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 Some people who are a bit familiar with the Christian faith will say things like this to us.

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 I've rarely had anybody say, I've had people say something like this to me face to face.

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 It's more something that you read or you'll see on YouTube.

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 You Christians are crazy.

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 You believe in a petty tyrant, thin-skinned God who's always angry

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 and is always seeking to mete out his anger at human beings

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 who are just basically trying to mind their own business.

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 And how preposterous is this to think that your God is just so completely consumed with anger

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 and consumed with judgment, and that's bad enough.

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 But it's even worse that you Christians think that the brilliant idea around this

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 is that he should kill his son and that somehow or another that lets you all off the hook.

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 How is that not something like child abuse?

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 How is that not just something that fosters anger in people and fosters,

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 in fact, gives permission for people to do horrible things to their kids?

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 The whole idea of Christianity is completely and utterly preposterous.

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 Here endeth the sermon. No.

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 I don't know if you've ever had anybody say that.

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 You can read about it.

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 People like Christopher Hitchens were very famous for going on rants like this.

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 Often one of the things that Christians will say in the face of that,

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 and I've only had it maybe twice,

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 somebody say something along that lines to me in a coffee shop.

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 In fact, in both cases, they said it with quite a loud voice.

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 And I'll be honest with you.

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 I got very red-faced

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 because the whole Starbucks turned to look at me

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 as this guy went on this rant about me.

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 But usually you don't have people say that to your face.

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 You'll just see it in YouTube.

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 A lot of times Christians, in response to this,

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 will say something like,

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 well, that's sort of more of an Old Testament idea,

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 and Christians aren't Old Testament people.

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 We're New Testament people.

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 And the New Testament really portrays God as love and Jesus as love,

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 and that's not the right way to understand what the Christian faith is.

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 Now, the unfortunate thing is

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 that if the person speaking to you knows the Bible at all,

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 they'll say,

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 I'm sorry, it's in the New Testament.

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 And that's the verse that we're looking at today,

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 is one of the times in the New Testament

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 where, in fact,

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 the anger of God at sin

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 is, in fact,

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 very specifically and explicitly taught.

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 It's just not often recognized

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 because it's an old-fashioned word

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 that we don't use very often.

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 So if you would just turn your Bibles again,

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 I'm going to bring it to your attention.

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 I'm going to read the three verses before it,

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 or the four verses before it,

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 and then the key verse.

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 And this is going to be one of those Sundays

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 where we're just going to really camp

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 on this idea of God's anger.

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 And I can't give you advice

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 about how to handle a conversation like that with people.

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 Probably my main advice would be to say,

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 listen, you've caught me really off guard on this.

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 How about if you talk to my pastor?

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 Or just caught you off guard.

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 Maybe we can get together in a week,

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 and I'd love to try to explore this with you.

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 I'm not quite sure what to say,

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 but I'd love to continue.

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 And that might be just the best thing that you can do.

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 But we're going to explore this idea

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 and the objections that most Canadians would have to it.

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 But let's look at it first.

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 It's 1 John, right at the back of your Bible,

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 chapter 1, verse 8, and we'll start there.

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 If we say we have no sin,

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 we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

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 If we confess our sins,

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 he, that is God, is faithful and just

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 to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us

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 from all unrighteousness.

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 If we say we have not sinned,

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 we make him, that is God, a liar,

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 and his word is not in us.

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 My little children,

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 I am writing these things to you

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 so that you may not sin.

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 But if anyone does sin,

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 we have an advocate with the Father,

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 Jesus Christ, the righteous.

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 He is the propitiation for our sins

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 and not for ours only,

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 but also for the sins of the whole world.

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 And the word propitiation means

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 something which turns aside.

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 I'm going to unpack the idea a little bit more.

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 Something that turns aside God's anger.

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 That's what it means.

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 And it's here, it's in chapter 4,

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 it's in the book of Romans,

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 and it takes place in a noun form

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 in a variety of other places in the Gospels.

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 I think it's a total of six times

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 in the New Testament this word is used.

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 So if we have somebody making this

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 very strong case against Christianity

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 and we try to say it's an Old Testament idea,

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 not a New Testament idea,

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 if they know the Bible at all,

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 they'll come back at us

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 and we won't really know what to do.

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 So let's just think about it for a second.

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 Well, the first thing about this

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 is to think about anger.

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 I mean, that's where a lot of this gets its power.

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 This is quite a few years ago now,

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 but there was a woman

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 who used to go to this church.

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 This is a long, long time ago.

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 I've been here a long time.

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 I hadn't realized it was as long

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 until Andrew got up and reminded us.

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 Just if you're wondering,

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 I came here as a pastor at 14,

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 so 25 years, I'm only 39.

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 Not true.

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 But there was a woman

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 who was about to start having children

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 and one day she wanted to talk to me

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 and we set up a time to talk.

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 And one of the things that she shared with me

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 is that she had a mom,

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 she was really looking forward to getting married,

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 but she had a great fear about having children.

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 And the reason she had a great fear

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 about having children

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 is that she herself had a mom

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 who was very anger driven.

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 You never knew what would set off her mom's anger,

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 but something would set it off.

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 It was all very idiosyncratic.

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 It was always something self-centered,

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 something that offended her in some way.

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 And she would set off her mom's anger.

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 And then her mom was very, very, very,

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 she used corporal physical punishment

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 and was very, very violent with this woman.

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 And she said,

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 the problem is

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 that I see my mom and myself more and more.

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 And I'm just really, really worried

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 that if I actually have kids,

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 if I'm able to have kids,

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 that I'll end up being like my mom

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 and that I'll have this anger

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 and I'll do so much violence to them.

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 Now, we had several conversations around all of this

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 and the point of it isn't

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 how you counsel somebody about something like that,

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 but the fact of the matter is

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 is that we all know anger driven individuals,

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 every single one of us.

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 In fact, if we were just to say,

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 let's share some stories afterwards

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 about anger driven people,

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 we'd all have stories.

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 In fact, we might start trying to top each other

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 with stories about anger.

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 And so when we hear this idea of this idea of propitiation,

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 that God's anger has to be turned aside,

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 the first thing that we do

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 is start to think of anger driven individuals.

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 In fact,

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 that'd be exactly what people in Jesus' time

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 would have thought about

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 because one of the things

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 that characterized the gods and the goddesses

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 is you never knew when you were going to piss them off

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 and when they were pissed off,

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 boy, they were pissed off

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 and they would do all sorts of terrible things to you.

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 Now, what I would just say to that

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 is I'd say one particular thing for us as Christians

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 when we see this idea,

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 which is very unsettling,

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 and that is this,

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 Christians all accept

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 that the most perfect revelation of God is Jesus.

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 And all I would say to anybody,

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 if I had the chance,

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 is I'd say,

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 I just challenge you to this.

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 I ask you to read the four gospels.

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 Just read the four gospels.

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 It's recognized that these are

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 either eyewitness biographies of Jesus

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 or based on eyewitness testimony of Jesus.

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 And I ask you,

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 read these four gospels

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 and then see if Jesus is an anger driven individual.

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 And nobody could read the stories of Jesus

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 and think that he was an anger driven individual.

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 And then I might say,

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 and not only is Jesus not an anger driven individual,

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 but if you know anything at all about the Christian faith,

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 that the heart of the Christian faith

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 is this idea of the Trinity.

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 You're going to get sort of a bit bored of me

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 always going back to who God is,

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 but the fact that the God is triune

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 is unbelievably important.

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 The fact of the matter is,

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 is that you could wonder about Allah's anger.

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 But the fact is that

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 the Christian doctrine of the Trinity

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 shows that before there were any human beings,

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 before there was a creation at all,

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 that from all eternity,

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 the Father loved the Son

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 and the Son loved the Father.

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 And the Holy Spirit both loved the Father and the Son

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 and is the love between the Father and the Son.

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 And you can see that

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 that there's this fundamental harmony,

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 that there's no anger in God in his very nature.

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 And that God in his very nature

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 creates not out of anger,

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 but out of love and out of goodness.

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 And so whatever this doctrine means,

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 what we have to understand is

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 God is not an anger driven petty tyrant.

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 Listen again.

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 My little children,

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 I am writing these things to you

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 so that you may not sin.

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 But if anyone does sin,

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 we have an advocate with the Father,

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 Jesus Christ the righteous.

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 He is the propitiation for our sins.

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 But some of you might say,

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 but George, you're still, I don't know,

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 like, but don't you think

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 a God that never gets angry is a better God?

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 Like, don't you think that

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 that should be what we're evolving to,

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 is to not be angry?

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 Don't you think if God is really God

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 that he should evolve

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 to never even having this line

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 of propitiation in the Bible at all?

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 To which I would just say this.

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 Think about anger again a little bit more.

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 Now, no longer thinking about

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 anger driven individuals

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 who are petty tyrants.

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 Imagine that you were to take

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 a group of people

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 and you were to show them

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 a documentary,

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 maybe even a bit of a graphic documentary,

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 of the many places in the world

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 where either young girls

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 are stolen from their family

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 to satisfy the sexual lusts of men,

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 or where parents actually

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 sell their young girls,

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 like very, very young girls.

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 And imagine you watch that video.

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 Would it be a sign of moral evolution

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 if you were not mad at that?

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 Somebody who could watch that

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 and think about it

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 and not be mad,

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 it's a sign

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 that they're immoral.

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 They're missing something.

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 To not be angry

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 at real abusive evil.

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 In fact, even think about it for a second.

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 Imagine that after the video

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 that not only is one of the people

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 not mad at it,

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 but they then give you a long argument

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 as to why it's not as bad as it looks.

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 They become a spin doctor for evil

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 and you would look and say,

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 you're a spin...

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 They would not be a person

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 that any one of us would point to

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 and say this is an example

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 of highly evolved moral person.

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 We would say there's something wrong with you.

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 And it's the same thing as this.

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 Why would we want a God

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 that's never angry at evil?

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 Why would we want a God

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 who is not angry at...

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 During Cambodia,

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 when the Pol Pot killed

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 one-third of the population

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 of the country,

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 why would we want a God

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 who's not angry at that?

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 The fact of the matter is

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 is that God's...

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 This doctrine of God's settled anger

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 against evil

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 is in fact a good thing.

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 Like, why would you want to worship a God

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 that does not get angry

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 at great evil and injustice?

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 Listen again to the text.

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 My little children,

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 I am writing these things to you

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 so that you may not sin.

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 But if anyone does sin,

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 we have an advocate with the Father,

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 Jesus Christ the righteous.

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 He is the propitiation for our sins.

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 But some of you might say,

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 George, here's part of the problem.

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 The idea of sin

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 is just a completely

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 and utterly ridiculous idea.

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 And it is.

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 I don't watch very many comedians

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 on Netflix

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 or any of the other places

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 where you can watch comedians.

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 But I can tell you this.

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 The little that I know about them,

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 that if a comedian

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 came out onto the stage

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 and began by saying,

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 I'm a sinner,

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 the whole audience would laugh.

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 I want to talk about

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 how bad a sinner I am,

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 the whole audience would laugh.

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 It instantly conjures up

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 prune-like spinsters

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 frowning at people having fun.

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 Nuns and monks

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 who are completely and utterly

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 off their rockers

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 with fasting

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 and self-flagellation,

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 being upset with people.

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 That's the image

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 that it conjures to our society

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 and our culture.

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 And it's one of the reasons

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 why usually if I talk

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 to non-Christians,

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 I won't use the word sin.

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 I would only use the word sin

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 if I had really developed

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 a very long relationship with them.

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 I would, in fact,

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 talk about evil and wickedness.

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 But, in fact,

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 the idea of sin

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 is something which is

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 a very, very important word

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 for Christians to remember.

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 It's a very, very good word

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 for Christians to remember

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 because it includes God in it.

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 that if I was just to use

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 the way Canadians speak

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 about right and wrong

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 and I would do something,

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 maybe I punch Chris.

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 I'd never punch Chris.

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 He's younger, vastly bigger,

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 and stronger than me.

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 It would be a foolish thing to do.

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 But let's say for some reason

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 I decided I would punch Chris.

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 Well, people can say,

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 well, you've done something

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 wrong to Chris.

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 It was also a really stupid thing to do.

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 But you did a wrong thing to Chris.

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 And it's just between you and Chris.

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 Why on earth does it include

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 something like God?

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 It's just between the two of you.

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 So here's where the word,

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 this is where the doctrine of sin

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 is very important

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 for Christians to remember

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 because it actually opens up

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 the fact that it's never

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 just a private act of evil

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 against a person.

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 There's something else involved.

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 And I'll give you a story,

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 an illustration

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 to help you to understand it.

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 I was going to originally use

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 that some Canadians went

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 and invaded the U.S. embassy

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 and took part of it over.

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 But given how people in Canada

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 feel about Trump,

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 we might cheer at that.

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 So I won't use the U.S.

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 as an example.

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 Imagine that there's a group

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 of Canadians,

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 three or four from this church

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 after the service,

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 and they go to the French embassy.

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 And while they go

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 into the French embassy,

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 they punch the guards

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 and go into the embassy

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 and start throwing their weight around,

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 punching a couple

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 of the embassy staff

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 and maybe even punching

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 the ambassador from France.

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 Now here's the question.

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 Is their action

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 just a sin

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 or just a wrongdoing

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 against the individuals

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 that they punch?

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 No.

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 It's an offense against France.

