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 Thank you for that. This morning, go ahead and take your Bible sermon to Mark chapter 12 this morning.

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 Mark chapter 12. As we continue to look into the Word of God here this morning

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 and looking for what God would have for us.

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 I trust you've come prepared this morning to hear from the Lord,

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 not just the words the preacher speaks, but hear from the Word of God

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 and what God would have for you this morning. And so as we

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 continue on in our series here in Mark chapter 12, we come to a

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 priority question that's been asked. And you know, Jesus

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 here, since He's been in the temple, has been asked many questions.

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 Many came and were asking Him different things about His authority

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 and using that to catch Him in His Word

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 that they might cause a hindrance or to downplay

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 who He is or even their ultimate goal was to remove Him

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 from the scene. And we find here that He had just dealt with them on some errors

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 from the Word of God and concerning two specific areas. One of those was the resurrection.

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 And the second one was marriage. But He made an important statement at the end of that,

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 that the reality that He's not the God of the dead, but He's the God of the living.

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 You know, that we are alive in Christ.

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 And, but while all this was taking place, we find something that often happens in life.

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 Because when things are taking place, you have multiple things happening.

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 If you're having a discussion with somebody, or you're talking to somebody,

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 you know what's often happened? Somebody else is in the corner listening.

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 You know, and when you're witnessing

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 or talking about the Lord, it's amazing how many people's ears

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 tune in

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 to what's going on, to start paying attention.

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 And even try to

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 surmise, okay, who are you?

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 And what are you saying?

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 And, you know, whenever I hear somebody mention God

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 or Jesus, it's some of the things that does perk your ear just to say,

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 what are they saying?

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 You know, is it accurate?

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 Is it what it ought to be?

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 Is it opinion?

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 Is it based in Scripture?

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 You know, because people say a lot of things.

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 And this morning we're going to see an individual who was there

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 when all this was happening,

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 but he was paying attention

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 to what was being said

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 by both sides

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 and was trying to discern

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 some things about Jesus.

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 Because, you know, oftentimes people learn

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 from conversation.

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 They learn from those things.

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 And here we find an individual who was there.

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 He was part of the...

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 His peers had been ones making the inquiry.

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 You know, the account this morning

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 reminds us of just that.

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 You know, the reality is, as a believer,

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 people are watching you.

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 People are listening to you.

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 People are paying attention to details

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 that are going on.

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 Just as this man was paying attention to Jesus.

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 Because he made a note of how Jesus answered.

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 But also what Jesus answered.

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 He was trying to discern

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 some things about Jesus

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 and who He is

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 and, you know, how He responded.

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 You know, remember these people came

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 with hostility in their heart towards Jesus.

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 And He was paying attention.

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 How did Jesus reply?

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 How did Jesus hold up

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 when He was provoked?

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 You know, they were trying to provoke Him

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 and prod Him into something.

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 And we're going to find here

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 that the answer that He gives

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 is something we need to keep in mind also.

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 because when Jesus answered,

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 it was done in the right spirit,

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 the right attitude,

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 with the truth attached to it.

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 And to understand the importance of that

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 is critical for us today.

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 And just even answering in that right tone.

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 Have you ever noticed that tone

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 gets you in trouble sometimes?

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 You can say the right thing at the right time

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 in the wrong tone and get in trouble.

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 You know?

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 This man was observing

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 all those things about Jesus.

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 And we're going to look here this morning

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 about what His observations were

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 because Jesus here describes

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 what was happening around Him.

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 And we're going to see here

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 this man here this morning.

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 And so if you found Mark chapter 12,

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 let's go ahead and stand this morning

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 in honor of reading of the Word of God.

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 And we'll pick up here in verse 28 this morning.

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 You want to follow along in your Bible?

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 We find here,

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 and it says,

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 And one of the scribes came,

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 and having heard them reasoning together,

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 and perceived that he had answered them well,

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 asked him,

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 Which is the first commandment of all?

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 And Jesus answered him,

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 The first of all the commandments is,

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 Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord.

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 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God

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 with all thy heart,

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 with all thy soul,

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 with all thy mind,

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 with all thy strength.

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 This is the first commandment.

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 And the second is like,

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 namely this,

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 Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

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 There is none other commandment greater than these.

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 And the scribes said unto him,

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 Master, well, Master,

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 thou hast said the truth,

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 for there is one God,

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 and there is none other but He.

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 And to love Him with all the heart,

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 and with all the understanding,

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 and with all the soul,

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 and with all the strength,

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 and to love His neighbor as himself,

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 is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.

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 And when Jesus saw that He answered discreetly,

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 He said unto him,

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 Thou art not far from the kingdom of God.

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 And no man after that durst asked him any question.

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 Let's pray.

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 Heavenly Father,

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 as we come before you this morning,

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 Lord, we're just thankful for your word.

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 And Lord, we're thankful for earnest and sincere ability to know you,

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 Lord,

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 just as this man this morning came,

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 with an earnest and sincere desire to know.

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 And Lord,

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 the importance of that.

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 But Lord,

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 also the necessity of knowing you,

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 not just in a book,

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 or just knowing you on the surface,

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 but Lord,

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 having that relationship with you,

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 Lord,

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 being your child.

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 And Lord,

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 what that means,

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 that we might not be just outside the kingdom.

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 Lord,

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 we pray,

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 just have your hand upon each heart,

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 each life here today,

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 as we look at this,

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 here,

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 this,

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 here,

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 we might ask earnestly,

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 for loving you with all our heart,

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 with all our soul,

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 with all our mind,

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 and with all our strength.

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 And Lord,

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 we just ask all these things in your precious name.

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 Amen.

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 You may be seated.

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 You know,

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 as we look here this morning,

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 we see here that this man had been monitoring what was going on.

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 As one of the scribes in the other text,

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 it talks about him being a lawyer and a Pharisee.

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 In other words,

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 we're going to look at all those things played into this man's response,

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 here,

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 and he had been monitoring these interactions in the temple,

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 and sought an honest answer from Jesus.

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 You know,

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 as we've looked before,

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 you can ask questions for a couple of different reasons.

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 You know,

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 so have you ever noticed that some people come and ask questions just to stir the pot?

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 And then you have people who come with sincere questions.

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 And their desire is to say,

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 I want to learn something,

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 or to understand something,

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 or to affirm something in this.

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 And this man here came sincerely seeking,

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 because he wanted to know who Jesus is.

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 Jesus had intrigued him with his answer,

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 because as we see this individual,

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 he had been hearing Jesus,

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 been hearing the answers,

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 and wanted to know,

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 Jesus,

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 what do you think on this?

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 Because this was an important question of the day.

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 You know,

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 which commandment is the greatest?

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 Which commandment is the greatest?

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 And in Jesus' day,

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 they were debating that,

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 because, you know,

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 which one gives the greatest?

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 This word greatest means priority.

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 And whatever has the highest priority,

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 what we're going to see here today,

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 is the fact that that priority

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 puts everything else in its proper place.

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 Jesus says that on this hangs all the law

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 and the prophets upon these two things.

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 In other words,

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 to organize those things correctly

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 and keep them in the right priority,

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 because priority is important.

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 You say,

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 preacher,

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 why is priority important?

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 Because when you look at all the commands of God,

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 and this individual here

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 was looking at 613 commands

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 that God had given to them

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 through the Old Testament.

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 And he's looking at them,

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 trying to balance them,

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 because have you ever noticed

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 that sometimes things we're supposed to do,

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 things that are good,

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 things that are right,

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 sometimes come in conflict with one another?

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 Because you can have a choice

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 between two good things,

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 two right things,

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 and the question is,

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 how do you prioritize those things?

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 That's important to understand.

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 What's the one that supersedes the other?

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 Because you have all these commands

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 from the sacrifices

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 to the things,

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 the rituals they were supposed to do

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 within the temple.

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 There was a lot of commands,

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 a lot of detail.

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 And this man was asking Jesus,

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 what is the highest priority item?

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 Which is the ones that guide

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 everything else that we do?

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 What are those things

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 that we're supposed to put under other things?

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 If there's a conflict,

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 what takes precedence over it?

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 And so we see here this question

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 of priority,

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 you know,

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 which is the first commandment of all?

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 You know,

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 we realize he's not asking

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 which was given first.

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 You know,

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 the first command that God gave

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 was to Adam and Eve

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 not to eat of the tree.

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 He didn't ask which one was first given.

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 He's asking which one is first in priority.

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 How do I organize this?

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 How do I live the way I ought to live

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 and putting those things in the right place?

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 You know,

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 we find here that just like today,

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 the religious leaders would question

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 and consider among themselves

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 which command is more important.

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 You know,

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 we do the same thing today

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 because people will prioritize things

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 to say this is the utmost dynamic

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 that you have.

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 I mean,

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 they'll try to measure things

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 in wrong ways.

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 You know,

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 and we measure people

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 all the time in wrong ways.

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 You say,

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 well,

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 how do I do that?

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 Have you ever looked at somebody

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 and just made a measurement of them?

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 Have you asked,

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 how are you measuring that?

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 What's your basis of that?

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 Why do you think like that

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 about just that

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 when maybe you're not even

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 having talked to them

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 or spoken to them?

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 That you make assessments.

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 You know how you make assessments

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 of the things that you see as priority

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 and how do they fall under

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 your priority list?

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 You know,

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 that can come into

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 many different areas of life,

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 but when we understand

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 that sometimes we can get things

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 out of order

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 just like they did

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 in the Old Testament.

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 You know,

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 and in the New Testament

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 where Jesus is,

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 Mark chapter 7

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 is a great example of this.

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 You had a group of people

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 that said,

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 well,

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 we're going to declare

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 this stuff we have

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 as Corban.

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 Now,

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 that's a word we don't use,

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 but simply it's this.

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 When they declared something Corban,

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 it meant that it was

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 dedicated to God

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 and couldn't be used

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 for anything else.

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 And Jesus called them out.

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 He said,

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 you hypocrites.

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 You declare this Corban,

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 but you don't take care.

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 You don't honor your parents

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 the way you ought to honor them.

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 You know what God's saying?

