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 Heavenly Father, we thank you so much that we get to gather here this morning,

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 that we have been set free by your wonderful gospel.

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 Through your son's death and resurrection, we might have life and salvation in him.

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 And we thank you that right now we have the privilege and the joy to hear from your word.

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 And so we pray that what you have to teach us this morning,

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 we would take in and we would go back out into our world, onto our front line,

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 and live faithfully for you.

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 And we pray this in your son's precious name. Amen.

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 We exist in a world that loves to love.

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 We use the word love to describe just about anything that gives us any slight sort of affection or joy.

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 You might have people say, I love my car.

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 I love my bike.

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 I love my iPhone.

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 I love pizza.

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 I love, I love, I love.

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 We use the word I love so frequently and so much that we kind of forget what it means.

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 We're a world that loves to love.

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 Love is one of the most dominant themes in books, TV shows, and movies.

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 We love stories about love, especially when love is victorious,

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 because they are stories that tap into an innate desire to be loved and to love.

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 For us to love and be loved is to celebrate being accepted, included,

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 to feel value and worth, to be part of something that feels right and to feel good.

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 The problem is, as a society, we don't always agree upon what is good and what is right,

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 and therefore what is ultimately loving.

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 A very clear and recent example of this has been Malcolm Turnbull's call for an independent review of the Safe Schools program.

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 This program is accused of trying to influence the thinking of young children to accept LGBTI views as the norm,

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 even if it contradicts the values and views these children have themselves,

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 or the values and views their parents have taught them.

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 There are many ways the program has been accused of being unsafe for some,

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 but we don't have time to go into it.

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 But what I want to point out is that it's very clear that there is a profound concern on both sides for the safety of our children.

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 But there is a clear divide about how best to make a program that keeps these kids safe.

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 We are divided as a community as to how to love these kids best,

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 and we've seen both sides accuse the other side of being unloving.

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 During Bill Shorten's press conference,

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 Cory Bernardi came out and called him a homophobe.

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 Sorry, Bill Shorten called Cory Bernardi a homophobe,

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 and Bernardi and others believe that the program is about brainwashing our kids

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 towards a socialist Marxist agenda, if you will.

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 Those who oppose the program are called unloving and homophodes,

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 and they are accused of persecuting those who are for the safe school program.

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 And those who are for the program are called unloving and intolerant.

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 They are accused of extremism, liberalism, and brainwashing.

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 The thing is that both sides claim and desire to love these kids.

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 Both want safe schools for kids.

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 Both sides completely, though, disagree about what that looks like.

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 And therefore, both sides accuse the other of being unloving.

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 We're in a world that loves to love.

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 But in reality, our world loves conditionally.

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 That is, we love because.

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 Because you make me feel good.

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 Because you agree with the way I think.

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 Because you act and speak like me.

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 Because your views don't stop me from having my views and doing what I want.

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 Anything that might be perceived as a threat or an attack on someone's freedom, autonomy, beliefs,

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 does not and cannot be loving.

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 Now, how have Christians responded?

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 You may have heard of a church called Westboro Baptist Church.

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 A very vocal church in America that is well known for promoting how much God hates sinners,

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 which is, for them, everyone except them.

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 They have a strong message of hate.

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 They are not at all interested in loving those who disagree with them.

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 And they don't view any other Christian action, apart from their own, as loving.

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 They picket funerals of soldiers.

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 Their signs say, God hates gays.

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 God hates you.

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 And in their eyes, their signs are supposed to be loving somehow towards you.

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 Go figure.

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 Their response to the world is to remain in their holy huddle and judge.

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 And by judging, they presume they think they are loving.

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 Whilst Westboro Baptist is an extreme example of this,

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 there are still a number of Christians and churches

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 who think the best response to this kind of world is to not take part in it,

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 to not engage in it,

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 to remain in their little holy huddle,

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 to love each other,

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 but not to love those who are outside their congregation,

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 to love those who are outside their holy huddle.

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 They view that their responsibility is to hide away until Jesus returns

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 and just take care of each other.

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 Now, at the other end of the spectrum,

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 there are churches and Christians

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 who have abandoned biblical principle and truths

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 in order to love those who otherwise disagree with them.

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 In their mind, you can't love and accept outsiders

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 without doing away of old, archaic dogma.

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 They justify this by concluding simplistically

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 that the whole Bible is about love.

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 And if one thing is remaining in our society,

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 that is love.

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 So therefore, the priority of our lives as Christians

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 is to love above all else.

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 So therefore, some Christians have begun denying

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 core beliefs of our faith,

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 like the Trinity,

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 the bodily resurrection of Jesus,

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 his death for our sins,

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 is even his own deity.

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 Much of the Anglican Church outside of Sydney

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 is moving in towards this direction.

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 With examples such as Reverend Rod Bauer up at Gosford,

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 who is constantly making headlines

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 about being pro-gay marriage,

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 and also doesn't believe that Jesus died for our sins.

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 Even one of our previous Anglican primates of Australia,

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 he didn't believe in the resurrection of Jesus.

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 Christians head in this direction

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 in order to make outsiders feel loved.

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 They are not just going against their own conscience

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 in order to fit in.

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 They truly believe,

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 these guys truly believe,

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 that love is the central aim of the Christian faith.

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 And then everything else in the Scripture

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 is relative towards achieving that aim,

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 towards love.

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 We exist in a world that loves to love.

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 But I think it's fair to say

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 we struggle to actually love each other,

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 even Christians.

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 How do we love people

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 without acting like self-righteous jerks

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 remaining in our holy huddles?

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 Or how do we love people

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 without abandoning all biblical principle

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 and eventually inspiring out of control

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 into something that doesn't even look like Christianity?

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 How do we love those who disagree with us?

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 How do we love those who don't want to love us back?

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 When we go to work on Monday,

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 or what do you do tomorrow?

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 How are we going to love those on our front line?

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 How are we going to live and love

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 in a world that struggles to love?

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 We're in a series called

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 Fruitfulness on the Front Line.

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 The whole point of this series

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 is to show that our faith

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 extends beyond the Sunday gathering,

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 extends beyond our Christian gatherings

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 throughout the week.

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 That there is no such thing

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 as a secular, sacred divide,

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 but that we are called to live for Christ,

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 to worship Him in our daily lives

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 with whatever it is

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 we've been called to do throughout the week.

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 And because Jesus' death and resurrection

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 not only saves us from our sins,

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 but inaugurates the reconciliation

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 of all things to come,

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 it's making all things new

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 and perfecting all things,

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 including our work,

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 we can then enjoy knowing

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 that what we do each and every single day

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 in our workplace,

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 in our homes,

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 in our schools,

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 where we volunteer,

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 has immense dignity.

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 And it's not a waste of time.

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 Indeed, our duty is to work

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 and involve ourselves in this world,

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 to engage with the world,

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 reflecting the proper order

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 of God's creation as we do it,

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 and therefore showing the world

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 our wonderful and great God

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 that we serve,

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 who made us to work

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 and to rule over this creation,

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 this good creation,

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 giving the world

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 a taste of what it's like

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 to be known by God

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 and what the new creation

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 will look like

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 that is to come.

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 One of the things

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 our world is so desperately

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 in need of tasting

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 is love.

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 Not love in the way

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 the world loves,

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 but love in the way

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 Christ loves.

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 And this morning,

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 we're going to see how we are called

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 to love in such a way

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 on our front line,

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 to give our world

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 that is thirsty

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 and hungry

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 a taste

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 of true love.

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 We're going to see

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 what it looks like

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 and how we're able to do it.

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 So firstly,

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 what does Christ's love

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 look like

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 in this world?

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 The parable of the Good Samaritan

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 read out before us

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 is to show us

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 what God demands

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 of those who follow Him.

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 Jesus' aim

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 is to point out

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 that the central calling

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 of our life

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 is to love God

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 and to love our neighbor.

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 This is the pattern

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 of life

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 that the law talks about.

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 It is to love.

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 But the extent

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 to which we are called

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 to love

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 is immensely challenging.

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 Jesus tells the parable

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 in order to show

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 that our neighbor

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 from time to time

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 may be someone

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 we least expect.

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 In fact,

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 it might be

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 our worst enemy.

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 We're going to read out

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 that parable once more.

