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 So imagine that you are, for some reason, flying in a helicopter above my house.

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 And you see me come out carrying a set of golf clubs.

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 And your first thought is likely that I plan to use those clubs to play golf.

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 Seems reasonable.

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 This idea is strengthened as you fly above my car and I drive to a golf course.

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 And the logical conclusion is again that I intend to play golf.

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 And I even unload my clubs and enter the clubhouse.

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 And even if you see me delay for an hour or so at each month or something, you still will

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 suspect I have done all of these things with the ultimate purpose of playing golf.

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 Now, to be honest, I haven't played golf in years and I actually don't have a car in London.

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 But the point I want to make is that we assume when people go somewhere, they go there for

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 a purpose.

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 We know that people have goals in traveling to a destination, even if they sort of delay

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 that goal.

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 Sometimes, though, we have these odd habits when we come to read our Bible.

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 For years, for example, I made no real effort to ask questions of our text.

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 Any text, but this one in front of us in particular.

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 You know, we stop reading wherever our English Bible has a new heading printed in between paragraphs.

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 And we assume that a particular given story ends there.

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 But that approach would produce a really odd understanding of our text today.

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 And so in the beginning of our text, we see what has been called Jesus's triumphal entry into

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 Jerusalem, where he rides this donkey into the city in order to fulfill a prophecy from Zechariah

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 9.9, that the king of Israel will come into his city riding on a donkey.

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 But so many times we neglect the full account of Jesus's triumphal entry, that he goes not just

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 through the gate, but into the temple.

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 Why does he go to this temple?

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 And what was his goal?

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 And you might suspect that we're going to find our answer in Mark 11, 1 to 25.

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 Just like you would assume that I had a goal of playing golf and traveling to a golf course,

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 we would be right to assume that Jesus had a real and significant purpose in entering the

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 temple, even though we find out that he delayed his purpose until the next day.

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 So the main point this morning is that when God enters the scene, he renders judgment.

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 But for Christians, that judgment is in our favor.

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 When God enters the scene, he renders judgment.

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 But for Christians, that judgment is in our favor.

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 We're going to think about this in three points.

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 The four word to fruit, the false fruit, and the faith fruit.

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 So first, the four word to fruit.

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 So if you spend any time in the gospel of Mark, the question ringing throughout this book is,

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 who is Jesus?

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 Crowds of people constantly gather to him and yet seem to miss the point.

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 Over time, his disciples at least come to understand that he truly is the Messiah.

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 But they are still confused as he tells them about how the Messiah must be killed and rise from the dead.

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 That's not what they expected from their Messiah.

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 They expected the Messiah to ride triumphant into Jerusalem and crush the enemies of God's people,

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 whom they identified as the Romans.

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 The celebration surrounding Jesus' entry, triumphal entry into Jerusalem,

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 is because he was finally taking on some expected behavior of what people thought the Messiah would do.

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 So again, we think about how I mentioned Zechariah 9.9.

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 It predicted the king of God's people would ride into the city on a donkey.

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 And it's clear in this text that the people understood Jesus to be taking on that prophesied role.

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 That's why they're celebrating this event.

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 But the triumphal entry into Jerusalem, however,

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 comes in startling contrast with the way that Jesus leaves Jerusalem.

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 He comes into the gates, hailed as king,

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 and he goes out of the gates carrying the cross that would kill him.

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 This surprising change in how he was treated happened because of what he did inside the city.

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 He did not continue to act like the expected Messiah.

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 He does not kick out the Romans.

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 But he turns his blows against the Jews themselves.

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 So as Jesus entered the temple at the end of verse 11,

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 he looked around.

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 See that?

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 But not like a tourist.

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 Like a judge assessing the scene upon which he would render his verdict.

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 And the judgment that would come from that verdict.

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 And that sets the stage for this encounter with the fig tree

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 and Jesus' return to cast out the money changers.

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 When he looked around as he entered the temple,

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 he laid eyes on the corruption inside it.

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 And when he returned,

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 he would complete the goal he came to do in the first place.

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 The point has been so far to show

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 that often when God enters the scene,

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 he intends to render judgment.

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 But think about this.

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 Judgment is not always a bad thing.

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 And we have to keep that in mind.

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 Because judgment can be rendered in your favor.

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 But most of the time,

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 in Scripture,

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 when God comes in judgment,

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 it's not a pleasant thing.

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 In Malachi 3.5,

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 we read,

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 Then I will draw near to you for judgment.

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 I will be a swift witness against

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 the sorcerers,

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 against the adulterers,

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 against those who swear falsely,

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 against those who oppress the hired worker in his wages,

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 the widow and the fatherless,

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 against those who thrust aside the sojourner,

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 and do not fear me,

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 says the Lord of hosts.

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 We see here how,

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 again,

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 when God comes upon the scene,

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 he renders judgment.

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 Think even of Genesis 3.8,

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 all the way back there,

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 which occurred right after

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 Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit.

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 And they heard the sound of the Lord God

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 walking in the garden in the cool of the day.

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 And the man and his wife hid themselves

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 from the presence of the Lord God

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 among the trees of the garden.

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 So,

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 think about that for just a second.

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 They heard the sound of God coming

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 and hid themselves

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 because they knew the judge was coming

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 and that they would fail his judgment.

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 The four words of fruit

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 is that Jesus' arrival at the temple

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 was not a sightseeing trip,

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 but was God the Son

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 coming to render judgment

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 on how his people

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 were using his temple.

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 That brings us to our second point,

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 the false fruit.

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 So,

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 Jesus' triumphal entry

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 into Jerusalem

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 forms a sort of prologue,

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 if we could put it that way,

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 to the stories about Jesus

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 and the fig tree

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 and cleansing the temple.

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 The point of the triumphal entry

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 was truly that God

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 had entered his temple

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 to render judgments

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 and the accounts

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 that follow in the entry

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 explain

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 what judgment Christ rendered

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 and why.

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 Mark's gospel

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 as a whole

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 uses this interesting

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 storytelling technique

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 called sandwiching.

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 And this means

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 that Mark begins

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 to tell one story

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 and then he interrupts it

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 by telling another story

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 and then he comes back

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 to finish

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 the first story

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 after he

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 tells that second.

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 So,

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 you get the one

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 story in the middle

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 of the two bits

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 like a sandwich.

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 You get it.

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 I'm sure.

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 And here,

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 in this instance,

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 the account

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 of cleansing the temple

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 comes in between

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 the beginning

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 and the end

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 of the fig tree

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 account.

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 So,

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 this is one example

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 of one of these

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 sandwiched passages

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 and the middle story

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 tells us something

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 important

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 about the meaning

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 of the whole passage.

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 That's how we figure out

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 what the purpose

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 of Mark

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 telling us

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 both these stories is

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 by putting them

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 together.

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 So,

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 if we think about

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 verses 12 to 14,

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 if you turn your eyes there,

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 many find these verses

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 troubling,

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 that Jesus would react

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 so viscerally

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 to the lack of fruit

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 on the fig tree.

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 Especially considering

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 that this text itself

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 tells us

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 that it was not

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 the season

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 for figs.

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 And there's

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 a curious thing.

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 There's another detail,

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 however,

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 that should give us

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 pause.

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 And

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 that is that

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 the tree,

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 the fig tree,

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 was in full leaf.

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 So,

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 when I was

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 in theological school

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 studying to be a minister,

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 the church where I interned,

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 there was a guy

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 who was one of the world's

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 leading experts

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 in figs.

