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 Father, our hearts, you have made us for yourself, and our hearts are restless till they rest in you.

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 We ask, Father, we give you thanks and praise that you are the end of our longings and our yearnings,

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 that the deepest longings and yearnings of our life find their rest and their true home in you.

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 We ask, Father, that at this time, as we gather around your word,

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 that your word would speak very deeply into our hearts,

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 and that we might know who Jesus is, and that we might rejoice in the grace that he gives,

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 and we might respond this morning to the grace he offers us even today in a way which is worthy of that grace and good for us.

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 And we ask this in the name of Jesus, your Son and our Savior. Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 I did a funeral yesterday the first time. Is this working right? Am I fine? Okay.

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 It's just weird to be on one side of the speakers sometimes.

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 Anyway, I did a funeral yesterday, the first funeral in quite a while, actually,

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 and St. Peter's and St. Paul's church graciously allowed us to use their facilities for the funeral.

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 And I know we all can differ on this, but gosh, it was nice to be in a church.

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 Like, it was just, it was so nice to just be in a place which is designed for Christians to worship.

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 And I know it might seem fuddy-duddy to a lot,

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 and a lot of churches nowadays actually just look like a theater,

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 only, you know, the front would just be all beige,

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 not even necessarily a cross, but it was just really nice to be in a church.

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 On the other hand, I was thinking that there is something to be said about worshiping where we are.

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 I know that people who are watching this online who've never been to the Ottawa Little Theatre,

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 when they see the band, they get a bit of a sense of the whole set.

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 But there is something to be said about worshiping in a set that looks like where we live.

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 To remind us that the Christian life is just not to be one perpetual church service,

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 or to live a type of oil and water life,

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 where we live one way when we're sort of in a churchy type of environment,

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 and another way when we leave the churchy environment,

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 which is basically all of the rest of our life and our time.

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 There is something to be said about reminding us of this all the time,

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 to have a place to worship like we do.

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 I just finished watching an HBO series called Perry Mason.

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 I'm not necessarily giving any recommendation for it.

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 But one of the things in that show,

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 it was set in the 30s in Los Angeles,

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 is sort of what was driving it was a murder connected to a church.

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 And of course, as the thing goes on, there's a great disconnect.

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 Lots of the church people act one way when they're in church,

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 but the fact of the matter is there's shady business deals

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 and crooked business deals going on the rest of the time with their life,

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 and there's this fundamental disconnect to the church life

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 and to the rest of life.

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 So there is something to be said for worshiping in a place like this,

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 where the set is a person, a writer, I think in the 50s,

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 obsessed with death, which is why it says,

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 West of the Dead, Cold Secrets, Dark Garden, Five Down, etc., etc.

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 The two stories that we're going to look at today in the gospel,

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 they throw before us a bit of a challenge,

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 because you see, what often happens to us unconsciously

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 is that, you know, I say that it's important to live our life and all that,

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 and we all go, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

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 But the problem is, often when we read the Bible, we forget that,

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 and we read the Bible text purely from a churchy point of view,

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 not from how you live your life 24-7, 365 days of the year point of view.

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 And so one of the things that we're going to do today is,

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 when we look at it, is I'm going to try to push us

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 to see how that connects to the rest of life.

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 So let's look at the text.

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 It would be a great help.

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 That's, I was on the wrong page of my notes,

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 is why they didn't look right.

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 Turn with me to Mark chapter 2, verses 18 to 28,

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 which is the text that we're going to look at today,

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 two different stories of this ancient biography of Jesus.

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 And it begins like this.

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 Now, John, just, actually, here's just a little tiny bit of a timeout,

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 bit of note.

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 You know, sometimes you'll talk to people, and they'll say,

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 well, one of the reasons we can't trust the Bible

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 is that it's filled with, you know, the textual tradition.

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 You know, from the original manuscript today,

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 there's all these errors in it.

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 And they can count.

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 I don't know.

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 Like, there's millions of them.

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 But what they don't tell you when they tell you things like this

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 is that, in fact, most of those supposed errors

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 are not errors at all.

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 They're doing what I just, I'm about to do.

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 So, for instance, I'm about to read this.

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 Now, John the Baptist's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting.

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 And if you look at your Bibles, if you're following along

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 and you see it up there, you'll see it doesn't say John the Baptist.

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 Now, the John is referring to John the Baptist,

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 but what I've just done is I've clarified it for people

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 who aren't very, very, very, very familiar with the Bible.

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 And if they're not very familiar with the Bible and they see John,

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 they might wonder, is it, like, the disciple John?

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 Or, like, who is it, right?

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 So I've just clarified it.

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 And none of you listening to me would say

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 that I've now made the text untrustworthy.

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 I've just tried to help you.

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 And that's the same type of thing that actually goes on

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 in some of the scribal things,

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 is one of the things that happens in the original text,

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 which would never pass a modern editor,

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 is it goes he, he, he, he, he, he.

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 I'm not giggling, but he said, he said, he said, he said, he said.

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 It's a long, long string of he's.

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 And if you're just listening,

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 you can forget, okay, one moment, who said that?

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 Which he is it?

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 Is it Jesus or the other person?

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 And so sometimes the scribes will just,

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 rather than having the word he, they'll put in Jesus.

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 But nobody reading that would say that that's an error in the text.

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 Like, not really.

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 Anyway, that's just a bit of an aside.

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 So I'm going to, in a sense, cheat a little bit as I read it

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 to help you to understand.

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 But here's how it goes.

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 Verse 18.

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 Now, John the Baptist's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting,

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 and people came and said to Jesus,

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 why did John the Baptist's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast,

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 but your disciples do not fast?

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 Now, just sort of pause there for a second.

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 Fasting is a deeply religious practice.

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 Buddhists fast.

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 Muslims fast.

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 Hindus have times of fasting.

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 It is a characteristic of religion and spirituality

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 that there are times of fasting.

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 And so one of the things which is going on here in the text

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 is that the Pharisees are trying to figure out what's going on with Jesus

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 because obviously he's, like, spiritual or religious.

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 Like, that's obviously the case.

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 He has a type of authority about him, but he doesn't fast.

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 Fast.

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 And his disciples don't fast.

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 So they're trying, in a sense, they just use from the normal,

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 in a sense, the normal human mind

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 and the way the normal average human mind

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 evaluates religious and spiritual things

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 and things like fasting are part of it,

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 and Jesus doesn't seem to be doing it,

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 and they're trying to sort out and figure out what's going on,

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 who is he?

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 They're trying to, in a sense, put Jesus in their categories

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 and their criteria,

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 which they, in a sense, say,

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 my categories and criteria,

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 that's what reasonable people understand,

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 and you need to fit into that.

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 At the end of the day, of course,

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 when Jesus rises from the dead,

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 what partly is happening

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 is that all human categories

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 and criteria for religion get blown up.

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 But that's sort of towards the end of the story.

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 And part of, actually,

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 the history of renewal and reformation movements

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 within the Christian movement

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 is that we start to sink into religion

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 and fitting into the criteria

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 of the way the mind normally works,

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 and God, by his Holy Spirit,

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 brings us back to the Scripture,

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 and we realize we've got to throw that stuff out,

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 that we've got our criteria all wrong.

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 But that's what they're doing.

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 It's a very...

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 In fact, actually, a few years ago,

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 just a few years ago,

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 I read an article by a Muslim fellow,

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 and one of the reasons he said

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 that Islam is superior to Christianity

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 is that most Christians hardly ever fast.

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 But Muslims fast for Ramadan,

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 and that was, in fact,

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 a sign of the superiority of Islam

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 over Christianity.

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 So they're asking this question

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 out of this in a sense

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 that the normal way a human mind works

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 and tries to evaluate things.

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 In verse 19, let's see how Jesus answers them.

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 And he only gives them a bit of a partial answer,

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 by the way.

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 Anyway, let's look at it.

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 And Jesus...

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 Actually, he gives them

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 the wisest answer in the world.

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 He doesn't answer all of our questions

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 with this text,

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 but he gives them the wisest answer in the world.

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 Verse 19,

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 And Jesus said to them,

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 Can the wedding guests fast

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 while the bridegroom is with them?

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 As long as they have the bridegroom with them,

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 they cannot fast.

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 Now, a couple of things going on here.

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 First of all,

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 if you don't know anything

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 about the custom of the time,

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 this will be very helpful for you.

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 In our day and age,

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 when you have a wedding,

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 and then afterwards,

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 you might have a reception

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 or maybe a breakfast the next day

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 or both or something like that.

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 But that would be it.

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 But in the Jewish culture of the time,

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 if it was a man and a woman

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 marrying each for the first time,

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 the wedding celebration went for seven days.

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 So it was seven days

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 of eating lots and lots and lots

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 of skewered goat and chicken

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 and having fish

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 and eating baklava

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 and drinking wine

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 and just seven days of feasting.

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 Okay?

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 It sort of...

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 And so it makes a lot of sense

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 that if you're actually in there

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 with the bridegroom,

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 you don't fast during that time.

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 I was thinking nowadays,

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 modern couples,

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 what we do is we fast

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 and try to lose weight

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 before the wedding

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 so we look good in our wedding dress

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 or in our suit or whatever

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 so we look really good

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 on our wedding day.

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 But, you know,

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 that's one type of fasting.

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 But you wouldn't fast at all.

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 And the other thing about this

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 that's going on here,

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 which isn't obvious to us

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 as we read it

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 because we're not that familiar

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 with the Old Testament

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 or we forget,

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 is that Jesus is making

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 a claim to deity.

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 He's actually saying he's God.

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 Now, one of the constant images

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 in what we call the Old Testament

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 and our Jewish friends

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 call the Torah or the Tanakh

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 is that, in a sense,

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 God is the husband

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 of the covenant people Israel.

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 Some of you might remember

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 when we went through

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 the book of Lamentations,

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 where, in a sense,

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 Lamentations tackled me.

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 I don't know if it tackled you,

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 but it definitely tackled me.

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 And there was this constant refrain

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 about adultery.

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 And if you're familiar at all

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 with the prophetic literature

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 in the Old Testament,

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 there's always this claim

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 of Israel being adulterers,

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 that they're cheating

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 on their true husband.

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 And so that's all part

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 of this very powerful imagery

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 in the Old Testament,

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 that God, in a sense,

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 he's not the husband

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 of each individual believer.

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 He's a husband, in a sense,

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 of the covenant people

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 of Israel as a whole,

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 who are his bride.

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 He is the bridegroom.

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 Israel is his bride.

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 So when Jesus here

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 is using the analogy

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 of why they're not fasting,

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 which we'll see,

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 look what he says in,

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 yeah, what he says

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 very specifically,

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 they cannot fast.

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 Look at verse 20.

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 The days will come

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 when the bridegroom

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 is taken away from them

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 and then they will fast

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 in that day.

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 He's making a claim of deity,

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 that the Old Testament image

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 of the bridegroom,

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 that's Jesus.

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 Why are they not fasting?

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 The bridegroom's right here,

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 right now.

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 You know that bridegroom

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 you read about all the way

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 from Genesis chapter 1

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 to the end of Malachi?

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 He's standing right here.

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 That's what Jesus is saying.

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 And he's also actually

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 making a reference

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 to his death.

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 Look again at what he says

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 in verse 20.

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 The days will come

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 when the bridegroom

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 is taken away from them

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 and then they will fast

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 in that day.

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 This is the first time

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 in the gospel

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 that an allusion,

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 a pointing head

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 to his death

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 is evident.

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 I don't know how many of you

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 have watched Fahuda

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 and I'm not necessarily

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 recommending it.

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 It's an Israeli series

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 and in that Israeli series,

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 I think it's the very first episode,

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 it's not a spoiler alert,

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 I think it's in the very first episode,

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 there's a Mossad operation

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 in the West Bank

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 in Palestinian-controlled territories

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 and in the process

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 of that event,

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 it all goes upside down,

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 sideways, inside out.

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 It just goes in a disastrous direction

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 and what happens

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 is that they end up

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 killing a man

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 in the wedding ceremony.

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 They kill the groom

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 and that fuels

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 all of the chaos

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 and the terror

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 that goes on

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 for the rest of it

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 because it's such a huge offense

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 for the groom

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 to be killed.

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 And we know

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 that if there was a shooting

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 at a wedding,

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 it would be in the news.

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 It wouldn't matter

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 if it was in New Mexico

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 or if it was in the Bronx,

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 it would be in the news.

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 And so Jesus says

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 this very, very puzzling thing.

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 He's saying two types of things

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 which would have just

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 very puzzled them very deeply.

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 On the first hand,

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 he's saying,

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 I'm the bridegroom.

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 The second hand,

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 he said,

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 the bridegroom's going to die.

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 The bridegroom's going to be taken away.

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 And then he goes on in verse 21.

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 I'm going to sort of

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 just tell you a little bit

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 about the significance of that.

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 In 21,

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 though he says,

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 no one sews a piece

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 of unshrunk cloth

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 on an old garment.

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 Actually,

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 that's not entirely

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 true if you're a clueless

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 16-year-old male

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 like I was.

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 And it was cool

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 to have jeans

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 that were ripped

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 and to make patches,

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 put sew patches on it.

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 I didn't know that

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 because I was a clueless

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 16-year-old male.

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 I thought you could put

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 fresh cloth

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 in old jeans.

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 But generally,

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 people who are wise

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 would understand,

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 verse 16,

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 no one sews a piece

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 of unshrunk cloth

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 on an old garment.

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 If he does,

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 the patch tears away from it,

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 the new from the old,

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 and the worst tear is made.

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 And no one puts new wine

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 into old wineskins.

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 If he does,

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 the wine will burst the skins

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 and the wine is destroyed.

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 And so are the skins,

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 but new wine

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 is for fresh wineskins.

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 And that particular image,

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 back in the day,

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 they would use,

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 obviously,

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 they'd been cured a bit.

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 They'd use animal skins.

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 They'd put the new wine

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 in there.

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 There'd be still

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 some fermentation

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 that would expand.

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 And because it was a skin thing

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 and it had some flexibility,

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 it would grow.

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 And that's the high image.

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 But here's the thing.

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 When Jesus says,

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 you don't put a new patch

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 on an old garment

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 and you don't put new wine

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 into new wineskins,

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 what he's not doing,

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 what he's not saying,

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 is what you normally hear

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 from evangelical churches.

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 He's not giving

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 a consumerist understanding,

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 hyper-modern understanding

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 of the Christian faith.

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 He's not saying,

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 you take from this,

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 by the way,

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 boys and girls,

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 men and women,

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 that we should always

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 embrace the new.

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 You know,

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 there's a new thing happening.

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 It involves smoke machines

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 and lasers

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 and you can't put that

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 with the old thing.

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 You've got to get

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 with the new.

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 He's not saying

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 that you have to do

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 as in consumerism,

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 that you have to always

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 buy the latest stuff

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 and you always have to get

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 on board with

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 the latest trend.

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 He's not saying

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 that at all.

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 You can't use the text

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 to justify consumerism

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 or hyper-modernity.

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 What he's just saying

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 is that God is doing

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 something very,

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 very, very different,

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 very, very shocking

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 and he's doing it

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 in the person of Jesus

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 that there's this

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 profound mystery

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 that the bridegroom

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 has come

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 and the bridegroom

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 is going to die

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 and the bridegroom

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 is going to die

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 and that is how

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 all of these separate texts,

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 all of these texts

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 that on one hand

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 have the image

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 in the Old Testament

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 of the bridegroom

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 and his bride

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 and all of these

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 other images

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 of the unfaithful bride.

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 It's not putting down woman

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 because it's talking

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 about Israel.

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 It's talking about

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 the covenant people

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 and all of these things

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 about how they've become defiled

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 and they're broken

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 and they're enslaved

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 and they've ruined

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 their entire lives

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 and all of these texts

00:16:31.960 --> 00:16:32.399
 that talk about

00:16:32.399 --> 00:16:33.039
 the bridegroom

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 and the bride,

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 it's the death

00:16:35.879 --> 00:16:37.000
 of the bridegroom

00:16:37.000 --> 00:16:39.080
 that is going

00:16:39.080 --> 00:16:39.960
 to make the bride

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 beautiful

00:16:40.460 --> 00:16:42.879
 and going to make

00:16:42.879 --> 00:16:43.700
 the bride free

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 and it's all done

00:16:45.980 --> 00:16:46.559
 out of love.

