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 Father, we think we know ourselves, but we really don't know ourselves.

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 We don't know ourselves very well at all.

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 We often, Father, don't recognize why we do the things we do,

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 why we feel the things we feel.

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 We don't often understand what drives us,

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 what pushes us and what pulls us and what draws us.

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 We thank you, Father, that you have a perfect knowledge of us,

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 and we thank you, Father, that having a perfect knowledge of us,

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 still you loved us and sent your Son to die upon the cross to be our Savior.

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 We ask, Father, that your Holy Spirit would deeply fall upon us,

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 fall upon our minds and hearts and wills, our souls,

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 fall upon us right to the very center of who we are.

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 And, Father, in the face of Christ and what he did upon the cross for us,

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 help us to see ourselves and know ourselves

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 so that we might turn to you and love you

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 and receive what only you can give and give you glory.

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 In all this we ask in the name of Jesus, your Son and our Savior.

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 Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 So, some people might be wondering what Jesus would say about the Supreme Court,

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 unanimous Supreme Court ruling on Friday morning,

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 which has changed the whole legal landscape of our country.

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 You know, I'm unbelievably well organized and have lots of foresight,

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 so I actually picked this Sunday with the scripture reading long,

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 months and months and months and months ago in advance,

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 just so I could say that.

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 Actually, that's not the case at all.

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 You know, we're just preaching through the Gospel of Luke.

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 That's what we do here at Church of the Messiah,

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 is preach through books of the Bible.

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 And I was just picking the text months and months in advance,

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 having no idea that, although it's not at all the center part of the text,

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 that, in fact, Jesus does make a comment upon the Supreme Court of Canada's ruling.

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 And it's also curious that the same text that makes a side comment on this,

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 it's actually a very bristly text,

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 because it also has a text in it that makes some people

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 who believe that Jesus is the champion of spiritual, not religious,

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 this text for many people shows how Jesus echoes Buddhist teaching.

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 Muslims, on the other hand, there's a part in this text that Muslims like,

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 because they think it shows how Islam is superior here to the Christian faith.

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 And monks like parts of this text,

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 health and wealth gospel people like parts of this text.

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 It's quite a text.

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 So if you have your Bibles, please open them to Luke chapter 18,

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 and we'll look and see what is it that Jesus says in this text

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 that comments on the Supreme Court of Canada ruling the Anonymous one on Friday morning.

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 If you don't have your Bibles with you,

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 there's always some free Bibles here at the front of the stage.

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 Just feel free to come up and take your seat.

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 I mean, take a Bible, keep it if you want, or give it back after it's over.

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 And so what does Jesus have to say?

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 Is Jesus a Buddhist?

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 Are Muslims right?

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 Sort of contradictory type of thing.

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 What does Jesus say about the Supreme Court ruling?

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 Well, Luke chapter 18, beginning at verse 18,

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 we'll look at the text, see what it has to say.

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 And the text begins like,

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 oh, just actually before we start,

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 in terms of the flow of the book of Luke,

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 remember that Jesus is on his way to Jerusalem to die.

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 And in fact, we have this Sunday and the next Sunday,

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 and then after that, I believe,

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 we have the Sunday where Jesus enters Jerusalem.

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 But Jesus is on his way to Jerusalem to die.

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 So everything in the, from a literary point of view,

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 everything in the gospel has to be understood

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 within this sort of looming prophecy of Jesus'.

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 And just before the story of the rich young ruler,

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 you might not remember, but this is what Jesus said

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 just before the text that we're going to actually look at today.

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 Verse 16.

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 But Jesus called the children to him, saying,

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 let the children come to me and do not hinder them,

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 for to such belong the kingdom of God.

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 Truly I say to you,

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 whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child

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 shall not enter it.

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 And then we have our text for the day.

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 And ruler asked Jesus,

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 good teacher,

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 what must I do to inherit eternal life?

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 And just sort of pause there for a second.

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 And this story is recorded

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 in three of the early historical documents

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 about the life and death of Jesus.

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 And in all three of those historical documents,

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 Luke being one of them,

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 they record this story.

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 And so if you look at all three of the stories together,

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 you discover three things.

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 First of all, that it's a young man.

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 Second, that he's a ruler.

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 And third, that he's rich.

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 Two of them you get from this text.

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 The other one about him being a young man,

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 you'd have to get from one of the other texts.

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 So Jesus is talking to a very accomplished,

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 probably in those days as well,

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 he would have had to have had the wisdom

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 to have chosen the right ancestors

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 so that he could be born with some money.

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 But he's polished, has money,

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 is probably well-educated in that type of a context.

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 And he's rich.

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 And so that's who's speaking to Jesus.

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 And the other thing about it is

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 that he asks a very un-Canadian question.

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 You know, it's just really important for us

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 to understand that as followers of Jesus,

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 we follow Jesus in Canada.

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 And there's going to be many times in the Gospels

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 where we can see that there's so many insights

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 as Canadians that just come out of this whole

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 biblical tradition and the teaching of Jesus.

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 But there's things in our culture as well

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 which are very, very different

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 from Jesus and the time that he taught.

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 And if you think about it for a second,

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 very few Canadians would say to Jesus,

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 what must I do to inherit eternal life?

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 Because most Canadians think that as soon as they die,

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 they go to a better place.

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 So they'd never ask Jesus this question.

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 They might ask Jesus,

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 Jesus, what is the better place like?

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 That's what they might ask.

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 They might ask, you know,

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 when is the world going to get better?

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 And when I die, what is the better place going to be like?

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 But most Canadians would not ask this question.

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 Probably 60 years ago,

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 many Canadians would have asked this question.

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 Our culture's changed.

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 In many places of the world,

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 for instance, Muslims don't believe

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 that all Muslims will go to heaven.

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 Muslims believe that many Muslims themselves

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 will go to hell.

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 So it's actually the type of question

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 that a Muslim might ask Jesus.

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 You know, what must I do to inherit eternal life?

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 They might be very curious.

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 Jesus, according to Muslims,

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 is the second greatest prophet.

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 They'd be very interested to see what his answer is.

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 But it's not a Canadian question, is it, really?

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 What must I do to inherit eternal life?

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 And in fact,

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 the way that Jesus is going to respond to the question,

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 so it's an un-Canadian question,

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 and Jesus is going to give

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 a profoundly un-Canadian answer.

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 In fact, he's going to give an answer

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 that for people who see Jesus as a spiritual figure,

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 not religious,

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 it's going to make them doubt,

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 this first part is going to make them really doubt

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 whether in fact he's spiritual, not religious,

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 because he's going to sound judgmental.

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 Like, how does he answer the question?

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 It's in verse 19.

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 Follow along.

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 And Jesus said to him,

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 Why do you call me good?

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 No one is good except God alone.

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 No one is good except God alone.

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 Just sort of pause there for a second.

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 See, the Canadians would say,

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 first of all,

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 they wouldn't be bothered by the fact

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 that the person's being called a good teacher,

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 because one of the most important things for Canadians

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 is that no matter what we do,

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 that we're a good person.

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 I'm watching,

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 I've watched a series on Netflix called Rectify,

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 which is set in Georgia.

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 And in the course of that thing,

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 people do all sorts of really bad things.

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 But even though they do very, very bad things,

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 and it's sort of interspersed

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 with sort of curious, odd conversations about God.

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 But in between all of that,

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 they keep saying,

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 Am I a good person?

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 Are you a good person?

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 And so Canadians wouldn't be bothered

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 with the idea of calling Jesus a good teacher,

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 because for us,

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 it's actually profoundly important

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 that no matter what we do,

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 that we understand ourselves to be a good person.

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 But what makes us very un-Canadian

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 is that Jesus says,

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 Well, why do you call me good?

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 You see, for Canadians,

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 most Canadians,

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 many Canadians,

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 we would say,

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 Well, it can be good for you

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 and not good for me.

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 It's your good,

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 not my good.

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 Our goods are both different.

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 But Jesus completely and utterly

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 challenges that entire notion.

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 He says,

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 No one is good but God alone.

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 And by saying this,

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 he's implying that God is the source

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 and understanding,

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 in a sense,

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 a fixed,

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 unchanging standard

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 by which the good is to be understood.

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 In fact,

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 from the biblical point of view,

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 it's to be understood

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 that the same God who is good

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 is also the creator,

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 so that,

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 in a sense,

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 the good is natural to us.

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 It's woven into the entire created order,

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 the fabric of our bodies,

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 and the fabric of our minds,

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 that at a fundamental level,

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 God is the one,

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 I mean,

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 it's fallen,

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 it's bent,

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 it's distorted,

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 we don't understand it,

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 we twist it.

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 The Bible's not denying that,

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 but that God is the standard

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 of all of these things.

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 It's a very,

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 very un-Canadian response.

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 Our Muslim friends and neighbors

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 like this text,

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 by the way,

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 because they say,

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 Aha,

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 you see,

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 it shows that Jesus isn't God.

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 Did you notice that,

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 they say?

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 They'll say to you,

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 look at this,

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 your Bible,

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 you think your Bible teaches

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 that Jesus is God?

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 Look how he answers this question.

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 Verse 19,

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 why do you call me good?

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 No one is good except God alone.

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 And the Muslim will say,

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 that shows that Jesus

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 didn't think he was God.

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 Well,

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 that's actually mistaken.

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 It's very interesting

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 that if Jesus had responded

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 and said,

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 why do you call me good?

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 No one is good except the Father alone.

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 Then he would be denying

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 that he's God.

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 But when he says

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 that no one is good

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 except God alone,

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 he leaves open the possibility

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 that he is God.

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 In fact,

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 in the flow of the text,

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 he's trying to figure out,

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 because there's different times

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 in the gospel text

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 where people start to get

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 this glimpse

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 that Jesus is more than

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 just a human being,

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 that he's God.

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 If you go back

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 and read earlier on in the text,

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 remember this,

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 this famous story

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 of the disciples

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 fishing all night

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 and not being able

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 to catch any fish.

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 And Jesus comes

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 and tells them

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 to cast their net

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 on the other side.

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 And in the original language,

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 it's as if all of a sudden

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 there's so many fish,

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 it's almost as if

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 they're jumping into the net.

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 It's almost as if

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 they're jumping into the boat,

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 as if the net's

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 going to pull them down

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 and the boat's

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 going to pull them down.

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 And Peter has this recognition

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 that Jesus is just

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 not a normal guy

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 and falls down

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 before him in worship.

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 I mean, you know,

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 he's Peter.

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 Later on, he forgets about it.

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 He gets all confused about it.

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 You know, he's confused

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 about who Jesus is.

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 All the way through the gospels,

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 all the apostles

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 are all confused.

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 But there's the...

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 So Jesus is asking

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 the young man,

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 one moment,

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 you've seen

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 the different miracles

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 I've done.

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 You've seen my teaching.

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 You've spent...

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 Are you actually making

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 a great claim about me?

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 Do you actually have

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 some profound

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 spiritual insight

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 that's coming out?

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 Is that what's going on?

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 And then...

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 And so...

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 And then...

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 And so Jesus sort of

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 starts to begin to probe.

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 He has a conversation

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 with the young man.

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 The young man's come to Jesus

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 to have a conversation.

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 And Jesus goes deeper

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 into the conversation.

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 So in verse 20,

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 he says,

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 You know the commandments.

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 Do not commit adultery.

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 Do not murder.

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 Do not steal.

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 Do not bear false witness.

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 Honor your father

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 and your mother.

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 And just pause.

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 By the way,

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 if you're worried about time

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 and says,

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 Good grief,

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 George is spending

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 five minutes of verse.

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 This is going to be

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 a really long sermon.

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 We go through

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 some of the other verses

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 a bit quicker.

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 But these are sort of

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 very important.

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 We don't grasp

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 the full weight

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 of the story,

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 the challenge of the story

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 if we don't pause

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 over some of these things.

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 In this little aside

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 in the text,

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 which is sort of important

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 in the flow of the text,

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 but it's not the point

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 of the text,

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 Jesus' comments

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 on the Supreme Court ruling

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 when he says,

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 Do not murder.

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 And what that says

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 is Jesus is upholding

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 what we know of

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 as the Ten Commandments.

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 And that text

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 in the original language,

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 in both languages,

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 is that you do not,

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 you are not to take,

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 you are not to kill

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 innocent human life.

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 And so what Jesus would say

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 is that the Supreme Court

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 of Canada

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 has made a terrible decision

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 because it has ruled

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 that people have the right

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 to ask medical professionals

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 to kill innocent human life.

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 The ruling goes vastly beyond

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 concerns about

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 do not resuscitate.

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 We already have

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 do not resuscitate.

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 All of us know

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 that there is

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 a profound problem

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 with human beings

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 wanting to play God,

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 whether those are

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 human beings

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 who are the doctors

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 who want to play God

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 with medical technology

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 and extend life

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 way beyond

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 what should be extended,

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 or whether it's

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 family members

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 who want to play God

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 and force doctors' hands

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 to extend human life

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 long before it should

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 and do not allow

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 or do not resuscitate

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 or just the normal

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 course of nature.

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 And those,

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 that's a,

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 there's already

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 do not resuscitate

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 in the context of both,

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 whether it's a medical professional,

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 it's not always

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 a medical professional.

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 I've counseled

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 and been involved

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 with many families

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 where it's not the doctor

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 who wants to extend life,

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 it's the families

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 who want to play God.

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 And now we want

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 to play God even more

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 by giving doctors

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 and families

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 the right

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 and the power

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 and the authority

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 to ask for the putting

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 to death

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 of an innocent person

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 who's suffering.

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 And this,

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 by the way,

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 is the beginning

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 of a profound challenge

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 to those of us

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 who are Christians.

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 And it's,

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 I'm just taking

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 a time out of it.

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 If it hadn't been

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 for the Supreme Court ruling,

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 I probably wouldn't have

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 mentioned this at all.

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 But the time

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 has now come upon us

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 that Christian congregations

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 have to be

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 communities of life.

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 We have to become

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 communities of life.

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 People in a culture

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 of death

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 need to know

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 that whether it's doctors

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 who are connected

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 to our congregation,

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 that you can come

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 to a doctor

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 connected to our congregation

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 and you do not have

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 to worry

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 whether the doctor

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 is assessing

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 to kill you

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 or to cure you.

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 We have to figure out

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 how we can help

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 the weak and vulnerable.

