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 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama.

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 Our passion is to experience and express grace. Join us.

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 Turn with me this morning to Luke 13.

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 It's been about three months since I said turn to Luke.

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 You may have forgotten where that was, you know, even though we're 12 chapters in.

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 Basically halfway through Luke's gospel, which is kind of exciting.

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 It's been a while, so I want to do a review here at the beginning of the new year as we jump back into Luke for a little bit.

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 If you remember way back to when we started, it was a long time ago, I brought a football,

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 which I'll admit is a little painful for me this week.

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 But nonetheless, we brought a football and started where football coach Vince Lombardi did every year.

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 He said, ladies and gentlemen, this is a football.

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 And he started and said, we're going to start back at the beginning, at the basics,

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 and say, this has to be the center of attention.

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 This must be the thing that you focus on.

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 This is what you have to follow and keep your attention glued to.

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 And Luke has been doing that in his gospel.

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 He told us at the very beginning, he was writing to say to Theophilus,

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 this is Jesus.

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 He's the one you've got to keep your focus on.

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 He's the one you've got to know about.

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 He's the one I want to make sure you're clear on.

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 The real Jesus, I want to tell you who he is and what he was like.

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 He's the center of attention.

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 We said Luke's gospel is the historical, paradoxical, upside down, life-changing, true story of Jesus.

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 That's why he's writing.

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 So we've seen as we've gone through these first chapters,

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 Jesus announced by angels to shepherds as good news of great joy for all people, right?

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 That's the theme of the series.

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 Good news of great joy for all people.

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 Jesus himself is good news.

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 He brings a message of good news for all sorts of people.

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 Many you may not expect.

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 That's part of the upside down nature of Jesus, right?

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 The king himself.

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 The one at the center of attention.

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 Not merely engaging shepherds, but many other social and religious outcasts.

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 Valuing women, including Gentiles.

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 Loving enemies.

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 We see Jesus healing the sick, the possessed, even the dead, raising them to life.

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 Quite a king.

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 A powerful king and at the same time merciful.

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 An authoritative king and at the same time humble.

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 This is the Jesus that Luke wants people to know about.

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 He's unlike anyone they've ever known.

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 So just a couple chapters ago, we saw this Jesus who's done all these things

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 get laser focused on one thing.

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 On the primary calling, the primary mission that he had.

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 Saying, I must suffer and be rejected and be killed and rise again.

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 He sets a course for Jerusalem, doesn't he?

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 Right?

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 Before we even get to the midpoint of Luke's gospel,

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 Jesus says, that's where I'm headed and the rest of the gospel is headed that way.

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 He fixes his gaze on a sacrificial death in our place.

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 And he won't be deterred from it.

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 Nothing can get him off that course.

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 Jesus and those following him are headed to Jerusalem.

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 Every story we read now is in that context.

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 The rest of the way through until he gets there.

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 It's in the shadow of the cross and that great task that's before him

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 that Jesus has fixed his eyes on.

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 But we've entered a section just recently

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 where for several chapters on his way to the cross,

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 Jesus is teaching about his kingdom.

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 He's the king and he wants to tell us how his kingdom works.

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 And we've already heard him turn our value systems upside down.

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 We've heard him challenge us on the extent of our love.

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 We've heard him instruct us on how to pray.

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 There's a lot more teaching coming up.

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 There are parables of mustard seed, a wedding feast.

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 The prodigal son is coming in a couple chapters.

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 That's exciting.

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 There's also some challenging, hard sayings about what it looks like to follow him

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 and what living in his kingdom must look like.

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 So we've added that little button to the sermon slide to remind us where our focus is in this part of Luke's gospel.

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 This is kingdom teaching from Jesus on his way to the cross.

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 It's the king teaching us with the cross always in view.

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 He's headed there.

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 It colors every event and every conversation on the way.

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 As we turn to chapter 13 this morning, Jesus has just been teaching those who would be a part of his kingdom

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 to be all in.

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 Challenging us to value him above all else.

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 Particularly in light of eternity.

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 He says that's vitally important.

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 Let's read about this next interaction with some that have been listening to him teach.

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 This is Luke 13 at verse 1.

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 God's holy word given so that we might know with certainty about Jesus and the hope that he gives.

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 There were some present at that very time who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

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 And he answered them,

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 Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered in this way?

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 No, I tell you.

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 But unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.

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 Or those 18 on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them.

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 Do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others who lived in Jerusalem?

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 No, I tell you.

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 But unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.

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 And he told this parable.

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 A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard and he came seeking fruit on it and found none.

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 And he said to the vine dresser,

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 Look, for three years now I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree and I find none.

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 Cut it down.

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 Why should it use up the ground?

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 And he answered him,

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 Sir, let it alone this year also until I dig around it and put on manure.

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 Then if it should bear fruit next year, well and good.

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 But if not, you can cut it down.

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 Let's pray and ask God for his help as we study his word.

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 Father, we've already said this morning how much we need your help.

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 And it's especially true as we seek to understand and apply your word to our hearts.

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 Because our hearts would rather avoid it.

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 Holy Spirit, would you come and work in our hearts.

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 And we might submit ourselves to your word and that it might shape who we are.

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 Not just today, but every day.

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 Teach us and change us, we ask in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 When some sort of major disaster or calamity hits,

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 I tend to brace myself and prepare to wince as some self-appointed spokesman for Christianity

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 steps to the microphone.

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 And in recent years, perhaps Pat Robertson or Jerry Falwell or someone else

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 blames the victims or the country for bringing the disaster upon themselves.

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 It's happened after 9-11 with the immorality of various groups being blamed for that disaster.

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 It happened after Hurricane Katrina when more than a couple of people lined up to pronounce

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 the city of New Orleans to be full of big sinners.

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 And thus, this was God's judgment.

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 That's the dot that's connected.

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 The conclusion drawn is that the disaster is a direct judgment upon those particular sins

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 of particular people.

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 Partially, I wince because I think that is such an inaccurate portrayal of Jesus and the Bible's

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 view of things as we see this morning.

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 But partially, I wince because I do the same thing on a smaller scale.

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 This functional karma, perhaps you could call it, that we live with in our culture.

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 I was talking with a pastor friend about this a while back and he calls it the villain in

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 the news dynamic.

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 Have you noticed that?

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 Every news cycle, there's always a villain in the news.

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 Just watch in the coming days.

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 What media folks have learned is that we love hearing about villains.

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 Someone who is ostensibly evil, who's really tangibly bad, is always featured in every cycle.

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 And one of the reasons we consume this so readily is that we have this strong propensity in us

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 to blame others and self-soothe.

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 To feel better about ourselves because we see someone else who is clearly worse than we are in some way.

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 And while that psychology makes sense, the results of that can be spiritually devastating.

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 It can build self-justification, self-righteousness.

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 The sense that I'm okay begins to grow in my heart and it keeps me from things I really need.

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 Self-examination.

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 Genuine repentance are avoided.

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 And those dynamics can be eternally deadly.

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 So to guard against this reality that I've seen happen in my own heart, I've been for a couple years now

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 practicing what my friend suggested to me.

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 When I see a villain in the news, I try to ask myself

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 where some of those same realities are true in my heart.

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 It's really a very convicting and humbling thing to do.

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 Just think of some of the villains in the news recently.

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 A number of politicians, Trump, Franken, Moore, just the list goes on.

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 Accused of using other people, even young people, to serve their own pleasure.

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 Now either I read reports like that and feel above them and better than them,

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 or I think of how my heart has used someone else.

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 My kids or my wife as if they existed to serve my pleasure.

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 Think of Matt Lauer, who has recently of course been exposed as being one way in public

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 for the television audience and everyone else to see,

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 and another way entirely in private.

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 Now it's true that the outworking of that heart level idolatry in that case for him

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 is different from what it is for me.

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 But that same idol lurks in my heart in significant ways.

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 So don't hear what I'm not saying.

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 I'm not seeking to flatten all sin and say everything's the same,

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 or to say that the impact of these things on people that they hurt is not real.

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 It is.

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 It is distinct from the impact that sin in your heart can have on someone else.

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 But those things are real.

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 What I'm talking about is how I respond.

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 What does it drive me to do when I see something bad in someone else?

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 Does it lead to self-soothing?

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 Or to self-examination?

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 Two different options.

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 Do I think of Kim Jong-un?

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 He's I think a perpetual villain in the news these days

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 in case they don't have a fresh one to put in.

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 He's reliable I think at this point

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 for being able to be used in that way.

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 So do I think of him as a deranged egomaniac

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 that couldn't be any more different for me if he tried,

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 that I'm entirely unlike?

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 Is that the way I think of him?

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 Or do I read a story and do I think of him

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 as someone who's obsessed with controlling

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 and manipulating everything and everyone around him

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 so that it serves his purpose and his kingdom?

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 Hmm.

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 Because when you say it that way,

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 I start to see myself.

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 My kingdom may be smaller,

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 but my heart knows that sickness very well.

