41:55.980
 and his message

00:41:55.980 --> 00:41:59.760
 is there

00:41:59.760 --> 00:42:00.579
 over and over

00:42:00.579 --> 00:42:01.179
 and over again

00:42:01.179 --> 00:42:01.900
 in the gospels

00:42:01.900 --> 00:42:03.699
 the parable

00:42:03.699 --> 00:42:04.219
 of the dinner

00:42:04.219 --> 00:42:05.800
 the parable

00:42:05.800 --> 00:42:06.280
 of the sun

00:42:06.280 --> 00:42:07.000
 running away

00:42:07.000 --> 00:42:08.659
 the parable

00:42:08.659 --> 00:42:09.579
 of the vine growers

00:42:09.579 --> 00:42:12.019
 the story says

00:42:12.019 --> 00:42:12.820
 that we have a God

00:42:12.820 --> 00:42:13.679
 who's so gracious

00:42:13.679 --> 00:42:15.980
 and so amazing

00:42:15.980 --> 00:42:17.780
 and continually

00:42:17.780 --> 00:42:18.900
 continually

00:42:18.900 --> 00:42:19.960
 continually

00:42:19.960 --> 00:42:21.599
 pursues us

00:42:21.599 --> 00:42:23.619
 and the question

00:42:23.619 --> 00:42:23.940
 is

00:42:23.940 --> 00:42:24.719
 what do we do

00:42:24.719 --> 00:42:25.119
 with that

00:42:25.119 --> 00:42:28.339
 how do we

00:42:28.339 --> 00:42:28.779
 respond

00:42:28.779 --> 00:42:33.319
 father we just

00:42:33.319 --> 00:42:33.759
 thank you for

00:42:33.759 --> 00:42:34.279
 this day

00:42:34.279 --> 00:42:36.219
 we thank you

00:42:36.219 --> 00:42:37.019
 for your words

00:42:37.019 --> 00:42:37.599
 that are

00:42:37.599 --> 00:42:39.339
 overwhelming

00:42:39.340 --> 00:42:41.960
 I confess

00:42:41.960 --> 00:42:42.620
 that when I

00:42:42.620 --> 00:42:43.700
 hear this story

00:42:43.700 --> 00:42:44.220
 and I think

00:42:44.220 --> 00:42:44.800
 about these

00:42:44.800 --> 00:42:45.100
 things

00:42:45.100 --> 00:42:45.480
 sometimes

00:42:45.480 --> 00:42:46.180
 I

00:42:46.180 --> 00:42:47.680
 am disturbed

00:42:47.680 --> 00:42:49.519
 and I'm angry

00:42:49.519 --> 00:42:51.600
 because there's

00:42:51.600 --> 00:42:52.180
 just sometimes

00:42:52.180 --> 00:42:52.760
 I want to be

00:42:52.760 --> 00:42:53.539
 my own authority

00:42:53.539 --> 00:42:54.100
 and I want to

00:42:54.100 --> 00:42:54.559
 live my life

00:42:54.559 --> 00:42:55.400
 my own way

00:42:55.400 --> 00:42:58.519
 and what I

00:42:58.519 --> 00:42:58.860
 realize

00:42:58.860 --> 00:42:59.200
 that there's

00:42:59.200 --> 00:42:59.640
 some of us

00:42:59.640 --> 00:42:59.940
 in here

00:42:59.940 --> 00:43:00.460
 who are like

00:43:00.460 --> 00:43:00.860
 that right

00:43:00.860 --> 00:43:01.380
 now

00:43:01.380 --> 00:43:04.340
 there's some

00:43:04.340 --> 00:43:04.760
 of us here

00:43:04.760 --> 00:43:05.260
 when we hear

00:43:05.260 --> 00:43:05.700
 this story

00:43:05.700 --> 00:43:06.039
 we say

00:43:06.039 --> 00:43:06.640
 well so what

00:43:06.639 --> 00:43:08.299
 what a stupid

00:43:08.299 --> 00:43:08.639
 owner

00:43:08.639 --> 00:43:10.980
 why would he

00:43:10.980 --> 00:43:11.460
 waste his

00:43:11.460 --> 00:43:11.779
 son

00:43:11.779 --> 00:43:15.619
 but your

00:43:15.619 --> 00:43:16.079
 word

00:43:16.079 --> 00:43:16.799
 your story

00:43:16.799 --> 00:43:17.559
 your authority

00:43:17.559 --> 00:43:19.359
 centers around

00:43:19.359 --> 00:43:21.379
 your son

00:43:21.379 --> 00:43:23.379
 whom you

00:43:23.379 --> 00:43:23.839
 send

00:43:23.839 --> 00:43:25.579
 to free

00:43:25.579 --> 00:43:25.980
 us

00:43:25.980 --> 00:43:28.000
 from the

00:43:28.000 --> 00:43:28.440
 darkness

00:43:28.440 --> 00:43:30.239
 of our

00:43:30.239 --> 00:43:30.659