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 We have to figure out

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 how we help those.

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 I mean,

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 this just throws open

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 the whole thing,

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 whether it's abortion

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 as well,

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 which is also the taking

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 of the innocent human life,

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 how we respond to this.

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 It's just deepened

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 the fact,

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 whether it's dealing

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 with the demonic,

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 it's at a very,

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 very profound level.

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 We are always supposed

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 to be a community

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 of life.

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 And this means

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 that now

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 in our culture

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 we will have to figure

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 out concrete ways

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 that affect our budget

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 and affect our time

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 and affect our comfort

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 that we can be seen

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 as communities

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 of life.

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 Pray for us

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 that in the days

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 and months ahead

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 that we will figure out

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 and that churches

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 will figure out

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 how to be centers

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 of life.

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 Now,

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 somebody say,

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 George,

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 let's get back to the text.

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 You've made your point.

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 Let's get back.

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 So Jesus says

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 to this young man,

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 he says,

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 you know,

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 why do you call me good?

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 Verse 19,

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 no one is good

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 except God alone.

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 You know the commandments.

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 Do not commit adultery.

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 Do not murder.

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 Do not steal.

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 Do not bear false witness.

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 Honor your father and mother.

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 And the young man says,

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 the young guy's a good guy.

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 He's the type of guy

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 you'd probably want to have

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 as your neighbor.

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 You know?

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 He's probably the guy

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 you'd want to have

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 as your boss.

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 And he says,

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 all these I have kept

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 from my youth.

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 And verse 22,

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 when Jesus heard this,

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 he said to him,

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 remember one of the differences

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 between Jesus

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 and natural human religion

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 and natural human spirituality

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 is that Jesus always goes

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 to the heart

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 in the context

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 of the living God.

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 And the Bible

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 primarily understands

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 the heart

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 as the center

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 of who we are.

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 The very basis

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 and depth

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 of who we are.

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 And Jesus is always

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 going to the center

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 of who we are

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 in the context

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 of the living God.

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 And so Jesus says

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 he goes right to the heart.

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 He's only mentioned

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 five of the Ten Commandments.

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 He hasn't mentioned

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 the first or the second

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 or the tenth.

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 And he goes right

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 to the heart of the matter

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 and he says to the young man,

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 verse 22,

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 when he said this,

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 when he heard this,

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 Jesus said to him,

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 one thing you still lack,

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 sell all that you have

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 and distribute to the poor

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 and you will have treasure

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 in heaven

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 and come,

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 follow me.

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 So is Jesus telling us

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 that every single follower

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 of Jesus

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 has to be poor?

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 No, he's not.

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 He's,

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 in fact,

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 we're going to see

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 that he's,

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 in fact,

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 very precisely

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 not telling us that

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 by the end of the story

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 and as the story

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 moves on to the two things

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 which follow.

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 That what Jesus

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 is going at

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 is, in fact,

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 Andrew,

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 if you could put it up,

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 the first point,

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 the young man

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 chose his money

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 and his power

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 over eternal life.

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 Jesus is asking

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 you and me

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 a question.

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 What do I believe

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 that I need

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 more than eternal life

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 with the living God?

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 What do I believe

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 that I need

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 more than eternal life

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 with the living God?

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 That's what he's asking.

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 He's asking us

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 to make ourselves

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 aware of the fact

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 that there's things

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 in our lives

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 that are at the center

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 of our lives

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 that the Bible describes

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 as an idol

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 that we do not believe

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 that we can live without,

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 that we subtly serve.

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 We dread losing it

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 and we only want it

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 to increase it.

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 We worship it.

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 And for this young man

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 it was money

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 and his power,

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 his ability to perform.

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 That's what he feared losing.

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 In fact,

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 as we're going to see

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 in a moment,

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 when Jesus says

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 that he has to give up money,

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 he's going to walk away sad.

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 But for some of us

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 it might not be money.

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 In fact,

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 it would be very,

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 very interesting.

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 It would be very interesting

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 if we had just

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 a confidential poll,

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 no names put it,

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 and we put down

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 how much money we make.

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 And then beside it

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 we put down

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 the smallest amount

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 of money

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 that we could possibly get

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 and still be happy.

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 And if we put that up

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 on the screen,

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 there'd be all sorts

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 of laughter

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 because some of us

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 would put up a number

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 and maybe two-thirds

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 of us would say,

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 that's hilarious.

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 I live on

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 a quarter of that

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 and I'm happy.

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 You know,

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 one quarter of us

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 think we can't live

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 with less than $60,000

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 and the other,

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 you know,

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 and maybe a quarter

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 of us are saying,

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 I live on less than $15,000.

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 I'm perfectly happy.

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 What's that first person

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 thinking about?

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 You know,

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 I've been married

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 to my wife

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 for 33 years

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 and my wife Louise

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 is definitely

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 God's gracious

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 provision for me.

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 When I was in grade 12,

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 I broke off,

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 no,

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 I didn't break off,

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 she broke off with me,

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 my first girlfriend

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 broke off with me

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 and I had a hard time

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 imagining how I would

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 ever be able

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 to live without her.

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 And I didn't even

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 think about this

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 until I was thinking

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 about a sermon illustration

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 and I've been married

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 to Louise for 33 years

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 and she's definitely,

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 she was God's provision,

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 is God's provision

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 for me.

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 But how many of us,

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 if we were to go back

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 and if God was all

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 of a sudden

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 to show us

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 at different times

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 in our lives

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 in the past,

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 what did we think

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 we could not possibly

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 live without

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 and somehow or another

00:20:27.960 --> 00:20:28.779
 that passes

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 and another thing

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 takes its place.

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 And we are in fact

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 often even blind

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 about what is right now

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 in our hearts

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 that we think

00:20:38.700 --> 00:20:40.379
 we cannot live without.

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 And maybe it's a job,

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 maybe it's prestige,

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 maybe it's physical looks,

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 maybe it's a wound,

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 maybe it's anger,

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 maybe it's resentment,

00:20:49.639 --> 00:20:50.559
 maybe it's hatred,

00:20:51.000 --> 00:20:52.139
 maybe it's the nation,

00:20:52.579 --> 00:20:53.700
 maybe it's our wife,

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 maybe it's our kids,

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 maybe it's a good thing,

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 like a wife or a husband,

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 maybe it's a bad thing,

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 like being able

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 to get stoned

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 or have drugs

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 or be able to have

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 the power to kill yourself

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 when you're unhappy.

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 I mean,

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 whatever it is,

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 what is in that

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 Jesus is saying

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 that you human beings,

00:21:13.579 --> 00:21:14.579
 that there are things

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 in your life

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 that you believe

00:21:16.019 --> 00:21:17.220
 that you need

00:21:17.220 --> 00:21:19.500
 more than eternal life

00:21:19.500 --> 00:21:20.799
 with the living God

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 and you don't even know it.

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 I want you to know it.

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 I want you to know it.

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 See, that's why this text

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 and the majority

00:21:31.879 --> 00:21:32.960
 of Christian commentators

00:21:32.960 --> 00:21:34.619
 have never taken this text

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 to mean that we should

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 all become like monks.

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 Jesus is asking

00:21:40.919 --> 00:21:42.299
 a general question

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 in a particular way.

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 what do I believe

00:21:46.879 --> 00:21:47.779
 that I need

00:21:47.779 --> 00:21:49.139
 more than eternal life

00:21:49.139 --> 00:21:51.299
 with the living God?

00:21:53.039 --> 00:21:54.180
 Now, some of you might say,

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 huh, George,

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 Jesus is being so hard

00:21:56.240 --> 00:21:56.879
 on this guy.

00:21:57.720 --> 00:21:58.019
 You know,

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 here I thought

00:21:59.119 --> 00:21:59.799
 he was spiritual,

00:21:59.940 --> 00:22:00.519
 not religious,

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 and gosh,

00:22:01.500 --> 00:22:02.960
 he took this

00:22:02.960 --> 00:22:04.279
 un-Canadian question

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 and he answered it

00:22:05.099 --> 00:22:06.259
 in an un-Canadian way

00:22:06.259 --> 00:22:06.799
 and he talks

00:22:06.799 --> 00:22:07.980
 in an un-Canadian way

00:22:07.980 --> 00:22:09.240
 about what's right and wrong

00:22:09.240 --> 00:22:10.980
 and now he's giving this guy

00:22:10.980 --> 00:22:11.960
 a really hard time.

00:22:11.960 --> 00:22:13.400
 Maybe Jesus is religious

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 because religious people

00:22:14.480 --> 00:22:16.220
 give people hard times.

00:22:17.420 --> 00:22:18.460
 Shut people up.

00:22:19.220 --> 00:22:19.720
 Isn't that what

00:22:19.720 --> 00:22:20.779
 you religious people do?

00:22:20.819 --> 00:22:21.340
 You just want to

00:22:21.340 --> 00:22:22.340
 shut people up?

00:22:24.539 --> 00:22:26.039
 I think the desire

00:22:26.039 --> 00:22:27.000
 to shut people up

00:22:27.000 --> 00:22:28.160
 is a human problem.

00:22:30.440 --> 00:22:31.740
 It's a human problem.

00:22:33.700 --> 00:22:35.079
 In five years' time,

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 we'll be told

00:22:35.600 --> 00:22:36.240
 that we can't have

00:22:36.240 --> 00:22:36.980
 a conversation

00:22:36.980 --> 00:22:37.940
 about euthanasia

00:22:37.940 --> 00:22:41.740
 because one side wins

00:22:41.740 --> 00:22:42.720
 and then they want

00:22:42.720 --> 00:22:43.279
 to shut us up.

00:22:43.859 --> 00:22:44.819
 It's a human problem,

00:22:45.039 --> 00:22:46.079
 not a religious problem.

00:22:47.359 --> 00:22:48.059
 Religious people

00:22:48.059 --> 00:22:48.960
 and spiritual people

00:22:48.960 --> 00:22:49.940
 have the problem

00:22:49.940 --> 00:22:52.859
 because it's a human problem,

00:22:53.099 --> 00:22:54.700
 not because it's religious.

00:22:55.339 --> 00:22:56.500
 But Jesus isn't trying

00:22:56.500 --> 00:22:57.680
 to shut the young man up.

00:22:58.200 --> 00:22:58.460
 Like,

00:22:58.500 --> 00:22:59.240
 let's look and follow

00:22:59.240 --> 00:23:00.140
 and see what happens.

00:23:00.240 --> 00:23:00.500
 In fact,

00:23:00.559 --> 00:23:01.519
 what we see happening

00:23:01.519 --> 00:23:02.500
 is that,

00:23:02.900 --> 00:23:04.019
 and this is a regular thing

00:23:04.019 --> 00:23:04.599
 in the Gospels,

00:23:04.700 --> 00:23:06.099
 we often see things like this

00:23:06.099 --> 00:23:07.019
 and we miss what goes on

00:23:07.019 --> 00:23:07.480
 in the text.

00:23:08.180 --> 00:23:09.120
 Jesus isn't trying

00:23:09.120 --> 00:23:10.339
 to shut the young man up.

00:23:10.339 --> 00:23:11.779
 That Jesus is trying

00:23:11.779 --> 00:23:12.980
 to have the young man

00:23:12.980 --> 00:23:14.259
 understand something

00:23:14.259 --> 00:23:15.319
 about who he is.

00:23:15.379 --> 00:23:16.019
 He's actually trying

00:23:16.019 --> 00:23:17.059
 to give himself knowledge

00:23:17.059 --> 00:23:17.959
 and he's trying

00:23:17.959 --> 00:23:19.299
 to begin and continue

00:23:19.299 --> 00:23:20.139
 the conversation

00:23:20.139 --> 00:23:20.899
 with the young man,

00:23:20.959 --> 00:23:21.759
 not shut him up.

00:23:23.199 --> 00:23:24.379
 And it's a conversation,

00:23:24.539 --> 00:23:25.279
 not a negotiation.

00:23:25.539 --> 00:23:26.199
 You can't negotiate

00:23:26.199 --> 00:23:26.819
 with God.

00:23:27.539 --> 00:23:27.659
 I mean,

00:23:27.659 --> 00:23:28.259
 you can try.

00:23:29.539 --> 00:23:30.419
 But you can always

00:23:30.419 --> 00:23:31.179
 talk to him.

00:23:32.519 --> 00:23:33.919
 And the text shows us

00:23:33.919 --> 00:23:34.980
 that the young man

00:23:34.980 --> 00:23:35.679
 walks away,

00:23:35.819 --> 00:23:36.919
 he walks away,

00:23:37.179 --> 00:23:38.500
 but Jesus continues

00:23:38.500 --> 00:23:39.279
 the conversation.

00:23:39.420 --> 00:23:40.359
 We'll see in the text

00:23:40.359 --> 00:23:42.500
 that Jesus understands

00:23:42.500 --> 00:23:43.880
 and the disciples understand

00:23:43.880 --> 00:23:45.000
 that the young man

00:23:45.000 --> 00:23:45.799
 could have come back

00:23:45.799 --> 00:23:46.740
 and said something

00:23:46.740 --> 00:23:47.519
 to Jesus.

00:23:48.319 --> 00:23:49.519
 An honest question

00:23:49.519 --> 00:23:51.000
 to continue the conversation,

00:23:51.259 --> 00:23:52.279
 but he walks away.

00:23:52.519 --> 00:23:53.420
 That's the challenge

00:23:53.420 --> 00:23:54.059
 to you and me.

00:23:54.299 --> 00:23:55.359
 Does the word of God

00:23:55.359 --> 00:23:56.220
 speak to us?

00:23:56.279 --> 00:23:57.460
 Does Jesus speak to us

00:23:57.460 --> 00:23:58.200
 in such a way

00:23:58.200 --> 00:23:59.640
 and we experience it

00:23:59.640 --> 00:24:00.440
 as a threat,

00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:02.400
 an attempt to shut us up,

00:24:02.559 --> 00:24:05.420
 when all Jesus is asking

00:24:05.420 --> 00:24:06.720
 is that we'll come back

00:24:06.720 --> 00:24:08.740
 to him with an honest question.

00:24:11.740 --> 00:24:12.620
 Continue reading

00:24:12.620 --> 00:24:13.980
 at verse 24.

