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 Good evening, church.

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 First of all, happy Mother's Day to all our moms here tonight.

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 I hope you had a wonderful Mother's Day so far.

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 Preparing a sermon for a total rookie preacher like me can be a daunting task.

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 But this week, I am so grateful to God because He has given me so much grace.

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 First of all, I just stumbled upon this wonderful book by Paul Miller.

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 And the book is called Love Walked Among Us.

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 And I found a lot of resources in this book, just purely by accident.

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 I picked up this book and I just found a lot of resources that, you know, helped me prepare for tonight's sermon.

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 And secondly, you know, I am grateful to our pastors because they've been very supportive and also very encouraging.

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 So, you know, for somebody who just preached like two, three times in his whole life, it can be a very nerve-wracking task.

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 But with a lot of support and a lot of encouragement from our pastors, you know, the task can be also a lot less daunting.

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 So, I thank my pastors.

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 And, you know, as we were called to encourage one another, I also, you know, gently urge all of us to, as we encourage one another, don't forget to encourage our pastors.

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 Last Sunday, Pastor Greg taught us about how Jesus met oppositions.

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 As he cast out demons, there were people saying, oh, he must be the prince of demons.

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 And they were demanding, you know, heavenly signs.

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 And Jesus said, there is no sign for you except the sign of Jonah.

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 Somebody greater than Jonah is here, but, and yet, you guys still refuse to believe.

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 And tonight, we continue.

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 So, Jesus, after, you know, telling the group, the people that there is no sign other than Jonah,

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 he resumes his teaching by talking about the parable of light.

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 Now, the interesting thing about this parable is just a couple of chapters before, in Luke chapter 8,

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 he told them the exact same parable about the light.

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 And this parable is also found in Mark chapter 5, and also found in Matthew chapter 5, verses 14 and 16.

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 So, this parable must be important and significant for Jesus to repeat all over again.

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 So, tonight's passage, we'll look at from Luke chapter 11, verses 33, all the way to chapter 12, verses 1 to 3.

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 But I'd like to look at the first three verses, and also the last three verses first.

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 Because I believe it's a continuous teaching of Jesus about the parable of light.

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 But in the middle, he is interrupted by Pharisees, because one of the Pharisees invite him to a meal.

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 So, let's turn to Luke chapter 11.

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 It's found on page 870 in your pew Bible.

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 We'll read chapter 11, verses 33 to 36, and then we'll skip to chapter 12, verses 2 and 3.

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 No one, after lighting a lamp, puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand,

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 so that those who enter may see the light.

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 Therefore, your eye is the lamp of your body.

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 When your body is healthy, your whole, I'm sorry, when your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light.

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 But when it is bad, your body is full of darkness.

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 Therefore, be careful, lest the light in you be darkness.

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 If then your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly bright.

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 As when a lamp with its rays gives you light.

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 Now, we're going to chapter 12, verses 2 and 3.

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 Nothing is covered up that will not be revealed or hidden that will not be known.

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 Therefore, whatever you have said in the dark shall be heard in the light.

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 And whatever you have whispered in private rooms shall be proclaimed on the housetops.

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 Now, just quickly go back a few chapters to Luke chapter 8, verses 16 and 17.

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 It's on page 8, 865.

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 Chapter 8, verses 16 and 17.

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 No one after lighting a lamp covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed,

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 but puts it on a stand so that those who enter may see the light.

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 For nothing is hidden that will not be made manifest, nor is anything secret that will not be known and come to light.

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 So, I mean, this sounds like a very, you know, pretty common sense, right?

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 Who puts the lamp under a basket or hides the light?

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 The whole purpose of light is to illumine in the room.

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 But why is Jesus...

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 Talks about this parable over and over, and all three Gospels record this parable.

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 What is the significance and what is the importance about this parable?

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 So, what is this light that Jesus is talking about?

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 Or could it be who is Jesus talking about when he talks about this light?

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 Now, in John chapter 3, Jesus, you know, Jesus told us,

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 the light has come into the world.

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 But people did not like the light.

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 Because when the light came, the things that were done in darkness,

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 all their evil deeds, their sinful nature was revealed.

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 So, what Jesus is telling us here is,

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 when you receive me, when you have Jesus in you,

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 when you have the Gospel, when you have Jesus' mission in you,

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 now you bear the light.

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 In Matthew chapter 5, the same parable,

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 Jesus tells us, you are the city on the hill.

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 Cannot be hidden.

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 So, I will just read from John chapter 3.

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 You don't have to go there.

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 The light has come into the world,

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 and people love the darkness rather than the light,

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 because their works were evil.

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 For everyone who does wicked things hates the light,

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 and does not come to the light,

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 lest his works should be exposed.

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 But whoever does what is true comes to the light,

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 so that he may be clearly seen

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 that his works have been carried out in God.

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 So, in this first three verses of tonight's passage,

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 Jesus tells us,

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 you are the light.

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 If you receive me,

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 and do what I tell you to do,

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 you are like the light

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 that's supposed to be standing on a lampstand.

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 Not be hidden, not be covered,

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 but to make the room bright,

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 chasing away all the darkness.

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 And in chapter 12, verse 2,

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 you know, verse 8,

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 it was in,

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 it was one, you know,

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 he talks about the lamp,

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 and then he says,

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 nothing will be hidden.

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 In this chapter,

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 it was broken up

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 in chapter 11 and chapter 12,

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 like I said,

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 because before he even finished

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 telling the disciples

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 what he said in verse 2 and 3,

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 he was invited to have a meal

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 with the Pharisee.

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 So,

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 Jesus is keep telling his disciples and us,

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 you guys are the light,

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 and you guys are supposed to

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 shine the light

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 by,

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 you know,

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 obeying my words

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 and do

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 what I tell you to do.

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 And then we will explore

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 more of that

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 when we come back

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 after we

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 study the next section.

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 So now,

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 let's look at

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 Luke chapter 11,

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 verses 37

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 to

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 53.

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 So as Jesus is

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 having a meal

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 at this Pharisee's house,

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 he also exposes

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 their hypocrisy.

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 The same

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 account,

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 the more detailed

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 and more expanded account

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 of this,

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 this parallel

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 account,

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 my kids are laughing right now,

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 because

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 every time I say

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 the word parallel,

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 they think

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 I don't pronounce it correctly.

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 So,

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 sometimes,

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 you know,

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 they'll sit me down

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 and say,

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 Dad,

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 this is how you say

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 the word parallel,

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 parallel.

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 So,

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 every time I use

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 the word parallel,

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 they are laughing.

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 They're picking on

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 their poor immigrant dad.

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 So,

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 the same

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 account

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 is also found

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 in Matthew

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 chapter 23.

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 We're not going to go there.

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 If you want to look at it later,

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 it is much

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 more detailed

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 account of

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 what Pharisees

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 and the lawyers.

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 So,

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 basically,

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 the Pharisees,

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 if you're not familiar

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 with the term,

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 these were the religious leaders

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 at the time.

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 They were the Bible teachers

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 and the lawyers

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 because it was

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 during the theocratic society.

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 The lawyers,

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 pretty much,

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 they're the religious law experts.

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 So,

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 Pharisees and the religious law experts,

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 they are watching

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 what Jesus is doing

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 and they are just basically

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 kind of trying to see

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 what he says

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 to,

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 you know,

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 trap him.

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 verse 37.

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 While Jesus was speaking,

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 a Pharisee asked him

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 to dine with him.

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 So,

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 he went in

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 and reclined

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 at the table.

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 The Pharisee was

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 astonished

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 to see that

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 he did not first

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 wash

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 before

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 dinner.

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 So,

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 they must have said,

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 you know,

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 to themselves,

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 look at him.

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 He doesn't even wash.

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 What kind of teacher

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 is he?

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 So,

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 Jesus knew

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 what they were thinking.

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 Verse 38.

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 And the Lord said to him,

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 now you Pharisees

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 cleanse the outside

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 of the cup

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 and of the dish,

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 but inside

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 you are full

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 of greed

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 and wickedness.

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 So,

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 these so-called

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 religious leaders,

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 experts in Bible,

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 they were so focused

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 on how they appear

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 in public.

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 In other parts

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 of the gospel,

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 you know,

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 they make these

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 long prayers.

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 They would like

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 to pray in public.

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 They want people

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 to see how they pray,

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 what they pray.

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 There was one

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 incident where,

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 you know,

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 this Pharisee

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 is just praying

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 to God

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 and he sees

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 a tax collector

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 who couldn't even

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 raise his head

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 and yet he says,

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 thank God,

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 you know,

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 I am not

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 like this tax collector.

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 I fast,

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 I do this,

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 I do that,

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 thank God,

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 I am not like him.

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 So,

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 the Pharisees

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 were so,

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 so,

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 it's almost like

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 they're just

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 image driven.

