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 All right, please turn with me to John chapter 12, and we're reading from verses 1 to 11.

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 Six days before the Passover, Jesus therefore came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus

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 had raised from the dead.

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 So they gave a dinner for him there.

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 Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those reclining with him at the table.

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 Mary therefore took a pound of expensive ointment made from pure nard and anointed the feet of

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 Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair.

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 The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

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 But Judas Iscariot, one of the disciples, he who was about to betray him, said,

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 Why was this ointment not sold for 300 denarii and given to the poor?

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 He said this not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief, and having

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 charge of the money bag, he used to help himself to what was put into it.

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 Jesus said, Leave her alone, so that she may keep it for the day of my burial.

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 For the poor you always have with you, but you do not always have me.

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 When the large crowd of Jews learned that Jesus was there, they came, not only on account of

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 him, but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.

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 So the chief priests made plans to put Lazarus to death as well, because on account of him,

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 many of the Jews were going away and believing in Jesus.

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 Good morning, everyone.

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 My name's Matt, if I haven't met you before.

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 I am the start of a short series of talks on John that Dave talked a little bit about before,

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 where a couple of us are going through John chapters 12 and 13.

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 So I'm doing the first one.

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 I think next week is Marty Thompson.

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 Yep, that sounds right to me.

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 Then Gareth Jenkins and Dave Bott are doing talks following that.

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 There's also a couple of people who are doing the same series of talks, but in youth groups.

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 So Liz Cameron, actually on Friday, did the same passage that I'm doing today.

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 And so I said to her, if she hears anything in this talk that was in hers, it's a pure coincidence.

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 Then Brie Thompson, Ben McMurray and Beck Matthias are also going to be doing those.

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 So yeah, pray for me, pray for them.

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 Yeah, just that we'd be able to communicate the gospel effectively.

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 But throughout these few weeks, we really should be seeing the same kind of question coming through.

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 And that is the question of, what do you make of Jesus and who he is?

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 You see, John asks this question over and over again through his gospel.

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 And he does it by setting out this huge claim at the start.

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 Dave read a little bit for us.

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 He sets out this huge claim and then throughout the rest of the book, proceeds to show us how people respond to Jesus.

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 And challenges us to show us how we should be responding based on how other people react.

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 And John, really handily for me, also tells us why he wrote the book of John.

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 And it follows this kind of claim and then reaction model that we see.

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 So if you look in John chapter 20, verse 30 to 31, he flips it around here.

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 So he says how he wants us to react and then says what the claim is that we're reacting to.

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 But that's the same type of thing.

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 So verse 30.

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 Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book.

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 But these are written.

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 Okay, here's the reaction he wants.

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 So that you may believe.

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 That's the reaction.

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 And then this is the claim.

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 That Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God.

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 And that by believing, you may have life in his name.

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 Can you see that?

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 He goes, here's the claim.

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 Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God.

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 Do you believe that?

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 And so for us, when we're reading through John, we should be thinking through this as well.

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 What do I think about this claim?

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 When he says that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God.

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 Well, what do I believe?

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 But it's also something that we should probably just think a little bit about as well.

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 What does that claim mean?

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 Especially the bit that says the Christ.

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 If you have been a Christian for any period of time, you would have heard the Christ a thousand times.

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 But we can sometimes forget what it means.

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 So the Christ essentially means God's chosen one.

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 So throughout the Old Testament, it's prophesied that a chosen one would come and that he would save Israel from their sins.

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 And that's what the Christ means is the chosen one.

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 Messiah as well is another similar name.

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 But it's basically John saying this is that guy that throughout the whole Old Testament has been prophesied.

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 This is the Messiah.

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 This is the Christ, the Son of God.

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 And then John says to us, what do you think about that?

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 And that's what we're going to be talking about today.

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 So let's pray and then we'll crack on with the rest of it.

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 Dear God, thank you that we can come here today, that we can open up your word and hear from John and hear about Jesus that you sent to save us.

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 Please pray that we would be open to what you want to tell us today.

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 Yeah, and just give me the words to speak as well.

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 Amen.

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 So passage that we're doing today is John 12, 1 to 11.

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 Gareth read it before.

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 Something that's really cool about this passage is it really is a bit of a microcosm of the rest of the book of John.

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 And it has these amazing contrasts in the way that people respond to Jesus and his claim of being the Christ, the Son of God.

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 So there's three that we're going to look at.

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 There's actually four in the passage, but we're going to look at three.

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 The first one is, how does Mary respond to this, that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God?

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 The second is, how does Judas and the disciples respond?

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 The third is, how do the chief priests respond to this?

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 If you're wondering, because I'd be going, what's the fourth one?

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 The Jews also respond, but we're not going to talk about that too much.

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 So let's start with the reaction of Mary.

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 So if you've got your Bibles open, John 12, verse 1.

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 Six days before the Passover, Jesus therefore came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.

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 So they gave a dinner for him there.

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 Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those reclining with him at table.

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 I wasn't going to say this.

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 It's just really weird that they write at table.

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 Like, why not at the table?

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 Anyway, I don't know.

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 Bible.

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 Mary therefore took a pound of expensive ointment made from pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair.

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 The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

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 So if you can imagine this scene, it's Jesus sitting with his friends.

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 So he's got Mary, he's got Martha there, Lazarus, he's got the disciples, possibly a couple of others.

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 And they're in this place called Bethany, which is, if you look at the geography of Israel, it's only a couple of kilometres outside of Jerusalem.

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 So they're really close to Jerusalem.

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 And we read through, in the previous chapter, chapter 11, that Lazarus has just been raised from the dead, which is crazy.

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 So if you look in John 11, 33, we can see that Mary in particular, of course, because it's her brother, is really upset by the fact that he's died, of course.

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 So when Jesus saw her, being Mary, weeping, et cetera, et cetera, so we can see she's just really upset.

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 And Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead.

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 And so Mary is overwhelmed by gratitude, as you would be.

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 Now, she's so excited and so thankful to Jesus that he did this.

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 And it's possible that this meal is a kind of thank you dinner.

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 As weird as that is, it's kind of like, how do you say thank you to someone for raising your brother from the dead?

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 I'll give them a meal, I guess, I don't know.

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 But that's what they're doing.

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 They're having a meal.

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 And this is about a week before Jesus dies on the cross.

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 And they're sitting there around the table.

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 Mary goes away.

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 And she comes back with about half a kilo of this really expensive perfume and pours it all over Jesus' feet.

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 And then starts wiping it with her hair.

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 Now, if there's ever a part of the Bible that needs a cultural translation, it is this one.

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 Because if this was me and you came up and did this to me, I'd probably be annoyed.

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 Like, I know that my feet aren't great.

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 But, like, I do wash sometimes.

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 I don't need this perfume.

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 And, like, it's oily.

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 Like, now you've just got it all over the floor.

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 Oh, it's going to, you know, like I need detergent to wash this up.

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 And it's kind of like when someone offers you a mint or a piece of gum.

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 And you're like, thanks.

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 Are you trying to say something about my breath?

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 It's kind of got that kind of vibe.

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 And, you know, the smell's so strong.

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 It's like, man, it's going to be in my house.

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 I'm going to be walking down the street.

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 And people will be like, oh, what's that?

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 What's going on?

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 It's like, now, just use a towel.

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 Like, why your hair?

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 Like, we have towels in the bathroom.

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 Just this is real weird.

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 And so for us today, that's kind of how I think about it.

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 I'm like, man, this is a bit of a weird act.

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 But for them in the day, it is extremely symbolic.

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 In fact, Rob last week mentioned a bit about this in his talk.

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 And so what they would do is if you had a guest that you wanted to honour,

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 you would get some oil and you'd dab it on their head.

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 And being the Middle East and quite dry,

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 they can rub it on their face and in their hair.

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 But it's a way of being able to honour your guests.

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 And so you don't do this when your dad comes home.

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 It's not like every time he comes home,

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 you're like dabbing with a bit of oil.

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 It's only for people that you really want to honour.

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 And so it's just a bit weird.

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 Like, Mary doesn't even do that.

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 She doesn't even give them a little bit of a dab on their head.