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 You had,

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 you guys are,

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 there's nothing wrong

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 with dedicating something to God,

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 but there is

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 when you put it

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 in the wrong priority.

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 Because to honor

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 your mother and father

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 holds a pretty high priority.

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 And those priorities

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 make a difference

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 on how we order

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 those things.

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 And we think about it

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 just the different things

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 that people do.

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 Oftentimes,

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 people will change

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 priority of things

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 to make it okay

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 to do what they want to do.

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 You know?

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 They'll downplay

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 one command

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 that God gives

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 and puts up

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 something else

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 or the absence

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 of a command,

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 of a direct command,

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 and say that,

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 well now,

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 see,

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 God doesn't forbid me

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 to do it,

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 so therefore I can do it.

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 Now I'm going to throw

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 one out here today

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 just for you to contemplate.

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 One of the things

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 we see in today's culture

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 is you have a lot of Christians

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 think they can just go drinking.

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 They make excuses.

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 Well,

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 God doesn't explicitly say

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 I can't take a drink of alcohol.

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 Thing is,

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 if you read through the scripture,

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 you'll find out

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 he has nothing good to say

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 about drinking.

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 Alcohol has a purpose.

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 There's a lot of things in life

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 that have a purpose

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 and are good

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 when used in the right context.

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 And for the right reason.

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 Social drinking

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 is not a right reason

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 to implement alcohol.

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 Look at the scripture.

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 Everything about

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 the consumption of alcohol

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 leads to destruction.

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 You'll not find

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 a positive phrase

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 mentioned about it.

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 And people will say,

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 well God didn't directly

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 forbid me from doing that.

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 I want you to understand

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 that there's other commands

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 and other principles

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 that God's given

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 that says,

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 hey,

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 we can make good judgment

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 and sound judgment

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 because the priority is

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 that ought to be filled

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 with the spirit of God

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 and not with the spirit

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 of alcohol.

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 The Bible does tell us

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 that pretty clearly.

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 All sorts of things

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 people will let

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 and allow

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 when they make excuses.

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 We need to understand

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 priority.

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 What's the priority item

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 that we have?

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 And this man arrived

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 at a conclusion

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 from his own study

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 of scripture.

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 This man came

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 knowing what answer

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 he was looking for.

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 And Jesus even commends

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 this man

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 for knowing

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 the right answer.

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 He came to see

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 what Jesus' answer

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 is going to be.

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 Did Jesus,

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 from his understanding

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 of scripture,

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 how did it fit

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 in these things,

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 in this priority

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 of things?

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 And this man

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 arrived at a conclusion

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 from his own study

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 and we know

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 he studied the scripture

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 because he was a Pharisee.

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 The Pharisees

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 were very religious.

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 He was a lawyer

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 and he was a scribe.

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 That's how the Bible

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 describes him

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 in the passages

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 where it's referenced.

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 In other words,

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 we know he was religious.

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 He went through

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 the ritual.

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 Pharisees were very ritualistic.

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 So he understood

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 the ritual.

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 We know that this man

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 was a lawyer.

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 In other words,

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 he was one who said,

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 I want to understand

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 how do I practically

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 use what God says

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 in day-to-day life?

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 You know,

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 how does the law

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 implement?

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 And then a scribe.

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 In other words,

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 he was one who would

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 take notes

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 or even copy scripture.

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 In other words,

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 he was very familiar

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 with all these things.

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 And so he comes

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 and asks Jesus,

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 which is the first

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 commandment of all?

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 So Jesus says,

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 okay,

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 I'm going to give you

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 the answer.

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 The answer

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 of the priority,

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 the answer begins

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 with Jesus

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 quoting scripture.

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 Jesus goes back

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 to Deuteronomy chapter 6.

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 Deuteronomy chapter 6

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 is a portion of scripture

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 that Jews would repeat

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 all the time.

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 This portion of scripture

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 is called the Shema,

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 which was quoted

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 every morning and evening

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 by the religious Jews,

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 even still today.

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 The reality of what it says,

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 it would be written down

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 and worn upon the body

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 in what they call phylacteries.

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 And these are little boxes

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 and they place these boxes,

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 you know,

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 even on their doorposts.

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 And so Jesus reveals

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 that it's nothing new

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 or earth shattering

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 to the crowd.

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 In other words,

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 he didn't break this guy out

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 with some new information.

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 He said,

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 let's go back

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 to the basics.

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 Deuteronomy chapter 6.

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 Look over there

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 in verse 4 and 5

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 because this is where

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 Jesus is quoting.

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 Deuteronomy chapter 6

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 in verses 4 and 5,

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 he says this.

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 He says,

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 Hear, O Israel,

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 the Lord our God

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 is one Lord.

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 And thou shalt love

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 the Lord thy God

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 with all thy heart,

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 with all thy soul,

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 and with all thy might.

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 You know,

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 something important

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 happens here

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 that I want you

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 to take note of

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 because when Jesus

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 responds to this man,

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 he didn't respond

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 in a generic.

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 He responds personally

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 to his question.

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 The Bible says

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 that Jesus answered him.

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 In other words,

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 with all the crowd around,

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 with a public question,

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 Jesus looked at him

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 and spoke directly

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 and he said

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 very clearly

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 something important

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 to him

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 to understand

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 that these words

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 were not just words

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 but they were a command

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 that needed to impact him.

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 Deuteronomy chapter 6

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 and verse 6

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 goes on

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 and says,

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 and these words

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 which I command thee

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 this day

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 shall be in thine heart.

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 Because there's a difference

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 between knowing something

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 and having impact

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 and application

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 of something.

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 The impact

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 and application

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 is its purpose.

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 When we just know something,

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 that's just information.

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 We need to have those things

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 that are application.

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 That they apply

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 in principle

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 to our life.

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 And so you see

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 Jesus here

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 is revealing

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 that from the start

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 that these were not

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 just superficial declarations

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 but were to be

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 applied internally

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 and in our life.

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 The first part of this

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 establishes something

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 very important though

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 because notice here

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 where it says,

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 Hear O Israel,

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 the Lord our God

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 is what?

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 One Lord.

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 Jesus is reminding

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 this man

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 of something very important

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 because remember

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 even in his day

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 there was a pluralistic

00:18:11.240 --> 00:18:12.479
 idea of gods.

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 You know today

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 we still live

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 in a pluralistic idea

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 of different gods.

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 People worship

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 all sorts of different things

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 and they're multifaceted

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 of their priority

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 instead of the priority

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 of God's command

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 it's the priority

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 of my God.

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 And what Jesus is saying

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 he says,

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 spells it very clearly

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 he says,

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 the priority

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 is the Lord God,

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 the creator.

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 the one that is above all

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 and stands alone.

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 The Lord our God

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 is one Lord.

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 That word one

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 is that same idea

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 of priority.

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 Prominence.

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 That there is no other.

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 When we understand

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 that Jesus is God

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 and that God is the one

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 and if we're going to

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 worship God,

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 if we're going to have

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 a right relationship

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 with God,

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 the first thing

00:19:07.700 --> 00:19:08.419
 we need to understand

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 is you need to realize

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 there is a God.

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 Oftentimes people

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 will give lip service

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 to God.

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 Oh thank God

00:19:14.000 --> 00:19:14.579
 that happened.

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 Sometimes people

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 will curse God

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 but we need to understand

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 that God is not

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 just something we say

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 but God is.

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 Look over to

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 Hebrews chapter 11

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 for a moment.

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 Hebrews chapter 11

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 we see this over here

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 we say,

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 but without faith

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 it is impossible

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 to please him.

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 For he that cometh

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 to God must what?

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 believe that he

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 is.

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 That he is.

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 The Lord our God

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 is one Lord.

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 To hear it,

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 understand it,

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 to understand

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 that if you're going

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 to come to God

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 you need to believe

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 that he is

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 and he's the rewarder

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 of them

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 that diligently seek him.

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 Jesus had 613 commands

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 that he could have pointed to

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 and he says,

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 hey,

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 I want you to understand

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 this one

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 is the one

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 that is the highest

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 priority you can give.

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 That's the focus

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 upon the Lord

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 himself.

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 When we see here

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 this morning,

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 take a look down here

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 in verse 31

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 because notice

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 what Jesus says here

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 at the end of verse 31.

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 he says,

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 there is none other

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 commandment

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 greater than

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 these.

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 None other

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 commandment.

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 Matthew chapter 22

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 in verse 40

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 tells us this,

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 and on these

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 two commandments

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 hang all the law

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 and the prophets.

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 In other words,

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 Jesus said,

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 well,

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 I'm going to tell you here

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 the first one

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 is God has priority.

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 To love God

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 with all your heart,

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 with all your mind,

00:20:49.640 --> 00:20:50.240
 with all your soul,

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 with all your strength.

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 Basically,

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 it sums up this way

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 with everything

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 that you are,

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 everything that you think,

00:20:56.920 --> 00:20:57.980
 everything that you process,

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 your priorities,

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 all the effort

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 you put forth

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 needs to be contained

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 in that

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 so that

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 these guiding commands

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 are there.

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 He says,

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 look in verse 30,

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 he says,

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 and thou shalt love

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 the Lord thy God.

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 Thou shalt love

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 love.

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 Now,

00:21:14.100 --> 00:21:14.779
 this is a very

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 specific love

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 because love

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 is another word today

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 that gets a lot of

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 traction with people.

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 You know?

00:21:24.120 --> 00:21:25.540
 But love comes,

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 presents itself differently

00:21:27.240 --> 00:21:29.320
 depending on how

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 and what definition

00:21:30.340 --> 00:21:30.840
 you're using.

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 That's one of the things

00:21:31.600 --> 00:21:32.320
 that's always important

00:21:32.320 --> 00:21:33.340
 is define your terms.

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 Because today,

00:21:36.100 --> 00:21:37.060
 love is gushy

00:21:37.060 --> 00:21:37.660
 and mushy.

00:21:39.660 --> 00:21:39.940
 You know,

00:21:40.080 --> 00:21:41.580
 I don't want to dare,

00:21:41.779 --> 00:21:42.140
 you know,

00:21:42.220 --> 00:21:43.220
 upset anybody.

