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 Verse 13, and they sent to him some of the Pharisees and some of the Herodians to trap him in his talk.

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 Now, there are many causes and circumstances that unite people who otherwise would totally avoid one another.

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 But it seems like as we read through the Gospels, really even as we get into the epistles of the New Testament as well,

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 it seems that no one brings diverse people together quite like Jesus does, right?

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 That's why in studying Jesus and his 12 disciples, that's why we can understand how Matthew, Levi, a Roman tax collector,

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 could then become friends and united with Simon, who we are told in the Gospels was Simon the Zealot.

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 What he was known for was being a part of this zealot organization that was completely anti-Rome.

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 Out of their love for Christ, they were able to set aside their social and political positions and convictions.

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 Not that they changed those things about themselves, at least not immediately,

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 but they're able to set those things aside, come together in unity out of love for Jesus.

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 Willing to set aside firmly held political beliefs to unite together with Christ.

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 And we see no greater picture of this than what we see in the composition of the church.

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 Because for a Christian, the Gospel of Jesus takes priority over every other personal value, right?

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 We can even see this even in our own church today, right?

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 The diversity that God brings together, not only in an ethnic diversity,

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 not only in a generational diversity, in some cases in our church, even a political diversity,

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 God brings people from all kinds of different places, all kinds of different mindsets,

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 all kinds of different backgrounds, and he unites them,

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 not for any other reason than the Gospel of Jesus and our love for him.

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 In our church, we have vaxxers and anti-vaxxers.

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 Yet they can come together on a Sunday morning, and they can worship the Lord,

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 and they can love one another, and they can be united in the Gospel and in the truth of God's Word.

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 In our church, we have people with heritages from all over the world.

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 We have many of us who our heritage is found right here in the United States.

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 We have Mr. and Mrs. Kuo, whose heritage is found in Taiwan.

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 We have Mark and Allah, whose heritage is found in Russia.

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 We have Bob, whose heritage is found in the motherland in England.

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 We have all kinds of different heritage, right?

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 Yet, for the Gospel's sake, the Lord has united us together.

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 We probably even have some people in our church who pull for the Tar Heels,

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 and other people in our church who pull for the Blue Devils.

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 It's amazing, the diversity that gets.

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 And then there's the state people we just mentioned.

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 We'll throw in there to be kind to you, right, Andy?

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 And the North Carolina state.

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 Jesus has a way of uniting people that's different than any other thing.

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 Now, there's all kinds of causes and circumstances that we can get united around.

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 But what's the foundation of our unity, typically?

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 The foundation of our unity with another person is based on priority of values.

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 Some people can look at what's happening with Russia and Ukraine,

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 and you can say, okay, that has a particular priority in my value system.

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 And so for other people who may differ than me on these other things that are lesser priority,

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 I can unite with them in the fight against the evils that are taking place there, right?

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 That's how unity works.

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 In the church, we set aside everything because the number one priority

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 is the gospel of Christ, our love for Jesus.

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 Everything else takes second place.

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 And churches begin to disintegrate, and they begin to split,

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 and they begin to become a huge problem in tarnishing the name of Christ

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 when they get that priority out of whack,

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 when their unity is no longer based on Christ and the gospel,

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 but their unity is based on their political preference,

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 or their heritage, or their generation,

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 or their way that they like their music,

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 or whatever it is that they would do, right?

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 That's when churches begin to really disintegrate.

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 But it's not just the people who love Jesus who are united by him.

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 What we actually find unfolding in this text is Jesus being the polarizing figure that he is

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 and that he was unites not only those who love him,

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 but he unites those who loathe him, who hate him.

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 That's precisely what's happening as this short set of verses unfolds.

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 The delegation from the Sanhedrin had failed to catch Jesus in his words

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 as they had endeavored to do in the previous text.

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 Israel's religious and political leaders regrouped,

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 and they began to send wave after wave of representatives,

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 each with a different strategy to try to trap the Lord.

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 And that's where this chapter is going.

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 It's first, we see it here in the Pharisees and the Herodians,

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 and the very next one is the Sadducees,

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 because that doesn't work, so they regroup and they send the Sadducees the next time.

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 And then that doesn't work, so they regroup and there's a scribe that comes.

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 Wave after wave, they're sending to Jesus,

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 really with the same objective each time.

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 Trap him in his words so that they might destroy him,

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 discredit him publicly, and ultimately execute him.

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 But their first attempt here in verses 13 to 17

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 bring together the unlikeliest of friends.

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 The Pharisees and the Herodians in Jesus' day

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 were religious and political enemies.

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 The Pharisees were religiously conservative.

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 They were mostly concerned with religious law,

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 not just the law of God, but as we've studied many times in Mark's gospel,

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 their own traditions and their own rabbinical law

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 that they enforced upon the people.

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 They were very morally conservative in that sense.

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 The Herodians were the exact opposite.

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 They were morally liberal, and they were most concerned

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 not with religious law, but most concerned with Roman law.

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 Pharisees despised the Roman occupation.

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 The Herodians, loyal to the Herodian family, hence their name,

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 capitulated to the Roman occupation.

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 These groups hated everything about one another.

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 But the one thing that they had in common

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 was that Jesus of Nazareth had become a threat

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 to their power, their authority, and their political agenda.

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 And so just as Jesus united Matthew and Simon,

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 and Matthew and Simon saw Jesus as priority number one,

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 therefore will set aside all the other things

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 in order to unite in our love for Christ in the gospel.

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 Just as it happened in that sense with Matthew and Simon,

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 so it happens with the Pharisees and the Herodians.

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 Jesus becomes priority number one,

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 except they're not setting aside all their other disagreements

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 to love and follow Jesus.

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 They're setting aside all of their disagreements

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 to go and destroy him,

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 to diminish his influence,

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 and ultimately to execute him in their hatred.

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 And their objective in approaching the Lord

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 was once again to trap him in his words

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 so that they could specifically

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 turn him over to the Roman governor.

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 We find that told plainly in Luke chapter 20,

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 and of course we will find out eventually

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 that Roman governor is a man named Pontius Pilate.

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 That's what they're moving toward at this point.

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 They feigned admiration for Jesus,

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 and then they presented him with a dilemma

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 that would put him on the outs with someone,

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 either the common people of Israel

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 or the Roman authorities.

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 And their challenge was concerned here

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 with what the people owed to Caesar.

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 Jesus responds and counters

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 by emphasizing what every person owes to God.

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 So not only were the Pharisees and Herodians unsuccessful,

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 but Jesus gives us this short, masterful lesson

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 on wholehearted devotion to the Lord.

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 And I don't want you to be confused.

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 This story, this lesson is not about money.

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 It's not about money.

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 This is about loyalty.

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 When the Pharisees and the Herodians

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 asked Jesus about paying taxes to Caesar,

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 they're not concerned about their money.

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 They're concerned about Jesus's public statement of loyalty,

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 either to or against Rome.

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 And when Jesus responds,

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 he's not concerned with their money.

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 He's not concerned with them giving in the temple tax.

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 That's not what this is about.

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 What he is responding with

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 is a challenge to their loyalty with God.

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 And so let's look at it.

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 It's a very simple passage.

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 First, let's look at the challenge in verse 14.

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 Luke wrote that Jesus was under the watchful eyes

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 of the scribes and the chief priests.

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 He is in the temple courtyards.

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 He's interacting with people.

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 He's teaching people.

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 We see this over and over in this final week of Jesus's life.

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 And as he is interacting with those people,

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 the scribes and the chief priests are around

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 and they're watching him closely.

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 They're listening to him intently,

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 not so that they can learn,

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 but so that they can confront him

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 in just the right way to accuse him.

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 And the public nature of these confrontations

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 was essential to their plot.

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 It wouldn't do to trap Jesus in a private conversation.

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 That wouldn't help them.

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 They needed to trap Jesus in a public conversation.

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 They needed to turn the people against Jesus.

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 But they had already tried approaching him

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 with a combative spirit.

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 That's what we saw at the end of chapter 11.

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 So they regroup and with wisdom on their part,

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 they decide, okay,

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 we're not gonna go in guns a blazing this time.

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 This time we're gonna be a little more thoughtful

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 about the way we approach him.

