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 Well, it may be helpful for us just to remember here that Mark's gospel is not a collection of random events that took place in Jesus's life.

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 Now, we've said this many times throughout this study, and from time to time, it's just good to be reminded of it.

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 Because when we come to this particular passage, it seems like it is placed oddly in Mark's gospel, right?

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 I mean, it just, it kind of sticks out a little bit.

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 And as we're going through, we know that Mark isn't dealing with things in a strictly chronological way.

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 But he's just finished up this section where he's really dealing with the disciples a lot,

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 and these events that surround the disciples and them beginning to see that he is truly the Son of God, that he is divine in his nature.

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 And then he's about to move forward to some other miracles.

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 This passage contains no miracles.

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 There is actually some very important teaching.

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 But it just seems odd that it would be placed here.

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 Like, why not put this back in chapter 3 when he was already dealing with the Pharisees and the issues over the Sabbath and those kinds of things?

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 But, of course, we understand that it is not here by any kind of mistake.

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 It's actually here for quite an important purpose.

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 When we're looking at the overall timelines here of what's happening in Jesus's life,

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 remember, in these last few verses in chapter 6, Jesus's popularity has probably reached its peak in Galilee.

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 That's where he spent most of his time up to this point, especially in Capernaum.

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 And then there's this issue of the feeding of the 5,000, and then they're following him everywhere, and he's going through Gennesaret.

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 His popularity in Galilee really kind of reaches its peak.

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 But then remember, the very next day, after the feeding of the 5,000, John tells us that most of Jesus's followers left him.

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 And then what's he going to do at the end of this passage?

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 If you've read ahead, you know the places that he goes to next are not in the Jewish regions of Galilee.

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 He spends his time among the Gentiles now.

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 What does this passage help us understand in that transition?

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 It helps us understand why.

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 These men, these Pharisees and scribes, represented the apostate nation of Israel.

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 And it was necessary, as we'll get to in a couple of weeks,

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 it was necessary for Jesus to first go to the Jews.

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 And he even instructed his apostles to do the same thing.

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 But it was never meant, the gospel was never meant to be exclusive to the Jews.

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 It just began with them.

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 And in their apostasy, and perhaps even to reveal their apostasy,

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 Jesus spends this time in Galilee.

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 He exposes these Pharisees and scribes.

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 And then from there, he moves on.

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 You remember what they're doing.

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 They're seeking to destroy him.

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 And so Jesus leaves that.

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 Maybe you would think, if maybe you're new to the gospel books,

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 and you're looking at all of these really amazing things that Jesus has done,

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 and you think, everywhere Jesus goes, everybody that's sick is all of a sudden well.

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 Like, that's amazing.

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 And he's controlling storms with his words, and he's feeding people,

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 thousands of people, with just a few pieces of fish and bread.

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 And we think, why would anybody be against that?

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 Like, who in the world would see that and have a problem with Jesus?

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 Well, then Mark gives us this little example of why these people had a problem with Jesus.

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 They basically ignored all of those things of his identity and what he was doing

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 because they were so deeply offended at his lack of regard for them and their rules.

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 And that's what we're really going to get into today.

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 It may be a temptation for us, as we look through these verses,

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 to focus so much on these three parentheticals

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 that we actually end up missing the real issues here

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 and the main point of the passage itself.

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 This is a popular passage in modern times among modern Christians,

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 at least here in the United States,

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 because there's almost like this generational war that happens in churches.

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 There is one generation that are used to worshiping or doing things in one way,

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 and then there is another generation that wants to change all of that and do different things.

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 And this becomes somewhat of a battleground passage among some people

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 where those who want to change all the stuff that has traditionally been done

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 will come to this passage in verse 7,

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 and they'll just look at those parentheticals.

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 And they'll say, well, you're just a Pharisee because this is what they were doing.

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 They had all of these traditions that they did,

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 and then there was this Corbin thing, and look what this is,

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 and then look what Jesus declared was all of a sudden fine.

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 And they use this, they focus on the parentheticals to say,

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 tradition is bad, Jesus says we can do whatever we want,

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 and that kind of becomes their synopsis of the passage.

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 Okay, they may prove their point in pointing out the dangers of traditionalism

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 and certainly the dangers of legalism,

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 but in the process they may actually miss the point of the passage.

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 There are two major issues at stake in this confrontation that Jesus has with the Pharisees.

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 These are so important.

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 In fact, if you'd like to keep notes, you should probably write these down.

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 This is what's going to guide our conversation, our time of preaching today, okay?

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 The first one is this, the authority of Scripture.

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 The authority of Scripture is at stake here.

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 That's an issue.

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 It's not just about the Pharisees had a way of doing things

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 and others had a different way of doing it.

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 It's not just about that.

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 It's about the questioning of the authority of the Bible.

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 Then there's the way of salvation.

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 The gospel is implicated here,

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 and we're going to deal with that mainly next week.

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 Both of these are interwoven in both of these sections, okay?

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 They're interwoven all throughout.

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 We're going to deal with them both ways.

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 But this section that we're dealing with today

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 is going to have more of a focus on the authority of the Bible,

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 the authority of Scripture.

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 Next Sunday is going to have more of a focus

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 on how what the Pharisees were doing

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 was actually distorting the gospel,

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 and they were perverting a true gospel.

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 The great danger of Phariseeism,

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 listen, especially those of you who are like me

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 that just sometimes like to go against the grain

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 on purpose to aggravate people, okay?

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 The danger of Phariseeism

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 is not that they limit

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 your freedom to do what you want to do.

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 That's not the danger here.

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 The danger of true Phariseeism

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 is that it ultimately denies the authority of the Bible,

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 and it presents a false gospel

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 that cannot save you.

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 That's the point.

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 That's what we want to understand

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 as we go through these verses, okay?

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 I've broken this section today,

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 1 through 13, into just three statements.

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 Maybe they'll be helpful for you as well.

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 The first thing that I wrote down

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 for the first four verses is this,

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 developing tradition.

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 Developing tradition.

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 Look with me at verse 1.

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 Now, when the Pharisees gathered to him

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 with some of the scribes

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 who had come from Jerusalem,

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 they saw that some of his disciples

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 ate with hands that were defiled,

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 that is, unwashed.

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 And so we understand

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 that religious leaders

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 are seldom presented in the gospels

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 as friendly to Jesus.

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 And this passage is no exception to that.

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 And remember, the Pharisees and the scribes

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 played a very significant role

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 in the life of Judaism,

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 especially in the first century.

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 Now, these men considered themselves

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 to be the holiest of Israelites,

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 but their understanding of holiness

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 was very superficial.

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 It was all external.

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 And they established themselves

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 as the religious authorities of the people.

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 They demanded that all the people

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 listen to them

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 and follow their regulations

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 that they had developed.

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 And they were the type of individuals,

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 as we studied through the gospels,

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 that always had an ax to grind.

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 You know those type of people, right?

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 You probably work with people

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 like that sometimes,

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 that you can't actually have

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 a conversation with them

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 without them bringing up something

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 that they don't like

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 about what you're doing

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 or how you're doing it.

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 You know those people.

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 The Pharisees were those people.

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 And it wasn't just with Jesus.

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 It was with everybody.

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 They always had an ax to grind.

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 There was always something

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 they were picking apart

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 about everybody else.

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 And by the way,

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 when it came to their traditions,

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 it seems like they were actually

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 pretty good at keeping their laws.

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 But they were also very open

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 to condemn everybody else

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 for not keeping their laws.

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 And so Mark records

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 that a group of these men

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 come from Jerusalem again,

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 and they have surrounded Jesus.

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 Look at verse one again.

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 Now when the Pharisees gathered to him,

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 the implication here in the language

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 is that they have encircled him almost.

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 That's kind of the picture we get.

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 Jesus is with people.

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 The Pharisees kind of stand

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 in between that.

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 They encircle Jesus.

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 Why?

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 In order that they may trap him.

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 That's what they wanted to do.

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 And their accusation on this day

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 seems so silly.

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 What they were upset about

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 was that some of Jesus' disciples

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 ate some food in front of them,

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 and they didn't wash their hands first.

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 And they've determined

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 that because the disciples

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 didn't wash their hands,

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 that they're going to surround Jesus.

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 They're going to bring an accusation

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 against him,

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 and they're going to cause a problem.

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 Look at verse three.

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 Here's the parenthetical.

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 For Pharisees and all the Jews

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 do not eat unless they wash

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 their hands properly,

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 holding to the tradition of the elders.

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 And when they come from the marketplace,

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 they do not eat unless they wash.

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 And there are many other traditions

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 that they observe,

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 such as the washing of cups and pots

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 and copper vessels and dining couches.

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 So Mark gives us a little explanation here

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 of this is why they were bothered.

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 This is what was going on.

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 And so the first thing obviously

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 has to do with them washing their hands.