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 She goes to town.

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 Like, if you...

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 When I started using cologne when I was about, like,

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 in year 10 or something like that,

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 the thing was less is more with cologne.

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 And Mary just does not get this at all.

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 She just pours the whole half a kilo on Jesus' feet.

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 And it's not like your Taylor Swift or David Beckham from Priceline.

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 It's pure nard oil.

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 So if you don't know much about this,

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 basically it's a perfume that comes from the Himalayan region.

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 So think India, China, Nepal.

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 And what they do is you can only get this at about 3,000 metres and above,

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 and you can only harvest the plant for about two weeks of the year.

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 So already we're getting to quite a specific period

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 of when you can do this type of thing.

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 They then crush it down.

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 They process it.

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 And then from there,

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 that has to get all the way to where Mary is in Bethany.

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 Now, today, if you made that journey straight,

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 without stopping, you took a direct route,

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 you walked 12 hours a day,

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 this would take you four months.

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 Now, even today, this is a dangerous journey.

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 You're going through Pakistan, Afghanistan, Syria.

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 I mean, yeah, probably more dangerous even than back then.

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 But it's a long way.

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 And so this stuff is really, really expensive.

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 In fact, if you even bought this today,

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 you'd be looking at about $6,500 for the amount that Mary puts on Jesus' feet.

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 And that's with, like, current processing in cars and planes, etc.

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 But back then, this is worth about a year's worth of wages.

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 So imagine everything you are going to earn this year,

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 everything that you're going to spend,

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 put it into that bottle,

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 and then it's gone when Mary pours this on Jesus' feet.

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 And so when we read this,

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 we actually should be a bit shocked.

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 Like, when Judas and the disciples react with shock,

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 well, it's because it's a crazy act.

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 You know, that could have bought so many things.

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 That could have done so many great things.

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 But the question that we're asking is,

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 well, why?

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 Why did Mary do this?

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 And the answer is,

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 it's because Mary recognises who Jesus is.

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 You see, Jesus brought her brother back from the dead,

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 and that's amazing.

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 But Mary also recognises

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 that Jesus is about to die for her.

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 Mary knows,

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 because Jesus has been telling them consistently up until this point

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 that he's going to die,

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 that he's come to save the world from their sin.

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 And there's actually multiple references of this,

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 of Jesus telling them throughout the Gospels.

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 So there's not particularly that many in John,

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 but through the other three,

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 there's multiple references.

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 And a good example is in Matthew 20.

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 And he actually tells them this as they're going to Jerusalem,

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 where they are now.

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 So he says this just before they get to where they are now,

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 sitting at the table.

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 So Matthew 20.

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 And as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem,

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 he took the 12 disciples aside.

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 And on the way he said to them,

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 see, we are going up to Jerusalem.

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 And the Son of Man, which is Jesus,

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 will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes,

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 and they will condemn him to death,

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 and deliver him over to the Gentiles

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 to be mocked and flogged and crucified.

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 And he will be raised on the third day.

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 You see, Mary recognises what this means.

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 She recognises that Jesus is going to suffer a horrific death

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 so that she can be saved.

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 You see, this act of Mary,

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 she does it because she is so thankful

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 because of what Jesus is giving her.

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 And so she anoints his feet and prepares him for death,

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 the death that he suffers for us.

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 Mary looks at Jesus and just sees the most amazing,

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 beautiful Son of God

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 who is giving everything he has for her.

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 And so Mary has reacted to the claim of John's book,

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 that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God.

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 Mary recognises that this Jesus

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 is the one that they have been looking for,

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 who has been prophesied throughout history,

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 to save the world from its rebellion.

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 Mary believes that,

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 and so she gives everything she has

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 to show her thankfulness.

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 And I think I see that same reaction in our church.

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 I think I look around,

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 and I can see so many of you

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 who have accepted this news,

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 who believe that Jesus is the Christ,

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 who see the amazing gift that God has given us.

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 I can see how you guys do so many things,

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 not because you want to gain his favour,

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 not because you're trying to earn his love,

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 but as a right reaction to who Jesus is.

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 The way that you serve one another,

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 look out for one another,

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 give what you have,

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 even teaching your kids about Jesus,

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 even when they're throwing tantrums

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 and you're kind of like,

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 man, this is really hard.

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 It's two hours past their bedtime,

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 and you're teaching them anyway.

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 How awesome is it that we can come here

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 and join together to worship God?

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 That is just so amazing.

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 It is so amazing to be around people

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 who know how much they owe God,

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 but because of what Jesus did for us,

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 we don't owe him anything.

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 We have our AGM next week.

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 Isn't it amazing that we could bring DaveBot on full time

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 and no one had to be guilted or manipulated

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 into giving more money?

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 All because you, like Mary,

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 recognise Jesus and who he is.

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 It is so encouraging to come to a church

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 that responds to this message.

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 We 100% take it for granted.

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 It is so encouraging.

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 The first time I actually practised this,

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 I was like crying throughout the whole thing

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 and I'm like, far out.

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 This is just a dang practice.

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 I was just so hit by how amazing it is

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 to have an amazing church.

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 And look, I have been at this church for a while.

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 I know there are things that are difficult.

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 I know that sometimes, you know,

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 it can be hard to turn up on a Sunday morning.

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 I know there's people that, you know,

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 relationships are hard.

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 I know that music isn't always what I want it to be

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 and that's usually when I'm on music.

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 So I know I'm part of the problem.

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 There's so many things that I can see

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 and look at this church and say,

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 man, I wish this was better.

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 But how amazing is it that we have a church

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 that has responded to this message,

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 who believes that Jesus is the Christ,

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 the Son of God.

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 But Mary is just one of the reactions in this story

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 because we also learn about how Judas reacts

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 in this situation.

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 So if you open up to,

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 well, you already have it open,

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 John 12, verse 4.

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 But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples,

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 he who was about to betray him,

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 said,

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 why was this ointment not sold

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 for 300 denarii and given to the poor?

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 He said this,

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 not because he cared about the poor,

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 but because he was a thief.

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 And having charge of the money bag,

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 he used to help himself

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 to what was put into it.

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 We actually have this same story recorded in Matthew 26.

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 It says,

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 and when the disciples saw it,

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 they were indignant,

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 saying,

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 why this waste?

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 For this could have been sold

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 for a large sum and given to the poor.

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 So here we're talking about Judas,

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 we may be talking about the disciples as well,

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 but they take a great offence

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 to what Mary has done.

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 They see what Mary does for Jesus

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 and they just don't understand.

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 Like,

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 we could have done a lot with this money.

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 This could have fed a lot of people.

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 And we have the benefit of hindsight here

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 and the benefit of a narrator

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 because they tell us

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 what Judas is thinking in this passage.

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 We can see that,

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 you know,

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 Judas is out for himself,

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 that he doesn't,

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 he's not really thinking of the poor,

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 he just wants to steal the money.

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 But you know what,

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 if you were sitting at that table,

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 there's a good chance

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 this would have looked entirely godly.

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 Like,

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 Judas is saying,

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 we could have fed so many people for this

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 and you've just poured it onto the floor.

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 Like,

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 now it's annoying,

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 we're just going to have to wipe this up.

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 Like,

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 Jesus' feet smell good,

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 but that'll last for,

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 what,

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 a couple of days maybe?

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 Like,

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 you know,

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 think about $70,000.

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 Well,

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 if we put that into a term investment,

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 5%,

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 30 years,

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 we're talking $300,000 here

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 and you've just thrown that down the drain.

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 You know,

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 at least you could have just used the dab.

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 Like,

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 you know,

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 still honour him,

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 just dab like we normally would.

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 Everyone accepts that

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 and then keep the rest.

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 Like,

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 it's ridiculous.

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 Why did you do that?

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 And Jesus sees through Judas.

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 He sees his selfish motivations

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 and loves what Mary has done.

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 So,

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 verse 7,

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 Jesus said,

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 leave her alone

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 so that she may keep it

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 for the day of my burial.

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 For the poor you always have with you,

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 but you do not always have me.

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 You see,

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 Jesus doesn't say,

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 oh,

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 Mary,

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 just chill out.

