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 There's a story that I've told in school assemblies more times than I can remember.

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 It's a story you probably have heard before, and it's this.

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 It's about a man who died, and after he died, he found himself walking along a corridor.

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 At the end of the corridor, there was two doors.

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 One said heaven, and the other said hell.

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 Well, he knew which one he wanted to enter, but he was curious as to know what was behind each of the two doors.

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 So he had a peek behind each door, heaven and then hell.

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 And before he went into heaven, he decided that he just wanted to know really kind of what the differences were.

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 And he was quite stunned by how similar in many ways they both seemed, visually at least.

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 Because behind both doors, there was an enormous crowd of people.

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 Behind each door, the crowds were gathered around a large table.

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 And both in heaven and in hell, the tables were covered with loads and loads of amazing looking food.

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 But on closer examination, he could tell that the atmosphere in heaven was so much better than it was in hell.

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 Everybody in heaven was eating the food, whereas everybody in hell was sat there staring, looking absolutely miserable.

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 So before he went into heaven once and for all, he decided just to go in and ask somebody in hell what was going on.

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 He said, I see that you look also miserable here.

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 And I also noticed that for all the food that is set out before you, nobody seems to be eating anything.

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 Is there something bad with the food?

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 He said, no, there's nothing wrong with the food.

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 He said, are you allowed to eat any of this food?

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 He said, yes.

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 He said, well, why aren't you eating any of the food?

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 And it was then that he noticed for the first time that everybody sat around the table was holding a very, very long spoon.

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 A couple of metres long.

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 And he was told that they were allowed to eat and enjoy as much of the food as they wanted, except there was one rule, that they had to use the long spoons.

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 And of course, nobody could actually reach their mouths with these spoons because they were so long.

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 They could pick up the food, but they couldn't feed themselves.

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 Well, he didn't want to stick around in hell that much longer.

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 So he left and went back into heaven and then realised what the difference was.

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 They still had the spoons.

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 They still had the food.

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 But they fed one another.

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 And every time I tell that story in a school and assembly, and I normally tell the story with the aid of a couple of spoons sellotaped to the end of bamboo sticks and a bowl of Smarties.

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 And no, we've never poked out any eyes.

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 But we never tell the story.

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 We end up with those words of Jesus.

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 Love your neighbour as yourself.

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 How different would the world be if everybody did that and lived not for ourselves, but for one another?

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 Never once has there ever been any sense of doubt in the room when, during that conclusion, that there's something wrong or peculiar or weird or strange or wacky about that set of ethics.

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 See, that story actually exists in different versions in many different world religions.

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 Nobody knows exactly where it originated from.

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 But nobody's going to argue with it.

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 You go into any culture, any religious tradition, any time, any place, pretty much anybody and everybody will agree that the concept of loving your neighbour as yourself serves as a pretty good foundation for any moral system.

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 No one's going to question it.

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 So it should come as no surprise when Jesus says that the most important commandment is to love your neighbour as yourself.

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 Except that's not what he says.

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 Now, Mark chapter 12 is a fascinating chapter because it's all about questions.

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 And Jesus is being fired with questions.

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 In fact, up to this point, they're all trick questions.

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 As teachers of the law try to trick him, try to catch him out, asking him questions about a range of different subjects that they're spending all day talking about.

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 Tax, marriage and life after death.

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 Nothing's changed in 2,000 years.

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 But as they're absorbed in these themes and they're trying to catch Jesus out, there's an onlooker who's unnamed but is another teacher of the law.

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 Who comes at Jesus not with a trick question but with a genuine one right from the heart.

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 And it's this.

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 Having been listening to all of the conversation that's been going on.

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 Says, Jesus, what's the most important command?

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 You know, the 613 different Hebrew laws.

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 He's saying, what does it all boil down to?

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 Is there one most important thing?

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 What is it?

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 What matters most?

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 Now, Jesus does go on to say, love your neighbour as yourself.

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 But it's not where he starts.

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 His response is to quote what is known in Hebrew thought as the Shema.

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 Where he quotes from the Hebrew scriptures and says,

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 Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one.

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 Love the Lord your God with all your heart.

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 And with all your soul.

