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 Today's passage and scripture reading will be from Luke chapter 5, verses 17 to 39.

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 To encourage you, if you don't have one, to grab one of the blue Bibles that's on the white table in the center of the room.

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 The scripture reading is from page 861, so Luke 5, 17.

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 If I could pray for us before we start.

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 Dear Heavenly Father, we magnify you, Father.

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 We ask that you quiet our hearts to receive from you.

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 We praise you for the newness of your promises every morning.

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 In Jesus' name.

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 On one of those days, as he was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there,

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 who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem.

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 And the power of the Lord was with him to heal.

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 And behold, some men were bringing on a bed a man who was paralyzed,

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 and they were seeking to bring him in and lay him before Jesus.

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 But finding no way to bring him in because of the crowd,

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 they went up on the roof and let him down with his bed through the tiles into the midst before Jesus.

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 And when he saw their faith, he said,

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 Man, your sins are forgiven you.

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 And the scribes and the Pharisees began to question, saying,

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 Who is this who speaks blasphemies?

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 Who can forgive sins but God alone?

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 When Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answered them,

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 Why do you question in your hearts?

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 Which is easier to say,

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 Your sins are forgiven you?

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 Or to say, Rise and walk?

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 But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.

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 He said to the man who was paralyzed,

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 I say to you, Rise, pick up your bed, and go home.

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 And immediately he rose up before them and picked up what he had been laying on and went home, glorifying God.

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 And amazement seized them all.

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 And they glorified God and were filled with awe, saying,

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 We have seen extraordinary things today.

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 After this he went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax booth.

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 And he said to him, Follow me.

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 And leaving everything, he rose and followed him.

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 And Levi made him a great feast in his house.

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 And there was a large company of tax collectors and others reclining at table with them.

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 And the Pharisees and their scribes grumbled at his disciples, saying,

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 Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?

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 And Jesus answered them,

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 Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.

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 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

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 And they said to him,

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 The disciples of John fast often and offer prayers.

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 And so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink.

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 And Jesus said to them,

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 Can you make wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them?

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 The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them.

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 And then they will fast in those days.

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 He also told them a parable.

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 No one tears a piece from a new garment and puts it on an old garment.

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 If he does, he will tear the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old.

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 And no one puts new wine into old wineskins.

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 If he does, the new wine will burst the skins, and it will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed.

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 But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins.

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 And no one after drinking old wine desires new.

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 For he says,

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 The old is good.

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 The word of the Lord.

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 Thanks.

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 Good morning.

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 It's good to have everybody back from traveling and other things.

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 And for those of you who don't know me, I'm Sean for those who are visiting.

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 I'm one of the pastors of Trinity Cambridge Church.

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 The mic is on, on my side.

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 Can you guys hear me?

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 I'll just keep going.

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 Yeah.

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 Oh, there you go.

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 Yeah.

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 And in the 1800s, there was a Scottish pastor named John Duncan.

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 And he formulated what is now known as the trilemma.

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 Instead of a dilemma, it's a trilemma.

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 Three things.

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 And he wrote this.

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 He says,

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 Christ either deceived mankind by conscious fraud,

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 or he was himself deluded and self-deceived,

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 or he was divine.

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 There's no getting out of this trilemma.

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 It is inexorable.

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 So this is later taken up by C.S.

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 Lewis and given them even more memorable phrasing.

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 But this highlights kind of the difficulty of coming to terms with who Jesus claimed to be.

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 But it's something that we have to do.

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 And Luke 5, 17 to 39 helps us to come to terms with who Jesus is by telling us how some of his contemporaries wrestled with the identity of Jesus.

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 And in this passage, we see kind of the beginning of the growing tension and conflict between Jesus and the Jewish religious authorities.

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 And it teaches us this main point that Jesus brings a new age where sinners who repent can be forgiven and admitted to the wedding supper of God.

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 That's the main point of this passage.

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 And we see Jesus' true identity and mission through the accusations of the religious leaders.

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 They charge him with these three things.

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 They accuse him of doing these three things.

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 First is blaspheming God.

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 Second is befriending sinners.

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 And third, breaking tradition.

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 These are the three things that these Jewish leaders accuse Jesus of doing.

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 And through that, we learn Jesus' true identity.

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 As Jesus' popularity increases, his audience grows.

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 So if you look at verse 17, the beginning of our passage, it tells us that on one of those days when Jesus was teaching,

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 even the Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem.

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 So the Pharisees were one of the four major Jewish religious groups in the first century.

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 They were Jews who sought to reform and purify Jewish society.

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 And the teachers of the law, later called the scribes in verse 21,

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 they were the religious academics who kind of lended academic legal credibility, scholarly support for the teachings of the Pharisees.

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 So if you want to think of modern day equivalents, you can think of the Pharisees as the pastors

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 and the scribes and the teachers of the law as the seminary professors.

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 And so Jesus has become so popular that he's no longer merely attracting the attention of the masses.

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 He's also attracting the notice of the religious authorities.

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 And they're coming from the country and from the city.

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 So they've all gathered here to hear and to see what Jesus is all about.

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 And it says at the end of verse 17 that the power of the Lord was with him to heal.

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 So all of this at the gathering of the Pharisees and the scribes and also the fact that the power of the Lord was with Jesus to heal

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 is kind of raising our expectations for what's about to happen.

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 Something strange and spectacular actually happens.

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 Read verses 18 to 19 with me.

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 It says,

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 There's so many people hearing,

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 You're looking to hear,

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 You listen to Jesus talk,

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 That it's the standing room only and people can't get in.

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 And so they tear open the roof and lower the paralytic through it.

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 So the roofs in these days were flat

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 and they had stairs going up to a stage.

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 It was kind of like roof decks of our day.

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 And they were made typically of a layer of straw,

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 reeds,

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 palm leaves,

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 and then a layer of clay tiles.

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 And then on top of that,

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 they would put a layer of thick mud to make it rainproof.

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 So this is quite,

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 if you imagine this scenario,

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 it's quite a dramatic interruption.

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 So here's Jesus teaching,

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 preaching the good news of his arrival of the king.

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 And then you start to notice these drops of clay tiles,

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 mud start to drop,

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 and people are starting to duck for cover

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 and making way for this

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 and pushing each other off.

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 And then,

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 and lo and behold,

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 a mat comes down through it,

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 through the giant hole that's been just poured through the roof.

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 And a man is lying there.

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 And it's obvious to onlookers that he's a paralytic.

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 So it's a very dramatic scene.

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 It's set for Jesus to do some wonder working.

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 Here's Jesus the healer,

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 Jesus the wonder worker.

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 Let's see what he does.

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 And in verse 20,

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 it says,

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 And when he saw their faith,

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 he said,

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 Man,

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 your sins are forgiven.

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 A little bit anticlimactic, right?

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 What are you talking about?

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 Do you see what this man is here for?

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 He's not here for forgiveness of sins.

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 You need to heal his body.

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 What are you talking about, Jesus?

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 It's amazing.

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 Jesus doesn't build any hype

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 like some

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 so-called healers of our day.

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 Ladies and gentlemen,

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 do you see this man lying here?

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 He has been a paralytic all his life.

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 There is no cure for his ailment.

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 How many of you think,

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 I can make him walk again?

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 Shall I do it?

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 No, none of that.

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 No showmanship.

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 No fanfare.

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 Instead,

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 Jesus,

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 the great physician,

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 looks straight through the heart of this man

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 and recognizes what his greatest disease,

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 his greatest need is,

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 and it's the disease of sin.

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 It's not unlike a woman

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 who visits a doctor

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 because of her hoarse throat

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 discovering that she actually has thyroid cancer.

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 The doctor diagnoses

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 a much more serious condition,

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 and even though this man's paralysis

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 is greatly debilitating,

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 even though he's in desperate need

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 for physical healing,

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 Jesus nonetheless determines

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 that the forgiveness of sins

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 is still this man's greater need.

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 Because even more than health,

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 we need God.

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 So Jesus says,

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 man,

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 your sins are forgiven you.

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 And that's the greatest need

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 of all of our unbelieving neighbors

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 and friends also.

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 When our neighbors give birth,

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 we should cook meals for them.

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 When our neighbors are elderly,

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 we should shovel snow for them

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 off their streets.

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 When our neighbor is getting attacked,

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 we should call for help

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 and intervene.

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 That's what it means

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 to love our neighbor as ourselves,

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 and we should do them.

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 But we have to do more than that

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 because their greatest problem

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 is sin.

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 And their greatest need

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 is for the forgiveness of sins

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 offered by Jesus Christ.

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 So if your neighbor had cancer

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 and you had the cure for it,

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 would you not offer it?

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 Why not then?

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 Would we not offer

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 the goodness of Jesus

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 for the forgiveness of sins

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 to people who are in desperate need

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 of cure of their souls?

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 So the priority of our spiritual need

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 needs to be recognized.

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 And this needs to be applied

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 to Christians as well

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 as we relate to one another

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 as believers.

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 Because we, as the family of God,

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 of course, have material needs.

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 We have physical needs.

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 And we should strive to meet

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 each other's needs.

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 And we should ask for prayer

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 for illnesses and jobs

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 and finances and more.

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 That's part of being

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 in the body of Christ.

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 But our sharing of our lives together

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 also must not stop there.

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 We have to go beyond that

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 because do we also share

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 our spiritual need?

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 Do we confess our sins

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 to one another?

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 Every Christian is a sinner

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 saved by God.

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 We have no pretensions

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 of self-righteousness.

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 So within the family of God,

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 we shouldn't fear

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 each other's judgments.

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 To be a Christian

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 is to acknowledge

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 our sinfulness

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 and the need

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 for Christ's righteousness.

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 So we should freely confess

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 our sins to one another

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 and pray for one another

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 as James 5.16 tells us

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 so that we may be healed.

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 I'm so grateful to God

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 that many people,

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 many members in our church

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 are very quick

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 to confess sins

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 to one another.

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 And if you come to

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 one of the Wednesday

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 prayer services,

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 it's very apparent.

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 We confess our sins.

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 We pray for one another.

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 We're concerned

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 for our eternal well-being

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 and for our souls.

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 I'm encouraged by this.

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 But if there's any of you

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 who are hesitant

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 to confess your sins,

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 I want to exhort you

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 to do so more and more

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 so that you might find

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 healing with each other.

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 If you're not,

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 it says sometimes,

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 you know,

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 we talk to people

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 and it doesn't seem

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 like they have any sin

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 to confess in their lives.

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 And if you're not sweating

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 when you're exercising,

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 it doesn't mean

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 that you're in amazing shape.

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 You guys know that, right?

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 Yeah.

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 It means that you're not

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 exercising hard enough.

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 It's everybody sweats,

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 even the Olympic athletes, right?

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 If you're,

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 if every Christian

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 that is seeking

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 to obey the Father

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 and their training

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 in righteousness,

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 they're trying to become

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 more like Christ

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 and they're trying

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 to keep in step

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 with the Spirit,

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 they will face resistance

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 and they will face temptations

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 and there will be consequences.

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 There will be sweat and blood.

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 That's the nature

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 of the perseverance

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 of the Christian life.

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 There will be battle scars.

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 So church is not

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 for putting on

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 our best clothes

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 and smiles

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 and pretending

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 like we're perfect.

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 Church is made up

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 of people

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 who humble themselves,

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 confess their sins

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 and find that God's grace

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 toward them in Christ

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 is sufficient.

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 That's who we are.

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 Some of you

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 are not yet followers

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 of Christ

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 and I want to ask you,

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 do you recognize

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 right now

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 that your greatest need

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 is for the forgiveness

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 of sins?

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 Your greatest need

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 is not for physical healing

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 from your illness.

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 It's not your career advancement.

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 It's not your next vacation

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 or what you're going to do

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 next year

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 or over the next 10 years.

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 Your greatest need

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 right now

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 for eternity

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 is your forgiveness

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 of sins.

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 And only Jesus

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 can offer you

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 that forgiveness

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 of sins.

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 But to receive

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 his healing

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 you need faith.

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 Look at verse 20 again.

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 It says,

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 Jesus saw their faith.

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 Faith always precedes

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 the healing.

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 When a sick person

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 refuses to go to

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 the doctor

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 there's usually

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 one of two reasons,

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 right?

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 One,

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 first reason

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 he does not feel

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 that he is sick.

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 Either he doesn't think

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 that it's severe enough

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 to warrant attention

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 or he doesn't believe

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 that he's sick at all.

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 That's the first

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 usual reason.

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 The second usual reason

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 is that he knows

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 that he is sick

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 but he does not believe

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 that his doctor

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 can heal him.

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 If you're not yet

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 a follower of Christ

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 you need healing

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 from the disease

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 of sin

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 but in order

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 to receive healing

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 you must have faith.

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 That's what faith is.

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 First,

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 you step out

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 into repentance

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 recognizing,

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 acknowledging

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 that you are

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 indeed sick

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 and then second

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 you believe

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 that Jesus

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 has what it takes

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 to heal you

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 and forgive you

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 of your sins.

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 That's repentance

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 and faith.

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 That's conversion.

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 That's how you become

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 part of the family

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 of God.

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 You need faith.

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 So Jesus saw

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 their faith

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 and he said,

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 man,

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 your sins are forgiven.

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 Jesus' remarkable answer

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 stirs up the crowd

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 and the professional

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 theologians

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 understand right away

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 the implications

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 of Jesus' statement.

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 So they start murmuring

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 among themselves

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 in verse 21

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 saying,

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 who is this

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 who speaks

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 blasphemy?

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 Who can forgive

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 sins

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 but God alone?

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 to blaspheme

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 is to defile

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 or abuse

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 God's name

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 and the punishment

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 in the Old Testament

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 for blasphemy

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 was the death penalty

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 by stoning

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 and the Pharisees

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 and scribes

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 are essentially

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 correct in their assessment

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 because according

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 to scripture

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 no one but God

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 can forgive sins

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 and therefore

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 to claim

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 to forgive sins

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 was equivalent

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 of claiming

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 to be God.

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 So for them

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 it was considered

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 blasphemy.

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 what they're missing

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 of course

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 is that Jesus

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 is as we have seen

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 over the previous chapters

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 he is in fact

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 the son of God

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 and therefore

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 it's not blasphemous

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 for him

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 to claim

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 to offer forgiveness

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 of sins.

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 And just as Jesus

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 saw through the paralytic

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 and diagnosed

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 his greatest need

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 he sees right

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 through the Pharisees

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 and perceives

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 their lack of faith.

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 It says in verse 22

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 that Jesus

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 perceived their thoughts

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 and Jesus said

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 to them

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 in verses 23

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 to 25

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 which is easier

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 to say

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 your sins

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 are forgiven you

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 or to say

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 rise and walk

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 but that you may know

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 that the son of man

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 has authority

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 on earth

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 to forgive sins.

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 He said to the man

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 who was paralyzed

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 I say to you

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 rise

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 pick up your bed

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 and go

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 home

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 and immediately

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 he rose up

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 before them

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 and picked up

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 what he had

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 been lying on

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 and went home

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 glorifying God.

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 Jesus' logic

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 is pretty straightforward

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 easy to follow

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 it's easy

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 to be able

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 to tell somebody

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 hey your sins

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 are forgiven

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 because that's

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 an unverifiable

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 and therefore

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 unfalsifiable claim.

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 No one can

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 dispute that

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 you can't see it

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 you can't observe it

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 it's easy to tell

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 someone your sins

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 are forgiven

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 but it's hard

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 to tell someone

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 a paralytic

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 rise and walk

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 because anyone

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 around you

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 who's watching

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 can verify that

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 they can observe that

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 and see

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 whether or not

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 you're actually

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 doing it

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 whether or not

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 they're actually

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 being healed

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 and so Jesus

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 is by doing

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 saying this

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 he's saying that

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 by doing something

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 that is more difficult

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 to prove

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 more difficult

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 to demonstrate

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 he wants to prove

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 that he actually

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 has the authority

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 to forgive sins

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 on earth

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 and Jesus

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 here addresses

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 himself as

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 the son of man

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 in Aramaic

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 which is the language

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 that Jesus spoke

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 the phrase

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 son of man

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 can simply refer

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 to some human being

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 but later

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 in Luke 21

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 27

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 Jesus says

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 that in the end times

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 we will see

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 the son of man

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 coming

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 in a cloud

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 with power

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 and great

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 glory

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 so he mentions

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 the son of man

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 and so there

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 he's alluding

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 to actually

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 Daniel 7

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 13 to 14

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 where prophet

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 Daniel sees

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 the vision

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 of one

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 like a son

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 of man

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 and he

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 came with the

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 clouds of heaven

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 to the ancient

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 of days

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 which is God

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 and to him

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 to this son

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 of man

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 was given

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 dominion

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 and glory

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 and a kingdom

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 that all people's

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 nations and languages

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 should serve him

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 his dominion

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 is an everlasting

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 dominion

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 which shall not

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 pass away

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 and his kingdom

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 one that shall

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 not be destroyed

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 so this is what

00:19:34.440 --> 00:19:35.460
 Jesus is alluding to

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 as we find out later

00:19:36.160 --> 00:19:36.820
 when he says

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 he's the son of man

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 when he says

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 I am the son of man

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 he's not being

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 you know

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 meek or demure here

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 he's saying

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 I am the son of man

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 the divine representative

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 with the authority

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 of God

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 and the power of God

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 to come

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 to come to his people

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 and so that's what

00:19:52.360 --> 00:19:53.440
 Jesus is claiming to be

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 and so they don't

00:19:55.180 --> 00:19:56.060
 really quite grasp

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 what Jesus is claiming

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 here as the son of man

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 but they do appreciate

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 what happens next

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 because Jesus gave

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 the paralytic

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 three commands

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 in verse 24

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 look at the three commands

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 he says

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 rise

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 pick up your bed

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 and go home

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 and then look at

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 verse 25

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 it tells us that

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 each of these three commands

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 was fulfilled exactly

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 and immediately

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 he rose up

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 before them

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 and picked up

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 what he had been lying on

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 and went home

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 glorifying God

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 so this is

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 what you call

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 a command fulfillment

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 formula

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 and it's

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 there in scripture

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 to show

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 reveal the authority

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 of the person

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 who gives the command

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 when Jesus speaks

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 it happens

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 when he commands

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 something

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 it's obeyed

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 and that's what

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 has happened here

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 so the paralytic

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 goes home

00:20:39.700 --> 00:20:40.639
 glorifying God

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 and it says

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 amazement sees them all

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 and they glorify God

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 and were filled with awe

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 saying we have seen

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 extraordinary things

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 today

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 so quite far from

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 blaspheming God

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 Jesus brings glory

00:20:52.179 --> 00:20:52.599
 to God

00:20:52.599 --> 00:20:55.279
 he has the power

00:20:55.279 --> 00:20:56.139
 to forgive sins

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 because he has the power

00:20:57.560 --> 00:20:58.440
 to make a paralytic

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 rise and walk

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 he is the son of man

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 who represents God

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 so that's the first charge

00:21:05.840 --> 00:21:06.640
 blaspheming God

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 we see his true identity

00:21:07.600 --> 00:21:08.380
 through that charge

00:21:08.380 --> 00:21:09.160
 the second charge

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 is that he befriends

00:21:10.400 --> 00:21:10.860
 sinners

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 and look at verse 27

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 it tells us that

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 after this

00:21:15.580 --> 00:21:17.300
 Jesus went out

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 and saw a tax collector

00:21:19.200 --> 00:21:19.820
 named Levi

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 sitting at the tax booth

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 and he said to him

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 follow me

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 people in this culture

00:21:27.799 --> 00:21:29.720
 usually had multiple names

00:21:29.720 --> 00:21:30.680
 like most people

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 in the US as well

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 they have first name

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 and middle name

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 and last name

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 and so Levi

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 is the same disciple

00:21:37.799 --> 00:21:38.279
 of Jesus

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 who is called

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 Matthew

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 in Matthew chapter 9

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 verse 9

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 he was a tax collector

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 which was one of the most

00:21:45.879 --> 00:21:47.039
 despised professions

00:21:47.039 --> 00:21:47.680
 among the Jews

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 I mean

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 I guess it's kind of

00:21:49.319 --> 00:21:50.160
 people don't like

00:21:50.160 --> 00:21:51.360
 the profession nowadays either

00:21:51.360 --> 00:21:52.840
 because it seems like

00:21:52.840 --> 00:21:53.640
 they're taking your money

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 but the people

00:21:55.240 --> 00:21:56.019
 who work for the IRS

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 are actually

00:21:56.560 --> 00:21:57.720
 very responsible people

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 and it's a reputable profession