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 And their strategy here

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 was to disarm Jesus first with flattery

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 before catching him with a clever dilemma

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 that they have contrived to present.

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 So let's look first at their laughable flattery.

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 Verse 14,

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 Now, the problem here is not what they said.

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 All their statements about Jesus in this moment

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 are absolutely true.

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 And ironically,

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 all of the things that they say about Jesus here

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 represented the antithesis of their own behavior

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 and their own spirit.

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 They were the typical politicians.

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 They were opportunist at heart.

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 They led on the basis of consensus,

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 not conviction.

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 They used guile and deception to deceive the people.

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 And they taught their own traditions

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 as being equal to,

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 and in some cases,

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 even greater than God's law.

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 We saw that in chapter seven.

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 But Jesus was the opposite of that.

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 He indeed was honest.

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 He was honestly transparent

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 with everybody he dealt with.

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 His yes was yes,

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 and his no was no.

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 He wasn't trying to trick people.

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 He wasn't trying to deceive people.

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 He was plain and honest.

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 That was true of Jesus.

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 He was totally impartial.

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 When they come to him and they say in verse 14,

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 we know that you don't care about anyone's opinion.

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 They're not saying that Jesus is a dismissive person,

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 that he's got his mindset

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 and he just doesn't even listen

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 to what anybody else has to say.

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 That's not what they're saying about him.

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 They're saying he's impartial.

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 That he doesn't have a group of people

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 and see the rich people over here

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 and decide that he's gonna capitulate

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 to the things that they want

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 while ignoring the poor people over there.

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 That's what the Pharisees and Herodians did.

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 Jesus didn't do that.

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 That was true of him.

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 He's totally impartial.

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 He spoke only the truth of God.

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 That's true.

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 He could speak nothing but the truth of God.

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 How do we know that?

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 Because he himself is God.

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 Everything he said was true.

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 He taught the way of God.

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 That was absolutely true.

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 Nothing wrong with what they said.

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 The problem is they didn't actually believe

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 what they were saying about Jesus.

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 They didn't believe those things.

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 This is nothing more than hypocritical flattering.

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 And it's laughable when you consider

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 what we've already been told

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 about these men in Mark's gospel.

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 They'd been working together against Jesus

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 to destroy him since the first time

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 they encountered him in Galilee.

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 Remember back in Mark chapter three,

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 Jesus goes into the synagogue,

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 probably near Capernaum.

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 There's a man there probably planted by these men

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 who had a withered hand

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 and Jesus heals him on the Sabbath.

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 And how do they leave that synagogue worship service?

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 Verse six in chapter three,

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 the Pharisees went out and immediately held counsel

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 with the Herodians against him,

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 how to destroy them.

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 They'd been doing this for years at this point.

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 They weren't being honest.

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 Despite their words, they hated Jesus,

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 which was no secret to anyone.

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 That's why it's laughable.

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 But there's a helpful warning in this for us, isn't there?

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 The enemies of Jesus and his church

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 will not always come across as adversaries.

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 You understand that, right?

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 Not everyone who will try to influence you

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 under the banner of Christianity

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 is your friend.

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 Not every person

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 who would claim to be an enemy

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 and an adversary of the gospel

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 is gonna present themselves to you

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 as if that's true.

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 And as the Pharisees and the Herodians approach Jesus,

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 that's the route they take.

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 And they take this as a nod

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 from the one who they were most likely mimicking

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 in this moment,

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 which was Satan himself.

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 Was that not part of Satan's deception

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 of Adam and Eve in the garden?

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 As Eve approaches the tree that God says,

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 don't eat of this tree,

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 the serpent doesn't present himself

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 as an enemy of Eve's.

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 He presents himself as a friend of Eve.

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 He says, now that's just not true.

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 You will be better off.

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 You will become a God.

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 This deception, he pretends to be a friend.

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 There's flattery.

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 There's smooth talk that's involved

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 with what's happening.

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 And that happens to us.

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 Jesus in his perfection did not fall for that.

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 We often do fall for that.

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 And it's for this reason that the Bible warns so often

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 against flattering lips

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 and deceitful guile.

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 Beware the people that think much more of you

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 than they should ever think.

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 I think it was,

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 was it Spurgeon that said,

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 not to be concerned with those

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 who speak evil of you,

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 for you are far worse than they think you are?

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 Well, then there's another part to that, right?

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 There are those who will make you think

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 that you are far better

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 than you should ever think that you are.

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 And you should beware.

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 Proverbs 26, 28,

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 a lying tongue hates its victims.

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 A flattering mouth works ruin.

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 That's its goal, to ruin you.

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 Romans 16, I appeal to you brothers,

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 watch out for those who cause divisions in the church.

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 Watch out for those who create obstacles

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 that are contrary to the doctrine

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 that you've been taught.

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 Avoid them, Paul says.

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 For such persons don't serve the Lord,

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 they serve their own appetites.

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 And by smooth talk and flattery,

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 they deceive the hearts of the naive.

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 What's Paul saying to believers?

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 Wise up.

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 Not everybody who says they're a Christian is a Christian.

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 Not everyone who claims to speak on behalf of the Lord

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 and of the gospel

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 is truly speaking on behalf of the Lord and the gospel.

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 There will be people in your life

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 that approach with smooth talk and flattery.

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 And if you're not careful,

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 you'll fall into the trap.

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 Don't fall into the trap.

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 So we see laughable flattery.

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 Then we see the clever trap that they actually said here.

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 Verse 14, here's what they ask.

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 Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?

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 Should we pay them or should we not?

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 Now, it wouldn't have been hard for most people

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 to see through their flattery,

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 but this was very, very clever.

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 Question was whether or not it's right,

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 according to the law of God,

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 should we be loyal to Rome?

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 Is essentially what they're asking.

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 It's not about money again.

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 This is about loyalty.

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 Rome levied many taxes on the people,

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 income taxes,

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 taxes on their buying and selling,

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 taxes on their travel,

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 all the taxes that we pay ourselves here.

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 The specific tax in question here in Mark 12

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 was the annual poll tax.

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 It was equal to one denarius for each person.

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 And it was essentially a tax for existing.

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 If you had life and you existed,

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 you had to give Rome one denarius every year.

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 And the implication of this from Rome's perspective

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 is that you belong to Rome.

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 You belong to Caesar.

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 Therefore, it is your responsibility every year

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 to give something to Caesar

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 just to thank him for allowing you to stay alive

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 and to be in his kingdom.

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 Sinclair Ferguson said the tax served

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 as a constant reminder to the Jews

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 that they were a broken and subjugated people,

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 which was why the zealots' refusal to pay them

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 was regarded as an essential element

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 in nationalistic loyalty.

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 So this poll tax is hugely controversial for the Jews.

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 It was in response to this very tax in 86

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 when Jesus is just a boy in Galilee.

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 It was in response to this tax

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 that Judas the Galilean raises up a revolt against Rome.

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 And in response, of course, they had no chance.

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 It was their hatred for this particular thing.

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 And they go up against Rome,

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 and Rome absolutely decimates the people

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 that were a part of the revolt.

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 3,000 people were crucified in Galilee.

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 They lined their crosses down the main thoroughfare in Galilee,

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 cross after cross after cross.

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 Anyone who had actually joined Judas the Galilean

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 to go against Rome,

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 they hated insurrection.

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 They hated it.

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 And the Jews hated this tax and their subjugation to Rome

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 as much as the Romans hated insurrection against their rule.

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 It would be this very issue

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 that in AD 66,

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 the zealot movement would finally grow to a point

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 where they launch an assault against Rome.

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 And you know how that one ends.

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 For four years, they tried to revolt against Rome.

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 What does Rome do?

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 They besieged the city of Jerusalem.

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 They decimate, utterly decimate Jewish life in Israel.

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 And eventually, they make their way to the temple.

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 And just as Jesus predicted would happen,

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 they removed it stone by stone

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 till it was nothing left,

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 and they burned it to the ground.

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 And what was the revolt all over?

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 Remember, this tax.

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 Do you see the cleverness

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 in what these men are doing as they approach Jesus?

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 It's a combination of these two elements

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 between Rome and Israel that makes this so clever.

