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 If you guys don't know me, my name is Ed, one of the pastors here.

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 Oh, Heavenly Father, Lord, where would we be without you?

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 Where would we be without you, oh God?

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 We know that what we're about to do, what we're about to hear, is to hear your very words,

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 the words of life.

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 There's so much noise in this world, so much chatter, so much yapping.

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 We get distracted.

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 We lose sight of what's most precious, what is the message that we need to hear most.

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 So we pray by the power of your Holy Spirit, illuminate our hearts and our eyes once again

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 today, so that we would understand, apply rightly, study rightly, solemnly, seriously.

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 We'd pay attention to these words of life.

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 That it would transform us from the inside out.

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 And that we would be able to offer to you the little, these alabaster jars of our lives

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 in continual sacrifice and worship of your name.

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 Help us.

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 I invite you to stand if you are able to honor God's reading as we read aloud his word.

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 Starting from verse 1.

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 When Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said to his disciples,

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 Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in the palace of the high priest,

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 whose name was Caiaphas, and plotted together in order to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.

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 But they said, Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar among the people.

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 Now when Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, a woman came up to him with an

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 alabaster flask of very expensive ointment.

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 And she poured it on his head as he reclined at table.

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 And when the disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, Why this waste?

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 For this could have been sold for a large sum and given to the poor.

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 But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, Why do you trouble the woman?

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 For she has done a beautiful thing to me.

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 For you always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me.

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 In pouring this ointment on my body, she has done it to prepare me for burial.

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 Truly I say to you, wherever this gospel is proclaimed in the whole world,

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 that what she has done will also be told in memory of her.

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 Then one of the twelve, whose name was Judas Iscariot,

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 went to the chief priests and said,

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 What will you give me if I deliver him over to you?

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 And they paid him thirty pieces of silver.

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 And from that moment, he sought an opportunity to betray him.

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 This is God's holy and authoritative word.

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 Please be seated.

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 In a book on behavioral economics called Priceless,

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 author William Poundstone has one central thesis.

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 It's that we, as a human race,

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 we are remarkably bad about knowing what something is actually worth.

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 We think we're logical.

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 We think we're good at numbers.

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 We think we're rational.

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 But in the end, we are terrible at knowing what something should actually be priced.

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 And because of that, we're highly suggestible.

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 And boy, do companies know that.

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 For example, we naturally assume that the more expensive something is,

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 it must be more valuable.

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 In a blind taste test, participants were presented with two wines

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 and simply asked,

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 Which one do you like more, wine A or wine B?

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 If the prices of the wines were released or revealed to them,

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 almost always they will consistently rate the more expensive wine as better tasting.

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 Even if the wines are exactly the same, identical.

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 They even conduct brain scans.

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 And they find in their brain that drinking the more expensive wine

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 links to greater happiness, greater joy.

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 Even completely arbitrary numbers can throw us off

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 in thinking about what something is priced or what is valued.

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 In another study, researchers, they asked participants

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 to write down the last two digits of their social security number.

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 And then, after that, they were asked to bid on random household products

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 like computer products, groceries, clothing.

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 Again, consistently, almost always,

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 that those who wrote down those larger numbers

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 from their social security number

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 bid much higher than those who had lower numbers.

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 Almost twice as high.

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 Their social security number has nothing to do

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 with the price of these items.

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 We are that terrible

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 at determining what something should be worth.

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 But in the end,

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 maybe we were just victims of capitalism

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 and overpay for something.

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 It's really not that big of a deal.

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 Just overpay for something here and there.

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 But there is something,

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 or rather, someone

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 whom we cannot afford to mis-evaluate.

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 And his name is Jesus.

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 Whether you know it or not,

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 we have all put a price tag on him.

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 We have all evaluated who he is

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 and have appraised what he is worth.

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 In this passage this morning,

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 we see two groups of people

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 who have done just that.

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 And Matthew, he deliberately sets up this contrast

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 between the many who get it

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 egregiously wrong

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 and the one who gets it

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 breathtakingly right.

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 Because evaluation,

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 your evaluation,

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 always turns into action,

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 we must pay attention.

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 So to follow the example

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 of this remarkable woman

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 who sees rightly who Jesus is

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 and what he is worth,

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 the main point of my sermon today is

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 because Jesus is worth everything,

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 pour out your alabaster jars in worship.

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 The outline's simple.

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 Highlight again this contrast.

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 First, we're going to talk about

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 a calculated killing.

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 And as I do that,

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 we're going to really see

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 who is behind the calculation.

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 And secondly,

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 to see the remarkable woman.

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 We're going to understand

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 the uncalculated, quote-unquote,

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 waste that she offers.

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 Now that Jesus has finished

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 the Olivet Discourse,

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 which is the fifth and final discourse

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 of the book of Matthew,

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 we've turned the last corner.

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 From the birth narratives

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 to the Sermon of the Mount,

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 from miraculous miracles

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 to profound parables,

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 we've come a long way,

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 haven't we?

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 Walking with Jesus week by week

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 throughout the course

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 of his life and ministry.

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 And the word of God

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 has made us fall in love

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 with the word of God,

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 has it not?

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 Now we have finally arrived

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 at the concluding scenes of Matthew.

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 The last few days of Jesus' life

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 before his tragic death.

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 For quite a while now,

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 Jesus has been predicting

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 his death, right?

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 But now we see that this prediction

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 is starting to gain some steam.

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 It's starting to come to fruition.

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 By whose efforts, though?

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 Who is driving this narrative

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 that ultimately culminates

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 to Jesus' death?

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 From one angle,

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 it's the cunning,

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 calculating conspiracy of man.

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 The insidious Jewish leaders,

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 they hold a secret rendezvous

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 in the palace of the high priest Caiaphas

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 to plan the murder of Jesus.

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 Caiaphas was a high priest,

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 the highest position

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 in all of the Jewish nation

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 at the time,

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 and he was for a record

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 18 years straight.

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 It's far longer than any other

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 high priest at that time.

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 I think it goes to show

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 that Caiaphas,

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 he knew how to play the game,

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 how to work the system,

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 all so that he could stay in power.

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 Probably by doing shady things like this.

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 And hypocritical religious leaders,

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 they hide in the darkness

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 because they know

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 that their conduct

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 cannot stand in the light

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 of public scrutiny.

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 But if you followed us

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 throughout Matthew,

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 you know that, again,

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 this conduct is not beneath them.

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 It is well within their character.

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 For quite some time now,

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 they have been itching

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 at the chance

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 to remove Jesus from the picture.

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 Matthew 12, 14,

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 the Pharisees went out

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 and plotted against him

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 how to destroy him.

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 Matthew 22, 15,

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 the Pharisees went and plotted

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 how to entangle him

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 in his words.

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 So,

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 throughout Matthew,

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 we've seen how they

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 seethe

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 with rage

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 when they see that Jesus

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 is more respected than him.

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 And they tremble

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 with fear

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 when they see that

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 his growing following

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 threatens their place

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 of power.

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 So,

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 Jesus,

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 he's got to go.

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 Ah,

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 but

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 that's not so easy

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 when Jesus has won

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 over the entire nation.

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 Hence,

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 what I call

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 the Jesus problem.

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 They need to get rid

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 of somebody

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 whom the whole nation loves

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 all while doing it

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 while making sure

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 that everybody

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 still likes them.

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 It's a tricky problem.

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 And for a while now,

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 not a single person

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 has been able

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 to offer

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 a viable solution.

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 They tried

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 debating him.

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 They get

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 thumped to the curb.

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 They tried

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 tricking him

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 into breaking

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 their man-made laws.

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 That only makes

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 people like them more.

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 So,

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 they finally come

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 to their last resort.

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 And they decide

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 to abduct

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 and murder him.

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 That's how far

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 they're willing

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 to go.

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 But even that

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 is tricky

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 because,

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 number one,

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 obviously this is

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 completely illegal

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 so they can't do it

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 in broad daylight.

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 And number two,

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 they especially

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 cannot do it

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 during the Passover feast.

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 Why?

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 Because during

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 the Passover,

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 thousands and

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 thousands of Jews

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 pilgrimage to Jerusalem.

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 It's like an intense

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 pressure cooker.

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 And if they

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 kill them,

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 kill him then.

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 It's gonna

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 pop.

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 And a wild

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 riot

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 might break out.

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 And then you know

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 what happens?

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 The Romans

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 will come after

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 their heads.

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 So,

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 there's no

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 concrete plan,

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 no concrete

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 details,

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 but they do

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 agree on one

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 constraint.

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 We can't do it

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 during the feast.

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 We cannot do it

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 during the feast.

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 But as they're

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 racking their brains,

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 brainstorming,

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 trying to figure out

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 how to solve

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 the Jesus problem,

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 they get

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 an unlikely,

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 unexpected visitor.

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 Someone that

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 none,

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 unexpected.

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 And it's a

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 familiar face.

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 They've seen

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 his face before.

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 It's one of

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 Jesus'

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 own

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 twelve

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 disciples,

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 Judas Iscariot.

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 And he comes

00:13:46.719 --> 00:13:47.860
 alone without

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 his teacher,

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 and he comes

00:13:50.099 --> 00:13:51.059
 with a surprising

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 proposition.

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 He asks the

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 chief priest,

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 what will you

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 give me

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 if I sell

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 him out to you?

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 And consider

00:14:00.519 --> 00:14:01.019
 that the

00:14:01.019 --> 00:14:01.500
 Pharisees,

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 they don't

00:14:02.059 --> 00:14:02.740
 initiate

00:14:02.740 --> 00:14:03.940
 any of this.

00:14:05.620 --> 00:14:06.159
 Judas comes

00:14:06.159 --> 00:14:06.820
 from his

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 own heart,

00:14:07.700 --> 00:14:08.100
 his own

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 volition,

00:14:08.680 --> 00:14:09.320
 with no

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 backstory,

00:14:10.299 --> 00:14:11.259
 no explanation.

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 And really,

00:14:13.220 --> 00:14:13.960
 because of that

00:14:13.960 --> 00:14:14.680
 lack of

00:14:14.680 --> 00:14:15.360
 backstory,

00:14:16.080 --> 00:14:16.919
 much ink

00:14:16.919 --> 00:14:17.519
 has been

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 spilt trying

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 to determine

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 the exact

00:14:20.419 --> 00:14:21.440
 motivation of

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 Judas.

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 What's exactly

00:14:22.500 --> 00:14:23.240
 going on in

00:14:23.240 --> 00:14:23.639
 his head?

00:14:24.940 --> 00:14:25.639
 Some surmise

00:14:25.639 --> 00:14:26.680
 that Iscariot

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 means man

00:14:27.399 --> 00:14:28.620
 of Kiriath,

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 Kiriath

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 being a

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 city outside

00:14:30.980 --> 00:14:31.279
 of the

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 region of

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 Galilee.

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 That would

00:14:33.779 --> 00:14:34.319
 mean that

00:14:34.319 --> 00:14:34.939
 Judas is

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 kind of the

00:14:35.759 --> 00:14:36.720
 lone guy

00:14:36.720 --> 00:14:36.919
 out,

00:14:37.039 --> 00:14:37.579
 the odd

00:14:37.579 --> 00:14:38.139
 man out.

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 He's always

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 an odd

00:14:40.620 --> 00:14:41.120
 man out

00:14:41.120 --> 00:14:41.340
 of the

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 group of

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 Galileans.

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 Or the

00:14:45.579 --> 00:14:46.740
 name Iscariot

00:14:46.740 --> 00:14:47.459
 could link

00:14:47.459 --> 00:14:48.539
 Judas to a

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 group of

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 political

00:14:49.319 --> 00:14:49.879
 zealots

00:14:49.879 --> 00:14:51.500
 who wanted

00:14:51.500 --> 00:14:52.340
 the violent

00:14:52.340 --> 00:14:53.340
 overthrow of

00:14:53.340 --> 00:14:53.699
 the Roman

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 government.

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 And so

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 perhaps he

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 saw that

00:14:56.839 --> 00:14:57.259
 over the

00:14:57.259 --> 00:14:57.759
 course of

00:14:57.759 --> 00:14:58.000
 Jesus'

00:14:58.239 --> 00:14:58.759
 ministry

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 that,

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 hey,

00:15:00.359 --> 00:15:01.299
 maybe this

00:15:01.299 --> 00:15:01.959
 guy's not

00:15:01.959 --> 00:15:02.359
 who I

00:15:02.359 --> 00:15:02.859
 expected him

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 to be.

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 Or really,

00:15:08.500 --> 00:15:08.899
 and it's

00:15:08.899 --> 00:15:09.399
 sobering,

00:15:10.279 --> 00:15:10.599
 it could

00:15:10.599 --> 00:15:11.639
 simply be a

00:15:11.639 --> 00:15:12.419
 love of

00:15:12.419 --> 00:15:13.599
 money that

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 corrupts him

00:15:14.500 --> 00:15:15.079
 to the core.

00:15:17.399 --> 00:15:18.059
 To his

00:15:18.059 --> 00:15:18.759
 question of

00:15:18.759 --> 00:15:19.579
 what he can

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 get,

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 the Pharisees

00:15:21.419 --> 00:15:22.199
 appraised

00:15:22.199 --> 00:15:23.279
 the life of

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 Jesus,

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 at 30

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 silver coins.

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 Only 30

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 silver coins.

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 Normally at

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 that time,

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 a piece of

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 silver would

00:15:33.919 --> 00:15:34.259
 be a

00:15:34.259 --> 00:15:34.719
 denarius,

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 which was

00:15:35.279 --> 00:15:35.759
 just a

00:15:35.759 --> 00:15:36.239
 day's

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 labor or

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 a day's

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 wage for

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 a common

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 laborer.

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 So this

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 is a

00:15:40.620 --> 00:15:41.279
 month's

00:15:41.279 --> 00:15:41.620
 wage,

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 30 pieces

00:15:42.279 --> 00:15:42.699
 of silver.

00:15:43.199 --> 00:15:43.620
 Not an

00:15:43.620 --> 00:15:44.239
 insignificant

00:15:44.239 --> 00:15:44.759
 sum,

00:15:44.879 --> 00:15:45.939
 but a

00:15:45.939 --> 00:15:46.879
 shockingly

00:15:46.879 --> 00:15:47.959
 low amount

00:15:47.959 --> 00:15:48.359
 for the

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 cost of

00:15:48.879 --> 00:15:49.379
 a man's

00:15:49.379 --> 00:15:49.759
 life.

00:15:50.819 --> 00:15:51.279
 What is

00:15:51.279 --> 00:15:51.679
 a man

00:15:51.679 --> 00:15:52.199
 worth?

00:15:52.200 --> 00:15:52.320
 worth?

00:15:53.320 --> 00:15:53.960
 What is

00:15:53.960 --> 00:15:54.420
 the Son

00:15:54.420 --> 00:15:55.180
 of God

00:15:55.180 --> 00:15:55.820
 worth?

00:15:57.140 --> 00:15:57.460
 I don't

00:15:57.460 --> 00:15:57.720
 know,

00:15:57.840 --> 00:15:59.440
 but certainly

00:15:59.440 --> 00:15:59.960
 more than

00:15:59.960 --> 00:16:00.360
 this.

00:16:01.340 --> 00:16:01.759
 When they

00:16:01.759 --> 00:16:03.000
 appraise his

00:16:03.000 --> 00:16:03.800
 life at the

00:16:03.800 --> 00:16:04.800
 measly 30

00:16:04.800 --> 00:16:05.320
 pieces of

00:16:05.320 --> 00:16:05.540
 silver,

00:16:05.680 --> 00:16:05.879
 they

00:16:05.879 --> 00:16:07.200
 insultingly

00:16:07.200 --> 00:16:09.120
 devalue who

00:16:09.120 --> 00:16:09.780
 Jesus is.

00:16:10.800 --> 00:16:11.300
 In fact,

00:16:11.820 --> 00:16:12.400
 we read in

00:16:12.400 --> 00:16:13.460
 Exodus 22,

00:16:13.660 --> 00:16:14.020
 31,

00:16:14.180 --> 00:16:14.620
 that Moses

00:16:14.620 --> 00:16:15.300
 sets the

00:16:15.300 --> 00:16:16.000
 price of a

00:16:16.000 --> 00:16:17.060
 slave's

00:16:17.060 --> 00:16:18.360
 life at

00:16:18.360 --> 00:16:19.280
 30 silver

00:16:19.280 --> 00:16:19.920
 shekels.

00:16:19.919 --> 00:16:21.279
 It's a

00:16:21.279 --> 00:16:22.000
 clear literary

00:16:22.000 --> 00:16:22.679
 connection,

00:16:23.199 --> 00:16:23.360
 right?

00:16:23.479 --> 00:16:24.439
 30 pieces

00:16:24.439 --> 00:16:24.819
 of silver

00:16:24.819 --> 00:16:25.620
 in both

00:16:25.620 --> 00:16:26.039
 places.

00:16:26.779 --> 00:16:27.459
 But in

00:16:27.459 --> 00:16:27.819
 the Old

00:16:27.819 --> 00:16:28.120
 Testament,

00:16:28.299 --> 00:16:29.219
 the shekel,

00:16:29.299 --> 00:16:29.679
 that's their

00:16:29.679 --> 00:16:30.099
 currency,

00:16:30.319 --> 00:16:31.099
 it's actually

00:16:31.099 --> 00:16:32.079
 four times

00:16:32.079 --> 00:16:32.839
 as much

00:16:32.839 --> 00:16:33.719
 than a

00:16:33.719 --> 00:16:34.259
 Daenerys.

00:16:35.259 --> 00:16:35.779
 So they're

00:16:35.779 --> 00:16:36.299
 saying Jesus

00:16:36.299 --> 00:16:36.799
 is worth

00:16:36.799 --> 00:16:37.819
 a quarter

00:16:37.819 --> 00:16:38.279
 of a

00:16:38.279 --> 00:16:38.719
 slave.

