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 The scripture for today comes from Matthew chapter 25.

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 Starting in verse 1, we read,

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 Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins, who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom.

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 Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.

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 For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them.

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 But the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps.

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 As the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and slept.

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 But at midnight there was a cry.

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 Here is the bridegroom, come out to meet him.

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 Then all those virgins rose and trimmed their lamps.

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 And the foolish said to the wise,

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 Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.

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 But the wise answered, saying,

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 Since there will not be enough for us and for you, go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves.

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 And while they were going to buy, the bridegroom came.

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 And those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut.

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 Afterward, the other virgins came also, saying,

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 Lord, Lord, open to us.

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 But he answered,

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 Truly I say to you, I do not know you.

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 Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.

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 For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property.

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 To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability.

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 Then he went away.

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 He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them.

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 And he made five talents more.

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 So also, he who had two talents made two talents more.

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 But he who had received the one talent went and dug in the ground and hid his master's money.

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 Now after a long time, the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them.

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 And he who had received the five talents came forward, bringing five talents more, saying,

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 Master, you delivered to me five talents.

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 Here, I have five talents more.

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 His master said to him,

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 Well done, good and faithful servant.

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 You have been faithful over a little.

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 I will set you over much.

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 Enter into the joy of your master.

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 And he who had two talents came forward, saying,

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 Master, you delivered me two talents.

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 Here, I have two talents more.

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 His master said to him,

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 Well done, good and faithful servant.

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 You have been faithful over a little.

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 I will set you over much.

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 Enter into the joy of your master.

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 He also who had received the one talent came forward, saying,

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 Master, I know you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow and gather where you scattered no seed.

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 So I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground.

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 Here, you have what is yours.

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 But his master answered him,

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 You wicked and slothful servant.

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 You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I scatter no seed.

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 Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers.

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 And at my coming, I should have received what was my own with interest.

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 So take the talent from him and give it to him who has the ten talents.

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 For to everyone who has will more be given.

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 And he will have an abundance.

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 But from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.

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 And cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness.

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 In that place, there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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 When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him,

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 then he will sit on his glorious throne.

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 Before him will be gathered all the nations.

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 And he will separate people from one another,

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 as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

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 And he will place the sheep on his right, but the goats on the left.

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 Then the kingdom will say to those on his right,

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 Come, you are blessed by my Father.

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 Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

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 For I was hungry, and you gave me food.

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 I was thirsty, and you gave me drink.

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 I was a stranger, and you welcomed me.

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 I was naked, and you clothed me.

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 I was sick, and you visited me.

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 I was in prison, and you came to me.

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 Then the righteous will answer him, saying,

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 Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you,

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 or thirsty and gave you drink?

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 And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you,

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 or naked and clothe you?

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 And when did we see you sick, or in prison and visit you?

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 And the king will answer them,

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 Truly I say to you,

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 As you did it to one of the least of these, my brothers,

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 You did it to me.

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 Then he will say to those on his left,

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 Depart from me, you cursed into the eternal fire,

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 Prepared for the devil and his angels.

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 Where I was hungry, and you gave me no food.

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 I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink.

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 I was a stranger, and you did not welcome me.

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 Naked, and you did not cloth me.

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 Sick and in prison, and you did not visit me.

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 Then they also will answer, saying,

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 Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty,

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 or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison,

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 and did not minister to you?

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 Then he will answer them, saying,

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 Truly I say to you,

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 As you did not do it to one of the least of these,

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 you did not do it to me.

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 And these will go away into internal punishment,

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 but the righteous into eternal life.

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 This is the word of God.

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 Great. Thanks so much, Annabelle, Risa.

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 That was great reading.

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 Good to have the alternation.

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 And yeah, we are racing through the book of Matthew,

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 chapter 25.

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 And today,

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 why don't we pray together,

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 as we listen to God's word.

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 Father, thank you for these words.

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 Thank you that we have the words of Jesus.

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 We pray that we would listen

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 to our King, our Savior, our Master.

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 Please speak to each one of us.

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 Would we hear what you want us to hear?

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 Whatever that may be.

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 Thank you that you are the living and speaking God.

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 So encourage us today,

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 in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Well, it's great not to have masks.

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 Although, looking back,

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 if there was one restriction

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 that you have to keep,

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 which one would it be?

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 I don't know.

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 And actually,

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 the one that I'm most grateful for

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 is quarantine gone, right?

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 Life is so different now.

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 I don't know how many of you

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 have been flying.

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 So many people,

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 they're now on business trips

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 and on holiday.

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 And so, of course,

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 you're flying

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 and you get the safety features, right?

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 The sewer that's showing

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 where's the exits

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 and here's the live vest.

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 How many of you listen to that?

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 I think no one, right?

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 Well, the reason is very simple.

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 We don't think it will happen, right?

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 And there's no way we're going to crash.

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 So why would I listen?

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 What if you really knew

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 the plane would crash?

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 I think you would listen, right?

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 Everyone would get a mobile phone

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 and video it

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 and kind of save it for later.

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 Now, if you really know

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 something's going to happen,

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 you would be ready.

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 We just don't think it will be.

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 And I think that's why

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 we want to listen

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 to what Jesus has been saying, right?

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 Something big is going to happen.

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 We heard that last week.

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 If you were here,

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 Jesus is going to return.

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 It's going to be

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 the end of the world,

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 the end of history.

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 Big change, right?

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 The new creation,

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 the final judgment,

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 as we heard.

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 And Jesus says,

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 we need to be ready.

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 And if you were there last week,

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 yeah,

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 that was challenging.

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 We want to be ready.

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 We want to hear,

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 right?

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 The disciples,

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 they were interested.

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 Okay, hey, Jesus,

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 when are you going to come back?

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 And what will be the sign?

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 And Jesus starts saying,

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 okay,

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 you need to be ready.

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 And today is basically

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 part two of that speech.

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 And so I hope we want to listen,

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 especially because I think it's,

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 I've been challenged

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 that it's not quite what I expected.

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 But right,

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 Jesus wants us to be ready

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 for his return.

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 I mean,

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 if you read the whole New Testament,

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 I think one out of every 10 verses

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 is about Jesus' return.

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 It's just a big topic.

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 Let's listen to what Jesus has to say.

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 And we have these three parables.

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 Obviously,

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 the last one isn't a parable.

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 Three stories.

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 And they help us,

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 well,

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 how to be ready.

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 So first,

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 yeah,

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 the virgins.

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 Now,

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 what is the story here,

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 right,

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 with the virgins?

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 Well,

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 then the kingdom,

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 verse one,

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 of heaven will be like 10 virgins

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 who took their lamps

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 and went to meet the bridegroom.

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 I don't know.

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 It's,

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 I guess these virgins

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 are like bridesmaids.

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 What happened back then?

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 Yeah,

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 that was the big feast,

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 but the bridegroom,

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 I think he would go

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 and get his bride

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 and then come back

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 and there would be

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 this big procession

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 into the feast

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 and these bridesmaids

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 would have lamps

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 to kind of light the way.

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 And so they,

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 they,

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 they,

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 they were kind of waiting

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 for the bridegroom to come

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 so that they could kind of,

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 you know,

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 then have their lamps

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 and go in with him

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 to the feast

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 and be part of the procession.

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 I like bridesmaids.

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 That's what you should think.

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 The only thing is,

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 well,

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 of course,

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 they were wise and foolish

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 and some of them brought

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 this extra oil.

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 But they,

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 they trimmed their lamps,

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 right,

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 they were waiting

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 but the,

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 verse five,

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 as the bridegroom

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 was delayed,

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 they all became drowsy

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 and slept,

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 right?

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 They put their lamps

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 on the lowest setting,

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 just waiting outside

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 for the bridegroom.

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 And then suddenly,

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 well,

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 here at midnight

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 is the bridegroom,

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 right?

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 Here is the big moment.

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 And so they,

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 they all get up

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 and they,

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 they put their lamps

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 to the highest setting,

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 right?

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 Now,

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 here's the procession.

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 We're going to go in.

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 And the only thing is,

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 well,

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 you need extra oil then,

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 all right?

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 Because the lamps

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 have been burning all night.

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 And so the wise ones,

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 they have oil.

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 But the foolish ones,

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 we don't have oil.

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 And,

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 well,

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 what do we do?

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 Well,

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 go and buy some.

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 So five of the bridesmaids,

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 they go off to buy oil.

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 And while they're away,

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 the bridegroom comes.

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 The wise ones go in with him

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 and the door is shut.

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 That's kind of the story here,

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 right?

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 I guess we can follow it.

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 Here's the bridesmaids.

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 And some of them,

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 well,

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 we think it's about being ready,

00:10:34.660 --> 00:10:34.860
 right?

00:10:37.060 --> 00:10:37.820
 Although he actually,

00:10:38.480 --> 00:10:39.360
 when you read the story,

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 it was very surprising,

00:10:41.180 --> 00:10:41.360
 right?

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 I mean,

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 you expect this,

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 this comes after what Jesus

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 has been saying about his return.

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 And of course,

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 he is the bridegroom,

00:10:48.720 --> 00:10:48.900
 right?

00:10:48.940 --> 00:10:49.760
 He is the bridegroom

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 who comes back after a long delay

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 and we want to be ready,

00:10:54.680 --> 00:10:54.880
 right?

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 But,

00:10:57.120 --> 00:10:57.480
 you know,

00:10:57.480 --> 00:10:58.360
 he talked last week,

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 hey,

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 I'm coming like a thief in the night.

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 I'm going to come suddenly.

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 So you'd expect be awake.

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 And isn't that what this parable is about?

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 Well,

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 here are the 10 virgins

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 and,

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 you know,

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 five of them stayed awake

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 and five of them were asleep.

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 Well,

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 that's not the story.

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 How many of them were awake?

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 None of them.

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 They all fell asleep.

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 What made the difference?

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 How do you say it?

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 Right?

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 They had oil.

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 You had added oil.

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 That's the thing,

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 right?

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 Five of them were prepared

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 and five of them were not prepared.

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 It's not about how,

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 were they ready?

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 It's not about what were they doing

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 when the bridegroom came.

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 It is,

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 were they prepared?

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 And when do you prepare?

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 Well,

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 you do that beforehand.

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 You do that now,

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 right?

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 The difference between the wise

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 and the foolish,

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 actually,

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 there was a long time

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 before the bridegroom came

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 that they were ready.

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 And actually,

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 that is really surprising to me,

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 right?

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 It's not what you expect.

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 We always talk about,

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 okay,

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 Jesus is going to come back.

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 You need to be ready then.

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 This story actually says,

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 well,

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 you need to be ready now.

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 You need to be prepared now.

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 And actually,

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 it's exactly the same

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 with the other two stories,

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 isn't it?

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 Because here's the master

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 and he,

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 and the servants,

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 and then he calls them to account.

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 Does it talk about

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 what the,

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 what the servants were doing

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 when the master came?

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 No.

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 I mean,

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 that was last week.

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 There was a parable about that,

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 yeah.

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 But here,

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 it is about

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 what have they been doing

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 while he was away?

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 And likewise,

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 yeah,

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 the final judgment,

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 it's not what people were doing

00:12:44.279 --> 00:12:45.279
 when the son of man came.

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 It's what were they doing

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 while he was away?

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 And so that is,

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 I think,

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 the biggest surprise here,

00:12:51.279 --> 00:12:51.480
 right?

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 It is prepare for Jesus' return.

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 Being ready is about now.

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 And I think that,

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 yeah,

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 it's,

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 yes,

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 there is an element

00:13:01.420 --> 00:13:02.540
 what we looked at last week,

00:13:02.580 --> 00:13:02.740
 right?

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 Make sure you're not

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 kind of away from Jesus.

00:13:05.779 --> 00:13:06.100
 You're not,

00:13:06.580 --> 00:13:06.840
 you know,

00:13:06.920 --> 00:13:08.420
 completely away from Jesus

00:13:08.420 --> 00:13:09.379
 when he comes

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 because that'll be a shock.

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 But actually,

00:13:12.720 --> 00:13:13.259
 getting ready

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 is part,

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 it's a lot of it

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 is about now.

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 What do we do now?

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 How we live now,

00:13:18.240 --> 00:13:18.779
 at work,

00:13:18.840 --> 00:13:19.300
 at church,

00:13:19.360 --> 00:13:19.860
 in our family,

00:13:20.180 --> 00:13:20.840
 now?

00:13:20.960 --> 00:13:22.120
 That is how Jesus says

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 we're going to be ready.

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 It's about what we're doing

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 while he is away.

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 And I think that's really,

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 in a way,

00:13:28.279 --> 00:13:28.759
 encouraging,

00:13:28.879 --> 00:13:29.040
 right?

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 I don't know,

00:13:31.139 --> 00:13:32.819
 some places in Asia,

00:13:33.340 --> 00:13:34.139
 especially like Korea,

00:13:34.279 --> 00:13:34.740
 they have this,

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 at the end of high school,

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 there's this really big exam,

00:13:37.539 --> 00:13:37.699
 right?

00:13:38.159 --> 00:13:40.399
 Everything hangs on this one exam

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 at the end of high school.

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 Which university do you go to?

00:13:44.299 --> 00:13:45.840
 Which career can you have?

00:13:45.879 --> 00:13:47.080
 It's all about this one exam.

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 And your whole time in school,

00:13:48.799 --> 00:13:49.340
 it doesn't matter,

00:13:49.399 --> 00:13:49.539
 right?

00:13:49.559 --> 00:13:50.240
 It doesn't really matter

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 what tests you did

00:13:51.120 --> 00:13:52.000
 or exams,

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 it doesn't matter.

00:13:52.840 --> 00:13:54.439
 It's just about this one final exam.

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 And in a way that,

00:13:57.260 --> 00:13:57.420
 you know,

00:13:57.500 --> 00:13:59.260
 your life is not very important,

00:13:59.400 --> 00:14:00.560
 it's just about this one exam.

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 What if,

00:14:02.780 --> 00:14:04.100
 the day before the exam,

00:14:04.200 --> 00:14:05.620
 your boyfriend breaks up with you

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 and you're completely distraught

00:14:07.320 --> 00:14:07.860
 and, you know,

00:14:07.940 --> 00:14:09.420
 this one exam goes wrong.

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 So much pressure on this one thing.

00:14:13.080 --> 00:14:13.440
 Well,

00:14:13.620 --> 00:14:14.600
 it's wonderful to hear

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 it's not like that with Jesus.

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 It's not about,

00:14:18.000 --> 00:14:18.120
 okay,

00:14:18.200 --> 00:14:19.700
 there's this one unknown day

00:14:19.700 --> 00:14:20.380
 in the future

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 and that's when you need to be ready.

