WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.820 But we begin the series today by thinking of what is by no means a new question in Christian faith. 00:00:07.820 --> 00:00:13.759 What is the relationship between faith and deeds? 00:00:14.599 --> 00:00:17.440 Between what we believe and what we do? 00:00:18.600 --> 00:00:22.800 Between the content of our faith and our Christian action? 00:00:24.300 --> 00:00:29.280 Go out onto the street and ask people randomly the question, what is a Christian? 00:00:29.280 --> 00:00:33.679 And my guess is you'll get one of two broadly responses. 00:00:34.719 --> 00:00:41.359 One response would be, well, a Christian, quite easy really, a Christian quite simply is somebody who believes in Jesus, 00:00:41.640 --> 00:00:44.219 who believes in his teaching, who believes in his claims. 00:00:46.179 --> 00:00:50.320 Another response could be one that goes a bit more like this. 00:00:50.400 --> 00:00:54.480 Well, a Christian, of course, is somebody who engages in acts of kindness, 00:00:54.479 --> 00:00:59.419 who's a good, caring person, who's compassionate, who has mercy, who is full of grace and forgiveness. 00:01:00.919 --> 00:01:06.879 In that sort of response, what you have is a description, not so much of what somebody believes, 00:01:07.019 --> 00:01:09.620 but more a description of what they do. 00:01:09.620 --> 00:01:18.219 The reality is, is that in Christian faith, in authentic Christian faith, as it is presented to us in the Bible, 00:01:18.480 --> 00:01:20.620 you can't separate the two. 00:01:21.939 --> 00:01:25.120 We've got some things put on the screen. 00:01:25.500 --> 00:01:26.719 Can we have the first one here? 00:01:26.800 --> 00:01:30.100 Some of you have probably seen these before, but when you look at that image, 00:01:30.680 --> 00:01:33.520 you're probably going to see one or two things straight away. 00:01:33.519 --> 00:01:36.700 First of all, who sees two faces? 00:01:38.659 --> 00:01:40.719 Put your hands up if you see a vase. 00:01:43.079 --> 00:01:43.500 Okay. 00:01:44.099 --> 00:01:44.739 Next one. 00:01:45.039 --> 00:01:46.039 Again, you've probably seen this. 00:01:46.780 --> 00:01:49.280 Who sees the face of a young woman looking away? 00:01:50.759 --> 00:01:54.000 Who sees the face of an older woman looking downwards? 00:01:55.259 --> 00:01:55.399 Yeah. 00:01:57.239 --> 00:01:57.879 Last one. 00:01:58.179 --> 00:01:59.420 You may not have seen this one before. 00:02:00.019 --> 00:02:03.319 Who sees a face that's looking straight at you? 00:02:03.979 --> 00:02:05.579 Who sees a face that's looking to the side? 00:02:06.979 --> 00:02:12.519 You see, in all three cases, in those pictures, you cannot have one image without including the other. 00:02:13.259 --> 00:02:19.259 You can say that you are drawn for a while more to one than the other, but the reality is, both exist. 00:02:19.259 --> 00:02:24.019 And when you present that image, you cannot actually exclude the other from it. 00:02:25.579 --> 00:02:32.400 And what I want to suggest to you is that when we look at the way in which Scripture presents God's desire for us to live our lives, 00:02:32.400 --> 00:02:39.420 we have the same kind of thing going on when it comes to the relationship between faith and action, between faith and deeds. 00:02:39.980 --> 00:02:48.319 Yeah, our attention might be drawn to one or the other for a while, but the reality is you can't have one to the exclusion of the other. 00:02:48.319 --> 00:02:58.139 So over these next few minutes, let's just think about what it might look like if we were to have one to the exclusion of the other, 00:02:58.299 --> 00:03:01.139 or to fool ourselves into thinking that there could be such a thing. 00:03:01.359 --> 00:03:07.079 Because the reality actually can sometimes be that that becomes what we live with. 00:03:07.080 --> 00:03:16.120 Let's first of all think about what it might look like were we to have deeds but without faith. 00:03:17.200 --> 00:03:21.120 And what I want to suggest to you is in each case, whilst these can be realities, 00:03:21.540 --> 00:03:24.760 they're not realities that are actually authentic Christianity. 00:03:25.520 --> 00:03:27.060 So deeds without faith. 00:03:27.939 --> 00:03:29.500 What might that look like? 00:03:29.500 --> 00:03:35.800 Well, the reality is that many people, many people would say, 00:03:36.000 --> 00:03:45.759 well, of course you can live a really morally good life without any kind of faith in Jesus Christ going on. 00:03:46.620 --> 00:03:50.460 Some of the kindest people, some of the most morally good people I know, 00:03:51.979 --> 00:03:55.500 don't profess to believe in Jesus Christ. 00:03:55.599 --> 00:03:57.139 They may not believe in God at all. 00:03:57.139 --> 00:04:02.299 Now, of course, that's real, that's true. 00:04:03.439 --> 00:04:10.319 And we need to be quite clear that there is nothing in that observation that runs contrary to the claims of Christian faith itself. 