WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.980 Well, last Sunday we heard about how Jesus began to shift his attention towards Jerusalem and the people living in the towns and cities around it. 00:00:09.320 --> 00:00:14.380 We heard about how Jesus was not welcomed by the people of one town in Samaria. 00:00:15.300 --> 00:00:21.339 And we heard Jesus talk about the commitment required to be one of his disciples. 00:00:22.100 --> 00:00:27.100 We're going to pick up the story here in Luke chapter 10, starting in verse 1. 00:00:27.100 --> 00:00:30.520 Let me just read the first number of verses here for us. 00:00:57.100 --> 00:01:27.099 00:01:27.099 --> 00:01:28.719 For the worker deserves his wages. 00:01:29.899 --> 00:01:32.819 Do not move around from house to house. 00:01:34.399 --> 00:01:38.179 When you enter a town and are welcomed, eat what is offered to you. 00:01:39.479 --> 00:01:45.819 Heal the sick who are there and tell them the kingdom of God has come near to you. 00:01:45.819 --> 00:01:53.500 But when you enter a town and are not welcomed, go into its streets and say, 00:01:54.059 --> 00:01:58.139 Even the dust of your town we wipe from our feet as a warning to you. 00:01:58.859 --> 00:02:03.199 Yet be sure of this, the kingdom of God has come near. 00:02:03.200 --> 00:02:14.340 So Jesus sends out this large group of disciples to the towns and places that he is soon to visit. 00:02:15.620 --> 00:02:21.259 And as we talked about last week, the bulk of Jesus' ministry has been focused up in the north, in Galilee. 00:02:21.259 --> 00:02:26.639 But now he has his focus set on Jerusalem, where he will end up. 00:02:29.739 --> 00:02:33.819 And on the people in the towns and the cities that are around Jerusalem. 00:02:34.620 --> 00:02:40.620 And Jesus intends to visit many of these towns as part of his journey towards Jerusalem. 00:02:41.859 --> 00:02:46.759 And so these guys that he's sending out are kind of, in a sense, preparing the way for him. 00:02:46.759 --> 00:02:52.439 They're not going ahead just to find places for Jesus to stay, though. 00:02:53.340 --> 00:02:55.539 This is more than just logistics. 00:02:55.780 --> 00:03:02.079 These guys are coming to each of these towns to begin the work of Jesus there, on his behalf. 00:03:03.060 --> 00:03:09.159 If you were here on January 18th, you might feel some deja vu as we read about this ministry trip. 00:03:10.340 --> 00:03:15.379 That's because this is the second ministry trip where Jesus sends guys out to visit towns. 00:03:15.379 --> 00:03:20.120 The first one we read about just in the previous chapter, Luke chapter 9. 00:03:21.079 --> 00:03:24.219 And there's some major similarities between these two trips. 00:03:24.939 --> 00:03:31.400 In both cases, the guys that Jesus sends out are to travel light, taking almost nothing with them. 00:03:32.280 --> 00:03:37.979 In both cases, they're to rely on God to provide for their needs as they go from town to town. 00:03:37.979 --> 00:03:45.959 In both cases, they're given authority by Jesus to cast out demons and to heal people who are sick. 00:03:47.539 --> 00:03:51.819 In both of these trips, they're to proclaim the message of the kingdom of God. 00:03:52.759 --> 00:04:00.299 And Jesus gives specific instructions about what to do if the people don't respond well or if they reject them. 00:04:00.300 --> 00:04:03.820 But there's also some differences between these two trips. 00:04:03.939 --> 00:04:06.620 And that's what we'll focus on this morning with this second trip. 00:04:08.380 --> 00:04:11.120 We've already mentioned the difference in location. 00:04:11.560 --> 00:04:13.060 One in the north, one in the south. 00:04:14.160 --> 00:04:18.080 But there's also the difference of who goes on this trip. 00:04:18.220 --> 00:04:19.060 Who is sent. 00:04:19.819 --> 00:04:22.180 On the first trip, Jesus sent the twelve apostles. 00:04:22.180 --> 00:04:27.400 But on this second trip, we read that he is sending 72 others. 00:04:28.519 --> 00:04:31.639 And that word, others, quite specific in the original language. 00:04:31.819 --> 00:04:34.360 It means different than the ones already mentioned. 00:04:35.460 --> 00:04:39.399 And so these 72, it seems, did not include the twelve. 00:04:41.759 --> 00:04:51.000 The Lord appointed 72 others and sent them two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go. 00:04:52.180 --> 00:04:58.400 Now some of you might be staring at your Bible and wondering why the number is not 72 and is 70. 00:04:59.500 --> 00:05:00.980 This is one of those places. 00:05:01.620 --> 00:05:05.000 You might even have a footnote that explains at the bottom of the page. 00:05:05.699 --> 00:05:09.399 Some manuscripts have 70 or some have 72. 00:05:10.860 --> 00:05:15.360 Basically, we don't have the original document that Luke penned. 00:05:15.399 --> 00:05:17.139 We have copies that were made of that. 00:05:17.139 --> 00:05:23.360 And our earliest copy is too fragmented to even read it at this place. 00:05:23.939 --> 00:05:27.500 And the copies that we have later, well, we see both of these readings in them. 00:05:27.620 --> 00:05:33.979 And so some, where's along the line, somebody either left out the word two after 70. 00:05:34.620 --> 00:05:39.439 Or maybe added it in accidentally as he was looking down at the wrong line. 00:05:39.439 --> 00:05:44.019 Because the number two is mentioned a couple times here in this verse. 00:05:45.680 --> 00:05:50.219 Scholars and people who do these kinds of things, they look at the evidence. 00:05:50.480 --> 00:05:53.720 They try to weigh it, all the different manuscript copies that we have. 00:05:53.860 --> 00:05:57.120 And they're not sure which is the right number. 00:05:57.120 --> 00:06:01.660 This shouldn't worry us too much. 00:06:01.920 --> 00:06:06.259 We believe that the true number was on Luke's page as he wrote it down. 00:06:06.899 --> 00:06:09.019 And it was either 70 or 72. 00:06:09.840 --> 00:06:13.000 But some things have been lost to us 2,000 years later. 00:06:15.000 --> 00:06:20.600 We should also maybe note that this is why our modern English translations are updated from time to time. 00:06:21.240 --> 00:06:26.079 Committees of scholars sit down as new manuscripts are discovered. 00:06:27.120 --> 00:06:29.800 And they continue to catalog them. 00:06:30.199 --> 00:06:32.980 Sometimes we're able to settle these questions with confidence. 00:06:33.899 --> 00:06:38.420 And look back on them and yeah, we know for sure this is the number that it was. 00:06:39.240 --> 00:06:41.740 But these variants are relatively few. 00:06:42.259 --> 00:06:46.399 And they have very little bearing on the overall meaning of the text. 00:06:47.660 --> 00:06:49.360 In the places where they occur. 00:06:50.120 --> 00:06:56.079 Either way, this is a big difference from the previous time that Jesus sent men out. 00:06:56.079 --> 00:06:57.240 The first trip was 12. 00:06:57.439 --> 00:06:59.620 This one is about 70. 00:07:00.680 --> 00:07:01.899 And different men. 00:07:02.539 --> 00:07:05.019 So put your imagination cap on here for a minute. 00:07:05.479 --> 00:07:09.120 Can you imagine what it would be like if within a relatively short period of time, 00:07:09.579 --> 00:07:17.539 two guys sent from the same man started showing up in cities and towns all over our province? 00:07:17.540 --> 00:07:19.900 Traveling in pairs. 00:07:19.900 --> 00:07:21.939 Traveling in pairs. 