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 Father, we thank you for Jesus.

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 We thank you, Father, that he left the glory of heaven

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 to set aside his glory and majesty and divine prerogatives

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 to humble himself and take into himself our human nature.

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 We give you thanks and praise that he came

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 and was born amongst us through the Virgin Mary

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 for his life on earth, his simple life.

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 We thank you, Father, for his miracles,

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 for his mighty teaching.

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 We thank you, Father, most of all,

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 that he died upon the cross for us,

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 that the cross is the power that comes from you for salvation.

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 We thank you, Father, that Jesus tasted all there is

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 to taste of death, and he did that for us.

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 And we thank you, Father, that he rose triumphant

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 over sin and death and all hostile spiritual powers

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 in his mighty resurrection.

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 Father, we ask that your Holy Spirit

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 would gently but deeply fall upon us this morning.

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 We ask, Father, that your Holy Spirit

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 would both humble us,

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 and at the same time, Father,

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 help us to come to ourselves

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 so that we might turn to Jesus

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 ever more fully and completely.

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 All this we ask in the name of Jesus,

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 your Son and our Savior.

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 Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 You're going to need your Bibles

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 because we're going to look actually this morning.

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 I'm not going to have a whole pile of points.

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 I have three pictures and a Bible.

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 So, Andrew, if you could put the first picture up,

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 that would be great,

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 the first work of art.

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 If you could put it up, that would be great.

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 We're going to be looking at Luke 15.

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 So, if you have your Bibles,

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 it would be really great.

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 We're going to slowly read Luke 15 this morning.

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 And if you don't have your Bibles with you,

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 there's always a few Bibles up here at the front,

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 and you're welcome to come and take them.

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 This is a...

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 I hope you can see it all right.

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 It's an interesting picture.

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 It shows it's a triptych.

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 It shows a sheep,

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 and then it shows the sheep.

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 You can sort of see a snake there at the bottom.

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 You can see the vulture.

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 You can see the sheep is caught in thorns.

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 And then you see a picture of a shepherd

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 carrying the sheep back.

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 And we're going to read the parable

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 that influenced and inspired that.

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 But just I want to mention something first

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 about the picture.

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 The woman who drew that,

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 there's a famous literary critic,

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 an artistic critic in England

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 during the 19th century,

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 and he believed that women couldn't paint.

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 And he met this young woman

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 and saw some of her paintings,

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 and he said that this woman changed his mind

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 on whether a woman could paint.

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 But shortly after that encounter,

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 she came to faith in Jesus,

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 and she continued to paint and draw.

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 But then she felt that God was calling her

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 to go to an unreached people group,

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 to lost sheep,

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 and to tell them about Jesus.

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 So she made several attempts

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 to get on with the mission agency,

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 and she always failed the physical.

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 She was from money,

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 and she had two other women friends

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 who were also of money.

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 So the three of them decided

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 that they were just going to go to Algeria.

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 They didn't speak French.

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 They didn't speak Arab.

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 They don't know a single person there.

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 They just decided they would go to Algeria

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 and start to share the gospel.

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 And that's where she spent the rest of her life.

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 And this picture here

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 and others were just part of the little notes

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 that she did.

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 She didn't do anything to get published

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 or become famous.

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 But she continued to paint occasionally

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 and draw occasionally,

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 and these are all sort of,

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 this was found in her notes after her death,

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 because she spent the rest of her life in Algeria.

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 So what causes people to do such things like this,

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 turn their back on artistic fame

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 and on money and comfort,

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 and go to a place like Algeria in 18,

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 I think it was 1878,

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 not knowing the languages,

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 and just determined to learn the languages

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 and meet the people and tell them about Jesus?

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 Well, these three parables,

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 so we're going to look at these three linked parables,

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 this helps us to understand

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 and maybe be caught by something similar,

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 not that God is necessarily calling us

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 to forsake everything

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 and go and do something like that,

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 although he may call some to do such things,

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 but to at least get a sense of what it is

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 that can come into a human heart

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 that could so change them.

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 So Luke 15,

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 they're sort of all famous parables.

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 We don't always sort of understand

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 or remember that they all flow one into another.

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 They're in fact all very specifically linked,

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 and it's Luke 15, verse 1,

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 it starts like this.

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 Now the tax collectors,

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 and in Jesus' times,

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 tax collectors were basically

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 helping the occupying power

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 keep the Jewish people in their place,

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 and they were all, as a rule,

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 deeply corrupt.

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 They were thieves.

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 Now the tax collectors and sinners,

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 and this word in Jesus' time

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 meant that they were,

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 they'd probably been,

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 they were people who were in and out of jail,

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 they were people who were thieves,

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 they were probably prostitutes,

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 or just like a whole group of people

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 who sort of like the underclass of society

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 that did a whole pile of things

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 connected to vices.

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 And so the tax collectors and sinners

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 were all drawing near to hear Jesus.

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 And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled.

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 And in the original language,

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 it sort of,

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 they didn't just grumble once.

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 The grumbling was long.

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 It went on for a while.

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 In fact,

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 they were in danger of becoming a grumble.

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 You know,

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 some of us,

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 that's the danger with every grumble.

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 It can start as a grumble,

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 and before we know it,

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 we have become a grumble.

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 We're only a grumble.

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 And they grumble and said,

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 this man receives sinners and eats with them.

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 And so Jesus told them this parable.

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 What man of you having a hundred sheep,

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 if he has lost one of them,

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 does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country

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 and go after the one that is lost

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 until he finds it?

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 And when he has found it,

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 he lays it on his shoulders rejoicing.

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 And when he comes home,

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 he calls together his friends and his neighbors,

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 saying to them,

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 rejoice with me,

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 for I have found my sheep that was lost.

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 Just note that again here.

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 Isn't it really interesting?

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 Not only does he go,

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 I mean,

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 that's this wonderful triptych, eh?

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 It shows the sheep getting lost.

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 What happens when it's lost?

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 It shows the shepherd.

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 But it's,

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 I have found my sheep that was lost.

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 And verse seven,

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 just so I tell you,

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 there will be more joy in heaven

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 over one sinner who repents

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 than over ninety-nine righteous persons

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 who needs no repentance.

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 Now,

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 this is a pretty cool story.

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 It's a pretty neat picture.

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 And,

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 but,

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 you know,

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 here's the thing that really struck me.

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 On,

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 I wish I could tell you that I'm so smart

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 and so perceptive

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 that it struck me

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 the first time I read the text,

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 but it didn't

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 because I'm not that smart

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 and I'm not that perceptive.

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 If we were going to tell people

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 a story about repentance,

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 would we use this story

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 about what it means to repent?

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 Listen again to how the story,

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 how Jesus summarizes the story.

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 Just so I tell you,

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 there will be more joy in heaven

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 over the one,

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 over one sinner who repents

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 than over ninety-nine righteous persons

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 who need no repentance.

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 But if you think about it in the story,

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 that sheep does nothing.

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 That sheep does absolutely nothing.

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 This isn't a parable about the sheep

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 doing a particular ritual,

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 feeling a particular thing,

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 feeling guilty.

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 It's not a story about a sheep saying,

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 oh, here I am caught all up in these brambles

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 and the little sheep falls down on its knees

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 and goes,

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 shepherd, come and find me.

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 The sheep does nothing.

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 Every single thing in the story

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 is all about the shepherd

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 with nothing left out.

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 The shepherd notices that the sheep is gone.

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 The shepherd goes looking for the sheep.

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 The shepherd finds the sheep.

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 The shepherd picks up the sheep.

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 The shepherd brings home the sheep.

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 And then Jesus says,

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 this is a story about repentance.

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 Isn't that really puzzling?

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 Like, this is a,

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 this,

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 if we just are honest for a second,

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 this actually doesn't make very much sense

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 to us.

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 Because we would think that a story about repentance

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 would be more about

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 somebody falling on their knees

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 or maybe somebody falling,

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 crying or calling out to God.

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 That's what we would think repentance is about.

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 But Jesus says this is a repentance story

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 and it doesn't seem as if the sheep does any repenting.

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 The sheep is completely and utterly helpless and passive.

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 Well, maybe Jesus is going to correct it

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 with the next parable.

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 But actually, in the next parable,

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 Jesus makes it worse

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 because he uses an inanimate object

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 as the heart of the parable.

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 If you could put up the next painting.

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 This is also by a 19th century painter.

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 And this actually is also one

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 that has a conversion story connected to it.

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 This fellow was the,

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 the illustrator,

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 the painter of this

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 was very, very successful in France.

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 And he's,

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 his big specialty was painting rich ladies

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 who were all dolled up.

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 And in fact,

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 now Hollywood and others

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 use his paintings

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 to try to get a bit of a picture

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 about what people

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 in the late 1800s,

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 how they dressed,

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 especially rich women.

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 And he had a very, very fine

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 and it was celebrated

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 and then he met Jesus.

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 And after he met Jesus,

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 after a bit of a struggle,

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 all he did after that

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 was his only goal

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 was to paint stories

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 that illustrated

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 and brought the Bible home.

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 I'm not saying

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 that was the right decision,

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 but that's what God

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 put on his heart.

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 That after making his living,

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 painting rich people,

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 that he would paint the Bible

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 to help us to understand

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 and see what the Bible

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 was talking about.

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 So here, remember,

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 we said that the last,

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 the first thing,

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 it's a very, very odd

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 repentance story.

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 Like, where's the repentance?

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 This sheep does nothing.

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 Well, how does Jesus fix this problem?

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 He tells this parable.

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 Or, see, Jesus links it.

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 Or, verse 8,

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 what woman,

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 having 10 silver coins,

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 or drachma,

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 and that means

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 it's the equivalent

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 to one day's wage

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 for an average working person.

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 Okay, that's how much

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 the coin is worth.

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 So what woman,

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 having 10 silver coins,

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 if she loses one coin,

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 does not light a lamp

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 and sweep the house

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 and seek diligently

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 until she finds it?

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 And when she has found it,

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 she calls together

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 her friends and neighbors,

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 saying,

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 rejoice with me,

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 for I have found

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 the coin

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 that I had lost.

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 How does Jesus

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 summarize the parable?

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 Just so I tell you,

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 there is joy

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 before the angels of God

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 over one sinner

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 who repents.

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 And look,

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 there's a couple of things

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 that are really interesting here.

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 There is joy

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 before the angels of God.

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 So in the first one,

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 the angels throw a party.

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 Who's the one

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 jumping up and down in joy

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 in front of the angels?

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 It's God.

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 In the first one,

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 it's angels doing,

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 whoo,

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 here it's God doing it.

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 In front,

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 the angels are watching.

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 And once again,

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 look at that.

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 It's over,

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 in verse,

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 look at that in verse 10 again.

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 Just so I tell you,

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 there is joy

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 before the angels of God

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 over one sinner

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 who repents.

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 Jesus says,

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 this is a story

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 about repentance.

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 Yet,

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 it's a coin.

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 But what's that coin doing

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 to be found?

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 That coin's not calling out

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 to the lady.

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 Come on, lady,

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 please find me.

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 I'm way here in the corner.

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 I feel really lonely.

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 I feel broken.

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 I feel depressed.

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 I need you, lady.

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 Like,

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 the coin's not doing

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 anything like that.

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 The coin's a coin.

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 It's just sitting there.

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 The lady does everything.

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 Like,

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 even more than the sheep.

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 At least you could say

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 with the shepherd

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 that maybe he'd help

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 to find the sheep

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 because it's going,

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 bah,

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 bah,

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 two terrible sheep.

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 Bah.

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 And that helps the shepherd

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 to find the sheep.

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 But that coin does nothing.

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 In fact,

00:13:41.059 --> 00:13:41.659
 in this picture,

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 it's not even glinting.

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 It's just off

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 in a dark corner.

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 And yet,

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 Jesus says,

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 this is a repentance story.

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 So here's the first thing

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 that's going to rock our world.

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 Okay?

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 Um,

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 you see,

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 one of the problems

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 that I have in this church

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 is that I believe

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 that I'm the center

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 and everything else

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 has to revolve around me.

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 It's a problem

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 in my family as well.

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 If the family

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 would just get on the page

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 that I'm the center

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 and everything revolves around me,

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 everything would go far easier.

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 See,

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 the problem is

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 everybody in my family

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 thinks the same thing.

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 And the other problem

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 is that everybody

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 in the church

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 thinks the same thing.

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 You know,

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 if the pastor

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 would just do everything

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 exactly the way

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 I want it to be done,

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 things would go a lot smoother.

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 You know,

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 if the Sunday school,

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 if the singers,

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 if everybody's just...

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 See,

00:14:30.039 --> 00:14:30.820
 that's the problem.

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 We're so deeply entrenched

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 in thinking

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 that we're the center

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 so that even

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 when we think

00:14:35.919 --> 00:14:36.659
 of repentance,

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 we think it's all about us.

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 That's why

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 there's lots of people

00:14:41.240 --> 00:14:41.820
 in Canada

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 who asked Jesus

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 into their life

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 27 times

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 and have been baptized

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 five times

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 because the first time

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 they didn't have

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 the fine emotional feelings

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 they had to have

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 or their baptism

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 wasn't the profound

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 religious experience

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 they thought it should be.

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 And so,

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 therefore,

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 their repentance

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 is all ultimately,

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 ironically,

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 about me.

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 Now,

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 isn't that absurd?

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 If repentance

00:15:12.379 --> 00:15:13.519
 is about coming to God

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 and it's all about me,

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 like there's something

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 deeply out of whack

00:15:17.180 --> 00:15:17.879
 about that.

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 But the fact of the matter is

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 is that we can be

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 out of the whack

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 about ourselves

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 most of the time

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 and think it's normal

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 and not even be shocked.

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 You see,

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 the very,

00:15:29.100 --> 00:15:29.860
 very first thing

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 that these first two parables do

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 is they want us

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 trying to communicate

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 several things.

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 First,

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 to rock our world,

00:15:37.799 --> 00:15:39.620
 to knock us off balance,

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 to understand

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 that one moment,

00:15:41.359 --> 00:15:42.459
 this is all about repentance,

00:15:42.659 --> 00:15:43.419
 but I do nothing.

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 I do nothing.

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 I do nothing.

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 The first thing

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 is to understand,

00:15:50.939 --> 00:15:51.859
 the Bible's trying

00:15:51.859 --> 00:15:52.719
 to understand it

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 is that Jesus

00:15:53.639 --> 00:15:54.839
 left heaven.

00:15:56.639 --> 00:15:57.359
 He set aside

00:15:57.359 --> 00:15:57.819
 his glory

00:15:57.819 --> 00:15:58.879
 and divine prerogatives.

00:15:59.279 --> 00:16:00.000
 He set aside

00:16:00.000 --> 00:16:00.939
 his appearance

00:16:00.939 --> 00:16:01.519
 as God,

00:16:01.620 --> 00:16:02.299
 his majesty.

00:16:02.479 --> 00:16:03.219
 He still remains

00:16:03.219 --> 00:16:03.839
 fully God.

00:16:03.839 --> 00:16:04.939
 He brings into himself

00:16:04.939 --> 00:16:05.699
 our human nature.

00:16:05.700 --> 00:16:06.280
 He's born

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 of a young woman

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 in a remote part

00:16:08.840 --> 00:16:10.040
 of the Roman Empire

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 at a time

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 that the Jewish people

00:16:11.460 --> 00:16:12.400
 were under occupation.

00:16:12.520 --> 00:16:13.259
 He lives a normal

00:16:13.259 --> 00:16:14.480
 working class life.

00:16:15.000 --> 00:16:15.840
 He has three years

00:16:15.840 --> 00:16:16.460
 of teaching.

00:16:16.879 --> 00:16:18.140
 He has very few possessions.