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 And with all your mind.

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 And with all your strength.

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 And only when he has said that first, as the primary thing, does he then go on to say,

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 Love your neighbour as yourself.

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 If we're to understand what it means to love your neighbour as yourself,

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 it won't do to just drop the first bit.

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 And yet, and yet, it doesn't stretch the imagination too much to be able to just hear the atheist say,

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 But do we need the first bit?

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 Surely it will suffice just to say,

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 We'll love your neighbour.

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 You don't need God to be able to do that.

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 Now, at face value, that's a very rational sounding point.

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 But I want to say three things in response to the hypothetical atheist response that I might have just cited.

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 And the first would be this.

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 And it's not necessarily to do with this particular subject, but atheism in general.

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 Is that whenever I get into a conversation with somebody that says,

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 Well, there is no God.

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 I don't believe in God.

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 I try to say pretty early on,

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 Well, tell me about the God that you don't believe in.

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 Because I can almost guarantee that the God that you don't believe in is the God that I don't believe in either.

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 As a Christian.

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 And I say that because it's so important for us to understand that God is continually rejected because of a false understanding of who God is.

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 Jesus' mission was to show us who God really is.

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 That's the first thing.

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 The second thing I would want to say, and this is more specific to the issue of this greatest commandment,

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 putting God first before love of neighbour,

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 or rather establishing the inseparability of the two,

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 is I'd want to say that, well, if there is no God,

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 and if there is no absolute truth,

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 no ultimate truth,

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 because we're here by accident,

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 by random chance,

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 then on what basis

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 can you believe that it is right

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 to love our neighbours as ourselves?

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 If we're not here by design,

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 by purpose,

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 but by random chance,

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 why is it

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 that as human beings

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 we have

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 this inner moral compass?

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 This thing on which we can agree,

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 why is it

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 that we find that people will say,

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 yeah,

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 that makes sense.

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 If only we all loved one another

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 as we love ourselves.

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 And why is it then

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 that if we are here

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 just as the result

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 of random chance,

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 why would we appeal

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 to the use of rational logic

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 to make that point?

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 But the third thing,

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 and I think this is where

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 we find the teachings of Jesus

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 going right to the core,

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 right to the heart of the matter,

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 is this.

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 Jesus does not actually say

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 that the most important commandment

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 is to believe in God.

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 Jesus does not say

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 that the most important commandment

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 is to believe in God.

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 Jesus does say

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 that the most important commandment

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 is to love

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 the Lord your God.

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 And the word agape

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 is used to describe that love

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 right here in this passage.

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 So not just believe in God,

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 but to love the Lord your God.

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 And not just to love

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 the Lord your God,

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 but to love the Lord your God

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 with all your soul,

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 with all your heart,

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 with all your mind,

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 with all your strength.

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 How can love be a commandment?

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 Well, it seems here

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 that Jesus is talking

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 to something that lies

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 at the very heart of the matter.

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 That deeper truth

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 underlying that very question,

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 what's the most important thing?

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 It's this.

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 We all have a God.

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 Or if you like,

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 we all have a faith.

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 It's a nonsense

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 to talk of people

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 of all faiths and none

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 as though it's possible

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 to go through life

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 without having a faith.

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 Of course,

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 you might say that,

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 well, I don't believe in God.

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 That itself is a faith.

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 But behind every human life

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 that has ever been lived,

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 there is always the pursuit

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 of a set of values

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 of that which is important.

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 There will always be something

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 that we engage in

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 with all our heart,

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 with all our soul,

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 with all our mind,

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 and with all our strength.

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 Whether we call that God

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 or whether we call it

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 something else,

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 it's in our humanity

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 to pursue that which is ultimate.

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 that sense of restlessness

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 within us.

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 You take that away

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 and we cease to be human.

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 It may be a moral code.

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 It might be the things

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 that we go after,

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 whether we call that

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 security,

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 whether it's the pursuit

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 of our career,

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 whether it's the pursuit

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 of financial well-being,

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 the pursuit of an identity,

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 just being accepted

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 by others.

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 Maybe it's multiple things,

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 but the fact is,

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 is that it is part

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 of our human nature

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 to pursue

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 with all our heart,

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 soul, mind,

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 and strength.