00:22:01.040 --> 00:22:02.519
 it was not the case

00:22:02.519 --> 00:22:03.259
 with tax collectors

00:22:03.259 --> 00:22:04.100
 in Jesus' day

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 the tax collectors

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 in Jesus' day

00:22:06.300 --> 00:22:07.779
 were people

00:22:07.779 --> 00:22:08.900
 who had paid

00:22:08.900 --> 00:22:10.420
 the Roman Empire

00:22:10.420 --> 00:22:12.279
 to lease the right

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 to collect taxes

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 from the people

00:22:15.320 --> 00:22:15.960
 from the citizens

00:22:15.960 --> 00:22:18.080
 and they

00:22:18.080 --> 00:22:19.880
 had total control

00:22:19.880 --> 00:22:20.460
 over how much

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 they could charge

00:22:21.000 --> 00:22:22.000
 so usually

00:22:22.000 --> 00:22:22.520
 what happened

00:22:22.520 --> 00:22:23.000
 was they would

00:22:23.000 --> 00:22:23.700
 charge enough

00:22:23.700 --> 00:22:24.260
 to make up

00:22:24.260 --> 00:22:24.660
 for the money

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 that they pay

00:22:25.180 --> 00:22:26.240
 the Roman Empire

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 and to make

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 a handsome fee

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 on top of that

00:22:29.060 --> 00:22:30.400
 so they were

00:22:30.400 --> 00:22:31.860
 kind of extortionists

00:22:31.860 --> 00:22:33.820
 they were not

00:22:33.820 --> 00:22:36.120
 morally upright people

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 and on top of this

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 so because of this

00:22:39.480 --> 00:22:40.180
 Jews actually

00:22:40.180 --> 00:22:42.300
 excommunicated

00:22:42.300 --> 00:22:43.620
 all tax collectors

00:22:43.620 --> 00:22:44.620
 from the synagogues

00:22:44.620 --> 00:22:45.220
 because they considered

00:22:45.220 --> 00:22:46.040
 them to be thieves

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 and in this case

00:22:48.819 --> 00:22:49.460
 for Levi

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 it's actually

00:22:50.159 --> 00:22:51.159
 even worse than that

00:22:51.159 --> 00:22:52.200
 because Levi

00:22:52.200 --> 00:22:53.879
 is not a Roman

00:22:53.879 --> 00:22:54.759
 he's not a Greek

00:22:54.759 --> 00:22:56.279
 he is a Jew

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 so for a Jew

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 to sell out

00:22:58.779 --> 00:23:00.000
 to the Roman government

00:23:00.000 --> 00:23:01.480
 and to collect taxes

00:23:01.480 --> 00:23:02.879
 and be an extortionist

00:23:02.879 --> 00:23:04.639
 among their own people

00:23:04.639 --> 00:23:05.680
 is to show

00:23:05.680 --> 00:23:07.039
 that he's to be a traitor

00:23:07.039 --> 00:23:07.899
 so Levi

00:23:07.899 --> 00:23:08.879
 is not only

00:23:08.879 --> 00:23:09.980
 a thief

00:23:09.980 --> 00:23:11.099
 he's a traitor

00:23:11.099 --> 00:23:12.119
 to his own people

00:23:12.119 --> 00:23:13.699
 and so he's

00:23:13.699 --> 00:23:14.519
 the kind of person

00:23:14.519 --> 00:23:16.119
 that Jesus

00:23:16.119 --> 00:23:17.079
 he says went out

00:23:17.079 --> 00:23:18.099
 he saw a tax collector

00:23:18.099 --> 00:23:19.059
 sitting in the tax booth

00:23:19.059 --> 00:23:20.159
 he said to him

00:23:20.159 --> 00:23:21.519
 follow me

00:23:21.519 --> 00:23:22.159
 the same way

00:23:22.159 --> 00:23:22.839
 he called Peter

00:23:22.839 --> 00:23:23.959
 earlier in chapter 5

00:23:23.959 --> 00:23:25.559
 and in the same way

00:23:25.559 --> 00:23:26.339
 Peter responded

00:23:26.339 --> 00:23:27.439
 by leaving everything

00:23:27.439 --> 00:23:27.939
 behind

00:23:27.939 --> 00:23:29.159
 to follow Jesus

00:23:29.159 --> 00:23:29.899
 here

00:23:29.899 --> 00:23:31.379
 once again Levi

00:23:31.379 --> 00:23:32.619
 says he left

00:23:32.619 --> 00:23:33.379
 everything

00:23:33.379 --> 00:23:35.059
 to follow him

00:23:35.059 --> 00:23:36.000
 leaving everything

00:23:36.000 --> 00:23:36.639
 he rose

00:23:36.639 --> 00:23:37.539
 and followed him

00:23:37.539 --> 00:23:39.199
 as I mentioned

00:23:39.199 --> 00:23:39.659
 last week

00:23:39.659 --> 00:23:40.819
 that is the pattern

00:23:40.819 --> 00:23:42.519
 of Christian discipleship

00:23:42.519 --> 00:23:44.179
 there is no such thing

00:23:44.179 --> 00:23:45.740
 as a halfway disciple

00:23:45.740 --> 00:23:46.960
 you're either

00:23:46.960 --> 00:23:47.759
 with Jesus

00:23:47.759 --> 00:23:48.419
 all the way

00:23:48.419 --> 00:23:49.759
 or you're against him

00:23:49.759 --> 00:23:50.579
 all the way

00:23:50.579 --> 00:23:51.759
 to be an agnostic

00:23:51.759 --> 00:23:52.879
 about Jesus

00:23:52.879 --> 00:23:54.779
 is to not believe in him

00:23:54.779 --> 00:23:56.279
 you're either all in

00:23:56.279 --> 00:23:57.279
 or all out

00:23:57.279 --> 00:23:58.480
 and is there anything

00:23:58.480 --> 00:23:59.439
 that's holding you back

00:23:59.439 --> 00:23:59.939
 then today

00:23:59.939 --> 00:24:01.319
 from pursuing Christ

00:24:01.319 --> 00:24:02.079
 wholeheartedly

00:24:02.079 --> 00:24:04.220
 is there anything

00:24:04.220 --> 00:24:05.559
 should God demand it

00:24:05.559 --> 00:24:06.419
 from your life

00:24:06.419 --> 00:24:08.220
 you would be hesitant

00:24:08.220 --> 00:24:08.859
 to give it up

00:24:08.859 --> 00:24:09.319
 for the sake

00:24:09.319 --> 00:24:10.119
 of following Christ

00:24:10.119 --> 00:24:13.500
 if so

00:24:13.500 --> 00:24:14.299
 then you have not

00:24:14.299 --> 00:24:15.299
 become a disciple

00:24:15.299 --> 00:24:16.099
 of Jesus Christ

00:24:16.099 --> 00:24:17.259
 leaving everything

00:24:17.259 --> 00:24:17.719
 behind

00:24:17.719 --> 00:24:19.039
 to follow him

00:24:19.039 --> 00:24:20.579
 Levi

00:24:20.579 --> 00:24:21.579
 chooses to go

00:24:21.579 --> 00:24:22.619
 all in on Jesus

00:24:22.619 --> 00:24:23.839
 and verse 29

00:24:23.839 --> 00:24:24.399
 tells us that

00:24:24.399 --> 00:24:25.519
 he made Jesus

00:24:25.519 --> 00:24:27.179
 a great feast

00:24:27.179 --> 00:24:28.099
 in his house

00:24:28.099 --> 00:24:29.619
 so this was a party

00:24:29.619 --> 00:24:31.079
 in Jesus' honor

00:24:31.079 --> 00:24:32.799
 Levi's not throwing

00:24:32.799 --> 00:24:33.559
 a going away party

00:24:33.559 --> 00:24:34.139
 for himself

00:24:34.139 --> 00:24:35.479
 and then since

00:24:35.479 --> 00:24:37.000
 Levi was a tax collector

00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:38.699
 his friends

00:24:38.700 --> 00:24:40.779
 not surprisingly

00:24:40.779 --> 00:24:42.220
 are tax collectors

00:24:42.220 --> 00:24:43.880
 they're not from

00:24:43.880 --> 00:24:44.940
 the morally respectable

00:24:44.940 --> 00:24:46.279
 segment of society

00:24:46.279 --> 00:24:47.160
 it says that

00:24:47.160 --> 00:24:47.940
 there was a large

00:24:47.940 --> 00:24:49.160
 company of tax collectors

00:24:49.160 --> 00:24:49.860
 and others

00:24:49.860 --> 00:24:51.019
 reclining at table

00:24:51.019 --> 00:24:51.559
 with them

00:24:51.559 --> 00:24:53.539
 Levi has met Jesus

00:24:53.539 --> 00:24:54.580
 and his life

00:24:54.580 --> 00:24:55.340
 has been changed

00:24:55.340 --> 00:24:55.980
 as a result

00:24:55.980 --> 00:24:56.759
 and he wants

00:24:56.759 --> 00:24:58.380
 as many of his friends

00:24:58.380 --> 00:24:59.360
 tax collectors

00:24:59.360 --> 00:24:59.799
 or not

00:24:59.799 --> 00:25:00.980
 to have

00:25:00.980 --> 00:25:01.720
 an opportunity

00:25:01.720 --> 00:25:02.700
 to meet Jesus

00:25:02.700 --> 00:25:04.980
 Luke

00:25:04.980 --> 00:25:06.059
 frequently

00:25:06.059 --> 00:25:07.120
 mentions

00:25:07.120 --> 00:25:07.779
 events

00:25:07.779 --> 00:25:08.880
 and conversations

00:25:08.880 --> 00:25:09.900
 that take place

00:25:09.900 --> 00:25:11.380
 over meals

00:25:11.380 --> 00:25:14.019
 he has

00:25:14.019 --> 00:25:15.000
 emphasized this

00:25:15.000 --> 00:25:15.500
 more than any

00:25:15.500 --> 00:25:15.860
 of the other

00:25:15.860 --> 00:25:16.620
 gospel writers

00:25:16.620 --> 00:25:17.980
 so dinner table

00:25:17.980 --> 00:25:19.100
 is a good context

00:25:19.100 --> 00:25:20.440
 for spiritual fellowship

00:25:20.440 --> 00:25:21.620
 and conversation

00:25:21.620 --> 00:25:22.960
 and it's a good reason

00:25:22.960 --> 00:25:24.200
 why we as Christians

00:25:24.200 --> 00:25:25.779
 should share meals

00:25:25.779 --> 00:25:26.500
 with one another

00:25:26.500 --> 00:25:27.160
 but also

00:25:27.160 --> 00:25:28.480
 hold other unbelievers

00:25:28.480 --> 00:25:29.779
 into those contexts

00:25:29.779 --> 00:25:31.259
 and we should be

00:25:31.259 --> 00:25:31.920
 thinking about

00:25:31.920 --> 00:25:32.519
 contexts

00:25:32.519 --> 00:25:32.879
 where we can

00:25:32.879 --> 00:25:33.680
 invite family

00:25:33.680 --> 00:25:34.339
 and friends

00:25:34.339 --> 00:25:34.980
 and neighbors

00:25:34.980 --> 00:25:35.619
 so that we can

00:25:35.619 --> 00:25:36.139
 have spiritual

00:25:36.139 --> 00:25:36.779
 conversations

00:25:36.779 --> 00:25:37.299
 with them

00:25:37.299 --> 00:25:38.279
 and so that

00:25:38.279 --> 00:25:39.059
 because disciple

00:25:39.059 --> 00:25:39.980
 of Jesus Christ

00:25:39.980 --> 00:25:40.680
 by very

00:25:40.680 --> 00:25:41.799
 its very vocation

00:25:41.799 --> 00:25:42.519
 is to become

00:25:42.519 --> 00:25:43.420
 a fisher of men

00:25:43.420 --> 00:25:45.160
 to share the gospel

00:25:45.160 --> 00:25:46.579
 to catch alive

00:25:46.579 --> 00:25:47.319
 people who need

00:25:47.319 --> 00:25:47.799
 to be saved

00:25:47.799 --> 00:25:48.259
 by God

00:25:48.259 --> 00:25:50.139
 and so sometimes

00:25:50.139 --> 00:25:51.879
 Christians

00:25:51.879 --> 00:25:52.879
 can fall into

00:25:52.879 --> 00:25:53.319
 the mindset

00:25:53.319 --> 00:25:53.819
 that

00:25:53.819 --> 00:25:54.579
 you know

00:25:54.579 --> 00:25:55.500
 evangelism

00:25:55.500 --> 00:25:56.440
 is only for people

00:25:56.440 --> 00:25:57.099
 who are gifted

00:25:57.099 --> 00:25:57.899
 in evangelism

00:25:57.900 --> 00:25:59.259
 how many times

00:25:59.259 --> 00:25:59.580
 have you guys

00:25:59.580 --> 00:26:00.240
 heard that

00:26:00.240 --> 00:26:00.920
 oh no

00:26:00.920 --> 00:26:01.560
 I'm not gifted

00:26:01.560 --> 00:26:02.320
 in evangelism

00:26:02.320 --> 00:26:03.580
 I can't do that

00:26:03.580 --> 00:26:04.060
 but that's just

00:26:04.060 --> 00:26:04.640
 not true

00:26:04.640 --> 00:26:06.740
 not all of us

00:26:06.740 --> 00:26:07.960
 have a great sense

00:26:07.960 --> 00:26:08.360
 of rhythm

00:26:08.360 --> 00:26:09.180
 or pitch either

00:26:09.180 --> 00:26:09.460
 right

00:26:09.460 --> 00:26:11.120
 but does that mean

00:26:11.120 --> 00:26:12.160
 only the musically

00:26:12.160 --> 00:26:12.880
 gifted members

00:26:12.880 --> 00:26:13.259
 sing

00:26:13.259 --> 00:26:15.080
 not at all

00:26:15.080 --> 00:26:16.920
 because Ephesians

00:26:16.920 --> 00:26:17.560
 5.19

00:26:17.560 --> 00:26:18.820
 commends all believers

00:26:18.820 --> 00:26:19.680
 to sing

00:26:19.680 --> 00:26:20.240
 in worship

00:26:20.240 --> 00:26:20.680
 to God

00:26:20.680 --> 00:26:21.860
 the musically

00:26:21.860 --> 00:26:22.940
 gifted members

00:26:22.940 --> 00:26:23.480
 lead

00:26:23.480 --> 00:26:24.280
 and help

00:26:24.280 --> 00:26:25.019
 other members

00:26:25.019 --> 00:26:25.500
 to sing

00:26:25.500 --> 00:26:26.519
 similarly

00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:27.100
 the gifted

00:26:27.099 --> 00:26:28.039
 evangelists

00:26:28.039 --> 00:26:28.679
 help

00:26:28.679 --> 00:26:29.519
 and lead

00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:30.059
 the other

00:26:30.059 --> 00:26:30.779
 church members

00:26:30.779 --> 00:26:31.879
 to evangelize

00:26:31.879 --> 00:26:32.879
 doesn't mean

00:26:32.879 --> 00:26:33.159
 that they're

00:26:33.159 --> 00:26:33.799
 the only ones

00:26:33.799 --> 00:26:34.199
 that are doing

00:26:34.199 --> 00:26:35.439
 evangelism

00:26:35.439 --> 00:26:36.399
 because all believers

00:26:36.399 --> 00:26:37.079
 are commanded

00:26:37.079 --> 00:26:38.079
 to share the gospel

00:26:38.079 --> 00:26:38.639
 with people

00:26:38.639 --> 00:26:39.980
 that's what it means

00:26:39.980 --> 00:26:40.659
 to be a disciple

00:26:40.659 --> 00:26:41.059
 of Christ

00:26:41.059 --> 00:26:41.579
 because it was

00:26:41.579 --> 00:26:42.279
 Christ's mission

00:26:42.279 --> 00:26:42.839
 to proclaim

00:26:42.839 --> 00:26:43.439
 the gospel

00:26:43.439 --> 00:26:44.379
 as we grow

00:26:44.379 --> 00:26:44.899
 in maturity

00:26:44.899 --> 00:26:45.759
 as believers

00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:46.879
 and as we become

00:26:46.879 --> 00:26:48.000
 more like Christ

00:26:48.000 --> 00:26:48.899
 we will also

00:26:48.899 --> 00:26:50.159
 grow naturally

00:26:50.159 --> 00:26:51.279
 in our sharing

00:26:51.279 --> 00:26:51.839
 of the gospel

00:26:51.839 --> 00:26:52.679
 with others

00:26:52.679 --> 00:26:54.000
 that's an essential

00:26:54.000 --> 00:26:55.039
 part of Christian

00:26:55.039 --> 00:26:55.679
 discipleship

00:26:55.679 --> 00:26:56.159
 and maturity

00:26:56.160 --> 00:26:58.519
 but verse 30

00:26:58.519 --> 00:26:59.140
 tells us that

00:26:59.140 --> 00:26:59.680
 there were some

00:26:59.680 --> 00:27:00.940
 unhappy bystanders

00:27:00.940 --> 00:27:03.259
 look at verse 30

00:27:03.259 --> 00:27:03.600
 with me

00:27:03.600 --> 00:27:03.880
 it says

00:27:03.880 --> 00:27:05.840
 and the Pharisees

00:27:05.840 --> 00:27:06.960
 and their scribes

00:27:06.960 --> 00:27:07.820
 grumbled at his

00:27:07.820 --> 00:27:08.240
 disciples

00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:08.680
 saying

00:27:08.680 --> 00:27:10.200
 why do you

00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:11.300
 eat and drink

00:27:11.300 --> 00:27:12.580
 with tax collectors

00:27:12.580 --> 00:27:13.180
 and sinners

00:27:13.180 --> 00:27:15.640
 these Pharisees

00:27:15.640 --> 00:27:16.140
 and scribes

00:27:16.140 --> 00:27:17.200
 obviously refused

00:27:17.200 --> 00:27:18.040
 to eat and drink

00:27:18.040 --> 00:27:18.600
 with tax collectors

00:27:18.600 --> 00:27:18.940
 and sinners

00:27:18.940 --> 00:27:19.720
 so they were

00:27:19.720 --> 00:27:20.259
 presumably

00:27:20.259 --> 00:27:21.340
 not at Levi's

00:27:21.340 --> 00:27:21.700
 party

00:27:21.700 --> 00:27:22.540
 but rather

00:27:22.540 --> 00:27:22.980
 they're kind of

00:27:22.980 --> 00:27:23.800
 spying them out

00:27:23.800 --> 00:27:24.279
 and watching

00:27:24.279 --> 00:27:24.779
 who's going

00:27:24.779 --> 00:27:25.100
 in the night

00:27:25.099 --> 00:27:25.559
 at the party

00:27:25.559 --> 00:27:26.199
 and they see

00:27:26.199 --> 00:27:26.679
 oh wait

00:27:26.679 --> 00:27:27.159
 this is just

00:27:27.159 --> 00:27:27.740
 the rabble

00:27:27.740 --> 00:27:29.079
 whole bunch

00:27:29.079 --> 00:27:29.679
 of tax collectors

00:27:29.679 --> 00:27:30.139
 and sinners

00:27:30.139 --> 00:27:30.919
 going in and out

00:27:30.919 --> 00:27:34.099
 and they grumble

00:27:34.099 --> 00:27:34.859
 at this fact

00:27:34.859 --> 00:27:36.799
 and they indirectly

00:27:36.799 --> 00:27:38.039
 express disapproval

00:27:38.039 --> 00:27:38.480
 of Jesus

00:27:38.480 --> 00:27:39.319
 by criticizing

00:27:39.319 --> 00:27:39.980
 his disciples

00:27:39.980 --> 00:27:41.279
 and so Jesus

00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:42.159
 answers them

00:27:42.159 --> 00:27:43.339
 in verses 31

00:27:43.339 --> 00:27:43.980
 to 32

00:27:43.980 --> 00:27:46.480
 those who are

00:27:46.480 --> 00:27:46.500
 those who are

00:27:46.500 --> 00:27:46.920
 well

00:27:46.920 --> 00:27:47.880
 have no need

00:27:47.880 --> 00:27:48.559
 of a physician

00:27:48.559 --> 00:27:49.539
 but those

00:27:49.539 --> 00:27:50.279
 who are sick

00:27:50.279 --> 00:27:51.279
 I have not

00:27:51.279 --> 00:27:52.160
 come to call

00:27:52.160 --> 00:27:52.839
 the righteous

00:27:52.839 --> 00:27:53.940
 but sinners

00:27:53.940 --> 00:27:55.240
 to repentance

00:27:55.240 --> 00:27:57.099
 the doctor

00:27:57.099 --> 00:27:58.339
 cannot heal

00:27:58.339 --> 00:27:58.819
 the sick

00:27:58.819 --> 00:27:59.400
 without first

00:27:59.400 --> 00:27:59.980
 getting in

00:27:59.980 --> 00:28:00.720
 contact

00:28:00.720 --> 00:28:01.559
 with the sick

00:28:01.559 --> 00:28:02.180
 as we talked

00:28:02.180 --> 00:28:02.680
 about last week

00:28:02.680 --> 00:28:03.400
 for this reason

00:28:03.400 --> 00:28:04.880
 Jesus risks

00:28:04.880 --> 00:28:06.059
 his reputation

00:28:06.059 --> 00:28:07.720
 to go minister

00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:08.940
 among sinners

00:28:08.940 --> 00:28:11.000
 Jesus hung

00:28:11.000 --> 00:28:11.640
 out with

00:28:11.640 --> 00:28:12.620
 religiously

00:28:12.620 --> 00:28:13.559
 and ethically

00:28:13.559 --> 00:28:14.539
 disreputable

00:28:14.539 --> 00:28:14.940
 people

00:28:14.940 --> 00:28:16.380
 do we do

00:28:16.380 --> 00:28:16.700
 that

00:28:16.700 --> 00:28:20.420
 do you have

00:28:20.420 --> 00:28:20.900
 non-Christian

00:28:20.900 --> 00:28:21.360
 friends

00:28:21.360 --> 00:28:22.620
 that you

00:28:22.620 --> 00:28:22.980
 regularly

00:28:22.980 --> 00:28:23.660
 spend time

00:28:23.660 --> 00:28:23.900
 with

00:28:23.900 --> 00:28:28.620
 even the ones

00:28:28.620 --> 00:28:29.180
 that get drunk

00:28:29.180 --> 00:28:29.680
 all the time

00:28:29.680 --> 00:28:30.080
 and swear

00:28:30.080 --> 00:28:31.240
 like a sailor

00:28:31.240 --> 00:28:31.900
 or sleep around

00:28:31.900 --> 00:28:32.480
 you do have

00:28:32.480 --> 00:28:32.860
 people

00:28:32.860 --> 00:28:35.400
 even the ones

00:28:35.400 --> 00:28:35.900
 that are morally

00:28:35.900 --> 00:28:36.559
 disreputable

00:28:36.559 --> 00:28:37.119
 do you have

00:28:37.119 --> 00:28:37.419
 people

00:28:37.419 --> 00:28:37.799
 that you

00:28:37.799 --> 00:28:38.220
 are spending

00:28:38.220 --> 00:28:38.579
 time

00:28:38.579 --> 00:28:39.319
 with

00:28:39.319 --> 00:28:39.819
 or have

00:28:39.819 --> 00:28:39.940
 we

00:28:39.940 --> 00:28:40.619
 retreated

00:28:40.619 --> 00:28:40.960
 to our

00:28:40.960 --> 00:28:41.200
 holy

00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:41.579
 huddles

00:28:41.579 --> 00:28:43.879
 forsaking

00:28:43.879 --> 00:28:44.819
 our mission

00:28:44.819 --> 00:28:45.659
 to seek

00:28:45.659 --> 00:28:46.659
 and save

00:28:46.659 --> 00:28:47.460
 the lost

00:28:47.460 --> 00:28:50.319
 have you

00:28:50.319 --> 00:28:50.720
 invited

00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:51.179
 unbelieving

00:28:51.179 --> 00:28:51.460
 neighbors

00:28:51.460 --> 00:28:51.740
 to your

00:28:51.740 --> 00:28:52.119
 house

00:28:52.119 --> 00:28:53.619
 have you

00:28:53.619 --> 00:28:53.839
 been

00:28:53.839 --> 00:28:54.240
 invited

00:28:54.240 --> 00:28:54.759
 to their

00:28:54.759 --> 00:28:55.399
 house

00:28:55.399 --> 00:28:57.919
 Christian

00:28:57.919 --> 00:28:58.379
 author

00:28:58.379 --> 00:28:59.339
 Rosaria

00:28:59.339 --> 00:29:00.440
 Butterfield

00:29:00.440 --> 00:29:01.639
 puts it

00:29:01.639 --> 00:29:02.059
 this way

00:29:02.059 --> 00:29:02.299
 in her

00:29:02.299 --> 00:29:02.579
 book

00:29:02.579 --> 00:29:03.159
 the gospel

00:29:03.159 --> 00:29:03.619
 comes

00:29:03.619 --> 00:29:04.079
 with the

00:29:04.079 --> 00:29:04.319
 house

00:29:04.319 --> 00:29:04.539
 key

00:29:04.539 --> 00:29:06.539
 Christians

00:29:06.539 --> 00:29:07.139
 are called

00:29:07.139 --> 00:29:07.779
 to live

00:29:07.779 --> 00:29:08.200
 in the

00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:08.500
 world

00:29:08.500 --> 00:29:09.299
 but not

00:29:09.299 --> 00:29:09.779
 live

00:29:09.779 --> 00:29:10.359
 like the

00:29:10.359 --> 00:29:10.579
 world

00:29:10.579 --> 00:29:11.879
 Christians

00:29:11.879 --> 00:29:12.500
 are called

00:29:12.500 --> 00:29:13.099
 to dine

00:29:13.099 --> 00:29:13.839
 with sinners

00:29:13.839 --> 00:29:14.619
 but not

00:29:14.619 --> 00:29:15.119
 sin

00:29:15.119 --> 00:29:15.460
 with

00:29:15.460 --> 00:29:15.879
 sinners

00:29:15.879 --> 00:29:17.279
 but either

00:29:17.279 --> 00:29:17.639
 way

00:29:17.639 --> 00:29:18.559
 when Christians

00:29:18.559 --> 00:29:19.259
 throw their

00:29:19.259 --> 00:29:19.859
 lot in

00:29:19.859 --> 00:29:20.500
 with Jesus

00:29:20.500 --> 00:29:21.839
 we lose

00:29:21.839 --> 00:29:22.379
 the right

00:29:22.379 --> 00:29:23.139
 to protect

00:29:23.139 --> 00:29:23.839
 our own

00:29:23.839 --> 00:29:24.519
 reputation

00:29:24.519 --> 00:29:28.839
 of course

00:29:28.839 --> 00:29:29.399
 when Jesus

00:29:29.399 --> 00:29:29.960
 says that

00:29:29.960 --> 00:29:30.480
 he has not

00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:30.920
 come to

00:29:30.920 --> 00:29:31.319
 call the

00:29:31.319 --> 00:29:31.720
 righteous

00:29:31.720 --> 00:29:33.220
 he's not

00:29:33.220 --> 00:29:33.819
 saying that

00:29:33.819 --> 00:29:34.559
 the Pharisees

00:29:34.559 --> 00:29:35.240
 are actually

00:29:35.240 --> 00:29:35.819
 righteous

00:29:35.819 --> 00:29:37.019
 they too

00:29:37.019 --> 00:29:37.859
 are sick

00:29:37.859 --> 00:29:38.579
 but the

00:29:38.579 --> 00:29:38.960
 difference

00:29:38.960 --> 00:29:39.339
 is that

00:29:39.339 --> 00:29:39.879
 they don't

00:29:39.879 --> 00:29:40.460
 recognize

00:29:40.460 --> 00:29:40.679
 their

00:29:40.679 --> 00:29:41.019
 sickness

00:29:41.019 --> 00:29:42.279
 and therefore

00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:43.019
 cut themselves

00:29:43.019 --> 00:29:43.899
 off from

00:29:43.899 --> 00:29:44.220
 Jesus'