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 And then he says,

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 this is what the Jews do.

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 They do not eat unless they wash their hands.

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 And there's a way that they would do this.

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 This was regulated by the Pharisees.

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 They had to do it a certain way.

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 They took some water

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 and they first held their fingertips up

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 so that when the water came down,

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 it would drip off of their wrist.

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 And then they would immediately

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 turn their fingertips down

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 and it would run off the other direction.

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 And then they would take their fist

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 and they would kind of like

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 scrub their hands with their fist.

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 In fact, your Bible may actually

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 have a footnote here

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 that says that a literal interpretation

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 of this Greek phrase

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 means that they washed with a fist.

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 And that's what they're doing.

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 They're scrubbing their hands.

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 Now, this was just to eat a meal.

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 And then Mark tells us

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 that there are other things like this

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 that they did.

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 In fact, when they went to the marketplace,

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 they would take a bath afterwards.

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 And we can see archaeologically,

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 there are all these mikvahs

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 that are around Israel

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 that would be commonplace

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 and around many homes.

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 And basically, they were so concerned

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 with being defiled in the marketplace

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 because you never know

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 who you're going to bump into there.

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 You may bump into a Gentile.

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 You may bump into an unclean person.

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 Remember the lady with the issue of blood?

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 She presses through the crowd.

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 Nobody knows she has an issue of blood

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 until Jesus actually brings attention to it.

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 And then all of a sudden,

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 all of them are defiled.

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 They're all unclean.

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 And they got to go home and take a bath.

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 And they got to take a bath

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 so they can have a meal.

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 And there were these laws

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 in regards, not God's laws,

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 these were pharisaical laws

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 that according to washing pots

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 and cups and all these things

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 is really, it got quite extensive.

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 And that's really what Mark

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 is describing here.

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 And so the offense of the Pharisees

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 and scribes here

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 had to do with breaking

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 the tradition of the elders.

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 So this was developed over time.

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 Remember, there's a 400-year gap

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 between the return from Babylon

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 and Jesus' birth.

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 And in the midst of this time,

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 it started as a noble reason.

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 They began to develop these laws

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 that would help them

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 obey the Lord better

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 because it was disobedience to the Lord

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 that got them in the mess with Babylon.

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 And so they developed these things.

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 There is, in the 3rd or 4th century BC,

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 the Mishnah was developed.

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 This, if you were to have a copy of it today,

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 it's about 1,000 pages.

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 And basically, the Mishnah

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 is a commentary on the Torah.

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 The Torah is God's law.

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 That is the Old Testament scriptures.

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 The Mishnah is this really long book

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 that describes how you are to go

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 about obeying God's law

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 in various circumstances.

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 And then probably the 2nd century AD,

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 a multi-volume set comes out

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 called the Talmud.

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 And the Talmud is a commentary

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 on the Mishnah.

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 So think about this.

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 God's law is hard enough.

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 It's demanding.

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 And then these men,

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 over the course of all these years,

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 have developed hundreds and hundreds

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 and hundreds of more laws

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 that God did not require,

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 but they required.

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 And they developed this tradition

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 that became known as

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 the tradition of the elders.

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 Now, the motivation behind

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 the development of these traditions

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 may have been noble,

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 but they were fundamentally flawed

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 from the beginning.

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 And here's why.

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 The reason they developed them

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 is because they considered

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 God's given word

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 as insufficient

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 for them to know

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 how they were to live out their life

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 in various circumstances.

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 They did not believe

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 in the sufficiency of scripture.

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 So even if they just did this

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 so that they could try to keep

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 God's laws the best

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 that they possibly could,

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 their assumption was that

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 God's word wasn't enough.

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 Now, we need to acknowledge

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 that tradition

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 is not intrinsically evil.

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 We know that, right?

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 We all have traditions.

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 Our day-to-day life

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 is directed by tradition

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 that we don't even recognize

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 that we have.

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 The very structure

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 of our service today

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 is not based on something

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 that God has told us to do.

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 He didn't say,

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 this is what your service order should be.

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 This is based on tradition.

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 It's the things that we have gathered

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 and this is how we do it.

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 And if we change it,

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 it bothers me.

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 We don't like to do that, right?

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 But there's nothing intrinsically evil

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 about tradition.

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 Perhaps the way that we see this

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 most clearly

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 is in the celebration of holidays.

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 But at the same time,

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 we should acknowledge

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 that tradition

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 has this unique way

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 of creating division

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 and conflict.

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 There is a particular tradition

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 that my family has

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 that Julie and I

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 have fought about

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 for 12 years now.

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 And it has to do

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 with birthday celebrations.

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 Now, my family,

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 my mom especially,

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 since I was born,

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 I would imagine

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 even since before I was born,

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 even going back

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 to my brother's birth,

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 everybody's birthday

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 gets a birthday cake.

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 It doesn't matter

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 how old you are.

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 Now, this is a common tradition.

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 I recognize that.

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 But every year,

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 it doesn't matter

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 how old you are.

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 It doesn't matter

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 how you're related

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 to the family.

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 You may get no gifts.

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 We may not even get together.

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 But mom wants to know

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 that on my birthday,

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 I had a birthday cake.

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 And the birthday cake

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 is not like

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 whatever you want it to be.

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 It's a quarter sheet cake

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 that you get

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 from the grocery store.

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 It's white cake.

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 Don't even bother

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 suggesting chocolate.

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 It's not that

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 we don't like chocolate.

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 We're blanking ships.

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 We don't eat chocolate cake.

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 That's not what

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 we do on birthdays.

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 We didn't even get

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 marbled cake.

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 It's white cake,

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 buttercream icing.

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 Don't ask for the whipped stuff.

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 Buttercream.

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 It doesn't matter

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 what the design is.

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 It just has to be

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 a quarter sheet cake,

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 white cake

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 with buttercream icing.

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 And then to go along

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 with that

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 is there's candles

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 that correspond to age.

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 I know that's

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 a common tradition as well.

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 And then when it comes time

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 to sing the happy birthday song,

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 what my family does,

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 the right way to do it

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 is that

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 you blow the candles out

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 first.

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 And that is what signifies

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 to everyone in the room,

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 okay, it's time to now

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 sing the song.

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 It's like,

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 it's like the maestro

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 of an orchestra

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 saying, all right,

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 here we go.

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 And then he brings

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 everybody in.

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 Okay, the blowing of the candles

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 is bringing everybody in.

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 All right.

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 Julie comes along

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 and my sister-in-law,

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 Kathleen.

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 And together they decide,

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 I don't want sheet cake.

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 I want cookie cake.

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 Like some kind of barbarian.

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 They want cookie cake.

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 And it gets worse

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 because they don't blow

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 the candles out first.

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 They sing first.

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 And then they blow out candles,

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 which is so weird.

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 Why would you do that?

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 That's a tradition

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 that we have.

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 All right.

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 It bothers me

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 when we don't follow

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 that tradition.

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 Cookie cake is weird.

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 I like cookies.

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 I like cookies.

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 But then on a birthday,

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 you don't have cookie cake.

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 That's not what you eat.

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 Okay.

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 Now,

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 it would be one thing

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 for me to just acknowledge

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 I have a preference

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 with birthday cakes.

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 I have a preference

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 and Julie has a preference

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 and we just agree

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 that we have different

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 preferences on it.

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 Okay, that would be

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 one way to handle it.

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 Another way to handle it

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 would be to say,

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 Julie,

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 so long as you are committed

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 to breaking this tradition,

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 you will never be

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 a real blink and ship.

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 Right?

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 That would be another way

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 to process that tradition.

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 Here's what began happening

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 with the Pharisees

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 and the scribes.

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 They developed these traditions.

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 They developed these regulations.

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 And they essentially said,

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 if you don't follow these,

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 you are not a true child of God.

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 You are not a true Israelite.

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 You are not pleasing to the Lord.

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 Neither are you acceptable

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 to the Lord.

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 And it's not that

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 the tradition was wrong.

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 It's not that having things

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 that help guide what you're doing

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 is a bad thing to do.

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 That's okay to do.

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 The problem was that

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 they were turning their traditions

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 into something that it wasn't.

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 And they ended up denying

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 the authority of God's word.

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 And they ended up teaching

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 that outward conformity

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 to their rules

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 was actually necessary

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 for salvation.

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 And it produced this fear.

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 Think about these Jews

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 that would go to the marketplace.

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 They're so worried

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 about being unclean

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 because they accidentally

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 touched somebody

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 that is ceremonial unclean

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 that all of a sudden

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 they're not acceptable

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 to God anymore.

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 And so they have baths

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 outside of their house

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 in order that they can clean up

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 as soon as they come back

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 from the marketplace

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 so that God doesn't get angry

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 with them.

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 That's what,

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 it developed this fear.

