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 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama.

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 Our passion is to experience and express grace.

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 Join us.

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 Such a fun song.

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 Thank you all.

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 It's a lot to rejoice in this morning.

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 Thank you to the one of you who texted me during the song to say you wanted to dance,

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 but I needed to start it.

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 I felt that, but you want me to dance in my heart, and that's where you want it to stop.

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 We'll keep it there.

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 Part of the beauty in that song is that it tells our story, doesn't it?

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 It's a story that Scotty Smith talked about last week in terms of desperation and delight.

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 Did you hear that in there?

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 I know you heard the delight, but in the words, the desperation of where we found ourselves,

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 that's at the heart of what it means to be a follower of Jesus, isn't it?

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 To be so desperately dependent on Him and delighted in what He has done for us.

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 It's at the heart of what it means to be a community of people who gather together to celebrate Jesus.

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 That's what we're doing this morning.

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 We delight in welcoming people into a church family.

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 Even as they do so, they begin by acknowledging their desperation, right?

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 They're sinners without hope, except in God's mercy rescuing them.

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 So on this day where we consider young people and older people trusting Jesus,

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 promising to follow Jesus as a part of this church,

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 it's appropriate that in our study of Luke,

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 we come to a passage where Jesus is telling us what it looks like

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 to be a part of His community, to follow Him.

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 I want you to notice this morning as Jesus tells us what His community looks like,

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 the honesty of it.

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 The reality that sin and struggle will still be present in this community is not a surprise to Jesus.

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 In fact, it's where Jesus begins when He's talking about it.

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 He's going to tell us some really important things that are,

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 on the one hand, very basic to following Jesus.

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 Normal, everyday stuff.

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 And on the other hand, those same things are also so difficult

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 that it's not an exaggeration to call them supernatural.

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 Let's listen to Jesus tell about this extraordinary, ordinary Christian community.

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 And we'll talk about it for a few minutes after we read.

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 Picking up Jesus' conversation at Luke 17, verse 1.

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 He's talking now to His disciples.

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 This is God's holy, inerrant, infallible Word that He gives to us

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 so that we can know how to have relationship with Him

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 and that that relationship would transform all our other relationships.

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 Wow. Let's listen.

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 He said to His disciples,

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 Temptations to sin are sure to come,

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 but woe to the one through whom they come.

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 It would be better for Him if a millstone were hung around His neck

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 and He were cast into the sea than that He should cause one of these little ones to sin.

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 Pay attention to yourselves.

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 If your brother sins, rebuke him.

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 And if he repents, forgive him.

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 And if he sins against you seven times in the day

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 and turns to you seven times saying,

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 I repent, you must forgive him.

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 The apostles said to the Lord,

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 Increase our faith.

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 And the Lord said,

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 If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed,

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 you could say to this mulberry tree,

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 Be uprooted and planted in the sea,

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 and it would obey you.

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 Will any one of you who has a servant plowing or keeping sheep

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 say to him when he has come in from the field,

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 Come at once and sit down at table?

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 Will he not rather say to him,

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 Prepare supper for me and dress properly

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 and serve me while I eat and drink

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 and afterward you will eat and drink?

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 Does he thank the servant because he did what was commanded?

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 So you also,

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 when you have done all that you were commanded,

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 say,

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 We are unworthy servants.

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 We have only done what was our duty.

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 Let's pray.

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 Father, thank You for this,

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 Your word.

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 In some ways,

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 they are hard words for us.

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 And we ask Your help.

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 We acknowledge again our need for You,

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 every one of us.

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 Come by Your Spirit and teach us,

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 but also mold us and shape us,

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 even in ways that are painful,

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 that help us.

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 We might know You,

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 love You,

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 and live as You've called us to.

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 We ask in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Before we jump in this morning

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 to what Jesus tells us

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 about being a part of His community,

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 a couple of words to those of you

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 who don't follow Jesus,

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 or who maybe aren't sure

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 that you would really want to.

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 As we go into this,

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 as we talk through this passage,

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 I'm going to point out things

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 that Christians must take seriously.

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 And you may well think to yourself

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 when I say some of them,

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 well, that's not what I've seen

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 or experienced

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 from the Christians I know.

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 Sounds like a lot of talk to me.

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 That's fair enough.

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 You can probably help us see

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 some blind spots

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 that we have in these areas

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 where we don't actually live

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 like the type of community

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 that God has called us to.

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 And I'd welcome that input.

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 I'd love to hear

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 where you see that

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 from me, from us.

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 We need to know.

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 But I'd also encourage you

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 as you listen this morning

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 to consider

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 not just other Christians

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 you've seen,

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 but Jesus Himself.

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 What He both calls for

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 and what He creates

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 in a community.

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 Because that's the kind of community

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 that He is making us into

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 even if we're not there yet.

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 So it's the kind of church,

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 the kind of family

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 that you too could be a part of.

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 And notice how essential Jesus is

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 to sustaining relationships like this.

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 Notice Jesus as we talk this morning.

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 First thing in this passage that we see

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 biblical Christianity takes sin seriously.

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 And you may be saying,

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 well, yeah,

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 that's what Christians are known for, right?

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 They got that one down.

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 They're pointing out

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 everybody else's sin.

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 That's all I ever hear from them.

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 That's not what I'm talking about.

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 It's not what this means.

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 It's quite the opposite, in fact.

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 When I say we take sin seriously,

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 I mean first and foremost

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 our own sin

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 within the community of believers

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 in Jesus.

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 Jesus begins

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 by saying

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 temptations to sin

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 are sure to come.

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 It's certain.

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 I love how Jesus recognizes

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 that we will struggle.

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 It's a repeated theme

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 in the Gospel of Luke

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 when Jesus talks about

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 His followers

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 and that community.

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 Commentator Dane Ortland

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 says it this way,

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 the fundamental distinction

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 between churches

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 is not that some of them

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 have sinners

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 and others do not.

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 The fundamental distinction

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 is that some churches

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 have honest sinners

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 and other churches

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 have self-protecting sinners.

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 The question is not

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 whether we are sinful or not,

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 but whether or not

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 we are honest about it.

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 But,

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 even though those things

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 are certain,

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 what's Jesus saying here?

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 Woe to the one

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 through whom they come.

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 It would be better for Him

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 if a millstone

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 were hung around His neck

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 and He were cast into the sea

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 than that He should cause

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 one of these little ones

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 to sin.

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 We hear it a little more clearly

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 now at the end

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 of what Jesus is saying.

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 That's a pretty clear warning,

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 isn't it?

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 We understand what that means,

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 but what's got Jesus so worked up?

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 What's He warning against?

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 Jesus is strongly condemning,

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 leading someone else

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 towards sin

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 and away from Him.

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 Like,

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 how, Will?

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 How would someone do that

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 that Jesus would be condemning?

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 Well,

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 I think it's hard for us

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 to understand

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 because when I read the phrase

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 temptations to sin,

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 I picture in my mind

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 like a drug dealer

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 or something

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 who's kind of tempting

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 little kids over here

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 to get involved

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 with bad stuff,

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 to make a bad decision

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 and a bad choice.

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 And that's not wrong,

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 but it's not really

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 the picture here.

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 The word that's translated

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 temptations to sin

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 has in mind

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 more than a single bad choice

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 or action,

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 but rather a heart

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 being bent towards sin

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 away from Jesus,

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 a direction

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 that is away from Jesus,

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 a stumbling block

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 that leads someone

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 towards sin

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 which is always away

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 from Jesus.

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 The little ones

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 could be kids,

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 but really it's anyone

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 who's young in faith,

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 who's little in the community,

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 an outsider

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 to spiritual things.

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 don't dare lead them

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 or keep them

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 away from Jesus.

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 That's what he's saying.

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 So the warning

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 is for those

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 in the Christian community,

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 perhaps especially

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 for leaders,

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 teachers,

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 don't teach someone

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 by your words

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 that self-righteousness

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 and good behavior

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 is the way to Jesus.

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 That actually leads

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 away from him

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 as Jesus so often

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 told the Pharisees.

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 don't lead someone

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 away from Jesus

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 on the other hand

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 by your flagrant

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 and unrepentant sin

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 that says there's another story

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 that's truer

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 than what I preach.

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 Don't through hypocrisy

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 or pride

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 or favoritism

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 keep someone

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 away from Jesus

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 whom you've been charged

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 to lead to Jesus.

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 It will not go well

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 with you,

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 Jesus says,

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 if you find yourself

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 doing those things.

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 Taking sin seriously

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 certainly means

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 not trifling

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 with what God's word

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 tells us is dangerous.

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 But it doesn't mean

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 merely avoiding sin

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 which you're never

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 going to do perfectly.

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 Does your defensiveness

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 or your lack of repentance

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 say to your kids

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 that the only safe place

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 is in successful,

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 obedient living?

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 On the other end

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 of the spectrum,

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 does your sacrificial

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 following of Jesus

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 communicate to those

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 around you

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 that He really is worth

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 giving up everything for?

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 Or do those who are

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 newer, younger,

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 potential Christians

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 in your life,

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 do they watch you

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 and get the impression

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 that as much as you say

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 Jesus is worth everything,

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 really,

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 the true path to pleasure

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 is indulging self

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 and what you need.

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 That's where life

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 is really found.

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 You just have to say

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 this other thing

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 about Jesus.

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 I can tell by watching you

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 He's not worth it.

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 See, the opposite

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 of temptations to sin,

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 stumbling blocks

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 to lead them away

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 from Jesus

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 is helping them

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 to stand firm

00:12:02.419 --> 00:12:03.319
 in the Lord,

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 to trust His strength,

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 to find their hope

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 only in Him.

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 So if it's woe

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 to those who lead

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 away from Jesus,

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 then blessed are those

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 who anchor others

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 in Jesus,

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 be they kids

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 in your home

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 or friends

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 that you have.

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 That's what taking sin

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 seriously does

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 for little ones

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 in our community.

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 It anchors them

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 to Jesus.

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 Then,

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 verse 3,

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 pay attention

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 to yourselves.

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 In other words,

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 watch out for each other.

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 Look out for each other.

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 Not just yourself.

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 If your brother sins,

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 rebuke him.

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 How seriously

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 must we take sin?

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 So seriously

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 that whenever we see

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 a brother or sister

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 in sin,

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 we must rebuke them.

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 Jesus clearly

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 commands us

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 to confront sin

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 in each other.

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 I'll be honest.

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 There is very little

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 in all of God's Word

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 that my heart

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 runs away from

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 faster than those

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 couple of words

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 right there.

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 I don't enjoy this.

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 There's all sorts

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 of things in me

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 that come up

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 with reasons

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 to avoid it.

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 There's my desire

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 to be loved.

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 My aversion

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 to conflict.

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 My idol

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 of peace

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 and comfort

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 that would like

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 just a nice,

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 easy conversation,

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 nothing really hard.

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 lots of reasons

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 not to confront

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 people.