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 It's fine.

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 Like,

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 don't make a fuss.

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 Like,

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 you know,

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 I'm the son of God,

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 but just chill.

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 You can keep that for yourself.

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 Save it for retirement

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 or something like that.

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 Jesus doesn't say that at all.

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 He says,

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 I have given everything to you.

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 Follow me

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 and give me your life.

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 And Mary does this.

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 She reacts

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 and recognises

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 who Jesus is.

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 That he's about to die.

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 He's about to give

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 this huge sacrifice

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 for her

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 and she's so thankful.

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 But Judas and the disciples,

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 they do not get it.

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 You see,

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 they don't understand.

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 They don't get the claim

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 of Jesus' book

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 that Jesus is the Christ,

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 the son of God.

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 They don't see that

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 and so they react

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 really strongly

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 against Mary

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 and what she does

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 for Jesus.

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 I have a friend

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 who I grew up with

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 in school.

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 I've known him

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 since about year six.

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 And when we met

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 in year six,

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 he was not a Christian.

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 He hated Christians.

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 He hated the fact

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 that I was a Christian.

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 He believed in Jesus,

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 which is a bit weird

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 in our society today,

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 but didn't believe the claim

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 and he thought

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 it was just totally stupid.

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 Like,

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 why are you,

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 this is just wacky.

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 Anyway,

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 he became a Christian

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 in year 10.

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 He's like Paul,

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 really.

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 He became a Christian

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 in year 10.

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 And ever since then,

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 he is one of these people

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 who you would just say

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 is on fire for God.

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 It is crazy.

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 He goes around,

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 he spends his days

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 evangelizing.

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 He tells everyone

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 he meets about Jesus.

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 All he wants to do

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 when he catches up

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 is talk about

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 what he's thinking about,

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 what he's been reading,

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 what he's been praying about.

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 He's translated books

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 of the Bible

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 into other languages

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 so that people

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 can read them.

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 Like,

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 we're talking next level.

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 But the thing

00:21:42.460 --> 00:21:43.380
 that is so cool

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 about him

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 is his passion.

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 He's just so passionate

00:21:45.940 --> 00:21:47.519
 to talk about Jesus.

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 He's always telling me

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 how he's trying

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 to convince this person

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 and that person

00:21:52.059 --> 00:21:53.480
 and what this person

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 said about Jesus

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 and how he thought,

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 you know,

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 how he could respond

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 to that next time.

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 And if you're like Mary,

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 you're looking at my friend

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 and just praising God.

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 Like,

00:22:03.059 --> 00:22:03.980
 he is just

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 so encouraging.

00:22:05.500 --> 00:22:06.279
 He's so awesome

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 that God uses him.

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 And I often find myself

00:22:09.179 --> 00:22:09.639
 thinking that.

00:22:09.699 --> 00:22:09.779
 Like,

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 I'm just blown away

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 by his passion.

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 But I often find myself

00:22:16.220 --> 00:22:18.480
 thinking like Judas as well.

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 Because there are too many times

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 for me to be comfortable with

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 when I have

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 been uncomfortable

00:22:27.299 --> 00:22:28.759
 at the idea of seeing him.

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 Because people like Mary

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 expose people like Judas.

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 I mean,

00:22:38.720 --> 00:22:39.519
 that's what makes this story

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 so powerful

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 is you have the example

00:22:40.959 --> 00:22:41.439
 of Mary

00:22:41.439 --> 00:22:42.579
 who's doing this amazing act

00:22:42.579 --> 00:22:43.359
 and then you have Judas

00:22:43.359 --> 00:22:44.799
 who's just being horrifically

00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:46.220
 insensitive.

00:22:48.959 --> 00:22:50.759
 But Mary exposes Judas

00:22:50.759 --> 00:22:52.000
 by confronting him

00:22:52.000 --> 00:22:52.859
 with what he's holding

00:22:52.859 --> 00:22:53.779
 back from God.

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 How selfish he is.

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 She exposes Judas

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 and the disciples

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 and shows that they don't

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 really understand

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 the claim of John's book.

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 They don't understand

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 that he's the Christ,

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 the Son of God.

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 At least in the case

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 of the disciples,

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 not yet.

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 And see,

00:23:10.339 --> 00:23:12.059
 Mary does this huge

00:23:12.059 --> 00:23:13.119
 act of sacrifice

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 for Jesus

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 and we're challenged

00:23:14.599 --> 00:23:15.720
 to do the same thing.

00:23:16.159 --> 00:23:16.759
 We're challenged

00:23:16.759 --> 00:23:17.699
 to respond to Jesus

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 in this way.

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 But I see Mary

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 and I just go,

00:23:22.099 --> 00:23:22.859
 the sacrifice

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 is so big.

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 Like,

00:23:25.599 --> 00:23:26.399
 giving up a tire

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 year's wages,

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 that's insane.

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 See,

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 what my friend

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 has done out of

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 love and devotion

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 for God,

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 it should challenge me

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 and excite me

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 and make me really

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 excited for what

00:23:36.719 --> 00:23:37.719
 God is doing

00:23:37.719 --> 00:23:38.319
 in this world.

00:23:39.459 --> 00:23:40.500
 But the Judas heart

00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:41.500
 in me just becomes

00:23:41.500 --> 00:23:42.339
 dismissive.

00:23:44.539 --> 00:23:44.919
 Like,

00:23:44.959 --> 00:23:45.759
 when I see how much

00:23:45.759 --> 00:23:47.839
 Jesus has given us

00:23:47.839 --> 00:23:49.359
 and what Mary does,

00:23:49.399 --> 00:23:49.859
 it's like,

00:23:50.699 --> 00:23:51.059
 yes,

00:23:51.319 --> 00:23:51.479
 like,

00:23:52.039 --> 00:23:52.699
 but my friend,

00:23:52.839 --> 00:23:52.959
 you know,

00:23:53.000 --> 00:23:54.099
 he's the extreme.

00:23:54.319 --> 00:23:54.519
 I mean,

00:23:55.039 --> 00:23:55.779
 good for him.

00:23:55.839 --> 00:23:56.799
 I can be like that too

00:23:56.799 --> 00:23:57.519
 if I want to be.

00:23:58.400 --> 00:23:58.599
 Like,

00:23:58.639 --> 00:23:59.619
 I can do that,

00:23:59.920 --> 00:24:00.099
 you know,

00:24:00.139 --> 00:24:00.859
 be like that

00:24:00.859 --> 00:24:01.079
 and,

00:24:02.400 --> 00:24:03.420
 but in the long term,

00:24:03.559 --> 00:24:03.740
 like,

00:24:04.379 --> 00:24:04.740
 I don't know,

00:24:04.779 --> 00:24:05.220
 if you've been in

00:24:05.220 --> 00:24:06.139
 ministry for a while,

00:24:06.279 --> 00:24:07.039
 it's pretty hard to get

00:24:07.039 --> 00:24:08.039
 a job after you're done.

00:24:08.920 --> 00:24:09.059
 You know,

00:24:09.059 --> 00:24:09.539
 if you've been there

00:24:09.539 --> 00:24:10.339
 for 20 years,

00:24:10.700 --> 00:24:10.940
 well,

00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:12.000
 you're pretty unemployable.

00:24:13.139 --> 00:24:13.599
 He's going to have to

00:24:13.599 --> 00:24:14.440
 come back at some point.

00:24:14.519 --> 00:24:15.259
 What if he has kids?

00:24:15.299 --> 00:24:15.960
 Is he going to want them

00:24:15.960 --> 00:24:16.400
 to be,

00:24:16.440 --> 00:24:16.819
 you know,

00:24:17.220 --> 00:24:18.119
 taught there?

00:24:18.240 --> 00:24:18.740
 I don't know.

00:24:18.859 --> 00:24:19.099
 Like,

00:24:19.220 --> 00:24:20.059
 maybe he should

00:24:20.059 --> 00:24:21.700
 think about his retirement.

00:24:22.079 --> 00:24:22.220
 Like,

00:24:22.240 --> 00:24:22.799
 is he going to have to

00:24:22.799 --> 00:24:23.559
 rely on family?