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 So please open your Bibles again

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 from verse 30.

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 A man was going down

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 from Jerusalem to Jericho

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 and he fell among robbers

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 who stripped him

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 and beat him

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 and departed,

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 leaving him half dead.

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 Now by chance

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 a priest was going down

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 that road

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 and when he saw him

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 he passed by

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 on the other side.

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 So likewise a Levite,

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 when he came to the place

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 and saw him pass by

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 on that other side.

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 But a Samaritan,

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 as he journeyed,

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 came to where he was

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 and when he saw him

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 he had compassion.

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 He went to him

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 and bound up his wounds,

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 pouring on oil and wine.

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 Then he set him

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 on his own animal

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 and brought him

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 to an inn

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 and took care of him.

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 This is an incredible parable.

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 Jesus flips

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 our expectation

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 upside down.

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 The idea of Samaritan

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 exemplifying what it was

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 to love your neighbor

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 is completely unexpected.

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 The fact that the Samaritan

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 outshone the exemplary Jews,

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 the priest and the Levite,

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 is absolutely insulting

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 towards the Jews.

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 To give you some context,

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 the Samaritans and Jews

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 hated each other.

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 They hated each other.

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 Samaritans were considered

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 fake Jews from the north

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 who had mixed up

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 with other races.

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 They were considered dirty,

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 considered unclean,

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 like pork for the Jews.

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 They were equated

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 with the dirty pork.

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 Jews hated the Samaritans.

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 They were absolutely racist

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 towards them.

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 You could liken the hate

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 the Jews had

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 for Samaritans

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 with the hate

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 a white supremacist had

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 for black people.

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 It's that insane.

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 That's how much

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 they hated Samaritans.

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 Jesus paints

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 a very challenging picture

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 of what it is

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 to love our neighbor.

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 It might seem so foreign

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 in our world

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 and so backwards

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 to our culture,

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 but it's the very picture

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 we needed painted for us.

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 Indeed, our world

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 has begun trying to paint

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 its own picture

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 of what it is to love,

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 to love conditionally,

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 claiming we don't need God

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 to know what it is to love.

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 We can do it ourselves,

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 but the reality is

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 we love in a very corrupted way

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 and this is why

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 we find this story

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 incredibly challenging

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 and shocking.

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 It turns our version of love

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 and the way we view love

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 completely upside down.

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 The picture Jesus paints

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 tells us what it is

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 to truly love your neighbor.

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 It's to show that love

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 is unconditional.

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 It's not conditional love.

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 It's not because love.

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 It's love that seeks

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 their well-being

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 no matter what.

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 This parable

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 is to say that

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 if you want eternal life,

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 you must love God

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 and your neighbor

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 and your neighbor

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 could be at times

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 your worst enemy.

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 This unconditional love

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 that Christ calls us

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 to have for our neighbor

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 means being able to see

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 your worst enemy

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 potentially lying half dead

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 in front of you

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 and instead of feeling rage

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 and bitterness

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 and anger

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 and maybe a bit of joy

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 about their plight

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 instead you feel

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 compassion.

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 Imagine that.

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 Imagine if that was

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 your first reaction

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 to seeing

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 your worst enemy

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 lying before you

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 half dead.

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 Your first reaction

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 was to have

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 compassion

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 on them.

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 This is what it means

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 to love your neighbor.

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 Not conditional.

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 Not because type love.

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 Unconditional.

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 But the question is

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 how are we able

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 to do this?

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 How are we going to love

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 our neighbor

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 when they turn out

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 to be our enemy?

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 The reality is

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 we really can't

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 if we're honest

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 because sin

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 has so corrupted

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 our world

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 and has so corrupted

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 the way that we love

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 that we don't even know

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 what it looks like

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 and truly means

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 to love unconditionally.

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 People would be

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 looking at this story

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 and going

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 that is wrong.

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 That is not right.

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 That is not loving

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 for that Samaritan

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 to love that Jew.

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 That's foolish.

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 It's impossible

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 for us

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 to be able

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 to love

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 our neighbor

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 in such a way

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 which is why

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 when we read this

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 we're so taken aback

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 and we want to challenge it.

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 We don't want it

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 to be true.

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 But

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 the great reality here

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 that this is not only

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 a depiction

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 of how we're

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 ought to love

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 this is a depiction

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 of how God loves us.

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 Remember

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 the parable's purpose

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 is to illustrate

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 what it is

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 to love

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 the Lord your God

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 with all your heart

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 mind soul and strength

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 and to love your neighbor

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 as yourself.

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 It's supposed to be

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 a depiction

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 of the law of God

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 and unconditional love

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 is what characterizes

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 this law

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 than it also

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 would be what

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 characterizes

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 God himself.

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 Our God then

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 is a God

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 of unconditional love

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 and we have seen

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 this haven't we

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 through his son.

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 Romans 5.8

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 says this

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 but God demonstrates

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 his own love

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 for us

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 in this

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 while we were

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 still sinners

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 Christ died

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 for us.

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 Ephesians 2

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 says this

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 all of us

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 also lived among

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 them at one time

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 gratifying the

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 cravings of our flesh

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 and following

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 his desires

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 and thoughts

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 like the rest

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 we were by nature

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 deserving of wrath

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 but because of

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 his great love

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 for us

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 God who is rich

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 in mercy

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 made us alive

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 with Christ

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 even when

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 we were dead

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 in transgressions

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 it is by grace

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 you have been saved.

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 When we were

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 God's enemy

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 Christ

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 died

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 for us

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 while we were

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 lying on the road

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 helpless victims

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 of our own rebellion

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 against him

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 Christ came

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 and he did not

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 pass us by

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 he stopped

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 and he had

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 compassion on us.

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 That word

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 compassion

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 is

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 splagitsomai

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 in the Greek

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 and what it means

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 is for your gut

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 to actually go out

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 for you to actually

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 feel sick

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 when you see

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 someone in pain

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 and who is hurting.

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 That's the kind

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 of compassion

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 that Christ

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 had for us.

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 He saved us

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 from our sins

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 by taking

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 our place

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 on the cross

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 even though we

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 were his worst

00:17:32.619 --> 00:17:33.059
 enemies

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 he died for us

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 and through his death

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 he gave us

00:17:37.099 --> 00:17:37.720
 new life.

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 What does the love

00:17:40.240 --> 00:17:40.980
 of Christ

00:17:40.980 --> 00:17:41.759
 look like?

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 It's unconditional.

00:17:45.160 --> 00:17:46.140
 While you were

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 his worst enemy

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 he died for you.

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 We enjoy

00:17:50.440 --> 00:17:51.480
 eternal life

00:17:51.480 --> 00:17:52.379
 and peace

00:17:52.379 --> 00:17:53.019
 with God

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 and fellowship

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 with each other

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 here this morning

00:17:55.000 --> 00:17:56.500
 because of

00:17:56.500 --> 00:17:57.579
 Christ's

00:17:57.579 --> 00:17:58.579
 unconditional love

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 for us.

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 So we then

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 who have been

00:18:01.720 --> 00:18:02.359
 brought into

00:18:02.359 --> 00:18:02.819
 relationship

00:18:02.819 --> 00:18:03.480
 with God

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 who experience

00:18:04.699 --> 00:18:05.539
 the incredible

00:18:05.539 --> 00:18:07.039
 unconditional love

00:18:07.039 --> 00:18:07.599
 of God

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 through his son

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 and have seen

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 how good it is

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 and how right

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 it is

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 have the privilege

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 to reflect

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 this love

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 to a world

00:18:15.500 --> 00:18:16.779
 that is so broken

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 and a world

00:18:17.759 --> 00:18:19.019
 that is so corrupted

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 in the way

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 it loves.

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 We don't do this

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 in our own strength

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 but we do it

00:18:25.079 --> 00:18:25.939
 in the strength

00:18:25.939 --> 00:18:26.879
 of Christ

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 knowing that we

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 are deeply loved

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 by him

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 set free

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 in him

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 resting in his

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 assurance

00:18:33.799 --> 00:18:34.539
 of forgiveness

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 and eternal life

00:18:36.039 --> 00:18:37.379
 enabled by his

00:18:37.379 --> 00:18:37.980
 spirit

00:18:37.980 --> 00:18:39.439
 to love

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 others

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 even those

00:18:42.079 --> 00:18:43.000
 who might be

00:18:43.000 --> 00:18:44.240
 considered our enemies

00:18:44.240 --> 00:18:44.939
 who might be

00:18:44.939 --> 00:18:45.839
 so unlovable

00:18:45.839 --> 00:18:47.079
 and so hard

00:18:47.079 --> 00:18:47.679
 to love

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 but the question is

00:18:49.799 --> 00:18:50.699
 how does this play out

00:18:50.699 --> 00:18:51.199
 practically?

