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 Verse 13 to 30.

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 All right, today's Bible reading is Matthew chapter 19, starting from verse 13.

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 As Matt said earlier, this is contrasting of two groups of people.

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 One, the children, and the other one, the rich young man.

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 Verse 13.

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 Then children were brought to him that he might lay his hands on them and pray.

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 The disciples rebuked the people, but Jesus said,

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 Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them,

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 for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.

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 And he laid his hands on them and went away.

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 And behold, a man came up to him, saying,

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 Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?

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 And he said to him, Why do you ask me about what is good?

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 There is only one who is good.

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 If you would enter life, keep the commandments.

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 And he said to him, Which ones?

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 And Jesus said, You shall not murder.

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 You shall not commit adultery.

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 You shall not steal.

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 You shall not bear false witness.

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 Honor your father and mother.

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 And you shall love your neighbor as yourself.

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 The young man said to him, All this I have kept.

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 What do I still lack?

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 Jesus said to him, If you would be perfect, go.

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 Sell all you possess and give to the poor,

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 and you will have treasure in heaven.

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 And come, follow me.

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 And when the young man heard this, he went away sorrowful,

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 for he had great possessions.

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 And Jesus said to his disciples,

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 Truly I say to you,

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 Only with difficulty will the rich person enter the kingdom of heaven.

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 Again I tell you,

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 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle

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 than for the rich person to enter the kingdom of God.

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 When the disciples heard this,

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 they were greatly astonished,

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 saying, Who then can be saved?

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 But Jesus looked at them and said,

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 With man this is impossible,

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 but with God all things are possible.

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 Then Peter said in reply,

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 See, we have left everything and follow you.

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 What then will we have?

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 Jesus said to them,

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 Truly I say to you,

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 In the new world,

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 when the Son of Man will sit on his glorious throne,

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 you who have followed me

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 will also sit on twelve thrones,

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 judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

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 And everyone who has left houses,

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 or brothers,

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 or sisters,

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 or father,

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 or mother,

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 or children,

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 or lands,

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 for my name's sake,

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 will receive a hundredfold

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 and will inherit eternal life.

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 But many who are first

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 will be last,

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 and the last first.

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 Who has braved the weather to be here?

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 Although now it's holding off,

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 so that's good.

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 Okay, we're looking at that passage

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 from Matthew chapter 19,

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 verse 13 to 30.

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 Who will enter the kingdom of heaven?

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 Christianity must be able to say more than that,

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 but it must never,

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 come what may,

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 say less than that.

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 Are we may rightly expect the Bible and Christianity

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 to address all sorts of issues,

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 important issues,

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 to answer our fundamental philosophical questions about life?

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 Why do we exist?

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 What's the nature of reality?

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 What does it mean to be human?

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 How should we live?

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 We should expect the Bible to answer our theological questions.

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 Who is God?

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 What's God like?

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 How can we know him?

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 We should expect the Bible to answer our ethical and moral questions.

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 What is good?

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 What is evil?

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 Why are some things good?

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 Why are some things evil?

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 How should we live?

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 We should expect the Bible to address

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 pressing social issues of our day.

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 The Bible has much to say on many topics,

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 but it must also prepare us for the future.

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 It must also prepare us for death

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 and for life after death.

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 Because if there truly is an eternity,

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 as Jesus taught,

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 as the apostles taught,

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 if there truly is an eternity,

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 where we spend eternity

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 is the most important question in life.

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 I mean, even the obvious comparison

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 of the relative scale of each

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 proves that to be the case.

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 What have we here?

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 70, 80, 90, swiftly passing years.

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 What have we then?

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 Days without end.

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 The world,

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 the population of our world is ageing.

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 The number of people over the age of 65

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 has tripled since 1950.

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 It will triple again.

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 Now 6% of the world's population

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 are in that age bracket

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 by, apparently,

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 by 2100,

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 if the Lord hasn't returned by then.

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 How will we say that?

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 2100?

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 I don't know.

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 But by 2100,

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 20% of the world's population

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 will be 65 and over.

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 We have an ageing population

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 in Australia,

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 in the world.

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 Most of us expect to live longer

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 than generations past did.

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 And so,

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 policies around retirement age

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 and superannuation

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 and aged care and housing,

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 all these policies matter.

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 But all of us,

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 100% of us,

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 face a far more important future,

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 don't we?

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 This present life,

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 whether

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 God grants each of us

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 50 years or 100 years,

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 this present life

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 is not the stage,

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 it's the dressing room.

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 How do we prepare

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 for what comes next?

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 Who will enter

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 the kingdom of heaven?

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 That's the question

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 Jesus answers

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 in this Bible passage.

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 In fact,

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 throughout this passage,

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 the reading we had,

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 there are different phrases,

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 but they're all describing

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 the same reality.

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 This comes up again and again,

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 verse 14,

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 to such belongs

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 the kingdom of heaven.

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 Verse 16,

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 have eternal life.

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 Verse 17,

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 enter life.

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 Verse 21,

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 have treasure in heaven.

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 Verse 23,

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 enter the kingdom of heaven.

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 Verse 24,

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 enter the kingdom of God.

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 Verse 25,

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 be saved.

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 Verse 29,

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 inherit eternal life.

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 They're all talking

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 about the same thing.

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 The future,

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 the world,

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 the age to come,

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 the future kingdom.

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 Life beyond death,

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 or,

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 as N.T. Wright put it,

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 life after life after death.

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 The assumption of this passage

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 is that some,

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 but not all,

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 will enter the kingdom of heaven.

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 How can each of us ensure

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 that we don't miss out?

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 Well,

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 in context,

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 in this section of Matthew,

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 Jesus is teaching on a range

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 of different topics,

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 and everything Jesus says

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 is surprising.

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 So,

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 last week,

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 Jesus,

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 we saw it,

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 Jesus taught about marriage

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 and the disciples said,

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 well,

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 if that's the case,

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 it's better not to marry.

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 Here,

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 Jesus teaches about children,

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 he teaches about wealth,

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 he teaches about children

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 and the disciples

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 and Jesus are on

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 completely different wavelengths.

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 He teaches about wealth

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 and the disciples

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 are greatly astonished

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 by Jesus' words.

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 He teaches about his own suffering

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 and the disciples

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 start arguing amongst themselves

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 about who's the greatest.

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 Everything Jesus teaches on,

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 the disciples are just

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 not getting it.

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 He keeps confounding

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 their expectations.

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 So it is with Jesus' teaching

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 about who will enter

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 the kingdom of heaven.

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 I think it's important for us

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 that familiarity

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 with the gospel,

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 for those who are familiar

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 with Matthew,

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 with the New Testament,

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 with this passage,

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 that familiarity doesn't lead us

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 to complacency.

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 If we don't find

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 this section of God's word

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 challenging,

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 maybe we're not listening properly.

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 So let's have a listen.

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 Who will enter

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 the kingdom of heaven?

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 The passage breaks down

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 into three sections.

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 Verse 13 to 15,

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 a positive example.

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 Verse 16 to 22,

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 a negative example.

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 And then verse 23 to 30,

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 the lesson for the disciples.

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 So first,

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 the positive example,

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 children in verse 13,

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 chapter 19,

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 verse 13 to 15.

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 Verse 13.

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 Then children were brought

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 to him that he might lay

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 his hands on them

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 and pray.

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 The disciples rebuked

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 the people.

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 Now,

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 who brought the little children?

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 Perhaps it was parents

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 or grandparents,

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 the text doesn't say,

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 only that they were brought

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 to Jesus.

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 They don't even come to Jesus

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 on their own strength,

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 but they're brought.

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 And they come

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 so that Jesus might

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 pray for them,

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 that Jesus might

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 make intercession,

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 petition on their behalf,

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 that Jesus might

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 plead their case

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 before the throne of heaven.

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 It's good that we intercede

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 for one another,

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 pray for each other.

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 How much more

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 that Jesus himself

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 intercedes for us.

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 So the children are brought

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 for this purpose,

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 but the disciples

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 are put out by this.

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 They rebuke those

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 who are bringing

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 the children to them,

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 to Jesus.

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 You know,

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 Jesus,

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 he's an important guy.

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 He's busy.

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 He's got a lot,

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 there's a lot going on

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 for Jesus.

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 You know,

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 he's under constant pressure.

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 Crowds of people

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 are seeking Jesus

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 all the time.

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 There are sick people

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 in need of healing.

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 There are those afflicted

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 with evil spirits

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 in need of deliverance.

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 There are crowds

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 to teach and instruct.

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 There are opponents

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 and enemies

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 to evade

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 or to answer.

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 There's a lot going on

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 for Jesus.

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 He's got more important

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 things to do

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 than tend

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 to infants.

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 In the disciples'

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 minds,

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 there's a scale

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 of importance,

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 a scale of significance.

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 And Jesus is,

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 you know,

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 he's right up there

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 and little children,

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 well,

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 they're somewhere

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 towards the bottom.

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 Take them away.

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 Don't waste Jesus' time.

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 But Jesus doesn't

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 share that opinion.

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 Verse 14,

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 but Jesus said,

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 let the little children

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 come to me

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 and do not hinder them,

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 but as such

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 belongs the kingdom

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 of heaven.

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 And he laid

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 his hands on them

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 and went away.

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 Now,

00:11:54.720 --> 00:11:55.700
 two things to observe here.

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 First,

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 notice that

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 Jesus took

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 the time

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 to care for

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 those

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 particular

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 children,

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 the ones who

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 were brought to him.

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 He wasn't

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 irritated.

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 He wasn't

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 irritated.

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 He wasn't

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 too busy.

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 Those

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 particular

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 children

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 mattered to him.

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 He placed

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 his hands

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 on them.

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 He prayed

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 a blessing

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 over them.

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 He cared

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 for those

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 ones,

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 those little

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 ones.

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 Preparing

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 this talk,

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 it was hard

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 for me

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 not to feel

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 a bit

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 rebuked

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 for how

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 I

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 often

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 treat

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 my

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 children,

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 how many

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 times

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 my

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 children

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 come

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 to me

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 and I

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 will

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 say,

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 go away,

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 I'm

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 too

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 busy.

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 But

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 Jesus

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 didn't

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 say that.

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 Second

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 thing to

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 notice is

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 Jesus

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 used

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 those

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 children

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 as

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 an

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 object

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 lesson

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 for

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 his

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 disciples.

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 He

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 said

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 to

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 his

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 disciples,

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 to such

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 belongs

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 the

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 kingdom

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 of

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 heaven.

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 Now,

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 what

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 is it

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 about

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 children

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 that

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 makes

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 them

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 an

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 example

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 of

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 those

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 who

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 receive

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 the

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 kingdom

00:13:06.740 --> 00:13:06.919
 of

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 heaven?

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 God's

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 kingdom.

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 Is it

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 their

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 innocence

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 when we

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 think about

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 children?

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 That's one of the

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 categories we

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 often think

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 in.

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 Children

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 are

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 innocent.

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 Are

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 they?

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 The

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 Bible doesn't

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 think so.

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 The Bible

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 teaches that

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 we're sinful

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 from birth.

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 Admittedly,

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 children sin

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 with less

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 guile and

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 less

00:13:32.439 --> 00:13:33.519
 deviousness

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 than

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 adults,

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 most of

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 them anyway,

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 but

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 they're

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 not

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 innocent.

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 And

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 more than

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 that,

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 if the

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 quality

00:13:45.960 --> 00:13:46.860
 of

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 children

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 that's

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 needed

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 to enter

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 the

00:13:49.600 --> 00:13:49.840
 kingdom

00:13:49.840 --> 00:13:50.100
 of

00:13:50.100 --> 00:13:50.399
 heaven

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 is

00:13:50.879 --> 00:13:51.559
 innocence,

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 well,

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 that's

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 all well

00:13:53.700 --> 00:13:53.879
 and

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 good,

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 but what

00:13:56.139 --> 00:13:56.659
 comfort is

00:13:56.659 --> 00:13:57.000
 that to

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 me?

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 Because

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 I'm

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 certainly

00:13:59.159 --> 00:13:59.399
 not

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 innocent.

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 I'm

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 going to

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 return to

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 that

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 thought

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 after we

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 consider

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 the

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 negative

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 example,

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 the

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 rich

00:14:06.419 --> 00:14:06.599
 young

00:14:06.599 --> 00:14:06.819
 man.

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 We've

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 had the

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 positive

00:14:07.459 --> 00:14:07.899
 example

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 here,

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 children,

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 we'll

00:14:08.599 --> 00:14:08.899
 come back

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 to them.

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 Let's

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 consider

00:14:10.659 --> 00:14:10.919
 the

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 rich

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 young

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 man,

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 although

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 we're only

00:14:12.360 --> 00:14:12.799
 told he's

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 rich and

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 we're only

00:14:13.419 --> 00:14:13.819
 told he's

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 young in

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 verse 22.

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 First he's

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 just a

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 man.