00:14:22.760 --> 00:14:23.980
 That is the only thing that matters.

00:14:25.140 --> 00:14:26.540
 And that puts so much pressure

00:14:26.540 --> 00:14:28.160
 and that's why Christians want to know,

00:14:28.260 --> 00:14:29.200
 when is it going to happen?

00:14:29.260 --> 00:14:31.260
 Because so much pressure on this one day.

00:14:32.460 --> 00:14:32.760
 Actually,

00:14:32.840 --> 00:14:33.560
 Jesus says,

00:14:34.120 --> 00:14:34.320
 no,

00:14:34.420 --> 00:14:35.320
 it's about preparing.

00:14:35.520 --> 00:14:37.380
 It's about being ready now.

00:14:37.620 --> 00:14:38.460
 And it's encouraging,

00:14:38.580 --> 00:14:38.680
 right?

00:14:38.720 --> 00:14:40.240
 Your life now matters.

00:14:41.200 --> 00:14:43.500
 Your family now matters.

00:14:43.620 --> 00:14:44.860
 Your work now matters.

00:14:45.400 --> 00:14:46.680
 Church now matters.

00:14:47.840 --> 00:14:48.060
 Right?

00:14:48.120 --> 00:14:49.300
 That is what Jesus wants.

00:14:49.540 --> 00:14:49.820
 Actually,

00:14:49.820 --> 00:14:51.320
 we want to prepare for Jesus' return.

00:14:51.420 --> 00:14:52.080
 We want to be ready.

00:14:52.900 --> 00:14:53.180
 Well,

00:14:53.179 --> 00:14:54.739
 we do that now.

00:14:55.679 --> 00:14:56.959
 And that's where we're going to go.

00:14:57.439 --> 00:14:57.879
 Of course,

00:14:57.959 --> 00:14:58.159
 then,

00:14:58.259 --> 00:14:58.399
 okay,

00:14:58.459 --> 00:14:59.879
 what does it look like to prepare?

00:15:00.000 --> 00:15:01.159
 What does it look like to be ready?

00:15:02.120 --> 00:15:03.719
 We'll look at the foolish virgins later.

00:15:04.599 --> 00:15:04.839
 Well,

00:15:05.279 --> 00:15:06.079
 second story,

00:15:06.219 --> 00:15:06.379
 well,

00:15:06.479 --> 00:15:08.559
 it's about this story about the talents.

00:15:09.519 --> 00:15:09.879
 In a way,

00:15:09.979 --> 00:15:11.419
 the story is quite straightforward,

00:15:11.599 --> 00:15:11.739
 right?

00:15:11.779 --> 00:15:12.419
 There's a master.

00:15:13.179 --> 00:15:14.059
 Verse 14,

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 it will be like a man going on a journey

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 who called his servants

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 and entrusted to them his property.

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 To one,

00:15:21.060 --> 00:15:22.100
 he gave five talents,

00:15:22.200 --> 00:15:22.920
 to another two,

00:15:23.040 --> 00:15:23.800
 to another one,

00:15:24.360 --> 00:15:25.980
 to each according to his ability.

00:15:26.500 --> 00:15:27.800
 And then he went away.

00:15:28.800 --> 00:15:29.220
 And he,

00:15:29.379 --> 00:15:31.100
 this man goes away on a long journey

00:15:31.100 --> 00:15:32.980
 and he gives his property,

00:15:33.480 --> 00:15:34.879
 his money to his servants.

00:15:35.120 --> 00:15:37.540
 And they are supposed to go and invest it.

00:15:37.600 --> 00:15:38.259
 And that's what they do,

00:15:38.320 --> 00:15:38.460
 right?

00:15:38.519 --> 00:15:39.000
 Two of them,

00:15:39.060 --> 00:15:42.620
 they go and put their money to work.

00:15:42.960 --> 00:15:43.700
 They trade,

00:15:43.860 --> 00:15:44.820
 they make five more,

00:15:44.899 --> 00:15:45.779
 they make two more,

00:15:46.480 --> 00:15:47.679
 but one hides in the ground.

00:15:48.240 --> 00:15:48.980
 And then again,

00:15:49.639 --> 00:15:51.100
 after a long time,

00:15:51.480 --> 00:15:52.240
 he came back

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 and then he calls his servants to account.

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 What have you been doing

00:15:55.879 --> 00:15:56.799
 while I was away?

00:15:58.440 --> 00:15:59.480
 And the point is pretty simple,

00:15:59.560 --> 00:15:59.720
 right?

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 In a way,

00:16:00.240 --> 00:16:01.179
 use your talents.

00:16:01.399 --> 00:16:02.320
 That's what it says.

00:16:03.159 --> 00:16:04.120
 The only thing is,

00:16:04.519 --> 00:16:05.320
 you know,

00:16:05.399 --> 00:16:05.519
 yeah,

00:16:05.580 --> 00:16:06.139
 use your talents.

00:16:06.240 --> 00:16:06.840
 Don't bury them.

00:16:07.060 --> 00:16:08.240
 But what are these talents,

00:16:08.560 --> 00:16:08.740
 right?

00:16:09.159 --> 00:16:09.440
 Now,

00:16:09.519 --> 00:16:10.539
 I guess most of us,

00:16:10.680 --> 00:16:11.779
 we hear talents

00:16:11.779 --> 00:16:13.319
 and you think like,

00:16:13.399 --> 00:16:14.419
 Britain's got talents,

00:16:14.500 --> 00:16:14.679
 right?

00:16:16.279 --> 00:16:17.079
 And you,

00:16:17.079 --> 00:16:17.220
 you,

00:16:17.480 --> 00:16:19.620
 we use in English the word talent

00:16:19.620 --> 00:16:21.799
 for kind of artistic skills,

00:16:21.899 --> 00:16:22.120
 right?

00:16:22.759 --> 00:16:23.620
 Like piano

00:16:23.620 --> 00:16:24.480
 and violin

00:16:24.480 --> 00:16:25.319
 and ballet.

00:16:25.519 --> 00:16:25.919
 That is,

00:16:26.679 --> 00:16:27.039
 you know,

00:16:27.079 --> 00:16:28.299
 and you hear this parable

00:16:28.299 --> 00:16:28.620
 and,

00:16:28.819 --> 00:16:28.919
 you know,

00:16:28.959 --> 00:16:30.000
 if you can play the piano,

00:16:30.339 --> 00:16:31.220
 you need to use it.

00:16:31.319 --> 00:16:31.500
 You know,

00:16:31.600 --> 00:16:33.000
 go for the grade eight exam

00:16:33.000 --> 00:16:33.299
 and,

00:16:33.399 --> 00:16:34.379
 and those kind of things,

00:16:34.419 --> 00:16:34.559
 right?

00:16:34.600 --> 00:16:35.059
 This is the,

00:16:35.059 --> 00:16:36.240
 the Tiger Mom parable,

00:16:36.500 --> 00:16:37.539
 right?

00:16:37.620 --> 00:16:38.159
 Make it,

00:16:38.299 --> 00:16:39.279
 use your talents.

00:16:40.679 --> 00:16:41.339
 But of course,

00:16:41.340 --> 00:16:42.120
 that's modern English.

00:16:42.259 --> 00:16:42.940
 This was Greek

00:16:42.940 --> 00:16:43.980
 2000 years ago.

00:16:44.560 --> 00:16:45.980
 What does the word talent mean?

00:16:46.040 --> 00:16:47.740
 It doesn't mean skill.

00:16:48.860 --> 00:16:50.399
 A talent is a unit of weight.

00:16:50.540 --> 00:16:51.700
 It's about 30 kilos

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 and usually 30 kilos

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 of,

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 of silver.

00:16:56.700 --> 00:16:57.420
 So it's basically

00:16:57.420 --> 00:16:58.440
 a money unit.

00:16:59.120 --> 00:17:00.879
 So he's just giving money.

00:17:01.100 --> 00:17:01.840
 That's the story,

00:17:01.899 --> 00:17:02.060
 right?

00:17:02.100 --> 00:17:02.720
 It is the servant,

00:17:02.860 --> 00:17:03.740
 the master gives

00:17:03.740 --> 00:17:05.579
 his money to the servants,

00:17:05.700 --> 00:17:07.079
 go and invest it,

00:17:07.140 --> 00:17:07.920
 go trade with it.

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 It's money.

00:17:08.559 --> 00:17:10.519
 All right?

00:17:10.599 --> 00:17:12.039
 So what is it?

00:17:12.500 --> 00:17:12.759
 Well,

00:17:12.799 --> 00:17:13.579
 we don't really know.

00:17:14.659 --> 00:17:15.579
 He doesn't say.

00:17:16.019 --> 00:17:16.379
 I mean,

00:17:16.480 --> 00:17:17.079
 he says,

00:17:17.240 --> 00:17:17.500
 uh,

00:17:17.500 --> 00:17:19.159
 when we all know,

00:17:19.240 --> 00:17:20.099
 we just know it's different,

00:17:20.179 --> 00:17:20.319
 right?

00:17:20.339 --> 00:17:21.220
 One has five,

00:17:21.339 --> 00:17:22.200
 one has two,

00:17:22.339 --> 00:17:23.079
 one has one.

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 So in Luke,

00:17:24.839 --> 00:17:25.740
 there is the story

00:17:25.740 --> 00:17:26.740
 of the 10 minas.

00:17:27.039 --> 00:17:28.319
 That's where each servant

00:17:28.319 --> 00:17:29.359
 gets exactly the same.

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 I think that that's the gospel,

00:17:31.519 --> 00:17:31.639
 right?

00:17:31.659 --> 00:17:32.839
 We all have the same gospel

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 and we're supposed to use it.

00:17:34.440 --> 00:17:35.000
 This is,

00:17:35.139 --> 00:17:35.339
 I think,

00:17:35.359 --> 00:17:36.220
 something that's different

00:17:36.220 --> 00:17:36.759
 between us.

00:17:36.759 --> 00:17:36.940
 So,

00:17:37.539 --> 00:17:37.740
 you know,

00:17:37.779 --> 00:17:38.720
 it doesn't say what it is.

00:17:38.759 --> 00:17:39.500
 I think it's just,

00:17:39.839 --> 00:17:40.099
 you know,

00:17:40.140 --> 00:17:41.379
 use what you have,

00:17:42.079 --> 00:17:42.299
 you know,

00:17:42.339 --> 00:17:44.220
 use what you have.

00:17:44.299 --> 00:17:45.079
 Maybe you,

00:17:45.279 --> 00:17:45.660
 uh,

00:17:45.660 --> 00:17:47.299
 use your money for Jesus.

00:17:47.759 --> 00:17:49.119
 Use your time for Jesus.

00:17:49.319 --> 00:17:50.500
 Use your gifts.

00:17:50.720 --> 00:17:50.879
 Yeah,

00:17:50.940 --> 00:17:51.359
 of course,

00:17:51.359 --> 00:17:52.519
 if you can use your piano

00:17:52.519 --> 00:17:53.059
 for Jesus,

00:17:53.259 --> 00:17:53.700
 do it.

00:17:53.799 --> 00:17:54.619
 Great music team.

00:17:55.039 --> 00:17:55.160
 But,

00:17:55.240 --> 00:17:55.420
 you know,

00:17:55.500 --> 00:17:55.819
 uh,

00:17:55.819 --> 00:17:57.000
 use your opportunities

00:17:57.000 --> 00:17:57.660
 for Jesus,

00:17:57.799 --> 00:17:57.980
 right?

00:17:58.539 --> 00:17:59.480
 Use what you have

00:17:59.480 --> 00:18:00.000
 for Jesus.

00:18:00.099 --> 00:18:00.759
 I think that's

00:18:00.759 --> 00:18:01.720
 what it says,

00:18:01.759 --> 00:18:01.940
 right?

00:18:02.339 --> 00:18:03.240
 The master wants

00:18:03.240 --> 00:18:03.879
 the servants

00:18:03.879 --> 00:18:05.559
 to use his property

00:18:05.559 --> 00:18:06.059
 for him.

00:18:06.759 --> 00:18:08.480
 use,

00:18:08.619 --> 00:18:08.819
 yeah,

00:18:08.900 --> 00:18:09.259
 use it.

00:18:09.799 --> 00:18:10.799
 Use what you have.

00:18:11.960 --> 00:18:13.079
 And then what do we learn

00:18:13.079 --> 00:18:13.920
 from this parable?

00:18:15.019 --> 00:18:15.299
 I mean,

00:18:15.339 --> 00:18:16.339
 one thing that I hope

00:18:16.339 --> 00:18:16.980
 strikes you

00:18:16.980 --> 00:18:17.700
 is that the master

00:18:17.700 --> 00:18:18.779
 is really generous.

00:18:19.640 --> 00:18:19.879
 I mean,

00:18:19.940 --> 00:18:21.420
 30 kilos of silver,

00:18:22.259 --> 00:18:22.920
 that's a lot,

00:18:23.099 --> 00:18:23.299
 right?

00:18:23.299 --> 00:18:25.879
 your ESV footnote

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 tells you

00:18:26.599 --> 00:18:28.799
 is a monetary unit

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 worth about 20 years

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 wages for a laborer.

00:18:32.960 --> 00:18:33.220
 Okay?

00:18:33.339 --> 00:18:33.519
 So,

00:18:33.619 --> 00:18:34.519
 one of those things

00:18:34.519 --> 00:18:35.119
 is worth

00:18:35.119 --> 00:18:36.299
 two and a half million

00:18:36.299 --> 00:18:36.940
 Hong Kong dollars.

00:18:38.019 --> 00:18:38.440
 So,

00:18:38.519 --> 00:18:39.079
 this master,

00:18:39.200 --> 00:18:39.480
 he gives

00:18:39.480 --> 00:18:40.359
 12 million

00:18:40.359 --> 00:18:41.099
 to this guy

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 and five million

00:18:42.240 --> 00:18:42.859
 to this guy

00:18:42.859 --> 00:18:43.480
 and two and a half

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 million to this guy.

00:18:44.839 --> 00:18:45.639
 Go and invest it.

00:18:45.779 --> 00:18:46.839
 If you work in finance,

00:18:46.919 --> 00:18:47.480
 I don't know how much

00:18:47.480 --> 00:18:48.500
 you get to invest

00:18:48.500 --> 00:18:50.000
 from people,

00:18:50.000 --> 00:18:51.339
 but it's a lot of money,

00:18:51.460 --> 00:18:51.619
 right?

