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 Bibles might be slightly different in some of them. Some of them are a bit newer.

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 We're going to be starting from verse 37 and we'll read down to the start of chapter 12 verse 3.

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 Luke chapter 11 verse 37.

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 When Jesus had finished speaking, a Pharisee invited him to eat with him.

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 So he went in and reclined at the table.

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 But the Pharisee, noticing that Jesus did not first wash before the meal, was surprised.

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 Then the Lord said to him,

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 Now then, you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.

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 You foolish people! Did not the one who made the outside make the inside also?

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 But give what is inside the dish to the poor and everything will be clean for you.

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 Woe to you Pharisees, because you give God a tenth of your mint, rue and all other kinds of garden herbs,

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 but you neglect justice and the love of God.

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 You should have practiced the latter without leaving the former undone.

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 Woe to you Pharisees, because you love the most important seats in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces.

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 Woe to you, because you are like unmarked graves, which men walk over without knowing it.

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 One of the experts in the law answered him,

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 Teacher, when you say these things, you insult us also.

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 Jesus replied,

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 Woe to you, because you load people down with burdens they can hardly carry,

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 and you yourselves will not lift one finger to help them.

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 Woe to you, because you build tombs for the prophets, and it was your forefathers who killed them.

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 So you testify that you approve of what your forefathers did.

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 They kill the prophets, and you build their tombs.

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 Because of this, God in his wisdom said,

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 I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill, and others they will persecute.

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 Therefore, this generation will be held responsible for the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the beginning of the world,

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 from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary.

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 Yes, I tell you, this generation will be held responsible for it all.

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 Woe to you, experts in the law, because you have taken away the key to knowledge.

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 You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering.

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 When Jesus left there, the Pharisees and the teachers of the law began to oppose him fiercely,

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 and to besiege him with questions, waiting to catch him in something he might say.

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 Meanwhile, when a crowd of many thousands had gathered so that they were trampling on one another,

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 Jesus began to speak first to his disciples, saying,

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 Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

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 There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known.

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 What you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight,

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 and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the roofs.

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 Thanks, Connor.

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 Well, let's keep our Bibles open, and let's pray and ask for God's help.

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 Father, would you give to us an undivided heart,

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 a broken and contrite heart,

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 so that we might not only hear your word,

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 but see it applied to our lives,

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 so that it will change us, and we will become sincere followers of you.

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 We ask this in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 Amen.

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 You've just got your cup of coffee from the hatch,

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 and you see a visitor come through the doors.

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 So you make your way over to say hello.

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 And just as you're about to welcome them,

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 someone else comes up to the visitor and says,

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 Watch out!

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 And then pointing their finger at you,

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 says,

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 They're a hypocrite.

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 And then walks off,

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 leaving you standing a little red-faced.

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 Offended?

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 I think I would be.

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 Well, it seems Jesus is in an offending mood.

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 Look at chapter 12, verse 1.

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 Meanwhile, when a crowd of many thousands had gathered,

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 so that they were trampling on one another.

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 Everyone is there.

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 They've been following.

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 And they want to see what Jesus is going to do next.

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 Well, they're in for a shock.

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 Jesus began to speak first to his disciples,

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 saying,

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 Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees,

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 which is hypocrisy.

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 See that lot over there?

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 Hypocrites.

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 Don't be fooled by their big Bibles

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 and their well-crafted prayers.

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 They're a fake.

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 Hypocrite comes from the word actor.

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 So in the open-air theatres of long ago,

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 people would just simply put on the mask.

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 They didn't have all the technology,

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 so it's just a simple mask they would put on.

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 And play the role of someone else.

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 It's an act.

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 They are impersonating someone who they are not.

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 So when Jesus is warning his disciples about the Pharisees,

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 he's saying,

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 Watch out for those impersonators.

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 They're fake.

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 It's all show.

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 It's an act.

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 They're hypocrites.

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 Watch out for that bunch of people

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 who meet down in Carragoline Community Centre,

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 singing their songs.

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 It's very offensive to call someone a hypocrite.

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 Unless, of course, it's true.

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 Look, Jesus is saying here,

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 If you're going to be my disciple,

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 if you're going to follow me,

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 there is no room for play acting.

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 There's no point in turning up on a Sunday morning

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 and putting on a good show.

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 Turning up with our masks,

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 creating an image,

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 and looking like a Christian.

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 Well, in case we think following Jesus

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 is all about outward performance,

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 Jesus has some very strong words for us.

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 First he says,

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 Clean up your act.

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 Clean up your act.

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 This hypocrisy talk

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 all started when Jesus was invited

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 by a Pharisee to have dinner.

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 Look at verse 38.

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 But the Pharisee,

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 noticing that Jesus did not first wash

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 before the meal,

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 was surprised.

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 Now, it's not like Jesus

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 has just been to the loo

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 and he's forgot to wash his hands

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 and it's all got a little bit embarrassing.

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 Now, we're talking here about ritual

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 or ceremonial washing.

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 It wasn't to get rid of dirt and bugs.

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 It was this outward show

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 to say that you were clean,

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 that you were acceptable to God.

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 And the Pharisees were experts

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 in keeping clean.

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 Even their name was a giveaway.

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 Pharisee simply means separate one

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 or holy one.

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 And they were so meticulous

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 that they made up lots of extra rules

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 and traditions about washing.

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 Everything had to be washed

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 in a certain way

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 and so many times.

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 You even had special places

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 where you had to do the washing,

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 separate from everything else.

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 But most importantly,

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 you had to wash

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 when you came into contact

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 with unclean people.

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 You can get the picture,

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 can't you,

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 about the Pharisees.

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 It was all about

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 keeping up appearances.

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 Making sure that everyone knew

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 you were separate

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 and you were holy.

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 Outward performance

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 was everything.

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 Because as long as we are

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 outwardly clean,

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 God will accept you

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 and welcome you.

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 Now we might not have had

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 a little bowl at the door there

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 for you to do

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 a little ritual washing

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 as you came in.

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 But don't we all have

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 our little clean rules

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 that we like to participate in

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 so that we look good

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 on the outside?

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 We don't drink or smoke

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 and avoid the places that do.

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 We want to be clean.

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 We hang out with

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 the good living people

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 and stay clear of those

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 who are morally dubious

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 and those who identify as gay.

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 We shake our head

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 in disgust at those sinful people

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 and boast about

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 how I'm not like that

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 and I wouldn't do that.

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 You get the picture,

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 don't you?

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 It can be all about

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 keeping up appearances.

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 Making sure that everyone

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 knows that we're separate

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 and holy

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 and, well,

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 outward performance

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 is everything.

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 As long as I am

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 outwardly clean,

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 God will accept me

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 and welcome me.

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 Well, in case we think

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 it is all about

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 outward performance,

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 Jesus has some strong words.

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 He is saying to us

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 we need to clean up

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 our act.

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 It is not about

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 being outwardly clean

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 but inwardly clean.

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 You see,

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 for the Pharisees,

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 outward was everything.

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 And now,

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 Jesus arrives for dinner

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 at the Pharisees' house.

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 And where has Jesus been

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 all this time?

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 Well, he has been hanging out

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 with those tax collectors

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 and those sinners.

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 He has been hanging around

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 with unclean people

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 in unclean places.

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 And he sits down

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 for the meal

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 and he doesn't even wash.

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 Verse 39,

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 Then the Lord said to him,

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 Now then,

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 you Pharisees,

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 clean the outside

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 of the cup and dish,

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 but inside

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 you are full of greed

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 and wickedness.

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 Outwardly,

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 you look the real deal.

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 You look like a Christian.

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 Outwardly,

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 you're setting the standard

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 for every single person.

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 But inside,

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 you're rotten to the core.

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 You need to get

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 your hearts cleaned.

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 And we can be so busy

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 trying to give the impression

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 we're clean.

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 We come through the doors

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 on a Sunday morning

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 and we want people

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 to think well of us.

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 We want God

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 to think well of us.

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 We sing the song so well

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 and nods

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 at the right times

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 and we can even

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 take the Lord's Supper.

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 But inside,

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 inside we're unclean.

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 Private sin festers away,

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 eating us up.

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 And it's all covered over

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 by our public performance.

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 Our Christian masks

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 creating a good impression.

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 But outward performance

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 will never make

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 the inside clean.

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 Look at verse 40.

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 You foolish people!

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 Did not the one

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 who made the outside

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 make the inside only?

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 In other words,

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 there's only one

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 who is going to

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 clean the inside

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 and that's the one

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 who made you.

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 But give what is inside

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 the dish to the poor

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 and everything

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 will be clean for you.

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 That last verse there,

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 it's a little bit

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 difficult to grasp

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 but essentially

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 Jesus is saying,

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 look,

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 you need to clean

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 the inside.

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 You need to start

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 dealing with the heart

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 and once you deal

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 with the heart,

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 then the outside,

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 then you will be clean.

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 Stop focusing

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 on the externals

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 and deal with the internals.

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 Instead of putting

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 on this drama

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 and act

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 and covering up

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 with our masks,

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 he's essentially

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 saying to us,

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 you need to run,

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 you need to come to me.

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 You see,

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 here's these Pharisees

00:14:03.899 --> 00:14:04.519
 sitting down

00:14:04.519 --> 00:14:05.279
 for their dinner

00:14:05.279 --> 00:14:07.239
 and they're wanting

00:14:07.239 --> 00:14:08.899
 Jesus to wash.