00:21:43.220 --> 00:21:44.220
 That's how I love them

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 is I never make them upset.

00:21:46.759 --> 00:21:47.019
 You know what?

00:21:47.059 --> 00:21:48.339
 Sometimes if you love somebody,

00:21:48.440 --> 00:21:48.920
 there's going to be

00:21:48.920 --> 00:21:49.660
 some conflict.

00:21:49.839 --> 00:21:50.740
 I can't imagine

00:21:50.740 --> 00:21:51.559
 trying to parent

00:21:51.559 --> 00:21:51.920
 and say,

00:21:52.019 --> 00:21:52.059
 well,

00:21:52.079 --> 00:21:52.819
 I don't want to upset

00:21:52.819 --> 00:21:53.460
 my children.

00:21:53.839 --> 00:21:54.019
 You know,

00:21:54.059 --> 00:21:54.559
 as a parent,

00:21:54.640 --> 00:21:55.120
 sometimes you're going

00:21:55.120 --> 00:21:56.039
 to upset your children.

00:21:57.779 --> 00:21:59.380
 Not because you're being mean,

00:22:00.079 --> 00:22:01.400
 but because you love them.

00:22:02.759 --> 00:22:03.160
 And you say,

00:22:03.220 --> 00:22:03.319
 hey,

00:22:03.400 --> 00:22:04.539
 if they do this,

00:22:04.600 --> 00:22:05.500
 they're going to be in trouble.

00:22:06.900 --> 00:22:07.299
 You know,

00:22:07.319 --> 00:22:08.400
 it's going to cause harm.

00:22:08.480 --> 00:22:09.559
 It's going to cause damage.

00:22:09.559 --> 00:22:10.639
 I love them,

00:22:10.720 --> 00:22:11.179
 so therefore,

00:22:11.339 --> 00:22:11.940
 I'm going to put

00:22:11.940 --> 00:22:13.099
 some restriction.

00:22:13.279 --> 00:22:14.639
 I'm going to guide them.

00:22:14.720 --> 00:22:15.819
 I'm going to draw them.

00:22:15.879 --> 00:22:17.139
 Sometimes they're not always happy.

00:22:19.279 --> 00:22:20.659
 Sometimes it's uncomfortable.

00:22:21.079 --> 00:22:21.379
 But he says,

00:22:21.440 --> 00:22:22.000
 thou shalt love.

00:22:22.059 --> 00:22:22.980
 This type of love

00:22:22.980 --> 00:22:24.119
 we're talking about here

00:22:24.119 --> 00:22:25.579
 is an intelligent,

00:22:26.099 --> 00:22:26.740
 purposeful,

00:22:26.839 --> 00:22:28.059
 and committed love.

00:22:29.359 --> 00:22:29.559
 You know,

00:22:29.579 --> 00:22:30.619
 oftentimes today,

00:22:30.720 --> 00:22:32.039
 our philosophy of love is,

00:22:32.159 --> 00:22:32.200
 well,

00:22:32.240 --> 00:22:33.079
 if they love me,

00:22:33.139 --> 00:22:33.839
 I'll love them.

00:22:34.059 --> 00:22:34.559
 That's the matrix

00:22:35.259 --> 00:22:36.460
 with which we often

00:22:36.460 --> 00:22:37.440
 filter things through.

00:22:37.440 --> 00:22:39.519
 The love that's being

00:22:39.519 --> 00:22:40.600
 spoken of here

00:22:40.600 --> 00:22:41.759
 is a love

00:22:41.759 --> 00:22:42.620
 that is intelligent.

00:22:42.840 --> 00:22:43.360
 It's thinking.

00:22:43.640 --> 00:22:44.799
 It's purposeful.

00:22:44.980 --> 00:22:45.820
 It's committed.

00:22:46.279 --> 00:22:47.620
 And it's not built upon

00:22:47.620 --> 00:22:49.100
 emotion or affection.

00:22:49.519 --> 00:22:49.799
 You say,

00:22:49.860 --> 00:22:51.000
 how do you separate love

00:22:51.000 --> 00:22:51.720
 from emotion

00:22:51.720 --> 00:22:53.400
 or affection?

00:22:53.820 --> 00:22:54.840
 I want you to understand

00:22:54.840 --> 00:22:56.480
 that when you love this way,

00:22:56.620 --> 00:22:58.600
 emotion and affection

00:22:58.600 --> 00:22:59.960
 are attached to it,

00:23:00.019 --> 00:23:01.360
 but they're not driven by it.

00:23:01.519 --> 00:23:02.820
 Because to love God

00:23:02.820 --> 00:23:03.840
 is not cold.

00:23:04.120 --> 00:23:05.299
 It has a power

00:23:05.299 --> 00:23:08.139
 that impacts us.

00:23:08.299 --> 00:23:09.440
 Because it gives warmth

00:23:09.440 --> 00:23:10.119
 in our life

00:23:10.119 --> 00:23:11.500
 because of who God is.

00:23:12.319 --> 00:23:14.139
 This love is unconditional,

00:23:15.180 --> 00:23:16.079
 unselfing,

00:23:16.480 --> 00:23:17.119
 changeless.

00:23:17.299 --> 00:23:18.659
 It's the eternal love

00:23:18.659 --> 00:23:20.139
 that gives itself

00:23:20.139 --> 00:23:22.079
 without expectations

00:23:22.079 --> 00:23:23.099
 in return.

00:23:25.059 --> 00:23:25.319
 You know,

00:23:25.339 --> 00:23:26.700
 this is a genuine love

00:23:26.700 --> 00:23:27.039
 that says,

00:23:27.279 --> 00:23:28.680
 I'm choosing to love you

00:23:28.680 --> 00:23:29.460
 no matter what.

00:23:29.680 --> 00:23:30.940
 Whether what you are

00:23:30.940 --> 00:23:31.720
 or who you are

00:23:31.720 --> 00:23:32.879
 benefits me or not,

00:23:32.940 --> 00:23:34.099
 I'm choosing to do it.

00:23:34.099 --> 00:23:36.819
 And nothing you can do

00:23:36.819 --> 00:23:37.779
 can change my mind.

00:23:38.059 --> 00:23:39.559
 This love is unchanged

00:23:39.559 --> 00:23:40.879
 by circumstances

00:23:40.879 --> 00:23:41.879
 or situations.

00:23:42.059 --> 00:23:42.679
 Have you ever noticed

00:23:42.679 --> 00:23:43.939
 that over the years

00:23:43.939 --> 00:23:44.559
 I've seen many people,

00:23:44.579 --> 00:23:45.539
 oh, I love God

00:23:45.539 --> 00:23:46.199
 and something happens

00:23:46.199 --> 00:23:46.779
 in their life

00:23:46.779 --> 00:23:47.519
 and suddenly they don't

00:23:47.519 --> 00:23:48.219
 love God anymore.

00:23:49.379 --> 00:23:50.379
 When Jesus said

00:23:50.379 --> 00:23:51.659
 to love the Lord thy God

00:23:51.659 --> 00:23:52.459
 with all thy heart,

00:23:52.539 --> 00:23:53.119
 with all thy soul,

00:23:53.199 --> 00:23:53.779
 with all thy mind,

00:23:53.839 --> 00:23:54.779
 with all thy strength,

00:23:55.500 --> 00:23:57.480
 he said no matter what,

00:23:57.799 --> 00:23:58.899
 stick with God

00:23:58.899 --> 00:24:00.099
 to stay there

00:24:00.099 --> 00:24:01.519
 considers the same love

00:24:01.519 --> 00:24:03.139
 that God gives towards us.

00:24:04.099 --> 00:24:06.519
 Romans chapter 5

00:24:06.519 --> 00:24:07.319
 and verse 8 says,

00:24:07.480 --> 00:24:08.279
 but God commendeth

00:24:08.279 --> 00:24:09.139
 his love toward us

00:24:09.139 --> 00:24:10.240
 and while we were yet sinners

00:24:10.240 --> 00:24:11.579
 Christ died for us.

00:24:11.740 --> 00:24:12.500
 The Bible says

00:24:12.500 --> 00:24:13.539
 we were his enemy

00:24:13.539 --> 00:24:16.279
 and he loved us enough

00:24:16.279 --> 00:24:16.719
 to say,

00:24:16.819 --> 00:24:18.199
 I don't care how you're acting

00:24:18.199 --> 00:24:19.219
 or what you're doing,

00:24:19.819 --> 00:24:20.659
 out of love

00:24:20.659 --> 00:24:21.439
 I'm going to give you

00:24:21.439 --> 00:24:22.259
 what you need.

00:24:24.039 --> 00:24:25.139
 I'm going to provide

00:24:25.139 --> 00:24:25.939
 what is needed.

00:24:27.059 --> 00:24:27.259
 You know,

00:24:27.299 --> 00:24:28.679
 oftentimes we get the idea

00:24:28.679 --> 00:24:29.480
 that we can just,

00:24:29.779 --> 00:24:30.779
 our love to God

00:24:30.779 --> 00:24:32.299
 just flows out from us,

00:24:32.299 --> 00:24:33.500
 but think about what

00:24:33.500 --> 00:24:35.259
 1 John chapter 4 tells us.

00:24:35.359 --> 00:24:37.399
 1 John 4, 19 says,

00:24:37.519 --> 00:24:38.919
 we love him because what?

00:24:40.279 --> 00:24:41.419
 He first loved us.

00:24:41.680 --> 00:24:43.720
 We simply cannot do this

00:24:43.720 --> 00:24:45.139
 unless we understand

00:24:45.139 --> 00:24:47.639
 his love for us first,

00:24:48.200 --> 00:24:50.539
 which is to know

00:24:50.539 --> 00:24:51.779
 that he is,

00:24:52.039 --> 00:24:53.440
 and when we acknowledge him

00:24:53.440 --> 00:24:54.399
 as our God,

00:24:54.700 --> 00:24:55.599
 it's an invitation

00:24:55.599 --> 00:24:57.180
 to know him personally

00:24:57.180 --> 00:24:58.659
 as your Savior,

00:24:58.839 --> 00:24:59.740
 surrendering to him

00:24:59.740 --> 00:25:01.519
 and believing the gospel,

00:25:01.640 --> 00:25:04.259
 the truth of how one is saved.

