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 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama.

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 Our passion is to experience and express grace. Join us.

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 It's always an honor to be able to worship with you all, and I think Will lied just now.

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 I don't know if I'm the favorite. Maybe the most available, but favorite.

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 It's kind of a long shot. I know who y'all have had in the last couple months.

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 I am not the favorite. I'm not my favorite.

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 So I'm glad to be with y'all. Last time I was here, we were wrapping up year three on the campus.

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 Since then, we've begun year four.

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 For me, the ministry is in its ninth year at UAH, and we are so thankful to be there.

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 I just want to, while I have a chance, say thank you for the ways that you have cared for us

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 and the way you've ministered to us, our family, since we've been here,

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 and also to the campus and to the city.

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 We are so thankful for your ministry with us and your partnership.

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 It's an honor to serve with you at UAH.

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 The Lord's blessed in our work this semester.

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 It's been so much fun meeting new students and seeing folks get involved,

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 and thank you for being with us on that campus.

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 We come this morning to Luke chapter 7.

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 We're considering one of the parables that Jesus told in the context of a very interesting story.

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 Luke chapter 7, beginning in verse 36.

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 One of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee's house and took his place at the table.

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 And behold, a woman of the city, who was a sinner, when she learned that he was reclining at table in the Pharisee's house,

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 brought an alabaster flask of ointment.

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 Standing behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears

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 and wiped them with the hair of her head and kissed his feet and anointed them with the ointment.

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 Now when the Pharisee, who had invited him, saw this, he said to himself,

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 If this man were a prophet, he would have known who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him,

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 for she is a sinner.

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 And Jesus, answering, said to him,

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 Simon, I have something to say to you.

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 And he answered,

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 Say it, teacher.

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 A certain moneylender had two debtors.

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 One owed 500 denarii and the other 50.

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 When they could not pay, he canceled the debt of both.

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 Now which of them will love him more?

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 Simon answered,

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 The one, I suppose, for whom he canceled the larger debt.

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 He said to him,

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 You have judged rightly.

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 Then turning to the woman, he said to Simon,

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 Do you see this woman?

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 I entered your house and you gave me no water for my feet,

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 but she has wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.

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 You gave me no kiss, but from the time I came in, she has not ceased to kiss my feet.

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 You do not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment.

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 Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much.

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 But he who is forgiven little, loves little.

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 And he said to her,

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 Your sins are forgiven.

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 Then those who were at table with him began to say among themselves,

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 Who is this who even forgives sins?

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 And he said to the woman,

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 Your faith has saved you.

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 Go in peace.

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 The grass withers and the flowers fade,

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 but the word of our Lord will stand forever.

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 Would you pray with me for a moment?

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 God, as we consider this passage, it's a hard passage,

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 it's a heavy one, and it is a convicting one.

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 Would your spirit so move in this place that we see

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 the accumulation of our own debt before you?

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 That we see the one who can forgive that debt

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 and how he makes the way possible?

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 I pray, Jesus, that you would be exalted through our time together,

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 that you would humble us, you would encourage us,

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 you would point us heavenward to see the gracious God who forgives sins.

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 I pray that you would, and we ask for Jesus' glory only.

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 In Jesus' name we ask.

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 Amen.

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 I came across an article not too long ago from the Wall Street Journal.

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 Not that I read that, but if I did,

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 I did come across this article about student loan debt.

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 It was pretty interesting to me because I work on the college campus.

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 And the name of the article literally was,

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 Congrats, Class of 2015.

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 You're the most indebted ever.

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 And it runs through the statistics of student loan rates

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 on the college campus these days.

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 And I know we have a number of our students

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 and probably other college students here this morning.

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 So take note, the average student loan debt from last year's class was $35,000.

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 That's the average.

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 And the article went on to say that 70% of the graduates graduated with debt.

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 So, you know, 30% didn't,

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 but 70% of last year's graduates incurred a lot of student debt.

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 It was interesting to me.

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 Kelly and I just paid off our student loans about a month ago.

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 We just finally sent our final payment in, and we went to Troy.

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 You know, it's pretty inexpensive.

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 There's a lot of student debt out there.

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 We know something about debt as a culture.

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 Kelly and I also, Kelly's my wife,

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 she and I take a Financial Peace University class right now,

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 just trying to understand money better

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 and making a plan for our girls for college and those kind of things.

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 And I'm learning in this Financial Peace University class,

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 if you've ever listened to the Dave Ramsey show or taken this class,

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 you know, at the end when people pay off their debt,

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 there's that little ceremony that takes place in Nashville.

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 You know what I'm talking about?

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 You've heard it on the radio.

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 Maybe you've been to the studio where the people come on his show

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 or they'll call in, and what is it that they scream?

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 We're debt free!

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 And it's just this huge celebration.

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 They're jumping up and down and crying and hugging,

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 and there's people in the coffee shop clapping for them.

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 And it's really exciting.

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 Now, the student loan debt, we know something about that.

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 We know something about credit card debt and mortgages and car loans.

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 And in this passage, there's a debt incurred.

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 And in this passage, there's a celebration.

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 Someone is screaming, I'm debt free,

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 and it's not who you think it would be.

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 It's pretty interesting, the one who gets the debt

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 and the one who doesn't in this passage.

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 Here's the context.

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 Jesus had just finished preaching,

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 and he's going from town to town,

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 preaching the message of the kingdom of God,

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 and he's becoming pretty famous at this point,

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 maybe even infamous.

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 And there's some people who are responding to his message,

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 very excited about what he has to say,

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 and others who are very offended,

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 especially those religious types,

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 the Pharisees in this passage,

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 because they believe that they're not really

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 in that much debt to God.

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 They've done a pretty good job of maintaining

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 kind of the status quo of spirituality.

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 And this Jesus comes along,

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 and they say, well, we don't murder.

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 We don't commit adultery.

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 And Jesus comes along and says,

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 you say you don't murder,

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 but have you ever been angry in your heart

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 that you've committed murder?

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 You say you don't commit adultery,

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 but have you ever lusted after a woman

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 that you have committed adultery in your heart?

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 And they knew that the result for murder would be death,

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 and the result for adultery would be stoning

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 or something worse.

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 And they thought, this guy has to be done away with.

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 And so they would go in here and teach,

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 hear him teach and figure out ways to trap him.

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 And so that's why the impromptu dinner party.

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 This is nothing but a trap.

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 The Pharisee says, hey, Jesus,

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 would you like to come over to my house for lunch today?

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 And Jesus accepts.

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 He knows it's a trap, but he accepts the invitation.

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 And he goes.

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 Now, here's a little bit more context.

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 They're sitting in this kind of room.

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 There's a table, but they don't have chairs.

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 They're kind of leaning against the table.

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 And this isn't like some house up on Montecino

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 with a nice, fancy dining room.

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 This is on the street side, really.

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 And so Jesus would have been at the table

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 with these very important people having this dinner,

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 but there would be others who would just kind of come and watch

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 because he's kind of famous at this point.

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 Well, as they're sitting at the table

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 and kind of leaning out,

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 and their feet on the outside of the table,

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 this woman comes in,

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 and she begins to go to Jesus' feet,

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 and she starts crying.

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 And she breaks out this oil and begins washing her feet.

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 She lets down her hair and wipes his feet with her hair.

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 And everyone, you would be very uncomfortable, right?

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 They were very uncomfortable.

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 The Pharisees were even offended,

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 and you heard the guy kind of murmur under his breath,

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 does this guy, he says he's a prophet.

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 He doesn't even know who this woman is.

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 And so Jesus says, I have a story to tell you.

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 The way I want to kind of, that was my intro.

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 Don't get too nervous or anything.

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 We're not going to spend that much time on every point.

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 But the way I've kind of got this outline

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 is I want to go through the three questions

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 that are asked in this passage.

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 There's three questions that are being asked.

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 The first two are by Jesus.

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 And he goes on and tells this story,

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 and he asks a question at the end of it.

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 And the question is, which will love more?

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 The parable again, in verse 41,

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 very short parable Jesus tells,

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 a certain moneylender had two debtors.

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 One owed 500 denarii and the other 50.

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 When they could not pay, he canceled the debt of both.

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 Now, which of them will love more?

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 So in this parable, there's a certain moneylender

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 who had a couple people who owed him debt.

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 Now, kind of to bring it in modern terms,

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 the first would have owed about two months' worth of wages

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 and the other about 20 months' worth of wages.

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 So you have significant debt for both,

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 both a debt that can't easily be repaid,

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 the first two months and then maybe

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 kind of a year and a half worth of debt.

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 It's a really simple story

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 to make a couple of interpretive points early on.

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 One is this.

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 Jesus is clearly teaching that all of us are in debt to God.

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 And that's the point he's going to get at here.

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 But all of us are in debt to God.

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 Now, the point is, all of us are in debt to God.

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 Everyone owes God something.

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 And the way that he's made us,

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 he's called us to perfection.

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 We are created in God's image.

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 And what we owe him in order to maintain

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 a relationship with him is a perfect union.

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 And so every time and in every way

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 that we have continually sinned against God in any way,

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 we have accumulated debt before God.

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 We can run this down.

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 You may feel that yours is only two months' worth

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 or maybe you feel it's 18 months' worth

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 or 20 or more.

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 But even if we run down our own list of debt

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 from today only,

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 just using,

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 Jesus said,

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 the greatest commandment is love the Lord your God

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 with all of your heart, soul, mind, and strength.

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 Let's just think about it today.

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 In the last four hours of today,

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 has there been a moment

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 where we have not loved the Lord our God

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 with all of our heart?

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 Has there been that moment

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 like there was in my house this morning,

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 the Sunday morning rush?

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 You know it?

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 And I get upset and angry

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 that everyone's not,

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 I was not loving my family.

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 I was not loving God with all of my heart.

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 Have you had those moments even today?

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 What about with all of your strength?

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 Has there been even a moment

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 where you haven't done

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 all that you could do for the Lord today?

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 With all of your mind,

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 has your mind wandered?

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 Have you gone to your mini to-do list?

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 Have you already kind of given yourself

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 to fears and anxieties this morning?

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 You see how this works.

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 If we just start going through the list,

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 the debt is stacked against us

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 even in a few hours.

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 Then the second commandment,

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 love your neighbor as yourself.

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 Do we even need to begin running it down?

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 The point is Jesus is saying,

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 everyone, everyone owes a debt to God

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 and it's more than any of us can pay.

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 So Jesus asks the Pharisee this question,

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 which of the two who are forgiven of their debt

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 will love him more?

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 And the guy answers correctly,

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 the one I suppose for whom he canceled the larger debt.

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 That's the right question.

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 That's the right answer to the question,

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 but he doesn't get it.

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 That's right.

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 The one who understands the significance of their debt

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 will love the one who forgave their debt even more.

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 That's right.

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 But he doesn't get it.

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 And so Jesus asks a second question.

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 Do you see this woman?

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 Now this is about to get really hard for Simon,

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 this Pharisee,

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 and it's going to get uncomfortable for us

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 because there's this woman who's in the room.

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 Most scholars kind of agree

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 that this woman wasn't just some woman.

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 This is a woman who was very reputable in the community,

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 a lady of the night to put it delicately.

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 Many would say that she has kind of given of herself

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 to many in that community in all the wrong ways

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 and she is coming into this room,

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 bringing all of her guilt and all of her shame

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 and going into a place that would be extremely,

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 you think they were uncomfortable.

