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 Now what you have this morning is a story from Jesus about a man who goes to hell.

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 And if there's one thing worse, there's something worse than going to hell, here it is.

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 It is being certain that you're going to heaven and ending up in hell.

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 And the story ends with this man absolutely desperate to get a warning back to his family.

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 And what he wants to say to his family is the main point of the passage, I think.

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 Here is what Jesus wants to say to us this morning.

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 And the man wants to say to his family, people like us go to hell.

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 People like us go to hell.

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 And he begs for the chance to tell his five brothers, people like us go to hell.

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 Luke's gospel as we've studied it is full of surprises.

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 It's full of surprises about who is going to heaven and about who is not.

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 There's people who you think they've got no hope at all, and yet they find themselves in.

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 And there's people who you think are going to heaven, and they find themselves out.

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 And that's what we've got today.

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 We've got this opposites, this great reversal.

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 Jesus with his coming is not saying, with my coming everybody's going to heaven.

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 He's not saying that.

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 He's saying there's going to be surprises in both clues, the queue going up and the queue going down.

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 And chapter 15 is the heart of these chapters, the heart of this section.

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 And in chapter 15 we saw that heaven is for people who repent.

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 Heaven is for people who say sorry.

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 Heaven is for people who turn away from their sin and turn to God.

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 And hell is for people who do not repent.

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 Hell is for relatively good people and relatively bad people who repent.

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 Hell is for people relatively good, relatively bad, who do not repent.

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 And so we here have one of these great shocks.

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 And it is the story of a made up man.

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 It's a made up story.

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 It's a made up story with an entirely factual warning.

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 To the group of men that Jesus meets in verse 14.

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 Can you see them?

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 The Pharisees.

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 It's a warning to those people.

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 To people like them.

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 To people like them.

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 And people like him go to hell.

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 And I think if you're going to go on listening, I've got to say a little bit about hell, haven't I?

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 And we all know there have been preachers.

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 Not really today.

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 But there have been preachers, particularly 200 years ago, who exaggerated about hell.

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 And they tried to frighten people emotionally.

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 With hell, fire, preaching.

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 And because of that, people are really wary, aren't they?

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 They are very, very wary.

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 Maybe you are.

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 Of listening to a preacher talk about hell.

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 And what's happened is churches have stopped talking about it entirely.

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 But when you come to a passage like the end of Luke 16, what I've got to do, and what you've got to do, is ask yourself, what is my job?

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 Okay?

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 Do I work for you, as the congregation?

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 And do I have an obligation to tell my clients what it is they want to hear?

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 Or do I work for the Lord Jesus?

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 And I have an obligation to tell you what my master wants you to hear.

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 Which one is it?

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 Jesus taught about hell carefully.

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 He taught about hell often.

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 And he taught about hell consistently.

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 And it was a very important part of his message.

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 And the message of Jesus loses its coherence if you take the doctrine of hell out of it.

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 And you can see actually in the passage, Jesus is not like one of those hellfire preachers shouting his head off.

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 Jesus is not trying to whip up emotions or exaggerate.

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 He's not doing that.

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 He does twice use the word torment.

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 And he twice uses the word anguish.

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 But there are no descriptions, are there, of devils with pitchforks prancing around.

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 No sadomasochistic descriptions of torture.

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 There's none of that.

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 He just thinks hell is a real place.

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 And he thinks that physically and mentally it is a dreadful place.

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 And his warning is frightening.

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 But he wants your brain to be frightened, not just your emotions.

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 So that you'll do something about it.

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 And I think we also need to say here that what Jesus says about hell here is a story.

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 It is a story that has been made up.

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 And I think that means that we need to be very careful about taking any of the details in Luke 16 literally.

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 So let me give you an example.

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 For example, the rest of the Bible doesn't seem likely that people in hell will be having conversations with people in heaven across the divide.

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 That doesn't seem likely.

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 Like the rich man has a conversation with Abraham.

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 It doesn't seem that is the way that things will be.

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 From the rest of the Bible.

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 But Jesus uses it in this story to make a point.

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 And his point is this.

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 What would somebody in hell want to say?

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 What would Abraham want to say back to him?

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 So let's listen in on this conversation.

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 So he tells this story about a made up person in picture language.

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 In order to deliver to you and me a real warning about a real place to real people.

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 And the warning is this.

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 People like you go to hell.

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 And before writing this off as all fashionable or objectionable or horrific.

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 I think we better be sure that Jesus really doesn't know what he's talking about.

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 So let's have a look at these three main points.

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 The first one is going to be the longest.

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 It will feel like it goes on forever.

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 But the other two are quicker.

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 The first point is this.

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 You cannot write your own ticket in advance.

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 You cannot write your own ticket to heaven in advance.

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 The people who think they go to heaven are there in verse 14.

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 Can you just look at that?

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 Verse 14.

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 And Jesus describes them in verse 15 which is the key verse.

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 You are those who justify yourselves before men.

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 That in five or six words is why they will be shocked when they find themselves in hell.

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 It's because they think they've got the ticket.

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 They think they've got their ticket in their back pocket.

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 But Jesus says that ticket that you have is written yourself.

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 And it will not work.

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 You see to justify yourself before men is to get just about everything in life that is important wrong.

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 So the focus on human beings and what they think as the big thing is wrong.

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 Whose opinion matters more to you this morning?

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 Human beings?

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 Or should it be God?

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 The Pharisees have got this life sorted.

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 They are really good at looking good.

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 They're really good at looking good where people can see them.

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 But what people think does matter, does it?

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 It doesn't matter if all your friends think you're going to heaven.

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 Because God sees them as well, doesn't he?

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 Look at verse 15.

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 God sees their hearts.

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 God knows their heart.

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 And what God sees matters more.

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 And this idea that you can justify yourself.

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 Well that's wrong as well.

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 Justifying is something that a judge does.

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 And I think it comes built into every human being that we are good at justifying ourselves.

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 I cycle.

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 I might not cycle very much this winter.

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 But when a cyclist goes into a white van or into a car and there's an accident.

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 You've seen it on the X-Bridge.

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 It happens kind of every five minutes.

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 But there's a cyclist goes in and the cyclist falls off.

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 And there's the aftermath.

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 The cyclist gets up on the road.

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 His clothes are ripped.

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 The bike is slightly mangled.

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 And everybody stands there and looks around.

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 And all the parties justify themselves.

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 I'm a cyclist.

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 All cyclists justify themselves.

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 We know that we're in the right.

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 No matter what has happened.

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 No matter if we've jumped a red light.

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 The cyclist is always in the right.

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 But actually.

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 Deep inside.

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 If you took the name of the cyclist.

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 Or the white van driver.

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 And you set up a meeting with a judge.

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 They will know.

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 They will know.

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 That cyclist will know who jumped the red light.

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 That things will not go so well.

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 The same thing is here.

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 It doesn't matter whether you can justify yourself.

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 What matters is whether the judge will justify you.

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 It doesn't matter whether you think you're in the right.

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 It doesn't matter whether you think you're in the right.

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 What matters is what God thinks.

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 What God will say.

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 So let's say next Saturday you want to go and watch England vs Wales at Tokenham.

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 And you wish that you had tickets.

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 It will not be okay, will it?

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 To take out an A4 from your pad.

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 And write on it.

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 Four seats near the halfway line.

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 Pitch side.

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 Signed Levy.

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 That's not going to work, is it?

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 That will not do.

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 You turn out at Tokenham next Saturday.

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 You hand in the A4 pad.

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 That A4 sheet.

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 And security will be tight.

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 They'll tell you to clear off.

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 And they won't let you in.

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 Now that is obvious, isn't it?

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 It's not obvious.

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 So why is it that you think that it's so easy to write tickets for heaven?

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 That it will be okay.

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 That you've done them yourself at home and they will let you in.

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 I would not, and neither would you, let somebody into their house with an admission slip signed by themselves.

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 You wouldn't.

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 The Queen certainly would not let anyone into her house.

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 With an admission slip signed by themselves.

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 If you wrote a ticket and said, I'm allowed in, I've written Levy on it.

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 Would that be alright?

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 Why is it that we think God would, why is it we think that God is so easily fooled by self-justification?

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 I'm in the right.

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 It fools men.

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 But look at verse 15 again.

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 God has got technology that none of your friends do.

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 God knows your heart.

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 And Jesus gives them two specific areas to examine.

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 He wants them to shift from self-confidence so that they can go to heaven instead.

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 The two areas are what you do with your money, which is the story of Rich Man and Lazarus.

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 And what you do with the opposite sex, which is why that verse is there in the middle of Luke 16.

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 The Pharisees are moralists.

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 They self-justify because they think they're good enough to go to heaven.

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 They've done enough to get to heaven.

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 They don't want any bad people in there.

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 And that is why they're so cross, aren't they, in chapter 15 and verse 2.

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 Just look there.

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 They grumble.

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 They complain.

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 They're angry.

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 And they say, this man receives sinners and eats with them.

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 Jesus, stop letting all these bad people in.

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 We are the ones that are good enough.

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 We are the ones that are working hard.

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 These people, they don't, they shouldn't be in.

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 But also, the Pharisees don't want the pass mark raised even higher.

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 They don't want that.

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 They don't want the standard raised higher either.

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 That is why they're so cross in chapter 16 and verse 14.

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 Because they have a problem.

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 Jesus has just said, doesn't he, the end of verse 13,

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 you cannot love God on money.

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 But they have a problem because in verse 14,

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 the Pharisees were lovers of money.

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 And they think loving money, that's alright.

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 Don't be too strict, Jesus.

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 Jesus just said, it's only people who don't love money who get into heaven.

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 And they say, that's too high.

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 Everybody loves money, Jesus.

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 Jesus, you're just you turning.

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 You're you turning all the time.

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 You were too soft on morals in chapter 15.

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 And now you've gone too hard in chapter 16.

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 Stop it with the U-turn in.

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 Get a grip and tell us, Jesus, what is really going on.

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 But Jesus hasn't gone soft on morals at all.

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 He hasn't done a U-turn.

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 What Jesus is teaching is,

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 forgiveness always goes along with high moral standards.

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 And moralism has always gone along with low moral standards.

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 So if you think men will get to heaven if they get over the pass mark,

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 what you do is the pressure is always on to lower the pass mark.

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 If that's what you think,

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 I'll get into heaven if I reach this certain standard,

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 well, you'll always want to lower the standards.

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 If it's about moralism,

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 how good we are,

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 then we need to push it down.

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 So that you can jump over it and get in.

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 But if you think that people only get into heaven

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 because they're forgiven,

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 that's the only way in,

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 then you can let anybody in.

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 And you can keep the pass mark where it belongs.

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 Right up at the top.

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 With the morals that God thinks are important.

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 And that is what verses 16 and 17 are all about.

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 Jesus says,

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 yes, you can now get to heaven.

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 Without keeping the law and the prophets.

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 Since John the Baptist came

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 and he announced his message of repentance

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 and forgiveness for sins,

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 it's been clear that any sinful man or woman

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 can force their way in.

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 The Pharisees taught wrongly, didn't they?

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 That it's keeping the law.

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 But Jesus says,

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 you can get to heaven by being forgiven.

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 But you cannot self-justify

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 keeping every single last thought of the law.

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 If you want to be...

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 If you want...

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 If you want something that you've made yourself.

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 If you think it is by keeping the law,

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 you've got to keep the whole law.

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 And the good news of the kingdom of God

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 is that it is for people who want to be forgiven.

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 If you want to write your own ticket

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 and say that you are good enough,

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 well then you've got to keep the whole law.

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 So the question is,

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 how have you treated the members of the opposite sex?

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 And so you come to verse 18.