00:16:40.899 --> 00:16:41.539
 But do you

00:16:41.539 --> 00:16:41.819
 know what's

00:16:41.819 --> 00:16:42.479
 even worse

00:16:42.479 --> 00:16:43.339
 than their

00:16:43.339 --> 00:16:43.899
 evaluation?

00:16:45.379 --> 00:16:46.079
 It's the

00:16:46.079 --> 00:16:46.559
 fact that

00:16:46.559 --> 00:16:46.899
 Judas

00:16:46.899 --> 00:16:48.120
 takes it.

00:16:49.959 --> 00:16:50.319
 In doing

00:16:50.319 --> 00:16:50.779
 so, he

00:16:50.779 --> 00:16:51.860
 commits the

00:16:51.860 --> 00:16:53.379
 worst sin

00:16:53.379 --> 00:16:54.959
 of all of

00:16:54.959 --> 00:16:55.740
 human history

00:16:55.740 --> 00:16:57.699
 by betraying

00:16:57.699 --> 00:16:58.399
 and killing

00:16:58.399 --> 00:16:59.799
 the Son of

00:16:59.799 --> 00:17:00.179
 God.

00:17:02.220 --> 00:17:02.939
 Friends,

00:17:03.059 --> 00:17:04.220
 it's

00:17:04.220 --> 00:17:05.039
 honestly easy

00:17:05.039 --> 00:17:07.119
 to think

00:17:07.119 --> 00:17:08.079
 about Jesus

00:17:08.079 --> 00:17:08.720
 or Judas

00:17:08.720 --> 00:17:09.599
 and other

00:17:09.599 --> 00:17:09.879
 him.

00:17:11.400 --> 00:17:12.279
 We who

00:17:12.279 --> 00:17:12.799
 walked with

00:17:12.799 --> 00:17:14.259
 Jesus so

00:17:14.259 --> 00:17:14.980
 long would

00:17:14.980 --> 00:17:15.759
 never do

00:17:15.759 --> 00:17:16.160
 such a

00:17:16.160 --> 00:17:16.359
 thing.

00:17:16.900 --> 00:17:18.860
 lest you

00:17:18.860 --> 00:17:19.580
 flippantly

00:17:19.580 --> 00:17:20.400
 dismiss the

00:17:20.400 --> 00:17:20.900
 warning of

00:17:20.900 --> 00:17:21.519
 his life.

00:17:22.060 --> 00:17:22.640
 Recall that

00:17:22.640 --> 00:17:23.019
 Judas,

00:17:23.680 --> 00:17:24.560
 he too

00:17:24.560 --> 00:17:25.840
 walked and

00:17:25.840 --> 00:17:27.000
 talked and

00:17:27.000 --> 00:17:27.860
 laughed and

00:17:27.860 --> 00:17:28.660
 cried with

00:17:28.660 --> 00:17:29.380
 Jesus for

00:17:29.380 --> 00:17:30.220
 years.

00:17:30.620 --> 00:17:31.420
 For years!

00:17:33.040 --> 00:17:34.080
 Before he

00:17:34.080 --> 00:17:34.980
 decided to

00:17:34.980 --> 00:17:35.759
 commit the

00:17:35.759 --> 00:17:36.560
 worst thing

00:17:36.560 --> 00:17:36.820
 ever.

00:17:38.080 --> 00:17:38.960
 How could

00:17:38.960 --> 00:17:39.259
 he do

00:17:39.259 --> 00:17:39.880
 such a

00:17:39.880 --> 00:17:40.200
 thing?

00:17:41.540 --> 00:17:42.300
 Because in

00:17:42.300 --> 00:17:42.700
 the end,

00:17:43.500 --> 00:17:45.140
 at the

00:17:45.140 --> 00:17:45.740
 very core

00:17:45.740 --> 00:17:46.140
 of who he

00:17:46.140 --> 00:17:46.500
 is,

00:17:46.680 --> 00:17:47.120
 what he

00:17:47.120 --> 00:17:47.680
 thought about

00:17:47.680 --> 00:17:48.259
 Jesus,

00:17:48.820 --> 00:17:49.940
 all that

00:17:49.940 --> 00:17:50.700
 Jesus was

00:17:50.700 --> 00:17:51.380
 to Judas

00:17:51.380 --> 00:17:52.340
 was a

00:17:52.340 --> 00:17:52.740
 mere

00:17:52.740 --> 00:17:53.960
 stepping stone

00:17:53.960 --> 00:17:54.360
 to get

00:17:54.360 --> 00:17:54.960
 what he

00:17:54.960 --> 00:17:55.420
 wanted.

00:17:57.259 --> 00:17:58.000
 According to

00:17:58.000 --> 00:17:58.840
 his calculations,

00:17:59.040 --> 00:17:59.720
 killing Jesus

00:17:59.720 --> 00:18:02.000
 was worth it.

00:18:02.080 --> 00:18:02.620
 It was worth

00:18:02.620 --> 00:18:03.220
 the measly

00:18:03.220 --> 00:18:04.259
 silver coins

00:18:04.259 --> 00:18:05.960
 because Jesus

00:18:05.960 --> 00:18:06.920
 was just a

00:18:06.920 --> 00:18:07.720
 means to an

00:18:07.720 --> 00:18:08.000
 end.

00:18:09.300 --> 00:18:09.900
 Power,

00:18:10.220 --> 00:18:10.960
 prestige,

00:18:11.600 --> 00:18:12.000
 possessions,

00:18:12.000 --> 00:18:13.859
 pleasure,

00:18:14.039 --> 00:18:14.759
 whatever it

00:18:14.759 --> 00:18:15.200
 was,

00:18:15.920 --> 00:18:16.619
 Jesus was a

00:18:16.619 --> 00:18:17.180
 means to get

00:18:17.180 --> 00:18:17.799
 these other

00:18:17.799 --> 00:18:18.440
 things.

00:18:19.819 --> 00:18:20.339
 And now that

00:18:20.339 --> 00:18:21.680
 Jesus is no

00:18:21.680 --> 00:18:22.660
 longer fulfilling

00:18:22.660 --> 00:18:23.319
 the purpose

00:18:23.319 --> 00:18:24.220
 that he seeks,

00:18:24.299 --> 00:18:25.420
 he's more than

00:18:25.420 --> 00:18:25.859
 willing to

00:18:25.859 --> 00:18:26.880
 toss Jesus

00:18:26.880 --> 00:18:27.359
 aside.

00:18:29.259 --> 00:18:30.680
 Take heed

00:18:30.680 --> 00:18:32.339
 that you do

00:18:32.339 --> 00:18:33.160
 not fall into

00:18:33.160 --> 00:18:33.819
 the same

00:18:33.819 --> 00:18:34.380
 trap.

00:18:35.720 --> 00:18:36.460
 We Christians

00:18:36.460 --> 00:18:37.720
 do not use

00:18:37.720 --> 00:18:38.579
 Jesus as a

00:18:38.579 --> 00:18:40.259
 means primarily

00:18:40.259 --> 00:18:41.400
 to give meaning

00:18:41.400 --> 00:18:42.279
 to our lives,

00:18:42.960 --> 00:18:43.799
 to make us

00:18:43.799 --> 00:18:44.579
 good people,

00:18:45.099 --> 00:18:46.400
 to reunite us

00:18:46.400 --> 00:18:47.079
 with loved ones

00:18:47.079 --> 00:18:47.420
 in heaven,

00:18:47.500 --> 00:18:48.140
 or to even

00:18:48.140 --> 00:18:49.000
 escape hell.

00:18:49.599 --> 00:18:50.259
 Those are not

00:18:50.259 --> 00:18:51.019
 the primary

00:18:51.019 --> 00:18:51.900
 things of why

00:18:51.900 --> 00:18:52.539
 we seek

00:18:52.539 --> 00:18:53.119
 Jesus.

00:18:54.319 --> 00:18:54.799
 Don't get me

00:18:54.799 --> 00:18:55.079
 wrong,

00:18:55.339 --> 00:18:55.940
 following Jesus

00:18:55.940 --> 00:18:56.740
 comes with

00:18:56.740 --> 00:18:57.660
 those benefits,

00:18:58.379 --> 00:18:59.140
 but those are

00:18:59.140 --> 00:19:00.180
 not the final

00:19:00.180 --> 00:19:00.799
 ends that we

00:19:00.799 --> 00:19:01.279
 seek.

00:19:02.660 --> 00:19:03.700
 Jesus is

00:19:03.700 --> 00:19:04.859
 not a

00:19:04.859 --> 00:19:06.299
 vehicle for

00:19:06.299 --> 00:19:07.200
 anything other

00:19:07.200 --> 00:19:07.599
 than the

00:19:07.599 --> 00:19:08.440
 enjoyment of

00:19:08.440 --> 00:19:09.259
 his own

00:19:09.259 --> 00:19:10.039
 perfection.

00:19:10.259 --> 00:19:13.480
 And if we

00:19:13.480 --> 00:19:14.039
 approach

00:19:14.039 --> 00:19:15.319
 Jesus in

00:19:15.319 --> 00:19:15.960
 that kind

00:19:15.960 --> 00:19:16.779
 of utilitarian

00:19:16.779 --> 00:19:17.220
 manner,

00:19:18.579 --> 00:19:19.160
 if we use

00:19:19.160 --> 00:19:19.420
 him for

00:19:19.420 --> 00:19:20.180
 other means,

00:19:21.519 --> 00:19:22.940
 you will

00:19:22.940 --> 00:19:23.539
 sell out.

00:19:24.200 --> 00:19:24.740
 You will

00:19:24.740 --> 00:19:25.299
 sell out when

00:19:25.299 --> 00:19:25.579
 the going

00:19:25.579 --> 00:19:26.160
 gets tough.

00:19:28.079 --> 00:19:28.720
 When you

00:19:28.720 --> 00:19:29.140
 don't feel

00:19:29.140 --> 00:19:29.539
 like you

00:19:29.539 --> 00:19:30.500
 are getting

00:19:30.500 --> 00:19:30.980
 the things

00:19:30.980 --> 00:19:31.240
 that you

00:19:31.240 --> 00:19:32.099
 expected out

00:19:32.099 --> 00:19:32.559
 of Jesus,

00:19:33.799 --> 00:19:34.640
 when you

00:19:34.640 --> 00:19:34.960
 feel like

00:19:34.960 --> 00:19:35.279
 following

00:19:35.279 --> 00:19:35.839
 Jesus just

00:19:35.839 --> 00:19:36.319
 costs a

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 little too

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 much,

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 just like

00:19:39.400 --> 00:19:39.660
 Judas,

00:19:39.660 --> 00:19:40.019
 you will

00:19:40.019 --> 00:19:40.580
 leave and

00:19:40.580 --> 00:19:40.820
 you will

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 pursue other

00:19:41.500 --> 00:19:42.060
 means to

00:19:42.060 --> 00:19:42.600
 find that

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 thing that

00:19:43.000 --> 00:19:43.160
 you're

00:19:43.160 --> 00:19:43.880
 searching for.

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 As Thomas

00:19:45.940 --> 00:19:46.759
 Merton writes,

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 if we love

00:19:48.100 --> 00:19:48.860
 God for

00:19:48.860 --> 00:19:49.960
 something less

00:19:49.960 --> 00:19:50.759
 than himself,

00:19:51.100 --> 00:19:52.120
 we run the

00:19:52.120 --> 00:19:52.640
 risk of

00:19:52.640 --> 00:19:53.300
 hating him if

00:19:53.300 --> 00:19:53.900
 we don't

00:19:53.900 --> 00:19:54.540
 get what we

00:19:54.540 --> 00:19:55.060
 hope for.

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 So is

00:19:56.960 --> 00:19:58.180
 Jesus the

00:19:58.180 --> 00:19:59.460
 final goal,

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 the north

00:20:00.480 --> 00:20:01.180
 star, the

00:20:01.180 --> 00:20:02.060
 everything that

00:20:02.060 --> 00:20:02.380
 you are

00:20:02.380 --> 00:20:03.220
 searching for?

00:20:03.220 --> 00:20:07.279
 or is

00:20:07.279 --> 00:20:07.660
 he a

00:20:07.660 --> 00:20:08.920
 means to

00:20:08.920 --> 00:20:09.319
 other

00:20:09.319 --> 00:20:10.779
 self-serving

00:20:10.779 --> 00:20:12.019
 idolatrous

00:20:12.019 --> 00:20:12.380
 ends?

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 In the

00:20:16.259 --> 00:20:16.640
 end, at

00:20:16.640 --> 00:20:17.279
 the heart

00:20:17.279 --> 00:20:17.880
 of their

00:20:17.880 --> 00:20:19.600
 sin, both

00:20:19.600 --> 00:20:20.660
 the priests

00:20:20.660 --> 00:20:21.700
 and Judas,

00:20:22.440 --> 00:20:23.519
 they believe

00:20:23.519 --> 00:20:24.380
 that they're

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 the ones who

00:20:25.019 --> 00:20:25.440
 are in

00:20:25.440 --> 00:20:26.000
 control.

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 They think

00:20:28.019 --> 00:20:29.200
 that if

00:20:29.200 --> 00:20:29.519
 they play

00:20:29.519 --> 00:20:30.019
 their cards

00:20:30.019 --> 00:20:30.620
 just right,

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 then they

00:20:31.039 --> 00:20:31.519
 can get

00:20:31.519 --> 00:20:32.400
 their desired

00:20:32.400 --> 00:20:32.819
 outcome.

00:20:33.220 --> 00:20:36.339
 But

00:20:36.339 --> 00:20:37.360
 Matthew

00:20:37.360 --> 00:20:38.160
 presents this

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 very, very

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 differently.

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 Our

00:20:40.940 --> 00:20:41.839
 passage doesn't

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 start with

00:20:42.480 --> 00:20:43.279
 the Pharisees

00:20:43.279 --> 00:20:44.319
 first plotting

00:20:44.319 --> 00:20:46.120
 or Judas

00:20:46.120 --> 00:20:47.019
 selling out.

00:20:48.019 --> 00:20:48.440
 Notice that

00:20:48.440 --> 00:20:49.440
 Matthew begins

00:20:49.440 --> 00:20:50.440
 with Jesus'

00:20:50.680 --> 00:20:51.620
 prediction of

00:20:51.620 --> 00:20:51.980
 his death

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 in verses

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 1-2.

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 Then it

00:20:54.920 --> 00:20:55.319
 says in

00:20:55.319 --> 00:20:55.920
 verse 3

00:20:55.920 --> 00:20:56.740
 that the

00:20:56.740 --> 00:20:57.220
 Pharisees

00:20:57.220 --> 00:20:57.740
 scheme

00:20:57.740 --> 00:20:58.160
 amongst

00:20:58.160 --> 00:20:58.660
 themselves.

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 There's no

00:21:00.660 --> 00:21:01.620
 dualistic

00:21:01.620 --> 00:21:02.039
 tension.

00:21:03.220 --> 00:21:04.120
 no cosmic

00:21:04.120 --> 00:21:04.559
 battle

00:21:04.559 --> 00:21:04.960
 between

00:21:04.960 --> 00:21:05.839
 evil

00:21:05.839 --> 00:21:06.539
 and good.

00:21:06.839 --> 00:21:07.100
 There's

00:21:07.100 --> 00:21:07.779
 no wondering

00:21:07.779 --> 00:21:08.120
 who will

00:21:08.120 --> 00:21:08.600
 live and

00:21:08.600 --> 00:21:09.180
 who will

00:21:09.180 --> 00:21:09.539
 die.

00:21:10.680 --> 00:21:11.319
 The outcome

00:21:11.319 --> 00:21:12.640
 has already

00:21:12.640 --> 00:21:13.740
 been calculated.

00:21:15.600 --> 00:21:16.680
 But not

00:21:16.680 --> 00:21:18.100
 primarily by

00:21:18.100 --> 00:21:18.720
 evil men,

00:21:19.720 --> 00:21:20.640
 but by

00:21:20.640 --> 00:21:20.940
 Jesus

00:21:20.940 --> 00:21:21.880
 himself.

00:21:22.700 --> 00:21:22.980
 Jesus

00:21:22.980 --> 00:21:24.160
 will die,

00:21:24.299 --> 00:21:24.839
 but he

00:21:24.839 --> 00:21:25.579
 will die

00:21:25.579 --> 00:21:25.960
 on his

00:21:25.960 --> 00:21:27.000
 own terms.

00:21:28.160 --> 00:21:28.620
 How do we

00:21:28.620 --> 00:21:29.160
 know that?

00:21:29.160 --> 00:21:31.279
 the timing

00:21:31.279 --> 00:21:31.759
 of his

00:21:31.759 --> 00:21:32.100
 death.

00:21:33.820 --> 00:21:34.620
 This group

00:21:34.620 --> 00:21:35.600
 of mobsters

00:21:35.600 --> 00:21:37.040
 disguised as

00:21:37.040 --> 00:21:37.779
 religious leaders,

00:21:38.100 --> 00:21:38.920
 they want to

00:21:38.920 --> 00:21:39.460
 kill Jesus

00:21:39.460 --> 00:21:40.660
 nine days

00:21:40.660 --> 00:21:41.000
 later,

00:21:41.600 --> 00:21:42.980
 after the

00:21:42.980 --> 00:21:43.460
 Passover,

00:21:44.600 --> 00:21:45.240
 so that

00:21:45.240 --> 00:21:45.660
 people go

00:21:45.660 --> 00:21:46.300
 home and

00:21:46.300 --> 00:21:47.220
 the tensions

00:21:47.220 --> 00:21:48.560
 simmer down.