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 She would have had to be terribly uncomfortable

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 to walk into this room with all these religious types

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 and to lay down at Jesus' feet

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 as if to say it doesn't matter.

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 It doesn't matter what they think,

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 but she lays down at Jesus' feet

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 and she begins to weep.

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 Why?

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 What is going on with this woman?

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 Something within her has changed.

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 Now this is total speculation,

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 but I wonder if she had just heard Jesus teach.

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 I don't know how long it was

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 before this passage that Jesus gave the Beatitudes.

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 There's only a chapter before ours in this book,

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 but when Jesus said things like,

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 blessed are the poor,

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 for yours is the kingdom of God,

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 and blessed are the hungry,

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 now for you will be fulfilled.

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 And he said, blessed are you who weep,

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 for you will laugh.

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 And I wonder if she saw herself as poor.

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 Poor in probably actual poverty,

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 which is probably why she ended up

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 in the position that she did.

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 Poor in spirit.

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 Poor in her shame

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 because of her regular giving of herself

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 over and over again.

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 And hating that part about herself.

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 Feeling outcast and low

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 and full of guilt

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 and self-hatred

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 and fear.

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 And she hears,

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 blessed are you

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 who are poor.

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 For yours is the kingdom of God.

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 Maybe she heard,

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 blessed are you

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 who are hungry.

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 And she saw herself as hungry.

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 She knew she wasn't satisfied

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 with what her life had offered her.

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 She knew that this felt like

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 it was not giving her

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 any kind of purpose

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 or hope,

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 her joy

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 or peace of any kind.

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 And she heard Jesus say,

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 blessed are you

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 who are hungry,

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 for you will be satisfied.

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 And she heard Jesus say,

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 blessed are you

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 who weep.

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 And she wept.

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 She wept literally

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 in this passage

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 and she wanted to laugh.

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 And so she found Jesus.

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 She found him.

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 She came to him.

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 And she poured out her oil

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 and she let down her hair.

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 Two things, by the way,

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 that she would have only done

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 in the most dark moments

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 of her life previously.

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 And she laid down

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 all of who she was

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 at the feet of Jesus.

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 And she just cried

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 and it didn't matter

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 who saw it.

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 Because now she felt safe

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 for the first time.

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 And so Jesus turns

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 to Simon

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 and he says,

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 do you see this woman?

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 She got it.

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 The Pharisee missed it.

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 The prostitute got it.

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 She knew she owed

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 more than 20 months

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 worth of wages.

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 And so she loved

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 forgiveness

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 so much more.

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 Because she understood

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 the cost.

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 Jesus goes on

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 to start laying out

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 the contrast to Simon

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 to make it even more clear.

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 To show that the religious one

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 is the one who missed

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 but the sinner is the one

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 who's getting it right.

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 And he gives these contrasts.

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 He says,

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 you didn't even give me water.

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 Which would have been

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 a custom of the day

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 to wash his feet with.

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 But she began

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 to wet my feet

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 with her tears.

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 You didn't give me a kiss

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 when I arrived.

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 Which of course

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 was another custom

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 of the day.

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 But she began

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 to kiss my feet.

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 You, Pharisee,

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 didn't anoint my head

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 with oil.

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 but she broke open

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 her oil

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 and poured it

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 on my feet.

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 There's one person

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 in the room

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 who got it

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 and the others

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 who didn't.

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 I came across this quote

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 from Lewis,

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 C.S. Lewis this week

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 from Mere Christianity

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 when he says,

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 the sins of the flesh

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 are bad

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 but they are the least

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 bad of all sins.

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 All the worst pleasures

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 are spiritual.

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 The pleasure of putting

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 other people in the wrong.

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 Of bossing

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 and patronizing

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 and spoiling sport

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 and backbiting.

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 The pleasures of power.

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 The pleasures of hatred.

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 There are two things

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 inside me

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 competing with

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 the human self

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 which I must

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 try to become.

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 They are the animal self

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 and the diabolical self.

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 The diabolical self

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 is the worst of the two.

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 Listen to this quote.

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 He says,

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 this is why a cold

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 self-righteous prig

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 who goes regularly

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 to church

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 may be far nearer

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 to hell

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 than a prostitute.

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 But of course

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 it is better

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 to be neither.

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 He adds.

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 Is that not exactly

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 the picture

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 of what this passage

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 is showing us?

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 The self-righteous one

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 misses it.

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 And so that's when

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 Jesus makes his big point.

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 Therefore I tell you

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 her sins which are many

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 are forgiven

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 for she loved much

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 but he who is forgiven

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 little loves little

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 and he turns to her

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 and he says

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 your sins are forgiven.

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 Who will love more?

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 The one who understands

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 the cost of what it

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 took to cancel

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 their debt.

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 And so that leads

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 to the final question.

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 This one was not

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 asked by Jesus though.

00:18:55.079 --> 00:18:56.039
 In verse 49

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 they begin to say

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 among themselves

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 who is this

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 who even forgives sins?

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 Now that is the question

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 right?

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 That

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 not just the question

00:19:11.419 --> 00:19:11.939
 of this passage

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 that is the question.

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 Who is this?

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 That's the question

00:19:20.319 --> 00:19:21.019
 for the last

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 at least 2,000 years.

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 The question that has

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 started wars.

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 The question that has

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 divided families.

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 The question that has

00:19:34.539 --> 00:19:35.900
 redirected careers.

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 That is the question.

00:19:37.940 --> 00:19:38.860
 Who is this?

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 It's a really good question

00:19:44.380 --> 00:19:45.539
 and if we start

00:19:45.539 --> 00:19:46.539
 to see the answer

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 that's kind of given

00:19:47.400 --> 00:19:48.279
 in this passage

00:19:48.279 --> 00:19:50.460
 the way we understand

00:19:50.460 --> 00:19:52.580
 our own debt

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 begins to change.

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 Because here's the premise

00:19:56.480 --> 00:19:57.220
 behind the question.

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 it isn't just

00:19:58.180 --> 00:19:59.519
 who is this guy

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 but it is

00:20:01.120 --> 00:20:02.339
 who is this guy

00:20:02.339 --> 00:20:03.860
 who can forgive sins?

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 Because they know

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 and we know

00:20:07.380 --> 00:20:08.559
 that there's only one

00:20:08.559 --> 00:20:10.380
 who can forgive sins.

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 It's the one

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 whom all sins

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 are against.

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 Let me illustrate

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 it a couple ways.

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 In Jesus' parable

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 who is the one person

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 in the parable

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 he tells

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 who can forgive

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 the debt

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 of those two?

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 It is the one

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 who gave them

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 the money.

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 Right?

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 Someone else

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 can't come along

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 and say

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 don't worry about it

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 your debt is forgiven.

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 No.

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 The one who

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 the debt is against

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 is the only one

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 who can forgive.

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 Now let me illustrate it

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 in a very silly way.

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 The only way

00:20:40.680 --> 00:20:41.759
 I know to illustrate anything.

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 Say I let you borrow

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 my new computer

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 and I have a fairly

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 new computer

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 and it's really nice

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 and I like it a lot

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 and I would never

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 let you borrow it.

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 But say I did

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 and you're just

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 going to borrow it

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 here after church today

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 I just need it

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 for the afternoon

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 we can get together

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 later and pick it back up

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 and I pretend to be nice

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 and yeah yeah yeah

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 you can borrow it

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 no worries.

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 And you set it

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 on top of your car

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 and you're kind of

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 fumbling around

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 and get your kids

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 in the car

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 and then you get

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 in the car

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 and you start

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 pulling out

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 of the parking lot

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 and then there goes

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 my computer

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 and it bursts

00:21:18.059 --> 00:21:19.099
 into a million pieces

00:21:19.099 --> 00:21:19.879
 in Southwood's

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 parking lot

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 and I'm over here

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 weeping in the corner.

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 But say in that scenario

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 there's a couple

00:21:25.940 --> 00:21:26.779
 of little points

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 to make here right?

00:21:30.859 --> 00:21:32.000
 Say someone else

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 Will for instance

00:21:32.859 --> 00:21:34.240
 comes alongside you

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 and says

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 hey don't worry about it

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 I forgive you.

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 It doesn't work

00:21:39.819 --> 00:21:40.660
 forgiveness doesn't work

00:21:40.660 --> 00:21:40.920
 like that.

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 There's only one person

00:21:42.000 --> 00:21:43.139
 in that silly illustration

00:21:43.139 --> 00:21:44.359
 who can forgive you

00:21:44.359 --> 00:21:45.400
 for breaking my computer

00:21:45.400 --> 00:21:46.019
 it's me.

00:21:46.680 --> 00:21:47.559
 The one whom

00:21:47.559 --> 00:21:48.839
 the problem is against

00:21:48.839 --> 00:21:49.500
 is the only one

00:21:49.500 --> 00:21:50.160
 who can forgive.

00:21:50.279 --> 00:21:50.879
 Does that make sense?

00:21:51.019 --> 00:21:51.639
 Very simple.

00:21:52.480 --> 00:21:52.660
 Now

00:21:52.660 --> 00:21:54.259
 the second point

00:21:54.259 --> 00:21:54.740
 to make

00:21:54.740 --> 00:21:55.980
 is forgiveness

00:21:55.980 --> 00:21:57.000
 is not arbitrary.

00:21:58.579 --> 00:21:59.720
 Someone has to pay

00:21:59.720 --> 00:22:00.420
 the cost

00:22:00.420 --> 00:22:01.639
 either way.

00:22:02.139 --> 00:22:02.879
 It's either you

00:22:02.879 --> 00:22:03.559
 or it's me.