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 And if it's not God,

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 it will be something else.

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 If God doesn't own you,

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 something else will.

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 Well, let me put that

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 in a different way.

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 If you don't choose

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 to allow God

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 to own you,

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 you will be unwittingly

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 allowing something else

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 to own you.

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 The point here,

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 I think,

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 that Jesus is exposing

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 so powerfully

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 and so clearly

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 is this question.

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 What is it

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 that you're pursuing

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 with all your heart,

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 your soul,

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 your mind,

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 and your strength?

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 Or to put it

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 even more bluntly,

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 what's your God?

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 You see,

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 when we look deep

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 into our hearts,

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 into the patterns

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 of our lives,

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 as we look back

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 over the years,

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 as we look at our lives

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 right now,

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 the decisions that we make,

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 the things that drive us,

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 the things that make us

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 get out of bed

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 in the morning,

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 it's those things

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 that Jesus is saying.

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 Take a look at those things.

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 What are they?

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 What's your God?

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 And as much as we can all agree

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 that relationships

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 are vital

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 to life,

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 of course they are.

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 They're inseparable

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 from all of this,

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 and that's Jesus' point.

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 You take God

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 out of the equation,

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 and what are we left with?

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 In the 2010 movie

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 called Up in the Air,

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 there's a scene

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 where a young man

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 is having second thoughts

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 about getting married.

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 The wedding ceremony

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 is about to begin,

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 but he's got a serious case

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 of cold feet.

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 He's not sure

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 he can go through

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 with the wedding.

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 Then a family member

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 who's played by George Clooney

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 is sent to talk to him.

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 The young man says,

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 I don't think

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 I'd be able to do this.

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 George Clooney's character

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 asks,

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 why would you say that today?

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 The frightened young man

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 says this,

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 well last night,

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 I was kind of like

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 laying in bed,

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 and I couldn't get to sleep.

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 So I started thinking

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 about the wedding

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 and the ceremony,

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 and about our buying a house,

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 and moving in together,

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 and having a kid,

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 and then having another kid,

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 and then Christmas,

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 and Thanksgiving,

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 and spring break,

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 and going to football games,

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 and then all of a sudden,

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 they're graduated,

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 and getting jobs,

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 and getting married,

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 and you know I'm a grandparent,

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 and then I'm retired,

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 and I'm losing my hair,

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 and I'm getting fat,

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 and the next thing I know,

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 I'm dead.

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 And it's like,

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 I can't stop from thinking,

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 what's the point?

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 I mean,

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 what is the point?

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 That very anxiety

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 lies at the very heart

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 of human fear.

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 What's the point?

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 Why are we here?

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 Yeah, relationships,

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 we see the meaning of them,

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 the most important thing in life,

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 of course they are,

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 but even there,

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 what's the point?

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 Jesus says,

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 here's the point.

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 God.

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 He's at the source

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 of every relationship.

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 God's at the source

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 of every love,

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 every craving,

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 everything that is good,

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 and right.

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 And only when we get

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 that basic,

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 fundamental,

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 simple truth

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 into our lives,

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 and we understand

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 that God loves us,

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 and God loves us unconditionally,

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 and that we've nothing

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 to prove to him,

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 and that we are accepted

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 and loved unconditionally

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 at that which is the most

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 important relationship of all,

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 then we are able

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 to love ourselves,

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 and we are able

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 to love others.

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 That's the point.

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 One last thing.

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 We're going to pray

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 in a moment.

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 Verse 32.

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 This teacher of the law

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 who comes to Jesus

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 with the question,

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 what's the most

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 important command,

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 and listens to Jesus'

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 response.

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 He summarizes back

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 what Jesus has said.

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 He says to him

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 in verse 32,

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 Well said, teacher,

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 the man replied.

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 You are right in saying

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 that God is one

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 and there is no other

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 but him,

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 to love him

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 with all your heart

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 and with all your understanding

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 and with all your strength

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 and to love your neighbour

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 as yourself.

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 And then,

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 he goes on to say

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 something that Jesus

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 hasn't actually said.

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 And this is really important

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 and really telling.