00:18:53.039 --> 00:18:53.920
 But then when

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 he comes back

00:18:54.900 --> 00:18:55.920
 and,

00:18:56.059 --> 00:18:56.660
 you know,

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 here's the servant

00:18:57.680 --> 00:18:57.980
 and,

00:18:58.220 --> 00:18:58.359
 hey,

00:18:58.480 --> 00:18:59.960
 your five talents

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 have made five more.

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 What does he say?

00:19:04.240 --> 00:19:04.519
 Well,

00:19:04.720 --> 00:19:06.259
 such a great response,

00:19:06.359 --> 00:19:06.519
 right?

00:19:06.599 --> 00:19:07.299
 Well done.

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 Good and faithful servant,

00:19:09.680 --> 00:19:10.200
 verse 21.

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 You have been faithful

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 over a little,

00:19:12.579 --> 00:19:13.339
 just 12 million,

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 a little.

00:19:14.220 --> 00:19:15.859
 I will set you over much.

00:19:16.700 --> 00:19:17.640
 Enter into the joy

00:19:17.640 --> 00:19:18.380
 of your master,

00:19:18.460 --> 00:19:18.619
 right?

00:19:18.680 --> 00:19:19.519
 I'm going to give you

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 a much greater responsibility

00:19:21.299 --> 00:19:23.779
 and enter into the joy

00:19:23.779 --> 00:19:24.379
 of your master.

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 Come celebrate with me.

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 Come to my party

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 and be with me,

00:19:29.220 --> 00:19:29.539
 right?

00:19:29.799 --> 00:19:30.759
 A great reward.

00:19:31.980 --> 00:19:33.039
 He's so generous

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 and he's so fair,

00:19:36.039 --> 00:19:36.220
 right?

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 Because here's one guy

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 and he's made five talents.

00:19:40.500 --> 00:19:40.660
 Well,

00:19:40.680 --> 00:19:41.299
 there's the other guy

00:19:41.299 --> 00:19:42.220
 with the two talents

00:19:42.220 --> 00:19:43.400
 and he's made two more.

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 And what does he get?

00:19:46.059 --> 00:19:46.379
 Well,

00:19:46.480 --> 00:19:46.960
 that's okay.

00:19:47.180 --> 00:19:47.279
 No,

00:19:47.299 --> 00:19:47.379
 no,

00:19:47.379 --> 00:19:47.500
 no,

00:19:47.660 --> 00:19:47.839
 right?

00:19:47.940 --> 00:19:48.460
 Verse 23.

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 His master said to him,

00:19:50.100 --> 00:19:50.740
 well done,

00:19:51.200 --> 00:19:52.640
 good and faithful servant.

00:19:52.819 --> 00:19:53.799
 You have been faithful

00:19:53.799 --> 00:19:54.660
 over a little.

00:19:55.160 --> 00:19:56.640
 I will set you over much.

00:19:57.220 --> 00:19:58.420
 Enter into the joy

00:19:58.420 --> 00:19:59.340
 of your master.

00:20:00.380 --> 00:20:01.819
 Exactly the same response,

00:20:01.940 --> 00:20:02.539
 word for word,

00:20:02.600 --> 00:20:02.759
 right?

00:20:03.100 --> 00:20:03.700
 It's so fair.

00:20:03.779 --> 00:20:04.340
 It doesn't matter.

00:20:04.579 --> 00:20:05.579
 One had five talents,

00:20:05.920 --> 00:20:06.960
 the other had two talents.

00:20:07.740 --> 00:20:09.059
 Exactly the same response.

00:20:09.240 --> 00:20:10.039
 It's so nice,

00:20:10.100 --> 00:20:10.259
 right?

00:20:11.039 --> 00:20:11.380
 I mean,

00:20:11.440 --> 00:20:12.100
 use what you have.

00:20:12.160 --> 00:20:12.880
 Some people just have

00:20:12.880 --> 00:20:13.539
 more than others,

00:20:13.600 --> 00:20:13.799
 right?

00:20:14.519 --> 00:20:15.539
 There are some people

00:20:15.539 --> 00:20:16.859
 who are amazingly gifted

00:20:16.859 --> 00:20:17.859
 and others are not

00:20:17.859 --> 00:20:18.539
 and you just think,

00:20:18.680 --> 00:20:18.720
 well,

00:20:18.819 --> 00:20:18.980
 they,

00:20:19.339 --> 00:20:20.920
 Jesus is so pleased with them

00:20:20.920 --> 00:20:22.399
 and Kevin is so amazing

00:20:22.399 --> 00:20:22.879
 and,

00:20:23.399 --> 00:20:23.720
 you know,

00:20:23.940 --> 00:20:24.319
 and I'm,

00:20:24.480 --> 00:20:24.700
 you know,

00:20:25.019 --> 00:20:26.279
 that's how many of us feel.

00:20:27.599 --> 00:20:27.960
 No,

00:20:28.200 --> 00:20:29.720
 it's use what you have.

00:20:30.500 --> 00:20:31.700
 Maybe you don't have very much.

00:20:31.779 --> 00:20:32.779
 Maybe you have a young baby

00:20:32.779 --> 00:20:34.379
 and the only thing you can do

00:20:34.379 --> 00:20:35.180
 is change nappies

00:20:35.180 --> 00:20:36.079
 and you don't have much time

00:20:36.079 --> 00:20:36.819
 for anything else.

00:20:37.720 --> 00:20:38.599
 Jesus knows that

00:20:38.599 --> 00:20:41.159
 and he is not expecting you

00:20:41.159 --> 00:20:41.719
 to do,

00:20:42.019 --> 00:20:42.399
 right,

00:20:42.500 --> 00:20:43.719
 a lot.

00:20:43.799 --> 00:20:44.219
 He knows.

00:20:44.319 --> 00:20:45.599
 Maybe you have a medical condition

00:20:45.599 --> 00:20:47.139
 and you can't do very much.

00:20:48.059 --> 00:20:48.199
 No,

00:20:48.279 --> 00:20:49.500
 Jesus knows what you have.

00:20:49.559 --> 00:20:50.459
 He's given it to you.

00:20:51.179 --> 00:20:52.219
 Just use what you have,

00:20:52.899 --> 00:20:53.079
 right?

00:20:53.119 --> 00:20:53.339
 In a way,

00:20:53.359 --> 00:20:53.959
 that's encouraging.

00:20:54.139 --> 00:20:54.839
 Here's a master

00:20:54.839 --> 00:20:55.639
 who is generous

00:20:55.639 --> 00:20:57.559
 and fair,

00:20:57.759 --> 00:20:58.019
 right?

00:20:58.439 --> 00:21:00.059
 And maybe the person

00:21:00.059 --> 00:21:01.039
 who gets the most reward

00:21:01.039 --> 00:21:02.159
 is someone you don't expect.

00:21:03.019 --> 00:21:04.359
 A bit like that widow

00:21:04.359 --> 00:21:05.819
 who put in the two copper coins

00:21:05.819 --> 00:21:07.179
 compared to all the rich people

00:21:07.180 --> 00:21:08.759
 because she put in everything

00:21:08.759 --> 00:21:10.680
 and they put on just a little bit,

00:21:11.600 --> 00:21:11.740
 right?

00:21:11.779 --> 00:21:12.660
 And that's so encouraging.

00:21:12.980 --> 00:21:14.039
 Use what you have

00:21:14.039 --> 00:21:15.960
 and what an awesome privilege,

00:21:16.100 --> 00:21:16.279
 right?

00:21:16.340 --> 00:21:16.600
 I mean,

00:21:17.140 --> 00:21:18.560
 I don't know what your boss is like.

00:21:18.640 --> 00:21:19.779
 So many bosses in Hong Kong

00:21:19.779 --> 00:21:20.340
 are terrible.

00:21:21.160 --> 00:21:22.700
 He is the most wonderful master.

00:21:23.640 --> 00:21:24.200
 Not Kevin,

00:21:24.299 --> 00:21:24.700
 by the way,

00:21:24.820 --> 00:21:24.980
 but

00:21:24.980 --> 00:21:29.900
 but yeah,

00:21:30.019 --> 00:21:31.039
 use what you have,

00:21:31.100 --> 00:21:31.779
 so use it

00:21:31.779 --> 00:21:33.180
 and we'll come back

00:21:33.180 --> 00:21:34.259
 to the first servant later.

00:21:34.759 --> 00:21:35.160
 But of course,

00:21:35.259 --> 00:21:36.019
 use what you have,

00:21:36.080 --> 00:21:36.240
 well,

00:21:36.380 --> 00:21:36.860
 for what?

00:21:37.180 --> 00:21:39.880
 And that is the third story.

00:21:40.240 --> 00:21:41.519
 It's not even a parable,

00:21:41.660 --> 00:21:41.820
 right?

00:21:42.720 --> 00:21:44.060
 The final judgment

00:21:44.060 --> 00:21:45.360
 because he doesn't say

00:21:45.360 --> 00:21:47.160
 then it will be like,

00:21:47.519 --> 00:21:47.900
 it's not,

00:21:48.240 --> 00:21:49.100
 this is what it's like,

00:21:49.360 --> 00:21:50.799
 this is actually what it is.

00:21:50.860 --> 00:21:51.680
 This is the future.

00:21:52.220 --> 00:21:53.519
 This is Jesus' return.

00:21:54.539 --> 00:21:55.360
 And verse 31,

00:21:56.080 --> 00:21:57.400
 when the Son of Man

00:21:57.400 --> 00:21:58.580
 comes in his glory

00:21:58.580 --> 00:22:01.019
 and all the angels with him,

00:22:01.720 --> 00:22:02.759
 then he will sit

00:22:02.759 --> 00:22:04.220
 on his glorious throne.

00:22:05.180 --> 00:22:06.580
 Before him will be gathered

00:22:06.579 --> 00:22:07.779
 all the nations

00:22:07.779 --> 00:22:09.779
 and he will separate people

00:22:09.779 --> 00:22:10.939
 one from another

00:22:10.939 --> 00:22:13.279
 as a shepherd separates

00:22:13.279 --> 00:22:14.559
 the sheep from the goats.

00:22:16.659 --> 00:22:17.699
 Imagine the scene,

00:22:17.779 --> 00:22:18.740
 the Son of Man,

00:22:19.439 --> 00:22:19.799
 Jesus,

00:22:20.039 --> 00:22:20.899
 in glory,

00:22:21.199 --> 00:22:22.419
 on a throne,

00:22:23.199 --> 00:22:24.799
 all the angels with him.

00:22:24.899 --> 00:22:26.179
 There's not a single angel

00:22:26.179 --> 00:22:27.939
 out there suing something else

00:22:27.939 --> 00:22:28.279
 because,

00:22:29.119 --> 00:22:29.259
 you know,

00:22:29.259 --> 00:22:30.240
 this is the end of the world.

00:22:30.359 --> 00:22:31.559
 The universe has stopped.

00:22:31.720 --> 00:22:32.759
 There's nothing to do.

00:22:32.759 --> 00:22:33.940
 There's only one thing

00:22:33.940 --> 00:22:34.879
 happening right now

00:22:34.879 --> 00:22:35.460
 which is,

00:22:36.339 --> 00:22:36.519
 well,

00:22:36.599 --> 00:22:37.359
 the final judgment.

00:22:38.539 --> 00:22:39.539
 Here is Jesus.

00:22:39.740 --> 00:22:41.099
 He gathers all the nations,

00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:43.119
 all the billions of people

00:22:43.119 --> 00:22:44.279
 from across the world,

00:22:44.379 --> 00:22:45.240
 from across history,

00:22:45.359 --> 00:22:45.960
 before him.

00:22:47.400 --> 00:22:48.960
 But it's not about nations.

00:22:48.960 --> 00:22:50.000
 It's about individuals,

00:22:50.119 --> 00:22:50.259
 right?

00:22:50.299 --> 00:22:51.259
 He separates people.

00:22:52.019 --> 00:22:52.579
 You go there.

00:22:52.660 --> 00:22:53.220
 You go there.

00:22:54.299 --> 00:22:55.480
 No protests.

00:22:55.839 --> 00:22:57.539
 No rebellions.

00:22:57.619 --> 00:22:58.220
 No complaints.

00:22:58.579 --> 00:22:59.279
 This is it.

00:22:59.279 --> 00:23:01.879
 This is Jesus coming back.

00:23:02.660 --> 00:23:02.879
 I mean,

00:23:02.920 --> 00:23:04.220
 I think I made too many jokes,

00:23:04.279 --> 00:23:04.379
 right?

00:23:04.440 --> 00:23:04.700
 In a way,

00:23:04.740 --> 00:23:05.799
 this is really solemn.

00:23:06.759 --> 00:23:07.700
 It's an awesome scene,

00:23:07.819 --> 00:23:09.460
 but this is what will happen.

00:23:09.559 --> 00:23:10.440
 This is the future

00:23:10.440 --> 00:23:12.099
 for all of us.

00:23:14.720 --> 00:23:16.039
 I know you want to get that right,

00:23:16.079 --> 00:23:16.279
 right?

00:23:17.539 --> 00:23:18.119
 But then,

00:23:18.460 --> 00:23:21.099
 it does seem a bit unusual

00:23:21.099 --> 00:23:22.799
 how Jesus judges here,

00:23:22.839 --> 00:23:23.039
 right?

00:23:23.759 --> 00:23:24.759
 Because you read it

00:23:24.759 --> 00:23:25.480
 and it sounds like

00:23:25.480 --> 00:23:27.559
 you need to be kind to the poor.

00:23:27.559 --> 00:23:29.700
 Because verse 34,

00:23:29.839 --> 00:23:30.919
 then the king will say

00:23:30.919 --> 00:23:31.879
 to those on his right,

00:23:32.579 --> 00:23:32.940
 come,

00:23:33.059 --> 00:23:33.859
 you who are blessed

00:23:33.859 --> 00:23:34.740
 by my father,

00:23:35.399 --> 00:23:36.399
 inherit the kingdom,

00:23:37.039 --> 00:23:37.919
 prepared for you

00:23:37.919 --> 00:23:38.799
 from the foundation

00:23:38.799 --> 00:23:39.460
 of the world.

00:23:39.839 --> 00:23:40.639
 For I was hungry

00:23:40.639 --> 00:23:41.700
 and you gave me food.

00:23:41.859 --> 00:23:42.659
 I was thirsty

00:23:42.659 --> 00:23:43.659
 and you gave me drink.

00:23:43.919 --> 00:23:44.819
 I was a stranger

00:23:44.819 --> 00:23:45.819
 and you welcomed me.

00:23:45.899 --> 00:23:46.480
 I was naked

00:23:46.480 --> 00:23:47.359
 and you clothed me.