00:22:05.519 --> 00:22:06.759
 I love the line

00:22:06.759 --> 00:22:08.039
 if any of you

00:22:08.039 --> 00:22:08.480
 ever watched

00:22:08.480 --> 00:22:08.960
 The Office

00:22:08.960 --> 00:22:10.279
 before it was taken

00:22:10.279 --> 00:22:11.160
 away from all of us

00:22:11.160 --> 00:22:13.460
 when Michael Scott

00:22:13.460 --> 00:22:14.440
 learns of the great

00:22:14.440 --> 00:22:15.500
 debt that he's in

00:22:15.500 --> 00:22:16.559
 the bankruptcy

00:22:16.559 --> 00:22:18.099
 episode

00:22:18.099 --> 00:22:18.759
 you know this one

00:22:18.759 --> 00:22:20.139
 and Toby

00:22:20.140 --> 00:22:20.860
 tells him

00:22:20.860 --> 00:22:21.880
 that there's really

00:22:21.880 --> 00:22:22.759
 only one way

00:22:22.759 --> 00:22:23.580
 to get out of this

00:22:23.580 --> 00:22:23.920
 debt

00:22:23.920 --> 00:22:24.800
 it is to declare

00:22:24.800 --> 00:22:25.320
 bankruptcy

00:22:25.320 --> 00:22:27.720
 and he walks

00:22:27.720 --> 00:22:28.620
 out of his office

00:22:28.620 --> 00:22:30.180
 and he looks around

00:22:30.180 --> 00:22:30.780
 the office

00:22:30.780 --> 00:22:32.520
 and kind of

00:22:32.520 --> 00:22:33.300
 takes it all in

00:22:33.300 --> 00:22:35.900
 and then he goes

00:22:35.900 --> 00:22:37.980
 I declare

00:22:37.980 --> 00:22:38.980
 bankruptcy

00:22:38.980 --> 00:22:41.480
 and everyone's

00:22:41.480 --> 00:22:42.400
 just looking at him

00:22:42.400 --> 00:22:44.220
 and Toby says

00:22:44.220 --> 00:22:45.420
 you can't just

00:22:45.420 --> 00:22:46.440
 declare it

00:22:46.440 --> 00:22:49.160
 that's not how

00:22:49.160 --> 00:22:50.300
 debt is forgiven

00:22:50.300 --> 00:22:51.700
 someone has to

00:22:51.700 --> 00:22:52.340
 take the debt

00:22:52.340 --> 00:22:53.100
 on in order

00:22:53.100 --> 00:22:53.620
 for debt

00:22:53.620 --> 00:22:54.660
 to be cancelled

00:22:54.660 --> 00:23:00.259
 so in the

00:23:00.259 --> 00:23:01.340
 situation

00:23:01.340 --> 00:23:02.040
 of forgiveness

00:23:02.040 --> 00:23:03.140
 who is the one

00:23:03.140 --> 00:23:04.040
 who takes

00:23:04.040 --> 00:23:04.400
 the debt

00:23:04.400 --> 00:23:04.600
 on

00:23:04.600 --> 00:23:04.980
 it's the one

00:23:04.980 --> 00:23:05.380
 offering

00:23:05.380 --> 00:23:05.860
 forgiveness

00:23:05.860 --> 00:23:07.940
 this is why

00:23:07.940 --> 00:23:08.900
 forgiveness is hard

00:23:08.900 --> 00:23:09.320
 by the way

00:23:09.320 --> 00:23:10.120
 in relationships

00:23:10.120 --> 00:23:11.860
 in marriage

00:23:11.860 --> 00:23:13.259
 with kids

00:23:13.259 --> 00:23:14.660
 on the campus

00:23:14.660 --> 00:23:15.500
 with students

00:23:15.500 --> 00:23:16.180
 roommates

00:23:16.180 --> 00:23:17.420
 like forgiveness

00:23:17.420 --> 00:23:18.320
 is very difficult

00:23:18.320 --> 00:23:18.720
 for us

00:23:18.720 --> 00:23:19.220
 because you know

00:23:19.220 --> 00:23:19.500
 why

00:23:19.500 --> 00:23:20.380
 it's saying

00:23:20.380 --> 00:23:21.480
 I will set

00:23:21.480 --> 00:23:22.380
 you free

00:23:22.380 --> 00:23:23.800
 from the debt

00:23:23.800 --> 00:23:24.260
 you owe me

00:23:24.260 --> 00:23:24.760
 for the thing

00:23:24.760 --> 00:23:25.280
 that you done

00:23:25.280 --> 00:23:25.820
 and I'm going

00:23:25.820 --> 00:23:26.540
 to take that

00:23:26.540 --> 00:23:27.120
 on myself

00:23:27.120 --> 00:23:27.820
 and not hold

00:23:27.820 --> 00:23:28.300
 it over you

00:23:28.300 --> 00:23:28.660
 anymore

00:23:28.660 --> 00:23:30.000
 that's why

00:23:30.000 --> 00:23:30.720
 forgiveness is hard

00:23:30.720 --> 00:23:31.200
 because it is

00:23:31.200 --> 00:23:31.620
 costly

00:23:31.620 --> 00:23:32.620
 to us

00:23:32.620 --> 00:23:35.440
 that's a whole

00:23:35.440 --> 00:23:36.300
 nother sermon

00:23:36.300 --> 00:23:36.880
 but it's so

00:23:36.880 --> 00:23:37.360
 difficult

00:23:37.360 --> 00:23:40.040
 so who is

00:23:40.040 --> 00:23:40.520
 this

00:23:40.520 --> 00:23:43.220
 who can

00:23:43.220 --> 00:23:44.060
 forgive sins

00:23:44.060 --> 00:23:46.680
 you know

00:23:46.680 --> 00:23:47.200
 what the answer

00:23:47.200 --> 00:23:48.300
 simply has to be

00:23:48.300 --> 00:23:49.020
 the one

00:23:49.020 --> 00:23:49.800
 whom sins

00:23:49.800 --> 00:23:50.340
 are against

00:23:50.339 --> 00:23:53.139
 this

00:23:53.139 --> 00:23:54.079
 Jesus

00:23:54.079 --> 00:23:55.779
 has to be

00:23:55.779 --> 00:23:56.819
 God

00:23:56.819 --> 00:23:58.720
 that's the only

00:23:58.720 --> 00:23:59.240
 thing that makes

00:23:59.240 --> 00:23:59.679
 sense

00:23:59.679 --> 00:24:03.259
 and so that means

00:24:03.259 --> 00:24:04.220
 if your sins

00:24:04.220 --> 00:24:04.939
 and my sins

00:24:04.939 --> 00:24:05.699
 are stacked

00:24:05.699 --> 00:24:06.059
 and they are

00:24:06.059 --> 00:24:06.699
 accumulated

00:24:06.699 --> 00:24:07.399
 and our debt

00:24:07.399 --> 00:24:08.439
 is against us

00:24:08.439 --> 00:24:09.019
 and it is against

00:24:09.019 --> 00:24:09.779
 a holy God

00:24:09.779 --> 00:24:11.000
 then there's one

00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:11.740
 who's come along

00:24:11.740 --> 00:24:12.399
 and says

00:24:12.399 --> 00:24:13.639
 your sins

00:24:13.639 --> 00:24:14.179
 are forgiven

00:24:14.179 --> 00:24:15.159
 how

00:24:15.159 --> 00:24:17.079
 can Jesus

00:24:17.079 --> 00:24:18.099
 forgive sins

00:24:18.099 --> 00:24:19.220
 there's only one way

00:24:19.220 --> 00:24:20.839
 by taking the debt

00:24:20.839 --> 00:24:21.460
 on himself

00:24:21.460 --> 00:24:25.160
 forgiveness

00:24:25.160 --> 00:24:25.940
 is not

00:24:25.940 --> 00:24:26.620
 arbitrary

00:24:26.620 --> 00:24:27.759
 someone has

00:24:27.759 --> 00:24:28.360
 to pay

00:24:28.360 --> 00:24:32.640
 this semester

00:24:32.640 --> 00:24:33.400
 as we've gone

00:24:33.400 --> 00:24:34.100
 through various

00:24:34.100 --> 00:24:34.620
 parables

00:24:34.620 --> 00:24:35.519
 in RUF

00:24:35.519 --> 00:24:36.000
 I've

00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:36.779
 kind of been

00:24:36.779 --> 00:24:37.519
 working this

00:24:37.519 --> 00:24:38.200
 theme with our

00:24:38.200 --> 00:24:38.519
 students

00:24:38.519 --> 00:24:38.839
 another

00:24:38.839 --> 00:24:39.880
 Lewis reference

00:24:39.880 --> 00:24:40.500
 when he

00:24:40.500 --> 00:24:41.420
 says that

00:24:41.420 --> 00:24:42.539
 there's only

00:24:42.539 --> 00:24:43.259
 one way

00:24:43.259 --> 00:24:43.940
 that Hamlet

00:24:43.940 --> 00:24:44.680
 can ever

00:24:44.680 --> 00:24:45.220
 interact

00:24:45.220 --> 00:24:46.220
 with Shakespeare

00:24:46.220 --> 00:24:48.240
 he says

00:24:48.240 --> 00:24:48.740
 if Hamlet

00:24:48.740 --> 00:24:49.220
 wants to

00:24:49.220 --> 00:24:49.740
 get to know

00:24:49.740 --> 00:24:50.160
 Shakespeare

00:24:50.160 --> 00:24:50.440
 you know

00:24:50.440 --> 00:24:50.779
 Hamlet's

00:24:50.779 --> 00:24:51.140
 the character

00:24:51.140 --> 00:24:51.480
 Shakespeare

00:24:51.480 --> 00:24:51.819
 is the

00:24:51.819 --> 00:24:52.299
 playwright

00:24:52.299 --> 00:24:52.860
 he said

00:24:52.860 --> 00:24:53.279
 if Hamlet

00:24:53.279 --> 00:24:53.720
 ever wants

00:24:53.720 --> 00:24:53.960
 to get

00:24:53.960 --> 00:24:54.220
 to know

00:24:54.220 --> 00:24:54.640
 Shakespeare

00:24:54.640 --> 00:24:55.380
 it's only

00:24:55.380 --> 00:24:55.980
 if Shakespeare

00:24:55.980 --> 00:24:56.740
 writes himself

00:24:56.740 --> 00:24:57.220
 into the

00:24:57.220 --> 00:24:57.700
 story

00:24:57.700 --> 00:24:59.400
 and I

00:24:59.400 --> 00:25:00.079
 take parables

00:25:00.079 --> 00:25:00.740
 to be

00:25:00.740 --> 00:25:01.480
 God

00:25:01.480 --> 00:25:02.220
 writing himself

00:25:02.220 --> 00:25:02.680
 into the

00:25:02.680 --> 00:25:03.100
 story

00:25:03.100 --> 00:25:04.160
 and I

00:25:04.160 --> 00:25:04.720
 think a key

00:25:04.720 --> 00:25:05.140
 way to

00:25:05.140 --> 00:25:05.600
 interpret

00:25:05.600 --> 00:25:06.299
 and understand

00:25:06.299 --> 00:25:06.740
 parables

00:25:06.740 --> 00:25:07.420
 is to look

00:25:07.420 --> 00:25:07.740
 to where

00:25:07.740 --> 00:25:08.620
 the storyteller

00:25:08.620 --> 00:25:09.400
 inserts himself

00:25:09.400 --> 00:25:09.839
 into the

00:25:09.839 --> 00:25:10.160
 story

00:25:10.160 --> 00:25:10.720
 it doesn't

00:25:10.720 --> 00:25:11.039
 work that