00:25:04.779 --> 00:25:05.000
 You know,

00:25:05.319 --> 00:25:06.420
 this love is to be

00:25:06.420 --> 00:25:07.599
 with your whole heart,

00:25:07.700 --> 00:25:09.380
 impacting all that you do,

00:25:09.660 --> 00:25:10.759
 all that you say,

00:25:10.859 --> 00:25:12.220
 the places that you go.

00:25:12.559 --> 00:25:14.000
 It involves your heart.

00:25:14.740 --> 00:25:14.960
 You know,

00:25:15.000 --> 00:25:15.680
 your heart here

00:25:15.680 --> 00:25:17.099
 is the center of who you are,

00:25:17.380 --> 00:25:18.880
 the reality of who you are,

00:25:18.960 --> 00:25:19.640
 the soul.

00:25:20.019 --> 00:25:21.099
 That's your being.

00:25:21.259 --> 00:25:22.940
 It's what makes you you.

00:25:23.299 --> 00:25:24.000
 The Bible says

00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:24.500
 that Jesus,

00:25:25.039 --> 00:25:26.000
 or that creation,

00:25:26.279 --> 00:25:27.500
 God breathed into man

00:25:27.500 --> 00:25:28.299
 the breath of life.

00:25:28.299 --> 00:25:29.779
 He became a living soul.

00:25:31.700 --> 00:25:33.460
 That soul is who you are.

00:25:33.779 --> 00:25:34.980
 A soul is eternal.

00:25:35.359 --> 00:25:36.539
 Contrary to some people

00:25:36.539 --> 00:25:37.500
 that don't understand,

00:25:37.639 --> 00:25:38.359
 the reality is

00:25:38.359 --> 00:25:39.980
 a soul doesn't just dissipate.

00:25:40.220 --> 00:25:41.299
 A soul is eternal.

00:25:43.200 --> 00:25:44.299
 And that soul

00:25:44.299 --> 00:25:45.779
 will spend eternity someplace.

00:25:46.200 --> 00:25:47.279
 And there's only two choices.

00:25:47.659 --> 00:25:48.339
 The Bible says

00:25:48.339 --> 00:25:49.539
 the soul's going to either

00:25:49.539 --> 00:25:51.299
 have eternity in damnation

00:25:51.899 --> 00:25:53.980
 or eternity in heaven.

00:25:54.180 --> 00:25:55.180
 There's no middle ground.

00:25:55.279 --> 00:25:55.980
 There's no in between.

00:25:55.980 --> 00:25:56.079
 There's no in between.

00:25:58.299 --> 00:26:00.039
 Your mind.

00:26:00.279 --> 00:26:01.059
 That's your thinking

00:26:01.059 --> 00:26:01.839
 and your thoughts.

00:26:01.919 --> 00:26:02.740
 If you love God,

00:26:02.779 --> 00:26:03.440
 it's going to impact

00:26:03.440 --> 00:26:04.259
 how you think.

00:26:05.180 --> 00:26:06.259
 It's going to impact

00:26:06.259 --> 00:26:07.680
 how you process things

00:26:07.680 --> 00:26:08.519
 that take place.

00:26:09.799 --> 00:26:10.799
 Your strength.

00:26:10.940 --> 00:26:11.919
 That means your energy

00:26:11.919 --> 00:26:12.779
 and your efforts

00:26:12.779 --> 00:26:13.700
 that you put forth.

00:26:14.700 --> 00:26:16.480
 It guides those things.

00:26:16.579 --> 00:26:17.799
 It prioritizes them.

00:26:19.059 --> 00:26:20.159
 Prioritizes those things.

00:26:20.299 --> 00:26:20.639
 Simply,

00:26:20.759 --> 00:26:21.480
 it is a love

00:26:21.480 --> 00:26:22.119
 that affects

00:26:22.119 --> 00:26:23.319
 everything about you.

00:26:23.579 --> 00:26:23.759
 Now,

00:26:23.759 --> 00:26:25.079
 I want to put it to you this way.

00:26:25.079 --> 00:26:26.639
 What Jesus starts out with here

00:26:26.639 --> 00:26:27.299
 is very simply

00:26:27.299 --> 00:26:29.240
 is a vertical love.

00:26:29.299 --> 00:26:29.740
 In other words,

00:26:29.779 --> 00:26:31.079
 it's a spiritual vertical

00:26:31.079 --> 00:26:32.179
 between you and God.

00:26:32.279 --> 00:26:32.919
 It says to love

00:26:32.919 --> 00:26:33.960
 the Lord thy God.

00:26:34.220 --> 00:26:34.319
 Now,

00:26:34.379 --> 00:26:35.480
 I want to point something out here

00:26:35.480 --> 00:26:36.859
 because it's the Lord thy God.

00:26:38.419 --> 00:26:39.699
 That term is personal.

00:26:41.039 --> 00:26:42.419
 It's not mama's God

00:26:42.419 --> 00:26:43.399
 or daddy's God.

00:26:44.480 --> 00:26:46.059
 It's not the preacher's God.

00:26:46.139 --> 00:26:46.879
 It's not the God

00:26:46.879 --> 00:26:47.799
 that I heard about.

00:26:47.980 --> 00:26:48.859
 It's thy God.

00:26:48.859 --> 00:26:52.199
 Let me put this another way.

00:26:52.299 --> 00:26:52.779
 It ought to be

00:26:52.779 --> 00:26:54.299
 my God.

00:26:54.459 --> 00:26:55.439
 That means it's to be

00:26:55.439 --> 00:26:56.359
 your God.

00:26:58.039 --> 00:26:59.599
 The term here is personal.

00:27:01.799 --> 00:27:02.839
 It's not generic.

00:27:03.219 --> 00:27:05.240
 It's not just a big picture of God.

00:27:05.339 --> 00:27:07.539
 It's a personal dynamic with God.

00:27:07.619 --> 00:27:09.679
 That vertical spiritual relationship

00:27:09.679 --> 00:27:10.379
 with God.

00:27:10.819 --> 00:27:12.259
 And Jesus here in verse 31,

00:27:12.419 --> 00:27:12.719
 he says,

00:27:12.819 --> 00:27:14.019
 and the second is like.

00:27:15.479 --> 00:27:16.179
 In other words,

00:27:16.219 --> 00:27:16.659
 he says,

00:27:16.660 --> 00:27:18.900
 the second one

00:27:18.900 --> 00:27:21.460
 falls under the priority

00:27:21.460 --> 00:27:22.420
 of the first one,

00:27:22.500 --> 00:27:23.420
 but the second one

00:27:23.420 --> 00:27:23.940
 gives you

00:27:23.940 --> 00:27:25.300
 the other dynamic

00:27:25.300 --> 00:27:26.380
 that happens in life

00:27:26.380 --> 00:27:27.160
 and that's what happens

00:27:27.160 --> 00:27:28.420
 with interactions with people.

00:27:28.700 --> 00:27:29.560
 Because let's face it,

00:27:29.560 --> 00:27:30.340
 we all understand

00:27:30.340 --> 00:27:31.640
 we have two things going on.

00:27:31.700 --> 00:27:33.019
 We have a spiritual dynamic

00:27:33.019 --> 00:27:34.080
 that's taking place

00:27:34.080 --> 00:27:36.220
 and we have a people dynamic,

00:27:36.420 --> 00:27:37.279
 physical dynamic

00:27:37.279 --> 00:27:38.320
 that's taking place.

00:27:38.519 --> 00:27:39.340
 That's reality.

00:27:41.100 --> 00:27:42.500
 Those things are happening

00:27:42.500 --> 00:27:43.040
 and he says,

00:27:43.140 --> 00:27:44.660
 I want you to be right with God

00:27:44.660 --> 00:27:45.720
 to recognize him,

00:27:46.000 --> 00:27:46.540
 but he says,

00:27:46.539 --> 00:27:47.779
 if you're right with God,

00:27:47.859 --> 00:27:48.799
 the next priority

00:27:48.799 --> 00:27:50.220
 that supersedes

00:27:50.220 --> 00:27:51.740
 and helps guide everything else

00:27:51.740 --> 00:27:53.039
 is to have a right relationship

00:27:53.039 --> 00:27:53.920
 with other people.

00:27:54.220 --> 00:27:56.440
 Because see here what he says,

00:27:56.500 --> 00:27:58.279
 these horizontal relationships.

00:27:59.839 --> 00:28:01.420
 Now as he tells them this,

00:28:01.440 --> 00:28:02.099
 he says this,

00:28:02.139 --> 00:28:02.379
 he says,

00:28:02.420 --> 00:28:03.680
 thou shalt love thy neighbor

00:28:03.680 --> 00:28:05.079
 as thyself.

00:28:05.319 --> 00:28:06.139
 He draws this

00:28:06.139 --> 00:28:07.779
 from Leviticus chapter 19.

00:28:08.819 --> 00:28:10.299
 Leviticus chapter 19

00:28:10.299 --> 00:28:11.279
 and verse 18.

00:28:12.000 --> 00:28:12.720
 And that's another

00:28:12.720 --> 00:28:14.480
 good passage

00:28:14.480 --> 00:28:15.599
 to study sometime

00:28:15.599 --> 00:28:16.720
 if you want to study something

00:28:16.720 --> 00:28:17.819
 because notice

00:28:17.819 --> 00:28:18.839
 how the verse starts.

00:28:18.940 --> 00:28:19.279
 It says,

00:28:19.680 --> 00:28:20.920
 thou shalt not avenge

00:28:20.920 --> 00:28:22.120
 nor bear any grudge

00:28:22.120 --> 00:28:22.860
 against the children

00:28:22.860 --> 00:28:23.660
 of thy people.