00:21:50.080 --> 00:21:50.900
 But contrary

00:21:50.900 --> 00:21:52.200
 to the

00:21:52.200 --> 00:21:53.019
 priest's plan,

00:21:53.160 --> 00:21:54.259
 Jesus says

00:21:54.259 --> 00:21:55.200
 that he

00:21:55.200 --> 00:21:56.500
 will die

00:21:56.500 --> 00:21:57.500
 on Passover.

00:21:59.519 --> 00:21:59.980
 This is

00:21:59.980 --> 00:22:00.460
 Jesus'

00:22:00.680 --> 00:22:00.960
 already

00:22:00.960 --> 00:22:01.480
 fourth

00:22:01.480 --> 00:22:02.099
 prediction of

00:22:02.099 --> 00:22:02.460
 his death

00:22:02.460 --> 00:22:02.720
 in the

00:22:02.720 --> 00:22:03.200
 book of

00:22:03.200 --> 00:22:03.539
 Matthew.

00:22:03.839 --> 00:22:04.339
 But what's

00:22:04.339 --> 00:22:05.000
 unique about

00:22:05.000 --> 00:22:05.480
 this one

00:22:05.480 --> 00:22:06.099
 in particular

00:22:06.099 --> 00:22:07.240
 is that

00:22:07.240 --> 00:22:08.200
 he explicitly

00:22:08.200 --> 00:22:09.099
 links his

00:22:09.099 --> 00:22:10.599
 death to

00:22:10.599 --> 00:22:11.240
 Passover,

00:22:12.240 --> 00:22:12.960
 one of the

00:22:12.960 --> 00:22:13.759
 most important

00:22:13.759 --> 00:22:14.460
 holidays in

00:22:14.460 --> 00:22:15.160
 all of the

00:22:15.160 --> 00:22:15.460
 Jewish

00:22:15.460 --> 00:22:16.039
 tradition.

00:22:16.920 --> 00:22:17.500
 Passover

00:22:17.500 --> 00:22:18.400
 commemorates

00:22:18.400 --> 00:22:19.019
 how God

00:22:19.019 --> 00:22:20.460
 passed over

00:22:20.460 --> 00:22:21.059
 all the

00:22:21.059 --> 00:22:21.819
 Jewish homes

00:22:21.819 --> 00:22:23.139
 and spared

00:22:23.139 --> 00:22:23.700
 them from

00:22:23.700 --> 00:22:24.500
 destruction

00:22:24.500 --> 00:22:25.480
 during their

00:22:25.480 --> 00:22:26.339
 bondage to

00:22:26.339 --> 00:22:26.639
 Egypt.

00:22:28.639 --> 00:22:29.179
 But to all

00:22:29.179 --> 00:22:29.740
 the Egyptian

00:22:29.740 --> 00:22:30.200
 homes,

00:22:30.599 --> 00:22:31.359
 the destroyer

00:22:31.359 --> 00:22:32.059
 takes the

00:22:32.059 --> 00:22:32.480
 life of

00:22:32.480 --> 00:22:33.819
 all of

00:22:33.819 --> 00:22:34.119
 their

00:22:34.119 --> 00:22:35.000
 firstborns.

00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:37.720
 There's

00:22:37.720 --> 00:22:38.419
 only one

00:22:38.419 --> 00:22:39.339
 thing that

00:22:39.339 --> 00:22:39.859
 set these

00:22:39.859 --> 00:22:40.579
 homes apart.

00:22:41.539 --> 00:22:42.139
 Just one.

00:22:44.480 --> 00:22:45.119
 It's not

00:22:45.119 --> 00:22:45.480
 that the

00:22:45.480 --> 00:22:45.879
 Israelites

00:22:45.879 --> 00:22:46.339
 were

00:22:46.339 --> 00:22:48.039
 smarter,

00:22:49.119 --> 00:22:49.500
 richer,

00:22:50.419 --> 00:22:51.000
 stronger,

00:22:51.000 --> 00:22:51.819
 better looking

00:22:51.819 --> 00:22:52.240
 or even

00:22:52.240 --> 00:22:53.099
 more righteous

00:22:53.099 --> 00:22:53.980
 than the

00:22:53.980 --> 00:22:54.319
 Egyptians.

00:22:55.640 --> 00:22:56.559
 They were

00:22:56.559 --> 00:22:57.940
 every bit

00:22:57.940 --> 00:22:58.700
 as guilty

00:22:58.700 --> 00:22:59.519
 and deserving

00:22:59.519 --> 00:23:00.519
 of damnation.

00:23:02.059 --> 00:23:02.880
 They could

00:23:02.880 --> 00:23:03.140
 have been

00:23:03.140 --> 00:23:03.880
 murderers,

00:23:05.259 --> 00:23:06.059
 adulterers,

00:23:07.200 --> 00:23:07.859
 stealers,

00:23:08.279 --> 00:23:08.740
 liars,

00:23:08.960 --> 00:23:09.799
 idolaters,

00:23:10.319 --> 00:23:11.200
 just the

00:23:11.200 --> 00:23:11.539
 same and

00:23:11.539 --> 00:23:12.380
 they probably

00:23:12.380 --> 00:23:13.000
 were.

00:23:15.359 --> 00:23:15.819
 But what's

00:23:15.819 --> 00:23:16.859
 the only

00:23:16.859 --> 00:23:17.900
 difference that

00:23:17.900 --> 00:23:18.480
 distinguished

00:23:18.480 --> 00:23:20.420
 that night

00:23:20.420 --> 00:23:21.700
 from the

00:23:21.700 --> 00:23:22.300
 houses of

00:23:22.300 --> 00:23:22.600
 Israel,

00:23:22.960 --> 00:23:23.400
 the houses

00:23:23.400 --> 00:23:24.279
 of Egypt?

00:23:25.060 --> 00:23:25.539
 What's the

00:23:25.539 --> 00:23:26.160
 one thing?

00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:28.380
 It's the

00:23:28.380 --> 00:23:28.680
 blood.

00:23:29.740 --> 00:23:30.380
 It's the

00:23:30.380 --> 00:23:30.759
 blood of

00:23:30.759 --> 00:23:31.200
 the lamb.

00:23:32.160 --> 00:23:33.060
 The blood

00:23:33.060 --> 00:23:33.940
 on their

00:23:33.940 --> 00:23:34.800
 doorposts

00:23:34.800 --> 00:23:35.180
 was the

00:23:35.180 --> 00:23:36.180
 only thing

00:23:36.180 --> 00:23:36.680
 that God

00:23:36.680 --> 00:23:37.460
 looked for.

00:23:38.700 --> 00:23:39.740
 A spotless,

00:23:40.160 --> 00:23:40.940
 pure lamb

00:23:40.940 --> 00:23:41.680
 was slain so

00:23:41.680 --> 00:23:42.279
 that they

00:23:42.279 --> 00:23:43.279
 may live.

00:23:44.380 --> 00:23:44.779
 So the

00:23:44.779 --> 00:23:45.320
 timing is

00:23:45.320 --> 00:23:46.120
 no mere

00:23:46.120 --> 00:23:46.640
 coincidence.

00:23:46.920 --> 00:23:47.220
 Don't get

00:23:47.220 --> 00:23:47.740
 this wrong.

00:23:47.740 --> 00:23:48.720
 the son

00:23:48.720 --> 00:23:49.079
 will not

00:23:49.079 --> 00:23:49.819
 die before,

00:23:50.079 --> 00:23:50.420
 he will

00:23:50.420 --> 00:23:51.120
 not die

00:23:51.120 --> 00:23:51.660
 after,

00:23:51.779 --> 00:23:52.059
 he will

00:23:52.059 --> 00:23:52.960
 die on

00:23:52.960 --> 00:23:53.880
 Passover

00:23:53.880 --> 00:23:55.259
 to conclusively

00:23:55.259 --> 00:23:56.319
 declare that

00:23:56.319 --> 00:23:57.220
 Jesus is

00:23:57.220 --> 00:23:58.180
 our

00:23:58.180 --> 00:23:58.960
 Passover

00:23:58.960 --> 00:23:59.400
 lamb.

00:24:00.460 --> 00:24:00.740
 The

00:24:00.740 --> 00:24:01.500
 spotless,

00:24:01.839 --> 00:24:02.500
 blameless

00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:03.359
 lamb of

00:24:03.359 --> 00:24:03.859
 God who

00:24:03.859 --> 00:24:04.460
 takes away

00:24:04.460 --> 00:24:04.960
 the sins

00:24:04.960 --> 00:24:05.240
 of the

00:24:05.240 --> 00:24:05.559
 world

00:24:05.559 --> 00:24:07.200
 was slain

00:24:07.200 --> 00:24:07.640
 so that

00:24:07.640 --> 00:24:08.279
 sinners like

00:24:08.279 --> 00:24:08.700
 you and

00:24:08.700 --> 00:24:09.460
 me can

00:24:09.460 --> 00:24:09.960
 now have

00:24:09.960 --> 00:24:10.480
 life.

00:24:11.339 --> 00:24:11.799
 So the

00:24:11.799 --> 00:24:12.960
 question is

00:24:12.960 --> 00:24:14.779
 are you

00:24:14.779 --> 00:24:15.879
 covered by

00:24:15.879 --> 00:24:16.359
 the blood?

00:24:18.160 --> 00:24:19.000
 There is

00:24:19.000 --> 00:24:19.740
 a day

00:24:19.740 --> 00:24:20.359
 when the

00:24:20.359 --> 00:24:21.359
 destroyer

00:24:21.359 --> 00:24:22.539
 will come

00:24:22.539 --> 00:24:23.420
 knocking on

00:24:23.420 --> 00:24:24.000
 your door.

00:24:28.500 --> 00:24:29.319
 It doesn't

00:24:29.319 --> 00:24:29.940
 matter what

00:24:29.940 --> 00:24:30.539
 kind of life

00:24:30.539 --> 00:24:31.079
 you lived.

00:24:32.000 --> 00:24:32.500
 It doesn't

00:24:32.500 --> 00:24:32.980
 matter who

00:24:32.980 --> 00:24:33.500
 you once

00:24:33.500 --> 00:24:34.019
 were.

00:24:34.920 --> 00:24:35.559
 If you

00:24:35.559 --> 00:24:36.440
 put that

00:24:36.440 --> 00:24:37.200
 blood on

00:24:37.200 --> 00:24:38.420
 your doorposts,

00:24:39.000 --> 00:24:39.519
 if you

00:24:39.519 --> 00:24:40.079
 believe with

00:24:40.079 --> 00:24:40.579
 all of your

00:24:40.579 --> 00:24:41.899
 heart that

00:24:41.899 --> 00:24:42.460
 the blood

00:24:42.460 --> 00:24:42.960
 of Christ

00:24:42.960 --> 00:24:43.579
 will atone

00:24:43.579 --> 00:24:44.240
 you and

00:24:44.240 --> 00:24:44.819
 wash you

00:24:44.819 --> 00:24:45.839
 completely

00:24:45.839 --> 00:24:47.199
 clean from

00:24:47.199 --> 00:24:47.679
 all of

00:24:47.679 --> 00:24:48.240
 your sins,

00:24:48.879 --> 00:24:49.639
 the wrath

00:24:49.639 --> 00:24:50.099
 of God

00:24:50.099 --> 00:24:51.079
 will pass

00:24:51.079 --> 00:24:51.960
 over you.

00:24:53.220 --> 00:24:53.639
 Though we

00:24:53.639 --> 00:24:54.419
 are sinners

00:24:54.419 --> 00:24:55.419
 by nature

00:24:55.419 --> 00:24:56.460
 and practice,

00:24:57.419 --> 00:24:57.899
 praise God

00:24:57.899 --> 00:24:58.759
 there is no

00:24:58.759 --> 00:25:00.720
 maybe in

00:25:00.720 --> 00:25:01.240
 the mercy

00:25:01.240 --> 00:25:01.699
 and the

00:25:01.699 --> 00:25:02.480
 grace of

00:25:02.480 --> 00:25:02.960
 our God.

00:25:04.359 --> 00:25:05.000
 We sing

00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:05.299
 this,

00:25:05.619 --> 00:25:05.919
 that there

00:25:05.919 --> 00:25:06.359
 is a

00:25:06.359 --> 00:25:07.039
 fountain

00:25:07.039 --> 00:25:08.079
 filled with

00:25:08.079 --> 00:25:09.519
 blood and

00:25:09.519 --> 00:25:10.359
 sinners who

00:25:10.359 --> 00:25:11.059
 are plunged

00:25:11.059 --> 00:25:11.919
 beneath that

00:25:11.919 --> 00:25:13.259
 flood lose

00:25:13.259 --> 00:25:14.119
 all of

00:25:14.119 --> 00:25:14.680
 their guilty

00:25:14.680 --> 00:25:15.279
 stains.

00:25:19.019 --> 00:25:19.839
 So if

00:25:19.839 --> 00:25:20.700
 Jesus is

00:25:20.700 --> 00:25:21.440
 the Passover

00:25:21.440 --> 00:25:21.839
 lamb,

00:25:23.259 --> 00:25:25.680
 then the

00:25:25.680 --> 00:25:26.420
 chief priests

00:25:26.420 --> 00:25:27.559
 and Judas,

00:25:27.740 --> 00:25:28.839
 they vastly

00:25:28.839 --> 00:25:30.200
 undervalue

00:25:30.200 --> 00:25:31.379
 what Jesus

00:25:31.379 --> 00:25:31.980
 is worth.

00:25:32.700 --> 00:25:33.119
 We've seen

00:25:33.119 --> 00:25:33.359
 that.

00:25:34.640 --> 00:25:34.980
 But in

00:25:34.980 --> 00:25:35.500
 between these

00:25:35.500 --> 00:25:36.099
 two passages,

00:25:36.400 --> 00:25:37.960
 we read in

00:25:37.960 --> 00:25:38.339
 the middle

00:25:38.339 --> 00:25:39.319
 a rare,

00:25:40.099 --> 00:25:41.240
 beautiful

00:25:41.240 --> 00:25:42.299
 example of

00:25:42.299 --> 00:25:42.839
 someone who

00:25:42.839 --> 00:25:43.659
 gets it

00:25:43.659 --> 00:25:44.099
 right,

00:25:44.680 --> 00:25:45.319
 who knows

00:25:45.319 --> 00:25:45.899
 what Jesus

00:25:45.899 --> 00:25:46.500
 is worth.

00:25:48.740 --> 00:25:49.099
 And you

00:25:49.099 --> 00:25:49.359
 wouldn't be

00:25:49.359 --> 00:25:49.940
 able to tell

00:25:49.940 --> 00:25:50.519
 this from

00:25:50.519 --> 00:25:51.700
 reading this

00:25:51.700 --> 00:25:52.799
 passage itself,

00:25:52.799 --> 00:25:54.319
 but it's

00:25:54.319 --> 00:25:55.359
 actually not

00:25:55.359 --> 00:25:55.940
 in strict

00:25:55.940 --> 00:25:56.680
 chronological

00:25:56.680 --> 00:25:57.059
 order.

00:25:58.419 --> 00:25:59.059
 The opening

00:25:59.059 --> 00:25:59.919
 verses date

00:25:59.919 --> 00:26:00.319
 Jesus'

00:26:00.579 --> 00:26:01.339
 prediction very

00:26:01.339 --> 00:26:01.720
 clearly,

00:26:02.059 --> 00:26:02.359
 right, you

00:26:02.359 --> 00:26:02.680
 see in the

00:26:02.680 --> 00:26:03.359
 passage, to

00:26:03.359 --> 00:26:04.240
 two days

00:26:04.240 --> 00:26:05.240
 before the

00:26:05.240 --> 00:26:05.519
 Passover.

00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:07.299
 But in

00:26:07.299 --> 00:26:08.279
 chapter 12

00:26:08.279 --> 00:26:08.539
 in the

00:26:08.539 --> 00:26:09.099
 gospel of

00:26:09.099 --> 00:26:09.759
 John, he

00:26:09.759 --> 00:26:10.480
 describes this

00:26:10.480 --> 00:26:11.719
 same account

00:26:11.719 --> 00:26:12.439
 with this

00:26:12.439 --> 00:26:12.899
 woman with

00:26:12.899 --> 00:26:13.599
 the alabaster

00:26:13.599 --> 00:26:15.159
 flask six

00:26:15.159 --> 00:26:16.179
 days before

00:26:16.179 --> 00:26:16.799
 the Passover.

00:26:18.199 --> 00:26:19.000
 This story

00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:19.719
 happened even

00:26:19.719 --> 00:26:20.519
 before Palm

00:26:20.519 --> 00:26:21.480
 Sunday, which

00:26:21.480 --> 00:26:21.919
 we covered

00:26:21.919 --> 00:26:22.319
 what feels

00:26:22.319 --> 00:26:22.819
 like ages

00:26:22.819 --> 00:26:23.199
 ago in

00:26:23.199 --> 00:26:23.599
 March.

00:26:25.199 --> 00:26:26.059
 Why is

00:26:26.059 --> 00:26:26.559
 that important?

00:26:28.039 --> 00:26:28.919
 It shows

00:26:28.919 --> 00:26:30.179
 how deliberate

00:26:30.179 --> 00:26:31.399
 Matthew is

00:26:31.399 --> 00:26:32.639
 inserting this

00:26:32.639 --> 00:26:33.000
 story.

00:26:34.839 --> 00:26:35.559
 He's a

00:26:35.559 --> 00:26:36.159
 master at

00:26:36.159 --> 00:26:37.319
 color contrast.

