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 This morning, Tobin continues our journey of the Gospel of Luke, and we're going to be looking at chapters 18 and 19 this morning.

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 It's listed in your bulletin if you'd like to follow along as I read.

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 As Jesus was approaching Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the road begging.

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 Now hearing a crowd going by, he began to inquire what this was.

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 And they told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by.

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 And he called out saying, Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me.

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 And those who led the way were sternly telling him to be quiet.

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 But he kept crying out all the more, Son of David, have mercy on me.

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 And Jesus stopped and commanded that he brought to him.

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 When he came near, he questioned him, what do you want me to do for you?

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 And he said, Lord, I want to regain my sight.

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 And Jesus said to him, receive your sight.

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 Your faith has made you well.

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 Immediately, he regained his sight and began following him, glorifying God.

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 And when all the people saw it, they gave praise to God.

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 Later, he entered into Jericho and was passing through.

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 And there was a man called by the name of Zacchaeus.

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 He was a chief tax collector, and he was rich.

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 Zacchaeus was trying to see who Jesus was and was unable because of the crowd,

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 for he was small in stature.

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 So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree in order to see him,

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 for he was about to pass through that way.

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 When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him,

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 Zacchaeus, hurry, come down.

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 For today I must stay at your house.

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 And he hurried and came down and received him gladly.

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 When they saw it, they all began to grumble, saying,

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 He has gone to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.

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 Zacchaeus stopped and said to the Lord,

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 Behold, Lord, half of my possessions I will give to the poor.

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 And if I have defrauded anyone of anything,

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 I will give back four times as much.

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 And Jesus said to him,

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 Today salvation has come to this house

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 because he too is a son of Abraham.

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 For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save,

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 that which was lost.

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 This is God's word.

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 How are you guys doing?

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 Good.

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 Yeah.

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 As the sweat rolls down my brow,

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 that's a great way to integrate

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 real life experiences with scripture, isn't it?

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 Like, wow, that's good.

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 He's going to be preaching next week.

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 Better than me.

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 Wow.

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 Well, it's good to be back from Israel.

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 We took 26 people there.

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 And I realized that I'm getting older

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 because it just got over jet lag last week.

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 So we've been back about a week

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 and I got over jet lag.

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 And I think it's one of those age things, right?

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 I was reminded of my age last night.

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 We're sitting around eating dinner at the table

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 and kids are talking about how big they're getting.

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 And all of our kids,

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 we measure them twice a year

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 on a little door pane in our room.

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 And so we're about to measure them going into June.

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 And the kids are talking about

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 how big they're going to grow.

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 And one's saying,

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 I'll still grow a couple more inches.

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 And one says,

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 I'll grow,

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 I hope I'll grow a couple more inches.

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 And then my 10-year-old son says,

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 I'm going to get as big as dad.

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 I'm going to be 6'6".

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 And the kids go,

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 oh, come on.

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 You're not going to be 6'6".

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 No, you're not going to get that big.

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 He goes, yes,

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 I'm going to get bigger than dad

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 because it's a known fact.

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 So this is my 10-year-old, right?

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 It's a known fact

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 that when people get older,

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 they start to slouch.

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 At what time I'm sitting there at the table,

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 I'm like...

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 And so I have that going for me.

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 So I'm told I'm getting older

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 and I'm about to slouch.

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 So that's interesting.

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 But Israel is an interesting place.

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 We encourage you to go with us

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 next time we go.

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 It's a paradox.

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 It's an amazing place

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 where joy, incredible joy,

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 and incredible sadness

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 kind of gather together.

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 And history is kind of layered

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 on top of each other.

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 Old Testament and New Testament.

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 And today,

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 and they love to tell jokes.

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 And so every day,

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 I got ran into by a joke,

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 a Texas joke.

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 The Israelis,

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 for some reason,

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 they just like to make fun

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 of Texans and Asians.

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 And they didn't make fun

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 of Australians.

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 I tried to introduce that to them,

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 but they hadn't got there yet.

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 So hopefully,

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 by the next time we go back,

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 they'll have some Australian jokes.

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 But they just love joking.

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 And so every day,

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 they get these jokes.

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 And so the story goes

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 is that the Jewish guy

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 had heard that maybe

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 his heritage was from

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 this lost tribe.

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 When Babylon comes

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 and they destroy Jerusalem,

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 they take everybody to Babylon.

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 And so then about 400 years later,

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 Nebuchadnezzar releases them.

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 And all the tribes go back

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 into the Holy Land,

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 except for tradition says

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 this one tribe,

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 it just kind of disappeared.

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 It's called the Lost Tribe.

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 And this guy thought

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 that he was part

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 of this lost tribe.

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 And he heard that there were

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 a lot of Jews in China.

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 And so he's thinking,

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 maybe this is where

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 my ancestry went.

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 And so he got the ability,

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 saved up some money,

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 and he went on a trip

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 to do some exploring

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 of his genealogy.

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 And he landed in China

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 and he was meeting people

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 and talking to people.

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 And he made his friend

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 and he was talking to the guy

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 and he goes,

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 I heard that there's

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 a lot of Jews in China,

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 but I haven't seen any of them.

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 And the Chinese guy goes,

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 oh, ton of Jews,

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 ton of Jews,

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 Jews everywhere.

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 And the guy goes,

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 really?

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 He goes, yeah,

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 we have orange juice

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 and apple juice

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 and grape juice.

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 Think about it, okay?

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 Anyway, so that was

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 kind of the things

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 that we experienced

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 every day.

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 It was a great time.

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 But then you also,

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 we have many of those.

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 You'll come back

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 with a portfolio of jokes

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 about Texans.

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 But it's also a place

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 of incredible sadness.

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 And you talk to the people

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 and you see the history

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 and you see the archaeology

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 and you see the evidence,

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 but they don't see Jesus.

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 And it's so evident,

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 it's so clear

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 when you walk

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 to these places,

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 but they don't see Christ.

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 I was talking to this guy.

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 If you go on a trip,

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 you learn that I just like

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 to talk to people

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 because I want to hear

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 their story

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 and what's going on

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 in their life

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 and where they're at

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 in this journey.

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 And I talked to this Jewish guy

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 and I said,

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 so tell me,

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 we're talking

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 and I thought,

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 you know,

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 maybe he had some kind of faith

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 because most Jews

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 are agnostic

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 at least in Israel.

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 And he goes,

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 I said,

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 so tell me where you are

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 in your journey.

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 And he said,

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 well, you know,

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 I'm in the darkness.

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 I'm like,

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 wow,

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 we use that a lot in church

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 and we talk about that,

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 but I've never heard

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 a Jew say that.

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 I've heard it once

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 at a Jewish funeral.

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 So what do you mean

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 when you're in the darkness?

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 And he goes,

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 well, we're still waiting

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 for the Messiah.

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 And until he comes

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 to free us

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 and to release us

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 and to put us back

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 as God's chosen people,

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 I walk in darkness.

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 And I sat there.

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 I said,

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 what if I could tell you

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 that the Messiah

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 has already come?

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 Would that be something

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 that you'd be interested in?

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 The story today

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 is one of my favorite stories

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 in the sense that

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 if you're a young kid,

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 you've heard this story

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 over and over

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 and over again.

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 Now, you've sung it.

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 It's chapter 18

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 and chapter 19,

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 and you realize

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 that when you study the Bible,

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 you have to study it

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 in context.

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 You can't just take a story

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 and say,

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 what does this story

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 mean for us?

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 But the story

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 of the scripture

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 is the overarching story

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 of God's story.

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 And then there's

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 an Old Testament story

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 and a New Testament story

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 that fit within that.

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 And then there are stories

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 that fit within that.

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 And each book has a story

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 that is a part

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 of God's story.

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 And when you come

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 to a passage

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 like Luke 18 and 19,

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 you realize that,

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 you know that the chapters

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 weren't added

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 until hundreds,

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 you know,

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 maybe about 200 years ago,

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 right?

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 So the chapters

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 and the Bible verses,

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 they're not inspired.

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 They were things

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 that people added

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 200 years ago

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 to help us,

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 you and me,

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 study scripture.

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 So sometimes

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 they break chapters

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 up in bad places

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 because the theme

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 and the story

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 continues into the next chapter.

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 But they just broke

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 chapters up

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 to help us learn them

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 and to memorize them

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 so that we could

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 act prideful,

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 we know,

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 John 3.16.

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 But in Jesus' day,

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 there wasn't a John 3.16.

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 It was just

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 for God so loved

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 the world.

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 And so when we come

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 to chapter 18 and 19,

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 we realize it's a part

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 of a bigger story.

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 There's actually four stories

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 and the stories are this.

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 There's a Pharisee

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 and a tax collector

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 praying in the temple.

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 And the Pharisee

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 prays out loud,

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 Dear God,

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 I'm so thankful

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 I'm not like this tax collector.

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 I'm so thankful

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 I'm righteous.

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 I'm so thankful

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 I'm good.

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 I'm so thankful

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 that you've come to me

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 as God's chosen people.

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 I'm so thankful

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 I'm not like that guy.

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 And the tax collector

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 is sitting there

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 and he's saying,

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 Dear Lord,

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 have mercy on me.

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 A sinner.

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 I need you desperately.

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 The next story

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 Jesus tells us

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 he meets this

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 rich young ruler.

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 And the rich young ruler

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 wants to follow Jesus

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 and Jesus sees his heart

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 and he says,

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 I've done everything.

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 I've done everything

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 to follow the law.

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 I can follow you.

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 And Jesus said,

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 You've missed one thing.

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 I want you to take

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 everything that you have

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 and go sell it

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 and follow me.

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 And the passage says

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 that the young ruler

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 walked away very sad

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 because he was very wealthy.

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 We said,

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 and we did this sermon,

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 that we're all very wealthy

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 here in Hong Kong

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 compared to the rest

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 of the world.

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 And the disciples

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 looked at Jesus

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 and Jesus said,

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 It's very hard

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 for a rich man

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 to enter into

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 the kingdom of God.

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 And they go,

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 Well, who else?

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 Then who can be saved?

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 How is it going

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 to be possible?

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 If you say it's harder

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 for a camel

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 to go through

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 an eye of a needle,

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 then how can we be saved?

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 And Jesus says,

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 With man,

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 it's impossible.

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 But with God,

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 all things

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 are possible.

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 The third story

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 is that Jesus

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 takes his disciples aside

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 and he tells them

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 what's going to happen

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 in Jerusalem

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 one week from now.

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 He says,

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 We're going to go up

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 to Jerusalem

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 and they're going

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 to take me

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 and they're going

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 to deliver me

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 to the Gentiles.

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 They're going

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 to mock me.

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 They're going

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 to mistreat me.

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 They're going

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 to spit upon me.

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 And after they've

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 scourged me,

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 they're going

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 to kill me.

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 And on the third day,

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 I'm going to rise again.

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 1834 says,

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 And they understood

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 none of these things.

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 So Jesus tells them

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 what's going to happen,

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 but the disciples

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 understood none

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 of these things.

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 And these things

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 were hidden from them

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 and they could not

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 comprehend the things

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 that were said.

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 And then we get

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 to the story of today.

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 Jesus is walking

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 to Jericho

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 and Jericho

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 is an ancient city.

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 We want to go,

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 we got a chance

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 to go there.

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 Jericho,

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 its name means

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 perfumed city

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 and archaeologists

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 and historians

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 will tell you

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 that it's the oldest

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 city in the world.

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 It was destroyed

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 and rebuilt

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 and destroyed

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 and rebuilt

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 and destroyed

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 and rebuilt

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 24 times.

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 And by the time

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 that Jesus walks

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 into it,

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 it was already

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 9,000 years old.

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 It was an amazing city.

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 It was 17 miles

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 to the east

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 of Jerusalem.

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 It was on the trade route.

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 It was in the valley.

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 It was an oasis.

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 All the trade routes

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 walked through this city.

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 If you needed

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 to get to Jerusalem

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 from the east,

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 you had to go

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 through Jericho.

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 We're told

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 that it was

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 full of palm trees

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 and balsam trees

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 and the smell

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 was amazing.

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 It was the first thing

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 that the people

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 of Israel saw

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 when they left Egypt.

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 Remember?

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 Moses takes them out

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 and they're disobedient

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 and they're walking

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 through this land

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 and it's hotter

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 than it is here

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 because they're

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 in the desert

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 and all of a sudden

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 for 40 years

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 because they're disobedient

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 and then they cross

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 the river,

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 the Galilee

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 and they cross it

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 and then they look up

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 and they see Jericho

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 and it's this oasis.

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 It's amazing.

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 It's the land

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 flowing with milk

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 and honey.

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 We're told

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 that there's

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 this massive

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 garden of roses

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 that were planted

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 in there by the rulers

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 and so it just had

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 this incredible

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 fragrant aroma.

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 Josephus,

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 the historian,

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 said that in all

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 of Palestine

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 if you wanted

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 to live someplace,

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 you lived in Jericho

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 because it was

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 the best of Israel.

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 It was the best

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 Israel had to offer.

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 It was one of the

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 four main trade centers

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 and tax centers.

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 So if you had

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 to be taxed,

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 you either got taxed

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 in Jericho,

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 Jerusalem,

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 Capernaum

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 and Caesarea

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 by the sea.

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 So when the Romans

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 exacted their tax,

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 those were the four cities

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 that your taxes

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 were going from

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 and so it was

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 very wealthy

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 and rich.

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 It was also

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 a city of priests

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 because it's 17 miles

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 to Jerusalem

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 and you always

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 walked up to Jerusalem

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 and for 17 miles

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 so whenever you had

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 to serve in the temple

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 as a priest,

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 you would go

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 to Jericho

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 and wait your turn

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 and then when your turn

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 was drawn by lot,

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 you would take your lot

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 and you would go up

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 to the temple

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 in Jerusalem.

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 You would serve

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 for one day

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 and then you would

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 walk back to your hometown.

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 That's all you had to do

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 is you served for one day

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 so it was full of priests

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 and on this day,

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 there's a blind man.

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 In Mark's gospel,

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 we're told his name.

