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 The passage is Matthew chapter 11, starting with verse 25.

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 Please turn to your Bibles. Don't look at me. It's not written on my face.

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 It is written in your scriptures. And we need to follow it carefully.

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 I want you to see it so you don't think I'm making this up.

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 It really is written in the scriptures.

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 I'm sure you know by now that this is an election year

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 and that there are many opinions about so many things

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 and there are almost as many opinions as there are commentators

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 who would like to state an opinion about everything.

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 In Wisconsin, I suppose one of the issues is,

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 is Governor Walker good or is he bad?

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 Is he helping the economy or is he discouraging the economy?

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 Is he creating jobs or is he not creating jobs?

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 Is he good to education or is he bad to education?

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 And of course, your answer depends on whom you listen to.

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 And there are some who say one thing and some who say something else.

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 And then we have political parties, the Republicans, the Democrats,

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 the Tea Party, the Green Party, the Massouh Party.

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 You know, I'm the only member of that party.

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 You know, so there are many opinions about so many things.

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 And at the time of Jesus, it wasn't that much different.

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 You had all kinds of parties with people with various views.

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 You had the Sadducees who were basically priests

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 who thought it was okay to cooperate with Rome.

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 You had the Zealots who were militants and who said the exact opposite.

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 It's not okay to cooperate with Rome.

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 You had the Pharisees who emphasized the study of the law.

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 But you also had the Chassidim who are not mentioned often in the New Testament,

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 but who were the primary opponents, the primary enemies of the Pharisees.

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 When you read intertestamental period, the Talmud and things like that,

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 you think Jesus was harsh on the Pharisees.

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 He was mild compared to what the Chassidim said.

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 There's a famous section about the 11 great hypocrisies of the Chassidim.

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 You know, I mean, it's creative, to say the least.

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 And then you had the people of the land, Ham Haaretz.

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 And so you could ask them, what should we do?

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 And you got as many opinions as there were parties and rabbis to think and discuss.

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 Into the scene appears Jesus.

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 And it looks like this is just another opinion in a milieu of many opinions.

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 And it's easy to think, well, that is his view.

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 But, you know, why shouldn't I trust the Zealots more?

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 Why should I accept Jesus?

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 Why should I not accept the Sadducees or the Ham Haaretz?

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 So I want us to look at this passage to try to understand why Jesus matters and others don't.

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 Why Jesus is special and the others are not.

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 Why Jesus' word is of a different caliber and a different quality and a different status than the other ones.

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 So please turn with me to Matthew 11, verse 25.

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 At that time, Jesus said,

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 In case you didn't get it, the wise and the learned are the Pharisees.

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 They were wise in their own opinion.

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 They were learned in their own opinion.

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 Lord, Father, praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth.

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 Because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned and revealed them to little children.

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 Yes, Father, this was your good pleasure.

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 God hid certain truths from those who thought they were wise and learned.

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 And why would God hide certain truths from them?

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 There are all kinds of reasons.

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 Some people are self-righteous.

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 Some people are unteachable.

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 They remind me of my freshmen in college who think they know everything.

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 And then I ask them to spell Heidegger and they find out that they don't know everything.

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 Some people are opinionated and they are so convinced of the truth of their opinions that they don't see why the rest of us don't agree with them.

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 Some of us are bigots.

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 Some of us are prejudiced.

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 Some of us think we know it all.

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 For those of you who are parents with little children, that phase will come.

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 You know, give it time.

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 The know it all.

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 But the Father has hidden these things from the wise and the learned and revealed it to little children.

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 In the next verse, he says,

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 Yes, Father, this was your good pleasure.

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 All things have been committed to me by my Father.

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 No one knows the Son except the Father.

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 Even Paul says, expresses his wish that I may know him and the power of his resurrection.

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 Even Paul realizes he hasn't arrived.

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 Now I see in part.

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 We know Jesus a little bit, but we certainly don't know everything about Jesus.

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 And that's the glory of eternity, I suspect.

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 So, no one knows the Son except the Father.

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 And now listen to this bold statement.

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 And no one knows the Father except the Son.

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 And the one to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

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 No one knows the Father except the Son.

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 If I stood up in front of you here and I said,

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 I'm the only one in all of America who knows how to balance the budget.

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 I, I alone, I'm the only one in all of America.

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 What should you think?

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 Well, the naive, of course, would agree with me.

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 But that's why you're naive.

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 C.S. Lewis says, when somebody stands up and says,

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 I'm the only one, you think, you should think one of three things.

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 You know, somebody slipped LSD in his coffee.

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 You know, they're psychotic.

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 He's having grand illusions.

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 You know, send him to psychiatric ward.

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 He's lunatic.

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 That's one option.

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 The other option is that he's a liar.

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 He's a liar through and through.

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 So you could be a lunatic.

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 You could be a liar.

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 Or the other possibility,

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 you, Jesus is Lord.

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 Is Jesus lunatic?

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 Is Jesus liar?

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 Is Jesus Lord?

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 Lord, you read the Gospels.

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 And you ask the Holy Spirit to help you see which one of those three he is.

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 But Jesus is making a really bold statement.

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 I'm the only one who knows the Father.

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 My goodness.

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 So, not only does Jesus know the Father,

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 but also,

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 and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

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 Please notice the word reveal.

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 It has appeared twice now.

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 I thank you, Father,

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 because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned

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 and revealed them to the little children.

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 No one knows the Father except the Son,

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 and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

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 This is a passage about revealing the truth.

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 This is not a passage about soccer.

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 It's not a passage about how to cook pizza.

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 It's a passage about revealing the truth.

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 The truth is what is important at this point.

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 Because the truth is so important,

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 Jesus says something really,

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 I mean, boy, he is bold in this passage.

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 Come to me, come to me,

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 all you who are weary and burdened,

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 and I will give you rest.

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 He doesn't say,

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 come to Rabbi Gamaliel,

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 or wait till Rabbi Akiba appears on the scene,

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 or wait, or go to this teacher,

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 or that teacher, or Nicodemus.

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 Jesus says, come to me.

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 Now, why does Jesus say, come to me,

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 rather than go to somebody else?

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 I am very good at some things,

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 and I say that just as a matter of fact,

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 not as a boast.

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 I happen to be good at some things,

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 but in other things, I'm just awful.

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 And I know myself.

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 I don't have illusions.

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 When it comes to cars,

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 I'm awful.

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 In 67, I bought a VW Beetle,

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 and foolishly opened the hood,

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 and couldn't see the engine anywhere.

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 And somebody had to remind me that the engine is in the back,

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 in a VW Beetle.

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 How am I supposed to know that?

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 You know,

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 you know,

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 the light comes on,

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 the tires.

