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 Please take your copy of God's Word out and turn to the Gospel according to Mark, chapter 10.

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 Let me say to those of you across the hall, thank you for your patience.

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 I stepped across the hall over there to see how things were going with the sound

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 and realized that we had forgotten to mount the camera high enough

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 to see what was happening on stage when everybody was standing up.

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 So on the TV across the hall, it was a wall of plaid.

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 You guys wearing plaid? Yep, your backs.

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 Which is no big deal. Please stand up during the singing.

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 But we'll get that all sorted out.

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 And also, it's a little warm in here.

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 You know, I think about that kind of thing.

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 We cooled the room to 68 before you guys all got here,

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 but apparently our BTU calculations were not quite correct.

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 And you guys are putting off more heat than the air conditioning is keeping up with.

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 So we'll cool it more next Sunday so that we can keep up with you.

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 Mark, chapter 10. We're continuing our verse-by-verse exposition,

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 and we have come to verse 17, and I'll read to you through 31,

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 and then we'll pray.

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 And as he, being Jesus, was setting out on his journey,

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 a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him,

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 Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?

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 And Jesus said to him,

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 Why do you call me good?

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 No one is good except God alone.

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 You know the commandments.

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 Do not murder.

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 Do not commit adultery.

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 Do not steal.

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 Do not bear false witness.

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 Do not defraud.

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 Honor your father and mother.

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 And he said to him,

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 Teacher, all these I have kept from my youth.

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 And Jesus, looking at him, loved him and said to him,

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 You lack one thing.

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 Go, sell all that you have and give to the poor,

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 and you will have treasure in heaven.

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 And come, follow me.

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 Disheartened by the saying,

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 he went away sorrowful,

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 for he had great possessions.

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 And Jesus looked around and said to his disciples,

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 How difficult it will be for those who have wealth

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 to enter the kingdom of God.

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 And the disciples were amazed at his words.

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 But Jesus said to them again,

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 Children, how difficult it is to enter the kingdom of God.

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 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle

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 than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.

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 And they were exceedingly astonished

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 and said to him,

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 Then who can be saved?

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 Jesus looked at them and said,

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 With man it is impossible,

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 but not with God,

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 for all things are possible with God.

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 Peter began to say to him,

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 See, we have left everything and followed you.

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 Jesus said,

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 Truly I say to you,

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 there is no one who has left houses or brothers or sisters

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 or mother or father or children or lands

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 for my sake and for the gospel

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 who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time

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 houses and brothers and sisters and mothers

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 and children and lands.

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 with persecutions and in the age to come eternal life.

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 But many who are first will be last

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 and the last first.

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 This is God's word to us,

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 written for his glory and our good.

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 We would all do well to listen to it

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 in order to believe its promises

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 and obey its commands.

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 Let's pray together.

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 Father,

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 Father,

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 our sufficiency

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 at all times

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 comes from you.

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 But there are moments in our life

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 that are particularly marked

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 where we feel that need

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 to such a greater degree.

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 And this, for me,

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 is one of those times.

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 And so, Father,

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 I would ask that you would

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 work in me by your spirit

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 to preach your word

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 well to your people.

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 And I would also ask

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 on behalf of them

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 that you'd work

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 by your spirit

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 in their hearts

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 to take this word

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 and apply it appropriately

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 to their lives.

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 Bring about

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 greater degrees

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 of repentance

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 and faith

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 so that we will

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 exalt

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 the name of Jesus.

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 And it's in that precious name

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 I pray.

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 Amen.

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 Well, once again,

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 we have before us

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 a pericope

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 found in all three.

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 Pericope's just a biblical text.

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 Found in all three

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 of the Synoptic Gospels.

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 That is,

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 this story is recorded

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 here by Mark,

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 by Matthew

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 in chapter 19

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 of his Gospel account,

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 and in chapter 18

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 of the Lucan account.

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 Anytime this happens,

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 not that we should neglect

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 any other text,

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 but we should really pay

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 careful attention.

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 All three of these writers

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 felt it important,

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 were led by the Spirit

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 to record these things

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 for us.

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 We should give it

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 extra attention.

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 What can we glean

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 from this text

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 for our living

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 to the glory

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 of God?

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 I have to tell you

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 as I study the parallels,

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 I'm so very pleased

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 to be preaching

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 from Mark's account

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 as it's my favorite account.

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 And I'll tell you

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 in a little while

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 why his particular account

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 is my favorite.

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 He has been

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 so punchy so far.

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 He moves so quickly

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 through the beginning part,

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 up through about

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 the middle of chapter 8,

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 moving us along,

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 hurrying us along

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 in the narrative.

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 And here,

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 he begins to slow down,

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 and he gives us

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 some beautiful details

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 that even the other

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 authors do not.

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 And once again,

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 I have bitten off

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 more than I think

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 any of us can chew

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 on a Sunday morning

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 in one sitting.

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 So,

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 I'm going to deal today

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 with the evangelistic aspect

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 of this text.

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 And next week,

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 I'll deal with

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 the financial,

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 the wealth aspect of it.

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 And we'll see what

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 true wealth is

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 in God's economy.

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 So,

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 the evangelistic aspect,

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 you heard me correctly.

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 Remember that Jesus

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 was a preacher

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 of the gospel.

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 He was also

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 the fulfillment of it.

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 He was the reason for it,

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 but he was a preacher

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 of the gospel.

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 Mark 1.15,

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 he says,

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 the time is fulfilled

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 and the kingdom of God

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 is at hand.

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 Repent and believe

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 in the gospel.

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 All of the miracles

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 that we see recorded

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 all are just giving

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 credence to the thing

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 that he's saying.

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 It's the message

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 that mattered most,

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 not the miracles.

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 So,

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 he's a preacher

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 of the gospel.

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 And we would rightly see

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 the rich young ruler

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 as a seeker.

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 This is an evangelistic

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 encounter.

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 Right?

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 That by the young man's

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 estimation doesn't end

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 very well,

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 but there's much

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 that we can learn

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 from the way

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 that our Lord

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 deals with him.

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 Now,

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 we see that Jesus

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 is setting out

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 on a journey.

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 He has presumably

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 left the house.

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 We see in verse 10,

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 he's in a house

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 with his disciples.

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 So,

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 he has left that.

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 He's setting out

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 on a journey.

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 He's currently in the region

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 of Judea

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 and beyond the Jordan.

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 We see that in chapter 10,

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 verse 2.

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 And he's working his way

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 towards Jerusalem.

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 This is in the months

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 leading up to

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 his crucifixion.

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 He has largely

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 left his public ministry

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 and he's now

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 turned his attention,

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 his focus,

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 his sights are set

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 on teaching the disciples

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 the things they will

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 need to know

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 once he departs

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 from them.

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 He gets some

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 interruptions

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 in that process,

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 but through this

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 last half of chapter 8

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 and through the end

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 of chapter 10,

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 he lays down

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 foundational truths

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 that they must

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 receive

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 and understand

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 to continue

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 to follow him

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 after his death.

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 We know he's going

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 to be delivered.

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 He's said now

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 three times,

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 he'll say it again

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 in the coming verses,

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 8.31

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 and 9.31.

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 He's foretold

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 that he's going

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 to be delivered over

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 to his tormentors

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 to be crucified.

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 And all of this

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 is interrupted

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 by a man.

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 Mark's account

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 simply says

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 a man.

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 He is commonly

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 referred to

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 as the rich

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 young ruler.

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 And we arrive

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 at this by looking

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 at the various

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 accounts.

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 So Luke 18.18,

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 he's called

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 a ruler.

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 He was likely

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 a ruler

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 of a local

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 synagogue.

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 Which is a lay

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 position.

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 It wasn't a

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 Levitical position.

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 It was a lay

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 position.

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 It was the person

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 that managed

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 the storehouses.

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 All the provisions

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 being there

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 was an office

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 manager of sorts.

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 But it was a

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 highly esteemed

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 position

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 and it was

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 highly lucrative.

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 Religion was

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 a big business

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 in this day.

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 Much wealth

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 came with it.

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 We also know

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 that he was rich

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 because Mark's

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 commentary in

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 verse 22,

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 for he had

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 great possessions.

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 So here we see

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 the rich and

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 the ruler

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 part of that.

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 Matthew 19.20

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 says that he

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 was the

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 young man.

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 Now this

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 position that he

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 likely held

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 as a ruler

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 of the synagogue

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 was an esteemed

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 religious position

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 that was prominently

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 held by older

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 men.

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 They were

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 typically called

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 elders as a

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 result.

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 Not the way

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 we speak of

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 biblical elders

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 in a modern

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 church setting,

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 but as old

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 men that

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 held this

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 position.

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 And somehow

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 this young

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 man had

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 come to

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 be this

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 ruler.

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 Which means

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 that he

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 was probably

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 especially

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 pious.

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 From the

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 outside he

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 seemed to

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 observe the

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 law very

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 well,

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 which is what

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 granted him

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 this position.

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 He certainly

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 considers himself

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 pious as

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 we'll see

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 soon.

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 This man

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 is in the

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 very prime

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 of his

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 life.

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 He has

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 in this

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 cultural

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 setting

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 everything

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 he could

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 possibly

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 want.

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 Much

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 wealth.

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 Much

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 esteem.

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 In the

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 culture's

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 estimation,

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 he was

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 the most

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 right

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 with God.

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 But yet,

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 he knows

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 that he

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 lacks

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 something.

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 And all

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 humanity

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 knows this.

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 All

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 humanity

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 apart from

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 Christ

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 knows

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 that there

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 is

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 something

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 missing.

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 Some

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 people call

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 it,

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 in a kind

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 of trite

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 fashion,

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 a God

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 sized hole

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 in our

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 hearts.

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 All

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 humanity

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 knows that

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 we were

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 created for

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 something in

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 particular,

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 and that

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 was to

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 exalt

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 the

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 creator.

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 And when

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 we're not

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 doing that,

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 things just

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 don't go

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 that well.

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 Even when

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 they seem

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 to be by

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 the world's

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 standards.

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 People spend

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 their lives

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 pursuing

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 this thing

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 that they

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 can't quite

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 put their

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 hands on,

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 that they

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 know they

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 need to

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 be fulfilled.

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 He

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 recognizes

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 that it's

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 this concept

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 of eternal

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 life.

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 He comes

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 to Jesus

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 seeking.

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 And he

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 comes to

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 Jesus with

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 a great

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 expression

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 of humility.

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 Now keep

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 in mind

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 that this

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 young man

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 is a rich

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 young man,

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 and the

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 record in

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 Mark is

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 that he

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 ran up

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 and he

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 knelt

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 before him.

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 People

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 with money

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 in this

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 day did

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 not run

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 because they

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 could afford

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 to have

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 somebody else

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 run for

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 them.

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 They would

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 have a

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 servant who

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 would go

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 fetch

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 whatever

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 instrument

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 they may

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 need or

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 go send

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 a message

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 to somebody

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 else.

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 It was

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 considered

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 degrading

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 to run.

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 No running

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 for exercise

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 in these

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 days.

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 Running

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 did not

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 happen.

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 This would

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 have been

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 an expression

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 of humility.

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 And beyond

00:11:24.040 --> 00:11:24.400
 that,

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 he kneels

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 down

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 before him.

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 Jesus.

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 And he

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 says,

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 good teacher,

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 what must

00:11:32.480 --> 00:11:32.980
 I do

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 to inherit

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 eternal life?

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 He gets

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 that he

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 doesn't have

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 it.

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 Matthew 19

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 16 says,

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 teacher,

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 what good

00:11:39.520 --> 00:11:40.620
 deed must

00:11:40.620 --> 00:11:40.980
 I do

00:11:40.980 --> 00:11:41.280
 to have

00:11:41.280 --> 00:11:41.520
 eternal

00:11:41.520 --> 00:11:42.040
 life?

00:11:42.160 --> 00:11:42.460
 And in

00:11:42.460 --> 00:11:43.040
 verse 20,

00:11:43.180 --> 00:11:43.900
 Matthew 19,

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 what do I

00:11:45.180 --> 00:11:46.740
 still lack?

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 How is it

00:11:47.800 --> 00:11:48.120
 that I

00:11:48.120 --> 00:11:49.259
 get this

00:11:49.259 --> 00:11:49.759
 thing?

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 Now,

00:11:51.620 --> 00:11:51.860
 the Jews

00:11:51.860 --> 00:11:52.160
 of this

00:11:52.160 --> 00:11:52.480
 day,

00:11:52.620 --> 00:11:53.320
 and I

00:11:53.320 --> 00:11:53.860
 would presume

00:11:53.860 --> 00:11:54.540
 Jews of

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 ours as

00:11:54.919 --> 00:11:55.259
 well,

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 have a

00:11:57.379 --> 00:11:58.219
 proper view

00:11:58.219 --> 00:11:58.919
 of salvation

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 and eternal

00:11:59.459 --> 00:11:59.899
 life.

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 In fact,

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 I think in

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 a lot of

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 ways,

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 they get

00:12:01.679 --> 00:12:02.259
 it more

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 right than

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 we do.

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 Certainly,

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 this man

00:12:04.860 --> 00:12:05.740
 would have.

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 They believed

00:12:06.500 --> 00:12:07.500
 that to have

00:12:07.500 --> 00:12:08.120
 eternal life

00:12:08.120 --> 00:12:08.799
 was not simply

00:12:08.799 --> 00:12:09.120
 that they

00:12:09.120 --> 00:12:09.639
 would go on

00:12:09.639 --> 00:12:10.019
 living,

00:12:10.539 --> 00:12:10.799
 right?

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 That we

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 live this

00:12:11.719 --> 00:12:12.259
 life now,

00:12:12.339 --> 00:12:12.740
 we die,

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 and we

00:12:12.959 --> 00:12:13.539
 continue to

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 live,

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 although it

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 does mean

00:12:15.179 --> 00:12:15.559
 that,

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 but that it

00:12:16.339 --> 00:12:17.059
 was to have

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 the very

00:12:17.839 --> 00:12:19.259
 life of

00:12:19.259 --> 00:12:19.779
 God.

00:12:20.599 --> 00:12:20.860
 God

00:12:20.860 --> 00:12:21.500
 himself has

00:12:21.500 --> 00:12:22.059
 eternal life,

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 and therefore,

00:12:22.539 --> 00:12:23.399
 for us to have

00:12:23.399 --> 00:12:24.000
 eternal life,

00:12:24.159 --> 00:12:24.959
 what great

00:12:24.959 --> 00:12:25.879
 gain that

00:12:25.879 --> 00:12:26.860
 is to

00:12:26.860 --> 00:12:27.360
 us.

00:12:28.559 --> 00:12:29.000
 A proper

00:12:29.000 --> 00:12:29.299
 biblical

00:12:29.299 --> 00:12:30.199
 understanding of

00:12:30.199 --> 00:12:30.620
 what it means

00:12:30.620 --> 00:12:30.860
 to have

00:12:30.860 --> 00:12:31.340
 life in

00:12:31.340 --> 00:12:32.100
 Christ is

00:12:32.100 --> 00:12:32.799
 aligned with

00:12:32.799 --> 00:12:33.100
 this,

00:12:33.159 --> 00:12:33.439
 that we

00:12:33.439 --> 00:12:34.039
 have life

00:12:34.039 --> 00:12:35.779
 now and

00:12:35.779 --> 00:12:36.459
 forever

00:12:36.459 --> 00:12:37.519
 more.

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 In a sense,

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 we bring

00:12:39.539 --> 00:12:40.039
 heaven to

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 earth when

00:12:40.899 --> 00:12:41.179
 the Spirit

00:12:41.179 --> 00:12:41.539
 of God

00:12:41.539 --> 00:12:42.000
 comes to

00:12:42.000 --> 00:12:42.919
 dwell in

00:12:42.919 --> 00:12:43.679
 our hearts.

00:12:44.220 --> 00:12:45.039
 Joy is

00:12:45.039 --> 00:12:45.579
 restored.

00:12:45.899 --> 00:12:46.259
 The ability

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 to live

00:12:47.019 --> 00:12:47.679
 under the

00:12:47.679 --> 00:12:48.340
 pressures of

00:12:48.340 --> 00:12:48.819
 sin,

00:12:49.199 --> 00:12:49.600
 the ability

00:12:49.600 --> 00:12:50.639
 to stand

00:12:50.639 --> 00:12:52.159
 up under

00:12:52.159 --> 00:12:52.799
 the temptation

00:12:52.799 --> 00:12:53.879
 of sin

00:12:53.879 --> 00:12:55.839
 exists because

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 of what we

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 now have.

00:12:59.579 --> 00:12:59.919
 Now,

00:13:00.019 --> 00:13:00.319
 what the

00:13:00.319 --> 00:13:00.719
 life of

00:13:00.719 --> 00:13:01.279
 God was

00:13:01.279 --> 00:13:01.879
 exactly,

00:13:02.139 --> 00:13:02.419
 they

00:13:02.419 --> 00:13:03.039
 misunderstood.

00:13:04.099 --> 00:13:04.639
 This is

00:13:04.639 --> 00:13:05.000
 what Jesus

00:13:05.000 --> 00:13:05.219
 has been

00:13:05.219 --> 00:13:05.659
 teaching the

00:13:05.659 --> 00:13:06.699
 disciples all

00:13:06.699 --> 00:13:07.120
 along.

00:13:07.339 --> 00:13:07.879
 Chapter 8,

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 verse 34.

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 What is

00:13:09.740 --> 00:13:10.259
 he predicting?

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 He's predicting

00:13:11.199 --> 00:13:12.539
 his death.

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 And my

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 brain just

00:13:16.259 --> 00:13:17.019
 went blank.

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 31.

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 Yep,

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 that's a

00:13:21.759 --> 00:13:21.979
 typo.

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 And he

00:13:22.420 --> 00:13:22.759
 began to

00:13:22.759 --> 00:13:23.240
 teach them

00:13:23.240 --> 00:13:23.759
 that the

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 Son of

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 Man must

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 suffer many

00:13:24.800 --> 00:13:25.259
 things and

00:13:25.259 --> 00:13:25.740
 be rejected

00:13:25.740 --> 00:13:26.120
 by the

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 elders and

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 the chief

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 priests and

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 the scribes

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 and be

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 killed and

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 after three

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 days rise

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 again.

