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 Father, we ask that the Holy Spirit would fall with might and power and deep conviction upon each and every one of us as we think about your word.

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 We ask, Father, that you would bring your word home to us to confront and connect with the real me, the real each one of us in the real world,

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 so that you might do your work of grace in our lives.

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

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 So, first of all, if you have been tuning into this service hoping you were going to hear something about Mother's Day, you won't.

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 We don't really celebrate Mother's Day at Church of the Messiah.

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 Obviously, we're very pro-women and we're very pro-moms, but we don't do Mother's Day as part of our church service.

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 I hope each of you are doing whatever you can to honor moms and women wherever you are this morning.

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 In fact, actually, probably as you were listening to Daniel read the scripture text, you were probably saying that's the weirdest Mother's Day text I've ever heard of,

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 all about wailing and sorrow and misery and everything like that.

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 So, one of the things that we do is preach through books of the Bible.

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 We're going through the book of James, and that means we're going to look at something which people, many, many Canadians,

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 and to be honest, many Canadian Christians find this idea sort of such a weird idea that they downplay it or never think about it.

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 But an easy way for the average Canadian to make fun of, I would call us, biblical Christians,

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 is in fact to make fun of the doctrine of the second coming of Jesus.

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 I was just seeing something in the Babylon Bee, a satirical organization the other day,

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 showing a picture of a man looking very confused and perplexed because he was trying to read the book of Revelation

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 to figure out when Donald Trump would be president again.

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 And it's very easy for us to make fun of this doctrine, and it seems weird,

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 and in many ways it seems very, very off-putting.

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 But this text, you might not have noticed it, the text that we're going to look at today,

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 at the very heart of it is this idea of the return of Jesus.

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 In fact, just to walk towards the problem, given, even though that many Canadians think it's a very weird idea,

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 like, I don't know, is he going to sort of come down like Iron Man out of the sky,

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 and somehow the whole world's going to see him, and he's going to change everything?

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 Like, it just sounds sort of kooky and weird and not very attractive.

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 But the fact is, it's in fact an essential part of the Christian faith.

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 It's not just a little tiny bit in one part that a group of kooky Christians focus on.

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 The teaching of the fact that Jesus will one day return is a very important Christian teaching

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 all the way through the Bible.

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 Hence, even in James, it shows up.

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 So let's just look.

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 In fact, James is going to be very helpful for some of us.

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 Well, it's going to be helpful for all of us.

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 But it's going to be helpful because it brings to the fore some of the off-putting aspects to many of us

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 about the doctrine or the teaching of the second coming of Jesus.

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 So if you have your own Bibles, turn to James 4, verse 17.

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 Very helpful if you read along with me.

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 The verse will show up at the bottom of the screen,

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 but there's something about having it in your own Bible and being able to look at it,

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 maybe making notes to help bring it home to you.

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 It also helps to keep it before you so that you know I'm not playing fast and loose with the Bible.

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 I just want to try to help us understand it and to have the Bible come.

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 And at the end of the day, I think the doctrine is so important and so wise

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 and just so important for each of us that I'm hoping that after I've talked about it a little while,

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 after we've looked at the text, that even if you're not a Christian and you don't believe it,

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 that you would wish it was true, that you would wish it was true.

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 So let's look.

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 It begins like this.

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 So whoever knows, chapter 4, verse 17,

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 so whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.

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 I didn't cover this last week, and it's sort of a very important part for the next bit,

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 but let's look at the whole idea about the second coming of Christ, just see what's going on,

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 and then I'm going to come back and we're going to look through all of these texts.

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 I'm going to explain why it's important and why we need to take it to heart.

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 The next bit, come now, verse 1 of chapter 5,

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 come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you.

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 Your riches have rotted and your garments are moth-eaten.

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 Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion will be evidence against you

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 and will eat your flesh like fire.

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 You have laid up treasure in the last days.

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 And just sort of pause here for a second.

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 Some of you know a little bit about the Christian faith.

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 The word for coming here, it's going to occur several times in the text,

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 is actually the word parousia,

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 which is actually a technical word in the New Testament for the coming of Jesus.

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 And so this text very clearly says that the reason in verse 1

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 that people will be weeping and howling is because Jesus is going to be coming back.

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 And then, of course, even the reference to the last days.

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 For Christians, the last days began with the death and resurrection of Jesus.

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 We all live in the last days, and the last days will end when Jesus returns.

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 So this is a text talking about the end of all things.

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 And here we go.

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 I mean, two types of questions would come with us.

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 First of all, I think for most people, they'd say,

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 George, I guess I could believe in the idea of the end of all things,

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 but shouldn't it be happy?

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 Like, this sounds like a downer.

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 Like, not only here, but when we look at verses 4, 5, and 6,

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 it just sounds depressing.

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 Like, why should...

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 Like, George, don't you think the last days, like the end,

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 shouldn't it be more like a party?

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 Shouldn't it be happy?

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 Not something which is described with weeping and howling and misery.

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 Well, let's continue to look.

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 Look at verses 4 to 6.

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 By the way, this theme of unhappiness is going to continue here,

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 but we'll see that it continues to sort of bring out the importance

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 or talk about the return of Jesus.

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 Verse 4.

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 Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields,

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 which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you.

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 And the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.

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 You have lived on earth in luxury and in self-indulgence.

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 You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.

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 You have condemned and murdered the righteous person.

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 He does not resist you.

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 In this particular case, it's once again this idea that we can see that Jesus is aware

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 of all of these things.

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 In fact, even the imagery of the Lord of hosts is often...

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 It's throughout the entire Bible, but it's often very much connected with the idea

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 of the return of Jesus, that once again, because of the return of Jesus,

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 there's going to be these consequences for these particular rich people.

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 And then in verses 7 to 11,

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 Be patient, therefore, brothers and sisters, until the coming of the Lord.

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 Here we see this word parousia in the original language,

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 very clearly connected to the coming of Jesus.

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 I'll read it again.

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 Be patient, therefore, brothers and sisters, until the coming of the Lord.

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 See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth,

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 being patient about it, until it receives the early and the late rains.

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 You also be patient.

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 Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.

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 Do not grumble against one another, brothers and sisters,

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 so that you may not be judged.

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 Behold, the judge is standing at the door.

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 Again, this idea of the soon return of Jesus.

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 As an example of suffering and patience,

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 brothers and sisters, take the prophets,

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 who spoke in the name of the Lord.

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 Behold, we consider those blessed, who remain steadfast.

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 You have heard of the steadfastness of Job,

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 and you have seen the purpose of the Lord,

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 how the Lord is compassionate and merciful.

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 And just pause.

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 If you're watching this, just sort of out of curiosity,

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 Job is a whole book in the Old Testament.

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 I'm not going to sort of go into that in particular.

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 But once again, you see this.

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 In fact, for many of you, it looks part of the reason.

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 So part of the reason we don't like the idea,

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 the average Canadian doesn't like the idea of the second coming of Jesus,

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 is first of all, it sounds a bit ridiculous, a bit kooky.

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 Secondly, it sounds like it's going to be time of misery,

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 not something which is going to be good.

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 And the third thing is that to many people,

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 it makes it sound as if you don't confront the problems of the world.

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 Like, look how it goes.

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 It goes from this profound problem of self-indulgence,

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 of oppression, and of judicial, societal-approved murder,

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 and then it tells Christians to be patient,

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 because Jesus is coming back as if you shouldn't do anything about it.

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 So in many ways, James is perfect.

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 There are three big problems with it,

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 the kookiness, the sadness, and the fact that it's not happy,

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 and the fact that it seems to lead to indifference,

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 which all seem to be right here in the text.

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 And then just one final part.

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 We are going to go back and I'm going to look at it.

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 I just wanted to bring it out, right?

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 So we see what's going on here.

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 But just a final verse.

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 And just before I read this verse,

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 because I got my blog in late this week,

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 you didn't get the blog yesterday.

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 You'll either get it sometime today or you'll get it tomorrow morning.

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 But I'm not going to talk at all about this next verse.

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 I wrote my blog about it.

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 So if you aren't on our church mailing list,

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 send us an email, get on our email list,

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 And another thing called Growing in Grace,

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 which I write every week,

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 includes sort of some teaching on prayer,

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 some help with good attitudes that will help you in your life,

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 a memory verse for you to memorize.

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 So you'll get that if you sign up to the email,

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 or get on the email list.

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 And you'll hear about other things like the announcements and stuff.

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 But I'm not going to talk about this at all in the sermon.

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 I talk about it in the blog.

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 But I'll read it.

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 But above all, my brothers and sisters,

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 do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath,

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 but let your yes be yes and your no be no,

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 so that you may not fall under condemnation.

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 So what on earth is going on?

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 It seems to talk as if one day Jesus will return

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 and the whole world will know that Jesus has returned.

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 And doesn't that sound a bit kooky, George?

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 And it doesn't actually sound very appealing.

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 And you said that you actually think that

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 if you think about it a little bit more,

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 you're going to wish it was true,

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 even if you can't yet believe that it's true.

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 So what's going on?

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 And the reason this is such good news,

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 love wins.

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 Love wins.

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 You look at the world right now,

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 it definitely does not look as if love is winning.

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 In fact, if you look at most of history,

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 it doesn't look as if love wins.

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 In fact, maybe for many of you in your own life,

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 it definitely does not feel as if love is winning in your life.

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 In fact, it feels as if everything is winning except love.

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 But the thing which is so important about this text

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 is that love wins.

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 In fact, not only does love win,

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 love wins, life wins, goodness wins,

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 justice wins, love wins.

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 And in fact, if you think about it for a second,

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 if love wins but life doesn't win,

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 then how can you even say that love wins?

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 If love wins but justice doesn't win,

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 how can you say that love has won?

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 If justice wins but love doesn't win,

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 if justice wins but life doesn't win,

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 how can you say that either life has won?

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 Like what would it mean to say that life wins

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 if love and justice and goodness doesn't win?

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 That actually might be more like hell,

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 like a terrible version of this earth

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 where at least there's occasionally some goodness

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 and occasionally some justice

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 and occasionally some love along with life.

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 But this text is telling us in a very, very powerful way.

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 That's part of the importance of the doctrine

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 of the return of Jesus is that love wins.

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 And it's not just that love wins,

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 but love wins, life wins, goodness wins, justice wins,

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 and they win in such a way that each are at peace

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 and make each other whole.

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 They're whole in themselves,

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 and together they're even more whole.

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 That's what the Bible is teaching.

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 And only in the Gospels you get this taught about

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 in a very, very coherent way

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 that this is actually not just like a story of the tooth fairy.

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 It's not like the Easter bunny.

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 It's not like Santa Claus,

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 that this is real.

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 This is true.

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 This is something that you can stake your life on,

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 that you can base your life on,

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 that you can begin to look at the world

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 in light of the fact that this is true.

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 And why do we say that?

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 It's because of Jesus.

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 It's because of Jesus.

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 Only the Christian faith has a doctrine of God

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 that actually can make sense of love,

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 that from all eternity the Father has loved the Son

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 and the Son has loved the Father.

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 The Holy Spirit is both loving the Father

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 and loving the Son,

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 and is in fact almost the love itself

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 between himself, between the Father and the Son.

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 Every other God,

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 whether it's just that everything is God,

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 which has to include hatred,

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 it has to include evil,

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 and how can that be love?

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 And if God is everything,

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 that has to include the opposite of love.

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 And if there's only a singular God,

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 like the God of Islam,

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 then if there is any love in God,

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 then it meant he has need love.

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 And we all know if we meet somebody

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 who just seems to be really needy,

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 have this huge need love,

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 we stay away from them most of the time

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 because we don't want to get sucked

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 into this unending,

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 you know,

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 this unending need for love.

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 And that's what happens

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 if you only have a solitary God.

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 And yet,

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 what the Christian Bible teaches

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 and what Jesus has revealed

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 with absolute clarity

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 is that from all eternity

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 the Father has loved the Son,

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 the Son has loved the Father,

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 the Holy Spirit loves the Father

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 and the Son,

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 the Holy Spirit is love,

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 he is love.

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 And out of love,

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 Jesus sets aside God,

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 the Son of God,

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 sets aside his glory and prerogatives,

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 he takes on human flesh,

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 and out of love,

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 he lives amongst us

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 a fully human life,

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 out of love,

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 he dies on the cross for us,

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 out of love,

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 he takes upon himself

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 all of the shame,

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 all of the accusations

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 that can be against you,

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 in a sense,

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 all of the things

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 that make you anxious,

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 all of the things

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 that make you feel needy,

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 all of the things

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 that you are guilty about,

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 he takes them upon himself,

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 the demands that other people

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 make upon you

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 that you cannot pay,

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 he pays that demand,

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 he takes upon himself

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 that punishment,

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 he takes all there is to taste

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 out of death for you,

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 knowing that you cannot

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 taste all there is

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 to taste of death,

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 you cannot taste

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 God's judgment for yourself,

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 it will unmake you,

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 and so out of love for you,

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 and out of love for me,

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 he dies on the cross,

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 and out of love for you,

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 he exchanges his destiny

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 for your doom,

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 so that you are clothed

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 with his perfect ability

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 to love the Father,

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 and to love the Holy Spirit,

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 and to be loved,

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 and that becomes yours

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 in him when you put your faith

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 and trust in him,

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 and this same Jesus

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 who died

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 and tasted all there is

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 to taste of death,

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 who experiences God's judgment,

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 is the same one

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 who rises from the dead

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 and defeats death,

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 and he is the same one

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 who will return,

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 so when he returns,

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 who returns?

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 Love returns,

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 life returns,

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 goodness returns,

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 justice returns,

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 and they return to win,

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 the end of the story

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 is that love wins,

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 the end of the story,

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 life wins,

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 the end of the story,

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 justice wins,

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 goodness wins,

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 truth wins,

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 Jesus is the way,

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 the truth,

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 and the life,

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 and that who is returns,

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 and that is

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 the end of the story.

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 Now, some of you might say,

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 George,

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 it's very hard to look

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 at the world

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 and think that all of this

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 could come to an end.

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 In fact,

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 those of you

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 who might not know much,

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 our office is

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 in the Gay Village,

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 it's in Centre Town

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 of Ottawa,

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 and I was here

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 in the office yesterday

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 working on my sermon,

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 trying to get it

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 sort of finished,

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 and several times

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 I went out for a bit

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 of a walk

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 along Bank Street,

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 sometimes I get

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 sort of stuck,

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 and a walk really helps.

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 And I, you know,

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 I'm walking along,

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 and I realize

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 I'm going to be

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 talking about this,

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 and I realize,

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 you know,

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 it's hard,

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 it's just so easy

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 to see how people

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 have a hard time

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 believing in the

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 second coming of Jesus,

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 because it's hard

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 to walk down Bank Street,

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 and we're not far

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 from the Parliament

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 buildings,

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 and it's hard

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 to walk down

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 this street

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 and think that

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 this could all

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 come to an end.

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 In fact,

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 the matter is,

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 is that we do

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 think about it

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 coming to an end,

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 but when we think

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 about it coming

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 to an end

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 in our culture,

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 it's always the death

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 and evil winds.

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 I mean,

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 you go on Netflix,

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 you go on Amazon Prime,

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 you go on Apple TV,

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 probably go on Crave,

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 or all of those ones,

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 and you will effortlessly

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 find shows about

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 the end of the world.

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 You will effortlessly

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 see worlds,

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 movies or TV series

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 about asteroids

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 hitting the earth

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 or some ecological crisis

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 or,

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 I don't know,

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 some virus invented

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 in a lab somewhere

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 that gets unleashed

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 in the world

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 and ends up

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 killing everybody.

