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 All right, this morning we are continuing on in our series Stories of the Kingdom.

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! Man, we had all those kids and everybody sitting right down here and now we've just got this big empty space. That's all right.

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 If anybody wants to get a better seat, it's open right here. Now you are in the spit zone.

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 So, all right, we are going to look at Matthew chapter 7.

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 We have been in the Gospel of Matthew every week.

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 As we're looking at the parables of Jesus, the lessons that we can learn from them,

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 Matthew chapter 7, good job Preston, verses 1 through 5.

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 You know, it wasn't just you. It's not working for me either, Christopher.

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 Let me see if this got slid down on the wrong thing here.

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 There we go.

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 We got it going.

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 All right.

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 Matthew chapter 7, verses 1 through 5.

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 As you're turning there, I want to remind you guys that there are hypocrites in church.

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 Is that surprising to anybody?

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 Were you all unaware?

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 How many of you would just had no idea that there were hypocrites in church?

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 That's a really nice young man over there.

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 He said, are you kidding me?

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 Yeah, unfortunately there are.

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 How many of you are also aware there are hypocrites outside of church?

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 You know there are hypocrites at Walmart?

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 Hypocrites at Spring Market?

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 It's not just grocery stores.

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 There are hypocrites on city council.

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 Hypocrites at Milano's.

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 Hypocrites at...

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 I don't know.

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 I'm thinking about the pecan shed.

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 I mean, probably not any hypocrites.

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 No, there are.

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 There are.

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 Hypocrites at the open table?

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 Hypocrites in your home?

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 Sorry about that.

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 Look, there are hypocrites everywhere.

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 Do you know why that's true?

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 Because we're all hypocrites.

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 The Bible tells us we are.

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 It says, let God be true and every man a liar.

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 And not just males.

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 That represents mankind.

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 All of us.

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 All of us, all right?

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 We're all liars.

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 It's part of it.

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 We can't help ourselves.

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 The closer we get to the truth,

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 the closer we become like Jesus.

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 Because he is only truth.

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 But why is it that people say,

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 I don't want to go to that church by a bunch of hypocrites?

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 But they'll go every other place.

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 There are a bunch of hypocrites.

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 Why do you think that is?

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 Well, maybe it's because as followers of Jesus,

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 we're supposed to be more like him.

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 So we're kind of setting ourselves up as,

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 hey, we follow Jesus.

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 He wasn't a hypocrite.

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 Why would we be one?

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 Well, because we struggle with the same things

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 that everyone else struggles with.

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 Sometimes, even though we try to follow Jesus,

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 sometimes we find ourselves being hypocritical.

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 Well, in the lead up in Matthew 6,

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 to what Jesus is talking about here in Matthew 7,

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 he talks about hypocrites.

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 Look at verse 1, Matthew 6.

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 You got to turn back a page.

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 Sorry about that.

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 Verse 1 and chapter 2.

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 What did I say?

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 Chapter 6, verse 1 and verse 2.

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 Here we go.

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 Do not, sorry, there we go.

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 Watch out.

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 Don't do your deeds, your good deeds publicly

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 to be admired by others,

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 for you'll lose your reward from your Father in heaven.

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 When you give to someone in need,

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 don't do as the what?

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 Hypocrites do.

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 Don't do as the hypocrites do.

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 Look down at verse 5.

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 When you pray,

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 don't be like the what?

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 Hypocrites,

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 who love to pray publicly on the street corners

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 and the synagogues,

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 where everyone can see them.

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 I tell you the truth,

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 that's all the reward they will ever get.

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 Look down at verse 16.

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 When you fast,

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 don't make it obvious like the hypocrites do.

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 They try to look miserable and disheveled

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 so people will admire them for their fasting.

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 Look at how long I've gone without food.

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 I've been on my knees praying that whole time.

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 Sure you have.

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 I tell you the truth,

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 that is the only reward they will ever get.

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 Listen.

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 The consistent command there

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 is don't be like the what?

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 Hypocrites.

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 We can do better.

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 Let's say it together.

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 Don't be like the hypocrites.

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 Hypocrites.

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 So we get this lesson from Jesus in chapter 6.

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 Then we move on to chapter 7.

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 And remember,

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 you always got to take the Bible in context.

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 If you pull an isolated verse

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 or little passage out of the Bible,

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 you can make it try to say

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 whatever you want it to say.

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 But if you read the Bible

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 in the larger context

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 of what it's teaching us,

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 then you can really understand

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 what Jesus was trying to communicate to us.

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 So we read it in this context,

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 and then we see in verse 1 of chapter 7.

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 Do not judge others

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 and you will not be judged.

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 Anybody ever heard that verse quoted to you?

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 Doesn't the Bible say something like,

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 don't judge lest ye be judged?

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 And they always use the King James Version

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 because they probably heard that as a kid

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 and they've never heard another verse since.

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 It's the favorite verse of unbelievers often,

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 non-Christians.

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 They love to throw that at us.

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 You can't tell me what to do

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 because the Bible says don't judge.

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 They probably couldn't quote

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 one other verse of the Bible,

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 but they got that one down.

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 Why is that?

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 Because none of us

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 want to be called out for anything.

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 None of us ever want to be put

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 under the magnifying glass

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 or the microscope

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 and have our lives put on trial.

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 Don't mess with me.

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 Let me do my thing.

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 Okay?

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 You do you, boo.

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 I've never had that said to me.

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 I probably have.

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 For you will be treated

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 as you treat others.

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 So again,

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 we got to read this verse in context.

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 What's he actually saying here?

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 Don't be a hypocrite.

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 Don't judge hypocritically.

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 Y'all, when I do research for sermons,

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 a lot of it comes directly from the Holy Spirit.

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 I'm reading the scripture.

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 He's putting thoughts into my head.

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 I'm putting them down.

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 Some of it, believe it or not,

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 comes from other books

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 that people have written,

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 theologians,

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 they'll go through and read the Bible.

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 They'll make these things

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 called commentaries

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 and they'll put down

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 all these thoughts

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 and a lot of those

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 are guided by the Holy Spirit

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 and so you can glean a lot from that.

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 It can be a real advantage to you

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 as you're putting together sermons.

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 I can also watch videos

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 of other pastors

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 preaching through a certain passage

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 that I'm going to preach through

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 and it's like,

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 hey, if they got something valuable from that,

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 maybe it could apply to us.

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 If their bullet fits my gun,

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 so to speak,

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 maybe I'll shoot it.

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 Anyway, I do that regularly

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 and throughout this passage,

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 there's a church in Georgia,

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 this passage, this series,

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 there's a church in Georgia

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 that also went through

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 a series on the parables of Jesus

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 and I've been getting a lot from that.

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 For this one,

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 I got one from a pastor in Oklahoma,

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 Craig Groeschel.

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 I've used him before.

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 Not putting a blanket stamp

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 on everything that he says

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 is exactly what I would say.

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 I can't say that.

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 I haven't watched everything

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 he'd ever says

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 but this was valuable

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 so I want to share a few of the thoughts

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 that I got from him

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 as well as some

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 that I got from you all

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 and he says this,

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 your harshest judgment

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 often reveals

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 your greatest weakness.

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 I thought that was really good.

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 Have you ever noticed

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 that when somebody

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 is calling out somebody else

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 for something,

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 you often find out later

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 that they were struggling

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 in the same area.

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 Anybody ever notice that?

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 Is it just me?

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 Yeah, me too.

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 So when Craig Groeschel

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 said that quote,

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 I wrote it down like,

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 man, that's good.

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 Now listen to the other things

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 he had to say on this passage

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 because there was a lot of gold in there

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 and I want to share some of that with you

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 but that's the first one.

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 Your harshest criticism

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 often reveals

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 your greatest or deepest weakness.

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 He actually shared this story

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 of a young man

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 that he had been counseling

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 and a guy came to him

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 and it was two roommates,

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 young men,

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 they were rooming together,

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 saved money

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 and the guy came to him

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 and said,

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 Pastor Craig,

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 I'm so mad at my roommate right now

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 and he was so just filled up with anger,

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 righteous indignation kind of thing,

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 you know,

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 and he's just angry.

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 He said,

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 I caught my roommate

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 looking at porn

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 on my computer.

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 How dare he?

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 And he was just,

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 I mean,

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 as hateful as he could be.

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 Not like,

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 hey,

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 let's try to get this guy some help.

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 He's struggling.

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 It was,

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 I cannot believe

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 that he would do

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 such a horrible thing.

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 I don't know all the story,

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 the circumstances

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 of how this happened

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 but he said

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 the very next day

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 it came out

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 that this guy

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 who was so mad

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 at his roommate

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 for doing this

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 had been having

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 a multi-year affair

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 with a married woman.

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 The very area

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 of sin

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 that he was so mad

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 at this guy

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 for,

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 he was having

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 an even way more

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 damaging issue

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 in his own life

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 and had been for years.

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 That's an extreme example

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 but there's a truth there.

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 Often,

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 the very thing

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 that you and I

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 get so mad

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 at others for

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 is something

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 that we struggle

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 with ourselves.

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 So what does he say

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 in verse 3?

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 Lead up to it.

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 Don't judge others.

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 You won't be judged

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 for you will be treated

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 as you treat others.

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 The standard you use

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 in judging

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 is the standard

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 by which you will be judged.

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 Verse 3.

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 And why worry

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 about a speck

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 in your friend's eye

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 when you have

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 a log

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 in your own?

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 How can you think

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 of saying to your friend,

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 let me help you

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 get rid of that speck

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 in your eye

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 when you can't see

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 past the log

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 in your own eye?

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 What does he say

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 in verse 5?

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 Hypocrite.

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 Hypocrite.

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 First,

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 get rid of the log

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 in your own eye

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 and then you will see

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 well enough

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 to deal with the speck

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 in your friend's eye.

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 Hypocrite.

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 Don't be a hypocrite.

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 Now y'all,

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 we know what hypocrites

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 look like in Texas.

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 Right?

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 All hat and no cattle.

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 Now look,

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 I was born in Fort Worth,

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 lived in Mahea

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 and Corsicana

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 and various parts

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 of the metroplex.

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 It's just a big conglomerate

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 of little towns anyway.

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 So I'm a Texan,

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 but I've lived

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 a lot of other places

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 in my life too.

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 Lived in Central America

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 as missionaries.

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 We've lived in,

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 I lived in California.

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 Look,

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 I was a missionary

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 to California

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 for a while,

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 okay?

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 Might have just been

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 living there at the time,

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 but I felt like

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 I was a missionary

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 because I was coming

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 from Texas,

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 you know?

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 Got to teach y'all

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 how to live out here.

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 And then we lived

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 in Nevada,

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 we lived in Oklahoma,

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 went to college

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 in Tennessee

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 for a little while.

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 We've lived a lot of places,

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 traveled a lot of places.

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 So I've never really

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 been a cowboy,

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 right?

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 I've never been a rancher.

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 My dad was that.

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 He grew up on ranches.

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 He was a cowboy.

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 His brother did rodeo.

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 My dad did a little

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 here and there.

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 But, you know,

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 they lived that life.

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 That wasn't me though.

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 I never had that

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 even opportunity

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 to live that life.

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 But I always had boots

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 and I always had a hat.

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 Always.

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 Always had a cowboy hat

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 and always had boots.

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 Why?