 hearts

00:43:30.659 --> 00:43:32.679
 and our

00:43:32.679 --> 00:43:32.839
 own

00:43:32.839 --> 00:43:33.379
 authority

00:43:33.379 --> 00:43:35.799
 Lord I

00:43:35.799 --> 00:43:36.099
 pray for

00:43:36.099 --> 00:43:36.440
 those of

00:43:36.440 --> 00:43:36.679
 us in

00:43:36.679 --> 00:43:36.860
 here

00:43:36.860 --> 00:43:37.019
 who

00:43:37.019 --> 00:43:37.280
 right

00:43:37.280 --> 00:43:37.639
 now

00:43:37.639 --> 00:43:37.940
 are

00:43:37.940 --> 00:43:39.440
 just

00:43:39.440 --> 00:43:39.940
 realizing

00:43:39.940 --> 00:43:40.340
 for the

00:43:40.340 --> 00:43:40.559
 first

00:43:40.559 --> 00:43:40.860
 time

00:43:40.860 --> 00:43:41.019
 that

00:43:41.019 --> 00:43:41.159
 they're

00:43:41.159 --> 00:43:41.420
 living

00:43:41.420 --> 00:43:41.659
 by

00:43:41.659 --> 00:43:41.940
 their

00:43:41.940 --> 00:43:42.360
 authority

00:43:42.360 --> 00:43:42.700
 and not

00:43:42.700 --> 00:43:43.059
 yours

00:43:43.059 --> 00:43:43.260
 I

00:43:43.260 --> 00:43:43.400
 pray

00:43:43.400 --> 00:43:43.599
 Lord

00:43:43.599 --> 00:43:43.720
 that

00:43:43.720 --> 00:43:43.880
 they

00:43:43.880 --> 00:43:44.000
 would

00:43:44.000 --> 00:43:44.159
 just

00:43:44.159 --> 00:43:44.400
 feel

00:43:44.400 --> 00:43:44.599
 your

00:43:44.599 --> 00:43:44.920
 mercy

00:43:44.920 --> 00:43:45.179
 and

00:43:45.179 --> 00:43:45.500
 grace

00:43:45.500 --> 00:43:45.800
 upon

00:43:45.800 --> 00:43:45.960
 them

00:43:45.960 --> 00:43:46.079
 they

00:43:46.079 --> 00:43:46.200
 would

00:43:46.200 --> 00:43:46.579
 realize

00:43:46.579 --> 00:43:46.760
 that

00:43:46.760 --> 00:43:47.900
 this

00:43:47.900 --> 00:43:48.079
 is

00:43:48.079 --> 00:43:48.360
 something

00:43:48.360 --> 00:43:48.559
 that

00:43:48.559 --> 00:43:48.679
 is

00:43:48.679 --> 00:43:48.820
 going

00:43:48.820 --> 00:43:48.940
 to

00:43:48.940 --> 00:43:49.240
 happen

00:43:49.240 --> 00:43:49.539
 throughout

00:43:49.539 --> 00:43:49.800
 their

00:43:49.800 --> 00:43:50.039
 whole

00:43:50.039 --> 00:43:50.480
 life

00:43:50.480 --> 00:43:51.400
 as

00:43:51.400 --> 00:43:51.519
 they

00:43:51.519 --> 00:43:51.860
 struggle

00:43:51.860 --> 00:43:52.139
 with

00:43:52.139 --> 00:43:52.340
 whose

00:43:52.340 --> 00:43:52.740
 authority

00:43:52.740 --> 00:43:53.099
 they're

00:43:53.099 --> 00:43:53.420
 in

00:43:53.420 --> 00:43:53.619
 but

00:43:53.619 --> 00:43:53.780
 they

00:43:53.780 --> 00:43:54.260
 realize

00:43:54.260 --> 00:43:54.599
 how

00:43:54.599 --> 00:43:55.559
 merciful

00:43:55.559 --> 00:43:55.800
 and

00:43:55.800 --> 00:43:56.039
 gracious

00:43:56.039 --> 00:43:56.300
 you

00:43:56.300 --> 00:43:56.599
 are

00:43:56.599 --> 00:43:56.740
 and

00:43:56.740 --> 00:43:56.880
 they

00:43:56.880 --> 00:43:57.099
 come

00:43:57.099 --> 00:43:57.280
 to

00:43:57.280 --> 00:43:57.599
 you

00:43:57.599 --> 00:43:59.519
 for

00:43:59.519 --> 00:43:59.980
 forgiveness

00:43:59.980 --> 00:44:02.079
 for

00:44:02.079 --> 00:44:02.599
 healing

00:44:02.599 --> 00:44:04.940
 Lord

00:44:04.940 --> 00:44:05.039
 I

00:44:05.039 --> 00:44:05.159
 pray

00:44:05.159 --> 00:44:05.320
 for

00:44:05.320 --> 00:44:05.579
 those

00:44:05.579 --> 00:44:05.719
 of

00:44:05.719 --> 00:44:05.880
 us

00:44:05.880 --> 00:44:05.980
 who

00:44:05.980 --> 00:44:06.099
 are

00:44:06.099 --> 00:44:06.219
 in

00:44:06.219 --> 00:44:06.380
 here

00:44:06.380 --> 00:44:06.519
 and

00:44:06.519 --> 00:44:06.840
 we've

00:44:06.840 --> 00:44:07.739
