WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.060 well good morning everyone it's great to be with you again i encourage you to keep your 00:00:07.060 --> 00:00:13.620 bibles open at matthew 18 and also if you go to the st paul's app you'll find an outline 00:00:13.620 --> 00:00:21.460 for today's message as we kick off on our mission month right now a former american footballer 00:00:21.460 --> 00:00:26.900 with the miami dolphins was interviewed a number of years ago now by newsweek media 00:00:26.899 --> 00:00:32.339 asking him specifically one of one of the questions they asked him was what motivated him 00:00:32.339 --> 00:00:38.200 to go to university and to study university and eventually took him down the line of 00:00:38.200 --> 00:00:43.379 becoming a footballer he said and his answer was really interesting he says my father 00:00:43.379 --> 00:00:51.259 and my uncle were human cannonballs in the carnivals and my father said to me one day son either go to 00:00:51.259 --> 00:00:56.579 university or become a human cannonball and he said then one day while i was working out the 00:00:56.579 --> 00:01:04.359 decision which way to go he said my uncle was shot out of the cannon missed the net hit the ferris wheel 00:01:04.359 --> 00:01:10.939 and died he said at that point i decided to go to university now self-reservation in that moment 00:01:10.939 --> 00:01:19.039 seems a really good reason a good motive uh um there are motive however is one of those strange things to 00:01:19.039 --> 00:01:25.200 work out because often motives are mixed uh and even for the christian in fact probably and especially 00:01:25.200 --> 00:01:30.840 for the christian for instance what has motivated you this morning to tune into uh this service 00:01:30.840 --> 00:01:37.659 uh what motivates you as a christian to do uh spiritual disciplines why read your bible why pray 00:01:37.659 --> 00:01:44.680 what motivates you to give of your resources what motivates you to serve other people what motivates you to 00:01:44.680 --> 00:01:54.379 show mercy and as we launch out into this uh season of mission month and thinking about sharing the hope 00:01:54.379 --> 00:02:00.560 that we have in jesus the very first place you want to start is what is our motive to do such things 00:02:00.560 --> 00:02:08.219 and this is really really really important for us to wrestle with as we as christians and as a church 00:02:08.219 --> 00:02:13.740 as we seek to love the vulnerable and the needy of our community we love and the compassion the mercy of 00:02:13.740 --> 00:02:20.560 jesus christ what is the motive for us doing so so if you've got the st paul's app open right now 00:02:20.560 --> 00:02:24.340 you'll see i've got three points i want to go through the motive for sharing mercy 00:02:24.340 --> 00:02:33.000 uh receiving hope leads to sharing hope and awakening to a life of sharing hope so here it is in a nutshell 00:02:33.000 --> 00:02:41.879 our motive is in a nutshell before we launch into the rest of the today uh god impoverished his son 00:02:41.879 --> 00:02:54.000 jesus christ on a cross so that all of his riches and health and righteousness and life could be given 00:02:54.000 --> 00:03:02.319 to us those who trust in him that's it in a nutshell 