00:24:24.259 --> 00:24:24.740
 Is he going to have to

00:24:24.740 --> 00:24:25.619
 rely on friends?

00:24:25.619 --> 00:24:27.479
 I don't know.

00:24:27.599 --> 00:24:27.759
 Like,

00:24:28.059 --> 00:24:29.099
 he's not going to have super.

00:24:30.079 --> 00:24:30.479
 It's going to be

00:24:30.479 --> 00:24:31.199
 a bit of a burden.

00:24:32.919 --> 00:24:33.559
 So really,

00:24:33.679 --> 00:24:34.639
 maybe he should

00:24:34.639 --> 00:24:35.819
 become a bit more like me.

00:24:35.939 --> 00:24:36.079
 Like,

00:24:36.119 --> 00:24:37.500
 just think about it at least.

00:24:38.119 --> 00:24:38.419
 And you know,

00:24:38.439 --> 00:24:39.239
 I have a lot of other things

00:24:39.239 --> 00:24:39.719
 like commitments.

00:24:39.899 --> 00:24:40.599
 I've got a family.

00:24:42.099 --> 00:24:42.659
 So really,

00:24:42.739 --> 00:24:43.479
 what I'm doing

00:24:43.479 --> 00:24:44.219
 is understandable.

00:24:44.539 --> 00:24:44.939
 In fact,

00:24:45.419 --> 00:24:46.219
 I'm probably the

00:24:46.219 --> 00:24:47.179
 responsible one here

00:24:47.179 --> 00:24:47.679
 and not him.

00:24:49.599 --> 00:24:50.939
 And the Mary in him

00:24:50.939 --> 00:24:52.159
 makes the Judas in me

00:24:52.159 --> 00:24:52.839
 scoff.

00:24:55.619 --> 00:24:57.219
 And I know here,

00:24:57.339 --> 00:24:57.959
 at this point,

00:24:58.019 --> 00:24:58.679
 I am not talking

00:24:58.679 --> 00:24:59.659
 to the whole congregation.

00:25:01.239 --> 00:25:01.679
 Like,

00:25:01.759 --> 00:25:02.339
 my wife Alyssa

00:25:02.339 --> 00:25:03.500
 is an absolute Mary

00:25:03.500 --> 00:25:04.399
 and I find I do

00:25:04.399 --> 00:25:05.299
 the same thing with her.

00:25:05.399 --> 00:25:06.139
 She'll challenge me

00:25:06.139 --> 00:25:06.699
 on something.

00:25:07.399 --> 00:25:08.239
 She'll shine the light

00:25:08.239 --> 00:25:08.719
 on something

00:25:08.719 --> 00:25:09.399
 that I'm holding back

00:25:09.399 --> 00:25:09.939
 from God.

00:25:10.519 --> 00:25:11.839
 And how do I respond?

00:25:14.379 --> 00:25:15.799
 I'm so thankful

00:25:15.799 --> 00:25:16.379
 that you brought this

00:25:16.379 --> 00:25:17.019
 to my attention,

00:25:17.159 --> 00:25:17.399
 Alyssa.

00:25:19.899 --> 00:25:21.519
 I will take this away.

00:25:21.599 --> 00:25:22.319
 I'll think about it.

00:25:22.379 --> 00:25:23.239
 I'll pray about it.

00:25:23.240 --> 00:25:24.880
 You've just really

00:25:24.880 --> 00:25:25.559
 convicted me

00:25:25.559 --> 00:25:26.420
 and I'm going to make sure

00:25:26.420 --> 00:25:27.079
 that I do something

00:25:27.079 --> 00:25:27.720
 about this.

00:25:28.420 --> 00:25:28.819
 In fact,

00:25:28.900 --> 00:25:29.839
 maybe in a week's time,

00:25:29.920 --> 00:25:30.680
 can you follow me up

00:25:30.680 --> 00:25:31.440
 and just make sure

00:25:31.440 --> 00:25:33.839
 that I have thought

00:25:33.839 --> 00:25:34.640
 about this properly

00:25:34.640 --> 00:25:35.319
 and I'm committed

00:25:35.319 --> 00:25:35.980
 to change?

00:25:38.380 --> 00:25:39.480
 Of course not.

00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:41.740
 I go,

00:25:42.019 --> 00:25:43.000
 how dare you?

00:25:43.319 --> 00:25:44.279
 You know nothing.

00:25:44.759 --> 00:25:45.579
 I am the one

00:25:45.579 --> 00:25:46.859
 looking after the poor here

00:25:46.859 --> 00:25:49.460
 and you just want

00:25:49.460 --> 00:25:50.359
 to throw it away.

00:25:50.359 --> 00:25:52.619
 If only you understood

00:25:52.619 --> 00:25:54.079
 long-term returns

00:25:54.079 --> 00:25:55.179
 and interest gains.

00:25:55.559 --> 00:25:56.759
 I am just keeping this

00:25:56.759 --> 00:25:58.639
 now so that later on

00:25:58.639 --> 00:26:00.559
 I can use this

00:26:00.559 --> 00:26:01.399
 and I'll have more

00:26:01.399 --> 00:26:01.919
 to give.

00:26:02.339 --> 00:26:02.859
 So really,

00:26:03.059 --> 00:26:03.899
 I am the one

00:26:03.899 --> 00:26:05.019
 who is doing

00:26:05.019 --> 00:26:05.919
 the right thing here

00:26:05.919 --> 00:26:07.299
 and you can just

00:26:07.299 --> 00:26:08.199
 learn from me.

00:26:11.599 --> 00:26:12.779
 That is what I'm like.

00:26:12.859 --> 00:26:13.899
 But if I'm completely

00:26:13.899 --> 00:26:14.439
 honest

00:26:14.439 --> 00:26:17.699
 and I can push away

00:26:17.699 --> 00:26:18.619
 that dismissiveness,

00:26:18.619 --> 00:26:19.859
 I know that the real

00:26:19.859 --> 00:26:20.619
 reason is because

00:26:20.619 --> 00:26:21.439
 I want to keep it

00:26:21.439 --> 00:26:22.099
 for myself.

00:26:24.259 --> 00:26:25.159
 I just don't want

00:26:25.159 --> 00:26:25.959
 to give it to Jesus.

00:26:26.979 --> 00:26:27.759
 I want to be able

00:26:27.759 --> 00:26:28.439
 to use it

00:26:28.439 --> 00:26:29.679
 and I want to be able

00:26:29.679 --> 00:26:30.699
 to do with it

00:26:30.699 --> 00:26:31.679
 what I want to do

00:26:31.679 --> 00:26:33.439
 because I don't yet

00:26:33.439 --> 00:26:34.319
 properly understand

00:26:34.319 --> 00:26:34.899
 in that moment

00:26:34.899 --> 00:26:36.399
 who Jesus is,

00:26:36.579 --> 00:26:37.619
 that he is the Christ,

00:26:37.719 --> 00:26:38.639
 the Son of God.

00:26:43.259 --> 00:26:43.879
 You see,

00:26:43.979 --> 00:26:45.479
 Mary loves Jesus.

00:26:45.699 --> 00:26:46.159
 She has given

00:26:46.159 --> 00:26:47.399
 everything for the

00:26:47.400 --> 00:26:47.980
 chosen one,

00:26:48.060 --> 00:26:48.680
 the Son of God

00:26:48.680 --> 00:26:49.960
 and in doing so

00:26:49.960 --> 00:26:51.240
 exposes Judas

00:26:51.240 --> 00:26:53.440
 and the disciples

00:26:53.440 --> 00:26:54.200
 and how much

00:26:54.200 --> 00:26:54.820
 they want to keep

00:26:54.820 --> 00:26:55.480
 for themselves.

00:27:00.320 --> 00:27:01.360
 And of course here,

00:27:01.440 --> 00:27:02.080
 I'm not talking

00:27:02.080 --> 00:27:02.780
 about money.

00:27:04.820 --> 00:27:05.759
 I'm not talking

00:27:05.759 --> 00:27:06.360
 about the amount

00:27:06.360 --> 00:27:06.920
 of time

00:27:06.920 --> 00:27:07.880
 that you give up.