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 That God is making

00:16:48.360 --> 00:16:49.379
 a new covenant people.

00:16:50.320 --> 00:16:50.899
 He's making

00:16:50.899 --> 00:16:52.220
 a new covenant

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 that emerges

00:16:53.940 --> 00:16:55.480
 out of the bridegroom

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 having been present

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 and out of in love

00:16:58.000 --> 00:16:59.740
 dying to make

00:16:59.740 --> 00:17:00.419
 a bride

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 who is beautiful.

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 See, this is

00:17:04.980 --> 00:17:06.000
 one of the reasons

00:17:06.000 --> 00:17:06.440
 why

00:17:06.440 --> 00:17:09.180
 if you have

00:17:09.180 --> 00:17:10.180
 Jewish Christians

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 and then if you have

00:17:13.360 --> 00:17:14.680
 Nigerian Christians

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 and you have

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 Scottish Christians

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 and you can add

00:17:20.900 --> 00:17:21.680
 a few other things.

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 On one level,

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 if you spend time

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 with them,

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 you know that they're

00:17:24.680 --> 00:17:25.579
 your brother and sister

00:17:25.579 --> 00:17:26.200
 in Christ.

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 But the way they live

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 and the way they worship

00:17:29.460 --> 00:17:30.180
 might be very,

00:17:30.279 --> 00:17:31.120
 very, very different.

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 Because there's

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 a new covenant

00:17:35.059 --> 00:17:36.599
 and this new covenant

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 is for people

00:17:37.480 --> 00:17:38.599
 of every people group

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 on the planet.

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 And it's not that

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 we all have to follow

00:17:42.180 --> 00:17:42.960
 the Jewish laws

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 or anything like that.

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 God is doing

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 a new type of thing

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 where we're made

00:17:45.839 --> 00:17:46.680
 right with God

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 by what it is

00:17:47.799 --> 00:17:49.099
 the bridegroom has done

00:17:49.099 --> 00:17:50.220
 to die for the bride

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 that we receive

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 by faith.

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 Some of you might remember

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 there's quite a few years ago

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 we had a Nigerian priest

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 with us for three

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 or four years.

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 And on the final Sunday

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 that he was going

00:18:00.120 --> 00:18:00.660
 to be with us,

00:18:00.660 --> 00:18:01.560
 he asked if he could

00:18:01.560 --> 00:18:02.700
 do a Nigerian

00:18:02.700 --> 00:18:04.340
 Anglican service

00:18:04.340 --> 00:18:05.300
 for us.

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 And I don't know

00:18:06.300 --> 00:18:06.740
 how many of you

00:18:06.740 --> 00:18:07.400
 were here for that

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 and might remember it.

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 But at the hour

00:18:10.460 --> 00:18:11.779
 and three quarter mark

00:18:11.779 --> 00:18:13.519
 we hadn't hit communion yet

00:18:13.519 --> 00:18:15.040
 by the way.

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 But he realized

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 that he was in Canada

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 and he had to stop

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 and he apologized.

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 But one of the things

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 he announced to everybody

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 he said

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 and I was sort of

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 a bit prepared for it

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 he said

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 by the way

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 in Nigeria

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 we don't pass the plate

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 for collection

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 the collection plate

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 is right on the front

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 of the Lord's table

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 and we all sing

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 and we give our offering

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 by clapping

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 and singing

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 and dancing

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 down the aisle

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 to put in your offering.

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 And he said

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 so that's what we're

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 going to do

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 the band

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 Jono might have been

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 I don't know

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 you weren't the worshiper

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 and so he said

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 the band's all prepared

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 we're going to sing

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 this long piece

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 that's what we're going to do

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 and by the way

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 the rector is going

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 to lead the dance.

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 And I was gobsmacked

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 I think

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 whoa he didn't tell me

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 that I had to lead the dance.

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 So yeah I know

00:19:00.799 --> 00:19:01.539
 you should laugh

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 I'm terrified of dancing

00:19:03.539 --> 00:19:04.119
 by the way

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 I only dance

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 if there's absolutely

00:19:05.980 --> 00:19:06.859
 nobody in the house

00:19:06.859 --> 00:19:08.059
 and the blinds are drawn

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 like then I might dance

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 to some music

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 and so I'm like

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 I guess

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 there's these two people

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 in the church at the time

00:19:15.380 --> 00:19:15.980
 and they could tell

00:19:15.980 --> 00:19:16.779
 that I was the deer

00:19:16.779 --> 00:19:17.680
 caught in the headlights

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 and I was frozen

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 and so it was very funny

00:19:21.039 --> 00:19:22.680
 if we'd been filming it

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 these two people

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 it was Kendra and Guy

00:19:26.000 --> 00:19:27.900
 one Kendra comes

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 and grabs one arm

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 Guy grabs the other arm

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 and they do all the dancing

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 as they drag me down the aisle

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 and then the rest

00:19:36.019 --> 00:19:36.640
 of the congregation

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 come and you know

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 do the little waving

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 and wiggling

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 and anyway

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 you see

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 but the point is this

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 the point of it all

00:19:42.880 --> 00:19:43.579
 is this

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 is that when they're

00:19:44.799 --> 00:19:45.339
 talking about

00:19:45.339 --> 00:19:46.339
 they're doing a new thing

00:19:46.339 --> 00:19:47.159
 that's the new thing

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 which is being referred to

00:19:48.379 --> 00:19:49.659
 not hyper modernity

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 not having lasers

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 nothing wrong with lasers

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 and smoke machines per se

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 right

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 if that's how

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 people are going to

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 worship and enter God

00:19:56.539 --> 00:19:57.659
 that in a sense is fine

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 but it's not encouraging us

