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 I thought it was really important, am I on? Yes.

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 For us to spend a little bit of time reflecting on evangelism and mission.

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 I read this week that this, what's the difference between mission and evangelism?

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 Some person suggested evangelism is when you tell people within your own culture about Jesus,

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 and mission is when you do it cross-culturally.

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 Anyway, something for you to think about.

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 And so three weeks on evangelism, and I thought, great, you know, the church and us,

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 we really need to reflect on this subject.

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 And I'm solely responsible for picking the passages for last week and this week.

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 And last week's passage was not at all what I was thinking,

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 which was quite distressing when you start preparing a sermon.

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 I thought, I want to say this, but the Bible says this.

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 And I came across the same problem this week with this short story.

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 And there are three problems.

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 One is, what's this got to do with evangelism?

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 I mean, at least last week's sermon, there's some explicit reference to a mission.

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 There's no Matthew 28, you know, authority on heaven and earth.

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 There's no, you know, none of that.

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 And I thought, how do I...

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 First problem.

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 Second problem is, we're so familiar with this story, you know.

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 And looking at a familiar story is like hearing a familiar joke.

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 And everybody knows the punchline.

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 And I spend 20 minutes telling you a joke that you already know.

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 So, how do I...

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 You know, is it familiar?

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 And how do we...

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 What does it mean for us?

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 So, that's my second problem.

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 The third problem is, when I spend a little bit more time looking at this passage,

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 I kind of found that it's not what it seems.

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 And I want to take you through this.

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 Hopefully, it makes sense.

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 And hopefully, I'm being faithful to what the Bible says.

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 So, it's not really what it seems.

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 And I think it does have something to say about evangelism.

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 And we need God to help us.

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 So, will you join me in praying to God and ask that he might help us to listen to him?

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 Great God and Heavenly Father, we praise you that even though words that have been written so long

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 and so familiar to us can come alive in ways that we would never expect,

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 help us not to presume on your word.

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 And we pray, Father, that tonight you might speak again to us by your Spirit,

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 stir our hearts, lift our eyes and move us into the world.

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 And we pray this in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 The story is fairly familiar to us.

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 It's a story about a smart Alec lawyer.

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 And there is no other type.

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 Trying to trap Jesus with his cleverness and learning.

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 And Jesus, the real hero of the story, kind of turns the situation around,

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 outsmiles the guy by a story.

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 You notice Jesus tells a story, an earthy story with a twist.

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 You know, parables are often stories with twists.

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 And this parable has a twist.

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 The twists come in the form of the hero of this parable.

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 It is an unlikely hero because it's a Samaritan.

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 Again, we kind of missed it.

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 And I'm sure that you have heard this explained to you.

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 The Jews hate the Samaritans, you know, with a vengeance.

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 And so the whole being the hero thing was just unexpected for them,

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 but familiar to us.

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 And as I was telling this morning's congregation,

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 I was struggling to think the type of hatred, you know,

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 the Smiths know what I'm talking about.

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 You know, swan supporters.

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 West Coast would be the Samaritans.

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 The dirty, no good, parasitic, you know,

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 they should be destroyed from the face of the earth.

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 I get you, but nobody else.

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 Maybe people who are from Sydney, you know.

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 Sydney would be like the Jews.

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 People living in Melbourne, they're like the Samaritans.

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 You know, just, they wish they've got, well,

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 they don't even have a harbour.

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 What do they have?

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 A brown river.

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 But, you know, it's not quite,

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 and this morning I thought maybe it's like the JWs.

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 It doesn't really quite capture it.

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 And I was thinking this afternoon,

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 I think it's more like this story was told

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 and the hero of the story is Richard Dawkins.

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 Right?

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 Or a Muslim.

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 Okay?

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 A Christian audience.

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 The first two guys are good Christian folks

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 and they turn out to be bad.

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 And then there's this guy that you kind of think,

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 I can't stand, can't possibly be good.

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 And Jesus says, that's the hero of the story.

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 Shock, horror.

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 But it still really doesn't answer the question.

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 What's the point?

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 You know, is it saying that we ought to be like this guy?

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 I mean, after all, this is what Jesus says in verse 37.

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 Go and do likewise.

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 Be the Samaritan.

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 You know, look after,

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 look out for the needy and the marginalised in society.

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 Is that the point that Jesus is trying to make?

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 But as I said before,

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 if you dig a little bit deeper

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 and read it in the context of what's before and what's after,

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 I want to suggest to you,

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 there's only a lot more to it than first appears.

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 Well, firstly,

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 the parable comes in the context of a conversation

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 with an antagonist.

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 The antagonist we introduce in verse 25

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 as an expert in a law.

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 Presumably a wise and learned

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 and spiritual and respected person.

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 But an antagonist, nonetheless,

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 is obvious to us as the reader

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 because we have an insight into his motives

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 as opposed to the people present in our conversation.

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 We are told by Luke in verse 25

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 that he's come to Jesus to test him.

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 I don't get a real sense

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 that this guy is a genuine spiritual seeker.

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 You know, he's come to Jesus

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 to not so much put him in his place,

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 but perhaps to reveal Jesus for who he really is.

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 Some sort of peasant,

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 popularist,

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 uneducated,

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 not a really spiritual person.

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 To test Jesus,

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 you know,

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 to see really what,

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 you know,

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 the true shallowness

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 of Jesus' spirituality.

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 I think that's what he's come to do.

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 And in verse 29,

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 we saw that he's a guy

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 who wants to justify himself,

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 and we'll come back to this point

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 a little bit later.

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 Our scene starts with a question.

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 What is that question?

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 Have a look

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 if you've got the Bible in front of you?

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 The guy comes to Jesus,

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 and he says,

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 teacher,

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 very respectful,

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 you know,

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 flatter him.

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 And there's a question,

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 you know,

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 what must I do

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 to inherit eternal life?

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 Very familiar passage.

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 Very familiar question.

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 It comes to us

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 in other contexts

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 with a rich young man.

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 A very odd question

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 when you think about it.

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 Let me read that question

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 to you again

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 with my emphasis.

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 What must I do

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 to inherit eternal life?

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 Okay?

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 Don't bring in Luther

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 and the whole justification

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 by faith debate,

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 but just on the terms

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 of the question itself,

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 doing and inheriting,

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 what philosophers would call

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 a category error.

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 You know,

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 like what color is Monday?

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 There are different categories

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 of things.

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 Doing

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 and inheriting

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 belong to different boxes,

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 and you don't normally

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 put them together,

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 except when you want

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 to manipulate your kids.

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 Imagine if you're a parent

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 or a young one,

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 speaking like this

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 to your parents,

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 I've been good.

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 You know,

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 I worked hard at school.

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 I don't bum around

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 like my brother does.

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 And I'm most likely

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 not going to put you

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 in a nursing home.

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 But I am concerned

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 about how many

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 overseas trips

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 you're taking.

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 Because you are

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 squandering

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 my inheritance.

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 And while I'm

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 at it,

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 because I've been

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 so good

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 and my brother

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 suck,

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 do feel free

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 to leave him

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 out of your will.

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 Of course,

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 being nice people,

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 we don't say that

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 to our parents.

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 But if you were

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 a parent,

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 you might gently

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 remind your dear son

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 that it's not

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 his money.

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 And it may never

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 be his money.

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 It is your money

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 to squander,

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 to spend,

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 to allocate,

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 to give.

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 It is

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 the nature

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 of an inheritance.

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 You cannot be

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 a good son

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 and expect

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 to have an inheritance.

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 An inheritance,

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 by definition,

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 is a gift.

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 If it is no longer

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 a gift,

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 it's not an inheritance,

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 it's something else.

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 You've earned it.

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 It's a wage.

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 It's a salary.

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 You cannot,

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 by definition,

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 do anything

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 to inherit

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 a gift.

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 A first curious thing

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 is a curious

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 confusion,

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 a category

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 in the mind

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 of this expert

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 of the law.

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 Jesus,

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 just in case

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 you

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 confuse

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 his endorsement,

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 you will note

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 that doesn't

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 sort of respond

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 by saying,

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 well, okay,

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 you know,

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 fair question.

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 Here's the ten steps

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 to heaven.

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 Step one,

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 you need to join

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 a good church.

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 Step two,

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 you've got to start

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 reading your Bible.

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 No,

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 he doesn't

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 endorse the question.

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 He simply

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 asks a question

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 in response

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 to the question.

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 Verse 26,

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 what does the law

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 say?

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 By that,

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 he meant

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 the Torah,

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 what the Jews

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 would call

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 the Old Testament.

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 What does the Old Testament,

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 what does the Bible say?

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 When you read it,

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 what do you understand

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 is the basis

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 on which

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 you can

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 inherit

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 eternal life?

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 And we see

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 the answer

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 by the man

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 in verse 27,

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 and it's a fairly

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 standard answer

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 of the spiritual

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 people of the day.

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 You know,

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 if you ask

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 a person

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 what a Christian

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 is today,

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 you might get

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 two ways to live

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 or bridge to life.

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 This is the equivalent.

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 You know,

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 what does the Bible

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 teach you

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 about eternal life?

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 And the guy says,

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 well,

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 two things,

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 perfect love for God,

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 you know,

00:12:17.039 --> 00:12:17.679
 love God

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 with everything

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 that you have,

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 all your heart,

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 all your soul,

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 all your mind,

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 all your affections,

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 and love people,

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 love your neighbor

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 as yourself.

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 Perfect love

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 for people around you.

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 So love God,

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 love people.

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 Great answer.

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 Doesn't fault it.

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 Jesus doesn't do that

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 in verse 28.

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 He endorses

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 the answer,

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 not the question.

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 And we'll come back

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 to that answer

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 at the end

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 in the conclusion.

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 But not so great

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 a response

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 from the lawyer,

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 verse 29.

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 We are told

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 that he wanted

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 to justify himself

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 and we're not really

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 quite told

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 what that means.

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 Maybe there's

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 a bit of a crowd

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 and,

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 you know,

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 he's asked this question

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 and Jesus kind of said,

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 well,

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 you know the answer,

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 you tell me.

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 And he looks like

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 an idiot,

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 so he has to kind of say,

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 well,

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 well,

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 I'm not a idiot.

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 That was a really

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 legitimate question.

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 Maybe that's what

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 he was doing.

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 Maybe,

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 I don't know.

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 Maybe he wanted

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 to tell himself,

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 convince himself

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 that he's

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 on the right track.

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 You know,

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 to get,

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 he kind of assumes

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 that he has

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 eternal life,

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 he's done enough

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 to inherit

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 eternal life

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 and he wanted

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 Jesus to endorse

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 that.

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 Maybe that's the thing,

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 like justify himself.

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 But make a general

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 observation.

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 Any lawyers in the house?

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 Judy?

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 Thank you.

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 Any other lawyers?

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 Okay,

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 good.

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 Sorry,

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 I'm going to apologise.

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 I'm going to seek

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 forgiveness

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 before,

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 but,

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 you know,

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 when you go to a lawyer

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 and ask them a question,

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 sorry,

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 I was a lawyer.

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 I love them.

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 My best friend

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 is still a lawyer.