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 Nope,

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 it wasn't a

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 typo.

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 Verse 34.

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 If anyone

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 would come

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 after me,

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 let him

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 deny himself

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 and take

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 up his

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 cross and

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 follow me.

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 What is

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 it going to

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 look like to

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 be a

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 disciple of

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 Jesus Christ?

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 What is

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 it going to

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 mean to

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 have the

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 life of

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 God?

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 It's

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 going to

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 mean that

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 we

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 emulate

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 him.

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 Jesus,

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 incarnate

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 God,

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 in flesh

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 suffered

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 for our

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 sake.

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 Again,

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 chapter 9,

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 verse 35.

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 If anyone

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 will be

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 first,

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 he must

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 be the

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 last of

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 all and

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 servant of

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 all.

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 Beyond

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 our text,

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 chapter 10,

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 verse 31.

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 But many

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 who are

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 first will

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 be last

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 and the

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 last

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 first.

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 Look at

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 verse 43.

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 But it

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 shall not be

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 so among

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 you, but

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 whoever would

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 be great

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 among you

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 must be

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 your servant.

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 And whoever

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 will be

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 first among

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 you,

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 must be

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 slave of

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 all.

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 For even

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 the Son

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 of Man

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 came not

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 to be

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 served,

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 but to

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 serve,

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 and to

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 give his

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 life as

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 a ransom

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 for many.

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 This rich

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 wrong,

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 you would

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 have thought

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 he had

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 everything

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 he needed,

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 and what

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 he was

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 coming to

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 Jesus for

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 was that

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 one more

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 thing.

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 Let me

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 add the

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 bonus on

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 top of

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 all the

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 things I

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 already

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 have.

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 And he

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 missed

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 the point

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 that for

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 him to

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 gain

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 Christ,

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 he had

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 to give

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 up all

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 that he

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 had.

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 So what

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 answer would

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 you have

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 given such

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 a man who

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 comes to

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 you in

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 such a

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 humble

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 position,

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 asks such

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 a seemingly

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 heartfelt

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 question?

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 Imagine that a

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 man runs up to

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 you today after

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 the service,

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 whatever restaurant

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 you may go to,

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 kneels down before you

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 and says,

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 good teacher,

00:15:07.120 --> 00:15:07.820
 what must I do

00:15:07.820 --> 00:15:08.259
 to inherit

00:15:08.259 --> 00:15:09.000
 eternal life?

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 I imagine that

00:15:11.559 --> 00:15:12.019
 you would tell

00:15:12.019 --> 00:15:12.360
 them,

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 repent and

00:15:13.419 --> 00:15:13.700
 believe,

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 right?

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 You'd use

00:15:14.440 --> 00:15:15.460
 Bible language.

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 You might say,

00:15:16.679 --> 00:15:17.559
 look to Christ,

00:15:17.720 --> 00:15:18.559
 place your faith

00:15:18.559 --> 00:15:19.440
 in him,

00:15:19.539 --> 00:15:21.179
 or pray this

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 prayer.

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 In a different

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 setting,

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 one might say,

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 walk the aisle,

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 or here,

00:15:26.559 --> 00:15:27.559
 read this tract,

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 right?

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 And all these

00:15:29.620 --> 00:15:29.960
 things would be

00:15:29.960 --> 00:15:30.740
 well motivated,

00:15:31.120 --> 00:15:31.779
 of course,

00:15:32.320 --> 00:15:32.600
 right?

00:15:32.740 --> 00:15:33.539
 We want people

00:15:33.539 --> 00:15:34.159
 to respond to

00:15:34.159 --> 00:15:34.620
 the gospel.

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 We want people

00:15:35.379 --> 00:15:36.299
 to understand the

00:15:36.299 --> 00:15:37.179
 very essence of

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 what it means to

00:15:37.820 --> 00:15:38.860
 place faith in

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 Christ.

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 I believe this

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 is the answer

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 we would give

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 them all.

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 Isn't this

00:15:44.159 --> 00:15:44.680
 exactly what

00:15:44.680 --> 00:15:45.139
 Jesus did

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 when Nicodemus,

00:15:45.960 --> 00:15:46.960
 another ruler

00:15:46.960 --> 00:15:48.080
 of the Jews,

00:15:48.600 --> 00:15:49.279
 sought him out?

00:15:49.440 --> 00:15:50.180
 John 3,

00:15:50.680 --> 00:15:51.539
 14 and 15.

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 It says,

00:15:52.639 --> 00:15:53.220
 Moses lifted up

00:15:53.220 --> 00:15:53.519
 the servant

00:15:53.519 --> 00:15:54.080
 in the wilderness,

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 so must the

00:15:55.379 --> 00:15:55.840
 Son of Man

00:15:55.840 --> 00:15:56.519
 be lifted up,

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 that whoever

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 believes in him

00:15:58.480 --> 00:15:59.120
 may have

00:15:59.120 --> 00:15:59.940
 eternal life.

00:16:00.560 --> 00:16:01.779
 Or in John 6,

00:16:01.820 --> 00:16:02.180
 28,

00:16:02.820 --> 00:16:03.539
 when Jesus is

00:16:03.539 --> 00:16:04.200
 teaching the crowds,

00:16:04.279 --> 00:16:04.920
 they say to him,

00:16:05.019 --> 00:16:07.580
 what must we do

00:16:07.580 --> 00:16:08.560
 to be doing

00:16:08.559 --> 00:16:09.359
 the works of

00:16:09.359 --> 00:16:09.779
 God?

00:16:10.219 --> 00:16:10.959
 Jesus answered

00:16:10.959 --> 00:16:11.279
 them,

00:16:11.599 --> 00:16:12.139
 this is the

00:16:12.139 --> 00:16:12.779
 work of God,

00:16:12.879 --> 00:16:13.539
 that you believe

00:16:13.539 --> 00:16:14.679
 in him whom

00:16:14.679 --> 00:16:15.559
 he has sent.

00:16:16.939 --> 00:16:17.500
 Or you could

00:16:17.500 --> 00:16:18.039
 be taking your

00:16:18.039 --> 00:16:18.879
 cues from Paul

00:16:18.879 --> 00:16:19.919
 and Silas when

00:16:19.919 --> 00:16:20.419
 the Philippian

00:16:20.419 --> 00:16:21.099
 jailer asked

00:16:21.099 --> 00:16:21.639
 them in Acts

00:16:21.639 --> 00:16:22.179
 16,

00:16:22.299 --> 00:16:22.719
 30,

00:16:23.259 --> 00:16:23.819
 sirs,

00:16:23.939 --> 00:16:24.939
 what must I

00:16:24.939 --> 00:16:25.579
 do to be

00:16:25.579 --> 00:16:26.159
 saved?

00:16:26.579 --> 00:16:27.019
 And they

00:16:27.019 --> 00:16:27.479
 said,

00:16:27.619 --> 00:16:28.379
 believe in

00:16:28.379 --> 00:16:28.699
 the Lord

00:16:28.699 --> 00:16:30.299
 Jesus and

00:16:30.299 --> 00:16:30.799
 you will be

00:16:30.799 --> 00:16:31.339
 saved.

00:16:31.799 --> 00:16:32.459
 We see a

00:16:32.459 --> 00:16:33.139
 biblical pattern

00:16:33.139 --> 00:16:33.739
 for this type

00:16:33.739 --> 00:16:34.639
 of response

00:16:34.639 --> 00:16:35.319
 to such

00:16:35.319 --> 00:16:36.360
 a question.

00:16:37.439 --> 00:16:38.000
 So why

00:16:38.000 --> 00:16:38.519
 does Jesus'

00:16:38.720 --> 00:16:39.939
 answer vary

00:16:39.939 --> 00:16:40.759
 from this

00:16:40.759 --> 00:16:41.120
 pattern?

00:16:42.059 --> 00:16:42.699
 What can

00:16:42.699 --> 00:16:43.379
 we learn

00:16:43.379 --> 00:16:44.179
 from Jesus

00:16:44.179 --> 00:16:45.259
 about his

00:16:45.259 --> 00:16:46.019
 evangelistic

00:16:46.019 --> 00:16:46.939
 methods and

00:16:46.939 --> 00:16:47.480
 therefore the

00:16:47.480 --> 00:16:48.679
 proper evangelistic

00:16:48.679 --> 00:16:49.879
 methods?

00:16:50.939 --> 00:16:51.399
 Is it

00:16:51.399 --> 00:16:51.980
 possible

00:16:51.980 --> 00:16:53.100
 that you

00:16:53.100 --> 00:16:53.819
 have and

00:16:53.819 --> 00:16:54.919
 are presuming

00:16:54.919 --> 00:16:55.740
 that you

00:16:55.740 --> 00:16:56.259
 may have

00:16:56.259 --> 00:16:56.819
 something to

00:16:56.819 --> 00:16:57.500
 teach Jesus

00:16:57.500 --> 00:16:58.580
 about evangelism?

00:16:59.519 --> 00:17:00.279
 Is it

00:17:00.279 --> 00:17:01.019
 possible that

00:17:01.019 --> 00:17:01.860
 evangelical

00:17:01.860 --> 00:17:02.360
 Christians

00:17:02.360 --> 00:17:02.720
 have been

00:17:02.720 --> 00:17:03.159
 sharing

00:17:03.159 --> 00:17:04.259
 Christ

00:17:04.259 --> 00:17:05.620
 wrongly?

00:17:07.160 --> 00:17:07.839
 So why

00:17:07.839 --> 00:17:08.099
 does his

00:17:08.099 --> 00:17:08.640
 answer vary?

00:17:09.140 --> 00:17:09.420
 And the

00:17:09.420 --> 00:17:09.860
 key to that

00:17:09.860 --> 00:17:10.120
 is in

00:17:10.120 --> 00:17:10.339
 Jesus'

00:17:10.460 --> 00:17:10.860
 immediate

00:17:10.860 --> 00:17:11.440
 response

00:17:11.440 --> 00:17:11.720
 to the

00:17:11.720 --> 00:17:11.960
 man.

00:17:12.740 --> 00:17:12.920
 Verse

00:17:12.920 --> 00:17:13.319
 18,

00:17:14.039 --> 00:17:14.839
 he says,

00:17:15.480 --> 00:17:16.940
 why do

00:17:16.940 --> 00:17:17.539
 you call

00:17:17.539 --> 00:17:18.839
 me good?

00:17:20.180 --> 00:17:20.880
 No one

00:17:20.880 --> 00:17:21.460
 is good

00:17:21.460 --> 00:17:22.400
 except

00:17:22.400 --> 00:17:22.980
 God

00:17:22.980 --> 00:17:24.000
 alone.

00:17:24.440 --> 00:17:24.819
 Now it's

00:17:24.819 --> 00:17:25.160
 interesting,

00:17:25.299 --> 00:17:25.579
 isn't it?

00:17:25.579 --> 00:17:26.140
 Because we

00:17:26.140 --> 00:17:26.620
 could rightly

00:17:26.620 --> 00:17:27.299
 call Jesus

00:17:27.299 --> 00:17:27.900
 good,

00:17:28.299 --> 00:17:28.519
 right?

00:17:28.620 --> 00:17:29.019
 Jesus,

00:17:29.160 --> 00:17:29.420
 who lived

00:17:29.420 --> 00:17:29.900
 a sinless

00:17:29.900 --> 00:17:30.940
 life up

00:17:30.940 --> 00:17:31.240
 to this

00:17:31.240 --> 00:17:31.519
 point.

00:17:31.519 --> 00:17:32.240
 of course,

00:17:32.559 --> 00:17:33.139
 had not

00:17:33.139 --> 00:17:33.879
 sinned.

00:17:33.920 --> 00:17:34.539
 If anybody

00:17:34.539 --> 00:17:35.599
 on earth

00:17:35.599 --> 00:17:36.059
 was to be

00:17:36.059 --> 00:17:36.660
 called good,

00:17:36.700 --> 00:17:37.019
 it would

00:17:37.019 --> 00:17:37.559
 have been

00:17:37.559 --> 00:17:38.619
 Jesus.

00:17:39.619 --> 00:17:40.420
 But this

00:17:40.420 --> 00:17:41.220
 man did

00:17:41.220 --> 00:17:42.279
 not know

00:17:42.279 --> 00:17:43.359
 who he

00:17:43.359 --> 00:17:44.160
 was.

00:17:44.680 --> 00:17:45.180
 This man

00:17:45.180 --> 00:17:45.460
 did not

00:17:45.460 --> 00:17:45.839
 have a

00:17:45.839 --> 00:17:46.139
 clear

00:17:46.139 --> 00:17:46.980
 revelation

00:17:46.980 --> 00:17:48.000
 that he

00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:49.220
 was the

00:17:49.220 --> 00:17:49.799
 Christ.

00:17:49.960 --> 00:17:50.460
 He simply

00:17:50.460 --> 00:17:51.000
 comes to

00:17:51.000 --> 00:17:51.299
 him,

00:17:51.500 --> 00:17:52.079
 a man he

00:17:52.079 --> 00:17:52.500
 knows has

00:17:52.500 --> 00:17:53.139
 been traveling

00:17:53.139 --> 00:17:54.220
 and teaching

00:17:54.220 --> 00:17:54.680
 about the

00:17:54.680 --> 00:17:55.139
 kingdom of

00:17:55.139 --> 00:17:55.500
 God,

00:17:55.579 --> 00:17:55.940
 who has

00:17:55.940 --> 00:17:56.460
 done many

00:17:56.460 --> 00:17:57.079
 miracles,

00:17:57.599 --> 00:17:57.980
 and he

00:17:57.980 --> 00:17:59.240
 applies very

00:17:59.240 --> 00:17:59.839
 loosely,

00:18:00.220 --> 00:18:01.019
 he throws

00:18:01.019 --> 00:18:01.920
 a term

00:18:01.920 --> 00:18:02.639
 on him

00:18:02.639 --> 00:18:03.779
 that is

00:18:03.779 --> 00:18:04.639
 good.

00:18:05.519 --> 00:18:06.079
 He doesn't

00:18:06.079 --> 00:18:06.500
 get it,

00:18:06.599 --> 00:18:06.980
 which is why

00:18:06.980 --> 00:18:07.960
 Jesus responds

00:18:07.960 --> 00:18:08.619
 in the way

00:18:08.619 --> 00:18:09.379
 that he

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 does.

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 Further,

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 he should

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 have known

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 his scriptures.

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 This man

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 certainly would

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 have studied

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 them.

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 Romans 3,

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 10-12,

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 where Paul

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 quotes from

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 Psalm 14

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 and Psalm 53,

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 which this

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 young ruler

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 would have

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 had,

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 one of the

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 few copies,

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 he would have

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 had access

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 to it.

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 Paul sums

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 it up for

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 us and

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 says,

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 none is

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 righteous or

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 good,

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 no not one,

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 no one

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 understands,

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 no one

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 seeks for

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 God,

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 all have

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 turned aside,

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 together they

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 have become

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 worthless,

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 no one does

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 good,

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 not even

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 one.

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 No one

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 does good,

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 no one

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 is good,

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 except God

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 alone.

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 And Jesus'

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 response

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 redefines for

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 us what

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 goodness is.

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 He sets

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 God up as

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 the standard

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 for goodness.

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 He makes

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 goodness

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 objective

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 rather than

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 subjective.

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 If I compare

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 myself to

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 you,

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 I might

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 come out

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 okay.

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 I also

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 may not.

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 If I compare

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 myself to

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 God,

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 in every

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 case,

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 I will be

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 left with

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 no doubt

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 that I

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 need the

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 goodness

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 of Christ.

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 God

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 alone

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 is good.

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 Matthew

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 19-16

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 kind of

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 pointily

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 says,

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 Teacher,

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 what good

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 deed must

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 I do

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 to have

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 eternal

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 life?

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 This man

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 thought that

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 he could

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 amass for

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 himself merit

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 by the way

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 in which

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 he lived.

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 He was

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 incredibly

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 delusional.

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 He thinks

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 that he has

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 kept the

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 law.

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 He thinks

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 that he

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 is righteous

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 by his

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 own

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 doing.

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 Do you

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 remember the

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 parable of the

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 Pharisee and the

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 tax collector?

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 Peter?

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 In Luke,

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 it's recorded

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 just before the

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 telling of this

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 particular

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 story.

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 Let me read

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 that to you.

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 Luke 18,

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 beginning in

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 verse 9.

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 Jesus also

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 told this

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 parable to

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 some who

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 trusted in

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 themselves that

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 they were

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 righteous and

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 treated others

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 with contempt.

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 Two men

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 went up to the

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 temple to pray,

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 one a Pharisee

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 and the other

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 a tax collector.

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 The Pharisee

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 standing by

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 himself prayed

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 thus,

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 God, I

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 thank you that

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 I am not like

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 other men,

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 extortioners,

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 unjust,

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 adulterers,

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 or even like

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 this tax

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 collector.

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 I fast twice

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 a week.

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 I give tithes

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 of all that

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 I get.

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 But the

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 tax collector

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 standing far

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 off would not

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 even lift up

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 his eyes to

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 heaven,

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 but beat

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 his breast

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 saying,

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 God, be

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 merciful to

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 me, a

00:20:42.039 --> 00:20:42.319
 sinner.

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 I tell you,

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 this man went

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 down to his

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 house justified

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 rather than the

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 other.

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 For everyone

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 who exalts

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 himself will

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 be humbled,

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 but the one

00:20:50.039 --> 00:20:50.500
 who humbles

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 himself will

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 be exalted.

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 The Pharisee

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 compares himself

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 to the tax

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 collector and

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 finds himself

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 righteous.

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 The tax

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 collector is

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 honest with

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 who he is

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 before God

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 and says,

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 I am a

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 sinner.

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 Please have

00:21:05.779 --> 00:21:06.700
 mercy on me.

00:21:07.200 --> 00:21:07.819
 I cannot

00:21:07.819 --> 00:21:08.799
 merit that

00:21:08.799 --> 00:21:09.339
 on my own.

00:21:09.399 --> 00:21:09.859
 I cannot

00:21:09.859 --> 00:21:10.599
 earn it.