00:28:24.259 --> 00:28:24.799
 In other words,

00:28:24.860 --> 00:28:25.819
 those around you,

00:28:25.960 --> 00:28:27.099
 those that you deal with,

00:28:27.339 --> 00:28:28.480
 they have the right attitude

00:28:28.480 --> 00:28:29.920
 and spirit about them,

00:28:30.160 --> 00:28:31.200
 but thou shalt love

00:28:31.200 --> 00:28:31.839
 thy neighbor

00:28:31.839 --> 00:28:33.039
 as thyself.

00:28:33.420 --> 00:28:34.380
 I am the Lord.

00:28:35.120 --> 00:28:35.720
 In other words,

00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:36.180
 he says,

00:28:36.259 --> 00:28:37.480
 I'm commanding you

00:28:37.480 --> 00:28:39.799
 to seek and desire

00:28:39.799 --> 00:28:41.860
 to have a right relationship.

00:28:41.859 --> 00:28:45.599
 Now this love he's talking about

00:28:45.599 --> 00:28:46.779
 is the exact same love

00:28:46.779 --> 00:28:47.699
 from the first verse.

00:28:48.019 --> 00:28:48.939
 That unconditional,

00:28:50.119 --> 00:28:51.639
 not loving somebody

00:28:51.639 --> 00:28:53.819
 because of what they could do for you.

00:28:54.039 --> 00:28:54.899
 When we understand,

00:28:55.219 --> 00:28:57.099
 it ties to the first one

00:28:57.099 --> 00:28:58.000
 because the Lord

00:28:58.000 --> 00:28:59.740
 is over everything already.

00:29:00.299 --> 00:29:01.679
 This is the same love,

00:29:01.759 --> 00:29:03.179
 that unconditional love,

00:29:03.599 --> 00:29:05.319
 and it's described to us

00:29:05.319 --> 00:29:07.259
 in 1 Corinthians chapter 13.

00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:08.979
 You know,

00:29:08.980 --> 00:29:09.539
 if you want to know

00:29:09.539 --> 00:29:10.759
 what this love looks like,

00:29:10.839 --> 00:29:12.599
 go read 1 Corinthians 13.

00:29:14.440 --> 00:29:15.599
 It describes

00:29:15.599 --> 00:29:16.779
 what it looks like.

00:29:17.279 --> 00:29:18.759
 What is its characteristics?

00:29:19.259 --> 00:29:20.559
 How does it play out?

00:29:20.759 --> 00:29:21.779
 Because it's a love

00:29:21.779 --> 00:29:23.220
 that puts others first

00:29:23.220 --> 00:29:25.579
 even if they don't respond in kind.

00:29:26.079 --> 00:29:27.799
 It's a love that looks out

00:29:27.799 --> 00:29:30.140
 for the best interests of others.

00:29:30.519 --> 00:29:32.079
 It's an enduring love

00:29:32.079 --> 00:29:34.099
 never being cast off.

00:29:35.860 --> 00:29:36.059
 You know,

00:29:36.120 --> 00:29:36.779
 you can stop

00:29:36.779 --> 00:29:37.960
 and read through those things.

00:29:37.960 --> 00:29:39.059
 I encourage you to go

00:29:39.059 --> 00:29:40.380
 and to think about that

00:29:40.380 --> 00:29:41.180
 even this afternoon

00:29:41.180 --> 00:29:41.700
 a little bit

00:29:41.700 --> 00:29:42.279
 and consider

00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:44.579
 am I loving God

00:29:44.579 --> 00:29:45.579
 as God loves me?

00:29:45.640 --> 00:29:46.860
 Because 1 Corinthians 13

00:29:46.860 --> 00:29:48.440
 describes how God loves you.

00:29:48.759 --> 00:29:50.039
 How God loves you.

00:29:52.140 --> 00:29:53.720
 Jesus here brings forth

00:29:53.720 --> 00:29:54.559
 these things

00:29:54.559 --> 00:29:55.700
 to this man.

00:29:55.759 --> 00:29:56.059
 He says,

00:29:56.160 --> 00:29:56.360
 hey,

00:29:56.860 --> 00:29:57.440
 you want to know

00:29:57.440 --> 00:29:59.220
 what the most important commandments are?

00:29:59.340 --> 00:29:59.960
 Here's the two

00:29:59.960 --> 00:30:01.200
 that guide everything else.

00:30:01.460 --> 00:30:02.039
 Now Jesus,

00:30:02.440 --> 00:30:03.120
 we're going to see here

00:30:03.120 --> 00:30:03.720
 an application

00:30:03.720 --> 00:30:04.840
 of that priority.

00:30:05.480 --> 00:30:06.840
 How is this to be applied?

00:30:06.839 --> 00:30:08.359
 How is this to be used

00:30:08.359 --> 00:30:09.720
 in our life?

00:30:09.939 --> 00:30:11.459
 Look at the scribe's response

00:30:11.459 --> 00:30:12.480
 there in verse 32.

00:30:14.079 --> 00:30:15.679
 Notice what the scribe said.

00:30:15.740 --> 00:30:16.339
 He said this,

00:30:16.399 --> 00:30:17.679
 and the scribe said unto him,

00:30:18.480 --> 00:30:18.699
 well,

00:30:18.799 --> 00:30:19.240
 master,

00:30:19.399 --> 00:30:20.839
 thou hast said the truth.

00:30:22.319 --> 00:30:23.819
 For there is one God

00:30:23.819 --> 00:30:25.119
 and there is none other but he.

00:30:26.480 --> 00:30:27.459
 And to love him

00:30:27.459 --> 00:30:29.099
 with all the heart

00:30:29.099 --> 00:30:30.679
 and with all the understanding,

00:30:30.819 --> 00:30:31.699
 with all the soul

00:30:31.699 --> 00:30:33.679
 and with all the strength.

00:30:33.680 --> 00:30:35.600
 And to love his neighbor

00:30:35.600 --> 00:30:36.400
 as himself.

00:30:37.279 --> 00:30:39.019
 Now notice this last phrase here

00:30:39.019 --> 00:30:40.640
 that the scribe adds.

00:30:41.279 --> 00:30:42.820
 This tells you his understanding

00:30:42.820 --> 00:30:44.600
 of what Jesus is talking about.

00:30:45.820 --> 00:30:46.440
 He says,

00:30:46.600 --> 00:30:48.200
 is more than all

00:30:48.200 --> 00:30:49.880
 whole burnt offerings

00:30:49.880 --> 00:30:50.820
 and sacrifices.

00:30:51.299 --> 00:30:52.480
 Now that's a statement

00:30:52.480 --> 00:30:55.220
 that we can expound on here

00:30:55.220 --> 00:30:55.539
 in a moment.

00:30:57.440 --> 00:30:59.180
 Here's this scribe came

00:30:59.180 --> 00:31:00.600
 and he had an understanding

00:31:00.600 --> 00:31:01.600
 from his study

00:31:01.599 --> 00:31:02.619
 of the word of God

00:31:02.619 --> 00:31:03.819
 and he said,

00:31:03.899 --> 00:31:04.439
 you know what?

00:31:04.480 --> 00:31:05.959
 I've come to understand

00:31:05.959 --> 00:31:08.799
 that my priority

00:31:08.799 --> 00:31:10.219
 is to love the Lord

00:31:10.219 --> 00:31:11.359
 with all my heart,

00:31:12.439 --> 00:31:13.579
 with all the soul,

00:31:13.679 --> 00:31:14.359
 with all my mind,

00:31:14.399 --> 00:31:15.359
 to love my neighbors,

00:31:15.500 --> 00:31:15.980
 myself,

00:31:16.079 --> 00:31:17.939
 because all the rituals

00:31:17.939 --> 00:31:19.000
 that I do

00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:20.299
 are not going to make me

00:31:20.299 --> 00:31:20.980
 right with God.

00:31:21.179 --> 00:31:22.019
 Now I want you to see

00:31:22.019 --> 00:31:22.740
 he didn't say

00:31:22.740 --> 00:31:23.539
 those rituals,

00:31:23.719 --> 00:31:24.679
 those sacrifices

00:31:24.679 --> 00:31:25.740
 that God commanded

00:31:25.740 --> 00:31:27.719
 didn't serve a purpose

00:31:27.719 --> 00:31:30.579
 because there's a purpose

00:31:30.579 --> 00:31:30.980
 in them.

00:31:30.980 --> 00:31:31.960
 God didn't give them

00:31:31.960 --> 00:31:32.579
 to them

00:31:32.579 --> 00:31:34.400
 just to be ritualistic,

00:31:35.059 --> 00:31:37.720
 just to have a process.

00:31:38.299 --> 00:31:39.500
 Our life as a believer

00:31:39.500 --> 00:31:40.400
 is not a process.

00:31:40.920 --> 00:31:41.900
 It's a relationship

00:31:41.900 --> 00:31:43.299
 that grows and matures.

00:31:43.860 --> 00:31:44.660
 And he says here

00:31:44.660 --> 00:31:45.740
 that these burnt offerings

00:31:45.740 --> 00:31:46.920
 and sacrifices

00:31:46.920 --> 00:31:49.299
 that your participation

00:31:49.299 --> 00:31:50.160
 in them

00:31:50.160 --> 00:31:50.779
 didn't put you

00:31:50.779 --> 00:31:52.019
 in a right relationship

00:31:52.019 --> 00:31:52.740
 with God.

00:31:54.339 --> 00:31:54.839
 You know,

00:31:54.860 --> 00:31:55.960
 there's many people today

00:31:55.960 --> 00:31:56.740
 that show up

00:31:56.740 --> 00:31:57.980
 and go through ritual

00:31:57.980 --> 00:31:59.700
 thinking the ritual

00:31:59.700 --> 00:32:00.880
 makes them right with God.

00:32:00.980 --> 00:32:01.680
 There's people

00:32:01.680 --> 00:32:03.559
 who get themselves wet

00:32:03.559 --> 00:32:04.779
 in all sorts of forms

00:32:04.779 --> 00:32:05.140
 and say,

00:32:05.240 --> 00:32:06.420
 now I'm right with God.