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 And in all of those cases,

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 there's evil

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 and there's death,

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 but it's very interesting,

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 even in the bleakest

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 of these movies,

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 none of them end

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 with just

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 the final parting scene

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 of everything dead.

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 It always ends

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 with a spaceship

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 and a couple

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 who are out,

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 who are going

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 with the hope

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 of some type

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 of future,

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 of a small number

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 of people

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 in Greenland

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 that survived

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 the asteroid hitting

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 so that there's

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 the beginning

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 of some type

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 of a rebuilding

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 of the earth

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 because there's

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 something about us

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 human beings

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 that it is essential

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 for us.

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 We cannot live

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 without hope

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 and that many

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 of us,

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 many of you,

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 we live in seasons

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 of despair,

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 we live in seasons

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 of hopelessness,

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 but we hope

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 against hope,

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 we hope against

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 appearances,

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 we long that there

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 be a return

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 to us of some

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 type of hope,

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 a hope that we

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 will be loved,

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 a hope that we

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 will be accepted,

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 a hope that there

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 can be a reunification

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 of our family

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 or of a righting

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 of wrongs

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 or of whatever

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 it is,

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 but we need hope.

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 And so even Hollywood

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 and all of its

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 bleakest and even

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 our best story writers

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 and poets and all

00:19:03.259 --> 00:19:03.879
 of their bleakest,

00:19:03.960 --> 00:19:04.519
 there has to be

00:19:04.519 --> 00:19:05.319
 some type of hope

00:19:05.319 --> 00:19:05.720
 at the end

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 because in our bones

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 we do not believe,

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 we don't,

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 you know,

00:19:09.440 --> 00:19:10.480
 science tells us

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 death is the end.

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 That's the scientific

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 truth.

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 Scientifically,

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 it will all end

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 in death.

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 But in our hearts

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 we know there must

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 be hope.

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 You see,

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 that's why I say

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 to you,

00:19:26.220 --> 00:19:26.940
 some of you might

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 say,

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 George,

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 I don't know

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 about the death

00:19:28.259 --> 00:19:28.720
 and resurrection

00:19:28.720 --> 00:19:29.339
 of Jesus

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 and I don't know

00:19:30.039 --> 00:19:30.699
 about his return

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 but I sure hope

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 that's true.

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 Because it would

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 sure be good

00:19:35.399 --> 00:19:36.460
 if in fact

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 our longing

00:19:37.579 --> 00:19:38.159
 for hope

00:19:38.159 --> 00:19:38.699
 and a longing

00:19:38.699 --> 00:19:39.779
 for truth

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 and goodness

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 and love

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 and life

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 and justice

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 and mercy

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 finally winning

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 that that's

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 actually true.

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 And that's in fact

00:19:48.399 --> 00:19:49.059
 what the gospel

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 proclaims

00:19:49.759 --> 00:19:50.639
 and that's in fact

00:19:50.639 --> 00:19:51.639
 the context

00:19:51.639 --> 00:19:53.059
 within which

00:19:53.059 --> 00:19:55.119
 the book of James

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 is talking about this.

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 in fact

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 if you think

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 about this

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 that what

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 the Bible

00:20:01.180 --> 00:20:01.620
 is saying

00:20:01.620 --> 00:20:02.220
 is because

00:20:02.220 --> 00:20:02.980
 Jesus lived

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 in history

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 and he didn't

00:20:04.380 --> 00:20:04.860
 just live

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 in history

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 and then die

00:20:06.420 --> 00:20:06.860
 in history

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 and rise

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 from dead

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 in history

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 but he died

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 in the context

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 of what our

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 Jewish friends

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 call the Tanakh

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 or the Torah

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 and we Christians

00:20:12.960 --> 00:20:13.980
 call the Old Testament

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 a series of 39 books

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 of unparalleled

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 wisdom

00:20:17.860 --> 00:20:18.700
 and insight

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 and beauty

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 an unparalleled

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 repository

00:20:23.020 --> 00:20:24.100
 and teaching

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 about justice

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 and how to treat people

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 and the dignity

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 of human beings

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 and the foundation

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 of human rights

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 all of that

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 is in this story

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 and it is in the context

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 of this story

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 that Jesus lives

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 that he dies

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 that he rises

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 and he will come again

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 and it is a deep story

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 not just in historical truth