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 In fact,

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 it would be the case

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 that if after they came out,

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 Canadians just said,

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 yay, way to go,

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 and the Canadian government

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 refused to try to punish them at all

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 or do anything at all like that,

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 not only would the people

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 who were punched be upset,

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 all of France would be upset.

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 All of France would be upset

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 because it wasn't just

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 an individual act

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 against a particular person.

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 It was an act

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 of aggression

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 against France.

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 And that's how everybody

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 in Canada

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 and throughout the entire world

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 would understand it.

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 And you see,

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 this is then

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 why the doctrine of sin

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 is very important.

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 It's why churches

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 need to never lose

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 the doctrine of sin

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 because to say

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 that something's wrong

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 or something's evil

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 can easily seem

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 as if it's just between me

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 and the person who's wrong.

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 But the idea of sin

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 always brings

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 to our remembrance

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 that it's also

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 something against God.

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 God is included.

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 Why?

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 God is the creator

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 of all things.

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 He is the sustainer

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 of all things.

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 He is sovereign

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 over all things.

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 He has never renounced

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 his sovereignty.

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 He didn't go down

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 and look and say,

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 I'm sick and tired

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 of Canada.

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 I'm sick and tired

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 of the earth.

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 I'm just going to forget

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 about it.

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 If he forgot about it,

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 we wouldn't exist.

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 He's never given up

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 his sovereignty

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 over the entire world.

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 And so every act

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 against the created order,

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 because it can be,

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 it's a sin to pollute.

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 It's a sin to rape the earth.

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 Any act against animals

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 which is cruel

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 is a sin.

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 It's against God's creation.

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 And any act

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 against a human being

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 is also a sin.

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 And so therefore

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 it is appropriate

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 for God to be upset.

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 Nobody would wonder

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 why France was upset

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 that Canadians went in

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 and punched the ambassador.

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 We wouldn't think

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 they were being ridiculous.

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 And so it is

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 that every human being

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 needs to understand

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 that their wrong actions

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 is also something

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 against God.

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 Listen again to the text.

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 My little children,

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 I am writing

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 these things to you

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 so that you may not

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 sin,

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 but if anyone does sin,

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 we have an advocate

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 with the Father.

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 Jesus Christ,

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 the righteous,

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 he is the propitiation

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 for our sins.

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 Some of you might say,

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 I'm the downtown version

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 of a Kanata soccer mom.

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 Like, everybody loves me.

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 I don't do anything bad.

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 Like, I'm a good person.

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 Like, you'd want to have me

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 as your neighbor.

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 Like, the school loves it

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 that my kids go to that school

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 because I volunteer

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 and help them out

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 all the time.

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 I'm a good employee.

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 Like, I'm a good person.

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 Like, I've never done

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 anything against God.

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 Like, okay, yeah, yeah, yeah.

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 I can see that God

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 should do something

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 about those people

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 who abuse children

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 and Paul Pot

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 and what he did

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 in Cambodia,

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 but I'm a good person.

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 I'm a soccer mom.

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 I'm a deputy minister

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 in the civil service.

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 Like, I know how to mind

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 my P's and Q's

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 and dot my I's

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 and cross my T's.

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 I haven't done racist things

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 or anything like that

00:18:43.040 --> 00:18:43.660
 that's going to get me

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 in trouble.

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 Well, you can look

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 through my whole

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 Twitter history.

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 Nothing bad.

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 Well, the illustration

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 of the French embassy

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 once again

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 would show us the problem.

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 Let's say in this

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 particular case

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 that a group of you

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 go in

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 and you punch

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 the guard and all

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 and you punch

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 the ambassador

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 but then you take over

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 a whole floor

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 of the embassy

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 and you seal it off

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 and through the door

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 you apologize

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 for having punched

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 the person

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 but basically

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 the fact of the matter

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 is you say,

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 listen,

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 I love the location.

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 This is way nicer

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 than my apartment

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 or my house.

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 I don't have to pay

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 anything for it.

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 Like, the furniture

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 is really nice.

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 It's really clean

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 and by the way

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 I expect the French

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 government

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 to keep sending in

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 a maid every day

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 and clean everything

00:19:31.419 --> 00:19:31.799
 like that

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 and I'll just ignore France.

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 I'll just live here

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 but I'll ignore France.

00:19:35.219 --> 00:19:36.119
 Well, what would we say?

00:19:36.899 --> 00:19:37.359
 Well, we think

00:19:37.359 --> 00:19:38.419
 actually what we would think

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 is we'd think

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 they were mentally ill.

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 Like, we'd say

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 anybody who thinks

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 they can take over

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 the third floor

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 or the second floor

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 of the French embassy

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 and just live there

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 as if it's theirs

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 and doesn't think

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 there should be

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 any consequences

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 or that they've bothered

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 the French government

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 and that if the French government

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 is mad,

00:19:55.399 --> 00:19:55.599
 it's like,

00:19:55.659 --> 00:19:56.679
 what's your problem?

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 Like, we'd think

00:19:58.319 --> 00:20:00.099
 you're missing something,

00:20:00.220 --> 00:20:01.339
 like you're mentally ill.

00:20:02.079 --> 00:20:03.119
 But that's exactly

00:20:03.119 --> 00:20:04.500
 the story of the soccer mom

00:20:04.500 --> 00:20:05.500
 or the deputy minister.

00:20:06.059 --> 00:20:07.460
 We live in God's world.

00:20:08.059 --> 00:20:09.059
 We breathe his air.

00:20:09.779 --> 00:20:11.059
 We depend upon gravity.

00:20:11.460 --> 00:20:12.519
 We didn't create ourselves.

00:20:13.480 --> 00:20:14.079
 God gave us

00:20:14.079 --> 00:20:15.059
 the gift of life.

00:20:16.079 --> 00:20:17.059
 Every single breath

00:20:17.059 --> 00:20:17.639
 we take

00:20:17.639 --> 00:20:18.440
 is given to us

00:20:18.440 --> 00:20:19.019
 by God.

00:20:19.159 --> 00:20:20.440
 Every thought

00:20:20.440 --> 00:20:21.460
 that we have in our mind

00:20:21.460 --> 00:20:22.079
 is given to us

00:20:22.079 --> 00:20:22.480
 by God.

00:20:22.579 --> 00:20:23.579
 Everything that is good

00:20:23.579 --> 00:20:24.539
 is, in a sense,

00:20:24.619 --> 00:20:25.379
 coming from God.

00:20:25.480 --> 00:20:26.259
 We consistently

00:20:26.259 --> 00:20:26.819
 and utterly

00:20:26.819 --> 00:20:28.279
 live in God's world

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 and yet,

00:20:30.179 --> 00:20:31.159
 if we completely

00:20:31.159 --> 00:20:31.679
 and utterly

00:20:31.679 --> 00:20:32.740
 ignore him,

00:20:33.220 --> 00:20:34.399
 it's no different

00:20:34.399 --> 00:20:35.159
 than taking over

00:20:35.159 --> 00:20:35.819
 the third floor

00:20:35.819 --> 00:20:36.339
 of the embassy,

00:20:36.500 --> 00:20:37.200
 thinking it's yours

00:20:37.200 --> 00:20:37.620
 and ignoring

00:20:37.620 --> 00:20:38.380
 the French government

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 and then wondering

00:20:39.059 --> 00:20:40.019
 why they think

00:20:40.019 --> 00:20:40.559
 it's wrong.

00:20:46.100 --> 00:20:46.720
 Once again,

00:20:46.799 --> 00:20:47.680
 listen to the text.

00:20:48.340 --> 00:20:49.140
 My little children,

00:20:49.279 --> 00:20:49.759
 I am writing

00:20:49.759 --> 00:20:50.980
 these things to you

00:20:50.980 --> 00:20:52.100
 so that you may not sin,

00:20:52.180 --> 00:20:53.220
 but if anyone does sin,

00:20:53.279 --> 00:20:53.980
 we have an advocate

00:20:53.980 --> 00:20:54.680
 with the Father.

00:20:55.120 --> 00:20:55.819
 Jesus Christ,

00:20:55.900 --> 00:20:56.319
 the righteous,

00:20:56.500 --> 00:20:57.620
 he is the propitiation

00:20:57.620 --> 00:20:59.039
 for our sins.

00:21:00.039 --> 00:21:00.960
 But then some of you

00:21:00.960 --> 00:21:01.220
 might say,

00:21:01.279 --> 00:21:01.559
 okay, well,

00:21:01.559 --> 00:21:02.380
 this propitiation,

00:21:02.519 --> 00:21:03.039
 the siniest side

00:21:03.039 --> 00:21:03.779
 of the wrath of God,

00:21:03.840 --> 00:21:04.600
 well, why doesn't God

00:21:04.599 --> 00:21:05.699
 just get over it?

00:21:06.619 --> 00:21:07.240
 Like, isn't that

00:21:07.240 --> 00:21:08.219
 a sign of maturity?

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 Like, the mature person

00:21:10.119 --> 00:21:11.119
 gets over it.

00:21:11.419 --> 00:21:12.339
 Why doesn't God

00:21:12.339 --> 00:21:13.980
 just get over it?

00:21:15.579 --> 00:21:16.000
 Now,

00:21:16.759 --> 00:21:17.500
 think about it

00:21:17.500 --> 00:21:17.899
 for a second.

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 Who usually says

00:21:19.179 --> 00:21:19.899
 get over it?

00:21:20.419 --> 00:21:21.059
 The person who's

00:21:21.059 --> 00:21:21.579
 done the wrong.

00:21:21.939 --> 00:21:23.019
 Imagine this scenario.

00:21:24.799 --> 00:21:25.959
 My wife isn't here

00:21:25.959 --> 00:21:27.419
 because we had

00:21:27.419 --> 00:21:28.379
 three of our grandchildren

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 come and spend

00:21:29.819 --> 00:21:30.559
 a sleepover,

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 and anyway,

00:21:31.339 --> 00:21:32.199
 that's why she's not

00:21:32.199 --> 00:21:32.619
 here this morning.

00:21:32.859 --> 00:21:33.480
 But imagine

00:21:33.480 --> 00:21:34.559
 that I'm up here,

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 and then halfway

00:21:35.359 --> 00:21:36.299
 through the service,

00:21:36.819 --> 00:21:37.719
 my wife Louise

00:21:37.719 --> 00:21:38.419
 comes walking

00:21:38.419 --> 00:21:39.099
 on the stage.

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 She singles to Andrew

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 with, you know how

00:21:41.539 --> 00:21:42.459
 women can have the look?

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 The look.

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 I can't do it.

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 I should have somebody

00:21:45.500 --> 00:21:46.000
 come up here

00:21:46.000 --> 00:21:47.019
 and give the look.

00:21:47.439 --> 00:21:48.480
 Andrew has been married

00:21:48.480 --> 00:21:49.099
 for many years.

00:21:49.199 --> 00:21:49.939
 He understands

00:21:49.939 --> 00:21:50.959
 the look.

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 And she points to this,

00:21:53.659 --> 00:21:55.039
 and Andrew

00:21:55.039 --> 00:21:56.379
 quickly turns it on,

00:21:56.459 --> 00:21:57.319
 and then she points

00:21:57.319 --> 00:21:57.659
 at me,

00:21:57.719 --> 00:21:58.379
 and he quickly

00:21:58.379 --> 00:21:59.059
 mutes me.

00:21:59.500 --> 00:21:59.980
 And then Louise

00:21:59.980 --> 00:22:01.000
 gets up on the stage

00:22:01.000 --> 00:22:02.219
 and tells you

00:22:02.219 --> 00:22:03.639
 the terrible thing

00:22:03.639 --> 00:22:04.259
 I did to her

00:22:04.259 --> 00:22:05.119
 this past week.

00:22:08.539 --> 00:22:09.559
 And you were all

00:22:09.559 --> 00:22:10.339
 horrified

00:22:10.339 --> 00:22:11.839
 at what I've done.

00:22:14.420 --> 00:22:15.240
 And then I say

00:22:15.240 --> 00:22:15.740
 to Andrew,

00:22:16.740 --> 00:22:17.220
 to that,

00:22:18.059 --> 00:22:18.900
 and I'd say

00:22:18.900 --> 00:22:19.400
 to Louise,

00:22:19.799 --> 00:22:20.900
 why don't you

00:22:20.900 --> 00:22:21.720
 just get over it?

00:22:22.920 --> 00:22:23.660
 How would that

00:22:23.660 --> 00:22:24.059
 go over

00:22:24.059 --> 00:22:24.799
 with the whole room?

00:22:26.420 --> 00:22:27.319
 Would any of you

00:22:27.319 --> 00:22:27.680
 say,

00:22:28.160 --> 00:22:28.819
 George,

00:22:29.299 --> 00:22:30.480
 you hear

00:22:30.480 --> 00:22:31.379
 what she just said?

00:22:31.380 --> 00:22:32.860
 you can't say,

00:22:33.280 --> 00:22:34.100
 why don't you

00:22:34.100 --> 00:22:35.480
 just get over it?

00:22:38.980 --> 00:22:39.820
 So why is it

00:22:39.820 --> 00:22:40.300
 that we can say

00:22:40.300 --> 00:22:40.880
 that to God?

00:22:42.560 --> 00:22:43.020
 Why don't you

00:22:43.020 --> 00:22:43.660
 just get over it?

