WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.960 Well, last Sunday we heard about how Jesus was invited to the house of a Pharisee for dinner. 00:00:10.259 --> 00:00:27.600 ! And after foregoing the ritual washing, to the surprise and scorn of the Pharisees, Jesus began to rebuke the Pharisees and to call them out for their hypocrisy. 00:00:27.600 --> 00:00:40.420 And we saw Jesus respond to them with very passionate and strong words. 00:00:44.439 --> 00:00:47.700 Then we heard a little bit about what happened after this. 00:00:48.500 --> 00:00:56.640 When Jesus went outside, the Pharisees and the teachers of the law began to oppose him fiercely and to beseech him with questions. 00:00:57.600 --> 00:00:59.899 Waiting to catch him in something he might say. 00:01:01.820 --> 00:01:07.219 So after saying those things, Jesus exits the house and out come the hornets. 00:01:07.780 --> 00:01:09.299 And they are mad. 00:01:10.299 --> 00:01:13.560 Can you imagine them besieging Jesus with questions? 00:01:13.560 --> 00:01:18.519 And they weren't even looking for the answers. 00:01:19.640 --> 00:01:22.120 These were attacking sorts of questions. 00:01:23.159 --> 00:01:27.859 Probably they weren't even giving Jesus hardly a chance to respond or to answer. 00:01:28.299 --> 00:01:32.140 They were just sort of piling them on and maybe in an attempt to humiliate him. 00:01:32.540 --> 00:01:35.560 Or to get him to trip up in his words. 00:01:36.520 --> 00:01:39.379 Maybe twisting some of his replies. 00:01:39.379 --> 00:01:46.019 And as this is happening, the crowd of witnesses begins to grow. 00:01:47.000 --> 00:01:51.140 People passing by stop to watch and to listen. 00:01:53.319 --> 00:02:01.259 Some of the crowds of people that maybe left off of Jesus so that he could go in and have dinner with the Pharisees begin to return. 00:02:01.500 --> 00:02:04.780 And the number of people, Luke tells us, grows into the thousands. 00:02:04.780 --> 00:02:08.939 Luke 12 verse 1. 00:02:09.060 --> 00:02:15.719 Meanwhile, when a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling on one another, 00:02:16.460 --> 00:02:20.219 Jesus began to speak first to his disciples. 00:02:21.340 --> 00:02:22.420 So can you imagine this? 00:02:22.479 --> 00:02:23.139 Can you picture it? 00:02:23.500 --> 00:02:28.780 Everybody wants to get closer to see and hear what's going on. 00:02:28.780 --> 00:02:32.000 So much so that they're stepping on each other. 00:02:32.120 --> 00:02:37.759 They're knocking each other over as they push in towards Jesus. 00:02:40.060 --> 00:02:44.379 According to Luke, Jesus begins in this moment to speak to his disciples. 00:02:45.500 --> 00:02:48.939 I guess the conversation with the Pharisees was going nowhere. 00:02:50.099 --> 00:02:53.580 They aren't really there to listen or to learn. 00:02:53.580 --> 00:02:58.260 And so Jesus now turns to his disciples and begins to speak to them. 00:02:59.120 --> 00:03:01.939 And the first thing that he says is this. 00:03:03.180 --> 00:03:11.540 Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 00:03:11.539 --> 00:03:19.400 So Jesus has already been rebuking them privately about this in the house. 00:03:19.659 --> 00:03:21.459 Now he's doing it publicly. 00:03:22.159 --> 00:03:24.819 It's not behind their backs because they're there. 00:03:27.519 --> 00:03:33.419 And now he is warning his disciples not to follow or become like the Pharisees. 00:03:34.219 --> 00:03:40.859 Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 00:03:41.539 --> 00:03:46.620 Now why the metaphor of yeast or leaven? 00:03:47.439 --> 00:03:53.759 And I think there's two characteristics of yeast that factor into Jesus' meaning. 00:03:54.979 --> 00:03:57.219 First, yeast spreads. 00:03:58.219 --> 00:03:59.599 It multiplies. 00:04:00.379 --> 00:04:04.139 As the Apostle Paul says in Galatians and in his letter to the Corinthians, 00:04:04.719 --> 00:04:07.919 a little yeast leavens the whole lump. 00:04:07.919 --> 00:04:12.399 And if you've ever made bread, it's quite something, isn't it? 00:04:12.839 --> 00:04:15.039 It doesn't take much of those little yeast pellets. 00:04:16.039 --> 00:04:21.019 But that whole loaf, that whole batch of dough is soon affected by it. 00:04:21.539 --> 00:04:26.779 It begins to rise as the organisms multiply and give off gas. 00:04:28.060 --> 00:04:29.959 So yeast is potent stuff. 00:04:29.959 --> 00:04:31.500 It spreads. 00:04:33.000 --> 00:04:35.219 And then the second thing about yeast is, 00:04:35.620 --> 00:04:39.359 once it's mixed into the dough, it's invisible. 00:04:40.919 --> 00:04:44.579 You can't even tell the difference between a leavened lump of dough 00:04:44.579 --> 00:04:48.159 and an unleavened lump of dough right after the moment it's been done. 00:04:48.160 --> 00:04:55.420 It's a thing that happens behind the scenes, slowly and gradually. 00:04:56.560 --> 00:05:02.200 And I think these are maybe the things Jesus is emphasizing about the hypocrisy of the Pharisees. 00:05:02.880 --> 00:05:05.460 Their hypocrisy has the same characteristics. 00:05:06.760 --> 00:05:07.640 It's contagious. 00:05:07.639 --> 00:05:14.339 It spreads as people imitate them and follow their teaching. 00:05:15.279 --> 00:05:16.399 And it's subtle. 00:05:17.099 --> 00:05:18.379 It's insidious. 00:05:19.180 --> 00:05:23.099 There's things going on that are hidden beneath the surface. 00:05:23.819 --> 00:05:26.740 It's kind of what we heard Jesus talking about last Sunday 00:05:26.740 --> 00:05:30.139 when he said that they clean the outside of the dish. 00:05:31.219 --> 00:05:33.819 The part that people see, they polish that. 00:05:33.819 --> 00:05:37.319 But inside, what's hiding in there? 00:05:39.000 --> 00:05:43.379 They're full of greed and wickedness, said Jesus. 00:05:44.099 --> 00:05:46.759 So hypocrisy can be insidious. 00:05:47.920 --> 00:05:53.159 It's kind of like the solid oak bed frame that I bought one time off of Kijiji. 00:05:54.360 --> 00:05:57.519 The pictures weren't all that clear online. 00:05:58.659 --> 00:05:59.959 But it looked good. 00:06:00.959 --> 00:06:03.199 Well, after examining it more closely, 00:06:03.819 --> 00:06:08.680 it was actually just a thin oak-like veneer on particle board. 00:06:12.560 --> 00:06:15.339 Don't be fooled by them, says Jesus. 00:06:15.920 --> 00:06:18.699 Don't be sucked into following their ways. 00:06:19.060 --> 00:06:20.300 Don't do as they do. 00:06:21.719 --> 00:06:29.000 Their religion of rules is a show of external righteousness. 00:06:29.000 --> 00:06:33.879 Meanwhile, on the inside, they do not love God. 00:06:36.740 --> 00:06:38.920 They're neglecting what is just. 00:06:40.680 --> 00:06:41.779 What is right. 00:06:41.779 --> 00:06:45.779 They're doing things that look righteous, 00:06:46.019 --> 00:06:49.259 but it's only for the attention 00:06:49.259 --> 00:06:53.699 and for the praise of others, 00:06:53.839 --> 00:06:55.819 for the benefit that it brings to them. 00:06:55.819 --> 00:07:00.259 Be on your guard against that attitude, 00:07:00.680 --> 00:07:03.120 against that kind of behavior. 00:07:03.120 --> 00:07:05.600 It's tricky. 00:07:07.040 --> 00:07:07.939 It's subtle. 00:07:09.759 --> 00:07:11.439 But its effect is powerful. 00:07:11.680 --> 00:07:17.660 Don't let yourself slip into the hypocrisy of the Pharisees. 00:07:17.660 --> 00:07:22.960 And then Jesus gives us this very sobering truth 00:07:22.960 --> 00:07:28.540 to help us see why faking our religion is utterly foolish. 00:07:28.840 --> 00:07:30.880 Let me just read it all in one go 00:07:30.880 --> 00:07:33.480 so that we can get the flow of thought here. 00:07:33.580 --> 00:07:33.920 He says, 00:07:33.920 --> 00:07:36.800 Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, 00:07:37.080 --> 00:07:39.080 which is hypocrisy. 00:07:40.300 --> 00:07:44.420 There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed 00:07:44.420 --> 00:07:48.100 or hidden that will not be made known. 00:07:49.540 --> 00:07:53.780 What you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, 00:07:54.560 --> 00:07:58.300 and what you have whispered in the ear in the inner rooms 00:07:58.300 --> 00:08:01.060 will be proclaimed from the roofs. 00:08:03.920 --> 00:08:06.800 What a powerful and sobering truth. 00:08:07.800 --> 00:08:10.640 It's very proverbial the way Jesus says it. 00:08:11.120 --> 00:08:13.100 It's kind of got that poetic parallelism 00:08:13.100 --> 00:08:15.319 that we're used to seeing in the book of Proverbs. 00:08:18.720 --> 00:08:23.319 There's nothing concealed that will not be disclosed 00:08:23.319 --> 00:08:27.400 or hidden that will not be made known. 