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 Because I'm from Texas

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 and that's what you do,

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 right?

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 You just have that.

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 Even if you don't even

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 wear it that often,

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 you still have it.

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 But there's a difference

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 in those of us

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 who have a pair of boots

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 and a hat

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 and those of us

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 who are actual ranchers,

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 actual cowboys,

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 who actually need

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 the shade

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 that the hat provides

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 and they need

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 the functionality

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 that cowboy boots

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 give you

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 when you're riding horses,

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 right?

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 There's a difference there.

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 We know what it means

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 when somebody's all hat

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 and no cattle.

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 If they don't admit that,

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 they try to pass themselves off

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 as something as they're not,

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 then they're a cowboy.

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 Call them dudes, right?

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 But listen,

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 they're not a real cowboy.

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 They're hypocrites.

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 What's that?

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 Drugstore cowboy.

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 That's right.

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 There you go.

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 Drugstore cowboys.

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 Pastor Craig Owens

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 said this,

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 a Christian

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 who carries the name

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 of Jesus Christ

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 but not the nature

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 of Jesus Christ

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 is a hypocrite.

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 Did you catch that?

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 A Christian

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 who carries his name

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 but not his nature

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 is a hypocrite.

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 I dare say

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 that if we took a poll

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 of all you in this room,

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 every one of you

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 would raise your hand

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 and say I'm a Christian.

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 I'm not going to speak

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 for all of you.

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 There might be a couple of you

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 who are feeling

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 especially honest

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 and you're like,

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 no, I'm not.

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 And that's all right.

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 Just glad you're here today.

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 Maybe you'll learn

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 something about Jesus

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 you didn't know

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 and be drawn to him.

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 But I think most of us

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 in this room

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 would say,

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 yeah, I'm a Christian.

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 So you carry his name,

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 Christ.

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 Christian Christ.

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 Follower of Jesus.

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 But you don't carry

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 his nature.

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 You might think

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 you carry a Christian nature.

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 You might think

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 you carry a church nature.

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 But you don't carry

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 the nature of the person

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 we read about

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 in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.

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 That's the real Jesus.

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 So do you know

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 what you are

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 if you carry his name

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 but not his nature?

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 You're a drugstore cowboy.

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 You're all hat and no cattle.

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 You're a hypocrite.

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 In a very serious way.

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 And that's what Jesus

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 is warning against.

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 That's what he's warning against

00:14:51.639 --> 00:14:52.500
 in Matthew 6

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 and then into Matthew 7.

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 So he says,

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 don't be that.

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 Don't be a hypocrite.

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 Why?

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 Because number one,

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 you're carrying his name

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 without his nature.

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 That is the serious crime here.

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 We just read about

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 his warning against hypocrites

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 in Matthew 6.

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 Do you understand?

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 The examples he gave,

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 there were three.

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 Giving,

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 praying,

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 and fasting.

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 Those were the three

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 big religious expressions

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 you could do back then.

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 Not a whole lot has changed.

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 Now we don't fast

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 a whole lot

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 in America,

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 especially Baptist churches.

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 Right?

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 Look at me.

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 I don't fast a whole lot.

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 You could probably use

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 to fast maybe a little more.

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 But hey,

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 I'm working on a diet plan.

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 We're getting there.

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 Steadily working down.

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 Alright,

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 here we go.

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 Hypocrites

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 are somebody

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 who will do

00:15:40.759 --> 00:15:42.680
 all the religious things,

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 the religious stuff,

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 the religious exercises,

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 but there's no real heart

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 to support it.

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 They're missing

00:15:49.820 --> 00:15:51.139
 the nature of Jesus

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 while they put on

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 this religious show.

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 So,

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 Mark chapter 7

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 and verse 6.

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 Mark chapter 7

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 and verse 6.

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 While you're looking there,

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 it's one book over.

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 These people

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 honor me with their lips,

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 but their hearts

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 are far from me.

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 Here's the perspective.

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 A religious show

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 earns no favor

00:16:08.580 --> 00:16:10.120
 from God.

00:16:10.560 --> 00:16:11.960
 A religious show

00:16:11.960 --> 00:16:13.420
 earns no favor

00:16:13.420 --> 00:16:14.840
 from God.

00:16:15.080 --> 00:16:16.000
 You can do

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 all those good things,

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 but that's not

00:16:18.120 --> 00:16:18.780
 going to earn you

00:16:18.780 --> 00:16:19.860
 any brownie points

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 with God.

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 You can be in church

00:16:22.820 --> 00:16:23.580
 every Sunday.

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 You can sing the songs.

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 You can give your tithes.

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 But if your heart

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 is far from him,

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 what good is it?

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 It's no good.

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 That is the lesson

00:16:38.120 --> 00:16:39.480
 that Jesus is teaching us.

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 It doesn't accomplish anything

00:16:41.180 --> 00:16:41.940
 that you think

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 it's accomplishing

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 because there's no magic actions

00:16:45.320 --> 00:16:46.640
 that will win you

00:16:46.640 --> 00:16:47.880
 favor from God.

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 There's only a response

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 of the heart.

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 There's only a posture

00:16:51.840 --> 00:16:52.580
 of the heart

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 that will win you

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 favor from God.

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 So where's your heart sitting?

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 Where's your heart sitting today?

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 And that's what he's

00:17:01.019 --> 00:17:01.799
 trying to teach us

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 in Mark 7.

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 Look, we can honor him

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 with our lips all day,

00:17:06.339 --> 00:17:07.259
 but if our hearts

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 are not close to him,

00:17:10.139 --> 00:17:11.740
 let's talk about that

00:17:11.740 --> 00:17:12.200
 for a second.

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 Where is Jesus?

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 If our hearts aren't there,

00:17:18.440 --> 00:17:19.419
 then our hearts

00:17:19.419 --> 00:17:20.279
 aren't close to him.

00:17:22.079 --> 00:17:23.859
 Say, where is Jesus?

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 Well, where was he

00:17:24.799 --> 00:17:25.419
 when he was walking

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 around this earth?

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 Jesus was with

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 the least of these.

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 Jesus was with

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 the sinners.

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 Jesus was with

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 those who were

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 at the bottom

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 of society's

00:17:39.420 --> 00:17:41.160
 caste system,

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 society's order.

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 He didn't call

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 the greatest

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 and the best

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 and the coolest

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 and the most popular.

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 He didn't call those.

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 He called those

00:17:53.000 --> 00:17:54.320
 who didn't make the cut.

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 that's where Jesus was.

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 He went and hung out

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 with what they called

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 publicans and sinners,

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 the outcasts of society.

00:18:06.019 --> 00:18:09.079
 Jesus hung out

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 with the blind,

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 the poor,

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 the crippled,

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 and he helped them.

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 He healed them.

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 He showed them love.

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 He gave them something

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 that nobody else

00:18:20.399 --> 00:18:20.980
 in society

00:18:20.980 --> 00:18:21.819
 was giving them.

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 That's where he was.

00:18:23.980 --> 00:18:24.960
 So if your heart

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 is not going to be

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 far from Jesus,

00:18:27.139 --> 00:18:27.940
 then your heart's

00:18:27.940 --> 00:18:28.700
 got to be where

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 his was

00:18:30.139 --> 00:18:31.319
 and still is today.

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 And I'm living proof

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 of what the mercy

00:18:35.220 --> 00:18:36.000
 of God can do.

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 I'm living proof

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 that God

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 uses those

00:18:40.859 --> 00:18:42.339
 who aren't

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 at the top

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 of the class.

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 If you'd seen

00:18:45.579 --> 00:18:46.160
 my grades

00:18:46.160 --> 00:18:47.819
 in college,

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 I don't want you

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 to see my grades

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 in college.

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 You're going to say

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 that guy's not fit

00:18:52.500 --> 00:18:53.200
 to be our pastor,

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 okay?

00:18:54.500 --> 00:18:54.799
 Look,

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 I tried a lot harder

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 in seminary.

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 I was really engaged

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 and I had better grades

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 in seminary.

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 But listen,

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 you don't have to be

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 the best of the best.

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 Jesus is working

00:19:07.120 --> 00:19:08.180
 with those.

00:19:08.740 --> 00:19:10.100
 He's seeking those

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 who usually are not

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 the richest,

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 not the smartest,

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 not the best

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 in the world's eyes.

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 But he reaches out

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 to them.

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 So if your heart's

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 going to be with him,

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 that's where your heart's

00:19:21.880 --> 00:19:22.340
 got to be.

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 Carrying his name

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 without his nature.

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 A religious show

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 earns no favor

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 from God.

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 Secondly,

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 and there's only

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 two points,

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 by the way,

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 so I'm on the last

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 point already.

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 accusing others,

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 but excusing

00:19:40.020 --> 00:19:40.740
 ourselves.

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 Let's get back

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 into Matthew 7.

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 Why worry

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 about a speck

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 in your friend's eye

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 when you have

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 a log

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 in your own?

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 How can you think

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 of saying to your friend,

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 you got to get rid

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 of that speck

00:19:55.500 --> 00:19:55.900
 in your eye

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 when you can't see

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 past the log

00:19:57.680 --> 00:19:58.240
 in your own?

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 You understand

00:19:58.680 --> 00:19:59.420
 the difference here?

00:19:59.760 --> 00:20:00.840
 A log is

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 small or big?

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 Making sure

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 y'all are with me here.

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 Okay, good.

00:20:04.879 --> 00:20:05.940
 We got a big log.

00:20:06.619 --> 00:20:07.319
 How do you fit

00:20:07.319 --> 00:20:08.799
 a log in your eye?

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 That seems like

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 it would be something

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 you would notice.

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 Right?

00:20:14.900 --> 00:20:16.019
 Can you imagine

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 me walking up

00:20:18.379 --> 00:20:19.619
 to Harlan over here

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 and I've got a big log

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 that's in my eye

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 and I look at Harlan

00:20:26.379 --> 00:20:26.759
 and say,

00:20:26.859 --> 00:20:27.440
 hey Harlan,

00:20:27.640 --> 00:20:28.319
 you got something

00:20:28.319 --> 00:20:29.180
 in your eye, man?

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 He's like,

00:20:32.320 --> 00:20:32.759
 really?

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 Are you sure?

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 Because I'm not sure

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 how you could see it.

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 You might have

00:20:38.240 --> 00:20:39.200
 something in your own.

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 Do you see

00:20:41.060 --> 00:20:42.440
 how nonsensical

00:20:42.440 --> 00:20:43.360
 and silly

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 and ridiculous

00:20:44.279 --> 00:20:44.960
 that is?

00:20:45.120 --> 00:20:45.900
 But do you see

00:20:45.900 --> 00:20:46.640
 that that is

00:20:46.640 --> 00:20:47.620
 what we do

00:20:47.620 --> 00:20:49.900
 when we can't

00:20:49.900 --> 00:20:50.759
 get over

00:20:50.759 --> 00:20:52.120
 a problem

00:20:52.120 --> 00:20:52.900
 we see

00:20:52.900 --> 00:20:54.060
 in someone else?

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 And look,

00:20:55.440 --> 00:20:56.400
 don't make any mistake.

00:20:56.400 --> 00:20:57.420
 This is not

00:20:57.420 --> 00:20:58.380
 you going to

00:20:58.380 --> 00:20:59.360
 someone in love

00:20:59.360 --> 00:20:59.900
 and saying,

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 brother,

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 I know you're

00:21:02.180 --> 00:21:03.240
 struggling this area.