2 corinthians chapter 5 verse 21 in the new testament 00:03:02.319 --> 00:03:08.639 reveals this mercy transaction so clearly it says god made him talking about jesus 00:03:08.639 --> 00:03:18.119 god made him who had no sin to be sin for us so that in him jesus we might become the righteousness 00:03:18.119 --> 00:03:27.299 of god a couple of chapters later in 2 corinthians uh it's stated in pure economic terms for you know 00:03:27.299 --> 00:03:37.579 the grace of our lord jesus christ that though he was rich yet for your sakes he became poor so that you 00:03:37.580 --> 00:03:46.860 through his poverty might become rich the foundational core element of the christian faith 00:03:46.860 --> 00:03:54.300 is that though poor all of humanity were being made rich through the mercy of god we were living in a 00:03:54.300 --> 00:04:03.500 rubbish tip we by and by his grace god has clothed us with kingly robes and made us to sit down at his 00:04:03.500 --> 00:04:13.080 royal banquet table god's grace has a powerful impact in every part of your life his grace 00:04:13.080 --> 00:04:23.019 changes everything a person who knows that they have received mercy while an undeserving enemy of god 00:04:23.019 --> 00:04:30.160 will have a heart of love and mercy and compassion for the most ungrateful and the difficult and the 00:04:30.160 --> 00:04:38.880 unlovely of society this is in in absolute nutshell when a christian sees 00:04:38.880 --> 00:04:47.120 alcoholics prisoners prostitutes drug addicts homeless refugees the broker the destitute of 00:04:47.120 --> 00:04:50.379 society of society they know they're looking in a mirror 00:04:50.379 --> 00:04:58.180 it is irrelevant if that particular christian has spent their entire life 00:04:58.180 --> 00:05:01.079 as a respectable middle class person 00:05:01.079 --> 00:05:06.900 they look at the broken and they say in the depths of their hearts 00:05:06.900 --> 00:05:14.780 spiritually that's me i i i was that person even if physically and socially i've never been where they 00:05:14.780 --> 00:05:23.620 are right now they are in desperate need of mercy and i spiritually was in desperate need of god's mercy to me 00:05:23.620 --> 00:05:31.780 god gives mercy to the ungrateful and the wicked and that is what we were 00:05:31.780 --> 00:05:39.180 and the powerful effect of his mercy and his grace in us is that we become 00:05:39.180 --> 00:05:47.540 like the god of mercy and we show it to others so i want to unpack that that's in a nutshell i want to 00:05:47.540 --> 00:05:55.700 unpack that as we launch into matthew 18 if you've got that bible that parable in front of you helps us to show 00:05:55.700 --> 00:06:00.420 helps us see how a god's grace to us motivates a life of grace 00:06:00.420 --> 00:06:09.939 now just before this in matthew 18 the parable there jesus been talking about how to handle things 00:06:09.939 --> 00:06:16.259 when someone sins against you and so peter his apostle asks him a question lord how many times 00:06:16.259 --> 00:06:20.680 shall i forgive my brother and sister who sins against me 00:06:20.680 --> 00:06:24.680 he says and then he goes and answers his own question up to seven times 00:06:24.680 --> 00:06:29.319 now the attitude of the rabbis uh jewish rabbis