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 In fact,

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 it's easier for me

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 to stand up here

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 and hide behind

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 this pulpit

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 and rebuke

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 your sins

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 than it is to sit

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 across the lunch table

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 one-on-one

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 and have that conversation.

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 And some of us

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 hide behind

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 social media,

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 hide behind

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 busy schedules,

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 or any number

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 of other things

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 when Jesus says

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 quite simply,

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 we must address

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 sin personally

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 and consistently.

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 And we're failing

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 to love

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 a brother or sister

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 just as grievously

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 as if we didn't

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 tell our toddler

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 to take his finger

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 out of the electrical

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 outlet when we saw him.

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 And we knew

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 there was danger there

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 and we didn't say anything.

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 That's how,

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 you know how unloving

00:14:22.699 --> 00:14:23.199
 that would be

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 for a parent?

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 It would be equally

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 or more

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 unloving for us.

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 Do we really believe

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 sin is what drags

00:14:30.740 --> 00:14:31.720
 us away from Jesus?

00:14:32.980 --> 00:14:33.799
 Is it really

00:14:33.799 --> 00:14:34.740
 that serious,

00:14:35.120 --> 00:14:36.039
 that dangerous

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 to us?

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 Of course,

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 there are other places

00:14:40.220 --> 00:14:40.899
 where we're told

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 to do this gently,

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 graciously,

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 and humbly

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 because we sin too,

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 so don't get too excited

00:14:48.339 --> 00:14:49.139
 about running off

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 to tell people off.

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 But here,

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 we're simply told

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 to do it.

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 The reason we can,

00:14:57.639 --> 00:15:00.059
 what actually enables us

00:15:00.059 --> 00:15:01.620
 to rebuke sin

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 in a brother or sister

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 is the rest

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 of the sentence.

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 We can do this

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 because if he repents,

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 forgive him.

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 As seriously

00:15:12.819 --> 00:15:13.919
 as we take sin,

00:15:14.179 --> 00:15:15.419
 we must also

00:15:15.419 --> 00:15:16.319
 take forgiveness

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 seriously,

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 perhaps even more so.

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 See,

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 if you think about it

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 for a second,

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 if I take forgiveness

00:15:22.759 --> 00:15:23.939
 seriously,

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 then work backwards

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 a little bit.

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 then I'm actually able,

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 it's a bit easier,

00:15:30.940 --> 00:15:32.259
 to rebuke sin

00:15:32.259 --> 00:15:33.480
 graciously

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 because I've got a salve

00:15:35.720 --> 00:15:36.440
 for the wound

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 I may be creating.

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 If sin is a problem

00:15:39.740 --> 00:15:40.799
 in the community,

00:15:41.000 --> 00:15:41.460
 forgiveness

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 is the solution

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 to it.

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 Imagine,

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 if you will,

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 a friend

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 in your small group

00:15:47.679 --> 00:15:48.740
 who's been complaining

00:15:48.740 --> 00:15:50.019
 to you about her husband

00:15:50.019 --> 00:15:52.279
 and she's been talking

00:15:52.279 --> 00:15:53.100
 glowingly

00:15:53.100 --> 00:15:54.320
 about this guy

00:15:54.320 --> 00:15:54.940
 at work

00:15:54.940 --> 00:15:55.960
 who's so wonderful

00:15:55.960 --> 00:15:58.040
 and it feels easier

00:15:58.040 --> 00:15:59.260
 for you to avoid

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 having the conversation

00:16:00.740 --> 00:16:01.900
 that Jesus tells you

00:16:01.900 --> 00:16:02.940
 you must have.

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 But if you remember

00:16:05.880 --> 00:16:07.120
 first your own sin,

00:16:07.980 --> 00:16:09.180
 if you are eager

00:16:09.180 --> 00:16:10.180
 to forgive,

00:16:11.220 --> 00:16:12.040
 then it actually

00:16:12.040 --> 00:16:13.200
 makes the conversation

00:16:13.200 --> 00:16:14.480
 a more hopeful one

00:16:14.480 --> 00:16:15.320
 to enter into.

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 You're not coming

00:16:16.680 --> 00:16:17.400
 to scold

00:16:17.400 --> 00:16:18.020
 or condemn,

00:16:18.340 --> 00:16:18.580
 right?

00:16:18.580 --> 00:16:20.360
 Rather,

00:16:20.520 --> 00:16:21.120
 you're coming

00:16:21.120 --> 00:16:22.000
 to bring hope

00:16:22.000 --> 00:16:23.400
 and restoration.

00:16:26.040 --> 00:16:26.980
 Sin may be

00:16:26.980 --> 00:16:28.560
 different for you.

00:16:29.420 --> 00:16:30.320
 It may be pride

00:16:30.320 --> 00:16:32.200
 or anger,

00:16:33.139 --> 00:16:33.620
 racism,

00:16:34.900 --> 00:16:35.660
 selfishness,

00:16:36.080 --> 00:16:37.040
 alcohol abuse,

00:16:38.040 --> 00:16:39.540
 whatever that sin is

00:16:39.540 --> 00:16:40.120
 that you need

00:16:40.120 --> 00:16:40.900
 to confront.

00:16:41.600 --> 00:16:42.540
 But regardless,

00:16:44.220 --> 00:16:44.640
 forgiveness

00:16:44.639 --> 00:16:45.639
 must be

00:16:45.639 --> 00:16:46.659
 the immediate

00:16:46.659 --> 00:16:47.699
 response

00:16:47.699 --> 00:16:48.720
 to repentance.

00:16:49.139 --> 00:16:50.360
 If he repents,

00:16:51.360 --> 00:16:51.860
 forgive him.

00:16:53.580 --> 00:16:54.559
 For some of us,

00:16:54.779 --> 00:16:55.620
 that's harder

00:16:55.620 --> 00:16:56.460
 than confrontation.

00:16:57.539 --> 00:16:58.399
 It doesn't seem

00:16:58.399 --> 00:16:58.960
 just

00:16:58.960 --> 00:17:00.000
 or fair,

00:17:00.220 --> 00:17:00.539
 right?

00:17:01.919 --> 00:17:02.799
 It doesn't seem

00:17:02.799 --> 00:17:03.360
 to account

00:17:03.360 --> 00:17:04.639
 for all the pain

00:17:04.639 --> 00:17:05.420
 I've endured.

00:17:07.139 --> 00:17:08.000
 And sometimes

00:17:08.000 --> 00:17:08.980
 it just doesn't work

00:17:08.980 --> 00:17:10.440
 to change things.

00:17:10.519 --> 00:17:11.279
 That doesn't get us

00:17:11.279 --> 00:17:11.619
 anywhere.

00:17:11.619 --> 00:17:11.819
 Where?

00:17:14.099 --> 00:17:15.119
 Jesus says,

00:17:16.319 --> 00:17:16.939
 forgive him.

00:17:19.259 --> 00:17:20.099
 Is there someone

00:17:20.099 --> 00:17:20.739
 you need to

00:17:20.739 --> 00:17:21.819
 forgive

00:17:21.819 --> 00:17:23.239
 this morning?

00:17:25.259 --> 00:17:26.339
 Better take the chance

00:17:26.339 --> 00:17:26.739
 right now.

00:17:26.819 --> 00:17:27.459
 Write the name down.

00:17:27.539 --> 00:17:28.539
 It's only getting harder.

00:17:29.519 --> 00:17:30.539
 Verse 4.

00:17:31.659 --> 00:17:32.500
 And if he sins

00:17:32.500 --> 00:17:33.219
 against you

00:17:33.219 --> 00:17:34.559
 seven times

00:17:34.559 --> 00:17:35.299
 in the day

00:17:35.299 --> 00:17:36.639
 and turns to you

00:17:36.639 --> 00:17:37.619
 seven times

00:17:37.619 --> 00:17:38.139
 saying,

00:17:38.639 --> 00:17:39.279
 I repent,

00:17:39.599 --> 00:17:40.579
 you must

00:17:40.579 --> 00:17:41.839
 forgive him.

00:17:42.279 --> 00:17:42.579
 Forgive

00:17:42.579 --> 00:17:43.279
 not just

00:17:43.279 --> 00:17:43.819
 immediately

00:17:43.819 --> 00:17:44.960
 but repeatedly.

00:17:46.899 --> 00:17:47.299
 Forgiveness

00:17:47.299 --> 00:17:47.819
 must be

00:17:47.819 --> 00:17:48.839
 the persistent

00:17:48.839 --> 00:17:49.879
 response

00:17:49.879 --> 00:17:51.079
 to repentance.

00:17:52.759 --> 00:17:53.199
 Now listen,

00:17:53.720 --> 00:17:53.980
 I know where

00:17:53.980 --> 00:17:54.339
 some of you

00:17:54.339 --> 00:17:54.740
 are going

00:17:54.740 --> 00:17:55.259
 right now.

00:17:55.539 --> 00:17:55.939
 I know

00:17:55.939 --> 00:17:56.659
 there's two sides

00:17:56.659 --> 00:17:56.939
 to this.

00:17:57.019 --> 00:17:57.359
 There are two

00:17:57.359 --> 00:17:58.259
 people involved

00:17:58.259 --> 00:17:59.500
 and you've got

00:17:59.500 --> 00:18:00.559
 a theology

00:18:00.559 --> 00:18:01.259
 of repentance

00:18:01.259 --> 00:18:01.819
 that you want

00:18:01.819 --> 00:18:02.339
 to pull out

00:18:02.339 --> 00:18:02.819
 right now

00:18:02.819 --> 00:18:03.139
 and say,

00:18:03.559 --> 00:18:03.899
 this is what

00:18:03.899 --> 00:18:04.720
 gospel repentance

00:18:04.720 --> 00:18:05.399
 looks like

00:18:05.399 --> 00:18:06.179
 and it has fruit

00:18:06.179 --> 00:18:07.319
 and can I just

00:18:07.319 --> 00:18:07.839
 encourage you

00:18:07.839 --> 00:18:08.199
 with something?

00:18:08.200 --> 00:18:10.500
 That's true.

00:18:11.180 --> 00:18:12.100
 It's not what

00:18:12.100 --> 00:18:12.920
 Jesus is talking

00:18:12.920 --> 00:18:13.680
 about right here.

00:18:13.740 --> 00:18:14.100
 Right now

00:18:14.100 --> 00:18:14.620
 you are the

00:18:14.620 --> 00:18:15.100
 forgiver.

00:18:15.840 --> 00:18:16.480
 You're not worried

00:18:16.480 --> 00:18:16.819
 about the

00:18:16.819 --> 00:18:17.279
 repenter.

00:18:17.620 --> 00:18:18.000
 You're the

00:18:18.000 --> 00:18:18.559
 forgiver

00:18:18.559 --> 00:18:19.420
 that Jesus

00:18:19.420 --> 00:18:20.080
 is talking

00:18:20.080 --> 00:18:20.420
 to.