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 as long as

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 they appear

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 holy and,

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 you know,

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 righteous

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 in front of the people

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 and yet,

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 inside,

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 Jesus said,

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 you guys are just

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 full of

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 wickedness

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 and greed.

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 Verse 30,

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 verse 39,

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 and the Lord,

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 I'm sorry,

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 verse 40,

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 you fools,

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 did not him

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 who made the outside

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 make the inside also,

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 but give as elms

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 those things

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 that are within

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 and behold,

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 everything is

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 clean for you.

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 But woe to you,

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 Pharisees,

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 for you tithe

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 mint

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 and rue

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 and every herb

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 and neglect justice

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 and the love of God.

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 These you ought

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 to have done

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 without neglecting

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 the others.

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 So,

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 even giving offering

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 or tithe,

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 giving one tenth,

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 they are so careful

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 whatever they grow

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 in their garden,

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 whether it's a mint,

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 any kind of herb,

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 they are so careful

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 to even give

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 ten percent

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 of that.

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 And I sometimes

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 wonder whether

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 they did that

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 so they can say,

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 oh,

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 look at so and so.

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 they consume

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 all their vegetables,

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 their gluttons.

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 Look at me.

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 I give tenth

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 of everything

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 including

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 all the things

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 that I grow

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 in the garden.

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 I wonder if they missed

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 the real,

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 what God really wants

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 from us is

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 heart of David.

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 King David said,

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 everything came

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 from you,

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 from what we have

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 received from your hand,

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 we give back.

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 So,

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 it's almost like

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 returning

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 a portion.

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 Do we really

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 give something

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 to God

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 or are we just

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 simply returning

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 some portion

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 of it

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 that we

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 receive from God?

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 Apostle Paul says,

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 God loves

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 cheerful giver.

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 So,

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 these Pharisees,

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 sometimes I wonder

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 whether they

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 did this

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 so methodically

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 to look good,

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 to appear,

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 I am so holy.

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 Everything

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 that I grow,

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 even the little

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 herbs,

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 I give tenth

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 back,

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 you know,

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 as a tide.

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 And Jesus

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 says,

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 but you guys

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 neglect

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 looking after

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 the poor.

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 giving to the poor.

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 You guys

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 do all these

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 things,

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 but you

00:17:22.539 --> 00:17:23.559
 neglect justice

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 and you

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 neglect to

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 look after

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 the poor.

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 Verse 43,

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 woe to you

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 Pharisees,

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 for you love

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 the best seat

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 in the synagogues

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 and greetings

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 in the marketplaces.

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 Again,

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 they like

00:17:44.380 --> 00:17:44.960
 to be

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 revered,

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 I'm sure

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 they were.

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 because people

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 probably looked

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 up to them

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 because they

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 were,

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 you know,

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 religious leaders

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 and because

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 they constantly

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 kept up this

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 image of being

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 holy and

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 righteous.

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 I'm sure a lot

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 of people,

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 they looked up

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 to them.

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 But Jesus

00:18:04.220 --> 00:18:04.720
 said,

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 you guys

00:18:08.160 --> 00:18:08.680
 are looking

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 for greetings

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 in a marketplace.

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 Probably,

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 you know,

00:18:11.779 --> 00:18:12.500
 they enjoy being

00:18:12.500 --> 00:18:13.940
 called rabbi,

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 teacher.

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 when people

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 called them

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 rabbi,

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 when people

00:18:17.799 --> 00:18:18.460
 greeted them,

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 when they

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 were sitting

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 at the best

00:18:21.340 --> 00:18:21.920
 seat in the

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 synagogue,

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 they were

00:18:23.660 --> 00:18:24.259
 probably just

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 gloating.

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 But,

00:18:28.060 --> 00:18:30.620
 is that,

00:18:31.140 --> 00:18:32.779
 is that the

00:18:32.779 --> 00:18:33.080
 attitude

00:18:33.080 --> 00:18:34.680
 Jesus had?

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 Did Jesus

00:18:36.060 --> 00:18:36.560
 come

00:18:36.559 --> 00:18:38.440
 to be

00:18:38.440 --> 00:18:40.379
 respected,

00:18:40.659 --> 00:18:41.039
 honored,

00:18:42.919 --> 00:18:43.419
 seated at the

00:18:43.419 --> 00:18:44.019
 best seat in

00:18:44.019 --> 00:18:44.839
 the synagogue?

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 Basically,

00:18:46.659 --> 00:18:47.519
 did he come

00:18:47.519 --> 00:18:48.899
 here to be

00:18:48.899 --> 00:18:49.279
 served?

00:18:49.279 --> 00:18:49.359
 served.

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 It was

00:18:52.379 --> 00:18:52.660
 totally

00:18:52.660 --> 00:18:53.099
 opposite.

00:18:53.299 --> 00:18:53.519
 Jesus

00:18:53.519 --> 00:18:54.440
 came to

00:18:54.440 --> 00:18:54.960
 serve,

00:18:55.639 --> 00:18:56.119
 instead of

00:18:56.119 --> 00:18:56.839
 being served.

00:18:57.680 --> 00:18:58.240
 But the

00:18:58.240 --> 00:18:58.799
 Pharisees

00:18:58.799 --> 00:18:59.119
 here,

00:19:00.160 --> 00:19:00.639
 it sounds

00:19:00.639 --> 00:19:00.980
 like,

00:19:01.940 --> 00:19:03.019
 they just

00:19:03.019 --> 00:19:03.500
 want to be

00:19:03.500 --> 00:19:04.059
 served,

00:19:04.799 --> 00:19:05.920
 instead of

00:19:05.920 --> 00:19:06.339
 serving.

00:19:07.799 --> 00:19:08.440
 They want

00:19:08.440 --> 00:19:09.079
 to be greeted

00:19:09.079 --> 00:19:09.899
 at a marketplace,

00:19:10.379 --> 00:19:10.980
 be called

00:19:10.980 --> 00:19:11.819
 teachers,

00:19:12.059 --> 00:19:12.599
 rabbis.

00:19:12.599 --> 00:19:19.259
 verse 44,

00:19:19.980 --> 00:19:20.399
 woe to

00:19:20.399 --> 00:19:20.719
 you,

00:19:21.039 --> 00:19:21.379
 for you

00:19:21.379 --> 00:19:21.779
 are like

00:19:21.779 --> 00:19:22.579
 unmarked

00:19:22.579 --> 00:19:23.059
 graves,

00:19:23.279 --> 00:19:23.799
 and people

00:19:23.799 --> 00:19:24.799
 walk over

00:19:24.799 --> 00:19:25.419
 them without

00:19:25.419 --> 00:19:26.039
 knowing it.

00:19:27.939 --> 00:19:28.679
 In the

00:19:28.679 --> 00:19:29.099
 Old Testament,

00:19:29.259 --> 00:19:29.699
 if you

00:19:29.699 --> 00:19:30.199
 come in

00:19:30.199 --> 00:19:31.240
 contact with

00:19:31.240 --> 00:19:31.719
 the dead

00:19:31.719 --> 00:19:33.079
 body or

00:19:33.079 --> 00:19:33.679
 grave,

00:19:33.899 --> 00:19:34.419
 you are

00:19:34.419 --> 00:19:34.919
 considered

00:19:34.919 --> 00:19:35.759
 unclean

00:19:35.759 --> 00:19:36.299
 for seven

00:19:36.299 --> 00:19:36.819
 days.

00:19:38.079 --> 00:19:38.379
 So,

00:19:38.459 --> 00:19:38.839
 people are

00:19:38.839 --> 00:19:39.500
 very careful

00:19:39.500 --> 00:19:40.559
 not to

00:19:40.559 --> 00:19:40.899
 touch the

00:19:40.899 --> 00:19:41.480
 dead body

00:19:41.480 --> 00:19:42.579
 or touch

00:19:42.579 --> 00:19:43.259
 the grave.

00:19:44.199 --> 00:19:44.779
 But what

00:19:44.779 --> 00:19:45.240
 Jesus is

00:19:45.240 --> 00:19:45.720
 saying is,

00:19:46.000 --> 00:19:46.480
 you guys

00:19:46.480 --> 00:19:46.919
 are like

00:19:46.919 --> 00:19:48.079
 unmarked

00:19:48.079 --> 00:19:48.559
 graves.

00:19:49.439 --> 00:19:49.839
 People

00:19:49.839 --> 00:19:50.379
 may

00:19:50.379 --> 00:19:52.339
 associate

00:19:52.339 --> 00:19:52.919
 with you

00:19:52.919 --> 00:19:54.960
 not knowing

00:19:54.960 --> 00:19:55.919
 what's inside

00:19:55.919 --> 00:19:56.240
 of you.