00:23:47.440 --> 00:23:47.899
 I was sick

00:23:47.899 --> 00:23:48.720
 and you visited me.

00:23:48.799 --> 00:23:49.480
 I was in prison

00:23:49.480 --> 00:23:50.419
 and you came to me.

00:23:51.259 --> 00:23:51.500
 Right?

00:23:52.500 --> 00:23:54.099
 But we didn't see you.

00:23:54.579 --> 00:23:54.799
 Well,

00:23:55.220 --> 00:23:55.720
 when you did,

00:23:55.859 --> 00:23:56.279
 what you did

00:23:56.279 --> 00:23:57.180
 for the least of these?

00:23:57.240 --> 00:23:58.039
 It's what you did for me.

00:23:58.139 --> 00:23:59.019
 It sounds like,

00:23:59.339 --> 00:23:59.539
 yeah,

00:23:59.599 --> 00:24:00.819
 helping the poor,

00:24:01.339 --> 00:24:01.980
 which of course

00:24:01.980 --> 00:24:03.000
 we know is a good thing,

00:24:03.059 --> 00:24:04.319
 but you'd expect Jesus

00:24:04.319 --> 00:24:04.720
 to say,

00:24:04.819 --> 00:24:04.940
 okay,

00:24:05.039 --> 00:24:05.440
 you guys,

00:24:05.579 --> 00:24:06.500
 you cling to the cross

00:24:06.500 --> 00:24:07.599
 and you don't.

00:24:07.680 --> 00:24:07.920
 So,

00:24:08.139 --> 00:24:09.139
 that's the big difference,

00:24:09.180 --> 00:24:09.359
 right?

00:24:09.420 --> 00:24:10.539
 You believe in me

00:24:10.539 --> 00:24:11.180
 and you don't.

00:24:12.940 --> 00:24:13.259
 Well,

00:24:13.500 --> 00:24:15.180
 that's why we need

00:24:15.180 --> 00:24:16.059
 to think carefully

00:24:16.059 --> 00:24:16.599
 about this.

00:24:16.660 --> 00:24:16.779
 Well,

00:24:16.799 --> 00:24:17.539
 what does he mean?

00:24:17.599 --> 00:24:17.700
 Well,

00:24:17.740 --> 00:24:19.399
 first of all,

00:24:19.899 --> 00:24:21.119
 and it sounds almost

00:24:21.119 --> 00:24:22.039
 like they're earning it,

00:24:22.099 --> 00:24:22.220
 right?

00:24:22.359 --> 00:24:22.519
 Hey,

00:24:22.559 --> 00:24:23.259
 you've done good,

00:24:23.359 --> 00:24:24.119
 you've helped the poor

00:24:24.119 --> 00:24:25.799
 and you haven't done good.

00:24:27.979 --> 00:24:28.339
 Well,

00:24:28.419 --> 00:24:29.000
 first of all,

00:24:29.079 --> 00:24:29.679
 verse 34,

00:24:29.939 --> 00:24:31.039
 notice what he says.

00:24:31.199 --> 00:24:31.399
 Come,

00:24:31.479 --> 00:24:32.539
 you who are blessed

00:24:32.539 --> 00:24:33.599
 by my father.

00:24:34.079 --> 00:24:35.000
 Come and inherit

00:24:35.000 --> 00:24:35.699
 the kingdom.

00:24:36.699 --> 00:24:36.979
 I mean,

00:24:37.019 --> 00:24:38.039
 they are words of grace,

00:24:38.099 --> 00:24:38.359
 right?

00:24:39.159 --> 00:24:40.299
 You are blessed.

00:24:40.799 --> 00:24:41.500
 You inherit.

00:24:41.859 --> 00:24:42.219
 Inheriting,

00:24:42.319 --> 00:24:43.019
 you don't do anything

00:24:43.019 --> 00:24:43.459
 for that.

00:24:43.559 --> 00:24:45.179
 You just receive.

00:24:46.519 --> 00:24:47.159
 And of course,

00:24:47.500 --> 00:24:47.699
 you know,

00:24:47.739 --> 00:24:48.639
 what is Jesus going to do

00:24:48.639 --> 00:24:49.399
 after his speech?

00:24:49.399 --> 00:24:49.899
 He's going to go

00:24:49.899 --> 00:24:50.519
 to the cross.

00:24:51.299 --> 00:24:52.039
 Why would he go

00:24:52.039 --> 00:24:52.619
 to the cross

00:24:52.619 --> 00:24:53.519
 if we can earn it

00:24:53.519 --> 00:24:56.700
 by helping the poor?

00:24:58.160 --> 00:24:58.859
 But also,

00:24:59.019 --> 00:24:59.980
 actually even more,

00:25:00.119 --> 00:25:00.960
 look at the surprise

00:25:00.960 --> 00:25:01.519
 of the righteous.

00:25:01.619 --> 00:25:02.480
 They're kind of surprised,

00:25:02.559 --> 00:25:02.740
 right?

00:25:03.960 --> 00:25:04.500
 I mean,

00:25:04.619 --> 00:25:06.019
 if I was thinking

00:25:06.019 --> 00:25:07.279
 I was going to earn salvation

00:25:07.279 --> 00:25:08.279
 and Jesus says,

00:25:08.400 --> 00:25:08.559
 yes,

00:25:08.599 --> 00:25:08.920
 you're in,

00:25:08.960 --> 00:25:09.440
 I would go,

00:25:09.879 --> 00:25:10.180
 yes,

00:25:10.299 --> 00:25:11.000
 I've done enough,

00:25:11.160 --> 00:25:11.379
 right?

00:25:12.180 --> 00:25:13.200
 No one says that.

00:25:13.539 --> 00:25:14.519
 They're just surprised.

00:25:14.960 --> 00:25:15.359
 Oh,

00:25:15.460 --> 00:25:16.139
 we didn't know

00:25:16.139 --> 00:25:17.440
 we were helping you.

00:25:17.779 --> 00:25:18.839
 They were not doing

00:25:18.839 --> 00:25:20.279
 anything to get in

00:25:20.279 --> 00:25:20.799
 or something.

00:25:21.879 --> 00:25:22.779
 It was just what they were,

00:25:22.779 --> 00:25:23.500
 they were just normally

00:25:23.500 --> 00:25:24.460
 living like this.

00:25:24.920 --> 00:25:26.059
 And they were surprised

00:25:26.059 --> 00:25:27.119
 that Jesus actually,

00:25:27.700 --> 00:25:28.000
 you know,

00:25:28.059 --> 00:25:28.539
 saw that

00:25:28.539 --> 00:25:30.139
 and cared so much

00:25:30.139 --> 00:25:30.619
 about it.

00:25:31.420 --> 00:25:32.119
 That's the thing,

00:25:32.180 --> 00:25:32.319
 right?

00:25:32.379 --> 00:25:33.359
 And it's not like

00:25:33.359 --> 00:25:34.200
 the ones who didn't

00:25:34.200 --> 00:25:34.579
 that they,

00:25:34.839 --> 00:25:35.039
 well,

00:25:35.079 --> 00:25:35.920
 they tried,

00:25:36.160 --> 00:25:37.160
 but they didn't do it enough.

00:25:37.240 --> 00:25:38.019
 There's no standard.

00:25:38.180 --> 00:25:39.059
 It's very binary.

00:25:39.220 --> 00:25:40.039
 There's people who do,

00:25:40.440 --> 00:25:41.220
 people who don't.

00:25:41.299 --> 00:25:42.220
 It's really one

00:25:42.220 --> 00:25:42.720
 or the other.

00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:44.819
 And also,

00:25:44.920 --> 00:25:45.680
 it's not just generally

00:25:45.680 --> 00:25:46.160
 the poor,

00:25:46.220 --> 00:25:46.420
 right?

00:25:46.460 --> 00:25:47.920
 Because it's,

00:25:48.279 --> 00:25:48.399
 well,

00:25:48.480 --> 00:25:49.119
 verse 40,

00:25:49.119 --> 00:25:50.399
 look at what Jesus says.

00:25:51.959 --> 00:25:53.019
 And whatever you did

00:25:53.019 --> 00:25:54.679
 for the least

00:25:54.679 --> 00:25:55.439
 of these,

00:25:55.559 --> 00:25:56.219
 my brothers.

00:25:57.199 --> 00:25:57.339
 Yeah,

00:25:57.379 --> 00:25:57.859
 he says,

00:25:57.919 --> 00:25:58.559
 this is these,

00:25:58.679 --> 00:25:59.279
 my brothers.

00:25:59.419 --> 00:26:00.919
 This is about poor Christians.

00:26:01.799 --> 00:26:02.759
 Doesn't mean we don't need

00:26:02.759 --> 00:26:03.879
 to care about all the poor,

00:26:04.059 --> 00:26:05.659
 but the focus is here

00:26:05.659 --> 00:26:06.299
 on Christians.

00:26:06.599 --> 00:26:07.859
 And actually,

00:26:08.019 --> 00:26:08.579
 to make that,

00:26:08.699 --> 00:26:09.259
 so in a way,

00:26:09.339 --> 00:26:09.479
 it's,

00:26:09.559 --> 00:26:09.739
 you know,

00:26:09.779 --> 00:26:11.259
 it's serving God's people.

00:26:11.359 --> 00:26:12.619
 That's what he wants,

00:26:12.679 --> 00:26:13.599
 serve God's people.

00:26:13.599 --> 00:26:15.480
 And to understand it,

00:26:15.519 --> 00:26:15.959
 I think you,

00:26:16.319 --> 00:26:16.619
 you know,

00:26:16.719 --> 00:26:17.980
 we think of being a Christian

00:26:17.980 --> 00:26:19.500
 in modern Hong Kong,

00:26:20.019 --> 00:26:20.779
 where being a Christian

00:26:20.779 --> 00:26:21.359
 is easy.

00:26:22.219 --> 00:26:22.599
 Actually,

00:26:22.699 --> 00:26:23.799
 in most places in the world,

00:26:23.879 --> 00:26:24.579
 being a Christian,

00:26:25.379 --> 00:26:25.659
 you know,

00:26:25.699 --> 00:26:26.619
 you're in a small,

00:26:27.439 --> 00:26:28.199
 marginalized,

00:26:28.619 --> 00:26:29.500
 little community.

00:26:30.339 --> 00:26:30.639
 You know,

00:26:30.719 --> 00:26:31.759
 you're in a Muslim country

00:26:31.759 --> 00:26:32.279
 or something,

00:26:32.399 --> 00:26:33.419
 and the majority

00:26:33.419 --> 00:26:34.139
 is Muslim,

00:26:34.359 --> 00:26:35.419
 and they have all the power,

00:26:35.559 --> 00:26:36.079
 and the Christians

00:26:36.079 --> 00:26:36.799
 are just this,

00:26:36.879 --> 00:26:37.959
 this tiny group,

00:26:38.639 --> 00:26:38.879
 right?

00:26:38.879 --> 00:26:39.919
 And then they're marginalized,

00:26:40.219 --> 00:26:40.959
 and they're oppressed.

00:26:41.119 --> 00:26:41.959
 That is what it's like

00:26:41.959 --> 00:26:42.599
 in most places

00:26:42.599 --> 00:26:43.379
 to be a Christian.

00:26:44.559 --> 00:26:45.719
 To be a Christian

00:26:45.719 --> 00:26:46.539
 is to be,

00:26:47.219 --> 00:26:48.019
 in many countries,

00:26:48.139 --> 00:26:49.079
 poor and hungry

00:26:49.079 --> 00:26:49.719
 and in prison.

00:26:51.599 --> 00:26:52.279
 And you have

00:26:52.279 --> 00:26:53.179
 just two communities.

00:26:53.399 --> 00:26:53.859
 You have the,

00:26:54.119 --> 00:26:54.480
 you know,

00:26:55.319 --> 00:26:55.859
 the world,

00:26:56.419 --> 00:26:57.079
 and they reject

00:26:57.079 --> 00:26:57.980
 the Christian community,

00:26:58.579 --> 00:26:59.419
 and you have the Christians,

00:26:59.579 --> 00:27:00.500
 and they care for each other.

00:27:01.119 --> 00:27:01.839
 So in a way,

00:27:02.339 --> 00:27:04.539
 what this boils down to

00:27:04.539 --> 00:27:04.980
 is just

00:27:04.980 --> 00:27:06.519
 what Jesus is saying,

00:27:06.599 --> 00:27:07.559
 which side are you on?

00:27:08.500 --> 00:27:09.559
 Are you on

00:27:09.559 --> 00:27:10.899
 Jesus' side?

00:27:10.980 --> 00:27:11.559
 Then you're part

00:27:11.559 --> 00:27:12.179
 of the church,

00:27:12.180 --> 00:27:12.660
 and I guess

00:27:12.660 --> 00:27:14.100
 you embrace the church.

00:27:14.200 --> 00:27:14.560
 Or if,

00:27:14.700 --> 00:27:15.640
 are you not part of,

00:27:16.140 --> 00:27:17.160
 not on Jesus' side,

00:27:17.259 --> 00:27:17.820
 in which case

00:27:17.820 --> 00:27:18.380
 you probably

00:27:18.380 --> 00:27:19.660
 will reject the church

00:27:19.660 --> 00:27:19.960
 and,

00:27:20.060 --> 00:27:20.600
 you know,

00:27:20.640 --> 00:27:21.240
 oppress them.

00:27:21.799 --> 00:27:22.880
 That is basically

00:27:22.880 --> 00:27:23.900
 what lies behind it.

00:27:23.960 --> 00:27:24.640
 It's so different

00:27:24.640 --> 00:27:25.060
 from here,

00:27:25.120 --> 00:27:25.580
 because here,

00:27:26.100 --> 00:27:26.480
 you know,

00:27:26.539 --> 00:27:27.560
 you become a Christian,

00:27:27.680 --> 00:27:28.140
 the only thing

00:27:28.140 --> 00:27:28.580
 that changes,

00:27:28.740 --> 00:27:28.860
 well,

00:27:28.940 --> 00:27:29.519
 Sunday morning,

00:27:29.620 --> 00:27:30.220
 I can't go

00:27:30.220 --> 00:27:31.299
 and lie in bed,

00:27:31.340 --> 00:27:31.920
 I go to church,

00:27:31.980 --> 00:27:32.140
 right?

00:27:32.220 --> 00:27:33.019
 That's almost,

00:27:33.740 --> 00:27:34.940
 there's so little cost

00:27:34.940 --> 00:27:35.720
 to being a Christian.