00:27:07.940 --> 00:27:08.360
 I'm not talking

00:27:08.360 --> 00:27:09.200
 about the sacrifices

00:27:09.200 --> 00:27:09.940
 that you've made.

00:27:10.780 --> 00:27:11.519
 I'm talking

00:27:11.519 --> 00:27:12.519
 about your heart

00:27:12.519 --> 00:27:14.500
 because everything

00:27:14.500 --> 00:27:15.320
 else is just

00:27:15.320 --> 00:27:16.060
 an outworking

00:27:16.059 --> 00:27:16.480
 of that.

00:27:16.599 --> 00:27:17.099
 What is your

00:27:17.099 --> 00:27:18.000
 heart like?

00:27:19.599 --> 00:27:20.599
 Is it committed

00:27:20.599 --> 00:27:21.179
 to Jesus?

00:27:21.440 --> 00:27:22.099
 Is it wanting

00:27:22.099 --> 00:27:22.940
 to serve him

00:27:22.940 --> 00:27:23.579
 with your whole

00:27:23.579 --> 00:27:24.099
 life?

00:27:26.619 --> 00:27:27.500
 Dave pointed out

00:27:27.500 --> 00:27:28.079
 in that song,

00:27:28.179 --> 00:27:29.119
 I give my whole

00:27:29.119 --> 00:27:29.960
 life to honour

00:27:29.960 --> 00:27:30.720
 this love

00:27:30.720 --> 00:27:35.200
 because Jesus

00:27:35.200 --> 00:27:35.899
 doesn't care

00:27:35.899 --> 00:27:36.559
 about how much

00:27:36.559 --> 00:27:37.220
 of my paycheck

00:27:37.220 --> 00:27:37.940
 I give away.

00:27:38.940 --> 00:27:39.559
 He doesn't care

00:27:39.559 --> 00:27:40.740
 that I am here

00:27:40.740 --> 00:27:41.480
 every Friday

00:27:41.480 --> 00:27:42.139
 at youth group.

00:27:42.220 --> 00:27:42.659
 He doesn't care

00:27:42.660 --> 00:27:42.900
 that I'm

00:27:42.900 --> 00:27:43.360
 on the music

00:27:43.360 --> 00:27:43.779
 team.

00:27:45.620 --> 00:27:46.440
 Jesus cares

00:27:46.440 --> 00:27:47.440
 about my heart

00:27:47.440 --> 00:27:51.279
 because the only

00:27:51.279 --> 00:27:52.100
 right reaction

00:27:52.100 --> 00:27:52.680
 we can have

00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:53.320
 when we see

00:27:53.320 --> 00:27:53.759
 Jesus,

00:27:54.200 --> 00:27:55.200
 this son of God

00:27:55.200 --> 00:27:55.960
 who has been

00:27:55.960 --> 00:27:56.940
 sent to die

00:27:56.940 --> 00:27:57.300
 for us,

00:27:57.400 --> 00:27:58.180
 face a horrific

00:27:58.180 --> 00:27:58.540
 death,

00:27:58.640 --> 00:27:59.220
 take the wrath

00:27:59.220 --> 00:27:59.700
 of God,

00:28:00.380 --> 00:28:01.220
 is to look at

00:28:01.220 --> 00:28:02.380
 him and just

00:28:02.380 --> 00:28:03.140
 want to give

00:28:03.140 --> 00:28:03.960
 our whole life

00:28:03.960 --> 00:28:04.380
 to him.

00:28:08.620 --> 00:28:09.640
 Does Mary

00:28:09.640 --> 00:28:10.840
 make the Judas

00:28:10.840 --> 00:28:11.700
 in you scoff?

00:28:12.660 --> 00:28:15.640
 It's not a

00:28:15.640 --> 00:28:16.220
 question I can

00:28:16.220 --> 00:28:16.880
 answer for you.

00:28:16.920 --> 00:28:17.519
 If you can try

00:28:17.519 --> 00:28:18.060
 and push away

00:28:18.060 --> 00:28:18.880
 the dismissiveness

00:28:18.880 --> 00:28:19.660
 that I get

00:28:19.660 --> 00:28:20.340
 when I am

00:28:20.340 --> 00:28:20.940
 confronted with

00:28:20.940 --> 00:28:21.480
 something like

00:28:21.480 --> 00:28:24.340
 this and allow

00:28:24.340 --> 00:28:24.900
 it to confront

00:28:24.900 --> 00:28:25.460
 your heart.

00:28:25.640 --> 00:28:26.440
 I'm not asking

00:28:26.440 --> 00:28:28.120
 you to give up

00:28:28.120 --> 00:28:28.740
 all of your

00:28:28.740 --> 00:28:29.660
 possessions and

00:28:29.660 --> 00:28:30.259
 make sure that

00:28:30.259 --> 00:28:30.540
 you go to

00:28:30.540 --> 00:28:31.120
 another country

00:28:31.120 --> 00:28:31.920
 and evangelise

00:28:31.920 --> 00:28:32.540
 people and

00:28:32.540 --> 00:28:34.180
 live like someone

00:28:34.180 --> 00:28:34.960
 on locusts and

00:28:34.960 --> 00:28:35.160
 honey.

00:28:35.220 --> 00:28:35.720
 I'm not asking

00:28:35.720 --> 00:28:36.060
 for that.

00:28:36.120 --> 00:28:36.600
 I'm asking you

00:28:36.600 --> 00:28:37.000
 to give your

00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:37.759
 heart to Jesus.

00:28:42.660 --> 00:28:51.160
 Now for the

00:28:51.160 --> 00:28:51.779
 third reaction,

00:28:51.920 --> 00:28:52.259
 that of the

00:28:52.259 --> 00:28:52.980
 chief priests.

00:28:53.420 --> 00:28:53.900
 So if you look

00:28:53.900 --> 00:28:54.580
 at verse 9,

00:28:54.580 --> 00:28:57.420
 when the large

00:28:57.420 --> 00:28:57.980
 crowd of the

00:28:57.980 --> 00:28:58.440
 Jews learned

00:28:58.440 --> 00:28:58.920
 that Jesus

00:28:58.920 --> 00:28:59.580
 was there,

00:28:59.880 --> 00:29:00.480
 they came,

00:29:00.779 --> 00:29:01.380
 not only on

00:29:01.380 --> 00:29:01.800
 account of

00:29:01.800 --> 00:29:01.960
 him,

00:29:02.040 --> 00:29:02.580
 but also to

00:29:02.580 --> 00:29:03.380
 see Lazarus,

00:29:03.900 --> 00:29:04.380
 whom he had

00:29:04.380 --> 00:29:04.840
 raised from

00:29:04.840 --> 00:29:05.259
 the dead.

00:29:06.300 --> 00:29:06.900
 So the

00:29:06.900 --> 00:29:07.640
 chief priests

00:29:07.640 --> 00:29:08.540
 made plans to

00:29:08.540 --> 00:29:09.080
 put Lazarus

00:29:09.080 --> 00:29:09.600
 to death as

00:29:09.600 --> 00:29:09.920
 well,

00:29:09.920 --> 00:29:11.120
 because on

00:29:11.120 --> 00:29:11.640
 account of

00:29:11.640 --> 00:29:11.900
 him,

00:29:12.200 --> 00:29:12.720
 many of the

00:29:12.720 --> 00:29:13.039
 Jews were

00:29:13.039 --> 00:29:13.500
 going away

00:29:13.500 --> 00:29:13.900
 and believing

00:29:13.900 --> 00:29:14.400
 in Jesus.

00:29:16.500 --> 00:29:17.480
 We see here

00:29:17.480 --> 00:29:18.180
 the large crowd

00:29:18.180 --> 00:29:18.759
 have come and

00:29:18.759 --> 00:29:19.220
 they've come to

00:29:19.220 --> 00:29:19.779
 see Jesus,

00:29:20.019 --> 00:29:20.779
 but they've also

00:29:20.779 --> 00:29:21.360
 come to see

00:29:21.360 --> 00:29:21.920
 Lazarus.