00:20:00.000 --> 00:20:00.879
 to be consumers

00:20:00.879 --> 00:20:02.279
 of spiritual products

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 it's talking about

00:20:03.079 --> 00:20:04.119
 the fact that God

00:20:04.119 --> 00:20:05.119
 in the person of his son

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 is doing something

00:20:05.939 --> 00:20:06.859
 radically

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 radically different

00:20:08.420 --> 00:20:09.460
 now

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 it sounds as if

00:20:12.200 --> 00:20:12.660
 all I've done

00:20:12.660 --> 00:20:13.779
 is talk about church

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 but here's the thing

00:20:15.420 --> 00:20:16.240
 that's going on

00:20:16.240 --> 00:20:17.080
 within the story

00:20:17.080 --> 00:20:19.259
 that starts to talk to us

00:20:19.259 --> 00:20:20.060
 a little bit beyond

00:20:20.060 --> 00:20:21.240
 what's going on in church

00:20:21.240 --> 00:20:27.000
 we have different intuitions

00:20:27.000 --> 00:20:28.920
 or clues

00:20:28.920 --> 00:20:30.340
 human beings in general

00:20:30.340 --> 00:20:31.220
 when they're reflective

00:20:31.220 --> 00:20:32.920
 human beings have

00:20:32.920 --> 00:20:34.200
 different intuitions

00:20:34.200 --> 00:20:35.259
 or clues

00:20:35.259 --> 00:20:37.140
 that there's something more

00:20:37.140 --> 00:20:39.200
 that there's something

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 transcendent

00:20:40.340 --> 00:20:42.000
 that there's something

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 bigger

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 that it's not just

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 you eat

00:20:45.480 --> 00:20:45.880
 you eat

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 you eat

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 you work

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 you work

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 you work

00:20:47.480 --> 00:20:47.900
 you sleep

00:20:47.900 --> 00:20:48.300
 you sleep

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 you sleep

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 you buy

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 you know

00:20:49.460 --> 00:20:49.940
 and whatever

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 and you just do this

00:20:50.720 --> 00:20:51.780
 one thing after another

00:20:51.780 --> 00:20:53.380
 but at different times

00:20:53.380 --> 00:20:54.440
 some people have it a lot

00:20:54.440 --> 00:20:55.640
 some people

00:20:55.640 --> 00:20:56.480
 it's only occasionally

00:20:56.480 --> 00:20:57.640
 we have these different

00:20:57.640 --> 00:20:58.840
 types of intuitions

00:20:58.840 --> 00:20:59.440
 or moments

00:20:59.440 --> 00:21:01.280
 that there's something more

00:21:01.280 --> 00:21:04.180
 and there's lots of

00:21:04.180 --> 00:21:05.500
 different categories of that

00:21:05.500 --> 00:21:06.900
 and in this image here

00:21:06.900 --> 00:21:07.400
 we have

00:21:07.400 --> 00:21:09.280
 two of those intuitions

00:21:09.280 --> 00:21:10.380
 are directly addressed

00:21:10.380 --> 00:21:13.259
 and the first intuition

00:21:13.259 --> 00:21:14.460
 is

00:21:14.460 --> 00:21:16.160
 that people have

00:21:16.160 --> 00:21:17.100
 if they think about it

00:21:17.100 --> 00:21:18.080
 is that there's something

00:21:18.080 --> 00:21:19.360
 broken with the world

00:21:19.360 --> 00:21:23.080
 there's something broken

00:21:23.080 --> 00:21:23.600
 with the world

00:21:23.600 --> 00:21:24.780
 I did a funeral yesterday

00:21:24.780 --> 00:21:27.380
 and

00:21:27.380 --> 00:21:29.900
 it was a very fine man

00:21:29.900 --> 00:21:30.440
 who died

00:21:30.440 --> 00:21:31.720
 he'd had Parkinson's

00:21:31.720 --> 00:21:33.540
 for a very very very long time

00:21:33.540 --> 00:21:34.800
 and by the time he died

00:21:34.799 --> 00:21:36.379
 for actually

00:21:36.379 --> 00:21:37.279
 for quite a few years

00:21:37.279 --> 00:21:38.000
 before he died

00:21:38.000 --> 00:21:38.899
 the Parkinson's

00:21:38.899 --> 00:21:40.139
 had really ravished him

00:21:40.139 --> 00:21:41.919
 he was a strong

00:21:41.919 --> 00:21:43.480
 handsome man

00:21:43.480 --> 00:21:46.279
 but long before his death

00:21:46.279 --> 00:21:47.299
 he was completely

00:21:47.299 --> 00:21:47.859
 and utterly

00:21:47.859 --> 00:21:49.259
 curled into himself

00:21:49.259 --> 00:21:50.200
 his whole body

00:21:50.200 --> 00:21:51.000
 was in a sense

00:21:51.000 --> 00:21:51.779
 just one

00:21:51.779 --> 00:21:53.359
 almost like a ball

00:21:53.359 --> 00:21:56.619
 because the Parkinson's

00:21:56.619 --> 00:21:57.319
 had ravished it

00:21:57.319 --> 00:21:57.839
 and a man

00:21:57.839 --> 00:21:58.399
 who was

00:21:58.399 --> 00:21:59.720
 intellectually

00:21:59.720 --> 00:22:00.960
 very very brilliant

00:22:00.960 --> 00:22:03.180
 his mind

00:22:03.180 --> 00:22:03.799
 had become

00:22:03.799 --> 00:22:04.960
 increasingly fuzzy

00:22:04.960 --> 00:22:07.240
 and

00:22:07.240 --> 00:22:07.660
 you know

00:22:07.660 --> 00:22:08.160
 those of you

00:22:08.160 --> 00:22:08.819
 who are doctors

00:22:08.819 --> 00:22:09.360
 or nurses

00:22:09.360 --> 00:22:10.120
 or those of you

00:22:10.120 --> 00:22:10.860
 who have a profession

00:22:10.860 --> 00:22:12.160
 where you deal with people

00:22:12.160 --> 00:22:13.059
 or those of you

00:22:13.059 --> 00:22:13.980
 who have family members

00:22:13.980 --> 00:22:15.340
 in situations like that

00:22:15.340 --> 00:22:16.559
 when you look at them

00:22:16.559 --> 00:22:17.340
 you say to yourself

00:22:17.340 --> 00:22:17.940
 there's something

00:22:17.940 --> 00:22:19.100
 broken with the world

00:22:19.100 --> 00:22:22.700
 there's something

00:22:22.700 --> 00:22:23.759
 broken with the world

00:22:23.759 --> 00:22:26.340
 and this

00:22:26.340 --> 00:22:27.440
 this story

00:22:27.440 --> 00:22:28.480
 talks directly

00:22:28.480 --> 00:22:29.500
 about that intuition

00:22:29.500 --> 00:22:31.240
 why is it

00:22:31.240 --> 00:22:32.019
 that the bridegroom

00:22:32.019 --> 00:22:32.500
 has come

00:22:32.500 --> 00:22:33.160
 and the bridegroom

00:22:33.160 --> 00:22:33.980
 is going to die

00:22:33.980 --> 00:22:35.420
 why is it

00:22:35.420 --> 00:22:35.980
 there's something

00:22:35.980 --> 00:22:36.539
 which would be

00:22:36.539 --> 00:22:37.259
 so shocking

00:22:37.259 --> 00:22:38.000
 if it happened

00:22:38.000 --> 00:22:38.579
 and we knew

00:22:38.579 --> 00:22:39.519
 that it was a bridegroom

00:22:39.519 --> 00:22:39.940
 dying

00:22:39.940 --> 00:22:40.440
 that it would be

00:22:40.440 --> 00:22:41.000
 in the news

00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:42.559
 the bridegroom

00:22:42.559 --> 00:22:43.079
 dies

00:22:43.079 --> 00:22:43.819
 because there's

00:22:43.819 --> 00:22:44.559
 something broken

00:22:44.559 --> 00:22:45.380
 with the world

00:22:45.380 --> 00:22:47.180
 that only God

00:22:47.180 --> 00:22:47.880
 can fix

00:22:47.880 --> 00:22:50.099
 and that goes

00:22:50.099 --> 00:22:50.759
 to in a sense

00:22:50.759 --> 00:22:51.259
 the second

00:22:51.259 --> 00:22:52.240
 one of the second

00:22:52.240 --> 00:22:53.079
 a second type

00:22:53.079 --> 00:22:53.620
 of intuition

00:22:53.620 --> 00:22:54.420
 that we have

00:22:54.420 --> 00:22:55.940
 and the second

00:22:55.940 --> 00:22:56.860
 type of intuition

00:22:56.860 --> 00:22:57.640
 that people have

00:22:57.640 --> 00:22:58.080
 is that love

00:22:58.080 --> 00:22:58.560
 is stronger

00:22:58.560 --> 00:22:59.180
 than death

00:22:59.180 --> 00:23:01.640
 now that defies

00:23:01.640 --> 00:23:02.460
 all reason

00:23:02.460 --> 00:23:03.200
 by the way

00:23:03.200 --> 00:23:04.460
 scientifically

00:23:04.460 --> 00:23:05.940
 it's not true

00:23:05.940 --> 00:23:08.160
 scientifically

00:23:08.160 --> 00:23:09.280
 there is just

00:23:09.280 --> 00:23:09.740
 one thing

00:23:09.740 --> 00:23:10.300
 after another

00:23:10.300 --> 00:23:10.540
 thing

00:23:10.540 --> 00:23:11.040
 after another

00:23:11.040 --> 00:23:11.320
 thing

00:23:11.320 --> 00:23:11.740
 and death

00:23:11.740 --> 00:23:12.100
 is just

00:23:12.100 --> 00:23:12.680
 one of those

00:23:12.680 --> 00:23:13.220
 things

00:23:13.220 --> 00:23:14.580
 that birth

00:23:14.580 --> 00:23:15.300
 is no more

00:23:15.300 --> 00:23:15.860
 natural

00:23:15.860 --> 00:23:17.340
 than death

00:23:17.340 --> 00:23:17.800
 they're both

00:23:17.800 --> 00:23:18.580
 just natural

00:23:18.580 --> 00:23:19.240
 processes

00:23:19.240 --> 00:23:19.940
 maturing

00:23:19.940 --> 00:23:21.200
 is a natural

00:23:21.200 --> 00:23:21.680
 process

00:23:21.680 --> 00:23:22.759
 having Parkinson's

00:23:22.759 --> 00:23:23.360
 is a natural

00:23:23.360 --> 00:23:24.040
 process

00:23:24.040 --> 00:23:25.560
 and I guess

00:23:25.560 --> 00:23:26.040
 they'd say

00:23:26.040 --> 00:23:27.000
 that falling

00:23:27.000 --> 00:23:27.539
 in love

00:23:27.539 --> 00:23:27.960
 or whatever

00:23:27.960 --> 00:23:28.579
 that means

00:23:28.579 --> 00:23:29.059
 having the

00:23:29.059 --> 00:23:29.480
 attraction

00:23:29.480 --> 00:23:29.900
 of one

00:23:29.900 --> 00:23:31.019
 of a male

00:23:31.019 --> 00:23:31.779
 to a female

00:23:31.779 --> 00:23:32.380
 so that there

00:23:32.380 --> 00:23:33.500
 can be procreation

00:23:33.500 --> 00:23:34.019
 that's part

00:23:34.019 --> 00:23:34.599
 of a natural

00:23:34.599 --> 00:23:35.099
 process

00:23:35.099 --> 00:23:35.680
 you can add

00:23:35.680 --> 00:23:36.599
 words like love

00:23:36.599 --> 00:23:37.039
 and meaning

00:23:37.039 --> 00:23:37.619
 and significance

00:23:37.619 --> 00:23:38.119
 to it

00:23:38.119 --> 00:23:38.559
 but it's just

00:23:38.559 --> 00:23:39.039
 a natural

00:23:39.039 --> 00:23:39.680
 process

00:23:39.680 --> 00:23:40.799
 but when we

00:23:40.799 --> 00:23:41.200
 see that

00:23:41.200 --> 00:23:41.519
 we say

00:23:41.519 --> 00:23:41.980
 no no no

00:23:41.980 --> 00:23:42.259
 no no

00:23:42.259 --> 00:23:42.420
 no

00:23:42.420 --> 00:23:42.839
 we have

00:23:42.839 --> 00:23:43.460
 this intuition

00:23:43.460 --> 00:23:44.059
 this clue

00:23:44.059 --> 00:23:44.539
 that love

00:23:44.539 --> 00:23:45.059
 is stronger

00:23:45.059 --> 00:23:45.680
 than death

00:23:45.680 --> 00:23:47.299
 that justice

00:23:47.299 --> 00:23:48.299
 is stronger

00:23:48.299 --> 00:23:49.079
 than injustice

00:23:49.079 --> 00:23:51.079
 that goodness

00:23:51.079 --> 00:23:52.539
 is stronger

00:23:52.539 --> 00:23:54.019
 than evil

00:23:54.019 --> 00:23:55.899
 that mercy

00:23:55.899 --> 00:23:57.579
 is stronger

00:23:57.579 --> 00:24:00.599
 than self

00:24:00.599 --> 00:24:01.200
 centered

00:24:01.200 --> 00:24:02.619
 vengeance

00:24:02.619 --> 00:24:04.240
 and getting

00:24:04.240 --> 00:24:04.579
 even

00:24:04.579 --> 00:24:06.619
 and here

00:24:06.619 --> 00:24:07.339
 we see this

00:24:07.339 --> 00:24:07.960
 being directly

00:24:07.960 --> 00:24:08.779
 addressed as well

00:24:08.779 --> 00:24:09.700
 because the image

00:24:09.700 --> 00:24:10.759
 that Jesus uses

00:24:10.759 --> 00:24:11.339
 for himself

00:24:11.339 --> 00:24:11.920
 is the image

00:24:11.920 --> 00:24:12.720
 of the bridegroom

00:24:12.720 --> 00:24:15.039
 the image

00:24:15.039 --> 00:24:15.440
 that

00:24:15.440 --> 00:24:16.700
 though

00:24:16.700 --> 00:24:17.379
 in a sense

00:24:17.379 --> 00:24:17.940
 what he's saying

00:24:17.940 --> 00:24:18.539
 for those who want

00:24:18.539 --> 00:24:19.039
 to try to pay

00:24:19.039 --> 00:24:19.819
 attention to it

00:24:19.819 --> 00:24:20.960
 is that your image

00:24:20.960 --> 00:24:22.539
 your intuition

00:24:22.539 --> 00:24:24.839
 your sense

00:24:24.839 --> 00:24:25.779
 that when you look

00:24:25.779 --> 00:24:26.319
 at something

00:24:26.319 --> 00:24:27.960
 like Christine

00:24:27.960 --> 00:24:28.559
 and Michael

00:24:28.559 --> 00:24:29.539
 that was the couple

00:24:29.539 --> 00:24:30.240
 and the man died

00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:30.920
 and Christine lived

00:24:30.920 --> 00:24:31.480
 and when you look

00:24:31.480 --> 00:24:32.119
 at their pictures

00:24:32.119 --> 00:24:33.059
 and see the love

00:24:33.059 --> 00:24:34.460
 that surely

00:24:34.460 --> 00:24:35.139
 that surely

00:24:35.139 --> 00:24:35.599
 surely

00:24:35.599 --> 00:24:35.960
 surely

00:24:35.960 --> 00:24:36.839
 love is stronger

00:24:36.839 --> 00:24:37.519
 than death

00:24:37.519 --> 00:24:40.359
 and Jesus

00:24:40.359 --> 00:24:41.039
 is saying

00:24:41.039 --> 00:24:42.420
 you know what

00:24:42.420 --> 00:24:43.079
 that intuition

00:24:43.079 --> 00:24:44.200
 it's true

00:24:44.200 --> 00:24:45.319
 because the way

00:24:45.319 --> 00:24:45.940
 to understand

00:24:45.940 --> 00:24:46.440
 God

00:24:46.440 --> 00:24:47.079
 and the world

00:24:47.079 --> 00:24:47.700
 and creation

00:24:47.700 --> 00:24:48.259
 is that of

00:24:48.259 --> 00:24:48.960
 between the bride

00:24:48.960 --> 00:24:49.720
 groom and the bride

00:24:49.720 --> 00:24:54.180
 now

00:24:54.180 --> 00:24:54.779
 the next

00:24:54.779 --> 00:24:55.900
 story

00:24:55.900 --> 00:24:57.819
 goes even deeper

00:24:57.819 --> 00:24:59.140
 and it actually

00:24:59.140 --> 00:24:59.799
 goes in a deeper

00:24:59.799 --> 00:25:00.720
 way than at first

00:25:00.720 --> 00:25:01.480
 if you think about it

00:25:01.480 --> 00:25:02.360
 it's a bit disturbing

00:25:02.360 --> 00:25:03.559
 but you actually

00:25:03.559 --> 00:25:04.579
 realize what profound

00:25:04.579 --> 00:25:05.360
 good news it is

00:25:05.360 --> 00:25:05.900
 because it's going

00:25:05.900 --> 00:25:06.579
 to talk about

00:25:06.579 --> 00:25:07.640
 a different class

00:25:07.640 --> 00:25:08.500
 of intuitions

00:25:08.500 --> 00:25:09.100
 that we have

00:25:09.100 --> 00:25:10.220
 look what happens

00:25:10.220 --> 00:25:11.700
 in verse 23

00:25:11.700 --> 00:25:12.500
 and 24

00:25:12.500 --> 00:25:14.120
 one Sabbath

00:25:14.120 --> 00:25:14.940
 Jesus was going

00:25:14.940 --> 00:25:15.900
 through the grain fields

00:25:15.900 --> 00:25:17.140
 and as they made

00:25:17.140 --> 00:25:17.640
 their way

00:25:17.640 --> 00:25:18.340
 his disciples

00:25:18.339 --> 00:25:19.199
 began to pluck

00:25:19.199 --> 00:25:19.959
 heads of grain

00:25:19.959 --> 00:25:21.539
 and the Pharisees

00:25:21.539 --> 00:25:22.379
 were saying to him

00:25:22.379 --> 00:25:22.659
 look

00:25:22.659 --> 00:25:24.059
 why are they doing

00:25:24.059 --> 00:25:25.279
 what is not lawful

00:25:25.279 --> 00:25:26.359
 on the Sabbath

00:25:26.359 --> 00:25:28.339
 now just sort of

00:25:28.339 --> 00:25:28.679
 pause

00:25:28.679 --> 00:25:29.659
 most of us

00:25:29.659 --> 00:25:30.319
 don't know this

00:25:30.319 --> 00:25:30.799
 when we read

00:25:30.799 --> 00:25:31.519
 the Old Testament

00:25:31.519 --> 00:25:32.699
 where if we do

00:25:32.699 --> 00:25:33.319
 we forget

00:25:33.319 --> 00:25:34.639
 but in fact

00:25:34.639 --> 00:25:35.779
 what the Pharisees

00:25:35.779 --> 00:25:36.139
 are saying

00:25:36.139 --> 00:25:37.099
 is not correct

00:25:37.099 --> 00:25:39.879
 what the Old Testament

00:25:39.879 --> 00:25:44.879
 what the Old Testament

00:25:44.879 --> 00:25:45.480
 does

00:25:45.480 --> 00:25:47.799
 is it provides

00:25:47.799 --> 00:25:48.619
 remedy

00:25:48.619 --> 00:25:49.319
 and help

00:25:49.319 --> 00:25:49.919
 for the poor

00:25:49.919 --> 00:25:52.199
 and it also

00:25:52.199 --> 00:25:53.539
 in a sense

00:25:53.539 --> 00:25:55.199
 institutionalizes

00:25:55.199 --> 00:25:55.919
 hospitality

00:25:55.919 --> 00:25:57.079
 and generosity

00:25:57.079 --> 00:25:58.740
 and how does it do

00:25:58.740 --> 00:25:59.339
 that when you don't

00:25:59.339 --> 00:25:59.859
 have a modern

00:25:59.859 --> 00:26:00.679
 welfare state

00:26:00.679 --> 00:26:01.439
 and everything like that

00:26:01.439 --> 00:26:02.199
 what it does

00:26:02.199 --> 00:26:02.719
 is it creates

00:26:02.719 --> 00:26:03.119
 a law

00:26:03.119 --> 00:26:03.639
 that says

00:26:03.640 --> 00:26:05.560
 a poor person

00:26:05.560 --> 00:26:06.460
 a hungry person

00:26:06.460 --> 00:26:07.040
 isn't allowed

00:26:07.040 --> 00:26:07.440
 to go into

00:26:07.440 --> 00:26:08.400
 their neighbor's field

00:26:08.400 --> 00:26:09.560
 and they're not allowed

00:26:09.560 --> 00:26:10.759
 to take a scythe

00:26:10.759 --> 00:26:11.780
 or whatever like that

00:26:11.780 --> 00:26:13.100
 and to cut down

00:26:13.100 --> 00:26:13.700
 a whole pile

00:26:13.700 --> 00:26:14.280
 of their grain

00:26:14.280 --> 00:26:14.780
 they're not allowed

00:26:14.780 --> 00:26:15.280
 to do that

00:26:15.280 --> 00:26:16.720
 that's forbidden

00:26:16.720 --> 00:26:18.660
 but what a hungry person

00:26:18.660 --> 00:26:19.020
 could do

00:26:19.020 --> 00:26:19.759
 in ancient Israel

00:26:19.759 --> 00:26:20.580
 is when the grain

00:26:20.580 --> 00:26:20.980
 is there

00:26:20.980 --> 00:26:21.740
 when the orchard

00:26:21.740 --> 00:26:22.160
 is there

00:26:22.160 --> 00:26:22.740
 and they can see

00:26:22.740 --> 00:26:23.320
 the olives

00:26:23.320 --> 00:26:23.960
 or they can see

00:26:23.960 --> 00:26:25.259
 the figs

00:26:25.259 --> 00:26:26.620
 or the grain

00:26:26.620 --> 00:26:27.480
 on a day

00:26:27.480 --> 00:26:28.060
 when they're hungry

00:26:28.060 --> 00:26:28.900
 they can walk through

00:26:28.900 --> 00:26:29.560
 and they can pick

00:26:29.560 --> 00:26:29.940
 the stuff

00:26:29.940 --> 00:26:30.680
 that they need to eat

00:26:30.680 --> 00:26:31.320
 and they can eat it

00:26:31.319 --> 00:26:32.799
 they can walk through

00:26:32.799 --> 00:26:33.500
 the grape field

00:26:33.500 --> 00:26:34.240
 and they can take

00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:34.799
 some grapes

00:26:34.799 --> 00:26:35.839
 they can walk through

00:26:35.839 --> 00:26:37.059
 whatever other type

00:26:37.059 --> 00:26:38.059
 of fruit or figs

00:26:38.059 --> 00:26:38.700
 and they can pluck

00:26:38.700 --> 00:26:39.259
 some figs

00:26:39.259 --> 00:26:39.779
 and they can eat

00:26:39.779 --> 00:26:40.240
 to their hearts

00:26:40.240 --> 00:26:41.119
 and they can eat

00:26:41.119 --> 00:26:41.619
 till they're full

00:26:41.619 --> 00:26:42.359
 they can eat grain

00:26:42.359 --> 00:26:42.819
 and they can eat

00:26:42.819 --> 00:26:43.439
 till they're full

00:26:43.439 --> 00:26:45.000
 and the law

00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:46.240
 required landowners