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 Well, I can't tell whether they're low or too much.

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 In certain things,

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 I am not the right person.

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 If you want to know something about your car,

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 if you're having car problems,

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 you don't come to me.

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 I'm telling you,

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 I know nothing about cars.

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 I'm the last person

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 that you should go to,

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 maybe not even then.

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 But,

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 if you want to understand how to fix cars,

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 you go to a good car mechanic.

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 We've had a lot of electricity problems at home,

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 and just as I don't know anything about cars,

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 I don't know anything about electricity.

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 But,

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 there is a person here that,

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 at church,

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 a dear friend,

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 and I said,

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 you know a lot better than I do.

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 You know,

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 you're a handyman.

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 I'm not a handyman.

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 You take a look at it.

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 You know,

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 if I fix it,

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 it'll get worse.

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 So,

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 Jesus says,

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 come to me.

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 Not Nicodemus,

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 not Gamaliel,

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 not Akiba,

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 not any of those.

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 Come to me.

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 Why should we go to Jesus?

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 For the very simple reason

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 that Jesus just told us,

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 no one knows the Father except the Son.

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 So,

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 if the Son knows the Father,

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 and you want to know something about the Father,

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 you go to the right teacher.

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 You don't go to the wrong teacher.

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 If you want to study medicine,

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 you don't go to a conservatory.

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 In a conservatory,

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 you learn a lot about music.

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 You won't learn a thing about medicine.

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 You go to the right teacher.

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 And who is the right teacher?

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 Jesus.

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 Why?

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 Because Jesus knows the Father.

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 But sometimes,

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 you go to the right place,

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 and the person says,

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 no,

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 I don't want to tell you.

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 You know,

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 I'm not interested.

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 I don't have time for you.

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 You know,

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 just before the test,

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 student asked me,

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 what's the answer to this question?

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 And I say,

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 why didn't you ask me four days ago?

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 Or a week ago?

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 I would have told you then.

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 I'm not going to tell you two minutes

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 before the test.

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 Sometimes students ask me,

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 you know,

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 how many languages do you know?

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 And I say,

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 it's none of your business.

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 I don't know if I should share this with you,

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 but,

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 you know,

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 there's a dark side to me too.

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 I was teaching

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 second year Hebrew,

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 and I had really,

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 really,

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 really bright students.

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 I mean,

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 they were fantastic.

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 They're probably the best students I had.

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 And they were getting,

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 you know,

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 proud of themselves

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 and conceited,

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 and I thought to myself,

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 pride comes before the fall.

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 I will bring about the fall.

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 And they were just,

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 you know,

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 they were just brilliant,

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 and they were good.

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 And I wanted

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 to teach them a lesson in humility,

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 that they really don't know everything.

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 So on the test,

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 even though it was a course in Hebrew,

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 I gave them a passage in Aramaic

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 to translate.

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 Hebrew and Aramaic

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 alphabet is the same.

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 So I know

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 how to tell the two languages apart.

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 They don't.

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 So I gave them a passage

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 in Aramaic

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 to translate.

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 And halfway through the course,

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 they came to me,

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 the test,

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 they came to me and said,

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 Professor Masuh,

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 this is much harder

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 than anything

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 we've done in class.

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 And I snapped at them,

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 next time,

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 study more.

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 And for a week,

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 I pretended that I was totally unhappy with them

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 because they are dingbats.

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 And then after a week,

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 I told them that I pulled a trick on them

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 that as a matter of fact,

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 it was Aramaic,

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 not Hebrew,

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 so I didn't expect them

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 to be able to translate anything.

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 Well,

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 they didn't think it was funny.

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 Arthur was hilarious.

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 But you go to the teacher

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 who knows what he's doing.

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 And in the case of Jesus,

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 Jesus doesn't say,

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 I know the Father

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 and I'm not telling anybody.

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 It's my secret.

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 It's for me.

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 You're left out.

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 You're excluded.

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 You know,

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 you're outside the ark.

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 What Jesus says,

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 no one knows the Father

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 except the Son

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 and those to whom the Son

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 chooses to reveal him.

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 And if we come to Jesus

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 and Jesus decides to reveal him,

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 the Father to us,

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 he will.

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 Jesus knows the Father,

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 can reveal him,

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 and in some cases,

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 will reveal him

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 as he pleases.

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 As he pleases.

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 Come to me,

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 all you who are weary

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 and burdened,

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 and I will give you rest.

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 And then,

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 here comes the difficult passage.

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 Take my yoke upon you

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 and learn from me.

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 For I am gentle

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 and humble in heart,

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 and you will find rest

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 for your souls.

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 For my yoke is easy

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 and my burden is light.

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 I want you to hear me carefully.

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 What I'm going to say

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 is probably new

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 to most of you.

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 You have probably

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 never heard this before.

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 And so,

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 I want to make sure

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 you understand

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 what I'm saying.

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 Jesus says,

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 take my yoke upon you.

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 I would have thought

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 that the next thing

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 he would say is,

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 and rest in me,

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 or find comfort in me,

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 or find consolation in me.

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 But he says,

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 take my yoke upon you

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 and learn of me.

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 Learn and yoke go together.

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 The reason that is the case

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 is that in rabbinic literature,

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 yoke is a technical term.

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 It's not an ordinary term.

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 It's a special term.

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 If in a computer lab,

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 the professor says,

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 stop playing with the mouse,

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 he doesn't mean Mickey Mouse,

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 and he doesn't mean

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 chasing a mouse on the floor.

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 When he says,

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 don't play with the mouse,

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 he means that thing

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 that you use

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 to maneuver the computer.

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 So, in a computer lab,

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 mouse is a technical term.

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 Yoke is a technical term

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 in rabbinic literature.

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 Yoke means

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 knowledge,

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 education,

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 teaching.

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 So, when Jesus says,

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 take my yoke upon you,

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 it's the same thing

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 as saying,

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 take my teaching upon you.

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 Everybody in Israel

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 knew that.

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 Certainly,

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 all the rabbis

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 knew that.

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 As a matter of fact,

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 in Israel,

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 when a Gentile

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 wanted to convert

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 to Judaism,

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 they would be put

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 through a series

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 of questions

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 and lessons

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 and initiation rites.

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 And if you pass them all,

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 the last two questions

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 you would ask the Gentile

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 is,

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 are you aware

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 that Israel

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 at the present

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 is only a servant?

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 That Rome

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 is the powerful city.

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 at the present,

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 not always,

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 but just right now.

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 If you want

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 political power,

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 you cast your lot

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 with Rome.

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 And so,

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 if you join Israel

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 for political power,

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 you're joining

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 the wrong country.