at that time 00:06:29.319 --> 00:06:32.980 was that you would forgive your brother no more than three times 00:06:32.980 --> 00:06:35.480 you know three strikes and then you're out 00:06:35.480 --> 00:06:40.439 and so peter at this point is probably thinking well i'll go a bit further than that 00:06:40.439 --> 00:06:45.640 uh and you know jesus should be pretty happy with that that response 00:06:45.640 --> 00:06:50.340 but jesus gives a stunning response in verse 22 00:06:50.340 --> 00:06:55.720 i tell you not seven times but 77 times 00:06:55.720 --> 00:07:04.480 now some commentators say that he he means literally 77 times others say well actually in fact he meant seven 00:07:04.480 --> 00:07:11.180 by 70 times he means 490 times the reality is either either alternative 00:07:11.180 --> 00:07:13.939 really misses the point of what jesus says 00:07:13.939 --> 00:07:21.100 because to try and calculate 77 or 590 is to go back to the pedantic calculation 00:07:21.100 --> 00:07:24.460 of forgiveness and mercy that jesus is rejecting at this point 00:07:24.460 --> 00:07:28.520 forgiveness and mercy is unlimited that's his point 00:07:28.519 --> 00:07:34.919 that is what god's grace towards us is it is unlimited 00:07:34.919 --> 00:07:42.039 and to make the point clear jesus then launches into this parable 00:07:42.039 --> 00:07:46.620 there's a man here's a character there's a man who owes a king 00:07:46.620 --> 00:07:53.879 10 000 bags of gold it was a debt that according to verse 25 of matthew 18 00:07:53.879 --> 00:07:59.519 was not able to be paid now that's an understatement 00:07:59.519 --> 00:08:05.339 the original language refers to a debt as 10 000 talents 00:08:05.339 --> 00:08:10.620 now the talent was the highest unit of currency 00:08:10.620 --> 00:08:15.980 and 10 000 was the highest greek numeral 00:08:15.980 --> 00:08:23.000 so the idea here of this is that it's meant to convey the largest sum imaginable 00:08:23.000 --> 00:08:26.980 something what we might say it's just like squillions of dollars or something like that 00:08:26.980 --> 00:08:33.740 in fact the debt was a thousand times to get this 00:08:33.740 --> 00:08:35.820 in the this is first century palestine 00:08:35.820 --> 00:08:39.480 this particular debt was a thousand times 00:08:39.480 --> 00:08:45.860 the annual revenue of galilee judea samaria and idumea combined 00:08:45.860 --> 00:08:51.879 it's like taking all foreign debt globally 00:08:51.879 --> 00:08:56.019 and lumping on the responsibility of one human being 00:08:56.019 --> 00:08:57.379 to pay it back 00:08:57.379 --> 00:09:01.100 totally beyond imagination 00:09:01.100 --> 00:09:04.539 for those who first heard this 00:09:04.539 --> 00:09:07.500 impossible to pay this debt back 00:09:07.500 --> 00:09:10.659 and yet 00:09:10.659 --> 00:09:16.419 even though this particular character is bankrupt 00:09:16.419 --> 00:09:19.860 multiple multiple times over 00:09:19.860 --> 00:09:24.879 this particular servant still has a sense of pride 00:09:24.879 --> 00:09:31.000 he has not grasped the enormity of his bankruptcy 00:09:31.000 --> 00:09:34.240 have a look at what he says in verse 26 00:09:34.240 --> 00:09:39.080 at this the servant fell on his knees before him 00:09:39.080 --> 00:09:42.279 be