 been

00:44:07.739 --> 00:44:07.980
 digging

00:44:07.980 --> 00:44:08.280
 for

00:44:08.280 --> 00:44:08.400
 a

00:44:08.400 --> 00:44:08.780
 while

00:44:08.780 --> 00:44:09.460
 and

00:44:09.460 --> 00:44:09.579
 it's

00:44:09.579 --> 00:44:09.699
 been

00:44:09.699 --> 00:44:09.900
 so

00:44:09.900 --> 00:44:10.340
 long

00:44:10.340 --> 00:44:10.559
 since

00:44:10.559 --> 00:44:11.139
 we've

00:44:11.139 --> 00:44:11.460
 heard

00:44:11.460 --> 00:44:11.679
 from

00:44:11.679 --> 00:44:11.920
 you

00:44:11.920 --> 00:44:12.079
 or

00:44:12.079 --> 00:44:12.219
 we

00:44:12.219 --> 00:44:12.699
 wonder

00:44:12.699 --> 00:44:13.759
 just

00:44:13.759 --> 00:44:13.980
 like

00:44:13.980 --> 00:44:14.619
 Theophilus

00:44:14.619 --> 00:44:14.920
 wrote

00:44:14.920 --> 00:44:15.179
 when

00:44:15.179 --> 00:44:15.440
 Luke

00:44:15.440 --> 00:44:15.699
 wrote

00:44:15.699 --> 00:44:15.900
 this

00:44:15.900 --> 00:44:16.579
 gospel

00:44:16.579 --> 00:44:17.219
 is

00:44:17.219 --> 00:44:17.480
 Jesus

00:44:17.480 --> 00:44:17.759
 really

00:44:17.759 --> 00:44:18.119
 real

00:44:18.119 --> 00:44:18.300
 and

00:44:18.300 --> 00:44:18.400
 is

00:44:18.400 --> 00:44:18.480
 he

00:44:18.480 --> 00:44:18.639
 really

00:44:18.639 --> 00:44:19.159
 powerful

00:44:19.159 --> 00:44:19.400
 and

00:44:19.400 --> 00:44:19.500
 is

00:44:19.500 --> 00:44:19.639
 he

00:44:19.639 --> 00:44:20.420
 really

00:44:20.420 --> 00:44:20.639
 in

00:44:20.639 --> 00:44:21.019
 authority

00:44:21.019 --> 00:44:21.300
 because

00:44:21.300 --> 00:44:21.440
 I

00:44:21.440 --> 00:44:21.639
 haven't

00:44:21.639 --> 00:44:21.840
 seen

00:44:21.840 --> 00:44:21.960
 him

00:44:21.960 --> 00:44:22.059
 in

00:44:22.059 --> 00:44:22.159
 a

00:44:22.159 --> 00:44:22.440
 while

00:44:22.440 --> 00:44:23.079
 would

00:44:23.079 --> 00:44:23.179
 I

00:44:23.179 --> 00:44:23.300
 pray

00:44:23.300 --> 00:44:23.440
 for

00:44:23.440 --> 00:44:23.659
 those

00:44:23.659 --> 00:44:23.779
 of

00:44:23.779 --> 00:44:24.000
 us

00:44:24.000 --> 00:44:24.299
 in

00:44:24.299 --> 00:44:24.420
 here

00:44:24.420 --> 00:44:24.659
 like

00:44:24.659 --> 00:44:24.879
 that

00:44:24.879 --> 00:44:25.039
 that

00:44:25.039 --> 00:44:25.199
 you

00:44:25.199 --> 00:44:25.440
 would

00:44:25.440 --> 00:44:27.279
 heal

00:44:27.279 --> 00:44:27.519
 our

00:44:27.519 --> 00:44:28.000
 hearts

00:44:28.000 --> 00:44:29.859
 that

00:44:29.859 --> 00:44:29.980
 we

00:44:29.980 --> 00:44:30.119
 would

00:44:30.119 --> 00:44:30.440
 see

00:44:30.440 --> 00:44:30.699
 the

00:44:30.699 --> 00:44:31.019
 mercy

00:44:31.019 --> 00:44:31.319
 and

00:44:31.319 --> 00:44:31.679
 grace

00:44:31.679 --> 00:44:31.859
 of

00:44:31.859 --> 00:44:31.980
 the

00:44:31.980 --> 00:44:32.480
 cross

00:44:32.480 --> 00:44:34.059
 that

00:44:34.059 --> 00:44:34.159
 we

00:44:34.159 --> 00:44:34.259
 would

00:44:34.259 --> 00:44:34.480
 see

00:44:34.480 --> 00:44:34.699
 your

00:44:34.699 --> 00:44:35.179
 gentleness

00:44:35.179 --> 00:44:35.579
 and your

00:44:35.579 --> 00:44:35.940
 goodness

00:44:35.940 --> 00:44:36.359
 and your

00:44:36.359 --> 00:44:36.639
 long

00:44:36.639 --> 00:44:37.179
 suffering

00:44:37.179 --> 00:44:37.980
 that

00:44:37.980 --> 00:44:38.079
 we

00:44:38.079 --> 00:44:38.179
 would

00:44:38.179 --> 00:44:38.739
 realize

00:44:38.739 --> 00:44:39.259
 over

00:44:39.259 --> 00:44:39.539
 and

00:44:39.539 --> 00:44:39.759
 over

00:44:39.759 --> 00:44:39.960
 the