00:27:36.220 --> 00:27:37.140
 In many places

00:27:37.140 --> 00:27:37.500
 in the world,

00:27:37.560 --> 00:27:38.380
 there's a huge cost,

00:27:38.380 --> 00:27:39.760
 and I think

00:27:39.760 --> 00:27:40.360
 that's what lies

00:27:40.360 --> 00:27:40.900
 behind it.

00:27:41.000 --> 00:27:41.140
 So,

00:27:41.680 --> 00:27:41.820
 yeah,

00:27:41.920 --> 00:27:42.460
 which side

00:27:42.460 --> 00:27:43.260
 do you belong to?

00:27:44.020 --> 00:27:44.880
 Because your attitude

00:27:44.880 --> 00:27:45.520
 to Christ

00:27:45.520 --> 00:27:46.720
 is seen in your attitude

00:27:46.720 --> 00:27:47.780
 to the church.

00:27:48.760 --> 00:27:49.480
 And Jesus said,

00:27:49.540 --> 00:27:50.200
 how do you know,

00:27:51.160 --> 00:27:51.920
 how can people see

00:27:51.920 --> 00:27:53.120
 that you belong to me?

00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:53.320
 Well,

00:27:53.360 --> 00:27:54.260
 if you love one another,

00:27:54.940 --> 00:27:56.120
 if you are part

00:27:56.120 --> 00:27:56.620
 of the church,

00:27:56.660 --> 00:27:58.000
 if you care

00:27:58.000 --> 00:27:58.660
 for each other,

00:27:59.220 --> 00:28:00.020
 that is almost,

00:28:00.120 --> 00:28:00.940
 that's the evidence

00:28:00.940 --> 00:28:02.780
 of being a Christian,

00:28:03.119 --> 00:28:03.500
 because,

00:28:04.039 --> 00:28:04.259
 you know,

00:28:04.319 --> 00:28:04.799
 as Christians,

00:28:04.940 --> 00:28:05.460
 we need it.

00:28:05.639 --> 00:28:06.720
 If life is hard,

00:28:07.279 --> 00:28:08.079
 as it is,

00:28:08.480 --> 00:28:09.440
 we need each other.

00:28:10.259 --> 00:28:10.559
 So,

00:28:10.619 --> 00:28:11.319
 you put these parables

00:28:11.319 --> 00:28:11.759
 together,

00:28:11.899 --> 00:28:12.960
 I hope you can see

00:28:12.960 --> 00:28:13.480
 what they say,

00:28:13.559 --> 00:28:13.680
 right?

00:28:13.700 --> 00:28:14.359
 These three things

00:28:14.359 --> 00:28:14.720
 together,

00:28:15.099 --> 00:28:16.099
 prepare for Jesus'

00:28:16.279 --> 00:28:17.379
 return by using

00:28:17.379 --> 00:28:18.160
 what you have

00:28:18.160 --> 00:28:19.879
 to serve God's people.

00:28:20.160 --> 00:28:20.799
 That is what

00:28:20.799 --> 00:28:22.079
 these three things,

00:28:22.180 --> 00:28:22.339
 I think,

00:28:22.399 --> 00:28:23.019
 together say.

00:28:23.139 --> 00:28:23.579
 This is what,

00:28:24.200 --> 00:28:24.399
 yeah,

00:28:24.480 --> 00:28:25.339
 how Jesus wants us

00:28:25.339 --> 00:28:25.700
 to live.

00:28:25.759 --> 00:28:26.500
 You want to be ready,

00:28:27.240 --> 00:28:27.379
 right?

00:28:27.460 --> 00:28:28.559
 What should we be doing

00:28:28.559 --> 00:28:28.819
 now?

00:28:28.920 --> 00:28:30.139
 How should we be living

00:28:30.139 --> 00:28:30.740
 our life?

00:28:30.859 --> 00:28:32.200
 What should we do

00:28:32.200 --> 00:28:33.220
 with our time

00:28:33.220 --> 00:28:33.640
 and money?

00:28:33.779 --> 00:28:33.940
 Well,

00:28:34.620 --> 00:28:35.600
 I want you to

00:28:35.600 --> 00:28:36.440
 serve each other,

00:28:36.600 --> 00:28:37.500
 to love one another,

00:28:37.680 --> 00:28:38.759
 to take care.

00:28:39.380 --> 00:28:39.740
 So,

00:28:39.799 --> 00:28:40.519
 not just showing up

00:28:40.519 --> 00:28:41.000
 on Sunday.

00:28:41.120 --> 00:28:41.279
 I mean,

00:28:41.299 --> 00:28:42.360
 it's great to be here.

00:28:42.799 --> 00:28:43.940
 I hope you get a

00:28:43.940 --> 00:28:45.080
 kick out of being here

00:28:45.080 --> 00:28:45.759
 that will last you

00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:46.259
 the whole week.

00:28:47.259 --> 00:28:48.140
 But other people,

00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:48.900
 they go to the football

00:28:48.900 --> 00:28:49.720
 field and they get a

00:28:49.720 --> 00:28:50.279
 kick out of that

00:28:50.279 --> 00:28:51.279
 last Sunday week.

00:28:52.100 --> 00:28:52.319
 You know,

00:28:52.380 --> 00:28:53.600
 we're here for each

00:28:53.600 --> 00:28:53.819
 other.

00:28:53.920 --> 00:28:54.539
 We're here for

00:28:54.539 --> 00:28:55.160
 community,

00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:55.480
 right?

00:28:56.240 --> 00:28:57.299
 And not just hanging

00:28:57.299 --> 00:28:58.160
 out with your CG,

00:28:58.460 --> 00:28:58.680
 but,

00:28:59.080 --> 00:28:59.620
 you know,

00:28:59.660 --> 00:29:00.960
 actually loving

00:29:00.960 --> 00:29:01.700
 and supporting

00:29:01.700 --> 00:29:02.259
 each other.

00:29:03.400 --> 00:29:05.000
 And what if it's

00:29:05.000 --> 00:29:05.600
 really harder

00:29:05.600 --> 00:29:06.400
 to be a Christian?

00:29:07.660 --> 00:29:07.900
 You know,

00:29:07.960 --> 00:29:08.700
 CG is great.

00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:09.420
 What if your CG

00:29:09.420 --> 00:29:10.900
 member is fired

00:29:10.900 --> 00:29:11.519
 from their job

00:29:11.519 --> 00:29:12.059
 because they're a

00:29:12.059 --> 00:29:13.120
 Christian and

00:29:13.120 --> 00:29:13.600
 then they can't

00:29:13.600 --> 00:29:14.140
 pay their rent

00:29:14.140 --> 00:29:14.779
 and they need to

00:29:14.779 --> 00:29:15.380
 move in with you

00:29:15.380 --> 00:29:16.120
 for three months?

00:29:16.819 --> 00:29:17.640
 Would you like that?

00:29:18.700 --> 00:29:19.740
 I guess then it's

00:29:19.740 --> 00:29:20.140
 suddenly,

00:29:20.380 --> 00:29:20.519
 okay,

00:29:20.579 --> 00:29:21.240
 do I really love

00:29:21.240 --> 00:29:22.059
 my CG members

00:29:22.059 --> 00:29:22.380
 or not,

00:29:22.440 --> 00:29:22.579
 right?

00:29:24.079 --> 00:29:24.819
 That is what

00:29:24.819 --> 00:29:25.380
 he's asking.

00:29:26.579 --> 00:29:26.819
 All right?

00:29:26.819 --> 00:29:27.960
 Even now,

00:29:28.619 --> 00:29:29.379
 people may not

00:29:29.379 --> 00:29:29.879
 get fired,

00:29:29.980 --> 00:29:31.059
 but people here

00:29:31.059 --> 00:29:31.619
 are going through

00:29:31.619 --> 00:29:32.319
 a tough time.

00:29:33.000 --> 00:29:33.839
 Let's take time

00:29:33.839 --> 00:29:34.659
 to sit with them,

00:29:34.720 --> 00:29:34.859
 right?

00:29:34.919 --> 00:29:35.939
 Listen patiently

00:29:35.939 --> 00:29:36.559
 to them

00:29:36.559 --> 00:29:38.039
 because they're

00:29:38.039 --> 00:29:38.399
 your brothers

00:29:38.399 --> 00:29:39.000
 and sisters

00:29:39.000 --> 00:29:40.000
 and Jesus

00:29:40.000 --> 00:29:40.659
 loves them

00:29:40.659 --> 00:29:41.539
 and he wants,

00:29:42.200 --> 00:29:43.359
 and so if he

00:29:43.359 --> 00:29:43.740
 loves them,

00:29:43.799 --> 00:29:44.439
 we want to love

00:29:44.439 --> 00:29:44.679
 them.

00:29:46.679 --> 00:29:47.399
 And using

00:29:47.399 --> 00:29:48.059
 what you have,

00:29:48.139 --> 00:29:48.299
 I mean,

00:29:48.339 --> 00:29:48.859
 for some of it

00:29:48.859 --> 00:29:49.399
 it's money.

00:29:49.919 --> 00:29:50.379
 I think the

00:29:50.379 --> 00:29:50.980
 challenge in Hong Kong

00:29:50.980 --> 00:29:51.659
 is often time,

00:29:51.740 --> 00:29:51.919
 right?

00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:52.939
 Are we willing

00:29:52.939 --> 00:29:53.700
 to give our time

00:29:53.700 --> 00:29:54.180
 to people?

00:29:55.880 --> 00:29:56.559
 Give our homes.

00:29:57.080 --> 00:29:57.340
 That's,

00:29:57.559 --> 00:29:57.680
 yeah.

00:29:58.319 --> 00:29:58.840
 Or how about

00:29:58.840 --> 00:29:59.600
 Christians going

00:29:59.600 --> 00:30:00.340
 through hard times

00:30:00.340 --> 00:30:00.740
 elsewhere?

00:30:02.600 --> 00:30:03.299
 Because the thing

00:30:03.299 --> 00:30:03.840
 is that the

00:30:03.840 --> 00:30:04.920
 social media

00:30:04.920 --> 00:30:05.259
 and stuff,

00:30:05.319 --> 00:30:05.400
 right,

00:30:05.420 --> 00:30:06.080
 we know what

00:30:06.080 --> 00:30:06.819
 the world is like

00:30:06.819 --> 00:30:07.200
 and we know

00:30:07.200 --> 00:30:07.519
 that there's

00:30:07.519 --> 00:30:08.319
 plenty of Christians

00:30:08.319 --> 00:30:09.340
 in Southeast Asia

00:30:09.340 --> 00:30:10.779
 or in India

00:30:10.779 --> 00:30:12.539
 and life is very

00:30:12.539 --> 00:30:13.279
 difficult for them

00:30:13.279 --> 00:30:13.480
 and,

00:30:13.640 --> 00:30:13.799
 you know,

00:30:14.039 --> 00:30:14.720
 some of those

00:30:14.720 --> 00:30:16.220
 Christians are,

00:30:16.360 --> 00:30:16.519
 you know,

00:30:16.600 --> 00:30:17.680
 they have to survive

00:30:17.680 --> 00:30:18.580
 on hardly anything

00:30:18.580 --> 00:30:19.380
 and we have so much

00:30:19.380 --> 00:30:20.360
 money compared to them.

00:30:21.319 --> 00:30:21.680
 Wouldn't it be

00:30:21.680 --> 00:30:22.480
 wonderful if we

00:30:22.480 --> 00:30:23.240
 can support

00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:24.319
 the church

00:30:24.319 --> 00:30:25.480
 in places

00:30:25.480 --> 00:30:26.120
 like Bangladesh

00:30:26.120 --> 00:30:26.799
 or something?

00:30:27.599 --> 00:30:28.440
 There's organizations

00:30:28.440 --> 00:30:29.339
 doing that,

00:30:29.460 --> 00:30:30.400
 like Stand Asia

00:30:30.400 --> 00:30:31.620
 or here in Hong Kong

00:30:31.620 --> 00:30:32.960
 or other ones.

00:30:33.579 --> 00:30:34.279
 It's wonderful

00:30:34.279 --> 00:30:35.440
 if we can be

00:30:35.440 --> 00:30:36.480
 a worldwide church,

00:30:36.539 --> 00:30:36.700
 right,

00:30:36.720 --> 00:30:37.880
 where we love

00:30:37.880 --> 00:30:38.319
 our brothers

00:30:38.319 --> 00:30:38.960
 and sisters.

00:30:39.839 --> 00:30:40.539
 And they're not

00:30:40.539 --> 00:30:41.859
 just people

00:30:41.859 --> 00:30:42.480
 out there.

00:30:42.640 --> 00:30:43.319
 They're our brothers

00:30:43.319 --> 00:30:43.880
 and sister

00:30:43.880 --> 00:30:44.839
 and Jesus died

00:30:44.839 --> 00:30:45.180
 for them,

00:30:45.299 --> 00:30:46.140
 Jesus loves them,

00:30:46.839 --> 00:30:47.339
 he's made us

00:30:47.339 --> 00:30:47.920
 part of the same

00:30:47.920 --> 00:30:48.359
 family.

00:30:49.299 --> 00:30:49.480
 You know,

00:30:49.680 --> 00:30:50.599
 can we try

00:30:50.599 --> 00:30:51.120
 and love them?

00:30:51.660 --> 00:30:52.140
 That's one thing

00:30:52.140 --> 00:30:52.700
 that Jesus would

00:30:52.700 --> 00:30:53.360
 love us to do.

00:30:54.500 --> 00:30:54.680
 Right?

00:30:54.720 --> 00:30:55.720
 If we are Christ,

00:30:55.799 --> 00:30:56.259
 we will love

00:30:56.259 --> 00:30:57.180
 his little ones.

00:30:58.279 --> 00:30:59.000
 That is what

00:30:59.000 --> 00:30:59.680
 genuine faith

00:30:59.680 --> 00:31:00.220
 looks like.

00:31:02.620 --> 00:31:03.980
 Because it does

00:31:03.980 --> 00:31:04.360
 matter,

00:31:04.460 --> 00:31:04.660
 right?

00:31:05.680 --> 00:31:06.600
 I've been focusing

00:31:06.600 --> 00:31:07.340
 on the positive,

00:31:07.580 --> 00:31:09.580
 but in these stories

00:31:09.580 --> 00:31:10.279
 and these parables,

00:31:10.440 --> 00:31:10.900
 that there is,

00:31:11.120 --> 00:31:12.720
 there are people

00:31:12.720 --> 00:31:13.480
 who just do not

00:31:13.480 --> 00:31:14.279
 live like this

00:31:14.279 --> 00:31:16.160
 and it doesn't

00:31:16.160 --> 00:31:16.980
 end well for them.