00:04:10.659 --> 00:04:11.039 Why? 00:04:11.519 --> 00:04:15.239 Because one of the very first things that the Bible tells us, 00:04:15.379 --> 00:04:18.259 that it teaches us about what it is to be a human being, 00:04:18.879 --> 00:04:21.419 is that human beings are fundamentally good. 00:04:22.199 --> 00:04:24.800 And the reason why human beings are fundamentally good 00:04:24.800 --> 00:04:30.240 is because we are created in the image of God, who is good and love. 00:04:32.639 --> 00:04:39.240 That whenever we see the fundamental goodness of human beings, 00:04:39.480 --> 00:04:43.500 that is wired into us, that is part of our DNA, 00:04:44.600 --> 00:04:48.840 what we see is something of the fingerprints of the creation of God, 00:04:48.939 --> 00:04:50.699 who puts it there to begin with. 00:04:50.699 --> 00:04:54.719 So when our hearts are stirred to reach out to others, 00:04:54.719 --> 00:04:58.319 when we actually see that something is wrong and we want to challenge it, 00:04:58.379 --> 00:05:01.199 when we want to do something to make a difference in the world, 00:05:02.099 --> 00:05:06.639 we don't need Christian faith necessarily for that to happen. 00:05:07.360 --> 00:05:07.800 Why? 00:05:07.959 --> 00:05:09.839 Because it's in our God-given humanity. 00:05:09.839 --> 00:05:14.239 And one of the things that makes us distinctive as human beings 00:05:14.239 --> 00:05:17.859 is precisely that instinct to do what is good, to do what is right, 00:05:18.019 --> 00:05:19.979 to have that sense of right from wrong. 00:05:20.759 --> 00:05:21.159 Why? 00:05:21.339 --> 00:05:23.060 Because God has put it there. 00:05:23.899 --> 00:05:26.919 Regardless of whether we believe in God or not, 00:05:27.559 --> 00:05:30.379 we have about us that sense of morality, 00:05:30.679 --> 00:05:32.859 that sense of right, that sense of compassion. 00:05:33.599 --> 00:05:35.259 Now we live in a broken world, 00:05:35.259 --> 00:05:38.300 and so let's not paint a naive picture of what it is to be human. 00:05:38.539 --> 00:05:41.439 Of course we are aware of the ambiguous nature 00:05:41.439 --> 00:05:43.500 of what it is to be a human being. 00:05:45.599 --> 00:05:49.259 But it is not true to say that human beings are all bad, 00:05:50.159 --> 00:05:52.399 neither is it good to say that humans are all good. 00:05:53.060 --> 00:05:54.920 But the reality is in all of us, 00:05:55.420 --> 00:05:56.259 we have both, 00:05:57.399 --> 00:06:01.939 including that goodness that reflects the creator, 00:06:01.939 --> 00:06:03.660 from whom we all come, 00:06:04.240 --> 00:06:06.600 whether or not we actually believe in him. 00:06:07.959 --> 00:06:10.459 But for all that, there is something that is missing. 00:06:11.420 --> 00:06:15.019 If, if we exclude faith from deeds. 00:06:16.779 --> 00:06:18.180 So if you've seen the film, 00:06:18.819 --> 00:06:20.139 Saving Private Ryan, 00:06:20.220 --> 00:06:21.100 anyone seen that film? 00:06:21.379 --> 00:06:22.800 It came out about 20 years ago. 00:06:23.100 --> 00:06:25.699 It's a really, really harrowing film. 00:06:26.199 --> 00:06:28.360 The first 15 minutes or so of the film 00:06:28.360 --> 00:06:31.480 depict the D-Day landings on the Normandy beaches. 00:06:31.939 --> 00:06:36.360 But what the film tells is a story of 00:06:36.360 --> 00:06:41.339 a mother who has lost three of her four sons in battle. 00:06:42.319 --> 00:06:44.500 And news of this gets back to HQ, 00:06:44.800 --> 00:06:48.300 and to spare this mother's agony of losing all four sons, 00:06:48.740 --> 00:06:53.339 instructions are sent to the soldiers 00:06:53.339 --> 00:06:55.120 that they have to go into enemy territory 00:06:55.120 --> 00:06:57.720 and rescue the last remaining son, 00:06:58.600 --> 00:07:01.240 young Private James Ryan. 00:07:01.240 --> 00:07:05.540 And Captain John Miller, played by Tom Hanks, 00:07:05.860 --> 00:07:08.040 is the one who has to lead the mission. 00:07:08.480 --> 00:07:10.300 And he's not very impressed when he's told 00:07:10.300 --> 00:07:11.800 that he has to go and save this, 00:07:12.120 --> 00:07:14.379 when in his eyes it seems to be just another soldier. 00:07:15.540 --> 00:07:16.319 He says, 00:07:16.660 --> 00:07:19.720 this James Ryan had better be worth it. 00:07:20.160 --> 00:07:21.560 After this war is all over, 00:07:21.620 --> 00:07:24.120 he'd better go off and do something worthwhile with his life, 00:07:24.120 --> 00:07:27.600 like cure some disease or invent a longer-lasting light bulb. 00:07:29.420 --> 00:07:30.840 Well, to cut to the point, 00:07:31.340 --> 00:07:32.780 he is successful in his mission. 00:07:33.100 --> 00:07:35.740 Miller rescues Private Ryan, 00:07:36.420 --> 00:07:38.920 but not without a cost. 00:07:40.300 --> 00:07:41.959 He pays for the mission 00:07:41.959 --> 00:07:45.579 with a bullet to the chest, 00:07:45.579 --> 00:07:46.800 and he dies. 00:07:46.800 --> 00:07:48.959 But as he dies, 00:07:49.659 --> 00:07:52.779 he looks at the young Private Ryan 00:07:52.779 --> 00:07:54.800 who he has just rescued, 00:07:55.139 --> 00:07:57.919 and he says to him simply two words, 00:07:59.639 --> 00:08:00.539 earn this, 00:08:01.539 --> 00:08:02.799 earn this. 00:08:02.800 --> 00:08:06.259 The film closes 00:08:06.259 --> 00:08:10.500 some half a century later on 00:08:10.500 --> 00:08:14.280 in Arlington National Cemetery 00:08:14.280 --> 00:08:16.639 with a now elderly James Ryan 00:08:16.639 --> 00:08:18.879 standing in front of the grave 00:08:18.879 --> 00:08:20.100 of Captain John Miller, 00:08:21.800 --> 00:08:24.080 reflecting on his life. 00:08:25.080 --> 00:08:27.980 As he reflects on those words, 00:08:28.259 --> 00:08:29.019 earn this, 00:08:29.759 --> 00:08:30.620 earn this. 00:08:30.620 --> 00:08:32.919 And as he looks on Miller's grave, 00:08:33.019 --> 00:08:34.340 he says the following words, 00:08:34.700 --> 00:08:36.679 Every day I think about those words 00:08:36.679 --> 00:08:38.320 you said to me on that bridge. 