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 Verse 16,

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 And behold,

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 a man came

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 up to

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 Jesus,

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 saying,

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 Teacher,

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 what good

00:14:26.199 --> 00:14:27.000
 deed must

00:14:27.000 --> 00:14:27.779
 I do

00:14:27.779 --> 00:14:29.139
 to have

00:14:29.139 --> 00:14:29.519
 eternal

00:14:29.519 --> 00:14:30.019
 life?

00:14:31.500 --> 00:14:32.219
 This man

00:14:32.219 --> 00:14:32.620
 coming to

00:14:32.620 --> 00:14:33.039
 Jesus is

00:14:33.039 --> 00:14:33.620
 earnest,

00:14:33.620 --> 00:14:36.440
 little

00:14:36.440 --> 00:14:36.860
 children

00:14:36.860 --> 00:14:37.299
 were brought

00:14:37.299 --> 00:14:37.500
 to

00:14:37.500 --> 00:14:37.740
 Jesus,

00:14:37.879 --> 00:14:38.340
 this man

00:14:38.340 --> 00:14:38.820
 comes on

00:14:38.820 --> 00:14:39.179
 his own

00:14:39.179 --> 00:14:39.500
 initiative,

00:14:39.600 --> 00:14:39.980
 he seeks

00:14:39.980 --> 00:14:40.279
 Jesus

00:14:40.279 --> 00:14:40.600
 out.

00:14:42.360 --> 00:14:42.919
 He

00:14:42.919 --> 00:14:43.500
 asks what

00:14:43.500 --> 00:14:43.899
 seems to

00:14:43.899 --> 00:14:44.120
 be a

00:14:44.120 --> 00:14:44.259
 good

00:14:44.259 --> 00:14:44.679
 question,

00:14:44.799 --> 00:14:45.519
 he cares

00:14:45.519 --> 00:14:45.840
 about

00:14:45.840 --> 00:14:46.340
 eternity,

00:14:46.340 --> 00:14:47.279
 he's asking

00:14:47.279 --> 00:14:47.580
 about

00:14:47.580 --> 00:14:47.940
 eternal

00:14:47.940 --> 00:14:48.399
 life,

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 he

00:14:50.620 --> 00:14:51.419
 recognises

00:14:51.419 --> 00:14:52.080
 Jesus as

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 a teacher

00:14:52.639 --> 00:14:53.679
 with the

00:14:53.679 --> 00:14:54.159
 wisdom and

00:14:54.159 --> 00:14:54.799
 authority to

00:14:54.799 --> 00:14:55.340
 answer his

00:14:55.340 --> 00:14:55.860
 question,

00:14:55.860 --> 00:14:59.399
 what good

00:14:59.399 --> 00:14:59.840
 deed must

00:14:59.840 --> 00:15:00.600
 I do

00:15:00.600 --> 00:15:01.460
 to have

00:15:01.460 --> 00:15:01.879
 eternal

00:15:01.879 --> 00:15:02.379
 life?

00:15:03.460 --> 00:15:04.399
 Verse 17,

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 And Jesus

00:15:06.279 --> 00:15:06.840
 said to

00:15:06.840 --> 00:15:07.200
 him,

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 Why do

00:15:09.919 --> 00:15:10.440
 you ask

00:15:10.440 --> 00:15:11.680
 me about

00:15:11.680 --> 00:15:12.080
 what is

00:15:12.080 --> 00:15:12.440
 good?

00:15:13.379 --> 00:15:13.919
 There's

00:15:13.919 --> 00:15:14.680
 only one

00:15:14.680 --> 00:15:15.440
 who's

00:15:15.440 --> 00:15:15.800
 good.

00:15:17.480 --> 00:15:18.120
 If you

00:15:18.120 --> 00:15:18.419
 would enter

00:15:18.419 --> 00:15:18.879
 life,

00:15:19.700 --> 00:15:20.039
 keep the

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 commandments.

00:15:22.279 --> 00:15:22.580
 Now there

00:15:22.580 --> 00:15:22.879
 are two

00:15:22.879 --> 00:15:23.340
 parts of

00:15:23.340 --> 00:15:23.560
 Jesus'

00:15:23.720 --> 00:15:24.060
 reply,

00:15:24.500 --> 00:15:24.759
 the two

00:15:24.759 --> 00:15:25.120
 halves of

00:15:25.120 --> 00:15:25.560
 this verse,

00:15:26.299 --> 00:15:27.340
 first Jesus

00:15:27.340 --> 00:15:29.740
 questions the

00:15:29.740 --> 00:15:30.320
 man's

00:15:30.320 --> 00:15:30.879
 assumptions.

00:15:32.720 --> 00:15:33.259
 Why do

00:15:33.259 --> 00:15:33.580
 you ask

00:15:33.580 --> 00:15:34.299
 me about

00:15:34.299 --> 00:15:34.659
 what is

00:15:34.659 --> 00:15:34.960
 good?

00:15:35.700 --> 00:15:36.139
 There's

00:15:36.139 --> 00:15:36.580
 only one

00:15:36.580 --> 00:15:36.840
 who's

00:15:36.840 --> 00:15:37.159
 good,

00:15:37.779 --> 00:15:37.980
 Jesus

00:15:37.980 --> 00:15:38.379
 says.

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 That

00:15:39.759 --> 00:15:40.259
 second

00:15:40.259 --> 00:15:40.600
 sentence

00:15:40.600 --> 00:15:40.799
 there,

00:15:40.840 --> 00:15:41.179
 there is

00:15:41.179 --> 00:15:41.759
 only one

00:15:41.759 --> 00:15:42.240
 who is

00:15:42.240 --> 00:15:42.480
 good,

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 may

00:15:42.759 --> 00:15:43.580
 deliberately

00:15:43.580 --> 00:15:44.539
 echo

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 one of

00:15:44.940 --> 00:15:45.200
 the most

00:15:45.200 --> 00:15:45.720
 famous

00:15:45.720 --> 00:15:46.320
 verses from

00:15:46.320 --> 00:15:46.679
 the law,

00:15:46.779 --> 00:15:47.320
 the Shema,

00:15:47.679 --> 00:15:48.080
 Deuteronomy

00:15:48.080 --> 00:15:48.940
 6 verse 4,

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 Hear O

00:15:49.899 --> 00:15:50.259
 Israel,

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 the Lord

00:15:50.879 --> 00:15:51.480
 our God,

00:15:51.799 --> 00:15:52.639
 the Lord

00:15:52.639 --> 00:15:54.139
 is one.

00:15:55.120 --> 00:15:56.299
 There is

00:15:56.299 --> 00:15:57.000
 one God,

00:15:57.139 --> 00:15:57.500
 the Lord

00:15:57.500 --> 00:15:57.980
 is one,

00:15:58.860 --> 00:15:59.440
 there is

00:15:59.440 --> 00:15:59.980
 one who

00:15:59.980 --> 00:16:00.580
 is good,

00:16:01.179 --> 00:16:01.399
 Jesus

00:16:01.399 --> 00:16:01.820
 says.

00:16:03.639 --> 00:16:04.580
 So Jesus

00:16:04.580 --> 00:16:05.060
 challenges

00:16:05.060 --> 00:16:05.560
 this man,

00:16:06.560 --> 00:16:08.240
 what kind

00:16:08.240 --> 00:16:09.320
 of scale

00:16:09.320 --> 00:16:09.960
 of goodness

00:16:09.960 --> 00:16:10.299
 are you

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 operating

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 with?

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 When you

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 ask me,

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 what good

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 thing must

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 I do

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 that I

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 may have

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 eternal

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 life?

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 What's

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 your scale

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 of goodness?

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 What's your

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 standard of

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 goodness?

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 I had a

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 conversation

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 with a

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 university

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 student

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 this week,

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 someone who's

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 kind of

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 searching out

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 Christianity

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 and not

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 yet a

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 believer but

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 he's

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 investigating

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 and considering

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 Jesus and

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 this student

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 pointed out

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 that he's

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 done a bit

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 of travelling,

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 he pointed

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 out that in

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 his experience

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 of travel and

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 meeting lots

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 of different

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 people around

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 the world,

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 he found

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 that 90

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 or even

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 99% of

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 people are

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 good,

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 he said.

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 No,

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 decent people,

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 they're not

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 going to

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 mug you,

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 they're not

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 going to

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 rob you,

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 if you

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 ask for

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 help,

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 they'll

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 give it.

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 When

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 Jacinta

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 was one,

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 as a

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 little escape

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 artist she

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 slipped out

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 of her

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 house and

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 ran down

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 the street

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 towards a

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 major road

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 and some

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 uni students

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 stopped her

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 at the end

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 of the

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 street and

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 picked her

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 up and

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 looked after

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 her till

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 we came.

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 They didn't

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 leave her to

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 walk into

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 traffic,

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 they didn't

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 abduct her.

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 Decent

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 people.

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 I think of

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 my son

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 Connor's

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 soccer coach,

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 Nick,

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 he's a

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 PE teacher

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 and yet

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 after he's

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 been teaching

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 probably ratty

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 high school

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 kids all

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 day,

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 he'll

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 then come

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 and run

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 soccer

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 training

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 for

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 you.

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 He ran

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 it this

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 week on

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 Wednesday

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 even though

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 it was

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 raining a

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 bit.

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 He knew

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 the boys

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 would want

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 to get

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 out for

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 a run

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 so he

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 said,

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 let's

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 do it.

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 He's

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 patient

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 with them,

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 he's fair,

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 he's kind,

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 he values

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 every child

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 in the team

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 irrespective of

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 their ability

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 at playing,

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 he sees

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 that everyone

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 has a go,

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 he gives

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 up his

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 time,

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 he expects

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!

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 nothing in

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 return,

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 decent

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 person.

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 I mean,

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 not everyone

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 who crashes

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 into your

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 car when

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 it's parked

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 on the side

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 of the

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 road is

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 going to

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 drive off

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 without

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 leaving a

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 note.

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 Some people

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 are honest,

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 lots of

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 people are

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 honest.

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 Not everyone

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 who finds

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 your lost

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 wallet is

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 going to

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 steal the

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 cash and

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 then try

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 to use

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 your credit

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 card.

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 What is

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 our standard

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 of, I

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 mean,

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 aren't

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 lots of

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 people good?

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 But when

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 Jesus says

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 there's only

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 one who

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 is good,

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 he's

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 challenging

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 our

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 perception.

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 He's

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 challenging

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 our scale.

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 What's

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 our yardstick?

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 What's

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 our standard

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 of goodness?

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 Is it

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 being a

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 decent

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 person?

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 Or is

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 it actually

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 God

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 himself?

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 The

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 character

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 of God,

00:19:08.340 --> 00:19:09.019
 the holiness

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 of God,

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 the purity

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 and perfection

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 of God?

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 God,

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 what is

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 our

00:19:15.139 --> 00:19:15.500
 measure

00:19:15.500 --> 00:19:15.839
 of

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 goodness?

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 If the

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 proper

00:19:21.419 --> 00:19:22.000
 standard

00:19:22.000 --> 00:19:22.339
 of

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 goodness

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 is the

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 holiness

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 of God,

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 well then

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 I fall

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 very far

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 short

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 indeed.

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 Don't

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 you?

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 I mean

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 to recognise

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 that,

00:19:35.039 --> 00:19:36.240
 just conduct

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 that thought

00:19:36.960 --> 00:19:37.519
 experiment

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 that John

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 Dixon

00:19:38.419 --> 00:19:38.940
 suggested

00:19:38.940 --> 00:19:39.519
 years ago

00:19:39.519 --> 00:19:39.819
 in his

00:19:39.819 --> 00:19:40.099
 book A

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 Sneaking

00:19:40.359 --> 00:19:40.799
 Suspicion,

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 maybe he

00:19:41.200 --> 00:19:41.399
 got it

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 from somewhere

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 else.

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 Imagine

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 a movie

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 screening

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 of your

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 life

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 showing

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 everything

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 you ever

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 said,

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 everything

00:19:51.079 --> 00:19:51.519
 you ever

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 thought,

00:19:52.299 --> 00:19:52.659
 everything

00:19:52.659 --> 00:19:53.139
 you ever

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 did.

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 It's all

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 there and

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 big screen.

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 Would you

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 be comfortable

00:19:57.980 --> 00:19:58.539
 with people

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 watching it?

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 Or would

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 you want

00:20:02.059 --> 00:20:02.879
 editing rights?

00:20:02.880 --> 00:20:02.880


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 When the

00:20:08.820 --> 00:20:09.380
 man asked

00:20:09.380 --> 00:20:09.780
 Jesus,

00:20:10.220 --> 00:20:10.940
 what good

00:20:10.940 --> 00:20:11.360
 thing

00:20:11.360 --> 00:20:12.260
 must I

00:20:12.260 --> 00:20:12.680
 do?

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 He was

00:20:13.880 --> 00:20:14.500
 lowering

00:20:14.500 --> 00:20:15.040
 the bar.