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 And that's what Jesus is telling us here,

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 that we must see our hearts.

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 We have to see the reality of what goes on in our hearts.

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 It's absolutely essential for our spiritual health

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 that we see that while we're conditioned

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 to go through life safely protected from that reality

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 by many forms of self-soothing.

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 Telling myself, I'm okay.

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 I can prove it.

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 Look at all the people who aren't.

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 See, it doesn't take a nationally known figure in the news

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 for my heart to insulate itself from its sin and idolatry.

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 It can be someone on my own news feed,

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 my own friend group,

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 in my own church.

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 They are clearly more materialistic,

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 less spiritual,

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 worse parents,

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 better gossips.

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 Whatever the case may be,

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 you fill in the blank.

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 And because they are,

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 I'm okay.

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 I must be alright.

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 There's no need to consider my own heart on these issues.

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 Several years ago,

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 I sat across the lunch table

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 from a guy I knew from church.

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 And at that point in time,

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 he'd have told you and I'd have told you,

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 he was pretty much the biggest mess around.

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 I didn't know anybody who was really struggling

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 as badly as he was.

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 We'd been talking regularly because his wife was leaving him.

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 He'd been involved in immorality

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 in a number of different levels and different ways.

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 His work was absolutely falling apart,

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 partially because he was personally struggling with depression

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 that left him hardly functional sometimes.

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 And add to that,

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 he had anger issues

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 that were starting to manifest themselves

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 with his kids in particular.

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 He'd been verbally abusive and rough

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 with his kids.

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 And in this day,

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 that's what he was sharing with me about.

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 He told me through tears

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 about this encounter with his kids,

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 his outburst

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 and the completely just painful things

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 that had happened in this situation.

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 And then he started talking me

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 through his emotions that night

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 that led up to his outbursts.

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 And I started hearing him use words

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 that I had thought the exact same words

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 just the night before.

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 I had lost my cool with my little kids

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 when they had interrupted my controlled environment

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 and peaceful evening.

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 I had wounded their little hearts.

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 I had seen it in their eyes

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 when I reacted harshly.

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 And it was as though God reached across the table

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 in that moment

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 and said,

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 look,

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 I'm using the guy

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 who's the biggest mess you know

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 to hold him up as a mirror

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 to you.

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 And say,

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 do you see?

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 Do you see your heart?

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 It's just like his.

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 You may have acted differently in some ways,

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 but you're no better than he is.

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 You're not above any of the things that he's done

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 because the same battle going on in his heart

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 is going on in yours.

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 Your heart battles those same idols.

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 You've got some repenting to do.

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 And God had to use that to show me.

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 Y'all, that's what Jesus is saying

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 to his followers and to us in this passage.

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 The clear call of the king is repent.

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 It's not complicated to figure that out in this passage.

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 It's to have your eyes turned to your own heart

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 to grieve the sin that you see there,

00:18:08.659 --> 00:18:11.579
 the relational distance between you and God

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 because all of our sin is first and foremost

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 against him,

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 a breaking of that relationship.

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 It's the call for us today to repent

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 because Jesus is saying

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 this is the way of life in his kingdom.

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 Repentance is a daily,

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 moment by moment,

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 part of living in his kingdom.

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 It's a lifestyle,

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 as Martin Luther would remind us years later.

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 Jesus came saying to everyone,

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 repent,

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 for the kingdom of God is near.

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 And so even when you're living in the kingdom,

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 what that means is repent.

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 He continues to call us to turn from sin

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 and turn back to God

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 and find forgiveness

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 and fruit

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 in him.

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 I know it's taken me a little bit longer than usual

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 to get back to it,

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 but let me show you how Jesus draws us

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 to examine our own hearts

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 and repent

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 in this passage.

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 He does it primarily by warning us.

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 That's what most of the passage is.

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 Why should we repent?

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 The bad news is worse

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 than you realize.

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 As Jesus has been challenging those following him,

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 apparently some of them,

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 understandably,

00:19:33.839 --> 00:19:35.940
 needed the pressure released a little bit.

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 They needed the focus turned off them

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 and these things Jesus is calling them to.

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 It's they say,

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 hey Jesus,

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 you know about those Galileans that got killed?

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 Bad bunch, huh?

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 How about them?

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 Terrible event.

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 Event that fits with what historians tell us

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 of Pilate and his harsh treatment of the Jews.

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 This would have been a horrific event.

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 Most likely a massacre

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 by the ruling invaders

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 in the temple

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 on the Passover.

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 It would be like Christians

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 being killed in church

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 on Easter morning.

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 An awful event.

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 And boy,

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 those people who died

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 must have really had it coming,

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 the crowd says.

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 But Jesus says something different,

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 doesn't he?

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 He says,

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 you're examining the wrong hearts.

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 Verse two.

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 He answered them,

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 do you think that these Galileans

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 were worse sinners

00:20:40.519 --> 00:20:42.059
 than all the other Galileans

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 because they suffered in this way?

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 No, I tell you,

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 but unless you repent,

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 you will all likewise perish.

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 Don't worry about their hearts

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 and how bad they are.

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 What about yours?

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 And he adds to that

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 his own example.

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 18 killed

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 when a tower falls on them

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 and Jesus repeats

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 the same challenge.

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 Repent

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 or you too

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 will perish.

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 Y'all may not have thought

00:21:10.279 --> 00:21:11.039
 you were perfect,

00:21:11.420 --> 00:21:12.960
 but did you realize

00:21:12.960 --> 00:21:14.160
 the sin in your heart

00:21:14.160 --> 00:21:15.379
 deserves death

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 like this too?

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 It's not that theirs

00:21:18.779 --> 00:21:19.799
 was worse than yours

00:21:19.799 --> 00:21:21.019
 so they got what was coming.

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 Look what yours deserves.

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 Jesus makes clear

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 in multiple places

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 in many different encounters

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 that specific suffering

00:21:29.400 --> 00:21:31.099
 should not be assumed

00:21:31.099 --> 00:21:31.980
 to be linked

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 to specific sin.

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 Rather,

00:21:36.599 --> 00:21:37.539
 Jesus is saying

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 all sin

00:21:39.160 --> 00:21:40.240
 deserves

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 God's

00:21:41.119 --> 00:21:41.799
 judgment.

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 That's what really

00:21:42.960 --> 00:21:43.879
 comes out here

00:21:43.879 --> 00:21:44.900
 in the conversation

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 if you look back

00:21:46.200 --> 00:21:46.960
 at it carefully

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 that all of us

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 on our own

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 face

00:21:50.100 --> 00:21:51.300
 God's judgment.

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 Notice four times

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 in four verses

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 all

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 all the other Galileans

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 you'll all perish.

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 Do you think

00:21:59.300 --> 00:21:59.660
 they're worse

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 than all the others

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 in Jerusalem?

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 No,

00:22:02.300 --> 00:22:03.360
 you'll all

00:22:03.360 --> 00:22:04.040
 perish.

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 All of you

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 are facing

00:22:05.500 --> 00:22:06.740
 this same thing

00:22:06.740 --> 00:22:07.220
 Jesus said.

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 Stop distinguishing

00:22:08.120 --> 00:22:08.960
 yourselves from them

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 and see yourselves

00:22:09.880 --> 00:22:10.700
 in the same

00:22:10.700 --> 00:22:11.740
 category.

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 That's what we mean

00:22:14.280 --> 00:22:14.960
 by saying

00:22:14.960 --> 00:22:15.700
 that the ground

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 is level

00:22:16.400 --> 00:22:17.460
 at the foot

00:22:17.460 --> 00:22:18.240
 of the cross.

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 You may have

00:22:19.660 --> 00:22:20.680
 heard that before

00:22:20.680 --> 00:22:21.980
 in a church context

00:22:21.980 --> 00:22:22.759
 and wondered

00:22:22.759 --> 00:22:23.420
 what we meant

00:22:23.420 --> 00:22:23.900
 by that.

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 It's not that

00:22:24.800 --> 00:22:25.500
 we're all really

00:22:25.500 --> 00:22:26.560
 close to God

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 but that we're all

00:22:28.220 --> 00:22:29.759
 utterly undeserving

00:22:29.759 --> 00:22:30.780
 of heaven

00:22:30.780 --> 00:22:31.700
 and utterly

00:22:31.700 --> 00:22:32.860
 close to hell.

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 That's what it means.

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 You don't get off

00:22:36.140 --> 00:22:36.640
 the hook

00:22:36.640 --> 00:22:37.480
 for that by

00:22:37.480 --> 00:22:38.320
 hanging around

00:22:38.320 --> 00:22:39.160
 Jesus and listening

00:22:39.160 --> 00:22:39.980
 to his teachings.

00:22:41.140 --> 00:22:42.000
 You don't get off

00:22:42.000 --> 00:22:42.259
 the hook

00:22:42.259 --> 00:22:43.340
 by being born a Jew.