00:07:22.939 --> 00:07:26.340 This means that once they branched off down the roads, 00:07:26.600 --> 00:07:33.080 there would be about 35 different locations all receiving this message of the kingdom 00:07:33.080 --> 00:07:37.720 and seeing miracles being done in Jesus' name. 00:07:38.680 --> 00:07:40.140 All on the same day. 00:07:40.139 --> 00:07:44.800 35 different locations across the region. 00:07:44.800 --> 00:07:52.360 All witnessing healings and hearing two guys preaching about the kingdom of God in Jesus' name 00:07:52.360 --> 00:07:53.680 and how it has come near. 00:07:54.779 --> 00:07:57.240 This would have stirred the whole nation. 00:07:58.519 --> 00:08:03.219 No wonder the religious leaders of the Jews were worried that everyone would believe in Jesus 00:08:03.219 --> 00:08:05.439 if they let Jesus go on like this. 00:08:05.439 --> 00:08:12.959 No wonder they cried out in frustration while the crowds listened to Jesus with delight in the temple courts saying, 00:08:13.480 --> 00:08:13.680 See? 00:08:13.939 --> 00:08:15.240 This is getting us nowhere. 00:08:15.360 --> 00:08:17.259 The whole world has gone after him. 00:08:18.920 --> 00:08:22.439 Jesus is stirring the nation in a very short period of time. 00:08:23.360 --> 00:08:26.720 His good news of the kingdom of God is making its way into every home. 00:08:26.720 --> 00:08:33.940 The people are talking at the dinner table about the miracles that they have witnessed. 00:08:36.440 --> 00:08:38.600 And this is happening all across the nation. 00:08:39.399 --> 00:08:41.180 As Jesus sends them out on this trip, 00:08:41.259 --> 00:08:45.980 we notice that some of his instructions are different than we heard earlier in chapter 9. 00:08:47.120 --> 00:08:50.860 It's possible that Jesus said the same kinds of things on both occasions, 00:08:51.040 --> 00:08:55.580 but Luke gives us a little bit more here with the sending of the 72. 00:08:55.580 --> 00:09:02.100 Jesus, we notice, uses this analogy of bringing in the harvest. 00:09:03.120 --> 00:09:03.920 In verse 2, 00:09:04.560 --> 00:09:06.440 The harvest is plentiful, he says, 00:09:06.820 --> 00:09:08.340 but the workers are few. 00:09:09.620 --> 00:09:11.420 Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, 00:09:11.560 --> 00:09:14.660 to send out workers into his harvest field. 00:09:16.100 --> 00:09:21.600 So Jesus seems to be saying here that many will respond to the message. 00:09:21.600 --> 00:09:26.440 Many will believe in Jesus in these towns 00:09:26.440 --> 00:09:30.740 when these two guys come to each town to preach. 00:09:30.840 --> 00:09:34.379 There's about to be a great multiplication of the followers of Jesus. 00:09:35.420 --> 00:09:36.840 The harvest is plentiful. 00:09:38.440 --> 00:09:42.840 And it seems from Jesus' words that there's just not going to be enough of them 00:09:42.840 --> 00:09:44.240 to bring in the harvest. 00:09:44.240 --> 00:09:49.120 Think of all the questions that people might ask 00:09:49.120 --> 00:09:50.980 as these two guys show up. 00:09:51.060 --> 00:09:52.220 But there's just two of them, 00:09:52.299 --> 00:09:55.560 and they're being probably swarmed by a whole bunch of people. 00:09:56.360 --> 00:09:58.919 He tells these 70 to pray 00:09:58.919 --> 00:10:01.799 and ask God to send out more workers. 00:10:01.799 --> 00:10:05.859 Then Jesus gives another analogy, 00:10:06.439 --> 00:10:08.419 telling about the danger that they will face. 00:10:09.339 --> 00:10:09.719 He says, 00:10:09.819 --> 00:10:13.279 Go, I'm sending you out like lambs among wolves. 00:10:16.479 --> 00:10:17.839 So many will believe, 00:10:18.139 --> 00:10:20.759 but many will have the opposite reaction. 00:10:22.579 --> 00:10:23.939 Not just indifference, 00:10:24.939 --> 00:10:26.240 but opposition. 00:10:26.240 --> 00:10:29.779 These guys will roll into town, 00:10:29.899 --> 00:10:31.879 and some will be ready to tear them apart 00:10:31.879 --> 00:10:33.139 as they leave. 00:10:35.120 --> 00:10:37.200 These disciples will arrive in peace 00:10:37.200 --> 00:10:39.220 with a message of peace. 00:10:39.399 --> 00:10:41.279 With no weapons of any kind, 00:10:41.620 --> 00:10:42.779 they will be like lambs, 00:10:42.919 --> 00:10:44.659 and many will meet them with mocking 00:10:44.659 --> 00:10:46.320 and insults 00:10:46.320 --> 00:10:47.759 and even threats. 00:10:49.820 --> 00:10:52.120 Maybe this is part of why Jesus instructed them 00:10:52.120 --> 00:10:52.899 to travel light. 00:10:53.860 --> 00:10:55.180 They needed to be ready to leave 00:10:55.179 --> 00:10:56.359 if the welcome wears out 00:10:56.359 --> 00:11:00.279 when the wolves gather round. 00:11:02.599 --> 00:11:03.939 We notice in verse 4 00:11:03.939 --> 00:11:05.259 that they're not to take a purse 00:11:05.259 --> 00:11:06.819 or bag or sandals. 00:11:08.219 --> 00:11:09.799 These instructions are similar 00:11:09.799 --> 00:11:12.919 to the ones given to the 12 in chapter 9. 00:11:13.359 --> 00:11:14.519 They were to take no money, 00:11:15.139 --> 00:11:15.959 no backpack, 00:11:16.459 --> 00:11:17.439 no extra footwear. 00:11:19.240 --> 00:11:20.279 And here Jesus says, 00:11:20.979 --> 00:11:23.399 Do not greet anyone on the road. 00:11:23.399 --> 00:11:26.159 We might think that's kind of odd. 00:11:27.399 --> 00:11:29.459 This is not a command to be unfriendly 00:11:29.459 --> 00:11:30.539 or to ignore people. 00:11:31.199 --> 00:11:31.899 But often, 00:11:32.059 --> 00:11:33.100 when we greet someone, 00:11:33.360 --> 00:11:34.179 what happens? 00:11:37.500 --> 00:11:39.500 We start talking. 00:11:41.500 --> 00:11:43.840 It can often turn into a long conversation. 00:11:43.840 --> 00:11:47.660 That one thing needed at the grocery store 00:11:47.660 --> 00:11:49.860 turns into an hour away 00:11:49.860 --> 00:11:50.899 from the hungry family 00:11:50.899 --> 00:11:52.200 that's waiting at home for it. 00:11:53.620 --> 00:11:54.840 Jesus doesn't want them 00:11:54.840 --> 00:11:56.620 to stop and talk on the roads 00:11:56.620 --> 00:11:58.120 because this mission is urgent. 00:11:58.320 --> 00:11:59.840 He wants them to do their talking, 00:12:00.740 --> 00:12:01.379 their preaching 00:12:01.379 --> 00:12:03.560 in the towns, 00:12:03.879 --> 00:12:05.060 in the hearing of everyone. 00:12:05.059 --> 00:12:07.859 He's basically telling them 00:12:07.859 --> 00:12:09.099 to keep on moving, 00:12:09.339 --> 00:12:11.599 stay focused on the mission. 00:12:13.519 --> 00:12:14.919 Just as with the first trip, 00:12:15.039 --> 00:12:16.500 they're to stay at only one house. 00:12:18.239 --> 00:12:20.199 Traveling preachers of other varieties 00:12:20.199 --> 00:12:22.019 would often go house to house 00:12:22.019 --> 00:12:23.500 and try to get as much 00:12:23.500 --> 00:12:25.099 from the people as they could. 00:12:26.399 --> 00:12:27.979 And Jesus wants his men 00:12:27.979 --> 00:12:30.179 to stand apart from them. 00:12:31.139 --> 00:12:32.739 This isn't for personal gain. 00:12:33.519 --> 00:12:34.739 He does allow them, however, 00:12:34.839 --> 00:12:36.019 to receive hospitality 00:12:36.019 --> 00:12:37.399 and food and lodging 00:12:37.399 --> 00:12:39.099 as their wages 00:12:39.099 --> 00:12:40.679 for the work that they're doing 00:12:40.679 --> 00:12:42.819 from one house in the town. 00:12:46.239 --> 00:12:47.919 And just as with the previous trip, 00:12:48.019 --> 00:12:48.659 they are to proclaim 00:12:48.659 --> 00:12:50.639 the message of the kingdom of God 00:12:50.639 --> 00:12:52.799 that Jesus has been preaching. 