00:26:37.319 --> 00:26:39.720
 Matthew is

00:26:39.720 --> 00:26:40.759
 drawing attention

00:26:40.759 --> 00:26:42.419
 to the bright

00:26:42.419 --> 00:26:43.859
 radiance of

00:26:43.859 --> 00:26:44.559
 this woman's

00:26:44.559 --> 00:26:45.659
 uncalculating

00:26:45.659 --> 00:26:46.759
 devotion by

00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:47.339
 setting it

00:26:47.339 --> 00:26:47.899
 against the

00:26:47.899 --> 00:26:48.639
 dark background,

00:26:48.740 --> 00:26:49.139
 the dark

00:26:49.139 --> 00:26:50.379
 hues of

00:26:50.379 --> 00:26:52.000
 these chief

00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:53.000
 priests and

00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:53.259
 Judas'

00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:54.599
 calculated

00:26:54.599 --> 00:26:55.099
 scheming.

00:26:57.240 --> 00:26:57.759
 Let's note

00:26:57.759 --> 00:26:58.279
 the setting.

00:26:58.859 --> 00:26:59.579
 Jesus is in

00:26:59.579 --> 00:27:00.960
 Bethany, the

00:27:00.960 --> 00:27:01.679
 house of

00:27:01.679 --> 00:27:02.559
 Simon the

00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:03.220
 leper, whom

00:27:03.220 --> 00:27:04.099
 we really

00:27:04.099 --> 00:27:04.579
 don't know

00:27:04.579 --> 00:27:05.200
 all that much

00:27:05.200 --> 00:27:05.519
 about.

00:27:05.519 --> 00:27:07.019
 apart from

00:27:07.019 --> 00:27:07.339
 the fact

00:27:07.339 --> 00:27:08.059
 that no

00:27:08.059 --> 00:27:08.819
 leper could

00:27:08.819 --> 00:27:10.500
 ever host

00:27:10.500 --> 00:27:11.700
 a party like

00:27:11.700 --> 00:27:12.599
 this, host

00:27:12.599 --> 00:27:13.240
 Jesus and

00:27:13.240 --> 00:27:13.799
 his disciples.

00:27:14.799 --> 00:27:15.460
 We know

00:27:15.460 --> 00:27:15.759
 that the

00:27:15.759 --> 00:27:16.079
 Mosaic

00:27:16.079 --> 00:27:16.980
 Law stipulates

00:27:16.980 --> 00:27:18.359
 all lepers

00:27:18.359 --> 00:27:19.799
 to live in

00:27:19.799 --> 00:27:20.500
 complete

00:27:20.500 --> 00:27:21.660
 quarantine.

00:27:23.059 --> 00:27:24.220
 So while

00:27:24.220 --> 00:27:24.660
 it's not

00:27:24.660 --> 00:27:26.000
 recorded, I

00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:26.259
 don't think

00:27:26.259 --> 00:27:26.680
 it's far

00:27:26.680 --> 00:27:27.319
 fetched to

00:27:27.319 --> 00:27:28.000
 assume that

00:27:28.000 --> 00:27:28.660
 Jesus is the

00:27:28.660 --> 00:27:29.000
 one who

00:27:29.000 --> 00:27:29.859
 miraculously

00:27:29.859 --> 00:27:30.960
 healed this

00:27:30.960 --> 00:27:31.240
 man,

00:27:32.379 --> 00:27:33.200
 transforming him

00:27:33.200 --> 00:27:33.599
 really from

00:27:33.599 --> 00:27:34.079
 head to

00:27:34.079 --> 00:27:34.439
 toe.

00:27:35.439 --> 00:27:36.959
 And really, I

00:27:36.959 --> 00:27:37.740
 just love that

00:27:37.740 --> 00:27:38.079
 they're meeting

00:27:38.079 --> 00:27:38.399
 at his

00:27:38.399 --> 00:27:38.740
 house.

00:27:39.919 --> 00:27:41.379
 Once empty,

00:27:41.959 --> 00:27:42.740
 decrepit house

00:27:42.740 --> 00:27:43.379
 is now

00:27:43.379 --> 00:27:44.839
 teeming with

00:27:44.839 --> 00:27:45.859
 life and

00:27:45.859 --> 00:27:46.179
 love.

00:27:46.980 --> 00:27:47.539
 That's the

00:27:47.539 --> 00:27:47.980
 effect that

00:27:47.980 --> 00:27:48.379
 Jesus can

00:27:48.379 --> 00:27:48.679
 have.

00:27:50.759 --> 00:27:51.639
 While Jesus

00:27:51.639 --> 00:27:53.159
 is reclining,

00:27:54.619 --> 00:27:55.240
 a woman

00:27:55.240 --> 00:27:55.839
 approaches

00:27:55.839 --> 00:27:58.099
 Jesus and

00:27:58.099 --> 00:27:58.819
 as it says

00:27:58.819 --> 00:27:59.379
 in Mark,

00:28:00.019 --> 00:28:00.879
 breaks the

00:28:00.879 --> 00:28:01.899
 neck of an

00:28:01.899 --> 00:28:02.759
 alabaster jar.

00:28:03.599 --> 00:28:05.439
 in ancient

00:28:05.439 --> 00:28:05.899
 times,

00:28:06.359 --> 00:28:06.939
 alabaster

00:28:06.939 --> 00:28:07.599
 flasks were

00:28:07.599 --> 00:28:07.959
 typically

00:28:07.959 --> 00:28:08.599
 designed with

00:28:08.599 --> 00:28:09.500
 a narrow

00:28:09.500 --> 00:28:11.000
 opening and

00:28:11.000 --> 00:28:11.480
 were typically

00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:12.500
 sealed with a

00:28:12.500 --> 00:28:13.459
 hardened wax,

00:28:14.319 --> 00:28:14.980
 all so that

00:28:14.980 --> 00:28:16.139
 it prevents any

00:28:16.139 --> 00:28:16.740
 kind of air

00:28:16.740 --> 00:28:17.219
 exposure.

00:28:18.399 --> 00:28:18.939
 So that means

00:28:18.939 --> 00:28:19.980
 to access its

00:28:19.980 --> 00:28:21.500
 contents, the

00:28:21.500 --> 00:28:22.299
 neck of the

00:28:22.299 --> 00:28:22.799
 flask was

00:28:22.799 --> 00:28:23.619
 typically broken.

00:28:24.779 --> 00:28:25.359
 There's no

00:28:25.359 --> 00:28:26.419
 resealing,

00:28:26.639 --> 00:28:27.019
 there's no

00:28:27.019 --> 00:28:27.740
 screw caps,

00:28:28.639 --> 00:28:29.219
 there's no

00:28:29.219 --> 00:28:29.939
 trying to save

00:28:29.939 --> 00:28:30.599
 some for later.

00:28:31.839 --> 00:28:32.659
 Once broken,

00:28:32.660 --> 00:28:33.560
 this whole

00:28:33.560 --> 00:28:34.019
 thing, the

00:28:34.019 --> 00:28:34.860
 whole contents

00:28:34.860 --> 00:28:35.660
 needed to be

00:28:35.660 --> 00:28:36.360
 spent at

00:28:36.360 --> 00:28:36.840
 once.

00:28:37.380 --> 00:28:38.140
 It's really a

00:28:38.140 --> 00:28:38.900
 beautiful picture

00:28:38.900 --> 00:28:40.759
 of an all-or-nothing

00:28:40.759 --> 00:28:41.140
 endeavor.

00:28:43.200 --> 00:28:45.560
 The flask is a

00:28:45.560 --> 00:28:47.580
 grenade of

00:28:47.580 --> 00:28:49.640
 very expensive

00:28:49.640 --> 00:28:51.900
 perfume with

00:28:51.900 --> 00:28:53.540
 exotic scents of

00:28:53.540 --> 00:28:54.720
 amber, myrrh,

00:28:54.820 --> 00:28:55.519
 and spice.

00:28:56.759 --> 00:28:57.840
 Once that pin is

00:28:57.840 --> 00:28:59.460
 pulled, the

00:28:59.460 --> 00:29:00.000
 aromatics

00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:00.620
 immediately

00:29:00.620 --> 00:29:03.100
 explode, flooding

00:29:03.100 --> 00:29:04.019
 the room with

00:29:04.019 --> 00:29:04.700
 its scents.

00:29:07.319 --> 00:29:07.819
 Amid the

00:29:07.819 --> 00:29:08.860
 bustle of a

00:29:08.860 --> 00:29:09.539
 busy room,

00:29:09.700 --> 00:29:10.360
 especially in a

00:29:10.360 --> 00:29:11.480
 patriarchal society,

00:29:12.279 --> 00:29:13.079
 I wonder

00:29:13.079 --> 00:29:14.039
 perhaps that the

00:29:14.039 --> 00:29:14.620
 woman was

00:29:14.620 --> 00:29:15.980
 hardly noticed

00:29:15.980 --> 00:29:17.240
 that evening,

00:29:17.360 --> 00:29:18.120
 hardly seen.

00:29:20.340 --> 00:29:22.039
 They undoubtedly

00:29:22.039 --> 00:29:22.920
 see her now

00:29:22.920 --> 00:29:25.059
 while she pours

00:29:25.059 --> 00:29:25.960
 all of its

00:29:25.960 --> 00:29:27.180
 contents on

00:29:27.180 --> 00:29:28.080
 Jesus' head

00:29:28.080 --> 00:29:28.500
 without

00:29:28.500 --> 00:29:29.860
 reserving a

00:29:29.860 --> 00:29:30.640
 single drop.

00:29:33.200 --> 00:29:33.680
 But then here

00:29:33.680 --> 00:29:34.160
 come the

00:29:34.160 --> 00:29:34.820
 dissenters,

00:29:35.519 --> 00:29:35.740
 right?

00:29:36.560 --> 00:29:37.220
 Some of the

00:29:37.220 --> 00:29:38.580
 more pragmatically

00:29:38.580 --> 00:29:39.640
 minded disciples

00:29:39.640 --> 00:29:40.880
 take offense

00:29:40.880 --> 00:29:41.720
 at what this

00:29:41.720 --> 00:29:42.420
 woman has done.

00:29:43.600 --> 00:29:44.400
 They object,

00:29:44.580 --> 00:29:45.759
 what a waste.

00:29:46.660 --> 00:29:47.080
 This could have

00:29:47.080 --> 00:29:47.820
 been sold and

00:29:47.820 --> 00:29:48.480
 given to the

00:29:48.480 --> 00:29:48.820
 poor.

00:29:50.700 --> 00:29:51.500
 And while this

00:29:51.500 --> 00:29:51.900
 might be a

00:29:51.900 --> 00:29:52.740
 direct rebuke

00:29:52.740 --> 00:29:53.360
 against this

00:29:53.360 --> 00:29:54.340
 woman, it

00:29:54.340 --> 00:29:55.180
 nonetheless is

00:29:55.180 --> 00:29:55.759
 still an

00:29:55.759 --> 00:29:56.619
 indirect rebuke

00:29:56.619 --> 00:29:57.339
 against Jesus

00:29:57.339 --> 00:29:58.119
 himself.

00:30:00.059 --> 00:30:00.400
 And in

00:30:00.400 --> 00:30:01.119
 John's account,

00:30:01.220 --> 00:30:01.519
 he actually

00:30:01.519 --> 00:30:02.220
 records the

00:30:02.220 --> 00:30:02.839
 price, an

00:30:02.839 --> 00:30:03.740
 estimated price

00:30:03.740 --> 00:30:04.819
 for this

00:30:04.819 --> 00:30:06.019
 expensive

00:30:06.019 --> 00:30:06.640
 ointment.

00:30:07.559 --> 00:30:09.500
 300 denarii,

00:30:10.319 --> 00:30:11.240
 or roughly

00:30:11.240 --> 00:30:11.940
 an entire

00:30:11.940 --> 00:30:12.980
 years of

00:30:12.980 --> 00:30:14.579
 the wage

00:30:14.579 --> 00:30:14.819
 of a

00:30:14.819 --> 00:30:15.720
 common laborer.

00:30:16.940 --> 00:30:17.660
 So a

00:30:17.660 --> 00:30:18.359
 modern equivalent,

00:30:18.500 --> 00:30:19.180
 let's just use a

00:30:19.180 --> 00:30:19.539
 round number,

00:30:19.640 --> 00:30:19.879
 would be

00:30:19.879 --> 00:30:21.859
 $50,000.

00:30:21.859 --> 00:30:22.399
 dollars.

00:30:23.779 --> 00:30:24.240
 A

00:30:24.240 --> 00:30:24.799
 flask that's

00:30:24.799 --> 00:30:25.659
 worth a

00:30:25.659 --> 00:30:26.059
 whole lot

00:30:26.059 --> 00:30:26.379
 more than

00:30:26.379 --> 00:30:26.759
 a lot of

00:30:26.759 --> 00:30:27.099
 our own

00:30:27.099 --> 00:30:27.559
 cars.

00:30:29.479 --> 00:30:29.959
 From

00:30:29.959 --> 00:30:31.279
 $50,000,

00:30:31.679 --> 00:30:32.319
 just imagine

00:30:32.319 --> 00:30:32.959
 how many

00:30:32.959 --> 00:30:33.500
 peanut butter

00:30:33.500 --> 00:30:33.939
 and jelly

00:30:33.939 --> 00:30:34.579
 sandwiches you

00:30:34.579 --> 00:30:34.939
 can make

00:30:34.939 --> 00:30:35.559
 and hand

00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:35.799
 out to

00:30:35.799 --> 00:30:36.119
 the poor.

00:30:36.859 --> 00:30:37.439
 How many

00:30:37.439 --> 00:30:38.619
 months of

00:30:38.619 --> 00:30:39.059
 rent you

00:30:39.059 --> 00:30:39.500
 could cover,

00:30:39.879 --> 00:30:40.359
 how many

00:30:40.359 --> 00:30:41.279
 co-pays for

00:30:41.279 --> 00:30:41.979
 medical visits

00:30:41.979 --> 00:30:42.519
 that people

00:30:42.519 --> 00:30:42.839
 need.

00:30:44.839 --> 00:30:45.639
 It sounds

00:30:45.639 --> 00:30:46.419
 holy, but

00:30:46.419 --> 00:30:47.079
 we know that

00:30:47.079 --> 00:30:47.659
 from John's

00:30:47.659 --> 00:30:48.319
 account that

00:30:48.319 --> 00:30:49.079
 this charge

00:30:49.079 --> 00:30:50.199
 is led by

00:30:50.200 --> 00:30:51.680
 money-grubbing

00:30:51.680 --> 00:30:53.000
 Judas Iscariot,

00:30:53.799 --> 00:30:54.480
 only really

00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:55.240
 concerned with

00:30:55.240 --> 00:30:56.100
 filling up

00:30:56.100 --> 00:30:56.500
 the money

00:30:56.500 --> 00:30:57.240
 bag because

00:30:57.240 --> 00:30:58.480
 he's used to

00:30:58.480 --> 00:30:59.019
 skimming off

00:30:59.019 --> 00:30:59.600
 the top for

00:30:59.600 --> 00:30:59.980
 himself.

00:31:02.660 --> 00:31:03.140
 So Jesus,

00:31:03.340 --> 00:31:03.640
 knowing the

00:31:03.640 --> 00:31:04.140
 heart of

00:31:04.140 --> 00:31:05.759
 Judas,

00:31:06.220 --> 00:31:07.000
 sees right

00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:07.779
 through his

00:31:07.779 --> 00:31:08.220
 intentions.

00:31:10.220 --> 00:31:10.580
 But

00:31:10.580 --> 00:31:11.940
 interestingly,

00:31:12.200 --> 00:31:12.960
 Matthew doesn't

00:31:12.960 --> 00:31:13.740
 actually include

00:31:13.740 --> 00:31:14.779
 this detail

00:31:14.779 --> 00:31:15.200
 there.

00:31:16.259 --> 00:31:16.900
 He doesn't

00:31:16.900 --> 00:31:17.380
 give us an

00:31:17.380 --> 00:31:18.480
 easy off-ramp.

00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:20.039
 We have to

00:31:20.039 --> 00:31:20.680
 wrestle with

00:31:20.680 --> 00:31:21.259
 their argument

00:31:21.259 --> 00:31:22.359
 on its own

00:31:22.359 --> 00:31:22.899
 terms.

00:31:25.379 --> 00:31:26.299
 And I

00:31:26.299 --> 00:31:26.500
 don't know

00:31:26.500 --> 00:31:26.920
 about you,

00:31:27.579 --> 00:31:28.200
 but honestly,

00:31:28.420 --> 00:31:29.859
 I can understand

00:31:29.859 --> 00:31:30.240
 what they're

00:31:30.240 --> 00:31:30.599
 saying.

00:31:33.500 --> 00:31:34.059
 For the

00:31:34.059 --> 00:31:34.460
 past couple

00:31:34.460 --> 00:31:34.720
 weeks,

00:31:34.779 --> 00:31:35.039
 I've been

00:31:35.039 --> 00:31:35.759
 working hard

00:31:35.759 --> 00:31:36.879
 on the

00:31:36.879 --> 00:31:37.440
 church budget

00:31:37.440 --> 00:31:37.940
 that we're

00:31:37.940 --> 00:31:38.240
 going to

00:31:38.240 --> 00:31:38.899
 present next

00:31:38.899 --> 00:31:39.359
 week that

00:31:39.359 --> 00:31:39.680
 Sean just

00:31:39.680 --> 00:31:40.240
 mentioned at

00:31:40.240 --> 00:31:40.799
 our members

00:31:40.799 --> 00:31:41.079
 meeting.

00:31:41.559 --> 00:31:41.879
 If you're a

00:31:41.879 --> 00:31:41.980
 member,

00:31:42.099 --> 00:31:42.440
 please do

00:31:42.440 --> 00:31:42.700
 come to

00:31:42.700 --> 00:31:42.920
 that.