00:26:46.240 --> 00:26:47.359
 to allow that to happen

00:26:47.359 --> 00:26:48.879
 and what in a sense

00:26:48.879 --> 00:26:49.700
 the law was doing

00:26:49.700 --> 00:26:50.599
 is the law was

00:26:50.599 --> 00:26:52.279
 making sure

00:26:52.279 --> 00:26:53.039
 that people

00:26:53.039 --> 00:26:53.759
 people

00:26:53.759 --> 00:26:54.359
 our hearts

00:26:54.359 --> 00:26:54.980
 naturally

00:26:54.980 --> 00:26:55.619
 are closed

00:26:55.619 --> 00:26:56.220
 to the poor

00:26:56.220 --> 00:26:59.539
 like our hearts

00:26:59.539 --> 00:27:00.599
 have a very

00:27:00.599 --> 00:27:01.939
 we have a deep

00:27:01.939 --> 00:27:03.459
 well of selfishness

00:27:03.459 --> 00:27:04.079
 within us

00:27:04.079 --> 00:27:06.099
 and it's very easy

00:27:06.099 --> 00:27:07.319
 to ignore the poor

00:27:07.319 --> 00:27:08.379
 and to forget the poor

00:27:08.379 --> 00:27:09.599
 and not care about the poor

00:27:09.599 --> 00:27:10.399
 or to say that the poor

00:27:10.399 --> 00:27:11.379
 deserve what's happened

00:27:11.379 --> 00:27:11.740
 to them

00:27:11.740 --> 00:27:13.359
 if they just

00:27:13.359 --> 00:27:14.319
 pulled themselves up

00:27:14.319 --> 00:27:14.859
 by their belt

00:27:14.859 --> 00:27:15.279
 you know

00:27:15.279 --> 00:27:16.279
 their shoe straps

00:27:16.279 --> 00:27:16.639
 or whatever

00:27:16.639 --> 00:27:17.119
 they could carry

00:27:17.119 --> 00:27:18.639
 and the Old Testament

00:27:18.639 --> 00:27:19.339
 knew that because

00:27:19.339 --> 00:27:19.899
 of the sin

00:27:19.899 --> 00:27:20.879
 that had come into the world

00:27:20.879 --> 00:27:21.879
 and broken the world

00:27:21.879 --> 00:27:22.919
 there would be easy

00:27:22.919 --> 00:27:23.879
 for people to say that

00:27:23.879 --> 00:27:24.500
 so this law

00:27:24.500 --> 00:27:25.099
 was required

00:27:25.099 --> 00:27:26.079
 for the Jewish people

00:27:26.079 --> 00:27:27.059
 that they

00:27:27.059 --> 00:27:28.279
 as a landowner

00:27:28.279 --> 00:27:28.859
 you couldn't

00:27:28.859 --> 00:27:29.639
 go out and yell

00:27:29.639 --> 00:27:29.959
 and say

00:27:29.960 --> 00:27:30.559
 why are you walking

00:27:30.559 --> 00:27:31.079
 through my

00:27:31.079 --> 00:27:31.940
 why are you walking

00:27:31.940 --> 00:27:33.039
 through my fig orchard

00:27:33.039 --> 00:27:33.840
 and grabbing a couple

00:27:33.840 --> 00:27:34.579
 of figs to eat

00:27:34.579 --> 00:27:35.940
 not allowed to do that

00:27:35.940 --> 00:27:38.920
 it was right

00:27:38.920 --> 00:27:40.460
 that a poor person

00:27:40.460 --> 00:27:41.500
 a hungry person

00:27:41.500 --> 00:27:42.220
 a traveler

00:27:42.220 --> 00:27:43.299
 where nobody

00:27:43.299 --> 00:27:43.860
 had offered them

00:27:43.860 --> 00:27:44.460
 hospitality

00:27:44.460 --> 00:27:45.120
 would have a means

00:27:45.120 --> 00:27:45.819
 by which they could

00:27:45.819 --> 00:27:46.420
 eat when their food

00:27:46.420 --> 00:27:46.840
 had run out

00:27:46.840 --> 00:27:48.539
 and so what

00:27:48.539 --> 00:27:50.420
 what the Pharisees

00:27:50.420 --> 00:27:51.180
 have done

00:27:51.180 --> 00:27:52.000
 is that they have

00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:52.880
 taken in a sense

00:27:52.880 --> 00:27:54.579
 that their view

00:27:54.579 --> 00:27:55.420
 of what should happen

00:27:55.420 --> 00:27:56.079
 in a church

00:27:56.079 --> 00:27:57.059
 type of world

00:27:57.059 --> 00:27:59.700
 that is so important

00:27:59.700 --> 00:28:00.920
 that the normal

00:28:00.920 --> 00:28:01.920
 concerns for

00:28:01.920 --> 00:28:02.620
 generosity

00:28:02.620 --> 00:28:03.660
 for hospitality

00:28:03.660 --> 00:28:04.319
 and for caring

00:28:04.319 --> 00:28:04.960
 for the poor

00:28:04.960 --> 00:28:05.720
 that you could

00:28:05.720 --> 00:28:06.539
 ignore that

00:28:06.539 --> 00:28:07.420
 that in fact

00:28:07.420 --> 00:28:08.039
 not only could you

00:28:08.039 --> 00:28:08.500
 ignore it

00:28:08.500 --> 00:28:08.960
 that you had to

00:28:08.960 --> 00:28:09.539
 stop it

00:28:09.539 --> 00:28:10.380
 you had to stop

00:28:10.380 --> 00:28:11.319
 caring for the poor

00:28:11.319 --> 00:28:12.519
 stop hospitality

00:28:12.519 --> 00:28:13.900
 stop generosity

00:28:13.900 --> 00:28:14.900
 because you had to

00:28:14.900 --> 00:28:15.960
 keep religious rules

00:28:15.960 --> 00:28:17.460
 around religious

00:28:17.460 --> 00:28:18.299
 observances

00:28:18.299 --> 00:28:20.180
 and that's what's

00:28:20.180 --> 00:28:20.740
 going on here

00:28:20.740 --> 00:28:21.180
 in the text

00:28:21.180 --> 00:28:21.819
 but listen to how

00:28:21.819 --> 00:28:23.140
 Jesus deals with it

00:28:23.140 --> 00:28:24.200
 in a surprising way

00:28:24.200 --> 00:28:25.620
 verse 25

00:28:25.619 --> 00:28:27.419
 and Jesus said

00:28:27.419 --> 00:28:27.679
 to them

00:28:27.679 --> 00:28:28.239
 have you never

00:28:28.239 --> 00:28:29.199
 read what

00:28:29.199 --> 00:28:29.559
 David

00:28:29.559 --> 00:28:30.439
 that's the fellow

00:28:30.439 --> 00:28:30.919
 who would later

00:28:30.919 --> 00:28:31.699
 become king

00:28:31.699 --> 00:28:32.899
 what David did

00:28:32.899 --> 00:28:33.839
 when he was in need

00:28:33.839 --> 00:28:34.579
 and was hungry

00:28:34.579 --> 00:28:35.879
 he and those

00:28:35.879 --> 00:28:36.539
 who were with him

00:28:36.539 --> 00:28:37.239
 sorry

00:28:37.239 --> 00:28:38.339
 David and those

00:28:38.339 --> 00:28:38.819
 who were with him

00:28:38.819 --> 00:28:39.339
 were hungry

00:28:39.339 --> 00:28:40.719
 how verse 28

00:28:40.719 --> 00:28:41.519
 how he entered

00:28:41.519 --> 00:28:42.339
 the house of God

00:28:42.339 --> 00:28:43.019
 in the time of

00:28:43.019 --> 00:28:44.019
 Abiathar the high

00:28:44.019 --> 00:28:44.419
 priest

00:28:44.419 --> 00:28:45.759
 and ate the bread

00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:46.599
 of the presence

00:28:46.599 --> 00:28:47.919
 which is not

00:28:47.919 --> 00:28:49.319
 it is not lawful

00:28:49.319 --> 00:28:50.219
 for any but the

00:28:50.219 --> 00:28:50.879
 priest to eat

00:28:50.879 --> 00:28:52.139
 that's in the

00:28:52.139 --> 00:28:52.959
 Old Testament law

00:28:52.960 --> 00:28:54.539
 and also gave it

00:28:54.539 --> 00:28:55.019
 to those

00:28:55.019 --> 00:28:56.519
 who were with him

00:28:56.519 --> 00:28:58.240
 now just pause

00:28:58.240 --> 00:29:00.700
 what Jesus is doing

00:29:00.700 --> 00:29:01.400
 is if you

00:29:01.400 --> 00:29:01.980
 when you're reading

00:29:01.980 --> 00:29:02.539
 the story

00:29:02.539 --> 00:29:03.240
 which is found

00:29:03.240 --> 00:29:04.059
 in 1st Samuel

00:29:04.059 --> 00:29:04.700
 you read it

00:29:04.700 --> 00:29:05.259
 and you realize

00:29:05.259 --> 00:29:06.319
 that the text

00:29:06.319 --> 00:29:07.240
 this is always

00:29:07.240 --> 00:29:07.900
 a bit of an issue

00:29:07.900 --> 00:29:08.440
 in narratives

00:29:08.440 --> 00:29:09.779
 that the narrative

00:29:09.779 --> 00:29:10.440
 isn't saying

00:29:10.440 --> 00:29:11.160
 this is in a sense

00:29:11.160 --> 00:29:11.860
 something which is

00:29:11.860 --> 00:29:12.840
 bad that's happening

00:29:12.840 --> 00:29:14.120
 that the implication

00:29:14.120 --> 00:29:14.980
 is that this is

00:29:14.980 --> 00:29:15.700
 something good

00:29:15.700 --> 00:29:16.500
 that's happening

00:29:16.500 --> 00:29:17.960
 and so what

00:29:17.960 --> 00:29:19.380
 Jesus is saying

00:29:19.380 --> 00:29:19.960
 is if you look

00:29:19.960 --> 00:29:20.600
 at the stories

00:29:20.600 --> 00:29:21.600
 you realize in a sense

00:29:21.600 --> 00:29:22.160
 there's a way

00:29:22.160 --> 00:29:23.300
 to understand

00:29:23.300 --> 00:29:23.900
 and order

00:29:23.900 --> 00:29:25.900
 the you know

00:29:25.900 --> 00:29:27.420
 order types of things

00:29:27.420 --> 00:29:28.060
 I mean it would be

00:29:28.060 --> 00:29:28.759
 today as if

00:29:28.759 --> 00:29:29.019
 you know

00:29:29.019 --> 00:29:30.560
 even in places

00:29:30.560 --> 00:29:31.340
 which if you ever

00:29:31.340 --> 00:29:31.940
 go to Jerusalem

00:29:31.940 --> 00:29:32.440
 by the way

00:29:32.440 --> 00:29:33.300
 if you go to Jerusalem

00:29:33.300 --> 00:29:34.100
 make sure you're there

00:29:34.100 --> 00:29:34.820
 on the Shabbat

00:29:34.820 --> 00:29:36.540
 it's shocking

00:29:36.540 --> 00:29:37.740
 to see a city

00:29:37.740 --> 00:29:39.220
 almost completely

00:29:39.220 --> 00:29:40.000
 shut down

00:29:40.000 --> 00:29:41.240
 like it's shocking

00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:42.620
 that you have

00:29:42.620 --> 00:29:43.500
 these four or five

00:29:43.500 --> 00:29:43.840
 lane

00:29:43.840 --> 00:29:46.560
 four lane roads

00:29:46.560 --> 00:29:47.240
 six lane

00:29:47.240 --> 00:29:47.500
 sorry

00:29:47.500 --> 00:29:48.480
 like six or eight lane

00:29:48.480 --> 00:29:49.320
 three or four

00:29:49.320 --> 00:29:49.920
 on one side

00:29:49.920 --> 00:29:50.300
 three or four

00:29:50.300 --> 00:29:50.980
 going the other ways

00:29:50.980 --> 00:29:51.940
 that normally

00:29:51.940 --> 00:29:52.339
 is just

00:29:52.339 --> 00:29:53.120
 the traffic

00:29:53.120 --> 00:29:53.759
 is just going

00:29:53.759 --> 00:29:54.400
 like this

00:29:54.400 --> 00:29:54.900
 and you go there

00:29:54.900 --> 00:29:55.500
 on the Sabbath

00:29:55.500 --> 00:29:56.880
 and you could play

00:29:56.880 --> 00:29:58.019
 catch with your kid

00:29:58.019 --> 00:29:59.039
 on it virtually

00:29:59.039 --> 00:30:00.220
 because everything

00:30:00.220 --> 00:30:00.980
 just shuts down

00:30:00.980 --> 00:30:01.900
 it's really shocking

00:30:01.900 --> 00:30:03.259
 but even there

00:30:03.259 --> 00:30:06.240
 what you'd have

00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:06.620
 to understand

00:30:06.620 --> 00:30:07.120
 is you still have

00:30:07.120 --> 00:30:07.759
 to have doctors

00:30:07.759 --> 00:30:08.339
 working

00:30:08.339 --> 00:30:10.339
 stuff to feed

00:30:10.339 --> 00:30:10.839
 the poor

00:30:10.839 --> 00:30:15.059
 and part of the

00:30:15.059 --> 00:30:15.759
 reason we sort of

00:30:15.759 --> 00:30:16.440
 get that

00:30:16.440 --> 00:30:17.460
 is from the Bible

00:30:17.460 --> 00:30:18.400
 and how Jesus

00:30:18.400 --> 00:30:18.940
 helps us

00:30:18.940 --> 00:30:19.600
 to reframe

00:30:19.600 --> 00:30:20.320
 how you order

00:30:20.320 --> 00:30:20.940
 these types

00:30:20.940 --> 00:30:21.360
 of things

00:30:21.360 --> 00:30:22.080
 it's not that

00:30:22.080 --> 00:30:23.240
 you should just

00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:24.320
 disregard the Sabbath

00:30:24.320 --> 00:30:24.940
 but you've got to

00:30:24.940 --> 00:30:25.519
 realize that

00:30:25.519 --> 00:30:26.420
 you should keep

00:30:26.420 --> 00:30:26.860
 the Sabbath

00:30:26.860 --> 00:30:27.519
 but you keep

00:30:27.519 --> 00:30:27.980
 the Sabbath

00:30:27.980 --> 00:30:28.680
 in such a way

00:30:28.680 --> 00:30:29.140
 that you still

00:30:29.140 --> 00:30:30.160
 practice hospitality

00:30:30.160 --> 00:30:31.300
 still care for the poor

00:30:31.300 --> 00:30:32.060
 and you're still

00:30:32.060 --> 00:30:32.640
 generous

00:30:32.640 --> 00:30:34.860
 and he uses a story

00:30:34.860 --> 00:30:35.920
 but then he goes on

00:30:35.920 --> 00:30:36.220
 and says

00:30:36.220 --> 00:30:36.900
 and he said to them

00:30:36.900 --> 00:30:37.480
 the Sabbath

00:30:37.480 --> 00:30:39.280
 was made for man

00:30:39.280 --> 00:30:39.780
 and woman

00:30:39.780 --> 00:30:41.740
 not man and woman

00:30:41.740 --> 00:30:42.540
 for the Sabbath

00:30:42.540 --> 00:30:44.160
 so the Son of Man

00:30:44.160 --> 00:30:44.900
 is Lord

00:30:44.900 --> 00:30:47.360
 even of the Sabbath

00:30:47.360 --> 00:30:50.440
 if you come to

00:30:50.440 --> 00:30:51.420
 an Anglican wedding

00:30:51.420 --> 00:30:52.360
 and you use the

00:30:52.360 --> 00:30:53.360
 Book of Common Prayer

00:30:53.360 --> 00:30:54.920
 which is sort of

00:30:54.920 --> 00:30:56.060
 the basis of

00:30:56.060 --> 00:30:57.880
 modern Anglicanism

00:30:57.880 --> 00:30:59.100
 one of the things

00:30:59.100 --> 00:30:59.680
 which is said

00:30:59.680 --> 00:31:00.720
 is that marriage

00:31:00.720 --> 00:31:01.900
 was instituted

00:31:01.900 --> 00:31:02.480
 of God

00:31:02.480 --> 00:31:03.120
 in the time

00:31:03.120 --> 00:31:04.420
 of man's innocency

00:31:04.420 --> 00:31:05.759
 that's the old language

00:31:05.759 --> 00:31:07.080
 and what it's saying

00:31:07.080 --> 00:31:07.980
 is that if you go back

00:31:07.980 --> 00:31:08.519
 and you look

00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:10.759
 in Genesis chapter 1

00:31:10.759 --> 00:31:11.759
 and Genesis chapter 2

00:31:11.759 --> 00:31:12.540
 before evil

00:31:12.540 --> 00:31:13.600
 had entered the world

00:31:13.599 --> 00:31:15.279
 before sin and death

00:31:15.279 --> 00:31:16.299
 had entered the world

00:31:16.299 --> 00:31:18.159
 God created

00:31:18.159 --> 00:31:19.279
 a good world

00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:20.000
 and part of the

00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:21.279
 good world's creation