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 It must be

00:21:11.740 --> 00:21:12.960
 your gracious

00:21:12.960 --> 00:21:13.920
 extension

00:21:13.920 --> 00:21:15.519
 of mercy.

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 mercy.

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 This is the

00:21:18.000 --> 00:21:18.500
 good news

00:21:18.500 --> 00:21:18.779
 of the

00:21:18.779 --> 00:21:19.220
 gospel,

00:21:19.539 --> 00:21:19.839
 beloved.

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 This is the

00:21:21.559 --> 00:21:22.420
 wonderful news

00:21:22.420 --> 00:21:23.259
 of the

00:21:23.259 --> 00:21:23.639
 gospel.

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 That apart

00:21:24.519 --> 00:21:25.059
 from anything

00:21:25.059 --> 00:21:25.460
 we could

00:21:25.460 --> 00:21:26.420
 possibly do

00:21:26.420 --> 00:21:27.019
 to earn

00:21:27.019 --> 00:21:27.819
 God's favor,

00:21:27.980 --> 00:21:28.660
 he extends

00:21:28.660 --> 00:21:29.220
 it to us

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 all the

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 same.

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 But good

00:21:32.500 --> 00:21:32.819
 news isn't

00:21:32.819 --> 00:21:33.500
 good news

00:21:33.500 --> 00:21:34.859
 without bad

00:21:34.859 --> 00:21:35.180
 news,

00:21:35.240 --> 00:21:35.619
 is it?

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 There certainly

00:21:36.460 --> 00:21:37.619
 is bad

00:21:37.619 --> 00:21:38.099
 news.

00:21:38.099 --> 00:21:39.199
 I just

00:21:39.199 --> 00:21:39.559
 read to you

00:21:39.559 --> 00:21:40.219
 Romans 3.

00:21:40.899 --> 00:21:41.699
 10-12,

00:21:41.799 --> 00:21:42.079
 none is

00:21:42.079 --> 00:21:42.619
 righteous.

00:21:43.379 --> 00:21:43.719
 No, not

00:21:43.719 --> 00:21:44.139
 one.

00:21:45.039 --> 00:21:45.359
 No one

00:21:45.359 --> 00:21:46.059
 understands.

00:21:46.839 --> 00:21:47.139
 No one

00:21:47.139 --> 00:21:47.599
 seeks for

00:21:47.599 --> 00:21:48.019
 God.

00:21:48.159 --> 00:21:48.579
 All have

00:21:48.579 --> 00:21:49.159
 turned aside.

00:21:49.279 --> 00:21:49.799
 Together they

00:21:49.799 --> 00:21:50.159
 have become

00:21:50.159 --> 00:21:50.599
 worthless.

00:21:50.779 --> 00:21:51.059
 No one

00:21:51.059 --> 00:21:51.539
 does good.

00:21:51.639 --> 00:21:52.500
 Not even

00:21:52.500 --> 00:21:53.099
 one.

00:21:53.179 --> 00:21:53.759
 We learn in

00:21:53.759 --> 00:21:54.219
 Romans that

00:21:54.219 --> 00:21:54.599
 the wages

00:21:54.599 --> 00:21:55.059
 of sin

00:21:55.059 --> 00:21:56.219
 is death.

00:21:57.079 --> 00:21:57.519
 This is

00:21:57.519 --> 00:21:57.859
 what due

00:21:57.859 --> 00:21:58.319
 to us is

00:21:58.319 --> 00:21:58.759
 the just

00:21:58.759 --> 00:21:59.279
 punishment

00:21:59.279 --> 00:22:00.079
 for our

00:22:00.079 --> 00:22:00.439
 sin.

00:22:01.279 --> 00:22:01.659
 What has

00:22:01.659 --> 00:22:02.219
 been accounted

00:22:02.219 --> 00:22:03.039
 to us

00:22:03.039 --> 00:22:04.379
 is death

00:22:04.379 --> 00:22:05.039
 because of

00:22:05.039 --> 00:22:05.539
 our sin.

00:22:05.659 --> 00:22:06.019
 And none

00:22:06.019 --> 00:22:06.379
 of us have

00:22:06.379 --> 00:22:07.199
 escaped this.

00:22:07.200 --> 00:22:08.019
 Not a

00:22:08.019 --> 00:22:08.720
 single person

00:22:08.720 --> 00:22:09.019
 in my

00:22:09.019 --> 00:22:09.539
 hearing can

00:22:09.539 --> 00:22:10.059
 say I

00:22:10.059 --> 00:22:10.539
 am without

00:22:10.539 --> 00:22:11.000
 sin.

00:22:11.100 --> 00:22:11.220
 You're

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 not.

00:22:13.000 --> 00:22:13.559
 By your

00:22:13.559 --> 00:22:15.259
 nature are

00:22:15.259 --> 00:22:16.779
 sinful before

00:22:16.779 --> 00:22:17.240
 Christ.

00:22:18.620 --> 00:22:19.080
 I praise

00:22:19.080 --> 00:22:19.500
 God in

00:22:19.500 --> 00:22:20.059
 Romans 3.

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 Paul keeps

00:22:20.779 --> 00:22:22.220
 writing because

00:22:22.220 --> 00:22:23.180
 he could because

00:22:23.180 --> 00:22:23.720
 of the gospel.

00:22:24.160 --> 00:22:24.740
 He had so

00:22:24.740 --> 00:22:25.340
 much more to

00:22:25.340 --> 00:22:26.480
 say about

00:22:26.480 --> 00:22:27.080
 the gospel.

00:22:28.000 --> 00:22:28.539
 Verse 21

00:22:28.539 --> 00:22:29.240
 and 22,

00:22:29.360 --> 00:22:31.000
 but now the

00:22:31.000 --> 00:22:31.779
 righteousness of

00:22:31.779 --> 00:22:32.400
 God has been

00:22:32.400 --> 00:22:33.600
 manifested apart

00:22:33.600 --> 00:22:34.299
 from the law.

00:22:34.600 --> 00:22:35.080
 Although the

00:22:35.080 --> 00:22:35.420
 law and the

00:22:35.420 --> 00:22:35.860
 prophets bear

00:22:35.860 --> 00:22:36.460
 witness to it,

00:22:36.460 --> 00:22:37.559
 the righteousness

00:22:37.559 --> 00:22:38.319
 of God

00:22:38.319 --> 00:22:39.120
 through faith

00:22:39.120 --> 00:22:39.600
 in Jesus

00:22:39.600 --> 00:22:41.000
 Christ for

00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:42.340
 all who

00:22:42.340 --> 00:22:42.860
 believed.

00:22:43.460 --> 00:22:43.940
 Martin Luther

00:22:43.940 --> 00:22:44.380
 called it the

00:22:44.380 --> 00:22:45.319
 great exchange.

00:22:45.900 --> 00:22:46.380
 Jesus took

00:22:46.380 --> 00:22:46.960
 on our

00:22:46.960 --> 00:22:48.140
 sin on the

00:22:48.140 --> 00:22:48.440
 cross.

00:22:48.539 --> 00:22:48.759
 He took

00:22:48.759 --> 00:22:49.220
 the wrath

00:22:49.220 --> 00:22:49.579
 of God

00:22:49.579 --> 00:22:49.840
 that was

00:22:49.840 --> 00:22:50.299
 due us

00:22:50.299 --> 00:22:50.559
 and he

00:22:50.559 --> 00:22:50.940
 gave to

00:22:50.940 --> 00:22:52.079
 us his

00:22:52.079 --> 00:22:53.220
 righteousness.

00:22:53.559 --> 00:22:54.039
 This is how

00:22:54.039 --> 00:22:54.640
 we stand

00:22:54.640 --> 00:22:55.680
 before God.

00:22:55.880 --> 00:22:56.220
 Not by

00:22:56.220 --> 00:22:56.840
 anything that

00:22:56.840 --> 00:22:57.100
 we could

00:22:57.100 --> 00:22:57.559
 earn.

00:22:58.319 --> 00:22:58.400
 Right?

00:22:59.299 --> 00:22:59.680
 You're

00:22:59.680 --> 00:23:00.220
 deluded if

00:23:00.220 --> 00:23:00.640
 you think

00:23:00.640 --> 00:23:01.240
 that walking

00:23:01.240 --> 00:23:01.960
 an aisle

00:23:01.960 --> 00:23:03.259
 or praying

00:23:03.259 --> 00:23:03.840
 a particular

00:23:03.840 --> 00:23:04.720
 prayer is

00:23:04.720 --> 00:23:05.200
 what makes

00:23:05.200 --> 00:23:05.600
 you in a

00:23:05.600 --> 00:23:06.160
 right standing

00:23:06.160 --> 00:23:06.940
 before God.

00:23:07.440 --> 00:23:07.920
 If someone

00:23:07.920 --> 00:23:08.540
 has misled

00:23:08.540 --> 00:23:08.880
 you in

00:23:08.880 --> 00:23:09.400
 that way,

00:23:09.600 --> 00:23:09.980
 if you

00:23:09.980 --> 00:23:10.480
 hang the

00:23:10.480 --> 00:23:11.160
 surety of

00:23:11.160 --> 00:23:11.820
 your salvation

00:23:11.820 --> 00:23:12.380
 on some

00:23:12.380 --> 00:23:13.120
 experience,

00:23:13.540 --> 00:23:14.620
 some date,

00:23:14.980 --> 00:23:15.740
 let me warn

00:23:15.740 --> 00:23:16.120
 you,

00:23:17.080 --> 00:23:17.820
 urge you,

00:23:18.480 --> 00:23:19.100
 do not let

00:23:19.100 --> 00:23:19.680
 that be your

00:23:19.680 --> 00:23:20.060
 surety.

00:23:21.740 --> 00:23:22.580
 It's on the

00:23:22.580 --> 00:23:23.420
 work of

00:23:23.420 --> 00:23:24.340
 Christ in

00:23:24.340 --> 00:23:24.860
 your life.

00:23:24.980 --> 00:23:25.279
 Do you

00:23:25.279 --> 00:23:25.880
 have the

00:23:25.880 --> 00:23:26.259
 Spirit of

00:23:26.259 --> 00:23:26.560
 God?

00:23:26.840 --> 00:23:27.180
 Do you

00:23:27.180 --> 00:23:27.900
 love Him

00:23:27.900 --> 00:23:28.920
 more than

00:23:28.920 --> 00:23:29.620
 the things

00:23:29.620 --> 00:23:30.340
 of this

00:23:30.340 --> 00:23:30.779
 world?

00:23:30.779 --> 00:23:32.160
 God

00:23:32.160 --> 00:23:32.639
 the rich

00:23:32.639 --> 00:23:32.819
 young

00:23:32.819 --> 00:23:33.180
 ruler was

00:23:33.180 --> 00:23:33.839
 not truly

00:23:33.839 --> 00:23:34.259
 humble.

00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:34.799
 He

00:23:34.799 --> 00:23:35.240
 was in

00:23:35.240 --> 00:23:36.079
 exterior

00:23:36.079 --> 00:23:37.000
 fashion.

00:23:37.839 --> 00:23:38.119
 He did

00:23:38.119 --> 00:23:38.720
 not really

00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:39.539
 recognize

00:23:39.539 --> 00:23:40.539
 his

00:23:40.539 --> 00:23:41.099
 poverty.

00:23:42.379 --> 00:23:42.879
 Do you

00:23:42.879 --> 00:23:43.359
 recognize

00:23:43.359 --> 00:23:43.740
 yours?

00:23:44.720 --> 00:23:45.099
 He knew

00:23:45.099 --> 00:23:45.639
 something was

00:23:45.639 --> 00:23:46.019
 missing,

00:23:46.619 --> 00:23:47.039
 but he

00:23:47.039 --> 00:23:47.399
 did not

00:23:47.399 --> 00:23:47.759
 come to

00:23:47.759 --> 00:23:47.960
 Jesus

00:23:47.960 --> 00:23:48.319
 seeking

00:23:48.319 --> 00:23:48.899
 for God,

00:23:49.059 --> 00:23:49.700
 but rather

00:23:49.700 --> 00:23:50.299
 what he

00:23:50.299 --> 00:23:51.099
 could gain

00:23:51.099 --> 00:23:52.579
 from God.

00:23:53.700 --> 00:23:54.480
 He was

00:23:54.480 --> 00:23:54.859
 exalting

00:23:54.859 --> 00:23:55.279
 himself.

00:23:55.500 --> 00:23:55.839
 He was

00:23:55.839 --> 00:23:56.660
 self-righteous.

00:23:56.660 --> 00:23:56.779
 proud.

00:23:57.580 --> 00:23:58.040
 He possessed

00:23:58.040 --> 00:23:58.660
 this outward

00:23:58.660 --> 00:23:59.380
 appearance of

00:23:59.380 --> 00:23:59.740
 humility,

00:23:59.860 --> 00:24:00.560
 but inwardly

00:24:00.560 --> 00:24:01.600
 was totally

00:24:01.600 --> 00:24:02.540
 proud.

00:24:02.620 --> 00:24:02.960
 And Jesus

00:24:02.960 --> 00:24:04.140
 surmises all

00:24:04.140 --> 00:24:04.920
 of this from

00:24:04.920 --> 00:24:05.640
 one word,

00:24:06.340 --> 00:24:06.759
 good.

00:24:08.060 --> 00:24:08.560
 But he

00:24:08.560 --> 00:24:09.220
 probes further.

00:24:10.220 --> 00:24:10.600
 He quotes

00:24:10.600 --> 00:24:10.980
 the latter

00:24:10.980 --> 00:24:11.640
 half of the

00:24:11.640 --> 00:24:12.800
 Ten Commandments.

00:24:13.040 --> 00:24:14.140
 It's six.

00:24:14.220 --> 00:24:14.519
 I know there's

00:24:14.519 --> 00:24:14.700
 ten.

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 It's a little

00:24:15.420 --> 00:24:15.840
 more than the

00:24:15.840 --> 00:24:16.300
 latter half.

00:24:16.860 --> 00:24:17.380
 The latter

00:24:17.380 --> 00:24:17.700
 half of the

00:24:17.700 --> 00:24:18.240
 Ten Commandments.

00:24:19.040 --> 00:24:19.660
 Those that

00:24:19.660 --> 00:24:20.120
 deal with

00:24:20.120 --> 00:24:20.800
 relationships

00:24:20.800 --> 00:24:22.160
 between men.

00:24:22.259 --> 00:24:22.420
 You can

00:24:22.420 --> 00:24:22.840
 find that in

00:24:22.840 --> 00:24:23.640
 Exodus 20

00:24:23.640 --> 00:24:23.880
 and the

00:24:23.880 --> 00:24:24.440
 restating of

00:24:24.440 --> 00:24:24.700
 it in

00:24:24.700 --> 00:24:25.140
 Deuteronomy

00:24:25.140 --> 00:24:26.560
 chapter 5.

00:24:26.660 --> 00:24:27.380
 Verse 19.

00:24:27.580 --> 00:24:27.779
 Do not

00:24:27.779 --> 00:24:28.040
 murder.

00:24:28.160 --> 00:24:28.340
 Do not

00:24:28.340 --> 00:24:28.519
 commit

00:24:28.519 --> 00:24:28.960
 adultery.

00:24:29.300 --> 00:24:29.620
 Do not

00:24:29.620 --> 00:24:29.940
 steal.

00:24:30.040 --> 00:24:30.220
 Do not

00:24:30.220 --> 00:24:30.640
 bear false

00:24:30.640 --> 00:24:31.019
 witness.

00:24:31.320 --> 00:24:31.640
 Do not

00:24:31.640 --> 00:24:32.300
 defraud.

00:24:32.740 --> 00:24:33.720
 Honor your

00:24:33.720 --> 00:24:34.820
 father and

00:24:34.820 --> 00:24:35.060
 mother.

00:24:35.180 --> 00:24:35.440
 The young

00:24:35.440 --> 00:24:35.960
 man knew

00:24:35.960 --> 00:24:36.820
 these laws.

00:24:37.440 --> 00:24:38.040
 He didn't

00:24:38.040 --> 00:24:38.440
 scratch his

00:24:38.440 --> 00:24:38.660
 head at

00:24:38.660 --> 00:24:39.060
 these things.

00:24:39.120 --> 00:24:39.420
 He knew

00:24:39.420 --> 00:24:40.060
 these things

00:24:40.060 --> 00:24:40.660
 and we

00:24:40.660 --> 00:24:41.000
 see that

00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:41.460
 in his

00:24:41.460 --> 00:24:42.540
 response.

00:24:42.720 --> 00:24:42.940
 But he

00:24:42.940 --> 00:24:43.460
 fails to

00:24:43.460 --> 00:24:43.740
 see the

00:24:43.740 --> 00:24:44.500
 purpose of

00:24:44.500 --> 00:24:44.880
 the law.

00:24:45.080 --> 00:24:45.480
 The purpose

00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:45.880
 of the law

00:24:45.880 --> 00:24:47.340
 was that it

00:24:47.340 --> 00:24:47.759
 was meant to

00:24:47.759 --> 00:24:48.480
 teach our

00:24:48.480 --> 00:24:50.120
 need for a

00:24:50.120 --> 00:24:50.380
 Savior.

00:24:51.440 --> 00:24:51.880
 The law

00:24:51.880 --> 00:24:52.300
 sets up

00:24:52.300 --> 00:24:52.720
 God's

00:24:52.720 --> 00:24:54.200
 standard for

00:24:54.200 --> 00:24:54.680
 righteousness.

00:24:55.200 --> 00:24:55.740
 A righteous

00:24:55.740 --> 00:24:56.200
 that we

00:24:56.200 --> 00:24:56.740
 cannot

00:24:56.740 --> 00:24:57.720
 possibly

00:24:57.720 --> 00:24:58.920
 achieve.

00:24:59.880 --> 00:25:00.180
 And I'll

00:25:00.180 --> 00:25:00.460
 say it

00:25:00.460 --> 00:25:00.759
 again.