00:24:15.820 --> 00:24:16.860
 So verse 20,

00:24:17.039 --> 00:24:17.279
 sorry,

00:24:17.400 --> 00:24:18.180
 but verse 23,

00:24:18.620 --> 00:24:19.880
 but when the young man,

00:24:20.019 --> 00:24:20.400
 the ruler,

00:24:20.539 --> 00:24:21.300
 heard these things,

00:24:21.380 --> 00:24:22.420
 he became very sad

00:24:22.420 --> 00:24:23.740
 for he was extremely rich.

00:24:24.539 --> 00:24:25.259
 And in the text,

00:24:25.400 --> 00:24:26.140
 he disappears,

00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:26.920
 he walks away.

00:24:27.480 --> 00:24:28.080
 Verse 24,

00:24:28.220 --> 00:24:28.460
 Jesus,

00:24:28.660 --> 00:24:30.039
 seeing that he had become sad,

00:24:30.160 --> 00:24:30.400
 said,

00:24:30.860 --> 00:24:31.880
 how difficult it is

00:24:31.880 --> 00:24:32.940
 for those who have wealth

00:24:32.940 --> 00:24:34.340
 to enter the kingdom of God.

00:24:34.339 --> 00:24:35.859
 for it is easier

00:24:35.859 --> 00:24:36.579
 for a camel

00:24:36.579 --> 00:24:37.819
 to go through the eye

00:24:37.819 --> 00:24:38.299
 of a needle

00:24:38.299 --> 00:24:40.279
 than for a rich person

00:24:40.279 --> 00:24:42.179
 to enter the kingdom of God.

00:24:43.259 --> 00:24:45.220
 Those who heard it said,

00:24:45.799 --> 00:24:48.319
 then who can be saved?

00:24:51.919 --> 00:24:53.139
 But Jesus said,

00:24:53.939 --> 00:24:55.399
 what is impossible with men

00:24:55.399 --> 00:24:56.659
 and women

00:24:56.659 --> 00:24:59.179
 is possible with God.

00:24:59.980 --> 00:25:00.339
 You see,

00:25:00.419 --> 00:25:01.039
 the disciples,

00:25:01.939 --> 00:25:03.879
 they don't walk away.

00:25:04.339 --> 00:25:07.000
 They ask the second question.

00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:10.599
 They ask what the young man,

00:25:10.839 --> 00:25:11.319
 the ruler,

00:25:11.439 --> 00:25:12.059
 the rich guy,

00:25:12.159 --> 00:25:13.500
 could have said to Jesus.

00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:14.799
 Jesus,

00:25:14.980 --> 00:25:16.459
 I don't think I can do that.

00:25:16.839 --> 00:25:18.720
 Who on earth could ever do that?

00:25:21.439 --> 00:25:24.220
 How could that ever possibly work?

00:25:24.220 --> 00:25:28.120
 And you can ask,

00:25:28.660 --> 00:25:29.039
 that's,

00:25:30.100 --> 00:25:32.200
 Jesus wanted to have a conversation.

00:25:33.100 --> 00:25:34.559
 And the young man walks away.

00:25:35.279 --> 00:25:36.759
 The idol of his heart

00:25:36.759 --> 00:25:38.799
 leads him to walk away.

00:25:40.680 --> 00:25:42.059
 Rather than just respond

00:25:42.059 --> 00:25:42.940
 with an honest question,

00:25:43.100 --> 00:25:44.299
 who on earth can do that?

00:25:44.579 --> 00:25:46.480
 Who on earth can possibly be saved?

00:25:46.480 --> 00:25:50.420
 It's a very,

00:25:50.500 --> 00:25:52.640
 very profound moment

00:25:52.640 --> 00:25:53.759
 in the text.

00:25:54.640 --> 00:25:55.660
 How on earth

00:25:55.660 --> 00:25:57.279
 can this possibly work?

00:25:58.299 --> 00:25:59.759
 And Jesus begins

00:25:59.759 --> 00:26:00.720
 to give the answer.

00:26:00.980 --> 00:26:01.960
 He gives it first,

00:26:02.140 --> 00:26:03.539
 and it's going to get unpacked

00:26:03.539 --> 00:26:04.339
 in the next verses.

00:26:04.680 --> 00:26:05.380
 If you could put it up,

00:26:05.500 --> 00:26:05.819
 Andrew.

00:26:06.819 --> 00:26:08.099
 Jesus teaches me

00:26:08.099 --> 00:26:09.500
 that a camel

00:26:09.500 --> 00:26:10.259
 will pass

00:26:10.259 --> 00:26:10.900
 through the eye

00:26:10.900 --> 00:26:11.420
 of a needle

00:26:11.420 --> 00:26:13.180
 before I enter

00:26:13.180 --> 00:26:14.220
 the kingdom of God

00:26:14.220 --> 00:26:15.920
 by my own accomplishments.

00:26:18.759 --> 00:26:20.140
 Jesus teaches me

00:26:20.140 --> 00:26:20.960
 that a camel

00:26:20.960 --> 00:26:21.680
 will pass

00:26:21.680 --> 00:26:22.319
 through the eye

00:26:22.319 --> 00:26:22.799
 of a needle

00:26:22.799 --> 00:26:24.319
 before I enter

00:26:24.319 --> 00:26:25.420
 the kingdom of God

00:26:25.420 --> 00:26:27.500
 by my own accomplishments.

00:26:28.860 --> 00:26:29.460
 You see,

00:26:29.559 --> 00:26:30.220
 it's a very,

00:26:30.339 --> 00:26:31.140
 very graphic thing.

00:26:31.240 --> 00:26:31.720
 It's, in fact,

00:26:31.799 --> 00:26:32.759
 saying the very same thing

00:26:32.759 --> 00:26:33.539
 that Paul says

00:26:33.539 --> 00:26:34.900
 time and time and time again

00:26:34.900 --> 00:26:35.920
 in the epistles.

00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:36.920
 Some of you

00:26:36.920 --> 00:26:37.620
 might have memorized

00:26:37.620 --> 00:26:39.059
 a very, very classic text

00:26:39.059 --> 00:26:40.240
 in Romans chapter 3,

00:26:40.339 --> 00:26:41.120
 verse 23.

00:26:41.240 --> 00:26:42.160
 For all have sinned

00:26:42.160 --> 00:26:42.720
 and fall short

00:26:42.720 --> 00:26:43.600
 of the glory of God.

00:26:43.599 --> 00:26:45.000
 For all have sinned

00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:45.599
 and fall short

00:26:45.599 --> 00:26:46.459
 of the glory of God.

00:26:46.619 --> 00:26:47.559
 And for many of us,

00:26:47.619 --> 00:26:48.899
 we like that type of image.

00:26:48.980 --> 00:26:49.799
 Our minds are,

00:26:50.119 --> 00:26:51.240
 I was talking the other night

00:26:51.240 --> 00:26:51.779
 to a person

00:26:51.779 --> 00:26:53.159
 and she said

00:26:53.159 --> 00:26:54.919
 how she likes abstractions

00:26:54.919 --> 00:26:56.159
 and sin,

00:26:56.339 --> 00:26:57.339
 all sin,

00:26:57.480 --> 00:26:58.619
 short of the glory of God.

00:26:58.799 --> 00:26:59.539
 That fits,

00:26:59.819 --> 00:27:00.519
 but some of us

00:27:00.519 --> 00:27:01.119
 can't think

00:27:01.119 --> 00:27:02.099
 in abstractions

00:27:02.099 --> 00:27:02.740
 very well.

00:27:03.259 --> 00:27:04.299
 And Jesus isn't just

00:27:04.299 --> 00:27:04.919
 for those of us

00:27:04.919 --> 00:27:06.219
 who think in abstractions.

00:27:06.439 --> 00:27:07.240
 Some of us think

00:27:07.240 --> 00:27:07.859
 with images

00:27:07.859 --> 00:27:09.179
 and some of us think

00:27:09.179 --> 00:27:09.579
 with very,

00:27:09.699 --> 00:27:10.980
 very concrete pictures.

00:27:11.399 --> 00:27:12.619
 And so for those of us,

00:27:12.619 --> 00:27:13.759
 he says,

00:27:14.639 --> 00:27:15.039
 okay,

00:27:15.239 --> 00:27:16.159
 you want to try

00:27:16.159 --> 00:27:17.259
 to use your accomplishments

00:27:17.259 --> 00:27:18.259
 to get into heaven?

00:27:19.119 --> 00:27:20.679
 The day a camel

00:27:20.679 --> 00:27:21.799
 goes through the eye

00:27:21.799 --> 00:27:22.339
 of the needle

00:27:22.339 --> 00:27:23.000
 is the day

00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:23.879
 that's going to work

00:27:23.879 --> 00:27:24.379
 for you.

00:27:27.699 --> 00:27:28.739
 And for those of you

00:27:28.739 --> 00:27:29.500
 who've been told

00:27:29.500 --> 00:27:30.459
 that this text

00:27:30.459 --> 00:27:30.879
 is saying

00:27:30.879 --> 00:27:31.699
 that there is a gate

00:27:31.699 --> 00:27:33.339
 in Jerusalem

00:27:33.339 --> 00:27:34.019
 where the camel

00:27:34.019 --> 00:27:34.779
 had to get down

00:27:34.779 --> 00:27:35.399
 on its knees

00:27:35.399 --> 00:27:36.279
 and all of the stuff

00:27:36.279 --> 00:27:37.000
 had to be taken

00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:37.619
 off the camel,

00:27:37.879 --> 00:27:39.159
 that gate was made

00:27:39.159 --> 00:27:39.939
 in the Middle Ages,

00:27:40.079 --> 00:27:41.239
 not in Jesus' time.

00:27:42.619 --> 00:27:44.079
 Jesus took

00:27:44.079 --> 00:27:45.199
 and made like

00:27:45.199 --> 00:27:46.539
 into a proverbial saying,

00:27:46.879 --> 00:27:47.559
 he gave them

00:27:47.559 --> 00:27:48.739
 the biggest animal

00:27:48.739 --> 00:27:49.379
 they knew

00:27:49.379 --> 00:27:51.359
 and the smallest

00:27:51.359 --> 00:27:52.500
 opening they knew.

00:27:54.079 --> 00:27:55.039
 And the disciples

00:27:55.039 --> 00:27:55.739
 understood it.

00:27:55.839 --> 00:27:56.059
 They said,

00:27:56.119 --> 00:27:56.419
 one moment,

00:27:56.579 --> 00:27:58.199
 a camel will never go

00:27:58.199 --> 00:27:59.119
 through the eye

00:27:59.119 --> 00:27:59.779
 of a needle

00:27:59.779 --> 00:28:01.199
 for all have sinned

00:28:01.199 --> 00:28:01.779
 and fall short

00:28:01.779 --> 00:28:02.679
 of the glory of God.

00:28:02.759 --> 00:28:03.819
 There is none righteous,

00:28:03.959 --> 00:28:04.699
 no doubt one.

00:28:05.619 --> 00:28:06.099
 Abstract,

00:28:06.399 --> 00:28:06.859
 concrete.

00:28:06.859 --> 00:28:09.959
 So, you see,

00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:10.479
 that's why

00:28:10.479 --> 00:28:11.579
 Jesus begins

00:28:11.579 --> 00:28:13.500
 to open up

00:28:13.500 --> 00:28:14.139
 the answer

00:28:14.139 --> 00:28:14.599
 that he gives

00:28:14.599 --> 00:28:15.379
 to the young man.

00:28:16.319 --> 00:28:17.359
 He says,

00:28:17.459 --> 00:28:18.019
 the first thing

00:28:18.019 --> 00:28:18.799
 is this challenge.

00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:19.819
 What is it

00:28:19.819 --> 00:28:20.459
 that you believe

00:28:20.459 --> 00:28:21.399
 that you need,

00:28:22.139 --> 00:28:23.839
 that you can't give up

00:28:23.839 --> 00:28:24.699
 and live without,

00:28:24.819 --> 00:28:25.799
 that's more important

00:28:25.799 --> 00:28:26.519
 than eternal life

00:28:26.519 --> 00:28:27.379
 with the living God?

00:28:27.959 --> 00:28:29.059
 And it's not just

00:28:29.059 --> 00:28:29.799
 for the rich guy.

00:28:30.000 --> 00:28:30.379
 And in fact,

00:28:30.459 --> 00:28:31.319
 Jesus is going to say,

00:28:31.619 --> 00:28:31.799
 you know,

00:28:31.839 --> 00:28:32.539
 those of you who think

00:28:32.539 --> 00:28:33.479
 that your accomplishments,

00:28:33.699 --> 00:28:36.299
 your keeping of the commandments,

00:28:36.299 --> 00:28:37.879
 you're keeping of the word of God,

00:28:37.980 --> 00:28:38.819
 you're keeping of whatever,

00:28:39.000 --> 00:28:40.619
 you're being a good person,

00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:41.379
 being successful,

00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:42.419
 being blessed with God,

00:28:42.519 --> 00:28:43.759
 and you add all that up

00:28:43.759 --> 00:28:44.159
 and it's somehow

00:28:44.159 --> 00:28:44.700
 going to get you

00:28:44.700 --> 00:28:45.440
 into the kingdom of God.

00:28:45.740 --> 00:28:46.099
 No,

00:28:46.399 --> 00:28:47.440
 a camel will go

00:28:47.440 --> 00:28:47.960
 through the eye

00:28:47.960 --> 00:28:48.359
 of a needle.

00:28:48.539 --> 00:28:48.980
 Before that,

00:28:49.099 --> 00:28:51.379
 any of your accomplishments

00:28:51.379 --> 00:28:52.319
 will add up to that.

00:28:54.359 --> 00:28:55.539
 That's what Jesus teaches.

00:28:59.680 --> 00:29:00.240
 You see,

00:29:01.079 --> 00:29:02.159
 some of you might say,

00:29:03.579 --> 00:29:04.799
 okay, George,

00:29:04.799 --> 00:29:06.180
 how does this all,

00:29:06.180 --> 00:29:06.440
 it works.

00:29:06.539 --> 00:29:07.320
 So he's just going to

00:29:07.320 --> 00:29:08.360
 sort of leave us here.