00:22:46.780 --> 00:22:47.220
 Why don't you

00:22:47.220 --> 00:22:47.780
 just get over it?

00:22:49.400 --> 00:22:50.240
 Listen to the text

00:22:50.240 --> 00:22:50.540
 again.

00:22:51.540 --> 00:22:52.400
 My little children,

00:22:52.520 --> 00:22:52.900
 I am writing

00:22:52.900 --> 00:22:53.680
 these things to you

00:22:53.680 --> 00:22:54.380
 so that you may not

00:22:54.380 --> 00:22:54.660
 sin,

00:22:54.740 --> 00:22:55.840
 but if anyone does sin,

00:22:56.360 --> 00:22:57.100
 we have an advocate

00:22:57.100 --> 00:22:57.780
 with the Father,

00:22:57.920 --> 00:22:58.560
 Jesus Christ.

00:22:58.660 --> 00:22:59.780
 He is the propitiation

00:22:59.779 --> 00:23:00.599
 for our sins,

00:23:00.700 --> 00:23:02.460
 the one who deals

00:23:02.460 --> 00:23:04.139
 with God's wrath

00:23:04.139 --> 00:23:05.559
 in a just way.

00:23:08.299 --> 00:23:08.660
 But,

00:23:08.779 --> 00:23:09.899
 some of you

00:23:09.899 --> 00:23:10.200
 might say,

00:23:10.279 --> 00:23:10.460
 okay,

00:23:10.759 --> 00:23:11.019
 George,

00:23:11.059 --> 00:23:11.599
 I think God's

00:23:11.599 --> 00:23:12.119
 still a little bit

00:23:12.119 --> 00:23:12.920
 overreacting

00:23:12.920 --> 00:23:14.519
 about this whole thing,

00:23:14.599 --> 00:23:15.940
 this anger thing,

00:23:16.139 --> 00:23:16.480
 you know?

00:23:17.139 --> 00:23:17.759
 Because I'm not

00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:18.639
 that bad a guy

00:23:18.639 --> 00:23:20.200
 or a gal.

00:23:20.680 --> 00:23:21.559
 Here's another thing.

00:23:23.200 --> 00:23:24.119
 Just imagine

00:23:24.119 --> 00:23:24.579
 for a moment,

00:23:24.639 --> 00:23:25.359
 if I ask you,

00:23:25.460 --> 00:23:26.079
 can you think

00:23:26.079 --> 00:23:26.559
 of somebody

00:23:26.559 --> 00:23:27.220
 who did something

00:23:27.220 --> 00:23:27.879
 wrong to you

00:23:27.879 --> 00:23:28.440
 that you still

00:23:28.440 --> 00:23:29.139
 remember and are

00:23:29.140 --> 00:23:29.780
 bothered by?

00:23:31.020 --> 00:23:31.740
 My guess is

00:23:31.740 --> 00:23:32.540
 every single one

00:23:32.540 --> 00:23:32.960
 of us will

00:23:32.960 --> 00:23:34.020
 instantly remember

00:23:34.020 --> 00:23:35.400
 something that's

00:23:35.400 --> 00:23:36.300
 happened to us

00:23:36.300 --> 00:23:38.140
 that was wrong

00:23:38.140 --> 00:23:38.620
 and we still

00:23:38.620 --> 00:23:39.040
 remember.

00:23:40.380 --> 00:23:40.580
 In fact,

00:23:40.640 --> 00:23:41.200
 I would bet

00:23:41.200 --> 00:23:42.140
 that if I said,

00:23:42.220 --> 00:23:42.440
 we're going to

00:23:42.440 --> 00:23:43.100
 take 20 minutes,

00:23:43.160 --> 00:23:43.580
 half an hour,

00:23:43.620 --> 00:23:44.040
 I'd like you to

00:23:44.040 --> 00:23:44.660
 write down 10

00:23:44.660 --> 00:23:45.420
 things you remember

00:23:45.420 --> 00:23:45.820
 that have been

00:23:45.820 --> 00:23:46.320
 wrong to you

00:23:46.320 --> 00:23:46.660
 and you still

00:23:46.660 --> 00:23:47.080
 remember and

00:23:47.080 --> 00:23:47.860
 it still bothers you,

00:23:48.180 --> 00:23:49.240
 probably all of us

00:23:49.240 --> 00:23:49.740
 would be able

00:23:49.740 --> 00:23:50.540
 to write that list.

00:23:51.060 --> 00:23:51.840
 Some of us might

00:23:51.840 --> 00:23:52.240
 actually,

00:23:52.320 --> 00:23:52.740
 when we start

00:23:52.740 --> 00:23:53.540
 to think about it,

00:23:53.920 --> 00:23:54.440
 this is one of

00:23:54.440 --> 00:23:54.860
 the problems

00:23:54.860 --> 00:23:55.480
 with memory,

00:23:55.920 --> 00:23:56.520
 is that it might

00:23:56.520 --> 00:23:57.320
 go back to something

00:23:57.320 --> 00:23:58.300
 when we were 12

00:23:58.299 --> 00:23:59.559
 or 10 or 8.

00:24:00.059 --> 00:24:00.700
 We all know

00:24:00.700 --> 00:24:01.180
 what it is,

00:24:01.240 --> 00:24:02.000
 especially for those

00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:02.639
 of us who are a little

00:24:02.639 --> 00:24:03.139
 bit older,

00:24:03.139 --> 00:24:04.159
 that all of a sudden

00:24:04.159 --> 00:24:05.259
 we smell a smell

00:24:05.259 --> 00:24:06.339
 or we hear a sound

00:24:06.339 --> 00:24:07.379
 or we see a scene

00:24:07.379 --> 00:24:08.440
 and it brings us

00:24:08.440 --> 00:24:09.940
 right back to that

00:24:09.940 --> 00:24:11.299
 time when we were 12

00:24:11.299 --> 00:24:12.419
 or when we were 16

00:24:12.419 --> 00:24:13.960
 or some other time

00:24:13.960 --> 00:24:14.619
 and we remember

00:24:14.619 --> 00:24:15.299
 once again,

00:24:15.460 --> 00:24:16.319
 it might have slipped

00:24:16.319 --> 00:24:16.720
 our mind,

00:24:16.819 --> 00:24:17.480
 but it's never really

00:24:17.480 --> 00:24:18.039
 gone away.

00:24:18.180 --> 00:24:19.419
 We remember that thing

00:24:19.419 --> 00:24:21.440
 which is wrong.

00:24:21.440 --> 00:24:25.700
 We all have that,

00:24:26.120 --> 00:24:27.320
 but the very,

00:24:27.440 --> 00:24:28.600
 very sobering thing

00:24:28.600 --> 00:24:29.420
 is that people

00:24:29.420 --> 00:24:30.580
 have those same

00:24:30.580 --> 00:24:32.000
 thoughts and memories

00:24:32.000 --> 00:24:33.720
 about me

00:24:33.720 --> 00:24:36.059
 and about you.

00:24:39.019 --> 00:24:39.900
 The fact of the matter

00:24:39.900 --> 00:24:40.880
 is we all know

00:24:40.880 --> 00:24:43.460
 that we do things

00:24:43.460 --> 00:24:44.080
 that are wrong

00:24:44.080 --> 00:24:45.059
 and they can trouble us.

00:24:45.120 --> 00:24:46.120
 They can make us sleepless.

00:24:46.259 --> 00:24:47.259
 They can make us ashamed.

00:24:47.400 --> 00:24:49.200
 They can trouble us

00:24:49.200 --> 00:24:50.140
 and I talked about that

00:24:50.140 --> 00:24:51.039
 a little bit last week

00:24:51.039 --> 00:24:51.640
 in the sermon

00:24:51.640 --> 00:24:53.140
 about one of the sources

00:24:53.140 --> 00:24:53.980
 of like a type

00:24:53.980 --> 00:24:55.720
 of secular cursing.

00:24:56.480 --> 00:24:57.640
 But the fact of the matter

00:24:57.640 --> 00:24:58.740
 is is that even though

00:24:58.740 --> 00:24:59.539
 we can be troubled

00:24:59.539 --> 00:25:01.019
 very much by certain things

00:25:01.019 --> 00:25:01.819
 that most of us

00:25:01.819 --> 00:25:03.019
 actually very quickly

00:25:03.019 --> 00:25:04.600
 discount the way

00:25:04.600 --> 00:25:05.640
 we've hurt another person

00:25:05.640 --> 00:25:06.140
 and no longer

00:25:06.140 --> 00:25:06.840
 think about it.

00:25:07.799 --> 00:25:08.740
 So imagine what

00:25:08.740 --> 00:25:09.340
 it would be like

00:25:09.340 --> 00:25:10.140
 if all of a sudden

00:25:10.140 --> 00:25:11.360
 God was to show up

00:25:11.360 --> 00:25:12.620
 and he was to

00:25:12.620 --> 00:25:14.600
 freeze me in space

00:25:14.600 --> 00:25:17.860
 and all of a sudden

00:25:17.859 --> 00:25:19.299
 people who remembered

00:25:19.299 --> 00:25:20.619
 something that I had

00:25:20.619 --> 00:25:21.859
 done wrong to them

00:25:21.859 --> 00:25:23.119
 or I had done wrong

00:25:23.119 --> 00:25:24.259
 to others that they loved

00:25:24.259 --> 00:25:25.359
 and they still remembered

00:25:25.359 --> 00:25:26.519
 it and it still hurt them

00:25:26.519 --> 00:25:28.819
 and they start to file in

00:25:28.819 --> 00:25:29.500
 because they're going

00:25:29.500 --> 00:25:30.599
 to remind me about it.

00:25:33.240 --> 00:25:34.199
 Every seat in here

00:25:34.199 --> 00:25:34.879
 would be full.

00:25:38.679 --> 00:25:39.879
 God is able to bring them

00:25:39.879 --> 00:25:40.579
 and they remembered.

00:25:40.719 --> 00:25:41.500
 Every seat in this room

00:25:41.500 --> 00:25:41.859
 would be full.

00:25:41.919 --> 00:25:42.519
 In fact, this room

00:25:42.519 --> 00:25:43.379
 would be too small.

00:25:43.380 --> 00:25:47.640
 I don't know how big

00:25:47.640 --> 00:25:48.680
 the room would have to be.

00:25:48.760 --> 00:25:49.500
 It might have to sit

00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:50.280
 several thousand.

00:25:50.400 --> 00:25:51.460
 The fact of the matter is

00:25:51.460 --> 00:25:53.060
 is that I would be horrified.

00:25:53.140 --> 00:25:53.800
 I would see people

00:25:53.800 --> 00:25:54.540
 I wouldn't remember

00:25:54.540 --> 00:25:55.400
 but then if they start

00:25:55.400 --> 00:25:56.040
 to voice it

00:25:56.040 --> 00:25:56.340
 they say,

00:25:56.420 --> 00:25:57.080
 George, this is what

00:25:57.080 --> 00:25:57.640
 you did to me

00:25:57.640 --> 00:25:58.480
 when I was 10.

00:25:58.760 --> 00:25:59.540
 This is what you did

00:25:59.540 --> 00:26:01.160
 to me when I was 8

00:26:01.160 --> 00:26:02.040
 and you were 8.

00:26:02.120 --> 00:26:02.800
 This is what you did

00:26:02.800 --> 00:26:03.480
 to me, George,

00:26:03.880 --> 00:26:05.180
 when you first got ordained.

00:26:05.280 --> 00:26:06.260
 This is how you spoke

00:26:06.260 --> 00:26:06.840
 in such a way

00:26:06.840 --> 00:26:07.660
 and how it hurt me.

00:26:08.020 --> 00:26:08.700
 And many people

00:26:08.700 --> 00:26:09.420
 would have more than

00:26:09.420 --> 00:26:10.180
 one thing that they

00:26:10.180 --> 00:26:10.740
 would say

00:26:10.740 --> 00:26:11.380
 and the room

00:26:11.380 --> 00:26:11.839
 would have

00:26:11.839 --> 00:26:14.319
 not just 300 and some

00:26:14.319 --> 00:26:16.180
 but 3,000 and some

00:26:16.180 --> 00:26:18.200
 and I would have to

00:26:18.200 --> 00:26:18.980
 stand there

00:26:18.980 --> 00:26:19.799
 in the face

00:26:19.799 --> 00:26:20.980
 of all those people

00:26:20.980 --> 00:26:21.819
 throughout my life

00:26:21.819 --> 00:26:22.440
 that I have done

00:26:22.440 --> 00:26:23.420
 something wrong to them

00:26:23.420 --> 00:26:24.920
 that it was sufficiently wrong

00:26:24.920 --> 00:26:26.120
 that they still remember it

00:26:26.120 --> 00:26:27.259
 and it still bothers them

00:26:27.259 --> 00:26:27.880
 and hurts them.

00:26:30.799 --> 00:26:32.039
 How could I stand

00:26:32.039 --> 00:26:33.140
 in front of that?