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 If you want to know what Jesus says more in detail

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 about divorce,

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 you go to Mark 10.

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 You'll chat with me later about that.

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 But in Mark 10 it is expanded.

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 And the Pharisees taught,

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 well actually you don't need to be married for life.

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 Being married for life is just too hard.

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 You can keep away from just grossly mistreating your wife.

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 If you're not happy with the woman that you're married to anymore,

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 by all means divorce her,

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 but do it legally

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 and you're fine.

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 Sort the paperwork out.

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 There's the pass mark.

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 Jesus says,

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 well okay,

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 you might have got the paperwork right,

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 but you've forgotten the one important thing,

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 that God can see your heart.

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 And in Mark 10 he reminds them of what the divorce laws were.

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 And divorce laws are only needed

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 because sinful people cannot live together with their problems.

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 When you put two sinful people together,

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 there are going to be problems,

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 always.

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 And sometimes those problems

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 mean that people need a way out.

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 And it's good to have a legal route

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 that protects the wife's interest when that happens.

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 It means she doesn't end up destitute

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 and without property

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 and without the support of her family.

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 But if you've gone down that route of divorce,

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 the one thing that you know for certain,

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 and I think everybody would agree with this,

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 is that you are a sinner.

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 I don't say that from a self-righteous point of view.

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 Divorce is for sinful people.

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 And we are all sinful people, aren't we?

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 Every single one of us.

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 And you may end up there.

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 But you cannot come out at the end of that route

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 and say,

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 you cannot, can you?

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 Those of you who struggled with this,

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 you cannot come out at the end of that route

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 and say, well I'm a very, very good person.

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 It is redeemable.

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 To know that you're a sinner

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 if you can be forgiven.

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 But if your whole game

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 is about saying and proving

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 I've never done anything wrong,

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 then the Pharisees with their easy divorce laws

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 are just kidding themselves.

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 People like you, he says,

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 who keep the rules on the inside,

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 on the outside,

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 who have all the right paperwork,

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 go to hell.

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 And then verses 19 to 25,

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 he says, how do you use your money?

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 And they love money.

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 And they think that you can love money

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 and be okay with God.

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 And Jesus tells them a story

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 that is designed to make them wince.

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 There was a rich man,

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 verse 19,

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 can you see him?

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 And he was very rich.

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 His clothes and his gait

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 would have given that away

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 to the original hearers.

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 But even if we miss those feasts,

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 even if we miss those details,

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 the way that he eats

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 gives it away.

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 He eats sumptuously

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 every day.

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 It's ten course meals

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 every evening.

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 This man is loaded.

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 He has the staff,

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 he has the building,

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 he has the resources

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 to feast sumptuously

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 every day.

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 And he is meant to be

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 an example of what it means

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 to be a lover of money.

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 Somebody who the Pharisees

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 could really look up to.

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 Their culture made the assumption

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 that there are lots of cultures

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 who are around the world.

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 But if somebody has cash,

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 God must like them.

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 And God must bless them.

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 So this man is rich.

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 He and his family,

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 they all assume

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 that they have a place in heaven.

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 But people like you,

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 which Jesus says,

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 who enjoy their money

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 without any obvious corruption

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 or fraud,

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 go to hell.

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 And in his case,

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 it actually takes the journey

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 to hell

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 before he realises

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 God sees his heart.

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 So there he is

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 in verse 23,

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 in hell.

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 And that is a surprise to him.

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 But even more than that,

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 when he lifts up his eyes,

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 he sees Abraham afar off

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 and Lazarus at his side,

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 which is an even far

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 greater surprise.

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 That is the beggar

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 who used to live

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 at my gate,

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 he says.

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 And he assumes,

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 doesn't he,

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 he's got some

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 angle,

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 some capital

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 to spend.

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 So he asks Lazarus

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 to do him a favour.

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 And that is why in verse 25,

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 Abraham opens up his heart.

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 But Abraham said,

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 child,

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 remember that you

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 in your lifetime

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 received your good things

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 and Lazarus

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 in like manner

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 bad things.

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 But now he's comforted

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 here

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 and you are in anguish.

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 All your life

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 good things,

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 all his life

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 bad things.

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 And now God

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 has reversed the accounts.

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 And that isn't saying to you

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 that having money

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 is a sin,

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 it's not.

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 But it is throwing

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 the light back

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 onto what this man

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 did with his money

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 when he was alive.

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 All God has done

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 is swap the places around.

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 You never had a problem

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 with money

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 all those years

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 that you were alive

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 with there being

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 one person in comfort

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 eating very well

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 and then another person

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 kind of six pieces

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 away from you

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 who had nothing.

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 You had no problem

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 with that rich man.

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 And all that has happened

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 is the great reversal.

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 And if you want to

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 justify yourself

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 using the law

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 well you better make sure

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 that you've read

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 all of it rich man.

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 It's the same point

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 as divorce.

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 You better make sure

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 that you've read

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 the bits about hospitality.

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 That you've loved

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 your neighbours yourself.

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 You better have read

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 the bits about

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 treating and caring

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 for the sick

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 and the needy

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 and the poor.

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 This rich man's

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 life

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 it wouldn't be

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 in a headline

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 about bankers

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 or something

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 more scandalous

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 than that.

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 It wouldn't be that.

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 He isn't going to

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 have done a deal

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 on his tax.

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 This rich man

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 may have even

00:19:45.319 --> 00:19:45.779
 had a wing

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 of a local hospital

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 named after him.

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 He may have devoted

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 lots of time and money

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 to lots of charitable

00:19:50.819 --> 00:19:51.640
 things that people

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 approved of

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 but every day

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 he sat down

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 in purple

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 while a man

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 sat at his gates

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 closed with sores.

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 Every day

00:19:59.099 --> 00:20:00.480
 he sat down

00:20:00.480 --> 00:20:01.699
 to stuff his belly

00:20:01.699 --> 00:20:03.879
 and the poor beggar

00:20:03.879 --> 00:20:05.500
 shuddered with

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 longing

00:20:05.879 --> 00:20:06.480
 to even have

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 the crumbs

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 that fell from

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 his table.

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 And he took

00:20:09.559 --> 00:20:10.859
 notice of Lazarus.

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 He never sent

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 in anything.

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 He even allowed

00:20:14.759 --> 00:20:16.000
 the wild sweet dogs

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 to go after his

00:20:16.799 --> 00:20:17.619
 injuries and lick

00:20:17.619 --> 00:20:18.359
 his sores.

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 God sees your heart.

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 And so you can

00:20:22.599 --> 00:20:23.219
 fool your family

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 or your neighbours

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 but they are the

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 ones who walk

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 over Lazarus

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 on the way

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 to your party.

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 God can see

00:20:31.799 --> 00:20:32.319
 what you think

00:20:32.319 --> 00:20:32.880
 about money.

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 And God can see

00:20:36.360 --> 00:20:36.880
 in what ways

00:20:36.880 --> 00:20:37.519
 you are using it

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 to help someone

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 in need.

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 Now I think

00:20:41.500 --> 00:20:42.079
 it is easy

00:20:42.079 --> 00:20:42.920
 to apply this

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 today.

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 Don't get

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 tied up in detail

00:20:46.299 --> 00:20:47.500
 as I have

00:20:47.500 --> 00:20:48.240
 for most of the week.

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 Verse 18

00:20:49.559 --> 00:20:50.360
 is not Jesus'

00:20:50.559 --> 00:20:51.200
 final word

00:20:51.200 --> 00:20:51.860
 on divorce.

00:20:51.859 --> 00:20:53.839
 Verse 25

00:20:53.839 --> 00:20:54.839
 is not Jesus'

00:20:55.039 --> 00:20:55.500
 last word

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 on giving.

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 The big point

00:20:58.439 --> 00:20:58.979
 is this.

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 That people

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 who think

00:21:00.579 --> 00:21:01.439
 they have

00:21:01.439 --> 00:21:02.079
 their own

00:21:02.079 --> 00:21:02.839
 ticket written

00:21:02.839 --> 00:21:03.399
 because they

00:21:03.399 --> 00:21:04.359
 are good enough

00:21:04.359 --> 00:21:05.919
 have no idea

00:21:05.919 --> 00:21:06.899
 how far short

00:21:06.899 --> 00:21:07.479
 of God's

00:21:07.479 --> 00:21:08.319
 standard they fall.

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 Because God

00:21:09.759 --> 00:21:10.519
 sees the heart.

00:21:12.079 --> 00:21:12.679
 Everything

00:21:12.679 --> 00:21:13.399
 can be forgiven.

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 Relationship

00:21:15.740 --> 00:21:16.319
 breakdown

00:21:16.319 --> 00:21:17.259
 and meltdown

00:21:17.259 --> 00:21:17.699
 divorce

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 can be forgiven.

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 Greediness

00:21:20.859 --> 00:21:22.579
 can be forgiven.

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 Callousness

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 hard heartedness

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 can be forgiven.

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 But if you think

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 you are good enough

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 you are never

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 going to ask.

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 You are never

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 going to ask.

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 And that applies

00:21:35.399 --> 00:21:35.859
 to modern

00:21:35.859 --> 00:21:36.459
 moralists

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 doesn't it?

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 Let's try and

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 tease this out.

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 Both the

00:21:40.000 --> 00:21:41.099
 religious kind

00:21:41.099 --> 00:21:42.539
 and the

00:21:42.539 --> 00:21:43.439
 secular kind.

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 The religious

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 kind

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 are shrinking

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 aren't they?

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 There aren't

00:21:49.099 --> 00:21:49.839
 so many of them

00:21:49.839 --> 00:21:50.619
 around anymore

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 I want to argue.

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 The religious

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 kind are shrinking.

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 You go to church

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 on Sunday

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 you have very

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 very strong

00:21:56.199 --> 00:21:56.879
 opinions on

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 pretty much

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 everything.

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 There is very

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 very clear

00:22:00.159 --> 00:22:00.779
 blue water

00:22:00.779 --> 00:22:01.500
 between you

00:22:01.500 --> 00:22:02.179
 and sinners.

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 You are a cut

00:22:03.379 --> 00:22:04.000
 above the

00:22:04.000 --> 00:22:04.759
 average church

00:22:04.759 --> 00:22:05.240
 member

00:22:05.240 --> 00:22:06.019
 let alone

00:22:06.019 --> 00:22:06.719
 anyone else.

00:22:07.259 --> 00:22:07.799
 You are one

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 of the good

00:22:08.219 --> 00:22:08.719
 people who

00:22:08.719 --> 00:22:09.639
 is balanced.

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 but unless

00:22:12.840 --> 00:22:13.140
 you are

00:22:13.140 --> 00:22:13.500
 somebody

00:22:13.500 --> 00:22:13.980
 seeking

00:22:13.980 --> 00:22:14.720
 forgiveness

00:22:14.720 --> 00:22:16.220
 by repenting

00:22:16.220 --> 00:22:18.120
 then Jesus

00:22:18.120 --> 00:22:18.900
 has very

00:22:18.900 --> 00:22:19.800
 hard questions

00:22:19.800 --> 00:22:20.280
 to ask

00:22:20.280 --> 00:22:20.840
 your heart

00:22:20.840 --> 00:22:21.300
 and mine.

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 The secular

00:22:24.960 --> 00:22:25.980
 moralist

00:22:25.980 --> 00:22:27.700
 is beginning

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 to take

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 the place

00:22:28.940 --> 00:22:29.140
 of the

00:22:29.140 --> 00:22:29.460
 religious

00:22:29.460 --> 00:22:29.960
 moralist

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 in our

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 society.