00:08:29.080 --> 00:08:31.139 What you have said in the dark 00:08:31.139 --> 00:08:33.939 will be heard in the daylight, 00:08:34.699 --> 00:08:38.799 and what you have whispered in the ear in the inner rooms 00:08:38.799 --> 00:08:43.059 will be proclaimed from the roofs. 00:08:46.819 --> 00:08:49.419 All the secrets we try to keep, 00:08:50.019 --> 00:08:52.340 all the things we try to hide, 00:08:53.639 --> 00:08:55.620 they will all come out in the end. 00:08:55.620 --> 00:09:00.820 They will all be known eventually. 00:09:04.279 --> 00:09:06.560 And the first application of this, I think, 00:09:06.720 --> 00:09:08.320 is to the Pharisees themselves. 00:09:10.039 --> 00:09:11.460 Jesus is basically saying, 00:09:11.580 --> 00:09:13.940 whatever they're hiding with their hypocrisy, 00:09:14.940 --> 00:09:16.840 they won't get away with it. 00:09:18.259 --> 00:09:19.480 It's all going to come out. 00:09:19.480 --> 00:09:24.159 But then the second application is 00:09:24.159 --> 00:09:26.039 for Jesus' followers, 00:09:26.240 --> 00:09:27.759 the ones that he's talking to right now, 00:09:27.840 --> 00:09:28.680 the ones he's warning. 00:09:29.139 --> 00:09:30.120 He's saying to them, 00:09:30.980 --> 00:09:34.120 and by extension to us as followers of Jesus, 00:09:35.019 --> 00:09:38.680 don't be like the Pharisees in their hypocrisy, 00:09:38.779 --> 00:09:40.759 because anything you try 00:09:40.759 --> 00:09:44.519 to hide or keep secret 00:09:44.519 --> 00:09:47.639 is going to come out in the end. 00:09:51.199 --> 00:09:52.639 And the way Jesus says it, 00:09:52.720 --> 00:09:53.720 it's powerful. 00:09:54.519 --> 00:09:56.799 What you have whispered in the ear 00:09:56.799 --> 00:09:58.699 in the inner rooms 00:09:58.699 --> 00:10:03.299 will be proclaimed from the rooftops. 00:10:05.919 --> 00:10:07.399 That word for inner room 00:10:07.399 --> 00:10:11.279 was used to describe the storeroom of the house. 00:10:12.439 --> 00:10:13.879 And so you almost get this picture here 00:10:13.879 --> 00:10:15.279 of someone pulling another person 00:10:15.279 --> 00:10:16.580 into the storage closet 00:10:16.580 --> 00:10:19.120 to whisper some things to them, 00:10:20.120 --> 00:10:21.279 closing the door, 00:10:21.439 --> 00:10:22.600 speaking in a hushed voice 00:10:22.600 --> 00:10:23.960 so nobody else inside 00:10:23.960 --> 00:10:25.419 can hear what's being said. 00:10:27.539 --> 00:10:28.899 But then imagine that 00:10:28.899 --> 00:10:30.379 as you do this with someone 00:10:30.379 --> 00:10:31.240 only to find out 00:10:31.240 --> 00:10:31.939 that somehow 00:10:31.939 --> 00:10:34.759 somebody heard everything that you said, 00:10:35.179 --> 00:10:36.379 and then they proceed 00:10:36.379 --> 00:10:38.220 to shout that out loud 00:10:38.220 --> 00:10:41.100 for everyone to hear. 00:10:43.879 --> 00:10:46.059 There is nothing concealed 00:10:46.059 --> 00:10:49.100 that will not be disclosed 00:10:49.100 --> 00:10:51.580 or hidden 00:10:51.580 --> 00:10:54.159 that will not be made known. 00:10:58.419 --> 00:10:59.340 The attitude 00:10:59.340 --> 00:11:00.259 and the behavior 00:11:00.259 --> 00:11:01.240 of the Pharisees 00:11:01.240 --> 00:11:01.539 was, 00:11:01.740 --> 00:11:02.860 I'm going to call it 00:11:02.860 --> 00:11:03.480 religious 00:11:03.480 --> 00:11:04.860 fakery. 00:11:06.500 --> 00:11:08.220 And Jesus is saying, 00:11:08.539 --> 00:11:09.559 don't be like them 00:11:09.559 --> 00:11:10.979 because your fakery 00:11:10.979 --> 00:11:12.119 will eventually 00:11:12.119 --> 00:11:13.000 be exposed. 00:11:15.659 --> 00:11:16.459 In fact, 00:11:16.599 --> 00:11:17.379 in reality, 00:11:17.559 --> 00:11:18.919 God already sees 00:11:18.919 --> 00:11:20.279 and knows 00:11:20.279 --> 00:11:21.500 the things 00:11:21.500 --> 00:11:22.399 that we are hiding 00:11:22.399 --> 00:11:25.239 and the secrets 00:11:25.239 --> 00:11:26.139 that we are keeping. 00:11:27.139 --> 00:11:27.979 Listen to these words 00:11:27.979 --> 00:11:29.079 from Hebrews 4, 00:11:29.219 --> 00:11:29.919 verse 13. 00:11:31.799 --> 00:11:32.279 Nothing 00:11:32.279 --> 00:11:33.879 in all creation 00:11:33.879 --> 00:11:35.019 is hidden 00:11:35.019 --> 00:11:36.759 from God's sight. 00:11:36.759 --> 00:11:39.279 everything 00:11:39.279 --> 00:11:40.220 is uncovered 00:11:40.220 --> 00:11:42.120 and laid bare 00:11:42.120 --> 00:11:44.159 before the eyes 00:11:44.159 --> 00:11:44.600 of him 00:11:44.600 --> 00:11:45.620 to whom 00:11:45.620 --> 00:11:46.379 we must give 00:11:46.379 --> 00:11:47.100 account. 00:11:55.100 --> 00:11:56.120 So in a manner 00:11:56.120 --> 00:11:56.700 of speaking, 00:11:57.319 --> 00:11:59.059 there is a recorder 00:11:59.059 --> 00:12:00.299 recording 00:12:00.299 --> 00:12:01.379 everything 00:12:01.379 --> 00:12:02.259 that we do 00:12:02.259 --> 00:12:02.939 and say. 00:12:04.939 --> 00:12:06.139 Even the thoughts 00:12:06.139 --> 00:12:07.259 and attitudes 00:12:07.259 --> 00:12:08.139 of our hearts, 00:12:09.159 --> 00:12:11.460 God is taking 00:12:11.460 --> 00:12:12.059 it all in. 00:12:14.220 --> 00:12:15.100 And one day 00:12:15.100 --> 00:12:15.699 we will have to 00:12:15.699 --> 00:12:16.539 answer to him 00:12:16.539 --> 00:12:17.340 for all of it. 00:12:20.460 --> 00:12:21.379 He knows, 00:12:21.539 --> 00:12:22.179 he sees 00:12:22.179 --> 00:12:23.220 all that we try 00:12:23.220 --> 00:12:23.879 to hide 00:12:23.879 --> 00:12:26.019 and keep secret. 00:12:27.399 --> 00:12:27.919 Everything 00:12:27.919 --> 00:12:28.580 we think, 00:12:30.059 --> 00:12:30.460 everything 00:12:30.460 --> 00:12:31.139 we do, 00:12:32.519 --> 00:12:33.379 even in private. 00:12:33.379 --> 00:12:36.460 and according 00:12:36.460 --> 00:12:36.960 to Jesus, 00:12:37.080 --> 00:12:37.500 it's just 00:12:37.500 --> 00:12:37.919 a matter 00:12:37.919 --> 00:12:38.379 of time 00:12:38.379 --> 00:12:39.059 before God 00:12:39.059 --> 00:12:39.820 brings all 00:12:39.820 --> 00:12:40.700 those things 00:12:40.700 --> 00:12:42.480 to the full 00:12:42.480 --> 00:12:43.100 light of day 00:12:43.100 --> 00:12:45.019 and goes 00:12:45.019 --> 00:12:45.779 public with 00:12:45.779 --> 00:12:46.019 them 00:12:46.019 --> 00:12:47.500 in a 00:12:47.500 --> 00:12:48.000 spectacular 00:12:48.000 --> 00:12:48.539 way. 00:12:52.539 --> 00:12:53.320 In Jesus' 00:12:53.480 --> 00:12:53.700 words, 00:12:53.799 --> 00:12:54.220 they will be 00:12:54.220 --> 00:12:54.720 proclaimed 00:12:54.720 --> 00:12:55.860 from the 00:12:55.860 --> 00:12:56.439 rooftops. 00:13:00.100 --> 00:13:00.720 That's a 00:13:00.720 --> 00:13:01.379 pretty sobering 00:13:01.379 --> 00:13:01.639 thought, 00:13:01.720 --> 00:13:02.080 isn't it? 00:13:03.379 --> 00:13:06.740 And as 00:13:06.740 --> 00:13:07.200 we've said, 00:13:07.279 --> 00:13:07.700 it's first 00:13:07.700 --> 00:13:08.139 a warning 00:13:08.139 --> 00:13:08.720 to those 00:13:08.720 --> 00:13:08.980 who are 00:13:08.980 --> 00:13:09.519 engaged 00:13:09.519 --> 00:13:09.860 in 00:13:09.860 --> 00:13:10.779 religious 00:13:10.779 --> 00:13:11.399 fakery, 00:13:12.000 --> 00:13:15.120 but it's 00:13:15.120 --> 00:13:15.600 also a 00:13:15.600 --> 00:13:16.000 motivating 00:13:16.000 --> 00:13:16.539 truth 00:13:16.539 --> 00:13:17.939 for us 00:13:17.939 --> 00:13:18.279 who are 00:13:18.279 --> 00:13:18.580 Jesus' 00:13:18.919 --> 00:13:19.340 disciples. 00:13:20.620 --> 00:13:21.439 Jesus is 00:13:21.439 --> 00:13:22.059 helping us 00:13:22.059 --> 00:13:22.620 see 00:13:22.620 --> 00:13:24.059 that if we 00:13:24.059 --> 00:13:24.539 choose the 00:13:24.539 --> 00:13:25.200 way of 00:13:25.200 --> 00:13:25.679 religious 00:13:25.679 --> 00:13:26.399 fakery 00:13:26.399 --> 00:13:27.659 like the 00:13:27.659 --> 00:13:28.159 Pharisees, 00:13:28.200 --> 00:13:28.580 it's not 00:13:28.580 --> 00:13:28.820 going to 00:13:28.820 --> 00:13:29.240 work out 00:13:29.240 --> 00:13:29.740 for us 00:13:29.740 --> 00:13:30.399 in the 00:13:30.399 --> 00:13:30.639 end. 00:13:30.639 --> 00:13:33.059 there's 00:13:33.059 --> 00:13:33.460 going to 00:13:33.460 --> 00:13:33.860 be a 00:13:33.860 --> 00:13:34.259 massive 00:13:34.259 --> 00:13:35.279 public 00:13:35.279 --> 00:13:36.039 exposing 00:13:36.039 --> 00:13:36.860 of all 00:13:36.860 --> 00:13:37.240 that we 00:13:37.240 --> 00:13:37.799 work so 00:13:37.799 --> 00:13:38.360 hard to 00:13:38.360 --> 00:13:38.779 hide 00:13:38.779 --> 00:13:40.939 to our 00:13:40.939 --> 00:13:41.659 great shame 00:13:41.659 --> 00:13:42.720 and 00:13:42.720 --> 00:13:43.240 embarrassment. 