00:12:54.299 --> 00:12:54.819 Specifically, 00:12:55.199 --> 00:12:56.379 that the kingdom of God 00:12:56.379 --> 00:12:57.199 has come near. 00:12:57.200 --> 00:13:00.379 In other words, 00:13:00.900 --> 00:13:02.340 the things which God promised 00:13:02.340 --> 00:13:04.020 long ago to our forefathers 00:13:04.020 --> 00:13:06.060 are being fulfilled today. 00:13:07.180 --> 00:13:09.140 We come in the name of Jesus. 00:13:10.480 --> 00:13:12.340 And they were to heal the sick 00:13:12.340 --> 00:13:14.160 in each town. 00:13:15.240 --> 00:13:16.780 The miracles of healing 00:13:16.780 --> 00:13:17.960 in Jesus' name 00:13:17.960 --> 00:13:21.440 served to confirm the message 00:13:21.440 --> 00:13:22.960 that they preached. 00:13:22.960 --> 00:13:26.100 This message comes with 00:13:26.100 --> 00:13:27.460 the power of God. 00:13:29.879 --> 00:13:32.280 And not only did they heal, 00:13:32.400 --> 00:13:34.300 but they also cast demons out. 00:13:34.379 --> 00:13:36.120 We read about that in verse 17, 00:13:36.220 --> 00:13:37.320 which we won't get to today, 00:13:37.460 --> 00:13:39.680 but you can glance down there 00:13:39.680 --> 00:13:41.340 and see about that. 00:13:44.040 --> 00:13:45.340 Jesus also gives them 00:13:45.340 --> 00:13:47.060 a fuller explanation 00:13:47.060 --> 00:13:49.420 in this sending moment 00:13:49.420 --> 00:13:50.580 than the previous trip 00:13:50.580 --> 00:13:52.240 if the town rejects them. 00:13:52.980 --> 00:13:54.379 We heard in the previous time 00:13:54.379 --> 00:13:55.360 they're to shake the dust 00:13:55.360 --> 00:13:56.120 off their feet. 00:13:58.139 --> 00:13:59.259 This time we read 00:13:59.259 --> 00:14:00.659 it's the same sort of thing. 00:14:01.560 --> 00:14:02.720 When you enter a town 00:14:02.720 --> 00:14:03.620 and are not welcomed, 00:14:03.740 --> 00:14:04.600 go into its streets 00:14:04.600 --> 00:14:04.980 and say, 00:14:05.100 --> 00:14:06.440 even the dust of your town 00:14:06.440 --> 00:14:07.500 we wipe from our feet 00:14:07.500 --> 00:14:08.960 as a warning to you. 00:14:09.620 --> 00:14:10.700 Yet be sure of this, 00:14:11.240 --> 00:14:12.240 the kingdom of God 00:14:12.240 --> 00:14:13.940 has come near. 00:14:15.039 --> 00:14:16.440 The shaking of the dust, 00:14:16.500 --> 00:14:17.539 if you weren't here 00:14:17.539 --> 00:14:18.600 in the previous message, 00:14:18.600 --> 00:14:21.300 was an act of completely 00:14:21.300 --> 00:14:23.399 disassociating oneself 00:14:23.399 --> 00:14:25.899 from the people of that town. 00:14:26.300 --> 00:14:27.220 It was like saying, 00:14:27.340 --> 00:14:29.019 then I will have no part of you. 00:14:30.100 --> 00:14:31.340 Not even a little bit. 00:14:32.560 --> 00:14:33.240 And again, 00:14:33.320 --> 00:14:34.820 this is not a vindictive thing 00:14:34.820 --> 00:14:36.639 or a thing done in frustration 00:14:36.639 --> 00:14:37.680 by the apostles 00:14:37.680 --> 00:14:39.500 or an attempt to try 00:14:39.500 --> 00:14:40.740 to get the last word 00:14:40.740 --> 00:14:42.460 or to insult. 00:14:42.460 --> 00:14:44.379 Jesus is the one 00:14:44.379 --> 00:14:45.680 telling his messengers 00:14:45.680 --> 00:14:47.040 to say this 00:14:47.040 --> 00:14:48.660 if they are not welcomed. 00:14:49.160 --> 00:14:50.220 And they represent 00:14:50.220 --> 00:14:51.540 Jesus himself. 00:14:51.860 --> 00:14:52.600 They have been sent 00:14:52.600 --> 00:14:53.340 by him. 00:14:54.139 --> 00:14:54.560 And therefore, 00:14:54.700 --> 00:14:55.620 if Jesus commands them 00:14:55.620 --> 00:14:56.240 to do that, 00:14:56.300 --> 00:14:57.660 it's really Jesus saying 00:14:57.660 --> 00:14:58.960 to the people of that town, 00:14:59.080 --> 00:14:59.940 since you will not 00:14:59.940 --> 00:15:00.759 listen to me 00:15:00.759 --> 00:15:02.440 and repent, 00:15:03.040 --> 00:15:04.680 I cannot claim you 00:15:04.680 --> 00:15:05.780 as my own. 00:15:06.200 --> 00:15:07.620 And you cannot claim me 00:15:07.620 --> 00:15:08.580 as your own. 00:15:09.960 --> 00:15:10.720 There is now 00:15:10.720 --> 00:15:11.920 a complete separation 00:15:11.919 --> 00:15:12.779 between us. 00:15:13.379 --> 00:15:15.099 I withdraw my messengers 00:15:15.099 --> 00:15:16.199 and I leave you 00:15:16.199 --> 00:15:18.000 to face God's judgment 00:15:18.000 --> 00:15:19.319 without me. 00:15:21.479 --> 00:15:22.539 Now that's a very 00:15:22.539 --> 00:15:23.399 sobering thing. 00:15:24.399 --> 00:15:25.939 But Jesus makes it clear 00:15:25.939 --> 00:15:27.240 here in verse 16. 00:15:28.459 --> 00:15:29.899 Whoever listens to you 00:15:29.899 --> 00:15:31.979 listens to me. 00:15:32.799 --> 00:15:34.319 Whoever rejects you 00:15:34.319 --> 00:15:36.099 rejects me. 00:15:37.500 --> 00:15:39.259 But whoever rejects me 00:15:39.259 --> 00:15:41.720 rejects him 00:15:41.720 --> 00:15:42.460 who sent me. 00:15:44.539 --> 00:15:45.059 So, 00:15:45.419 --> 00:15:46.720 rejecting any of these 00:15:46.720 --> 00:15:47.700 pairs of guys 00:15:47.700 --> 00:15:49.000 when they come to town 00:15:49.000 --> 00:15:49.759 is a rejection 00:15:49.759 --> 00:15:50.519 of Jesus. 00:15:52.720 --> 00:15:53.939 Even more than that, 00:15:53.980 --> 00:15:54.720 it is a rejection 00:15:54.720 --> 00:15:55.639 of God himself 00:15:55.639 --> 00:15:57.500 who sent Jesus. 00:16:00.679 --> 00:16:02.000 This is their chance 00:16:02.000 --> 00:16:03.620 to turn to God 00:16:03.620 --> 00:16:05.139 and to be made 00:16:05.139 --> 00:16:05.840 right with him. 00:16:05.840 --> 00:16:07.879 And Jesus wants 00:16:07.879 --> 00:16:08.620 every town 00:16:08.620 --> 00:16:09.500 who rejects him 00:16:09.500 --> 00:16:10.280 to know that. 00:16:10.759 --> 00:16:11.460 This is it. 00:16:13.160 --> 00:16:14.500 And Jesus explains 00:16:14.500 --> 00:16:14.940 here 00:16:14.940 --> 00:16:16.980 in great detail 00:16:16.980 --> 00:16:19.200 what will be 00:16:19.200 --> 00:16:20.160 for those towns, 00:16:20.580 --> 00:16:21.220 those people 00:16:21.220 --> 00:16:22.620 who reject him. 00:16:24.220 --> 00:16:24.940 There will be 00:16:24.940 --> 00:16:25.920 a greater punishment 00:16:25.920 --> 00:16:27.100 on the day of judgment, 00:16:27.820 --> 00:16:28.460 he says, 00:16:29.300 --> 00:16:30.820 than there will be 00:16:30.820 --> 00:16:31.560 for some of the 00:16:31.560 --> 00:16:32.480 wicked cities 00:16:32.480 --> 00:16:34.160 in ancient history. 00:16:34.159 --> 00:16:37.319 Look at verse 12. 00:16:37.740 --> 00:16:38.299 Jesus says, 00:16:38.360 --> 00:16:38.939 I tell you, 00:16:39.000 --> 00:16:39.699 it will be more 00:16:39.699 --> 00:16:41.139 bearable on that day 00:16:41.139 --> 00:16:42.679 for Sodom 00:16:42.679 --> 00:16:45.039 than for that town. 00:16:47.639 --> 00:16:48.139 Now, 00:16:48.159 --> 00:16:49.240 these are shocking words. 00:16:50.860 --> 00:16:51.899 But they help us 00:16:51.899 --> 00:16:52.980 realize the seriousness 00:16:52.980 --> 00:16:53.899 of this moment 00:16:53.899 --> 00:16:55.079 for all the people 00:16:55.079 --> 00:16:56.139 living in these towns 00:16:56.139 --> 00:16:56.699 back then. 00:16:57.139 --> 00:16:57.860 This was it. 00:16:58.139 --> 00:16:59.439 This was their opportunity 00:16:59.439 --> 00:17:00.699 to hear the good news 00:17:00.699 --> 00:17:01.620 of God 00:17:01.620 --> 00:17:02.740 and to repent 00:17:02.740 --> 00:17:03.779 and believe. 00:17:04.920 --> 00:17:06.240 This was their chance 00:17:06.240 --> 00:17:07.040 to be saved 00:17:07.040 --> 00:17:08.100 from the punishment 00:17:08.100 --> 00:17:08.720 deserved 00:17:08.720 --> 00:17:10.480 for their sins. 00:17:12.600 --> 00:17:13.600 Sodom, of course, 00:17:13.640 --> 00:17:14.080 was known 00:17:14.080 --> 00:17:15.580 for its terrible wickedness. 