00:25:01.980 --> 00:25:03.220
 We need

00:25:03.220 --> 00:25:04.039
 the righteousness

00:25:04.039 --> 00:25:04.900
 of Christ

00:25:04.900 --> 00:25:05.860
 that is

00:25:05.860 --> 00:25:06.259
 granted to

00:25:06.259 --> 00:25:06.600
 us through

00:25:06.600 --> 00:25:06.940
 repentance

00:25:06.940 --> 00:25:08.580
 and faith.

00:25:09.380 --> 00:25:10.080
 The law

00:25:10.080 --> 00:25:11.220
 was always

00:25:11.220 --> 00:25:12.100
 meant to

00:25:12.100 --> 00:25:12.840
 point us

00:25:12.840 --> 00:25:13.440
 to this

00:25:13.440 --> 00:25:13.779
 great

00:25:13.779 --> 00:25:14.480
 reality.

00:25:15.759 --> 00:25:16.620
 Paul recorded

00:25:16.620 --> 00:25:17.160
 in Galatians

00:25:17.160 --> 00:25:17.940
 chapter 3

00:25:17.940 --> 00:25:18.880
 verse 23

00:25:18.880 --> 00:25:19.680
 through 26.

00:25:19.680 --> 00:25:20.980
 Now before

00:25:20.980 --> 00:25:21.940
 faith came

00:25:21.940 --> 00:25:23.019
 we were held

00:25:23.019 --> 00:25:23.660
 captive under

00:25:23.660 --> 00:25:24.000
 the law

00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:24.480
 and imprisoned

00:25:24.480 --> 00:25:25.060
 until the

00:25:25.060 --> 00:25:25.840
 coming faith

00:25:25.840 --> 00:25:26.799
 would be

00:25:26.799 --> 00:25:27.259
 revealed.

00:25:28.259 --> 00:25:28.920
 So then

00:25:28.920 --> 00:25:29.620
 the law

00:25:29.620 --> 00:25:29.940
 was our

00:25:29.940 --> 00:25:30.279
 guardian

00:25:30.279 --> 00:25:30.799
 until Christ

00:25:30.799 --> 00:25:31.160
 came in

00:25:31.160 --> 00:25:31.420
 order that

00:25:31.420 --> 00:25:31.720
 we might

00:25:31.720 --> 00:25:32.320
 be justified

00:25:32.320 --> 00:25:33.220
 by faith.

00:25:33.900 --> 00:25:34.180
 But now

00:25:34.180 --> 00:25:34.680
 that faith

00:25:34.680 --> 00:25:35.259
 has come

00:25:35.259 --> 00:25:35.820
 we are no

00:25:35.820 --> 00:25:36.440
 longer under

00:25:36.440 --> 00:25:36.940
 a guardian

00:25:36.940 --> 00:25:37.680
 for in

00:25:37.680 --> 00:25:38.279
 Christ Jesus

00:25:38.279 --> 00:25:38.640
 you are

00:25:38.640 --> 00:25:39.600
 all sons

00:25:39.600 --> 00:25:40.220
 of God

00:25:40.220 --> 00:25:41.539
 through faith.

00:25:42.259 --> 00:25:42.720
 Now in

00:25:42.720 --> 00:25:42.940
 Jewish

00:25:42.940 --> 00:25:43.640
 culture

00:25:43.640 --> 00:25:45.259
 young people

00:25:45.259 --> 00:25:46.000
 had very

00:25:46.000 --> 00:25:47.000
 little value.

00:25:47.000 --> 00:25:48.079
 In fact

00:25:48.079 --> 00:25:48.299
 when they

00:25:48.299 --> 00:25:48.799
 were very

00:25:48.799 --> 00:25:49.119
 young

00:25:49.119 --> 00:25:49.640
 they weren't

00:25:49.640 --> 00:25:50.420
 really even

00:25:50.420 --> 00:25:51.079
 considered

00:25:51.079 --> 00:25:52.099
 sons and

00:25:52.099 --> 00:25:52.359
 daughters.

00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:52.720
 They didn't

00:25:52.720 --> 00:25:53.140
 have the

00:25:53.140 --> 00:25:53.819
 rights

00:25:53.819 --> 00:25:54.640
 that sons

00:25:54.640 --> 00:25:55.099
 and daughters

00:25:55.099 --> 00:25:56.160
 had in

00:25:56.160 --> 00:25:56.819
 the household.

00:25:57.200 --> 00:25:57.579
 And placed

00:25:57.579 --> 00:25:58.480
 above them

00:25:58.480 --> 00:25:59.440
 was a person

00:25:59.440 --> 00:26:00.059
 that was hired

00:26:00.059 --> 00:26:01.099
 out called

00:26:01.099 --> 00:26:02.519
 a guardian.

00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:03.160
 They were

00:26:03.160 --> 00:26:03.539
 kind of a

00:26:03.539 --> 00:26:04.359
 taskmaster.

00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:04.660
 They were

00:26:04.660 --> 00:26:05.099
 the person

00:26:05.099 --> 00:26:05.420
 that made

00:26:05.420 --> 00:26:05.819
 sure that

00:26:05.819 --> 00:26:06.099
 they got

00:26:06.099 --> 00:26:06.660
 to school

00:26:06.660 --> 00:26:07.240
 that they

00:26:07.240 --> 00:26:07.859
 learned the

00:26:07.859 --> 00:26:08.160
 Torah

00:26:08.160 --> 00:26:08.619
 and they

00:26:08.619 --> 00:26:08.980
 did all

00:26:08.980 --> 00:26:09.460
 the things

00:26:09.460 --> 00:26:09.920
 that they

00:26:09.920 --> 00:26:10.460
 were meant

00:26:10.460 --> 00:26:11.200
 to do.

00:26:11.779 --> 00:26:12.059
 And they

00:26:12.059 --> 00:26:12.460
 were given

00:26:12.460 --> 00:26:12.880
 permission

00:26:12.880 --> 00:26:13.480
 to be rather

00:26:13.480 --> 00:26:14.519
 violent with

00:26:14.519 --> 00:26:14.880
 the children.

00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:15.220
 They kind

00:26:15.220 --> 00:26:15.779
 of beat

00:26:15.779 --> 00:26:16.720
 them in

00:26:16.720 --> 00:26:17.120
 to

00:26:17.120 --> 00:26:17.579
 submission.

00:26:18.279 --> 00:26:18.480
 And see

00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:18.819
 what Paul

00:26:18.819 --> 00:26:19.240
 is saying

00:26:19.240 --> 00:26:19.620
 here about

00:26:19.620 --> 00:26:20.100
 the law

00:26:20.100 --> 00:26:20.539
 being our

00:26:20.539 --> 00:26:20.860
 guardian

00:26:20.860 --> 00:26:21.279
 until

00:26:21.279 --> 00:26:21.759
 Christ

00:26:21.759 --> 00:26:22.140
 comes.

00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:22.940
 In verse 26

00:26:22.940 --> 00:26:23.559
 for in

00:26:23.559 --> 00:26:24.140
 Christ Jesus

00:26:24.140 --> 00:26:24.759
 you are

00:26:24.759 --> 00:26:26.140
 all sons

00:26:26.140 --> 00:26:27.220
 of God.

00:26:27.500 --> 00:26:27.759
 We've been

00:26:27.759 --> 00:26:28.579
 set free

00:26:28.579 --> 00:26:29.240
 from the

00:26:29.240 --> 00:26:29.720
 demands

00:26:29.720 --> 00:26:30.299
 of the

00:26:30.299 --> 00:26:30.579
 law

00:26:30.579 --> 00:26:31.360
 that none

00:26:31.360 --> 00:26:31.779
 of us

00:26:31.779 --> 00:26:32.460
 could keep.

00:26:33.059 --> 00:26:33.420
 We've been

00:26:33.420 --> 00:26:33.920
 given the

00:26:33.920 --> 00:26:34.339
 righteousness

00:26:34.339 --> 00:26:35.559
 of Christ.

00:26:35.720 --> 00:26:36.039
 The law

00:26:36.039 --> 00:26:36.940
 aims us

00:26:36.940 --> 00:26:37.839
 at Him.

00:26:39.779 --> 00:26:40.579
 Put another

00:26:40.579 --> 00:26:40.900
 way,

00:26:41.039 --> 00:26:41.559
 John Bunyan

00:26:41.559 --> 00:26:42.700
 in his

00:26:42.700 --> 00:26:43.360
 wonderful book

00:26:43.360 --> 00:26:43.980
 The Pilgrim's

00:26:43.980 --> 00:26:44.279
 Progress.

00:26:45.279 --> 00:26:45.799
 If you have

00:26:45.799 --> 00:26:46.259
 not read

00:26:46.259 --> 00:26:46.720
 The Pilgrim's

00:26:46.720 --> 00:26:47.099
 Progress,

00:26:47.379 --> 00:26:47.599
 you are

00:26:47.599 --> 00:26:48.059
 behind

00:26:48.059 --> 00:26:48.480
 most

00:26:48.480 --> 00:26:49.000
 Christianity,

00:26:49.420 --> 00:26:49.779
 you need

00:26:49.779 --> 00:26:50.059
 to pick

00:26:50.059 --> 00:26:50.420
 it up

00:26:50.420 --> 00:26:51.379
 and read

00:26:51.379 --> 00:26:51.579
 it.

00:26:52.079 --> 00:26:52.339
 And it's

00:26:52.339 --> 00:26:52.740
 the story

00:26:52.740 --> 00:26:53.339
 of a man

00:26:53.339 --> 00:26:53.599
 named

00:26:53.599 --> 00:26:54.039
 Christian

00:26:54.039 --> 00:26:54.400
 in his

00:26:54.400 --> 00:26:55.019
 journey

00:26:55.019 --> 00:26:55.640
 to the

00:26:55.640 --> 00:26:55.960
 celestial

00:26:55.960 --> 00:26:56.379
 city.

00:26:56.700 --> 00:26:56.900
 And he

00:26:56.900 --> 00:26:57.420
 meets along

00:26:57.420 --> 00:26:57.940
 this journey

00:26:57.940 --> 00:26:58.579
 a wonderful

00:26:58.579 --> 00:26:58.960
 character

00:26:58.960 --> 00:26:59.359
 that travels

00:26:59.359 --> 00:26:59.619
 with him

00:26:59.619 --> 00:26:59.920
 for quite

00:26:59.920 --> 00:27:00.500
 some time

00:27:00.500 --> 00:27:01.160
 named

00:27:01.160 --> 00:27:01.759
 Faith.

00:27:02.220 --> 00:27:02.700
 And Faith

00:27:02.700 --> 00:27:03.000
 has had

00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:03.720
 some experience

00:27:03.720 --> 00:27:04.460
 prior to

00:27:04.460 --> 00:27:04.859
 their meeting

00:27:04.859 --> 00:27:05.299
 together

00:27:05.299 --> 00:27:05.960
 and he's

00:27:05.960 --> 00:27:06.960
 recounting

00:27:06.960 --> 00:27:08.279
 that experience

00:27:08.279 --> 00:27:09.240
 here.

00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:10.879
 Faith says,

00:27:10.880 --> 00:27:12.380
 But good

00:27:12.380 --> 00:27:12.700
 brother,

00:27:12.940 --> 00:27:13.360
 hear me

00:27:13.360 --> 00:27:13.720
 out.

00:27:14.740 --> 00:27:15.520
 So soon

00:27:15.520 --> 00:27:15.800
 as the

00:27:15.800 --> 00:27:16.100
 man

00:27:16.100 --> 00:27:16.580
 overtook

00:27:16.580 --> 00:27:16.800
 me,

00:27:16.840 --> 00:27:17.040
 he's

00:27:17.040 --> 00:27:17.340
 journeying

00:27:17.340 --> 00:27:17.620
 up a

00:27:17.620 --> 00:27:17.820
 hill,

00:27:17.940 --> 00:27:18.280
 so soon

00:27:18.280 --> 00:27:18.520
 as the

00:27:18.520 --> 00:27:18.720
 man

00:27:18.720 --> 00:27:19.140
 overtook

00:27:19.140 --> 00:27:19.380
 me,

00:27:19.940 --> 00:27:20.320
 he was

00:27:20.320 --> 00:27:20.700
 but a

00:27:20.700 --> 00:27:21.140
 word

00:27:21.140 --> 00:27:21.800
 and a

00:27:21.800 --> 00:27:22.200
 blow,

00:27:22.520 --> 00:27:23.080
 for down

00:27:23.080 --> 00:27:23.580
 he knocked

00:27:23.580 --> 00:27:23.900
 me and

00:27:23.900 --> 00:27:24.280
 laid me

00:27:24.280 --> 00:27:24.820
 for dead.

00:27:25.540 --> 00:27:25.980
 But when

00:27:25.980 --> 00:27:26.340
 I was a

00:27:26.340 --> 00:27:26.720
 little come

00:27:26.720 --> 00:27:27.160
 to myself

00:27:27.160 --> 00:27:27.460
 again,

00:27:27.540 --> 00:27:28.060
 I asked

00:27:28.060 --> 00:27:28.260
 him,

00:27:28.440 --> 00:27:28.860
 wherefore

00:27:28.860 --> 00:27:29.260
 has he

00:27:29.260 --> 00:27:29.560
 served

00:27:29.560 --> 00:27:29.700
 me?

00:27:29.740 --> 00:27:30.040
 So why

00:27:30.040 --> 00:27:30.200
 did you

00:27:30.200 --> 00:27:30.480
 hit me?

00:27:31.420 --> 00:27:31.840
 He said,

00:27:31.960 --> 00:27:32.380
 because of

00:27:32.380 --> 00:27:33.040
 my secret

00:27:33.040 --> 00:27:33.640
 inclining

00:27:33.640 --> 00:27:34.260
 to Adam

00:27:34.260 --> 00:27:34.880
 the first.

00:27:35.080 --> 00:27:35.400
 And with

00:27:35.400 --> 00:27:35.780
 that,

00:27:36.200 --> 00:27:36.700
 he struck

00:27:36.700 --> 00:27:37.200
 me another

00:27:37.200 --> 00:27:37.980
 deadly blow

00:27:37.980 --> 00:27:38.520
 on the

00:27:38.520 --> 00:27:39.040
 breast and

00:27:40.880 --> 00:27:41.040
 lay at

00:27:41.040 --> 00:27:41.500
 his foot

00:27:41.500 --> 00:27:42.020
 as dead

00:27:42.020 --> 00:27:42.520
 as before.

00:27:43.300 --> 00:27:43.660
 So when

00:27:43.660 --> 00:27:43.940
 I came

00:27:43.940 --> 00:27:44.320
 to myself

00:27:44.320 --> 00:27:44.680
 again,

00:27:44.760 --> 00:27:45.280
 I cried

00:27:45.280 --> 00:27:45.800
 him mercy,

00:27:45.900 --> 00:27:46.140
 but he

00:27:46.140 --> 00:27:46.560
 said,

00:27:46.800 --> 00:27:47.240
 I know

00:27:47.240 --> 00:27:47.640
 not how

00:27:47.640 --> 00:27:47.980
 to show

00:27:47.980 --> 00:27:48.340
 mercy.

00:27:48.900 --> 00:27:49.420
 And with

00:27:49.420 --> 00:27:49.680
 that,

00:27:49.740 --> 00:27:50.120
 he knocked

00:27:50.120 --> 00:27:50.460
 me down

00:27:50.460 --> 00:27:50.800
 again.

00:27:51.380 --> 00:27:51.840
 He had

00:27:51.840 --> 00:27:52.280
 doubtless

00:27:52.280 --> 00:27:52.600
 made an

00:27:52.600 --> 00:27:52.880
 end of

00:27:52.880 --> 00:27:53.020
 me,

00:27:53.100 --> 00:27:53.480
 but that

00:27:53.480 --> 00:27:54.020
 one came

00:27:54.020 --> 00:27:54.940
 by and

00:27:54.940 --> 00:27:55.440
 bid him

00:27:55.440 --> 00:27:56.020
 forbear.

00:27:56.240 --> 00:27:56.860
 So there's

00:27:56.860 --> 00:27:57.180
 a man

00:27:57.180 --> 00:27:57.800
 faced on

00:27:57.800 --> 00:27:58.180
 his journey,

00:27:58.480 --> 00:27:58.780
 this man

00:27:58.780 --> 00:28:00.020
 keeps knocking

00:28:00.020 --> 00:28:00.460
 him out.

00:28:00.700 --> 00:28:01.020
 When he

00:28:01.020 --> 00:28:01.540
 comes to,

00:28:01.860 --> 00:28:02.480
 he has a

00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:02.720
 conversation

00:28:02.720 --> 00:28:03.140
 with him,

00:28:03.180 --> 00:28:03.400
 and he

00:28:03.400 --> 00:28:03.840
 knocks him

00:28:03.840 --> 00:28:04.260
 out again.

00:28:04.380 --> 00:28:04.700
 Show me

00:28:04.700 --> 00:28:04.920
 mercy,

00:28:04.960 --> 00:28:05.140
 I don't

00:28:05.140 --> 00:28:05.480
 know how

00:28:05.480 --> 00:28:05.760
 to show

00:28:05.760 --> 00:28:06.080
 mercy.

00:28:06.580 --> 00:28:06.820
 And then

00:28:10.880 --> 00:28:11.300
 stop.

00:28:12.140 --> 00:28:12.480
 Christian

00:28:12.480 --> 00:28:12.860
 asks,

00:28:13.200 --> 00:28:13.600
 who was

00:28:13.600 --> 00:28:13.840
 that

00:28:13.840 --> 00:28:14.220
 that bid

00:28:14.220 --> 00:28:14.460
 him

00:28:14.460 --> 00:28:15.060
 forbear

00:28:15.060 --> 00:28:15.440
 or to

00:28:15.440 --> 00:28:15.840
 stop?