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 Not a son of a lawyer,

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 no,

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 but,

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 but I think,

00:14:03.059 --> 00:14:03.219
 you know,

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 lawyers,

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 they kind of reflect

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 more us than them,

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 but when you go to a lawyer

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 to ask a question

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 about law,

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 what are you seeking to do?

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 You know,

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 for those of you

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 young ones,

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 you know,

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 one day you're going to

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 finish uni

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 and you're going to

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 have this great job

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 and you're going to have

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 squillions of dollars

00:14:19.759 --> 00:14:21.039
 as pay

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 and,

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 and,

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 and that's right,

00:14:23.679 --> 00:14:24.239
 that's right.

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 Education department,

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 that's right.

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 And,

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 and you're going to go

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 to a big firm,

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 an accounting firm

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 or a law firm

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 and you're going to see

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 the top charging partner

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 and it will invariably be

00:14:37.759 --> 00:14:38.960
 the tax partner

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 and you ask the tax partner,

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 I want to know about tax law.

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 Now,

00:14:44.780 --> 00:14:45.360
 why is that?

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 Is it because

00:14:48.020 --> 00:14:50.000
 you want to pay more tax?

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 You want to find out

00:14:52.520 --> 00:14:53.040
 about the law

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 so that you pay more tax

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 or fair share of the tax?

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 No.

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 When you see a tax lawyer

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 it's because you

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 don't want to pay tax.

00:15:02.899 --> 00:15:03.119
 Right?

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 Sorry,

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 Katrina,

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 you're a lawyer.

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 I'm sorry to you as well.

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 You know,

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 when,

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 when you go to a lawyer

00:15:16.000 --> 00:15:17.779
 they're not really interested

00:15:17.779 --> 00:15:19.299
 in upholding the law.

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 Really,

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 even though we took an oath

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 to do that,

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 what are you,

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 what are you really seeking

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 to do as a lawyer

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 in finding out

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 what the law says

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 is to actually avoid the law.

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 That's what lawyers,

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 and,

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 and,

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 and this is what

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 I think this guy's doing

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 in justifying himself,

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 whatever that might mean.

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 So,

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 the law is

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 love my neighbor.

00:15:41.259 --> 00:15:41.620
 Okay,

00:15:41.879 --> 00:15:42.240
 let's,

00:15:42.320 --> 00:15:43.660
 let's have some definitions

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 because I'm not so sure

00:15:45.200 --> 00:15:46.259
 about

00:15:46.259 --> 00:15:48.000
 neighbor.

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 That's a very interesting word,

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 isn't it?

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 Yeah,

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 I want to know about

00:15:50.980 --> 00:15:51.680
 the boundaries,

00:15:52.879 --> 00:15:53.060
 you know,

00:15:53.100 --> 00:15:54.160
 the semantic range

00:15:54.159 --> 00:15:54.779
 of the word.

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 I want to know

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 what the limits are.

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 I want to,

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 particularly,

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 I want to know

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 what the exceptions are

00:15:59.079 --> 00:16:00.459
 to this love

00:16:00.459 --> 00:16:01.379
 the neighbor law.

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 You tell me,

00:16:02.100 --> 00:16:02.319
 Jesus.

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 Because,

00:16:04.179 --> 00:16:04.339
 of course,

00:16:04.439 --> 00:16:04.899
 after all,

00:16:05.120 --> 00:16:06.019
 that's the only way

00:16:06.019 --> 00:16:07.360
 to keep the law

00:16:07.360 --> 00:16:08.819
 is to find those exceptions.

00:16:10.259 --> 00:16:10.659
 Well,

00:16:11.059 --> 00:16:12.059
 it is in this context

00:16:12.059 --> 00:16:13.319
 that Jesus told

00:16:13.319 --> 00:16:14.179
 the story

00:16:14.179 --> 00:16:16.179
 of the good Samaritan.

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 And like every good joke,

00:16:18.600 --> 00:16:19.519
 it comes in three.

00:16:20.319 --> 00:16:21.620
 There's a victim of crime.

00:16:21.740 --> 00:16:22.840
 The guy is traveling

00:16:22.840 --> 00:16:24.539
 from Jerusalem

00:16:24.539 --> 00:16:25.460
 down south

00:16:25.460 --> 00:16:26.299
 to Jericho.

00:16:27.220 --> 00:16:28.259
 He's in the wilderness.

00:16:28.559 --> 00:16:29.460
 There's this road,

00:16:29.799 --> 00:16:30.759
 easy picking

00:16:30.759 --> 00:16:31.600
 for thugs

00:16:31.600 --> 00:16:32.480
 and stuff like that.

00:16:32.860 --> 00:16:33.399
 And sure enough,

00:16:33.460 --> 00:16:33.620
 you know,

00:16:33.679 --> 00:16:34.819
 if he's telling this story,

00:16:34.939 --> 00:16:35.340
 everyone will go,

00:16:35.399 --> 00:16:35.740
 oh yeah,

00:16:36.439 --> 00:16:36.639
 yeah,

00:16:36.720 --> 00:16:36.799
 yeah,

00:16:36.799 --> 00:16:37.240
 that road.

00:16:37.500 --> 00:16:37.840
 Oh yeah,

00:16:37.919 --> 00:16:38.100
 yeah.

00:16:38.480 --> 00:16:39.240
 He got mugged.

00:16:39.840 --> 00:16:39.960
 Yeah,

00:16:40.000 --> 00:16:40.899
 his phone got taken.

00:16:41.419 --> 00:16:41.579
 Yeah.

00:16:42.879 --> 00:16:44.179
 And his shoes.

00:16:45.379 --> 00:16:46.399
 But he's sort of

00:16:46.399 --> 00:16:47.659
 beaten senseless.

00:16:47.659 --> 00:16:49.139
 He's left without his shoes

00:16:49.139 --> 00:16:50.219
 and he's unconscious.

00:16:51.319 --> 00:16:52.480
 And three guys

00:16:52.480 --> 00:16:53.639
 sort of went by.

00:16:54.159 --> 00:16:55.699
 The two obvious

00:16:55.699 --> 00:16:56.620
 sort of characters,

00:16:57.500 --> 00:16:59.059
 religious type people.

00:16:59.279 --> 00:17:01.100
 There's a priest

00:17:01.100 --> 00:17:04.240
 and a Levite.

00:17:04.879 --> 00:17:05.980
 And what is clear

00:17:05.980 --> 00:17:07.119
 is that they didn't help.

00:17:09.039 --> 00:17:09.799
 They didn't,

00:17:10.200 --> 00:17:10.940
 they so much

00:17:10.940 --> 00:17:11.960
 didn't want to help

00:17:11.960 --> 00:17:12.420
 that they actually

00:17:12.420 --> 00:17:13.319
 crossed the road

00:17:13.319 --> 00:17:14.759
 so that they didn't

00:17:14.759 --> 00:17:15.940
 have to help this guy.

00:17:17.240 --> 00:17:17.420
 Right?

00:17:17.420 --> 00:17:18.880
 And we don't know

00:17:18.880 --> 00:17:19.660
 the reason,

00:17:19.900 --> 00:17:20.400
 speculative,

00:17:21.400 --> 00:17:24.600
 obvious,

00:17:25.120 --> 00:17:25.480
 you know,

00:17:25.620 --> 00:17:27.539
 if you see

00:17:27.539 --> 00:17:28.240
 a person

00:17:28.240 --> 00:17:29.920
 who's just been mugged

00:17:29.920 --> 00:17:31.960
 and you stop

00:17:31.960 --> 00:17:32.740
 and help,

00:17:33.700 --> 00:17:34.400
 the thought might

00:17:34.400 --> 00:17:35.680
 go through your mind,

00:17:36.320 --> 00:17:37.539
 you might be nixed,

00:17:38.420 --> 00:17:38.700
 you know,

00:17:38.820 --> 00:17:39.860
 the thugs

00:17:39.860 --> 00:17:40.800
 might still be around,

00:17:40.920 --> 00:17:42.060
 your phone might be taken,

00:17:42.180 --> 00:17:42.600
 so maybe

00:17:42.600 --> 00:17:43.560
 it's better

00:17:43.560 --> 00:17:44.539
 to keep going

00:17:44.539 --> 00:17:45.640
 and just call the cops

00:17:45.640 --> 00:17:46.440
 on your way.

00:17:46.440 --> 00:17:47.680
 Maybe that's what

00:17:47.680 --> 00:17:48.299
 they were doing.

00:17:48.400 --> 00:17:49.019
 They were going

00:17:49.019 --> 00:17:49.820
 to Jericho

00:17:49.820 --> 00:17:50.940
 to call the cops.

00:17:53.220 --> 00:17:53.660
 Maybe,

00:17:53.860 --> 00:17:54.500
 more likely,

00:17:54.820 --> 00:17:55.860
 there's a fear

00:17:55.860 --> 00:17:56.680
 of defilement

00:17:56.680 --> 00:17:58.080
 and contamination.

00:17:59.140 --> 00:17:59.539
 They were,

00:18:00.240 --> 00:18:00.380
 see,

00:18:00.420 --> 00:18:01.180
 we don't get it

00:18:01.180 --> 00:18:03.000
 because this isn't a temple

00:18:03.000 --> 00:18:04.180
 and I'm not a priest.

00:18:05.240 --> 00:18:05.420
 Right?

00:18:05.980 --> 00:18:07.320
 In the old

00:18:07.320 --> 00:18:09.180
 sacrificial system,

00:18:09.519 --> 00:18:10.700
 the whole world

00:18:10.700 --> 00:18:11.900
 is divided into

00:18:11.900 --> 00:18:13.000
 at least two categories,

00:18:13.220 --> 00:18:14.299
 clean and unclean,

00:18:14.299 --> 00:18:16.539
 and the two can't mix.

00:18:17.779 --> 00:18:18.659
 And a priest

00:18:18.659 --> 00:18:20.519
 is a clean person.

00:18:21.440 --> 00:18:22.399
 It's his job

00:18:22.399 --> 00:18:23.159
 to be clean.

00:18:24.359 --> 00:18:25.259
 And one of the things,

00:18:25.859 --> 00:18:27.879
 not hygienically clean,

00:18:27.960 --> 00:18:28.859
 ceremonially clean,

00:18:30.180 --> 00:18:30.859
 and one of the things

00:18:30.859 --> 00:18:32.079
 that defile you

00:18:32.079 --> 00:18:32.779
 as a priest

00:18:32.779 --> 00:18:33.460
 or as anyone

00:18:33.460 --> 00:18:34.539
 is if you touch

00:18:34.539 --> 00:18:35.379
 a dead thing.

00:18:35.380 --> 00:18:39.240
 if you come

00:18:39.240 --> 00:18:39.980
 into contact

00:18:39.980 --> 00:18:40.940
 or even within

00:18:40.940 --> 00:18:41.640
 the vicinity

00:18:41.640 --> 00:18:43.560
 of a dead body,

00:18:43.660 --> 00:18:44.660
 that makes you unclean.