00:08:39.840 --> 00:08:41.600 I've tried to live my life 00:08:41.600 --> 00:08:42.519 the best I could. 00:08:43.779 --> 00:08:44.919 I hope that was enough. 00:08:46.139 --> 00:08:48.159 And then with tears welling up in his eyes, 00:08:48.240 --> 00:08:50.259 he turns with a sense of desperation 00:08:50.259 --> 00:08:51.620 to his wife and says, 00:08:52.679 --> 00:08:54.039 Tell me I'm a good man. 00:08:55.159 --> 00:08:56.840 Tell me I'm a good man. 00:08:58.779 --> 00:08:59.960 You see, this man, 00:08:59.960 --> 00:09:01.040 and we're not told 00:09:01.040 --> 00:09:02.700 exactly what he had done 00:09:02.700 --> 00:09:04.060 since his rescue, 00:09:04.379 --> 00:09:05.860 but clearly throughout his life 00:09:05.860 --> 00:09:07.320 he had been desperately trying 00:09:07.320 --> 00:09:08.220 to make it up 00:09:08.220 --> 00:09:10.500 for the life that had been paid for his. 00:09:11.160 --> 00:09:13.480 He had been hounded by those words, 00:09:14.139 --> 00:09:14.860 earn this, 00:09:15.340 --> 00:09:16.160 earn this. 00:09:16.860 --> 00:09:18.080 And no matter how deep 00:09:18.080 --> 00:09:19.639 he had dug into his moral conscience 00:09:19.639 --> 00:09:21.160 to do the right thing 00:09:21.160 --> 00:09:22.580 in as many situations as he could, 00:09:22.660 --> 00:09:25.660 yet he was still haunted by those words, 00:09:26.120 --> 00:09:26.879 earn this, 00:09:27.280 --> 00:09:28.000 earn this. 00:09:28.000 --> 00:09:31.179 history has proved itself 00:09:31.179 --> 00:09:34.539 that the harder we try 00:09:34.539 --> 00:09:36.419 to live a good life, 00:09:36.500 --> 00:09:38.100 the more and more aware 00:09:38.100 --> 00:09:39.700 we will become 00:09:39.700 --> 00:09:41.960 of our imperfection. 00:09:42.960 --> 00:09:44.860 And in Christian history, 00:09:45.019 --> 00:09:47.240 we find time and time and time again 00:09:47.240 --> 00:09:49.179 those great heroes of the church 00:09:49.179 --> 00:09:50.820 who have actually found 00:09:50.820 --> 00:09:52.220 that the harder they try 00:09:52.220 --> 00:09:53.759 to live a good life, 00:09:53.759 --> 00:09:55.379 the more they are confronted 00:09:55.379 --> 00:09:57.740 with their own humanity 00:09:57.740 --> 00:09:59.279 and their own brokenness 00:09:59.279 --> 00:09:59.919 and failure. 00:10:01.299 --> 00:10:01.639 You see, 00:10:01.720 --> 00:10:03.259 if we seek to live a life 00:10:03.259 --> 00:10:06.759 where we base it entirely 00:10:07.279 --> 00:10:08.779 on our own moral instincts 00:10:08.779 --> 00:10:10.360 with nothing else beyond, 00:10:11.259 --> 00:10:12.759 we are left with that strange sense 00:10:13.360 --> 00:10:15.080 of why, but what, 00:10:15.460 --> 00:10:16.480 and this sense 00:10:16.480 --> 00:10:17.759 of our own inadequacy. 00:10:17.759 --> 00:10:21.100 There was once an oil refinery 00:10:21.100 --> 00:10:22.600 and every year, 00:10:22.860 --> 00:10:23.840 on one day of the year, 00:10:23.919 --> 00:10:24.799 there was a tour 00:10:24.799 --> 00:10:25.860 of that refinery 00:10:25.860 --> 00:10:26.539 where people, 00:10:26.759 --> 00:10:27.779 the members of the general public 00:10:27.779 --> 00:10:29.000 can come and be shown 00:10:29.000 --> 00:10:30.200 around the place. 00:10:31.179 --> 00:10:32.500 One particular occasion 00:10:32.500 --> 00:10:33.439 this was taking place, 00:10:33.500 --> 00:10:34.559 they got to the end of the tour 00:10:34.559 --> 00:10:35.580 and they opened up 00:10:35.580 --> 00:10:36.340 for any questions. 00:10:36.679 --> 00:10:37.899 One of the visitors said, 00:10:38.240 --> 00:10:38.740 excuse me, 00:10:38.779 --> 00:10:39.799 but could you show us 00:10:39.799 --> 00:10:41.379 the dispatch depot? 00:10:42.039 --> 00:10:43.059 The tour guide looked 00:10:43.059 --> 00:10:43.939 with a sense of amusement 00:10:43.939 --> 00:10:44.460 on his face. 00:10:44.500 --> 00:10:45.179 He said, what do you mean? 00:10:45.480 --> 00:10:46.259 The visitor said, 00:10:46.259 --> 00:10:47.299 well, you've shown us 00:10:47.299 --> 00:10:48.939 around the oil refinery, 00:10:49.340 --> 00:10:50.399 but at no point 00:10:50.399 --> 00:10:51.519 have you shown us 00:10:51.519 --> 00:10:52.039 or do I remember 00:10:52.039 --> 00:10:53.620 being shown a place 00:10:53.620 --> 00:10:54.580 where all the oil 00:10:54.580 --> 00:10:55.319 that is produced 00:10:55.319 --> 00:10:55.960 in this place 00:10:55.960 --> 00:10:57.019 gets put into tankers 00:10:57.019 --> 00:10:58.799 and taken to the outside world. 00:10:59.500 --> 00:11:00.120 Where is it? 00:11:02.039 --> 00:11:03.179 The guide replied, 00:11:03.960 --> 00:11:04.939 we don't have one. 00:11:05.740 --> 00:11:06.360 He said, what do you mean? 00:11:07.080 --> 00:11:07.379 He said, well, 00:11:07.399 --> 00:11:08.600 all the oil that is refined 00:11:08.600 --> 00:11:09.519 within this place 00:11:09.519 --> 00:11:11.100 is used in this place 00:11:11.100 --> 00:11:12.759 to keep it powered up 00:11:12.759 --> 00:11:13.139 and running. 