00:20:43.080 --> 00:20:43.920
 but in the context

00:20:43.920 --> 00:20:45.260
 of deep and profound meaning

00:20:45.260 --> 00:20:46.160
 and a meaning

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 potentially

00:20:47.019 --> 00:20:48.019
 for you

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 so in light of that

00:20:51.160 --> 00:20:53.180
 let's look again

00:20:53.180 --> 00:20:54.139
 at what James

00:20:54.139 --> 00:20:55.119
 is saying to us

00:20:55.119 --> 00:20:56.079
 about how to live

00:20:56.079 --> 00:20:56.680
 wisely

00:20:56.680 --> 00:20:57.180
 how to live

00:20:57.180 --> 00:20:57.839
 the good life

00:20:57.839 --> 00:20:58.819
 the beautiful life

00:20:58.819 --> 00:20:59.980
 let's look again

00:20:59.980 --> 00:21:00.700
 let's go back

00:21:00.700 --> 00:21:01.579
 to verse 417

00:21:01.579 --> 00:21:02.059
 we'll go through

00:21:02.059 --> 00:21:02.879
 this very quickly

00:21:02.879 --> 00:21:04.119
 but let's look again

00:21:04.119 --> 00:21:04.859
 at chapter 4

00:21:04.859 --> 00:21:05.579
 verse 17

00:21:05.579 --> 00:21:06.619
 so whoever knows

00:21:06.619 --> 00:21:07.619
 the right thing to do

00:21:07.619 --> 00:21:08.519
 and fails to do it

00:21:08.519 --> 00:21:09.059
 for him

00:21:09.059 --> 00:21:10.059
 or for her

00:21:10.059 --> 00:21:11.240
 it is sin

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 so

00:21:12.819 --> 00:21:15.180
 just think about it

00:21:15.180 --> 00:21:15.660
 for a second

00:21:15.660 --> 00:21:17.700
 if it is the case

00:21:17.700 --> 00:21:18.880
 that love wins

00:21:18.880 --> 00:21:21.460
 if it in fact

00:21:21.460 --> 00:21:22.140
 is the case

00:21:22.140 --> 00:21:23.000
 that love wins

00:21:23.000 --> 00:21:24.220
 that the good life

00:21:24.220 --> 00:21:25.160
 the beautiful life

00:21:25.160 --> 00:21:26.360
 has to be more

00:21:26.360 --> 00:21:27.060
 than just

00:21:27.060 --> 00:21:29.000
 following rules

00:21:29.000 --> 00:21:30.040
 and not

00:21:30.040 --> 00:21:31.560
 breaking rules

00:21:31.560 --> 00:21:32.980
 you see

00:21:32.980 --> 00:21:34.380
 for so many things

00:21:34.380 --> 00:21:35.500
 for so many religions

00:21:35.500 --> 00:21:36.820
 so many spiritualities

00:21:36.820 --> 00:21:37.480
 it's all about

00:21:37.480 --> 00:21:38.860
 following certain rules

00:21:38.860 --> 00:21:40.120
 and keeping certain

00:21:40.120 --> 00:21:41.019
 types of rituals

00:21:41.019 --> 00:21:42.380
 but if we understand

00:21:42.380 --> 00:21:43.360
 that in fact

00:21:43.360 --> 00:21:44.340
 love wins

00:21:44.340 --> 00:21:45.120
 that we were made

00:21:45.119 --> 00:21:45.579
 for love

00:21:45.579 --> 00:21:46.699
 that the end

00:21:46.699 --> 00:21:47.359
 of our life

00:21:47.359 --> 00:21:48.299
 can be in fact

00:21:48.299 --> 00:21:49.639
 finally being

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 immersed

00:21:50.339 --> 00:21:51.279
 in love

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 and dwelling

00:21:52.019 --> 00:21:53.000
 in love

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 in an everlasting way

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 then we know

00:21:55.279 --> 00:21:55.939
 that this side

00:21:55.939 --> 00:21:56.419
 of the grave

00:21:56.419 --> 00:21:57.599
 the beautiful life

00:21:57.599 --> 00:21:58.199
 the good life

00:21:58.199 --> 00:21:58.979
 the loving life

00:21:58.979 --> 00:21:59.839
 is always going

00:21:59.839 --> 00:22:00.379
 to be more

00:22:00.379 --> 00:22:00.819
 than just

00:22:00.819 --> 00:22:02.239
 not breaking rules

00:22:02.239 --> 00:22:03.859
 because you see

00:22:03.859 --> 00:22:04.399
 that's exactly

00:22:04.399 --> 00:22:04.939
 how it is

00:22:04.939 --> 00:22:05.439
 it's not just

00:22:05.439 --> 00:22:06.259
 a matter of the fact

00:22:06.259 --> 00:22:06.859
 that the mom

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 goes out

00:22:07.299 --> 00:22:07.859
 throughout the day

00:22:07.859 --> 00:22:08.219
 and says

00:22:08.219 --> 00:22:08.919
 it's been a good day

00:22:08.919 --> 00:22:09.559
 I love my kids

00:22:09.559 --> 00:22:10.500
 I only slapped them

00:22:10.500 --> 00:22:11.259
 three times

00:22:11.259 --> 00:22:12.279
 or I didn't slap

00:22:12.279 --> 00:22:12.939
 them once

00:22:12.940 --> 00:22:13.920
 no

00:22:13.920 --> 00:22:15.340
 a good mom

00:22:15.340 --> 00:22:16.059
 a loving mom

00:22:16.059 --> 00:22:17.759
 she anticipates

00:22:17.759 --> 00:22:18.500
 their needs

00:22:18.500 --> 00:22:20.000
 she hugs them

00:22:20.000 --> 00:22:21.440
 and she helps them

00:22:21.440 --> 00:22:22.500
 they bake cookies

00:22:22.500 --> 00:22:23.000
 together

00:22:23.000 --> 00:22:24.340
 they do arts

00:22:24.340 --> 00:22:24.980
 and crafts

00:22:24.980 --> 00:22:25.320
 together

00:22:25.320 --> 00:22:26.320
 they go for walks

00:22:26.320 --> 00:22:27.140
 they look at nature

00:22:27.140 --> 00:22:27.960
 they do all of those

00:22:27.960 --> 00:22:28.900
 types of things

00:22:28.900 --> 00:22:30.380
 because love

00:22:30.380 --> 00:22:30.980
 is more than

00:22:30.980 --> 00:22:31.740
 just making sure

00:22:31.740 --> 00:22:32.360
 you don't break

00:22:32.360 --> 00:22:33.279
 certain rules

00:22:33.279 --> 00:22:34.460
 don't slap my kid

00:22:34.460 --> 00:22:35.740
 or something like that

00:22:35.740 --> 00:22:36.940
 when they haven't

00:22:36.940 --> 00:22:37.759
 done anything wrong

00:22:37.759 --> 00:22:38.720
 or don't slap my kid

00:22:38.720 --> 00:22:39.080
 period

00:22:39.080 --> 00:22:39.759
 or whatever

00:22:39.759 --> 00:22:40.420
 it's not just

00:22:40.420 --> 00:22:41.099
 I didn't break

00:22:41.099 --> 00:22:41.700
 any rules

00:22:41.700 --> 00:22:42.200
 it's no

00:22:42.200 --> 00:22:43.240
 love is more

00:22:43.240 --> 00:22:44.539
 and so that's why

00:22:44.539 --> 00:22:46.000
 this text is so important

00:22:46.000 --> 00:22:47.079
 it says that we can be

00:22:47.079 --> 00:22:47.920
 guilty of sins

00:22:47.920 --> 00:22:48.720
 of omission

00:22:48.720 --> 00:22:51.379
 and that these sins

00:22:51.379 --> 00:22:52.379
 of omission matter

00:22:52.379 --> 00:22:53.779
 in fact I would say

00:22:53.779 --> 00:22:54.759
 that three of the

00:22:54.759 --> 00:22:55.799
 big types of sins

00:22:55.799 --> 00:22:57.000
 that we are guilty of

00:22:57.000 --> 00:22:58.379
 of omission

00:22:58.379 --> 00:22:59.299
 is a failure

00:22:59.299 --> 00:23:00.200
 to be generous

00:23:00.200 --> 00:23:01.859
 a failure to forgive

00:23:01.859 --> 00:23:03.180
 and a failure

00:23:03.180 --> 00:23:03.859
 to love

00:23:03.859 --> 00:23:06.319
 a failure

00:23:06.319 --> 00:23:07.220
 to be generous

00:23:07.220 --> 00:23:07.960
 a failure

00:23:07.960 --> 00:23:10.460
 to forgive

00:23:10.460 --> 00:23:11.180
 and a failure

00:23:11.180 --> 00:23:11.840
 to love

00:23:11.840 --> 00:23:13.200
 and that in fact

00:23:13.200 --> 00:23:14.340
 points us right

00:23:14.340 --> 00:23:15.600
 to the very next text

00:23:15.600 --> 00:23:16.600
 it doesn't sort of

00:23:16.600 --> 00:23:17.319
 go so much about

00:23:17.319 --> 00:23:18.200
 the failure to love

00:23:18.200 --> 00:23:18.920
 in the next text

00:23:18.920 --> 00:23:19.759
 that's going to come up

00:23:19.759 --> 00:23:20.660
 in the one after that

00:23:20.660 --> 00:23:22.000
 but there's the failure

00:23:22.000 --> 00:23:22.779
 of generosity

00:23:22.779 --> 00:23:23.539
 let's look again

00:23:23.539 --> 00:23:24.360
 at chapter 5

00:23:24.360 --> 00:23:25.460
 verses 1 to 3

00:23:25.460 --> 00:23:27.000
 come now

00:23:27.000 --> 00:23:28.180
 you rich

00:23:28.180 --> 00:23:29.660
 weep and howl

00:23:29.660 --> 00:23:30.620
 for the miseries

00:23:30.620 --> 00:23:32.079
 that are coming upon you

00:23:32.079 --> 00:23:32.779
 the parousia

00:23:32.779 --> 00:23:34.220
 the coming of Jesus

00:23:34.220 --> 00:23:36.460
 that in this particular case

00:23:36.460 --> 00:23:38.140
 these particular rich people

00:23:38.140 --> 00:23:40.559
 the coming of Jesus

00:23:40.559 --> 00:23:41.440
 is going to lead

00:23:41.440 --> 00:23:42.799
 to them weeping

00:23:42.799 --> 00:23:43.779
 I'm going to talk about that

00:23:43.779 --> 00:23:44.140
 in a moment

00:23:44.140 --> 00:23:45.259
 it's going to lead to them

00:23:45.259 --> 00:23:45.840
 howling

00:23:45.840 --> 00:23:46.900
 for the miseries

00:23:46.900 --> 00:23:47.620
 that come upon you

00:23:47.620 --> 00:23:48.259
 verse 2

00:23:48.259 --> 00:23:50.079
 your riches have rotted

00:23:50.079 --> 00:23:51.640
 and your garments

00:23:51.640 --> 00:23:52.680
 are moth eaten

00:23:52.680 --> 00:23:54.600
 your gold and silver

00:23:54.600 --> 00:23:55.440
 have corroded

00:23:55.440 --> 00:23:56.799
 and their corrosion

00:23:56.799 --> 00:23:57.620
 will be evidence

00:23:57.620 --> 00:23:58.340
 against you

00:23:58.340 --> 00:23:59.779
 and will eat your flesh

00:23:59.779 --> 00:24:00.460
 like fire

00:24:00.460 --> 00:24:02.220
 you have laid up

00:24:02.220 --> 00:24:02.819
 treasure

00:24:02.819 --> 00:24:04.079
 in the last days

00:24:04.079 --> 00:24:04.620
 in other words

00:24:04.619 --> 00:24:05.859
 while the last days

00:24:05.859 --> 00:24:06.339
 are coming

00:24:06.339 --> 00:24:06.959
 you've been just

00:24:06.959 --> 00:24:08.259
 hoarding your treasures

00:24:08.259 --> 00:24:09.779
 what's being talked about

00:24:09.779 --> 00:24:10.639
 here is the sin

00:24:10.639 --> 00:24:11.139
 of omission

00:24:11.139 --> 00:24:12.979
 they've failed

00:24:12.979 --> 00:24:13.799
 to be generous

00:24:13.799 --> 00:24:15.719
 the text isn't saying

00:24:15.719 --> 00:24:17.179
 you see here's the importance

00:24:17.179 --> 00:24:18.000
 of understanding

00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:18.599
 the doctrine

00:24:18.599 --> 00:24:19.459
 of the second coming

00:24:19.459 --> 00:24:20.359
 if you read

00:24:20.359 --> 00:24:21.239
 the entire Bible

00:24:21.239 --> 00:24:21.819
 what does it say

00:24:21.819 --> 00:24:23.039
 about being in God's presence

00:24:23.039 --> 00:24:24.059
 in God's presence

00:24:24.059 --> 00:24:24.859
 there is a fullness

00:24:24.859 --> 00:24:25.699
 of joy

00:24:25.699 --> 00:24:27.839
 in God's presence

00:24:27.839 --> 00:24:29.059
 is an end

00:24:29.059 --> 00:24:29.879
 of our longings

00:24:29.879 --> 00:24:30.419
 and yearnings

00:24:30.419 --> 00:24:31.399
 there will be

00:24:31.399 --> 00:24:32.299
 a pleasure

00:24:32.299 --> 00:24:34.859
 a pleasure

00:24:34.859 --> 00:24:35.659
 that if we were

00:24:35.659 --> 00:24:36.399
 to experience

00:24:36.399 --> 00:24:37.339
 it right now

00:24:37.339 --> 00:24:38.539
 even the tiniest

00:24:38.539 --> 00:24:39.200
 reflection

00:24:39.200 --> 00:24:40.000
 or the shadow

00:24:40.000 --> 00:24:40.919
 of a reflection

00:24:40.919 --> 00:24:41.619
 if we were to

00:24:41.619 --> 00:24:42.579
 experience that

00:24:42.579 --> 00:24:43.599
 in its full heavenly

00:24:43.599 --> 00:24:45.339
 just that tint

00:24:45.339 --> 00:24:45.639
 of it

00:24:45.639 --> 00:24:47.059
 we'd explode

00:24:47.059 --> 00:24:48.460
 our heads

00:24:48.460 --> 00:24:48.940
 would explode

00:24:48.940 --> 00:24:49.500
 our bodies

00:24:49.500 --> 00:24:50.240
 would explode

00:24:50.240 --> 00:24:51.440
 in the new heaven

00:24:51.440 --> 00:24:51.960
 and the new earth

00:24:51.960 --> 00:24:52.379
 we will have

00:24:52.379 --> 00:24:53.460
 resurrection bodies

00:24:53.460 --> 00:24:54.259
 that are actually

00:24:54.259 --> 00:24:55.839
 fit to experience

00:24:55.839 --> 00:24:57.000
 a fullness of joy

00:24:57.000 --> 00:24:58.019
 a fullness of pleasure

00:24:58.019 --> 00:24:58.960
 so the Bible

00:24:58.960 --> 00:24:59.579
 isn't against

00:24:59.579 --> 00:25:00.339
 soft pillows

00:25:00.339 --> 00:25:02.299
 the Bible

00:25:02.299 --> 00:25:03.019
 isn't saying

00:25:03.019 --> 00:25:03.879
 that you should

00:25:03.879 --> 00:25:04.699
 have no luxury

00:25:04.699 --> 00:25:05.539
 in your life

00:25:05.539 --> 00:25:07.579
 because if it was

00:25:07.579 --> 00:25:08.039
 it would mean

00:25:08.039 --> 00:25:09.459
 that what Jesus

00:25:09.459 --> 00:25:10.439
 is coming to bring

00:25:10.439 --> 00:25:11.099
 makes absolutely

00:25:11.099 --> 00:25:11.519
 no sense

00:25:11.519 --> 00:25:12.419
 it would be contradictory

00:25:12.419 --> 00:25:14.259
 but what we see here

00:25:14.259 --> 00:25:15.339
 is a complete

00:25:15.339 --> 00:25:16.399
 and utter failure

00:25:16.399 --> 00:25:17.419
 of generosity

00:25:17.419 --> 00:25:19.039
 a complete

00:25:19.039 --> 00:25:20.179
 and utter failure

00:25:20.179 --> 00:25:21.000
 of generosity

00:25:21.000 --> 00:25:21.639
 you know

00:25:21.639 --> 00:25:22.319
 here's the thing

00:25:22.319 --> 00:25:23.199
 for us Canadians

00:25:23.199 --> 00:25:24.359
 I can tell you

00:25:24.359 --> 00:25:25.079
 this right now

00:25:25.079 --> 00:25:26.259
 there is always

00:25:26.259 --> 00:25:27.039
 good reasons

00:25:27.039 --> 00:25:28.119
 to not be generous

00:25:28.119 --> 00:25:29.099
 in fact

00:25:29.099 --> 00:25:29.519
 it would be

00:25:29.519 --> 00:25:30.339
 very very simple

00:25:30.339 --> 00:25:31.439
 you go to a coffee shop

00:25:31.439 --> 00:25:32.500
 I mean when we can

00:25:32.500 --> 00:25:33.299
 finally sit in them

00:25:33.299 --> 00:25:34.359
 or you go to a coffee shop

00:25:34.359 --> 00:25:35.299
 you stand outside

00:25:35.299 --> 00:25:36.039
 whether it's outside

00:25:36.039 --> 00:25:36.719
 of Bridgehead

00:25:36.719 --> 00:25:37.939
 Tim Hortons

00:25:37.939 --> 00:25:38.439
 or Starbucks

00:25:38.439 --> 00:25:38.979
 all of them

00:25:38.979 --> 00:25:39.939
 within a close walk

00:25:39.939 --> 00:25:40.259
 of here

00:25:40.259 --> 00:25:40.559
 and you get

00:25:40.559 --> 00:25:41.279
 talking to people

00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:41.819
 and you're saying