00:13:44.600 --> 00:13:45.360 And if 00:13:45.360 --> 00:13:45.600 we are 00:13:45.600 --> 00:13:46.100 wise, 00:13:46.779 --> 00:13:47.419 we will 00:13:47.419 --> 00:13:47.899 listen to 00:13:47.899 --> 00:13:48.199 Jesus' 00:13:48.419 --> 00:13:48.679 warning 00:13:48.679 --> 00:13:50.539 and we 00:13:50.539 --> 00:13:50.860 can be 00:13:50.860 --> 00:13:51.399 spared all 00:13:51.399 --> 00:13:51.720 that. 00:13:52.919 --> 00:13:53.539 We can 00:13:53.539 --> 00:13:53.980 choose the 00:13:53.980 --> 00:13:54.340 way of 00:13:54.340 --> 00:13:54.860 sincerity 00:13:54.860 --> 00:13:56.259 and 00:13:56.259 --> 00:13:56.779 integrity 00:13:56.779 --> 00:13:59.319 and true 00:13:59.319 --> 00:13:59.720 faith. 00:14:03.019 --> 00:14:03.879 Of course, 00:14:04.159 --> 00:14:04.639 the timing 00:14:04.639 --> 00:14:05.059 of this 00:14:05.059 --> 00:14:05.419 great 00:14:05.419 --> 00:14:06.079 public 00:14:06.079 --> 00:14:07.639 exposing 00:14:07.639 --> 00:14:09.039 is the 00:14:09.039 --> 00:14:09.539 final day 00:14:09.539 --> 00:14:10.039 of judgment. 00:14:12.620 --> 00:14:13.179 Jesus 00:14:13.179 --> 00:14:13.899 isn't saying 00:14:13.899 --> 00:14:14.480 here that 00:14:14.480 --> 00:14:15.120 most of the 00:14:15.120 --> 00:14:15.679 time people 00:14:15.679 --> 00:14:16.079 will get 00:14:16.079 --> 00:14:16.459 caught 00:14:16.459 --> 00:14:17.679 and their 00:14:17.679 --> 00:14:18.299 secret sins 00:14:18.299 --> 00:14:18.740 will become 00:14:18.740 --> 00:14:19.039 known. 00:14:19.379 --> 00:14:19.620 No, 00:14:19.799 --> 00:14:20.339 it's bigger 00:14:20.339 --> 00:14:20.879 than that. 00:14:23.939 --> 00:14:24.699 It's far 00:14:24.699 --> 00:14:25.299 more certain 00:14:25.299 --> 00:14:25.799 than that. 00:14:26.779 --> 00:14:27.600 Jesus 00:14:27.600 --> 00:14:28.139 says there 00:14:28.139 --> 00:14:28.939 is nothing 00:14:28.939 --> 00:14:29.720 concealed 00:14:29.720 --> 00:14:31.500 that will 00:14:31.500 --> 00:14:32.059 not be 00:14:32.059 --> 00:14:33.480 disclosed. 00:14:36.959 --> 00:14:37.759 Everything 00:14:37.759 --> 00:14:38.639 we have 00:14:38.639 --> 00:14:38.959 thought, 00:14:39.100 --> 00:14:39.259 said, 00:14:39.319 --> 00:14:39.679 or done 00:14:39.679 --> 00:14:41.279 in secret 00:14:41.279 --> 00:14:42.759 will come 00:14:42.759 --> 00:14:42.959 out. 00:14:45.740 --> 00:14:46.740 And here's 00:14:46.740 --> 00:14:47.039 where this 00:14:47.039 --> 00:14:47.459 is going. 00:14:48.480 --> 00:14:49.000 Because 00:14:49.000 --> 00:14:49.539 this is 00:14:49.539 --> 00:14:49.879 true, 00:14:51.299 --> 00:14:51.639 Jesus 00:14:51.639 --> 00:14:52.439 is essentially 00:14:52.439 --> 00:14:52.959 in a way 00:14:52.959 --> 00:14:53.720 saying you 00:14:53.720 --> 00:14:54.299 need to 00:14:54.299 --> 00:14:55.120 stop caring 00:14:55.120 --> 00:14:55.799 so much 00:14:55.799 --> 00:14:56.279 about what 00:14:56.279 --> 00:14:57.100 other people 00:14:57.100 --> 00:15:00.139 see and 00:15:00.139 --> 00:15:00.980 think of 00:15:00.980 --> 00:15:01.279 you 00:15:01.279 --> 00:15:02.959 as in 00:15:02.959 --> 00:15:03.379 trying to 00:15:03.379 --> 00:15:03.799 impress 00:15:03.799 --> 00:15:04.139 them 00:15:04.139 --> 00:15:05.919 or be 00:15:05.919 --> 00:15:06.539 liked by 00:15:06.539 --> 00:15:06.860 them 00:15:06.860 --> 00:15:08.600 or be 00:15:08.600 --> 00:15:09.159 respected 00:15:09.159 --> 00:15:09.939 and praised 00:15:09.939 --> 00:15:10.579 by them. 00:15:12.159 --> 00:15:12.819 And you 00:15:12.819 --> 00:15:13.100 need to 00:15:13.100 --> 00:15:13.799 start caring 00:15:13.799 --> 00:15:14.360 about where 00:15:14.360 --> 00:15:15.039 you stand 00:15:15.039 --> 00:15:16.159 with God. 00:15:18.220 --> 00:15:18.899 Listen to 00:15:18.899 --> 00:15:19.360 how Jesus 00:15:19.360 --> 00:15:19.860 says it 00:15:19.860 --> 00:15:24.480 in the next 00:15:24.480 --> 00:15:24.820 verses. 00:15:25.820 --> 00:15:26.399 He says, 00:15:26.460 --> 00:15:27.019 I tell you, 00:15:27.080 --> 00:15:27.580 my friends, 00:15:27.779 --> 00:15:28.980 do not be 00:15:28.980 --> 00:15:29.560 afraid of 00:15:29.560 --> 00:15:30.019 those who 00:15:30.019 --> 00:15:30.519 kill the 00:15:30.519 --> 00:15:30.899 body, 00:15:30.899 --> 00:15:32.180 and after 00:15:32.180 --> 00:15:32.720 that can 00:15:32.720 --> 00:15:33.100 do no 00:15:33.100 --> 00:15:33.379 more. 00:15:34.500 --> 00:15:35.039 But I 00:15:35.039 --> 00:15:35.419 will show 00:15:35.419 --> 00:15:35.879 you whom 00:15:35.879 --> 00:15:36.379 you should 00:15:36.379 --> 00:15:36.720 fear. 00:15:38.080 --> 00:15:38.899 Fear him 00:15:38.899 --> 00:15:40.180 who after 00:15:40.180 --> 00:15:40.700 your body 00:15:40.700 --> 00:15:41.200 has been 00:15:41.200 --> 00:15:41.620 killed 00:15:41.620 --> 00:15:43.379 has authority 00:15:43.379 --> 00:15:44.019 to throw 00:15:44.019 --> 00:15:44.460 you 00:15:44.460 --> 00:15:45.800 into hell. 00:15:45.799 --> 00:15:47.819 yes, 00:15:48.479 --> 00:15:49.079 I tell 00:15:49.079 --> 00:15:49.359 you, 00:15:50.139 --> 00:15:50.939 fear him. 00:15:53.939 --> 00:15:54.719 Now there's 00:15:54.719 --> 00:15:55.240 a lot in 00:15:55.240 --> 00:15:55.859 these words. 00:15:56.279 --> 00:15:56.579 We're going 00:15:56.579 --> 00:15:57.039 to unpack 00:15:57.039 --> 00:15:57.279 it. 00:15:57.719 --> 00:15:58.019 Some of 00:15:58.019 --> 00:15:58.199 you are 00:15:58.199 --> 00:15:58.759 maybe shocked 00:15:58.759 --> 00:15:59.039 that I 00:15:59.039 --> 00:15:59.419 just read 00:15:59.419 --> 00:15:59.799 this in 00:15:59.799 --> 00:16:00.219 public, 00:16:01.379 --> 00:16:01.819 said the 00:16:01.819 --> 00:16:02.379 word hell 00:16:02.379 --> 00:16:03.099 out loud 00:16:03.099 --> 00:16:03.740 in public. 00:16:04.279 --> 00:16:04.799 Others of 00:16:04.799 --> 00:16:05.039 you are 00:16:05.039 --> 00:16:05.699 maybe shocked 00:16:05.699 --> 00:16:06.279 and wondering 00:16:06.279 --> 00:16:07.679 if God 00:16:07.679 --> 00:16:08.339 is cruel 00:16:08.339 --> 00:16:09.979 or if 00:16:09.979 --> 00:16:10.620 Jesus is 00:16:10.620 --> 00:16:11.259 insensitive 00:16:11.259 --> 00:16:12.759 to be 00:16:12.759 --> 00:16:13.500 talking about 00:16:13.500 --> 00:16:13.860 throwing 00:16:13.860 --> 00:16:14.279 people 00:16:14.279 --> 00:16:14.559 into 00:16:14.559 --> 00:16:14.919 hell. 00:16:17.000 --> 00:16:17.379 But let's 00:16:17.379 --> 00:16:17.759 just sort 00:16:17.759 --> 00:16:18.200 of unpack 00:16:18.200 --> 00:16:18.620 this. 00:16:18.679 --> 00:16:19.059 Let's take 00:16:19.059 --> 00:16:19.319 it from 00:16:19.319 --> 00:16:19.779 the top 00:16:19.779 --> 00:16:20.080 here. 00:16:22.319 --> 00:16:23.120 The first 00:16:23.120 --> 00:16:23.819 question is 00:16:23.819 --> 00:16:24.799 why might 00:16:24.799 --> 00:16:25.240 some of 00:16:25.240 --> 00:16:25.539 Jesus' 00:16:25.759 --> 00:16:26.200 disciples 00:16:26.200 --> 00:16:27.279 fear 00:16:27.279 --> 00:16:28.179 being 00:16:28.179 --> 00:16:28.580 killed? 00:16:30.740 --> 00:16:31.460 So he's 00:16:31.460 --> 00:16:31.980 talking about 00:16:31.980 --> 00:16:32.419 do not 00:16:32.419 --> 00:16:33.039 be afraid 00:16:33.039 --> 00:16:33.659 of those 00:16:33.659 --> 00:16:34.120 who kill 00:16:34.120 --> 00:16:34.740 the body 00:16:34.740 --> 00:16:35.919 and after 00:16:35.919 --> 00:16:36.379 that can 00:16:36.379 --> 00:16:36.720 do no 00:16:36.720 --> 00:16:36.939 more. 00:16:37.500 --> 00:16:38.019 Why might 00:16:38.019 --> 00:16:38.659 some of 00:16:38.659 --> 00:16:38.919 Jesus' 00:16:38.919 --> 00:16:39.480 disciples 00:16:39.480 --> 00:16:40.259 fear being 00:16:40.259 --> 00:16:40.720 killed? 00:16:41.259 --> 00:16:44.279 Well, 00:16:44.360 --> 00:16:44.659 Jesus, 00:16:44.860 --> 00:16:45.139 the one 00:16:45.139 --> 00:16:45.460 that they're 00:16:45.460 --> 00:16:45.919 following, 00:16:46.720 --> 00:16:47.200 he just 00:16:47.200 --> 00:16:47.860 lambasted 00:16:47.860 --> 00:16:48.759 the Pharisees 00:16:48.759 --> 00:16:49.080 and the 00:16:49.080 --> 00:16:49.419 religious 00:16:49.419 --> 00:16:49.939 lawyers. 00:16:51.439 --> 00:16:51.539 The 00:16:51.539 --> 00:16:52.559 disciples 00:16:52.559 --> 00:16:53.120 of Jesus 00:16:53.120 --> 00:16:54.059 see how 00:16:54.059 --> 00:16:54.600 angry 00:16:54.600 --> 00:16:55.879 they are 00:16:55.879 --> 00:16:56.319 becoming. 00:16:57.519 --> 00:16:58.740 How furious 00:16:58.740 --> 00:16:59.259 they are. 00:16:59.419 --> 00:17:00.159 They know 00:17:00.159 --> 00:17:00.759 that given 00:17:00.759 --> 00:17:01.139 the right 00:17:01.139 --> 00:17:01.700 opportunity 00:17:01.700 --> 00:17:02.240 they would 00:17:02.240 --> 00:17:02.980 kill Jesus. 