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 The scripture reading comes from Deuteronomy chapter 5. Please follow along in your bulletin.

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 Verse 1, And Moses summoned all Israel and said to them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and the rules that I speak in your hearing today, and you shall learn them and be careful to do them.

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 Then in verse 6,

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 Visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.

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 You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.

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 Observe the Sabbath day to keep it holy as the Lord your God commanded you.

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 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath to the Lord your God.

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 On it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter, or your male servant or your female servant, or your ox or your donkey, or any of your livestock,

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 or the sojourner who is within your gates, that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you.

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 You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God brought you out from there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm.

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 Therefore, the Lord your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.

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 Honor your father and your mother as the Lord your God commanded you,

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 that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

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 You shall not murder, and you shall not commit adultery,

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 and you shall not steal,

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 and you shall not bear false witness against your neighbor,

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 and you shall not covet your neighbor's wife,

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 and you shall not desire your neighbor's house,

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 his field, or his male servant, or his female servant,

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 his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's.

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 This is the word of God.

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 Great. Thanks, Celeste.

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 Let's just pray for a second and ask God to speak to us from his word.

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 Heavenly Father, glorious Son, Holy Spirit,

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 as we come to your word this morning, God, we want you to speak to us.

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 Jesus, it really is our belief that you lead this church.

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 You are the leader of Watermark.

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 We've gathered this morning to hear from you, to hear your word.

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 Christ is our king and our leader.

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 Come and speak to us this morning.

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 God, we're not here to hear or listen to the opinions of man.

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 We're here to have your words spoken to us,

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 and your word to resonate in our hearts.

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 And so I pray, God, once you prepare our hearts,

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 speak to us this morning, God.

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 Draw us to yourself.

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 Open the eyes of our hearts to see your majesty and your glory, God,

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 and change us, we pray.

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 We pray these things in your wonderful name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 I'm not sure how many of us here have been convicted of stealing before.

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 Maybe some of us.

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 I remember the first time I tried to steal something.

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 I was about eight or nine years old,

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 and my friend and I both lived down the road from a supermarket in Johannesburg in South Africa.

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 And so after school, we'd jump on our bicycles,

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 ride to the supermarket and hang out and talk about things that nine-year-old boys talk about.

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 And one day we decided the supermarket's got this whole counter of sweets.

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 And we decided, let's see if we can go and grab a few and get away with it.

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 And so we walked into the supermarket and looking very cool,

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 grabbed a few sweets and tried to put them in my pocket.

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 And then I remember I felt very convicted that this wasn't a good thing and tried to put them back.

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 And in doing so, I caught the attention of the shopkeeper.

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 She saw what I was trying to do,

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 and she looked at me and scolded me for stealing the sweets,

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 which I then denied,

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 which was twice as bad,

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 because now I wasn't only a thief, I was also a liar.

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 And so I was like, no, no, I wasn't.

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 I promise you.

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 And I got out of there as quickly as I could

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 and promised to never try that trick again.

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 This morning we are looking at the Eighth Commandments.

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 We're working through the series,

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 Ten Words of Abundant Life,

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 commonly known as the Ten Commandments.

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 And we're looking at the Eighth Commandment,

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 which is do not steal.

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 Now, I must admit that when earlier this year

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 we decided we were going to look at the Ten Commandments,

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 I had no idea that it was going to be so challenging.

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 I knew kind of the breadth of Scripture

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 meant that God calls us not just to obey the technical,

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 no letter of the law, but the spirit of the law.

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 But over the last few weeks,

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 I have found this so challenging and so convicting.

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 And I'm sure most of us have as well.

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 But what this means, of course,

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 is that this is where the hope of the gospel comes in.

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 Because the gospel is not just good advice,

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 how to live our lives,

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 it's good news.

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 The gospel is not just a self-improvement project,

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 how to make our lives work.

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 The gospel is the account of how God has come to rescue us

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 and to save us,

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 not only to save us from sin,

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 but also to change us and to redeem us.

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 What Chris spoke about,

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 to make us the kind of people who become more like Him,

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 who live like Him and behave like Him

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 and act like Him.

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 And so I just want to say right up front

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 that every one of us this morning,

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 from the sweet-stealing preacher in the front

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 to those of us right at the back

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 and everyone in between,

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 all of us have come this morning

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 and get to receive

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 and hopefully be flooded

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 by the good news of the gospel.

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 Friends, if you're here this morning

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 and you're excited to be here

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 and you're awake

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 and you're thrilled to be at church,

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 or if you're here

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 and you're slightly hungover

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 or thinking,

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 what on earth am I doing at a church this morning?

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 Welcome.

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 You and I, all of us,

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 need the gospel together this morning.

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 So this morning,

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 we're looking at this eighth commandment,

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 do not steal.

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 And what I want to do is,

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 I wanted to look at this commandment

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 under three headings.

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 The first one is types of theft.

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 There's varieties of what stealing looks like.

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 Secondly, the heart or the root of theft.

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 Where does that come from?

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 And then thirdly,

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 how Jesus makes us generous.

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 Okay?

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 Types of theft,

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 heart of theft,

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 how Jesus makes us generous.

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 If you're looking for a seat,

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 there's some seats in the front.

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 You're welcome to come and grab some.

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 Don't be shy.

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 Okay?

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 Great.

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 So firstly,

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 types of theft.

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 In Hong Kong,

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 we don't get to experience

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 a lot of common or petty theft

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 like other countries in the world.

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 But that doesn't mean

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 that it doesn't exist, right?

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 In fact,

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 the more modern and sophisticated

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 a society is,

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 the more sophisticated

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 and elaborate

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 are our means

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 and the systems

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 that we come up with

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 how to steal.

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 And so there are a bunch

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 of different types of theft.

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 And I'm going to run through

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 four of them

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 and each of them

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 are more complex

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 and more nuanced,

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 more challenging

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 than the previous.

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 So the first one is obvious.

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 It's taking something

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 that doesn't belong to you.

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 Okay?

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 I'm sure we've all

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 encountered this

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 in some way.

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 Maybe you've had something

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 taken out of your bag

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 when you're on the airplane

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 or at the gym

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 or something that's taken

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 from you

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 that belongs to you.

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 In South Africa,

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 which is the country

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 that our family comes from,

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 crime is quite a big deal.

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 And in South Africa,

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 public transport

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 isn't a big deal.

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 And so most people

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 have cars.

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 And so our family,

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 we had two cars.

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 We had a more nicer family car,

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 which Claire would drive

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 with the kids.

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 And that was parked

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 in our apartment complex

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 behind a secure gate.

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 And then we had this

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 broken down,

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 paint peeling,

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 torn seat,

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 dented,

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 kind of student car,

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 which was yours truly,

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 my car.

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 And that we parked

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 outside on the road,

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 outside of our house.

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 And every day,

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 it was a challenge

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 to see when I walked

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 out of the apartment

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 to go to my car

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 to see if my car

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 would still be there.

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 And amazingly,

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 every day,

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 it was still there.

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 You could hijack that thing

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 with a pair of tweezers,

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 I'm sure.

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 But for some reason,

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 it was still there every day.

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 Now the irony is

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 that the nicer family car,

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 we really took good care of.

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 And when we knew

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 that we were going

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 to move to Hong Kong,

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 we decided to take

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 extra care of it,

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 got all the dents fixed up

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 so that we could sell it

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 for a nice good price

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 to help us move over here.

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 And that car

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 is the one that got stolen

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 just before we left.

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 And they left

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 the student dinged,

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 beaten,

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 bashed up car

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 for us to do

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 something else with.

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 But we all know

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 that feeling of having

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 something taken from you

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 that belongs to you, right?

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 It's not just

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 the inconvenience of it

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 or the price,

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 it's the sense

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 of being violated.

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 You feel like

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 somebody's come

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 into your sacred space

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 and taken something

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 and messed with

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 your sacred space.

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 There's a sense

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 of being violated.

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 But there's actually

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 many ways

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 that we can do this.

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 Some of the less

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 obvious ways

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 are like downloading

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 illegal music

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 or movies,

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 downloading software

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 or computer games.

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 Things that don't

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 actually belong to us

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 but we take them

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 as if they do.

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 Kelvin,

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 many of them

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 there's some

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 chairs in the front

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 you're welcome

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 to come and grab some.

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 Fifteen years ago

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 the most downloaded

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 and illegally pirated movie

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 apparently

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 was Mel Gibson's movie

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 The Passion of the Christ

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 which is all about

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 how Jesus died

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 for sinners like us, right?

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 And so even if it's

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 a Christian movie

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 it's still stealing.

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 So the first kind

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 is taking that

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 which is not yours.

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 That's obvious.

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 Second kind of this

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 is withholding

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 from somebody else

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 what is due to them.

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 So in Leviticus chapter 6

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 God says

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 if somebody loses something

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 and you find it

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 and you don't give it

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 back to them

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 you keep it for yourself

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 that's a form of stealing.

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 The point here

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 is that withholding

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 something that is due

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 to somebody else

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 is a form of theft.

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 Now the most obvious

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 form of this

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 is tax evasion, right?

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 Money that is due

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 to the government

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 but we hold on

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 to it ourselves

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 because we think

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 that we'll handle it better.

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 Now interestingly

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 Jesus

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 somebody comes to him

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 and says

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 Jesus

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 should we give money

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 to Caesar or not?

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 And Jesus says

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 give to Caesar

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 the things that belong

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 to Caesar.

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 Now you may think

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 yeah but the government

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 okay maybe you don't

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 feel like this

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 maybe in other countries

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 you feel like

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 but the government

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 is not a very

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 legitimate government.

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 They corrupt

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 they steal our money

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 they're not going

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 to use it properly

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 surely we don't need

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 to pay taxes

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 to that kind of government.

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 But think about it

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 Caesar

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 was using the money

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 that people gave

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 to one

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 persecute Christians

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 and two

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 set himself up

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 as a rival deity

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 rivaling Jesus

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 and yet still

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 Jesus says

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 give to Caesar

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 the things

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 that are Caesar's.

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 Another thing

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 that would fall

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 under this

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 is tithing

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 right?