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 what just one good thing

00:20:18.200 --> 00:20:24.440
 and when the man addressed Jesus as teacher who did he think Jesus was

00:20:24.440 --> 00:20:29.299
 why did he ask Jesus this question why do you ask me about what's good Jesus

00:20:29.299 --> 00:20:33.859
 says to him who is Jesus is Jesus just a teacher a

00:20:33.859 --> 00:20:37.420
 guru who can point you in the right direction who is Jesus

00:20:37.420 --> 00:20:41.920
 so first Jesus challenges the man's assumptions

00:20:41.920 --> 00:20:50.240
 secondly Jesus gives a direct answer in the second half of that verse

00:20:50.240 --> 00:20:57.660
 verse 17 if you would enter life keep the commandments

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 Jesus says you want to do what's good to have a life keep the commandments

00:21:05.299 --> 00:21:15.000
 it's a straight answer it's not particularly surprising an answer

00:21:15.000 --> 00:21:20.639
 in fact it's what the law itself taught in the old testament the Torah the law of Moses as as Paul

00:21:20.639 --> 00:21:22.099
 would later point out in Galatians

00:21:22.099 --> 00:21:28.839
 Leviticus 18 verse 5 keep my statutes and my rules

00:21:28.839 --> 00:21:36.059
 if a person does them I don't know if I've got the right reference there maybe keep my statutes and my rules if a person does them

00:21:36.059 --> 00:21:40.159
 he shall live by them

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 I'm the Lord

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 keep the keep the commandments if you do them

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 you'll live

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 God says in the law

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 if you want to enter life by doing

00:21:51.399 --> 00:21:52.019
 good

00:21:52.019 --> 00:21:54.359
 Jesus says well keep God's commandments

00:21:54.359 --> 00:21:56.480
 that's what the law says

00:21:56.480 --> 00:21:58.440
 it's a straight answer

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 it's also a potentially frustrating one

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 I mean it feels pretty broad doesn't it

00:22:02.759 --> 00:22:07.099
 I mean this this man's come to Jesus saying what good thing must I do

00:22:07.099 --> 00:22:08.859
 and the answer is I'll just keep the commandments right

00:22:08.859 --> 00:22:11.139
 okay but what

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 he goes on which ones

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 which ones Lord

00:22:16.519 --> 00:22:20.440
 which commandments

00:22:20.440 --> 00:22:32.059
 he ignores you notice the man when he asked that question which ones he ignores the first part of Jesus answer about why do you you know what

00:22:32.059 --> 00:22:35.220
 there's only one that's good and why do you ask me and so on

00:22:35.220 --> 00:22:38.220
 he ignores the first part of Jesus answer he focuses on the second part

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 can you be a bit more specific Jesus I mean according to the rabbis there are 613 commandments in the Torah

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 which ones precisely and which are the most important ones which can you narrow it down a bit

00:22:48.859 --> 00:22:51.299
 what do I need to do

00:22:51.299 --> 00:22:54.839
 well Jesus obliges him

00:22:54.839 --> 00:22:56.740
 verse 18

00:22:56.740 --> 00:22:58.619
 and Jesus said you shall not murder

00:22:58.619 --> 00:23:01.099
 you shall not commit adultery you shall not steal

00:23:01.099 --> 00:23:02.879
 you shall not bear false witness

00:23:02.879 --> 00:23:04.679
 honour your father and mother

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 and you shall love your neighbour

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 as yourself

00:23:07.979 --> 00:23:12.619
 again what Jesus says here is not particularly surprising

00:23:12.619 --> 00:23:16.459
 he starts with five commandments from the decalogue from the ten commandments

00:23:16.459 --> 00:23:18.599
 and rounds it out with

00:23:18.599 --> 00:23:22.779
 with Leviticus 19 verse 18 you shall love your neighbour as yourself I don't think Jesus is

00:23:22.779 --> 00:23:27.059
 necessarily trying to be exhaustive here he's being representative he emphasizes

00:23:27.059 --> 00:23:29.500
 commands instructions in the law that

00:23:29.500 --> 00:23:36.159
 that are concerned our horizontal responsibilities as humans to one another there's more to say about our

00:23:36.160 --> 00:23:39.140
 responsibilities to God but Jesus has left that out for the time being

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 and he said well you want to know which commandments let's start here let's start with these ones

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 here are some of them

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 now of course if this man had been around to hear Jesus sermon on the mount

00:23:53.859 --> 00:24:00.199
 he may have realised just how searching

00:24:00.199 --> 00:24:03.079
 even these commandments were

00:24:03.079 --> 00:24:06.819
 do not murder

00:24:06.819 --> 00:24:10.379
 well Jesus had taught that do not murder

00:24:10.379 --> 00:24:11.500
 that command means

00:24:11.500 --> 00:24:13.519
 don't even be angry

00:24:13.519 --> 00:24:15.199
 with someone else

00:24:15.199 --> 00:24:18.279
 do not commit adultery

00:24:18.279 --> 00:24:20.159
 well Jesus had taught that that command means

00:24:20.159 --> 00:24:21.779
 don't even look

00:24:21.779 --> 00:24:24.119
 covetously at someone else

00:24:24.119 --> 00:24:28.019
 love your neighbour

00:24:28.019 --> 00:24:30.599
 well Jesus had taught that command is so

00:24:30.599 --> 00:24:34.440
 all-encompassing that it extends even to enemies

00:24:34.440 --> 00:24:41.859
 rightly understood even this truncated list of commands

00:24:41.859 --> 00:24:44.200
 ought to have given the man pause

00:24:44.200 --> 00:24:47.059
 but he pressed on

00:24:47.059 --> 00:24:54.099
 verse 20 the young man said to him

00:24:54.099 --> 00:24:58.599
 all these I have kept

00:24:58.599 --> 00:25:03.859
 what do I still lack

00:25:03.859 --> 00:25:07.179
 all these I have kept

00:25:07.179 --> 00:25:09.639
 really

00:25:09.639 --> 00:25:13.139
 I guess he

00:25:13.139 --> 00:25:15.039
 hadn't heard the sermon on the mount

00:25:15.039 --> 00:25:16.879
 or if he had heard he wasn't really paying attention

00:25:16.879 --> 00:25:20.700
 all these I have kept

00:25:20.700 --> 00:25:26.099
 Jesus is trying to press through this man's assumption

00:25:26.099 --> 00:25:29.480
 that he can do enough to have eternal life

00:25:29.480 --> 00:25:31.920
 verse 17

00:25:31.920 --> 00:25:34.279
 he's challenged his standard of good

00:25:34.279 --> 00:25:36.379
 the man simply ignored Jesus' words

00:25:36.379 --> 00:25:37.839
 verse 18 and 19

00:25:37.839 --> 00:25:40.480
 he gave a list of commands that should have been daunting

00:25:40.480 --> 00:25:41.920
 the man brushes it off

00:25:41.920 --> 00:25:43.099
 all these I have kept

00:25:43.099 --> 00:25:44.920
 yet

00:25:44.920 --> 00:25:47.380
 still the man's not confident

00:25:47.380 --> 00:25:51.680
 still he has no assurance of salvation

00:25:51.680 --> 00:25:52.640
 so he asks

00:25:52.640 --> 00:25:54.000
 what do I still lack

00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:55.279
 well once more

00:25:55.279 --> 00:25:55.980
 Jesus

00:25:55.980 --> 00:25:57.819
 sought to overturn

00:25:57.819 --> 00:25:59.120
 completely

00:25:59.120 --> 00:26:01.200
 this man's approach to the question

00:26:01.200 --> 00:26:02.720
 verse 21

00:26:02.720 --> 00:26:05.500
 Jesus said to him

00:26:05.500 --> 00:26:07.339
 if you would be

00:26:07.339 --> 00:26:08.880
 perfect

00:26:08.880 --> 00:26:12.039
 if you would be perfect

00:26:12.039 --> 00:26:14.620
 go sell what you possess

00:26:14.620 --> 00:26:15.720
 and give to the poor

00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:17.039
 and you'll have treasure in heaven

00:26:17.039 --> 00:26:17.940
 and come

00:26:17.940 --> 00:26:19.019
 follow

00:26:19.019 --> 00:26:19.880
 me

00:26:19.880 --> 00:26:26.100
 this verse is probably

00:26:26.100 --> 00:26:27.079
 in these words of Jesus

00:26:27.079 --> 00:26:27.980
 are probably one of Jesus

00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:28.559
 least

00:26:28.559 --> 00:26:30.440
 heeded commands in the Bible

00:26:30.440 --> 00:26:33.659
 sell what you possess

00:26:33.659 --> 00:26:34.740
 and give to the poor

00:26:34.740 --> 00:26:36.319
 I mean the young man ignored it

00:26:36.319 --> 00:26:38.179
 and he set a good pattern

00:26:38.179 --> 00:26:38.659
 because you know

00:26:38.659 --> 00:26:39.839
 we've been ignoring it ever since

00:26:39.839 --> 00:26:42.879
 sell what you possess

00:26:42.879 --> 00:26:43.220
 everything

00:26:43.220 --> 00:26:44.039
 give to the poor

00:26:44.039 --> 00:26:46.200
 I think we're perhaps

00:26:46.200 --> 00:26:46.879
 a bit too quick

00:26:46.879 --> 00:26:47.960
 to find justifications

00:26:47.960 --> 00:26:49.119
 for not taking it literally

00:26:49.119 --> 00:26:52.279
 I think we can find

00:26:52.279 --> 00:26:53.019
 justifications

00:26:53.019 --> 00:26:53.839
 for not taking it

00:26:53.839 --> 00:26:54.559
 hyper literally

00:26:54.559 --> 00:26:56.419
 there are examples

00:26:56.419 --> 00:26:57.259
 in the Gospels

00:26:57.259 --> 00:26:57.759
 and Acts

00:26:57.759 --> 00:26:58.839
 and the rest of the New Testament

00:26:58.839 --> 00:26:59.559
 of Christians

00:26:59.559 --> 00:27:00.579
 having possessions

00:27:00.579 --> 00:27:03.240
 in the end of John's Gospel

00:27:03.240 --> 00:27:03.900
 the disciples

00:27:03.900 --> 00:27:05.039
 go out fishing

00:27:05.039 --> 00:27:05.779
 on a boat

00:27:05.779 --> 00:27:07.039
 where did they get the boat from

00:27:07.039 --> 00:27:09.859
 in 2 Timothy 4 verse 13

00:27:09.859 --> 00:27:10.940
 Paul asked Timothy

00:27:10.940 --> 00:27:12.379
 to bring his cloak

00:27:12.379 --> 00:27:13.140
 and his scroll

00:27:13.140 --> 00:27:14.140
 his scrolls

00:27:14.140 --> 00:27:15.379
 oh so Paul had a library

00:27:15.379 --> 00:27:16.940
 it's a comfort for me

00:27:16.940 --> 00:27:22.940
 but we can be

00:27:22.940 --> 00:27:23.359
 you know

00:27:23.359 --> 00:27:24.519
 rather than avoid it though

00:27:24.519 --> 00:27:25.759
 let's try and listen to it

00:27:25.759 --> 00:27:27.019
 what is Jesus saying

00:27:27.019 --> 00:27:28.680
 what's going on here

00:27:28.680 --> 00:27:29.759
 again

00:27:29.759 --> 00:27:31.859
 Jesus points out

00:27:31.859 --> 00:27:32.740
 that the man is aiming

00:27:32.740 --> 00:27:33.220
 too low

00:27:33.220 --> 00:27:34.160
 he lifts the bar

00:27:34.160 --> 00:27:36.180
 if you would be perfect

00:27:36.180 --> 00:27:37.180
 he says

00:27:37.180 --> 00:27:37.980
 it's not enough

00:27:37.980 --> 00:27:39.139
 to be a decent person

00:27:39.139 --> 00:27:40.639
 it's not enough

00:27:40.639 --> 00:27:41.319
 to be moral

00:27:41.319 --> 00:27:42.559
 by human standards

00:27:42.559 --> 00:27:44.379
 that is not good enough

00:27:44.379 --> 00:27:45.400
 for the kingdom of heaven

00:27:45.400 --> 00:27:47.779
 the kingdom of heaven

00:27:47.779 --> 00:27:48.400
 is not

00:27:48.400 --> 00:27:49.299
 the home

00:27:49.299 --> 00:27:50.559
 for decent people

00:27:50.559 --> 00:27:51.700
 it is the home

00:27:51.700 --> 00:27:53.000
 for perfect people

00:27:53.000 --> 00:27:53.500
 people

00:27:53.500 --> 00:27:56.160
 how can we be perfect

00:27:56.160 --> 00:27:57.519
 how can we be fit

00:27:57.519 --> 00:27:58.440
 for God's kingdom

00:27:58.440 --> 00:28:02.059
 how can we belong there

00:28:02.059 --> 00:28:05.440
 clearly that's beyond us

00:28:05.440 --> 00:28:07.579
 this man needed

00:28:07.579 --> 00:28:08.480
 a completely

00:28:08.480 --> 00:28:09.700
 different approach

00:28:09.700 --> 00:28:10.380
 to life

00:28:10.380 --> 00:28:13.299
 Jesus says

00:28:13.299 --> 00:28:14.200
 leave your old life

00:28:14.200 --> 00:28:15.099
 sell what you possess

00:28:15.099 --> 00:28:16.000
 give to the poor

00:28:16.000 --> 00:28:16.720
 and you'll have treasure

00:28:16.720 --> 00:28:17.000
 in heaven

00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:17.660
 treasure in heaven