00:32:06.660 --> 00:32:07.460
 Being baptized

00:32:07.460 --> 00:32:08.380
 doesn't make you

00:32:08.380 --> 00:32:09.160
 right with God.

00:32:10.599 --> 00:32:11.579
 Now I want you to understand

00:32:11.579 --> 00:32:12.880
 to be properly baptized

00:32:12.880 --> 00:32:13.700
 is important

00:32:13.700 --> 00:32:16.620
 because God commands it

00:32:16.620 --> 00:32:17.620
 but it's not what makes

00:32:17.620 --> 00:32:18.440
 you right with God.

00:32:18.700 --> 00:32:19.259
 You have people

00:32:19.259 --> 00:32:20.160
 who do rituals.

00:32:20.620 --> 00:32:21.019
 Even very,

00:32:21.420 --> 00:32:22.099
 just today,

00:32:22.200 --> 00:32:23.079
 you'll have people

00:32:23.079 --> 00:32:25.039
 that are participating

00:32:25.039 --> 00:32:26.839
 participating in a ritual

00:32:26.839 --> 00:32:27.599
 to them

00:32:27.599 --> 00:32:29.700
 because they will take

00:32:29.700 --> 00:32:30.799
 a piece of wafer

00:32:30.799 --> 00:32:32.279
 and some juice

00:32:32.279 --> 00:32:33.079
 or some wine

00:32:33.079 --> 00:32:33.619
 and they'll say,

00:32:33.720 --> 00:32:34.519
 by doing this

00:32:34.519 --> 00:32:35.519
 I make myself

00:32:35.519 --> 00:32:36.399
 right with God.

00:32:36.579 --> 00:32:37.819
 If I symbolize

00:32:37.819 --> 00:32:38.619
 the ritual

00:32:38.619 --> 00:32:40.180
 of the sacrifice,

00:32:40.519 --> 00:32:41.839
 I'm right with God

00:32:41.839 --> 00:32:42.879
 therefore I'm okay.

00:32:44.779 --> 00:32:46.000
 This man declares

00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:46.980
 something very important.

00:32:47.059 --> 00:32:47.339
 He says,

00:32:47.700 --> 00:32:48.019
 Jesus,

00:32:48.180 --> 00:32:49.139
 I know you've spoken

00:32:49.139 --> 00:32:49.639
 the truth

00:32:49.639 --> 00:32:50.539
 because when I read

00:32:50.539 --> 00:32:51.139
 the scripture

00:32:51.139 --> 00:32:52.460
 I understand

00:32:52.460 --> 00:32:53.440
 the reality

00:32:53.440 --> 00:32:54.700
 that I can do

00:32:54.700 --> 00:32:56.000
 all the right things

00:32:56.000 --> 00:32:56.759
 outside

00:32:56.759 --> 00:32:59.519
 but what's inside

00:32:59.519 --> 00:33:00.139
 is what makes

00:33:00.139 --> 00:33:00.759
 the difference.

00:33:02.259 --> 00:33:03.599
 That transformation

00:33:03.599 --> 00:33:05.339
 that needs to take place

00:33:05.339 --> 00:33:06.460
 he understood

00:33:06.460 --> 00:33:08.460
 what Paul later describes

00:33:08.460 --> 00:33:10.420
 in Galatians chapter 3.

00:33:10.659 --> 00:33:11.960
 Galatians chapter 3

00:33:11.960 --> 00:33:12.779
 in verse 24

00:33:12.779 --> 00:33:13.240
 he says,

00:33:13.559 --> 00:33:14.819
 wherefore the law

00:33:14.819 --> 00:33:16.639
 was our schoolmaster

00:33:16.639 --> 00:33:18.440
 to bring us unto Christ

00:33:18.440 --> 00:33:19.259
 that we might be

00:33:19.259 --> 00:33:20.660
 justified by faith.

00:33:20.960 --> 00:33:21.640
 In other words,

00:33:21.759 --> 00:33:23.259
 the rituals pointed out

00:33:23.259 --> 00:33:24.759
 that we're a sinful people

00:33:24.759 --> 00:33:27.099
 and that sin has a price.

00:33:27.440 --> 00:33:28.579
 The wages of sin

00:33:28.579 --> 00:33:29.200
 is death.

00:33:29.519 --> 00:33:29.680
 You know,

00:33:29.700 --> 00:33:30.299
 it's amazing

00:33:30.299 --> 00:33:31.160
 that this man,

00:33:31.259 --> 00:33:31.940
 this scribe

00:33:31.940 --> 00:33:33.000
 understood something

00:33:33.000 --> 00:33:34.240
 that many around him

00:33:34.240 --> 00:33:35.039
 that day missed.

00:33:36.759 --> 00:33:38.259
 He understood something

00:33:38.259 --> 00:33:38.799
 he knew

00:33:38.799 --> 00:33:39.640
 he needed to know

00:33:39.640 --> 00:33:40.339
 the Lord

00:33:40.339 --> 00:33:42.200
 and not just perform

00:33:42.200 --> 00:33:42.920
 for the Lord.

00:33:43.279 --> 00:33:44.099
 Knowing God

00:33:44.099 --> 00:33:45.140
 is not a performance.

00:33:45.599 --> 00:33:46.119
 This is where

00:33:46.119 --> 00:33:47.200
 we get confused

00:33:47.200 --> 00:33:48.480
 because sometimes

00:33:48.480 --> 00:33:50.220
 we get confused

00:33:50.220 --> 00:33:50.819
 about this

00:33:50.819 --> 00:33:51.700
 because if you love

00:33:51.700 --> 00:33:52.099
 the Lord

00:33:52.099 --> 00:33:53.000
 with all your heart,

00:33:53.140 --> 00:33:54.099
 with all your mind,

00:33:54.200 --> 00:33:55.059
 with all your strength,

00:33:55.160 --> 00:33:56.079
 with all your soul,

00:33:56.920 --> 00:33:58.140
 it's going to result

00:33:58.140 --> 00:33:59.120
 in certain actions.

00:33:59.460 --> 00:34:00.440
 But those actions

00:34:00.440 --> 00:34:01.240
 of themselves

00:34:01.240 --> 00:34:03.339
 don't matter

00:34:03.339 --> 00:34:04.920
 as much

00:34:04.920 --> 00:34:05.960
 as the relationship

00:34:05.960 --> 00:34:06.740
 that's there.

00:34:07.799 --> 00:34:08.460
 Think about

00:34:08.460 --> 00:34:09.639
 Romans chapter 3

00:34:09.639 --> 00:34:10.340
 in verse 20

00:34:10.340 --> 00:34:11.199
 where it says this,

00:34:11.260 --> 00:34:11.579
 therefore,

00:34:11.940 --> 00:34:12.880
 by the deeds

00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:13.440
 of the law

00:34:13.440 --> 00:34:14.360
 shall no flesh

00:34:14.360 --> 00:34:15.079
 be justified

00:34:15.079 --> 00:34:15.920
 in his sight

00:34:15.920 --> 00:34:17.220
 for by the law

00:34:17.220 --> 00:34:17.980
 is the knowledge

00:34:17.980 --> 00:34:18.599
 of sin.

00:34:20.180 --> 00:34:21.320
 I want you to understand

00:34:21.320 --> 00:34:22.260
 this man understood

00:34:22.260 --> 00:34:23.079
 that all these

00:34:23.079 --> 00:34:23.840
 other commandments,

00:34:24.500 --> 00:34:26.480
 these other 613 commandments

00:34:26.480 --> 00:34:27.220
 giving all these

00:34:27.220 --> 00:34:27.940
 other details,

00:34:28.079 --> 00:34:28.920
 especially the ones

00:34:28.920 --> 00:34:30.300
 about the sacrifice

00:34:30.300 --> 00:34:31.340
 and what offerings

00:34:31.340 --> 00:34:32.159
 you're supposed to bring

00:34:32.159 --> 00:34:32.680
 and the time

00:34:32.680 --> 00:34:33.400
 you're supposed to bring

00:34:33.400 --> 00:34:34.139
 and how you're supposed

00:34:34.139 --> 00:34:34.659
 to do them,

00:34:34.940 --> 00:34:36.720
 those did not save him,

00:34:37.720 --> 00:34:38.880
 those did not build

00:34:38.880 --> 00:34:39.740
 a relationship

00:34:39.740 --> 00:34:40.720
 with God,

00:34:40.920 --> 00:34:41.880
 but were given

00:34:41.880 --> 00:34:43.139
 to draw us

00:34:43.139 --> 00:34:44.059
 to God,

00:34:44.119 --> 00:34:44.719
 to understand

00:34:44.719 --> 00:34:46.259
 our need for God.

00:34:48.059 --> 00:34:49.599
 This religious man

00:34:49.599 --> 00:34:50.900
 had come to the conclusion

00:34:50.900 --> 00:34:52.319
 that the purpose

00:34:52.319 --> 00:34:53.599
 of the sacrifices

00:34:53.599 --> 00:34:54.480
 and offerings

00:34:54.480 --> 00:34:56.179
 was not to make you

00:34:56.179 --> 00:34:57.159
 right with God

00:34:57.159 --> 00:34:58.219
 just because you

00:34:58.219 --> 00:34:59.079
 went through the ritual.

00:34:59.440 --> 00:35:00.000
 He understood

00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:01.019
 that relationship

00:35:01.019 --> 00:35:02.420
 is far more important

00:35:02.420 --> 00:35:03.019
 than religion.

00:35:03.400 --> 00:35:04.379
 He knew that he could

00:35:04.379 --> 00:35:06.099
 not keep all the law

00:35:06.099 --> 00:35:08.379
 and offer all the sacrifices

00:35:08.379 --> 00:35:10.379
 and still not be right

00:35:10.379 --> 00:35:10.759
 with God.

00:35:10.819 --> 00:35:11.000
 He said,

00:35:11.099 --> 00:35:12.159
 I can do all the things

00:35:12.159 --> 00:35:12.920
 I'm supposed to do

00:35:12.920 --> 00:35:13.500
 on paper

00:35:13.500 --> 00:35:15.259
 and still miss the point.