00:17:15.660 --> 00:17:16.519 You could read about that 00:17:16.519 --> 00:17:17.120 in Genesis. 00:17:18.080 --> 00:17:18.920 It was destroyed 00:17:18.920 --> 00:17:20.180 by fire from heaven. 00:17:22.860 --> 00:17:23.600 And yet, 00:17:23.680 --> 00:17:24.259 Jesus says 00:17:24.259 --> 00:17:24.820 that the people 00:17:24.820 --> 00:17:25.360 of Sodom 00:17:25.360 --> 00:17:26.200 will fare better 00:17:26.200 --> 00:17:27.140 at the judgment 00:17:27.140 --> 00:17:29.200 than the towns 00:17:29.200 --> 00:17:30.180 that rejected him. 00:17:30.180 --> 00:17:34.740 The ancient cities 00:17:34.740 --> 00:17:35.340 of Tyre 00:17:35.340 --> 00:17:36.200 and Sidon 00:17:36.200 --> 00:17:36.960 were also 00:17:36.960 --> 00:17:38.740 wicked cities 00:17:38.740 --> 00:17:39.799 known for 00:17:39.799 --> 00:17:41.640 their evil deeds. 00:17:42.880 --> 00:17:43.840 And Jesus says this. 00:17:43.940 --> 00:17:44.299 He says, 00:17:44.400 --> 00:17:45.019 Woe to you, 00:17:45.180 --> 00:17:45.680 Chorazin, 00:17:46.019 --> 00:17:46.799 verse 13. 00:17:47.440 --> 00:17:48.140 Woe to you, 00:17:48.240 --> 00:17:48.799 Bethsaida. 00:17:49.480 --> 00:17:50.259 Those are both 00:17:50.259 --> 00:17:51.400 towns in Galilee. 00:17:52.060 --> 00:17:53.200 For if the miracles 00:17:53.200 --> 00:17:54.039 that were performed 00:17:54.039 --> 00:17:54.580 in you 00:17:54.580 --> 00:17:55.440 had been performed 00:17:55.440 --> 00:17:56.600 in Tyre and Sidon, 00:17:56.599 --> 00:17:57.179 they would have 00:17:57.179 --> 00:17:58.359 repented long ago 00:17:58.359 --> 00:17:59.579 sitting in sackcloth 00:17:59.579 --> 00:18:00.179 and ashes. 00:18:01.679 --> 00:18:02.619 But it will be 00:18:02.619 --> 00:18:03.480 more bearable 00:18:03.480 --> 00:18:04.799 for Tyre and Sidon 00:18:04.799 --> 00:18:05.679 at the judgment 00:18:05.679 --> 00:18:08.039 than for you. 00:18:12.599 --> 00:18:14.079 These are shocking words. 00:18:15.419 --> 00:18:16.500 He's basically saying 00:18:16.500 --> 00:18:17.099 that the people 00:18:17.099 --> 00:18:18.419 of Tyre and Sidon, 00:18:18.919 --> 00:18:19.859 they would have 00:18:19.859 --> 00:18:20.439 repented 00:18:20.439 --> 00:18:21.819 if they witnessed 00:18:21.819 --> 00:18:22.519 the miracles 00:18:22.519 --> 00:18:24.199 that Jesus did 00:18:24.199 --> 00:18:25.159 in Bethsaida 00:18:25.159 --> 00:18:26.359 and Chorazin. 00:18:27.519 --> 00:18:28.480 They had more, 00:18:28.579 --> 00:18:28.980 in a sense, 00:18:29.099 --> 00:18:30.399 spiritual discernment 00:18:30.399 --> 00:18:31.279 in their day. 00:18:31.439 --> 00:18:32.480 This truly was 00:18:32.480 --> 00:18:33.299 a generation 00:18:33.299 --> 00:18:33.980 more 00:18:33.980 --> 00:18:36.679 unbelieving 00:18:36.679 --> 00:18:38.480 and corrupt 00:18:38.480 --> 00:18:41.079 than previous generations. 00:18:42.359 --> 00:18:43.279 And then comes 00:18:43.279 --> 00:18:43.740 the hardest 00:18:43.740 --> 00:18:44.579 and most stinging 00:18:44.579 --> 00:18:45.399 rebuke of all. 00:18:45.480 --> 00:18:46.619 These are some hard words. 00:18:46.839 --> 00:18:47.519 Verse 15. 00:18:48.459 --> 00:18:49.059 Jesus says, 00:18:49.139 --> 00:18:49.459 And you, 00:18:49.599 --> 00:18:50.179 Capernaum, 00:18:50.500 --> 00:18:51.480 will you be lifted 00:18:51.480 --> 00:18:52.119 to the heavens? 00:18:53.379 --> 00:18:53.899 No. 00:18:54.599 --> 00:18:55.939 You will go down 00:18:55.940 --> 00:18:56.620 to Hades. 00:18:59.740 --> 00:19:00.759 Capernaum was a place 00:19:00.759 --> 00:19:02.299 Jesus lived for a while. 00:19:03.799 --> 00:19:05.180 It was his hometown 00:19:05.180 --> 00:19:07.640 for a part of his 00:19:07.640 --> 00:19:09.680 time here on earth. 00:19:09.820 --> 00:19:10.559 It was the place 00:19:10.559 --> 00:19:11.640 where Peter was from, 00:19:12.440 --> 00:19:14.039 where his mother-in-law 00:19:14.039 --> 00:19:14.860 who fell ill 00:19:14.860 --> 00:19:15.420 was healed. 00:19:15.539 --> 00:19:17.019 It was that fishing town 00:19:17.019 --> 00:19:18.059 on the shore of Galilee. 00:19:18.240 --> 00:19:19.259 And it was the place 00:19:19.259 --> 00:19:19.940 where we read about 00:19:19.940 --> 00:19:21.460 in all the Gospels. 00:19:21.460 --> 00:19:22.640 Jesus did countless 00:19:22.640 --> 00:19:23.500 miracles there. 00:19:23.660 --> 00:19:25.000 Healings of all kinds. 00:19:26.160 --> 00:19:27.220 Every kind of illness, 00:19:27.460 --> 00:19:27.860 disease, 00:19:28.200 --> 00:19:28.819 disability. 00:19:29.980 --> 00:19:31.420 Many evil spirits 00:19:31.420 --> 00:19:32.600 were driven out of people 00:19:32.600 --> 00:19:34.299 there in Capernaum. 00:19:34.519 --> 00:19:35.960 And all these people 00:19:35.960 --> 00:19:36.940 saw it. 00:19:38.860 --> 00:19:39.799 And yet Jesus says, 00:19:39.880 --> 00:19:40.799 Even after witnessing 00:19:40.799 --> 00:19:41.640 all that, 00:19:41.860 --> 00:19:43.120 you will go down 00:19:43.120 --> 00:19:43.880 to Hades. 00:19:43.880 --> 00:19:47.560 to hell. 00:19:52.560 --> 00:19:53.060 Why? 00:19:55.280 --> 00:19:56.400 Because just having 00:19:56.400 --> 00:19:57.760 Jesus live among you 00:19:57.760 --> 00:19:58.780 isn't enough. 00:19:59.960 --> 00:20:00.880 Having Jesus 00:20:00.880 --> 00:20:02.020 preach in your streets 00:20:02.020 --> 00:20:03.100 isn't enough. 00:20:04.100 --> 00:20:05.180 Having him perform 00:20:05.180 --> 00:20:06.020 many miracles 00:20:06.020 --> 00:20:07.540 among you 00:20:07.540 --> 00:20:08.280 isn't enough. 00:20:08.480 --> 00:20:09.640 You must repent. 00:20:09.640 --> 00:20:12.060 You must turn back 00:20:12.060 --> 00:20:12.460 to God. 00:20:12.580 --> 00:20:13.500 You must welcome 00:20:13.500 --> 00:20:13.920 Jesus 00:20:13.920 --> 00:20:14.759 and believe 00:20:14.759 --> 00:20:15.700 the message 00:20:15.700 --> 00:20:16.580 that he brings 00:20:16.580 --> 00:20:18.700 because he is sent 00:20:18.700 --> 00:20:19.280 from God. 00:20:22.759 --> 00:20:23.640 Though Jesus 00:20:23.640 --> 00:20:24.420 lived there 00:20:24.420 --> 00:20:25.200 and did all those 00:20:25.200 --> 00:20:26.000 wonderful things 00:20:26.000 --> 00:20:26.860 there in Capernaum, 00:20:27.000 --> 00:20:28.220 they rejected Jesus 00:20:28.220 --> 00:20:29.000 on the whole. 00:20:30.400 --> 00:20:31.100 And Jesus says, 00:20:31.259 --> 00:20:32.120 they will go down 00:20:32.120 --> 00:20:33.860 to Hades. 00:20:37.120 --> 00:20:38.080 One commentary 00:20:38.080 --> 00:20:39.080 I think explains 00:20:39.079 --> 00:20:39.579 some of this 00:20:39.579 --> 00:20:40.179 very well. 00:20:41.139 --> 00:20:42.240 Cities that reject 00:20:42.240 --> 00:20:43.299 these messengers 00:20:43.299 --> 00:20:44.819 will have a more 00:20:44.819 --> 00:20:45.819 severe judgment 00:20:45.819 --> 00:20:47.919 because more 00:20:47.919 --> 00:20:49.319 and greater 00:20:49.319 --> 00:20:50.000 revelation 00:20:50.000 --> 00:20:51.159 has come to them 00:20:51.159 --> 00:20:53.299 making their sin 00:20:53.299 --> 00:20:54.099 worse. 00:20:56.480 --> 00:20:57.559 They witnessed 00:20:57.559 --> 00:20:58.779 with their own eyes 00:20:58.779 --> 00:20:59.419 the miracles 00:20:59.419 --> 00:21:00.119 that Jesus 00:21:00.119 --> 00:21:01.740 and these apostles 00:21:01.740 --> 00:21:02.579 did and yet 00:21:02.579 --> 00:21:03.980 they still rejected him. 00:21:05.720 --> 00:21:06.679 And so Jesus says 00:21:06.679 --> 00:21:07.299 that when the day 00:21:07.299 --> 00:21:08.220 of judgment comes 00:21:08.220 --> 00:21:09.319 they will be judged 00:21:09.319 --> 00:21:10.059 appropriately. 