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 Because he says this,

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 this is more important

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 than all burnt offerings

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 and sacrifices.

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 Now, the preceding chapter

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 of Mark's Gospel

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 tells us

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 that this whole scene

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 is played out

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 in the temple courtyard.

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 Burnt offerings

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 and sacrifices

00:19:04.779 --> 00:19:05.660
 are taking place

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 left, right, and centre.

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 That's what it's there for,

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 the temple.

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 And there is this

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 teacher of the law

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 surrounded by other

00:19:16.580 --> 00:19:17.580
 teachers of the law

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 in the midst

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 of burnt offerings

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 and sacrifices

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 being offered

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 every day

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 in order to make

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 things right with God.

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 Before Jesus,

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 the Son of God,

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 God in human form,

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 this man says,

00:19:35.220 --> 00:19:35.940
 Jesus,

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 what you've just said

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 is more important

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 than any of this

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 going on around us.

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 Jesus' response,

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 you are not far

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 from the kingdom of God.

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 See, that word

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 that far,

00:19:57.799 --> 00:19:58.660
 you're not far

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 from the kingdom of God,

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 it's exactly the same word

00:20:01.940 --> 00:20:02.460
 that we find

00:20:02.460 --> 00:20:03.620
 in Luke chapter 15

00:20:03.620 --> 00:20:05.019
 when Jesus tells

00:20:05.019 --> 00:20:05.759
 the story of the

00:20:05.759 --> 00:20:06.460
 prodigal son

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 and describes

00:20:07.400 --> 00:20:08.259
 how the son

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 who has rebelled

00:20:09.200 --> 00:20:09.920
 against his father

00:20:09.920 --> 00:20:10.519
 comes back

00:20:10.519 --> 00:20:12.039
 with his rehearsed speech

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 and while he's still

00:20:15.500 --> 00:20:16.480
 far off,

00:20:16.559 --> 00:20:17.279
 there's the word,

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 the father sees him coming.

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 That's the image.

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 Now here Jesus says,

00:20:25.680 --> 00:20:27.180
 you are not far

00:20:27.180 --> 00:20:29.039
 from the kingdom.

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 the fact that you see

00:20:32.379 --> 00:20:34.039
 that love of God

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 underpinning love

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 in all relationships

00:20:37.240 --> 00:20:39.240
 is so much more important

00:20:39.240 --> 00:20:41.359
 than any amount

00:20:41.359 --> 00:20:42.879
 of religious human effort.

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 You're getting it.

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 You are not far

00:20:48.899 --> 00:20:49.519
 from the kingdom.

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 And so as we come

00:20:54.299 --> 00:20:55.079
 to pray now,

00:20:56.240 --> 00:20:57.400
 I'm going to invite us

00:20:57.400 --> 00:20:58.180
 just to spend

00:20:58.180 --> 00:20:59.019
 a few moments

00:20:59.019 --> 00:21:01.440
 in stillness

00:21:01.440 --> 00:21:04.539
 as we ask

00:21:04.539 --> 00:21:05.940
 God's Holy Spirit

00:21:05.940 --> 00:21:06.920
 to renew us

00:21:06.920 --> 00:21:07.859
 in that knowledge

00:21:07.859 --> 00:21:09.099
 and in that confidence

00:21:09.099 --> 00:21:13.639
 that love of God

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 is all we need.

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 and when we know

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 that we are loved

00:21:18.720 --> 00:21:19.980
 and loved unconditionally

00:21:19.980 --> 00:21:20.740
 by him,

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 then we are given

00:21:22.700 --> 00:21:23.620
 that strength

00:21:23.620 --> 00:21:26.380
 to love

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 those people

00:21:27.940 --> 00:21:28.380
 who

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 in human terms

00:21:30.560 --> 00:21:31.220
 we might call

00:21:31.220 --> 00:21:32.019
 quite unlovable.

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 Because let's be

00:21:35.519 --> 00:21:36.080
 quite clear,

00:21:37.220 --> 00:21:38.340
 these words of Jesus

00:21:38.340 --> 00:21:39.560
 about the greatest

00:21:39.560 --> 00:21:40.240
 commandment

00:21:40.240 --> 00:21:43.840
 are disarmingly

00:21:43.840 --> 00:21:44.320
 simple.