00:31:45.139 --> 00:31:45.700
 If you

00:31:45.700 --> 00:31:46.559
 heard next

00:31:46.559 --> 00:31:47.240
 week that

00:31:47.240 --> 00:31:47.639
 we are

00:31:47.639 --> 00:31:48.339
 planning on

00:31:48.339 --> 00:31:49.459
 buying an

00:31:49.459 --> 00:31:50.679
 ultra-expensive

00:31:50.679 --> 00:31:51.480
 men's cologne

00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:52.019
 for Sean.

00:31:53.299 --> 00:31:54.319
 That costs

00:31:54.319 --> 00:31:55.919
 $50,000.

00:31:57.879 --> 00:31:58.220
 And I

00:31:58.220 --> 00:31:58.500
 looked this

00:31:58.500 --> 00:31:58.679
 up.

00:31:58.899 --> 00:31:59.459
 There's

00:31:59.459 --> 00:32:00.079
 one called

00:32:00.079 --> 00:32:01.259
 Paco

00:32:01.259 --> 00:32:01.799
 Rabanne

00:32:01.799 --> 00:32:02.399
 Rabanne,

00:32:03.139 --> 00:32:03.879
 one million

00:32:03.879 --> 00:32:04.679
 luxe edition

00:32:04.679 --> 00:32:05.779
 for retail

00:32:05.779 --> 00:32:06.359
 price of

00:32:06.359 --> 00:32:08.199
 $57,000.

00:32:09.659 --> 00:32:10.519
 Notes of

00:32:10.519 --> 00:32:11.399
 blood

00:32:11.399 --> 00:32:11.879
 mandarin,

00:32:12.199 --> 00:32:12.459
 cinnamon,

00:32:12.980 --> 00:32:14.179
 and masculine

00:32:14.179 --> 00:32:14.579
 leather.

00:32:16.019 --> 00:32:16.619
 Apparently,

00:32:16.899 --> 00:32:17.720
 leather can be

00:32:17.720 --> 00:32:18.079
 masculine.

00:32:19.779 --> 00:32:20.000
 And it

00:32:20.000 --> 00:32:20.519
 comes in a

00:32:20.519 --> 00:32:22.039
 briefcase with

00:32:22.039 --> 00:32:22.920
 18 carat

00:32:22.920 --> 00:32:23.900
 solid gold

00:32:23.900 --> 00:32:24.900
 crowned with

00:32:24.900 --> 00:32:26.220
 a 0.3

00:32:26.220 --> 00:32:26.900
 carat diamond.

00:32:28.380 --> 00:32:28.860
 And our

00:32:28.860 --> 00:32:29.860
 plan that

00:32:29.860 --> 00:32:30.059
 we're going

00:32:30.059 --> 00:32:30.299
 to present

00:32:30.299 --> 00:32:30.900
 next week is

00:32:30.900 --> 00:32:31.660
 to douse

00:32:31.660 --> 00:32:32.240
 Sean's

00:32:32.240 --> 00:32:33.720
 head completely

00:32:33.720 --> 00:32:34.319
 one go

00:32:34.319 --> 00:32:35.880
 with that

00:32:35.880 --> 00:32:36.279
 expensive

00:32:36.279 --> 00:32:36.640
 perfume.

00:32:39.299 --> 00:32:40.000
 If you

00:32:40.000 --> 00:32:41.299
 are going to

00:32:41.299 --> 00:32:41.660
 ask you,

00:32:41.740 --> 00:32:41.960
 do you

00:32:41.960 --> 00:32:42.460
 approve of

00:32:42.460 --> 00:32:42.920
 that budget?

00:32:43.720 --> 00:32:44.420
 I am

00:32:44.420 --> 00:32:45.460
 sure that

00:32:45.460 --> 00:32:46.160
 nearly all

00:32:46.160 --> 00:32:46.600
 of you would

00:32:46.600 --> 00:32:47.140
 submit on

00:32:47.140 --> 00:32:47.780
 slack a

00:32:47.780 --> 00:32:48.460
 big fat

00:32:48.460 --> 00:32:48.740
 no.

00:32:49.700 --> 00:32:50.460
 I would

00:32:50.460 --> 00:32:50.860
 submit a

00:32:50.860 --> 00:32:51.300
 big fat

00:32:51.300 --> 00:32:51.500
 no.

00:32:53.380 --> 00:32:54.460
 So I

00:32:54.460 --> 00:32:55.500
 wonder if

00:32:55.500 --> 00:32:56.940
 I and

00:32:56.940 --> 00:32:57.580
 how many

00:32:57.580 --> 00:32:58.240
 of us

00:32:58.240 --> 00:32:59.200
 would be

00:32:59.200 --> 00:32:59.720
 among the

00:32:59.720 --> 00:33:00.300
 dissenters

00:33:00.300 --> 00:33:00.660
 too.

00:33:02.600 --> 00:33:03.380
 So why

00:33:03.380 --> 00:33:03.860
 does Jesus

00:33:03.860 --> 00:33:04.480
 see this

00:33:04.480 --> 00:33:05.440
 act not

00:33:05.440 --> 00:33:05.920
 as a

00:33:05.920 --> 00:33:06.259
 waste,

00:33:06.400 --> 00:33:06.680
 but as

00:33:06.680 --> 00:33:07.680
 a beautiful

00:33:07.680 --> 00:33:08.040
 thing?

00:33:09.920 --> 00:33:10.440
 Is

00:33:10.440 --> 00:33:10.900
 Jesus

00:33:10.900 --> 00:33:11.720
 dismissing

00:33:11.720 --> 00:33:12.060
 the needs

00:33:12.060 --> 00:33:12.280
 of the

00:33:12.280 --> 00:33:12.540
 poor

00:33:12.540 --> 00:33:12.820
 here?

00:33:12.819 --> 00:33:12.819


00:33:14.079 --> 00:33:14.339
 Well,

00:33:14.460 --> 00:33:15.339
 for one,

00:33:15.419 --> 00:33:15.659
 we can

00:33:15.659 --> 00:33:15.980
 immediately

00:33:15.980 --> 00:33:16.740
 ride off

00:33:16.740 --> 00:33:17.379
 that false

00:33:17.379 --> 00:33:18.519
 notion that

00:33:18.519 --> 00:33:19.639
 Jesus does

00:33:19.639 --> 00:33:20.220
 not care about

00:33:20.220 --> 00:33:20.579
 the poor.

00:33:21.599 --> 00:33:21.939
 Throughout

00:33:21.939 --> 00:33:22.599
 his ministry,

00:33:22.779 --> 00:33:23.200
 at every

00:33:23.200 --> 00:33:23.799
 chance that

00:33:23.799 --> 00:33:24.259
 he got,

00:33:24.960 --> 00:33:25.639
 he so

00:33:25.639 --> 00:33:26.819
 compassionately

00:33:26.819 --> 00:33:27.480
 cared for

00:33:27.480 --> 00:33:28.159
 the poor

00:33:28.159 --> 00:33:28.500
 and the

00:33:28.500 --> 00:33:28.799
 needy.

00:33:29.639 --> 00:33:30.039
 In just

00:33:30.039 --> 00:33:30.480
 the last

00:33:30.480 --> 00:33:31.079
 passage that

00:33:31.079 --> 00:33:31.720
 Andrew just

00:33:31.720 --> 00:33:32.319
 preached on,

00:33:32.819 --> 00:33:33.319
 the faithful

00:33:33.319 --> 00:33:33.899
 sheep are

00:33:33.899 --> 00:33:34.419
 known by

00:33:34.419 --> 00:33:35.019
 their care

00:33:35.019 --> 00:33:35.439
 for the

00:33:35.439 --> 00:33:35.799
 poor,

00:33:35.919 --> 00:33:36.359
 the sick,

00:33:36.460 --> 00:33:36.859
 the needy,

00:33:36.859 --> 00:33:37.500
 the imprisoned.

00:33:38.779 --> 00:33:39.220
 In fact,

00:33:39.259 --> 00:33:39.599
 when Jesus

00:33:39.599 --> 00:33:40.220
 says that you

00:33:40.220 --> 00:33:40.659
 will always

00:33:40.660 --> 00:33:40.980
 have the

00:33:40.980 --> 00:33:41.560
 poor with

00:33:41.560 --> 00:33:41.759
 you,

00:33:42.080 --> 00:33:42.480
 he's

00:33:42.480 --> 00:33:43.200
 quoting from

00:33:43.200 --> 00:33:43.540
 scripture,

00:33:43.660 --> 00:33:44.040
 he's quoting

00:33:44.040 --> 00:33:44.860
 from Deuteronomy

00:33:44.860 --> 00:33:45.500
 15,

00:33:45.600 --> 00:33:45.840
 11.

00:33:46.560 --> 00:33:46.880
 And the

00:33:46.880 --> 00:33:47.220
 rest of

00:33:47.220 --> 00:33:47.640
 that verse

00:33:47.640 --> 00:33:47.980
 says,

00:33:48.380 --> 00:33:49.019
 therefore I

00:33:49.019 --> 00:33:49.800
 command you

00:33:49.800 --> 00:33:50.160
 to be

00:33:50.160 --> 00:33:50.920
 open-handed

00:33:50.920 --> 00:33:51.900
 toward your

00:33:51.900 --> 00:33:52.680
 brothers and

00:33:52.680 --> 00:33:53.080
 toward the

00:33:53.080 --> 00:33:53.640
 poor and

00:33:53.640 --> 00:33:54.060
 needy in

00:33:54.060 --> 00:33:54.600
 your land.

00:33:55.420 --> 00:33:55.740
 So when

00:33:55.740 --> 00:33:56.240
 Jesus says

00:33:56.240 --> 00:33:56.480
 that you

00:33:56.480 --> 00:33:56.900
 will always

00:33:56.900 --> 00:33:57.259
 have the

00:33:57.259 --> 00:33:57.759
 poor with

00:33:57.759 --> 00:33:58.000
 you,

00:33:58.600 --> 00:33:59.759
 implicit in

00:33:59.759 --> 00:34:00.400
 his response

00:34:00.400 --> 00:34:00.860
 is his

00:34:00.860 --> 00:34:01.440
 expectation

00:34:01.440 --> 00:34:01.940
 that we

00:34:01.940 --> 00:34:02.920
 do prioritize

00:34:02.920 --> 00:34:03.840
 the needs

00:34:03.840 --> 00:34:04.040
 of the

00:34:04.040 --> 00:34:04.560
 poor today.

00:34:06.440 --> 00:34:07.320
 But Jesus

00:34:07.320 --> 00:34:08.159
 praises this

00:34:08.159 --> 00:34:09.220
 woman for

00:34:09.220 --> 00:34:09.740
 using this

00:34:09.740 --> 00:34:10.380
 oil not

00:34:10.380 --> 00:34:11.079
 for the

00:34:11.079 --> 00:34:11.680
 poor but

00:34:11.680 --> 00:34:12.700
 on him.

00:34:13.480 --> 00:34:13.800
 Why?

00:34:13.980 --> 00:34:15.400
 Because Jesus

00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:16.039
 knows who

00:34:16.039 --> 00:34:16.640
 he is.

00:34:18.920 --> 00:34:20.200
 I'm 100%

00:34:20.200 --> 00:34:22.140
 positive that

00:34:22.140 --> 00:34:22.760
 if I knocked

00:34:22.760 --> 00:34:23.380
 on Sean's

00:34:23.380 --> 00:34:23.760
 door this

00:34:23.760 --> 00:34:25.800
 week and

00:34:25.800 --> 00:34:26.200
 I proposed

00:34:26.200 --> 00:34:26.860
 this manly

00:34:26.860 --> 00:34:27.440
 leather cologne

00:34:27.440 --> 00:34:30.119
 idea asking

00:34:30.119 --> 00:34:31.140
 that should we

00:34:31.140 --> 00:34:31.519
 use this?

00:34:31.640 --> 00:34:31.940
 Should we

00:34:31.940 --> 00:34:32.599
 spend all this

00:34:32.599 --> 00:34:33.160
 money to

00:34:33.160 --> 00:34:33.840
 douse your

00:34:33.840 --> 00:34:34.059
 head?

00:34:35.140 --> 00:34:35.680
 He would

00:34:35.680 --> 00:34:36.440
 very humbly

00:34:36.440 --> 00:34:36.780
 put an

00:34:36.780 --> 00:34:37.740
 immediate stop

00:34:37.740 --> 00:34:38.240
 to this.

00:34:38.239 --> 00:34:39.699
 God

00:34:39.699 --> 00:34:40.119
 but Jesus

00:34:40.119 --> 00:34:41.359
 he lets

00:34:41.359 --> 00:34:41.819
 it happen

00:34:41.819 --> 00:34:44.139
 because he

00:34:44.139 --> 00:34:44.799
 knows who

00:34:44.799 --> 00:34:45.719
 he is.

00:34:48.359 --> 00:34:48.739
 C.S.

00:34:48.739 --> 00:34:50.039
 Lewis once

00:34:50.039 --> 00:34:50.959
 spoke of

00:34:50.959 --> 00:34:52.000
 this trilemma

00:34:52.000 --> 00:34:53.659
 that because

00:34:53.659 --> 00:34:54.539
 Jesus made

00:34:54.539 --> 00:34:56.159
 divine claims

00:34:56.159 --> 00:34:57.219
 there only

00:34:57.219 --> 00:34:57.839
 are three

00:34:57.839 --> 00:34:58.659
 options of

00:34:58.659 --> 00:34:59.059
 who he

00:34:59.059 --> 00:34:59.439
 could be.

00:34:59.519 --> 00:34:59.779
 He could

00:34:59.779 --> 00:35:00.179
 either be

00:35:00.179 --> 00:35:01.059
 a complete

00:35:01.059 --> 00:35:01.699
 lunatic,

00:35:02.539 --> 00:35:03.139
 he could be

00:35:03.139 --> 00:35:03.839
 an insidious

00:35:03.839 --> 00:35:04.479
 liar,

00:35:04.480 --> 00:35:06.179
 or he

00:35:06.179 --> 00:35:06.639
 could be

00:35:06.639 --> 00:35:07.179
 who he

00:35:07.179 --> 00:35:07.500
 says he

00:35:07.500 --> 00:35:07.760
 is,

00:35:08.300 --> 00:35:08.840
 the Lord.

00:35:11.340 --> 00:35:12.199
 And he

00:35:12.199 --> 00:35:13.219
 knows that

00:35:13.219 --> 00:35:13.760
 he is the

00:35:13.760 --> 00:35:14.900
 Lord that

00:35:14.900 --> 00:35:15.320
 is dying

00:35:15.320 --> 00:35:16.000
 soon.

00:35:17.400 --> 00:35:18.280
 Whether she

00:35:18.280 --> 00:35:18.860
 knew it or

00:35:18.860 --> 00:35:19.519
 not, this

00:35:19.519 --> 00:35:20.340
 woman sees

00:35:20.340 --> 00:35:21.019
 a really

00:35:21.019 --> 00:35:21.820
 once in a

00:35:21.820 --> 00:35:22.280
 lifetime,

00:35:22.900 --> 00:35:23.400
 once in

00:35:23.400 --> 00:35:24.280
 human history

00:35:24.280 --> 00:35:25.139
 opportunity.

00:35:25.920 --> 00:35:26.500
 We couldn't

00:35:26.500 --> 00:35:27.079
 even do this

00:35:27.079 --> 00:35:27.780
 if we wanted

00:35:27.780 --> 00:35:28.420
 to do this,

00:35:28.480 --> 00:35:28.699
 right?

00:35:29.340 --> 00:35:30.039
 No other

00:35:30.039 --> 00:35:30.860
 person after

00:35:30.860 --> 00:35:31.360
 the time of

00:35:31.360 --> 00:35:31.900
 Jesus could

00:35:31.900 --> 00:35:32.679
 have this

00:35:32.679 --> 00:35:33.539
 very chance.

00:35:34.480 --> 00:35:35.840
 take the

00:35:35.840 --> 00:35:36.980
 most important

00:35:36.980 --> 00:35:38.699
 person in

00:35:38.699 --> 00:35:39.300
 your life

00:35:39.300 --> 00:35:39.639
 right now.

00:35:40.260 --> 00:35:41.039
 Imagine what

00:35:41.039 --> 00:35:41.780
 they look like,

00:35:41.860 --> 00:35:42.340
 whether it's

00:35:42.340 --> 00:35:42.940
 your spouse,

00:35:43.079 --> 00:35:43.719
 a best friend,

00:35:43.820 --> 00:35:44.119
 a family

00:35:44.119 --> 00:35:44.440
 member.

00:35:45.860 --> 00:35:46.380
 Imagine,

00:35:47.099 --> 00:35:47.679
 God forbid,

00:35:47.880 --> 00:35:49.199
 they get this

00:35:49.199 --> 00:35:50.000
 phone call from

00:35:50.000 --> 00:35:51.579
 them, and

00:35:51.579 --> 00:35:52.139
 they say that

00:35:52.139 --> 00:35:54.159
 it's cancer.

00:35:55.500 --> 00:35:56.300
 Stage four.

00:35:57.460 --> 00:35:58.300
 They have one

00:35:58.300 --> 00:35:59.420
 week to live.

00:36:01.659 --> 00:36:02.699
 Would anyone

00:36:02.699 --> 00:36:03.639
 else in the

00:36:03.639 --> 00:36:04.400
 world take

00:36:04.400 --> 00:36:05.960
 priority in

00:36:05.960 --> 00:36:06.400
 that next

00:36:06.400 --> 00:36:06.800
 week for

00:36:06.800 --> 00:36:06.980
 you?

00:36:08.599 --> 00:36:09.300
 So this

00:36:09.300 --> 00:36:10.119
 short-lived

00:36:10.119 --> 00:36:11.639
 occasion ought

00:36:11.639 --> 00:36:12.000
 to take

00:36:12.000 --> 00:36:13.099
 priority over

00:36:13.099 --> 00:36:14.019
 all else.