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 Now listen,

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 I don't know what kind of environment

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 you've grown up in.

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 And I don't know

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 what kind of traditions

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 you've been taught

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 throughout your life.

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 And again,

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 there's nothing wrong

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 with traditions

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 in and of themselves.

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 But if you're living

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 by traditions

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 to the extent

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 that you think

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 if I don't hurry up

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 and fix this thing

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 that I messed up,

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 God's going to be angry with me,

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 there's a problem.

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 So first we see

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 developing tradition,

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 then we see

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 elevating tradition.

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 Verse five,

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 and the Pharisees

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 and the scribes

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 asked him,

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 why do your disciples

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 not walk according

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 to the tradition

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 of the elders,

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 but instead

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 eat with defiled hands?

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 Now this is not

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 an example

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 of a genuine inquiry

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 on their part.

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 They're not asking

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 a sincere question here.

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 This is an accusation.

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 Remember,

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 they were not Galileans.

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 Mark says in verse one,

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 they came from Jerusalem

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 and there's one reason

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 that they came.

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 They wanted to entrap Jesus.

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 They were trying

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 to find a way

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 to accuse him

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 in order that they might

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 destroy him.

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 In fact,

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 just flip a couple of pages

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 back to chapter three.

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 We've seen this already.

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 Mark chapter three,

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 look at verse six.

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 Jesus has just healed

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 the man with the withered hand.

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 They were unhappy

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 that he did that

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 on the Sabbath.

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 And here's what happened.

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 The Pharisees went out

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 and immediately held counsel

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 with the Herodians,

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 which were their enemies,

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 and they held counsel

00:20:30.860 --> 00:20:31.500
 against him

00:20:31.500 --> 00:20:32.740
 how they might

00:20:32.740 --> 00:20:33.880
 destroy him.

00:20:34.799 --> 00:20:35.620
 That's months

00:20:35.620 --> 00:20:36.220
 before

00:20:36.220 --> 00:20:37.559
 this takes place,

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 or at least in the way

00:20:38.320 --> 00:20:39.380
 that Mark presents it.

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 Months before.

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 Now there are

00:20:42.620 --> 00:20:43.640
 these delegations

00:20:43.640 --> 00:20:44.460
 of Pharisees

00:20:44.460 --> 00:20:45.019
 and scribes

00:20:45.019 --> 00:20:45.980
 coming to Galilee

00:20:45.980 --> 00:20:46.759
 from Jerusalem

00:20:46.759 --> 00:20:48.360
 for the sole purpose

00:20:48.360 --> 00:20:49.960
 of finding a way

00:20:49.960 --> 00:20:51.079
 to accuse Jesus

00:20:51.079 --> 00:20:52.299
 so that they might

00:20:52.299 --> 00:20:53.519
 destroy him.

00:20:53.579 --> 00:20:54.420
 And why did they

00:20:54.420 --> 00:20:55.579
 want to destroy him?

00:20:55.700 --> 00:20:56.819
 It wasn't because

00:20:56.819 --> 00:20:58.039
 he broke God's law.

00:20:58.680 --> 00:20:59.819
 It wasn't because

00:20:59.819 --> 00:21:01.160
 he was doing bad things.

00:21:01.279 --> 00:21:02.180
 It was because

00:21:02.180 --> 00:21:03.960
 he broke their law

00:21:03.960 --> 00:21:06.420
 and their tradition.

00:21:08.420 --> 00:21:09.200
 Their anger

00:21:09.200 --> 00:21:09.759
 was not due

00:21:09.759 --> 00:21:10.559
 to any violation

00:21:10.559 --> 00:21:11.319
 against God.

00:21:11.839 --> 00:21:13.400
 It was their own pride.

00:21:13.400 --> 00:21:15.320
 They had elevated

00:21:15.320 --> 00:21:16.420
 their traditions

00:21:16.420 --> 00:21:17.680
 to a place

00:21:17.680 --> 00:21:18.560
 of equality

00:21:18.560 --> 00:21:20.220
 with God's word.

00:21:21.220 --> 00:21:22.100
 So they were

00:21:22.100 --> 00:21:23.400
 deeply offended then

00:21:23.400 --> 00:21:24.640
 whenever Jesus

00:21:24.640 --> 00:21:25.580
 and his disciples

00:21:25.580 --> 00:21:27.060
 disregarded their rules.

00:21:27.980 --> 00:21:28.880
 Now think about this.

00:21:29.820 --> 00:21:30.620
 Their hearts

00:21:30.620 --> 00:21:31.780
 were so hardened

00:21:31.780 --> 00:21:32.640
 to the truth

00:21:32.640 --> 00:21:34.259
 that they refused

00:21:34.259 --> 00:21:34.880
 to consider

00:21:34.880 --> 00:21:35.660
 all that Jesus

00:21:35.660 --> 00:21:36.600
 had done and taught.

00:21:38.660 --> 00:21:39.820
 They were so filled

00:21:39.820 --> 00:21:40.620
 with pride

00:21:40.619 --> 00:21:42.299
 that they sought

00:21:42.299 --> 00:21:43.339
 to destroy

00:21:43.339 --> 00:21:44.979
 to murder

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 the one

00:21:46.139 --> 00:21:47.179
 who walked on water

00:21:47.179 --> 00:21:49.159
 and healed

00:21:49.159 --> 00:21:50.099
 the multitudes

00:21:50.099 --> 00:21:51.779
 and fed

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 thousands of people

00:21:52.859 --> 00:21:53.579
 and all these things

00:21:53.579 --> 00:21:54.719
 we've seen Jesus do.

00:21:55.539 --> 00:21:56.439
 They didn't care

00:21:56.439 --> 00:21:56.979
 about that.

00:21:57.879 --> 00:21:58.919
 They were blind

00:21:58.919 --> 00:21:59.339
 to that.

00:21:59.459 --> 00:21:59.779
 Why?

00:22:00.519 --> 00:22:01.379
 Their own pride.

00:22:02.159 --> 00:22:03.119
 And what their pride

00:22:03.119 --> 00:22:03.679
 had caused them

00:22:03.679 --> 00:22:04.500
 to do was elevate

00:22:04.500 --> 00:22:05.079
 their tradition

00:22:05.079 --> 00:22:05.679
 to the place

00:22:05.679 --> 00:22:06.419
 of God's word.

00:22:07.379 --> 00:22:08.319
 Now this question

00:22:08.319 --> 00:22:09.039
 also reveals

00:22:09.039 --> 00:22:10.099
 another problem.

00:22:10.099 --> 00:22:10.599
 This question

00:22:10.599 --> 00:22:11.359
 that the Pharisees

00:22:11.359 --> 00:22:11.799
 and scribes

00:22:11.799 --> 00:22:12.379
 asked Jesus.

00:22:13.699 --> 00:22:15.919
 And it's not only

00:22:15.919 --> 00:22:16.779
 that they denied

00:22:16.779 --> 00:22:17.279
 the authority

00:22:17.279 --> 00:22:17.779
 of scripture

00:22:17.779 --> 00:22:19.019
 but it actually

00:22:19.019 --> 00:22:19.799
 begins to reveal

00:22:19.799 --> 00:22:20.679
 their false gospel.

00:22:22.259 --> 00:22:23.539
 So by elevating

00:22:23.539 --> 00:22:24.139
 their rules

00:22:24.139 --> 00:22:24.779
 to be equal

00:22:24.779 --> 00:22:25.679
 with God's word

00:22:25.679 --> 00:22:27.079
 they linked

00:22:27.079 --> 00:22:27.699
 acceptance

00:22:27.699 --> 00:22:28.579
 with God

00:22:28.579 --> 00:22:30.179
 with conformity

00:22:30.179 --> 00:22:31.039
 to their laws.

00:22:31.579 --> 00:22:32.359
 And essentially

00:22:32.359 --> 00:22:33.039
 this is what

00:22:33.039 --> 00:22:33.559
 their question

00:22:33.559 --> 00:22:34.159
 was saying.

00:22:34.679 --> 00:22:35.899
 You can't be

00:22:35.899 --> 00:22:37.079
 right with God

00:22:37.079 --> 00:22:39.299
 if you're

00:22:39.299 --> 00:22:40.119
 not obedient

00:22:40.119 --> 00:22:41.299
 to us.

00:22:42.000 --> 00:22:42.319
 Do you see

00:22:42.319 --> 00:22:42.659
 the link

00:22:42.659 --> 00:22:43.460
 that's being made

00:22:43.460 --> 00:22:43.579
 here?

00:22:43.639 --> 00:22:44.179
 This is a legitimate

00:22:44.179 --> 00:22:44.599
 link.