patient with me he begged 00:09:42.279 --> 00:09:44.200 and i will pay you back everything 00:09:44.200 --> 00:09:48.919 so he hadn't quite understood that there was no way he could pay it back 00:09:48.919 --> 00:09:52.399 no amount of time no amount of patience on behalf of the king 00:09:52.399 --> 00:09:55.759 would ever see this servant paying back this money 00:09:55.759 --> 00:09:57.360 he is utterly bankrupt 00:09:57.360 --> 00:09:58.740 he is powerless 00:09:58.740 --> 00:09:59.700 he is helpless 00:09:59.700 --> 00:10:04.019 no ability whatsoever to trade out of this situation 00:10:04.019 --> 00:10:08.639 you see if you go back to luke 10 00:10:08.639 --> 00:10:10.259 the other passage was read to us 00:10:10.259 --> 00:10:11.539 law 00:10:11.539 --> 00:10:14.759 an expert of the law comes up to jesus and says 00:10:14.759 --> 00:10:15.899 so 00:10:15.899 --> 00:10:17.860 what does it mean to love my neighbor 00:10:17.860 --> 00:10:24.000 and the law expert in the parable of the good samaritan 00:10:24.000 --> 00:10:27.740 failed to grasp this concept as well 00:10:27.740 --> 00:10:33.059 he the law expert and both these men in this parable 00:10:33.059 --> 00:10:36.720 are the man on the road to jericho 00:10:36.720 --> 00:10:39.320 beaten helpless destitute 00:10:39.320 --> 00:10:43.700 couldn't do a thing to save themselves 00:10:43.700 --> 00:10:48.539 and both the law expert in luke 10 00:10:48.539 --> 00:10:52.860 the two servants here 00:10:52.860 --> 00:10:55.620 all in the same position 00:10:55.620 --> 00:10:58.679 in need of mercy 00:10:58.679 --> 00:11:04.839 they are as what the rest of the new testament would say 00:11:04.839 --> 00:11:06.860 they are dead spiritually 00:11:06.860 --> 00:11:10.719 ephesians 2 says of all of humanity 00:11:10.719 --> 00:11:13.740 that we are dead in our transgressions and sins 00:11:13.740 --> 00:11:18.000 and as we know dead people don't cut deals 00:11:18.000 --> 00:11:20.180 they don't pay back loans 00:11:20.180 --> 00:11:25.480 and that is the bible's view of our state before god 00:11:25.480 --> 00:11:28.139 spiritually dead 00:11:28.139 --> 00:11:29.080 bankrupt 00:11:29.080 --> 00:11:31.060 multiple times over 00:11:31.060 --> 00:11:34.580 no amount of trading on our behalf 00:11:34.580 --> 00:11:36.700 will ever pay back what we owe god 00:11:36.700 --> 00:11:40.320 now of course the king here who 00:11:40.320 --> 00:11:42.840 in matthew 18 in this parable 00:11:42.840 --> 00:11:45.080 the king who represents god 00:11:45.080 --> 00:11:46.860 understood the plight of this servant 00:11:46.860 --> 00:11:47.960 more than the servant did 00:11:47.960 --> 00:11:50.020 have a look at verse 27 00:11:50.020 --> 00:11:53.900 it says the servant's master took pity on him 00:11:53.900 --> 00:11:55.720 cancelled his debt 00:11:55.720 --> 00:11:57.360 let him go 00:11:57.360 --> 00:12:02.379 see this ultimately this story is about 00:12:02.379 --> 00:12:03.679 our god 00:12:03.679 --> 00:12:07.460 and the way that he graciously treats us 00:12:07.460 --> 00:12:10.139 we who are bankrupt 00:12:10.139 --> 00:12:11.779 before god 00:12:11.779 --> 00:12:13.659 with a debt of sin 00:12:13.659 --> 00:12:15.039 that we could never be 00:12:15.039 --> 00:12:16.960 that could never be