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 I want to help you.

00:21:05.120 --> 00:21:05.980
 You can't just

00:21:05.980 --> 00:21:07.000
 go on in this.

00:21:07.140 --> 00:21:07.820
 It's going to hurt

00:21:07.820 --> 00:21:08.800
 everyone around you.

00:21:08.840 --> 00:21:09.620
 It's going to hurt you.

00:21:09.840 --> 00:21:10.800
 It's going to tear us down.

00:21:11.120 --> 00:21:12.180
 Please let me

00:21:12.180 --> 00:21:13.019
 walk through this

00:21:13.019 --> 00:21:13.460
 with you.

00:21:13.780 --> 00:21:14.940
 How can I pray for you?

00:21:15.160 --> 00:21:16.040
 Who can we go to

00:21:16.040 --> 00:21:16.680
 to get some help?

00:21:16.860 --> 00:21:17.700
 There is a way

00:21:17.700 --> 00:21:18.420
 to do this, right?

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 And we'll get more

00:21:19.000 --> 00:21:19.640
 into that in a minute.

00:21:20.420 --> 00:21:21.259
 But that's not

00:21:21.259 --> 00:21:22.060
 what we're talking about.

00:21:23.200 --> 00:21:24.080
 We're talking about

00:21:24.080 --> 00:21:25.040
 what you and I do

00:21:25.039 --> 00:21:26.720
 which is seeing

00:21:26.720 --> 00:21:27.859
 somebody do something

00:21:27.859 --> 00:21:28.740
 we don't like

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 and often

00:21:30.920 --> 00:21:31.819
 we'll go to them

00:21:31.819 --> 00:21:32.779
 or sometimes

00:21:32.779 --> 00:21:33.399
 we'll go to

00:21:33.399 --> 00:21:34.200
 somebody else.

00:21:35.639 --> 00:21:36.379
 You see that

00:21:36.379 --> 00:21:37.159
 speck in his eye?

00:21:38.619 --> 00:21:39.420
 Can you believe

00:21:39.420 --> 00:21:40.039
 she did that?

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 I'm not saying

00:21:42.440 --> 00:21:42.899
 y'all ladies

00:21:42.899 --> 00:21:43.599
 ever do that

00:21:43.599 --> 00:21:44.399
 when you get around

00:21:44.399 --> 00:21:44.599
 each other.

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 I'm not saying.

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 Look, guys,

00:21:46.559 --> 00:21:47.079
 truth is,

00:21:47.139 --> 00:21:47.639
 we do it too.

00:21:49.220 --> 00:21:49.960
 How many of you

00:21:49.960 --> 00:21:51.039
 love hearing dirt

00:21:51.039 --> 00:21:52.159
 on somebody else?

00:21:53.099 --> 00:21:54.059
 Don't raise your hand.

00:21:55.039 --> 00:21:59.119
 They might be

00:21:59.119 --> 00:21:59.879
 sitting in this room,

00:21:59.960 --> 00:22:00.200
 okay?

00:22:01.099 --> 00:22:01.940
 Look, how many

00:22:01.940 --> 00:22:02.619
 of y'all love,

00:22:02.720 --> 00:22:03.619
 of course you do.

00:22:03.740 --> 00:22:05.019
 Your flesh loves it.

00:22:05.619 --> 00:22:06.240
 Your nature

00:22:06.240 --> 00:22:07.420
 eats that up.

00:22:08.079 --> 00:22:08.619
 Tell me

00:22:08.619 --> 00:22:10.279
 all the dirty details.

00:22:10.519 --> 00:22:11.139
 Spare nothing.

00:22:11.740 --> 00:22:12.519
 I've got to hear

00:22:12.519 --> 00:22:13.139
 what happened.

00:22:14.819 --> 00:22:16.019
 And the truth is,

00:22:16.379 --> 00:22:18.379
 we love that so much

00:22:18.379 --> 00:22:20.299
 because it helps us

00:22:20.299 --> 00:22:20.799
 ignore

00:22:20.799 --> 00:22:23.200
 our biggest weaknesses.

00:22:23.200 --> 00:22:25.259
 It helps us ignore

00:22:25.259 --> 00:22:26.240
 what's going on

00:22:26.240 --> 00:22:27.019
 in our life

00:22:27.019 --> 00:22:28.259
 that we hope

00:22:28.259 --> 00:22:29.059
 nobody ever

00:22:29.059 --> 00:22:29.900
 finds out about

00:22:29.900 --> 00:22:30.860
 because then we'll

00:22:30.860 --> 00:22:31.480
 be the subject

00:22:31.480 --> 00:22:32.120
 of the gossip.

00:22:34.400 --> 00:22:35.519
 We'll be the ones

00:22:35.519 --> 00:22:36.140
 that they're talking

00:22:36.140 --> 00:22:36.480
 about

00:22:36.480 --> 00:22:39.500
 in the community.

00:22:39.500 --> 00:22:42.319
 So how do we

00:22:42.319 --> 00:22:45.019
 avoid

00:22:45.019 --> 00:22:46.759
 accusing others

00:22:46.759 --> 00:22:49.079
 but excusing

00:22:49.079 --> 00:22:49.740
 ourselves?

00:22:51.180 --> 00:22:51.460
 Well,

00:22:51.680 --> 00:22:52.519
 problem number one,

00:22:53.000 --> 00:22:54.240
 we judge from a distance.

00:22:54.799 --> 00:22:55.799
 We've got to avoid

00:22:55.799 --> 00:22:57.240
 judging from a distance.

00:22:57.359 --> 00:22:57.480
 Y'all,

00:22:57.559 --> 00:22:58.460
 we could spend the rest

00:22:58.460 --> 00:22:59.180
 of our time here.

00:23:00.319 --> 00:23:01.880
 We all do this

00:23:01.880 --> 00:23:04.700
 and it's always damaging.

00:23:04.700 --> 00:23:08.039
 Even if we were right,

00:23:08.240 --> 00:23:10.039
 it's still wrong.

00:23:10.840 --> 00:23:11.660
 Do you understand that?

00:23:12.840 --> 00:23:14.319
 Judging from a distance,

00:23:15.140 --> 00:23:16.080
 what do we mean by that?

00:23:16.539 --> 00:23:17.740
 Making a judgment

00:23:17.740 --> 00:23:18.480
 on something,

00:23:18.660 --> 00:23:19.880
 making a snap judgment

00:23:19.880 --> 00:23:21.080
 without having

00:23:21.080 --> 00:23:22.039
 all the details,

00:23:22.940 --> 00:23:24.059
 without actually

00:23:24.059 --> 00:23:25.400
 knowing the situation.

00:23:26.240 --> 00:23:26.400
 Y'all,

00:23:26.460 --> 00:23:26.940
 like I said,

00:23:27.160 --> 00:23:28.160
 we could camp here

00:23:28.160 --> 00:23:29.380
 the rest of the day.

00:23:29.580 --> 00:23:30.240
 We could preach

00:23:30.240 --> 00:23:31.279
 an entire series

00:23:31.279 --> 00:23:32.279
 about this

00:23:32.279 --> 00:23:33.599
 and I pray

00:23:33.599 --> 00:23:34.220
 that God would

00:23:34.220 --> 00:23:35.200
 help us to change

00:23:35.200 --> 00:23:35.920
 but listen,

00:23:36.039 --> 00:23:36.779
 it is always

00:23:36.779 --> 00:23:37.480
 going to be something

00:23:37.480 --> 00:23:38.379
 we struggle with.

00:23:38.980 --> 00:23:40.379
 We are always prone

00:23:40.379 --> 00:23:41.619
 in our sinful flesh

00:23:41.619 --> 00:23:43.139
 to make snap judgments

00:23:43.139 --> 00:23:44.440
 without having

00:23:44.440 --> 00:23:45.220
 all the information

00:23:45.220 --> 00:23:45.899
 we're judging

00:23:45.899 --> 00:23:46.779
 from a distance.

00:23:47.000 --> 00:23:47.680
 We're not really

00:23:47.680 --> 00:23:48.980
 part of what's going on.

00:23:49.299 --> 00:23:50.220
 We may or may not

00:23:50.220 --> 00:23:51.720
 be even directly affected

00:23:51.720 --> 00:23:52.980
 by what's going on

00:23:52.980 --> 00:23:54.700
 but we still love

00:23:54.700 --> 00:23:55.579
 to sit back

00:23:55.579 --> 00:23:56.559
 on our high horse

00:23:56.559 --> 00:23:58.240
 and pass judgment.

00:23:59.859 --> 00:24:01.259
 And now that the advent

00:24:01.259 --> 00:24:02.059
 of social media

00:24:02.059 --> 00:24:02.659
 is here,

00:24:02.919 --> 00:24:04.119
 we have a beautiful

00:24:04.119 --> 00:24:05.359
 outlet to do that.

00:24:06.559 --> 00:24:07.879
 And we get on Facebook,

00:24:08.639 --> 00:24:11.019
 maybe it's a private group

00:24:11.019 --> 00:24:13.059
 or maybe it's just

00:24:13.059 --> 00:24:14.539
 your broad Facebook page

00:24:14.539 --> 00:24:15.440
 sending it out

00:24:15.440 --> 00:24:16.359
 to all your friends.

00:24:18.139 --> 00:24:19.720
 Whatever your preferred

00:24:19.720 --> 00:24:21.399
 social media outlet is

00:24:21.399 --> 00:24:23.399
 or maybe it's a little

00:24:23.399 --> 00:24:24.000
 text thread

00:24:24.000 --> 00:24:24.859
 that you get on

00:24:24.859 --> 00:24:25.919
 and text to your buddies.

00:24:28.279 --> 00:24:29.079
 Did you hear

00:24:29.079 --> 00:24:29.960
 what happened to,

00:24:29.960 --> 00:24:31.179
 I can't believe

00:24:31.180 --> 00:24:31.759
 they would,

00:24:32.160 --> 00:24:33.200
 what is wrong with them,

00:24:33.279 --> 00:24:34.240
 what are they thinking,

00:24:34.860 --> 00:24:35.620
 who do they think

00:24:35.620 --> 00:24:36.180
 they are,

00:24:36.480 --> 00:24:37.259
 fill in the blank.

00:24:37.980 --> 00:24:39.019
 We are judging

00:24:39.019 --> 00:24:40.560
 from a distance

00:24:40.560 --> 00:24:42.400
 and it's wrong.

00:24:42.860 --> 00:24:43.960
 It's hypocritical.

00:24:44.920 --> 00:24:46.539
 And it's accusing others

00:24:46.539 --> 00:24:47.680
 while wanting

00:24:47.680 --> 00:24:48.860
 to be excused

00:24:48.860 --> 00:24:49.700
 ourselves.

00:24:51.940 --> 00:24:52.560
 Secondly,

00:24:52.820 --> 00:24:54.000
 we judge unfairly.

00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:57.900
 we judge unfairly.

00:24:58.599 --> 00:24:59.700
 What do we mean by this?

00:25:00.799 --> 00:25:01.099
 Well,

00:25:01.500 --> 00:25:02.079
 we mean

00:25:02.079 --> 00:25:03.339
 holding others,

00:25:04.180 --> 00:25:05.339
 let's put it this way,

00:25:05.460 --> 00:25:06.119
 holding those

00:25:06.119 --> 00:25:07.819
 outside God's family

00:25:07.819 --> 00:25:10.299
 to His family standards.

