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 Father, your word tells us that we're very easy seeing specks of sin in other people's eyes and blind to the huge log sticking out of our eyes.

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 And your word tells us that we flatter ourselves too much to detect or hate our own sin.

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 And Father, we know that your word says that, but we confess before you, Father, that we often don't really feel it and don't really practice it or think it.

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 Father, as we read your word today, Father, your word really is going to challenge us in this.

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 And so, Father, we invite and give you permission with nothing held back to have your word speak into the depths of who we are.

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 We hold nothing back that your word might speak into the depths of who we are, might reveal who we are, might bring the gospel to who we are, might rule in who we are in our daily lives.

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 So, Father, we ask in your kindness that you would have the Holy Spirit bring your word to us.

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 And this we ask in Jesus's name. Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 So, the Bible text today addresses one of the main issues that is sort of tearing apart modern society in North America.

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 So, if you turn with me in your Bibles to James chapter 1, verses 26, we'll look at the text.

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 James chapter 1, verse 26 and following, and we'll look at the text.

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 And here's how it goes.

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 It doesn't sort of get right at it at first, this issue which is tearing apart much of the fabric of society in North America,

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 but it's going to get there.

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 And here's how it begins.

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 If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless.

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 James, tell us what you really think.

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 It's worthless.

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 Do you want to nuance that?

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 No, it's worthless.

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 Religion, verse 27, that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this,

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 to visit orphans and widows in their affliction and to keep oneself unstained from the world.

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 And we're just going to pause that.

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 We're sort of looking here.

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 So, right off the way, we're right off the way.

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 Well, just one simple thing, if you're not aware of it.

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 The Bible, all the way through the Bible, right from the beginning of the Bible to the end of the Bible,

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 Old and New Testament, when you see the phrase orphans and widows or widows and orphans,

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 depends on the, it's the same type of thing,

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 what you have to understand is it's talking about the poor and the powerless.

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 That's a poetic way of talking about the poor and the powerless.

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 The poor are always powerless.

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 Some people who aren't poor are also powerless.

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 But that's what it's talking about, poor and powerless.

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 But the problem we're going to have right away with reading this text is the word religion.

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 And those of you who might be watching or those of you here who are seekers or trying to figure out

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 or you got dragged here, you're not familiar with the Christian faith.

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 One of the things that evangelicals like us tend to say is when we see the word religion,

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 it's two thumbs down.

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 It's only bad.

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 We would echo the phrase of that famous theologian Bono from U2,

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 who says that religion is what you have when the Holy Spirit has left the room.

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 Or the religion is what you have when Jesus has left the room and what you got left is religion.

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 And that's what we would say.

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 We would say as well, we're not into religion, we're into relationship,

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 a relationship with Jesus.

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 And that's what we would say.

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 We would almost always use the word religion in a bad way.

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 And that in fact fits with how most Canadians would understand it.

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 If I told people that I was very religious, they'd go, what?

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 In their mind, they'd go, what?

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 He said he was really religious?

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 Like in a positive way?

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 But if I said that I was very spiritual, people might go, oh, that's sort of interesting.

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 You know, spiritual, not religious.

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 It's not a phrase you hear very much anymore.

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 But for most Canadians, we might tolerate religious people as long as they keep their religion private.

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 In other words, spiritual.

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 But religion is generally a bad word in Canada.

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 And spiritual or spirituality is generally a neutral to good word in Canadian society.

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 So right off the bat, when we're reading the Bible, we're going to have a hard time.

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 We're going to misunderstand what the Bible says.

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 Listen to it again.

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 And by the way, it's not always going to be easy to have the words on the screen.

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 It's one of the reasons why it's really important for those of you who are Christians to bring your own Bibles.

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 Or to bring your phone and have the Bible text and try to control your desire to check Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok.

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 You know, maybe in fact you need to have a locking mechanism.

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 It only opens the Bible.

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 Don't check the weather for the afternoon.

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 Just the Bible.

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 Most of us would be wiser if we spent less time on electronic devices, actually.

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 But that's a whole other topic of conversation.

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 And by the way, if you're watching this online,

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 there's a bit of an exception for the service.

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 We don't want you to turn the service off right now.

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 We're really glad you can join online.

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 Okay?

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 So anyway, the verses again, it goes,

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 If anyone thinks he's religious,

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 and right off the bat we're going,

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 Boo, yeah, yeah, boo, boo.

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 But then it goes,

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 And does not bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart.

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 That person's religion is worthless.

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 Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this,

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 to visit orphans and widows in their affliction,

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 and to keep oneself unstained from the world.

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 So what is really going on here with the use of the word religion?

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 And by the way, as I've said many times,

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 Christopher Hitchens, the New Atheists,

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 Deconversion Blogs,

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 none of them can top the New Testament for critiquing religion.

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 None of them can top the New Testament for critiquing religion in the bad sense.

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 What's going on here is a different word, a neutral word.

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 And in fact, it captures, when I was a young man,

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 there used to be posters and stuff like that that would ask this question.

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 If you were put on trial for being a Christian,

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 would there be enough evidence to convict you?

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 If you were put on trial for being a Christian,

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 would there be enough evidence to convict you?

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 And so the religion here is being used about the external life that you live,

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 the things that people can observe.

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 And that's what it's being talked about.

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 So in a sense, you know, if all of a sudden your co-workers,

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 you know, they're, I don't know,

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 they're just sort of, they see how you are at work,

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 and maybe they happen to see your credit card bill or your financial statement,

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 and they say, well, he doesn't spend money like a Christian.

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 I don't know, he likes to curse and swear and use foul language,

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 and I've seen him on Pornhub, and I don't know, like, he's a Christian?

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 Really?

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 It's a bit of a shock.

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 That's the question.

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 If you were put on trial for being a Christian from your behavior people could observe,

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 would there be enough evidence to convict you?

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 So now that you understand it, you're saying it's very, very interesting what John,

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 sorry, James is saying, is this is what,

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 these are going to be, in a sense, three tests that we're going to have

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 in terms of trying to evaluate religion,

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 how you actually live your life as a Christian.

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 And it's very, very interesting.

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 Like, whenever I prepare a sermon, I spend some time in prayer thinking about what would happen

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 if this was the Sunday, or if I was to share this text with some of the non-Christian friends

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 that I have, some of the non-Christians that I know,

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 and I try to guess how they'd, I try to figure out a little bit from conversations

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 how they might react to the text.

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 And just as a group like us will have problems with the word religion,

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 they would have problems with the word religion.

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 But it's an interesting three set of tests.

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 Tests, and I was thinking about it.

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 I think for my secular friends, they'd like the first test.

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 Because I think most people would say, like, in fact,

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 if you could write a self-help book on how to control the tongue better,

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 people would buy it.

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 Like, people would buy it.

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 If you could come up with some proven techniques to help you control the tongue,

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 people would buy that.

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 Because lots of people would acknowledge that they say stupid things.

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 And that's not even counting foul language and all that other type of stuff.

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 That most of us would acknowledge.

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 In fact, if there could be a book,

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 Men, How to Finally Talk Perfectly to Your Wife,

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 lots of men would buy that book.

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 It'd probably have to be written by a woman, by the way,

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 because a man, most of us men are, as our wives would put it,

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 shockingly slow learners in terms of how to speak to their wife.

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 But so most Canadians think, that's a pretty good test.

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 And then be interesting about how you relate to the poor and the powerless,

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 that people who are actually practicing a good religion, like externals,

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 there's a particular way, in a sense, an openness,

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 a visiting, a caring for the poor and the powerless.

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 And I think most Canadians would say, yeah, that's two thumbs up.

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 That's a pretty good test.

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 And then I was thinking about the fact that the worldly thing,

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 keeping yourself unsteamed from the world,

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 and here's where it would get a little bit tricky.

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 I think for those of you who are watching who aren't Christians,

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 you'd go, I don't even know what that means.

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 Like, it sounds a bit weird.

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 But it would get very, very uncomfortable.

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 Like, you know, one fellow that I have,

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 who I'm friends with, very friendly with,

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 one of the things he likes to do in his spare time, he's gay,

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 and he loves to go see drag queens.

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 That's one of the things he loves to do,

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 like go see a really good drag show.

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 And if I was to tell him that that would be an example of the world,

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 that you're supposed to keep yourself unsteamed for,

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 there'd probably be a bit of an awkward silence there.

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 Right?

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 So on one hand, this is a sort of an interesting list,

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 and just a bit of a clue here, or a precursor.

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 Most of the rest of the book of James

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 is sort of woven around these three themes.

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 How you use your tongue,

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 how you deal with the weak,

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 how you deal with the poor and the powerless,

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 how you deal with the weak,

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 and how you keep yourself unstained from the world.

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 That, in fact, is sort of how the rest of the book,

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 most of the rest of the book unfolds,

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 around trying to dig into that

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 in terms of what exactly it looks like.

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 And you still might,

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 but one of the other things,

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 before we get into the rest of it is,

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 it might be a bit shocking,

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 it is a bit shocking to us,

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 as to why it says that these three things

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 are the test of religion.

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 Like, you might say,

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 okay, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

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 Like, why isn't it talking about communion,

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 baptism,

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 like Bible reading,

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 proper worship,

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 church attendance,

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 like small groups,

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 your personal prayer life?

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 Like, why is it,

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 what's going on here?

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 So there's two things to understand,

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 because that's a very, very good thing

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 to be puzzled over.

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 The first thing is that

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 you could talk about

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 all the different spiritualities

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 and religions of the world

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 in terms of how they try to balance

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 the vertical and the horizontal.

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 Or in other words,

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 the God word aspect of religion

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 and the human aspect

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 and creational aspect

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 of what it means to,

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 in that religion.

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 God word might be better

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 than vertical

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 for those religions

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 who sort of see God everywhere.

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 But, you know,

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 in a sense,

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 you could put a bit of a thing,

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 you know,

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 some emphasize more the horizontal,

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 some emphasize more the vertical.

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 But there is,

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 in fact,

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 the Bible calls us

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 to a type of balance around that.

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 And if you read the Gospel of John,

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 Gospel of John is big,

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 big, big on the vertical.

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 Like you read,

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 I mean,

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 in fact,

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 it even comes right out

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 and says at the end of the book,

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 why did I write this book?

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 I wrote this book

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 so you would know

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 who Jesus is and follow him.

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 Like,

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 he tells you why he wrote it.

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 Like,

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 it's almost all vertical.

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 James,

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 but it's not just vertical,

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 there's other things in it

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 that talk about the horizontal,

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 how you live

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 in terms of with other people

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 and with the creation.

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 I just sort of,

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 a bit of an aside.

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 Do you want to know something

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 which is really cool?

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 This isn't actually known very much.

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 We all know,

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 like,

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 who was it

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 who invented the Society

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 for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals?

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 The people who were responsible for it.

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 Wilberforce was one of the people,

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 the same guy

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 who was responsible

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 for abolishing slavery,

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 and also,

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 one of the guys responsible,

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 you can talk to James Lenny afterwards,

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 for the Christian,

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 the outreach to Israel,

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 which,

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 in fact,

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 created,

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 helped create eventually

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 the whole nation of Israel.

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 It was evangelicals

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 that wanted people

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 to come to a relationship

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 with Jesus

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 who started the Society

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 for the Prevention

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 of Cruelty to Animals.

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 So,

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 anyway,

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 so John is primarily vertical.

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 James is a book

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 that really majors

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 on horizontal things.

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 And why is that?

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 And so,

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 we're going to see,

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 it's not that he ignores the vertical,

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 but he really is going to try

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 to get us to think

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 far more deeply

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 about how shall we then live.

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 And to see why this is important,

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 just imagine this scenario.

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 After the service,

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 you go out for coffee with somebody,

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 and they say to you,

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 with no type of embarrassment,

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 said,

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 you know,

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 you get in talking

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 about spiritual things,

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 and,

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 you know,

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 whatever that means.

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 You know,

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 your walk with Christ.

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 And he says to you,

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 gosh,

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 you wouldn't believe it.

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 just yesterday afternoon,

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 just yesterday afternoon,

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 I had this spectacular sex

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 with my mistress.

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 But after it,

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 while she was still

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 dozing in bed,

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 I had this most awesome

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 devotional time

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 in the Bible

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 with Jesus.

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 And when I left,

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 I gave her a peck

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 on the cheek,

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 she was still in bed,

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 and I just was going,

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 left feeling so high

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 about my walk with Christ.

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 Now you'd go,

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 I mean,

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 in fact,

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 you might not even know

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 what to say,

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 my guess is many of you

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 would be so gobsmacked

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 by that statement

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 that you would go,

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 because what you would

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 want to say,

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 those of you who are

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 far more direct,

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 is that you had a crappy

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 time in the Bible.

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 You can't have sex

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 with your mistress

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 and then say you've had

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 a powerful time

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 with Jesus.

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 It doesn't fit together.

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 It's like pouring water

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 on a fire.

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 It doesn't make

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 the fire better.

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 Unless your devotional time

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 was to be massively

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 convicted of sin

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 and say,

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 Lord,

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 have mercy upon me.

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 I need counseling.

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 I need therapy.

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 I need prayer buddies.

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 I need responsibility partners.

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 I mean,

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 if that didn't happen,

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 you had the worst

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 devotional time imaginable.

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 Right?

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 And so that's what

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 James is going to emphasize.

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 What are some of the things

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 that mark

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 a true walk

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 with Jesus?

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 Jesus.

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 And that's one of the reasons

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 why the book of James

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 is so important.

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 So what is the very first thing

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 that he starts to look at?

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 Well,

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 the very first thing

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 he starts to look at

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 is, in fact,

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 an issue which is

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 a profound human problem

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 and is, in fact,

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 one of the issues

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 which is tearing apart

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 the fabric of society

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 in Canada,

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 Canada in a small way,

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 but the United States

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 in a very big way.

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 Like, what is it?

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 Let's look.

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 Chapter 2,

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 verses 1 to 7.

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 And it goes like this.

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 My brothers and sisters,

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 show no partiality

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 as you hold the faith

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 in our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 the Lord of glory.