00:17:05.559 --> 00:17:06.379 And so 00:17:06.379 --> 00:17:07.039 the temptation 00:17:07.039 --> 00:17:07.519 for the 00:17:07.519 --> 00:17:07.960 disciples 00:17:07.960 --> 00:17:08.839 of Jesus 00:17:08.839 --> 00:17:09.819 is 00:17:09.819 --> 00:17:11.319 to 00:17:11.319 --> 00:17:11.919 compromise, 00:17:12.919 --> 00:17:14.480 to 00:17:14.480 --> 00:17:15.039 submit 00:17:15.039 --> 00:17:16.399 to the 00:17:16.399 --> 00:17:17.039 Pharisees 00:17:17.039 --> 00:17:17.899 and their 00:17:17.899 --> 00:17:18.419 teachings. 00:17:20.259 --> 00:17:20.859 Otherwise, 00:17:21.099 --> 00:17:21.399 the way 00:17:21.399 --> 00:17:21.899 things seem 00:17:21.899 --> 00:17:22.179 to be 00:17:22.179 --> 00:17:22.439 going, 00:17:22.599 --> 00:17:23.119 they fear 00:17:23.119 --> 00:17:23.559 not only 00:17:23.559 --> 00:17:24.079 that Jesus 00:17:24.079 --> 00:17:24.539 will be 00:17:24.539 --> 00:17:24.879 killed, 00:17:25.220 --> 00:17:25.599 but that 00:17:25.599 --> 00:17:25.899 they'll be 00:17:25.899 --> 00:17:26.319 next 00:17:26.319 --> 00:17:28.960 for following 00:17:28.960 --> 00:17:29.279 him. 00:17:30.599 --> 00:17:31.439 And Jesus 00:17:31.439 --> 00:17:32.819 says, 00:17:33.419 --> 00:17:34.480 don't be 00:17:34.480 --> 00:17:34.960 afraid 00:17:34.960 --> 00:17:35.100 afraid 00:17:35.100 --> 00:17:35.779 of 00:17:35.779 --> 00:17:36.079 them. 00:17:38.920 --> 00:17:39.480 The 00:17:39.480 --> 00:17:39.799 worst 00:17:39.799 --> 00:17:40.200 they can 00:17:40.200 --> 00:17:40.500 do 00:17:40.500 --> 00:17:42.539 is kill 00:17:42.539 --> 00:17:43.039 your body. 00:17:45.519 --> 00:17:46.259 But there 00:17:46.259 --> 00:17:46.740 is a far 00:17:46.740 --> 00:17:47.279 worse thing 00:17:47.279 --> 00:17:47.620 that can 00:17:47.620 --> 00:17:48.120 happen to 00:17:48.120 --> 00:17:48.620 a person, 00:17:49.539 --> 00:17:50.220 says Jesus. 00:17:51.259 --> 00:17:52.019 I will 00:17:52.019 --> 00:17:52.500 show you 00:17:52.500 --> 00:17:52.880 whom you 00:17:52.880 --> 00:17:53.440 should fear. 00:17:54.720 --> 00:17:55.440 There is 00:17:55.440 --> 00:17:55.900 one who 00:17:55.900 --> 00:17:56.480 after your 00:17:56.480 --> 00:17:57.059 body has 00:17:57.059 --> 00:17:57.680 been killed 00:17:57.680 --> 00:17:58.920 has authority 00:17:58.920 --> 00:18:00.819 to throw 00:18:00.819 --> 00:18:01.340 you 00:18:01.340 --> 00:18:02.500 into hell. 00:18:02.500 --> 00:18:06.420 he's 00:18:06.420 --> 00:18:06.720 the one 00:18:06.720 --> 00:18:07.039 you should 00:18:07.039 --> 00:18:07.359 fear. 00:18:10.140 --> 00:18:10.680 Jesus 00:18:10.680 --> 00:18:11.160 basically 00:18:11.160 --> 00:18:11.460 says, 00:18:11.680 --> 00:18:11.960 don't worry 00:18:11.960 --> 00:18:12.579 about what 00:18:12.579 --> 00:18:13.000 those 00:18:13.000 --> 00:18:13.680 hypocrites 00:18:13.680 --> 00:18:14.660 might do 00:18:14.660 --> 00:18:15.119 to you. 00:18:15.559 --> 00:18:16.079 Worry 00:18:16.079 --> 00:18:16.740 about what 00:18:16.740 --> 00:18:17.559 God might 00:18:17.559 --> 00:18:17.980 do to 00:18:17.980 --> 00:18:18.279 you. 00:18:18.980 --> 00:18:19.700 If you 00:18:19.700 --> 00:18:20.160 should live 00:18:20.160 --> 00:18:20.599 for their 00:18:20.599 --> 00:18:21.079 approval. 00:18:22.460 --> 00:18:23.140 If you 00:18:23.140 --> 00:18:23.619 should live 00:18:23.619 --> 00:18:24.460 wickedly 00:18:24.460 --> 00:18:26.680 as they 00:18:26.680 --> 00:18:26.940 do. 00:18:30.180 --> 00:18:30.819 And by 00:18:30.819 --> 00:18:31.339 this point, 00:18:31.559 --> 00:18:32.160 I think it's 00:18:32.160 --> 00:18:32.720 pretty clear 00:18:32.720 --> 00:18:33.300 that Jesus 00:18:33.300 --> 00:18:34.220 is talking 00:18:34.220 --> 00:18:35.140 about 00:18:35.140 --> 00:18:35.580 judgment 00:18:35.580 --> 00:18:35.960 day. 00:18:38.279 --> 00:18:38.880 That's 00:18:38.880 --> 00:18:39.340 the time 00:18:39.340 --> 00:18:39.820 when all 00:18:39.820 --> 00:18:40.259 the hidden 00:18:40.259 --> 00:18:40.800 things, 00:18:41.240 --> 00:18:41.640 when all 00:18:41.640 --> 00:18:42.200 the secret 00:18:42.200 --> 00:18:42.680 sins 00:18:42.680 --> 00:18:43.060 will be 00:18:43.060 --> 00:18:43.519 revealed. 00:18:45.580 --> 00:18:46.200 God 00:18:46.200 --> 00:18:46.480 will be 00:18:46.480 --> 00:18:47.080 our judge 00:18:47.080 --> 00:18:48.440 and Jesus 00:18:48.440 --> 00:18:49.080 says he 00:18:49.080 --> 00:18:49.960 has authority 00:18:49.960 --> 00:18:51.100 to throw 00:18:51.100 --> 00:18:51.519 you 00:18:51.519 --> 00:18:52.880 into hell. 00:18:56.279 --> 00:18:56.880 Jesus 00:18:56.880 --> 00:18:57.380 had no 00:18:57.380 --> 00:18:57.980 problems 00:18:57.980 --> 00:18:59.920 speaking the 00:18:59.920 --> 00:19:00.259 truth 00:19:00.259 --> 00:19:01.940 about 00:19:01.940 --> 00:19:02.240 hell. 00:19:04.240 --> 00:19:04.660 In this 00:19:04.660 --> 00:19:05.039 moment, 00:19:05.599 --> 00:19:05.920 he's 00:19:05.920 --> 00:19:06.279 surrounded 00:19:06.279 --> 00:19:06.680 by a 00:19:06.680 --> 00:19:07.000 crowd 00:19:07.000 --> 00:19:07.339 of 00:19:07.339 --> 00:19:07.879 thousands 00:19:07.879 --> 00:19:09.619 and he's 00:19:09.619 --> 00:19:10.299 not afraid 00:19:10.299 --> 00:19:11.299 or ashamed 00:19:11.299 --> 00:19:11.900 to warn 00:19:11.900 --> 00:19:12.759 people of 00:19:12.759 --> 00:19:13.359 what truly 00:19:13.359 --> 00:19:13.920 awaits 00:19:13.920 --> 00:19:15.359 if they 00:19:15.359 --> 00:19:15.879 persist 00:19:15.879 --> 00:19:16.619 in ignoring 00:19:16.619 --> 00:19:17.059 God. 00:19:19.559 --> 00:19:20.240 God is 00:19:20.240 --> 00:19:20.779 the judge 00:19:20.779 --> 00:19:22.220 and he 00:19:22.220 --> 00:19:22.960 has authority 00:19:22.960 --> 00:19:24.200 says Jesus 00:19:24.200 --> 00:19:25.420 to throw 00:19:25.420 --> 00:19:25.879 you into 00:19:25.879 --> 00:19:26.180 hell. 00:19:26.180 --> 00:19:26.220 hell. 00:19:29.120 --> 00:19:29.680 Let's 00:19:29.680 --> 00:19:30.120 talk about 00:19:30.120 --> 00:19:30.640 hell for a 00:19:30.640 --> 00:19:30.880 moment. 00:19:31.019 --> 00:19:31.340 What is 00:19:31.340 --> 00:19:31.640 hell? 00:19:33.259 --> 00:19:34.039 Hell is 00:19:34.039 --> 00:19:35.259 a place 00:19:35.259 --> 00:19:35.880 of punishment. 00:19:37.519 --> 00:19:38.080 It's 00:19:38.080 --> 00:19:38.680 the ultimate 00:19:38.680 --> 00:19:39.799 place of 00:19:39.799 --> 00:19:40.180 punishment. 00:19:41.640 --> 00:19:42.360 And God 00:19:42.360 --> 00:19:42.960 doesn't throw 00:19:42.960 --> 00:19:43.580 people in 00:19:43.580 --> 00:19:44.120 there because 00:19:44.120 --> 00:19:44.519 he is 00:19:44.519 --> 00:19:44.960 cruel. 00:19:46.920 --> 00:19:47.440 Hell 00:19:47.440 --> 00:19:48.200 exists 00:19:48.200 --> 00:19:49.620 because God 00:19:49.620 --> 00:19:50.240 is just. 00:19:51.759 --> 00:19:52.840 It exists 00:19:52.840 --> 00:19:53.539 because God 00:19:53.539 --> 00:19:54.019 is good. 00:19:54.019 --> 00:19:56.599 he will 00:19:56.599 --> 00:19:57.139 not allow 00:19:57.139 --> 00:19:57.700 evil to 00:19:57.700 --> 00:19:58.400 go unchecked 00:19:58.400 --> 00:19:58.720 forever. 00:20:00.119 --> 00:20:00.440 He will 00:20:00.440 --> 00:20:00.920 not allow 00:20:00.920 --> 00:20:01.639 people to 00:20:01.639 --> 00:20:03.160 just get 00:20:03.160 --> 00:20:04.019 away with 00:20:04.019 --> 00:20:04.660 the wrongs 00:20:04.660 --> 00:20:05.000 they have 00:20:05.000 --> 00:20:05.420 done or 00:20:05.420 --> 00:20:06.440 to persist 00:20:06.440 --> 00:20:07.200 in doing 00:20:07.200 --> 00:20:08.980 evil because 00:20:08.980 --> 00:20:09.400 he is 00:20:09.400 --> 00:20:09.680 good. 00:20:11.680 --> 00:20:12.500 People who 00:20:12.500 --> 00:20:12.940 have done 00:20:12.940 --> 00:20:13.680 wrong, 00:20:13.759 --> 00:20:14.079 which is 00:20:14.079 --> 00:20:14.759 all of us, 00:20:15.660 --> 00:20:16.299 will either 00:20:16.299 --> 00:20:16.779 have their 00:20:16.779 --> 00:20:17.559 sins atoned 00:20:17.559 --> 00:20:19.859 for by 00:20:19.859 --> 00:20:20.539 receiving the 00:20:20.539 --> 00:20:21.339 merciful gift 00:20:21.339 --> 00:20:22.039 of salvation 00:20:22.039 --> 00:20:22.559 that God 00:20:22.559 --> 00:20:23.279 offers through 00:20:23.279 --> 00:20:23.660 Jesus, 00:20:24.019 --> 00:20:26.099 or they 00:20:26.099 --> 00:20:26.660 will receive 00:20:26.660 --> 00:20:27.059 what their 00:20:27.059 --> 00:20:27.740 sins truly 00:20:27.740 --> 00:20:28.299 deserve, 00:20:29.259 --> 00:20:30.980 which is 00:20:30.980 --> 00:20:31.900 to be 00:20:31.900 --> 00:20:32.440 thrown into 00:20:32.440 --> 00:20:32.740 hell, 00:20:33.400 --> 00:20:34.799 that place 00:20:34.799 --> 00:20:35.400 of ultimate 00:20:35.400 --> 00:20:35.940 punishment 00:20:35.940 --> 00:20:37.920 after being 00:20:37.920 --> 00:20:38.440 judged 00:20:38.440 --> 00:20:40.180 on judgment 00:20:40.180 --> 00:20:40.519 day. 00:20:43.319 --> 00:20:44.359 We as 00:20:44.359 --> 00:20:45.079 human beings 00:20:45.079 --> 00:20:46.639 sometimes 00:20:46.639 --> 00:20:47.700 criticize God 00:20:47.700 --> 00:20:48.859 for sending 00:20:48.859 --> 00:20:49.480 people to 00:20:49.480 --> 00:20:49.700 hell. 00:20:49.700 --> 00:20:49.740 hell. 00:20:51.160 --> 00:20:52.059 We think 00:20:52.059 --> 00:20:52.759 or even 00:20:52.759 --> 00:20:53.420 say that 00:20:53.420 --> 00:20:53.980 hell is 00:20:53.980 --> 00:20:54.700 too harsh. 