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 Rome

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 is the world power.

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 So,

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 they would ask

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 as the second

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 to the last question,

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 are you aware,

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 do you understand

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 that at the present,

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 we are a defeated,

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 conquered country,

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 oppressed by Rome?

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 And then,

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 if the person

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 said yes,

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 then you ask

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 the very last question.

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 And the last question

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 is,

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 are you willing

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 to accept

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 the yoke

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 of the Torah?

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 Are you willing

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 to accept

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 the teaching

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 of the Torah?

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 what Jesus

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 is doing here

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 is paraphrasing

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 a passage

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 from a

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 famous book

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 called

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 Ecclesiasticus,

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 not Ecclesiastes,

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 Job,

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 Psalms,

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 Proverbs,

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 Ecclesiastes.

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 It's not that book,

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 it's another book.

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 It's a book

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 on wisdom.

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 And,

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 and,

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 because of that book,

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 yoke

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 means teaching.

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 And so,

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 Jesus,

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 take my yoke,

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 teach my,

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 take my teaching

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 and learn.

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 For I am gentle

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 and humble

00:20:12.160 --> 00:20:12.880
 in heart

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 and you will find

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 rest for my,

00:20:15.560 --> 00:20:16.480
 for your souls

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 because my teaching,

00:20:18.380 --> 00:20:19.640
 my yoke is easy

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 and my burden

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 is light.

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 Let me say

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 something very important.

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 I am not saying

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 that we shouldn't

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 come to Jesus

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 for our problems.

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 I am not saying that.

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 I would never say that.

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 I am as emphatic

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 as ever

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 that we should come

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 to Jesus

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 for all of our problems

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 and I can give you

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 a whole host

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 of passages

00:20:41.860 --> 00:20:43.380
 that deal with

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 going to Jesus

00:20:44.360 --> 00:20:45.320
 for your problems.

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 Casting your anxieties

00:20:47.380 --> 00:20:47.920
 on him

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 because he cares for you.

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 Be anxious

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 for nothing.

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 1 Peter 5,

00:20:52.480 --> 00:20:52.840
 7,

00:20:52.839 --> 00:20:54.179
 Philippians 4,

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 6.

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 But in this passage

00:20:56.480 --> 00:20:57.980
 he is talking

00:20:57.980 --> 00:20:59.240
 about the yoke

00:20:59.240 --> 00:21:00.199
 of his teaching.

00:21:00.439 --> 00:21:01.459
 He is saying

00:21:01.459 --> 00:21:02.639
 his teaching

00:21:02.639 --> 00:21:03.799
 is lighter

00:21:03.799 --> 00:21:05.019
 or easier

00:21:05.019 --> 00:21:06.459
 than the teaching

00:21:06.459 --> 00:21:07.619
 of the other teachers

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 that you shouldn't

00:21:08.799 --> 00:21:09.279
 go to

00:21:09.279 --> 00:21:10.379
 because they don't

00:21:10.379 --> 00:21:10.799
 know anything

00:21:10.799 --> 00:21:11.459
 about God

00:21:11.459 --> 00:21:12.599
 to begin with.

00:21:14.159 --> 00:21:14.839
 Well,

00:21:14.959 --> 00:21:15.419
 we are only

00:21:15.419 --> 00:21:16.079
 halfway through

00:21:16.079 --> 00:21:16.519
 the sermon.

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 I want you

00:21:19.359 --> 00:21:20.099
 to look at

00:21:20.099 --> 00:21:21.400
 chapter 12,

00:21:22.119 --> 00:21:22.759
 the first

00:21:22.759 --> 00:21:23.639
 eight verses.

00:21:26.980 --> 00:21:28.240
 Chapter 12,

00:21:28.460 --> 00:21:28.839
 the first

00:21:28.839 --> 00:21:29.500
 eight verses

00:21:29.500 --> 00:21:31.180
 is an illustration

00:21:31.180 --> 00:21:32.839
 of what Jesus

00:21:32.839 --> 00:21:33.759
 has just

00:21:33.759 --> 00:21:34.920
 finished teaching.

00:21:35.859 --> 00:21:36.720
 Jesus has made

00:21:36.720 --> 00:21:37.480
 certain bold

00:21:37.480 --> 00:21:37.920
 statements

00:21:37.920 --> 00:21:39.400
 and now we see

00:21:39.400 --> 00:21:40.799
 them in real life,

00:21:40.980 --> 00:21:42.059
 in concrete shape,

00:21:42.720 --> 00:21:43.420
 in form.

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 So the first

00:21:45.019 --> 00:21:45.440
 thing that

00:21:45.440 --> 00:21:46.100
 Jesus said

00:21:46.100 --> 00:21:46.960
 is that

00:21:46.960 --> 00:21:47.519
 the Father

00:21:47.519 --> 00:21:48.440
 has hidden

00:21:48.440 --> 00:21:49.240
 these things

00:21:49.240 --> 00:21:51.259
 from the learned

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 and the wise.

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 Look at how

00:21:53.440 --> 00:21:54.160
 chapter 12

00:21:54.160 --> 00:21:54.700
 begins.

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 At that time,

00:21:57.440 --> 00:21:58.240
 Jesus went

00:21:58.240 --> 00:21:58.820
 through the

00:21:58.820 --> 00:22:00.340
 grain fields

00:22:00.340 --> 00:22:00.980
 on the Sabbath.

00:22:02.039 --> 00:22:02.740
 His disciples

00:22:02.740 --> 00:22:03.440
 were hungry

00:22:03.440 --> 00:22:04.160
 and began

00:22:04.160 --> 00:22:04.700
 to pick

00:22:04.700 --> 00:22:05.820
 some heads

00:22:05.820 --> 00:22:06.519
 of grain

00:22:06.519 --> 00:22:07.380
 to eat them.

00:22:07.380 --> 00:22:08.760
 when the

00:22:08.760 --> 00:22:09.680
 Pharisees

00:22:09.680 --> 00:22:10.500
 saw this,

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 they said

00:22:11.640 --> 00:22:12.080
 to him,

00:22:12.260 --> 00:22:12.580
 Lord,

00:22:13.240 --> 00:22:14.040
 your disciples

00:22:14.040 --> 00:22:14.740
 are doing

00:22:14.740 --> 00:22:15.260
 what is

00:22:15.260 --> 00:22:16.040
 unlawful

00:22:16.040 --> 00:22:16.700
 on the

00:22:16.700 --> 00:22:16.960
 Sabbath.

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 You know

00:22:18.320 --> 00:22:18.600
 what they

00:22:18.600 --> 00:22:18.840
 should have

00:22:18.840 --> 00:22:19.120
 said?