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 Giving to God's kingdom

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 and as scary

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 as it is

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 God says

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 that when the people

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 of Israel

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 were withholding

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 from him

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 their financial worship

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 Jesus says

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 as ludicrous

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 as it is

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 that's a form

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 of stealing

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 he says

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 you're robbing

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 God

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 because what

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 God is saying

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 is that the money

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 I give you

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 says God

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 is actually

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 his money

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 it's not mine

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 it's his money

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 he's asking us

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 to steward it

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 to take care of it

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 and so when he says

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 I want you to set aside

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 a portion of that

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 a small portion

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 for something else

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 for my purposes

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 and we say

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 no it's mine

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 he says actually

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 you're taking something

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 that belongs

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 to me

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 here's another way

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 that we can

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 not give

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 to people

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 those that are due

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 we can

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 by not paying

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 fair or adequate

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 wages

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 withholding wages

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 from those

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 who work from us

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 and even if it's

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 legally right

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 God says in James

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 he says

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 the wages

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 of those

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 that are being

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 taken advantage of

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 cry out to me

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 they reach my ears

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 and I will defend

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 their cause

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 but the same goes

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 the other way

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 right

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 if we are working

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 for a company

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 or organization

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 and we are

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 taking a salary

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 and yet we're

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 using company

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 time or company

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 resources

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 for our own

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 means or our

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 own agenda

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 enriching ourselves

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 it's a form

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 of theft

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 okay so firstly

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 taking something

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 that doesn't belong

00:13:07.560 --> 00:13:07.820
 to us

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 secondly withholding

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 something that is

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 due to someone else

00:13:10.320 --> 00:13:11.399
 third thing

00:13:11.399 --> 00:13:12.840
 is dishonest

00:13:12.840 --> 00:13:14.120
 or deceitful

00:13:14.120 --> 00:13:14.879
 dealings

00:13:14.879 --> 00:13:15.720
 transactions

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 in the Hebrew

00:13:18.600 --> 00:13:18.980
 Bible

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 the word for

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 stealing

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 is sometimes

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 used

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 for the word

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 deceit

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 for being

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 dishonest

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 and the idea

00:13:26.059 --> 00:13:26.740
 here is that

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 one of the ways

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 that people

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 can steal

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 is not by

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 taking something

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 physical

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 but in their

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 transactions

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 and their dealings

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 being less than

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 honest or fair

00:13:36.019 --> 00:13:37.399
 so in the Bible

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 God

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 he has this

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 phrase that he

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 often uses

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 how God hates

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 or detests

00:13:43.220 --> 00:13:45.299
 dishonest scales

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 or weights

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 and it's this

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 beautiful picture

00:13:47.700 --> 00:13:48.100
 how in the

00:13:48.100 --> 00:13:48.639
 marketplace

00:13:48.639 --> 00:13:49.639
 someone would go

00:13:49.639 --> 00:13:50.240
 to the marketplace

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 and the shopkeeper

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 would sell

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 something

00:13:53.960 --> 00:13:54.960
 but be dishonest

00:13:54.960 --> 00:13:55.680
 in their dealings

00:13:55.680 --> 00:13:56.200
 so what would

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 happen is

00:13:56.539 --> 00:13:56.799
 you'd have

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 some scales

00:13:57.440 --> 00:13:58.200
 someone would

00:13:58.200 --> 00:13:58.580
 say look

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 I want a

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 kilogram of

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 rice

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 and they'd

00:14:00.519 --> 00:14:00.799
 put a

00:14:00.799 --> 00:14:01.100
 kilogram

00:14:01.100 --> 00:14:01.700
 scale

00:14:01.700 --> 00:14:02.240
 weight

00:14:02.240 --> 00:14:02.560
 on the

00:14:02.560 --> 00:14:03.100
 one scale

00:14:03.100 --> 00:14:03.759
 and then

00:14:03.759 --> 00:14:04.340
 put rice

00:14:04.340 --> 00:14:04.560
 on the

00:14:04.560 --> 00:14:04.879
 other one

00:14:04.879 --> 00:14:05.200
 and when

00:14:05.200 --> 00:14:05.620
 those two

00:14:05.620 --> 00:14:06.519
 balanced out

00:14:06.519 --> 00:14:07.180
 you knew

00:14:07.180 --> 00:14:07.460
 you had

00:14:07.460 --> 00:14:07.840
 a kilogram

00:14:07.840 --> 00:14:08.419
 of rice

00:14:08.419 --> 00:14:09.279
 but what

00:14:09.279 --> 00:14:09.759
 shopkeepers

00:14:09.759 --> 00:14:10.259
 would sometimes

00:14:10.259 --> 00:14:10.759
 do is

00:14:10.759 --> 00:14:11.340
 they'd bore

00:14:11.340 --> 00:14:11.779
 out the

00:14:11.779 --> 00:14:12.100
 middle

00:14:12.100 --> 00:14:12.580
 or they

00:14:12.580 --> 00:14:13.159
 would change

00:14:13.159 --> 00:14:13.419
 it

00:14:13.419 --> 00:14:14.019
 and put

00:14:14.019 --> 00:14:14.419
 say a

00:14:14.419 --> 00:14:15.180
 900 gram

00:14:15.180 --> 00:14:15.480
 weight

00:14:15.480 --> 00:14:15.740
 there

00:14:15.740 --> 00:14:16.460
 and mark

00:14:16.460 --> 00:14:16.840
 it one

00:14:16.840 --> 00:14:17.200
 kilogram

00:14:17.200 --> 00:14:18.120
 so they're

00:14:18.120 --> 00:14:18.580
 only putting

00:14:18.580 --> 00:14:19.360
 900 grams

00:14:19.360 --> 00:14:19.920
 of rice

00:14:19.920 --> 00:14:20.460
 but they're

00:14:20.460 --> 00:14:21.040
 selling you

00:14:21.040 --> 00:14:21.680
 you're paying

00:14:21.680 --> 00:14:22.800
 for one kilogram

00:14:22.800 --> 00:14:23.180
 right

00:14:23.180 --> 00:14:24.020
 it's a way

00:14:24.020 --> 00:14:24.500
 of cheating

00:14:24.500 --> 00:14:25.020
 or stealing

00:14:25.020 --> 00:14:25.520
 from you

00:14:25.520 --> 00:14:26.340
 by being

00:14:26.340 --> 00:14:27.140
 dishonest

00:14:27.140 --> 00:14:29.720
 and there are

00:14:29.720 --> 00:14:30.200
 many ways

00:14:30.200 --> 00:14:31.400
 that we've

00:14:31.400 --> 00:14:31.960
 all experienced

00:14:31.960 --> 00:14:32.140
 this

00:14:32.140 --> 00:14:32.660
 how many of us

00:14:32.660 --> 00:14:33.140
 have bought

00:14:33.140 --> 00:14:33.620
 something

00:14:33.620 --> 00:14:34.800
 and you get

00:14:34.800 --> 00:14:35.540
 home and you

00:14:35.540 --> 00:14:36.140
 realize it's

00:14:36.140 --> 00:14:36.780
 defective or

00:14:36.780 --> 00:14:37.100
 broken

00:14:37.100 --> 00:14:38.600
 when we first

00:14:38.600 --> 00:14:39.080
 arrived in

00:14:39.080 --> 00:14:39.520
 Hong Kong

00:14:39.520 --> 00:14:41.220
 we didn't

00:14:41.220 --> 00:14:41.680
 bring a whole

00:14:41.680 --> 00:14:42.000
 lot of things

00:14:42.000 --> 00:14:42.320
 from South

00:14:42.320 --> 00:14:42.620
 Africa

00:14:42.620 --> 00:14:43.120
 and so we

00:14:43.120 --> 00:14:44.040
 hit carousel

00:14:44.040 --> 00:14:45.520
 with a force

00:14:45.519 --> 00:14:46.439
 and I remember

00:14:46.439 --> 00:14:46.879
 one day

00:14:46.879 --> 00:14:47.819
 we just

00:14:47.819 --> 00:14:48.460
 moved to Hong Kong

00:14:48.460 --> 00:14:48.980
 and we heard

00:14:48.980 --> 00:14:49.419
 you've got to

00:14:49.419 --> 00:14:49.779
 buy these

00:14:49.779 --> 00:14:50.220
 things called

00:14:50.220 --> 00:14:51.159
 dehumidifiers

00:14:51.159 --> 00:14:51.699
 we didn't know

00:14:51.699 --> 00:14:52.220
 what they were

00:14:52.220 --> 00:14:52.500
 okay

00:14:52.500 --> 00:14:53.480
 South Africa

00:14:53.480 --> 00:14:54.059
 there's no such

00:14:54.059 --> 00:14:54.319
 thing as

00:14:54.319 --> 00:14:55.019
 dehumidifier

00:14:55.019 --> 00:14:56.500
 so I hit

00:14:56.500 --> 00:14:57.059
 carousel

00:14:57.059 --> 00:14:57.799
 I find this

00:14:57.799 --> 00:14:58.000
 guy

00:14:58.000 --> 00:14:58.460
 he's selling

00:14:58.460 --> 00:14:59.059
 a good one

00:14:59.059 --> 00:14:59.419
 for a good

00:14:59.419 --> 00:14:59.819
 price

00:14:59.819 --> 00:15:00.699
 I meet him

00:15:00.699 --> 00:15:00.939
 at an

00:15:00.939 --> 00:15:01.799
 MTR station

00:15:01.799 --> 00:15:02.899
 miles up

00:15:02.899 --> 00:15:03.659
 north somewhere

00:15:03.659 --> 00:15:05.039
 and I'm very

00:15:05.039 --> 00:15:05.559
 chuffed with

00:15:05.559 --> 00:15:06.179
 myself that I've

00:15:06.179 --> 00:15:06.639
 got such a

00:15:06.639 --> 00:15:07.059
 good deal

00:15:07.059 --> 00:15:08.139
 come home

00:15:08.139 --> 00:15:08.980
 plug it in

00:15:08.980 --> 00:15:09.939
 and it turns

00:15:09.939 --> 00:15:10.740
 on but that's

00:15:10.740 --> 00:15:11.360
 about all that

00:15:11.360 --> 00:15:11.759
 it does

00:15:11.759 --> 00:15:12.059
 right

00:15:12.059 --> 00:15:13.659
 completely

00:15:13.659 --> 00:15:14.639
 ripped off

00:15:14.639 --> 00:15:16.120
 how many of

00:15:16.120 --> 00:15:16.319
 us have

00:15:16.319 --> 00:15:16.799
 booked an

00:15:16.799 --> 00:15:17.500
 apartment on

00:15:17.500 --> 00:15:18.500
 Airbnb and

00:15:18.500 --> 00:15:19.019
 they say

00:15:19.019 --> 00:15:20.279
 king size bed

00:15:20.279 --> 00:15:21.360
 jacuzzi

00:15:21.360 --> 00:15:22.960
 everything you

00:15:22.960 --> 00:15:23.399
 could want

00:15:23.399 --> 00:15:24.080
 and you get

00:15:24.080 --> 00:15:24.600
 your holiday

00:15:24.600 --> 00:15:25.620
 destination and

00:15:25.620 --> 00:15:26.480
 it's nothing like

00:15:26.480 --> 00:15:27.059
 what they've

00:15:27.059 --> 00:15:27.620
 described

00:15:27.620 --> 00:15:28.720
 that sense of

00:15:28.720 --> 00:15:29.340
 being cheated

00:15:29.340 --> 00:15:30.019
 of having

00:15:30.019 --> 00:15:30.879
 been stolen

00:15:30.879 --> 00:15:32.059
 what about

00:15:32.059 --> 00:15:33.139
 lying on our

00:15:33.139 --> 00:15:34.100
 CVs or our

00:15:34.100 --> 00:15:34.439
 resume

00:15:34.439 --> 00:15:36.039
 it's a form of

00:15:36.039 --> 00:15:36.720
 stealing of

00:15:36.720 --> 00:15:37.480
 taking because

00:15:37.480 --> 00:15:37.980
 it's being less

00:15:37.980 --> 00:15:38.500
 than honest

00:15:38.500 --> 00:15:39.019
 it's taking

00:15:39.019 --> 00:15:39.740
 advantage of

00:15:39.740 --> 00:15:40.039
 someone

00:15:40.039 --> 00:15:41.379
 now the

00:15:41.379 --> 00:15:42.059
 challenge is

00:15:42.059 --> 00:15:43.319
 that sometimes

00:15:43.319 --> 00:15:44.059
 these things

00:15:44.059 --> 00:15:45.119
 aren't technically

00:15:45.119 --> 00:15:45.799
 illegal

00:15:45.799 --> 00:15:46.859
 no one's going

00:15:46.859 --> 00:15:47.659
 to prosecute you

00:15:47.659 --> 00:15:48.179
 or put you in

00:15:48.179 --> 00:15:48.799
 jail for it

00:15:48.799 --> 00:15:49.719
 but it is

00:15:49.719 --> 00:15:50.879
 morally dubious

00:15:50.879 --> 00:15:52.039
 I remember when I

00:15:52.039 --> 00:15:52.799
 was 12 years old

00:15:52.799 --> 00:15:53.659
 my family went on

00:15:53.659 --> 00:15:54.739
 our first overseas

00:15:54.739 --> 00:15:56.019
 holiday and we

00:15:56.019 --> 00:15:56.899
 went to Europe

00:15:56.899 --> 00:15:57.759
 and we were very

00:15:57.759 --> 00:15:58.539
 excited and we

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 land in Italy

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 and my dad goes

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 to change money

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 do you remember

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 the days of

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 traveler's checks

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 if you're under

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 30 you don't

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 know what that

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 means

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 we used to have

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 these things