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 So just

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 think who

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 would be

00:22:32.840 --> 00:22:33.560
 invited to

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 this kind

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 of rich

00:22:34.759 --> 00:22:35.140
 man's

00:22:35.140 --> 00:22:35.340
 dinner

00:22:35.340 --> 00:22:35.759
 party

00:22:35.759 --> 00:22:36.800
 today.

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 Who would

00:22:38.220 --> 00:22:38.580
 be at the

00:22:38.580 --> 00:22:39.060
 dinner party

00:22:39.060 --> 00:22:39.580
 with him?

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 They'd be

00:22:40.840 --> 00:22:41.160
 the rich

00:22:41.160 --> 00:22:41.480
 people

00:22:41.480 --> 00:22:41.820
 but they'd

00:22:41.820 --> 00:22:42.040
 be the

00:22:42.040 --> 00:22:42.500
 good rich

00:22:42.500 --> 00:22:42.860
 people

00:22:42.860 --> 00:22:44.660
 with the

00:22:44.660 --> 00:22:45.520
 right opinions

00:22:45.520 --> 00:22:46.860
 on everything.

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 They'd have

00:22:48.720 --> 00:22:49.080
 the right

00:22:49.080 --> 00:22:49.560
 opinions on

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 the agenda

00:22:50.020 --> 00:22:51.440
 that counts

00:22:51.440 --> 00:22:51.759
 today.

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 Good people

00:22:52.520 --> 00:22:52.840
 who hit

00:22:52.840 --> 00:22:53.240
 all the

00:22:53.240 --> 00:22:53.820
 right moral

00:22:53.820 --> 00:22:54.480
 buttons of

00:22:54.480 --> 00:22:55.080
 their culture.

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 They wouldn't

00:22:56.700 --> 00:22:57.160
 put it so

00:22:57.160 --> 00:22:57.960
 boldly as to

00:22:57.960 --> 00:22:58.580
 say well you

00:22:58.580 --> 00:22:59.020
 should let me

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 into heaven

00:22:59.360 --> 00:22:59.720
 because I

00:22:59.720 --> 00:23:00.280
 recycle.

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 Or you

00:23:01.340 --> 00:23:01.740
 should let

00:23:01.740 --> 00:23:02.040
 me into

00:23:02.040 --> 00:23:02.480
 heaven because

00:23:02.480 --> 00:23:03.060
 I've got the

00:23:03.060 --> 00:23:03.560
 right opinion

00:23:03.560 --> 00:23:04.200
 on all the

00:23:04.200 --> 00:23:04.680
 equality

00:23:04.680 --> 00:23:05.220
 agendas.

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 I believe

00:23:06.200 --> 00:23:06.520
 in human

00:23:06.520 --> 00:23:07.060
 rights.

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 But I

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 want to say

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 it is the

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 same

00:23:10.500 --> 00:23:11.479
 outward

00:23:11.479 --> 00:23:12.259
 man

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 focused

00:23:13.019 --> 00:23:13.879
 behaviour

00:23:13.879 --> 00:23:15.179
 religion

00:23:15.179 --> 00:23:15.659
 actually

00:23:15.659 --> 00:23:17.500
 as the

00:23:17.500 --> 00:23:17.679
 people

00:23:17.679 --> 00:23:18.000
 Jesus

00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:18.319
 meant.

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 And Jesus

00:23:20.179 --> 00:23:20.859
 says to us

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 this morning

00:23:21.459 --> 00:23:22.000
 but he also

00:23:22.000 --> 00:23:22.539
 says to the

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 cultural

00:23:22.979 --> 00:23:23.719
 moralists of

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 our day

00:23:24.119 --> 00:23:24.839
 what do you

00:23:24.839 --> 00:23:25.159
 do with

00:23:25.159 --> 00:23:25.579
 your money?

00:23:27.339 --> 00:23:28.019
 And how do

00:23:28.019 --> 00:23:28.439
 you treat

00:23:28.439 --> 00:23:28.859
 the opposite

00:23:28.859 --> 00:23:29.399
 sex?

00:23:31.019 --> 00:23:31.559
 God sees

00:23:31.559 --> 00:23:32.039
 your heart.

00:23:33.339 --> 00:23:33.579
 So you

00:23:33.579 --> 00:23:34.139
 cannot write

00:23:34.139 --> 00:23:34.479
 your own

00:23:34.479 --> 00:23:34.779
 ticket.

00:23:35.019 --> 00:23:35.279
 That's the

00:23:35.279 --> 00:23:35.619
 second thing

00:23:35.619 --> 00:23:35.779
 and the

00:23:35.779 --> 00:23:36.019
 longest

00:23:36.019 --> 00:23:36.219
 thing.

00:23:36.419 --> 00:23:36.539
 The

00:23:36.539 --> 00:23:36.759
 second

00:23:36.759 --> 00:23:36.979
 thing

00:23:36.979 --> 00:23:37.259
 is this

00:23:37.259 --> 00:23:37.419
 you

00:23:37.419 --> 00:23:37.719
 cannot

00:23:37.719 --> 00:23:38.079
 do

00:23:38.079 --> 00:23:38.539
 deals

00:23:38.539 --> 00:23:38.959
 later.

00:23:40.379 --> 00:23:40.759
 Now I

00:23:40.759 --> 00:23:41.019
 think you've

00:23:41.019 --> 00:23:41.199
 got to

00:23:41.199 --> 00:23:41.459
 reserve

00:23:41.459 --> 00:23:41.679
 some

00:23:41.679 --> 00:23:42.119
 admiration

00:23:42.119 --> 00:23:42.459
 for the

00:23:42.459 --> 00:23:42.639
 rich

00:23:42.639 --> 00:23:42.919
 man.

00:23:44.359 --> 00:23:44.819
 He's

00:23:44.819 --> 00:23:45.179
 really

00:23:45.179 --> 00:23:45.699
 tenacious.

00:23:46.899 --> 00:23:47.119
 He's

00:23:47.119 --> 00:23:47.359
 had a

00:23:47.359 --> 00:23:47.659
 very

00:23:47.659 --> 00:23:48.319
 bad

00:23:48.319 --> 00:23:48.659
 day

00:23:48.659 --> 00:23:48.859
 isn't

00:23:48.859 --> 00:23:49.000
 he?

00:23:49.399 --> 00:23:50.339
 He dies

00:23:50.339 --> 00:23:51.379
 he's

00:23:51.379 --> 00:23:51.699
 buried

00:23:51.699 --> 00:23:52.139
 and then

00:23:52.139 --> 00:23:52.459
 contrary

00:23:52.459 --> 00:23:52.979
 to all

00:23:52.979 --> 00:23:53.119
 his

00:23:53.119 --> 00:23:53.739
 expectations

00:23:53.739 --> 00:23:54.299
 he wakes

00:23:54.299 --> 00:23:54.559
 up to

00:23:54.559 --> 00:23:54.719
 find

00:23:54.719 --> 00:23:55.039
 himself

00:23:55.039 --> 00:23:55.279
 in

00:23:55.279 --> 00:23:55.619
 hell.

00:23:56.219 --> 00:23:56.319
 It's

00:23:56.319 --> 00:23:56.419
 a

00:23:56.419 --> 00:23:56.679
 very

00:23:56.679 --> 00:23:57.019
 bad

00:23:57.019 --> 00:23:57.439
 day.

00:23:58.619 --> 00:23:59.039
 But

00:23:59.039 --> 00:23:59.459
 look at

00:23:59.459 --> 00:23:59.659
 him.

00:24:00.559 --> 00:24:00.859
 He's

00:24:00.859 --> 00:24:01.500
 not lost

00:24:01.500 --> 00:24:02.079
 the ability

00:24:02.079 --> 00:24:02.659
 to cut a

00:24:02.659 --> 00:24:02.979
 deal

00:24:02.979 --> 00:24:03.339
 has he?

00:24:03.339 --> 00:24:04.500
 He's

00:24:04.500 --> 00:24:04.659
 a

00:24:04.659 --> 00:24:05.159
 trader.

00:24:06.679 --> 00:24:06.980
 He could

00:24:06.980 --> 00:24:07.379
 work in

00:24:07.379 --> 00:24:07.839
 the city

00:24:07.839 --> 00:24:08.439
 and he

00:24:08.439 --> 00:24:08.939
 has three

00:24:08.939 --> 00:24:09.579
 separate

00:24:09.579 --> 00:24:10.079
 goals

00:24:10.079 --> 00:24:10.599
 at doing

00:24:10.599 --> 00:24:10.959
 a deal

00:24:10.959 --> 00:24:11.139
 with

00:24:11.139 --> 00:24:11.359
 Abraham.

00:24:11.639 --> 00:24:12.000
 He will

00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:12.379
 not give

00:24:12.379 --> 00:24:12.679
 up.

00:24:13.000 --> 00:24:13.279
 So he

00:24:13.279 --> 00:24:13.919
 uses every

00:24:13.919 --> 00:24:14.399
 single

00:24:14.399 --> 00:24:14.799
 bit of

00:24:14.799 --> 00:24:15.319
 negotiating

00:24:15.319 --> 00:24:15.720
 skill

00:24:15.720 --> 00:24:15.959
 he's

00:24:15.959 --> 00:24:16.299
 got.

00:24:16.579 --> 00:24:16.720
 Verse

00:24:16.720 --> 00:24:17.179
 23

00:24:17.179 --> 00:24:17.480
 he's

00:24:17.480 --> 00:24:17.819
 dead

00:24:17.819 --> 00:24:18.079
 he's

00:24:18.079 --> 00:24:18.199
 in

00:24:18.199 --> 00:24:18.439
 hell

00:24:18.439 --> 00:24:19.099
 he sees

00:24:19.099 --> 00:24:19.779
 Lazarus

00:24:19.779 --> 00:24:20.679
 and

00:24:20.679 --> 00:24:21.859
 generally

00:24:21.859 --> 00:24:22.419
 he thinks

00:24:22.419 --> 00:24:22.759
 bingo.

00:24:24.279 --> 00:24:24.799
 Here is

00:24:24.799 --> 00:24:25.119
 somebody

00:24:25.119 --> 00:24:25.659
 that I

00:24:25.659 --> 00:24:25.899
 know

00:24:25.899 --> 00:24:26.199
 on the

00:24:26.199 --> 00:24:26.799
 inside.

00:24:28.159 --> 00:24:28.339
 In

00:24:28.339 --> 00:24:28.500
 fact

00:24:28.500 --> 00:24:28.720
 there's

00:24:28.720 --> 00:24:28.859
 two

00:24:28.859 --> 00:24:29.159
 people

00:24:29.159 --> 00:24:29.799
 verse

00:24:29.799 --> 00:24:30.240
 24

00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:30.459
 he

00:24:30.459 --> 00:24:30.819
 scratches

00:24:30.819 --> 00:24:31.059
 his

00:24:31.059 --> 00:24:31.279
 link

00:24:31.279 --> 00:24:31.439
 to

00:24:31.439 --> 00:24:31.740
 Abraham

00:24:31.740 --> 00:24:32.019
 doesn't

00:24:32.019 --> 00:24:32.240
 he?