00:18:20.900 --> 00:18:21.420
 And he's

00:18:21.420 --> 00:18:22.480
 saying to you

00:18:22.480 --> 00:18:24.299
 seven times

00:18:24.299 --> 00:18:24.980
 in one day

00:18:24.980 --> 00:18:25.960
 someone repents.

00:18:26.960 --> 00:18:27.700
 You forgive.

00:18:29.140 --> 00:18:29.840
 For reference,

00:18:30.100 --> 00:18:30.900
 three times

00:18:30.900 --> 00:18:31.880
 was considered

00:18:31.880 --> 00:18:32.799
 magnanimous

00:18:32.799 --> 00:18:33.580
 by the religious

00:18:33.580 --> 00:18:34.299
 leaders of

00:18:34.299 --> 00:18:34.819
 Jesus'

00:18:35.220 --> 00:18:35.460
 day.

00:18:35.539 --> 00:18:35.779
 They thought

00:18:35.779 --> 00:18:36.039
 that was

00:18:36.039 --> 00:18:37.039
 very gracious

00:18:37.039 --> 00:18:37.779
 and forgiving.

00:18:38.480 --> 00:18:39.059
 Jesus says

00:18:39.059 --> 00:18:39.720
 seven

00:18:39.720 --> 00:18:40.299
 implying

00:18:40.299 --> 00:18:41.099
 full,

00:18:41.519 --> 00:18:42.099
 free,

00:18:42.559 --> 00:18:43.240
 persistent

00:18:43.240 --> 00:18:44.299
 forgiveness

00:18:44.299 --> 00:18:45.240
 even against

00:18:45.240 --> 00:18:46.220
 repeat offenders.

00:18:47.299 --> 00:18:47.740
 Oh,

00:18:48.559 --> 00:18:49.420
 they frustrate

00:18:49.420 --> 00:18:49.680
 us,

00:18:49.720 --> 00:18:50.139
 don't they?

00:18:51.319 --> 00:18:51.940
 The same

00:18:51.940 --> 00:18:52.440
 thing you

00:18:52.440 --> 00:18:53.200
 just did.

00:18:55.539 --> 00:18:56.279
 Let me ask

00:18:56.279 --> 00:18:56.639
 you to think

00:18:56.639 --> 00:18:57.159
 about something.

00:18:57.259 --> 00:18:57.559
 How many

00:18:57.559 --> 00:18:58.619
 times a day

00:18:58.619 --> 00:18:59.619
 do you think

00:18:59.619 --> 00:19:00.559
 God forgives

00:19:00.559 --> 00:19:00.799
 you?

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 I want an

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 actual number

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 to go in your

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 head.

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 It's okay

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 if it's not

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 exactly right

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 but just

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 kind of

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 an estimate.

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 You know,

00:19:07.700 --> 00:19:07.980
 back to

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 math class.

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 How many

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 times a day

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 do you think

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 God forgives

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 you?

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 Did you

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 remember to

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 include the

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 thoughts and

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 attitudes of

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 your heart,

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 not just the

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 actions and

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 bad decisions

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 that you

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 include?

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 Don't leave

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 those out.

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 Did you

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 remember to

00:19:22.440 --> 00:19:22.879
 count the

00:19:22.879 --> 00:19:23.359
 sins of

00:19:23.359 --> 00:19:23.879
 omission,

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 the duties

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 that you

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 neglected to

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 do?

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 You could

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 have done,

00:19:27.700 --> 00:19:28.000
 should have

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 done,

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 but just

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 didn't?

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 Number

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 getting a

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 little bit

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 bigger.

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 I don't

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 know how many

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 zeros yours

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 has,

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 but just pick a

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 round number.

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 And as we

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 start to

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 contemplate that

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 for just a

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 minute,

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 it's where the

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 beauty of

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 Jesus'

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 community actually

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 comes into

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 this.

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 Because,

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 listen,

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 I totally

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 relate to the

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 difficulty that

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 we feel in

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 following some

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 of these things

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 Jesus said.

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 I mean,

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 just imagine

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 those situations.

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 He disrespected

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 you again.

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 She hurt your

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 kids' feelings

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 again.

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 they let you

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 down,

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 left you

00:20:03.100 --> 00:20:04.120
 out again.

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 And nothing

00:20:06.500 --> 00:20:07.299
 about you

00:20:07.299 --> 00:20:08.120
 wants to

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 forgive,

00:20:08.640 --> 00:20:09.039
 does it?

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 You don't

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 feel that

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 way.

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 You don't

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 have any

00:20:13.519 --> 00:20:14.400
 forgiveness to

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 give,

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 do you?

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 Have you

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 been there?

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 Are you

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 there today,

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 maybe?

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 I don't have

00:20:18.920 --> 00:20:19.480
 any forgiveness

00:20:19.480 --> 00:20:20.580
 to give there.

00:20:21.259 --> 00:20:21.799
 It doesn't

00:20:21.799 --> 00:20:22.559
 make sense.

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 See,

00:20:23.019 --> 00:20:23.680
 forgiveness is

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 costly,

00:20:24.400 --> 00:20:24.700
 isn't it?

00:20:24.860 --> 00:20:25.559
 There is a

00:20:25.559 --> 00:20:26.519
 debt that

00:20:26.519 --> 00:20:26.960
 must be

00:20:26.960 --> 00:20:27.400
 paid.

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 And forgiveness

00:20:29.100 --> 00:20:29.980
 is painful.

00:20:31.019 --> 00:20:31.720
 There is a

00:20:31.720 --> 00:20:32.420
 wound that

00:20:32.420 --> 00:20:33.000
 needs to be

00:20:33.000 --> 00:20:33.380
 mended.

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 And so it

00:20:34.620 --> 00:20:35.519
 hurts and it

00:20:35.519 --> 00:20:36.519
 costs to think

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 about this.

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 And if you have

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 been hurt enough,

00:20:40.000 --> 00:20:40.600
 and some of you

00:20:40.600 --> 00:20:41.320
 have been,

00:20:42.340 --> 00:20:43.400
 if they owe you

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 enough,

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 and some people

00:20:44.560 --> 00:20:45.300
 owe you,

00:20:46.640 --> 00:20:48.080
 moralism will

00:20:48.080 --> 00:20:49.180
 never compel

00:20:49.180 --> 00:20:49.940
 you to forgive.

00:20:50.519 --> 00:20:51.160
 A preacher

00:20:51.160 --> 00:20:52.360
 yelling loudly

00:20:52.360 --> 00:20:53.460
 at you will not

00:20:53.460 --> 00:20:54.580
 compel you to

00:20:54.580 --> 00:20:55.460
 forgive if you

00:20:55.460 --> 00:20:56.060
 hurt enough.

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 You need

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 Jesus.

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 He's absolutely

00:21:01.059 --> 00:21:01.720
 essential.

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 There's no

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 other way it

00:21:04.220 --> 00:21:04.440
 works.

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 You actually

00:21:05.200 --> 00:21:06.319
 have to stare

00:21:06.319 --> 00:21:07.480
 at your own

00:21:07.480 --> 00:21:08.860
 debt before

00:21:08.860 --> 00:21:09.640
 the face of

00:21:09.640 --> 00:21:10.680
 God to have

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 that number

00:21:11.579 --> 00:21:12.759
 start piling

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 up, to

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 consider who

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 is it that

00:21:15.240 --> 00:21:16.099
 we've sinned

00:21:16.099 --> 00:21:16.640
 against.

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 You have to

00:21:18.660 --> 00:21:19.480
 cry out to

00:21:19.480 --> 00:21:20.660
 Him to

00:21:20.660 --> 00:21:21.980
 feel again

00:21:21.980 --> 00:21:23.480
 the tidal

00:21:23.480 --> 00:21:24.140
 wave of

00:21:24.140 --> 00:21:24.960
 His grace

00:21:24.960 --> 00:21:26.339
 rushing over

00:21:26.339 --> 00:21:27.319
 you in

00:21:27.319 --> 00:21:28.179
 Jesus Christ.

00:21:29.839 --> 00:21:30.559
 To feel

00:21:30.559 --> 00:21:31.259
 His forgiveness

00:21:31.259 --> 00:21:32.359
 that has to

00:21:32.359 --> 00:21:33.000
 wash you

00:21:33.000 --> 00:21:34.220
 clean every

00:21:34.220 --> 00:21:34.639
 day.

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 And then,

00:21:37.279 --> 00:21:37.839
 then you

00:21:37.839 --> 00:21:38.139
 have the

00:21:38.139 --> 00:21:39.339
 resources to

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 forgive someone

00:21:40.740 --> 00:21:41.199
 else.

00:21:41.859 --> 00:21:42.459
 Then you have

00:21:42.459 --> 00:21:43.480
 rivers of

00:21:43.480 --> 00:21:44.679
 grace flowing

00:21:44.679 --> 00:21:45.459
 out from you

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 because the

00:21:46.199 --> 00:21:47.319
 ocean, the

00:21:47.319 --> 00:21:48.599
 tidal wave of

00:21:48.599 --> 00:21:49.799
 God's grace

00:21:49.799 --> 00:21:50.439
 has poured

00:21:50.439 --> 00:21:51.919
 over you.

00:21:51.920 --> 00:21:52.900
 God's grace

00:21:52.900 --> 00:21:54.100
 will

00:21:54.100 --> 00:21:54.160
 have you

00:21:54.160 --> 00:21:54.620
 ever wondered

00:21:54.620 --> 00:21:55.120
 why God

00:21:55.120 --> 00:21:55.580
 left His

00:21:55.580 --> 00:21:56.259
 people as

00:21:56.259 --> 00:21:58.000
 sinners in

00:21:58.000 --> 00:21:58.360
 the world?

00:22:00.180 --> 00:22:01.060
 God, why is

00:22:01.060 --> 00:22:01.980
 sin just still

00:22:01.980 --> 00:22:02.580
 a part of

00:22:02.580 --> 00:22:03.140
 life when

00:22:03.140 --> 00:22:03.960
 You've forgiven

00:22:03.960 --> 00:22:04.660
 us for all

00:22:04.660 --> 00:22:05.279
 those sins and

00:22:05.279 --> 00:22:06.300
 You know God

00:22:06.300 --> 00:22:06.980
 better than we

00:22:06.980 --> 00:22:08.000
 do how sin

00:22:08.000 --> 00:22:08.940
 divides and

00:22:08.940 --> 00:22:09.980
 devastates and

00:22:09.980 --> 00:22:10.580
 destroys?

00:22:10.860 --> 00:22:11.240
 Why did You

00:22:11.240 --> 00:22:12.560
 leave us still

00:22:12.560 --> 00:22:12.940
 sinners?

00:22:13.019 --> 00:22:13.460
 You ever thought

00:22:13.460 --> 00:22:13.840
 about that

00:22:13.840 --> 00:22:14.140
 before?