00:28:17.660 --> 00:28:17.880
 there

00:28:17.880 --> 00:28:18.759
 I don't think

00:28:18.759 --> 00:28:19.339
 he's suggesting

00:28:19.339 --> 00:28:20.539
 I think it's just synonymous

00:28:20.539 --> 00:28:21.559
 with the other expressions

00:28:21.559 --> 00:28:21.939
 about

00:28:21.939 --> 00:28:24.159
 eternal life

00:28:24.159 --> 00:28:24.740
 and inheriting

00:28:24.740 --> 00:28:25.720
 the kingdom of God

00:28:25.720 --> 00:28:26.579
 the kingdom of heaven

00:28:26.579 --> 00:28:28.879
 and entering God's kingdom

00:28:28.879 --> 00:28:31.099
 Jesus isn't

00:28:31.099 --> 00:28:31.839
 describing here

00:28:31.839 --> 00:28:33.019
 a two tier system

00:28:33.019 --> 00:28:33.379
 where

00:28:33.379 --> 00:28:33.980
 you know

00:28:33.980 --> 00:28:34.879
 some people in heaven

00:28:34.879 --> 00:28:35.439
 have treasure

00:28:35.439 --> 00:28:36.459
 and other people don't

00:28:36.459 --> 00:28:37.220
 and some people

00:28:37.220 --> 00:28:37.919
 in the kingdom of heaven

00:28:37.919 --> 00:28:38.099
 have

00:28:38.099 --> 00:28:39.679
 like live in waterfront mansions

00:28:39.679 --> 00:28:40.179
 and other people

00:28:40.179 --> 00:28:40.980
 in the kingdom of heaven

00:28:40.980 --> 00:28:42.220
 are living in shacks

00:28:42.220 --> 00:28:45.740
 no he's saying

00:28:45.740 --> 00:28:46.579
 you'll have true

00:28:46.579 --> 00:28:47.740
 you'll have true riches

00:28:47.740 --> 00:28:50.099
 get rid of your wealthy

00:28:50.099 --> 00:28:51.240
 you'll have true wealth

00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:52.140
 come follow me

00:28:52.140 --> 00:28:53.579
 the selling of possessions

00:28:53.579 --> 00:28:54.519
 and giving to the poor

00:28:54.519 --> 00:28:55.200
 on the one hand

00:28:55.200 --> 00:28:56.140
 it's another opportunity

00:28:56.140 --> 00:28:57.339
 for the man to evaluate

00:28:57.339 --> 00:28:59.160
 his self-professed

00:28:59.160 --> 00:28:59.759
 obedience

00:28:59.759 --> 00:29:01.099
 to God's commands

00:29:01.099 --> 00:29:03.579
 Jesus had said

00:29:03.579 --> 00:29:04.400
 you shall love your

00:29:04.400 --> 00:29:05.299
 neighbour as yourself

00:29:05.299 --> 00:29:06.259
 the man had said

00:29:06.259 --> 00:29:07.519
 oh well I've done that

00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:08.140
 I do that

00:29:08.140 --> 00:29:10.339
 well do you do that

00:29:10.339 --> 00:29:13.660
 whom are you loving

00:29:13.660 --> 00:29:14.400
 with your wealth

00:29:14.400 --> 00:29:16.519
 let me just test that

00:29:16.519 --> 00:29:16.980
 a little bit

00:29:16.980 --> 00:29:18.299
 whom are you loving

00:29:18.299 --> 00:29:18.940
 with your wealth

00:29:18.940 --> 00:29:20.079
 you're loving your neighbour

00:29:20.079 --> 00:29:20.640
 as yourself

00:29:20.640 --> 00:29:21.299
 with your wealth

00:29:21.299 --> 00:29:24.279
 let me test that

00:29:24.279 --> 00:29:24.839
 Jesus says

00:29:24.839 --> 00:29:25.620
 but I think there's

00:29:25.620 --> 00:29:26.240
 another purpose

00:29:26.240 --> 00:29:27.620
 to Jesus' instruction here

00:29:27.620 --> 00:29:30.480
 this man divesting

00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:31.519
 of his possessions

00:29:31.519 --> 00:29:33.279
 wasn't for its own sake

00:29:33.279 --> 00:29:34.599
 but for a purpose

00:29:34.599 --> 00:29:35.980
 it was in order

00:29:35.980 --> 00:29:37.720
 to follow Jesus

00:29:37.720 --> 00:29:39.579
 come

00:29:39.579 --> 00:29:41.839
 follow me

00:29:41.839 --> 00:29:43.339
 Jesus says

00:29:43.339 --> 00:29:44.620
 follow me

00:29:44.619 --> 00:29:48.299
 see in a different way

00:29:48.299 --> 00:29:49.799
 Jesus is again

00:29:49.799 --> 00:29:51.759
 confronting this man

00:29:51.759 --> 00:29:52.779
 with what is

00:29:52.779 --> 00:29:54.000
 his heart problem

00:29:54.000 --> 00:29:54.659
 and that is

00:29:54.659 --> 00:29:56.839
 his own self-reliance

00:29:56.839 --> 00:29:57.939
 and self-sufficiency

00:29:57.939 --> 00:30:01.619
 this man's money problem

00:30:01.619 --> 00:30:04.819
 mirrored his moral problem

00:30:04.819 --> 00:30:07.539
 he's a man who is used

00:30:07.539 --> 00:30:08.599
 to being able to provide

00:30:08.599 --> 00:30:09.179
 for himself

00:30:09.179 --> 00:30:11.879
 he sees himself

00:30:11.879 --> 00:30:12.559
 as sufficient

00:30:12.559 --> 00:30:13.879
 to meet his own needs

00:30:13.879 --> 00:30:16.960
 he owns enough

00:30:16.960 --> 00:30:17.859
 for this life

00:30:17.859 --> 00:30:19.339
 his money problem

00:30:19.339 --> 00:30:21.879
 he could do enough

00:30:21.879 --> 00:30:22.879
 for the next life

00:30:22.879 --> 00:30:23.799
 his moral problem

00:30:23.799 --> 00:30:27.659
 he saw himself

00:30:27.659 --> 00:30:29.079
 as needing

00:30:29.079 --> 00:30:30.139
 to be sufficient

00:30:30.139 --> 00:30:31.399
 to meet all his own needs

00:30:31.399 --> 00:30:32.639
 and yet he asked

00:30:32.639 --> 00:30:33.899
 what do I still lack

00:30:33.899 --> 00:30:35.679
 well Jesus answers

00:30:35.679 --> 00:30:36.720
 you with your moral

00:30:36.720 --> 00:30:37.419
 rectitude

00:30:37.419 --> 00:30:38.519
 and your great wealth

00:30:38.519 --> 00:30:39.679
 what do you still lack

00:30:39.680 --> 00:30:40.440
 Jesus says

00:30:40.440 --> 00:30:41.480
 what you lack

00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:42.000
 is

00:30:42.000 --> 00:30:43.180
 me

00:30:43.180 --> 00:30:46.960
 give up the self-reliance

00:30:46.960 --> 00:30:49.259
 give up the self-sufficiency

00:30:49.259 --> 00:30:51.000
 give up having enough

00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:51.900
 and doing enough

00:30:51.900 --> 00:30:52.940
 and being enough

00:30:52.940 --> 00:30:54.740
 follow

00:30:54.740 --> 00:30:56.420
 me

00:30:56.420 --> 00:30:58.660
 follow me

00:30:58.660 --> 00:31:01.720
 how does it benefit you

00:31:01.720 --> 00:31:03.160
 if you gain the whole world

00:31:03.160 --> 00:31:04.600
 and yet forfeit your life

00:31:04.599 --> 00:31:08.059
 if you're shipwrecked out at sea

00:31:08.059 --> 00:31:11.219
 you don't grab hold

00:31:11.219 --> 00:31:12.559
 of a chest full of gold

00:31:12.559 --> 00:31:14.919
 you grab a life raft

00:31:14.919 --> 00:31:14.959
!

00:31:17.339 --> 00:31:19.519
 give up that which cannot save you

00:31:19.519 --> 00:31:21.099
 that you might take hold

00:31:21.099 --> 00:31:22.179
 of the only one

00:31:22.179 --> 00:31:22.959
 who can

00:31:22.959 --> 00:31:24.659
 come

00:31:24.659 --> 00:31:26.759
 follow me

00:31:26.759 --> 00:31:31.179
 but verse 22

00:31:31.180 --> 00:31:33.960
 when the young man

00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:34.400
 heard this

00:31:34.400 --> 00:31:35.500
 he went away sorrowful

00:31:35.500 --> 00:31:37.900
 he had great possessions

00:31:37.900 --> 00:31:45.500
 and after he had left

00:31:45.500 --> 00:31:46.720
 Jesus drew

00:31:46.720 --> 00:31:48.420
 his disciples together

00:31:48.420 --> 00:31:50.240
 and

00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:53.200
 taught them the negative lesson