00:24:32.240 --> 00:24:33.279
 So what

00:24:33.279 --> 00:24:33.579
 we've

00:24:33.579 --> 00:24:33.839
 got

00:24:33.839 --> 00:24:34.039
 is

00:24:34.039 --> 00:24:34.319
 somebody

00:24:34.319 --> 00:24:34.640
 who used

00:24:34.640 --> 00:24:34.900
 to live

00:24:34.900 --> 00:24:35.220
 on my

00:24:35.220 --> 00:24:35.740
 street

00:24:35.740 --> 00:24:36.440
 and

00:24:36.440 --> 00:24:36.720
 somebody

00:24:36.720 --> 00:24:36.960
 I'm

00:24:36.960 --> 00:24:37.359
 descended

00:24:37.359 --> 00:24:37.779
 from

00:24:37.779 --> 00:24:38.940
 and he

00:24:38.940 --> 00:24:39.120
 thinks

00:24:39.120 --> 00:24:39.740
 I've

00:24:39.740 --> 00:24:39.900
 got a

00:24:39.900 --> 00:24:40.380
 way out

00:24:40.380 --> 00:24:41.180
 there must

00:24:41.180 --> 00:24:41.799
 be some

00:24:41.799 --> 00:24:42.160
 kind of

00:24:42.160 --> 00:24:42.599
 deal we

00:24:42.599 --> 00:24:42.880
 can do

00:24:42.880 --> 00:24:43.420
 is that

00:24:43.420 --> 00:24:43.880
 how we

00:24:43.880 --> 00:24:44.480
 negotiate

00:24:44.480 --> 00:24:45.019
 Abraham

00:24:45.019 --> 00:24:46.420
 and he

00:24:46.420 --> 00:24:46.960
 asks the

00:24:46.960 --> 00:24:47.359
 poor man

00:24:47.359 --> 00:24:47.779
 Lazarus

00:24:47.779 --> 00:24:48.120
 to do

00:24:48.120 --> 00:24:48.519
 something

00:24:48.519 --> 00:24:49.480
 because in

00:24:49.480 --> 00:24:49.980
 his world

00:24:49.980 --> 00:24:50.359
 that's the

00:24:50.359 --> 00:24:50.620
 way it's

00:24:50.620 --> 00:24:51.180
 always been

00:24:51.180 --> 00:24:51.640
 isn't it?