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 called traveler's

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 checks and he

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 went to go change

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 some traveler's

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 checks and he

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 came back

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 fuming

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 mad

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 so what's

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 wrong

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 this is

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 got completely

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 ripped off

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 this is the

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 lady charged

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 me like 20%

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 interest or

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 commission or

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 something

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 and he says

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 to you can't

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 do that

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 you can't

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 charge me 20%

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 and she says

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 yes sir I can

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 legally the

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 law says I'm

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 allowed to charge

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 you know 25%

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 or something like

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 that and he

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 says young lady

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 it may be

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 legally right

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 but it's

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 morally wicked

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 that line

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 became a joke

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 in our

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 family

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 you can do

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 things that

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 are legally

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 right but

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 morally it's

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 questionable

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 right

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 throughout the

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 bible God

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 is often on

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 this thing about

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 interest rates

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 he says that

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 when somebody in

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 the church

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 family in the

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 church community

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 is going through

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 a hard time and

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 they need to

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 borrow money

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 don't charge

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 them interest

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 in the old

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 testament it was

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 against God's

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 law to charge

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 one of your

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 spiritual family

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 members interest

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 because it's

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 taking advantage

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 of them when

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 they fall in

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 rough times

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 they're out of

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 money they have

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 a medical

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 condition they

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 need to go to

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 the doctor they

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 need to borrow

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 money don't take

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 advantage of them

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 and enrich yourself

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 in their state of

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 poverty

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 John Kelvin who

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 was a pastor in

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 Geneva Switzerland

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 500 years ago he

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 was also a kind of

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 statesman and he

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 lobbied to say that

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 the church should

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 look after the

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 interest rates in

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 the city of

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 Geneva because for

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 him it was a

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 justice issue there's

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 a theological

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 issue not a

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 monetary policy

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 issue and so

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 this issue of

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 honest dealings is

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 really challenging

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 for those of us who

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 work in advertising

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 how do we advertise

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 something honestly

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 not overstate it or

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 hide something that

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 doesn't work so well

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 someone once said

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 that in advertising

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 I'm sorry if you

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 work in advertising

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 this is not a slight

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 on you but someone

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 once said advertising

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 robs you of your

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 self-contentment and

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 then sells it back to

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 you in the form of a

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 product

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 very clever how do

00:18:05.960 --> 00:18:06.660
 we advertise

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 honorably fairly

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 honestly lastly what

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 about corporate

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 sabotage how many of

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 us have been tempted

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 to sabotage a

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 competitor's deal or

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 maybe steal a client

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 from a colleague in an

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 underhanded way all of

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 this is dishonest

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 dealings okay so

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 taking something that

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 doesn't belong to you

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 withholding something

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 that does belong to

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 someone else

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 dishonest dealings and

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 and then fourthly this

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 is the most complex

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 and nuance and we'll

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 just touch it briefly

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 is social injustice

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 and this is when

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 society is structured

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 in such a way where

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 the system is ordered

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 that it enriches a

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 certain group of

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 people at the expense

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 of another group of

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 people and one of the

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 most obvious examples

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 of this is apartheid

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 in South Africa where

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 a certain group society

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 was ordered or

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 structured legislation

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 was put in place that

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 one group would be

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 enriched at the expense

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 of another group and

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 God says in Micah he

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 says this woe to those

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 who devised wickedness

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 who lie in their beds

00:19:08.279 --> 00:19:09.559
 at night thinking of

00:19:09.559 --> 00:19:11.580
 wicked schemes they

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 execute it because it

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 is in their power to do

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 so the system is set up

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 that they can enrich

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 themselves and they

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 take advantage of the

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 system okay so four

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 different types of

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 theft taking that that

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 doesn't belong to you

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 withholding that which

00:19:27.220 --> 00:19:27.920
 belongs to another

00:19:27.920 --> 00:19:29.779
 dishonest dealings and

00:19:29.779 --> 00:19:30.980
 social injustice

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 participating in social

00:19:32.740 --> 00:19:35.299
 injustice secondly the

00:19:35.299 --> 00:19:37.279
 heart of theft so what's

00:19:37.279 --> 00:19:39.039
 behind this my guess is

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 that many of us here

00:19:40.000 --> 00:19:41.559
 aren't stealing sweets

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 from the supermarket or

00:19:42.619 --> 00:19:44.000
 robbing a bank or

00:19:44.000 --> 00:19:45.200
 defrauding the

00:19:45.200 --> 00:19:47.759
 government I hope but

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 but sometimes we may be

00:19:49.140 --> 00:19:50.180
 tempted with the more

00:19:50.180 --> 00:19:51.960
 dishonest dealings maybe

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 we tempted to just hold

00:19:53.200 --> 00:19:54.599
 back or not be completely

00:19:54.599 --> 00:19:55.920
 honest in our CVs or

00:19:55.920 --> 00:19:57.519
 tax returns what's going

00:19:57.519 --> 00:19:59.220
 on behind here and the

00:19:59.220 --> 00:20:00.480
 heart of this is putting

00:20:00.480 --> 00:20:02.759
 profit or personal

00:20:02.759 --> 00:20:04.580
 possessions or personal

00:20:04.580 --> 00:20:08.019
 gain before people it's

00:20:08.019 --> 00:20:09.120
 looking at a situation

00:20:09.120 --> 00:20:10.240
 say how can I enrich

00:20:10.240 --> 00:20:11.500
 myself at the expense of

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 someone else and behind

00:20:13.200 --> 00:20:14.820
 that is there's two ways

00:20:14.820 --> 00:20:15.920
 that this or two things

00:20:15.920 --> 00:20:16.700
 that's going on in our

00:20:16.700 --> 00:20:19.060
 hearts the first is just

00:20:19.060 --> 00:20:21.880
 old-fashioned greed the

00:20:21.880 --> 00:20:23.779
 excessive desire for more

00:20:23.779 --> 00:20:25.160
 and more stuff or

00:20:25.160 --> 00:20:27.379
 possessions taking back

00:20:27.379 --> 00:20:28.740
 what's not ours keeping

00:20:28.740 --> 00:20:29.619
 what belongs to someone

00:20:29.619 --> 00:20:30.920
 else deceitful schemes

00:20:30.920 --> 00:20:32.440
 comes because of an

00:20:32.440 --> 00:20:34.119
 excessive lust for more

00:20:34.119 --> 00:20:36.039
 and more stuff now of

00:20:36.039 --> 00:20:36.839
 course the problem with

00:20:36.839 --> 00:20:37.980
 greed is that none of us

00:20:37.980 --> 00:20:38.740
 think that we're greedy

00:20:38.740 --> 00:20:40.200
 right we just think of

00:20:40.200 --> 00:20:41.539
 ourselves as good stewards

00:20:41.539 --> 00:20:43.220
 or taking care of our

00:20:43.220 --> 00:20:45.480
 family members but Jesus

00:20:45.480 --> 00:20:47.279
 is actually very careful

00:20:47.279 --> 00:20:48.720
 about warning us about our

00:20:48.720 --> 00:20:49.879
 relationship with money

00:20:49.880 --> 00:20:51.720
 Jesus never says that

00:20:51.720 --> 00:20:53.440
 money itself is wicked or

00:20:53.440 --> 00:20:54.900
 inherently wrong it's not

00:20:54.900 --> 00:20:56.120
 wrong to be wealthy to

00:20:56.120 --> 00:20:57.240
 even have a lot of money

00:20:57.240 --> 00:20:58.860
 but he warns us about the

00:20:58.860 --> 00:21:00.480
 danger of money because it

00:21:00.480 --> 00:21:01.320
 does something to our

00:21:01.320 --> 00:21:02.900
 hearts and the first thing

00:21:02.900 --> 00:21:04.080
 that Jesus says is there's

00:21:04.080 --> 00:21:06.160
 this unshakable break

00:21:06.160 --> 00:21:08.660
 unbreakable bond between

00:21:08.660 --> 00:21:11.160
 what our treasure is what we

00:21:11.160 --> 00:21:12.820
 hope and trust in and love

00:21:12.820 --> 00:21:15.160
 and adore and what owns our

00:21:15.160 --> 00:21:17.500
 hearts what captures our

00:21:17.500 --> 00:21:19.340
 hearts Jesus says that the

00:21:19.339 --> 00:21:20.500
 thing that we love and

00:21:20.500 --> 00:21:22.579
 trust supremely actually owns

00:21:22.579 --> 00:21:24.159
 our hearts and our hearts is

00:21:24.159 --> 00:21:25.799
 the control center of our

00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:27.559
 lives and that's why Jesus