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 His name is Bartimaeus

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 and he wakes up

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 every day

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 like he's always

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 woken up

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 to gather his stuff

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 to go to the gate

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 of the city

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 to beg

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 because everyone

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 had to walk

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 through the gate.

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 It's where the elders sat.

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 It's where information

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 was exchanged.

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 It's where all business

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 happened

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 and so he sits

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 at the gate

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 of the city

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 every day

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 of his life

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 as a blind person

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 and he cries out,

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 give to God.

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 Worship God.

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 Blessings.

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 Mercy.

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 These are the things

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 that he would yell out

00:14:48.679 --> 00:14:49.819
 at the top of his lungs

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 but this day,

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 this blind man

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 goes there

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 and he sits in the place

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 that he's always set

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 to get the best business

00:14:55.839 --> 00:14:56.759
 from people coming in

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 and something different happens.

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 He hears this noise,

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 this incredible noise

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 and it's this kind of

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 almost like a rock stadium

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 happening.

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 We're told that

00:15:07.139 --> 00:15:08.139
 Jesus' following

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 is massive.

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 Thousands of people

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 are following him.

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 Now remember,

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 Jesus is going to Jerusalem.

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 He's going to get crucified

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 in one week

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 and so there's this

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 huge parade

00:15:17.579 --> 00:15:18.439
 and noise

00:15:18.439 --> 00:15:19.240
 and it's just

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 this huge commotion

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 and it's the Passover.

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 The Passover

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 is the most important

00:15:24.779 --> 00:15:25.939
 holiday in Jewish history

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 and in our calendar.

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 It's a day

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 that they celebrate

00:15:29.120 --> 00:15:30.259
 when God

00:15:30.259 --> 00:15:31.319
 freed the people

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 out of Egypt.

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 It's a day

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 that they took a lamb

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 and they killed it

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 and they took the blood

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 and they painted it

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 on their door

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 and that night

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 the angel of death

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 passed through Egypt

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 and whoever had faith,

00:15:45.480 --> 00:15:46.740
 whoever trusted the Lord,

00:15:46.860 --> 00:15:48.000
 whoever painted that door

00:15:48.000 --> 00:15:48.740
 with the blood,

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 the angel passed over them

00:15:51.000 --> 00:15:52.420
 and so everybody

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 goes to Jerusalem

00:15:53.320 --> 00:15:53.960
 for the Passover

00:15:53.960 --> 00:15:54.860
 to celebrate it

00:15:54.860 --> 00:15:56.780
 and on this day

00:15:56.780 --> 00:15:57.879
 historians tell us

00:15:57.879 --> 00:15:59.560
 that over 3 million

00:15:59.560 --> 00:16:00.899
 people go

00:16:00.899 --> 00:16:02.620
 to worship

00:16:02.620 --> 00:16:04.500
 because something special

00:16:04.500 --> 00:16:04.960
 is happening.

00:16:05.920 --> 00:16:07.100
 There's this new rabbi

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 who's come forward

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 and he's spoken

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 and taught

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 and done miracles

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 in ways

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 that no one else

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 has ever experienced

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 and they hear

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 these rumors

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 that he's going

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 to bring the kingdom

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 and when the kingdom

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 come it means

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 power

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 and position

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 and freedom

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 and authority

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 and we're no longer

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 going to be slaves,

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 we're no longer

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 going to be in bondage

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 and so they are

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 following Jesus

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 in this huge crowd

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 and the blind man

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 is going,

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 what's going on?

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 what's going on?

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 And he asks the question

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 and he says,

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 well Jesus of Nazareth

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 is coming by.

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 Well this blind man,

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 he's been sitting

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 at the gate

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 his whole life,

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 he's heard information

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 exchanged,

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 he's heard these stories

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 about Jesus,

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 he's heard these miracles,

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 he's told in Isaiah

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 that when the Messiah

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 comes he will make

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 the blind see

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 and he's heard

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 that Jesus makes

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 the blind see

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 and so as he sits

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 there day after day

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 for 3 years

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 of Jesus' ministry

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 hearing these stories,

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 he wonders,

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 is he the Messiah?

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 he has to be

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 the Messiah.

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 Maybe he's the Messiah.

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 Yes,

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 he's the Messiah.

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 Now remember,

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 he hears a noise

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 so he can't weave

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 his way through the crowd

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 and so he just yells out

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 in Greek,

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 he just yells out,

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 Jesus,

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 son of David,

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 have mercy upon me.

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 It's a very interesting

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 thing that he reads out

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 because up until

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 that point

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 when we read

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 those stories,

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 no one knew

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 that Jesus

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 was the son of David.

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 I mean,

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 he kept telling them

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 over and over and over

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 all the people

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 with sight

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 heard these things

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 over and over

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 and over,

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 his disciples,

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 but none of them

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 understood.

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 But now this blind man,

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 a blind man,

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 he sees who Jesus

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 really is

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 and so he yells out,

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 Jesus,

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 son of David,

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 Messiah,

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 I need you,

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 have mercy on me.

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 Verse 39,

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 we're told,

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 the crowd,

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 shh,

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 who's the crowd?

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 The crowd's us.

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 The crowd's the churchgoers.

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 The crowd's the religious people

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 who are following Jesus

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 because they want to see

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 a new kingdom coming.

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 I mean,

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 the people who aren't religious,

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 they're not going to follow Jesus

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 because they don't care

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 what's going on,

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 but the crowd,

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 the religious people

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 who are following Jesus

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 were told that they sternly

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 rebuke him.

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 What do you do

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 if you're a blind person?

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 And everybody around you

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 is saying,

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 shut up.

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 Be quiet.

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 Don't make a scene.

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 I remember reading this story

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 about Helen Keller.

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 If you don't know her,

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 she is an amazing woman.

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 She was born in America

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 in the 1800s.

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 She's very famous.

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 She's born blind and deaf.

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 She's the first person ever

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 to graduate from the university.

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 She graduated from Radcliffe College

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 with a degree.

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 And she became a writer

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 and an advocate.

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 She helped start the ACLU

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 for civil liberties and rights.

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 But she was blind and deaf

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 almost her whole life.

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 It happened when she was really young.

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 And one time a reporter asked her,

00:19:27.179 --> 00:19:27.500
 he said,

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 isn't it terrible being blind?

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 Well, she couldn't answer, right?

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 So she has to respond

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 and she could read lips

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 by touching people's lips.

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 And you can go to YouTube,

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 Google it.

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 There's actually some YouTubes

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 of her speaking,

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 which is amazing

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 because she learned how to speak.

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 Isn't it terrible being blind?

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 And she responded,

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 no,

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 it's better to be blind

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 and see with your heart

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 than to have two good eyes

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 and see nothing.

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 I guess there are worse things

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 than being blind.

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 And what the scripture says

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 is that thing is being blind

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 and not knowing that you're blind.

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 Blind to your sin,

00:20:10.659 --> 00:20:11.859
 blind to your hopelessness,

00:20:12.019 --> 00:20:13.960
 blind to your selfishness,

00:20:14.139 --> 00:20:15.859
 blind to your self-righteousness.

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 But the blind man believes,

00:20:18.919 --> 00:20:20.939
 he knows that Jesus is the Messiah.

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 He knows that Jesus can heal him.

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 And in verse 39,

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 it says in the Greek

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 that he screams out like an animal.

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 Jesus,

00:20:30.479 --> 00:20:31.699
 son of David,

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 have mercy on me.

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 Save me.

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 There's a massive sense of urgency.

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 Though no one else sees

00:20:41.399 --> 00:20:42.379
 that Jesus is the Messiah,

00:20:42.679 --> 00:20:43.879
 he sees and he knows

00:20:43.879 --> 00:20:45.759
 that he cannot let this opportunity

00:20:45.759 --> 00:20:46.539
 pass him by

00:20:46.539 --> 00:20:48.319
 because if the Messiah passes him by,

00:20:48.639 --> 00:20:50.019
 his life will always

00:20:50.019 --> 00:20:51.720
 stay

00:20:51.720 --> 00:20:53.440
 the same.

00:20:55.940 --> 00:20:57.180
 We're told in verse 40

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 that Jesus stops.

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 Now remember,

00:20:59.359 --> 00:21:00.339
 he's going to Jerusalem

00:21:00.339 --> 00:21:01.619
 and for him to stop,

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 a holy man would have been

00:21:02.680 --> 00:21:04.440
 totally unculturally

00:21:04.440 --> 00:21:05.359
 unthinkable

00:21:05.359 --> 00:21:07.319
 because the blind man

00:21:07.319 --> 00:21:08.159
 was unclean.

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 Because everybody in the culture

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 would have thought

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 he's unclean

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 because of his sins,

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 that's why he's blind.

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 And a holy person

00:21:15.399 --> 00:21:16.099
 would never touch

00:21:16.099 --> 00:21:16.879
 an unclean person

00:21:16.879 --> 00:21:18.740
 because the minute he did that,

00:21:18.879 --> 00:21:19.859
 he would be unclean.

00:21:20.939 --> 00:21:21.259
 And remember,

00:21:21.339 --> 00:21:22.039
 Jesus is busy.

00:21:22.359 --> 00:21:22.839
 In one week,

00:21:22.899 --> 00:21:23.659
 he's going to Jerusalem

00:21:23.659 --> 00:21:24.539
 and he's going to be crucified

00:21:24.539 --> 00:21:25.219
 in one week.

00:21:26.039 --> 00:21:26.980
 But the scripture says

00:21:26.980 --> 00:21:28.219
 that no matter how busy

00:21:28.219 --> 00:21:29.959
 Jesus is,

00:21:31.099 --> 00:21:33.279
 he always has time

00:21:33.279 --> 00:21:35.339
 for people

00:21:35.339 --> 00:21:37.859
 like the blind man,

00:21:38.500 --> 00:21:40.359
 like you and me.

00:21:40.359 --> 00:21:42.299
 So Jesus calls

00:21:42.299 --> 00:21:42.699
 for the crowd

00:21:42.699 --> 00:21:43.539
 to bring him to Jesus,

00:21:44.439 --> 00:21:45.539
 which is what they should have done

00:21:45.539 --> 00:21:46.319
 in the first place.

00:21:46.379 --> 00:21:47.059
 And Jesus asks

00:21:47.059 --> 00:21:48.119
 the question,

00:21:49.740 --> 00:21:51.099
 what do you want me

00:21:51.099 --> 00:21:52.240
 to do for you?

00:21:54.599 --> 00:21:55.899
 You see how he answers that?

00:21:57.939 --> 00:21:59.599
 I want my sight

00:21:59.599 --> 00:22:02.199
 to be restored.

00:22:02.859 --> 00:22:04.059
 The Greek and the words

00:22:04.059 --> 00:22:05.559
 say that he knows

00:22:05.559 --> 00:22:06.939
 that Jesus is going to do that.

00:22:07.199 --> 00:22:08.299
 He knows that Jesus

00:22:08.299 --> 00:22:08.959
 is the Messiah.

00:22:08.960 --> 00:22:10.980
 He doesn't ask for merit.

00:22:11.100 --> 00:22:11.519
 He doesn't say,

00:22:11.600 --> 00:22:12.059
 well, I've been walking

00:22:12.059 --> 00:22:12.880
 with you all this time.

00:22:12.940 --> 00:22:13.640
 I've been waiting for you

00:22:13.640 --> 00:22:14.240
 this whole time.

00:22:14.519 --> 00:22:15.059
 I've been wondering

00:22:15.059 --> 00:22:16.100
 when you're going to do this for me.

00:22:16.279 --> 00:22:17.059
 I really need for you

00:22:17.059 --> 00:22:17.759
 to come through for this.

00:22:18.019 --> 00:22:19.259
 All he says is he asks

00:22:19.259 --> 00:22:20.140
 for mercy.

00:22:20.559 --> 00:22:21.840
 His wants to be healed

00:22:21.840 --> 00:22:22.720
 in verse 42,

00:22:22.840 --> 00:22:24.500
 we're told that his faith

00:22:24.500 --> 00:22:25.460
 healed him

00:22:25.460 --> 00:22:26.160
 and then immediately

00:22:26.160 --> 00:22:27.220
 his sight was restored.

00:22:27.680 --> 00:22:28.940
 Immediately he follows Jesus.

00:22:29.380 --> 00:22:30.840
 Immediately he glorifies God.

00:22:30.980 --> 00:22:31.900
 And we realize

00:22:31.900 --> 00:22:34.120
 that a blind man sees

00:22:34.120 --> 00:22:38.100
 what no one else could see.

00:22:38.960 --> 00:22:41.380
 He responds in faith.

00:22:45.039 --> 00:22:45.840
 I wonder

00:22:45.840 --> 00:22:48.720
 if we were there,

00:22:49.920 --> 00:22:52.819
 what would we ask Jesus

00:22:52.819 --> 00:22:55.440
 to do for us today?

00:22:58.220 --> 00:22:59.400
 If you came home tonight

00:22:59.400 --> 00:23:00.200
 and you met Christ

00:23:00.200 --> 00:23:00.980
 and you knew it was him

00:23:00.980 --> 00:23:01.680
 and he asked you,

00:23:01.779 --> 00:23:02.200
 what do you want me

00:23:02.200 --> 00:23:02.920
 to do for you?

00:23:02.920 --> 00:23:05.900
 What would you ask him

00:23:05.900 --> 00:23:06.420
 to do for you?

00:23:08.759 --> 00:23:10.120
 Would we understand

00:23:10.120 --> 00:23:11.580
 our need enough?

00:23:12.180 --> 00:23:12.900
 Would we understand

00:23:12.900 --> 00:23:13.920
 who he is enough?

00:23:14.759 --> 00:23:15.380
 Would we ask

00:23:15.380 --> 00:23:16.380
 the right things?

00:23:17.279 --> 00:23:18.080
 Or would they be

00:23:18.080 --> 00:23:18.840
 selfish things,

00:23:18.940 --> 00:23:19.680
 things that we'd want

00:23:19.680 --> 00:23:20.779
 to spend on ourselves?