00:25:41.819 --> 00:25:42.239
 I was thinking

00:25:42.239 --> 00:25:43.500
 I'd given $100 away

00:25:43.500 --> 00:25:44.619
 every single one

00:25:44.619 --> 00:25:44.839
 of them

00:25:44.839 --> 00:25:45.679
 effortlessly

00:25:45.679 --> 00:25:46.959
 like that

00:25:46.959 --> 00:25:47.639
 can give you

00:25:47.639 --> 00:25:48.319
 10 reasons

00:25:48.319 --> 00:25:48.939
 why you shouldn't

00:25:48.939 --> 00:25:49.419
 be generous

00:25:49.419 --> 00:25:51.019
 and you could

00:25:51.019 --> 00:25:51.859
 probably generate

00:25:51.859 --> 00:25:53.000
 20 reasons yourself

00:25:53.000 --> 00:25:53.959
 why you shouldn't

00:25:53.959 --> 00:25:54.559
 be generous

00:25:54.559 --> 00:25:56.379
 there's always

00:25:56.379 --> 00:25:57.059
 good reasons

00:25:57.059 --> 00:25:57.979
 not to be generous

00:25:57.980 --> 00:25:59.839
 and the second thing

00:25:59.839 --> 00:26:00.519
 is there's never

00:26:00.519 --> 00:26:01.039
 enough money

00:26:01.039 --> 00:26:01.819
 to be generous

00:26:01.819 --> 00:26:03.620
 I mean you might

00:26:03.620 --> 00:26:04.279
 have a hard time

00:26:04.279 --> 00:26:05.120
 believing that

00:26:05.120 --> 00:26:06.940
 I mean how many

00:26:06.940 --> 00:26:07.819
 billions did the

00:26:07.819 --> 00:26:08.599
 gates have to have

00:26:08.599 --> 00:26:09.160
 before they could

00:26:09.160 --> 00:26:09.759
 be generous

00:26:09.759 --> 00:26:12.980
 I mean you know

00:26:12.980 --> 00:26:13.860
 and you have to

00:26:13.860 --> 00:26:14.099
 wonder

00:26:14.099 --> 00:26:14.640
 did they wonder

00:26:14.640 --> 00:26:15.079
 a little bit

00:26:15.079 --> 00:26:15.519
 about oh

00:26:15.519 --> 00:26:15.960
 can I really

00:26:15.960 --> 00:26:16.500
 be generous

00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:17.120
 I'd sure like

00:26:17.120 --> 00:26:17.559
 to hit that

00:26:17.559 --> 00:26:18.860
 70 billion mark

00:26:18.860 --> 00:26:19.360
 you know

00:26:19.360 --> 00:26:20.920
 but the fact

00:26:20.920 --> 00:26:21.220
 of the matter

00:26:21.220 --> 00:26:21.839
 is is that

00:26:21.839 --> 00:26:22.620
 for most of us

00:26:22.620 --> 00:26:23.279
 there's always

00:26:23.279 --> 00:26:24.240
 something else

00:26:24.240 --> 00:26:25.160
 that we could buy

00:26:25.160 --> 00:26:25.759
 that would really

00:26:25.759 --> 00:26:26.500
 make our lives

00:26:26.500 --> 00:26:27.059
 a little bit

00:26:27.059 --> 00:26:27.779
 more comfortable

00:26:27.779 --> 00:26:28.839
 or for those

00:26:28.839 --> 00:26:29.379
 of us who are

00:26:29.379 --> 00:26:29.799
 a bit more

00:26:29.799 --> 00:26:30.420
 careful about

00:26:30.420 --> 00:26:30.839
 the future

00:26:30.839 --> 00:26:31.259
 we could always

00:26:31.259 --> 00:26:31.720
 put a little

00:26:31.720 --> 00:26:32.200
 bit extra

00:26:32.200 --> 00:26:33.119
 in our TFSA

00:26:33.119 --> 00:26:33.639
 or a little

00:26:33.639 --> 00:26:34.119
 bit more

00:26:34.119 --> 00:26:35.099
 in our RRSP

00:26:35.099 --> 00:26:36.099
 or a little

00:26:36.099 --> 00:26:36.579
 bit more

00:26:36.579 --> 00:26:37.200
 in some type

00:26:37.200 --> 00:26:37.639
 of a really

00:26:37.639 --> 00:26:38.440
 healthy environment

00:26:38.440 --> 00:26:38.879
 and we can

00:26:38.879 --> 00:26:39.579
 always say

00:26:39.579 --> 00:26:40.259
 that when we

00:26:40.259 --> 00:26:40.940
 just hit this

00:26:40.940 --> 00:26:41.200
 level

00:26:41.200 --> 00:26:41.660
 then I'll be

00:26:41.660 --> 00:26:41.940
 generous

00:26:41.940 --> 00:26:42.480
 when I just

00:26:42.480 --> 00:26:42.859
 hit this

00:26:42.859 --> 00:26:43.099
 level

00:26:43.099 --> 00:26:43.559
 then I'll be

00:26:43.559 --> 00:26:43.839
 generous

00:26:43.839 --> 00:26:44.379
 when I just

00:26:44.379 --> 00:26:44.759
 hit this

00:26:44.759 --> 00:26:45.019
 level

00:26:45.019 --> 00:26:45.720
 then I'll be

00:26:45.720 --> 00:26:46.039
 generous

00:26:46.039 --> 00:26:46.599
 when I

00:26:46.599 --> 00:26:47.480
 and it just

00:26:47.480 --> 00:26:48.259
 it goes on

00:26:48.259 --> 00:26:48.660
 and on

00:26:48.660 --> 00:26:49.160
 and on

00:26:49.160 --> 00:26:50.279
 surveys

00:26:50.279 --> 00:26:51.379
 regularly show

00:26:51.379 --> 00:26:51.859
 that no matter

00:26:51.859 --> 00:26:52.720
 what income

00:26:52.720 --> 00:26:53.480
 level you are

00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:54.139
 you think

00:26:54.139 --> 00:26:54.559
 that if you

00:26:54.559 --> 00:26:55.180
 could just have

00:26:55.180 --> 00:26:55.860
 five to ten

00:26:55.860 --> 00:26:56.720
 thousand dollars

00:26:56.720 --> 00:26:57.240
 more a year

00:26:57.240 --> 00:26:57.960
 life would be

00:26:57.960 --> 00:26:58.600
 just actually

00:26:58.600 --> 00:26:59.200
 begin to be

00:26:59.200 --> 00:26:59.620
 comfortable

00:26:59.620 --> 00:27:00.580
 and you can

00:27:00.580 --> 00:27:01.160
 think that at

00:27:01.160 --> 00:27:02.140
 forty at sixty

00:27:02.140 --> 00:27:02.960
 eighty a hundred

00:27:02.960 --> 00:27:03.460
 two hundred

00:27:03.460 --> 00:27:04.299
 thousand dollars

00:27:04.299 --> 00:27:04.980
 you still think

00:27:04.980 --> 00:27:05.500
 that you see

00:27:05.500 --> 00:27:06.000
 the fact the

00:27:06.000 --> 00:27:06.779
 matter is for

00:27:06.779 --> 00:27:07.620
 us as Canadians

00:27:07.620 --> 00:27:09.539
 this text here

00:27:09.539 --> 00:27:10.380
 is talking about

00:27:10.380 --> 00:27:11.240
 you and me

00:27:11.240 --> 00:27:12.220
 I mean here's

00:27:12.220 --> 00:27:12.620
 another thing

00:27:12.620 --> 00:27:13.140
 about us as

00:27:13.140 --> 00:27:13.820
 Canadians and

00:27:13.820 --> 00:27:14.360
 generosity

00:27:14.360 --> 00:27:15.000
 none of us

00:27:15.000 --> 00:27:15.440
 think we're

00:27:15.440 --> 00:27:15.820
 rich

00:27:15.820 --> 00:27:16.640
 but I can

00:27:16.640 --> 00:27:18.360
 I don't bet

00:27:18.360 --> 00:27:19.000
 but I'd bet

00:27:19.000 --> 00:27:19.360
 you a hundred

00:27:19.360 --> 00:27:19.980
 dollars

00:27:19.980 --> 00:27:21.080
 that for some

00:27:21.080 --> 00:27:21.480
 of us

00:27:21.480 --> 00:27:22.259
 if we were

00:27:22.259 --> 00:27:22.820
 just to all

00:27:22.820 --> 00:27:23.200
 of a sudden

00:27:23.200 --> 00:27:23.920
 show everybody

00:27:23.920 --> 00:27:24.580
 connected to

00:27:24.580 --> 00:27:25.319
 our congregation

00:27:25.319 --> 00:27:26.319
 what we make

00:27:26.319 --> 00:27:28.539
 after we've

00:27:28.539 --> 00:27:28.940
 said that we're

00:27:28.940 --> 00:27:29.620
 not rich

00:27:29.620 --> 00:27:30.600
 a big part

00:27:30.600 --> 00:27:31.000
 of us would

00:27:31.000 --> 00:27:32.039
 go oh yeah

00:27:32.039 --> 00:27:32.980
 that's so rich

00:27:32.980 --> 00:27:34.460
 you are so

00:27:34.460 --> 00:27:35.900
 rich

00:27:35.900 --> 00:27:39.240
 and we might

00:27:39.240 --> 00:27:39.880
 you know some

00:27:39.880 --> 00:27:40.400
 of us at the

00:27:40.400 --> 00:27:41.059
 lower end of the

00:27:41.059 --> 00:27:41.539
 spectrum are

00:27:41.539 --> 00:27:42.120
 going yeah yeah

00:27:42.120 --> 00:27:42.460
 yeah yeah

00:27:42.460 --> 00:27:43.200
 you think you're

00:27:43.200 --> 00:27:43.620
 not rich

00:27:43.620 --> 00:27:45.000
 whoa you are

00:27:45.000 --> 00:27:46.000
 rich like this

00:27:46.000 --> 00:27:46.700
 text is talking

00:27:46.700 --> 00:27:47.279
 about you

00:27:47.279 --> 00:27:48.059
 but the fact

00:27:48.059 --> 00:27:48.340
 of the matter

00:27:48.340 --> 00:27:49.259
 is I've been

00:27:49.259 --> 00:27:49.960
 to Africa

00:27:49.960 --> 00:27:51.340
 haven't been all

00:27:51.340 --> 00:27:51.779
 over the world

00:27:51.779 --> 00:27:52.140
 but I've been

00:27:52.140 --> 00:27:52.519
 to Africa

00:27:52.519 --> 00:27:52.819
 I've been

00:27:52.819 --> 00:27:53.279
 Angola

00:27:53.279 --> 00:27:53.559
 I've been

00:27:53.559 --> 00:27:54.079
 in Kenya

00:27:54.079 --> 00:27:55.019
 and let me

00:27:55.019 --> 00:27:55.519
 tell you

00:27:55.519 --> 00:27:56.720
 there is a

00:27:56.720 --> 00:27:57.559
 large section

00:27:57.559 --> 00:27:57.960
 of people

00:27:57.960 --> 00:27:58.460
 in Kenya

00:27:58.460 --> 00:27:59.099
 and Angola

00:27:59.099 --> 00:27:59.960
 that for

00:27:59.960 --> 00:28:00.799
 almost every

00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:01.480
 single one

00:28:01.480 --> 00:28:01.819
 of us

00:28:01.819 --> 00:28:02.440
 if they could

00:28:02.440 --> 00:28:02.859
 see the

00:28:02.859 --> 00:28:03.539
 houses we

00:28:03.539 --> 00:28:03.879
 have

00:28:03.879 --> 00:28:04.480
 the benefits

00:28:04.480 --> 00:28:05.059
 we have

00:28:05.059 --> 00:28:05.639
 the streets

00:28:05.639 --> 00:28:06.139
 that we live

00:28:06.139 --> 00:28:06.759
 in the cars

00:28:06.759 --> 00:28:07.539
 that we drive

00:28:07.539 --> 00:28:08.019
 the money

00:28:08.019 --> 00:28:08.700
 that we spend

00:28:08.700 --> 00:28:09.079
 the food

00:28:09.079 --> 00:28:09.680
 we can buy

00:28:09.680 --> 00:28:10.460
 they're going

00:28:10.460 --> 00:28:10.819
 to say

00:28:10.819 --> 00:28:11.599
 yeah yeah

00:28:11.599 --> 00:28:12.019
 yeah yeah

00:28:12.019 --> 00:28:12.579
 you don't

00:28:12.579 --> 00:28:13.019
 think you're

00:28:13.019 --> 00:28:13.279
 rich

00:28:13.279 --> 00:28:13.819
 you're so

00:28:13.819 --> 00:28:14.279
 rich

00:28:14.279 --> 00:28:18.299
 and yet

00:28:18.299 --> 00:28:19.799
 there's always

00:28:19.799 --> 00:28:20.339
 a good reason

00:28:20.339 --> 00:28:20.819
 ever to be

00:28:20.819 --> 00:28:21.119
 generous

00:28:21.119 --> 00:28:21.500
 and there's

00:28:21.500 --> 00:28:22.059
 always

00:28:22.059 --> 00:28:23.219
 this feels

00:28:23.219 --> 00:28:23.519
 as if

00:28:23.519 --> 00:28:23.919
 there's never

00:28:23.919 --> 00:28:24.379
 enough money

00:28:24.379 --> 00:28:24.719
 to be

00:28:24.719 --> 00:28:25.139
 generous

00:28:25.139 --> 00:28:26.000
 and yet

00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:26.500
 we listen

00:28:26.500 --> 00:28:26.899
 to this

00:28:26.899 --> 00:28:27.500
 text

00:28:27.500 --> 00:28:30.039
 you see

00:28:30.039 --> 00:28:30.839
 love wins

00:28:30.839 --> 00:28:32.899
 Jesus will

00:28:32.899 --> 00:28:33.500
 return

00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:35.960
 and what

00:28:35.960 --> 00:28:36.500
 matters

00:28:36.500 --> 00:28:37.579
 well at the

00:28:37.579 --> 00:28:37.819
 end of the

00:28:37.819 --> 00:28:38.059
 day

00:28:38.059 --> 00:28:40.079
 the end

00:28:40.079 --> 00:28:40.319
 of the day

00:28:40.319 --> 00:28:40.720
 listen

00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:41.700
 none of us

00:28:41.700 --> 00:28:42.019
 can be

00:28:42.019 --> 00:28:42.380
 generous

00:28:42.380 --> 00:28:42.819
 enough

00:28:42.819 --> 00:28:43.400
 none of us

00:28:43.400 --> 00:28:43.759
 can out

00:28:43.759 --> 00:28:44.500
 give God

00:28:44.500 --> 00:28:45.920
 like none

00:28:45.920 --> 00:28:46.619
 of us can

00:28:46.619 --> 00:28:47.559
 I can't

00:28:47.559 --> 00:28:48.700
 and the fact

00:28:48.700 --> 00:28:49.059
 of the matter

00:28:49.059 --> 00:28:49.319
 is

00:28:49.319 --> 00:28:51.220
 I'll share

00:28:51.220 --> 00:28:51.559
 with you

00:28:51.559 --> 00:28:52.099
 this really

00:28:52.099 --> 00:28:53.259
 really fantastic

00:28:53.259 --> 00:28:54.500
 Bible text

00:28:54.500 --> 00:28:55.859
 for you know

00:28:55.859 --> 00:28:56.359
 the grace

00:28:56.359 --> 00:28:56.839
 of our Lord

00:28:56.839 --> 00:28:57.859
 if you want

00:28:57.859 --> 00:28:58.859
 to get it

00:28:58.859 --> 00:28:59.319
 later on

00:28:59.319 --> 00:28:59.940
 and memorize

00:28:59.940 --> 00:29:00.480
 it it's not

00:29:00.480 --> 00:29:00.740
 going to be

00:29:00.740 --> 00:29:01.059
 on your

00:29:01.059 --> 00:29:01.480
 screen

00:29:01.480 --> 00:29:02.519
 it's

00:29:02.519 --> 00:29:02.839
 2nd

00:29:02.839 --> 00:29:03.259
 Corinthians

00:29:03.259 --> 00:29:04.319
 8-9

00:29:04.319 --> 00:29:04.880
 2nd

00:29:04.880 --> 00:29:05.279
 Corinthians

00:29:05.279 --> 00:29:06.299
 8-9

00:29:06.299 --> 00:29:07.200
 for you

00:29:07.200 --> 00:29:07.380
 know

00:29:07.380 --> 00:29:07.839
 the grace

00:29:07.839 --> 00:29:08.160
 of our

00:29:08.160 --> 00:29:08.400
 Lord

00:29:08.400 --> 00:29:08.700
 Jesus

00:29:08.700 --> 00:29:09.200
 Christ

00:29:09.200 --> 00:29:09.620
 that though

00:29:09.620 --> 00:29:10.019
 he was

00:29:10.019 --> 00:29:10.359
 rich

00:29:10.359 --> 00:29:10.779
 yet for

00:29:10.779 --> 00:29:11.099
 your

00:29:11.099 --> 00:29:11.460
 sake

00:29:11.460 --> 00:29:11.620
 he

00:29:11.620 --> 00:29:11.960
 became

00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:12.380
 poor

00:29:12.380 --> 00:29:13.440
 so that

00:29:13.440 --> 00:29:13.620
 you

00:29:13.620 --> 00:29:14.019
 by his

00:29:14.019 --> 00:29:14.500
 poverty