00:28:16.900 --> 00:28:17.020
 And

00:28:17.020 --> 00:28:17.220
 faith

00:28:17.220 --> 00:28:17.580
 says,

00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:18.340
 I did

00:28:18.340 --> 00:28:18.780
 not know

00:28:18.780 --> 00:28:19.140
 him at

00:28:19.140 --> 00:28:19.560
 first,

00:28:19.760 --> 00:28:20.320
 but as

00:28:20.320 --> 00:28:20.620
 he went

00:28:20.620 --> 00:28:20.920
 by,

00:28:21.020 --> 00:28:21.580
 I perceived

00:28:21.580 --> 00:28:22.280
 the holes

00:28:22.280 --> 00:28:22.580
 in his

00:28:22.580 --> 00:28:23.260
 hands and

00:28:23.260 --> 00:28:23.860
 his sides,

00:28:24.320 --> 00:28:24.640
 that I

00:28:24.640 --> 00:28:25.180
 concluded

00:28:25.180 --> 00:28:25.900
 that he

00:28:25.900 --> 00:28:26.460
 was our

00:28:26.460 --> 00:28:26.840
 Lord,

00:28:27.380 --> 00:28:27.700
 so I

00:28:27.700 --> 00:28:28.020
 went up

00:28:28.020 --> 00:28:28.440
 the hill.

00:28:29.740 --> 00:28:29.860
 And

00:28:29.860 --> 00:28:30.060
 Christian

00:28:30.060 --> 00:28:30.540
 responds,

00:28:30.660 --> 00:28:31.180
 that man

00:28:31.180 --> 00:28:31.820
 that overtook

00:28:31.820 --> 00:28:32.580
 you was

00:28:32.580 --> 00:28:33.000
 Moses.

00:28:33.560 --> 00:28:33.760
 He

00:28:33.760 --> 00:28:34.340
 spareth

00:28:34.340 --> 00:28:34.760
 none,

00:28:35.100 --> 00:28:35.300
 neither

00:28:35.300 --> 00:28:35.760
 knoweth

00:28:35.760 --> 00:28:36.140
 he how

00:28:36.140 --> 00:28:36.460
 to show

00:28:36.460 --> 00:28:36.960
 mercy to

00:28:36.960 --> 00:28:37.960
 those that

00:28:37.960 --> 00:28:38.660
 transgress

00:28:38.660 --> 00:28:39.800
 his law.

00:28:39.799 --> 00:28:40.839
 And

00:28:40.839 --> 00:28:41.259
 John Bunyan

00:28:41.259 --> 00:28:41.539
 is not

00:28:41.539 --> 00:28:41.960
 saying here

00:28:41.960 --> 00:28:42.519
 that Moses

00:28:42.519 --> 00:28:43.180
 is evil

00:28:43.180 --> 00:28:43.500
 to us,

00:28:43.539 --> 00:28:43.919
 but the

00:28:43.919 --> 00:28:45.039
 law is

00:28:45.039 --> 00:28:45.539
 our

00:28:45.539 --> 00:28:46.200
 tutor.

00:28:46.639 --> 00:28:46.879
 The

00:28:46.879 --> 00:28:47.440
 law is

00:28:47.440 --> 00:28:47.879
 meant to

00:28:47.879 --> 00:28:48.500
 show us

00:28:48.500 --> 00:28:48.919
 our

00:28:48.919 --> 00:28:49.480
 failing

00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:50.700
 again and

00:28:50.700 --> 00:28:51.039
 again.

00:28:51.180 --> 00:28:51.419
 It's meant

00:28:51.419 --> 00:28:52.159
 to drive

00:28:52.159 --> 00:28:53.159
 us to

00:28:53.159 --> 00:28:53.659
 Christ.

00:28:54.279 --> 00:28:54.440
 And

00:28:54.440 --> 00:28:54.700
 the rich

00:28:54.700 --> 00:28:54.899
 young

00:28:54.899 --> 00:28:55.240
 ruler

00:28:55.240 --> 00:28:56.059
 missed

00:28:56.059 --> 00:28:56.879
 the point.

00:28:57.539 --> 00:28:57.740
 He

00:28:57.740 --> 00:28:58.180
 had missed

00:28:58.180 --> 00:28:58.419
 it.

00:28:58.799 --> 00:28:59.139
 Look at

00:28:59.139 --> 00:28:59.700
 his response

00:28:59.700 --> 00:29:00.039
 in verse

00:29:00.039 --> 00:29:00.379
 20.

00:29:00.579 --> 00:29:00.899
 He says,

00:29:01.259 --> 00:29:01.500
 Teacher,

00:29:01.859 --> 00:29:02.859
 all these

00:29:02.859 --> 00:29:03.200
 I have

00:29:03.200 --> 00:29:03.539
 kept

00:29:03.539 --> 00:29:03.799
 from

00:29:03.799 --> 00:29:04.019
 mine

00:29:04.019 --> 00:29:04.460
 youth.

00:29:05.539 --> 00:29:06.059
 I

00:29:06.059 --> 00:29:06.559
 really

00:29:06.559 --> 00:29:06.859
 want

00:29:06.859 --> 00:29:07.099
 Jesus

00:29:07.099 --> 00:29:07.399
 at this

00:29:07.399 --> 00:29:07.659
 point.

00:29:07.759 --> 00:29:07.839
 I

00:29:07.839 --> 00:29:08.319
 really

00:29:08.319 --> 00:29:08.659
 want him

00:29:08.659 --> 00:29:08.960
 to say,

00:29:09.099 --> 00:29:09.259
 no,

00:29:09.339 --> 00:29:09.460
 you

00:29:09.460 --> 00:29:09.759
 have,

00:29:09.799 --> 00:29:11.079
 have you

00:29:11.079 --> 00:29:11.579
 lost your

00:29:11.579 --> 00:29:12.200
 mind?

00:29:12.319 --> 00:29:12.619
 You have

00:29:12.619 --> 00:29:13.399
 not kept

00:29:13.399 --> 00:29:13.599
 these

00:29:13.599 --> 00:29:13.859
 things

00:29:13.859 --> 00:29:14.519
 from your

00:29:14.519 --> 00:29:14.839
 youth.

00:29:14.980 --> 00:29:15.240
 But

00:29:15.240 --> 00:29:15.480
 Jesus

00:29:15.480 --> 00:29:15.819
 presses

00:29:15.819 --> 00:29:16.480
 on in

00:29:16.480 --> 00:29:16.919
 a very

00:29:16.919 --> 00:29:17.919
 compassionate

00:29:17.919 --> 00:29:19.099
 way,

00:29:19.419 --> 00:29:19.639
 which is

00:29:19.639 --> 00:29:20.220
 why I

00:29:20.220 --> 00:29:21.059
 love

00:29:21.059 --> 00:29:21.980
 Mark's

00:29:21.980 --> 00:29:22.460
 record of

00:29:22.460 --> 00:29:22.619
 this

00:29:22.619 --> 00:29:23.079
 event

00:29:23.079 --> 00:29:24.019
 best.

00:29:24.759 --> 00:29:25.399
 It says,

00:29:25.519 --> 00:29:26.220
 verse 21,

00:29:26.460 --> 00:29:26.740
 and Jesus

00:29:26.740 --> 00:29:27.440
 looking at

00:29:27.440 --> 00:29:27.819
 him,

00:29:28.579 --> 00:29:29.319
 loved him.

00:29:29.779 --> 00:29:30.159
 The other

00:29:30.159 --> 00:29:30.740
 accounts don't

00:29:30.740 --> 00:29:31.279
 say that

00:29:31.279 --> 00:29:32.299
 about this.

00:29:32.960 --> 00:29:33.559
 He looks

00:29:33.559 --> 00:29:34.099
 at him

00:29:34.099 --> 00:29:35.159
 and he

00:29:35.159 --> 00:29:36.139
 loves him.

00:29:36.140 --> 00:29:37.320
 And

00:29:37.320 --> 00:29:37.660
 because

00:29:37.660 --> 00:29:38.240
 he

00:29:38.240 --> 00:29:38.540
 loves

00:29:38.540 --> 00:29:38.800
 him,

00:29:39.240 --> 00:29:39.440
 he

00:29:39.440 --> 00:29:39.740
 points

00:29:39.740 --> 00:29:40.120
 out

00:29:40.120 --> 00:29:40.920
 his

00:29:40.920 --> 00:29:41.300
 sinfulness.

00:29:42.180 --> 00:29:42.460
 He

00:29:42.460 --> 00:29:42.720
 doesn't

00:29:42.720 --> 00:29:43.080
 skirt

00:29:43.080 --> 00:29:43.480
 around

00:29:43.480 --> 00:29:43.759
 it.

00:29:43.980 --> 00:29:44.140
 He's

00:29:44.140 --> 00:29:44.300
 not

00:29:44.300 --> 00:29:44.900
 concerned

00:29:44.900 --> 00:29:45.280
 about

00:29:45.280 --> 00:29:45.580
 his

00:29:45.580 --> 00:29:46.500
 feelings.

00:29:47.500 --> 00:29:47.920
 He

00:29:47.920 --> 00:29:48.300
 strikes

00:29:48.300 --> 00:29:48.440
 him

00:29:48.440 --> 00:29:48.780
 right

00:29:48.780 --> 00:29:49.080
 between

00:29:49.080 --> 00:29:49.280
 the

00:29:49.280 --> 00:29:49.540
 eyes.

00:29:49.540 --> 00:29:49.880
 He

00:29:49.880 --> 00:29:50.040
 goes

00:29:50.040 --> 00:29:50.500
 straight

00:29:50.500 --> 00:29:50.880
 to the

00:29:50.880 --> 00:29:51.220
 heart

00:29:51.220 --> 00:29:51.780
 of the

00:29:51.780 --> 00:29:52.120
 issue

00:29:52.120 --> 00:29:52.320
 and

00:29:52.320 --> 00:29:52.780
 points

00:29:52.780 --> 00:29:53.460
 out

00:29:53.460 --> 00:29:53.940
 his

00:29:53.940 --> 00:29:54.340
 sin.

00:29:55.540 --> 00:29:55.640
 And

00:29:55.640 --> 00:29:55.800
 in

00:29:55.800 --> 00:29:56.000
 this

00:29:56.000 --> 00:29:56.360
 case,

00:29:56.420 --> 00:29:56.520
 he

00:29:56.520 --> 00:29:56.820
 says,

00:29:56.920 --> 00:29:56.960
 you

00:29:56.960 --> 00:29:57.259
 lack

00:29:57.259 --> 00:29:57.480
 one

00:29:57.480 --> 00:29:57.860
 thing.

00:29:57.980 --> 00:29:58.280
 Go sell

00:29:58.280 --> 00:29:58.580
 all you

00:29:58.580 --> 00:29:58.780
 have,

00:29:58.860 --> 00:29:58.940
 give

00:29:58.940 --> 00:29:59.040
 to

00:29:59.040 --> 00:29:59.160
 the

00:29:59.160 --> 00:29:59.360
 poor,

00:29:59.420 --> 00:29:59.460
 and

00:29:59.460 --> 00:29:59.500
 you

00:29:59.500 --> 00:29:59.600
 have

00:29:59.600 --> 00:29:59.880
 treasure

00:29:59.880 --> 00:29:59.900
!

00:29:59.960 --> 00:30:00.060
 in

00:30:00.060 --> 00:30:00.220
 heaven,

00:30:00.280 --> 00:30:00.400
 and

00:30:00.400 --> 00:30:00.680
 come

00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:01.600
 follow

00:30:01.599 --> 00:30:02.859
 me.

00:30:03.539 --> 00:30:03.819
 Jesus

00:30:03.819 --> 00:30:04.419
 exposes

00:30:04.419 --> 00:30:04.799
 his

00:30:04.799 --> 00:30:05.639
 obvious

00:30:05.639 --> 00:30:06.119
 failure

00:30:06.119 --> 00:30:06.779
 to keep

00:30:06.779 --> 00:30:07.399
 the

00:30:07.399 --> 00:30:07.980
 first

00:30:07.980 --> 00:30:08.480
 half

00:30:08.480 --> 00:30:09.339
 of the

00:30:09.339 --> 00:30:09.599
 law.

00:30:09.699 --> 00:30:09.919
 Again,

00:30:10.039 --> 00:30:10.139
 the

00:30:10.139 --> 00:30:10.359
 first

00:30:10.359 --> 00:30:10.839
 four

00:30:10.839 --> 00:30:11.799
 commandments.

00:30:12.740 --> 00:30:13.219
 Deuteronomy

00:30:13.219 --> 00:30:14.099
 6.5

00:30:14.099 --> 00:30:14.539
 in a

00:30:14.539 --> 00:30:14.980
 summary

00:30:14.980 --> 00:30:15.539
 statement

00:30:15.539 --> 00:30:16.299
 of those

00:30:16.299 --> 00:30:17.000
 commands,

00:30:17.559 --> 00:30:17.980
 you shall

00:30:17.980 --> 00:30:18.459
 love the

00:30:18.459 --> 00:30:18.759
 Lord your

00:30:18.759 --> 00:30:19.079
 God

00:30:19.079 --> 00:30:19.819
 with all

00:30:19.819 --> 00:30:19.939
 your

00:30:19.939 --> 00:30:20.379
 heart,

00:30:21.039 --> 00:30:21.399
 with all

00:30:21.399 --> 00:30:21.559
 your

00:30:21.559 --> 00:30:22.079
 soul,

00:30:22.819 --> 00:30:23.219
 and with

00:30:23.219 --> 00:30:23.579
 all your

00:30:23.579 --> 00:30:24.019
 might.

00:30:24.719 --> 00:30:25.039
 Remember

00:30:25.039 --> 00:30:25.379
 Matthew

00:30:25.379 --> 00:30:25.779
 chapter

00:30:25.779 --> 00:30:26.259
 22,

00:30:26.579 --> 00:30:27.279
 the lawyer

00:30:27.279 --> 00:30:27.819
 comes and

00:30:27.819 --> 00:30:28.379
 asks him,

00:30:28.759 --> 00:30:29.000
 teacher,

00:30:29.139 --> 00:30:29.439
 what is the

00:30:29.439 --> 00:30:29.599
 greatest

00:30:29.599 --> 00:30:30.039
 commandment?

00:30:30.059 --> 00:30:30.279
 It's a

00:30:30.279 --> 00:30:30.659
 test.

00:30:30.939 --> 00:30:31.139
 He

00:30:31.139 --> 00:30:31.480
 rightly

00:30:31.480 --> 00:30:32.140
 responds

00:30:32.140 --> 00:30:32.420
 with

00:30:32.420 --> 00:30:32.860
 quoting

00:30:32.860 --> 00:30:33.380
 Deuteronomy

00:30:33.380 --> 00:30:34.120
 6.5

00:30:34.120 --> 00:30:34.279
 and

00:30:34.279 --> 00:30:34.640
 verse

00:30:34.640 --> 00:30:34.940
 39

00:30:34.940 --> 00:30:35.200
 says

00:30:35.200 --> 00:30:35.299
 in

00:30:35.299 --> 00:30:35.360
 the

00:30:35.360 --> 00:30:35.539
 second

00:30:35.539 --> 00:30:35.680
 is

00:30:35.680 --> 00:30:35.900
 like

00:30:35.900 --> 00:30:36.039
 it,

00:30:36.039 --> 00:30:36.440
 you

00:30:36.440 --> 00:30:36.640
 shall

00:30:36.640 --> 00:30:36.920
 love

00:30:36.920 --> 00:30:37.079
 your

00:30:37.079 --> 00:30:37.360
 neighbor

00:30:37.360 --> 00:30:37.640
 as

00:30:37.640 --> 00:30:38.039
 yourself.

00:30:38.160 --> 00:30:38.259
 This

00:30:38.259 --> 00:30:38.360
 is

00:30:38.360 --> 00:30:38.519
 the

00:30:38.519 --> 00:30:38.779
 summary

00:30:38.779 --> 00:30:38.960
 of

00:30:38.960 --> 00:30:39.120
 the

00:30:39.120 --> 00:30:39.500
 second

00:30:39.500 --> 00:30:39.980
 half

00:30:39.980 --> 00:30:40.559
 of

00:30:40.559 --> 00:30:40.700
 the

00:30:40.700 --> 00:30:41.000
 Ten

00:30:41.000 --> 00:30:41.880
 Commandments.

00:30:41.960 --> 00:30:42.019
 And

00:30:42.019 --> 00:30:42.099
 he

00:30:42.099 --> 00:30:42.299
 says

00:30:42.299 --> 00:30:42.400
 in

00:30:42.400 --> 00:30:42.559
 verse

00:30:42.559 --> 00:30:42.860
 40,

00:30:42.940 --> 00:30:43.079
 on

00:30:43.079 --> 00:30:43.299
 these

00:30:43.299 --> 00:30:43.480
 two

00:30:43.480 --> 00:30:43.839
 commandments

00:30:43.839 --> 00:30:44.120
 depend

00:30:44.120 --> 00:30:44.599
 all

00:30:44.599 --> 00:30:44.819
 the

00:30:44.819 --> 00:30:45.140
 law

00:30:45.140 --> 00:30:46.059
 and

00:30:46.059 --> 00:30:46.839
 the

00:30:46.839 --> 00:30:47.360
 prophets.

00:30:48.099 --> 00:30:48.279
 So

00:30:48.279 --> 00:30:48.319
 he

00:30:48.319 --> 00:30:48.440
 goes

00:30:48.440 --> 00:30:48.779
 very

00:30:48.779 --> 00:30:49.019
 straight

00:30:49.019 --> 00:30:49.140
 to

00:30:49.140 --> 00:30:49.259
 the

00:30:49.259 --> 00:30:49.480
 thing.

00:30:49.559 --> 00:30:49.620
 He

00:30:49.620 --> 00:30:49.860
 says

00:30:49.860 --> 00:30:50.000
 to

00:30:50.000 --> 00:30:50.140
 the

00:30:50.140 --> 00:30:50.400
 man,

00:30:50.819 --> 00:30:50.940
 you

00:30:50.940 --> 00:30:51.299
 love

00:30:51.299 --> 00:30:51.500
 your

00:30:51.500 --> 00:30:52.059
 wealth

00:30:52.059 --> 00:30:52.779
 more

00:30:52.779 --> 00:30:53.319
 than

00:30:53.319 --> 00:30:53.440
 you

00:30:53.440 --> 00:30:53.599
 love

00:30:53.599 --> 00:30:53.980
 God.

00:30:54.339 --> 00:30:54.559
 Your

00:30:54.559 --> 00:30:54.819
 wealth

00:30:54.819 --> 00:30:54.960
 is

00:30:54.960 --> 00:30:55.139
 an

00:30:55.139 --> 00:30:55.460
 idol.