00:23:20.779 --> 00:23:24.779
 Jesus enters into Jericho

00:23:24.779 --> 00:23:25.680
 and he's passing through

00:23:25.680 --> 00:23:26.359
 and we're told

00:23:26.359 --> 00:23:26.980
 there's a man there

00:23:26.980 --> 00:23:27.940
 by the name of Zacchaeus.

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 He was a chief tax collector.

00:23:30.039 --> 00:23:30.680
 He was rich.

00:23:31.019 --> 00:23:31.299
 And you know,

00:23:31.680 --> 00:23:32.639
 being a tax collector

00:23:32.639 --> 00:23:33.759
 was good in some ways

00:23:33.759 --> 00:23:34.399
 and it was terrible

00:23:34.399 --> 00:23:35.019
 in other ways.

00:23:35.440 --> 00:23:35.599
 I mean,

00:23:35.660 --> 00:23:37.279
 tax collectors

00:23:37.279 --> 00:23:38.779
 were the social outcasts

00:23:39.940 --> 00:23:40.740
 of Jesus' time.

00:23:41.579 --> 00:23:42.440
 They were worse

00:23:42.440 --> 00:23:43.399
 than the blind person.

00:23:43.940 --> 00:23:45.039
 They were thought of

00:23:45.039 --> 00:23:45.740
 as the Jews.

00:23:46.039 --> 00:23:47.039
 They were a Jewish person

00:23:47.039 --> 00:23:49.180
 who went to the Roman occupiers

00:23:49.180 --> 00:23:49.680
 and said,

00:23:49.799 --> 00:23:51.060
 hey, I will help

00:23:51.060 --> 00:23:52.600
 collect tax from my people.

00:23:53.920 --> 00:23:54.820
 And so they contracted

00:23:54.820 --> 00:23:55.320
 with the Jews.

00:23:55.400 --> 00:23:55.779
 It was almost like

00:23:55.779 --> 00:23:56.620
 a pyramid scheme.

00:23:57.720 --> 00:23:58.539
 And so the tax collector

00:23:58.539 --> 00:23:59.340
 knew how much

00:23:59.340 --> 00:24:00.140
 the Romans wanted.

00:24:00.779 --> 00:24:01.580
 No one else knew.

00:24:02.220 --> 00:24:03.039
 And they went out

00:24:03.039 --> 00:24:03.840
 and they taxed

00:24:03.840 --> 00:24:05.360
 the people of God

00:24:05.360 --> 00:24:07.779
 for what the Romans needed.

00:24:08.880 --> 00:24:10.380
 Always at a higher rate.

00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:11.880
 So you bring your donkey

00:24:11.880 --> 00:24:12.480
 and your cart

00:24:12.480 --> 00:24:14.120
 and the guy goes,

00:24:14.200 --> 00:24:15.060
 well, I think that's worth

00:24:15.060 --> 00:24:16.120
 about $300.

00:24:17.100 --> 00:24:18.200
 You need to pay 1%

00:24:18.200 --> 00:24:18.620
 on $300.

00:24:19.180 --> 00:24:19.340
 What?

00:24:19.400 --> 00:24:19.900
 It's only $100.

00:24:20.200 --> 00:24:20.900
 What are you talking about?

00:24:21.259 --> 00:24:22.080
 No, it's $300.

00:24:24.060 --> 00:24:25.340
 His word was law

00:24:25.340 --> 00:24:26.340
 and so you paid $300.

00:24:27.640 --> 00:24:28.600
 Then he'd write a note

00:24:28.600 --> 00:24:29.640
 to the Roman officials

00:24:29.640 --> 00:24:30.060
 and he said,

00:24:30.160 --> 00:24:31.039
 I taxed a donkey

00:24:31.039 --> 00:24:32.240
 in a golf cart today

00:24:32.240 --> 00:24:35.039
 or cart $100.

00:24:37.060 --> 00:24:38.299
 Here's a tax on $100.

00:24:39.380 --> 00:24:40.380
 So that was very,

00:24:40.519 --> 00:24:41.560
 very, very common.

00:24:41.940 --> 00:24:42.740
 So everyone knew

00:24:42.740 --> 00:24:43.500
 that tax collectors

00:24:43.500 --> 00:24:44.160
 were corrupt.

00:24:44.640 --> 00:24:45.480
 And Zacchaeus

00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:46.500
 was extremely wealthy.

00:24:46.640 --> 00:24:48.560
 He was extremely powerful.

00:24:48.559 --> 00:24:49.480
 He was kind of like

00:24:49.480 --> 00:24:50.039
 at the top.

00:24:50.339 --> 00:24:50.960
 He had hundreds

00:24:50.960 --> 00:24:51.619
 of tax collectors

00:24:51.619 --> 00:24:52.179
 underneath him

00:24:52.179 --> 00:24:53.599
 and so he actually

00:24:53.599 --> 00:24:54.139
 got a percentage

00:24:54.139 --> 00:24:54.639
 of everything

00:24:54.639 --> 00:24:55.480
 that they also

00:24:55.480 --> 00:24:56.859
 siphoned off of people.

00:24:57.919 --> 00:24:59.539
 He was so hated

00:24:59.539 --> 00:25:00.579
 that tax collectors

00:25:00.579 --> 00:25:01.299
 had to be given

00:25:01.299 --> 00:25:02.419
 bodyguards by the Romans

00:25:02.419 --> 00:25:04.240
 because they realized

00:25:04.240 --> 00:25:04.720
 that if they didn't

00:25:04.720 --> 00:25:05.279
 have a bodyguard

00:25:05.279 --> 00:25:05.879
 they would be killed

00:25:05.879 --> 00:25:06.339
 because they were

00:25:06.339 --> 00:25:07.319
 so despised

00:25:07.319 --> 00:25:08.700
 and such outcast.

00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:10.679
 Verse 3 says

00:25:10.679 --> 00:25:11.299
 that Zacchaeus

00:25:11.299 --> 00:25:11.819
 is curious.

00:25:11.960 --> 00:25:12.480
 He wants to see

00:25:12.480 --> 00:25:13.480
 who Jesus is.

00:25:13.480 --> 00:25:14.519
 Maybe he had heard

00:25:14.519 --> 00:25:15.220
 the stories too.

00:25:15.519 --> 00:25:16.039
 Maybe he had heard

00:25:16.039 --> 00:25:16.539
 about one of his

00:25:16.539 --> 00:25:17.299
 fellow tax collectors

00:25:17.299 --> 00:25:19.000
 Matthew in Capernaum

00:25:19.000 --> 00:25:20.079
 who left tax collecting

00:25:20.079 --> 00:25:21.620
 to follow Jesus.

00:25:22.319 --> 00:25:22.819
 Maybe Matthew

00:25:22.819 --> 00:25:23.599
 was his best guy.

00:25:23.640 --> 00:25:23.980
 I don't know

00:25:23.980 --> 00:25:25.000
 but he had heard

00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:25.799
 the stories

00:25:25.799 --> 00:25:27.500
 because tax collectors

00:25:27.500 --> 00:25:28.220
 tend to gather

00:25:28.220 --> 00:25:29.160
 and talk about

00:25:29.160 --> 00:25:30.500
 tax things

00:25:30.500 --> 00:25:31.380
 and things like that

00:25:31.380 --> 00:25:33.440
 because I guess

00:25:33.440 --> 00:25:34.860
 because they're the

00:25:34.860 --> 00:25:35.759
 only friends they have.

00:25:35.860 --> 00:25:36.420
 No one else wants

00:25:36.420 --> 00:25:36.839
 to be a friend

00:25:36.839 --> 00:25:37.579
 of a tax collector

00:25:37.579 --> 00:25:39.180
 in Jesus' day.

00:25:39.299 --> 00:25:39.559
 I don't know

00:25:39.559 --> 00:25:40.279
 what it's like today

00:25:40.279 --> 00:25:43.279
 but they did that

00:25:43.279 --> 00:25:44.759
 and so Zacchaeus

00:25:44.759 --> 00:25:45.599
 wants to find out

00:25:45.599 --> 00:25:46.299
 who Jesus is

00:25:46.299 --> 00:25:47.079
 but we're told

00:25:47.079 --> 00:25:47.639
 in the passage

00:25:47.639 --> 00:25:48.460
 that he can't

00:25:48.460 --> 00:25:49.960
 because he's short

00:25:49.960 --> 00:25:51.559
 and he can't

00:25:51.559 --> 00:25:52.779
 look over the crowd.

00:25:53.440 --> 00:25:54.339
 The crowd again

00:25:54.339 --> 00:25:55.139
 is keeping him

00:25:55.139 --> 00:25:56.720
 from seeing Jesus

00:25:56.720 --> 00:25:58.500
 and he's afraid

00:25:58.500 --> 00:25:59.559
 to go into the crowd

00:25:59.559 --> 00:26:00.660
 because he realizes

00:26:00.660 --> 00:26:01.000
 that yeah

00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:01.680
 they'll let him in

00:26:01.680 --> 00:26:02.359
 but as he's walking

00:26:02.359 --> 00:26:02.879
 through the crowd

00:26:02.879 --> 00:26:03.519
 someone's just

00:26:03.519 --> 00:26:04.319
 going to knife him

00:26:04.319 --> 00:26:05.519
 and the crowd's

00:26:05.519 --> 00:26:06.000
 going to separate

00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:06.720
 and he's dead

00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:07.799
 because everybody

00:26:07.799 --> 00:26:08.559
 wants him dead

00:26:08.559 --> 00:26:10.119
 so he doesn't know

00:26:10.119 --> 00:26:10.679
 what to do

00:26:10.679 --> 00:26:12.000
 so in verse 4

00:26:12.000 --> 00:26:13.219
 he does something amazing

00:26:13.219 --> 00:26:14.959
 he says

00:26:14.959 --> 00:26:16.199
 he ran ahead

00:26:16.199 --> 00:26:18.099
 now no one

00:26:18.099 --> 00:26:19.759
 in Jewish culture

00:26:19.759 --> 00:26:21.459
 as a grown man

00:26:21.459 --> 00:26:22.439
 would ever do this

00:26:22.439 --> 00:26:23.959
 I mean it was something

00:26:23.959 --> 00:26:24.539
 that you read

00:26:24.539 --> 00:26:25.199
 all the rules

00:26:25.199 --> 00:26:25.939
 and all the laws

00:26:25.939 --> 00:26:26.899
 grown men

00:26:26.899 --> 00:26:28.000
 never run

00:26:28.000 --> 00:26:29.079
 because you wear

00:26:29.079 --> 00:26:29.579
 this robe

00:26:29.579 --> 00:26:29.979
 and to run

00:26:29.979 --> 00:26:30.639
 you have to tuck

00:26:30.639 --> 00:26:31.659
 your robe under there

00:26:31.659 --> 00:26:32.319
 and you're like this

00:26:32.319 --> 00:26:34.219
 and it looks totally stupid

00:26:34.219 --> 00:26:35.159
 doesn't it?

00:26:36.239 --> 00:26:37.559
 No grown man

00:26:37.559 --> 00:26:38.799
 ever ran

00:26:38.799 --> 00:26:40.359
 that's why the story

00:26:40.359 --> 00:26:41.139
 of the prodigal son

00:26:41.139 --> 00:26:41.779
 is so amazing

00:26:41.779 --> 00:26:42.759
 because when the son

00:26:42.759 --> 00:26:43.639
 comes after stealing

00:26:43.639 --> 00:26:44.240
 all the money

00:26:44.240 --> 00:26:45.419
 and spending all the money

00:26:45.419 --> 00:26:46.119
 the dad

00:26:46.119 --> 00:26:46.720
 it says

00:26:46.720 --> 00:26:47.440
 runs

00:26:47.440 --> 00:26:48.480
 to him

00:26:48.480 --> 00:26:51.299
 the dad was wealthy

00:26:51.299 --> 00:26:52.240
 and he's powerful

00:26:52.240 --> 00:26:54.460
 in Hebrew culture

00:26:54.460 --> 00:26:54.919
 says it

00:26:54.919 --> 00:26:56.460
 especially powerful

00:26:56.460 --> 00:26:57.940
 and wealthy men

00:26:57.940 --> 00:26:59.559
 never run

00:26:59.559 --> 00:27:01.519
 but Zacchaeus does it

00:27:01.519 --> 00:27:02.259
 and he runs

00:27:02.259 --> 00:27:03.740
 and then we're told

00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:04.639
 something even more

00:27:04.639 --> 00:27:05.119
 astounding

00:27:05.119 --> 00:27:06.359
 if you had seen this

00:27:06.359 --> 00:27:07.559
 and you told your friends

00:27:07.559 --> 00:27:08.079
 that day

00:27:08.079 --> 00:27:09.079
 after Jesus passed

00:27:09.079 --> 00:27:10.439
 no one would believe it

00:27:10.439 --> 00:27:11.119
 if you said

00:27:11.119 --> 00:27:12.379
 I saw Zacchaeus running

00:27:12.379 --> 00:27:13.419
 and all of a sudden

00:27:13.419 --> 00:27:14.279
 he climbed up

00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:15.299
 into a sycamore tree

00:27:15.299 --> 00:27:16.919
 again

00:27:16.919 --> 00:27:17.740
 culturally

00:27:17.740 --> 00:27:18.939
 men would never

00:27:18.939 --> 00:27:20.479
 climb into a sycamore tree

00:27:20.479 --> 00:27:21.439
 it would be unheard of

00:27:21.439 --> 00:27:21.779
 it would be

00:27:21.779 --> 00:27:22.379
 something that

00:27:22.379 --> 00:27:22.719
 they would

00:27:22.719 --> 00:27:24.159
 never ever do

00:27:24.159 --> 00:27:24.679
 it would be something

00:27:24.679 --> 00:27:25.599
 that children would do

00:27:25.599 --> 00:27:26.519
 powerful

00:27:26.519 --> 00:27:27.379
 rich

00:27:27.379 --> 00:27:28.639
 men

00:27:28.639 --> 00:27:29.579
 or anybody

00:27:29.579 --> 00:27:30.299
 who's older

00:27:30.299 --> 00:27:31.659
 would never do that

00:27:31.659 --> 00:27:33.159
 I have a picture

00:27:33.159 --> 00:27:33.899
 of the sycamore tree

00:27:33.899 --> 00:27:34.919
 on the back of your bulletin

00:27:34.920 --> 00:27:36.720
 it's in Jericho

00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:38.120
 we were there

00:27:38.120 --> 00:27:38.820
 ten days ago

00:27:38.820 --> 00:27:39.759
 we took a picture of it

00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:41.519
 it's a big leafy tree