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 If we can do this

00:18:52.839 --> 00:18:53.899
 in Christ strength

00:18:53.899 --> 00:18:54.819
 then what does it

00:18:54.819 --> 00:18:55.819
 look like practically

00:18:55.819 --> 00:18:56.779
 to love those

00:18:56.779 --> 00:18:58.000
 who could be

00:18:58.000 --> 00:18:58.980
 our worst enemies

00:18:58.980 --> 00:18:59.899
 who are on our

00:18:59.899 --> 00:19:00.519
 front line

00:19:00.519 --> 00:19:01.659
 who are difficult

00:19:01.659 --> 00:19:02.959
 and hard to love?

00:19:03.799 --> 00:19:04.419
 So we come to

00:19:04.419 --> 00:19:05.319
 our second question

00:19:05.319 --> 00:19:06.379
 how do we live

00:19:06.379 --> 00:19:07.159
 our lives

00:19:07.159 --> 00:19:08.099
 on the front line

00:19:08.099 --> 00:19:09.599
 in such a way

00:19:09.599 --> 00:19:10.980
 that reflects

00:19:10.980 --> 00:19:11.740
 the unconditional

00:19:11.740 --> 00:19:13.539
 love of Christ?

00:19:14.059 --> 00:19:14.480
 How do we

00:19:14.480 --> 00:19:15.439
 love those

00:19:15.439 --> 00:19:16.019
 in our world

00:19:16.019 --> 00:19:17.099
 who would least

00:19:17.099 --> 00:19:17.839
 expect it

00:19:17.839 --> 00:19:18.980
 without compromising

00:19:18.980 --> 00:19:19.419
 what it is

00:19:19.419 --> 00:19:20.059
 we believe?

00:19:21.079 --> 00:19:21.539
 Showing

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 unconditional love

00:19:22.779 --> 00:19:23.899
 whilst

00:19:23.899 --> 00:19:24.779
 continuing

00:19:24.779 --> 00:19:25.299
 to hold

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 tightly

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 and firmly

00:19:26.700 --> 00:19:27.460
 to the faith

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 that we confess

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 to the things

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 that we believe

00:19:30.160 --> 00:19:30.839
 in scripture

00:19:30.839 --> 00:19:32.240
 and not compromising

00:19:32.240 --> 00:19:33.079
 it or abandoning

00:19:33.079 --> 00:19:33.279
 it

00:19:33.279 --> 00:19:34.519
 even though we're

00:19:34.519 --> 00:19:35.079
 in a world

00:19:35.079 --> 00:19:36.079
 that wants us

00:19:36.079 --> 00:19:36.759
 to abandon

00:19:36.759 --> 00:19:37.980
 those things

00:19:37.980 --> 00:19:38.779
 how do we do that?