00:29:14.500 --> 00:29:15.160
 might

00:29:15.160 --> 00:29:15.519
 become

00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:15.960
 rich

00:29:15.960 --> 00:29:16.779
 isn't that

00:29:16.779 --> 00:29:17.099
 a wonderful

00:29:17.099 --> 00:29:17.579
 text

00:29:17.579 --> 00:29:18.480
 help you

00:29:18.480 --> 00:29:18.900
 understand

00:29:18.900 --> 00:29:19.519
 the gospel

00:29:19.519 --> 00:29:21.279
 you know

00:29:21.279 --> 00:29:21.960
 it's partially

00:29:21.960 --> 00:29:22.700
 picturing that

00:29:22.700 --> 00:29:23.120
 if every

00:29:23.120 --> 00:29:23.700
 time you

00:29:23.700 --> 00:29:25.000
 break a

00:29:25.000 --> 00:29:26.720
 moral rule

00:29:26.720 --> 00:29:27.259
 against another

00:29:27.259 --> 00:29:27.759
 person

00:29:27.759 --> 00:29:29.259
 or break

00:29:29.259 --> 00:29:29.740
 a rule

00:29:29.740 --> 00:29:30.519
 do something

00:29:30.519 --> 00:29:31.119
 that damages

00:29:31.119 --> 00:29:31.779
 the creation

00:29:31.779 --> 00:29:32.140
 or do

00:29:32.140 --> 00:29:32.440
 something

00:29:32.440 --> 00:29:32.960
 that's against

00:29:32.960 --> 00:29:33.319
 God

00:29:33.319 --> 00:29:33.839
 in a sense

00:29:33.839 --> 00:29:34.140
 if you

00:29:34.140 --> 00:29:34.379
 could put

00:29:34.379 --> 00:29:34.839
 a monetary

00:29:34.839 --> 00:29:35.460
 value

00:29:35.460 --> 00:29:36.339
 to that

00:29:36.339 --> 00:29:37.119
 at some

00:29:37.119 --> 00:29:37.519
 point in

00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:37.759
 time

00:29:37.759 --> 00:29:38.019
 you

00:29:38.019 --> 00:29:38.920
 which is

00:29:38.920 --> 00:29:39.220
 by the way

00:29:39.220 --> 00:29:39.500
 a very

00:29:39.500 --> 00:29:39.940
 Canadian

00:29:39.940 --> 00:29:40.480
 thing

00:29:40.480 --> 00:29:40.879
 to think

00:29:40.879 --> 00:29:41.160
 about

00:29:41.160 --> 00:29:41.460
 you know

00:29:41.460 --> 00:29:41.720
 if there's

00:29:41.720 --> 00:29:42.220
 been injustice

00:29:42.220 --> 00:29:42.759
 in the past

00:29:42.759 --> 00:29:43.119
 let's give

00:29:43.119 --> 00:29:43.819
 money to it

00:29:43.819 --> 00:29:44.400
 right

00:29:44.400 --> 00:29:44.779
 we can all

00:29:44.779 --> 00:29:45.400
 relate to that

00:29:45.400 --> 00:29:45.859
 can't we

00:29:45.859 --> 00:29:46.839
 and so

00:29:46.839 --> 00:29:47.099
 if you

00:29:47.099 --> 00:29:47.519
 just think

00:29:47.519 --> 00:29:47.980
 about that

00:29:47.980 --> 00:29:48.359
 if every

00:29:48.359 --> 00:29:48.819
 time you've

00:29:48.819 --> 00:29:49.140
 done that

00:29:49.140 --> 00:29:49.319
 okay

00:29:49.319 --> 00:29:50.519
 I should

00:29:50.519 --> 00:29:50.819
 have cut

00:29:50.819 --> 00:29:51.000
 in

00:29:51.000 --> 00:29:51.359
 maybe

00:29:51.359 --> 00:29:51.759
 $100

00:29:51.759 --> 00:29:52.480
 will make

00:29:52.480 --> 00:29:52.900
 the person

00:29:52.900 --> 00:29:53.559
 feel not

00:29:53.559 --> 00:29:54.000
 mad at

00:29:54.000 --> 00:29:54.379
 me anymore

00:29:54.380 --> 00:29:54.720
 if I can

00:29:54.720 --> 00:29:54.940
 just

00:29:54.940 --> 00:29:55.560
 send it

00:29:55.560 --> 00:29:55.800
 to their

00:29:55.800 --> 00:29:56.240
 account

00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:57.060
 and I

00:29:57.060 --> 00:29:57.460
 butt in

00:29:57.460 --> 00:29:57.760
 line

00:29:57.760 --> 00:29:58.400
 I was rude

00:29:58.400 --> 00:29:58.700
 to the

00:29:58.700 --> 00:29:59.120
 barista

00:29:59.120 --> 00:30:00.580
 or inattentive

00:30:00.580 --> 00:30:00.920
 to my

00:30:00.920 --> 00:30:01.280
 wife

00:30:01.280 --> 00:30:01.580
 you know

00:30:01.580 --> 00:30:02.000
 ka-ching

00:30:02.000 --> 00:30:02.600
 ka-ching

00:30:02.600 --> 00:30:03.180
 ka-ching

00:30:03.180 --> 00:30:03.760
 ka-ching

00:30:03.760 --> 00:30:04.280
 ka-ching

00:30:04.280 --> 00:30:04.800
 ka-ching

00:30:04.800 --> 00:30:05.840
 and before

00:30:05.840 --> 00:30:06.320
 we know it

00:30:06.320 --> 00:30:06.640
 to our

00:30:06.640 --> 00:30:07.160
 horror

00:30:07.160 --> 00:30:07.540
 we might

00:30:07.540 --> 00:30:07.720
 think

00:30:07.720 --> 00:30:07.960
 I don't

00:30:07.960 --> 00:30:08.080
 know

00:30:08.080 --> 00:30:08.340
 if you

00:30:08.340 --> 00:30:08.700
 added up

00:30:08.700 --> 00:30:09.020
 all the

00:30:09.020 --> 00:30:09.240
 stuff

00:30:09.240 --> 00:30:09.620
 I had

00:30:09.620 --> 00:30:10.020
 to owe

00:30:10.020 --> 00:30:10.380
 and never

00:30:10.380 --> 00:30:10.720
 paid

00:30:10.720 --> 00:30:11.000
 I know

00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:11.200
 it's a

00:30:11.200 --> 00:30:11.320
 couple

00:30:11.320 --> 00:30:11.520
 hundred

00:30:11.520 --> 00:30:11.880
 thousand

00:30:11.880 --> 00:30:12.300
 dollars

00:30:12.300 --> 00:30:12.720
 or something

00:30:12.720 --> 00:30:13.140
 like that

00:30:13.140 --> 00:30:13.340
 you know

00:30:13.340 --> 00:30:13.680
 no big

00:30:13.680 --> 00:30:13.940
 deal

00:30:13.940 --> 00:30:14.260
 I'll get

00:30:14.260 --> 00:30:14.540
 to it

00:30:14.540 --> 00:30:14.860
 someday

00:30:14.860 --> 00:30:15.680
 but God

00:30:15.680 --> 00:30:15.880
 said

00:30:15.880 --> 00:30:16.180
 no no

00:30:16.180 --> 00:30:16.460
 those

00:30:16.460 --> 00:30:17.000
 ka-chings

00:30:17.000 --> 00:30:17.519
 ka-chings

00:30:17.519 --> 00:30:18.039
 ka-chings

00:30:18.039 --> 00:30:18.559
 ka-chings

00:30:18.559 --> 00:30:19.180
 ka-chings

00:30:19.180 --> 00:30:20.319
 buddy

00:30:20.319 --> 00:30:21.100
 you're

00:30:21.100 --> 00:30:21.460
 you know

00:30:21.460 --> 00:30:21.680
 you're

00:30:21.680 --> 00:30:22.319
 at the

00:30:22.319 --> 00:30:22.980
 ten billion

00:30:22.980 --> 00:30:23.380
 mark

00:30:23.380 --> 00:30:25.319
 right now

00:30:25.319 --> 00:30:25.860
 in terms

00:30:25.860 --> 00:30:26.200
 of your

00:30:26.200 --> 00:30:26.559
 debts

00:30:26.559 --> 00:30:27.360
 and so

00:30:27.360 --> 00:30:27.759
 what in a

00:30:27.759 --> 00:30:27.940
 sense

00:30:27.940 --> 00:30:28.480
 you see

00:30:28.480 --> 00:30:28.799
 in the

00:30:28.799 --> 00:30:29.200
 gospel

00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:29.620
 is this

00:30:29.620 --> 00:30:29.940
 idea

00:30:29.940 --> 00:30:30.500
 that Jesus

00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:30.980
 who is

00:30:30.980 --> 00:30:31.500
 completely

00:30:31.500 --> 00:30:32.259
 not really

00:30:32.259 --> 00:30:32.519
 rich

00:30:32.519 --> 00:30:33.500
 he becomes

00:30:33.500 --> 00:30:34.019
 poor

00:30:34.019 --> 00:30:34.620
 listen to it

00:30:34.620 --> 00:30:34.920
 again

00:30:34.920 --> 00:30:35.600
 for you know

00:30:35.600 --> 00:30:36.039
 the grace

00:30:36.039 --> 00:30:36.340
 of our

00:30:36.340 --> 00:30:36.799
 Lord Jesus

00:30:36.799 --> 00:30:37.220
 Christ

00:30:37.220 --> 00:30:37.640
 that though

00:30:37.640 --> 00:30:38.059
 he was

00:30:38.059 --> 00:30:38.360
 rich

00:30:38.360 --> 00:30:39.000
 yet for

00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:39.319
 your

00:30:39.319 --> 00:30:39.660
 sake

00:30:39.660 --> 00:30:40.200
 he became

00:30:40.200 --> 00:30:40.559
 poor

00:30:40.559 --> 00:30:41.000
 so that

00:30:41.000 --> 00:30:41.440
 you by

00:30:41.440 --> 00:30:41.680
 his

00:30:41.680 --> 00:30:42.140
 poverty

00:30:42.140 --> 00:30:43.059
 might become

00:30:43.059 --> 00:30:43.519
 rich

00:30:43.519 --> 00:30:44.380
 because you

00:30:44.380 --> 00:30:44.740
 see that's

00:30:44.740 --> 00:30:44.960
 the heart

00:30:44.960 --> 00:30:45.160
 of the

00:30:45.160 --> 00:30:45.480
 gospel

00:30:45.480 --> 00:30:45.800
 is that

00:30:45.800 --> 00:30:46.380
 not only

00:30:46.380 --> 00:30:46.640
 in a

00:30:46.640 --> 00:30:46.840
 sense

00:30:46.840 --> 00:30:47.040
 does

00:30:47.040 --> 00:30:47.400
 Jesus

00:30:47.400 --> 00:30:47.960
 pay off

00:30:47.960 --> 00:30:48.380
 all those

00:30:48.380 --> 00:30:48.840
 ka-chings

00:30:48.840 --> 00:30:49.300
 ka-chings

00:30:49.300 --> 00:30:49.900
 ka-chings

00:30:49.900 --> 00:30:50.600
 but then

00:30:50.600 --> 00:30:51.060
 he gives

00:30:51.060 --> 00:30:51.420
 you his

00:30:51.420 --> 00:30:51.940
 amex

00:30:51.940 --> 00:30:52.400
 card

00:30:52.400 --> 00:30:53.720
 he pays

00:30:53.720 --> 00:30:54.100
 off the

00:30:54.100 --> 00:30:54.279
 debt

00:30:54.279 --> 00:30:54.500
 and he

00:30:54.500 --> 00:30:54.820
 gives you

00:30:54.820 --> 00:30:55.000
 his

00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:55.480
 riches

00:30:55.480 --> 00:30:57.360
 and he

00:30:57.360 --> 00:30:57.640
 does it

00:30:57.640 --> 00:30:58.000
 why

00:30:58.000 --> 00:30:59.840
 because

00:30:59.840 --> 00:31:00.100
 you

00:31:00.100 --> 00:31:01.220
 you

00:31:01.220 --> 00:31:01.680
 you

00:31:01.680 --> 00:31:02.300
 only owe

00:31:02.300 --> 00:31:02.519
 ten

00:31:02.519 --> 00:31:02.820
 billion

00:31:02.820 --> 00:31:03.220
 dollars

00:31:03.220 --> 00:31:03.720
 rather than

00:31:03.720 --> 00:31:04.160
 the really

00:31:04.160 --> 00:31:04.560
 bad

00:31:04.560 --> 00:31:04.940
 person

00:31:04.940 --> 00:31:05.200
 down

00:31:05.200 --> 00:31:05.380
 the

00:31:05.380 --> 00:31:05.580
 street

00:31:05.580 --> 00:31:05.700
 who

00:31:05.700 --> 00:31:05.880
 owns

00:31:05.880 --> 00:31:06.360
 fourteen

00:31:06.360 --> 00:31:06.680
 billion

00:31:06.680 --> 00:31:07.200
 no

00:31:07.200 --> 00:31:09.980
 he does

00:31:09.980 --> 00:31:10.120
 it

00:31:10.120 --> 00:31:10.400
 because he

00:31:10.400 --> 00:31:10.680
 loves

00:31:10.680 --> 00:31:10.980
 you

00:31:10.980 --> 00:31:14.620
 he does

00:31:14.620 --> 00:31:14.759
 it

00:31:14.759 --> 00:31:15.039
 because he

00:31:15.039 --> 00:31:15.400
 loves

00:31:15.400 --> 00:31:15.680
 you

00:31:15.680 --> 00:31:17.440
 and he

00:31:17.440 --> 00:31:17.859
 knows you

00:31:17.859 --> 00:31:18.339
 can't pay

00:31:18.339 --> 00:31:18.879
 it back

00:31:18.879 --> 00:31:20.599
 that you

00:31:20.599 --> 00:31:21.099
 can never

00:31:21.099 --> 00:31:21.619
 pay it

00:31:21.619 --> 00:31:23.379
 don't even

00:31:23.379 --> 00:31:23.799
 talk about

00:31:23.799 --> 00:31:24.200
 paying it

00:31:24.200 --> 00:31:24.539
 forward

00:31:24.539 --> 00:31:25.079
 you can't

00:31:25.079 --> 00:31:25.379
 pay it

00:31:25.379 --> 00:31:25.920
 back

00:31:25.920 --> 00:31:29.460
 it's a

00:31:29.460 --> 00:31:29.839
 type of

00:31:29.839 --> 00:31:30.279
 arrogance

00:31:30.279 --> 00:31:30.920
 to think we

00:31:30.920 --> 00:31:31.240
 can live

00:31:31.240 --> 00:31:31.660
 our lives

00:31:31.660 --> 00:31:32.359
 paying forward

00:31:32.359 --> 00:31:32.740
 when we

00:31:32.740 --> 00:31:33.220
 can't even

00:31:33.220 --> 00:31:33.579
 pay it

00:31:33.579 --> 00:31:34.019
 back

00:31:34.019 --> 00:31:35.579
 Jesus

00:31:35.579 --> 00:31:36.200
 pays it

00:31:36.200 --> 00:31:36.599
 back

00:31:36.599 --> 00:31:39.720
 you see

00:31:39.720 --> 00:31:39.960
 as the

00:31:39.960 --> 00:31:40.819
 gospel grips

00:31:40.819 --> 00:31:41.119
 you

00:31:41.119 --> 00:31:41.619
 now here

00:31:41.619 --> 00:31:42.059
 just a bit

00:31:42.059 --> 00:31:42.319
 of a

00:31:42.319 --> 00:31:42.940
 time out

00:31:42.940 --> 00:31:45.320
 I'm

00:31:45.320 --> 00:31:45.440
 going to

00:31:45.440 --> 00:31:46.039
 talk for

00:31:46.039 --> 00:31:46.360
 those of

00:31:46.360 --> 00:31:47.400
 you who

00:31:47.400 --> 00:31:47.700
 are just

00:31:47.700 --> 00:31:49.900
 trying to

00:31:49.900 --> 00:31:50.340
 out by

00:31:50.340 --> 00:31:50.980
 Christianity

00:31:50.980 --> 00:31:51.720
 you know

00:31:51.720 --> 00:31:52.019
 whatever

00:31:52.019 --> 00:31:52.820
 time out

00:31:52.820 --> 00:31:53.000
 here

00:31:53.000 --> 00:31:53.400
 just a

00:31:53.400 --> 00:31:54.000
 note to

00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:54.600
 Christians

00:31:54.600 --> 00:31:55.160
 I mean

00:31:55.160 --> 00:31:55.440
 on one

00:31:55.440 --> 00:31:55.660
 level

00:31:55.660 --> 00:31:56.440
 every single

00:31:56.440 --> 00:31:57.059
 human being

00:31:57.059 --> 00:31:57.519
 is made

00:31:57.519 --> 00:31:57.840
 to be

00:31:57.840 --> 00:31:58.380
 generous

00:31:58.380 --> 00:31:59.240
 you know

00:31:59.240 --> 00:31:59.559
 we were

00:31:59.559 --> 00:32:00.039
 made to

00:32:00.039 --> 00:32:00.759
 be fruitful

00:32:00.759 --> 00:32:02.220
 and that

00:32:02.220 --> 00:32:02.600
 means to

00:32:02.600 --> 00:32:03.140
 be fruitful

00:32:03.140 --> 00:32:03.779
 that there's

00:32:03.779 --> 00:32:04.420
 lots to

00:32:04.420 --> 00:32:04.920
 give

00:32:04.920 --> 00:32:05.820
 and giving

00:32:05.820 --> 00:32:06.180
 is the

00:32:06.180 --> 00:32:06.779
 highest form

00:32:06.779 --> 00:32:07.140
 of living

00:32:07.140 --> 00:32:07.460
 that's

00:32:07.460 --> 00:32:07.880
 very very

00:32:07.880 --> 00:32:08.100
 true

00:32:08.100 --> 00:32:08.340