00:31:21.279 --> 00:31:22.139
 was that he created

00:31:22.139 --> 00:31:23.019
 men and women

00:31:23.019 --> 00:31:23.879
 male and female

00:31:23.879 --> 00:31:25.179
 with the hope

00:31:25.179 --> 00:31:26.039
 that many of them

00:31:26.039 --> 00:31:26.659
 would marry

00:31:26.659 --> 00:31:28.959
 and that was part of

00:31:28.959 --> 00:31:29.919
 God's original

00:31:29.919 --> 00:31:31.759
 creational intention

00:31:31.759 --> 00:31:34.399
 it's not as if

00:31:34.399 --> 00:31:34.879
 you know

00:31:34.879 --> 00:31:35.559
 that later on

00:31:35.559 --> 00:31:35.980
 he had to have

00:31:35.980 --> 00:31:36.959
 a law against stealing

00:31:36.959 --> 00:31:37.699
 well you didn't have to

00:31:37.699 --> 00:31:39.179
 the law against stealing

00:31:39.179 --> 00:31:39.879
 isn't in a sense

00:31:39.879 --> 00:31:40.399
 part of God's

00:31:40.399 --> 00:31:41.639
 original creational intent

00:31:41.639 --> 00:31:43.119
 you have laws

00:31:43.119 --> 00:31:43.759
 to go to church

00:31:43.759 --> 00:31:44.099
 well that

00:31:44.099 --> 00:31:44.659
 you wouldn't have

00:31:44.659 --> 00:31:45.299
 had laws about

00:31:45.299 --> 00:31:46.139
 not laws

00:31:46.139 --> 00:31:46.419
 you wouldn't have

00:31:46.419 --> 00:31:47.239
 had encouragements

00:31:47.239 --> 00:31:48.039
 to go to church

00:31:48.039 --> 00:31:49.179
 that's something

00:31:49.179 --> 00:31:49.659
 that's happened

00:31:49.659 --> 00:31:50.979
 as a result of the fall

00:31:50.979 --> 00:31:51.919
 and the remedy

00:31:51.919 --> 00:31:52.419
 of the fall

00:31:52.419 --> 00:31:53.299
 but part of the way

00:31:53.299 --> 00:31:54.099
 God created

00:31:54.099 --> 00:31:55.019
 human beings

00:31:55.019 --> 00:31:56.159
 is that he made

00:31:56.159 --> 00:31:57.319
 them male and female

00:31:57.319 --> 00:31:58.139
 man and woman

00:31:58.139 --> 00:31:59.339
 with the intent

00:31:59.339 --> 00:31:59.819
 that they

00:31:59.819 --> 00:32:00.779
 some at least

00:32:00.779 --> 00:32:02.119
 would marry

00:32:02.119 --> 00:32:03.859
 and that that was

00:32:03.859 --> 00:32:04.359
 part of God's

00:32:04.359 --> 00:32:05.479
 original good design

00:32:05.479 --> 00:32:07.439
 and what Jesus

00:32:07.439 --> 00:32:08.159
 is pointing out

00:32:08.159 --> 00:32:08.879
 here as well

00:32:08.879 --> 00:32:09.759
 is that the

00:32:09.759 --> 00:32:10.439
 Sabbath

00:32:10.440 --> 00:32:11.860
 is also part

00:32:11.860 --> 00:32:12.320
 of God's

00:32:12.320 --> 00:32:13.299
 original good design

00:32:13.299 --> 00:32:13.940
 because in the

00:32:13.940 --> 00:32:14.880
 six days of work

00:32:14.880 --> 00:32:15.539
 and in the seventh

00:32:15.539 --> 00:32:16.220
 day that God

00:32:16.220 --> 00:32:16.820
 rests

00:32:16.820 --> 00:32:19.279
 so here we see

00:32:19.279 --> 00:32:20.100
 Jesus is actually

00:32:20.100 --> 00:32:20.880
 making a second

00:32:20.880 --> 00:32:21.960
 claim to be God

00:32:21.960 --> 00:32:24.299
 he's making a second

00:32:24.299 --> 00:32:25.640
 claim to be God

00:32:25.640 --> 00:32:27.019
 he's saying

00:32:27.019 --> 00:32:28.740
 that the Lord

00:32:28.740 --> 00:32:29.580
 who created the

00:32:29.580 --> 00:32:29.880
 Sabbath

00:32:29.880 --> 00:32:31.000
 is now standing

00:32:31.000 --> 00:32:31.840
 in front of you

00:32:31.840 --> 00:32:33.779
 and he's pointing out

00:32:33.779 --> 00:32:34.660
 that why did God

00:32:34.660 --> 00:32:35.400
 create the Sabbath

00:32:35.400 --> 00:32:36.640
 God created the Sabbath

00:32:36.640 --> 00:32:40.420
 to bless human beings

00:32:40.420 --> 00:32:42.220
 God created the Sabbath

00:32:42.220 --> 00:32:43.600
 so that they would

00:32:43.600 --> 00:32:44.220
 know that there's

00:32:44.220 --> 00:32:45.800
 a dignity to work

00:32:45.800 --> 00:32:48.040
 there's a goodness

00:32:48.040 --> 00:32:49.360
 to work

00:32:49.360 --> 00:32:52.220
 but there's also

00:32:52.220 --> 00:32:52.880
 a goodness

00:32:52.880 --> 00:32:53.620
 and a dignity

00:32:53.620 --> 00:32:54.600
 to rest

00:32:54.600 --> 00:32:56.060
 and that part

00:32:56.060 --> 00:32:56.800
 of the dignity

00:32:56.800 --> 00:32:57.800
 of what part of

00:32:57.800 --> 00:32:58.220
 the thing about

00:32:58.220 --> 00:32:58.780
 the Sabbath

00:32:58.780 --> 00:33:00.259
 is that human beings

00:33:00.259 --> 00:33:01.520
 do not have to worry

00:33:01.520 --> 00:33:03.259
 and grasp all the time

00:33:03.259 --> 00:33:04.440
 that God will bless

00:33:04.440 --> 00:33:05.160
 and so you can have

00:33:05.160 --> 00:33:06.360
 a day when all you do

00:33:06.359 --> 00:33:07.599
 is you gather

00:33:07.599 --> 00:33:09.119
 to spend fellowship

00:33:09.119 --> 00:33:09.759
 with God

00:33:09.759 --> 00:33:10.719
 fellowship with other

00:33:10.719 --> 00:33:11.500
 human beings

00:33:11.500 --> 00:33:12.559
 to sleep

00:33:12.559 --> 00:33:13.599
 to eat lots of

00:33:13.599 --> 00:33:14.399
 extra food

00:33:14.399 --> 00:33:15.319
 because God

00:33:15.319 --> 00:33:16.039
 in his bounty

00:33:16.039 --> 00:33:16.799
 is desiring

00:33:16.799 --> 00:33:17.799
 to bless you

00:33:17.799 --> 00:33:18.679
 and to give you

00:33:18.679 --> 00:33:19.139
 a rhythm

00:33:19.139 --> 00:33:19.740
 and an order

00:33:19.740 --> 00:33:20.439
 to your life

00:33:20.439 --> 00:33:21.279
 that will make you

00:33:21.279 --> 00:33:22.039
 more fruitful

00:33:22.039 --> 00:33:23.579
 and able to fulfill

00:33:23.579 --> 00:33:25.179
 your creational intentions

00:33:25.179 --> 00:33:26.379
 and that's what God

00:33:26.379 --> 00:33:27.259
 has done

00:33:27.259 --> 00:33:28.859
 in creating the Sabbath

00:33:28.859 --> 00:33:30.259
 and this is how it touches

00:33:30.259 --> 00:33:32.039
 a third whole category

00:33:32.039 --> 00:33:33.039
 of intuitions

00:33:33.039 --> 00:33:33.740
 or clues

00:33:33.740 --> 00:33:36.759
 like if one set

00:33:36.759 --> 00:33:37.420
 of intuitions

00:33:37.420 --> 00:33:37.960
 and clues

00:33:37.960 --> 00:33:38.740
 is that love

00:33:38.740 --> 00:33:39.259
 is stronger

00:33:39.259 --> 00:33:39.920
 than death

00:33:39.920 --> 00:33:41.859
 like you can't

00:33:41.859 --> 00:33:42.339
 prove that

00:33:42.339 --> 00:33:43.259
 scientifically

00:33:43.259 --> 00:33:45.140
 an atheist

00:33:45.140 --> 00:33:45.720
 would say

00:33:45.720 --> 00:33:46.279
 that you just

00:33:46.279 --> 00:33:47.039
 I mean

00:33:47.039 --> 00:33:47.400
 Nietzsche

00:33:47.400 --> 00:33:48.259
 would just say

00:33:48.259 --> 00:33:50.099
 you don't have

00:33:50.099 --> 00:33:50.799
 the courage

00:33:50.799 --> 00:33:51.420
 to reject

00:33:51.420 --> 00:33:52.420
 the Christian faith

00:33:52.420 --> 00:33:53.279
 to acknowledge

00:33:53.279 --> 00:33:53.700
 that God

00:33:53.700 --> 00:33:54.200
 is dead

00:33:54.200 --> 00:33:56.500
 but we have

00:33:56.500 --> 00:33:57.519
 these dang

00:33:57.519 --> 00:33:58.279
 clues

00:33:58.279 --> 00:33:59.120
 and intuitions

00:33:59.120 --> 00:33:59.500
 that love

00:33:59.500 --> 00:33:59.940
 is stronger

00:33:59.940 --> 00:34:00.440
 than death

00:34:00.440 --> 00:34:00.799
 and we have

00:34:00.799 --> 00:34:01.420
 these dang

00:34:01.420 --> 00:34:01.880
 clues

00:34:01.880 --> 00:34:02.579
 and intuitions

00:34:02.579 --> 00:34:03.079
 that the world

00:34:03.079 --> 00:34:03.699
 is broken

00:34:03.699 --> 00:34:05.720
 and that

00:34:05.720 --> 00:34:06.339
 there must

00:34:06.339 --> 00:34:06.939
 be a way

00:34:06.939 --> 00:34:07.720
 to have the world

00:34:07.720 --> 00:34:08.599
 be unbroken

00:34:08.599 --> 00:34:09.920
 and fixed

00:34:09.920 --> 00:34:11.819
 and this is a different

00:34:11.819 --> 00:34:12.759
 type of intuition

00:34:12.759 --> 00:34:13.639
 and it's saying

00:34:13.639 --> 00:34:14.940
 it's the intuition

00:34:14.940 --> 00:34:15.579
 that comes

00:34:15.579 --> 00:34:16.960
 if you're on a canoe trip

00:34:16.960 --> 00:34:19.519
 or you're camping

00:34:19.519 --> 00:34:22.759
 and you're just

00:34:22.759 --> 00:34:23.259
 in the beauty

00:34:23.259 --> 00:34:23.900
 of nature

00:34:23.900 --> 00:34:24.920
 and the stillness

00:34:24.920 --> 00:34:25.699
 if those of you

00:34:25.699 --> 00:34:26.299
 who've been outside

00:34:26.299 --> 00:34:26.860
 of the city

00:34:26.860 --> 00:34:28.299
 where you're far away

00:34:28.299 --> 00:34:29.360
 from the city

00:34:29.360 --> 00:34:30.819
 there's a

00:34:30.820 --> 00:34:31.420
 there's a type

00:34:31.420 --> 00:34:32.039
 of a weight

00:34:32.039 --> 00:34:32.840
 or a presence

00:34:32.840 --> 00:34:33.840
 of the silence

00:34:33.840 --> 00:34:35.360
 it's not just

00:34:35.360 --> 00:34:35.880
 the same

00:34:35.880 --> 00:34:37.460
 as being in the city

00:34:37.460 --> 00:34:38.140
 where it's silent

00:34:38.140 --> 00:34:40.039
 and even

00:34:40.039 --> 00:34:41.180
 not just so much

00:34:41.180 --> 00:34:42.080
 that with nature

00:34:42.080 --> 00:34:43.160
 my wife and I

00:34:43.160 --> 00:34:43.860
 like about a month

00:34:43.860 --> 00:34:44.400
 or so ago

00:34:44.400 --> 00:34:45.660
 we were in Montreal

00:34:45.660 --> 00:34:46.340
 and we went

00:34:46.340 --> 00:34:47.400
 through Mount Royal Park

00:34:47.400 --> 00:34:47.840
 and everything

00:34:47.840 --> 00:34:48.960
 and there's just

00:34:48.960 --> 00:34:50.019
 something beautiful

00:34:50.019 --> 00:34:51.500
 about that mixture

00:34:51.500 --> 00:34:53.760
 of the beauty

00:34:53.760 --> 00:34:54.500
 of nature

00:34:54.500 --> 00:34:57.260
 and kids playing

00:34:57.260 --> 00:34:58.980
 and all men

00:34:58.980 --> 00:34:59.600
 and all women

00:34:59.600 --> 00:35:00.120
 walking

00:35:00.120 --> 00:35:01.680
 and you're safe

00:35:01.680 --> 00:35:02.400
 and at peace

00:35:02.400 --> 00:35:04.080
 and you just have

00:35:04.080 --> 00:35:05.000
 a sense of

00:35:05.000 --> 00:35:07.340
 there's something

00:35:07.340 --> 00:35:08.320
 about that

00:35:08.320 --> 00:35:09.220
 that's just

00:35:09.220 --> 00:35:10.180
 more

00:35:10.180 --> 00:35:10.860
 there's something

00:35:10.860 --> 00:35:11.920
 transcendent

00:35:11.920 --> 00:35:12.600
 about it

00:35:12.600 --> 00:35:16.040
 just from the

00:35:16.040 --> 00:35:17.120
 original creation

00:35:17.119 --> 00:35:26.159
 see part of the

00:35:26.159 --> 00:35:26.639
 problem that we

00:35:26.639 --> 00:35:27.460
 have in Canada

00:35:27.460 --> 00:35:30.139
 and we Canadians

00:35:30.139 --> 00:35:31.059
 drink it in

00:35:31.059 --> 00:35:33.079
 I mean we

00:35:33.079 --> 00:35:33.500
 Christians

00:35:33.500 --> 00:35:34.519
 drink it in

00:35:34.519 --> 00:35:35.679
 and I think

00:35:35.679 --> 00:35:36.440
 actually it's

00:35:36.440 --> 00:35:37.259
 a fundamentally

00:35:37.259 --> 00:35:38.219
 human problem

00:35:38.219 --> 00:35:38.839
 that's worse

00:35:38.839 --> 00:35:39.599
 at some times

00:35:39.599 --> 00:35:40.079
 than others

00:35:40.079 --> 00:35:41.759
 is that we have

00:35:41.759 --> 00:35:43.019
 unrecognized

00:35:43.019 --> 00:35:44.299
 incoherence

00:35:44.300 --> 00:35:46.539
 unrecognized

00:35:46.539 --> 00:35:47.460
 incoherence

00:35:47.460 --> 00:35:47.980
 you've heard me

00:35:47.980 --> 00:35:48.560
 talk about it

00:35:48.560 --> 00:35:48.820
 before

00:35:48.820 --> 00:35:49.400
 but if you think

00:35:49.400 --> 00:35:49.820
 about it

00:35:49.820 --> 00:35:50.600
 for a second

00:35:50.600 --> 00:35:51.300
 on one hand

00:35:51.300 --> 00:35:52.920
 we read an article

00:35:52.920 --> 00:35:54.080
 that tells us

00:35:54.080 --> 00:35:55.820
 that evolution

00:35:55.820 --> 00:35:56.539
 is true

00:35:56.539 --> 00:35:57.340
 and that everything

00:35:57.340 --> 00:35:58.320
 that came to exist

00:35:58.320 --> 00:35:59.100
 was through

00:35:59.100 --> 00:35:59.539
 that can be

00:35:59.539 --> 00:36:00.120
 explained through

00:36:00.120 --> 00:36:00.840
 that mechanism

00:36:00.840 --> 00:36:02.420
 and then maybe

00:36:02.420 --> 00:36:03.180
 after that

00:36:03.180 --> 00:36:04.180
 we go to a funeral

00:36:04.180 --> 00:36:05.440
 where we hear

00:36:05.440 --> 00:36:06.000
 about a person

00:36:06.000 --> 00:36:06.560
 who's died

00:36:06.560 --> 00:36:07.120
 or we talk

00:36:07.120 --> 00:36:07.720
 to a friend

00:36:07.720 --> 00:36:08.320
 who's lost

00:36:08.320 --> 00:36:08.920
 a loved one

00:36:08.920 --> 00:36:09.960
 and we both

00:36:09.960 --> 00:36:10.360
 just say

00:36:10.360 --> 00:36:10.760
 they've gone

00:36:10.760 --> 00:36:11.840