00:26:35.620 --> 00:26:37.019
 And if you folks here

00:26:37.019 --> 00:26:37.720
 were able

00:26:37.720 --> 00:26:38.900
 by the power of God

00:26:38.900 --> 00:26:39.680
 to all be off

00:26:39.680 --> 00:26:40.279
 on the side

00:26:40.279 --> 00:26:41.220
 and to watch that

00:26:41.220 --> 00:26:43.660
 you would get quieter

00:26:43.660 --> 00:26:44.299
 and quieter

00:26:44.299 --> 00:26:45.059
 and quieter

00:26:45.059 --> 00:26:47.180
 as the room filled

00:26:47.180 --> 00:26:48.920
 and as each person

00:26:48.920 --> 00:26:49.420
 came in

00:26:49.420 --> 00:26:50.599
 as they told the whole room

00:26:50.599 --> 00:26:51.639
 what it was that I had done

00:26:51.639 --> 00:26:53.299
 and you would know

00:26:53.299 --> 00:26:56.440
 that I had no hope

00:26:56.440 --> 00:26:58.440
 at all

00:26:58.440 --> 00:27:03.019
 of satisfying

00:27:03.019 --> 00:27:05.639
 their righteous

00:27:05.640 --> 00:27:09.380
 anger

00:27:09.380 --> 00:27:10.520
 and bother

00:27:10.520 --> 00:27:10.540
 and bother

00:27:10.540 --> 00:27:11.820
 at what I had done

00:27:11.820 --> 00:27:12.180
 to them.

00:27:13.380 --> 00:27:14.160
 I might be able

00:27:14.160 --> 00:27:14.520
 to handle

00:27:14.520 --> 00:27:15.040
 one or two

00:27:15.040 --> 00:27:15.940
 or three or four

00:27:15.940 --> 00:27:17.500
 but I couldn't handle

00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:18.020
 them all.

00:27:22.180 --> 00:27:22.940
 See the God

00:27:22.940 --> 00:27:23.640
 who does exist

00:27:23.640 --> 00:27:24.200
 is a God

00:27:24.200 --> 00:27:25.420
 who knows all things

00:27:25.420 --> 00:27:27.420
 sees all things

00:27:27.420 --> 00:27:34.360
 and he doesn't forget

00:27:34.360 --> 00:27:35.640
 and his not forgetting

00:27:35.640 --> 00:27:36.720
 isn't a bad thing

00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:38.860
 because remember

00:27:38.860 --> 00:27:39.620
 what I just said?

00:27:39.980 --> 00:27:40.460
 Why don't you just

00:27:40.460 --> 00:27:41.240
 forget about it?

00:27:41.500 --> 00:27:41.800
 Whoa!

00:27:42.360 --> 00:27:43.120
 No, no, no, no.

00:27:43.360 --> 00:27:44.120
 There's some things

00:27:44.120 --> 00:27:44.900
 you don't forget about.

00:27:46.539 --> 00:27:47.800
 How could I possibly

00:27:47.800 --> 00:27:48.519
 stand

00:27:48.519 --> 00:27:51.740
 before these demands

00:27:51.740 --> 00:27:52.880
 and God hasn't even

00:27:52.880 --> 00:27:53.920
 added his own voice

00:27:53.920 --> 00:27:55.560
 and nobody has even

00:27:55.560 --> 00:27:56.840
 added the things

00:27:56.840 --> 00:27:57.460
 that I've said

00:27:57.460 --> 00:27:58.980
 and done in my own mind

00:27:58.980 --> 00:28:01.580
 that only God

00:28:01.580 --> 00:28:02.000
 has known?

00:28:02.980 --> 00:28:03.840
 Could you imagine

00:28:03.840 --> 00:28:04.680
 what it would be like

00:28:04.680 --> 00:28:05.820
 if God all of a sudden

00:28:05.820 --> 00:28:07.220
 revealed to every person

00:28:07.220 --> 00:28:08.100
 the different things

00:28:08.100 --> 00:28:08.800
 in my mind

00:28:08.800 --> 00:28:09.600
 that I have thought

00:28:09.600 --> 00:28:10.480
 and done

00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:11.019
 and said

00:28:11.019 --> 00:28:11.820
 in my mind

00:28:11.820 --> 00:28:12.640
 that have been silent

00:28:12.640 --> 00:28:13.620
 and how big the room

00:28:13.620 --> 00:28:14.019
 would be

00:28:14.019 --> 00:28:15.460
 and how could I stand

00:28:15.460 --> 00:28:16.220
 before it?

00:28:17.920 --> 00:28:18.759
 Listen again.

00:28:19.519 --> 00:28:20.460
 My little children

00:28:20.460 --> 00:28:21.000
 I am writing

00:28:21.000 --> 00:28:21.940
 these things to you

00:28:21.940 --> 00:28:23.000
 so that you may not sin

00:28:23.000 --> 00:28:24.819
 but if anyone does sin

00:28:24.819 --> 00:28:25.619
 we have an advocate

00:28:25.619 --> 00:28:26.440
 with the Father.

00:28:26.980 --> 00:28:28.400
 Jesus Christ the righteous.

00:28:28.960 --> 00:28:29.940
 He is our advocate

00:28:29.940 --> 00:28:31.359
 and he's not just

00:28:31.359 --> 00:28:31.960
 our advocate

00:28:31.960 --> 00:28:32.559
 he's not just

00:28:32.559 --> 00:28:33.359
 the righteous one.

00:28:33.759 --> 00:28:37.420
 He is the propitiation

00:28:37.420 --> 00:28:40.400
 for our sins.

00:28:41.359 --> 00:28:42.819
 He is the one

00:28:42.819 --> 00:28:44.319
 who satisfies

00:28:44.319 --> 00:28:47.200
 God's proper anger

00:28:47.200 --> 00:28:48.579
 at the evil

00:28:48.579 --> 00:28:49.880
 that I have done

00:28:49.880 --> 00:28:50.900
 the things

00:28:50.900 --> 00:28:52.059
 which I should have done

00:28:52.059 --> 00:28:53.519
 which I did not do

00:28:53.519 --> 00:28:54.720
 which demand

00:28:54.720 --> 00:28:55.460
 that there be

00:28:55.460 --> 00:28:56.440
 some satisfaction

00:28:56.440 --> 00:28:57.359
 of justice

00:28:57.359 --> 00:28:59.119
 and he is the one

00:28:59.119 --> 00:29:01.619
 who satisfies

00:29:01.619 --> 00:29:04.720
 God's proper anger

00:29:04.720 --> 00:29:06.879
 because he is just

00:29:06.879 --> 00:29:08.259
 and he does something

00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:09.559
 for me

00:29:09.559 --> 00:29:12.099
 in my place

00:29:12.099 --> 00:29:15.879
 when I could not stand

00:29:15.879 --> 00:29:17.159
 for I would be

00:29:17.159 --> 00:29:18.059
 completely

00:29:18.059 --> 00:29:19.359
 and utterly

00:29:19.359 --> 00:29:20.519
 unmade.

00:29:22.599 --> 00:29:23.339
 Why didn't he just

00:29:23.339 --> 00:29:23.899
 pardon me?

00:29:24.359 --> 00:29:24.619
 Really?

00:29:25.679 --> 00:29:26.000
 Really?

00:29:28.079 --> 00:29:29.500
 If just before Trump

00:29:29.500 --> 00:29:31.579
 whenever it is

00:29:31.579 --> 00:29:32.199
 whether he loses

00:29:32.199 --> 00:29:32.879
 this election

00:29:32.879 --> 00:29:33.919
 or whether he has

00:29:33.919 --> 00:29:34.419
 to step down

00:29:34.419 --> 00:29:34.679
 at the end

00:29:34.679 --> 00:29:35.500
 if just at the end

00:29:35.500 --> 00:29:35.759
 of that

00:29:35.759 --> 00:29:36.459
 if Trump takes

00:29:36.459 --> 00:29:37.519
 all of his cronies

00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:38.240
 and pardons them

00:29:38.240 --> 00:29:38.839
 how many of you

00:29:38.839 --> 00:29:39.659
 will celebrate it

00:29:39.659 --> 00:29:40.559
 and say that's a good thing

00:29:40.559 --> 00:29:41.439
 he just gave him a pardon?

00:29:42.979 --> 00:29:43.919
 What will you say?