 but I'm

00:32:08.340 --> 00:32:08.480
 going to

00:32:08.480 --> 00:32:08.820
 talk now

00:32:08.820 --> 00:32:09.380
 specifically

00:32:09.380 --> 00:32:09.779
 for those

00:32:09.779 --> 00:32:10.019
 of us

00:32:10.019 --> 00:32:10.200
 who are

00:32:10.200 --> 00:32:10.500
 Christians

00:32:10.500 --> 00:32:11.080
 if you

00:32:11.080 --> 00:32:11.400
 aren't a

00:32:11.400 --> 00:32:11.660
 Christian

00:32:11.660 --> 00:32:12.039
 I want to

00:32:12.039 --> 00:32:12.279
 tell you

00:32:12.279 --> 00:32:12.579
 this right

00:32:12.579 --> 00:32:12.720
 now

00:32:12.720 --> 00:32:12.940
 I don't

00:32:12.940 --> 00:32:13.220
 want you

00:32:13.220 --> 00:32:13.619
 to ever

00:32:13.619 --> 00:32:14.019
 give us

00:32:14.019 --> 00:32:14.460
 a penny

00:32:14.460 --> 00:32:15.220
 at the end

00:32:15.220 --> 00:32:15.420
 of the

00:32:15.420 --> 00:32:15.659
 service

00:32:15.659 --> 00:32:16.019
 I'll say

00:32:16.019 --> 00:32:16.259
 it right

00:32:16.259 --> 00:32:16.659
 if you're

00:32:16.659 --> 00:32:16.980
 having a

00:32:16.980 --> 00:32:17.379
 hard time

00:32:17.379 --> 00:32:18.200
 with COVID-19

00:32:18.200 --> 00:32:18.619
 if there's

00:32:18.619 --> 00:32:18.920
 some way

00:32:18.920 --> 00:32:19.220
 we can

00:32:19.220 --> 00:32:19.539
 help you

00:32:19.539 --> 00:32:19.879
 let us

00:32:19.879 --> 00:32:20.059
 know

00:32:20.059 --> 00:32:20.359
 we will

00:32:20.359 --> 00:32:20.639
 do what

00:32:20.639 --> 00:32:21.059
 we can

00:32:21.059 --> 00:32:21.599
 to try

00:32:21.599 --> 00:32:21.940
 to help

00:32:21.940 --> 00:32:22.079
 you

00:32:22.079 --> 00:32:22.619
 but we'd

00:32:22.619 --> 00:32:22.859
 rather

00:32:22.859 --> 00:32:23.240
 you never

00:32:23.240 --> 00:32:23.659
 gave us

00:32:23.659 --> 00:32:24.119
 any money

00:32:24.119 --> 00:32:24.480
 why

00:32:24.480 --> 00:32:24.899
 because

00:32:24.899 --> 00:32:25.220
 Jesus

00:32:25.220 --> 00:32:25.639
 doesn't

00:32:25.639 --> 00:32:25.839
 care

00:32:25.839 --> 00:32:26.059
 about

00:32:26.059 --> 00:32:26.259
 your

00:32:26.259 --> 00:32:26.460
 money

00:32:26.460 --> 00:32:26.940
 he died

00:32:26.940 --> 00:32:27.180
 for

00:32:27.180 --> 00:32:27.599
 you

00:32:27.599 --> 00:32:28.659
 not

00:32:28.659 --> 00:32:28.839
 for

00:32:28.839 --> 00:32:29.000
 your

00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:29.299
 money

00:32:29.299 --> 00:32:30.879
 we just

00:32:30.879 --> 00:32:31.139
 want to

00:32:31.139 --> 00:32:31.480
 lift him

00:32:31.480 --> 00:32:31.779
 high

00:32:31.779 --> 00:32:33.099
 but for

00:32:33.099 --> 00:32:33.619
 Christians

00:32:33.619 --> 00:32:34.259
 there is

00:32:34.259 --> 00:32:34.720
 this very

00:32:34.720 --> 00:32:35.359
 very profound

00:32:35.359 --> 00:32:35.859
 call to

00:32:35.859 --> 00:32:36.459
 be generous

00:32:36.459 --> 00:32:38.240
 and that's

00:32:38.240 --> 00:32:38.639
 the sin

00:32:38.639 --> 00:32:39.259
 of omission

00:32:39.259 --> 00:32:40.419
 the Bible

00:32:40.419 --> 00:32:40.879
 isn't saying

00:32:40.879 --> 00:32:41.159
 you should

00:32:41.159 --> 00:32:41.899
 be miserable

00:32:41.899 --> 00:32:42.179
 in fact

00:32:42.179 --> 00:32:42.859
 a very good

00:32:42.859 --> 00:32:43.419
 Christian rule

00:32:43.419 --> 00:32:43.740
 of thumb

00:32:43.740 --> 00:32:44.000
 here I'm

00:32:44.000 --> 00:32:44.379
 talking to

00:32:44.379 --> 00:32:44.819
 Christians

00:32:44.819 --> 00:32:47.039
 is save

00:32:47.039 --> 00:32:47.740
 10%

00:32:47.740 --> 00:32:48.119
 because you

00:32:48.119 --> 00:32:48.359
 need to

00:32:48.359 --> 00:32:48.879
 prepare for

00:32:48.879 --> 00:32:49.579
 your retirement

00:32:49.579 --> 00:32:50.139
 for other

00:32:50.139 --> 00:32:50.859
 things so

00:32:50.859 --> 00:32:51.399
 your debt

00:32:51.399 --> 00:32:51.819
 doesn't

00:32:51.819 --> 00:32:52.619
 overwhelm you

00:32:52.619 --> 00:32:52.899
 and money

00:32:52.899 --> 00:32:53.139
 doesn't

00:32:53.139 --> 00:32:53.659
 overwhelm you

00:32:53.659 --> 00:32:54.399
 save 10%

00:32:54.399 --> 00:32:55.139
 give 10%

00:32:55.139 --> 00:32:55.399
 away

00:32:55.399 --> 00:32:56.000
 with the

00:32:56.000 --> 00:32:57.139
 other 80%

00:32:57.139 --> 00:32:57.979
 have fun

00:32:57.979 --> 00:32:59.719
 be moral

00:32:59.719 --> 00:33:00.599
 but have fun

00:33:00.599 --> 00:33:02.179
 if you like

00:33:02.179 --> 00:33:02.559
 a Harley

00:33:02.559 --> 00:33:03.899
 buy a Harley

00:33:03.900 --> 00:33:05.700
 you know

00:33:05.700 --> 00:33:06.980
 you like

00:33:06.980 --> 00:33:07.360
 fancy

00:33:07.360 --> 00:33:07.860
 sunglasses

00:33:07.860 --> 00:33:08.300
 buy the

00:33:08.300 --> 00:33:08.580
 fancy

00:33:08.580 --> 00:33:09.200
 sunglasses

00:33:09.200 --> 00:33:10.500
 save 10%

00:33:10.500 --> 00:33:11.440
 give 10%

00:33:11.440 --> 00:33:12.140
 and give

00:33:12.140 --> 00:33:12.620
 10%

00:33:12.620 --> 00:33:13.120
 means give

00:33:13.120 --> 00:33:13.440
 to the

00:33:13.440 --> 00:33:13.740
 local

00:33:13.740 --> 00:33:14.080
 church

00:33:14.080 --> 00:33:14.259
 where

00:33:14.259 --> 00:33:14.580
 Jesus

00:33:14.580 --> 00:33:14.840
 is

00:33:14.840 --> 00:33:15.120
 lifted

00:33:15.120 --> 00:33:15.500
 high

00:33:15.500 --> 00:33:15.780
 where

00:33:15.780 --> 00:33:16.600
 compassionate

00:33:16.600 --> 00:33:17.560
 work

00:33:17.560 --> 00:33:17.920
 for the

00:33:17.920 --> 00:33:18.160
 poor

00:33:18.160 --> 00:33:18.620
 can also

00:33:18.620 --> 00:33:19.080
 potentially

00:33:19.080 --> 00:33:19.560
 be done

00:33:19.560 --> 00:33:19.900
 where the

00:33:19.900 --> 00:33:20.220
 gospel

00:33:20.220 --> 00:33:20.620
 can be

00:33:20.620 --> 00:33:20.860
 spread

00:33:20.860 --> 00:33:21.120
 around

00:33:21.120 --> 00:33:21.300
 the

00:33:21.300 --> 00:33:21.540
 earth

00:33:21.540 --> 00:33:22.180
 give

00:33:22.180 --> 00:33:22.460
 to the

00:33:22.460 --> 00:33:22.780
 poor

00:33:22.780 --> 00:33:23.820
 but move

00:33:23.820 --> 00:33:24.200
 towards

00:33:24.200 --> 00:33:24.800
 tithing

00:33:24.800 --> 00:33:25.300
 tithing

00:33:25.300 --> 00:33:25.720
 is a rule

00:33:25.720 --> 00:33:26.300
 of thumb

00:33:26.300 --> 00:33:26.860
 because if

00:33:26.860 --> 00:33:27.120
 we say

00:33:27.120 --> 00:33:27.660
 how much

00:33:27.660 --> 00:33:28.160
 is generous

00:33:28.160 --> 00:33:28.800
 is generous

00:33:28.800 --> 00:33:29.460
 you know

00:33:29.460 --> 00:33:29.920
 that I'm

00:33:29.920 --> 00:33:30.180
 bringing

00:33:30.180 --> 00:33:30.500
 home

00:33:30.500 --> 00:33:31.400
 $10,000

00:33:31.400 --> 00:33:32.100
 a month

00:33:32.100 --> 00:33:32.420
 and I

00:33:32.420 --> 00:33:32.860
 give

00:33:32.860 --> 00:33:33.880
 25 cents

00:33:33.880 --> 00:33:34.160
 to the

00:33:34.160 --> 00:33:34.340
 bum

00:33:34.340 --> 00:33:34.480
 and

00:33:34.480 --> 00:33:34.900
 $2

00:33:34.900 --> 00:33:35.420
 to

00:33:35.420 --> 00:33:35.760
 Chio

00:33:35.760 --> 00:33:36.080
 when they

00:33:36.080 --> 00:33:36.520
 ask me

00:33:36.520 --> 00:33:36.680
 at

00:33:36.680 --> 00:33:37.080
 Costco

00:33:37.080 --> 00:33:38.020
 no

00:33:38.020 --> 00:33:38.680
 we need

00:33:38.680 --> 00:33:38.920
 a rule

00:33:38.920 --> 00:33:39.300
 of thumb

00:33:39.300 --> 00:33:39.540
 in the

00:33:39.540 --> 00:33:39.840
 Bible

00:33:39.840 --> 00:33:40.200
 the

00:33:40.200 --> 00:33:40.480
 tithe

00:33:40.480 --> 00:33:40.980
 is a

00:33:40.980 --> 00:33:41.160
 rule

00:33:41.160 --> 00:33:41.640
 of thumb

00:33:41.640 --> 00:33:42.760
 move

00:33:42.760 --> 00:33:43.040
 towards

00:33:43.040 --> 00:33:43.600
 tithing

00:33:43.600 --> 00:33:44.120
 move

00:33:44.120 --> 00:33:44.400
 towards

00:33:44.400 --> 00:33:45.060
 generosity

00:33:45.060 --> 00:33:47.240
 why

00:33:47.240 --> 00:33:48.860
 Jesus

00:33:48.860 --> 00:33:51.040
 we are

00:33:51.040 --> 00:33:51.320
 being

00:33:51.320 --> 00:33:51.920
 prepared

00:33:51.920 --> 00:33:53.380
 to spend

00:33:53.380 --> 00:33:53.980
 eternity

00:33:53.980 --> 00:33:55.540
 where we

00:33:55.540 --> 00:33:56.040
 will be

00:33:56.040 --> 00:33:56.800
 constantly

00:33:56.800 --> 00:33:58.380
 generous

00:33:58.380 --> 00:33:58.980
 and

00:33:58.980 --> 00:33:59.600
 constantly

00:33:59.600 --> 00:34:00.380
 overwhelmed

00:34:00.380 --> 00:34:00.900
 with the

00:34:00.900 --> 00:34:01.420
 generosity

00:34:01.420 --> 00:34:02.180
 of God

00:34:02.180 --> 00:34:04.980
 generosity

00:34:04.980 --> 00:34:05.720
 wins

00:34:05.720 --> 00:34:10.460
 some of

00:34:10.460 --> 00:34:10.740
 you might

00:34:10.740 --> 00:34:10.960
 say

00:34:10.960 --> 00:34:11.280
 George

00:34:11.280 --> 00:34:11.760
 why is

00:34:11.760 --> 00:34:11.900
 there

00:34:11.900 --> 00:34:12.059
 all

00:34:12.059 --> 00:34:12.280
 this

00:34:12.280 --> 00:34:12.780
 weeping

00:34:12.780 --> 00:34:14.519
 and all

00:34:14.519 --> 00:34:14.740
 that

00:34:14.740 --> 00:34:15.000
 doesn't

00:34:15.000 --> 00:34:15.320
 that seem

00:34:15.320 --> 00:34:15.599
 to go

00:34:15.599 --> 00:34:15.880
 against

00:34:15.880 --> 00:34:16.300
 what you

00:34:16.300 --> 00:34:16.639
 said

00:34:16.639 --> 00:34:17.960
 no

00:34:17.960 --> 00:34:19.320
 it doesn't

00:34:19.320 --> 00:34:19.780
 go against

00:34:19.780 --> 00:34:20.059
 it at

00:34:20.059 --> 00:34:20.260
 all

00:34:20.260 --> 00:34:20.639
 in fact

00:34:20.639 --> 00:34:21.119
 actually

00:34:21.119 --> 00:34:21.840
 here's

00:34:21.840 --> 00:34:22.360
 the big

00:34:22.360 --> 00:34:22.880
 problem

00:34:22.880 --> 00:34:23.480
 that most

00:34:23.480 --> 00:34:24.380
 most Canadians

00:34:24.380 --> 00:34:25.059
 don't realize

00:34:25.059 --> 00:34:25.500
 they have a

00:34:25.500 --> 00:34:25.820
 problem

00:34:25.820 --> 00:34:26.119
 when they

00:34:26.119 --> 00:34:26.539
 think about

00:34:26.539 --> 00:34:26.840
 these

00:34:26.840 --> 00:34:27.260
 things

00:34:27.260 --> 00:34:28.580
 you see

00:34:28.580 --> 00:34:30.120
 most Canadians

00:34:30.120 --> 00:34:30.840
 believe

00:34:30.840 --> 00:34:31.940
 I think

00:34:31.940 --> 00:34:32.500
 that it would

00:34:32.500 --> 00:34:32.900
 be really

00:34:32.900 --> 00:34:33.440
 good if

00:34:33.440 --> 00:34:34.020
 love won

00:34:34.020 --> 00:34:34.880
 that in fact

00:34:34.880 --> 00:34:35.280
 love is

00:34:35.280 --> 00:34:36.060
 very important

00:34:36.060 --> 00:34:36.680
 we'd all

00:34:36.680 --> 00:34:37.520
 easily sing

00:34:37.520 --> 00:34:38.040
 all you need

00:34:38.040 --> 00:34:38.600
 is love

00:34:38.600 --> 00:34:39.800
 love

00:34:39.800 --> 00:34:40.100
 love

00:34:40.100 --> 00:34:40.400
 love

00:34:40.400 --> 00:34:40.420
 love

00:34:40.420 --> 00:34:40.800
 all you

00:34:40.800 --> 00:34:40.960
 need

00:34:40.960 --> 00:34:41.480
 is love

00:34:41.480 --> 00:34:43.120
 it's a

00:34:43.120 --> 00:34:43.780
 very very

00:34:43.780 --> 00:34:44.760
 powerful

00:34:44.760 --> 00:34:45.380
 thing that

00:34:45.380 --> 00:34:45.840
 Canadians

00:34:45.840 --> 00:34:46.480
 intuitively

00:34:46.480 --> 00:34:47.140
 understand

00:34:47.140 --> 00:34:47.660
 but here's

00:34:47.660 --> 00:34:48.260
 the problem

00:34:48.260 --> 00:34:48.880
 that Canadians

00:34:48.880 --> 00:34:49.460
 don't understand

00:34:49.460 --> 00:34:49.860
 there's no

00:34:49.860 --> 00:34:50.380
 love without

00:34:50.380 --> 00:34:50.840
 freedom

00:34:50.840 --> 00:34:53.220
 there is no

00:34:53.220 --> 00:34:53.900
 love without

00:34:53.900 --> 00:34:54.380
 freedom

00:34:54.380 --> 00:34:56.539
 I mean

00:34:56.539 --> 00:34:57.340
 imagine

00:34:57.340 --> 00:34:58.019
 that one

00:34:58.019 --> 00:34:58.240
 of you

00:34:58.240 --> 00:34:58.519
 you have

00:34:58.519 --> 00:34:59.160
 your best

00:34:59.160 --> 00:34:59.599
 friend

00:34:59.599 --> 00:35:00.460
 and they

00:35:00.460 --> 00:35:01.640
 meet the

00:35:01.640 --> 00:35:03.079
 guy of

00:35:03.079 --> 00:35:03.780
 their dreams

00:35:03.780 --> 00:35:05.980
 but then a

00:35:05.980 --> 00:35:06.780
 week before

00:35:06.780 --> 00:35:08.119
 your best

00:35:08.119 --> 00:35:08.720
 friend is to

00:35:08.720 --> 00:35:09.619
 marry the

00:35:09.619 --> 00:35:10.140
 guy of her

00:35:10.140 --> 00:35:10.519
 dreams

00:35:10.519 --> 00:35:12.039
 you happen

00:35:12.039 --> 00:35:12.840
 to overhear a

00:35:12.840 --> 00:35:13.480
 conversation

00:35:13.480 --> 00:35:14.059
 and you

00:35:14.059 --> 00:35:15.340
 realize that

00:35:15.340 --> 00:35:15.760
 the only

00:35:15.760 --> 00:35:16.940
 reason the

00:35:16.940 --> 00:35:17.460
 guy is

00:35:17.460 --> 00:35:17.940
 marrying the

00:35:17.940 --> 00:35:18.400
 woman is

00:35:18.400 --> 00:35:18.800
 that there's

00:35:18.800 --> 00:35:19.240
 this rich

00:35:19.240 --> 00:35:19.980
 guy just

00:35:19.980 --> 00:35:20.920
 playing games