00:25:10.779 --> 00:25:11.480
 This is another one

00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:11.880
 of the points

00:25:11.880 --> 00:25:12.579
 that Craig Groeschel

00:25:12.579 --> 00:25:13.019
 was making.

00:25:13.859 --> 00:25:15.299
 How can you expect

00:25:15.299 --> 00:25:17.000
 those who do not

00:25:17.000 --> 00:25:18.279
 belong to the family

00:25:18.279 --> 00:25:18.839
 of God

00:25:18.839 --> 00:25:19.859
 to live according

00:25:19.859 --> 00:25:21.359
 to God's family standards?

00:25:22.779 --> 00:25:24.000
 His Holy Spirit

00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:25.799
 is not guiding them.

00:25:27.179 --> 00:25:28.419
 His Holy Spirit

00:25:28.419 --> 00:25:29.859
 is not leading them.

00:25:30.099 --> 00:25:31.459
 He's not prompting them.

00:25:31.719 --> 00:25:32.359
 They don't have

00:25:32.359 --> 00:25:33.719
 the same moral compass

00:25:33.719 --> 00:25:35.079
 that the Holy Spirit

00:25:35.079 --> 00:25:36.240
 gives to His children.

00:25:36.559 --> 00:25:38.000
 So why would we expect

00:25:38.000 --> 00:25:38.579
 them to live

00:25:38.579 --> 00:25:39.199
 like they do?

00:25:39.919 --> 00:25:40.839
 But we do that.

00:25:41.359 --> 00:25:42.500
 And we get online

00:25:42.500 --> 00:25:43.859
 and we blast

00:25:43.859 --> 00:25:44.699
 those who are

00:25:44.699 --> 00:25:46.319
 clearly without Christ,

00:25:46.319 --> 00:25:48.059
 holding them,

00:25:48.179 --> 00:25:48.960
 expecting them

00:25:48.960 --> 00:25:50.220
 to live up to the standard

00:25:50.220 --> 00:25:51.799
 that Christ gives

00:25:51.799 --> 00:25:52.720
 to His children.

00:25:54.119 --> 00:25:54.899
 Paul actually had

00:25:54.899 --> 00:25:55.419
 something to say

00:25:55.419 --> 00:25:56.339
 about this in Romans.

00:25:56.819 --> 00:25:58.240
 In Romans chapter 1,

00:25:58.399 --> 00:26:00.500
 he gives this horrible list

00:26:00.500 --> 00:26:02.379
 of all these bad people

00:26:02.379 --> 00:26:02.819
 out there.

00:26:03.759 --> 00:26:04.460
 Go look at it.

00:26:04.559 --> 00:26:05.299
 I mean, it's bad.

00:26:05.519 --> 00:26:06.599
 He didn't leave anything out.

00:26:07.559 --> 00:26:08.480
 He even included

00:26:08.480 --> 00:26:10.099
 disobedient to parents.

00:26:10.619 --> 00:26:12.240
 Just in case you thought

00:26:12.240 --> 00:26:13.579
 that wasn't that bad, kids.

00:26:13.939 --> 00:26:14.899
 He got you on that one.

00:26:14.900 --> 00:26:16.980
 He gives this big list

00:26:16.980 --> 00:26:19.220
 of all these horrible sins

00:26:19.220 --> 00:26:20.300
 and he throws disobedient

00:26:20.300 --> 00:26:21.140
 to parents in there.

00:26:22.360 --> 00:26:23.240
 And then he gets into

00:26:23.240 --> 00:26:25.240
 chapter 2 and verse 1

00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:25.860
 and he says,

00:26:26.960 --> 00:26:28.140
 you people probably think

00:26:28.140 --> 00:26:28.840
 you want to condemn

00:26:28.840 --> 00:26:29.780
 all those folks, right?

00:26:30.420 --> 00:26:31.080
 You may think

00:26:31.080 --> 00:26:32.480
 you can condemn those people,

00:26:32.940 --> 00:26:33.700
 but you,

00:26:34.640 --> 00:26:36.380
 speaking to the church in Rome,

00:26:36.800 --> 00:26:38.880
 you are just as bad

00:26:38.880 --> 00:26:41.400
 and you have no excuse.

00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:43.259
 The difference is

00:26:43.259 --> 00:26:45.200
 they have an excuse.

00:26:45.740 --> 00:26:47.420
 They are not children of light.

00:26:47.640 --> 00:26:49.000
 They are children of darkness

00:26:49.000 --> 00:26:50.180
 and they're walking

00:26:50.180 --> 00:26:51.240
 in the way of darkness

00:26:51.240 --> 00:26:52.319
 and they're producing

00:26:52.319 --> 00:26:53.500
 the fruits of darkness.

00:26:54.180 --> 00:26:57.160
 You don't have that excuse.

00:26:58.460 --> 00:26:59.339
 You're supposed to be

00:26:59.339 --> 00:27:00.099
 children of light,

00:27:00.500 --> 00:27:01.559
 walking in the light,

00:27:01.900 --> 00:27:04.119
 producing fruits of the light.

00:27:04.119 --> 00:27:06.699
 When you say

00:27:06.699 --> 00:27:07.619
 those people are wicked

00:27:07.619 --> 00:27:09.659
 and they should be punished,

00:27:10.299 --> 00:27:10.899
 you ever caught yourself

00:27:10.899 --> 00:27:11.739
 saying something like that?

00:27:12.679 --> 00:27:14.279
 Maybe about the political arena?

00:27:14.979 --> 00:27:15.599
 I can't believe

00:27:15.599 --> 00:27:16.259
 those people would do

00:27:16.259 --> 00:27:16.699
 those things.

00:27:17.259 --> 00:27:18.379
 They ought to be held accountable.

00:27:18.479 --> 00:27:19.199
 They ought to be punished.

00:27:19.459 --> 00:27:20.199
 I'm not saying

00:27:20.199 --> 00:27:21.439
 that the whole justice system

00:27:21.439 --> 00:27:21.939
 is wrong

00:27:21.939 --> 00:27:23.319
 and we shouldn't hold people

00:27:23.319 --> 00:27:24.419
 accountable for their crimes.

00:27:24.619 --> 00:27:25.379
 I'm saying

00:27:25.379 --> 00:27:26.839
 you can't expect

00:27:26.839 --> 00:27:29.319
 people who are not Christians

00:27:29.319 --> 00:27:30.519
 to act like Christians.

00:27:31.139 --> 00:27:31.399
 Okay?

00:27:31.400 --> 00:27:32.820
 It's not going to happen.

00:27:33.660 --> 00:27:34.720
 If it does happen,

00:27:34.900 --> 00:27:35.960
 it's usually accidental.

00:27:38.480 --> 00:27:39.460
 When you say

00:27:39.460 --> 00:27:39.920
 they're wicked

00:27:39.920 --> 00:27:40.820
 and they should be punished,

00:27:40.960 --> 00:27:42.720
 you're condemning yourself

00:27:42.720 --> 00:27:45.040
 because you who judge others

00:27:45.040 --> 00:27:47.820
 do these very same things.

00:27:51.140 --> 00:27:52.680
 Maybe you don't kill babies,

00:27:53.680 --> 00:27:57.480
 but maybe you don't have

00:27:57.480 --> 00:27:58.740
 the respect for human life

00:27:58.740 --> 00:27:59.200
 that you should.

00:27:59.200 --> 00:28:02.080
 Maybe you don't care

00:28:02.080 --> 00:28:03.000
 about those

00:28:03.000 --> 00:28:04.860
 who are less fortunate

00:28:04.860 --> 00:28:05.640
 and vulnerable

00:28:05.640 --> 00:28:06.539
 than you.

00:28:07.960 --> 00:28:09.080
 You'll have a standard.

00:28:10.279 --> 00:28:11.160
 Well, I hate abortion.

00:28:11.740 --> 00:28:12.819
 I want to get rid of it

00:28:12.819 --> 00:28:13.319
 and everybody

00:28:13.319 --> 00:28:14.220
 who does it

00:28:14.220 --> 00:28:14.860
 or supports it

00:28:14.860 --> 00:28:15.420
 in any way,

00:28:15.539 --> 00:28:16.059
 they ought to be

00:28:16.059 --> 00:28:17.980
 thrown in prison

00:28:17.980 --> 00:28:18.600
 and killed

00:28:18.600 --> 00:28:19.620
 and all that.

00:28:21.240 --> 00:28:22.140
 But you have

00:28:22.140 --> 00:28:23.660
 the same level

00:28:23.660 --> 00:28:25.580
 of disrespect

00:28:25.580 --> 00:28:28.740
 or lack of compassion

00:28:28.740 --> 00:28:31.140
 for others

00:28:31.140 --> 00:28:32.059
 who are less,

00:28:33.160 --> 00:28:34.180
 who are more vulnerable,

00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:35.839
 less able to care

00:28:35.839 --> 00:28:36.339
 for themselves.

00:28:37.559 --> 00:28:39.000
 There's a principle there.

00:28:40.339 --> 00:28:41.720
 Yes, it's wrong to murder.

00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:43.039
 Yes, it's horrible

00:28:43.039 --> 00:28:44.180
 to kill babies

00:28:44.180 --> 00:28:45.420
 who cannot defend themselves.

00:28:45.539 --> 00:28:46.319
 It's unthinkable.

00:28:48.599 --> 00:28:50.079
 But the principle is

00:28:50.079 --> 00:28:52.120
 we value human life.

00:28:52.740 --> 00:28:54.099
 We care about those

00:28:54.099 --> 00:28:55.460
 who can't care for themselves

00:28:55.460 --> 00:28:56.559
 and that goes

00:28:56.559 --> 00:28:57.460
 across the board.

00:28:58.920 --> 00:28:59.940
 So be careful

00:28:59.940 --> 00:29:00.900
 in your harsh judgment

00:29:00.900 --> 00:29:01.440
 of others.

00:29:02.720 --> 00:29:03.700
 Instead, say,

00:29:04.340 --> 00:29:05.279
 how can we

00:29:05.279 --> 00:29:07.319
 as children of God

00:29:07.319 --> 00:29:09.840
 help these people

00:29:09.840 --> 00:29:11.559
 who are clearly struggling?

00:29:12.100 --> 00:29:13.120
 We're going to oppose

00:29:13.120 --> 00:29:13.840
 the legislation

00:29:13.840 --> 00:29:14.519
 when it's there.

00:29:15.299 --> 00:29:16.059
 We're going to do

00:29:16.059 --> 00:29:16.940
 whatever we can

00:29:16.940 --> 00:29:19.039
 to help these people.

00:29:19.140 --> 00:29:19.620
 We're going to help

00:29:19.620 --> 00:29:20.220
 these women

00:29:20.220 --> 00:29:21.779
 who are in this situation.

00:29:22.420 --> 00:29:22.960
 We're going to try

00:29:22.960 --> 00:29:23.940
 to give them alternatives.

00:29:24.480 --> 00:29:25.519
 We're going to reach out

00:29:25.519 --> 00:29:25.980
 to people

00:29:25.980 --> 00:29:27.579
 with the life-changing message

00:29:27.579 --> 00:29:28.340
 of Jesus

00:29:28.340 --> 00:29:30.019
 because that is what

00:29:30.019 --> 00:29:30.940
 can actually help them.