00:36:15.619 --> 00:36:16.460
 And she

00:36:16.460 --> 00:36:18.039
 seizes this

00:36:18.039 --> 00:36:19.599
 opportunity by

00:36:19.599 --> 00:36:20.440
 breaking her

00:36:20.440 --> 00:36:21.639
 alabaster jar and

00:36:21.639 --> 00:36:22.680
 anointing Jesus'

00:36:22.960 --> 00:36:23.860
 body for

00:36:23.860 --> 00:36:24.139
 burial.

00:36:25.840 --> 00:36:26.460
 Typically,

00:36:26.680 --> 00:36:27.400
 ancient Jews,

00:36:27.519 --> 00:36:28.039
 they used

00:36:28.039 --> 00:36:29.720
 perfumes after

00:36:29.720 --> 00:36:31.440
 a death to

00:36:31.440 --> 00:36:32.400
 kind of mask

00:36:32.400 --> 00:36:32.920
 some of the

00:36:32.920 --> 00:36:33.599
 smells of a

00:36:33.599 --> 00:36:34.539
 decaying carcass.

00:36:35.480 --> 00:36:36.339
 But Jesus,

00:36:36.539 --> 00:36:37.139
 he knows that

00:36:37.139 --> 00:36:38.079
 he is a dead

00:36:38.079 --> 00:36:38.719
 man walking,

00:36:40.719 --> 00:36:41.400
 interprets this

00:36:41.400 --> 00:36:42.219
 act as a

00:36:42.219 --> 00:36:42.659
 means to

00:36:42.659 --> 00:36:43.679
 prepare him for

00:36:43.679 --> 00:36:44.759
 his crucifixion.

00:36:46.299 --> 00:36:46.779
 And author

00:36:46.779 --> 00:36:48.019
 Philip Keller

00:36:48.019 --> 00:36:48.960
 beautifully

00:36:48.960 --> 00:36:49.659
 captures this.

00:36:50.440 --> 00:36:51.239
 The delicious

00:36:51.239 --> 00:36:52.699
 fragrance ran

00:36:52.699 --> 00:36:53.380
 down his

00:36:53.380 --> 00:36:54.639
 shining hair and

00:36:54.639 --> 00:36:55.279
 thick beard.

00:36:55.759 --> 00:36:57.239
 It unfolded his

00:36:57.239 --> 00:36:57.839
 body with

00:36:57.839 --> 00:36:59.480
 its delightful

00:36:59.480 --> 00:37:00.019
 aroma.

00:37:00.019 --> 00:37:00.139
 aroma.

00:37:01.340 --> 00:37:02.019
 Even his

00:37:02.019 --> 00:37:02.840
 tunic and

00:37:02.840 --> 00:37:03.440
 flowing

00:37:03.440 --> 00:37:04.079
 undergarments

00:37:04.079 --> 00:37:04.980
 were drenched

00:37:04.980 --> 00:37:05.759
 with its

00:37:05.759 --> 00:37:06.320
 enduring

00:37:06.320 --> 00:37:07.119
 pungency.

00:37:08.460 --> 00:37:08.960
 Wherever he

00:37:08.960 --> 00:37:09.800
 moved, the

00:37:09.800 --> 00:37:10.360
 perfume would

00:37:10.360 --> 00:37:10.980
 go with him

00:37:10.980 --> 00:37:12.039
 into the

00:37:12.039 --> 00:37:12.480
 Passover,

00:37:13.099 --> 00:37:13.460
 into the

00:37:13.460 --> 00:37:13.960
 garden of

00:37:13.960 --> 00:37:14.440
 Gethsemane,

00:37:14.860 --> 00:37:15.300
 into the

00:37:15.300 --> 00:37:16.079
 high priest's

00:37:16.079 --> 00:37:16.340
 home,

00:37:16.480 --> 00:37:17.139
 into Herod's

00:37:17.139 --> 00:37:17.420
 hall,

00:37:17.559 --> 00:37:18.280
 into Pilate's

00:37:18.280 --> 00:37:18.860
 praetorium,

00:37:19.280 --> 00:37:19.679
 into the

00:37:19.679 --> 00:37:20.480
 crude hands

00:37:20.480 --> 00:37:21.340
 of those who

00:37:21.340 --> 00:37:22.500
 cast slots for

00:37:22.500 --> 00:37:23.719
 his clothing at

00:37:23.719 --> 00:37:24.179
 the foot of the

00:37:24.179 --> 00:37:24.559
 cross.

00:37:25.159 --> 00:37:25.820
 It was a

00:37:25.820 --> 00:37:27.159
 significant moment

00:37:27.159 --> 00:37:28.639
 momentous

00:37:28.639 --> 00:37:28.879
 meaning.

00:37:31.359 --> 00:37:33.579
 Honestly, I

00:37:33.579 --> 00:37:34.119
 admit that the

00:37:34.119 --> 00:37:34.659
 scent could have

00:37:34.659 --> 00:37:35.359
 worn off quickly.

00:37:36.039 --> 00:37:36.619
 The biblical

00:37:36.619 --> 00:37:37.339
 authors don't

00:37:37.339 --> 00:37:38.119
 comment on this.

00:37:38.920 --> 00:37:40.819
 But I like to

00:37:40.819 --> 00:37:42.000
 think that for

00:37:42.000 --> 00:37:43.079
 the last week of

00:37:43.079 --> 00:37:44.639
 Jesus' life, that

00:37:44.639 --> 00:37:45.420
 whoever Jesus

00:37:45.420 --> 00:37:46.139
 passed by,

00:37:46.960 --> 00:37:47.679
 whoever Jesus

00:37:47.679 --> 00:37:48.699
 talked to,

00:37:49.059 --> 00:37:49.799
 whoever handled

00:37:49.799 --> 00:37:51.019
 his body,

00:37:52.219 --> 00:37:53.619
 they smelled

00:37:53.619 --> 00:37:54.579
 the expression

00:37:54.579 --> 00:37:56.159
 of this woman's

00:37:56.159 --> 00:37:57.899
 extravagant,

00:37:58.319 --> 00:37:59.139
 dedicated love

00:37:59.139 --> 00:37:59.519
 for him.

00:38:01.259 --> 00:38:01.920
 Against the

00:38:01.920 --> 00:38:03.039
 backdrop of

00:38:03.039 --> 00:38:04.299
 Judas treasuring

00:38:04.299 --> 00:38:05.440
 30 measly

00:38:05.440 --> 00:38:06.920
 coins, this

00:38:06.920 --> 00:38:07.859
 woman refuses to

00:38:07.859 --> 00:38:08.679
 treasure anything

00:38:08.679 --> 00:38:09.599
 else above

00:38:09.599 --> 00:38:10.099
 Jesus.

00:38:11.940 --> 00:38:12.480
 And she

00:38:12.480 --> 00:38:13.879
 expresses that

00:38:13.879 --> 00:38:15.359
 adoration, again,

00:38:15.440 --> 00:38:17.480
 by this extravagant,

00:38:17.779 --> 00:38:18.879
 over-the-top

00:38:18.879 --> 00:38:20.879
 offering with this

00:38:20.879 --> 00:38:21.899
 alabaster jar.

00:38:23.199 --> 00:38:24.159
 Even when she

00:38:24.159 --> 00:38:24.699
 knows that this

00:38:24.699 --> 00:38:25.659
 perfume will only

00:38:25.659 --> 00:38:27.339
 last temporarily.

00:38:30.779 --> 00:38:31.679
 Confession time

00:38:31.679 --> 00:38:32.019
 for me.

00:38:33.019 --> 00:38:34.019
 I'm such a

00:38:34.019 --> 00:38:35.199
 pragmatist that

00:38:35.199 --> 00:38:36.899
 I sometimes

00:38:36.899 --> 00:38:37.819
 really hate going

00:38:37.819 --> 00:38:38.440
 to the

00:38:38.440 --> 00:38:38.859
 supermarket.

00:38:40.079 --> 00:38:41.179
 Because when

00:38:41.179 --> 00:38:41.899
 I'm there, I

00:38:41.899 --> 00:38:42.940
 inevitably will

00:38:42.940 --> 00:38:44.019
 walk by the

00:38:44.019 --> 00:38:44.699
 flower section.

00:38:46.599 --> 00:38:48.099
 And I'll

00:38:48.099 --> 00:38:48.719
 look at them

00:38:48.719 --> 00:38:50.019
 and think to

00:38:50.019 --> 00:38:50.480
 myself,

00:38:51.960 --> 00:38:52.440
 gee, these

00:38:52.440 --> 00:38:53.899
 are nice.

00:38:53.900 --> 00:38:55.900
 these are

00:38:55.900 --> 00:38:56.180
 pretty.

00:38:57.460 --> 00:38:58.220
 They'd make

00:38:58.220 --> 00:38:58.920
 Christine so

00:38:58.920 --> 00:38:59.280
 happy.

00:39:01.220 --> 00:39:01.920
 But these

00:39:01.920 --> 00:39:02.559
 are $40.

00:39:05.059 --> 00:39:05.820
 That's like

00:39:05.820 --> 00:39:06.720
 three Chipotle

00:39:06.720 --> 00:39:07.139
 bowls.

00:39:08.619 --> 00:39:09.300
 And they're

00:39:09.300 --> 00:39:09.840
 going to die

00:39:09.840 --> 00:39:10.340
 in a week.

00:39:11.619 --> 00:39:12.360
 If you ever

00:39:12.360 --> 00:39:12.800
 see me in a

00:39:12.800 --> 00:39:13.380
 supermarket just

00:39:13.380 --> 00:39:14.139
 doing this in

00:39:14.139 --> 00:39:14.500
 front of some

00:39:14.500 --> 00:39:15.960
 flowers, you

00:39:15.960 --> 00:39:16.539
 know exactly

00:39:16.539 --> 00:39:16.920
 what's going

00:39:16.920 --> 00:39:17.220
 on in my

00:39:17.220 --> 00:39:17.480
 head.

00:39:17.480 --> 00:39:17.519
 man.

00:39:20.800 --> 00:39:21.420
 But when

00:39:21.420 --> 00:39:22.099
 I'm thinking

00:39:22.099 --> 00:39:23.480
 and loving

00:39:23.480 --> 00:39:26.079
 rightly, even

00:39:26.079 --> 00:39:26.780
 when I know

00:39:26.780 --> 00:39:27.360
 that these

00:39:27.360 --> 00:39:28.579
 fleeting flowers

00:39:28.579 --> 00:39:29.159
 will fade

00:39:29.159 --> 00:39:31.539
 fast, isn't

00:39:31.539 --> 00:39:32.240
 it worth it

00:39:32.240 --> 00:39:33.019
 to make my

00:39:33.019 --> 00:39:34.579
 wife happy?

00:39:36.460 --> 00:39:37.260
 That maybe on

00:39:37.260 --> 00:39:37.860
 a hard day

00:39:37.860 --> 00:39:39.460
 this week, she

00:39:39.460 --> 00:39:39.800
 could look at

00:39:39.800 --> 00:39:40.900
 these flowers and

00:39:40.900 --> 00:39:42.079
 feel a spark of

00:39:42.079 --> 00:39:42.460
 joy.

00:39:42.460 --> 00:39:45.480
 isn't her

00:39:45.480 --> 00:39:46.079
 happiness

00:39:46.079 --> 00:39:47.659
 invaluable and

00:39:47.659 --> 00:39:48.360
 weighty to

00:39:48.360 --> 00:39:48.559
 me?

00:39:50.599 --> 00:39:51.280
 That's the

00:39:51.280 --> 00:39:51.900
 heart of true

00:39:51.900 --> 00:39:52.320
 love.

00:39:53.599 --> 00:39:54.619
 Love does not

00:39:54.619 --> 00:39:55.579
 look for cheap

00:39:55.579 --> 00:39:56.220
 bargains.

00:39:57.460 --> 00:39:57.960
 Love does not

00:39:57.960 --> 00:39:59.000
 try to squeak by

00:39:59.000 --> 00:39:59.639
 with the bare

00:39:59.639 --> 00:39:59.960
 minimum.

00:40:01.199 --> 00:40:02.059
 Love gives the

00:40:02.059 --> 00:40:02.960
 very best it

00:40:02.960 --> 00:40:03.340
 can.

00:40:06.099 --> 00:40:06.860
 In 2 Samuel

00:40:06.860 --> 00:40:07.760
 24, God

00:40:07.760 --> 00:40:08.980
 commands David

00:40:08.980 --> 00:40:09.619
 to build an

00:40:09.619 --> 00:40:10.820
 altar, to

00:40:10.820 --> 00:40:11.820
 offer sacrifices,

00:40:11.820 --> 00:40:13.200
 and a man

00:40:13.200 --> 00:40:14.019
 generously,

00:40:14.420 --> 00:40:15.400
 graciously offers

00:40:15.400 --> 00:40:16.500
 the field and

00:40:16.500 --> 00:40:17.900
 animals so that

00:40:17.900 --> 00:40:18.539
 David could do

00:40:18.539 --> 00:40:19.019
 this all for

00:40:19.019 --> 00:40:19.420
 free.

00:40:19.740 --> 00:40:20.720
 But he knows

00:40:20.720 --> 00:40:22.100
 he can't do

00:40:22.100 --> 00:40:22.539
 this.

00:40:22.840 --> 00:40:23.720
 It is not right

00:40:23.720 --> 00:40:24.300
 for him to do

00:40:24.300 --> 00:40:24.640
 this.

00:40:25.320 --> 00:40:26.140
 He will not

00:40:26.140 --> 00:40:27.220
 offer sacrifices

00:40:27.220 --> 00:40:28.140
 that cost him

00:40:28.140 --> 00:40:28.740
 nothing.

00:40:30.559 --> 00:40:31.360
 What about

00:40:31.360 --> 00:40:31.760
 you?

00:40:32.880 --> 00:40:33.539
 Does your

00:40:33.539 --> 00:40:34.720
 love for Jesus

00:40:34.720 --> 00:40:35.460
 cost you

00:40:35.460 --> 00:40:35.760
 something?

00:40:37.240 --> 00:40:38.180
 Does Jesus

00:40:38.180 --> 00:40:39.200
 receive the very

00:40:39.200 --> 00:40:40.460
 best of your

00:40:40.460 --> 00:40:40.840
 life?

00:40:41.820 --> 00:40:45.440
 understanding the

00:40:45.440 --> 00:40:46.320
 heart of love.

00:40:47.539 --> 00:40:48.120
 This woman

00:40:48.120 --> 00:40:49.900
 remarkably offers

00:40:49.900 --> 00:40:50.800
 probably what is

00:40:50.800 --> 00:40:52.019
 her most valuable

00:40:52.019 --> 00:40:53.880
 possession as an

00:40:53.880 --> 00:40:54.920
 expression of her

00:40:54.920 --> 00:40:55.440
 worship.

00:40:56.500 --> 00:40:57.640
 But how?

00:40:57.800 --> 00:40:58.760
 How does she do

00:40:58.760 --> 00:40:59.039
 this?

00:40:59.160 --> 00:41:00.220
 Where does she find

00:41:00.220 --> 00:41:01.220
 the wherewithal to

00:41:01.220 --> 00:41:01.700
 do this?

00:41:03.300 --> 00:41:04.360
 It's not a

00:41:04.360 --> 00:41:04.780
 mystery.

00:41:06.140 --> 00:41:06.940
 It's because she

00:41:06.940 --> 00:41:07.460
 does this because

00:41:07.460 --> 00:41:08.980
 she knows what

00:41:08.980 --> 00:41:10.440
 Jesus is worth.

00:41:12.860 --> 00:41:13.880
 For until men

00:41:13.880 --> 00:41:15.220
 recognize that

00:41:15.220 --> 00:41:15.599
 they owe

00:41:15.599 --> 00:41:16.440
 everything to

00:41:16.440 --> 00:41:17.519
 God, that

00:41:17.519 --> 00:41:18.619
 they are nourished

00:41:18.619 --> 00:41:19.679
 by his fatherly

00:41:19.679 --> 00:41:20.780
 care, that he

00:41:20.780 --> 00:41:21.720
 is the author of

00:41:21.720 --> 00:41:22.760
 their every good,

00:41:23.780 --> 00:41:24.780
 they should seek

00:41:24.780 --> 00:41:25.940
 nothing beyond

00:41:25.940 --> 00:41:26.260
 him.

00:41:26.699 --> 00:41:27.440
 They will never

00:41:27.440 --> 00:41:28.360
 yield him willing

00:41:28.360 --> 00:41:29.179
 service.

00:41:29.880 --> 00:41:31.199
 Nay, unless they

00:41:31.199 --> 00:41:31.960
 establish their

00:41:31.960 --> 00:41:33.519
 complete happiness

00:41:33.519 --> 00:41:34.920
 in him, they

00:41:34.920 --> 00:41:35.940
 will never give

00:41:35.940 --> 00:41:38.199
 themselves truly

00:41:38.199 --> 00:41:39.440
 and sincerely to

00:41:39.440 --> 00:41:39.699
 him.

00:41:41.380 --> 00:41:42.179
 It's John

00:41:42.179 --> 00:41:42.539
 Calvin.

00:41:43.679 --> 00:41:45.159
 So by way of

00:41:45.159 --> 00:41:47.059
 reminder, let me

00:41:47.059 --> 00:41:47.719
 remind you,

00:41:47.800 --> 00:41:48.280
 brothers and

00:41:48.280 --> 00:41:49.340
 sisters, who

00:41:49.340 --> 00:41:50.960
 Jesus is and

00:41:50.960 --> 00:41:52.039
 how good he has

00:41:52.039 --> 00:41:52.860
 been to us.