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 So you don't get

00:22:45.559 --> 00:22:45.960
 off the hook

00:22:45.960 --> 00:22:46.519
 by being born

00:22:46.519 --> 00:22:47.319
 in the Bible belt.

00:22:48.619 --> 00:22:49.179
 You don't get

00:22:49.179 --> 00:22:49.679
 off the hook

00:22:49.679 --> 00:22:50.819
 by showing up

00:22:50.819 --> 00:22:51.259
 at church

00:22:51.259 --> 00:22:52.039
 to hear a sermon

00:22:52.039 --> 00:22:52.879
 now and then.

00:22:53.619 --> 00:22:54.339
 Jesus says,

00:22:54.460 --> 00:22:54.679
 no, no,

00:22:54.819 --> 00:22:56.240
 you too repent

00:22:56.240 --> 00:22:58.240
 or you will perish.

00:22:58.639 --> 00:22:59.460
 The bad news

00:22:59.460 --> 00:23:00.279
 is that doing

00:23:00.279 --> 00:23:01.259
 those kinds of things

00:23:01.259 --> 00:23:01.819
 doesn't make you

00:23:01.819 --> 00:23:02.399
 any better

00:23:02.399 --> 00:23:02.980
 than the villain

00:23:02.980 --> 00:23:03.779
 in the news.

00:23:04.419 --> 00:23:05.240
 It doesn't.

00:23:06.839 --> 00:23:07.759
 The bad news

00:23:07.759 --> 00:23:08.399
 is that there is

00:23:08.399 --> 00:23:09.599
 badness in this world

00:23:09.599 --> 00:23:10.359
 and it's not just

00:23:10.359 --> 00:23:11.319
 badness out there.

00:23:11.379 --> 00:23:12.159
 There's badness

00:23:12.159 --> 00:23:12.960
 in here.

00:23:13.599 --> 00:23:13.779
 Right?

00:23:13.779 --> 00:23:15.799
 And further,

00:23:15.920 --> 00:23:16.519
 the bad news

00:23:16.519 --> 00:23:17.139
 is that even

00:23:17.139 --> 00:23:17.639
 the sin

00:23:17.639 --> 00:23:18.599
 that you see

00:23:18.599 --> 00:23:18.960
 in your heart

00:23:18.960 --> 00:23:19.720
 that doesn't seem

00:23:19.720 --> 00:23:20.940
 so bad

00:23:20.940 --> 00:23:23.019
 deserves death.

00:23:24.000 --> 00:23:24.799
 That's highlighted

00:23:24.799 --> 00:23:25.980
 by Jesus' parable

00:23:25.980 --> 00:23:26.759
 with the fig tree,

00:23:26.839 --> 00:23:27.039
 right?

00:23:27.279 --> 00:23:27.759
 He's making

00:23:27.759 --> 00:23:28.879
 that same point

00:23:28.879 --> 00:23:29.379
 at the beginning

00:23:29.379 --> 00:23:30.119
 of the parable.

00:23:30.779 --> 00:23:31.319
 The man had

00:23:31.319 --> 00:23:32.019
 a fig tree

00:23:32.019 --> 00:23:32.740
 in his vineyard

00:23:32.740 --> 00:23:33.279
 and he came

00:23:33.279 --> 00:23:34.259
 seeking fruit on it

00:23:34.259 --> 00:23:35.079
 and found none.

00:23:35.240 --> 00:23:36.339
 The tree was dead

00:23:36.339 --> 00:23:37.720
 and he said,

00:23:37.859 --> 00:23:37.879
 look,

00:23:37.940 --> 00:23:38.599
 for three years

00:23:38.599 --> 00:23:39.000
 I've come

00:23:39.000 --> 00:23:39.599
 seeking fruit

00:23:39.599 --> 00:23:40.039
 on this tree

00:23:40.039 --> 00:23:40.920
 and I find none.

00:23:41.619 --> 00:23:42.420
 Cut it down.

00:23:42.420 --> 00:23:44.380
 Why should it

00:23:44.380 --> 00:23:45.180
 use up the ground?

00:23:46.840 --> 00:23:47.380
 Right?

00:23:48.380 --> 00:23:49.300
 Makes sense.

00:23:50.300 --> 00:23:51.360
 It's a dead tree.

00:23:51.460 --> 00:23:52.019
 Get rid of it.

00:23:52.560 --> 00:23:52.720
 See,

00:23:52.779 --> 00:23:53.640
 what Jesus is saying

00:23:53.640 --> 00:23:54.340
 is repentance

00:23:54.340 --> 00:23:56.019
 by its nature

00:23:56.019 --> 00:23:57.380
 bears fruit.

00:23:57.860 --> 00:23:58.539
 Doesn't it?

00:24:00.460 --> 00:24:01.700
 It's a turning back

00:24:01.700 --> 00:24:02.279
 to God

00:24:02.279 --> 00:24:03.680
 to trust him

00:24:03.680 --> 00:24:05.200
 that then looks

00:24:05.200 --> 00:24:06.019
 like something

00:24:06.019 --> 00:24:07.340
 in my life.

00:24:08.039 --> 00:24:08.960
 So when the fruit

00:24:08.960 --> 00:24:09.740
 is not there,

00:24:09.740 --> 00:24:11.200
 the root,

00:24:12.120 --> 00:24:12.539
 repentance,

00:24:13.420 --> 00:24:14.519
 is not there either

00:24:14.519 --> 00:24:16.819
 and you all

00:24:16.819 --> 00:24:18.740
 likewise will perish.

00:24:19.180 --> 00:24:21.160
 You will be cut down

00:24:21.160 --> 00:24:22.339
 in terms of the parable.

00:24:23.259 --> 00:24:24.400
 So here's another way

00:24:24.400 --> 00:24:25.000
 the bad news

00:24:25.000 --> 00:24:25.500
 is worse

00:24:25.500 --> 00:24:26.480
 than we realize.

00:24:26.880 --> 00:24:27.519
 True repentance

00:24:27.519 --> 00:24:28.440
 is not merely

00:24:28.440 --> 00:24:30.140
 avoiding evil,

00:24:30.900 --> 00:24:32.700
 really big sins,

00:24:33.599 --> 00:24:33.779
 you know,

00:24:33.819 --> 00:24:35.700
 just being a decent guy.

00:24:35.819 --> 00:24:36.480
 That's not what

00:24:36.480 --> 00:24:37.980
 repentance means.

00:24:37.980 --> 00:24:39.500
 Rather,

00:24:39.640 --> 00:24:40.099
 it involves

00:24:40.099 --> 00:24:40.920
 actively

00:24:40.920 --> 00:24:42.819
 bearing fruit.

00:24:43.900 --> 00:24:44.779
 Jesus challenges

00:24:44.779 --> 00:24:45.579
 his followers

00:24:45.579 --> 00:24:46.579
 and us.

00:24:46.960 --> 00:24:48.039
 Don't look at others

00:24:48.039 --> 00:24:48.720
 and see their

00:24:48.720 --> 00:24:49.680
 big sins.

00:24:50.059 --> 00:24:50.940
 Look at yourselves

00:24:50.940 --> 00:24:51.839
 and see if you

00:24:51.839 --> 00:24:52.920
 truly love me.

00:24:54.539 --> 00:24:55.279
 Does your life

00:24:55.279 --> 00:24:56.180
 demonstrate a

00:24:56.180 --> 00:24:57.279
 passionate zeal

00:24:57.279 --> 00:24:58.000
 for Christ

00:24:58.000 --> 00:24:59.120
 that actively

00:24:59.120 --> 00:24:59.860
 shares him

00:24:59.860 --> 00:25:00.519
 with your neighbors?

00:25:01.160 --> 00:25:01.640
 Or,

00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:03.360
 do you soothe yourself

00:25:03.360 --> 00:25:03.960
 with thoughts

00:25:03.960 --> 00:25:05.160
 of being pretty good

00:25:05.160 --> 00:25:07.180
 while checking out

00:25:07.180 --> 00:25:07.800
 on Netflix

00:25:07.800 --> 00:25:09.100
 every spare moment

00:25:09.100 --> 00:25:10.980
 and serving yourself?

00:25:13.380 --> 00:25:14.340
 Do you sit back

00:25:14.340 --> 00:25:15.180
 and soothe yourself

00:25:15.180 --> 00:25:15.940
 with thoughts of,

00:25:16.440 --> 00:25:17.600
 I'm pretty good

00:25:17.600 --> 00:25:19.600
 because while your friend

00:25:19.600 --> 00:25:20.600
 has had an affair

00:25:20.600 --> 00:25:22.140
 that led to a divorce,

00:25:23.180 --> 00:25:24.420
 you're still technically

00:25:24.420 --> 00:25:26.040
 faithful to your wife

00:25:26.040 --> 00:25:27.960
 even though you're

00:25:27.960 --> 00:25:29.600
 emotionally cold

00:25:29.599 --> 00:25:31.740
 and verbally harsh

00:25:31.740 --> 00:25:32.619
 regularly

00:25:32.619 --> 00:25:33.859
 and rarely

00:25:33.859 --> 00:25:34.559
 demonstrate

00:25:34.559 --> 00:25:35.839
 love toward her

00:25:35.839 --> 00:25:36.199
 at all.