00:35:20.920 --> 00:35:21.240
 with the

00:35:21.240 --> 00:35:21.940
 guy's head

00:35:21.940 --> 00:35:22.380
 and he's

00:35:22.380 --> 00:35:22.860
 going to

00:35:22.860 --> 00:35:23.619
 give this

00:35:23.619 --> 00:35:24.160
 guy 10

00:35:24.159 --> 00:35:24.500
 million

00:35:24.500 --> 00:35:25.399
 to marry

00:35:25.399 --> 00:35:25.839
 the woman

00:35:25.839 --> 00:35:28.619
 he's not

00:35:28.619 --> 00:35:29.739
 loving her

00:35:29.739 --> 00:35:30.239
 because he

00:35:30.239 --> 00:35:30.779
 loves her

00:35:30.779 --> 00:35:31.039
 out of

00:35:31.039 --> 00:35:31.319
 freedom

00:35:31.319 --> 00:35:32.299
 he's in

00:35:32.299 --> 00:35:32.699
 fact just

00:35:32.699 --> 00:35:33.500
 using her

00:35:33.500 --> 00:35:35.000
 he's in

00:35:35.000 --> 00:35:35.440
 love with

00:35:35.440 --> 00:35:35.879
 money

00:35:35.879 --> 00:35:37.559
 and he's

00:35:37.559 --> 00:35:38.059
 just doing

00:35:38.059 --> 00:35:38.500
 this not

00:35:38.500 --> 00:35:38.819
 because he

00:35:38.819 --> 00:35:39.480
 loves the

00:35:39.480 --> 00:35:40.000
 woman but

00:35:40.000 --> 00:35:41.899
 just and

00:35:41.899 --> 00:35:42.399
 wouldn't you

00:35:42.399 --> 00:35:43.440
 instantly tell

00:35:43.440 --> 00:35:43.940
 your friend

00:35:43.940 --> 00:35:44.299
 I mean you'd

00:35:44.299 --> 00:35:45.019
 be heartbroken

00:35:45.019 --> 00:35:45.619
 you'd be both

00:35:45.619 --> 00:35:46.799
 furious

00:35:46.799 --> 00:35:48.119
 depending on

00:35:48.119 --> 00:35:49.139
 your temperament

00:35:49.139 --> 00:35:49.519
 you might want

00:35:49.519 --> 00:35:50.039
 to pound

00:35:50.039 --> 00:35:50.639
 the guy

00:35:50.639 --> 00:35:53.000
 and you'd

00:35:53.000 --> 00:35:53.940
 be crushed

00:35:53.940 --> 00:35:55.240
 and heartbroken

00:35:55.240 --> 00:35:56.119
 about revealing

00:35:56.119 --> 00:35:56.740
 it to your

00:35:56.740 --> 00:35:57.700
 best friend

00:35:57.700 --> 00:35:59.039
 but your

00:35:59.039 --> 00:35:59.539
 best friend

00:35:59.539 --> 00:36:00.139
 wouldn't marry

00:36:00.139 --> 00:36:00.559
 the person

00:36:00.559 --> 00:36:01.019
 unless they

00:36:01.019 --> 00:36:01.420
 did it in a

00:36:01.420 --> 00:36:01.960
 cynical way

00:36:01.960 --> 00:36:02.380
 to marry

00:36:02.380 --> 00:36:02.720
 them make

00:36:02.720 --> 00:36:02.960
 sure they

00:36:02.960 --> 00:36:03.240
 got the

00:36:03.240 --> 00:36:03.519
 money and

00:36:03.519 --> 00:36:03.940
 then divorce

00:36:03.940 --> 00:36:04.240
 them and

00:36:04.240 --> 00:36:04.720
 get half

00:36:04.720 --> 00:36:05.059
 of it or

00:36:05.059 --> 00:36:05.639
 something like

00:36:05.639 --> 00:36:06.579
 that but

00:36:06.579 --> 00:36:07.099
 you'd see that

00:36:07.099 --> 00:36:07.519
 the love

00:36:07.519 --> 00:36:08.420
 dies right

00:36:08.420 --> 00:36:09.860
 and so what

00:36:09.860 --> 00:36:10.440
 this is just

00:36:10.440 --> 00:36:11.340
 saying is it's

00:36:11.340 --> 00:36:11.940
 going back to

00:36:11.940 --> 00:36:12.480
 what we've talked

00:36:12.480 --> 00:36:13.000
 about in other

00:36:13.000 --> 00:36:13.780
 types of things

00:36:13.780 --> 00:36:14.780
 you know for us

00:36:14.780 --> 00:36:15.720
 human beings

00:36:15.720 --> 00:36:17.539
 I have to watch

00:36:17.539 --> 00:36:17.920
 my time we're

00:36:17.920 --> 00:36:18.159
 just going to

00:36:18.159 --> 00:36:18.579
 talk about the

00:36:18.579 --> 00:36:19.220
 injustice very

00:36:19.220 --> 00:36:19.980
 very briefly and

00:36:19.980 --> 00:36:20.420
 then one other

00:36:20.420 --> 00:36:21.019
 final thing but

00:36:21.019 --> 00:36:21.820
 see what it

00:36:21.820 --> 00:36:22.420
 is you know

00:36:22.420 --> 00:36:22.980
 there's I don't

00:36:22.980 --> 00:36:23.280
 know if it's

00:36:23.280 --> 00:36:23.880
 true or not but

00:36:23.880 --> 00:36:24.340
 there's an old

00:36:24.340 --> 00:36:24.940
 story about one

00:36:24.940 --> 00:36:25.420
 of the ways to

00:36:25.420 --> 00:36:26.280
 capture a monkey

00:36:26.280 --> 00:36:27.420
 was that you

00:36:27.420 --> 00:36:28.500
 you get a jar

00:36:28.500 --> 00:36:30.159
 a bottle and

00:36:30.159 --> 00:36:30.780
 you put a nut

00:36:30.780 --> 00:36:31.900
 in it and

00:36:31.900 --> 00:36:33.039
 the monkey can

00:36:33.039 --> 00:36:34.019
 get his hand

00:36:34.019 --> 00:36:35.340
 into the jar

00:36:35.340 --> 00:36:36.019
 to grab the

00:36:36.019 --> 00:36:36.719
 nut but the

00:36:36.719 --> 00:36:37.559
 monkey can't

00:36:37.559 --> 00:36:38.539
 get the hand

00:36:38.539 --> 00:36:39.679
 keep the

00:36:39.679 --> 00:36:40.440
 keep the nut

00:36:40.440 --> 00:36:41.119
 in its hand

00:36:41.119 --> 00:36:42.259
 and get his

00:36:42.259 --> 00:36:42.860
 hand out of the

00:36:42.860 --> 00:36:43.460
 jar and that's

00:36:43.460 --> 00:36:43.800
 how you can

00:36:43.800 --> 00:36:44.539
 capture a monkey

00:36:44.539 --> 00:36:45.719
 and that's the

00:36:45.719 --> 00:36:46.239
 fact of the matter

00:36:46.239 --> 00:36:47.119
 that's the profound

00:36:47.119 --> 00:36:48.519
 problem that we

00:36:48.519 --> 00:36:49.380
 Canadians have

00:36:49.380 --> 00:36:50.160
 we say listen

00:36:50.160 --> 00:36:51.180
 I'd love to

00:36:51.180 --> 00:36:51.820
 have love wins

00:36:51.820 --> 00:36:52.420
 but I can't

00:36:52.420 --> 00:36:53.079
 give up I

00:36:53.079 --> 00:36:54.119
 can't give up

00:36:54.119 --> 00:36:55.720
 I need to

00:36:55.720 --> 00:36:56.539
 have this money

00:36:56.539 --> 00:36:57.980
 I need to

00:36:57.980 --> 00:36:58.400
 have this

00:36:58.400 --> 00:36:59.579
 position I

00:36:59.579 --> 00:37:00.700
 need to have

00:37:00.700 --> 00:37:01.360
 this type of

00:37:01.360 --> 00:37:02.320
 sexual expression

00:37:02.320 --> 00:37:03.280
 or experience

00:37:03.280 --> 00:37:04.780
 I need to

00:37:04.780 --> 00:37:05.280
 have these

00:37:05.280 --> 00:37:05.760
 views on

00:37:05.760 --> 00:37:06.900
 politics I

00:37:06.900 --> 00:37:07.920
 need to have

00:37:07.920 --> 00:37:08.760
 these views on

00:37:08.760 --> 00:37:10.099
 race I need

00:37:10.099 --> 00:37:10.700
 to have this

00:37:10.700 --> 00:37:11.260
 type of a

00:37:11.260 --> 00:37:12.079
 feedback I

00:37:12.079 --> 00:37:12.880
 need to be

00:37:12.880 --> 00:37:13.500
 able to have

00:37:13.500 --> 00:37:14.500
 this wife or

00:37:14.500 --> 00:37:15.220
 control my

00:37:15.220 --> 00:37:15.880
 kids or do

00:37:15.880 --> 00:37:16.519
 this or that I

00:37:16.519 --> 00:37:17.460
 need them to

00:37:17.460 --> 00:37:18.220
 respect me and

00:37:18.220 --> 00:37:19.140
 I can't I

00:37:19.139 --> 00:37:19.940
 can't give

00:37:19.940 --> 00:37:20.619
 that up and

00:37:20.619 --> 00:37:21.579
 every single

00:37:21.579 --> 00:37:22.440
 person we can

00:37:22.440 --> 00:37:23.359
 weep and howl

00:37:23.359 --> 00:37:24.219
 because the fact

00:37:24.219 --> 00:37:24.619
 of the matter

00:37:24.619 --> 00:37:25.739
 is is that we

00:37:25.739 --> 00:37:26.559
 have our hands

00:37:26.559 --> 00:37:27.219
 on that nut

00:37:27.219 --> 00:37:27.659
 and the nut

00:37:27.659 --> 00:37:28.400
 might be money

00:37:28.400 --> 00:37:29.960
 the nut might

00:37:29.960 --> 00:37:30.859
 be our looks

00:37:30.859 --> 00:37:31.299
 it might be

00:37:31.299 --> 00:37:32.039
 power it might

00:37:32.039 --> 00:37:32.799
 be our time

00:37:32.799 --> 00:37:33.379
 it might be

00:37:33.379 --> 00:37:34.440
 control it

00:37:34.440 --> 00:37:35.059
 might it might

00:37:35.059 --> 00:37:36.219
 be autonomy

00:37:36.219 --> 00:37:37.500
 it might be

00:37:37.500 --> 00:37:37.960
 our own

00:37:37.960 --> 00:37:38.579
 definition of

00:37:38.579 --> 00:37:39.279
 ourselves but

00:37:39.279 --> 00:37:39.940
 we have our

00:37:39.940 --> 00:37:40.639
 hand on that

00:37:40.639 --> 00:37:41.179
 nut and we

00:37:41.179 --> 00:37:41.940
 will not let

00:37:41.940 --> 00:37:42.980
 that nut go

00:37:42.980 --> 00:37:43.940
 because at the

00:37:43.940 --> 00:37:44.400
 end of the day

00:37:44.400 --> 00:37:45.139
 we start to

00:37:45.139 --> 00:37:46.119
 believe that that

00:37:46.119 --> 00:37:46.960
 nut is more

00:37:46.960 --> 00:37:47.699
 important than

00:37:47.699 --> 00:37:48.500
 love winning

00:37:48.500 --> 00:37:52.880
 and let me

00:37:52.880 --> 00:37:53.400
 tell you this

00:37:53.400 --> 00:37:55.119
 friends I am

00:37:55.119 --> 00:37:56.519
 not saying that

00:37:56.519 --> 00:37:57.400
 I figured out

00:37:57.400 --> 00:37:58.199
 the secret to

00:37:58.199 --> 00:37:58.840
 let go of the

00:37:58.840 --> 00:38:01.619
 nut I don't

00:38:01.619 --> 00:38:02.199
 want you to

00:38:02.199 --> 00:38:03.320
 misunderstand me

00:38:03.320 --> 00:38:05.219
 I am just

00:38:05.219 --> 00:38:06.559
 like you I

00:38:06.559 --> 00:38:07.739
 could not give

00:38:07.739 --> 00:38:08.900
 up the nut

00:38:08.900 --> 00:38:12.400
 all you can do

00:38:12.400 --> 00:38:13.179
 is hear about

00:38:13.179 --> 00:38:13.940
 Jesus and say

00:38:13.940 --> 00:38:14.840
 Lord have mercy

00:38:14.840 --> 00:38:17.659
 upon me I

00:38:17.659 --> 00:38:18.159
 I want love

00:38:18.159 --> 00:38:19.339
 to win I

00:38:19.339 --> 00:38:20.420
 can't let go

00:38:20.420 --> 00:38:22.359
 of the nut I

00:38:22.359 --> 00:38:23.159
 can't let go

00:38:23.159 --> 00:38:23.739
 of the money

00:38:23.739 --> 00:38:24.460
 of the power

00:38:24.460 --> 00:38:25.319
 of the prestige

00:38:25.319 --> 00:38:26.239
 of being

00:38:26.239 --> 00:38:27.179
 Canadian of

00:38:27.179 --> 00:38:28.460
 of being anti

00:38:28.460 --> 00:38:29.399
 racist or being

00:38:29.399 --> 00:38:30.059
 racist or whatever

00:38:30.059 --> 00:38:30.819
 it is or just

00:38:30.819 --> 00:38:31.539
 whatever it is that

00:38:31.539 --> 00:38:32.440
 we cannot give

00:38:32.440 --> 00:38:34.019
 up Lord have

00:38:34.019 --> 00:38:36.159
 mercy on me and

00:38:36.159 --> 00:38:36.739
 that's the heart

00:38:36.739 --> 00:38:38.639
 of the gospel is

00:38:38.639 --> 00:38:39.639
 that Jesus takes

00:38:39.639 --> 00:38:40.559
 you with your

00:38:40.559 --> 00:38:41.460
 hands stuck in

00:38:41.460 --> 00:38:43.500
 these jars and

00:38:43.500 --> 00:38:44.839
 he takes you and

00:38:44.839 --> 00:38:45.779
 he wraps his arm

00:38:45.779 --> 00:38:46.500
 around you and

00:38:46.500 --> 00:38:47.260
 he says I will

00:38:47.260 --> 00:38:48.880
 take you unworthy

00:38:48.880 --> 00:38:51.519
 as you are and

00:38:51.519 --> 00:38:52.219
 the message of

00:38:52.219 --> 00:38:53.199
 the gospel is as

00:38:53.199 --> 00:38:53.900
 if we're gripped

00:38:53.900 --> 00:38:54.840
 by the gospel

00:38:54.840 --> 00:38:56.619
 that Jesus begins

00:38:56.619 --> 00:38:59.320
 to gently let us

00:38:59.320 --> 00:39:00.239
 let go of the

00:39:00.239 --> 00:39:01.619
 money or the

00:39:01.619 --> 00:39:02.659
 power of the

00:39:02.659 --> 00:39:03.460
 prestige

00:39:03.460 --> 00:39:07.699
 see that's why

00:39:07.699 --> 00:39:08.260
 it's so important

00:39:08.260 --> 00:39:08.980
 to be generous

00:39:08.980 --> 00:39:11.559
 just a couple of

00:39:11.559 --> 00:39:12.320
 minutes we just

00:39:12.320 --> 00:39:12.920
 need to figure out

00:39:12.920 --> 00:39:13.460
 because this last

00:39:13.460 --> 00:39:14.059
 part is really

00:39:14.059 --> 00:39:14.820
 important and it

00:39:14.820 --> 00:39:15.619
 leads to the

00:39:15.619 --> 00:39:16.440
 important end of

00:39:16.440 --> 00:39:17.320
 it let's just

00:39:17.320 --> 00:39:18.099
 finish off we're

00:39:18.099 --> 00:39:18.380
 not going to

00:39:18.380 --> 00:39:19.019
 finish all of it

00:39:19.019 --> 00:39:20.159
 but let's look at

00:39:20.159 --> 00:39:21.599
 verses four to

00:39:21.599 --> 00:39:22.960
 six where you can

00:39:22.960 --> 00:39:23.779
 see the nut here

00:39:23.779 --> 00:39:24.400
 as well but

00:39:24.400 --> 00:39:25.420
 chapter five verse

00:39:25.420 --> 00:39:26.400
 four behold the

00:39:26.400 --> 00:39:27.059
 wages of the

00:39:27.059 --> 00:39:27.639
 laborers who

00:39:27.639 --> 00:39:28.480
 mowed your fields

00:39:28.480 --> 00:39:29.219
 which you kept

00:39:29.219 --> 00:39:30.299
 back by fraud

00:39:30.299 --> 00:39:31.380
 are crying out

00:39:31.380 --> 00:39:32.019
 against you and

00:39:32.019 --> 00:39:32.880
 the cries of the

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 harvesters have

00:39:33.679 --> 00:39:34.320
 reached the ears

00:39:34.320 --> 00:39:34.980
 of the Lord of

00:39:34.980 --> 00:39:35.940
 hosts you have

00:39:35.940 --> 00:39:36.539
 lived on the

00:39:36.539 --> 00:39:37.299
 earth in luxury

00:39:37.299 --> 00:39:37.860
 and in self

00:39:37.860 --> 00:39:39.259
 indulgence you have

00:39:39.259 --> 00:39:39.860
 fattened your

00:39:39.860 --> 00:39:40.599
 hearts in the day

00:39:40.599 --> 00:39:41.340