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 Which is sort of

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 an interesting thing.

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 I didn't know

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 that that was

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 sort of a field

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 of study,

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 but I'm not really surprised.

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 But,

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 I asked him about

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 this passage

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 at one point,

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 we were discussing it,

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 and he told me

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 there are

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 breeds of fig trees

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 that grow

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 figs

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 before

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 they grow

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 leaves.

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 Or,

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 you know,

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 at least

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 the leaves

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 come so close

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 in time

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 to the figs

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 that it appears

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 as though the figs

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 come before the leaves.

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 Cash is out

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 the same way.

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 So,

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 the point

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 for our text,

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 though,

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 is that

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 full leaves,

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 full leaves,

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 you know,

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 it's not just some.

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 Full leaves

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 means

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 that this tree

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 is claiming

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 that it has

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 ripe fruit.

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 The leaves

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 are an

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 advertisement

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 for

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 fruit.

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 So,

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 if you're

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 driving

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 down the road

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 and you

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 see a cart

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 with a sign

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 beside it

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 that says

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 fresh fruit,

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 you expect

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 to find

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 fruit

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 in the cart.

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 Right?

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 And by being

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 in full

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 leaf,

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 this tree

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 announces

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 that it has

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 fruit for

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 the taking

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 and eating.

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 And yet,

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 this tree

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 is

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 false

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 advertising.

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 fruit,

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 although it

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 claims to

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 have fruit,

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 it's

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 barren.

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 And in light

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 of that,

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 it is

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 startling

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 how Mark

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 smashes

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 this account

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 of the

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 barren

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 fig tree

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 falsely

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 advertising

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 fruit with

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 the account

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 of Jesus

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 cleansing

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 the temple.

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 We saw

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 already

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 that Christ

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 came to

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 render

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 judgment

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 and then

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 he

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 rendered

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 judgment

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 against

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 this tree

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 and cursed

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 it

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 so that

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 no one

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 will ever

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 partake of

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 its fruit

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 again.

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 And then

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 Christ

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 entered

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 the temple

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 and cleansed

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 it of

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 the

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 mind

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 changers.

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 What is

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 even more

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 striking

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 here is

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 whom he

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 indicted.

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 In verse

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 18,

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 Jesus

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 does not

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 even

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 convict

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 those who

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 were

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 selling

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 in the

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 temple

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 courts,

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 but instead

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 the chief

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 priests

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 and scribes,

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 the religious

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 leaders of

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 Israel.

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 A quick

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 reading of

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 any of

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 the gospels

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 shows that

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 Jesus is

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 compassionate

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 for sinners

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 who are

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 broken and

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 repentant and

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 come to him

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 for help.

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 It also

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 shows how

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 he has

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 no patience

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 for

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 hypocritical

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 leaders.

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 And I'll

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 text clearly

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 demonstrates

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 why he

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 so vehemently

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 opposed

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 them.

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 Notice

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 how Jesus

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 did not

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 politely

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 ask the

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 money

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 changers

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 to leave.

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 He

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 drove

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 them

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 out.

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 There's

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 a violent

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 aspect

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 to this.

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 In fact,

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 John's

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 account of

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 this

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 event

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 tells of

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 Jesus

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 making a

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 whip

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 fit to

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 drive

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 them

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 out.

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 The

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 religious

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 leaders

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 and the

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 whole

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 temple

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 setup

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 had

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 become

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 like

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 that

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 fig tree

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 that

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 advertised

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 fruit

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 but was

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 in fact

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 barren.

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 Which is

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 exactly why

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 Mark

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 sandwiched

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 these

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 passages

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 together.

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 When

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 Jesus

00:16:13.140 --> 00:16:13.720
 entered

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 the

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 temple

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 he

00:16:14.620 --> 00:16:15.240
 found

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 corruption

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 in how

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 this

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 area

00:16:17.680 --> 00:16:17.940
 of the

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 temple

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 had been

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 filled

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 with

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 those

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 who

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 had

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 turned

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 God's

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 house

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 into

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 a

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 pawn

00:16:23.020 --> 00:16:23.520
 shop.

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 While

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 the chief

00:16:27.140 --> 00:16:27.520
 priests

00:16:27.520 --> 00:16:28.300
 and scribes

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 carried

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 themselves

00:16:29.280 --> 00:16:30.860
 as the

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 holiest

00:16:31.320 --> 00:16:31.620
 in the

00:16:31.620 --> 00:16:31.860
 world

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 they

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 were in

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 full

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 leaf.

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 On the

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 inside

00:16:36.500 --> 00:16:36.799
 they were

00:16:36.799 --> 00:16:37.219
 dead

00:16:37.219 --> 00:16:39.099
 and far

00:16:39.099 --> 00:16:39.740
 from God.

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 They had

00:16:41.360 --> 00:16:41.979
 no fruit.

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 They were

00:16:44.839 --> 00:16:45.379
 polished on

00:16:45.379 --> 00:16:46.059
 the outside

00:16:46.059 --> 00:16:47.120
 and making

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 every claim

00:16:47.919 --> 00:16:48.519
 to bearing

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 fruit for

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 God but

00:16:49.579 --> 00:16:50.019
 on closer

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 examination

00:16:50.679 --> 00:16:51.879
 proved that

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 they were

00:16:52.179 --> 00:16:52.740
 barren

00:16:52.740 --> 00:16:54.419
 and fruitless.

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 And we

00:16:57.839 --> 00:16:58.120
 think of

00:16:58.120 --> 00:16:58.419
 Jeremiah

00:16:58.419 --> 00:16:58.959
 8

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 13

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 When I

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 would gather

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 them

00:17:02.519 --> 00:17:02.959
 declares

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 the Lord

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 there are

00:17:04.519 --> 00:17:05.019
 no grapes

00:17:05.019 --> 00:17:05.339
 on the

00:17:05.339 --> 00:17:05.720
 vine

00:17:05.720 --> 00:17:06.680
 nor

00:17:06.680 --> 00:17:07.259
 figs

00:17:07.259 --> 00:17:07.799
 on the

00:17:07.799 --> 00:17:08.380
 fig tree

00:17:08.380 --> 00:17:10.200
 even

00:17:10.200 --> 00:17:10.680
 the leaves

00:17:10.680 --> 00:17:11.259
 are withered

00:17:11.259 --> 00:17:12.660
 and what

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 I gave

00:17:13.200 --> 00:17:13.539
 them

00:17:13.539 --> 00:17:15.160
 has passed

00:17:15.160 --> 00:17:15.480
 away

00:17:15.480 --> 00:17:16.180
 from me.

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 The point

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 is

00:17:20.740 --> 00:17:22.539
 God

00:17:22.539 --> 00:17:22.980
 does not

00:17:22.980 --> 00:17:23.700
 take kindly

00:17:23.700 --> 00:17:25.119
 to those

00:17:25.119 --> 00:17:25.779
 who claim

00:17:25.779 --> 00:17:26.799
 to serve

00:17:26.799 --> 00:17:27.400
 his kingdom

00:17:27.400 --> 00:17:29.640
 and yet

00:17:29.640 --> 00:17:30.420
 prove to

00:17:30.420 --> 00:17:31.160
 be fruitless.