00:16:18.340 --> 00:16:18.800
 He teaches.

00:16:18.940 --> 00:16:19.640
 He does all of this thing,

00:16:19.720 --> 00:16:20.900
 but it's all a story.

00:16:22.040 --> 00:16:23.480
 Jesus knows we're lost.

00:16:25.120 --> 00:16:25.860
 Jesus knows

00:16:25.860 --> 00:16:27.120
 that we were made for God.

00:16:28.740 --> 00:16:29.480
 Jesus knows

00:16:29.480 --> 00:16:30.259
 that we don't know

00:16:30.259 --> 00:16:31.060
 that we're lost.

00:16:32.020 --> 00:16:33.920
 Jesus goes seeking for us.

00:16:33.919 --> 00:16:36.019
 Jesus is the one

00:16:36.019 --> 00:16:36.719
 who provides

00:16:36.719 --> 00:16:38.039
 everything that is needed

00:16:38.039 --> 00:16:39.279
 for us to go home

00:16:39.279 --> 00:16:41.559
 to where we truly belong.

00:16:42.559 --> 00:16:43.599
 And Jesus is the one

00:16:43.599 --> 00:16:44.559
 who finds us.

00:16:45.439 --> 00:16:46.559
 And our repentance

00:16:46.559 --> 00:16:48.099
 is just us

00:16:48.099 --> 00:16:49.579
 entering into something

00:16:49.579 --> 00:16:50.879
 that Jesus does.

00:16:54.379 --> 00:16:55.399
 In a sense,

00:16:55.519 --> 00:16:56.019
 the emotions

00:16:56.019 --> 00:16:57.120
 we might or might not

00:16:57.120 --> 00:16:58.159
 feel in repentance

00:16:58.159 --> 00:17:00.159
 is the emotion

00:17:00.159 --> 00:17:00.799
 we get

00:17:00.799 --> 00:17:01.799
 when the coin

00:17:01.799 --> 00:17:03.219
 feels the hand

00:17:03.220 --> 00:17:03.879
 of the lady

00:17:03.879 --> 00:17:05.319
 on it.

00:17:06.500 --> 00:17:06.980
 It's

00:17:06.980 --> 00:17:08.880
 the sheep

00:17:08.880 --> 00:17:09.680
 being found,

00:17:10.240 --> 00:17:11.120
 but it's all

00:17:11.120 --> 00:17:12.759
 from first to last

00:17:12.759 --> 00:17:13.740
 the work of Jesus.

00:17:14.740 --> 00:17:15.200
 And we,

00:17:15.279 --> 00:17:15.740
 in a sense,

00:17:15.799 --> 00:17:16.240
 are brought

00:17:16.240 --> 00:17:17.420
 into that story,

00:17:18.559 --> 00:17:19.220
 brought into

00:17:19.220 --> 00:17:20.100
 what he does,

00:17:21.100 --> 00:17:22.700
 and repentance

00:17:22.700 --> 00:17:23.500
 is just that

00:17:23.500 --> 00:17:24.000
 being brought

00:17:24.000 --> 00:17:24.680
 into it.

00:17:24.819 --> 00:17:25.440
 It's something

00:17:25.440 --> 00:17:25.960
 that Jesus

00:17:25.960 --> 00:17:26.819
 does it all.

00:17:26.819 --> 00:17:30.220
 You can imagine

00:17:30.220 --> 00:17:30.960
 how terrifying

00:17:30.960 --> 00:17:31.619
 this would be

00:17:31.619 --> 00:17:32.339
 to the Pharisees

00:17:32.339 --> 00:17:33.240
 and Sadducees.

00:17:34.019 --> 00:17:34.819
 Good grief.

00:17:34.899 --> 00:17:35.339
 Does that mean

00:17:35.339 --> 00:17:35.859
 we don't have

00:17:35.859 --> 00:17:36.839
 to do anything?

00:17:37.619 --> 00:17:38.139
 Does that mean

00:17:38.139 --> 00:17:38.619
 we can live

00:17:38.619 --> 00:17:39.720
 completely and utterly

00:17:39.720 --> 00:17:40.399
 immoral,

00:17:40.599 --> 00:17:41.439
 dissolute lives?

00:17:41.599 --> 00:17:41.899
 Jesus,

00:17:42.299 --> 00:17:43.039
 you are telling

00:17:43.039 --> 00:17:44.059
 something which is

00:17:44.059 --> 00:17:45.059
 deeply troubling

00:17:45.059 --> 00:17:45.639
 and worrying

00:17:45.639 --> 00:17:46.919
 and will only lead

00:17:46.919 --> 00:17:48.079
 to a completely

00:17:48.079 --> 00:17:48.899
 terrible thing.

00:17:49.039 --> 00:17:49.200
 Jesus,

00:17:50.200 --> 00:17:52.039
 the stories

00:17:52.039 --> 00:17:52.579
 aren't going to deal

00:17:52.579 --> 00:17:52.879
 with that.

00:17:53.039 --> 00:17:53.839
 Jesus just stays

00:17:53.839 --> 00:17:54.679
 on his own track,

00:17:54.680 --> 00:17:55.400
 and that's the

00:17:55.400 --> 00:17:55.980
 first thing

00:17:55.980 --> 00:17:56.420
 that we have

00:17:56.420 --> 00:17:56.940
 to see about

00:17:56.940 --> 00:17:57.560
 this story.

00:17:58.080 --> 00:17:59.180
 It's all done

00:17:59.180 --> 00:17:59.920
 by Jesus.

00:18:02.420 --> 00:18:03.140
 And then Jesus

00:18:03.140 --> 00:18:03.940
 tells the third

00:18:03.940 --> 00:18:04.400
 parable,

00:18:05.019 --> 00:18:06.960
 because obviously

00:18:06.960 --> 00:18:07.960
 there's some

00:18:07.960 --> 00:18:08.940
 other complexities

00:18:08.940 --> 00:18:10.519
 to this image.

00:18:11.560 --> 00:18:12.140
 If you could put up

00:18:12.140 --> 00:18:12.920
 the third and final

00:18:12.920 --> 00:18:13.360
 picture,

00:18:13.759 --> 00:18:14.259
 and it's just

00:18:14.259 --> 00:18:14.660
 the very,

00:18:14.740 --> 00:18:14.960
 very,

00:18:15.039 --> 00:18:15.860
 very famous

00:18:15.860 --> 00:18:17.740
 picture by Rembrandt.

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 17th century,

00:18:21.000 --> 00:18:21.460
 the return

00:18:21.460 --> 00:18:22.180
 of the prodigal.

00:18:23.440 --> 00:18:24.480
 Beautiful picture.

00:18:25.400 --> 00:18:25.880
 Beautiful,

00:18:26.019 --> 00:18:26.799
 beautiful painting.

00:18:29.740 --> 00:18:31.900
 Quiet colors,

00:18:32.880 --> 00:18:33.420
 tenderness.

00:18:35.220 --> 00:18:36.360
 And this is inspired

00:18:36.360 --> 00:18:37.480
 by the third parable

00:18:37.480 --> 00:18:38.400
 that Jesus tells.

00:18:39.519 --> 00:18:40.340
 Verse 11.

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 And he said,

00:18:43.100 --> 00:18:44.380
 there was a man

00:18:44.380 --> 00:18:45.640
 who had two sons.

00:18:46.019 --> 00:18:46.820
 Let's sort of pause

00:18:46.820 --> 00:18:47.519
 there for a second.

00:18:48.120 --> 00:18:48.840
 There's some things

00:18:48.840 --> 00:18:49.820
 in the original language

00:18:49.820 --> 00:18:50.700
 which we can't get

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 in English.

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 I suppose if we wanted

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 to try to play around

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 with the Bible,

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 you'd maybe be able

00:18:55.340 --> 00:18:55.680
 to do it,

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 but it would still

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 confuse people.

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 It would look very,

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 very odd.

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 But in the original

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 language,

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 there was a way

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 that a particular

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 word or phrase

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 could be made

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 emphatic

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 so that people

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 who are reading it

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 would understand

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 that,

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 whoa,

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 okay,

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 this is like,

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 it would be as if,

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 you know,

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 it would be as if

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 you're reading this

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 on the page

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 and as the cursor

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 touches it,

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 it blows up

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 so that you realize

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 it's emphatic

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 or it's bolded

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 or that there's

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 arrows towards it.

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 And in this story,

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 the way it begins,

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 there was a man

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 and man,

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 the father,

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 is emphatic.

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 See,

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 in fact,

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 some ways,

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 you see,

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 Rembrandt catches

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 that just a little bit,

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 not as much as he should

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 because,

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 you see,

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 really,

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 your eyes are naturally

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 drawn to the face

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 of the father

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 in that picture,

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 aren't you?

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 In some ways,

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 in a very deep way,

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 Rembrandt got it.

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 that this is actually,

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 even though it's called

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 often the parable

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 of the prodigal son,

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 it's actually the story

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 of the father.

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 The father is the key actor

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 in the story,

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 the dad,

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 not the two boys.

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 And so here's,

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 so here,

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 now that there was a man

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 who had two sons

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 and the younger said

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 to the father,

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 father,

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 give me the share

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 of property

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 that is coming to me.

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 And he divided

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 his property

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 among them.

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 Just sort of pause

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 there for a second.

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 In the original language,

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 the word property

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 is actually the life.

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 Give me the share

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 of the life

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 that is coming to me.

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 So what he's actually

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 asking is

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 that the son

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 wishes that his father

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 was dead

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 so that he could

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 collect his inheritance.

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 inheritance.

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 That's,

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 that's what the son

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 is asking.

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 The son is really

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 saying to the dad,

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 dad,

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 I wish you were dead

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 so I could have

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 the inheritance,

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 that share of your life

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 which is due me.

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 And this is a,

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 you know,

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 it's,

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 once again,

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 it's a very,

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 very apparently

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 unspiritual idea.

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 But one of the things

00:21:05.920 --> 00:21:06.500
 that the Bible

00:21:06.500 --> 00:21:07.500
 is trying to communicate

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 to us all the time

00:21:09.059 --> 00:21:10.619
 is that

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 a deep part

00:21:12.319 --> 00:21:13.819
 of every human being

00:21:13.819 --> 00:21:15.319
 wishes God dead.

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 A deep part

00:21:19.799 --> 00:21:21.559
 of every human being

00:21:21.559 --> 00:21:23.279
 is wishing God dead

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 and that we could

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 have his stuff.

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 And many of us

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 go to work

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 Monday to Friday

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 with a boss

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 that acts that out.

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 I'm God.

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 Many of us maybe

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 are in marriages

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 or have friends

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 like that.

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 But the Bible

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 is going to try

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 to communicate

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 to us

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 that every single

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 one of us

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 at some level

00:21:49.419 --> 00:21:51.279
 desires God dead.

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 God is dead.

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 I want his stuff.

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 I want his job.

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 Who better than me?

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 No, you can't say

00:22:00.220 --> 00:22:00.699
 that to yourself.

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 I'm saying that, okay?

00:22:02.099 --> 00:22:02.899
 I'm going to be one God.

00:22:04.419 --> 00:22:05.439
 So the young son

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 wants the father dead.

00:22:06.819 --> 00:22:07.619
 Verse 12 again.

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 And the younger of them

00:22:08.579 --> 00:22:09.460
 said to his father,

00:22:09.579 --> 00:22:09.799
 Father,

00:22:09.919 --> 00:22:10.519
 give me the share

00:22:10.519 --> 00:22:11.199
 of property,

00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:12.179
 the inheritance

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 that is coming to me.

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 And this is

00:22:14.940 --> 00:22:15.620
 just a parable.

00:22:15.799 --> 00:22:16.620
 It's really funny

00:22:16.620 --> 00:22:18.080
 reading academic commentaries.

00:22:18.180 --> 00:22:19.539
 They get in long discussions

00:22:19.539 --> 00:22:20.920
 about completely irrelevant

00:22:20.920 --> 00:22:21.920
 parts of the story.

00:22:22.420 --> 00:22:23.299
 Jesus isn't asking

00:22:23.299 --> 00:22:24.160
 you to start to analyze

00:22:24.160 --> 00:22:25.640
 all the different intricacies

00:22:25.640 --> 00:22:27.059
 of how this would go about.

00:22:27.440 --> 00:22:28.360
 It's a story.

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 Get to the point, okay?

00:22:29.759 --> 00:22:30.480
 So anyway,

00:22:30.600 --> 00:22:31.200
 I had to keep reading

00:22:31.200 --> 00:22:31.799
 the commentaries.

00:22:31.960 --> 00:22:32.980
 Good grief,

00:22:33.059 --> 00:22:33.779
 you missed the point.

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 Anyway,

00:22:34.940 --> 00:22:36.180
 not many days later,

00:22:36.180 --> 00:22:37.019
 the younger son

00:22:37.019 --> 00:22:37.340
 gathered,

00:22:37.580 --> 00:22:37.980
 verse 13,

00:22:38.039 --> 00:22:38.779
 all that he had

00:22:38.779 --> 00:22:39.460
 and took a journey

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 into a far country.

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 And there he squandered

00:22:42.500 --> 00:22:43.240
 his property

00:22:43.240 --> 00:22:44.619
 in reckless living,

00:22:45.099 --> 00:22:46.319
 in riotous living.

00:22:47.059 --> 00:22:47.619
 In other words,

00:22:47.920 --> 00:22:49.640
 he did a lot of

00:22:49.640 --> 00:22:50.940
 very, very naughty things

00:22:50.940 --> 00:22:51.920
 and completely blew

00:22:51.920 --> 00:22:53.000
 all the wad of money.

00:22:54.339 --> 00:22:55.140
 In verse 14,

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 and when he had spent

00:22:55.799 --> 00:22:56.319
 everything,

00:22:57.019 --> 00:22:57.960
 a severe famine

00:22:57.960 --> 00:22:59.200
 arose in that country

00:22:59.200 --> 00:22:59.839
 and he began

00:22:59.839 --> 00:23:00.539
 to be in need.

00:23:01.299 --> 00:23:02.200
 So he went

00:23:02.200 --> 00:23:03.119
 and hired himself

00:23:03.119 --> 00:23:04.180
 out to one of the citizens

00:23:04.180 --> 00:23:05.000
 of that country

00:23:05.000 --> 00:23:05.740
 who sent him

00:23:05.740 --> 00:23:06.440
 into his field

00:23:06.440 --> 00:23:07.259
 to feed pigs.

00:23:07.259 --> 00:23:09.579
 And he was longing

00:23:09.579 --> 00:23:10.359
 to be fed

00:23:10.359 --> 00:23:11.059
 with the pods

00:23:11.059 --> 00:23:12.079
 that the pigs ate

00:23:12.079 --> 00:23:12.920
 and no one

00:23:12.920 --> 00:23:13.960
 gave him anything.

00:23:14.940 --> 00:23:16.339
 And in the original language,

00:23:16.779 --> 00:23:17.460
 no one

00:23:17.460 --> 00:23:19.339
 is emphatic.

00:23:19.720 --> 00:23:20.500
 It's bolded.

00:23:21.319 --> 00:23:22.059
 So the story

00:23:22.059 --> 00:23:22.900
 is trying to say

00:23:22.900 --> 00:23:25.160
 that this young guy

00:23:25.160 --> 00:23:26.680
 there in the rags,

00:23:27.680 --> 00:23:30.240
 he blows everything

00:23:30.240 --> 00:23:33.240
 and now he has to go

00:23:33.240 --> 00:23:33.960
 and hire himself

00:23:33.960 --> 00:23:34.839
 out to a pagan

00:23:34.839 --> 00:23:36.000
 and the pagan

00:23:36.000 --> 00:23:36.799
 gives him a job

00:23:36.799 --> 00:23:37.579
 feeding the pigs.