00:19:57.720 --> 00:19:58.519
 You may

00:19:58.519 --> 00:19:59.519
 appear holy

00:19:59.519 --> 00:20:00.240
 and righteous

00:20:00.240 --> 00:20:00.619
 on the

00:20:00.619 --> 00:20:01.159
 outside,

00:20:01.980 --> 00:20:03.319
 but inside,

00:20:03.519 --> 00:20:03.980
 because you

00:20:03.980 --> 00:20:04.579
 are full

00:20:04.579 --> 00:20:05.740
 of greed

00:20:05.740 --> 00:20:06.939
 and arrogance

00:20:06.939 --> 00:20:08.220
 and wickedness,

00:20:08.859 --> 00:20:09.779
 it's almost

00:20:09.779 --> 00:20:10.879
 like you

00:20:10.879 --> 00:20:11.419
 caused them

00:20:11.419 --> 00:20:12.000
 to sin.

00:20:12.579 --> 00:20:13.039
 If the

00:20:13.039 --> 00:20:13.779
 graves were

00:20:13.779 --> 00:20:14.359
 marked,

00:20:14.619 --> 00:20:15.059
 people would

00:20:15.059 --> 00:20:15.379
 not have

00:20:15.379 --> 00:20:15.659
 touched

00:20:15.659 --> 00:20:15.879
 it.

00:20:17.000 --> 00:20:18.259
 But because

00:20:18.259 --> 00:20:19.539
 Pharisees were

00:20:19.539 --> 00:20:20.659
 like unmarked

00:20:20.659 --> 00:20:21.139
 graves,

00:20:21.759 --> 00:20:23.419
 people stumble

00:20:23.419 --> 00:20:24.019
 upon them.

00:20:26.839 --> 00:20:28.419
 And verse

00:20:28.419 --> 00:20:28.879
 40,

00:20:29.099 --> 00:20:31.000
 45,

00:20:31.199 --> 00:20:32.019
 now one of

00:20:32.019 --> 00:20:32.759
 the lawyers

00:20:32.759 --> 00:20:33.379
 answered him,

00:20:33.419 --> 00:20:33.720
 teacher,

00:20:33.939 --> 00:20:34.399
 in saying

00:20:34.399 --> 00:20:35.019
 these things,

00:20:35.099 --> 00:20:35.679
 you insult

00:20:35.679 --> 00:20:36.480
 us also.

00:20:36.919 --> 00:20:37.279
 And he

00:20:37.279 --> 00:20:37.539
 said,

00:20:37.960 --> 00:20:38.339
 woe to

00:20:38.339 --> 00:20:38.799
 your lawyers

00:20:38.799 --> 00:20:39.279
 also,

00:20:39.279 --> 00:20:39.839
 for you

00:20:39.839 --> 00:20:40.240
 load

00:20:40.240 --> 00:20:40.559
 people

00:20:40.559 --> 00:20:40.779
 with

00:20:40.779 --> 00:20:41.480
 burdens

00:20:41.480 --> 00:20:42.319
 hard to

00:20:42.319 --> 00:20:42.660
 bear,

00:20:42.799 --> 00:20:43.139
 and you

00:20:43.139 --> 00:20:43.680
 yourselves

00:20:43.680 --> 00:20:44.200
 do not

00:20:44.200 --> 00:20:44.700
 touch the

00:20:44.700 --> 00:20:45.019
 burdens

00:20:45.019 --> 00:20:46.039
 with one

00:20:46.039 --> 00:20:46.319
 of your

00:20:46.319 --> 00:20:46.899
 fingers.

00:20:47.940 --> 00:20:48.299
 Woe to

00:20:48.299 --> 00:20:48.500
 you,

00:20:48.559 --> 00:20:48.859
 for you

00:20:48.859 --> 00:20:49.660
 build the

00:20:49.660 --> 00:20:50.440
 tombs of

00:20:50.440 --> 00:20:51.180
 the prophets

00:20:51.180 --> 00:20:51.720
 whom your

00:20:51.720 --> 00:20:52.639
 fathers killed.

00:20:53.099 --> 00:20:53.720
 So you

00:20:53.720 --> 00:20:54.399
 are witnesses

00:20:54.399 --> 00:20:55.220
 and you

00:20:55.220 --> 00:20:55.920
 consent to

00:20:55.920 --> 00:20:56.539
 the deeds

00:20:56.539 --> 00:20:56.980
 of your

00:20:56.980 --> 00:20:57.420
 fathers,

00:20:58.000 --> 00:20:58.599
 for they

00:20:58.599 --> 00:20:59.839
 killed them

00:20:59.839 --> 00:21:00.700
 and you

00:21:00.700 --> 00:21:01.460
 build their

00:21:01.460 --> 00:21:02.039
 tombs.

00:21:02.039 --> 00:21:05.000
 so now

00:21:05.000 --> 00:21:05.700
 the religious

00:21:05.700 --> 00:21:08.420
 law experts

00:21:08.420 --> 00:21:09.519
 are offended.

00:21:10.399 --> 00:21:10.819
 So they

00:21:10.819 --> 00:21:11.200
 say,

00:21:11.839 --> 00:21:12.119
 Jesus,

00:21:12.259 --> 00:21:13.019
 why are you

00:21:13.019 --> 00:21:13.399
 offending

00:21:13.399 --> 00:21:13.720
 us?

00:21:15.200 --> 00:21:15.659
 And Jesus

00:21:15.659 --> 00:21:15.899
 said,

00:21:15.980 --> 00:21:18.099
 because you

00:21:18.099 --> 00:21:19.480
 guys make

00:21:19.480 --> 00:21:20.899
 these incredible

00:21:20.899 --> 00:21:22.200
 demands.

00:21:22.559 --> 00:21:23.220
 You have to

00:21:23.220 --> 00:21:23.759
 do this,

00:21:23.960 --> 00:21:24.220
 this,

00:21:24.420 --> 00:21:24.659
 this,

00:21:24.799 --> 00:21:25.019
 this.

00:21:25.259 --> 00:21:25.940
 You make

00:21:25.940 --> 00:21:26.779
 these demands

00:21:26.779 --> 00:21:27.420
 on people

00:21:27.420 --> 00:21:28.359
 and you

00:21:28.359 --> 00:21:28.940
 don't even

00:21:28.940 --> 00:21:29.859
 lift your

00:21:29.859 --> 00:21:30.920
 finger to

00:21:30.920 --> 00:21:31.460
 help them.

00:21:32.039 --> 00:21:33.819
 And then

00:21:33.819 --> 00:21:34.200
 he also

00:21:34.200 --> 00:21:34.879
 talks about

00:21:34.879 --> 00:21:36.480
 your

00:21:36.480 --> 00:21:38.079
 forefathers

00:21:38.079 --> 00:21:39.920
 have killed

00:21:39.920 --> 00:21:40.779
 all these

00:21:40.779 --> 00:21:41.200
 prophets.

00:21:42.180 --> 00:21:42.759
 And then

00:21:42.759 --> 00:21:43.399
 you build

00:21:43.399 --> 00:21:43.980
 the tomb,

00:21:44.779 --> 00:21:45.519
 the monuments,

00:21:46.579 --> 00:21:47.039
 so you're

00:21:47.039 --> 00:21:47.339
 basically

00:21:47.339 --> 00:21:48.279
 consenting to

00:21:48.279 --> 00:21:48.440
 it.

00:21:48.639 --> 00:21:49.180
 So in

00:21:49.180 --> 00:21:50.899
 Matthew

00:21:50.899 --> 00:21:52.180
 chapter 23,

00:21:55.119 --> 00:21:55.859
 these lawyers

00:21:55.859 --> 00:21:56.659
 tell Jesus,

00:21:58.960 --> 00:21:59.200
 well,

00:21:59.279 --> 00:21:59.700
 the lawyers

00:21:59.700 --> 00:22:00.659
 have this

00:22:00.659 --> 00:22:01.879
 thing,

00:22:01.880 --> 00:22:02.360
 they say,

00:22:02.480 --> 00:22:02.680
 well,

00:22:02.780 --> 00:22:03.360
 if we

00:22:03.360 --> 00:22:05.760
 lived in

00:22:05.760 --> 00:22:06.000
 our

00:22:06.000 --> 00:22:06.500
 ancestors'

00:22:06.700 --> 00:22:06.980
 time,

00:22:07.120 --> 00:22:07.500
 we would

00:22:07.500 --> 00:22:07.860
 have never

00:22:07.860 --> 00:22:08.300
 done that.

00:22:09.480 --> 00:22:10.220
 They say,

00:22:10.320 --> 00:22:10.780
 if we

00:22:10.780 --> 00:22:12.200
 lived during

00:22:12.200 --> 00:22:12.960
 our ancestors'

00:22:13.200 --> 00:22:13.680
 time,

00:22:14.040 --> 00:22:14.780
 we would

00:22:14.780 --> 00:22:15.360
 have never

00:22:15.360 --> 00:22:16.260
 killed those

00:22:16.260 --> 00:22:16.700
 prophets.