00:17:31.160 --> 00:17:34.500
 God

00:17:34.500 --> 00:17:35.300
 will reject

00:17:35.300 --> 00:17:35.880
 those who

00:17:35.880 --> 00:17:36.200
 root

00:17:36.200 --> 00:17:36.620
 themselves

00:17:36.620 --> 00:17:36.940
 among

00:17:36.940 --> 00:17:37.160
 his

00:17:37.160 --> 00:17:37.580
 people

00:17:37.580 --> 00:17:38.940
 but

00:17:38.940 --> 00:17:39.180
 bear

00:17:39.180 --> 00:17:39.440
 no

00:17:39.440 --> 00:17:40.000
 fruit.

00:17:42.960 --> 00:17:43.500
 Christ

00:17:43.500 --> 00:17:44.220
 came to

00:17:44.220 --> 00:17:44.700
 his temple

00:17:44.700 --> 00:17:45.320
 and found

00:17:45.320 --> 00:17:45.840
 them to be

00:17:45.840 --> 00:17:46.259
 covered

00:17:46.259 --> 00:17:47.640
 in lush

00:17:47.640 --> 00:17:48.259
 leaves

00:17:48.259 --> 00:17:49.660
 on the

00:17:49.660 --> 00:17:50.259
 outside

00:17:50.259 --> 00:17:53.279
 but there

00:17:53.279 --> 00:17:53.600
 was no

00:17:53.600 --> 00:17:54.300
 fruit to be

00:17:54.300 --> 00:17:54.640
 gathered.

00:17:54.640 --> 00:17:58.000
 the religious

00:17:58.000 --> 00:17:58.580
 leaders had

00:17:58.580 --> 00:17:58.960
 covered

00:17:58.960 --> 00:17:59.540
 themselves

00:17:59.540 --> 00:18:00.040
 in

00:18:00.040 --> 00:18:00.740
 ceremony

00:18:00.740 --> 00:18:01.460
 but had

00:18:01.460 --> 00:18:01.780
 taken

00:18:01.780 --> 00:18:03.500
 no care

00:18:03.500 --> 00:18:05.140
 to see

00:18:05.140 --> 00:18:05.540
 that their

00:18:05.540 --> 00:18:06.060
 hearts

00:18:06.060 --> 00:18:07.440
 bore fruit

00:18:07.440 --> 00:18:07.940
 of true

00:18:07.940 --> 00:18:08.520
 love for

00:18:08.520 --> 00:18:08.980
 God

00:18:08.980 --> 00:18:10.060
 true

00:18:10.060 --> 00:18:10.600
 repentance

00:18:10.600 --> 00:18:11.420
 over sin

00:18:11.420 --> 00:18:12.060
 or true

00:18:12.060 --> 00:18:12.800
 brokenness

00:18:12.800 --> 00:18:13.360
 for other

00:18:13.360 --> 00:18:13.800
 people.

00:18:13.799 --> 00:18:17.359
 And that

00:18:17.359 --> 00:18:17.859
 should address

00:18:17.859 --> 00:18:18.500
 us today

00:18:18.500 --> 00:18:19.220
 as well.

00:18:21.359 --> 00:18:22.180
 There are

00:18:22.180 --> 00:18:22.500
 many

00:18:22.500 --> 00:18:23.000
 there are

00:18:23.000 --> 00:18:23.639
 so many

00:18:23.639 --> 00:18:24.319
 undue

00:18:24.319 --> 00:18:24.980
 criticisms

00:18:24.980 --> 00:18:26.659
 against

00:18:26.659 --> 00:18:27.500
 the church

00:18:27.500 --> 00:18:27.980
 that she's

00:18:27.980 --> 00:18:28.299
 full of

00:18:28.299 --> 00:18:28.879
 hypocrites

00:18:28.879 --> 00:18:30.059
 which is

00:18:30.059 --> 00:18:30.379
 interesting

00:18:30.379 --> 00:18:30.759
 because we

00:18:30.759 --> 00:18:31.200
 do claim

00:18:31.200 --> 00:18:31.500
 to be

00:18:31.500 --> 00:18:31.799
 sinful

00:18:31.799 --> 00:18:32.299
 and then

00:18:32.299 --> 00:18:33.779
 prove it

00:18:33.779 --> 00:18:34.980
 so we're

00:18:34.980 --> 00:18:35.299
 not

00:18:35.299 --> 00:18:36.599
 hypocritical

00:18:36.599 --> 00:18:38.139
 in that

00:18:38.139 --> 00:18:38.440
 sense

00:18:38.440 --> 00:18:38.899
 but

00:18:38.899 --> 00:18:41.220
 there are

00:18:41.220 --> 00:18:42.039
 some times

00:18:42.039 --> 00:18:43.839
 when it

00:18:43.839 --> 00:18:44.480
 strikes home

00:18:44.480 --> 00:18:45.159
 doesn't it?

00:18:45.899 --> 00:18:46.579
 Maybe not

00:18:46.579 --> 00:18:47.319
 here I doubt

00:18:47.319 --> 00:18:48.059
 that but

00:18:48.059 --> 00:18:49.379
 broadly

00:18:49.379 --> 00:18:50.000
 speaking

00:18:50.000 --> 00:18:51.619
 and at

00:18:51.619 --> 00:18:52.079
 least at

00:18:52.079 --> 00:18:52.619
 the individual

00:18:52.619 --> 00:18:53.379
 level we

00:18:53.379 --> 00:18:54.000
 feel that

00:18:54.000 --> 00:18:54.680
 sting at

00:18:54.680 --> 00:18:55.279
 times.

00:18:57.180 --> 00:18:57.879
 There are

00:18:57.879 --> 00:18:58.639
 times in

00:18:58.639 --> 00:18:59.379
 our lives

00:18:59.379 --> 00:19:00.480
 when we

00:19:00.480 --> 00:19:01.259
 struggle with

00:19:01.259 --> 00:19:03.139
 sin but

00:19:03.139 --> 00:19:04.200
 but rather

00:19:04.200 --> 00:19:04.920
 than opening

00:19:04.920 --> 00:19:05.759
 up about it

00:19:05.759 --> 00:19:06.379
 and seeking

00:19:06.379 --> 00:19:07.039
 help we

00:19:07.039 --> 00:19:07.759
 clean ourselves

00:19:07.759 --> 00:19:08.299
 up for the

00:19:08.299 --> 00:19:08.680
 world.

00:19:09.819 --> 00:19:10.319
 It's not

00:19:10.319 --> 00:19:10.920
 that bad.

00:19:12.039 --> 00:19:13.799
 it can be

00:19:13.799 --> 00:19:14.259
 easy to

00:19:14.259 --> 00:19:14.599
 forget

00:19:14.599 --> 00:19:17.039
 that the

00:19:17.039 --> 00:19:17.599
 church is a

00:19:17.599 --> 00:19:18.319
 hospital for

00:19:18.319 --> 00:19:18.639
 sinners

00:19:18.639 --> 00:19:21.819
 and start

00:19:21.819 --> 00:19:22.159
 to think

00:19:22.159 --> 00:19:22.920
 everyone else

00:19:22.920 --> 00:19:23.980
 has it

00:19:23.980 --> 00:19:24.399
 together

00:19:24.399 --> 00:19:26.599
 and so we

00:19:26.599 --> 00:19:26.920
 should look

00:19:26.920 --> 00:19:27.319
 to part

00:19:27.319 --> 00:19:27.720
 two.