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 If Jesus said that they should pay the tax,

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 he would be public enemy number one.

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 But if he publicly opposed the tax,

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 the Pharisees and the Herodians

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 would immediately turn him over to the Roman governor.

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 They would claim that he's an insurrectionist.

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 And that's precisely what they did

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 about two or three days after this.

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 Listen to this from Luke chapter 23.

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 Then the whole company of them arose

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 and brought Jesus before Pilate,

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 who was the Roman governor.

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 And they began to accuse him.

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 And here's what they said.

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 We found this man misleading our nation

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 and forbidding us to give tribute to Caesar

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 and saying that he himself is king and Christ.

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 That was an utter lie.

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 Jesus actually tells them to pay their taxes

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 in this passage.

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 And yet they lie blatantly.

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 Why?

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 Because it's the only way they could destroy him.

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 They had to lie.

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 It goes to show you the hatred

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 of Israel's leaders for Jesus at this point.

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 Well, that's the challenge that Jesus is faced with.

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 What's he gonna say?

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 How's he gonna get out of this one?

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 This is very smart on his enemy's sake.

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 Well, that brings us to our last point.

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 You'll be thankful for that.

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 The counter.

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 Let's look at the counter.

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 Verse 15.

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 Knowing their hypocrisy,

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 he said to them,

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 why put me to the test?

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 Why put me to the test?

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 Of course, Jesus sees right through the flattery

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 and the deception.

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 They were hypocrites

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 pretending to admire Jesus

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 when they actually wanted to destroy him.

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 And he knew that.

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 But acknowledging that

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 wasn't enough to get out of the situation.

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 He couldn't just say,

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 you're a bunch of hypocrites.

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 Why are you doing this?

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 And walk away.

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 Because there's a lot of people around.

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 And now,

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 those hypocrites have caught

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 the attention of the crowd.

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 And they're awaiting for Jesus

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 to give an answer to this.

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 They wanna hear what he has to say.

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 And of course,

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 he provides this lesson,

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 this profound truth

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 that they would not soon forget.

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 And I can just imagine,

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 I don't picture Jesus.

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 Maybe this is me.

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 There's only so much that we have

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 when we have the written word.

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 We try to picture exactly how this unfolds.

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 We can't see Jesus' expression

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 to see exactly what was on his face.

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 It doesn't read to me as if he was angry.

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 It's almost like,

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 really?

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 Really?

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 Are you gonna keep trying this?

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 You know?

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 Are you gonna keep trying this?

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 And of course,

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 he's a master teacher, isn't he?

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 Let's look at two things about this.

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 Number one,

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 he just gives a simple object lesson.

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 Simple object lesson.

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 Verse 15.

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 Bring me a denarius,

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 Jesus says,

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 and let me look at it.

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 And they brought one,

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 and he said to them,

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 whose likeness

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 and inscription is this?

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 And they said to him,

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 Caesar's.

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 A denarius was a small silver coin.

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 It's equal to a day's wage

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 for a common laborer

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 or sometimes even for a Roman soldier,

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 a common Roman soldier.

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 Caesar,

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 and it represented this required pull tax.

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 I actually have a picture of it.

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 I think,

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 Missy,

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 if you wanna,

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 it may be a couple slides over.

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 This is the exact coin,

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 not the exact one,

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 but this is the type of coin

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 that Jesus had asked for.

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 This is a Roman denarius

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 in the time of Tiberius Caesar.

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 And I want you to notice,

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 this is the front of it.

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 This is the image of Tiberius Caesar

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 in this moment.

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 There's an abbreviated inscription

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 around the outside.

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 It says,

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 Tiberius Caesar,

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 son of the divine Augustus.

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 So Caesar Augustus

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 was considered to be a god.

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 They had deified him.

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 They continued to deify their Caesars.

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 So whenever he puts his face

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 on this sign,

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 he's saying,

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 I'm a god,

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 this silver belongs to me.

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 That was the point of the image

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 in the inscription.

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 And on the back of it

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 is a image of what they think

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 was Tiberius' mother.

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 And this inscription says,

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 high priest

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 or chief priest

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 in this moment.

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 This is the coin

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 that Jesus asked for,

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 a Roman denarius,

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 a silver coin.

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 Romans, again,

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 considered these Caesars

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 to be gods.

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 But the Jews considered

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 these coins

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 to be miniature idols

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 because of that.

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 That most of them

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 refused to carry them.

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 They weren't allowed

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 to use these

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 for their temple tax.

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 They couldn't use

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 any kind of coin

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 that actually had

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 the image of another person

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 on it when they brought

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 their temple tax

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 to Jerusalem.

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 That was the purpose

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 of the money changers

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 in chapter 11.

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 Remember that?

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 Jesus is turning over

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 the money changer stations

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 and their tables.

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 That was the purpose

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 of those men.

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 They were trading out

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 denariuses

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 for something that was

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 actually able to be used

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 in the temple.

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 But the annual pull tax

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 could only be paid

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 with a denarius.

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 That's what they had to use.

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 So Jesus asked for someone

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 to bring him one.

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 And masterfully,

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 he doesn't ask the crowd.

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 I think he asked the Pharisees

00:26:42.179 --> 00:26:43.579
 and Herodians to answer

00:26:43.579 --> 00:26:45.679
 whose imprint and inscription

00:26:45.679 --> 00:26:47.059
 was on the face of the coin.

00:26:47.759 --> 00:26:48.879
 I know this is simple,

00:26:49.299 --> 00:26:50.039
 but hang with me.

00:26:51.639 --> 00:26:53.619
 The inscription on this coin

00:26:53.619 --> 00:26:55.679
 is what Jesus uses

00:26:55.679 --> 00:26:57.379
 to set the context

00:26:57.379 --> 00:26:58.939
 for his lesson.

00:26:59.559 --> 00:26:59.719
 Okay?

00:27:00.500 --> 00:27:01.500
 It's not just about

00:27:01.500 --> 00:27:02.259
 the coin itself.

00:27:02.379 --> 00:27:03.939
 It's about the image on it.

00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:05.500
 It's about the inscription on it.

00:27:05.659 --> 00:27:06.379
 That's the point

00:27:06.379 --> 00:27:07.359
 of the object lesson.

00:27:07.599 --> 00:27:08.559
 Look at this coin.

00:27:08.559 --> 00:27:10.379
 Whose face is on this?

00:27:10.839 --> 00:27:12.259
 Whose image is on this?

00:27:12.440 --> 00:27:14.619
 Whose inscription is this?

00:27:14.779 --> 00:27:16.179
 That's setting the context

00:27:16.179 --> 00:27:17.899
 for the application to come,

00:27:18.019 --> 00:27:18.879
 which we move to now.

00:27:19.200 --> 00:27:20.299
 The spiritual application

00:27:20.299 --> 00:27:22.159
 in verse 17.

00:27:22.819 --> 00:27:23.879
 Jesus said to them,

00:27:25.220 --> 00:27:26.220
 render to Caesar

00:27:26.220 --> 00:27:28.379
 the things that are Caesar's

00:27:28.379 --> 00:27:29.879
 and to God

00:27:29.879 --> 00:27:32.619
 the things that are God's.

00:27:32.619 --> 00:27:35.919
 So first,

00:27:36.719 --> 00:27:38.739
 Jesus affirmed

00:27:38.739 --> 00:27:40.719
 our responsibility

00:27:40.719 --> 00:27:41.899
 to submit

00:27:41.899 --> 00:27:43.500
 to civil authority.

00:27:44.159 --> 00:27:45.439
 It's the first part

00:27:45.439 --> 00:27:45.939
 of the answer.

00:27:47.599 --> 00:27:49.099
 As the crowd awaits

00:27:49.099 --> 00:27:49.799
 to listen

00:27:49.799 --> 00:27:50.979
 and hear

00:27:50.979 --> 00:27:52.859
 what Jesus has to say,

00:27:53.399 --> 00:27:54.119
 he says,

00:27:54.759 --> 00:27:55.439
 give Caesar

00:27:55.439 --> 00:27:56.919
 what belongs

00:27:56.919 --> 00:27:58.019
 to Caesar.