00:27:41.519 --> 00:27:42.940
 it's short trunk

00:27:42.940 --> 00:27:44.279
 it's easy to crawl up into

00:27:44.279 --> 00:27:45.560
 it's easy to hide

00:27:45.560 --> 00:27:46.440
 you can see that

00:27:46.440 --> 00:27:48.039
 you know

00:27:48.039 --> 00:27:48.560
 one time

00:27:48.560 --> 00:27:49.600
 the U.S. ambassador

00:27:49.600 --> 00:27:50.680
 to Egypt

00:27:50.680 --> 00:27:52.519
 was outside

00:27:52.519 --> 00:27:53.400
 in his compound

00:27:53.400 --> 00:27:54.779
 and his wife

00:27:54.779 --> 00:27:55.840
 was having a birthday party

00:27:55.840 --> 00:27:57.160
 and he

00:27:57.160 --> 00:27:57.940
 got up

00:27:57.940 --> 00:27:58.600
 into the tree

00:27:58.600 --> 00:27:59.600
 and he hung lights

00:27:59.600 --> 00:28:01.180
 for his wife's birthday party

00:28:01.180 --> 00:28:03.360
 and his servants

00:28:03.360 --> 00:28:04.140
 and helpers

00:28:04.140 --> 00:28:04.740
 and the neighbors

00:28:04.740 --> 00:28:06.200
 saw him do that

00:28:06.200 --> 00:28:07.779
 and it caused

00:28:07.779 --> 00:28:09.220
 such a disruption

00:28:09.220 --> 00:28:11.220
 in the culture

00:28:11.220 --> 00:28:12.740
 that the president

00:28:12.740 --> 00:28:13.160
 of Egypt

00:28:13.160 --> 00:28:14.019
 had to call him

00:28:14.019 --> 00:28:15.240
 into his office

00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:16.640
 and he said

00:28:16.640 --> 00:28:17.880
 I have to ask you something

00:28:17.880 --> 00:28:18.740
 because I know

00:28:18.740 --> 00:28:19.660
 that it's impossible

00:28:19.660 --> 00:28:20.380
 it's unreasonable

00:28:20.380 --> 00:28:21.759
 you would never do that

00:28:21.759 --> 00:28:22.880
 but somebody told me

00:28:22.880 --> 00:28:23.620
 they saw you

00:28:23.620 --> 00:28:24.299
 climbing up

00:28:24.299 --> 00:28:25.359
 a sycamore tree

00:28:25.359 --> 00:28:27.259
 and hanging

00:28:27.259 --> 00:28:28.220
 and doing work

00:28:28.220 --> 00:28:30.299
 and the ambassador

00:28:30.299 --> 00:28:30.660
 was

00:28:30.660 --> 00:28:31.240
 he didn't know

00:28:31.240 --> 00:28:31.680
 the culture

00:28:31.680 --> 00:28:32.720
 he didn't understand things

00:28:32.720 --> 00:28:33.500
 and he said

00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:35.460
 yes

00:28:35.460 --> 00:28:36.480
 my wife's birthday

00:28:36.480 --> 00:28:37.539
 blaming on the wife

00:28:37.539 --> 00:28:39.519
 I did that

00:28:39.519 --> 00:28:40.079
 you know

00:28:40.079 --> 00:28:40.759
 and I didn't realize

00:28:40.759 --> 00:28:41.140
 it caused

00:28:41.140 --> 00:28:42.440
 such an international fuss

00:28:42.440 --> 00:28:43.660
 and the president

00:28:43.660 --> 00:28:43.900
 of Egypt

00:28:43.900 --> 00:28:44.360
 said to him

00:28:44.360 --> 00:28:44.720
 you know

00:28:44.720 --> 00:28:47.559
 men don't climb trees

00:28:47.559 --> 00:28:50.799
 especially powerful

00:28:50.799 --> 00:28:52.640
 enrich men

00:28:52.640 --> 00:28:54.539
 never climb trees

00:28:54.539 --> 00:28:56.220
 so Zacchaeus

00:28:56.220 --> 00:28:57.139
 is hiding in this tree

00:28:57.139 --> 00:28:57.879
 and he's hoping

00:28:57.879 --> 00:28:58.399
 that no one's

00:28:58.399 --> 00:28:59.159
 going to see him

00:28:59.159 --> 00:29:00.920
 and in verse 5

00:29:00.920 --> 00:29:02.019
 Jesus gets to the bottom

00:29:02.019 --> 00:29:03.019
 and he looks up

00:29:03.019 --> 00:29:03.539
 and he draws

00:29:03.539 --> 00:29:04.399
 the attention

00:29:04.399 --> 00:29:05.220
 of everyone

00:29:05.220 --> 00:29:06.139
 to Zacchaeus

00:29:06.139 --> 00:29:06.500
 it'd be like

00:29:06.500 --> 00:29:07.539
 your worst moment

00:29:07.539 --> 00:29:07.899
 right

00:29:07.899 --> 00:29:08.740
 you don't want

00:29:08.740 --> 00:29:09.599
 anybody to see you

00:29:09.599 --> 00:29:10.500
 you didn't do your hair

00:29:10.500 --> 00:29:11.259
 you didn't brush your teeth

00:29:11.259 --> 00:29:12.079
 you went out shopping

00:29:12.079 --> 00:29:12.639
 you're saying

00:29:12.639 --> 00:29:13.379
 no one's going to see me

00:29:13.379 --> 00:29:14.379
 they're not going to recognize me

00:29:14.379 --> 00:29:15.079
 and all of a sudden

00:29:15.079 --> 00:29:15.920
 the most important people

00:29:15.920 --> 00:29:16.319
 in your world

00:29:16.319 --> 00:29:16.740
 see you

00:29:16.740 --> 00:29:17.440
 they recognize you

00:29:17.440 --> 00:29:18.619
 and that's what happens

00:29:18.619 --> 00:29:20.200
 and Jesus looks up

00:29:20.200 --> 00:29:21.019
 and says Zacchaeus

00:29:21.019 --> 00:29:23.720
 I have a lot of questions

00:29:23.720 --> 00:29:25.019
 like how did he even know his name

00:29:25.019 --> 00:29:27.180
 he's God

00:29:27.180 --> 00:29:30.539
 you wonder what the crowd

00:29:30.539 --> 00:29:31.480
 is thinking right then

00:29:31.480 --> 00:29:32.859
 they're like

00:29:32.859 --> 00:29:33.319
 good

00:29:33.319 --> 00:29:34.119
 you're going to get him

00:29:34.119 --> 00:29:36.240
 bring him down

00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:38.460
 criticize him

00:29:38.460 --> 00:29:39.940
 rebuke him

00:29:39.940 --> 00:29:40.980
 he's terrible

00:29:40.980 --> 00:29:41.960
 he's a sinner

00:29:41.960 --> 00:29:43.200
 let's go after him

00:29:43.200 --> 00:29:44.660
 but instead

00:29:44.660 --> 00:29:45.619
 the passage says

00:29:45.619 --> 00:29:46.460
 that Jesus says

00:29:46.460 --> 00:29:47.339
 hurry

00:29:47.339 --> 00:29:48.660
 come down

00:29:48.660 --> 00:29:50.019
 I mean

00:29:50.019 --> 00:29:52.400
 it's a sense of imperative

00:29:52.400 --> 00:29:53.839
 and it's a necessity

00:29:53.839 --> 00:29:55.500
 I have to do this

00:29:55.500 --> 00:29:57.160
 I need to come to your house

00:29:57.160 --> 00:30:00.279
 again culturally

00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:01.319
 it would have been unheard of

00:30:01.319 --> 00:30:03.639
 everybody watching this

00:30:03.639 --> 00:30:04.579
 would have been in shock

00:30:04.579 --> 00:30:06.960
 because Zacchaeus

00:30:06.960 --> 00:30:07.559
 is a sinner

00:30:07.559 --> 00:30:08.879
 and for Jesus

00:30:08.879 --> 00:30:09.759
 to go into his house

00:30:09.759 --> 00:30:11.279
 it means that he takes on his sin

00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:13.019
 in verse 7

00:30:13.019 --> 00:30:13.819
 it says that the culture

00:30:13.819 --> 00:30:14.859
 in the crowd

00:30:14.859 --> 00:30:16.139
 mumbles and grumbles

00:30:16.139 --> 00:30:16.700
 and they're like

00:30:16.700 --> 00:30:17.859
 wow this is really bad

00:30:17.859 --> 00:30:19.220
 because if Jesus walks in there

00:30:19.220 --> 00:30:20.500
 that means he's accepting this man

00:30:20.500 --> 00:30:21.420
 and we hate him

00:30:21.420 --> 00:30:22.579
 if Jesus walks in there

00:30:22.579 --> 00:30:23.519
 that means he's putting in

00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:24.759
 grace and blessing