 to a better place

00:36:11.840 --> 00:36:13.980
 never sort of

00:36:13.980 --> 00:36:14.300
 thinking

00:36:14.300 --> 00:36:14.840
 that if we've

00:36:14.840 --> 00:36:15.139
 actually

00:36:15.139 --> 00:36:15.559
 if there is

00:36:15.559 --> 00:36:16.099
 a better place

00:36:16.099 --> 00:36:16.639
 to go to

00:36:16.639 --> 00:36:17.240
 then that means

00:36:17.240 --> 00:36:18.000
 that how you've

00:36:18.000 --> 00:36:18.659
 just described

00:36:18.659 --> 00:36:19.400
 how things came

00:36:19.400 --> 00:36:19.659
 to be

00:36:19.659 --> 00:36:20.539
 can't be true

00:36:20.539 --> 00:36:22.240
 that that's

00:36:22.240 --> 00:36:22.800
 like

00:36:22.800 --> 00:36:25.280
 incoherent

00:36:25.280 --> 00:36:27.579
 and then after

00:36:27.579 --> 00:36:28.480
 you've done that

00:36:28.480 --> 00:36:29.800
 you have a bit

00:36:29.800 --> 00:36:30.619
 of another discussion

00:36:30.619 --> 00:36:31.260
 about how to

00:36:31.260 --> 00:36:32.099
 understand a

00:36:32.099 --> 00:36:32.960
 particular moral

00:36:32.960 --> 00:36:33.860
 or ethical issue

00:36:33.860 --> 00:36:34.400
 that you're

00:36:34.400 --> 00:36:35.500
 trying to understand

00:36:35.500 --> 00:36:35.980
 but you never

00:36:35.980 --> 00:36:36.559
 stop to think

00:36:36.559 --> 00:36:37.000
 one moment

00:36:37.000 --> 00:36:38.340
 my understanding

00:36:38.340 --> 00:36:39.099
 of the better place

00:36:39.099 --> 00:36:39.980
 has nothing to do

00:36:39.980 --> 00:36:41.440
 with how I understand

00:36:41.440 --> 00:36:42.579
 how to live my life

00:36:42.579 --> 00:36:43.279
 in a way

00:36:43.279 --> 00:36:44.400
 that's good

00:36:44.400 --> 00:36:45.619
 and that has

00:36:45.619 --> 00:36:46.239
 nothing to do

00:36:46.239 --> 00:36:47.259
 with how I think

00:36:47.259 --> 00:36:48.299
 things came to be

00:36:48.299 --> 00:36:48.759
 but we never

00:36:48.759 --> 00:36:49.360
 stop to think

00:36:49.360 --> 00:36:49.940
 that those things

00:36:49.940 --> 00:36:50.759
 might be completely

00:36:50.759 --> 00:36:51.739
 incoherent

00:36:51.739 --> 00:36:54.159
 and then we go

00:36:54.159 --> 00:36:54.980
 after having that

00:36:54.980 --> 00:36:55.819
 discussion on our way

00:36:55.819 --> 00:36:56.039
 home

00:36:56.039 --> 00:36:56.539
 we go to buy

00:36:56.539 --> 00:36:57.299
 some crystals

00:36:57.299 --> 00:36:59.920
 or some other

00:36:59.920 --> 00:37:01.000
 types of techniques

00:37:01.000 --> 00:37:01.739
 that can help us

00:37:01.739 --> 00:37:02.299
 to get in touch

00:37:02.299 --> 00:37:03.039
 with the spiritual

00:37:03.039 --> 00:37:03.420
 things

00:37:03.420 --> 00:37:04.099
 never stopping

00:37:04.099 --> 00:37:04.440
 to think

00:37:04.440 --> 00:37:05.199
 that how we think

00:37:05.199 --> 00:37:05.940
 that right and wrong

00:37:05.940 --> 00:37:06.380
 happens

00:37:06.380 --> 00:37:07.299
 and how that

00:37:07.299 --> 00:37:08.039
 better place is

00:37:08.039 --> 00:37:08.699
 that when we die

00:37:08.699 --> 00:37:09.259
 and how things

00:37:09.259 --> 00:37:09.739
 came to be

00:37:09.739 --> 00:37:10.199
 in crystals

00:37:10.199 --> 00:37:11.759
 that's completely

00:37:11.759 --> 00:37:12.919
 incoherent

00:37:12.919 --> 00:37:14.779
 like those things

00:37:14.779 --> 00:37:15.619
 don't fit

00:37:15.619 --> 00:37:18.119
 like they don't

00:37:18.119 --> 00:37:18.919
 fit with each other

00:37:18.919 --> 00:37:19.259
 at all

00:37:19.259 --> 00:37:19.959
 like the better

00:37:19.959 --> 00:37:20.959
 place if that's true

00:37:20.959 --> 00:37:21.699
 then how on earth

00:37:21.699 --> 00:37:22.339
 does that work

00:37:22.339 --> 00:37:23.479
 with the crystals

00:37:23.479 --> 00:37:24.959
 and how is it

00:37:24.959 --> 00:37:25.319
 that you can have

00:37:25.319 --> 00:37:25.979
 a good life

00:37:25.979 --> 00:37:26.419
 but that has

00:37:26.419 --> 00:37:26.779
 nothing to do

00:37:26.779 --> 00:37:26.919
 with the

00:37:26.919 --> 00:37:27.919
 like that's

00:37:27.919 --> 00:37:28.539
 completely and

00:37:28.539 --> 00:37:29.799
 utterly incoherent

00:37:29.799 --> 00:37:31.119
 and then from that

00:37:31.119 --> 00:37:31.719
 we might go

00:37:31.719 --> 00:37:32.179
 to have

00:37:32.179 --> 00:37:32.959
 to watch

00:37:32.959 --> 00:37:33.919
 to listen to some music

00:37:33.919 --> 00:37:34.759
 and have a profound

00:37:34.759 --> 00:37:36.519
 aesthetic experience

00:37:36.519 --> 00:37:37.419
 but never stop

00:37:37.419 --> 00:37:37.739
 to think

00:37:37.739 --> 00:37:38.439
 that our aesthetic

00:37:38.440 --> 00:37:39.220
 experience

00:37:39.220 --> 00:37:40.119
 is different

00:37:40.119 --> 00:37:40.860
 than the crystals

00:37:40.860 --> 00:37:41.639
 which is different

00:37:41.639 --> 00:37:42.420
 than how you live

00:37:42.420 --> 00:37:43.019
 which is different

00:37:43.019 --> 00:37:43.420
 than the better

00:37:43.420 --> 00:37:43.920
 place you go

00:37:43.920 --> 00:37:44.320
 when you die

00:37:44.320 --> 00:37:44.780
 and it's different

00:37:44.780 --> 00:37:45.320
 than evolution

00:37:45.320 --> 00:37:46.340
 and we walk

00:37:46.340 --> 00:37:46.740
 through life

00:37:46.740 --> 00:37:47.519
 never realizing

00:37:47.519 --> 00:37:48.139
 that these things

00:37:48.139 --> 00:37:48.740
 are completely

00:37:48.740 --> 00:37:49.079
 in our

00:37:49.079 --> 00:37:50.039
 we live

00:37:50.039 --> 00:37:50.840
 in complete

00:37:50.840 --> 00:37:51.400
 and utter

00:37:51.400 --> 00:37:52.220
 unconscious

00:37:52.220 --> 00:37:54.740
 incoherence

00:37:54.740 --> 00:37:58.159
 and the shocking

00:37:58.159 --> 00:37:58.840
 thing here

00:37:58.840 --> 00:37:59.500
 of the bible

00:37:59.500 --> 00:38:00.380
 is that Jesus

00:38:00.380 --> 00:38:01.079
 says he is

00:38:01.079 --> 00:38:01.960
 the bridegroom

00:38:01.960 --> 00:38:03.079
 and Jesus

00:38:03.079 --> 00:38:03.679
 says he is

00:38:03.679 --> 00:38:04.139
 the lord

00:38:04.139 --> 00:38:05.059
 of the sabbath

00:38:05.059 --> 00:38:05.920
 and Jesus

00:38:05.920 --> 00:38:06.720
 says he is

00:38:06.720 --> 00:38:07.579
 the bridegroom

00:38:07.579 --> 00:38:08.599
 who will out of

00:38:08.599 --> 00:38:09.480
 for love's sake

00:38:09.480 --> 00:38:10.440
 and mercy's sake

00:38:10.440 --> 00:38:11.139
 will die

00:38:11.139 --> 00:38:12.259
 for the beloved

00:38:12.259 --> 00:38:15.579
 that in a sense

00:38:15.579 --> 00:38:16.119
 when you become

00:38:16.119 --> 00:38:16.559
 a Christian

00:38:16.559 --> 00:38:17.099
 you are being

00:38:17.099 --> 00:38:18.059
 invited to leave

00:38:18.059 --> 00:38:19.099
 your incoherence

00:38:19.099 --> 00:38:19.619
 behind

00:38:19.619 --> 00:38:20.579
 and to walk

00:38:20.579 --> 00:38:21.440
 to the end

00:38:21.440 --> 00:38:22.779
 to understand

00:38:22.779 --> 00:38:24.400
 that your intuitions

00:38:24.400 --> 00:38:25.840
 all meet

00:38:25.840 --> 00:38:27.139
 in just one person

00:38:27.139 --> 00:38:27.880
 the true and living

00:38:27.880 --> 00:38:28.380
 God

00:38:28.380 --> 00:38:29.159
 Jesus

00:38:29.159 --> 00:38:29.980
 God

00:38:29.980 --> 00:38:30.739
 the son of God

00:38:30.739 --> 00:38:31.539
 who came to die

00:38:31.539 --> 00:38:31.960
 for you

00:38:31.960 --> 00:38:38.639
 and you see

00:38:38.639 --> 00:38:39.599
 it's why

00:38:39.599 --> 00:38:40.420
 when you

00:38:40.420 --> 00:38:41.159
 come to

00:38:41.159 --> 00:38:41.559
 understand

00:38:41.559 --> 00:38:42.099
 that it's

00:38:42.099 --> 00:38:42.679
 only in

00:38:42.679 --> 00:38:43.099
 Jesus

00:38:43.099 --> 00:38:44.380
 that the

00:38:44.380 --> 00:38:45.440
 incoherent

00:38:45.440 --> 00:38:46.360
 intuitions

00:38:46.360 --> 00:38:47.059
 and longings

00:38:47.059 --> 00:38:47.699
 and practices

00:38:47.699 --> 00:38:48.420
 of our lives

00:38:48.420 --> 00:38:48.880
 can start

00:38:48.880 --> 00:38:49.280
 to find

00:38:49.280 --> 00:38:49.639
 a unity

00:38:49.639 --> 00:38:50.139
 not just

00:38:50.139 --> 00:38:50.500
 a unity

00:38:50.500 --> 00:38:50.860
 that we

00:38:50.860 --> 00:38:51.320
 create

00:38:51.320 --> 00:38:52.119
 because we

00:38:52.119 --> 00:38:52.460
 have to

00:38:52.460 --> 00:38:52.760
 find

00:38:52.760 --> 00:38:54.059
 a unity

00:38:54.059 --> 00:38:55.019
 but because

00:38:55.019 --> 00:38:55.800
 it's a natural

00:38:55.800 --> 00:38:56.139
 unity

00:38:56.139 --> 00:38:56.519
 it's not

00:38:56.519 --> 00:38:57.059
 something we

00:38:57.059 --> 00:38:57.599
 create

00:38:57.599 --> 00:38:58.240
 or invent

00:38:58.240 --> 00:38:59.000
 it's something

00:38:59.000 --> 00:38:59.780
 we discover

00:38:59.780 --> 00:39:00.680
 or recognize

00:39:00.680 --> 00:39:01.920
 it's not

00:39:01.920 --> 00:39:02.300
 something

00:39:02.300 --> 00:39:02.680
 that we

00:39:02.680 --> 00:39:03.280
 manufacture

00:39:03.280 --> 00:39:04.600
 but something

00:39:04.600 --> 00:39:05.120
 that's there

00:39:05.120 --> 00:39:05.640
 that we can

00:39:05.640 --> 00:39:06.300
 enter into

00:39:06.300 --> 00:39:07.220
 and that when

00:39:07.220 --> 00:39:07.640
 we enter

00:39:07.640 --> 00:39:08.060
 into it

00:39:08.060 --> 00:39:08.560
 we can learn

00:39:08.560 --> 00:39:08.940
 to live

00:39:08.940 --> 00:39:09.580
 out of it

00:39:09.580 --> 00:39:10.420
 and as we

00:39:10.420 --> 00:39:10.840
 learn to

00:39:10.840 --> 00:39:11.200
 live out

00:39:11.200 --> 00:39:11.420
 of it

00:39:11.420 --> 00:39:12.000
 as we let

00:39:12.000 --> 00:39:12.920
 the story

00:39:12.920 --> 00:39:13.700
 of the gospel

00:39:13.700 --> 00:39:14.420
 and the story

00:39:14.420 --> 00:39:15.000
 of the God

00:39:15.000 --> 00:39:15.360
 who's created

00:39:15.360 --> 00:39:15.960
 all things

00:39:15.960 --> 00:39:16.560
 and the breaking

00:39:16.560 --> 00:39:17.260
 of all things

00:39:17.260 --> 00:39:17.720
 and the fact

00:39:17.720 --> 00:39:18.160
 that God

00:39:18.160 --> 00:39:18.460
 has done

00:39:18.460 --> 00:39:18.780
 something

00:39:18.780 --> 00:39:19.340
 in the person

00:39:19.340 --> 00:39:19.920
 of his son

00:39:19.920 --> 00:39:20.620
 which will

00:39:20.620 --> 00:39:21.200
 restore

00:39:21.200 --> 00:39:22.019
 and rectify

00:39:22.019 --> 00:39:22.640
 and renew

00:39:22.640 --> 00:39:23.340
 and rebuild

00:39:23.340 --> 00:39:24.200
 all things

00:39:24.200 --> 00:39:24.600
 and there's

00:39:24.600 --> 00:39:25.080
 this one

00:39:25.080 --> 00:39:25.920
 story

00:39:25.920 --> 00:39:26.800
 it helps us

00:39:26.800 --> 00:39:27.460
 to understand

00:39:27.460 --> 00:39:28.080
 how we can

00:39:28.080 --> 00:39:29.720
 see

00:39:29.719 --> 00:39:30.159
 here's the

00:39:30.159 --> 00:39:30.459
 problem

00:39:30.459 --> 00:39:31.239
 with fasting

00:39:31.239 --> 00:39:34.019
 people use

00:39:34.019 --> 00:39:34.559
 fasting

00:39:34.559 --> 00:39:35.480
 to make

00:39:35.480 --> 00:39:35.939
 themselves

00:39:35.939 --> 00:39:36.939
 more powerful

00:39:36.939 --> 00:39:39.559
 but what's

00:39:39.559 --> 00:39:39.980
 at the heart

00:39:39.980 --> 00:39:40.339
 of being

00:39:40.339 --> 00:39:42.679
 how many

00:39:42.679 --> 00:39:43.099
 people

00:39:43.099 --> 00:39:44.019
 don't you

00:39:44.019 --> 00:39:44.179
 think

00:39:44.179 --> 00:39:44.480
 if you're

00:39:44.480 --> 00:39:44.739
 watching

00:39:44.739 --> 00:39:45.139
 a TV

00:39:45.139 --> 00:39:45.379
 show

00:39:45.379 --> 00:39:45.839
 or a movie

00:39:45.839 --> 00:39:46.119
 and the

00:39:46.119 --> 00:39:46.399
 person

00:39:46.399 --> 00:39:46.759
 says

00:39:46.759 --> 00:39:47.439
 I'd really

00:39:47.439 --> 00:39:47.799
 like to

00:39:47.799 --> 00:39:48.059
 have a

00:39:48.059 --> 00:39:48.239
 love

00:39:48.239 --> 00:39:48.779
 relationship

00:39:48.779 --> 00:39:49.219
 I think

00:39:49.219 --> 00:39:49.459
 what I

00:39:49.459 --> 00:39:49.699
 got to

00:39:49.699 --> 00:39:49.799
 do

00:39:49.799 --> 00:39:50.139
 is make

00:39:50.139 --> 00:39:50.480
 myself

00:39:50.480 --> 00:39:50.839
 way more

00:39:50.839 --> 00:39:51.379
 powerful

00:39:51.379 --> 00:39:52.299
 and people

00:39:52.299 --> 00:39:52.579
 would be

00:39:52.579 --> 00:39:52.799
 going

00:39:52.799 --> 00:39:56.859
 I think

00:39:56.860 --> 00:39:58.320
 making

00:39:58.320 --> 00:39:58.740
 yourself

00:39:58.740 --> 00:39:59.019
 more

00:39:59.019 --> 00:39:59.300
 and more

00:39:59.300 --> 00:39:59.559
 and more

00:39:59.559 --> 00:39:59.860
 and more

00:39:59.860 --> 00:40:00.360
 and more

00:40:00.360 --> 00:40:00.640
 and more

00:40:00.640 --> 00:40:00.880