00:23:37.819 --> 00:23:38.419
 He still doesn't

00:23:38.419 --> 00:23:39.079
 get enough to eat.

00:23:39.579 --> 00:23:40.379
 The famines come.

00:23:40.440 --> 00:23:41.119
 He's completely

00:23:41.119 --> 00:23:42.619
 and utterly alone.

00:23:44.039 --> 00:23:45.539
 Now, here's a little bit

00:23:45.539 --> 00:23:46.180
 of a pause.

00:23:48.599 --> 00:23:49.539
 I like reading

00:23:49.539 --> 00:23:50.319
 movie reviews.

00:23:50.700 --> 00:23:52.059
 I like watching movies.

00:23:52.899 --> 00:23:54.039
 And there's one

00:23:54.039 --> 00:23:55.099
 movie reviewer

00:23:55.099 --> 00:23:56.139
 that I read

00:23:56.139 --> 00:23:57.099
 fairly regularly

00:23:57.099 --> 00:23:58.339
 who will remain nameless.

00:23:59.039 --> 00:24:00.079
 But this particular

00:24:00.079 --> 00:24:01.139
 movie reviewer,

00:24:01.200 --> 00:24:02.139
 I know that

00:24:02.139 --> 00:24:03.460
 if they don't like

00:24:03.460 --> 00:24:03.899
 a movie,

00:24:04.339 --> 00:24:05.159
 it might mean

00:24:05.159 --> 00:24:05.899
 I like it.

00:24:05.900 --> 00:24:08.160
 If they really

00:24:08.160 --> 00:24:08.800
 like a movie,

00:24:08.900 --> 00:24:09.920
 I probably won't

00:24:09.920 --> 00:24:10.480
 like it.

00:24:10.900 --> 00:24:11.980
 Because this movie

00:24:11.980 --> 00:24:12.460
 reviewer,

00:24:12.500 --> 00:24:13.420
 the type of movies

00:24:13.420 --> 00:24:14.680
 that they like,

00:24:15.060 --> 00:24:16.180
 I'm trying to make sure

00:24:16.180 --> 00:24:16.920
 you can't figure out

00:24:16.920 --> 00:24:17.400
 who it is.

00:24:18.140 --> 00:24:18.420
 You know,

00:24:18.500 --> 00:24:19.120
 if it ends

00:24:19.120 --> 00:24:20.160
 with everybody

00:24:20.160 --> 00:24:21.040
 depressed

00:24:21.040 --> 00:24:22.540
 and committing

00:24:22.540 --> 00:24:23.360
 suicide

00:24:23.360 --> 00:24:25.019
 and lives ruined,

00:24:25.280 --> 00:24:26.280
 it gets lots

00:24:26.280 --> 00:24:26.980
 of stars.

00:24:28.300 --> 00:24:29.019
 Generally speaking,

00:24:29.080 --> 00:24:29.519
 I don't want to

00:24:29.519 --> 00:24:30.180
 watch a movie

00:24:30.180 --> 00:24:31.000
 that's all about

00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:32.140
 complete and utter

00:24:32.140 --> 00:24:32.840
 failure

00:24:32.839 --> 00:24:34.279
 and depression.

00:24:35.379 --> 00:24:35.939
 There's enough

00:24:35.939 --> 00:24:36.919
 depressing things

00:24:36.919 --> 00:24:37.480
 in the world,

00:24:37.619 --> 00:24:38.019
 I don't want to

00:24:38.019 --> 00:24:38.799
 usually spend

00:24:38.799 --> 00:24:39.319
 two hours

00:24:39.319 --> 00:24:40.159
 watching a movie

00:24:40.159 --> 00:24:40.759
 that wants to

00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:41.619
 make me depressed.

00:24:42.220 --> 00:24:43.419
 But if we were

00:24:43.419 --> 00:24:44.240
 watching one of

00:24:44.240 --> 00:24:45.059
 those types

00:24:45.059 --> 00:24:45.699
 of movies,

00:24:46.879 --> 00:24:47.759
 it would end

00:24:47.759 --> 00:24:48.439
 right here.

00:24:50.740 --> 00:24:51.619
 Young guy

00:24:51.619 --> 00:24:52.259
 starts off

00:24:52.259 --> 00:24:52.879
 rich,

00:24:53.379 --> 00:24:53.899
 privileged,

00:24:54.500 --> 00:24:55.859
 the party guy,

00:24:56.220 --> 00:24:57.259
 the fraternities,

00:24:57.939 --> 00:24:58.839
 he wishes

00:24:58.839 --> 00:24:59.879
 the dad dead,

00:24:59.939 --> 00:25:01.019
 he wastes his money,

00:25:01.019 --> 00:25:02.200
 the famine comes,

00:25:02.279 --> 00:25:03.000
 he's completely

00:25:03.000 --> 00:25:03.420
 and utterly

00:25:03.420 --> 00:25:03.920
 desolate,

00:25:04.200 --> 00:25:04.799
 and then the

00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:05.559
 credits roll.

00:25:07.200 --> 00:25:07.879
 And this movie

00:25:07.879 --> 00:25:08.639
 reviewer will give

00:25:08.639 --> 00:25:09.460
 it five stars.

00:25:11.240 --> 00:25:12.019
 Maybe you like

00:25:12.019 --> 00:25:12.660
 movies like that,

00:25:12.720 --> 00:25:13.039
 that's fine,

00:25:13.099 --> 00:25:13.519
 we can all like

00:25:13.519 --> 00:25:14.079
 different types

00:25:14.079 --> 00:25:14.519
 of movies.

00:25:15.000 --> 00:25:15.920
 But the parable

00:25:15.920 --> 00:25:16.960
 could end there,

00:25:17.139 --> 00:25:17.920
 and some people

00:25:17.920 --> 00:25:18.500
 think it would be

00:25:18.500 --> 00:25:19.519
 a better story

00:25:19.519 --> 00:25:20.599
 if it ended there,

00:25:21.000 --> 00:25:21.960
 but the parable

00:25:21.960 --> 00:25:22.740
 doesn't end there.

00:25:23.920 --> 00:25:24.720
 The parable

00:25:24.720 --> 00:25:25.180
 is going to go

00:25:25.180 --> 00:25:26.200
 to another part,

00:25:26.460 --> 00:25:27.160
 and here's what

00:25:27.160 --> 00:25:29.619
 happens in verse 17.

00:25:29.619 --> 00:25:30.859
 But when the

00:25:30.859 --> 00:25:31.359
 young guy

00:25:31.359 --> 00:25:32.839
 came to himself,

00:25:33.799 --> 00:25:35.119
 you might not

00:25:35.119 --> 00:25:35.539
 have noticed

00:25:35.539 --> 00:25:36.000
 when I was,

00:25:36.099 --> 00:25:37.159
 I mentioned this

00:25:37.159 --> 00:25:37.539
 a little bit

00:25:37.539 --> 00:25:38.199
 in my prayers.

00:25:38.839 --> 00:25:39.259
 One of the

00:25:39.259 --> 00:25:39.979
 interesting things

00:25:39.979 --> 00:25:40.959
 about this story

00:25:40.959 --> 00:25:41.899
 is that coming

00:25:41.899 --> 00:25:42.859
 to ourselves

00:25:42.859 --> 00:25:44.419
 and coming

00:25:44.419 --> 00:25:45.299
 to Jesus

00:25:45.299 --> 00:25:46.219
 aren't

00:25:46.219 --> 00:25:47.219
 contradictions,

00:25:48.239 --> 00:25:48.799
 but fit

00:25:48.799 --> 00:25:49.219
 together.

00:25:50.379 --> 00:25:50.779
 You see,

00:25:50.919 --> 00:25:51.479
 it's part of

00:25:51.479 --> 00:25:51.959
 this biblical

00:25:51.959 --> 00:25:52.739
 idea that

00:25:52.739 --> 00:25:53.739
 just as on

00:25:53.739 --> 00:25:54.359
 one part,

00:25:54.659 --> 00:25:55.339
 there's part

00:25:55.339 --> 00:25:56.179
 of every single

00:25:56.179 --> 00:25:56.659
 human being,

00:25:56.719 --> 00:25:57.199
 it doesn't matter

00:25:57.199 --> 00:25:57.500
 if you're

00:25:57.500 --> 00:25:58.159
 Pope Francis,

00:25:58.299 --> 00:25:58.719
 it doesn't matter

00:25:58.720 --> 00:25:59.519
 if you're Billy Graham,

00:25:59.620 --> 00:26:00.039
 it doesn't matter

00:26:00.039 --> 00:26:00.640
 if you're George

00:26:00.640 --> 00:26:01.019
 Sinclair,

00:26:01.100 --> 00:26:01.539
 it doesn't matter

00:26:01.539 --> 00:26:02.400
 if you're Mother Teresa,

00:26:03.140 --> 00:26:03.759
 it doesn't matter

00:26:03.759 --> 00:26:04.720
 if you're Joe Blow

00:26:04.720 --> 00:26:06.779
 or Susie Smith,

00:26:07.360 --> 00:26:08.059
 that there's part

00:26:08.059 --> 00:26:08.880
 of every single

00:26:08.880 --> 00:26:09.640
 human being

00:26:09.640 --> 00:26:10.700
 that is in rebellion

00:26:10.700 --> 00:26:11.420
 against God

00:26:11.420 --> 00:26:12.579
 and wants God dead.

00:26:12.660 --> 00:26:13.600
 But the other part

00:26:13.600 --> 00:26:14.579
 of the biblical truth

00:26:14.579 --> 00:26:15.240
 is a deeper,

00:26:15.460 --> 00:26:16.240
 older truth

00:26:16.240 --> 00:26:18.339
 that God really

00:26:18.339 --> 00:26:19.100
 did make us

00:26:19.100 --> 00:26:19.920
 for himself,

00:26:20.600 --> 00:26:22.160
 that he made us

00:26:22.160 --> 00:26:22.920
 to fit into

00:26:22.920 --> 00:26:23.960
 this created order.

00:26:25.180 --> 00:26:26.000
 And so at a

00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:26.319
 very,

00:26:26.500 --> 00:26:27.880
 very deeper level

00:26:27.880 --> 00:26:28.640
 that when we

00:26:28.640 --> 00:26:29.480
 start to come

00:26:29.480 --> 00:26:30.380
 back to God,

00:26:30.500 --> 00:26:31.080
 we're also

00:26:31.080 --> 00:26:32.160
 actually coming

00:26:32.160 --> 00:26:33.160
 into our right

00:26:33.160 --> 00:26:33.740
 mind.

00:26:35.740 --> 00:26:36.600
 What we were

00:26:36.600 --> 00:26:37.500
 made for,

00:26:38.300 --> 00:26:39.360
 what really

00:26:39.360 --> 00:26:40.440
 fits us.

00:26:43.700 --> 00:26:44.620
 Verse 17,

00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:45.160
 but when he

00:26:45.160 --> 00:26:46.020
 came to himself,

00:26:46.100 --> 00:26:46.400
 he said,

00:26:46.500 --> 00:26:47.100
 how many of my

00:26:47.100 --> 00:26:47.960
 father's hired

00:26:47.960 --> 00:26:49.280
 servants have

00:26:49.280 --> 00:26:49.960
 more than enough

00:26:49.960 --> 00:26:50.300
 bread,

00:26:50.440 --> 00:26:51.260
 but I perish

00:26:51.260 --> 00:26:52.160
 here with hunger.

00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:54.000
 I will arise

00:26:54.000 --> 00:26:54.620
 and go to my

00:26:54.620 --> 00:26:55.420
 father and I

00:26:55.420 --> 00:26:56.240
 will say to him,

00:26:56.240 --> 00:26:57.339
 father,

00:26:57.720 --> 00:26:58.819
 I have sinned

00:26:58.819 --> 00:26:59.500
 against heaven

00:26:59.500 --> 00:27:00.299
 and before you.

00:27:00.839 --> 00:27:01.799
 I am no longer

00:27:01.799 --> 00:27:02.480
 worthy to be

00:27:02.480 --> 00:27:03.299
 called your son.

00:27:04.259 --> 00:27:04.980
 Treat me as one

00:27:04.980 --> 00:27:05.640
 of your hired

00:27:05.640 --> 00:27:06.319
 servants.

00:27:08.039 --> 00:27:08.720
 Just sort of

00:27:08.720 --> 00:27:09.599
 notice two things

00:27:09.599 --> 00:27:10.359
 in that text.

00:27:10.920 --> 00:27:11.519
 It's a whole

00:27:11.519 --> 00:27:12.279
 other series.

00:27:12.400 --> 00:27:12.740
 It's a whole

00:27:12.740 --> 00:27:14.059
 ethics lecture.

00:27:14.960 --> 00:27:15.759
 But one of the

00:27:15.759 --> 00:27:16.200
 things which

00:27:16.200 --> 00:27:17.120
 distinguishes the

00:27:17.120 --> 00:27:18.279
 Christian understanding

00:27:18.279 --> 00:27:19.019
 of the world from

00:27:19.019 --> 00:27:19.539
 non-Christian

00:27:19.539 --> 00:27:20.240
 understanding of the

00:27:20.240 --> 00:27:21.480
 world is that

00:27:21.480 --> 00:27:22.819
 every wrong act,

00:27:22.900 --> 00:27:23.839
 if I steal money

00:27:23.839 --> 00:27:24.819
 from this congregation,

00:27:24.819 --> 00:27:25.519
 I've not only

00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:26.259
 harmed you,

00:27:26.700 --> 00:27:27.460
 but I've wronged

00:27:27.460 --> 00:27:27.839
 God.

00:27:29.059 --> 00:27:30.339
 That every wrong

00:27:30.339 --> 00:27:31.579
 act is not only

00:27:31.579 --> 00:27:32.599
 something wrong

00:27:32.599 --> 00:27:33.500
 against a person

00:27:33.500 --> 00:27:34.200
 or an animal

00:27:34.200 --> 00:27:34.759
 or the created

00:27:34.759 --> 00:27:35.079
 order,

00:27:35.159 --> 00:27:35.759
 but it's always

00:27:35.759 --> 00:27:36.859
 as well a

00:27:36.859 --> 00:27:37.839
 wronging of God.

00:27:37.919 --> 00:27:38.419
 That's why the

00:27:38.419 --> 00:27:39.200
 young son says,

00:27:39.579 --> 00:27:39.759
 father,

00:27:39.859 --> 00:27:40.259
 I've sinned

00:27:40.259 --> 00:27:41.059
 against heaven,

00:27:41.500 --> 00:27:41.980
 in other words,

00:27:42.059 --> 00:27:42.299
 you,

00:27:43.059 --> 00:27:43.799
 and you.

00:27:44.019 --> 00:27:44.799
 I've sinned

00:27:44.799 --> 00:27:45.299
 against you,

00:27:45.399 --> 00:27:45.599
 dad,

00:27:45.679 --> 00:27:46.139
 and I've sinned

00:27:46.139 --> 00:27:47.799
 against God.

00:27:50.859 --> 00:27:52.599
 And then he's

00:27:52.599 --> 00:27:53.179
 going to go back

00:27:53.179 --> 00:27:53.879
 to his father.

00:27:53.880 --> 00:27:54.380
 He's not going

00:27:54.380 --> 00:27:54.860
 to make any

00:27:54.860 --> 00:27:55.420
 excuses.

00:27:55.620 --> 00:27:56.080
 And in fact,

00:27:56.280 --> 00:27:57.040
 in the original

00:27:57.040 --> 00:27:57.480
 language,

00:27:57.580 --> 00:27:58.440
 there's three levels

00:27:58.440 --> 00:27:59.120
 of servants

00:27:59.120 --> 00:28:00.060
 slash slaves.