00:19:30.399 --> 00:19:30.859
 Usually

00:19:30.859 --> 00:19:31.500
 when we

00:19:31.500 --> 00:19:32.599
 start to

00:19:32.599 --> 00:19:33.059
 buy that

00:19:33.059 --> 00:19:33.759
 lie we

00:19:33.759 --> 00:19:34.720
 put on a

00:19:34.720 --> 00:19:35.200
 face and

00:19:35.200 --> 00:19:35.539
 try to

00:19:35.539 --> 00:19:36.119
 convince

00:19:36.119 --> 00:19:36.700
 everyone

00:19:36.700 --> 00:19:38.200
 that we've

00:19:38.200 --> 00:19:38.500
 got our

00:19:38.500 --> 00:19:39.039
 affairs in

00:19:39.039 --> 00:19:39.299
 order

00:19:39.299 --> 00:19:41.720
 and it's

00:19:41.720 --> 00:19:42.599
 not impossible

00:19:42.599 --> 00:19:44.559
 that even

00:19:44.559 --> 00:19:45.559
 someone here

00:19:45.559 --> 00:19:46.960
 can think

00:19:46.960 --> 00:19:47.399
 that going

00:19:47.399 --> 00:19:47.819
 through the

00:19:47.819 --> 00:19:48.460
 motions of

00:19:48.460 --> 00:19:49.019
 going to

00:19:49.019 --> 00:19:50.019
 church and

00:19:50.019 --> 00:19:50.619
 sounding like

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 a Christian

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 is enough.

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 It's not

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 difficult to

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 build an

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 external

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 religion and

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 set aside the

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 matters of the

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 heart.

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 but this

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 text shows

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 us that

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 Christ does

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 not care

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 about your

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 leaves.

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 And if you

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 wave your

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 leaves about

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 pretending to

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 be in full

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 fruit when

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 Christ comes

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 to the

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 fruitless

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 trees he

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 will find

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 that he

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 never knew

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 you.

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 The temple

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 adorned the

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 nation of

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 Israel as

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 her majestic

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 leaves.

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 Yet Christ

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 found Israel

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 Jerusalem

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 itself

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 barren.

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 And so

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 Israel and

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 the fig tree

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 were left

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 in the end

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 cursed and

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 without fruit

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 or leaves.

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 God said

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 of spiritual

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 adulterers in

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 Hosea 2

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 12

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 and I

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 will lay

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 waste her

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 vines and

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 her fig

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 trees of

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 which she

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 said these

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 are my

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 wages which

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 my lovers

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 have given

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 me.

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 I will make

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 them a

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 forest and

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 the beasts

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 of the field

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 shall devour

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 that.

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 the false

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 fruit was

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 then the

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 outward claim

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 to have

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 inner fruit

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 of love

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 and service

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 to God

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 which proves

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 to be a

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 sham.

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 Which brings

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 us to our

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 third point

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 the faith

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 fruit.

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 So

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 I mean

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 right it

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 can make us

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 really

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 uncomfortable

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 to discuss

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 how Christ

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 curses

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 those who

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 make false

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 claims to

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 bearing fruit

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 for him.

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 I get

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 that

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 because it

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 might

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 cause us

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 to question

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 what means

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 to have

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 fruit in

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 our lives

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 or if we

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 have enough

00:22:04.059 --> 00:22:04.579
 fruit

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 we begin

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 to worry

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 if we

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 are the

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 fig tree.

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 fruit in

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 and I'm

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 trying to

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 let that

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 discomfort

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 sit for

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 a few

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 minutes

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 on

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 purpose.

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 It's

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 good at

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 times to

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 let the

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 law have

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 its full

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 effect so

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 that the

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 gospel is

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 all the

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 sweeter.

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 And

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 although my

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 second point

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 drew attention

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 to how we

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 should be

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 convicted

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 by our

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 tendencies to

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 develop a

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 false sense

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 of security

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 based on

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 external

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 religion

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 at times

00:22:42.680 --> 00:22:43.899
 fortunately

00:22:43.899 --> 00:22:46.059
 our passage

00:22:46.059 --> 00:22:47.039
 doesn't end

00:22:47.039 --> 00:22:48.720
 with the

00:22:48.720 --> 00:22:49.480
 barren temple

00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:50.200
 and the

00:22:50.200 --> 00:22:51.079
 cursed fig tree.

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 In

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 verses 20

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 and 21

00:22:55.639 --> 00:22:58.079
 as the

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 disciples

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 pass

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 this

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 cursed

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 fig tree

00:23:01.339 --> 00:23:01.839
 they point

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 out to

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 Jesus

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 how it

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 is now

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 dead

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 withered

00:23:05.879 --> 00:23:06.459
 from its

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 roots.

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 And this

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 brings one

00:23:10.679 --> 00:23:11.279
 aspect of

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 the story

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 to a

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 head.

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 A tree

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 without fruit

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 is dead

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 and those

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 who would

00:23:19.539 --> 00:23:20.459
 block people

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 from true

00:23:22.179 --> 00:23:22.859
 worship of

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 God by

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 filling his

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 house with

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 vending

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 tables are

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 likewise

00:23:26.099 --> 00:23:27.539
 dead.

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 But how

00:23:30.279 --> 00:23:30.879
 does Christ

00:23:30.879 --> 00:23:32.359
 respond

00:23:32.359 --> 00:23:34.319
 to that?

00:23:36.479 --> 00:23:36.979
 In

00:23:36.979 --> 00:23:37.839
 verse 22

00:23:37.839 --> 00:23:39.240
 Jesus

00:23:39.240 --> 00:23:39.899
 pointed them

00:23:39.899 --> 00:23:40.299
 to have

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 faith

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 and then

00:23:43.279 --> 00:23:44.139
 recounts

00:23:44.139 --> 00:23:45.379
 the incredible

00:23:45.379 --> 00:23:45.979
 things that

00:23:45.979 --> 00:23:46.879
 can be done

00:23:46.879 --> 00:23:47.619
 in faith

00:23:47.619 --> 00:23:48.459
 and the

00:23:48.459 --> 00:23:49.159
 blessings that

00:23:49.159 --> 00:23:50.139
 we receive

00:23:50.139 --> 00:23:51.719
 by faith.

00:23:53.539 --> 00:23:54.719
 I mean

00:23:54.719 --> 00:23:55.219
 sometimes

00:23:55.219 --> 00:23:56.719
 biblical

00:23:56.719 --> 00:23:57.439
 texts become

00:23:57.439 --> 00:23:58.059
 familiar to

00:23:58.059 --> 00:23:58.479
 us and we

00:23:58.479 --> 00:23:59.119
 don't really

00:23:59.119 --> 00:24:00.419
 pause and

00:24:00.419 --> 00:24:00.719
 read them

00:24:00.719 --> 00:24:01.259
 slowly to

00:24:01.259 --> 00:24:01.659
 think about

00:24:01.659 --> 00:24:01.879
 them.

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 And the

00:24:03.559 --> 00:24:04.000
 thing is if

00:24:04.000 --> 00:24:04.479
 we're paying

00:24:04.479 --> 00:24:05.699
 attention to

00:24:05.699 --> 00:24:06.859
 this interaction

00:24:06.859 --> 00:24:07.719
 between Jesus

00:24:07.719 --> 00:24:08.079
 and the

00:24:08.079 --> 00:24:09.339
 disciples it

00:24:09.339 --> 00:24:09.819
 can seem

00:24:09.819 --> 00:24:10.179
 like a

00:24:10.179 --> 00:24:11.339
 really odd

00:24:11.339 --> 00:24:12.679
 transition on

00:24:12.679 --> 00:24:13.519
 Jesus' part

00:24:13.519 --> 00:24:14.159
 which he does

00:24:14.159 --> 00:24:14.699
 frequently.