00:41:54.460 --> 00:41:55.219
 When those

00:41:55.219 --> 00:41:59.159
 closest, those

00:41:59.159 --> 00:41:59.599
 who say that

00:41:59.599 --> 00:42:00.019
 they love

00:42:00.019 --> 00:42:02.420
 you, they

00:42:02.420 --> 00:42:04.019
 leave, they

00:42:04.019 --> 00:42:04.699
 abandon you,

00:42:05.699 --> 00:42:06.599
 Jesus has

00:42:06.599 --> 00:42:07.559
 promised you, I

00:42:07.559 --> 00:42:08.519
 will never leave

00:42:08.519 --> 00:42:09.659
 you nor forsake

00:42:09.659 --> 00:42:09.860
 you.

00:42:10.900 --> 00:42:11.699
 When you're

00:42:11.699 --> 00:42:13.539
 exhausted and

00:42:13.539 --> 00:42:14.779
 run ragged by

00:42:14.779 --> 00:42:16.460
 this world, he

00:42:16.460 --> 00:42:17.159
 invites you into

00:42:17.159 --> 00:42:19.460
 his rest and to

00:42:19.460 --> 00:42:20.400
 carry his easy

00:42:20.400 --> 00:42:20.900
 yoke.

00:42:22.079 --> 00:42:22.940
 When you're

00:42:22.940 --> 00:42:24.900
 overlooked and

00:42:24.900 --> 00:42:25.839
 invisible, when

00:42:25.839 --> 00:42:26.839
 people forget who

00:42:26.839 --> 00:42:27.579
 you are and forget

00:42:27.579 --> 00:42:29.579
 your name, he

00:42:29.579 --> 00:42:31.159
 never forgets

00:42:31.159 --> 00:42:31.819
 your name, he

00:42:31.819 --> 00:42:32.860
 sees you and

00:42:32.860 --> 00:42:33.480
 knows you.

00:42:34.259 --> 00:42:34.920
 When you felt

00:42:34.920 --> 00:42:35.940
 ashamed and

00:42:35.940 --> 00:42:37.360
 dirty from your

00:42:37.360 --> 00:42:38.039
 sins, when you

00:42:38.039 --> 00:42:38.440
 feel like you

00:42:38.440 --> 00:42:38.980
 just couldn't

00:42:38.980 --> 00:42:39.960
 scrub yourself

00:42:39.960 --> 00:42:42.159
 clean enough, he

00:42:42.159 --> 00:42:43.500
 scoops to wash

00:42:43.500 --> 00:42:44.440
 your feet.

00:42:45.299 --> 00:42:45.880
 When you feel

00:42:45.880 --> 00:42:46.179
 like you're

00:42:46.179 --> 00:42:47.340
 damaged goods,

00:42:48.039 --> 00:42:49.519
 broken, fragile,

00:42:49.779 --> 00:42:50.239
 good for

00:42:50.239 --> 00:42:51.519
 nothing, he

00:42:51.519 --> 00:42:52.279
 declares that he

00:42:52.279 --> 00:42:53.460
 will never break

00:42:53.460 --> 00:42:54.199
 a bruised

00:42:54.199 --> 00:42:54.840
 reed.

00:42:55.900 --> 00:42:56.900
 When tragedy

00:42:56.900 --> 00:42:58.360
 strikes and

00:42:58.360 --> 00:42:59.239
 you're prayerless

00:42:59.239 --> 00:43:00.579
 in grief, he

00:43:00.579 --> 00:43:01.399
 isn't.

00:43:01.819 --> 00:43:02.679
 He intercedes

00:43:02.679 --> 00:43:03.500
 for you day

00:43:03.500 --> 00:43:04.399
 and night.

00:43:05.179 --> 00:43:05.839
 When you

00:43:05.839 --> 00:43:06.899
 sold him out

00:43:06.899 --> 00:43:08.299
 yet again,

00:43:08.819 --> 00:43:09.439
 again and

00:43:09.439 --> 00:43:09.939
 again and

00:43:09.939 --> 00:43:11.079
 again, his

00:43:11.079 --> 00:43:11.919
 response is

00:43:11.919 --> 00:43:13.279
 never, enough

00:43:13.279 --> 00:43:15.279
 is enough, I'm

00:43:15.279 --> 00:43:15.659
 out.

00:43:16.879 --> 00:43:17.539
 But he speaks

00:43:17.539 --> 00:43:18.579
 over and over

00:43:18.579 --> 00:43:19.519
 and over again,

00:43:20.339 --> 00:43:21.939
 child, you are

00:43:21.939 --> 00:43:22.659
 forgiven and

00:43:22.659 --> 00:43:23.000
 loved.

00:43:23.759 --> 00:43:25.279
 Child, you are

00:43:25.279 --> 00:43:25.939
 forgiven and

00:43:25.939 --> 00:43:26.259
 loved.

00:43:26.519 --> 00:43:27.479
 Child, you are

00:43:27.480 --> 00:43:28.480
 forgiven and

00:43:28.480 --> 00:43:28.880
 loved.

00:43:30.500 --> 00:43:31.019
 And when you

00:43:31.019 --> 00:43:32.500
 are ashamed of

00:43:32.500 --> 00:43:33.420
 just how small

00:43:33.420 --> 00:43:34.820
 your love is for

00:43:34.820 --> 00:43:36.679
 Jesus, he reminds

00:43:36.679 --> 00:43:37.740
 you it is not

00:43:37.740 --> 00:43:39.440
 what you pour out

00:43:39.440 --> 00:43:40.420
 in your alabaster

00:43:40.420 --> 00:43:41.019
 jars that

00:43:41.019 --> 00:43:42.420
 justifies you, but

00:43:42.420 --> 00:43:43.719
 what Jesus has

00:43:43.719 --> 00:43:44.760
 poured out in his

00:43:44.760 --> 00:43:45.519
 blood, in his

00:43:45.519 --> 00:43:46.780
 sacrifice, that

00:43:46.780 --> 00:43:48.139
 justifies you.

00:43:48.139 --> 00:43:51.519
 once we properly

00:43:51.519 --> 00:43:52.319
 see the

00:43:52.319 --> 00:43:54.099
 incalculable worth

00:43:54.099 --> 00:43:55.719
 of Jesus, then

00:43:55.719 --> 00:43:56.420
 truly from the

00:43:56.420 --> 00:43:57.279
 very bottom of

00:43:57.279 --> 00:43:57.859
 our hearts, our

00:43:57.859 --> 00:43:58.719
 testimonies will

00:43:58.719 --> 00:44:00.199
 be, Jesus, you

00:44:00.199 --> 00:44:01.259
 are worthy of it

00:44:01.259 --> 00:44:01.599
 all.

00:44:03.000 --> 00:44:04.079
 All that I have

00:44:04.079 --> 00:44:04.719
 is yours.

00:44:05.019 --> 00:44:05.719
 All that I want

00:44:05.719 --> 00:44:06.440
 to do is to

00:44:06.440 --> 00:44:07.159
 please you, to

00:44:07.159 --> 00:44:07.819
 serve you.

00:44:08.079 --> 00:44:08.539
 Even this

00:44:08.539 --> 00:44:09.699
 pathetic alabaster

00:44:09.699 --> 00:44:10.559
 jar is not

00:44:10.559 --> 00:44:11.139
 enough.

00:44:12.779 --> 00:44:13.859
 Only then can we

00:44:13.859 --> 00:44:15.259
 be consumed with

00:44:15.259 --> 00:44:16.500
 this single-minded,

00:44:16.500 --> 00:44:18.380
 wholehearted obsession.

00:44:20.960 --> 00:44:22.960
 At times, it can

00:44:22.960 --> 00:44:23.739
 feel like the

00:44:23.739 --> 00:44:24.539
 Christian life is

00:44:24.539 --> 00:44:25.880
 too complicated.

00:44:26.960 --> 00:44:27.920
 Too many things

00:44:27.920 --> 00:44:28.519
 we have to do.

00:44:29.739 --> 00:44:32.179
 We have to pray

00:44:32.179 --> 00:44:34.340
 more, evangelize

00:44:34.340 --> 00:44:35.940
 more, read

00:44:35.940 --> 00:44:37.320
 scripture more,

00:44:37.920 --> 00:44:38.860
 memorize more,

00:44:39.079 --> 00:44:39.739
 serve more,

00:44:39.860 --> 00:44:40.719
 rejoice more,

00:44:41.019 --> 00:44:42.059
 evangelize more,

00:44:42.219 --> 00:44:42.960
 worship more,

00:44:43.159 --> 00:44:43.960
 forgive more,

00:44:44.099 --> 00:44:44.619
 repent more,

00:44:44.719 --> 00:44:45.400
 disciple more,

00:44:45.400 --> 00:44:46.519
 encourage more.

00:44:47.639 --> 00:44:48.599
 The list goes on

00:44:48.599 --> 00:44:49.360
 and on and on.

00:44:50.900 --> 00:44:51.960
 There is a way to

00:44:51.960 --> 00:44:53.380
 be consumed with

00:44:53.380 --> 00:44:54.539
 the tasks and the

00:44:54.539 --> 00:44:55.280
 do's of the

00:44:55.280 --> 00:44:57.300
 Christian life that

00:44:57.300 --> 00:44:58.260
 makes you miss out

00:44:58.260 --> 00:44:59.559
 on the one thing

00:44:59.559 --> 00:45:00.780
 that defines the

00:45:00.780 --> 00:45:01.740
 Christian life.

00:45:03.700 --> 00:45:04.240
 Here, this

00:45:04.240 --> 00:45:05.000
 definition from

00:45:05.000 --> 00:45:05.360
 J.C.

00:45:05.420 --> 00:45:06.480
 Ryle, a zealous

00:45:06.480 --> 00:45:07.980
 man in religion

00:45:07.980 --> 00:45:09.860
 is preeminently

00:45:09.860 --> 00:45:11.760
 a man of one

00:45:11.760 --> 00:45:12.300
 thing.

00:45:12.300 --> 00:45:15.260
 He only sees

00:45:15.260 --> 00:45:16.240
 one thing.

00:45:16.900 --> 00:45:17.940
 He cares for

00:45:17.940 --> 00:45:18.900
 one thing.

00:45:19.360 --> 00:45:20.260
 He lives for

00:45:20.260 --> 00:45:21.000
 one thing.

00:45:21.080 --> 00:45:21.780
 He is swallowed

00:45:21.780 --> 00:45:22.840
 up by one

00:45:22.840 --> 00:45:24.220
 thing and that

00:45:24.220 --> 00:45:25.860
 one thing is to

00:45:25.860 --> 00:45:27.160
 please God.

00:45:28.760 --> 00:45:30.160
 Whether he lives

00:45:30.160 --> 00:45:31.060
 or whether he

00:45:31.060 --> 00:45:32.019
 dies, whether he

00:45:32.019 --> 00:45:33.300
 is rich or whether

00:45:33.300 --> 00:45:34.160
 he is poor,

00:45:34.940 --> 00:45:35.420
 whether he

00:45:35.420 --> 00:45:36.460
 pleases men or

00:45:36.460 --> 00:45:37.280
 whether he gives

00:45:37.280 --> 00:45:38.539
 offense, whether he

00:45:38.539 --> 00:45:39.460
 is thought wise or

00:45:39.460 --> 00:45:39.880
 whether he is

00:45:39.880 --> 00:45:40.500
 thought foolish,

00:45:40.500 --> 00:45:41.440
 whether he gets

00:45:41.440 --> 00:45:42.300
 honor or whether

00:45:42.300 --> 00:45:43.079
 he gets shame,

00:45:43.760 --> 00:45:45.280
 for all of this,

00:45:45.380 --> 00:45:46.360
 the zealous man

00:45:46.360 --> 00:45:47.739
 cares nothing at

00:45:47.739 --> 00:45:48.000
 all.

00:45:49.039 --> 00:45:50.340
 He burns for

00:45:50.340 --> 00:45:52.639
 one thing and

00:45:52.639 --> 00:45:53.960
 that one thing

00:45:53.960 --> 00:45:56.179
 is to please God

00:45:56.179 --> 00:45:56.960
 and to advance

00:45:56.960 --> 00:45:58.059
 God's glory.

00:45:58.059 --> 00:45:58.159
 God's glory.

00:46:00.880 --> 00:46:01.779
 So if others

00:46:01.779 --> 00:46:03.579
 scoff at us

00:46:03.579 --> 00:46:05.599
 for the intensity

00:46:05.599 --> 00:46:06.460
 of our love,

00:46:07.259 --> 00:46:08.960
 for wasting

00:46:08.960 --> 00:46:10.519
 poor lives,

00:46:11.940 --> 00:46:12.380
 let them.

00:46:14.480 --> 00:46:15.739
 When we waste

00:46:15.739 --> 00:46:16.440
 our time

00:46:16.440 --> 00:46:18.400
 studying an

00:46:18.400 --> 00:46:19.099
 ancient book

00:46:19.099 --> 00:46:20.139
 written 2,000

00:46:20.139 --> 00:46:20.639
 years ago,

00:46:21.239 --> 00:46:22.059
 let them

00:46:22.059 --> 00:46:22.559
 scoff.

00:46:23.679 --> 00:46:24.820
 When we waste

00:46:24.820 --> 00:46:25.639
 our money by

00:46:25.639 --> 00:46:26.840
 tithing faithfully

00:46:26.840 --> 00:46:27.460
 to the church,

00:46:27.880 --> 00:46:28.280
 let them

00:46:28.280 --> 00:46:28.780
 scoff.

00:46:29.500 --> 00:46:30.519
 When we waste

00:46:30.519 --> 00:46:31.220
 our degrees

00:46:31.220 --> 00:46:32.180
 by serving

00:46:32.180 --> 00:46:32.680
 overseas,

00:46:33.840 --> 00:46:34.500
 let them

00:46:34.500 --> 00:46:35.039
 scoff.

00:46:37.300 --> 00:46:38.280
 I paraphrase

00:46:38.280 --> 00:46:39.160
 Pastor Kevin

00:46:39.160 --> 00:46:39.500
 DeYoung,

00:46:39.579 --> 00:46:40.059
 but he says

00:46:40.059 --> 00:46:41.480
 there's a kind

00:46:41.480 --> 00:46:42.140
 of tame

00:46:42.140 --> 00:46:42.940
 Christianity

00:46:42.940 --> 00:46:44.240
 that even the

00:46:44.240 --> 00:46:45.400
 unbelieving world

00:46:45.400 --> 00:46:46.039
 would approve

00:46:46.039 --> 00:46:46.360
 of.

00:46:47.500 --> 00:46:48.039
 A little

00:46:48.039 --> 00:46:49.360
 sprinkle of

00:46:49.360 --> 00:46:50.260
 religion there.

00:46:50.820 --> 00:46:51.140
 A little

00:46:51.140 --> 00:46:51.980
 dash of

00:46:51.980 --> 00:46:52.760
 moralism here.

00:46:54.059 --> 00:46:54.460
 That's all

00:46:54.460 --> 00:46:54.760
 good.

00:46:55.480 --> 00:46:56.039
 Going to

00:46:56.039 --> 00:46:56.380
 church,

00:46:56.840 --> 00:46:57.700
 a great

00:46:57.700 --> 00:46:57.980
 way to

00:46:57.980 --> 00:46:58.680
 meet friends

00:46:58.680 --> 00:47:00.620
 and to

00:47:00.620 --> 00:47:01.220
 feel supported.

00:47:02.400 --> 00:47:02.900
 Praying to

00:47:02.900 --> 00:47:03.200
 Jesus?

00:47:03.640 --> 00:47:04.200
 Sure,

00:47:04.740 --> 00:47:05.140
 that helps

00:47:05.140 --> 00:47:05.480
 your mental

00:47:05.480 --> 00:47:05.880
 health.

00:47:07.360 --> 00:47:08.059
 A tame

00:47:08.059 --> 00:47:09.019
 religion makes

00:47:09.019 --> 00:47:09.760
 sense to

00:47:09.760 --> 00:47:09.980
 them.

00:47:11.400 --> 00:47:12.460
 But over

00:47:12.460 --> 00:47:13.100
 the top,

00:47:14.220 --> 00:47:15.039
 extravagant,

00:47:15.400 --> 00:47:16.240
 radical devotion

00:47:16.240 --> 00:47:17.300
 to Jesus will

00:47:17.300 --> 00:47:18.340
 never make

00:47:18.340 --> 00:47:18.900
 sense to

00:47:18.900 --> 00:47:19.120
 them.

00:47:20.120 --> 00:47:20.780
 So when you

00:47:20.780 --> 00:47:21.100
 have the

00:47:21.100 --> 00:47:21.700
 Judases

00:47:21.700 --> 00:47:22.920
 rebuke you

00:47:22.920 --> 00:47:23.620
 for how you

00:47:23.620 --> 00:47:24.660
 are devoted

00:47:24.659 --> 00:47:25.759
 endlessly to

00:47:25.759 --> 00:47:26.119
 Jesus,

00:47:26.659 --> 00:47:28.039
 then you

00:47:28.039 --> 00:47:28.399
 know you're

00:47:28.399 --> 00:47:28.739
 on the

00:47:28.739 --> 00:47:29.539
 right path.

00:47:30.699 --> 00:47:31.079
 For even

00:47:31.079 --> 00:47:31.480
 when the

00:47:31.480 --> 00:47:32.779
 world rebukes

00:47:32.779 --> 00:47:33.039
 us,

00:47:33.179 --> 00:47:33.980
 rejects us,

00:47:34.119 --> 00:47:35.000
 spurns us,

00:47:35.379 --> 00:47:36.480
 our precious

00:47:36.480 --> 00:47:37.379
 and lovely

00:47:37.379 --> 00:47:38.519
 Jesus will

00:47:38.519 --> 00:47:39.379
 defend us.