00:44:39.960 --> 00:44:40.399
 messengers

00:44:40.399 --> 00:44:40.619
 that

00:44:40.619 --> 00:44:40.719
 you

00:44:40.719 --> 00:44:41.139
 continue

00:44:41.139 --> 00:44:41.379
 to

00:44:41.379 --> 00:44:41.599
 send

00:44:41.599 --> 00:44:41.779
 to

00:44:41.779 --> 00:44:41.960
 us

00:44:41.960 --> 00:44:42.079
 to

00:44:42.079 --> 00:44:42.960
 you

00:44:42.960 --> 00:44:45.119
 that

00:44:45.119 --> 00:44:45.199
 we

00:44:45.199 --> 00:44:45.599
 understand

00:44:45.599 --> 00:44:45.980
 that

00:44:45.980 --> 00:44:47.119
 judgment

00:44:47.119 --> 00:44:47.599
 the

00:44:47.599 --> 00:44:48.099
 stone

00:44:48.099 --> 00:44:48.359
 the

00:44:48.359 --> 00:44:48.719
 rock

00:44:48.719 --> 00:44:48.920
 is

00:44:48.920 --> 00:44:49.079
 the

00:44:49.079 --> 00:44:49.559
 last

00:44:49.559 --> 00:44:50.399
 thing

00:44:50.399 --> 00:44:51.420
 that

00:44:51.420 --> 00:44:51.559
 you

00:44:51.559 --> 00:44:51.779
 want

00:44:51.779 --> 00:44:51.899
 to

00:44:51.899 --> 00:44:52.079
 do

00:44:52.079 --> 00:44:52.239
 it's

00:44:52.239 --> 00:44:52.420
 the

00:44:52.420 --> 00:44:52.900
 unusual

00:44:52.900 --> 00:44:53.360
 thing

00:44:53.360 --> 00:44:53.539
 as

00:44:53.539 --> 00:44:53.680
 the

00:44:53.680 --> 00:44:54.000
 prophets

00:44:54.000 --> 00:44:54.240
 would

00:44:54.240 --> 00:44:54.659
 say

00:44:54.659 --> 00:44:56.139
 but

00:44:56.139 --> 00:44:56.300
 your

00:44:56.300 --> 00:44:56.820
 usual

00:44:56.820 --> 00:44:57.659
 operation

00:44:57.659 --> 00:44:57.940
 is

00:44:57.940 --> 00:44:58.360
 mercy

00:44:58.360 --> 00:45:00.079
 and

00:45:00.079 --> 00:45:00.619
 grace

00:45:00.619 --> 00:45:01.320
 and

00:45:01.320 --> 00:45:01.900
 compassion

00:45:01.900 --> 00:45:03.920
 so

00:45:03.920 --> 00:45:04.079
 Lord

00:45:04.079 --> 00:45:04.220
 I

00:45:04.220 --> 00:45:04.360
 pray

00:45:04.360 --> 00:45:04.480
 that

00:45:04.480 --> 00:45:04.559
 we

00:45:04.559 --> 00:45:04.720
 would

00:45:04.720 --> 00:45:05.139
 embrace

00:45:05.139 --> 00:45:05.360
 that

00:45:05.360 --> 00:45:05.480
 as

00:45:05.480 --> 00:45:05.639
 a

00:45:05.639 --> 00:45:06.139
 church

00:45:06.139 --> 00:45:07.900
 help

00:45:07.900 --> 00:45:08.039
 us

00:45:08.039 --> 00:45:08.159
 to

00:45:08.159 --> 00:45:08.280
 be

00:45:08.280 --> 00:45:08.420
 a

00:45:08.420 --> 00:45:08.720
 people

00:45:08.720 --> 00:45:08.940
 of

00:45:08.940 --> 00:45:09.280
 mercy

00:45:09.280 --> 00:45:11.240
 help

00:45:11.240 --> 00:45:11.360
 us

00:45:11.360 --> 00:45:11.460
 to

00:45:11.460 --> 00:45:11.539
 be

00:45:11.539 --> 00:45:11.680
 a

00:45:11.680 --> 00:45:11.980
 people

00:45:11.980 --> 00:45:12.240
 of

00:45:12.240 --> 00:45:12.760
 grace

00:45:12.760 --> 00:45:14.619
 help

00:45:14.619 --> 00:45:14.760
 us

00:45:14.760 --> 00:45:14.860
 to

00:45:14.860 --> 00:45:15.000
 be

00:45:15.000 --> 00:45:15.579
 changed

00:45:15.579 --> 00:45:15.800
 as

00:45:15.800 --> 00:45:15.940
 we

00:45:15.940 --> 00:45:16.340
 reflect

00:45:16.340 --> 00:45:16.480
 on

00:45:16.480 --> 00:45:16.680
 all

00:45:16.680 --> 00:45:16.980
 these

00:45:16.980 --> 00:45:17.240
 things

00:45:17.240 --> 00:45:17.360
 that

00:45:17.360 --> 00:45:17.500
 you've

00:45:17.500 --> 00:45:17.680
 done

00:45:17.680 --> 00:45:18.000
 for

00:45:18.000 --> 00:45:18.240
 us

00:45:18.240 --> 00:45:18.380
 and

00:45:18.380 --> 00:45:18.559
 in

00:45:18.559 --> 00:45:18.920
 us

00:45:18.920 --> 00:45:20.680
 and

00:45:20.680 --> 00:45:20.800
 we