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 But what they can't see

00:14:11.919 --> 00:14:13.539
 and what they can't grasp

00:14:13.539 --> 00:14:15.299
 is that Jesus

00:14:15.299 --> 00:14:17.379
 has come to wash us.

00:14:18.719 --> 00:14:19.740
 Jesus has come

00:14:19.740 --> 00:14:22.039
 to take our uncleanness

00:14:22.039 --> 00:14:23.319
 and in its place

00:14:23.319 --> 00:14:24.019
 cover us

00:14:24.019 --> 00:14:26.000
 with his cleanness.

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 Maybe you can remember

00:14:29.240 --> 00:14:30.439
 some of the interactions

00:14:30.439 --> 00:14:31.419
 Jesus had

00:14:31.419 --> 00:14:32.719
 with different people.

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 Go back to Luke

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 chapter 5.

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 Luke chapter 5

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 and verse 12.

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 Here Jesus is meeting

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 with somebody

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 who's considered

00:14:47.379 --> 00:14:48.860
 unclean,

00:14:49.060 --> 00:14:49.740
 unacceptable

00:14:49.740 --> 00:14:51.000
 because he has

00:14:51.000 --> 00:14:52.740
 a skin disease.

00:14:54.139 --> 00:14:55.480
 Luke chapter 5

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 verse 12.

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 When Jesus was

00:14:57.360 --> 00:14:58.300
 in one of the towns,

00:14:58.420 --> 00:14:59.279
 a man came along

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 who was covered

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 with leprosy.

00:15:01.220 --> 00:15:02.320
 He's unclean.

00:15:03.080 --> 00:15:04.259
 When he saw Jesus,

00:15:04.399 --> 00:15:05.720
 he fell with his face

00:15:05.720 --> 00:15:06.379
 to the ground

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 and begged him,

00:15:07.980 --> 00:15:08.300
 Lord,

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 if you are willing,

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 you can make me

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 clean.

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 And Jesus reached

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 out his hand,

00:15:17.379 --> 00:15:18.339
 touched the man.

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 I am willing,

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 he said.

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 Be clean.

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 And immediately

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 the leprosy

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 left him.

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 You see,

00:15:29.079 --> 00:15:29.639
 what Jesus

00:15:29.639 --> 00:15:30.419
 was doing

00:15:30.419 --> 00:15:31.159
 physically

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 for people,

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 cleaning them

00:15:33.600 --> 00:15:34.839
 on the outside,

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 Jesus is saying,

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 look,

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 this is a picture.

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 This is what I am

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 coming to do

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 for you on the inside.

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 Like that man

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 with leprosy,

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 we are to run

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 to Jesus,

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 to fall down

00:15:45.719 --> 00:15:46.240
 before him,

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 to reach out

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 in faith,

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 as it were,

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 and ask him,

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 will you touch

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 my life?

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 Will you

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 clean me?

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 And that's

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 what Jesus does.

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 As he goes

00:15:59.539 --> 00:16:00.219
 to the cross,

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 he takes

00:16:00.799 --> 00:16:01.759
 our sin,

00:16:01.860 --> 00:16:02.399
 my sin,

00:16:02.759 --> 00:16:03.559
 he takes

00:16:03.559 --> 00:16:04.839
 that upon himself

00:16:04.840 --> 00:16:05.759
 and in its place

00:16:05.759 --> 00:16:06.460
 he gives us

00:16:06.460 --> 00:16:07.980
 his righteousness.

00:16:09.399 --> 00:16:10.259
 He takes

00:16:10.259 --> 00:16:11.040
 our sinful

00:16:11.040 --> 00:16:11.639
 hearts

00:16:11.639 --> 00:16:13.480
 and he gives

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 us a new

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 heart.

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 He fills

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 us with

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 his Holy

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 Spirit,

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 so not only

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 are we accepted

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 and welcomed,

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 but now our

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 hearts have been

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 changed so we

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 can go the

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 way that Jesus

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 calls us to.

00:16:30.440 --> 00:16:30.900
 You see,

00:16:30.980 --> 00:16:31.680
 Jesus has

00:16:31.680 --> 00:16:33.220
 not come for

00:16:33.220 --> 00:16:34.120
 those who think

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 they are outwardly

00:16:35.279 --> 00:16:35.560
 clean.

00:16:37.139 --> 00:16:37.980
 Jesus has

00:16:37.980 --> 00:16:38.860
 come for those

00:16:38.860 --> 00:16:39.840
 who know

00:16:39.840 --> 00:16:40.379
 they are

00:16:40.379 --> 00:16:41.399
 inwardly

00:16:41.399 --> 00:16:42.539
 unclean.

00:16:44.320 --> 00:16:45.440
 So first,

00:16:46.879 --> 00:16:47.779
 Jesus says,

00:16:48.259 --> 00:16:48.840
 clean up

00:16:48.840 --> 00:16:49.820
 your act.

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 Second,

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 he says,

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 check out

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 your heart.

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 Check out

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 your heart.

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 You see,

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 it's easy,

00:17:01.240 --> 00:17:01.600
 isn't it,

00:17:01.600 --> 00:17:02.279
 to sit back

00:17:02.279 --> 00:17:02.779
 and read

00:17:02.779 --> 00:17:03.439
 this story

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 and wag

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 the finger

00:17:05.099 --> 00:17:05.579
 at these

00:17:05.579 --> 00:17:06.480
 Pharisees

00:17:06.480 --> 00:17:08.859
 and wag

00:17:08.859 --> 00:17:09.399
 the finger

00:17:09.399 --> 00:17:10.079
 at all those

00:17:10.079 --> 00:17:10.660
 we think

00:17:10.660 --> 00:17:11.599
 are hypocrites.

00:17:13.039 --> 00:17:13.859
 But we're

00:17:13.859 --> 00:17:14.460
 to start

00:17:14.460 --> 00:17:15.039
 examining

00:17:15.039 --> 00:17:15.839
 our own

00:17:15.839 --> 00:17:16.359
 hearts.

00:17:17.059 --> 00:17:17.740
 As Jesus

00:17:17.740 --> 00:17:18.799
 confronts and

00:17:18.799 --> 00:17:19.599
 condemns the

00:17:19.599 --> 00:17:20.240
 Pharisees,

00:17:20.599 --> 00:17:21.460
 starting at

00:17:21.460 --> 00:17:22.279
 verse 42

00:17:22.279 --> 00:17:22.960
 with these,

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 woe,

00:17:23.579 --> 00:17:24.279
 woe to

00:17:24.279 --> 00:17:24.539
 you.

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 It's a

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 pronouncement

00:17:26.339 --> 00:17:27.440
 of judgment

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 and condemnation

00:17:28.880 --> 00:17:29.840
 for the

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 way they're

00:17:30.300 --> 00:17:30.640
 living.

00:17:33.600 --> 00:17:34.480
 And as we

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 follow through,

00:17:35.500 --> 00:17:35.940
 it's,

00:17:36.080 --> 00:17:36.280
 well,

00:17:36.460 --> 00:17:37.080
 we're to

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 examine our

00:17:37.720 --> 00:17:38.400
 own hearts

00:17:38.400 --> 00:17:40.220
 because we're

00:17:40.220 --> 00:17:40.900
 to get rid

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 of all

00:17:41.500 --> 00:17:42.200
 outward

00:17:42.200 --> 00:17:43.500
 pretense.

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 Six things

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 we are to

00:17:46.620 --> 00:17:47.120
 look out

00:17:47.120 --> 00:17:48.320
 for in

00:17:48.320 --> 00:17:48.920
 our own

00:17:48.920 --> 00:17:49.460
 hearts.

00:17:50.520 --> 00:17:51.140
 First,

00:17:52.020 --> 00:17:53.040
 false giving.

00:17:53.900 --> 00:17:54.260
 Look at

00:17:54.260 --> 00:17:55.080
 verse 42.

00:17:56.580 --> 00:17:57.460
 Woe to you,

00:17:57.640 --> 00:17:58.380
 Pharisees,

00:17:58.880 --> 00:17:59.840
 because you

00:17:59.840 --> 00:18:00.600
 give God

00:18:00.600 --> 00:18:01.120
 a tenth

00:18:01.120 --> 00:18:01.500
 of your

00:18:01.500 --> 00:18:01.940
 mint,

00:18:02.420 --> 00:18:02.640
 rue,

00:18:02.780 --> 00:18:03.380
 and all

00:18:03.380 --> 00:18:04.120
 other kinds

00:18:04.120 --> 00:18:04.740
 of garden

00:18:04.740 --> 00:18:05.240
 herbs,

00:18:05.900 --> 00:18:06.840
 but you

00:18:06.840 --> 00:18:07.780
 neglect justice

00:18:07.780 --> 00:18:08.340
 and the

00:18:08.340 --> 00:18:08.740
 love of

00:18:08.740 --> 00:18:09.120
 God.

00:18:10.340 --> 00:18:11.220
 These guys

00:18:11.220 --> 00:18:12.440
 were so

00:18:12.440 --> 00:18:13.280
 meticulous

00:18:13.280 --> 00:18:15.140
 that they

00:18:15.140 --> 00:18:15.700
 gave a

00:18:15.700 --> 00:18:16.620
 tenth of

00:18:16.620 --> 00:18:17.440
 everything

00:18:17.440 --> 00:18:18.480
 that they

00:18:18.480 --> 00:18:19.060
 owned or

00:18:19.060 --> 00:18:19.440
 had.