00:25:36.500 --> 00:25:36.639
 I mean,

00:25:36.659 --> 00:25:37.099
 at least you're not

00:25:37.099 --> 00:25:38.599
 doing the big things,

00:25:38.859 --> 00:25:39.139
 right?

00:25:41.779 --> 00:25:42.299
 Friends,

00:25:43.299 --> 00:25:43.879
 repent

00:25:43.879 --> 00:25:45.759
 or you likewise

00:25:45.759 --> 00:25:47.059
 will perish.

00:25:47.500 --> 00:25:48.339
 Bear the fruit

00:25:48.339 --> 00:25:49.119
 of a heart

00:25:49.119 --> 00:25:49.839
 turned back

00:25:49.839 --> 00:25:50.699
 toward God

00:25:50.699 --> 00:25:51.779
 or you will

00:25:51.779 --> 00:25:52.819
 be cut down.

00:25:54.719 --> 00:25:55.480
 It's what the

00:25:55.480 --> 00:25:56.559
 gospel tells us.

00:25:56.799 --> 00:25:57.539
 There's good news

00:25:57.539 --> 00:25:57.899
 coming,

00:25:57.900 --> 00:25:58.940
 but it's not

00:25:58.940 --> 00:25:59.720
 going to be good news

00:25:59.720 --> 00:26:00.240
 until we look

00:26:00.240 --> 00:26:00.840
 the bad news

00:26:00.840 --> 00:26:01.940
 squarely in the face.

00:26:02.820 --> 00:26:03.420
 Grace is not

00:26:03.420 --> 00:26:04.360
 going to be amazing

00:26:04.360 --> 00:26:04.860
 to us

00:26:04.860 --> 00:26:06.000
 until our sin

00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:07.220
 is amazing to us

00:26:07.220 --> 00:26:08.080
 that we see

00:26:08.080 --> 00:26:08.680
 ourselves

00:26:08.680 --> 00:26:10.120
 as broken

00:26:10.120 --> 00:26:10.800
 and bent

00:26:10.800 --> 00:26:11.680
 as every villain

00:26:11.680 --> 00:26:12.759
 we see in the news.

00:26:13.259 --> 00:26:13.840
 And Jesus says,

00:26:13.920 --> 00:26:14.680
 you've got to see it.

00:26:14.920 --> 00:26:15.560
 You've got to look

00:26:15.560 --> 00:26:16.140
 at your heart.

00:26:16.400 --> 00:26:17.060
 You've got to learn

00:26:17.060 --> 00:26:18.180
 to stop making yourself

00:26:18.180 --> 00:26:18.740
 feel better

00:26:18.740 --> 00:26:19.740
 by comparing to others

00:26:19.740 --> 00:26:20.400
 but instead

00:26:20.400 --> 00:26:21.759
 examine yourself

00:26:21.759 --> 00:26:23.519
 and then you can

00:26:23.519 --> 00:26:24.380
 truly appreciate

00:26:24.380 --> 00:26:25.240
 the good news

00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:26.200
 because there is

00:26:26.200 --> 00:26:26.720
 good news.

00:26:27.900 --> 00:26:28.680
 It's the second

00:26:28.680 --> 00:26:29.300
 reason why we

00:26:29.300 --> 00:26:30.240
 repent actually.

00:26:31.280 --> 00:26:31.720
 The passage

00:26:31.720 --> 00:26:32.540
 is primarily

00:26:32.540 --> 00:26:33.160
 a warning

00:26:33.160 --> 00:26:33.900
 but it's a warning

00:26:33.900 --> 00:26:34.600
 that is laced

00:26:34.600 --> 00:26:35.259
 with hope.

00:26:36.580 --> 00:26:36.720
 See,

00:26:36.820 --> 00:26:37.180
 repentance

00:26:37.180 --> 00:26:38.820
 is not merely

00:26:38.820 --> 00:26:39.880
 wallowing

00:26:39.880 --> 00:26:40.640
 in how bad

00:26:40.640 --> 00:26:41.040
 we are.

00:26:41.120 --> 00:26:41.600
 That's what

00:26:41.600 --> 00:26:43.019
 sometimes we think.

00:26:43.400 --> 00:26:43.840
 Repentance

00:26:43.840 --> 00:26:44.660
 is not just

00:26:44.660 --> 00:26:46.220
 being awful

00:26:46.220 --> 00:26:47.200
 and feeling awful.

00:26:47.420 --> 00:26:48.320
 It's also about

00:26:48.320 --> 00:26:48.960
 celebrating

00:26:48.960 --> 00:26:49.800
 how good

00:26:49.800 --> 00:26:50.540
 God is

00:26:50.540 --> 00:26:51.620
 and the beauty

00:26:51.620 --> 00:26:52.940
 that He brings

00:26:52.940 --> 00:26:53.820
 in broken

00:26:53.820 --> 00:26:54.640
 people

00:26:54.640 --> 00:26:55.680
 and places.

00:26:55.680 --> 00:26:57.779
 the good news

00:26:57.779 --> 00:26:58.380
 is better

00:26:58.380 --> 00:27:00.140
 than you imagine.

00:27:01.640 --> 00:27:02.680
 Jesus' parable

00:27:02.680 --> 00:27:03.580
 of the fig tree

00:27:03.580 --> 00:27:04.380
 does certainly

00:27:04.380 --> 00:27:04.860
 affirm

00:27:04.860 --> 00:27:06.120
 the seriousness

00:27:06.120 --> 00:27:07.220
 of the warning

00:27:07.220 --> 00:27:08.259
 but it does

00:27:08.259 --> 00:27:08.980
 something else

00:27:08.980 --> 00:27:09.860
 that's easy

00:27:09.860 --> 00:27:10.680
 to gloss over.

00:27:11.680 --> 00:27:12.700
 If you don't know

00:27:12.700 --> 00:27:13.799
 about fig trees

00:27:13.799 --> 00:27:14.580
 the people

00:27:14.580 --> 00:27:15.380
 in Jesus' day

00:27:15.380 --> 00:27:16.039
 certainly did.

00:27:16.759 --> 00:27:17.340
 They knew

00:27:17.340 --> 00:27:18.019
 what to do

00:27:18.019 --> 00:27:19.160
 with a fig tree

00:27:19.160 --> 00:27:19.960
 that it had

00:27:19.960 --> 00:27:20.580
 no fruit

00:27:20.580 --> 00:27:21.779
 for three straight

00:27:21.779 --> 00:27:22.160
 seasons.

00:27:22.160 --> 00:27:24.660
 cut it

00:27:24.660 --> 00:27:25.420
 down.

00:27:26.640 --> 00:27:27.680
 The real question

00:27:27.680 --> 00:27:28.040
 that would have

00:27:28.040 --> 00:27:28.620
 puzzled Jesus

00:27:28.620 --> 00:27:29.060
 here is

00:27:29.060 --> 00:27:29.960
 why'd this guy

00:27:29.960 --> 00:27:30.500
 come the last

00:27:30.500 --> 00:27:31.000
 two years

00:27:31.000 --> 00:27:31.660
 and not cut it

00:27:31.660 --> 00:27:32.180
 down then?

00:27:33.360 --> 00:27:34.380
 It was a no-brainer.

00:27:34.940 --> 00:27:35.500
 Get that thing

00:27:35.500 --> 00:27:36.019
 out of the way

00:27:36.019 --> 00:27:36.620
 so you can put

00:27:36.620 --> 00:27:37.340
 something else in.

00:27:37.380 --> 00:27:38.060
 This is serious.

00:27:38.180 --> 00:27:38.800
 This is an agrarian

00:27:38.800 --> 00:27:39.300
 society.

00:27:39.700 --> 00:27:40.519
 The vines need

00:27:40.519 --> 00:27:41.740
 to work properly

00:27:41.740 --> 00:27:42.620
 and if they don't

00:27:42.620 --> 00:27:43.060
 you need to get

00:27:43.060 --> 00:27:43.500
 the tree

00:27:43.500 --> 00:27:44.620
 out of the way.

00:27:45.740 --> 00:27:46.640
 The owner says

00:27:46.640 --> 00:27:47.279
 as much in verse

00:27:47.279 --> 00:27:47.980
 seven doesn't he?

00:27:48.720 --> 00:27:49.160
 He knows.

00:27:49.300 --> 00:27:50.259
 It's obvious to him

00:27:50.259 --> 00:27:51.140
 what he should do

00:27:51.140 --> 00:27:52.320
 and yet

00:27:52.320 --> 00:27:54.680
 something different

00:27:54.680 --> 00:27:55.280
 happens.