repaid by us 00:12:16.960 --> 00:12:19.159 have been forgiven 00:12:19.159 --> 00:12:19.960 a debt 00:12:19.960 --> 00:12:22.679 our sin against god 00:12:22.679 --> 00:12:23.840 has been piling up 00:12:23.840 --> 00:12:25.939 load of bad debt 00:12:25.939 --> 00:12:26.860 hour 00:12:26.860 --> 00:12:28.340 after hour 00:12:28.340 --> 00:12:28.899 day 00:12:28.899 --> 00:12:29.840 after day 00:12:29.840 --> 00:12:30.960 week after week 00:12:30.960 --> 00:12:32.159 month after month 00:12:32.159 --> 00:12:33.179 year after year 00:12:33.179 --> 00:12:34.299 our entire lives 00:12:34.299 --> 00:12:36.699 but god 00:12:36.699 --> 00:12:38.419 in his gracious action 00:12:38.419 --> 00:12:40.299 in the lord jesus christ 00:12:40.299 --> 00:12:42.959 has wiped it clean 00:12:42.959 --> 00:12:45.699 wiped it clean 00:12:45.699 --> 00:12:49.039 god has forgiven us a debt 00:12:49.039 --> 00:12:51.639 that we could never pay back 00:12:51.639 --> 00:12:55.219 and the words of this servant 00:12:55.219 --> 00:12:55.980 this first servant 00:12:55.980 --> 00:12:57.000 be patient with me 00:12:57.000 --> 00:12:57.819 and i'll pay you back 00:12:57.819 --> 00:12:58.360 everything 00:12:58.360 --> 00:13:01.079 is so pitifully untrue 00:13:01.079 --> 00:13:02.000 for us as well 00:13:02.000 --> 00:13:05.159 no amount of good activity 00:13:05.159 --> 00:13:06.820 not even good christian activity 00:13:06.820 --> 00:13:08.740 no amount of pulling up our socks 00:13:08.740 --> 00:13:10.000 and rolling up our sleeves 00:13:10.000 --> 00:13:11.320 trying a little harder 00:13:11.320 --> 00:13:13.600 will morally do it 00:13:13.600 --> 00:13:16.740 our debt against god 00:13:16.740 --> 00:13:17.419 is phenomenal 00:13:17.419 --> 00:13:18.419 we are bankrupt 00:13:18.419 --> 00:13:21.259 we don't have the ability 00:13:21.259 --> 00:13:22.840 the power 00:13:22.840 --> 00:13:24.840 to trade out of it 00:13:24.840 --> 00:13:26.480 and god 00:13:26.480 --> 00:13:27.040 and god comes along 00:13:27.040 --> 00:13:27.060 and god comes along 00:13:27.060 --> 00:13:28.000 in jesus christ 00:13:28.000 --> 00:13:29.399 and as 2 corinthians 5 says 00:13:29.399 --> 00:13:31.080 swap positions with us 00:13:31.080 --> 00:13:32.100 he's cancelled the debt 00:13:32.100 --> 00:13:35.240 he's taken our debt 00:13:35.240 --> 00:13:36.120 upon himself 00:13:36.120 --> 00:13:37.340 and he's given us 00:13:37.340 --> 00:13:38.180 his righteousness 00:13:38.180 --> 00:13:42.220 now i'm fully aware 00:13:42.220 --> 00:13:42.720 that there are people 00:13:42.720 --> 00:13:43.780 tuned in this morning 00:13:43.780 --> 00:13:45.740 for you right now 00:13:45.740 --> 00:13:46.940 this is the first time 00:13:46.940 --> 00:13:47.820 you've heard this 00:13:47.820 --> 00:13:51.040 can i encourage you 00:13:51.040 --> 00:13:53.120 to receive 00:13:53.120 --> 00:13:54.600 this 00:13:54.600 --> 00:13:56.300 god's gracious gift 00:13:56.300 --> 00:13:57.480 to you in the lord jesus 00:13:57.480 --> 00:13:58.620 and have your debt 00:13:58.620 --> 00:13:59.740 against god cancelled 00:13:59.740 --> 00:14:01.140 if you want to know 00:14:01.140 --> 00:14:01.740 a bit more about 00:14:01.740 --> 00:14:02.760 adrian's already been up here 00:14:02.760 --> 00:14:03.480 and talked