00:29:32.279 --> 00:29:33.500
 Hatred will not.

00:29:34.660 --> 00:29:34.960
 So,

00:29:35.440 --> 00:29:36.500
 you may think

00:29:36.500 --> 00:29:37.079
 you can condemn

00:29:37.079 --> 00:29:37.640
 these people,

00:29:38.039 --> 00:29:39.220
 but you're just as bad.

00:29:39.640 --> 00:29:40.559
 And I think that brings us

00:29:40.559 --> 00:29:41.140
 all the way back

00:29:41.140 --> 00:29:42.299
 to that Craig Groeschel quote

00:29:42.299 --> 00:29:43.579
 I shared with you earlier.

00:29:44.000 --> 00:29:45.059
 Your harshest criticism

00:29:45.059 --> 00:29:46.299
 often reveals

00:29:46.299 --> 00:29:47.519
 your greatest weakness.

00:29:47.640 --> 00:29:48.319
 And you may not even

00:29:48.319 --> 00:29:49.480
 realize it at the time.

00:29:50.180 --> 00:29:50.440
 You ever

00:29:50.440 --> 00:29:51.900
 pointed out something,

00:29:51.900 --> 00:29:52.180
 man,

00:29:52.280 --> 00:29:53.320
 that's so annoying

00:29:53.320 --> 00:29:54.040
 when he does that

00:29:54.040 --> 00:29:54.660
 and somebody's looking

00:29:54.660 --> 00:29:55.220
 at you like,

00:29:56.040 --> 00:29:57.580
 you realize you do that?

00:29:58.660 --> 00:29:59.800
 Somebody I was talking to

00:29:59.800 --> 00:30:00.660
 just recently said,

00:30:00.740 --> 00:30:00.820
 man,

00:30:00.880 --> 00:30:02.120
 they talk so much.

00:30:02.720 --> 00:30:03.220
 I swear,

00:30:03.320 --> 00:30:04.880
 they just will never shut up.

00:30:05.640 --> 00:30:06.900
 They won't stop talking.

00:30:07.160 --> 00:30:08.600
 And I'm looking at the person like,

00:30:09.480 --> 00:30:11.040
 do you realize

00:30:11.040 --> 00:30:13.120
 you don't,

00:30:13.200 --> 00:30:13.519
 do you?

00:30:14.540 --> 00:30:16.280
 You talk quite a bit yourself,

00:30:16.400 --> 00:30:16.660
 man.

00:30:16.720 --> 00:30:17.180
 And look,

00:30:17.259 --> 00:30:19.019
 we all roll with it,

00:30:19.080 --> 00:30:19.380
 okay?

00:30:19.380 --> 00:30:22.760
 And that's a silly example.

00:30:23.360 --> 00:30:24.280
 But the truth is,

00:30:24.660 --> 00:30:26.360
 we often see in others

00:30:26.360 --> 00:30:28.220
 and point out

00:30:28.220 --> 00:30:30.280
 what we hate in ourselves.

00:30:31.500 --> 00:30:31.840
 So,

00:30:32.000 --> 00:30:33.220
 what do we do then?

00:30:33.620 --> 00:30:34.740
 We excuse ourselves.

00:30:36.180 --> 00:30:37.860
 Excusing our sin problems

00:30:37.860 --> 00:30:40.540
 as just part of our identity.

00:30:41.420 --> 00:30:43.040
 That's just who we are.

00:30:43.600 --> 00:30:44.500
 So you don't understand.

00:30:44.760 --> 00:30:45.680
 You don't know me.

00:30:45.920 --> 00:30:47.279
 I was raised that way.

00:30:47.880 --> 00:30:48.960
 I'm Irish, man.

00:30:49.080 --> 00:30:49.900
 I'm Italian.

00:30:51.720 --> 00:30:52.600
 I'm Latino.

00:30:52.820 --> 00:30:53.519
 Whatever it is.

00:30:53.580 --> 00:30:53.840
 You know,

00:30:53.960 --> 00:30:55.640
 we throw it on our heritage.

00:30:56.400 --> 00:30:56.620
 Well,

00:30:56.700 --> 00:30:57.940
 you should have met my dad.

00:30:58.019 --> 00:30:59.220
 You should have met my mom.

00:31:00.560 --> 00:31:01.560
 You would understand

00:31:01.560 --> 00:31:03.080
 why I am the way I am.

00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:05.900
 And we excuse ourselves

00:31:05.900 --> 00:31:08.320
 and we actually,

00:31:08.580 --> 00:31:09.640
 in doing that,

00:31:09.720 --> 00:31:10.700
 and that's not the only way

00:31:10.700 --> 00:31:11.160
 we do it.

00:31:11.220 --> 00:31:11.340
 Man,

00:31:11.380 --> 00:31:11.480
 well,

00:31:11.480 --> 00:31:12.420
 I was just tired.

00:31:13.759 --> 00:31:13.980
 Yeah,

00:31:13.980 --> 00:31:15.360
 I know I said something hateful.

00:31:15.440 --> 00:31:16.799
 I know I did something terrible.

00:31:17.079 --> 00:31:17.500
 But listen,

00:31:17.559 --> 00:31:18.460
 that's not who I am,

00:31:18.500 --> 00:31:18.740
 okay?

00:31:19.640 --> 00:31:20.240
 That was just,

00:31:20.339 --> 00:31:21.400
 it was a one-off thing.

00:31:21.440 --> 00:31:22.620
 It was an isolated incident.

00:31:22.839 --> 00:31:23.599
 That's not me.

00:31:24.559 --> 00:31:25.120
 Have you ever said,

00:31:25.220 --> 00:31:25.960
 that's not me?

00:31:26.799 --> 00:31:27.700
 You don't understand.

00:31:28.980 --> 00:31:31.180
 We're giving ourselves excuse.

00:31:33.620 --> 00:31:36.120
 We're looking at our sin nature

00:31:36.120 --> 00:31:38.099
 that God wants to change

00:31:38.099 --> 00:31:38.940
 and we're saying,

00:31:38.940 --> 00:31:39.220
 no,

00:31:39.400 --> 00:31:40.960
 that's not really a problem.

00:31:41.599 --> 00:31:43.079
 That's just part of me.

00:31:43.980 --> 00:31:45.759
 You just have to accept that

00:31:45.759 --> 00:31:46.460
 about me.

00:31:47.740 --> 00:31:48.940
 When in reality,

00:31:49.440 --> 00:31:52.059
 God wants to change you.

00:31:53.620 --> 00:31:55.740
 And when you excuse it,

00:31:56.940 --> 00:31:58.539
 he can't change it.

00:32:00.440 --> 00:32:03.160
 You are not who you say you are.

00:32:03.920 --> 00:32:06.259
 You are who he says you are.

00:32:07.420 --> 00:32:09.960
 If you have accepted the payment

00:32:09.960 --> 00:32:11.360
 of Jesus Christ on the cross

00:32:11.360 --> 00:32:12.019
 for your sins,

00:32:12.019 --> 00:32:14.740
 and you believe he rose from the dead

00:32:14.740 --> 00:32:16.339
 and he offered you eternal life,

00:32:16.480 --> 00:32:17.559
 you put your faith in him

00:32:17.559 --> 00:32:17.859
 and said,

00:32:17.920 --> 00:32:18.099
 God,

00:32:18.160 --> 00:32:19.099
 I want to be your child.

00:32:19.220 --> 00:32:20.139
 I can't save myself.

00:32:20.420 --> 00:32:21.200
 You need to save me.

00:32:21.400 --> 00:32:23.519
 Then you became the child of God.

00:32:24.960 --> 00:32:26.779
 He now sets the rules for your life.

00:32:27.339 --> 00:32:28.740
 He has regenerated you.

00:32:28.799 --> 00:32:29.799
 He's made you new.

00:32:30.019 --> 00:32:31.379
 He's given you a new nature.

00:32:31.619 --> 00:32:32.299
 And he's saying,

00:32:32.299 --> 00:32:33.319
 this new nature

00:32:33.319 --> 00:32:36.559
 has to replace your old sin nature.

00:32:36.559 --> 00:32:39.859
 So, we judge unfairly

00:32:39.859 --> 00:32:42.779
 because we excuse our sin problems

00:32:42.779 --> 00:32:44.859
 as part of our identity.

00:32:45.859 --> 00:32:46.980
 I'm just stubborn.

00:32:47.379 --> 00:32:48.440
 I'm just impatient.

00:32:49.259 --> 00:32:50.919
 I just get mad sometimes.

00:32:51.039 --> 00:32:51.779
 I run hot.

00:32:52.619 --> 00:32:53.339
 You ever heard that one?

00:32:53.339 --> 00:32:57.459
 I just have a hard time

00:32:57.459 --> 00:32:58.240
 forgiving others.

00:32:58.819 --> 00:33:00.299
 I have a hard time trusting others.

00:33:02.659 --> 00:33:03.699
 I'm just shy

00:33:03.699 --> 00:33:05.139
 when in reality,

00:33:05.699 --> 00:33:06.939
 we're self-absorbed.

00:33:08.039 --> 00:33:09.039
 We're full of fear.

00:33:10.079 --> 00:33:11.419
 And God wants to change us.

00:33:12.279 --> 00:33:14.500
 To do powerful things through us.

00:33:17.139 --> 00:33:17.619
 So,

00:33:18.000 --> 00:33:19.379
 what's the point?

00:33:20.519 --> 00:33:22.159
 Let's look back at Matthew 7.

00:33:22.240 --> 00:33:22.639
 We'll be done.

00:33:23.339 --> 00:33:27.699
 Matthew 7.

00:33:29.959 --> 00:33:30.799
 What does it say

00:33:30.799 --> 00:33:32.279
 about seeing clearly?

00:33:34.599 --> 00:33:35.039
 First,

00:33:35.259 --> 00:33:35.759
 verse 5,

00:33:35.879 --> 00:33:36.379
 hypocrite,

00:33:36.679 --> 00:33:38.139
 first get rid of the log

00:33:38.139 --> 00:33:38.919
 in your own eye.

00:33:39.579 --> 00:33:41.199
 Then you will see clearly.

00:33:41.639 --> 00:33:42.959
 You'll see well enough

00:33:42.959 --> 00:33:45.179
 to deal with the speck

00:33:45.179 --> 00:33:46.319
 in your friend's eye.

00:33:47.740 --> 00:33:48.579
 Do you understand

00:33:48.579 --> 00:33:51.220
 that it's never wrong?

00:33:52.319 --> 00:33:53.119
 Let me rephrase that.

00:33:53.119 --> 00:33:54.539
 It's not always wrong

00:33:54.539 --> 00:33:55.299
 to judge.

00:33:56.679 --> 00:33:58.059
 It's always wrong

00:33:58.059 --> 00:33:59.539
 to judge hypocritically.

00:34:00.579 --> 00:34:01.819
 It's not always wrong

00:34:01.819 --> 00:34:02.279
 to judge.

00:34:03.579 --> 00:34:04.819
 We have to judge

00:34:04.819 --> 00:34:05.799
 one another sometimes.