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 I'm just going to pause there

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 for a second.

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 We're going to camp on that verse

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 just for a few moments.

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 It says, once again,

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 my brothers and sisters,

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 show no partiality.

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 It can also be translated

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 as prejudice.

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 It can also be translated

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 as discrimination.

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 It can also be translated

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 as favoritism.

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 Show no prejudice,

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 partiality,

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 favoritism,

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 discrimination

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 as you hold the faith

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 in our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 the Lord of glory.

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 And it's a bit awkward

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 in the English translation.

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 You can sort of see it

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 if you look at it

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 very carefully,

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 but in the original language

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 it's very obvious.

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 Is you can't have,

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 if you say you have faith

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 in Jesus

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 but are showing prejudice,

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 it's destroying your faith.

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 In fact,

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 it'll be on the slide later on.

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 There's one really big idea

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 to this section.

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 It's a really big idea

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 I want you to take away

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 from the sermon

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 and we'll show it

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 on a slide later on.

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 And it is this.

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 The more real

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 the biblical gospel

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 is to your heart

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 and the more real

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 the triune God

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 becomes to your heart,

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 the more you see

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 the deep sinfulness

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 of favoritism,

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 partiality,

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 and prejudice.

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 I'll say it again.

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 It's the big idea

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 of the text.

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 that the more real

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 the biblical gospel

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 is to your heart

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 and the more real

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 the triune God

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 becomes to your heart,

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 the more you see

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 the deep sinfulness

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 of favoritism,

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 partiality,

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 prejudice,

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 discrimination.

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 And as many of you know,

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 and if you don't,

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 heart here refers

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 to the very command center

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 of who you are,

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 the depths of who you are.

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 That part of you,

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 that from that part of you

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 the mind comes,

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 the imagination comes,

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 the will comes,

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 the emotions comes,

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 memory, planning,

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 where that one,

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 the Bible says

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 there's one source

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 that all of these things

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 emerge from

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 and the biblical word

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 for that is the heart.

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 And so as the biblical gospel

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 becomes more,

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 is more real to your heart

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 and the more real

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 the triune God

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 becomes to your heart

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 because of the gospel,

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 the more you see

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 the deep sinfulness

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 of favoritism,

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 partiality,

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 and prejudice.

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 One of the things

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 which is very interesting

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 about this text

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 in the original language,

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 it doesn't make good English,

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 so it's not translated this way,

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 but it actually says

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 partialities.

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 It's plural.

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 And it's plural

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 for two reasons.

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 It's plural for emphasis.

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 Like, you know,

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 you're reading, reading,

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 whoa, reading, reading, reading.

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 You know,

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 I was walking the dog

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 and then this happened.

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 It's something like that

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 to shout at you,

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 so to speak,

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 put it in bold.

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 But it's also by saying

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 in plural,

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 it's saying all the different forms.

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 Left-wing prejudice,

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 right-wing prejudice,

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 white prejudice,

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 black prejudice,

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 North American prejudice,

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 African prejudice,

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 Chinese prejudice,

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 you know,

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 First Nations prejudice,

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 all types.

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 In a sense,

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 it's unprejudiced

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 about prejudiced.

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 It's impartial,

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 impartial,

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 about partiality.

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 It shows no favoritism

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 to the sin of favoritism.

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 And it says,

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 these things

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 are like fire and water.

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 They don't go together.

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 There's faith in Jesus

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 and there is prejudice

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 and favoritism.

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 And so this is really important to see

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 because as we all know,

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 gosh,

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 we would have a hard time

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 writing a book of the glory.

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 In fact,

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 if you wrote a book

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 called The Glorious History

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 of Christian Opposition

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 to Prejudice,

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 Discrimination,

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 and Racism,

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 people would mock it

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 mercilessly

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 everywhere.

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 So,

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 let me tell you,

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 I am not,

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 I mean,

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 who is it needing prayer?

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 It is me,

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 it's me,

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 it's me,

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 oh Lord,

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 standing in need of prayer.

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 But the thing

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 which is really interesting

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 is long before

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 the Enlightenment,

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 long before secularism,

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 and not emerging

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 out of the pagan world

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 of ancient Greece

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 in the very,

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 very early days

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 of the Christian faith

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 is this stern

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 denunciation

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 of all prejudice,

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 favoritism,

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 partiality,

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 and racism,

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 completely and utterly

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 rebuked

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 as being incompatible

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 with the Christian faith.

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 In other words,

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 if you read

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 the book of Proverbs,

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 one of the things

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 which is so cool

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 about the book of Proverbs

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 is that in a sense

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 it talks about

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 the shamelessness of God.

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 And God is shameless

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 because he can use

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 all manners of conditions

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 of men and women

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 to shame you.

00:20:59.960 --> 00:21:01.200
 I've shared with you before,

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 I'll share it with you again.

00:21:02.359 --> 00:21:03.960
 What motivated me

00:21:03.960 --> 00:21:05.480
 to a deeper Bible reading?

00:21:05.960 --> 00:21:07.279
 It wasn't listening

00:21:07.279 --> 00:21:08.659
 to a Christian preacher.

00:21:09.299 --> 00:21:10.240
 That is not a,

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 I'm not being proud

00:21:11.359 --> 00:21:11.839
 about this.

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 It's just one

00:21:12.799 --> 00:21:13.699
 of the shocking things.

00:21:13.819 --> 00:21:14.579
 It wasn't because

00:21:14.579 --> 00:21:15.979
 I read some more

00:21:15.979 --> 00:21:16.659
 C.S. Lewis

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 or some great

00:21:17.339 --> 00:21:17.879
 Christian writer.

00:21:17.979 --> 00:21:18.939
 You know who inspired,

00:21:19.159 --> 00:21:20.579
 who in a sense

00:21:20.579 --> 00:21:21.819
 rebuked me

00:21:21.819 --> 00:21:22.839
 into Bible reading?

00:21:23.559 --> 00:21:25.099
 Was my first year

00:21:25.099 --> 00:21:26.479
 philosophy professor

00:21:26.479 --> 00:21:28.119
 who was an atheist

00:21:28.119 --> 00:21:29.559
 and a proud member

00:21:29.559 --> 00:21:30.740
 of the Communist Party

00:21:30.740 --> 00:21:31.359
 of Canada

00:21:31.359 --> 00:21:32.439
 where he ran

00:21:32.439 --> 00:21:33.019
 for federal

00:21:33.019 --> 00:21:34.099
 and provincial elections

00:21:34.099 --> 00:21:35.019
 on the Communist Party

00:21:35.019 --> 00:21:35.579
 platform.

00:21:35.579 --> 00:21:38.599
 and it was taking

00:21:38.599 --> 00:21:39.359
 his class

00:21:39.359 --> 00:21:41.119
 because he would

00:21:41.119 --> 00:21:42.599
 regularly

00:21:42.599 --> 00:21:44.679
 throw up Bible passages,

00:21:44.939 --> 00:21:45.819
 make fun of them

00:21:45.819 --> 00:21:47.279
 and I would be,

00:21:48.139 --> 00:21:49.000
 that's in the Bible?

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 But I realized,

00:21:52.399 --> 00:21:52.919
 I had to start,

00:21:52.919 --> 00:21:53.399
 I have to start

00:21:53.399 --> 00:21:54.159
 reading the Bible.

00:21:56.259 --> 00:21:56.859
 Gosh,

00:21:57.039 --> 00:21:57.639
 you know what,

00:21:57.699 --> 00:21:58.639
 I just can't read

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 Philippians over and over

00:22:00.259 --> 00:22:01.339
 and over again

00:22:01.339 --> 00:22:02.980
 and the Gospel of John

00:22:02.980 --> 00:22:03.939
 over and over

00:22:03.939 --> 00:22:04.819
 and over again.

00:22:04.959 --> 00:22:06.259
 I got to get

00:22:06.259 --> 00:22:07.199
 into the weeds.

00:22:08.319 --> 00:22:09.379
 I got to read

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 those lists.

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 I got to read

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 what really happened.

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 And so you read

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 the book of Proverbs.

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 One of the things

00:22:15.039 --> 00:22:15.619
 about it is that

00:22:15.619 --> 00:22:16.539
 that's just exactly

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 how God is.

00:22:17.659 --> 00:22:18.000
 Excuse me.

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 He's shameless.

00:22:20.119 --> 00:22:21.299
 He'll get your attention

00:22:21.299 --> 00:22:22.599
 with somebody

00:22:22.599 --> 00:22:24.099
 whose guts you hate.

00:22:24.720 --> 00:22:25.859
 He'll get your attention

00:22:25.859 --> 00:22:26.759
 with some

00:22:26.759 --> 00:22:27.799
 atheist,

00:22:28.119 --> 00:22:28.559
 communist

00:22:28.559 --> 00:22:29.659
 professor.

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 He'll speak to you

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 and Christians,

00:22:32.300 --> 00:22:33.100
 we have to be open

00:22:33.100 --> 00:22:33.580
 to rebuke

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 wherever it comes from.

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 But here's the thing.

00:22:37.380 --> 00:22:38.220
 To learn that

00:22:38.220 --> 00:22:39.279
 prejudice is a sin,

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 you don't need to read

00:22:40.500 --> 00:22:41.660
 post-modernism.

00:22:41.840 --> 00:22:42.500
 You don't need to read

00:22:42.500 --> 00:22:43.240
 critical theory.

00:22:43.360 --> 00:22:43.600
 In fact,

00:22:43.660 --> 00:22:44.400
 the matter is,

00:22:44.800 --> 00:22:46.000
 is that critical theory

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 encourages

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 prejudice

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 and favoritism

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 and partiality.

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 Part of the problem

00:22:54.100 --> 00:22:55.200
 we have in our culture

00:22:55.200 --> 00:22:57.779
 is that the knowledge class

00:22:57.779 --> 00:22:58.620
 is increasingly

00:22:58.619 --> 00:22:59.939
 influenced

00:22:59.939 --> 00:23:01.599
 by critical theory

00:23:01.599 --> 00:23:02.799
 and that is

00:23:02.799 --> 00:23:03.639
 increasing

00:23:03.639 --> 00:23:04.799
 prejudice

00:23:04.799 --> 00:23:05.939
 in our society.

00:23:07.939 --> 00:23:08.519
 In fact,

00:23:09.119 --> 00:23:10.359
 as is not

00:23:10.359 --> 00:23:11.159
 that well known,

00:23:11.959 --> 00:23:13.319
 if you want to go

00:23:13.319 --> 00:23:14.019
 to the greatest

00:23:14.019 --> 00:23:14.739
 centers of

00:23:14.739 --> 00:23:15.419
 anti-Semitism

00:23:15.419 --> 00:23:16.099
 in Canada,

00:23:16.199 --> 00:23:17.219
 you go to universities

00:23:17.219 --> 00:23:20.879
 with their

00:23:20.879 --> 00:23:21.959
 boycott,

00:23:22.179 --> 00:23:23.239
 divest movements

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 and other types

00:23:24.379 --> 00:23:24.919
 of things

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 which basically

00:23:25.979 --> 00:23:26.659
 want to see

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 the Jewish people

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 annihilated.

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 but you don't

00:23:31.979 --> 00:23:33.000
 have to go

00:23:33.000 --> 00:23:34.139
 to reading

00:23:34.139 --> 00:23:34.719
 Rousseau

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 or something

00:23:35.259 --> 00:23:35.899
 like that.

00:23:36.000 --> 00:23:36.899
 You go to the Bible

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 and if you read

00:23:38.839 --> 00:23:39.339
 the Bible,

00:23:39.459 --> 00:23:40.239
 the Bible says,

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 what does it say?

00:23:40.899 --> 00:23:42.159
 My brothers and sisters,

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 show no partialities,

00:23:44.599 --> 00:23:45.939
 no prejudices,

00:23:46.159 --> 00:23:47.559
 no racisms,

00:23:47.559 --> 00:23:48.899
 no favoritisms,

00:23:49.299 --> 00:23:51.000
 no discriminations

00:23:51.000 --> 00:23:52.059
 as you hold

00:23:52.059 --> 00:23:52.599
 the faith

00:23:52.599 --> 00:23:54.279
 in our Lord Jesus Christ,

00:23:54.359 --> 00:23:54.959
 the Lord of glory.

00:23:54.960 --> 00:23:55.440
 And it says,

00:23:55.519 --> 00:23:56.200
 as it holds it,

00:23:56.259 --> 00:23:56.420
 it says,

00:23:56.480 --> 00:23:56.819
 one moment,

00:23:57.019 --> 00:23:57.740
 you can't be

00:23:57.740 --> 00:23:58.400
 holding on to

00:23:58.400 --> 00:23:59.259
 prejudice and say

00:23:59.259 --> 00:23:59.900
 you're holding on

00:23:59.900 --> 00:24:00.400
 to Jesus.

00:24:01.279 --> 00:24:02.180
 You can't be

00:24:02.180 --> 00:24:02.819
 holding on to

00:24:02.819 --> 00:24:03.920
 discrimination and say

00:24:03.920 --> 00:24:04.519
 you're holding on

00:24:04.519 --> 00:24:05.059
 to Jesus.

00:24:05.680 --> 00:24:06.460
 You can't be

00:24:06.460 --> 00:24:07.460
 holding on to both.

00:24:08.180 --> 00:24:08.799
 The more you're

00:24:08.799 --> 00:24:09.700
 holding on to this,

00:24:09.819 --> 00:24:10.519
 it means you're

00:24:10.519 --> 00:24:11.539
 letting Jesus go.

00:24:12.079 --> 00:24:12.840
 And the more you're

00:24:12.840 --> 00:24:13.720
 holding on to Jesus,

00:24:13.819 --> 00:24:14.360
 the more he's going

00:24:14.360 --> 00:24:15.120
 to convict you

00:24:15.120 --> 00:24:16.059
 of the sin

00:24:16.059 --> 00:24:18.019
 of prejudice,

00:24:18.839 --> 00:24:19.619
 discrimination,

00:24:20.619 --> 00:24:21.639
 and favoritism,

00:24:21.899 --> 00:24:23.119
 and of course,

00:24:23.220 --> 00:24:23.659
 racism,

00:24:23.839 --> 00:24:25.279
 which is one example

00:24:25.279 --> 00:24:26.279
 of all of those things

00:24:26.279 --> 00:24:27.339
 which are great sins.