00:29:43.920 --> 00:29:45.800
 That dirty rascal

00:29:45.800 --> 00:29:48.860
 It's not a sign

00:29:48.860 --> 00:29:49.380
 of justice

00:29:49.380 --> 00:29:50.100
 Justice needs

00:29:50.100 --> 00:29:50.860
 to be paid

00:29:50.860 --> 00:29:56.480
 Here's this two

00:29:56.480 --> 00:29:57.279
 final types

00:29:57.279 --> 00:29:57.779
 of things

00:29:57.779 --> 00:29:58.539
 to understand

00:29:58.539 --> 00:29:59.000
 what it is

00:29:59.000 --> 00:29:59.380
 that Jesus

00:29:59.380 --> 00:30:00.140
 does for me

00:30:00.140 --> 00:30:00.620
 Two of them

00:30:00.620 --> 00:30:00.980
 are both

00:30:00.980 --> 00:30:01.500
 illustrations

00:30:01.500 --> 00:30:02.039
 that I've used

00:30:02.039 --> 00:30:02.340
 before

00:30:02.340 --> 00:30:03.360
 in different contexts

00:30:03.359 --> 00:30:04.959
 I apologize

00:30:04.959 --> 00:30:05.459
 for those

00:30:05.459 --> 00:30:05.919
 who've heard them

00:30:05.919 --> 00:30:06.240
 before

00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:06.779
 but I'm still

00:30:06.779 --> 00:30:07.159
 using them

00:30:07.159 --> 00:30:07.419
 because they're

00:30:07.419 --> 00:30:08.199
 a very good one

00:30:08.199 --> 00:30:09.019
 You see

00:30:09.019 --> 00:30:09.619
 what we want

00:30:09.619 --> 00:30:10.119
 is we want

00:30:10.119 --> 00:30:10.619
 some type

00:30:10.619 --> 00:30:11.859
 of satisfaction

00:30:11.859 --> 00:30:12.539
 Justice

00:30:12.539 --> 00:30:13.319
 when things

00:30:13.319 --> 00:30:13.979
 have been wrong

00:30:13.979 --> 00:30:14.919
 there needs

00:30:14.919 --> 00:30:15.379
 to be

00:30:15.379 --> 00:30:17.159
 not just

00:30:17.159 --> 00:30:19.359
 justice

00:30:19.359 --> 00:30:20.059
 shown

00:30:20.059 --> 00:30:21.779
 but there needs

00:30:21.779 --> 00:30:22.399
 to be

00:30:22.399 --> 00:30:24.579
 Here's the

00:30:24.579 --> 00:30:25.079
 illustration

00:30:25.079 --> 00:30:25.679
 I've used

00:30:25.679 --> 00:30:26.059
 before

00:30:26.059 --> 00:30:27.019
 You have

00:30:27.019 --> 00:30:28.219
 a young

00:30:28.219 --> 00:30:28.740
 woman

00:30:28.740 --> 00:30:29.219
 and her

00:30:29.219 --> 00:30:29.659
 husband

00:30:29.659 --> 00:30:30.339
 is off

00:30:30.339 --> 00:30:31.240
 traveling a lot

00:30:31.240 --> 00:30:31.979
 for the job

00:30:31.979 --> 00:30:32.439
 they're just

00:30:32.440 --> 00:30:33.259
 starting out in life

00:30:33.259 --> 00:30:34.660
 they live

00:30:34.660 --> 00:30:35.360
 paycheck to

00:30:35.360 --> 00:30:35.700
 paycheck

00:30:35.700 --> 00:30:36.340
 they don't

00:30:36.340 --> 00:30:36.759
 shop at

00:30:36.759 --> 00:30:37.360
 Nordstrom's

00:30:37.360 --> 00:30:37.779
 they shop

00:30:37.779 --> 00:30:38.279
 at Walmart

00:30:38.279 --> 00:30:39.200
 they look

00:30:39.200 --> 00:30:39.860
 forward to

00:30:39.860 --> 00:30:40.160
 the day

00:30:40.160 --> 00:30:40.480
 they could

00:30:40.480 --> 00:30:41.320
 afford Costco

00:30:41.320 --> 00:30:41.799
 they just

00:30:41.799 --> 00:30:42.220
 shop at

00:30:42.220 --> 00:30:42.580
 Walmart

00:30:42.580 --> 00:30:43.080
 they go

00:30:43.080 --> 00:30:43.320
 to

00:30:43.320 --> 00:30:44.240
 Fresco

00:30:44.240 --> 00:30:44.740
 they go

00:30:44.740 --> 00:30:44.960
 to the

00:30:44.960 --> 00:30:45.259
 reduced

00:30:45.259 --> 00:30:45.660
 section

00:30:45.660 --> 00:30:45.940
 if they

00:30:45.940 --> 00:30:46.220
 go into

00:30:46.220 --> 00:30:46.779
 Loblaws

00:30:46.779 --> 00:30:47.220
 they're just

00:30:47.220 --> 00:30:47.420
 getting

00:30:47.420 --> 00:30:47.980
 paycheck to

00:30:47.980 --> 00:30:48.320
 paycheck

00:30:48.320 --> 00:30:49.500
 but the

00:30:49.500 --> 00:30:50.620
 young woman's

00:30:50.620 --> 00:30:51.180
 mom has

00:30:51.180 --> 00:30:51.559
 given her

00:30:51.559 --> 00:30:51.920
 a couple

00:30:51.920 --> 00:30:52.320
 of extra

00:30:52.320 --> 00:30:52.759
 dollars

00:30:52.759 --> 00:30:53.220
 to treat

00:30:53.220 --> 00:30:53.740
 the kids

00:30:53.740 --> 00:30:54.059
 and so

00:30:54.059 --> 00:30:55.039
 the husband

00:30:55.039 --> 00:30:55.420
 has gone

00:30:55.420 --> 00:30:55.720
 on one

00:30:55.720 --> 00:30:55.980
 of his

00:30:55.980 --> 00:30:56.259
 trips

00:30:56.259 --> 00:30:56.740
 trying to

00:30:56.740 --> 00:30:57.180
 make some

00:30:57.180 --> 00:30:57.380
 money

00:30:57.380 --> 00:30:57.799
 and she

00:30:57.799 --> 00:30:58.500
 goes to

00:30:58.500 --> 00:30:58.880
 this little

00:30:58.880 --> 00:30:59.380
 restaurant

00:30:59.380 --> 00:30:59.759
 just a

00:30:59.759 --> 00:31:00.039
 family

00:31:00.039 --> 00:31:00.500
 restaurant

00:31:00.500 --> 00:31:01.320
 takes her

00:31:01.319 --> 00:31:01.819
 three little

00:31:01.819 --> 00:31:02.299
 kids

00:31:02.299 --> 00:31:03.599
 five

00:31:03.599 --> 00:31:04.000
 three

00:31:04.000 --> 00:31:04.579
 and one

00:31:04.579 --> 00:31:05.579
 into the

00:31:05.579 --> 00:31:05.939
 restaurant

00:31:05.939 --> 00:31:06.579
 they're basically

00:31:06.579 --> 00:31:07.220
 good kids

00:31:07.220 --> 00:31:07.539
 but she

00:31:07.539 --> 00:31:07.960
 goes into

00:31:07.960 --> 00:31:08.419
 the restaurant

00:31:08.419 --> 00:31:08.759
 she has

00:31:08.759 --> 00:31:09.339
 the restaurant

00:31:09.339 --> 00:31:10.119
 time from

00:31:10.119 --> 00:31:10.519
 hell

00:31:10.519 --> 00:31:14.039
 her waiter

00:31:14.039 --> 00:31:14.980
 or waitress

00:31:14.980 --> 00:31:15.720
 has that

00:31:15.720 --> 00:31:16.599
 perfect ability

00:31:16.599 --> 00:31:17.599
 to not see

00:31:17.599 --> 00:31:18.439
 when you signal

00:31:18.439 --> 00:31:18.960
 you know those

00:31:18.960 --> 00:31:19.519
 times when you're

00:31:19.519 --> 00:31:20.039
 in the waitress

00:31:20.039 --> 00:31:21.059
 and the waitress

00:31:21.059 --> 00:31:21.639
 just seems to

00:31:21.639 --> 00:31:22.220
 have that ability

00:31:22.220 --> 00:31:22.960
 to not see you

00:31:22.960 --> 00:31:23.599
 and respond

00:31:23.599 --> 00:31:24.619
 and so

00:31:24.619 --> 00:31:25.319
 they're not

00:31:25.319 --> 00:31:25.980
 getting served

00:31:25.980 --> 00:31:26.439
 and the kids

00:31:26.439 --> 00:31:26.899
 start to get

00:31:26.899 --> 00:31:27.700
 a bit antsy

00:31:27.700 --> 00:31:28.379
 and then finally

00:31:28.379 --> 00:31:28.960
 they come

00:31:28.960 --> 00:31:29.399
 and they bring

00:31:29.399 --> 00:31:29.939
 them water

00:31:29.940 --> 00:31:31.100
 and the waitress

00:31:31.100 --> 00:31:31.620
 throws up

00:31:31.620 --> 00:31:31.900
 and goes

00:31:31.900 --> 00:31:32.320
 okay

00:31:32.320 --> 00:31:32.820
 like what

00:31:32.820 --> 00:31:33.120
 do you want

00:31:33.120 --> 00:31:33.600
 like this

00:31:33.600 --> 00:31:33.940
 and she's

00:31:33.940 --> 00:31:34.320
 just really

00:31:34.320 --> 00:31:35.140
 rude to her

00:31:35.140 --> 00:31:36.539
 and she looks

00:31:36.539 --> 00:31:37.120
 at her kids

00:31:37.120 --> 00:31:37.820
 and she rolls

00:31:37.820 --> 00:31:38.299
 her eyes

00:31:38.299 --> 00:31:39.059
 and she's rude

00:31:39.059 --> 00:31:39.460
 and she's

00:31:39.460 --> 00:31:40.039
 really slow

00:31:40.039 --> 00:31:40.779
 with the food

00:31:40.779 --> 00:31:41.980
 and so the kids

00:31:41.980 --> 00:31:42.640
 make a little

00:31:42.640 --> 00:31:43.220
 bit of mess

00:31:43.220 --> 00:31:43.940
 they spill

00:31:43.940 --> 00:31:44.559
 their water

00:31:44.559 --> 00:31:45.320
 and every time

00:31:45.320 --> 00:31:45.799
 the waitress

00:31:45.799 --> 00:31:46.440
 comes with a

00:31:46.440 --> 00:31:47.519
 loud sigh

00:31:47.519 --> 00:31:48.860
 she sighs

00:31:48.860 --> 00:31:49.539
 about having

00:31:49.539 --> 00:31:50.100
 to clean up

00:31:50.100 --> 00:31:50.700
 the mess

00:31:50.700 --> 00:31:51.180
 and people

00:31:51.180 --> 00:31:51.740
 in the restaurant

00:31:51.740 --> 00:31:52.100
 are now

00:31:52.100 --> 00:31:52.559
 looking

00:31:52.559 --> 00:31:53.700
 and then finally

00:31:53.700 --> 00:31:54.200
 the food

00:31:54.200 --> 00:31:54.600
 comes

00:31:54.600 --> 00:31:55.279
 and the waitress

00:31:55.279 --> 00:31:55.840
 gets the order

00:31:55.840 --> 00:31:56.400
 all wrong

00:31:56.400 --> 00:31:57.039
 but rather than

00:31:57.039 --> 00:31:57.480
 the waitress

00:31:57.480 --> 00:31:58.259
 apologizing

00:31:58.259 --> 00:31:58.680
 she says it

00:31:58.680 --> 00:31:59.279
 you know

00:31:59.279 --> 00:32:00.059
 women like you

00:32:00.059 --> 00:32:00.619
 just make me

00:32:00.619 --> 00:32:01.339
 sick and tired

00:32:01.339 --> 00:32:02.000
 like you just

00:32:02.000 --> 00:32:02.960
 have baby brain

00:32:02.960 --> 00:32:03.980
 and baby brain

00:32:03.980 --> 00:32:04.500
 and mommy brain

00:32:04.500 --> 00:32:05.279
 I didn't get the order

00:32:05.279 --> 00:32:05.500
 wrong

00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:06.200
 you got the order