00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:11.420
 way every

00:25:11.420 --> 00:25:11.779
 time

00:25:11.779 --> 00:25:12.380
 but here

00:25:12.380 --> 00:25:12.700
 we have

00:25:12.700 --> 00:25:13.100
 Shakespeare

00:25:13.100 --> 00:25:13.839
 writing himself

00:25:13.839 --> 00:25:14.220
 into the

00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:14.480
 play

00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:15.199
 where is

00:25:15.199 --> 00:25:15.579
 Jesus

00:25:15.579 --> 00:25:16.259
 he's

00:25:16.259 --> 00:25:16.419
 the

00:25:16.419 --> 00:25:16.639
 money

00:25:16.639 --> 00:25:16.980
 lender

00:25:16.980 --> 00:25:18.799
 the only

00:25:18.799 --> 00:25:19.179
 way he

00:25:19.179 --> 00:25:19.720
 can forgive

00:25:19.720 --> 00:25:20.139
 the debt

00:25:20.139 --> 00:25:20.639
 is taking

00:25:20.639 --> 00:25:21.000
 it on

00:25:21.000 --> 00:25:21.359
 himself

00:25:21.359 --> 00:25:21.919
 so how

00:25:21.919 --> 00:25:22.099
 does

00:25:22.099 --> 00:25:22.399
 Jesus

00:25:22.399 --> 00:25:22.799
 take the

00:25:22.799 --> 00:25:22.939
 debt

00:25:22.939 --> 00:25:23.079
 on

00:25:23.079 --> 00:25:23.480
 himself

00:25:23.480 --> 00:25:26.439
 it's

00:25:26.439 --> 00:25:26.699
 where the

00:25:26.699 --> 00:25:27.059
 cross

00:25:27.059 --> 00:25:27.419
 stands

00:25:27.419 --> 00:25:27.919
 in history

00:25:27.919 --> 00:25:28.179
 isn't

00:25:28.179 --> 00:25:28.859
 it

00:25:28.859 --> 00:25:30.099
 scripture

00:25:30.099 --> 00:25:30.720
 tells us

00:25:30.720 --> 00:25:31.220
 that without

00:25:31.220 --> 00:25:31.740
 the shedding

00:25:31.740 --> 00:25:32.279
 of blood

00:25:32.279 --> 00:25:32.699
 there is

00:25:32.699 --> 00:25:33.259
 no forgiveness

00:25:33.259 --> 00:25:34.039
 of sins

00:25:34.039 --> 00:25:35.599
 we also

00:25:35.599 --> 00:25:35.980
 learn in

00:25:35.980 --> 00:25:36.259
 the New

00:25:36.259 --> 00:25:36.679
 Testament

00:25:36.679 --> 00:25:37.119
 that the

00:25:37.119 --> 00:25:37.519
 wages

00:25:37.519 --> 00:25:37.919
 of our

00:25:37.919 --> 00:25:38.220
 sin

00:25:38.220 --> 00:25:38.439
 is

00:25:38.439 --> 00:25:38.980
 death

00:25:38.980 --> 00:25:39.259
 that

00:25:39.259 --> 00:25:39.759
 means

00:25:39.759 --> 00:25:40.299
 the only

00:25:40.299 --> 00:25:40.720
 way

00:25:40.720 --> 00:25:41.279
 debt

00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:41.639
 is ever

00:25:41.639 --> 00:25:42.339
 cancellated

00:25:42.339 --> 00:25:42.679
 is if

00:25:42.679 --> 00:25:43.279
 someone

00:25:43.279 --> 00:25:44.139
 dies

00:25:44.139 --> 00:25:44.720
 for it

00:25:44.720 --> 00:25:46.660
 if

00:25:46.660 --> 00:25:47.039
 someone

00:25:47.039 --> 00:25:47.559
 sheds

00:25:47.559 --> 00:25:47.839
 their

00:25:47.839 --> 00:25:48.200
 blood

00:25:48.200 --> 00:25:48.559
 for it

00:25:48.559 --> 00:25:48.799
 it's

00:25:48.799 --> 00:25:49.160
 the only

00:25:49.160 --> 00:25:49.579
 way

00:25:49.579 --> 00:25:53.680
 debt

00:25:53.680 --> 00:25:54.399
 cancellation

00:25:54.399 --> 00:25:55.180
 isn't just

00:25:55.180 --> 00:25:55.740
 declared

00:25:55.740 --> 00:25:56.240
 it is

00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:57.139
 absorbed

00:25:57.139 --> 00:25:58.599
 and so

00:25:58.599 --> 00:25:59.119
 Jesus

00:25:59.119 --> 00:26:00.200
 takes on

00:26:00.200 --> 00:26:01.220
 our debt

00:26:01.220 --> 00:26:02.639
 on himself

00:26:02.639 --> 00:26:04.980
 he takes

00:26:04.980 --> 00:26:05.799
 on the

00:26:05.799 --> 00:26:06.299
 wages

00:26:06.299 --> 00:26:06.720
 of our

00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:07.139
 sins

00:26:07.139 --> 00:26:07.740
 when he

00:26:07.740 --> 00:26:08.180
 takes on

00:26:08.180 --> 00:26:08.700
 the cross

00:26:08.700 --> 00:26:09.879
 so that

00:26:09.879 --> 00:26:10.839
 paid in

00:26:10.839 --> 00:26:11.559
 full is

00:26:11.559 --> 00:26:12.019
 written

00:26:12.019 --> 00:26:12.619
 the cross

00:26:12.619 --> 00:26:12.879
 our

00:26:12.879 --> 00:26:13.519
 eternities

00:26:13.519 --> 00:26:14.359
 forever

00:26:14.359 --> 00:26:14.960
 it's

00:26:14.960 --> 00:26:15.279
 the only

00:26:15.279 --> 00:26:15.440
 way

00:26:15.440 --> 00:26:15.599
 our

00:26:15.599 --> 00:26:15.779
 sins

00:26:15.779 --> 00:26:15.940
 are

00:26:15.940 --> 00:26:16.299
 forgiven

00:26:16.299 --> 00:26:20.539
 and so

00:26:20.539 --> 00:26:20.900
 when Jesus

00:26:20.900 --> 00:26:21.139
 says

00:26:21.139 --> 00:26:21.660
 blessed are

00:26:21.660 --> 00:26:22.220
 the poor

00:26:22.220 --> 00:26:23.000
 and blessed

00:26:23.000 --> 00:26:23.759
 are the hungry

00:26:23.759 --> 00:26:24.139
 and blessed

00:26:24.139 --> 00:26:24.539
 are those

00:26:24.539 --> 00:26:25.039
 who weep

00:26:25.039 --> 00:26:25.619
 we have to

00:26:25.619 --> 00:26:26.019
 see that

00:26:26.019 --> 00:26:26.980
 Jesus says

00:26:26.980 --> 00:26:27.440
 that because

00:26:27.440 --> 00:26:27.900
 Jesus

00:26:27.900 --> 00:26:29.079
 became poor

00:26:29.079 --> 00:26:29.700
 so that

00:26:29.700 --> 00:26:30.139
 we would

00:26:30.139 --> 00:26:30.900
 be satisfied

00:26:30.900 --> 00:26:32.000
 he left

00:26:32.000 --> 00:26:32.460
 the riches

00:26:32.460 --> 00:26:33.059
 and comforts

00:26:33.059 --> 00:26:33.420
 of heaven

00:26:33.420 --> 00:26:34.319
 came into

00:26:34.319 --> 00:26:34.700
 earth

00:26:34.700 --> 00:26:36.660
 gave it

00:26:36.660 --> 00:26:37.019
 all

00:26:37.019 --> 00:26:38.039
 became poor

00:26:38.039 --> 00:26:38.440
 in his

00:26:38.440 --> 00:26:38.879
 poverty

00:26:38.879 --> 00:26:39.259
 so that

00:26:39.259 --> 00:26:39.680
 we might

00:26:39.680 --> 00:26:40.420
 become rich

00:26:40.420 --> 00:26:40.900
 in him

00:26:40.900 --> 00:26:41.220
 it's the

00:26:41.220 --> 00:26:41.580
 only way

00:26:41.580 --> 00:26:41.860
 riches

00:26:41.860 --> 00:26:42.360
 are offered

00:26:42.360 --> 00:26:44.860
 Jesus

00:26:44.860 --> 00:26:45.539
 became

00:26:45.539 --> 00:26:46.140
 hungry

00:26:46.140 --> 00:26:48.100
 he went

00:26:48.100 --> 00:26:48.580
 into this

00:26:48.580 --> 00:26:48.920
 world

00:26:48.920 --> 00:26:49.360
 hungry

00:26:49.360 --> 00:26:50.279
 for hope

00:26:50.279 --> 00:26:50.640
 and for

00:26:50.640 --> 00:26:50.960
 peace

00:26:50.960 --> 00:26:51.279
 and for

00:26:51.279 --> 00:26:51.600
 purpose

00:26:51.600 --> 00:26:52.019
 in life

00:26:52.019 --> 00:26:52.360
 all of

00:26:52.360 --> 00:26:52.660
 these things

00:26:52.660 --> 00:26:52.920
 that we

00:26:52.920 --> 00:26:53.259
 are hungry

00:26:53.259 --> 00:26:53.500
 for

00:26:53.500 --> 00:26:53.900
 he

00:26:53.900 --> 00:26:54.539
 became

00:26:54.539 --> 00:26:54.980
 hungry

00:26:54.980 --> 00:26:55.360
 for

00:26:55.360 --> 00:26:55.960
 on our

00:26:55.960 --> 00:26:56.299
 behalf

00:26:56.299 --> 00:26:56.620
 so that

00:26:56.620 --> 00:26:57.080
 we might

00:26:57.080 --> 00:26:57.360
 be

00:26:57.360 --> 00:26:58.100
 fulfilled

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 and

00:26:59.580 --> 00:27:00.140
 satisfied

00:27:00.140 --> 00:27:00.759
 in him

00:27:00.759 --> 00:27:01.840
 Jesus

00:27:01.840 --> 00:27:02.100
 said

00:27:02.100 --> 00:27:02.400
 blessed

00:27:02.400 --> 00:27:02.980
 are those

00:27:02.980 --> 00:27:03.180
 who

00:27:03.180 --> 00:27:03.440
 weep

00:27:03.440 --> 00:27:04.000
 and Jesus

00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:04.620
 wept

00:27:04.620 --> 00:27:07.340
 he did

00:27:07.339 --> 00:27:09.139
 he wept

00:27:09.139 --> 00:27:09.519
 at the

00:27:09.519 --> 00:27:10.579
 reality

00:27:10.579 --> 00:27:11.179
 of death

00:27:11.179 --> 00:27:11.500
 when his

00:27:11.500 --> 00:27:11.699
 friend

00:27:11.699 --> 00:27:12.259
 Lazarus

00:27:12.259 --> 00:27:12.579
 died

00:27:12.579 --> 00:27:14.539
 he

00:27:14.539 --> 00:27:15.419
 sweated

00:27:15.419 --> 00:27:16.899
 blood

00:27:16.899 --> 00:27:17.899
 in the

00:27:17.899 --> 00:27:18.299
 garden

00:27:18.299 --> 00:27:19.220
 no doubt

00:27:19.220 --> 00:27:19.679
 tears were

00:27:19.679 --> 00:27:19.919
 on his

00:27:19.919 --> 00:27:20.279
 face

00:27:20.279 --> 00:27:20.599
 when he

00:27:20.599 --> 00:27:20.779
 took

00:27:20.779 --> 00:27:20.939
 the

00:27:20.939 --> 00:27:21.259
 nails

00:27:21.259 --> 00:27:21.959
 Jesus

00:27:21.959 --> 00:27:22.539
 wept

00:27:22.539 --> 00:27:23.059
 so that

00:27:23.059 --> 00:27:23.480