00:21:11.059 --> 00:21:11.900 They will get 00:21:11.900 --> 00:21:12.500 the punishment 00:21:12.500 --> 00:21:13.200 reserved 00:21:13.200 --> 00:21:14.640 for those 00:21:14.640 --> 00:21:15.539 who blatantly 00:21:15.539 --> 00:21:16.640 and defiantly 00:21:16.640 --> 00:21:18.799 push God's 00:21:18.799 --> 00:21:19.620 Son away. 00:21:21.240 --> 00:21:22.019 And again, 00:21:22.120 --> 00:21:22.680 this is not 00:21:22.680 --> 00:21:23.400 Jesus being 00:21:23.400 --> 00:21:24.019 vindictive 00:21:24.019 --> 00:21:24.799 by any means. 00:21:24.960 --> 00:21:25.620 This is God 00:21:25.620 --> 00:21:26.059 giving 00:21:26.059 --> 00:21:27.759 what is deserved. 00:21:29.480 --> 00:21:30.100 True 00:21:30.100 --> 00:21:31.140 justice. 00:21:31.140 --> 00:21:31.259 Jesus. 00:21:33.620 --> 00:21:34.100 Well, 00:21:34.140 --> 00:21:34.740 how did this 00:21:34.740 --> 00:21:35.640 ministry trip 00:21:35.640 --> 00:21:35.960 go 00:21:35.960 --> 00:21:36.860 for these 00:21:36.860 --> 00:21:38.240 70 guys? 00:21:38.500 --> 00:21:39.100 We're going to 00:21:39.100 --> 00:21:39.540 look at that 00:21:39.540 --> 00:21:40.040 next week. 00:21:40.140 --> 00:21:40.800 Jesus actually 00:21:40.800 --> 00:21:41.700 debriefs the trip 00:21:41.700 --> 00:21:42.180 with them 00:21:42.180 --> 00:21:42.640 and there's 00:21:42.640 --> 00:21:43.220 conversation 00:21:43.220 --> 00:21:43.880 about it. 00:21:44.880 --> 00:21:45.660 For today 00:21:45.660 --> 00:21:45.860 though, 00:21:45.920 --> 00:21:46.340 let's just 00:21:46.340 --> 00:21:46.840 think about 00:21:46.840 --> 00:21:47.380 what some 00:21:47.380 --> 00:21:48.140 of these 00:21:48.140 --> 00:21:48.480 things that 00:21:48.480 --> 00:21:48.860 we've heard 00:21:48.860 --> 00:21:49.320 how this 00:21:49.320 --> 00:21:50.220 applies to us. 00:21:52.759 --> 00:21:53.320 When it 00:21:53.320 --> 00:21:53.820 comes to this 00:21:53.820 --> 00:21:54.180 passage, 00:21:54.340 --> 00:21:54.920 probably the 00:21:54.920 --> 00:21:55.440 first place 00:21:55.440 --> 00:21:55.840 we go in 00:21:55.840 --> 00:21:56.280 our minds 00:21:56.279 --> 00:21:57.500 is how 00:21:57.500 --> 00:21:58.059 we should 00:21:58.059 --> 00:21:59.119 be like 00:21:59.119 --> 00:21:59.460 these 00:21:59.460 --> 00:21:59.899 apostles 00:21:59.899 --> 00:22:01.480 and go 00:22:01.480 --> 00:22:01.899 out and 00:22:01.899 --> 00:22:02.480 share the 00:22:02.480 --> 00:22:02.980 good news 00:22:02.980 --> 00:22:03.299 of the 00:22:03.299 --> 00:22:03.599 kingdom. 00:22:04.839 --> 00:22:05.680 The harvest 00:22:05.680 --> 00:22:06.420 is plentiful 00:22:06.420 --> 00:22:07.279 but the 00:22:07.279 --> 00:22:07.799 workers are 00:22:07.799 --> 00:22:08.160 few 00:22:08.160 --> 00:22:09.639 is the 00:22:09.639 --> 00:22:10.200 classic 00:22:10.200 --> 00:22:11.019 Bible verse 00:22:11.019 --> 00:22:11.460 used to 00:22:11.460 --> 00:22:12.019 call people 00:22:12.019 --> 00:22:12.779 to participate 00:22:12.779 --> 00:22:13.359 in missionary 00:22:13.359 --> 00:22:13.859 work. 00:22:15.940 --> 00:22:16.539 Others, 00:22:16.700 --> 00:22:17.079 as they look 00:22:17.079 --> 00:22:17.359 at these 00:22:17.359 --> 00:22:17.639 verses, 00:22:17.779 --> 00:22:18.059 see a 00:22:18.059 --> 00:22:19.000 pattern to 00:22:19.000 --> 00:22:19.559 follow in 00:22:19.559 --> 00:22:20.500 going from 00:22:20.500 --> 00:22:20.960 place to 00:22:20.960 --> 00:22:21.379 place, 00:22:22.039 --> 00:22:22.759 sometimes even 00:22:22.759 --> 00:22:23.220 in pairs 00:22:23.220 --> 00:22:24.440 to preach 00:22:24.440 --> 00:22:25.420 the gospel. 00:22:26.279 --> 00:22:27.079 And there's 00:22:27.079 --> 00:22:27.960 many questions 00:22:27.960 --> 00:22:28.519 stirred up 00:22:28.519 --> 00:22:28.920 by this 00:22:28.920 --> 00:22:29.399 passage. 00:22:31.099 --> 00:22:31.920 Is the 00:22:31.920 --> 00:22:32.639 harvest still 00:22:32.639 --> 00:22:33.139 plentiful 00:22:33.139 --> 00:22:33.559 today? 00:22:36.440 --> 00:22:37.200 What about 00:22:37.200 --> 00:22:37.599 all those 00:22:37.599 --> 00:22:38.119 missionaries 00:22:38.119 --> 00:22:38.420 that have 00:22:38.420 --> 00:22:38.879 gone out 00:22:38.879 --> 00:22:39.440 and preached 00:22:39.440 --> 00:22:40.039 for years 00:22:40.039 --> 00:22:40.519 with very 00:22:40.519 --> 00:22:41.379 little response? 00:22:42.839 --> 00:22:43.559 What about 00:22:43.559 --> 00:22:44.119 all the times 00:22:44.119 --> 00:22:44.559 that we've 00:22:44.559 --> 00:22:44.960 shared with 00:22:44.960 --> 00:22:45.559 friends and 00:22:45.559 --> 00:22:46.099 neighbors and 00:22:46.099 --> 00:22:46.859 co-workers but 00:22:46.859 --> 00:22:47.240 they don't 00:22:47.240 --> 00:22:47.579 seem to 00:22:47.579 --> 00:22:47.859 care? 00:22:48.980 --> 00:22:49.759 Is the 00:22:49.759 --> 00:22:50.519 harvest still 00:22:50.519 --> 00:22:51.019 plentiful 00:22:51.019 --> 00:22:51.440 today? 00:22:54.500 --> 00:22:55.299 One thing 00:22:55.299 --> 00:22:55.559 that 00:22:55.559 --> 00:22:57.220 probably most 00:22:57.220 --> 00:22:57.659 agree on 00:22:57.659 --> 00:22:57.919 is that 00:22:57.919 --> 00:22:58.379 the workers 00:22:58.379 --> 00:22:58.879 are still 00:22:58.879 --> 00:22:59.200 few. 00:23:01.839 --> 00:23:02.399 What does 00:23:02.399 --> 00:23:02.980 Jesus want 00:23:02.980 --> 00:23:03.419 us to do 00:23:03.419 --> 00:23:03.779 with this 00:23:03.779 --> 00:23:04.119 passage? 00:23:06.319 --> 00:23:06.839 Did he 00:23:06.839 --> 00:23:07.279 want it to 00:23:07.279 --> 00:23:08.119 become the 00:23:08.119 --> 00:23:09.399 template or 00:23:09.399 --> 00:23:09.899 the pattern 00:23:09.899 --> 00:23:10.759 for how we 00:23:10.759 --> 00:23:12.379 reach out 00:23:12.379 --> 00:23:12.980 and do 00:23:12.980 --> 00:23:14.099 ministry in 00:23:14.099 --> 00:23:14.419 our world 00:23:14.419 --> 00:23:14.759 today? 00:23:16.039 --> 00:23:16.559 Does he 00:23:16.559 --> 00:23:16.940 want us to 00:23:16.940 --> 00:23:17.259 go out 00:23:17.259 --> 00:23:17.619 two by 00:23:17.619 --> 00:23:17.940 two? 00:23:19.179 --> 00:23:19.679 Does he 00:23:19.679 --> 00:23:20.079 want us to 00:23:20.079 --> 00:23:20.759 travel light 00:23:20.759 --> 00:23:21.359 going from 00:23:21.359 --> 00:23:21.779 place to 00:23:21.779 --> 00:23:22.259 place and 00:23:22.259 --> 00:23:22.799 only staying 00:23:22.799 --> 00:23:23.119 at one 00:23:23.119 --> 00:23:23.500 house? 00:23:23.839 --> 00:23:24.399 Or are 00:23:24.399 --> 00:23:24.579 those 00:23:24.579 --> 00:23:25.079 instructions 00:23:25.079 --> 00:23:25.599 just for 00:23:25.599 --> 00:23:26.259 this time 00:23:26.259 --> 00:23:27.339 for these 00:23:27.339 --> 00:23:27.879 particular 00:23:27.879 --> 00:23:28.519 men and 00:23:28.519 --> 00:23:28.740 this 00:23:28.740 --> 00:23:29.240 particular 00:23:29.240 --> 00:23:29.619 trip? 00:23:31.859 --> 00:23:32.619 I wonder 00:23:32.619 --> 00:23:33.059 if we get 00:23:33.059 --> 00:23:33.819 so focused 00:23:33.819 --> 00:23:34.339 on the 00:23:34.339 --> 00:23:35.720 apostles and 00:23:35.720 --> 00:23:36.980 what they 00:23:36.980 --> 00:23:40.059 did and 00:23:40.059 --> 00:23:40.519 whether we 00:23:40.519 --> 00:23:40.859 should be 00:23:40.859 --> 00:23:41.339 doing what 00:23:41.339 --> 00:23:41.899 they did 00:23:41.899 --> 00:23:43.619 that we 00:23:43.619 --> 00:23:44.019 miss the 00:23:44.019 --> 00:23:44.619 main truth 00:23:44.619 --> 00:23:45.639 of the 00:23:45.639 --> 00:23:45.839 whole 00:23:45.839 --> 00:23:46.220 moment. 