00:29:09.320 --> 00:29:09.500
 Like,

00:29:10.019 --> 00:29:12.620
 I thought that up until now,

00:29:12.720 --> 00:29:12.940
 in fact,

00:29:12.980 --> 00:29:14.080
 even when I heard that,

00:29:14.180 --> 00:29:14.880
 I sort of thought

00:29:14.880 --> 00:29:16.180
 that the camel

00:29:16.180 --> 00:29:16.940
 and the eye of the needle,

00:29:17.060 --> 00:29:17.940
 it was a little bit like,

00:29:18.140 --> 00:29:18.360
 in fact,

00:29:18.900 --> 00:29:19.840
 a lot of what Jesus

00:29:19.840 --> 00:29:21.039
 has been saying up to now

00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:22.200
 sounds very Buddhist.

00:29:23.820 --> 00:29:25.019
 That Jesus is teaching

00:29:25.019 --> 00:29:25.980
 non-attachment.

00:29:26.900 --> 00:29:27.720
 That the problem

00:29:27.720 --> 00:29:28.400
 that we have

00:29:28.400 --> 00:29:29.259
 is desire.

00:29:29.580 --> 00:29:30.380
 And the problem we have

00:29:30.380 --> 00:29:31.860
 is attachment to things.

00:29:32.840 --> 00:29:33.960
 And the camel

00:29:33.960 --> 00:29:34.420
 through the eye

00:29:34.420 --> 00:29:34.759
 of the needle,

00:29:34.759 --> 00:29:36.000
 that's just a little bit like,

00:29:36.059 --> 00:29:36.619
 it's just something

00:29:36.619 --> 00:29:37.740
 to try to give us enlightenment.

00:29:37.900 --> 00:29:38.640
 It's like trying to think

00:29:38.640 --> 00:29:39.240
 about the sound

00:29:39.240 --> 00:29:40.400
 of one hand clapping.

00:29:41.299 --> 00:29:41.980
 You're not supposed

00:29:41.980 --> 00:29:42.779
 to take it literally,

00:29:42.900 --> 00:29:43.420
 what is the sound

00:29:43.420 --> 00:29:44.279
 of one hand clapping.

00:29:44.440 --> 00:29:45.400
 If you think about

00:29:45.400 --> 00:29:47.500
 things like these sayings,

00:29:47.579 --> 00:29:48.140
 it gives you

00:29:48.140 --> 00:29:49.119
 a type of enlightenment

00:29:49.119 --> 00:29:50.459
 and it's all connected

00:29:50.459 --> 00:29:52.500
 to just non-attachment

00:29:52.500 --> 00:29:53.239
 to things.

00:29:54.919 --> 00:29:56.339
 But Jesus

00:29:56.339 --> 00:29:58.019
 is going to actually

00:29:58.019 --> 00:29:59.899
 go in a very,

00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:01.119
 very, very radically

00:30:01.119 --> 00:30:02.159
 different direction.

00:30:02.299 --> 00:30:03.419
 He's not talking

00:30:03.419 --> 00:30:05.899
 about non-attachment

00:30:05.899 --> 00:30:07.919
 and he's not talking

00:30:07.919 --> 00:30:08.919
 about enlightenment.

00:30:09.879 --> 00:30:11.619
 He's talking about

00:30:11.619 --> 00:30:13.779
 God doing something

00:30:13.779 --> 00:30:15.279
 which human beings

00:30:15.279 --> 00:30:16.559
 find impossible

00:30:16.559 --> 00:30:18.019
 and God will do

00:30:18.019 --> 00:30:19.099
 and make possible

00:30:19.099 --> 00:30:20.259
 what human beings

00:30:20.259 --> 00:30:21.980
 find impossible.

00:30:22.980 --> 00:30:23.899
 And he's going

00:30:23.899 --> 00:30:25.220
 to do it

00:30:25.220 --> 00:30:27.619
 to real human beings

00:30:27.619 --> 00:30:28.559
 like ourselves

00:30:28.559 --> 00:30:30.240
 who the problem

00:30:30.240 --> 00:30:31.579
 isn't attachment.

00:30:32.299 --> 00:30:33.339
 The problem is

00:30:33.339 --> 00:30:34.539
 that I have

00:30:34.539 --> 00:30:35.919
 a disordered heart

00:30:35.919 --> 00:30:37.819
 with disordered love.

00:30:39.440 --> 00:30:40.500
 I'm going to show you that.

00:30:40.539 --> 00:30:40.980
 Can you put up

00:30:40.980 --> 00:30:41.599
 the point, Andrew?

00:30:41.720 --> 00:30:42.339
 I'm going to show you,

00:30:42.399 --> 00:30:42.940
 but we're going to read

00:30:42.940 --> 00:30:43.359
 the text,

00:30:43.359 --> 00:30:44.619
 but I want you to see this

00:30:44.619 --> 00:30:46.799
 before we go to the text.

00:30:48.299 --> 00:30:49.439
 Note that it's that

00:30:49.439 --> 00:30:50.299
 Jesus warns me

00:30:50.299 --> 00:30:50.759
 that my,

00:30:50.839 --> 00:30:51.579
 I'll just say it,

00:30:51.619 --> 00:30:52.439
 Jesus warns me

00:30:52.439 --> 00:30:53.879
 that my disordered heart

00:30:53.879 --> 00:30:55.759
 has disordered love.

00:30:57.000 --> 00:30:57.279
 Remember,

00:30:57.359 --> 00:30:58.179
 Jesus is still giving us

00:30:58.179 --> 00:30:59.439
 a type of insight

00:30:59.439 --> 00:31:00.199
 about ourselves.

00:31:01.439 --> 00:31:02.519
 Jesus isn't saying,

00:31:02.719 --> 00:31:03.279
 once again,

00:31:03.559 --> 00:31:04.699
 that we just have to

00:31:04.699 --> 00:31:05.199
 get rid of all

00:31:05.199 --> 00:31:05.919
 of our possessions

00:31:05.919 --> 00:31:06.699
 and follow him

00:31:06.699 --> 00:31:07.500
 and then that's going

00:31:07.500 --> 00:31:07.939
 to work.

00:31:08.619 --> 00:31:09.819
 Jesus goes even deeper

00:31:09.819 --> 00:31:10.240
 and says,

00:31:10.319 --> 00:31:10.519
 no, no,

00:31:10.639 --> 00:31:11.479
 camels will go through

00:31:11.479 --> 00:31:12.079
 eyes of needle

00:31:12.079 --> 00:31:13.579
 before that's going

00:31:13.579 --> 00:31:14.179
 to work as well.

00:31:14.279 --> 00:31:15.119
 It's not a matter,

00:31:15.319 --> 00:31:15.699
 George,

00:31:15.919 --> 00:31:17.159
 of your accomplishments.

00:31:18.119 --> 00:31:18.859
 God's going to have

00:31:18.859 --> 00:31:19.480
 to do something

00:31:19.480 --> 00:31:20.179
 and yet you have

00:31:20.179 --> 00:31:21.000
 to understand

00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:22.839
 that at the very center

00:31:22.839 --> 00:31:23.599
 of who you are,

00:31:23.720 --> 00:31:24.720
 you are disordered.

00:31:25.599 --> 00:31:26.939
 And part of what it means

00:31:26.939 --> 00:31:27.859
 to be disordered

00:31:27.859 --> 00:31:28.859
 is that you're going

00:31:28.859 --> 00:31:29.480
 to love

00:31:29.480 --> 00:31:30.819
 in a disordered way.

00:31:32.199 --> 00:31:33.500
 Jesus warns me

00:31:33.500 --> 00:31:35.059
 that my disordered heart

00:31:35.059 --> 00:31:37.199
 has disordered loves.

00:31:37.960 --> 00:31:38.639
 Let's read

00:31:38.639 --> 00:31:40.960
 what Jesus says

00:31:40.960 --> 00:31:42.600
 in verse 28 to 30.

00:31:43.480 --> 00:31:44.279
 And Peter said,

00:31:44.840 --> 00:31:45.779
 we have left our homes

00:31:45.779 --> 00:31:46.600
 and followed you.

00:31:47.420 --> 00:31:48.440
 And Jesus said to them,

00:31:48.819 --> 00:31:50.120
 truly I say to you,

00:31:50.660 --> 00:31:51.640
 there is no one

00:31:51.640 --> 00:31:52.840
 who has left house

00:31:52.840 --> 00:31:53.720
 or wife or brothers

00:31:53.720 --> 00:31:54.840
 or parents or children

00:31:54.840 --> 00:31:55.460
 for the sake

00:31:55.460 --> 00:31:56.500
 of the kingdom of God

00:31:56.500 --> 00:31:58.559
 who will not receive

00:31:58.559 --> 00:32:01.039
 many times more

00:32:01.039 --> 00:32:02.700
 in this time

00:32:02.700 --> 00:32:04.600
 and in the age to come

00:32:04.600 --> 00:32:05.519
 eternal life.

00:32:07.160 --> 00:32:07.559
 You see,

00:32:07.620 --> 00:32:07.980
 it's very,

00:32:07.980 --> 00:32:08.799
 very funny

00:32:08.799 --> 00:32:10.700
 that Christians

00:32:10.700 --> 00:32:11.940
 in the monastic movement

00:32:11.940 --> 00:32:13.599
 often go to the first part

00:32:13.599 --> 00:32:14.319
 of this story

00:32:14.319 --> 00:32:15.720
 to justify

00:32:15.720 --> 00:32:17.120
 why we should all be monks

00:32:17.120 --> 00:32:18.779
 and health and wealth

00:32:18.779 --> 00:32:19.599
 gospel people

00:32:19.599 --> 00:32:20.220
 go to the end

00:32:20.220 --> 00:32:20.799
 of the story

00:32:20.799 --> 00:32:22.099
 to say whether,

00:32:22.579 --> 00:32:22.839
 why,

00:32:23.000 --> 00:32:23.980
 if you just put more money

00:32:23.980 --> 00:32:24.440
 in the plate,

00:32:24.539 --> 00:32:25.480
 God's going to bless you.

00:32:26.180 --> 00:32:27.200
 Put a thousand dollars

00:32:27.200 --> 00:32:27.860
 in the plate today,

00:32:27.940 --> 00:32:28.279
 folks,

00:32:28.700 --> 00:32:29.259
 God will give you

00:32:29.259 --> 00:32:30.180
 ten thousand bucks.

00:32:30.240 --> 00:32:30.759
 That's what it says

00:32:30.759 --> 00:32:31.259
 right here.

00:32:32.839 --> 00:32:33.860
 Give to God,

00:32:34.079 --> 00:32:34.720
 meaning us,

00:32:35.140 --> 00:32:36.440
 God will give to you

00:32:36.440 --> 00:32:37.360
 many times more.

00:32:37.759 --> 00:32:38.480
 Sort of an odd

00:32:38.480 --> 00:32:39.279
 type of text.

00:32:39.980 --> 00:32:40.759
 But it's odd

00:32:40.759 --> 00:32:41.960
 because we don't understand

00:32:41.960 --> 00:32:42.559
 that once again

00:32:42.559 --> 00:32:43.420
 Jesus is trying

00:32:43.420 --> 00:32:44.440
 to teach us something

00:32:44.440 --> 00:32:45.340
 about who we are.

00:32:46.140 --> 00:32:47.460
 That every one of us here,

00:32:47.559 --> 00:32:48.900
 I'm not exempting myself,

00:32:49.299 --> 00:32:50.400
 he's teaching me

00:32:50.400 --> 00:32:52.059
 that my heart

00:32:52.059 --> 00:32:53.019
 is disordered

00:32:53.019 --> 00:32:54.240
 and I have

00:32:54.240 --> 00:32:55.420
 disordered loves.

00:32:56.259 --> 00:32:56.440
 Andrew,

00:32:56.480 --> 00:32:57.039
 if you could put up

00:32:57.039 --> 00:32:57.500
 the image.

00:33:01.080 --> 00:33:01.519
 Yeah,

00:33:01.620 --> 00:33:02.080
 there we go.

00:33:02.259 --> 00:33:03.400
 There's a throne

00:33:03.400 --> 00:33:05.000
 with a question mark

00:33:05.000 --> 00:33:06.259
 and a crown over it.

00:33:07.039 --> 00:33:07.259
 See,

00:33:07.359 --> 00:33:07.880
 what the Bible

00:33:07.880 --> 00:33:08.779
 is teaching us,

00:33:09.140 --> 00:33:10.339
 what Jesus understands

00:33:10.339 --> 00:33:11.900
 is that God

00:33:11.900 --> 00:33:12.740
 created us

00:33:12.740 --> 00:33:13.660
 as human beings.

00:33:14.619 --> 00:33:15.839
 God created us

00:33:15.839 --> 00:33:17.019
 and God

00:33:17.019 --> 00:33:18.539
 is the beautiful,

00:33:19.059 --> 00:33:19.839
 he's the good,

00:33:20.240 --> 00:33:21.019
 he's the true,

00:33:21.519 --> 00:33:22.420
 he's the just,

00:33:22.960 --> 00:33:23.740
 he's the holy,

00:33:24.240 --> 00:33:25.059
 he's the pure,

00:33:25.619 --> 00:33:26.579
 he's the righteous.

00:33:27.380 --> 00:33:27.920
 In a sense,

00:33:28.019 --> 00:33:28.640
 it's saying that

00:33:28.640 --> 00:33:29.039
 beauty,

00:33:29.599 --> 00:33:29.980
 truth,

00:33:30.539 --> 00:33:30.880
 goodness,

00:33:31.579 --> 00:33:31.980
 love

00:33:31.980 --> 00:33:33.440
 created all things.

00:33:33.440 --> 00:33:34.840
 and God

00:33:34.840 --> 00:33:35.620
 created us

00:33:35.620 --> 00:33:36.740
 as human beings

00:33:36.740 --> 00:33:38.160
 to dwell

00:33:38.160 --> 00:33:39.960
 in a good,

00:33:40.500 --> 00:33:41.440
 just,

00:33:41.900 --> 00:33:42.400
 true,

00:33:42.880 --> 00:33:43.380
 ordered,

00:33:43.779 --> 00:33:44.160
 beautiful,

00:33:44.340 --> 00:33:45.160
 created order

00:33:45.160 --> 00:33:47.340
 in complete

00:33:47.340 --> 00:33:48.340
 and utter harmony

00:33:48.340 --> 00:33:49.140
 with God

00:33:49.140 --> 00:33:50.259
 who is the good,

00:33:50.500 --> 00:33:50.960
 the true,

00:33:51.080 --> 00:33:51.720
 and the beautiful.