00:11:13.139 --> 00:11:16.500 What you have there 00:11:16.500 --> 00:11:17.220 is a picture 00:11:17.220 --> 00:11:18.559 of what life 00:11:18.559 --> 00:11:19.980 without faith in God 00:11:19.980 --> 00:11:20.980 can be like. 00:11:22.600 --> 00:11:24.019 That there's lots of activity, 00:11:24.199 --> 00:11:24.759 lots of action, 00:11:24.860 --> 00:11:26.120 lots of great stuff going on, 00:11:26.179 --> 00:11:27.519 but for all of that, 00:11:28.519 --> 00:11:30.340 very little sense 00:11:30.340 --> 00:11:31.519 of the beyond, 00:11:32.399 --> 00:11:33.419 of why, 00:11:34.019 --> 00:11:34.860 of purpose, 00:11:35.360 --> 00:11:36.059 of meaning. 00:11:36.059 --> 00:11:38.779 And yet, 00:11:38.959 --> 00:11:40.459 and yet for all that, 00:11:41.259 --> 00:11:42.219 God is there, 00:11:42.859 --> 00:11:44.199 regardless of whether 00:11:44.199 --> 00:11:45.979 or not we recognise it. 00:11:47.139 --> 00:11:48.199 One of my favourite 00:11:48.199 --> 00:11:49.839 TV shows 00:11:49.839 --> 00:11:50.459 was 00:11:50.459 --> 00:11:54.259 shows, 00:11:54.419 --> 00:11:54.859 programmes, 00:11:55.059 --> 00:11:56.239 was Inspector Morse, 00:11:56.519 --> 00:11:57.459 followed by Lewis. 00:11:57.559 --> 00:11:58.419 I love those programmes. 00:11:59.519 --> 00:12:00.259 One of the things 00:12:00.259 --> 00:12:01.199 I love so much 00:12:01.199 --> 00:12:01.639 about them 00:12:01.639 --> 00:12:02.919 was that Colin Dexter, 00:12:03.039 --> 00:12:03.899 he died a couple of years ago, 00:12:03.899 --> 00:12:05.220 I think that the writer, 00:12:05.439 --> 00:12:07.279 the creator of Inspector Morse, 00:12:07.779 --> 00:12:09.039 would more often than not 00:12:09.039 --> 00:12:10.039 actually be featured 00:12:10.039 --> 00:12:10.480 in every, 00:12:10.659 --> 00:12:11.799 I think he was, 00:12:11.860 --> 00:12:12.959 in every single episode, 00:12:13.659 --> 00:12:14.959 in a very small way. 00:12:15.100 --> 00:12:15.819 So he might just be 00:12:15.819 --> 00:12:16.759 in a background scene, 00:12:17.039 --> 00:12:17.740 sat at a table 00:12:17.740 --> 00:12:18.259 in a cafe 00:12:18.259 --> 00:12:19.419 drinking a cup of coffee, 00:12:19.519 --> 00:12:20.659 or he might be playing 00:12:20.659 --> 00:12:21.679 one of the dons 00:12:21.679 --> 00:12:23.539 in one of the Oxford colleges, 00:12:23.679 --> 00:12:24.720 and he would just walk past 00:12:24.720 --> 00:12:25.259 in the background. 00:12:25.720 --> 00:12:26.259 But one of the things 00:12:26.259 --> 00:12:26.939 I would really enjoy 00:12:26.939 --> 00:12:27.480 about the programme 00:12:27.480 --> 00:12:28.220 is looking out 00:12:28.220 --> 00:12:29.319 for the author 00:12:29.319 --> 00:12:30.139 of the story 00:12:30.139 --> 00:12:31.059 to make his appearance 00:12:31.059 --> 00:12:31.919 just in the background. 00:12:31.919 --> 00:12:34.639 What I want to suggest 00:12:34.639 --> 00:12:35.959 is that what you have there 00:12:35.959 --> 00:12:37.079 is something of a picture 00:12:37.079 --> 00:12:38.479 of our lives, 00:12:38.659 --> 00:12:39.459 with the author 00:12:39.459 --> 00:12:40.319 of our lives, 00:12:40.639 --> 00:12:41.899 the God who has put 00:12:41.899 --> 00:12:42.779 the capacity 00:12:42.779 --> 00:12:43.860 to do what is good, 00:12:43.939 --> 00:12:44.459 what is right, 00:12:44.539 --> 00:12:45.659 what is true within us, 00:12:46.039 --> 00:12:47.299 there in our lives. 00:12:47.659 --> 00:12:48.360 That every time 00:12:48.360 --> 00:12:49.279 we have that instinct 00:12:49.279 --> 00:12:50.259 to reach out 00:12:50.259 --> 00:12:51.740 and to do an act of kindness, 00:12:52.000 --> 00:12:52.679 to do something 00:12:52.679 --> 00:12:53.399 that is good 00:12:53.399 --> 00:12:54.279 in our lives, 00:12:54.339 --> 00:12:55.719 it is that author 00:12:55.719 --> 00:12:56.539 that is present 00:12:56.539 --> 00:12:57.279 in our lives 00:12:57.279 --> 00:12:58.240 making that happen. 00:12:58.879 --> 00:12:59.299 But you know, 00:12:59.360 --> 00:13:00.779 we don't always recognise it. 00:13:01.919 --> 00:13:02.439 We'll come back 00:13:02.439 --> 00:13:03.620 to that shortly. 00:13:04.719 --> 00:13:05.599 But having spent 00:13:05.599 --> 00:13:06.379 a little while 00:13:06.379 --> 00:13:07.179 thinking about 00:13:07.179 --> 00:13:09.159 what a life of deeds 00:13:09.159 --> 00:13:10.599 but with no faith 00:13:10.599 --> 00:13:11.939 might look like, 00:13:13.139 --> 00:13:14.539 let's turn it on its head 00:13:14.539 --> 00:13:15.939 and think the other way round. 00:13:16.259 --> 00:13:17.879 Might there be such a thing 00:13:17.879 --> 00:13:19.699 as a life of faith 00:13:19.699 --> 00:13:21.319 but without deeds? 00:13:22.439 --> 00:13:23.939 Well, clearly yes, 00:13:24.059 --> 00:13:25.039 because otherwise 00:13:25.039 --> 00:13:27.039 what we just had read to us 00:13:27.039 --> 00:13:28.139 from the book of James 00:13:28.139 --> 00:13:29.319 would never have been written. 00:13:29.320 --> 00:13:32.420 So what might it mean, 00:13:32.540 --> 00:13:33.860 what might it look like 00:13:33.860 --> 00:13:36.420 to talk of a life of faith, 00:13:37.140 --> 00:13:37.920 Christian faith, 00:13:38.040 --> 00:13:38.640 faith in God 00:13:38.640 --> 00:13:40.540 but without deeds, 00:13:40.700 --> 00:13:41.640 without action? 