00:24:53.160 --> 00:24:53.799
 And Lazarus

00:24:53.799 --> 00:24:54.279
 has always

00:24:54.279 --> 00:24:54.900
 longed for a

00:24:54.900 --> 00:24:55.500
 tiny scrap

00:24:55.500 --> 00:24:56.140
 of food

00:24:56.140 --> 00:24:57.120
 but the

00:24:57.120 --> 00:24:57.480
 rich man

00:24:57.480 --> 00:24:58.319
 now longs

00:24:58.319 --> 00:24:58.640
 for a

00:24:58.640 --> 00:24:59.200
 tiny drop

00:24:59.200 --> 00:24:59.720
 of water

00:24:59.720 --> 00:25:01.279
 so surely

00:25:01.279 --> 00:25:01.579
 we can

00:25:01.579 --> 00:25:01.860
 do a

00:25:01.860 --> 00:25:02.140
 deal

00:25:02.140 --> 00:25:02.519
 Abraham

00:25:02.519 --> 00:25:04.460
 there are

00:25:04.460 --> 00:25:05.019
 many many

00:25:05.019 --> 00:25:05.480
 people out

00:25:05.480 --> 00:25:05.579
 there

00:25:05.579 --> 00:25:06.059
 maybe you

00:25:06.059 --> 00:25:06.660
 you're very

00:25:06.660 --> 00:25:07.120
 used to

00:25:07.120 --> 00:25:07.480
 getting your

00:25:07.480 --> 00:25:07.819
 own way

00:25:07.819 --> 00:25:08.299
 in life

00:25:08.299 --> 00:25:10.160
 you pull

00:25:10.160 --> 00:25:11.039
 every string

00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:12.339
 you're willing

00:25:12.339 --> 00:25:12.759
 to do any

00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:13.360
 deal you want

00:25:13.360 --> 00:25:13.740
 to get what

00:25:13.740 --> 00:25:14.100
 you want

00:25:14.100 --> 00:25:16.519
 but men and

00:25:16.519 --> 00:25:16.920
 women who are

00:25:16.920 --> 00:25:17.740
 self made in

00:25:17.740 --> 00:25:18.480
 life tend to

00:25:18.480 --> 00:25:18.900
 assume that it's

00:25:18.900 --> 00:25:19.240
 going to work

00:25:19.240 --> 00:25:19.720
 like that after

00:25:19.720 --> 00:25:20.160
 death

00:25:20.160 --> 00:25:22.620
 there's always

00:25:22.620 --> 00:25:23.259
 been a deal

00:25:23.259 --> 00:25:23.779
 to be done

00:25:23.779 --> 00:25:24.380
 I've always

00:25:24.380 --> 00:25:24.940
 been able to

00:25:24.940 --> 00:25:25.519
 do so

00:25:25.519 --> 00:25:26.259
 and God

00:25:26.259 --> 00:25:26.640
 will be the

00:25:26.640 --> 00:25:26.799
 same

00:25:26.799 --> 00:25:27.119
 so look at

00:25:27.119 --> 00:25:27.779
 verse 26

00:25:27.779 --> 00:25:31.319
 Abraham says

00:25:31.319 --> 00:25:31.619
 and besides

00:25:31.619 --> 00:25:32.079
 all this

00:25:32.079 --> 00:25:32.619
 between us

00:25:32.619 --> 00:25:33.119
 and you

00:25:33.119 --> 00:25:33.460
 a great

00:25:33.460 --> 00:25:34.019
 chasm has

00:25:34.019 --> 00:25:34.460
 been fixed

00:25:34.460 --> 00:25:34.859
 in order

00:25:34.859 --> 00:25:35.559
 that those

00:25:35.559 --> 00:25:35.779
 who would

00:25:35.779 --> 00:25:36.220
 pass from

00:25:36.220 --> 00:25:36.700
 here to

00:25:36.700 --> 00:25:36.980
 you

00:25:36.980 --> 00:25:37.539
 may not

00:25:37.539 --> 00:25:37.919
 do so

00:25:37.919 --> 00:25:38.399
 and none

00:25:38.399 --> 00:25:38.899
 may cross

00:25:38.899 --> 00:25:39.259
 from there

00:25:39.259 --> 00:25:39.639
 to us

00:25:39.639 --> 00:25:40.159
 it's too

00:25:40.159 --> 00:25:40.440
 late

00:25:40.440 --> 00:25:42.539
 there are

00:25:42.539 --> 00:25:43.259
 no deals

00:25:43.259 --> 00:25:45.440
 and if you

00:25:45.440 --> 00:25:45.779
 are without

00:25:45.779 --> 00:25:46.240
 forgiveness

00:25:46.240 --> 00:25:47.000
 and repentance

00:25:47.000 --> 00:25:47.859
 in this life

00:25:47.859 --> 00:25:48.259
 then you'll

00:25:48.259 --> 00:25:48.619
 be without

00:25:48.619 --> 00:25:48.980
 them in the

00:25:48.980 --> 00:25:49.659
 next life

00:25:49.659 --> 00:25:51.799
 and by the

00:25:51.799 --> 00:25:52.180
 time you

00:25:52.180 --> 00:25:52.599
 meet your

00:25:52.599 --> 00:25:53.019
 maker

00:25:53.019 --> 00:25:53.379
 it will

00:25:53.379 --> 00:25:53.759
 be too

00:25:53.759 --> 00:25:54.099
 late

00:25:54.099 --> 00:25:57.000
 and thinking

00:25:57.000 --> 00:25:57.359
 about this

00:25:57.359 --> 00:25:57.619
 passage

00:25:57.619 --> 00:25:58.099
 I wonder

00:25:58.099 --> 00:25:58.539
 if any

00:25:58.539 --> 00:25:58.799
 of the

00:25:58.799 --> 00:25:59.019
 people

00:25:59.019 --> 00:25:59.339
 that I

00:25:59.339 --> 00:25:59.659
 count as

00:25:59.659 --> 00:26:00.179
 my friends

00:26:00.179 --> 00:26:01.000
 believe that

00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:04.159
 quite a lot

00:26:04.159 --> 00:26:04.399
 of my

00:26:04.399 --> 00:26:05.299
 friends believe

00:26:05.299 --> 00:26:05.799
 in God

00:26:05.799 --> 00:26:06.159
 but none

00:26:06.159 --> 00:26:06.339
 of them

00:26:06.339 --> 00:26:06.899
 show any

00:26:06.899 --> 00:26:07.619
 urgency

00:26:07.619 --> 00:26:08.859
 some of

00:26:08.859 --> 00:26:09.159
 them are

00:26:09.159 --> 00:26:09.919
 interested in

00:26:09.919 --> 00:26:10.359
 what happens

00:26:10.359 --> 00:26:10.839
 after they

00:26:10.839 --> 00:26:11.219
 die

00:26:11.219 --> 00:26:12.039
 but none

00:26:12.039 --> 00:26:12.259
 of them

00:26:12.259 --> 00:26:12.939
 show any

00:26:12.939 --> 00:26:13.459
 urgency

00:26:13.459 --> 00:26:14.079
 about what

00:26:14.079 --> 00:26:14.480
 will happen

00:26:14.480 --> 00:26:14.799
 when they

00:26:14.799 --> 00:26:15.119
 die

00:26:15.119 --> 00:26:20.059
 it's for

00:26:20.059 --> 00:26:20.319
 some of

00:26:20.319 --> 00:26:20.419
 them

00:26:20.419 --> 00:26:20.599
 they've

00:26:20.599 --> 00:26:20.799
 got a

00:26:20.799 --> 00:26:21.279
 point one

00:26:21.279 --> 00:26:21.740
 problem

00:26:21.740 --> 00:26:23.579
 they think

00:26:23.579 --> 00:26:23.859
 they're good

00:26:23.859 --> 00:26:24.240
 enough

00:26:24.240 --> 00:26:25.880
 that they'll

00:26:25.880 --> 00:26:26.579
 be fine

00:26:26.579 --> 00:26:28.599
 they think

00:26:28.599 --> 00:26:29.279
 their hearts

00:26:29.279 --> 00:26:29.779
 will stay

00:26:29.779 --> 00:26:30.259
 secret

00:26:30.259 --> 00:26:31.120
 and all the

00:26:31.120 --> 00:26:31.599
 things that's

00:26:31.599 --> 00:26:31.880
 in their

00:26:31.880 --> 00:26:32.240
 hearts will

00:26:32.240 --> 00:26:33.039
 stay secret

00:26:33.039 --> 00:26:34.059
 but for most

00:26:34.059 --> 00:26:34.420
 of them I

00:26:34.420 --> 00:26:34.759
 think it's a

00:26:34.759 --> 00:26:35.160
 point two

00:26:35.160 --> 00:26:35.700
 problem

00:26:35.700 --> 00:26:38.799
 death will be

00:26:38.799 --> 00:26:39.180
 something that

00:26:39.180 --> 00:26:39.620
 you'll face

00:26:39.620 --> 00:26:40.079
 when you come

00:26:40.079 --> 00:26:40.440
 to it

00:26:40.440 --> 00:26:42.779
 death is a

00:26:42.779 --> 00:26:43.980
 great adventure

00:26:43.980 --> 00:26:44.660
 as somebody

00:26:44.660 --> 00:26:45.319
 once said to

00:26:45.319 --> 00:26:46.500
 me in an

00:26:46.500 --> 00:26:47.220
 intensive care

00:26:47.220 --> 00:26:47.519
 ward

00:26:47.519 --> 00:26:49.880
 it's not just

00:26:49.880 --> 00:26:50.359
 young people

00:26:50.359 --> 00:26:50.740
 is it that

00:26:50.740 --> 00:26:51.299
 think they've

00:26:51.299 --> 00:26:51.720
 got a long

00:26:51.720 --> 00:26:52.220
 time until

00:26:52.220 --> 00:26:52.720
 they die

00:26:52.720 --> 00:26:55.420
 and I

00:26:55.420 --> 00:26:55.960
 think most

00:26:55.960 --> 00:26:56.279
 of us

00:26:56.279 --> 00:26:56.759
 think

00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:57.819
 well once

00:26:57.819 --> 00:26:58.339
 we're dead

00:26:58.339 --> 00:26:58.740
 there'll be a

00:26:58.740 --> 00:26:59.000
 lot of

00:26:59.000 --> 00:26:59.319
 time to

00:26:59.319 --> 00:26:59.640
 sort it

00:26:59.640 --> 00:27:00.279
 out afterwards

00:27:00.279 --> 00:27:01.920
 there'll be

00:27:01.920 --> 00:27:02.380
 a way to

00:27:02.380 --> 00:27:02.819
 cut a deal

00:27:02.819 --> 00:27:03.200
 there'll be a

00:27:03.200 --> 00:27:03.759
 second chance

00:27:03.759 --> 00:27:04.600
 but verse 26

00:27:04.600 --> 00:27:05.240
 says to you

00:27:05.240 --> 00:27:05.759
 no

00:27:05.759 --> 00:27:07.440
 there's a

00:27:07.440 --> 00:27:08.019
 great chasm

00:27:08.019 --> 00:27:08.600
 that is fixed

00:27:08.600 --> 00:27:09.360
 and specifically

00:27:09.360 --> 00:27:09.819
 there will be

00:27:09.819 --> 00:27:10.620
 no travel

00:27:10.620 --> 00:27:11.980
 from heaven

00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:12.720
 to hell

00:27:12.720 --> 00:27:13.500
 not even

00:27:13.500 --> 00:27:14.079
 with a drop

00:27:14.079 --> 00:27:14.640
 of water

00:27:14.640 --> 00:27:15.259
 and there will

00:27:15.259 --> 00:27:15.720
 be certainly

00:27:15.720 --> 00:27:16.420
 no travel

00:27:16.420 --> 00:27:16.900
 from hell

00:27:16.900 --> 00:27:17.420
 to heaven

00:27:17.420 --> 00:27:18.420
 and none

00:27:18.420 --> 00:27:18.799
 from heaven

00:27:18.799 --> 00:27:19.240
 to hell

00:27:19.240 --> 00:27:23.079
 it is the

00:27:23.079 --> 00:27:23.539
 fact that

00:27:23.539 --> 00:27:23.779
 we will

00:27:23.779 --> 00:27:24.700
 all die

00:27:24.700 --> 00:27:25.819
 and for

00:27:25.819 --> 00:27:26.319
 us our

00:27:26.319 --> 00:27:26.900
 time is

00:27:26.900 --> 00:27:27.579
 running out

00:27:27.579 --> 00:27:28.299
 that makes

00:27:28.299 --> 00:27:29.740
 this urgent

00:27:29.740 --> 00:27:30.680
 it makes it

00:27:30.680 --> 00:27:31.400
 urgent to

00:27:31.400 --> 00:27:32.240
 get forgiveness

00:27:32.240 --> 00:27:34.200
 from Jesus

00:27:34.200 --> 00:27:35.819
 and that should

00:27:35.819 --> 00:27:36.160
 be the most

00:27:36.160 --> 00:27:36.640
 urgent thing

00:27:36.640 --> 00:27:36.940
 that we can

00:27:36.940 --> 00:27:37.440
 think of

00:27:37.440 --> 00:27:39.319
 you cannot

00:27:39.319 --> 00:27:40.140
 cut a deal

00:27:40.140 --> 00:27:42.200
 all that

00:27:42.200 --> 00:27:42.660
 matters is

00:27:42.660 --> 00:27:43.079
 whether you've

00:27:43.079 --> 00:27:43.759
 repented in

00:27:43.759 --> 00:27:44.680
 life or not

00:27:44.680 --> 00:27:45.120
 that is what

00:27:45.120 --> 00:27:45.640
 will matter

00:27:45.640 --> 00:27:47.620
 riches in

00:27:47.620 --> 00:27:48.340
 life may be

00:27:48.340 --> 00:27:49.000
 one reason

00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:49.600
 why it's

00:27:49.600 --> 00:27:49.980
 such a

00:27:49.980 --> 00:27:50.560
 surprise for

00:27:50.560 --> 00:27:51.040
 this group

00:27:51.040 --> 00:27:51.580
 do you see

00:27:51.580 --> 00:27:53.240
 they've been

00:27:53.240 --> 00:27:53.720
 able to do

00:27:53.720 --> 00:27:54.480
 deals all

00:27:54.480 --> 00:27:55.160
 their life

00:27:55.160 --> 00:27:56.420
 and if that

00:27:56.420 --> 00:27:56.700
 is you

00:27:56.700 --> 00:27:57.140
 then you're

00:27:57.140 --> 00:27:58.220
 more likely

00:27:58.220 --> 00:27:58.700
 to assume

00:27:58.700 --> 00:27:58.980
 that you're

00:27:58.980 --> 00:27:59.160
 going to be

00:27:59.160 --> 00:27:59.500
 able to do

00:27:59.500 --> 00:27:59.759
 a deal

00:27:59.759 --> 00:27:59.980
 in the

00:27:59.980 --> 00:28:00.340
 future

00:28:00.340 --> 00:28:03.620
 the Christian

00:28:03.620 --> 00:28:04.080
 gospel is

00:28:04.080 --> 00:28:04.320
 all about

00:28:04.320 --> 00:28:04.900
 second chances

00:28:04.900 --> 00:28:05.300
 isn't it

00:28:05.300 --> 00:28:05.960
 wonderfully it

00:28:05.960 --> 00:28:06.500
 is

00:28:06.500 --> 00:28:07.140
 isn't it

00:28:07.140 --> 00:28:09.520
 and that is

00:28:09.520 --> 00:28:09.840
 why there

00:28:09.840 --> 00:28:12.820
 is forgiveness

00:28:12.820 --> 00:28:14.240
 that's why

00:28:14.240 --> 00:28:14.620
 people like

00:28:14.620 --> 00:28:15.120
 the lost

00:28:15.120 --> 00:28:15.400
 son

00:28:15.400 --> 00:28:16.100
 who stuffed

00:28:16.100 --> 00:28:16.620
 up life

00:28:16.620 --> 00:28:17.140
 completely

00:28:17.140 --> 00:28:17.620
 will be