00:45:20.800 --> 00:45:21.019
 don't

00:45:21.019 --> 00:45:21.360
 deserve

00:45:21.360 --> 00:45:21.619
 them

00:45:21.619 --> 00:45:21.740
 and

00:45:21.740 --> 00:45:21.880
 we

00:45:21.880 --> 00:45:22.119
 know

00:45:22.119 --> 00:45:22.359
 that

00:45:22.359 --> 00:45:22.579
 deep

00:45:22.579 --> 00:45:22.719
 in

00:45:22.719 --> 00:45:22.880
 our

00:45:22.880 --> 00:45:23.139
 heart

00:45:23.139 --> 00:45:23.599
 we

00:45:23.599 --> 00:45:23.859
 might

00:45:23.859 --> 00:45:24.159
 say

00:45:24.159 --> 00:45:24.359
 that

00:45:24.359 --> 00:45:24.579
 we

00:45:24.579 --> 00:45:25.099
 yeah

00:45:25.099 --> 00:45:25.259
 we

00:45:25.259 --> 00:45:25.480
 worked

00:45:25.480 --> 00:45:25.659
 really

00:45:25.659 --> 00:45:25.839
 hard

00:45:25.839 --> 00:45:25.980
 we

00:45:25.980 --> 00:45:26.199
 kind

00:45:26.199 --> 00:45:26.279
 of

00:45:26.279 --> 00:45:26.559
 deserve

00:45:26.559 --> 00:45:26.719
 this

00:45:26.719 --> 00:45:26.880
 but

00:45:26.880 --> 00:45:27.539
 we

00:45:27.539 --> 00:45:27.719
 know

00:45:27.719 --> 00:45:27.859
 that

00:45:27.859 --> 00:45:28.139
 that's

00:45:28.139 --> 00:45:28.400
 not

00:45:28.400 --> 00:45:28.859
 true

00:45:28.859 --> 00:45:30.940
 because

00:45:30.940 --> 00:45:31.159
 you've

00:45:31.159 --> 00:45:31.339
 given

00:45:31.339 --> 00:45:31.559
 us

00:45:31.559 --> 00:45:32.119
 everything

00:45:32.119 --> 00:45:34.059
 Lord

00:45:34.059 --> 00:45:34.299
 help us

00:45:34.299 --> 00:45:34.460
 to be

00:45:34.460 --> 00:45:34.639
 a

00:45:34.639 --> 00:45:35.000
 church

00:45:35.000 --> 00:45:35.219
 that

00:45:35.219 --> 00:45:35.619
 changes

00:45:35.619 --> 00:45:36.219
 people

00:45:36.219 --> 00:45:36.420
 that

00:45:36.420 --> 00:45:36.559
 we

00:45:36.559 --> 00:45:37.019
 touch

00:45:37.019 --> 00:45:38.819
 as

00:45:38.819 --> 00:45:38.960
 they

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 see

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 the

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 lives

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 of

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 community

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 being

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 lived

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 out

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 as

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 they

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 see

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 people

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 who

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 are

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 radically

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 generous

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 with

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 the

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 resources

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 that

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 they're

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 given

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 as

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 they

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 see

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 mercy

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 and

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 grace