00:29:44.419 --> 00:29:44.700
 healing

00:29:44.700 --> 00:29:45.139
 power

00:29:45.139 --> 00:29:46.519
 only those

00:29:46.519 --> 00:29:47.419
 who acknowledge

00:29:47.419 --> 00:29:48.200
 their sinfulness

00:29:48.200 --> 00:29:48.980
 can repent

00:29:48.980 --> 00:29:49.480
 of their

00:29:49.480 --> 00:29:49.819
 sins

00:29:49.819 --> 00:29:50.619
 and Jesus

00:29:50.619 --> 00:29:51.079
 has come

00:29:51.079 --> 00:29:51.339
 as a

00:29:51.339 --> 00:29:51.599
 physician

00:29:51.599 --> 00:29:52.079
 to heal

00:29:52.079 --> 00:29:52.500
 them

00:29:52.500 --> 00:29:53.519
 and this

00:29:53.519 --> 00:29:53.960
 is bad

00:29:53.960 --> 00:29:54.240
 news

00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:54.539
 for the

00:29:54.539 --> 00:29:55.279
 self-righteous

00:29:55.279 --> 00:29:56.240
 but this

00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:56.740
 is good

00:29:56.740 --> 00:29:57.179
 news

00:29:57.179 --> 00:29:58.079
 for those

00:29:58.079 --> 00:29:58.779
 who acknowledge

00:29:58.779 --> 00:29:59.259
 their

00:29:59.259 --> 00:29:59.700
 sinfulness

00:29:59.700 --> 00:30:01.180
 you can

00:30:01.180 --> 00:30:01.620
 be a

00:30:01.620 --> 00:30:02.039
 murderer

00:30:02.039 --> 00:30:04.539
 a rapist

00:30:04.539 --> 00:30:06.080
 a thief

00:30:06.080 --> 00:30:08.039
 you can

00:30:08.039 --> 00:30:08.519
 be a

00:30:08.519 --> 00:30:08.960
 domestic

00:30:08.960 --> 00:30:09.680
 abuser

00:30:09.680 --> 00:30:10.960
 an adulterer

00:30:10.960 --> 00:30:11.960
 a liar

00:30:11.960 --> 00:30:13.900
 and be

00:30:13.900 --> 00:30:14.220
 safe

00:30:14.220 --> 00:30:17.240
 you can

00:30:17.240 --> 00:30:17.559
 be a

00:30:17.559 --> 00:30:17.880
 slave

00:30:17.880 --> 00:30:18.460
 trafficker

00:30:18.460 --> 00:30:20.319
 a fornicator

00:30:20.319 --> 00:30:21.140
 or a

00:30:21.140 --> 00:30:21.519
 gossip

00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:23.080
 and be

00:30:23.080 --> 00:30:23.740
 safe

00:30:23.740 --> 00:30:25.200
 if only

00:30:25.200 --> 00:30:26.099
 you would

00:30:26.099 --> 00:30:26.680
 acknowledge

00:30:26.680 --> 00:30:28.500
 your sins

00:30:28.500 --> 00:30:29.519
 and repent

00:30:29.519 --> 00:30:30.140
 of them

00:30:30.140 --> 00:30:30.599
 and come

00:30:30.599 --> 00:30:31.059
 to Jesus

00:30:31.059 --> 00:30:33.599
 but

00:30:33.599 --> 00:30:35.180
 the

00:30:35.180 --> 00:30:36.579
 self-righteous

00:30:36.579 --> 00:30:37.420
 cannot

00:30:37.420 --> 00:30:38.039
 be saved

00:30:38.039 --> 00:30:42.660
 because

00:30:42.660 --> 00:30:43.079
 if you're

00:30:43.079 --> 00:30:43.880
 self-righteous

00:30:43.880 --> 00:30:45.160
 by definition

00:30:45.160 --> 00:30:45.640
 you see

00:30:45.640 --> 00:30:46.299
 no need

00:30:46.299 --> 00:30:46.799
 for the

00:30:46.799 --> 00:30:47.180
 forgiveness

00:30:47.180 --> 00:30:47.640
 of sin

00:30:47.640 --> 00:30:49.180
 you do

00:30:49.180 --> 00:30:49.539
 not come

00:30:49.539 --> 00:30:50.039
 to Jesus

00:30:50.039 --> 00:30:50.759
 for forgiveness

00:30:50.759 --> 00:30:54.059
 do you

00:30:54.059 --> 00:30:54.400
 find it

00:30:54.400 --> 00:30:54.779
 offensive

00:30:54.779 --> 00:30:55.920
 that

00:30:55.920 --> 00:30:56.279
 sinners

00:30:56.279 --> 00:30:57.339
 all those

00:30:57.339 --> 00:30:57.680
 kinds of

00:30:57.680 --> 00:30:57.859
 people

00:30:57.859 --> 00:30:58.099
 that I

00:30:58.099 --> 00:30:58.339
 mentioned

00:30:58.339 --> 00:30:58.700
 can be

00:30:58.700 --> 00:30:59.019
 saved

00:30:59.019 --> 00:31:00.119
 because

00:31:00.119 --> 00:31:00.339
 that

00:31:00.339 --> 00:31:00.559
 should

00:31:00.559 --> 00:31:00.700
 be

00:31:00.700 --> 00:31:01.099
 offensive

00:31:01.099 --> 00:31:02.160
 how

00:31:02.160 --> 00:31:02.379
 can

00:31:02.379 --> 00:31:02.619
 such

00:31:02.619 --> 00:31:02.940
 people

00:31:02.940 --> 00:31:03.140
 be

00:31:03.140 --> 00:31:03.460
 forgiven

00:31:03.460 --> 00:31:04.440
 what

00:31:04.440 --> 00:31:04.599
 they

00:31:04.599 --> 00:31:04.980
 deserve

00:31:04.980 --> 00:31:05.220
 is

00:31:05.220 --> 00:31:05.799
 punishment

00:31:05.799 --> 00:31:06.240
 not

00:31:06.240 --> 00:31:06.799
 pardon

00:31:06.799 --> 00:31:08.240
 that's

00:31:08.240 --> 00:31:08.859
 the cry

00:31:08.859 --> 00:31:09.500
 of justice

00:31:09.500 --> 00:31:11.339
 they

00:31:11.339 --> 00:31:11.619
 deserve

00:31:11.619 --> 00:31:12.180
 punishment

00:31:12.180 --> 00:31:13.059
 not

00:31:13.059 --> 00:31:13.500
 forgiveness

00:31:13.500 --> 00:31:15.400
 and you're

00:31:15.400 --> 00:31:15.819
 right about

00:31:15.819 --> 00:31:16.099
 that

00:31:16.099 --> 00:31:16.680
 God's

00:31:16.680 --> 00:31:17.140
 perfect

00:31:17.140 --> 00:31:17.680
 holiness

00:31:17.680 --> 00:31:18.319
 demands

00:31:18.319 --> 00:31:19.079
 that they

00:31:19.079 --> 00:31:19.480
 be

00:31:19.480 --> 00:31:19.859
 punished

00:31:19.859 --> 00:31:20.500
 but

00:31:20.500 --> 00:31:20.700
 let's

00:31:20.700 --> 00:31:20.900
 not

00:31:20.900 --> 00:31:21.160
 think

00:31:21.160 --> 00:31:21.359
 that

00:31:21.359 --> 00:31:21.559
 they're

00:31:21.559 --> 00:31:21.720
 any

00:31:21.720 --> 00:31:22.019
 better

00:31:22.019 --> 00:31:22.940
 than

00:31:22.940 --> 00:31:24.039
 they

00:31:24.039 --> 00:31:24.299
 are

00:31:24.299 --> 00:31:26.960
 and

00:31:26.960 --> 00:31:27.380
 I'll

00:31:27.380 --> 00:31:27.920
 tell you

00:31:27.920 --> 00:31:28.220
 why

00:31:28.220 --> 00:31:28.640
 Jesus

00:31:28.640 --> 00:31:28.900
 is still

00:31:28.900 --> 00:31:29.299
 able to

00:31:29.299 --> 00:31:29.500
 save

00:31:29.500 --> 00:31:29.640
 these

00:31:29.640 --> 00:31:29.920
 people

00:31:29.920 --> 00:31:30.640
 in a

00:31:30.640 --> 00:31:30.920
 moment

00:31:30.920 --> 00:31:31.640
 one of

00:31:31.640 --> 00:31:31.759
 my

00:31:31.759 --> 00:31:32.000
 best

00:31:32.000 --> 00:31:32.299
 friends

00:31:32.299 --> 00:31:32.480
 from

00:31:32.480 --> 00:31:32.819
 college

00:31:32.819 --> 00:31:33.079
 is

00:31:33.079 --> 00:31:33.559
 a

00:31:33.559 --> 00:31:34.059
 chemist

00:31:34.059 --> 00:31:34.559
 we got

00:31:34.559 --> 00:31:34.720
 some

00:31:34.720 --> 00:31:35.039
 chemists

00:31:35.039 --> 00:31:35.259
 in the

00:31:35.259 --> 00:31:35.420
 room

00:31:35.420 --> 00:31:35.740
 as well

00:31:35.740 --> 00:31:36.019
 and

00:31:36.019 --> 00:31:37.539
 his

00:31:37.539 --> 00:31:38.039
 post

00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:38.440
 on

00:31:38.440 --> 00:31:38.900
 his

00:31:38.900 --> 00:31:39.319
 Facebook

00:31:39.319 --> 00:31:39.980
 from

00:31:39.980 --> 00:31:40.299
 a couple

00:31:40.299 --> 00:31:40.579
 weeks

00:31:40.579 --> 00:31:40.799
 ago

00:31:40.799 --> 00:31:41.000
 was

00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:41.299
 this

00:31:41.299 --> 00:31:41.920
 he's

00:31:41.920 --> 00:31:42.140
 got

00:31:42.140 --> 00:31:42.380
 quite

00:31:42.380 --> 00:31:42.559
 the

00:31:42.559 --> 00:31:42.779
 humor

00:31:42.779 --> 00:31:42.960
 he

00:31:42.960 --> 00:31:43.180
 says

00:31:43.180 --> 00:31:43.900
 you

00:31:43.900 --> 00:31:44.119
 have

00:31:44.119 --> 00:31:44.380
 not

00:31:44.380 --> 00:31:44.920
 lived

00:31:44.920 --> 00:31:45.660
 until

00:31:45.660 --> 00:31:46.900
 you

00:31:46.900 --> 00:31:47.039
 have

00:31:47.039 --> 00:31:47.599
 spent

00:31:47.599 --> 00:31:48.119
 a

00:31:48.119 --> 00:31:48.500
 week

00:31:48.500 --> 00:31:49.859
 getting

00:31:49.859 --> 00:31:50.279
 a

00:31:50.279 --> 00:31:50.799
 compound

00:31:50.799 --> 00:31:51.119
 from

00:31:51.119 --> 00:31:52.699
 99.84%

00:31:52.699 --> 00:31:52.899
 to

00:31:52.899 --> 00:31:54.279
 99.9%

00:31:54.279 --> 00:31:54.699
 purity

00:31:54.699 --> 00:31:57.539
 he's

00:31:57.539 --> 00:31:57.899
 joking

00:31:57.899 --> 00:31:58.339
 right

00:31:58.339 --> 00:31:59.339
 he's

00:31:59.339 --> 00:31:59.819
 humorously

00:31:59.819 --> 00:32:00.259
 commenting

00:32:00.259 --> 00:32:00.819
 commenting on

00:32:00.819 --> 00:32:01.179
 the fact

00:32:01.179 --> 00:32:01.500
 that

00:32:01.500 --> 00:32:02.119
 of the

00:32:02.119 --> 00:32:02.779
 tediousness

00:32:02.779 --> 00:32:03.039
 of the

00:32:03.039 --> 00:32:03.299
 work

00:32:03.299 --> 00:32:03.599
 right

00:32:03.599 --> 00:32:05.019
 that

00:32:05.019 --> 00:32:05.379
 this

00:32:05.379 --> 00:32:05.919
 and this

00:32:05.919 --> 00:32:06.319
 highlights

00:32:06.319 --> 00:32:06.979
 an important

00:32:06.979 --> 00:32:08.099
 insight

00:32:08.099 --> 00:32:08.659
 about

00:32:08.659 --> 00:32:09.439
 the level

00:32:09.439 --> 00:32:10.119
 of purity

00:32:10.119 --> 00:32:10.759
 perfection

00:32:10.759 --> 00:32:11.259
 and holiness

00:32:11.259 --> 00:32:11.839
 required

00:32:11.839 --> 00:32:13.259
 by God

00:32:13.259 --> 00:32:13.579
 because

00:32:13.579 --> 00:32:14.159
 for certain

00:32:14.159 --> 00:32:14.599
 chemical

00:32:14.599 --> 00:32:15.539
 reactions to

00:32:15.539 --> 00:32:16.159
 take place

00:32:16.160 --> 00:32:16.680
 a

00:32:16.680 --> 00:32:17.259
 hundredth

00:32:17.259 --> 00:32:17.580
 decimal

00:32:17.580 --> 00:32:18.000
 place

00:32:18.000 --> 00:32:18.279
 of

00:32:18.279 --> 00:32:18.759
 purity

00:32:18.759 --> 00:32:19.620
 matters

00:32:19.620 --> 00:32:21.960
 doesn't

00:32:21.960 --> 00:32:22.240
 matter

00:32:22.240 --> 00:32:22.460
 whether

00:32:22.460 --> 00:32:22.680
 you're

00:32:22.680 --> 00:32:23.420
 1%

00:32:23.420 --> 00:32:23.900
 pure

00:32:23.900 --> 00:32:25.160
 and

00:32:25.160 --> 00:32:26.080
 99%

00:32:26.080 --> 00:32:26.519
 defiled

00:32:26.519 --> 00:32:26.680
 or

00:32:26.680 --> 00:32:26.920
 you're

00:32:26.920 --> 00:32:28.680
 99.84%

00:32:28.680 --> 00:32:29.000
 pure

00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:29.460
 it's

00:32:29.460 --> 00:32:29.740
 still

00:32:29.740 --> 00:32:30.120
 not

00:32:30.120 --> 00:32:30.440
 pure

00:32:30.440 --> 00:32:30.940
 enough

00:32:30.940 --> 00:32:34.320
 just

00:32:34.320 --> 00:32:34.560
 a

00:32:34.560 --> 00:32:34.759
 little

00:32:34.759 --> 00:32:35.220
 bit

00:32:35.220 --> 00:32:36.400
 doesn't

00:32:36.400 --> 00:32:36.580
 matter

00:32:36.580 --> 00:32:37.060
 how big

00:32:37.060 --> 00:32:37.480
 your sins

00:32:37.480 --> 00:32:37.700
 are

00:32:37.700 --> 00:32:37.960
 small

00:32:37.960 --> 00:32:38.340
 your sins

00:32:38.340 --> 00:32:38.460
 are

00:32:38.460 --> 00:32:38.560
 it

00:32:38.560 --> 00:32:38.779
 doesn't

00:32:38.779 --> 00:32:39.000
 matter

00:32:39.000 --> 00:32:39.200
 you

00:32:39.200 --> 00:32:39.500
 have

00:32:39.500 --> 00:32:39.940
 you've

00:32:39.940 --> 00:32:40.080
 just

00:32:40.080 --> 00:32:40.279
 been

00:32:40.279 --> 00:32:40.600
 angry

00:32:40.600 --> 00:32:40.940
 once

00:32:40.940 --> 00:32:41.120
 in a

00:32:41.120 --> 00:32:41.440
 while

00:32:41.440 --> 00:32:41.900
 and

00:32:41.900 --> 00:32:42.100
 it's

00:32:42.100 --> 00:32:42.259
 in

00:32:42.259 --> 00:32:42.380
 an

00:32:42.380 --> 00:32:42.700
 excessive

00:32:42.700 --> 00:32:43.060
 way

00:32:43.060 --> 00:32:43.380
 and

00:32:43.380 --> 00:32:43.480
 you

00:32:43.480 --> 00:32:43.640
 have

00:32:43.640 --> 00:32:43.779
 a

00:32:43.779 --> 00:32:44.060
 murderer

00:32:44.060 --> 00:32:44.380
 sitting

00:32:44.380 --> 00:32:44.640
 next

00:32:44.640 --> 00:32:44.800
 to

00:32:44.800 --> 00:32:45.019
 you

00:32:45.019 --> 00:32:45.559
 before

00:32:45.559 --> 00:32:45.960
 God

00:32:45.960 --> 00:32:46.119
 it

00:32:46.119 --> 00:32:46.440
 doesn't

00:32:46.440 --> 00:32:46.720
 matter

00:32:46.720 --> 00:32:47.000
 it's

00:32:47.000 --> 00:32:47.440
 equally

00:32:47.440 --> 00:32:48.460
 disqualifying

00:32:48.460 --> 00:32:50.599
 you

00:32:50.599 --> 00:32:50.940
 cannot

00:32:50.940 --> 00:32:51.740
 make it

00:32:51.740 --> 00:32:51.960
 into

00:32:51.960 --> 00:32:52.119
 the

00:32:52.119 --> 00:32:52.299
 kingdom

00:32:52.299 --> 00:32:52.539
 of

00:32:52.539 --> 00:32:52.839
 God

00:32:52.839 --> 00:32:57.339
 that's

00:32:57.339 --> 00:32:57.579
 why

00:32:57.579 --> 00:32:58.019
 we need

00:32:58.019 --> 00:32:58.539
 Jesus

00:32:58.539 --> 00:32:59.740
 to make

00:32:59.740 --> 00:33:00.119
 God's

00:33:00.119 --> 00:33:00.740
 perfect

00:33:00.740 --> 00:33:01.299
 righteousness

00:33:01.299 --> 00:33:02.019
 available

00:33:02.019 --> 00:33:02.660
 to us

00:33:02.660 --> 00:33:03.400
 and that's

00:33:03.400 --> 00:33:03.660
 what he

00:33:03.660 --> 00:33:03.980
 does

00:33:03.980 --> 00:33:04.680
 in 2nd

00:33:04.680 --> 00:33:05.039
 Corinthians

00:33:05.039 --> 00:33:05.379
 5

00:33:05.379 --> 00:33:05.720
 21

00:33:05.720 --> 00:33:05.980
 it says

00:33:05.980 --> 00:33:06.460
 for our

00:33:06.460 --> 00:33:06.920
 sake

00:33:06.920 --> 00:33:07.599
 he made

00:33:07.599 --> 00:33:07.980
 him to

00:33:07.980 --> 00:33:08.180
 be

00:33:08.180 --> 00:33:08.440
 sin

00:33:08.440 --> 00:33:09.039
 who knew

00:33:09.039 --> 00:33:09.440
 no

00:33:09.440 --> 00:33:09.920
 sin

00:33:09.920 --> 00:33:10.440
 so that

00:33:10.440 --> 00:33:11.059
 in him

00:33:11.059 --> 00:33:11.740
 we might

00:33:11.740 --> 00:33:12.240
 become

00:33:12.240 --> 00:33:12.680
 the

00:33:12.680 --> 00:33:13.240
 righteousness

00:33:13.240 --> 00:33:14.039
 of God

00:33:14.039 --> 00:33:15.159
 Jesus

00:33:15.159 --> 00:33:15.539
 was

00:33:15.539 --> 00:33:16.279
 sinless

00:33:16.279 --> 00:33:16.740
 he

00:33:16.740 --> 00:33:17.019
 was

00:33:17.019 --> 00:33:17.700
 righteous

00:33:17.700 --> 00:33:18.159
 yet

00:33:18.159 --> 00:33:18.519
 he

00:33:18.519 --> 00:33:18.879
 died

00:33:18.879 --> 00:33:19.019
 on

00:33:19.019 --> 00:33:19.180
 the

00:33:19.180 --> 00:33:19.559
 cross

00:33:19.559 --> 00:33:19.960
 to

00:33:19.960 --> 00:33:20.180
 pay

00:33:20.180 --> 00:33:20.399
 for

00:33:20.399 --> 00:33:20.740
 our

00:33:20.740 --> 00:33:21.299
 sins

00:33:21.299 --> 00:33:22.099
 so that

00:33:22.099 --> 00:33:22.420
 we can

00:33:22.420 --> 00:33:22.599
 be

00:33:22.599 --> 00:33:23.000
 counted

00:33:23.000 --> 00:33:23.759
 as

00:33:23.759 --> 00:33:24.379
 righteous

00:33:24.379 --> 00:33:25.599
 pure

00:33:25.599 --> 00:33:28.500
 the

00:33:28.500 --> 00:33:28.819
 holy

00:33:28.819 --> 00:33:29.159
 God

00:33:29.159 --> 00:33:29.500
 takes

00:33:29.500 --> 00:33:29.859
 our

00:33:29.859 --> 00:33:30.200
 sins

00:33:30.200 --> 00:33:30.440
 upon

00:33:30.440 --> 00:33:30.899
 himself

00:33:30.899 --> 00:33:31.859
 so that

00:33:31.859 --> 00:33:32.039
 his

00:33:32.039 --> 00:33:32.440
 holiness

00:33:32.440 --> 00:33:33.119
 can rest

00:33:33.119 --> 00:33:33.379
 on

00:33:33.379 --> 00:33:33.839
 us

00:33:33.839 --> 00:33:36.759
 it's

00:33:36.759 --> 00:33:37.920
 not

00:33:37.920 --> 00:33:38.240
 fair

00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:40.079
 that's

00:33:40.079 --> 00:33:40.200
 why

00:33:40.200 --> 00:33:40.359
 it's

00:33:40.359 --> 00:33:40.779
 grace

00:33:40.779 --> 00:33:42.799
 Jesus

00:33:42.799 --> 00:33:43.740
 dies

00:33:43.740 --> 00:33:44.119
 with

00:33:44.119 --> 00:33:44.259
 the

00:33:44.259 --> 00:33:44.680
 name

00:33:44.680 --> 00:33:45.039