00:34:07.159 --> 00:34:07.639
 Recently,

00:34:07.799 --> 00:34:08.539
 something came out

00:34:08.539 --> 00:34:09.539
 about a pastor

00:34:09.539 --> 00:34:11.239
 in our general area.

00:34:12.279 --> 00:34:13.059
 Something terrible.

00:34:13.059 --> 00:34:13.099
 God,

00:34:13.739 --> 00:34:14.299
 his church,

00:34:14.299 --> 00:34:14.299


00:34:14.340 --> 00:34:14.299
 his church,

00:34:14.360 --> 00:34:15.259
 had to pass judgment

00:34:15.259 --> 00:34:16.019
 at that time.

00:34:16.480 --> 00:34:17.380
 They had to make a judgment.

00:34:18.619 --> 00:34:19.599
 There are moments

00:34:19.599 --> 00:34:21.380
 when we have to judge

00:34:21.380 --> 00:34:22.539
 one another.

00:34:23.420 --> 00:34:24.619
 But we do it

00:34:24.619 --> 00:34:26.400
 from a posture

00:34:26.400 --> 00:34:27.199
 of our heart

00:34:27.199 --> 00:34:28.980
 that is trying

00:34:28.980 --> 00:34:30.179
 to be like Jesus.

00:34:31.259 --> 00:34:32.599
 Not trying to place

00:34:32.599 --> 00:34:33.179
 ourselves

00:34:33.179 --> 00:34:34.239
 as better

00:34:34.239 --> 00:34:35.340
 than anyone else.

00:34:36.000 --> 00:34:37.099
 Or as exempt

00:34:37.099 --> 00:34:38.799
 from any criticism

00:34:38.799 --> 00:34:39.360
 ourselves

00:34:39.360 --> 00:34:40.039
 or judgment

00:34:40.039 --> 00:34:40.519
 ourselves.

00:34:40.519 --> 00:34:42.559
 The Bible

00:34:42.559 --> 00:34:43.019
 has something

00:34:43.019 --> 00:34:43.940
 to say about this.

00:34:44.699 --> 00:34:45.699
 Ephesians chapter 4

00:34:45.699 --> 00:34:46.500
 and verse 15.

00:34:49.199 --> 00:34:49.940
 We will speak

00:34:49.940 --> 00:34:50.599
 the truth

00:34:50.599 --> 00:34:51.239
 in love

00:34:51.239 --> 00:34:52.539
 growing in every way

00:34:52.539 --> 00:34:53.619
 more and more

00:34:53.619 --> 00:34:54.380
 like Christ.

00:34:54.940 --> 00:34:55.880
 That's how you become

00:34:55.880 --> 00:34:56.579
 more like Jesus

00:34:56.579 --> 00:34:57.780
 when you speak

00:34:57.780 --> 00:34:58.400
 the truth

00:34:58.400 --> 00:35:00.360
 in love.

00:35:01.039 --> 00:35:01.480
 You know

00:35:01.480 --> 00:35:02.159
 what's not loving?

00:35:02.860 --> 00:35:04.159
 Going on social media

00:35:04.159 --> 00:35:05.179
 and bashing one another.

00:35:05.900 --> 00:35:06.800
 That's not loving.

00:35:06.800 --> 00:35:08.820
 You don't speak

00:35:08.820 --> 00:35:09.320
 the truth

00:35:09.320 --> 00:35:09.840
 in love

00:35:09.840 --> 00:35:11.240
 in front of a crowd

00:35:11.240 --> 00:35:12.120
 when you haven't

00:35:12.120 --> 00:35:13.240
 gone to that person

00:35:13.240 --> 00:35:13.780
 privately

00:35:13.780 --> 00:35:14.680
 and spoken

00:35:14.680 --> 00:35:15.860
 the truth

00:35:15.860 --> 00:35:16.660
 in love.

00:35:17.640 --> 00:35:18.500
 Another verse

00:35:18.500 --> 00:35:19.320
 Romans chapter 2

00:35:19.320 --> 00:35:20.019
 and verse 16

00:35:20.019 --> 00:35:20.900
 the day is coming

00:35:20.900 --> 00:35:22.380
 when God will judge

00:35:22.380 --> 00:35:24.000
 everyone's secret life.

00:35:24.220 --> 00:35:24.900
 Is that enough

00:35:24.900 --> 00:35:25.260
 for you?

00:35:25.920 --> 00:35:26.720
 Is it enough

00:35:26.720 --> 00:35:27.480
 for you to know

00:35:27.480 --> 00:35:28.840
 that God is

00:35:28.840 --> 00:35:30.180
 coming to judge?

00:35:30.980 --> 00:35:31.820
 The wrong

00:35:31.820 --> 00:35:32.480
 that you see

00:35:32.480 --> 00:35:32.900
 that you have

00:35:32.900 --> 00:35:33.820
 such a hard time

00:35:33.820 --> 00:35:34.280
 accepting

00:35:34.280 --> 00:35:35.320
 that just gets

00:35:35.320 --> 00:35:36.140
 under your skin

00:35:36.139 --> 00:35:37.619
 and you can't

00:35:37.619 --> 00:35:38.440
 bear it

00:35:38.440 --> 00:35:39.859
 and you have

00:35:39.859 --> 00:35:40.579
 to just do

00:35:40.579 --> 00:35:41.480
 something about it?

00:35:42.059 --> 00:35:42.960
 Is it enough

00:35:42.960 --> 00:35:43.639
 for you to know

00:35:43.639 --> 00:35:45.400
 that God will judge it?

00:35:46.359 --> 00:35:47.420
 God will right

00:35:47.420 --> 00:35:48.219
 the wrongs

00:35:48.219 --> 00:35:49.960
 or is that not enough?

00:35:51.059 --> 00:35:51.679
 Do you have

00:35:51.679 --> 00:35:52.259
 to get involved?

00:35:52.679 --> 00:35:53.199
 Do you have

00:35:53.199 --> 00:35:53.920
 to stick your neck

00:35:53.920 --> 00:35:54.339
 into it?

00:35:55.639 --> 00:35:56.579
 There are times

00:35:56.579 --> 00:35:57.159
 when we will

00:35:57.159 --> 00:35:57.960
 have to judge.

00:35:59.000 --> 00:35:59.879
 Something is

00:35:59.879 --> 00:36:01.599
 directly involving us.

00:36:01.699 --> 00:36:02.119
 Something is

00:36:02.119 --> 00:36:03.480
 directly affecting us

00:36:03.480 --> 00:36:04.539
 and it's

00:36:04.539 --> 00:36:05.799
 we have to step in

00:36:05.800 --> 00:36:06.460
 and in the love

00:36:06.460 --> 00:36:07.019
 of Christ

00:36:07.019 --> 00:36:08.260
 with as small

00:36:08.260 --> 00:36:08.600
 a group

00:36:08.600 --> 00:36:09.380
 as possible

00:36:09.380 --> 00:36:10.539
 we have to say

00:36:10.539 --> 00:36:11.560
 we have to deal

00:36:11.560 --> 00:36:12.060
 with this.

00:36:12.480 --> 00:36:13.260
 Please let us

00:36:13.260 --> 00:36:14.019
 help you deal

00:36:14.019 --> 00:36:14.800
 with this.

00:36:15.680 --> 00:36:16.000
 But

00:36:16.000 --> 00:36:18.700
 we can see

00:36:18.700 --> 00:36:19.220
 clearly

00:36:19.220 --> 00:36:21.940
 when we judge

00:36:21.940 --> 00:36:23.180
 how Jesus

00:36:23.180 --> 00:36:24.300
 wants us to judge.

00:36:25.440 --> 00:36:26.600
 When we deal

00:36:26.600 --> 00:36:27.600
 with the issue

00:36:27.600 --> 00:36:28.300
 ourselves

00:36:28.300 --> 00:36:28.880
 and that's not

00:36:28.880 --> 00:36:29.539
 saying you have

00:36:29.539 --> 00:36:30.560
 to be sinless

00:36:30.560 --> 00:36:31.220
 or you can't

00:36:31.220 --> 00:36:31.880
 ever point out

00:36:31.880 --> 00:36:32.980
 anybody else's sin

00:36:32.980 --> 00:36:34.820
 but it's

00:36:34.820 --> 00:36:35.740
 my heart

00:36:35.740 --> 00:36:37.000
 has to be

00:36:37.000 --> 00:36:38.119
 pursuing God

00:36:38.119 --> 00:36:38.860
 for me

00:36:38.860 --> 00:36:39.539
 to be able

00:36:39.539 --> 00:36:40.119
 to go

00:36:40.119 --> 00:36:40.579
 and deal

00:36:40.579 --> 00:36:41.019
 with somebody

00:36:41.019 --> 00:36:41.199
 else.

00:36:41.320 --> 00:36:41.920
 That will

00:36:41.920 --> 00:36:42.400
 allow me

00:36:42.400 --> 00:36:42.740
 to see

00:36:42.740 --> 00:36:43.099
 clearly.

00:36:44.480 --> 00:36:45.059
 And you

00:36:45.059 --> 00:36:45.300
 know what

00:36:45.300 --> 00:36:45.679
 happens

00:36:45.679 --> 00:36:46.039
 when you

00:36:46.039 --> 00:36:46.599
 see clearly?

00:36:47.360 --> 00:36:48.199
 You see

00:36:48.199 --> 00:36:48.860
 the nature

00:36:48.860 --> 00:36:49.559
 of Jesus.

00:36:50.500 --> 00:36:51.360
 So when you

00:36:51.360 --> 00:36:51.860
 go to deal

00:36:51.860 --> 00:36:52.320
 with somebody

00:36:52.320 --> 00:36:53.079
 else's problem

00:36:53.079 --> 00:36:54.719
 you do it

00:36:54.719 --> 00:36:55.219
 how Jesus

00:36:55.219 --> 00:36:55.539
 would.

00:36:56.219 --> 00:36:56.760
 You do it

00:36:56.760 --> 00:36:57.260
 according to

00:36:57.260 --> 00:36:57.820
 his nature.

00:36:58.519 --> 00:36:58.980
 You're not

00:36:58.980 --> 00:36:59.619
 just carrying

00:36:59.619 --> 00:37:00.300
 his name

00:37:00.300 --> 00:37:00.699
 into this

00:37:00.699 --> 00:37:01.260
 conversation

00:37:01.260 --> 00:37:02.200
 you're also

00:37:02.200 --> 00:37:02.680
 carrying

00:37:02.680 --> 00:37:04.280
 his nature

00:37:04.280 --> 00:37:05.260
 into this

00:37:05.260 --> 00:37:05.780
 conversation.

00:37:06.440 --> 00:37:07.060
 This is the

00:37:07.060 --> 00:37:08.020
 truth that I

00:37:08.020 --> 00:37:08.740
 firmly believe

00:37:08.740 --> 00:37:09.360
 and will stand

00:37:09.360 --> 00:37:10.020
 on is being

00:37:10.020 --> 00:37:10.740
 taught in this

00:37:10.740 --> 00:37:11.140
 passage.

00:37:11.500 --> 00:37:11.920
 You want to

00:37:11.920 --> 00:37:12.420
 talk about it

00:37:12.420 --> 00:37:12.660
 with me?

00:37:12.720 --> 00:37:12.960
 You want to

00:37:12.960 --> 00:37:13.500
 dive further?