00:31:53.200 --> 00:31:54.720
 from the rich man

00:31:54.720 --> 00:31:56.120
 as he had taught

00:31:56.120 --> 00:31:57.180
 the positive lesson

00:31:57.180 --> 00:31:58.480
 from the children

00:31:58.480 --> 00:32:00.060
 verse 23

00:32:00.059 --> 00:32:01.299
 Jesus said to his disciples

00:32:01.299 --> 00:32:02.480
 truly I say to you

00:32:02.480 --> 00:32:03.139
 only

00:32:03.139 --> 00:32:04.799
 with difficulty

00:32:04.799 --> 00:32:05.839
 will a rich person

00:32:05.839 --> 00:32:06.960
 enter the kingdom of heaven

00:32:06.960 --> 00:32:09.179
 again I tell you

00:32:09.179 --> 00:32:10.919
 it's easier for a camel

00:32:10.919 --> 00:32:11.740
 to go through

00:32:11.740 --> 00:32:12.639
 the eye of a needle

00:32:12.639 --> 00:32:14.319
 than for a rich person

00:32:14.319 --> 00:32:15.519
 to enter the kingdom of heaven

00:32:15.519 --> 00:32:18.919
 Jesus says

00:32:18.919 --> 00:32:21.059
 verse 23

00:32:21.059 --> 00:32:22.659
 wealth is an impediment

00:32:22.659 --> 00:32:24.299
 wealth is an impediment

00:32:24.299 --> 00:32:25.480
 to entering God's kingdom

00:32:25.480 --> 00:32:27.220
 but then he takes that

00:32:27.220 --> 00:32:28.159
 even a step further

00:32:28.159 --> 00:32:29.079
 and says it's like

00:32:29.079 --> 00:32:30.319
 it's easier for a camel

00:32:30.319 --> 00:32:30.819
 to go through

00:32:30.819 --> 00:32:31.619
 the eye of a needle

00:32:31.619 --> 00:32:32.240
 now I'm

00:32:32.240 --> 00:32:35.980
 you know I don't know

00:32:35.980 --> 00:32:36.720
 much about sewing

00:32:36.720 --> 00:32:39.139
 but I don't think

00:32:39.139 --> 00:32:39.879
 a camel's fitting

00:32:39.879 --> 00:32:40.879
 through the eye of a needle

00:32:40.879 --> 00:32:41.740
 I know there's a

00:32:41.740 --> 00:32:43.859
 some people have suggested

00:32:43.859 --> 00:32:45.079
 that the eye of a needle

00:32:45.079 --> 00:32:46.240
 might have been a gate

00:32:46.240 --> 00:32:47.619
 in Jerusalem

00:32:47.619 --> 00:32:49.299
 that was for pedestrian traffic

00:32:49.299 --> 00:32:50.139
 and so you couldn't

00:32:50.139 --> 00:32:51.139
 really get a camel through

00:32:51.139 --> 00:32:51.859
 except for like a really

00:32:51.859 --> 00:32:52.759
 tight squeeze or something

00:32:52.759 --> 00:32:54.119
 but I don't think

00:32:54.119 --> 00:32:54.879
 there's any kind of

00:32:54.879 --> 00:32:55.819
 as far as I'm aware

00:32:55.819 --> 00:32:57.159
 there's no actual evidence

00:32:57.159 --> 00:32:58.079
 that there was a gate

00:32:58.079 --> 00:32:59.079
 called the eye of a needle

00:32:59.079 --> 00:33:01.240
 Jesus is just talking

00:33:01.240 --> 00:33:02.199
 literally here right

00:33:02.199 --> 00:33:03.079
 a camel

00:33:03.079 --> 00:33:04.319
 the biggest animal

00:33:04.319 --> 00:33:05.539
 that people would

00:33:05.539 --> 00:33:06.319
 typically see

00:33:06.319 --> 00:33:07.220
 that he's addressing

00:33:07.220 --> 00:33:08.539
 the largest animal

00:33:08.539 --> 00:33:09.179
 that they would be

00:33:09.179 --> 00:33:10.039
 regularly familiar with

00:33:10.039 --> 00:33:10.559
 was a camel

00:33:10.559 --> 00:33:13.259
 and the smallest

00:33:13.259 --> 00:33:14.299
 of openings

00:33:14.299 --> 00:33:15.099
 the eye of a needle

00:33:15.099 --> 00:33:17.699
 I mean the disciples

00:33:17.699 --> 00:33:18.879
 get what Jesus is saying

00:33:18.879 --> 00:33:19.500
 when they say

00:33:19.500 --> 00:33:20.399
 in verse 25

00:33:20.399 --> 00:33:22.579
 when the disciples

00:33:22.579 --> 00:33:23.379
 heard this

00:33:23.379 --> 00:33:24.579
 they're greatly astonished

00:33:24.579 --> 00:33:25.799
 saying who then

00:33:25.799 --> 00:33:27.099
 can be saved

00:33:27.099 --> 00:33:29.059
 the disciples

00:33:29.059 --> 00:33:30.039
 don't conclude

00:33:30.039 --> 00:33:31.000
 notice that people

00:33:31.000 --> 00:33:31.740
 you know

00:33:31.740 --> 00:33:32.639
 there's a few things

00:33:32.639 --> 00:33:33.379
 they don't conclude

00:33:33.379 --> 00:33:34.339
 they don't conclude

00:33:34.339 --> 00:33:34.859
 that people

00:33:34.859 --> 00:33:36.319
 generally are okay

00:33:36.319 --> 00:33:37.199
 it's just the rich

00:33:37.199 --> 00:33:37.819
 who are in trouble

00:33:37.819 --> 00:33:38.980
 you know those

00:33:38.980 --> 00:33:39.619
 won't we're okay

00:33:39.619 --> 00:33:40.619
 but if you're rich

00:33:40.619 --> 00:33:41.279
 I'll watch out

00:33:41.279 --> 00:33:42.539
 they don't conclude that

00:33:42.539 --> 00:33:44.119
 they conclude

00:33:44.119 --> 00:33:45.939
 if the rich

00:33:45.939 --> 00:33:47.279
 can't be saved

00:33:47.279 --> 00:33:49.220
 then no one

00:33:49.220 --> 00:33:50.199
 can be saved

00:33:50.200 --> 00:33:52.140
 if it's impossible

00:33:52.140 --> 00:33:52.640
 for them

00:33:52.640 --> 00:33:53.279
 it's impossible

00:33:53.279 --> 00:33:54.019
 for all

00:33:54.019 --> 00:33:55.840
 impossible for those

00:33:55.840 --> 00:33:56.559
 who have every

00:33:56.559 --> 00:33:57.600
 opportunity in life

00:33:57.600 --> 00:33:58.819
 afforded by their wealth

00:33:58.819 --> 00:34:00.420
 what hope

00:34:00.420 --> 00:34:01.319
 do the rest of us have

00:34:01.319 --> 00:34:02.740
 perhaps they even

00:34:02.740 --> 00:34:03.539
 viewed riches

00:34:03.539 --> 00:34:03.940
 and wealth

00:34:03.940 --> 00:34:05.180
 as a sign of God's blessing

00:34:05.180 --> 00:34:06.039
 those who enjoyed

00:34:06.039 --> 00:34:07.000
 that blessing from God

00:34:07.000 --> 00:34:08.220
 if they can't be saved

00:34:08.220 --> 00:34:10.179
 who can be

00:34:10.179 --> 00:34:14.960
 well Jesus

00:34:14.960 --> 00:34:17.559
 accepts their conclusion

00:34:17.559 --> 00:34:18.820
 verse 26

00:34:18.820 --> 00:34:20.200
 but Jesus looked at them

00:34:20.200 --> 00:34:20.660
 and said

00:34:20.660 --> 00:34:23.340
 with man

00:34:23.340 --> 00:34:25.980
 this is impossible

00:34:25.980 --> 00:34:28.720
 but with God

00:34:28.720 --> 00:34:29.640
 all things are possible

00:34:29.640 --> 00:34:32.300
 Jesus accepts their conclusion

00:34:32.300 --> 00:34:33.320
 yes it is impossible

00:34:33.320 --> 00:34:34.580
 for people to be saved

00:34:34.580 --> 00:34:35.840
 with man

00:34:35.840 --> 00:34:38.460
 it's impossible

00:34:38.460 --> 00:34:38.980
 for anyone

00:34:38.980 --> 00:34:39.760
 to be saved

00:34:39.760 --> 00:34:41.539
 with man

00:34:41.539 --> 00:34:43.860
 but it's not

00:34:43.860 --> 00:34:44.680
 impossible

00:34:44.680 --> 00:34:45.539
 for God

00:34:45.539 --> 00:34:47.320
 all things are possible

00:34:47.320 --> 00:34:47.860
 for God

00:34:47.860 --> 00:34:50.360
 Jesus explains

00:34:50.360 --> 00:34:51.019
 to his disciples

00:34:51.019 --> 00:34:52.099
 what the rich man

00:34:52.099 --> 00:34:52.880
 could not

00:34:52.880 --> 00:34:54.260
 and would not

00:34:54.260 --> 00:34:55.019
 understand

00:34:55.019 --> 00:34:57.180
 if you want

00:34:57.180 --> 00:34:57.960
 to enter the kingdom

00:34:57.960 --> 00:34:58.660
 if you want

00:34:58.660 --> 00:34:59.320
 to be saved

00:34:59.320 --> 00:34:59.880
 if you want

00:34:59.880 --> 00:35:00.780
 eternal life

00:35:00.780 --> 00:35:01.500
 if you want

00:35:01.500 --> 00:35:02.400
 an eternal future

00:35:02.400 --> 00:35:05.120
 that is something

00:35:05.120 --> 00:35:06.000
 that God

00:35:06.000 --> 00:35:06.840
 must do

00:35:06.840 --> 00:35:07.539
 for you

00:35:07.539 --> 00:35:09.000
 it is not

00:35:09.000 --> 00:35:09.680
 something that

00:35:09.680 --> 00:35:10.400
 you can do

00:35:10.400 --> 00:35:11.079
 for yourself

00:35:11.079 --> 00:35:14.820
 that's the difference

00:35:14.820 --> 00:35:15.480
 between the little

00:35:15.480 --> 00:35:16.480
 children and the rich man

00:35:16.480 --> 00:35:18.440
 you know

00:35:18.440 --> 00:35:18.740
 we

00:35:18.740 --> 00:35:23.880
 the thing about

00:35:23.880 --> 00:35:24.300
 the children

00:35:24.300 --> 00:35:25.119
 is not that

00:35:25.119 --> 00:35:25.619
 they're innocent

00:35:25.619 --> 00:35:27.260
 but that they're

00:35:27.260 --> 00:35:27.760
 dependent

00:35:27.760 --> 00:35:30.699
 they're weak

00:35:30.699 --> 00:35:31.280
 they're helpless

00:35:31.280 --> 00:35:31.900
 they contribute

00:35:31.900 --> 00:35:32.420
 nothing

00:35:32.420 --> 00:35:35.139
 they're brought

00:35:35.139 --> 00:35:35.719
 to Jesus

00:35:35.719 --> 00:35:37.179
 so that

00:35:37.179 --> 00:35:38.179
 he could pray

00:35:38.179 --> 00:35:38.679
 for them

00:35:38.679 --> 00:35:42.480
 the kingdom

00:35:42.480 --> 00:35:42.859
 of heaven

00:35:42.859 --> 00:35:43.440
 belongs to

00:35:43.440 --> 00:35:43.839
 such as

00:35:43.839 --> 00:35:44.440
 little children

00:35:44.440 --> 00:35:44.879
 because it

00:35:44.879 --> 00:35:45.539
 belongs to

00:35:45.539 --> 00:35:46.099
 those who

00:35:46.099 --> 00:35:46.639
 bring

00:35:46.639 --> 00:35:47.219
 nothing

00:35:47.219 --> 00:35:47.839
 of their

00:35:47.839 --> 00:35:48.259
 own

00:35:48.259 --> 00:35:51.419
 we've lost

00:35:51.419 --> 00:35:52.139
 over the last

00:35:52.139 --> 00:35:52.619
 words of

00:35:52.619 --> 00:35:53.299
 verse 15

00:35:53.299 --> 00:35:56.940
 which is two

00:35:56.940 --> 00:35:57.319
 words in

00:35:57.319 --> 00:35:57.500
 Greek

00:35:57.500 --> 00:35:58.079
 but what have

00:35:58.079 --> 00:35:58.379
 we got here

00:35:58.379 --> 00:35:59.039
 verse 15

00:35:59.039 --> 00:36:02.139
 he laid his

00:36:02.139 --> 00:36:02.839
 hands on them

00:36:02.839 --> 00:36:04.339
 and went

00:36:04.339 --> 00:36:04.779
 away

00:36:04.779 --> 00:36:05.699
 or as

00:36:05.699 --> 00:36:06.059
 NRV

00:36:06.059 --> 00:36:06.719
 translates it

00:36:06.719 --> 00:36:07.059
 I think a little

00:36:07.059 --> 00:36:07.259
 bit more

00:36:07.259 --> 00:36:07.519
 helpful

00:36:07.519 --> 00:36:09.000
 he laid his

00:36:09.000 --> 00:36:09.400
 hands on them

00:36:09.400 --> 00:36:10.179
 and he went

00:36:10.179 --> 00:36:11.299
 on from there

00:36:11.299 --> 00:36:12.820
 now what are

00:36:12.820 --> 00:36:13.239
 those words

00:36:13.239 --> 00:36:13.400
 doing

00:36:13.400 --> 00:36:13.719
 they're not

00:36:13.719 --> 00:36:14.159
 they're not

00:36:14.159 --> 00:36:14.619
 there to

00:36:14.619 --> 00:36:14.940
 you know

00:36:14.940 --> 00:36:15.420
 say oh he

00:36:15.420 --> 00:36:15.920
 made a pretty

00:36:15.920 --> 00:36:16.539
 quick exit

00:36:16.539 --> 00:36:18.159
 you know

00:36:18.159 --> 00:36:18.759
 to get away

00:36:18.759 --> 00:36:19.139
 from those

00:36:19.139 --> 00:36:19.599
 pestering

00:36:19.599 --> 00:36:20.079
 children

00:36:20.079 --> 00:36:22.279