00:47:39.379 --> 00:47:39.920
 Just as he

00:47:39.920 --> 00:47:40.779
 defended this

00:47:40.779 --> 00:47:41.059
 woman.

00:47:42.539 --> 00:47:43.000
 Not just

00:47:43.000 --> 00:47:43.619
 defend her,

00:47:43.759 --> 00:47:44.440
 but he

00:47:44.440 --> 00:47:45.299
 proclaims that

00:47:45.299 --> 00:47:46.299
 her story will

00:47:46.299 --> 00:47:47.199
 be proclaimed

00:47:47.199 --> 00:47:48.279
 throughout the

00:47:48.279 --> 00:47:49.119
 whole world.

00:47:50.420 --> 00:47:50.799
 Yes,

00:47:51.079 --> 00:47:51.659
 Jesus knows

00:47:51.659 --> 00:47:52.259
 that he will

00:47:52.259 --> 00:47:52.639
 die.

00:47:52.639 --> 00:47:53.639
 He is going

00:47:53.639 --> 00:47:54.219
 to die in

00:47:54.219 --> 00:47:54.900
 a very short

00:47:54.900 --> 00:47:55.359
 time,

00:47:55.519 --> 00:47:56.659
 but he

00:47:56.659 --> 00:47:57.079
 doesn't

00:47:57.079 --> 00:47:57.699
 anticipate

00:47:57.699 --> 00:47:58.480
 this to

00:47:58.480 --> 00:47:59.000
 conclude with

00:47:59.000 --> 00:47:59.599
 a sad

00:47:59.599 --> 00:47:59.879
 ending,

00:47:59.980 --> 00:48:00.400
 with just

00:48:00.400 --> 00:48:01.039
 merely his

00:48:01.039 --> 00:48:01.420
 death.

00:48:02.079 --> 00:48:02.739
 He knows

00:48:02.739 --> 00:48:03.199
 that this

00:48:03.199 --> 00:48:03.799
 gospel,

00:48:04.599 --> 00:48:05.179
 this good

00:48:05.179 --> 00:48:05.500
 news will

00:48:05.500 --> 00:48:06.299
 go throughout

00:48:06.299 --> 00:48:07.259
 the entire

00:48:07.259 --> 00:48:07.839
 world.

00:48:09.019 --> 00:48:09.619
 It is an

00:48:09.619 --> 00:48:10.379
 unstoppable

00:48:10.379 --> 00:48:11.839
 force that

00:48:11.839 --> 00:48:12.879
 will go to

00:48:12.879 --> 00:48:14.359
 every people

00:48:14.359 --> 00:48:15.179
 and language

00:48:15.179 --> 00:48:15.799
 and tongues.

00:48:17.159 --> 00:48:17.599
 And when

00:48:17.599 --> 00:48:18.179
 it does,

00:48:19.980 --> 00:48:21.000
 this woman's

00:48:21.000 --> 00:48:22.420
 story will

00:48:22.420 --> 00:48:22.980
 be proclaimed.

00:48:24.820 --> 00:48:25.260
 Do you

00:48:25.260 --> 00:48:26.159
 understand what

00:48:26.159 --> 00:48:26.760
 an incredible

00:48:26.760 --> 00:48:27.500
 blessing this

00:48:27.500 --> 00:48:27.780
 is?

00:48:29.980 --> 00:48:30.420
 Can you

00:48:30.420 --> 00:48:31.099
 just imagine

00:48:31.099 --> 00:48:31.860
 what she

00:48:31.860 --> 00:48:32.220
 might have

00:48:32.220 --> 00:48:33.800
 felt after

00:48:33.800 --> 00:48:34.240
 just being

00:48:34.240 --> 00:48:34.860
 rebuked

00:48:34.860 --> 00:48:35.860
 harshly by

00:48:35.860 --> 00:48:37.420
 the disciples

00:48:37.420 --> 00:48:38.420
 to hear

00:48:38.420 --> 00:48:39.159
 this kind

00:48:39.159 --> 00:48:39.960
 of response

00:48:39.960 --> 00:48:40.659
 that her

00:48:40.659 --> 00:48:41.680
 whole story

00:48:41.680 --> 00:48:42.019
 will be

00:48:42.019 --> 00:48:42.400
 proclaimed

00:48:42.400 --> 00:48:42.920
 throughout

00:48:42.920 --> 00:48:43.539
 the entire

00:48:43.539 --> 00:48:43.940
 world?

00:48:45.260 --> 00:48:45.740
 To no

00:48:45.740 --> 00:48:46.400
 other person

00:48:46.400 --> 00:48:46.960
 in all the

00:48:46.960 --> 00:48:47.619
 gospels does

00:48:47.619 --> 00:48:48.360
 Jesus make

00:48:48.360 --> 00:48:49.800
 this promise.

00:48:49.800 --> 00:48:49.900
 promise.

00:48:52.240 --> 00:48:52.560
 So,

00:48:53.519 --> 00:48:54.120
 maybe she

00:48:54.120 --> 00:48:54.860
 didn't ace

00:48:54.860 --> 00:48:55.500
 her exams.

00:48:57.340 --> 00:48:58.160
 Maybe she

00:48:58.160 --> 00:48:58.820
 never got

00:48:58.820 --> 00:49:00.420
 married and

00:49:00.420 --> 00:49:00.860
 never had

00:49:00.860 --> 00:49:01.500
 children and

00:49:01.500 --> 00:49:02.600
 had the

00:49:02.600 --> 00:49:03.280
 happily ever

00:49:03.280 --> 00:49:03.680
 after.

00:49:04.820 --> 00:49:05.380
 Maybe she

00:49:05.380 --> 00:49:05.920
 never got

00:49:05.920 --> 00:49:06.660
 her dream

00:49:06.660 --> 00:49:07.560
 internship or

00:49:07.560 --> 00:49:08.560
 job and

00:49:08.560 --> 00:49:09.460
 never made a

00:49:09.460 --> 00:49:10.080
 whole lot of

00:49:10.080 --> 00:49:10.340
 money.

00:49:11.460 --> 00:49:11.920
 Maybe she

00:49:11.920 --> 00:49:12.340
 wasn't all

00:49:12.340 --> 00:49:12.960
 that popular

00:49:12.960 --> 00:49:13.600
 and didn't

00:49:13.600 --> 00:49:14.039
 have a lot

00:49:14.039 --> 00:49:14.660
 of friends.

00:49:14.659 --> 00:49:17.139
 maybe she

00:49:17.139 --> 00:49:17.879
 never left

00:49:17.879 --> 00:49:18.739
 a meaningful

00:49:18.739 --> 00:49:19.339
 legacy in

00:49:19.339 --> 00:49:19.659
 any of

00:49:19.659 --> 00:49:20.059
 those other

00:49:20.059 --> 00:49:20.519
 areas.

00:49:22.059 --> 00:49:22.539
 But man,

00:49:23.599 --> 00:49:24.319
 she got

00:49:24.319 --> 00:49:24.859
 this one

00:49:24.859 --> 00:49:25.559
 thing right.

00:49:27.579 --> 00:49:28.460
 And now

00:49:28.460 --> 00:49:29.339
 her legacy

00:49:29.339 --> 00:49:31.500
 is cemented

00:49:31.500 --> 00:49:33.179
 throughout all

00:49:33.179 --> 00:49:33.859
 human history.

00:49:35.460 --> 00:49:36.279
 There will

00:49:36.279 --> 00:49:36.920
 be a day

00:49:36.920 --> 00:49:37.799
 and it's

00:49:37.799 --> 00:49:38.480
 coming soon

00:49:38.480 --> 00:49:39.039
 where the

00:49:39.039 --> 00:49:40.239
 musks

00:49:40.239 --> 00:49:41.279
 and the

00:49:41.279 --> 00:49:41.819
 bezoses

00:49:41.819 --> 00:49:42.279
 and the

00:49:42.279 --> 00:49:42.899
 gates of

00:49:42.900 --> 00:49:43.500
 this world

00:49:43.500 --> 00:49:44.480
 will be

00:49:44.480 --> 00:49:45.380
 irrelevant,

00:49:46.160 --> 00:49:46.800
 considered a

00:49:46.800 --> 00:49:47.380
 relic of

00:49:47.380 --> 00:49:48.099
 the past.

00:49:50.180 --> 00:49:50.760
 But this

00:49:50.760 --> 00:49:51.320
 woman's

00:49:51.320 --> 00:49:52.760
 legacy will

00:49:52.760 --> 00:49:53.639
 always be

00:49:53.639 --> 00:49:54.200
 etched on

00:49:54.200 --> 00:49:54.840
 our minds

00:49:54.840 --> 00:49:55.440
 and in

00:49:55.440 --> 00:49:55.960
 our hearts

00:49:55.960 --> 00:49:56.820
 just like

00:49:56.820 --> 00:49:57.160
 she is

00:49:57.160 --> 00:49:57.599
 today,

00:49:58.079 --> 00:49:58.980
 2,000 years

00:49:58.980 --> 00:49:59.320
 ago in

00:49:59.320 --> 00:50:00.000
 East Cambridge,

00:50:00.139 --> 00:50:00.599
 Massachusetts,

00:50:00.740 --> 00:50:01.139
 of all

00:50:01.139 --> 00:50:01.559
 places.

00:50:02.280 --> 00:50:02.980
 And it

00:50:02.980 --> 00:50:03.480
 will be

00:50:03.480 --> 00:50:04.360
 for generation,

00:50:04.860 --> 00:50:05.539
 for generation

00:50:05.539 --> 00:50:06.440
 and generation

00:50:06.440 --> 00:50:07.480
 until Jesus

00:50:07.480 --> 00:50:08.059
 comes.

00:50:10.539 --> 00:50:11.079
 So do you

00:50:11.079 --> 00:50:11.660
 want to

00:50:11.660 --> 00:50:12.180
 build a

00:50:12.180 --> 00:50:12.579
 real

00:50:12.579 --> 00:50:13.579
 legacy?

00:50:15.739 --> 00:50:16.340
 Do you

00:50:16.340 --> 00:50:16.599
 want to

00:50:16.599 --> 00:50:17.039
 be remembered?

00:50:19.599 --> 00:50:20.199
 As the

00:50:20.199 --> 00:50:20.579
 kids used

00:50:20.579 --> 00:50:20.960
 to say,

00:50:21.900 --> 00:50:22.799
 you only

00:50:22.799 --> 00:50:23.500
 live once,

00:50:24.159 --> 00:50:24.440
 right?

00:50:26.539 --> 00:50:27.179
 You only

00:50:27.179 --> 00:50:27.659
 have one

00:50:27.659 --> 00:50:28.159
 shot at

00:50:28.159 --> 00:50:28.440
 this,

00:50:28.980 --> 00:50:29.920
 one bullet

00:50:29.920 --> 00:50:30.259
 in the

00:50:30.259 --> 00:50:30.579
 chamber.

00:50:33.279 --> 00:50:34.059
 With this

00:50:34.059 --> 00:50:35.139
 one shot

00:50:35.139 --> 00:50:35.639
 then,

00:50:36.659 --> 00:50:37.860
 live for

00:50:37.860 --> 00:50:38.239
 Jesus.

00:50:40.219 --> 00:50:41.480
 Go all

00:50:41.480 --> 00:50:41.980
 out for

00:50:41.980 --> 00:50:42.199
 him.

00:50:42.579 --> 00:50:44.420
 put all

00:50:44.420 --> 00:50:44.860
 your chips

00:50:44.860 --> 00:50:45.159
 in the

00:50:45.159 --> 00:50:45.340
 middle,

00:50:45.500 --> 00:50:45.759
 hold

00:50:45.759 --> 00:50:46.199
 nothing

00:50:46.199 --> 00:50:46.679
 back,

00:50:47.440 --> 00:50:47.860
 break

00:50:47.860 --> 00:50:48.940
 the neck

00:50:48.940 --> 00:50:49.360
 of your

00:50:49.360 --> 00:50:50.139
 alabaster

00:50:50.139 --> 00:50:50.699
 jars,

00:50:50.920 --> 00:50:51.779
 and pour

00:50:51.779 --> 00:50:52.079
 it out

00:50:52.079 --> 00:50:52.440
 on him.

00:50:53.099 --> 00:50:53.819
 Because it

00:50:53.819 --> 00:50:54.380
 will never

00:50:54.380 --> 00:50:55.079
 be wasted

00:50:55.079 --> 00:50:55.960
 on Jesus.

00:50:56.900 --> 00:50:57.259
 He is

00:50:57.259 --> 00:50:58.239
 worth it.

00:50:59.679 --> 00:51:00.179
 So to

00:51:00.179 --> 00:51:00.659
 conclude,

00:51:01.400 --> 00:51:01.860
 here are a

00:51:01.860 --> 00:51:03.079
 couple of

00:51:03.079 --> 00:51:03.599
 stanzas

00:51:03.599 --> 00:51:04.900
 from this

00:51:04.900 --> 00:51:05.340
 poem by

00:51:05.340 --> 00:51:05.659
 C.T.

00:51:05.739 --> 00:51:06.039
 Studd.

00:51:06.039 --> 00:51:09.300
 two little

00:51:09.300 --> 00:51:09.980
 lines I

00:51:09.980 --> 00:51:10.480
 heard one

00:51:10.480 --> 00:51:10.739
 day,

00:51:10.960 --> 00:51:11.460
 traveling

00:51:11.460 --> 00:51:12.079
 along

00:51:12.079 --> 00:51:12.599
 life's

00:51:12.599 --> 00:51:12.840
 busy

00:51:12.840 --> 00:51:13.159
 way,

00:51:14.320 --> 00:51:14.619
 bringing

00:51:14.619 --> 00:51:15.199
 conviction

00:51:15.199 --> 00:51:15.659
 to my

00:51:15.659 --> 00:51:16.019
 heart,

00:51:16.500 --> 00:51:16.860
 and for

00:51:16.860 --> 00:51:17.360
 my mind

00:51:17.360 --> 00:51:17.800
 would not

00:51:17.800 --> 00:51:18.279
 depart,

00:51:19.199 --> 00:51:20.300
 only one

00:51:20.300 --> 00:51:20.960
 life.

00:51:20.960 --> 00:51:22.220
 will soon

00:51:22.220 --> 00:51:22.960
 be past,

00:51:23.380 --> 00:51:24.380
 only what's

00:51:24.380 --> 00:51:24.960
 done for

00:51:24.960 --> 00:51:25.720
 Christ will

00:51:25.720 --> 00:51:26.159
 last.

00:51:27.619 --> 00:51:28.139
 Oh,

00:51:28.260 --> 00:51:28.900
 let my

00:51:28.900 --> 00:51:30.099
 love with

00:51:30.099 --> 00:51:30.920
 fur burn,

00:51:31.720 --> 00:51:32.400
 and from

00:51:32.400 --> 00:51:33.240
 the world

00:51:33.240 --> 00:51:34.019
 now let me

00:51:34.019 --> 00:51:34.460
 turn,

00:51:35.500 --> 00:51:36.079
 living for

00:51:36.079 --> 00:51:36.559
 thee and

00:51:36.559 --> 00:51:37.260
 thee alone,

00:51:37.800 --> 00:51:38.300
 bringing thee

00:51:38.300 --> 00:51:39.240
 pleasure on

00:51:39.240 --> 00:51:39.980
 thy throne.

00:51:40.659 --> 00:51:41.519
 Only one

00:51:41.519 --> 00:51:41.940
 life,

00:51:41.940 --> 00:51:43.280
 will soon

00:51:43.280 --> 00:51:44.019
 be past,

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 only what's

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 done for

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 Christ will

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 last.

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 Only

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 one life,

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 yes,

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 only one.

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 Now let

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 me say

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 thy will

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 be done,

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 and when

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 at last

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 I'll hear

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 the call,

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 I know,

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 I know

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 I'll say

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 t'was worth

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 it all.

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 Brothers and

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 sisters,

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 only one

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 life,

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 t'will

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 soon be

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 past,

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 only what's

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 done for

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 Christ will

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 last.

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 Let's

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 pray.

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 So we

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 offer,

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 oh God,

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 the little

00:52:35.319 --> 00:52:35.920
 of our

00:52:35.920 --> 00:52:36.259
 lives,

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 the little

00:52:36.659 --> 00:52:37.159
 of our

00:52:37.159 --> 00:52:38.339
 talents and

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 efforts and

00:52:39.079 --> 00:52:39.779
 money and

00:52:39.779 --> 00:52:40.319
 time,

00:52:40.599 --> 00:52:42.400
 we know

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 it's not

00:52:42.980 --> 00:52:43.380
 enough.

00:52:44.159 --> 00:52:44.880
 It's not

00:52:44.880 --> 00:52:45.239
 enough.

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 But we

00:52:49.239 --> 00:52:49.539
 give it

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 all.

00:52:50.559 --> 00:52:51.159
 We surrender

00:52:51.159 --> 00:52:51.679
 it all to

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 you as

00:52:52.319 --> 00:52:52.619
 living

00:52:52.619 --> 00:52:53.299
 sacrifices,

00:52:54.339 --> 00:52:55.860
 that you

00:52:55.860 --> 00:52:56.139
 would be

00:52:56.139 --> 00:52:56.539
 honored,

00:52:56.819 --> 00:52:57.079
 that you

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 would be

00:52:57.279 --> 00:52:57.880
 glorified,

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 and you

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 would be

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 treasured in

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 our hearts.

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 It's in

00:53:02.119 --> 00:53:03.119
 your name

00:53:03.119 --> 00:53:03.480
 we pray.

00:53:03.719 --> 00:53:03.920
 Amen.

00:53:03.920 --> 00:53:04.019
 Amen.

00:53:04.019 --> 00:53:04.059
 Amen.

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