00:27:59.699 --> 00:28:01.079
 Pay your taxes,

00:28:01.459 --> 00:28:01.899
 he says.

00:28:01.900 --> 00:28:03.759
 Pay your taxes.

00:28:04.660 --> 00:28:06.360
 But he says it in a way

00:28:06.360 --> 00:28:08.360
 that has so much wisdom

00:28:08.360 --> 00:28:09.900
 that it communicates

00:28:10.540 --> 00:28:10.900
 a perspective,

00:28:12.380 --> 00:28:13.640
 a godly perspective

00:28:13.640 --> 00:28:16.019
 of civil obedience.

00:28:17.060 --> 00:28:17.519
 Kent Hughes

00:28:17.519 --> 00:28:18.680
 said this,

00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:19.380
 his answer

00:28:19.380 --> 00:28:20.759
 could not be denied.

00:28:21.980 --> 00:28:22.980
 Ancient coins

00:28:22.980 --> 00:28:24.640
 were actually understood

00:28:24.640 --> 00:28:25.780
 to be the property

00:28:25.780 --> 00:28:26.800
 of the person

00:28:26.800 --> 00:28:27.620
 whose picture

00:28:27.620 --> 00:28:28.600
 and inscription

00:28:28.600 --> 00:28:29.400
 were on them.

00:28:29.400 --> 00:28:31.380
 who could object

00:28:31.380 --> 00:28:32.259
 then to Jesus

00:28:32.259 --> 00:28:32.860
 saying,

00:28:33.620 --> 00:28:34.400
 give to Caesar

00:28:34.400 --> 00:28:34.980
 the things

00:28:34.980 --> 00:28:36.660
 that are Caesar's.

00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:39.160
 It's an amazing lesson,

00:28:39.259 --> 00:28:39.640
 isn't it?

00:28:41.120 --> 00:28:42.500
 Submit to authority

00:28:42.500 --> 00:28:43.460
 because God

00:28:43.460 --> 00:28:44.040
 has given

00:28:44.040 --> 00:28:44.900
 that authority.

00:28:46.480 --> 00:28:47.300
 Give to Caesar

00:28:47.300 --> 00:28:48.300
 what belongs

00:28:48.300 --> 00:28:48.960
 to him,

00:28:49.040 --> 00:28:50.040
 but then he immediately

00:28:50.040 --> 00:28:50.820
 moves on

00:28:50.820 --> 00:28:52.160
 to another portion.

00:28:52.360 --> 00:28:53.400
 He prioritizes

00:28:54.040 --> 00:28:55.600
 that submission,

00:28:55.820 --> 00:28:56.460
 that loyalty.

00:28:56.460 --> 00:28:59.319
 unless we're asked

00:28:59.319 --> 00:29:00.799
 to violate

00:29:00.799 --> 00:29:01.860
 God's commands,

00:29:02.420 --> 00:29:04.579
 it is our responsibility

00:29:04.579 --> 00:29:06.180
 to submit

00:29:06.180 --> 00:29:07.140
 to the authorities

00:29:07.140 --> 00:29:08.140
 that God

00:29:08.140 --> 00:29:09.079
 ordains in our lives.

00:29:09.360 --> 00:29:10.079
 I think that's clear

00:29:10.079 --> 00:29:11.140
 here in Jesus' teaching.

00:29:11.140 --> 00:29:13.500
 to submit

00:29:13.500 --> 00:29:14.640
 to the poll tax

00:29:14.640 --> 00:29:16.300
 neither violated

00:29:16.300 --> 00:29:17.080
 God's word

00:29:17.080 --> 00:29:18.580
 nor did it violate

00:29:18.580 --> 00:29:19.600
 a believer's conscience.

00:29:20.340 --> 00:29:21.960
 They just didn't like it.

00:29:23.020 --> 00:29:23.820
 They just didn't want

00:29:23.820 --> 00:29:24.360
 to do it.

00:29:26.020 --> 00:29:27.000
 God never gives us

00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:27.600
 the option

00:29:27.600 --> 00:29:28.640
 to disobey

00:29:28.640 --> 00:29:29.960
 because we just

00:29:29.960 --> 00:29:31.100
 don't like the rule,

00:29:32.100 --> 00:29:34.620
 which is typically

00:29:34.620 --> 00:29:35.500
 how I respond.

00:29:35.740 --> 00:29:36.820
 I just don't like that.

00:29:36.819 --> 00:29:38.799
 In fact,

00:29:38.879 --> 00:29:40.639
 despite the incredibly

00:29:40.639 --> 00:29:42.599
 oppressive culture

00:29:42.599 --> 00:29:44.119
 in which they lived,

00:29:44.879 --> 00:29:45.519
 the apostles

00:29:45.519 --> 00:29:46.759
 continually taught

00:29:46.759 --> 00:29:47.460
 the necessity

00:29:47.460 --> 00:29:49.119
 of civil obedience.

00:29:50.619 --> 00:29:51.980
 Romans 13,

00:29:53.019 --> 00:29:53.419
 Paul,

00:29:53.859 --> 00:29:54.579
 with the same

00:29:54.579 --> 00:29:55.259
 Roman government

00:29:55.259 --> 00:29:56.559
 that will eventually

00:29:56.559 --> 00:29:57.439
 incarcerate him

00:29:57.439 --> 00:29:58.339
 for four years

00:29:58.339 --> 00:29:59.639
 and cut off his head,

00:30:00.019 --> 00:30:00.240
 says,

00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:01.299
 let every person

00:30:01.299 --> 00:30:01.960
 be subject

00:30:01.960 --> 00:30:03.619
 to the governing authorities.

00:30:04.659 --> 00:30:05.740
 For there is no authority

00:30:05.740 --> 00:30:06.759
 except from God,

00:30:06.819 --> 00:30:08.500
 and those that exist

00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:09.399
 have been instituted

00:30:09.399 --> 00:30:10.139
 by God.

00:30:10.559 --> 00:30:10.819
 Therefore,

00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:11.779
 whoever resists

00:30:11.779 --> 00:30:12.419
 the authorities

00:30:12.419 --> 00:30:13.299
 resists what God

00:30:13.299 --> 00:30:13.819
 has appointed,

00:30:14.099 --> 00:30:15.200
 and those who resist

00:30:15.200 --> 00:30:16.200
 will incur judgment.

00:30:17.259 --> 00:30:17.980
 Pay to all

00:30:17.980 --> 00:30:19.179
 what is owed to them.

00:30:19.619 --> 00:30:20.139
 Taxes,

00:30:20.339 --> 00:30:21.500
 to whom taxes are owed.

00:30:21.819 --> 00:30:22.220
 Revenue,

00:30:22.539 --> 00:30:23.700
 to whom revenue is owed.

00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:24.339
 Respect,

00:30:24.619 --> 00:30:25.799
 to whom respect is owed.

00:30:26.200 --> 00:30:26.460
 Honor,

00:30:26.659 --> 00:30:28.339
 to whom honor is owed.

00:30:29.359 --> 00:30:30.639
 Peter says the same thing

00:30:30.639 --> 00:30:31.539
 in the midst of a letter

00:30:31.539 --> 00:30:32.519
 when he's writing

00:30:32.519 --> 00:30:33.339
 to a people

00:30:33.339 --> 00:30:34.399
 that are being abused

00:30:34.399 --> 00:30:35.159
 and persecuted

00:30:35.159 --> 00:30:36.139
 for their faith.

00:30:36.279 --> 00:30:36.799
 He says,

00:30:36.819 --> 00:30:37.500
 be subject

00:30:37.500 --> 00:30:39.119
 for the Lord's sake

00:30:39.119 --> 00:30:41.099
 to every human institution,

00:30:41.099 --> 00:30:42.240
 whether it be

00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:43.039
 to the emperors

00:30:43.039 --> 00:30:43.700
 as supreme

00:30:43.700 --> 00:30:44.819
 or to governors

00:30:44.819 --> 00:30:46.000
 as sent by him

00:30:46.000 --> 00:30:46.799
 to punish those

00:30:46.799 --> 00:30:47.439
 who do evil

00:30:47.439 --> 00:30:48.339
 and to praise

00:30:48.339 --> 00:30:49.759
 those who do good.