00:28:00.520 --> 00:28:01.220
 And the word

00:28:01.220 --> 00:28:01.800
 which is used

00:28:01.800 --> 00:28:02.300
 here is the

00:28:02.300 --> 00:28:02.920
 lowest of the

00:28:02.920 --> 00:28:03.220
 three.

00:28:04.700 --> 00:28:05.400
 But he's going

00:28:05.400 --> 00:28:05.800
 to go back

00:28:05.800 --> 00:28:06.500
 to his father

00:28:06.500 --> 00:28:06.880
 and he's going

00:28:06.880 --> 00:28:07.160
 to say,

00:28:07.260 --> 00:28:07.580
 father,

00:28:07.820 --> 00:28:08.160
 here's what

00:28:08.160 --> 00:28:08.460
 we see,

00:28:08.560 --> 00:28:08.700
 right?

00:28:09.020 --> 00:28:09.740
 Part of that.

00:28:11.280 --> 00:28:12.120
 Just take me

00:28:12.120 --> 00:28:12.700
 back as the

00:28:12.700 --> 00:28:13.660
 lowest servant

00:28:13.660 --> 00:28:14.400
 you possibly

00:28:14.400 --> 00:28:14.800
 have.

00:28:17.680 --> 00:28:18.900
 Verse 20.

00:28:20.140 --> 00:28:21.200
 So he arose

00:28:21.200 --> 00:28:22.500
 and came

00:28:22.500 --> 00:28:23.200
 to his father.

00:28:24.319 --> 00:28:25.200
 But while

00:28:25.200 --> 00:28:25.900
 the young man

00:28:25.900 --> 00:28:26.319
 was still

00:28:26.319 --> 00:28:26.900
 a long way

00:28:26.900 --> 00:28:27.220
 off,

00:28:27.440 --> 00:28:28.080
 his father

00:28:28.080 --> 00:28:29.000
 saw him

00:28:29.000 --> 00:28:29.640
 and felt

00:28:29.640 --> 00:28:30.360
 compassion

00:28:30.360 --> 00:28:31.600
 and ran

00:28:31.600 --> 00:28:32.480
 and embraced

00:28:32.480 --> 00:28:32.799
 him

00:28:32.799 --> 00:28:33.819
 and kissed

00:28:33.819 --> 00:28:34.180
 him.

00:28:37.720 --> 00:28:38.279
 That's

00:28:38.279 --> 00:28:38.799
 obviously

00:28:38.799 --> 00:28:39.819
 going to happen

00:28:39.819 --> 00:28:40.340
 just after

00:28:40.340 --> 00:28:40.960
 this picture

00:28:40.960 --> 00:28:41.500
 right here.

00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:45.339
 in the

00:28:45.339 --> 00:28:45.599
 original

00:28:45.599 --> 00:28:46.160
 language,

00:28:46.279 --> 00:28:46.859
 the father

00:28:46.859 --> 00:28:47.660
 seen

00:28:47.660 --> 00:28:48.759
 is emphatic.

00:28:50.000 --> 00:28:50.359
 In other

00:28:50.359 --> 00:28:50.559
 words,

00:28:50.700 --> 00:28:51.539
 Jesus is

00:28:51.539 --> 00:28:51.960
 telling the

00:28:51.960 --> 00:28:52.279
 original

00:28:52.279 --> 00:28:52.740
 hearers,

00:28:52.799 --> 00:28:53.099
 one moment,

00:28:53.180 --> 00:28:53.640
 remember this,

00:28:53.680 --> 00:28:54.220
 this is not a

00:28:54.220 --> 00:28:54.720
 story about

00:28:54.720 --> 00:28:55.200
 the younger

00:28:55.200 --> 00:28:55.559
 son,

00:28:55.640 --> 00:28:56.119
 this is a

00:28:56.119 --> 00:28:56.640
 story about

00:28:56.640 --> 00:28:57.240
 the father.

00:28:57.900 --> 00:28:58.400
 That's

00:28:58.400 --> 00:28:59.019
 emphatic.

00:29:00.039 --> 00:29:00.359
 And so

00:29:00.359 --> 00:29:00.640
 what's

00:29:00.640 --> 00:29:01.119
 emphasized

00:29:01.119 --> 00:29:02.400
 is not

00:29:02.400 --> 00:29:02.940
 so much

00:29:02.940 --> 00:29:03.460
 the journey

00:29:03.460 --> 00:29:03.799
 of the

00:29:03.799 --> 00:29:04.259
 son back,

00:29:04.359 --> 00:29:04.619
 but that

00:29:04.619 --> 00:29:05.180
 the father

00:29:05.180 --> 00:29:05.920
 sees the

00:29:05.920 --> 00:29:07.140
 son long

00:29:07.140 --> 00:29:07.799
 before the

00:29:07.799 --> 00:29:08.539
 son sees

00:29:08.539 --> 00:29:09.140
 the father.

00:29:09.559 --> 00:29:10.259
 And long

00:29:10.259 --> 00:29:10.839
 before the

00:29:10.839 --> 00:29:11.959
 son realizes

00:29:11.959 --> 00:29:12.500
 that the

00:29:12.500 --> 00:29:13.099
 father is

00:29:13.099 --> 00:29:13.379
 there,

00:29:13.500 --> 00:29:14.000
 the father

00:29:14.000 --> 00:29:14.799
 does something

00:29:14.799 --> 00:29:15.299
 which an

00:29:15.299 --> 00:29:16.099
 ancient Jewish

00:29:16.099 --> 00:29:16.759
 father would

00:29:16.759 --> 00:29:17.279
 not have

00:29:17.279 --> 00:29:17.619
 done,

00:29:18.579 --> 00:29:19.779
 he runs.

00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:21.500
 And he

00:29:21.500 --> 00:29:22.039
 runs to

00:29:22.039 --> 00:29:22.500
 the son

00:29:22.500 --> 00:29:23.980
 and throws

00:29:23.980 --> 00:29:24.699
 himself upon

00:29:24.699 --> 00:29:25.119
 the son.

00:29:32.959 --> 00:29:33.859
 And if we

00:29:33.859 --> 00:29:34.559
 were watching

00:29:34.559 --> 00:29:35.319
 a typical

00:29:35.319 --> 00:29:36.339
 Hollywood movie,

00:29:37.399 --> 00:29:38.399
 that's how

00:29:38.399 --> 00:29:38.740
 the movie

00:29:38.740 --> 00:29:39.299
 would end,

00:29:39.919 --> 00:29:40.159
 right?

00:29:40.839 --> 00:29:41.439
 I mean,

00:29:41.480 --> 00:29:41.740
 if the

00:29:41.740 --> 00:29:42.419
 movie can't

00:29:42.419 --> 00:29:43.059
 end with

00:29:43.059 --> 00:29:43.500
 everybody

00:29:43.500 --> 00:29:44.099
 clapping,

00:29:44.839 --> 00:29:45.359
 or if the

00:29:45.359 --> 00:29:46.000
 movie can't

00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:46.399
 end with

00:29:46.399 --> 00:29:46.779
 the guy

00:29:46.779 --> 00:29:47.059
 and the

00:29:47.059 --> 00:29:47.720
 girl kissing,

00:29:48.579 --> 00:29:48.919
 then the

00:29:48.919 --> 00:29:49.399
 movie will

00:29:49.399 --> 00:29:50.059
 end with

00:29:50.059 --> 00:29:50.659
 some type

00:29:50.659 --> 00:29:51.459
 of reconciliation

00:29:51.459 --> 00:29:52.339
 like that.

00:29:52.919 --> 00:29:53.539
 That's the

00:29:53.539 --> 00:29:54.199
 type of movie

00:29:54.199 --> 00:29:54.819
 that Disney

00:29:54.819 --> 00:29:55.339
 likes.

00:29:55.939 --> 00:29:56.459
 That's the

00:29:56.459 --> 00:29:57.119
 type of movie

00:29:57.119 --> 00:29:57.619
 that's very,

00:29:57.740 --> 00:29:58.359
 very popular

00:29:58.359 --> 00:29:58.980
 in our

00:29:58.980 --> 00:29:59.459
 culture.

00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:01.039
 It ends

00:30:01.039 --> 00:30:01.759
 with the

00:30:01.759 --> 00:30:02.399
 father and

00:30:02.399 --> 00:30:03.039
 the son

00:30:03.039 --> 00:30:05.079
 reconciled,

00:30:05.279 --> 00:30:05.579
 hugging,

00:30:06.079 --> 00:30:06.759
 and all that

00:30:06.759 --> 00:30:07.339
 other messy

00:30:07.339 --> 00:30:08.159
 stuff is not

00:30:08.159 --> 00:30:08.759
 necessarily

00:30:08.759 --> 00:30:09.480
 discussed,

00:30:09.480 --> 00:30:10.900
 and the

00:30:10.900 --> 00:30:11.759
 credits roll

00:30:11.759 --> 00:30:12.380
 and some

00:30:12.380 --> 00:30:13.299
 nice piece

00:30:13.299 --> 00:30:13.759
 of music

00:30:13.759 --> 00:30:14.319
 that hopefully

00:30:14.319 --> 00:30:14.920
 will end up

00:30:14.920 --> 00:30:15.319
 being very

00:30:15.319 --> 00:30:16.220
 popular goes

00:30:16.220 --> 00:30:16.480
 in the

00:30:16.480 --> 00:30:16.819
 credits,

00:30:17.360 --> 00:30:17.880
 and we all

00:30:17.880 --> 00:30:18.319
 get up and

00:30:18.319 --> 00:30:18.779
 walk out of

00:30:18.779 --> 00:30:19.160
 the theater,

00:30:19.279 --> 00:30:19.579
 and we've

00:30:19.579 --> 00:30:20.099
 now watched

00:30:20.099 --> 00:30:20.539
 a Disney

00:30:20.539 --> 00:30:20.880
 film.

00:30:22.559 --> 00:30:23.259
 But Jesus

00:30:23.259 --> 00:30:23.819
 doesn't end

00:30:23.819 --> 00:30:24.380
 the parable

00:30:24.380 --> 00:30:25.059
 where Disney

00:30:25.059 --> 00:30:25.440
 would end

00:30:25.440 --> 00:30:25.960
 the parable.

00:30:25.960 --> 00:30:29.299
 Jesus is

00:30:29.299 --> 00:30:29.779
 going to go

00:30:29.779 --> 00:30:30.299
 after the

00:30:30.299 --> 00:30:30.720
 heart,

00:30:31.200 --> 00:30:32.100
 not the

00:30:32.100 --> 00:30:32.559
 emotions,

00:30:32.799 --> 00:30:33.100
 but the

00:30:33.100 --> 00:30:33.579
 center of

00:30:33.579 --> 00:30:33.880
 who we

00:30:33.880 --> 00:30:34.120
 are.

00:30:35.440 --> 00:30:35.980
 He's going

00:30:35.980 --> 00:30:37.019
 to figure

00:30:37.019 --> 00:30:37.480
 out a little

00:30:37.480 --> 00:30:37.900
 bit more

00:30:37.900 --> 00:30:38.579
 fully what's

00:30:38.579 --> 00:30:38.960
 going on

00:30:38.960 --> 00:30:39.340
 with the

00:30:39.340 --> 00:30:39.600
 son,

00:30:40.220 --> 00:30:40.519
 and that

00:30:40.519 --> 00:30:41.160
 continues in

00:30:41.160 --> 00:30:41.860
 verse 21.

00:30:42.900 --> 00:30:43.519
 The son

00:30:43.519 --> 00:30:44.819
 has his

00:30:44.819 --> 00:30:46.240
 sinner's

00:30:46.240 --> 00:30:47.220
 prayer all

00:30:47.220 --> 00:30:47.680
 prepared.

00:30:49.620 --> 00:30:50.160
 I don't

00:30:50.160 --> 00:30:50.380
 know if

00:30:50.380 --> 00:30:50.680
 you're from

00:30:50.680 --> 00:30:51.259
 an evangelical

00:30:51.259 --> 00:30:51.980
 type of

00:30:51.980 --> 00:30:52.319
 background,

00:30:52.440 --> 00:30:52.680
 but one

00:30:52.680 --> 00:30:52.880
 of the

00:30:52.880 --> 00:30:53.440
 reasons that

00:30:53.440 --> 00:30:54.319
 sometimes people

00:30:54.319 --> 00:30:54.759
 feel they

00:30:54.759 --> 00:30:55.240
 have to keep

00:30:55.240 --> 00:30:55.960
 asking Jesus

00:30:55.960 --> 00:30:56.500
 into their

00:30:56.500 --> 00:30:56.920
 life to

00:30:56.920 --> 00:30:57.440
 save them

00:30:57.440 --> 00:30:58.120
 or be

00:30:58.120 --> 00:30:58.900
 baptized is

00:30:58.900 --> 00:30:59.319
 because he

00:30:59.319 --> 00:30:59.779
 didn't quite

00:30:59.779 --> 00:31:00.200
 get the

00:31:00.200 --> 00:31:00.559
 words of

00:31:00.559 --> 00:31:01.079
 the sinner's

00:31:01.079 --> 00:31:02.099
 prayer right.

00:31:03.980 --> 00:31:04.740
 As if

00:31:04.740 --> 00:31:05.359
 sinner's

00:31:05.359 --> 00:31:06.019
 prayer is

00:31:06.019 --> 00:31:06.960
 like one

00:31:06.960 --> 00:31:07.279
 of those

00:31:07.279 --> 00:31:07.900
 long

00:31:07.900 --> 00:31:08.779
 passwords you

00:31:08.779 --> 00:31:09.299
 get from

00:31:09.299 --> 00:31:10.539
 a bank

00:31:10.539 --> 00:31:10.980
 that has

00:31:10.980 --> 00:31:12.180
 15 different

00:31:12.180 --> 00:31:12.839
 characters,

00:31:13.420 --> 00:31:13.920
 and if you

00:31:13.920 --> 00:31:14.299
 don't get

00:31:14.299 --> 00:31:15.059
 every single

00:31:15.059 --> 00:31:16.039
 character right,

00:31:16.180 --> 00:31:16.980
 the web

00:31:16.980 --> 00:31:17.940
 page doesn't

00:31:17.940 --> 00:31:18.339
 let you

00:31:18.339 --> 00:31:19.120
 log in.

00:31:19.960 --> 00:31:20.440
 And a lot

00:31:20.440 --> 00:31:20.839
 of people

00:31:20.839 --> 00:31:21.319
 think that

00:31:21.319 --> 00:31:21.880
 the sinner's

00:31:21.880 --> 00:31:22.299
 prayer is

00:31:22.299 --> 00:31:22.579
 like a

00:31:22.579 --> 00:31:22.839
 long,

00:31:22.960 --> 00:31:23.599
 complicated

00:31:23.599 --> 00:31:25.160
 log

00:31:25.160 --> 00:31:25.660
 in

00:31:25.660 --> 00:31:29.160
 ID and

00:31:29.160 --> 00:31:30.100
 password,

00:31:30.320 --> 00:31:30.500
 and you've

00:31:30.500 --> 00:31:30.840
 got to get

00:31:30.840 --> 00:31:31.200
 it all

00:31:31.200 --> 00:31:31.720
 right,

00:31:32.600 --> 00:31:33.000
 or God

00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:33.300
 will just

00:31:33.300 --> 00:31:33.519
 go,

00:31:33.680 --> 00:31:34.640
 good grief,

00:31:34.700 --> 00:31:34.900
 I'm going

00:31:34.900 --> 00:31:35.220
 to shut

00:31:35.220 --> 00:31:35.840
 this page

00:31:35.840 --> 00:31:36.140
 down,

00:31:36.200 --> 00:31:36.600
 they can't

00:31:36.600 --> 00:31:36.980
 get the

00:31:36.980 --> 00:31:37.640
 stupid

00:31:37.640 --> 00:31:39.440
 web address

00:31:39.440 --> 00:31:39.779
 right.