00:29:22.940 --> 00:29:23.360
 And it's kind

00:29:23.360 --> 00:29:23.600
 of like,

00:29:23.740 --> 00:29:24.140
 fair enough,

00:29:24.220 --> 00:29:24.880
 this guy was

00:29:24.880 --> 00:29:25.380
 dead and now

00:29:25.380 --> 00:29:25.940
 he's alive.

00:29:26.340 --> 00:29:27.060
 That's amazing.

00:29:27.340 --> 00:29:28.279
 Even in today's

00:29:28.279 --> 00:29:28.740
 society,

00:29:28.860 --> 00:29:29.240
 if someone

00:29:29.240 --> 00:29:29.860
 raised from

00:29:29.860 --> 00:29:30.300
 the dead,

00:29:30.660 --> 00:29:31.320
 you'd want to

00:29:31.320 --> 00:29:31.700
 see them.

00:29:31.759 --> 00:29:32.200
 It's a pretty

00:29:32.200 --> 00:29:32.759
 cool thing.

00:29:33.700 --> 00:29:34.200
 And the Jews

00:29:34.200 --> 00:29:34.779
 are going away,

00:29:34.860 --> 00:29:35.320
 they're seeing

00:29:35.320 --> 00:29:35.500
 this,

00:29:35.560 --> 00:29:35.960
 they're seeing

00:29:35.960 --> 00:29:36.320
 Jesus,

00:29:36.460 --> 00:29:37.180
 seeing that he's

00:29:37.180 --> 00:29:37.800
 raised Lazarus,

00:29:37.840 --> 00:29:38.140
 and they're

00:29:38.140 --> 00:29:38.840
 believing in

00:29:38.840 --> 00:29:39.120
 Jesus.

00:29:39.920 --> 00:29:40.640
 And so,

00:29:40.840 --> 00:29:41.880
 we then see

00:29:41.880 --> 00:29:42.220
 what the

00:29:42.220 --> 00:29:42.840
 chief priests

00:29:42.840 --> 00:29:43.180
 do.

00:29:44.180 --> 00:29:44.779
 Something that's

00:29:44.779 --> 00:29:45.300
 important to

00:29:45.300 --> 00:29:45.740
 point out here

00:29:45.740 --> 00:29:46.360
 is it's likely

00:29:46.360 --> 00:29:46.840
 that a lot of

00:29:46.840 --> 00:29:47.279
 these chief

00:29:47.279 --> 00:29:48.259
 priests were

00:29:48.259 --> 00:29:48.840
 from a sect

00:29:48.840 --> 00:29:49.320
 of Judaism

00:29:49.320 --> 00:29:49.779
 called the

00:29:49.779 --> 00:29:50.340
 Sadducees.

00:29:50.500 --> 00:29:51.000
 And basically

00:29:51.000 --> 00:29:51.440
 the main

00:29:51.440 --> 00:29:52.120
 difference between

00:29:52.120 --> 00:29:53.140
 them and the

00:29:53.140 --> 00:29:54.000
 other Jews is

00:29:54.000 --> 00:29:55.180
 that they didn't

00:29:55.180 --> 00:29:55.660
 believe in the

00:29:55.660 --> 00:29:56.080
 resurrection.

00:29:56.400 --> 00:29:56.800
 So they didn't

00:29:56.800 --> 00:29:57.360
 believe in people

00:29:57.360 --> 00:29:58.019
 coming back from

00:29:58.019 --> 00:29:58.360
 the dead.

00:29:58.900 --> 00:29:59.539
 And so you have

00:29:59.539 --> 00:30:00.539
 this belief that

00:30:00.539 --> 00:30:01.100
 well,

00:30:01.740 --> 00:30:02.240
 death doesn't

00:30:02.240 --> 00:30:02.600
 exist.

00:30:02.740 --> 00:30:03.080
 People don't

00:30:03.080 --> 00:30:03.600
 raise from the

00:30:03.600 --> 00:30:03.800
 dead.

00:30:04.140 --> 00:30:04.640
 And then you've

00:30:04.640 --> 00:30:05.460
 got Lazarus,

00:30:05.800 --> 00:30:06.480
 who has literally

00:30:06.480 --> 00:30:07.259
 been raised from

00:30:07.259 --> 00:30:07.660
 the dead.

00:30:07.660 --> 00:30:08.019
 And they're

00:30:08.019 --> 00:30:08.680
 looking at him

00:30:08.680 --> 00:30:09.299
 and they're

00:30:09.299 --> 00:30:12.180
 like, and you'd

00:30:12.180 --> 00:30:12.799
 think at this

00:30:12.799 --> 00:30:13.440
 point they should

00:30:13.440 --> 00:30:15.080
 go, wow, we

00:30:15.080 --> 00:30:15.620
 were wrong.

00:30:16.080 --> 00:30:16.640
 You know what?

00:30:16.920 --> 00:30:18.180
 We didn't believe

00:30:18.180 --> 00:30:19.160
 in it, but here's

00:30:19.160 --> 00:30:19.779
 the evidence.

00:30:20.019 --> 00:30:20.740
 He's literally

00:30:20.740 --> 00:30:21.460
 raised from the

00:30:21.460 --> 00:30:21.680
 dead.

00:30:22.140 --> 00:30:22.799
 Therefore, our

00:30:22.799 --> 00:30:23.560
 belief must be

00:30:23.560 --> 00:30:23.880
 wrong.

00:30:24.320 --> 00:30:25.039
 But of course

00:30:25.039 --> 00:30:25.660
 they don't.

00:30:26.019 --> 00:30:26.960
 They say, okay,

00:30:27.500 --> 00:30:28.120
 Lazarus has been

00:30:28.120 --> 00:30:28.640
 raised from the

00:30:28.640 --> 00:30:28.840
 dead.

00:30:29.500 --> 00:30:30.180
 There is no

00:30:30.180 --> 00:30:30.860
 resurrection from

00:30:30.860 --> 00:30:31.220
 the dead.

00:30:31.539 --> 00:30:32.180
 So we'll kill

00:30:32.180 --> 00:30:32.759
 Lazarus.

00:30:32.759 --> 00:30:33.820
 So that he's then

00:30:33.820 --> 00:30:34.680
 dead and there's no

00:30:34.680 --> 00:30:35.600
 resurrection from the

00:30:35.600 --> 00:30:35.820
 dead.

00:30:36.220 --> 00:30:37.200
 Isn't that amazing?

00:30:38.220 --> 00:30:38.960
 In the face of

00:30:38.960 --> 00:30:40.179
 this overwhelming

00:30:40.179 --> 00:30:41.339
 evidence, this isn't

00:30:41.339 --> 00:30:42.539
 the first sign that

00:30:42.539 --> 00:30:43.039
 they've seen.

00:30:43.099 --> 00:30:43.659
 They've seen other

00:30:43.659 --> 00:30:44.399
 signs from Jesus.

00:30:44.500 --> 00:30:45.379
 This is just one in

00:30:45.379 --> 00:30:46.500
 an escalating series

00:30:46.500 --> 00:30:47.939
 of signs.

00:30:48.460 --> 00:30:49.399
 In the face of

00:30:49.399 --> 00:30:50.000
 that, they just

00:30:50.000 --> 00:30:52.119
 say, no, I don't

00:30:52.119 --> 00:30:52.839
 believe that, and

00:30:52.839 --> 00:30:53.379
 they stick their

00:30:53.379 --> 00:30:54.119
 heads in the sand.

00:30:56.740 --> 00:30:57.539
 It's like this

00:30:57.539 --> 00:30:58.419
 story of a Japanese

00:30:58.419 --> 00:30:59.200
 soldier, and you

00:30:59.200 --> 00:30:59.599
 might have heard

00:30:59.599 --> 00:31:00.359
 this story before,

00:31:00.480 --> 00:31:00.960
 and I'm going to

00:31:00.960 --> 00:31:01.679
 butcher his name.

00:31:01.799 --> 00:31:03.700
 So if you have

00:31:03.700 --> 00:31:04.799
 Japanese heritage or

00:31:04.799 --> 00:31:05.539
 you speak Japanese,

00:31:05.639 --> 00:31:06.220
 I'm sorry in

00:31:06.220 --> 00:31:06.639
 advance.