00:18:46.280 --> 00:18:47.160
 And so for the priest,

00:18:47.240 --> 00:18:48.180
 and it's very clear

00:18:48.180 --> 00:18:49.080
 in the Old Testament

00:18:49.080 --> 00:18:50.540
 that you're not even

00:18:50.540 --> 00:18:51.560
 to go to the funeral

00:18:51.560 --> 00:18:52.740
 of your family member.

00:18:54.020 --> 00:18:55.440
 So imagine this priest.

00:18:55.820 --> 00:18:57.700
 It's part of their job.

00:18:58.360 --> 00:18:58.480
 You know,

00:18:58.540 --> 00:18:59.560
 their son could be dead

00:18:59.559 --> 00:19:01.159
 and they can't go

00:19:01.159 --> 00:19:02.599
 to the funeral.

00:19:03.200 --> 00:19:03.839
 So strict.

00:19:04.019 --> 00:19:04.419
 Because,

00:19:04.539 --> 00:19:04.980
 after all,

00:19:05.059 --> 00:19:06.059
 if they've been defiled,

00:19:06.240 --> 00:19:07.079
 no longer a priest,

00:19:07.960 --> 00:19:09.419
 what use would they be

00:19:09.419 --> 00:19:10.119
 as a priest

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 for the people?

00:19:12.259 --> 00:19:12.700
 Understandable.

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 Or maybe,

00:19:15.200 --> 00:19:16.139
 like all of us,

00:19:16.599 --> 00:19:16.839
 you know,

00:19:16.899 --> 00:19:17.859
 they kind of focus

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 on what they have to do.

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 You know,

00:19:19.960 --> 00:19:20.859
 you're driving along,

00:19:21.039 --> 00:19:21.919
 you've got an appointment,

00:19:22.059 --> 00:19:22.639
 a lunch appointment,

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 you see someone break down,

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 and you think,

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 oh, you know,

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 I could stop,

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 but then I'll be late,

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 and that wouldn't be,

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 I'm sure somebody else,

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 you know,

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 who isn't on the way

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 to somewhere else

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 in a car driving somewhere,

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 they'll stop,

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 I'll just keep going

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 because I don't want

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 to be late.

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 Maybe these two guys,

00:19:39.680 --> 00:19:39.880
 you know,

00:19:40.180 --> 00:19:41.240
 we've got to go to Jerusalem,

00:19:41.440 --> 00:19:42.240
 important appointments.

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 We're not told,

00:19:45.000 --> 00:19:46.080
 what we are told

00:19:46.080 --> 00:19:47.180
 is this third guy,

00:19:47.720 --> 00:19:48.500
 the enemy,

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 the hated Samaritan.

00:19:51.880 --> 00:19:52.240
 He,

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 we are told,

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 felt deep compassion,

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 a stirring of the heart,

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 of the gut,

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 for this victim,

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 and what we have

00:20:02.160 --> 00:20:02.980
 is a picture

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 of extravagant

00:20:04.800 --> 00:20:06.600
 and lavish care.

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 Every conceivable need

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 is met,

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 not just the present one,

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 but he said

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 to the innkeeper,

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 if you spend money

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 on the guy,

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 I'll come back

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 and I'll pay.

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 It's rather

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 an unrealistic picture.

00:20:22.520 --> 00:20:23.400
 Who would do

00:20:23.400 --> 00:20:24.160
 such a thing?

00:20:24.860 --> 00:20:26.019
 Perhaps this is part

00:20:26.019 --> 00:20:26.800
 of the intent

00:20:26.800 --> 00:20:28.120
 of this character.

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 It is so extravagant,

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 it is so obviously

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 a caring,

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 good,

00:20:37.300 --> 00:20:37.840
 loving thing

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 to do

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 that you cannot

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 mistake

00:20:41.200 --> 00:20:42.060
 the difference

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 between the third character

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 and the first two.

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 And Jesus finished

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 this story

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 with a question,

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 who's been a neighbour?

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 And the answer,

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 of course,

00:20:52.779 --> 00:20:53.580
 is the Samaritan.

00:20:55.240 --> 00:20:56.279
 Somewhat of a twist.

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 Again,

00:20:57.220 --> 00:20:57.660
 Jewish

00:20:57.660 --> 00:20:59.240
 hearers would go,

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 what?

00:21:00.100 --> 00:21:00.980
 Don't get that.

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 But I think

00:21:04.059 --> 00:21:04.860
 there's a bit

00:21:04.860 --> 00:21:05.660
 more of a twist

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 as well too.

00:21:07.380 --> 00:21:07.819
 Obviously,

00:21:08.319 --> 00:21:08.980
 Jesus really

00:21:08.980 --> 00:21:10.339
 doesn't answer

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 the question

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 of the lawyer,

00:21:12.539 --> 00:21:13.500
 if you notice.

00:21:14.440 --> 00:21:15.160
 The lawyer,

00:21:15.799 --> 00:21:16.019
 okay,

00:21:16.200 --> 00:21:16.360
 you know,

00:21:16.420 --> 00:21:16.880
 the command

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 is to love

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 your neighbour,

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 so my question

00:21:19.360 --> 00:21:19.960
 to you is,

00:21:20.019 --> 00:21:20.779
 who is my neighbour?

00:21:21.720 --> 00:21:22.579
 Who is it

00:21:22.579 --> 00:21:23.200
 that I have

00:21:23.200 --> 00:21:23.759
 to love?

00:21:25.079 --> 00:21:25.819
 What's Jesus'

00:21:26.019 --> 00:21:26.339
 answer?

00:21:28.980 --> 00:21:29.860
 The Samaritan?

00:21:30.980 --> 00:21:33.200
 Doesn't make sense,

00:21:33.279 --> 00:21:33.460
 does it?

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 So,

00:21:35.360 --> 00:21:36.099
 if I'm supposed

00:21:36.099 --> 00:21:37.000
 to love my neighbour

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 and the Samaritan

00:21:37.799 --> 00:21:38.819
 is the neighbour,

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 how does that work?

00:21:41.400 --> 00:21:41.980
 You know,

00:21:42.039 --> 00:21:42.920
 it's kind of curious.

00:21:43.039 --> 00:21:43.539
 It's a curious

00:21:43.539 --> 00:21:43.980
 ending

00:21:43.980 --> 00:21:45.400
 to the story.

00:21:49.259 --> 00:21:50.279
 I'd rather think

00:21:50.279 --> 00:21:51.180
 Jesus kind of

00:21:51.180 --> 00:21:52.460
 turns the question

00:21:52.460 --> 00:21:53.500
 on his head.

00:21:56.880 --> 00:21:57.620
 As the lawyer

00:21:57.620 --> 00:21:57.960
 is asked

00:21:57.960 --> 00:21:58.759
 the wrong question,

00:21:58.940 --> 00:21:59.720
 category errors,

00:22:00.120 --> 00:22:00.860
 he's possibly

00:22:00.859 --> 00:22:01.619
 another category,

00:22:01.779 --> 00:22:02.000
 error.

00:22:03.279 --> 00:22:04.500
 You want to know

00:22:04.500 --> 00:22:06.519
 about the neighbour,

00:22:07.319 --> 00:22:08.659
 who the neighbour is.

00:22:08.979 --> 00:22:09.919
 And what Jesus does

00:22:09.919 --> 00:22:11.019
 is he turns

00:22:11.019 --> 00:22:12.139
 the noun

00:22:12.139 --> 00:22:13.619
 into a verb.

00:22:15.619 --> 00:22:16.559
 Changing categories.

00:22:17.699 --> 00:22:18.740
 The question is,

00:22:18.819 --> 00:22:19.639
 who is my neighbour?

00:22:20.079 --> 00:22:21.059
 And the question is,

00:22:21.359 --> 00:22:22.740
 who has been neighbourly?

00:22:24.299 --> 00:22:25.079
 Who's the one

00:22:25.079 --> 00:22:25.659
 who loves?

00:22:27.699 --> 00:22:28.579
 Perhaps the question

00:22:28.579 --> 00:22:29.359
 is the wrong one.

00:22:29.359 --> 00:22:30.079
 Who's the neighbour?

00:22:30.079 --> 00:22:30.099
 Who's the neighbour?

00:22:30.199 --> 00:22:31.039
 It's the wrong question.

00:22:32.199 --> 00:22:33.240
 The question is,

00:22:33.539 --> 00:22:34.240
 what does it mean

00:22:34.240 --> 00:22:34.919
 for me to love

00:22:34.919 --> 00:22:37.479
 to the people around me

00:22:37.479 --> 00:22:38.959
 who I need,

00:22:39.740 --> 00:22:40.959
 who I come across

00:22:40.959 --> 00:22:41.599
 my path

00:22:41.599 --> 00:22:43.479
 on my road,

00:22:43.699 --> 00:22:44.419
 on my way

00:22:44.419 --> 00:22:45.019
 to Jerusalem?

00:22:45.019 --> 00:22:48.619
 The lawyer wanted

00:22:48.619 --> 00:22:50.319
 to justify himself,

00:22:50.819 --> 00:22:52.099
 we are told.

00:22:53.119 --> 00:22:53.879
 It's pretty clear

00:22:53.879 --> 00:22:54.859
 that God

00:22:54.859 --> 00:22:55.559
 has rather

00:22:55.559 --> 00:22:56.859
 a simple expectation

00:22:56.859 --> 00:22:58.000
 on his creation,

00:22:58.200 --> 00:22:58.460
 us.

00:22:59.420 --> 00:23:00.319
 Love God,

00:23:01.079 --> 00:23:01.379
 simple.

00:23:01.859 --> 00:23:02.440
 Love people,

00:23:03.180 --> 00:23:03.879
 also simple.

00:23:05.059 --> 00:23:05.680
 Which one

00:23:05.680 --> 00:23:06.359
 is easier?

00:23:06.660 --> 00:23:06.960
 Which one

00:23:06.960 --> 00:23:07.359
 is harder?

00:23:08.660 --> 00:23:09.259
 Let me

00:23:09.259 --> 00:23:09.900
 take you

00:23:09.900 --> 00:23:10.680
 to one John.

00:23:10.680 --> 00:23:12.720
 John says,

00:23:13.000 --> 00:23:13.360
 if anyone

00:23:13.360 --> 00:23:14.080
 who says,

00:23:14.900 --> 00:23:15.480
 I love God

00:23:15.480 --> 00:23:16.340
 yet hates his brother,

00:23:16.420 --> 00:23:17.000
 he's a liar.

00:23:18.160 --> 00:23:18.759
 Why is that?

00:23:19.620 --> 00:23:20.500
 Because anyone

00:23:20.500 --> 00:23:21.279
 who doesn't love

00:23:21.279 --> 00:23:21.700
 his brother

00:23:21.700 --> 00:23:22.700
 whom he has seen

00:23:22.700 --> 00:23:24.100
 cannot love God

00:23:24.100 --> 00:23:25.259
 whom he has not seen.

00:23:26.680 --> 00:23:27.799
 So there's a two love,

00:23:28.279 --> 00:23:28.860
 love God,

00:23:29.160 --> 00:23:29.720
 love neighbour.