00:13:44.040 --> 00:13:46.680 When I was a student 00:13:46.680 --> 00:13:49.620 an embarrassingly long time ago now, 00:13:49.860 --> 00:13:51.140 I can remember 00:13:51.139 --> 00:13:55.519 that one of our university lecturers 00:13:55.519 --> 00:13:57.580 defined a lecture 00:13:57.580 --> 00:14:00.139 as the transference 00:14:00.779 --> 00:14:02.059 of information 00:14:02.059 --> 00:14:04.179 from the tutor's notebook 00:14:04.179 --> 00:14:06.319 to the student's notebook 00:14:06.319 --> 00:14:08.220 without passing through 00:14:08.220 --> 00:14:09.340 the minds of either. 00:14:12.539 --> 00:14:14.080 See, it is possible, 00:14:14.460 --> 00:14:15.220 quite possible, 00:14:15.220 --> 00:14:17.540 to take hold of information, 00:14:18.660 --> 00:14:20.660 to give intellectual assent 00:14:20.660 --> 00:14:22.660 to a set of propositions 00:14:22.660 --> 00:14:24.360 without it really connecting. 00:14:27.600 --> 00:14:28.420 Years ago, 00:14:28.540 --> 00:14:29.680 in the old American West, 00:14:30.040 --> 00:14:31.080 there was a little village 00:14:31.080 --> 00:14:33.759 and a minister 00:14:33.759 --> 00:14:34.600 was appointed 00:14:34.600 --> 00:14:35.440 to the chapel 00:14:35.440 --> 00:14:36.379 within that village. 00:14:37.360 --> 00:14:37.800 And one day, 00:14:37.860 --> 00:14:38.720 he was walking along 00:14:38.720 --> 00:14:39.399 by the river 00:14:39.399 --> 00:14:40.419 and to his horror, 00:14:40.539 --> 00:14:41.600 he saw a number 00:14:41.600 --> 00:14:42.159 of members 00:14:42.159 --> 00:14:43.179 of his congregation 00:14:43.179 --> 00:14:45.519 dragging logs 00:14:45.519 --> 00:14:46.720 up from the river 00:14:46.720 --> 00:14:48.360 up ashore. 00:14:48.779 --> 00:14:49.959 On the end of the logs 00:14:49.959 --> 00:14:51.600 was marked 00:14:51.600 --> 00:14:52.299 the names 00:14:52.299 --> 00:14:53.179 of the owners 00:14:53.179 --> 00:14:53.759 of the logs. 00:14:54.179 --> 00:14:55.079 And he was horrified 00:14:55.079 --> 00:14:55.579 as he saw 00:14:55.579 --> 00:14:56.639 his church members 00:14:56.639 --> 00:14:57.919 taking saws 00:14:57.919 --> 00:14:58.919 and cutting off 00:14:58.919 --> 00:15:00.379 the ends of the logs 00:15:00.379 --> 00:15:01.539 bearing the names 00:15:01.539 --> 00:15:02.079 of the owners. 00:15:03.899 --> 00:15:05.199 So he decided 00:15:05.199 --> 00:15:06.279 the following Sunday 00:15:06.279 --> 00:15:07.259 he would preach 00:15:07.259 --> 00:15:07.840 a sermon 00:15:07.840 --> 00:15:09.560 on the Ten Commandments. 00:15:10.320 --> 00:15:11.160 As he did so, 00:15:11.200 --> 00:15:11.840 he found himself 00:15:11.840 --> 00:15:13.040 really majoring on 00:15:13.040 --> 00:15:13.460 to the theme 00:15:13.460 --> 00:15:14.480 Thou shalt not steal. 00:15:15.259 --> 00:15:15.800 Got to the end 00:15:15.800 --> 00:15:16.460 of the service, 00:15:17.000 --> 00:15:17.820 all his parishioners 00:15:17.820 --> 00:15:18.240 were leaving 00:15:18.240 --> 00:15:19.440 and they all smiled 00:15:19.440 --> 00:15:19.980 and shook hands 00:15:19.980 --> 00:15:20.200 and said, 00:15:20.280 --> 00:15:21.259 wonderful sermon, 00:15:21.399 --> 00:15:22.200 thank you very much. 00:15:23.360 --> 00:15:23.780 Clearly, 00:15:24.040 --> 00:15:25.060 they had not got 00:15:25.060 --> 00:15:25.460 the message. 00:15:25.600 --> 00:15:26.600 So the following week 00:15:26.600 --> 00:15:27.420 he preached 00:15:27.420 --> 00:15:27.920 pretty much 00:15:27.920 --> 00:15:29.180 exactly the same sermon 00:15:29.180 --> 00:15:30.100 only this time 00:15:30.100 --> 00:15:31.160 he excluded 00:15:31.160 --> 00:15:32.240 the other nine commandments 00:15:32.240 --> 00:15:34.200 but really drove home 00:15:34.200 --> 00:15:34.900 the theme 00:15:34.900 --> 00:15:36.259 Thou shalt not steal. 00:15:36.379 --> 00:15:37.060 Again at the end, 00:15:37.059 --> 00:15:38.879 very nice polite response. 00:15:39.139 --> 00:15:39.659 Thank you, 00:15:39.839 --> 00:15:40.000 Eka. 00:15:41.919 --> 00:15:42.699 Week three 00:15:42.699 --> 00:15:43.179 he preached 00:15:43.179 --> 00:15:44.539 exactly the same sermon 00:15:44.539 --> 00:15:45.939 only at the very end 00:15:45.939 --> 00:15:47.159 instead of saying 00:15:47.159 --> 00:15:48.379 Thou shalt not steal 00:15:48.379 --> 00:15:49.579 he said 00:15:49.579 --> 00:15:51.219 Thou shalt not cut 00:15:51.219 --> 00:15:52.199 the ends 00:15:52.199 --> 00:15:53.899 off thy neighbour's logs. 00:15:53.899 --> 00:15:57.659 They ran him out of town. 00:16:01.220 --> 00:16:03.019 Now maybe that exact story 00:16:03.019 --> 00:16:03.860 and its details 00:16:03.860 --> 00:16:04.939 don't chime 00:16:04.939 --> 00:16:07.179 with our experience 00:16:07.179 --> 00:16:08.600 but what I want to suggest 00:16:08.600 --> 00:16:09.620 is the disconnect 00:16:09.620 --> 00:16:10.779 is something 00:16:10.779 --> 00:16:11.639 that we all need 00:16:11.639 --> 00:16:12.600 to be challenged with. 00:16:13.480 --> 00:16:15.100 The writer Craig Grouchel 00:16:15.100 --> 00:16:16.399 from a couple of years ago 00:16:16.399 --> 00:16:17.139 wrote a book called 00:16:17.139 --> 00:16:18.519 The Christian Atheist 00:16:18.519 --> 00:16:19.860 and in it 00:16:19.860 --> 00:16:20.659 he warns 00:16:20.659 --> 00:16:21.259 the danger 00:16:21.259 --> 00:16:21.939 of purpeting 00:16:21.939 --> 00:16:22.419 to hold 00:16:22.419 --> 00:16:23.659 certain beliefs 00:16:23.659 --> 00:16:24.720 about God 00:16:24.720 --> 00:16:26.699 yet living our lives 00:16:26.699 --> 00:16:27.659 as though 00:16:27.659 --> 00:16:28.939 God doesn't exist. 