 you know

00:36:22.279 --> 00:36:22.559
 okay

00:36:22.559 --> 00:36:22.799
 yeah

00:36:22.799 --> 00:36:23.519
 I'll bless a

00:36:23.519 --> 00:36:23.759
 few but

00:36:23.759 --> 00:36:23.940
 quick

00:36:23.940 --> 00:36:24.420
 let's get

00:36:24.420 --> 00:36:24.619
 out of

00:36:24.619 --> 00:36:24.739
 here

00:36:24.739 --> 00:36:25.219
 no

00:36:25.219 --> 00:36:25.699
 what are

00:36:25.699 --> 00:36:26.219
 what are

00:36:26.219 --> 00:36:26.900
 those words

00:36:26.900 --> 00:36:27.099
 doing

00:36:27.099 --> 00:36:27.340
 that he

00:36:27.340 --> 00:36:27.719
 went on

00:36:27.719 --> 00:36:28.199
 from there

00:36:28.199 --> 00:36:30.579
 it's to

00:36:30.579 --> 00:36:31.440
 remind us

00:36:31.440 --> 00:36:32.159
 that Jesus

00:36:32.159 --> 00:36:32.779
 is on a

00:36:32.779 --> 00:36:33.099
 journey

00:36:33.099 --> 00:36:35.099
 Jesus

00:36:35.099 --> 00:36:35.539
 was heading

00:36:35.539 --> 00:36:35.980
 somewhere

00:36:35.980 --> 00:36:37.759
 he was

00:36:37.759 --> 00:36:38.159
 heading to

00:36:38.159 --> 00:36:38.579
 Jerusalem

00:36:38.579 --> 00:36:39.199
 he'd already

00:36:39.199 --> 00:36:39.679
 been teaching

00:36:39.679 --> 00:36:40.219
 his disciples

00:36:40.219 --> 00:36:40.519
 he was

00:36:40.519 --> 00:36:40.900
 heading to

00:36:40.900 --> 00:36:41.360
 Jerusalem

00:36:41.360 --> 00:36:42.779
 where as

00:36:42.779 --> 00:36:43.319
 Jesus had

00:36:43.319 --> 00:36:43.880
 already taught

00:36:43.880 --> 00:36:44.380
 he must

00:36:44.380 --> 00:36:44.980
 suffer many

00:36:44.980 --> 00:36:45.699
 things and

00:36:45.699 --> 00:36:46.239
 be killed

00:36:46.239 --> 00:36:46.920
 and rise

00:36:46.920 --> 00:36:47.299
 again

00:36:47.299 --> 00:36:50.500
 having

00:36:50.500 --> 00:36:51.400
 prayed for

00:36:51.400 --> 00:36:51.940
 the children

00:36:51.940 --> 00:36:52.319
 that they

00:36:52.319 --> 00:36:53.000
 might receive

00:36:53.000 --> 00:36:53.519
 the kingdom

00:36:53.519 --> 00:36:56.519
 he went

00:36:56.519 --> 00:36:56.920
 on from

00:36:56.920 --> 00:36:57.259
 there

00:36:57.259 --> 00:36:59.219
 so that by

00:36:59.219 --> 00:36:59.759
 completing

00:36:59.759 --> 00:37:00.519
 his journey

00:37:00.519 --> 00:37:02.619
 he himself

00:37:02.619 --> 00:37:03.679
 might secure

00:37:03.679 --> 00:37:05.500
 the answer

00:37:05.500 --> 00:37:06.320
 to his

00:37:06.320 --> 00:37:06.920
 own prayer

00:37:06.920 --> 00:37:15.099
 those who

00:37:15.099 --> 00:37:15.559
 are saved

00:37:15.559 --> 00:37:16.099
 by Jesus

00:37:16.099 --> 00:37:16.539
 are those

00:37:16.539 --> 00:37:17.239
 who come

00:37:17.239 --> 00:37:17.559
 to him

00:37:17.559 --> 00:37:18.059
 not for

00:37:18.059 --> 00:37:18.739
 instruction

00:37:18.739 --> 00:37:20.559
 but for

00:37:20.559 --> 00:37:21.179
 intercession

00:37:21.179 --> 00:37:23.639
 not to

00:37:23.639 --> 00:37:24.259
 ask what

00:37:24.259 --> 00:37:24.739
 good

00:37:24.739 --> 00:37:26.159
 we must

00:37:26.159 --> 00:37:26.539
 do

00:37:26.539 --> 00:37:29.759
 but to

00:37:29.759 --> 00:37:30.380
 ask what

00:37:30.380 --> 00:37:30.720
 good

00:37:30.720 --> 00:37:32.019
 he

00:37:32.019 --> 00:37:33.480
 has done

00:37:33.480 --> 00:37:34.700
 for us

00:37:34.700 --> 00:37:41.119
 verse 27

00:37:41.119 --> 00:37:41.700
 Peter said

00:37:41.700 --> 00:37:42.240
 in reply

00:37:42.240 --> 00:37:44.300
 see we've

00:37:44.300 --> 00:37:45.000
 left everything

00:37:45.000 --> 00:37:45.740
 and followed

00:37:45.740 --> 00:37:46.059
 you

00:37:46.059 --> 00:37:47.180
 what then

00:37:47.180 --> 00:37:47.519
 will we

00:37:47.519 --> 00:37:47.940
 have

00:37:47.940 --> 00:37:49.059
 I mean

00:37:49.059 --> 00:37:49.360
 Peter's

00:37:49.360 --> 00:37:49.640
 trying to

00:37:49.640 --> 00:37:50.059
 make sense

00:37:50.059 --> 00:37:50.500
 of this

00:37:50.500 --> 00:37:51.420
 does

00:37:51.420 --> 00:37:52.000
 Peter get

00:37:52.000 --> 00:37:52.260
 it

00:37:52.260 --> 00:37:53.420
 partly

00:37:53.420 --> 00:37:55.220
 gets it

00:37:55.220 --> 00:37:55.539
 a bit

00:37:55.539 --> 00:37:56.920
 maybe in

00:37:56.920 --> 00:37:57.519
 part he's

00:37:57.519 --> 00:37:57.940
 turning

00:37:57.940 --> 00:37:59.360
 leaving

00:37:59.360 --> 00:38:00.019
 everything

00:38:00.019 --> 00:38:00.460
 into

00:38:00.460 --> 00:38:01.079
 another

00:38:01.079 --> 00:38:01.720
 good

00:38:01.720 --> 00:38:02.120
 work

00:38:02.120 --> 00:38:02.300
 that

00:38:02.300 --> 00:38:02.620
 he's

00:38:02.620 --> 00:38:03.000
 done

00:38:03.000 --> 00:38:03.280
 I

00:38:03.280 --> 00:38:03.480
 don't

00:38:03.480 --> 00:38:03.840
 know

00:38:03.840 --> 00:38:05.460
 but he

00:38:05.460 --> 00:38:05.720
 has

00:38:05.720 --> 00:38:05.960
 the

00:38:05.960 --> 00:38:06.300
 disciples

00:38:06.300 --> 00:38:06.480
 have

00:38:06.480 --> 00:38:06.680
 left

00:38:06.680 --> 00:38:07.000
 everything

00:38:07.000 --> 00:38:07.240
 they've

00:38:07.240 --> 00:38:07.480
 followed

00:38:07.480 --> 00:38:07.920
 Jesus

00:38:07.920 --> 00:38:08.480
 Jesus

00:38:08.480 --> 00:38:08.880
 answers

00:38:08.880 --> 00:38:09.079
 him

00:38:09.079 --> 00:38:09.640
 graciously

00:38:09.640 --> 00:38:10.220
 Jesus

00:38:10.220 --> 00:38:10.640
 answers

00:38:10.640 --> 00:38:11.280
 not judging

00:38:11.280 --> 00:38:12.059
 but reassuring

00:38:12.059 --> 00:38:12.980
 not evaluating

00:38:12.980 --> 00:38:14.240
 or have you

00:38:14.240 --> 00:38:14.660
 followed me

00:38:14.660 --> 00:38:15.019
 enough

00:38:15.019 --> 00:38:17.280
 no not

00:38:17.280 --> 00:38:17.780
 evaluating

00:38:17.780 --> 00:38:18.460
 but comforting

00:38:18.460 --> 00:38:20.760
 verse 28

00:38:20.760 --> 00:38:21.840
 Jesus

00:38:21.840 --> 00:38:21.840


00:38:21.840 --> 00:38:22.220
 said to

00:38:22.220 --> 00:38:22.380
 him

00:38:22.380 --> 00:38:22.840
 truly

00:38:22.840 --> 00:38:23.080
 I

00:38:23.080 --> 00:38:23.300
 say

00:38:23.300 --> 00:38:23.440
 to

00:38:23.440 --> 00:38:23.600
 you

00:38:23.600 --> 00:38:23.800
 in

00:38:23.800 --> 00:38:23.920
 the

00:38:23.920 --> 00:38:24.120
 new

00:38:24.120 --> 00:38:24.520
 world

00:38:24.520 --> 00:38:24.760
 when

00:38:24.760 --> 00:38:24.920
 the

00:38:24.920 --> 00:38:25.080
 son

00:38:25.080 --> 00:38:25.220
 of

00:38:25.220 --> 00:38:25.580
 man

00:38:25.580 --> 00:38:25.920
 will

00:38:25.920 --> 00:38:26.120
 sit

00:38:26.120 --> 00:38:26.240
 on

00:38:26.240 --> 00:38:26.380
 his

00:38:26.380 --> 00:38:26.940
 glorious

00:38:26.940 --> 00:38:27.420
 throne

00:38:27.420 --> 00:38:28.080
 you

00:38:28.080 --> 00:38:28.280
 who

00:38:28.280 --> 00:38:28.660
 followed

00:38:28.660 --> 00:38:28.860
 me

00:38:28.860 --> 00:38:29.040
 will

00:38:29.040 --> 00:38:29.340
 also

00:38:29.340 --> 00:38:29.600
 sit

00:38:29.600 --> 00:38:29.760
 on

00:38:29.760 --> 00:38:30.140
 12

00:38:30.140 --> 00:38:30.640
 thrones

00:38:30.640 --> 00:38:31.080
 judging

00:38:31.080 --> 00:38:31.300
 the

00:38:31.300 --> 00:38:31.940
 12

00:38:31.940 --> 00:38:32.320
 tribes

00:38:32.320 --> 00:38:32.460
 of

00:38:32.460 --> 00:38:32.800
 Israel

00:38:32.800 --> 00:38:33.260
 the

00:38:33.260 --> 00:38:33.440
 new

00:38:33.440 --> 00:38:33.680
 world

00:38:33.680 --> 00:38:34.740
 translates

00:38:34.740 --> 00:38:35.020
 an

00:38:35.020 --> 00:38:35.360
 expression

00:38:35.360 --> 00:38:35.540
 that

00:38:35.540 --> 00:38:35.740
 means

00:38:35.740 --> 00:38:36.000
 the

00:38:36.000 --> 00:38:38.520
 regeneration

00:38:38.520 --> 00:38:40.360
 God

00:38:40.360 --> 00:38:40.740
 making

00:38:40.740 --> 00:38:41.320
 everything

00:38:41.320 --> 00:38:41.720
 new

00:38:41.720 --> 00:38:43.320
 when

00:38:43.320 --> 00:38:43.560
 God

00:38:43.560 --> 00:38:43.820
 makes

00:38:43.820 --> 00:38:44.220
 everything

00:38:44.220 --> 00:38:44.760
 new

00:38:44.760 --> 00:38:46.000
 Jesus

00:38:46.000 --> 00:38:46.260
 says

00:38:46.260 --> 00:38:46.340
 to

00:38:46.340 --> 00:38:46.460
 his

00:38:46.460 --> 00:38:46.800
 disciples

00:38:46.800 --> 00:38:47.160
 you

00:38:47.160 --> 00:38:47.340
 will

00:38:47.340 --> 00:38:47.520
 sit

00:38:47.520 --> 00:38:47.680
 on

00:38:47.680 --> 00:38:48.000
 thrones

00:38:48.000 --> 00:38:48.220
 you

00:38:48.220 --> 00:38:48.220


00:38:48.220 --> 00:38:48.220


00:38:48.220 --> 00:38:48.400
!

00:38:50.760 --> 00:38:52.740
 And

00:38:52.740 --> 00:38:52.840
 he

00:38:52.840 --> 00:38:53.040
 goes

00:38:53.040 --> 00:38:53.180
 on

00:38:53.180 --> 00:38:53.300
 to

00:38:53.300 --> 00:38:53.500
 say

00:38:53.500 --> 00:38:53.720
 verse

00:38:53.720 --> 00:38:54.180
 29

00:38:54.180 --> 00:38:54.600
 and

00:38:54.600 --> 00:38:54.980
 everyone

00:38:54.980 --> 00:38:55.320
 who

00:38:55.320 --> 00:38:55.460
 has

00:38:55.460 --> 00:38:55.780
 left

00:38:55.780 --> 00:38:56.360
 houses

00:38:56.360 --> 00:38:56.600
 or

00:38:56.600 --> 00:38:56.980
 brothers

00:38:56.980 --> 00:38:57.260
 or

00:38:57.260 --> 00:38:57.820
 sisters

00:38:57.820 --> 00:38:58.540
 or

00:38:58.540 --> 00:38:58.960
 father

00:38:58.960 --> 00:38:59.160
 or

00:38:59.160 --> 00:38:59.400
 mother

00:38:59.400 --> 00:38:59.600
 or

00:38:59.600 --> 00:38:59.940
 children

00:38:59.940 --> 00:39:00.180
 or

00:39:00.180 --> 00:39:00.520
 lands

00:39:00.520 --> 00:39:00.680
 for

00:39:00.680 --> 00:39:00.960
 my

00:39:00.960 --> 00:39:01.200
 sake

00:39:01.200 --> 00:39:01.520
 whatever

00:39:01.520 --> 00:39:01.780
 it

00:39:01.780 --> 00:39:01.920
 is

00:39:01.920 --> 00:39:02.080
 you've

00:39:02.080 --> 00:39:02.300
 left

00:39:02.300 --> 00:39:02.760
 whatever

00:39:02.760 --> 00:39:03.100
 it

00:39:03.100 --> 00:39:03.280
 is

00:39:03.280 --> 00:39:03.400
 that

00:39:03.400 --> 00:39:03.540
 you've

00:39:03.540 --> 00:39:03.660
 had

00:39:03.660 --> 00:39:03.780
 to

00:39:03.780 --> 00:39:03.960
 say

00:39:03.960 --> 00:39:04.260
 goodbye

00:39:04.260 --> 00:39:04.440
 to

00:39:04.440 --> 00:39:04.840
 whatever

00:39:04.840 --> 00:39:05.100
 it

00:39:05.100 --> 00:39:05.200
 is

00:39:05.200 --> 00:39:05.300
 it

00:39:05.300 --> 00:39:05.420
 has

00:39:05.420 --> 00:39:05.720
 cost

00:39:05.720 --> 00:39:06.060
 you

00:39:06.060 --> 00:39:08.740
 Jesus

00:39:08.740 --> 00:39:09.000
 says

00:39:09.000 --> 00:39:09.240
 you'll

00:39:09.240 --> 00:39:09.560
 receive

00:39:09.560 --> 00:39:10.160
 a hundred

00:39:10.160 --> 00:39:10.740
 fold

00:39:10.740 --> 00:39:12.700
 and

00:39:12.700 --> 00:39:12.860
 will

00:39:12.860 --> 00:39:13.120
 inherit

00:39:13.120 --> 00:39:13.500
 eternal

00:39:13.500 --> 00:39:13.860
!