00:24:28.980 --> 00:24:29.980
 And what prejudice

00:24:29.980 --> 00:24:31.159
 is all based upon

00:24:31.159 --> 00:24:32.460
 is the discriminations

00:24:32.460 --> 00:24:33.099
 that we make

00:24:33.099 --> 00:24:34.259
 based on appearance,

00:24:35.279 --> 00:24:36.079
 on sort of the things

00:24:36.079 --> 00:24:37.019
 which matter not

00:24:37.019 --> 00:24:38.319
 to God at all.

00:24:39.379 --> 00:24:41.079
 Things like appearance,

00:24:41.579 --> 00:24:41.980
 race,

00:24:42.399 --> 00:24:43.919
 and how many dollars

00:24:43.919 --> 00:24:44.960
 you got in the bank.

00:24:46.940 --> 00:24:47.839
 None of those things

00:24:47.839 --> 00:24:48.500
 matter to God.

00:24:48.559 --> 00:24:49.119
 It's not a sin

00:24:49.119 --> 00:24:49.960
 to be low income.

00:24:54.099 --> 00:24:55.279
 As the book of James

00:24:55.279 --> 00:24:55.839
 is going to say,

00:24:55.899 --> 00:24:56.480
 some of the things

00:24:56.480 --> 00:24:57.639
 that keep certain people

00:24:57.639 --> 00:24:58.419
 in low income,

00:24:59.000 --> 00:25:00.059
 boy are they sinful.

00:25:00.339 --> 00:25:00.899
 Wait till we get

00:25:00.899 --> 00:25:01.399
 to chapter,

00:25:01.539 --> 00:25:02.679
 I think it's chapter 4.

00:25:03.720 --> 00:25:04.399
 It's going to be

00:25:04.399 --> 00:25:05.399
 very stark about

00:25:05.399 --> 00:25:06.200
 some of these types

00:25:06.200 --> 00:25:06.779
 of things.

00:25:07.419 --> 00:25:08.539
 But the fact of the matter

00:25:08.539 --> 00:25:08.899
 is,

00:25:08.940 --> 00:25:09.899
 is that we make lots of,

00:25:10.059 --> 00:25:11.940
 and the Bible

00:25:11.940 --> 00:25:12.299
 is just saying,

00:25:12.419 --> 00:25:13.519
 anything which is based

00:25:13.519 --> 00:25:14.759
 on these types of decisions

00:25:14.759 --> 00:25:15.399
 about the color

00:25:15.400 --> 00:25:16.080
 of your skin,

00:25:16.180 --> 00:25:17.160
 about how old you are,

00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:18.240
 the color of your hair.

00:25:18.580 --> 00:25:19.340
 You got tattoos,

00:25:19.460 --> 00:25:20.380
 you don't got tattoos,

00:25:20.500 --> 00:25:21.200
 you got piercings,

00:25:21.280 --> 00:25:22.420
 you don't got piercings.

00:25:23.100 --> 00:25:23.519
 You know,

00:25:23.580 --> 00:25:24.780
 the way your accent

00:25:24.780 --> 00:25:26.780
 shows your social class,

00:25:26.880 --> 00:25:27.400
 that you might be

00:25:27.400 --> 00:25:28.780
 from a working class background

00:25:28.780 --> 00:25:31.380
 or a rural working class background,

00:25:31.800 --> 00:25:33.000
 your ability to speak,

00:25:33.120 --> 00:25:34.300
 the way we may be distinguished

00:25:34.300 --> 00:25:35.160
 between somebody

00:25:35.160 --> 00:25:35.960
 who's obviously,

00:25:36.460 --> 00:25:37.000
 you know,

00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:37.780
 working class

00:25:37.780 --> 00:25:38.200
 and somebody

00:25:38.200 --> 00:25:39.019
 who went to Oxford

00:25:39.019 --> 00:25:39.640
 or Cambridge

00:25:39.640 --> 00:25:40.660
 and has that type of,

00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:42.440
 all of those externals,

00:25:42.440 --> 00:25:43.559
 they're all examples

00:25:43.559 --> 00:25:44.100
 of prejudice,

00:25:44.299 --> 00:25:44.779
 favoritism,

00:25:44.920 --> 00:25:45.340
 discrimination

00:25:45.340 --> 00:25:46.720
 and they're all wrong.

00:25:49.559 --> 00:25:50.100
 And the Bible

00:25:50.100 --> 00:25:50.960
 is going to give us

00:25:50.960 --> 00:25:51.620
 a very,

00:25:51.759 --> 00:25:52.720
 now James is going to go

00:25:52.720 --> 00:25:53.539
 and try to bring this

00:25:53.539 --> 00:25:54.059
 home to us

00:25:54.059 --> 00:25:54.580
 by giving us

00:25:54.580 --> 00:25:55.660
 a very simple example.

00:25:56.180 --> 00:25:56.740
 And one of the things

00:25:56.740 --> 00:25:57.440
 we have to understand

00:25:57.440 --> 00:25:58.640
 about this simple example

00:25:58.640 --> 00:25:59.320
 is this.

00:26:00.100 --> 00:26:01.120
 The simple example

00:26:01.120 --> 00:26:01.820
 reveals

00:26:01.820 --> 00:26:03.000
 the role

00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:04.299
 of micro decisions

00:26:04.299 --> 00:26:06.320
 or unconscious decisions

00:26:06.320 --> 00:26:07.860
 in our life.

00:26:07.859 --> 00:26:10.179
 Most of you,

00:26:10.639 --> 00:26:11.439
 most of us,

00:26:11.519 --> 00:26:12.439
 if you're like me,

00:26:12.839 --> 00:26:13.719
 if our lives

00:26:13.719 --> 00:26:14.779
 were only formed

00:26:14.779 --> 00:26:16.439
 by the big decisions

00:26:16.439 --> 00:26:17.799
 that we make,

00:26:18.119 --> 00:26:18.439
 you know what,

00:26:18.459 --> 00:26:19.059
 we'd probably be

00:26:19.059 --> 00:26:19.919
 pretty good.

00:26:21.419 --> 00:26:21.639
 You know,

00:26:21.679 --> 00:26:22.319
 who you marry,

00:26:23.839 --> 00:26:24.119
 you know,

00:26:24.219 --> 00:26:24.879
 whether you go to school

00:26:24.879 --> 00:26:25.179
 or not,

00:26:25.219 --> 00:26:26.439
 like big decisions.

00:26:27.059 --> 00:26:28.019
 But the fact of the matter

00:26:28.019 --> 00:26:29.099
 is that most of our life

00:26:29.099 --> 00:26:29.679
 is made with

00:26:29.679 --> 00:26:31.259
 unconscious decisions

00:26:31.259 --> 00:26:32.740
 or micro decisions,

00:26:32.899 --> 00:26:33.419
 small ones,

00:26:33.459 --> 00:26:34.699
 and it's a micro decision

00:26:34.699 --> 00:26:36.859
 that James is going

00:26:36.859 --> 00:26:37.779
 to use as an example.

00:26:37.859 --> 00:26:38.779
 And look what it says.

00:26:38.879 --> 00:26:39.359
 Verse 2.

00:26:41.019 --> 00:26:41.879
 For if a man

00:26:41.879 --> 00:26:43.479
 wearing a gold ring

00:26:43.479 --> 00:26:44.359
 and fine clothing

00:26:44.359 --> 00:26:45.539
 comes into your assembly

00:26:45.539 --> 00:26:47.159
 and a poor man

00:26:47.159 --> 00:26:48.240
 in shabby clothing

00:26:48.240 --> 00:26:49.299
 also comes in,

00:26:49.959 --> 00:26:51.399
 and if you pay attention

00:26:51.399 --> 00:26:52.079
 to the one

00:26:52.079 --> 00:26:53.339
 who wears the fine clothing

00:26:53.339 --> 00:26:53.759
 and say,

00:26:53.979 --> 00:26:54.599
 you sit here

00:26:54.599 --> 00:26:55.379
 in the good place,

00:26:55.919 --> 00:26:56.339
 while you say

00:26:56.339 --> 00:26:57.099
 to the poor man,

00:26:57.299 --> 00:26:58.559
 you stand over there

00:26:58.559 --> 00:27:00.119
 or sit down

00:27:00.119 --> 00:27:01.039
 at my feet,

00:27:01.759 --> 00:27:02.459
 have you then

00:27:02.459 --> 00:27:03.519
 not made distinctions

00:27:03.519 --> 00:27:04.379
 among yourselves

00:27:04.379 --> 00:27:05.619
 and become judges

00:27:05.619 --> 00:27:07.799
 with evil thoughts?

00:27:07.859 --> 00:27:09.599
 judges based on,

00:27:10.359 --> 00:27:10.639
 James,

00:27:10.859 --> 00:27:11.419
 why don't you tell us

00:27:11.419 --> 00:27:12.419
 what you really think?

00:27:13.619 --> 00:27:14.179
 Evil

00:27:14.179 --> 00:27:16.119
 is what is

00:27:16.119 --> 00:27:17.439
 forming this

00:27:17.439 --> 00:27:19.199
 small action.

00:27:20.240 --> 00:27:20.719
 Evil

00:27:20.719 --> 00:27:22.139
 thinking processes,

00:27:22.859 --> 00:27:23.859
 both in terms of

00:27:23.859 --> 00:27:25.479
 the logic is evil

00:27:25.479 --> 00:27:26.699
 and the premises

00:27:26.699 --> 00:27:27.559
 are evil

00:27:27.559 --> 00:27:28.879
 and the result

00:27:28.879 --> 00:27:30.939
 is evil.

00:27:32.459 --> 00:27:33.179
 So it's saying,

00:27:33.180 --> 00:27:34.180
 you know,

00:27:34.259 --> 00:27:34.960
 it's a day

00:27:34.960 --> 00:27:35.680
 where the church

00:27:35.680 --> 00:27:37.080
 is almost completely full

00:27:37.080 --> 00:27:38.299
 and somebody comes in

00:27:38.299 --> 00:27:39.060
 just a few minutes

00:27:39.060 --> 00:27:39.779
 before 10

00:27:39.779 --> 00:27:43.380
 and they're obviously

00:27:43.380 --> 00:27:44.440
 very, very well off

00:27:44.440 --> 00:27:44.940
 and rich

00:27:44.940 --> 00:27:46.080
 and we respond to them

00:27:46.080 --> 00:27:46.400
 one way.

00:27:46.519 --> 00:27:46.680
 We say,

00:27:46.759 --> 00:27:47.000
 hey, listen,

00:27:47.120 --> 00:27:47.259
 you know,

00:27:47.299 --> 00:27:48.340
 there's the best seat

00:27:48.340 --> 00:27:48.740
 in the house.

00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:50.100
 We'll move,

00:27:50.259 --> 00:27:50.700
 Brian,

00:27:50.860 --> 00:27:51.460
 get out of the way

00:27:51.460 --> 00:27:51.980
 or Kat,

00:27:52.100 --> 00:27:52.860
 get out of the way.

00:27:52.980 --> 00:27:53.700
 This is the best seat

00:27:53.700 --> 00:27:54.060
 in the house.

00:27:54.460 --> 00:27:55.299
 We'll have you sit there.

00:27:55.940 --> 00:27:56.580
 Oh yeah,

00:27:56.620 --> 00:27:57.220
 we'd love to do it.

00:27:57.259 --> 00:27:57.880
 You have the best seat.

00:27:58.100 --> 00:27:59.279
 A poor person comes in

00:27:59.279 --> 00:28:00.500
 and you either tell them

00:28:00.500 --> 00:28:01.899
 to pick the worst seat

00:28:01.899 --> 00:28:02.519
 in the house.

00:28:03.039 --> 00:28:03.240
 I'm sorry,

00:28:03.299 --> 00:28:04.319
 you don't even give them a seat.

00:28:04.779 --> 00:28:05.180
 You say,

00:28:05.279 --> 00:28:06.139
 you have two options,

00:28:06.339 --> 00:28:06.559
 dude.

00:28:07.059 --> 00:28:08.359
 You can go stand

00:28:08.359 --> 00:28:09.879
 throughout the entire service

00:28:09.879 --> 00:28:11.000
 way back in the shadow

00:28:11.000 --> 00:28:12.180
 where we can't see you

00:28:12.180 --> 00:28:14.440
 or you can sit on the ground.

00:28:15.740 --> 00:28:16.839
 Those are your options.

00:28:17.839 --> 00:28:18.279
 Now, obviously,

00:28:18.359 --> 00:28:19.680
 it's a bit of an exaggeration

00:28:19.680 --> 00:28:22.279
 but it's a...

00:28:26.899 --> 00:28:28.279
 I don't know

00:28:28.279 --> 00:28:28.960
 if he's going to be

00:28:28.960 --> 00:28:29.839
 watching the service.

00:28:30.359 --> 00:28:30.680
 Usually,

00:28:30.819 --> 00:28:31.960
 when I give examples

00:28:31.960 --> 00:28:33.339
 about things society-wise,

00:28:33.460 --> 00:28:34.399
 I'll try to either be neutral.

00:28:34.639 --> 00:28:35.299
 I would have used

00:28:35.299 --> 00:28:35.920
 like a Trump.

00:28:36.359 --> 00:28:36.879
 I don't know

00:28:36.879 --> 00:28:37.359
 what I'm going to use

00:28:37.359 --> 00:28:39.079
 for neutral political things anymore

00:28:39.079 --> 00:28:40.720
 because Biden and Trudeau

00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:43.200
 are like two peas in a pod, right?

00:28:43.240 --> 00:28:43.599
 So, I don't know

00:28:43.599 --> 00:28:44.480
 what I'm going to quite do

00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:45.879
 for when I make a...