00:23:30.620 --> 00:23:31.100
 John says,

00:23:31.200 --> 00:23:31.860
 it is impossible

00:23:31.860 --> 00:23:32.840
 for you to claim

00:23:32.840 --> 00:23:33.940
 that you love God

00:23:33.940 --> 00:23:35.440
 if you can't even

00:23:35.440 --> 00:23:36.680
 love people you see.

00:23:36.680 --> 00:23:40.180
 you're lying.

00:23:41.779 --> 00:23:43.039
 And of the two commandments,

00:23:43.240 --> 00:23:44.060
 the two expectations

00:23:44.060 --> 00:23:45.080
 that God has

00:23:45.080 --> 00:23:46.180
 of this lawyer

00:23:46.180 --> 00:23:46.940
 and of us,

00:23:47.460 --> 00:23:48.360
 Jesus kind of picks,

00:23:48.580 --> 00:23:48.740
 well,

00:23:48.799 --> 00:23:49.240
 let's go with

00:23:49.240 --> 00:23:50.000
 the easier one.

00:23:51.080 --> 00:23:51.220
 Okay,

00:23:51.279 --> 00:23:52.100
 let's go with

00:23:52.100 --> 00:23:53.560
 the loving people one.

00:23:54.220 --> 00:23:55.600
 How are you going

00:23:55.600 --> 00:23:55.940
 with that?

00:23:55.980 --> 00:23:56.320
 How is that

00:23:56.320 --> 00:23:57.180
 working out for you?

00:23:59.920 --> 00:24:01.180
 And it's pretty clear,

00:24:01.440 --> 00:24:01.960
 I think,

00:24:02.060 --> 00:24:03.299
 from the parable

00:24:03.299 --> 00:24:05.060
 that the guy

00:24:05.059 --> 00:24:06.799
 isn't really

00:24:06.799 --> 00:24:07.379
 interested in love

00:24:07.379 --> 00:24:07.700
 at all.

00:24:10.579 --> 00:24:11.500
 Perhaps it shows us

00:24:11.500 --> 00:24:12.339
 something about us

00:24:12.339 --> 00:24:14.460
 and our love

00:24:14.460 --> 00:24:15.039
 and our claim

00:24:15.039 --> 00:24:16.259
 to love God.

00:24:20.500 --> 00:24:21.299
 He doesn't really

00:24:21.299 --> 00:24:22.899
 love his neighbour.

00:24:23.099 --> 00:24:24.159
 He's interested in the law

00:24:24.159 --> 00:24:25.599
 is to avoid it.

00:24:26.659 --> 00:24:27.599
 Find me the limits,

00:24:27.779 --> 00:24:28.759
 find me the exceptions.

00:24:30.359 --> 00:24:31.279
 If you caught it,

00:24:31.339 --> 00:24:31.899
 the context

00:24:31.899 --> 00:24:33.159
 of this conversation

00:24:33.160 --> 00:24:35.300
 is the mission

00:24:35.300 --> 00:24:35.900
 of the 70.

00:24:37.259 --> 00:24:38.220
 70 disciples

00:24:38.220 --> 00:24:38.960
 stand out,

00:24:39.540 --> 00:24:40.320
 seeing God at work,

00:24:40.440 --> 00:24:41.220
 amazing stuff,

00:24:41.320 --> 00:24:42.019
 comes back

00:24:42.019 --> 00:24:42.800
 and Jesus,

00:24:43.640 --> 00:24:44.360
 that's wonderful,

00:24:44.660 --> 00:24:45.060
 thank God

00:24:45.060 --> 00:24:45.580
 that your name

00:24:45.580 --> 00:24:46.400
 is written in heaven

00:24:46.400 --> 00:24:47.660
 and then he breaks

00:24:47.660 --> 00:24:48.300
 into prayer

00:24:48.300 --> 00:24:48.920
 and he says,

00:24:50.720 --> 00:24:51.640
 Luke says,

00:24:51.720 --> 00:24:52.320
 at that time,

00:24:52.400 --> 00:24:52.600
 Jesus,

00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:53.220
 full of joy

00:24:53.220 --> 00:24:54.080
 through the Holy Spirit,

00:24:54.180 --> 00:24:54.300
 said,

00:24:54.380 --> 00:24:54.880
 I praise you,

00:24:54.940 --> 00:24:55.080
 Father,

00:24:55.120 --> 00:24:56.019
 Lord of heaven and earth

00:24:56.019 --> 00:24:57.220
 because you've hidden

00:24:57.220 --> 00:24:57.960
 these things

00:24:57.960 --> 00:25:00.940
 from the wise

00:25:00.940 --> 00:25:01.600
 and learned

00:25:01.600 --> 00:25:03.380
 and revealed them

00:25:03.380 --> 00:25:04.320
 to little children.

00:25:04.460 --> 00:25:04.640
 Yes,

00:25:04.720 --> 00:25:05.039
 Father,

00:25:05.380 --> 00:25:06.019
 for this was

00:25:06.019 --> 00:25:06.759
 your good pleasure.

00:25:08.740 --> 00:25:09.900
 The things of God,

00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:10.880
 the things of the kingdom,

00:25:11.840 --> 00:25:13.059
 the way into heaven,

00:25:13.140 --> 00:25:13.920
 the way to inherit

00:25:13.920 --> 00:25:14.799
 eternal life

00:25:14.799 --> 00:25:15.779
 is hidden

00:25:15.779 --> 00:25:17.960
 from the wise

00:25:17.960 --> 00:25:18.700
 and the learned

00:25:18.700 --> 00:25:22.140
 like this lawyer.

00:25:25.840 --> 00:25:26.320
 Yeah?

00:25:26.640 --> 00:25:27.920
 He's one of these guys

00:25:27.920 --> 00:25:29.120
 who doesn't get it.

00:25:29.940 --> 00:25:31.060
 Not, I think,

00:25:31.120 --> 00:25:32.140
 because of his learning

00:25:32.140 --> 00:25:33.680
 or whatever it is,

00:25:34.060 --> 00:25:35.140
 he just doesn't get it.

00:25:35.220 --> 00:25:36.240
 Perhaps it's this

00:25:36.240 --> 00:25:37.700
 self-righteousness.

00:25:38.220 --> 00:25:38.660
 I don't know.

00:25:40.600 --> 00:25:41.700
 But I think that's part

00:25:41.700 --> 00:25:42.300
 of the point

00:25:42.300 --> 00:25:44.759
 of that particular section

00:25:44.759 --> 00:25:45.740
 of the parable.

00:25:46.120 --> 00:25:46.860
 The guy's asking

00:25:46.860 --> 00:25:47.900
 the wrong question.

00:25:49.320 --> 00:25:50.240
 The question isn't,

00:25:50.480 --> 00:25:51.180
 who's my neighbour?

00:25:51.880 --> 00:25:52.940
 It's obvious

00:25:52.940 --> 00:25:54.340
 that he cannot love

00:25:54.340 --> 00:25:56.039
 this extravagant love

00:25:56.039 --> 00:25:57.420
 that Jesus talks about

00:25:57.420 --> 00:25:58.019
 in this parable.

00:25:58.099 --> 00:25:59.180
 Well, what's the point

00:25:59.180 --> 00:26:00.759
 of this parable?

00:26:01.019 --> 00:26:01.960
 I think the first point,

00:26:02.059 --> 00:26:02.940
 most obvious point,

00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:03.440
 is that

00:26:03.440 --> 00:26:05.680
 we need Jesus.

00:26:07.659 --> 00:26:08.440
 I don't know.

00:26:08.659 --> 00:26:09.500
 Do you love like that?

00:26:11.659 --> 00:26:12.680
 If you can't love

00:26:12.680 --> 00:26:13.519
 people like that,

00:26:13.579 --> 00:26:14.200
 how much do you think

00:26:14.200 --> 00:26:14.879
 you love God?

00:26:17.299 --> 00:26:18.440
 I can tell you,

00:26:19.059 --> 00:26:19.920
 and you don't even

00:26:19.920 --> 00:26:20.460
 have to know me,

00:26:20.519 --> 00:26:21.440
 I don't love like that.

00:26:22.759 --> 00:26:24.159
 I know I don't love God

00:26:24.160 --> 00:26:25.300
 with my whole heart,

00:26:25.800 --> 00:26:26.820
 with my whole soul,

00:26:26.960 --> 00:26:29.019
 with my whole energy.

00:26:31.240 --> 00:26:32.820
 And it drives us

00:26:32.820 --> 00:26:36.420
 to desperation,

00:26:37.420 --> 00:26:40.580
 to be like a helpless infant,

00:26:41.300 --> 00:26:42.880
 coming to God

00:26:42.880 --> 00:26:44.720
 with nothing to offer him

00:26:44.720 --> 00:26:46.840
 in terms of righteousness.

00:26:47.540 --> 00:26:48.820
 We cannot demand

00:26:48.820 --> 00:26:50.240
 that he will

00:26:50.240 --> 00:26:52.000
 eternal life to me.

00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:53.660
 There was no good

00:26:53.660 --> 00:26:55.759
 to be found in us.

00:26:56.640 --> 00:26:57.240
 And I think

00:26:57.240 --> 00:26:58.700
 this is part of the first point

00:26:58.700 --> 00:26:59.880
 in understanding

00:26:59.880 --> 00:27:01.940
 Jesus and us.

00:27:02.599 --> 00:27:04.339
 We need Jesus.

00:27:04.680 --> 00:27:05.519
 Without him,

00:27:05.819 --> 00:27:06.859
 we will not

00:27:06.859 --> 00:27:08.140
 make it.

00:27:09.579 --> 00:27:10.339
 And I hope,

00:27:11.039 --> 00:27:13.680
 I hope you understand this.

00:27:13.680 --> 00:27:16.799
 if you,

00:27:17.100 --> 00:27:19.900
 in any possible way,

00:27:20.039 --> 00:27:21.740
 identify with this

00:27:21.740 --> 00:27:22.200
 learned,

00:27:22.519 --> 00:27:24.100
 wise lawyer,

00:27:25.360 --> 00:27:26.299
 in any way,

00:27:26.580 --> 00:27:27.720
 thinking that,

00:27:27.940 --> 00:27:28.759
 in some way,

00:27:30.220 --> 00:27:30.519
 you know,

00:27:30.580 --> 00:27:31.900
 you can justify yourself

00:27:31.900 --> 00:27:32.860
 and wanting to,

00:27:34.840 --> 00:27:36.220
 then I want to invite you

00:27:36.220 --> 00:27:37.100
 to come to Jesus

00:27:37.100 --> 00:27:38.080
 as a child

00:27:38.080 --> 00:27:39.460
 and to ask him

00:27:39.460 --> 00:27:40.539
 to help you.

00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:42.680
 I think that's

00:27:42.680 --> 00:27:43.380
 the first point.

00:27:45.539 --> 00:27:46.360
 The second point,

00:27:46.539 --> 00:27:48.140
 and much more difficult,

00:27:48.400 --> 00:27:49.039
 and you might think

00:27:49.039 --> 00:27:50.299
 this is a really long bow,

00:27:51.480 --> 00:27:51.720
 well,

00:27:51.840 --> 00:27:52.460
 I'll tell you the point

00:27:52.460 --> 00:27:53.080
 and you decide.