00:31:17.080 --> 00:31:17.799
 There is a strong

00:31:17.799 --> 00:31:18.580
 theme of judgment,

00:31:18.720 --> 00:31:18.920
 right?

00:31:18.920 --> 00:31:20.160
 I mean,

00:31:20.300 --> 00:31:21.200
 five foolish

00:31:21.200 --> 00:31:21.800
 virgins

00:31:21.800 --> 00:31:22.400
 shut out

00:31:22.400 --> 00:31:22.940
 from the wedding

00:31:22.940 --> 00:31:23.360
 feast.

00:31:24.200 --> 00:31:24.980
 They knock

00:31:24.980 --> 00:31:25.519
 on the door

00:31:25.519 --> 00:31:27.680
 and the guy

00:31:27.680 --> 00:31:28.060
 says,

00:31:28.180 --> 00:31:28.620
 I do not

00:31:28.620 --> 00:31:29.120
 know you.

00:31:30.240 --> 00:31:31.019
 Chilling words.

00:31:33.519 --> 00:31:34.220
 Although we need

00:31:34.220 --> 00:31:34.800
 to remember,

00:31:34.960 --> 00:31:35.140
 you know,

00:31:35.220 --> 00:31:36.380
 wise and foolish,

00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:38.920
 I mean,

00:31:39.160 --> 00:31:39.920
 there are moral

00:31:39.920 --> 00:31:40.900
 words in the Bible.

00:31:42.060 --> 00:31:42.340
 I mean,

00:31:42.380 --> 00:31:42.920
 it's not that

00:31:42.920 --> 00:31:43.920
 one was smart

00:31:43.920 --> 00:31:44.360
 and the other

00:31:44.360 --> 00:31:45.320
 was a bit forgetful.

00:31:46.180 --> 00:31:46.580
 You know,

00:31:46.600 --> 00:31:47.120
 the kind of people

00:31:47.119 --> 00:31:47.539
 they're always

00:31:47.539 --> 00:31:48.259
 prepared and

00:31:48.259 --> 00:31:48.619
 they always

00:31:48.619 --> 00:31:49.459
 have spare

00:31:49.459 --> 00:31:50.339
 masks and,

00:31:50.419 --> 00:31:51.039
 you know,

00:31:51.119 --> 00:31:51.579
 an umbrella

00:31:51.579 --> 00:31:52.439
 and sunglasses

00:31:52.439 --> 00:31:53.000
 and all that

00:31:53.000 --> 00:31:53.699
 stuff with them

00:31:53.699 --> 00:31:54.359
 and there's

00:31:54.359 --> 00:31:54.739
 people who

00:31:54.739 --> 00:31:54.979
 are just

00:31:54.979 --> 00:31:55.500
 forgetful.

00:31:55.559 --> 00:31:55.639
 Oh,

00:31:55.639 --> 00:31:56.139
 I forgot my

00:31:56.139 --> 00:31:56.479
 keys.

00:31:57.559 --> 00:31:58.179
 These are not

00:31:58.179 --> 00:31:58.739
 the forgetful

00:31:58.739 --> 00:31:59.159
 versions.

00:31:59.319 --> 00:32:00.019
 These are,

00:32:00.019 --> 00:32:01.099
 well,

00:32:01.239 --> 00:32:02.319
 foolish versions.

00:32:03.879 --> 00:32:04.019
 Right?

00:32:04.299 --> 00:32:04.839
 I mean,

00:32:05.039 --> 00:32:06.599
 if you want

00:32:06.599 --> 00:32:06.919
 to be a

00:32:06.919 --> 00:32:07.479
 bridesmaid,

00:32:07.559 --> 00:32:07.939
 if you want

00:32:07.939 --> 00:32:08.319
 to have a

00:32:08.319 --> 00:32:08.519
 lamp,

00:32:08.579 --> 00:32:08.959
 you need

00:32:08.959 --> 00:32:10.099
 oil to

00:32:10.099 --> 00:32:10.519
 just not

00:32:10.519 --> 00:32:11.839
 bring oil

00:32:11.839 --> 00:32:12.459
 in a way

00:32:12.459 --> 00:32:14.799
 you don't

00:32:14.799 --> 00:32:15.179
 care much

00:32:15.179 --> 00:32:15.500
 about the

00:32:15.500 --> 00:32:15.719
 groom,

00:32:15.799 --> 00:32:15.919
 right?

00:32:15.939 --> 00:32:16.199
 You don't

00:32:16.199 --> 00:32:16.619
 care much

00:32:16.619 --> 00:32:16.979
 about the

00:32:16.979 --> 00:32:17.379
 wedding if

00:32:17.379 --> 00:32:18.119
 you don't

00:32:18.119 --> 00:32:18.619
 bring oil.

00:32:19.419 --> 00:32:19.839
 In a

00:32:19.839 --> 00:32:20.279
 modern day,

00:32:20.359 --> 00:32:21.339
 if you're

00:32:21.339 --> 00:32:22.000
 a bridesmaid

00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:22.199
 and you

00:32:22.199 --> 00:32:22.619
 forget to

00:32:22.619 --> 00:32:22.839
 put on

00:32:22.839 --> 00:32:22.979
 your

00:32:22.979 --> 00:32:23.619
 bridesmaid's

00:32:23.619 --> 00:32:23.919
 dress,

00:32:24.659 --> 00:32:25.119
 I don't

00:32:25.119 --> 00:32:25.439
 think the

00:32:25.439 --> 00:32:25.899
 bride would

00:32:25.899 --> 00:32:26.859
 think well

00:32:26.859 --> 00:32:27.199
 of you,

00:32:27.259 --> 00:32:27.419
 right?

00:32:29.179 --> 00:32:29.979
 I mean,

00:32:30.039 --> 00:32:30.699
 this is a

00:32:30.699 --> 00:32:31.419
 more serious,

00:32:32.399 --> 00:32:33.019
 ultimately,

00:32:33.219 --> 00:32:33.759
 they just

00:32:33.759 --> 00:32:34.139
 don't care

00:32:34.139 --> 00:32:34.500
 about the

00:32:34.500 --> 00:32:34.839
 groom and

00:32:34.839 --> 00:32:35.079
 bride,

00:32:35.179 --> 00:32:35.339
 right?

00:32:36.179 --> 00:32:36.519
 And if

00:32:36.519 --> 00:32:36.839
 he says,

00:32:36.959 --> 00:32:37.319
 I do not

00:32:37.319 --> 00:32:37.879
 know you,

00:32:38.319 --> 00:32:38.500
 I mean,

00:32:38.539 --> 00:32:38.979
 knowing is

00:32:38.979 --> 00:32:39.500
 relational,

00:32:39.639 --> 00:32:39.959
 actually,

00:32:40.559 --> 00:32:41.079
 this is quite

00:32:41.079 --> 00:32:41.679
 a relational

00:32:41.679 --> 00:32:42.379
 breach here,

00:32:42.399 --> 00:32:42.599
 right?

00:32:43.259 --> 00:32:43.899
 If you treat

00:32:43.899 --> 00:32:44.459
 me like this.

00:32:44.460 --> 00:32:46.120
 Or look

00:32:46.120 --> 00:32:46.759
 at that

00:32:46.759 --> 00:32:47.100
 servant,

00:32:47.180 --> 00:32:47.539
 the servant

00:32:47.539 --> 00:32:48.120
 with one

00:32:48.120 --> 00:32:48.579
 talent.

00:32:49.460 --> 00:32:49.680
 I mean,

00:32:49.759 --> 00:32:50.039
 that was

00:32:50.039 --> 00:32:50.420
 two and a

00:32:50.420 --> 00:32:51.059
 half million

00:32:51.059 --> 00:32:52.140
 dollars that

00:32:52.140 --> 00:32:52.600
 he got to

00:32:52.600 --> 00:32:53.019
 invest.

00:32:54.440 --> 00:32:54.720
 And what

00:32:54.720 --> 00:32:55.019
 does he do?

00:32:55.059 --> 00:32:55.600
 He buries it

00:32:55.600 --> 00:32:55.819
 in the

00:32:55.819 --> 00:32:56.400
 ground and,

00:32:56.960 --> 00:32:57.279
 I don't know,

00:32:57.440 --> 00:32:58.000
 go and watch

00:32:58.000 --> 00:32:58.640
 Netflix or

00:32:58.640 --> 00:32:58.900
 whatever.

00:33:01.100 --> 00:33:01.460
 Again,

00:33:01.620 --> 00:33:02.340
 it's not that

00:33:02.340 --> 00:33:03.039
 the servant

00:33:03.039 --> 00:33:03.660
 really tried

00:33:03.660 --> 00:33:04.220
 his best,

00:33:05.220 --> 00:33:06.039
 and I'm

00:33:06.039 --> 00:33:06.279
 sorry,

00:33:06.340 --> 00:33:06.779
 I only made

00:33:06.779 --> 00:33:07.180
 half a

00:33:07.180 --> 00:33:07.759
 talent more.

00:33:08.180 --> 00:33:08.819
 I tried,

00:33:08.940 --> 00:33:09.360
 but you know,

00:33:09.400 --> 00:33:09.819
 the economy

00:33:09.819 --> 00:33:10.440
 isn't good.

00:33:10.880 --> 00:33:11.220
 It's nothing

00:33:11.220 --> 00:33:11.660
 like that,

00:33:11.680 --> 00:33:11.880
 right?

00:33:11.880 --> 00:33:13.300
 He just

00:33:13.300 --> 00:33:13.820
 buries it

00:33:13.820 --> 00:33:14.060
 in the

00:33:14.060 --> 00:33:14.860
 ground and

00:33:14.860 --> 00:33:16.540
 does nothing.

00:33:17.660 --> 00:33:18.020
 And no

00:33:18.020 --> 00:33:18.660
 wonder Jesus

00:33:18.660 --> 00:33:19.080
 says,

00:33:19.200 --> 00:33:20.000
 wicked and

00:33:20.000 --> 00:33:20.460
 slothful

00:33:20.460 --> 00:33:20.900
 servant.

00:33:21.840 --> 00:33:22.040
 Well,

00:33:22.060 --> 00:33:22.280
 again,

00:33:22.320 --> 00:33:22.940
 this is a

00:33:22.940 --> 00:33:23.360
 servant,

00:33:23.500 --> 00:33:23.680
 right?

00:33:23.780 --> 00:33:24.320
 The virgin

00:33:24.320 --> 00:33:24.960
 was waiting

00:33:24.960 --> 00:33:25.340
 for the

00:33:25.340 --> 00:33:25.600
 groom,

00:33:26.000 --> 00:33:26.620
 and this

00:33:26.620 --> 00:33:27.120
 servant

00:33:27.120 --> 00:33:28.520
 belongs to

00:33:28.520 --> 00:33:29.060
 the master,

00:33:29.220 --> 00:33:29.800
 except that,

00:33:30.300 --> 00:33:30.800
 well,

00:33:30.880 --> 00:33:31.380
 he did not

00:33:31.380 --> 00:33:31.760
 do what

00:33:31.760 --> 00:33:32.440
 Jesus asked.

00:33:32.480 --> 00:33:32.800
 He didn't

00:33:32.800 --> 00:33:33.060
 do his

00:33:33.060 --> 00:33:33.440
 job.

00:33:33.940 --> 00:33:34.300
 He just

00:33:34.300 --> 00:33:34.680
 took the

00:33:34.680 --> 00:33:35.100
 time and

00:33:35.100 --> 00:33:35.440
 the money

00:33:35.440 --> 00:33:35.740
 and the

00:33:35.740 --> 00:33:36.120
 gifts and

00:33:36.120 --> 00:33:36.380
 everything

00:33:36.380 --> 00:33:37.120
 Jesus gave

00:33:37.120 --> 00:33:37.900
 and didn't

00:33:37.900 --> 00:33:38.360
 do anything

00:33:38.360 --> 00:33:38.840
 with it.

00:33:40.200 --> 00:33:40.660
 Well,

00:33:40.660 --> 00:33:41.680
 Jesus,

00:33:41.960 --> 00:33:43.320
 yeah,

00:33:43.660 --> 00:33:43.920
 I mean,

00:33:43.960 --> 00:33:44.200
 what does

00:33:44.200 --> 00:33:44.480
 he care

00:33:44.480 --> 00:33:44.840
 about his

00:33:44.840 --> 00:33:45.200
 master?

00:33:45.720 --> 00:33:45.960
 His

00:33:45.960 --> 00:33:46.380
 wonderful,

00:33:46.580 --> 00:33:46.779
 generous

00:33:46.779 --> 00:33:47.279
 master,

00:33:47.440 --> 00:33:48.019
 and he

00:33:48.019 --> 00:33:48.180
 says,

00:33:48.259 --> 00:33:48.360
 oh,

00:33:48.400 --> 00:33:48.840
 I thought

00:33:48.840 --> 00:33:49.040
 you were

00:33:49.040 --> 00:33:49.640
 so harsh.

00:33:50.480 --> 00:33:50.840
 You don't

00:33:50.840 --> 00:33:51.320
 know me,

00:33:51.519 --> 00:33:51.779
 right?

00:33:52.820 --> 00:33:53.220
 Ultimately.

00:33:54.300 --> 00:33:54.540
 Or,

00:33:54.840 --> 00:33:54.960
 yeah,

00:33:55.080 --> 00:33:55.600
 the goats,

00:33:55.840 --> 00:33:56.140
 of course,

00:33:56.180 --> 00:33:56.440
 that's the

00:33:56.440 --> 00:33:57.040
 most severe.

00:33:58.320 --> 00:33:59.240
 Verse 41,

00:33:59.880 --> 00:34:00.120
 you know,

00:34:00.180 --> 00:34:00.860
 depart from

00:34:00.860 --> 00:34:01.120
 me,

00:34:01.279 --> 00:34:02.080
 you cursed

00:34:02.080 --> 00:34:02.600
 into the

00:34:02.600 --> 00:34:03.540
 eternal fire

00:34:03.540 --> 00:34:04.180
 prepared for

00:34:04.180 --> 00:34:04.620
 the devil

00:34:04.620 --> 00:34:05.000
 and his

00:34:05.000 --> 00:34:05.460
 angels.

00:34:06.600 --> 00:34:06.840
 You know,

00:34:06.880 --> 00:34:07.400
 the fire

00:34:07.400 --> 00:34:07.920
 wasn't for

00:34:07.920 --> 00:34:08.200
 them.