00:28:45.879 --> 00:28:46.579
 Maybe I have to say

00:28:46.579 --> 00:28:47.660
 those who watch Fox News

00:28:47.660 --> 00:28:48.599
 and those who watch CNN

00:28:48.599 --> 00:28:49.099
 or something.

00:28:49.200 --> 00:28:49.539
 I don't know

00:28:49.539 --> 00:28:52.920
 because it's just hard

00:28:52.920 --> 00:28:53.879
 but I either try

00:28:53.879 --> 00:28:54.879
 to be even-handed

00:28:54.879 --> 00:28:55.819
 or I'll talk about

00:28:55.819 --> 00:28:57.420
 Nazis or Soviet Union

00:28:57.420 --> 00:28:58.019
 or Cambodia

00:28:58.019 --> 00:28:58.720
 or something like that

00:28:58.720 --> 00:28:59.580
 and so one person

00:28:59.580 --> 00:29:00.440
 at coffee time,

00:29:00.779 --> 00:29:01.320
 back when we could

00:29:01.320 --> 00:29:01.960
 have coffee time,

00:29:02.019 --> 00:29:02.180
 he said,

00:29:02.259 --> 00:29:02.480
 George,

00:29:02.560 --> 00:29:03.000
 why don't you ever

00:29:03.000 --> 00:29:04.320
 use Canadian examples?

00:29:05.300 --> 00:29:06.039
 And I said,

00:29:06.100 --> 00:29:06.480
 well, you know,

00:29:06.560 --> 00:29:07.039
 the problem is

00:29:07.039 --> 00:29:08.240
 if I use Canadian examples,

00:29:08.240 --> 00:29:09.400
 I could lose people

00:29:09.400 --> 00:29:09.940
 in the sermon

00:29:09.940 --> 00:29:11.180
 because it becomes political

00:29:11.180 --> 00:29:11.860
 and they start,

00:29:11.900 --> 00:29:12.600
 you know,

00:29:12.680 --> 00:29:13.240
 nattering away

00:29:13.240 --> 00:29:14.039
 in their mind,

00:29:14.160 --> 00:29:15.200
 you know, at it.

00:29:15.700 --> 00:29:15.980
 And so,

00:29:16.060 --> 00:29:17.560
 I'm going to take a risk.

00:29:17.720 --> 00:29:18.480
 If he's watching,

00:29:18.580 --> 00:29:19.300
 he knows who he is.

00:29:19.360 --> 00:29:20.080
 He might remember

00:29:20.080 --> 00:29:21.019
 having this conversation

00:29:21.019 --> 00:29:21.539
 with me.

00:29:22.340 --> 00:29:22.460
 So,

00:29:22.660 --> 00:29:24.940
 here we have this example

00:29:24.940 --> 00:29:25.740
 of treating people

00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:26.420
 different in terms

00:29:26.420 --> 00:29:27.220
 of economics.

00:29:29.120 --> 00:29:30.300
 And in this example,

00:29:30.420 --> 00:29:30.860
 we could say,

00:29:30.940 --> 00:29:31.300
 by the way,

00:29:31.320 --> 00:29:31.980
 there's no way

00:29:31.980 --> 00:29:33.060
 we would ever do this

00:29:33.060 --> 00:29:33.900
 or think this,

00:29:34.060 --> 00:29:34.279
 right?

00:29:34.880 --> 00:29:35.380
 Come on.

00:29:36.180 --> 00:29:36.440
 I mean,

00:29:36.539 --> 00:29:37.640
 this is Church of the Messiah.

00:29:37.759 --> 00:29:38.259
 There's no way

00:29:38.259 --> 00:29:39.019
 we'd think about this

00:29:39.019 --> 00:29:39.460
 or do this.

00:29:39.500 --> 00:29:39.640
 So,

00:29:39.700 --> 00:29:40.580
 let's try to bring it home.

00:29:41.900 --> 00:29:42.920
 How many of you

00:29:42.920 --> 00:29:43.920
 are very bothered

00:29:43.920 --> 00:29:44.640
 by the fact

00:29:44.640 --> 00:29:46.120
 that teachers want to have,

00:29:46.660 --> 00:29:47.700
 here's how I'm taking a risk,

00:29:48.080 --> 00:29:49.279
 be vaccinated earlier?

00:29:50.880 --> 00:29:51.580
 Doesn't it show

00:29:51.580 --> 00:29:52.720
 a class bias?

00:29:53.720 --> 00:29:54.380
 Doesn't it show,

00:29:54.380 --> 00:29:55.140
 James 2,

00:29:55.660 --> 00:29:56.780
 that we don't stand up

00:29:56.780 --> 00:29:57.520
 and say the people

00:29:57.520 --> 00:29:58.540
 who serve us coffee

00:29:58.540 --> 00:29:59.320
 at Tim Hortons

00:29:59.320 --> 00:30:00.240
 and stock the shelves

00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:00.800
 in Metro

00:30:00.800 --> 00:30:02.440
 should be served

00:30:02.440 --> 00:30:03.660
 way before the teachers?

00:30:10.540 --> 00:30:12.380
 Let's be very honest

00:30:12.380 --> 00:30:12.900
 about it.

00:30:14.200 --> 00:30:14.600
 Teachers,

00:30:15.460 --> 00:30:17.340
 I know it's the unions,

00:30:17.440 --> 00:30:17.880
 I'm not blaming

00:30:17.880 --> 00:30:18.880
 particular teachers.

00:30:19.720 --> 00:30:20.540
 Teachers are amongst

00:30:20.539 --> 00:30:22.779
 the best paid careers

00:30:22.779 --> 00:30:23.440
 in Canada.

00:30:25.079 --> 00:30:25.519
 Absolutely

00:30:25.519 --> 00:30:27.579
 in the top bit.

00:30:29.019 --> 00:30:29.379
 Teachers

00:30:29.379 --> 00:30:30.500
 didn't have to work

00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:31.099
 last March,

00:30:31.180 --> 00:30:31.399
 April,

00:30:31.519 --> 00:30:31.680
 May,

00:30:31.799 --> 00:30:32.039
 June,

00:30:32.440 --> 00:30:32.799
 or I mean,

00:30:32.859 --> 00:30:33.319
 go outside,

00:30:33.379 --> 00:30:33.899
 they could all work

00:30:33.899 --> 00:30:34.379
 from home.

00:30:36.039 --> 00:30:36.779
 The guy

00:30:36.779 --> 00:30:37.559
 and gal

00:30:37.559 --> 00:30:38.639
 who's probably

00:30:38.639 --> 00:30:39.440
 a new Canadian

00:30:39.440 --> 00:30:40.899
 and maybe

00:30:40.899 --> 00:30:41.420
 if they're not

00:30:41.420 --> 00:30:42.039
 a new Canadian,

00:30:42.159 --> 00:30:42.599
 they don't have

00:30:42.599 --> 00:30:43.819
 a high school education,

00:30:44.319 --> 00:30:44.759
 they're working

00:30:44.759 --> 00:30:45.379
 in Tim Hortons

00:30:45.379 --> 00:30:45.839
 serving you

00:30:45.839 --> 00:30:46.440
 your coffee.

00:30:49.700 --> 00:30:50.359
 The guy

00:30:50.359 --> 00:30:50.879
 or gal

00:30:50.879 --> 00:30:52.500
 stocking the shelves

00:30:52.500 --> 00:30:53.119
 at the Metro,

00:30:53.240 --> 00:30:53.759
 on top of that,

00:30:53.819 --> 00:30:54.579
 if it's Tim Hortons,

00:30:54.640 --> 00:30:55.079
 they're probably

00:30:55.079 --> 00:30:55.720
 new Canadians

00:30:55.720 --> 00:30:56.220
 and probably

00:30:56.220 --> 00:30:56.779
 not white.

00:30:59.559 --> 00:31:00.559
 But why is it

00:31:00.559 --> 00:31:01.319
 that there's no

00:31:01.319 --> 00:31:02.519
 conversation

00:31:02.519 --> 00:31:03.420
 amongst Canadians

00:31:03.420 --> 00:31:04.299
 about why is it

00:31:04.299 --> 00:31:04.759
 that teachers

00:31:04.759 --> 00:31:05.279
 are even there?

00:31:05.359 --> 00:31:05.720
 Good grief,

00:31:05.819 --> 00:31:05.960
 I mean,

00:31:06.000 --> 00:31:06.599
 they were doing

00:31:06.599 --> 00:31:07.240
 everything at home.

00:31:07.640 --> 00:31:07.839
 Like,

00:31:07.859 --> 00:31:08.319
 we should be

00:31:08.319 --> 00:31:08.700
 honoring

00:31:08.700 --> 00:31:10.519
 those faceless

00:31:10.519 --> 00:31:11.779
 people

00:31:11.779 --> 00:31:12.920
 who work

00:31:12.920 --> 00:31:13.759
 in Tim Hortons

00:31:13.759 --> 00:31:14.379
 in Metro.

00:31:14.839 --> 00:31:15.319
 They should have

00:31:15.319 --> 00:31:15.819
 it way before

00:31:15.819 --> 00:31:16.240
 teachers.

00:31:16.420 --> 00:31:16.640
 In fact,

00:31:17.140 --> 00:31:17.299
 you know,

00:31:17.379 --> 00:31:18.039
 teachers and all,

00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:18.980
 they often have

00:31:18.980 --> 00:31:19.720
 a lot of protections

00:31:19.720 --> 00:31:20.299
 about people

00:31:20.299 --> 00:31:20.879
 coming in.

00:31:21.319 --> 00:31:21.980
 Tim Hortons

00:31:21.980 --> 00:31:22.619
 probably have none.

00:31:24.200 --> 00:31:24.559
 Who knows,

00:31:24.619 --> 00:31:24.920
 it could be

00:31:24.920 --> 00:31:25.500
 hacking up

00:31:25.500 --> 00:31:26.940
 COVID fumes

00:31:26.940 --> 00:31:28.619
 by the gallon

00:31:28.619 --> 00:31:29.000
 and come

00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:29.839
 and get their coffee.

00:31:31.559 --> 00:31:31.700
 See,

00:31:32.180 --> 00:31:33.299
 I might have

00:31:33.299 --> 00:31:33.920
 lost a whole

00:31:33.920 --> 00:31:34.420
 pile of you

00:31:34.420 --> 00:31:34.779
 and I might

00:31:34.779 --> 00:31:35.079
 now get

00:31:35.079 --> 00:31:35.640
 a few angry

00:31:35.640 --> 00:31:36.039
 emails

00:31:36.039 --> 00:31:36.599
 from people

00:31:36.599 --> 00:31:37.039
 who are part

00:31:37.039 --> 00:31:37.559
 of the teachers

00:31:37.559 --> 00:31:38.059
 unions.

00:31:39.000 --> 00:31:39.700
 That's fine.

00:31:40.700 --> 00:31:41.259
 I think

00:31:41.259 --> 00:31:41.779
 my point

00:31:41.779 --> 00:31:42.559
 is valid.

00:31:42.559 --> 00:31:43.799
 When I read

00:31:43.799 --> 00:31:44.099
 papers,

00:31:44.200 --> 00:31:44.639
 I don't think

00:31:44.639 --> 00:31:44.960
 I've seen

00:31:44.960 --> 00:31:45.319
 any,

00:31:45.779 --> 00:31:46.419
 there's debates

00:31:46.419 --> 00:31:47.179
 about the order

00:31:47.179 --> 00:31:48.399
 of teachers

00:31:48.399 --> 00:31:48.779
 getting it,

00:31:48.799 --> 00:31:49.299
 but nobody

00:31:49.299 --> 00:31:49.740
 has said

00:31:49.740 --> 00:31:50.619
 that Tim Hortons

00:31:50.619 --> 00:31:51.299
 employee

00:31:51.299 --> 00:31:51.759
 should get

00:31:51.759 --> 00:31:52.099
 it before

00:31:52.099 --> 00:31:52.599
 teachers.

00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:55.480
 Why?

00:31:56.379 --> 00:31:57.179
 Because there's

00:31:57.179 --> 00:31:58.099
 an unconscious

00:31:58.099 --> 00:31:58.839
 decision

00:31:58.839 --> 00:31:59.819
 and micro decisions

00:31:59.819 --> 00:32:00.460
 of class

00:32:00.460 --> 00:32:00.960
 bias.

00:32:02.079 --> 00:32:02.200
 Right?

00:32:05.779 --> 00:32:06.379
 I mean,

00:32:06.799 --> 00:32:07.579
 think about it

00:32:07.579 --> 00:32:08.079
 for a second.

00:32:08.299 --> 00:32:08.579
 I mean,

00:32:08.899 --> 00:32:09.419
 the civil,

00:32:09.599 --> 00:32:10.039
 I'm not putting

00:32:10.039 --> 00:32:10.940
 down civil servants,

00:32:10.940 --> 00:32:11.559
 but the upper

00:32:11.559 --> 00:32:12.620
 level civil servants

00:32:12.620 --> 00:32:13.100
 who make

00:32:13.100 --> 00:32:13.759
 these decisions,

00:32:13.880 --> 00:32:14.160
 they're of the

00:32:14.160 --> 00:32:14.740
 same social

00:32:14.740 --> 00:32:16.880
 class as

00:32:16.880 --> 00:32:17.620
 the teachers

00:32:17.620 --> 00:32:18.500
 and the union

00:32:18.500 --> 00:32:19.240
 leaders.

00:32:20.920 --> 00:32:21.519
 And parliament

00:32:21.519 --> 00:32:22.360
 is filled more

00:32:22.360 --> 00:32:22.920
 with people

00:32:22.920 --> 00:32:23.440
 who are like

00:32:23.440 --> 00:32:24.180
 that than

00:32:24.180 --> 00:32:24.860
 people who

00:32:24.860 --> 00:32:25.840
 got election.