00:30:49.759 --> 00:30:51.079
 For this is the will

00:30:51.079 --> 00:30:51.619
 of God,

00:30:52.259 --> 00:30:53.539
 that by doing good

00:30:53.539 --> 00:30:54.099
 you should put

00:30:54.099 --> 00:30:54.720
 to silence

00:30:54.720 --> 00:30:55.359
 the ignorance

00:30:55.359 --> 00:30:57.700
 of foolish people.

00:30:58.779 --> 00:30:59.579
 The apostles

00:30:59.579 --> 00:31:00.919
 are just expounding

00:31:00.919 --> 00:31:02.720
 on Jesus'

00:31:03.019 --> 00:31:04.059
 own teaching

00:31:04.059 --> 00:31:06.000
 of civil obedience,

00:31:06.000 --> 00:31:08.019
 which all of us

00:31:08.019 --> 00:31:09.200
 probably at one place

00:31:09.200 --> 00:31:09.659
 or another

00:31:09.659 --> 00:31:11.559
 in the last two years

00:31:11.559 --> 00:31:13.000
 have willingly bucked.

00:31:14.399 --> 00:31:15.960
 Not because it violated

00:31:15.960 --> 00:31:16.799
 our conscience.

00:31:18.399 --> 00:31:19.960
 Not because we were asked

00:31:19.960 --> 00:31:20.679
 to do something

00:31:20.679 --> 00:31:21.899
 that the Bible says

00:31:21.899 --> 00:31:22.700
 we shouldn't do,

00:31:22.700 --> 00:31:25.400
 but we just didn't

00:31:25.400 --> 00:31:26.140
 like it

00:31:26.140 --> 00:31:28.380
 so we didn't do it.

00:31:30.160 --> 00:31:30.759
 I think there's

00:31:30.759 --> 00:31:31.580
 an affirmation here

00:31:31.580 --> 00:31:32.380
 that Jesus gives

00:31:32.380 --> 00:31:33.420
 but that's not

00:31:33.420 --> 00:31:34.100
 the main point.

00:31:35.700 --> 00:31:36.279
 In fact,

00:31:36.340 --> 00:31:37.039
 his point is

00:31:37.039 --> 00:31:37.819
 that that's not

00:31:37.819 --> 00:31:38.460
 the main point.

00:31:39.460 --> 00:31:40.759
 He continues on

00:31:40.759 --> 00:31:42.120
 to a more vital element

00:31:42.119 --> 00:31:44.319
 though he doesn't

00:31:44.319 --> 00:31:45.439
 deny our responsibility

00:31:45.439 --> 00:31:46.299
 to submit

00:31:46.299 --> 00:31:47.279
 to civil authority,

00:31:47.839 --> 00:31:48.919
 he put it

00:31:48.919 --> 00:31:50.299
 in its proper place

00:31:50.299 --> 00:31:52.500
 behind obedience

00:31:52.500 --> 00:31:53.500
 to God.

00:31:54.839 --> 00:31:55.459
 And so Jesus

00:31:55.459 --> 00:31:56.559
 is arguing here

00:31:56.559 --> 00:31:57.359
 from lesser

00:31:57.359 --> 00:31:58.000
 to greater.

00:31:58.659 --> 00:31:59.000
 Yes,

00:31:59.399 --> 00:32:00.399
 give to Caesar

00:32:00.399 --> 00:32:01.459
 what belongs to him

00:32:01.459 --> 00:32:02.439
 but don't forget

00:32:02.439 --> 00:32:04.119
 the more critical issue

00:32:04.119 --> 00:32:05.500
 of giving to God

00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:06.539
 what is rightfully

00:32:06.539 --> 00:32:07.919
 his.

00:32:10.239 --> 00:32:10.959
 Jesus isn't,

00:32:10.960 --> 00:32:11.819
 he's not referring

00:32:11.819 --> 00:32:13.059
 to tithing here.

00:32:14.100 --> 00:32:14.940
 This wasn't really

00:32:14.940 --> 00:32:15.720
 at the end of the day

00:32:15.720 --> 00:32:16.700
 about taxes

00:32:16.700 --> 00:32:17.340
 and tithing.

00:32:17.620 --> 00:32:18.140
 That's not what

00:32:18.140 --> 00:32:19.019
 Jesus is saying.

00:32:19.700 --> 00:32:20.480
 He's not saying

00:32:20.480 --> 00:32:21.279
 make sure that

00:32:21.279 --> 00:32:23.079
 while you pay

00:32:23.079 --> 00:32:23.960
 your taxes to Caesar

00:32:23.960 --> 00:32:25.279
 that you also

00:32:25.279 --> 00:32:26.380
 give tithes

00:32:26.380 --> 00:32:26.759
 and offerings

00:32:26.759 --> 00:32:27.360
 to the church.

00:32:27.720 --> 00:32:28.519
 That's not what

00:32:28.519 --> 00:32:29.539
 Jesus is teaching here.

00:32:30.860 --> 00:32:32.019
 He's talking about

00:32:32.019 --> 00:32:33.059
 giving wholehearted

00:32:33.059 --> 00:32:34.059
 worship.

00:32:36.259 --> 00:32:36.720
 And remember

00:32:36.720 --> 00:32:37.340
 the context

00:32:37.340 --> 00:32:38.100
 of the lesson.

00:32:38.099 --> 00:32:41.039
 his statement

00:32:41.039 --> 00:32:42.980
 uses an object lesson

00:32:42.980 --> 00:32:44.059
 that is focused

00:32:44.059 --> 00:32:45.219
 on the image

00:32:45.219 --> 00:32:46.259
 and imprint

00:32:46.259 --> 00:32:47.619
 of this silver

00:32:47.619 --> 00:32:49.139
 silver coin.

00:32:49.559 --> 00:32:50.159
 You see that?

00:32:51.599 --> 00:32:52.939
 The image of Caesar

00:32:52.939 --> 00:32:53.659
 is on the coin

00:32:53.659 --> 00:32:54.919
 give it to Caesar

00:32:54.919 --> 00:32:55.799
 and then Jesus

00:32:55.799 --> 00:32:57.019
 sees another coin

00:32:57.019 --> 00:32:58.480
 that has another image

00:32:58.480 --> 00:32:59.119
 on it

00:32:59.119 --> 00:33:00.119
 except it's not a coin

00:33:00.119 --> 00:33:00.799
 it's a life.

00:33:01.279 --> 00:33:01.839
 It's you

00:33:01.839 --> 00:33:02.879
 and it's me

00:33:02.879 --> 00:33:03.980
 and imprinted

00:33:03.980 --> 00:33:05.099
 on our lives

00:33:05.099 --> 00:33:06.199
 is the image

00:33:06.199 --> 00:33:07.500
 of the almighty

00:33:07.500 --> 00:33:08.439
 God

00:33:08.439 --> 00:33:09.259
 the image

00:33:09.259 --> 00:33:10.439
 of our creator

00:33:10.439 --> 00:33:12.159
 and he says

00:33:12.159 --> 00:33:12.599
 look

00:33:12.599 --> 00:33:14.779
 do the civil

00:33:14.779 --> 00:33:15.619
 obedience thing

00:33:15.619 --> 00:33:16.539
 but there's a much

00:33:16.539 --> 00:33:17.839
 bigger picture here.

00:33:18.219 --> 00:33:18.839
 Each of you

00:33:18.839 --> 00:33:19.679
 have the stamp

00:33:19.679 --> 00:33:20.839
 the image of God

00:33:20.839 --> 00:33:21.679
 on your life

00:33:21.679 --> 00:33:22.980
 give to God

00:33:22.980 --> 00:33:23.899
 what is his

00:33:23.899 --> 00:33:24.719
 namely

00:33:24.719 --> 00:33:26.139
 your wholehearted

00:33:26.139 --> 00:33:26.659
 worship

00:33:26.659 --> 00:33:27.879
 your wholehearted

00:33:27.879 --> 00:33:28.480
 surrender

00:33:28.480 --> 00:33:30.159
 all of your obedience

00:33:30.159 --> 00:33:31.859
 all of your affection

00:33:31.859 --> 00:33:33.599
 all of your love

00:33:33.599 --> 00:33:34.479
 with your mind

00:33:34.479 --> 00:33:35.279
 and your soul

00:33:35.279 --> 00:33:36.159
 and your strength

00:33:36.159 --> 00:33:37.319
 that's the point

00:33:37.319 --> 00:33:37.819
 that Jesus

00:33:37.819 --> 00:33:38.939
 is getting across.