00:27:53.960 --> 00:27:54.820
 What's this got to do

00:27:54.820 --> 00:27:55.519
 with evangelism?

00:27:59.120 --> 00:27:59.700
 You know,

00:27:59.779 --> 00:28:00.100
 it's like,

00:28:00.180 --> 00:28:00.740
 if I had picked

00:28:00.740 --> 00:28:01.519
 Matthew 28,

00:28:02.299 --> 00:28:03.279
 it's really obvious,

00:28:03.580 --> 00:28:04.700
 you know what I'm going to say,

00:28:04.799 --> 00:28:05.259
 so I thought,

00:28:05.500 --> 00:28:06.420
 I'll pick something else.

00:28:06.460 --> 00:28:07.220
 It has nothing to do

00:28:07.220 --> 00:28:07.900
 with evangelism,

00:28:07.900 --> 00:28:09.259
 and I'll talk about evangelism

00:28:09.259 --> 00:28:09.740
 from there.

00:28:10.140 --> 00:28:10.500
 Maybe.

00:28:10.700 --> 00:28:11.500
 Just to keep you interested.

00:28:12.680 --> 00:28:13.440
 Maybe,

00:28:13.700 --> 00:28:13.960
 you know,

00:28:14.080 --> 00:28:14.720
 I could have gone

00:28:14.720 --> 00:28:15.660
 with Matthew 28,

00:28:15.820 --> 00:28:16.000
 you know,

00:28:16.039 --> 00:28:16.560
 this is like

00:28:16.560 --> 00:28:17.580
 the great commission,

00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:18.880
 the great command,

00:28:19.500 --> 00:28:19.700
 you know,

00:28:19.799 --> 00:28:20.560
 you are all,

00:28:20.660 --> 00:28:21.560
 I am all commanded

00:28:21.560 --> 00:28:23.779
 to be making disciples

00:28:23.779 --> 00:28:24.500
 of the nations,

00:28:24.759 --> 00:28:25.500
 teaching Jesus,

00:28:25.920 --> 00:28:26.259
 you know.

00:28:28.640 --> 00:28:29.120
 Personally,

00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:31.180
 I find it really hard

00:28:31.180 --> 00:28:33.180
 to be motivated by that.

00:28:34.620 --> 00:28:36.259
 It's like evangelism

00:28:36.259 --> 00:28:36.759
 by guilt.

00:28:36.759 --> 00:28:38.900
 You know,

00:28:39.079 --> 00:28:39.900
 you're guilty

00:28:39.900 --> 00:28:41.480
 because Jesus commanded you

00:28:41.480 --> 00:28:42.720
 and you haven't done enough,

00:28:42.960 --> 00:28:45.240
 so you need to get cracking now.

00:28:47.240 --> 00:28:49.440
 I think this is why

00:28:49.440 --> 00:28:50.579
 it sort of drew me

00:28:50.579 --> 00:28:51.599
 to this passage

00:28:51.599 --> 00:28:53.859
 and Leviticus 19.

00:28:53.960 --> 00:28:55.299
 I won't go into Leviticus 19.

00:28:55.460 --> 00:28:56.299
 It's a very complicated

00:28:56.299 --> 00:28:57.799
 and simple passage.

00:28:58.220 --> 00:28:59.180
 It starts off

00:28:59.180 --> 00:29:00.319
 with the holiness of God,

00:29:00.379 --> 00:29:00.980
 if you notice.

00:29:01.480 --> 00:29:01.700
 You know,

00:29:01.740 --> 00:29:03.039
 be holy because I'm holy.

00:29:03.039 --> 00:29:06.319
 And the rest of the chapter

00:29:06.319 --> 00:29:07.559
 actually expounds

00:29:07.559 --> 00:29:09.599
 on what that holiness is about.

00:29:09.700 --> 00:29:10.899
 And what is that holiness about?

00:29:11.879 --> 00:29:12.759
 Right in the middle

00:29:12.759 --> 00:29:13.559
 is a summary

00:29:13.559 --> 00:29:14.480
 of the whole chapter.

00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:16.879
 Of course,

00:29:17.379 --> 00:29:19.159
 you shouldn't be surprised

00:29:19.159 --> 00:29:19.839
 to know that

00:29:19.839 --> 00:29:21.539
 the summary of the chapter

00:29:21.539 --> 00:29:24.059
 is to be holy like God

00:29:24.059 --> 00:29:27.259
 is to love your neighbor

00:29:27.259 --> 00:29:27.879
 as yourself.

00:29:30.039 --> 00:29:31.079
 Right in the middle

00:29:31.079 --> 00:29:32.359
 of Leviticus 19,

00:29:33.039 --> 00:29:34.700
 love your neighbor

00:29:34.700 --> 00:29:35.119
 as yourself.

00:29:35.200 --> 00:29:35.940
 This is where

00:29:35.940 --> 00:29:37.139
 the lawyer got it from.

00:29:38.819 --> 00:29:39.119
 See,

00:29:39.559 --> 00:29:40.680
 the whole intent

00:29:40.680 --> 00:29:41.759
 of God

00:29:41.759 --> 00:29:43.180
 has not changed.

00:29:44.639 --> 00:29:45.899
 The very purpose

00:29:45.899 --> 00:29:48.119
 for which we have been created

00:29:48.119 --> 00:29:49.619
 has not changed.

00:29:50.680 --> 00:29:52.339
 We have been created,

00:29:52.539 --> 00:29:53.639
 we have been manufactured,

00:29:53.920 --> 00:29:54.339
 designed

00:29:54.339 --> 00:29:55.759
 to love God

00:29:55.759 --> 00:29:57.839
 and in that

00:29:57.839 --> 00:29:58.599
 to find freedom.

00:29:58.720 --> 00:29:59.619
 And we have been designed

00:29:59.619 --> 00:30:01.159
 to love people

00:30:01.160 --> 00:30:02.440
 with this deep,

00:30:02.759 --> 00:30:03.320
 dying,

00:30:03.820 --> 00:30:04.500
 unyielding,

00:30:04.640 --> 00:30:05.160
 crazy,

00:30:05.320 --> 00:30:06.380
 irresponsible love.

00:30:08.540 --> 00:30:09.440
 That's what it means

00:30:09.440 --> 00:30:10.160
 to be truly human.

00:30:10.340 --> 00:30:11.480
 What Jesus does,

00:30:12.340 --> 00:30:14.240
 other than affirming it,

00:30:14.900 --> 00:30:15.940
 is to save us

00:30:15.940 --> 00:30:16.940
 from our failure

00:30:16.940 --> 00:30:17.779
 to do that

00:30:17.779 --> 00:30:18.980
 and secondly,

00:30:19.580 --> 00:30:20.560
 to give us

00:30:20.560 --> 00:30:21.500
 his spirit

00:30:21.500 --> 00:30:23.920
 so that we can

00:30:23.920 --> 00:30:24.820
 live it out.

00:30:24.819 --> 00:30:28.059
 I'm only quoting,

00:30:28.220 --> 00:30:28.579
 you don't need

00:30:28.579 --> 00:30:29.059
 a genius,

00:30:29.179 --> 00:30:30.039
 a religious genius

00:30:30.039 --> 00:30:31.319
 to tell you

00:30:31.319 --> 00:30:32.299
 to love your neighbor

00:30:32.299 --> 00:30:32.939
 as yourself.

00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:35.259
 What you need

00:30:35.259 --> 00:30:36.460
 is the power

00:30:36.460 --> 00:30:37.099
 to do it.

00:30:38.220 --> 00:30:39.480
 That is what we lack.

00:30:42.179 --> 00:30:43.299
 Jesus comes,

00:30:44.259 --> 00:30:45.059
 he dies,

00:30:45.319 --> 00:30:46.139
 he rises

00:30:46.139 --> 00:30:47.079
 and he sent

00:30:47.079 --> 00:30:47.859
 his spirit

00:30:47.859 --> 00:30:48.819
 to change

00:30:48.819 --> 00:30:50.059
 our hearts

00:30:50.059 --> 00:30:50.700
 and now

00:30:50.700 --> 00:30:51.399
 he gives us

00:30:51.399 --> 00:30:52.799
 a heart

00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:54.179
 of flesh

00:30:54.179 --> 00:30:56.200
 so that we

00:30:56.200 --> 00:30:56.980
 delight

00:30:56.980 --> 00:30:58.859
 in this command.

00:30:59.159 --> 00:30:59.679
 It is not

00:30:59.679 --> 00:31:00.399
 a burden

00:31:00.399 --> 00:31:01.599
 to love.

00:31:01.700 --> 00:31:02.240
 We love

00:31:02.240 --> 00:31:02.879
 to love.

00:31:03.159 --> 00:31:03.960
 We love

00:31:03.960 --> 00:31:04.460
 to love

00:31:04.460 --> 00:31:05.500
 strangers.

00:31:06.440 --> 00:31:06.859
 That's what

00:31:06.859 --> 00:31:07.799
 Christians do

00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:09.440
 with new hearts.

00:31:11.539 --> 00:31:12.200
 Why don't

00:31:12.200 --> 00:31:12.759
 we do it?

00:31:16.139 --> 00:31:16.659
 Sorry,

00:31:16.819 --> 00:31:17.220
 why don't

00:31:17.220 --> 00:31:18.359
 we evangelize?

00:31:18.359 --> 00:31:20.439
 Why don't

00:31:20.439 --> 00:31:22.000
 the,

00:31:22.439 --> 00:31:23.000
 and I don't

00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:23.719
 know if you

00:31:23.719 --> 00:31:24.939
 do evangelism.

00:31:25.559 --> 00:31:26.579
 I know I don't

00:31:26.579 --> 00:31:27.359
 do it and I feel

00:31:27.359 --> 00:31:28.379
 awful and guilty

00:31:28.379 --> 00:31:29.059
 about it.

00:31:29.519 --> 00:31:30.279
 And the top

00:31:30.279 --> 00:31:31.459
 three that I

00:31:31.459 --> 00:31:32.319
 can put down

00:31:32.319 --> 00:31:33.039
 is firstly,

00:31:33.419 --> 00:31:34.199
 I'm too busy

00:31:34.199 --> 00:31:35.919
 and I'm a minister

00:31:35.919 --> 00:31:36.519
 so there are

00:31:36.519 --> 00:31:37.199
 lots of good

00:31:37.199 --> 00:31:37.959
 things I can do.

00:31:38.979 --> 00:31:39.799
 So I'm too busy

00:31:39.799 --> 00:31:40.559
 to evangelize.

00:31:40.979 --> 00:31:41.519
 There's no

00:31:41.519 --> 00:31:42.679
 decent program

00:31:42.679 --> 00:31:43.500
 to be involved

00:31:43.500 --> 00:31:43.719
 in.

00:31:44.459 --> 00:31:45.199
 And thirdly,

00:31:45.279 --> 00:31:45.699
 we're already

00:31:45.699 --> 00:31:46.319
 doing it.

00:31:46.539 --> 00:31:46.939
 There's a whole

00:31:46.939 --> 00:31:47.799
 range of activities

00:31:47.799 --> 00:31:48.259
 that we call

00:31:48.259 --> 00:31:48.920
 evangelism.