 and more

00:40:00.880 --> 00:40:01.420
 and more

00:40:01.420 --> 00:40:01.700
 and more

00:40:01.700 --> 00:40:01.980
 and more

00:40:01.980 --> 00:40:02.620
 powerful

00:40:02.620 --> 00:40:03.220
 isn't

00:40:03.220 --> 00:40:03.800
 probably

00:40:03.800 --> 00:40:04.420
 the way

00:40:04.420 --> 00:40:04.820
 that you

00:40:04.820 --> 00:40:05.140
 enter

00:40:05.140 --> 00:40:05.680
 into a

00:40:05.680 --> 00:40:05.940
 love

00:40:05.940 --> 00:40:06.720
 relationship

00:40:06.720 --> 00:40:07.180
 because

00:40:07.180 --> 00:40:07.740
 that

00:40:07.740 --> 00:40:08.880
 normally

00:40:08.880 --> 00:40:09.720
 implies

00:40:09.720 --> 00:40:10.460
 I don't

00:40:10.460 --> 00:40:10.800
 know

00:40:10.800 --> 00:40:11.820
 vulnerability

00:40:11.820 --> 00:40:14.640
 giving in

00:40:14.640 --> 00:40:16.660
 forgiving

00:40:16.660 --> 00:40:17.180
 the other

00:40:17.180 --> 00:40:17.920
 person

00:40:17.920 --> 00:40:23.240
 you see

00:40:23.240 --> 00:40:23.700
 in religious

00:40:23.700 --> 00:40:24.280
 traditions

00:40:24.280 --> 00:40:24.920
 and spiritual

00:40:24.920 --> 00:40:25.480
 traditions

00:40:25.480 --> 00:40:26.240
 you fast

00:40:26.240 --> 00:40:27.180
 to clean

00:40:27.180 --> 00:40:27.680
 your body

00:40:27.680 --> 00:40:28.260
 of toxins

00:40:28.260 --> 00:40:28.659
 to be

00:40:28.659 --> 00:40:28.880
 more

00:40:28.880 --> 00:40:29.320
 powerful

00:40:29.320 --> 00:40:30.039
 you fast

00:40:30.039 --> 00:40:30.980
 to show

00:40:30.980 --> 00:40:31.320
 that you're

00:40:31.320 --> 00:40:31.559
 part of

00:40:31.559 --> 00:40:32.159
 the justified

00:40:32.159 --> 00:40:33.099
 to earn

00:40:33.099 --> 00:40:33.760
 those brownie

00:40:33.760 --> 00:40:34.019
 points

00:40:34.019 --> 00:40:34.400
 to be right

00:40:34.400 --> 00:40:34.780
 with God

00:40:34.780 --> 00:40:35.039
 in other

00:40:35.039 --> 00:40:35.200
 words

00:40:35.200 --> 00:40:35.680
 to become

00:40:35.680 --> 00:40:36.240
 more

00:40:36.240 --> 00:40:36.760
 powerful

00:40:36.760 --> 00:40:37.159
 but in

00:40:37.159 --> 00:40:37.599
 Christian

00:40:37.599 --> 00:40:38.119
 fasting

00:40:38.119 --> 00:40:39.280
 and obviously

00:40:39.280 --> 00:40:39.940
 Christians get

00:40:39.940 --> 00:40:40.420
 this wrong

00:40:40.420 --> 00:40:40.980
 all the time

00:40:40.980 --> 00:40:41.480
 they slip

00:40:41.480 --> 00:40:41.980
 into doing

00:40:41.980 --> 00:40:42.320
 it as a

00:40:42.320 --> 00:40:42.579
 way to

00:40:42.579 --> 00:40:42.980
 try to

00:40:42.980 --> 00:40:44.320
 get more

00:40:44.320 --> 00:40:44.720
 power

00:40:44.720 --> 00:40:44.960
 earned

00:40:44.960 --> 00:40:45.300
 brownie

00:40:45.300 --> 00:40:45.519
 points

00:40:45.519 --> 00:40:45.740
 but at

00:40:45.740 --> 00:40:46.019
 the heart

00:40:46.019 --> 00:40:46.579
 of fasting

00:40:46.579 --> 00:40:47.619
 is that

00:40:47.619 --> 00:40:48.539
 you voluntarily

00:40:48.539 --> 00:40:49.719
 it's connected

00:40:49.719 --> 00:40:50.500
 to that aspect

00:40:50.500 --> 00:40:50.980
 of the love

00:40:50.980 --> 00:40:51.599
 relationship

00:40:51.599 --> 00:40:52.099
 where

00:40:52.099 --> 00:40:55.179
 you know

00:40:55.179 --> 00:40:55.819
 if a husband

00:40:55.819 --> 00:40:56.319
 is never

00:40:56.319 --> 00:40:56.799
 vulnerable

00:40:56.799 --> 00:40:57.420
 with his

00:40:57.420 --> 00:40:57.839
 wife

00:40:57.839 --> 00:40:59.900
 the husband

00:40:59.900 --> 00:41:01.039
 is walking

00:41:01.039 --> 00:41:01.639
 away from

00:41:01.639 --> 00:41:02.159
 his wife

00:41:02.159 --> 00:41:05.219
 and pushing

00:41:05.219 --> 00:41:05.639
 his wife

00:41:05.639 --> 00:41:06.000
 away

00:41:06.000 --> 00:41:08.500
 we fast

00:41:08.500 --> 00:41:09.119
 not to become

00:41:09.119 --> 00:41:09.559
 strong

00:41:09.559 --> 00:41:10.179
 but to become

00:41:10.179 --> 00:41:10.699
 vulnerable

00:41:10.699 --> 00:41:11.500
 and to remember

00:41:11.500 --> 00:41:13.559
 that we have

00:41:13.559 --> 00:41:14.279
 this great

00:41:14.279 --> 00:41:15.179
 bridegroom

00:41:15.179 --> 00:41:15.799
 who's died

00:41:15.799 --> 00:41:16.219
 for us

00:41:16.219 --> 00:41:16.699
 and loves

00:41:16.699 --> 00:41:17.119
 us

00:41:17.119 --> 00:41:19.880
 and that

00:41:19.880 --> 00:41:20.079
 we are

00:41:20.079 --> 00:41:20.639
 closer to

00:41:20.639 --> 00:41:20.779
 him

00:41:20.779 --> 00:41:21.460
 in weakness

00:41:21.460 --> 00:41:29.359
 this whole

00:41:29.359 --> 00:41:29.799
 image of

00:41:29.799 --> 00:41:30.119
 the Lord

00:41:30.119 --> 00:41:30.380
 of the

00:41:30.380 --> 00:41:30.699
 Sabbath

00:41:30.699 --> 00:41:32.179
 anyway

00:41:32.179 --> 00:41:33.339
 we'll stop

00:41:33.339 --> 00:41:34.119
 there

00:41:34.119 --> 00:41:34.619
 no

00:41:34.619 --> 00:41:35.279
 I'm going

00:41:35.279 --> 00:41:35.440
 to do

00:41:35.440 --> 00:41:35.639
 that

00:41:35.639 --> 00:41:43.839
 there's

00:41:43.839 --> 00:41:44.079
 an old

00:41:44.079 --> 00:41:44.460
 joke

00:41:44.460 --> 00:41:46.279
 there's

00:41:46.279 --> 00:41:46.579
 an oil

00:41:46.579 --> 00:41:47.000
 tanker

00:41:47.000 --> 00:41:47.519
 going down

00:41:47.519 --> 00:41:47.759
 in the

00:41:47.759 --> 00:41:48.039
 water

00:41:48.039 --> 00:41:49.359
 and

00:41:49.359 --> 00:41:50.039
 they see

00:41:50.039 --> 00:41:50.400
 one

00:41:50.400 --> 00:41:50.879
 light

00:41:50.879 --> 00:41:51.420
 up ahead

00:41:51.420 --> 00:41:52.079
 big

00:41:52.079 --> 00:41:52.379
 light

00:41:52.379 --> 00:41:53.420
 but

00:41:53.420 --> 00:41:54.519
 just one

00:41:54.519 --> 00:41:54.900
 oil

00:41:54.900 --> 00:41:55.259
 tanker

00:41:55.259 --> 00:41:55.699
 has lots

00:41:55.699 --> 00:41:56.019
 of light

00:41:56.019 --> 00:41:56.460
 so they

00:41:56.460 --> 00:41:56.900
 get on

00:41:56.900 --> 00:41:57.239
 the thing

00:41:57.239 --> 00:41:57.739
 they connect

00:41:57.739 --> 00:41:58.000
 with him

00:41:58.000 --> 00:41:58.199
 on the

00:41:58.199 --> 00:41:58.480
 radio

00:41:58.480 --> 00:41:58.819
 and say

00:41:58.819 --> 00:41:59.859
 we're

00:41:59.859 --> 00:42:00.379
 an oil

00:42:00.379 --> 00:42:01.000
 tanker

00:42:01.000 --> 00:42:01.500
 you're

00:42:01.500 --> 00:42:01.779
 just

00:42:01.779 --> 00:42:02.400
 you know

00:42:02.400 --> 00:42:02.799
 we're

00:42:02.799 --> 00:42:03.019
 coming

00:42:03.019 --> 00:42:03.199
 you've

00:42:03.199 --> 00:42:03.319
 got to

00:42:03.320 --> 00:42:03.559
 get out

00:42:03.559 --> 00:42:03.760
 of her

00:42:03.760 --> 00:42:04.059
 way

00:42:04.059 --> 00:42:05.200
 the

00:42:05.200 --> 00:42:05.580
 person

00:42:05.580 --> 00:42:05.820
 at the

00:42:05.820 --> 00:42:06.140
 other end

00:42:06.140 --> 00:42:06.300
 of the

00:42:06.300 --> 00:42:06.480
 light

00:42:06.480 --> 00:42:06.740
 says

00:42:06.740 --> 00:42:06.940
 no

00:42:06.940 --> 00:42:07.080
 no

00:42:07.080 --> 00:42:07.220
 no

00:42:07.220 --> 00:42:07.340
 no

00:42:07.340 --> 00:42:07.440
 no

00:42:07.440 --> 00:42:07.720
 you

00:42:07.720 --> 00:42:08.160
 you've

00:42:08.160 --> 00:42:08.420
 got to

00:42:08.420 --> 00:42:08.700
 move

00:42:08.700 --> 00:42:09.400
 we're

00:42:09.400 --> 00:42:09.580
 not

00:42:09.580 --> 00:42:09.960
 moving

00:42:09.960 --> 00:42:11.000
 and the

00:42:11.000 --> 00:42:11.200
 oil

00:42:11.200 --> 00:42:11.580
 tanker

00:42:11.580 --> 00:42:12.039
 gets back

00:42:12.039 --> 00:42:12.300
 online

00:42:12.300 --> 00:42:12.480
 and says

00:42:12.480 --> 00:42:12.640
 no

00:42:12.640 --> 00:42:12.720
 no

00:42:12.720 --> 00:42:12.740
 no

00:42:12.740 --> 00:42:12.840
 no

00:42:12.840 --> 00:42:13.800
 you don't

00:42:13.800 --> 00:42:14.200
 understand

00:42:14.200 --> 00:42:14.640
 we're

00:42:14.640 --> 00:42:14.940
 an oil

00:42:14.940 --> 00:42:15.380
 tanker

00:42:15.380 --> 00:42:15.900
 you've got to

00:42:15.900 --> 00:42:16.080
 move

00:42:16.080 --> 00:42:16.420
 you've got to

00:42:16.420 --> 00:42:16.640
 get out

00:42:16.640 --> 00:42:16.760
 of the

00:42:16.760 --> 00:42:16.960
 way

00:42:16.960 --> 00:42:17.800
 the

00:42:17.800 --> 00:42:18.099
 other

00:42:18.099 --> 00:42:18.619
 light

00:42:18.619 --> 00:42:18.940
 comes

00:42:18.940 --> 00:42:19.300
 back

00:42:19.300 --> 00:42:19.559
 I know

00:42:19.559 --> 00:42:19.840
 we only

00:42:19.840 --> 00:42:20.039
 have

00:42:20.039 --> 00:42:20.240
 one

00:42:20.240 --> 00:42:20.440
 light

00:42:20.440 --> 00:42:20.619
 but

00:42:20.619 --> 00:42:20.880
 you're

00:42:20.880 --> 00:42:20.980
 the

00:42:20.980 --> 00:42:21.119
 one

00:42:21.119 --> 00:42:21.220
 who

00:42:21.220 --> 00:42:21.380
 has

00:42:21.380 --> 00:42:21.539
 to

00:42:21.539 --> 00:42:21.900
 move

00:42:21.900 --> 00:42:23.280
 you

00:42:23.280 --> 00:42:23.500
 have

00:42:23.500 --> 00:42:23.619
 to

00:42:23.619 --> 00:42:23.800
 move

00:42:23.800 --> 00:42:24.099
 we're

00:42:24.099 --> 00:42:24.260
 not

00:42:24.260 --> 00:42:24.639
 moving

00:42:24.639 --> 00:42:25.400
 the

00:42:25.400 --> 00:42:25.559
 oil

00:42:25.559 --> 00:42:25.820
 tanker

00:42:25.820 --> 00:42:25.920
 says

00:42:25.920 --> 00:42:26.059
 no

00:42:26.059 --> 00:42:26.179
 no

00:42:26.179 --> 00:42:26.320
 no

00:42:26.320 --> 00:42:26.420
 no

00:42:26.420 --> 00:42:26.440
 no

00:42:26.440 --> 00:42:26.820
 they're

00:42:26.820 --> 00:42:27.019
 really

00:42:27.019 --> 00:42:27.199
 getting

00:42:27.199 --> 00:42:27.619
 frustrated

00:42:27.619 --> 00:42:28.059
 you

00:42:28.059 --> 00:42:28.820
 you need

00:42:28.820 --> 00:42:28.980
 to

00:42:28.980 --> 00:42:29.420
 understand

00:42:29.420 --> 00:42:29.720
 we're

00:42:29.720 --> 00:42:29.880
 a

00:42:29.880 --> 00:42:30.199
 huge

00:42:30.199 --> 00:42:30.599
 super

00:42:30.599 --> 00:42:30.920
 oil

00:42:30.920 --> 00:42:31.480
 tanker

00:42:31.480 --> 00:42:32.460
 you've

00:42:32.460 --> 00:42:32.679
 got to

00:42:32.679 --> 00:42:32.980
 get out

00:42:32.980 --> 00:42:33.139
 of the

00:42:33.139 --> 00:42:33.440
 way

00:42:33.440 --> 00:42:34.699
 and

00:42:34.699 --> 00:42:35.220
 finally

00:42:35.220 --> 00:42:35.460
 the

00:42:35.460 --> 00:42:35.720
 person

00:42:35.720 --> 00:42:35.820
 in

00:42:35.820 --> 00:42:35.940
 their

00:42:35.940 --> 00:42:36.119
 life

00:42:36.119 --> 00:42:36.320
 says

00:42:36.320 --> 00:42:36.519
 we're

00:42:36.519 --> 00:42:36.679
 a

00:42:36.679 --> 00:42:37.039
 lighthouse

00:42:37.039 --> 00:42:39.000
 you've

00:42:39.000 --> 00:42:39.179
 got to

00:42:39.179 --> 00:42:39.380
 get out

00:42:39.380 --> 00:42:39.460
 of

00:42:39.460 --> 00:42:39.519
 the

00:42:39.519 --> 00:42:39.739
 way

00:42:39.739 --> 00:42:43.619
 and

00:42:43.619 --> 00:42:43.900
 you

00:42:43.900 --> 00:42:44.039
 see

00:42:44.039 --> 00:42:44.440
 that's

00:42:44.440 --> 00:42:44.659
 what's

00:42:44.659 --> 00:42:44.940
 happening

00:42:44.940 --> 00:42:45.320
 here

00:42:45.320 --> 00:42:45.619
 in

00:42:45.619 --> 00:42:45.800
 these

00:42:45.800 --> 00:42:46.099
 stories

00:42:46.099 --> 00:42:46.300
 it's

00:42:46.300 --> 00:42:46.440
 part

00:42:46.440 --> 00:42:46.539
 of

00:42:46.539 --> 00:42:46.719
 what's

00:42:46.719 --> 00:42:46.800
 at

00:42:46.800 --> 00:42:46.900
 the

00:42:46.900 --> 00:42:47.059
 heart

00:42:47.059 --> 00:42:47.159
 of

00:42:47.159 --> 00:42:47.239
 the

00:42:47.239 --> 00:42:47.420
 very

00:42:47.420 --> 00:42:48.039
 Christian

00:42:48.039 --> 00:42:48.539
 faith

00:42:48.539 --> 00:42:50.099
 if

00:42:50.099 --> 00:42:50.420
 Jesus

00:42:50.420 --> 00:42:50.760
 really

00:42:50.760 --> 00:42:50.980
 is

00:42:50.980 --> 00:42:51.139
 the

00:42:51.139 --> 00:42:51.840
 bridegroom

00:42:51.840 --> 00:42:53.519
 if

00:42:53.519 --> 00:42:53.699
 he

00:42:53.699 --> 00:42:53.980
 really

00:42:53.980 --> 00:42:54.219
 is

00:42:54.219 --> 00:42:54.380
 the

00:42:54.380 --> 00:42:54.559
 Lord

00:42:54.559 --> 00:42:54.659
 of

00:42:54.659 --> 00:42:54.820
 the

00:42:54.820 --> 00:42:55.199
 Sabbath

00:42:55.199 --> 00:42:56.780
 then

00:42:56.780 --> 00:42:57.000
 what

00:42:57.000 --> 00:42:57.260
 that

00:42:57.260 --> 00:42:57.579
 means

00:42:57.579 --> 00:42:57.840
 is

00:42:57.840 --> 00:42:58.059
 that

00:42:58.059 --> 00:42:58.380
 we

00:42:58.380 --> 00:42:58.519
 in

00:42:58.519 --> 00:42:58.639
 a

00:42:58.639 --> 00:42:58.880
 sense

00:42:58.880 --> 00:42:59.179
 don't

00:42:59.179 --> 00:42:59.380
 just

00:42:59.380 --> 00:42:59.579
 sort

00:42:59.579 --> 00:42:59.719
 of

00:42:59.719 --> 00:42:59.980
 fit

00:42:59.980 --> 00:43:00.360
 him