00:23:49.419 --> 00:23:50.059 Isn't the 00:23:50.059 --> 00:23:50.500 main truth 00:23:50.500 --> 00:23:50.839 of this 00:23:50.839 --> 00:23:51.339 moment in 00:23:51.339 --> 00:23:51.779 the story 00:23:51.779 --> 00:23:52.279 of Jesus 00:23:52.279 --> 00:23:52.960 that the 00:23:52.960 --> 00:23:53.680 king has 00:23:53.680 --> 00:23:54.000 come, 00:23:54.740 --> 00:23:55.799 that his 00:23:55.799 --> 00:23:56.619 kingdom is 00:23:56.619 --> 00:23:56.920 near, 00:23:57.759 --> 00:23:58.779 that salvation 00:23:58.779 --> 00:23:59.599 and forgiveness 00:23:59.599 --> 00:24:00.579 of sins is 00:24:00.579 --> 00:24:01.259 offered to 00:24:01.259 --> 00:24:01.819 those who 00:24:01.819 --> 00:24:02.920 repent and 00:24:02.920 --> 00:24:03.639 believe God's 00:24:03.639 --> 00:24:04.160 good news. 00:24:06.220 --> 00:24:07.139 And yet the 00:24:07.139 --> 00:24:07.839 sobering truth 00:24:07.839 --> 00:24:08.519 of this passage 00:24:08.519 --> 00:24:09.099 is that while 00:24:09.099 --> 00:24:09.859 many accepted 00:24:09.859 --> 00:24:10.379 Jesus, 00:24:11.099 --> 00:24:12.440 many flat 00:24:12.440 --> 00:24:13.200 out rejected 00:24:13.200 --> 00:24:13.519 him. 00:24:15.420 --> 00:24:16.440 We see those 00:24:16.440 --> 00:24:17.220 two opposite 00:24:17.220 --> 00:24:19.420 responses in 00:24:19.420 --> 00:24:20.139 the towns of 00:24:20.139 --> 00:24:21.779 Galilee and in 00:24:21.779 --> 00:24:22.019 Judah. 00:24:24.059 --> 00:24:25.559 Some welcomed 00:24:25.559 --> 00:24:25.839 him. 00:24:27.259 --> 00:24:27.899 They welcomed 00:24:27.899 --> 00:24:28.480 the men that 00:24:28.480 --> 00:24:28.960 he sent. 00:24:30.399 --> 00:24:31.859 Others rejected 00:24:31.859 --> 00:24:33.940 him, didn't 00:24:33.940 --> 00:24:34.539 even let him 00:24:34.539 --> 00:24:35.299 come into the 00:24:35.299 --> 00:24:35.559 town. 00:24:40.440 --> 00:24:41.559 We have that 00:24:41.559 --> 00:24:43.680 same choice 00:24:43.680 --> 00:24:45.039 before us, 00:24:45.180 --> 00:24:45.759 each one of 00:24:45.759 --> 00:24:46.039 us. 00:24:46.879 --> 00:24:47.599 We can 00:24:47.599 --> 00:24:48.379 welcome Jesus 00:24:48.380 --> 00:24:51.480 and listen 00:24:51.480 --> 00:24:52.020 to him 00:24:52.020 --> 00:24:54.480 or we 00:24:54.480 --> 00:24:54.840 can push 00:24:54.840 --> 00:24:55.300 him away. 00:25:00.740 --> 00:25:01.480 But Jesus 00:25:01.480 --> 00:25:02.120 wants us to 00:25:02.120 --> 00:25:02.660 know that if 00:25:02.660 --> 00:25:03.300 we reject 00:25:03.300 --> 00:25:05.180 him, we 00:25:05.180 --> 00:25:06.120 reject God 00:25:06.120 --> 00:25:07.540 who sent 00:25:07.540 --> 00:25:07.780 him. 00:25:07.779 --> 00:25:07.879 him. 00:25:14.980 --> 00:25:15.619 And so I 00:25:15.619 --> 00:25:15.899 think the 00:25:15.899 --> 00:25:16.460 big question 00:25:16.460 --> 00:25:16.819 that this 00:25:16.819 --> 00:25:17.599 passage really 00:25:17.599 --> 00:25:18.359 leads us to 00:25:18.359 --> 00:25:19.500 in this moment 00:25:19.500 --> 00:25:20.299 in the story 00:25:20.299 --> 00:25:21.339 is what is 00:25:21.339 --> 00:25:21.960 your response 00:25:21.960 --> 00:25:22.500 to Jesus? 00:25:28.059 --> 00:25:28.680 As his 00:25:28.680 --> 00:25:29.579 words come 00:25:29.579 --> 00:25:30.119 to the door 00:25:30.119 --> 00:25:30.440 of your 00:25:30.440 --> 00:25:30.779 heart, 00:25:31.259 --> 00:25:33.180 what is your 00:25:33.180 --> 00:25:33.960 response to 00:25:33.960 --> 00:25:34.180 him? 00:25:34.619 --> 00:25:35.039 Have you 00:25:35.039 --> 00:25:35.799 opened the 00:25:35.799 --> 00:25:36.279 door of your 00:25:36.279 --> 00:25:36.839 heart to 00:25:36.839 --> 00:25:37.180 Jesus? 00:25:40.059 --> 00:25:40.759 Have you 00:25:40.759 --> 00:25:41.319 welcomed him 00:25:41.319 --> 00:25:41.539 in? 00:25:42.259 --> 00:25:42.559 Do you 00:25:42.559 --> 00:25:43.579 accept even 00:25:43.579 --> 00:25:44.299 his difficult 00:25:44.299 --> 00:25:46.399 words about 00:25:46.399 --> 00:25:46.720 you? 00:25:49.079 --> 00:25:49.980 About how 00:25:49.980 --> 00:25:51.460 we all have 00:25:51.460 --> 00:25:52.139 sinned against 00:25:52.139 --> 00:25:52.500 God? 00:25:55.139 --> 00:25:55.799 Do you 00:25:55.799 --> 00:25:56.339 accept his 00:25:56.339 --> 00:25:56.839 words about 00:25:56.839 --> 00:25:57.599 how you need 00:25:57.599 --> 00:25:58.259 to turn back 00:25:58.259 --> 00:25:58.920 to God and 00:25:58.920 --> 00:25:59.399 seek his 00:25:59.399 --> 00:25:59.819 forgiveness? 00:26:04.680 --> 00:26:05.359 Do you 00:26:05.359 --> 00:26:06.019 believe Jesus' 00:26:06.019 --> 00:26:06.639 message of 00:26:06.639 --> 00:26:07.059 the kingdom 00:26:07.059 --> 00:26:09.200 that it's 00:26:09.200 --> 00:26:09.519 near, 00:26:10.160 --> 00:26:11.960 that it's 00:26:11.960 --> 00:26:12.279 coming? 00:26:13.639 --> 00:26:13.980 Do you 00:26:13.980 --> 00:26:14.619 believe Jesus' 00:26:14.839 --> 00:26:15.879 words about 00:26:15.879 --> 00:26:16.240 hell? 00:26:21.539 --> 00:26:22.259 And how 00:26:22.259 --> 00:26:22.740 those who 00:26:22.740 --> 00:26:23.480 reject him 00:26:23.480 --> 00:26:25.639 will go 00:26:25.639 --> 00:26:25.900 there? 00:26:28.000 --> 00:26:28.839 What is your 00:26:28.839 --> 00:26:29.519 response to 00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:29.819 Jesus? 00:26:32.619 --> 00:26:33.400 For others, 00:26:33.500 --> 00:26:33.759 the big 00:26:33.759 --> 00:26:34.220 question of 00:26:34.220 --> 00:26:34.779 this passage 00:26:34.779 --> 00:26:35.360 is not 00:26:35.360 --> 00:26:36.319 whether we 00:26:36.319 --> 00:26:36.779 should do 00:26:36.779 --> 00:26:37.539 as the 00:26:37.539 --> 00:26:38.360 apostles did, 00:26:39.259 --> 00:26:40.480 but maybe 00:26:40.480 --> 00:26:40.940 the question 00:26:40.940 --> 00:26:41.360 is how 00:26:41.360 --> 00:26:41.740 can a 00:26:41.740 --> 00:26:42.440 loving God 00:26:42.440 --> 00:26:43.839 bring judgment 00:26:43.839 --> 00:26:44.620 on people 00:26:44.620 --> 00:26:46.319 and punish 00:26:46.319 --> 00:26:47.059 them with 00:26:47.059 --> 00:26:48.319 hell? 00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:50.700 That word, 00:26:50.799 --> 00:26:51.559 that gets 00:26:51.559 --> 00:26:52.039 to us. 00:26:55.299 --> 00:26:56.120 I read an 00:26:56.120 --> 00:26:56.759 article earlier 00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:57.440 this week about 00:26:57.440 --> 00:26:58.059 how some have 00:26:58.059 --> 00:26:58.680 embraced an 00:26:58.680 --> 00:26:59.299 alternative, 00:26:59.839 --> 00:27:00.339 progressive 00:27:00.339 --> 00:27:01.419 Christianity, 00:27:01.859 --> 00:27:02.500 and the 00:27:02.500 --> 00:27:03.039 author of that 00:27:03.039 --> 00:27:03.659 article said 00:27:03.659 --> 00:27:03.939 that the 00:27:03.939 --> 00:27:04.819 critical issue 00:27:04.819 --> 00:27:06.240 is how we 00:27:06.240 --> 00:27:07.079 define love. 00:27:08.359 --> 00:27:09.039 He said 00:27:09.039 --> 00:27:09.519 progressive 00:27:09.519 --> 00:27:10.319 Christians tend 00:27:10.319 --> 00:27:10.859 to hear the 00:27:10.859 --> 00:27:11.439 word love 00:27:11.439 --> 00:27:13.000 and define it 00:27:13.000 --> 00:27:14.019 primarily as 00:27:14.019 --> 00:27:14.759 compassion, 00:27:16.240 --> 00:27:16.619 empathy, 00:27:17.619 --> 00:27:18.359 and understanding, 00:27:19.019 --> 00:27:20.619 which then 00:27:20.619 --> 00:27:21.339 becomes 00:27:21.339 --> 00:27:22.819 affirmation, 00:27:24.199 --> 00:27:24.740 tolerance, 00:27:24.740 --> 00:27:26.539 and acceptance. 00:27:28.940 --> 00:27:29.640 But he 00:27:29.640 --> 00:27:30.259 says by that 00:27:30.259 --> 00:27:30.880 definition, 00:27:31.160 --> 00:27:31.799 any moral 00:27:31.799 --> 00:27:32.779 boundary imposed 00:27:32.779 --> 00:27:33.480 on somebody 00:27:33.480 --> 00:27:34.759 starts to 00:27:34.759 --> 00:27:35.120 feel 00:27:35.120 --> 00:27:36.240 unloving. 