00:33:52.660 --> 00:33:53.140
 And the way

00:33:53.140 --> 00:33:54.320
 that God created us

00:33:54.320 --> 00:33:55.059
 to do that

00:33:55.059 --> 00:33:55.740
 is he created

00:33:55.740 --> 00:33:56.720
 in the very center

00:33:56.720 --> 00:33:57.799
 of every human being

00:33:57.799 --> 00:33:58.980
 in a sense of throne.

00:33:58.980 --> 00:34:01.860
 and on that throne

00:34:01.860 --> 00:34:03.960
 sits God,

00:34:04.640 --> 00:34:05.180
 the good,

00:34:05.559 --> 00:34:06.019
 the true,

00:34:06.299 --> 00:34:06.779
 the beautiful.

00:34:07.440 --> 00:34:07.960
 It's actually

00:34:07.960 --> 00:34:09.639
 a profoundly beautiful picture

00:34:09.639 --> 00:34:11.099
 of what it was originally meant

00:34:11.099 --> 00:34:12.539
 for us to be as human beings.

00:34:13.219 --> 00:34:14.119
 That the God,

00:34:14.199 --> 00:34:14.599
 in a sense,

00:34:14.659 --> 00:34:15.619
 who is outside,

00:34:16.320 --> 00:34:16.920
 who is the good,

00:34:17.039 --> 00:34:17.340
 the true,

00:34:17.380 --> 00:34:17.940
 and the beautiful,

00:34:18.599 --> 00:34:19.760
 made a created order

00:34:19.760 --> 00:34:20.940
 which was,

00:34:21.179 --> 00:34:22.260
 reflected the good,

00:34:22.360 --> 00:34:22.599
 the true,

00:34:22.659 --> 00:34:23.179
 and the beautiful.

00:34:23.179 --> 00:34:25.759
 And that very same God

00:34:25.759 --> 00:34:27.179
 inhabits the throne

00:34:27.179 --> 00:34:29.179
 of every human being.

00:34:29.960 --> 00:34:30.899
 So the good,

00:34:31.319 --> 00:34:31.839
 and the true,

00:34:31.919 --> 00:34:32.419
 and the beautiful

00:34:32.419 --> 00:34:33.539
 sits on the throne

00:34:33.539 --> 00:34:34.359
 of my life

00:34:34.359 --> 00:34:35.940
 in a good,

00:34:36.159 --> 00:34:36.539
 and true,

00:34:36.679 --> 00:34:37.799
 and beautiful creation

00:34:37.799 --> 00:34:39.379
 made by a good,

00:34:39.539 --> 00:34:39.980
 and true,

00:34:40.119 --> 00:34:41.159
 and beautiful creator.

00:34:41.839 --> 00:34:42.779
 And there's a harmony.

00:34:44.819 --> 00:34:46.000
 The Bible teaches

00:34:46.000 --> 00:34:48.500
 in Adam and Eve

00:34:48.500 --> 00:34:51.199
 the decision was made

00:34:51.199 --> 00:34:52.679
 to cast the good,

00:34:52.759 --> 00:34:53.139
 and the true,

00:34:53.179 --> 00:34:53.679
 and the beautiful

00:34:53.679 --> 00:34:54.579
 off of the throne

00:34:54.579 --> 00:34:55.480
 of our lives.

00:34:56.239 --> 00:34:57.059
 And we were going

00:34:57.059 --> 00:34:58.000
 to put ourselves

00:34:58.000 --> 00:34:59.019
 on the throne

00:34:59.019 --> 00:34:59.699
 of our lives.

00:35:00.259 --> 00:35:01.039
 And it's very,

00:35:01.159 --> 00:35:01.819
 very interesting

00:35:01.819 --> 00:35:02.339
 that the very,

00:35:02.460 --> 00:35:03.000
 very first thing,

00:35:03.059 --> 00:35:03.599
 if you go back

00:35:03.599 --> 00:35:04.639
 and read Genesis 3,

00:35:04.699 --> 00:35:05.199
 and it's told

00:35:05.199 --> 00:35:06.179
 in picture language,

00:35:06.179 --> 00:35:06.579
 the very,

00:35:06.679 --> 00:35:07.359
 very first thing

00:35:07.359 --> 00:35:08.299
 that starts to happen

00:35:08.299 --> 00:35:10.039
 is that not only

00:35:10.039 --> 00:35:10.719
 does Adam,

00:35:10.819 --> 00:35:11.159
 in a sense,

00:35:11.219 --> 00:35:11.679
 want to become

00:35:11.679 --> 00:35:12.319
 on the center

00:35:12.319 --> 00:35:13.119
 of the throne

00:35:13.119 --> 00:35:13.899
 of his life,

00:35:14.000 --> 00:35:14.799
 and Eve wants

00:35:14.799 --> 00:35:15.059
 to become

00:35:15.059 --> 00:35:15.500
 on the center

00:35:15.500 --> 00:35:15.879
 of the throne

00:35:15.879 --> 00:35:16.439
 of her lives,

00:35:16.519 --> 00:35:17.139
 but instantly

00:35:17.139 --> 00:35:18.500
 there is disharmony

00:35:18.500 --> 00:35:19.460
 between Adam and Eve.

00:35:19.879 --> 00:35:20.399
 And instantly,

00:35:20.559 --> 00:35:21.059
 Eve wants

00:35:21.059 --> 00:35:21.619
 to also be

00:35:21.619 --> 00:35:22.000
 in the throne

00:35:22.000 --> 00:35:22.619
 of Adam's life,

00:35:22.659 --> 00:35:23.219
 and Adam wants

00:35:23.219 --> 00:35:23.840
 to be in the throne

00:35:23.840 --> 00:35:24.639
 of Eve's life.

00:35:24.980 --> 00:35:25.559
 And there's going

00:35:25.559 --> 00:35:26.440
 to be conflict.

00:35:26.980 --> 00:35:28.000
 And so every human

00:35:28.000 --> 00:35:28.900
 being has this

00:35:28.900 --> 00:35:30.779
 unfixable disorder

00:35:30.779 --> 00:35:32.480
 in the very center

00:35:32.480 --> 00:35:33.659
 of who we are.

00:35:34.079 --> 00:35:35.279
 And the throne

00:35:35.279 --> 00:35:35.960
 of our lives

00:35:35.960 --> 00:35:36.639
 doesn't just sort

00:35:36.639 --> 00:35:37.139
 of disappear

00:35:37.139 --> 00:35:37.799
 and go away,

00:35:38.039 --> 00:35:38.619
 but the throne

00:35:38.619 --> 00:35:39.219
 of our lives

00:35:39.219 --> 00:35:39.820
 now becomes

00:35:39.820 --> 00:35:40.699
 a battleground,

00:35:40.900 --> 00:35:41.539
 which is part

00:35:41.539 --> 00:35:41.940
 of the reason

00:35:41.940 --> 00:35:42.539
 why we get

00:35:42.539 --> 00:35:43.420
 so confused.

00:35:44.079 --> 00:35:44.820
 And it's because

00:35:44.820 --> 00:35:45.360
 on one hand,

00:35:45.440 --> 00:35:46.079
 I'm on the throne

00:35:46.079 --> 00:35:46.559
 of my life,

00:35:46.619 --> 00:35:47.119
 and on the other hand,

00:35:47.159 --> 00:35:47.980
 I think that I cannot

00:35:47.980 --> 00:35:48.579
 live without,

00:35:48.860 --> 00:35:49.019
 you know,

00:35:49.059 --> 00:35:49.579
 whatever it is.

00:35:49.599 --> 00:35:50.219
 It's my money,

00:35:50.219 --> 00:35:51.159
 my church building,

00:35:51.159 --> 00:35:52.359
 my prestige,

00:35:52.679 --> 00:35:53.219
 my health,

00:35:53.339 --> 00:35:53.879
 my body,

00:35:53.980 --> 00:35:54.500
 my power.

00:35:54.699 --> 00:35:55.480
 And on the throne

00:35:55.480 --> 00:35:56.039
 of my life,

00:35:56.099 --> 00:35:56.539
 there's me,

00:35:56.579 --> 00:35:57.059
 and there's all

00:35:57.059 --> 00:35:57.739
 of these things,

00:35:57.799 --> 00:35:58.239
 and they're all

00:35:58.239 --> 00:35:59.359
 wrestling from control,

00:35:59.439 --> 00:36:00.239
 and I go from one

00:36:00.239 --> 00:36:01.259
 thing to another,

00:36:01.579 --> 00:36:02.239
 which is why

00:36:02.239 --> 00:36:03.219
 sometimes I want

00:36:03.219 --> 00:36:03.519
 to be,

00:36:03.819 --> 00:36:04.500
 think of myself

00:36:04.500 --> 00:36:05.159
 as a kind

00:36:05.159 --> 00:36:05.779
 and compassionate

00:36:05.779 --> 00:36:06.199
 person,

00:36:06.279 --> 00:36:06.799
 and another time

00:36:06.799 --> 00:36:07.219
 I want to be

00:36:07.219 --> 00:36:08.179
 a type A individual,

00:36:08.339 --> 00:36:08.819
 and another time

00:36:08.819 --> 00:36:09.299
 I want to be

00:36:09.299 --> 00:36:10.239
 an athlete,

00:36:10.339 --> 00:36:10.739
 and another time

00:36:10.739 --> 00:36:11.059
 I want to be

00:36:11.059 --> 00:36:11.519
 a scholar,

00:36:11.659 --> 00:36:12.019
 and another time

00:36:12.019 --> 00:36:12.439
 I want to be

00:36:12.439 --> 00:36:12.819
 simple,

00:36:12.980 --> 00:36:13.399
 and another time

00:36:13.399 --> 00:36:13.980
 I just want to be

00:36:13.980 --> 00:36:14.699
 a guy who drinks

00:36:14.699 --> 00:36:15.719
 beer and watch football,

00:36:16.119 --> 00:36:16.779
 and on,

00:36:16.780 --> 00:36:17.340
 and on,

00:36:17.400 --> 00:36:17.700
 and on,

00:36:17.760 --> 00:36:18.200
 and on,

00:36:18.860 --> 00:36:21.440
 all these idols

00:36:21.440 --> 00:36:22.060
 on the throne

00:36:22.060 --> 00:36:22.880
 of our heart.

00:36:25.660 --> 00:36:26.760
 And so what Jesus

00:36:26.760 --> 00:36:27.980
 is saying here

00:36:27.980 --> 00:36:30.680
 isn't,

00:36:31.240 --> 00:36:32.920
 if Jesus was saying

00:36:32.920 --> 00:36:33.560
 that attachment

00:36:33.560 --> 00:36:34.300
 was the problem,

00:36:34.400 --> 00:36:35.060
 then he would say

00:36:35.060 --> 00:36:36.040
 that you would come

00:36:36.040 --> 00:36:36.580
 to a time

00:36:36.580 --> 00:36:37.240
 when you don't need

00:36:37.240 --> 00:36:37.660
 your house,

00:36:37.720 --> 00:36:38.140
 you don't need

00:36:38.140 --> 00:36:38.580
 your father,

00:36:38.660 --> 00:36:39.080
 you don't need

00:36:39.080 --> 00:36:39.400
 your mother,

00:36:39.460 --> 00:36:39.840
 you don't need

00:36:39.840 --> 00:36:40.260
 your brothers,

00:36:40.400 --> 00:36:40.900
 you don't have

00:36:40.900 --> 00:36:41.560
 to be attached

00:36:41.560 --> 00:36:42.240
 to any of those

00:36:42.240 --> 00:36:42.540
 things.

00:36:42.539 --> 00:36:44.300
 But when he says

00:36:44.300 --> 00:36:44.880
 all of this,

00:36:45.019 --> 00:36:45.880
 what he's pointing

00:36:45.880 --> 00:36:46.719
 to is that

00:36:46.719 --> 00:36:48.820
 the center of

00:36:48.820 --> 00:36:49.639
 who I am

00:36:49.639 --> 00:36:50.719
 are idols

00:36:50.719 --> 00:36:53.340
 that drive me,

00:36:54.320 --> 00:36:55.440
 that day by day

00:36:55.440 --> 00:36:56.659
 I do not believe

00:36:56.659 --> 00:36:57.659
 that I can live

00:36:57.659 --> 00:36:58.119
 without.

00:37:00.539 --> 00:37:01.500
 And there has

00:37:01.500 --> 00:37:02.159
 to be a way

00:37:02.159 --> 00:37:03.099
 by which God

00:37:03.099 --> 00:37:04.279
 does the impossible

00:37:04.279 --> 00:37:05.340
 and redeems

00:37:05.340 --> 00:37:06.099
 and heals

00:37:06.099 --> 00:37:08.119
 that primal,

00:37:08.460 --> 00:37:09.380
 primordial,

00:37:10.000 --> 00:37:11.119
 fundamental wound

00:37:11.119 --> 00:37:11.800
 in the center

00:37:11.800 --> 00:37:12.740
 of who I am

00:37:12.740 --> 00:37:14.960
 and the consequences

00:37:14.960 --> 00:37:15.560
 of that

00:37:15.560 --> 00:37:17.260
 and at the same

00:37:17.260 --> 00:37:18.100
 time whereby

00:37:18.100 --> 00:37:19.380
 Jesus,

00:37:19.660 --> 00:37:20.200
 the Savior,

00:37:20.660 --> 00:37:21.620
 the one who redeems

00:37:21.620 --> 00:37:22.539
 comes and sits

00:37:22.539 --> 00:37:23.019
 on the throne

00:37:23.019 --> 00:37:23.600
 of my life

00:37:23.600 --> 00:37:25.820
 and starts

00:37:25.820 --> 00:37:26.580
 to kick off

00:37:26.580 --> 00:37:27.200
 the idols.

00:37:30.180 --> 00:37:30.900
 It's his

00:37:30.900 --> 00:37:31.720
 rightful throne.

00:37:31.840 --> 00:37:32.900
 He's not an intruder.

00:37:33.640 --> 00:37:34.960
 He's not a usurper.

00:37:35.760 --> 00:37:37.140
 He's not a terrorist.

00:37:37.620 --> 00:37:38.620
 He's not a tyrant.