00:16:30.639 --> 00:16:30.779 You see 00:16:30.779 --> 00:16:31.399 it's easy 00:16:31.399 --> 00:16:33.000 to subscribe to 00:16:33.000 --> 00:16:33.939 to pay lip service 00:16:33.939 --> 00:16:34.819 to the God of grace 00:16:34.819 --> 00:16:35.779 and yet refuse 00:16:35.779 --> 00:16:36.980 to let hold 00:16:36.980 --> 00:16:38.319 of that personal grudge 00:16:38.319 --> 00:16:39.500 against another person. 00:16:40.799 --> 00:16:41.819 It's too easy 00:16:41.819 --> 00:16:42.659 to subscribe 00:16:42.659 --> 00:16:43.500 to the God 00:16:43.500 --> 00:16:44.279 of faithfulness 00:16:44.279 --> 00:16:44.759 and promise 00:16:44.759 --> 00:16:45.840 and yet trust 00:16:45.840 --> 00:16:46.519 more 00:16:46.519 --> 00:16:47.500 in money. 00:16:48.860 --> 00:16:49.600 It's easy 00:16:49.600 --> 00:16:50.259 to subscribe 00:16:50.259 --> 00:16:51.040 to the God 00:16:51.040 --> 00:16:51.720 of new beginnings 00:16:51.720 --> 00:16:53.060 yet remain unconvinced 00:16:53.060 --> 00:16:53.740 that you can 00:16:53.740 --> 00:16:54.180 and will 00:16:54.180 --> 00:16:55.360 break those old habits. 00:16:56.840 --> 00:16:57.720 It's easy 00:16:57.720 --> 00:16:58.340 to subscribe 00:16:58.340 --> 00:16:59.040 to the God 00:16:59.040 --> 00:16:59.639 who is sovereign 00:16:59.639 --> 00:17:00.600 yet still worry 00:17:00.600 --> 00:17:01.259 all the time. 00:17:02.379 --> 00:17:03.080 It's easy 00:17:03.080 --> 00:17:03.759 to subscribe 00:17:03.759 --> 00:17:04.360 to the God 00:17:04.360 --> 00:17:04.799 of forgiveness 00:17:04.799 --> 00:17:05.340 of love 00:17:05.340 --> 00:17:06.140 and yet continue 00:17:06.140 --> 00:17:06.559 to linger 00:17:06.559 --> 00:17:07.240 in guilt 00:17:07.240 --> 00:17:08.039 and shame 00:17:08.039 --> 00:17:08.819 from the past. 00:17:09.740 --> 00:17:10.400 It's easy 00:17:10.400 --> 00:17:11.019 to subscribe 00:17:11.019 --> 00:17:11.700 to the God 00:17:11.700 --> 00:17:12.220 who promises 00:17:12.220 --> 00:17:12.819 he will never 00:17:12.819 --> 00:17:13.440 forsake us 00:17:13.440 --> 00:17:14.279 and yet for us 00:17:14.279 --> 00:17:14.840 to pray 00:17:14.840 --> 00:17:15.160 as though 00:17:15.160 --> 00:17:15.519 it's some 00:17:15.519 --> 00:17:16.460 religious chore. 00:17:16.940 --> 00:17:17.480 It's easy 00:17:17.480 --> 00:17:17.759 for us 00:17:17.759 --> 00:17:18.279 to subscribe 00:17:18.279 --> 00:17:18.900 to a God 00:17:18.900 --> 00:17:19.379 of peace 00:17:19.379 --> 00:17:19.920 and mercy 00:17:19.920 --> 00:17:20.599 and compassion 00:17:20.599 --> 00:17:21.680 and yet vent 00:17:21.680 --> 00:17:23.579 aggressive outbursts 00:17:23.579 --> 00:17:24.379 in our speech 00:17:24.379 --> 00:17:25.180 or emails 00:17:25.180 --> 00:17:25.839 or whatever. 00:17:26.839 --> 00:17:27.379 It's easy 00:17:27.379 --> 00:17:27.980 to subscribe 00:17:27.980 --> 00:17:28.680 to the God 00:17:28.680 --> 00:17:29.460 who wants everyone 00:17:29.460 --> 00:17:30.220 to know of his love 00:17:30.220 --> 00:17:31.059 yet do nothing 00:17:31.059 --> 00:17:31.680 to share it 00:17:31.680 --> 00:17:32.220 with others. 00:17:32.740 --> 00:17:33.259 It's easy 00:17:33.259 --> 00:17:33.859 to subscribe 00:17:33.859 --> 00:17:34.700 to the God 00:17:34.700 --> 00:17:35.180 whose love 00:17:35.180 --> 00:17:36.200 is life transforming 00:17:36.200 --> 00:17:37.200 yet fail 00:17:37.200 --> 00:17:37.859 to recognise 00:17:37.859 --> 00:17:38.359 that God 00:17:38.359 --> 00:17:39.220 really does love 00:17:39.220 --> 00:17:39.700 you. 00:17:40.759 --> 00:17:41.579 Here's a question 00:17:41.579 --> 00:17:42.299 for all of us. 00:17:42.660 --> 00:17:43.059 If you were 00:17:43.059 --> 00:17:44.059 to be arrested 00:17:44.059 --> 00:17:45.160 and put on trial 00:17:45.160 --> 00:17:46.259 for the charge 00:17:46.259 --> 00:17:47.180 of being a Christian 00:17:47.180 --> 00:17:48.180 would there be 00:17:48.180 --> 00:17:48.980 enough evidence 00:17:48.980 --> 00:17:50.120 to find you guilty? 00:17:51.580 --> 00:17:52.000 You see 00:17:52.000 --> 00:17:52.540 the reality 00:17:52.540 --> 00:17:53.519 is all of us 00:17:53.519 --> 00:17:54.420 all of us 00:17:54.420 --> 00:17:55.840 have a certain 00:17:55.840 --> 00:17:56.700 mismatch 00:17:56.700 --> 00:17:57.400 a certain 00:17:57.400 --> 00:17:58.040 disconnect 00:17:58.040 --> 00:17:59.180 of some kind 00:17:59.180 --> 00:18:00.040 in our lives. 00:18:01.340 --> 00:18:02.259 It could be 00:18:02.259 --> 00:18:02.720 that we have 00:18:02.720 --> 00:18:03.259 a disconnect 00:18:03.259 --> 00:18:04.080 in our lives 00:18:04.080 --> 00:18:04.680 between what 00:18:04.680 --> 00:18:05.519 the Bible teaches 00:18:05.519 --> 00:18:06.340 about grace 00:18:06.340 --> 00:18:07.880 and our own 00:18:07.880 --> 00:18:08.680 habit of judging 00:18:08.680 --> 00:18:09.140 others. 00:18:10.140 --> 00:18:11.060 It could be 00:18:11.060 --> 00:18:11.660 a disconnect 00:18:11.660 --> 00:18:12.320 between what 00:18:12.320 --> 00:18:13.220 the Bible teaches 00:18:13.220 --> 00:18:14.140 about sexuality 00:18:14.140 --> 00:18:16.120 and the reality 00:18:16.120 --> 00:18:16.600 of our own 00:18:16.600 --> 00:18:17.180 lifestyle. 