00:22:18.140 --> 00:22:18.900
 So again,

00:22:19.540 --> 00:22:21.780
 they have

00:22:21.780 --> 00:22:23.700
 this self-righteous

00:22:23.700 --> 00:22:24.180
 attitude.

00:22:25.720 --> 00:22:26.580
 And Jesus

00:22:26.580 --> 00:22:27.600
 keeps pointing

00:22:27.599 --> 00:22:28.299
 these out.

00:22:30.379 --> 00:22:30.939
 Verse

00:22:30.939 --> 00:22:31.459
 52.

00:22:31.459 --> 00:22:33.599
 I'm

00:22:33.599 --> 00:22:33.799
 sorry,

00:22:33.919 --> 00:22:36.519
 verse 49.

00:22:38.079 --> 00:22:38.240
 Therefore,

00:22:38.559 --> 00:22:39.079
 also the

00:22:39.079 --> 00:22:39.679
 wisdom of

00:22:39.679 --> 00:22:40.419
 God said,

00:22:40.719 --> 00:22:41.039
 I will

00:22:41.039 --> 00:22:41.579
 send them

00:22:41.579 --> 00:22:42.299
 prophets and

00:22:42.299 --> 00:22:42.819
 apostles,

00:22:43.539 --> 00:22:44.079
 some of

00:22:44.079 --> 00:22:45.099
 whom they

00:22:45.099 --> 00:22:45.719
 will kill

00:22:45.719 --> 00:22:46.719
 and persecute,

00:22:46.879 --> 00:22:47.480
 so that the

00:22:47.480 --> 00:22:48.199
 blood of all

00:22:48.199 --> 00:22:48.919
 the prophets

00:22:48.919 --> 00:22:50.119
 shed from

00:22:50.119 --> 00:22:50.879
 the foundation

00:22:50.879 --> 00:22:51.699
 of the world

00:22:51.699 --> 00:22:52.219
 may be

00:22:52.219 --> 00:22:53.199
 charged against

00:22:53.199 --> 00:22:54.019
 this generation.

00:22:54.019 --> 00:22:55.539
 from the

00:22:55.539 --> 00:22:56.000
 blood of

00:22:56.000 --> 00:22:57.119
 Abel to

00:22:57.119 --> 00:22:57.519
 the blood

00:22:57.519 --> 00:22:58.400
 of Zechariah,

00:22:58.879 --> 00:22:59.920
 who perished

00:22:59.920 --> 00:23:00.440
 between the

00:23:00.440 --> 00:23:01.039
 altar and

00:23:01.039 --> 00:23:01.759
 the sanctuary.

00:23:02.559 --> 00:23:02.859
 Yes,

00:23:02.960 --> 00:23:03.779
 I tell you,

00:23:04.299 --> 00:23:04.700
 it will be

00:23:04.700 --> 00:23:05.539
 required of

00:23:05.539 --> 00:23:06.400
 this generation.

00:23:10.960 --> 00:23:11.599
 So

00:23:11.599 --> 00:23:12.019
 throughout

00:23:12.019 --> 00:23:13.680
 the Old

00:23:13.680 --> 00:23:14.079
 Testament,

00:23:16.180 --> 00:23:16.579
 you'll see

00:23:16.579 --> 00:23:17.720
 how when

00:23:17.720 --> 00:23:18.539
 prophets

00:23:18.539 --> 00:23:19.059
 come,

00:23:19.379 --> 00:23:19.900
 so prophets

00:23:19.900 --> 00:23:21.740
 are like

00:23:21.740 --> 00:23:24.000
 the light.

00:23:24.019 --> 00:23:25.420
 they come

00:23:25.420 --> 00:23:26.799
 and they

00:23:26.799 --> 00:23:27.379
 tell the

00:23:27.379 --> 00:23:27.819
 nation,

00:23:28.599 --> 00:23:29.180
 you guys

00:23:29.180 --> 00:23:30.259
 are doing

00:23:30.259 --> 00:23:31.339
 wrong.

00:23:32.879 --> 00:23:33.740
 You guys

00:23:33.740 --> 00:23:34.440
 are worshipping

00:23:34.440 --> 00:23:34.920
 idols,

00:23:35.279 --> 00:23:35.900
 you need to

00:23:35.900 --> 00:23:37.339
 turn from

00:23:37.339 --> 00:23:37.799
 worshipping

00:23:37.799 --> 00:23:38.160
 idols,

00:23:38.379 --> 00:23:38.819
 you need to

00:23:38.819 --> 00:23:39.220
 turn to

00:23:39.220 --> 00:23:39.500
 God.

00:23:39.759 --> 00:23:39.859
 So

00:23:39.859 --> 00:23:40.259
 they are

00:23:40.259 --> 00:23:41.519
 lights

00:23:41.519 --> 00:23:42.460
 pointing

00:23:42.460 --> 00:23:43.660
 people to

00:23:43.660 --> 00:23:44.039
 God,

00:23:44.759 --> 00:23:45.139
 but so

00:23:45.139 --> 00:23:45.559
 many of

00:23:45.559 --> 00:23:46.220
 the prophets,

00:23:46.980 --> 00:23:47.480
 they were

00:23:47.480 --> 00:23:47.879
 killed.

00:23:49.059 --> 00:23:49.519
 So many

00:23:49.519 --> 00:23:49.960
 kings,

00:23:50.500 --> 00:23:51.240
 when you

00:23:51.240 --> 00:23:51.900
 read the

00:23:51.900 --> 00:23:52.420
 kings and

00:23:52.420 --> 00:23:52.579
 the

00:23:52.579 --> 00:23:53.079
 chronicles,

00:23:53.079 --> 00:23:54.299
 when they

00:23:54.299 --> 00:23:54.759
 don't like

00:23:54.759 --> 00:23:55.419
 what they

00:23:55.419 --> 00:23:55.759
 hear,

00:23:56.379 --> 00:23:56.839
 they will

00:23:56.839 --> 00:23:57.439
 put prophets

00:23:57.439 --> 00:23:58.079
 in prison

00:23:58.079 --> 00:23:59.779
 or kill

00:23:59.779 --> 00:24:00.379
 them altogether.

00:24:01.639 --> 00:24:02.179
 So

00:24:02.179 --> 00:24:02.779
 Jesus is

00:24:02.779 --> 00:24:03.079
 saying,

00:24:05.199 --> 00:24:05.359
 you

00:24:05.359 --> 00:24:06.539
 ancestors

00:24:06.539 --> 00:24:07.119
 and you

00:24:07.119 --> 00:24:07.879
 guys are

00:24:07.879 --> 00:24:09.460
 guilty of

00:24:09.460 --> 00:24:09.819
 this.

00:24:11.099 --> 00:24:11.379
 And

00:24:11.379 --> 00:24:12.259
 isn't that

00:24:12.259 --> 00:24:12.500
 true,

00:24:12.639 --> 00:24:13.119
 how they

00:24:13.119 --> 00:24:14.799
 continue to

00:24:14.799 --> 00:24:15.339
 do that?

00:24:16.899 --> 00:24:17.539
 And

00:24:17.539 --> 00:24:17.939
 eventually

00:24:17.939 --> 00:24:18.679
 they kill

00:24:18.680 --> 00:24:19.600
 Jesus.

00:24:22.480 --> 00:24:23.720
 Verse 52,

00:24:26.220 --> 00:24:26.799
 woe to

00:24:26.799 --> 00:24:27.380
 you lawyers

00:24:27.380 --> 00:24:27.920
 for you

00:24:27.920 --> 00:24:28.880
 have taken

00:24:28.880 --> 00:24:29.880
 away the

00:24:29.880 --> 00:24:30.920
 key knowledge,

00:24:31.180 --> 00:24:31.560
 key of

00:24:31.560 --> 00:24:32.080
 knowledge.

00:24:32.960 --> 00:24:33.779
 You did

00:24:33.779 --> 00:24:34.340
 not enter

00:24:34.340 --> 00:24:35.039
 yourselves

00:24:35.039 --> 00:24:36.360
 and you

00:24:36.360 --> 00:24:36.900
 hindered

00:24:36.900 --> 00:24:38.019
 those who

00:24:38.019 --> 00:24:38.340
 are,

00:24:39.220 --> 00:24:39.880
 who were

00:24:39.880 --> 00:24:40.340
 entering.