00:33:40.599 --> 00:33:41.699
 These men had

00:33:41.699 --> 00:33:42.659
 had in almost

00:33:42.659 --> 00:33:43.899
 a syncretistic way

00:33:43.899 --> 00:33:45.079
 had had married

00:33:45.079 --> 00:33:46.399
 the religious things

00:33:46.399 --> 00:33:47.479
 with the political things

00:33:47.479 --> 00:33:48.259
 which we see happen

00:33:48.259 --> 00:33:49.379
 all the time now.

00:33:50.319 --> 00:33:51.599
 Everybody has to marry

00:33:51.599 --> 00:33:52.619
 their religious position

00:33:52.619 --> 00:33:53.859
 to their political position

00:33:53.859 --> 00:33:54.579
 across the board

00:33:54.579 --> 00:33:55.379
 no matter what it is.

00:33:55.500 --> 00:33:56.240
 These men were doing

00:33:56.240 --> 00:33:56.859
 the same thing.

00:33:57.159 --> 00:33:57.699
 Jesus says

00:33:57.699 --> 00:33:58.519
 look you've got things

00:33:58.519 --> 00:33:59.319
 out of order here.

00:33:59.819 --> 00:34:00.359
 You've got things

00:34:00.359 --> 00:34:00.899
 out of order.

00:34:00.900 --> 00:34:02.019
 Give to God

00:34:02.019 --> 00:34:02.640
 what is his

00:34:02.640 --> 00:34:03.460
 first

00:34:03.460 --> 00:34:05.340
 and then obey God

00:34:05.340 --> 00:34:05.960
 by obeying

00:34:05.960 --> 00:34:06.840
 the civil authorities

00:34:06.840 --> 00:34:07.460
 that he's put

00:34:07.460 --> 00:34:08.740
 in your life.

00:34:11.059 --> 00:34:12.320
 The kids are learning

00:34:12.320 --> 00:34:13.039
 this right now.

00:34:13.740 --> 00:34:15.180
 This image principle.

00:34:17.260 --> 00:34:17.579
 Kiddos

00:34:17.579 --> 00:34:18.820
 question number four

00:34:18.820 --> 00:34:20.660
 how and why

00:34:20.660 --> 00:34:21.619
 did God create us?

00:34:21.780 --> 00:34:22.400
 What's the answer?

00:34:22.400 --> 00:34:24.320
 God created us

00:34:24.320 --> 00:34:25.260
 now and

00:34:25.260 --> 00:34:26.119
 now

00:34:26.119 --> 00:34:26.559
 and

00:34:26.559 --> 00:34:27.400
 now

00:34:27.400 --> 00:34:27.840
 and

00:34:27.840 --> 00:34:28.400
 now

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 now

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 Genesis

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 27

00:34:32.200 --> 00:34:33.500
 so God

00:34:33.500 --> 00:34:34.180
 created man

00:34:34.180 --> 00:34:34.940
 in his own image

00:34:34.940 --> 00:34:36.220
 in the image

00:34:36.220 --> 00:34:36.740
 of God

00:34:36.740 --> 00:34:37.980
 created he him

00:34:37.980 --> 00:34:39.280
 male and female

00:34:39.280 --> 00:34:40.420
 he created

00:34:40.420 --> 00:34:41.240
 them

00:34:41.240 --> 00:34:43.460
 don't you

00:34:43.460 --> 00:34:44.039
 realize

00:34:44.039 --> 00:34:45.559
 God has

00:34:45.559 --> 00:34:46.119
 placed his

00:34:46.119 --> 00:34:46.740
 very image

00:34:46.740 --> 00:34:47.420
 on your life

00:34:47.420 --> 00:34:49.260
 and by

00:34:49.260 --> 00:34:49.920
 placing his

00:34:49.920 --> 00:34:50.559
 very image

00:34:50.559 --> 00:34:51.340
 on your life

00:34:51.340 --> 00:34:52.420
 as an individual

00:34:52.420 --> 00:34:53.360
 he has given

00:34:53.360 --> 00:34:54.320
 you a purpose

00:34:54.320 --> 00:34:55.220
 and that purpose

00:34:55.220 --> 00:34:55.960
 kids is what?

00:34:55.960 --> 00:34:57.840
 to glorify

00:34:57.840 --> 00:34:59.099
 him

00:34:59.099 --> 00:35:01.559
 to glorify

00:35:01.559 --> 00:35:01.980
 him

00:35:01.980 --> 00:35:03.480
 when we taught

00:35:03.480 --> 00:35:03.960
 this lesson

00:35:03.960 --> 00:35:04.579
 in the kids

00:35:04.579 --> 00:35:05.000
 class

00:35:05.000 --> 00:35:05.820
 we used these

00:35:05.820 --> 00:35:06.340
 big mirrors

00:35:06.340 --> 00:35:06.720
 over here

00:35:06.720 --> 00:35:07.139
 you can look

00:35:07.139 --> 00:35:07.340
 at them

00:35:07.340 --> 00:35:07.720
 right now

00:35:07.720 --> 00:35:08.860
 when you look

00:35:08.860 --> 00:35:09.360
 in that mirror

00:35:09.360 --> 00:35:09.639
 Tom

00:35:09.639 --> 00:35:09.960
 what do you

00:35:09.960 --> 00:35:10.240
 see?

00:35:11.699 --> 00:35:12.800
 you see Tom

00:35:12.800 --> 00:35:13.360
 right?

00:35:13.679 --> 00:35:14.260
 you see Tom

00:35:14.260 --> 00:35:14.860
 looking back

00:35:14.860 --> 00:35:15.940
 that's Tom's

00:35:15.940 --> 00:35:16.380
 image

00:35:16.380 --> 00:35:17.260
 in that mirror

00:35:17.260 --> 00:35:17.900
 and God

00:35:17.900 --> 00:35:19.039
 creates us

00:35:19.039 --> 00:35:19.740
 in such a way

00:35:19.740 --> 00:35:20.380
 so that when

00:35:20.380 --> 00:35:21.079
 he looks

00:35:21.079 --> 00:35:21.820
 at us

00:35:21.820 --> 00:35:22.780
 he wants

00:35:22.780 --> 00:35:23.199
 to see

00:35:23.199 --> 00:35:23.880
 a reflection

00:35:23.880 --> 00:35:24.660
 of himself

00:35:24.660 --> 00:35:27.340
 something

00:35:27.340 --> 00:35:28.059
 that brings

00:35:28.059 --> 00:35:28.740
 him glory

00:35:28.740 --> 00:35:29.320
 something

00:35:29.320 --> 00:35:30.039
 that fulfills

00:35:30.039 --> 00:35:30.619
 the purpose

00:35:30.619 --> 00:35:31.059
 for which

00:35:31.059 --> 00:35:31.800
 it was created

00:35:31.800 --> 00:35:32.680
 and Jesus

00:35:32.680 --> 00:35:33.539
 says in this

00:35:33.539 --> 00:35:33.900
 moment

00:35:33.900 --> 00:35:35.039
 give God

00:35:35.039 --> 00:35:35.860
 what belongs

00:35:35.860 --> 00:35:36.440
 to him

00:35:36.440 --> 00:35:37.140
 which is

00:35:37.140 --> 00:35:37.920
 yourself

00:35:37.920 --> 00:35:39.420
 kids

00:35:39.420 --> 00:35:40.400
 question six

00:35:40.400 --> 00:35:41.360
 how can

00:35:41.360 --> 00:35:42.140
 we glorify

00:35:42.140 --> 00:35:42.640
 God?