00:28:17.620 --> 00:28:18.140
 in heaven

00:28:18.140 --> 00:28:20.160
 and I

00:28:20.160 --> 00:28:20.700
 suppose you

00:28:20.700 --> 00:28:21.580
 could imagine

00:28:21.580 --> 00:28:22.340
 a world

00:28:22.340 --> 00:28:23.060
 where there

00:28:23.060 --> 00:28:23.620
 goes on

00:28:23.620 --> 00:28:24.280
 being second

00:28:24.280 --> 00:28:24.980
 chances and

00:28:24.980 --> 00:28:25.720
 third chances

00:28:25.720 --> 00:28:26.160
 and fourth

00:28:26.160 --> 00:28:26.840
 chances after

00:28:26.840 --> 00:28:27.640
 you've died

00:28:27.640 --> 00:28:29.400
 but Jesus

00:28:29.400 --> 00:28:30.340
 says very

00:28:30.340 --> 00:28:31.480
 very clearly

00:28:31.480 --> 00:28:32.519
 that is not

00:28:32.519 --> 00:28:33.060
 the way it

00:28:33.060 --> 00:28:33.440
 is

00:28:33.440 --> 00:28:35.400
 get it

00:28:35.400 --> 00:28:36.480
 sorted now

00:28:36.480 --> 00:28:37.920
 before you

00:28:37.920 --> 00:28:38.320
 die

00:28:38.320 --> 00:28:39.680
 because there

00:28:39.680 --> 00:28:39.920
 are no

00:28:39.920 --> 00:28:41.000
 second chances

00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:41.860
 third point

00:28:41.860 --> 00:28:42.340
 very quickly

00:28:42.340 --> 00:28:43.100
 you have

00:28:43.100 --> 00:28:43.720
 everything you

00:28:43.720 --> 00:28:44.360
 need now

00:28:44.359 --> 00:28:46.379
 and you

00:28:46.379 --> 00:28:46.699
 may think

00:28:46.699 --> 00:28:47.059
 this is a

00:28:47.059 --> 00:28:47.799
 very miserable

00:28:47.799 --> 00:28:48.339
 sermon

00:28:48.339 --> 00:28:50.259
 your ticket

00:28:50.259 --> 00:28:50.759
 might not

00:28:50.759 --> 00:28:51.339
 work if

00:28:51.339 --> 00:28:51.519
 it's

00:28:51.519 --> 00:28:51.839
 homemade

00:28:51.839 --> 00:28:52.319
 and you

00:28:52.319 --> 00:28:52.679
 won't be

00:28:52.679 --> 00:28:52.939
 able to

00:28:52.939 --> 00:28:53.459
 do deals

00:28:53.459 --> 00:28:53.879
 later

00:28:53.879 --> 00:28:56.240
 but actually

00:28:56.240 --> 00:28:56.959
 in verses 27

00:28:56.959 --> 00:28:57.399
 to 31

00:28:57.399 --> 00:28:58.039
 the man tries

00:28:58.039 --> 00:28:58.439
 a second

00:28:58.439 --> 00:28:58.859
 time with

00:28:58.859 --> 00:28:59.439
 another deal

00:28:59.439 --> 00:28:59.959
 and it is

00:28:59.959 --> 00:29:00.819
 miserable for

00:29:00.819 --> 00:29:01.719
 him because

00:29:01.719 --> 00:29:02.299
 he does not

00:29:02.299 --> 00:29:02.679
 get what he

00:29:02.679 --> 00:29:02.919
 wants

00:29:02.919 --> 00:29:03.619
 Abraham says

00:29:03.619 --> 00:29:04.399
 no twice

00:29:04.399 --> 00:29:06.059
 but if you

00:29:06.059 --> 00:29:06.339
 can listen

00:29:06.339 --> 00:29:06.859
 for five

00:29:06.859 --> 00:29:07.219
 more minutes

00:29:07.219 --> 00:29:07.559
 more

00:29:07.559 --> 00:29:08.119
 five minutes

00:29:08.119 --> 00:29:08.479
 more

00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:10.620
 you get

00:29:10.620 --> 00:29:10.900
 what he

00:29:10.900 --> 00:29:11.500
 asks for

00:29:11.500 --> 00:29:12.860
 five minutes

00:29:12.860 --> 00:29:13.259
 that's what

00:29:13.259 --> 00:29:13.579
 I'm asking

00:29:13.579 --> 00:29:13.860
 for

00:29:13.860 --> 00:29:15.299
 you are

00:29:15.299 --> 00:29:15.759
 about to

00:29:15.759 --> 00:29:16.259
 get

00:29:16.259 --> 00:29:17.420
 what this

00:29:17.420 --> 00:29:17.940
 man asks

00:29:17.940 --> 00:29:18.299
 for

00:29:18.299 --> 00:29:20.319
 which means

00:29:20.319 --> 00:29:20.839
 you have

00:29:20.839 --> 00:29:21.660
 everything you

00:29:21.660 --> 00:29:22.240
 need to

00:29:22.240 --> 00:29:22.680
 know

00:29:22.680 --> 00:29:24.579
 you see

00:29:24.579 --> 00:29:25.380
 verse 27

00:29:25.380 --> 00:29:25.920
 he is the

00:29:25.920 --> 00:29:26.759
 great deal

00:29:26.759 --> 00:29:27.120
 maker

00:29:27.120 --> 00:29:27.759
 but the

00:29:27.759 --> 00:29:28.220
 moment he's

00:29:28.220 --> 00:29:28.660
 been knocked

00:29:28.660 --> 00:29:29.140
 back

00:29:29.140 --> 00:29:30.420
 immediately

00:29:30.420 --> 00:29:31.059
 he's after

00:29:31.059 --> 00:29:31.460
 his second

00:29:31.460 --> 00:29:31.680
 best

00:29:31.680 --> 00:29:32.099
 well we

00:29:32.099 --> 00:29:32.500
 can't do

00:29:32.500 --> 00:29:33.099
 that deal

00:29:33.099 --> 00:29:33.839
 let's do

00:29:33.839 --> 00:29:34.200
 the second

00:29:34.200 --> 00:29:34.440
 one

00:29:34.440 --> 00:29:34.880
 and what

00:29:34.880 --> 00:29:35.220
 he wants

00:29:35.220 --> 00:29:35.559
 is something

00:29:35.559 --> 00:29:35.880
 for his

00:29:35.880 --> 00:29:36.220
 brothers

00:29:36.220 --> 00:29:36.640
 look at

00:29:36.640 --> 00:29:37.279
 verse 27

00:29:37.279 --> 00:29:38.559
 for I

00:29:38.559 --> 00:29:38.940
 have five

00:29:38.940 --> 00:29:39.379
 brothers

00:29:39.379 --> 00:29:42.639
 verse 27

00:29:42.639 --> 00:29:43.220
 then I beg

00:29:43.220 --> 00:29:43.619
 you father

00:29:43.619 --> 00:29:44.119
 send him to

00:29:44.119 --> 00:29:44.619
 my father's

00:29:44.619 --> 00:29:44.920
 house for

00:29:44.920 --> 00:29:45.319
 I have five

00:29:45.319 --> 00:29:45.700
 brothers

00:29:45.700 --> 00:29:47.779
 I have five

00:29:47.779 --> 00:29:48.279
 brothers so

00:29:48.279 --> 00:29:48.619
 that he may

00:29:48.619 --> 00:29:49.299
 warn them lest

00:29:49.299 --> 00:29:49.899
 they also come

00:29:49.899 --> 00:29:50.200
 into this

00:29:50.200 --> 00:29:50.539
 place of

00:29:50.539 --> 00:29:50.899
 torment

00:29:50.899 --> 00:29:53.559
 he wants

00:29:53.559 --> 00:29:53.960
 something for

00:29:53.960 --> 00:29:54.480
 his brothers

00:29:54.480 --> 00:29:56.279
 it's really

00:29:56.279 --> 00:29:57.079
 clear thinking

00:29:57.079 --> 00:30:00.160
 he's caring

00:30:00.160 --> 00:30:00.519
 about his

00:30:00.519 --> 00:30:00.839
 family

00:30:00.839 --> 00:30:02.859
 it's a strong

00:30:02.859 --> 00:30:03.660
 attempt to do

00:30:03.660 --> 00:30:04.039
 a deal

00:30:04.039 --> 00:30:05.079
 send Lazarus

00:30:05.079 --> 00:30:05.559
 because my

00:30:05.559 --> 00:30:06.240
 five brothers

00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:06.619
 they are in

00:30:06.619 --> 00:30:07.159
 exactly the

00:30:07.159 --> 00:30:07.659
 same position

00:30:07.659 --> 00:30:08.019
 as I

00:30:08.019 --> 00:30:08.179
 am

00:30:08.179 --> 00:30:08.799
 they are

00:30:08.799 --> 00:30:09.119
 moral

00:30:09.119 --> 00:30:09.459
 enough

00:30:09.459 --> 00:30:09.859
 they are

00:30:09.859 --> 00:30:10.199
 rich

00:30:10.199 --> 00:30:10.579
 enough

00:30:10.579 --> 00:30:11.979
 they are

00:30:11.979 --> 00:30:12.579
 thought of

00:30:12.579 --> 00:30:13.359
 well enough

00:30:13.359 --> 00:30:15.500
 and yet they

00:30:15.500 --> 00:30:16.279
 have no idea

00:30:16.279 --> 00:30:16.979
 they have no

00:30:16.979 --> 00:30:17.439
 idea that

00:30:17.439 --> 00:30:17.759
 they're going

00:30:17.759 --> 00:30:18.119
 to be in

00:30:18.119 --> 00:30:18.339
 hell

00:30:18.339 --> 00:30:19.219
 so please

00:30:19.219 --> 00:30:20.599
 Abraham

00:30:20.599 --> 00:30:21.019
 send

00:30:21.019 --> 00:30:21.500
 Lazarus

00:30:21.500 --> 00:30:21.739
 to my

00:30:21.739 --> 00:30:22.099
 brothers

00:30:22.099 --> 00:30:24.199
 I wonder

00:30:24.199 --> 00:30:24.619
 what you

00:30:24.619 --> 00:30:25.559
 think a

00:30:25.559 --> 00:30:25.979
 dead

00:30:25.979 --> 00:30:26.500
 person

00:30:26.500 --> 00:30:27.239
 would say

00:30:27.239 --> 00:30:29.759
 it's a huge

00:30:29.759 --> 00:30:30.299
 industry in

00:30:30.299 --> 00:30:30.619
 that isn't

00:30:30.619 --> 00:30:31.559
 it

00:30:31.559 --> 00:30:32.339
 the

00:30:32.339 --> 00:30:32.939
 spiritualist

00:30:32.939 --> 00:30:33.399
 church on

00:30:33.399 --> 00:30:34.039
 Uxbridge

00:30:34.039 --> 00:30:34.359
 road

00:30:34.359 --> 00:30:34.579
 I

00:30:34.579 --> 00:30:35.819
 cycled

00:30:35.819 --> 00:30:36.220
 past it

00:30:36.220 --> 00:30:36.819
 in despair

00:30:36.819 --> 00:30:37.119
 that they

00:30:37.119 --> 00:30:37.480
 managed to

00:30:37.480 --> 00:30:37.960
 build it

00:30:37.960 --> 00:30:39.779
 spiritualism

00:30:39.779 --> 00:30:40.319
 is big

00:30:40.319 --> 00:30:40.779
 business

00:30:40.779 --> 00:30:41.960
 isn't it

00:30:41.960 --> 00:30:43.079
 have you

00:30:43.079 --> 00:30:43.379
 wondered

00:30:43.379 --> 00:30:43.740
 what a

00:30:43.740 --> 00:30:43.980
 dead

00:30:43.980 --> 00:30:44.259
 person

00:30:44.259 --> 00:30:44.559
 would want

00:30:44.559 --> 00:30:44.839
 to say

00:30:44.839 --> 00:30:45.279
 to you

00:30:45.279 --> 00:30:47.519
 well here

00:30:47.519 --> 00:30:47.740
 it is

00:30:47.740 --> 00:30:47.899
 look at

00:30:47.899 --> 00:30:48.420
 verse 28

00:30:48.420 --> 00:30:52.480
 for I have

00:30:52.480 --> 00:30:53.059
 five brothers

00:30:53.059 --> 00:30:53.680
 so that he

00:30:53.680 --> 00:30:54.139
 may warn

00:30:54.139 --> 00:30:54.500
 them lest

00:30:54.500 --> 00:30:54.859
 they also

00:30:54.859 --> 00:30:55.220
 come into

00:30:55.220 --> 00:30:55.619
 this place

00:30:55.619 --> 00:30:56.119
 of torment

00:30:56.119 --> 00:30:58.960
 everybody

00:30:58.960 --> 00:30:59.700
 you know

00:30:59.700 --> 00:31:00.039
 who has

00:31:00.039 --> 00:31:00.339
 died

00:31:00.339 --> 00:31:00.980
 regardless of

00:31:00.980 --> 00:31:01.220
 what they

00:31:01.220 --> 00:31:01.680
 believed in

00:31:01.680 --> 00:31:01.899
 life

00:31:01.899 --> 00:31:02.359
 in death

00:31:02.359 --> 00:31:02.639
 they have

00:31:02.639 --> 00:31:03.039
 met the

00:31:03.039 --> 00:31:03.240
 God

00:31:03.240 --> 00:31:03.579
 who made

00:31:03.579 --> 00:31:03.839
 them

00:31:03.839 --> 00:31:06.139
 they have

00:31:06.139 --> 00:31:06.619
 been exposed

00:31:06.619 --> 00:31:06.879
 to the

00:31:06.879 --> 00:31:07.079
 person

00:31:07.079 --> 00:31:07.459
 who knows

00:31:07.459 --> 00:31:07.979
 their hearts

00:31:07.979 --> 00:31:08.339
 and has

00:31:08.339 --> 00:31:08.979
 been cracked

00:31:08.979 --> 00:31:09.439
 open

00:31:09.439 --> 00:31:11.279
 and to a

00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:11.859
 man and a

00:31:11.859 --> 00:31:12.319
 woman they

00:31:12.319 --> 00:31:12.859
 would say to

00:31:12.859 --> 00:31:13.139
 you this

00:31:13.139 --> 00:31:13.599
 morning be

00:31:13.599 --> 00:31:14.039
 warned

00:31:14.039 --> 00:31:15.459
 be warned

00:31:15.459 --> 00:31:16.019
 and be

00:31:16.019 --> 00:31:16.379
 forgiven

00:31:16.379 --> 00:31:18.359
 that is what

00:31:18.359 --> 00:31:18.799
 dead people

00:31:18.799 --> 00:31:19.259
 would say

00:31:19.259 --> 00:31:22.439
 he can't

00:31:22.439 --> 00:31:22.799
 go

00:31:22.799 --> 00:31:23.379
 the man

00:31:23.379 --> 00:31:23.819
 can't go

00:31:23.819 --> 00:31:24.199
 but he wants

00:31:24.199 --> 00:31:24.740
 Lazarus to

00:31:24.740 --> 00:31:25.000
 go and

00:31:25.000 --> 00:31:25.599
 Abraham says

00:31:25.599 --> 00:31:26.399
 no but it's

00:31:26.399 --> 00:31:27.179
 not a vindictive

00:31:27.179 --> 00:31:28.039
 no he says

00:31:28.039 --> 00:31:28.979
 there's no need

00:31:28.979 --> 00:31:30.000
 for him to go

00:31:30.000 --> 00:31:30.679
 and it would do

00:31:30.679 --> 00:31:31.019
 no good

00:31:31.019 --> 00:31:31.399
 look at verse

00:31:31.399 --> 00:31:31.859
 29

00:31:31.859 --> 00:31:34.599
 but Abraham

00:31:34.599 --> 00:31:35.079
 said they have

00:31:35.079 --> 00:31:35.639
 Moses and the

00:31:35.639 --> 00:31:35.899
 prophets

00:31:35.899 --> 00:31:36.439
 let them hear

00:31:36.439 --> 00:31:36.779
 them

00:31:36.779 --> 00:31:38.759
 Moses and the

00:31:38.759 --> 00:31:39.019
 prophets

00:31:39.019 --> 00:31:39.419
 that was the

00:31:39.419 --> 00:31:39.919
 whole bible

00:31:39.919 --> 00:31:40.339
 in Jesus'