00:27:56.240 --> 00:27:57.340
 He decides to wait

00:27:57.340 --> 00:27:58.520
 yet another year

00:27:58.520 --> 00:28:00.040
 and not just to

00:28:00.040 --> 00:28:00.540
 leave it alone

00:28:00.540 --> 00:28:01.660
 but to have the tree

00:28:01.660 --> 00:28:02.540
 cared for

00:28:02.540 --> 00:28:03.780
 and nurtured

00:28:03.780 --> 00:28:04.600
 in the hopes

00:28:04.600 --> 00:28:05.360
 of renewal

00:28:05.360 --> 00:28:06.920
 possibly coming.

00:28:08.280 --> 00:28:09.340
 The point clearly

00:28:09.340 --> 00:28:10.480
 in this context

00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:11.660
 is to encourage

00:28:11.660 --> 00:28:12.540
 repentance

00:28:12.540 --> 00:28:14.180
 not merely

00:28:14.180 --> 00:28:15.140
 by warning

00:28:15.140 --> 00:28:16.360
 repent

00:28:16.360 --> 00:28:17.420
 or you will perish

00:28:17.420 --> 00:28:19.200
 but especially

00:28:19.200 --> 00:28:20.340
 by hope.

00:28:20.339 --> 00:28:21.679
 the hope

00:28:21.679 --> 00:28:22.639
 of God's

00:28:22.639 --> 00:28:23.779
 patient

00:28:23.779 --> 00:28:24.679
 mercy

00:28:24.679 --> 00:28:25.779
 or if you

00:28:25.779 --> 00:28:26.299
 prefer

00:28:26.299 --> 00:28:26.839
 his

00:28:26.839 --> 00:28:27.939
 merciful

00:28:27.939 --> 00:28:29.079
 patience.

00:28:30.000 --> 00:28:31.000
 We know

00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:31.740
 that God's

00:28:31.740 --> 00:28:32.319
 like that

00:28:32.319 --> 00:28:32.720
 don't we?

00:28:32.899 --> 00:28:33.500
 All the way back

00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:34.119
 when he introduced

00:28:34.119 --> 00:28:35.480
 himself to Moses

00:28:35.480 --> 00:28:36.720
 in Exodus 34

00:28:36.720 --> 00:28:37.799
 he said

00:28:37.799 --> 00:28:38.480
 I'm the Lord

00:28:38.480 --> 00:28:39.059
 the Lord

00:28:39.059 --> 00:28:39.679
 a God

00:28:39.679 --> 00:28:40.619
 merciful

00:28:40.619 --> 00:28:41.939
 and gracious

00:28:41.939 --> 00:28:43.599
 slow to anger

00:28:43.599 --> 00:28:44.879
 abounding

00:28:44.879 --> 00:28:46.000
 in steadfast

00:28:46.000 --> 00:28:46.740
 love

00:28:46.740 --> 00:28:47.439
 and faithfulness

00:28:47.439 --> 00:28:48.259
 that's who I am

00:28:48.259 --> 00:28:49.000
 and Peter

00:28:49.000 --> 00:28:49.960
 tells it to us

00:28:49.960 --> 00:28:50.279
 in a really

00:28:50.279 --> 00:28:51.119
 helpful way

00:28:51.119 --> 00:28:52.220
 in the context

00:28:52.220 --> 00:28:53.259
 of judgment

00:28:53.259 --> 00:28:54.480
 and why has

00:28:54.480 --> 00:28:55.740
 Jesus not returned

00:28:55.740 --> 00:28:56.079
 yet?

00:28:56.619 --> 00:28:57.019
 Peter says

00:28:57.019 --> 00:28:57.559
 the Lord's not

00:28:57.559 --> 00:28:58.640
 slow to fulfill

00:28:58.640 --> 00:28:59.599
 his promise

00:28:59.599 --> 00:29:00.980
 as some count

00:29:00.980 --> 00:29:01.660
 slowness

00:29:01.660 --> 00:29:02.720
 what's happening?

00:29:03.460 --> 00:29:04.039
 Why hasn't

00:29:04.039 --> 00:29:05.259
 Jesus come back

00:29:05.259 --> 00:29:05.640
 already?

00:29:06.099 --> 00:29:06.619
 Peter says

00:29:06.619 --> 00:29:08.000
 the Lord is

00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:08.940
 patient

00:29:08.940 --> 00:29:09.960
 towards you

00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:11.539
 not wishing

00:29:11.539 --> 00:29:12.079
 that any

00:29:12.079 --> 00:29:13.059
 should perish

00:29:13.059 --> 00:29:14.919
 but that all

00:29:14.919 --> 00:29:15.639
 should reach

00:29:15.639 --> 00:29:16.139
 repentance

00:29:16.139 --> 00:29:17.460
 the one thing

00:29:17.460 --> 00:29:18.339
 that will prevent

00:29:18.339 --> 00:29:19.619
 the perishing

00:29:19.619 --> 00:29:19.980
 right?

00:29:20.539 --> 00:29:21.059
 That we would

00:29:21.059 --> 00:29:22.339
 turn back

00:29:22.339 --> 00:29:23.019
 to God

00:29:23.019 --> 00:29:24.259
 a mercifully

00:29:24.259 --> 00:29:25.639
 patient

00:29:25.639 --> 00:29:27.019
 God

00:29:27.019 --> 00:29:29.159
 see Jesus

00:29:29.159 --> 00:29:29.879
 warns of

00:29:29.879 --> 00:29:30.859
 the reality

00:29:30.859 --> 00:29:31.480
 of sin

00:29:31.480 --> 00:29:32.299
 and judgment

00:29:32.299 --> 00:29:33.299
 and we need

00:29:33.299 --> 00:29:34.019
 to hear it

00:29:34.019 --> 00:29:35.500
 as a merciful

00:29:35.500 --> 00:29:36.399
 call

00:29:36.399 --> 00:29:37.299
 to repentance

00:29:37.299 --> 00:29:38.859
 to find

00:29:38.859 --> 00:29:39.440
 in him

00:29:39.440 --> 00:29:40.039
 the hope

00:29:40.039 --> 00:29:41.419
 that he offers

00:29:41.420 --> 00:29:42.620
 if we will yet

00:29:42.620 --> 00:29:43.180
 acknowledge

00:29:43.180 --> 00:29:43.820
 our utter

00:29:43.820 --> 00:29:44.680
 helplessness

00:29:44.680 --> 00:29:45.480
 and need

00:29:45.480 --> 00:29:46.160
 for rescue

00:29:46.160 --> 00:29:47.080
 there is a

00:29:47.080 --> 00:29:47.519
 king

00:29:47.519 --> 00:29:48.580
 who is headed

00:29:48.580 --> 00:29:49.860
 to a cross

00:29:49.860 --> 00:29:50.480
 remember?

00:29:50.860 --> 00:29:51.279
 Remember that's

00:29:51.279 --> 00:29:51.840
 where he's going?

00:29:52.200 --> 00:29:53.060
 To be a savior

00:29:53.060 --> 00:29:54.560
 a helper

00:29:54.560 --> 00:29:55.940
 a rescuer

00:29:55.940 --> 00:29:58.019
 there's not just

00:29:58.019 --> 00:29:58.620
 two groups

00:29:58.620 --> 00:29:59.480
 in this passage

00:29:59.480 --> 00:30:00.840
 who died

00:30:00.840 --> 00:30:01.500
 in Jerusalem

00:30:01.500 --> 00:30:02.660
 right?