00:18:18.180 --> 00:18:19.100 It could be 00:18:19.100 --> 00:18:19.740 the disconnect 00:18:19.740 --> 00:18:20.339 between what 00:18:20.339 --> 00:18:21.079 the Bible teaches 00:18:21.079 --> 00:18:22.000 about compassion 00:18:22.000 --> 00:18:23.640 and our own 00:18:23.640 --> 00:18:24.519 half-heartedness 00:18:24.519 --> 00:18:25.360 towards the poor. 00:18:26.940 --> 00:18:27.220 You know, 00:18:27.319 --> 00:18:28.079 very often 00:18:28.079 --> 00:18:28.740 you'll hear people 00:18:28.740 --> 00:18:28.980 say, 00:18:29.059 --> 00:18:29.180 you know, 00:18:29.220 --> 00:18:29.740 the church 00:18:29.740 --> 00:18:30.519 is just full 00:18:30.519 --> 00:18:32.799 of hypocrites. 00:18:33.920 --> 00:18:34.420 You know, 00:18:34.440 --> 00:18:35.039 it's not true. 00:18:36.039 --> 00:18:36.900 We're not full 00:18:36.900 --> 00:18:37.339 at all. 00:18:38.500 --> 00:18:39.019 There's plenty 00:18:39.019 --> 00:18:39.319 of room 00:18:39.319 --> 00:18:39.720 for a few 00:18:39.720 --> 00:18:40.500 more hypocrites. 00:18:40.500 --> 00:18:43.400 Anyone can join. 00:18:44.619 --> 00:18:45.599 And that's the point. 00:18:45.680 --> 00:18:46.880 That's why we say 00:18:46.880 --> 00:18:47.740 that it is good news 00:18:47.740 --> 00:18:48.660 worth celebrating 00:18:48.660 --> 00:18:50.440 because in Christ 00:18:50.440 --> 00:18:52.259 God meets us. 00:18:52.579 --> 00:18:53.079 Hypocrites 00:18:53.079 --> 00:18:54.240 though we may be, 00:18:55.119 --> 00:18:56.019 he meets us 00:18:56.019 --> 00:18:57.019 where we are. 00:18:58.019 --> 00:18:59.039 But part two 00:18:59.039 --> 00:18:59.900 of that good news 00:18:59.900 --> 00:19:00.940 is that he doesn't 00:19:00.940 --> 00:19:02.240 expect to leave us 00:19:02.240 --> 00:19:03.220 where we are. 00:19:05.220 --> 00:19:05.559 You know, 00:19:05.579 --> 00:19:06.559 Jesus was asked, 00:19:06.839 --> 00:19:07.440 what's the most 00:19:07.440 --> 00:19:08.400 important commandment 00:19:08.400 --> 00:19:08.779 of all? 00:19:08.779 --> 00:19:10.220 And he referred 00:19:10.220 --> 00:19:11.099 back to 00:19:11.099 --> 00:19:12.759 something known 00:19:12.759 --> 00:19:13.319 in his Jewish 00:19:13.319 --> 00:19:14.079 thought as the 00:19:14.079 --> 00:19:14.879 Shema from the 00:19:14.879 --> 00:19:15.519 Old Testament. 00:19:16.519 --> 00:19:16.759 He said, 00:19:16.839 --> 00:19:17.259 the love of the 00:19:17.259 --> 00:19:17.940 Lord your God 00:19:17.940 --> 00:19:18.879 with all your heart, 00:19:18.980 --> 00:19:19.539 with all your soul, 00:19:19.599 --> 00:19:20.339 with all your mind, 00:19:20.440 --> 00:19:20.920 and with all your 00:19:20.920 --> 00:19:21.359 strength. 00:19:21.740 --> 00:19:22.339 And the second 00:19:22.339 --> 00:19:23.000 is like it, 00:19:23.639 --> 00:19:24.220 to love your 00:19:24.220 --> 00:19:24.759 neighbour as 00:19:24.759 --> 00:19:25.200 yourself. 00:19:26.420 --> 00:19:26.680 You see, 00:19:26.740 --> 00:19:27.299 we're back to 00:19:27.299 --> 00:19:27.879 those optical, 00:19:28.519 --> 00:19:29.079 those images 00:19:29.079 --> 00:19:29.960 that we started 00:19:29.960 --> 00:19:30.859 with at the 00:19:30.859 --> 00:19:31.180 beginning. 00:19:31.799 --> 00:19:32.460 You can't have 00:19:32.460 --> 00:19:32.920 one without 00:19:32.920 --> 00:19:33.440 the other. 00:19:34.279 --> 00:19:34.940 But notice 00:19:34.940 --> 00:19:35.639 that when Jesus 00:19:35.639 --> 00:19:36.379 was questioned 00:19:36.379 --> 00:19:36.859 on this, 00:19:37.139 --> 00:19:37.940 he didn't say 00:19:37.940 --> 00:19:38.680 love your neighbour 00:19:38.680 --> 00:19:39.140 first, 00:19:39.200 --> 00:19:39.500 he said, 00:19:39.580 --> 00:19:40.000 love God 00:19:40.000 --> 00:19:40.500 first. 00:19:41.960 --> 00:19:42.720 Someone else 00:19:42.720 --> 00:19:43.360 once said, 00:19:44.400 --> 00:19:45.120 love Christ 00:19:45.120 --> 00:19:46.559 and do whatever 00:19:46.559 --> 00:19:46.960 you want. 00:19:48.480 --> 00:19:48.799 You see, 00:19:48.860 --> 00:19:49.299 when you have 00:19:49.299 --> 00:19:49.860 the love of God 00:19:49.860 --> 00:19:50.259 in your heart, 00:19:50.320 --> 00:19:50.960 when you know 00:19:50.960 --> 00:19:52.019 that he loves you 00:19:52.019 --> 00:19:52.860 unconditionally, 00:19:53.120 --> 00:19:54.019 when all is right 00:19:54.019 --> 00:19:54.400 there, 00:19:54.759 --> 00:19:55.700 action just falls 00:19:55.700 --> 00:19:56.500 into place 00:19:56.500 --> 00:19:57.440 quite naturally. 00:19:57.440 --> 00:20:00.220 when you know 00:20:00.220 --> 00:20:01.259 God loves you, 00:20:01.660 --> 00:20:02.660 when you realise, 00:20:02.799 --> 00:20:03.580 again to go back 00:20:03.580 --> 00:20:05.240 to that picture 00:20:05.240 --> 00:20:06.259 from Inspector 00:20:06.259 --> 00:20:07.080 Morse with the 00:20:07.080 --> 00:20:08.960 author of the 00:20:08.960 --> 00:20:10.100 story present 00:20:10.100 --> 00:20:10.880 within it, 00:20:11.759 --> 00:20:13.240 when you realise 00:20:13.240 --> 00:20:14.140 that God is there, 00:20:14.380 --> 00:20:14.820 that he's been 00:20:14.820 --> 00:20:15.680 there all along, 00:20:17.000 --> 00:20:18.400 then transformation 00:20:18.400 --> 00:20:19.240 can begin to 00:20:19.240 --> 00:20:19.539 happen. 00:20:21.180 --> 00:20:22.299 One last story. 