00:18:19.960 --> 00:18:20.640
 A tenth of

00:18:20.640 --> 00:18:21.060
 everything.

00:18:22.380 --> 00:18:23.100
 Outwardly,

00:18:23.320 --> 00:18:24.640
 so generous.

00:18:26.180 --> 00:18:26.840
 Even their

00:18:26.840 --> 00:18:27.540
 little herb

00:18:27.540 --> 00:18:28.320
 gardens that

00:18:28.319 --> 00:18:28.919
 they had.

00:18:29.559 --> 00:18:30.139
 A tenth

00:18:30.139 --> 00:18:31.559
 went to

00:18:31.559 --> 00:18:31.919
 God.

00:18:32.679 --> 00:18:33.039
 So you

00:18:33.039 --> 00:18:33.559
 can imagine

00:18:33.559 --> 00:18:33.779
 them,

00:18:33.839 --> 00:18:34.159
 there they

00:18:34.159 --> 00:18:34.419
 are,

00:18:34.700 --> 00:18:35.139
 going out

00:18:35.139 --> 00:18:35.399
 to the

00:18:35.399 --> 00:18:35.720
 garden,

00:18:35.839 --> 00:18:36.099
 to their

00:18:36.099 --> 00:18:36.319
 little

00:18:36.319 --> 00:18:36.980
 mint tree,

00:18:37.799 --> 00:18:38.419
 counting off

00:18:38.419 --> 00:18:39.019
 the leaves.

00:18:39.579 --> 00:18:40.279
 There's ten

00:18:40.279 --> 00:18:40.799
 on it.

00:18:41.759 --> 00:18:42.439
 Pull one

00:18:42.439 --> 00:18:42.779
 of those

00:18:42.779 --> 00:18:43.379
 leaves off

00:18:43.379 --> 00:18:44.500
 and gives

00:18:44.500 --> 00:18:44.799
 it to

00:18:44.799 --> 00:18:45.359
 their neighbour.

00:18:45.859 --> 00:18:46.079
 You know,

00:18:46.179 --> 00:18:46.659
 this is

00:18:46.659 --> 00:18:48.039
 giving a

00:18:48.039 --> 00:18:48.319
 tenth,

00:18:49.480 --> 00:18:50.200
 but not

00:18:50.200 --> 00:18:50.759
 one leaf

00:18:50.759 --> 00:18:51.139
 more.

00:18:52.139 --> 00:18:52.599
 Nine

00:18:52.599 --> 00:18:53.419
 for me.

00:18:56.119 --> 00:18:57.039
 We too

00:18:57.039 --> 00:18:57.899
 can be so

00:18:57.899 --> 00:18:58.879
 careful in

00:18:58.879 --> 00:18:59.419
 our giving,

00:18:59.919 --> 00:19:00.779
 calculating

00:19:00.779 --> 00:19:02.000
 how much

00:19:02.000 --> 00:19:02.459
 we're going

00:19:02.459 --> 00:19:03.000
 to give a

00:19:03.000 --> 00:19:03.480
 tenth,

00:19:04.199 --> 00:19:05.619
 but not a

00:19:05.619 --> 00:19:06.339
 euro more.

00:19:08.559 --> 00:19:09.139
 Neglecting

00:19:09.139 --> 00:19:10.119
 justice and

00:19:10.119 --> 00:19:10.879
 love for

00:19:10.879 --> 00:19:11.299
 God.

00:19:11.939 --> 00:19:12.119
 Oh,

00:19:12.179 --> 00:19:12.719
 outwardly,

00:19:12.799 --> 00:19:13.439
 it all looks

00:19:13.439 --> 00:19:13.959
 good as the

00:19:13.959 --> 00:19:14.659
 bags pass

00:19:14.659 --> 00:19:16.000
 by and we

00:19:16.000 --> 00:19:16.599
 drop in

00:19:16.599 --> 00:19:17.119
 what we

00:19:17.119 --> 00:19:17.719
 drop in.

00:19:17.720 --> 00:19:20.480
 outwardly

00:19:20.480 --> 00:19:21.059
 generous,

00:19:22.299 --> 00:19:23.299
 but inwardly

00:19:23.299 --> 00:19:23.779
 tight.

00:19:27.180 --> 00:19:27.779
 Second,

00:19:27.940 --> 00:19:28.400
 approval

00:19:28.400 --> 00:19:28.920
 seeking,

00:19:29.120 --> 00:19:29.940
 verse 43.

00:19:30.839 --> 00:19:31.360
 Woe to

00:19:31.360 --> 00:19:31.579
 you,

00:19:31.680 --> 00:19:32.360
 Pharisees,

00:19:32.680 --> 00:19:33.420
 because you

00:19:33.420 --> 00:19:33.839
 love the

00:19:33.839 --> 00:19:34.740
 most important

00:19:34.740 --> 00:19:35.420
 seats in

00:19:35.420 --> 00:19:36.180
 the synagogues

00:19:36.180 --> 00:19:36.860
 and greetings

00:19:36.860 --> 00:19:37.319
 in the

00:19:37.319 --> 00:19:38.100
 marketplaces.

00:19:38.660 --> 00:19:39.400
 They loved

00:19:39.400 --> 00:19:39.519
 it.

00:19:39.579 --> 00:19:40.019
 They loved

00:19:40.019 --> 00:19:40.640
 going down

00:19:40.640 --> 00:19:41.100
 into the

00:19:41.100 --> 00:19:41.400
 town.

00:19:42.140 --> 00:19:42.740
 The praise

00:19:42.740 --> 00:19:43.160
 of others,

00:19:43.420 --> 00:19:43.559
 oh,

00:19:43.600 --> 00:19:44.220
 good morning,

00:19:44.380 --> 00:19:45.000
 holy one.

00:19:45.940 --> 00:19:46.259
 Oh,

00:19:46.319 --> 00:19:46.720
 aren't they

00:19:46.720 --> 00:19:47.240
 great.

00:19:47.720 --> 00:19:50.440
 And don't

00:19:50.440 --> 00:19:51.079
 you like a

00:19:51.079 --> 00:19:51.519
 little bit of

00:19:51.519 --> 00:19:52.019
 recognition?

00:19:52.740 --> 00:19:53.660
 I certainly

00:19:53.660 --> 00:19:54.059
 do.

00:19:54.980 --> 00:19:55.180
 Oh,

00:19:55.200 --> 00:19:55.660
 you're so

00:19:55.660 --> 00:19:56.100
 good the

00:19:56.100 --> 00:19:56.440
 way you

00:19:56.440 --> 00:19:56.960
 care for

00:19:56.960 --> 00:19:57.339
 people.

00:19:58.339 --> 00:19:58.680
 Isn't

00:19:58.680 --> 00:19:59.059
 he a

00:19:59.059 --> 00:19:59.839
 wonderful

00:19:59.839 --> 00:20:00.600
 pastor?

00:20:01.319 --> 00:20:01.539
 Oh,

00:20:01.600 --> 00:20:02.019
 what a

00:20:02.019 --> 00:20:02.460
 great

00:20:02.460 --> 00:20:03.019
 teacher he

00:20:03.019 --> 00:20:03.160
 is.

00:20:03.319 --> 00:20:03.880
 I love

00:20:03.880 --> 00:20:04.160
 those

00:20:04.160 --> 00:20:05.039
 recognitions.

00:20:07.039 --> 00:20:07.720
 But

00:20:07.720 --> 00:20:08.200
 sometimes

00:20:08.200 --> 00:20:08.799
 what people

00:20:08.799 --> 00:20:09.339
 think of

00:20:09.339 --> 00:20:11.079
 us matters

00:20:11.079 --> 00:20:11.700
 more than

00:20:11.700 --> 00:20:12.500
 what God

00:20:12.500 --> 00:20:13.079
 thinks of

00:20:13.079 --> 00:20:13.500
 us.

00:20:15.019 --> 00:20:15.700
 Craving

00:20:15.700 --> 00:20:16.279
 human

00:20:16.279 --> 00:20:17.380
 approval,

00:20:17.720 --> 00:20:18.640
 desperate

00:20:18.640 --> 00:20:19.019
 for

00:20:19.019 --> 00:20:19.700
 status.

00:20:20.900 --> 00:20:21.880
 We do

00:20:21.880 --> 00:20:22.160
 our

00:20:22.160 --> 00:20:22.920
 service,

00:20:23.759 --> 00:20:25.420
 but actually

00:20:25.420 --> 00:20:26.680
 seeking out

00:20:26.680 --> 00:20:27.400
 the praise

00:20:27.400 --> 00:20:28.680
 of others.

00:20:32.200 --> 00:20:33.059
 Look at

00:20:33.059 --> 00:20:34.299
 verse 44.

00:20:36.440 --> 00:20:37.160
 Fake

00:20:37.160 --> 00:20:38.180
 spirituality.