00:24:40.339 --> 00:24:45.699
 I believe

00:24:45.699 --> 00:24:46.099
 the key

00:24:46.099 --> 00:24:46.619
 knowledge

00:24:46.619 --> 00:24:47.659
 that they

00:24:47.659 --> 00:24:48.839
 were sort

00:24:48.839 --> 00:24:50.039
 of putting

00:24:50.039 --> 00:24:51.439
 behind while

00:24:51.439 --> 00:24:51.799
 they were

00:24:51.799 --> 00:24:52.980
 loading people

00:24:52.980 --> 00:24:53.539
 with these

00:24:53.539 --> 00:24:54.439
 burdensome

00:24:54.439 --> 00:24:56.059
 rituals and

00:24:56.059 --> 00:24:57.419
 the laws

00:24:57.419 --> 00:24:58.159
 they demand.

00:24:58.959 --> 00:24:59.539
 The key

00:24:59.539 --> 00:25:00.079
 knowledge,

00:25:00.519 --> 00:25:00.939
 I believe,

00:25:01.059 --> 00:25:03.779
 is love

00:25:03.779 --> 00:25:04.159
 the Lord

00:25:04.159 --> 00:25:04.740
 your God

00:25:04.740 --> 00:25:05.159
 with all

00:25:05.159 --> 00:25:05.659
 your heart,

00:25:05.819 --> 00:25:06.139
 with all

00:25:06.139 --> 00:25:06.619
 your soul,

00:25:06.720 --> 00:25:07.000
 with all

00:25:07.000 --> 00:25:07.500
 your might,

00:25:08.299 --> 00:25:08.740
 and love

00:25:08.740 --> 00:25:09.159
 your neighbor.

00:25:10.339 --> 00:25:13.379
 Instead of

00:25:13.379 --> 00:25:14.319
 pointing the

00:25:14.319 --> 00:25:16.019
 people to

00:25:16.019 --> 00:25:16.619
 God and

00:25:16.619 --> 00:25:17.119
 his kingdom,

00:25:18.819 --> 00:25:19.500
 these law

00:25:19.500 --> 00:25:20.259
 experts

00:25:20.259 --> 00:25:21.319
 would just

00:25:21.319 --> 00:25:23.500
 keep laying

00:25:23.500 --> 00:25:24.220
 down these

00:25:24.220 --> 00:25:25.980
 rules and

00:25:25.980 --> 00:25:27.299
 laws.

00:25:28.740 --> 00:25:29.220
 So they,

00:25:30.099 --> 00:25:30.639
 instead of

00:25:30.639 --> 00:25:31.359
 focusing on

00:25:31.359 --> 00:25:32.379
 what's really

00:25:32.379 --> 00:25:33.679
 important and

00:25:33.679 --> 00:25:34.159
 crucial,

00:25:35.799 --> 00:25:36.639
 they are

00:25:36.639 --> 00:25:37.939
 just focusing

00:25:37.939 --> 00:25:39.039
 on these

00:25:39.039 --> 00:25:39.819
 other things.

00:25:40.339 --> 00:25:42.779
 so in

00:25:42.779 --> 00:25:45.000
 Deuteronomy

00:25:45.000 --> 00:25:45.939
 chapter 10

00:25:45.939 --> 00:25:48.599
 verses 12

00:25:48.599 --> 00:25:50.679
 to 20,

00:25:51.359 --> 00:25:52.119
 this is what

00:25:52.119 --> 00:25:54.819
 God told

00:25:54.819 --> 00:25:55.399
 his people.

00:25:56.399 --> 00:25:57.419
 And now

00:25:57.419 --> 00:25:57.879
 Israel,

00:25:58.480 --> 00:25:59.959
 what does

00:25:59.959 --> 00:26:00.500
 the Lord

00:26:00.500 --> 00:26:01.339
 your God

00:26:01.339 --> 00:26:02.259
 require of

00:26:02.259 --> 00:26:02.480
 you?

00:26:02.480 --> 00:26:02.519
 God,

00:26:03.160 --> 00:26:04.220
 but to

00:26:04.220 --> 00:26:04.759
 fear the

00:26:04.759 --> 00:26:04.940
 Lord

00:26:04.940 --> 00:26:05.559
 your God,

00:26:06.339 --> 00:26:07.140
 to walk

00:26:07.140 --> 00:26:07.839
 in all

00:26:07.839 --> 00:26:08.620
 his ways,

00:26:08.900 --> 00:26:09.519
 to love

00:26:09.519 --> 00:26:09.720
 him,

00:26:10.140 --> 00:26:10.880
 to serve

00:26:10.880 --> 00:26:11.220
 the Lord

00:26:11.220 --> 00:26:11.740
 your God

00:26:11.740 --> 00:26:12.220
 with all

00:26:12.220 --> 00:26:12.940
 your heart

00:26:12.940 --> 00:26:13.920
 and with

00:26:13.920 --> 00:26:14.299
 all your

00:26:14.299 --> 00:26:14.680
 soul,

00:26:15.380 --> 00:26:16.400
 and to

00:26:16.400 --> 00:26:16.940
 keep the

00:26:16.940 --> 00:26:17.519
 commandments

00:26:17.519 --> 00:26:18.519
 and statutes

00:26:18.519 --> 00:26:18.900
 of the

00:26:18.900 --> 00:26:19.200
 Lord,

00:26:19.319 --> 00:26:19.880
 which I

00:26:19.880 --> 00:26:20.799
 am commanding

00:26:20.799 --> 00:26:21.539
 you today

00:26:21.539 --> 00:26:22.500
 for your

00:26:22.500 --> 00:26:22.799
 good.

00:26:24.059 --> 00:26:24.460
 Behold,

00:26:24.799 --> 00:26:26.079
 to the

00:26:26.079 --> 00:26:26.460
 Lord your

00:26:26.460 --> 00:26:27.200
 God belong

00:26:27.200 --> 00:26:28.519
 heaven and

00:26:28.519 --> 00:26:28.880
 the heaven

00:26:28.880 --> 00:26:29.440
 of heavens,

00:26:29.440 --> 00:26:30.539
 and the earth

00:26:30.539 --> 00:26:31.420
 with all that

00:26:31.420 --> 00:26:31.920
 is in it.

00:26:32.600 --> 00:26:33.000
 Yet the

00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:33.519
 Lord set

00:26:33.519 --> 00:26:34.140
 his heart

00:26:34.140 --> 00:26:35.980
 in love

00:26:35.980 --> 00:26:36.980
 on your

00:26:36.980 --> 00:26:37.779
 fathers and

00:26:37.779 --> 00:26:38.320
 chose their

00:26:38.320 --> 00:26:40.019
 offspring after

00:26:40.019 --> 00:26:40.360
 them.

00:26:41.180 --> 00:26:41.620
 You above

00:26:41.620 --> 00:26:42.380
 all peoples,

00:26:42.960 --> 00:26:43.800
 as you are

00:26:43.800 --> 00:26:44.400
 this day,

00:26:45.180 --> 00:26:46.100
 circumcise

00:26:46.100 --> 00:26:46.860
 therefore the

00:26:46.860 --> 00:26:47.680
 foreskin of

00:26:47.680 --> 00:26:48.320
 your heart

00:26:48.320 --> 00:26:49.420
 and be no

00:26:49.420 --> 00:26:50.160
 longer stubborn.

00:26:51.080 --> 00:26:51.480
 For the

00:26:51.480 --> 00:26:51.840
 Lord your

00:26:51.840 --> 00:26:52.340
 God is

00:26:52.340 --> 00:26:52.820
 God of

00:26:52.820 --> 00:26:53.340
 gods and

00:26:53.340 --> 00:26:53.779
 Lord of

00:26:53.779 --> 00:26:54.140
 lords,

00:26:54.440 --> 00:26:55.120
 the great,

00:26:55.519 --> 00:26:56.060
 the mighty,

00:26:56.360 --> 00:26:56.759
 and the

00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:57.620
 awesome God,

00:26:58.000 --> 00:26:58.759
 who is not

00:26:58.759 --> 00:26:59.720
 partial and

00:26:59.720 --> 00:27:00.440
 takes no

00:27:00.440 --> 00:27:01.019
 bribe.

00:27:01.420 --> 00:27:02.120
 He

00:27:02.120 --> 00:27:02.820
 executes

00:27:02.820 --> 00:27:03.640
 justice for

00:27:03.640 --> 00:27:04.519
 the fatherless

00:27:04.519 --> 00:27:04.920
 and the

00:27:04.920 --> 00:27:06.140
 widow and

00:27:06.140 --> 00:27:06.680
 loves the

00:27:06.680 --> 00:27:07.340
 sojourner,

00:27:07.779 --> 00:27:08.180
 giving him

00:27:08.180 --> 00:27:08.860
 food and

00:27:08.860 --> 00:27:09.279
 clothing.