00:35:15.500 --> 00:35:15.839
 He said,

00:35:15.920 --> 00:35:17.440
 I need to love God.

00:35:18.559 --> 00:35:19.420
 It's a truth

00:35:19.420 --> 00:35:19.920
 that we need

00:35:19.920 --> 00:35:21.299
 to understand today

00:35:21.299 --> 00:35:22.960
 because all over the world

00:35:22.960 --> 00:35:24.019
 people go to church

00:35:24.019 --> 00:35:24.599
 and go through

00:35:24.599 --> 00:35:25.319
 their rituals

00:35:25.319 --> 00:35:26.039
 thinking they're

00:35:26.039 --> 00:35:27.319
 in a saving relationship

00:35:27.319 --> 00:35:28.079
 with God

00:35:28.079 --> 00:35:29.359
 and in truth

00:35:29.359 --> 00:35:30.440
 they're lost

00:35:30.440 --> 00:35:31.099
 and on their way

00:35:31.099 --> 00:35:31.539
 to hell.

00:35:33.039 --> 00:35:34.279
 Hebrews chapter 10

00:35:34.279 --> 00:35:35.099
 tells us this,

00:35:35.159 --> 00:35:35.359
 it says,

00:35:35.480 --> 00:35:35.920
 for the law

00:35:35.920 --> 00:35:36.699
 having a shadow

00:35:36.699 --> 00:35:37.899
 of good things to come

00:35:37.899 --> 00:35:39.339
 and not the very image

00:35:39.339 --> 00:35:40.139
 of those things

00:35:40.139 --> 00:35:40.960
 can never with

00:35:40.960 --> 00:35:42.340
 those sacrifices

00:35:42.340 --> 00:35:43.380
 which they offered

00:35:43.380 --> 00:35:44.079
 year by year

00:35:44.079 --> 00:35:44.720
 continually

00:35:44.720 --> 00:35:46.760
 make the comers

00:35:46.760 --> 00:35:47.500
 thereunto

00:35:47.500 --> 00:35:48.539
 perfect.

00:35:50.240 --> 00:35:50.840
 Consider

00:35:50.840 --> 00:35:52.260
 what it's revealing

00:35:52.260 --> 00:35:52.840
 to us,

00:35:52.860 --> 00:35:53.199
 it says,

00:35:53.300 --> 00:35:53.800
 for then

00:35:53.800 --> 00:35:55.220
 would they have ceased

00:35:55.220 --> 00:35:56.019
 to be offered

00:35:56.019 --> 00:35:57.880
 because that the worshipers

00:35:57.880 --> 00:35:58.740
 once purged

00:35:58.740 --> 00:35:59.940
 would have had

00:35:59.940 --> 00:36:01.139
 no more conscience

00:36:01.139 --> 00:36:01.760
 of sin

00:36:01.760 --> 00:36:03.820
 but in those sacrifices

00:36:03.820 --> 00:36:04.960
 is a remembrance

00:36:04.960 --> 00:36:05.820
 again made

00:36:05.820 --> 00:36:06.500
 of sin

00:36:06.500 --> 00:36:07.220
 every year.

00:36:07.740 --> 00:36:08.260
 In other words,

00:36:08.320 --> 00:36:08.860
 we see here

00:36:08.860 --> 00:36:09.940
 that they did those things.

00:36:09.940 --> 00:36:11.159
 God set that up

00:36:11.159 --> 00:36:12.440
 to remind them

00:36:12.440 --> 00:36:13.220
 that they're a sinner

00:36:13.220 --> 00:36:14.320
 that needs to be saved

00:36:14.320 --> 00:36:15.039
 by grace.

00:36:16.900 --> 00:36:17.639
 A sinner

00:36:17.639 --> 00:36:18.780
 that needs the Lord.

00:36:20.679 --> 00:36:21.599
 Verse 4 says,

00:36:21.720 --> 00:36:22.860
 for it's not possible

00:36:22.860 --> 00:36:24.639
 that the blood

00:36:24.639 --> 00:36:25.940
 of bulls and goats

00:36:25.940 --> 00:36:27.559
 should take away sins.

00:36:27.800 --> 00:36:28.639
 Now I want you to see

00:36:28.639 --> 00:36:29.900
 something important here

00:36:29.900 --> 00:36:30.980
 as Jesus responds

00:36:30.980 --> 00:36:31.579
 to this man.

00:36:31.639 --> 00:36:33.179
 This man tells Jesus,

00:36:33.300 --> 00:36:33.559
 he says,

00:36:33.639 --> 00:36:33.920
 Jesus,

00:36:34.079 --> 00:36:35.079
 I know you've spoken

00:36:35.079 --> 00:36:35.679
 the truth.

00:36:37.280 --> 00:36:37.900
 He says,

00:36:37.900 --> 00:36:38.800
 I know there's something

00:36:38.800 --> 00:36:39.960
 different about you

00:36:39.960 --> 00:36:42.139
 because you've given

00:36:42.139 --> 00:36:43.519
 an accurate description

00:36:43.519 --> 00:36:45.300
 of the word of God.

00:36:45.420 --> 00:36:46.860
 He's making a note here

00:36:46.860 --> 00:36:47.619
 about Jesus

00:36:47.619 --> 00:36:48.460
 and I want you to see

00:36:48.460 --> 00:36:49.900
 Jesus' response to him.

00:36:50.300 --> 00:36:51.660
 Look down in verse 34.

00:36:52.059 --> 00:36:53.200
 And when Jesus saw

00:36:53.200 --> 00:36:54.880
 that he answered discreetly,

00:36:55.180 --> 00:36:56.139
 he said unto him,

00:36:56.240 --> 00:36:57.119
 thou art not far

00:36:57.119 --> 00:36:58.280
 from the kingdom of God.

00:36:58.480 --> 00:36:59.440
 Notice that Jesus

00:36:59.440 --> 00:37:00.160
 acknowledged

00:37:00.160 --> 00:37:01.500
 where this man stood.

00:37:01.740 --> 00:37:02.960
 That's an interesting statement

00:37:02.960 --> 00:37:03.840
 that Jesus makes

00:37:03.840 --> 00:37:04.480
 in that assessment,

00:37:04.619 --> 00:37:04.840
 isn't it?

00:37:04.840 --> 00:37:07.039
 This man says,

00:37:07.140 --> 00:37:07.940
 I understand I need

00:37:07.940 --> 00:37:09.140
 to love the Lord thy God

00:37:09.140 --> 00:37:09.820
 with all my heart,

00:37:09.880 --> 00:37:10.440
 with all my soul.

00:37:10.500 --> 00:37:11.880
 That relationship is important.

00:37:12.320 --> 00:37:13.600
 That's a right priority.

00:37:14.019 --> 00:37:14.780
 He recognized

00:37:14.780 --> 00:37:15.720
 who God is.

00:37:17.500 --> 00:37:18.460
 He recognized

00:37:18.460 --> 00:37:20.240
 that those other sacrifices

00:37:20.240 --> 00:37:21.380
 were not going to save him.

00:37:21.579 --> 00:37:22.200
 That there needed

00:37:22.200 --> 00:37:23.380
 to be something more

00:37:23.380 --> 00:37:24.559
 than those sacrifices.

00:37:26.380 --> 00:37:27.840
 And Jesus looked at him

00:37:27.840 --> 00:37:28.200
 and said,

00:37:29.100 --> 00:37:29.980
 thou art not far

00:37:29.980 --> 00:37:31.100
 from the kingdom of God.

00:37:31.300 --> 00:37:31.900
 You might ask,

00:37:31.960 --> 00:37:33.180
 why did Jesus say that?

00:37:33.179 --> 00:37:35.000
 Because here's a sincere man,

00:37:35.119 --> 00:37:36.019
 sincerely seeking,

00:37:36.199 --> 00:37:37.379
 sincerely desiring

00:37:37.379 --> 00:37:40.500
 to be right with God

00:37:40.500 --> 00:37:41.259
 and the one that was

00:37:41.259 --> 00:37:42.159
 going to make him right

00:37:42.159 --> 00:37:43.379
 standing right in front of him.

00:37:43.579 --> 00:37:45.219
 Because Jesus is the one

00:37:45.219 --> 00:37:47.919
 here in just a few hours

00:37:47.919 --> 00:37:50.079
 from this point

00:37:50.079 --> 00:37:52.440
 before the weekends

00:37:52.440 --> 00:37:56.339
 will be the sacrifice for sin.

00:37:56.559 --> 00:37:57.339
 He looks at him and says,

00:37:57.440 --> 00:37:58.099
 thou art not far

00:37:58.099 --> 00:37:59.199
 from the kingdom of God.

00:37:59.419 --> 00:38:00.779
 He still lacks something.

00:38:00.780 --> 00:38:04.500
 Because Jesus was right there.

00:38:04.560 --> 00:38:05.900
 He was standing before him,

00:38:05.940 --> 00:38:07.000
 the one that could save him.

00:38:07.440 --> 00:38:08.420
 Jesus was speaking

00:38:08.420 --> 00:38:10.060
 to a decent man,

00:38:10.100 --> 00:38:11.100
 a religious man,

00:38:11.260 --> 00:38:12.500
 a humanly speaking

00:38:12.500 --> 00:38:13.580
 would be a good man.

00:38:13.680 --> 00:38:14.480
 This man that Jesus

00:38:14.480 --> 00:38:15.019
 was speaking to,

00:38:15.040 --> 00:38:15.960
 everybody on the outside

00:38:15.960 --> 00:38:16.380
 would say,

00:38:16.700 --> 00:38:18.160
 this guy has it together.

00:38:19.220 --> 00:38:20.940
 This guy's right with God.

00:38:21.000 --> 00:38:21.980
 And Jesus looks at him

00:38:21.980 --> 00:38:22.320
 and says,

00:38:22.760 --> 00:38:24.860
 you're almost there.

00:38:25.140 --> 00:38:25.420
 Almost.

00:38:25.900 --> 00:38:27.019
 You know what this reveals to us?

00:38:27.040 --> 00:38:28.440
 You can do all those things

00:38:28.440 --> 00:38:29.280
 and come up short.