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 Your disciples

00:22:20.420 --> 00:22:20.960
 are doing

00:22:20.960 --> 00:22:21.580
 what we

00:22:21.580 --> 00:22:22.080
 think

00:22:22.080 --> 00:22:23.660
 is unlawful

00:22:23.660 --> 00:22:24.140
 on the

00:22:24.140 --> 00:22:24.380
 Sabbath.

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 Here we

00:22:27.060 --> 00:22:27.640
 have the

00:22:27.640 --> 00:22:28.320
 learned and

00:22:28.320 --> 00:22:28.780
 the wise

00:22:28.780 --> 00:22:29.880
 passing judgment

00:22:29.880 --> 00:22:30.520
 on the

00:22:30.520 --> 00:22:31.200
 meaning of

00:22:31.200 --> 00:22:31.700
 the Sabbath

00:22:31.700 --> 00:22:32.620
 and what

00:22:32.620 --> 00:22:33.180
 is legal

00:22:33.180 --> 00:22:33.620
 on the

00:22:33.620 --> 00:22:33.900
 Sabbath

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 and what

00:22:34.400 --> 00:22:34.880
 is not.

00:22:35.660 --> 00:22:36.180
 And what

00:22:36.180 --> 00:22:36.800
 does Jesus

00:22:36.800 --> 00:22:37.180
 say?

00:22:37.380 --> 00:22:38.100
 he has

00:22:38.100 --> 00:22:38.600
 hidden.

00:22:39.240 --> 00:22:39.860
 The Father

00:22:39.860 --> 00:22:40.680
 has hidden

00:22:40.680 --> 00:22:41.840
 it from

00:22:41.840 --> 00:22:42.480
 the wise

00:22:42.480 --> 00:22:42.880
 and the

00:22:42.880 --> 00:22:43.100
 learned.

00:22:43.580 --> 00:22:44.240
 And there

00:22:44.240 --> 00:22:45.400
 are your

00:22:45.400 --> 00:22:46.340
 wise and

00:22:46.340 --> 00:22:46.700
 the learned

00:22:46.700 --> 00:22:47.760
 who don't

00:22:47.760 --> 00:22:48.400
 get it.

00:22:48.840 --> 00:22:49.460
 And Jesus

00:22:49.460 --> 00:22:50.020
 has to

00:22:50.020 --> 00:22:50.500
 straighten

00:22:50.500 --> 00:22:51.000
 them out.

00:22:51.520 --> 00:22:52.080
 In spite

00:22:52.080 --> 00:22:52.560
 of all

00:22:52.560 --> 00:22:52.840
 of their

00:22:52.840 --> 00:22:53.200
 learning,

00:22:53.680 --> 00:22:54.500
 they don't

00:22:54.500 --> 00:22:55.180
 see it.

00:22:56.320 --> 00:22:57.040
 And Jesus

00:22:57.040 --> 00:22:57.820
 has to

00:22:57.820 --> 00:22:58.940
 explain it

00:22:58.940 --> 00:22:59.320
 to them.

00:23:00.980 --> 00:23:01.340
 Okay.

00:23:02.680 --> 00:23:03.180
 Jesus

00:23:03.180 --> 00:23:03.660
 says,

00:23:04.660 --> 00:23:05.780
 he knows

00:23:05.780 --> 00:23:06.580
 the Father

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 and he

00:23:08.079 --> 00:23:09.159
 can reveal

00:23:09.159 --> 00:23:10.500
 the

00:23:10.500 --> 00:23:10.899
 Father.

00:23:13.599 --> 00:23:14.099
 Let's

00:23:14.099 --> 00:23:14.419
 look at

00:23:14.419 --> 00:23:15.099
 this passage

00:23:15.099 --> 00:23:15.960
 and as

00:23:15.960 --> 00:23:16.980
 we read

00:23:16.980 --> 00:23:17.159
 it,

00:23:17.359 --> 00:23:17.619
 let's

00:23:17.619 --> 00:23:18.599
 see what

00:23:18.599 --> 00:23:19.139
 does Jesus

00:23:19.139 --> 00:23:19.899
 reveal about

00:23:19.899 --> 00:23:20.439
 the Father.

00:23:22.159 --> 00:23:22.919
 Aside from

00:23:22.919 --> 00:23:24.599
 this debate,

00:23:25.240 --> 00:23:25.559
 should we

00:23:25.559 --> 00:23:26.059
 harvest or

00:23:26.059 --> 00:23:26.379
 should we

00:23:26.379 --> 00:23:27.000
 not harvest?

00:23:27.159 --> 00:23:27.799
 Is picking up

00:23:27.799 --> 00:23:28.859
 grains harvest

00:23:28.859 --> 00:23:29.299
 or not?

00:23:29.500 --> 00:23:30.079
 Let's see

00:23:30.079 --> 00:23:31.779
 whether Jesus

00:23:31.779 --> 00:23:32.319
 tells us

00:23:32.319 --> 00:23:32.960
 anything about

00:23:32.960 --> 00:23:33.460
 the Father.

00:23:33.460 --> 00:23:33.559
 Father.

00:23:34.559 --> 00:23:35.140
 Starting

00:23:35.140 --> 00:23:35.579
 with verse

00:23:35.579 --> 00:23:35.900
 three.

00:23:36.960 --> 00:23:37.140
 He

00:23:37.140 --> 00:23:37.680
 answered,

00:23:38.900 --> 00:23:39.400
 haven't you

00:23:39.400 --> 00:23:40.039
 read what

00:23:40.039 --> 00:23:40.680
 David did

00:23:40.680 --> 00:23:41.600
 when his

00:23:41.600 --> 00:23:42.279
 companions

00:23:42.279 --> 00:23:42.960
 were hungry?

00:23:43.819 --> 00:23:44.420
 He

00:23:44.420 --> 00:23:44.940
 entered the

00:23:44.940 --> 00:23:45.400
 house of

00:23:45.400 --> 00:23:46.140
 God and

00:23:46.140 --> 00:23:46.539
 he and

00:23:46.539 --> 00:23:46.740
 his

00:23:46.740 --> 00:23:47.360
 companions

00:23:47.360 --> 00:23:48.079
 ate the

00:23:48.079 --> 00:23:48.720
 consecrated

00:23:48.720 --> 00:23:49.120
 bread,

00:23:49.539 --> 00:23:50.340
 which was

00:23:50.340 --> 00:23:51.140
 not lawful

00:23:51.140 --> 00:23:51.680
 for them

00:23:51.680 --> 00:23:53.220
 to do,

00:23:54.079 --> 00:23:54.840
 but only

00:23:54.840 --> 00:23:55.259
 for the

00:23:55.259 --> 00:23:55.759
 priests.