00:22:44.819 --> 00:22:45.220
 They're saying

00:22:45.220 --> 00:22:46.019
 if you break

00:22:46.019 --> 00:22:46.960
 our law

00:22:46.960 --> 00:22:47.839
 it's as if

00:22:47.839 --> 00:22:48.500
 you are breaking

00:22:48.500 --> 00:22:49.500
 God's law

00:22:49.500 --> 00:22:50.379
 therefore the one

00:22:50.379 --> 00:22:51.139
 who is really

00:22:51.139 --> 00:22:52.059
 offended right now

00:22:52.059 --> 00:22:52.939
 is not the

00:22:52.939 --> 00:22:54.119
 pharisaical sect

00:22:54.119 --> 00:22:55.579
 but it's God

00:22:55.579 --> 00:22:56.139
 himself

00:22:56.139 --> 00:22:57.179
 is displeased

00:22:57.179 --> 00:22:57.480
 with you

00:22:57.480 --> 00:22:57.879
 not because

00:22:57.879 --> 00:22:58.339
 of his law

00:22:58.339 --> 00:22:59.059
 but because

00:22:59.059 --> 00:23:00.779
 of our law.

00:23:01.119 --> 00:23:01.319
 And so

00:23:01.319 --> 00:23:02.119
 we begin

00:23:02.119 --> 00:23:02.419
 to see

00:23:02.419 --> 00:23:02.799
 their false

00:23:02.799 --> 00:23:03.220
 gospel.

00:23:03.779 --> 00:23:04.680
 Their gospel

00:23:04.680 --> 00:23:05.360
 that they're

00:23:05.360 --> 00:23:06.000
 purporting

00:23:06.000 --> 00:23:06.920
 is that

00:23:06.920 --> 00:23:07.579
 you are

00:23:07.579 --> 00:23:08.019
 right with

00:23:08.019 --> 00:23:08.319
 God

00:23:08.319 --> 00:23:08.860
 based on

00:23:08.860 --> 00:23:09.339
 how you

00:23:09.339 --> 00:23:09.700
 fulfill

00:23:09.700 --> 00:23:10.220
 the law.

00:23:10.460 --> 00:23:10.680
 It was

00:23:10.680 --> 00:23:11.740
 self-righteousness

00:23:11.740 --> 00:23:12.220
 had nothing

00:23:12.220 --> 00:23:12.460
 to do

00:23:12.460 --> 00:23:12.860
 with God's

00:23:12.860 --> 00:23:13.160
 grace

00:23:13.160 --> 00:23:13.860
 had nothing

00:23:13.860 --> 00:23:14.100
 to do

00:23:14.100 --> 00:23:14.640
 with mercy

00:23:14.640 --> 00:23:15.339
 had nothing

00:23:15.339 --> 00:23:15.600
 to do

00:23:15.600 --> 00:23:16.140
 with faith

00:23:16.140 --> 00:23:16.680
 it was

00:23:16.680 --> 00:23:17.299
 totally

00:23:17.299 --> 00:23:18.360
 antithetical

00:23:18.360 --> 00:23:18.920
 to everything

00:23:18.920 --> 00:23:19.640
 Jesus was

00:23:19.640 --> 00:23:19.940
 teaching

00:23:19.940 --> 00:23:20.600
 was true.

00:23:21.360 --> 00:23:21.559
 And they

00:23:21.559 --> 00:23:22.059
 said no

00:23:22.059 --> 00:23:22.960
 eternal life

00:23:22.960 --> 00:23:23.440
 and acceptance

00:23:23.440 --> 00:23:23.940
 with God

00:23:23.940 --> 00:23:24.400
 is based

00:23:24.400 --> 00:23:24.920
 on how

00:23:24.920 --> 00:23:25.860
 good of a

00:23:25.860 --> 00:23:26.259
 Jew you

00:23:26.259 --> 00:23:26.500
 are

00:23:26.500 --> 00:23:27.019
 and not

00:23:27.019 --> 00:23:27.319
 only how

00:23:27.319 --> 00:23:27.720
 good of a

00:23:27.720 --> 00:23:28.100
 Jew you

00:23:28.100 --> 00:23:28.279
 are

00:23:28.279 --> 00:23:28.640
 but how

00:23:28.640 --> 00:23:29.000
 well you

00:23:29.000 --> 00:23:29.500
 follow all

00:23:29.500 --> 00:23:29.759
 of these

00:23:29.759 --> 00:23:30.319
 other things

00:23:30.319 --> 00:23:30.980
 as well.

00:23:31.059 --> 00:23:31.339
 They had

00:23:31.339 --> 00:23:32.000
 elevated

00:23:32.000 --> 00:23:32.500
 their

00:23:32.500 --> 00:23:33.660
 tradition.

00:23:36.359 --> 00:23:36.980
 And this

00:23:36.980 --> 00:23:37.259
 is the

00:23:37.259 --> 00:23:37.420
 very

00:23:37.420 --> 00:23:37.859
 definition

00:23:37.859 --> 00:23:38.059
 of

00:23:38.059 --> 00:23:38.519
 legalism

00:23:38.519 --> 00:23:38.839
 isn't it?

00:23:38.859 --> 00:23:39.160
 That's the

00:23:39.160 --> 00:23:39.460
 word that

00:23:39.460 --> 00:23:39.779
 we most

00:23:39.779 --> 00:23:40.279
 often use

00:23:40.279 --> 00:23:40.700
 for this

00:23:40.700 --> 00:23:41.960
 is legalism

00:23:41.960 --> 00:23:42.619
 and we

00:23:42.619 --> 00:23:43.000
 can be a

00:23:43.000 --> 00:23:43.319
 little too

00:23:43.319 --> 00:23:43.940
 quick to

00:23:43.940 --> 00:23:44.700
 label someone

00:23:44.700 --> 00:23:45.000
 as a

00:23:45.000 --> 00:23:45.619
 legalist

00:23:45.619 --> 00:23:46.720
 simply for

00:23:46.720 --> 00:23:47.339
 having a

00:23:47.339 --> 00:23:47.700
 particular

00:23:47.700 --> 00:23:48.180
 standard

00:23:48.180 --> 00:23:48.579
 and that's

00:23:48.579 --> 00:23:49.099
 really wrong

00:23:49.099 --> 00:23:49.339
 of us

00:23:49.339 --> 00:23:49.680
 to do

00:23:49.680 --> 00:23:50.400
 but

00:23:50.400 --> 00:23:51.500
 true

00:23:51.500 --> 00:23:52.259
 legalism

00:23:52.259 --> 00:23:53.420
 is when

00:23:53.420 --> 00:23:53.859
 outward

00:23:53.859 --> 00:23:54.799
 conformity

00:23:54.799 --> 00:23:56.180
 is linked

00:23:56.180 --> 00:23:56.660
 with

00:23:56.660 --> 00:23:57.539
 acceptance

00:23:57.539 --> 00:23:58.599
 with

00:23:58.599 --> 00:23:58.879
 God

00:23:58.879 --> 00:23:59.039
 in

00:23:59.039 --> 00:23:59.420
 eternity.

00:23:59.920 --> 00:24:00.279
 That's

00:24:00.279 --> 00:24:00.559
 true

00:24:00.559 --> 00:24:01.240
 legalism.

00:24:01.579 --> 00:24:01.859
 It

00:24:01.859 --> 00:24:02.220
 perverts

00:24:02.220 --> 00:24:02.420
 the

00:24:02.420 --> 00:24:02.759
 gospel

00:24:02.759 --> 00:24:02.899
 and

00:24:02.899 --> 00:24:03.019
 it

00:24:03.019 --> 00:24:03.440
 diminishes

00:24:03.440 --> 00:24:03.819
 God's

00:24:03.819 --> 00:24:04.059
 word.

00:24:04.859 --> 00:24:05.079
 Now I want

00:24:05.079 --> 00:24:05.299
 to be

00:24:05.299 --> 00:24:05.559
 careful

00:24:05.559 --> 00:24:05.779
 I'm going

00:24:05.779 --> 00:24:06.119
 to illustrate

00:24:06.119 --> 00:24:06.539
 this and

00:24:06.539 --> 00:24:06.659
 I want

00:24:06.659 --> 00:24:06.819
 to be

00:24:06.819 --> 00:24:07.059
 careful

00:24:07.059 --> 00:24:07.440
 how I

00:24:07.440 --> 00:24:07.779
 do it

00:24:07.779 --> 00:24:07.920
 because

00:24:07.920 --> 00:24:08.099
 I don't

00:24:08.099 --> 00:24:08.200
 want

00:24:08.200 --> 00:24:08.359
 to be

00:24:08.359 --> 00:24:08.920
 disrespectful.