00:31:40.700 --> 00:31:41.060
 And that's

00:31:41.060 --> 00:31:41.340
 how a lot

00:31:41.340 --> 00:31:41.920
 of Christians

00:31:41.920 --> 00:31:42.900
 somehow

00:31:42.900 --> 00:31:43.480
 think.

00:31:44.440 --> 00:31:45.019
 So the

00:31:45.019 --> 00:31:45.600
 son has

00:31:45.600 --> 00:31:46.240
 his sinner's

00:31:46.240 --> 00:31:46.860
 prayer ready,

00:31:47.400 --> 00:31:48.540
 and he

00:31:48.540 --> 00:31:49.300
 starts into

00:31:49.300 --> 00:31:49.720
 it in

00:31:49.720 --> 00:31:50.340
 verse 21,

00:31:50.460 --> 00:31:50.680
 and the

00:31:50.680 --> 00:31:51.120
 son said

00:31:51.120 --> 00:31:51.420
 to him,

00:31:51.880 --> 00:31:52.140
 I guess

00:31:52.140 --> 00:31:52.500
 that's what's

00:31:52.500 --> 00:31:52.840
 going on

00:31:52.840 --> 00:31:53.160
 right now,

00:31:53.220 --> 00:31:53.680
 the son's

00:31:53.680 --> 00:31:54.019
 kneeling,

00:31:54.019 --> 00:31:56.200
 and says,

00:31:56.339 --> 00:31:56.519
 Father,

00:31:56.599 --> 00:31:56.839
 I have

00:31:56.839 --> 00:31:57.079
 sinned

00:31:57.079 --> 00:31:57.359
 against

00:31:57.359 --> 00:31:57.660
 heaven

00:31:57.660 --> 00:31:58.160
 and before

00:31:58.160 --> 00:31:58.460
 you,

00:31:58.539 --> 00:31:58.660
 and I

00:31:58.660 --> 00:31:58.900
 am no

00:31:58.900 --> 00:31:59.200
 longer

00:31:59.200 --> 00:31:59.680
 worthy to

00:31:59.680 --> 00:32:00.139
 be called

00:32:00.139 --> 00:32:00.740
 your son.

00:32:00.819 --> 00:32:01.019
 And you

00:32:01.019 --> 00:32:01.519
 know what's

00:32:01.519 --> 00:32:01.740
 really,

00:32:01.819 --> 00:32:02.400
 really neat

00:32:02.400 --> 00:32:03.759
 is that he

00:32:03.759 --> 00:32:04.559
 gets two-thirds

00:32:04.559 --> 00:32:05.160
 through the way

00:32:05.160 --> 00:32:05.619
 of the prayer,

00:32:05.740 --> 00:32:05.920
 and the

00:32:05.920 --> 00:32:06.759
 father interrupts

00:32:06.759 --> 00:32:06.940
 him.

00:32:09.539 --> 00:32:10.019
 Father

00:32:10.019 --> 00:32:10.839
 stops him.

00:32:12.240 --> 00:32:12.859
 Word for

00:32:12.859 --> 00:32:13.160
 word,

00:32:13.279 --> 00:32:13.740
 two-thirds

00:32:13.740 --> 00:32:14.099
 of it is

00:32:14.099 --> 00:32:14.680
 word for

00:32:14.680 --> 00:32:15.160
 word what

00:32:15.160 --> 00:32:15.539
 was just

00:32:15.539 --> 00:32:16.420
 he prepared

00:32:16.420 --> 00:32:17.440
 his sinner's

00:32:17.440 --> 00:32:17.660
 prayer,

00:32:17.819 --> 00:32:18.119
 and the

00:32:18.119 --> 00:32:18.559
 father

00:32:18.559 --> 00:32:19.379
 interrupts

00:32:19.379 --> 00:32:19.480
 him.

00:32:19.559 --> 00:32:19.779
 You see,

00:32:19.859 --> 00:32:20.299
 God is

00:32:20.299 --> 00:32:20.839
 not waiting

00:32:20.839 --> 00:32:21.259
 for you

00:32:21.259 --> 00:32:21.680
 and me

00:32:21.680 --> 00:32:22.380
 to get

00:32:22.380 --> 00:32:23.039
 a sinner's

00:32:23.039 --> 00:32:23.360
 prayer

00:32:23.360 --> 00:32:23.660
 right,

00:32:23.740 --> 00:32:24.140
 like it's

00:32:24.140 --> 00:32:24.880
 some password

00:32:24.880 --> 00:32:25.460
 to log

00:32:25.460 --> 00:32:25.940
 into a

00:32:25.940 --> 00:32:26.640
 web page.

00:32:28.460 --> 00:32:28.900
 Why?

00:32:29.019 --> 00:32:29.440
 Because it's

00:32:29.440 --> 00:32:29.900
 not really

00:32:29.900 --> 00:32:30.340
 a story

00:32:30.340 --> 00:32:30.759
 about the

00:32:30.759 --> 00:32:31.299
 younger son,

00:32:31.360 --> 00:32:31.640
 it's a

00:32:31.640 --> 00:32:32.120
 story about

00:32:32.120 --> 00:32:32.600
 the father.

00:32:32.779 --> 00:32:33.019
 Why?

00:32:33.140 --> 00:32:33.779
 Because remember,

00:32:33.900 --> 00:32:34.279
 the sheep

00:32:34.279 --> 00:32:34.860
 did nothing,

00:32:35.000 --> 00:32:35.400
 neither did

00:32:35.400 --> 00:32:35.880
 the coin,

00:32:35.960 --> 00:32:36.400
 it's all

00:32:36.400 --> 00:32:36.900
 the shepherd,

00:32:37.019 --> 00:32:37.360
 it's all

00:32:37.360 --> 00:32:37.779
 the woman,

00:32:38.140 --> 00:32:38.519
 and here

00:32:38.519 --> 00:32:39.080
 the father

00:32:39.080 --> 00:32:39.440
 is the

00:32:39.440 --> 00:32:39.860
 center of

00:32:39.860 --> 00:32:40.360
 the action,

00:32:40.920 --> 00:32:41.220
 and it's

00:32:41.220 --> 00:32:41.720
 all because

00:32:41.720 --> 00:32:42.039
 of what

00:32:42.039 --> 00:32:42.640
 Jesus has

00:32:42.640 --> 00:32:43.000
 done for

00:32:43.000 --> 00:32:43.240
 us on

00:32:43.240 --> 00:32:43.660
 the cross

00:32:43.660 --> 00:32:43.980
 that we

00:32:43.980 --> 00:32:44.279
 can be

00:32:44.279 --> 00:32:44.799
 reconciled

00:32:44.799 --> 00:32:45.019
 to him,

00:32:45.039 --> 00:32:45.240
 and it's

00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:45.740
 all because

00:32:45.740 --> 00:32:46.259
 he has

00:32:46.259 --> 00:32:46.720
 sought us

00:32:46.720 --> 00:32:47.299
 that we

00:32:47.299 --> 00:32:47.640
 can be

00:32:47.640 --> 00:32:48.000
 found.

00:32:51.680 --> 00:32:52.680
 The father

00:32:52.680 --> 00:32:54.400
 has to come

00:32:54.400 --> 00:32:55.100
 and realize

00:32:55.100 --> 00:32:56.259
 that he's

00:32:56.259 --> 00:32:56.779
 part of

00:32:56.779 --> 00:32:57.840
 this drama

00:32:57.840 --> 00:32:58.420
 that's all

00:32:58.420 --> 00:32:59.160
 about Jesus

00:32:59.160 --> 00:32:59.860
 coming and

00:32:59.860 --> 00:33:00.360
 seeking us

00:33:00.360 --> 00:33:00.680
 in the

00:33:00.680 --> 00:33:01.160
 father's

00:33:01.160 --> 00:33:01.960
 heart for

00:33:01.960 --> 00:33:02.180
 us,

00:33:02.320 --> 00:33:02.860
 and that's

00:33:02.860 --> 00:33:03.600
 the overwhelming

00:33:03.600 --> 00:33:04.120
 heart,

00:33:04.240 --> 00:33:04.820
 the overwhelming

00:33:04.820 --> 00:33:05.440
 action,

00:33:05.600 --> 00:33:06.140
 and we get

00:33:06.140 --> 00:33:06.759
 included,

00:33:07.240 --> 00:33:07.640
 we get

00:33:07.640 --> 00:33:08.420
 found,

00:33:08.920 --> 00:33:10.200
 and so it's

00:33:10.200 --> 00:33:10.660
 showing here

00:33:10.660 --> 00:33:11.180
 a little bit

00:33:11.180 --> 00:33:11.700
 of the inner

00:33:11.700 --> 00:33:12.299
 dynamic,

00:33:12.600 --> 00:33:13.640
 but we only

00:33:13.640 --> 00:33:14.320
 start to go

00:33:14.320 --> 00:33:14.880
 a little bit

00:33:14.880 --> 00:33:15.340
 of the way

00:33:15.340 --> 00:33:15.799
 through it,

00:33:15.820 --> 00:33:16.299
 and the father

00:33:16.299 --> 00:33:16.779
 doesn't even

00:33:16.779 --> 00:33:16.940
 say,

00:33:17.019 --> 00:33:17.100
 well,

00:33:17.140 --> 00:33:17.440
 actually,

00:33:17.560 --> 00:33:17.700
 son,

00:33:17.740 --> 00:33:18.019
 you should

00:33:18.019 --> 00:33:18.380
 have said

00:33:18.380 --> 00:33:18.900
 this.

00:33:21.680 --> 00:33:22.320
 It just

00:33:22.320 --> 00:33:22.779
 starts,

00:33:23.200 --> 00:33:23.420
 and the

00:33:23.420 --> 00:33:24.220
 father says,

00:33:25.759 --> 00:33:26.420
 and the

00:33:26.420 --> 00:33:27.259
 father says,

00:33:29.100 --> 00:33:29.460
 bring,

00:33:29.720 --> 00:33:30.640
 verse 22,

00:33:30.759 --> 00:33:31.340
 bring quickly

00:33:31.340 --> 00:33:31.840
 the best

00:33:31.840 --> 00:33:32.160
 robe,

00:33:32.620 --> 00:33:33.080
 the best

00:33:33.080 --> 00:33:33.400
 robe would

00:33:33.400 --> 00:33:33.620
 have been

00:33:33.620 --> 00:33:33.980
 his.

00:33:34.920 --> 00:33:35.580
 He clothes

00:33:35.580 --> 00:33:36.100
 his son

00:33:36.100 --> 00:33:36.980
 with his

00:33:36.980 --> 00:33:37.380
 robe.

00:33:41.259 --> 00:33:41.960
 I mean,

00:33:42.039 --> 00:33:42.519
 good grief,

00:33:42.600 --> 00:33:43.100
 you can just

00:33:43.100 --> 00:33:43.820
 imagine when

00:33:43.820 --> 00:33:44.420
 St. Paul

00:33:44.420 --> 00:33:45.200
 heard this

00:33:45.200 --> 00:33:46.900
 later on,

00:33:47.400 --> 00:33:49.000
 and now you

00:33:49.000 --> 00:33:49.740
 can understand

00:33:49.740 --> 00:33:50.240
 a little bit

00:33:50.240 --> 00:33:50.640
 about the

00:33:50.640 --> 00:33:50.980
 book of

00:33:50.980 --> 00:33:51.539
 Galatians,

00:33:51.539 --> 00:33:51.799
 and the

00:33:51.799 --> 00:33:52.119
 book of

00:33:52.119 --> 00:33:52.460
 Romans,

00:33:52.599 --> 00:33:52.759
 and the

00:33:52.759 --> 00:33:53.099
 book of

00:33:53.099 --> 00:33:53.559
 Philippians,

00:33:53.659 --> 00:33:53.819
 and the

00:33:53.819 --> 00:33:54.159
 book of

00:33:54.159 --> 00:33:54.859
 Colossians,

00:33:54.960 --> 00:33:55.159
 and you

00:33:55.159 --> 00:33:55.799
 can understand

00:33:55.799 --> 00:33:56.700
 Thessalonians,

00:33:56.819 --> 00:33:57.079
 and you can

00:33:57.079 --> 00:33:57.799
 understand this,

00:33:58.420 --> 00:33:58.839
 that you can

00:33:58.839 --> 00:33:59.680
 understand other

00:33:59.680 --> 00:34:00.220
 Christians,

00:34:00.399 --> 00:34:00.720
 Hebrews,

00:34:00.980 --> 00:34:01.480
 and John,

00:34:01.500 --> 00:34:01.960
 and they all

00:34:01.960 --> 00:34:02.460
 talk about

00:34:02.460 --> 00:34:03.319
 being clothed

00:34:03.319 --> 00:34:03.720
 with the

00:34:03.720 --> 00:34:04.159
 righteousness

00:34:04.159 --> 00:34:05.059
 of Christ,

00:34:05.539 --> 00:34:06.059
 that we do

00:34:06.059 --> 00:34:06.279
 not,

00:34:06.399 --> 00:34:06.839
 in a sense,

00:34:07.159 --> 00:34:07.779
 come before

00:34:07.779 --> 00:34:08.420
 God with

00:34:08.420 --> 00:34:08.860
 our own

00:34:08.860 --> 00:34:09.639
 good deeds,

00:34:09.759 --> 00:34:10.159
 our own

00:34:10.159 --> 00:34:11.019
 discipleship,

00:34:11.099 --> 00:34:11.619
 our own

00:34:11.619 --> 00:34:12.659
 exemplary

00:34:12.659 --> 00:34:13.279
 conduct,

00:34:13.440 --> 00:34:14.039
 that we only

00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:14.679
 come before

00:34:14.679 --> 00:34:15.259
 the father.

00:34:15.719 --> 00:34:16.199
 He does

00:34:16.199 --> 00:34:16.699
 not weigh

00:34:16.699 --> 00:34:17.199
 our merits,

00:34:17.279 --> 00:34:17.880
 but pardons

00:34:17.880 --> 00:34:18.440
 our offenses.

00:34:18.599 --> 00:34:19.199
 He clothes

00:34:19.199 --> 00:34:19.659
 us with

00:34:19.659 --> 00:34:20.500
 his righteousness,

00:34:20.500 --> 00:34:22.219
 and this

00:34:22.219 --> 00:34:23.199
 story of

00:34:23.199 --> 00:34:24.579
 the father

00:34:24.579 --> 00:34:24.900
 and the

00:34:24.900 --> 00:34:25.519
 two sons,

00:34:25.639 --> 00:34:25.920
 and this

00:34:25.920 --> 00:34:26.840
 image that

00:34:26.840 --> 00:34:27.599
 the son,

00:34:27.980 --> 00:34:28.760
 who's completely

00:34:28.760 --> 00:34:29.360
 and utterly

00:34:29.360 --> 00:34:30.079
 destitute,

00:34:30.219 --> 00:34:30.739
 who can't

00:34:30.739 --> 00:34:31.519
 even finish

00:34:31.519 --> 00:34:32.280
 the sinner's

00:34:32.280 --> 00:34:32.739
 prayer,

00:34:33.179 --> 00:34:33.699
 that before

00:34:33.699 --> 00:34:34.420
 he finishes

00:34:34.420 --> 00:34:35.239
 the sinner's

00:34:35.239 --> 00:34:35.579
 prayer,

00:34:35.900 --> 00:34:36.539
 the father

00:34:36.539 --> 00:34:37.880
 clothes him

00:34:37.880 --> 00:34:38.860
 with his

00:34:38.860 --> 00:34:39.380
 robe,

00:34:39.659 --> 00:34:40.239
 the best

00:34:40.239 --> 00:34:40.719
 robe,

00:34:40.960 --> 00:34:41.739
 and so he

00:34:41.739 --> 00:34:42.400
 will stand

00:34:42.400 --> 00:34:43.019
 before the

00:34:43.019 --> 00:34:43.420
 father,

00:34:43.760 --> 00:34:44.599
 clothed with

00:34:44.599 --> 00:34:45.400
 the father's

00:34:45.400 --> 00:34:45.820
 robe.