00:20:39.980 --> 00:20:40.400
 Woe to

00:20:40.400 --> 00:20:40.680
 you,

00:20:41.339 --> 00:20:42.160
 because you

00:20:42.160 --> 00:20:42.600
 are like

00:20:42.600 --> 00:20:43.600
 unmarked

00:20:43.600 --> 00:20:44.140
 graves,

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 which men

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 walk over

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 without

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 knowing

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 it.

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 Now,

00:20:49.759 --> 00:20:50.040
 we could

00:20:50.040 --> 00:20:50.580
 walk over

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 an unmarked

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 grave and

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 it's,

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 well,

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 nothing happens,

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 does it

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 really?

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 But for

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 these guys,

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 if you

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 came into

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 contact with

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 the dead,

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 even by

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 walking on

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 a grave,

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 you became

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 unclean,

00:21:04.120 --> 00:21:04.800
 unacceptable.

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 So Pharisees

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 avoided the

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 dead.

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 It was a

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 mark of

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 their,

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 well,

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 their

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 spirituality.

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 spirituality.

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 But Jesus

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 is saying

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 to them,

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 actually,

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 you're like

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 the living

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 dead.

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 People who

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 come into

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 contact with

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 you die.

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 They become

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 unclean.

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 That's what

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 you're really

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 like.

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 And so we

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 can impress

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 people with

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 our spirituality.

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 We stay

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 away from

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 those

00:21:37.180 --> 00:21:38.440
 unclean

00:21:38.440 --> 00:21:39.859
 people and

00:21:39.859 --> 00:21:41.200
 those unclean

00:21:41.200 --> 00:21:41.940
 places.

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 Instead,

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 we go to

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 church with

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 those good

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 people and

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 nice people.

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 But we

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 all leave

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 unchanged.

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 Nothing

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 different

00:21:54.200 --> 00:21:54.940
 happens.

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 Spiritually

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 dead.

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 Remember

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 here,

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 we're to be

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 examining our

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 hearts.

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 Verse

00:22:05.299 --> 00:22:06.680
 45,

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 one of the

00:22:07.440 --> 00:22:08.080
 experts of

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 the law

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 answered him,

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 Teacher,

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 when you

00:22:10.059 --> 00:22:10.580
 say these

00:22:10.580 --> 00:22:10.880
 things,

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 you insult

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 us also.

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 Maybe

00:22:13.359 --> 00:22:14.139
 Jesus now

00:22:14.139 --> 00:22:14.419
 is going

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 to tone

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 it down

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 a little

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 and not

00:22:16.779 --> 00:22:17.259
 be so

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 offensive

00:22:17.739 --> 00:22:18.379
 anymore.

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 Not at

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 all.

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 Verse

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 46,

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 Jesus

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 replied,

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 and you

00:22:24.239 --> 00:22:24.959
 experts in

00:22:24.959 --> 00:22:25.359
 the law,

00:22:25.919 --> 00:22:26.379
 woe to

00:22:26.379 --> 00:22:26.759
 you,

00:22:27.179 --> 00:22:27.779
 because you

00:22:27.779 --> 00:22:28.619
 load people

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 down with

00:22:29.159 --> 00:22:29.839
 burdens they

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 can hardly

00:22:30.379 --> 00:22:30.819
 carry,

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 and you

00:22:31.599 --> 00:22:32.159
 yourselves

00:22:32.159 --> 00:22:32.719
 will not

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 lift one

00:22:33.500 --> 00:22:34.299
 little finger

00:22:34.299 --> 00:22:34.819
 to help

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 them.

00:22:36.579 --> 00:22:37.099
 Look,

00:22:37.599 --> 00:22:38.179
 you've

00:22:38.179 --> 00:22:38.779
 just got to

00:22:38.779 --> 00:22:39.599
 stop sinning.

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 you've

00:22:41.419 --> 00:22:41.699
 got to

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 be a

00:22:42.019 --> 00:22:42.480
 better

00:22:42.480 --> 00:22:43.059
 person.

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 You should

00:22:44.859 --> 00:22:45.639
 obey more

00:22:45.639 --> 00:22:46.159
 and start

00:22:46.159 --> 00:22:46.799
 reading your

00:22:46.799 --> 00:22:47.439
 Bible more

00:22:47.439 --> 00:22:48.179
 and stop

00:22:48.179 --> 00:22:48.939
 behaving like

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 that,

00:22:49.159 --> 00:22:49.359
 and why

00:22:49.359 --> 00:22:49.699
 don't you

00:22:49.699 --> 00:22:50.219
 pray a

00:22:50.219 --> 00:22:50.619
 little and

00:22:50.619 --> 00:22:51.559
 do this

00:22:51.559 --> 00:22:52.419
 and don't

00:22:52.419 --> 00:22:52.899
 do that,

00:22:52.980 --> 00:22:53.319
 and why

00:22:53.319 --> 00:22:53.679
 don't you

00:22:53.679 --> 00:22:54.240
 just become

00:22:54.240 --> 00:22:54.879
 like me?

00:22:54.880 --> 00:22:59.060
 so easy

00:22:59.060 --> 00:22:59.560
 to say,

00:22:59.660 --> 00:23:00.080
 isn't it?

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 Rather than

00:23:01.620 --> 00:23:02.380
 actually getting

00:23:02.380 --> 00:23:03.940
 alongside people

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 and spending

00:23:05.660 --> 00:23:06.480
 time with

00:23:06.480 --> 00:23:06.860
 them and

00:23:06.860 --> 00:23:07.660
 showing them

00:23:07.660 --> 00:23:08.400
 God's grace

00:23:08.400 --> 00:23:08.880
 and showing

00:23:08.880 --> 00:23:09.300
 them how

00:23:09.300 --> 00:23:10.000
 change is

00:23:10.000 --> 00:23:11.060
 actually possible.

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 It's easy

00:23:13.320 --> 00:23:14.080
 to point the

00:23:14.080 --> 00:23:14.700
 finger and

00:23:14.700 --> 00:23:15.440
 condemn and

00:23:15.440 --> 00:23:16.160
 judge,

00:23:17.580 --> 00:23:18.200
 burdening

00:23:18.200 --> 00:23:18.820
 people with

00:23:18.820 --> 00:23:19.340
 all these

00:23:19.340 --> 00:23:19.800
 rules,

00:23:19.980 --> 00:23:20.800
 offering no

00:23:20.800 --> 00:23:23.100
 grace and

00:23:23.100 --> 00:23:23.740
 no help.

00:23:24.880 --> 00:23:31.120
 what about

00:23:31.120 --> 00:23:31.800
 in sincere

00:23:31.800 --> 00:23:32.220
 worship?

00:23:32.600 --> 00:23:32.880
 Look at

00:23:32.880 --> 00:23:33.780
 verse 47.

00:23:36.060 --> 00:23:36.800
 Woe to

00:23:36.800 --> 00:23:37.400
 you because

00:23:37.400 --> 00:23:38.160
 you build

00:23:38.160 --> 00:23:38.960
 tombs for

00:23:38.960 --> 00:23:39.480
 the prophets

00:23:39.480 --> 00:23:41.540
 and it

00:23:41.540 --> 00:23:41.920
 was your

00:23:41.920 --> 00:23:42.600
 forefathers

00:23:42.600 --> 00:23:43.160
 who killed

00:23:43.160 --> 00:23:43.380
 them.

00:23:44.520 --> 00:23:45.420
 So you

00:23:45.420 --> 00:23:46.420
 testify that

00:23:46.420 --> 00:23:47.200
 you approve

00:23:47.200 --> 00:23:47.820
 of what your

00:23:47.820 --> 00:23:48.680
 forefathers

00:23:48.680 --> 00:23:49.060
 did.

00:23:49.860 --> 00:23:50.640
 They killed

00:23:50.640 --> 00:23:51.220
 the prophets

00:23:51.220 --> 00:23:52.920
 and you

00:23:52.920 --> 00:23:53.500
 build their

00:23:53.500 --> 00:23:54.120
 tombs.

00:23:54.880 --> 00:23:56.000
 Again,

00:23:56.100 --> 00:23:56.500
 they love

00:23:56.500 --> 00:23:56.980
 to talk

00:23:56.980 --> 00:23:57.640
 the talk.

00:23:58.280 --> 00:23:58.500
 Oh,

00:23:58.580 --> 00:23:59.400
 those prophets.

00:24:00.480 --> 00:24:01.420
 Great people.

00:24:02.160 --> 00:24:02.620
 And build

00:24:02.620 --> 00:24:03.280
 these great

00:24:03.280 --> 00:24:03.780
 kind of

00:24:03.780 --> 00:24:05.080
 memorials to

00:24:05.080 --> 00:24:06.080
 these prophets

00:24:06.080 --> 00:24:06.880
 of the past

00:24:06.880 --> 00:24:07.480
 who were so

00:24:07.480 --> 00:24:08.280
 great and

00:24:08.280 --> 00:24:09.140
 mighty.

00:24:10.060 --> 00:24:10.400
 Remember

00:24:10.400 --> 00:24:10.940
 Jeremiah?

00:24:11.440 --> 00:24:11.940
 What a

00:24:11.940 --> 00:24:12.900
 great teacher

00:24:12.900 --> 00:24:13.620
 he was.

00:24:14.280 --> 00:24:15.020
 And Hosea?

00:24:15.320 --> 00:24:15.660
 Boy,

00:24:15.740 --> 00:24:16.340
 he knew how

00:24:16.340 --> 00:24:16.840
 to preach

00:24:16.840 --> 00:24:17.300
 a sermon.