 of slaughter you

00:39:41.340 --> 00:39:42.179
 have condemned and

00:39:42.179 --> 00:39:42.639
 murdered the

00:39:42.639 --> 00:39:43.440
 righteous person who

00:39:43.440 --> 00:39:44.360
 does not resist

00:39:44.360 --> 00:39:45.860
 you be patient

00:39:45.860 --> 00:39:46.820
 therefore brothers

00:39:46.820 --> 00:39:47.800
 and sisters until

00:39:47.800 --> 00:39:48.519
 the coming of the

00:39:48.519 --> 00:39:49.740
 Lord see how the

00:39:49.740 --> 00:39:50.659
 farmer waits for the

00:39:50.659 --> 00:39:51.460
 precious fruit of the

00:39:51.460 --> 00:39:52.340
 earth being patient

00:39:52.340 --> 00:39:53.159
 about it until it

00:39:53.159 --> 00:39:54.059
 receives the early

00:39:54.059 --> 00:39:55.019
 and the later

00:39:55.019 --> 00:39:56.320
 rains you also be

00:39:56.320 --> 00:39:57.639
 patient establish your

00:39:57.639 --> 00:39:58.619
 hearts for the

00:39:58.619 --> 00:39:59.760
 coming of the Lord

00:39:59.760 --> 00:40:00.480
 is at hand and

00:40:00.480 --> 00:40:01.079
 we'll just sort of

00:40:01.079 --> 00:40:01.820
 pause in our reading

00:40:01.820 --> 00:40:02.559
 here just a couple

00:40:02.559 --> 00:40:03.179
 of things to bring

00:40:03.179 --> 00:40:04.320
 it up to a to a

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 closing you see the

00:40:06.500 --> 00:40:07.360
 first thing is here

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 is just as I was

00:40:08.079 --> 00:40:08.740
 talking about when

00:40:08.740 --> 00:40:09.880
 money and power and

00:40:09.880 --> 00:40:10.980
 prestige start to rule

00:40:10.980 --> 00:40:12.500
 you and it doesn't

00:40:12.500 --> 00:40:13.199
 matter if you're

00:40:13.199 --> 00:40:13.980
 really really really

00:40:13.980 --> 00:40:15.139
 super rich if you're

00:40:15.139 --> 00:40:16.019
 you're sort of way

00:40:16.019 --> 00:40:17.000
 up I can't even point

00:40:17.000 --> 00:40:17.659
 high enough or if

00:40:17.659 --> 00:40:18.360
 you're here you're

00:40:18.360 --> 00:40:18.980
 here you're here

00:40:18.980 --> 00:40:19.679
 you're but you have

00:40:19.679 --> 00:40:20.639
 any as money and

00:40:20.639 --> 00:40:21.340
 power all those

00:40:21.340 --> 00:40:21.900
 things start to

00:40:21.900 --> 00:40:22.659
 control you there's

00:40:22.659 --> 00:40:23.380
 all sorts of ways

00:40:23.380 --> 00:40:24.079
 you'll cheat on your

00:40:24.079 --> 00:40:26.239
 taxes you know you

00:40:26.239 --> 00:40:27.400
 do little end runs

00:40:27.400 --> 00:40:28.960
 around this you do

00:40:28.960 --> 00:40:29.860
 something to argue

00:40:29.860 --> 00:40:31.019
 down the price of the

00:40:31.019 --> 00:40:31.900
 person who's you know

00:40:31.900 --> 00:40:32.900
 shoveled your snow

00:40:32.900 --> 00:40:34.780
 you look for different

00:40:34.780 --> 00:40:35.820
 ways to make a bit

00:40:35.820 --> 00:40:37.039
 more money to cut

00:40:37.039 --> 00:40:37.980
 people out of it and

00:40:37.980 --> 00:40:39.059
 this can just grow on

00:40:39.059 --> 00:40:40.179
 steroids as you get

00:40:40.179 --> 00:40:41.000
 richer and richer and

00:40:41.000 --> 00:40:42.420
 richer and the Bible can

00:40:42.420 --> 00:40:44.039
 condemn all injustice

00:40:44.039 --> 00:40:45.360
 and oppression and

00:40:45.360 --> 00:40:47.079
 fraud it condemns it

00:40:47.079 --> 00:40:49.240
 God opposes the proud

00:40:49.240 --> 00:40:53.920
 and one other thing is a

00:40:53.920 --> 00:40:55.579
 whole other sermon the

00:40:55.579 --> 00:40:57.460
 types of oppression in

00:40:57.460 --> 00:40:58.380
 here that is being

00:40:58.380 --> 00:40:59.639
 talked about that cannot

00:40:59.639 --> 00:41:01.220
 go on without social

00:41:01.220 --> 00:41:02.960
 political and cultural

00:41:02.960 --> 00:41:04.639
 and religious enabling

00:41:04.639 --> 00:41:09.680
 it cannot happen without

00:41:09.679 --> 00:41:11.559
 social cultural political

00:41:11.559 --> 00:41:14.779
 religious or spiritual

00:41:14.779 --> 00:41:16.879
 enabling and it's all

00:41:16.879 --> 00:41:17.759
 evil

00:41:17.759 --> 00:41:23.119
 so why is it then that

00:41:23.119 --> 00:41:24.079
 the Bible just seems to

00:41:24.079 --> 00:41:24.879
 go from that to just

00:41:24.879 --> 00:41:26.179
 saying being patient well

00:41:26.179 --> 00:41:28.000
 friends here's the thing

00:41:28.000 --> 00:41:29.179
 one of the great prayers

00:41:29.179 --> 00:41:30.619
 and those of those of you

00:41:30.619 --> 00:41:32.259
 who are watching it those

00:41:32.259 --> 00:41:33.299
 of us who have had

00:41:33.299 --> 00:41:34.559
 anything to do with a a

00:41:34.559 --> 00:41:35.839
 know that there's a very

00:41:35.840 --> 00:41:37.420
 very powerful Christian

00:41:37.420 --> 00:41:38.720
 prayer that many people

00:41:38.720 --> 00:41:40.320
 in AA have prayed and

00:41:40.320 --> 00:41:42.220
 this text perfectly shows

00:41:42.220 --> 00:41:43.880
 the wisdom of it and the

00:41:43.880 --> 00:41:44.800
 prayer goes something like

00:41:44.800 --> 00:41:46.140
 this Lord grant me the

00:41:46.140 --> 00:41:47.860
 courage to change what can

00:41:47.860 --> 00:41:50.000
 and should be changed the

00:41:50.000 --> 00:41:52.019
 patience to be steadfast under

00:41:52.019 --> 00:41:53.460
 those hard things that

00:41:53.460 --> 00:41:55.460
 cannot be changed and the

00:41:55.460 --> 00:41:56.240
 wisdom to know the

00:41:56.240 --> 00:41:57.280
 difference I'll say it

00:41:57.280 --> 00:41:59.059
 again Lord grant me the

00:41:59.059 --> 00:42:00.680
 courage the courage to

00:42:00.680 --> 00:42:01.920
 change what can and should

00:42:01.920 --> 00:42:04.460
 be changed the patience to

00:42:04.460 --> 00:42:06.139
 be steadfast under those

00:42:06.139 --> 00:42:07.680
 hard things that cannot be

00:42:07.680 --> 00:42:09.380
 changed and the wisdom to

00:42:09.380 --> 00:42:10.659
 know the difference see

00:42:10.659 --> 00:42:11.700
 that's actually the the

00:42:11.700 --> 00:42:15.860
 text is modeling this you

00:42:15.860 --> 00:42:17.280
 speak out against the evil

00:42:17.280 --> 00:42:20.159
 and the injustice you do

00:42:20.159 --> 00:42:21.539
 what you can about that but

00:42:21.539 --> 00:42:22.400
 there are some things you

00:42:22.400 --> 00:42:23.400
 can't change you just need

00:42:23.400 --> 00:42:27.059
 to endure I mean those of

00:42:27.059 --> 00:42:28.119
 us who've been in AA you

00:42:28.119 --> 00:42:29.360
 know there's these stresses

00:42:29.360 --> 00:42:31.079
 there's these anxieties maybe

00:42:31.079 --> 00:42:32.039
 there's the relationship

00:42:32.039 --> 00:42:33.259
 that you desire that you

00:42:33.259 --> 00:42:34.579
 could restore but it's now

00:42:34.579 --> 00:42:36.380
 too broken beyond it and

00:42:36.380 --> 00:42:37.440
 part of the wisdom of this

00:42:37.440 --> 00:42:38.279
 prayer is there's some

00:42:38.279 --> 00:42:39.360
 things you can only be

00:42:39.360 --> 00:42:40.420
 patient about maybe you can

00:42:40.420 --> 00:42:41.920
 just pray that there will

00:42:41.920 --> 00:42:43.299
 be peace to restore that

00:42:43.299 --> 00:42:44.639
 relationship or that there

00:42:44.639 --> 00:42:45.960
 will be a day when that

00:42:45.960 --> 00:42:47.259
 person will forgive you and

00:42:47.259 --> 00:42:49.360
 all you can do is pray and

00:42:49.360 --> 00:42:51.360
 be patient it's all you can

00:42:51.360 --> 00:42:53.900
 do but there are things you

00:42:53.900 --> 00:42:55.000
 can do and there are those

00:42:55.000 --> 00:42:56.099
 things you can do you got to

00:42:56.099 --> 00:42:59.659
 do them and gosh you need

00:42:59.659 --> 00:43:01.059
 Jesus's wisdom to know the

00:43:01.059 --> 00:43:03.059
 difference there's so many

00:43:03.059 --> 00:43:04.239
 things we can change that we

00:43:04.239 --> 00:43:06.759
 don't there's so many things

00:43:06.759 --> 00:43:07.799
 we're patient under that we

00:43:07.799 --> 00:43:10.039
 should seek to change we get

00:43:10.039 --> 00:43:11.619
 really confused about this

00:43:11.619 --> 00:43:13.319
 brothers and sisters we need

00:43:13.319 --> 00:43:15.179
 each other you need to have

00:43:15.179 --> 00:43:17.139
 mentors and small groups and

00:43:17.139 --> 00:43:18.579
 worshiping communities where

00:43:18.579 --> 00:43:20.500
 you can share your heart with

00:43:20.500 --> 00:43:21.859
 one another and share your

00:43:21.859 --> 00:43:23.199
 triumphs and share your

00:43:23.199 --> 00:43:25.480
 anxieties and pray into each

00:43:25.480 --> 00:43:26.799
 other and support each other and

00:43:26.800 --> 00:43:28.160
 as we pray this prayer lord

00:43:28.160 --> 00:43:29.640
 help us to understand those

00:43:29.640 --> 00:43:30.840
 things that should be changed

00:43:30.840 --> 00:43:32.539
 and can be changed help us to

00:43:32.539 --> 00:43:33.700
 be part of that change those

00:43:34.400 --> 00:43:35.400
 things that we just need to

00:43:35.400 --> 00:43:37.080
 live under and bear under with

00:43:37.080 --> 00:43:39.680
 patience lord grip us so greatly

00:43:39.680 --> 00:43:41.519
 with the truth of the gospel and

00:43:41.519 --> 00:43:43.420
 the truth that Jesus will return

00:43:43.420 --> 00:43:47.140
 that love wins that injustice

00:43:47.140 --> 00:43:49.680
 does not win death does not win

00:43:49.680 --> 00:43:53.480
 hatred does not win grant us

00:43:53.480 --> 00:43:55.320
 patience knowing that is the end

00:43:55.320 --> 00:43:56.720
 of the story and the end of my

00:43:56.720 --> 00:43:59.080
 story is not because I am so

00:43:59.080 --> 00:44:00.280
 perfect but because of what

00:44:00.280 --> 00:44:01.880
 Jesus has done for me that

00:44:01.880 --> 00:44:04.320
 Jesus says welcome friend welcome

00:44:04.920 --> 00:44:06.740
 brother welcome sister welcome

00:44:06.740 --> 00:44:09.820
 child and grant us the wisdom to

00:44:09.820 --> 00:44:11.080
 know the difference friends I'm

00:44:11.080 --> 00:44:12.720
 just going to end that sort of

00:44:12.720 --> 00:44:14.080
 I'll say that prayer and if you

00:44:14.080 --> 00:44:15.200
 haven't given your life to Jesus

00:44:15.200 --> 00:44:16.519
 there's no time better now than

00:44:16.519 --> 00:44:18.840
 just to say Jesus you know all

00:44:18.840 --> 00:44:21.180
 those things all those nuts in my

00:44:21.180 --> 00:44:23.760
 hand that so entrap me have mercy

00:44:23.760 --> 00:44:26.040
 upon me be my savior and my lord

00:44:26.040 --> 00:44:28.400
 never let me go and help me to

00:44:28.400 --> 00:44:29.900
 never turn back from having you as

00:44:29.900 --> 00:44:31.220
 my savior and lord let's pray

00:44:31.220 --> 00:44:34.460
 father we ask that the holy spirit

00:44:34.460 --> 00:44:36.040
 would fall with might and power and

00:44:36.040 --> 00:44:38.320
 deep conviction upon us father

00:44:38.320 --> 00:44:39.840
 first of all we ask that you would

00:44:39.840 --> 00:44:41.580
 grip us again with the gospel with

00:44:41.580 --> 00:44:43.680
 this wonderful truth that Jesus what

00:44:43.680 --> 00:44:45.940
 he did for us on the cross what he

00:44:45.940 --> 00:44:47.740
 offers to us in his grace and mercy

00:44:47.740 --> 00:44:49.600
 father fill us again with a great

00:44:49.599 --> 00:44:52.139
 sure and certain hope that Jesus

00:44:52.139 --> 00:44:54.500
 will return that there will be a new

00:44:54.500 --> 00:44:56.079
 heaven and a new earth that love

00:44:56.079 --> 00:44:58.980
 wins life wins goodness wins mercy

00:44:58.980 --> 00:45:02.219
 wins justice wins and father help us

00:45:02.219 --> 00:45:04.159
 to live our lives in light of the fact

00:45:04.159 --> 00:45:05.819
 that that is the true end of the

00:45:05.819 --> 00:45:09.719
 story and that through Jesus we can be

00:45:09.719 --> 00:45:11.619
 your child by adoption and grace and

00:45:11.619 --> 00:45:14.199
 live in that future and father in

00:45:14.199 --> 00:45:16.079
 light of that you know those nuts that

00:45:16.079 --> 00:45:18.099
 we have our hands on whether it's

00:45:18.099 --> 00:45:20.319
 around money or power or identity or

00:45:20.319 --> 00:45:23.159
 sexuality or whatever it is father

00:45:23.159 --> 00:45:25.699
 you know those things we ask that this

00:45:25.699 --> 00:45:29.539
 the gospel would so grip us and the

00:45:29.539 --> 00:45:31.380
 truth of his return would so grip us

00:45:31.380 --> 00:45:33.480
 that you begin to gently help us to

00:45:33.480 --> 00:45:36.360
 let our hands go of those things and

00:45:36.360 --> 00:45:38.059
 live lives of generosity of

00:45:38.059 --> 00:45:40.599
 forgiveness of compassion of mercy of

00:45:40.599 --> 00:45:43.619
 standing against injustice of offering

00:45:43.619 --> 00:45:47.880
 grace and all these things we ask in the

00:45:47.880 --> 00:45:49.699
 name of Jesus your son and our savior

00:45:49.699 --> 00:45:50.739
 amen