00:35:48.079 --> 00:35:48.760
 Deuteronomy

00:35:48.760 --> 00:35:49.380
 6 4

00:35:49.380 --> 00:35:49.840
 and 5

00:35:49.840 --> 00:35:50.700
 the Jews

00:35:50.700 --> 00:35:51.420
 recited this

00:35:51.420 --> 00:35:51.840
 daily

00:35:51.840 --> 00:35:54.140
 hear O Israel

00:35:54.140 --> 00:35:54.579
 the Lord

00:35:54.579 --> 00:35:54.980
 our God

00:35:54.980 --> 00:35:55.519
 is one

00:35:55.519 --> 00:35:57.420
 you shall

00:35:57.420 --> 00:35:57.940
 love the

00:35:57.940 --> 00:35:58.300
 Lord your

00:35:58.300 --> 00:35:58.700
 God

00:35:58.700 --> 00:36:00.019
 with all

00:36:00.019 --> 00:36:00.680
 your heart

00:36:00.680 --> 00:36:01.800
 and with

00:36:01.800 --> 00:36:02.140
 all your

00:36:02.140 --> 00:36:02.680
 soul

00:36:02.680 --> 00:36:03.740
 and with

00:36:03.740 --> 00:36:04.579
 all your

00:36:04.579 --> 00:36:05.539
 might

00:36:05.539 --> 00:36:06.800
 Jesus

00:36:06.800 --> 00:36:07.180
 is going

00:36:07.180 --> 00:36:07.380
 to give

00:36:07.380 --> 00:36:07.840
 the same

00:36:07.840 --> 00:36:08.140
 answer

00:36:08.140 --> 00:36:08.420
 later

00:36:08.420 --> 00:36:08.740
 in this

00:36:08.740 --> 00:36:09.140
 passage

00:36:09.140 --> 00:36:09.500
 when the

00:36:09.500 --> 00:36:09.840
 scribe

00:36:09.840 --> 00:36:10.079
 comes

00:36:10.079 --> 00:36:10.440
 and asks

00:36:10.440 --> 00:36:10.800
 about the

00:36:10.800 --> 00:36:11.079
 greatest

00:36:11.079 --> 00:36:11.640
 commandment

00:36:11.640 --> 00:36:12.079
 and Jesus

00:36:12.079 --> 00:36:12.760
 responds

00:36:12.760 --> 00:36:13.740
 here is the

00:36:13.740 --> 00:36:14.059
 greatest

00:36:14.059 --> 00:36:14.620
 commandment

00:36:14.620 --> 00:36:15.320
 love the

00:36:15.320 --> 00:36:15.860
 Lord your

00:36:15.860 --> 00:36:16.240
 God

00:36:16.240 --> 00:36:16.620
 with all

00:36:16.620 --> 00:36:17.200
 your heart

00:36:17.200 --> 00:36:17.700
 and your

00:36:17.700 --> 00:36:18.140
 soul

00:36:18.140 --> 00:36:18.680
 and your

00:36:18.680 --> 00:36:19.120
 mind

00:36:19.120 --> 00:36:19.620
 and your

00:36:19.620 --> 00:36:20.059
 strength

00:36:20.059 --> 00:36:20.420
 what's

00:36:20.420 --> 00:36:21.079
 Jesus getting

00:36:21.079 --> 00:36:21.480
 at when

00:36:21.480 --> 00:36:21.880
 he says

00:36:21.880 --> 00:36:22.460
 give God

00:36:22.460 --> 00:36:22.799
 what is

00:36:22.799 --> 00:36:23.199
 God's

00:36:23.199 --> 00:36:23.619
 he's not

00:36:23.619 --> 00:36:24.159
 talking about

00:36:24.159 --> 00:36:24.779
 your tithe

00:36:24.779 --> 00:36:25.380
 he's talking

00:36:25.380 --> 00:36:25.799
 about your

00:36:25.799 --> 00:36:26.400
 life

00:36:26.400 --> 00:36:28.059
 give him

00:36:28.059 --> 00:36:28.840
 your life

00:36:28.840 --> 00:36:29.579
 give him

00:36:29.579 --> 00:36:30.400
 your love

00:36:30.400 --> 00:36:31.039
 give him

00:36:31.039 --> 00:36:31.819
 your worship

00:36:31.819 --> 00:36:32.539
 give him

00:36:32.539 --> 00:36:33.319
 your affection

00:36:33.319 --> 00:36:34.079
 give him

00:36:34.079 --> 00:36:34.900
 your obedience

00:36:34.900 --> 00:36:36.019
 give to

00:36:36.019 --> 00:36:36.500
 God

00:36:36.500 --> 00:36:36.980
 what's

00:36:36.980 --> 00:36:37.559
 rightfully

00:36:37.559 --> 00:36:38.639
 his

00:36:38.639 --> 00:36:41.360
 and don't

00:36:41.360 --> 00:36:41.860
 give it

00:36:41.860 --> 00:36:42.799
 to anyone

00:36:42.799 --> 00:36:44.119
 or anything

00:36:44.119 --> 00:36:44.980
 else

00:36:44.980 --> 00:36:48.719
 don't

00:36:48.719 --> 00:36:49.219
 give to

00:36:49.219 --> 00:36:49.900
 your spouse

00:36:49.900 --> 00:36:51.240
 what belongs

00:36:51.240 --> 00:36:52.099
 to God

00:36:52.099 --> 00:36:53.980
 your spouse's

00:36:53.980 --> 00:36:54.780
 image is not

00:36:54.780 --> 00:36:55.400
 imprinted on

00:36:55.400 --> 00:36:56.039
 your life

00:36:56.039 --> 00:36:57.000
 God's

00:36:57.000 --> 00:36:57.280
 is

00:36:57.280 --> 00:36:59.280
 save your

00:36:59.280 --> 00:36:59.900
 supreme

00:36:59.900 --> 00:37:00.500
 affection

00:37:00.500 --> 00:37:02.579
 save your

00:37:02.579 --> 00:37:03.280
 supreme

00:37:03.280 --> 00:37:04.219
 obedience

00:37:04.219 --> 00:37:05.860
 save your

00:37:05.860 --> 00:37:06.460
 supreme

00:37:06.460 --> 00:37:07.619
 love

00:37:07.619 --> 00:37:09.679
 and worship

00:37:09.679 --> 00:37:11.099
 for him

00:37:11.099 --> 00:37:16.420
 love him

00:37:16.420 --> 00:37:16.759
 more than

00:37:16.759 --> 00:37:17.139
 you love

00:37:17.139 --> 00:37:17.759
 your kids

00:37:17.759 --> 00:37:19.819
 and teach

00:37:19.819 --> 00:37:20.319
 your kids

00:37:20.319 --> 00:37:20.759
 to love

00:37:20.759 --> 00:37:21.159
 him more

00:37:21.159 --> 00:37:21.500
 than they

00:37:21.500 --> 00:37:22.039
 love you

00:37:22.039 --> 00:37:24.699
 love him

00:37:24.699 --> 00:37:25.039
 more than

00:37:25.039 --> 00:37:25.400
 you love

00:37:25.400 --> 00:37:26.039
 your job

00:37:26.039 --> 00:37:27.940
 love him

00:37:27.940 --> 00:37:28.299
 more than

00:37:28.299 --> 00:37:28.719
 you love

00:37:28.719 --> 00:37:29.420
 your country

00:37:29.420 --> 00:37:31.219
 love him

00:37:31.219 --> 00:37:31.599
 more than

00:37:31.599 --> 00:37:31.980
 you love

00:37:31.980 --> 00:37:32.699
 your church

00:37:32.699 --> 00:37:34.380
 don't let

00:37:34.380 --> 00:37:35.039
 anything in

00:37:35.039 --> 00:37:35.779
 this life

00:37:35.779 --> 00:37:37.000
 have your

00:37:37.000 --> 00:37:37.500
 affection

00:37:37.500 --> 00:37:37.920
 and your

00:37:37.920 --> 00:37:38.299
 worship

00:37:38.300 --> 00:37:39.700
 only God

00:37:39.700 --> 00:37:40.160
 deserves

00:37:40.160 --> 00:37:40.460
 that

00:37:40.460 --> 00:37:41.760
 his

00:37:41.760 --> 00:37:42.120
 images

00:37:42.120 --> 00:37:42.519
 on your

00:37:42.519 --> 00:37:42.860
 life

00:37:42.860 --> 00:37:43.820
 give to

00:37:43.820 --> 00:37:44.039
 God

00:37:44.039 --> 00:37:44.340
 what's

00:37:44.340 --> 00:37:44.780
 rightfully

00:37:44.780 --> 00:37:45.200
 his

00:37:45.200 --> 00:37:46.380
 love