00:19:39.599 --> 00:19:40.099
 The answer

00:19:40.099 --> 00:19:41.059
 is not a simple one

00:19:41.059 --> 00:19:42.460
 I'm sure

00:19:42.460 --> 00:19:43.079
 you'll be able

00:19:43.079 --> 00:19:43.519
 to think

00:19:43.519 --> 00:19:44.180
 of situations

00:19:44.180 --> 00:19:44.899
 where you

00:19:44.899 --> 00:19:46.240
 won't know

00:19:46.240 --> 00:19:46.799
 what to do

00:19:46.799 --> 00:19:47.420
 exactly

00:19:47.420 --> 00:19:48.480
 but I think

00:19:48.480 --> 00:19:49.160
 the best thing

00:19:49.160 --> 00:19:49.779
 we can do

00:19:49.779 --> 00:19:50.700
 is model

00:19:50.700 --> 00:19:51.420
 our Lord

00:19:51.420 --> 00:19:52.339
 Jesus Christ

00:19:52.339 --> 00:19:52.779
 himself

00:19:52.779 --> 00:19:53.460
 as we see

00:19:53.460 --> 00:19:54.240
 how he loved

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 in the gospels

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 and do our best

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 to follow

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 his example

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 in our world

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 today

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 and I think

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 there are two

00:20:00.160 --> 00:20:00.839
 particular

00:20:00.839 --> 00:20:01.859
 things

00:20:01.859 --> 00:20:02.720
 that we see

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 Christ

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 model to us

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 in the gospels

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 that will help us

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 to love

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 our neighbour

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 whoever

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 that might be

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 firstly we see

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 that Jesus

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 was not afraid

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 to associate

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 with sinners

00:20:14.900 --> 00:20:16.620
 all throughout

00:20:16.620 --> 00:20:17.280
 the gospels

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 Jesus loves

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 to hang out

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 with sinners

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 and those

00:20:19.920 --> 00:20:20.800
 who are rejected

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 from the community

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 and showing them

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 love and grace

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 but a particular

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 story I want to

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 look at

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 is in Luke 5

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 which was our

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 second reading

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 Jesus

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 meets Levi

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 a tax collector

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 and he calls

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 Levi to follow him

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 Levi then

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 he's so stoked

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 about following

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 Jesus

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 decides to throw

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 a massive party

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 in his honour

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 and Levi

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 invites

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 tax collectors

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 and other people

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 along as well

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 now tax collectors

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 kind of like

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 Samaritans

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 were also hated

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 by the Jews

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 because they were

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 people who worked

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 for the Roman Empire

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 who took money

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 from the Jews

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 and then took

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 even more

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 than they owed

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 for themselves

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 they were considered

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 traitors

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 of the Jewish people

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 and so people

00:21:07.159 --> 00:21:07.859
 again would not

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 want to be

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 associated anyway

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 with these

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 tax collectors

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 with these

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 sinners

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 and yet here

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 we have Jesus

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 once again

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 hanging out

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 with these

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 unlikely people

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 it would be like

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 this situation

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 our Archbishop

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 Glenn Davies

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 being invited

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 to the house

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 of the Auburn City

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 Council's mayor

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 Salim Mahajah

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 for a party

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 now you can imagine

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 what kind of party

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 that might be like

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 Jesus goes

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 and spends time

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 with these people

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 with these sinners

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 associating with them

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 presumably having

00:21:41.420 --> 00:21:41.960
 lots of fun

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 with them

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 and not afraid

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 of what the Pharisees

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 thought

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 even though

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 they were questioning

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 his disciples

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 about why

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 he was doing this

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 and his response

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 was this

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 in verse 31

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 those who are well

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 need no physician

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 or doctor

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 but those who are sick

00:21:58.019 --> 00:21:59.539
 I have not come

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 to call the righteous

00:22:00.400 --> 00:22:01.680
 but sinners

00:22:01.680 --> 00:22:03.779
 Jesus isn't afraid

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 to associate

00:22:05.140 --> 00:22:06.460
 with sinful people

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 indeed

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 it's his purpose

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 for coming

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 down to earth

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 to associate

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 with them

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 and love them

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 in order he might

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 save them

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 we are not

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 concerned

00:22:15.500 --> 00:22:17.640
 we are not

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 called

00:22:17.980 --> 00:22:19.060
 to hide away

00:22:19.060 --> 00:22:20.779
 from the world

00:22:20.779 --> 00:22:21.940
 to disassociate

00:22:21.940 --> 00:22:22.480
 ourselves

00:22:22.480 --> 00:22:23.899
 from the world

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 and the concerns

00:22:25.039 --> 00:22:25.720
 of the world

00:22:25.720 --> 00:22:27.139
 to remain

00:22:27.139 --> 00:22:28.099
 our own holy huddles

00:22:28.099 --> 00:22:28.700
 and focus

00:22:28.700 --> 00:22:29.240
 on each other

00:22:29.240 --> 00:22:30.660
 no Jesus has called us

00:22:30.660 --> 00:22:31.759
 to engage

00:22:31.759 --> 00:22:32.599
 with these people

00:22:32.599 --> 00:22:33.839
 to love them

00:22:33.839 --> 00:22:34.920
 to extend

00:22:34.920 --> 00:22:35.899
 mercy

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 and grace

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 even if

00:22:38.460 --> 00:22:39.680
 they are undeserving

00:22:39.680 --> 00:22:40.039
 of it

00:22:40.039 --> 00:22:41.039
 in our own eyes

00:22:41.039 --> 00:22:42.680
 we do this

00:22:42.680 --> 00:22:43.899
 because for we have been

00:22:43.899 --> 00:22:45.259
 saved by grace

00:22:45.259 --> 00:22:46.460
 for we have been

00:22:46.460 --> 00:22:48.039
 experiencing

00:22:48.039 --> 00:22:49.740
 the unconditional love

00:22:49.740 --> 00:22:50.740
 of God

00:22:50.740 --> 00:22:51.559
 through his son

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 if it were our purpose

00:22:53.500 --> 00:22:54.880
 to just remain

00:22:54.880 --> 00:22:55.900
 this little holy huddle

00:22:55.900 --> 00:22:56.480
 right here

00:22:56.480 --> 00:22:58.140
 and avoid the world

00:22:58.140 --> 00:22:59.099
 then there would be

00:22:59.099 --> 00:23:00.099
 no point for us

00:23:00.099 --> 00:23:01.420
 in being on this earth

00:23:01.420 --> 00:23:02.740
 but we are here

00:23:02.740 --> 00:23:04.140
 because it is our privilege

00:23:04.140 --> 00:23:05.099
 and our joy

00:23:05.099 --> 00:23:06.099
 to exhibit the love

00:23:06.099 --> 00:23:06.620
 of Christ

00:23:06.620 --> 00:23:07.220
 has shown us

00:23:07.220 --> 00:23:08.120
 to the whole world

00:23:08.120 --> 00:23:10.359
 as Jesus says

00:23:10.359 --> 00:23:11.279
 it's not the healthy

00:23:11.279 --> 00:23:12.380
 who need a doctor

00:23:12.380 --> 00:23:13.339
 it's the sick

00:23:13.339 --> 00:23:14.599
 who need

00:23:14.599 --> 00:23:15.500
 a doctor

00:23:15.500 --> 00:23:16.559
 and so therefore

00:23:16.559 --> 00:23:17.400
 there's a particular

00:23:17.400 --> 00:23:18.480
 need

00:23:18.480 --> 00:23:20.019
 for us to go out

00:23:20.019 --> 00:23:20.879
 and love those

00:23:20.879 --> 00:23:21.799
 who might seem

00:23:21.799 --> 00:23:22.279
 unlovable

00:23:22.279 --> 00:23:23.279
 to love those

00:23:23.279 --> 00:23:24.599
 who no one else

00:23:24.599 --> 00:23:25.759
 will love

00:23:25.759 --> 00:23:27.660
 to love

00:23:27.660 --> 00:23:28.420
 and associate

00:23:28.420 --> 00:23:28.920
 ourselves

00:23:28.920 --> 00:23:29.420
 with those

00:23:29.420 --> 00:23:30.079
 who really

00:23:30.079 --> 00:23:30.720
 in the eyes

00:23:30.720 --> 00:23:31.180
 of the world

00:23:31.180 --> 00:23:32.859
 don't deserve

00:23:32.859 --> 00:23:33.819
 our love

00:23:33.819 --> 00:23:35.819
 but we do this

00:23:35.819 --> 00:23:36.700
 because we see

00:23:36.700 --> 00:23:37.480
 our world

00:23:37.480 --> 00:23:38.759
 is in desperate need

00:23:38.759 --> 00:23:40.000
 of the love

00:23:40.000 --> 00:23:40.720
 of Christ

00:23:40.720 --> 00:23:41.700
 and it's through

00:23:41.700 --> 00:23:42.139
 us

00:23:42.139 --> 00:23:43.160
 on our front line

00:23:43.160 --> 00:23:44.180
 we are able

00:23:44.180 --> 00:23:45.839
 to reflect it

00:23:45.839 --> 00:23:47.539
 the second thing

00:23:47.539 --> 00:23:47.859
 we see

00:23:47.859 --> 00:23:48.379
 that Jesus

00:23:48.379 --> 00:23:49.819
 exemplifies to us

00:23:49.819 --> 00:23:51.199
 is that Jesus'