00:24:12.180 --> 00:24:12.639
 Julie

00:24:12.639 --> 00:24:12.920
 and I

00:24:12.920 --> 00:24:14.180
 both grew

00:24:14.180 --> 00:24:14.460
 up in

00:24:14.460 --> 00:24:14.619
 some

00:24:14.619 --> 00:24:15.059
 environments

00:24:15.059 --> 00:24:15.599
 that

00:24:15.599 --> 00:24:19.039
 leaned

00:24:19.039 --> 00:24:20.319
 this way

00:24:20.319 --> 00:24:20.680
 in some

00:24:20.680 --> 00:24:21.079
 areas

00:24:21.079 --> 00:24:21.799
 and Julie

00:24:21.799 --> 00:24:22.220
 I think

00:24:22.220 --> 00:24:22.720
 more so

00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:24.200
 than me

00:24:24.200 --> 00:24:26.160
 and we

00:24:26.160 --> 00:24:26.759
 know people

00:24:26.759 --> 00:24:27.299
 who have

00:24:27.299 --> 00:24:28.000
 put such

00:24:28.000 --> 00:24:28.620
 an incredible

00:24:28.620 --> 00:24:29.480
 amount of

00:24:29.480 --> 00:24:30.140
 emphasis on

00:24:30.140 --> 00:24:31.460
 external matters

00:24:31.460 --> 00:24:32.799
 like what

00:24:32.799 --> 00:24:33.460
 you wear

00:24:33.460 --> 00:24:35.900
 and in an

00:24:35.900 --> 00:24:36.559
 attempt to

00:24:36.559 --> 00:24:37.319
 guard against

00:24:37.319 --> 00:24:38.120
 immodesty

00:24:38.120 --> 00:24:38.799
 and inappropriate

00:24:38.799 --> 00:24:39.680
 dress which are

00:24:39.680 --> 00:24:40.279
 good things to

00:24:40.279 --> 00:24:40.840
 guard against

00:24:40.840 --> 00:24:41.519
 they developed

00:24:41.519 --> 00:24:42.319
 these particular

00:24:42.319 --> 00:24:43.039
 traditions and

00:24:43.039 --> 00:24:43.600
 rules that

00:24:43.600 --> 00:24:44.240
 they would try

00:24:44.240 --> 00:24:44.900
 to enforce on

00:24:44.900 --> 00:24:45.600
 others and

00:24:45.600 --> 00:24:46.480
 it was a

00:24:46.480 --> 00:24:47.279
 noble reason

00:24:47.279 --> 00:24:48.019
 at heart but

00:24:48.019 --> 00:24:48.480
 what they ended

00:24:48.480 --> 00:24:49.220
 up doing was

00:24:49.220 --> 00:24:49.840
 falling into

00:24:49.840 --> 00:24:50.680
 this pharisaical

00:24:50.680 --> 00:24:52.059
 trap and

00:24:52.059 --> 00:24:52.759
 let's be

00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:53.180
 honest I

00:24:53.180 --> 00:24:53.559
 have plenty

00:24:53.559 --> 00:24:53.880
 of those

00:24:53.880 --> 00:24:54.180
 things in

00:24:54.180 --> 00:24:54.400
 that I'm

00:24:54.400 --> 00:24:54.759
 guilty of

00:24:54.759 --> 00:24:55.680
 doing as

00:24:55.680 --> 00:24:56.519
 well and

00:24:56.519 --> 00:24:57.080
 have been

00:24:57.080 --> 00:24:58.799
 now

00:24:58.799 --> 00:25:01.140
 there was a

00:25:01.140 --> 00:25:02.039
 particular thing

00:25:02.039 --> 00:25:03.180
 that they

00:25:03.180 --> 00:25:04.039
 felt was

00:25:04.039 --> 00:25:05.200
 especially

00:25:05.200 --> 00:25:06.000
 egregious

00:25:06.000 --> 00:25:07.380
 and that was

00:25:07.380 --> 00:25:08.360
 for a

00:25:08.360 --> 00:25:08.900
 woman to

00:25:08.900 --> 00:25:09.860
 wear pants

00:25:09.860 --> 00:25:11.140
 and I

00:25:11.140 --> 00:25:11.440
 don't mean

00:25:11.440 --> 00:25:11.820
 this in a

00:25:11.820 --> 00:25:12.240
 funny way I

00:25:12.240 --> 00:25:12.600
 mean this in

00:25:12.600 --> 00:25:13.160
 a real way

00:25:13.160 --> 00:25:13.720
 this is this

00:25:13.720 --> 00:25:14.299
 and they still

00:25:14.299 --> 00:25:14.799
 live this way

00:25:14.799 --> 00:25:15.460
 they believe

00:25:15.460 --> 00:25:16.259
 this in this

00:25:16.259 --> 00:25:17.160
 way that a

00:25:17.160 --> 00:25:17.680
 woman shouldn't

00:25:17.680 --> 00:25:18.259
 wear pants

00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:19.180
 now if that's

00:25:19.180 --> 00:25:19.640
 a standard that

00:25:19.640 --> 00:25:20.100
 you have that

00:25:20.100 --> 00:25:20.900
 bothers me not

00:25:20.900 --> 00:25:21.279
 in the least

00:25:21.279 --> 00:25:22.100
 bit I think

00:25:22.100 --> 00:25:22.840
 that's fine my

00:25:22.840 --> 00:25:23.340
 mom for the

00:25:23.340 --> 00:25:23.860
 most part

00:25:23.859 --> 00:25:24.879
 lives that

00:25:24.879 --> 00:25:25.179
 way and

00:25:25.179 --> 00:25:25.619
 there's no

00:25:25.619 --> 00:25:26.439
 problem there

00:25:26.439 --> 00:25:28.139
 but what

00:25:28.139 --> 00:25:28.699
 they would do

00:25:28.699 --> 00:25:29.279
 is this would

00:25:29.279 --> 00:25:30.039
 work itself

00:25:30.039 --> 00:25:30.979
 out in many

00:25:30.979 --> 00:25:31.240
 kind of

00:25:31.240 --> 00:25:31.639
 unreasonable

00:25:31.639 --> 00:25:32.439
 ways what

00:25:32.439 --> 00:25:32.679
 they would

00:25:32.679 --> 00:25:32.979
 do is they

00:25:32.979 --> 00:25:33.359
 would quote

00:25:33.359 --> 00:25:33.899
 this passage

00:25:33.899 --> 00:25:34.559
 in Leviticus

00:25:34.559 --> 00:25:36.099
 that says a

00:25:36.099 --> 00:25:36.779
 woman should

00:25:36.779 --> 00:25:37.279
 not wear that

00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:37.839
 which pertained

00:25:37.839 --> 00:25:38.419
 to a man and

00:25:38.419 --> 00:25:38.819
 a man should

00:25:38.819 --> 00:25:39.339
 not wear that

00:25:39.339 --> 00:25:39.819
 which pertained

00:25:39.819 --> 00:25:40.339
 to a woman

00:25:40.339 --> 00:25:40.699
 and they would

00:25:40.699 --> 00:25:41.299
 say well pants

00:25:41.299 --> 00:25:41.959
 really belong to

00:25:41.959 --> 00:25:42.879
 a man so for

00:25:42.879 --> 00:25:43.459
 a woman to wear

00:25:43.459 --> 00:25:44.179
 pants that means

00:25:44.179 --> 00:25:44.679
 that their

00:25:44.679 --> 00:25:45.639
 femininity has

00:25:45.639 --> 00:25:46.299
 been diminished

00:25:46.299 --> 00:25:46.679
 and they're

00:25:46.679 --> 00:25:47.399
 actually becoming

00:25:47.399 --> 00:25:48.419
 more masculine

00:25:48.419 --> 00:25:49.319
 in that process

00:25:49.319 --> 00:25:50.179
 and then when you

00:25:50.179 --> 00:25:50.819
 say well explain

00:25:50.819 --> 00:25:51.399
 to me how that

00:25:51.399 --> 00:25:51.979
 works and they

00:25:51.979 --> 00:25:52.539
 would point to

00:25:52.539 --> 00:25:53.859
 restroom signs and

00:25:53.859 --> 00:25:54.740
 they say well how

00:25:54.740 --> 00:25:55.399
 do you know which

00:25:55.399 --> 00:25:56.339
 bathroom to go to

00:25:56.339 --> 00:25:58.039
 and so you only

00:25:58.039 --> 00:25:59.299
 know because the

00:25:59.299 --> 00:26:00.119
 ladies restroom has

00:26:00.119 --> 00:26:01.319
 a symbol with a

00:26:01.319 --> 00:26:01.940
 woman with a

00:26:01.940 --> 00:26:03.599
 skirt and a

00:26:03.599 --> 00:26:04.720
 men's restroom you

00:26:04.720 --> 00:26:05.139
 only know that

00:26:05.139 --> 00:26:05.819
 that's the men's

00:26:05.819 --> 00:26:06.559
 not because it

00:26:06.559 --> 00:26:07.579
 says men's but

00:26:07.579 --> 00:26:08.299
 because there's a

00:26:08.299 --> 00:26:09.599
 symbol of pants

00:26:09.599 --> 00:26:10.200
 and that and they

00:26:10.200 --> 00:26:11.039
 honestly that's that's

00:26:11.039 --> 00:26:11.539
 what they would use

00:26:11.539 --> 00:26:11.980
 they would they

00:26:11.980 --> 00:26:12.619
 would describe it in

00:26:12.619 --> 00:26:13.639
 this way there and

00:26:13.639 --> 00:26:14.139
 there were funny

00:26:14.139 --> 00:26:15.059
 things that were

00:26:15.059 --> 00:26:16.059
 outworkings of this

00:26:16.059 --> 00:26:17.339
 whenever Julie

00:26:17.339 --> 00:26:18.159
 growing up in her

00:26:18.159 --> 00:26:18.740
 youth group whenever

00:26:18.740 --> 00:26:19.380
 they would go on a

00:26:19.380 --> 00:26:20.279
 ski trip from time

00:26:20.279 --> 00:26:21.859
 to time they they

00:26:21.859 --> 00:26:24.019
 were it was

00:26:24.019 --> 00:26:25.000
 necessary their

00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:26.240
 particular regulation