00:31:40.579 --> 00:31:40.779
 day

00:31:40.779 --> 00:31:43.639
 even the

00:31:43.639 --> 00:31:44.179
 books before

00:31:44.179 --> 00:31:44.559
 John the

00:31:44.559 --> 00:31:44.859
 Baptist

00:31:44.859 --> 00:31:45.299
 would let

00:31:45.299 --> 00:31:45.899
 you know

00:31:45.899 --> 00:31:47.719
 that you are

00:31:47.719 --> 00:31:48.199
 not moral

00:31:48.199 --> 00:31:48.579
 enough

00:31:48.579 --> 00:31:49.879
 that though

00:31:49.879 --> 00:31:50.119
 you are

00:31:50.119 --> 00:31:50.699
 maybe moral

00:31:50.699 --> 00:31:50.959
 and though

00:31:50.959 --> 00:31:51.159
 you are

00:31:51.159 --> 00:31:51.679
 maybe rich

00:31:51.679 --> 00:31:51.919
 you are

00:31:51.919 --> 00:31:52.279
 not good

00:31:52.279 --> 00:31:52.639
 enough

00:31:52.639 --> 00:31:54.740
 but the

00:31:54.740 --> 00:31:55.059
 rich man

00:31:55.059 --> 00:31:55.479
 is desperate

00:31:55.479 --> 00:31:55.740
 look at

00:31:55.740 --> 00:31:56.579
 verse 30

00:31:56.579 --> 00:31:56.879
 he says

00:31:56.879 --> 00:31:57.259
 that's not

00:31:57.259 --> 00:31:57.599
 true

00:31:57.599 --> 00:31:58.259
 father Abraham

00:31:58.259 --> 00:31:58.819
 that is not

00:31:58.819 --> 00:31:59.159
 true

00:31:59.159 --> 00:32:00.579
 this is what

00:32:00.579 --> 00:32:00.939
 would make

00:32:00.939 --> 00:32:01.240
 them to

00:32:01.240 --> 00:32:01.639
 repent

00:32:01.640 --> 00:32:02.340
 send them

00:32:02.340 --> 00:32:02.780
 a dead

00:32:02.780 --> 00:32:03.120
 man

00:32:03.120 --> 00:32:03.380
 and then

00:32:03.380 --> 00:32:03.880
 they listen

00:32:03.880 --> 00:32:04.380
 and Abraham

00:32:04.380 --> 00:32:04.940
 says no

00:32:04.940 --> 00:32:05.420
 again

00:32:05.420 --> 00:32:07.800
 he says

00:32:07.800 --> 00:32:08.280
 their lack

00:32:08.280 --> 00:32:08.840
 of repentance

00:32:08.840 --> 00:32:09.440
 is not

00:32:09.440 --> 00:32:09.940
 because they

00:32:09.940 --> 00:32:10.640
 don't know

00:32:10.640 --> 00:32:10.940
 that they

00:32:10.940 --> 00:32:11.640
 need it

00:32:11.640 --> 00:32:13.680
 even looking

00:32:13.680 --> 00:32:13.960
 at their

00:32:13.960 --> 00:32:14.400
 money and

00:32:14.400 --> 00:32:14.780
 their treatment

00:32:14.780 --> 00:32:15.000
 of the

00:32:15.000 --> 00:32:15.259
 opposite

00:32:15.259 --> 00:32:15.620
 sex

00:32:15.620 --> 00:32:15.900
 would be

00:32:15.900 --> 00:32:16.200
 enough

00:32:16.200 --> 00:32:16.520
 to make

00:32:16.520 --> 00:32:17.080
 them realize

00:32:17.080 --> 00:32:17.380
 that they

00:32:17.380 --> 00:32:17.980
 need to be

00:32:17.980 --> 00:32:18.320
 forgiven

00:32:18.319 --> 00:32:19.179
 they know

00:32:19.179 --> 00:32:19.179


00:32:19.179 --> 00:32:19.619
 that there's

00:32:19.619 --> 00:32:20.119
 a problem

00:32:20.119 --> 00:32:24.879
 but it's

00:32:24.879 --> 00:32:25.279
 because they

00:32:25.279 --> 00:32:25.500
 have a

00:32:25.500 --> 00:32:25.799
 heart

00:32:25.799 --> 00:32:26.220
 problem

00:32:26.220 --> 00:32:26.700
 that they

00:32:26.700 --> 00:32:26.859
 won't

00:32:26.859 --> 00:32:27.259
 believe

00:32:27.259 --> 00:32:29.480
 and Moses

00:32:29.480 --> 00:32:29.919
 and the

00:32:29.919 --> 00:32:30.200
 prophets

00:32:30.200 --> 00:32:30.919
 are enough

00:32:30.919 --> 00:32:31.439
 to meet

00:32:31.439 --> 00:32:31.939
 that need

00:32:31.939 --> 00:32:32.579
 the bible

00:32:32.579 --> 00:32:33.899
 Abraham

00:32:33.899 --> 00:32:34.319
 says is

00:32:34.319 --> 00:32:34.720
 certain

00:32:34.720 --> 00:32:35.099
 and it's

00:32:35.099 --> 00:32:35.519
 powerful

00:32:35.519 --> 00:32:37.679
 and if they

00:32:37.679 --> 00:32:38.259
 have Moses

00:32:38.259 --> 00:32:38.720
 and the

00:32:38.720 --> 00:32:38.980
 prophets

00:32:38.980 --> 00:32:39.299
 they have

00:32:39.299 --> 00:32:39.679
 everything

00:32:39.679 --> 00:32:40.119
 they need

00:32:40.119 --> 00:32:40.919
 do you see

00:32:40.919 --> 00:32:42.079
 he's implying

00:32:42.079 --> 00:32:42.559
 that he's been

00:32:42.559 --> 00:32:43.700
 treated unfairly

00:32:43.700 --> 00:32:44.039
 listening in

00:32:44.039 --> 00:32:44.700
 verses 27

00:32:44.700 --> 00:32:45.259
 and 28

00:32:45.259 --> 00:32:47.319
 the rich man

00:32:47.319 --> 00:32:47.620
 is saying

00:32:47.620 --> 00:32:48.319
 it wasn't

00:32:48.319 --> 00:32:49.000
 clear enough

00:32:49.000 --> 00:32:50.779
 it was never

00:32:50.779 --> 00:32:51.180
 big enough

00:32:51.180 --> 00:32:51.740
 you didn't

00:32:51.740 --> 00:32:52.180
 send me a

00:32:52.180 --> 00:32:52.880
 dead person

00:32:52.880 --> 00:32:53.880
 and Abraham

00:32:53.880 --> 00:32:54.480
 says but you

00:32:54.480 --> 00:32:55.080
 had the bible

00:32:55.080 --> 00:32:57.480
 you had the

00:32:57.480 --> 00:32:57.860
 bible

00:32:57.860 --> 00:32:58.420
 what more

00:32:58.420 --> 00:32:58.880
 do you want

00:32:58.880 --> 00:33:01.019
 you had Moses

00:33:01.019 --> 00:33:01.559
 on money

00:33:01.559 --> 00:33:02.279
 and poverty

00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:02.680
 and you had

00:33:02.680 --> 00:33:03.400
 Lazarus at your

00:33:03.400 --> 00:33:03.940
 gate and you

00:33:03.940 --> 00:33:04.600
 stepped over him

00:33:04.600 --> 00:33:05.380
 every day

00:33:05.380 --> 00:33:06.400
 and it never

00:33:06.400 --> 00:33:06.980
 occurred to you

00:33:06.980 --> 00:33:07.600
 that you may

00:33:07.600 --> 00:33:08.240
 need forgiveness

00:33:08.240 --> 00:33:08.920
 from God

00:33:08.920 --> 00:33:11.519
 and if you're

00:33:11.519 --> 00:33:12.019
 not going to

00:33:12.019 --> 00:33:12.600
 listen to those

00:33:12.600 --> 00:33:13.660
 two things

00:33:13.660 --> 00:33:14.960
 nothing else

00:33:14.960 --> 00:33:15.400
 will shake

00:33:15.400 --> 00:33:15.700
 you

00:33:15.700 --> 00:33:18.779
 it's not that

00:33:18.779 --> 00:33:19.500
 God is making

00:33:19.500 --> 00:33:20.060
 things difficult

00:33:20.060 --> 00:33:20.640
 but it's

00:33:20.640 --> 00:33:21.480
 look how much

00:33:21.480 --> 00:33:22.160
 trouble God

00:33:22.160 --> 00:33:22.900
 has gone to

00:33:22.900 --> 00:33:23.560
 to make it

00:33:23.560 --> 00:33:23.940
 easy

00:33:23.940 --> 00:33:25.800
 you've had

00:33:25.800 --> 00:33:26.800
 1500 years

00:33:26.800 --> 00:33:27.240
 rich man

00:33:27.240 --> 00:33:27.720
 of Abraham

00:33:27.720 --> 00:33:28.400
 law and

00:33:28.400 --> 00:33:28.759
 prophets

00:33:28.759 --> 00:33:29.380
 pointing out

00:33:29.380 --> 00:33:29.640
 that you

00:33:29.640 --> 00:33:30.279
 cannot keep

00:33:30.279 --> 00:33:30.740
 the law

00:33:30.740 --> 00:33:32.800
 it cannot

00:33:32.800 --> 00:33:33.220
 be done

00:33:33.220 --> 00:33:33.640
 it cannot

00:33:33.640 --> 00:33:34.220
 be done

00:33:34.220 --> 00:33:35.740
 and you

00:33:35.740 --> 00:33:36.360
 have messenger

00:33:36.360 --> 00:33:37.259
 after messenger

00:33:37.259 --> 00:33:38.360
 saying God

00:33:38.360 --> 00:33:39.019
 is a forgiving

00:33:39.019 --> 00:33:39.560
 God

00:33:39.560 --> 00:33:40.320
 and a loving

00:33:40.320 --> 00:33:40.620
 God

00:33:40.620 --> 00:33:41.060
 and he will

00:33:41.060 --> 00:33:41.720
 receive back

00:33:41.720 --> 00:33:42.380
 anybody who

00:33:42.380 --> 00:33:42.840
 is humble

00:33:42.840 --> 00:33:43.519
 enough to ask

00:33:43.519 --> 00:33:43.920
 him for

00:33:43.920 --> 00:33:44.879
 forgiveness

00:33:44.879 --> 00:33:46.539
 and again

00:33:46.539 --> 00:33:46.920
 how easy

00:33:46.920 --> 00:33:47.319
 for us

00:33:47.319 --> 00:33:47.819
 just by the

00:33:47.819 --> 00:33:48.339
 standards

00:33:48.339 --> 00:33:49.579
 there are

00:33:49.579 --> 00:33:49.879
 Bibles

00:33:49.879 --> 00:33:50.700
 everywhere

00:33:50.700 --> 00:33:51.299
 aren't there

00:33:51.299 --> 00:33:53.579
 and you

00:33:53.579 --> 00:33:53.980
 have everything

00:33:53.980 --> 00:33:54.519
 you need to

00:33:54.519 --> 00:33:55.059
 know in

00:33:55.059 --> 00:33:55.759
 this book

00:33:55.759 --> 00:34:00.059
 do you get

00:34:00.059 --> 00:34:00.579
 the dreadful

00:34:00.579 --> 00:34:01.019
 end of the

00:34:01.019 --> 00:34:01.339
 story

00:34:01.339 --> 00:34:03.779
 the dreadful

00:34:03.779 --> 00:34:04.160
 end of the

00:34:04.160 --> 00:34:04.619
 story is that

00:34:04.619 --> 00:34:05.059
 the brothers

00:34:05.059 --> 00:34:05.559
 have got a

00:34:05.559 --> 00:34:05.920
 Bible in

00:34:05.920 --> 00:34:06.359
 their house

00:34:06.359 --> 00:34:09.460
 and he

00:34:09.460 --> 00:34:09.960
 knows that

00:34:09.960 --> 00:34:10.339
 his brothers

00:34:10.339 --> 00:34:10.880
 aren't going

00:34:10.880 --> 00:34:11.159
 to pick

00:34:11.159 --> 00:34:11.359
 it up

00:34:11.359 --> 00:34:11.719
 and read

00:34:11.719 --> 00:34:11.980
 it

00:34:11.980 --> 00:34:13.480
 they're

00:34:13.480 --> 00:34:13.960
 like him

00:34:13.960 --> 00:34:15.819
 they're

00:34:15.819 --> 00:34:16.019
 going to

00:34:16.019 --> 00:34:16.599
 ignore it

00:34:16.599 --> 00:34:18.339
 you can

00:34:18.339 --> 00:34:18.679
 change the

00:34:18.679 --> 00:34:18.980
 story for

00:34:18.980 --> 00:34:19.299
 yourself

00:34:19.299 --> 00:34:19.679
 can't you

00:34:19.679 --> 00:34:21.000
 you've

00:34:21.000 --> 00:34:21.259
 just got

00:34:21.259 --> 00:34:21.539
 to pick

00:34:21.539 --> 00:34:21.900
 it up

00:34:21.900 --> 00:34:22.900
 and read

00:34:22.900 --> 00:34:23.199
 it

00:34:23.199 --> 00:34:24.679
 and find

00:34:24.679 --> 00:34:24.940
 out what

00:34:24.940 --> 00:34:25.259
 forgiveness

00:34:25.259 --> 00:34:25.659
 is all

00:34:25.659 --> 00:34:26.059
 about

00:34:26.059 --> 00:34:28.420
 but there's

00:34:28.420 --> 00:34:28.579
 more

00:34:28.579 --> 00:34:29.139
 let me finish

00:34:29.139 --> 00:34:29.599
 with this

00:34:29.599 --> 00:34:30.599
 there's more

00:34:30.599 --> 00:34:31.199
 because we

00:34:31.199 --> 00:34:32.199
 actually have

00:34:32.199 --> 00:34:32.719
 what the rich

00:34:32.719 --> 00:34:33.259
 man asked

00:34:33.259 --> 00:34:33.639
 for don't

00:34:33.639 --> 00:34:33.879
 we

00:34:33.879 --> 00:34:36.359