00:39:13.860 --> 00:39:15.300
 The

00:39:15.300 --> 00:39:15.640
 hundred

00:39:15.640 --> 00:39:16.080
 fold

00:39:16.080 --> 00:39:16.280
 I

00:39:16.280 --> 00:39:16.480
 think

00:39:16.480 --> 00:39:16.740
!

00:39:16.740 --> 00:39:18.380
 In

00:39:18.380 --> 00:39:18.500
 the

00:39:18.500 --> 00:39:18.800
!

00:39:18.800 --> 00:39:22.000
 which

00:39:22.000 --> 00:39:22.340
 is not

00:39:22.340 --> 00:39:22.780
 saying

00:39:22.780 --> 00:39:24.039
 you

00:39:24.039 --> 00:39:24.280
 lose

00:39:24.280 --> 00:39:24.519
 one

00:39:24.519 --> 00:39:24.860
 house

00:39:24.860 --> 00:39:25.120
 God

00:39:25.120 --> 00:39:25.260
 is

00:39:25.260 --> 00:39:25.380
 going

00:39:25.380 --> 00:39:25.460
 to

00:39:25.460 --> 00:39:25.640
 give

00:39:25.640 --> 00:39:25.880
 you

00:39:25.880 --> 00:39:26.280
 you'll

00:39:26.280 --> 00:39:26.539
 suddenly

00:39:26.539 --> 00:39:26.920
 own

00:39:26.920 --> 00:39:27.200
 a

00:39:27.200 --> 00:39:27.780
 portfolio

00:39:27.780 --> 00:39:28.080
 of

00:39:28.080 --> 00:39:28.320
 a hundred

00:39:28.320 --> 00:39:28.860
 properties

00:39:28.860 --> 00:39:31.599
 God

00:39:31.599 --> 00:39:32.120
 will

00:39:32.120 --> 00:39:32.420
 provide

00:39:32.420 --> 00:39:32.640
 for

00:39:32.640 --> 00:39:32.760
 you

00:39:32.760 --> 00:39:32.960
 he'll

00:39:32.960 --> 00:39:33.200
 take

00:39:33.200 --> 00:39:33.380
 care

00:39:33.380 --> 00:39:33.460
 of

00:39:33.460 --> 00:39:33.539
 you

00:39:33.539 --> 00:39:33.760
 he'll

00:39:33.760 --> 00:39:33.920
 look

00:39:33.920 --> 00:39:34.160
 after

00:39:34.160 --> 00:39:34.300
 your

00:39:34.300 --> 00:39:34.599
 physical

00:39:34.599 --> 00:39:34.860
 needs

00:39:34.860 --> 00:39:35.160
 Jesus

00:39:35.160 --> 00:39:35.400
 has

00:39:35.400 --> 00:39:35.519
 it

00:39:35.519 --> 00:39:35.780
 covered

00:39:35.780 --> 00:39:36.460
 I

00:39:36.460 --> 00:39:36.620
 think

00:39:36.620 --> 00:39:36.780
 it's

00:39:36.780 --> 00:39:36.960
 pointing

00:39:36.960 --> 00:39:37.120
 to

00:39:37.120 --> 00:39:37.280
 the

00:39:37.280 --> 00:39:37.519
 church

00:39:37.519 --> 00:39:37.860
 actually

00:39:37.860 --> 00:39:39.180
 if

00:39:39.180 --> 00:39:39.300
 you

00:39:39.300 --> 00:39:39.559
 leave

00:39:39.559 --> 00:39:39.740
 your

00:39:39.740 --> 00:39:40.039
 family

00:39:40.039 --> 00:39:40.240
 well

00:39:40.240 --> 00:39:40.380
 you

00:39:40.380 --> 00:39:40.539
 have

00:39:40.539 --> 00:39:40.640
 a

00:39:40.640 --> 00:39:40.780
 much

00:39:40.780 --> 00:39:41.000
 bigger

00:39:41.000 --> 00:39:41.340
 family

00:39:41.340 --> 00:39:41.599
 spread

00:39:41.599 --> 00:39:41.840
 throughout

00:39:41.840 --> 00:39:41.980
 the

00:39:41.980 --> 00:39:42.160
 whole

00:39:42.160 --> 00:39:42.480
 world

00:39:42.480 --> 00:39:42.640
 and

00:39:42.640 --> 00:39:42.920
 a

00:39:42.920 --> 00:39:43.160
 hundred

00:39:43.160 --> 00:39:43.700
 thousand

00:39:43.700 --> 00:39:44.340
 homes

00:39:44.340 --> 00:39:45.360
 that

00:39:45.360 --> 00:39:45.500
 will

00:39:45.500 --> 00:39:45.780
 welcome

00:39:45.780 --> 00:39:45.960
 you

00:39:45.960 --> 00:39:46.120
 in

00:39:46.120 --> 00:39:46.220
 and

00:39:46.220 --> 00:39:46.380
 look

00:39:46.380 --> 00:39:46.640
 after

00:39:46.640 --> 00:39:46.860
 you

00:39:46.860 --> 00:39:49.400
 he'll

00:39:49.400 --> 00:39:49.660
 care

00:39:49.660 --> 00:39:49.800
 for

00:39:49.800 --> 00:39:49.920
 you

00:39:49.920 --> 00:39:50.240
 here

00:39:50.240 --> 00:39:51.000
 and

00:39:51.000 --> 00:39:51.660
 you'll

00:39:51.660 --> 00:39:52.120
 receive

00:39:52.120 --> 00:39:52.599
 eternal

00:39:52.599 --> 00:39:53.019
 life

00:39:53.019 --> 00:39:53.760
 Jesus

00:39:53.760 --> 00:39:54.200
 has

00:39:54.200 --> 00:39:55.059
 it

00:39:55.059 --> 00:39:55.599
 covered

00:39:55.599 --> 00:39:55.900
 for

00:39:55.900 --> 00:39:56.179
 this

00:39:56.179 --> 00:39:56.539
 life

00:39:56.539 --> 00:39:56.880
 and

00:39:56.880 --> 00:39:57.039
 for

00:39:57.039 --> 00:39:57.159
 the

00:39:57.159 --> 00:39:57.539
 next

00:39:57.539 --> 00:39:59.199
 it

00:39:59.199 --> 00:39:59.440
 doesn't

00:39:59.440 --> 00:39:59.679
 depend

00:39:59.679 --> 00:39:59.820
 on

00:39:59.820 --> 00:39:59.960
 your

00:39:59.960 --> 00:40:00.360
 wealth

00:40:00.360 --> 00:40:01.599
 it

00:40:01.599 --> 00:40:01.860
 doesn't

00:40:01.860 --> 00:40:02.159
 depend

00:40:02.159 --> 00:40:02.380
 on

00:40:02.380 --> 00:40:02.579
 your

00:40:02.579 --> 00:40:03.059
 moral

00:40:03.059 --> 00:40:03.539
 effort

00:40:03.539 --> 00:40:04.440
 it

00:40:04.440 --> 00:40:04.759
 just

00:40:04.759 --> 00:40:05.259
 depends

00:40:05.259 --> 00:40:05.480
 on

00:40:05.480 --> 00:40:05.840
 him

00:40:05.840 --> 00:40:11.019
 verse

00:40:11.019 --> 00:40:11.320
 30

00:40:11.320 --> 00:40:11.500
 but

00:40:11.500 --> 00:40:11.779
 many

00:40:11.779 --> 00:40:11.960
 who

00:40:11.960 --> 00:40:12.099
 are

00:40:12.099 --> 00:40:12.440
 first

00:40:12.440 --> 00:40:12.579
 will

00:40:12.579 --> 00:40:12.699
 be

00:40:12.699 --> 00:40:13.159
 last

00:40:13.159 --> 00:40:13.799
 and

00:40:13.799 --> 00:40:13.940
 the

00:40:13.940 --> 00:40:14.259
 last

00:40:14.259 --> 00:40:14.539
 first

00:40:14.539 --> 00:40:14.719
 the

00:40:14.719 --> 00:40:15.019
 first

00:40:15.019 --> 00:40:15.199
 the

00:40:15.199 --> 00:40:15.420
 rich

00:40:15.420 --> 00:40:15.719
 man

00:40:15.719 --> 00:40:16.719
 last

00:40:16.719 --> 00:40:17.860
 the

00:40:17.860 --> 00:40:18.239
 last

00:40:18.239 --> 00:40:18.539
 little

00:40:18.539 --> 00:40:18.960
 children

00:40:18.960 --> 00:40:20.380
 first

00:40:20.380 --> 00:40:22.420
 in

00:40:22.420 --> 00:40:22.619
 this

00:40:22.619 --> 00:40:22.940
 passage

00:40:22.940 --> 00:40:23.279
 Jesus

00:40:23.279 --> 00:40:23.599
 gives

00:40:23.599 --> 00:40:23.799
 us

00:40:23.800 --> 00:40:25.360
 two

00:40:25.360 --> 00:40:26.000
 ways

00:40:26.000 --> 00:40:26.580
 to

00:40:26.580 --> 00:40:27.140
 life

00:40:27.140 --> 00:40:28.480
 I'm

00:40:28.480 --> 00:40:29.660
 playing

00:40:29.660 --> 00:40:29.820
 on

00:40:29.820 --> 00:40:29.980
 word

00:40:29.980 --> 00:40:30.180
 there

00:40:30.180 --> 00:40:30.320
 for

00:40:30.320 --> 00:40:30.519
 those

00:40:30.519 --> 00:40:30.620
 who

00:40:30.620 --> 00:40:30.660
 are

00:40:30.660 --> 00:40:30.780
 familiar

00:40:30.780 --> 00:40:30.920
 with

00:40:30.920 --> 00:40:31.080
 two

00:40:31.080 --> 00:40:31.280
 ways

00:40:31.280 --> 00:40:31.420
 to

00:40:31.420 --> 00:40:31.560
 live

00:40:31.560 --> 00:40:31.680
 but

00:40:31.680 --> 00:40:31.820
 I'm

00:40:31.820 --> 00:40:32.000
 two

00:40:32.000 --> 00:40:32.260
 ways

00:40:32.260 --> 00:40:32.420
 to

00:40:32.420 --> 00:40:32.640
 life

00:40:32.640 --> 00:40:32.880
 two

00:40:32.880 --> 00:40:33.340
 pathways

00:40:33.340 --> 00:40:33.680
 to

00:40:33.680 --> 00:40:33.960
 life

00:40:33.960 --> 00:40:34.140
 to

00:40:34.140 --> 00:40:34.480
 eternal

00:40:34.480 --> 00:40:34.720
 life

00:40:34.720 --> 00:40:34.840
 to

00:40:34.840 --> 00:40:34.980
 the

00:40:34.980 --> 00:40:35.180
 kingdom

00:40:35.180 --> 00:40:35.720
 there

00:40:35.720 --> 00:40:35.880
 is

00:40:35.880 --> 00:40:36.140
 there

00:40:36.140 --> 00:40:36.320
 is

00:40:36.320 --> 00:40:36.580
 two

00:40:36.580 --> 00:40:37.080
 alternatives

00:40:37.080 --> 00:40:38.280
 do

00:40:38.280 --> 00:40:39.120
 everything

00:40:39.120 --> 00:40:40.460
 Jesus

00:40:40.460 --> 00:40:40.960
 says

00:40:40.960 --> 00:40:42.700
 keep

00:40:42.700 --> 00:40:42.860
 the

00:40:42.860 --> 00:40:43.300
 commandments

00:40:43.300 --> 00:40:43.980
 do

00:40:43.980 --> 00:40:44.400
 everything

00:40:44.400 --> 00:40:44.580
 and

00:40:44.580 --> 00:40:44.760
 you'll

00:40:44.760 --> 00:40:44.920
 live

00:40:44.920 --> 00:40:45.200
 do

00:40:45.200 --> 00:40:45.740
 everything

00:40:45.740 --> 00:40:48.019
 or

00:40:48.019 --> 00:40:49.900
 leave

00:40:49.900 --> 00:40:50.400
 everything

00:40:50.400 --> 00:40:52.620
 and follow

00:40:52.620 --> 00:40:52.940
 me

00:40:52.940 --> 00:40:55.720
 do

00:40:55.720 --> 00:40:56.220
 everything

00:40:56.220 --> 00:40:56.820
 or leave

00:40:56.820 --> 00:40:57.320
 everything

00:40:57.320 --> 00:40:58.000
 follow

00:40:58.000 --> 00:40:58.720
 yourself

00:40:58.720 --> 00:41:00.220
 or follow

00:41:00.220 --> 00:41:00.700
 Jesus

00:41:00.700 --> 00:41:01.059
 depend

00:41:01.059 --> 00:41:01.380
 on

00:41:01.380 --> 00:41:01.940
 yourself

00:41:01.940 --> 00:41:03.119
 or

00:41:03.119 --> 00:41:03.440
 depend

00:41:03.440 --> 00:41:03.639
 on

00:41:03.639 --> 00:41:03.940
 him

00:41:03.940 --> 00:41:07.000
 leave

00:41:07.000 --> 00:41:07.440
 everything

00:41:07.440 --> 00:41:08.079
 is both

00:41:08.079 --> 00:41:08.440
 harder

00:41:08.440 --> 00:41:09.099
 and easier

00:41:09.099 --> 00:41:09.539
 than do

00:41:09.539 --> 00:41:09.980
 everything

00:41:09.980 --> 00:41:12.000
 it's

00:41:12.000 --> 00:41:12.260
 harder

00:41:12.260 --> 00:41:12.639
 in some

00:41:12.639 --> 00:41:13.039
 respects

00:41:13.039 --> 00:41:13.460
 because

00:41:13.460 --> 00:41:13.980
 leave

00:41:13.980 --> 00:41:14.559
 everything

00:41:14.559 --> 00:41:15.119
 involves

00:41:15.119 --> 00:41:15.720
 a complete

00:41:15.720 --> 00:41:16.099
 self

00:41:16.099 --> 00:41:16.760
 renunciation

00:41:16.760 --> 00:41:16.940
 salvation

00:41:16.940 --> 00:41:19.360
 as

00:41:19.360 --> 00:41:19.600
 Jesus

00:41:19.600 --> 00:41:19.760
 had

00:41:19.760 --> 00:41:19.980
 earlier

00:41:19.980 --> 00:41:20.200
 taught

00:41:20.200 --> 00:41:20.420
 whoever

00:41:20.420 --> 00:41:21.100
 saves

00:41:21.100 --> 00:41:21.380
 his

00:41:21.380 --> 00:41:21.740
 life

00:41:21.740 --> 00:41:21.940
 will

00:41:21.940 --> 00:41:22.260
 lose

00:41:22.260 --> 00:41:22.400
 it

00:41:22.400 --> 00:41:22.580
 but

00:41:22.580 --> 00:41:22.900
 whoever

00:41:22.900 --> 00:41:23.740
 loses

00:41:23.740 --> 00:41:24.100
 his

00:41:24.100 --> 00:41:24.500
 life

00:41:24.500 --> 00:41:24.660
 for

00:41:24.660 --> 00:41:24.920
 my

00:41:24.920 --> 00:41:25.160
 sake

00:41:25.160 --> 00:41:25.360
 will

00:41:25.360 --> 00:41:25.720
 find

00:41:25.720 --> 00:41:26.000
 it

00:41:26.000 --> 00:41:28.080