00:23:51.439 --> 00:23:52.000
 purpose

00:23:52.000 --> 00:23:53.419
 in being with them

00:23:53.419 --> 00:23:54.079
 and loving them

00:23:54.079 --> 00:23:55.899
 was for their salvation

00:23:55.899 --> 00:23:58.019
 you may have noticed

00:23:58.019 --> 00:23:58.939
 I left out two words

00:23:58.939 --> 00:23:59.720
 in that last

00:23:59.720 --> 00:24:01.259
 quote of Jesus

00:24:01.259 --> 00:24:02.000
 when he responded

00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:02.879
 to the Pharisees

00:24:02.879 --> 00:24:04.819
 the very last two words

00:24:04.819 --> 00:24:05.839
 are probably the most important

00:24:05.839 --> 00:24:07.500
 in fully understanding

00:24:07.500 --> 00:24:08.539
 how Jesus

00:24:08.539 --> 00:24:09.559
 loves

00:24:09.559 --> 00:24:10.079
 sinners

00:24:10.079 --> 00:24:11.679
 and why it is

00:24:11.679 --> 00:24:12.539
 he's actually

00:24:12.539 --> 00:24:13.220
 hanging out

00:24:13.220 --> 00:24:14.199
 with these people

00:24:14.200 --> 00:24:15.340
 I'll read it again

00:24:15.340 --> 00:24:16.039
 for us

00:24:16.039 --> 00:24:17.640
 those who are well

00:24:17.640 --> 00:24:18.860
 have no need

00:24:18.860 --> 00:24:19.940
 for a physician

00:24:19.940 --> 00:24:21.759
 but those who are sick

00:24:21.759 --> 00:24:23.160
 I have not come

00:24:23.160 --> 00:24:24.000
 to call the righteous

00:24:24.000 --> 00:24:25.080
 but sinners

00:24:25.080 --> 00:24:26.940
 to repentance

00:24:26.940 --> 00:24:28.819
 Jesus understood

00:24:28.819 --> 00:24:30.519
 his purpose

00:24:30.519 --> 00:24:32.000
 in being there

00:24:32.000 --> 00:24:33.539
 in being at this party

00:24:33.539 --> 00:24:35.039
 his profound

00:24:35.039 --> 00:24:36.319
 unconditional love

00:24:36.319 --> 00:24:36.720
 for them

00:24:36.720 --> 00:24:37.720
 is seen

00:24:37.720 --> 00:24:38.740
 in his desire

00:24:38.740 --> 00:24:39.640
 to see them

00:24:39.640 --> 00:24:40.200
 repent

00:24:40.200 --> 00:24:41.640
 of their sin

00:24:41.640 --> 00:24:42.660
 and follow

00:24:42.660 --> 00:24:43.400
 him

00:24:43.400 --> 00:24:44.500
 in the eyes

00:24:44.500 --> 00:24:45.240
 of the Pharisees

00:24:45.240 --> 00:24:46.660
 Jesus looked like

00:24:46.660 --> 00:24:47.860
 he was compromising

00:24:47.860 --> 00:24:49.620
 it looked like

00:24:49.620 --> 00:24:50.560
 he was going in

00:24:50.560 --> 00:24:51.440
 just to join in

00:24:51.440 --> 00:24:52.280
 on the fun

00:24:52.280 --> 00:24:52.860
 sinful

00:24:52.860 --> 00:24:53.759
 party

00:24:53.759 --> 00:24:55.060
 I wonder

00:24:55.060 --> 00:24:56.120
 how many of us

00:24:56.120 --> 00:24:56.400
 here

00:24:56.400 --> 00:24:58.080
 have had eyes

00:24:58.080 --> 00:24:59.100
 like the Pharisees

00:24:59.100 --> 00:25:00.860
 and have secretly

00:25:00.860 --> 00:25:01.500
 judged

00:25:01.500 --> 00:25:03.140
 our Christian friends

00:25:03.140 --> 00:25:04.420
 for going out

00:25:04.420 --> 00:25:04.880
 to the pub

00:25:04.880 --> 00:25:05.560
 after work

00:25:05.560 --> 00:25:07.040
 for always posting

00:25:07.040 --> 00:25:07.800
 photos online

00:25:07.800 --> 00:25:08.720
 with a beer in hand

00:25:08.720 --> 00:25:10.400
 for being around

00:25:10.400 --> 00:25:11.100
 our non-Christian

00:25:11.100 --> 00:25:11.759
 friends a lot

00:25:11.759 --> 00:25:12.779
 I wonder

00:25:12.779 --> 00:25:13.619
 how many of us

00:25:13.619 --> 00:25:14.259
 have thought

00:25:14.259 --> 00:25:15.400
 of them

00:25:15.400 --> 00:25:16.319
 as compromising

00:25:16.319 --> 00:25:17.940
 on their faith

00:25:17.940 --> 00:25:20.039
 because they are

00:25:20.039 --> 00:25:20.980
 with sinners

00:25:20.980 --> 00:25:24.220
 as we saw

00:25:24.220 --> 00:25:24.599
 before

00:25:24.599 --> 00:25:25.799
 we're not to fear

00:25:25.799 --> 00:25:26.819
 associating

00:25:26.819 --> 00:25:28.059
 with the world

00:25:28.059 --> 00:25:29.579
 but we need

00:25:29.579 --> 00:25:30.059
 to know

00:25:30.059 --> 00:25:30.920
 why we are

00:25:30.920 --> 00:25:31.519
 doing so

00:25:31.519 --> 00:25:33.299
 our unconditional

00:25:33.299 --> 00:25:34.379
 love for our

00:25:34.379 --> 00:25:34.619
 neighbor

00:25:34.619 --> 00:25:35.559
 is expressed

00:25:35.559 --> 00:25:36.879
 in our desire

00:25:36.879 --> 00:25:38.099
 to see these

00:25:38.099 --> 00:25:39.000
 people repent

00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:40.259
 and follow

00:25:40.259 --> 00:25:41.119
 Jesus

00:25:41.119 --> 00:25:42.500
 if we were

00:25:42.500 --> 00:25:43.400
 joining in

00:25:43.400 --> 00:25:44.039
 on the sinful

00:25:44.039 --> 00:25:44.619
 activity

00:25:44.619 --> 00:25:45.819
 or abandoning

00:25:45.819 --> 00:25:46.980
 biblical truth

00:25:46.980 --> 00:25:47.539
 in order to

00:25:47.539 --> 00:25:48.220
 make it easier

00:25:48.220 --> 00:25:48.819
 to love

00:25:48.819 --> 00:25:50.220
 then it would

00:25:50.220 --> 00:25:51.460
 be compromising

00:25:51.460 --> 00:25:53.160
 the thing is

00:25:53.160 --> 00:25:53.839
 it's an illusion

00:25:53.839 --> 00:25:54.400
 to think

00:25:54.400 --> 00:25:55.039
 that we are

00:25:55.039 --> 00:25:55.660
 loving by even

00:25:55.660 --> 00:25:56.559
 being like that

00:25:56.559 --> 00:25:58.380
 it's not

00:25:58.380 --> 00:25:59.539
 unconditional love

00:25:59.539 --> 00:26:00.359
 to compromise

00:26:00.359 --> 00:26:01.259
 on what it is

00:26:01.259 --> 00:26:02.019
 that we believe

00:26:02.019 --> 00:26:03.140
 in order to make

00:26:03.140 --> 00:26:04.359
 people feel

00:26:04.359 --> 00:26:04.740
 comfortable

00:26:04.740 --> 00:26:05.279
 it's not

00:26:05.279 --> 00:26:06.180
 unconditional love

00:26:06.180 --> 00:26:06.720
 to sweep

00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:07.660
 people's sin

00:26:07.660 --> 00:26:08.759
 under the carpet

00:26:08.759 --> 00:26:09.519
 and act like

00:26:09.519 --> 00:26:10.519
 it doesn't matter

00:26:10.519 --> 00:26:12.120
 that's the opposite

00:26:12.120 --> 00:26:13.600
 of loving

00:26:13.600 --> 00:26:15.259
 people might

00:26:15.259 --> 00:26:15.759
 love you

00:26:15.759 --> 00:26:16.620
 in this life

00:26:16.620 --> 00:26:18.080
 for how flexible

00:26:18.080 --> 00:26:18.700
 you are

00:26:18.700 --> 00:26:20.380
 in your beliefs

00:26:20.380 --> 00:26:21.160
 and in accepting

00:26:21.160 --> 00:26:21.720
 you are

00:26:21.720 --> 00:26:22.440
 of others

00:26:22.440 --> 00:26:24.680
 but Christ's

00:26:24.680 --> 00:26:25.740
 love for us

00:26:25.740 --> 00:26:26.980
 looked beyond

00:26:26.980 --> 00:26:27.779
 this life

00:26:27.779 --> 00:26:29.480
 towards eternity