00:37:46.380 --> 00:37:46.920
 your wife

00:37:46.920 --> 00:37:48.300
 pay your

00:37:48.300 --> 00:37:48.820
 taxes

00:37:48.820 --> 00:37:50.120
 do the

00:37:50.120 --> 00:37:50.660
 speed limit

00:37:50.660 --> 00:37:50.940
 if you

00:37:50.940 --> 00:37:51.340
 have to

00:37:51.340 --> 00:37:54.300
 love

00:37:54.300 --> 00:37:54.680
 God

00:37:54.680 --> 00:37:56.980
 verse 17

00:37:56.980 --> 00:37:57.700
 in conclusion

00:37:57.700 --> 00:37:59.500
 and they

00:37:59.500 --> 00:38:01.700
 marveled

00:38:01.700 --> 00:38:05.880
 Jesus is

00:38:05.880 --> 00:38:06.160
 in a

00:38:06.160 --> 00:38:06.400
 corner

00:38:06.400 --> 00:38:06.780
 that

00:38:06.780 --> 00:38:08.060
 if you

00:38:08.060 --> 00:38:08.500
 didn't know

00:38:08.500 --> 00:38:09.120
 this passage

00:38:09.120 --> 00:38:09.460
 and you

00:38:09.460 --> 00:38:09.800
 waited

00:38:09.800 --> 00:38:11.280
 and just

00:38:11.280 --> 00:38:11.960
 thought about

00:38:11.960 --> 00:38:12.200
 it

00:38:12.200 --> 00:38:13.480
 before you

00:38:13.480 --> 00:38:13.800
 read his

00:38:13.800 --> 00:38:14.100
 answer

00:38:14.100 --> 00:38:14.560
 you'd think

00:38:14.560 --> 00:38:14.900
 I don't

00:38:14.900 --> 00:38:15.120
 know how

00:38:15.120 --> 00:38:15.340
 he's going

00:38:15.340 --> 00:38:15.519
 to get

00:38:15.519 --> 00:38:15.780
 out of

00:38:15.780 --> 00:38:16.040
 this

00:38:16.040 --> 00:38:19.460
 I don't

00:38:19.460 --> 00:38:19.740
 know how

00:38:19.740 --> 00:38:20.040
 I would

00:38:20.040 --> 00:38:20.320
 have gotten

00:38:20.320 --> 00:38:20.560
 out of

00:38:20.560 --> 00:38:20.720
 this

00:38:20.720 --> 00:38:21.120
 I certainly

00:38:21.120 --> 00:38:21.340
 wouldn't

00:38:21.340 --> 00:38:21.580
 have said

00:38:21.580 --> 00:38:21.960
 what Jesus

00:38:21.960 --> 00:38:22.300
 said

00:38:22.300 --> 00:38:23.420
 I don't

00:38:23.420 --> 00:38:23.640
 know what

00:38:23.640 --> 00:38:23.840
 I would

00:38:23.840 --> 00:38:24.120
 have done

00:38:24.120 --> 00:38:26.420
 but he's

00:38:26.420 --> 00:38:26.740
 perfect

00:38:26.740 --> 00:38:27.240
 isn't he

00:38:27.240 --> 00:38:28.900
 he's the

00:38:28.900 --> 00:38:29.200
 master

00:38:29.200 --> 00:38:29.600
 teacher

00:38:29.600 --> 00:38:31.360
 he answers

00:38:31.360 --> 00:38:31.680
 and all

00:38:31.680 --> 00:38:32.000
 they can

00:38:32.000 --> 00:38:32.280
 do

00:38:32.280 --> 00:38:33.700
 is marvel

00:38:33.700 --> 00:38:34.200
 at his

00:38:34.200 --> 00:38:34.560
 wisdom

00:38:34.560 --> 00:38:36.100
 walk away

00:38:36.099 --> 00:38:36.940
 and try

00:38:36.940 --> 00:38:37.159
 again

00:38:37.159 --> 00:38:37.460
 later

00:38:37.460 --> 00:38:38.179
 that's

00:38:38.179 --> 00:38:38.299
 all

00:38:38.299 --> 00:38:38.440
 they

00:38:38.440 --> 00:38:38.559
 can

00:38:38.559 --> 00:38:38.779
 do

00:38:38.779 --> 00:38:39.940
 and I

00:38:39.940 --> 00:38:40.159
 want you

00:38:40.159 --> 00:38:40.519
 to notice

00:38:40.519 --> 00:38:42.860
 something as we move into communion here in just a moment

00:38:42.860 --> 00:38:50.759
 no matter how hard they tried

00:38:50.760 --> 00:38:59.420
 they couldn't find a way to actually trap him no matter how hard they tried

00:38:59.420 --> 00:39:04.920
 this I think was the best attempt they had I mean it was clever it was good

00:39:04.920 --> 00:39:11.460
 and it still wouldn't work no matter how hard they try they can't accuse him

00:39:11.460 --> 00:39:16.600
 they can't arrest him they can't execute him no matter what they did and his eventual

00:39:16.599 --> 00:39:17.679
 crucifixion

00:39:17.679 --> 00:39:19.440
 it happens a few days later

00:39:19.440 --> 00:39:28.000
 was not the result of the cunning ability of these enemies it was the result of his own authority

00:39:28.000 --> 00:39:30.319
 to lay down his life

00:39:30.319 --> 00:39:32.980
 John chapter 10

00:39:32.980 --> 00:39:40.500
 Jesus says for this reason the father loves me because I lay down my life that I may take it up again

00:39:40.500 --> 00:39:48.219
 no one takes it from me because no one can take it from him do you see they'll fail every time

00:39:48.219 --> 00:39:55.300
 no one takes it from me but I lay it down of my own accord I have authority to lay it down

00:39:55.300 --> 00:39:58.039
 excusia I have an excusia to lay it down

00:39:58.039 --> 00:40:00.880
 I have excusia to take it up again

00:40:00.880 --> 00:40:04.460
 this charge I've received from my father

00:40:04.460 --> 00:40:05.220
 you see

00:40:05.220 --> 00:40:06.539
 you see

00:40:06.539 --> 00:40:11.639
 they can't defeat Jesus unless he lets them

00:40:11.639 --> 00:40:15.960
 which is no defeat at all

00:40:15.960 --> 00:40:22.400
 eventually when it's time on the Passover

00:40:22.400 --> 00:40:24.980
 huge imagery there

00:40:24.980 --> 00:40:28.019
 Jesus lays down his life

00:40:28.019 --> 00:40:33.159
 not because the Pharisees and the Herodians and the Sadducees and the chief priests and the scribes

00:40:33.159 --> 00:40:34.899
 finally came up with a good way to do it

00:40:34.899 --> 00:40:36.980
 because they didn't

00:40:36.980 --> 00:40:40.579
 because he willingly laid down his life

00:40:40.579 --> 00:40:43.219
 and according to Isaiah 53

00:40:43.219 --> 00:40:47.500
 he stood before Pilate and he stood before Caiaphas and he stood before the Sanhedrin

00:40:47.500 --> 00:40:52.599
 and like a sheep who before his shearers is dumb he opened not his mouth

00:40:52.599 --> 00:40:54.099
 why

00:40:54.099 --> 00:40:58.139
 because the only way they could take his life is if he gave it

00:40:58.139 --> 00:41:01.379
 that was the whole purpose

00:41:01.380 --> 00:41:03.519
 he gave it

00:41:03.519 --> 00:41:05.119
 he gave it

00:41:05.119 --> 00:41:06.039
 why

00:41:06.039 --> 00:41:07.760
 love

00:41:07.760 --> 00:41:09.700
 love

00:41:09.700 --> 00:41:13.400
 for God so loved

00:41:13.400 --> 00:41:14.980
 that he

00:41:14.980 --> 00:41:15.940
 gave

00:41:15.940 --> 00:41:31.920
 that he

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