00:22:15.779 --> 00:22:16.560
 I think it

00:22:16.560 --> 00:22:17.060
 must be at

00:22:17.060 --> 00:22:17.759
 least partially

00:22:17.759 --> 00:22:19.000
 that it is even

00:22:19.000 --> 00:22:20.200
 more important to

00:22:20.200 --> 00:22:21.100
 God than

00:22:21.100 --> 00:22:22.160
 eliminating sin

00:22:22.160 --> 00:22:22.660
 is and that's

00:22:22.660 --> 00:22:23.400
 really important.

00:22:24.539 --> 00:22:25.900
 That we delight

00:22:25.900 --> 00:22:26.720
 in Jesus.

00:22:28.080 --> 00:22:29.019
 That we remain

00:22:29.019 --> 00:22:29.880
 aware of our

00:22:29.880 --> 00:22:30.860
 desperate need

00:22:30.860 --> 00:22:31.299
 of Him.

00:22:31.720 --> 00:22:32.279
 That we learn

00:22:32.279 --> 00:22:32.759
 to live in

00:22:32.759 --> 00:22:33.900
 relationship with

00:22:33.900 --> 00:22:34.819
 Him where He

00:22:34.819 --> 00:22:36.440
 is glorious to

00:22:36.440 --> 00:22:36.920
 us.

00:22:38.480 --> 00:22:39.580
 That's important

00:22:39.580 --> 00:22:40.900
 to God.

00:22:41.039 --> 00:22:41.759
 Really important.

00:22:41.799 --> 00:22:42.500
 Important enough

00:22:42.500 --> 00:22:43.259
 to leave us

00:22:43.259 --> 00:22:44.740
 battling against

00:22:44.740 --> 00:22:45.299
 sin.

00:22:45.940 --> 00:22:46.400
 Did you know,

00:22:46.500 --> 00:22:46.740
 by the way,

00:22:46.779 --> 00:22:47.380
 that's why we

00:22:47.380 --> 00:22:48.460
 talk about sin

00:22:48.460 --> 00:22:49.160
 so much?

00:22:49.160 --> 00:22:50.120
 Some of you

00:22:50.120 --> 00:22:50.380
 probably think,

00:22:50.420 --> 00:22:50.940
 what a crazy

00:22:50.940 --> 00:22:51.220
 church,

00:22:51.279 --> 00:22:51.800
 they talk about

00:22:51.800 --> 00:22:52.380
 sin all the

00:22:52.380 --> 00:22:52.600
 time.

00:22:53.040 --> 00:22:53.680
 In fact,

00:22:53.820 --> 00:22:54.640
 you could get

00:22:54.640 --> 00:22:55.220
 the impression

00:22:55.220 --> 00:22:55.860
 in a service

00:22:55.860 --> 00:22:56.620
 like this one

00:22:56.620 --> 00:22:57.400
 that we're

00:22:57.400 --> 00:22:58.200
 almost proud

00:22:58.200 --> 00:22:58.960
 of our sin.

00:22:59.840 --> 00:23:00.320
 May it

00:23:00.320 --> 00:23:01.040
 never be.

00:23:02.779 --> 00:23:03.300
 May that

00:23:03.300 --> 00:23:04.300
 never be

00:23:04.300 --> 00:23:04.660
 true,

00:23:05.120 --> 00:23:05.460
 that we

00:23:05.460 --> 00:23:05.759
 would be

00:23:05.759 --> 00:23:06.680
 proud of

00:23:06.680 --> 00:23:07.200
 our sin.

00:23:08.200 --> 00:23:09.300
 We talk

00:23:09.300 --> 00:23:10.160
 about sin

00:23:10.160 --> 00:23:10.680
 a lot

00:23:10.680 --> 00:23:11.840
 because it

00:23:11.840 --> 00:23:12.440
 is so

00:23:12.440 --> 00:23:12.980
 important

00:23:12.980 --> 00:23:14.240
 that we

00:23:14.240 --> 00:23:14.779
 remember

00:23:14.779 --> 00:23:15.620
 how much

00:23:15.620 --> 00:23:16.259
 we need

00:23:16.259 --> 00:23:17.160
 our Savior.

00:23:17.900 --> 00:23:18.660
 Because we

00:23:18.660 --> 00:23:19.660
 must never

00:23:19.660 --> 00:23:20.240
 forget

00:23:20.240 --> 00:23:21.220
 how great

00:23:21.220 --> 00:23:21.920
 a Savior

00:23:21.920 --> 00:23:22.720
 Jesus is

00:23:22.720 --> 00:23:23.100
 and how

00:23:23.100 --> 00:23:23.580
 much we

00:23:23.580 --> 00:23:24.000
 need Him.

00:23:24.240 --> 00:23:24.740
 That's the

00:23:24.740 --> 00:23:25.420
 reason we

00:23:25.420 --> 00:23:25.840
 try to be

00:23:25.840 --> 00:23:26.560
 honest about

00:23:26.560 --> 00:23:27.000
 our sin.

00:23:27.220 --> 00:23:27.540
 Part of it

00:23:27.540 --> 00:23:27.759
 is just

00:23:27.759 --> 00:23:28.259
 honesty,

00:23:28.640 --> 00:23:29.080
 but part

00:23:29.080 --> 00:23:29.360
 of it

00:23:29.360 --> 00:23:29.860
 is how

00:23:29.860 --> 00:23:30.279
 important

00:23:30.279 --> 00:23:30.560
 it is

00:23:30.560 --> 00:23:31.000
 for our

00:23:31.000 --> 00:23:31.279
 hearts

00:23:31.279 --> 00:23:31.740
 to cling

00:23:31.740 --> 00:23:32.300
 to Jesus

00:23:32.300 --> 00:23:33.440
 and the

00:23:33.440 --> 00:23:33.860
 temptation

00:23:33.860 --> 00:23:34.420
 to forget

00:23:34.420 --> 00:23:34.800
 that we

00:23:34.800 --> 00:23:35.360
 need Him

00:23:35.360 --> 00:23:35.960
 if we

00:23:35.960 --> 00:23:36.320
 minimize

00:23:36.320 --> 00:23:37.700
 our sin.

00:23:39.860 --> 00:23:40.500
 If it's

00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:40.960
 important to

00:23:40.960 --> 00:23:41.480
 take sin

00:23:41.480 --> 00:23:42.140
 seriously

00:23:42.140 --> 00:23:42.940
 and more

00:23:42.940 --> 00:23:43.519
 important to

00:23:43.519 --> 00:23:44.240
 take forgiveness

00:23:44.240 --> 00:23:45.019
 seriously,

00:23:45.259 --> 00:23:46.140
 it's most

00:23:46.140 --> 00:23:47.420
 important to

00:23:47.420 --> 00:23:48.180
 take Jesus

00:23:48.180 --> 00:23:49.520
 seriously.

00:23:50.160 --> 00:23:51.020
 When we

00:23:51.020 --> 00:23:51.420
 see our

00:23:51.420 --> 00:23:51.700
 sin,

00:23:51.759 --> 00:23:52.240
 we see the

00:23:52.240 --> 00:23:53.680
 requirement of

00:23:53.680 --> 00:23:54.520
 forgiveness,

00:23:54.840 --> 00:23:55.640
 we need a

00:23:55.640 --> 00:23:56.860
 great Savior.

00:23:57.360 --> 00:23:58.300
 Not just a

00:23:58.300 --> 00:23:59.040
 decent teacher,

00:24:00.180 --> 00:24:01.020
 not just a

00:24:01.020 --> 00:24:01.620
 guy who's a

00:24:01.620 --> 00:24:02.340
 good life

00:24:02.340 --> 00:24:02.759
 coach,

00:24:03.600 --> 00:24:04.720
 we need a

00:24:04.720 --> 00:24:06.060
 great Savior

00:24:06.060 --> 00:24:07.880
 who alone

00:24:07.880 --> 00:24:08.940
 can rescue

00:24:08.940 --> 00:24:09.800
 us and

00:24:09.800 --> 00:24:10.960
 provide the

00:24:10.960 --> 00:24:12.380
 resources for

00:24:12.380 --> 00:24:13.060
 us to be the

00:24:13.060 --> 00:24:13.840
 community that

00:24:13.840 --> 00:24:14.420
 He commands

00:24:14.420 --> 00:24:14.980
 us to be.

00:24:14.980 --> 00:24:15.640
 we don't

00:24:15.640 --> 00:24:16.019
 just need

00:24:16.019 --> 00:24:16.740
 the path,

00:24:17.279 --> 00:24:17.740
 we need

00:24:17.740 --> 00:24:18.400
 the power

00:24:18.400 --> 00:24:19.539
 to live

00:24:19.539 --> 00:24:20.120
 like this

00:24:20.120 --> 00:24:20.660
 and only

00:24:20.660 --> 00:24:21.460
 Jesus gives

00:24:21.460 --> 00:24:21.720
 it.

00:24:22.299 --> 00:24:22.579
 He's the

00:24:22.579 --> 00:24:23.160
 only one.

00:24:23.579 --> 00:24:23.960
 Jesus,

00:24:24.200 --> 00:24:24.799
 the object

00:24:24.799 --> 00:24:25.339
 of our

00:24:25.339 --> 00:24:25.640
 faith,

00:24:25.740 --> 00:24:25.940
 gives

00:24:25.940 --> 00:24:26.700
 supernatural

00:24:26.700 --> 00:24:28.160
 power for

00:24:28.160 --> 00:24:29.160
 things naturally

00:24:29.160 --> 00:24:30.180
 beyond us.

00:24:30.940 --> 00:24:31.240
 It's the

00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:31.839
 point of the

00:24:31.839 --> 00:24:32.720
 next couple

00:24:32.720 --> 00:24:33.220
 of verses.

00:24:33.640 --> 00:24:34.279
 Verse 5,

00:24:34.799 --> 00:24:35.279
 the apostles

00:24:35.279 --> 00:24:35.880
 say to

00:24:35.880 --> 00:24:36.220
 Jesus,

00:24:36.660 --> 00:24:37.559
 increase our

00:24:37.559 --> 00:24:38.099
 faith.

00:24:40.380 --> 00:24:40.700
 The Lord

00:24:40.700 --> 00:24:41.000
 said,

00:24:41.400 --> 00:24:41.819
 if you had

00:24:41.819 --> 00:24:42.579
 faith like a

00:24:42.579 --> 00:24:43.079
 grain of

00:24:43.079 --> 00:24:43.920
 mustard seed,

00:24:43.920 --> 00:24:44.860
 you could

00:24:44.860 --> 00:24:45.160
 say to

00:24:45.160 --> 00:24:45.740
 this mulberry

00:24:45.740 --> 00:24:46.039
 tree,

00:24:46.140 --> 00:24:46.620
 be uprooted

00:24:46.620 --> 00:24:47.060
 and planted

00:24:47.060 --> 00:24:47.580
 in the sea

00:24:47.580 --> 00:24:47.820
 and it

00:24:47.820 --> 00:24:48.259
 would obey

00:24:48.259 --> 00:24:48.580
 you.