00:37:13.760 --> 00:37:14.200
 Let's meet

00:37:14.200 --> 00:37:14.720
 up and we'll

00:37:14.720 --> 00:37:15.360
 talk about it.

00:37:15.600 --> 00:37:16.020
 But listen

00:37:16.020 --> 00:37:16.680
 here's our

00:37:16.680 --> 00:37:17.420
 takeaway today.

00:37:19.380 --> 00:37:20.340
 See a problem

00:37:20.340 --> 00:37:21.500
 take it to

00:37:21.500 --> 00:37:21.780
 Jesus.

00:37:22.780 --> 00:37:23.760
 See a problem

00:37:23.760 --> 00:37:24.860
 tell it to

00:37:24.860 --> 00:37:25.140
 Jesus.

00:37:25.360 --> 00:37:25.780
 How many of

00:37:25.780 --> 00:37:26.060
 y'all remember

00:37:26.060 --> 00:37:26.540
 the song?

00:37:27.480 --> 00:37:28.040
 Tell it to

00:37:28.040 --> 00:37:28.420
 Jesus

00:37:28.420 --> 00:37:29.160
 tell it to

00:37:29.160 --> 00:37:29.480
 Jesus

00:37:29.480 --> 00:37:30.340
 there's no

00:37:30.340 --> 00:37:30.860
 other

00:37:30.860 --> 00:37:31.660
 such a

00:37:31.660 --> 00:37:31.980
 friend or

00:37:31.980 --> 00:37:32.360
 brother

00:37:32.360 --> 00:37:33.000
 tell it

00:37:33.000 --> 00:37:33.140
 to

00:37:33.140 --> 00:37:33.440
 Jesus

00:37:33.440 --> 00:37:34.000
 alone.

00:37:35.240 --> 00:37:35.920
 Yeah thank

00:37:35.920 --> 00:37:36.099
 you.

00:37:36.260 --> 00:37:36.500
 There's a

00:37:36.500 --> 00:37:36.800
 couple of

00:37:36.800 --> 00:37:36.900
 you.

00:37:37.860 --> 00:37:38.660
 Old song

00:37:38.660 --> 00:37:39.160
 been around

00:37:39.160 --> 00:37:39.440
 a long

00:37:39.440 --> 00:37:39.840
 time

00:37:39.840 --> 00:37:40.220
 probably

00:37:40.220 --> 00:37:40.579
 hadn't

00:37:40.579 --> 00:37:40.980
 sung a

00:37:40.980 --> 00:37:41.559
 whole lot

00:37:41.559 --> 00:37:41.780
 anymore

00:37:41.780 --> 00:37:42.740
 but there

00:37:42.740 --> 00:37:43.000
 is a

00:37:43.000 --> 00:37:43.599
 truth there

00:37:43.599 --> 00:37:44.019
 that you

00:37:44.019 --> 00:37:44.300
 and I

00:37:44.300 --> 00:37:44.720
 have to

00:37:44.720 --> 00:37:45.120
 wrap our

00:37:45.120 --> 00:37:45.360
 heads

00:37:45.360 --> 00:37:45.660
 around.

00:37:46.240 --> 00:37:46.579
 Do you

00:37:46.579 --> 00:37:46.920
 see a

00:37:46.920 --> 00:37:47.300
 problem?

00:37:47.900 --> 00:37:48.320
 Tell it

00:37:48.320 --> 00:37:48.460
 to

00:37:48.460 --> 00:37:48.720
 Jesus.

00:37:49.599 --> 00:37:50.019
 He'll

00:37:50.019 --> 00:37:50.460
 tell you

00:37:50.460 --> 00:37:50.800
 what to

00:37:50.800 --> 00:37:50.940
 do

00:37:50.940 --> 00:37:51.300
 next.

00:37:52.099 --> 00:37:52.519
 Don't

00:37:52.519 --> 00:37:52.800
 tell it

00:37:52.800 --> 00:37:53.059
 to your

00:37:53.059 --> 00:37:53.340
 buddy.

00:37:54.320 --> 00:37:54.740
 Don't

00:37:54.740 --> 00:37:55.019
 tell it

00:37:55.019 --> 00:37:55.300
 to your

00:37:55.300 --> 00:37:55.599
 girlfriend.

00:37:56.800 --> 00:37:57.240
 Don't

00:37:57.240 --> 00:37:57.579
 tell it

00:37:57.579 --> 00:37:58.079
 to your

00:37:58.079 --> 00:37:58.340
 little

00:37:58.340 --> 00:37:58.900
 friend group.

00:37:59.019 --> 00:37:59.260
 Don't

00:37:59.260 --> 00:37:59.599
 tell it

00:37:59.599 --> 00:37:59.920
 to your

00:37:59.920 --> 00:38:00.380
 Facebook

00:38:00.380 --> 00:38:00.820
 group.

00:38:00.940 --> 00:38:01.180
 Don't

00:38:01.180 --> 00:38:01.579
 tell it

00:38:01.579 --> 00:38:02.320
 to all

00:38:02.320 --> 00:38:02.840
 the people

00:38:02.840 --> 00:38:03.159
 that you

00:38:03.159 --> 00:38:03.599
 think will

00:38:03.599 --> 00:38:04.039
 give you

00:38:04.039 --> 00:38:04.559
 a sympathetic

00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:05.240
 ear.

00:38:05.720 --> 00:38:06.400
 Tell it

00:38:06.400 --> 00:38:07.400
 to Jesus.

00:38:09.079 --> 00:38:09.360
 He'll

00:38:09.360 --> 00:38:09.720
 give you

00:38:09.720 --> 00:38:10.320
 his nature

00:38:10.320 --> 00:38:11.380
 to deal

00:38:11.380 --> 00:38:11.720
 with it.

00:38:12.079 --> 00:38:12.380
 Would you

00:38:12.380 --> 00:38:12.639
 bow your

00:38:12.639 --> 00:38:12.940
 heads with

00:38:12.940 --> 00:38:13.240
 me now?

00:38:14.200 --> 00:38:14.579
 God

00:38:14.579 --> 00:38:15.619
 please get

00:38:15.619 --> 00:38:16.420
 this truth

00:38:16.420 --> 00:38:17.099
 across to

00:38:17.099 --> 00:38:17.260
 us.

00:38:17.639 --> 00:38:18.260
 You warn

00:38:18.260 --> 00:38:19.079
 us more

00:38:19.079 --> 00:38:20.920
 in the

00:38:20.920 --> 00:38:21.480
 New Testament.

00:38:21.680 --> 00:38:22.180
 You warn

00:38:22.180 --> 00:38:22.920
 us more

00:38:22.920 --> 00:38:24.340
 about the

00:38:24.340 --> 00:38:25.260
 dangers of

00:38:25.260 --> 00:38:25.920
 disunity

00:38:25.920 --> 00:38:26.920
 sinning.

00:38:26.920 --> 00:38:27.260
 God

00:38:27.260 --> 00:38:27.180
 more

00:38:27.180 --> 00:38:27.380
 than

00:38:27.380 --> 00:38:27.880
 anything

00:38:27.880 --> 00:38:28.400
 else.

00:38:29.840 --> 00:38:30.639
 This is

00:38:30.639 --> 00:38:31.139
 the kind

00:38:31.139 --> 00:38:31.539
 of thing

00:38:31.539 --> 00:38:32.000
 that can

00:38:32.000 --> 00:38:32.420
 tear

00:38:32.420 --> 00:38:33.300
 churches

00:38:33.300 --> 00:38:33.780
 apart

00:38:33.780 --> 00:38:34.240
 from the

00:38:34.240 --> 00:38:34.780
 inside.

00:38:35.720 --> 00:38:36.539
 We think

00:38:36.539 --> 00:38:36.980
 our biggest

00:38:36.980 --> 00:38:37.539
 threats are

00:38:37.539 --> 00:38:37.780
 on the

00:38:37.780 --> 00:38:38.240
 outside,

00:38:38.360 --> 00:38:38.760
 but God,

00:38:39.480 --> 00:38:40.280
 our biggest

00:38:40.280 --> 00:38:41.019
 threats is

00:38:41.019 --> 00:38:41.579
 each other.

00:38:43.240 --> 00:38:44.000
 We are

00:38:44.000 --> 00:38:44.599
 flawed,

00:38:45.280 --> 00:38:45.599
 sinful

00:38:45.599 --> 00:38:46.079
 people.

00:38:48.079 --> 00:38:48.960
 By your

00:38:48.960 --> 00:38:49.360
 spirit,

00:38:49.559 --> 00:38:50.079
 through your

00:38:50.079 --> 00:38:50.500
 grace,

00:38:50.659 --> 00:38:51.220
 we can

00:38:51.220 --> 00:38:52.340
 stop sinning

00:38:52.340 --> 00:38:53.039
 more and

00:38:53.039 --> 00:38:53.320
 more,

00:38:53.440 --> 00:38:53.740
 but we're

00:38:53.740 --> 00:38:54.780
 never ultimately

00:38:54.780 --> 00:38:55.120
 going to

00:38:55.120 --> 00:38:55.900
 stop sinning

00:38:55.900 --> 00:38:57.080
 until we

00:38:57.080 --> 00:38:57.360
 get to

00:38:57.360 --> 00:38:57.980
 heaven someday.

00:39:00.340 --> 00:39:00.840
 We're

00:39:00.840 --> 00:39:01.400
 still dealing

00:39:01.400 --> 00:39:01.800
 with this

00:39:01.800 --> 00:39:02.180
 flesh.

00:39:05.060 --> 00:39:05.740
 So it's

00:39:05.740 --> 00:39:06.200
 inevitable

00:39:06.200 --> 00:39:07.340
 that we're

00:39:07.340 --> 00:39:07.500
 going to

00:39:07.500 --> 00:39:08.220
 see problems.

00:39:10.480 --> 00:39:10.960
 It's

00:39:10.960 --> 00:39:11.640
 harder for

00:39:11.640 --> 00:39:11.920
 us to

00:39:11.920 --> 00:39:12.180
 see them

00:39:12.180 --> 00:39:12.660
 in ourselves.

00:39:13.519 --> 00:39:13.720
 It's

00:39:13.720 --> 00:39:14.320
 easier for

00:39:14.320 --> 00:39:14.600
 us to

00:39:14.600 --> 00:39:14.880
 see them

00:39:14.880 --> 00:39:15.320
 in others.

00:39:16.780 --> 00:39:17.260
 But God,

00:39:17.340 --> 00:39:17.700
 how we

00:39:17.700 --> 00:39:18.080
 deal with

00:39:18.080 --> 00:39:18.420
 this,

00:39:18.980 --> 00:39:20.380
 it's

00:39:20.380 --> 00:39:20.780
 everything.

00:39:21.740 --> 00:39:22.220
 It's

00:39:22.220 --> 00:39:22.860
 so important.

00:39:24.780 --> 00:39:25.460
 Let us

00:39:25.460 --> 00:39:26.320
 see your

00:39:26.320 --> 00:39:26.660
 nature,

00:39:27.480 --> 00:39:28.280
 not just

00:39:28.280 --> 00:39:28.760
 carry your

00:39:28.760 --> 00:39:29.019
 name.

00:39:30.000 --> 00:39:30.420
 Let us

00:39:30.420 --> 00:39:31.040
 carry your

00:39:31.040 --> 00:39:31.320
 nature.