00:30:55.960 --> 00:30:56.099
 Get

00:30:56.099 --> 00:30:56.339
 rid

00:30:56.339 --> 00:30:56.440
 of

00:30:56.440 --> 00:30:56.599
 the

00:30:56.599 --> 00:30:56.879
 idol

00:30:56.879 --> 00:30:57.420
 and

00:30:57.420 --> 00:30:57.759
 follow

00:30:57.759 --> 00:30:58.180
 me.

00:31:00.059 --> 00:31:00.559
 And

00:31:00.559 --> 00:31:00.660
 how

00:31:00.660 --> 00:31:00.759
 does

00:31:00.759 --> 00:31:00.839
 the

00:31:00.839 --> 00:31:00.940
 man

00:31:00.940 --> 00:31:01.339
 respond?

00:31:02.299 --> 00:31:02.799
 He's

00:31:02.799 --> 00:31:03.399
 disheartened.

00:31:04.480 --> 00:31:04.779
 He

00:31:04.779 --> 00:31:05.000
 goes

00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:05.220
 away

00:31:05.220 --> 00:31:05.740
 sorrowful.

00:31:06.740 --> 00:31:06.819
 And

00:31:06.819 --> 00:31:06.960
 I

00:31:06.960 --> 00:31:07.339
 love,

00:31:07.440 --> 00:31:07.480
 and

00:31:07.480 --> 00:31:07.819
 it's

00:31:07.819 --> 00:31:07.920
 in

00:31:07.920 --> 00:31:08.099
 all

00:31:08.099 --> 00:31:08.259
 the

00:31:08.259 --> 00:31:08.700
 accounts,

00:31:08.839 --> 00:31:08.940
 for

00:31:08.940 --> 00:31:09.240
 he

00:31:09.240 --> 00:31:09.759
 had

00:31:09.759 --> 00:31:10.859
 great

00:31:10.859 --> 00:31:12.420
 possessions.

00:31:13.799 --> 00:31:14.139
 His

00:31:14.139 --> 00:31:14.500
 response

00:31:14.500 --> 00:31:14.700
 gives

00:31:14.700 --> 00:31:14.960
 the

00:31:14.960 --> 00:31:15.279
 evidence

00:31:15.279 --> 00:31:15.440
 that

00:31:15.440 --> 00:31:15.519
 he

00:31:15.519 --> 00:31:15.759
 had

00:31:15.759 --> 00:31:15.980
 not

00:31:15.980 --> 00:31:16.160
 and

00:31:16.160 --> 00:31:16.460
 could

00:31:16.460 --> 00:31:16.859
 not

00:31:16.859 --> 00:31:17.740
 keep

00:31:17.740 --> 00:31:17.940
 the

00:31:17.940 --> 00:31:18.160
 law.

00:31:18.259 --> 00:31:18.399
 His

00:31:18.399 --> 00:31:18.879
 love

00:31:18.879 --> 00:31:19.079
 for

00:31:19.079 --> 00:31:19.279
 his

00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:19.960
!

00:31:19.960 --> 00:31:20.519
 was

00:31:20.519 --> 00:31:20.960
 much

00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:21.500
 greater

00:31:21.500 --> 00:31:22.019
 than

00:31:22.019 --> 00:31:22.180
 the

00:31:22.180 --> 00:31:22.819
 promise

00:31:22.819 --> 00:31:23.380
 of

00:31:23.380 --> 00:31:23.940
 eternal

00:31:23.940 --> 00:31:24.940
 joy.

00:31:25.559 --> 00:31:25.779
 The

00:31:25.779 --> 00:31:26.240
 temporal

00:31:26.240 --> 00:31:26.759
 things

00:31:26.759 --> 00:31:26.980
 were

00:31:26.980 --> 00:31:27.680
 distracting

00:31:27.680 --> 00:31:28.019
 him

00:31:28.019 --> 00:31:28.519
 from

00:31:28.519 --> 00:31:28.799
 the

00:31:28.799 --> 00:31:29.480
 eternal

00:31:29.480 --> 00:31:30.360
 things.

00:31:30.539 --> 00:31:30.860
 Look at

00:31:30.860 --> 00:31:31.039
 the

00:31:31.039 --> 00:31:31.400
 offer

00:31:31.400 --> 00:31:31.640
 of

00:31:31.640 --> 00:31:31.980
 Jesus.

00:31:32.420 --> 00:31:32.500
 You

00:31:32.500 --> 00:31:32.720
 will

00:31:32.720 --> 00:31:33.000
 have

00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:33.759
 treasure

00:31:33.759 --> 00:31:34.380
 in

00:31:34.380 --> 00:31:34.799
 heaven

00:31:34.799 --> 00:31:35.920
 for

00:31:35.920 --> 00:31:36.480
 eternity

00:31:36.480 --> 00:31:37.220
 and

00:31:37.220 --> 00:31:37.700
 come

00:31:37.700 --> 00:31:38.620
 follow

00:31:38.620 --> 00:31:39.720
 me.

00:31:40.440 --> 00:31:40.680
 He

00:31:40.680 --> 00:31:41.059
 offers

00:31:41.059 --> 00:31:41.519
 not only

00:31:41.519 --> 00:31:41.980
 treasure,

00:31:42.360 --> 00:31:42.440
 but

00:31:42.440 --> 00:31:42.519
 he

00:31:42.519 --> 00:31:42.819
 offers

00:31:42.819 --> 00:31:43.140
 him

00:31:43.140 --> 00:31:44.240
 himself.

00:31:45.299 --> 00:31:45.759
 And

00:31:45.759 --> 00:31:45.840
 the

00:31:45.840 --> 00:31:45.980
 man

00:31:45.980 --> 00:31:46.200
 turns

00:31:46.200 --> 00:31:46.380
 away

00:31:46.380 --> 00:31:46.579
 from

00:31:46.579 --> 00:31:46.880
 this.

00:31:48.279 --> 00:31:48.500
 That's

00:31:48.500 --> 00:31:48.640
 why

00:31:48.640 --> 00:31:48.900
 Jesus

00:31:48.900 --> 00:31:49.140
 then

00:31:49.140 --> 00:31:49.400
 turns

00:31:49.400 --> 00:31:49.519
 to

00:31:49.519 --> 00:31:49.660
 his

00:31:49.660 --> 00:31:50.060
 disciples

00:31:50.060 --> 00:31:50.259
 and

00:31:50.259 --> 00:31:50.420
 say

00:31:50.420 --> 00:31:50.560
 it's

00:31:50.560 --> 00:31:50.660
 going

00:31:50.660 --> 00:31:50.680
 to

00:31:50.680 --> 00:31:50.800
 be

00:31:50.800 --> 00:31:51.180
 difficult

00:31:51.180 --> 00:31:51.400
 for

00:31:51.400 --> 00:31:51.540
 those

00:31:51.540 --> 00:31:51.640
 who

00:31:51.640 --> 00:31:51.759
 have

00:31:51.759 --> 00:31:52.120
 wealth

00:31:52.120 --> 00:31:52.780
 to

00:31:52.780 --> 00:31:52.940
 enter

00:31:52.940 --> 00:31:53.100
 the

00:31:53.100 --> 00:31:53.300
 kingdom

00:31:53.300 --> 00:31:53.480
 of

00:31:53.480 --> 00:31:53.680
 God.

00:31:53.740 --> 00:31:53.840
 He

00:31:53.840 --> 00:31:54.400
 reiterates

00:31:54.400 --> 00:31:54.620
 this

00:31:54.620 --> 00:31:54.980
 a

00:31:54.980 --> 00:31:55.200
 number

00:31:55.200 --> 00:31:55.380
 of

00:31:55.380 --> 00:31:55.900
 times

00:31:55.900 --> 00:31:56.140
 and

00:31:56.140 --> 00:31:56.640
 we're

00:31:56.640 --> 00:31:56.740
 going

00:31:56.740 --> 00:31:56.840
 to

00:31:56.840 --> 00:31:56.980
 look

00:31:56.980 --> 00:31:57.080
 at

00:31:57.080 --> 00:31:57.220
 that

00:31:57.220 --> 00:31:57.340
 at

00:31:57.340 --> 00:31:57.700
 length

00:31:57.700 --> 00:31:58.280
 next

00:31:58.280 --> 00:31:58.740
 week.

00:31:59.780 --> 00:31:59.800
 And

00:31:59.800 --> 00:32:00.000
 the

00:32:00.000 --> 00:32:01.200
 disciples

00:32:01.200 --> 00:32:01.380
 are

00:32:01.380 --> 00:32:01.780
 distraught

00:32:01.780 --> 00:32:01.960
 by

00:32:01.960 --> 00:32:02.340
 this.

00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:02.620
 Well

00:32:02.620 --> 00:32:02.900
 gosh,

00:32:02.960 --> 00:32:03.140
 if the

00:32:03.140 --> 00:32:03.320
 rich

00:32:03.320 --> 00:32:03.600
 can't

00:32:03.600 --> 00:32:03.840
 get

00:32:03.840 --> 00:32:04.160
 into

00:32:04.160 --> 00:32:04.480
 heaven,

00:32:04.700 --> 00:32:04.860
 right?

00:32:05.120 --> 00:32:05.480
 All

00:32:05.480 --> 00:32:05.680
 the

00:32:05.680 --> 00:32:06.040
 religious

00:32:06.040 --> 00:32:06.280
 of

00:32:06.280 --> 00:32:06.460
 this

00:32:06.460 --> 00:32:06.800
 day

00:32:06.800 --> 00:32:07.040
 had

00:32:07.040 --> 00:32:07.259
 a

00:32:07.259 --> 00:32:07.560
 lot

00:32:07.560 --> 00:32:07.720
 of

00:32:07.720 --> 00:32:07.980
 wealth.

00:32:07.980 --> 00:32:08.160
 If

00:32:08.160 --> 00:32:08.560
 they

00:32:08.560 --> 00:32:09.000
 can't

00:32:19.400 --> 00:32:20.420
 God,

00:32:20.500 --> 00:32:20.780
 we'll

00:32:20.780 --> 00:32:22.120
 digest

00:32:22.120 --> 00:32:22.660
 all of

00:32:22.660 --> 00:32:22.840
 that

00:32:22.840 --> 00:32:23.200
 a bit

00:32:23.200 --> 00:32:23.620
 more

00:32:23.620 --> 00:32:24.160
 next

00:32:24.160 --> 00:32:24.480
 week.

00:32:26.440 --> 00:32:27.120
 So

00:32:27.120 --> 00:32:27.259
 what's

00:32:27.259 --> 00:32:27.340
 the

00:32:27.340 --> 00:32:27.720
 application

00:32:27.720 --> 00:32:27.900
 of

00:32:27.900 --> 00:32:28.040
 this

00:32:28.040 --> 00:32:28.180
 for

00:32:28.180 --> 00:32:28.360
 our

00:32:28.360 --> 00:32:28.860
 lives?

00:32:30.200 --> 00:32:30.480
 Number

00:32:30.480 --> 00:32:30.800
 one,

00:32:31.640 --> 00:32:32.060
 we should

00:32:32.060 --> 00:32:32.480
 model

00:32:32.480 --> 00:32:32.840
 our

00:32:32.840 --> 00:32:33.420
 evangelistic

00:32:33.420 --> 00:32:33.860
 efforts

00:32:33.860 --> 00:32:34.320
 after

00:32:34.320 --> 00:32:34.860
 those

00:32:34.860 --> 00:32:35.740
 of

00:32:35.740 --> 00:32:35.880
 our

00:32:35.880 --> 00:32:36.220
 Lord.

00:32:36.900 --> 00:32:37.380
 Note,

00:32:37.580 --> 00:32:37.820
 Jesus

00:32:37.820 --> 00:32:38.280
 gives

00:32:38.280 --> 00:32:38.519
 the

00:32:38.519 --> 00:32:39.060
 law

00:32:39.060 --> 00:32:39.460
 where

00:32:39.460 --> 00:32:39.640
 there

00:32:39.640 --> 00:32:39.900
 is

00:32:39.900 --> 00:32:40.720
 pride

00:32:40.720 --> 00:32:41.780
 and

00:32:41.780 --> 00:32:42.259
 grace

00:32:42.259 --> 00:32:42.540
 as we

00:32:42.540 --> 00:32:42.720
 saw

00:32:42.720 --> 00:32:42.960
 in a

00:32:42.960 --> 00:32:43.180
 number

00:32:43.180 --> 00:32:43.420
 of

00:32:43.420 --> 00:32:43.820
 cases

00:32:43.820 --> 00:32:44.460
 where

00:32:44.460 --> 00:32:44.780
 there

00:32:44.780 --> 00:32:45.280
 is

00:32:45.280 --> 00:32:46.220
 humility.

00:32:46.540 --> 00:32:46.700
 We

00:32:46.700 --> 00:32:47.160
 ought

00:32:47.160 --> 00:32:47.380
 to

00:32:47.380 --> 00:32:47.700
 do

00:32:47.700 --> 00:32:48.019
 the

00:32:48.019 --> 00:32:48.460
 very

00:32:48.460 --> 00:32:49.380
 same.

00:32:50.180 --> 00:32:50.540
 We

00:32:50.540 --> 00:32:50.900
 live

00:32:50.900 --> 00:32:51.180
 in a

00:32:51.180 --> 00:32:51.440
 very

00:32:51.440 --> 00:32:53.180
 religiously

00:32:53.180 --> 00:32:56.160
 infected

00:32:56.160 --> 00:32:59.080
 area.

00:32:59.800 --> 00:33:00.180
 People

00:33:00.180 --> 00:33:00.380
 who

00:33:00.380 --> 00:33:00.660
 think

00:33:00.660 --> 00:33:00.840
 that

00:33:00.840 --> 00:33:01.080
 going

00:33:01.080 --> 00:33:01.340
 through

00:33:01.340 --> 00:33:01.740
 certain

00:33:01.740 --> 00:33:02.300
 motions

00:33:02.300 --> 00:33:02.540
 is

00:33:02.540 --> 00:33:02.640
 what

00:33:02.640 --> 00:33:03.100
 gains

00:33:03.100 --> 00:33:03.320
 them

00:33:03.320 --> 00:33:03.800
 access

00:33:03.800 --> 00:33:04.420
 to

00:33:04.420 --> 00:33:04.759
 God.

00:33:04.920 --> 00:33:05.019
 And

00:33:05.019 --> 00:33:05.200
 in

00:33:05.200 --> 00:33:05.400
 the

00:33:05.400 --> 00:33:05.820
 southeast

00:33:05.820 --> 00:33:06.380
 it

00:33:06.380 --> 00:33:06.540
 would

00:33:06.540 --> 00:33:07.000
 seem

00:33:07.000 --> 00:33:07.440
 that

00:33:07.440 --> 00:33:07.600
 for

00:33:07.600 --> 00:33:07.880
 most

00:33:07.880 --> 00:33:08.220
 people

00:33:08.220 --> 00:33:08.380
 we

00:33:08.380 --> 00:33:08.500
 have

00:33:08.500 --> 00:33:08.620
 to

00:33:08.620 --> 00:33:08.980
 convince

00:33:08.980 --> 00:33:09.180
 them

00:33:09.180 --> 00:33:09.360
 that

00:33:09.360 --> 00:33:09.540
 they're

00:33:09.540 --> 00:33:09.980
 not

00:33:09.980 --> 00:33:10.640
 saved

00:33:10.640 --> 00:33:11.460
 so

00:33:11.460 --> 00:33:11.640
 that

00:33:11.640 --> 00:33:11.759
 we

00:33:11.759 --> 00:33:11.920
 can

00:33:11.920 --> 00:33:12.140
 show

00:33:12.140 --> 00:33:12.280
 them

00:33:12.280 --> 00:33:12.500
 how

00:33:12.500 --> 00:33:12.820
 to

00:33:12.820 --> 00:33:13.180
 be

00:33:13.180 --> 00:33:14.220
 saved.

00:33:14.220 --> 00:33:14.800
 They

00:33:14.800 --> 00:33:15.480
 need

00:33:15.480 --> 00:33:16.400
 the

00:33:16.400 --> 00:33:16.880
 law

00:33:16.880 --> 00:33:17.740
 before

00:33:17.740 --> 00:33:17.980
 they

00:33:17.980 --> 00:33:18.340
 need

00:33:18.340 --> 00:33:18.800
 the

00:33:18.800 --> 00:33:19.100
 gospel

00:33:19.099 --> 00:33:19.299
 of

00:33:19.299 --> 00:33:19.740
 grace.

00:33:20.519 --> 00:33:21.039
 Someone

00:33:21.039 --> 00:33:21.240
 is

00:33:21.240 --> 00:33:21.939
 proud

00:33:21.939 --> 00:33:22.159
 in

00:33:22.159 --> 00:33:22.359
 that

00:33:22.359 --> 00:33:22.759
 way.

00:33:23.119 --> 00:33:23.219
 They

00:33:23.219 --> 00:33:23.379
 need

00:33:23.379 --> 00:33:23.459
 to

00:33:23.459 --> 00:33:23.659
 be

00:33:23.659 --> 00:33:24.039
 brought

00:33:24.039 --> 00:33:24.500
 low.

00:33:24.879 --> 00:33:25.099
 This

00:33:25.099 --> 00:33:25.439
 is

00:33:25.439 --> 00:33:25.919
 the

00:33:25.919 --> 00:33:26.159
 loving

00:33:26.159 --> 00:33:26.699
 thing

00:33:26.699 --> 00:33:27.359
 to

00:33:27.359 --> 00:33:27.559
 do

00:33:27.559 --> 00:33:27.740
 for

00:33:27.740 --> 00:33:28.019
 them.

00:33:28.659 --> 00:33:28.839
 We're

00:33:28.839 --> 00:33:28.980
 not

00:33:28.980 --> 00:33:29.179
 doing

00:33:29.179 --> 00:33:29.639
 anybody

00:33:29.639 --> 00:33:29.980
 any

00:33:29.980 --> 00:33:30.519
 favors

00:33:30.519 --> 00:33:30.939
 if we

00:33:30.939 --> 00:33:31.240
 avoid

00:33:31.240 --> 00:33:31.759
 teaching

00:33:31.759 --> 00:33:32.879
 that

00:33:32.879 --> 00:33:33.099
 they

00:33:33.099 --> 00:33:33.439
 fall

00:33:33.439 --> 00:33:33.959
 short

00:33:33.959 --> 00:33:34.359
 of

00:33:34.359 --> 00:33:34.879
 God's

00:33:34.879 --> 00:33:35.799
 standard.