00:24:49.080 --> 00:24:49.440
 Do you

00:24:49.440 --> 00:24:49.940
 relate with

00:24:49.940 --> 00:24:50.460
 the disciples?

00:24:51.720 --> 00:24:52.380
 They take

00:24:52.380 --> 00:24:52.680
 to heart

00:24:52.680 --> 00:24:53.120
 what Jesus

00:24:53.120 --> 00:24:53.660
 is saying

00:24:53.660 --> 00:24:54.320
 about forgiveness,

00:24:54.519 --> 00:24:54.900
 don't they?

00:24:55.620 --> 00:24:56.100
 Jesus,

00:24:56.420 --> 00:24:57.080
 increase our

00:24:57.080 --> 00:24:57.320
 faith.

00:24:57.519 --> 00:24:57.920
 How could

00:24:57.920 --> 00:24:58.279
 we ever

00:24:58.279 --> 00:24:58.960
 do that?

00:25:00.340 --> 00:25:00.820
 Help!

00:25:02.039 --> 00:25:02.820
 We can't

00:25:02.820 --> 00:25:03.320
 do it.

00:25:05.200 --> 00:25:05.840
 We need

00:25:05.840 --> 00:25:06.580
 more faith.

00:25:07.920 --> 00:25:08.279
 And Jesus

00:25:08.279 --> 00:25:08.600
 says,

00:25:08.820 --> 00:25:08.840
 well,

00:25:09.060 --> 00:25:10.640
 not exactly.

00:25:10.640 --> 00:25:12.640
 it's the

00:25:12.640 --> 00:25:14.000
 object of

00:25:14.000 --> 00:25:14.520
 the faith

00:25:14.520 --> 00:25:15.060
 that's the

00:25:15.060 --> 00:25:15.860
 source of

00:25:15.860 --> 00:25:16.780
 power.

00:25:17.080 --> 00:25:17.460
 So that

00:25:17.460 --> 00:25:17.900
 even the

00:25:17.900 --> 00:25:18.360
 smallest

00:25:18.360 --> 00:25:19.440
 amount of

00:25:19.440 --> 00:25:21.220
 faith can

00:25:21.220 --> 00:25:22.000
 uproot even

00:25:22.000 --> 00:25:22.780
 the strongest

00:25:22.780 --> 00:25:23.560
 tree in

00:25:23.560 --> 00:25:24.020
 their world

00:25:24.020 --> 00:25:24.680
 and heave it

00:25:24.680 --> 00:25:25.000
 into the

00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:25.360
 ocean.

00:25:27.740 --> 00:25:28.560
 We all know

00:25:28.560 --> 00:25:29.180
 days where our

00:25:29.180 --> 00:25:29.880
 faith feels

00:25:29.880 --> 00:25:30.780
 small,

00:25:30.900 --> 00:25:31.180
 don't we?

00:25:32.759 --> 00:25:33.600
 Jesus says

00:25:33.600 --> 00:25:34.080
 on those

00:25:34.080 --> 00:25:34.560
 days,

00:25:35.040 --> 00:25:35.780
 you get the

00:25:35.780 --> 00:25:37.400
 same strong

00:25:37.400 --> 00:25:38.100
 Savior,

00:25:38.099 --> 00:25:39.240
 the same

00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:40.559
 tidal wave

00:25:40.559 --> 00:25:41.599
 of forgiveness,

00:25:41.839 --> 00:25:42.339
 the same

00:25:42.339 --> 00:25:43.459
 supernatural

00:25:43.459 --> 00:25:44.639
 Holy Spirit

00:25:44.639 --> 00:25:45.539
 empowerment

00:25:45.539 --> 00:25:46.859
 for life

00:25:46.859 --> 00:25:48.240
 and living

00:25:48.240 --> 00:25:48.799
 in a sin

00:25:48.799 --> 00:25:49.419
 stained world

00:25:49.419 --> 00:25:49.759
 that you

00:25:49.759 --> 00:25:50.079
 would get

00:25:50.079 --> 00:25:50.299
 on the

00:25:50.299 --> 00:25:50.679
 days you

00:25:50.679 --> 00:25:51.139
 think you're

00:25:51.139 --> 00:25:51.579
 strong.

00:25:53.519 --> 00:25:53.899
 It's not

00:25:53.899 --> 00:25:54.299
 that people

00:25:54.299 --> 00:25:54.719
 need to be

00:25:54.719 --> 00:25:55.199
 more like

00:25:55.199 --> 00:25:55.579
 us,

00:25:55.819 --> 00:25:56.399
 great in

00:25:56.399 --> 00:25:56.859
 faith.

00:25:58.480 --> 00:25:59.119
 It's that

00:25:59.119 --> 00:25:59.299
 they,

00:25:59.480 --> 00:26:00.279
 like us,

00:26:00.779 --> 00:26:01.139
 need a

00:26:01.139 --> 00:26:01.799
 great Savior.

00:26:02.859 --> 00:26:03.599
 If someone

00:26:03.599 --> 00:26:04.219
 comes to you,

00:26:04.259 --> 00:26:04.599
 someone may

00:26:04.599 --> 00:26:05.059
 have said to

00:26:05.059 --> 00:26:05.539
 you before,

00:26:05.859 --> 00:26:06.339
 I just

00:26:06.339 --> 00:26:06.919
 need your

00:26:06.919 --> 00:26:07.459
 faith.

00:26:08.099 --> 00:26:08.839
 say,

00:26:09.019 --> 00:26:09.439
 no,

00:26:10.000 --> 00:26:10.599
 you need

00:26:10.599 --> 00:26:11.199
 my Jesus.

00:26:12.679 --> 00:26:13.599
 He sustains

00:26:13.599 --> 00:26:13.879
 me.

00:26:14.139 --> 00:26:14.799
 He holds

00:26:14.799 --> 00:26:15.519
 on to me.

00:26:15.839 --> 00:26:16.759
 He empowers

00:26:16.759 --> 00:26:17.439
 me in my

00:26:17.439 --> 00:26:17.980
 weakest

00:26:17.980 --> 00:26:18.919
 hour.

00:26:22.500 --> 00:26:23.240
 Then Jesus

00:26:23.240 --> 00:26:24.159
 concludes with

00:26:24.159 --> 00:26:24.699
 a parable

00:26:24.699 --> 00:26:26.639
 to remind us

00:26:26.639 --> 00:26:27.079
 that He has

00:26:27.079 --> 00:26:27.779
 done so much

00:26:27.779 --> 00:26:28.379
 for us

00:26:28.379 --> 00:26:29.740
 that no matter

00:26:29.740 --> 00:26:30.459
 how much we

00:26:30.459 --> 00:26:31.059
 serve Him,

00:26:31.179 --> 00:26:31.539
 He will

00:26:31.539 --> 00:26:33.240
 never be

00:26:33.240 --> 00:26:34.240
 in our

00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:34.619
 debt.

00:26:35.099 --> 00:26:35.639
 Verse 7,

00:26:36.240 --> 00:26:36.699
 will any

00:26:36.699 --> 00:26:37.299
 one of you

00:26:37.299 --> 00:26:37.859
 who has a

00:26:37.859 --> 00:26:38.559
 servant plowing

00:26:38.559 --> 00:26:39.019
 or keeping

00:26:39.019 --> 00:26:39.679
 sheep say

00:26:39.679 --> 00:26:40.019
 to him

00:26:40.019 --> 00:26:40.339
 when he's

00:26:40.339 --> 00:26:40.679
 come in

00:26:40.679 --> 00:26:41.000
 from the

00:26:41.000 --> 00:26:41.259
 field,

00:26:41.519 --> 00:26:41.779
 come at

00:26:41.779 --> 00:26:42.259
 once and

00:26:42.259 --> 00:26:42.819
 recline

00:26:42.819 --> 00:26:43.279
 at table?

00:26:44.099 --> 00:26:44.539
 No.

00:26:45.639 --> 00:26:46.159
 Will he

00:26:46.159 --> 00:26:46.639
 not rather

00:26:46.639 --> 00:26:47.019
 say to

00:26:47.019 --> 00:26:47.159
 him,

00:26:47.240 --> 00:26:47.859
 prepare supper

00:26:47.859 --> 00:26:48.240
 for me

00:26:48.240 --> 00:26:48.559
 and dress

00:26:48.559 --> 00:26:48.979
 properly

00:26:48.979 --> 00:26:49.459
 and serve

00:26:49.459 --> 00:26:49.799
 me while

00:26:49.799 --> 00:26:50.079
 I eat

00:26:50.079 --> 00:26:50.459
 and drink

00:26:50.459 --> 00:26:51.079
 and afterward

00:26:51.079 --> 00:26:51.479
 you will

00:26:51.479 --> 00:26:51.779
 eat and

00:26:51.779 --> 00:26:52.119
 drink?

00:26:52.919 --> 00:26:53.299
 Yes,

00:26:53.459 --> 00:26:53.959
 that is what

00:26:53.959 --> 00:26:54.240
 they would

00:26:54.240 --> 00:26:54.500
 say.

00:26:55.179 --> 00:26:55.659
 Does he

00:26:55.659 --> 00:26:56.240
 thank the

00:26:56.240 --> 00:26:56.539
 servant

00:26:56.539 --> 00:26:57.119
 because he

00:26:57.119 --> 00:26:57.479
 did what

00:26:57.479 --> 00:26:58.059
 was commanded?

00:26:59.119 --> 00:26:59.500
 No.

00:27:00.119 --> 00:27:00.619
 So you

00:27:00.619 --> 00:27:01.099
 also,

00:27:01.359 --> 00:27:01.579
 when you

00:27:01.579 --> 00:27:01.899
 have done

00:27:01.899 --> 00:27:02.259
 all that

00:27:02.259 --> 00:27:02.539
 you were

00:27:02.539 --> 00:27:02.979
 commanded,

00:27:03.240 --> 00:27:03.500
 say,

00:27:03.939 --> 00:27:04.199
 we are

00:27:04.199 --> 00:27:04.740
 unworthy

00:27:04.740 --> 00:27:05.259
 servants,

00:27:05.259 --> 00:27:05.720
 we have

00:27:05.720 --> 00:27:06.519
 only done

00:27:06.519 --> 00:27:07.359
 what was

00:27:07.359 --> 00:27:08.539
 our duty.