00:31:49.339 --> 00:31:50.359
 So we are

00:31:50.359 --> 00:31:50.799
 doing it.

00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:52.519
 That's me.

00:31:54.259 --> 00:31:54.920
 The reason

00:31:54.920 --> 00:31:55.420
 why I come

00:31:55.420 --> 00:31:55.779
 to this

00:31:55.779 --> 00:31:56.319
 passage,

00:31:57.640 --> 00:31:58.799
 I wonder

00:31:58.799 --> 00:31:59.440
 whether the

00:31:59.440 --> 00:31:59.900
 reason is

00:31:59.900 --> 00:32:00.259
 actually a

00:32:00.259 --> 00:32:00.460
 little bit

00:32:00.460 --> 00:32:00.859
 deeper.

00:32:01.400 --> 00:32:02.039
 And I wonder

00:32:02.039 --> 00:32:02.500
 whether this

00:32:02.500 --> 00:32:02.819
 is actually

00:32:02.819 --> 00:32:03.339
 the reason

00:32:03.339 --> 00:32:04.299
 why we

00:32:04.299 --> 00:32:06.940
 lack so

00:32:06.940 --> 00:32:07.460
 many of the

00:32:07.460 --> 00:32:08.000
 things that

00:32:08.000 --> 00:32:08.599
 we see the

00:32:08.599 --> 00:32:09.400
 Bible describe

00:32:09.400 --> 00:32:11.180
 and we don't

00:32:11.180 --> 00:32:12.180
 experience it.

00:32:12.259 --> 00:32:12.420
 You know,

00:32:12.480 --> 00:32:12.700
 we lack

00:32:12.700 --> 00:32:13.240
 community.

00:32:15.500 --> 00:32:16.319
 We are not

00:32:16.319 --> 00:32:16.759
 perhaps as

00:32:16.759 --> 00:32:17.140
 welcoming.

00:32:18.140 --> 00:32:18.779
 People aren't

00:32:18.779 --> 00:32:19.440
 as diligent

00:32:19.440 --> 00:32:19.940
 in their

00:32:19.940 --> 00:32:20.759
 ministry and

00:32:20.759 --> 00:32:21.000
 we don't

00:32:21.000 --> 00:32:21.599
 evangelize.

00:32:21.799 --> 00:32:22.500
 I wonder

00:32:22.500 --> 00:32:23.480
 whether at

00:32:23.480 --> 00:32:24.000
 the heart

00:32:24.000 --> 00:32:24.299
 of the

00:32:24.299 --> 00:32:24.839
 matter for

00:32:24.839 --> 00:32:25.220
 us

00:32:25.220 --> 00:32:28.400
 is that we

00:32:28.400 --> 00:32:28.740
 have no

00:32:28.740 --> 00:32:29.180
 love in our

00:32:29.180 --> 00:32:29.440
 hearts.

00:32:29.440 --> 00:32:30.440
 God's

00:32:30.440 --> 00:32:31.440
 love in our

00:32:31.440 --> 00:32:32.039
 hearts.

00:32:32.039 --> 00:32:32.880
 We know

00:32:32.880 --> 00:32:33.180
 what the

00:32:33.180 --> 00:32:33.779
 law says

00:32:33.779 --> 00:32:36.779
 but as we

00:32:36.779 --> 00:32:37.600
 travel down

00:32:37.600 --> 00:32:38.220
 the road

00:32:38.220 --> 00:32:39.400
 and we see

00:32:39.400 --> 00:32:40.279
 our neighbours

00:32:40.279 --> 00:32:41.680
 in desperate

00:32:41.680 --> 00:32:42.120
 need,

00:32:42.259 --> 00:32:42.700
 lying,

00:32:43.100 --> 00:32:43.640
 sprawn,

00:32:43.940 --> 00:32:44.600
 bloodied on

00:32:44.600 --> 00:32:45.180
 the ground

00:32:45.180 --> 00:32:46.200
 and for

00:32:46.200 --> 00:32:46.580
 our own

00:32:46.580 --> 00:32:46.960
 purposes

00:32:46.960 --> 00:32:48.840
 we decide

00:32:48.840 --> 00:32:49.180
 to cross

00:32:49.180 --> 00:32:49.680
 the road

00:32:49.680 --> 00:32:51.080
 to go

00:32:51.080 --> 00:32:51.360
 on our

00:32:51.360 --> 00:32:51.640
 way.

00:32:54.640 --> 00:32:54.920
 And

00:32:54.920 --> 00:32:55.779
 evangelism,

00:32:55.960 --> 00:32:56.420
 like everything

00:32:56.420 --> 00:32:56.860
 else,

00:32:57.420 --> 00:32:57.980
 is just

00:32:57.980 --> 00:32:58.720
 one of the

00:32:58.720 --> 00:32:59.299
 many things

00:32:59.299 --> 00:32:59.759
 on our

00:32:59.759 --> 00:33:00.400
 list to

00:33:00.400 --> 00:33:00.720
 do.

00:33:01.400 --> 00:33:01.700
 Good

00:33:01.700 --> 00:33:02.259
 intention,

00:33:03.320 --> 00:33:05.100
 when I get

00:33:05.100 --> 00:33:05.539
 around to

00:33:05.539 --> 00:33:05.700
 it,

00:33:05.799 --> 00:33:06.560
 I'll get

00:33:06.560 --> 00:33:06.920
 to it.

00:33:09.960 --> 00:33:10.519
 Yeah?

00:33:11.120 --> 00:33:11.560
 We're too

00:33:11.560 --> 00:33:12.180
 busy with

00:33:12.180 --> 00:33:12.660
 that list,

00:33:13.160 --> 00:33:13.600
 with our

00:33:13.600 --> 00:33:14.180
 own needs.

00:33:14.180 --> 00:33:15.680
 we fill

00:33:15.680 --> 00:33:16.500
 the calendar,

00:33:16.600 --> 00:33:17.080
 our personal

00:33:17.080 --> 00:33:17.500
 one and

00:33:17.500 --> 00:33:18.380
 church calendar,

00:33:18.519 --> 00:33:19.019
 all sorts

00:33:19.019 --> 00:33:19.400
 of things

00:33:19.400 --> 00:33:22.560
 but I'm

00:33:22.560 --> 00:33:22.900
 not saying

00:33:22.900 --> 00:33:23.360
 it is,

00:33:24.259 --> 00:33:25.539
 I'm just

00:33:25.539 --> 00:33:25.920
 wondering

00:33:25.920 --> 00:33:26.500
 aloud.

00:33:28.700 --> 00:33:29.720
 And often

00:33:29.720 --> 00:33:30.360
 I see

00:33:30.360 --> 00:33:30.720
 churches,

00:33:30.820 --> 00:33:31.039
 what they

00:33:31.039 --> 00:33:31.440
 do is

00:33:31.440 --> 00:33:31.980
 they default

00:33:31.980 --> 00:33:32.519
 into a

00:33:32.519 --> 00:33:33.080
 position of

00:33:33.080 --> 00:33:34.460
 being friendly.

00:33:37.180 --> 00:33:37.519
 You know,

00:33:37.600 --> 00:33:37.940
 for the

00:33:37.940 --> 00:33:38.380
 hurting,

00:33:38.700 --> 00:33:39.160
 dying,

00:33:39.460 --> 00:33:39.860
 desperately,

00:33:40.120 --> 00:33:40.539
 I need

00:33:40.539 --> 00:33:41.500
 God people,

00:33:41.920 --> 00:33:42.519
 when they

00:33:42.519 --> 00:33:42.980
 come into

00:33:42.980 --> 00:33:43.539
 our midst,

00:33:43.539 --> 00:33:45.139
 if I

00:33:45.139 --> 00:33:45.460
 were one

00:33:45.460 --> 00:33:45.779
 of them,

00:33:46.039 --> 00:33:46.680
 I really

00:33:46.680 --> 00:33:47.099
 don't want

00:33:47.099 --> 00:33:47.460
 friendly.

00:33:48.720 --> 00:33:49.359
 What I

00:33:49.359 --> 00:33:49.819
 want is

00:33:49.819 --> 00:33:50.159
 love.

00:33:52.139 --> 00:33:52.779
 What I

00:33:52.779 --> 00:33:53.359
 want is

00:33:53.359 --> 00:33:53.940
 people who

00:33:53.940 --> 00:33:54.539
 care enough

00:33:54.539 --> 00:33:55.059
 about me

00:33:55.059 --> 00:33:55.659
 to give

00:33:55.659 --> 00:33:56.220
 me time

00:33:56.220 --> 00:33:57.240
 to understand

00:33:57.240 --> 00:33:57.480
 me,

00:33:58.079 --> 00:33:58.839
 to listen

00:33:58.839 --> 00:33:59.240
 to me,

00:33:59.779 --> 00:34:00.379
 to maybe

00:34:00.379 --> 00:34:00.960
 think about

00:34:00.960 --> 00:34:01.339
 me during

00:34:01.339 --> 00:34:01.639
 the week,

00:34:01.680 --> 00:34:02.059
 to pray

00:34:02.059 --> 00:34:02.480
 for me,

00:34:03.180 --> 00:34:05.039
 to see

00:34:05.039 --> 00:34:05.659
 me in

00:34:05.659 --> 00:34:05.960
 sin,

00:34:06.680 --> 00:34:07.240
 to care

00:34:07.240 --> 00:34:07.700
 enough to

00:34:07.700 --> 00:34:08.119
 rebuke me.

00:34:08.539 --> 00:34:09.159
 You don't

00:34:09.159 --> 00:34:09.559
 need to be

00:34:09.559 --> 00:34:10.079
 best friends

00:34:10.079 --> 00:34:10.500
 with people

00:34:10.500 --> 00:34:11.099
 you love.

00:34:13.159 --> 00:34:13.559
 Perhaps

00:34:13.559 --> 00:34:13.860
 that's the

00:34:13.860 --> 00:34:14.340
 other mistake

00:34:14.340 --> 00:34:14.599
 as well,

00:34:14.679 --> 00:34:14.779
 too.

00:34:14.819 --> 00:34:15.039
 We keep

00:34:15.039 --> 00:34:15.340
 thinking,

00:34:15.699 --> 00:34:16.019
 everyone

00:34:16.019 --> 00:34:16.380
 needs to

00:34:16.380 --> 00:34:16.639
 be our

00:34:16.639 --> 00:34:17.199
 best friends,

00:34:17.360 --> 00:34:18.259
 so I

00:34:18.259 --> 00:34:18.480
 can only

00:34:18.480 --> 00:34:18.799
 have one

00:34:18.799 --> 00:34:19.299
 best friend,

00:34:19.639 --> 00:34:20.239
 I can't

00:34:20.239 --> 00:34:20.719
 love anybody

00:34:20.719 --> 00:34:21.099
 else.

00:34:22.219 --> 00:34:22.380
 No,

00:34:22.639 --> 00:34:23.400
 I...

00:34:23.400 --> 00:34:25.380
 Deep love

00:34:25.380 --> 00:34:26.059
 is to have

00:34:26.059 --> 00:34:26.819
 a concern.