00:43:00.360 --> 00:43:00.760
 into

00:43:00.760 --> 00:43:01.119
 our

00:43:01.119 --> 00:43:01.719
 life

00:43:01.719 --> 00:43:03.019
 as

00:43:03.019 --> 00:43:03.179
 if

00:43:03.179 --> 00:43:03.519
 somehow

00:43:03.519 --> 00:43:03.880
 our

00:43:03.880 --> 00:43:04.639
 criteria

00:43:04.639 --> 00:43:05.039
 our

00:43:05.039 --> 00:43:05.260
 way

00:43:05.260 --> 00:43:05.380
 of

00:43:05.380 --> 00:43:05.800
 understanding

00:43:05.800 --> 00:43:06.000
 the

00:43:09.000 --> 00:43:10.239
 part

00:43:10.239 --> 00:43:10.380
 of

00:43:10.380 --> 00:43:10.500
 our

00:43:10.500 --> 00:43:10.900
 day

00:43:10.900 --> 00:43:11.179
 or

00:43:11.179 --> 00:43:11.400
 our

00:43:11.400 --> 00:43:11.760
 week

00:43:11.760 --> 00:43:13.019
 in

00:43:13.019 --> 00:43:13.159
 other

00:43:13.159 --> 00:43:13.340
 words

00:43:13.340 --> 00:43:13.539
 he

00:43:13.539 --> 00:43:13.840
 has

00:43:13.840 --> 00:43:14.000
 to

00:43:14.000 --> 00:43:14.239
 move

00:43:14.239 --> 00:43:14.559
 around

00:43:14.559 --> 00:43:14.960
 us

00:43:14.960 --> 00:43:15.179
 because

00:43:15.179 --> 00:43:15.440
 we're

00:43:15.440 --> 00:43:15.760
 big

00:43:15.760 --> 00:43:15.900
 and

00:43:15.900 --> 00:43:16.239
 he's

00:43:16.239 --> 00:43:16.719
 small

00:43:16.719 --> 00:43:17.880
 that

00:43:17.880 --> 00:43:18.179
 part

00:43:18.179 --> 00:43:18.280
 of

00:43:18.280 --> 00:43:18.420
 what

00:43:18.420 --> 00:43:18.599
 the

00:43:18.599 --> 00:43:18.940
 Christian

00:43:18.940 --> 00:43:19.239
 life

00:43:19.239 --> 00:43:19.719
 involves

00:43:19.719 --> 00:43:19.920
 is

00:43:19.920 --> 00:43:20.159
 coming

00:43:20.159 --> 00:43:20.360
 to

00:43:20.360 --> 00:43:20.860
 understand

00:43:20.860 --> 00:43:21.099
 that

00:43:21.099 --> 00:43:21.420
 he's

00:43:21.420 --> 00:43:21.599
 the

00:43:21.599 --> 00:43:21.980
 lighthouse

00:43:21.980 --> 00:43:22.599
 and

00:43:22.599 --> 00:43:23.320
 we

00:43:23.320 --> 00:43:23.599
 got

00:43:23.599 --> 00:43:23.719
 to

00:43:23.719 --> 00:43:24.000
 move

00:43:24.000 --> 00:43:24.340
 around

00:43:24.340 --> 00:43:24.739
 him

00:43:24.739 --> 00:43:27.320
 that

00:43:27.320 --> 00:43:28.139
 the

00:43:28.139 --> 00:43:28.780
 criteria

00:43:28.780 --> 00:43:29.139
 that

00:43:29.139 --> 00:43:29.420
 he

00:43:29.420 --> 00:43:30.000
 reveals

00:43:30.000 --> 00:43:30.440
 judge

00:43:30.440 --> 00:43:30.820
 our

00:43:30.820 --> 00:43:31.500
 criteria

00:43:31.500 --> 00:43:34.480
 that

00:43:34.480 --> 00:43:34.719
 we

00:43:34.719 --> 00:43:35.119
 fit

00:43:35.119 --> 00:43:35.800
 into

00:43:35.800 --> 00:43:37.039
 the

00:43:37.039 --> 00:43:37.559
 shape

00:43:37.559 --> 00:43:38.139
 of

00:43:38.139 --> 00:43:38.340
 what

00:43:38.340 --> 00:43:38.599
 he

00:43:38.599 --> 00:43:38.920
 brings

00:43:38.920 --> 00:43:39.159
 into

00:43:39.159 --> 00:43:39.340
 the

00:43:39.340 --> 00:43:39.680
 world

00:43:39.680 --> 00:43:40.200
 rather

00:43:40.200 --> 00:43:40.559
 than

00:43:40.559 --> 00:43:43.440
 what

00:43:43.440 --> 00:43:43.659
 he

00:43:43.659 --> 00:43:43.960
 brings

00:43:43.960 --> 00:43:44.139
 into

00:43:44.139 --> 00:43:44.300
 the

00:43:44.300 --> 00:43:44.579
 world

00:43:44.579 --> 00:43:44.920
 fits

00:43:44.920 --> 00:43:45.119
 into

00:43:45.119 --> 00:43:45.280
 the

00:43:45.280 --> 00:43:45.519
 shape

00:43:45.519 --> 00:43:45.659
 of

00:43:45.659 --> 00:43:45.820
 what

00:43:45.820 --> 00:43:46.099
 I'm

00:43:46.099 --> 00:43:46.300
 doing

00:43:46.300 --> 00:43:46.480
 with

00:43:46.480 --> 00:43:46.720
 my

00:43:46.720 --> 00:43:47.099
 world

00:43:47.099 --> 00:43:51.720
 that's

00:43:51.720 --> 00:43:51.920
 what it

00:43:51.920 --> 00:43:52.200
 means for

00:43:52.200 --> 00:43:52.480
 him to be

00:43:52.480 --> 00:43:52.619
 the

00:43:52.619 --> 00:43:52.820
 Lord

00:43:52.820 --> 00:43:53.059
 and to

00:43:53.059 --> 00:43:53.139
 be

00:43:53.139 --> 00:43:53.280
 the

00:43:53.280 --> 00:43:53.840
 bridegroom

00:43:53.840 --> 00:43:55.599
 and

00:43:55.599 --> 00:43:56.000
 frankly

00:43:56.000 --> 00:43:56.500
 for human

00:43:56.500 --> 00:43:56.760
 beings

00:43:56.760 --> 00:43:57.019
 that's

00:43:57.019 --> 00:43:57.240
 very

00:43:57.240 --> 00:43:57.800
 scary

00:43:57.800 --> 00:43:59.659
 that I

00:43:59.659 --> 00:44:00.059
 have to

00:44:00.059 --> 00:44:00.619
 relinquish

00:44:00.619 --> 00:44:00.880
 some

00:44:00.880 --> 00:44:01.460
 control

00:44:01.460 --> 00:44:01.860
 of my

00:44:01.860 --> 00:44:02.420
 life

00:44:02.420 --> 00:44:02.760
 and

00:44:02.760 --> 00:44:03.019
 start

00:44:03.019 --> 00:44:03.200
 to

00:44:03.200 --> 00:44:03.480
 have

00:44:03.480 --> 00:44:04.000
 his

00:44:04.000 --> 00:44:04.740
 criteria

00:44:04.740 --> 00:44:05.079
 be

00:44:05.079 --> 00:44:05.260
 the

00:44:05.260 --> 00:44:05.760
 criteria

00:44:05.760 --> 00:44:06.039
 by

00:44:06.039 --> 00:44:06.320
 which

00:44:06.320 --> 00:44:06.780
 I

00:44:06.780 --> 00:44:07.460
 evaluate

00:44:07.460 --> 00:44:08.280
 politics

00:44:08.280 --> 00:44:09.040
 and

00:44:09.040 --> 00:44:09.380
 money

00:44:09.380 --> 00:44:09.980
 and

00:44:09.980 --> 00:44:10.680
 sexuality

00:44:10.680 --> 00:44:11.120
 and

00:44:11.120 --> 00:44:11.300
 my

00:44:11.300 --> 00:44:11.840
 time

00:44:11.840 --> 00:44:12.320
 and

00:44:12.320 --> 00:44:12.980
 family

00:44:12.980 --> 00:44:15.300
 and

00:44:15.300 --> 00:44:15.980
 justice

00:44:15.980 --> 00:44:17.500
 rather than

00:44:17.500 --> 00:44:18.019
 him fitting

00:44:18.019 --> 00:44:18.900
 into my

00:44:18.900 --> 00:44:19.800
 commitments

00:44:19.800 --> 00:44:22.340
 and if

00:44:22.340 --> 00:44:22.840
 you're scared

00:44:22.840 --> 00:44:23.340
 by that

00:44:23.340 --> 00:44:24.220
 welcome to

00:44:24.220 --> 00:44:24.540
 the human

00:44:24.540 --> 00:44:25.019
 race

00:44:25.019 --> 00:44:26.320
 but all I

00:44:26.320 --> 00:44:26.820
 can say

00:44:26.820 --> 00:44:27.260
 is

00:44:27.260 --> 00:44:30.860
 what this

00:44:30.860 --> 00:44:31.340
 text is

00:44:31.340 --> 00:44:32.120
 telling us

00:44:32.119 --> 00:44:34.179
 is

00:44:34.179 --> 00:44:34.519
 why

00:44:34.519 --> 00:44:34.880
 wouldn't

00:44:34.880 --> 00:44:35.159
 you want

00:44:35.159 --> 00:44:35.219
 to

00:44:35.219 --> 00:44:35.480
 have

00:44:35.480 --> 00:44:35.719
 your

00:44:35.719 --> 00:44:36.079
 ego

00:44:36.079 --> 00:44:36.639
 die

00:44:36.639 --> 00:44:37.279
 so

00:44:37.279 --> 00:44:37.440
 that

00:44:37.440 --> 00:44:37.699
 love

00:44:37.699 --> 00:44:38.159
 forms

00:44:38.159 --> 00:44:38.380
 you

00:44:38.380 --> 00:44:39.159
 why

00:44:39.159 --> 00:44:39.400
 wouldn't

00:44:39.400 --> 00:44:52.599
 you

00:44:52.599 --> 00:44:52.759
 want

00:44:52.759 --> 00:44:53.159
 your

00:44:53.159 --> 00:44:53.219
 order

00:44:53.219 --> 00:44:53.659
 alguém

00:44:55.259 --> 00:44:56.039
 companies

00:44:56.039 --> 00:44:57.299
 and

00:44:57.299 --> 00:44:57.880
 blessing

00:44:57.880 --> 00:44:58.559
 forms

00:44:58.559 --> 00:44:58.759
 you

00:44:58.759 --> 00:45:00.359
 why

00:45:00.359 --> 00:45:00.619
 would

00:45:00.619 --> 00:45:03.759
 you want to think that your ego has to rule those things?

00:45:04.420 --> 00:45:07.819
 Don't you and I understand that if we die to our ego

00:45:07.819 --> 00:45:12.539
 and allows the one who loved us so much that he died for us

00:45:12.539 --> 00:45:16.519
 to form us, that that is both a way that

00:45:16.519 --> 00:45:19.839
 the intuitions and longings and clues of our hearts

00:45:19.839 --> 00:45:24.980
 actually we start to realize that they're not just intuitions or clues

00:45:24.980 --> 00:45:27.539
 but we can begin to enter into them and live out of them?

00:45:30.619 --> 00:45:33.839
 If you're hearing this or watching this and you're not a Christian

00:45:33.839 --> 00:45:38.219
 that's why you should become a Christian. You should say to Jesus, Jesus be my Savior and my Lord.

00:45:38.880 --> 00:45:41.500
 And for those who are here and those who are here who are Christians

00:45:41.500 --> 00:45:46.219
 that's why we say it is so good that we gather on a Sunday morning

00:45:46.219 --> 00:45:48.940
 to remember this and to recommit to it.

00:45:49.819 --> 00:45:54.619
 To remember, yes, I know it's hard to let my sexuality

00:45:54.619 --> 00:45:58.539
 be controlled by the gospel but it's worth it. I know it's hard to let my

00:45:58.539 --> 00:46:01.619
 relationship with money be shaped by the gospel but

00:46:01.619 --> 00:46:07.079
 gosh, it's worth it. Yes, my desire for vengeance, I want to just let that loose

00:46:07.079 --> 00:46:11.360
 but gosh, it's good to remember that it's better to be shaped by the gospel.

00:46:12.920 --> 00:46:15.639
 Shaped by the gospel and formed by the gospel

00:46:15.639 --> 00:46:18.920
 and learn to live out of something other than injustice or

00:46:18.920 --> 00:46:20.639
 hatred or vengeance.

00:46:20.639 --> 00:46:27.119
 It is so good to be a follower of Jesus and recommit to that.

00:46:28.159 --> 00:46:32.139
 Yes, let's live this week for his glory and the good of the city

00:46:32.139 --> 00:46:33.659
 and for our true good.

00:46:34.179 --> 00:46:35.000
 I invite you to stand.

00:46:35.000 --> 00:46:53.780
 Father, if there are any here who can feel

00:46:53.780 --> 00:46:56.780
 you knocking on the door of their heart,

00:46:57.139 --> 00:46:59.780
 we ask that the Holy Spirit would help them to

00:46:59.780 --> 00:47:03.440
 open the door and to look at Jesus and say,

00:47:03.560 --> 00:47:06.340
 Jesus, please be my Savior and please be my Lord.

00:47:07.420 --> 00:47:09.580
 Thank you that you are the bridegroom who died,

00:47:09.960 --> 00:47:11.580
 that I might be beautiful and free,

00:47:12.420 --> 00:47:14.100
 part of your beautiful and free people.

00:47:15.300 --> 00:47:17.780
 And Father, for those of us who have already opened the door

00:47:17.780 --> 00:47:20.280
 and allowed Jesus to be our Savior and our Lord,

00:47:20.940 --> 00:47:24.660
 we give you thanks and praise that we can gather on Sundays to recommit.

00:47:25.300 --> 00:47:27.780
 Father, for those of us who have mentoring relationships

00:47:27.780 --> 00:47:30.680
 or spiritual friendships or in small groups,

00:47:30.860 --> 00:47:33.600
 we give you thanks and praise that there are other times

00:47:33.600 --> 00:47:35.960
 when we can gather, whether it's with college and careers

00:47:35.960 --> 00:47:37.380
 or youth group or small groups,

00:47:37.519 --> 00:47:41.360
 and talk through how to live life shaped by the gospel

00:47:41.360 --> 00:47:44.280
 to share our triumphs and share our sorrows

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 and share our burden for the world and for the city

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 and for just life and be able to share that around the gospel

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 and to pray into that and to be formed by the gospel.

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 Father, we thank you that you have provided these means of grace

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 that are so important that we can gather around and be part of.

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 And Father, we thank you for your word.

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 We thank you for the gospel.

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 We thank you for Jesus.

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 We thank you that he is both the Lord of the Sabbath from creation

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 and he, by being the bridegroom,

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 is to be this, that you have called us to be part of a covenant of love

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 and that by his death for us, the bridegroom,

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 that he is the one who has made us, the church, beautiful.

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 Beautiful.

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 Father, we thank you for this.

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 Grip us with the gospel that we might live this week

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 shaped by the gospel, living for your glory.

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 And we ask this in the name of Jesus and all God's people said,

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 Amen.