00:27:09.339 --> 00:27:10.079
 The point

00:27:10.079 --> 00:27:10.680
 here in

00:27:10.680 --> 00:27:11.180
 saying

00:27:11.180 --> 00:27:12.240
 unworthy

00:27:12.240 --> 00:27:12.819
 servants

00:27:12.819 --> 00:27:13.440
 here at

00:27:13.440 --> 00:27:13.839
 the end,

00:27:14.039 --> 00:27:14.480
 it's not

00:27:14.480 --> 00:27:14.799
 that we're

00:27:14.799 --> 00:27:15.539
 insignificant,

00:27:16.420 --> 00:27:16.859
 worthless,

00:27:17.920 --> 00:27:18.339
 that's not

00:27:18.339 --> 00:27:18.680
 what the

00:27:18.680 --> 00:27:19.220
 word means,

00:27:19.539 --> 00:27:20.079
 it's not

00:27:20.079 --> 00:27:20.299
 that we

00:27:20.299 --> 00:27:20.700
 should treat

00:27:20.700 --> 00:27:21.299
 others as

00:27:21.299 --> 00:27:21.700
 though they

00:27:21.700 --> 00:27:22.599
 are worthless,

00:27:23.160 --> 00:27:23.879
 rather it

00:27:23.879 --> 00:27:24.420
 means that

00:27:24.420 --> 00:27:25.299
 we never

00:27:25.299 --> 00:27:26.379
 merit a

00:27:26.379 --> 00:27:27.039
 change in

00:27:27.039 --> 00:27:27.779
 places with

00:27:27.779 --> 00:27:28.140
 God.

00:27:29.079 --> 00:27:29.900
 We don't

00:27:29.900 --> 00:27:30.480
 become

00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:31.379
 creditor

00:27:31.380 --> 00:27:31.940
 master

00:27:31.940 --> 00:27:32.800
 and him

00:27:32.800 --> 00:27:33.240
 debtor.

00:27:33.580 --> 00:27:34.040
 We don't

00:27:34.040 --> 00:27:34.380
 become

00:27:34.380 --> 00:27:34.940
 master

00:27:34.940 --> 00:27:35.980
 and him

00:27:35.980 --> 00:27:36.780
 servant.

00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:37.840
 The servant

00:27:37.840 --> 00:27:38.560
 works hard

00:27:38.560 --> 00:27:39.000
 all day

00:27:39.000 --> 00:27:39.640
 but still

00:27:39.640 --> 00:27:40.060
 fixes

00:27:40.060 --> 00:27:41.140
 dinner

00:27:41.140 --> 00:27:42.560
 rather than

00:27:42.560 --> 00:27:43.120
 earning the

00:27:43.120 --> 00:27:43.560
 right to

00:27:43.560 --> 00:27:44.280
 be fed

00:27:44.280 --> 00:27:44.640
 by the

00:27:44.640 --> 00:27:45.020
 master.

00:27:45.340 --> 00:27:45.760
 That's how

00:27:45.760 --> 00:27:46.500
 great the

00:27:46.500 --> 00:27:47.000
 gift of

00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:48.080
 Jesus is

00:27:48.080 --> 00:27:48.640
 to us,

00:27:48.760 --> 00:27:49.180
 that we

00:27:49.180 --> 00:27:49.900
 remain

00:27:49.900 --> 00:27:50.660
 dependent

00:27:50.660 --> 00:27:51.660
 on him,

00:27:52.220 --> 00:27:52.740
 that we

00:27:52.740 --> 00:27:53.840
 never stop

00:27:53.840 --> 00:27:54.300
 needing

00:27:54.300 --> 00:27:54.660
 him,

00:27:54.740 --> 00:27:55.380
 we never

00:27:55.380 --> 00:27:56.060
 become the

00:27:56.060 --> 00:27:56.660
 source of

00:27:56.660 --> 00:27:57.040
 his

00:27:57.040 --> 00:27:57.840
 forgiveness.

00:27:58.280 --> 00:27:58.620
 It's the

00:27:58.620 --> 00:27:58.960
 other way

00:27:58.960 --> 00:27:59.380
 around,

00:27:59.460 --> 00:27:59.660
 right?

00:27:59.660 --> 00:28:01.720
 This is

00:28:01.720 --> 00:28:02.160
 the spirit

00:28:02.160 --> 00:28:02.800
 of humility

00:28:02.800 --> 00:28:03.460
 many see

00:28:03.460 --> 00:28:03.900
 as the

00:28:03.900 --> 00:28:04.660
 thread of

00:28:04.660 --> 00:28:04.960
 the whole

00:28:04.960 --> 00:28:05.519
 passage.

00:28:05.960 --> 00:28:06.700
 Seeing sin,

00:28:06.860 --> 00:28:07.259
 extending

00:28:07.259 --> 00:28:07.779
 gracious

00:28:07.779 --> 00:28:08.300
 forgiveness,

00:28:08.880 --> 00:28:09.440
 grasping

00:28:09.440 --> 00:28:09.940
 for more

00:28:09.940 --> 00:28:10.460
 of Jesus

00:28:10.460 --> 00:28:11.320
 by faith,

00:28:11.800 --> 00:28:12.140
 serving

00:28:12.140 --> 00:28:12.960
 his kingdom

00:28:12.960 --> 00:28:13.519
 rather than

00:28:13.519 --> 00:28:14.080
 my own.

00:28:14.660 --> 00:28:15.140
 Humility

00:28:15.140 --> 00:28:16.340
 is essential

00:28:16.340 --> 00:28:16.920
 in Jesus'

00:28:17.160 --> 00:28:17.600
 community

00:28:17.600 --> 00:28:19.700
 because while

00:28:19.700 --> 00:28:19.960
 we are

00:28:19.960 --> 00:28:20.860
 significant in

00:28:20.860 --> 00:28:21.420
 his story,

00:28:21.519 --> 00:28:22.120
 the story is

00:28:22.120 --> 00:28:23.560
 not ultimately

00:28:23.560 --> 00:28:24.220
 about us.

00:28:24.300 --> 00:28:24.540
 We're not

00:28:24.540 --> 00:28:25.200
 the heroes.

00:28:26.580 --> 00:28:27.000
 While we are

00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:27.860
 meaningful servants

00:28:27.860 --> 00:28:28.480
 in the kingdom,

00:28:28.600 --> 00:28:29.040
 we are not

00:28:29.040 --> 00:28:29.560
 the king.

00:28:29.660 --> 00:28:32.440
 Imagine you

00:28:32.440 --> 00:28:32.900
 come up to

00:28:32.900 --> 00:28:33.480
 me after the

00:28:33.480 --> 00:28:34.080
 service and

00:28:34.080 --> 00:28:34.340
 say,

00:28:34.860 --> 00:28:35.660
 what a great

00:28:35.660 --> 00:28:36.100
 sermon,

00:28:36.320 --> 00:28:36.620
 pastor.

00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:38.019
 I know,

00:28:38.100 --> 00:28:38.200
 I said,

00:28:38.279 --> 00:28:38.640
 imagine,

00:28:38.880 --> 00:28:39.620
 imagine that

00:28:39.620 --> 00:28:39.900
 you did.

00:28:41.620 --> 00:28:42.540
 And if I

00:28:42.540 --> 00:28:43.380
 responded by

00:28:43.380 --> 00:28:43.660
 saying,

00:28:43.960 --> 00:28:44.120
 well,

00:28:44.200 --> 00:28:44.640
 yes,

00:28:44.720 --> 00:28:45.400
 I am quite

00:28:45.400 --> 00:28:46.000
 fantastic.

00:28:46.640 --> 00:28:47.120
 In fact,

00:28:47.220 --> 00:28:48.000
 I hope you'll

00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:48.400
 tell many

00:28:48.400 --> 00:28:49.000
 others about

00:28:49.000 --> 00:28:49.779
 me and this

00:28:49.779 --> 00:28:50.320
 morning is

00:28:50.320 --> 00:28:50.840
 after all,

00:28:50.840 --> 00:28:51.400
 all about

00:28:51.400 --> 00:28:51.779
 me,

00:28:51.900 --> 00:28:52.300
 so thank

00:28:52.300 --> 00:28:52.540
 you for

00:28:52.540 --> 00:28:52.860
 noticing.

00:28:53.660 --> 00:28:54.300
 I hope you

00:28:54.300 --> 00:28:54.820
 would slap

00:28:54.820 --> 00:28:55.040
 me.

00:28:55.840 --> 00:28:56.500
 Jesus says

00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:56.860
 you have to

00:28:56.860 --> 00:28:57.380
 rebuke me,

00:28:57.620 --> 00:28:57.940
 so there.

00:28:57.940 --> 00:29:00.519
 hopefully,

00:29:00.860 --> 00:29:01.980
 what I would

00:29:01.980 --> 00:29:02.539
 not just say

00:29:02.539 --> 00:29:03.160
 but actually

00:29:03.160 --> 00:29:04.640
 feel is what

00:29:04.640 --> 00:29:05.580
 a joy it is

00:29:05.580 --> 00:29:06.500
 to do something

00:29:06.500 --> 00:29:07.120
 God has called

00:29:07.120 --> 00:29:07.620
 me to do.

00:29:08.519 --> 00:29:09.500
 What a privilege

00:29:09.500 --> 00:29:10.779
 it is to share

00:29:10.779 --> 00:29:11.920
 such good news

00:29:11.920 --> 00:29:12.519
 about Jesus

00:29:12.519 --> 00:29:13.140
 that I need

00:29:13.140 --> 00:29:14.200
 so desperately

00:29:14.200 --> 00:29:14.940
 myself.

00:29:15.660 --> 00:29:16.160
 And I hope

00:29:16.160 --> 00:29:16.480
 you'll tell

00:29:16.480 --> 00:29:17.220
 others about

00:29:17.220 --> 00:29:18.480
 Jesus too.

00:29:21.000 --> 00:29:21.559
 Similarly,

00:29:21.559 --> 00:29:23.059
 when you

00:29:23.059 --> 00:29:24.220
 gently rebuke

00:29:24.220 --> 00:29:24.799
 a brother

00:29:24.799 --> 00:29:25.399
 or sister,

00:29:26.299 --> 00:29:26.940
 when you

00:29:26.940 --> 00:29:28.220
 forgive the

00:29:28.220 --> 00:29:29.519
 seventh time

00:29:29.519 --> 00:29:30.000
 even though

00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:30.559
 it hurts,

00:29:30.919 --> 00:29:31.579
 when you

00:29:31.579 --> 00:29:32.960
 trust Jesus

00:29:32.960 --> 00:29:33.539
 in a hard

00:29:33.539 --> 00:29:34.159
 situation

00:29:34.159 --> 00:29:34.599
 where you

00:29:34.599 --> 00:29:35.519
 would more

00:29:35.519 --> 00:29:36.339
 likely grasp

00:29:36.339 --> 00:29:37.119
 for control,

00:29:37.899 --> 00:29:38.379
 you have

00:29:38.379 --> 00:29:39.339
 merely done

00:29:39.339 --> 00:29:40.819
 ordinary

00:29:40.819 --> 00:29:42.220
 Christianity.

00:29:43.539 --> 00:29:44.279
 But it

00:29:44.279 --> 00:29:44.960
 required

00:29:44.960 --> 00:29:46.839
 an extraordinary

00:29:46.839 --> 00:29:47.960
 Jesus.