 of

00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:45.799
 murderers

00:33:45.799 --> 00:33:46.519
 rapists

00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:47.359
 thieves

00:33:47.359 --> 00:33:48.279
 adulterers

00:33:48.279 --> 00:33:48.940
 abusers

00:33:48.940 --> 00:33:49.759
 fornicators

00:33:49.759 --> 00:33:50.819
 on him

00:33:50.819 --> 00:33:53.079
 so they

00:33:53.079 --> 00:33:53.440
 can be

00:33:53.440 --> 00:33:53.740
 free

00:33:53.740 --> 00:33:57.180
 now this

00:33:57.180 --> 00:33:57.559
 does not

00:33:57.559 --> 00:33:57.839
 mean that

00:33:57.839 --> 00:33:58.079
 you can

00:33:58.079 --> 00:33:58.359
 keep

00:33:58.359 --> 00:33:58.740
 sinning

00:33:58.740 --> 00:34:01.720
 you can

00:34:01.720 --> 00:34:02.519
 come as

00:34:02.519 --> 00:34:02.899
 you are

00:34:02.899 --> 00:34:03.420
 to Jesus

00:34:03.420 --> 00:34:04.139
 but you

00:34:04.139 --> 00:34:05.240
 cannot

00:34:05.240 --> 00:34:05.920
 stay

00:34:05.920 --> 00:34:06.259
 where you

00:34:06.259 --> 00:34:06.660
 are

00:34:06.660 --> 00:34:09.240
 you

00:34:09.240 --> 00:34:09.639
 come to

00:34:09.639 --> 00:34:09.780
 the

00:34:09.780 --> 00:34:10.139
 physician

00:34:10.139 --> 00:34:10.680
 to find

00:34:10.680 --> 00:34:11.300
 healing

00:34:11.300 --> 00:34:12.260
 not to

00:34:12.260 --> 00:34:12.599
 stay

00:34:12.599 --> 00:34:13.059
 sick

00:34:13.059 --> 00:34:15.400
 to

00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:15.880
 repent

00:34:15.880 --> 00:34:16.260
 means to

00:34:16.260 --> 00:34:17.079
 turn from

00:34:17.079 --> 00:34:17.599
 your sins

00:34:17.599 --> 00:34:17.900
 and to

00:34:17.900 --> 00:34:18.599
 turn toward

00:34:18.599 --> 00:34:19.099
 Jesus

00:34:19.099 --> 00:34:20.039
 you have

00:34:20.039 --> 00:34:20.559
 to leave

00:34:20.559 --> 00:34:21.079
 your sins

00:34:21.079 --> 00:34:21.680
 behind

00:34:21.680 --> 00:34:22.740
 to follow

00:34:22.740 --> 00:34:23.240
 Jesus

00:34:23.240 --> 00:34:24.000
 that's what

00:34:24.000 --> 00:34:24.260
 it means

00:34:24.260 --> 00:34:24.579
 to be a

00:34:24.579 --> 00:34:24.840
 Christian

00:34:24.840 --> 00:34:28.500
 now

00:34:28.500 --> 00:34:29.200
 I don't

00:34:29.200 --> 00:34:29.680
 mean that

00:34:29.680 --> 00:34:30.079
 you become

00:34:30.079 --> 00:34:30.559
 perfect

00:34:30.559 --> 00:34:30.940
 overnight

00:34:30.940 --> 00:34:31.300
 when you

00:34:31.300 --> 00:34:31.700
 become a

00:34:31.700 --> 00:34:32.019
 Christian

00:34:32.019 --> 00:34:35.380
 but as

00:34:35.380 --> 00:34:35.760
 forgiven

00:34:35.760 --> 00:34:36.099
 people

00:34:36.099 --> 00:34:36.559
 the spirit

00:34:36.559 --> 00:34:36.819
 of God

00:34:36.819 --> 00:34:37.339
 empowers

00:34:37.339 --> 00:34:37.719
 us more

00:34:37.719 --> 00:34:38.079
 and more

00:34:38.079 --> 00:34:38.539
 to become

00:34:38.539 --> 00:34:38.880
 more and

00:34:38.880 --> 00:34:39.360
 more like

00:34:39.360 --> 00:34:39.759
 Jesus

00:34:39.759 --> 00:34:41.360
 so that

00:34:41.360 --> 00:34:42.480
 it's a

00:34:42.480 --> 00:34:43.059
 helpful

00:34:43.059 --> 00:34:44.259
 illustration

00:34:44.259 --> 00:34:44.659
 might be

00:34:44.659 --> 00:34:45.039
 helpful for

00:34:45.039 --> 00:34:45.299
 this

00:34:45.299 --> 00:34:46.539
 you guys

00:34:46.539 --> 00:34:46.759
 know I

00:34:46.759 --> 00:34:47.039
 have two

00:34:47.039 --> 00:34:47.339
 daughters

00:34:47.339 --> 00:34:48.159
 and my

00:34:48.159 --> 00:34:48.400
 younger

00:34:48.400 --> 00:34:48.779
 daughter

00:34:48.779 --> 00:34:49.299
 named

00:34:49.299 --> 00:34:49.679
 Inji

00:34:49.679 --> 00:34:51.119
 is often

00:34:51.119 --> 00:34:51.679
 seen

00:34:51.679 --> 00:34:52.159
 sporting

00:34:52.159 --> 00:34:52.860
 clothes

00:34:52.860 --> 00:34:53.219
 that are

00:34:53.219 --> 00:34:53.539
 too

00:34:53.539 --> 00:34:54.179
 large

00:34:54.179 --> 00:34:54.500
 for her

00:34:54.500 --> 00:34:56.380
 and why

00:34:56.380 --> 00:34:56.719
 is that

00:34:56.719 --> 00:34:57.139
 it's because

00:34:57.139 --> 00:34:57.659
 she's very

00:34:57.659 --> 00:34:58.259
 blessed to

00:34:58.259 --> 00:34:58.679
 have an

00:34:58.679 --> 00:34:59.380
 older sister

00:34:59.380 --> 00:35:00.099
 and she

00:35:00.099 --> 00:35:00.500
 has lots

00:35:00.500 --> 00:35:00.839
 of hand

00:35:00.839 --> 00:35:01.199
 me downs

00:35:01.199 --> 00:35:01.539
 right

00:35:01.539 --> 00:35:03.819
 and it's

00:35:03.819 --> 00:35:04.099
 her

00:35:04.099 --> 00:35:04.839
 clothes

00:35:04.839 --> 00:35:05.139
 it's too

00:35:05.139 --> 00:35:05.480
 small for

00:35:05.480 --> 00:35:05.759
 her older

00:35:05.760 --> 00:35:06.140
 sister

00:35:06.140 --> 00:35:07.000
 but it's

00:35:07.000 --> 00:35:07.520
 too big

00:35:07.520 --> 00:35:08.000
 for her

00:35:08.000 --> 00:35:08.840
 but every

00:35:08.840 --> 00:35:09.380
 day she

00:35:09.380 --> 00:35:09.920
 grows and

00:35:09.920 --> 00:35:10.780
 eventually she

00:35:10.780 --> 00:35:11.320
 will fit

00:35:11.320 --> 00:35:12.140
 snugly and

00:35:12.140 --> 00:35:13.380
 perfectly into

00:35:13.380 --> 00:35:14.080
 that hand

00:35:14.080 --> 00:35:14.380
 me down

00:35:14.380 --> 00:35:14.780
 clothes

00:35:14.780 --> 00:35:17.660
 the Bible

00:35:17.660 --> 00:35:18.940
 often uses the

00:35:18.940 --> 00:35:19.380
 metaphor of

00:35:19.380 --> 00:35:20.400
 clothing to

00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:21.140
 say that the

00:35:21.140 --> 00:35:22.060
 righteousness of

00:35:22.060 --> 00:35:23.000
 Christ that

00:35:23.000 --> 00:35:23.720
 Christians have

00:35:23.720 --> 00:35:24.900
 been clothed with

00:35:24.900 --> 00:35:25.520
 the righteousness

00:35:25.520 --> 00:35:26.180
 of Christ

00:35:26.180 --> 00:35:28.100
 you can think of

00:35:28.100 --> 00:35:28.600
 that like those

00:35:28.600 --> 00:35:29.060
 hand me down

00:35:29.060 --> 00:35:29.440
 clothes

00:35:29.440 --> 00:35:31.860
 it's ours

00:35:31.860 --> 00:35:32.860
 it's fully

00:35:32.860 --> 00:35:33.440
 ours that

00:35:33.440 --> 00:35:34.260
 righteousness is

00:35:34.260 --> 00:35:35.179
 ours but

00:35:35.179 --> 00:35:36.059
 every day

00:35:36.059 --> 00:35:37.000
 we're growing

00:35:37.000 --> 00:35:38.460
 into that

00:35:38.460 --> 00:35:39.400
 and one day

00:35:39.400 --> 00:35:40.519
 we will fit

00:35:40.519 --> 00:35:41.300
 snugly into

00:35:41.300 --> 00:35:42.200
 those clothes

00:35:42.200 --> 00:35:43.619
 the righteousness

00:35:43.619 --> 00:35:44.300
 of Christ

00:35:44.300 --> 00:35:49.880
 but we have to

00:35:49.880 --> 00:35:51.000
 work on that

00:35:51.000 --> 00:35:52.340
 progress in it

00:35:52.340 --> 00:35:53.079
 every day

00:35:53.079 --> 00:35:54.019
 toward Christ

00:35:54.019 --> 00:35:56.059
 the Pharisees

00:35:56.059 --> 00:35:56.820
 and the scribes

00:35:56.820 --> 00:35:57.880
 thought that

00:35:57.880 --> 00:35:58.619
 they were claiming

00:35:58.619 --> 00:35:59.300
 the moral

00:35:59.300 --> 00:36:00.280
 high ground

00:36:00.280 --> 00:36:01.800
 by accusing

00:36:01.800 --> 00:36:02.540
 Jesus of

00:36:02.540 --> 00:36:03.100
 befriending

00:36:03.100 --> 00:36:03.480
 sinners

00:36:03.480 --> 00:36:04.400
 but in

00:36:04.400 --> 00:36:05.100
 reality they

00:36:05.100 --> 00:36:05.900
 were alienating

00:36:05.900 --> 00:36:06.780
 God by

00:36:06.780 --> 00:36:07.300
 failing to

00:36:07.300 --> 00:36:07.780
 acknowledge

00:36:07.780 --> 00:36:08.320
 their own

00:36:08.320 --> 00:36:08.980
 sinfulness

00:36:08.980 --> 00:36:10.720
 so our

00:36:10.720 --> 00:36:12.040
 God is

00:36:12.040 --> 00:36:12.320
 one who

00:36:12.320 --> 00:36:12.980
 befriends

00:36:12.980 --> 00:36:13.660
 sinners

00:36:13.660 --> 00:36:15.180
 it's the only

00:36:15.180 --> 00:36:15.860
 reason why he

00:36:15.860 --> 00:36:16.700
 calls us his

00:36:16.700 --> 00:36:17.100
 friends

00:36:17.100 --> 00:36:21.240
 the final

00:36:21.240 --> 00:36:21.720
 charge that

00:36:21.720 --> 00:36:22.060
 the people

00:36:22.060 --> 00:36:22.600
 level against

00:36:22.600 --> 00:36:23.300
 Jesus is that

00:36:23.300 --> 00:36:23.760
 of breaking

00:36:23.760 --> 00:36:24.360
 tradition

00:36:24.360 --> 00:36:27.040
 it says in

00:36:27.040 --> 00:36:27.760
 verse 33

00:36:27.760 --> 00:36:28.380
 and they said

00:36:28.380 --> 00:36:28.780
 to him

00:36:28.780 --> 00:36:29.960
 the disciples

00:36:29.960 --> 00:36:30.640
 of John

00:36:30.640 --> 00:36:31.540
 fast often

00:36:31.540 --> 00:36:31.880
 and offer

00:36:31.880 --> 00:36:32.400
 prayers

00:36:32.400 --> 00:36:33.360
 and so do

00:36:33.360 --> 00:36:33.980
 the disciples

00:36:33.980 --> 00:36:35.180
 of the Pharisees

00:36:35.180 --> 00:36:36.120
 but yours

00:36:36.120 --> 00:36:37.500
 eat and drink

00:36:37.500 --> 00:36:39.360
 so early in

00:36:39.360 --> 00:36:39.940
 verse 30

00:36:39.940 --> 00:36:40.480
 the Pharisees

00:36:40.480 --> 00:36:41.260
 criticized Jesus

00:36:41.260 --> 00:36:42.040
 for drinking

00:36:42.040 --> 00:36:42.880
 with tax collectors

00:36:42.880 --> 00:36:43.380
 and sinners

00:36:43.380 --> 00:36:44.560
 so now

00:36:44.560 --> 00:36:45.100
 some people

00:36:45.100 --> 00:36:45.780
 are criticizing

00:36:45.780 --> 00:36:46.720
 the fact

00:36:46.720 --> 00:36:47.180
 that Jesus

00:36:47.180 --> 00:36:47.440
 and his

00:36:47.440 --> 00:36:47.760
 disciples

00:36:47.760 --> 00:36:48.240
 spent too

00:36:48.240 --> 00:36:48.940
 much time

00:36:48.940 --> 00:36:49.700
 eating and

00:36:49.700 --> 00:36:50.060
 drinking

00:36:50.060 --> 00:36:51.200
 so this

00:36:51.200 --> 00:36:51.600
 time

00:36:51.600 --> 00:36:52.220
 the criticism

00:36:52.220 --> 00:36:52.860
 is not about

00:36:52.860 --> 00:36:53.380
 the company

00:36:53.380 --> 00:36:54.040
 that they keep

00:36:54.040 --> 00:36:54.820
 but it's about

00:36:54.820 --> 00:36:55.600
 their religious

00:36:55.600 --> 00:36:56.420
 devotion

00:36:56.420 --> 00:36:58.460
 is he really

00:36:58.460 --> 00:37:00.480
 pious

00:37:00.480 --> 00:37:01.300
 holy

00:37:01.300 --> 00:37:02.420
 wise

00:37:02.420 --> 00:37:03.360
 then why

00:37:03.360 --> 00:37:03.740
 doesn't he

00:37:03.740 --> 00:37:04.340
 fast like

00:37:04.340 --> 00:37:05.019
 these religious

00:37:05.019 --> 00:37:05.519
 teachers

00:37:05.519 --> 00:37:06.639
 Pharisees

00:37:06.639 --> 00:37:07.019
 during this

00:37:07.019 --> 00:37:07.340
 time

00:37:07.340 --> 00:37:07.800
 developed

00:37:07.800 --> 00:37:08.280
 fasting

00:37:08.280 --> 00:37:09.000
 into regular

00:37:09.000 --> 00:37:09.740
 discipline

00:37:09.740 --> 00:37:10.260
 so they

00:37:10.260 --> 00:37:11.000
 fasted twice

00:37:11.000 --> 00:37:11.420
 a week

00:37:11.420 --> 00:37:12.880
 and as

00:37:12.880 --> 00:37:13.440
 Luke 18

00:37:13.440 --> 00:37:14.000
 12 tells

00:37:14.000 --> 00:37:14.280
 us

00:37:14.280 --> 00:37:15.260
 and John

00:37:15.260 --> 00:37:15.740
 the Baptist

00:37:15.740 --> 00:37:16.079
 and his

00:37:16.079 --> 00:37:16.599
 disciples

00:37:16.599 --> 00:37:17.139
 were also

00:37:17.139 --> 00:37:17.720
 known for

00:37:17.720 --> 00:37:18.220
 fasting

00:37:18.220 --> 00:37:18.639
 it says

00:37:18.639 --> 00:37:19.260
 Jesus says

00:37:19.260 --> 00:37:19.559
 in Luke

00:37:19.559 --> 00:37:19.880
 7

00:37:19.880 --> 00:37:20.320
 33

00:37:20.320 --> 00:37:21.019
 to 34

00:37:21.019 --> 00:37:21.579
 John

00:37:21.579 --> 00:37:22.000
 the Baptist

00:37:22.000 --> 00:37:22.480
 has come

00:37:22.480 --> 00:37:22.860
 eating

00:37:22.860 --> 00:37:23.599
 no bread

00:37:23.599 --> 00:37:24.320
 and drinking

00:37:24.320 --> 00:37:25.000
 no wine

00:37:25.000 --> 00:37:25.800
 and you say

00:37:25.800 --> 00:37:26.320
 he has a

00:37:26.320 --> 00:37:26.639
 demon

00:37:26.639 --> 00:37:27.699
 the son

00:37:27.699 --> 00:37:28.019
 of man

00:37:28.019 --> 00:37:28.400
 has come

00:37:28.400 --> 00:37:28.699
 eating

00:37:28.699 --> 00:37:29.259
 and drinking

00:37:29.259 --> 00:37:29.839
 and you say

00:37:29.839 --> 00:37:30.440
 look at him

00:37:30.440 --> 00:37:31.000
 a glutton

00:37:31.000 --> 00:37:31.900
 and a drunker

00:37:31.900 --> 00:37:32.339
 a friend

00:37:32.339 --> 00:37:32.759
 of tax

00:37:32.759 --> 00:37:33.139
 collectors

00:37:33.139 --> 00:37:33.679
 and sinners

00:37:33.679 --> 00:37:34.639
 so obviously

00:37:34.639 --> 00:37:35.239
 the fasting

00:37:35.239 --> 00:37:35.579
 itself

00:37:35.579 --> 00:37:36.059
 wasn't the

00:37:36.059 --> 00:37:36.460
 main issue

00:37:36.460 --> 00:37:36.759
 they just

00:37:36.759 --> 00:37:37.019
 were not

00:37:37.019 --> 00:37:37.359
 ready to

00:37:37.359 --> 00:37:37.739
 receive

00:37:37.739 --> 00:37:38.239
 God's

00:37:38.239 --> 00:37:38.980
 prophet

00:37:38.980 --> 00:37:39.460
 and his

00:37:39.460 --> 00:37:40.079
 son

00:37:40.079 --> 00:37:41.299
 and even

00:37:41.299 --> 00:37:41.619
 though the

00:37:41.619 --> 00:37:41.940
 criticism

00:37:41.940 --> 00:37:42.420
 is directed

00:37:42.420 --> 00:37:42.879
 at Jesus

00:37:42.879 --> 00:37:43.420
 disciples

00:37:43.420 --> 00:37:44.179
 it's addressed

00:37:44.179 --> 00:37:44.759
 to Jesus

00:37:44.759 --> 00:37:45.319
 because they

00:37:45.319 --> 00:37:45.599
 believe

00:37:45.599 --> 00:37:45.960
 Jesus

00:37:45.960 --> 00:37:46.679
 is responsible

00:37:46.679 --> 00:37:47.079
 for the

00:37:47.079 --> 00:37:47.400
 behavior

00:37:47.400 --> 00:37:47.679
 of his

00:37:47.679 --> 00:37:48.119
 disciples

00:37:48.119 --> 00:37:48.839
 so this

00:37:48.839 --> 00:37:49.059
 is an

00:37:49.059 --> 00:37:49.379
 attempt

00:37:49.379 --> 00:37:49.699
 again

00:37:49.699 --> 00:37:50.279
 to discredit

00:37:50.279 --> 00:37:50.739
 Jesus

00:37:50.739 --> 00:37:51.579
 and knowing

00:37:51.579 --> 00:37:52.099
 that Jesus

00:37:52.099 --> 00:37:53.239
 teaches them

00:37:53.239 --> 00:37:53.659
 an important

00:37:53.659 --> 00:37:54.379
 lesson about

00:37:54.379 --> 00:37:55.119
 his identity

00:37:55.119 --> 00:37:56.139
 in verses 34

00:37:56.139 --> 00:37:56.859
 to 35

00:37:56.859 --> 00:37:58.079
 look at it

00:37:58.079 --> 00:37:58.460
 and Jesus

00:37:58.460 --> 00:37:59.159
 said to them

00:37:59.159 --> 00:38:00.179
 can you make

00:38:00.179 --> 00:38:01.019
 wedding guests

00:38:01.019 --> 00:38:02.259
 fast while the

00:38:02.259 --> 00:38:03.039
 bridegroom is

00:38:03.039 --> 00:38:03.659
 with them

00:38:03.659 --> 00:38:05.859
 the days will

00:38:05.859 --> 00:38:06.539
 come when the

00:38:06.539 --> 00:38:07.159
 bridegroom is

00:38:07.159 --> 00:38:07.819
 taken away

00:38:07.819 --> 00:38:08.359
 from them

00:38:08.359 --> 00:38:09.319
 and then they

00:38:09.319 --> 00:38:09.859
 will fast

00:38:09.859 --> 00:38:10.599
 in those days

00:38:10.599 --> 00:38:12.079
 Jesus

00:38:12.079 --> 00:38:13.219
 Jewish wedding

00:38:13.219 --> 00:38:13.819
 festivities

00:38:13.819 --> 00:38:14.519
 lasted seven

00:38:14.519 --> 00:38:15.019
 days and

00:38:15.019 --> 00:38:15.380
 during that

00:38:15.380 --> 00:38:15.799
 time

00:38:15.799 --> 00:38:16.579
 guests were

00:38:16.579 --> 00:38:17.199
 not permitted

00:38:17.199 --> 00:38:17.719