00:34:45.820 --> 00:34:49.519
 in the

00:34:49.519 --> 00:34:50.039
 father's

00:34:50.039 --> 00:34:50.580
 embrace.

00:34:53.039 --> 00:34:53.760
 That's what

00:34:53.760 --> 00:34:54.360
 Jesus does

00:34:54.360 --> 00:34:54.820
 for us on

00:34:54.820 --> 00:34:55.360
 the cross.

00:34:56.900 --> 00:34:57.300
 And our

00:34:57.300 --> 00:34:57.800
 repentance,

00:34:58.960 --> 00:34:59.240
 our

00:34:59.240 --> 00:34:59.760
 repentance,

00:35:01.220 --> 00:35:01.820
 our

00:35:01.820 --> 00:35:02.340
 repentance,

00:35:03.760 --> 00:35:04.220
 it's really

00:35:04.220 --> 00:35:05.380
 just God

00:35:05.380 --> 00:35:05.920
 doing all

00:35:05.920 --> 00:35:06.460
 this stuff

00:35:06.460 --> 00:35:06.980
 for us.

00:35:10.320 --> 00:35:10.820
 You know

00:35:10.820 --> 00:35:11.160
 when I say

00:35:11.160 --> 00:35:11.519
 the mission

00:35:11.519 --> 00:35:11.960
 statement of

00:35:11.960 --> 00:35:12.320
 this church

00:35:12.320 --> 00:35:13.240
 is making

00:35:13.240 --> 00:35:14.460
 disciples gripped

00:35:14.460 --> 00:35:15.300
 by the gospel

00:35:15.300 --> 00:35:15.920
 living for

00:35:15.920 --> 00:35:16.400
 his glory.

00:35:17.539 --> 00:35:18.079
 What a

00:35:18.079 --> 00:35:18.639
 difference it

00:35:18.639 --> 00:35:19.260
 makes to be

00:35:19.260 --> 00:35:20.059
 gripped by a

00:35:20.059 --> 00:35:20.679
 story like

00:35:20.679 --> 00:35:21.079
 this.

00:35:22.300 --> 00:35:23.000
 To be

00:35:23.000 --> 00:35:23.760
 gripped by a

00:35:23.760 --> 00:35:24.320
 story like

00:35:24.320 --> 00:35:24.720
 this will

00:35:24.720 --> 00:35:25.460
 change how

00:35:25.460 --> 00:35:26.019
 we live.

00:35:27.000 --> 00:35:27.780
 It doesn't

00:35:27.780 --> 00:35:28.119
 mean we

00:35:28.119 --> 00:35:28.500
 live a

00:35:28.500 --> 00:35:29.159
 certain way

00:35:29.159 --> 00:35:30.119
 so that the

00:35:30.119 --> 00:35:30.659
 father will

00:35:30.659 --> 00:35:31.519
 put his

00:35:31.519 --> 00:35:32.139
 robe upon

00:35:32.139 --> 00:35:32.519
 us, but

00:35:32.519 --> 00:35:33.300
 to understand

00:35:33.300 --> 00:35:34.360
 that he

00:35:34.360 --> 00:35:35.039
 sees us,

00:35:35.320 --> 00:35:35.980
 he finds

00:35:35.980 --> 00:35:36.639
 us, he

00:35:36.639 --> 00:35:37.420
 clothes us,

00:35:37.420 --> 00:35:38.019
 as that

00:35:38.019 --> 00:35:38.920
 story grips

00:35:38.920 --> 00:35:40.559
 us, we

00:35:40.559 --> 00:35:41.599
 are changed

00:35:41.599 --> 00:35:42.240
 in how we

00:35:42.240 --> 00:35:42.559
 act.

00:35:44.460 --> 00:35:45.960
 But it

00:35:45.960 --> 00:35:46.519
 goes on,

00:35:47.440 --> 00:35:48.340
 so verse

00:35:48.340 --> 00:35:49.000
 22 again,

00:35:49.099 --> 00:35:49.619
 bring quickly

00:35:49.619 --> 00:35:50.039
 the best

00:35:50.039 --> 00:35:50.420
 robe and

00:35:50.420 --> 00:35:50.920
 put it on

00:35:50.920 --> 00:35:51.179
 him and

00:35:51.179 --> 00:35:51.639
 put a ring

00:35:51.639 --> 00:35:51.940
 on his

00:35:51.940 --> 00:35:52.360
 hand and

00:35:52.360 --> 00:35:52.940
 shoes on

00:35:52.940 --> 00:35:53.960
 his feet and

00:35:53.960 --> 00:35:54.360
 bring the

00:35:54.360 --> 00:35:55.119
 fattened calf

00:35:55.119 --> 00:35:55.699
 and kill it

00:35:55.699 --> 00:35:56.139
 and let us

00:35:56.139 --> 00:35:56.500
 eat and

00:35:56.500 --> 00:35:56.880
 celebrate.

00:35:57.400 --> 00:35:57.900
 For this

00:35:57.900 --> 00:35:59.019
 my son was

00:35:59.019 --> 00:35:59.820
 dead and

00:35:59.820 --> 00:36:00.659
 is alive

00:36:00.659 --> 00:36:01.179
 again.

00:36:01.360 --> 00:36:01.940
 He was

00:36:01.940 --> 00:36:02.820
 lost and

00:36:02.820 --> 00:36:03.460
 is found

00:36:03.460 --> 00:36:04.320
 and they

00:36:04.320 --> 00:36:05.000
 began to

00:36:05.000 --> 00:36:05.400
 celebrate.

00:36:06.340 --> 00:36:06.599
 Remember

00:36:06.599 --> 00:36:07.079
 the earlier

00:36:07.079 --> 00:36:07.920
 stories of

00:36:07.920 --> 00:36:08.440
 the shepherd

00:36:08.440 --> 00:36:09.599
 and the

00:36:09.599 --> 00:36:10.400
 celebrations

00:36:10.400 --> 00:36:11.179
 all the way

00:36:11.179 --> 00:36:11.659
 through it

00:36:11.659 --> 00:36:12.099
 and they

00:36:12.099 --> 00:36:12.480
 celebrate.

00:36:13.280 --> 00:36:13.559
 Now you

00:36:13.559 --> 00:36:13.639
 know,

00:36:13.679 --> 00:36:14.000
 remember I

00:36:14.000 --> 00:36:14.320
 said to

00:36:14.320 --> 00:36:14.980
 you, my

00:36:14.980 --> 00:36:16.139
 movie reviewer

00:36:16.139 --> 00:36:16.579
 who likes

00:36:16.579 --> 00:36:17.880
 dark, depressing

00:36:17.880 --> 00:36:19.119
 movies and

00:36:19.119 --> 00:36:20.340
 they would

00:36:20.340 --> 00:36:22.079
 stop movies

00:36:22.079 --> 00:36:22.760
 at one point

00:36:22.760 --> 00:36:23.760
 and Walt

00:36:23.760 --> 00:36:24.179
 Disney would

00:36:24.179 --> 00:36:24.639
 say, no, no,

00:36:24.659 --> 00:36:24.980
 no, no, you

00:36:24.980 --> 00:36:25.360
 don't stop

00:36:25.360 --> 00:36:25.980
 movies then.

00:36:26.559 --> 00:36:27.039
 You keep

00:36:27.039 --> 00:36:28.099
 going, oh,

00:36:28.139 --> 00:36:28.420
 and the

00:36:28.420 --> 00:36:29.019
 hugs.

00:36:29.980 --> 00:36:30.400
 You stop

00:36:30.400 --> 00:36:30.780
 the movie

00:36:30.780 --> 00:36:31.139
 there.

00:36:31.780 --> 00:36:32.219
 Soundtrack,

00:36:32.679 --> 00:36:33.480
 theme song,

00:36:34.320 --> 00:36:35.960
 inspiring music

00:36:35.960 --> 00:36:37.000
 and then, you

00:36:37.000 --> 00:36:37.719
 know, us

00:36:37.719 --> 00:36:38.599
 evangelicals

00:36:38.599 --> 00:36:39.079
 will say, no,

00:36:39.119 --> 00:36:39.460
 no, no, you

00:36:39.460 --> 00:36:39.920
 don't stop

00:36:39.920 --> 00:36:40.619
 the story then.

00:36:40.699 --> 00:36:41.179
 You keep

00:36:41.179 --> 00:36:41.780
 going and you

00:36:41.780 --> 00:36:42.559
 stop the story

00:36:42.559 --> 00:36:42.920
 with the

00:36:42.920 --> 00:36:43.500
 sinner's prayer

00:36:43.500 --> 00:36:44.000
 clothed and

00:36:44.000 --> 00:36:44.380
 the robe

00:36:44.380 --> 00:36:45.199
 and then we

00:36:45.199 --> 00:36:45.619
 would want to

00:36:45.619 --> 00:36:46.039
 stop the

00:36:46.039 --> 00:36:46.500
 story there

00:36:46.500 --> 00:36:47.039
 but Jesus

00:36:47.039 --> 00:36:47.760
 doesn't stop

00:36:47.760 --> 00:36:48.280
 the story

00:36:48.280 --> 00:36:50.920
 there because

00:36:50.920 --> 00:36:51.760
 Jesus is going

00:36:51.760 --> 00:36:52.360
 after our

00:36:52.360 --> 00:36:52.760
 heart.

00:36:55.599 --> 00:36:56.699
 And so Jesus

00:36:56.699 --> 00:36:57.739
 continues the

00:36:57.739 --> 00:36:59.079
 story because

00:36:59.079 --> 00:36:59.639
 there's another

00:36:59.639 --> 00:37:00.039
 brother.

00:37:02.420 --> 00:37:03.780
 Now, his

00:37:03.780 --> 00:37:04.800
 older son was

00:37:04.800 --> 00:37:05.480
 in the field

00:37:05.480 --> 00:37:06.280
 and as he

00:37:06.280 --> 00:37:06.820
 came and drew

00:37:06.820 --> 00:37:07.199
 near, that's

00:37:07.199 --> 00:37:07.920
 verse 25,

00:37:08.059 --> 00:37:08.440
 near to the

00:37:08.440 --> 00:37:09.179
 house he heard

00:37:09.179 --> 00:37:09.760
 music and

00:37:09.760 --> 00:37:10.219
 dancing.

00:37:10.219 --> 00:37:12.219
 one 19th

00:37:12.219 --> 00:37:13.139
 century commentator

00:37:13.139 --> 00:37:13.619
 had a long

00:37:13.619 --> 00:37:14.219
 aside on

00:37:14.219 --> 00:37:14.519
 whether or

00:37:14.519 --> 00:37:14.899
 not this

00:37:14.899 --> 00:37:15.679
 Bible passage

00:37:15.679 --> 00:37:16.359
 justified

00:37:16.359 --> 00:37:16.879
 Christians

00:37:16.879 --> 00:37:17.419
 dancing.

00:37:19.519 --> 00:37:20.319
 He tried to

00:37:20.319 --> 00:37:20.779
 show that it

00:37:20.779 --> 00:37:21.139
 didn't.

00:37:22.419 --> 00:37:23.139
 I'm neutral

00:37:23.139 --> 00:37:23.539
 on the

00:37:23.539 --> 00:37:23.980
 subject.

00:37:25.539 --> 00:37:26.139
 Although if

00:37:26.139 --> 00:37:26.619
 you ever saw

00:37:26.619 --> 00:37:27.139
 me dance,

00:37:27.199 --> 00:37:27.459
 you'd say

00:37:27.459 --> 00:37:27.859
 Christians

00:37:27.859 --> 00:37:28.219
 shouldn't

00:37:28.219 --> 00:37:28.659
 dance.

00:37:32.439 --> 00:37:33.159
 This is how

00:37:33.159 --> 00:37:33.639
 I dance.

00:37:33.679 --> 00:37:34.239
 I just jump

00:37:34.239 --> 00:37:34.859
 up and down,

00:37:35.179 --> 00:37:36.239
 probably not in

00:37:36.239 --> 00:37:36.459
 rhythm.

00:37:36.659 --> 00:37:36.939
 But anyway,

00:37:37.019 --> 00:37:37.439
 we won't go

00:37:37.439 --> 00:37:37.879
 any further

00:37:37.880 --> 00:37:38.380
 with that.

00:37:38.860 --> 00:37:39.200
 And he

00:37:39.200 --> 00:37:40.079
 called one

00:37:40.079 --> 00:37:40.360
 of the

00:37:40.360 --> 00:37:40.980
 servants and

00:37:40.980 --> 00:37:41.840
 asked what

00:37:41.840 --> 00:37:42.480
 these things

00:37:42.480 --> 00:37:42.720
 meant.

00:37:42.800 --> 00:37:43.140
 This is the

00:37:43.140 --> 00:37:43.619
 older brother.

00:37:43.860 --> 00:37:44.700
 And the

00:37:44.700 --> 00:37:45.320
 servant said

00:37:45.320 --> 00:37:45.539
 to the

00:37:45.539 --> 00:37:46.000
 older brother,

00:37:46.079 --> 00:37:46.440
 your brother

00:37:46.440 --> 00:37:46.900
 has come

00:37:46.900 --> 00:37:47.140
 and your

00:37:47.140 --> 00:37:47.599
 father has

00:37:47.599 --> 00:37:47.940
 killed the

00:37:47.940 --> 00:37:48.280
 fattened

00:37:48.280 --> 00:37:48.820
 calf because

00:37:48.820 --> 00:37:49.079
 he has

00:37:49.079 --> 00:37:49.579
 received him

00:37:49.579 --> 00:37:50.059
 back safe

00:37:50.059 --> 00:37:50.519
 and sound.

00:37:50.960 --> 00:37:51.360
 But the

00:37:51.360 --> 00:37:51.880
 older brother

00:37:51.880 --> 00:37:52.559
 was angry

00:37:52.559 --> 00:37:53.119
 and refused

00:37:53.119 --> 00:37:53.700
 to go in.

00:37:54.119 --> 00:37:54.660
 His father

00:37:54.660 --> 00:37:55.180
 came out

00:37:55.180 --> 00:37:56.079
 and entreated,

00:37:56.380 --> 00:37:57.360
 implored the

00:37:57.360 --> 00:37:58.079
 older son.

00:37:58.740 --> 00:37:59.099
 But the

00:37:59.099 --> 00:37:59.640
 older son

00:37:59.640 --> 00:38:00.220
 answered his

00:38:00.220 --> 00:38:00.539
 father,

00:38:01.500 --> 00:38:02.039
 look,

00:38:02.619 --> 00:38:03.380
 these many

00:38:03.380 --> 00:38:04.280
 years I have

00:38:04.280 --> 00:38:05.119
 served you and

00:38:05.119 --> 00:38:05.660
 I never

00:38:05.660 --> 00:38:06.460
 disobeyed your

00:38:06.460 --> 00:38:06.920
 command,

00:38:07.260 --> 00:38:07.519
 yet you

00:38:07.519 --> 00:38:08.500
 never gave

00:38:08.500 --> 00:38:09.019
 me a

00:38:09.019 --> 00:38:09.780
 young goat

00:38:09.780 --> 00:38:10.639
 that I

00:38:10.639 --> 00:38:11.340
 might celebrate

00:38:11.340 --> 00:38:11.860
 with my

00:38:11.860 --> 00:38:12.239
 friends.