00:34:27.259 --> 00:34:27.599
 And one

00:34:27.599 --> 00:34:27.940
 of the things

00:34:27.940 --> 00:34:28.460
 I want to

00:34:28.460 --> 00:34:28.920
 say is,

00:34:29.360 --> 00:34:30.059
 and I

00:34:30.059 --> 00:34:30.519
 don't do

00:34:30.519 --> 00:34:30.880
 this very

00:34:30.880 --> 00:34:31.259
 well,

00:34:31.799 --> 00:34:32.340
 is what I

00:34:32.340 --> 00:34:32.539
 call,

00:34:32.619 --> 00:34:32.880
 we need

00:34:32.880 --> 00:34:33.199
 to make

00:34:33.199 --> 00:34:33.840
 relational

00:34:33.840 --> 00:34:34.500
 space for

00:34:34.500 --> 00:34:34.819
 people.

00:34:34.820 --> 00:34:37.220
 In my

00:34:37.220 --> 00:34:37.980
 own life,

00:34:38.280 --> 00:34:39.160
 I'm pretty

00:34:39.160 --> 00:34:40.980
 filled to

00:34:40.980 --> 00:34:41.340
 the brim

00:34:41.340 --> 00:34:42.120
 with relationships,

00:34:42.480 --> 00:34:42.680
 you know,

00:34:42.740 --> 00:34:43.380
 with a family,

00:34:43.559 --> 00:34:44.760
 an extended

00:34:44.760 --> 00:34:45.240
 family,

00:34:45.460 --> 00:34:46.340
 and you

00:34:46.340 --> 00:34:46.940
 guys,

00:34:47.100 --> 00:34:47.680
 and this

00:34:47.680 --> 00:34:48.039
 and that,

00:34:48.080 --> 00:34:48.320
 and all

00:34:48.320 --> 00:34:48.580
 sort of

00:34:48.580 --> 00:34:48.920
 stuff.

00:34:49.600 --> 00:34:50.140
 And when

00:34:50.140 --> 00:34:50.680
 that happens,

00:34:50.780 --> 00:34:51.059
 we just

00:34:51.059 --> 00:34:51.460
 don't have

00:34:51.460 --> 00:34:51.960
 space for

00:34:51.960 --> 00:34:52.860
 anybody else.

00:34:53.539 --> 00:34:54.100
 And people,

00:34:54.360 --> 00:34:54.500
 you know,

00:34:54.559 --> 00:34:55.180
 needy person

00:34:55.180 --> 00:34:55.620
 come into

00:34:55.620 --> 00:34:56.140
 our life,

00:34:56.220 --> 00:34:56.559
 and it's just,

00:34:56.700 --> 00:34:56.880
 look,

00:34:57.400 --> 00:34:58.160
 I just can't

00:34:58.160 --> 00:34:58.880
 handle this,

00:34:59.519 --> 00:34:59.900
 you're going

00:34:59.900 --> 00:35:00.140
 to have to

00:35:00.140 --> 00:35:00.460
 be somebody

00:35:00.460 --> 00:35:00.880
 else's one.

00:35:00.920 --> 00:35:01.140
 We don't

00:35:01.140 --> 00:35:01.720
 say that to

00:35:01.720 --> 00:35:01.900
 them,

00:35:02.500 --> 00:35:02.800
 but this is

00:35:02.800 --> 00:35:03.039
 what we

00:35:03.039 --> 00:35:03.340
 think.

00:35:04.820 --> 00:35:05.100
 And we

00:35:05.100 --> 00:35:05.400
 don't make

00:35:05.400 --> 00:35:06.500
 time for

00:35:06.500 --> 00:35:08.059
 non-Christians.

00:35:08.539 --> 00:35:09.160
 We don't

00:35:09.160 --> 00:35:10.280
 make time,

00:35:10.360 --> 00:35:10.640
 we don't

00:35:10.640 --> 00:35:11.420
 make relational

00:35:11.420 --> 00:35:12.059
 space.

00:35:15.039 --> 00:35:15.720
 And let me

00:35:15.720 --> 00:35:16.480
 encourage you,

00:35:16.660 --> 00:35:17.019
 if you want

00:35:17.019 --> 00:35:17.220
 to,

00:35:17.600 --> 00:35:17.900
 as a

00:35:17.900 --> 00:35:18.280
 practical,

00:35:18.500 --> 00:35:19.220
 small practical

00:35:19.220 --> 00:35:19.640
 step,

00:35:20.039 --> 00:35:20.660
 is to make

00:35:20.660 --> 00:35:21.280
 that relational

00:35:21.280 --> 00:35:22.920
 space for

00:35:22.920 --> 00:35:23.300
 people who

00:35:23.300 --> 00:35:23.620
 don't know

00:35:23.620 --> 00:35:23.880
 Jesus.

00:35:25.740 --> 00:35:25.940
 Okay?

00:35:26.320 --> 00:35:27.059
 And I can

00:35:27.059 --> 00:35:27.660
 tell you now,

00:35:27.820 --> 00:35:28.680
 making room

00:35:28.680 --> 00:35:29.440
 costs.

00:35:30.580 --> 00:35:31.140
 It will

00:35:31.140 --> 00:35:31.800
 cost you.

00:35:33.340 --> 00:35:33.720
 It might

00:35:33.720 --> 00:35:34.260
 cost some

00:35:34.260 --> 00:35:34.540
 of your

00:35:34.540 --> 00:35:34.940
 other

00:35:34.940 --> 00:35:35.500
 relationships,

00:35:35.780 --> 00:35:35.960
 it will

00:35:35.960 --> 00:35:36.280
 cost you

00:35:36.280 --> 00:35:36.900
 your time,

00:35:37.480 --> 00:35:38.160
 your interests,

00:35:38.380 --> 00:35:38.920
 or other

00:35:38.920 --> 00:35:39.360
 things.

00:35:39.740 --> 00:35:39.980
 It will

00:35:39.980 --> 00:35:40.460
 cost you

00:35:40.460 --> 00:35:40.860
 because it

00:35:40.860 --> 00:35:41.280
 requires

00:35:41.280 --> 00:35:42.360
 commitment

00:35:42.360 --> 00:35:43.580
 and conviction,

00:35:43.860 --> 00:35:44.120
 it will

00:35:44.120 --> 00:35:44.760
 cost you,

00:35:45.080 --> 00:35:45.440
 but the

00:35:45.440 --> 00:35:46.180
 only way

00:35:46.180 --> 00:35:46.920
 that you

00:35:46.920 --> 00:35:47.340
 can truly

00:35:47.340 --> 00:35:47.900
 love people,

00:35:47.980 --> 00:35:48.280
 I want to

00:35:48.280 --> 00:35:48.760
 suggest to

00:35:48.760 --> 00:35:49.000
 you,

00:35:49.120 --> 00:35:49.740
 at least a

00:35:49.740 --> 00:35:50.300
 small step,

00:35:50.680 --> 00:35:51.200
 is to make

00:35:51.200 --> 00:35:51.640
 that space

00:35:51.640 --> 00:35:52.060
 for people.

00:35:56.620 --> 00:35:57.140
 There's a

00:35:57.140 --> 00:35:57.500
 small group

00:35:57.500 --> 00:35:57.840
 of people

00:35:57.840 --> 00:35:58.340
 that I

00:35:58.340 --> 00:35:59.080
 work with

00:35:59.080 --> 00:36:00.980
 to help

00:36:00.980 --> 00:36:01.820
 them to

00:36:01.820 --> 00:36:02.600
 talk to

00:36:02.599 --> 00:36:03.139
 people about

00:36:03.139 --> 00:36:03.440
 Jesus,

00:36:03.559 --> 00:36:03.779
 and one

00:36:03.779 --> 00:36:03.980
 of the

00:36:03.980 --> 00:36:04.400
 things,

00:36:04.920 --> 00:36:05.559
 small

00:36:05.559 --> 00:36:06.219
 target,

00:36:07.059 --> 00:36:07.779
 that I

00:36:07.779 --> 00:36:08.360
 invite them

00:36:08.360 --> 00:36:08.980
 to do,

00:36:09.099 --> 00:36:09.940
 is simply

00:36:09.940 --> 00:36:10.819
 each week

00:36:10.819 --> 00:36:11.719
 to pray

00:36:11.719 --> 00:36:12.460
 to God

00:36:12.460 --> 00:36:13.219
 to bring

00:36:13.219 --> 00:36:13.880
 someone

00:36:13.880 --> 00:36:14.839
 into their

00:36:14.839 --> 00:36:15.299
 life that

00:36:15.299 --> 00:36:15.559
 they can

00:36:15.559 --> 00:36:15.779
 love.

00:36:18.019 --> 00:36:18.460
 Okay?

00:36:18.759 --> 00:36:19.460
 It is as

00:36:19.460 --> 00:36:19.980
 simple as

00:36:19.980 --> 00:36:20.179
 that.

00:36:20.279 --> 00:36:20.440
 Now,

00:36:20.500 --> 00:36:20.860
 the Lord

00:36:20.860 --> 00:36:21.400
 might decide

00:36:21.400 --> 00:36:21.699
 not to

00:36:21.699 --> 00:36:21.940
 give you

00:36:21.940 --> 00:36:22.279
 anyone,

00:36:23.099 --> 00:36:24.079
 or more

00:36:24.079 --> 00:36:24.559
 than one,

00:36:25.099 --> 00:36:25.980
 but why

00:36:25.980 --> 00:36:26.319
 not start

00:36:26.319 --> 00:36:26.579
 with just

00:36:26.579 --> 00:36:27.119
 asking him?

00:36:27.119 --> 00:36:29.099
 Yeah?

00:36:31.159 --> 00:36:31.659
 And I'll

00:36:31.659 --> 00:36:31.960
 share this

00:36:31.960 --> 00:36:32.420
 story with

00:36:32.420 --> 00:36:32.799
 these guys,

00:36:32.920 --> 00:36:33.219
 and I'll

00:36:33.219 --> 00:36:33.480
 share it

00:36:33.480 --> 00:36:34.219
 with you

00:36:34.219 --> 00:36:34.539
 guys as

00:36:34.539 --> 00:36:34.659
 well.