00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:38.980 He says 00:27:38.980 --> 00:27:39.500 that's not 00:27:39.500 --> 00:27:39.960 the biblical 00:27:39.960 --> 00:27:40.859 definition of 00:27:40.859 --> 00:27:41.200 love. 00:27:41.779 --> 00:27:42.279 The biblical 00:27:42.279 --> 00:27:43.120 definition of 00:27:43.120 --> 00:27:43.700 love is more 00:27:43.700 --> 00:27:44.299 than just an 00:27:44.299 --> 00:27:44.740 emotion. 00:27:45.960 --> 00:27:46.779 It's in the 00:27:46.779 --> 00:27:47.200 words of 00:27:47.200 --> 00:27:47.759 Aquinas, 00:27:48.259 --> 00:27:49.099 a conscious 00:27:49.099 --> 00:27:50.500 decision to 00:27:50.500 --> 00:27:51.440 will the good 00:27:51.440 --> 00:27:52.860 of the 00:27:52.860 --> 00:27:53.160 other, 00:27:53.500 --> 00:27:54.400 which sometimes 00:27:54.400 --> 00:27:55.220 means saying 00:27:55.220 --> 00:27:55.700 the hard 00:27:55.700 --> 00:27:57.380 thing and 00:27:57.380 --> 00:27:57.779 not the 00:27:57.779 --> 00:27:58.120 comfortable 00:27:58.120 --> 00:27:58.519 thing. 00:28:00.600 --> 00:28:01.580 For example, 00:28:01.740 --> 00:28:02.180 no one would 00:28:02.180 --> 00:28:02.660 look at an 00:28:02.660 --> 00:28:03.340 80-pound 00:28:03.340 --> 00:28:04.920 anorexic girl 00:28:04.920 --> 00:28:05.519 who believes 00:28:05.519 --> 00:28:06.299 she's overweight 00:28:06.299 --> 00:28:08.120 and say the 00:28:08.120 --> 00:28:08.900 loving thing is 00:28:08.900 --> 00:28:09.700 to affirm 00:28:09.700 --> 00:28:09.960 that. 00:28:12.340 --> 00:28:13.120 We all 00:28:13.120 --> 00:28:13.840 understand that 00:28:13.840 --> 00:28:14.460 sometimes the 00:28:14.460 --> 00:28:14.980 most loving 00:28:14.980 --> 00:28:15.600 thing that you 00:28:15.600 --> 00:28:16.279 can do is to 00:28:16.279 --> 00:28:17.180 refuse to 00:28:17.180 --> 00:28:18.360 affirm what 00:28:18.360 --> 00:28:19.320 someone genuinely 00:28:19.320 --> 00:28:20.100 believes about 00:28:20.100 --> 00:28:20.600 themselves, 00:28:20.599 --> 00:28:22.439 because affirming 00:28:22.439 --> 00:28:22.980 that might 00:28:22.980 --> 00:28:23.799 destroy them. 00:28:26.679 --> 00:28:27.439 He says 00:28:27.439 --> 00:28:28.059 anyone who's 00:28:28.059 --> 00:28:28.519 loved an 00:28:28.519 --> 00:28:30.240 addict knows 00:28:30.240 --> 00:28:31.219 that removing 00:28:31.219 --> 00:28:32.480 every boundary 00:28:32.480 --> 00:28:33.959 doesn't set 00:28:33.959 --> 00:28:34.599 someone free. 00:28:35.299 --> 00:28:36.079 It just 00:28:36.079 --> 00:28:36.599 removes the 00:28:36.599 --> 00:28:37.179 only things 00:28:37.179 --> 00:28:37.559 that might 00:28:37.559 --> 00:28:37.959 have saved 00:28:37.959 --> 00:28:38.179 them. 00:28:38.959 --> 00:28:39.399 It's a 00:28:39.399 --> 00:28:40.679 prison with 00:28:40.679 --> 00:28:41.439 no walls, 00:28:42.259 --> 00:28:43.419 a place where 00:28:43.419 --> 00:28:43.980 you can wander 00:28:43.980 --> 00:28:44.699 anywhere but 00:28:44.699 --> 00:28:45.199 no one can 00:28:45.199 --> 00:28:46.079 ever tell you 00:28:46.079 --> 00:28:46.779 you've gone 00:28:46.779 --> 00:28:47.159 the wrong 00:28:47.159 --> 00:28:47.459 way. 00:28:47.460 --> 00:28:50.960 Well, I 00:28:50.960 --> 00:28:51.539 think those 00:28:51.539 --> 00:28:52.079 words are 00:28:52.079 --> 00:28:53.019 very thought 00:28:53.019 --> 00:28:53.559 provoking. 00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:54.579 Progressive 00:28:54.579 --> 00:28:55.180 Christians are 00:28:55.180 --> 00:28:55.740 right that 00:28:55.740 --> 00:28:56.720 love is 00:28:56.720 --> 00:28:58.120 compassion and 00:28:58.120 --> 00:28:59.180 it is empathy 00:28:59.180 --> 00:28:59.779 and it is 00:28:59.779 --> 00:29:00.480 understanding. 00:29:01.480 --> 00:29:02.039 But real 00:29:02.039 --> 00:29:02.840 love is more. 00:29:04.519 --> 00:29:05.340 It has those 00:29:05.340 --> 00:29:06.200 things but real 00:29:06.200 --> 00:29:07.059 love also 00:29:07.059 --> 00:29:08.420 strongly desires 00:29:08.420 --> 00:29:09.059 the good of 00:29:09.059 --> 00:29:09.480 the other. 00:29:10.100 --> 00:29:11.120 So much that 00:29:11.120 --> 00:29:11.840 it's willing to 00:29:11.840 --> 00:29:12.799 speak the hard 00:29:12.799 --> 00:29:13.660 but needed 00:29:13.660 --> 00:29:14.900 truth in order 00:29:14.900 --> 00:29:15.559 to save the 00:29:15.559 --> 00:29:16.360 other or spare 00:29:16.360 --> 00:29:17.120 them from harm. 00:29:17.460 --> 00:29:21.380 the reality 00:29:21.380 --> 00:29:22.019 of our lives 00:29:22.019 --> 00:29:22.420 as human 00:29:22.420 --> 00:29:23.120 beings is that 00:29:23.120 --> 00:29:23.819 we have all 00:29:23.819 --> 00:29:25.620 sinned against 00:29:25.620 --> 00:29:26.000 God. 00:29:26.120 --> 00:29:26.600 We have all 00:29:26.600 --> 00:29:27.500 become corrupt 00:29:27.500 --> 00:29:28.100 and bent 00:29:28.100 --> 00:29:28.799 and broken 00:29:28.799 --> 00:29:30.120 by sin 00:29:30.120 --> 00:29:31.600 and God 00:29:31.600 --> 00:29:33.700 is perfectly 00:29:33.700 --> 00:29:35.200 good and 00:29:35.200 --> 00:29:36.360 righteous and 00:29:36.360 --> 00:29:38.180 just and he 00:29:38.180 --> 00:29:39.340 because he is 00:29:39.340 --> 00:29:40.000 those things 00:29:40.000 --> 00:29:41.500 must give us 00:29:41.500 --> 00:29:42.420 what we deserve. 00:29:44.160 --> 00:29:45.539 If he didn't 00:29:45.539 --> 00:29:47.619 he would be 00:29:47.619 --> 00:29:48.000 corrupt. 00:29:50.099 --> 00:29:51.000 In order to 00:29:51.000 --> 00:29:51.700 be completely 00:29:51.700 --> 00:29:53.240 good you 00:29:53.240 --> 00:29:53.779 must love 00:29:53.779 --> 00:29:54.420 what is good 00:29:54.420 --> 00:29:55.599 and you 00:29:55.599 --> 00:29:56.059 must hate 00:29:56.059 --> 00:29:56.700 what is evil. 00:29:57.740 --> 00:29:58.420 You must 00:29:58.420 --> 00:29:59.180 oppose what 00:29:59.180 --> 00:29:59.639 is evil. 00:30:02.980 --> 00:30:03.700 God is 00:30:03.700 --> 00:30:04.180 completely 00:30:04.180 --> 00:30:06.119 good and 00:30:06.119 --> 00:30:06.799 we by our 00:30:06.799 --> 00:30:07.299 sins have 00:30:07.299 --> 00:30:08.399 become not 00:30:08.399 --> 00:30:08.700 good. 00:30:08.920 --> 00:30:09.139 We have 00:30:09.139 --> 00:30:09.839 become evil 00:30:09.839 --> 00:30:11.379 sinners and 00:30:11.379 --> 00:30:12.899 so we are 00:30:12.899 --> 00:30:13.940 deserving of 00:30:13.940 --> 00:30:14.400 punishment. 00:30:17.480 --> 00:30:18.400 That's part of 00:30:18.400 --> 00:30:19.019 the message of 00:30:19.019 --> 00:30:19.620 Christ too. 00:30:22.180 --> 00:30:22.980 And yet 00:30:22.980 --> 00:30:23.860 God's mercy 00:30:23.860 --> 00:30:24.519 and love for 00:30:24.519 --> 00:30:25.220 us is so 00:30:25.220 --> 00:30:26.680 great that he 00:30:26.680 --> 00:30:27.559 wants none of 00:30:27.559 --> 00:30:28.299 us to get what 00:30:28.299 --> 00:30:29.039 we deserve from 00:30:29.039 --> 00:30:29.259 him. 00:30:30.440 --> 00:30:31.600 He sent Jesus 00:30:31.600 --> 00:30:32.580 down into our 00:30:32.580 --> 00:30:33.259 world to save 00:30:33.259 --> 00:30:33.580 us. 00:30:34.100 --> 00:30:34.840 Down into our 00:30:34.840 --> 00:30:35.539 world to live 00:30:35.539 --> 00:30:36.120 among us. 00:30:36.519 --> 00:30:37.500 To take the 00:30:37.500 --> 00:30:38.240 punishment that 00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:39.680 we deserve 00:30:39.680 --> 00:30:40.700 upon himself 00:30:40.700 --> 00:30:42.460 so that 00:30:42.460 --> 00:30:43.080 justice could 00:30:43.080 --> 00:30:43.700 be done for 00:30:43.700 --> 00:30:44.380 our sins 00:30:44.380 --> 00:30:45.160 without us 00:30:45.160 --> 00:30:45.700 facing it 00:30:45.700 --> 00:30:46.200 ourselves. 