00:37:39.260 --> 00:37:39.800
 The throne

00:37:39.800 --> 00:37:40.800
 was built for him.

00:37:41.800 --> 00:37:43.780
 And salvation

00:37:43.780 --> 00:37:45.200
 is accepting

00:37:45.200 --> 00:37:45.860
 the pardon

00:37:45.860 --> 00:37:46.580
 and the forgiveness

00:37:46.580 --> 00:37:48.260
 that is accomplished

00:37:48.260 --> 00:37:49.000
 by Jesus.

00:37:49.620 --> 00:37:50.260
 That's how we're

00:37:50.260 --> 00:37:51.200
 made right with God.

00:37:52.900 --> 00:37:53.380
 And it's why,

00:37:53.519 --> 00:37:54.039
 if you go back

00:37:54.039 --> 00:37:54.720
 and read in John

00:37:54.720 --> 00:37:55.560
 chapter 14,

00:37:55.680 --> 00:37:56.019
 it's very,

00:37:56.120 --> 00:37:56.780
 very puzzling.

00:37:56.880 --> 00:37:57.640
 And Jesus talks

00:37:57.640 --> 00:37:59.100
 about how the Holy Spirit

00:37:59.100 --> 00:37:59.940
 inside of us

00:37:59.940 --> 00:38:00.900
 is better than Jesus

00:38:00.900 --> 00:38:01.920
 outside of us.

00:38:02.180 --> 00:38:03.140
 And it talks about

00:38:03.140 --> 00:38:04.039
 the Father and the Son

00:38:04.039 --> 00:38:04.680
 and the Holy Spirit

00:38:04.680 --> 00:38:05.860
 coming and dwelling within.

00:38:05.980 --> 00:38:06.840
 And it's this profound

00:38:06.840 --> 00:38:07.440
 teaching

00:38:07.440 --> 00:38:09.139
 that Jesus

00:38:09.139 --> 00:38:10.840
 first reconciles

00:38:10.840 --> 00:38:11.440
 us to God

00:38:11.440 --> 00:38:11.960
 and that's how

00:38:11.960 --> 00:38:12.860
 we become right with him.

00:38:12.920 --> 00:38:13.500
 It's become how we

00:38:13.500 --> 00:38:14.700
 become his adopted child.

00:38:15.179 --> 00:38:16.340
 And then growing

00:38:16.340 --> 00:38:17.900
 in grace

00:38:17.900 --> 00:38:18.980
 and growing in life

00:38:18.980 --> 00:38:20.440
 and growing in discipleship

00:38:20.440 --> 00:38:21.099
 is all about

00:38:21.099 --> 00:38:21.579
 the Jesus

00:38:21.579 --> 00:38:22.240
 who now sits

00:38:22.240 --> 00:38:22.679
 on the throne

00:38:22.679 --> 00:38:23.320
 of our lives

00:38:23.320 --> 00:38:24.460
 as he begins

00:38:24.460 --> 00:38:24.960
 to reveal

00:38:24.960 --> 00:38:25.559
 the idols

00:38:25.559 --> 00:38:26.220
 of our lives

00:38:26.220 --> 00:38:27.440
 and kick them off

00:38:27.440 --> 00:38:29.300
 so that we don't

00:38:29.300 --> 00:38:30.519
 have disordered love

00:38:30.519 --> 00:38:31.480
 but ordered love.

00:38:31.480 --> 00:38:33.159
 See, the problem

00:38:33.159 --> 00:38:34.280
 isn't that I have a wife.

00:38:35.219 --> 00:38:36.219
 The problem isn't

00:38:36.219 --> 00:38:37.059
 that I have a house

00:38:37.059 --> 00:38:38.139
 and a home.

00:38:39.159 --> 00:38:40.079
 The problem isn't

00:38:40.079 --> 00:38:40.840
 that I have money.

00:38:41.880 --> 00:38:43.099
 The problem comes

00:38:43.099 --> 00:38:44.500
 when that's all

00:38:44.500 --> 00:38:45.179
 disordered.

00:38:46.219 --> 00:38:47.019
 And so the profound

00:38:47.019 --> 00:38:47.860
 mystery is

00:38:47.860 --> 00:38:48.719
 is that when Jesus

00:38:48.719 --> 00:38:49.699
 comes and sits

00:38:49.699 --> 00:38:50.159
 on the throne

00:38:50.159 --> 00:38:50.760
 of our hearts

00:38:50.760 --> 00:38:51.539
 and begins to deal

00:38:51.539 --> 00:38:52.139
 with the idols

00:38:52.139 --> 00:38:52.940
 of our hearts

00:38:52.940 --> 00:38:54.079
 that part of what

00:38:54.079 --> 00:38:54.579
 he does is

00:38:54.579 --> 00:38:55.860
 heal our hearts

00:38:55.860 --> 00:38:58.300
 and heal the center

00:38:58.300 --> 00:38:59.159
 of who we are

00:38:59.159 --> 00:39:01.019
 so that we can begin

00:39:01.019 --> 00:39:01.719
 to love

00:39:01.719 --> 00:39:02.639
 and have room

00:39:02.639 --> 00:39:03.360
 in our heart

00:39:03.360 --> 00:39:04.539
 in an ordered way.

00:39:07.239 --> 00:39:08.199
 Andrew, if you could

00:39:08.199 --> 00:39:08.639
 put up

00:39:08.639 --> 00:39:10.400
 the fourth point.

00:39:11.619 --> 00:39:12.259
 Jesus knew

00:39:12.259 --> 00:39:13.480
 who he was dying for.

00:39:14.199 --> 00:39:15.360
 He died for people

00:39:15.360 --> 00:39:16.719
 with disordered hearts,

00:39:17.079 --> 00:39:18.239
 with disordered love.

00:39:19.079 --> 00:39:20.440
 He died to save me

00:39:20.440 --> 00:39:21.679
 and make me well.

00:39:23.199 --> 00:39:24.300
 That's the gospel.

00:39:25.159 --> 00:39:25.940
 That's how we become

00:39:25.940 --> 00:39:26.639
 right with God

00:39:26.639 --> 00:39:27.960
 and it's how

00:39:27.960 --> 00:39:28.980
 we follow Jesus.

00:39:28.980 --> 00:39:31.179
 Jesus knew

00:39:31.179 --> 00:39:32.360
 who he was dying for.

00:39:33.420 --> 00:39:34.699
 He died for people

00:39:34.699 --> 00:39:35.960
 with disordered hearts,

00:39:36.400 --> 00:39:37.400
 with disordered love.

00:39:37.940 --> 00:39:39.119
 He died to save me

00:39:39.119 --> 00:39:40.420
 and make me well.

00:39:41.800 --> 00:39:42.260
 Now some of you

00:39:42.260 --> 00:39:42.559
 might say,

00:39:42.619 --> 00:39:42.800
 George,

00:39:42.900 --> 00:39:43.599
 is this just

00:39:43.599 --> 00:39:44.119
 your own opinion?

00:39:44.320 --> 00:39:45.179
 Look and see

00:39:45.179 --> 00:39:46.099
 very briefly

00:39:46.099 --> 00:39:47.420
 how the story concludes

00:39:47.420 --> 00:39:48.360
 and then we'll end

00:39:48.360 --> 00:39:48.860
 with a prayer.

00:39:49.740 --> 00:39:51.380
 Look how the story flows.

00:39:51.500 --> 00:39:51.760
 Remember,

00:39:52.340 --> 00:39:52.940
 so he's,

00:39:53.719 --> 00:39:53.860
 he,

00:39:54.360 --> 00:39:54.599
 you know,

00:39:54.599 --> 00:39:55.360
 the young man

00:39:55.360 --> 00:39:56.619
 who walks away sad,

00:39:56.619 --> 00:39:57.219
 what he could have

00:39:57.219 --> 00:39:58.339
 just said to Jesus is,

00:39:58.819 --> 00:39:59.059
 Jesus,

00:39:59.239 --> 00:40:00.159
 that's impossible.

00:40:00.859 --> 00:40:02.679
 I can't possibly do it.

00:40:03.400 --> 00:40:04.460
 And Jesus might have said,

00:40:04.900 --> 00:40:06.599
 I'm so glad you said that.

00:40:06.839 --> 00:40:07.940
 I'm glad you realized

00:40:07.940 --> 00:40:08.679
 it's impossible

00:40:08.679 --> 00:40:09.659
 because you know what?

00:40:10.039 --> 00:40:11.579
 You need God

00:40:11.579 --> 00:40:13.000
 to do the impossible

00:40:13.000 --> 00:40:13.920
 for you.

00:40:15.519 --> 00:40:16.199
 And then,

00:40:16.239 --> 00:40:17.359
 and then he could say,

00:40:17.400 --> 00:40:17.619
 you know what?

00:40:17.619 --> 00:40:18.639
 I'm so frightened

00:40:18.639 --> 00:40:19.719
 that if God does

00:40:19.719 --> 00:40:21.059
 the possible for me,

00:40:21.139 --> 00:40:22.199
 the impossible for me,

00:40:22.259 --> 00:40:23.219
 that it will mean that,

00:40:23.699 --> 00:40:23.880
 well,

00:40:23.960 --> 00:40:24.440
 I don't know,

00:40:24.500 --> 00:40:25.139
 does it mean I'm going to have

00:40:25.139 --> 00:40:25.980
 to be like a beggar

00:40:25.980 --> 00:40:26.980
 on the side of the street?

00:40:27.059 --> 00:40:27.579
 Does it mean I,

00:40:27.980 --> 00:40:28.639
 that people are just going

00:40:28.639 --> 00:40:29.879
 to be able to kick me around?

00:40:30.000 --> 00:40:30.639
 Does it mean that I,

00:40:30.639 --> 00:40:31.839
 I can never have a wife

00:40:31.839 --> 00:40:33.239
 or family or children?

00:40:33.400 --> 00:40:33.480
 And,

00:40:33.559 --> 00:40:34.599
 and Jesus is saying

00:40:34.599 --> 00:40:35.599
 the problem that you have

00:40:35.599 --> 00:40:36.460
 is that you have money

00:40:36.460 --> 00:40:37.759
 in a place in your life,

00:40:38.079 --> 00:40:38.920
 ruling your life

00:40:38.920 --> 00:40:39.579
 in such a way

00:40:39.579 --> 00:40:40.199
 that making you,

00:40:40.259 --> 00:40:40.879
 it creates you,

00:40:40.980 --> 00:40:41.960
 within you fears.

00:40:42.199 --> 00:40:43.359
 It creates within you

00:40:43.359 --> 00:40:44.480
 false longings

00:40:44.480 --> 00:40:44.940
 and yearnings.

00:40:44.940 --> 00:40:45.779
 It's going to poison

00:40:45.779 --> 00:40:46.420
 how you relate

00:40:46.420 --> 00:40:47.299
 to money itself

00:40:47.299 --> 00:40:48.139
 and how it's going to relate

00:40:48.139 --> 00:40:48.799
 to your wife

00:40:48.799 --> 00:40:49.799
 and to your children

00:40:49.799 --> 00:40:50.420
 and to your home

00:40:50.420 --> 00:40:50.920
 and your neighborhood

00:40:50.920 --> 00:40:51.539
 and your communion

00:40:51.539 --> 00:40:52.119
 and your God.

00:40:52.199 --> 00:40:53.019
 It's going to ruin

00:40:53.019 --> 00:40:53.619
 all those things.

00:40:53.859 --> 00:40:54.719
 You have to understand

00:40:54.719 --> 00:40:55.359
 that you have

00:40:55.359 --> 00:40:56.199
 a disordered heart

00:40:56.199 --> 00:40:57.299
 with disordered loves

00:40:57.299 --> 00:40:58.419
 and I am going

00:40:58.419 --> 00:40:59.079
 to do something

00:40:59.079 --> 00:41:00.459
 to fix all of these things.

00:41:00.579 --> 00:41:01.199
 I'm going to deal

00:41:01.199 --> 00:41:01.879
 with the,

00:41:01.879 --> 00:41:02.839
 with the fundamental

00:41:02.839 --> 00:41:04.159
 brokenness that you have

00:41:04.159 --> 00:41:05.159
 and if you invite me

00:41:05.159 --> 00:41:05.959
 into your heart

00:41:05.959 --> 00:41:06.619
 and in your life,

00:41:06.699 --> 00:41:07.299
 you invite me,

00:41:07.399 --> 00:41:08.359
 you recognize who I am

00:41:08.359 --> 00:41:09.500
 and you call out upon me

00:41:09.500 --> 00:41:10.079
 for mercy

00:41:10.079 --> 00:41:11.879
 that I can save you

00:41:11.879 --> 00:41:12.739
 and make you well.

00:41:13.639 --> 00:41:14.639
 Look at what happens

00:41:14.639 --> 00:41:15.500
 in verse 31.

00:41:16.719 --> 00:41:17.980
 And taking the 12,

00:41:18.099 --> 00:41:18.779
 he said to them,

00:41:19.239 --> 00:41:19.579
 see,

00:41:19.679 --> 00:41:20.319
 we are going up

00:41:20.319 --> 00:41:20.959
 to Jerusalem

00:41:20.959 --> 00:41:22.199
 and everything

00:41:22.199 --> 00:41:22.899
 that is written

00:41:22.899 --> 00:41:24.199
 about the Son of Man

00:41:24.199 --> 00:41:25.179
 by the prophets

00:41:25.179 --> 00:41:27.759
 will be accomplished.

00:41:28.099 --> 00:41:28.759
 Just pause

00:41:28.759 --> 00:41:29.719
 before we read any further.

00:41:30.299 --> 00:41:31.119
 What that's saying

00:41:31.119 --> 00:41:32.039
 is that the Bible,

00:41:32.199 --> 00:41:33.000
 all of God's word,

00:41:33.099 --> 00:41:33.539
 that God,

00:41:33.659 --> 00:41:34.460
 from the very beginning

00:41:34.460 --> 00:41:35.299
 of Adam and Eve

00:41:35.299 --> 00:41:35.919
 and their fall,

00:41:36.279 --> 00:41:37.759
 that God began to promise

00:41:37.759 --> 00:41:38.599
 that he was going

00:41:38.599 --> 00:41:39.819
 to deal with them,

00:41:39.899 --> 00:41:40.619
 that they now

00:41:40.619 --> 00:41:42.279
 were in an impossible situation

00:41:42.279 --> 00:41:43.980
 and God was going

00:41:43.980 --> 00:41:45.159
 to do the impossible

00:41:45.159 --> 00:41:46.439
 for them.