00:29:48.740 --> 00:29:49.299
 You may say

00:29:49.299 --> 00:29:50.039
 what a joy to

00:29:50.039 --> 00:29:50.720
 reflect the

00:29:50.720 --> 00:29:51.159
 heart of

00:29:51.159 --> 00:29:52.099
 Jesus to

00:29:52.099 --> 00:29:53.019
 me by

00:29:53.019 --> 00:29:53.440
 forgiving

00:29:53.440 --> 00:29:54.440
 someone else.

00:29:55.740 --> 00:29:56.059
 And that

00:29:56.059 --> 00:29:56.920
 pointing someone

00:29:56.920 --> 00:29:57.359
 else to

00:29:57.359 --> 00:29:57.659
 Jesus,

00:29:57.879 --> 00:29:58.899
 that confronting

00:29:58.899 --> 00:29:59.420
 a fellow

00:29:59.420 --> 00:29:59.799
 sinner,

00:29:59.920 --> 00:30:00.619
 that forgiving

00:30:00.619 --> 00:30:01.319
 a repeat

00:30:01.319 --> 00:30:01.839
 offender

00:30:01.839 --> 00:30:02.139
 was

00:30:02.139 --> 00:30:03.200
 supernatural.

00:30:04.799 --> 00:30:05.460
 Basic

00:30:05.460 --> 00:30:06.079
 Christianity,

00:30:06.920 --> 00:30:07.379
 yes,

00:30:07.579 --> 00:30:08.299
 Jesus says,

00:30:09.259 --> 00:30:10.579
 but absolutely

00:30:10.579 --> 00:30:11.759
 supernatural,

00:30:12.319 --> 00:30:13.480
 only possible

00:30:13.480 --> 00:30:14.319
 through the

00:30:14.319 --> 00:30:15.319
 grace of

00:30:15.319 --> 00:30:15.680
 Jesus.

00:30:15.980 --> 00:30:16.440
 It's why

00:30:16.440 --> 00:30:17.019
 those of us

00:30:17.019 --> 00:30:17.279
 who have

00:30:17.279 --> 00:30:18.460
 taken vows

00:30:18.460 --> 00:30:19.099
 of membership

00:30:19.099 --> 00:30:19.799
 here promise

00:30:19.799 --> 00:30:20.599
 to live as

00:30:20.599 --> 00:30:21.259
 followers of

00:30:21.259 --> 00:30:22.299
 Jesus only

00:30:22.299 --> 00:30:23.539
 in humble

00:30:23.539 --> 00:30:24.500
 reliance upon

00:30:24.500 --> 00:30:25.279
 the grace

00:30:25.279 --> 00:30:26.160
 of the Holy

00:30:26.160 --> 00:30:26.640
 Spirit.

00:30:27.339 --> 00:30:27.759
 Are you

00:30:27.759 --> 00:30:28.240
 clinging

00:30:28.240 --> 00:30:29.220
 desperately to

00:30:29.220 --> 00:30:29.759
 Him today?

00:30:30.279 --> 00:30:30.799
 Is that the

00:30:30.799 --> 00:30:31.400
 posture in

00:30:31.400 --> 00:30:31.720
 which you

00:30:31.720 --> 00:30:32.000
 live?

00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:32.779
 Are you

00:30:32.779 --> 00:30:33.819
 drawing strength

00:30:33.819 --> 00:30:34.240
 from His

00:30:34.240 --> 00:30:34.559
 Spirit?

00:30:35.039 --> 00:30:35.500
 We've said

00:30:35.500 --> 00:30:35.980
 it's the only

00:30:35.980 --> 00:30:36.519
 way we can

00:30:36.519 --> 00:30:36.900
 live.

00:30:38.759 --> 00:30:39.700
 I don't have

00:30:39.700 --> 00:30:40.460
 those resources

00:30:40.460 --> 00:30:41.279
 to live like

00:30:41.279 --> 00:30:41.680
 that in

00:30:41.680 --> 00:30:42.220
 myself,

00:30:42.220 --> 00:30:43.039
 but I

00:30:43.039 --> 00:30:43.400
 have a

00:30:43.400 --> 00:30:44.079
 great Savior

00:30:44.079 --> 00:30:45.279
 and He

00:30:45.279 --> 00:30:45.819
 gives them

00:30:45.819 --> 00:30:46.559
 an abundance

00:30:46.559 --> 00:30:47.660
 far beyond

00:30:47.660 --> 00:30:48.059
 what I

00:30:48.059 --> 00:30:48.900
 deserve to

00:30:48.900 --> 00:30:49.600
 enable me

00:30:49.600 --> 00:30:50.519
 to live

00:30:50.519 --> 00:30:51.500
 for Him.

00:30:53.079 --> 00:30:53.500
 See,

00:30:53.579 --> 00:30:53.980
 this table

00:30:53.980 --> 00:30:54.720
 says exactly

00:30:54.720 --> 00:30:55.519
 that to us.

00:30:56.440 --> 00:30:57.100
 It says,

00:30:57.240 --> 00:30:57.740
 first of all,

00:30:57.799 --> 00:30:58.539
 that sin is

00:30:58.539 --> 00:30:59.160
 serious.

00:30:59.500 --> 00:31:00.200
 So serious

00:31:00.200 --> 00:31:01.200
 Jesus had to

00:31:01.200 --> 00:31:02.400
 die for it.

00:31:03.559 --> 00:31:03.900
 It says

00:31:03.900 --> 00:31:04.720
 forgiveness is

00:31:04.720 --> 00:31:05.180
 serious.

00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:06.039
 So serious

00:31:06.039 --> 00:31:06.400
 we should

00:31:06.400 --> 00:31:07.400
 celebrate it

00:31:07.400 --> 00:31:08.200
 often because

00:31:08.200 --> 00:31:08.860
 we need it.

00:31:10.360 --> 00:31:10.900
 And it

00:31:10.900 --> 00:31:11.600
 says Jesus

00:31:11.599 --> 00:31:13.379
 is most

00:31:13.379 --> 00:31:14.219
 serious.

00:31:14.659 --> 00:31:15.379
 We cling

00:31:15.379 --> 00:31:16.059
 to Him

00:31:16.059 --> 00:31:16.639
 as our

00:31:16.639 --> 00:31:17.500
 great Savior.

00:31:17.959 --> 00:31:18.679
 The only

00:31:18.679 --> 00:31:19.159
 way

00:31:19.159 --> 00:31:20.899
 that we

00:31:20.899 --> 00:31:21.299
 can live

00:31:21.299 --> 00:31:21.879
 with God.

00:31:22.139 --> 00:31:22.659
 The only

00:31:22.659 --> 00:31:23.379
 food we

00:31:23.379 --> 00:31:24.019
 need

00:31:24.019 --> 00:31:25.099
 to empower

00:31:25.099 --> 00:31:25.539
 us and

00:31:25.539 --> 00:31:25.959
 strengthen

00:31:25.959 --> 00:31:26.639
 us for

00:31:26.639 --> 00:31:27.240
 living as

00:31:27.240 --> 00:31:27.519
 He has

00:31:27.519 --> 00:31:28.019
 called us

00:31:28.019 --> 00:31:28.240
 to.

00:31:29.299 --> 00:31:29.839
 He owes

00:31:29.839 --> 00:31:30.339
 us nothing,

00:31:30.439 --> 00:31:30.719
 does He?

00:31:31.399 --> 00:31:31.859
 He's the

00:31:31.859 --> 00:31:32.219
 Master.

00:31:32.799 --> 00:31:33.119
 But you

00:31:33.119 --> 00:31:33.859
 may remember

00:31:33.859 --> 00:31:34.299
 in Luke

00:31:34.299 --> 00:31:35.000
 chapter 12

00:31:35.000 --> 00:31:35.319
 a few

00:31:35.319 --> 00:31:35.859
 weeks ago,

00:31:36.859 --> 00:31:37.679
 when He

00:31:37.679 --> 00:31:38.500
 comes back

00:31:38.500 --> 00:31:39.759
 as the

00:31:39.759 --> 00:31:40.079
 Master

00:31:40.079 --> 00:31:40.660
 returning

00:31:40.660 --> 00:31:41.640
 to unworthy

00:31:41.640 --> 00:31:42.240
 servants

00:31:42.240 --> 00:31:43.480
 who have

00:31:43.480 --> 00:31:43.940
 done only

00:31:43.940 --> 00:31:44.440
 their duty

00:31:44.440 --> 00:31:45.240
 and often

00:31:45.240 --> 00:31:45.799
 done very

00:31:45.799 --> 00:31:46.440
 poorly at

00:31:46.440 --> 00:31:46.740
 that.

00:31:47.420 --> 00:31:47.660
 Remember

00:31:47.660 --> 00:31:47.900
 what He

00:31:47.900 --> 00:31:48.140
 does,

00:31:48.259 --> 00:31:48.700
 Luke 12?

00:31:49.980 --> 00:31:50.839
 He serves

00:31:50.839 --> 00:31:51.279
 us.

00:31:51.819 --> 00:31:52.559
 Verse 37,

00:31:52.960 --> 00:31:53.420
 blessed are

00:31:53.420 --> 00:31:54.099
 those servants

00:31:54.099 --> 00:31:54.779
 whom the

00:31:54.779 --> 00:31:55.440
 Master finds

00:31:55.440 --> 00:31:55.940
 awake when

00:31:55.940 --> 00:31:56.460
 He comes.

00:31:57.039 --> 00:31:57.559
 Truly I

00:31:57.559 --> 00:31:57.900
 say to

00:31:57.900 --> 00:31:58.059
 you,

00:31:58.359 --> 00:31:58.799
 He will

00:31:58.799 --> 00:31:59.160
 dress

00:31:59.160 --> 00:31:59.480
 Himself

00:31:59.480 --> 00:32:00.400
 for service

00:32:00.400 --> 00:32:01.200
 and have

00:32:01.200 --> 00:32:02.299
 them recline

00:32:02.299 --> 00:32:02.859
 at table

00:32:02.859 --> 00:32:03.559
 and He

00:32:03.559 --> 00:32:04.180
 will come

00:32:04.180 --> 00:32:05.319
 and serve

00:32:05.319 --> 00:32:05.640
 them.

00:32:05.640 --> 00:32:07.380
 He's

00:32:07.380 --> 00:32:07.540
 just

00:32:07.540 --> 00:32:07.920
 established

00:32:07.920 --> 00:32:08.380
 this morning

00:32:08.380 --> 00:32:08.759
 there's no

00:32:08.759 --> 00:32:09.220
 reason for

00:32:09.220 --> 00:32:09.520
 that to

00:32:09.520 --> 00:32:09.800
 happen.

00:32:11.220 --> 00:32:11.520
 There's

00:32:11.520 --> 00:32:12.300
 nothing that

00:32:12.300 --> 00:32:12.820
 we deserve

00:32:12.820 --> 00:32:13.420
 for Him

00:32:13.420 --> 00:32:13.740
 to come

00:32:13.740 --> 00:32:14.120
 to us

00:32:14.120 --> 00:32:14.640
 and yet

00:32:14.640 --> 00:32:15.640
 that's

00:32:15.640 --> 00:32:15.920
 how He

00:32:15.920 --> 00:32:16.520
 loves us.