00:26:29.480 --> 00:26:30.920
 and we must

00:26:30.920 --> 00:26:31.620
 do the same

00:26:31.620 --> 00:26:33.480
 our way

00:26:33.480 --> 00:26:34.080
 of love

00:26:34.080 --> 00:26:34.940
 is hard

00:26:34.940 --> 00:26:36.720
 calling people

00:26:36.720 --> 00:26:37.440
 to repent

00:26:37.440 --> 00:26:38.400
 is hard

00:26:38.400 --> 00:26:39.759
 living a life

00:26:39.759 --> 00:26:40.759
 of faithfulness

00:26:40.759 --> 00:26:41.900
 to the scripture

00:26:41.900 --> 00:26:43.220
 especially

00:26:43.220 --> 00:26:44.080
 on the front

00:26:44.080 --> 00:26:44.380
 line

00:26:44.380 --> 00:26:45.680
 is hard

00:26:45.680 --> 00:26:46.840
 but the

00:26:46.840 --> 00:26:47.820
 unconditional

00:26:47.820 --> 00:26:49.000
 love

00:26:49.000 --> 00:26:49.799
 that we exhibit

00:26:49.799 --> 00:26:51.620
 in the end

00:26:51.620 --> 00:26:53.140
 is eternal

00:26:53.140 --> 00:26:54.779
 and therefore

00:26:54.779 --> 00:26:56.000
 worth it

00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:58.259
 and that's

00:26:58.259 --> 00:26:58.620
 where it will

00:26:58.620 --> 00:26:59.019
 count

00:26:59.019 --> 00:27:00.940
 whether we're

00:27:00.940 --> 00:27:01.480
 at the pub

00:27:01.480 --> 00:27:02.120
 at work

00:27:02.120 --> 00:27:03.380
 after work

00:27:03.380 --> 00:27:03.860
 in mother's

00:27:03.860 --> 00:27:04.059
 groups

00:27:04.059 --> 00:27:04.720
 throughout the week

00:27:04.720 --> 00:27:05.240
 in the lunch

00:27:05.240 --> 00:27:05.500
 room

00:27:05.500 --> 00:27:06.160
 in the office

00:27:06.160 --> 00:27:06.880
 talking to

00:27:06.880 --> 00:27:07.480
 mums and dads

00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:07.900
 at the school

00:27:07.900 --> 00:27:08.200
 pickup

00:27:08.200 --> 00:27:09.279
 in our book

00:27:09.279 --> 00:27:09.720
 clubs

00:27:09.720 --> 00:27:10.180
 and rotary

00:27:10.180 --> 00:27:10.680
 meetings

00:27:10.680 --> 00:27:11.940
 we are called

00:27:11.940 --> 00:27:12.779
 to profoundly

00:27:12.779 --> 00:27:13.579
 love these

00:27:13.579 --> 00:27:14.140
 people

00:27:14.140 --> 00:27:15.400
 by calling

00:27:15.400 --> 00:27:15.740
 them

00:27:15.740 --> 00:27:16.819
 to repent

00:27:16.819 --> 00:27:18.000
 to remember

00:27:18.000 --> 00:27:18.400
 that our

00:27:18.400 --> 00:27:18.940
 purpose

00:27:18.940 --> 00:27:19.799
 in loving

00:27:19.799 --> 00:27:20.079
 them

00:27:20.079 --> 00:27:20.620
 is to see

00:27:20.620 --> 00:27:21.160
 them come

00:27:21.160 --> 00:27:21.680
 to know

00:27:21.680 --> 00:27:22.220
 and to love

00:27:22.220 --> 00:27:22.819
 Jesus

00:27:22.819 --> 00:27:24.920
 now that doesn't

00:27:24.920 --> 00:27:25.519
 necessarily mean

00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:26.160
 that we stand up

00:27:26.160 --> 00:27:26.579
 in the middle

00:27:26.579 --> 00:27:27.860
 of our workplaces

00:27:27.860 --> 00:27:28.440
 and start

00:27:28.440 --> 00:27:29.140
 preaching

00:27:29.140 --> 00:27:29.640
 and calling

00:27:29.640 --> 00:27:30.360
 them to baptize

00:27:30.360 --> 00:27:30.839
 and such

00:27:30.839 --> 00:27:32.059
 but what it

00:27:32.059 --> 00:27:32.559
 does mean

00:27:32.559 --> 00:27:33.079
 you can give

00:27:33.079 --> 00:27:33.359
 it a go

00:27:33.359 --> 00:27:33.779
 if you like

00:27:33.779 --> 00:27:34.220
 but what it

00:27:34.220 --> 00:27:34.720
 does mean

00:27:34.720 --> 00:27:36.059
 is living

00:27:36.059 --> 00:27:36.579
 life of

00:27:36.579 --> 00:27:36.980
 gracious

00:27:36.980 --> 00:27:37.459
 love

00:27:37.459 --> 00:27:39.159
 that seeks

00:27:39.159 --> 00:27:39.799
 to engage

00:27:39.799 --> 00:27:40.159
 with these

00:27:40.159 --> 00:27:40.619
 people

00:27:40.619 --> 00:27:41.599
 with where

00:27:41.599 --> 00:27:42.179
 they are at

00:27:42.179 --> 00:27:43.539
 not afraid

00:27:43.539 --> 00:27:44.199
 to associate

00:27:44.199 --> 00:27:44.679
 yourself

00:27:44.679 --> 00:27:45.379
 with them

00:27:45.379 --> 00:27:45.899
 and yet

00:27:45.899 --> 00:27:46.319
 at the same

00:27:46.319 --> 00:27:46.699
 time

00:27:46.699 --> 00:27:47.939
 not compromising

00:27:47.939 --> 00:27:48.659
 on your

00:27:48.659 --> 00:27:49.059
 faith

00:27:49.059 --> 00:27:50.139
 drawing the

00:27:50.139 --> 00:27:50.519
 line

00:27:50.519 --> 00:27:51.179
 that line

00:27:51.179 --> 00:27:51.500
 might be

00:27:51.500 --> 00:27:52.119
 hard to find

00:27:52.119 --> 00:27:52.659
 at times

00:27:52.659 --> 00:27:54.199
 but we ought

00:27:54.199 --> 00:27:54.639
 to do our

00:27:54.639 --> 00:27:54.980
 best

00:27:54.980 --> 00:27:55.539
 because in

00:27:55.539 --> 00:27:56.059
 the end

00:27:56.059 --> 00:27:57.720
 it is

00:27:57.720 --> 00:27:58.059
 seeking

00:27:58.059 --> 00:27:58.579
 to love

00:27:58.579 --> 00:27:58.859
 them

00:27:58.859 --> 00:27:59.200
 and to

00:27:59.200 --> 00:27:59.720
 do life

00:27:59.720 --> 00:28:00.220
 with them

00:28:00.220 --> 00:28:01.139
 as you

00:28:01.139 --> 00:28:01.599
 are both

00:28:01.599 --> 00:28:02.200
 part of

00:28:02.200 --> 00:28:02.619
 the same

00:28:02.619 --> 00:28:02.960
 world

00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:03.960
 the same

00:28:03.960 --> 00:28:04.099
 world

00:28:04.099 --> 00:28:04.500
 that God

00:28:04.500 --> 00:28:04.839
 made

00:28:04.839 --> 00:28:06.539
 and as

00:28:06.539 --> 00:28:07.119
 they seek

00:28:07.119 --> 00:28:07.679
 to share

00:28:07.679 --> 00:28:08.200
 their life

00:28:08.200 --> 00:28:08.639
 with you

00:28:08.639 --> 00:28:09.639
 you'll have

00:28:09.639 --> 00:28:10.059
 an opportunity

00:28:10.059 --> 00:28:10.619
 to share

00:28:10.619 --> 00:28:11.359
 your life

00:28:11.359 --> 00:28:12.259
 with them

00:28:12.259 --> 00:28:13.940
 and that's

00:28:13.940 --> 00:28:14.319
 where you'll

00:28:14.319 --> 00:28:14.559
 have the

00:28:14.559 --> 00:28:14.960
 opportunity

00:28:14.960 --> 00:28:16.099
 to share

00:28:16.099 --> 00:28:16.480
 the love

00:28:16.480 --> 00:28:17.019
 of God

00:28:17.019 --> 00:28:18.279
 and call

00:28:18.279 --> 00:28:18.579
 them

00:28:18.579 --> 00:28:19.440
 to repent

00:28:19.440 --> 00:28:21.539
 and there

00:28:21.539 --> 00:28:22.000
 is not

00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:22.339
 a better

00:28:22.339 --> 00:28:22.740
 way to

00:28:22.740 --> 00:28:23.559
 love people

00:28:23.559 --> 00:28:24.220
 by telling

00:28:24.220 --> 00:28:24.519
 them

00:28:24.519 --> 00:28:25.299
 the wonderful

00:28:25.299 --> 00:28:25.759
 love

00:28:25.759 --> 00:28:26.839
 and truth

00:28:26.839 --> 00:28:27.900
 of Jesus

00:28:27.900 --> 00:28:29.519
 love for