00:21:27.559 --> 00:21:28.759
 says that what we treasure

00:21:28.759 --> 00:21:30.199
 actually is what we worship

00:21:30.199 --> 00:21:31.679
 the New Testament is

00:21:31.679 --> 00:21:33.079
 constantly warning us not

00:21:33.079 --> 00:21:34.519
 about the inherent wrongness

00:21:34.519 --> 00:21:35.879
 of having money or even

00:21:35.879 --> 00:21:38.220
 being wealthy but the danger

00:21:38.220 --> 00:21:39.500
 of what money can do to our

00:21:39.500 --> 00:21:41.699
 hearts it can lead us astray

00:21:41.699 --> 00:21:43.259
 from what's true and noble

00:21:43.259 --> 00:21:45.199
 and honest and good and right

00:21:45.199 --> 00:21:46.799
 and beautiful it can lead us

00:21:46.799 --> 00:21:48.059
 astray from God himself

00:21:48.059 --> 00:21:50.319
 but here's the other danger

00:21:50.319 --> 00:21:52.299
 the New Testament says that

00:21:52.299 --> 00:21:54.480
 the desire to get wealthy

00:21:54.480 --> 00:21:55.779
 quickly or easily

00:21:55.779 --> 00:21:56.700
 okay

00:21:56.700 --> 00:22:01.480
 often blinds us to reality

00:22:01.480 --> 00:22:03.279
 and walking around blind is a

00:22:03.279 --> 00:22:05.000
 dangerous endeavor right

00:22:05.000 --> 00:22:06.919
 so the New Testament the

00:22:06.919 --> 00:22:08.299
 Apostle Paul writes this to this

00:22:08.299 --> 00:22:09.639
 young pastor Timothy says

00:22:09.639 --> 00:22:10.079
 Timothy

00:22:10.079 --> 00:22:11.980
 tell those that are in the

00:22:11.980 --> 00:22:12.480
 congregation

00:22:12.480 --> 00:22:14.720
 warn them that the desire to get

00:22:14.720 --> 00:22:16.179
 rich quickly or easily

00:22:16.180 --> 00:22:17.980
 they're going to fall into all

00:22:17.980 --> 00:22:18.960
 kinds of temptation

00:22:18.960 --> 00:22:21.019
 maybe the temptation to fudge

00:22:21.019 --> 00:22:21.539
 the books

00:22:21.539 --> 00:22:23.160
 temptation to be less than

00:22:23.160 --> 00:22:24.220
 completely honest

00:22:24.220 --> 00:22:26.100
 maybe the temptation to do

00:22:26.100 --> 00:22:27.500
 what's legally right but

00:22:27.500 --> 00:22:28.779
 morally questionable

00:22:28.779 --> 00:22:30.759
 and he says these temptations

00:22:30.759 --> 00:22:33.460
 cause us to fall into a

00:22:33.460 --> 00:22:34.480
 senseless trap

00:22:34.480 --> 00:22:36.400
 into a harmful trap that leads

00:22:36.400 --> 00:22:37.519
 to ruin and destruction

00:22:37.519 --> 00:22:39.539
 and I love how he describes that

00:22:39.539 --> 00:22:41.660
 this desire to get rich quickly

00:22:41.660 --> 00:22:44.660
 or easily leads to senseless

00:22:44.660 --> 00:22:45.259
 behavior

00:22:45.259 --> 00:22:46.700
 and just think about that

00:22:46.700 --> 00:22:48.640
 how many times have we heard a

00:22:48.640 --> 00:22:49.720
 story of somebody

00:22:49.720 --> 00:22:51.740
 who wanted to try and steal

00:22:51.740 --> 00:22:52.200
 something

00:22:52.200 --> 00:22:53.620
 and they got caught

00:22:53.620 --> 00:22:55.440
 and you hear the story and you

00:22:55.440 --> 00:22:56.940
 think how stupid are you

00:22:56.940 --> 00:22:58.460
 how do you think you could

00:22:58.460 --> 00:22:59.920
 possibly get away with that

00:22:59.920 --> 00:23:01.400
 I mean like that's just the most

00:23:01.400 --> 00:23:02.140
 ridiculous thing

00:23:02.140 --> 00:23:03.720
 I remember watching a YouTube

00:23:03.720 --> 00:23:04.740
 video years ago

00:23:04.740 --> 00:23:06.840
 some guy goes to rob a store

00:23:06.840 --> 00:23:08.420
 and he's maybe slightly

00:23:08.420 --> 00:23:09.160
 intoxicated

00:23:09.160 --> 00:23:12.440
 and he sees the CCTV camera

00:23:12.440 --> 00:23:14.039
 and he thinks this is his

00:23:14.039 --> 00:23:15.300
 moment to shine right

00:23:15.300 --> 00:23:17.320
 America's got talent

00:23:17.320 --> 00:23:18.160
 or whatever it is

00:23:18.160 --> 00:23:19.380
 so he sees this camera

00:23:19.380 --> 00:23:20.900
 and he starts dancing to the

00:23:20.900 --> 00:23:21.680
 camera and

00:23:21.680 --> 00:23:23.160
 dancing to the camera

00:23:23.160 --> 00:23:24.100
 and then he realizes

00:23:24.100 --> 00:23:25.180
 oh yeah actually I'm on a

00:23:25.180 --> 00:23:26.000
 mission and he goes and

00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:27.120
 robs the store

00:23:27.120 --> 00:23:29.060
 and obviously his face is on

00:23:29.060 --> 00:23:30.500
 the camera and they catch him

00:23:30.500 --> 00:23:31.100
 pretty quickly

00:23:31.100 --> 00:23:32.940
 and you think how stupid are

00:23:32.940 --> 00:23:33.800
 you I mean like

00:23:33.800 --> 00:23:35.340
 obviously you're going to get

00:23:35.340 --> 00:23:36.039
 caught right

00:23:36.039 --> 00:23:38.519
 but but what's happening

00:23:38.519 --> 00:23:38.839
 there

00:23:38.839 --> 00:23:40.500
 the desire to get rich

00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:42.019
 quickly or easily leads us

00:23:42.019 --> 00:23:43.220
 to do senseless

00:23:43.220 --> 00:23:44.920
 stupid things

00:23:44.920 --> 00:23:46.700
 it blinds us to

00:23:46.700 --> 00:23:47.920
 to the reality

00:23:47.920 --> 00:23:49.720
 of what's going on in life

00:23:49.720 --> 00:23:51.000
 it blinds us not only to

00:23:51.000 --> 00:23:51.579
 good sense

00:23:51.579 --> 00:23:52.659
 but also to our own

00:23:52.659 --> 00:23:53.119
 hearts

00:23:53.119 --> 00:23:55.980
 and so the one problem is

00:23:55.980 --> 00:23:57.379
 just this greed right

00:23:57.379 --> 00:23:58.539
 this desire to get more

00:23:58.539 --> 00:24:00.539
 but the other reason why

00:24:00.539 --> 00:24:02.059
 we are maybe tempted

00:24:02.059 --> 00:24:02.839
 in this way

00:24:02.839 --> 00:24:04.379
 is because

00:24:04.379 --> 00:24:06.159
 we don't

00:24:06.159 --> 00:24:06.959
 really

00:24:06.959 --> 00:24:08.619
 while we may know in our

00:24:08.619 --> 00:24:09.859
 heads what God says about

00:24:09.859 --> 00:24:10.759
 his faithfulness

00:24:10.759 --> 00:24:12.879
 God's faithfulness

00:24:12.879 --> 00:24:14.319
 may not really resonate

00:24:14.319 --> 00:24:15.939
 with our hearts

00:24:15.939 --> 00:24:18.759
 friends why is it that

00:24:18.759 --> 00:24:20.059
 we are tempted to steal

00:24:20.059 --> 00:24:21.379
 clients from a colleague

00:24:21.379 --> 00:24:23.019
 it's because we believe

00:24:23.019 --> 00:24:24.319
 that the life that we can

00:24:24.319 --> 00:24:25.240
 secure for ourselves

00:24:25.240 --> 00:24:26.240
 is better than the life

00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:27.039
 that God is going to

00:24:27.039 --> 00:24:27.699
 give us

00:24:27.699 --> 00:24:29.220
 why are we tempted to

00:24:29.220 --> 00:24:30.559
 exaggerate or lie on our

00:24:30.559 --> 00:24:31.599
 CVs or resumes

00:24:31.599 --> 00:24:32.899
 it's because we don't

00:24:32.899 --> 00:24:33.839
 trust that God

00:24:33.839 --> 00:24:35.039
 really is able to

00:24:35.039 --> 00:24:35.799
 provide for us

00:24:35.799 --> 00:24:37.240
 and take care for us

00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:38.659
 and so Paul writes to