00:32:06.200 --> 00:32:06.539
 wrong

00:32:06.539 --> 00:32:07.299
 she says it

00:32:07.299 --> 00:32:08.039
 with a loud voice

00:32:08.039 --> 00:32:08.819
 and the whole restaurant

00:32:08.819 --> 00:32:09.579
 is looking at the mom

00:32:09.579 --> 00:32:10.220
 and the poor mom

00:32:10.220 --> 00:32:11.119
 is getting all red faced

00:32:11.119 --> 00:32:11.920
 completely and utterly

00:32:11.920 --> 00:32:12.420
 embarrassed

00:32:12.420 --> 00:32:13.180
 she doesn't know

00:32:13.180 --> 00:32:13.539
 what to do

00:32:13.539 --> 00:32:14.099
 so she ends up

00:32:14.099 --> 00:32:15.079
 just giving in to it

00:32:15.079 --> 00:32:15.799
 because she can't

00:32:15.799 --> 00:32:16.720
 stand up for herself

00:32:16.720 --> 00:32:17.960
 and her kids are upset

00:32:17.960 --> 00:32:18.799
 and everybody in the room

00:32:18.799 --> 00:32:19.480
 is looking at her

00:32:19.480 --> 00:32:20.879
 and she just feels

00:32:20.879 --> 00:32:22.099
 completely terrible

00:32:22.099 --> 00:32:24.519
 and so she's leaving

00:32:24.519 --> 00:32:25.039
 the restaurant

00:32:25.039 --> 00:32:25.839
 and as she's leaving

00:32:25.839 --> 00:32:26.379
 the restaurant

00:32:26.380 --> 00:32:27.660
 finally she's trying

00:32:27.660 --> 00:32:28.380
 to get her kids out

00:32:28.380 --> 00:32:28.800
 she's just

00:32:28.800 --> 00:32:29.700
 the tears are coming

00:32:29.700 --> 00:32:30.300
 down her face

00:32:30.300 --> 00:32:30.900
 she doesn't care

00:32:30.900 --> 00:32:31.640
 about her makeup

00:32:31.640 --> 00:32:32.200
 being wrecked

00:32:32.200 --> 00:32:32.680
 and her tears

00:32:32.680 --> 00:32:33.140
 are coming down

00:32:33.140 --> 00:32:33.520
 the face

00:32:33.520 --> 00:32:33.920
 and there's an

00:32:33.920 --> 00:32:34.840
 older woman

00:32:34.840 --> 00:32:35.380
 who comes into

00:32:35.380 --> 00:32:35.800
 the restaurant

00:32:35.800 --> 00:32:36.380
 she sees

00:32:36.380 --> 00:32:37.620
 this young woman

00:32:37.620 --> 00:32:38.120
 with the three

00:32:38.120 --> 00:32:38.800
 little kids

00:32:38.800 --> 00:32:40.460
 and the older woman

00:32:40.460 --> 00:32:40.740
 says

00:32:40.740 --> 00:32:41.200
 honey

00:32:41.200 --> 00:32:41.780
 like dear

00:32:41.780 --> 00:32:43.620
 what's wrong

00:32:43.620 --> 00:32:45.800
 and the woman

00:32:45.800 --> 00:32:46.720
 it's the first time

00:32:46.720 --> 00:32:47.220
 she's been in the

00:32:47.220 --> 00:32:47.720
 whole restaurant

00:32:47.720 --> 00:32:48.260
 that anybody's

00:32:48.260 --> 00:32:48.620
 even shown

00:32:48.620 --> 00:32:49.320
 any compassion

00:32:49.320 --> 00:32:50.040
 to her at all

00:32:50.040 --> 00:32:50.440
 and she just

00:32:50.440 --> 00:32:51.060
 starts to blurt

00:32:51.060 --> 00:32:51.360
 it out

00:32:51.360 --> 00:32:52.760
 how terrible

00:32:52.760 --> 00:32:53.240
 it's been

00:32:53.240 --> 00:32:54.400
 and how the waitress

00:32:54.400 --> 00:32:54.980
 mistreated her

00:32:54.980 --> 00:32:56.180
 and how everything's

00:32:56.180 --> 00:32:56.500
 wrong

00:32:56.500 --> 00:32:57.380
 and the food was wrong

00:32:57.380 --> 00:32:58.400
 and she gets all upset

00:32:58.400 --> 00:32:59.720
 and the woman

00:32:59.720 --> 00:33:00.380
 you can just see

00:33:00.380 --> 00:33:01.259
 her heart's breaking

00:33:01.259 --> 00:33:01.940
 with compassion

00:33:01.940 --> 00:33:02.600
 the older woman

00:33:02.600 --> 00:33:02.860
 for her

00:33:02.860 --> 00:33:03.400
 and then she says

00:33:03.400 --> 00:33:03.900
 I'm the owner

00:33:03.900 --> 00:33:04.620
 of the restaurant

00:33:04.620 --> 00:33:07.640
 I'm going to make it right

00:33:07.640 --> 00:33:13.080
 I want you to be satisfied

00:33:13.080 --> 00:33:14.960
 I'm going to make it right

00:33:14.960 --> 00:33:17.160
 we could all discuss

00:33:17.160 --> 00:33:17.720
 afterwards

00:33:17.720 --> 00:33:18.340
 over coffee

00:33:18.340 --> 00:33:19.720
 about how she's going to make it right

00:33:19.720 --> 00:33:20.700
 part of her making it right

00:33:20.700 --> 00:33:21.920
 is going to cost herself

00:33:21.920 --> 00:33:22.580
 right

00:33:22.580 --> 00:33:23.500
 the owner

00:33:23.500 --> 00:33:24.839
 and part of it

00:33:24.839 --> 00:33:25.220
 might be

00:33:25.220 --> 00:33:26.140
 that she goes in

00:33:26.140 --> 00:33:26.920
 and she says

00:33:26.920 --> 00:33:27.779
 excuse me everybody

00:33:27.779 --> 00:33:28.680
 I really apologize

00:33:28.680 --> 00:33:29.920
 for the way my staff

00:33:29.920 --> 00:33:31.000
 have treated this young woman

00:33:31.000 --> 00:33:31.559
 what they did

00:33:31.559 --> 00:33:32.440
 was reprehensible

00:33:32.440 --> 00:33:34.000
 they're fired immediately

00:33:34.000 --> 00:33:34.779
 by the way

00:33:34.779 --> 00:33:36.359
 and I'm just really bad

00:33:36.359 --> 00:33:37.299
 I'm really sad

00:33:37.299 --> 00:33:38.140
 that this has come up

00:33:38.140 --> 00:33:38.960
 to upset you

00:33:38.960 --> 00:33:39.759
 and just to show you

00:33:39.759 --> 00:33:40.319
 my commitment

00:33:40.319 --> 00:33:41.579
 to this being a family restaurant

00:33:41.579 --> 00:33:42.880
 apple pie

00:33:42.880 --> 00:33:44.359
 for everyone

00:33:44.359 --> 00:33:45.119
 on me

00:33:45.119 --> 00:33:46.380
 and then she goes

00:33:46.380 --> 00:33:47.079
 and not only does she

00:33:47.079 --> 00:33:47.980
 give the lecture

00:33:47.980 --> 00:33:48.960
 to the waitress

00:33:48.960 --> 00:33:50.220
 and she fires the waitress

00:33:50.220 --> 00:33:50.880
 but she says

00:33:50.880 --> 00:33:52.220
 to the young woman

00:33:52.220 --> 00:33:53.039
 listen you're going to be

00:33:53.039 --> 00:33:54.379
 my guest in this restaurant

00:33:54.379 --> 00:33:55.399
 for the next year

00:33:55.399 --> 00:33:56.059
 you come in

00:33:56.059 --> 00:33:57.139
 you order anything you want

00:33:57.139 --> 00:33:58.159
 it's all on me

00:33:58.159 --> 00:33:59.000
 and all

00:33:59.000 --> 00:34:00.619
 everything is dealt with

00:34:00.619 --> 00:34:02.359
 the injustice is dealt with

00:34:02.359 --> 00:34:03.500
 her reputation

00:34:03.500 --> 00:34:05.159
 the lack of money

00:34:05.159 --> 00:34:05.859
 that she had

00:34:05.859 --> 00:34:06.839
 all of those things

00:34:06.839 --> 00:34:08.139
 and the woman goes away

00:34:08.139 --> 00:34:08.699
 thinking

00:34:08.699 --> 00:34:14.699
 it still was really hard

00:34:14.699 --> 00:34:17.159
 but justice was done

00:34:17.159 --> 00:34:19.039
 and I'm satisfied

00:34:19.039 --> 00:34:23.179
 imagine once again

00:34:23.179 --> 00:34:24.159
 all the people here

00:34:24.159 --> 00:34:26.460
 and they all have

00:34:26.460 --> 00:34:27.199
 these things about

00:34:27.199 --> 00:34:28.219
 that I have done wrong

00:34:28.219 --> 00:34:29.239
 and I can't deal with them

00:34:29.239 --> 00:34:30.279
 I might be able to make

00:34:30.279 --> 00:34:31.099
 amendment of life

00:34:31.099 --> 00:34:31.900
 for one or two

00:34:31.900 --> 00:34:33.139
 or three or four

00:34:33.139 --> 00:34:34.519
 but all of the things

00:34:34.519 --> 00:34:35.779
 and I can't possibly

00:34:35.779 --> 00:34:36.779
 deal with this

00:34:36.779 --> 00:34:38.139
 and the Bible says

00:34:38.139 --> 00:34:38.699
 that Jesus

00:34:38.699 --> 00:34:40.059
 is the propitiation

00:34:40.059 --> 00:34:41.480
 for my sins

00:34:41.480 --> 00:34:43.019
 for your sins

00:34:43.019 --> 00:34:44.559
 and what that means

00:34:44.559 --> 00:34:45.360
 is that Jesus

00:34:45.360 --> 00:34:47.039
 seeing my inability

00:34:47.039 --> 00:34:48.960
 to deal with justice

00:34:48.960 --> 00:34:50.000
 and understanding

00:34:50.000 --> 00:34:50.619
 all of us

00:34:50.619 --> 00:34:52.380
 intrinsically understanding

00:34:52.380 --> 00:34:54.059
 that what we need

00:34:54.059 --> 00:34:54.719
 with justice

00:34:54.719 --> 00:34:56.579
 is that it's made right

00:34:56.579 --> 00:34:57.639
 that there's

00:34:57.639 --> 00:34:58.719
 a satisfaction

00:34:58.719 --> 00:34:59.860
 and that's what it means

00:34:59.860 --> 00:35:01.920
 by satisfying God's anger

00:35:01.920 --> 00:35:03.360
 it's not that he's willful

00:35:03.360 --> 00:35:04.440
 it's not that he's hateful

00:35:04.440 --> 00:35:05.400
 he's only love

00:35:05.400 --> 00:35:07.279
 he's only driven by justice

00:35:07.279 --> 00:35:10.259
 and God can't just pardon me

00:35:10.259 --> 00:35:11.460
 because all of those

00:35:11.460 --> 00:35:12.539
 who have wronged me

00:35:12.539 --> 00:35:12.960
 can say

00:35:12.960 --> 00:35:13.820
 you can't just

00:35:13.820 --> 00:35:14.779
 there needs to be

00:35:14.779 --> 00:35:16.559
 some sense of satisfaction

00:35:16.559 --> 00:35:18.000
 and so in this profound

00:35:18.000 --> 00:35:19.440
 mystery of grace

00:35:19.440 --> 00:35:21.539
 God the son of God

00:35:21.539 --> 00:35:23.259
 takes my place

00:35:23.259 --> 00:35:25.219
 he is the perfect one

00:35:25.219 --> 00:35:27.559
 his sinless life

00:35:27.559 --> 00:35:28.579
 for mine

00:35:28.579 --> 00:35:29.699
 his place

00:35:29.699 --> 00:35:32.420
 he trades places

00:35:32.420 --> 00:35:33.400
 with me

00:35:33.400 --> 00:35:36.579
 at this profound

00:35:36.579 --> 00:35:37.639
 eternal level

00:35:37.639 --> 00:35:40.739
 that the anger of God

00:35:40.739 --> 00:35:41.460
 at my wrong

00:35:41.460 --> 00:35:42.460
 can be dealt with

00:35:42.460 --> 00:35:43.900
 the final example

00:35:43.900 --> 00:35:45.719
 I've used this before

00:35:45.719 --> 00:35:47.339
 because you might say

00:35:47.339 --> 00:35:47.919
 well how it is

00:35:47.919 --> 00:35:49.000
 that Jesus can do that

00:35:49.000 --> 00:35:50.179
 for me and for all the people

00:35:50.179 --> 00:35:51.899
 we inherently understand

00:35:51.899 --> 00:35:52.980
 that it is possible

00:35:52.980 --> 00:35:54.579
 for certain natural

00:35:54.579 --> 00:35:55.819
 representatives

00:35:55.819 --> 00:35:57.480
 to take the place

00:35:57.480 --> 00:35:58.879
 of many lives

00:35:58.879 --> 00:36:00.939
 two years from now

00:36:00.939 --> 00:36:01.939
 three years from now

00:36:01.939 --> 00:36:02.739
 COVID-19

00:36:02.739 --> 00:36:04.199
 is a long distant memory

00:36:04.199 --> 00:36:05.199
 there's been a vaccine

00:36:05.199 --> 00:36:06.019
 nobody in the earth

00:36:06.019 --> 00:36:06.659
 will get it

00:36:06.659 --> 00:36:07.799
 and you go to

00:36:07.799 --> 00:36:08.659
 Wembley Stadium

00:36:08.659 --> 00:36:10.019
 110,000 people

00:36:10.019 --> 00:36:10.719
 they're there to watch

00:36:10.719 --> 00:36:12.539
 a soccer game

00:36:12.539 --> 00:36:13.439
 a football game

00:36:13.440 --> 00:36:14.619
 and sometime

00:36:14.619 --> 00:36:15.480
 during the show

00:36:15.480 --> 00:36:16.139
 all of a sudden

00:36:16.139 --> 00:36:17.039
 a group of terrorists

00:36:17.039 --> 00:36:18.760
 they get all of the entrances

00:36:18.760 --> 00:36:19.760
 they lock them up

00:36:19.760 --> 00:36:20.539
 with chains

00:36:20.539 --> 00:36:22.360
 there's an announcement

00:36:22.360 --> 00:36:23.220
 made that

00:36:23.220 --> 00:36:25.300
 they put a small

00:36:25.300 --> 00:36:26.500
 nuclear bomb

00:36:26.500 --> 00:36:27.340
 in the very center

00:36:27.340 --> 00:36:27.940
 of the field

00:36:27.940 --> 00:36:28.780
 the whole place

00:36:28.780 --> 00:36:29.559
 is a hostage

00:36:29.559 --> 00:36:30.500
 they say

00:36:30.500 --> 00:36:31.679
 if anybody tries

00:36:31.679 --> 00:36:32.200
 to do anything

00:36:32.200 --> 00:36:32.780
 we're going to start

00:36:32.780 --> 00:36:33.960
 shooting innocent people

00:36:33.960 --> 00:36:35.000
 and all of England

00:36:35.000 --> 00:36:35.880
 and all of the world

00:36:35.880 --> 00:36:37.019
 will be spellbound

00:36:37.019 --> 00:36:37.780
 by this thing

00:36:37.780 --> 00:36:38.260
 terrorists

00:36:38.260 --> 00:36:39.039
 having taken over

00:36:39.039 --> 00:36:40.460
 110,000 people

00:36:40.460 --> 00:36:41.860
 in Wembley Stadium

00:36:41.860 --> 00:36:43.579
 and the whole world

00:36:43.579 --> 00:36:44.880
 would be captured by it

00:36:44.880 --> 00:36:46.039
 all of England

00:36:46.039 --> 00:36:46.579
 Scotland

00:36:46.579 --> 00:36:47.159
 Ireland

00:36:47.159 --> 00:36:47.639
 and Wales

00:36:47.639 --> 00:36:48.079
 Canada

00:36:48.079 --> 00:36:48.720
 United States

00:36:48.720 --> 00:36:49.500
 all of the former

00:36:49.500 --> 00:36:49.920
 commonwealth

00:36:49.920 --> 00:36:50.880
 everybody would be

00:36:50.880 --> 00:36:52.139
 mesmerized by this

00:36:52.139 --> 00:36:53.880
 110,000 people

00:36:53.880 --> 00:36:54.720
 held captive

00:36:54.720 --> 00:36:56.280
 by these terrorists

00:36:56.280 --> 00:36:58.119
 and if I called them up

00:36:58.119 --> 00:36:58.360
 and said

00:36:58.360 --> 00:36:59.240
 if you let them all go

00:36:59.240 --> 00:37:00.519
 I'll sit on the bomb

00:37:00.519 --> 00:37:01.820
 they'd go

00:37:01.820 --> 00:37:02.139
 what?

00:37:03.639 --> 00:37:04.639
 are you nuts?