00:34:08.400 --> 00:34:08.900
 It was for

00:34:08.900 --> 00:34:09.320
 the devil,

00:34:09.320 --> 00:34:10.800
 but if

00:34:10.800 --> 00:34:11.200
 you choose

00:34:11.200 --> 00:34:11.680
 his side,

00:34:11.820 --> 00:34:12.019
 yeah,

00:34:12.480 --> 00:34:12.940
 that's where

00:34:12.940 --> 00:34:13.340
 you end

00:34:13.340 --> 00:34:13.640
 up.

00:34:14.340 --> 00:34:14.640
 And that's

00:34:14.640 --> 00:34:14.900
 a scary

00:34:14.900 --> 00:34:15.200
 word,

00:34:15.280 --> 00:34:15.380
 right?

00:34:15.420 --> 00:34:16.059
 The eternal

00:34:16.059 --> 00:34:16.620
 fire,

00:34:16.780 --> 00:34:17.059
 or verse

00:34:17.059 --> 00:34:17.740
 46,

00:34:18.380 --> 00:34:18.800
 these will

00:34:18.800 --> 00:34:19.320
 go away

00:34:19.320 --> 00:34:20.140
 into eternal

00:34:20.140 --> 00:34:20.720
 punishment,

00:34:21.720 --> 00:34:22.080
 but the

00:34:22.080 --> 00:34:22.760
 righteous into

00:34:22.760 --> 00:34:23.360
 eternal

00:34:23.360 --> 00:34:23.860
 life.

00:34:26.960 --> 00:34:27.720
 But again,

00:34:28.860 --> 00:34:30.059
 which side

00:34:30.059 --> 00:34:30.559
 were they on,

00:34:30.600 --> 00:34:30.780
 right?

00:34:31.640 --> 00:34:31.960
 I mean,

00:34:32.000 --> 00:34:32.519
 ultimately,

00:34:33.160 --> 00:34:33.480
 again,

00:34:33.519 --> 00:34:34.059
 we shouldn't

00:34:34.059 --> 00:34:34.620
 see this as

00:34:34.620 --> 00:34:35.080
 a standard.

00:34:35.320 --> 00:34:36.019
 These are not

00:34:36.019 --> 00:34:36.440
 people,

00:34:37.000 --> 00:34:37.220
 you know,

00:34:37.260 --> 00:34:37.740
 all of them,

00:34:37.820 --> 00:34:38.340
 and they really

00:34:38.340 --> 00:34:39.039
 tried their best.

00:34:39.039 --> 00:34:39.360
 They just

00:34:39.360 --> 00:34:39.820
 weren't good

00:34:39.820 --> 00:34:40.079
 enough.

00:34:40.179 --> 00:34:40.739
 That's not how

00:34:40.739 --> 00:34:41.159
 this thinks,

00:34:41.239 --> 00:34:41.360
 right?

00:34:41.380 --> 00:34:41.840
 It's very

00:34:41.840 --> 00:34:42.639
 binary.

00:34:43.579 --> 00:34:44.099
 And ultimately,

00:34:44.279 --> 00:34:44.440
 yeah,

00:34:44.480 --> 00:34:44.860
 it's coming

00:34:44.860 --> 00:34:45.159
 down,

00:34:45.300 --> 00:34:45.980
 do you know

00:34:45.980 --> 00:34:46.779
 Jesus,

00:34:46.920 --> 00:34:47.099
 right?

00:34:47.119 --> 00:34:47.820
 The virgins,

00:34:47.960 --> 00:34:49.960
 they rejected

00:34:49.960 --> 00:34:51.179
 the groom because

00:34:51.179 --> 00:34:51.539
 they didn't

00:34:51.539 --> 00:34:52.000
 prepare for

00:34:52.000 --> 00:34:52.360
 their wedding,

00:34:52.460 --> 00:34:52.719
 and the

00:34:52.719 --> 00:34:53.440
 servant rejected

00:34:53.440 --> 00:34:54.000
 the master

00:34:54.000 --> 00:34:55.239
 because he

00:34:55.239 --> 00:34:55.619
 just didn't

00:34:55.619 --> 00:34:56.119
 do anything

00:34:56.119 --> 00:34:56.480
 with the

00:34:56.480 --> 00:34:56.779
 talent.

00:34:57.860 --> 00:34:58.219
 And the

00:34:58.219 --> 00:34:58.639
 other people,

00:34:58.739 --> 00:34:58.820
 well,

00:34:58.880 --> 00:34:59.519
 they rejected

00:34:59.519 --> 00:34:59.940
 Jesus'

00:35:00.079 --> 00:35:00.679
 community that

00:35:00.679 --> 00:35:01.219
 Jesus loved

00:35:01.219 --> 00:35:01.699
 so much.

00:35:02.400 --> 00:35:02.820
 They didn't

00:35:02.820 --> 00:35:03.159
 know the

00:35:03.159 --> 00:35:03.519
 master.

00:35:03.659 --> 00:35:03.980
 They didn't

00:35:03.980 --> 00:35:04.619
 know how he

00:35:04.619 --> 00:35:05.980
 identified with

00:35:05.980 --> 00:35:06.440
 these little

00:35:06.440 --> 00:35:06.860
 ones,

00:35:07.019 --> 00:35:07.219
 right?

00:35:07.579 --> 00:35:08.159
 He's not a

00:35:08.159 --> 00:35:08.619
 king on a

00:35:08.619 --> 00:35:09.019
 throne.

00:35:09.159 --> 00:35:09.519
 But he,

00:35:09.619 --> 00:35:10.159
 you know,

00:35:10.199 --> 00:35:10.619
 he loves

00:35:10.619 --> 00:35:11.139
 these little

00:35:11.139 --> 00:35:11.519
 ones.

00:35:11.639 --> 00:35:12.460
 And if you

00:35:12.460 --> 00:35:13.380
 give a cup

00:35:13.380 --> 00:35:14.259
 of water to

00:35:14.259 --> 00:35:14.699
 one of these

00:35:14.699 --> 00:35:15.300
 little ones,

00:35:15.880 --> 00:35:16.619
 he's so

00:35:16.619 --> 00:35:17.239
 pleased and

00:35:17.239 --> 00:35:18.079
 you're blessed.

00:35:18.619 --> 00:35:19.519
 If you reject

00:35:19.519 --> 00:35:19.920
 one of these

00:35:19.920 --> 00:35:20.539
 little ones,

00:35:21.340 --> 00:35:21.539
 yeah,

00:35:21.639 --> 00:35:22.360
 he cares about

00:35:22.360 --> 00:35:22.539
 it.

00:35:22.619 --> 00:35:23.239
 If you reject

00:35:23.239 --> 00:35:23.500
 them,

00:35:23.559 --> 00:35:24.000
 you reject

00:35:24.000 --> 00:35:24.279
 him.

00:35:26.659 --> 00:35:27.300
 I know

00:35:27.300 --> 00:35:27.579
 these are

00:35:27.579 --> 00:35:28.239
 scary verses.

00:35:28.420 --> 00:35:28.539
 I mean,

00:35:28.559 --> 00:35:28.980
 if you're not

00:35:28.980 --> 00:35:29.500
 a Christian,

00:35:30.159 --> 00:35:30.800
 I hope you

00:35:30.800 --> 00:35:31.139
 take these

00:35:31.139 --> 00:35:31.920
 words seriously.

00:35:32.279 --> 00:35:32.460
 I mean,

00:35:32.500 --> 00:35:33.659
 it's more

00:35:33.659 --> 00:35:34.099
 about,

00:35:34.380 --> 00:35:35.239
 you know,

00:35:36.059 --> 00:35:36.400
 challenging

00:35:36.400 --> 00:35:37.199
 Christians than

00:35:37.199 --> 00:35:37.380
 you,

00:35:37.460 --> 00:35:38.420
 but it is

00:35:38.420 --> 00:35:38.639
 true,

00:35:38.699 --> 00:35:38.920
 right?

00:35:39.440 --> 00:35:40.059
 There is an

00:35:40.059 --> 00:35:40.840
 authority figure

00:35:40.840 --> 00:35:41.059
 here.

00:35:41.159 --> 00:35:41.599
 There's a

00:35:41.599 --> 00:35:42.000
 groom,

00:35:42.279 --> 00:35:42.639
 there's a

00:35:42.639 --> 00:35:43.039
 master,

00:35:43.159 --> 00:35:43.500
 there's a

00:35:43.500 --> 00:35:43.759
 king,

00:35:44.559 --> 00:35:45.259
 the son of

00:35:45.259 --> 00:35:45.599
 man.

00:35:46.599 --> 00:35:47.219
 And it's

00:35:47.219 --> 00:35:47.699
 his world,

00:35:47.820 --> 00:35:48.139
 it's his

00:35:48.139 --> 00:35:48.539
 party.

00:35:49.659 --> 00:35:50.019
 And,

00:35:50.159 --> 00:35:50.599
 yeah,

00:35:50.719 --> 00:35:52.639
 if you don't

00:35:52.639 --> 00:35:53.199
 know him and

00:35:53.199 --> 00:35:53.699
 you don't belong

00:35:53.699 --> 00:35:54.099
 to him,

00:35:54.159 --> 00:35:54.559
 then you won't

00:35:54.559 --> 00:35:54.960
 be at the

00:35:54.960 --> 00:35:55.279
 party.

00:35:55.280 --> 00:35:56.380
 that makes

00:35:56.380 --> 00:35:59.740
 you want to

00:35:59.740 --> 00:36:01.019
 come back.

00:36:01.660 --> 00:36:02.480
 He is good,

00:36:02.560 --> 00:36:03.180
 he's generous,

00:36:03.340 --> 00:36:03.840
 he's kind,

00:36:03.920 --> 00:36:04.320
 I hope you

00:36:04.320 --> 00:36:04.780
 see that

00:36:04.780 --> 00:36:05.240
 through it.

00:36:06.519 --> 00:36:07.140
 He will

00:36:07.140 --> 00:36:07.720
 love to have

00:36:07.720 --> 00:36:08.060
 you back,

00:36:08.120 --> 00:36:08.320
 he would

00:36:08.320 --> 00:36:08.720
 love to

00:36:08.720 --> 00:36:09.300
 forgive you,

00:36:09.440 --> 00:36:09.800
 he would love

00:36:09.800 --> 00:36:10.280
 to welcome

00:36:10.280 --> 00:36:10.800
 you at the

00:36:10.800 --> 00:36:11.060
 wedding,

00:36:11.460 --> 00:36:11.860
 at the

00:36:11.860 --> 00:36:12.240
 party,

00:36:12.480 --> 00:36:13.080
 to enter

00:36:13.080 --> 00:36:13.620
 into his

00:36:13.620 --> 00:36:14.600
 joy together.

00:36:15.360 --> 00:36:15.800
 So do

00:36:15.800 --> 00:36:16.300
 do that.

00:36:16.300 --> 00:36:19.220
 I hope

00:36:19.220 --> 00:36:19.539
 for us

00:36:19.539 --> 00:36:19.900
 Christians,

00:36:20.140 --> 00:36:20.620
 if we

00:36:20.620 --> 00:36:21.640
 see Jesus

00:36:21.640 --> 00:36:22.000
 here,

00:36:22.740 --> 00:36:23.500
 I hope we

00:36:23.500 --> 00:36:23.940
 want to be

00:36:23.940 --> 00:36:24.220
 ready,

00:36:24.340 --> 00:36:24.519
 right?

00:36:24.660 --> 00:36:25.140
 And not

00:36:25.140 --> 00:36:25.460
 out of

00:36:25.460 --> 00:36:25.720
 fear,

00:36:25.800 --> 00:36:26.360
 but because

00:36:26.360 --> 00:36:27.480
 we want to

00:36:27.480 --> 00:36:28.240
 be with

00:36:28.240 --> 00:36:28.519
 him at

00:36:28.519 --> 00:36:28.660
 the

00:36:28.660 --> 00:36:28.880
 wedding.

00:36:29.039 --> 00:36:29.360
 It's a

00:36:29.360 --> 00:36:30.019
 privilege to

00:36:30.019 --> 00:36:30.460
 be his

00:36:30.460 --> 00:36:31.100
 bridesmaid.

00:36:31.440 --> 00:36:31.780
 It's a

00:36:31.780 --> 00:36:32.280
 privilege to

00:36:32.280 --> 00:36:32.640
 be his

00:36:32.640 --> 00:36:33.420
 servant and

00:36:33.420 --> 00:36:34.539
 be entrusted

00:36:34.539 --> 00:36:35.760
 with millions

00:36:35.760 --> 00:36:37.240
 and using

00:36:37.240 --> 00:36:37.920
 that for

00:36:37.920 --> 00:36:38.560
 him,

00:36:38.660 --> 00:36:39.120
 using that

00:36:39.120 --> 00:36:39.560
 to love

00:36:39.560 --> 00:36:40.220
 his people

00:36:40.220 --> 00:36:41.080
 of which

00:36:41.080 --> 00:36:41.380
 we are

00:36:41.380 --> 00:36:41.700
 one.

00:36:42.700 --> 00:36:43.340
 I hope

00:36:43.340 --> 00:36:44.280
 it's just

00:36:44.280 --> 00:36:44.760
 a natural

00:36:44.760 --> 00:36:45.460
 response to

00:36:45.460 --> 00:36:45.539
 this,

00:36:45.600 --> 00:36:45.700
 right?

00:36:45.740 --> 00:36:45.900
 Again,

00:36:45.900 --> 00:36:46.300
 this is not

00:36:46.300 --> 00:36:47.160
 a standard

00:36:47.160 --> 00:36:47.599
 we need

00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:48.039
 to reach.

00:36:48.500 --> 00:36:48.880
 It's just

00:36:48.880 --> 00:36:49.380
 a natural

00:36:49.380 --> 00:36:50.160
 response if

00:36:50.160 --> 00:36:50.460
 you know

00:36:50.460 --> 00:36:50.840
 Jesus.

00:36:52.260 --> 00:36:52.740
 And if

00:36:52.740 --> 00:36:53.039
 you're not

00:36:53.039 --> 00:36:53.360
 sure,

00:36:53.820 --> 00:36:54.160
 if you

00:36:54.160 --> 00:36:54.500
 wonder if

00:36:54.500 --> 00:36:54.820
 this is

00:36:54.820 --> 00:36:55.039
 you,

00:36:55.599 --> 00:36:56.619
 please just

00:36:56.619 --> 00:36:57.800
 take another

00:36:57.800 --> 00:36:58.180
 look at

00:36:58.180 --> 00:36:58.500
 Jesus,

00:36:58.599 --> 00:36:58.800
 right?