00:36:34.739 --> 00:36:35.139
 There's a

00:36:35.139 --> 00:36:35.519
 little old

00:36:35.519 --> 00:36:35.739
 lady,

00:36:36.099 --> 00:36:36.420
 I can't

00:36:36.420 --> 00:36:37.059
 remember her

00:36:37.059 --> 00:36:37.279
 name,

00:36:37.359 --> 00:36:37.639
 she lives

00:36:37.639 --> 00:36:37.980
 in North

00:36:37.980 --> 00:36:38.519
 Carolina,

00:36:39.000 --> 00:36:39.339
 in her

00:36:39.339 --> 00:36:40.039
 60s,

00:36:40.579 --> 00:36:41.000
 she was

00:36:41.000 --> 00:36:41.420
 involved

00:36:41.420 --> 00:36:42.219
 in a

00:36:42.219 --> 00:36:43.000
 car accident,

00:36:43.519 --> 00:36:44.539
 pinned in

00:36:44.539 --> 00:36:44.980
 a car,

00:36:45.099 --> 00:36:45.299
 and she

00:36:45.299 --> 00:36:45.559
 was in

00:36:45.559 --> 00:36:45.759
 such

00:36:45.759 --> 00:36:46.500
 excruciating

00:36:46.500 --> 00:36:46.880
 pain,

00:36:47.339 --> 00:36:47.940
 she called

00:36:47.940 --> 00:36:48.480
 out to

00:36:48.480 --> 00:36:49.440
 Jesus to

00:36:49.440 --> 00:36:50.000
 take her

00:36:50.000 --> 00:36:50.559
 at that

00:36:50.559 --> 00:36:50.940
 point in

00:36:50.940 --> 00:36:51.259
 time,

00:36:51.480 --> 00:36:51.799
 and she

00:36:51.799 --> 00:36:53.659
 felt a

00:36:53.659 --> 00:36:53.839
 deep

00:36:53.839 --> 00:36:54.319
 conviction

00:36:54.319 --> 00:36:55.759
 that Jesus

00:36:55.759 --> 00:36:56.619
 answered her

00:36:56.619 --> 00:36:57.319
 by saying,

00:36:58.319 --> 00:36:58.619
 I'm not

00:36:58.619 --> 00:36:59.039
 done with

00:36:59.039 --> 00:36:59.420
 you yet.

00:37:00.880 --> 00:37:01.819
 She survived

00:37:01.819 --> 00:37:02.940
 the accident,

00:37:03.679 --> 00:37:04.039
 went to the

00:37:04.039 --> 00:37:04.339
 hospital,

00:37:04.519 --> 00:37:04.779
 and she

00:37:04.779 --> 00:37:05.500
 wondered what

00:37:05.500 --> 00:37:05.819
 that might

00:37:05.819 --> 00:37:06.199
 mean.

00:37:07.319 --> 00:37:07.559
 You know,

00:37:07.659 --> 00:37:08.559
 what does

00:37:08.559 --> 00:37:09.239
 God want

00:37:09.239 --> 00:37:10.460
 of me that

00:37:10.460 --> 00:37:11.079
 he's kept

00:37:11.079 --> 00:37:11.619
 me alive?

00:37:12.380 --> 00:37:13.139
 And she

00:37:13.139 --> 00:37:13.980
 was sharing

00:37:13.980 --> 00:37:14.359
 some of her

00:37:14.359 --> 00:37:14.839
 experience with

00:37:14.839 --> 00:37:15.359
 the staff in

00:37:15.359 --> 00:37:15.819
 the hospital,

00:37:16.420 --> 00:37:16.920
 and she

00:37:16.920 --> 00:37:17.239
 decided,

00:37:17.380 --> 00:37:17.500
 okay,

00:37:17.739 --> 00:37:17.920
 well,

00:37:18.000 --> 00:37:18.400
 maybe what

00:37:18.400 --> 00:37:18.839
 I can do

00:37:18.839 --> 00:37:19.619
 is to tell

00:37:19.619 --> 00:37:20.019
 people about

00:37:20.019 --> 00:37:20.139
 Jesus,

00:37:20.139 --> 00:37:20.339
 you know,

00:37:20.400 --> 00:37:20.799
 at the age

00:37:20.799 --> 00:37:21.539
 of 65 or

00:37:21.539 --> 00:37:21.739
 whatever,

00:37:21.819 --> 00:37:22.179
 start telling

00:37:22.179 --> 00:37:22.599
 people about

00:37:22.599 --> 00:37:22.839
 Jesus,

00:37:23.179 --> 00:37:23.400
 and she

00:37:23.400 --> 00:37:23.539
 said,

00:37:23.619 --> 00:37:23.699
 okay,

00:37:23.719 --> 00:37:23.960
 what I'm

00:37:23.960 --> 00:37:24.099
 going to

00:37:24.099 --> 00:37:24.539
 do is I'm

00:37:24.539 --> 00:37:24.659
 going to

00:37:24.659 --> 00:37:25.019
 keep a little

00:37:25.019 --> 00:37:25.480
 journal,

00:37:26.159 --> 00:37:26.440
 journal,

00:37:26.619 --> 00:37:28.119
 of the

00:37:28.119 --> 00:37:28.699
 people I

00:37:28.699 --> 00:37:29.199
 spoke to

00:37:29.199 --> 00:37:29.719
 about

00:37:29.719 --> 00:37:30.099
 Jesus,

00:37:30.299 --> 00:37:30.759
 that Jesus

00:37:30.759 --> 00:37:31.279
 led into

00:37:31.279 --> 00:37:31.799
 my life

00:37:31.799 --> 00:37:32.599
 to share,

00:37:33.480 --> 00:37:34.380
 and I'm

00:37:34.380 --> 00:37:34.699
 just going

00:37:34.699 --> 00:37:35.019
 to start

00:37:35.019 --> 00:37:35.440
 praying for

00:37:35.440 --> 00:37:35.920
 these people

00:37:35.920 --> 00:37:37.119
 in this

00:37:37.119 --> 00:37:37.460
 journal.

00:37:38.819 --> 00:37:39.420
 That was

00:37:39.420 --> 00:37:39.980
 20 years

00:37:39.980 --> 00:37:40.199
 ago.

00:37:42.460 --> 00:37:43.119
 She's still

00:37:43.119 --> 00:37:43.559
 alive and

00:37:43.559 --> 00:37:44.159
 kicking in

00:37:44.159 --> 00:37:44.759
 her 80s,

00:37:45.219 --> 00:37:46.519
 and in

00:37:46.519 --> 00:37:46.880
 that little

00:37:46.880 --> 00:37:47.319
 book,

00:37:47.639 --> 00:37:48.039
 she has,

00:37:48.119 --> 00:37:48.380
 or maybe

00:37:48.380 --> 00:37:48.719
 it's more

00:37:48.719 --> 00:37:49.000
 than one

00:37:49.000 --> 00:37:49.380
 book now,

00:37:50.380 --> 00:37:51.039
 she's got

00:37:51.039 --> 00:37:51.699
 about 4,000

00:37:51.699 --> 00:37:52.079
 names.

00:37:54.599 --> 00:37:56.279
 A 65-year-old

00:37:56.280 --> 00:37:58.000
 woman in

00:37:58.000 --> 00:37:58.400
 a car

00:37:58.400 --> 00:37:58.780
 accident,

00:37:59.300 --> 00:37:59.740
 that God

00:37:59.740 --> 00:38:00.320
 can do

00:38:00.320 --> 00:38:00.780
 this sort

00:38:00.780 --> 00:38:01.000
 of work

00:38:01.000 --> 00:38:01.240
 through.

00:38:03.240 --> 00:38:04.040
 I wonder

00:38:04.040 --> 00:38:05.019
 for you

00:38:05.019 --> 00:38:05.560
 young ones,

00:38:06.640 --> 00:38:06.820
 well,

00:38:06.840 --> 00:38:07.060
 not so

00:38:07.060 --> 00:38:07.540
 young ones,

00:38:08.019 --> 00:38:08.720
 what God

00:38:08.720 --> 00:38:09.160
 can do

00:38:09.160 --> 00:38:09.820
 through you.

00:38:12.240 --> 00:38:12.800
 A simple

00:38:12.800 --> 00:38:13.160
 commitment,

00:38:13.820 --> 00:38:14.620
 just ask

00:38:14.620 --> 00:38:16.040
 God to

00:38:16.040 --> 00:38:16.680
 lead you

00:38:16.680 --> 00:38:17.180
 to someone

00:38:17.180 --> 00:38:17.980
 who needs

00:38:17.980 --> 00:38:19.280
 you to

00:38:19.280 --> 00:38:19.860
 share Jesus

00:38:19.860 --> 00:38:20.380
 with them.

00:38:21.400 --> 00:38:21.940
 Don't know

00:38:21.940 --> 00:38:22.340
 how?

00:38:23.340 --> 00:38:23.840
 See Deb.

00:38:24.820 --> 00:38:25.460
 She's running

00:38:25.460 --> 00:38:25.980
 a great

00:38:25.980 --> 00:38:26.380
 course.

00:38:29.360 --> 00:38:30.079
 We're having

00:38:30.079 --> 00:38:30.680
 two missions.

00:38:31.200 --> 00:38:31.760
 They're simply

00:38:31.760 --> 00:38:32.780
 seeking to,

00:38:33.140 --> 00:38:33.720
 and I've

00:38:33.720 --> 00:38:34.220
 sort of chosen

00:38:34.220 --> 00:38:34.700
 to call to

00:38:34.700 --> 00:38:34.900
 missions,

00:38:35.019 --> 00:38:35.559
 who is my

00:38:35.559 --> 00:38:36.140
 neighbor mission,

00:38:36.760 --> 00:38:37.420
 because I want

00:38:37.420 --> 00:38:38.240
 to remind us

00:38:38.240 --> 00:38:38.820
 to ask that

00:38:38.820 --> 00:38:39.280
 question,

00:38:39.840 --> 00:38:40.400
 who can I

00:38:40.400 --> 00:38:40.740
 love?

00:38:42.280 --> 00:38:43.019
 Who can I

00:38:43.019 --> 00:38:43.559
 love in this

00:38:43.559 --> 00:38:44.360
 period of time

00:38:44.360 --> 00:38:46.340
 that I can

00:38:46.340 --> 00:38:46.880
 share Jesus

00:38:46.880 --> 00:38:47.220
 with?

00:38:47.219 --> 00:38:49.919
 my hope

00:38:49.919 --> 00:38:50.359
 and my

00:38:50.359 --> 00:38:51.059
 prayer before

00:38:51.059 --> 00:38:52.379
 today is

00:38:52.379 --> 00:38:53.299
 that we

00:38:53.299 --> 00:38:55.179
 would fall

00:38:55.179 --> 00:38:55.719
 in love

00:38:55.719 --> 00:38:56.980
 with our

00:38:56.980 --> 00:38:57.219
 city.

00:38:59.059 --> 00:38:59.659
 Without

00:38:59.659 --> 00:39:00.319
 love,

00:39:01.199 --> 00:39:01.799
 we will

00:39:01.799 --> 00:39:04.259
 not go

00:39:04.259 --> 00:39:04.619
 to them

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 with Jesus.

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 It will be

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 under obligation,

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 it will be a

00:39:08.619 --> 00:39:09.259
 sense of duty,

00:39:09.759 --> 00:39:10.459
 but if we're

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 in love

00:39:11.319 --> 00:39:12.019
 with the

00:39:12.019 --> 00:39:12.519
 people in

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 Chesswood,

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 with the

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 people around

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 us,

00:39:15.239 --> 00:39:16.759
 we would

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 care enough

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 for them

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 to want to

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 share our

00:39:19.919 --> 00:39:20.399
 lives,

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 and to find

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 out about

00:39:21.879 --> 00:39:22.139
 them,

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 and to share

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 Jesus with

00:39:23.339 --> 00:39:23.439
 them,

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 because he

00:39:23.839 --> 00:39:24.259
 will meet

00:39:24.259 --> 00:39:25.019
 all their

00:39:25.019 --> 00:39:25.359
 needs.

00:39:26.119 --> 00:39:26.359
 Amen.