00:32:25.940 --> 00:32:26.420
 Imagine in the

00:32:26.420 --> 00:32:27.059
 next election,

00:32:27.440 --> 00:32:28.059
 the only people

00:32:28.059 --> 00:32:28.660
 who could run

00:32:28.660 --> 00:32:29.460
 are current

00:32:29.460 --> 00:32:30.380
 people who

00:32:30.380 --> 00:32:30.880
 serve you

00:32:30.880 --> 00:32:31.539
 coffee at

00:32:31.539 --> 00:32:32.120
 Tim Hortons

00:32:32.120 --> 00:32:32.740
 or stock the

00:32:32.740 --> 00:32:33.220
 shelves at

00:32:33.220 --> 00:32:33.580
 Metro.

00:32:34.640 --> 00:32:34.759
 Now,

00:32:34.799 --> 00:32:35.299
 just as a

00:32:35.299 --> 00:32:35.420
 side,

00:32:35.480 --> 00:32:35.740
 we might

00:32:35.740 --> 00:32:36.120
 actually have

00:32:36.120 --> 00:32:36.380
 a better

00:32:36.380 --> 00:32:36.820
 house of

00:32:36.820 --> 00:32:37.240
 commons

00:32:37.240 --> 00:32:37.559
 if that

00:32:37.559 --> 00:32:38.019
 happened.

00:32:39.880 --> 00:32:41.920
 But now

00:32:41.920 --> 00:32:42.319
 I'm really

00:32:42.319 --> 00:32:42.779
 in trouble.

00:32:43.059 --> 00:32:43.539
 But anyway,

00:32:44.019 --> 00:32:45.220
 William F.

00:32:45.279 --> 00:32:45.980
 Buckley famously

00:32:45.980 --> 00:32:46.640
 said that he'd

00:32:46.640 --> 00:32:49.380
 rather be ruled

00:32:49.380 --> 00:32:50.299
 by a random

00:32:50.299 --> 00:32:50.940
 selection of

00:32:50.940 --> 00:32:51.339
 people from

00:32:51.339 --> 00:32:51.799
 the Boston

00:32:51.799 --> 00:32:52.339
 phone book

00:32:52.339 --> 00:32:52.720
 than the

00:32:52.720 --> 00:32:53.319
 faculty of

00:32:53.319 --> 00:32:53.680
 Harvard.

00:32:55.279 --> 00:32:55.720
 But anyway,

00:32:56.079 --> 00:32:56.339
 sorry,

00:32:56.720 --> 00:32:57.519
 now I'm really

00:32:57.519 --> 00:32:58.000
 losing you.

00:32:58.200 --> 00:32:58.640
 That's maybe

00:32:58.640 --> 00:32:59.180
 why I shouldn't

00:32:59.180 --> 00:32:59.599
 use these

00:32:59.599 --> 00:33:00.079
 examples.

00:33:00.259 --> 00:33:00.640
 I don't know.

00:33:00.700 --> 00:33:01.000
 I'm sorry.

00:33:01.240 --> 00:33:01.720
 But the point

00:33:01.720 --> 00:33:05.640
 is that we

00:33:05.640 --> 00:33:10.480
 make these

00:33:10.480 --> 00:33:10.940
 types of

00:33:10.940 --> 00:33:11.640
 decisions and

00:33:11.640 --> 00:33:12.120
 their micro

00:33:12.120 --> 00:33:12.559
 decisions,

00:33:12.779 --> 00:33:13.319
 their class

00:33:13.319 --> 00:33:13.839
 decisions,

00:33:13.960 --> 00:33:14.680
 we're unconscious

00:33:14.680 --> 00:33:15.299
 to them and

00:33:15.299 --> 00:33:15.660
 the Bible

00:33:15.660 --> 00:33:16.220
 says it's

00:33:16.220 --> 00:33:16.579
 wrong.

00:33:19.059 --> 00:33:19.660
 The Bible

00:33:19.660 --> 00:33:20.100
 says it's

00:33:20.100 --> 00:33:20.360
 wrong.

00:33:21.579 --> 00:33:21.799
 In fact,

00:33:21.920 --> 00:33:22.440
 if we just

00:33:22.440 --> 00:33:22.779
 go on,

00:33:22.819 --> 00:33:23.380
 we'll see a

00:33:23.380 --> 00:33:23.660
 little bit.

00:33:23.700 --> 00:33:24.019
 Remember I

00:33:24.019 --> 00:33:24.360
 said the

00:33:24.360 --> 00:33:24.880
 big idea

00:33:24.880 --> 00:33:25.120
 of the

00:33:25.120 --> 00:33:25.700
 whole sermon

00:33:25.700 --> 00:33:26.160
 is that the

00:33:26.160 --> 00:33:26.539
 more real

00:33:26.539 --> 00:33:26.960
 the biblical

00:33:26.960 --> 00:33:27.600
 gospel is

00:33:27.600 --> 00:33:27.880
 to your

00:33:27.880 --> 00:33:28.700
 heart and

00:33:28.700 --> 00:33:28.940
 the more

00:33:28.940 --> 00:33:29.360
 real the

00:33:29.360 --> 00:33:29.700
 triune

00:33:29.700 --> 00:33:30.000
 God

00:33:30.000 --> 00:33:30.640
 becomes to

00:33:30.640 --> 00:33:30.759
 your

00:33:30.759 --> 00:33:30.940
 heart,

00:33:31.039 --> 00:33:31.579
 the more

00:33:31.579 --> 00:33:32.019
 you see

00:33:32.019 --> 00:33:32.419
 the deep

00:33:32.419 --> 00:33:33.019
 sinfulness

00:33:33.019 --> 00:33:33.259
 of

00:33:33.259 --> 00:33:33.779
 favoritism,

00:33:33.919 --> 00:33:34.480
 partiality,

00:33:34.500 --> 00:33:35.079
 and prejudice.

00:33:35.539 --> 00:33:35.859
 Look at

00:33:35.859 --> 00:33:36.319
 what goes

00:33:36.319 --> 00:33:36.679
 on in

00:33:36.679 --> 00:33:37.359
 verses 5,

00:33:37.460 --> 00:33:37.679
 6,

00:33:37.740 --> 00:33:38.179
 and 7

00:33:38.179 --> 00:33:39.279
 as James

00:33:39.279 --> 00:33:39.980
 rounds out

00:33:39.980 --> 00:33:41.039
 this section

00:33:41.039 --> 00:33:41.460
 and starts

00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:41.899
 to launch

00:33:41.899 --> 00:33:42.220
 into the

00:33:42.220 --> 00:33:42.599
 next thing.

00:33:42.679 --> 00:33:42.919
 Look at

00:33:42.919 --> 00:33:43.139
 what he

00:33:43.139 --> 00:33:43.399
 says.

00:33:43.480 --> 00:33:43.839
 He says,

00:33:44.379 --> 00:33:44.599
 listen,

00:33:44.779 --> 00:33:45.259
 my beloved

00:33:45.259 --> 00:33:45.919
 brothers and

00:33:45.919 --> 00:33:46.339
 sisters,

00:33:47.619 --> 00:33:48.299
 has not

00:33:48.299 --> 00:33:49.119
 God chosen

00:33:49.119 --> 00:33:49.720
 those who

00:33:49.720 --> 00:33:50.119
 are poor

00:33:50.119 --> 00:33:50.339
 in the

00:33:50.339 --> 00:33:50.740
 world to

00:33:50.740 --> 00:33:51.079
 be rich

00:33:51.079 --> 00:33:51.579
 in faith

00:33:51.579 --> 00:33:52.099
 and heirs

00:33:52.099 --> 00:33:52.439
 of the

00:33:52.439 --> 00:33:52.759
 kingdom

00:33:52.759 --> 00:33:53.500
 which he

00:33:53.500 --> 00:33:53.980
 has promised

00:33:53.980 --> 00:33:54.439
 to those

00:33:54.439 --> 00:33:54.799
 who love

00:33:54.799 --> 00:33:55.000
 him?

00:33:55.439 --> 00:33:55.619
 Now,

00:33:55.659 --> 00:33:56.019
 just two

00:33:56.019 --> 00:33:56.419
 things here.

00:33:56.480 --> 00:33:56.699
 We're going

00:33:56.699 --> 00:33:56.939
 to see

00:33:56.939 --> 00:33:57.220
 here,

00:33:57.699 --> 00:33:58.019
 it's sort

00:33:58.019 --> 00:33:58.319
 of a bit

00:33:58.319 --> 00:33:58.819
 beyond the

00:34:01.579 --> 00:34:02.279
 Bible here

00:34:02.279 --> 00:34:02.599
 is not

00:34:02.599 --> 00:34:03.059
 saying that

00:34:03.059 --> 00:34:03.539
 every poor

00:34:03.539 --> 00:34:04.159
 person goes

00:34:04.159 --> 00:34:04.500
 to heaven

00:34:04.500 --> 00:34:05.039
 because they're

00:34:05.039 --> 00:34:05.879
 poor and

00:34:05.879 --> 00:34:06.259
 that every

00:34:06.259 --> 00:34:06.859
 rich person

00:34:06.859 --> 00:34:07.359
 is damned,

00:34:07.519 --> 00:34:07.779
 which is

00:34:07.779 --> 00:34:08.340
 sort of the

00:34:08.340 --> 00:34:08.699
 next verse.

00:34:08.799 --> 00:34:09.059
 It's not

00:34:09.059 --> 00:34:09.579
 making that.

00:34:09.840 --> 00:34:10.360
 It's making

00:34:10.360 --> 00:34:10.779
 a bit of a

00:34:10.779 --> 00:34:11.319
 more general

00:34:11.319 --> 00:34:12.019
 statement and

00:34:12.019 --> 00:34:12.519
 the fact of

00:34:12.519 --> 00:34:12.739
 the matter

00:34:12.739 --> 00:34:13.380
 is this,

00:34:14.199 --> 00:34:16.000
 that God

00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:16.940
 chooses people

00:34:16.940 --> 00:34:17.500
 who are poor

00:34:17.500 --> 00:34:18.139
 and powerless

00:34:18.139 --> 00:34:18.659
 to be his

00:34:18.659 --> 00:34:19.059
 children.

00:34:20.340 --> 00:34:21.139
 I've had many

00:34:21.139 --> 00:34:21.860
 people over the

00:34:21.860 --> 00:34:22.579
 years say to

00:34:22.579 --> 00:34:22.739
 me,

00:34:22.819 --> 00:34:23.019
 Jesus,

00:34:23.420 --> 00:34:23.759
 but I don't

00:34:23.759 --> 00:34:23.980
 know if

00:34:23.980 --> 00:34:24.420
 Jesus would

00:34:24.420 --> 00:34:24.940
 ever choose

00:34:24.940 --> 00:34:25.259
 me.

00:34:26.299 --> 00:34:26.639
 But what

00:34:26.639 --> 00:34:28.219
 James is saying

00:34:28.219 --> 00:34:28.739
 here is the

00:34:28.739 --> 00:34:29.099
 fact of the

00:34:29.099 --> 00:34:29.579
 matter is,

00:34:29.619 --> 00:34:30.000
 how does

00:34:30.000 --> 00:34:30.940
 conversion work?

00:34:31.900 --> 00:34:33.019
 Jesus chooses

00:34:33.019 --> 00:34:33.719
 you before

00:34:33.719 --> 00:34:34.400
 you choose

00:34:34.400 --> 00:34:34.840
 Jesus,

00:34:35.019 --> 00:34:35.579
 and that is

00:34:35.579 --> 00:34:36.519
 true of every

00:34:36.519 --> 00:34:37.579
 single human

00:34:37.579 --> 00:34:37.860
 being.

00:34:37.960 --> 00:34:38.340
 Whether you

00:34:38.340 --> 00:34:38.920
 are a person

00:34:38.920 --> 00:34:39.840
 who cannot

00:34:39.840 --> 00:34:40.500
 remember,

00:34:40.900 --> 00:34:41.599
 you became a

00:34:41.599 --> 00:34:42.319
 Christian so

00:34:42.319 --> 00:34:42.940
 young in your

00:34:42.940 --> 00:34:43.579
 age that you

00:34:43.579 --> 00:34:44.440
 can't remember

00:34:44.440 --> 00:34:45.159
 really becoming

00:34:45.159 --> 00:34:45.559
 a Christian

00:34:45.559 --> 00:34:45.960
 because you've

00:34:45.960 --> 00:34:46.599
 always loved

00:34:46.599 --> 00:34:47.000
 Jesus,

00:34:47.279 --> 00:34:47.920
 or whether

00:34:47.920 --> 00:34:48.360
 you've had a

00:34:48.360 --> 00:34:48.779
 dramatic

00:34:48.779 --> 00:34:49.480
 conversion

00:34:49.480 --> 00:34:50.440
 experience,

00:34:50.860 --> 00:34:51.539
 the fact of

00:34:51.539 --> 00:34:52.019
 the matter is

00:34:52.019 --> 00:34:52.619
 that Jesus

00:34:52.619 --> 00:34:53.579
 always chooses

00:34:53.579 --> 00:34:54.380
 you first,

00:34:55.179 --> 00:34:55.960
 and after he

00:34:55.960 --> 00:34:56.559
 has chosen

00:34:56.559 --> 00:34:57.000
 you,

00:34:57.299 --> 00:34:57.840
 you choose

00:34:57.840 --> 00:34:58.119
 him.

00:34:58.960 --> 00:34:59.319
 And the

00:34:59.319 --> 00:34:59.719
 fact of the

00:34:59.719 --> 00:35:00.360
 matter is that

00:35:00.360 --> 00:35:01.380
 Jesus chooses

00:35:01.380 --> 00:35:02.039
 people who

00:35:02.039 --> 00:35:02.559
 are poor

00:35:02.559 --> 00:35:03.400
 and powerless.

00:35:04.099 --> 00:35:05.079
 He does.