 you

00:27:23.480 --> 00:27:23.919
 who

00:27:23.919 --> 00:27:24.480
 weep

00:27:24.480 --> 00:27:27.639
 over

00:27:27.639 --> 00:27:27.919
 your

00:27:27.919 --> 00:27:28.279
 sin

00:27:28.279 --> 00:27:28.439
 and

00:27:28.439 --> 00:27:29.019
 brokenness

00:27:29.019 --> 00:27:29.859
 you

00:27:29.859 --> 00:27:30.159
 who

00:27:30.159 --> 00:27:30.500
 weep

00:27:30.500 --> 00:27:30.759
 over

00:27:30.759 --> 00:27:31.119
 the

00:27:31.119 --> 00:27:31.980
 hardships

00:27:31.980 --> 00:27:32.299
 that

00:27:32.299 --> 00:27:32.480
 this

00:27:32.480 --> 00:27:33.000
 world

00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:33.419
 offers

00:27:33.419 --> 00:27:33.599
 us

00:27:33.599 --> 00:27:33.859
 on a

00:27:33.859 --> 00:27:34.099
 daily

00:27:34.099 --> 00:27:34.500
 basis

00:27:34.500 --> 00:27:34.799
 over

00:27:34.799 --> 00:27:35.019
 the

00:27:35.019 --> 00:27:35.720
 relationship

00:27:35.720 --> 00:27:36.740
 strains

00:27:36.740 --> 00:27:37.440
 and struggles

00:27:37.440 --> 00:27:38.000
 over the

00:27:38.000 --> 00:27:38.759
 insecurities

00:27:38.759 --> 00:27:39.920
 and fears

00:27:39.920 --> 00:27:40.620
 over the

00:27:40.620 --> 00:27:41.400
 perpetual

00:27:41.400 --> 00:27:42.019
 sins

00:27:42.019 --> 00:27:42.279
 that we

00:27:42.279 --> 00:27:42.480
 just

00:27:42.480 --> 00:27:42.980
 can't

00:27:42.980 --> 00:27:43.240
 seem

00:27:43.240 --> 00:27:43.579
 to get

00:27:43.579 --> 00:27:44.180
 rid

00:27:44.180 --> 00:27:44.440
 of

00:27:44.440 --> 00:27:44.799
 you

00:27:44.799 --> 00:27:45.099
 who

00:27:45.099 --> 00:27:45.640
 weep

00:27:45.640 --> 00:27:46.359
 will

00:27:46.359 --> 00:27:46.819
 laugh

00:27:46.819 --> 00:27:47.400
 with him

00:27:47.400 --> 00:27:48.240
 in his

00:27:48.240 --> 00:27:48.740
 glory

00:27:48.740 --> 00:27:52.079
 that is

00:27:52.079 --> 00:27:52.700
 the hope

00:27:52.700 --> 00:27:53.160
 that Jesus

00:27:53.160 --> 00:27:54.200
 offers us

00:27:54.200 --> 00:27:59.099
 I think

00:27:59.099 --> 00:27:59.420
 it's so

00:27:59.420 --> 00:27:59.799
 ironic

00:27:59.799 --> 00:28:00.099
 that at

00:28:00.099 --> 00:28:00.500
 the beginning

00:28:00.500 --> 00:28:00.859
 of the

00:28:00.859 --> 00:28:01.299
 story

00:28:01.299 --> 00:28:02.500
 the Pharisee

00:28:02.500 --> 00:28:03.220
 is murmuring

00:28:03.220 --> 00:28:04.079
 who

00:28:04.079 --> 00:28:04.299
 is

00:28:04.299 --> 00:28:04.539
 this

00:28:04.539 --> 00:28:04.900
 guy

00:28:04.900 --> 00:28:06.019
 thinks

00:28:06.019 --> 00:28:06.180
 he's

00:28:06.180 --> 00:28:06.319
 a

00:28:06.319 --> 00:28:06.680
 prophet

00:28:06.680 --> 00:28:08.740
 and

00:28:08.740 --> 00:28:08.860
 at

00:28:08.860 --> 00:28:08.980
 the

00:28:08.980 --> 00:28:09.220
 very

00:28:09.220 --> 00:28:09.500
 end

00:28:09.500 --> 00:28:09.700
 they're

00:28:09.700 --> 00:28:10.059
 saying

00:28:10.059 --> 00:28:10.299
 who

00:28:10.299 --> 00:28:10.519
 is

00:28:10.519 --> 00:28:10.799
 this

00:28:10.799 --> 00:28:11.120
 guy

00:28:11.120 --> 00:28:12.620
 who

00:28:12.620 --> 00:28:12.880
 even

00:28:12.880 --> 00:28:13.319
 forgives

00:28:13.319 --> 00:28:13.880
 sins

00:28:13.880 --> 00:28:15.460
 I want

00:28:15.460 --> 00:28:15.819
 to close

00:28:15.819 --> 00:28:16.160
 with three

00:28:16.160 --> 00:28:16.579
 questions

00:28:16.579 --> 00:28:17.100
 for you

00:28:17.100 --> 00:28:17.339
 and for

00:28:17.339 --> 00:28:17.480
 me

00:28:17.480 --> 00:28:17.680
 too

00:28:17.680 --> 00:28:19.519
 the

00:28:19.519 --> 00:28:19.819
 first

00:28:19.819 --> 00:28:20.019
 is

00:28:20.019 --> 00:28:20.440
 this

00:28:20.440 --> 00:28:23.200
 do

00:28:23.200 --> 00:28:23.400
 you

00:28:23.400 --> 00:28:23.680
 know

00:28:23.680 --> 00:28:24.059
 this

00:28:24.059 --> 00:28:24.900
 man

00:28:24.900 --> 00:28:26.360
 do

00:28:26.360 --> 00:28:26.519
 you

00:28:26.519 --> 00:28:26.720
 know

00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:26.980
 this

00:28:26.980 --> 00:28:27.400
 Jesus

00:28:27.400 --> 00:28:33.580
 I'm

00:28:33.580 --> 00:28:34.040
 convinced

00:28:34.040 --> 00:28:34.360
 that there

00:28:34.360 --> 00:28:34.620
 are two

00:28:34.620 --> 00:28:35.040
 types of

00:28:35.040 --> 00:28:35.259
 people

00:28:35.259 --> 00:28:35.580
 in this

00:28:35.580 --> 00:28:36.040
 passage

00:28:36.040 --> 00:28:38.480
 those

00:28:38.480 --> 00:28:38.880
 who

00:28:38.880 --> 00:28:39.900
 say

00:28:39.900 --> 00:28:40.220
 God

00:28:40.220 --> 00:28:40.580
 owes

00:28:40.580 --> 00:28:40.759
 me

00:28:40.759 --> 00:28:41.220
 something

00:28:41.220 --> 00:28:42.680
 and

00:28:42.680 --> 00:28:42.980
 those

00:28:42.980 --> 00:28:43.180
 who

00:28:43.180 --> 00:28:43.440
 know

00:28:43.440 --> 00:28:43.640
 they

00:28:43.640 --> 00:28:43.820
 owe

00:28:43.820 --> 00:28:44.300
 everything

00:28:44.300 --> 00:28:44.540
 to

00:28:44.540 --> 00:28:44.880
 him

00:28:44.880 --> 00:28:48.160
 Lewis

00:28:48.160 --> 00:28:48.500
 called

00:28:48.500 --> 00:28:48.740
 it

00:28:48.740 --> 00:28:49.380
 the

00:28:49.380 --> 00:28:51.180
 Pharisee

00:28:51.180 --> 00:28:51.580
 the

00:28:51.580 --> 00:28:51.860
 self

00:28:51.860 --> 00:28:52.220
 righteous

00:28:52.220 --> 00:28:53.200
 one

00:28:53.200 --> 00:28:54.040
 and

00:28:54.040 --> 00:28:54.200
 the

00:28:54.200 --> 00:28:54.880
 prostitute

00:28:54.880 --> 00:28:58.120
 one

00:28:58.120 --> 00:28:58.460
 of them

00:28:58.460 --> 00:28:58.980
 gets

00:28:58.980 --> 00:28:59.260
 who

00:28:59.260 --> 00:28:59.480
 this

00:28:59.480 --> 00:28:59.900
 Jesus

00:28:59.900 --> 00:29:00.260
 is

00:29:00.260 --> 00:29:00.400
 and

00:29:00.400 --> 00:29:00.580
 what

00:29:00.580 --> 00:29:00.780
 they

00:29:00.780 --> 00:29:00.960
 have

00:29:00.960 --> 00:29:01.200
 done

00:29:01.200 --> 00:29:01.400
 for

00:29:01.400 --> 00:29:01.580
 him

00:29:01.580 --> 00:29:01.700
 and

00:29:01.700 --> 00:29:01.820
 the

00:29:01.820 --> 00:29:02.000
 other

00:29:02.000 --> 00:29:02.340
 misses

00:29:02.340 --> 00:29:02.540
 it

00:29:02.540 --> 00:29:02.940
 completely

00:29:02.940 --> 00:29:03.220
 do

00:29:03.220 --> 00:29:03.460
 you

00:29:03.460 --> 00:29:03.840
 see

00:29:03.840 --> 00:29:04.080
 him

00:29:04.080 --> 00:29:04.220
 do

00:29:04.220 --> 00:29:04.360
 you

00:29:04.360 --> 00:29:04.680
 know

00:29:04.680 --> 00:29:05.020
 him

00:29:05.020 --> 00:29:09.160
 do

00:29:09.160 --> 00:29:09.280
 you

00:29:09.280 --> 00:29:09.480
 see

00:29:09.480 --> 00:29:09.820
 yourself

00:29:09.820 --> 00:29:10.040
 as

00:29:10.040 --> 00:29:10.440
 poor

00:29:10.440 --> 00:29:11.100
 as

00:29:11.100 --> 00:29:11.540
 hungry

00:29:11.540 --> 00:29:14.500
 you

00:29:14.500 --> 00:29:14.660
 may

00:29:14.660 --> 00:29:14.940
 say

00:29:14.940 --> 00:29:15.200
 that

00:29:15.200 --> 00:29:15.680
 you

00:29:15.680 --> 00:29:15.800
 know

00:29:15.800 --> 00:29:16.100
 I'm

00:29:16.100 --> 00:29:17.000
 yeah

00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:17.160
 I

00:29:17.160 --> 00:29:17.380
 know

00:29:17.380 --> 00:29:17.540
 him

00:29:17.540 --> 00:29:17.960
 I'm

00:29:17.960 --> 00:29:18.200
 here

00:29:18.200 --> 00:29:18.440
 every

00:29:18.440 --> 00:29:18.760
 week

00:29:18.760 --> 00:29:19.180
 you're

00:29:19.180 --> 00:29:19.320
 the

00:29:19.320 --> 00:29:19.700
 guest

00:29:19.700 --> 00:29:20.440
 like

00:29:20.440 --> 00:29:20.580
 I'm

00:29:20.580 --> 00:29:20.840
 always

00:29:20.840 --> 00:29:21.120
 here

00:29:21.120 --> 00:29:22.480
 I

00:29:22.480 --> 00:29:22.700
 go to

00:29:22.700 --> 00:29:22.820
 the

00:29:22.820 --> 00:29:23.240
 programs

00:29:23.240 --> 00:29:23.520
 I do

00:29:23.520 --> 00:29:23.660
 the

00:29:23.660 --> 00:29:23.900
 Bible

00:29:23.900 --> 00:29:24.340
 studies

00:29:24.340 --> 00:29:24.600
 I'm

00:29:24.599 --> 00:29:25.959
 I

00:29:25.959 --> 00:29:26.219
 know

00:29:26.219 --> 00:29:26.399
 him

00:29:26.399 --> 00:29:26.579
 I

00:29:26.579 --> 00:29:26.799
 get

00:29:26.799 --> 00:29:27.299
 it

00:29:27.299 --> 00:29:31.579
 I

00:29:31.579 --> 00:29:31.779
 believe

00:29:31.779 --> 00:29:31.980
 many

00:29:31.980 --> 00:29:32.079
 of

00:29:32.079 --> 00:29:32.179
 the

00:29:32.179 --> 00:29:32.539
 Pharisees

00:29:32.539 --> 00:29:32.659
 would

00:29:32.659 --> 00:29:32.759
 have

00:29:32.759 --> 00:29:32.899
 said

00:29:32.899 --> 00:29:33.059
 the

00:29:33.059 --> 00:29:33.240
 same