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 but simple

00:21:46.480 --> 00:21:47.420
 does not mean easy.

00:21:49.240 --> 00:21:50.380
 And that call,

00:21:50.519 --> 00:21:51.200
 that challenge

00:21:51.200 --> 00:21:52.400
 to love your neighbour

00:21:52.400 --> 00:21:53.320
 is not something

00:21:53.320 --> 00:21:54.960
 that comes easily

00:21:54.960 --> 00:21:56.220
 at all times.

00:21:59.620 --> 00:22:00.400
 But knowing

00:22:00.400 --> 00:22:01.200
 the love of God

00:22:01.200 --> 00:22:02.780
 that is there

00:22:02.780 --> 00:22:03.400
 unconditionally

00:22:04.060 --> 00:22:04.780
 for us

00:22:04.780 --> 00:22:05.940
 is the very thing

00:22:05.940 --> 00:22:08.120
 that can set us free

00:22:08.120 --> 00:22:10.280
 to love one another.

00:22:12.440 --> 00:22:13.580
 So let's join together

00:22:13.580 --> 00:22:14.280
 now in prayer.

00:22:14.400 --> 00:22:19.360
 Let's just take a few moments

00:22:19.360 --> 00:22:20.300
 just to be still

00:22:20.300 --> 00:22:21.300
 and in the quiet

00:22:21.300 --> 00:22:22.220
 of this moment

00:22:22.220 --> 00:22:25.880
 to hear those words

00:22:25.880 --> 00:22:26.440
 of Jesus

00:22:26.440 --> 00:22:27.259
 once more.

00:22:28.860 --> 00:22:29.720
 Those words

00:22:29.720 --> 00:22:30.120
 that say

00:22:30.120 --> 00:22:31.600
 that the most important thing

00:22:31.600 --> 00:22:34.200
 is to love God

00:22:34.200 --> 00:22:35.200
 with all your heart,

00:22:35.320 --> 00:22:36.120
 with all your soul,

00:22:36.280 --> 00:22:37.120
 with all your mind

00:22:37.119 --> 00:22:38.759
 and with all your strength.

00:22:47.239 --> 00:22:48.099
 Lord God,

00:22:48.199 --> 00:22:49.019
 thank you

00:22:49.019 --> 00:22:51.519
 for the power

00:22:51.519 --> 00:22:52.719
 of that most important

00:22:52.719 --> 00:22:53.199
 command

00:22:53.199 --> 00:22:56.279
 to know your love

00:22:56.279 --> 00:22:59.299
 and to love you.

00:22:59.299 --> 00:22:59.700
 Lord,

00:23:03.099 --> 00:23:04.399
 you know our lives

00:23:04.399 --> 00:23:05.259
 inside out

00:23:05.259 --> 00:23:06.200
 and back to front.

00:23:06.319 --> 00:23:07.019
 You know our lives

00:23:07.019 --> 00:23:08.460
 better than we know ourselves.

00:23:09.000 --> 00:23:10.460
 And you know those things

00:23:10.460 --> 00:23:12.180
 that we can easily place

00:23:12.180 --> 00:23:13.720
 as gods within us.

00:23:14.680 --> 00:23:15.579
 Those things

00:23:15.579 --> 00:23:16.519
 that we pursue

00:23:16.519 --> 00:23:18.660
 with all our heart,

00:23:19.480 --> 00:23:19.759
 soul,

00:23:19.960 --> 00:23:20.859
 mind and strength.

00:23:20.859 --> 00:23:21.859
 Lord,

00:23:24.899 --> 00:23:25.359
 forgive us

00:23:25.359 --> 00:23:25.959
 for when

00:23:25.959 --> 00:23:28.799
 we put other things

00:23:28.799 --> 00:23:29.759
 other than you

00:23:29.759 --> 00:23:30.699
 in place.

00:23:33.500 --> 00:23:34.139
 Lord,

00:23:34.199 --> 00:23:34.639
 right now

00:23:34.639 --> 00:23:35.379
 in this moment

00:23:35.379 --> 00:23:36.000
 we ask

00:23:36.000 --> 00:23:37.219
 that you would renew us

00:23:37.219 --> 00:23:38.679
 by your Holy Spirit.