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 Or

00:23:57.140 --> 00:23:58.079
 haven't you

00:23:58.079 --> 00:23:58.539
 read in

00:23:58.539 --> 00:23:58.940
 the law

00:23:58.940 --> 00:23:59.779
 that on

00:23:59.779 --> 00:24:00.220
 the Sabbath,

00:24:00.740 --> 00:24:01.279
 the priests

00:24:01.279 --> 00:24:01.619
 in the

00:24:01.619 --> 00:24:01.920
 temple

00:24:01.920 --> 00:24:02.559
 desecrate

00:24:02.559 --> 00:24:03.039
 the day

00:24:03.039 --> 00:24:03.960
 by cleaning

00:24:03.960 --> 00:24:04.599
 the temple

00:24:04.599 --> 00:24:05.319
 which is

00:24:05.319 --> 00:24:06.440
 working and

00:24:06.440 --> 00:24:06.920
 yet are

00:24:06.920 --> 00:24:07.319
 innocent?

00:24:08.319 --> 00:24:09.059
 I tell

00:24:09.059 --> 00:24:09.299
 you,

00:24:09.460 --> 00:24:10.059
 verse six,

00:24:10.720 --> 00:24:11.240
 don't miss

00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:11.700
 the point,

00:24:12.119 --> 00:24:12.680
 verse six,

00:24:13.240 --> 00:24:13.740
 I tell

00:24:13.740 --> 00:24:15.500
 you that

00:24:15.500 --> 00:24:17.000
 one greater

00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:17.680
 than the

00:24:17.680 --> 00:24:18.539
 temple is

00:24:18.539 --> 00:24:18.960
 here.

00:24:20.720 --> 00:24:21.399
 One

00:24:21.399 --> 00:24:22.779
 greater than

00:24:22.779 --> 00:24:23.319
 the temple

00:24:23.319 --> 00:24:23.940
 is here.

00:24:26.759 --> 00:24:27.420
 Jesus

00:24:27.420 --> 00:24:28.440
 is here.

00:24:28.440 --> 00:24:31.160
 verse

00:24:31.160 --> 00:24:31.539
 seven,

00:24:32.019 --> 00:24:32.420
 if you

00:24:32.420 --> 00:24:33.200
 had known

00:24:33.200 --> 00:24:34.580
 what those

00:24:34.580 --> 00:24:36.420
 words mean,

00:24:37.059 --> 00:24:37.600
 I desire

00:24:37.600 --> 00:24:38.360
 mercy,

00:24:38.860 --> 00:24:39.059
 not

00:24:39.059 --> 00:24:39.880
 sacrifice,

00:24:40.340 --> 00:24:41.080
 you would

00:24:41.080 --> 00:24:41.840
 not have

00:24:41.840 --> 00:24:42.259
 condemned

00:24:42.259 --> 00:24:42.960
 the innocent,

00:24:43.960 --> 00:24:44.640
 for the

00:24:44.640 --> 00:24:45.000
 son of

00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:45.820
 man is

00:24:45.820 --> 00:24:46.519
 Lord over

00:24:46.519 --> 00:24:47.039
 the Sabbath.

00:24:48.039 --> 00:24:48.500
 Look at

00:24:48.500 --> 00:24:48.980
 that verse,

00:24:49.100 --> 00:24:49.600
 I desire

00:24:49.600 --> 00:24:50.180
 mercy and

00:24:50.180 --> 00:24:50.799
 not sacrifice.

00:24:51.039 --> 00:24:51.539
 That is a

00:24:51.539 --> 00:24:52.180
 quotation from

00:24:52.180 --> 00:24:52.500
 the Old

00:24:52.500 --> 00:24:52.840
 Testament.

00:24:53.320 --> 00:24:53.680
 It's from

00:24:53.680 --> 00:24:54.320
 Hosea six,

00:24:54.400 --> 00:24:54.660
 seven,

00:24:55.460 --> 00:24:55.980
 in which

00:24:55.980 --> 00:24:57.559
 God says,

00:24:57.559 --> 00:24:59.259
 I desire

00:24:59.259 --> 00:25:00.579
 mercy and

00:25:00.579 --> 00:25:01.480
 not sacrifice.

00:25:02.099 --> 00:25:02.720
 The word for

00:25:02.720 --> 00:25:03.279
 mercy is the

00:25:03.279 --> 00:25:03.859
 word chesed,

00:25:04.579 --> 00:25:05.339
 that wonderful

00:25:05.339 --> 00:25:05.919
 Hebrew word.

00:25:06.599 --> 00:25:07.579
 I desire

00:25:07.579 --> 00:25:08.159
 mercy,

00:25:08.460 --> 00:25:09.559
 not sacrifice.

00:25:10.440 --> 00:25:11.099
 Jesus says,

00:25:11.379 --> 00:25:12.019
 if you only

00:25:12.019 --> 00:25:12.679
 understood this

00:25:12.679 --> 00:25:13.039
 verse,

00:25:13.539 --> 00:25:14.000
 you wouldn't

00:25:14.000 --> 00:25:14.639
 be doing all

00:25:14.639 --> 00:25:15.579
 these foolish

00:25:15.579 --> 00:25:16.419
 accusations.

00:25:17.359 --> 00:25:18.059
 Who is

00:25:18.059 --> 00:25:18.379
 saying,

00:25:18.740 --> 00:25:19.179
 I desire

00:25:19.179 --> 00:25:19.579
 mercy?

00:25:19.859 --> 00:25:20.539
 The father

00:25:20.539 --> 00:25:21.639
 in Hosea

00:25:21.639 --> 00:25:22.179
 is saying,

00:25:22.619 --> 00:25:23.200
 I desire

00:25:23.200 --> 00:25:23.619
 mercy.

00:25:24.139 --> 00:25:24.679
 So Jesus

00:25:24.679 --> 00:25:25.159
 is saying,

00:25:25.279 --> 00:25:25.980
 let me reveal

00:25:25.980 --> 00:25:26.619
 to you something

00:25:26.619 --> 00:25:27.179
 about the

00:25:27.179 --> 00:25:27.559
 father.

00:25:28.019 --> 00:25:28.639
 The father

00:25:28.639 --> 00:25:30.000
 desires mercy,

00:25:30.159 --> 00:25:31.139
 not sacrifice.

00:25:31.839 --> 00:25:32.339
 But you

00:25:32.339 --> 00:25:32.919
 don't think

00:25:32.919 --> 00:25:33.199
 so.