00:20:57.400 --> 00:20:58.160 But when 00:20:58.160 --> 00:20:58.519 we say 00:20:58.519 --> 00:20:59.039 things like 00:20:59.039 --> 00:20:59.380 that, 00:20:59.980 --> 00:21:01.279 basically 00:21:01.279 --> 00:21:01.640 we're 00:21:01.640 --> 00:21:01.980 setting 00:21:01.980 --> 00:21:02.440 ourselves 00:21:02.440 --> 00:21:02.920 up as 00:21:02.920 --> 00:21:03.460 judge 00:21:03.460 --> 00:21:04.980 over God. 00:21:07.080 --> 00:21:07.680 We're 00:21:07.680 --> 00:21:08.120 saying that 00:21:08.120 --> 00:21:08.480 we know 00:21:08.480 --> 00:21:08.920 better than 00:21:08.920 --> 00:21:09.460 he does 00:21:09.460 --> 00:21:10.240 the seriousness 00:21:10.240 --> 00:21:11.299 of our 00:21:11.299 --> 00:21:13.080 sin and 00:21:13.080 --> 00:21:13.799 what punishment 00:21:13.799 --> 00:21:14.519 fits the 00:21:14.519 --> 00:21:14.819 crime. 00:21:14.819 --> 00:21:18.059 well that's 00:21:18.059 --> 00:21:18.519 ridiculous. 00:21:20.960 --> 00:21:22.179 That's us, 00:21:22.339 --> 00:21:22.960 the creature, 00:21:23.919 --> 00:21:25.079 criticizing the 00:21:25.079 --> 00:21:25.519 creator. 00:21:26.480 --> 00:21:27.339 That's us 00:21:27.339 --> 00:21:28.119 finding fault 00:21:28.119 --> 00:21:28.700 with him 00:21:28.700 --> 00:21:30.559 when the only 00:21:30.559 --> 00:21:32.159 fault is 00:21:32.159 --> 00:21:32.679 with us. 00:21:32.680 --> 00:21:35.620 no, 00:21:35.900 --> 00:21:36.820 God is 00:21:36.820 --> 00:21:37.480 just. 00:21:38.539 --> 00:21:39.340 He ensures 00:21:39.340 --> 00:21:39.779 in his 00:21:39.779 --> 00:21:40.460 justice that 00:21:40.460 --> 00:21:41.039 the punishment 00:21:41.039 --> 00:21:41.700 fits the 00:21:41.700 --> 00:21:42.000 crime. 00:21:44.200 --> 00:21:45.160 If we do 00:21:45.160 --> 00:21:45.779 not receive 00:21:45.779 --> 00:21:46.460 his forgiveness 00:21:46.460 --> 00:21:47.180 and mercy 00:21:47.180 --> 00:21:48.799 which is 00:21:48.799 --> 00:21:49.160 the way 00:21:49.160 --> 00:21:50.259 out of 00:21:50.259 --> 00:21:51.620 that punishment 00:21:51.620 --> 00:21:53.400 through 00:21:53.400 --> 00:21:54.000 Jesus, 00:21:55.360 --> 00:21:56.259 then God 00:21:56.259 --> 00:21:56.900 ensures that 00:21:56.900 --> 00:21:57.560 we are judged 00:21:57.560 --> 00:21:59.500 fairly for 00:21:59.500 --> 00:21:59.840 what we 00:21:59.840 --> 00:22:00.200 thought, 00:22:01.200 --> 00:22:01.880 did, 00:22:01.880 --> 00:22:03.480 and said. 00:22:05.220 --> 00:22:05.960 And God 00:22:05.960 --> 00:22:06.560 sees to it 00:22:06.560 --> 00:22:06.980 that we get 00:22:06.980 --> 00:22:07.720 no more 00:22:07.720 --> 00:22:08.180 than we 00:22:08.180 --> 00:22:08.660 deserve 00:22:08.660 --> 00:22:10.300 and no 00:22:10.300 --> 00:22:10.700 less. 00:22:14.600 --> 00:22:15.200 According 00:22:15.200 --> 00:22:15.820 to God, 00:22:17.500 --> 00:22:17.820 hell, 00:22:18.960 --> 00:22:19.560 a place of 00:22:19.560 --> 00:22:19.920 terrible 00:22:19.920 --> 00:22:20.400 punishment, 00:22:20.760 --> 00:22:21.920 is what 00:22:21.920 --> 00:22:22.400 our sins 00:22:22.400 --> 00:22:22.860 deserve. 00:22:27.440 --> 00:22:28.180 What we 00:22:28.180 --> 00:22:28.760 often fail 00:22:28.760 --> 00:22:29.500 to understand 00:22:29.500 --> 00:22:30.240 is that any 00:22:30.240 --> 00:22:30.860 rejection, 00:22:30.859 --> 00:22:32.059 any 00:22:32.059 --> 00:22:33.099 rebellion, 00:22:33.839 --> 00:22:34.179 any 00:22:34.179 --> 00:22:35.219 disobedience 00:22:35.219 --> 00:22:36.159 against our 00:22:36.159 --> 00:22:36.559 glorious 00:22:36.559 --> 00:22:37.119 creator 00:22:37.119 --> 00:22:38.500 is 00:22:38.500 --> 00:22:39.399 unimaginably 00:22:39.399 --> 00:22:39.819 evil. 00:22:44.079 --> 00:22:44.879 And so 00:22:44.879 --> 00:22:45.479 hell is 00:22:45.479 --> 00:22:45.919 the fitting 00:22:45.919 --> 00:22:46.379 punishment 00:22:46.379 --> 00:22:46.859 for our 00:22:46.859 --> 00:22:47.179 sins. 00:22:50.039 --> 00:22:50.899 The good 00:22:50.899 --> 00:22:51.279 news 00:22:51.279 --> 00:22:52.959 is that 00:22:52.959 --> 00:22:53.579 this story 00:22:53.579 --> 00:22:54.019 of Jesus 00:22:54.019 --> 00:22:54.619 goes on 00:22:54.619 --> 00:22:55.139 from here 00:22:55.139 --> 00:22:56.219 until he 00:22:56.219 --> 00:22:57.059 offers himself 00:22:57.059 --> 00:22:57.459 as a 00:22:57.459 --> 00:22:57.939 sacrifice 00:22:57.939 --> 00:22:58.579 on the 00:22:58.579 --> 00:22:58.979 cross 00:22:58.980 --> 00:23:00.099 to 00:23:00.099 --> 00:23:00.539 atone 00:23:00.539 --> 00:23:01.380 for our 00:23:01.380 --> 00:23:01.740 sins, 00:23:01.740 --> 00:23:03.860 to take 00:23:03.860 --> 00:23:04.140 away 00:23:04.140 --> 00:23:04.440 our 00:23:04.440 --> 00:23:04.799 guilt. 00:23:07.599 --> 00:23:07.839 And so 00:23:07.839 --> 00:23:08.180 God, 00:23:08.299 --> 00:23:08.680 because he 00:23:08.680 --> 00:23:09.000 is a 00:23:09.000 --> 00:23:09.519 loving and 00:23:09.519 --> 00:23:10.539 merciful God, 00:23:10.599 --> 00:23:11.299 has provided 00:23:11.299 --> 00:23:11.819 a way of 00:23:11.819 --> 00:23:12.259 escape 00:23:12.259 --> 00:23:13.200 from hell. 00:23:14.200 --> 00:23:14.920 And it's 00:23:14.920 --> 00:23:15.180 through 00:23:15.180 --> 00:23:15.819 receiving 00:23:15.819 --> 00:23:16.220 Jesus. 00:23:16.440 --> 00:23:16.819 It's through 00:23:16.819 --> 00:23:17.460 repenting 00:23:17.460 --> 00:23:18.000 of our 00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:18.360 sins 00:23:18.360 --> 00:23:20.220 and putting 00:23:20.220 --> 00:23:20.519 our 00:23:20.519 --> 00:23:21.380 faith in 00:23:21.380 --> 00:23:21.599 him. 00:23:21.599 --> 00:23:24.599 But let's 00:23:24.599 --> 00:23:24.959 get back 00:23:24.959 --> 00:23:25.439 to Jesus' 00:23:25.599 --> 00:23:26.119 point here. 00:23:26.839 --> 00:23:27.299 All of 00:23:27.299 --> 00:23:27.819 what he's 00:23:27.819 --> 00:23:28.679 saying here 00:23:28.679 --> 00:23:29.039 is aimed 00:23:29.039 --> 00:23:29.279 at a 00:23:29.279 --> 00:23:29.659 particular 00:23:29.659 --> 00:23:30.079 point. 00:23:30.199 --> 00:23:30.459 Why is 00:23:30.459 --> 00:23:30.839 he telling 00:23:30.839 --> 00:23:31.319 us about 00:23:31.319 --> 00:23:31.619 hell? 00:23:33.899 --> 00:23:34.419 Because 00:23:34.419 --> 00:23:35.179 Jesus wants 00:23:35.179 --> 00:23:35.799 his followers, 00:23:36.759 --> 00:23:37.279 he wants 00:23:37.279 --> 00:23:37.699 us, 00:23:38.099 --> 00:23:38.559 to fear 00:23:38.559 --> 00:23:38.959 God. 00:23:42.079 --> 00:23:42.879 We really 00:23:42.879 --> 00:23:43.480 have only 00:23:43.480 --> 00:23:44.139 two choices. 00:23:45.639 --> 00:23:46.339 We can 00:23:46.339 --> 00:23:46.919 fear man, 00:23:47.980 --> 00:23:48.819 or we can 00:23:48.819 --> 00:23:49.719 fear God. 00:23:51.599 --> 00:23:52.199 we can 00:23:52.199 --> 00:23:52.799 care so 00:23:52.799 --> 00:23:53.519 much about 00:23:53.519 --> 00:23:54.279 what others 00:23:54.279 --> 00:23:55.639 see in 00:23:55.639 --> 00:23:56.079 us and 00:23:56.079 --> 00:23:56.659 think of 00:23:56.659 --> 00:23:57.019 us, 00:23:57.339 --> 00:23:58.319 or we can 00:23:58.319 --> 00:23:58.819 care so 00:23:58.819 --> 00:23:59.339 much about 00:23:59.339 --> 00:23:59.899 what God 00:23:59.899 --> 00:24:01.059 sees in 00:24:01.059 --> 00:24:02.519 us and 00:24:02.519 --> 00:24:02.980 thinks of 00:24:02.980 --> 00:24:03.279 us. 00:24:05.819 --> 00:24:06.639 We might 00:24:06.639 --> 00:24:07.099 be tempted 00:24:07.099 --> 00:24:08.480 to compromise, 00:24:09.000 --> 00:24:10.079 to avoid 00:24:10.079 --> 00:24:10.719 persecution, 00:24:11.480 --> 00:24:13.339 or to 00:24:13.339 --> 00:24:14.179 avoid becoming 00:24:14.179 --> 00:24:15.480 unpopular. 