00:23:41.819 --> 00:23:42.699
 Renew us

00:23:42.699 --> 00:23:44.000
 in that sense

00:23:44.000 --> 00:23:44.639
 of love

00:23:44.639 --> 00:23:45.399
 for you

00:23:45.400 --> 00:23:47.480
 before anyone

00:23:47.480 --> 00:23:49.240
 or anything else.

00:23:54.280 --> 00:23:55.360
 Holy Spirit,

00:23:55.560 --> 00:23:56.360
 remind us

00:23:56.360 --> 00:23:57.400
 of your

00:23:57.400 --> 00:23:58.900
 unconditional love,

00:23:59.019 --> 00:23:59.440
 we pray.

00:24:11.120 --> 00:24:12.360
 And as we just wait

00:24:12.360 --> 00:24:13.600
 upon God's Holy Spirit

00:24:13.600 --> 00:24:14.320
 now,

00:24:15.400 --> 00:24:19.480
 I invite you

00:24:19.480 --> 00:24:19.920
 just to take

00:24:19.920 --> 00:24:20.740
 a few moments

00:24:20.740 --> 00:24:24.480
 to reflect

00:24:24.480 --> 00:24:25.360
 on his

00:24:25.360 --> 00:24:26.460
 unconditional,

00:24:26.860 --> 00:24:27.860
 unending love

00:24:27.860 --> 00:24:28.480
 for you.

00:24:39.160 --> 00:24:39.720
 Lord,

00:24:39.820 --> 00:24:40.440
 renew us

00:24:40.440 --> 00:24:41.920
 in that sense

00:24:41.920 --> 00:24:42.740
 of knowing

00:24:42.740 --> 00:24:43.560
 you as

00:24:43.560 --> 00:24:44.040
 our loving

00:24:44.040 --> 00:24:44.440
 Father.

00:24:45.400 --> 00:24:46.920
 God's

00:24:46.920 --> 00:24:47.540
 love

00:24:47.540 --> 00:24:48.420
 for you.

00:24:48.420 --> 00:24:50.880
 And as we

00:24:50.880 --> 00:24:51.640
 wait upon

00:24:51.640 --> 00:24:52.980
 your Holy Spirit

00:24:52.980 --> 00:24:53.660
 to move

00:24:53.660 --> 00:24:54.060
 among us

00:24:54.060 --> 00:24:54.480
 now,

00:24:54.780 --> 00:24:55.920
 so we bring

00:24:55.920 --> 00:24:57.519
 into your

00:24:57.519 --> 00:24:58.120
 presence

00:24:58.120 --> 00:25:00.340
 our relationships,

00:25:00.860 --> 00:25:01.460
 particularly

00:25:01.460 --> 00:25:02.759
 any areas

00:25:02.759 --> 00:25:03.540
 where we may

00:25:03.540 --> 00:25:04.180
 find it

00:25:04.180 --> 00:25:04.900
 difficult

00:25:04.900 --> 00:25:06.120
 to love

00:25:06.120 --> 00:25:06.620
 others.

00:25:06.619 --> 00:25:12.319
 maybe that

00:25:12.319 --> 00:25:12.859
 colleague

00:25:12.859 --> 00:25:13.619
 or boss

00:25:13.619 --> 00:25:15.759
 or maybe

00:25:15.759 --> 00:25:16.379
 a former

00:25:16.379 --> 00:25:16.879
 colleague

00:25:16.879 --> 00:25:17.599
 or boss,

00:25:17.599 --> 00:25:19.639
 a family

00:25:19.639 --> 00:25:20.199
 member,

00:25:21.039 --> 00:25:22.879
 a neighbour.

00:25:22.880 --> 00:25:22.940
 other.

00:25:31.160 --> 00:25:32.260
 And I invite you

00:25:32.260 --> 00:25:33.200
 before God

00:25:33.200 --> 00:25:33.860
 to hold

00:25:33.860 --> 00:25:36.020
 that tension

00:25:36.020 --> 00:25:36.820
 and that

00:25:36.820 --> 00:25:37.560
 difficulty

00:25:37.560 --> 00:25:39.700
 before him.