00:28:29.519 --> 00:28:29.740
 them

00:28:29.740 --> 00:28:30.660
 and by

00:28:30.660 --> 00:28:31.180
 living it

00:28:31.180 --> 00:28:31.460
 out

00:28:31.460 --> 00:28:31.920
 as you

00:28:31.920 --> 00:28:32.359
 live

00:28:32.359 --> 00:28:33.619
 your life

00:28:33.619 --> 00:28:34.379
 on the

00:28:34.379 --> 00:28:34.900
 front line

00:28:34.900 --> 00:28:36.440
 as I said

00:28:36.440 --> 00:28:36.859
 it's not

00:28:36.859 --> 00:28:37.900
 always that

00:28:37.900 --> 00:28:38.359
 simple

00:28:38.359 --> 00:28:38.900
 it's not

00:28:38.900 --> 00:28:39.640
 always that

00:28:39.640 --> 00:28:40.299
 easy and

00:28:40.299 --> 00:28:40.740
 clear

00:28:40.740 --> 00:28:41.539
 how to

00:28:41.539 --> 00:28:42.180
 show that

00:28:42.180 --> 00:28:42.539
 love

00:28:42.539 --> 00:28:43.539
 of Christ

00:28:43.539 --> 00:28:43.960
 in this

00:28:43.960 --> 00:28:44.279
 world

00:28:44.279 --> 00:28:45.259
 but where

00:28:45.259 --> 00:28:45.779
 we do

00:28:45.779 --> 00:28:46.220
 have the

00:28:46.220 --> 00:28:46.619
 opportunity

00:28:46.619 --> 00:28:47.160
 to love

00:28:47.160 --> 00:28:47.980
 it will

00:28:47.980 --> 00:28:48.859
 speak volumes

00:28:48.859 --> 00:28:49.759
 where we

00:28:49.759 --> 00:28:51.140
 can give

00:28:51.140 --> 00:28:51.539
 the world

00:28:51.539 --> 00:28:52.220
 taste

00:28:52.220 --> 00:28:52.920
 the love

00:28:52.920 --> 00:28:53.519
 of God

00:28:53.519 --> 00:28:54.220
 has lavished

00:28:54.220 --> 00:28:54.980
 upon us

00:28:54.980 --> 00:28:55.860
 and how

00:28:55.860 --> 00:28:56.079
 that

00:28:56.079 --> 00:28:56.799
 transforms

00:28:56.799 --> 00:28:57.799
 our life

00:28:57.799 --> 00:28:58.819
 on our

00:28:58.819 --> 00:28:59.400
 front line

00:28:59.400 --> 00:29:00.259
 it will

00:29:00.259 --> 00:29:01.160
 speak

00:29:01.160 --> 00:29:02.180
 volumes

00:29:02.180 --> 00:29:04.220
 a couple

00:29:04.220 --> 00:29:04.519
 of weeks

00:29:04.519 --> 00:29:04.980
 ago a

00:29:04.980 --> 00:29:06.019
 lady named

00:29:06.019 --> 00:29:06.940
 Ingrid Williams

00:29:06.940 --> 00:29:08.079
 was killed

00:29:08.079 --> 00:29:08.559
 in a car

00:29:08.559 --> 00:29:08.940
 accident

00:29:08.940 --> 00:29:10.019
 in Oklahoma

00:29:10.019 --> 00:29:10.440
 City

00:29:10.440 --> 00:29:11.960
 she was hit

00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:12.400
 by an

00:29:12.400 --> 00:29:12.740
 oncoming

00:29:12.740 --> 00:29:13.120
 car

00:29:13.120 --> 00:29:15.259
 that killed

00:29:15.259 --> 00:29:15.700
 the driver

00:29:15.700 --> 00:29:16.200
 instantly

00:29:16.200 --> 00:29:17.279
 and then she

00:29:17.279 --> 00:29:17.839
 was killed

00:29:17.839 --> 00:29:18.480
 a day later

00:29:18.480 --> 00:29:19.000
 in hospital

00:29:19.000 --> 00:29:21.519
 Monty Williams

00:29:21.519 --> 00:29:22.940
 her husband

00:29:22.940 --> 00:29:23.799
 had every

00:29:23.799 --> 00:29:24.599
 reason

00:29:24.599 --> 00:29:25.379
 to be

00:29:25.379 --> 00:29:25.819
 filled

00:29:25.819 --> 00:29:26.720
 with anger

00:29:26.720 --> 00:29:28.460
 you might

00:29:28.460 --> 00:29:29.019
 expect that

00:29:29.019 --> 00:29:29.539
 he was

00:29:29.539 --> 00:29:30.700
 had a sense

00:29:30.700 --> 00:29:31.000
 that he was

00:29:31.000 --> 00:29:31.519
 robbed

00:29:31.519 --> 00:29:33.000
 that what

00:29:33.000 --> 00:29:33.220
 happened

00:29:33.220 --> 00:29:34.059
 was unjust

00:29:34.059 --> 00:29:34.900
 and not

00:29:34.900 --> 00:29:35.339
 fair

00:29:35.339 --> 00:29:37.359
 but at the

00:29:37.359 --> 00:29:37.740
 funeral

00:29:37.740 --> 00:29:38.639
 when he

00:29:38.639 --> 00:29:39.000
 gave his

00:29:39.000 --> 00:29:39.400
 eulogy

00:29:39.400 --> 00:29:40.379
 he said

00:29:40.379 --> 00:29:40.920
 this

00:29:40.920 --> 00:29:42.059
 as a part

00:29:42.059 --> 00:29:42.279
 of it

00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:42.639
 he said

00:29:42.639 --> 00:29:43.019
 this

00:29:43.019 --> 00:29:44.400
 I want

00:29:44.400 --> 00:29:44.879
 to close

00:29:44.879 --> 00:29:45.500
 with this

00:29:45.500 --> 00:29:46.639
 and I

00:29:46.639 --> 00:29:47.240
 think it's

00:29:47.240 --> 00:29:47.639
 the most

00:29:47.639 --> 00:29:48.200
 important

00:29:48.200 --> 00:29:48.759
 thing we

00:29:48.759 --> 00:29:49.200
 need to

00:29:49.200 --> 00:29:49.900
 understand

00:29:49.900 --> 00:29:51.440
 everyone is

00:29:51.440 --> 00:29:51.960
 praying for

00:29:51.960 --> 00:29:52.480
 me and my

00:29:52.480 --> 00:29:52.839
 family

00:29:52.839 --> 00:29:53.220
 which is

00:29:53.220 --> 00:29:53.579
 right

00:29:53.579 --> 00:29:54.960
 but let us

00:29:54.960 --> 00:29:55.519
 not forget

00:29:55.519 --> 00:29:55.920
 that there

00:29:55.920 --> 00:29:56.420
 were two

00:29:56.420 --> 00:29:57.099
 people in

00:29:57.099 --> 00:29:57.819
 this situation

00:29:57.819 --> 00:29:59.059
 and that

00:29:59.059 --> 00:29:59.799
 family needs

00:29:59.799 --> 00:30:00.720
 prayer as

00:30:00.720 --> 00:30:01.019
 well

00:30:01.019 --> 00:30:02.319
 and we

00:30:02.319 --> 00:30:02.740
 have no

00:30:02.740 --> 00:30:03.339
 ill will

00:30:03.339 --> 00:30:04.019
 towards that

00:30:04.019 --> 00:30:04.379
 family

00:30:04.379 --> 00:30:04.940
 in my

00:30:04.940 --> 00:30:05.220
 house

00:30:05.220 --> 00:30:05.420
 we have

00:30:05.420 --> 00:30:05.879
 a sign

00:30:05.879 --> 00:30:06.440
 that says

00:30:06.440 --> 00:30:07.319
 as for

00:30:07.319 --> 00:30:07.779
 me and

00:30:07.779 --> 00:30:08.379
 my house

00:30:08.379 --> 00:30:09.299
 we will

00:30:09.299 --> 00:30:09.819
 serve the

00:30:09.819 --> 00:30:10.119
 Lord

00:30:10.119 --> 00:30:12.480
 we cannot

00:30:12.480 --> 00:30:13.180
 serve the

00:30:13.180 --> 00:30:13.500
 Lord

00:30:13.500 --> 00:30:14.259
 if we

00:30:14.259 --> 00:30:14.720
 don't have

00:30:14.720 --> 00:30:15.160
 a heart

00:30:15.160 --> 00:30:15.700
 of forgiveness

00:30:15.700 --> 00:30:17.360
 that family

00:30:17.360 --> 00:30:17.880
 didn't wake

00:30:17.880 --> 00:30:18.460
 up wanting

00:30:18.460 --> 00:30:18.860
 to hurt

00:30:18.860 --> 00:30:19.480
 my wife

00:30:19.480 --> 00:30:20.779
 life is

00:30:20.779 --> 00:30:21.220
 hard

00:30:21.220 --> 00:30:22.339
 it's very

00:30:22.339 --> 00:30:22.740
 hard

00:30:22.740 --> 00:30:23.759
 and that

00:30:23.759 --> 00:30:24.380
 was tough

00:30:24.380 --> 00:30:25.839
 but we

00:30:25.839 --> 00:30:26.319
 will hold

00:30:26.319 --> 00:30:27.039
 no ill

00:30:27.039 --> 00:30:27.339
 will

00:30:27.339 --> 00:30:28.059
 toward

00:30:28.059 --> 00:30:28.660
 Donaldson

00:30:28.660 --> 00:30:29.160
 family