00:29:33.240 --> 00:29:33.599
 thing

00:29:33.599 --> 00:29:35.419
 they

00:29:35.419 --> 00:29:35.579
 say

00:29:35.579 --> 00:29:35.719
 I

00:29:35.719 --> 00:29:35.939
 get

00:29:35.939 --> 00:29:36.159
 it

00:29:36.159 --> 00:29:37.259
 and

00:29:37.259 --> 00:29:37.379
 they

00:29:37.379 --> 00:29:37.579
 felt

00:29:37.579 --> 00:29:37.740
 that

00:29:37.740 --> 00:29:37.919
 God

00:29:37.919 --> 00:29:38.199
 owed

00:29:38.199 --> 00:29:38.359
 him

00:29:38.359 --> 00:29:38.699
 something

00:29:38.699 --> 00:29:38.919
 do

00:29:38.919 --> 00:29:39.059
 you

00:29:39.059 --> 00:29:39.299
 know

00:29:39.299 --> 00:29:39.579
 him

00:29:39.579 --> 00:29:39.699
 in

00:29:39.699 --> 00:29:39.779
 the

00:29:39.779 --> 00:29:39.939
 way

00:29:39.939 --> 00:29:40.079
 that

00:29:40.079 --> 00:29:40.259
 this

00:29:40.259 --> 00:29:40.559
 woman

00:29:40.559 --> 00:29:40.819
 does

00:29:40.819 --> 00:29:40.980
 the

00:29:40.980 --> 00:29:41.199
 second

00:29:41.199 --> 00:29:41.619
 question

00:29:41.619 --> 00:29:41.819
 is

00:29:41.819 --> 00:29:42.079
 this

00:29:42.079 --> 00:29:42.339
 maybe

00:29:42.339 --> 00:29:42.559
 you

00:29:42.559 --> 00:29:42.719
 do

00:29:42.719 --> 00:29:42.980
 say

00:29:42.980 --> 00:29:43.939
 I

00:29:43.939 --> 00:29:44.159
 do

00:29:44.159 --> 00:29:44.399
 know

00:29:44.399 --> 00:29:44.639
 him

00:29:44.639 --> 00:29:44.799
 I

00:29:44.799 --> 00:29:45.299
 have

00:29:45.299 --> 00:29:45.419
 a

00:29:45.419 --> 00:29:45.859
 relationship

00:29:45.859 --> 00:29:46.159
 with

00:29:46.159 --> 00:29:46.480
 God

00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:47.980
 the

00:29:47.980 --> 00:29:48.359
 question

00:29:48.359 --> 00:29:48.559
 is

00:29:48.559 --> 00:29:48.779
 how

00:29:48.779 --> 00:29:48.919
 are

00:29:48.919 --> 00:29:49.719
 you

00:29:49.719 --> 00:29:50.419
 responding

00:29:50.419 --> 00:29:50.859
 to

00:29:50.859 --> 00:29:51.000
 what

00:29:51.000 --> 00:29:51.119
 he

00:29:51.119 --> 00:29:51.259
 has

00:29:51.259 --> 00:29:51.539
 done

00:29:51.539 --> 00:29:51.740
 for

00:29:51.740 --> 00:29:51.980
 you

00:29:51.980 --> 00:29:54.279
 this

00:29:54.279 --> 00:29:54.779
 all

00:29:54.779 --> 00:29:54.940
 the

00:29:54.940 --> 00:29:55.240
 stuff

00:29:55.240 --> 00:29:55.399
 that

00:29:55.399 --> 00:29:55.579
 this

00:29:55.579 --> 00:29:55.940
 woman

00:29:55.940 --> 00:29:56.180
 did

00:29:56.180 --> 00:29:56.279
 in

00:29:56.279 --> 00:29:56.440
 this

00:29:56.440 --> 00:29:56.799
 passage

00:29:56.799 --> 00:29:57.720
 this

00:29:57.720 --> 00:29:57.899
 was

00:29:57.899 --> 00:29:58.220
 no

00:29:58.220 --> 00:29:58.799
 small

00:29:58.799 --> 00:29:59.259
 act

00:29:59.259 --> 00:29:59.440
 of

00:29:59.440 --> 00:29:59.920
 kindness

00:29:59.920 --> 00:30:00.480
 this

00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:00.779
 for

00:30:00.779 --> 00:30:00.980
 her

00:30:00.980 --> 00:30:01.220
 was

00:30:01.220 --> 00:30:01.940
 costly

00:30:01.940 --> 00:30:02.559
 worship

00:30:02.559 --> 00:30:04.720
 to

00:30:04.720 --> 00:30:05.119
 lay

00:30:05.119 --> 00:30:05.339
 down

00:30:05.339 --> 00:30:05.440
 at

00:30:05.440 --> 00:30:05.539
 the

00:30:05.539 --> 00:30:05.680
 feet

00:30:05.680 --> 00:30:05.819
 of

00:30:05.819 --> 00:30:06.119
 Jesus

00:30:06.119 --> 00:30:06.420
 to

00:30:06.420 --> 00:30:06.720
 pour

00:30:06.720 --> 00:30:07.000
 out

00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:07.420
 her

00:30:07.420 --> 00:30:08.019
 perfume

00:30:08.019 --> 00:30:08.220
 to

00:30:08.220 --> 00:30:08.460
 let

00:30:08.460 --> 00:30:08.799
 down

00:30:08.799 --> 00:30:09.059
 her

00:30:09.059 --> 00:30:09.500
 hair

00:30:09.500 --> 00:30:11.019
 she

00:30:11.019 --> 00:30:11.539
 risked

00:30:11.539 --> 00:30:11.899
 many

00:30:11.899 --> 00:30:12.440
 things

00:30:12.440 --> 00:30:12.639
 in

00:30:12.639 --> 00:30:12.799
 this

00:30:12.799 --> 00:30:13.240
 story

00:30:13.240 --> 00:30:14.259
 I've

00:30:14.259 --> 00:30:14.500
 mentioned

00:30:14.500 --> 00:30:15.000
 shame

00:30:15.000 --> 00:30:15.379
 a number

00:30:15.379 --> 00:30:15.539
 of

00:30:15.539 --> 00:30:15.799
 times

00:30:15.799 --> 00:30:16.200
 already

00:30:16.200 --> 00:30:19.099
 she

00:30:19.099 --> 00:30:19.279
 was

00:30:19.279 --> 00:30:19.559
 willing

00:30:19.559 --> 00:30:19.940
 to lay

00:30:19.940 --> 00:30:20.119
 down

00:30:20.119 --> 00:30:20.259
 her

00:30:20.259 --> 00:30:20.500
 shame

00:30:20.500 --> 00:30:20.639
 at

00:30:20.639 --> 00:30:20.740
 the

00:30:20.740 --> 00:30:20.899
 feet

00:30:20.899 --> 00:30:21.039
 of

00:30:21.039 --> 00:30:21.440
 Jesus

00:30:21.440 --> 00:30:22.220
 she

00:30:22.220 --> 00:30:22.400
 was

00:30:22.400 --> 00:30:22.620
 willing

00:30:22.620 --> 00:30:22.799
 to

00:30:22.799 --> 00:30:23.059
 risk

00:30:23.059 --> 00:30:23.259
 her

00:30:23.259 --> 00:30:23.779
 reputation

00:30:23.779 --> 00:30:24.140
 she

00:30:24.140 --> 00:30:24.440
 knew

00:30:24.440 --> 00:30:24.720
 people

00:30:24.720 --> 00:30:25.000
 knew

00:30:25.000 --> 00:30:25.180
 who

00:30:25.180 --> 00:30:25.320
 she

00:30:25.320 --> 00:30:25.620
 was

00:30:25.620 --> 00:30:25.740
 and

00:30:25.740 --> 00:30:25.840
 she

00:30:25.840 --> 00:30:25.980
 was

00:30:25.980 --> 00:30:26.380
 willing

00:30:26.380 --> 00:30:26.660
 to

00:30:26.660 --> 00:30:26.960
 go

00:30:26.960 --> 00:30:27.720
 anyway

00:30:27.720 --> 00:30:30.660
 there

00:30:30.660 --> 00:30:30.779
 was

00:30:30.779 --> 00:30:30.940
 even

00:30:30.940 --> 00:30:31.080
 a

00:30:31.080 --> 00:30:31.440
 financial

00:30:31.440 --> 00:30:31.840
 risk

00:30:31.840 --> 00:30:32.100
 here

00:30:32.100 --> 00:30:32.460
 pouring

00:30:32.460 --> 00:30:32.680
 out

00:30:32.680 --> 00:30:32.900
 this

00:30:32.900 --> 00:30:33.519
 perfume

00:30:33.519 --> 00:30:35.840
 how

00:30:35.840 --> 00:30:36.019
 are

00:30:36.019 --> 00:30:36.160
 you

00:30:36.160 --> 00:30:36.820
 responding

00:30:36.820 --> 00:30:38.519
 to

00:30:38.519 --> 00:30:38.779
 what

00:30:38.779 --> 00:30:39.120
 Jesus

00:30:39.120 --> 00:30:39.440
 has

00:30:39.440 --> 00:30:39.779
 done

00:30:39.779 --> 00:30:40.460
 what

00:30:40.460 --> 00:30:40.620
 is

00:30:40.620 --> 00:30:40.759
 he

00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:41.220
 asking

00:30:41.220 --> 00:30:41.600
 you

00:30:41.600 --> 00:30:41.840
 to

00:30:41.840 --> 00:30:42.360
 risk

00:30:42.360 --> 00:30:42.920
 for

00:30:42.920 --> 00:30:43.200
 him

00:30:43.200 --> 00:30:43.380
 that

00:30:43.380 --> 00:30:43.519
 you

00:30:43.519 --> 00:30:43.660
 are

00:30:43.660 --> 00:30:44.019
 just

00:30:44.019 --> 00:30:44.680
 not

00:30:44.680 --> 00:30:45.440
 willing

00:30:45.440 --> 00:30:46.460
 it

00:30:46.460 --> 00:30:46.620
 could

00:30:46.620 --> 00:30:46.740
 be

00:30:46.740 --> 00:30:46.880
 a

00:30:46.880 --> 00:30:47.000
 lot

00:30:47.000 --> 00:30:47.080
 of

00:30:47.080 --> 00:30:47.180
 the

00:30:47.180 --> 00:30:47.360
 same

00:30:47.360 --> 00:30:47.680
 things

00:30:47.680 --> 00:30:47.900
 right

00:30:47.900 --> 00:30:50.500
 maybe

00:30:50.500 --> 00:30:50.700
 he's

00:30:50.700 --> 00:30:51.019
 asking

00:30:51.019 --> 00:30:51.440
 you

00:30:51.440 --> 00:30:51.859
 to lay

00:30:51.859 --> 00:30:52.059
 down

00:30:52.059 --> 00:30:52.339
 your

00:30:52.339 --> 00:30:52.859
 shame

00:30:52.859 --> 00:30:53.140
 too

00:30:53.140 --> 00:30:53.599
 to have

00:30:53.599 --> 00:30:53.859
 that

00:30:53.859 --> 00:30:54.279
 awfully

00:30:54.279 --> 00:30:54.640
 hard

00:30:54.640 --> 00:30:55.339
 conversation

00:30:55.339 --> 00:30:56.160
 about

00:30:56.160 --> 00:30:56.400
 those

00:30:56.400 --> 00:30:56.759
 things

00:30:56.759 --> 00:30:57.019
 that you

00:30:57.019 --> 00:30:57.400
 struggle

00:30:57.400 --> 00:30:57.660
 with

00:30:57.660 --> 00:30:58.019
 that no

00:30:58.019 --> 00:30:58.359
 one

00:30:58.359 --> 00:30:58.940
 you don't

00:30:58.940 --> 00:30:59.279
 want them

00:30:59.279 --> 00:30:59.779
 to know

00:30:59.779 --> 00:31:02.839
 could it be

00:31:02.839 --> 00:31:04.200
 risking your reputation

00:31:04.200 --> 00:31:05.059
 for the sake of

00:31:05.059 --> 00:31:05.940
 going somewhere

00:31:05.940 --> 00:31:07.119
 that would make you a little

00:31:07.119 --> 00:31:07.799
 uncomfortable

00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:10.460
 hanging out with people