 to fast

00:38:17.719 --> 00:38:18.179
 or engage

00:38:18.179 --> 00:38:18.519
 in other

00:38:18.519 --> 00:38:19.079
 acts of

00:38:19.079 --> 00:38:19.519
 mourning

00:38:19.519 --> 00:38:20.759
 because it

00:38:20.759 --> 00:38:21.119
 was seen

00:38:21.119 --> 00:38:21.880
 as inappropriate

00:38:21.880 --> 00:38:22.339
 for this

00:38:22.339 --> 00:38:22.739
 joyous

00:38:22.739 --> 00:38:23.159
 occasion

00:38:23.159 --> 00:38:23.900
 but using

00:38:23.900 --> 00:38:24.500
 that analogy

00:38:24.500 --> 00:38:25.119
 Jesus makes

00:38:25.119 --> 00:38:25.639
 the argument

00:38:25.639 --> 00:38:26.079
 that it's

00:38:26.079 --> 00:38:26.400
 actually

00:38:26.400 --> 00:38:27.159
 inappropriate

00:38:27.159 --> 00:38:27.800
 for his

00:38:27.800 --> 00:38:28.320
 disciples

00:38:28.320 --> 00:38:28.860
 to fast

00:38:28.860 --> 00:38:29.400
 right now

00:38:29.400 --> 00:38:29.980
 because

00:38:29.980 --> 00:38:31.000
 it's the

00:38:31.000 --> 00:38:31.699
 time of

00:38:31.699 --> 00:38:32.119
 the wedding

00:38:32.119 --> 00:38:32.800
 festivities

00:38:32.800 --> 00:38:34.960
 the prophets

00:38:34.960 --> 00:38:35.440
 throughout the

00:38:35.440 --> 00:38:35.980
 Old Testament

00:38:35.980 --> 00:38:36.960
 frequently compare

00:38:36.960 --> 00:38:37.639
 the relationship

00:38:37.639 --> 00:38:38.340
 between God

00:38:38.340 --> 00:38:39.000
 and his people

00:38:39.000 --> 00:38:39.840
 to that of

00:38:39.840 --> 00:38:40.340
 the husband

00:38:40.340 --> 00:38:40.980
 and wife

00:38:40.980 --> 00:38:43.039
 Isaiah 54

00:38:43.039 --> 00:38:44.179
 5 says

00:38:44.179 --> 00:38:44.559
 for your

00:38:44.559 --> 00:38:45.159
 maker is

00:38:45.159 --> 00:38:45.800
 your husband

00:38:45.800 --> 00:38:46.280
 the Lord

00:38:46.280 --> 00:38:46.760
 of hosts

00:38:46.760 --> 00:38:47.619
 is his name

00:38:47.619 --> 00:38:49.159
 Isaiah 62

00:38:49.159 --> 00:38:50.139
 4 to 5

00:38:50.139 --> 00:38:50.900
 God says

00:38:50.900 --> 00:38:51.440
 to his people

00:38:51.440 --> 00:38:52.239
 you shall

00:38:52.239 --> 00:38:52.719
 be called

00:38:52.719 --> 00:38:53.480
 my delight

00:38:53.480 --> 00:38:54.079
 is in her

00:38:54.079 --> 00:38:54.860
 and your

00:38:54.860 --> 00:38:55.659
 land married

00:38:55.659 --> 00:38:56.059
 for the

00:38:56.059 --> 00:38:56.280
 Lord

00:38:56.280 --> 00:38:56.719
 delights

00:38:56.719 --> 00:38:57.139
 in you

00:38:57.139 --> 00:38:57.699
 and your

00:38:57.699 --> 00:38:58.019
 land

00:38:58.019 --> 00:38:58.480
 shall be

00:38:58.480 --> 00:38:58.920
 married

00:38:58.920 --> 00:38:59.820
 for as

00:38:59.820 --> 00:39:00.659
 the bridegroom

00:39:00.659 --> 00:39:01.360
 rejoices

00:39:01.360 --> 00:39:01.780
 over the

00:39:01.780 --> 00:39:02.099
 bride

00:39:02.099 --> 00:39:02.900
 so shall

00:39:02.900 --> 00:39:03.519
 your God

00:39:03.519 --> 00:39:04.340
 rejoice

00:39:04.340 --> 00:39:05.420
 over you

00:39:05.420 --> 00:39:07.179
 the time

00:39:07.179 --> 00:39:07.820
 when Messiah

00:39:07.820 --> 00:39:08.219
 would come

00:39:08.219 --> 00:39:08.619
 to save

00:39:08.619 --> 00:39:09.119
 God's people

00:39:09.119 --> 00:39:09.719
 was often

00:39:09.719 --> 00:39:10.260
 described

00:39:10.260 --> 00:39:10.940
 in terms

00:39:10.940 --> 00:39:11.599
 of a

00:39:11.599 --> 00:39:12.099
 bridegroom

00:39:12.099 --> 00:39:13.059
 coming to

00:39:13.059 --> 00:39:13.860
 his bride

00:39:13.860 --> 00:39:14.920
 and so by

00:39:14.920 --> 00:39:15.599
 saying this

00:39:15.599 --> 00:39:16.159
 Jesus is

00:39:16.159 --> 00:39:16.860
 claiming to

00:39:16.860 --> 00:39:17.599
 be that

00:39:17.599 --> 00:39:18.400
 messianic

00:39:18.400 --> 00:39:19.000
 bridegroom

00:39:19.000 --> 00:39:20.360
 he is

00:39:20.360 --> 00:39:20.960
 saying that

00:39:20.960 --> 00:39:21.420
 I am

00:39:21.420 --> 00:39:21.920
 the divine

00:39:21.920 --> 00:39:22.519
 representative

00:39:22.519 --> 00:39:23.360
 I am

00:39:23.360 --> 00:39:23.820
 God in

00:39:23.820 --> 00:39:24.300
 the flesh

00:39:24.300 --> 00:39:24.639
 the son

00:39:24.639 --> 00:39:25.079
 of God

00:39:25.079 --> 00:39:25.559
 who has

00:39:25.559 --> 00:39:26.039
 come to

00:39:26.039 --> 00:39:26.440
 redeem

00:39:26.440 --> 00:39:27.420
 my bride

00:39:27.420 --> 00:39:28.380
 my people

00:39:28.380 --> 00:39:29.539
 and he

00:39:29.539 --> 00:39:30.099
 has come

00:39:30.099 --> 00:39:30.420
 the king

00:39:30.420 --> 00:39:30.699
 has come

00:39:30.699 --> 00:39:30.900
 it's

00:39:30.900 --> 00:39:31.539
 inappropriate

00:39:31.539 --> 00:39:32.940
 when the

00:39:32.940 --> 00:39:33.420
 bridegroom

00:39:33.420 --> 00:39:33.980
 is here

00:39:33.980 --> 00:39:34.400
 for the

00:39:34.400 --> 00:39:34.659
 wedding

00:39:34.659 --> 00:39:35.300
 festivities

00:39:35.300 --> 00:39:36.420
 to fast

00:39:36.420 --> 00:39:37.559
 right now

00:39:37.559 --> 00:39:37.760
 is the

00:39:37.760 --> 00:39:38.059
 time of

00:39:38.059 --> 00:39:38.840
 feasting

00:39:38.840 --> 00:39:39.440
 not

00:39:39.440 --> 00:39:40.400
 fasting

00:39:40.400 --> 00:39:42.860
 a literal

00:39:42.860 --> 00:39:43.440
 translation

00:39:43.440 --> 00:39:43.940
 of the

00:39:43.940 --> 00:39:44.300
 phrase

00:39:44.300 --> 00:39:44.699
 wedding

00:39:44.699 --> 00:39:45.280
 guests

00:39:45.280 --> 00:39:45.699
 is

00:39:45.699 --> 00:39:46.380
 sons

00:39:46.380 --> 00:39:46.960
 of the

00:39:46.960 --> 00:39:47.360
 bridal

00:39:47.360 --> 00:39:47.780
 chamber

00:39:47.780 --> 00:39:49.000
 it's a

00:39:49.000 --> 00:39:49.340
 reference

00:39:49.340 --> 00:39:49.700
 to the

00:39:49.700 --> 00:39:49.980
 people

00:39:49.980 --> 00:39:50.560
 who stood

00:39:50.560 --> 00:39:51.140
 closest

00:39:51.140 --> 00:39:51.660
 to the

00:39:51.660 --> 00:39:52.080
 bridegroom

00:39:52.080 --> 00:39:52.540
 during the

00:39:52.540 --> 00:39:52.780
 wedding

00:39:52.780 --> 00:39:53.180
 in order

00:39:53.180 --> 00:39:53.800
 to assist

00:39:53.800 --> 00:39:54.040
 him

00:39:54.040 --> 00:39:54.720
 it's like

00:39:54.720 --> 00:39:55.100
 the modern

00:39:55.100 --> 00:39:55.360
 day

00:39:55.360 --> 00:39:55.760
 bridal

00:39:55.760 --> 00:39:56.080
 party

00:39:56.080 --> 00:39:56.840
 the groomsmen

00:39:56.840 --> 00:39:57.460
 of the

00:39:57.460 --> 00:39:57.960
 groom

00:39:57.960 --> 00:39:59.220
 now

00:39:59.220 --> 00:39:59.680
 this

00:39:59.680 --> 00:40:00.220
 highlights

00:40:00.220 --> 00:40:00.440
 the

00:40:00.440 --> 00:40:00.960
 intimate

00:40:00.960 --> 00:40:01.860
 and privileged

00:40:01.860 --> 00:40:02.560
 positions

00:40:02.560 --> 00:40:03.760
 that his

00:40:03.760 --> 00:40:04.280
 disciples

00:40:04.280 --> 00:40:05.000
 occupied

00:40:05.000 --> 00:40:05.580
 in relation

00:40:05.580 --> 00:40:06.120
 to him

00:40:06.120 --> 00:40:06.820
 because

00:40:06.820 --> 00:40:07.120
 they are

00:40:07.120 --> 00:40:07.300
 his

00:40:07.300 --> 00:40:07.900
 groomsmen

00:40:07.900 --> 00:40:08.360
 assisting

00:40:08.360 --> 00:40:08.820
 Jesus

00:40:08.820 --> 00:40:09.220
 in his

00:40:09.220 --> 00:40:09.740
 marriage

00:40:09.740 --> 00:40:10.160
 to his

00:40:10.160 --> 00:40:10.480
 bride

00:40:10.480 --> 00:40:10.840
 which is

00:40:10.840 --> 00:40:11.360
 the church

00:40:11.360 --> 00:40:12.340
 the people

00:40:12.340 --> 00:40:12.760
 of God

00:40:12.760 --> 00:40:13.460
 so Jesus

00:40:13.460 --> 00:40:13.780
 is here

00:40:13.780 --> 00:40:14.340
 fiercely

00:40:14.340 --> 00:40:14.900
 defending

00:40:14.900 --> 00:40:15.100
 his

00:40:15.100 --> 00:40:15.580
 disciples

00:40:15.580 --> 00:40:16.360
 these

00:40:16.360 --> 00:40:17.000
 disciples

00:40:17.000 --> 00:40:17.320
 whom

00:40:17.320 --> 00:40:17.600
 you

00:40:17.600 --> 00:40:17.880
 are

00:40:17.880 --> 00:40:18.660
 criticizing

00:40:18.660 --> 00:40:22.080
 and

00:40:22.080 --> 00:40:22.960
 dismissing

00:40:22.960 --> 00:40:24.100
 they are

00:40:24.100 --> 00:40:24.260
 the

00:40:24.260 --> 00:40:24.760
 groomsmen

00:40:24.760 --> 00:40:25.280
 of God

00:40:25.280 --> 00:40:26.059
 whom

00:40:26.059 --> 00:40:26.360
 you

00:40:26.360 --> 00:40:26.900
 claim

00:40:26.900 --> 00:40:27.200
 to

00:40:27.200 --> 00:40:27.620
 worship

00:40:27.620 --> 00:40:28.940
 and

00:40:28.940 --> 00:40:29.120
 more

00:40:29.120 --> 00:40:29.500
 importantly

00:40:29.500 --> 00:40:29.840
 Jesus

00:40:29.840 --> 00:40:30.260
 making

00:40:30.260 --> 00:40:30.420
 a

00:40:30.420 --> 00:40:30.700
 radical

00:40:30.700 --> 00:40:31.019
 claim

00:40:31.019 --> 00:40:31.220
 about

00:40:31.220 --> 00:40:31.360
 his

00:40:31.360 --> 00:40:31.780
 identity

00:40:31.780 --> 00:40:32.240
 I

00:40:32.240 --> 00:40:32.600
 am

00:40:32.600 --> 00:40:33.059
 the

00:40:33.059 --> 00:40:33.480
 Messiah

00:40:33.480 --> 00:40:33.900
 the

00:40:33.900 --> 00:40:34.380
 bridegroom

00:40:34.380 --> 00:40:34.740
 you

00:40:34.740 --> 00:40:35.059
 have

00:40:35.059 --> 00:40:35.200
 been

00:40:35.200 --> 00:40:35.480
 waiting

00:40:35.480 --> 00:40:35.800
 for

00:40:35.800 --> 00:40:37.539
 as

00:40:37.539 --> 00:40:37.660
 a

00:40:37.660 --> 00:40:37.900
 side

00:40:37.900 --> 00:40:38.120
 point

00:40:38.120 --> 00:40:38.300
 because

00:40:38.300 --> 00:40:38.420
 some

00:40:38.420 --> 00:40:38.539
 of you

00:40:38.539 --> 00:40:38.640
 guys

00:40:38.640 --> 00:40:38.760
 are

00:40:38.760 --> 00:40:38.940
 probably

00:40:38.940 --> 00:40:39.360
 wondering

00:40:39.360 --> 00:40:39.800
 this

00:40:39.800 --> 00:40:40.120
 let me

00:40:40.120 --> 00:40:40.320
 note

00:40:40.320 --> 00:40:40.539
 that

00:40:40.539 --> 00:40:40.840
 Jesus

00:40:40.840 --> 00:40:41.039
 is

00:40:41.039 --> 00:40:41.240
 not

00:40:41.240 --> 00:40:41.559
 ending

00:40:41.559 --> 00:40:41.740
 the

00:40:41.740 --> 00:40:42.100
 practice

00:40:42.100 --> 00:40:42.300
 of

00:40:42.300 --> 00:40:42.620
 fasting

00:40:42.620 --> 00:40:43.120
 altogether

00:40:43.120 --> 00:40:44.039
 in

00:40:44.039 --> 00:40:44.340
 Matthew

00:40:44.340 --> 00:40:44.740
 6

00:40:44.740 --> 00:40:45.220
 16

00:40:45.220 --> 00:40:45.620
 Jesus

00:40:45.620 --> 00:40:46.960
 instructs

00:40:46.960 --> 00:40:47.139
 his

00:40:47.139 --> 00:40:47.500
 disciples

00:40:47.500 --> 00:40:47.920
 on how

00:40:47.920 --> 00:40:48.119
 to

00:40:48.119 --> 00:40:48.500
 fast

00:40:48.500 --> 00:40:48.800
 with

00:40:48.800 --> 00:40:49.099
 full

00:40:49.099 --> 00:40:49.639
 expectation

00:40:49.639 --> 00:40:50.119
 that

00:40:50.119 --> 00:40:51.079
 they

00:40:51.079 --> 00:40:51.300
 will

00:40:51.300 --> 00:40:51.699
 fast

00:40:51.699 --> 00:40:52.880
 in

00:40:52.880 --> 00:40:53.119
 fact

00:40:53.119 --> 00:40:53.420
 Jesus

00:40:53.420 --> 00:40:53.900
 himself

00:40:53.900 --> 00:40:54.320
 fasted

00:40:54.320 --> 00:40:54.440
 for

00:40:54.440 --> 00:40:55.039
 40 days

00:40:55.039 --> 00:40:55.300
 and looked

00:40:55.300 --> 00:40:55.920
 forward to

00:40:55.920 --> 00:40:57.059
 so instead

00:40:57.059 --> 00:40:57.619
 of saying

00:40:57.619 --> 00:40:57.960
 that

00:40:57.960 --> 00:41:00.300
 right now

00:41:00.300 --> 00:41:00.820
 when he

00:41:00.820 --> 00:41:01.500
 is with

00:41:01.500 --> 00:41:01.720
 his

00:41:01.720 --> 00:41:02.199
 disciples

00:41:02.199 --> 00:41:03.000
 before his

00:41:03.000 --> 00:41:03.760
 death and

00:41:03.760 --> 00:41:04.139
 resurrection

00:41:04.139 --> 00:41:04.780
 ascension

00:41:04.780 --> 00:41:06.260
 that they

00:41:06.260 --> 00:41:06.699
 are not

00:41:06.699 --> 00:41:07.300
 to fast

00:41:07.300 --> 00:41:08.080
 he says

00:41:08.080 --> 00:41:08.220
 the

00:41:08.220 --> 00:41:08.519
 days

00:41:08.519 --> 00:41:08.700
 will

00:41:08.700 --> 00:41:09.039
 come

00:41:09.039 --> 00:41:09.200
 when

00:41:09.200 --> 00:41:09.320
 the

00:41:09.320 --> 00:41:09.539
 bride

00:41:09.539 --> 00:41:09.660
 groom

00:41:09.660 --> 00:41:09.760
 is

00:41:09.760 --> 00:41:09.980
 taken

00:41:09.980 --> 00:41:10.340
 away

00:41:10.340 --> 00:41:10.640
 from

00:41:10.640 --> 00:41:10.820
 them

00:41:10.820 --> 00:41:10.980
 and

00:41:10.980 --> 00:41:11.300
 then

00:41:11.300 --> 00:41:11.519
 they

00:41:11.519 --> 00:41:11.740
 will

00:41:11.740 --> 00:41:12.200
 fast

00:41:12.200 --> 00:41:12.440
 in

00:41:12.440 --> 00:41:12.780
 those

00:41:12.780 --> 00:41:13.240
 days

00:41:13.240 --> 00:41:14.100
 so this

00:41:14.100 --> 00:41:14.360
 is one

00:41:14.360 --> 00:41:14.539
 of the

00:41:14.539 --> 00:41:14.860
 early

00:41:14.860 --> 00:41:15.260
 hints

00:41:15.260 --> 00:41:15.400
 of

00:41:15.400 --> 00:41:15.680
 Jesus

00:41:15.680 --> 00:41:16.300
 approaching

00:41:16.300 --> 00:41:16.760
 death

00:41:16.760 --> 00:41:17.880
 the sad

00:41:17.880 --> 00:41:18.180
 picture

00:41:18.180 --> 00:41:18.420
 of a

00:41:18.420 --> 00:41:18.640
 groom

00:41:18.640 --> 00:41:18.900
 being

00:41:18.900 --> 00:41:19.260
 taken

00:41:19.260 --> 00:41:19.620
 away

00:41:19.620 --> 00:41:19.980
 on his

00:41:19.980 --> 00:41:20.220
 wedding

00:41:20.220 --> 00:41:20.560
 day

00:41:20.560 --> 00:41:21.300
 from

00:41:21.300 --> 00:41:21.500
 his

00:41:21.500 --> 00:41:21.820
 bride

00:41:21.820 --> 00:41:23.400
 and

00:41:23.400 --> 00:41:24.400
 the

00:41:24.400 --> 00:41:24.660
 wedding

00:41:24.660 --> 00:41:25.180
 festivities

00:41:25.180 --> 00:41:25.380
 have

00:41:25.380 --> 00:41:25.660
 begun

00:41:25.660 --> 00:41:25.880
 but it

00:41:25.880 --> 00:41:26.060
 hasn't

00:41:26.060 --> 00:41:26.200
 been

00:41:26.200 --> 00:41:26.760
 consummated

00:41:26.760 --> 00:41:26.960
 yet

00:41:26.960 --> 00:41:27.080
 in

00:41:27.080 --> 00:41:27.180
 the

00:41:27.180 --> 00:41:27.440
 bridal

00:41:27.440 --> 00:41:27.820
 chamber

00:41:27.820 --> 00:41:28.160
 and

00:41:28.160 --> 00:41:28.300
 so

00:41:28.300 --> 00:41:28.660
 we're

00:41:28.660 --> 00:41:28.800
 the

00:41:28.800 --> 00:41:29.039
 people

00:41:29.039 --> 00:41:29.220
 that

00:41:29.220 --> 00:41:29.460
 live

00:41:29.460 --> 00:41:29.600
 in

00:41:29.600 --> 00:41:29.780
 that

00:41:29.780 --> 00:41:30.140
 already

00:41:30.139 --> 00:41:30.559
 but not

00:41:30.559 --> 00:41:30.779
 yet

00:41:30.779 --> 00:41:31.079
 time

00:41:31.079 --> 00:41:31.440
 between

00:41:31.440 --> 00:41:31.839
 Jesus

00:41:31.839 --> 00:41:32.239
 first

00:41:32.239 --> 00:41:32.519
 coming

00:41:32.519 --> 00:41:32.659
 and

00:41:32.659 --> 00:41:32.879
 second

00:41:32.879 --> 00:41:33.219
 coming

00:41:33.219 --> 00:41:33.719
 and

00:41:33.719 --> 00:41:33.980
 because

00:41:33.980 --> 00:41:34.199
 we're

00:41:34.199 --> 00:41:34.440
 still

00:41:34.440 --> 00:41:34.859
 longing

00:41:34.859 --> 00:41:35.079
 for

00:41:35.079 --> 00:41:35.219
 his

00:41:35.219 --> 00:41:35.619
 return

00:41:35.619 --> 00:41:35.819
 and

00:41:35.819 --> 00:41:35.960
 the

00:41:35.960 --> 00:41:36.460
 consummation

00:41:36.460 --> 00:41:36.599
 of

00:41:36.599 --> 00:41:36.719
 his

00:41:36.719 --> 00:41:37.039
 kingdom

00:41:37.039 --> 00:41:37.559
 it's

00:41:37.559 --> 00:41:38.000
 appropriate

00:41:38.000 --> 00:41:38.460
 for us

00:41:38.460 --> 00:41:38.599
 to

00:41:38.599 --> 00:41:38.920