00:24:16.240 --> 00:24:17.159 But Jesus 00:24:17.159 --> 00:24:17.879 wants us to 00:24:17.879 --> 00:24:19.079 be stirred by 00:24:19.079 --> 00:24:19.659 this truth, 00:24:19.759 --> 00:24:20.199 that there is 00:24:20.199 --> 00:24:20.980 something far 00:24:20.980 --> 00:24:21.579 worse than 00:24:21.579 --> 00:24:22.439 being persecuted, 00:24:23.059 --> 00:24:24.139 far worse than 00:24:24.139 --> 00:24:25.079 being unpopular, 00:24:25.960 --> 00:24:26.720 and that's 00:24:26.720 --> 00:24:27.359 getting what we 00:24:27.359 --> 00:24:28.199 truly deserve 00:24:28.199 --> 00:24:28.779 from God 00:24:28.779 --> 00:24:30.019 for our 00:24:30.019 --> 00:24:30.339 sins. 00:24:37.059 --> 00:24:37.819 Do you 00:24:37.819 --> 00:24:38.439 fear God? 00:24:44.740 --> 00:24:45.500 Do you 00:24:45.500 --> 00:24:46.659 fear God? 00:24:46.659 --> 00:24:47.500 Do you 00:24:51.579 --> 00:24:52.259 fear God? 00:24:52.259 --> 00:24:52.480 Some of you 00:24:52.480 --> 00:24:52.839 may feel 00:24:52.839 --> 00:24:53.519 convicted by 00:24:53.519 --> 00:24:54.019 the Spirit 00:24:54.019 --> 00:24:54.419 of God 00:24:54.419 --> 00:24:54.720 in this 00:24:54.720 --> 00:24:55.299 very moment, 00:24:55.299 --> 00:24:56.559 to the 00:24:56.559 --> 00:24:57.000 point that 00:24:57.000 --> 00:24:57.379 you're even 00:24:57.379 --> 00:24:57.919 now admitting 00:24:57.919 --> 00:24:58.539 to yourself, 00:24:58.699 --> 00:24:58.899 no, 00:24:59.059 --> 00:24:59.679 I haven't 00:24:59.679 --> 00:25:00.220 been fearing 00:25:00.220 --> 00:25:00.579 God. 00:25:01.939 --> 00:25:02.639 I haven't 00:25:02.639 --> 00:25:03.099 been taking 00:25:03.099 --> 00:25:03.819 Him seriously. 00:25:08.579 --> 00:25:09.199 Others of 00:25:09.199 --> 00:25:09.659 you might be 00:25:09.659 --> 00:25:09.980 wondering, 00:25:10.199 --> 00:25:11.000 I think I 00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:11.579 fear God, 00:25:11.679 --> 00:25:12.359 I agree with 00:25:12.359 --> 00:25:12.699 this, 00:25:13.240 --> 00:25:14.939 I know 00:25:14.939 --> 00:25:15.339 that's the 00:25:15.339 --> 00:25:15.679 right thing 00:25:15.679 --> 00:25:16.099 to do, 00:25:16.199 --> 00:25:16.699 but how do 00:25:16.699 --> 00:25:17.019 I know 00:25:17.019 --> 00:25:17.699 if I truly 00:25:17.699 --> 00:25:18.419 fear God? 00:25:18.420 --> 00:25:22.160 And the 00:25:22.160 --> 00:25:22.600 Bible's 00:25:22.600 --> 00:25:23.000 answer to 00:25:23.000 --> 00:25:23.300 that is 00:25:23.300 --> 00:25:23.640 kind of 00:25:23.640 --> 00:25:24.019 simple. 00:25:26.539 --> 00:25:27.340 Are you 00:25:27.340 --> 00:25:28.019 making a 00:25:28.019 --> 00:25:28.580 conscious, 00:25:29.279 --> 00:25:30.039 daily effort 00:25:30.039 --> 00:25:31.019 to walk in 00:25:31.019 --> 00:25:32.480 obedience to 00:25:32.480 --> 00:25:32.840 God's 00:25:32.840 --> 00:25:33.240 commandments? 00:25:38.320 --> 00:25:38.840 Obedience 00:25:38.840 --> 00:25:39.380 is the 00:25:39.380 --> 00:25:40.019 evidence that 00:25:40.019 --> 00:25:40.620 the fear of 00:25:40.620 --> 00:25:41.779 God is 00:25:41.779 --> 00:25:42.440 present in 00:25:42.440 --> 00:25:42.920 your heart. 00:25:44.800 --> 00:25:45.519 It's kind 00:25:45.519 --> 00:25:45.759 of like 00:25:45.759 --> 00:25:46.140 fire. 00:25:46.140 --> 00:25:48.180 if you 00:25:48.180 --> 00:25:48.440 have a 00:25:48.440 --> 00:25:48.740 genuine 00:25:48.740 --> 00:25:49.380 fear of 00:25:49.380 --> 00:25:49.680 fire, 00:25:49.940 --> 00:25:50.920 then it 00:25:50.920 --> 00:25:51.520 changes how 00:25:51.520 --> 00:25:52.060 you behave 00:25:52.060 --> 00:25:52.580 around it. 00:25:54.060 --> 00:25:54.560 You're 00:25:54.560 --> 00:25:55.160 careful near 00:25:55.160 --> 00:25:55.360 it. 00:25:55.720 --> 00:25:56.220 You won't 00:25:56.220 --> 00:25:57.220 just plunge 00:25:57.220 --> 00:25:57.640 your hand 00:25:57.640 --> 00:25:58.060 into the 00:25:58.060 --> 00:25:58.400 flame. 00:25:59.220 --> 00:25:59.440 Neither 00:25:59.440 --> 00:25:59.820 will you 00:25:59.820 --> 00:26:00.180 make a 00:26:00.180 --> 00:26:01.000 fire in 00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:01.400 your living 00:26:01.400 --> 00:26:01.720 room, 00:26:01.960 --> 00:26:02.960 because you 00:26:02.960 --> 00:26:03.480 fear it. 00:26:03.780 --> 00:26:04.460 You know 00:26:04.460 --> 00:26:04.880 what it 00:26:04.880 --> 00:26:05.360 can do 00:26:05.360 --> 00:26:06.520 when it 00:26:06.520 --> 00:26:06.840 gets out 00:26:06.840 --> 00:26:07.360 of control. 00:26:08.740 --> 00:26:09.420 And that 00:26:09.420 --> 00:26:09.920 reality, 00:26:10.160 --> 00:26:10.720 it controls 00:26:10.720 --> 00:26:11.520 you, 00:26:11.620 --> 00:26:12.320 it influences 00:26:12.320 --> 00:26:13.700 you in a 00:26:13.700 --> 00:26:14.180 good way. 00:26:14.180 --> 00:26:14.220 way. 00:26:15.759 --> 00:26:16.420 It's the 00:26:16.420 --> 00:26:16.759 same with 00:26:16.759 --> 00:26:17.060 God. 00:26:17.700 --> 00:26:18.240 If we 00:26:18.240 --> 00:26:18.880 really fear 00:26:18.880 --> 00:26:19.220 Him, 00:26:19.720 --> 00:26:20.539 the reality 00:26:20.539 --> 00:26:20.940 of who 00:26:20.940 --> 00:26:21.480 He is 00:26:21.480 --> 00:26:22.060 controls 00:26:22.060 --> 00:26:22.539 us. 00:26:22.740 --> 00:26:22.880 It 00:26:22.880 --> 00:26:23.480 influences 00:26:23.480 --> 00:26:24.560 us in 00:26:24.560 --> 00:26:24.860 a good 00:26:24.860 --> 00:26:25.120 way. 00:26:25.840 --> 00:26:26.140 We 00:26:26.140 --> 00:26:26.720 become 00:26:26.720 --> 00:26:27.180 careful 00:26:27.180 --> 00:26:28.320 to obey 00:26:28.320 --> 00:26:28.640 Him, 00:26:29.460 --> 00:26:30.000 because we 00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:30.539 believe the 00:26:30.539 --> 00:26:31.019 truth of 00:26:31.019 --> 00:26:31.560 His word. 00:26:34.680 --> 00:26:35.440 That doing 00:26:35.440 --> 00:26:36.200 otherwise would 00:26:36.200 --> 00:26:37.480 be dangerous, 00:26:37.620 --> 00:26:37.840 there would 00:26:37.840 --> 00:26:38.620 be consequences. 00:26:39.740 --> 00:26:40.140 I'll just 00:26:40.140 --> 00:26:40.560 switch over 00:26:40.560 --> 00:26:40.840 to this. 00:26:44.180 --> 00:26:45.080 back to 00:26:45.080 --> 00:26:45.620 the question, 00:26:46.620 --> 00:26:48.440 are you 00:26:48.440 --> 00:26:49.580 making a 00:26:49.580 --> 00:26:50.100 conscious, 00:26:50.600 --> 00:26:51.120 sincere, 00:26:51.880 --> 00:26:52.600 daily effort 00:26:52.600 --> 00:26:53.640 to walk in 00:26:53.640 --> 00:26:54.360 obedience to 00:26:54.360 --> 00:26:54.759 God's 00:26:54.759 --> 00:26:55.180 commands? 00:26:58.180 --> 00:26:59.180 Do you 00:26:59.180 --> 00:27:00.060 fear God? 00:27:00.059 --> 00:27:00.059 00:27:08.579 --> 00:27:09.139 If your 00:27:09.139 --> 00:27:09.599 answer to 00:27:09.599 --> 00:27:10.200 that question 00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:11.099 is no, 00:27:11.579 --> 00:27:12.099 then hear 00:27:12.099 --> 00:27:12.639 these words 00:27:12.639 --> 00:27:13.119 of Jesus 00:27:13.119 --> 00:27:13.559 again. 00:27:13.980 --> 00:27:14.720 You need 00:27:14.720 --> 00:27:15.220 to change 00:27:15.220 --> 00:27:15.539 that. 00:27:19.339 --> 00:27:19.919 You 00:27:19.919 --> 00:27:20.480 should fear 00:27:20.480 --> 00:27:20.779 Him, 00:27:21.500 --> 00:27:22.259 says Jesus. 00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:23.579 He has 00:27:23.579 --> 00:27:24.220 the authority 00:27:24.220 --> 00:27:24.859 to throw 00:27:24.859 --> 00:27:25.639 you into 00:27:25.639 --> 00:27:25.960 hell. 00:27:25.960 --> 00:27:30.539 will you 00:27:30.539 --> 00:27:31.200 continue to 00:27:31.200 --> 00:27:31.620 disregard 00:27:31.620 --> 00:27:32.019 Him? 00:27:33.819 --> 00:27:34.620 Or will 00:27:34.620 --> 00:27:35.100 you submit 00:27:35.100 --> 00:27:35.819 yourself to 00:27:35.819 --> 00:27:36.059 Him? 00:27:38.960 --> 00:27:39.579 This 00:27:39.579 --> 00:27:40.140 teaching of 00:27:40.140 --> 00:27:40.740 Jesus is 00:27:40.740 --> 00:27:41.120 heavy, 00:27:41.400 --> 00:27:42.100 and it's 00:27:42.100 --> 00:27:42.460 hard. 00:27:43.940 --> 00:27:44.799 And so, 00:27:45.120 --> 00:27:45.900 it might 00:27:45.900 --> 00:27:47.039 surprise us 00:27:47.039 --> 00:27:47.880 what Jesus 00:27:47.880 --> 00:27:48.680 says next. 00:27:49.480 --> 00:27:49.759 Jesus 00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:50.779 turns on a 00:27:50.779 --> 00:27:51.059 dime, 00:27:52.380 --> 00:27:53.059 actually on a 00:27:53.059 --> 00:27:53.299 penny, 00:27:53.920 --> 00:27:54.500 and He 00:27:54.500 --> 00:27:54.960 begins 00:27:54.960 --> 00:27:55.759 reassuring 00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:56.059 His 00:27:56.059 --> 00:27:56.440 followers 00:27:56.440 --> 00:27:56.879 of how 00:27:56.879 --> 00:27:57.119 much 00:27:57.119 --> 00:27:57.319 they 00:27:57.319 --> 00:27:57.559 mean 00:27:57.559 --> 00:27:57.740 to 00:27:57.740 --> 00:27:58.079 God. 00:27:59.680 --> 00:28:00.319 Look at 00:28:00.319 --> 00:28:00.599 the next 00:28:00.599 --> 00:28:00.859 couple 00:28:00.859 --> 00:28:01.279 verses. 00:28:02.700 --> 00:28:03.059 Are not 00:28:03.059 --> 00:28:04.220 five sparrows 00:28:04.220 --> 00:28:05.359 sold for 00:28:05.359 --> 00:28:06.079 two pennies? 