00:31:10.460 --> 00:31:12.319
 that others would just

00:31:12.319 --> 00:31:12.819
 kind of

00:31:12.819 --> 00:31:15.460
 wonder what is he

00:31:15.460 --> 00:31:16.019
 doing

00:31:16.019 --> 00:31:18.859
 is it

00:31:18.859 --> 00:31:19.539
 being that

00:31:19.539 --> 00:31:20.099
 guy at

00:31:20.099 --> 00:31:20.440
 work

00:31:20.440 --> 00:31:20.700
 who

00:31:20.700 --> 00:31:21.119
 who

00:31:21.119 --> 00:31:21.740
 doesn't

00:31:21.740 --> 00:31:23.279
 come in

00:31:23.279 --> 00:31:23.559
 this

00:31:23.559 --> 00:31:24.039
 weekend

00:31:24.039 --> 00:31:27.740
 for the sake

00:31:27.740 --> 00:31:27.980
 of that

00:31:27.980 --> 00:31:28.400
 project

00:31:28.400 --> 00:31:28.839
 because you

00:31:28.839 --> 00:31:29.259
 have something

00:31:29.259 --> 00:31:29.759
 planned with

00:31:29.759 --> 00:31:30.160
 your family

00:31:30.160 --> 00:31:30.440
 I don't

00:31:30.440 --> 00:31:30.680
 know

00:31:30.680 --> 00:31:31.720
 what is

00:31:31.720 --> 00:31:31.920
 God

00:31:31.920 --> 00:31:32.359
 calling

00:31:32.359 --> 00:31:32.680
 you

00:31:32.680 --> 00:31:33.079
 to

00:31:33.079 --> 00:31:33.559
 risk

00:31:33.559 --> 00:31:37.039
 it may

00:31:37.039 --> 00:31:37.299
 be your

00:31:37.299 --> 00:31:37.779
 comforts

00:31:37.779 --> 00:31:38.000
 it may

00:31:38.000 --> 00:31:38.319
 be your

00:31:38.319 --> 00:31:38.639
 perfect

00:31:38.639 --> 00:31:39.039
 plan

00:31:39.039 --> 00:31:39.480
 it may

00:31:39.480 --> 00:31:39.900
 be even

00:31:39.900 --> 00:31:40.019
 a

00:31:40.019 --> 00:31:40.599
 relationship

00:31:40.599 --> 00:31:42.480
 but if

00:31:42.480 --> 00:31:42.819
 we don't

00:31:42.819 --> 00:31:43.339
 understand

00:31:43.339 --> 00:31:43.879
 our debt

00:31:43.879 --> 00:31:44.240
 before

00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:44.660
 God

00:31:44.660 --> 00:31:45.139
 then

00:31:45.139 --> 00:31:45.559
 risk

00:31:45.559 --> 00:31:46.000
 will sound

00:31:46.000 --> 00:31:46.299
 a lot

00:31:46.299 --> 00:31:46.500
 more

00:31:46.500 --> 00:31:46.720
 like

00:31:46.720 --> 00:31:47.139
 duty

00:31:47.139 --> 00:31:47.740
 than

00:31:47.740 --> 00:31:48.159
 delight

00:31:48.159 --> 00:31:52.980
 and so

00:31:52.980 --> 00:31:53.319
 the last

00:31:53.319 --> 00:31:53.460
 thing

00:31:53.460 --> 00:31:53.960
 is this

00:31:53.960 --> 00:31:55.079
 the last

00:31:55.079 --> 00:31:55.500
 question

00:31:55.500 --> 00:31:56.200
 do you

00:31:56.200 --> 00:31:56.599
 see this

00:31:56.599 --> 00:31:56.919
 woman

00:31:56.919 --> 00:31:59.759
 this is a

00:31:59.759 --> 00:31:59.980
 hard

00:31:59.980 --> 00:32:00.519
 question

00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:01.899
 for those

00:32:01.899 --> 00:32:02.419
 in the room

00:32:02.419 --> 00:32:02.799
 there

00:32:02.799 --> 00:32:03.059
 and it's

00:32:03.059 --> 00:32:03.339
 a hard

00:32:03.339 --> 00:32:03.720
 question

00:32:03.720 --> 00:32:04.159
 for me

00:32:04.159 --> 00:32:05.879
 do I

00:32:05.879 --> 00:32:06.399
 see the

00:32:06.399 --> 00:32:06.779
 kind of

00:32:06.779 --> 00:32:07.079
 people

00:32:07.079 --> 00:32:07.299
 that

00:32:07.299 --> 00:32:07.579
 Jesus

00:32:07.579 --> 00:32:08.139
 loves

00:32:08.139 --> 00:32:09.099
 I

00:32:09.099 --> 00:32:09.379
 think

00:32:09.379 --> 00:32:09.539
 the

00:32:09.539 --> 00:32:09.720
 kind

00:32:09.720 --> 00:32:09.839
 of

00:32:09.839 --> 00:32:10.039
 people

00:32:10.039 --> 00:32:10.379
 Jesus

00:32:10.379 --> 00:32:10.819
 loves

00:32:10.819 --> 00:32:11.159
 looks

00:32:11.159 --> 00:32:11.539
 a lot

00:32:11.539 --> 00:32:11.799
 like

00:32:11.799 --> 00:32:12.119
 me

00:32:12.119 --> 00:32:15.179
 they

00:32:15.180 --> 00:32:15.340
 look

00:32:15.340 --> 00:32:15.539
 very

00:32:15.539 --> 00:32:15.840
 nice

00:32:15.840 --> 00:32:15.980
 on

00:32:15.980 --> 00:32:16.180
 Sunday

00:32:16.180 --> 00:32:16.460
 mornings

00:32:16.460 --> 00:32:16.620
 you

00:32:16.620 --> 00:32:16.779
 all

00:32:16.779 --> 00:32:16.920
 look

00:32:16.920 --> 00:32:17.080
 very

00:32:17.080 --> 00:32:17.460
 nice

00:32:17.460 --> 00:32:18.620
 I'm

00:32:18.620 --> 00:32:18.759
 pretty

00:32:18.759 --> 00:32:18.880
 sure

00:32:18.880 --> 00:32:19.160
 half

00:32:19.160 --> 00:32:19.279
 of

00:32:19.279 --> 00:32:19.400
 you

00:32:19.400 --> 00:32:19.620
 guys

00:32:19.620 --> 00:32:19.700
 are

00:32:19.700 --> 00:32:19.799
 wearing

00:32:19.799 --> 00:32:19.900
 the

00:32:19.900 --> 00:32:20.060
 same

00:32:20.060 --> 00:32:20.240
 shirt

00:32:20.240 --> 00:32:20.400
 I'm

00:32:20.400 --> 00:32:20.560
 wearing

00:32:20.560 --> 00:32:22.880
 we shop

00:32:22.880 --> 00:32:23.080
 at the

00:32:23.080 --> 00:32:23.240
 same

00:32:23.240 --> 00:32:23.660
 places

00:32:23.660 --> 00:32:23.960
 we

00:32:23.960 --> 00:32:25.180
 we've

00:32:25.180 --> 00:32:25.420
 got our

00:32:25.420 --> 00:32:25.580
 act

00:32:25.580 --> 00:32:25.880
 together

00:32:25.880 --> 00:32:26.180
 right

00:32:26.180 --> 00:32:27.200
 do you

00:32:27.200 --> 00:32:27.560
 see the

00:32:27.560 --> 00:32:27.820
 kinds

00:32:27.820 --> 00:32:27.940
 of

00:32:27.940 --> 00:32:28.120
 people

00:32:28.120 --> 00:32:28.299
 that

00:32:28.299 --> 00:32:28.560
 Jesus

00:32:28.560 --> 00:32:29.000
 loves

00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:32.619
 this

00:32:32.619 --> 00:32:33.500
 community

00:32:33.500 --> 00:32:33.779
 is

00:32:33.779 --> 00:32:34.259
 filled

00:32:34.259 --> 00:32:35.460
 with

00:32:35.460 --> 00:32:35.559
 the

00:32:35.559 --> 00:32:35.740
 type

00:32:35.740 --> 00:32:35.859
 of

00:32:35.859 --> 00:32:36.039
 people

00:32:36.039 --> 00:32:36.339
 Jesus

00:32:36.339 --> 00:32:36.720
 loves

00:32:36.720 --> 00:32:37.000
 even

00:32:37.000 --> 00:32:37.299
 this

00:32:37.299 --> 00:32:37.859
 church

00:32:37.859 --> 00:32:38.339
 is

00:32:38.339 --> 00:32:38.579
 filled

00:32:38.579 --> 00:32:38.759
 with

00:32:38.759 --> 00:32:38.839
 the

00:32:38.839 --> 00:32:39.059
 type

00:32:39.059 --> 00:32:39.220
 of

00:32:39.220 --> 00:32:39.480
 people

00:32:39.480 --> 00:32:39.759
 Jesus

00:32:39.759 --> 00:32:40.019
 loves

00:32:40.019 --> 00:32:40.380
 do you

00:32:40.380 --> 00:32:40.859
 love

00:32:40.859 --> 00:32:41.940
 the

00:32:41.940 --> 00:32:42.119
 kind

00:32:42.119 --> 00:32:42.220
 of

00:32:42.220 --> 00:32:42.440
 people

00:32:42.440 --> 00:32:42.619
 that

00:32:42.619 --> 00:32:42.880
 Jesus

00:32:42.880 --> 00:32:43.359
 loves

00:32:43.359 --> 00:32:45.160
 does

00:32:45.160 --> 00:32:45.339
 your

00:32:45.339 --> 00:32:45.680
 church

00:32:45.680 --> 00:32:45.880
 to

00:32:45.880 --> 00:32:46.519
 Southwood

00:32:46.519 --> 00:32:46.700
 I

00:32:46.700 --> 00:32:47.079
 love

00:32:47.079 --> 00:32:47.279
 the

00:32:47.279 --> 00:32:47.720
 many

00:32:47.720 --> 00:32:48.119
 ministry

00:32:48.119 --> 00:32:48.660
 partners

00:32:48.660 --> 00:32:48.920
 that

00:32:48.920 --> 00:32:49.099
 y'all

00:32:49.099 --> 00:32:49.539
 have

00:32:49.539 --> 00:32:49.720
 are

00:32:49.720 --> 00:32:49.940
 you

00:32:49.940 --> 00:32:50.319
 looking

00:32:50.319 --> 00:32:50.519
 for

00:32:50.519 --> 00:32:51.039
 opportunities

00:32:51.039 --> 00:32:51.420
 to

00:32:51.420 --> 00:32:52.000
 serve

00:32:52.000 --> 00:32:53.140
 with

00:32:53.140 --> 00:32:53.339
 some

00:32:53.339 --> 00:32:53.440
 of

00:32:53.440 --> 00:32:53.599
 these

00:32:53.599 --> 00:32:54.119
 partnerships

00:32:54.119 --> 00:32:54.599
 to

00:32:54.599 --> 00:32:54.900
 serve

00:32:54.900 --> 00:32:55.059
 the

00:32:55.059 --> 00:32:55.240
 kind

00:32:55.240 --> 00:32:55.339
 of

00:32:55.339 --> 00:32:55.579
 people

00:32:55.579 --> 00:32:55.759
 that

00:32:55.759 --> 00:32:56.019
 Jesus

00:32:56.019 --> 00:32:56.480
 loves

00:32:56.480 --> 00:32:57.079
 here's

00:32:57.079 --> 00:32:57.180
 the

00:32:57.180 --> 00:32:57.420
 thing

00:32:57.420 --> 00:32:59.360
 the

00:32:59.360 --> 00:32:59.779
 danger

00:32:59.779 --> 00:32:59.960
 in

00:32:59.960 --> 00:33:00.080
 that

00:33:00.080 --> 00:33:00.360
 whole

00:33:00.360 --> 00:33:00.700
 statement

00:33:00.700 --> 00:33:00.860
 that

00:33:00.860 --> 00:33:00.940
 I

00:33:00.940 --> 00:33:01.120
 just

00:33:01.120 --> 00:33:01.560
 described

00:33:01.560 --> 00:33:01.779
 is

00:33:01.779 --> 00:33:02.000
 now

00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:02.259
 we

00:33:02.259 --> 00:33:02.620
 think

00:33:02.620 --> 00:33:02.800
 that

00:33:02.800 --> 00:33:03.019
 we

00:33:03.019 --> 00:33:03.320
 are

00:33:03.320 --> 00:33:03.560
 the

00:33:03.560 --> 00:33:03.840
 better

00:33:03.840 --> 00:33:04.200
 people

00:33:04.200 --> 00:33:04.380
 and

00:33:04.380 --> 00:33:04.519
 we

00:33:04.519 --> 00:33:04.660
 can

00:33:04.660 --> 00:33:04.840
 go

00:33:04.840 --> 00:33:05.060
 down

00:33:05.060 --> 00:33:05.200
 to

00:33:05.200 --> 00:33:05.420
 those

00:33:05.420 --> 00:33:05.800
 people

00:33:05.800 --> 00:33:06.680
 who

00:33:06.680 --> 00:33:07.000
 Jesus

00:33:07.000 --> 00:33:07.360
 also

00:33:07.360 --> 00:33:07.759
 loves

00:33:07.759 --> 00:33:08.580
 you

00:33:08.580 --> 00:33:08.640
 know

00:33:08.640 --> 00:33:08.779
 we

00:33:08.779 --> 00:33:08.940
 can

00:33:08.940 --> 00:33:09.580
 condescend

00:33:09.580 --> 00:33:09.740
 to

00:33:09.740 --> 00:33:09.900
 them

00:33:09.900 --> 00:33:10.039
 if

00:33:10.039 --> 00:33:10.160
 we

00:33:10.160 --> 00:33:10.400
 really

00:33:10.400 --> 00:33:10.640
 need

00:33:10.640 --> 00:33:10.800
 to

00:33:10.800 --> 00:33:10.940
 and

00:33:10.940 --> 00:33:11.080
 feel

00:33:11.080 --> 00:33:11.340
 better

00:33:11.340 --> 00:33:11.560
 about

00:33:11.560 --> 00:33:11.940
 ourselves

00:33:11.940 --> 00:33:12.560
 I

00:33:12.560 --> 00:33:12.720
 think

00:33:12.720 --> 00:33:12.860
 the

00:33:12.860 --> 00:33:13.180
 reverse

00:33:13.180 --> 00:33:13.400
 is

00:33:13.400 --> 00:33:13.620
 true

00:33:13.620 --> 00:33:13.840
 I

00:33:13.840 --> 00:33:14.039
 think

00:33:14.039 --> 00:33:14.320
 until

00:33:14.320 --> 00:33:14.500
 we

00:33:14.500 --> 00:33:14.800
 start

00:33:14.800 --> 00:33:14.980
 to

00:33:14.980 --> 00:33:15.220
 see

00:33:15.220 --> 00:33:15.400
 that

00:33:15.400 --> 00:33:15.680
 we

00:33:15.680 --> 00:33:16.000
 are

00:33:16.000 --> 00:33:16.180
 the

00:33:16.180 --> 00:33:16.500
 kinds

00:33:16.500 --> 00:33:16.680
 of

00:33:16.680 --> 00:33:17.019
 people