00:30:49.400 --> 00:30:50.160 But to 00:30:50.160 --> 00:30:50.799 receive this 00:30:50.799 --> 00:30:51.220 gift of 00:30:51.220 --> 00:30:52.400 grace we 00:30:52.400 --> 00:30:53.360 must do as 00:30:53.360 --> 00:30:54.120 Jesus said 00:30:54.120 --> 00:30:54.900 and repent. 00:30:56.000 --> 00:30:56.940 We must 00:30:56.940 --> 00:30:58.180 welcome him. 00:30:58.299 --> 00:30:58.600 We must 00:30:58.600 --> 00:30:59.420 listen to his 00:30:59.420 --> 00:30:59.700 words. 00:30:59.779 --> 00:31:00.420 We must turn 00:31:00.420 --> 00:31:01.240 to God and 00:31:01.240 --> 00:31:02.019 seek his 00:31:02.019 --> 00:31:02.420 forgiveness. 00:31:03.200 --> 00:31:03.980 We must 00:31:03.980 --> 00:31:04.700 acknowledge our 00:31:04.700 --> 00:31:05.380 sins to him. 00:31:06.779 --> 00:31:07.039 And so 00:31:07.039 --> 00:31:07.860 Jesus coming 00:31:07.860 --> 00:31:08.900 and sending 00:31:08.900 --> 00:31:10.320 his apostles 00:31:10.320 --> 00:31:10.920 through the 00:31:10.920 --> 00:31:11.420 land with 00:31:11.420 --> 00:31:12.019 this message 00:31:12.019 --> 00:31:12.420 of good 00:31:12.420 --> 00:31:12.780 news. 00:31:13.360 --> 00:31:14.100 Even with 00:31:14.100 --> 00:31:14.740 those words 00:31:14.740 --> 00:31:15.259 of warning 00:31:15.259 --> 00:31:15.780 for those 00:31:15.780 --> 00:31:16.259 who reject 00:31:16.259 --> 00:31:17.240 that is 00:31:17.240 --> 00:31:17.700 the most 00:31:17.700 --> 00:31:18.400 loving thing 00:31:18.400 --> 00:31:18.840 that God 00:31:18.840 --> 00:31:19.280 can do. 00:31:20.980 --> 00:31:21.740 He is 00:31:21.740 --> 00:31:22.680 refusing to 00:31:22.680 --> 00:31:23.600 affirm what 00:31:23.600 --> 00:31:24.259 we genuinely 00:31:24.259 --> 00:31:25.040 believe about 00:31:25.040 --> 00:31:25.660 ourselves 00:31:25.660 --> 00:31:27.660 which is that 00:31:27.660 --> 00:31:28.140 we can be 00:31:28.140 --> 00:31:29.040 okay if we 00:31:29.040 --> 00:31:29.740 ignore God 00:31:29.740 --> 00:31:31.019 and just keep 00:31:31.019 --> 00:31:31.720 on sinning. 00:31:33.220 --> 00:31:34.140 He's refusing 00:31:34.140 --> 00:31:34.900 to affirm what 00:31:34.900 --> 00:31:35.540 we genuinely 00:31:35.540 --> 00:31:36.220 believe about 00:31:36.220 --> 00:31:37.060 ourselves because 00:31:37.060 --> 00:31:37.860 affirming that 00:31:37.860 --> 00:31:38.540 would lead 00:31:38.539 --> 00:31:39.200 to our 00:31:39.200 --> 00:31:39.740 destruction. 00:31:42.240 --> 00:31:43.180 Real love 00:31:43.180 --> 00:31:43.839 speaks the 00:31:43.839 --> 00:31:45.619 truth even 00:31:45.619 --> 00:31:46.059 when it's 00:31:46.059 --> 00:31:47.920 not what 00:31:47.920 --> 00:31:48.440 we want to 00:31:48.440 --> 00:31:48.659 hear. 00:31:49.599 --> 00:31:50.019 And Jesus 00:31:50.019 --> 00:31:50.899 always did 00:31:50.899 --> 00:31:52.579 that because 00:31:52.579 --> 00:31:53.180 he really 00:31:53.180 --> 00:31:54.159 truly loves 00:31:54.159 --> 00:31:54.480 us. 00:31:56.980 --> 00:31:57.839 And so it 00:31:57.839 --> 00:31:58.319 pushes us 00:31:58.319 --> 00:31:58.879 back to that 00:31:58.879 --> 00:32:00.139 first question. 00:32:00.339 --> 00:32:01.119 What is your 00:32:01.119 --> 00:32:02.680 response to 00:32:02.680 --> 00:32:03.000 Jesus? 00:32:05.519 --> 00:32:06.079 Welcome 00:32:06.079 --> 00:32:06.279 rejection. 00:32:06.279 --> 00:32:06.740 Welcome 00:32:06.740 --> 00:32:07.619 to the 00:32:07.619 --> 00:32:07.779 Lord. 00:32:07.779 --> 00:32:08.539 Or rejection. 00:32:11.720 --> 00:32:12.419 Let's pray. 00:32:18.419 --> 00:32:19.220 Lord, these are 00:32:19.220 --> 00:32:19.799 not the words 00:32:19.799 --> 00:32:20.259 that we like 00:32:20.259 --> 00:32:20.699 to hear. 00:32:22.500 --> 00:32:23.279 Some of us 00:32:23.279 --> 00:32:23.960 may even feel 00:32:23.960 --> 00:32:24.699 embarrassed to 00:32:24.699 --> 00:32:25.199 hear some of 00:32:25.199 --> 00:32:25.899 these words in 00:32:25.899 --> 00:32:26.759 public spoken 00:32:26.759 --> 00:32:27.179 aloud. 00:32:28.559 --> 00:32:29.960 But these 00:32:29.960 --> 00:32:30.759 are your words 00:32:30.759 --> 00:32:31.960 to us 00:32:31.960 --> 00:32:33.099 through your 00:32:33.099 --> 00:32:33.799 son who 00:32:33.799 --> 00:32:34.279 you sent. 00:32:34.279 --> 00:32:35.599 and I pray 00:32:35.599 --> 00:32:35.899 that we 00:32:35.899 --> 00:32:36.279 would take 00:32:36.279 --> 00:32:36.579 them to 00:32:36.579 --> 00:32:38.519 heart and 00:32:38.519 --> 00:32:38.819 that you 00:32:38.819 --> 00:32:39.200 would make 00:32:39.200 --> 00:32:40.480 us first 00:32:40.480 --> 00:32:41.200 of all stop 00:32:41.200 --> 00:32:41.759 and ask that 00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:42.379 question to 00:32:42.379 --> 00:32:43.879 ourselves before 00:32:43.879 --> 00:32:44.940 you of where 00:32:44.940 --> 00:32:45.599 we stand with 00:32:45.599 --> 00:32:45.819 you. 00:32:47.619 --> 00:32:48.539 May every one 00:32:48.539 --> 00:32:50.480 of us bow 00:32:50.480 --> 00:32:51.240 before you, 00:32:53.899 --> 00:32:54.700 acknowledge the 00:32:54.700 --> 00:32:55.220 sins that we 00:32:55.220 --> 00:32:55.700 have done, 00:32:56.160 --> 00:32:57.000 not just once 00:32:57.000 --> 00:32:58.480 but continually, 00:32:58.480 --> 00:33:01.380 and may we 00:33:01.380 --> 00:33:01.960 follow you. 00:33:02.360 --> 00:33:02.680 May we 00:33:02.680 --> 00:33:03.220 believe in 00:33:03.220 --> 00:33:03.640 your son. 00:33:05.559 --> 00:33:06.099 And we 00:33:06.099 --> 00:33:06.700 ask too that 00:33:06.700 --> 00:33:06.920 you would 00:33:06.920 --> 00:33:07.500 make us wise 00:33:07.500 --> 00:33:07.900 with these 00:33:07.900 --> 00:33:08.180 words, 00:33:08.339 --> 00:33:08.500 Lord, 00:33:09.220 --> 00:33:09.720 so that as 00:33:09.720 --> 00:33:10.279 we look out 00:33:10.279 --> 00:33:10.579 at the 00:33:10.579 --> 00:33:11.140 world around 00:33:11.140 --> 00:33:11.640 us and 00:33:11.640 --> 00:33:12.160 our 00:33:12.160 --> 00:33:12.759 relationships, 00:33:13.019 --> 00:33:13.480 our friends, 00:33:13.599 --> 00:33:14.099 our family 00:33:14.099 --> 00:33:14.620 who don't 00:33:14.620 --> 00:33:15.140 know you, 00:33:15.720 --> 00:33:16.160 make us 00:33:16.160 --> 00:33:16.539 wise. 00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:17.559 Teach us 00:33:17.559 --> 00:33:18.500 about how 00:33:18.500 --> 00:33:19.059 we can 00:33:19.059 --> 00:33:19.980 relate to 00:33:19.980 --> 00:33:20.240 them. 00:33:21.779 --> 00:33:22.400 Give us 00:33:22.400 --> 00:33:22.839 courage, 00:33:23.039 --> 00:33:23.339 give us 00:33:23.339 --> 00:33:23.920 boldness, 00:33:24.640 --> 00:33:26.120 help us not 00:33:26.120 --> 00:33:26.700 to affirm 00:33:26.700 --> 00:33:27.140 them and 00:33:27.140 --> 00:33:28.279 they're walking 00:33:28.279 --> 00:33:28.920 away from 00:33:28.920 --> 00:33:29.240 you. 00:33:31.620 --> 00:33:32.440 Give us 00:33:32.440 --> 00:33:33.240 what we 00:33:33.240 --> 00:33:34.039 need to 00:33:34.039 --> 00:33:35.039 be salt 00:33:35.039 --> 00:33:36.160 and light 00:33:36.160 --> 00:33:38.299 and to 00:33:38.299 --> 00:33:38.799 speak the 00:33:38.799 --> 00:33:39.299 truth in 00:33:39.299 --> 00:33:39.580 love. 00:33:41.400 --> 00:33:42.180 We ask 00:33:42.180 --> 00:33:42.640 for this 00:33:42.640 --> 00:33:43.380 in your 00:33:43.380 --> 00:33:43.640 name. 00:33:43.640 --> 00:33:45.080 Amen.