00:30:24.759 --> 00:30:25.240
 and forgiveness

00:30:25.240 --> 00:30:26.220
 into this guy's life

00:30:26.220 --> 00:30:26.900
 and into his house

00:30:26.900 --> 00:30:27.799
 that's terrible

00:30:27.799 --> 00:30:29.240
 because we don't want that to happen

00:30:29.240 --> 00:30:30.559
 because this man is a sinner

00:30:30.559 --> 00:30:31.860
 if Jesus walks in there

00:30:31.860 --> 00:30:32.779
 Jesus is going to become

00:30:32.779 --> 00:30:33.539
 a sinner

00:30:33.539 --> 00:30:34.839
 he's going to eat this guy's food

00:30:34.839 --> 00:30:36.059
 and that guy's sin

00:30:36.059 --> 00:30:37.140
 is going to fall on him

00:30:37.140 --> 00:30:38.559
 and Jesus then

00:30:38.559 --> 00:30:39.500
 cannot be the Messiah

00:30:39.500 --> 00:30:40.279
 that we're hoping for

00:30:40.279 --> 00:30:41.680
 because he's tainted with sin

00:30:41.680 --> 00:30:43.920
 so the crowd

00:30:43.920 --> 00:30:44.819
 does not want this

00:30:44.819 --> 00:30:45.240
 the crowd

00:30:45.240 --> 00:30:46.240
 is appalled

00:30:46.240 --> 00:30:47.160
 and they don't want this thing

00:30:47.160 --> 00:30:47.900
 to happen at all

00:30:47.900 --> 00:30:50.080
 then in verse 8

00:30:50.080 --> 00:30:51.040
 we're told that sometime

00:30:51.040 --> 00:30:51.780
 in the night

00:30:51.780 --> 00:30:53.440
 we're not sure

00:30:53.440 --> 00:30:53.980
 when it happened

00:30:53.980 --> 00:30:54.880
 but Zacchaeus probably

00:30:54.880 --> 00:30:55.840
 threw a party for Jesus

00:30:55.840 --> 00:30:57.259
 and had other tax collectors there

00:30:57.259 --> 00:30:59.400
 and in this party

00:30:59.400 --> 00:31:00.160
 he stands up

00:31:00.160 --> 00:31:00.800
 and he says something

00:31:00.800 --> 00:31:02.120
 that's again

00:31:02.120 --> 00:31:03.880
 so counter cultural

00:31:03.880 --> 00:31:05.460
 and so other worldly

00:31:05.460 --> 00:31:06.660
 that no one would ever believe

00:31:06.660 --> 00:31:07.759
 after you told them

00:31:07.759 --> 00:31:09.620
 he's responding

00:31:09.620 --> 00:31:10.900
 to Jesus' grace

00:31:10.900 --> 00:31:11.480
 of Christ

00:31:11.480 --> 00:31:13.080
 of Christ coming into his life

00:31:13.080 --> 00:31:13.820
 and into his world

00:31:13.820 --> 00:31:14.680
 and treating him

00:31:14.680 --> 00:31:15.460
 like a normal person

00:31:15.460 --> 00:31:16.720
 which no one else ever did

00:31:16.720 --> 00:31:17.980
 he's responding

00:31:17.980 --> 00:31:18.559
 to the gospel

00:31:18.559 --> 00:31:19.440
 that was given to him

00:31:19.440 --> 00:31:20.400
 and immediately

00:31:20.400 --> 00:31:21.680
 what he says is this

00:31:21.680 --> 00:31:23.819
 I'm going to give 50%

00:31:23.819 --> 00:31:25.940
 of everything that I own

00:31:25.940 --> 00:31:27.880
 to the poor people

00:31:27.880 --> 00:31:30.940
 now the Bible only says

00:31:30.940 --> 00:31:31.900
 you give 10%

00:31:31.900 --> 00:31:33.940
 or if you're really generous

00:31:33.940 --> 00:31:34.980
 you give 20%

00:31:34.980 --> 00:31:36.620
 but Zacchaeus

00:31:36.620 --> 00:31:38.519
 is so touched by grace

00:31:38.519 --> 00:31:40.200
 so touched by mercy

00:31:40.200 --> 00:31:42.259
 so touched by Jesus' love

00:31:42.259 --> 00:31:44.400
 that he gives 50%

00:31:44.400 --> 00:31:46.000
 and then he goes on

00:31:46.000 --> 00:31:46.380
 and he says

00:31:46.380 --> 00:31:47.820
 I'm going to repay

00:31:47.820 --> 00:31:50.200
 anybody I cheated

00:31:50.200 --> 00:31:51.980
 it says that in your text

00:31:51.980 --> 00:31:52.740
 but in the Greek

00:31:52.740 --> 00:31:53.420
 it basically says

00:31:53.420 --> 00:31:54.600
 I've cheated a lot of people

00:31:54.600 --> 00:31:56.740
 and so whoever I've cheated

00:31:56.740 --> 00:31:57.640
 I'm going to repay them

00:31:57.640 --> 00:31:58.580
 400%

00:31:58.580 --> 00:32:01.340
 in the Bible

00:32:01.340 --> 00:32:03.519
 in Leviticus

00:32:03.519 --> 00:32:05.259
 it says if you cheat somebody

00:32:05.259 --> 00:32:06.860
 you only pay them 20% more

00:32:06.860 --> 00:32:10.880
 so Zacchaeus is paying back

00:32:10.880 --> 00:32:12.400
 400%

00:32:12.400 --> 00:32:13.900
 again it's this

00:32:13.900 --> 00:32:15.400
 it's this public confession

00:32:15.400 --> 00:32:16.480
 he's saying it to everybody

00:32:16.480 --> 00:32:17.580
 this is what Christ

00:32:17.580 --> 00:32:18.160
 has done for me

00:32:18.160 --> 00:32:19.720
 this is how it's impacted my life

00:32:19.720 --> 00:32:20.840
 these things used to be

00:32:20.840 --> 00:32:21.500
 idols in my life

00:32:21.500 --> 00:32:22.580
 they're no longer there

00:32:22.580 --> 00:32:24.340
 I'm giving them away

00:32:24.340 --> 00:32:25.759
 I'm making retributions

00:32:25.759 --> 00:32:26.960
 I'm making things right

00:32:26.960 --> 00:32:27.840
 and in verse 9

00:32:27.840 --> 00:32:28.820
 Jesus said today

00:32:28.820 --> 00:32:30.440
 salvation has come

00:32:30.440 --> 00:32:31.160
 it's in the passive

00:32:31.160 --> 00:32:31.700
 it means that

00:32:31.700 --> 00:32:33.120
 Zacchaeus didn't grab it

00:32:33.120 --> 00:32:33.600
 it means that

00:32:33.600 --> 00:32:34.600
 Jesus brought it

00:32:34.600 --> 00:32:35.259
 God brought it

00:32:35.259 --> 00:32:36.120
 into his world

00:32:36.120 --> 00:32:39.100
 he brought it

00:32:39.100 --> 00:32:39.780
 into his life

00:32:39.780 --> 00:32:40.500
 he showed him grace

00:32:40.500 --> 00:32:41.120
 he showed him love

00:32:41.119 --> 00:32:42.399
 he showed him acceptance

00:32:42.399 --> 00:32:43.279
 he showed him mercy

00:32:43.279 --> 00:32:46.299
 and Jesus took it

00:32:46.299 --> 00:32:47.139
 and because of that

00:32:47.139 --> 00:32:47.939
 mercy and grace

00:32:47.939 --> 00:32:48.899
 and love in his life

00:32:48.899 --> 00:32:50.939
 he responded

00:32:50.939 --> 00:32:53.919
 he paid back

00:32:53.919 --> 00:32:54.859
 he made things right

00:32:54.859 --> 00:32:55.879
 he made restitution

00:32:55.879 --> 00:32:57.819
 all these things

00:32:57.819 --> 00:32:59.719
 point to a heart change

00:32:59.719 --> 00:33:00.559
 in his life

00:33:00.559 --> 00:33:02.459
 all these things

00:33:02.459 --> 00:33:03.500
 point to what happened

00:33:03.500 --> 00:33:05.459
 because he met Jesus

00:33:05.460 --> 00:33:08.340
 I wonder what would have

00:33:08.340 --> 00:33:09.640
 happened if Zacchaeus said

00:33:09.640 --> 00:33:11.420
 I believe

00:33:11.420 --> 00:33:15.180
 but like a lot of us

00:33:15.180 --> 00:33:17.819
 nothing ever changed

00:33:17.819 --> 00:33:18.500
 in his life

00:33:18.500 --> 00:33:22.400
 he didn't make restitution

00:33:22.400 --> 00:33:24.920
 he didn't change

00:33:24.920 --> 00:33:25.460
 his practices

00:33:25.460 --> 00:33:28.319
 he wasn't a different person

00:33:28.319 --> 00:33:29.779
 he said I believe

00:33:29.779 --> 00:33:31.940
 but the community

00:33:31.940 --> 00:33:32.539
 and the crowd

00:33:32.539 --> 00:33:33.160
 who looked at him

00:33:33.160 --> 00:33:34.360
 saw that there was nothing

00:33:34.359 --> 00:33:36.000
 really different

00:33:36.000 --> 00:33:38.839
 do you think people

00:33:38.839 --> 00:33:39.579
 would believe him

00:33:39.579 --> 00:33:45.359
 in Jesus' day

00:33:45.359 --> 00:33:46.519
 that was unheard of

00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:49.500
 because if you believe

00:33:49.500 --> 00:33:52.119
 and you meet grace

00:33:52.119 --> 00:33:53.079
 and mercy

00:33:53.079 --> 00:33:55.179
 your life is changed

00:33:55.179 --> 00:33:57.059
 then in verse 10

00:33:57.059 --> 00:33:58.519
 Jesus makes his purpose statement

00:33:58.519 --> 00:33:59.479
 I bolded it for you

00:33:59.479 --> 00:34:00.839
 it is the purpose statement

00:34:00.839 --> 00:34:01.859
 of why Jesus came

00:34:01.859 --> 00:34:03.199
 will you read it with me

00:34:03.200 --> 00:34:04.440
 let's read it together

00:34:04.440 --> 00:34:07.299
 for the son of man

00:34:07.299 --> 00:34:08.059
 came

00:34:08.059 --> 00:34:08.960
 to seek

00:34:08.960 --> 00:34:09.599
 and save

00:34:09.599 --> 00:34:11.360
 that which was lost

00:34:11.360 --> 00:34:12.960
 one more time

00:34:12.960 --> 00:34:14.780
 for the son of man

00:34:14.780 --> 00:34:15.519
 came

00:34:15.519 --> 00:34:16.400
 to see

00:34:16.400 --> 00:34:17.260
 save

00:34:17.260 --> 00:34:18.519
 that which was lost

00:34:18.519 --> 00:34:20.099
 okay

00:34:20.099 --> 00:34:21.619
 that's the story

00:34:21.619 --> 00:34:23.980
 it's a pretty amazing story

00:34:23.980 --> 00:34:24.360
 isn't it

00:34:24.360 --> 00:34:26.699
 I have a couple things

00:34:26.699 --> 00:34:27.559
 I want to share with you

00:34:27.559 --> 00:34:28.039
 as I

00:34:28.039 --> 00:34:29.659
 sweat up here also

00:34:29.659 --> 00:34:31.699
 I'm probably sweating

00:34:31.699 --> 00:34:32.279
 more than you

00:34:32.279 --> 00:34:33.059
 so you can feel good

00:34:33.059 --> 00:34:33.679
 about that

00:34:33.679 --> 00:34:35.879
 there's a couple observations

00:34:35.879 --> 00:34:36.659
 that are true

00:34:36.659 --> 00:34:37.399
 about these men

00:34:37.399 --> 00:34:38.099
 and I think they're true

00:34:38.099 --> 00:34:39.239
 about you and I

00:34:39.239 --> 00:34:41.420
 the first one is

00:34:41.420 --> 00:34:42.299
 that they're both blind

00:34:42.299 --> 00:34:45.119
 one is physically

00:34:45.119 --> 00:34:47.500
 and one is spiritually

00:34:47.500 --> 00:34:50.059
 but the Bible says

00:34:50.059 --> 00:34:50.940
 that you and I

00:34:50.940 --> 00:34:51.799
 are also

00:34:51.799 --> 00:34:53.659
 spiritually blind

00:34:53.659 --> 00:34:56.699
 both men are outcast

00:34:56.699 --> 00:34:58.819
 I mean both men

00:34:58.819 --> 00:34:59.339
 are deemed

00:34:59.339 --> 00:34:59.980
 unworthy

00:34:59.980 --> 00:35:00.859
 in their society

00:35:00.859 --> 00:35:02.460
 there's no reason

00:35:02.460 --> 00:35:03.379
 why a holy person

00:35:03.379 --> 00:35:04.099
 would talk to them

00:35:04.099 --> 00:35:04.919
 there's no reason

00:35:04.919 --> 00:35:05.619
 why God

00:35:05.619 --> 00:35:06.639
 should talk to them

00:35:06.639 --> 00:35:07.519
 or come into their world

00:35:07.519 --> 00:35:08.500
 the Jewish culture

00:35:08.500 --> 00:35:09.659
 would not accept that

00:35:09.659 --> 00:35:11.779
 but both of these men

00:35:11.779 --> 00:35:12.579
 were outcast

00:35:12.579 --> 00:35:14.480
 and they had no value

00:35:14.480 --> 00:35:18.039
 both of these men

00:35:18.039 --> 00:35:19.819
 had to fight

00:35:19.819 --> 00:35:20.480
 the crowd

00:35:20.480 --> 00:35:23.800
 you notice that

00:35:23.800 --> 00:35:26.740
 I mean both of these men

00:35:26.740 --> 00:35:27.519
 had to fight the crowd

00:35:27.519 --> 00:35:28.199
 because the crowd

00:35:28.199 --> 00:35:29.019
 was trying to keep them

00:35:29.019 --> 00:35:29.960
 from seeing Jesus

00:35:29.960 --> 00:35:32.099
 in verse 39

00:35:32.099 --> 00:35:32.639
 they said

00:35:32.639 --> 00:35:33.280
 shut up

00:35:33.280 --> 00:35:33.840
 be quiet

00:35:33.840 --> 00:35:34.380
 you're nothing

00:35:34.380 --> 00:35:35.240
 you're an outcast

00:35:35.240 --> 00:35:36.639
 in verse 7

00:35:36.639 --> 00:35:37.880
 you're a sinful person

00:35:37.880 --> 00:35:38.900
 this cannot be happening

00:35:38.900 --> 00:35:40.280
 the Messiah cannot go to you

00:35:40.280 --> 00:35:43.519
 who's the crowd

00:35:43.519 --> 00:35:50.800
 the crowd's us

00:35:50.800 --> 00:35:54.300
 the crowd's the religious people

00:35:54.300 --> 00:35:54.980
 the crowd's the people

00:35:54.980 --> 00:35:55.659
 who are following Jesus

00:35:55.659 --> 00:35:56.780
 the crowd are the pilgrims

00:35:56.780 --> 00:35:58.239
 the crowd are the older brothers

00:35:58.239 --> 00:35:59.199
 the crowd are the people

00:35:59.199 --> 00:36:00.659
 who know what's going on

00:36:00.659 --> 00:36:01.019
 in their life

00:36:01.019 --> 00:36:01.759
 the crowd are the people

00:36:01.759 --> 00:36:02.219
 who are perfect

00:36:02.219 --> 00:36:03.380
 the crowd are the people

00:36:03.380 --> 00:36:03.880
 who know scripture

00:36:03.880 --> 00:36:04.480
 they can quote it

00:36:04.480 --> 00:36:05.380
 backward and forward

00:36:05.380 --> 00:36:06.420
 but it doesn't change

00:36:06.420 --> 00:36:07.139
 their life

00:36:07.139 --> 00:36:10.219
 and when I ask that question

00:36:10.219 --> 00:36:10.780
 I have to ask us

00:36:10.780 --> 00:36:11.320
 the question

00:36:11.320 --> 00:36:13.680
 is that us?

00:36:19.640 --> 00:36:21.340
 am I the crowd?

00:36:23.580 --> 00:36:25.180
 am I keeping people

00:36:25.180 --> 00:36:26.720
 from seeing Jesus?