00:24:38.659 --> 00:24:39.459
 Timothy and he says

00:24:39.459 --> 00:24:39.779
 this

00:24:39.779 --> 00:24:41.039
 tell those who are

00:24:41.039 --> 00:24:42.079
 financially well off

00:24:42.079 --> 00:24:44.299
 not to set their hopes

00:24:44.299 --> 00:24:45.859
 on the uncertainty

00:24:45.859 --> 00:24:46.980
 of riches

00:24:46.980 --> 00:24:48.279
 he's not saying that

00:24:48.279 --> 00:24:49.339
 wealth is a bad thing

00:24:49.339 --> 00:24:50.279
 he's not saying that

00:24:50.279 --> 00:24:51.379
 you mustn't be wealthy

00:24:51.379 --> 00:24:52.959
 he's not saying it's wrong

00:24:52.959 --> 00:24:54.459
 to be a wealthy person

00:24:54.459 --> 00:24:55.099
 but he's saying

00:24:55.099 --> 00:24:56.199
 don't set your hope

00:24:56.199 --> 00:24:57.119
 your confidence

00:24:57.119 --> 00:24:58.399
 your trust

00:24:58.399 --> 00:24:59.740
 in the uncertainty

00:24:59.740 --> 00:25:00.579
 of wealth

00:25:00.579 --> 00:25:01.899
 that wealth

00:25:01.899 --> 00:25:02.519
 is like a

00:25:02.519 --> 00:25:04.039
 it's like quicksand

00:25:04.039 --> 00:25:04.839
 if you try and build

00:25:04.839 --> 00:25:05.480
 your life on it

00:25:05.480 --> 00:25:06.679
 it's not going to build

00:25:06.679 --> 00:25:08.299
 and be a solid foundation

00:25:08.299 --> 00:25:09.480
 for your life

00:25:09.480 --> 00:25:10.179
 he says

00:25:10.179 --> 00:25:10.619
 rather

00:25:10.619 --> 00:25:12.339
 remind these people

00:25:12.339 --> 00:25:13.939
 of the faithfulness

00:25:13.939 --> 00:25:14.639
 of God

00:25:14.639 --> 00:25:16.720
 who richly provides us

00:25:16.720 --> 00:25:18.059
 with everything we need

00:25:18.059 --> 00:25:19.000
 to enjoy

00:25:19.000 --> 00:25:19.919
 he says

00:25:19.919 --> 00:25:20.339
 Timothy

00:25:20.339 --> 00:25:21.559
 remind these people

00:25:21.559 --> 00:25:22.579
 of the faithfulness

00:25:22.579 --> 00:25:23.099
 of God

00:25:23.099 --> 00:25:24.119
 remind them that

00:25:24.119 --> 00:25:25.339
 God is sovereign

00:25:25.339 --> 00:25:26.319
 remind them that

00:25:26.319 --> 00:25:26.899
 their hope

00:25:26.899 --> 00:25:27.579
 is not in their

00:25:27.579 --> 00:25:28.339
 bank account

00:25:28.339 --> 00:25:29.299
 or their job

00:25:29.299 --> 00:25:30.379
 or their bonus

00:25:30.379 --> 00:25:31.279
 their hope

00:25:31.279 --> 00:25:32.460
 is in who God is

00:25:32.460 --> 00:25:33.680
 that he's the sovereign

00:25:33.680 --> 00:25:35.339
 Lord of all creation

00:25:35.339 --> 00:25:36.700
 remember earlier

00:25:36.700 --> 00:25:37.779
 we said God's name

00:25:37.779 --> 00:25:38.680
 is Yahweh

00:25:38.680 --> 00:25:39.399
 I am

00:25:39.399 --> 00:25:40.839
 he has no limitations

00:25:40.839 --> 00:25:42.259
 he's not the God

00:25:42.259 --> 00:25:42.839
 of the wealthy

00:25:42.839 --> 00:25:43.419
 or the God

00:25:43.419 --> 00:25:43.879
 of the poor

00:25:43.879 --> 00:25:44.839
 he's not the God

00:25:44.839 --> 00:25:45.379
 of Israel

00:25:45.379 --> 00:25:46.639
 the God of America

00:25:46.639 --> 00:25:49.460
 he is the supreme being

00:25:49.460 --> 00:25:50.700
 Yahweh

00:25:50.700 --> 00:25:51.879
 I am who I am

00:25:51.879 --> 00:25:53.079
 he's the God

00:25:53.079 --> 00:25:54.099
 who rules and reigns

00:25:54.099 --> 00:25:55.119
 over all creation

00:25:55.119 --> 00:25:56.019
 friends

00:25:56.019 --> 00:25:56.739
 he's the God

00:25:56.739 --> 00:25:57.479
 who can take

00:25:57.479 --> 00:25:58.879
 who can take care

00:25:58.879 --> 00:26:00.979
 of your every need

00:26:00.979 --> 00:26:02.879
 friends

00:26:02.879 --> 00:26:04.039
 the God that we worship

00:26:04.039 --> 00:26:05.839
 in Revelation 4

00:26:05.839 --> 00:26:06.959
 is the God

00:26:06.959 --> 00:26:07.919
 before whom

00:26:07.919 --> 00:26:08.459
 one day

00:26:08.459 --> 00:26:09.500
 every knee

00:26:09.500 --> 00:26:10.939
 will fall down

00:26:10.939 --> 00:26:11.719
 and say

00:26:11.719 --> 00:26:12.939
 all glory to you

00:26:12.939 --> 00:26:14.399
 friends

00:26:14.399 --> 00:26:15.459
 the God of the Bible

00:26:15.459 --> 00:26:16.539
 is the God

00:26:16.539 --> 00:26:17.199
 before whom

00:26:17.199 --> 00:26:18.459
 all angels

00:26:18.459 --> 00:26:20.279
 all angelic beings

00:26:20.279 --> 00:26:21.219
 fall down

00:26:21.219 --> 00:26:21.759
 on their knees

00:26:21.759 --> 00:26:22.119
 and say

00:26:22.119 --> 00:26:22.899
 worthy

00:26:22.900 --> 00:26:23.780
 worthy

00:26:23.780 --> 00:26:24.460
 worthy

00:26:24.460 --> 00:26:25.000
 holy

00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:25.519
 holy

00:26:25.519 --> 00:26:25.960
 holy

00:26:25.960 --> 00:26:27.040
 are you

00:26:27.040 --> 00:26:27.620
 to receive

00:26:27.620 --> 00:26:28.160
 glory

00:26:28.160 --> 00:26:28.840
 and honor

00:26:28.840 --> 00:26:29.480
 and might

00:26:29.480 --> 00:26:30.160
 and majesty

00:26:30.160 --> 00:26:31.019
 and praise

00:26:31.019 --> 00:26:32.240
 friends

00:26:32.240 --> 00:26:32.640
 the God

00:26:32.640 --> 00:26:33.440
 that we worship

00:26:33.440 --> 00:26:34.460
 is the God

00:26:34.460 --> 00:26:35.220
 who tomorrow

00:26:35.220 --> 00:26:36.280
 can drop a million

00:26:36.280 --> 00:26:37.280
 dollars in your lap

00:26:37.280 --> 00:26:38.660
 or the God

00:26:38.660 --> 00:26:39.660
 who can allow

00:26:39.660 --> 00:26:40.780
 some calamity

00:26:40.780 --> 00:26:42.019
 some disaster

00:26:42.019 --> 00:26:42.480
 to come

00:26:42.480 --> 00:26:43.640
 and wipe out

00:26:43.640 --> 00:26:44.420
 all your financial

00:26:44.420 --> 00:26:45.040
 savings

00:26:45.040 --> 00:26:47.800
 friends

00:26:47.800 --> 00:26:48.140
 the God

00:26:48.140 --> 00:26:48.740
 of the Bible

00:26:48.740 --> 00:26:50.200
 is a sure

00:26:50.200 --> 00:26:51.000
 and steady

00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:51.660
 foundation

00:26:51.660 --> 00:26:53.279
 and so Paul

00:26:53.279 --> 00:26:53.880
 writes and says

00:26:53.880 --> 00:26:55.220
 do not put your hope

00:26:55.220 --> 00:26:56.200
 in the uncertainty

00:26:56.200 --> 00:26:57.279
 of riches

00:26:57.279 --> 00:26:58.120
 in the uncertainty

00:26:58.120 --> 00:26:59.160
 of your bank account

00:26:59.160 --> 00:27:00.200
 in the uncertainty

00:27:00.200 --> 00:27:01.160
 of the stock market

00:27:01.160 --> 00:27:03.160
 because it's a lousy

00:27:03.160 --> 00:27:04.060
 foundation to build

00:27:04.060 --> 00:27:04.640
 your life on

00:27:04.640 --> 00:27:06.019
 set your hope

00:27:06.019 --> 00:27:06.560
 on God

00:27:06.560 --> 00:27:07.900
 set your hope

00:27:07.900 --> 00:27:09.080
 on who God is

00:27:09.080 --> 00:27:10.220
 his nature

00:27:10.220 --> 00:27:11.259
 his character

00:27:11.259 --> 00:27:12.519
 his faithfulness

00:27:12.519 --> 00:27:13.860
 his steadfast love

00:27:13.860 --> 00:27:15.019
 his unfailing

00:27:15.019 --> 00:27:16.080
 and unshakable

00:27:16.080 --> 00:27:17.000
 love

00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:19.920
 friends

00:27:19.920 --> 00:27:20.920
 banking our life

00:27:20.920 --> 00:27:22.859
 on our bank

00:27:22.859 --> 00:27:23.279
 accounts

00:27:23.279 --> 00:27:23.619
 is like

00:27:23.619 --> 00:27:24.539
 taking refuge

00:27:24.539 --> 00:27:25.559
 in a straw hut

00:27:25.559 --> 00:27:27.220
 during a T10

00:27:27.220 --> 00:27:27.819
 typhoon

00:27:27.819 --> 00:27:29.079
 it's not going

00:27:29.079 --> 00:27:29.700
 to save you

00:27:29.700 --> 00:27:32.200
 and so Paul

00:27:32.200 --> 00:27:33.059
 writes and he says

00:27:33.059 --> 00:27:34.720
 remind us

00:27:34.720 --> 00:27:36.079
 not to put our hope

00:27:36.079 --> 00:27:36.619
 in riches

00:27:36.619 --> 00:27:37.859
 but in the faithfulness

00:27:37.859 --> 00:27:39.019
 of God

00:27:39.019 --> 00:27:40.359
 and so what happens

00:27:40.359 --> 00:27:40.880
 when we hope

00:27:40.880 --> 00:27:41.319
 and trust

00:27:41.319 --> 00:27:41.960
 in the uncertainty

00:27:41.960 --> 00:27:42.519
 of riches

00:27:42.519 --> 00:27:44.000
 first our hearts

00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:45.279
 tend to drift away