00:38:12.320 --> 00:38:12.659
 But when

00:38:12.659 --> 00:38:13.460
 this son

00:38:13.460 --> 00:38:14.739
 of yours

00:38:14.739 --> 00:38:16.159
 came who

00:38:16.159 --> 00:38:17.280
 has devoured

00:38:17.280 --> 00:38:18.500
 your property

00:38:18.500 --> 00:38:19.759
 with prostitutes,

00:38:20.179 --> 00:38:21.639
 you killed

00:38:21.639 --> 00:38:22.679
 the fattened

00:38:22.679 --> 00:38:23.599
 calf for him.

00:38:24.820 --> 00:38:25.539
 What is it,

00:38:25.559 --> 00:38:25.960
 the heart of

00:38:25.960 --> 00:38:26.460
 the older

00:38:26.460 --> 00:38:26.840
 son?

00:38:29.400 --> 00:38:29.980
 For it's

00:38:29.980 --> 00:38:30.559
 all I,

00:38:30.659 --> 00:38:31.139
 all me.

00:38:32.400 --> 00:38:32.759
 You know

00:38:32.759 --> 00:38:32.960
 what?

00:38:32.960 --> 00:38:34.800
 he understands

00:38:34.800 --> 00:38:36.400
 that all

00:38:36.400 --> 00:38:36.880
 the years

00:38:36.880 --> 00:38:37.240
 he was

00:38:37.240 --> 00:38:37.820
 serving his

00:38:37.820 --> 00:38:38.340
 father and

00:38:38.340 --> 00:38:38.679
 with the

00:38:38.679 --> 00:38:39.039
 father,

00:38:39.579 --> 00:38:40.300
 it was

00:38:40.300 --> 00:38:40.960
 like being

00:38:40.960 --> 00:38:42.280
 an unpaid

00:38:42.280 --> 00:38:42.940
 slave.

00:38:45.199 --> 00:38:45.920
 He

00:38:45.920 --> 00:38:47.000
 portrays

00:38:47.000 --> 00:38:47.920
 his time

00:38:47.920 --> 00:38:48.599
 with the

00:38:48.599 --> 00:38:50.039
 father as

00:38:50.039 --> 00:38:51.099
 if he

00:38:51.099 --> 00:38:51.760
 is

00:38:51.760 --> 00:38:54.720
 feeding

00:38:54.720 --> 00:38:56.059
 pigs and

00:38:56.059 --> 00:38:56.659
 is hungry.

00:38:56.659 --> 00:39:02.519
 he's the

00:39:02.519 --> 00:39:02.879
 religious

00:39:02.879 --> 00:39:03.299
 one.

00:39:05.639 --> 00:39:06.779
 And all

00:39:06.779 --> 00:39:07.500
 his

00:39:07.500 --> 00:39:08.299
 servitude,

00:39:08.559 --> 00:39:09.059
 all his

00:39:09.059 --> 00:39:09.659
 serving and

00:39:09.659 --> 00:39:10.159
 being with

00:39:10.159 --> 00:39:10.980
 God has

00:39:10.980 --> 00:39:11.359
 done.

00:39:12.299 --> 00:39:12.899
 He comes to

00:39:12.899 --> 00:39:13.299
 the church

00:39:13.299 --> 00:39:13.879
 services,

00:39:14.960 --> 00:39:15.539
 goes to the

00:39:15.539 --> 00:39:16.139
 Bible study

00:39:16.139 --> 00:39:16.699
 groups,

00:39:17.579 --> 00:39:18.279
 helps out,

00:39:18.920 --> 00:39:19.699
 and all he

00:39:19.699 --> 00:39:20.579
 feels is good

00:39:20.579 --> 00:39:21.019
 grief.

00:39:21.019 --> 00:39:23.539
 just one

00:39:23.539 --> 00:39:24.699
 menial task

00:39:24.699 --> 00:39:25.420
 after another,

00:39:25.519 --> 00:39:26.199
 I feel like

00:39:26.199 --> 00:39:27.500
 I'm serving

00:39:27.500 --> 00:39:28.280
 pigs and

00:39:28.280 --> 00:39:28.780
 not getting

00:39:28.780 --> 00:39:29.280
 enough to

00:39:29.280 --> 00:39:29.480
 eat.

00:39:31.840 --> 00:39:32.739
 His body

00:39:32.739 --> 00:39:33.239
 is close

00:39:33.239 --> 00:39:33.719
 to God,

00:39:33.820 --> 00:39:34.079
 but his

00:39:34.079 --> 00:39:34.579
 heart is

00:39:34.579 --> 00:39:35.159
 completely

00:39:35.159 --> 00:39:35.559
 and utterly

00:39:35.559 --> 00:39:36.340
 far from

00:39:36.340 --> 00:39:36.599
 him,

00:39:37.340 --> 00:39:38.119
 and he's

00:39:38.119 --> 00:39:38.639
 filled with

00:39:38.639 --> 00:39:39.800
 self-righteousness.

00:39:45.420 --> 00:39:45.940
 The

00:39:45.940 --> 00:39:46.259
 father

00:39:46.259 --> 00:39:46.820
 entreats

00:39:46.820 --> 00:39:46.980
 him,

00:39:47.420 --> 00:39:48.079
 verse 31,

00:39:48.539 --> 00:39:48.860
 son,

00:39:48.940 --> 00:39:49.139
 you are

00:39:49.139 --> 00:39:49.699
 always with

00:39:49.699 --> 00:39:49.880
 me,

00:39:49.920 --> 00:39:50.139
 and all

00:39:50.139 --> 00:39:50.420
 that's

00:39:50.420 --> 00:39:50.900
 mine is

00:39:50.900 --> 00:39:51.300
 yours.

00:39:52.539 --> 00:39:52.900
 The father's

00:39:52.900 --> 00:39:53.139
 not going

00:39:53.139 --> 00:39:53.380
 to say

00:39:53.380 --> 00:39:53.680
 whether or

00:39:53.680 --> 00:39:53.900
 not any

00:39:53.900 --> 00:39:54.119
 of that

00:39:54.119 --> 00:39:54.420
 is true,

00:39:54.500 --> 00:39:54.880
 just the

00:39:54.880 --> 00:39:55.200
 way he

00:39:55.200 --> 00:39:55.480
 would have

00:39:55.480 --> 00:39:55.840
 yelled it

00:39:55.840 --> 00:39:56.160
 at the

00:39:56.160 --> 00:39:56.480
 father,

00:39:56.599 --> 00:39:56.740
 and what

00:39:56.740 --> 00:39:57.180
 he revealed

00:39:57.180 --> 00:39:57.539
 his heart

00:39:57.539 --> 00:39:58.039
 reveals that

00:39:58.039 --> 00:39:58.360
 none of

00:39:58.360 --> 00:39:58.579
 what he

00:39:58.579 --> 00:39:58.940
 said is

00:39:58.940 --> 00:39:59.300
 true.

00:40:02.260 --> 00:40:02.740
 It was

00:40:02.740 --> 00:40:03.160
 fitting to

00:40:03.160 --> 00:40:03.619
 celebrate,

00:40:04.660 --> 00:40:05.000
 son,

00:40:05.099 --> 00:40:05.400
 you're always

00:40:05.400 --> 00:40:05.539
 from,

00:40:05.639 --> 00:40:06.619
 verse 32,

00:40:06.740 --> 00:40:06.940
 it was

00:40:06.940 --> 00:40:07.360
 fitting to

00:40:07.360 --> 00:40:07.700
 celebrate

00:40:07.700 --> 00:40:07.960
 and be

00:40:07.960 --> 00:40:08.220
 glad,

00:40:08.360 --> 00:40:08.619
 for this

00:40:08.619 --> 00:40:09.000
 your brother

00:40:09.000 --> 00:40:09.519
 was dead

00:40:09.519 --> 00:40:09.860
 and is

00:40:09.860 --> 00:40:10.220
 alive.

00:40:10.740 --> 00:40:11.079
 He was

00:40:11.079 --> 00:40:11.619
 lost and

00:40:11.619 --> 00:40:12.079
 is found.

00:40:12.760 --> 00:40:13.240
 Here's how

00:40:13.240 --> 00:40:13.559
 I just want

00:40:13.559 --> 00:40:13.960
 to close

00:40:13.960 --> 00:40:14.360
 with two

00:40:14.360 --> 00:40:15.019
 very simple

00:40:15.019 --> 00:40:15.480
 things.

00:40:16.260 --> 00:40:16.940
 The first

00:40:16.940 --> 00:40:17.320
 thing is

00:40:17.320 --> 00:40:17.660
 this,

00:40:18.519 --> 00:40:19.400
 because we

00:40:19.400 --> 00:40:20.000
 are fallen

00:40:20.000 --> 00:40:20.559
 creatures

00:40:20.559 --> 00:40:21.159
 in rebellion

00:40:21.159 --> 00:40:22.000
 against God,

00:40:22.079 --> 00:40:22.380
 we want

00:40:22.380 --> 00:40:22.820
 to divide

00:40:22.820 --> 00:40:23.239
 the world

00:40:23.239 --> 00:40:24.079
 between older

00:40:24.079 --> 00:40:24.699
 sons and

00:40:24.699 --> 00:40:24.980
 younger

00:40:24.980 --> 00:40:25.360
 brothers.

00:40:26.360 --> 00:40:26.920
 But let

00:40:26.920 --> 00:40:27.279
 me tell

00:40:27.279 --> 00:40:27.739
 you this,

00:40:28.500 --> 00:40:29.079
 the division

00:40:29.079 --> 00:40:29.900
 between older

00:40:29.900 --> 00:40:30.599
 sons and

00:40:30.599 --> 00:40:30.940
 younger

00:40:30.940 --> 00:40:31.719
 brothers goes

00:40:31.719 --> 00:40:32.559
 right through

00:40:32.559 --> 00:40:33.619
 each single

00:40:33.619 --> 00:40:34.299
 one of us.

00:40:37.279 --> 00:40:38.320
 The distinction

00:40:38.320 --> 00:40:39.299
 between older

00:40:39.299 --> 00:40:39.920
 brothers and

00:40:39.920 --> 00:40:40.659
 younger sons

00:40:40.659 --> 00:40:41.320
 goes right

00:40:41.320 --> 00:40:41.840
 down the

00:40:41.840 --> 00:40:42.380
 center of

00:40:42.380 --> 00:40:42.719
 who you

00:40:42.719 --> 00:40:43.000
 and I

00:40:43.000 --> 00:40:43.259
 are.

00:40:44.920 --> 00:40:45.500
 There's

00:40:45.500 --> 00:40:45.799
 not a

00:40:45.799 --> 00:40:46.500
 single person

00:40:46.500 --> 00:40:46.779
 here,

00:40:46.860 --> 00:40:46.980
 and I

00:40:46.980 --> 00:40:47.360
 include

00:40:47.360 --> 00:40:47.880
 myself,

00:40:48.000 --> 00:40:48.239
 who does

00:40:48.239 --> 00:40:48.619
 not have

00:40:48.619 --> 00:40:49.119
 some part

00:40:49.119 --> 00:40:49.320
 of the

00:40:49.320 --> 00:40:49.639
 older

00:40:49.639 --> 00:40:50.199
 brother in

00:40:50.199 --> 00:40:50.299
 them.

00:40:52.619 --> 00:40:53.319
 And every

00:40:53.319 --> 00:40:53.819
 single one

00:40:53.819 --> 00:40:54.059
 of us,

00:40:54.139 --> 00:40:54.460
 whether we

00:40:54.460 --> 00:40:55.179
 recognize it

00:40:55.179 --> 00:40:55.500
 or not,

00:40:55.559 --> 00:40:55.819
 are a

00:40:55.819 --> 00:40:56.519
 younger son.

00:40:57.519 --> 00:40:57.919
 And we

00:40:57.919 --> 00:40:58.339
 need to

00:40:58.339 --> 00:40:59.500
 understand to

00:40:59.500 --> 00:41:00.159
 live like a

00:41:00.159 --> 00:41:00.659
 younger son,

00:41:00.739 --> 00:41:01.379
 not in terms

00:41:01.379 --> 00:41:01.819
 of what got

00:41:01.819 --> 00:41:02.079
 him in

00:41:02.079 --> 00:41:02.359
 trouble,

00:41:03.759 --> 00:41:04.799
 but that we

00:41:04.799 --> 00:41:05.339
 need to come

00:41:05.339 --> 00:41:05.619
 to the

00:41:05.619 --> 00:41:05.899
 father.

00:41:11.179 --> 00:41:11.719
 And the

00:41:11.719 --> 00:41:12.159
 other thing

00:41:12.159 --> 00:41:12.759
 is, you

00:41:12.759 --> 00:41:13.079
 know, this

00:41:13.079 --> 00:41:14.019
 whole text

00:41:14.019 --> 00:41:14.659
 says that if

00:41:14.659 --> 00:41:15.099
 you've come

00:41:15.099 --> 00:41:15.379
 to the

00:41:15.379 --> 00:41:15.899
 father like

00:41:15.899 --> 00:41:16.299
 a younger

00:41:16.299 --> 00:41:17.000
 son, if

00:41:17.000 --> 00:41:17.579
 you recognize

00:41:17.579 --> 00:41:18.119
 that you're

00:41:18.119 --> 00:41:18.659
 that lost

00:41:18.659 --> 00:41:19.119
 sheep, if

00:41:19.119 --> 00:41:19.480
 you're that

00:41:19.480 --> 00:41:20.559
 lost coin,

00:41:20.699 --> 00:41:21.079
 that Jesus

00:41:21.079 --> 00:41:21.559
 has done

00:41:21.559 --> 00:41:21.839
 what it

00:41:21.839 --> 00:41:22.339
 has taken

00:41:22.339 --> 00:41:23.339
 to bring

00:41:23.339 --> 00:41:23.699
 you back

00:41:23.699 --> 00:41:24.299
 to himself,

00:41:24.559 --> 00:41:25.119
 then how

00:41:25.119 --> 00:41:25.539
 can you

00:41:25.539 --> 00:41:25.779
 and I

00:41:25.779 --> 00:41:26.400
 not seek

00:41:26.400 --> 00:41:26.980
 the lost?

00:41:28.639 --> 00:41:29.380
 How can

00:41:29.380 --> 00:41:29.739
 you and I

00:41:29.739 --> 00:41:30.259
 not pray

00:41:30.259 --> 00:41:30.739
 for it?

00:41:31.440 --> 00:41:32.099
 How can

00:41:32.099 --> 00:41:32.500
 you and I

00:41:32.500 --> 00:41:33.119
 not hope

00:41:33.119 --> 00:41:33.480
 that the

00:41:33.480 --> 00:41:34.059
 father rid

00:41:34.059 --> 00:41:34.960
 us of

00:41:34.960 --> 00:41:35.880
 every aspect

00:41:35.880 --> 00:41:36.619
 of elder

00:41:36.619 --> 00:41:37.059
 brother,

00:41:37.219 --> 00:41:37.579
 older

00:41:37.579 --> 00:41:38.219
 brotherness

00:41:38.219 --> 00:41:38.579
 in our

00:41:38.579 --> 00:41:39.099
 lives,

00:41:39.679 --> 00:41:40.119
 and hope

00:41:40.119 --> 00:41:40.599
 and long,

00:41:42.099 --> 00:41:42.699
 hope and

00:41:42.699 --> 00:41:44.339
 long for

00:41:44.339 --> 00:41:44.759
 the lost

00:41:44.759 --> 00:41:45.420
 to be found,

00:41:46.179 --> 00:41:46.519
 the dead

00:41:46.519 --> 00:41:46.940
 to be made

00:41:46.940 --> 00:41:47.239
 alive?