about it 00:14:03.480 --> 00:14:04.460 we're doing an investigating 00:14:04.460 --> 00:14:05.280 christianity course 00:14:05.280 --> 00:14:06.000 in the coming weeks 00:14:06.000 --> 00:14:06.980 only a couple of weeks away 00:14:06.980 --> 00:14:08.620 jump onto that 00:14:08.620 --> 00:14:10.220 do not let this moment 00:14:10.220 --> 00:14:11.040 pass for you 00:14:11.039 --> 00:14:15.959 so what happens now 00:14:15.959 --> 00:14:18.339 you see 00:14:18.339 --> 00:14:19.959 having experienced 00:14:19.959 --> 00:14:22.539 hope 00:14:22.539 --> 00:14:25.219 receiving hope 00:14:25.219 --> 00:14:27.240 leads to sharing hope 00:14:27.240 --> 00:14:29.439 and that's the remarkable twist 00:14:29.439 --> 00:14:30.319 that comes in this story 00:14:30.319 --> 00:14:31.120 in matthew 18 00:14:31.120 --> 00:14:33.139 when this servant 00:14:33.139 --> 00:14:34.959 who has been forgiven 00:14:34.959 --> 00:14:37.439 an incalculable debt 00:14:37.439 --> 00:14:39.639 goes out 00:14:39.639 --> 00:14:40.980 from that moment 00:14:40.980 --> 00:14:42.019 and 00:14:42.019 --> 00:14:44.379 just make sure 00:14:44.379 --> 00:14:46.200 that another servant 00:14:46.200 --> 00:14:47.180 of his 00:14:47.180 --> 00:14:48.300 who owes him 00:14:48.300 --> 00:14:50.180 a few dollars 00:14:50.180 --> 00:14:52.340 pays him back 00:14:52.340 --> 00:14:53.080 right down 00:14:53.080 --> 00:14:54.420 to the very last cent 00:14:54.420 --> 00:14:57.259 verse 28 00:14:57.259 --> 00:14:58.000 have a look at it 00:14:58.000 --> 00:14:59.560 it's just ridiculous 00:14:59.560 --> 00:15:01.379 but when that servant 00:15:01.379 --> 00:15:02.100 went out 00:15:02.100 --> 00:15:03.240 he found one of his 00:15:03.240 --> 00:15:03.980 fellow servants 00:15:03.980 --> 00:15:04.700 who owed him 00:15:04.700 --> 00:15:06.159 a hundred silver coins 00:15:06.159 --> 00:15:07.519 he grabbed him 00:15:07.519 --> 00:15:09.039 began to choke him 00:15:09.039 --> 00:15:10.120 pay back me 00:15:10.120 --> 00:15:10.759 what you owe 00:15:10.759 --> 00:15:11.399 he demanded 00:15:11.399 --> 00:15:14.240 and his fellow servant 00:15:14.240 --> 00:15:15.899 fell on his knees 00:15:15.899 --> 00:15:17.399 and he begged him 00:15:17.399 --> 00:15:18.600 be patient with me 00:15:18.600 --> 00:15:19.600 and I will pay you back 00:15:19.600 --> 00:15:21.259 but he refused 00:15:21.259 --> 00:15:24.360 instead 00:15:24.360 --> 00:15:26.200 he went off 00:15:26.200 --> 00:15:26.840 and had the man 00:15:26.840 --> 00:15:27.460 thrown 00:15:27.460 --> 00:15:29.399 into prison 00:15:29.399 --> 00:15:30.980 until he could pay 00:15:30.980 --> 00:15:31.980 back the debt 00:15:31.980 --> 00:15:35.539 now 00:15:35.539 --> 00:15:37.159 it's 00:15:37.159 --> 00:15:38.800 just 00:15:38.800 --> 00:15:40.039 unthinkable 00:15:40.039 --> 00:15:42.159 the fact that 00:15:42.159 --> 00:15:43.420 the second servant's 00:15:43.420 --> 00:15:43.759 debt 00:15:43.759 --> 00:15:44.539 is one 00:15:44.539 --> 00:15:45.740 six hundred 00:15:45.740 --> 00:15:46.759 thousandth 00:15:46.759 --> 00:15:47.740 of the first 00:15:47.740 --> 00:15:48.139 debt 00:15:48.139 --> 00:15:49.300 emphasizes the 00:15:49.300 --> 00:15:50.700 ludicrous nature 00:15:50.700 --> 00:15:52.279 of the behavior 00:15:52.279 --> 