00:31:07.379 --> 00:31:08.299
 I think it's

00:31:08.299 --> 00:31:09.960
 Hiro Onada.

00:31:10.839 --> 00:31:11.359
 I've said it

00:31:11.359 --> 00:31:11.659
 wrong, but

00:31:11.659 --> 00:31:11.859
 whatever.

00:31:13.299 --> 00:31:14.619
 He basically was a

00:31:14.619 --> 00:31:15.559
 Japanese soldier who

00:31:15.559 --> 00:31:16.419
 fought in World War

00:31:16.419 --> 00:31:17.980
 II, and he was

00:31:17.980 --> 00:31:18.519
 fighting in the

00:31:18.519 --> 00:31:18.960
 Philippines.

00:31:19.919 --> 00:31:20.919
 1945, the end of

00:31:20.919 --> 00:31:21.440
 the war comes

00:31:21.440 --> 00:31:22.759
 around, and Japan

00:31:22.759 --> 00:31:23.220
 surrender.

00:31:24.220 --> 00:31:24.720
 Now, if you know

00:31:24.720 --> 00:31:25.440
 anything about

00:31:25.440 --> 00:31:26.359
 Japanese culture,

00:31:28.039 --> 00:31:29.779
 soldiers did never

00:31:29.779 --> 00:31:30.579
 conceive of the

00:31:30.579 --> 00:31:31.279
 idea that Japan

00:31:31.279 --> 00:31:31.899
 could surrender.

00:31:32.299 --> 00:31:33.519
 It was impossible.

00:31:33.519 --> 00:31:35.160
 Japan surrendering

00:31:35.160 --> 00:31:36.079
 was just not

00:31:36.079 --> 00:31:36.759
 something that was

00:31:36.759 --> 00:31:37.139
 ever going to

00:31:37.139 --> 00:31:37.400
 happen.

00:31:38.519 --> 00:31:40.680
 1945, and Japan

00:31:40.680 --> 00:31:41.339
 surrenders.

00:31:42.500 --> 00:31:43.200
 And so Hiro and

00:31:43.200 --> 00:31:45.000
 his friends, they

00:31:45.000 --> 00:31:46.579
 decide, well, this

00:31:46.579 --> 00:31:47.319
 can't be right, so

00:31:47.319 --> 00:31:47.960
 they go into the

00:31:47.960 --> 00:31:48.559
 jungle and they're

00:31:48.559 --> 00:31:49.359
 conducting guerrilla

00:31:49.359 --> 00:31:50.339
 warfare as they've

00:31:50.339 --> 00:31:51.099
 been taught, and

00:31:51.099 --> 00:31:51.859
 lighting farms on

00:31:51.859 --> 00:31:52.519
 fire and stealing

00:31:52.519 --> 00:31:53.259
 food and stuff like

00:31:53.259 --> 00:31:53.500
 that.

00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:56.259
 And they get this

00:31:56.259 --> 00:31:57.460
 flyer that is

00:31:57.460 --> 00:31:58.000
 dropped from

00:31:58.000 --> 00:31:59.379
 planes, and

00:31:59.379 --> 00:31:59.960
 basically what it's

00:31:59.960 --> 00:32:00.480
 doing is telling

00:32:00.480 --> 00:32:01.379
 the Japanese soldiers,

00:32:01.859 --> 00:32:02.599
 just so you know,

00:32:02.599 --> 00:32:03.719
 this war is over,

00:32:03.899 --> 00:32:04.619
 there's no point in

00:32:04.619 --> 00:32:05.439
 fighting anymore, we've

00:32:05.439 --> 00:32:07.019
 surrendered, here's

00:32:07.019 --> 00:32:07.639
 what you need to do,

00:32:07.740 --> 00:32:08.379
 et cetera, et cetera.

00:32:08.740 --> 00:32:09.639
 Him and his friends

00:32:09.639 --> 00:32:10.240
 look at this and

00:32:10.240 --> 00:32:12.199
 they go, can't be

00:32:12.199 --> 00:32:13.759
 right, Japan never

00:32:13.759 --> 00:32:14.299
 surrenders.

00:32:14.819 --> 00:32:15.500
 So what do they do?

00:32:15.539 --> 00:32:16.019
 They keep on

00:32:16.019 --> 00:32:16.299
 fighting.

00:32:17.899 --> 00:32:19.259
 A year later, another

00:32:19.259 --> 00:32:20.219
 flyer is dropped, and

00:32:20.219 --> 00:32:20.899
 it's from their

00:32:20.899 --> 00:32:21.899
 commander, who's

00:32:21.899 --> 00:32:22.899
 basically saying the

00:32:22.899 --> 00:32:23.519
 same thing, you

00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:24.359
 know, we're done,

00:32:24.899 --> 00:32:25.679
 Japan's surrendered,

00:32:25.779 --> 00:32:26.359
 and they look at it

00:32:26.359 --> 00:32:27.799
 and they go, can't be

00:32:27.799 --> 00:32:28.619
 right, can't be

00:32:28.619 --> 00:32:29.599
 right, Japan doesn't

00:32:29.599 --> 00:32:29.919
 surrender.

00:32:29.920 --> 00:32:31.220
 And so they keep

00:32:31.220 --> 00:32:32.120
 fighting, keep, you

00:32:32.120 --> 00:32:32.640
 know, they shoot a

00:32:32.640 --> 00:32:33.560
 couple of people and

00:32:33.560 --> 00:32:34.500
 cause havoc here and

00:32:34.500 --> 00:32:34.720
 there.

00:32:36.480 --> 00:32:37.920
 Seven years after the

00:32:37.920 --> 00:32:40.259
 war has ended, letters

00:32:40.259 --> 00:32:41.440
 are written by their

00:32:41.440 --> 00:32:42.539
 family, with their

00:32:42.539 --> 00:32:44.080
 family photos, showing

00:32:44.080 --> 00:32:44.660
 their, you know,

00:32:44.740 --> 00:32:45.480
 families a little bit

00:32:45.480 --> 00:32:46.160
 older than what they

00:32:46.160 --> 00:32:46.440
 were.

00:32:47.440 --> 00:32:48.700
 They see these letters

00:32:48.700 --> 00:32:49.680
 written in their

00:32:49.680 --> 00:32:52.180
 family's own hand and

00:32:52.180 --> 00:32:53.600
 ignore it, because

00:32:53.600 --> 00:32:54.519
 Japan doesn't

00:32:54.519 --> 00:32:54.960
 surrender.

00:32:54.960 --> 00:32:59.019
 later, 29 years

00:32:59.019 --> 00:33:01.720
 later, after the end

00:33:01.720 --> 00:33:03.680
 of the war, a

00:33:03.680 --> 00:33:04.900
 Japanese man, by the

00:33:04.900 --> 00:33:06.100
 time this happens,

00:33:06.200 --> 00:33:06.980
 they're kind of like

00:33:06.980 --> 00:33:07.920
 folklore legends,

00:33:08.059 --> 00:33:08.799
 because everyone knows

00:33:08.799 --> 00:33:09.400
 that they're there, but

00:33:09.400 --> 00:33:10.180
 they can't find them in

00:33:10.180 --> 00:33:10.600
 the jungle.

00:33:11.440 --> 00:33:12.740
 A Japanese man finds

00:33:12.740 --> 00:33:13.600
 Hiro, all of his

00:33:13.600 --> 00:33:14.480
 friends have died long

00:33:14.480 --> 00:33:15.559
 ago by this point, so

00:33:15.559 --> 00:33:18.259
 he's by himself, says

00:33:18.259 --> 00:33:19.559
 to him, look, this war

00:33:19.559 --> 00:33:20.680
 has been over for so

00:33:20.680 --> 00:33:21.079
 long.

00:33:21.279 --> 00:33:22.100
 He shows him all the

00:33:22.100 --> 00:33:23.840
 evidence, shows him

00:33:23.839 --> 00:33:25.779
 everything, and what

00:33:25.779 --> 00:33:26.459
 does Hiro do?