00:33:17.019 --> 00:33:17.539
 that

00:33:17.539 --> 00:33:17.820
 Jesus

00:33:17.820 --> 00:33:18.360
 loves

00:33:18.360 --> 00:33:18.820
 the

00:33:18.819 --> 00:33:19.939
 prostitute

00:33:19.939 --> 00:33:21.000
 the

00:33:21.000 --> 00:33:21.500
 shame

00:33:21.500 --> 00:33:21.779
 the

00:33:21.779 --> 00:33:22.240
 fear

00:33:22.240 --> 00:33:22.559
 the

00:33:22.559 --> 00:33:23.099
 anxiety

00:33:23.099 --> 00:33:23.519
 until

00:33:23.519 --> 00:33:23.659
 we

00:33:23.659 --> 00:33:23.819
 start

00:33:23.819 --> 00:33:23.939
 to

00:33:23.939 --> 00:33:24.099
 see

00:33:24.099 --> 00:33:24.399
 ourselves

00:33:24.399 --> 00:33:24.579
 as

00:33:24.579 --> 00:33:24.740
 the

00:33:24.740 --> 00:33:25.099
 center

00:33:25.099 --> 00:33:25.259
 in

00:33:25.259 --> 00:33:25.359
 the

00:33:25.359 --> 00:33:25.720
 passage

00:33:25.720 --> 00:33:26.019
 we

00:33:26.019 --> 00:33:26.179
 will

00:33:26.179 --> 00:33:26.519
 never

00:33:26.519 --> 00:33:26.799
 begin

00:33:26.799 --> 00:33:26.939
 to

00:33:26.939 --> 00:33:27.139
 love

00:33:27.139 --> 00:33:27.299
 like

00:33:27.299 --> 00:33:27.539
 Jesus

00:33:27.539 --> 00:33:27.799
 loves

00:33:27.799 --> 00:33:28.000
 until

00:33:28.000 --> 00:33:28.119
 we

00:33:28.119 --> 00:33:28.179
 have

00:33:28.179 --> 00:33:28.460
 understood

00:33:28.460 --> 00:33:28.659
 that

00:33:28.659 --> 00:33:28.859
 we

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 have

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 been

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 the

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 one

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 that

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 it

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 cost

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 him

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 his

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 life

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 to

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 love

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 we

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 will

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 never

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 begin

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 to

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 love

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 anything

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 close

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 to

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 what

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 Jesus

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 loves

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 there's

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 two

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 types

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 of

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 people

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 in

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 the

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 passage

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 there's

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 probably

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 two

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 types

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 of

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 people

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 in

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 do

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 you

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 see

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 this

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 woman

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 who

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 is

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 this

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 man

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 I

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 pray

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 that

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 we

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 would

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 come

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 to

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 know

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 him

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 as

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 he

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 presents

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 himself

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 here

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 let's

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 pray

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 Jesus

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 your

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 words

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 are

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 troubling

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 because

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 I

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 so

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 identify

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 with

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 the

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 one

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 who's

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 uncomfortable

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 in

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 the

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 room

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 because

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 there's

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 someone

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 who

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 enters

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 it

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 rather

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 than

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 the

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 one

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 laying

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 down

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 crying

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 our

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 only

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 hope

00:34:23.019 --> 00:34:24.759
 for

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 debt

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 cancellation

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 is

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 to

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 rest

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 Jesus

00:34:28.139 --> 00:34:28.500
 in

00:34:28.500 --> 00:34:28.619
 the

00:34:28.619 --> 00:34:28.839
 work

00:34:28.839 --> 00:34:29.000
 that

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 you

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 did

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 on

00:34:29.460 --> 00:34:29.599
 the

00:34:29.599 --> 00:34:29.980
 cross

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 to

00:34:30.219 --> 00:34:30.519
 cancel

00:34:30.519 --> 00:34:30.759
 our

00:34:30.759 --> 00:34:30.940
 debt

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 forever

00:34:31.319 --> 00:34:33.079
 and

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 our

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 only

00:34:33.480 --> 00:34:33.779
 hope

00:34:33.779 --> 00:34:33.920
 to

00:34:33.920 --> 00:34:34.299
 continue

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 to

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 see

00:34:34.739 --> 00:34:35.420
 ourselves

00:34:35.420 --> 00:34:40.259
 as

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 broken

00:34:41.179 --> 00:34:41.699
 and

00:34:41.699 --> 00:34:42.480
 in

00:34:42.480 --> 00:34:42.719
 great

00:34:42.719 --> 00:34:43.179
 need

00:34:43.179 --> 00:34:43.380
 of

00:34:43.380 --> 00:34:43.739
 forgiveness

00:34:43.739 --> 00:34:44.639
 is

00:34:44.639 --> 00:34:44.819
 by

00:34:44.819 --> 00:34:45.019
 your

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 spirit

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 so

00:34:45.579 --> 00:34:45.699
 I

00:34:45.699 --> 00:34:45.920
 pray

00:34:45.920 --> 00:34:46.079
 that

00:34:46.079 --> 00:34:46.199
 you

00:34:46.199 --> 00:34:46.360
 would

00:34:46.360 --> 00:34:46.519
 do

00:34:46.519 --> 00:34:46.739
 that

00:34:46.739 --> 00:34:46.859
 in

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 our

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 hearts

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 this

00:34:47.579 --> 00:34:47.919
 week

00:34:47.919 --> 00:34:48.479
 show

00:34:48.479 --> 00:34:48.719
 us

00:34:48.719 --> 00:34:48.899
 our

00:34:48.899 --> 00:34:49.259
 sin

00:34:49.259 --> 00:34:49.559
 lead

00:34:49.559 --> 00:34:49.759
 us

00:34:49.759 --> 00:34:49.959
 to

00:34:49.959 --> 00:34:50.479
 Christ

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 over

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 and

00:34:51.119 --> 00:34:51.279
 over

00:34:51.279 --> 00:34:51.500
 again

00:34:51.500 --> 00:34:51.699
 Holy

00:34:51.699 --> 00:34:52.039
 Spirit

00:34:52.039 --> 00:34:52.219
 we

00:34:52.219 --> 00:34:52.559
 ask

00:34:52.559 --> 00:34:53.959
 humbly

00:34:53.959 --> 00:34:54.299
 in

00:34:54.299 --> 00:34:54.539
 Jesus

00:34:54.539 --> 00:34:55.000
 name

00:34:55.000 --> 00:34:55.639
 Amen

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