00:35:05.579 --> 00:35:06.099
 And if God

00:35:06.099 --> 00:35:06.700
 has chosen

00:35:06.700 --> 00:35:07.320
 those who

00:35:07.320 --> 00:35:07.800
 are poor

00:35:07.800 --> 00:35:08.480
 and powerless

00:35:08.480 --> 00:35:09.180
 to be his

00:35:09.180 --> 00:35:09.599
 children,

00:35:09.980 --> 00:35:11.000
 how can you,

00:35:11.920 --> 00:35:12.700
 if you believe

00:35:12.700 --> 00:35:13.400
 the gospel,

00:35:13.760 --> 00:35:14.539
 if he is your

00:35:14.539 --> 00:35:15.079
 Lord,

00:35:15.840 --> 00:35:16.720
 discriminate and

00:35:16.720 --> 00:35:17.340
 put them in a

00:35:17.340 --> 00:35:18.099
 lower place?

00:35:18.380 --> 00:35:19.400
 If God chooses

00:35:19.400 --> 00:35:20.200
 those who are

00:35:20.200 --> 00:35:21.380
 poor and powerless

00:35:21.380 --> 00:35:22.480
 to be part of

00:35:22.480 --> 00:35:23.180
 his kingdom,

00:35:24.079 --> 00:35:25.240
 how can we say

00:35:25.240 --> 00:35:26.360
 that we don't

00:35:26.360 --> 00:35:27.059
 care about that?

00:35:27.059 --> 00:35:27.440
 there's a

00:35:27.440 --> 00:35:28.440
 higher standard

00:35:28.440 --> 00:35:28.940
 than who's

00:35:28.940 --> 00:35:29.259
 in his

00:35:29.259 --> 00:35:29.860
 kingdom than

00:35:29.860 --> 00:35:31.460
 what he has,

00:35:31.639 --> 00:35:32.059
 and we're

00:35:32.059 --> 00:35:32.239
 going to

00:35:32.239 --> 00:35:32.579
 treat them

00:35:32.579 --> 00:35:32.759
 in a

00:35:32.759 --> 00:35:33.340
 different way.

00:35:34.679 --> 00:35:35.059
 And then in

00:35:35.059 --> 00:35:35.699
 verse 6 it

00:35:35.699 --> 00:35:35.880
 says,

00:35:35.980 --> 00:35:36.360
 but you have

00:35:36.360 --> 00:35:37.099
 dishonored the

00:35:37.099 --> 00:35:37.679
 poor man.

00:35:38.619 --> 00:35:39.599
 Are not the

00:35:39.599 --> 00:35:40.119
 rich the

00:35:40.119 --> 00:35:40.579
 ones who

00:35:40.579 --> 00:35:41.219
 oppress you

00:35:41.219 --> 00:35:41.460
 and the

00:35:41.460 --> 00:35:41.840
 ones who

00:35:41.840 --> 00:35:42.360
 drag you

00:35:42.360 --> 00:35:43.039
 into court?

00:35:49.380 --> 00:35:50.119
 Verse 7,

00:35:50.119 --> 00:35:50.880
 are they not

00:35:50.880 --> 00:35:51.500
 the ones who

00:35:51.500 --> 00:35:52.360
 blaspheme the

00:35:52.360 --> 00:35:53.299
 honorable name

00:35:53.299 --> 00:35:53.860
 by which you

00:35:53.860 --> 00:35:54.380
 were called?

00:35:54.380 --> 00:35:55.680
 And this

00:35:55.680 --> 00:35:56.840
 language of a

00:35:56.840 --> 00:35:57.579
 name by which

00:35:57.579 --> 00:35:58.140
 you were called,

00:35:58.220 --> 00:35:58.700
 in the original

00:35:58.700 --> 00:35:59.300
 language,

00:35:59.740 --> 00:36:00.380
 what it's trying

00:36:00.380 --> 00:36:01.420
 to capture is

00:36:01.420 --> 00:36:02.599
 an invoking of

00:36:02.599 --> 00:36:03.480
 a name over

00:36:03.480 --> 00:36:05.420
 you in terms

00:36:05.420 --> 00:36:06.000
 of now who

00:36:06.000 --> 00:36:06.680
 you belong to

00:36:06.680 --> 00:36:07.340
 or what family

00:36:07.340 --> 00:36:07.700
 you're in.

00:36:08.300 --> 00:36:09.079
 In a sense,

00:36:09.160 --> 00:36:09.700
 what it's saying

00:36:09.700 --> 00:36:10.200
 is this,

00:36:10.420 --> 00:36:11.360
 if God the

00:36:11.360 --> 00:36:11.720
 Father,

00:36:11.880 --> 00:36:12.539
 God the Son,

00:36:12.599 --> 00:36:13.000
 and God the

00:36:13.000 --> 00:36:13.539
 Holy Spirit

00:36:13.539 --> 00:36:14.200
 had a last

00:36:14.200 --> 00:36:14.619
 name,

00:36:16.260 --> 00:36:16.720
 if they had

00:36:16.720 --> 00:36:17.360
 a last name,

00:36:17.840 --> 00:36:18.539
 when you put

00:36:18.539 --> 00:36:19.140
 your faith in

00:36:19.140 --> 00:36:19.500
 Jesus,

00:36:20.800 --> 00:36:21.300
 when I put

00:36:21.300 --> 00:36:21.900
 my faith in,

00:36:22.079 --> 00:36:22.700
 let's just say

00:36:22.700 --> 00:36:23.519
 whatever,

00:36:23.760 --> 00:36:24.059
 I'm not going

00:36:24.059 --> 00:36:24.200
 to say,

00:36:24.199 --> 00:36:25.279
 whatever God's

00:36:25.279 --> 00:36:26.059
 last name was,

00:36:26.079 --> 00:36:26.439
 when I put

00:36:26.439 --> 00:36:27.019
 my faith in

00:36:27.019 --> 00:36:27.299
 Jesus,

00:36:27.419 --> 00:36:27.939
 I now have

00:36:27.939 --> 00:36:28.139
 a new

00:36:28.139 --> 00:36:28.719
 last name.

00:36:29.719 --> 00:36:30.460
 I'm George,

00:36:30.899 --> 00:36:31.980
 with the last

00:36:31.980 --> 00:36:32.539
 name is now

00:36:32.539 --> 00:36:32.960
 the name of

00:36:32.960 --> 00:36:33.299
 the Father,

00:36:33.419 --> 00:36:33.639
 the Son,

00:36:33.699 --> 00:36:33.939
 and the Holy

00:36:33.939 --> 00:36:34.279
 Spirit.

00:36:35.199 --> 00:36:35.939
 And that is

00:36:35.939 --> 00:36:37.339
 true whether

00:36:37.339 --> 00:36:38.000
 you are in

00:36:38.000 --> 00:36:38.519
 Nairobi,

00:36:39.259 --> 00:36:39.799
 whether you

00:36:39.799 --> 00:36:40.139
 are in

00:36:40.139 --> 00:36:40.599
 Moscow,

00:36:41.319 --> 00:36:41.719
 whether you

00:36:41.719 --> 00:36:42.139
 are in

00:36:42.139 --> 00:36:42.759
 Tehran,

00:36:43.519 --> 00:36:44.059
 whether you

00:36:44.059 --> 00:36:45.359
 are in

00:36:45.359 --> 00:36:45.919
 Ottawa,

00:36:46.519 --> 00:36:47.139
 and it is

00:36:47.139 --> 00:36:47.739
 true whether

00:36:47.739 --> 00:36:48.279
 you are part

00:36:48.279 --> 00:36:48.500
 of the

00:36:48.500 --> 00:36:49.039
 Billionaires

00:36:49.039 --> 00:36:49.519
 Club,

00:36:49.719 --> 00:36:50.539
 or you are

00:36:50.539 --> 00:36:51.519
 an untouchable

00:36:51.519 --> 00:36:52.539
 in India.

00:36:52.539 --> 00:36:54.759
 the moment

00:36:54.759 --> 00:36:56.639
 you respond

00:36:56.639 --> 00:36:57.019
 to the

00:36:57.019 --> 00:36:57.860
 invitation of

00:36:57.860 --> 00:36:58.460
 Jesus to

00:36:58.460 --> 00:36:58.900
 have him

00:36:58.900 --> 00:36:59.340
 be your

00:36:59.340 --> 00:36:59.880
 Savior and

00:36:59.880 --> 00:37:00.099
 Lord,

00:37:00.179 --> 00:37:00.779
 to trust

00:37:00.779 --> 00:37:01.820
 that he

00:37:01.820 --> 00:37:02.759
 has done

00:37:02.759 --> 00:37:03.460
 everything that

00:37:03.460 --> 00:37:04.000
 needs to be

00:37:04.000 --> 00:37:04.719
 done to make

00:37:04.719 --> 00:37:05.320
 you right with

00:37:05.320 --> 00:37:05.759
 God,

00:37:06.259 --> 00:37:06.920
 and that when

00:37:06.920 --> 00:37:07.480
 you put your

00:37:07.480 --> 00:37:08.219
 faith and trust

00:37:08.219 --> 00:37:08.519
 in him,

00:37:08.619 --> 00:37:09.340
 everything that

00:37:09.340 --> 00:37:09.940
 is needed to

00:37:09.940 --> 00:37:10.519
 be made right

00:37:10.519 --> 00:37:11.159
 with God has

00:37:11.159 --> 00:37:11.820
 been accomplished

00:37:11.820 --> 00:37:12.619
 by him,

00:37:13.019 --> 00:37:13.380
 and he

00:37:13.380 --> 00:37:16.619
 takes you not

00:37:16.619 --> 00:37:17.159
 weighing your

00:37:17.159 --> 00:37:17.519
 merits,

00:37:17.619 --> 00:37:18.239
 but pardoning

00:37:18.239 --> 00:37:18.779
 your offenses,

00:37:18.780 --> 00:37:19.920
 he clothes

00:37:19.920 --> 00:37:20.300
 you with

00:37:20.300 --> 00:37:20.980
 his righteousness,

00:37:21.500 --> 00:37:22.080
 he gives

00:37:22.080 --> 00:37:22.480
 you new

00:37:22.480 --> 00:37:22.960
 life,

00:37:23.140 --> 00:37:23.880
 and he

00:37:23.880 --> 00:37:24.560
 takes you

00:37:24.560 --> 00:37:25.200
 as his

00:37:25.200 --> 00:37:25.560
 own,

00:37:25.900 --> 00:37:26.760
 his precious

00:37:26.760 --> 00:37:27.519
 possession,

00:37:27.680 --> 00:37:28.019
 you are now

00:37:28.019 --> 00:37:28.620
 part of his

00:37:28.620 --> 00:37:29.019
 family,

00:37:29.120 --> 00:37:29.660
 your last

00:37:29.660 --> 00:37:30.360
 name is now

00:37:30.360 --> 00:37:31.140
 his name,

00:37:31.200 --> 00:37:31.560
 you have a

00:37:31.560 --> 00:37:32.160
 new identity,

00:37:32.600 --> 00:37:33.140
 and that is

00:37:33.140 --> 00:37:34.019
 true regardless

00:37:34.019 --> 00:37:34.920
 of your

00:37:34.920 --> 00:37:35.400
 income,

00:37:35.980 --> 00:37:36.940
 regardless of

00:37:36.940 --> 00:37:37.580
 your race,

00:37:38.060 --> 00:37:38.940
 regardless of

00:37:38.940 --> 00:37:39.600
 your age,

00:37:40.019 --> 00:37:40.820
 regardless of

00:37:40.820 --> 00:37:41.740
 your nationality,

00:37:41.860 --> 00:37:42.680
 regardless of

00:37:42.680 --> 00:37:43.360
 your educational

00:37:43.360 --> 00:37:43.960
 attainment,

00:37:44.240 --> 00:37:44.880
 that is what

00:37:44.880 --> 00:37:45.760
 the gospel is,

00:37:45.840 --> 00:37:46.420
 that is who

00:37:46.420 --> 00:37:46.960
 the Father,

00:37:47.100 --> 00:37:47.360
 the Son,

00:37:47.400 --> 00:37:47.760
 and the Holy

00:37:47.760 --> 00:37:48.580
 Spirit are,

00:37:48.780 --> 00:37:49.480
 they are a

00:37:49.480 --> 00:37:50.160
 God of love,

00:37:50.240 --> 00:37:50.700
 he is a

00:37:50.700 --> 00:37:51.380
 God of love,

00:37:51.400 --> 00:37:52.040
 from all

00:37:52.040 --> 00:37:52.620
 eternity,

00:37:53.080 --> 00:37:53.660
 and out of

00:37:53.660 --> 00:37:54.200
 an abundance

00:37:54.200 --> 00:37:54.680
 of his

00:37:54.680 --> 00:37:55.160
 love,

00:37:55.780 --> 00:37:56.260
 God has

00:37:56.260 --> 00:37:56.760
 done this

00:37:56.760 --> 00:37:57.240
 and offered

00:37:57.240 --> 00:37:57.940
 this for

00:37:57.940 --> 00:37:58.460
 his people,

00:37:59.019 --> 00:38:00.160
 and if that

00:38:00.160 --> 00:38:01.140
 is what it

00:38:01.140 --> 00:38:01.660
 means to be

00:38:01.660 --> 00:38:02.140
 a Christian,

00:38:02.280 --> 00:38:02.920
 how can you

00:38:02.920 --> 00:38:03.600
 show prejudice

00:38:03.600 --> 00:38:04.660
 and partiality?

00:38:06.320 --> 00:38:07.280
 How can you

00:38:07.280 --> 00:38:08.519
 not desire

00:38:08.519 --> 00:38:09.240
 to have

00:38:09.240 --> 00:38:10.380
 any class

00:38:10.380 --> 00:38:10.960
 bias,

00:38:11.140 --> 00:38:11.940
 any racism

00:38:11.940 --> 00:38:12.740
 in your life

00:38:12.740 --> 00:38:14.080
 removed from

00:38:14.080 --> 00:38:14.740
 your life,

00:38:14.860 --> 00:38:15.580
 as this

00:38:15.580 --> 00:38:16.620
 grips you?