00:24:17.299 --> 00:24:17.419
 men.

00:24:19.579 --> 00:24:20.259
 But they

00:24:20.259 --> 00:24:20.879
 never ever

00:24:20.879 --> 00:24:21.399
 listened to

00:24:21.399 --> 00:24:21.859
 the prophets

00:24:21.859 --> 00:24:22.519
 message.

00:24:23.799 --> 00:24:24.460
 In fact,

00:24:24.539 --> 00:24:25.180
 they hated

00:24:25.180 --> 00:24:25.759
 the message

00:24:25.759 --> 00:24:26.460
 so much

00:24:26.460 --> 00:24:27.079
 their

00:24:27.079 --> 00:24:27.879
 forefathers

00:24:27.879 --> 00:24:28.339
 killed

00:24:28.339 --> 00:24:28.639
 them.

00:24:32.079 --> 00:24:32.859
 But let's

00:24:32.859 --> 00:24:33.299
 not miss

00:24:33.299 --> 00:24:33.960
 out on what

00:24:33.960 --> 00:24:34.519
 Jesus is

00:24:34.519 --> 00:24:35.299
 actually saying

00:24:35.299 --> 00:24:35.819
 because,

00:24:36.519 --> 00:24:36.680
 well,

00:24:36.720 --> 00:24:37.039
 they want

00:24:37.039 --> 00:24:37.480
 to get rid

00:24:37.480 --> 00:24:37.899
 of Jesus

00:24:37.899 --> 00:24:38.500
 too because

00:24:38.500 --> 00:24:39.319
 he is the

00:24:39.319 --> 00:24:39.700
 ultimate

00:24:39.700 --> 00:24:40.139
 prophet.

00:24:40.139 --> 00:24:42.139
 And they

00:24:42.139 --> 00:24:42.639
 don't like

00:24:42.639 --> 00:24:43.180
 what he's

00:24:43.180 --> 00:24:43.500
 saying.

00:24:43.500 --> 00:24:44.259
 So,

00:24:44.380 --> 00:24:45.160
 verse 53,

00:24:45.519 --> 00:24:46.240
 when Jesus

00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:46.799
 left there,

00:24:46.900 --> 00:24:47.660
 the Pharisees

00:24:47.660 --> 00:24:47.980
 and the

00:24:47.980 --> 00:24:48.500
 teachers of

00:24:48.500 --> 00:24:48.799
 the law

00:24:48.799 --> 00:24:49.380
 began to

00:24:49.380 --> 00:24:50.019
 oppose him

00:24:50.019 --> 00:24:50.700
 fiercely

00:24:50.700 --> 00:24:52.039
 and to

00:24:52.039 --> 00:24:52.799
 besiege him

00:24:52.799 --> 00:24:53.400
 with many

00:24:53.400 --> 00:24:54.119
 questions,

00:24:54.819 --> 00:24:55.660
 waiting to

00:24:55.660 --> 00:24:56.240
 catch him

00:24:56.240 --> 00:24:56.759
 in something

00:24:56.759 --> 00:24:57.319
 he might

00:24:57.319 --> 00:24:57.660
 say.

00:25:01.259 --> 00:25:01.940
 Now,

00:25:02.019 --> 00:25:02.319
 we can

00:25:02.319 --> 00:25:02.880
 bring our

00:25:02.880 --> 00:25:03.680
 Bibles to

00:25:03.680 --> 00:25:04.180
 church.

00:25:05.539 --> 00:25:06.400
 Good at

00:25:06.400 --> 00:25:07.019
 listening to

00:25:07.019 --> 00:25:07.420
 sermons,

00:25:07.599 --> 00:25:08.140
 taking down

00:25:08.140 --> 00:25:08.720
 our notes,

00:25:09.920 --> 00:25:10.740
 talking about

00:25:10.740 --> 00:25:11.740
 our favorite

00:25:11.740 --> 00:25:12.299
 preacher,

00:25:12.299 --> 00:25:13.599
 John Piper,

00:25:14.019 --> 00:25:14.919
 always great,

00:25:15.039 --> 00:25:15.379
 isn't he?

00:25:16.180 --> 00:25:16.899
 Tim Keller,

00:25:17.480 --> 00:25:18.220
 fantastic.

00:25:20.279 --> 00:25:20.960
 We can even

00:25:20.960 --> 00:25:21.759
 attend Munster

00:25:21.759 --> 00:25:22.480
 Bible College

00:25:22.480 --> 00:25:22.899
 and earn

00:25:22.899 --> 00:25:23.519
 ourselves a

00:25:23.519 --> 00:25:24.019
 certificate.

00:25:25.700 --> 00:25:26.940
 We worship

00:25:26.940 --> 00:25:27.639
 the Bible

00:25:27.639 --> 00:25:28.200
 and all

00:25:28.200 --> 00:25:28.720
 those who

00:25:28.720 --> 00:25:29.480
 teach it.

00:25:31.240 --> 00:25:31.759
 But yet it

00:25:31.759 --> 00:25:32.299
 is actually

00:25:32.299 --> 00:25:33.339
 possible never

00:25:33.339 --> 00:25:34.159
 to apply

00:25:34.159 --> 00:25:34.879
 God's Word

00:25:34.879 --> 00:25:35.319
 to our

00:25:35.319 --> 00:25:35.779
 hearts.

00:25:37.519 --> 00:25:38.180
 And never

00:25:38.180 --> 00:25:38.859
 to submit

00:25:38.859 --> 00:25:40.000
 to what

00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:40.639
 God's Word

00:25:40.639 --> 00:25:41.480
 is actually

00:25:41.480 --> 00:25:42.240
 saying to

00:25:42.240 --> 00:25:42.640
 us.

00:25:46.779 --> 00:25:47.660
 It's hard

00:25:47.660 --> 00:25:48.140
 to look

00:25:48.140 --> 00:25:48.599
 into our

00:25:48.599 --> 00:25:48.940
 hearts,

00:25:49.039 --> 00:25:49.460
 isn't it?

00:25:51.740 --> 00:25:52.519
 What about

00:25:52.519 --> 00:25:53.120
 this in

00:25:53.120 --> 00:25:53.900
 verse 52?

00:25:56.400 --> 00:25:57.140
 Woe to

00:25:57.140 --> 00:25:57.799
 you experts

00:25:57.799 --> 00:25:58.259
 in the

00:25:58.259 --> 00:25:58.519
 law,

00:25:59.339 --> 00:26:00.120
 because you

00:26:00.120 --> 00:26:00.620
 have taken

00:26:00.620 --> 00:26:01.200
 away the

00:26:01.200 --> 00:26:01.759
 key to

00:26:01.759 --> 00:26:02.240
 knowledge.

00:26:03.480 --> 00:26:03.839
 You

00:26:03.839 --> 00:26:04.480
 yourselves

00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:05.180
 have not

00:26:05.180 --> 00:26:05.599
 entered,

00:26:06.420 --> 00:26:07.460
 and you

00:26:07.460 --> 00:26:08.079
 have hindered

00:26:08.079 --> 00:26:08.680
 those who

00:26:08.680 --> 00:26:09.519
 are entering.

00:26:09.519 --> 00:26:10.119
 people

00:26:10.119 --> 00:26:11.000
 are

00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:11.220
 or they

00:26:11.220 --> 00:26:11.819
 claim to

00:26:11.819 --> 00:26:12.639
 be experts.

00:26:13.539 --> 00:26:14.339
 They say

00:26:14.339 --> 00:26:15.019
 they are the

00:26:15.019 --> 00:26:15.599
 real deal.

00:26:15.879 --> 00:26:16.400
 They even

00:26:16.400 --> 00:26:17.220
 look the

00:26:17.220 --> 00:26:17.859
 real deal,

00:26:18.639 --> 00:26:19.460
 spouting off

00:26:19.460 --> 00:26:20.039
 their knowledge,

00:26:20.400 --> 00:26:21.200
 telling everybody

00:26:21.200 --> 00:26:21.879
 how they should

00:26:21.879 --> 00:26:22.480
 live and what

00:26:22.480 --> 00:26:22.900
 they should

00:26:22.900 --> 00:26:23.240
 do.

00:26:25.119 --> 00:26:25.859
 But in

00:26:25.859 --> 00:26:26.379
 reality,

00:26:26.559 --> 00:26:27.200
 Jesus says,

00:26:27.279 --> 00:26:27.660
 you are

00:26:27.660 --> 00:26:28.379
 ignorant

00:26:28.379 --> 00:26:29.339
 obstacles.

00:26:30.420 --> 00:26:30.819
 You

00:26:30.819 --> 00:26:32.099
 hinder people

00:26:32.099 --> 00:26:32.779
 coming to

00:26:32.779 --> 00:26:33.160
 God.