00:36:29.300 --> 00:36:30.559
 you know often I talk

00:36:30.559 --> 00:36:31.559
 to people who are not

00:36:31.559 --> 00:36:32.220
 Christ followers

00:36:32.220 --> 00:36:33.000
 I mean I talk to

00:36:33.000 --> 00:36:33.840
 a lot of people

00:36:33.840 --> 00:36:34.559
 in the business world

00:36:34.559 --> 00:36:35.220
 and other places

00:36:35.220 --> 00:36:36.460
 and I ask them the question

00:36:36.460 --> 00:36:37.480
 why aren't you

00:36:37.480 --> 00:36:38.260
 a Christ follower

00:36:38.260 --> 00:36:39.000
 and almost always

00:36:39.000 --> 00:36:39.620
 they tell me

00:36:39.620 --> 00:36:41.300
 Christians are hypocrites

00:36:41.300 --> 00:36:45.039
 Christians say one thing

00:36:45.039 --> 00:36:46.340
 but they do another thing

00:36:46.340 --> 00:36:47.760
 Christians are self-serving

00:36:47.760 --> 00:36:49.019
 Christians are dishonest

00:36:49.019 --> 00:36:50.000
 Christians are more

00:36:50.000 --> 00:36:50.780
 dishonest in business

00:36:50.780 --> 00:36:51.920
 sometimes than non-Christians

00:36:51.920 --> 00:36:53.060
 and the bad thing

00:36:53.060 --> 00:36:53.660
 is that the Christians

00:36:53.660 --> 00:36:54.900
 expect you to believe them

00:36:54.900 --> 00:36:55.580
 because they're Christians

00:36:55.580 --> 00:36:56.560
 but often they cheat us

00:36:56.560 --> 00:36:57.000
 just as worse

00:36:57.000 --> 00:36:58.000
 as the non-Christians do

00:36:58.000 --> 00:37:04.420
 sometimes I talk

00:37:04.420 --> 00:37:05.080
 to Christians

00:37:05.080 --> 00:37:07.360
 who feel radically

00:37:07.360 --> 00:37:08.340
 called by God

00:37:08.340 --> 00:37:09.320
 to do something different

00:37:09.320 --> 00:37:10.039
 in their life

00:37:10.039 --> 00:37:11.360
 and they feel like

00:37:11.360 --> 00:37:12.039
 God's calling them

00:37:12.039 --> 00:37:12.460
 to step out

00:37:12.460 --> 00:37:13.159
 take a step of faith

00:37:13.159 --> 00:37:14.039
 and do something different

00:37:14.039 --> 00:37:16.559
 but then religious people

00:37:16.559 --> 00:37:17.539
 come into their world

00:37:17.539 --> 00:37:19.139
 and say don't do that

00:37:19.139 --> 00:37:22.139
 that's too radical

00:37:22.139 --> 00:37:25.480
 that's unwise

00:37:25.480 --> 00:37:28.279
 I mean I know it says

00:37:28.279 --> 00:37:28.840
 to trust God

00:37:28.840 --> 00:37:29.500
 but maybe you shouldn't

00:37:29.500 --> 00:37:30.219
 really trust Him

00:37:30.219 --> 00:37:32.000
 that much

00:37:32.000 --> 00:37:34.360
 don't act foolishly

00:37:34.360 --> 00:37:35.099
 don't act recklessly

00:37:35.099 --> 00:37:37.739
 I talked to a guy

00:37:37.739 --> 00:37:38.319
 who was walking

00:37:38.319 --> 00:37:38.759
 with the Lord

00:37:38.759 --> 00:37:39.039
 and he said

00:37:39.039 --> 00:37:39.679
 I feel like God's

00:37:39.679 --> 00:37:40.400
 calling me to do this

00:37:40.400 --> 00:37:41.219
 and I really want to do this

00:37:41.219 --> 00:37:41.940
 and when I talked

00:37:41.940 --> 00:37:42.380
 to my friends

00:37:42.380 --> 00:37:43.059
 my friends looked at me

00:37:43.059 --> 00:37:43.259
 and said

00:37:43.259 --> 00:37:45.199
 wait until you have

00:37:45.199 --> 00:37:46.099
 five million dollars

00:37:46.099 --> 00:37:46.980
 saved in the bank

00:37:46.980 --> 00:37:48.719
 and then if you have

00:37:48.719 --> 00:37:49.519
 five million dollars

00:37:49.519 --> 00:37:50.259
 saved in the bank

00:37:50.259 --> 00:37:52.199
 then

00:37:52.199 --> 00:37:53.239
 then you can really

00:37:53.239 --> 00:37:54.019
 follow God

00:37:54.019 --> 00:37:58.900
 you ever said that

00:37:58.900 --> 00:37:59.339
 to somebody

00:37:59.340 --> 00:38:04.100
 each one of them

00:38:04.100 --> 00:38:05.519
 had to fight the crowd

00:38:05.519 --> 00:38:08.100
 often it's just

00:38:08.100 --> 00:38:09.039
 amazing to me

00:38:09.039 --> 00:38:10.420
 because Bartimaeus

00:38:10.420 --> 00:38:11.180
 and Zacchaeus

00:38:11.180 --> 00:38:11.960
 had to fight

00:38:11.960 --> 00:38:12.480
 through the crowd

00:38:12.480 --> 00:38:12.980
 they had to fight

00:38:12.980 --> 00:38:13.780
 through the religious people

00:38:13.780 --> 00:38:14.240
 they had to fight

00:38:14.240 --> 00:38:14.900
 through the hypocrites

00:38:14.900 --> 00:38:15.579
 they had to fight

00:38:15.579 --> 00:38:16.000
 through the people

00:38:16.000 --> 00:38:16.960
 who said I follow Christ

00:38:16.960 --> 00:38:17.539
 but their lives

00:38:17.539 --> 00:38:18.200
 are not changed

00:38:18.200 --> 00:38:19.200
 and the Bible says

00:38:19.200 --> 00:38:19.840
 that Jesus fought

00:38:19.840 --> 00:38:20.700
 those people also

00:38:20.700 --> 00:38:22.480
 the Bible says

00:38:22.480 --> 00:38:23.780
 that Jesus was angry

00:38:23.780 --> 00:38:25.120
 he hated hypocrites

00:38:25.120 --> 00:38:26.140
 he was talking about

00:38:26.140 --> 00:38:26.740
 them all the time

00:38:26.740 --> 00:38:27.440
 he confronted

00:38:27.440 --> 00:38:28.260
 the religious people

00:38:28.260 --> 00:38:29.200
 the people who said

00:38:29.199 --> 00:38:30.119
 this is what I do

00:38:30.119 --> 00:38:31.000
 this is what I do

00:38:31.000 --> 00:38:32.239
 I'm really religious

00:38:32.239 --> 00:38:32.879
 I go to church

00:38:32.879 --> 00:38:33.659
 I do all these things

00:38:33.659 --> 00:38:34.399
 but inwardly

00:38:34.399 --> 00:38:35.480
 their heart is not different

00:38:35.480 --> 00:38:38.699
 and Jesus says

00:38:38.699 --> 00:38:41.239
 he despises those people

00:38:41.239 --> 00:38:45.719
 they're the Pharisees

00:38:45.719 --> 00:38:48.759
 if you're here

00:38:48.759 --> 00:38:49.500
 and you're one of those

00:38:49.500 --> 00:38:49.899
 two people

00:38:49.899 --> 00:38:50.699
 you're a non-believer

00:38:50.699 --> 00:38:51.639
 trying to see Jesus

00:38:51.639 --> 00:38:52.199
 but the crowd

00:38:52.199 --> 00:38:52.980
 is stopping you

00:38:52.980 --> 00:38:54.619
 or you're a Christian

00:38:54.619 --> 00:38:55.359
 and you want to follow

00:38:55.359 --> 00:38:55.699
 Jesus

00:38:55.699 --> 00:38:56.619
 and the crowd

00:38:56.619 --> 00:38:57.359
 is stopping you

00:38:57.360 --> 00:38:59.780
 wow

00:38:59.780 --> 00:39:00.680
 air conditioner

00:39:00.680 --> 00:39:01.160
 came on

00:39:01.160 --> 00:39:01.579
 didn't it

00:39:01.579 --> 00:39:05.200
 if you're one

00:39:05.200 --> 00:39:05.840
 of those two people

00:39:05.840 --> 00:39:06.760
 I beg you

00:39:06.760 --> 00:39:09.980
 I beg you

00:39:09.980 --> 00:39:12.200
 do not

00:39:12.200 --> 00:39:13.160
 let the crowd

00:39:13.160 --> 00:39:14.880
 stop you

00:39:14.880 --> 00:39:16.620
 from following God

00:39:16.620 --> 00:39:20.400
 the blind man

00:39:20.400 --> 00:39:21.000
 had to yell out

00:39:21.000 --> 00:39:21.700
 like an animal

00:39:21.699 --> 00:39:25.359
 Zacchaeus

00:39:25.359 --> 00:39:26.000
 had to run

00:39:26.000 --> 00:39:26.699
 and climb up

00:39:26.699 --> 00:39:27.419
 into a tree

00:39:27.419 --> 00:39:29.379
 to see Jesus

00:39:29.379 --> 00:39:31.719
 but they would not

00:39:31.719 --> 00:39:32.919
 allow the crowd

00:39:32.919 --> 00:39:34.939
 to stop them

00:39:34.939 --> 00:39:36.199
 from seeing God

00:39:36.199 --> 00:39:39.119
 today

00:39:39.119 --> 00:39:40.019
 what you do

00:39:40.019 --> 00:39:40.879
 is you go home

00:39:40.879 --> 00:39:41.759
 you read the Bible

00:39:41.759 --> 00:39:42.759
 you read the Gospels

00:39:42.759 --> 00:39:43.980
 you read what's going on

00:39:43.980 --> 00:39:45.119
 and if you do that

00:39:45.119 --> 00:39:46.339
 you're going to meet Christ

00:39:46.339 --> 00:39:48.219
 not as people say

00:39:48.219 --> 00:39:48.779
 he should be

00:39:48.779 --> 00:39:49.679
 or how you should be

00:39:49.679 --> 00:39:50.899
 but you're going to meet Jesus

00:39:50.900 --> 00:39:52.539
 and my prayer

00:39:52.539 --> 00:39:53.900
 is that you would do that

00:39:53.900 --> 00:39:55.139
 and you would see

00:39:55.139 --> 00:39:55.800
 who he is

00:39:55.800 --> 00:39:56.539
 and how he is

00:39:56.539 --> 00:39:57.700
 and what he's called you to do

00:39:57.700 --> 00:40:00.220
 and that you would trust him

00:40:00.220 --> 00:40:03.539
 both of these men

00:40:03.539 --> 00:40:05.920
 acted in crazy ways

00:40:05.920 --> 00:40:09.639
 getting to Jesus

00:40:09.639 --> 00:40:11.780
 and then after they found Jesus

00:40:11.780 --> 00:40:13.940
 both of these men's lives

00:40:13.940 --> 00:40:15.119
 changed radically

00:40:15.119 --> 00:40:16.400
 both of these men's

00:40:16.400 --> 00:40:17.639
 showed you that grace

00:40:17.639 --> 00:40:18.139
 hit them

00:40:18.139 --> 00:40:18.680
 and they understood

00:40:18.680 --> 00:40:19.780
 that grace was costly

00:40:19.780 --> 00:40:21.100
 what Jesus was going to do

00:40:21.100 --> 00:40:21.940
 and what he has done

00:40:21.940 --> 00:40:23.300
 and it changed everything

00:40:23.300 --> 00:40:24.380
 in verse 43

00:40:24.380 --> 00:40:26.019
 when Bartimaeus

00:40:26.019 --> 00:40:26.800
 regained his sight

00:40:26.800 --> 00:40:27.960
 it says he followed Jesus

00:40:27.960 --> 00:40:29.160
 he continued to pray

00:40:29.160 --> 00:40:30.080
 he continued to worship

00:40:30.080 --> 00:40:31.100
 and the history books

00:40:31.100 --> 00:40:32.080
 tell us that Bartimaeus

00:40:32.080 --> 00:40:33.060
 followed Jesus

00:40:33.060 --> 00:40:34.220
 all the way to the cross

00:40:34.220 --> 00:40:35.580
 he saw him crucified

00:40:35.580 --> 00:40:36.920
 he saw him resurrected

00:40:36.920 --> 00:40:38.720
 he was a part of the early church

00:40:38.720 --> 00:40:39.560
 and he became

00:40:39.560 --> 00:40:40.760
 one of the most influential

00:40:40.760 --> 00:40:41.720
 lay leaders

00:40:41.720 --> 00:40:42.960
 as a business person

00:40:42.960 --> 00:40:44.460
 in the church of Jerusalem

00:40:44.460 --> 00:40:47.660
 his life was totally changed

00:40:47.660 --> 00:40:48.660
 it was totally radical

00:40:48.659 --> 00:40:50.799
 Zacchaeus

00:40:50.799 --> 00:40:51.819
 when he met Jesus

00:40:51.819 --> 00:40:53.099
 when Jesus came into his life

00:40:53.099 --> 00:40:54.839
 his household was changed

00:40:54.839 --> 00:40:55.699
 in Hebrew

00:40:55.699 --> 00:40:56.399
 there's a sense

00:40:56.399 --> 00:40:56.839
 that when someone

00:40:56.839 --> 00:40:57.839
 walks into your house

00:40:57.839 --> 00:40:59.319
 they change every part

00:40:59.319 --> 00:40:59.859
 of your house

00:40:59.859 --> 00:41:01.239
 and Zacchaeus

00:41:01.239 --> 00:41:02.139
 we see that everything

00:41:02.139 --> 00:41:03.599
 in his life was changed

00:41:03.599 --> 00:41:05.219
 everything had different meaning

00:41:05.219 --> 00:41:06.899
 he went on to be a pastor

00:41:06.899 --> 00:41:07.559
 of a church

00:41:07.559 --> 00:41:08.779
 in Caesarea Philippi

00:41:08.779 --> 00:41:09.839
 and his life

00:41:09.839 --> 00:41:11.139
 was radically changed

00:41:11.139 --> 00:41:14.879
 after meeting Christ

00:41:14.880 --> 00:41:18.200
 the question is this

00:41:18.200 --> 00:41:21.280
 has everything changed

00:41:21.280 --> 00:41:21.960
 in your life?

00:41:27.960 --> 00:41:29.599
 I mean if people look at you now

00:41:29.599 --> 00:41:30.700
 since you became a Christian

00:41:30.700 --> 00:41:33.780
 has your life radically changed?

00:41:33.860 --> 00:41:35.340
 is it radically different?

00:41:35.480 --> 00:41:36.860
 has the gospel and grace

00:41:36.860 --> 00:41:39.240
 impacted everything about you?

00:41:40.180 --> 00:41:41.559
 I mean is your language different?

00:41:41.559 --> 00:41:44.920
 are your values different?

00:41:48.019 --> 00:41:50.400
 are your priorities different?

00:41:51.799 --> 00:41:53.199
 how you spend your money

00:41:53.199 --> 00:41:54.519
 is that different?

00:41:55.880 --> 00:41:57.279
 how we parent

00:41:57.279 --> 00:41:59.759
 is that different?

00:42:00.480 --> 00:42:01.539
 how we date

00:42:01.539 --> 00:42:03.779
 and what we do on our dates

00:42:03.779 --> 00:42:06.179
 is that different now

00:42:06.179 --> 00:42:07.019
 that we've met Christ

00:42:07.019 --> 00:42:09.199
 and he's changed us?

00:42:09.199 --> 00:42:12.199
 how we view our jobs

00:42:12.199 --> 00:42:14.879
 and why we even do jobs

00:42:14.879 --> 00:42:16.159
 is that different?

00:42:17.299 --> 00:42:18.759
 how we spend our time

00:42:18.759 --> 00:42:20.119
 I mean has grace

00:42:20.119 --> 00:42:20.919
 in the gospel

00:42:20.919 --> 00:42:24.519
 affected everything

00:42:24.519 --> 00:42:25.219
 in your life?