00:27:10.420 --> 00:27:10.800
 Love the

00:27:10.800 --> 00:27:11.360
 sojourner,

00:27:11.700 --> 00:27:12.039
 therefore,

00:27:12.420 --> 00:27:12.920
 for you are

00:27:12.920 --> 00:27:13.600
 sojourners in

00:27:13.600 --> 00:27:14.180
 the land of

00:27:14.180 --> 00:27:14.500
 Egypt.

00:27:15.160 --> 00:27:15.680
 You shall

00:27:15.680 --> 00:27:16.140
 fear the

00:27:16.140 --> 00:27:16.500
 Lord your

00:27:16.500 --> 00:27:17.000
 God,

00:27:17.100 --> 00:27:17.400
 you shall

00:27:17.400 --> 00:27:18.220
 serve him

00:27:18.220 --> 00:27:19.340
 and hold

00:27:19.340 --> 00:27:19.880
 fast to

00:27:19.880 --> 00:27:20.140
 him,

00:27:20.660 --> 00:27:21.200
 and by

00:27:21.200 --> 00:27:21.840
 his name

00:27:21.840 --> 00:27:22.320
 you shall

00:27:22.320 --> 00:27:22.860
 swear.

00:27:26.080 --> 00:27:27.100
 So God

00:27:27.100 --> 00:27:28.220
 told his

00:27:28.220 --> 00:27:28.880
 people to

00:27:28.880 --> 00:27:30.140
 love me,

00:27:30.140 --> 00:27:31.880
 and then

00:27:31.880 --> 00:27:32.120
 have

00:27:32.120 --> 00:27:32.860
 compassion

00:27:32.860 --> 00:27:34.120
 on

00:27:34.120 --> 00:27:34.780
 fatherless,

00:27:35.360 --> 00:27:35.720
 the widow,

00:27:36.460 --> 00:27:37.280
 the sojourners,

00:27:38.520 --> 00:27:39.780
 basically people

00:27:39.780 --> 00:27:42.440
 who can be

00:27:42.440 --> 00:27:44.300
 marginalized in

00:27:44.300 --> 00:27:44.840
 society.

00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:46.759
 And yet,

00:27:47.759 --> 00:27:48.680
 the scribes,

00:27:49.100 --> 00:27:49.680
 the lawyers,

00:27:49.860 --> 00:27:50.060
 and the

00:27:50.060 --> 00:27:50.640
 Pharisees,

00:27:52.100 --> 00:27:52.940
 it sounds

00:27:52.940 --> 00:27:54.040
 like they

00:27:54.039 --> 00:27:54.859
 completely

00:27:54.859 --> 00:27:56.159
 ignored this,

00:27:57.539 --> 00:27:58.420
 and they

00:27:58.420 --> 00:27:59.700
 were so

00:27:59.700 --> 00:28:00.299
 busy

00:28:00.299 --> 00:28:02.879
 putting

00:28:02.879 --> 00:28:03.420
 themselves

00:28:03.420 --> 00:28:04.680
 in public,

00:28:05.839 --> 00:28:06.799
 having the

00:28:06.799 --> 00:28:07.399
 form of

00:28:07.399 --> 00:28:07.759
 holiness,

00:28:08.339 --> 00:28:09.680
 but inside,

00:28:10.940 --> 00:28:11.539
 it was all

00:28:11.539 --> 00:28:12.200
 just their

00:28:12.200 --> 00:28:12.819
 greed,

00:28:13.839 --> 00:28:14.420
 wickedness,

00:28:15.200 --> 00:28:15.899
 neglecting the

00:28:15.899 --> 00:28:16.259
 poor.

00:28:17.799 --> 00:28:19.379
 In other

00:28:19.379 --> 00:28:19.980
 parts of the

00:28:19.980 --> 00:28:20.319
 gospel,

00:28:20.519 --> 00:28:21.500
 Jesus rebukes

00:28:21.500 --> 00:28:23.039
 lawyers,

00:28:23.180 --> 00:28:23.660
 because they

00:28:23.660 --> 00:28:24.559
 were swallowing

00:28:24.559 --> 00:28:24.960
 up,

00:28:25.579 --> 00:28:26.160
 probably,

00:28:26.279 --> 00:28:26.640
 with those

00:28:26.640 --> 00:28:27.079
 properties,

00:28:27.839 --> 00:28:28.500
 using their

00:28:28.500 --> 00:28:30.880
 technicality to

00:28:30.880 --> 00:28:32.180
 take up

00:28:32.180 --> 00:28:32.960
 with those

00:28:32.960 --> 00:28:33.359
 properties.

00:28:36.099 --> 00:28:36.380
 So,

00:28:36.720 --> 00:28:39.380
 what can

00:28:39.380 --> 00:28:40.200
 we learn

00:28:40.200 --> 00:28:41.119
 from,

00:28:41.680 --> 00:28:42.059
 you know,

00:28:42.160 --> 00:28:42.700
 all this

00:28:42.700 --> 00:28:43.579
 exposed

00:28:43.579 --> 00:28:44.500
 hypocrisy

00:28:44.500 --> 00:28:46.220
 of Pharisees

00:28:46.220 --> 00:28:46.839
 and lawyers?

00:28:46.839 --> 00:28:49.659
 are we

00:28:49.659 --> 00:28:49.980
 to just

00:28:49.980 --> 00:28:50.199
 say,

00:28:50.279 --> 00:28:50.459
 oh,

00:28:50.539 --> 00:28:50.720
 you know,

00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:51.059
 those are

00:28:51.059 --> 00:28:51.399
 terrible

00:28:51.399 --> 00:28:51.859
 people,

00:28:51.980 --> 00:28:52.279
 they're a

00:28:52.279 --> 00:28:52.619
 bunch of

00:28:52.619 --> 00:28:53.099
 hypocrites?

00:28:54.699 --> 00:28:55.220
 I think

00:28:55.220 --> 00:28:57.639
 we,

00:28:57.859 --> 00:28:59.740
 we need

00:28:59.740 --> 00:29:00.959
 to also,

00:29:01.480 --> 00:29:01.779
 you know,

00:29:01.819 --> 00:29:02.179
 examine

00:29:02.179 --> 00:29:02.699
 ourselves,

00:29:03.639 --> 00:29:04.339
 reflect upon

00:29:04.339 --> 00:29:04.759
 this.

00:29:07.679 --> 00:29:08.399
 The book

00:29:08.399 --> 00:29:08.879
 that I just

00:29:08.879 --> 00:29:09.220
 mentioned,

00:29:09.339 --> 00:29:09.839
 Love Walked

00:29:09.839 --> 00:29:10.339
 Among Us,

00:29:11.339 --> 00:29:11.980
 he mentions

00:29:11.980 --> 00:29:12.879
 three interesting

00:29:12.879 --> 00:29:13.259
 things.

00:29:14.500 --> 00:29:14.980
 He says,

00:29:15.639 --> 00:29:16.000
 judging,

00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:17.720
 blocks

00:29:17.720 --> 00:29:18.420
 compassion.

00:29:19.039 --> 00:29:19.660
 Judging

00:29:19.660 --> 00:29:20.660
 blocks

00:29:20.660 --> 00:29:21.220
 compassion.

00:29:22.220 --> 00:29:23.539
 Self-righteousness

00:29:23.539 --> 00:29:24.819
 blocks

00:29:24.819 --> 00:29:25.980
 compassion.

00:29:27.240 --> 00:29:27.980
 Legalism

00:29:27.980 --> 00:29:29.740
 blocks

00:29:29.740 --> 00:29:31.119
 compassion.

00:29:34.119 --> 00:29:35.279
 And I

00:29:35.279 --> 00:29:35.660
 would like

00:29:35.660 --> 00:29:36.559
 to just

00:29:36.559 --> 00:29:37.640
 share

00:29:37.640 --> 00:29:38.779
 a couple

00:29:38.779 --> 00:29:39.339
 of points

00:29:39.339 --> 00:29:41.619
 from that

00:29:41.619 --> 00:29:41.980
 book.

00:29:43.460 --> 00:29:43.740
 Paul

00:29:43.740 --> 00:29:43.920
 Miller

00:29:43.920 --> 00:29:44.359
 says,

00:29:44.900 --> 00:29:45.259
 we are

00:29:45.259 --> 00:29:46.019
 remarkably

00:29:46.019 --> 00:29:47.220
 perceptive

00:29:47.220 --> 00:29:47.759
 of

00:29:47.759 --> 00:29:48.420
 others'

00:29:48.740 --> 00:29:49.220
 shortcomings

00:29:49.220 --> 00:29:50.119
 and sins,

00:29:50.119 --> 00:29:52.160
 but curiously

00:29:52.160 --> 00:29:53.339
 blind

00:29:53.339 --> 00:29:54.220
 to our

00:29:54.220 --> 00:29:54.480
 own.