00:28:07.039 --> 00:28:07.859 Yet not 00:28:07.859 --> 00:28:08.379 one of 00:28:08.379 --> 00:28:08.839 them is 00:28:08.839 --> 00:28:09.220 forgotten 00:28:09.220 --> 00:28:09.900 by God. 00:28:10.960 --> 00:28:11.420 Indeed, 00:28:11.579 --> 00:28:12.019 the very 00:28:12.019 --> 00:28:12.720 hairs of 00:28:12.720 --> 00:28:13.180 your head 00:28:13.180 --> 00:28:13.720 are all 00:28:13.720 --> 00:28:14.119 numbered. 00:28:15.799 --> 00:28:16.359 Don't 00:28:16.359 --> 00:28:17.119 be afraid. 00:28:18.519 --> 00:28:19.240 You are 00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:19.799 worth more 00:28:19.799 --> 00:28:20.339 than many 00:28:20.339 --> 00:28:20.839 sparrows. 00:28:24.319 --> 00:28:25.079 I love 00:28:25.079 --> 00:28:25.640 these words. 00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:27.440 It's like 00:28:27.440 --> 00:28:28.019 Jesus is 00:28:28.019 --> 00:28:28.240 saying, 00:28:28.339 --> 00:28:28.759 don't come 00:28:28.759 --> 00:28:29.059 to the 00:28:29.059 --> 00:28:29.259 wrong 00:28:29.259 --> 00:28:29.740 conclusion 00:28:29.740 --> 00:28:30.160 here. 00:28:30.559 --> 00:28:31.059 You should 00:28:31.059 --> 00:28:31.700 fear God. 00:28:32.039 --> 00:28:32.480 He does 00:28:32.480 --> 00:28:32.720 have 00:28:32.720 --> 00:28:33.119 authority 00:28:33.119 --> 00:28:33.660 to cast 00:28:33.660 --> 00:28:34.039 you into 00:28:34.039 --> 00:28:34.379 hell, 00:28:34.539 --> 00:28:35.119 but that 00:28:35.119 --> 00:28:35.440 doesn't 00:28:35.440 --> 00:28:35.779 mean He 00:28:35.779 --> 00:28:36.079 doesn't 00:28:36.079 --> 00:28:36.579 care about 00:28:36.579 --> 00:28:36.839 you. 00:28:38.900 --> 00:28:39.740 He cares 00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:40.319 about you 00:28:40.319 --> 00:28:41.220 a lot. 00:28:45.259 --> 00:28:46.039 And Jesus 00:28:46.039 --> 00:28:46.500 gives this 00:28:46.500 --> 00:28:47.200 analogy of 00:28:47.200 --> 00:28:47.680 sparrows. 00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:48.920 What's a 00:28:48.920 --> 00:28:49.279 sparrow 00:28:49.279 --> 00:28:49.740 worth? 00:28:49.740 --> 00:28:51.980 You can 00:28:51.980 --> 00:28:53.059 buy five 00:28:53.059 --> 00:28:53.480 of them 00:28:53.480 --> 00:28:54.480 for two 00:28:54.480 --> 00:28:54.859 cents. 00:28:56.859 --> 00:28:57.259 There's 00:28:57.259 --> 00:28:57.559 not a 00:28:57.559 --> 00:28:57.880 whole lot 00:28:57.880 --> 00:28:58.299 of certainty 00:28:58.299 --> 00:28:59.099 about why 00:28:59.099 --> 00:28:59.720 sparrows were 00:28:59.720 --> 00:29:00.240 even bought 00:29:00.240 --> 00:29:00.799 and sold 00:29:00.799 --> 00:29:01.940 in the 00:29:01.940 --> 00:29:02.579 first place. 00:29:03.079 --> 00:29:03.559 Some are 00:29:03.559 --> 00:29:04.279 suggesting that 00:29:04.279 --> 00:29:04.680 it wasn't 00:29:04.680 --> 00:29:05.019 really 00:29:05.019 --> 00:29:06.380 sparrows, 00:29:06.480 --> 00:29:06.900 but another 00:29:06.900 --> 00:29:07.359 type of 00:29:07.359 --> 00:29:08.200 small bird 00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:08.759 that poor 00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:09.359 people would 00:29:09.359 --> 00:29:09.740 eat. 00:29:10.700 --> 00:29:11.400 They would 00:29:11.400 --> 00:29:11.900 buy it and 00:29:11.900 --> 00:29:12.339 sell it in 00:29:12.339 --> 00:29:12.920 the marketplace. 00:29:12.920 --> 00:29:15.580 But it's 00:29:15.580 --> 00:29:16.100 implied here 00:29:16.100 --> 00:29:16.560 by Jesus' 00:29:16.759 --> 00:29:17.180 statement that 00:29:17.180 --> 00:29:17.759 the birds were 00:29:17.759 --> 00:29:19.140 so small and 00:29:19.140 --> 00:29:19.660 worth so 00:29:19.660 --> 00:29:20.180 little that 00:29:20.180 --> 00:29:20.660 you could get 00:29:20.660 --> 00:29:21.300 five of 00:29:21.300 --> 00:29:22.380 them for 00:29:22.380 --> 00:29:22.980 two of the 00:29:22.980 --> 00:29:24.600 smallest coins 00:29:24.600 --> 00:29:25.380 in circulation. 00:29:26.759 --> 00:29:27.220 And so if we 00:29:27.220 --> 00:29:27.740 do a little bit 00:29:27.740 --> 00:29:28.200 of math, 00:29:29.420 --> 00:29:30.000 each of them 00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:30.580 was worth 00:29:30.580 --> 00:29:32.140 less than 00:29:32.140 --> 00:29:32.940 half a penny. 00:29:35.880 --> 00:29:36.560 And yet 00:29:36.560 --> 00:29:37.380 Jesus says 00:29:37.380 --> 00:29:39.580 not one of 00:29:39.580 --> 00:29:40.140 those little 00:29:40.140 --> 00:29:41.860 birds is 00:29:41.860 --> 00:29:42.580 forgotten by 00:29:42.579 --> 00:29:42.919 God. 00:29:46.339 --> 00:29:47.199 God takes 00:29:47.199 --> 00:29:48.000 notice of 00:29:48.000 --> 00:29:48.960 every single 00:29:48.960 --> 00:29:49.379 one of 00:29:49.379 --> 00:29:49.559 them. 00:29:52.039 --> 00:29:52.779 Think about 00:29:52.779 --> 00:29:53.299 that the next 00:29:53.299 --> 00:29:53.759 time you look 00:29:53.759 --> 00:29:54.240 out the window 00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:54.799 and you see a 00:29:54.799 --> 00:29:55.319 little sparrow 00:29:55.319 --> 00:29:56.059 hopping around. 00:29:57.699 --> 00:29:58.500 But now 00:29:58.500 --> 00:29:59.980 what's Jesus' 00:30:00.179 --> 00:30:00.699 point here? 00:30:01.759 --> 00:30:02.619 If God 00:30:02.619 --> 00:30:03.319 cares that 00:30:03.319 --> 00:30:04.019 much about 00:30:04.019 --> 00:30:04.679 each of the 00:30:04.679 --> 00:30:05.099 smallest, 00:30:05.319 --> 00:30:06.259 most insignificant 00:30:06.259 --> 00:30:07.399 little birds, 00:30:08.419 --> 00:30:09.319 how much 00:30:09.319 --> 00:30:10.480 more does 00:30:10.480 --> 00:30:11.119 he care about 00:30:11.119 --> 00:30:11.799 each one of 00:30:11.799 --> 00:30:12.099 us? 00:30:12.579 --> 00:30:14.179 human beings 00:30:14.179 --> 00:30:16.220 specially made 00:30:16.220 --> 00:30:16.579 in his 00:30:16.579 --> 00:30:16.980 image. 00:30:21.039 --> 00:30:21.919 In fact, 00:30:22.119 --> 00:30:22.759 says Jesus, 00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:23.839 God cares so 00:30:23.839 --> 00:30:24.679 much for you 00:30:24.679 --> 00:30:25.859 that he 00:30:25.859 --> 00:30:26.699 pays attention 00:30:26.699 --> 00:30:27.240 to the 00:30:27.240 --> 00:30:27.960 number of 00:30:27.960 --> 00:30:29.579 hairs on 00:30:29.579 --> 00:30:30.039 your head. 00:30:31.799 --> 00:30:32.419 Indeed, 00:30:32.539 --> 00:30:33.000 the very 00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:33.839 hairs of 00:30:33.839 --> 00:30:34.339 your head 00:30:34.339 --> 00:30:35.079 are all 00:30:35.079 --> 00:30:35.919 numbered. 00:30:35.920 --> 00:30:41.519 even we 00:30:41.519 --> 00:30:42.340 don't know 00:30:42.340 --> 00:30:43.180 or care 00:30:43.180 --> 00:30:43.960 about 00:30:43.960 --> 00:30:44.380 ourselves 00:30:44.380 --> 00:30:45.039 that much. 00:30:46.720 --> 00:30:47.680 But God 00:30:47.680 --> 00:30:48.060 does. 00:30:49.840 --> 00:30:50.900 He knows 00:30:50.900 --> 00:30:51.600 even the 00:30:51.600 --> 00:30:51.940 littlest 00:30:51.940 --> 00:30:52.539 details 00:30:52.539 --> 00:30:53.820 about us. 00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:55.180 He cares 00:30:55.180 --> 00:30:55.700 about those 00:30:55.700 --> 00:30:56.080 things. 00:30:56.880 --> 00:30:57.680 When you 00:30:57.680 --> 00:30:58.560 take a hat 00:30:58.560 --> 00:30:59.060 off where 00:30:59.060 --> 00:30:59.920 you brush 00:30:59.920 --> 00:31:00.440 your hair 00:31:00.440 --> 00:31:02.960 and a 00:31:02.960 --> 00:31:03.500 hair comes 00:31:03.500 --> 00:31:03.880 out and 00:31:03.880 --> 00:31:04.320 falls to 00:31:04.320 --> 00:31:04.779 the ground, 00:31:05.940 --> 00:31:07.019 God 00:31:07.019 --> 00:31:07.640 notices the 00:31:07.640 --> 00:31:08.019 change. 00:31:11.759 --> 00:31:12.440 That's how 00:31:12.440 --> 00:31:13.960 precious and 00:31:13.960 --> 00:31:15.180 valued we 00:31:15.180 --> 00:31:15.519 are to 00:31:15.519 --> 00:31:15.759 him. 00:31:17.759 --> 00:31:18.480 And so 00:31:18.480 --> 00:31:19.220 after telling 00:31:19.220 --> 00:31:19.980 us to fear 00:31:19.980 --> 00:31:20.759 God, like we 00:31:20.759 --> 00:31:21.160 have never 00:31:21.160 --> 00:31:21.840 heard it before 00:31:21.840 --> 00:31:22.460 maybe from 00:31:22.460 --> 00:31:22.840 Jesus, 00:31:23.299 --> 00:31:23.900 Jesus does 00:31:23.900 --> 00:31:24.400 this crazy 00:31:24.400 --> 00:31:24.920 thing and he 00:31:24.920 --> 00:31:25.259 says the 00:31:25.259 --> 00:31:25.980 very opposite 00:31:25.980 --> 00:31:26.720 just a moment 00:31:26.720 --> 00:31:27.120 later. 00:31:27.119 --> 00:31:27.159 fear. 00:31:28.059 --> 00:31:28.979 He says 00:31:28.979 --> 00:31:29.939 don't be 00:31:29.939 --> 00:31:30.379 afraid. 