00:42:32.319 --> 00:42:33.299
 not me either

00:42:33.299 --> 00:42:38.079
 I realize that sometimes

00:42:38.079 --> 00:42:38.759
 I just forget

00:42:38.759 --> 00:42:40.340
 how costly grace is

00:42:40.340 --> 00:42:43.440
 I realize that sometimes

00:42:43.440 --> 00:42:43.940
 I just forget

00:42:43.940 --> 00:42:44.519
 how costly

00:42:44.519 --> 00:42:46.039
 Christ's love was for us

00:42:46.039 --> 00:42:48.119
 I realize that I need

00:42:48.119 --> 00:42:48.940
 friends in my life

00:42:48.940 --> 00:42:49.960
 gospeling me

00:42:49.960 --> 00:42:51.299
 speaking the truth to me

00:42:51.299 --> 00:42:53.480
 especially when I go astray

00:42:53.480 --> 00:42:55.460
 I realize that sometimes

00:42:55.460 --> 00:42:57.460
 I hold grace

00:42:57.460 --> 00:42:58.500
 in the gospel

00:42:58.500 --> 00:42:59.579
 and Jesus' love

00:42:59.579 --> 00:43:00.460
 and his sacrifice

00:43:00.460 --> 00:43:01.159
 and his blood

00:43:01.159 --> 00:43:03.000
 too lightly

00:43:03.000 --> 00:43:08.559
 sometimes I think

00:43:08.559 --> 00:43:09.900
 that just coming

00:43:09.900 --> 00:43:10.559
 to Christ

00:43:10.559 --> 00:43:11.920
 is a one time event

00:43:11.920 --> 00:43:15.179
 but I don't realize

00:43:15.179 --> 00:43:16.420
 like Zacchaeus

00:43:16.420 --> 00:43:17.599
 and Bartimaeus

00:43:17.599 --> 00:43:18.579
 and everybody else

00:43:18.579 --> 00:43:19.099
 in the Bible

00:43:19.099 --> 00:43:20.900
 that it's an event

00:43:20.900 --> 00:43:22.579
 that affects

00:43:22.579 --> 00:43:25.440
 all the rest

00:43:25.440 --> 00:43:26.539
 of my life

00:43:26.539 --> 00:43:30.440
 everything else

00:43:30.440 --> 00:43:31.019
 I do

00:43:31.019 --> 00:43:34.059
 has to be

00:43:34.059 --> 00:43:34.559
 impacted

00:43:34.559 --> 00:43:37.800
 by Christ's love

00:43:37.800 --> 00:43:40.039
 and sacrifice

00:43:40.039 --> 00:43:41.380
 for me

00:43:41.380 --> 00:43:45.659
 last thing

00:43:45.659 --> 00:43:46.480
 and I've been thinking

00:43:46.480 --> 00:43:47.119
 about this

00:43:47.119 --> 00:43:49.679
 in both of these

00:43:49.679 --> 00:43:50.400
 men's lives

00:43:50.400 --> 00:43:51.440
 Jesus had to come

00:43:51.440 --> 00:43:51.940
 to them

00:43:51.940 --> 00:43:55.079
 Jesus had to call

00:43:55.079 --> 00:43:55.639
 them out

00:43:55.639 --> 00:43:56.740
 I mean Jesus

00:43:56.740 --> 00:43:57.420
 was on his mission

00:43:57.420 --> 00:43:57.920
 and his mission

00:43:57.920 --> 00:43:58.539
 is to seek

00:43:58.539 --> 00:44:00.139
 and save lost people

00:44:00.139 --> 00:44:01.980
 and some of us

00:44:01.980 --> 00:44:04.699
 are still blind

00:44:04.699 --> 00:44:10.340
 some of us

00:44:10.340 --> 00:44:10.880
 are still hanging

00:44:10.880 --> 00:44:11.539
 in trees

00:44:11.539 --> 00:44:12.599
 looking

00:44:12.599 --> 00:44:13.199
 and peering

00:44:13.199 --> 00:44:16.380
 and this passage

00:44:16.380 --> 00:44:16.920
 says

00:44:16.920 --> 00:44:18.519
 to you

00:44:18.519 --> 00:44:20.900
 that Christ

00:44:20.900 --> 00:44:21.420
 is calling

00:44:21.420 --> 00:44:22.019
 your name

00:44:22.019 --> 00:44:25.519
 and he's good

00:44:25.519 --> 00:44:27.980
 and he's in control

00:44:27.980 --> 00:44:29.800
 and he wants

00:44:29.800 --> 00:44:30.139
 to give you

00:44:30.139 --> 00:44:30.639
 even more

00:44:30.639 --> 00:44:31.579
 than you expect

00:44:31.579 --> 00:44:35.099
 and he's begging

00:44:35.099 --> 00:44:35.300
 you

00:44:35.300 --> 00:44:35.960
 don't let

00:44:35.960 --> 00:44:36.800
 the crowd

00:44:36.800 --> 00:44:38.460
 keep you

00:44:38.460 --> 00:44:39.139
 from him

00:44:39.139 --> 00:44:43.300
 and the question

00:44:43.300 --> 00:44:44.099
 of Bartimaeus

00:44:44.099 --> 00:44:44.820
 and Zacchaeus

00:44:44.820 --> 00:44:45.559
 in this passage

00:44:45.559 --> 00:44:46.300
 and in the Bible

00:44:46.300 --> 00:44:46.579
 is

00:44:46.579 --> 00:44:47.659
 will we come

00:44:47.659 --> 00:44:48.519
 down to the tree

00:44:48.519 --> 00:44:51.240
 will we come

00:44:51.240 --> 00:44:51.699
 down

00:44:51.699 --> 00:44:54.119
 and meet

00:44:54.119 --> 00:44:54.780
 Jesus face

00:44:54.780 --> 00:44:55.360
 to face

00:44:55.360 --> 00:44:58.360
 will we allow

00:44:58.360 --> 00:44:58.480
 him

00:44:58.480 --> 00:44:58.780
 into our

00:44:58.780 --> 00:44:59.180
 house

00:44:59.180 --> 00:45:03.059
 for some

00:45:03.059 --> 00:45:03.360
 of us

00:45:03.360 --> 00:45:03.700
 we've already

00:45:03.700 --> 00:45:04.120
 come into

00:45:04.120 --> 00:45:04.519
 the family

00:45:04.519 --> 00:45:04.920
 but we need

00:45:04.920 --> 00:45:05.260
 to ask

00:45:05.260 --> 00:45:05.579
 ourselves

00:45:05.579 --> 00:45:06.099
 the question

00:45:06.099 --> 00:45:06.559
 over and

00:45:06.559 --> 00:45:06.940
 over again

00:45:06.940 --> 00:45:07.240
 are we

00:45:07.240 --> 00:45:07.940
 the crowd

00:45:07.940 --> 00:45:09.720
 I mean

00:45:09.720 --> 00:45:10.059
 have we

00:45:10.059 --> 00:45:10.539
 forgotten

00:45:10.539 --> 00:45:11.420
 Jesus

00:45:11.420 --> 00:45:11.880
 mission

00:45:11.880 --> 00:45:12.300
 statement

00:45:12.300 --> 00:45:12.800
 because

00:45:12.800 --> 00:45:13.059
 either

00:45:13.059 --> 00:45:13.280
 we're

00:45:13.280 --> 00:45:13.680
 a part

00:45:13.680 --> 00:45:13.960
 of the

00:45:13.960 --> 00:45:14.240
 mission

00:45:14.240 --> 00:45:14.559
 he's

00:45:14.559 --> 00:45:14.740
 trying

00:45:14.740 --> 00:45:15.260
 to save

00:45:15.260 --> 00:45:15.620
 us

00:45:15.620 --> 00:45:16.579
 or

00:45:16.579 --> 00:45:16.840
 we're

00:45:16.840 --> 00:45:17.180
 on

00:45:17.180 --> 00:45:17.980
 schedule

00:45:17.980 --> 00:45:18.440
 with

00:45:18.440 --> 00:45:18.640
 the

00:45:18.640 --> 00:45:18.980
 mission

00:45:18.980 --> 00:45:19.579
 and

00:45:19.579 --> 00:45:19.720
 we're

00:45:19.720 --> 00:45:19.980
 being

00:45:19.980 --> 00:45:20.340
 a part

00:45:20.340 --> 00:45:20.539
 of

00:45:20.539 --> 00:45:20.980
 saving

00:45:20.980 --> 00:45:21.660
 other

00:45:21.660 --> 00:45:22.340
 people

00:45:22.340 --> 00:45:24.120
 but

00:45:24.120 --> 00:45:24.280
 there's

00:45:24.280 --> 00:45:24.460
 only

00:45:24.460 --> 00:45:24.740
 two

00:45:24.740 --> 00:45:25.260
 options

00:45:25.260 --> 00:45:25.460
 as

00:45:25.460 --> 00:45:25.800
 Christ

00:45:25.800 --> 00:45:26.280
 followers

00:45:26.280 --> 00:45:28.700
 and the

00:45:28.700 --> 00:45:28.980
 option

00:45:28.980 --> 00:45:29.220
 as a

00:45:29.220 --> 00:45:29.480
 Christ

00:45:29.480 --> 00:45:29.720
 follower

00:45:29.720 --> 00:45:30.059
 is that

00:45:30.059 --> 00:45:30.460
 we need

00:45:30.460 --> 00:45:30.760
 to be

00:45:30.760 --> 00:45:31.140
 a part

00:45:31.140 --> 00:45:31.340
 of the

00:45:31.340 --> 00:45:31.720
 mission

00:45:31.720 --> 00:45:34.800
 do we

00:45:34.800 --> 00:45:35.079
 feel like

00:45:35.079 --> 00:45:35.240
 we're

00:45:35.240 --> 00:45:35.660
 here

00:45:35.660 --> 00:45:36.720
 because

00:45:36.720 --> 00:45:36.900
 we're

00:45:36.900 --> 00:45:37.220
 good

00:45:37.220 --> 00:45:40.300
 do we

00:45:40.300 --> 00:45:40.500
 feel like

00:45:40.500 --> 00:45:40.579
 we're

00:45:40.579 --> 00:45:40.700
 here

00:45:40.700 --> 00:45:40.900
 because

00:45:40.900 --> 00:45:41.059
 we're

00:45:41.059 --> 00:45:41.600
 intelligent

00:45:41.600 --> 00:45:43.100
 we're

00:45:43.100 --> 00:45:43.320
 hard

00:45:43.320 --> 00:45:43.700
 working

00:45:43.700 --> 00:45:45.220
 and we

00:45:45.220 --> 00:45:45.519
 read the

00:45:45.519 --> 00:45:45.820
 Bible

00:45:45.820 --> 00:45:47.079
 is that

00:45:47.079 --> 00:45:47.400
 why we

00:45:47.400 --> 00:45:47.600
 think

00:45:47.600 --> 00:45:47.820
 we're

00:45:47.820 --> 00:45:48.240
 here

00:45:48.240 --> 00:45:50.800
 and if

00:45:50.800 --> 00:45:51.200
 we are

00:45:51.200 --> 00:45:51.519
 then it

00:45:51.519 --> 00:45:52.039
 means that

00:45:52.039 --> 00:45:52.259
 we've

00:45:52.259 --> 00:45:52.619
 lost

00:45:52.619 --> 00:45:53.460
 grace

00:45:53.460 --> 00:45:57.000
 we've

00:45:57.000 --> 00:45:57.219
 lost

00:45:57.219 --> 00:45:57.699
 understanding

00:45:57.699 --> 00:45:58.000
 what it

00:45:58.000 --> 00:45:58.460
 means to

00:45:58.460 --> 00:45:58.779
 follow

00:45:58.779 --> 00:45:59.159
 God

00:45:59.159 --> 00:45:59.440
 and my

00:45:59.440 --> 00:45:59.659
 prayer

00:45:59.659 --> 00:46:00.019
 for us

00:46:00.019 --> 00:46:00.219
 is that

00:46:00.219 --> 00:46:00.460
 we would

00:46:00.460 --> 00:46:00.840
 confess

00:46:00.840 --> 00:46:01.139
 that

00:46:01.139 --> 00:46:01.420
 and we'd

00:46:01.420 --> 00:46:01.880
 repent

00:46:01.880 --> 00:46:02.980
 and we'd

00:46:02.980 --> 00:46:03.219
 follow

00:46:03.219 --> 00:46:03.599
 him

00:46:03.599 --> 00:46:06.519
 all of

00:46:06.519 --> 00:46:06.800
 us need

00:46:06.800 --> 00:46:07.279
 to realize

00:46:07.279 --> 00:46:07.840
 this one

00:46:07.840 --> 00:46:08.279
 thing

00:46:08.279 --> 00:46:10.840
 that all

00:46:10.840 --> 00:46:11.079
 of us

00:46:11.079 --> 00:46:11.820
 were outcast

00:46:11.820 --> 00:46:14.579
 all of us

00:46:14.579 --> 00:46:15.179
 were outsiders

00:46:15.179 --> 00:46:17.460
 and the only

00:46:17.460 --> 00:46:17.960
 reason we

00:46:17.960 --> 00:46:18.340
 were able

00:46:18.340 --> 00:46:18.699
 to get

00:46:18.699 --> 00:46:19.500
 inside

00:46:19.500 --> 00:46:20.920
 and become

00:46:20.920 --> 00:46:21.579
 an insider

00:46:21.579 --> 00:46:23.119
 is because

00:46:23.119 --> 00:46:23.759
 Jesus who

00:46:23.759 --> 00:46:24.219
 was the

00:46:24.219 --> 00:46:24.599
 ultimate

00:46:24.599 --> 00:46:25.259
 insider

00:46:25.259 --> 00:46:27.299
 became an

00:46:27.299 --> 00:46:27.759
 outsider

00:46:27.759 --> 00:46:29.460
 for us

00:46:29.460 --> 00:46:31.179
 and because

00:46:31.179 --> 00:46:31.819
 Jesus came

00:46:31.819 --> 00:46:32.400
 an outsider

00:46:32.400 --> 00:46:33.059
 for us

00:46:33.059 --> 00:46:34.099
 he became

00:46:34.099 --> 00:46:34.799
 an outcast

00:46:34.799 --> 00:46:35.679