00:29:56.480 --> 00:29:57.779
 We are

00:29:57.779 --> 00:29:58.299
 remarkably

00:29:58.299 --> 00:29:58.980
 perceptive

00:29:58.980 --> 00:29:59.440
 of others'

00:29:59.599 --> 00:30:00.019
 shortcomings

00:30:00.019 --> 00:30:00.700
 and sins,

00:30:00.980 --> 00:30:02.400
 but curiously

00:30:02.400 --> 00:30:03.039
 blind

00:30:03.039 --> 00:30:04.299
 to our

00:30:04.299 --> 00:30:04.619
 own.

00:30:04.619 --> 00:30:04.739
 people.

00:30:04.739 --> 00:30:08.339
 We'll

00:30:08.339 --> 00:30:09.159
 often notice

00:30:09.159 --> 00:30:10.099
 things wrong

00:30:10.099 --> 00:30:10.799
 with people,

00:30:11.719 --> 00:30:12.859
 but does

00:30:12.859 --> 00:30:13.579
 that initial

00:30:13.579 --> 00:30:14.239
 look lead

00:30:14.239 --> 00:30:15.159
 to compassion

00:30:15.159 --> 00:30:15.719
 and helping

00:30:15.719 --> 00:30:17.399
 or to

00:30:17.399 --> 00:30:18.079
 judging

00:30:18.079 --> 00:30:18.759
 and

00:30:18.759 --> 00:30:19.939
 distance?

00:30:21.059 --> 00:30:21.739
 We'll

00:30:21.739 --> 00:30:22.399
 often notice

00:30:22.399 --> 00:30:23.199
 things wrong

00:30:23.199 --> 00:30:23.819
 with people,

00:30:24.519 --> 00:30:24.979
 but does

00:30:24.979 --> 00:30:25.459
 that initial

00:30:25.459 --> 00:30:27.199
 look lead

00:30:27.199 --> 00:30:27.819
 to compassion

00:30:27.819 --> 00:30:28.339
 and helping

00:30:28.339 --> 00:30:29.579
 or to

00:30:29.579 --> 00:30:30.019
 judging

00:30:30.019 --> 00:30:31.139
 and distance?

00:30:31.140 --> 00:30:33.520
 When we

00:30:33.520 --> 00:30:34.440
 realize that

00:30:34.440 --> 00:30:34.780
 we don't

00:30:34.780 --> 00:30:35.340
 have it

00:30:35.340 --> 00:30:36.060
 all together,

00:30:36.700 --> 00:30:37.100
 we can

00:30:37.100 --> 00:30:37.600
 care for

00:30:37.600 --> 00:30:38.420
 people because

00:30:38.420 --> 00:30:39.140
 we no longer

00:30:39.140 --> 00:30:40.540
 feel morally

00:30:40.540 --> 00:30:41.400
 superior to

00:30:41.400 --> 00:30:41.620
 them.

00:30:42.580 --> 00:30:43.120
 Consequently,

00:30:43.580 --> 00:30:44.100
 we are

00:30:44.100 --> 00:30:44.720
 quicker to

00:30:44.720 --> 00:30:45.720
 help than

00:30:45.720 --> 00:30:46.060
 to give

00:30:46.060 --> 00:30:46.560
 advice,

00:30:47.140 --> 00:30:47.820
 quicker to

00:30:47.820 --> 00:30:49.720
 listen than

00:30:49.720 --> 00:30:50.240
 to lecture.

00:30:51.560 --> 00:30:52.060
 Lastly,

00:30:53.160 --> 00:30:53.540
 Paul Miller

00:30:53.540 --> 00:30:53.900
 says,

00:30:53.900 --> 00:30:55.660
 our helplessness

00:30:55.660 --> 00:30:57.220
 is the door

00:30:57.220 --> 00:30:58.200
 to the knowledge

00:30:58.200 --> 00:30:58.759
 of God.

00:30:58.759 --> 00:31:00.539
 without

00:31:00.539 --> 00:31:01.279
 changing

00:31:01.279 --> 00:31:01.879
 the heart,

00:31:02.700 --> 00:31:03.400
 obsessing

00:31:03.400 --> 00:31:04.379
 over rules

00:31:04.379 --> 00:31:05.799
 is like

00:31:05.799 --> 00:31:07.099
 spray painting

00:31:07.099 --> 00:31:07.680
 garbage.

00:31:09.480 --> 00:31:10.519
 I think

00:31:10.519 --> 00:31:11.140
 we all

00:31:11.140 --> 00:31:12.279
 are guilty

00:31:12.279 --> 00:31:14.019
 or at

00:31:14.019 --> 00:31:14.599
 least have

00:31:14.599 --> 00:31:17.039
 done this

00:31:17.039 --> 00:31:18.400
 to others,

00:31:18.940 --> 00:31:19.259
 whether

00:31:19.259 --> 00:31:20.339
 we have

00:31:20.339 --> 00:31:20.660
 done this

00:31:20.660 --> 00:31:21.079
 to our

00:31:21.079 --> 00:31:22.160
 family members,

00:31:22.740 --> 00:31:22.960
 our

00:31:22.960 --> 00:31:23.420
 coworkers,

00:31:23.980 --> 00:31:24.519
 our friends,

00:31:25.039 --> 00:31:25.539
 or even

00:31:25.539 --> 00:31:27.099
 in our

00:31:27.099 --> 00:31:28.039
 church

00:31:28.039 --> 00:31:28.500
 community.

00:31:28.759 --> 00:31:29.480
 that we

00:31:29.480 --> 00:31:30.980
 judged.

00:31:32.339 --> 00:31:33.339
 We felt,

00:31:33.740 --> 00:31:33.879
 hey,

00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:34.379
 I am,

00:31:34.900 --> 00:31:35.539
 I never

00:31:35.539 --> 00:31:36.059
 do that.

00:31:36.680 --> 00:31:36.900
 This,

00:31:37.359 --> 00:31:37.839
 I am

00:31:37.839 --> 00:31:38.599
 holier than

00:31:38.599 --> 00:31:39.980
 thou kind

00:31:39.980 --> 00:31:40.519
 of attitude,

00:31:40.740 --> 00:31:41.220
 this arrogance.

00:31:42.379 --> 00:31:43.039
 And maybe

00:31:43.039 --> 00:31:43.960
 sometimes we

00:31:43.960 --> 00:31:44.940
 really push

00:31:44.940 --> 00:31:47.539
 that legalism.

00:31:47.539 --> 00:31:52.000
 so,

00:31:52.000 --> 00:31:53.859
 if I can

00:31:53.859 --> 00:31:54.579
 make a

00:31:54.579 --> 00:31:55.259
 contrast

00:31:55.259 --> 00:31:55.819
 between

00:31:55.819 --> 00:31:56.899
 the

00:31:56.899 --> 00:31:57.420
 platform

00:31:57.420 --> 00:31:57.680
 that

00:31:57.680 --> 00:31:58.379
 Pharisees

00:31:58.379 --> 00:31:59.680
 and the

00:31:59.680 --> 00:32:00.420
 scribes

00:32:00.420 --> 00:32:00.899
 were standing

00:32:00.899 --> 00:32:01.220
 on,

00:32:02.059 --> 00:32:02.359
 it was

00:32:02.359 --> 00:32:02.680
 judging.

00:32:03.180 --> 00:32:04.019
 It was

00:32:04.019 --> 00:32:05.039
 self-righteousness

00:32:05.039 --> 00:32:06.039
 and arrogance

00:32:06.039 --> 00:32:08.099
 and the

00:32:08.099 --> 00:32:08.579
 legalism.

00:32:10.079 --> 00:32:10.279
 Now,

00:32:10.399 --> 00:32:10.700
 Jesus,

00:32:10.960 --> 00:32:11.460
 on the other

00:32:11.460 --> 00:32:11.779
 hand,

00:32:13.000 --> 00:32:13.720
 he's standing

00:32:13.720 --> 00:32:14.059
 on this

00:32:14.059 --> 00:32:14.599
 platform

00:32:14.599 --> 00:32:16.639
 that is

00:32:16.639 --> 00:32:18.179
 abundantly

00:32:18.179 --> 00:32:19.959
 mercy,

00:32:21.019 --> 00:32:21.399
 love,

00:32:22.339 --> 00:32:22.819
 compassion,

00:32:23.579 --> 00:32:24.679
 and forgiveness.

00:32:26.519 --> 00:32:27.459
 What a

00:32:27.459 --> 00:32:27.959
 contrast.

00:32:29.799 --> 00:32:30.019
 Now,

00:32:30.019 --> 00:32:36.819
 in John

00:32:36.819 --> 00:32:37.619
 chapter 8,

00:32:38.220 --> 00:32:38.740
 there is

00:32:38.740 --> 00:32:39.339
 this

00:32:39.339 --> 00:32:42.500
 woman

00:32:42.500 --> 00:32:43.240
 who was

00:32:43.240 --> 00:32:43.819
 caught

00:32:43.819 --> 00:32:45.019
 in the

00:32:45.019 --> 00:32:45.799
 middle of

00:32:45.799 --> 00:32:47.279
 adultery.