00:20:22.299 --> 00:20:25.779 There was a tiger 00:20:25.779 --> 00:20:27.000 cub that was 00:20:27.000 --> 00:20:27.579 orphaned, 00:20:28.180 --> 00:20:29.240 and somehow 00:20:29.240 --> 00:20:30.000 it's found its 00:20:30.000 --> 00:20:30.980 way among 00:20:30.980 --> 00:20:32.059 a herd of goats, 00:20:32.200 --> 00:20:32.639 and it was 00:20:32.639 --> 00:20:33.399 brought up as a 00:20:33.399 --> 00:20:33.599 goat, 00:20:33.879 --> 00:20:34.619 and therefore it 00:20:34.619 --> 00:20:35.559 grew up believing 00:20:35.559 --> 00:20:36.559 that it was a 00:20:36.559 --> 00:20:36.859 goat. 00:20:38.079 --> 00:20:39.240 It used to behave 00:20:39.240 --> 00:20:40.000 in exactly the 00:20:40.000 --> 00:20:40.819 same way as 00:20:40.819 --> 00:20:41.279 these other 00:20:41.279 --> 00:20:41.799 goats. 00:20:43.079 --> 00:20:43.279 Well, 00:20:43.319 --> 00:20:44.000 one day the 00:20:44.000 --> 00:20:45.000 goats and this 00:20:45.000 --> 00:20:46.079 tiger were in 00:20:46.079 --> 00:20:47.039 the jungle grazing 00:20:47.039 --> 00:20:47.859 in a clearing, 00:20:48.159 --> 00:20:49.139 when suddenly a 00:20:49.139 --> 00:20:50.639 king tiger ran 00:20:50.639 --> 00:20:51.359 into the clearing 00:20:51.359 --> 00:20:51.939 and roared. 00:20:53.399 --> 00:20:53.859 Immediately, 00:20:54.039 --> 00:20:54.819 without hesitation, 00:20:55.619 --> 00:20:56.659 the goats ran 00:20:56.659 --> 00:20:57.439 in all directions, 00:20:58.199 --> 00:20:59.299 but the tiger 00:20:59.299 --> 00:21:00.859 cub remained. 00:21:02.479 --> 00:21:03.439 It looked at 00:21:03.439 --> 00:21:04.099 the king tiger. 00:21:04.240 --> 00:21:04.879 At first it 00:21:04.879 --> 00:21:05.319 trembled, 00:21:05.599 --> 00:21:06.779 but then it 00:21:06.779 --> 00:21:07.919 realised it 00:21:07.919 --> 00:21:08.679 didn't feel 00:21:08.679 --> 00:21:10.099 strangely afraid, 00:21:10.899 --> 00:21:11.839 as the goats 00:21:11.839 --> 00:21:12.599 appeared to be. 00:21:13.199 --> 00:21:14.159 The tiger cub, 00:21:14.659 --> 00:21:15.399 rather like a goat, 00:21:15.579 --> 00:21:16.479 bleated back 00:21:16.479 --> 00:21:17.699 at the tiger. 00:21:19.539 --> 00:21:20.719 The king tiger 00:21:20.720 --> 00:21:23.180 stared at the 00:21:23.180 --> 00:21:23.480 cub, 00:21:24.059 --> 00:21:24.720 and eventually 00:21:24.720 --> 00:21:25.779 picked up the 00:21:25.779 --> 00:21:27.059 cub by the 00:21:27.059 --> 00:21:27.559 scruff of its 00:21:27.559 --> 00:21:28.240 neck and 00:21:28.240 --> 00:21:29.100 dropped it next 00:21:29.100 --> 00:21:29.779 to a pool. 00:21:31.220 --> 00:21:31.920 And the cub 00:21:31.920 --> 00:21:32.759 and the tiger 00:21:32.759 --> 00:21:33.519 looked at their 00:21:33.519 --> 00:21:34.600 reflections and 00:21:34.600 --> 00:21:35.259 could see that 00:21:35.259 --> 00:21:36.039 they were alike. 00:21:37.720 --> 00:21:38.240 Still, 00:21:38.740 --> 00:21:39.480 the tiger cub 00:21:39.480 --> 00:21:40.680 didn't quite get 00:21:40.680 --> 00:21:41.319 the message. 00:21:42.360 --> 00:21:43.259 So the tiger 00:21:43.259 --> 00:21:44.000 took some meat 00:21:44.000 --> 00:21:44.539 and it dropped 00:21:44.539 --> 00:21:45.339 it down in front 00:21:45.339 --> 00:21:45.799 of the cub. 00:21:45.799 --> 00:21:47.420 The cub began 00:21:47.420 --> 00:21:48.460 to eat the 00:21:48.460 --> 00:21:48.779 meat. 00:21:50.120 --> 00:21:50.700 And then, 00:21:51.200 --> 00:21:51.700 upon the 00:21:51.700 --> 00:21:52.400 realisation 00:21:52.400 --> 00:21:53.800 of its true 00:21:53.800 --> 00:21:54.400 identity, 00:21:56.300 --> 00:21:56.840 he roared. 00:21:58.420 --> 00:21:59.640 The reality 00:21:59.640 --> 00:22:00.440 is that God 00:22:00.440 --> 00:22:01.580 actually 00:22:01.580 --> 00:22:03.420 creates 00:22:03.420 --> 00:22:04.259 each 00:22:04.259 --> 00:22:05.200 and every 00:22:05.200 --> 00:22:06.180 one of us 00:22:06.180 --> 00:22:07.840 with the 00:22:07.840 --> 00:22:08.759 desire that 00:22:08.759 --> 00:22:09.440 each and 00:22:09.440 --> 00:22:10.140 every one 00:22:10.140 --> 00:22:10.640 of us 00:22:10.640 --> 00:22:11.700 would have 00:22:11.700 --> 00:22:13.200 faith 00:22:13.200 --> 00:22:15.019 and action 00:22:15.019 --> 00:22:16.920 as 00:22:16.920 --> 00:22:18.759 inseparable 00:22:18.759 --> 00:22:19.460 things, 00:22:20.460 --> 00:22:21.120 as part 00:22:21.120 --> 00:22:21.720 of what 00:22:21.720 --> 00:22:22.160 it is to 00:22:22.160 --> 00:22:22.640 be truly 00:22:22.640 --> 00:22:23.160 human. 00:22:24.380 --> 00:22:24.900 As we 00:22:24.900 --> 00:22:25.240 come to 00:22:25.240 --> 00:22:26.480 pray at 00:22:26.480 --> 00:22:26.860 the beginning 00:22:26.860 --> 00:22:27.360 of Lent 00:22:27.360 --> 00:22:27.720 now, 00:22:28.660 --> 00:22:29.740 let's just 00:22:29.740 --> 00:22:30.120 bring our 00:22:30.120 --> 00:22:31.059 lives before 00:22:31.059 --> 00:22:31.400 God, 00:22:31.900 --> 00:22:32.819 as we are 00:22:32.819 --> 00:22:33.279 because we 00:22:33.279 --> 00:22:33.720 can come 00:22:33.720 --> 00:22:34.180 no other 00:22:34.180 --> 00:22:34.519 way, 00:22:35.700 --> 00:22:36.319 and let's 00:22:36.319 --> 00:22:36.960 ask him 00:22:36.960 --> 00:22:38.700 to come 00:22:38.700 --> 00:22:39.200 alive in 00:22:39.200 --> 00:22:39.620 us 00:22:39.620 --> 00:22:41.620 once more, 00:22:41.619 --> 00:22:43.159 that we, 00:22:43.319 --> 00:22:43.599 like that 00:22:43.599 --> 00:22:43.939 tiger, 00:22:44.979 --> 00:22:45.399 may learn 00:22:45.399 --> 00:22:45.859 to roar.