00:25:34.159 --> 00:25:34.679
 You think

00:25:34.679 --> 00:25:35.039
 that the

00:25:35.039 --> 00:25:35.599
 father is

00:25:35.599 --> 00:25:36.379
 stuck on

00:25:36.379 --> 00:25:38.119
 ceremony and

00:25:38.119 --> 00:25:38.819
 details.

00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:40.679
 Whether we

00:25:40.679 --> 00:25:41.199
 can pick up

00:25:41.199 --> 00:25:41.859
 grain or

00:25:41.859 --> 00:25:42.339
 whether we

00:25:42.339 --> 00:25:42.819
 can't pick

00:25:42.819 --> 00:25:43.339
 up grain.

00:25:43.500 --> 00:25:43.799
 But the

00:25:43.799 --> 00:25:44.559
 real issue

00:25:44.559 --> 00:25:45.619
 is mercy,

00:25:46.039 --> 00:25:47.059
 not sacrifice.

00:25:47.899 --> 00:25:48.779
 And furthermore,

00:25:48.959 --> 00:25:49.859
 in addition to

00:25:49.859 --> 00:25:50.599
 that, a couple

00:25:50.599 --> 00:25:51.259
 more things.

00:25:52.379 --> 00:25:53.000
 Of course,

00:25:53.079 --> 00:25:53.639
 it's the father

00:25:53.639 --> 00:25:54.179
 who gave us

00:25:54.179 --> 00:25:54.599
 the Sabbath.

00:25:54.759 --> 00:25:55.219
 You only have

00:25:55.220 --> 00:25:55.640
 to read the

00:25:55.640 --> 00:25:56.339
 Ten Commandments

00:25:56.339 --> 00:25:56.940
 to see that

00:25:56.940 --> 00:25:57.900
 in Exodus 20.

00:25:58.559 --> 00:25:59.100
 But who

00:25:59.100 --> 00:25:59.539
 is the

00:25:59.539 --> 00:25:59.860
 Lord of

00:25:59.860 --> 00:26:00.299
 the Sabbath?

00:26:01.740 --> 00:26:02.500
 Is the

00:26:02.500 --> 00:26:03.420
 Sabbath above

00:26:03.420 --> 00:26:04.140
 the son of

00:26:04.140 --> 00:26:04.660
 man or

00:26:04.660 --> 00:26:05.360
 is the son

00:26:05.360 --> 00:26:05.819
 of man?

00:26:06.299 --> 00:26:06.960
 Who is the

00:26:06.960 --> 00:26:07.339
 Lord of

00:26:07.339 --> 00:26:07.680
 whom?

00:26:09.640 --> 00:26:10.180
 The son

00:26:10.180 --> 00:26:10.900
 of man is

00:26:10.900 --> 00:26:11.380
 Lord over

00:26:11.380 --> 00:26:11.839
 the Sabbath.

00:26:13.440 --> 00:26:14.240
 He is

00:26:14.240 --> 00:26:14.860
 trying to

00:26:14.860 --> 00:26:15.299
 help us

00:26:15.299 --> 00:26:16.160
 understand the

00:26:16.160 --> 00:26:17.259
 father and

00:26:17.259 --> 00:26:18.120
 the way the

00:26:18.120 --> 00:26:18.900
 father ordered

00:26:18.900 --> 00:26:19.539
 things and

00:26:19.539 --> 00:26:20.039
 put things

00:26:20.039 --> 00:26:20.480
 together.

00:26:21.160 --> 00:26:21.660
 The son

00:26:21.660 --> 00:26:22.420
 of man is

00:26:22.420 --> 00:26:23.019
 Lord over

00:26:23.019 --> 00:26:24.240
 the Sabbath.

00:26:25.720 --> 00:26:26.559
 He decides

00:26:26.559 --> 00:26:27.539
 what is

00:26:27.539 --> 00:26:28.180
 legal and

00:26:28.180 --> 00:26:28.859
 what's not

00:26:28.859 --> 00:26:29.279
 legal.

00:26:30.039 --> 00:26:30.859
 He decides

00:26:30.859 --> 00:26:31.519
 what's right

00:26:31.519 --> 00:26:32.039
 and what's

00:26:32.039 --> 00:26:32.680
 not right.

00:26:33.220 --> 00:26:33.859
 He decides

00:26:33.859 --> 00:26:34.220
 what should

00:26:34.220 --> 00:26:34.579
 be done

00:26:34.579 --> 00:26:35.000
 or what

00:26:35.000 --> 00:26:35.539
 should be

00:26:35.539 --> 00:26:35.740
 done.

00:26:35.879 --> 00:26:36.240
 Not the

00:26:36.240 --> 00:26:37.400
 Pharisees with

00:26:37.400 --> 00:26:37.879
 the wrong

00:26:37.879 --> 00:26:38.539
 interpretations,

00:26:39.220 --> 00:26:39.599
 but the

00:26:39.599 --> 00:26:40.319
 son of man.

00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:42.819
 And how

00:26:42.819 --> 00:26:43.160
 does the

00:26:43.160 --> 00:26:43.660
 son of man

00:26:43.660 --> 00:26:44.139
 know that?

00:26:44.259 --> 00:26:44.740
 Because he

00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:45.099
 knows the

00:26:45.099 --> 00:26:45.400
 father.

00:26:46.099 --> 00:26:46.519
 That's how

00:26:46.519 --> 00:26:46.879
 he knows

00:26:46.879 --> 00:26:47.139
 that.

00:26:48.400 --> 00:26:48.980
 And then

00:26:48.980 --> 00:26:50.279
 Jesus said,

00:26:50.279 --> 00:26:51.240
 my yoke

00:26:51.240 --> 00:26:52.000
 is easy

00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:52.960
 and my

00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:53.399
 burden

00:26:53.399 --> 00:26:54.160
 is light.

00:26:54.599 --> 00:26:55.379
 How are

00:26:55.379 --> 00:26:55.980
 we seeing

00:26:55.980 --> 00:26:56.579
 this in

00:26:56.579 --> 00:26:57.359
 this passage?

00:26:57.819 --> 00:26:58.160
 Go to

00:26:58.160 --> 00:26:58.639
 verse 1.

00:26:59.279 --> 00:26:59.920
 At that

00:26:59.920 --> 00:27:00.599
 time Jesus

00:27:00.599 --> 00:27:01.259
 went through

00:27:01.259 --> 00:27:01.720
 the grain

00:27:01.720 --> 00:27:02.680
 field on

00:27:02.680 --> 00:27:03.139
 the Sabbath.

00:27:04.240 --> 00:27:04.519
 His

00:27:04.519 --> 00:27:05.420
 disciples were

00:27:05.420 --> 00:27:06.319
 hungry and

00:27:06.319 --> 00:27:06.960
 began to

00:27:06.960 --> 00:27:07.480
 pick some

00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:07.980
 heads of

00:27:07.980 --> 00:27:09.240
 grain and

00:27:09.240 --> 00:27:09.759
 eat them.