 he has

00:34:36.359 --> 00:34:36.879
 said let

00:34:36.879 --> 00:34:37.519
 my brothers

00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:37.940
 hear the

00:34:37.940 --> 00:34:38.920
 warning voice

00:34:38.920 --> 00:34:39.539
 of a dead

00:34:39.539 --> 00:34:39.960
 man

00:34:39.960 --> 00:34:42.799
 and you

00:34:42.799 --> 00:34:43.139
 can hear

00:34:43.139 --> 00:34:43.699
 his voice

00:34:43.699 --> 00:34:46.119
 you can

00:34:46.119 --> 00:34:46.579
 hear what

00:34:46.579 --> 00:34:46.920
 the rich

00:34:46.920 --> 00:34:47.299
 man would

00:34:47.299 --> 00:34:48.039
 say in

00:34:48.039 --> 00:34:48.319
 Jesus'

00:34:48.539 --> 00:34:48.779
 story

00:34:48.779 --> 00:34:49.639
 and actually

00:34:49.639 --> 00:34:50.619
 Abraham offers

00:34:50.619 --> 00:34:51.679
 us something

00:34:51.679 --> 00:34:52.359
 even better

00:34:52.359 --> 00:34:53.359
 even if someone

00:34:53.359 --> 00:34:53.900
 should rise

00:34:53.900 --> 00:34:54.199
 from the

00:34:54.199 --> 00:34:54.599
 dead

00:34:54.599 --> 00:34:57.460
 well the

00:34:57.460 --> 00:34:57.900
 words of

00:34:57.900 --> 00:34:58.679
 Jesus are

00:34:58.679 --> 00:34:59.219
 the words

00:34:59.219 --> 00:34:59.719
 of somebody

00:34:59.719 --> 00:35:00.559
 who died

00:35:00.559 --> 00:35:01.099
 and was

00:35:01.099 --> 00:35:01.599
 risen from

00:35:01.599 --> 00:35:02.139
 the dead

00:35:02.139 --> 00:35:03.400
 they killed

00:35:03.400 --> 00:35:03.980
 Jesus but

00:35:03.980 --> 00:35:04.319
 he came

00:35:04.319 --> 00:35:04.940
 back to

00:35:04.940 --> 00:35:05.159
 me

00:35:05.159 --> 00:35:07.279
 and he

00:35:07.279 --> 00:35:07.739
 proved

00:35:07.739 --> 00:35:08.500
 Jesus knows

00:35:08.500 --> 00:35:08.819
 what he's

00:35:08.819 --> 00:35:09.299
 talking about

00:35:09.299 --> 00:35:10.179
 with life

00:35:10.179 --> 00:35:10.699
 and death

00:35:10.699 --> 00:35:11.359
 you often

00:35:11.359 --> 00:35:11.599
 hear

00:35:11.599 --> 00:35:12.259
 I often

00:35:12.259 --> 00:35:12.480
 hear

00:35:12.480 --> 00:35:12.859
 nobody

00:35:12.859 --> 00:35:13.319
 knows

00:35:13.319 --> 00:35:13.599
 what

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 happens

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 after

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 death

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 nobody's

00:35:15.619 --> 00:35:15.779
 ever

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 come

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 back

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 but that

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 is the

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 point

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 somebody

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 did

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 Jesus

00:35:19.879 --> 00:35:20.199
 knows

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 what he's

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 talking

00:35:20.759 --> 00:35:20.960
 about

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 and when

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 Jesus

00:35:21.579 --> 00:35:21.879
 came

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 most

00:35:22.299 --> 00:35:22.659
 of them

00:35:22.659 --> 00:35:23.059
 did

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 what

00:35:23.519 --> 00:35:23.900
 Abraham

00:35:23.900 --> 00:35:24.699
 suggests

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 they were

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 no more

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 convinced

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 by the

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 living

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 presence

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 of a

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 man

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 that

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 they've

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 killed

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 than

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 they've

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 been

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 by Moses

00:35:30.319 --> 00:35:30.599
 and the

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 prophets

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 which

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 means

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 in reality

00:35:35.800 --> 00:35:36.280
 not in

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 the story

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 they go

00:35:37.139 --> 00:35:37.400
 into the

00:35:37.400 --> 00:35:37.820
 situation

00:35:37.820 --> 00:35:38.119
 of this

00:35:38.119 --> 00:35:38.300
 man

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 they die

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 they are

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 buried

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 and they

00:35:40.380 --> 00:35:40.699
 go into

00:35:40.699 --> 00:35:41.320
 the shock

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 of realising

00:35:41.960 --> 00:35:42.320
 they are

00:35:42.320 --> 00:35:42.900
 in hell

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 not heaven

00:35:44.000 --> 00:35:46.000
 they realise

00:35:46.000 --> 00:35:46.500
 they cannot

00:35:46.500 --> 00:35:47.219
 do a deal

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 that everyone

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 they care

00:35:49.679 --> 00:35:49.940
 about

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 and everyone

00:35:50.500 --> 00:35:50.900
 they've

00:35:50.900 --> 00:35:51.340
 taught

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 that it'll

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 be all

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 okay

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 in the

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 end

00:35:54.280 --> 00:35:54.539
 is in

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 the same

00:35:54.880 --> 00:35:55.340
 place

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 but

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 actually

00:35:58.320 --> 00:35:58.880
 wonderfully

00:35:58.880 --> 00:35:59.200
 when

00:35:59.200 --> 00:35:59.559
 Jesus

00:35:59.559 --> 00:35:59.840
 rose

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 again

00:36:00.120 --> 00:36:00.300
 there

00:36:00.300 --> 00:36:00.480
 are

00:36:00.480 --> 00:36:00.820
 some

00:36:00.820 --> 00:36:01.180
 people

00:36:01.180 --> 00:36:01.420
 who

00:36:01.420 --> 00:36:02.100
 forced

00:36:02.100 --> 00:36:02.539
 their

00:36:02.539 --> 00:36:02.880
 way

00:36:02.880 --> 00:36:03.200
 in

00:36:03.200 --> 00:36:04.140
 in the

00:36:04.140 --> 00:36:04.420
 language

00:36:04.420 --> 00:36:04.620
 of

00:36:04.620 --> 00:36:04.820
 verse

00:36:04.820 --> 00:36:05.360
 16

00:36:05.360 --> 00:36:06.220
 can you see that

00:36:06.220 --> 00:36:10.920
 forgiveness is

00:36:10.920 --> 00:36:11.400
 offered

00:36:11.400 --> 00:36:14.519
 and if

00:36:14.519 --> 00:36:15.059
 forgiveness is

00:36:15.059 --> 00:36:15.519
 an offer

00:36:15.519 --> 00:36:15.960
 for people

00:36:15.960 --> 00:36:16.440
 who repent

00:36:16.440 --> 00:36:16.860
 then get

00:36:16.860 --> 00:36:17.100
 out of

00:36:17.100 --> 00:36:17.440
 my way

00:36:17.440 --> 00:36:17.720
 I'm

00:36:17.720 --> 00:36:17.920
 going to

00:36:17.920 --> 00:36:18.240
 force

00:36:18.240 --> 00:36:18.680
 my way

00:36:18.680 --> 00:36:18.780
 in

00:36:18.780 --> 00:36:18.940
 I'm

00:36:18.940 --> 00:36:19.100
 going to

00:36:19.100 --> 00:36:19.440
 repent

00:36:19.440 --> 00:36:21.660
 my heart

00:36:21.660 --> 00:36:22.039
 is in a

00:36:22.039 --> 00:36:22.360
 miserable

00:36:22.360 --> 00:36:22.820
 stage

00:36:22.820 --> 00:36:23.059
 and that

00:36:23.059 --> 00:36:23.380
 is something

00:36:23.380 --> 00:36:23.700
 that I

00:36:23.700 --> 00:36:23.980
 want

00:36:23.980 --> 00:36:24.300
 I want

00:36:24.300 --> 00:36:24.539
 to be

00:36:24.539 --> 00:36:24.800
 forgiven

00:36:24.800 --> 00:36:27.080
 so the

00:36:27.080 --> 00:36:27.519
 only question

00:36:27.519 --> 00:36:27.920
 is which

00:36:27.920 --> 00:36:28.380
 of these

00:36:28.380 --> 00:36:28.720
 groups are

00:36:28.720 --> 00:36:29.000
 you in

00:36:29.000 --> 00:36:31.440
 will you

00:36:31.440 --> 00:36:31.840
 rely on

00:36:31.840 --> 00:36:32.000
 your

00:36:32.000 --> 00:36:32.580
 homemade

00:36:32.580 --> 00:36:33.080
 ticket

00:36:33.080 --> 00:36:35.460
 will you

00:36:35.460 --> 00:36:35.860
 rely on

00:36:35.860 --> 00:36:36.220
 doing a

00:36:36.220 --> 00:36:36.539
 deal

00:36:36.539 --> 00:36:37.120
 after you're

00:36:37.120 --> 00:36:37.360
 dead

00:36:37.360 --> 00:36:37.680
 or will

00:36:37.680 --> 00:36:38.120
 you take

00:36:38.120 --> 00:36:38.660
 hold of

00:36:38.660 --> 00:36:39.140
 the offer

00:36:39.140 --> 00:36:39.420
 that is

00:36:39.420 --> 00:36:39.880
 available

00:36:39.880 --> 00:36:41.340
 and brutally

00:36:41.340 --> 00:36:42.780
 force your

00:36:42.780 --> 00:36:43.240
 way in

00:36:43.240 --> 00:36:44.000
 by repenting

00:36:44.000 --> 00:36:47.039
 what will

00:36:47.039 --> 00:36:47.440
 you do

00:36:47.440 --> 00:36:49.620
 today if

00:36:49.620 --> 00:36:49.900
 you hear

00:36:49.900 --> 00:36:50.539
 his voice

00:36:50.539 --> 00:36:52.340
 pardon

00:36:52.340 --> 00:36:52.780
 not your

00:36:52.780 --> 00:36:53.160
 heart

00:36:53.160 --> 00:36:54.420
 let's pray

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 Thank you.