00:24:16.299 --> 00:24:17.500
 Jesus look at

00:24:17.500 --> 00:24:18.019
 that dead

00:24:18.019 --> 00:24:20.059
 tree you

00:24:20.059 --> 00:24:20.599
 should have

00:24:20.599 --> 00:24:21.039
 faith.

00:24:24.539 --> 00:24:25.319
 So what do

00:24:25.319 --> 00:24:25.799
 we do with

00:24:25.799 --> 00:24:26.059
 that?

00:24:28.659 --> 00:24:29.779
 He is making

00:24:29.779 --> 00:24:30.319
 a profound

00:24:30.319 --> 00:24:30.859
 point.

00:24:32.359 --> 00:24:33.539
 He formed

00:24:33.539 --> 00:24:34.479
 a contrast

00:24:34.479 --> 00:24:35.399
 in this

00:24:35.399 --> 00:24:36.099
 response

00:24:36.099 --> 00:24:37.299
 between

00:24:37.299 --> 00:24:38.339
 dead

00:24:38.339 --> 00:24:39.639
 external

00:24:39.639 --> 00:24:41.159
 fruitless

00:24:41.159 --> 00:24:41.759
 religion

00:24:41.759 --> 00:24:44.299
 and living

00:24:44.299 --> 00:24:44.979
 by faith.

00:24:47.500 --> 00:24:48.559
 People can

00:24:48.559 --> 00:24:49.299
 be very good

00:24:49.299 --> 00:24:49.819
 at building

00:24:49.819 --> 00:24:50.959
 a religious

00:24:50.959 --> 00:24:51.659
 facade

00:24:51.659 --> 00:24:52.959
 even ones

00:24:52.959 --> 00:24:53.259
 that seem

00:24:53.259 --> 00:24:54.059
 very godly.

00:24:55.059 --> 00:24:55.359
 And what

00:24:55.359 --> 00:24:55.959
 Christ said

00:24:55.959 --> 00:24:56.879
 in contrast

00:24:56.879 --> 00:24:58.039
 to this

00:24:58.039 --> 00:25:00.279
 is not

00:25:00.279 --> 00:25:00.940
 that people

00:25:00.940 --> 00:25:01.420
 need to

00:25:01.420 --> 00:25:02.359
 try harder

00:25:02.359 --> 00:25:03.240
 or that

00:25:03.240 --> 00:25:03.599
 they even

00:25:03.599 --> 00:25:03.960
 need to

00:25:03.960 --> 00:25:04.119
 do

00:25:04.119 --> 00:25:04.599
 different

00:25:04.599 --> 00:25:05.220
 works

00:25:05.220 --> 00:25:06.700
 but that

00:25:06.700 --> 00:25:07.019
 they need

00:25:07.019 --> 00:25:07.680
 to believe.

00:25:11.180 --> 00:25:11.759
 This is

00:25:11.759 --> 00:25:12.079
 what the

00:25:12.079 --> 00:25:13.079
 gospel calls

00:25:13.079 --> 00:25:13.819
 us to do

00:25:13.819 --> 00:25:14.659
 is it not?

00:25:16.119 --> 00:25:16.960
 Let go

00:25:16.960 --> 00:25:17.759
 of our own

00:25:17.759 --> 00:25:18.359
 works because

00:25:18.359 --> 00:25:18.819
 none of them

00:25:18.819 --> 00:25:19.279
 measure up

00:25:19.279 --> 00:25:19.680
 anyway.

00:25:20.680 --> 00:25:21.039
 Let's be

00:25:21.039 --> 00:25:21.399
 honest.

00:25:21.400 --> 00:25:23.040
 and come

00:25:23.040 --> 00:25:23.540
 to Christ

00:25:23.540 --> 00:25:24.320
 by faith

00:25:24.320 --> 00:25:25.640
 to receive

00:25:25.640 --> 00:25:26.220
 salvation.

00:25:28.140 --> 00:25:29.100
 For those

00:25:29.100 --> 00:25:29.460
 who are

00:25:29.460 --> 00:25:30.220
 in Adam

00:25:30.220 --> 00:25:31.540
 the law

00:25:31.540 --> 00:25:32.140
 demands

00:25:32.140 --> 00:25:33.080
 perfection

00:25:33.080 --> 00:25:35.640
 and breathes

00:25:35.640 --> 00:25:36.140
 fire

00:25:36.140 --> 00:25:37.519
 and offers

00:25:37.519 --> 00:25:38.600
 only damnation.

00:25:41.300 --> 00:25:42.440
 For those

00:25:42.440 --> 00:25:43.160
 in Adam

00:25:43.160 --> 00:25:44.160
 the gavel

00:25:44.160 --> 00:25:44.820
 of God's

00:25:44.820 --> 00:25:45.380
 covenantal

00:25:45.380 --> 00:25:46.060
 courtroom

00:25:46.060 --> 00:25:47.100
 has sounded

00:25:47.100 --> 00:25:47.900
 and screams

00:25:47.900 --> 00:25:48.800
 guilty

00:25:48.800 --> 00:25:51.420
 and the

00:25:51.420 --> 00:25:52.160
 recompense

00:25:52.160 --> 00:25:54.060
 is death.

00:25:57.140 --> 00:25:58.000
 For those

00:25:58.000 --> 00:25:58.540
 who claim

00:25:58.540 --> 00:25:58.940
 to the

00:25:58.940 --> 00:25:59.400
 law

00:25:59.400 --> 00:26:00.600
 and remain

00:26:00.600 --> 00:26:01.120
 cordially

00:26:01.120 --> 00:26:01.800
 attached to

00:26:01.800 --> 00:26:02.460
 their own

00:26:02.460 --> 00:26:03.040
 efforts

00:26:03.040 --> 00:26:03.560
 to be

00:26:03.560 --> 00:26:04.280
 acceptable

00:26:04.280 --> 00:26:05.040
 to God

00:26:05.040 --> 00:26:06.880
 there's

00:26:06.880 --> 00:26:07.380
 no hope.

00:26:11.120 --> 00:26:11.720
 But

00:26:11.720 --> 00:26:13.980
 one of the

00:26:13.980 --> 00:26:14.519
 best words

00:26:14.519 --> 00:26:14.740
 in the

00:26:14.740 --> 00:26:14.980
 Bible

00:26:14.980 --> 00:26:15.380
 right

00:26:15.380 --> 00:26:15.880
 but

00:26:15.880 --> 00:26:18.060
 for those

00:26:18.060 --> 00:26:18.460
 who have

00:26:18.460 --> 00:26:19.040
 come to

00:26:19.040 --> 00:26:19.420
 Christ

00:26:19.420 --> 00:26:20.100
 by faith

00:26:20.100 --> 00:26:22.120
 Christ

00:26:22.120 --> 00:26:22.840
 offers to

00:26:22.840 --> 00:26:23.160
 us the

00:26:23.160 --> 00:26:23.480
 forgiveness

00:26:23.480 --> 00:26:23.920
 of all

00:26:23.920 --> 00:26:24.280
 of our

00:26:24.280 --> 00:26:24.700
 sins.