00:26:33.160 --> 00:26:37.920
 You

00:26:37.920 --> 00:26:38.080
 see,

00:26:38.160 --> 00:26:38.700
 it is so

00:26:38.700 --> 00:26:39.440
 possible to

00:26:39.440 --> 00:26:39.940
 think that

00:26:39.940 --> 00:26:40.519
 our outward

00:26:40.519 --> 00:26:41.380
 performance,

00:26:42.140 --> 00:26:43.060
 that all

00:26:43.060 --> 00:26:43.640
 our show

00:26:43.640 --> 00:26:44.080
 and how

00:26:44.080 --> 00:26:44.720
 we behave

00:26:44.720 --> 00:26:45.779
 is that

00:26:45.779 --> 00:26:46.160
 it kind

00:26:46.160 --> 00:26:46.500
 of can

00:26:46.500 --> 00:26:47.240
 attract

00:26:47.240 --> 00:26:48.040
 people to

00:26:48.040 --> 00:26:48.540
 God and

00:26:48.540 --> 00:26:49.740
 bring people

00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:50.540
 closer to

00:26:50.540 --> 00:26:50.840
 him.

00:26:52.920 --> 00:26:53.480
 Well,

00:26:53.519 --> 00:26:54.019
 the reality

00:26:54.019 --> 00:26:54.580
 is with

00:26:54.580 --> 00:26:55.019
 all the

00:26:55.019 --> 00:26:55.300
 show,

00:26:55.460 --> 00:26:56.040
 it's just

00:26:56.040 --> 00:26:56.800
 obstacles.

00:26:58.519 --> 00:26:59.360
 Rather than

00:26:59.360 --> 00:27:00.140
 giving people

00:27:00.140 --> 00:27:00.960
 the key to

00:27:00.960 --> 00:27:01.560
 salvation,

00:27:01.559 --> 00:27:03.220
 it's as if

00:27:03.220 --> 00:27:03.740
 we locked

00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:04.179
 the door

00:27:04.179 --> 00:27:04.740
 and threw

00:27:04.740 --> 00:27:05.159
 the key

00:27:05.159 --> 00:27:05.500
 away.

00:27:11.659 --> 00:27:12.399
 It's easy

00:27:12.399 --> 00:27:12.879
 to point

00:27:12.879 --> 00:27:13.359
 fingers,

00:27:13.500 --> 00:27:13.919
 isn't it?

00:27:15.119 --> 00:27:15.919
 Because that's

00:27:15.919 --> 00:27:16.659
 what hypocrites

00:27:16.659 --> 00:27:17.059
 do.

00:27:18.480 --> 00:27:19.259
 Point their

00:27:19.259 --> 00:27:19.980
 fingers at

00:27:19.980 --> 00:27:20.819
 other people

00:27:20.819 --> 00:27:21.279
 and go,

00:27:21.279 --> 00:27:22.179
 I'm not

00:27:22.179 --> 00:27:23.200
 like them.

00:27:24.679 --> 00:27:25.559
 Setting our

00:27:25.559 --> 00:27:26.500
 own standards

00:27:26.500 --> 00:27:27.519
 that everybody

00:27:27.519 --> 00:27:28.359
 else must

00:27:28.359 --> 00:27:28.740
 meet.

00:27:29.539 --> 00:27:30.019
 Our own

00:27:30.019 --> 00:27:30.819
 little rules

00:27:30.819 --> 00:27:31.679
 rules that

00:27:31.679 --> 00:27:32.019
 everyone

00:27:32.019 --> 00:27:32.720
 must follow.

00:27:35.879 --> 00:27:36.679
 But Jesus

00:27:36.679 --> 00:27:37.179
 is saying,

00:27:37.319 --> 00:27:37.759
 look, if you

00:27:37.759 --> 00:27:38.159
 are going to

00:27:38.159 --> 00:27:38.579
 be my

00:27:38.579 --> 00:27:39.039
 disciple,

00:27:39.179 --> 00:27:39.419
 if you

00:27:39.419 --> 00:27:39.740
 are going

00:27:39.740 --> 00:27:40.179
 to follow

00:27:40.179 --> 00:27:40.500
 me,

00:27:41.579 --> 00:27:42.299
 then we

00:27:42.299 --> 00:27:42.879
 must first

00:27:42.879 --> 00:27:43.439
 learn to

00:27:43.439 --> 00:27:44.099
 examine our

00:27:44.099 --> 00:27:44.779
 own hearts.

00:27:47.500 --> 00:27:48.139
 What are

00:27:48.139 --> 00:27:48.639
 our hearts

00:27:48.639 --> 00:27:49.240
 like this

00:27:49.240 --> 00:27:49.539
 morning?

00:27:53.319 --> 00:27:54.259
 So first,

00:27:54.659 --> 00:27:55.419
 Jesus says,

00:27:56.000 --> 00:27:56.639
 clean up your

00:27:56.639 --> 00:27:57.000
 act.

00:27:57.000 --> 00:28:00.400
 check out

00:28:00.400 --> 00:28:01.039
 your heart.

00:28:03.140 --> 00:28:03.859
 And then

00:28:03.859 --> 00:28:04.180
 third,

00:28:04.279 --> 00:28:05.039
 guard against

00:28:05.039 --> 00:28:05.980
 the yeast.

00:28:07.200 --> 00:28:07.900
 Look again

00:28:07.900 --> 00:28:08.339
 at the middle

00:28:08.339 --> 00:28:08.940
 of chapter

00:28:08.940 --> 00:28:09.380
 12,

00:28:09.480 --> 00:28:10.079
 verse 1.

00:28:11.119 --> 00:28:11.720
 As Jesus

00:28:11.720 --> 00:28:12.299
 is speaking

00:28:12.299 --> 00:28:12.759
 to his

00:28:12.759 --> 00:28:13.259
 disciples,

00:28:13.440 --> 00:28:13.880
 he says,

00:28:15.019 --> 00:28:15.539
 be on

00:28:15.539 --> 00:28:16.259
 your guard

00:28:16.259 --> 00:28:17.819
 against the

00:28:17.819 --> 00:28:18.819
 yeast of

00:28:18.819 --> 00:28:19.680
 the Pharisees,

00:28:20.059 --> 00:28:21.039
 which is

00:28:21.039 --> 00:28:21.740
 hypocrisy.

00:28:22.859 --> 00:28:23.740
 Be on your

00:28:23.740 --> 00:28:24.099
 guard.

00:28:24.099 --> 00:28:24.639
 We need

00:28:24.639 --> 00:28:25.639
 to be on

00:28:25.639 --> 00:28:26.039
 our guard.

00:28:26.139 --> 00:28:26.359
 We need

00:28:26.359 --> 00:28:26.599
 to be

00:28:26.599 --> 00:28:26.939
 paying

00:28:26.939 --> 00:28:27.519
 attention

00:28:27.519 --> 00:28:29.459
 for two

00:28:29.459 --> 00:28:30.119
 reasons.

00:28:30.459 --> 00:28:30.759
 First,

00:28:32.839 --> 00:28:33.500
 because

00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:34.500
 hypocrisy

00:28:34.500 --> 00:28:35.459
 spreads.

00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:37.279
 Do you

00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:37.579
 see the

00:28:37.579 --> 00:28:38.019
 connections

00:28:38.019 --> 00:28:38.480
 that he's

00:28:38.480 --> 00:28:39.039
 making in

00:28:39.039 --> 00:28:39.559
 verse 1?

00:28:40.099 --> 00:28:40.559
 He says,

00:28:40.659 --> 00:28:41.139
 be on your

00:28:41.139 --> 00:28:41.859
 guard against

00:28:41.859 --> 00:28:42.659
 the yeast

00:28:42.659 --> 00:28:44.059
 of the

00:28:44.059 --> 00:28:44.819
 Pharisees,

00:28:45.719 --> 00:28:46.459
 which is

00:28:46.459 --> 00:28:47.099
 hypocrisy.

00:28:47.899 --> 00:28:48.459
 Hypocrisy

00:28:48.459 --> 00:28:49.319
 is just like

00:28:49.319 --> 00:28:49.799
 yeast.

00:28:51.419 --> 00:28:52.000
 You only

00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:52.500
 need to put

00:28:52.500 --> 00:28:53.259
 a small

00:28:53.259 --> 00:28:53.880
 amount of

00:28:53.880 --> 00:28:54.579
 yeast into

00:28:54.579 --> 00:28:55.119
 a big

00:28:55.119 --> 00:28:55.720
 lump of

00:28:55.720 --> 00:28:56.039
 dough,

00:28:56.400 --> 00:28:57.039
 and it

00:28:57.039 --> 00:28:57.660
 begins to

00:28:57.660 --> 00:28:58.259
 spread.

00:28:58.880 --> 00:28:59.460
 Not one

00:28:59.460 --> 00:29:00.019
 part of

00:29:00.019 --> 00:29:00.460
 the dough

00:29:00.460 --> 00:29:01.099
 is left

00:29:01.099 --> 00:29:01.900
 unaffected.

00:29:01.960 --> 00:29:02.559
 It all

00:29:02.559 --> 00:29:03.140
 rises.

00:29:05.740 --> 00:29:05.980
 Now,

00:29:06.000 --> 00:29:06.259
 he says,

00:29:06.299 --> 00:29:06.660
 that's the

00:29:06.660 --> 00:29:07.259
 danger of

00:29:07.259 --> 00:29:07.859
 hypocrites.

00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:08.980
 Their

00:29:08.980 --> 00:29:09.559
 attitude

00:29:09.559 --> 00:29:11.480
 can spread.

00:29:12.640 --> 00:29:13.339
 It can

00:29:13.339 --> 00:29:14.539
 infiltrate

00:29:14.539 --> 00:29:15.920
 like a

00:29:15.920 --> 00:29:16.359
 deadly

00:29:16.359 --> 00:29:17.039
 poison.