00:26:26.240 --> 00:26:27.299
 was to wear culottes

00:26:27.299 --> 00:26:27.740
 if you know what

00:26:27.740 --> 00:26:28.259
 those are they're

00:26:28.259 --> 00:26:29.299
 kind of unusual but

00:26:29.299 --> 00:26:30.299
 they're I think

00:26:30.299 --> 00:26:31.339
 they're popular I

00:26:31.339 --> 00:26:31.680
 think they get

00:26:31.680 --> 00:26:32.279
 popular again aren't

00:26:32.279 --> 00:26:33.799
 they but this they

00:26:33.799 --> 00:26:34.799
 were popular anyways

00:26:34.799 --> 00:26:36.500
 they would wear these

00:26:36.500 --> 00:26:37.640
 culottes well they

00:26:37.640 --> 00:26:38.759
 would wear ski bibs

00:26:38.759 --> 00:26:39.519
 and you know what

00:26:39.519 --> 00:26:40.480
 ski bibs are they

00:26:40.480 --> 00:26:41.500
 may basically make

00:26:41.500 --> 00:26:41.980
 you look like

00:26:41.980 --> 00:26:42.579
 brightly colored

00:26:42.579 --> 00:26:43.400
 marshmallows coming

00:26:43.400 --> 00:26:44.880
 down the the ski slope

00:26:44.880 --> 00:26:45.400
 like they're just

00:26:45.400 --> 00:26:46.140
 massive like they're

00:26:46.140 --> 00:26:47.279
 puffy those kinds of

00:26:47.279 --> 00:26:47.880
 things they would have

00:26:47.880 --> 00:26:48.620
 ski bibs they

00:26:48.619 --> 00:26:49.199
 weren't allowed to

00:26:49.199 --> 00:26:49.979
 just wear ski bibs

00:26:49.979 --> 00:26:50.579
 they had to wear

00:26:50.579 --> 00:26:51.839
 culottes over top of

00:26:51.839 --> 00:26:52.719
 their ski bibs and

00:26:52.719 --> 00:26:53.319
 they called them ski

00:26:53.319 --> 00:26:53.959
 lots is what they

00:26:53.959 --> 00:26:55.519
 called them and which

00:26:55.519 --> 00:26:56.639
 is just a silly way to

00:26:56.639 --> 00:26:58.159
 see how this begins to

00:26:58.159 --> 00:26:59.939
 be an outworking of of

00:26:59.939 --> 00:27:02.000
 this tradition now if

00:27:02.000 --> 00:27:02.759
 that's a tradition you

00:27:02.759 --> 00:27:05.199
 hold fine no problem

00:27:05.199 --> 00:27:08.279
 the problem becomes when

00:27:08.279 --> 00:27:09.579
 they begin to link

00:27:09.579 --> 00:27:11.159
 conformity to those

00:27:11.159 --> 00:27:13.019
 regulations to the

00:27:13.019 --> 00:27:14.119
 sincerity and genuine

00:27:14.119 --> 00:27:15.219
 nature of a person's

00:27:15.219 --> 00:27:18.079
 heart for Jesus none of

00:27:18.079 --> 00:27:19.339
 none of my friends in in

00:27:19.339 --> 00:27:21.139
 that in that particular

00:27:21.139 --> 00:27:22.919
 situation would ever say

00:27:22.919 --> 00:27:24.199
 that salvation comes

00:27:24.199 --> 00:27:25.240
 from anything except for

00:27:25.240 --> 00:27:26.799
 the grace of God but but

00:27:26.799 --> 00:27:27.839
 it would not be uncommon

00:27:27.839 --> 00:27:29.799
 for a woman to come to

00:27:29.799 --> 00:27:30.559
 church in a pair of

00:27:30.559 --> 00:27:31.980
 pants and then leave and

00:27:31.980 --> 00:27:33.059
 then the statement after

00:27:33.059 --> 00:27:34.279
 they walk out is can you

00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:34.919
 believe they call

00:27:34.919 --> 00:27:36.199
 themselves a Christian and

00:27:36.199 --> 00:27:37.000
 they would dress like that

00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:39.480
 to church now we can

00:27:39.480 --> 00:27:40.279
 apply that to a lot of

00:27:40.279 --> 00:27:42.419
 different things in my

00:27:42.419 --> 00:27:43.519
 my experience there were

00:27:43.519 --> 00:27:44.480
 movie theaters was a

00:27:44.480 --> 00:27:45.559
 problem you couldn't do

00:27:45.559 --> 00:27:46.440
 that there there were

00:27:46.440 --> 00:27:47.539
 other things drum sets

00:27:47.539 --> 00:27:49.119
 and lots of like silly

00:27:49.119 --> 00:27:50.500
 things okay silly things

00:27:50.500 --> 00:27:51.519
 washing hands and

00:27:51.519 --> 00:27:52.740
 washing pots those kinds

00:27:52.740 --> 00:27:54.619
 of things and the problem

00:27:54.619 --> 00:27:55.460
 is not that they had

00:27:55.460 --> 00:27:57.879
 these standards the problem

00:27:57.879 --> 00:27:59.220
 is that they judged a

00:27:59.220 --> 00:28:02.179
 person's heart for God on

00:28:02.179 --> 00:28:03.419
 the basis of their

00:28:03.419 --> 00:28:05.359
 conformity to their rules

00:28:05.359 --> 00:28:07.319
 not actually their genuine

00:28:07.319 --> 00:28:09.059
 heart to obey God and

00:28:09.059 --> 00:28:10.460
 worship him and love him

00:28:10.460 --> 00:28:12.319
 according to the

00:28:12.319 --> 00:28:14.419
 scriptures you understand

00:28:14.420 --> 00:28:15.300
 the problem here the

00:28:15.300 --> 00:28:16.140
 difference I'm not saying

00:28:16.140 --> 00:28:17.240
 that it's problem to have

00:28:17.240 --> 00:28:19.240
 rules or traditions that's

00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:21.160
 fine that may be helpful

00:28:21.160 --> 00:28:24.360
 but we must be careful and

00:28:24.360 --> 00:28:25.920
 before we condemn people

00:28:25.920 --> 00:28:27.500
 like I just illustrated

00:28:27.500 --> 00:28:29.600
 let's stop and think about

00:28:29.600 --> 00:28:30.940
 all the subtle ways that we

00:28:30.940 --> 00:28:32.460
 may be doing the same thing

00:28:32.460 --> 00:28:37.480
 how quickly we may judge a

00:28:37.480 --> 00:28:40.420
 person's heart with God based

00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:43.420
 on the way that they look or

00:28:43.420 --> 00:28:46.080
 or some things that that they

00:28:46.080 --> 00:28:48.120
 may do that really just break

00:28:48.120 --> 00:28:50.000
 our cultural standard more

00:28:50.000 --> 00:28:51.240
 than it actually breaks God's

00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:54.320
 law we have those things don't