00:41:47.119 --> 00:41:48.019
 And they didn't understand,

00:41:48.139 --> 00:41:48.839
 although there's hints,

00:41:48.839 --> 00:41:50.259
 even in Genesis chapter 3,

00:41:50.339 --> 00:41:50.919
 there's hints

00:41:50.920 --> 00:41:51.900
 that that's going

00:41:51.900 --> 00:41:53.240
 to mean the death

00:41:53.240 --> 00:41:54.579
 of God

00:41:54.579 --> 00:41:55.460
 upon something

00:41:55.460 --> 00:41:56.220
 like the cross.

00:41:56.380 --> 00:41:57.420
 But Jesus now says

00:41:57.420 --> 00:41:58.059
 that everything

00:41:58.059 --> 00:41:58.720
 that you read

00:41:58.720 --> 00:41:59.440
 in the Old Testament,

00:41:59.599 --> 00:42:00.320
 everything in all

00:42:00.320 --> 00:42:01.220
 of God's promises

00:42:01.220 --> 00:42:02.760
 is going to be accomplished,

00:42:02.860 --> 00:42:03.619
 it's going to be fulfilled.

00:42:03.840 --> 00:42:04.460
 He's saying

00:42:04.460 --> 00:42:05.559
 that I came

00:42:05.559 --> 00:42:06.720
 for one purpose

00:42:06.720 --> 00:42:08.579
 and my purpose,

00:42:08.960 --> 00:42:09.700
 the word that's

00:42:09.700 --> 00:42:10.599
 in the original language

00:42:10.599 --> 00:42:11.260
 for accomplished

00:42:11.260 --> 00:42:12.440
 is a telos word,

00:42:12.519 --> 00:42:13.260
 a telos word,

00:42:13.480 --> 00:42:14.480
 an end word.

00:42:14.480 --> 00:42:15.300
 In other words,

00:42:15.360 --> 00:42:16.420
 it's my purpose,

00:42:16.579 --> 00:42:17.400
 it's what I came

00:42:17.400 --> 00:42:18.240
 to accomplish

00:42:18.239 --> 00:42:18.959
 and fulfill,

00:42:19.159 --> 00:42:20.199
 that I'm going

00:42:20.199 --> 00:42:20.799
 to Jerusalem

00:42:20.799 --> 00:42:21.919
 to die upon the cross

00:42:21.919 --> 00:42:22.779
 and this is not

00:42:22.779 --> 00:42:23.419
 a tragedy,

00:42:23.779 --> 00:42:25.079
 this is not an accident,

00:42:25.359 --> 00:42:26.199
 it's been promised

00:42:26.199 --> 00:42:26.779
 by God,

00:42:26.959 --> 00:42:27.899
 I am the promise

00:42:27.899 --> 00:42:28.379
 of God,

00:42:28.639 --> 00:42:29.719
 I came

00:42:29.719 --> 00:42:30.659
 to die.

00:42:31.899 --> 00:42:32.679
 I came

00:42:32.679 --> 00:42:33.599
 to die

00:42:33.599 --> 00:42:34.500
 for you.

00:42:35.319 --> 00:42:36.299
 I came

00:42:36.299 --> 00:42:37.359
 to save you.

00:42:37.399 --> 00:42:37.979
 If you go back

00:42:37.979 --> 00:42:38.339
 and look,

00:42:38.419 --> 00:42:39.159
 the kingdom of God,

00:42:39.239 --> 00:42:39.759
 eternal life

00:42:39.759 --> 00:42:40.359
 and salvation

00:42:40.359 --> 00:42:41.159
 are all used

00:42:41.159 --> 00:42:42.019
 interchangeably

00:42:42.019 --> 00:42:43.539
 as the same image

00:42:43.539 --> 00:42:44.519
 of the same thing

00:42:44.519 --> 00:42:45.239
 that Jesus

00:42:45.239 --> 00:42:45.939
 will accomplish

00:42:45.939 --> 00:42:46.819
 in Jerusalem

00:42:46.820 --> 00:42:48.680
 by his rejection

00:42:48.680 --> 00:42:49.380
 and his death

00:42:49.380 --> 00:42:50.200
 upon the cross

00:42:50.200 --> 00:42:51.039
 for them.

00:42:52.120 --> 00:42:53.019
 Look how it continues,

00:42:53.300 --> 00:42:53.920
 verse 32,

00:42:54.080 --> 00:42:55.000
 for he will be delivered,

00:42:55.120 --> 00:42:55.680
 that's himself,

00:42:55.940 --> 00:42:56.900
 over to the Gentiles,

00:42:56.980 --> 00:42:57.500
 the pagans,

00:42:57.580 --> 00:42:58.360
 and will be mocked

00:42:58.360 --> 00:42:59.200
 and shamefully treated

00:42:59.200 --> 00:42:59.880
 and spit upon

00:42:59.880 --> 00:43:01.880
 and after flogging him

00:43:01.880 --> 00:43:02.700
 they will kill him

00:43:02.700 --> 00:43:04.120
 and on the third day

00:43:04.120 --> 00:43:05.120
 he will rise.

00:43:06.380 --> 00:43:06.980
 But they understood

00:43:06.980 --> 00:43:07.880
 none of these things.

00:43:08.000 --> 00:43:08.800
 This saying was hidden

00:43:08.800 --> 00:43:09.320
 from them

00:43:09.320 --> 00:43:10.600
 that they did not grasp

00:43:10.600 --> 00:43:11.220
 what was said.

00:43:11.300 --> 00:43:12.480
 We have to call out to God.

00:43:12.600 --> 00:43:13.519
 We think we see

00:43:13.519 --> 00:43:14.600
 but we don't see.

00:43:14.599 --> 00:43:17.099
 The young man thought

00:43:17.099 --> 00:43:17.799
 that he saw

00:43:17.799 --> 00:43:18.779
 but he didn't see.

00:43:19.799 --> 00:43:21.099
 We need to call out

00:43:21.099 --> 00:43:21.679
 for mercy

00:43:21.679 --> 00:43:22.599
 that we will see

00:43:22.599 --> 00:43:23.619
 that Jesus is

00:43:23.619 --> 00:43:24.920
 the power of God

00:43:24.920 --> 00:43:25.679
 for salvation

00:43:25.679 --> 00:43:27.000
 that God has provided

00:43:27.000 --> 00:43:27.759
 that this death

00:43:27.759 --> 00:43:28.719
 upon the cross

00:43:28.719 --> 00:43:30.239
 on our behalf

00:43:30.239 --> 00:43:31.259
 is a power

00:43:31.259 --> 00:43:32.039
 from God

00:43:32.039 --> 00:43:33.179
 for our salvation.

00:43:33.779 --> 00:43:35.000
 It has always been

00:43:35.000 --> 00:43:35.559
 an offense

00:43:35.559 --> 00:43:36.719
 to human pride

00:43:36.719 --> 00:43:38.099
 and the human desire

00:43:38.099 --> 00:43:38.839
 to be on the throne

00:43:38.839 --> 00:43:39.819
 of our own hearts

00:43:39.819 --> 00:43:41.739
 that God is to provide

00:43:41.739 --> 00:43:42.319
 the power

00:43:42.319 --> 00:43:43.159
 for salvation

00:43:43.159 --> 00:43:43.980
 that we cannot

00:43:43.980 --> 00:43:45.119
 provide ourselves.

00:43:46.379 --> 00:43:47.279
 It has always been

00:43:47.279 --> 00:43:48.159
 a great terror

00:43:48.159 --> 00:43:48.980
 to the idols

00:43:48.980 --> 00:43:49.899
 on our hearts

00:43:49.899 --> 00:43:52.039
 that the true person

00:43:52.039 --> 00:43:52.679
 who belongs

00:43:52.679 --> 00:43:53.199
 on the throne

00:43:53.199 --> 00:43:53.879
 of our hearts

00:43:53.879 --> 00:43:54.480
 will come

00:43:54.480 --> 00:43:55.799
 and begin to rule

00:43:55.799 --> 00:43:57.539
 and cast the idols

00:43:57.539 --> 00:43:58.879
 far from our heart

00:43:58.879 --> 00:44:00.819
 so that we might be well

00:44:00.819 --> 00:44:02.420
 and we might be free.

00:44:03.940 --> 00:44:05.519
 And the text shows us this.

00:44:05.739 --> 00:44:06.420
 It continues on.

00:44:06.519 --> 00:44:07.299
 Verse 35

00:44:07.299 --> 00:44:08.039
 right after

00:44:08.039 --> 00:44:09.299
 that it says

00:44:09.299 --> 00:44:10.059
 that the disciples

00:44:10.059 --> 00:44:11.059
 did not understand.

00:44:11.279 --> 00:44:12.119
 They didn't grasp it.

00:44:12.159 --> 00:44:12.819
 They didn't see it.

00:44:12.820 --> 00:44:13.760
 And as Jesus

00:44:13.760 --> 00:44:14.559
 verse 35

00:44:14.559 --> 00:44:15.700
 as he drew near to Jericho

00:44:15.700 --> 00:44:16.880
 a blind man

00:44:16.880 --> 00:44:18.800
 was sitting by the roadside

00:44:18.800 --> 00:44:19.320
 begging

00:44:19.320 --> 00:44:20.760
 he was living

00:44:20.760 --> 00:44:22.620
 without all of the things

00:44:22.620 --> 00:44:23.620
 that the rich man had.

00:44:23.720 --> 00:44:24.580
 He doesn't have sight

00:44:24.580 --> 00:44:26.240
 he doesn't have financial resources

00:44:26.240 --> 00:44:28.080
 and he doesn't have accomplishments.

00:44:29.120 --> 00:44:30.180
 But he still has

00:44:30.180 --> 00:44:31.160
 a profound need.

00:44:31.280 --> 00:44:32.420
 The text doesn't analyze

00:44:32.420 --> 00:44:33.500
 what is the treasure

00:44:33.500 --> 00:44:34.480
 at the center of his heart

00:44:34.480 --> 00:44:35.500
 that does not want to give up.

00:44:35.740 --> 00:44:36.980
 But what it shows

00:44:36.980 --> 00:44:38.280
 is that there is a person

00:44:38.280 --> 00:44:38.760
 despite

00:44:38.760 --> 00:44:40.140
 what other people say

00:44:40.140 --> 00:44:40.800
 about Jesus

00:44:40.800 --> 00:44:42.160
 that there is this moment

00:44:42.160 --> 00:44:42.920
 of illumination

00:44:42.920 --> 00:44:44.380
 that comes from the Holy Spirit

00:44:44.380 --> 00:44:46.160
 whereby he is going to call out

00:44:46.160 --> 00:44:46.780
 for Jesus

00:44:46.780 --> 00:44:47.780
 for mercy

00:44:47.780 --> 00:44:49.280
 understanding that Jesus

00:44:49.280 --> 00:44:50.580
 is the Messiah

00:44:50.580 --> 00:44:52.360
 the promised one of God

00:44:52.360 --> 00:44:53.240
 who has come

00:44:53.240 --> 00:44:54.100
 to save

00:44:54.100 --> 00:44:55.280
 and to make well

00:44:55.280 --> 00:44:56.500
 and to make free

00:44:56.500 --> 00:44:57.940
 so that you can walk

00:44:57.940 --> 00:44:58.700
 and live

00:44:58.700 --> 00:44:59.880
 and praise God

00:44:59.880 --> 00:45:00.800
 that Jesus

00:45:00.800 --> 00:45:02.080
 is that one.

00:45:03.220 --> 00:45:04.500
 Verse 36

00:45:04.500 --> 00:45:05.500
 and hearing a crowd

00:45:05.500 --> 00:45:06.039
 going by

00:45:06.039 --> 00:45:06.780
 he inquired

00:45:06.780 --> 00:45:07.559
 what this meant.

00:45:07.860 --> 00:45:08.440
 They told him

00:45:08.440 --> 00:45:09.579
 Jesus of Nazareth

00:45:09.579 --> 00:45:10.380
 is coming by.

00:45:10.639 --> 00:45:11.440
 That means Jesus

00:45:11.440 --> 00:45:12.159
 of Brudenel.

00:45:12.239 --> 00:45:12.860
 It means Jesus

00:45:12.860 --> 00:45:13.460
 of nowhere.

00:45:13.659 --> 00:45:14.320
 It means Jesus

00:45:14.320 --> 00:45:15.659
 who comes from someplace

00:45:15.659 --> 00:45:16.559
 that's completely

00:45:16.559 --> 00:45:17.739
 and utterly unimportant.

00:45:18.880 --> 00:45:19.900
 And in verse 38

00:45:19.900 --> 00:45:21.079
 the beggar cried out

00:45:21.079 --> 00:45:22.119
 and he doesn't cry out

00:45:22.119 --> 00:45:22.480
 Jesus

00:45:22.480 --> 00:45:23.559
 from nowhere

00:45:23.559 --> 00:45:24.280
 from somewhere

00:45:24.280 --> 00:45:25.159
 completely and utterly

00:45:25.159 --> 00:45:25.820
 unimportant

00:45:25.820 --> 00:45:27.280
 just a mere human being

00:45:27.280 --> 00:45:28.480
 who comes from Hicksville.

00:45:28.619 --> 00:45:29.579
 He doesn't say that.

00:45:29.639 --> 00:45:29.940
 He says

00:45:29.940 --> 00:45:30.380
 Jesus

00:45:30.380 --> 00:45:31.780
 son of David

00:45:31.780 --> 00:45:33.920
 have mercy on me.