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 changing

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 people

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 that

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 they

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 never

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 thought

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 would

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 be

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 changed

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 Lord

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 help us

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 to be

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 your

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 hands

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 and

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 your

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 feet

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 and

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 to

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 trust

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 you

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 to

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 be

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 good

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 and

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 Lord

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 amidst

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 all

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 this

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 we

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 just

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 realize

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 continually

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 the

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 attitude

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 and

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 actions

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 of

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 our

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 hearts

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 we

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 realize

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 that

00:46:05.279 --> 00:46:05.420
 the

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 darkness

00:46:05.679 --> 00:46:05.960
 is

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 there

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 and

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 we

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 continually

00:46:07.159 --> 00:46:07.579
 struggle

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 with

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 it

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 that

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 we

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 unthrone

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 you

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 and we

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 put

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 you

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 back

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 and we

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 put

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 ourselves

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 in

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 there

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 over

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 and

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 over

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 and

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 over

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 and

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 we

00:46:15.340 --> 00:46:15.619
 put

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 us

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 amongst

00:46:16.320 --> 00:46:16.500
 the

00:46:16.500 --> 00:46:16.820
 people

00:46:16.820 --> 00:46:17.039
 a

00:46:17.039 --> 00:46:17.500
 community

00:46:17.500 --> 00:46:18.820
 that

00:46:18.820 --> 00:46:19.119
 speaks

00:46:19.119 --> 00:46:19.320
 the

00:46:19.320 --> 00:46:19.579
 gospel

00:46:19.579 --> 00:46:19.860
 to

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 us

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 regularly

00:46:20.440 --> 00:46:22.320
 that

00:46:22.320 --> 00:46:22.780
 encourages

00:46:22.780 --> 00:46:23.000
 us

00:46:23.000 --> 00:46:23.139
 when

00:46:23.139 --> 00:46:23.380
 we've

00:46:23.380 --> 00:46:23.720
 lost

00:46:23.720 --> 00:46:24.240
 vision

00:46:24.240 --> 00:46:26.119
 that

00:46:26.119 --> 00:46:26.599
 inspires

00:46:26.599 --> 00:46:26.880
 us

00:46:26.880 --> 00:46:27.139
 with

00:46:27.139 --> 00:46:28.019
 obedience

00:46:28.019 --> 00:46:28.780
 even

00:46:28.780 --> 00:46:29.000
 when

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 it's

00:46:29.179 --> 00:46:29.400
 not

00:46:29.400 --> 00:46:29.940
 convenient

00:46:29.940 --> 00:46:31.519
 that

00:46:31.519 --> 00:46:31.820
 shows

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 us

00:46:32.159 --> 00:46:32.960
 everything

00:46:32.960 --> 00:46:33.159
 that

00:46:33.159 --> 00:46:33.300
 we've

00:46:33.300 --> 00:46:33.420
 been

00:46:33.420 --> 00:46:33.659
 given

00:46:33.659 --> 00:46:33.940
 is

00:46:33.940 --> 00:46:34.260
 yours

00:46:34.260 --> 00:46:34.659
 and

00:46:34.659 --> 00:46:35.280
 we

00:46:35.280 --> 00:46:35.500
 go

00:46:35.500 --> 00:46:35.639
 on

00:46:35.639 --> 00:46:35.760
 a

00:46:35.760 --> 00:46:35.960
 journey

00:46:35.960 --> 00:46:36.220
 to

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 use

00:46:36.500 --> 00:46:36.800
 those

00:46:36.800 --> 00:46:37.300
 together

00:46:37.300 --> 00:46:37.720
 for

00:46:37.720 --> 00:46:37.860
 your

00:46:37.860 --> 00:46:38.159
 kingdom

00:46:38.159 --> 00:46:39.980
 Father

00:46:39.980 --> 00:46:40.139
 we

00:46:40.139 --> 00:46:40.340
 love

00:46:40.340 --> 00:46:40.639
 you

00:46:40.639 --> 00:46:41.960
 and

00:46:41.960 --> 00:46:42.059
 we

00:46:42.059 --> 00:46:42.280
 need

00:46:42.280 --> 00:46:42.559
 you

00:46:42.559 --> 00:46:43.059
 and

00:46:43.059 --> 00:46:43.139
 we

00:46:43.139 --> 00:46:43.280
 pray

00:46:43.280 --> 00:46:43.440
 these

00:46:43.440 --> 00:46:43.579
 things

00:46:43.579 --> 00:46:43.659
 in

00:46:43.659 --> 00:46:43.740
 your

00:46:43.740 --> 00:46:43.880
 son

00:46:44.940 --> 00:46:45.360
 amen