00:26:26.160 --> 00:26:26.720
 In

00:26:26.720 --> 00:26:27.040
 Christ

00:26:27.040 --> 00:26:27.360
 we are

00:26:27.360 --> 00:26:27.760
 able

00:26:27.760 --> 00:26:28.380
 to look

00:26:28.380 --> 00:26:29.200
 not to

00:26:29.200 --> 00:26:29.640
 our own

00:26:29.640 --> 00:26:30.080
 works

00:26:30.080 --> 00:26:31.800
 but to

00:26:31.800 --> 00:26:32.280
 make appeal

00:26:32.280 --> 00:26:32.620
 to the

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 cross

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 as the

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 reason

00:26:35.180 --> 00:26:35.880
 that God

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 should

00:26:36.140 --> 00:26:36.480
 forgive

00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:36.960
 us.

00:26:38.040 --> 00:26:38.500
 As the

00:26:38.500 --> 00:26:38.740
 Father

00:26:38.740 --> 00:26:39.220
 has poured

00:26:39.220 --> 00:26:39.760
 out all

00:26:39.760 --> 00:26:40.060
 of his

00:26:40.060 --> 00:26:40.440
 wrath

00:26:40.440 --> 00:26:40.940
 due to

00:26:40.940 --> 00:26:41.440
 sins

00:26:41.440 --> 00:26:42.940
 there.

00:26:42.940 --> 00:26:45.940
 we can

00:26:45.940 --> 00:26:46.340
 point to

00:26:46.340 --> 00:26:46.759
 Christ's

00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:47.140
 perfect

00:26:47.140 --> 00:26:47.580
 life

00:26:47.580 --> 00:26:48.000
 and point

00:26:48.000 --> 00:26:48.559
 to him

00:26:48.559 --> 00:26:49.880
 as our

00:26:49.880 --> 00:26:50.920
 representative

00:26:50.920 --> 00:26:52.400
 who stands

00:26:52.400 --> 00:26:52.920
 in heaven

00:26:52.920 --> 00:26:53.580
 to plead

00:26:53.580 --> 00:26:54.799
 our case

00:26:54.799 --> 00:26:56.000
 before the

00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:56.460
 throne of

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 God's

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 court.

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 For the

00:27:00.559 --> 00:27:01.000
 Christian

00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:02.460
 the gavel

00:27:02.460 --> 00:27:03.880
 has also

00:27:03.880 --> 00:27:04.440
 thundered

00:27:04.440 --> 00:27:07.200
 but for

00:27:07.200 --> 00:27:08.500
 those who

00:27:08.500 --> 00:27:08.960
 cling to

00:27:08.960 --> 00:27:09.360
 Christ

00:27:09.360 --> 00:27:10.259
 by faith

00:27:10.259 --> 00:27:11.819
 the verdict

00:27:11.819 --> 00:27:12.379
 does not

00:27:12.379 --> 00:27:12.819
 ring out

00:27:12.819 --> 00:27:13.460
 guilty

00:27:13.460 --> 00:27:15.059
 but

00:27:15.059 --> 00:27:15.819
 justified.

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 No one

00:27:20.619 --> 00:27:22.259
 can read

00:27:22.259 --> 00:27:22.740
 the list

00:27:22.740 --> 00:27:23.119
 of your

00:27:23.119 --> 00:27:23.619
 offenses

00:27:23.619 --> 00:27:24.720
 to God's

00:27:24.720 --> 00:27:25.180
 courtroom

00:27:25.180 --> 00:27:25.940
 because someone

00:27:25.940 --> 00:27:26.519
 has poured

00:27:26.519 --> 00:27:27.379
 blood on it.

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 Just one

00:27:34.440 --> 00:27:35.220
 final note

00:27:35.220 --> 00:27:36.500
 about our

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 text here

00:27:37.140 --> 00:27:38.599
 in Mark.

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 Many

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 have

00:27:42.259 --> 00:27:43.140
 suggested

00:27:43.140 --> 00:27:44.440
 that the

00:27:44.440 --> 00:27:44.940
 place

00:27:44.940 --> 00:27:46.180
 where these

00:27:46.180 --> 00:27:47.440
 money changers

00:27:47.440 --> 00:27:48.579
 were selling

00:27:48.579 --> 00:27:49.099
 their goods

00:27:49.099 --> 00:27:49.619
 was in

00:27:49.619 --> 00:27:50.200
 the

00:27:50.200 --> 00:27:51.339
 outermost

00:27:51.339 --> 00:27:52.720
 section

00:27:52.720 --> 00:27:53.920
 of the

00:27:53.920 --> 00:27:54.160
 temple

00:27:54.160 --> 00:27:54.720
 property

00:27:54.720 --> 00:27:57.379
 and this

00:27:57.379 --> 00:27:58.039
 area was

00:27:58.039 --> 00:27:58.740
 set aside

00:27:58.740 --> 00:27:59.220
 for

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 Gentiles

00:28:00.200 --> 00:28:01.940
 because

00:28:01.940 --> 00:28:02.660
 they were

00:28:02.660 --> 00:28:03.099
 not allowed

00:28:03.099 --> 00:28:03.519
 to enter

00:28:03.519 --> 00:28:04.319
 the innermost

00:28:04.319 --> 00:28:05.460
 parts

00:28:05.460 --> 00:28:06.240
 of the

00:28:06.240 --> 00:28:06.500
 temple

00:28:06.500 --> 00:28:07.039
 where only

00:28:07.039 --> 00:28:07.420
 Jews

00:28:07.420 --> 00:28:07.900
 could go.

00:28:07.900 --> 00:28:10.259
 By

00:28:10.259 --> 00:28:11.280
 setting up

00:28:11.280 --> 00:28:11.700
 these

00:28:11.700 --> 00:28:12.740
 sales

00:28:12.740 --> 00:28:13.280
 tables

00:28:13.280 --> 00:28:14.860
 the

00:28:14.860 --> 00:28:15.540
 nations

00:28:15.540 --> 00:28:16.080
 were

00:28:16.080 --> 00:28:17.320
 effectively

00:28:17.320 --> 00:28:18.080
 blocked

00:28:18.080 --> 00:28:19.600
 from

00:28:19.600 --> 00:28:20.340
 coming to

00:28:20.340 --> 00:28:20.540
 worship

00:28:20.540 --> 00:28:20.940
 God.