00:29:19.039 --> 00:29:19.859
 And here's

00:29:19.859 --> 00:29:20.380
 how it can

00:29:20.380 --> 00:29:20.819
 spread.

00:29:20.819 --> 00:29:20.939
 spread.

00:29:21.939 --> 00:29:22.200
 And I

00:29:22.200 --> 00:29:22.500
 just have

00:29:22.500 --> 00:29:22.700
 to get

00:29:22.700 --> 00:29:23.039
 the book

00:29:23.039 --> 00:29:23.419
 because I

00:29:23.419 --> 00:29:24.000
 forgot to

00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:24.559
 get it

00:29:24.559 --> 00:29:24.700
 out.

00:29:24.839 --> 00:29:25.139
 Hang on.

00:29:32.019 --> 00:29:32.539
 Here's

00:29:32.539 --> 00:29:34.299
 how it

00:29:34.299 --> 00:29:34.480
 can

00:29:34.480 --> 00:29:35.119
 spread.

00:29:35.899 --> 00:29:36.220
 This

00:29:36.220 --> 00:29:36.879
 comes from

00:29:36.879 --> 00:29:37.579
 Mike

00:29:37.579 --> 00:29:38.139
 McKinley

00:29:38.139 --> 00:29:38.519
 in his

00:29:38.519 --> 00:29:38.779
 little

00:29:38.779 --> 00:29:39.099
 book.

00:29:40.220 --> 00:29:40.579
 He

00:29:40.579 --> 00:29:40.859
 says,

00:29:40.919 --> 00:29:41.720
 hypocrisy

00:29:41.720 --> 00:29:43.279
 remains a

00:29:43.279 --> 00:29:43.879
 spiritual

00:29:43.879 --> 00:29:44.619
 threat.

00:29:45.879 --> 00:29:46.399
 Whenever

00:29:46.399 --> 00:29:47.240
 Christians are

00:29:47.240 --> 00:29:47.980
 tempted to

00:29:47.980 --> 00:29:49.059
 pretend to

00:29:49.059 --> 00:29:49.559
 be more

00:29:49.559 --> 00:29:50.119
 holy than

00:29:50.119 --> 00:29:50.619
 they are,

00:29:50.819 --> 00:29:52.240
 whenever we

00:29:52.240 --> 00:29:52.839
 are unwilling

00:29:52.839 --> 00:29:53.480
 to confess

00:29:53.480 --> 00:29:54.099
 sin and

00:29:54.099 --> 00:29:54.539
 ask for

00:29:54.539 --> 00:29:54.919
 help,

00:29:55.740 --> 00:29:56.559
 whenever we

00:29:56.559 --> 00:29:57.519
 establish our

00:29:57.519 --> 00:29:58.599
 own man-made

00:29:58.599 --> 00:29:59.439
 rules as the

00:29:59.439 --> 00:30:00.279
 standard for

00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:01.039
 everyone's

00:30:01.039 --> 00:30:01.419
 holiness,

00:30:02.799 --> 00:30:03.419
 whenever we

00:30:03.419 --> 00:30:04.059
 are comfortable

00:30:04.059 --> 00:30:05.039
 with private

00:30:05.039 --> 00:30:06.599
 sins, so

00:30:06.599 --> 00:30:07.119
 long as they

00:30:07.119 --> 00:30:07.779
 do not come

00:30:07.779 --> 00:30:08.339
 to light,

00:30:09.339 --> 00:30:10.220
 in those

00:30:10.220 --> 00:30:10.980
 situations,

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

00:30:12.419 --> 00:30:12.839
 of the

00:30:12.839 --> 00:30:14.460
 Pharisees is

00:30:14.460 --> 00:30:14.960
 present.

00:30:14.960 --> 00:30:17.880
 you see,

00:30:17.960 --> 00:30:18.759
 we are all

00:30:18.759 --> 00:30:19.740
 performers at

00:30:19.740 --> 00:30:20.100
 heart,

00:30:20.779 --> 00:30:21.779
 and the

00:30:21.779 --> 00:30:22.539
 danger is we

00:30:22.539 --> 00:30:23.279
 can all begin

00:30:23.279 --> 00:30:23.860
 to follow

00:30:23.860 --> 00:30:24.519
 each other,

00:30:25.180 --> 00:30:26.360
 to try and

00:30:26.360 --> 00:30:26.900
 follow one

00:30:26.900 --> 00:30:27.500
 another's

00:30:27.500 --> 00:30:28.200
 standards.

00:30:30.420 --> 00:30:31.380
 Watch out

00:30:31.380 --> 00:30:31.900
 for the

00:30:31.900 --> 00:30:33.880
 yeast of

00:30:33.880 --> 00:30:34.620
 hypocrisy.

00:30:36.980 --> 00:30:37.579
 Second,

00:30:37.579 --> 00:30:39.759
 we need to

00:30:39.759 --> 00:30:40.319
 be on our

00:30:40.319 --> 00:30:40.960
 guard because

00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:41.940
 our hearts

00:30:41.940 --> 00:30:43.559
 will be

00:30:43.559 --> 00:30:44.259
 exposed.

00:30:45.680 --> 00:30:46.299
 You see,

00:30:46.360 --> 00:30:46.920
 the thing about

00:30:46.920 --> 00:30:47.900
 hypocrisy is

00:30:47.900 --> 00:30:49.180
 we think we

00:30:49.180 --> 00:30:49.720
 can get away

00:30:49.720 --> 00:30:50.240
 with it,

00:30:50.240 --> 00:30:52.059
 because it's

00:30:52.059 --> 00:30:52.799
 all an act,

00:30:52.960 --> 00:30:53.779
 it's all a

00:30:53.779 --> 00:30:54.100
 show,

00:30:54.779 --> 00:30:55.640
 and because it's

00:30:55.640 --> 00:30:56.019
 an act,

00:30:56.140 --> 00:30:56.320
 well,

00:30:56.500 --> 00:30:57.160
 we fool

00:30:57.160 --> 00:30:57.700
 people,

00:30:58.480 --> 00:30:59.059
 and people

00:30:59.059 --> 00:30:59.620
 know,

00:30:59.759 --> 00:31:00.380
 nobody really

00:31:00.380 --> 00:31:01.039
 knows what's

00:31:01.039 --> 00:31:01.660
 actually going

00:31:01.660 --> 00:31:02.559
 on inside our

00:31:02.559 --> 00:31:02.820
 hearts.

00:31:02.900 --> 00:31:03.840
 We can hide

00:31:03.840 --> 00:31:04.559
 it and cover

00:31:04.559 --> 00:31:05.200
 it all up,

00:31:05.200 --> 00:31:07.140
 but look at

00:31:07.140 --> 00:31:07.720
 verse 2.

00:31:10.480 --> 00:31:11.220
 There is

00:31:11.220 --> 00:31:11.700
 nothing

00:31:11.700 --> 00:31:12.519
 concealed

00:31:12.519 --> 00:31:14.299
 that will

00:31:14.299 --> 00:31:15.039
 not be

00:31:15.039 --> 00:31:15.880
 disclosed

00:31:15.880 --> 00:31:17.940
 or hidden

00:31:17.940 --> 00:31:19.880
 that will

00:31:19.880 --> 00:31:20.299
 not be

00:31:20.299 --> 00:31:20.860
 made known.

00:31:23.100 --> 00:31:23.759
 Or we can

00:31:23.759 --> 00:31:24.559
 point the

00:31:24.559 --> 00:31:25.360
 fingers and

00:31:25.360 --> 00:31:26.860
 complain about

00:31:26.860 --> 00:31:27.559
 what everybody

00:31:27.559 --> 00:31:28.420
 else does,

00:31:29.180 --> 00:31:31.620
 but what's

00:31:31.620 --> 00:31:32.160
 done in the

00:31:32.160 --> 00:31:32.519
 secret,

00:31:32.519 --> 00:31:34.700
 that's

00:31:34.700 --> 00:31:35.059
 going to

00:31:35.059 --> 00:31:35.440
 be made

00:31:35.440 --> 00:31:35.940
 known to.

00:31:37.639 --> 00:31:38.339
 Verse 3,

00:31:38.420 --> 00:31:39.000
 what we have

00:31:39.000 --> 00:31:39.619
 said in the

00:31:39.619 --> 00:31:40.180
 dark will

00:31:40.180 --> 00:31:40.920
 be heard in

00:31:40.920 --> 00:31:41.500
 the daylight,

00:31:42.039 --> 00:31:43.099
 and what we

00:31:43.099 --> 00:31:43.920
 have whispered

00:31:43.920 --> 00:31:44.619
 in the ear

00:31:44.619 --> 00:31:45.799
 in the inner

00:31:45.799 --> 00:31:47.500
 room will

00:31:47.500 --> 00:31:48.180
 be proclaimed

00:31:48.180 --> 00:31:48.639
 from the

00:31:48.639 --> 00:31:49.079
 roofs.

00:31:52.619 --> 00:31:53.420
 We may

00:31:53.420 --> 00:31:54.000
 play a good

00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:54.339
 game,

00:31:55.720 --> 00:31:56.680
 but God

00:31:56.680 --> 00:31:57.379
 sees my

00:31:57.379 --> 00:31:57.859
 heart,

00:31:58.579 --> 00:31:59.259
 and he

00:31:59.259 --> 00:31:59.819
 sees your

00:31:59.819 --> 00:32:00.200
 heart.