00:27:45.279 --> 00:27:46.579
 but secondly

00:27:46.579 --> 00:27:48.059
 in order to feel

00:27:48.059 --> 00:27:49.079
 safe and secure

00:27:49.079 --> 00:27:50.119
 in order to feel

00:27:50.119 --> 00:27:51.019
 successful

00:27:51.019 --> 00:27:52.599
 we find it easier

00:27:52.599 --> 00:27:53.099
 and easier

00:27:53.099 --> 00:27:54.200
 to make decisions

00:27:54.200 --> 00:27:55.319
 that 10 years ago

00:27:55.319 --> 00:27:55.700
 we thought

00:27:55.700 --> 00:27:56.460
 we'd never make

00:27:56.460 --> 00:27:58.379
 to take endeavors

00:27:58.379 --> 00:27:59.019
 that we thought

00:27:59.019 --> 00:27:59.859
 we would never do

00:27:59.859 --> 00:28:01.440
 to maybe just

00:28:01.440 --> 00:28:04.779
 be not 100% honest

00:28:04.779 --> 00:28:05.859
 on our tax returns

00:28:05.859 --> 00:28:06.960
 to maybe just

00:28:06.960 --> 00:28:08.279
 slightly exaggerate

00:28:08.279 --> 00:28:09.279
 our current salary

00:28:09.279 --> 00:28:10.139
 on our resume

00:28:10.139 --> 00:28:10.619
 or CV

00:28:10.619 --> 00:28:11.139
 when applying

00:28:11.139 --> 00:28:11.740
 for a job

00:28:11.740 --> 00:28:12.940
 we do things

00:28:12.940 --> 00:28:14.339
 that are not illegal

00:28:14.339 --> 00:28:15.119
 but it's

00:28:15.119 --> 00:28:15.839
 maybe quite

00:28:15.839 --> 00:28:16.839
 slightly cutting

00:28:16.839 --> 00:28:17.439
 corners

00:28:17.439 --> 00:28:18.099
 and we find

00:28:18.099 --> 00:28:18.539
 ourselves

00:28:18.539 --> 00:28:19.359
 being the kind

00:28:19.359 --> 00:28:19.739
 of people

00:28:19.739 --> 00:28:20.219
 that we never

00:28:20.219 --> 00:28:21.039
 thought we would be

00:28:21.039 --> 00:28:22.979
 friends we find

00:28:22.979 --> 00:28:23.579
 ourselves putting

00:28:23.579 --> 00:28:24.819
 profits and possessions

00:28:24.819 --> 00:28:27.119
 personal gain

00:28:27.119 --> 00:28:28.159
 ahead of people

00:28:28.159 --> 00:28:30.319
 so how do we change

00:28:30.319 --> 00:28:31.539
 how does Jesus

00:28:31.539 --> 00:28:32.879
 make us generous

00:28:32.879 --> 00:28:35.239
 friends the good news

00:28:35.239 --> 00:28:35.779
 of the gospel

00:28:35.779 --> 00:28:36.859
 is that in the gospel

00:28:36.859 --> 00:28:37.679
 we discover

00:28:37.679 --> 00:28:39.059
 that abundant life

00:28:39.059 --> 00:28:40.439
 fruitful life

00:28:40.439 --> 00:28:41.719
 meaningful life

00:28:41.719 --> 00:28:42.479
 the life that we

00:28:42.479 --> 00:28:43.239
 long for

00:28:43.239 --> 00:28:44.179
 is not found

00:28:44.179 --> 00:28:44.799
 in profit

00:28:44.799 --> 00:28:45.919
 it's not found

00:28:45.919 --> 00:28:46.519
 in possessions

00:28:46.519 --> 00:28:47.700
 it's not found

00:28:47.700 --> 00:28:48.659
 in personal gain

00:28:48.659 --> 00:28:49.899
 it's found

00:28:49.899 --> 00:28:51.139
 in a person

00:28:51.139 --> 00:28:52.819
 friends in the gospel

00:28:52.819 --> 00:28:53.599
 we discover

00:28:53.599 --> 00:28:54.639
 that a person's

00:28:54.639 --> 00:28:55.799
 life and identity

00:28:55.799 --> 00:28:56.819
 and self worth

00:28:56.819 --> 00:28:57.980
 are not found

00:28:57.980 --> 00:28:59.220
 in their net worth

00:28:59.220 --> 00:28:59.940
 or the abundance

00:28:59.940 --> 00:29:00.740
 of their possessions

00:29:00.740 --> 00:29:02.299
 but found

00:29:02.299 --> 00:29:03.399
 in relationship

00:29:03.399 --> 00:29:05.319
 friends in the gospel

00:29:05.319 --> 00:29:05.899
 we discover

00:29:05.899 --> 00:29:06.799
 the one person

00:29:06.799 --> 00:29:07.799
 who though he had

00:29:07.799 --> 00:29:08.680
 all the power

00:29:08.680 --> 00:29:09.960
 all the privilege

00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:11.180
 all the prestige

00:29:11.180 --> 00:29:11.919
 of the world

00:29:11.920 --> 00:29:13.100
 came to us

00:29:13.100 --> 00:29:13.700
 in poverty

00:29:13.700 --> 00:29:14.820
 allowed himself

00:29:14.820 --> 00:29:15.740
 to be sold

00:29:15.740 --> 00:29:17.080
 for 30 silver coins

00:29:17.080 --> 00:29:18.060
 allowed himself

00:29:18.060 --> 00:29:18.779
 to be sold

00:29:18.779 --> 00:29:19.840
 so that someone else

00:29:19.840 --> 00:29:21.220
 could be enriched

00:29:21.220 --> 00:29:22.360
 so that he could

00:29:22.360 --> 00:29:23.519
 not only save us

00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:24.880
 but has set us free

00:29:24.880 --> 00:29:25.759
 from the slavery

00:29:25.759 --> 00:29:27.220
 of our heart's desires

00:29:27.220 --> 00:29:28.900
 friends in Jesus

00:29:28.900 --> 00:29:29.420
 we see

00:29:29.420 --> 00:29:30.259
 that God

00:29:30.259 --> 00:29:31.580
 who is infinitely rich

00:29:31.580 --> 00:29:33.940
 became unfathomably poor

00:29:33.940 --> 00:29:35.519
 so that we can become

00:29:35.519 --> 00:29:36.600
 eternally rich

00:29:36.600 --> 00:29:37.560
 in him

00:29:37.560 --> 00:29:39.140
 friends in Jesus

00:29:39.140 --> 00:29:39.740
 we find

00:29:39.740 --> 00:29:40.560
 that the king

00:29:40.560 --> 00:29:41.280
 of all creation

00:29:41.280 --> 00:29:42.300
 became a servant

00:29:42.300 --> 00:29:44.060
 so that we

00:29:44.060 --> 00:29:44.740
 who are slaves

00:29:44.740 --> 00:29:45.620
 to our desires

00:29:45.620 --> 00:29:47.100
 can be set free

00:29:47.100 --> 00:29:48.640
 friends in the gospel

00:29:48.640 --> 00:29:50.100
 we come to face to face

00:29:50.100 --> 00:29:50.820
 with the problem

00:29:50.820 --> 00:29:51.920
 of our sin

00:29:51.920 --> 00:29:52.920
 and the problem

00:29:52.920 --> 00:29:53.500
 of our heart

00:29:53.500 --> 00:29:54.520
 but we also come

00:29:54.520 --> 00:29:55.340
 face to face

00:29:55.340 --> 00:29:56.860
 with the extravagant

00:29:56.860 --> 00:29:57.600
 generosity

00:29:57.600 --> 00:29:58.980
 and the riches

00:29:58.980 --> 00:30:00.200
 of God's grace

00:30:00.200 --> 00:30:01.480
 in Jesus

00:30:01.480 --> 00:30:02.740
 and do you know

00:30:02.740 --> 00:30:03.140
 what happens

00:30:03.140 --> 00:30:03.860
 when we encounter

00:30:03.860 --> 00:30:05.000
 Jesus and his grace

00:30:05.000 --> 00:30:06.860
 when that penny drops

00:30:06.860 --> 00:30:08.420
 when the extravagant

00:30:08.420 --> 00:30:10.140
 generosity of Christ

00:30:10.140 --> 00:30:10.720
 to us

00:30:10.720 --> 00:30:12.000
 when that penny drops

00:30:12.000 --> 00:30:12.920
 from our heads

00:30:12.920 --> 00:30:14.060
 to our hearts

00:30:14.060 --> 00:30:15.560
 it changes us

00:30:15.560 --> 00:30:16.200
 and it makes us

00:30:16.200 --> 00:30:17.039
 the kind of people

00:30:17.039 --> 00:30:18.140
 that don't need

00:30:18.140 --> 00:30:19.340
 a grasp for more

00:30:19.340 --> 00:30:20.200
 but instead

00:30:20.200 --> 00:30:21.400
 love to be generous

00:30:21.400 --> 00:30:22.180
 towards others

00:30:22.180 --> 00:30:23.600
 in fact we see this

00:30:23.600 --> 00:30:24.519
 throughout the New Testament

00:30:24.519 --> 00:30:27.779
 in the book of Ephesians

00:30:27.779 --> 00:30:29.360
 the book of Ephesians

00:30:29.360 --> 00:30:30.740
 is this incredible book

00:30:30.740 --> 00:30:32.100
 about the riches

00:30:32.100 --> 00:30:32.800
 of the gospel

00:30:32.800 --> 00:30:34.360
 and Paul writes

00:30:34.360 --> 00:30:34.720
 and he says

00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:35.759
 once we were dead

00:30:35.759 --> 00:30:36.300
 in our sins

00:30:36.300 --> 00:30:37.240
 but because of Jesus

00:30:37.240 --> 00:30:38.140
 we are alive

00:30:38.140 --> 00:30:38.720
 in Christ

00:30:38.720 --> 00:30:39.740
 once we were

00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:40.960
 slaves to our desires

00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:41.940
 but because of Jesus