00:31:31.099 --> 00:31:31.579 He says 00:31:31.579 --> 00:31:32.399 fear not. 00:31:33.899 --> 00:31:34.739 You are 00:31:34.739 --> 00:31:35.299 worth more 00:31:35.299 --> 00:31:36.179 than many 00:31:36.179 --> 00:31:37.019 sparrows. 00:31:40.079 --> 00:31:40.859 Now we 00:31:40.859 --> 00:31:41.259 might see 00:31:41.259 --> 00:31:41.699 that as a 00:31:41.699 --> 00:31:42.239 contradiction. 00:31:43.039 --> 00:31:43.459 Fear. 00:31:44.199 --> 00:31:44.879 Don't be 00:31:44.879 --> 00:31:45.279 afraid. 00:31:46.379 --> 00:31:47.219 But it's 00:31:47.219 --> 00:31:47.919 probably more 00:31:47.919 --> 00:31:48.599 of what I'm 00:31:48.599 --> 00:31:48.799 going to 00:31:48.799 --> 00:31:49.119 call a 00:31:49.119 --> 00:31:49.699 relational 00:31:49.699 --> 00:31:50.419 complexity. 00:31:52.239 --> 00:31:52.899 Some 00:31:52.899 --> 00:31:53.459 relationships 00:31:53.459 --> 00:31:54.339 are complex 00:31:54.339 --> 00:31:55.639 and ours 00:31:55.639 --> 00:31:56.859 with God 00:31:56.859 --> 00:31:58.219 is one 00:31:58.219 --> 00:31:58.479 of them. 00:31:59.159 --> 00:31:59.759 We should 00:31:59.759 --> 00:32:00.339 fear him 00:32:00.339 --> 00:32:02.199 and yet at 00:32:02.199 --> 00:32:02.539 the same 00:32:02.539 --> 00:32:02.979 time we 00:32:02.979 --> 00:32:03.419 don't need 00:32:03.419 --> 00:32:03.719 to be 00:32:03.719 --> 00:32:04.099 afraid. 00:32:06.599 --> 00:32:07.119 It's 00:32:07.119 --> 00:32:07.879 right to 00:32:07.879 --> 00:32:08.439 fear him 00:32:08.439 --> 00:32:10.219 and yet 00:32:10.219 --> 00:32:10.779 because of 00:32:10.779 --> 00:32:11.479 his love 00:32:11.479 --> 00:32:12.139 and care 00:32:12.139 --> 00:32:12.659 for us, 00:32:12.699 --> 00:32:13.119 so long 00:32:13.119 --> 00:32:13.459 as we're 00:32:13.459 --> 00:32:13.879 walking 00:32:13.879 --> 00:32:14.839 closely with 00:32:14.839 --> 00:32:15.859 him in 00:32:15.859 --> 00:32:16.279 obedience, 00:32:16.759 --> 00:32:17.879 we don't 00:32:17.879 --> 00:32:18.479 need to 00:32:18.479 --> 00:32:19.039 be afraid. 00:32:21.299 --> 00:32:21.939 A guy 00:32:21.939 --> 00:32:22.359 named John 00:32:22.359 --> 00:32:22.939 Piper gave 00:32:22.939 --> 00:32:23.240 a great 00:32:23.240 --> 00:32:23.919 analogy of 00:32:23.919 --> 00:32:24.359 this and 00:32:24.359 --> 00:32:25.179 I'm actually 00:32:25.179 --> 00:32:25.459 going to 00:32:25.459 --> 00:32:25.959 just take 00:32:25.960 --> 00:32:26.960 steal from 00:32:26.960 --> 00:32:27.400 him the 00:32:27.400 --> 00:32:28.600 core element 00:32:28.600 --> 00:32:29.200 of it and 00:32:29.200 --> 00:32:29.799 tell it 00:32:29.799 --> 00:32:30.200 differently, 00:32:31.279 --> 00:32:32.900 but a 00:32:32.900 --> 00:32:33.220 German 00:32:33.220 --> 00:32:34.319 shepherd is 00:32:34.319 --> 00:32:34.900 a fearsome 00:32:34.900 --> 00:32:35.340 creature, 00:32:35.960 --> 00:32:37.400 especially if 00:32:37.400 --> 00:32:37.680 we do 00:32:37.680 --> 00:32:38.240 things to 00:32:38.240 --> 00:32:38.759 provoke 00:32:38.759 --> 00:32:40.180 that German 00:32:40.180 --> 00:32:40.559 shepherd. 00:32:41.340 --> 00:32:42.000 Maybe we've 00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:43.360 all heard 00:32:43.360 --> 00:32:43.940 or seen 00:32:43.940 --> 00:32:44.840 stories of 00:32:44.840 --> 00:32:45.519 police dogs 00:32:45.519 --> 00:32:46.220 chasing down 00:32:46.220 --> 00:32:46.600 the bad 00:32:46.600 --> 00:32:46.960 guys, 00:32:47.880 --> 00:32:48.299 just sort 00:32:48.299 --> 00:32:49.360 of running 00:32:49.360 --> 00:32:50.120 after them, 00:32:50.900 --> 00:32:51.519 jumping on 00:32:51.519 --> 00:32:51.740 them, 00:32:51.900 --> 00:32:52.480 sinking their 00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:53.019 teeth into 00:32:53.019 --> 00:32:53.640 them and 00:32:53.640 --> 00:32:54.579 taking them 00:32:54.579 --> 00:32:54.939 down to 00:32:54.939 --> 00:32:55.419 the ground. 00:32:57.899 --> 00:32:58.559 If you 00:32:58.559 --> 00:32:58.859 do what 00:32:58.859 --> 00:32:59.319 is right, 00:32:59.639 --> 00:33:00.399 then you 00:33:00.399 --> 00:33:00.779 have nothing 00:33:00.779 --> 00:33:01.220 to fear 00:33:01.220 --> 00:33:01.759 from the 00:33:01.759 --> 00:33:02.399 police dog. 00:33:03.319 --> 00:33:04.059 That German 00:33:04.059 --> 00:33:04.699 shepherd might 00:33:04.699 --> 00:33:05.220 even jump 00:33:05.220 --> 00:33:05.639 into the 00:33:05.639 --> 00:33:07.779 lake to 00:33:07.779 --> 00:33:08.379 save you 00:33:08.379 --> 00:33:10.859 if you're 00:33:10.859 --> 00:33:11.460 out there 00:33:11.460 --> 00:33:12.139 in trouble. 00:33:13.819 --> 00:33:14.599 But hit 00:33:14.599 --> 00:33:15.139 the officer 00:33:15.139 --> 00:33:15.819 in the face 00:33:15.819 --> 00:33:17.379 and that 00:33:17.379 --> 00:33:17.819 dog will 00:33:17.819 --> 00:33:18.379 be all 00:33:18.379 --> 00:33:19.139 over you, 00:33:19.859 --> 00:33:20.339 growling, 00:33:20.639 --> 00:33:20.980 barking, 00:33:21.319 --> 00:33:21.599 biting, 00:33:21.740 --> 00:33:22.259 until you're 00:33:22.259 --> 00:33:22.960 curled up 00:33:22.960 --> 00:33:23.579 like a little 00:33:23.579 --> 00:33:24.039 ball on 00:33:24.039 --> 00:33:24.460 the ground. 00:33:27.079 --> 00:33:27.599 Our 00:33:27.599 --> 00:33:28.059 relationship 00:33:28.059 --> 00:33:28.720 with God 00:33:28.720 --> 00:33:29.720 is kind 00:33:29.720 --> 00:33:30.039 of like 00:33:30.039 --> 00:33:30.319 that. 00:33:30.399 --> 00:33:30.879 If we 00:33:30.879 --> 00:33:31.399 ignore 00:33:31.399 --> 00:33:31.639 him, 00:33:31.699 --> 00:33:31.960 if we 00:33:31.960 --> 00:33:32.500 defy 00:33:32.500 --> 00:33:32.720 him, 00:33:32.759 --> 00:33:33.079 if we 00:33:33.079 --> 00:33:33.519 provoke 00:33:33.519 --> 00:33:33.919 him, 00:33:34.839 --> 00:33:35.659 doing what 00:33:35.659 --> 00:33:36.000 we know 00:33:36.000 --> 00:33:36.519 is wrong, 00:33:36.619 --> 00:33:37.079 then watch 00:33:37.079 --> 00:33:37.379 out. 00:33:40.059 --> 00:33:40.799 He is 00:33:40.799 --> 00:33:41.220 the God 00:33:41.220 --> 00:33:41.639 who will 00:33:41.639 --> 00:33:41.919 bring 00:33:41.919 --> 00:33:42.579 justice 00:33:42.579 --> 00:33:44.480 and has 00:33:44.480 --> 00:33:44.980 authority 00:33:44.980 --> 00:33:45.619 to throw 00:33:45.619 --> 00:33:46.019 us into 00:33:46.019 --> 00:33:46.279 hell. 00:33:48.319 --> 00:33:49.000 But if 00:33:49.000 --> 00:33:49.439 we listen 00:33:49.439 --> 00:33:49.899 to him, 00:33:50.399 --> 00:33:51.000 if we 00:33:51.000 --> 00:33:51.559 draw near 00:33:51.559 --> 00:33:52.019 to him, 00:33:52.059 --> 00:33:52.379 if we 00:33:52.379 --> 00:33:52.720 humble 00:33:52.720 --> 00:33:53.379 ourselves 00:33:53.379 --> 00:33:54.139 before him 00:33:54.139 --> 00:33:54.639 and submit 00:33:54.639 --> 00:33:55.139 to him, 00:33:55.579 --> 00:33:57.399 then we 00:33:57.399 --> 00:33:57.799 have nothing 00:33:57.799 --> 00:33:58.240 to fear. 00:34:00.099 --> 00:34:00.759 He is 00:34:00.759 --> 00:34:01.099 the God 00:34:01.099 --> 00:34:01.579 who loves 00:34:01.579 --> 00:34:02.139 us deeply 00:34:02.139 --> 00:34:03.500 and notices 00:34:03.500 --> 00:34:06.039 even when 00:34:06.039 --> 00:34:06.720 a hair of 00:34:06.720 --> 00:34:07.099 our head 00:34:07.099 --> 00:34:07.599 falls to 00:34:07.599 --> 00:34:08.019 the ground. 00:34:10.460 --> 00:34:11.059 And so 00:34:11.059 --> 00:34:11.480 I want to 00:34:11.480 --> 00:34:12.119 leave you 00:34:12.119 --> 00:34:12.420 with this 00:34:12.420 --> 00:34:12.820 question 00:34:12.820 --> 00:34:13.539 today. 00:34:14.239 --> 00:34:14.840 Where are 00:34:14.840 --> 00:34:15.219 you at 00:34:15.219 --> 00:34:15.739 in your 00:34:15.739 --> 00:34:16.239 relationship 00:34:16.239 --> 00:34:16.539 with 00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:16.859 God? 00:34:23.259 --> 00:34:23.779 Whatever 00:34:23.779 --> 00:34:24.359 your answer 00:34:24.359 --> 00:34:24.799 is to 00:34:24.799 --> 00:34:25.059 that, 00:34:25.219 --> 00:34:25.539 let me 00:34:25.539 --> 00:34:25.979 encourage 00:34:25.979 --> 00:34:26.279 you. 00:34:26.819 --> 00:34:27.019 Draw 00:34:27.019 --> 00:34:27.479 near to 00:34:27.479 --> 00:34:27.719 him. 00:34:29.579 --> 00:34:30.099 Come 00:34:30.099 --> 00:34:30.639 close to 00:34:30.639 --> 00:34:30.839 him. 00:34:30.979 --> 00:34:31.239 Listen 00:34:31.239 --> 00:34:31.739 to him. 00:34:32.399 --> 00:34:32.739 Humble 00:34:32.739 --> 00:34:33.199 yourself 00:34:33.199 --> 00:34:33.659 before 00:34:33.659 --> 00:34:34.000 him. 00:34:37.479 --> 00:34:38.000 If 00:34:38.000 --> 00:34:38.139 you've 00:34:38.139 --> 00:34:38.339 got 00:34:38.339 --> 00:34:38.779 sins, 00:34:38.979 --> 00:34:39.199 if you've 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