00:27:10.559 --> 00:27:11.119
 When the

00:27:11.119 --> 00:27:12.000
 Pharisees saw

00:27:12.000 --> 00:27:13.019
 this, they

00:27:13.019 --> 00:27:13.420
 said to

00:27:13.420 --> 00:27:14.000
 him, look,

00:27:14.599 --> 00:27:15.339
 your disciples

00:27:15.339 --> 00:27:16.019
 are doing

00:27:16.019 --> 00:27:16.480
 what is

00:27:16.480 --> 00:27:17.579
 unlawful on

00:27:17.579 --> 00:27:18.019
 the Sabbath.

00:27:18.019 --> 00:27:19.980
 If it

00:27:19.980 --> 00:27:20.539
 were left

00:27:20.539 --> 00:27:21.099
 up to

00:27:21.099 --> 00:27:22.099
 the Pharisees

00:27:22.099 --> 00:27:23.200
 to decide

00:27:23.200 --> 00:27:23.740
 what should

00:27:23.740 --> 00:27:24.180
 or should

00:27:24.180 --> 00:27:24.799
 not happen,

00:27:25.339 --> 00:27:26.059
 the Pharisees

00:27:26.059 --> 00:27:26.379
 would have

00:27:26.379 --> 00:27:27.740
 said, don't

00:27:27.740 --> 00:27:28.420
 pick up

00:27:28.420 --> 00:27:29.079
 grain.

00:27:30.359 --> 00:27:31.099
 And if

00:27:31.099 --> 00:27:31.859
 the disciples

00:27:31.859 --> 00:27:33.019
 don't pick

00:27:33.019 --> 00:27:33.639
 up grain,

00:27:33.940 --> 00:27:34.559
 what will

00:27:34.559 --> 00:27:35.059
 happen to

00:27:35.059 --> 00:27:35.639
 the disciples?

00:27:36.839 --> 00:27:37.599
 They will

00:27:37.599 --> 00:27:38.879
 go hungry.

00:27:40.299 --> 00:27:40.660
 Jesus

00:27:40.660 --> 00:27:41.799
 gives them

00:27:41.799 --> 00:27:42.440
 permission

00:27:42.440 --> 00:27:43.240
 to pick

00:27:43.240 --> 00:27:43.859
 up grain.

00:27:44.720 --> 00:27:45.680
 Which is

00:27:45.680 --> 00:27:46.599
 more merciful?

00:27:46.599 --> 00:27:48.259
 which is

00:27:48.259 --> 00:27:49.279
 an easier

00:27:49.279 --> 00:27:50.000
 commandment

00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:51.199
 to carry,

00:27:51.919 --> 00:27:52.659
 to say to

00:27:52.659 --> 00:27:53.159
 someone who

00:27:53.159 --> 00:27:53.699
 is hungry,

00:27:54.059 --> 00:27:54.839
 don't eat,

00:27:55.579 --> 00:27:56.159
 or to

00:27:56.159 --> 00:27:57.099
 say, eat.

00:27:57.839 --> 00:27:58.319
 Here is

00:27:58.319 --> 00:27:58.980
 food, it's

00:27:58.980 --> 00:27:59.299
 okay.

00:28:00.559 --> 00:28:01.219
 Which is

00:28:01.219 --> 00:28:01.839
 more merciful?

00:28:03.699 --> 00:28:04.319
 I don't

00:28:04.319 --> 00:28:04.619
 know what

00:28:04.619 --> 00:28:04.959
 you think

00:28:04.959 --> 00:28:05.279
 you're going

00:28:05.279 --> 00:28:05.839
 to do when

00:28:05.839 --> 00:28:06.379
 you encounter

00:28:06.379 --> 00:28:07.039
 Jesus.

00:28:10.939 --> 00:28:11.619
 Maybe for

00:28:11.619 --> 00:28:12.019
 some of

00:28:12.019 --> 00:28:12.599
 you, for

00:28:12.599 --> 00:28:14.759
 some teaching

00:28:14.759 --> 00:28:15.519
 in your youth,

00:28:15.639 --> 00:28:16.319
 think that he's

00:28:16.319 --> 00:28:17.119
 the boogeyman,

00:28:18.019 --> 00:28:19.200
 or some

00:28:19.200 --> 00:28:20.460
 dreadful character,

00:28:21.759 --> 00:28:22.019
 or you

00:28:22.019 --> 00:28:22.679
 know, Jack

00:28:22.679 --> 00:28:23.099
 the Ripper,

00:28:23.539 --> 00:28:24.079
 or some

00:28:24.079 --> 00:28:24.839
 slasher,

00:28:25.039 --> 00:28:25.299
 and some,

00:28:26.019 --> 00:28:26.299
 you know,

00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:27.579
 Friday the

00:28:27.579 --> 00:28:28.259
 13th.

00:28:29.960 --> 00:28:30.539
 In

00:28:30.539 --> 00:28:31.399
 relationship to

00:28:31.399 --> 00:28:32.480
 his discipleship,

00:28:32.639 --> 00:28:33.319
 Jesus was

00:28:33.319 --> 00:28:33.859
 full of

00:28:33.859 --> 00:28:34.259
 mercy.

00:28:35.039 --> 00:28:35.319
 The

00:28:35.319 --> 00:28:35.939
 father

00:28:35.939 --> 00:28:36.779
 desires

00:28:36.779 --> 00:28:37.419
 mercy,

00:28:37.619 --> 00:28:38.220
 I desire

00:28:38.220 --> 00:28:38.819
 mercy,

00:28:39.200 --> 00:28:40.179
 not sacrifice,

00:28:40.539 --> 00:28:41.079
 and what

00:28:41.079 --> 00:28:41.720
 is Jesus

00:28:41.720 --> 00:28:42.259
 doing?

00:28:42.919 --> 00:28:43.559
 Allowing

00:28:43.559 --> 00:28:44.480
 the merciful

00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:45.299
 thing to

00:28:45.299 --> 00:28:45.599
 do.

00:28:45.599 --> 00:28:46.859
 Who on

00:28:46.859 --> 00:28:47.079
 earth

00:28:47.079 --> 00:28:47.659
 understands

00:28:47.659 --> 00:28:48.419
 the father

00:28:48.419 --> 00:28:48.799
 better?

00:28:49.599 --> 00:28:50.319
 The Pharisees

00:28:50.319 --> 00:28:50.679
 who say

00:28:50.679 --> 00:28:51.199
 don't,

00:28:51.459 --> 00:28:52.039
 or Jesus

00:28:52.039 --> 00:28:52.559
 who says

00:28:52.559 --> 00:28:52.919
 yes?