00:28:23.880 --> 00:28:24.120
 And yet

00:28:24.120 --> 00:28:24.700
 we read

00:28:24.700 --> 00:28:25.200
 in

00:28:25.200 --> 00:28:26.160
 Isaiah

00:28:26.160 --> 00:28:29.860
 56

00:28:29.860 --> 00:28:31.640
 6-8

00:28:31.640 --> 00:28:33.780
 and the

00:28:33.780 --> 00:28:34.220
 foreigners

00:28:34.220 --> 00:28:34.560
 who

00:28:34.560 --> 00:28:34.860
 join

00:28:34.860 --> 00:28:35.259
 themselves

00:28:35.259 --> 00:28:35.500
 to

00:28:35.500 --> 00:28:35.640
 the

00:28:35.640 --> 00:28:35.900
 Lord

00:28:35.900 --> 00:28:36.120
 to

00:28:36.120 --> 00:28:36.520
 minister

00:28:36.520 --> 00:28:36.759
 to

00:28:36.759 --> 00:28:37.100
 him

00:28:37.100 --> 00:28:38.100
 to

00:28:38.100 --> 00:28:38.400
 love

00:28:38.400 --> 00:28:38.580
 the

00:28:38.580 --> 00:28:38.759
 name

00:28:38.759 --> 00:28:38.900
 of

00:28:38.900 --> 00:28:39.040
 the

00:28:39.040 --> 00:28:39.400
 Lord

00:28:39.400 --> 00:28:40.259
 and

00:28:40.259 --> 00:28:40.360
 to

00:28:40.360 --> 00:28:40.500
 be

00:28:40.500 --> 00:28:40.700
 his

00:28:40.700 --> 00:28:41.020
 servants

00:28:41.020 --> 00:28:41.500
 everyone

00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:41.800
 who

00:28:41.800 --> 00:28:42.140
 keeps

00:28:42.140 --> 00:28:42.400
 the

00:28:42.400 --> 00:28:42.740
 Sabbath

00:28:42.740 --> 00:28:43.400
 and

00:28:43.400 --> 00:28:43.580
 does

00:28:43.580 --> 00:28:43.840
 not

00:28:43.840 --> 00:28:44.300
 profane

00:28:44.300 --> 00:28:44.440
 it

00:28:44.440 --> 00:28:44.640
 and

00:28:44.640 --> 00:28:44.980
 holds

00:28:44.980 --> 00:28:45.300
 fast

00:28:45.300 --> 00:28:45.420
 to

00:28:45.420 --> 00:28:45.600
 my

00:28:45.600 --> 00:28:45.960
 covenant

00:28:45.960 --> 00:28:47.160
 these

00:28:47.160 --> 00:28:47.340
 I

00:28:47.340 --> 00:28:47.500
 will

00:28:47.500 --> 00:28:47.759
 bring

00:28:47.759 --> 00:28:47.940
 to

00:28:47.940 --> 00:28:48.140
 my

00:28:48.140 --> 00:28:48.440
 holy

00:28:48.440 --> 00:28:48.840
 mountain

00:28:48.840 --> 00:28:50.400
 and

00:28:50.400 --> 00:28:50.600
 make

00:28:50.600 --> 00:28:50.759
 them

00:28:50.759 --> 00:28:51.259
 joyful

00:28:51.259 --> 00:28:51.620
 in

00:28:51.620 --> 00:28:52.000
 my

00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:52.360
 house

00:28:52.360 --> 00:28:52.520
 of

00:28:52.520 --> 00:28:52.920
 prayer

00:28:52.920 --> 00:28:54.840
 their

00:28:54.840 --> 00:28:55.120
 burnt

00:28:55.120 --> 00:28:55.140
!

00:28:55.140 --> 00:28:55.720
 offerings

00:28:55.720 --> 00:28:55.900
 and

00:28:55.900 --> 00:28:56.080
 their

00:28:56.080 --> 00:28:56.759
 sacrifices

00:28:56.759 --> 00:28:57.040
 will

00:28:57.040 --> 00:28:57.180
 be

00:28:57.180 --> 00:28:57.720
 accepted

00:28:57.720 --> 00:28:57.740
!