00:25:39.700 --> 00:25:53.019
 Lord,

00:25:53.019 --> 00:25:53.480
 help us

00:25:53.480 --> 00:25:54.120
 to remember

00:25:54.120 --> 00:25:54.940
 that when we

00:25:54.940 --> 00:25:55.480
 draw near to

00:25:55.480 --> 00:25:55.680
 you,

00:25:55.779 --> 00:25:56.220
 we are not

00:25:56.220 --> 00:25:56.900
 far from the

00:25:56.900 --> 00:25:57.180
 kingdom.

00:26:03.019 --> 00:26:03.380
 Lord,

00:26:03.440 --> 00:26:03.779
 help us

00:26:03.779 --> 00:26:04.140
 as we

00:26:04.140 --> 00:26:05.480
 bring these

00:26:05.480 --> 00:26:06.860
 relationships

00:26:06.860 --> 00:26:07.480
 within which

00:26:07.480 --> 00:26:08.279
 we may struggle

00:26:08.279 --> 00:26:09.039
 before you.

00:26:13.460 --> 00:26:14.180
 Help us

00:26:14.180 --> 00:26:14.759
 throughout this

00:26:14.759 --> 00:26:15.460
 week in

00:26:15.460 --> 00:26:16.079
 any

00:26:16.079 --> 00:26:17.399
 conversations

00:26:17.399 --> 00:26:19.779
 that we

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 may have to

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 face,

00:26:21.000 --> 00:26:21.920
 any difficult

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 interactions

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 that we may

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 have to

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 engage in.

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 And Lord,

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 where there

00:26:30.399 --> 00:26:30.960
 may have been

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 a relationship

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 or relationships

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 that have

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 broken down

00:26:33.359 --> 00:26:33.859
 altogether,

00:26:34.920 --> 00:26:36.259
 give us

00:26:36.259 --> 00:26:36.859
 that courage

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 and that

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 confidence

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 to do

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 everything

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 we can

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 to make

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 peace.

00:26:49.519 --> 00:26:49.960
 Lord,

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 give us

00:26:50.279 --> 00:26:50.720
 the courage

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 and the

00:26:51.039 --> 00:26:51.380
 confidence

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 that we

00:26:51.880 --> 00:26:52.420
 may need

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 to initiate

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 a phone

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 call

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 or a

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 conversation.

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 Lord,

00:27:05.140 --> 00:27:05.380
 we pray

00:27:05.380 --> 00:27:05.880
 for healing,

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 we pray

00:27:06.300 --> 00:27:07.160
 for reconciliation.

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 Lord,

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 renew us

00:27:15.140 --> 00:27:15.800
 in that

00:27:15.800 --> 00:27:16.400
 love of

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 you and

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 that love

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 for others

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 and sustain

00:27:20.440 --> 00:27:21.480
 us in that

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 way that

00:27:21.960 --> 00:27:22.620
 only you

00:27:22.620 --> 00:27:23.000
 can.

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 We ask

00:27:29.259 --> 00:27:29.860
 this in

00:27:29.860 --> 00:27:30.140
 Jesus'

00:27:30.320 --> 00:27:30.560
 name.

00:27:32.960 --> 00:27:33.560
 Amen.

00:27:33.560 --> 00:27:33.720
 Amen.

00:27:33.720 --> 00:27:33.759
 Amen.

00:27:33.759 --> 00:27:33.779
 Amen.

00:27:33.779 --> 00:27:33.800
 Amen.

00:27:33.800 --> 00:27:33.820
 Amen.

00:27:33.820 --> 00:27:33.840
 Amen.

00:27:33.840 --> 00:27:33.860
 Amen.

00:27:33.860 --> 00:27:33.880
 Amen.

00:27:33.880 --> 00:27:35.740
 Amen.

00:27:35.740 --> 00:27:35.779
 Amen.

00:27:35.779 --> 00:27:35.800
 Amen.

00:27:35.800 --> 00:27:35.860
 Amen.

00:27:35.860 --> 00:27:37.900
 Amen.