00:36:59.720 --> 00:37:00.039
 Again,

00:37:00.119 --> 00:37:00.700
 if we're not

00:37:00.700 --> 00:37:01.160
 living like

00:37:01.160 --> 00:37:01.340
 this,

00:37:01.380 --> 00:37:01.619
 if you

00:37:01.619 --> 00:37:02.019
 wonder,

00:37:02.340 --> 00:37:02.820
 am I

00:37:02.820 --> 00:37:03.599
 really doing

00:37:03.599 --> 00:37:04.720
 anything with

00:37:04.720 --> 00:37:05.260
 my life for

00:37:05.260 --> 00:37:05.559
 Jesus?

00:37:05.740 --> 00:37:05.960
 Am I

00:37:05.960 --> 00:37:06.260
 really,

00:37:06.860 --> 00:37:07.119
 you know,

00:37:08.200 --> 00:37:08.940
 come back to

00:37:08.940 --> 00:37:09.119
 him,

00:37:09.240 --> 00:37:09.680
 come back to

00:37:09.680 --> 00:37:10.160
 the son of

00:37:10.160 --> 00:37:10.420
 man.

00:37:11.900 --> 00:37:12.079
 You know,

00:37:12.160 --> 00:37:12.840
 see his

00:37:12.840 --> 00:37:13.420
 generosity,

00:37:13.660 --> 00:37:14.039
 see his

00:37:14.039 --> 00:37:14.440
 kindness,

00:37:14.440 --> 00:37:16.360
 and see

00:37:16.360 --> 00:37:16.960
 the gospel

00:37:16.960 --> 00:37:17.400
 as,

00:37:17.800 --> 00:37:18.099
 you know,

00:37:18.300 --> 00:37:20.240
 chapter 26,

00:37:20.360 --> 00:37:20.519
 right?

00:37:20.900 --> 00:37:21.380
 The same

00:37:21.380 --> 00:37:21.780
 son of

00:37:21.780 --> 00:37:22.019
 man.

00:37:22.119 --> 00:37:23.340
 I just

00:37:23.340 --> 00:37:23.700
 think it's

00:37:23.700 --> 00:37:23.960
 so,

00:37:24.599 --> 00:37:24.940
 you know,

00:37:25.000 --> 00:37:25.659
 you wonder

00:37:25.659 --> 00:37:25.940
 what it

00:37:25.940 --> 00:37:26.220
 means,

00:37:26.280 --> 00:37:26.639
 the son of

00:37:26.639 --> 00:37:26.880
 man.

00:37:26.960 --> 00:37:27.639
 But here in

00:37:27.639 --> 00:37:28.579
 chapter 25,

00:37:28.659 --> 00:37:28.800
 right?

00:37:28.800 --> 00:37:29.240
 The son of

00:37:29.240 --> 00:37:29.619
 man on his

00:37:29.619 --> 00:37:30.480
 glorious throne.

00:37:31.280 --> 00:37:32.079
 But we go to

00:37:32.079 --> 00:37:32.960
 chapter 26.

00:37:32.960 --> 00:37:33.500
 when Jesus

00:37:33.500 --> 00:37:34.039
 had finished

00:37:34.039 --> 00:37:34.460
 all these

00:37:34.460 --> 00:37:34.880
 sayings,

00:37:34.940 --> 00:37:35.360
 he said to

00:37:35.360 --> 00:37:36.019
 his disciples,

00:37:36.920 --> 00:37:37.440
 you know

00:37:37.440 --> 00:37:37.900
 that after

00:37:37.900 --> 00:37:38.500
 two days

00:37:38.500 --> 00:37:39.119
 the Passover

00:37:39.119 --> 00:37:39.720
 is coming

00:37:39.720 --> 00:37:40.579
 and the

00:37:40.579 --> 00:37:40.940
 son of

00:37:40.940 --> 00:37:41.420
 man will

00:37:41.420 --> 00:37:41.920
 be delivered

00:37:41.920 --> 00:37:42.280
 up to

00:37:42.280 --> 00:37:42.860
 be crucified.

00:37:44.500 --> 00:37:44.840
 And the

00:37:44.840 --> 00:37:45.220
 son of

00:37:45.220 --> 00:37:45.519
 man who

00:37:45.519 --> 00:37:45.900
 will judge

00:37:45.900 --> 00:37:46.220
 all the

00:37:46.220 --> 00:37:46.699
 nations,

00:37:47.280 --> 00:37:47.699
 he went

00:37:47.699 --> 00:37:47.960
 to the

00:37:47.960 --> 00:37:49.199
 cross for

00:37:49.199 --> 00:37:49.480
 you.

00:37:50.579 --> 00:37:51.119
 And the

00:37:51.119 --> 00:37:51.960
 same

00:37:51.960 --> 00:37:52.519
 son of

00:37:52.519 --> 00:37:52.900
 man who

00:37:52.900 --> 00:37:53.260
 will give

00:37:53.260 --> 00:37:53.619
 eternal

00:37:53.619 --> 00:37:54.139
 punishment,

00:37:54.699 --> 00:37:55.860
 he went

00:37:55.860 --> 00:37:56.280
 and took

00:37:56.280 --> 00:37:56.639
 eternal

00:37:56.639 --> 00:37:57.079
 punishment

00:37:57.079 --> 00:37:58.340
 to save

00:37:58.340 --> 00:37:58.599
 you.

00:37:58.599 --> 00:38:00.659
 If that

00:38:00.659 --> 00:38:01.199
 doesn't

00:38:01.199 --> 00:38:02.679
 show love

00:38:02.679 --> 00:38:03.960
 and generosity

00:38:03.960 --> 00:38:04.719
 and kindness

00:38:04.719 --> 00:38:05.299
 and melt

00:38:05.299 --> 00:38:05.799
 our hearts,

00:38:05.880 --> 00:38:06.779
 then we

00:38:06.779 --> 00:38:07.279
 just haven't

00:38:07.279 --> 00:38:07.619
 understood

00:38:07.619 --> 00:38:07.980
 him.

00:38:08.980 --> 00:38:09.659
 So come

00:38:09.659 --> 00:38:10.159
 back to

00:38:10.159 --> 00:38:10.539
 your king

00:38:10.539 --> 00:38:11.019
 and savior,

00:38:11.239 --> 00:38:11.420
 right?

00:38:11.920 --> 00:38:12.960
 And know

00:38:12.960 --> 00:38:13.480
 him and

00:38:13.480 --> 00:38:13.940
 then we

00:38:13.940 --> 00:38:14.579
 want to

00:38:14.579 --> 00:38:14.980
 be ready,

00:38:15.360 --> 00:38:15.739
 we want

00:38:15.739 --> 00:38:16.139
 to be at

00:38:16.139 --> 00:38:16.579
 the feast,

00:38:16.699 --> 00:38:17.079
 we want

00:38:17.079 --> 00:38:18.219
 to prepare

00:38:18.219 --> 00:38:18.719
 to meet

00:38:18.719 --> 00:38:18.880
 him,

00:38:18.940 --> 00:38:19.279
 we want

00:38:19.279 --> 00:38:19.699
 to use

00:38:19.699 --> 00:38:19.980
 what we

00:38:19.980 --> 00:38:21.179
 have to

00:38:21.179 --> 00:38:21.420
 serve

00:38:21.420 --> 00:38:21.659
 him.

00:38:22.400 --> 00:38:23.099
 So let

00:38:23.099 --> 00:38:23.500
 that change

00:38:23.500 --> 00:38:24.000
 our life.

00:38:25.980 --> 00:38:26.599
 Why don't

00:38:26.599 --> 00:38:27.000
 we pray

00:38:27.000 --> 00:38:27.420
 together?

00:38:28.599 --> 00:38:37.900
 Lord Jesus,

00:38:38.079 --> 00:38:38.440
 we are

00:38:38.440 --> 00:38:39.839
 in awe

00:38:39.839 --> 00:38:40.179
 of your

00:38:40.179 --> 00:38:40.659
 majesty

00:38:40.659 --> 00:38:41.400
 and glory,

00:38:42.319 --> 00:38:42.480
 your

00:38:42.480 --> 00:38:43.079
 authority,

00:38:44.000 --> 00:38:44.239
 but also

00:38:44.239 --> 00:38:44.880
 your love

00:38:44.880 --> 00:38:45.400
 and grace

00:38:45.400 --> 00:38:46.000
 and kindness.

00:38:46.319 --> 00:38:46.539
 If we,

00:38:47.699 --> 00:38:47.940
 yeah,

00:38:48.000 --> 00:38:48.339
 we want

00:38:48.339 --> 00:38:48.659
 to see

00:38:48.659 --> 00:38:49.159
 you more

00:38:49.159 --> 00:38:49.519
 as who

00:38:49.519 --> 00:38:49.920
 you are.

00:38:50.019 --> 00:38:50.299
 Thank you

00:38:50.299 --> 00:38:50.719
 that you

00:38:50.719 --> 00:38:51.619
 tell us

00:38:51.619 --> 00:38:52.319
 about yourself

00:38:52.319 --> 00:38:53.900
 and we

00:38:53.900 --> 00:38:54.319
 can know

00:38:54.319 --> 00:38:54.539
 you.

00:38:54.739 --> 00:38:55.500
 Would we

00:38:55.500 --> 00:38:55.860
 respond

00:38:55.860 --> 00:38:56.360
 naturally?

00:38:57.339 --> 00:38:57.719
 Would we

00:38:57.719 --> 00:38:58.500
 respond with

00:38:58.500 --> 00:38:58.860
 love?

00:38:58.940 --> 00:38:59.179
 Would we

00:38:59.179 --> 00:38:59.780
 respond with

00:38:59.780 --> 00:39:00.199
 faith?

00:39:00.860 --> 00:39:01.199
 Would we

00:39:01.199 --> 00:39:02.099
 respond with

00:39:02.099 --> 00:39:03.480
 service,

00:39:03.800 --> 00:39:04.679
 with being

00:39:04.679 --> 00:39:05.280
 ready to

00:39:05.280 --> 00:39:05.679
 meet you

00:39:05.679 --> 00:39:06.159
 because we

00:39:06.159 --> 00:39:06.699
 see your

00:39:06.699 --> 00:39:06.980
 grace?

00:39:07.059 --> 00:39:07.699
 We pray

00:39:07.699 --> 00:39:08.039
 for each

00:39:08.039 --> 00:39:08.360
 one of

00:39:08.360 --> 00:39:08.760
 us here.

00:39:09.719 --> 00:39:10.239
 Those of

00:39:10.239 --> 00:39:10.460
 us who

00:39:10.460 --> 00:39:10.880
 don't know

00:39:10.880 --> 00:39:11.280
 you yet,

00:39:11.360 --> 00:39:11.659
 would we

00:39:11.659 --> 00:39:13.099
 see you

00:39:13.099 --> 00:39:13.500
 and come

00:39:13.500 --> 00:39:13.920
 to you?

00:39:14.059 --> 00:39:14.519
 Those of

00:39:14.519 --> 00:39:14.920
 us who

00:39:14.920 --> 00:39:16.019
 maybe

00:39:16.019 --> 00:39:16.860
 have been

00:39:16.860 --> 00:39:17.260
 going to

00:39:17.260 --> 00:39:17.619
 church,

00:39:17.719 --> 00:39:18.320
 but we've

00:39:18.320 --> 00:39:21.260
 never really

00:39:21.260 --> 00:39:21.719
 thought about

00:39:21.719 --> 00:39:22.320
 what it means

00:39:22.320 --> 00:39:22.980
 to know you

00:39:22.980 --> 00:39:24.199
 and never

00:39:24.199 --> 00:39:24.719
 really thought

00:39:24.719 --> 00:39:25.179
 what it means

00:39:25.179 --> 00:39:25.579
 for our

00:39:25.579 --> 00:39:26.019
 lives.

00:39:26.960 --> 00:39:27.079
 Yeah,

00:39:27.139 --> 00:39:27.380
 would we

00:39:27.380 --> 00:39:27.840
 maybe take

00:39:27.840 --> 00:39:28.340
 that step?

00:39:29.820 --> 00:39:30.440
 Not out

00:39:30.440 --> 00:39:31.019
 of fear,

00:39:31.300 --> 00:39:31.960
 not out

00:39:31.960 --> 00:39:33.360
 of standards

00:39:33.360 --> 00:39:33.740
 that we

00:39:33.740 --> 00:39:34.100
 need to

00:39:34.100 --> 00:39:34.320
 meet,

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 but as

00:39:35.160 --> 00:39:35.740
 a response

00:39:35.740 --> 00:39:36.140
 to who

00:39:36.140 --> 00:39:36.579
 you are

00:39:36.579 --> 00:39:37.960
 and would

00:39:37.960 --> 00:39:38.320
 it change

00:39:38.320 --> 00:39:38.800
 our life.

00:39:39.579 --> 00:39:39.780
 Lord,

00:39:39.840 --> 00:39:40.100
 help us

00:39:40.100 --> 00:39:40.620
 to talk

00:39:40.620 --> 00:39:41.039
 about these

00:39:41.039 --> 00:39:41.240
 things,

00:39:41.340 --> 00:39:41.579
 help us

00:39:41.579 --> 00:39:41.900
 to love

00:39:41.900 --> 00:39:42.320
 each other,

00:39:42.800 --> 00:39:43.039
 help us

00:39:43.039 --> 00:39:43.539
 to encourage

00:39:43.539 --> 00:39:44.000
 each other,

00:39:44.380 --> 00:39:44.640
 help us

00:39:44.640 --> 00:39:45.059
 to serve

00:39:45.059 --> 00:39:45.500
 each other

00:39:45.500 --> 00:39:45.780
 as you

00:39:45.780 --> 00:39:46.140
 want us

00:39:46.140 --> 00:39:46.420
 to do

00:39:46.420 --> 00:39:46.680
 here,

00:39:47.519 --> 00:39:48.059
 that as

00:39:48.059 --> 00:39:48.600
 a church

00:39:48.600 --> 00:39:48.960
 we would

00:39:48.960 --> 00:39:49.539
 keep going,

00:39:50.280 --> 00:39:51.079
 as a church

00:39:51.079 --> 00:39:51.480
 we would

00:39:51.480 --> 00:39:52.740
 serve and

00:39:52.740 --> 00:39:53.740
 love and

00:39:53.740 --> 00:39:54.260
 all be

00:39:54.260 --> 00:39:54.980
 ready on

00:39:54.980 --> 00:39:55.440
 that day.

00:39:55.880 --> 00:39:56.460
 In Jesus'

00:39:56.639 --> 00:39:56.860
 name,

00:39:57.579 --> 00:39:57.900
 Amen.