 he was

00:46:35.679 --> 00:46:35.980
 beat

00:46:35.980 --> 00:46:36.519
 he was

00:46:36.519 --> 00:46:37.039
 scourged

00:46:37.039 --> 00:46:37.380
 he was

00:46:37.380 --> 00:46:37.799
 crucified

00:46:37.799 --> 00:46:39.219
 he died

00:46:39.219 --> 00:46:40.019
 for us

00:46:40.019 --> 00:46:41.400
 because the

00:46:41.400 --> 00:46:41.920
 ultimate

00:46:41.920 --> 00:46:42.400
 insider

00:46:42.400 --> 00:46:42.980
 became the

00:46:42.980 --> 00:46:43.319
 ultimate

00:46:43.319 --> 00:46:43.880
 outsider

00:46:43.880 --> 00:46:44.840
 now you

00:46:44.840 --> 00:46:45.239
 and I

00:46:45.239 --> 00:46:45.819
 who are

00:46:45.819 --> 00:46:46.000
 the

00:46:46.000 --> 00:46:46.519
 outsiders

00:46:46.519 --> 00:46:47.599
 can become

00:46:47.599 --> 00:46:48.299
 an insider

00:46:48.300 --> 00:46:50.800
 does that

00:46:50.800 --> 00:46:51.280
 make sense

00:46:51.280 --> 00:46:53.980
 that's what

00:46:53.980 --> 00:46:54.380
 this passage

00:46:54.380 --> 00:46:54.740
 is all

00:46:54.740 --> 00:46:55.180
 about

00:46:55.180 --> 00:46:57.820
 Jesus the

00:46:57.820 --> 00:46:58.300
 ultimate

00:46:58.300 --> 00:46:59.000
 insider

00:46:59.000 --> 00:46:59.780
 became

00:46:59.780 --> 00:47:00.960
 the ultimate

00:47:00.960 --> 00:47:01.700
 outsider

00:47:01.700 --> 00:47:02.519
 and outcast

00:47:02.519 --> 00:47:03.340
 so that you

00:47:03.340 --> 00:47:03.800
 and I

00:47:03.800 --> 00:47:04.420
 who are the

00:47:04.420 --> 00:47:04.980
 outsiders

00:47:04.980 --> 00:47:05.960
 become

00:47:05.960 --> 00:47:06.860
 insiders

00:47:06.860 --> 00:47:07.660
 back to the

00:47:07.660 --> 00:47:08.019
 father

00:47:08.019 --> 00:47:08.800
 and the

00:47:08.800 --> 00:47:09.560
 question is

00:47:09.560 --> 00:47:11.320
 do we

00:47:11.320 --> 00:47:11.760
 want it

00:47:11.760 --> 00:47:19.560
 do we

00:47:19.560 --> 00:47:20.020
 want it

00:47:20.020 --> 00:47:22.980
 that's the

00:47:22.980 --> 00:47:23.340
 message of

00:47:23.340 --> 00:47:23.800
 the gospel

00:47:23.800 --> 00:47:26.020
 God is

00:47:26.020 --> 00:47:26.420
 coming to

00:47:26.420 --> 00:47:26.700
 us

00:47:26.700 --> 00:47:27.080
 he's not

00:47:27.080 --> 00:47:27.580
 asking us

00:47:27.580 --> 00:47:27.980
 to change

00:47:27.980 --> 00:47:28.800
 Bartimaeus

00:47:28.800 --> 00:47:29.300
 didn't change

00:47:29.300 --> 00:47:29.680
 before he

00:47:29.680 --> 00:47:30.140
 met Jesus

00:47:30.140 --> 00:47:30.960
 he had

00:47:30.960 --> 00:47:31.280
 faith

00:47:31.280 --> 00:47:31.520
 and he

00:47:31.520 --> 00:47:31.840
 walked

00:47:31.840 --> 00:47:32.020
 there

00:47:32.020 --> 00:47:32.360
 and Jesus

00:47:32.360 --> 00:47:32.820
 changed

00:47:32.820 --> 00:47:33.000
 him

00:47:33.000 --> 00:47:33.500
 I think

00:47:33.500 --> 00:47:33.840
 sometimes

00:47:33.840 --> 00:47:34.120
 in our

00:47:34.120 --> 00:47:34.320
 life

00:47:34.320 --> 00:47:34.440
 we're

00:47:34.440 --> 00:47:34.620
 going

00:47:34.620 --> 00:47:34.980
 well

00:47:34.980 --> 00:47:35.200
 God

00:47:35.200 --> 00:47:35.440
 if you're

00:47:35.440 --> 00:47:35.620
 really

00:47:35.620 --> 00:47:35.940
 true

00:47:35.940 --> 00:47:36.680
 do this

00:47:36.680 --> 00:47:37.040
 do this

00:47:37.040 --> 00:47:37.420
 do this

00:47:37.420 --> 00:47:37.720
 do this

00:47:37.720 --> 00:47:37.960
 and then

00:47:37.960 --> 00:47:38.120
 I'll

00:47:38.120 --> 00:47:38.360
 believe

00:47:38.360 --> 00:47:38.660
 you

00:47:38.660 --> 00:47:40.420
 but that's

00:47:40.420 --> 00:47:40.600
 not how

00:47:40.600 --> 00:47:40.880
 it works

00:47:40.880 --> 00:47:41.120
 in the

00:47:41.120 --> 00:47:41.420
 Bible

00:47:41.420 --> 00:47:43.180
 the Bible

00:47:43.180 --> 00:47:43.480
 says we

00:47:43.480 --> 00:47:43.980
 believe him

00:47:43.980 --> 00:47:44.460
 we trust

00:47:44.460 --> 00:47:44.700
 him

00:47:44.700 --> 00:47:45.240
 and as

00:47:45.240 --> 00:47:45.639
 we walk

00:47:45.639 --> 00:47:45.900
 with him

00:47:45.900 --> 00:47:46.360
 in faith

00:47:46.360 --> 00:47:47.200
 he does

00:47:47.200 --> 00:47:47.639
 things in

00:47:47.639 --> 00:47:48.440
 our lives

00:47:48.440 --> 00:47:50.240
 the Bible

00:47:50.240 --> 00:47:50.519
 is more

00:47:50.519 --> 00:47:50.860
 God

00:47:50.860 --> 00:47:51.260
 centered

00:47:51.260 --> 00:47:54.159
 and we're

00:47:54.159 --> 00:47:54.519
 more

00:47:54.519 --> 00:47:55.180
 me

00:47:55.180 --> 00:47:55.519
 centered

00:47:55.519 --> 00:47:59.539
 this

00:47:59.539 --> 00:48:00.159
 passage

00:48:00.159 --> 00:48:02.039
 is all

00:48:02.039 --> 00:48:02.280
 about

00:48:02.280 --> 00:48:02.740
 Jesus

00:48:02.740 --> 00:48:05.059
 how much

00:48:05.059 --> 00:48:05.420
 he loves

00:48:05.420 --> 00:48:05.820
 us

00:48:05.820 --> 00:48:08.079
 father we

00:48:08.079 --> 00:48:08.420
 just thank

00:48:08.420 --> 00:48:08.659
 you for

00:48:08.659 --> 00:48:09.119
 this day

00:48:09.119 --> 00:48:09.680
 we thank

00:48:09.680 --> 00:48:09.920
 you for

00:48:09.920 --> 00:48:10.340
 these two

00:48:10.340 --> 00:48:10.820
 men who

00:48:10.820 --> 00:48:11.200
 will know

00:48:11.199 --> 00:48:11.659
 their names

00:48:11.659 --> 00:48:12.339
 for history

00:48:12.339 --> 00:48:13.299
 will know

00:48:13.299 --> 00:48:13.719
 their names

00:48:13.719 --> 00:48:14.159
 forever

00:48:14.159 --> 00:48:15.159
 these two

00:48:15.159 --> 00:48:15.460
 men that

00:48:15.460 --> 00:48:16.219
 are changed

00:48:16.219 --> 00:48:17.199
 I pray for

00:48:17.199 --> 00:48:17.839
 those of us

00:48:17.839 --> 00:48:18.399
 here right

00:48:18.399 --> 00:48:19.000
 now Lord

00:48:19.000 --> 00:48:20.359
 pray for those

00:48:20.359 --> 00:48:20.739
 of us who

00:48:20.739 --> 00:48:21.279
 are still in

00:48:21.279 --> 00:48:21.719
 the tree

00:48:21.719 --> 00:48:22.239
 or those

00:48:22.239 --> 00:48:22.419
 who are

00:48:22.419 --> 00:48:22.719
 asking

00:48:22.719 --> 00:48:23.339
 questions

00:48:23.339 --> 00:48:24.379
 that we

00:48:24.379 --> 00:48:24.819
 would not

00:48:24.819 --> 00:48:25.219
 allow

00:48:25.219 --> 00:48:27.359
 the crowd

00:48:27.359 --> 00:48:27.799
 and our

00:48:27.799 --> 00:48:28.219
 doubts

00:48:28.219 --> 00:48:28.639
 and our

00:48:28.639 --> 00:48:29.000
 fears

00:48:29.000 --> 00:48:31.059
 to blind

00:48:31.059 --> 00:48:31.779
 you and

00:48:31.779 --> 00:48:32.419
 take you

00:48:32.419 --> 00:48:32.839
 from our

00:48:32.839 --> 00:48:33.279
 eyes

00:48:33.279 --> 00:48:34.639
 pray that

00:48:34.639 --> 00:48:34.919
 they would

00:48:34.919 --> 00:48:35.460
 walk in

00:48:35.460 --> 00:48:35.699
 faith

00:48:35.699 --> 00:48:36.000
 they would

00:48:36.000 --> 00:48:36.559
 trust you

00:48:36.559 --> 00:48:36.819
 they would

00:48:36.819 --> 00:48:37.679
 ask questions

00:48:37.679 --> 00:48:38.819
 they would

00:48:38.819 --> 00:48:39.339
 realize that

00:48:39.339 --> 00:48:39.619
 you are

00:48:39.619 --> 00:48:39.980
 good

00:48:39.980 --> 00:48:41.019
 and that

00:48:41.019 --> 00:48:41.159
 you're

00:48:41.159 --> 00:48:41.480
 calling

00:48:41.480 --> 00:48:42.059
 their name

00:48:42.059 --> 00:48:43.259
 and that

00:48:43.259 --> 00:48:43.480
 you want

00:48:43.480 --> 00:48:43.659
 to go

00:48:43.659 --> 00:48:43.839
 on a

00:48:43.839 --> 00:48:44.000
 journey

00:48:44.000 --> 00:48:44.259
 with

00:48:44.259 --> 00:48:44.519
 them

00:48:44.519 --> 00:48:45.719
 father I

00:48:45.719 --> 00:48:45.960
 pray for

00:48:45.960 --> 00:48:46.279
 the rest

00:48:46.279 --> 00:48:46.539
 of us

00:48:46.539 --> 00:48:46.819
 who are

00:48:46.819 --> 00:48:47.319
 here and

00:48:47.319 --> 00:48:47.659
 we've

00:48:47.659 --> 00:48:48.779
 been lost

00:48:48.779 --> 00:48:49.339
 we now

00:48:49.339 --> 00:48:49.679
 are your

00:48:49.679 --> 00:48:50.159
 children but

00:48:50.159 --> 00:48:50.619
 sometimes we

00:48:50.619 --> 00:48:51.059
 just we

00:48:51.059 --> 00:48:51.659
 lose sight of

00:48:51.659 --> 00:48:52.119
 grace we

00:48:52.119 --> 00:48:52.639
 lose sight of

00:48:52.639 --> 00:48:53.099
 mercy we

00:48:53.099 --> 00:48:53.579
 lose sight of

00:48:53.579 --> 00:48:53.879
 why we're

00:48:53.879 --> 00:48:54.199
 here

00:48:54.199 --> 00:48:54.940
 Lord we

00:48:54.940 --> 00:48:55.319
 just come

00:48:55.319 --> 00:48:55.679
 to you and

00:48:55.679 --> 00:48:55.899
 we just

00:48:55.899 --> 00:48:56.399
 repent

00:48:56.399 --> 00:48:57.699
 we ask

00:48:57.699 --> 00:48:58.159
 your forgiveness

00:48:58.159 --> 00:48:58.960
 we ask for

00:48:58.960 --> 00:48:59.440
 brothers and

00:48:59.440 --> 00:48:59.819
 sisters in

00:48:59.819 --> 00:49:00.199
 our life to

00:49:00.199 --> 00:49:00.639
 come alongside

00:49:00.639 --> 00:49:01.099
 of us and

00:49:01.099 --> 00:49:01.659
 to show us

00:49:01.659 --> 00:49:02.419
 that we're not

00:49:02.419 --> 00:49:02.859
 an insider

00:49:02.859 --> 00:49:03.379
 because we're

00:49:03.379 --> 00:49:03.940
 cool and

00:49:03.940 --> 00:49:04.500
 good and

00:49:04.500 --> 00:49:05.280
 wealthy and

00:49:05.280 --> 00:49:06.059
 all these

00:49:06.059 --> 00:49:06.380
 things but

00:49:06.380 --> 00:49:06.639
 we're an

00:49:06.639 --> 00:49:07.260
 insider because

00:49:07.260 --> 00:49:07.659
 you became

00:49:07.659 --> 00:49:08.199
 an outsider

00:49:08.199 --> 00:49:09.460
 to bring us

00:49:09.460 --> 00:49:10.980
 in and

00:49:10.980 --> 00:49:11.599
 that's mercy

00:49:11.599 --> 00:49:12.639
 and that's

00:49:12.639 --> 00:49:14.320
 grace and

00:49:14.320 --> 00:49:14.659
 that's the

00:49:14.659 --> 00:49:16.340
 gospel so

00:49:16.340 --> 00:49:16.820
 Lord we come

00:49:16.820 --> 00:49:17.480
 before you as

00:49:17.480 --> 00:49:18.239
 needy people

00:49:18.239 --> 00:49:18.840
 and we just

00:49:18.840 --> 00:49:19.599
 worship you

00:49:19.599 --> 00:49:20.820
 as a good

00:49:20.820 --> 00:49:22.420
 God we pray

00:49:22.420 --> 00:49:22.920
 these things in

00:49:22.920 --> 00:49:23.539
 your holy name

00:49:23.539 --> 00:49:24.480
 amen