00:33:36.799 --> 00:33:36.980
 It

00:33:36.980 --> 00:33:37.299
 is not

00:33:37.299 --> 00:33:37.659
 my

00:33:37.659 --> 00:33:38.179
 job

00:33:38.179 --> 00:33:38.519
 on a

00:33:38.519 --> 00:33:38.719
 Sunday

00:33:38.719 --> 00:33:39.139
 morning

00:33:39.139 --> 00:33:39.419
 to

00:33:39.419 --> 00:33:39.599
 make

00:33:39.599 --> 00:33:39.740
 you

00:33:39.740 --> 00:33:39.939
 feel

00:33:39.939 --> 00:33:40.379
 good

00:33:40.379 --> 00:33:40.759
 about

00:33:40.759 --> 00:33:41.339
 yourself.

00:33:42.019 --> 00:33:42.399
 Hear

00:33:42.399 --> 00:33:42.699
 that.

00:33:42.779 --> 00:33:43.119
 That

00:33:43.119 --> 00:33:43.619
 is not

00:33:43.619 --> 00:33:43.899
 my

00:33:43.899 --> 00:33:44.199
 job.

00:33:44.200 --> 00:33:44.480
 If I

00:33:44.480 --> 00:33:44.600
 were

00:33:44.600 --> 00:33:44.840
 doing

00:33:44.840 --> 00:33:45.200
 that

00:33:45.200 --> 00:33:45.319
 I

00:33:45.319 --> 00:33:45.400
 would

00:33:45.400 --> 00:33:45.559
 be

00:33:45.559 --> 00:33:45.880
 failing

00:33:45.880 --> 00:33:46.600
 miserably

00:33:46.600 --> 00:33:47.319
 at the

00:33:47.319 --> 00:33:47.799
 task

00:33:47.799 --> 00:33:48.840
 ahead of

00:33:48.840 --> 00:33:49.039
 me.

00:33:49.539 --> 00:33:49.940
 It's

00:33:49.940 --> 00:33:50.200
 my

00:33:50.200 --> 00:33:50.460
 job

00:33:50.460 --> 00:33:50.580
 to

00:33:50.580 --> 00:33:50.759
 teach

00:33:50.759 --> 00:33:50.860
 you

00:33:50.860 --> 00:33:50.980
 the

00:33:50.980 --> 00:33:51.180
 whole

00:33:51.180 --> 00:33:51.580
 counsel

00:33:51.580 --> 00:33:51.779
 of

00:33:51.779 --> 00:33:52.000
 God

00:33:52.000 --> 00:33:52.200
 which

00:33:52.200 --> 00:33:52.920
 includes

00:33:52.920 --> 00:33:53.539
 your

00:33:53.539 --> 00:33:54.039
 sinfulness.

00:33:55.100 --> 00:33:55.299
 It

00:33:55.299 --> 00:33:56.000
 includes

00:33:56.000 --> 00:33:56.460
 who

00:33:56.460 --> 00:33:56.660
 you

00:33:56.660 --> 00:33:57.220
 really

00:33:57.220 --> 00:33:57.799
 are

00:33:57.799 --> 00:33:58.600
 apart

00:33:58.600 --> 00:33:59.140
 from

00:33:59.140 --> 00:33:59.720
 Christ.

00:34:00.160 --> 00:34:00.440
 And

00:34:00.440 --> 00:34:00.720
 doing

00:34:00.720 --> 00:34:01.080
 this

00:34:01.080 --> 00:34:01.660
 exalts

00:34:01.660 --> 00:34:02.259
 Christ.

00:34:03.220 --> 00:34:03.519
 You

00:34:03.519 --> 00:34:03.880
 should

00:34:03.880 --> 00:34:04.200
 leave

00:34:04.200 --> 00:34:04.360
 our

00:34:04.360 --> 00:34:04.779
 meetings.

00:34:05.620 --> 00:34:05.740
 You

00:34:05.740 --> 00:34:06.299
 should

00:34:06.299 --> 00:34:06.900
 leave

00:34:06.900 --> 00:34:08.420
 feeling

00:34:08.420 --> 00:34:10.000
 little

00:34:10.000 --> 00:34:10.539
 about

00:34:10.539 --> 00:34:11.079
 yourself.

00:34:11.079 --> 00:34:12.699
 but

00:34:12.699 --> 00:34:13.119
 finding

00:34:13.119 --> 00:34:13.319
 that

00:34:13.319 --> 00:34:13.420
 you

00:34:13.420 --> 00:34:13.619
 have

00:34:13.619 --> 00:34:14.079
 worth

00:34:14.079 --> 00:34:14.719
 in

00:34:14.719 --> 00:34:15.360
 Jesus

00:34:15.360 --> 00:34:15.940
 Christ

00:34:15.940 --> 00:34:16.119
 and

00:34:16.119 --> 00:34:16.579
 finding

00:34:16.579 --> 00:34:17.440
 much

00:34:17.440 --> 00:34:18.059
 in

00:34:18.059 --> 00:34:18.480
 Him.

00:34:19.579 --> 00:34:20.059
 That's

00:34:20.059 --> 00:34:20.239
 why

00:34:20.239 --> 00:34:20.420
 we

00:34:20.420 --> 00:34:20.619
 get

00:34:20.619 --> 00:34:21.179
 together.

00:34:21.779 --> 00:34:22.259
 Recognize

00:34:22.259 --> 00:34:22.400
 who

00:34:22.400 --> 00:34:22.559
 we

00:34:22.559 --> 00:34:22.779
 are.

00:34:22.880 --> 00:34:22.980
 This

00:34:22.980 --> 00:34:23.079
 is

00:34:23.079 --> 00:34:23.199
 why

00:34:23.199 --> 00:34:23.340
 we

00:34:23.340 --> 00:34:23.519
 have

00:34:23.519 --> 00:34:23.860
 a

00:34:23.860 --> 00:34:24.019
 prayer

00:34:24.019 --> 00:34:24.159
 of

00:34:24.159 --> 00:34:24.579
 confession

00:34:24.579 --> 00:34:24.920
 before

00:34:24.920 --> 00:34:25.099
 the

00:34:25.099 --> 00:34:25.440
 preaching

00:34:25.440 --> 00:34:25.639
 that

00:34:25.639 --> 00:34:25.739
 we

00:34:25.739 --> 00:34:26.259
 recognize

00:34:26.259 --> 00:34:26.599
 who

00:34:26.599 --> 00:34:26.779
 we

00:34:26.779 --> 00:34:26.960
 are

00:34:26.960 --> 00:34:27.079
 as

00:34:27.079 --> 00:34:27.179
 we

00:34:27.179 --> 00:34:27.279
 come

00:34:27.279 --> 00:34:27.380
 to

00:34:27.380 --> 00:34:27.460
 the

00:34:27.460 --> 00:34:27.579
 word

00:34:27.579 --> 00:34:27.719
 of

00:34:27.719 --> 00:34:27.920
 God.

00:34:27.920 --> 00:34:28.219
 That

00:34:28.219 --> 00:34:28.319
 we

00:34:28.319 --> 00:34:28.539
 might

00:34:28.539 --> 00:34:28.980
 hear

00:34:28.980 --> 00:34:29.360
 what

00:34:29.360 --> 00:34:29.420
 it

00:34:29.420 --> 00:34:29.539
 has

00:34:29.539 --> 00:34:29.679
 to

00:34:29.679 --> 00:34:29.840
 say

00:34:29.840 --> 00:34:30.000
 to

00:34:30.000 --> 00:34:30.460
 us.

00:34:31.880 --> 00:34:32.259
 This

00:34:32.259 --> 00:34:32.420
 is

00:34:32.420 --> 00:34:33.019
 God's

00:34:33.019 --> 00:34:33.460
 word

00:34:33.460 --> 00:34:34.219
 spoken

00:34:34.219 --> 00:34:34.239
!

00:34:34.239 --> 00:34:34.460
 to

00:34:34.460 --> 00:34:34.819
 us

00:34:34.819 --> 00:34:34.980
 for

00:34:34.980 --> 00:34:35.199
 his

00:34:35.199 --> 00:34:35.579
 glory

00:34:35.579 --> 00:34:35.980
 and

00:34:35.980 --> 00:34:36.139
 for

00:34:36.139 --> 00:34:36.400
 our

00:34:36.400 --> 00:34:36.799
 good.

00:34:37.059 --> 00:34:37.299
 Let

00:34:37.299 --> 00:34:37.460
 us

00:34:37.460 --> 00:34:37.639
 sit

00:34:37.639 --> 00:34:37.940
 under

00:34:37.940 --> 00:34:38.199
 it

00:34:38.199 --> 00:34:38.940
 humbly

00:34:38.940 --> 00:34:39.940
 because

00:34:39.940 --> 00:34:40.099
 we

00:34:40.099 --> 00:34:40.219
 are

00:34:40.219 --> 00:34:40.759
 people.

00:34:41.239 --> 00:34:41.440
 We

00:34:41.440 --> 00:34:41.579
 are

00:34:41.579 --> 00:34:42.179
 created.

00:34:43.059 --> 00:34:43.639
 He

00:34:43.639 --> 00:34:43.920
 is

00:34:43.920 --> 00:34:44.639
 creator.

00:34:46.159 --> 00:34:46.539
 There

00:34:46.539 --> 00:34:46.719
 are

00:34:46.719 --> 00:34:47.159
 many

00:34:47.159 --> 00:34:48.039
 evangelical

00:34:48.039 --> 00:34:48.500
 leaders

00:34:48.500 --> 00:34:49.779
 with

00:34:49.779 --> 00:34:50.159
 good

00:34:50.159 --> 00:34:50.639
 intentions

00:34:50.639 --> 00:34:51.420
 that

00:34:51.420 --> 00:34:51.539
 have

00:34:51.539 --> 00:34:51.960
 arranged

00:34:51.960 --> 00:34:52.539
 everything

00:34:52.539 --> 00:34:52.799
 their

00:34:52.799 --> 00:34:53.139
 churches

00:34:53.139 --> 00:34:53.599
 do

00:34:53.599 --> 00:34:54.000
 to

00:34:54.000 --> 00:34:54.400
 reach

00:34:54.400 --> 00:34:55.179
 the

00:34:55.179 --> 00:34:55.559
 seeker.

00:34:56.519 --> 00:34:57.039
 We

00:34:57.039 --> 00:34:57.139
 have

00:34:57.139 --> 00:34:57.239
 a

00:34:57.239 --> 00:34:57.400
 term

00:34:57.400 --> 00:34:57.579
 for

00:34:57.579 --> 00:34:57.799
 that.

00:34:57.900 --> 00:34:57.960
 We

00:34:57.960 --> 00:34:58.179
 call

00:34:58.179 --> 00:34:58.319
 them

00:34:58.319 --> 00:34:58.819
 seeker

00:34:58.819 --> 00:34:59.719
 friendly

00:34:59.719 --> 00:35:00.360
 churches.

00:35:01.119 --> 00:35:01.559
 Do

00:35:01.559 --> 00:35:01.659
 we

00:35:01.659 --> 00:35:01.940
 not?

00:35:02.059 --> 00:35:02.219
 And

00:35:02.219 --> 00:35:02.619
 I'll

00:35:02.619 --> 00:35:02.880
 tell you

00:35:02.880 --> 00:35:03.079
 right

00:35:03.079 --> 00:35:03.299
 now,

00:35:03.360 --> 00:35:03.400
 I

00:35:03.400 --> 00:35:03.539
 don't

00:35:03.539 --> 00:35:03.819
 like

00:35:03.819 --> 00:35:03.799
!

00:35:03.799 --> 00:35:03.980
 the

00:35:03.980 --> 00:35:04.279
 term.

00:35:04.519 --> 00:35:04.279
!

00:35:04.519 --> 00:35:04.739
!

00:35:04.739 --> 00:35:34.739
 There's

00:35:34.739 --> 00:35:34.879
 really

00:35:34.879 --> 00:35:35.059
 what

00:35:35.059 --> 00:35:35.179
 you

00:35:35.179 --> 00:35:35.299
 need.

00:35:35.339 --> 00:35:35.439
 What

00:35:35.439 --> 00:35:35.539
 you

00:35:35.539 --> 00:35:35.819
 really

00:35:35.819 --> 00:35:36.099
 need

00:35:36.099 --> 00:35:36.239
 is

00:35:36.239 --> 00:35:36.719
 Jesus.

00:35:37.839 --> 00:35:38.319
 That's

00:35:38.319 --> 00:35:38.399
 what

00:35:38.399 --> 00:35:38.500
 we

00:35:38.500 --> 00:35:38.619
 want

00:35:38.619 --> 00:35:38.719
 to

00:35:38.719 --> 00:35:38.919
 give

00:35:38.919 --> 00:35:39.199
 you

00:35:39.199 --> 00:35:40.239
 when

00:35:40.239 --> 00:35:40.359
 you

00:35:40.359 --> 00:35:40.639
 come

00:35:40.639 --> 00:35:40.979
 here.

00:35:42.099 --> 00:35:42.339
 Seeker

00:35:42.339 --> 00:35:42.619
 friendly

00:35:42.619 --> 00:35:42.959
 churches

00:35:42.959 --> 00:35:43.539
 in so

00:35:43.539 --> 00:35:43.799
 many

00:35:43.799 --> 00:35:44.519
 ways

00:35:44.519 --> 00:35:45.779
 have

00:35:45.779 --> 00:35:46.039
 stepped

00:35:46.039 --> 00:35:46.459
 away

00:35:46.459 --> 00:35:46.699
 from

00:35:46.699 --> 00:35:46.879
 the

00:35:46.879 --> 00:35:47.279
 truth

00:35:47.279 --> 00:35:47.439
 of

00:35:47.439 --> 00:35:47.579
 the

00:35:47.579 --> 00:35:48.039
 gospel

00:35:48.039 --> 00:35:49.079
 because

00:35:49.079 --> 00:35:49.239
 they

00:35:49.239 --> 00:35:49.500
 say

00:35:49.500 --> 00:35:49.659
 to

00:35:49.659 --> 00:35:49.979
 people

00:35:49.979 --> 00:35:50.539
 you're

00:35:50.539 --> 00:35:51.279
 good

00:35:51.279 --> 00:35:51.479
 the

00:35:51.479 --> 00:35:51.639
 way

00:35:51.639 --> 00:35:51.839
 you

00:35:51.839 --> 00:35:52.139
 are

00:35:52.139 --> 00:35:52.359
 you're

00:35:52.359 --> 00:35:52.679
 just

00:35:52.679 --> 00:35:53.199
 not

00:35:53.199 --> 00:35:53.819
 quite

00:35:53.819 --> 00:35:54.259
 good

00:35:54.259 --> 00:35:54.899
 enough.

00:35:55.500 --> 00:35:55.759
 Let's

00:35:55.759 --> 00:35:56.299
 bandage

00:35:56.299 --> 00:35:56.459
 your

00:35:56.459 --> 00:35:56.839
 life

00:35:56.839 --> 00:35:57.319
 with

00:35:57.319 --> 00:35:57.639
 Jesus.

00:35:58.239 --> 00:35:58.659
 You're

00:35:58.659 --> 00:35:59.139
 sick.

00:35:59.379 --> 00:35:59.639
 You need

00:35:59.639 --> 00:35:59.759
 a

00:35:59.759 --> 00:36:00.159
 physician.

00:36:00.579 --> 00:36:00.879
 You're

00:36:00.879 --> 00:36:01.419
 dead.

00:36:01.699 --> 00:36:02.019
 You need

00:36:02.019 --> 00:36:02.239
 a

00:36:02.239 --> 00:36:02.599
 savior.

00:36:04.599 --> 00:36:05.079
 Many

00:36:05.079 --> 00:36:05.559
 churches

00:36:05.559 --> 00:36:06.159
 driving

00:36:06.159 --> 00:36:06.840
 distance

00:36:06.840 --> 00:36:07.619
 of

00:36:07.619 --> 00:36:08.019
 us

00:36:08.019 --> 00:36:09.579
 do

00:36:09.579 --> 00:36:09.820
 not

00:36:09.820 --> 00:36:10.219
 hold

00:36:10.219 --> 00:36:11.159
 congregational

00:36:11.159 --> 00:36:11.639
 meetings.

00:36:11.880 --> 00:36:12.039
 The

00:36:12.039 --> 00:36:12.199
 meeting

00:36:12.199 --> 00:36:12.340
 of

00:36:12.340 --> 00:36:12.480
 the

00:36:12.480 --> 00:36:12.840
 church

00:36:12.840 --> 00:36:13.059
 is

00:36:13.059 --> 00:36:13.300
 for

00:36:13.300 --> 00:36:13.539
 the

00:36:13.539 --> 00:36:14.039
 church.

00:36:14.340 --> 00:36:14.460
 We

00:36:14.460 --> 00:36:14.639
 might

00:36:14.639 --> 00:36:14.800
 be

00:36:14.800 --> 00:36:15.079
 built

00:36:15.079 --> 00:36:15.280
 up

00:36:15.280 --> 00:36:15.420
 and

00:36:15.420 --> 00:36:15.900
 edified.

00:36:16.360 --> 00:36:16.460
 If

00:36:16.460 --> 00:36:16.559
 a

00:36:16.559 --> 00:36:17.019
 non-believer

00:36:17.019 --> 00:36:17.420
 wanders

00:36:17.420 --> 00:36:17.539
 in

00:36:17.539 --> 00:36:17.900
 amongst

00:36:17.900 --> 00:36:18.159
 us,

00:36:18.239 --> 00:36:18.539
 praise

00:36:18.539 --> 00:36:18.960
 God

00:36:18.960 --> 00:36:19.139
 for

00:36:19.139 --> 00:36:19.300
 that.