00:30:03.560 --> 00:30:04.539
 Everyone hearing

00:30:04.539 --> 00:30:04.840
 this

00:30:04.840 --> 00:30:05.880
 hears it in the

00:30:05.880 --> 00:30:06.480
 context of

00:30:06.480 --> 00:30:06.940
 there's someone

00:30:06.940 --> 00:30:07.240
 else

00:30:07.240 --> 00:30:08.100
 who's already

00:30:08.100 --> 00:30:08.480
 told us

00:30:08.480 --> 00:30:08.940
 he's going

00:30:08.940 --> 00:30:09.759
 to die

00:30:09.759 --> 00:30:10.920
 in Jerusalem

00:30:10.920 --> 00:30:12.940
 to be the

00:30:12.940 --> 00:30:13.779
 only one

00:30:13.779 --> 00:30:14.700
 who can do

00:30:14.700 --> 00:30:15.259
 helpless

00:30:15.259 --> 00:30:16.080
 sinners

00:30:16.080 --> 00:30:16.779
 good

00:30:16.779 --> 00:30:17.880
 who can

00:30:17.880 --> 00:30:18.539
 offer them

00:30:18.539 --> 00:30:18.860
 hope

00:30:18.860 --> 00:30:19.460
 and he

00:30:19.460 --> 00:30:20.200
 desires us

00:30:20.200 --> 00:30:20.840
 not to miss

00:30:20.840 --> 00:30:21.180
 out on

00:30:21.180 --> 00:30:21.820
 relationship

00:30:21.820 --> 00:30:22.440
 with him

00:30:22.440 --> 00:30:23.240
 because we

00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:24.440
 feel better

00:30:24.440 --> 00:30:24.980
 than the next

00:30:24.980 --> 00:30:25.360
 guy

00:30:25.360 --> 00:30:26.740
 or okay

00:30:26.740 --> 00:30:27.720
 without him

00:30:27.720 --> 00:30:29.580
 rather he

00:30:29.580 --> 00:30:30.039
 wants us

00:30:30.039 --> 00:30:30.880
 to experience

00:30:30.880 --> 00:30:31.400
 him

00:30:31.400 --> 00:30:32.340
 the beauty

00:30:32.340 --> 00:30:33.000
 of a life

00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:33.380
 giving

00:30:33.380 --> 00:30:34.220
 relationship

00:30:34.220 --> 00:30:35.680
 with him

00:30:35.680 --> 00:30:37.940
 that's really

00:30:37.940 --> 00:30:38.460
 more good

00:30:38.460 --> 00:30:38.900
 news

00:30:38.900 --> 00:30:40.200
 better

00:30:40.200 --> 00:30:40.480
 than we

00:30:40.480 --> 00:30:40.860
 imagine

00:30:40.860 --> 00:30:41.120
 that he

00:30:41.120 --> 00:30:41.259
 would

00:30:41.259 --> 00:30:41.700
 desire

00:30:41.700 --> 00:30:42.160
 that

00:30:42.160 --> 00:30:43.240
 it's

00:30:43.240 --> 00:30:43.620
 it's

00:30:43.620 --> 00:30:43.780
 why

00:30:43.780 --> 00:30:44.280
 repentance

00:30:44.280 --> 00:30:45.380
 is

00:30:45.380 --> 00:30:45.660
 greater

00:30:45.660 --> 00:30:45.900
 than

00:30:45.900 --> 00:30:46.500
 resolutions

00:30:46.500 --> 00:30:48.800
 how many

00:30:48.800 --> 00:30:48.960
 of you

00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:49.240
 have already

00:30:49.240 --> 00:30:49.820
 broken a

00:30:49.820 --> 00:30:50.700
 new year's

00:30:50.700 --> 00:30:51.400
 resolution

00:30:51.400 --> 00:30:52.460
 don't

00:30:52.460 --> 00:30:53.060
 don't feel

00:30:53.060 --> 00:30:53.420
 ashamed

00:30:53.420 --> 00:30:54.080
 yeah I

00:30:54.080 --> 00:30:54.380
 know

00:30:54.380 --> 00:30:54.780
 several

00:30:54.780 --> 00:30:55.320
 me too

00:30:55.320 --> 00:30:56.900
 I don't

00:30:56.900 --> 00:30:57.040
 want to

00:30:57.040 --> 00:30:57.500
 discourage

00:30:57.500 --> 00:30:57.700
 you but

00:30:57.700 --> 00:30:57.960
 it's only

00:30:57.960 --> 00:30:58.580
 one weekend

00:30:58.580 --> 00:31:01.300
 and sometimes

00:31:01.300 --> 00:31:02.240
 that happens

00:31:02.240 --> 00:31:02.860
 some of you

00:31:02.860 --> 00:31:03.400
 didn't start

00:31:03.400 --> 00:31:03.960
 the new year's

00:31:03.960 --> 00:31:04.460
 resolutions

00:31:04.460 --> 00:31:05.519
 I understand

00:31:05.519 --> 00:31:06.120
 that too

00:31:06.119 --> 00:31:07.679
 this isn't

00:31:07.679 --> 00:31:08.219
 always the

00:31:08.219 --> 00:31:08.859
 case but

00:31:08.859 --> 00:31:09.939
 but how do

00:31:09.939 --> 00:31:10.359
 resolutions

00:31:10.359 --> 00:31:11.359
 typically work

00:31:11.359 --> 00:31:13.059
 a resolution

00:31:13.059 --> 00:31:14.119
 in and of

00:31:14.119 --> 00:31:14.579
 itself

00:31:14.579 --> 00:31:15.199
 it's just a

00:31:15.199 --> 00:31:15.639
 resolution

00:31:15.639 --> 00:31:16.259
 means this

00:31:16.259 --> 00:31:17.159
 I am

00:31:17.159 --> 00:31:17.679
 struggling

00:31:17.679 --> 00:31:18.859
 in some

00:31:18.859 --> 00:31:19.179
 area

00:31:19.179 --> 00:31:20.939
 and this

00:31:20.939 --> 00:31:21.239
 year

00:31:21.239 --> 00:31:22.379
 I am

00:31:22.379 --> 00:31:23.059
 going to

00:31:23.059 --> 00:31:23.879
 be better

00:31:23.879 --> 00:31:25.239
 I commit

00:31:25.239 --> 00:31:25.819
 to being

00:31:25.819 --> 00:31:26.319
 better in

00:31:26.319 --> 00:31:27.000
 whatever area

00:31:27.000 --> 00:31:27.299
 it is

00:31:27.299 --> 00:31:27.779
 diet

00:31:27.779 --> 00:31:29.099
 exercise

00:31:29.099 --> 00:31:30.279
 spirituality

00:31:30.279 --> 00:31:31.639
 something

00:31:31.639 --> 00:31:32.459
 you're gonna

00:31:32.459 --> 00:31:32.959
 see a

00:31:32.959 --> 00:31:33.679
 change

00:31:33.679 --> 00:31:34.500
 you'll see

00:31:34.500 --> 00:31:35.119
 fruit

00:31:35.119 --> 00:31:36.619
 in me

00:31:36.619 --> 00:31:38.000
 but

00:31:38.000 --> 00:31:39.039
 but isolated

00:31:39.039 --> 00:31:40.099
 like that

00:31:40.099 --> 00:31:41.299
 resolutions

00:31:41.299 --> 00:31:42.979
 are lacking

00:31:42.979 --> 00:31:43.519
 two really

00:31:43.519 --> 00:31:44.339
 important things

00:31:44.339 --> 00:31:46.679
 the relationship

00:31:46.679 --> 00:31:49.259
 and the results

00:31:49.259 --> 00:31:50.419
 usually

00:31:50.419 --> 00:31:52.799
 usually you don't

00:31:52.799 --> 00:31:53.839
 see the fruit

00:31:53.839 --> 00:31:55.299
 see it's because

00:31:55.299 --> 00:31:56.119
 a resolution

00:31:56.119 --> 00:31:57.559
 leaves me

00:31:57.559 --> 00:31:59.159
 alone with

00:31:59.159 --> 00:31:59.779
 me

00:31:59.779 --> 00:32:02.000
 it's an

00:32:02.000 --> 00:32:02.799
 attempt to

00:32:02.799 --> 00:32:03.599
 move

00:32:03.599 --> 00:32:04.839
 from bad

00:32:04.839 --> 00:32:05.299
 me

00:32:05.299 --> 00:32:06.839
 over here

00:32:06.839 --> 00:32:07.819
 to good

00:32:07.819 --> 00:32:08.500
 me

00:32:08.500 --> 00:32:10.539
 by myself

00:32:10.539 --> 00:32:11.879
 and I've

00:32:11.879 --> 00:32:12.419
 already shown

00:32:12.419 --> 00:32:13.199
 myself to be

00:32:13.199 --> 00:32:13.899
 a dead

00:32:13.899 --> 00:32:14.679
 fig tree

00:32:14.679 --> 00:32:15.799
 as it were

00:32:15.799 --> 00:32:17.319
 now simply

00:32:17.319 --> 00:32:18.439
 resolved to

00:32:18.439 --> 00:32:18.980
 bear fruit

00:32:18.980 --> 00:32:19.539
 next year

00:32:19.539 --> 00:32:20.039
 from the

00:32:20.039 --> 00:32:20.619
 same

00:32:20.619 --> 00:32:21.579
 dead tree

00:32:21.579 --> 00:32:22.899
 there's a

00:32:22.899 --> 00:32:23.480
 difference

00:32:23.480 --> 00:32:24.379