00:28:57.740 --> 00:28:57.980
 on

00:28:57.980 --> 00:28:58.299
 my

00:28:58.299 --> 00:28:58.779
 altar

00:28:58.779 --> 00:28:59.880
 for

00:28:59.880 --> 00:29:00.279
 my

00:29:00.279 --> 00:29:00.859
 house

00:29:00.859 --> 00:29:01.799
 shall

00:29:01.799 --> 00:29:02.039
 be

00:29:02.039 --> 00:29:02.460
 called

00:29:02.460 --> 00:29:02.700
 a

00:29:02.700 --> 00:29:03.039
 house

00:29:03.039 --> 00:29:03.240
 of

00:29:03.240 --> 00:29:03.700
 prayer

00:29:03.700 --> 00:29:04.900
 for

00:29:04.900 --> 00:29:05.319
 all

00:29:05.319 --> 00:29:05.980
 peoples

00:29:05.980 --> 00:29:07.640
 the

00:29:07.640 --> 00:29:07.920
 Lord

00:29:07.920 --> 00:29:08.339
 God

00:29:08.339 --> 00:29:08.559
 who

00:29:08.559 --> 00:29:09.079
 gathers

00:29:09.079 --> 00:29:09.319
 the

00:29:09.319 --> 00:29:09.859
 outcasts

00:29:09.859 --> 00:29:09.960
 of

00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:10.299
 Israel

00:29:10.299 --> 00:29:10.980
 declares

00:29:10.980 --> 00:29:11.799
 I

00:29:11.799 --> 00:29:12.079
 will

00:29:12.079 --> 00:29:12.620
 gather

00:29:12.620 --> 00:29:13.140
 yet

00:29:13.140 --> 00:29:13.700
 others

00:29:13.700 --> 00:29:13.920
 to

00:29:13.920 --> 00:29:14.259
 him

00:29:14.259 --> 00:29:14.740
 besides

00:29:14.740 --> 00:29:15.640
 those

00:29:15.640 --> 00:29:16.700
 already

00:29:16.700 --> 00:29:17.140
 gathered

00:29:17.140 --> 00:29:20.059
 God

00:29:20.059 --> 00:29:21.900
 longs

00:29:21.900 --> 00:29:22.980
 to

00:29:22.980 --> 00:29:23.299
 bring

00:29:23.299 --> 00:29:23.519
 the

00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:23.980
 nations

00:29:23.980 --> 00:29:24.480
 to

00:29:24.480 --> 00:29:24.859
 his

00:29:24.859 --> 00:29:25.940
 house

00:29:25.940 --> 00:29:27.160
 of

00:29:27.160 --> 00:29:27.620
 worship

00:29:27.619 --> 00:29:30.839
 and

00:29:30.839 --> 00:29:30.959
 the

00:29:30.959 --> 00:29:31.179
 good

00:29:31.179 --> 00:29:31.479
 news

00:29:31.479 --> 00:29:31.939
 is

00:29:31.939 --> 00:29:33.339
 that

00:29:33.339 --> 00:29:33.779
 each

00:29:33.779 --> 00:29:34.199
 and

00:29:34.199 --> 00:29:34.599
 every

00:29:34.599 --> 00:29:35.159
 person

00:29:35.159 --> 00:29:36.299
 is

00:29:36.299 --> 00:29:36.619
 welcome

00:29:36.619 --> 00:29:36.859
 to

00:29:36.859 --> 00:29:37.239
 come

00:29:37.239 --> 00:29:37.639
 and

00:29:37.639 --> 00:29:38.039
 trust

00:29:38.039 --> 00:29:38.259
 in

00:29:38.259 --> 00:29:38.559
 Christ

00:29:38.559 --> 00:29:38.819
 by

00:29:38.819 --> 00:29:39.219
 faith

00:29:39.219 --> 00:29:41.559
 God

00:29:41.559 --> 00:29:42.799
 will

00:29:42.799 --> 00:29:43.439
 deny

00:29:43.439 --> 00:29:43.879
 no

00:29:43.879 --> 00:29:44.259
 one

00:29:44.259 --> 00:29:45.459
 entrance

00:29:45.459 --> 00:29:45.879
 into

00:29:45.879 --> 00:29:46.179
 his

00:29:46.179 --> 00:29:46.659
 kingdom

00:29:46.659 --> 00:29:48.459
 if

00:29:48.459 --> 00:29:49.559
 they

00:29:49.559 --> 00:29:49.979
 come

00:29:49.979 --> 00:29:50.379
 to

00:29:50.379 --> 00:29:50.919
 Christ

00:29:50.919 --> 00:29:51.279
 and

00:29:51.279 --> 00:29:51.639
 trust

00:29:51.639 --> 00:29:51.859
 in

00:29:51.859 --> 00:29:52.139
 him

00:29:52.139 --> 00:29:53.819
 and

00:29:53.819 --> 00:29:54.359
 Christ

00:29:54.359 --> 00:29:55.259
 will

00:29:55.259 --> 00:29:55.779
 drive

00:29:55.779 --> 00:29:56.339
 out

00:29:56.339 --> 00:29:57.519
 those

00:29:57.519 --> 00:29:57.699
 who

00:29:57.699 --> 00:29:57.879
 would

00:29:57.879 --> 00:29:58.259
 block

00:29:58.259 --> 00:29:58.459
 you

00:29:58.459 --> 00:29:58.699
 from

00:29:58.699 --> 00:29:59.019
 coming

00:29:59.019 --> 00:29:59.240
 to

00:29:59.240 --> 00:29:59.519
 him

00:29:59.519 --> 00:30:02.139
 all

00:30:02.139 --> 00:30:02.279
 of

00:30:02.279 --> 00:30:02.399
 us

00:30:02.399 --> 00:30:02.579
 here

00:30:02.579 --> 00:30:03.159
 should

00:30:03.159 --> 00:30:04.500
 rejoice

00:30:04.500 --> 00:30:05.500
 at

00:30:05.500 --> 00:30:05.799
 that

00:30:05.799 --> 00:30:06.439
 invitation

00:30:06.439 --> 00:30:06.839
 whether

00:30:06.839 --> 00:30:07.480
 you

00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:07.740
 need

00:30:07.740 --> 00:30:07.899
 to

00:30:07.899 --> 00:30:08.279
 trust

00:30:08.279 --> 00:30:08.659
 Christ

00:30:08.659 --> 00:30:09.000
 today

00:30:09.000 --> 00:30:09.220
 for

00:30:09.220 --> 00:30:09.339
 the

00:30:09.339 --> 00:30:09.799
 first

00:30:09.799 --> 00:30:10.359
 time

00:30:10.359 --> 00:30:11.939
 that

00:30:11.939 --> 00:30:12.219
 could

00:30:12.219 --> 00:30:12.619
 be

00:30:12.619 --> 00:30:14.579
 and

00:30:14.579 --> 00:30:14.799
 this

00:30:14.799 --> 00:30:14.939
 is

00:30:14.939 --> 00:30:15.099
 the

00:30:15.099 --> 00:30:15.399
 moment

00:30:15.399 --> 00:30:15.579
 to

00:30:15.579 --> 00:30:15.779
 do

00:30:15.779 --> 00:30:16.179
 it

00:30:16.179 --> 00:30:17.439
 or

00:30:17.439 --> 00:30:18.699
 you

00:30:18.699 --> 00:30:19.000
 simply

00:30:19.000 --> 00:30:19.219
 need

00:30:19.219 --> 00:30:19.319
 to

00:30:19.319 --> 00:30:19.439
 hear

00:30:19.439 --> 00:30:19.619
 the

00:30:19.619 --> 00:30:20.059
 promises

00:30:20.059 --> 00:30:20.279
 of

00:30:20.279 --> 00:30:20.399
 the

00:30:20.399 --> 00:30:20.799
 gospel

00:30:20.799 --> 00:30:21.399
 anew

00:30:21.399 --> 00:30:22.299
 to

00:30:22.299 --> 00:30:22.779
 refresh

00:30:22.779 --> 00:30:23.099
 your

00:30:23.099 --> 00:30:23.459
 faith

00:30:23.459 --> 00:30:25.559
 come

00:30:25.559 --> 00:30:25.740
 to

00:30:25.740 --> 00:30:26.039
 Christ

00:30:26.039 --> 00:30:26.399
 now

00:30:26.399 --> 00:30:26.619
 and

00:30:26.619 --> 00:30:26.919
 drink

00:30:26.919 --> 00:30:27.139
 from

00:30:27.139 --> 00:30:27.299
 the

00:30:27.299 --> 00:30:27.559
 fountain

00:30:27.559 --> 00:30:27.719
 of

00:30:27.719 --> 00:30:27.939
 life

00:30:27.939 --> 00:30:28.199
 giving

00:30:28.199 --> 00:30:28.599
 water

00:30:28.599 --> 00:30:31.679
 the

00:30:31.679 --> 00:30:32.059
 life

00:30:32.059 --> 00:30:32.240
 that

00:30:32.240 --> 00:30:32.419
 he

00:30:32.419 --> 00:30:32.819
 offers

00:30:32.819 --> 00:30:33.259
 us

00:30:33.259 --> 00:30:33.859
 is

00:30:33.859 --> 00:30:34.319
 eternal

00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:36.679
 Christ

00:30:36.679 --> 00:30:37.099
 came

00:30:37.099 --> 00:30:37.279
 to

00:30:37.279 --> 00:30:37.419
 the

00:30:37.419 --> 00:30:37.719
 temple

00:30:37.719 --> 00:30:38.240
 in

00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:38.639
 judgment

00:30:38.639 --> 00:30:38.939
 and

00:30:38.939 --> 00:30:39.119
 he

00:30:39.119 --> 00:30:39.679
 cursed

00:30:39.679 --> 00:30:40.079
 it

00:30:40.079 --> 00:30:41.819
 just

00:30:41.819 --> 00:30:42.039
 as

00:30:42.039 --> 00:30:42.240
 he

00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:43.459
 triumphantly

00:30:43.459 --> 00:30:44.039
 entered

00:30:44.039 --> 00:30:44.759
 Jerusalem

00:30:44.759 --> 00:30:45.359
 Christ

00:30:45.359 --> 00:30:45.679
 will

00:30:45.679 --> 00:30:46.919
 triumphantly

00:30:46.919 --> 00:30:47.359
 come

00:30:47.359 --> 00:30:47.879
 again

00:30:47.879 --> 00:30:48.079
 at

00:30:48.079 --> 00:30:48.199
 the

00:30:48.199 --> 00:30:48.500
 last

00:30:48.500 --> 00:30:48.740
 day

00:30:48.740 --> 00:30:48.919
 he

00:30:48.919 --> 00:30:49.119
 will

00:30:49.119 --> 00:30:49.419
 render

00:30:49.419 --> 00:30:50.000
 judgment

00:30:50.000 --> 00:30:51.319
 and

00:30:51.319 --> 00:30:51.519
 will

00:30:51.519 --> 00:30:51.839
 issue

00:30:51.839 --> 00:30:52.379
 curses

00:30:52.379 --> 00:30:52.599
 for

00:30:52.599 --> 00:30:52.859
 all

00:30:52.859 --> 00:30:53.299
 those

00:30:53.299 --> 00:30:53.919
 who

00:30:53.919 --> 00:30:54.119
 have

00:30:54.119 --> 00:30:54.539
 trusted

00:30:54.539 --> 00:30:54.799
 in

00:30:54.799 --> 00:30:55.240
 false

00:30:55.240 --> 00:30:56.459
 religion

00:30:56.460 --> 00:30:59.220
 but

00:30:59.220 --> 00:30:59.360
 for

00:30:59.360 --> 00:30:59.559
 those

00:30:59.559 --> 00:30:59.700
 who

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 trust

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 in

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 him

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 he

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 will

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 render

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 the

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 verdict

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 of

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 not

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 guilty

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 and

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 will

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 welcome

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 us

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 what

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 a

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 striking

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 word

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 isn't

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 it

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 welcome

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 us

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 into

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 the

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 new

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 creation

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 where

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 we

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 will

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 be

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 given

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 a

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 crown

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 of

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 life

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 and

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 loved

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 by

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 him

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 forever

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 let's

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 pray