00:37:04.900 --> 00:37:05.300
 hang up

00:37:05.300 --> 00:37:07.740
 I can't just go

00:37:07.740 --> 00:37:08.460
 and sit on a bomb

00:37:08.460 --> 00:37:08.920
 so they give

00:37:08.920 --> 00:37:10.560
 110,000 people up

00:37:10.560 --> 00:37:12.920
 the Queen

00:37:12.920 --> 00:37:13.800
 called them up

00:37:13.800 --> 00:37:16.700
 the Queen of England

00:37:16.700 --> 00:37:17.360
 called them up

00:37:17.360 --> 00:37:17.800
 and said

00:37:17.800 --> 00:37:18.960
 if you let those

00:37:18.960 --> 00:37:20.380
 110,000 people go

00:37:20.380 --> 00:37:22.120
 I will sit on the bomb

00:37:22.120 --> 00:37:23.140
 in their stead

00:37:23.140 --> 00:37:25.720
 the terrorists

00:37:25.720 --> 00:37:26.260
 would take that

00:37:26.260 --> 00:37:26.760
 in a moment

00:37:26.760 --> 00:37:31.440
 she naturally

00:37:31.440 --> 00:37:32.940
 could take the place

00:37:32.940 --> 00:37:35.280
 of 110,000 people

00:37:35.280 --> 00:37:37.780
 and no one

00:37:37.780 --> 00:37:39.280
 would question

00:37:39.280 --> 00:37:39.900
 or doubt it

00:37:39.900 --> 00:37:43.860
 this teaching

00:37:43.860 --> 00:37:44.780
 that when Jesus

00:37:44.780 --> 00:37:45.940
 dies on the cross

00:37:45.940 --> 00:37:46.560
 he is dying

00:37:46.560 --> 00:37:47.519
 as a propitiation

00:37:47.519 --> 00:37:48.740
 for your sin

00:37:48.740 --> 00:37:49.760
 and for mine

00:37:49.760 --> 00:37:51.740
 that God

00:37:51.740 --> 00:37:52.680
 the Son of God

00:37:52.680 --> 00:37:53.640
 if the Queen of England

00:37:53.640 --> 00:37:54.800
 can naturally stand

00:37:54.800 --> 00:37:56.260
 for 110,000 people

00:37:56.260 --> 00:37:57.220
 how much more

00:37:57.220 --> 00:37:57.820
 can God

00:37:57.820 --> 00:37:58.780
 the Son of God

00:37:58.780 --> 00:38:00.180
 stand for every

00:38:00.180 --> 00:38:00.780
 human being

00:38:00.780 --> 00:38:01.740
 who has ever lived

00:38:01.740 --> 00:38:03.040
 and ever will live

00:38:03.040 --> 00:38:05.260
 and how could it

00:38:05.260 --> 00:38:05.960
 not be

00:38:05.960 --> 00:38:06.760
 that he

00:38:06.760 --> 00:38:07.780
 by his

00:38:07.780 --> 00:38:08.960
 emptying himself

00:38:08.960 --> 00:38:09.820
 of his glory

00:38:09.820 --> 00:38:10.540
 of his divine

00:38:10.540 --> 00:38:11.200
 prerogatives

00:38:11.200 --> 00:38:12.280
 of his splendor

00:38:12.280 --> 00:38:12.980
 of his appearance

00:38:12.980 --> 00:38:13.720
 of God

00:38:13.720 --> 00:38:14.620
 and he's setting

00:38:14.620 --> 00:38:15.880
 all of these aside

00:38:15.880 --> 00:38:17.160
 all of these aside

00:38:17.160 --> 00:38:18.280
 so that he ends up

00:38:18.280 --> 00:38:19.520
 dying on a cross

00:38:19.520 --> 00:38:20.120
 and experiencing

00:38:20.120 --> 00:38:20.840
 all there is

00:38:20.840 --> 00:38:21.640
 to taste of death

00:38:21.640 --> 00:38:22.240
 you can see

00:38:22.240 --> 00:38:23.140
 that within this

00:38:23.140 --> 00:38:24.100
 that there is

00:38:24.100 --> 00:38:24.820
 a full

00:38:24.820 --> 00:38:25.920
 satisfaction

00:38:25.920 --> 00:38:27.640
 of justice

00:38:27.639 --> 00:38:29.139
 and the whole

00:38:29.139 --> 00:38:29.759
 gospel

00:38:29.759 --> 00:38:30.359
 is this

00:38:30.359 --> 00:38:31.299
 profound news

00:38:31.299 --> 00:38:31.859
 that God

00:38:31.859 --> 00:38:32.900
 never stops

00:38:32.900 --> 00:38:33.799
 being opposed

00:38:33.799 --> 00:38:34.659
 to injustice

00:38:34.659 --> 00:38:36.359
 he never stops

00:38:36.359 --> 00:38:37.259
 being opposed

00:38:37.259 --> 00:38:38.199
 to evil

00:38:38.199 --> 00:38:39.359
 and he does

00:38:39.359 --> 00:38:40.119
 not just merely

00:38:40.119 --> 00:38:41.299
 pardon and let go

00:38:41.299 --> 00:38:42.199
 his cronies

00:38:42.199 --> 00:38:43.199
 but that God

00:38:43.199 --> 00:38:44.079
 the Son of God

00:38:44.079 --> 00:38:45.480
 seen my great need

00:38:45.480 --> 00:38:45.920
 and yours

00:38:45.920 --> 00:38:46.739
 that we could not

00:38:46.739 --> 00:38:47.920
 deal with on our own

00:38:47.920 --> 00:38:49.679
 he comes to me

00:38:49.679 --> 00:38:50.500
 and says

00:38:50.500 --> 00:38:55.980
 take my hand

00:38:55.980 --> 00:38:58.119
 if you take my hand

00:38:58.119 --> 00:39:00.780
 I'll take your place

00:39:00.780 --> 00:39:03.219
 and you can have

00:39:03.219 --> 00:39:03.920
 my place

00:39:03.920 --> 00:39:06.019
 and I

00:39:06.019 --> 00:39:06.900
 am willing

00:39:06.900 --> 00:39:08.400
 to be undone

00:39:08.400 --> 00:39:09.360
 and unmade

00:39:09.360 --> 00:39:10.679
 for you

00:39:10.679 --> 00:39:12.519
 and that is

00:39:12.519 --> 00:39:13.440
 what the gospel is

00:39:13.440 --> 00:39:15.900
 that is what

00:39:15.900 --> 00:39:16.679
 the gospel is

00:39:16.679 --> 00:39:18.320
 that is what

00:39:18.320 --> 00:39:19.420
 the text here says

00:39:19.420 --> 00:39:20.860
 listen to it again

00:39:20.860 --> 00:39:22.639
 my little children

00:39:22.639 --> 00:39:23.139
 I am writing

00:39:23.139 --> 00:39:24.079
 these things to you

00:39:24.079 --> 00:39:25.159
 so that you may not sin

00:39:25.159 --> 00:39:27.059
 but if anyone does sin

00:39:27.059 --> 00:39:28.139
 we have an advocate

00:39:28.139 --> 00:39:28.800
 with the Father

00:39:28.800 --> 00:39:29.619
 Jesus Christ

00:39:29.619 --> 00:39:30.220
 the righteous

00:39:30.220 --> 00:39:31.420
 he

00:39:31.420 --> 00:39:33.180
 is the propitiation

00:39:33.180 --> 00:39:35.139
 for our sins

00:39:35.139 --> 00:39:38.480
 just a couple of things

00:39:38.480 --> 00:39:39.280
 as we close

00:39:39.280 --> 00:39:43.099
 he's done it

00:39:43.099 --> 00:39:44.840
 but we need to receive it

00:39:44.840 --> 00:39:47.079
 and we can only receive it

00:39:47.079 --> 00:39:48.880
 not by weighing

00:39:48.880 --> 00:39:49.480
 our merits

00:39:49.480 --> 00:39:50.900
 but by saying

00:39:50.900 --> 00:39:51.559
 I need you

00:39:51.559 --> 00:39:54.280
 thank you for doing this

00:39:54.280 --> 00:39:57.840
 I

00:39:57.840 --> 00:39:59.039
 accept you

00:39:59.039 --> 00:39:59.700
 as my savior

00:39:59.700 --> 00:40:00.340
 and my lord

00:40:00.340 --> 00:40:00.539
 and

00:40:00.539 --> 00:40:02.559
 that profound thing

00:40:02.559 --> 00:40:03.440
 that you do for me

00:40:03.440 --> 00:40:06.240
 the second thing

00:40:06.240 --> 00:40:06.660
 about this

00:40:06.660 --> 00:40:07.500
 which is so important

00:40:07.500 --> 00:40:07.800
 for us

00:40:07.800 --> 00:40:08.640
 just as we close

00:40:08.640 --> 00:40:10.800
 is it helps us

00:40:10.800 --> 00:40:11.500
 to understand

00:40:11.500 --> 00:40:12.260
 why Christians

00:40:12.260 --> 00:40:13.860
 should never

00:40:13.860 --> 00:40:15.480
 be partners

00:40:15.480 --> 00:40:20.340
 or spin doctors

00:40:20.340 --> 00:40:21.000
 for evil

00:40:21.000 --> 00:40:21.740
 and injustice

00:40:21.740 --> 00:40:24.179
 because we see

00:40:24.179 --> 00:40:24.760
 that God

00:40:24.760 --> 00:40:25.760
 never lets

00:40:25.760 --> 00:40:27.079
 evil and injustice

00:40:27.079 --> 00:40:28.019
 off the hook

00:40:28.019 --> 00:40:29.460
 and as we are

00:40:29.460 --> 00:40:30.260
 formed and shaped

00:40:30.260 --> 00:40:31.139
 by the gospel

00:40:31.139 --> 00:40:32.579
 it means that

00:40:32.579 --> 00:40:33.420
 we should be formed

00:40:33.420 --> 00:40:34.059
 and shaped

00:40:34.059 --> 00:40:36.139
 to always be repelled

00:40:36.139 --> 00:40:37.039
 and horrified

00:40:37.039 --> 00:40:38.760
 and properly angry

00:40:38.760 --> 00:40:40.059
 at evil

00:40:40.059 --> 00:40:41.240
 and injustice

00:40:41.239 --> 00:40:42.239
 the gospel

00:40:42.239 --> 00:40:43.339
 shapes us

00:40:43.339 --> 00:40:45.179
 for goodness

00:40:45.179 --> 00:40:46.239
 and for justice

00:40:46.239 --> 00:40:47.379
 and for a hatred

00:40:47.379 --> 00:40:49.759
 a proper hatred

00:40:49.759 --> 00:40:50.859
 of evil

00:40:50.859 --> 00:40:51.799
 and injustice

00:40:51.799 --> 00:40:53.839
 and finally

00:40:53.839 --> 00:40:55.919
 only the gospel

00:40:55.919 --> 00:40:57.519
 provides the impetus

00:40:57.519 --> 00:40:58.239
 and the grounds

00:40:58.239 --> 00:40:59.279
 by which I can begin

00:40:59.279 --> 00:41:00.679
 to examine my own life

00:41:00.679 --> 00:41:05.299
 to know that

00:41:05.299 --> 00:41:06.500
 Jesus has dealt

00:41:06.500 --> 00:41:07.299
 with all of the

00:41:07.299 --> 00:41:08.359
 demands of justice

00:41:08.359 --> 00:41:08.960
 against me

00:41:08.960 --> 00:41:10.059
 with nothing left out

00:41:10.059 --> 00:41:11.079
 in his once for all

00:41:11.079 --> 00:41:11.739
 sacrifice

00:41:11.739 --> 00:41:13.639
 and to know

00:41:13.639 --> 00:41:14.659
 that when he

00:41:14.659 --> 00:41:15.779
 takes my place

00:41:15.779 --> 00:41:16.659
 and bears

00:41:16.659 --> 00:41:18.179
 the proper anger

00:41:18.179 --> 00:41:18.859
 of God

00:41:18.859 --> 00:41:19.419
 that justice

00:41:19.419 --> 00:41:20.339
 might be satisfied

00:41:20.339 --> 00:41:21.319
 and offers me

00:41:21.319 --> 00:41:22.460
 his place instead

00:41:22.460 --> 00:41:23.839
 and to know

00:41:23.839 --> 00:41:24.559
 that one day

00:41:24.559 --> 00:41:25.719
 I will dwell in glory

00:41:25.719 --> 00:41:26.519
 does not then

00:41:26.519 --> 00:41:27.059
 give me

00:41:27.059 --> 00:41:27.940
 not because of anything

00:41:27.940 --> 00:41:28.500
 I've done

00:41:28.500 --> 00:41:29.579
 or not because of my marriage

00:41:29.579 --> 00:41:30.419
 but purely because

00:41:30.420 --> 00:41:31.059
 what of Christ

00:41:31.059 --> 00:41:32.180
 has done for me

00:41:32.180 --> 00:41:33.980
 and that God

00:41:33.980 --> 00:41:35.079
 with perfect knowledge

00:41:35.079 --> 00:41:35.820
 there's nothing

00:41:35.820 --> 00:41:36.880
 in my past

00:41:36.880 --> 00:41:37.940
 present or future

00:41:37.940 --> 00:41:38.800
 that was not dealt

00:41:38.800 --> 00:41:39.599
 with by Jesus

00:41:39.599 --> 00:41:40.340
 upon his death

00:41:40.340 --> 00:41:40.980
 on the cross

00:41:40.980 --> 00:41:44.059
 that actually begins

00:41:44.059 --> 00:41:44.539
 to provide

00:41:44.539 --> 00:41:45.680
 a type of security

00:41:45.680 --> 00:41:48.039
 for me to look

00:41:48.039 --> 00:41:49.220
 at the evil

00:41:49.220 --> 00:41:49.820
 that I do

00:41:49.820 --> 00:41:50.820
 day by day

00:41:50.820 --> 00:41:51.800
 or maybe evil

00:41:51.800 --> 00:41:52.280
 that I have done

00:41:52.280 --> 00:41:52.940
 in the past

00:41:52.940 --> 00:41:55.440
 to begin to say

00:41:55.440 --> 00:41:57.220
 to God

00:41:57.220 --> 00:41:57.940
 and to people

00:41:57.940 --> 00:41:58.780
 that was wrong

00:41:58.780 --> 00:42:00.400
 I beg your forgiveness

00:42:00.400 --> 00:42:02.539