 fast

00:41:38.920 --> 00:41:39.059
 and

00:41:39.059 --> 00:41:39.319
 that's

00:41:39.319 --> 00:41:39.619
 why

00:41:39.619 --> 00:41:39.799
 we

00:41:39.799 --> 00:41:39.940
 as

00:41:39.940 --> 00:41:40.059
 a

00:41:40.059 --> 00:41:40.279
 church

00:41:40.279 --> 00:41:40.679
 fast

00:41:40.679 --> 00:41:41.179
 regularly

00:41:41.179 --> 00:41:41.819
 and

00:41:41.819 --> 00:41:41.960
 we

00:41:41.960 --> 00:41:42.159
 see

00:41:42.159 --> 00:41:42.679
 examples

00:41:42.679 --> 00:41:42.879
 of

00:41:42.879 --> 00:41:43.019
 the

00:41:43.019 --> 00:41:43.299
 early

00:41:43.299 --> 00:41:43.619
 church

00:41:43.619 --> 00:41:44.019
 throughout

00:41:44.019 --> 00:41:44.420
 Acts

00:41:44.420 --> 00:41:44.920
 fasting

00:41:44.920 --> 00:41:46.659
 but

00:41:46.659 --> 00:41:46.819
 this

00:41:46.819 --> 00:41:47.179
 doesn't

00:41:47.179 --> 00:41:47.400
 mean

00:41:47.400 --> 00:41:47.579
 that

00:41:47.579 --> 00:41:47.759
 our

00:41:47.759 --> 00:41:48.159
 fasting

00:41:48.159 --> 00:41:48.759
 is

00:41:48.759 --> 00:41:49.420
 exactly

00:41:49.420 --> 00:41:49.639
 the

00:41:49.639 --> 00:41:49.879
 same

00:41:49.879 --> 00:41:50.039
 as

00:41:50.039 --> 00:41:50.179
 the

00:41:50.179 --> 00:41:50.559
 Pharisees

00:41:50.559 --> 00:41:50.900
 fasting

00:41:50.900 --> 00:41:51.179
 here

00:41:51.179 --> 00:41:51.759
 Jesus

00:41:51.759 --> 00:41:52.339
 explains

00:41:52.339 --> 00:41:52.739
 using

00:41:52.739 --> 00:41:52.920
 the

00:41:52.920 --> 00:41:53.079
 two

00:41:53.079 --> 00:41:53.539
 illustrations

00:42:00.139 --> 00:42:00.559
 will tear

00:42:00.559 --> 00:42:00.739
 the

00:42:00.739 --> 00:42:00.960
 new

00:42:00.960 --> 00:42:01.379
 and

00:42:01.379 --> 00:42:01.539
 the

00:42:01.539 --> 00:42:01.819
 piece

00:42:01.819 --> 00:42:02.039
 from

00:42:02.039 --> 00:42:02.179
 the

00:42:02.179 --> 00:42:02.319
 new

00:42:02.319 --> 00:42:02.500
 will

00:42:02.500 --> 00:42:02.739
 not

00:42:02.739 --> 00:42:03.059
 match

00:42:03.059 --> 00:42:03.259
 the

00:42:03.259 --> 00:42:03.559
 old

00:42:03.559 --> 00:42:04.179
 so

00:42:04.179 --> 00:42:04.359
 this

00:42:04.359 --> 00:42:04.500
 is

00:42:04.500 --> 00:42:04.920
 intended

00:42:04.920 --> 00:42:05.299
 to be

00:42:05.299 --> 00:42:05.579
 a little

00:42:05.579 --> 00:42:05.839
 bit

00:42:05.839 --> 00:42:06.319
 absurd

00:42:06.319 --> 00:42:07.239
 ridiculous

00:42:07.239 --> 00:42:08.139
 imagine

00:42:08.139 --> 00:42:08.299
 that

00:42:08.299 --> 00:42:08.379
 you

00:42:08.379 --> 00:42:08.500
 have

00:42:08.500 --> 00:42:08.679
 two

00:42:08.679 --> 00:42:09.159
 t-shirts

00:42:09.159 --> 00:42:09.420
 one

00:42:09.420 --> 00:42:09.699
 old

00:42:09.699 --> 00:42:10.039
 t-shirt

00:42:10.039 --> 00:42:10.219
 and

00:42:10.219 --> 00:42:10.519
 one

00:42:10.519 --> 00:42:10.920
 new

00:42:10.920 --> 00:42:10.940
 new

00:42:10.940 --> 00:42:11.819
 t-shirt

00:42:11.819 --> 00:42:12.259
 and

00:42:12.259 --> 00:42:12.400
 your

00:42:12.400 --> 00:42:12.639
 old

00:42:12.639 --> 00:42:12.920
 t-shirt

00:42:12.920 --> 00:42:13.199
 has

00:42:13.199 --> 00:42:13.599
 a hole

00:42:13.599 --> 00:42:14.319
 around

00:42:14.319 --> 00:42:14.480
 your

00:42:14.480 --> 00:42:14.879
 armpit

00:42:14.879 --> 00:42:15.079
 let's

00:42:15.079 --> 00:42:15.239
 say

00:42:15.239 --> 00:42:15.480
 and

00:42:15.480 --> 00:42:15.699
 you

00:42:15.699 --> 00:42:16.019
 take

00:42:16.019 --> 00:42:16.460
 your

00:42:16.460 --> 00:42:16.859
 new

00:42:16.859 --> 00:42:17.159
 t-shirt

00:42:17.159 --> 00:42:17.339
 and

00:42:17.339 --> 00:42:17.559
 cut

00:42:17.559 --> 00:42:17.659
 it

00:42:17.659 --> 00:42:17.859
 up

00:42:17.859 --> 00:42:18.199
 so

00:42:18.199 --> 00:42:18.299
 you

00:42:18.299 --> 00:42:18.440
 could

00:42:18.440 --> 00:42:18.699
 patch

00:42:18.699 --> 00:42:18.819
 up

00:42:18.819 --> 00:42:18.920
 your

00:42:18.920 --> 00:42:19.119
 old

00:42:19.119 --> 00:42:19.440
 t-shirt

00:42:19.440 --> 00:42:19.980
 of

00:42:19.980 --> 00:42:20.159
 course

00:42:30.139 --> 00:42:30.739
 to

00:42:30.739 --> 00:42:30.879
 do

00:42:30.879 --> 00:42:31.219
 this

00:42:31.219 --> 00:42:32.199
 he's

00:42:32.199 --> 00:42:32.480
 pointing

00:42:32.480 --> 00:42:32.699
 out

00:42:32.699 --> 00:42:32.879
 that

00:42:32.879 --> 00:42:33.219
 first

00:42:33.219 --> 00:42:33.599
 something

00:42:33.599 --> 00:42:33.940
 about

00:42:33.940 --> 00:42:34.119
 the

00:42:34.119 --> 00:42:34.599
 pharisees

00:42:34.599 --> 00:42:34.960
 religious

00:42:34.960 --> 00:42:35.400
 devotion

00:42:35.400 --> 00:42:35.659
 is

00:42:35.659 --> 00:42:36.079
 old

00:42:36.079 --> 00:42:36.319
 and

00:42:36.319 --> 00:42:37.139
 defective

00:42:37.139 --> 00:42:37.779
 and

00:42:37.779 --> 00:42:38.159
 second

00:42:38.159 --> 00:42:38.420
 he's

00:42:38.420 --> 00:42:38.639
 pointing

00:42:38.639 --> 00:42:38.879
 out

00:42:38.879 --> 00:42:39.079
 that

00:42:39.079 --> 00:42:39.219
 it

00:42:39.219 --> 00:42:39.440
 makes

00:42:39.440 --> 00:42:39.759
 no

00:42:39.759 --> 00:42:40.159
 sense

00:42:40.159 --> 00:42:40.299
 to

00:42:40.299 --> 00:42:40.460
 try

00:42:40.460 --> 00:42:40.639
 to

00:42:40.639 --> 00:42:40.980
 fix

00:42:40.980 --> 00:42:41.319
 their

00:42:41.319 --> 00:42:42.000
 defective

00:42:42.000 --> 00:42:42.199
 old

00:42:42.199 --> 00:42:42.659
 religion

00:42:42.659 --> 00:42:43.179
 with

00:42:43.179 --> 00:42:43.339
 the

00:42:43.339 --> 00:42:43.599
 new

00:42:43.599 --> 00:42:44.039
 teaching

00:42:44.039 --> 00:42:44.299
 of

00:42:44.299 --> 00:42:44.699
 Jesus

00:42:44.699 --> 00:42:45.359
 the

00:42:45.359 --> 00:42:45.659
 two

00:42:45.659 --> 00:42:46.319
 cannot

00:42:46.319 --> 00:42:47.199
 be

00:42:47.199 --> 00:42:48.039
 reconciled

00:42:48.039 --> 00:42:48.139
 in

00:42:48.139 --> 00:42:48.299
 that

00:42:48.299 --> 00:42:48.559
 way

00:42:48.559 --> 00:42:50.779
 the

00:42:50.779 --> 00:42:51.039
 second

00:42:51.039 --> 00:42:51.480
 illustration

00:42:51.480 --> 00:42:51.739
 makes

00:42:51.739 --> 00:42:51.879
 the

00:42:51.879 --> 00:42:52.099
 same

00:42:52.099 --> 00:42:52.379
 point

00:42:52.379 --> 00:42:52.619
 Jesus

00:42:52.619 --> 00:42:52.900
 says

00:42:52.900 --> 00:42:53.059
 and

00:42:53.059 --> 00:42:53.259
 no

00:42:53.259 --> 00:42:53.460
 one

00:42:53.460 --> 00:42:53.679
 puts

00:42:53.679 --> 00:42:53.980
 new

00:42:53.980 --> 00:42:54.339
 wine

00:42:54.339 --> 00:42:54.559
 into

00:42:54.559 --> 00:42:54.879
 old

00:42:54.879 --> 00:42:55.199
 wine

00:42:55.199 --> 00:42:55.440
 skins

00:42:55.440 --> 00:42:55.619
 if

00:42:55.619 --> 00:42:55.719
 he

00:43:00.139 --> 00:43:00.539
 wine

00:43:00.539 --> 00:43:00.739
 must

00:43:00.739 --> 00:43:00.879
 be

00:43:00.879 --> 00:43:01.019
 put

00:43:01.019 --> 00:43:01.159
 into

00:43:01.159 --> 00:43:01.579
 fresh

00:43:01.579 --> 00:43:01.900
 wine

00:43:01.900 --> 00:43:02.219
 skins

00:43:02.219 --> 00:43:04.579
 these

00:43:04.579 --> 00:43:04.759
 days

00:43:04.759 --> 00:43:04.900
 were

00:43:04.900 --> 00:43:05.079
 made

00:43:05.079 --> 00:43:05.199
 of

00:43:05.199 --> 00:43:05.440
 sheep

00:43:05.440 --> 00:43:05.619
 or

00:43:05.619 --> 00:43:05.879
 goat

00:43:05.879 --> 00:43:06.159
 skin

00:43:06.159 --> 00:43:06.619
 the

00:43:06.619 --> 00:43:06.920
 old

00:43:06.920 --> 00:43:07.159
 ones

00:43:07.159 --> 00:43:07.500
 became

00:43:07.500 --> 00:43:07.859
 brittle

00:43:07.859 --> 00:43:08.039
 so

00:43:08.039 --> 00:43:08.159
 that

00:43:08.159 --> 00:43:08.239
 it

00:43:08.239 --> 00:43:08.339
 could

00:43:08.339 --> 00:43:08.480
 no

00:43:08.480 --> 00:43:08.739
 longer

00:43:08.739 --> 00:43:09.400
 expand

00:43:09.400 --> 00:43:09.920
 and

00:43:09.920 --> 00:43:10.059
 if

00:43:10.059 --> 00:43:10.139
 you

00:43:10.139 --> 00:43:10.339
 put

00:43:10.339 --> 00:43:10.460
 a

00:43:10.460 --> 00:43:10.639
 new

00:43:10.639 --> 00:43:10.900
 wine

00:43:10.900 --> 00:43:11.000
 in

00:43:11.000 --> 00:43:11.139
 it

00:43:11.139 --> 00:43:11.299
 as

00:43:11.299 --> 00:43:11.440
 it

00:43:11.440 --> 00:43:11.940
 ferments

00:43:11.940 --> 00:43:12.299
 it

00:43:12.299 --> 00:43:13.079
 expands

00:43:13.079 --> 00:43:13.539
 it

00:43:13.539 --> 00:43:13.900
 tries

00:43:13.900 --> 00:43:14.079
 to

00:43:14.079 --> 00:43:14.420
 expand

00:43:14.420 --> 00:43:14.579
 the

00:43:14.579 --> 00:43:14.759
 goat

00:43:14.759 --> 00:43:15.019
 skin

00:43:15.019 --> 00:43:15.440
 and

00:43:15.440 --> 00:43:15.579
 it

00:43:15.579 --> 00:43:16.000
 can't

00:43:16.000 --> 00:43:16.420
 expand

00:43:16.420 --> 00:43:16.659
 so

00:43:16.659 --> 00:43:16.879
 it

00:43:16.879 --> 00:43:17.099
 will

00:43:17.099 --> 00:43:17.759
 burst

00:43:17.759 --> 00:43:18.659
 again

00:43:18.659 --> 00:43:19.000
 Jesus

00:43:19.000 --> 00:43:19.319
 saying

00:43:19.319 --> 00:43:19.559
 it's

00:43:19.559 --> 00:43:20.179
 destructive

00:43:20.179 --> 00:43:20.579
 to try

00:43:20.579 --> 00:43:21.199
 to combine

00:43:21.199 --> 00:43:21.400
 the

00:43:21.400 --> 00:43:21.579
 new

00:43:21.579 --> 00:43:21.799
 with

00:43:21.799 --> 00:43:21.900
 the

00:43:21.900 --> 00:43:22.179
 old

00:43:22.179 --> 00:43:23.420
 so

00:43:23.420 --> 00:43:23.839
 continuing

00:43:23.840 --> 00:43:24.059
 the

00:43:24.059 --> 00:43:24.300
 second

00:43:24.300 --> 00:43:24.740
 illustration

00:43:24.740 --> 00:43:25.059
 Jesus

00:43:25.059 --> 00:43:25.420
 adds

00:43:25.420 --> 00:43:25.720
 another

00:43:25.720 --> 00:43:26.019
 point

00:43:26.019 --> 00:43:26.120
 in

00:43:26.120 --> 00:43:26.260
 verse

00:43:26.260 --> 00:43:26.660
 39

00:43:26.660 --> 00:43:26.980
 and

00:43:26.980 --> 00:43:27.340
 no

00:43:27.340 --> 00:43:27.700
 one

00:43:27.700 --> 00:43:28.100
 after

00:43:28.100 --> 00:43:28.579
 drinking

00:43:28.579 --> 00:43:28.880
 old

00:43:28.880 --> 00:43:29.140
 wine

00:43:29.140 --> 00:43:29.539
 desires

00:43:29.539 --> 00:43:29.880
 new

00:43:29.880 --> 00:43:30.100
 for

00:43:30.100 --> 00:43:30.260
 he

00:43:30.260 --> 00:43:30.519
 says

00:43:30.519 --> 00:43:30.700
 the

00:43:30.700 --> 00:43:31.039
 old

00:43:31.039 --> 00:43:31.400
 is

00:43:31.400 --> 00:43:31.760
 good

00:43:31.760 --> 00:43:33.860
 people

00:43:33.860 --> 00:43:34.160
 who

00:43:34.160 --> 00:43:34.440
 like

00:43:34.440 --> 00:43:34.579
 to

00:43:34.579 --> 00:43:34.800
 drink

00:43:34.800 --> 00:43:35.120
 wine

00:43:35.120 --> 00:43:35.400
 often

00:43:35.400 --> 00:43:35.620
 say

00:43:35.620 --> 00:43:35.740
 that

00:43:35.740 --> 00:43:35.960
 old

00:43:35.960 --> 00:43:36.180
 wine

00:43:36.180 --> 00:43:36.440
 tastes

00:43:36.440 --> 00:43:36.720
 better

00:43:36.720 --> 00:43:38.360
 and

00:43:38.360 --> 00:43:40.300
 this

00:43:40.300 --> 00:43:40.460
 is

00:43:40.460 --> 00:43:40.720
 not

00:43:40.720 --> 00:43:40.960
 making

00:43:40.960 --> 00:43:41.079
 a

00:43:41.079 --> 00:43:41.240
 point

00:43:41.240 --> 00:43:41.400
 about

00:43:41.400 --> 00:43:41.579
 whether

00:43:41.579 --> 00:43:41.740
 or

00:43:41.740 --> 00:43:41.900
 not

00:43:41.900 --> 00:43:42.100
 old

00:43:42.100 --> 00:43:42.280
 wine

00:43:42.280 --> 00:43:42.559
 actually

00:43:42.559 --> 00:43:42.900
 tastes

00:43:42.900 --> 00:43:43.140
 better

00:43:43.140 --> 00:43:43.280
 or

00:43:43.280 --> 00:43:43.460
 not

00:43:43.460 --> 00:43:43.740
 that's

00:43:43.740 --> 00:43:43.980
 not

00:43:43.980 --> 00:43:44.140
 the

00:43:44.140 --> 00:43:44.420
 point

00:43:44.420 --> 00:43:44.880
 the

00:43:44.880 --> 00:43:45.200
 point

00:43:45.200 --> 00:43:45.579
 is

00:43:45.579 --> 00:43:46.100
 the

00:43:46.100 --> 00:43:46.720
 Pharisees

00:43:46.720 --> 00:43:47.079
 like

00:43:47.079 --> 00:43:47.340
 the

00:43:47.340 --> 00:43:47.800
 wine

00:43:47.800 --> 00:43:48.500
 who

00:43:48.500 --> 00:43:48.960
 insist

00:43:48.960 --> 00:43:49.120
 on

00:43:49.120 --> 00:43:49.320
 only

00:43:49.320 --> 00:43:49.680
 drinking

00:43:49.680 --> 00:43:49.960
 old

00:43:49.960 --> 00:43:50.320
 wine

00:43:50.320 --> 00:43:50.940
 these

00:43:50.940 --> 00:43:51.480
 Pharisees

00:43:51.480 --> 00:43:51.620
 are

00:43:51.620 --> 00:43:52.260
 rejecting

00:43:52.260 --> 00:43:52.700
 Jesus

00:43:52.700 --> 00:43:53.059
 as

00:43:53.059 --> 00:43:53.500
 new

00:43:53.500 --> 00:43:53.760
 and

00:43:53.760 --> 00:43:54.300
 only

00:43:54.300 --> 00:43:54.539
 in

00:43:54.539 --> 00:43:54.960
 favor

00:43:54.960 --> 00:43:55.240
 of

00:43:55.240 --> 00:43:55.420
 the

00:43:55.420 --> 00:43:55.760
 old

00:43:55.760 --> 00:43:57.519
 so

00:43:57.519 --> 00:43:58.000
 they're

00:43:58.000 --> 00:43:58.539
 accusing

00:43:58.539 --> 00:43:58.940
 Jesus

00:43:58.940 --> 00:43:59.180
 here

00:43:59.180 --> 00:43:59.320
 of

00:43:59.320 --> 00:43:59.740
 breaking

00:43:59.740 --> 00:44:00.460
 tradition

00:44:00.460 --> 00:44:01.240
 and

00:44:01.240 --> 00:44:01.700
 Jesus

00:44:01.700 --> 00:44:02.240
 repeats

00:44:02.240 --> 00:44:02.559
 the

00:44:02.559 --> 00:44:02.980
 phrase

00:44:02.980 --> 00:44:03.200
 the

00:44:03.200 --> 00:44:03.720
 words

00:44:03.720 --> 00:44:04.019
 no

00:44:04.019 --> 00:44:04.260
 one

00:44:04.260 --> 00:44:04.480
 three

00:44:04.480 --> 00:44:04.880
 times

00:44:04.880 --> 00:44:05.220
 no

00:44:05.220 --> 00:44:05.539
 one

00:44:05.539 --> 00:44:05.820
 no

00:44:05.820 --> 00:44:06.080
 one

00:44:06.080 --> 00:44:06.340
 no

00:44:06.340 --> 00:44:06.519
 one

00:44:06.519 --> 00:44:06.740
 no

00:44:06.740 --> 00:44:07.019
 one

00:44:07.019 --> 00:44:07.300
 does

00:44:07.300 --> 00:44:07.740
 this

00:44:07.740 --> 00:44:08.500
 makes

00:44:08.500 --> 00:44:08.760
 no

00:44:08.760 --> 00:44:09.220
 sense

00:44:09.220 --> 00:44:09.559
 because

00:44:09.559 --> 00:44:10.120
 Jesus

00:44:10.120 --> 00:44:10.360
 is

00:44:10.360 --> 00:44:10.680
 bringing

00:44:10.680 --> 00:44:10.900
 a

00:44:10.900 --> 00:44:11.280
 new

00:44:11.280 --> 00:44:11.720
 age

00:44:11.720 --> 00:44:11.960
 where

00:44:11.960 --> 00:44:12.500
 sinners

00:44:12.500 --> 00:44:12.700
 who

00:44:12.700 --> 00:44:13.059
 repent

00:44:13.059 --> 00:44:13.240
 can

00:44:13.240 --> 00:44:13.380
 be

00:44:13.380 --> 00:44:13.740
 forgiven

00:44:13.740 --> 00:44:14.280
 and

00:44:14.280 --> 00:44:14.580
 admitted

00:44:14.580 --> 00:44:14.740
 to

00:44:14.740 --> 00:44:14.860
 the

00:44:14.860 --> 00:44:15.039
 wedding

00:44:15.039 --> 00:44:15.300
 supper

00:44:15.300 --> 00:44:15.480
 of

00:44:15.480 --> 00:44:15.740
 God

00:44:15.740 --> 00:44:16.080
 and

00:44:16.080 --> 00:44:16.340
 that

00:44:16.340 --> 00:44:17.260
 age

00:44:17.260 --> 00:44:17.460
 that

00:44:17.460 --> 00:44:17.720
 Jesus

00:44:17.720 --> 00:44:18.100
 brings

00:44:18.100 --> 00:44:18.519
 cannot

00:44:18.519 --> 00:44:18.860
 be

00:44:18.860 --> 00:44:19.460
 restricted

00:44:19.460 --> 00:44:19.820
 with

00:44:19.820 --> 00:44:19.960
 the

00:44:19.960 --> 00:44:20.600
 expectations

00:44:20.600 --> 00:44:20.880
 and

00:44:20.880 --> 00:44:21.360
 standards

00:44:21.360 --> 00:44:21.880
 of

00:44:21.880 --> 00:44:22.079
 the

00:44:22.079 --> 00:44:22.600
 Pharisees

00:44:22.600 --> 00:44:23.059