 it

00:41:28.080 --> 00:41:28.480
 involves

00:41:28.480 --> 00:41:28.860
 saying

00:41:28.860 --> 00:41:29.060
 I

00:41:29.060 --> 00:41:29.300
 have

00:41:29.300 --> 00:41:29.720
 nothing

00:41:29.720 --> 00:41:30.020
 I

00:41:30.020 --> 00:41:30.380
 bring

00:41:30.380 --> 00:41:30.740
 nothing

00:41:30.740 --> 00:41:31.000
 I

00:41:31.000 --> 00:41:31.440
 contribute

00:41:31.440 --> 00:41:31.960
 nothing

00:41:31.960 --> 00:41:32.540
 Jesus

00:41:32.540 --> 00:41:33.020
 I

00:41:33.020 --> 00:41:33.360
 depend

00:41:33.360 --> 00:41:33.560
 on

00:41:33.560 --> 00:41:33.820
 you

00:41:33.820 --> 00:41:34.400
 complete

00:41:34.400 --> 00:41:34.700
 self

00:41:34.700 --> 00:41:35.300
 renunciation

00:41:35.300 --> 00:41:38.880
 but

00:41:38.880 --> 00:41:39.019
 it's

00:41:39.019 --> 00:41:39.200
 also

00:41:39.200 --> 00:41:39.560
 far

00:41:39.560 --> 00:41:39.760
 far

00:41:39.760 --> 00:41:40.120
 easier

00:41:40.120 --> 00:41:40.400
 isn't

00:41:40.400 --> 00:41:40.920
 it

00:41:40.920 --> 00:41:42.519
 because

00:41:42.519 --> 00:41:42.680
 who

00:41:42.680 --> 00:41:42.860
 can

00:41:42.860 --> 00:41:43.100
 do

00:41:43.100 --> 00:41:43.640
 everything

00:41:43.640 --> 00:41:44.960
 no one

00:41:44.960 --> 00:41:45.080
 can

00:41:45.080 --> 00:41:45.320
 do

00:41:45.320 --> 00:41:45.860
 everything

00:41:45.860 --> 00:41:46.780
 we'll

00:41:46.780 --> 00:41:47.380
 always

00:41:47.380 --> 00:41:47.640
 be

00:41:47.640 --> 00:41:48.160
 asking

00:41:48.160 --> 00:41:49.700
 the

00:41:49.700 --> 00:41:49.880
 rich

00:41:49.880 --> 00:41:50.260
 man's

00:41:50.260 --> 00:41:50.680
 question

00:41:50.680 --> 00:41:52.120
 what

00:41:52.120 --> 00:41:52.280
 do

00:41:52.280 --> 00:41:52.400
 I

00:41:52.400 --> 00:41:52.720
 lack

00:41:52.720 --> 00:41:54.140
 we'll

00:41:54.140 --> 00:41:54.519
 always

00:41:54.519 --> 00:41:54.720
 be

00:41:54.720 --> 00:41:55.019
 lacking

00:41:55.019 --> 00:41:55.900
 we'll

00:41:55.900 --> 00:41:56.200
 never

00:41:56.200 --> 00:41:56.620
 achieve

00:41:56.620 --> 00:41:57.160
 perfection

00:41:57.160 --> 00:41:59.200
 it's

00:41:59.200 --> 00:41:59.560
 harder

00:41:59.560 --> 00:42:00.120
 complete

00:42:00.120 --> 00:42:00.420
 self

00:42:00.420 --> 00:42:01.019
 renunciation

00:42:01.019 --> 00:42:01.760
 leave

00:42:01.760 --> 00:42:02.240
 everything

00:42:02.240 --> 00:42:03.560
 but

00:42:03.560 --> 00:42:03.760
 it's

00:42:03.760 --> 00:42:04.140
 easier

00:42:04.139 --> 00:42:06.879
 come

00:42:06.879 --> 00:42:07.539
 to me

00:42:07.539 --> 00:42:08.299
 Jesus

00:42:08.299 --> 00:42:08.699
 says

00:42:08.699 --> 00:42:09.019
 come

00:42:09.019 --> 00:42:09.599
 to me

00:42:09.599 --> 00:42:10.319
 all

00:42:10.319 --> 00:42:10.579
 who

00:42:10.579 --> 00:42:10.980
 labor

00:42:10.980 --> 00:42:11.219
 and

00:42:11.219 --> 00:42:11.359
 are

00:42:11.359 --> 00:42:11.599
 heavy

00:42:11.599 --> 00:42:12.000
 laden

00:42:12.000 --> 00:42:13.179
 and

00:42:13.179 --> 00:42:13.659
 I

00:42:13.659 --> 00:42:14.259
 will

00:42:14.259 --> 00:42:14.460
 give

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 you

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 rest

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 he

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 has

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 done

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 enough

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 he

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 is

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 enough

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 we

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 don't

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 need

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 to

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 rely

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 on

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 ourselves

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 we

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 just

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 need

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 to

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 rely

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 on

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 him

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 that's

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 how

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 we

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 enter

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 the

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 kingdom

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 of

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 heaven

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 leave

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 everything

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 trusting

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 in

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 ourselves

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 leave

00:42:36.840 --> 00:42:37.019
 that

00:42:37.019 --> 00:42:37.360
 behind

00:42:37.360 --> 00:42:39.200
 and

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 follow

00:42:39.480 --> 00:42:39.840
 him

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 will

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 you

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 join

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 with

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 me

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 in

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 prayer

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 lord

00:42:58.579 --> 00:42:58.900
 jesus

00:42:58.900 --> 00:42:59.359
 we

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 we

00:43:02.519 --> 00:43:02.900
 give you

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 our

00:43:03.119 --> 00:43:03.519
 thanks

00:43:03.519 --> 00:43:04.339
 that

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 you

00:43:06.639 --> 00:43:06.980
 walked

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 the road

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 to

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 jerusalem

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 to

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 secure

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 the

00:43:11.819 --> 00:43:12.319
 answer

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 to

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 your

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 own

00:43:14.840 --> 00:43:15.699
 intercession

00:43:15.699 --> 00:43:15.980
 for

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 us

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 and

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 your

00:43:16.619 --> 00:43:16.900
 own

00:43:16.900 --> 00:43:17.259
 prayers

00:43:17.259 --> 00:43:17.460
 for

00:43:17.460 --> 00:43:17.799
 us

00:43:17.799 --> 00:43:20.400
 we

00:43:20.400 --> 00:43:20.699
 thank

00:43:20.699 --> 00:43:20.840
 you

00:43:20.840 --> 00:43:21.059
 that

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 you

00:43:21.420 --> 00:43:21.960
 have

00:43:21.960 --> 00:43:22.619
 done

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 everything

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 so

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 that

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 all

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 we

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 must

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 do

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 is

00:43:27.739 --> 00:43:28.039
 leave

00:43:28.039 --> 00:43:28.500
 ourselves

00:43:28.500 --> 00:43:29.000
 behind

00:43:29.000 --> 00:43:29.219
 and

00:43:29.219 --> 00:43:29.460
 follow

00:43:29.460 --> 00:43:29.739
 you

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 thank

00:43:32.099 --> 00:43:32.279
 you

00:43:32.279 --> 00:43:32.519
 that

00:43:32.519 --> 00:43:32.920
 you

00:43:32.920 --> 00:43:33.360
 make

00:43:33.360 --> 00:43:33.559
 us

00:43:33.559 --> 00:43:34.059
 perfect

00:43:34.059 --> 00:43:36.000
 that

00:43:36.000 --> 00:43:36.199
 you

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 have

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 dealt

00:43:36.639 --> 00:43:36.820
 with

00:43:36.820 --> 00:43:37.039
 our

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 sins

00:43:37.480 --> 00:43:38.980
 that

00:43:38.980 --> 00:43:39.239
 you

00:43:39.239 --> 00:43:39.840
 open

00:43:39.840 --> 00:43:40.099
 the

00:43:40.099 --> 00:43:40.460
 gates

00:43:40.460 --> 00:43:40.639
 of

00:43:40.639 --> 00:43:40.860
 heaven

00:43:40.860 --> 00:43:41.139
 for

00:43:41.139 --> 00:43:41.480
 us

00:43:41.480 --> 00:43:42.659
 that

00:43:42.659 --> 00:43:42.799
 we

00:43:42.799 --> 00:43:43.039
 might

00:43:43.039 --> 00:43:43.360
 enter

00:43:43.360 --> 00:43:45.960
 and

00:43:45.960 --> 00:43:46.099
 so

00:43:46.099 --> 00:43:46.320
 lord

00:43:46.320 --> 00:43:46.579
 jesus

00:43:46.579 --> 00:43:46.900
 we

00:43:46.900 --> 00:43:48.179
 trust

00:43:48.179 --> 00:43:48.400
 in

00:43:48.400 --> 00:43:48.639
 you

00:43:48.639 --> 00:43:49.860
 and

00:43:49.860 --> 00:43:50.019
 we

00:43:50.019 --> 00:43:50.340
 follow

00:43:50.340 --> 00:43:50.739
 you

00:43:50.739 --> 00:43:52.059
 help

00:43:52.059 --> 00:43:52.179
 us

00:43:52.179 --> 00:43:52.320
 to

00:43:52.320 --> 00:43:52.699
 continue

00:43:52.699 --> 00:43:52.980
 to

00:43:52.980 --> 00:43:53.380
 rely

00:43:53.380 --> 00:43:53.699
 on

00:43:53.699 --> 00:43:53.920
 you

00:43:53.920 --> 00:43:54.259
 all

00:43:54.259 --> 00:43:54.460
 our

00:43:54.460 --> 00:43:54.860
 days

00:43:54.860 --> 00:43:56.239
 amen