00:28:54.320 --> 00:28:56.519
 we I can think of those things

00:28:56.519 --> 00:28:58.960
 in my own heart I know you can

00:28:58.960 --> 00:29:01.300
 too and it may not be quite as

00:29:01.300 --> 00:29:03.860
 silly as ski lots but we need

00:29:03.860 --> 00:29:06.340
 to beware of this I have more

00:29:06.340 --> 00:29:07.680
 preferences than probably you

00:29:07.680 --> 00:29:10.200
 could bear to listen to my

00:29:10.200 --> 00:29:11.600
 preferences always need to be

00:29:11.599 --> 00:29:14.379
 subservient to the truth that's

00:29:14.379 --> 00:29:16.419
 the emphasis here what is it

00:29:16.419 --> 00:29:20.219
 that matters God's law not

00:29:20.219 --> 00:29:22.839
 Jared's law so have your cookie

00:29:22.839 --> 00:29:28.299
 cake and wear your ski bibs and

00:29:28.299 --> 00:29:33.219
 bang your drum Kyle and less

00:29:33.219 --> 00:29:36.359
 obedient to the Lord finally

00:29:36.359 --> 00:29:39.199
 idolizing tradition developing

00:29:39.199 --> 00:29:42.659
 tradition elevating tradition and

00:29:42.659 --> 00:29:44.699
 then Jesus exposes it as not

00:29:44.699 --> 00:29:47.079
 merely elevating it to the place

00:29:47.079 --> 00:29:50.579
 of scripture but he exposes it as

00:29:50.579 --> 00:29:54.500
 a form of idolatry you can sense the

00:29:54.500 --> 00:29:56.519
 righteous indignation in Jesus's

00:29:56.519 --> 00:29:58.019
 words here that we're about to read

00:29:58.019 --> 00:30:02.379
 he responds to them with passion it's

00:30:02.379 --> 00:30:04.719
 emphatic even in English there's a

00:30:04.720 --> 00:30:07.059
 place where they reveal this the

00:30:07.059 --> 00:30:08.400
 emphatic nature the language I'm

00:30:08.400 --> 00:30:10.539
 putting an explanation point on I

00:30:10.539 --> 00:30:12.180
 think it's verse number nine they put

00:30:12.180 --> 00:30:14.680
 that here because Jesus's words here

00:30:14.680 --> 00:30:19.259
 are so forceful he's seeing he's

00:30:19.259 --> 00:30:21.579
 seeing more to this than what is just

00:30:21.579 --> 00:30:25.360
 a misplaced tradition they become an

00:30:25.360 --> 00:30:29.140
 idol verse 6 and he said to them

00:30:29.140 --> 00:30:31.019
 well did Isaiah prophesy of you

00:30:31.019 --> 00:30:33.779
 hypocrites as it is written this

00:30:33.779 --> 00:30:35.539
 people honors me with their lips but

00:30:35.539 --> 00:30:39.099
 their heart is far from me in vain

00:30:39.099 --> 00:30:41.359
 they worship me teaching as

00:30:41.359 --> 00:30:43.940
 doctrines the commandments of men you

00:30:43.940 --> 00:30:46.139
 leave the commandment of God and hold

00:30:46.139 --> 00:30:49.359
 to the tradition of men so on the one

00:30:49.359 --> 00:30:50.940
 hand the Pharisees were denying the

00:30:50.940 --> 00:30:52.579
 authority of scripture by elevating

00:30:52.579 --> 00:30:54.639
 their rules on the other hand Jesus

00:30:54.639 --> 00:30:56.700
 was affirming the authority of

00:30:56.700 --> 00:30:59.279
 scripture by using Isaiah's prophecy to

00:30:59.279 --> 00:31:01.960
 say this is who you are Isaiah was

00:31:01.960 --> 00:31:05.700
 talking about you that everything looks

00:31:05.700 --> 00:31:08.640
 fine on the outside it looks like

00:31:08.640 --> 00:31:11.100
 you've got it all together and you're

00:31:11.100 --> 00:31:13.539
 wearing all the right things and you're

00:31:13.539 --> 00:31:15.900
 saying all the right things and and

00:31:15.900 --> 00:31:18.000
 nobody's gonna be more pious than what

00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:21.440
 you are but your heart is far from him

00:31:21.440 --> 00:31:24.680
 and Jesus goes on to say that means that

00:31:24.680 --> 00:31:29.100
 your worship is worthless in vain you

00:31:29.099 --> 00:31:32.959
 worship me why because you teach as

00:31:32.959 --> 00:31:36.699
 commandments the doctrines of men he

00:31:36.699 --> 00:31:38.799
 says you're a bunch of hypocrites what

00:31:38.799 --> 00:31:41.199
 does he mean by that he doesn't mean

00:31:41.199 --> 00:31:42.959
 that they have moments of weakness where

00:31:42.959 --> 00:31:45.259
 they fall short of their own standard

00:31:45.259 --> 00:31:48.500
 that's just called being human okay this

00:31:48.500 --> 00:31:50.980
 this word is it comes from Greek theater

00:31:50.980 --> 00:31:52.719
 it has to do with putting on a mask in

00:31:52.719 --> 00:31:54.099
 fact I think that's might be a more

00:31:54.099 --> 00:31:55.819
 literal translation is to put on a mask

00:31:55.819 --> 00:31:57.559
 whenever they would have these three

00:31:57.559 --> 00:31:59.679
 theatrical shows in Greek culture they

00:31:59.679 --> 00:32:01.179
 would have mask attached to sticks

00:32:01.179 --> 00:32:03.240
 perhaps and they would that would show

00:32:03.240 --> 00:32:05.619
 which character they were performing as

00:32:05.619 --> 00:32:08.079
 in that moment okay now the mask was

00:32:08.079 --> 00:32:10.119
 one thing the person behind the mask was

00:32:10.119 --> 00:32:11.519
 something completely different and

00:32:11.519 --> 00:32:13.579
 that's what Jesus is saying you're like

00:32:13.579 --> 00:32:16.259
 these people in the theater on the

00:32:16.259 --> 00:32:18.319
 outside this is what you say and this is

00:32:18.319 --> 00:32:20.639
 what you do and and you've got this this

00:32:20.639 --> 00:32:23.119
 exterior functioning as if you are a

00:32:23.119 --> 00:32:25.679
 a great child of God and a great

00:32:25.679 --> 00:32:27.319
 Israelite but in your heart you

00:32:27.319 --> 00:32:29.559
 couldn't be further from that you're

00:32:29.559 --> 00:32:31.979
 completely different person it's not

00:32:31.979 --> 00:32:37.019
 really who you are they honor God with

00:32:37.019 --> 00:32:38.419
 their lips but they didn't genuinely

00:32:38.419 --> 00:32:39.839
 love him with their hearts in the

00:32:39.839 --> 00:32:42.239
 process of all of this lawmaking they

00:32:42.239 --> 00:32:45.059
 failed to follow the most important law

00:32:45.059 --> 00:32:49.019
 Deuteronomy 6 5 you shall love the

00:32:49.019 --> 00:32:51.219
 Lord your God with all your heart and

00:32:51.220 --> 00:32:53.460
 with all your soul and with all your

00:32:53.460 --> 00:32:57.660
 might and you may want to write down

00:32:57.660 --> 00:32:59.900
 Isaiah chapter 1 verses 10 through 18

00:32:59.900 --> 00:33:01.660
 we'll go there now but you may want to

00:33:01.660 --> 00:33:04.360
 read that later God's problem with

00:33:04.360 --> 00:33:05.860
 Israel in those moments was not that

00:33:05.860 --> 00:33:07.380
 they weren't doing the feast and they

00:33:07.380 --> 00:33:09.240
 weren't doing the sacrifices his problem

00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:11.220
 actually was that they were doing it he