 how can I amend

00:42:02.539 --> 00:42:03.240
 my life

00:42:03.240 --> 00:42:04.980
 only in that

00:42:04.980 --> 00:42:06.240
 sure and strong

00:42:06.240 --> 00:42:06.900
 place

00:42:06.900 --> 00:42:08.980
 of the gospel

00:42:08.980 --> 00:42:10.160
 can we begin

00:42:10.160 --> 00:42:10.820
 to have a place

00:42:10.820 --> 00:42:11.500
 to stand

00:42:11.500 --> 00:42:13.139
 to see ourselves

00:42:13.139 --> 00:42:15.039
 without self-deception

00:42:15.039 --> 00:42:18.800
 without self-flattery

00:42:18.800 --> 00:42:21.320
 but to have one

00:42:21.320 --> 00:42:22.160
 who's our advocate

00:42:22.160 --> 00:42:23.200
 who can also speak

00:42:23.200 --> 00:42:23.780
 to us and say

00:42:23.780 --> 00:42:24.220
 George

00:42:24.220 --> 00:42:25.700
 let's look at this

00:42:25.700 --> 00:42:27.660
 let's look at this

00:42:27.660 --> 00:42:28.780
 let's look at this

00:42:28.780 --> 00:42:29.040
 together

00:42:29.040 --> 00:42:29.680
 remember I've already

00:42:29.680 --> 00:42:30.220
 paid for it

00:42:30.220 --> 00:42:31.200
 let's look at this

00:42:31.200 --> 00:42:33.280
 because evil

00:42:33.280 --> 00:42:34.500
 always ruins our lives

00:42:34.500 --> 00:42:35.500
 and is never the basis

00:42:35.500 --> 00:42:36.380
 of our identity

00:42:36.380 --> 00:42:37.820
 please stand

00:42:37.820 --> 00:42:41.820
 invite you to stand

00:42:41.820 --> 00:42:47.920
 just bow our heads

00:42:47.920 --> 00:42:48.400
 in prayer

00:42:48.400 --> 00:42:54.660
 father we give you

00:42:54.660 --> 00:42:55.500
 thanks and praise

00:42:55.500 --> 00:42:56.220
 that you do not

00:42:56.220 --> 00:42:57.119
 tolerate evil

00:42:57.119 --> 00:42:57.740
 and injustice

00:42:57.740 --> 00:42:58.579
 that it is always

00:42:58.579 --> 00:42:59.500
 wrong to you

00:42:59.500 --> 00:43:00.700
 we give you

00:43:00.700 --> 00:43:01.700
 thanks and praise

00:43:01.700 --> 00:43:03.700
 that you will

00:43:03.700 --> 00:43:04.260
 judge

00:43:04.260 --> 00:43:06.280
 father we confess

00:43:06.280 --> 00:43:06.860
 before you

00:43:06.860 --> 00:43:07.420
 that there is

00:43:07.420 --> 00:43:08.119
 no way

00:43:08.119 --> 00:43:08.760
 at all

00:43:08.760 --> 00:43:09.500
 on our own

00:43:09.500 --> 00:43:10.000
 merits

00:43:10.000 --> 00:43:11.260
 or by own

00:43:11.260 --> 00:43:12.000
 cleverness

00:43:12.000 --> 00:43:12.940
 or flattery

00:43:12.940 --> 00:43:14.019
 or spin

00:43:14.019 --> 00:43:14.619
 that we could

00:43:14.619 --> 00:43:15.139
 stand

00:43:15.139 --> 00:43:16.000
 before perfect

00:43:16.000 --> 00:43:16.599
 justice

00:43:16.599 --> 00:43:18.279
 we acknowledge

00:43:18.279 --> 00:43:18.719
 that our

00:43:18.719 --> 00:43:19.279
 standing

00:43:19.279 --> 00:43:19.980
 before you

00:43:19.980 --> 00:43:20.819
 our cry

00:43:20.819 --> 00:43:21.179
 to you

00:43:21.179 --> 00:43:21.480
 as our

00:43:21.480 --> 00:43:21.920
 father

00:43:21.920 --> 00:43:23.079
 our cry

00:43:23.079 --> 00:43:23.420
 to you

00:43:23.420 --> 00:43:23.679
 as our

00:43:23.679 --> 00:43:24.000
 father

00:43:24.000 --> 00:43:24.480
 who loves

00:43:24.480 --> 00:43:24.639
 us

00:43:24.639 --> 00:43:25.059
 is not

00:43:25.059 --> 00:43:25.699
 based on

00:43:25.699 --> 00:43:26.259
 our ability

00:43:26.259 --> 00:43:26.799
 to spin

00:43:26.799 --> 00:43:27.500
 our lives

00:43:27.500 --> 00:43:28.400
 but our

00:43:28.400 --> 00:43:29.079
 acknowledgement

00:43:29.079 --> 00:43:29.799
 that we

00:43:29.799 --> 00:43:30.559
 can only

00:43:30.559 --> 00:43:31.079
 stand

00:43:31.079 --> 00:43:31.860
 before you

00:43:31.860 --> 00:43:32.539
 because our

00:43:32.539 --> 00:43:32.940
 blessed

00:43:32.940 --> 00:43:33.500
 savior

00:43:33.500 --> 00:43:34.079
 jesus

00:43:34.079 --> 00:43:35.059
 is our

00:43:35.059 --> 00:43:36.019
 propitiation

00:43:36.019 --> 00:43:37.299
 that he

00:43:37.299 --> 00:43:37.920
 has stood

00:43:37.920 --> 00:43:38.659
 in our

00:43:38.659 --> 00:43:39.299
 place

00:43:39.299 --> 00:43:40.679
 and dealt

00:43:40.679 --> 00:43:41.259
 and been

00:43:41.259 --> 00:43:41.599
 dealt

00:43:41.599 --> 00:43:42.319
 the punishment

00:43:42.319 --> 00:43:42.719
 that we

00:43:42.719 --> 00:43:43.219
 properly

00:43:43.219 --> 00:43:43.719
 deserve

00:43:43.719 --> 00:43:44.380
 that justice

00:43:44.380 --> 00:43:44.880
 might be

00:43:44.880 --> 00:43:45.440
 satisfied

00:43:45.440 --> 00:43:46.280
 and has

00:43:46.280 --> 00:43:46.820
 not only

00:43:46.820 --> 00:43:47.480
 taken our

00:43:47.480 --> 00:43:47.980
 place

00:43:47.980 --> 00:43:48.980
 to bear

00:43:48.980 --> 00:43:49.460
 this

00:43:49.460 --> 00:43:50.300
 proper

00:43:50.300 --> 00:43:50.700
 anger

00:43:50.700 --> 00:43:51.119
 and evil

00:43:51.119 --> 00:43:51.599
 but has

00:43:51.599 --> 00:43:52.119
 offered

00:43:52.119 --> 00:43:52.780
 us

00:43:52.780 --> 00:43:53.840
 his

00:43:53.840 --> 00:43:54.220
 perfect

00:43:54.220 --> 00:43:54.780
 standing

00:43:54.780 --> 00:43:55.599
 with you

00:43:55.599 --> 00:43:56.720
 so father

00:43:56.720 --> 00:43:57.380
 we stand

00:43:57.380 --> 00:43:57.780
 here

00:43:57.780 --> 00:43:58.880
 only in

00:43:58.880 --> 00:43:59.320
 jesus

00:43:59.320 --> 00:43:59.659
 our

00:43:59.659 --> 00:44:00.460
 propitiation

00:44:00.460 --> 00:44:01.519
 and we

00:44:01.519 --> 00:44:02.220
 ask father

00:44:02.220 --> 00:44:02.659
 that as

00:44:02.659 --> 00:44:03.059
 your holy

00:44:03.059 --> 00:44:03.480
 spirit

00:44:03.480 --> 00:44:04.200
 draws us

00:44:04.200 --> 00:44:04.880
 to be

00:44:04.880 --> 00:44:05.320
 more

00:44:05.320 --> 00:44:05.920
 and more

00:44:05.920 --> 00:44:08.760
 to be

00:44:08.760 --> 00:44:09.500
 more deeply

00:44:09.500 --> 00:44:10.159
 knowledgeable

00:44:10.159 --> 00:44:10.740
 and aware

00:44:10.740 --> 00:44:11.079
 of what

00:44:11.079 --> 00:44:11.380
 it is

00:44:11.380 --> 00:44:11.820
 that jesus

00:44:11.820 --> 00:44:12.300
 has done

00:44:12.300 --> 00:44:12.840
 for us

00:44:12.840 --> 00:44:13.420
 that father

00:44:13.420 --> 00:44:13.820
 as this

00:44:13.820 --> 00:44:14.220
 becomes

00:44:14.219 --> 00:44:14.759
 more true

00:44:14.759 --> 00:44:15.039
 in our

00:44:15.039 --> 00:44:15.539
 lives

00:44:15.539 --> 00:44:16.899
 the way

00:44:16.899 --> 00:44:17.179
 that we

00:44:17.179 --> 00:44:17.739
 understand

00:44:17.739 --> 00:44:18.299
 ourselves

00:44:18.299 --> 00:44:18.799
 and see

00:44:18.799 --> 00:44:19.399
 our lives

00:44:19.399 --> 00:44:19.839
 and see

00:44:19.839 --> 00:44:20.480
 our past

00:44:20.480 --> 00:44:20.699
 and our

00:44:20.699 --> 00:44:21.000
 present

00:44:21.000 --> 00:44:21.259
 and our

00:44:21.259 --> 00:44:21.559
 future

00:44:21.559 --> 00:44:22.439
 we thank

00:44:22.439 --> 00:44:22.919
 you father

00:44:22.919 --> 00:44:23.259
 that it

00:44:23.259 --> 00:44:23.819
 is a place

00:44:23.819 --> 00:44:24.279
 by which

00:44:24.279 --> 00:44:24.639
 we can

00:44:24.639 --> 00:44:25.139
 deal with

00:44:25.139 --> 00:44:25.639
 those things

00:44:25.639 --> 00:44:25.879
 that we

00:44:25.879 --> 00:44:26.219
 do that

00:44:26.219 --> 00:44:26.659
 are wrong

00:44:26.659 --> 00:44:27.059
 day by

00:44:27.059 --> 00:44:27.379
 day

00:44:27.379 --> 00:44:28.980
 we thank

00:44:28.980 --> 00:44:29.480
 you father

00:44:29.480 --> 00:44:29.939
 that our

00:44:29.939 --> 00:44:30.339
 destiny

00:44:30.339 --> 00:44:30.919
 is secure

00:44:30.919 --> 00:44:31.519
 in jesus

00:44:31.519 --> 00:44:32.480
 and we

00:44:32.480 --> 00:44:33.159
 ask as well

00:44:33.159 --> 00:44:33.439
 that you

00:44:33.439 --> 00:44:33.819
 would so

00:44:33.819 --> 00:44:34.299
 grip us

00:44:34.299 --> 00:44:34.679
 with the

00:44:34.679 --> 00:44:35.139
 gospel

00:44:35.139 --> 00:44:37.799
 that we

00:44:37.799 --> 00:44:38.359
 are opposed

00:44:38.359 --> 00:44:38.879
 to all

00:44:38.879 --> 00:44:39.419
 evil and

00:44:39.419 --> 00:44:39.879
 injustice

00:44:39.879 --> 00:44:40.719
 in ourselves

00:44:40.719 --> 00:44:41.399
 and in

00:44:41.399 --> 00:44:41.819
 others

00:44:41.820 --> 00:44:43.420
 that you

00:44:43.420 --> 00:44:44.360
 would purify

00:44:44.360 --> 00:44:46.080
 our moral

00:44:46.080 --> 00:44:47.760
 sensibilities

00:44:47.760 --> 00:44:48.420
 and our

00:44:48.420 --> 00:44:49.120
 sensibilities

00:44:49.120 --> 00:44:50.120
 around justice

00:44:50.120 --> 00:44:50.940
 that we

00:44:50.940 --> 00:44:51.320
 would not

00:44:51.320 --> 00:44:52.100
 be swayed

00:44:52.100 --> 00:44:52.420
 by the

00:44:52.420 --> 00:44:52.820
 fashion

00:44:52.820 --> 00:44:53.100
 of the

00:44:53.100 --> 00:44:53.559
 powerful

00:44:53.559 --> 00:44:53.920
 and the

00:44:53.920 --> 00:44:54.300
 fashion

00:44:54.300 --> 00:44:54.600
 of the

00:44:54.600 --> 00:44:54.960
 media

00:44:54.960 --> 00:44:56.140
 but that

00:44:56.140 --> 00:44:56.600
 we would

00:44:56.600 --> 00:44:56.940
 be able

00:44:56.940 --> 00:44:57.300
 to look

00:44:57.300 --> 00:44:57.760
 upon your

00:44:57.760 --> 00:44:58.200
 perfect

00:44:58.200 --> 00:44:58.820
 face of

00:44:58.820 --> 00:44:59.420
 justice

00:44:59.420 --> 00:45:00.620
 and even

00:45:00.620 --> 00:45:00.980
 when the

00:45:00.980 --> 00:45:01.620
 whole world

00:45:01.620 --> 00:45:02.660
 says injustice

00:45:02.660 --> 00:45:03.420
 is just

00:45:03.420 --> 00:45:03.860
 that we

00:45:03.860 --> 00:45:04.340
 would know

00:45:04.340 --> 00:45:04.800
 that that

00:45:04.800 --> 00:45:05.240
 is not

00:45:05.240 --> 00:45:05.539
 true

00:45:05.539 --> 00:45:05.920
 and we

00:45:05.920 --> 00:45:06.420
 would not

00:45:06.420 --> 00:45:07.000
 bend our

00:45:07.000 --> 00:45:07.440
 knees

00:45:07.440 --> 00:45:08.500
 to injustice

00:45:08.500 --> 00:45:09.580
 or support

00:45:09.580 --> 00:45:09.800
 it

00:45:09.800 --> 00:45:10.580
 or applaud

00:45:10.580 --> 00:45:10.860
 it

00:45:10.860 --> 00:45:12.420
 but humbly

00:45:12.420 --> 00:45:13.039
 pray and

00:45:13.039 --> 00:45:13.720
 speak against

00:45:13.720 --> 00:45:13.940
 it

00:45:13.940 --> 00:45:14.260
 Lord

00:45:14.260 --> 00:45:15.180
 please make

00:45:15.180 --> 00:45:15.980
 us such

00:45:15.980 --> 00:45:16.420
 people

00:45:16.420 --> 00:45:17.920
 to your

00:45:17.920 --> 00:45:18.240
 honor and

00:45:18.240 --> 00:45:18.660
 your glory

00:45:18.660 --> 00:45:18.960
 and the

00:45:18.960 --> 00:45:19.360
 furtherance

00:45:19.360 --> 00:45:19.680
 of your

00:45:19.680 --> 00:45:20.019
 kingdom

00:45:20.019 --> 00:45:20.920
 and all

00:45:20.920 --> 00:45:21.240
 God's

00:45:21.240 --> 00:45:21.860
 people said

00:45:21.860 --> 00:45:22.860
 Amen