00:36:19.380 --> 00:36:19.460
 They'll

00:36:19.460 --> 00:36:19.639
 hear

00:36:19.639 --> 00:36:19.820
 the

00:36:19.820 --> 00:36:20.239
 gospel.

00:36:21.460 --> 00:36:21.900
 But

00:36:21.900 --> 00:36:22.000
 it

00:36:22.000 --> 00:36:22.119
 is

00:36:22.119 --> 00:36:22.280
 for

00:36:22.280 --> 00:36:22.639
 us

00:36:22.639 --> 00:36:22.800
 that

00:36:22.800 --> 00:36:22.900
 we

00:36:22.900 --> 00:36:23.059
 might

00:36:23.059 --> 00:36:23.280
 go

00:36:23.280 --> 00:36:23.759
 out

00:36:23.759 --> 00:36:23.980
 and

00:36:23.980 --> 00:36:24.099
 share

00:36:24.099 --> 00:36:24.259
 the

00:36:24.259 --> 00:36:24.519
 gospel

00:36:24.519 --> 00:36:24.780
 with

00:36:24.780 --> 00:36:25.300
 everybody

00:36:25.300 --> 00:36:25.619
 that

00:36:25.619 --> 00:36:25.739
 we

00:36:25.739 --> 00:36:26.139
 encounter.

00:36:26.139 --> 00:36:26.360
 That

00:36:26.360 --> 00:36:26.480
 is

00:36:26.480 --> 00:36:26.599
 the

00:36:26.599 --> 00:36:26.900
 task

00:36:26.900 --> 00:36:27.159
 before

00:36:27.159 --> 00:36:27.599
 all

00:36:27.599 --> 00:36:27.759
 of

00:36:27.759 --> 00:36:27.980
 you

00:36:27.980 --> 00:36:28.460
 who

00:36:28.460 --> 00:36:28.679
 claim

00:36:28.679 --> 00:36:28.819
 the

00:36:28.819 --> 00:36:28.940
 name

00:36:28.940 --> 00:36:29.079
 of

00:36:29.079 --> 00:36:29.500
 Christ.

00:36:30.539 --> 00:36:30.679
 It's

00:36:30.679 --> 00:36:31.059
 why we

00:36:31.059 --> 00:36:31.239
 come

00:36:31.239 --> 00:36:31.579
 together

00:36:31.579 --> 00:36:31.960
 for the

00:36:31.960 --> 00:36:32.239
 building

00:36:32.239 --> 00:36:32.539
 up

00:36:32.539 --> 00:36:32.940
 for

00:36:32.940 --> 00:36:33.159
 good

00:36:33.159 --> 00:36:33.539
 works

00:36:33.539 --> 00:36:33.920
 that

00:36:33.920 --> 00:36:34.000
 have

00:36:34.000 --> 00:36:34.539
 been

00:36:34.539 --> 00:36:35.039
 prepared

00:36:35.039 --> 00:36:35.899
 beforehand

00:36:35.899 --> 00:36:36.759
 for

00:36:36.759 --> 00:36:37.119
 us.

00:36:37.379 --> 00:36:37.659
 Many

00:36:37.659 --> 00:36:38.019
 churches

00:36:38.019 --> 00:36:40.460
 simply

00:36:40.460 --> 00:36:40.719
 have

00:36:40.719 --> 00:36:41.259
 evangelistic

00:36:41.259 --> 00:36:41.559
 meetings.

00:36:41.639 --> 00:36:41.779
 There's

00:36:41.779 --> 00:36:42.079
 a place

00:36:42.079 --> 00:36:42.259
 and a

00:36:42.259 --> 00:36:42.440
 time

00:36:42.440 --> 00:36:42.579
 for

00:36:42.579 --> 00:36:42.699
 that.

00:36:42.739 --> 00:36:42.799
 But

00:36:42.799 --> 00:36:42.920
 it's

00:36:42.920 --> 00:36:43.119
 not

00:36:43.119 --> 00:36:43.359
 every

00:36:43.359 --> 00:36:43.779
 Sunday.

00:36:44.199 --> 00:36:44.259
 And

00:36:44.259 --> 00:36:44.399
 their

00:36:44.399 --> 00:36:44.799
 members

00:36:44.799 --> 00:36:44.980
 are

00:36:44.980 --> 00:36:45.879
 malnourished

00:36:45.879 --> 00:36:46.500
 as a

00:36:46.500 --> 00:36:46.899
 result.

00:36:48.179 --> 00:36:48.480
 We

00:36:48.480 --> 00:36:48.699
 should

00:36:48.699 --> 00:36:49.259
 model

00:36:49.259 --> 00:36:50.599
 the

00:36:50.599 --> 00:36:50.899
 sharing

00:36:50.899 --> 00:36:51.039
 of

00:36:51.039 --> 00:36:51.199
 our

00:36:51.199 --> 00:36:51.539
 faith

00:36:51.539 --> 00:36:52.460
 after

00:36:52.460 --> 00:36:52.599
 the

00:36:52.599 --> 00:36:52.739
 way

00:36:52.739 --> 00:36:53.059
 Jesus

00:36:53.059 --> 00:36:54.159
 shared.

00:36:55.420 --> 00:36:55.920
 Secondly,

00:36:55.920 --> 00:36:55.920


00:36:57.159 --> 00:36:58.539
 you

00:36:58.539 --> 00:36:58.739
 should

00:36:58.739 --> 00:36:59.119
 consider

00:36:59.119 --> 00:36:59.379
 whether

00:36:59.379 --> 00:36:59.779
 or not

00:36:59.779 --> 00:36:59.940
 you

00:36:59.940 --> 00:37:00.099
 have

00:37:00.099 --> 00:37:00.519
 ever

00:37:00.519 --> 00:37:01.000
 placed

00:37:01.000 --> 00:37:01.379
 believing

00:37:01.379 --> 00:37:01.879
 faith

00:37:01.879 --> 00:37:02.299
 in

00:37:02.299 --> 00:37:02.699
 Christ.

00:37:04.019 --> 00:37:04.579
 If

00:37:04.579 --> 00:37:04.719
 you

00:37:04.719 --> 00:37:04.839
 are

00:37:04.839 --> 00:37:05.399
 amongst

00:37:05.399 --> 00:37:05.699
 us

00:37:05.699 --> 00:37:06.219
 today

00:37:06.219 --> 00:37:07.179
 as a

00:37:07.179 --> 00:37:07.519
 seeker

00:37:07.519 --> 00:37:08.500
 or one

00:37:08.500 --> 00:37:08.819
 who has

00:37:08.819 --> 00:37:09.599
 thought

00:37:09.599 --> 00:37:10.039
 you were

00:37:10.039 --> 00:37:10.319
 in

00:37:10.319 --> 00:37:10.839
 Christ

00:37:10.839 --> 00:37:11.460
 and have

00:37:11.460 --> 00:37:11.699
 found

00:37:11.699 --> 00:37:11.960
 that in

00:37:11.960 --> 00:37:12.339
 some

00:37:12.339 --> 00:37:12.659
 way

00:37:12.659 --> 00:37:12.980
 you have

00:37:12.980 --> 00:37:13.279
 based

00:37:13.279 --> 00:37:13.619
 that on

00:37:13.619 --> 00:37:13.819
 the

00:37:13.819 --> 00:37:14.099
 merit

00:37:14.099 --> 00:37:14.559
 of

00:37:14.559 --> 00:37:14.699
 your

00:37:14.699 --> 00:37:15.319
 own

00:37:15.319 --> 00:37:16.079
 works,

00:37:16.879 --> 00:37:18.079
 ask

00:37:18.079 --> 00:37:18.239
 the

00:37:18.239 --> 00:37:18.619
 question

00:37:18.619 --> 00:37:18.779
 of

00:37:18.779 --> 00:37:19.079
 yourself,

00:37:19.219 --> 00:37:19.559
 have

00:37:19.559 --> 00:37:20.179
 you

00:37:20.179 --> 00:37:21.199
 believed?

00:37:21.759 --> 00:37:22.059
 Is

00:37:22.059 --> 00:37:22.659
 all

00:37:22.659 --> 00:37:22.799
 of

00:37:22.799 --> 00:37:22.940
 your

00:37:22.940 --> 00:37:23.359
 salvation

00:37:23.359 --> 00:37:23.940
 found

00:37:23.940 --> 00:37:24.500
 in

00:37:24.500 --> 00:37:24.779
 Jesus?

00:37:24.899 --> 00:37:25.039
 Is

00:37:25.039 --> 00:37:25.219
 your

00:37:25.219 --> 00:37:25.899
 sufficiency

00:37:25.899 --> 00:37:27.019
 from

00:37:27.019 --> 00:37:27.440
 him?

00:37:28.159 --> 00:37:28.360
 Your

00:37:28.360 --> 00:37:28.579
 good

00:37:28.579 --> 00:37:28.820
 works

00:37:28.820 --> 00:37:29.000
 will

00:37:29.000 --> 00:37:29.400
 never

00:37:29.400 --> 00:37:30.320
 merit

00:37:30.320 --> 00:37:31.179
 your

00:37:31.179 --> 00:37:31.579
 salvation.

00:37:32.360 --> 00:37:32.739
 They

00:37:32.739 --> 00:37:32.980
 are,

00:37:33.099 --> 00:37:33.420
 however,

00:37:33.599 --> 00:37:33.739
 the

00:37:33.739 --> 00:37:34.179
 necessary

00:37:34.179 --> 00:37:34.659
 outflow

00:37:34.659 --> 00:37:34.860
 of

00:37:34.860 --> 00:37:35.039
 our

00:37:35.039 --> 00:37:35.519
 salvation

00:37:35.519 --> 00:37:35.719
 and

00:37:35.719 --> 00:37:35.860
 we

00:37:35.860 --> 00:37:36.000
 should

00:37:36.000 --> 00:37:36.259
 all

00:37:36.259 --> 00:37:36.739
 thirdly

00:37:36.739 --> 00:37:37.599
 consider

00:37:37.599 --> 00:37:37.860
 the

00:37:37.860 --> 00:37:38.480
 implications

00:37:38.480 --> 00:37:39.340
 of

00:37:39.340 --> 00:37:39.539
 this

00:37:39.539 --> 00:37:39.980
 text

00:37:39.980 --> 00:37:40.159
 for

00:37:40.159 --> 00:37:40.420
 those

00:37:40.420 --> 00:37:40.559
 of

00:37:40.559 --> 00:37:40.780
 us

00:37:40.780 --> 00:37:40.940
 who

00:37:40.940 --> 00:37:41.420
 are

00:37:41.420 --> 00:37:42.340
 believers.

00:37:43.400 --> 00:37:43.960
 Again,

00:37:44.039 --> 00:37:44.139
 we'll

00:37:44.139 --> 00:37:44.420
 develop

00:37:44.420 --> 00:37:44.619
 this

00:37:44.619 --> 00:37:44.980
 further

00:37:44.980 --> 00:37:45.759
 next

00:37:45.759 --> 00:37:46.059
 week,

00:37:46.159 --> 00:37:46.659
 but how

00:37:46.659 --> 00:37:46.860
 is

00:37:46.860 --> 00:37:47.079
 our

00:37:47.079 --> 00:37:47.739
 response

00:37:47.739 --> 00:37:48.539
 to

00:37:48.539 --> 00:37:48.719
 the

00:37:48.719 --> 00:37:48.920
 good

00:37:48.920 --> 00:37:49.199
 news

00:37:49.199 --> 00:37:49.360
 of

00:37:49.360 --> 00:37:49.619
 Jesus

00:37:49.619 --> 00:37:50.179
 Christ

00:37:50.179 --> 00:37:51.280
 evidenced

00:37:51.280 --> 00:37:51.519
 in

00:37:51.519 --> 00:37:51.679
 the

00:37:51.679 --> 00:37:51.940
 way

00:37:51.940 --> 00:37:52.199
 we

00:37:52.199 --> 00:37:52.539
 hold

00:37:52.539 --> 00:37:52.880
 on

00:37:52.880 --> 00:37:53.019
 to

00:37:53.019 --> 00:37:53.219
 the

00:37:53.219 --> 00:37:53.739
 things

00:37:53.739 --> 00:37:54.340
 of

00:37:54.340 --> 00:37:54.519
 this

00:37:54.519 --> 00:37:54.840
 world?

00:37:54.840 --> 00:37:56.500
 How is

00:37:56.500 --> 00:37:56.660
 it

00:37:56.660 --> 00:37:57.300
 evidenced?

00:37:57.880 --> 00:37:58.340
 If we

00:37:58.340 --> 00:37:59.059
 believe

00:37:59.059 --> 00:37:59.920
 that Jesus

00:37:59.920 --> 00:38:00.400
 is who

00:38:00.400 --> 00:38:01.000
 he says

00:38:01.000 --> 00:38:01.640
 that he

00:38:01.640 --> 00:38:01.980
 is,

00:38:02.039 --> 00:38:02.360
 that he

00:38:02.360 --> 00:38:02.720
 is the

00:38:02.720 --> 00:38:03.079
 exalted

00:38:03.079 --> 00:38:03.539
 son of

00:38:03.539 --> 00:38:03.900
 God,

00:38:04.519 --> 00:38:04.720
 that he

00:38:04.720 --> 00:38:05.260
 has come

00:38:05.260 --> 00:38:06.059
 on our

00:38:06.059 --> 00:38:06.480
 behalf,

00:38:06.559 --> 00:38:06.820
 he has

00:38:06.820 --> 00:38:07.360
 delivered

00:38:07.360 --> 00:38:08.320
 us from

00:38:08.320 --> 00:38:08.559
 the

00:38:08.559 --> 00:38:09.140
 eternal

00:38:09.140 --> 00:38:09.840
 torment

00:38:09.840 --> 00:38:10.440
 do

00:38:10.440 --> 00:38:10.400
 to

00:38:10.400 --> 00:38:10.720
 us

00:38:10.720 --> 00:38:10.920
 for

00:38:10.920 --> 00:38:11.120
 our

00:38:11.120 --> 00:38:11.480
 sin,

00:38:11.620 --> 00:38:11.820
 not

00:38:11.820 --> 00:38:12.519
 unjustly,

00:38:12.600 --> 00:38:12.820
 God

00:38:12.820 --> 00:38:13.360
 owes

00:38:13.360 --> 00:38:13.500
 it

00:38:13.500 --> 00:38:13.660
 to

00:38:13.660 --> 00:38:13.960
 us

00:38:13.960 --> 00:38:15.000
 for

00:38:15.000 --> 00:38:15.140
 the

00:38:15.140 --> 00:38:15.320
 way

00:38:15.320 --> 00:38:15.519
 we

00:38:15.519 --> 00:38:15.780
 treat

00:38:15.780 --> 00:38:16.079
 him.

00:38:17.079 --> 00:38:17.300
 If

00:38:17.300 --> 00:38:17.700
 that's

00:38:17.700 --> 00:38:17.800
 who

00:38:17.800 --> 00:38:17.920
 we

00:38:17.920 --> 00:38:18.180
 believe

00:38:18.180 --> 00:38:18.340
 that

00:38:18.340 --> 00:38:18.559
 Jesus

00:38:18.559 --> 00:38:19.039
 is,

00:38:19.460 --> 00:38:19.800
 and

00:38:19.800 --> 00:38:19.880
 we

00:38:19.880 --> 00:38:20.340
 placed

00:38:20.340 --> 00:38:20.579
 our

00:38:20.579 --> 00:38:20.940
 faith

00:38:20.940 --> 00:38:21.160
 in

00:38:21.160 --> 00:38:21.460
 him,

00:38:21.780 --> 00:38:22.220
 how

00:38:22.220 --> 00:38:22.420
 do

00:38:22.420 --> 00:38:22.600
 we

00:38:22.600 --> 00:38:23.400
 respond

00:38:23.400 --> 00:38:24.260
 to

00:38:24.260 --> 00:38:24.440
 that

00:38:24.440 --> 00:38:24.700
 great

00:38:24.700 --> 00:38:25.100
 truth?

00:38:26.620 --> 00:38:26.980
 We'll

00:38:26.980 --> 00:38:27.280
 talk more

00:38:27.280 --> 00:38:27.720
 about that

00:38:27.720 --> 00:38:27.980
 next

00:38:27.980 --> 00:38:28.300
 week.

00:38:28.500 --> 00:38:28.760
 We

00:38:28.760 --> 00:38:28.980
 can

00:38:28.980 --> 00:38:29.420
 consider

00:38:29.420 --> 00:38:29.720
 our

00:38:29.720 --> 00:38:30.200
 possessions

00:38:30.200 --> 00:38:30.200


00:38:30.200 --> 00:38:30.860
 great

00:38:30.860 --> 00:38:32.000
 and

00:38:32.000 --> 00:38:32.220
 not

00:38:32.220 --> 00:38:32.600
 have

00:38:32.600 --> 00:38:32.960
 all

00:38:32.960 --> 00:38:33.360
 that

00:38:33.360 --> 00:38:34.660
 much.

00:38:36.460 --> 00:38:36.880
 So

00:38:36.880 --> 00:38:37.019
 there's

00:38:37.019 --> 00:38:37.220
 much

00:38:37.220 --> 00:38:37.440
 to be

00:38:37.440 --> 00:38:37.680
 learned

00:38:37.680 --> 00:38:37.980
 here,

00:38:38.140 --> 00:38:39.440
 and I

00:38:39.440 --> 00:38:39.639
 hope

00:38:39.639 --> 00:38:39.780
 that

00:38:39.780 --> 00:38:39.860
 you

00:38:39.860 --> 00:38:40.019
 will

00:38:40.019 --> 00:38:40.380
 work

00:38:40.380 --> 00:38:40.880
 on

00:38:40.880 --> 00:38:41.340
 applying

00:38:41.340 --> 00:38:41.780
 this

00:38:41.780 --> 00:38:42.599
 to

00:38:42.599 --> 00:38:42.760
 your

00:38:42.760 --> 00:38:43.019
 heart.

00:38:43.159 --> 00:38:43.320
 Let's

00:38:43.320 --> 00:38:43.440
 pray

00:38:43.440 --> 00:38:43.720
 together.