00:38:18.780 --> 00:38:22.680
 chapter 1,

00:38:22.760 --> 00:38:23.220
 verse 18,

00:38:23.300 --> 00:38:23.800
 it talks about

00:38:23.800 --> 00:38:24.180
 how God

00:38:24.180 --> 00:38:24.780
 only gives

00:38:24.780 --> 00:38:25.220
 good gifts

00:38:25.220 --> 00:38:25.460
 and the

00:38:25.460 --> 00:38:26.200
 greatest gift,

00:38:26.540 --> 00:38:27.160
 he's only a

00:38:27.160 --> 00:38:27.360
 giver,

00:38:27.460 --> 00:38:27.700
 he's a

00:38:27.700 --> 00:38:28.080
 potential,

00:38:28.240 --> 00:38:28.980
 always giving,

00:38:29.080 --> 00:38:29.280
 and that's

00:38:29.280 --> 00:38:29.519
 why it

00:38:29.519 --> 00:38:30.080
 comes out

00:38:30.080 --> 00:38:31.880
 that the

00:38:31.880 --> 00:38:32.200
 more than

00:38:32.200 --> 00:38:32.500
 only the

00:38:32.500 --> 00:38:33.440
 triune God,

00:38:34.120 --> 00:38:34.519
 the more

00:38:34.519 --> 00:38:35.080
 as well you

00:38:35.080 --> 00:38:35.640
 see the

00:38:35.640 --> 00:38:36.460
 abhorrence of

00:38:36.460 --> 00:38:36.900
 prejudice,

00:38:37.140 --> 00:38:37.560
 discrimination,

00:38:38.000 --> 00:38:38.620
 favoritism,

00:38:39.160 --> 00:38:39.600
 racism.

00:38:40.880 --> 00:38:41.800
 It is evil.

00:38:41.800 --> 00:38:44.360
 So just

00:38:44.360 --> 00:38:44.780
 to close

00:38:44.780 --> 00:38:45.039
 up,

00:38:45.900 --> 00:38:46.460
 once again,

00:38:46.519 --> 00:38:46.840
 the big

00:38:46.840 --> 00:38:47.400
 idea of

00:38:47.400 --> 00:38:47.720
 the whole

00:38:47.720 --> 00:38:48.120
 sermon,

00:38:48.620 --> 00:38:49.260
 the more

00:38:49.260 --> 00:38:49.740
 real the

00:38:49.740 --> 00:38:50.039
 biblical

00:38:50.039 --> 00:38:50.700
 gospel is

00:38:50.700 --> 00:38:50.920
 to your

00:38:50.920 --> 00:38:51.200
 heart,

00:38:51.240 --> 00:38:51.380
 and the

00:38:51.380 --> 00:38:51.780
 more real

00:38:51.780 --> 00:38:52.300
 the triune

00:38:52.300 --> 00:38:52.660
 God

00:38:52.660 --> 00:38:53.180
 becomes

00:38:53.180 --> 00:38:53.560
 to your

00:38:53.560 --> 00:38:53.820
 heart,

00:38:53.900 --> 00:38:54.320
 the more

00:38:54.320 --> 00:38:55.019
 you see

00:38:55.019 --> 00:38:55.480
 the deep

00:38:55.480 --> 00:38:56.000
 sinfulness

00:38:56.000 --> 00:38:57.039
 of favoritism,

00:38:57.539 --> 00:38:58.260
 partiality,

00:38:58.260 --> 00:38:59.300
 and prejudice.

00:39:00.380 --> 00:39:00.940
 And then

00:39:00.940 --> 00:39:01.660
 one other

00:39:01.660 --> 00:39:02.800
 particular thing

00:39:02.800 --> 00:39:03.420
 to take away

00:39:03.420 --> 00:39:03.700
 is,

00:39:04.220 --> 00:39:04.400
 Lord,

00:39:04.539 --> 00:39:05.120
 help me to

00:39:05.120 --> 00:39:05.539
 see the

00:39:05.539 --> 00:39:06.039
 prejudice

00:39:06.039 --> 00:39:07.060
 log in

00:39:07.060 --> 00:39:07.620
 my own

00:39:07.620 --> 00:39:08.260
 eyes

00:39:08.260 --> 00:39:09.420
 before I

00:39:09.420 --> 00:39:09.840
 see the

00:39:09.840 --> 00:39:10.320
 prejudice

00:39:10.320 --> 00:39:11.240
 speck,

00:39:11.239 --> 00:39:12.259
 in the

00:39:12.259 --> 00:39:12.659
 eyes

00:39:12.659 --> 00:39:13.439
 of other

00:39:13.439 --> 00:39:13.819
 people.

00:39:15.039 --> 00:39:15.259
 You know,

00:39:15.299 --> 00:39:15.619
 on one hand,

00:39:15.679 --> 00:39:16.159
 what this is

00:39:16.159 --> 00:39:16.579
 telling us

00:39:16.579 --> 00:39:17.079
 to is to

00:39:17.079 --> 00:39:17.719
 dive deep

00:39:17.719 --> 00:39:18.059
 into the

00:39:18.059 --> 00:39:18.459
 gospel,

00:39:18.599 --> 00:39:19.379
 to say

00:39:19.379 --> 00:39:19.679
 to the

00:39:19.679 --> 00:39:19.919
 Lord,

00:39:20.879 --> 00:39:21.139
 Lord,

00:39:21.199 --> 00:39:21.579
 not just

00:39:21.579 --> 00:39:22.079
 help me

00:39:22.079 --> 00:39:22.939
 to rid

00:39:22.939 --> 00:39:23.399
 prejudice

00:39:23.399 --> 00:39:23.759
 of my

00:39:23.759 --> 00:39:23.979
 life,

00:39:24.039 --> 00:39:24.379
 but help

00:39:24.379 --> 00:39:24.879
 father the

00:39:24.879 --> 00:39:25.419
 gospel to

00:39:25.419 --> 00:39:25.919
 become more

00:39:25.919 --> 00:39:26.439
 real to

00:39:26.439 --> 00:39:26.639
 me.

00:39:27.239 --> 00:39:27.659
 Help me

00:39:27.659 --> 00:39:28.000
 to know

00:39:28.000 --> 00:39:28.279
 you,

00:39:28.439 --> 00:39:28.619
 father,

00:39:28.799 --> 00:39:28.919
 son,

00:39:28.959 --> 00:39:29.279
 and holy

00:39:29.279 --> 00:39:29.639
 spirit,

00:39:29.759 --> 00:39:30.019
 more,

00:39:30.139 --> 00:39:30.319
 and to

00:39:30.319 --> 00:39:30.619
 be known

00:39:30.619 --> 00:39:31.219
 by you.

00:39:31.319 --> 00:39:31.719
 Fan into

00:39:31.719 --> 00:39:32.219
 flame within

00:39:32.219 --> 00:39:32.619
 me a

00:39:32.619 --> 00:39:33.139
 longing and

00:39:33.139 --> 00:39:33.639
 yearning to

00:39:33.639 --> 00:39:34.199
 know you,

00:39:34.259 --> 00:39:34.539
 and to be

00:39:34.539 --> 00:39:35.219
 known by

00:39:35.219 --> 00:39:35.439
 you,

00:39:35.479 --> 00:39:35.659
 and to

00:39:35.659 --> 00:39:36.179
 know about

00:39:36.179 --> 00:39:36.479
 you,

00:39:37.139 --> 00:39:37.619
 to be

00:39:37.619 --> 00:39:38.179
 formed by

00:39:38.179 --> 00:39:38.359
 the

00:39:38.359 --> 00:39:38.940
 gospel,

00:39:39.319 --> 00:39:39.839
 by the

00:39:39.839 --> 00:39:40.399
 gospel as

00:39:40.399 --> 00:39:40.839
 is portrayed

00:39:40.839 --> 00:39:41.019
 in the

00:39:41.019 --> 00:39:41.179
 Bible.

00:39:41.319 --> 00:39:41.539
 Father,

00:39:41.679 --> 00:39:42.199
 make that

00:39:42.199 --> 00:39:42.440
 true,

00:39:42.539 --> 00:39:42.919
 and father,

00:39:43.019 --> 00:39:43.259
 as you

00:39:43.259 --> 00:39:43.739
 make that

00:39:43.739 --> 00:39:44.139
 true,

00:39:44.819 --> 00:39:45.239
 in your

00:39:45.239 --> 00:39:45.719
 mercy,

00:39:47.279 --> 00:39:47.859
 deliver me

00:39:47.859 --> 00:39:48.440
 from seeing

00:39:48.440 --> 00:39:49.119
 the prejudice

00:39:49.119 --> 00:39:50.199
 and favoritism.

00:39:50.559 --> 00:39:50.739
 I mean,

00:39:50.779 --> 00:39:51.639
 don't deliver me

00:39:51.639 --> 00:39:52.019
 from ever

00:39:52.019 --> 00:39:52.539
 seeing it,

00:39:52.599 --> 00:39:53.059
 but father,

00:39:53.179 --> 00:39:53.859
 help me to

00:39:53.859 --> 00:39:54.679
 look first

00:39:54.679 --> 00:39:55.759
 for whatever

00:39:55.759 --> 00:39:57.039
 logs there

00:39:57.039 --> 00:39:57.639
 are in

00:39:57.639 --> 00:39:58.219
 my own

00:39:58.219 --> 00:39:58.919
 eyes.

00:40:00.119 --> 00:40:00.599
 You know,

00:40:00.619 --> 00:40:01.000
 when Jesus

00:40:01.000 --> 00:40:01.559
 says to

00:40:01.559 --> 00:40:02.139
 look for

00:40:02.139 --> 00:40:02.759
 the log

00:40:02.759 --> 00:40:03.119
 in our

00:40:03.119 --> 00:40:03.480
 own eyes

00:40:03.480 --> 00:40:03.919
 before we

00:40:03.919 --> 00:40:04.440
 see the

00:40:04.440 --> 00:40:04.819
 speck in

00:40:04.819 --> 00:40:05.099
 the others,

00:40:05.199 --> 00:40:05.619
 he's not

00:40:05.619 --> 00:40:06.139
 calling us

00:40:06.139 --> 00:40:06.619
 to moral

00:40:06.619 --> 00:40:07.500
 blindness in

00:40:07.500 --> 00:40:08.000
 the world.

00:40:08.179 --> 00:40:10.519
 that what

00:40:10.519 --> 00:40:10.960
 he's calling

00:40:10.960 --> 00:40:11.440
 you to is

00:40:11.440 --> 00:40:12.139
 the path

00:40:12.139 --> 00:40:12.919
 to moral

00:40:12.919 --> 00:40:13.519
 clarity,

00:40:14.259 --> 00:40:14.759
 a moral

00:40:14.759 --> 00:40:15.440
 clarity

00:40:15.440 --> 00:40:16.519
 based on

00:40:16.519 --> 00:40:17.719
 humility

00:40:17.719 --> 00:40:18.619
 and penitence

00:40:18.619 --> 00:40:19.500
 about yourself

00:40:19.500 --> 00:40:19.819
 and being

00:40:19.819 --> 00:40:20.199
 gripped by

00:40:20.199 --> 00:40:20.799
 the gospel,

00:40:22.039 --> 00:40:22.519
 a moral

00:40:22.519 --> 00:40:23.219
 clarity that

00:40:23.219 --> 00:40:23.739
 can see the

00:40:23.739 --> 00:40:24.379
 evil of

00:40:24.379 --> 00:40:24.819
 prejudice

00:40:24.819 --> 00:40:25.980
 in all

00:40:25.980 --> 00:40:26.739
 its forms,

00:40:27.699 --> 00:40:28.359
 while at

00:40:28.359 --> 00:40:28.699
 the same

00:40:28.699 --> 00:40:29.599
 time realizing

00:40:29.599 --> 00:40:30.079
 that it's

00:40:30.079 --> 00:40:30.379
 me,

00:40:30.480 --> 00:40:31.019
 it's me,

00:40:31.119 --> 00:40:31.659
 it's me,

00:40:31.719 --> 00:40:32.339
 oh Lord,

00:40:32.739 --> 00:40:33.379
 standing

00:40:33.379 --> 00:40:34.259
 in the

00:40:34.259 --> 00:40:35.199
 need of

00:40:35.199 --> 00:40:35.559
 prayer.

00:40:38.179 --> 00:40:40.259
 please

00:40:40.259 --> 00:40:40.679
 stand.

00:40:50.139 --> 00:40:50.759
 If there

00:40:50.759 --> 00:40:51.299
 are any

00:40:51.299 --> 00:40:52.159
 watching this

00:40:52.159 --> 00:40:52.699
 or hearing

00:40:52.699 --> 00:40:53.500
 this who've

00:40:53.500 --> 00:40:54.239
 been troubled

00:40:54.239 --> 00:40:54.819
 by the fact

00:40:54.819 --> 00:40:55.139
 that they

00:40:55.139 --> 00:40:55.419
 think,

00:40:55.519 --> 00:40:55.639
 well I

00:40:55.639 --> 00:40:55.839
 don't know,

00:40:55.919 --> 00:40:56.299
 I think I

00:40:56.299 --> 00:40:56.819
 like Jesus

00:40:56.819 --> 00:40:57.739
 but I

00:40:57.739 --> 00:40:58.079
 don't think

00:40:58.079 --> 00:40:58.440
 he'd like

00:40:58.440 --> 00:40:58.679
 me.

00:40:58.839 --> 00:40:59.259
 He wouldn't

00:40:59.259 --> 00:40:59.619
 like me

00:40:59.619 --> 00:41:00.019
 because of

00:41:00.019 --> 00:41:00.480
 my views,

00:41:00.579 --> 00:41:00.859
 he wouldn't

00:41:00.859 --> 00:41:01.219
 like me

00:41:01.219 --> 00:41:01.679
 because how

00:41:01.679 --> 00:41:02.079
 messed up

00:41:02.079 --> 00:41:02.519
 my life

00:41:02.519 --> 00:41:02.759
 is,

00:41:02.799 --> 00:41:03.119
 he wouldn't

00:41:03.119 --> 00:41:03.460
 like me

00:41:03.460 --> 00:41:04.000
 because nobody

00:41:04.000 --> 00:41:04.639
 else likes

00:41:04.639 --> 00:41:04.900
 me,

00:41:05.199 --> 00:41:05.659
 he wouldn't

00:41:05.659 --> 00:41:06.019
 like me

00:41:06.019 --> 00:41:06.440
 because I

00:41:06.440 --> 00:41:06.779
 don't like

00:41:06.779 --> 00:41:07.400
 myself.