 in repentance

00:32:24.379 --> 00:32:26.319
 repentance

00:32:26.319 --> 00:32:27.639
 turns from

00:32:27.639 --> 00:32:28.459
 sin

00:32:28.459 --> 00:32:29.759
 bad me

00:32:29.759 --> 00:32:31.119
 first

00:32:31.119 --> 00:32:32.220
 to God

00:32:32.220 --> 00:32:33.519
 to a

00:32:33.519 --> 00:32:34.519
 relationship

00:32:34.519 --> 00:32:36.379
 to a

00:32:36.379 --> 00:32:36.960
 God who

00:32:36.960 --> 00:32:38.180
 forgives

00:32:38.180 --> 00:32:39.000
 who shows

00:32:39.000 --> 00:32:39.779
 patient

00:32:39.779 --> 00:32:40.339
 mercy

00:32:40.339 --> 00:32:40.599
 who

00:32:40.599 --> 00:32:41.640
 sacrifices

00:32:41.640 --> 00:32:42.099
 himself

00:32:42.099 --> 00:32:42.660
 for me

00:32:42.660 --> 00:32:43.480
 because he

00:32:43.480 --> 00:32:44.299
 loves me

00:32:44.299 --> 00:32:45.079
 and it is

00:32:45.079 --> 00:32:46.500
 that relationship

00:32:46.500 --> 00:32:48.460
 that resolution

00:32:48.460 --> 00:32:49.259
 skips over

00:32:49.259 --> 00:32:50.039
 it's that

00:32:50.039 --> 00:32:50.759
 relationship

00:32:50.759 --> 00:32:51.240
 that is

00:32:51.240 --> 00:32:51.879
 actually the

00:32:51.879 --> 00:32:52.579
 power for

00:32:52.579 --> 00:32:53.339
 the results

00:32:53.339 --> 00:32:54.440
 it's that

00:32:54.440 --> 00:32:55.220
 relationship

00:32:55.220 --> 00:32:56.200
 that allows

00:32:56.200 --> 00:32:56.940
 fruit

00:32:56.940 --> 00:32:58.259
 to be

00:32:58.259 --> 00:32:58.640
 born

00:32:58.640 --> 00:33:00.759
 because God

00:33:00.759 --> 00:33:01.240
 gives

00:33:01.240 --> 00:33:02.279
 his spirit

00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:03.080
 it's not

00:33:03.080 --> 00:33:03.880
 just me

00:33:03.880 --> 00:33:05.000
 left alone

00:33:05.000 --> 00:33:05.640
 with me

00:33:05.640 --> 00:33:07.160
 it's God

00:33:07.160 --> 00:33:07.960
 giving to me

00:33:07.960 --> 00:33:08.860
 his spirit

00:33:08.860 --> 00:33:09.620
 that bears

00:33:09.620 --> 00:33:10.700
 fruit in my

00:33:10.700 --> 00:33:10.980
 life

00:33:10.980 --> 00:33:12.400
 because God

00:33:12.400 --> 00:33:13.080
 is because

00:33:13.080 --> 00:33:13.900
 he's so good

00:33:13.900 --> 00:33:14.860
 because he is

00:33:14.860 --> 00:33:15.519
 patiently

00:33:15.519 --> 00:33:16.220
 merciful

00:33:16.220 --> 00:33:17.600
 and abundantly

00:33:17.599 --> 00:33:18.199
 gracious

00:33:18.199 --> 00:33:19.339
 he does

00:33:19.339 --> 00:33:19.919
 all these

00:33:19.919 --> 00:33:20.879
 wonderful

00:33:20.879 --> 00:33:21.500
 things we've

00:33:21.500 --> 00:33:22.139
 been celebrating

00:33:22.139 --> 00:33:22.779
 this morning

00:33:22.779 --> 00:33:23.799
 he gives us

00:33:23.799 --> 00:33:24.879
 children we

00:33:24.879 --> 00:33:25.619
 don't deserve

00:33:25.619 --> 00:33:27.959
 he gives us

00:33:27.959 --> 00:33:29.059
 hearts that

00:33:29.059 --> 00:33:30.919
 actually want

00:33:30.919 --> 00:33:31.839
 to be generous

00:33:31.839 --> 00:33:32.579
 and see his

00:33:32.579 --> 00:33:33.439
 kingdom advance

00:33:33.439 --> 00:33:34.579
 in place of the

00:33:34.579 --> 00:33:35.179
 hearts that

00:33:35.179 --> 00:33:36.319
 just want to

00:33:36.319 --> 00:33:36.799
 see our

00:33:36.799 --> 00:33:37.699
 kingdom promoted

00:33:37.699 --> 00:33:39.619
 he gives us

00:33:39.619 --> 00:33:40.279
 eyes that

00:33:40.279 --> 00:33:41.539
 see like we

00:33:41.539 --> 00:33:42.159
 watched in the

00:33:42.159 --> 00:33:42.519
 video

00:33:42.519 --> 00:33:44.139
 a desire to

00:33:44.139 --> 00:33:44.859
 see other

00:33:44.859 --> 00:33:46.259
 people experience

00:33:46.259 --> 00:33:47.480
 the relationship

00:33:47.480 --> 00:33:48.259
 that we've

00:33:48.259 --> 00:33:49.140
 experienced

00:33:49.140 --> 00:33:50.500
 the thing

00:33:50.500 --> 00:33:51.220
 we've needed

00:33:51.220 --> 00:33:51.880
 so badly

00:33:51.880 --> 00:33:52.299
 to have

00:33:52.299 --> 00:33:53.259
 to have

00:33:53.259 --> 00:33:53.980
 the opportunity

00:33:53.980 --> 00:33:54.700
 to share that

00:33:54.700 --> 00:33:55.259
 with others

00:33:55.259 --> 00:33:57.000
 that's the God

00:33:57.000 --> 00:33:57.539
 we enter into

00:33:57.539 --> 00:33:58.759
 relationship with

00:33:58.759 --> 00:33:59.720
 and he begins

00:33:59.720 --> 00:34:00.460
 to produce

00:34:00.460 --> 00:34:01.160
 that fruit

00:34:01.160 --> 00:34:01.860
 in us

00:34:01.860 --> 00:34:02.900
 fruit that we

00:34:02.900 --> 00:34:03.660
 can't make

00:34:03.660 --> 00:34:04.299
 on our own

00:34:04.299 --> 00:34:04.819
 no matter how

00:34:04.819 --> 00:34:05.559
 hard we resolve

00:34:05.559 --> 00:34:08.719
 we turn back

00:34:08.719 --> 00:34:09.460
 to that God

00:34:09.460 --> 00:34:10.840
 and he produces

00:34:10.840 --> 00:34:11.639
 fruit

00:34:11.639 --> 00:34:12.400
 don't

00:34:12.400 --> 00:34:12.900
 don't just

00:34:12.900 --> 00:34:13.519
 resolve

00:34:13.519 --> 00:34:15.059
 you miss both

00:34:15.059 --> 00:34:15.619
 those things

00:34:15.619 --> 00:34:16.460
 you miss

00:34:16.460 --> 00:34:16.900
 first of all

00:34:16.900 --> 00:34:17.240
 you miss

00:34:17.240 --> 00:34:17.820
 Jesus

00:34:17.820 --> 00:34:19.940
 if all you

00:34:19.940 --> 00:34:20.599
 do is resolve

00:34:20.599 --> 00:34:21.139
 you stay on

00:34:21.139 --> 00:34:21.460
 your own

00:34:21.460 --> 00:34:21.820
 you miss

00:34:21.820 --> 00:34:22.220
 him

00:34:22.220 --> 00:34:23.500
 that's why

00:34:23.500 --> 00:34:23.840
 he says

00:34:23.840 --> 00:34:24.639
 repent

00:34:24.639 --> 00:34:26.019
 repent

00:34:26.019 --> 00:34:26.440
 you'll get

00:34:26.440 --> 00:34:26.700
 me

00:34:26.700 --> 00:34:27.200
 and then

00:34:27.200 --> 00:34:27.500
 there will

00:34:27.500 --> 00:34:28.460
 be fruit

00:34:28.460 --> 00:34:29.599
 that must

00:34:29.599 --> 00:34:30.519
 also come

00:34:30.519 --> 00:34:33.519
 Southwood

00:34:33.519 --> 00:34:35.760
 may we not

00:34:35.760 --> 00:34:36.579
 be a group

00:34:36.579 --> 00:34:37.260
 of people

00:34:37.260 --> 00:34:38.240
 and believe me

00:34:38.240 --> 00:34:38.680
 it's easy

00:34:38.680 --> 00:34:39.180
 to do this

00:34:39.180 --> 00:34:39.680
 it's even

00:34:39.680 --> 00:34:40.260
 easier in

00:34:40.260 --> 00:34:40.760
 groups than

00:34:40.760 --> 00:34:41.019
 it is

00:34:41.019 --> 00:34:41.559
 individually

00:34:41.559 --> 00:34:42.860
 may we not

00:34:42.860 --> 00:34:43.440
 be a group

00:34:43.440 --> 00:34:43.940
 of people

00:34:43.940 --> 00:34:44.720
 that finds

00:34:44.720 --> 00:34:45.519
 our significance

00:34:45.519 --> 00:34:47.179
 and our value

00:34:47.179 --> 00:34:48.019
 in being

00:34:48.019 --> 00:34:48.440
 better

00:34:48.440 --> 00:34:49.760
 than another

00:34:49.760 --> 00:34:50.159