00:38:29.280 --> 00:38:30.860
 Oftentimes we try to measure

00:38:30.860 --> 00:38:31.840
 by those things,

00:38:31.960 --> 00:38:32.900
 but we come up short.

00:38:33.940 --> 00:38:35.300
 Because what we're short of

00:38:35.300 --> 00:38:35.900
 is the Savior.

00:38:37.840 --> 00:38:39.740
 We need to rely upon the Savior,

00:38:39.920 --> 00:38:42.060
 failing to trust in Christ alone

00:38:42.060 --> 00:38:43.460
 and not works.

00:38:43.580 --> 00:38:43.720
 You know,

00:38:43.800 --> 00:38:45.460
 Titus 3.5 tells us this,

00:38:45.540 --> 00:38:46.940
 not by works of righteousness,

00:38:47.440 --> 00:38:48.340
 which we have done,

00:38:48.400 --> 00:38:49.680
 but according to his mercy,

00:38:49.780 --> 00:38:50.560
 he saved us

00:38:50.560 --> 00:38:52.220
 by the washing of regeneration,

00:38:52.500 --> 00:38:54.540
 the renewing of the Holy Ghost.

00:38:54.760 --> 00:38:56.000
 Ephesians 2 tells us,

00:38:56.060 --> 00:38:57.360
 for by grace are you saved

00:38:57.360 --> 00:38:57.920
 through faith

00:38:57.920 --> 00:38:59.079
 and not of yourselves

00:38:59.079 --> 00:39:00.220
 as a gift of God,

00:39:00.300 --> 00:39:00.920
 not of works,

00:39:01.000 --> 00:39:03.079
 lest any man should boast.

00:39:03.380 --> 00:39:03.579
 You know,

00:39:03.599 --> 00:39:04.539
 the sad thing is,

00:39:04.579 --> 00:39:05.900
 is oftentimes you'll have people

00:39:05.900 --> 00:39:06.680
 that'll be in church

00:39:06.680 --> 00:39:07.519
 their whole life.

00:39:07.740 --> 00:39:08.740
 They can hear the truth,

00:39:08.840 --> 00:39:09.880
 they can know the truth,

00:39:10.059 --> 00:39:11.280
 but they've never called upon

00:39:11.280 --> 00:39:11.800
 the Savior.

00:39:12.260 --> 00:39:13.500
 When they appear before the Lord,

00:39:13.559 --> 00:39:13.840
 he says,

00:39:13.920 --> 00:39:14.480
 depart from me,

00:39:14.500 --> 00:39:15.280
 I never knew you.

00:39:16.860 --> 00:39:18.340
 Because there was no relationship.

00:39:18.920 --> 00:39:19.099
 You know,

00:39:19.120 --> 00:39:19.860
 the sad thing is,

00:39:19.860 --> 00:39:21.140
 it's possible to go to hell

00:39:21.140 --> 00:39:21.920
 from the church view.

00:39:22.260 --> 00:39:23.280
 It's possible to know

00:39:23.280 --> 00:39:24.380
 all the right answers.

00:39:26.240 --> 00:39:27.320
 It just puts you

00:39:27.320 --> 00:39:29.059
 not far from eternal life.

00:39:29.360 --> 00:39:30.220
 One cannot rest

00:39:30.220 --> 00:39:31.639
 upon our own good works,

00:39:32.240 --> 00:39:33.240
 our own goodness,

00:39:33.380 --> 00:39:34.079
 but we need to rest

00:39:34.079 --> 00:39:34.900
 upon the Savior.

00:39:35.280 --> 00:39:35.460
 You know,

00:39:35.480 --> 00:39:36.059
 this morning,

00:39:36.900 --> 00:39:38.920
 where this man was

00:39:38.920 --> 00:39:40.099
 is important to realize

00:39:40.099 --> 00:39:41.159
 that there could be many.

00:39:41.440 --> 00:39:42.720
 There may be one here today

00:39:42.720 --> 00:39:44.460
 that knows all the right answers,

00:39:44.460 --> 00:39:47.440
 but is that close.

00:39:49.139 --> 00:39:50.400
 Because they've never called

00:39:50.400 --> 00:39:51.119
 upon the Savior.

00:39:51.480 --> 00:39:52.839
 What a sad place to be,

00:39:53.099 --> 00:39:53.900
 to be not far

00:39:53.900 --> 00:39:54.920
 from the kingdom of God.

00:39:55.119 --> 00:39:55.299
 You know,

00:39:55.319 --> 00:39:55.900
 this morning,

00:39:56.219 --> 00:39:56.679
 maybe the Lord

00:39:56.679 --> 00:39:57.500
 is speaking to you,

00:39:57.579 --> 00:39:59.319
 maybe you've never trusted Christ

00:39:59.319 --> 00:40:00.960
 as your Savior.

00:40:01.079 --> 00:40:02.440
 He's the one to save your soul

00:40:02.440 --> 00:40:03.460
 and you need to come to Him

00:40:03.460 --> 00:40:04.460
 by faith today.

00:40:05.619 --> 00:40:06.539
 You need to turn from,

00:40:06.699 --> 00:40:07.739
 repent from your sin

00:40:07.739 --> 00:40:08.819
 and believe the gospel

00:40:08.819 --> 00:40:09.839
 to be born again.

00:40:11.199 --> 00:40:12.179
 Because nothing would be

00:40:12.179 --> 00:40:13.119
 of greater shame

00:40:13.119 --> 00:40:13.980
 than to go to hell

00:40:13.980 --> 00:40:14.739
 from a church view.

00:40:15.039 --> 00:40:15.920
 To have the truth

00:40:15.920 --> 00:40:16.960
 and do nothing with it.

00:40:17.139 --> 00:40:17.579
 This morning,

00:40:17.679 --> 00:40:18.460
 how about you, Christian?

00:40:18.559 --> 00:40:20.219
 How is your relationship with God?

00:40:20.219 --> 00:40:21.279
 If Jesus says,

00:40:21.539 --> 00:40:22.719
 on all these things,

00:40:23.219 --> 00:40:26.559
 hang all the other aspects of life,

00:40:26.639 --> 00:40:27.719
 all the law and the prophets,

00:40:28.079 --> 00:40:29.179
 how's your love for God

00:40:29.179 --> 00:40:30.399
 and how are you loving others?

00:40:30.679 --> 00:40:31.279
 This morning,

00:40:31.379 --> 00:40:34.139
 the Savior awaits your response.

00:40:35.219 --> 00:40:36.259
 As heads are bowed

00:40:36.259 --> 00:40:37.159
 and eyes are closed,

00:40:38.239 --> 00:40:39.079
 I want you to consider

00:40:39.079 --> 00:40:40.599
 between you and the Lord today,

00:40:40.899 --> 00:40:42.419
 not the assessment on the outside,

00:40:42.579 --> 00:40:43.939
 but the assessment from your heart.

00:40:44.139 --> 00:40:45.199
 Where are you with God?

00:40:45.199 --> 00:40:46.179
 If you're here today

00:40:46.179 --> 00:40:47.119
 and you're not sure,

00:40:47.480 --> 00:40:48.759
 if it's not soundly set

00:40:48.759 --> 00:40:49.619
 that you understand

00:40:49.619 --> 00:40:50.379
 the reality

00:40:50.379 --> 00:40:51.759
 that I've called upon Him,

00:40:52.039 --> 00:40:53.659
 I've recognized Him as Savior,

00:40:53.739 --> 00:40:55.000
 I've asked Him to save me,

00:40:55.299 --> 00:40:56.639
 I've turned from my sin

00:40:56.639 --> 00:40:57.539
 to Him knowing

00:40:57.539 --> 00:40:59.239
 He took all my sin for me.

00:40:59.519 --> 00:41:00.419
 If you've never done that,

00:41:00.460 --> 00:41:01.379
 I encourage you to come.

00:41:01.460 --> 00:41:02.239
 We have somebody show you

00:41:02.239 --> 00:41:03.039
 from God's Word

00:41:03.039 --> 00:41:03.879
 how you can know.

00:41:05.480 --> 00:41:06.319
 Have that settled.

00:41:06.519 --> 00:41:07.919
 But maybe you're here today, Christian,

00:41:08.039 --> 00:41:08.799
 and there's some things

00:41:08.799 --> 00:41:09.859
 that your love is waning.

00:41:10.279 --> 00:41:12.039
 Other things have taken priority.

00:41:12.500 --> 00:41:13.399
 That love that we ought

00:41:13.400 --> 00:41:14.360
 to have for God.

00:41:15.760 --> 00:41:17.440
 The same love He has for you.

00:41:17.740 --> 00:41:18.400
 We love Him

00:41:18.400 --> 00:41:21.099
 because He first loved us.

00:41:21.800 --> 00:41:22.960
 Fathers, we just come to You

00:41:22.960 --> 00:41:23.680
 this morning, Lord.

00:41:23.700 --> 00:41:25.019
 We just thank You for Your Word.

00:41:25.760 --> 00:41:26.900
 Lord, You know each heart,

00:41:27.000 --> 00:41:27.880
 each life here today.

00:41:28.000 --> 00:41:30.500
 Lord, we may hide from one another,

00:41:30.579 --> 00:41:31.800
 but we cannot hide from You.

00:41:32.740 --> 00:41:33.960
 Lord, we pray just have Your hand

00:41:33.960 --> 00:41:34.820
 upon each one.

00:41:35.720 --> 00:41:37.340
 Lord, we may not depart from here

00:41:37.340 --> 00:41:38.619
 and walk out those doors

00:41:38.619 --> 00:41:41.059
 the same way as we came in,

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 but Lord, that we might evaluate

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 our love for You,

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 where we are with You.

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 We might love You

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 with our whole heart,

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 our whole soul,

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 our whole mind,

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 and all the strength,

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 all that we do.

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 Lord, as we give an opportunity

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 to respond today,

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 Lord, You might work upon

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 each heart,

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 each life here today.

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 Lord, we just turn the invitation

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 to You

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 and give You all the praise

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 in Jesus' name.

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 As the piano plays,

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 what about you?