00:41:09.019 --> 00:41:09.239
 You know,

00:41:09.559 --> 00:41:10.559
 if that's,

00:41:10.699 --> 00:41:11.339
 you've now

00:41:11.339 --> 00:41:12.139
 been told

00:41:12.139 --> 00:41:12.699
 that in fact

00:41:12.699 --> 00:41:13.059
 the matter

00:41:13.059 --> 00:41:13.420
 is,

00:41:13.420 --> 00:41:14.519
 if you feel

00:41:14.519 --> 00:41:15.219
 any tug

00:41:15.219 --> 00:41:15.819
 to Jesus

00:41:15.819 --> 00:41:16.460
 at all,

00:41:17.359 --> 00:41:17.739
 you need

00:41:17.739 --> 00:41:18.079
 to know

00:41:18.079 --> 00:41:18.500
 that that

00:41:18.500 --> 00:41:19.079
 tug you

00:41:19.079 --> 00:41:19.639
 feel for

00:41:19.639 --> 00:41:20.319
 Jesus is

00:41:20.319 --> 00:41:21.179
 because Jesus

00:41:21.179 --> 00:41:21.940
 has chosen

00:41:21.940 --> 00:41:22.500
 you and is

00:41:22.500 --> 00:41:23.039
 calling you

00:41:23.039 --> 00:41:23.440
 to be his

00:41:23.440 --> 00:41:23.659
 own.

00:41:24.440 --> 00:41:24.779
 And there

00:41:24.779 --> 00:41:25.219
 is no

00:41:25.219 --> 00:41:25.920
 better time

00:41:25.920 --> 00:41:26.339
 than right

00:41:26.339 --> 00:41:26.819
 now to

00:41:26.819 --> 00:41:27.079
 say,

00:41:27.199 --> 00:41:27.519
 Jesus,

00:41:28.199 --> 00:41:28.900
 thank you

00:41:28.900 --> 00:41:29.559
 for calling

00:41:29.559 --> 00:41:29.900
 me.

00:41:31.059 --> 00:41:31.619
 I say

00:41:31.619 --> 00:41:32.059
 yes.

00:41:32.059 --> 00:41:34.059
 I say

00:41:34.059 --> 00:41:34.679
 please be

00:41:34.679 --> 00:41:35.320
 my Savior,

00:41:35.500 --> 00:41:35.880
 be my

00:41:35.880 --> 00:41:36.299
 Lord,

00:41:37.079 --> 00:41:38.119
 let me

00:41:38.119 --> 00:41:38.440
 be in

00:41:38.440 --> 00:41:38.840
 you and

00:41:38.840 --> 00:41:39.159
 be in

00:41:39.159 --> 00:41:39.279
 me,

00:41:39.380 --> 00:41:39.480
 whatever,

00:41:39.599 --> 00:41:39.920
 use your

00:41:39.920 --> 00:41:40.420
 own words,

00:41:40.500 --> 00:41:40.820
 just say

00:41:40.820 --> 00:41:41.099
 yes,

00:41:41.139 --> 00:41:41.460
 I'm no

00:41:41.460 --> 00:41:41.719
 longer

00:41:41.719 --> 00:41:42.099
 running,

00:41:42.599 --> 00:41:43.500
 I find

00:41:43.500 --> 00:41:44.320
 it hard

00:41:44.320 --> 00:41:44.880
 to believe

00:41:44.880 --> 00:41:45.699
 that you

00:41:45.699 --> 00:41:46.820
 would actually

00:41:46.820 --> 00:41:47.699
 choose me

00:41:47.699 --> 00:41:48.279
 before I've

00:41:48.279 --> 00:41:49.039
 chosen you

00:41:49.039 --> 00:41:50.360
 and want

00:41:50.360 --> 00:41:50.920
 me before

00:41:50.920 --> 00:41:51.279
 I even

00:41:51.279 --> 00:41:52.000
 wanted you,

00:41:53.000 --> 00:41:53.799
 but I

00:41:53.799 --> 00:41:54.420
 accept,

00:41:54.779 --> 00:41:55.519
 I give

00:41:55.519 --> 00:41:56.179
 myself to

00:41:56.179 --> 00:41:56.279
 you,

00:41:56.320 --> 00:41:56.940
 I surrender,

00:41:57.519 --> 00:41:58.059
 I surrender,

00:41:58.159 --> 00:41:58.380
 I'll use

00:41:58.380 --> 00:41:58.679
 your own

00:41:58.679 --> 00:41:58.900
 words,

00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:59.179
 there's no

00:41:59.179 --> 00:41:59.579
 better time

00:41:59.579 --> 00:42:00.000
 than now.

00:42:02.059 --> 00:42:03.320
 And for

00:42:03.320 --> 00:42:03.960
 all of

00:42:03.960 --> 00:42:04.159
 us,

00:42:04.340 --> 00:42:04.460
 it's,

00:42:04.840 --> 00:42:06.460
 you know,

00:42:06.500 --> 00:42:06.759
 as a

00:42:06.759 --> 00:42:07.239
 follower of

00:42:07.239 --> 00:42:07.480
 Jesus,

00:42:07.619 --> 00:42:08.000
 it's not a

00:42:08.000 --> 00:42:08.500
 bad thing

00:42:08.500 --> 00:42:08.779
 to be

00:42:08.779 --> 00:42:09.119
 convicted

00:42:09.119 --> 00:42:09.619
 of sin.

00:42:12.019 --> 00:42:12.519
 If you're

00:42:12.519 --> 00:42:12.840
 gripped by

00:42:12.840 --> 00:42:13.299
 the gospel

00:42:13.299 --> 00:42:13.820
 and convicted

00:42:13.820 --> 00:42:14.179
 of sin,

00:42:14.239 --> 00:42:14.679
 that's actually

00:42:14.679 --> 00:42:15.019
 a good

00:42:15.019 --> 00:42:15.279
 thing,

00:42:15.320 --> 00:42:15.579
 not a

00:42:15.579 --> 00:42:15.860
 bad

00:42:15.860 --> 00:42:16.179
 thing,

00:42:16.559 --> 00:42:16.960
 not a

00:42:16.960 --> 00:42:17.179
 thing to

00:42:17.179 --> 00:42:17.679
 be depressed

00:42:17.679 --> 00:42:18.000
 over,

00:42:18.079 --> 00:42:18.259
 but a

00:42:18.259 --> 00:42:18.480
 thing to

00:42:18.480 --> 00:42:19.000
 be hopeful

00:42:19.000 --> 00:42:19.320
 about.

00:42:22.340 --> 00:42:22.980
 So let's

00:42:22.980 --> 00:42:23.400
 just pray.

00:42:24.900 --> 00:42:25.279
 Father,

00:42:25.340 --> 00:42:25.719
 we thank

00:42:25.719 --> 00:42:26.139
 you that

00:42:26.139 --> 00:42:26.539
 for those

00:42:26.539 --> 00:42:26.880
 of us

00:42:26.880 --> 00:42:27.139
 who are

00:42:27.139 --> 00:42:27.440
 here,

00:42:27.579 --> 00:42:28.079
 that have

00:42:28.079 --> 00:42:28.539
 given their

00:42:28.539 --> 00:42:29.000
 lives to

00:42:29.000 --> 00:42:29.380
 Christ,

00:42:29.539 --> 00:42:30.159
 that he

00:42:30.159 --> 00:42:30.460
 is our

00:42:30.460 --> 00:42:30.980
 Savior and

00:42:30.980 --> 00:42:31.420
 our Lord,

00:42:31.519 --> 00:42:31.900
 we thank

00:42:31.900 --> 00:42:32.079
 you,

00:42:32.200 --> 00:42:32.400
 Father,

00:42:32.619 --> 00:42:34.180
 that that

00:42:34.180 --> 00:42:34.680
 good gift

00:42:34.680 --> 00:42:35.220
 comes from

00:42:35.220 --> 00:42:35.480
 you,

00:42:35.599 --> 00:42:36.000
 the Father,

00:42:36.099 --> 00:42:36.380
 the Son,

00:42:36.420 --> 00:42:36.680
 and the Holy

00:42:36.680 --> 00:42:37.079
 Spirit.

00:42:37.220 --> 00:42:37.579
 We thank

00:42:37.579 --> 00:42:37.780
 you,

00:42:37.880 --> 00:42:38.099
 Father,

00:42:38.180 --> 00:42:38.639
 that you

00:42:38.639 --> 00:42:39.280
 called us

00:42:39.280 --> 00:42:39.760
 before we

00:42:39.760 --> 00:42:40.340
 ever called

00:42:40.340 --> 00:42:40.780
 on you,

00:42:40.880 --> 00:42:41.160
 that you

00:42:41.160 --> 00:42:41.680
 loved us

00:42:41.680 --> 00:42:42.119
 before we

00:42:42.119 --> 00:42:42.619
 ever loved

00:42:42.619 --> 00:42:42.880
 you.

00:42:43.639 --> 00:42:44.380
 You desired

00:42:44.380 --> 00:42:44.820
 us to be

00:42:44.820 --> 00:42:45.280
 your children

00:42:45.280 --> 00:42:45.760
 before we

00:42:45.760 --> 00:42:46.360
 ever desired

00:42:46.360 --> 00:42:46.800
 to be your

00:42:46.800 --> 00:42:47.200
 child.

00:42:47.380 --> 00:42:47.660
 And Father,

00:42:47.700 --> 00:42:48.160
 we thank

00:42:48.160 --> 00:42:48.480
 you for

00:42:48.480 --> 00:42:49.280
 this gift

00:42:49.280 --> 00:42:49.940
 of grace.

00:42:50.860 --> 00:42:51.200
 Father,

00:42:51.340 --> 00:42:52.019
 it's hard

00:42:52.019 --> 00:42:52.360
 for us to

00:42:52.360 --> 00:42:52.599
 get our

00:42:52.599 --> 00:42:53.180
 mind around

00:42:53.180 --> 00:42:53.340
 it,

00:42:53.380 --> 00:42:53.639
 bring it

00:42:53.639 --> 00:42:54.099
 home to

00:42:54.099 --> 00:42:54.420
 our heart

00:42:54.420 --> 00:42:54.780
 in a deep

00:42:54.780 --> 00:42:55.059
 way.

00:42:56.059 --> 00:42:56.380
 And Father,

00:42:56.500 --> 00:42:56.880
 you know for

00:42:56.880 --> 00:42:57.360
 each one of

00:42:57.360 --> 00:42:57.720
 us the

00:42:57.720 --> 00:42:58.420
 different ways

00:42:58.420 --> 00:42:58.820
 that we

00:42:58.820 --> 00:42:59.380
 are making

00:42:59.380 --> 00:43:00.300
 micro decisions

00:43:00.300 --> 00:43:00.980
 and unconscious

00:43:00.980 --> 00:43:01.900
 decisions that

00:43:01.900 --> 00:43:02.460
 flow out of

00:43:02.460 --> 00:43:02.900
 prejudice,

00:43:03.119 --> 00:43:03.800
 partiality,

00:43:04.340 --> 00:43:05.039
 favoritism.

00:43:06.079 --> 00:43:06.639
 Father,

00:43:07.340 --> 00:43:08.260
 please make

00:43:08.260 --> 00:43:08.800
 the gospel

00:43:08.800 --> 00:43:09.400
 more real

00:43:09.400 --> 00:43:09.820
 to our

00:43:09.820 --> 00:43:10.159
 hearts.

00:43:10.300 --> 00:43:10.720
 And Father,

00:43:11.019 --> 00:43:11.860
 have you

00:43:11.860 --> 00:43:12.099
 and the

00:43:12.099 --> 00:43:12.619
 Holy Spirit

00:43:12.619 --> 00:43:13.519
 and Jesus

00:43:13.519 --> 00:43:14.220
 become more

00:43:14.220 --> 00:43:14.940
 real to us,

00:43:15.340 --> 00:43:15.960
 three persons,

00:43:16.079 --> 00:43:16.559
 one God.

00:43:16.559 --> 00:43:17.680
 And Father,

00:43:17.920 --> 00:43:18.639
 help me to

00:43:18.639 --> 00:43:19.099
 see the

00:43:19.099 --> 00:43:19.940
 prejudice and

00:43:19.940 --> 00:43:20.880
 partiality and

00:43:20.880 --> 00:43:21.519
 favoritism

00:43:21.519 --> 00:43:23.139
 logs in my

00:43:23.139 --> 00:43:23.820
 own eye,

00:43:23.820 --> 00:43:25.260
 so that I

00:43:25.260 --> 00:43:25.800
 might see the

00:43:25.800 --> 00:43:26.740
 world clearly

00:43:26.740 --> 00:43:27.700
 and see myself

00:43:27.700 --> 00:43:28.140
 clearly,

00:43:28.320 --> 00:43:28.680
 that I might

00:43:28.680 --> 00:43:29.320
 be free and

00:43:29.320 --> 00:43:29.700
 delivered.

00:43:31.880 --> 00:43:32.400
 Father,

00:43:32.600 --> 00:43:33.559
 please help

00:43:33.559 --> 00:43:34.039
 me to see

00:43:34.039 --> 00:43:34.300
 that.

00:43:35.800 --> 00:43:36.420
 And I

00:43:36.420 --> 00:43:36.920
 ask this in

00:43:36.920 --> 00:43:37.340
 the name of

00:43:37.340 --> 00:43:37.920
 Jesus and

00:43:37.920 --> 00:43:38.600
 all God's

00:43:38.600 --> 00:43:39.320
 people said,

00:43:39.320 --> 00:43:40.260
 Amen.