00:30:41.940 --> 00:30:43.319
 we now live lives

00:30:43.319 --> 00:30:44.579
 of purity and grace

00:30:44.579 --> 00:30:45.740
 and Paul writes

00:30:45.740 --> 00:30:46.720
 about the incredible

00:30:46.720 --> 00:30:48.039
 riches of the gospel

00:30:48.039 --> 00:30:50.059
 and then in chapter 4

00:30:50.059 --> 00:30:51.460
 he shows

00:30:51.460 --> 00:30:52.519
 how the riches

00:30:52.519 --> 00:30:53.160
 of the gospel

00:30:53.160 --> 00:30:54.240
 actually change

00:30:54.240 --> 00:30:54.839
 the way that we

00:30:54.839 --> 00:30:55.720
 live our lives

00:30:55.720 --> 00:30:56.799
 and so this is

00:30:56.799 --> 00:30:57.319
 what he says

00:30:57.319 --> 00:30:57.680
 he says

00:30:57.680 --> 00:30:59.299
 because of who Jesus is

00:30:59.299 --> 00:31:00.240
 because of what you

00:31:00.240 --> 00:31:00.859
 have in him

00:31:00.859 --> 00:31:02.440
 put away falsehood

00:31:02.440 --> 00:31:03.779
 and speak truthfully

00:31:03.779 --> 00:31:04.539
 to one another

00:31:04.539 --> 00:31:06.500
 put away anger

00:31:06.500 --> 00:31:07.579
 and reconcile

00:31:07.579 --> 00:31:09.059
 with your neighbor

00:31:09.059 --> 00:31:10.819
 and then he says this

00:31:10.819 --> 00:31:12.500
 tell the thief

00:31:12.500 --> 00:31:14.220
 to no longer steal

00:31:14.220 --> 00:31:15.740
 but rather let him

00:31:15.740 --> 00:31:16.559
 work hard

00:31:16.559 --> 00:31:17.960
 doing honest work

00:31:17.960 --> 00:31:18.700
 with his hands

00:31:18.700 --> 00:31:20.559
 so that he may have

00:31:20.559 --> 00:31:21.639
 something to share

00:31:21.639 --> 00:31:23.119
 with those in need

00:31:23.119 --> 00:31:24.379
 you see that

00:31:24.379 --> 00:31:25.440
 see the gospel

00:31:25.440 --> 00:31:26.079
 doesn't just come

00:31:26.079 --> 00:31:26.359
 and say

00:31:26.359 --> 00:31:27.440
 stop stealing

00:31:27.440 --> 00:31:28.899
 work hard

00:31:28.899 --> 00:31:29.639
 you lazy bum

00:31:29.639 --> 00:31:31.039
 the gospel comes

00:31:31.039 --> 00:31:31.420
 and says

00:31:31.420 --> 00:31:32.700
 work hard

00:31:32.700 --> 00:31:33.580
 stop stealing

00:31:33.580 --> 00:31:35.259
 so that you may have

00:31:35.259 --> 00:31:36.259
 an abundance

00:31:36.259 --> 00:31:37.140
 that you may have

00:31:37.140 --> 00:31:38.300
 something to share

00:31:38.300 --> 00:31:39.140
 with those

00:31:39.140 --> 00:31:40.440
 that are in need

00:31:40.440 --> 00:31:42.400
 and isn't this what we see

00:31:42.400 --> 00:31:43.539
 with the story of Zacchaeus

00:31:43.539 --> 00:31:44.940
 remember Zacchaeus

00:31:44.940 --> 00:31:45.640
 in Luke 19

00:31:45.640 --> 00:31:47.580
 he's a Roman tax collector

00:31:47.580 --> 00:31:48.860
 which meant

00:31:48.860 --> 00:31:50.039
 that he's legally

00:31:50.039 --> 00:31:50.759
 authorized

00:31:50.759 --> 00:31:52.259
 by the Roman government

00:31:52.259 --> 00:31:54.120
 to overcharge

00:31:54.120 --> 00:31:55.200
 his own citizens

00:31:55.200 --> 00:31:55.960
 in taxes

00:31:55.960 --> 00:31:57.300
 and then he can pocket

00:31:57.300 --> 00:31:57.920
 the difference

00:31:57.920 --> 00:31:59.019
 so Rome says

00:31:59.019 --> 00:31:59.680
 listen we want to

00:31:59.680 --> 00:32:01.440
 collect a thousand

00:32:01.440 --> 00:32:02.420
 denarii this year

00:32:02.420 --> 00:32:03.440
 you can charge

00:32:03.440 --> 00:32:04.539
 150,000

00:32:04.539 --> 00:32:05.460
 and the difference

00:32:05.460 --> 00:32:06.460
 is for your pocket

00:32:06.460 --> 00:32:07.799
 and so Zacchaeus

00:32:07.799 --> 00:32:08.759
 as a tax collector

00:32:08.759 --> 00:32:10.039
 is ripping off

00:32:10.039 --> 00:32:11.320
 his own countrymen

00:32:11.320 --> 00:32:12.759
 his own nation

00:32:12.759 --> 00:32:14.360
 in order to get rich

00:32:14.360 --> 00:32:16.080
 and he's a social

00:32:16.080 --> 00:32:17.320
 outcast because of it

00:32:17.320 --> 00:32:18.279
 but he doesn't mind

00:32:18.279 --> 00:32:19.120
 because he's got rich

00:32:19.120 --> 00:32:19.820
 in the process

00:32:19.820 --> 00:32:21.019
 who cares if you don't

00:32:21.019 --> 00:32:21.440
 have friends

00:32:21.440 --> 00:32:22.279
 as long as you're rich

00:32:22.279 --> 00:32:22.620
 right

00:32:22.620 --> 00:32:23.920
 and so Zacchaeus

00:32:23.920 --> 00:32:24.860
 is a tax collector

00:32:24.860 --> 00:32:26.259
 but one day

00:32:26.259 --> 00:32:27.320
 Jesus comes to him

00:32:27.319 --> 00:32:29.039
 and Jesus

00:32:29.039 --> 00:32:30.339
 showers him

00:32:30.339 --> 00:32:31.259
 with the grace

00:32:31.259 --> 00:32:32.359
 and the mercy

00:32:32.359 --> 00:32:33.000
 of God

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:34.220
 and at the end

00:32:34.220 --> 00:32:34.960
 of their lunch

00:32:34.960 --> 00:32:36.639
 Zacchaeus is a changed man

00:32:36.639 --> 00:32:37.740
 and this is what

00:32:37.740 --> 00:32:38.500
 Zacchaeus says

00:32:38.500 --> 00:32:39.480
 he says

00:32:39.480 --> 00:32:39.879
 Jesus

00:32:39.879 --> 00:32:40.960
 I'm going to give away

00:32:40.960 --> 00:32:42.359
 half of my possessions

00:32:42.359 --> 00:32:43.179
 to the poor

00:32:43.179 --> 00:32:45.220
 and if I have stolen

00:32:45.220 --> 00:32:46.240
 from anybody

00:32:46.240 --> 00:32:47.599
 I will pay back

00:32:47.599 --> 00:32:48.939
 to them four times

00:32:48.939 --> 00:32:50.220
 what I've taken

00:32:50.220 --> 00:32:53.700
 friends

00:32:53.700 --> 00:32:54.599
 when we encounter

00:32:54.599 --> 00:32:55.779
 the grace of God

00:32:55.779 --> 00:32:56.319
 and Jesus

00:32:56.319 --> 00:32:57.480
 do you know

00:32:57.480 --> 00:32:58.079
 what happens

00:32:58.079 --> 00:32:59.799
 the grace of God

00:32:59.799 --> 00:33:01.039
 so hits our hearts

00:33:01.039 --> 00:33:02.159
 it will transform us

00:33:02.159 --> 00:33:02.719
 from being the kind

00:33:02.719 --> 00:33:03.679
 of people who think

00:33:03.679 --> 00:33:05.319
 what can I accumulate

00:33:05.319 --> 00:33:06.579
 to being the kind

00:33:06.579 --> 00:33:07.459
 of people who think

00:33:07.459 --> 00:33:08.819
 how can I give away

00:33:08.819 --> 00:33:10.939
 how can I bless others

00:33:10.939 --> 00:33:12.179
 and that's actually

00:33:12.179 --> 00:33:12.939
 what Paul says

00:33:12.939 --> 00:33:13.819
 to Timothy

00:33:13.819 --> 00:33:15.259
 straight after

00:33:15.259 --> 00:33:15.899
 in that passage

00:33:15.899 --> 00:33:16.500
 where he says

00:33:16.500 --> 00:33:17.619
 tell those that are wealthy

00:33:17.619 --> 00:33:18.659
 not to trust

00:33:18.659 --> 00:33:19.980
 the uncertainty of riches

00:33:19.980 --> 00:33:21.240
 but to trust

00:33:21.240 --> 00:33:21.859
 in the faithfulness

00:33:21.859 --> 00:33:22.279
 of God

00:33:22.279 --> 00:33:23.259
 he goes on

00:33:23.259 --> 00:33:24.000
 to say this

00:33:24.000 --> 00:33:25.440
 tell those who are

00:33:25.440 --> 00:33:26.660
 economically empowered

00:33:26.660 --> 00:33:28.500
 that they are to do good

00:33:28.500 --> 00:33:30.700
 to be rich in good deeds

00:33:30.700 --> 00:33:32.119
 and to be generous

00:33:32.119 --> 00:33:33.559
 and ready to share

00:33:33.559 --> 00:33:34.799
 with everyone

00:33:34.799 --> 00:33:36.160
 friends

00:33:36.160 --> 00:33:36.759
 imagine living

00:33:36.759 --> 00:33:37.579
 that kind of life

00:33:37.579 --> 00:33:40.019
 imagine going to work

00:33:40.019 --> 00:33:40.619
 tomorrow

00:33:40.619 --> 00:33:41.720
 and

00:33:41.720 --> 00:33:43.400
 with the attitude

00:33:43.400 --> 00:33:44.579
 of how you can share

00:33:44.579 --> 00:33:45.700
 a potential client

00:33:45.700 --> 00:33:46.259
 with somebody

00:33:46.259 --> 00:33:47.019
 who's new

00:33:47.019 --> 00:33:47.819
 or starting out

00:33:47.819 --> 00:33:48.339
 at the firm

00:33:48.339 --> 00:33:49.779
 friends

00:33:49.779 --> 00:33:51.140
 imagine going to work

00:33:51.140 --> 00:33:52.680
 and asking the question

00:33:52.680 --> 00:33:53.480
 how can I be

00:33:53.480 --> 00:33:54.799
 100% honest

00:33:54.799 --> 00:33:56.200
 about the potential dangers

00:33:56.200 --> 00:33:57.500
 of this investment

00:33:57.500 --> 00:33:59.279
 to these potential clients

00:33:59.279 --> 00:34:00.319
 friends

00:34:00.319 --> 00:34:01.500
 imagine going to work

00:34:01.500 --> 00:34:02.720
 and at promotion time

00:34:02.720 --> 00:34:04.420
 putting in a good word

00:34:04.420 --> 00:34:05.259
 with your boss

00:34:05.259 --> 00:34:06.740
 about your colleague

00:34:06.740 --> 00:34:08.079
 telling your boss

00:34:08.079 --> 00:34:08.980
 what an asset they are

00:34:08.980 --> 00:34:09.599
 to the company

00:34:09.599 --> 00:34:11.159
 knowing that they may get

00:34:11.159 --> 00:34:12.300
 promoted ahead of you

00:34:12.300 --> 00:34:13.679
 friends

00:34:13.679 --> 00:34:14.820
 imagine going to work

00:34:14.820 --> 00:34:15.820
 and asking the question

00:34:15.820 --> 00:34:16.860
 what's not just

00:34:16.860 --> 00:34:18.539
 not just what's legally right

00:34:18.539 --> 00:34:19.820
 but how can we be

00:34:19.820 --> 00:34:20.880
 absolutely honest

00:34:20.880 --> 00:34:21.320
 and fair

00:34:21.320 --> 00:34:22.480
 in all our transactions

00:34:22.480 --> 00:34:23.340
 and our dealings

00:34:23.340 --> 00:34:24.460
 friends

00:34:24.460 --> 00:34:25.460
 imagine going to work