00:28:54.919 --> 00:28:55.859
 So this

00:28:55.859 --> 00:28:56.459
 passage

00:28:56.459 --> 00:28:58.000
 is telling

00:28:58.000 --> 00:28:59.480
 us that

00:28:59.480 --> 00:29:01.879
 Jesus

00:29:01.879 --> 00:29:02.959
 knows the

00:29:02.959 --> 00:29:03.339
 father,

00:29:04.339 --> 00:29:05.659
 he is

00:29:05.659 --> 00:29:06.179
 willing to

00:29:06.179 --> 00:29:06.839
 reveal him,

00:29:07.379 --> 00:29:08.579
 and don't

00:29:08.579 --> 00:29:09.399
 waste your

00:29:09.399 --> 00:29:10.299
 time going

00:29:10.299 --> 00:29:10.719
 to the

00:29:10.719 --> 00:29:10.959
 long

00:29:10.959 --> 00:29:11.379
 teachers.

00:29:11.380 --> 00:29:13.380
 father,

00:29:13.380 --> 00:29:13.740
 there are

00:29:13.740 --> 00:29:15.020
 thousands of

00:29:15.020 --> 00:29:15.720
 teachers out

00:29:15.720 --> 00:29:16.100
 there,

00:29:16.620 --> 00:29:17.320
 thousands.

00:29:19.840 --> 00:29:20.280
 I mean,

00:29:20.360 --> 00:29:20.780
 we are in

00:29:20.780 --> 00:29:21.100
 some ways

00:29:21.100 --> 00:29:21.520
 protected.

00:29:21.700 --> 00:29:22.000
 You just

00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:22.320
 go to

00:29:22.320 --> 00:29:22.580
 Southern

00:29:22.580 --> 00:29:23.240
 California,

00:29:23.780 --> 00:29:24.440
 and it

00:29:24.440 --> 00:29:25.280
 multiplies by

00:29:25.280 --> 00:29:26.100
 ten times.

00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:27.240
 You know,

00:29:27.300 --> 00:29:28.720
 even words I

00:29:28.720 --> 00:29:29.440
 can't pronounce,

00:29:29.640 --> 00:29:30.180
 and I can't

00:29:30.180 --> 00:29:30.600
 pronounce just

00:29:30.600 --> 00:29:31.260
 about anything,

00:29:32.080 --> 00:29:33.160
 but there

00:29:33.160 --> 00:29:33.980
 are thousands

00:29:33.980 --> 00:29:34.600
 of people

00:29:34.600 --> 00:29:35.500
 with crazy

00:29:35.500 --> 00:29:36.100
 ideas,

00:29:36.099 --> 00:29:37.539
 and Jesus

00:29:37.539 --> 00:29:38.059
 says,

00:29:39.279 --> 00:29:39.859
 no one

00:29:39.859 --> 00:29:40.419
 knows the

00:29:40.419 --> 00:29:41.599
 father except

00:29:41.599 --> 00:29:42.339
 the son.

00:29:43.039 --> 00:29:43.899
 Don't waste

00:29:43.899 --> 00:29:44.519
 your time

00:29:44.519 --> 00:29:45.139
 going to

00:29:45.139 --> 00:29:45.500
 the wrong

00:29:45.500 --> 00:29:46.000
 place.

00:29:46.759 --> 00:29:47.500
 Don't waste

00:29:47.500 --> 00:29:48.000
 your time

00:29:48.000 --> 00:29:48.659
 studying with

00:29:48.659 --> 00:29:48.959
 the wrong

00:29:48.959 --> 00:29:49.419
 teacher.

00:29:50.319 --> 00:29:50.939
 Don't waste

00:29:50.939 --> 00:29:51.459
 your time

00:29:51.459 --> 00:29:52.019
 joining the

00:29:52.019 --> 00:29:52.299
 wrong

00:29:52.299 --> 00:29:53.059
 organization.

00:29:54.279 --> 00:29:54.799
 If you

00:29:54.799 --> 00:29:55.379
 want to

00:29:55.379 --> 00:29:56.619
 know who

00:29:56.619 --> 00:29:57.139
 the father

00:29:57.139 --> 00:29:58.279
 is, you

00:29:58.279 --> 00:29:59.419
 come to

00:29:59.419 --> 00:29:59.799
 Jesus.

00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:01.500
 And on

00:30:01.500 --> 00:30:02.079
 top of

00:30:02.079 --> 00:30:02.399
 that,

00:30:03.639 --> 00:30:04.500
 Jesus is

00:30:04.500 --> 00:30:05.099
 not like

00:30:05.099 --> 00:30:05.500
 taking

00:30:05.500 --> 00:30:06.359
 comps for

00:30:06.359 --> 00:30:07.380
 PhDs,

00:30:07.579 --> 00:30:08.339
 where they

00:30:08.339 --> 00:30:08.779
 try to

00:30:08.779 --> 00:30:09.200
 kill you

00:30:09.200 --> 00:30:09.640
 before you

00:30:09.640 --> 00:30:10.500
 even finish

00:30:10.500 --> 00:30:11.500
 the program.

00:30:12.640 --> 00:30:12.980
 Jesus'

00:30:13.900 --> 00:30:14.519
 yoke is

00:30:14.519 --> 00:30:15.180
 easy,

00:30:15.799 --> 00:30:16.319
 and his

00:30:16.319 --> 00:30:17.220
 burden is

00:30:17.220 --> 00:30:17.579
 light.

00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:18.160
 It is

00:30:18.160 --> 00:30:19.400
 filled with

00:30:19.400 --> 00:30:19.960
 mercy

00:30:19.960 --> 00:30:21.279
 toward his

00:30:21.279 --> 00:30:21.660
 people.

00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:23.920
 That is

00:30:23.920 --> 00:30:24.480
 what Jesus

00:30:24.480 --> 00:30:25.180
 wants us

00:30:25.180 --> 00:30:25.680
 to see

00:30:25.680 --> 00:30:27.140
 about himself

00:30:27.140 --> 00:30:28.900
 and about

00:30:28.900 --> 00:30:29.579
 his word

00:30:29.579 --> 00:30:30.559
 and the

00:30:30.559 --> 00:30:31.079
 invitation

00:30:31.079 --> 00:30:31.940
 to come

00:30:31.940 --> 00:30:32.500
 to him.

00:30:33.740 --> 00:30:34.359
 Amen.

00:30:35.500 --> 00:30:35.980
 Amen.

00:30:38.440 --> 00:30:53.460
 fed'r