00:41:47.239 --> 00:41:48.599
 Please

00:41:48.599 --> 00:41:48.979
 stand.

00:41:56.559 --> 00:41:56.959
 I'm going

00:41:56.959 --> 00:41:57.219
 to mess

00:41:57.219 --> 00:41:57.559
 with your

00:41:57.559 --> 00:41:57.979
 heads, I'm

00:41:57.979 --> 00:41:58.239
 not going

00:41:58.239 --> 00:41:58.459
 to give

00:41:58.459 --> 00:41:58.719
 you a

00:41:58.719 --> 00:41:59.119
 sinner's

00:41:59.119 --> 00:41:59.439
 prayer,

00:42:00.099 --> 00:42:01.439
 but I'm

00:42:01.439 --> 00:42:01.599
 going to

00:42:01.599 --> 00:42:01.939
 tell you

00:42:01.939 --> 00:42:02.359
 that some

00:42:02.359 --> 00:42:02.619
 of us

00:42:02.619 --> 00:42:02.959
 may be

00:42:02.959 --> 00:42:03.119
 the

00:42:03.119 --> 00:42:03.319
 Holy

00:42:03.319 --> 00:42:03.659
 Spirit

00:42:03.659 --> 00:42:04.099
 pressing

00:42:04.099 --> 00:42:04.579
 upon you

00:42:04.579 --> 00:42:04.839
 that you

00:42:04.839 --> 00:42:05.099
 need to

00:42:05.099 --> 00:42:05.379
 try to

00:42:05.379 --> 00:42:05.559
 do

00:42:05.559 --> 00:42:05.819
 some

00:42:05.819 --> 00:42:06.099
 type

00:42:06.099 --> 00:42:06.239
 of

00:42:06.239 --> 00:42:06.559
 business

00:42:06.559 --> 00:42:06.819
 with

00:42:06.819 --> 00:42:07.059
 God.

00:42:07.179 --> 00:42:07.319
 Some

00:42:07.319 --> 00:42:07.519
 of you

00:42:07.519 --> 00:42:07.699
 might

00:42:07.699 --> 00:42:07.879
 just

00:42:07.879 --> 00:42:08.079
 say,

00:42:08.179 --> 00:42:08.419
 Father,

00:42:08.539 --> 00:42:09.839
 I confess

00:42:09.839 --> 00:42:10.839
 that even

00:42:10.839 --> 00:42:11.459
 though I

00:42:11.459 --> 00:42:12.000
 have given

00:42:12.000 --> 00:42:12.500
 my life

00:42:12.500 --> 00:42:12.839
 to you,

00:42:12.919 --> 00:42:13.399
 I have

00:42:13.399 --> 00:42:14.419
 so much

00:42:14.420 --> 00:42:14.680
 of the

00:42:14.680 --> 00:42:15.079
 older

00:42:15.079 --> 00:42:15.579
 brother

00:42:15.579 --> 00:42:16.280
 in me,

00:42:16.460 --> 00:42:17.260
 and Father,

00:42:17.400 --> 00:42:17.920
 maybe for

00:42:17.920 --> 00:42:18.380
 the first

00:42:18.380 --> 00:42:18.740
 time,

00:42:18.800 --> 00:42:19.119
 or maybe

00:42:19.119 --> 00:42:19.579
 just the

00:42:19.579 --> 00:42:19.960
 courage to

00:42:19.960 --> 00:42:20.099
 say,

00:42:20.200 --> 00:42:20.440
 Father,

00:42:20.559 --> 00:42:21.159
 I hate

00:42:21.159 --> 00:42:21.360
 it.

00:42:21.840 --> 00:42:22.500
 I hate

00:42:22.500 --> 00:42:22.619
 it.

00:42:22.700 --> 00:42:23.119
 I don't

00:42:23.119 --> 00:42:23.539
 want to

00:42:23.539 --> 00:42:24.680
 have that

00:42:24.680 --> 00:42:25.079
 older

00:42:25.079 --> 00:42:25.680
 brother be

00:42:25.680 --> 00:42:26.240
 the dominant

00:42:26.240 --> 00:42:26.840
 voice in

00:42:26.840 --> 00:42:27.360
 my life.

00:42:27.820 --> 00:42:28.260
 And maybe

00:42:28.260 --> 00:42:28.780
 for some

00:42:28.780 --> 00:42:29.159
 of us,

00:42:29.539 --> 00:42:30.119
 we're saying,

00:42:30.220 --> 00:42:30.360
 you know,

00:42:30.420 --> 00:42:30.800
 I need to

00:42:30.800 --> 00:42:31.180
 be that

00:42:31.180 --> 00:42:31.800
 younger son

00:42:31.800 --> 00:42:32.159
 and come

00:42:32.159 --> 00:42:32.440
 to the

00:42:32.440 --> 00:42:32.760
 father.

00:42:34.180 --> 00:42:34.440
 And you

00:42:34.440 --> 00:42:34.680
 know what,

00:42:34.740 --> 00:42:35.139
 maybe all

00:42:35.139 --> 00:42:35.500
 you have

00:42:35.500 --> 00:42:35.780
 to do,

00:42:35.880 --> 00:42:36.400
 because God's

00:42:36.400 --> 00:42:36.820
 not looking

00:42:36.820 --> 00:42:37.420
 for perfect

00:42:37.420 --> 00:42:37.780
 prayer,

00:42:37.900 --> 00:42:38.280
 is all you

00:42:38.280 --> 00:42:38.659
 have to do

00:42:38.659 --> 00:42:38.920
 in your

00:42:38.920 --> 00:42:39.680
 heart and

00:42:39.680 --> 00:42:40.280
 soul and

00:42:40.280 --> 00:42:40.619
 point at

00:42:40.619 --> 00:42:41.159
 that picture

00:42:41.159 --> 00:42:41.639
 and say

00:42:41.639 --> 00:42:41.980
 to God,

00:42:42.079 --> 00:42:42.279
 God,

00:42:42.379 --> 00:42:42.759
 I want

00:42:42.759 --> 00:42:43.179
 that to

00:42:43.179 --> 00:42:43.579
 be me.

00:42:44.480 --> 00:42:44.920
 I want

00:42:44.920 --> 00:42:45.339
 that to

00:42:45.339 --> 00:42:45.719
 be me.

00:42:47.399 --> 00:42:48.079
 And because

00:42:48.079 --> 00:42:48.420
 it's all

00:42:48.420 --> 00:42:48.960
 about Jesus

00:42:48.960 --> 00:42:49.559
 finding the

00:42:49.559 --> 00:42:49.839
 sheep,

00:42:50.839 --> 00:42:51.199
 and Jesus

00:42:51.199 --> 00:42:51.699
 finding the

00:42:51.699 --> 00:42:52.039
 coin,

00:42:52.899 --> 00:42:53.460
 and Jesus

00:42:53.460 --> 00:42:53.879
 seeing us

00:42:53.879 --> 00:42:54.139
 when we're

00:42:54.139 --> 00:42:54.440
 a long

00:42:54.440 --> 00:42:54.879
 way off,

00:42:55.379 --> 00:42:55.739
 that'll

00:42:55.739 --> 00:42:56.179
 work just

00:42:56.179 --> 00:42:56.500
 fine.

00:42:57.739 --> 00:42:58.139
 Let's

00:42:58.139 --> 00:42:58.399
 bow our

00:42:58.399 --> 00:42:58.699
 heads in

00:42:58.699 --> 00:42:58.920
 prayer.

00:43:04.159 --> 00:43:04.559
 Father,

00:43:04.699 --> 00:43:05.000
 you know

00:43:05.000 --> 00:43:05.500
 how much

00:43:05.500 --> 00:43:05.739
 of the

00:43:05.739 --> 00:43:06.420
 older brother

00:43:06.420 --> 00:43:06.799
 is in

00:43:06.799 --> 00:43:07.199
 each of

00:43:07.199 --> 00:43:07.339
 us.

00:43:07.399 --> 00:43:07.539
 You know

00:43:07.539 --> 00:43:07.879
 how much

00:43:07.879 --> 00:43:08.079
 of the

00:43:08.079 --> 00:43:08.699
 older brother

00:43:08.699 --> 00:43:09.039
 is in

00:43:09.039 --> 00:43:09.500
 us as a

00:43:09.500 --> 00:43:10.079
 congregation.

00:43:11.679 --> 00:43:12.119
 Father,

00:43:12.199 --> 00:43:12.819
 we repent

00:43:12.819 --> 00:43:13.199
 of it.

00:43:13.659 --> 00:43:14.059
 We ask

00:43:14.059 --> 00:43:14.559
 Father that

00:43:14.559 --> 00:43:14.859
 you would

00:43:14.859 --> 00:43:15.739
 deliver us

00:43:15.739 --> 00:43:16.420
 from this.

00:43:17.199 --> 00:43:17.599
 We ask

00:43:17.599 --> 00:43:18.159
 Father that

00:43:18.159 --> 00:43:18.599
 your Holy

00:43:18.599 --> 00:43:19.179
 Spirit would

00:43:19.179 --> 00:43:19.619
 come into

00:43:19.619 --> 00:43:20.239
 our lives

00:43:20.239 --> 00:43:21.119
 and quieten

00:43:21.119 --> 00:43:21.339
 that,

00:43:21.500 --> 00:43:22.159
 still that,

00:43:22.359 --> 00:43:23.039
 heal that,

00:43:23.219 --> 00:43:24.039
 rebuke that,

00:43:24.779 --> 00:43:25.339
 help us to

00:43:25.339 --> 00:43:25.799
 put it to

00:43:25.799 --> 00:43:26.099
 death.

00:43:27.719 --> 00:43:28.079
 Father,

00:43:28.199 --> 00:43:28.779
 thank you

00:43:28.779 --> 00:43:29.920
 that Jesus

00:43:29.920 --> 00:43:30.539
 came to

00:43:30.539 --> 00:43:31.039
 seek and

00:43:31.039 --> 00:43:31.539
 save the

00:43:31.539 --> 00:43:31.839
 lost.

00:43:32.000 --> 00:43:32.659
 Jesus came

00:43:32.659 --> 00:43:33.199
 so that the

00:43:33.199 --> 00:43:33.639
 dead will

00:43:33.639 --> 00:43:33.980
 be made

00:43:33.980 --> 00:43:34.399
 alive,

00:43:34.519 --> 00:43:34.779
 that the

00:43:34.779 --> 00:43:35.239
 lost will

00:43:35.239 --> 00:43:35.739
 be found.

00:43:36.399 --> 00:43:36.940
 Thank you

00:43:36.940 --> 00:43:37.579
 Father for

00:43:37.579 --> 00:43:38.000
 Jesus,

00:43:38.159 --> 00:43:38.559
 for what he

00:43:38.559 --> 00:43:39.019
 did for us

00:43:39.019 --> 00:43:39.319
 on the

00:43:39.319 --> 00:43:39.739
 cross.

00:43:40.379 --> 00:43:40.699
 Father,

00:43:40.699 --> 00:43:41.359
 we are all

00:43:41.359 --> 00:43:42.219
 younger brothers

00:43:42.219 --> 00:43:42.799
 as well,

00:43:43.099 --> 00:43:44.159
 and we come

00:43:44.159 --> 00:43:44.679
 to Jesus

00:43:44.679 --> 00:43:45.319
 yet again.

00:43:45.419 --> 00:43:45.819
 We come

00:43:45.819 --> 00:43:46.159
 to you

00:43:46.159 --> 00:43:46.679
 Father yet

00:43:46.679 --> 00:43:46.980
 again.

00:43:47.079 --> 00:43:47.500
 We thank

00:43:47.500 --> 00:43:48.039
 you Father

00:43:48.039 --> 00:43:48.539
 that you

00:43:48.539 --> 00:43:48.980
 will in

00:43:48.980 --> 00:43:49.480
 no ways

00:43:49.480 --> 00:43:50.139
 cast out

00:43:50.139 --> 00:43:50.599
 any who

00:43:50.599 --> 00:43:51.039
 come to

00:43:51.039 --> 00:43:51.399
 you through

00:43:51.399 --> 00:43:51.739
 Jesus.

00:43:52.259 --> 00:43:52.980
 We thank

00:43:52.980 --> 00:43:53.460
 you Father

00:43:53.460 --> 00:43:53.819
 that you

00:43:53.819 --> 00:43:54.359
 will clothe

00:43:54.359 --> 00:43:55.299
 us with

00:43:55.299 --> 00:43:56.019
 your finest

00:43:56.019 --> 00:43:56.799
 robe as we

00:43:56.799 --> 00:43:57.599
 stand before

00:43:57.599 --> 00:43:57.899
 you.

00:43:59.480 --> 00:44:00.359
 No longer

00:44:00.359 --> 00:44:01.079
 destitute,

00:44:01.279 --> 00:44:02.000
 but embraced

00:44:02.000 --> 00:44:02.679
 by you and

00:44:02.679 --> 00:44:03.379
 clothed with

00:44:03.379 --> 00:44:04.059
 your finery,

00:44:04.699 --> 00:44:05.739
 not because of

00:44:05.739 --> 00:44:06.279
 our merits,

00:44:06.419 --> 00:44:07.039
 but because of

00:44:07.039 --> 00:44:07.519
 what Jesus

00:44:07.519 --> 00:44:08.099
 has done.

00:44:08.099 --> 00:44:09.119
 Father,

00:44:09.199 --> 00:44:09.599
 we ask

00:44:09.599 --> 00:44:09.819
 that you

00:44:09.819 --> 00:44:10.199
 would make

00:44:10.199 --> 00:44:10.900
 us disciples

00:44:10.900 --> 00:44:11.480
 gripped by

00:44:11.480 --> 00:44:12.039
 the gospel,

00:44:12.219 --> 00:44:12.719
 gripped by

00:44:12.719 --> 00:44:13.500
 these gospel

00:44:13.500 --> 00:44:14.079
 stories,

00:44:14.239 --> 00:44:14.619
 make us

00:44:14.619 --> 00:44:15.599
 disciples gripped

00:44:15.599 --> 00:44:16.440
 by the gospel,

00:44:16.980 --> 00:44:17.500
 living for

00:44:17.500 --> 00:44:18.000
 your glory,

00:44:18.239 --> 00:44:18.839
 seeking for

00:44:18.839 --> 00:44:19.299
 the lost,

00:44:19.460 --> 00:44:19.980
 praying for

00:44:19.980 --> 00:44:20.559
 the lost,

00:44:21.339 --> 00:44:22.139
 and putting

00:44:22.139 --> 00:44:22.519
 to death

00:44:22.519 --> 00:44:23.019
 the older

00:44:23.019 --> 00:44:23.860
 brother in

00:44:23.860 --> 00:44:24.440
 our hearts.

00:44:24.839 --> 00:44:25.139
 And all

00:44:25.139 --> 00:44:25.779
 this we ask

00:44:25.779 --> 00:44:26.139
 in the name

00:44:26.139 --> 00:44:26.639
 of Jesus,

00:44:26.799 --> 00:44:27.380
 your son,

00:44:27.799 --> 00:44:28.079
 and our

00:44:28.079 --> 00:44:28.420
 savior.

00:44:28.980 --> 00:44:29.319
 Amen.

00:44:29.319 --> 00:44:29.460
 Amen.