00:45:34.560 --> 00:45:35.040
 And in that

00:45:35.040 --> 00:45:36.100
 Jesus son of David

00:45:36.100 --> 00:45:38.120
 all of the promises

00:45:38.120 --> 00:45:38.740
 to David

00:45:38.740 --> 00:45:39.960
 all of the promises

00:45:39.960 --> 00:45:40.680
 of the Messiah

00:45:40.680 --> 00:45:41.860
 all of the promises

00:45:41.860 --> 00:45:42.400
 of God

00:45:42.400 --> 00:45:43.560
 that he has this moment

00:45:43.560 --> 00:45:44.420
 that he realizes

00:45:44.420 --> 00:45:45.240
 that Jesus

00:45:45.240 --> 00:45:47.440
 is the promised one

00:45:47.440 --> 00:45:48.100
 who would come

00:45:48.100 --> 00:45:48.780
 from God

00:45:48.780 --> 00:45:50.100
 who provides a power

00:45:50.100 --> 00:45:51.000
 for salvation

00:45:51.000 --> 00:45:52.720
 and making well

00:45:52.720 --> 00:45:54.900
 that makes the impossible

00:45:54.900 --> 00:45:55.780
 possible

00:45:55.780 --> 00:45:57.900
 even for a sightless

00:45:57.900 --> 00:45:58.620
 beggar

00:45:58.620 --> 00:45:59.680
 who's accomplished

00:45:59.680 --> 00:46:00.580
 nothing.

00:46:01.780 --> 00:46:06.920
 In verse 39

00:46:06.920 --> 00:46:07.560
 and those who were

00:46:07.560 --> 00:46:07.920
 in front

00:46:07.920 --> 00:46:08.720
 rebuked him

00:46:08.720 --> 00:46:09.440
 telling him

00:46:09.440 --> 00:46:09.960
 to be silent

00:46:09.960 --> 00:46:10.660
 but he cried out

00:46:10.660 --> 00:46:11.160
 all the more

00:46:11.160 --> 00:46:12.320
 son of David

00:46:12.320 --> 00:46:13.680
 have mercy on me

00:46:13.680 --> 00:46:15.080
 and Jesus stopped

00:46:15.080 --> 00:46:16.100
 and commanded

00:46:16.100 --> 00:46:16.960
 the beggar

00:46:16.960 --> 00:46:17.920
 to be brought to him

00:46:17.920 --> 00:46:19.019
 and when the beggar

00:46:19.019 --> 00:46:19.560
 came near

00:46:19.560 --> 00:46:20.620
 Jesus asked him

00:46:20.620 --> 00:46:21.360
 what do you want me

00:46:21.360 --> 00:46:22.080
 to do for you?

00:46:22.940 --> 00:46:23.560
 Excuse me

00:46:23.560 --> 00:46:24.820
 and the beggar said

00:46:24.820 --> 00:46:25.260
 Lord

00:46:25.260 --> 00:46:26.860
 calls him Lord

00:46:26.860 --> 00:46:28.220
 calls him Lord

00:46:28.220 --> 00:46:29.900
 calls him the son

00:46:29.900 --> 00:46:30.320
 of David

00:46:30.320 --> 00:46:31.280
 he calls him Lord

00:46:31.280 --> 00:46:32.560
 let me recover

00:46:32.560 --> 00:46:33.140
 my sight

00:46:33.140 --> 00:46:34.560
 and Jesus said

00:46:34.560 --> 00:46:34.880
 to him

00:46:34.880 --> 00:46:36.200
 recover your sight

00:46:36.200 --> 00:46:36.660
 your faith

00:46:36.660 --> 00:46:37.400
 has made you well

00:46:37.400 --> 00:46:38.840
 some of your versions

00:46:38.840 --> 00:46:39.540
 might say

00:46:39.540 --> 00:46:40.400
 recover your sight

00:46:40.400 --> 00:46:40.860
 your faith

00:46:40.860 --> 00:46:41.500
 has saved you

00:46:41.500 --> 00:46:42.019
 it's because

00:46:42.019 --> 00:46:42.900
 saved you

00:46:42.900 --> 00:46:43.880
 and made you well

00:46:43.880 --> 00:46:45.019
 are both ways

00:46:45.019 --> 00:46:45.740
 to translate it

00:46:45.740 --> 00:46:46.380
 in Greek

00:46:46.380 --> 00:46:47.080
 it would be understood

00:46:47.080 --> 00:46:47.840
 that both are true

00:46:47.840 --> 00:46:48.519
 at the same time

00:46:48.519 --> 00:46:49.420
 but you can't translate

00:46:49.420 --> 00:46:50.200
 that into English

00:46:50.200 --> 00:46:51.340
 so it has to either

00:46:51.340 --> 00:46:52.280
 choose one or the other

00:46:52.280 --> 00:46:53.180
 but that's what it means

00:46:53.180 --> 00:46:54.400
 your faith has saved you

00:46:54.400 --> 00:46:55.580
 your faith has made you well

00:46:55.579 --> 00:46:56.759
 and immediately

00:46:56.759 --> 00:46:57.360
 the beggar

00:46:57.360 --> 00:46:58.199
 recovered his sight

00:46:58.199 --> 00:46:58.900
 and followed him

00:46:58.900 --> 00:47:00.000
 glorifying God

00:47:00.000 --> 00:47:00.699
 and all the people

00:47:00.699 --> 00:47:01.500
 when they saw it

00:47:01.500 --> 00:47:02.559
 gave praise

00:47:02.559 --> 00:47:03.460
 to God

00:47:03.460 --> 00:47:06.759
 if you could put up

00:47:06.759 --> 00:47:07.880
 the final slide

00:47:07.880 --> 00:47:12.619
 this is a prayer

00:47:12.619 --> 00:47:13.880
 to begin the Christian life

00:47:13.880 --> 00:47:15.119
 it's a prayer

00:47:15.119 --> 00:47:16.360
 to walk the Christian life

00:47:16.360 --> 00:47:19.860
 this is what Jesus

00:47:19.860 --> 00:47:21.000
 is teaching in the text

00:47:21.000 --> 00:47:21.340
 you know

00:47:21.340 --> 00:47:22.000
 I say to you

00:47:22.000 --> 00:47:22.579
 over and over again

00:47:22.579 --> 00:47:23.179
 I can't tell you

00:47:23.179 --> 00:47:24.159
 how to be successful

00:47:24.159 --> 00:47:26.099
 can't tell you

00:47:26.099 --> 00:47:26.980
 how to lose weight

00:47:26.980 --> 00:47:28.840
 can't tell you

00:47:28.840 --> 00:47:29.679
 how to get promotions

00:47:29.679 --> 00:47:30.480
 in your work

00:47:30.480 --> 00:47:31.119
 I mean I

00:47:31.119 --> 00:47:31.659
 I don't know

00:47:31.659 --> 00:47:32.000
 the Bible

00:47:32.000 --> 00:47:33.480
 I can try to teach you

00:47:33.480 --> 00:47:33.900
 how to pray

00:47:33.900 --> 00:47:37.239
 and maybe the Holy Spirit

00:47:37.239 --> 00:47:38.259
 is pressing upon you

00:47:38.259 --> 00:47:39.420
 you realize that there's idols

00:47:39.420 --> 00:47:40.420
 in the center of who you are

00:47:40.420 --> 00:47:41.099
 that bind you

00:47:41.099 --> 00:47:41.719
 and bend you

00:47:41.719 --> 00:47:42.920
 and break you out of shape

00:47:42.920 --> 00:47:44.739
 idols of unforgiveness

00:47:44.739 --> 00:47:46.319
 idols of resentment

00:47:46.319 --> 00:47:48.519
 idols of intellect

00:47:48.519 --> 00:47:49.779
 idols of prestige

00:47:49.779 --> 00:47:50.880
 idols of money

00:47:50.880 --> 00:47:52.480
 idols of sex

00:47:52.480 --> 00:47:55.179
 idols of around politics

00:47:55.179 --> 00:47:56.099
 and ideology

00:47:56.099 --> 00:47:58.019
 idols around money

00:47:58.019 --> 00:48:00.440
 and

00:48:00.440 --> 00:48:02.880
 maybe you've asked Jesus

00:48:02.880 --> 00:48:03.599
 to be your savior

00:48:03.599 --> 00:48:04.019
 and your lord

00:48:04.019 --> 00:48:04.940
 but you haven't realized

00:48:04.940 --> 00:48:06.860
 that as part of that process

00:48:06.860 --> 00:48:07.460
 he's going to start

00:48:07.460 --> 00:48:08.579
 to give you self-knowledge

00:48:08.579 --> 00:48:09.519
 and kick the idols

00:48:09.519 --> 00:48:10.519
 off the throne of your heart

00:48:10.519 --> 00:48:11.539
 and for some of you

00:48:11.539 --> 00:48:12.760
 you've never really asked Jesus

00:48:12.760 --> 00:48:13.579
 to be your savior

00:48:13.579 --> 00:48:14.079
 and your lord

00:48:14.079 --> 00:48:15.000
 this is a prayer

00:48:15.000 --> 00:48:15.719
 for all of us

00:48:15.719 --> 00:48:17.760
 the invitation is

00:48:17.760 --> 00:48:18.280
 I'm going to ask you

00:48:18.280 --> 00:48:18.880
 to stand

00:48:18.880 --> 00:48:20.000
 in a moment

00:48:20.000 --> 00:48:21.199
 and those of you

00:48:21.199 --> 00:48:21.619
 who want

00:48:21.619 --> 00:48:22.299
 could join me

00:48:22.299 --> 00:48:22.759
 in praying

00:48:22.759 --> 00:48:23.980
 Lord Jesus Messiah

00:48:23.980 --> 00:48:25.719
 I thank you

00:48:25.719 --> 00:48:27.119
 that you did

00:48:27.119 --> 00:48:27.799
 the impossible

00:48:27.799 --> 00:48:28.500
 for me

00:48:28.500 --> 00:48:29.259
 when you died

00:48:29.259 --> 00:48:30.039
 upon the cross

00:48:30.039 --> 00:48:30.420
 for me

00:48:30.420 --> 00:48:31.759
 I thank you

00:48:31.759 --> 00:48:32.199
 that you are

00:48:32.199 --> 00:48:32.739
 the power

00:48:32.739 --> 00:48:33.279
 of God

00:48:33.279 --> 00:48:34.019
 for salvation

00:48:34.019 --> 00:48:35.599
 please take

00:48:35.599 --> 00:48:36.579
 your rightful place

00:48:36.579 --> 00:48:37.139
 on the throne

00:48:37.139 --> 00:48:37.779
 of my heart

00:48:37.779 --> 00:48:38.859
 as my savior

00:48:38.859 --> 00:48:39.480
 and my lord

00:48:39.480 --> 00:48:41.019
 please remove

00:48:41.019 --> 00:48:42.000
 every idol

00:48:42.000 --> 00:48:42.940
 from my heart

00:48:42.940 --> 00:48:44.259
 and make me

00:48:44.259 --> 00:48:45.380
 free and well

00:48:45.380 --> 00:48:46.500
 amen

00:48:46.500 --> 00:48:47.920
 please stand

00:48:47.920 --> 00:48:51.699
 if the Holy Spirit

00:48:51.699 --> 00:48:52.659
 is pressing on you

00:48:52.659 --> 00:48:52.980
 to pray

00:48:52.980 --> 00:48:53.519
 by the way

00:48:53.519 --> 00:48:54.300
 if you're always

00:48:54.300 --> 00:48:55.079
 some people like to

00:48:55.079 --> 00:48:56.079
 write these things down

00:48:56.079 --> 00:48:57.199
 all of these things

00:48:57.199 --> 00:48:58.139
 the notes will all be

00:48:58.139 --> 00:48:59.440
 on the web page

00:48:59.440 --> 00:49:00.300
 tomorrow

00:49:00.300 --> 00:49:01.940
 and you can

00:49:01.940 --> 00:49:02.679
 if you want to

00:49:02.679 --> 00:49:03.960
 just as the sermon

00:49:03.960 --> 00:49:05.000
 will be on the web page

00:49:05.000 --> 00:49:06.059
 tomorrow or Tuesday

00:49:06.059 --> 00:49:06.500
 or whatever

00:49:06.500 --> 00:49:07.659
 you can always look

00:49:07.659 --> 00:49:08.000
 at them later

00:49:08.000 --> 00:49:08.840
 but if the Holy Spirit

00:49:08.840 --> 00:49:10.059
 is pressing upon you

00:49:10.059 --> 00:49:11.539
 to pray

00:49:11.539 --> 00:49:13.219
 then just a moment

00:49:13.219 --> 00:49:13.719
 of silence

00:49:13.719 --> 00:49:14.359
 then I'm going to

00:49:14.359 --> 00:49:14.719
 pray it

00:49:14.719 --> 00:49:15.279
 and if you'd like

00:49:15.279 --> 00:49:16.059
 to pray it as well

00:49:16.059 --> 00:49:16.719
 if you don't pray it

00:49:16.719 --> 00:49:17.159
 that's fine

00:49:17.159 --> 00:49:18.879
 just what the Holy Spirit

00:49:18.879 --> 00:49:19.919
 is pressing in on you

00:49:19.919 --> 00:49:20.359
 to pray

00:49:20.359 --> 00:49:22.219
 then join with me

00:49:22.219 --> 00:49:23.159
 in praying this prayer

00:49:23.159 --> 00:49:28.199
 Lord Jesus Messiah

00:49:28.199 --> 00:49:29.959
 I thank you

00:49:29.959 --> 00:49:30.679
 that you did

00:49:30.679 --> 00:49:31.319
 the impossible

00:49:31.319 --> 00:49:32.099
 for me

00:49:32.099 --> 00:49:33.339
 when you died

00:49:33.339 --> 00:49:34.339
 upon the cross

00:49:34.339 --> 00:49:34.799
 for me

00:49:34.799 --> 00:49:36.339
 I thank you

00:49:36.339 --> 00:49:37.039
 that you are

00:49:37.039 --> 00:49:37.619
 the power

00:49:37.619 --> 00:49:38.179
 of God

00:49:38.179 --> 00:49:38.980
 for salvation

00:49:38.980 --> 00:49:40.659
 please take

00:49:40.659 --> 00:49:41.879
 your rightful place

00:49:41.879 --> 00:49:42.599
 on the throne

00:49:42.599 --> 00:49:43.399
 of my heart

00:49:43.400 --> 00:49:44.720
 as my Savior

00:49:44.720 --> 00:49:45.599
 and my Lord

00:49:45.599 --> 00:49:47.300
 please remove

00:49:47.300 --> 00:49:48.220
 every idol

00:49:48.220 --> 00:49:49.200
 from my heart

00:49:49.200 --> 00:49:50.460
 and make me

00:49:50.460 --> 00:49:51.480
 free and well

00:49:51.480 --> 00:49:52.780
 as I follow you

00:49:52.780 --> 00:49:53.700
 Amen