00:30:29.160 --> 00:30:30.140
 and as

00:30:30.140 --> 00:30:30.759
 we group

00:30:30.759 --> 00:30:31.940
 and we

00:30:31.940 --> 00:30:32.620
 as a group

00:30:32.620 --> 00:30:33.620
 brothers united

00:30:33.620 --> 00:30:34.319
 in unity

00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:35.160
 should be

00:30:35.160 --> 00:30:35.579
 praying for

00:30:35.579 --> 00:30:36.319
 that family

00:30:36.319 --> 00:30:37.319
 because they

00:30:37.319 --> 00:30:38.099
 grieve as

00:30:38.099 --> 00:30:38.400
 well

00:30:38.400 --> 00:30:39.480
 so let's

00:30:39.480 --> 00:30:40.220
 not lose

00:30:40.220 --> 00:30:41.660
 sight of

00:30:41.660 --> 00:30:41.900
 what's

00:30:41.900 --> 00:30:42.319
 important

00:30:42.319 --> 00:30:45.359
 we cannot

00:30:45.359 --> 00:30:46.179
 serve the

00:30:46.179 --> 00:30:46.539
 Lord

00:30:46.539 --> 00:30:47.379
 if we

00:30:47.379 --> 00:30:47.899
 don't have

00:30:47.899 --> 00:30:48.379
 a heart

00:30:48.379 --> 00:30:49.039
 of forgiveness

00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:51.359
 that right

00:30:51.359 --> 00:30:51.980
 there is

00:30:51.980 --> 00:30:52.779
 someone who

00:30:52.779 --> 00:30:53.519
 is exhibiting

00:30:53.519 --> 00:30:54.819
 on their

00:30:54.819 --> 00:30:55.500
 front line

00:30:55.500 --> 00:30:56.639
 how the

00:30:56.639 --> 00:30:57.539
 unconditional

00:30:57.539 --> 00:30:58.579
 love of

00:30:58.579 --> 00:30:59.700
 God has

00:30:59.700 --> 00:31:00.399
 transformed

00:31:00.399 --> 00:31:00.939
 them in

00:31:00.939 --> 00:31:01.639
 every single

00:31:01.639 --> 00:31:02.019
 way

00:31:02.019 --> 00:31:03.939
 enabling him

00:31:03.939 --> 00:31:05.139
 to love

00:31:05.139 --> 00:31:05.819
 forgive

00:31:05.819 --> 00:31:06.899
 and pray

00:31:06.899 --> 00:31:07.319
 for the

00:31:07.319 --> 00:31:08.119
 family whose

00:31:08.119 --> 00:31:08.740
 member

00:31:08.740 --> 00:31:10.019
 killed his

00:31:10.019 --> 00:31:10.519
 wife

00:31:10.519 --> 00:31:12.519
 love of

00:31:12.519 --> 00:31:14.059
 this is

00:31:14.059 --> 00:31:14.440
 what it

00:31:14.440 --> 00:31:14.839
 is to

00:31:14.839 --> 00:31:15.579
 love our

00:31:15.579 --> 00:31:15.900
 neighbor

00:31:15.900 --> 00:31:17.019
 to love

00:31:17.019 --> 00:31:17.680
 those on

00:31:17.680 --> 00:31:18.139
 our front

00:31:18.139 --> 00:31:18.480
 line

00:31:18.480 --> 00:31:19.519
 it can

00:31:19.519 --> 00:31:20.160
 seem quite

00:31:20.160 --> 00:31:20.619
 daunting

00:31:20.619 --> 00:31:21.379
 quite

00:31:21.379 --> 00:31:22.019
 intimidating

00:31:22.019 --> 00:31:23.339
 but this

00:31:23.339 --> 00:31:24.139
 this story

00:31:24.139 --> 00:31:25.379
 should encourage

00:31:25.379 --> 00:31:26.779
 us to see

00:31:26.779 --> 00:31:27.059
 that the

00:31:27.059 --> 00:31:27.940
 Christian life

00:31:27.940 --> 00:31:29.220
 has so much

00:31:29.220 --> 00:31:29.680
 to offer

00:31:29.680 --> 00:31:30.240
 in this

00:31:30.240 --> 00:31:30.680
 world

00:31:30.680 --> 00:31:31.539
 as we

00:31:31.539 --> 00:31:32.099
 engage

00:31:32.099 --> 00:31:32.379
 with the

00:31:32.379 --> 00:31:32.700
 world

00:31:32.700 --> 00:31:34.019
 not compromising

00:31:34.019 --> 00:31:34.599
 our faith

00:31:34.599 --> 00:31:35.379
 but loving

00:31:35.379 --> 00:31:35.740
 a world

00:31:35.740 --> 00:31:36.339
 that desires

00:31:36.339 --> 00:31:36.779
 to see

00:31:36.779 --> 00:31:37.339
 people

00:31:37.339 --> 00:31:38.599
 we interact

00:31:38.599 --> 00:31:38.839
 with

00:31:38.839 --> 00:31:39.359
 come to

00:31:39.359 --> 00:31:39.779
 repentance

00:31:39.779 --> 00:31:41.119
 where you

00:31:41.119 --> 00:31:41.659
 are right

00:31:41.659 --> 00:31:41.959
 now

00:31:41.959 --> 00:31:42.559
 and whatever

00:31:42.559 --> 00:31:43.039
 you are

00:31:43.039 --> 00:31:43.399
 doing

00:31:43.399 --> 00:31:44.959
 it is so

00:31:44.959 --> 00:31:45.459
 important

00:31:45.459 --> 00:31:47.119
 what you're

00:31:47.119 --> 00:31:47.659
 doing is

00:31:47.659 --> 00:31:48.839
 so important

00:31:48.839 --> 00:31:50.259
 whether you

00:31:50.259 --> 00:31:50.819
 are working

00:31:50.819 --> 00:31:51.459
 full time

00:31:51.459 --> 00:31:51.899
 at home

00:31:51.899 --> 00:31:52.399
 looking out

00:31:52.399 --> 00:31:52.639
 for the

00:31:52.639 --> 00:31:52.959
 kids

00:31:52.959 --> 00:31:53.439
 full time

00:31:53.439 --> 00:31:53.939
 studying

00:31:53.939 --> 00:31:54.519
 or at

00:31:54.519 --> 00:31:54.720
 uni

00:31:54.720 --> 00:31:55.379
 full time

00:31:55.379 --> 00:31:56.099
 volunteering

00:31:56.099 --> 00:31:56.519
 playing

00:31:56.519 --> 00:31:56.899
 sport

00:31:56.899 --> 00:31:57.339
 whatever it

00:31:57.339 --> 00:31:57.919
 might be

00:31:57.919 --> 00:31:58.819
 wherever God

00:31:58.819 --> 00:31:59.419
 has placed

00:31:59.419 --> 00:31:59.679
 you

00:31:59.679 --> 00:32:00.679
 it is so

00:32:00.679 --> 00:32:01.399
 important

00:32:01.399 --> 00:32:02.299
 because he

00:32:02.299 --> 00:32:02.939
 wants you

00:32:02.939 --> 00:32:03.599
 to live out

00:32:03.599 --> 00:32:04.199
 a life

00:32:04.199 --> 00:32:04.959
 of faith

00:32:04.959 --> 00:32:05.799
 where you've

00:32:05.799 --> 00:32:06.419
 been placed

00:32:06.420 --> 00:32:07.420
 showing how

00:32:07.420 --> 00:32:07.960
 your whole

00:32:07.960 --> 00:32:08.340
 life

00:32:08.340 --> 00:32:09.180
 your work

00:32:09.180 --> 00:32:10.140
 your relationships

00:32:10.140 --> 00:32:10.860
 have been

00:32:10.860 --> 00:32:11.759
 transformed

00:32:11.759 --> 00:32:13.259
 by Jesus

00:32:13.259 --> 00:32:14.340
 as Jesus

00:32:14.340 --> 00:32:15.060
 transformed

00:32:15.060 --> 00:32:15.900
 Monty Williams

00:32:15.900 --> 00:32:18.100
 to live

00:32:18.100 --> 00:32:18.940
 in such a

00:32:18.940 --> 00:32:19.160
 way

00:32:19.160 --> 00:32:19.960
 in unconditional

00:32:19.960 --> 00:32:20.539
 love

00:32:20.539 --> 00:32:21.259
 to give

00:32:21.259 --> 00:32:22.140
 those around

00:32:22.140 --> 00:32:22.600
 you a

00:32:22.600 --> 00:32:23.100
 taste

00:32:23.100 --> 00:32:23.680
 of the

00:32:23.680 --> 00:32:24.060
 kingdom

00:32:24.060 --> 00:32:24.860
 of heaven

00:32:24.860 --> 00:32:25.200
 that is to

00:32:25.200 --> 00:32:25.600
 come

00:32:25.600 --> 00:32:28.000
 as you

00:32:28.000 --> 00:32:28.779
 live out

00:32:28.779 --> 00:32:30.220
 and exemplify

00:32:30.220 --> 00:32:30.519
 the love

00:32:30.519 --> 00:32:30.960
 of God

00:32:30.960 --> 00:32:31.420
 in your

00:32:31.420 --> 00:32:31.900
 work

00:32:31.900 --> 00:32:32.940
 and in

00:32:32.940 --> 00:32:33.539
 your life

00:32:33.539 --> 00:32:35.700
 Amen