00:32:17.580 --> 00:32:17.920
 That's

00:32:17.920 --> 00:32:18.340
 what He

00:32:18.340 --> 00:32:18.800
 does this

00:32:18.800 --> 00:32:19.320
 morning in

00:32:19.320 --> 00:32:20.120
 setting this

00:32:20.120 --> 00:32:20.800
 table before

00:32:20.800 --> 00:32:21.180
 us and

00:32:21.180 --> 00:32:22.080
 every day

00:32:22.080 --> 00:32:22.420
 throughout

00:32:22.420 --> 00:32:22.840
 eternity

00:32:22.840 --> 00:32:23.420
 He sets

00:32:23.420 --> 00:32:23.580
 it,

00:32:23.820 --> 00:32:24.340
 He invites

00:32:24.340 --> 00:32:24.680
 you to

00:32:24.680 --> 00:32:25.200
 dine with

00:32:25.200 --> 00:32:25.800
 Him and

00:32:25.800 --> 00:32:26.420
 He serves

00:32:26.420 --> 00:32:27.460
 you beyond

00:32:27.460 --> 00:32:27.860
 what you

00:32:27.860 --> 00:32:28.259
 could ever

00:32:28.259 --> 00:32:28.660
 repay.

00:32:30.460 --> 00:32:31.240
 Right after

00:32:31.240 --> 00:32:31.740
 He took

00:32:31.740 --> 00:32:32.040
 off His

00:32:32.040 --> 00:32:32.500
 outer garment

00:32:32.500 --> 00:32:33.020
 and washed

00:32:33.020 --> 00:32:33.960
 His disciples

00:32:33.960 --> 00:32:34.480
 feet,

00:32:34.860 --> 00:32:35.200
 serving

00:32:35.200 --> 00:32:36.000
 them,

00:32:36.660 --> 00:32:37.380
 He served

00:32:37.380 --> 00:32:37.759
 them the

00:32:37.759 --> 00:32:38.640
 Passover meal

00:32:38.640 --> 00:32:40.000
 1 Corinthians

00:32:40.000 --> 00:32:41.059
 reminds us

00:32:41.059 --> 00:32:42.740
 that He took

00:32:42.740 --> 00:32:43.080
 bread

00:32:43.080 --> 00:32:45.700
 and He

00:32:45.700 --> 00:32:46.180
 broke it

00:32:46.180 --> 00:32:47.380
 and He

00:32:47.380 --> 00:32:47.880
 gave it to

00:32:47.880 --> 00:32:48.460
 them saying

00:32:48.460 --> 00:32:48.840
 this is

00:32:48.840 --> 00:32:49.400
 my body

00:32:49.400 --> 00:32:50.940
 broken for

00:32:50.940 --> 00:32:51.240
 you,

00:32:51.580 --> 00:32:52.200
 do this

00:32:52.200 --> 00:32:53.000
 in remembrance

00:32:53.000 --> 00:32:53.620
 of me.

00:32:54.620 --> 00:32:55.039
 In the same

00:32:55.039 --> 00:32:55.519
 way after

00:32:55.519 --> 00:32:56.120
 supper He

00:32:56.120 --> 00:32:56.559
 took the

00:32:56.559 --> 00:32:56.980
 cup and

00:32:56.980 --> 00:32:57.360
 said this

00:32:57.360 --> 00:32:57.819
 cup is

00:32:57.819 --> 00:32:58.200
 the new

00:32:58.200 --> 00:32:58.559
 covenant

00:32:58.559 --> 00:32:59.019
 in my

00:32:59.019 --> 00:32:59.420
 blood,

00:32:59.819 --> 00:33:00.259
 shed for

00:33:00.259 --> 00:33:00.900
 many for

00:33:00.900 --> 00:33:01.539
 the forgiveness

00:33:01.539 --> 00:33:02.640
 of sins,

00:33:03.160 --> 00:33:03.759
 drink from

00:33:03.759 --> 00:33:04.039
 it,

00:33:04.039 --> 00:33:05.099
 all of

00:33:05.099 --> 00:33:05.299
 you.

00:33:08.259 --> 00:33:08.779
 Young

00:33:08.779 --> 00:33:09.079
 people,

00:33:09.659 --> 00:33:10.039
 some of

00:33:10.039 --> 00:33:10.279
 you are

00:33:10.279 --> 00:33:10.839
 coming to

00:33:10.839 --> 00:33:11.680
 partake of

00:33:11.680 --> 00:33:12.079
 this table

00:33:12.079 --> 00:33:12.440
 for the

00:33:12.440 --> 00:33:12.899
 first time

00:33:12.899 --> 00:33:13.399
 this morning

00:33:13.399 --> 00:33:14.359
 and we're

00:33:14.359 --> 00:33:15.019
 so excited

00:33:15.019 --> 00:33:16.000
 to celebrate

00:33:16.000 --> 00:33:16.799
 Jesus in

00:33:16.799 --> 00:33:17.339
 this way

00:33:17.339 --> 00:33:17.859
 with you.

00:33:18.779 --> 00:33:19.539
 Hopefully it's

00:33:19.539 --> 00:33:20.019
 the first

00:33:20.019 --> 00:33:20.839
 time of

00:33:20.839 --> 00:33:21.259
 many,

00:33:21.460 --> 00:33:22.079
 many times

00:33:22.079 --> 00:33:22.420
 in your

00:33:22.420 --> 00:33:23.220
 life that

00:33:23.220 --> 00:33:23.500
 you will

00:33:23.500 --> 00:33:24.339
 come to

00:33:24.339 --> 00:33:24.779
 the Lord's

00:33:24.779 --> 00:33:25.059
 table,

00:33:25.599 --> 00:33:26.200
 that Jesus

00:33:26.200 --> 00:33:26.720
 will invite

00:33:26.720 --> 00:33:27.039
 you to

00:33:27.039 --> 00:33:27.480
 sit down

00:33:27.480 --> 00:33:27.839
 with Him

00:33:27.839 --> 00:33:28.440
 and here's

00:33:28.440 --> 00:33:28.779
 what I want

00:33:28.779 --> 00:33:29.279
 you to hear

00:33:29.279 --> 00:33:30.440
 when you

00:33:30.440 --> 00:33:30.700
 come.

00:33:30.700 --> 00:33:31.759
 I want

00:33:31.759 --> 00:33:32.160
 you every

00:33:32.160 --> 00:33:32.700
 time to

00:33:32.700 --> 00:33:33.319
 hear Jesus

00:33:33.319 --> 00:33:34.080
 whispering in

00:33:34.080 --> 00:33:34.519
 your ear,

00:33:35.000 --> 00:33:35.480
 I love

00:33:35.480 --> 00:33:35.980
 you so

00:33:35.980 --> 00:33:36.460
 much.

00:33:37.279 --> 00:33:38.059
 I died

00:33:38.059 --> 00:33:38.740
 for you

00:33:38.740 --> 00:33:39.500
 so you

00:33:39.500 --> 00:33:39.880
 could live

00:33:39.880 --> 00:33:40.380
 with me.

00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:42.279
 Every time

00:33:42.279 --> 00:33:42.759
 you come,

00:33:43.100 --> 00:33:43.539
 it's a chance

00:33:43.539 --> 00:33:44.019
 to remember

00:33:44.019 --> 00:33:44.519
 that sin

00:33:44.519 --> 00:33:45.220
 is serious

00:33:45.220 --> 00:33:47.360
 and confess

00:33:47.360 --> 00:33:48.000
 sin.

00:33:48.819 --> 00:33:49.519
 It's a chance

00:33:49.519 --> 00:33:50.120
 to remember

00:33:50.120 --> 00:33:51.299
 forgiveness

00:33:51.299 --> 00:33:52.019
 is serious

00:33:52.019 --> 00:33:52.420
 and think

00:33:52.420 --> 00:33:52.660
 is there

00:33:52.660 --> 00:33:53.200
 someone I

00:33:53.200 --> 00:33:53.500
 need to

00:33:53.500 --> 00:33:54.080
 forgive

00:33:54.080 --> 00:33:54.980
 and need

00:33:54.980 --> 00:33:55.279
 to be

00:33:55.279 --> 00:33:56.019
 made right

00:33:56.019 --> 00:33:56.620
 with before

00:33:56.620 --> 00:33:57.100
 I come

00:33:57.100 --> 00:33:57.799
 and most

00:33:57.799 --> 00:33:58.380
 importantly

00:33:58.380 --> 00:33:58.779
 kids,

00:33:58.880 --> 00:33:59.160
 when you

00:33:59.160 --> 00:33:59.660
 come it's a

00:33:59.660 --> 00:34:00.320
 chance to

00:34:00.320 --> 00:34:00.820
 remember at

00:34:00.820 --> 00:34:01.279
 this table

00:34:01.279 --> 00:34:01.940
 Jesus

00:34:01.940 --> 00:34:03.560
 and remember

00:34:03.560 --> 00:34:04.040
 how much

00:34:04.040 --> 00:34:04.420
 He loves

00:34:04.420 --> 00:34:04.660
 you,

00:34:05.080 --> 00:34:05.620
 that He

00:34:05.620 --> 00:34:06.420
 would hang

00:34:06.420 --> 00:34:07.340
 on a cross

00:34:07.340 --> 00:34:08.539
 so that you

00:34:08.539 --> 00:34:09.119
 wouldn't have

00:34:09.119 --> 00:34:09.400
 to,

00:34:09.740 --> 00:34:10.260
 so that He

00:34:10.260 --> 00:34:10.880
 would be there

00:34:10.880 --> 00:34:11.340
 in your

00:34:11.340 --> 00:34:12.440
 place so that

00:34:12.440 --> 00:34:13.059
 you could live

00:34:13.059 --> 00:34:13.460
 with Him

00:34:13.460 --> 00:34:13.820
 forever.

00:34:13.920 --> 00:34:14.220
 That's how

00:34:14.220 --> 00:34:14.539
 much He

00:34:14.539 --> 00:34:15.000
 loves you.

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 Let's pray

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 and then we'll

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 come and celebrate

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 this together.

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 Jesus,

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 we're so grateful

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 for what You

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 have done for us.

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 And You didn't

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 just do it once

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 upon a time,

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 but You come

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 to meet with us

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 and feed us

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 now,

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 so use these

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 elements,

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 not only to

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 remind us

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 of what You

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 have done,

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 but to strengthen

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 us afresh

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 for loving

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 and serving.

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 We ask it in

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 Your name.

00:34:41.420 --> 00:34:41.659
 Amen.

00:34:41.659 --> 00:34:41.799
 Amen.

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 For more information,

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 visit us online

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 at southwood.org.