 group of

00:34:50.159 --> 00:34:50.480
 people

00:34:50.480 --> 00:34:53.659
 you know how

00:34:53.659 --> 00:34:54.240
 easy that is

00:34:54.240 --> 00:34:54.539
 to do

00:34:54.539 --> 00:34:55.220
 you know how

00:34:55.220 --> 00:34:55.980
 off-putting

00:34:55.980 --> 00:34:57.420
 that is

00:34:57.420 --> 00:34:59.720
 what's

00:34:59.720 --> 00:35:00.220
 welcoming

00:35:00.220 --> 00:35:02.000
 and honest

00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:02.700
 by the way

00:35:02.700 --> 00:35:04.200
 is being a

00:35:04.200 --> 00:35:04.700
 group that

00:35:04.700 --> 00:35:05.579
 that owns

00:35:05.579 --> 00:35:06.519
 our shortcomings

00:35:06.519 --> 00:35:08.619
 that knows

00:35:08.619 --> 00:35:09.380
 our weaknesses

00:35:09.380 --> 00:35:10.519
 and that runs

00:35:10.519 --> 00:35:11.760
 quickly and

00:35:11.760 --> 00:35:12.980
 repeatedly to

00:35:12.980 --> 00:35:14.360
 one great

00:35:14.360 --> 00:35:15.200
 savior

00:35:15.200 --> 00:35:17.360
 isn't that the

00:35:17.360 --> 00:35:17.800
 truth

00:35:17.800 --> 00:35:19.099
 y'all tell people

00:35:19.099 --> 00:35:19.640
 all the time

00:35:19.640 --> 00:35:20.519
 Southwood's not a

00:35:20.519 --> 00:35:21.340
 place where a

00:35:21.340 --> 00:35:21.860
 bunch of people

00:35:21.860 --> 00:35:22.820
 who figured life

00:35:22.820 --> 00:35:24.039
 out come to be

00:35:24.039 --> 00:35:24.619
 part of a group

00:35:24.619 --> 00:35:25.019
 together

00:35:25.019 --> 00:35:27.340
 and as a result

00:35:27.340 --> 00:35:28.140
 we're not a

00:35:28.140 --> 00:35:29.019
 church that has

00:35:29.019 --> 00:35:30.180
 life figured out

00:35:30.180 --> 00:35:31.000
 or church figured

00:35:31.000 --> 00:35:31.360
 out

00:35:31.360 --> 00:35:33.140
 and that's just

00:35:33.140 --> 00:35:34.099
 honest

00:35:34.099 --> 00:35:34.860
 right

00:35:34.860 --> 00:35:35.700
 that's just

00:35:35.700 --> 00:35:36.579
 the truth

00:35:36.579 --> 00:35:37.900
 it's who we

00:35:37.900 --> 00:35:39.780
 are and yet

00:35:39.780 --> 00:35:41.280
 there's something

00:35:41.280 --> 00:35:42.059
 we have to say

00:35:42.059 --> 00:35:42.780
 along with that

00:35:42.780 --> 00:35:43.980
 amazingly

00:35:43.980 --> 00:35:45.420
 for people like

00:35:45.420 --> 00:35:46.000
 us that don't

00:35:46.000 --> 00:35:46.559
 have things

00:35:46.559 --> 00:35:47.139
 figured out

00:35:47.139 --> 00:35:48.300
 amazingly

00:35:48.300 --> 00:35:50.079
 Jesus call

00:35:50.079 --> 00:35:50.880
 to repentance

00:35:50.880 --> 00:35:52.700
 is to us

00:35:52.700 --> 00:35:53.960
 again a call

00:35:53.960 --> 00:35:55.019
 to relationship

00:35:55.019 --> 00:35:55.980
 with him

00:35:55.980 --> 00:35:57.200
 that he loves

00:35:57.200 --> 00:35:57.780
 us and wants

00:35:57.780 --> 00:35:58.180
 to be in

00:35:58.180 --> 00:35:59.220
 relationship with

00:35:59.220 --> 00:35:59.559
 us

00:35:59.559 --> 00:36:00.880
 it's a call

00:36:00.880 --> 00:36:01.280
 for us

00:36:01.280 --> 00:36:01.840
 personally

00:36:01.840 --> 00:36:03.200
 and together

00:36:03.200 --> 00:36:04.360
 to realize

00:36:04.360 --> 00:36:04.920
 that we

00:36:04.920 --> 00:36:05.980
 desperately need

00:36:05.980 --> 00:36:06.500
 a king

00:36:06.500 --> 00:36:07.160
 who will go

00:36:07.160 --> 00:36:07.880
 to a cross

00:36:07.880 --> 00:36:09.160
 for us

00:36:09.160 --> 00:36:09.820
 a king

00:36:09.820 --> 00:36:10.360
 who loves

00:36:10.360 --> 00:36:10.960
 us enough

00:36:10.960 --> 00:36:12.820
 to call us

00:36:12.820 --> 00:36:13.940
 back to himself

00:36:13.940 --> 00:36:15.099
 and be in

00:36:15.099 --> 00:36:15.700
 relationship

00:36:15.700 --> 00:36:16.180
 with us

00:36:16.180 --> 00:36:16.539
 again

00:36:16.539 --> 00:36:18.320
 let's pray

00:36:18.320 --> 00:36:24.599
 Jesus thank you

00:36:24.599 --> 00:36:25.280
 for loving us

00:36:25.280 --> 00:36:25.700
 enough

00:36:25.700 --> 00:36:29.079
 to challenge

00:36:29.079 --> 00:36:29.740
 our hearts

00:36:29.740 --> 00:36:34.019
 our hearts

00:36:34.019 --> 00:36:34.440
 that are really

00:36:34.440 --> 00:36:35.599
 slow to repent

00:36:35.599 --> 00:36:38.940
 really quick

00:36:38.940 --> 00:36:40.159
 to defend

00:36:40.159 --> 00:36:44.039
 would you

00:36:44.039 --> 00:36:44.779
 change our

00:36:44.779 --> 00:36:45.219
 hearts

00:36:45.219 --> 00:36:45.779
 personally

00:36:45.779 --> 00:36:46.699
 would you

00:36:46.699 --> 00:36:47.759
 continue to

00:36:47.759 --> 00:36:48.299
 work in

00:36:48.299 --> 00:36:49.199
 this body

00:36:49.199 --> 00:36:50.539
 make us

00:36:50.539 --> 00:36:51.159
 people in

00:36:51.159 --> 00:36:51.880
 a community

00:36:51.880 --> 00:36:54.480
 really gracious

00:36:54.480 --> 00:36:55.480
 and humble

00:36:55.480 --> 00:36:56.699
 and really

00:36:56.699 --> 00:36:57.279
 hopeful

00:36:57.279 --> 00:36:58.940
 because at our

00:36:58.940 --> 00:36:59.699
 lowest point

00:36:59.699 --> 00:37:00.339
 we see a

00:37:00.339 --> 00:37:00.659
 savior

00:37:00.659 --> 00:37:00.739
 savior

00:37:00.739 --> 00:37:01.859
 who still

00:37:01.859 --> 00:37:02.679
 loves us

00:37:02.679 --> 00:37:05.399
 in the face

00:37:05.399 --> 00:37:05.679
 of our

00:37:05.679 --> 00:37:06.420
 biggest failure

00:37:06.420 --> 00:37:06.859
 and sin

00:37:06.859 --> 00:37:07.379
 we see a

00:37:07.379 --> 00:37:07.859
 savior who's

00:37:07.859 --> 00:37:08.379
 going to a

00:37:08.379 --> 00:37:09.039
 cross so

00:37:09.039 --> 00:37:09.480
 that he can

00:37:09.480 --> 00:37:10.059
 take care

00:37:10.059 --> 00:37:10.420
 of it

00:37:10.420 --> 00:37:11.679
 who's got

00:37:11.679 --> 00:37:12.559
 blood that

00:37:12.559 --> 00:37:13.179
 will wash

00:37:13.179 --> 00:37:13.699
 away

00:37:13.699 --> 00:37:15.219
 all our

00:37:15.219 --> 00:37:15.619
 sin

00:37:15.619 --> 00:37:17.799
 might we

00:37:17.799 --> 00:37:18.859
 come and

00:37:18.859 --> 00:37:19.539
 see you

00:37:19.539 --> 00:37:20.279
 clearly

00:37:20.279 --> 00:37:21.139
 rejoice in

00:37:21.139 --> 00:37:21.379
 you

00:37:21.379 --> 00:37:22.599
 and be

00:37:22.599 --> 00:37:23.099
 renewed

00:37:23.099 --> 00:37:24.039
 people

00:37:24.039 --> 00:37:25.319
 because we

00:37:25.319 --> 00:37:25.739
 walk in

00:37:25.739 --> 00:37:26.239
 relationship

00:37:26.239 --> 00:37:26.819
 with you

00:37:26.819 --> 00:37:27.799
 we ask

00:37:27.799 --> 00:37:28.059
 in your

00:37:28.059 --> 00:37:28.299
 name

00:37:28.299 --> 00:37:29.500
 amen

00:37:29.500 --> 00:37:33.759
 for more

00:37:33.759 --> 00:37:34.279
 information

00:37:34.279 --> 00:37:35.079
 visit us

00:37:35.079 --> 00:37:35.579
 online

00:37:35.579 --> 00:37:35.979
 at

00:37:35.979 --> 00:37:36.879
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