 tradition

00:44:23.059 --> 00:44:24.740
 so

00:44:24.740 --> 00:44:25.000
 what

00:44:25.000 --> 00:44:25.480
 exactly

00:44:25.480 --> 00:44:25.960
 is it

00:44:25.960 --> 00:44:26.140
 that

00:44:26.140 --> 00:44:26.420
 Jesus

00:44:26.420 --> 00:44:26.760
 is

00:44:26.760 --> 00:44:27.320
 changing

00:44:27.320 --> 00:44:27.740
 what's

00:44:27.740 --> 00:44:28.039
 new

00:44:28.039 --> 00:44:31.980
 Luke

00:44:31.980 --> 00:44:32.440
 18

00:44:32.440 --> 00:44:33.120
 tells

00:44:33.120 --> 00:44:33.480
 again

00:44:33.480 --> 00:44:33.680
 the

00:44:33.680 --> 00:44:33.920
 story

00:44:33.920 --> 00:44:34.079
 of

00:44:34.079 --> 00:44:34.200
 the

00:44:34.200 --> 00:44:34.480
 tax

00:44:34.480 --> 00:44:34.820
 collector

00:44:34.820 --> 00:44:35.039
 who

00:44:35.039 --> 00:44:35.380
 comes

00:44:35.380 --> 00:44:35.660
 with

00:44:35.660 --> 00:44:35.840
 his

00:44:35.840 --> 00:44:36.079
 self

00:44:36.079 --> 00:44:36.519
 righteousness

00:44:36.519 --> 00:44:36.840
 to

00:44:36.840 --> 00:44:37.100
 God

00:44:37.100 --> 00:44:37.900
 in

00:44:37.900 --> 00:44:38.079
 fact

00:44:38.079 --> 00:44:38.240
 he

00:44:38.240 --> 00:44:38.660
 says

00:44:38.660 --> 00:44:39.000
 I

00:44:39.000 --> 00:44:39.480
 fast

00:44:39.480 --> 00:44:39.800
 twice

00:44:39.800 --> 00:44:39.980
 a

00:44:39.980 --> 00:44:40.200
 week

00:44:40.200 --> 00:44:41.900
 and

00:44:41.900 --> 00:44:42.039
 he

00:44:42.039 --> 00:44:42.360
 believes

00:44:42.360 --> 00:44:42.519
 that

00:44:42.519 --> 00:44:43.019
 that's

00:44:43.019 --> 00:44:43.519
 what

00:44:43.519 --> 00:44:43.880
 enables

00:44:43.880 --> 00:44:44.019
 him

00:44:44.019 --> 00:44:44.180
 to

00:44:44.180 --> 00:44:44.340
 get

00:44:44.340 --> 00:44:44.519
 to

00:44:44.519 --> 00:44:44.800
 God

00:44:44.800 --> 00:44:47.180
 legalism

00:44:47.180 --> 00:44:49.019
 there

00:44:49.019 --> 00:44:49.280
 was a

00:44:49.280 --> 00:44:49.640
 fundamental

00:44:49.640 --> 00:44:50.260
 misunderstanding

00:44:50.260 --> 00:44:50.700
 about

00:44:50.700 --> 00:44:50.980
 God

00:44:50.980 --> 00:44:51.100
 there

00:44:51.100 --> 00:44:51.200
 and

00:44:51.200 --> 00:44:51.460
 that's

00:44:51.460 --> 00:44:51.620
 what

00:44:51.620 --> 00:44:51.920
 Jesus

00:44:51.920 --> 00:44:52.300
 comes

00:44:52.300 --> 00:44:52.480
 to

00:44:52.480 --> 00:44:52.900
 correct

00:44:52.900 --> 00:44:53.800
 because

00:44:53.800 --> 00:44:53.980
 the

00:44:53.980 --> 00:44:54.360
 entrance

00:44:54.360 --> 00:44:54.519
 to

00:44:54.519 --> 00:44:54.660
 the

00:44:54.660 --> 00:44:54.880
 kingdom

00:44:54.880 --> 00:44:55.100
 of

00:44:55.100 --> 00:44:55.300
 God

00:44:55.300 --> 00:44:55.460
 is

00:44:55.460 --> 00:44:55.720
 not

00:44:55.720 --> 00:44:55.980
 a

00:44:55.980 --> 00:44:56.380
 fence

00:44:56.380 --> 00:44:56.660
 that

00:44:56.660 --> 00:44:56.740
 you

00:44:56.740 --> 00:44:56.860
 have

00:44:56.860 --> 00:44:56.960
 to

00:44:56.960 --> 00:44:57.280
 climb

00:44:57.280 --> 00:44:57.700
 over

00:44:57.700 --> 00:44:57.980
 with

00:44:57.980 --> 00:44:58.180
 the

00:44:58.180 --> 00:44:58.500
 ladder

00:44:58.500 --> 00:44:58.700
 of

00:44:58.700 --> 00:44:58.920
 self

00:44:58.920 --> 00:44:59.380
 righteousness

00:44:59.380 --> 00:45:00.360
 but

00:45:00.360 --> 00:45:00.680
 it's

00:45:00.680 --> 00:45:00.940
 rather

00:45:00.940 --> 00:45:01.200
 a

00:45:01.200 --> 00:45:01.480
 gate

00:45:01.480 --> 00:45:01.840
 before

00:45:01.840 --> 00:45:02.140
 which

00:45:02.140 --> 00:45:02.280
 you

00:45:02.280 --> 00:45:02.500
 have

00:45:02.500 --> 00:45:02.700
 to

00:45:02.700 --> 00:45:03.240
 stoop

00:45:03.240 --> 00:45:03.980
 in

00:45:03.980 --> 00:45:04.580
 humble

00:45:04.580 --> 00:45:05.060
 repentance

00:45:05.060 --> 00:45:05.920
 in

00:45:05.920 --> 00:45:06.100
 order

00:45:06.100 --> 00:45:06.320
 to

00:45:06.320 --> 00:45:06.720
 enter

00:45:06.720 --> 00:45:09.100
 at

00:45:09.100 --> 00:45:09.240
 the

00:45:09.240 --> 00:45:09.519
 judgment

00:45:09.519 --> 00:45:09.760
 seat

00:45:09.760 --> 00:45:09.900
 of

00:45:09.900 --> 00:45:10.080
 God

00:45:10.080 --> 00:45:10.240
 we

00:45:10.240 --> 00:45:10.580
 cannot

00:45:10.580 --> 00:45:11.080
 say

00:45:11.080 --> 00:45:11.480
 God

00:45:11.480 --> 00:45:11.680
 I

00:45:11.680 --> 00:45:12.200
 deserve

00:45:12.200 --> 00:45:12.600
 entry

00:45:12.600 --> 00:45:12.920
 because

00:45:12.920 --> 00:45:13.120
 I

00:45:13.119 --> 00:45:13.659
 fasted

00:45:13.659 --> 00:45:14.019
 often

00:45:14.019 --> 00:45:14.699
 I

00:45:14.699 --> 00:45:15.019
 deserve

00:45:15.019 --> 00:45:15.339
 entry

00:45:15.339 --> 00:45:15.619
 because

00:45:15.619 --> 00:45:15.759
 I

00:45:15.759 --> 00:45:15.960
 never

00:45:15.960 --> 00:45:16.259
 missed

00:45:16.259 --> 00:45:16.420
 a

00:45:16.420 --> 00:45:16.639
 Sunday

00:45:16.639 --> 00:45:17.239
 service

00:45:17.239 --> 00:45:17.940
 I

00:45:17.940 --> 00:45:18.219
 deserve

00:45:18.219 --> 00:45:18.519
 entry

00:45:18.519 --> 00:45:18.779
 because

00:45:18.779 --> 00:45:18.920
 I

00:45:18.920 --> 00:45:19.159
 never

00:45:19.159 --> 00:45:20.099
 littered

00:45:20.099 --> 00:45:20.279
 and

00:45:20.279 --> 00:45:20.619
 always

00:45:20.619 --> 00:45:21.139
 recycled

00:45:21.139 --> 00:45:23.059
 I

00:45:23.059 --> 00:45:23.239
 even

00:45:23.239 --> 00:45:23.500
 lived

00:45:23.500 --> 00:45:23.739
 without

00:45:23.739 --> 00:45:23.900
 a

00:45:23.900 --> 00:45:24.119
 car

00:45:24.119 --> 00:45:24.319
 to

00:45:24.319 --> 00:45:24.519
 save

00:45:24.519 --> 00:45:24.639
 the

00:45:24.639 --> 00:45:24.920
 planet

00:45:24.920 --> 00:45:26.299
 I

00:45:26.299 --> 00:45:26.639
 deserve

00:45:26.639 --> 00:45:27.039
 entry

00:45:27.039 --> 00:45:27.339
 because

00:45:27.339 --> 00:45:27.559
 I

00:45:27.559 --> 00:45:27.980
 donated

00:45:27.980 --> 00:45:28.199
 to

00:45:28.199 --> 00:45:28.339
 a

00:45:28.339 --> 00:45:28.519
 lot

00:45:28.519 --> 00:45:28.619
 of

00:45:28.619 --> 00:45:28.759
 good

00:45:28.759 --> 00:45:29.159
 causes

00:45:29.159 --> 00:45:30.460
 I

00:45:30.460 --> 00:45:30.759
 deserve

00:45:30.759 --> 00:45:31.059
 entry

00:45:31.059 --> 00:45:31.299
 because

00:45:31.299 --> 00:45:31.440
 I

00:45:31.440 --> 00:45:31.619
 read

00:45:31.619 --> 00:45:31.739
 the

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 Bible

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 every

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 day

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 I

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 deserve

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 entry

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 because

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 I

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 share

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 the

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 gospel

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 with

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 a

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 lot

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 of

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 people

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 none

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 of

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 these

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 things

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 are

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 the

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 basis

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 for

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 salvation

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 they

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 may

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 be

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 the

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 evidence

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 of

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 our

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 salvation

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 but

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 they

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 are

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 not

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 the

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 basis

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 the

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 grounds

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 for

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 our

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 salvation

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 because

00:45:46.840 --> 00:45:47.039
 the

00:45:47.039 --> 00:45:47.380
 basis

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 for

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 salvation

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 is

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 what

00:45:48.380 --> 00:45:48.759
 Jesus

00:45:48.759 --> 00:45:49.559
 accomplishes

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 on

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 the

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 cross

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 Hebrews

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 8

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 says

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 that

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 Jesus

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 brings

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 a

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 new

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 covenant

00:45:53.619 --> 00:45:54.119
 new

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 and

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 better

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 covenant

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 with

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 the

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 people

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 of

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 God

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 where

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 the

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 laws

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 of

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 God

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 is

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 not

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 written

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 externally

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 imposed

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 on

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 us

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 but

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 rather

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 is

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 written

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 on

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 our

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 hearts

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 and

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 we

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 are

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 internally

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 motivated

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 by

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 the

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 spirit

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 of

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 God

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 and

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 transformed

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 by

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 God

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 to

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 live

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 in

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 obedience

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 that's

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 what

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 Jesus

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 changes

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 he

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 brings

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 a

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 new

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 covenant

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 and

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 I

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 will

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 conclude

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 with

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 this

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 how

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 does

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 Jesus

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 enact

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 this

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 radically

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 new

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 covenant

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 in

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 verse

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 35

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 it

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 already

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 hinted

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 at

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 the

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 fact

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 that

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 Jesus

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 the

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 bridegroom

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 will

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 be

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 taken

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 away

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 on