00:32:00.539 --> 00:32:01.059
 Nothing is

00:32:01.059 --> 00:32:01.559
 hidden from

00:32:01.559 --> 00:32:01.740
 him.

00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:03.759
 And one

00:32:03.759 --> 00:32:04.279
 day the

00:32:04.279 --> 00:32:05.440
 masks are

00:32:05.440 --> 00:32:05.839
 going to

00:32:05.839 --> 00:32:06.299
 be lifted,

00:32:07.259 --> 00:32:08.240
 the drama

00:32:08.240 --> 00:32:08.839
 will all

00:32:08.839 --> 00:32:09.359
 stop,

00:32:10.400 --> 00:32:11.819
 and we

00:32:11.819 --> 00:32:12.160
 will be

00:32:12.160 --> 00:32:12.680
 shown for

00:32:12.680 --> 00:32:13.079
 who we

00:32:13.079 --> 00:32:13.720
 really are.

00:32:17.359 --> 00:32:18.240
 You see,

00:32:18.599 --> 00:32:19.339
 the Pharisees

00:32:19.339 --> 00:32:20.139
 thought that

00:32:20.139 --> 00:32:21.139
 Jesus needed

00:32:21.139 --> 00:32:21.700
 a wash,

00:32:23.099 --> 00:32:23.839
 and we

00:32:23.839 --> 00:32:24.660
 probably think

00:32:24.660 --> 00:32:25.460
 at times that

00:32:25.460 --> 00:32:26.500
 it's everybody

00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:27.200
 else who

00:32:27.200 --> 00:32:27.879
 needs to be

00:32:27.879 --> 00:32:28.500
 cleaned up,

00:32:28.500 --> 00:32:29.500
 clean.

00:32:29.500 --> 00:32:31.259
 But Jesus

00:32:31.259 --> 00:32:31.920
 has come to

00:32:31.920 --> 00:32:33.339
 wash me,

00:32:33.980 --> 00:32:34.960
 and he's

00:32:34.960 --> 00:32:35.359
 come to

00:32:35.359 --> 00:32:36.359
 clean you.

00:32:37.440 --> 00:32:38.259
 He's not

00:32:38.259 --> 00:32:38.759
 come for

00:32:38.759 --> 00:32:39.259
 those who

00:32:39.259 --> 00:32:39.740
 think they

00:32:39.740 --> 00:32:40.579
 are outwardly

00:32:40.579 --> 00:32:40.900
 clean.

00:32:42.579 --> 00:32:43.539
 He comes

00:32:43.539 --> 00:32:44.079
 for those

00:32:44.079 --> 00:32:44.480
 who know

00:32:44.480 --> 00:32:45.099
 they are

00:32:45.099 --> 00:32:46.359
 inwardly

00:32:46.359 --> 00:32:47.299
 unclean.

00:32:48.619 --> 00:32:49.440
 He says,

00:32:49.519 --> 00:32:49.859
 come to

00:32:49.859 --> 00:32:50.099
 me.

00:32:51.259 --> 00:32:51.960
 You can

00:32:51.960 --> 00:32:52.420
 take off

00:32:52.420 --> 00:32:53.119
 your masks.

00:32:53.119 --> 00:32:54.359
 you don't

00:32:54.359 --> 00:32:54.719
 need to

00:32:54.719 --> 00:32:55.899
 hide from

00:32:55.899 --> 00:32:56.279
 me,

00:32:56.619 --> 00:32:58.359
 because I

00:32:58.359 --> 00:32:58.839
 have dealt

00:32:58.839 --> 00:32:59.579
 with your

00:32:59.579 --> 00:33:00.919
 sin at

00:33:00.919 --> 00:33:01.479
 the cross.

00:33:02.039 --> 00:33:02.779
 I have

00:33:02.779 --> 00:33:03.259
 taken it

00:33:03.259 --> 00:33:03.839
 all away,

00:33:04.500 --> 00:33:05.179
 and have

00:33:05.179 --> 00:33:05.899
 covered you

00:33:05.899 --> 00:33:06.439
 with my

00:33:06.439 --> 00:33:07.039
 purity,

00:33:07.559 --> 00:33:08.259
 with my

00:33:08.259 --> 00:33:08.699
 beauty,

00:33:09.199 --> 00:33:09.739
 with my

00:33:09.739 --> 00:33:10.059
 goodness.

00:33:10.059 --> 00:33:12.619
 you don't

00:33:12.619 --> 00:33:12.980
 need to

00:33:12.980 --> 00:33:13.339
 hide.

00:33:14.359 --> 00:33:14.980
 You can

00:33:14.980 --> 00:33:16.200
 run to

00:33:16.200 --> 00:33:16.440
 me.

00:33:17.960 --> 00:33:18.440
 We're

00:33:18.440 --> 00:33:18.639
 going to

00:33:18.639 --> 00:33:18.980
 sing in

00:33:18.980 --> 00:33:19.359
 a minute

00:33:19.359 --> 00:33:23.379
 an old

00:33:23.379 --> 00:33:24.059
 song.

00:33:24.559 --> 00:33:24.839
 Let me

00:33:24.839 --> 00:33:25.500
 just quote

00:33:25.500 --> 00:33:26.000
 to you

00:33:26.000 --> 00:33:27.539
 one verse

00:33:27.539 --> 00:33:28.139
 from it.

00:33:32.659 --> 00:33:33.399
 As we

00:33:33.399 --> 00:33:34.159
 reflect on

00:33:34.159 --> 00:33:34.539
 what we

00:33:34.539 --> 00:33:35.179
 have heard,

00:33:36.879 --> 00:33:38.220
 it says,

00:33:38.299 --> 00:33:39.039
 nothing in

00:33:39.039 --> 00:33:39.859
 my hand

00:33:39.859 --> 00:33:40.639
 I bring,

00:33:41.879 --> 00:33:42.740
 simply to

00:33:42.740 --> 00:33:43.279
 the cross

00:33:43.279 --> 00:33:43.859
 I cling.

00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:45.359
 Naked

00:33:45.359 --> 00:33:46.039
 come to

00:33:46.039 --> 00:33:46.599
 thee for

00:33:46.599 --> 00:33:47.139
 dress,

00:33:48.240 --> 00:33:48.639
 helpless

00:33:48.639 --> 00:33:49.559
 look to

00:33:49.559 --> 00:33:50.579
 thee for

00:33:50.579 --> 00:33:51.119
 grace.

00:33:52.219 --> 00:33:53.199
 Foul I

00:33:53.199 --> 00:33:53.639
 to the

00:33:53.639 --> 00:33:54.000
 fountain

00:33:54.000 --> 00:33:54.500
 fly,

00:33:55.719 --> 00:33:56.539
 wash me

00:33:56.539 --> 00:33:57.339
 saviour,

00:33:58.059 --> 00:33:58.819
 or I

00:33:58.819 --> 00:33:59.139
 die.

00:34:00.479 --> 00:34:01.059
 That is

00:34:01.059 --> 00:34:01.819
 the invitation

00:34:01.819 --> 00:34:02.339
 for us

00:34:02.339 --> 00:34:02.839
 all to

00:34:02.839 --> 00:34:03.500
 run to

00:34:03.500 --> 00:34:03.759
 our

00:34:03.759 --> 00:34:04.279
 saviour

00:34:04.279 --> 00:34:05.959
 with an

00:34:05.959 --> 00:34:06.679
 undivided

00:34:06.679 --> 00:34:07.119
 heart,

00:34:07.599 --> 00:34:09.400
 to come

00:34:09.400 --> 00:34:09.820
 with a

00:34:09.820 --> 00:34:10.160
 broken

00:34:10.160 --> 00:34:10.700
 spirit,

00:34:11.960 --> 00:34:12.960
 to come

00:34:12.960 --> 00:34:13.360
 with a

00:34:13.360 --> 00:34:13.720
 broken

00:34:13.720 --> 00:34:14.000
 and

00:34:14.000 --> 00:34:14.539
 contrite

00:34:14.539 --> 00:34:14.960
 heart,

00:34:15.639 --> 00:34:16.700
 and let

00:34:16.700 --> 00:34:17.119
 him deal

00:34:17.119 --> 00:34:17.760
 with us.

00:34:18.760 --> 00:34:19.400
 Let's

00:34:19.400 --> 00:34:19.980
 stand

00:34:19.980 --> 00:34:20.440
 together

00:34:20.440 --> 00:34:20.960
 as we

00:34:20.960 --> 00:34:21.780
 sing this

00:34:21.780 --> 00:34:22.380
 song,

00:34:22.900 --> 00:34:25.139
 and may

00:34:25.139 --> 00:34:25.619
 it be a

00:34:25.619 --> 00:34:26.260
 prayer in

00:34:26.260 --> 00:34:26.940
 response

00:34:26.940 --> 00:34:28.720
 that God

00:34:28.720 --> 00:34:29.300
 would change

00:34:29.300 --> 00:34:30.619
 us and

00:34:30.619 --> 00:34:31.240
 clean us.

00:34:31.239 --> 00:34:50.079
 from the

00:34:50.079 --> 00:34:50.679
 through