00:15:53.039 of that first 00:15:53.039 --> 00:15:53.360 servant 00:15:53.360 --> 00:15:54.139 whose servant 00:15:54.139 --> 00:15:54.940 has been forgiven 00:15:54.940 --> 00:15:55.980 everything 00:15:55.980 --> 00:15:58.560 the point 00:15:58.560 --> 00:15:58.960 here is 00:15:58.960 --> 00:15:59.460 that any 00:15:59.460 --> 00:16:00.080 limitation 00:16:00.080 --> 00:16:01.080 on grace 00:16:01.080 --> 00:16:01.980 on forgiveness 00:16:01.980 --> 00:16:02.639 on mercy 00:16:02.639 --> 00:16:03.440 on compassion 00:16:03.440 --> 00:16:05.019 shows 00:16:05.019 --> 00:16:06.019 that this 00:16:06.019 --> 00:16:07.759 first servant 00:16:07.759 --> 00:16:08.300 shows 00:16:08.300 --> 00:16:09.539 is totally 00:16:09.539 --> 00:16:11.060 inconceivable 00:16:11.059 --> 00:16:15.059 the second servant 00:16:15.059 --> 00:16:16.099 pleaded for mercy 00:16:16.099 --> 00:16:16.579 he says to me 00:16:16.579 --> 00:16:17.159 be patient 00:16:17.159 --> 00:16:17.619 and I will pay 00:16:17.619 --> 00:16:18.059 you back 00:16:18.059 --> 00:16:18.659 which is exactly 00:16:18.659 --> 00:16:19.079 what the first 00:16:19.079 --> 00:16:19.719 servant asked 00:16:19.719 --> 00:16:22.379 the difference is 00:16:22.379 --> 00:16:23.819 this second servant 00:16:23.819 --> 00:16:24.339 could have 00:16:24.339 --> 00:16:27.859 but instead 00:16:27.859 --> 00:16:28.559 the first servant 00:16:28.559 --> 00:16:30.219 had him thrown 00:16:30.219 --> 00:16:30.879 into prison 00:16:30.879 --> 00:16:32.159 where he would 00:16:32.159 --> 00:16:32.719 not be able 00:16:32.719 --> 00:16:33.319 to work 00:16:33.319 --> 00:16:34.259 and he could 00:16:34.259 --> 00:16:34.639 not earn 00:16:34.639 --> 00:16:34.919 the money 00:16:34.919 --> 00:16:35.299 to pay 00:16:35.299 --> 00:16:35.619 the debt 00:16:35.619 --> 00:16:35.919 back 00:16:35.919 --> 00:16:36.419 and therefore 00:16:36.419 --> 00:16:36.819 it will 00:16:36.819 --> 00:16:37.319 never be 00:16:37.319 --> 00:16:37.759 cancelled 00:16:37.759 --> 00:16:41.039 the one 00:16:41.039 --> 00:16:41.840 who had 00:16:41.840 --> 00:16:42.700 been shown 00:16:42.700 --> 00:16:43.620 mercy 00:16:43.620 --> 00:16:45.120 refused 00:16:45.120 --> 00:16:46.519 to show 00:16:46.519 --> 00:16:47.519 mercy 00:16:47.519 --> 00:16:50.439 it is an 00:16:50.439 --> 00:16:51.700 unthinkable 00:16:51.700 --> 00:16:52.980 response 00:16:52.980 --> 00:16:55.740 to God's 00:16:55.740 --> 00:16:56.319 mercy to us 00:16:56.319 --> 00:16:56.779 in Jesus 00:16:56.779 --> 00:17:00.840 and yet 00:17:00.840 --> 00:17:03.819 that's the way 00:17:03.819 --> 00:17:04.279 a person 00:17:04.279 --> 00:17:04.859 talks 00:17:04.859 --> 00:17:05.700 whose 00:17:05.700 --> 00:17:06.240 Christianity 00:17:06.240 --> 00:17:07.160 is simply 00:17:07.160 --> 00:17:07.519 a group 00:17:07.519 --> 00:17:08.259 of ideas 00:17:08.259 --> 00:17:09.720 and it's 00:17:09.720 --> 00:17:10.300 not an 00:17:10.300 --> 00:17:10.860 experience 00:17:10.860 --> 00:17:11.360 of precious 00:17:11.360 --> 00:17:11.779 mercy 00:17:11.779 --> 00:17:12.960 of God 00:17:12.960 --> 00:17:13.460 in the Lord 00:17:13.460 --> 00:17:14.220 Jesus Christ 00:17:14.220 --> 00:17:15.700 it's a person 00:17:15.700 --> 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