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 his

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 wedding

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 day

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 why

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 must

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 Jesus

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 be

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 taken

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 away

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 it's

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 because

00:46:31.740 --> 00:46:31.980
 the

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 bride

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 was

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 not

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 yet

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 ready

00:46:33.639 --> 00:46:34.760
 not

00:46:34.760 --> 00:46:35.180
 worthy

00:46:35.180 --> 00:46:35.400
 of

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 the

00:46:35.519 --> 00:46:35.760
 groom

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 most

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 of

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 the

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 time

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 the

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 image

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 of

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 the

00:46:38.480 --> 00:46:38.780
 bride

00:46:38.780 --> 00:46:38.940
 and

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 the

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 groom

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 is

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 mentioned

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 in

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 the

00:46:39.860 --> 00:46:40.000
 Old

00:46:40.000 --> 00:46:40.300
 Testament

00:46:40.300 --> 00:46:40.539
 it

00:46:40.539 --> 00:46:41.220
 describes

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 us

00:46:41.920 --> 00:46:42.099
 the

00:46:42.099 --> 00:46:42.360
 people

00:46:42.360 --> 00:46:42.519
 of

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 God

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 as

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 the

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 unfaithful

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 bride

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 the

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 adulterous

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 bride

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 the

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 fornicating

00:46:47.980 --> 00:46:48.639
 bride

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 and

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 we see

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 a picture

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 of that

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 in

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 Deuteronomy

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 22

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 if

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 if

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 any

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 man

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 takes

00:47:05.880 --> 00:47:06.019
 a

00:47:06.019 --> 00:47:06.320
 wife

00:47:06.320 --> 00:47:07.480
 and

00:47:07.480 --> 00:47:07.720
 goes

00:47:07.720 --> 00:47:08.000
 into

00:47:08.000 --> 00:47:08.300
 her

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 and

00:47:11.860 --> 00:47:12.039
 then

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 hates

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 her

00:47:12.699 --> 00:47:13.280
 and

00:47:13.280 --> 00:47:13.920
 accuses

00:47:13.920 --> 00:47:14.099
 her

00:47:14.099 --> 00:47:14.300
 of

00:47:14.300 --> 00:47:14.960
 misconduct

00:47:14.960 --> 00:47:15.199
 and

00:47:15.199 --> 00:47:15.420
 brings

00:47:15.420 --> 00:47:15.539
 a

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 bad

00:47:15.760 --> 00:47:16.000
 name

00:47:16.000 --> 00:47:16.280
 upon

00:47:16.280 --> 00:47:16.460
 her

00:47:16.460 --> 00:47:16.740
 saying

00:47:16.740 --> 00:47:17.280
 I

00:47:17.280 --> 00:47:17.559
 took

00:47:17.559 --> 00:47:17.800
 this

00:47:17.800 --> 00:47:18.039
 woman

00:47:18.039 --> 00:47:18.260
 and

00:47:18.260 --> 00:47:18.420
 when

00:47:18.420 --> 00:47:18.559
 I

00:47:18.559 --> 00:47:18.860
 came

00:47:18.860 --> 00:47:19.159
 near

00:47:19.159 --> 00:47:19.440
 her

00:47:19.440 --> 00:47:20.519
 I

00:47:20.519 --> 00:47:20.659
 did

00:47:20.659 --> 00:47:20.860
 not

00:47:20.860 --> 00:47:21.179
 find

00:47:21.179 --> 00:47:21.320
 in

00:47:21.320 --> 00:47:21.480
 her

00:47:21.480 --> 00:47:21.920
 evidence

00:47:21.920 --> 00:47:22.079
 of

00:47:22.079 --> 00:47:22.579
 virginity

00:47:22.579 --> 00:47:23.739
 and

00:47:23.739 --> 00:47:24.799
 then

00:47:24.799 --> 00:47:24.960
 it

00:47:24.960 --> 00:47:25.119
 goes

00:47:25.119 --> 00:47:25.299
 into

00:47:25.299 --> 00:47:25.420
 the

00:47:25.420 --> 00:47:25.539
 whole

00:47:25.539 --> 00:47:25.819
 section

00:47:25.819 --> 00:47:26.079
 about

00:47:26.079 --> 00:47:26.319
 if

00:47:26.319 --> 00:47:26.480
 the

00:47:26.480 --> 00:47:26.639
 man

00:47:26.639 --> 00:47:26.759
 is

00:47:26.759 --> 00:47:27.039
 lying

00:47:27.039 --> 00:47:27.219
 the

00:47:27.219 --> 00:47:27.519
 punishment

00:47:27.519 --> 00:47:27.699
 that

00:47:27.699 --> 00:47:27.819
 he

00:47:27.819 --> 00:47:27.980
 has

00:47:27.980 --> 00:47:28.079
 to

00:47:28.079 --> 00:47:28.279
 get

00:47:28.279 --> 00:47:28.940
 and

00:47:28.940 --> 00:47:29.059
 then

00:47:29.059 --> 00:47:29.219
 it

00:47:29.219 --> 00:47:29.400
 goes

00:47:29.400 --> 00:47:29.579
 into

00:47:29.579 --> 00:47:29.880
 this

00:47:29.880 --> 00:47:30.940
 but

00:47:30.940 --> 00:47:31.059
 if

00:47:31.059 --> 00:47:31.199
 the

00:47:31.199 --> 00:47:31.400
 thing

00:47:31.400 --> 00:47:31.559
 is

00:47:31.559 --> 00:47:31.920
 true

00:47:31.920 --> 00:47:33.099
 that

00:47:33.099 --> 00:47:33.460
 evidence

00:47:33.460 --> 00:47:33.619
 of

00:47:33.619 --> 00:47:33.920
 virginity

00:47:33.920 --> 00:47:34.099
 was

00:47:34.099 --> 00:47:34.319
 not

00:47:34.319 --> 00:47:34.679
 found

00:47:34.679 --> 00:47:34.799
 in

00:47:34.799 --> 00:47:34.900
 the

00:47:34.900 --> 00:47:35.079
 young

00:47:35.079 --> 00:47:35.380
 woman

00:47:35.380 --> 00:47:36.159
 then

00:47:36.159 --> 00:47:36.299
 they

00:47:36.299 --> 00:47:36.500
 shall

00:47:36.500 --> 00:47:36.719
 bring

00:47:36.719 --> 00:47:36.880
 out

00:47:36.880 --> 00:47:37.000
 the

00:47:37.000 --> 00:47:37.179
 young

00:47:37.179 --> 00:47:37.380
 woman

00:47:37.380 --> 00:47:37.519
 to

00:47:37.519 --> 00:47:37.639
 the

00:47:37.639 --> 00:47:37.860
 door

00:47:37.860 --> 00:47:38.000
 of

00:47:38.000 --> 00:47:38.099
 the

00:47:38.099 --> 00:47:38.460
 father's

00:47:38.460 --> 00:47:38.739
 house

00:47:38.739 --> 00:47:39.199
 and

00:47:39.199 --> 00:47:39.340
 the

00:47:39.340 --> 00:47:39.599
 men

00:47:39.599 --> 00:47:39.779
 of

00:47:39.779 --> 00:47:39.940
 her

00:47:39.940 --> 00:47:40.179
 city

00:47:40.179 --> 00:47:40.420
 shall

00:47:40.420 --> 00:47:40.739
 stone

00:47:40.739 --> 00:47:40.900
 her

00:47:40.900 --> 00:47:41.059
 to

00:47:41.059 --> 00:47:41.299
 death

00:47:41.299 --> 00:47:41.500
 with

00:47:41.500 --> 00:47:41.920
 stones

00:47:41.920 --> 00:47:42.440
 because

00:47:42.440 --> 00:47:42.639
 she

00:47:42.639 --> 00:47:42.840
 has

00:47:42.840 --> 00:47:43.079
 done

00:47:43.079 --> 00:47:43.260
 an

00:47:43.260 --> 00:47:43.700
 outrageous

00:47:43.700 --> 00:47:44.059
 thing

00:47:44.059 --> 00:47:44.220
 in

00:47:44.220 --> 00:47:44.559
 Israel

00:47:44.559 --> 00:47:44.800
 by

00:47:44.800 --> 00:47:45.200
 whoring

00:47:45.200 --> 00:47:45.420
 in

00:47:45.420 --> 00:47:45.619
 her

00:47:45.619 --> 00:47:46.099
 father's

00:47:46.099 --> 00:47:46.420
 house

00:47:46.420 --> 00:47:47.019
 so

00:47:47.019 --> 00:47:47.159
 you

00:47:47.159 --> 00:47:47.400
 shall

00:47:47.400 --> 00:47:47.880
 purge

00:47:47.880 --> 00:47:48.059
 the

00:47:48.059 --> 00:47:48.340
 evil

00:47:48.340 --> 00:47:48.800
 from

00:47:48.800 --> 00:47:49.200
 your

00:47:49.200 --> 00:47:49.659
 midst

00:47:49.659 --> 00:47:52.200
 this

00:47:52.200 --> 00:47:52.519
 punishment

00:47:52.519 --> 00:47:52.820
 will be

00:47:52.820 --> 00:47:53.760
 for both

00:47:53.760 --> 00:47:54.079
 the man

00:47:54.079 --> 00:47:54.280
 and the

00:47:54.280 --> 00:47:54.519
 woman

00:47:54.519 --> 00:47:54.920
 who

00:47:54.920 --> 00:47:55.420
 fornicate

00:47:55.420 --> 00:47:55.920
 but here

00:47:55.920 --> 00:47:56.440
 obviously

00:47:56.440 --> 00:47:56.780
 the man

00:47:56.780 --> 00:47:57.099
 is not

00:47:57.099 --> 00:47:57.980
 around

00:47:57.980 --> 00:47:58.300
 to be

00:47:58.300 --> 00:47:58.579
 found

00:47:58.579 --> 00:48:00.119
 this

00:48:00.119 --> 00:48:00.460
 is

00:48:00.460 --> 00:48:00.820
 what

00:48:00.820 --> 00:48:01.500
 Jesus

00:48:01.500 --> 00:48:01.960
 our

00:48:01.960 --> 00:48:02.820
 bridegroom

00:48:02.820 --> 00:48:03.099
 should

00:48:03.099 --> 00:48:03.460
 have done

00:48:03.460 --> 00:48:04.019
 with us

00:48:04.019 --> 00:48:07.240
 wedding

00:48:07.240 --> 00:48:07.639
 day

00:48:07.639 --> 00:48:10.880
 discover

00:48:10.880 --> 00:48:12.460
 that

00:48:12.460 --> 00:48:12.680
 the

00:48:12.680 --> 00:48:13.280
 fiance

00:48:13.280 --> 00:48:13.519
 the

00:48:13.519 --> 00:48:13.800
 bride

00:48:13.800 --> 00:48:13.960
 that

00:48:13.960 --> 00:48:14.119
 should

00:48:14.119 --> 00:48:14.180
 have

00:48:14.180 --> 00:48:14.280
 been

00:48:14.280 --> 00:48:14.599
 waiting

00:48:14.599 --> 00:48:14.800
 in

00:48:14.800 --> 00:48:15.099
 holiness

00:48:15.099 --> 00:48:15.400
 and

00:48:15.400 --> 00:48:15.680
 purity

00:48:15.680 --> 00:48:15.940
 has

00:48:15.940 --> 00:48:16.400
 defiled

00:48:16.400 --> 00:48:16.840
 herself

00:48:16.840 --> 00:48:17.059
 with

00:48:17.059 --> 00:48:17.300
 other

00:48:17.300 --> 00:48:17.599
 men

00:48:17.599 --> 00:48:23.360
 Jesus

00:48:23.360 --> 00:48:23.680
 should

00:48:23.680 --> 00:48:23.840
 have

00:48:23.840 --> 00:48:24.260
 publicly

00:48:24.260 --> 00:48:24.700
 shamed

00:48:24.700 --> 00:48:25.099
 us

00:48:25.099 --> 00:48:26.039
 exposed

00:48:26.039 --> 00:48:26.320
 the

00:48:26.320 --> 00:48:26.940
 nakedness

00:48:26.940 --> 00:48:27.160
 which

00:48:27.160 --> 00:48:27.360
 we

00:48:27.360 --> 00:48:27.559
 have

00:48:27.559 --> 00:48:27.900
 shared

00:48:27.900 --> 00:48:28.099
 with

00:48:28.099 --> 00:48:28.340
 people

00:48:28.340 --> 00:48:28.539
 whom

00:48:28.539 --> 00:48:28.700
 we

00:48:28.700 --> 00:48:28.840
 should

00:48:28.840 --> 00:48:29.059
 not

00:48:29.059 --> 00:48:29.220
 have

00:48:29.220 --> 00:48:29.460
 shared

00:48:29.460 --> 00:48:29.579
 it

00:48:29.579 --> 00:48:29.800
 with

00:48:29.800 --> 00:48:32.920
 but

00:48:32.920 --> 00:48:33.440
 instead

00:48:33.440 --> 00:48:34.099
 Jesus

00:48:34.099 --> 00:48:34.660
 our

00:48:34.660 --> 00:48:35.240
 bridegroom

00:48:35.240 --> 00:48:36.480
 makes

00:48:36.480 --> 00:48:37.039
 way for

00:48:37.039 --> 00:48:37.240
 our

00:48:37.240 --> 00:48:37.660
 cleansing

00:48:37.660 --> 00:48:38.300
 and

00:48:38.300 --> 00:48:39.000
 restoration

00:48:39.000 --> 00:48:40.920
 he

00:48:40.920 --> 00:48:41.239
 gives

00:48:41.239 --> 00:48:41.659
 us

00:48:41.659 --> 00:48:42.000
 his

00:48:42.000 --> 00:48:42.380
 robe

00:48:42.380 --> 00:48:42.619
 to

00:48:42.619 --> 00:48:43.000
 clothe

00:48:43.000 --> 00:48:43.420
 us

00:48:43.420 --> 00:48:43.719
 to

00:48:43.719 --> 00:48:44.119
 hide

00:48:44.119 --> 00:48:44.420
 our

00:48:44.420 --> 00:48:45.139
 nakedness

00:48:45.139 --> 00:48:46.539
 and

00:48:46.539 --> 00:48:46.820
 he

00:48:46.820 --> 00:48:47.300
 hangs

00:48:47.300 --> 00:48:47.659
 naked

00:48:47.659 --> 00:48:47.840
 on

00:48:47.840 --> 00:48:47.980
 the

00:48:47.980 --> 00:48:48.460
 cross

00:48:48.460 --> 00:48:49.019
 bearing

00:48:49.019 --> 00:48:49.260
 all

00:48:49.260 --> 00:48:49.460
 our

00:48:49.460 --> 00:48:49.780
 sin

00:48:49.780 --> 00:48:50.559
 and

00:48:50.559 --> 00:48:51.000
 shame

00:48:51.000 --> 00:48:56.219
 that's

00:48:56.219 --> 00:48:56.659
 how

00:48:56.659 --> 00:48:57.000
 Jesus

00:48:57.000 --> 00:48:57.360
 brings

00:48:57.360 --> 00:48:57.559
 the

00:48:57.559 --> 00:48:57.679
 new

00:48:57.679 --> 00:48:58.019
 age

00:48:58.019 --> 00:49:01.219
 we

00:49:01.219 --> 00:49:01.380
 were

00:49:01.380 --> 00:49:01.539
 the

00:49:01.539 --> 00:49:02.199
 prostitute

00:49:02.199 --> 00:49:02.920
 the

00:49:02.920 --> 00:49:03.119
 people

00:49:03.119 --> 00:49:03.280
 of

00:49:03.280 --> 00:49:03.579
 God

00:49:03.579 --> 00:49:04.539
 yet

00:49:04.539 --> 00:49:04.840
 Jesus

00:49:04.840 --> 00:49:05.139
 brings

00:49:05.139 --> 00:49:05.260
 a

00:49:05.260 --> 00:49:05.420
 new

00:49:05.420 --> 00:49:05.659
 age

00:49:05.659 --> 00:49:05.820
 where

00:49:05.820 --> 00:49:06.300
 sinners

00:49:06.300 --> 00:49:07.099
 like

00:49:07.099 --> 00:49:07.480
 us

00:49:07.480 --> 00:49:07.920
 can

00:49:07.920 --> 00:49:08.460
 repent

00:49:08.460 --> 00:49:09.019
 and

00:49:09.019 --> 00:49:09.179
 be

00:49:09.179 --> 00:49:09.599
 forgiven

00:49:09.599 --> 00:49:10.199
 and

00:49:10.199 --> 00:49:10.539
 admitted

00:49:10.539 --> 00:49:10.840
 to

00:49:10.840 --> 00:49:11.039
 the

00:49:11.039 --> 00:49:11.340
 wedding

00:49:11.340 --> 00:49:11.820
 supper

00:49:11.820 --> 00:49:12.019
 of

00:49:12.019 --> 00:49:12.320
 God

00:49:12.320 --> 00:49:12.860
 as

00:49:12.860 --> 00:49:13.019
 the

00:49:13.019 --> 00:49:13.699
 purified

00:49:13.699 --> 00:49:14.179
 bride

00:49:14.179 --> 00:49:17.599
 so

00:49:17.599 --> 00:49:17.800
 let's

00:49:17.800 --> 00:49:18.019
 be a

00:49:18.019 --> 00:49:18.320
 people

00:49:18.320 --> 00:49:18.559
 who

00:49:18.559 --> 00:49:18.920
 cling

00:49:18.920 --> 00:49:19.159
 to

00:49:19.159 --> 00:49:19.480
 that

00:49:19.480 --> 00:49:20.039
 in

00:49:20.039 --> 00:49:20.380
 repentance

00:49:20.380 --> 00:49:20.619
 and

00:49:20.619 --> 00:49:20.960
 faith

00:49:20.960 --> 00:49:21.720
 instead

00:49:21.720 --> 00:49:21.880
 of

00:49:21.880 --> 00:49:22.039
 trying

00:49:22.039 --> 00:49:22.179
 to

00:49:22.179 --> 00:49:22.440
 bring

00:49:22.440 --> 00:49:22.720
 our

00:49:22.720 --> 00:49:22.940
 own

00:49:22.940 --> 00:49:23.159
 self

00:49:23.159 --> 00:49:23.539
 righteousness

00:49:23.539 --> 00:49:23.880
 to

00:49:23.880 --> 00:49:24.059
 him