00:39:31.480 --> 00:39:31.720
 Let it

00:39:31.720 --> 00:39:32.560
 infect us,

00:39:32.920 --> 00:39:33.400
 get deep

00:39:33.400 --> 00:39:34.000
 inside of

00:39:34.000 --> 00:39:34.220
 us,

00:39:34.460 --> 00:39:35.120
 so when we

00:39:35.120 --> 00:39:35.680
 see a

00:39:35.680 --> 00:39:36.100
 problem,

00:39:36.440 --> 00:39:36.840
 when we

00:39:36.840 --> 00:39:37.500
 see something

00:39:37.500 --> 00:39:38.400
 bad happen,

00:39:38.820 --> 00:39:39.600
 our response

00:39:39.600 --> 00:39:40.060
 is not,

00:39:40.180 --> 00:39:40.320
 ha,

00:39:40.440 --> 00:39:41.100
 I knew it.

00:39:42.100 --> 00:39:42.540
 Told you

00:39:42.540 --> 00:39:42.840
 so.

00:39:43.519 --> 00:39:44.440
 Our response

00:39:44.440 --> 00:39:45.120
 is grief.

00:39:46.820 --> 00:39:47.780
 Our response

00:39:47.780 --> 00:39:48.400
 is godly

00:39:48.400 --> 00:39:48.840
 sorrow,

00:39:49.340 --> 00:39:50.260
 and we take

00:39:50.260 --> 00:39:50.840
 it to you.

00:39:52.200 --> 00:39:52.420
 God,

00:39:52.460 --> 00:39:52.800
 there's got to

00:39:52.800 --> 00:39:53.100
 be a

00:39:53.100 --> 00:39:53.620
 difference

00:39:53.620 --> 00:39:54.500
 in how

00:39:54.500 --> 00:39:55.220
 your people

00:39:55.220 --> 00:39:56.380
 handle these

00:39:56.380 --> 00:39:56.920
 problems,

00:39:57.700 --> 00:39:58.519
 than how

00:39:58.519 --> 00:39:59.200
 those without

00:39:59.200 --> 00:40:01.120
 you handle

00:40:01.120 --> 00:40:01.660
 this stuff.

00:40:02.860 --> 00:40:03.500
 Let our

00:40:03.500 --> 00:40:04.000
 church be

00:40:04.000 --> 00:40:04.519
 the beacon,

00:40:04.640 --> 00:40:04.920
 let our

00:40:04.920 --> 00:40:05.300
 church be

00:40:05.300 --> 00:40:05.700
 the ones

00:40:05.700 --> 00:40:05.920
 who are

00:40:05.920 --> 00:40:06.340
 different.

00:40:06.980 --> 00:40:07.180
 Say,

00:40:07.280 --> 00:40:07.700
 I know

00:40:07.700 --> 00:40:08.660
 those First

00:40:08.660 --> 00:40:08.960
 Baptist

00:40:08.960 --> 00:40:09.320
 people,

00:40:09.400 --> 00:40:09.700
 I know

00:40:09.700 --> 00:40:10.019
 they're not

00:40:10.019 --> 00:40:10.160
 going to

00:40:10.160 --> 00:40:10.680
 get online,

00:40:12.160 --> 00:40:12.620
 talk about

00:40:12.620 --> 00:40:13.000
 each other.

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 I know

00:40:14.840 --> 00:40:15.120
 they're going

00:40:15.120 --> 00:40:15.400
 to keep

00:40:15.400 --> 00:40:16.100
 family business

00:40:16.100 --> 00:40:16.480
 private.

00:40:18.900 --> 00:40:19.500
 I know

00:40:19.500 --> 00:40:19.840
 they're not

00:40:19.840 --> 00:40:20.180
 just going

00:40:20.180 --> 00:40:20.580
 to bash

00:40:20.580 --> 00:40:21.039
 what's going

00:40:21.039 --> 00:40:21.900
 on in the

00:40:21.900 --> 00:40:22.260
 community,

00:40:22.260 --> 00:40:22.680
 or what's

00:40:22.680 --> 00:40:23.140
 going on

00:40:23.140 --> 00:40:23.540
 with something

00:40:23.540 --> 00:40:23.860
 they don't

00:40:23.860 --> 00:40:24.180
 like.

00:40:24.520 --> 00:40:24.960
 I know

00:40:24.960 --> 00:40:25.260
 they are

00:40:25.260 --> 00:40:25.640
 going to

00:40:25.640 --> 00:40:26.000
 take it

00:40:26.000 --> 00:40:26.500
 to Jesus

00:40:26.500 --> 00:40:27.000
 and they're

00:40:27.000 --> 00:40:27.180
 going to

00:40:27.180 --> 00:40:27.480
 leave it

00:40:27.480 --> 00:40:27.680
 there.

00:40:27.920 --> 00:40:28.120
 And if

00:40:28.120 --> 00:40:28.300
 it's

00:40:28.300 --> 00:40:28.560
 something

00:40:28.560 --> 00:40:29.000
 that Jesus

00:40:29.000 --> 00:40:29.380
 says,

00:40:29.500 --> 00:40:29.980
 you've got

00:40:29.980 --> 00:40:30.220
 to come

00:40:30.220 --> 00:40:30.700
 together and

00:40:30.700 --> 00:40:31.000
 deal with

00:40:31.000 --> 00:40:31.240
 this,

00:40:31.440 --> 00:40:31.700
 then they're

00:40:31.700 --> 00:40:31.900
 going to

00:40:31.900 --> 00:40:32.240
 do it

00:40:32.240 --> 00:40:32.900
 according to

00:40:32.900 --> 00:40:33.200
 how he

00:40:33.200 --> 00:40:33.640
 teaches them

00:40:33.640 --> 00:40:33.980
 in Scripture.

00:40:34.220 --> 00:40:34.400
 They're

00:40:34.400 --> 00:40:34.580
 going to

00:40:34.580 --> 00:40:34.920
 do it

00:40:34.920 --> 00:40:35.440
 according to

00:40:35.440 --> 00:40:35.960
 his nature

00:40:35.960 --> 00:40:36.280
 and not

00:40:36.280 --> 00:40:36.620
 ours.

00:40:37.720 --> 00:40:38.120
 God,

00:40:38.280 --> 00:40:38.660
 convict

00:40:38.660 --> 00:40:39.120
 us.

00:40:41.520 --> 00:40:42.040
 We'll give

00:40:42.040 --> 00:40:42.460
 you the glory

00:40:42.460 --> 00:40:42.860
 in Jesus'

00:40:43.060 --> 00:40:43.220
 name.

00:40:43.400 --> 00:40:43.620
 Amen.

00:40:44.000 --> 00:40:44.340
 Church,

00:40:44.440 --> 00:40:44.740
 there might

00:40:44.740 --> 00:40:45.260
 be somebody

00:40:45.260 --> 00:40:45.260


00:40:45.260 --> 00:40:45.820
 that you need

00:40:45.820 --> 00:40:46.340
 to go to

00:40:46.340 --> 00:40:46.680
 and you need

00:40:52.260 --> 00:40:52.940
 while our

00:40:52.940 --> 00:40:53.300
 heads are

00:40:53.300 --> 00:40:53.660
 bowed for

00:40:53.660 --> 00:40:53.880
 you to

00:40:53.880 --> 00:40:54.240
 get up

00:40:54.240 --> 00:40:54.840
 and go to

00:40:54.840 --> 00:40:55.360
 somebody else

00:40:55.360 --> 00:40:55.640
 and say,

00:40:55.740 --> 00:40:56.260
 please forgive

00:40:56.260 --> 00:40:56.540
 me.

00:40:58.500 --> 00:40:59.080
 That's what

00:40:59.080 --> 00:40:59.520
 church is

00:40:59.520 --> 00:40:59.860
 about.

00:41:00.420 --> 00:41:00.700
 That's what

00:41:00.700 --> 00:41:01.320
 family is

00:41:01.320 --> 00:41:01.760
 about.

00:41:02.560 --> 00:41:03.000
 Forgiveness,

00:41:03.440 --> 00:41:04.020
 relationships.

00:41:04.900 --> 00:41:05.380
 She talked

00:41:05.380 --> 00:41:05.720
 about how

00:41:05.720 --> 00:41:06.520
 relationships are

00:41:06.520 --> 00:41:07.020
 important in

00:41:07.020 --> 00:41:07.380
 Bulgaria.

00:41:07.500 --> 00:41:07.920
 They're important

00:41:07.920 --> 00:41:08.340
 here too.

00:41:08.680 --> 00:41:09.000
 It's how it

00:41:09.000 --> 00:41:09.300
 works.

00:41:09.900 --> 00:41:10.440
 It's how we

00:41:10.440 --> 00:41:10.960
 relate to one

00:41:10.960 --> 00:41:11.240
 another.

00:41:12.260 --> 00:41:12.580
 Would you

00:41:12.580 --> 00:41:12.880
 bow your

00:41:12.880 --> 00:41:13.260
 heads with

00:41:13.260 --> 00:41:13.480
 me?

00:41:13.740 --> 00:41:14.100
 And we're

00:41:14.100 --> 00:41:14.920
 going to have

00:41:14.920 --> 00:41:15.460
 a moment of

00:41:15.460 --> 00:41:16.020
 quiet prayer.

00:41:16.160 --> 00:41:16.560
 Jared's going

00:41:16.560 --> 00:41:16.920
 to play.

00:41:17.240 --> 00:41:17.540
 He's going to

00:41:17.540 --> 00:41:18.020
 sing something

00:41:18.020 --> 00:41:18.580
 over us.

00:41:19.519 --> 00:41:19.980
 We're going

00:41:19.980 --> 00:41:20.239
 to have a

00:41:20.239 --> 00:41:20.599
 moment of

00:41:20.599 --> 00:41:21.179
 quiet prayer.

00:41:21.279 --> 00:41:21.539
 If you need

00:41:21.539 --> 00:41:21.779
 to come

00:41:21.779 --> 00:41:22.299
 down front,

00:41:22.539 --> 00:41:22.980
 talk to me

00:41:22.980 --> 00:41:23.500
 about something.

00:41:23.579 --> 00:41:23.960
 I'm here.

00:41:24.559 --> 00:41:24.840
 If you just

00:41:24.840 --> 00:41:25.259
 want to stay

00:41:25.259 --> 00:41:25.799
 in your seat,

00:41:26.960 --> 00:41:27.500
 do business

00:41:27.500 --> 00:41:28.000
 with God,

00:41:28.960 --> 00:41:29.539
 if you want

00:41:29.539 --> 00:41:29.980
 to boldly

00:41:29.980 --> 00:41:31.480
 get up and

00:41:31.480 --> 00:41:32.000
 go approach

00:41:32.000 --> 00:41:32.440
 someone,

00:41:32.880 --> 00:41:33.299
 ask for

00:41:33.299 --> 00:41:33.579
 prayer,

00:41:33.719 --> 00:41:34.019
 ask for

00:41:34.019 --> 00:41:34.380
 forgiveness,

00:41:34.900 --> 00:41:35.440
 whatever the

00:41:35.440 --> 00:41:36.139
 Holy Spirit's

00:41:36.139 --> 00:41:37.380
 doing in your

00:41:37.380 --> 00:41:38.119
 heart right now,

00:41:38.380 --> 00:41:39.219
 say yes to it.