00:33:11.839 --> 00:33:14.519
 said I'm tired of your feast I'm tired of

00:33:14.519 --> 00:33:16.900
 your sacrifices because they don't have

00:33:16.900 --> 00:33:21.460
 your heart and Jesus concluded this

00:33:21.460 --> 00:33:24.620
 charge against them by saying they had

00:33:24.620 --> 00:33:26.620
 rejected the word of God in order to

00:33:26.620 --> 00:33:29.640
 hold to their traditions so that their

00:33:29.640 --> 00:33:32.360
 tradition quite literally had become an

00:33:32.360 --> 00:33:35.640
 idol and by enforcing their laws in the

00:33:35.640 --> 00:33:38.060
 place of God's word they ultimately made

00:33:38.060 --> 00:33:40.920
 themselves gods this is what Sinclair

00:33:40.920 --> 00:33:42.700
 Ferguson said they had replaced God's

00:33:42.700 --> 00:33:45.440
 love with self-love God's law with man's

00:33:45.440 --> 00:33:47.700
 tradition and having made themselves

00:33:47.700 --> 00:33:50.200
 their own gods they were insisting that

00:33:50.200 --> 00:33:55.059
 others follow them or perish now they

00:33:55.059 --> 00:33:57.700
 would have never said that but that's

00:33:57.700 --> 00:33:59.940
 essentially what they were doing verse

00:33:59.940 --> 00:34:03.660
 9 Jesus gives an example and he said to

00:34:03.660 --> 00:34:05.320
 them you have a fine way of rejecting the

00:34:05.320 --> 00:34:07.140
 commandment of God in order to establish

00:34:07.140 --> 00:34:11.139
 your tradition for Moses said honor your

00:34:11.139 --> 00:34:14.440
 father and your mother and whoever reviles

00:34:14.440 --> 00:34:18.200
 father or mother must surely die but you

00:34:18.200 --> 00:34:20.920
 say if a man tells his father or his

00:34:20.920 --> 00:34:22.539
 mother whatever you would have gained from

00:34:22.539 --> 00:34:25.900
 me as Corbin that is given to God then you

00:34:25.900 --> 00:34:28.079
 no longer permit him to do anything for

00:34:28.079 --> 00:34:30.840
 his father or mother thus you make void the

00:34:30.840 --> 00:34:34.380
 word of God by your tradition that you have

00:34:34.380 --> 00:34:39.880
 handed down and many such things you do you

00:34:39.880 --> 00:34:41.480
 can imagine the shock on their face when

00:34:41.480 --> 00:34:44.659
 Jesus makes the charge and then he gives this

00:34:44.659 --> 00:34:48.559
 example of what they were actually doing it

00:34:48.559 --> 00:34:52.000
 was emphatic and you need to remember here

00:34:52.000 --> 00:34:56.960
 that their tradition was initially developed as

00:34:56.960 --> 00:35:00.500
 a means of keeping God's law but what Jesus

00:35:00.500 --> 00:35:02.679
 was now condemning them for was intentionally

00:35:02.679 --> 00:35:06.619
 rejecting God's law he said you have a clever

00:35:06.619 --> 00:35:10.739
 way of rejecting the commandment in place of your

00:35:10.739 --> 00:35:15.039
 own tradition now this example that he gives has

00:35:15.039 --> 00:35:19.000
 to do with this tradition called Corbin and

00:35:19.000 --> 00:35:21.219
 basically the way that it works it kind of gets

00:35:21.219 --> 00:35:23.699
 convoluted but the way that it works is if a

00:35:23.699 --> 00:35:29.960
 person wanted to designate their possessions for a gift

00:35:29.960 --> 00:35:33.799
 to God or to God's service a pharisaical tradition was

00:35:33.800 --> 00:35:37.140
 that they would pronounce Corbin over those possessions

00:35:37.140 --> 00:35:41.480
 and they would remain in control of those things but

00:35:41.480 --> 00:35:43.760
 they weren't allowed to be used for other purposes or

00:35:43.760 --> 00:35:46.880
 given to other people okay so they they say I want to

00:35:46.880 --> 00:35:49.500
 give this to God I'm going to pronounce Corbin over it and

00:35:49.500 --> 00:35:52.120
 at the end of my life it goes to the church or goes to the

00:35:52.120 --> 00:35:54.180
 temple goes to whatever okay that's essentially what is

00:35:54.180 --> 00:35:56.380
 happening here and there's a couple of reasons that people

00:35:56.380 --> 00:36:00.380
 may do this the first reason is a genuine devotion to God and

00:36:00.380 --> 00:36:03.960
 there's nothing wrong with that the Bible talks about making vows there's

00:36:03.960 --> 00:36:07.200
 no problem with making a vow to the Lord we need to make sure we're very

00:36:07.200 --> 00:36:12.019
 mindful of how we do that but essentially they would say I want to

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 please the Lord I want to give this to the Lord and so they pronounce

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 Corbin and the situation that Jesus presents is as if a young man has

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 pronounced Corbin over a certain amount of possessions to be given to the

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 Lord and then some point down the road his aged parents have a problem and

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 they need assistance and they come to him and they say we need some help can

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 you help and and care for us as Moses has commanded that we do

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 and they go and they say okay I want to help and then the Pharisees stop them and

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 say no you can't do that you can't use these resources to help your parents

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 because you pronounced Corbin over those those issues and look at Jesus's

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 language in verse number 12 then you no longer permit him to do anything for his

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 father or mother in other words the Pharisees and scribes were saying no you

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 can't help them because you did what we said about the Corbin thing you said the

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 Corbin thing you're stuck that's coming to us buddy you can't help your parents and

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 Jesus says what you're doing is you're rejecting God's law and preventing people

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 from being obedient to God in order that they would be obedient to you it's not

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 just that you've elevated your tradition to the position of Scripture you've

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 actually made your tradition greater than Scripture it's an idol it's an idol and you

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 have made yourselves little gods that determine who is right and who is wrong

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 who will live and who will die there's a second reason somebody may do this

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 D.W. Manson said that this this would have been a regular practice that a Pharisee

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 perhaps might would decide you know I've got this thing against my parents I know

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 that they're getting up in age and I don't want to have to give my stuff to

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 them because they they were rude to me about whatever whatever happens and they

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 say okay I'm gonna pronounce Corbin over my stuff and it's not so much in

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 order that I can give it to God I just want to keep it away from them so there's two

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 things happening here but it all boils down to the same thing Jesus is saying

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 you're breaking God's law to do your own thing and so do you see the hypocrisy in

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 all of this they claim to love God they came to want to claim to want to keep his

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 law but in reality they were idolaters Jesus said many such things you do they

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 were actively engaged in this in a multitude of ways and it's no different

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 than the fundamentalist that emphasizes their rules over grace it's no different

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 than the Roman Catholic that insists on the church's authorities and traditions

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 it's no different than the church of Christ congregation that preaches baptism as a

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 means of salvation they all deny the truth of God's word while trying to

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 maintain an external veneer of holiness and loyalty to God am I making sense you

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 understand let me finish it this way

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 acceptance with God is found in the person and work of Christ not in obedience to

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 religious ideas and regulations listen please hear me

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 your ability to conform to God's rules for that matter your ability to conform to God's rules

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 is not enough for you to be accepted by God

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 because you can't do it it's not possible

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 our acceptance with God is on the basis of the person and work of Christ because he did it

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 he did it he fulfilled the law perfectly God's law and in fulfilling it perfectly he dies on a cross

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 in order to absorb the wrath of God on our behalf and we keep coming back to this passage so much

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 recently and when we go to 2nd Corinthians chapter 5 or 1st Corinthians chapter 5 and it says he

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 made him to be sin who knew no sin that in him we might have the righteousness of God

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 Jesus perfectly fulfilled the law because we can't perfectly fulfill the law we will never be accepted

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 by God based on how good we are you can't you'll never be good enough his his standard is perfection

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 absolute perfection and even if you do pretty good you'll never reach that standard but Jesus did reach

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 that standard why because he's not just a man he is God in the flesh and he lived a sinless life and so

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 when he died on that cross he died not because he deserved punishment for sin he died in your place

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 literally in the place of sinners he absorbed God's wrath and in return there's this imputation

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 that takes place where our sins and the judgment against them is imputed onto him on the cross and

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 then his perfect righteousness is then imputed onto me who is undeserving of any grace of God

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 that's where your acceptance comes from it doesn't matter if you wash your hands don't wash your hands

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 hands before lunch it doesn't matter it doesn't matter wear pants I don't care eat cookie cake maybe

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 eat cookie cake

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 eat all the sheet cake you want it won't matter it won't matter if you don't know Christ if you don't

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 know Christ it doesn't matter acceptance with God is on the basis of who he is not on the basis of who

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 you are because at the end of the day you're nobody and neither am I

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 thanks Abby

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 remember Romans 10 what is it that I'm supposed to believe in all of this what is it that I'm

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 supposed to believe in order to receive this salvation because salvation is not something you

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 earn by doing it's something you receive by believing you believe that Jesus is the Messiah and the Son of God

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 believe that his death on the cross was a sufficient atonement for your sin

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 that he rose from the dead to prove his power to give you life and that he is the Lord of all

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 to whom we should lovingly submit and serve and remember Romans 10 if you confess with your mouth

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 that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead you will be saved

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 for with the heart one believes and is justified and with the mouth one confesses and is saved

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 and one final point of application as Christians we struggle with how to govern our behavior and

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 practice we do this a lot it's it's easy to blur the lines isn't it we all struggle with this

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 Alistair Begg you know I listen to him a lot and he said something in preaching on this passage that I

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 found helpful for me and it was this that which is in conflict with the Bible

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 or or not in conflict with the Bible nor commanded by the Bible may be permissible provided

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 it's not enforced upon people as essential and particularly essential to acceptance with God

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 and we need to be careful that in developing our traditions we never diminish the sole authority of the Bible or the

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 extraordinary sovereign grace of God we're the beneficiaries of that grace why in the world would we ever again bind ourselves or anyone else to the bondage of the law in Christ we are made free from that not to disobey it but to actually finally truly genuinely obey it

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 sometimes even in our evangelism we have all the things right for salvation and then once somebody gets saved we have this way of strapping on the bondage of Phariseeism to them all over again why would we do that

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 don't don't diminish the grace of God

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 don't diminish the authority of the word

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 have the highest possible view of God's word you can

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 and be the greatest proponent of God's grace

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 that anyone in your family or in your place of work has ever seen

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