00:33:27.819 --> 00:33:28.939
 Japan does not

00:33:28.939 --> 00:33:30.339
 surrender, and he

00:33:30.339 --> 00:33:30.939
 ignores him.

00:33:34.079 --> 00:33:35.399
 Eventually, the

00:33:35.399 --> 00:33:36.240
 Japanese government

00:33:36.240 --> 00:33:37.399
 has to find his old

00:33:37.399 --> 00:33:39.599
 commanding officer, fly

00:33:39.599 --> 00:33:40.799
 him to the Philippines

00:33:40.799 --> 00:33:43.399
 to convince him that

00:33:43.399 --> 00:33:44.579
 the war is over before

00:33:44.579 --> 00:33:45.879
 he finally gives up.

00:33:49.500 --> 00:33:50.599
 And you feel like it's

00:33:50.599 --> 00:33:51.339
 a bit like that with

00:33:51.339 --> 00:33:52.299
 the chief priests.

00:33:52.299 --> 00:33:54.240
 They see these

00:33:54.240 --> 00:33:56.359
 escalating signs that

00:33:56.359 --> 00:33:57.279
 Jesus is the Christ,

00:33:57.359 --> 00:33:58.159
 the Son of God.

00:33:58.740 --> 00:34:00.119
 They see Lazarus raised

00:34:00.119 --> 00:34:01.000
 from the dead, and they

00:34:01.000 --> 00:34:01.960
 just stick their heads in

00:34:01.960 --> 00:34:02.539
 the sand.

00:34:06.599 --> 00:34:07.940
 But what about us?

00:34:08.699 --> 00:34:09.800
 If you aren't a

00:34:09.800 --> 00:34:10.739
 Christian here today,

00:34:11.000 --> 00:34:12.460
 then you have an

00:34:12.460 --> 00:34:13.699
 important message to

00:34:13.699 --> 00:34:14.619
 respond to here.

00:34:16.019 --> 00:34:17.619
 Is Jesus the Christ?

00:34:17.759 --> 00:34:19.039
 Is he the Son of God?

00:34:19.039 --> 00:34:22.500
 Did he, was he sent by

00:34:22.500 --> 00:34:25.119
 God to save the world

00:34:25.119 --> 00:34:25.960
 from our rebellion

00:34:25.960 --> 00:34:26.800
 against him?

00:34:29.920 --> 00:34:31.340
 Because if so, you

00:34:31.340 --> 00:34:32.320
 need to listen to him,

00:34:32.400 --> 00:34:33.340
 and you need to take

00:34:33.340 --> 00:34:34.079
 him seriously.

00:34:35.619 --> 00:34:37.079
 The evidence for Jesus

00:34:37.079 --> 00:34:38.440
 is overwhelming.

00:34:40.579 --> 00:34:41.639
 Don't ignore him.

00:34:41.739 --> 00:34:42.360
 Don't be like the

00:34:42.360 --> 00:34:43.279
 chief priests who just

00:34:43.279 --> 00:34:44.119
 doubled down on their

00:34:44.119 --> 00:34:45.099
 rejection of Jesus.

00:34:45.099 --> 00:34:48.019
 or like the Japanese

00:34:48.019 --> 00:34:48.980
 soldier who just would

00:34:48.980 --> 00:34:50.119
 not believe after

00:34:50.119 --> 00:34:51.079
 repeated evidence,

00:34:51.159 --> 00:34:51.739
 after repeated

00:34:51.739 --> 00:34:52.319
 evidence.

00:34:54.559 --> 00:34:55.420
 Don't be like the

00:34:55.420 --> 00:34:56.360
 chief priests or

00:34:56.360 --> 00:34:57.819
 hero where eventually

00:34:57.819 --> 00:34:58.500
 you'll get to the

00:34:58.500 --> 00:34:59.219
 point where the only

00:34:59.219 --> 00:35:00.219
 way you will believe is

00:35:00.219 --> 00:35:01.659
 when you're facing God

00:35:01.659 --> 00:35:02.759
 on the last day and he

00:35:02.759 --> 00:35:03.880
 makes you bow the knee

00:35:03.880 --> 00:35:04.339
 to him.

00:35:08.039 --> 00:35:09.139
 Do you believe that

00:35:09.139 --> 00:35:10.259
 Jesus is the Son of God

00:35:10.259 --> 00:35:11.239
 and he will save the

00:35:11.239 --> 00:35:12.159
 world from our

00:35:12.159 --> 00:35:13.360
 rebellion against God?

00:35:15.099 --> 00:35:18.219
 Like Mary, do you

00:35:18.219 --> 00:35:19.659
 see who Jesus is?

00:35:21.139 --> 00:35:22.539
 Do you see the

00:35:22.539 --> 00:35:24.219
 amazing sacrifice that

00:35:24.219 --> 00:35:27.159
 Jesus made for us so

00:35:27.159 --> 00:35:28.259
 that we wouldn't be cut

00:35:28.259 --> 00:35:29.319
 off for the rest of time

00:35:29.319 --> 00:35:29.940
 from God?

00:35:30.799 --> 00:35:31.880
 Unwilling or unable

00:35:31.880 --> 00:35:33.019
 because of our stupid

00:35:33.019 --> 00:35:34.339
 selfish hearts to turn

00:35:34.339 --> 00:35:35.019
 back to him.

00:35:37.559 --> 00:35:38.759
 Respond to Jesus with

00:35:38.759 --> 00:35:40.360
 thankfulness, with love

00:35:40.360 --> 00:35:42.119
 because without his love

00:35:42.119 --> 00:35:43.000
 for us we would have

00:35:43.000 --> 00:35:43.619
 nothing.

00:35:45.099 --> 00:35:49.559
 So how do you

00:35:49.559 --> 00:35:50.460
 respond to Jesus?

00:35:52.019 --> 00:35:53.159
 How do you respond to

00:35:53.159 --> 00:35:54.019
 the message of John

00:35:54.019 --> 00:35:54.819
 that Jesus is the

00:35:54.819 --> 00:35:56.319
 Christ, the chosen

00:35:56.319 --> 00:35:57.440
 one, the Messiah, the

00:35:57.440 --> 00:35:58.099
 Son of God?

00:36:00.319 --> 00:36:01.460
 Do you believe the

00:36:01.460 --> 00:36:02.480
 claim and respond to

00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:03.559
 Jesus in the only

00:36:03.559 --> 00:36:04.819
 right way, just as

00:36:04.819 --> 00:36:05.119
 Mary?

00:36:06.159 --> 00:36:07.619
 By giving your all to

00:36:07.619 --> 00:36:08.559
 Jesus, by giving your

00:36:08.559 --> 00:36:09.380
 heart to Jesus?

00:36:09.380 --> 00:36:15.619
 Jesus is the Christ, the

00:36:15.619 --> 00:36:16.440
 Son of God.

00:36:18.119 --> 00:36:19.460
 What do you say to

00:36:19.460 --> 00:36:19.780
 that?

00:36:19.780 --> 00:36:21.280
 What do you say to

00:36:21.280 --> 00:36:21.900
 that?

00:36:21.900 --> 00:36:31.240
 what?

00:36:31.780 --> 00:36:32.440
 The outcome of God is a

00:36:32.440 --> 00:36:32.760
 God.

00:36:32.760 --> 00:36:33.480
 What do you say to

00:36:33.780 --> 00:36:34.119
 him that he is so

00:36:34.119 --> 00:36:34.260
 strong?

00:36:34.280 --> 00:36:35.240
 And that he is

00:36:35.340 --> 00:36:35.980
 that one below

00:36:35.980 --> 00:36:36.800
 you and belief

00:36:36.800 --> 00:36:38.019
 that he is the

00:36:38.019 --> 00:36:38.460
 maybe he

00:36:38.539 --> 00:36:39.780
 that he says the

00:36:39.780 --> 00:36:40.280
 Senhor pierwszy

00:36:40.480 --> 00:36:41.500
 then you

00:36:41.740 --> 00:36:44.599
 call me

00:36:44.760 --> 00:36:45.619
 you

00:36:45.619 --> 00:36:46.579
 or