00:34:25.460 --> 00:34:26.340
 and walking away

00:34:26.340 --> 00:34:27.119
 from a deal

00:34:27.119 --> 00:34:28.019
 that's going to make you

00:34:28.019 --> 00:34:28.860
 a ton of money

00:34:28.860 --> 00:34:30.260
 and get you a massive bonus

00:34:30.260 --> 00:34:31.360
 because you know

00:34:31.360 --> 00:34:32.180
 that downstream

00:34:32.180 --> 00:34:34.140
 somebody else in society

00:34:34.140 --> 00:34:35.400
 may suffer

00:34:35.400 --> 00:34:36.720
 even though you can

00:34:36.720 --> 00:34:37.880
 enrich yourself

00:34:37.880 --> 00:34:39.440
 our friends

00:34:39.440 --> 00:34:40.260
 the question is this

00:34:40.260 --> 00:34:41.160
 why would you do

00:34:41.160 --> 00:34:41.780
 such a thing

00:34:41.780 --> 00:34:43.260
 who would do

00:34:43.260 --> 00:34:43.880
 such a thing

00:34:43.880 --> 00:34:45.280
 and the answer

00:34:45.280 --> 00:34:46.800
 is those

00:34:46.800 --> 00:34:47.740
 that have encountered

00:34:47.740 --> 00:34:49.460
 the unfathomably

00:34:49.460 --> 00:34:50.680
 wonderful

00:34:50.680 --> 00:34:51.620
 gracious

00:34:51.620 --> 00:34:52.900
 incredible

00:34:52.900 --> 00:34:54.040
 generosity

00:34:54.040 --> 00:34:55.280
 of Christ

00:34:55.280 --> 00:34:56.440
 it's those

00:34:56.440 --> 00:34:57.180
 who have encountered

00:34:57.180 --> 00:34:57.620
 the God

00:34:57.620 --> 00:34:58.200
 who became

00:34:58.200 --> 00:34:59.100
 unfathomably

00:34:59.100 --> 00:34:59.780
 rich

00:34:59.780 --> 00:35:00.200
 poor

00:35:00.200 --> 00:35:01.380
 so that we can

00:35:01.380 --> 00:35:02.280
 become eternally

00:35:02.280 --> 00:35:03.519
 rich in him

00:35:03.519 --> 00:35:04.180
 friends

00:35:04.180 --> 00:35:04.540
 it's those

00:35:04.540 --> 00:35:04.900
 who have had

00:35:04.900 --> 00:35:05.519
 our worlds

00:35:05.519 --> 00:35:06.120
 turned around

00:35:06.120 --> 00:35:06.660
 because the

00:35:06.660 --> 00:35:07.660
 magnificent

00:35:07.660 --> 00:35:08.960
 faithfulness

00:35:08.960 --> 00:35:09.380
 and the

00:35:09.380 --> 00:35:10.920
 awesomeness of God

00:35:10.920 --> 00:35:11.500
 has not just

00:35:11.500 --> 00:35:12.200
 hid our minds

00:35:12.200 --> 00:35:13.080
 but penetrated

00:35:13.080 --> 00:35:13.660
 our hearts

00:35:13.659 --> 00:35:14.960
 and turned our lives

00:35:14.960 --> 00:35:15.339
 around

00:35:15.339 --> 00:35:16.099
 friends

00:35:16.099 --> 00:35:16.699
 it's those

00:35:16.699 --> 00:35:17.359
 who once

00:35:17.359 --> 00:35:18.199
 lived for themselves

00:35:18.199 --> 00:35:19.259
 but as a result

00:35:19.259 --> 00:35:20.480
 of his infinite beauty

00:35:20.480 --> 00:35:21.420
 have now

00:35:21.420 --> 00:35:22.759
 decided to live for him

00:35:22.759 --> 00:35:24.279
 and live for others

00:35:24.279 --> 00:35:25.679
 and so friends

00:35:25.679 --> 00:35:26.299
 I want to ask us

00:35:26.299 --> 00:35:26.799
 this question

00:35:26.799 --> 00:35:27.480
 as we close

00:35:27.480 --> 00:35:29.299
 do you know him

00:35:29.299 --> 00:35:30.579
 like that

00:35:30.579 --> 00:35:32.699
 do you know him

00:35:32.699 --> 00:35:33.279
 like that

00:35:33.279 --> 00:35:34.980
 friends

00:35:34.980 --> 00:35:35.559
 has your world

00:35:35.559 --> 00:35:36.440
 been turned around

00:35:36.440 --> 00:35:37.339
 like that

00:35:37.339 --> 00:35:38.199
 like Zacchaeus

00:35:38.199 --> 00:35:39.719
 friends

00:35:39.719 --> 00:35:40.239
 maybe you've been

00:35:40.239 --> 00:35:40.659
 a Christian

00:35:40.659 --> 00:35:41.420
 for many years

00:35:41.420 --> 00:35:41.920
 maybe you've been

00:35:41.920 --> 00:35:42.839
 part of this church

00:35:42.839 --> 00:35:43.579
 for a long time

00:35:43.579 --> 00:35:44.960
 do you know him

00:35:44.960 --> 00:35:45.460
 like that

00:35:45.460 --> 00:35:46.739
 has he turned

00:35:46.739 --> 00:35:47.239
 your world

00:35:47.239 --> 00:35:48.099
 upside down

00:35:48.099 --> 00:35:49.059
 friends

00:35:49.059 --> 00:35:49.500
 do you know

00:35:49.500 --> 00:35:49.900
 the one

00:35:49.900 --> 00:35:50.619
 who though rich

00:35:50.619 --> 00:35:51.519
 for your sake

00:35:51.519 --> 00:35:52.179
 became poor

00:35:52.179 --> 00:35:52.799
 on the cross

00:35:52.799 --> 00:35:53.880
 so that you

00:35:53.880 --> 00:35:54.579
 could become rich

00:35:54.579 --> 00:35:55.039
 and become a

00:35:55.039 --> 00:35:55.480
 different kind

00:35:55.480 --> 00:35:56.000
 of person

00:35:56.000 --> 00:35:57.039
 friends

00:35:57.039 --> 00:35:57.719
 do you know him

00:35:57.719 --> 00:35:59.440
 let's pray together

00:35:59.440 --> 00:36:02.380
 heavenly father

00:36:02.380 --> 00:36:03.920
 thank you

00:36:03.920 --> 00:36:04.380
 for

00:36:04.380 --> 00:36:06.840
 not just

00:36:06.840 --> 00:36:08.420
 god thank you

00:36:08.420 --> 00:36:08.739
 for the way

00:36:08.739 --> 00:36:09.400
 that the gospel

00:36:09.400 --> 00:36:10.000
 is not just

00:36:10.000 --> 00:36:10.659
 good advice

00:36:10.659 --> 00:36:11.920
 you don't just

00:36:11.920 --> 00:36:12.480
 come to us

00:36:12.480 --> 00:36:12.840
 and say

00:36:12.840 --> 00:36:13.599
 stop stealing

00:36:13.599 --> 00:36:14.139
 be a better

00:36:14.139 --> 00:36:14.559
 person

00:36:14.559 --> 00:36:15.119
 pull your

00:36:15.119 --> 00:36:15.599
 socks up

00:36:15.599 --> 00:36:16.000
 and sort

00:36:16.000 --> 00:36:16.360
 your life

00:36:16.360 --> 00:36:16.599
 out

00:36:16.599 --> 00:36:17.519
 you come

00:36:17.519 --> 00:36:17.800
 to us

00:36:17.800 --> 00:36:18.059
 for the

00:36:18.059 --> 00:36:18.740
 extravagant

00:36:18.740 --> 00:36:19.240
 good news

00:36:19.240 --> 00:36:20.760
 that you

00:36:20.760 --> 00:36:21.199
 Jesus

00:36:21.199 --> 00:36:22.500
 came to us

00:36:22.500 --> 00:36:22.980
 in poverty

00:36:22.980 --> 00:36:23.480
 that we

00:36:23.480 --> 00:36:23.860
 might be

00:36:23.860 --> 00:36:24.280
 enriched

00:36:24.280 --> 00:36:24.659
 at your

00:36:24.659 --> 00:36:25.159
 expense

00:36:25.159 --> 00:36:26.280
 Jesus

00:36:26.280 --> 00:36:26.719
 thank you

00:36:26.719 --> 00:36:27.000
 that you

00:36:27.000 --> 00:36:27.500
 didn't put

00:36:27.500 --> 00:36:27.880
 your own

00:36:27.880 --> 00:36:28.820
 personal gain

00:36:28.820 --> 00:36:29.840
 before us

00:36:29.840 --> 00:36:30.199
 but you

00:36:30.199 --> 00:36:30.780
 put us

00:36:30.780 --> 00:36:32.019
 before your

00:36:32.019 --> 00:36:32.740
 personal gain

00:36:32.740 --> 00:36:34.659
 Jesus

00:36:34.659 --> 00:36:35.000
 won't you

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 come and

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 change our

00:36:35.900 --> 00:36:36.219
 hearts

00:36:36.219 --> 00:36:36.639
 won't you

00:36:36.639 --> 00:36:36.920
 come and

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 write the

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 gospel

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 not just

00:36:38.320 --> 00:36:38.579
 in our

00:36:38.579 --> 00:36:38.860
 heads

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 but in our

00:36:39.340 --> 00:36:39.659
 hearts

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 Jesus

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 won't you

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 come and

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 transform us

00:36:42.099 --> 00:36:42.579
 I pray

00:36:42.579 --> 00:36:43.699
 Christ

00:36:43.699 --> 00:36:44.039
 come and

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 make us

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 a different

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 kind of

00:36:45.139 --> 00:36:45.519
 people

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 make us

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 the kind

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 of people

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 Lord

00:36:47.379 --> 00:36:47.980
 that walk

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 to a

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 different

00:36:49.319 --> 00:36:49.839
 drumbeat

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 that have

00:36:50.940 --> 00:36:51.359
 a different

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 ethos

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 and motive

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 in life

00:36:53.359 --> 00:36:54.159
 those who

00:36:54.159 --> 00:36:54.659
 live for a

00:36:54.659 --> 00:36:55.219
 different cause

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 because we've

00:36:55.779 --> 00:36:56.319
 encountered

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 the magnificent

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 and sovereign

00:36:58.319 --> 00:36:58.779
 God

00:36:58.779 --> 00:36:59.779
 oh God

00:36:59.779 --> 00:37:00.119
 come and

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 do that

00:37:00.420 --> 00:37:00.619
 in our

00:37:00.619 --> 00:37:00.940
 hearts

00:37:00.940 --> 00:37:01.519
 we pray

00:37:01.519 --> 00:37:03.139
 amen

00:37:03.139 --> 00:37:03.799
 down

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 to

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 time