00:32:49.019 --> 00:32:49.839
 So,

00:32:49.900 --> 00:32:50.440
 they brought

00:32:50.440 --> 00:32:51.220
 this woman,

00:32:53.460 --> 00:32:53.700
 you know,

00:32:53.819 --> 00:32:55.400
 in that

00:32:55.400 --> 00:32:55.940
 time,

00:32:56.079 --> 00:32:56.420
 in that

00:32:56.420 --> 00:32:57.639
 society,

00:32:58.059 --> 00:32:58.960
 it was

00:32:58.960 --> 00:32:59.700
 lawful

00:32:59.700 --> 00:33:01.180
 to stone

00:33:01.180 --> 00:33:01.860
 this woman

00:33:01.860 --> 00:33:02.539
 to death.

00:33:05.259 --> 00:33:06.019
 And they

00:33:06.019 --> 00:33:07.000
 brought her

00:33:07.000 --> 00:33:07.480
 to Jesus

00:33:07.480 --> 00:33:08.480
 and they

00:33:08.480 --> 00:33:09.940
 start

00:33:09.940 --> 00:33:10.799
 asking Jesus,

00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:13.200
 Moses told

00:33:13.200 --> 00:33:13.980
 us to stone

00:33:13.980 --> 00:33:14.440
 someone like

00:33:14.440 --> 00:33:15.240
 this who

00:33:15.240 --> 00:33:16.400
 was committing

00:33:16.400 --> 00:33:16.880
 adultery.

00:33:17.259 --> 00:33:17.620
 What do you

00:33:17.620 --> 00:33:17.900
 say?

00:33:20.200 --> 00:33:21.079
 And Jesus

00:33:21.079 --> 00:33:24.100
 wrote something

00:33:24.100 --> 00:33:24.740
 on the ground

00:33:24.740 --> 00:33:27.720
 and then

00:33:27.720 --> 00:33:29.319
 he told

00:33:29.319 --> 00:33:30.099
 the crowd,

00:33:31.099 --> 00:33:32.220
 those of

00:33:32.220 --> 00:33:33.460
 you who

00:33:33.460 --> 00:33:34.359
 have never

00:33:34.359 --> 00:33:35.480
 sinned,

00:33:35.480 --> 00:33:36.160
 throw the

00:33:36.160 --> 00:33:36.640
 first stone.

00:33:39.339 --> 00:33:40.099
 And then

00:33:40.099 --> 00:33:40.579
 one by

00:33:40.579 --> 00:33:40.940
 one,

00:33:41.720 --> 00:33:42.140
 the Bible

00:33:42.140 --> 00:33:42.440
 says,

00:33:42.720 --> 00:33:43.079
 starting from

00:33:43.079 --> 00:33:44.039
 the old

00:33:44.039 --> 00:33:45.079
 to young,

00:33:45.920 --> 00:33:46.779
 they dropped

00:33:46.779 --> 00:33:47.400
 the stone

00:33:47.400 --> 00:33:48.539
 and then

00:33:48.539 --> 00:33:49.420
 they walked

00:33:49.420 --> 00:33:49.759
 away.

00:33:49.759 --> 00:33:52.140
 at the

00:33:52.140 --> 00:33:52.460
 end,

00:33:52.900 --> 00:33:53.319
 it was

00:33:53.319 --> 00:33:53.640
 just

00:33:53.640 --> 00:33:55.119
 the woman

00:33:55.119 --> 00:33:57.119
 and Jesus.

00:33:58.519 --> 00:33:59.299
 And Jesus

00:33:59.299 --> 00:33:59.920
 asked the

00:33:59.920 --> 00:34:00.180
 woman,

00:34:00.379 --> 00:34:00.660
 woman,

00:34:00.799 --> 00:34:01.539
 where are

00:34:01.539 --> 00:34:01.879
 they?

00:34:03.379 --> 00:34:03.940
 Has no

00:34:03.940 --> 00:34:04.460
 one condemned

00:34:04.460 --> 00:34:04.759
 you?

00:34:05.700 --> 00:34:06.259
 She said,

00:34:06.559 --> 00:34:07.839
 no one,

00:34:07.960 --> 00:34:08.079
 Lord.

00:34:09.400 --> 00:34:10.119
 And Jesus

00:34:10.119 --> 00:34:10.559
 said,

00:34:11.559 --> 00:34:12.360
 neither do I

00:34:12.360 --> 00:34:12.960
 condemn you.

00:34:13.699 --> 00:34:14.019
 Go

00:34:14.019 --> 00:34:15.400
 and sin

00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:16.380
 no more.

00:34:16.380 --> 00:34:16.440
 No more.

00:34:16.440 --> 00:34:21.119
 instead of

00:34:21.119 --> 00:34:21.700
 having

00:34:21.700 --> 00:34:25.320
 judgmental,

00:34:25.760 --> 00:34:27.159
 I am

00:34:27.159 --> 00:34:27.559
 better than

00:34:27.559 --> 00:34:27.840
 you,

00:34:28.320 --> 00:34:28.760
 I am

00:34:28.760 --> 00:34:29.300
 holier than

00:34:29.300 --> 00:34:29.639
 you,

00:34:30.579 --> 00:34:31.480
 or being

00:34:31.480 --> 00:34:32.519
 so caught

00:34:32.519 --> 00:34:32.860
 up in

00:34:32.860 --> 00:34:33.559
 legalism,

00:34:34.760 --> 00:34:35.220
 can we

00:34:35.220 --> 00:34:35.679
 be,

00:34:36.300 --> 00:34:37.019
 can we

00:34:37.019 --> 00:34:37.460
 be like

00:34:37.460 --> 00:34:37.800
 Jesus?

00:34:39.440 --> 00:34:40.039
 Neither

00:34:40.039 --> 00:34:42.280
 do I

00:34:42.280 --> 00:34:42.700
 condemn

00:34:42.700 --> 00:34:42.980
 you.

00:34:44.519 --> 00:34:44.940
 Jesus

00:34:44.940 --> 00:34:45.860
 had every

00:34:45.860 --> 00:34:46.420
 right,

00:34:46.440 --> 00:34:48.760
 to

00:34:48.760 --> 00:34:49.059
 condemn

00:34:49.059 --> 00:34:49.320
 this

00:34:49.320 --> 00:34:49.599
 woman.

00:34:50.800 --> 00:34:51.079
 Jesus

00:34:51.079 --> 00:34:51.440
 had

00:34:51.440 --> 00:34:52.300
 every

00:34:52.300 --> 00:34:52.820
 right

00:34:52.820 --> 00:34:53.099
 to

00:34:53.099 --> 00:34:53.539
 judge

00:34:53.539 --> 00:34:53.860
 her,

00:34:54.960 --> 00:34:55.300
 punish

00:34:55.300 --> 00:34:55.579
 her,

00:34:56.240 --> 00:34:56.500
 and

00:34:56.500 --> 00:34:56.840
 condemn

00:34:56.840 --> 00:34:57.099
 her.

00:34:57.840 --> 00:34:58.079
 But

00:34:58.079 --> 00:34:58.300
 Jesus

00:34:58.300 --> 00:34:58.800
 didn't.

00:35:00.840 --> 00:35:01.159
 The

00:35:01.159 --> 00:35:01.599
 mercy,

00:35:02.340 --> 00:35:02.480
 the

00:35:02.480 --> 00:35:02.880
 forgiveness,

00:35:03.220 --> 00:35:03.340
 the

00:35:03.340 --> 00:35:03.880
 compassion,

00:35:05.119 --> 00:35:05.340
 Jesus

00:35:05.340 --> 00:35:05.639
 said,

00:35:05.780 --> 00:35:06.159
 I do

00:35:06.159 --> 00:35:06.360
 not

00:35:06.360 --> 00:35:06.639
 condemn

00:35:06.639 --> 00:35:06.800
 you

00:35:06.800 --> 00:35:07.079
 either.

00:35:07.980 --> 00:35:08.300
 Go

00:35:08.300 --> 00:35:08.980
 and

00:35:08.980 --> 00:35:09.220
 sin

00:35:09.220 --> 00:35:09.440
 no

00:35:09.440 --> 00:35:09.700
 more.

00:35:11.360 --> 00:35:12.039
 How

00:35:12.039 --> 00:35:12.679
 quickly

00:35:12.679 --> 00:35:13.200
 we

00:35:13.200 --> 00:35:14.159
 judge

00:35:14.159 --> 00:35:14.500
 our

00:35:14.500 --> 00:35:14.840
 brothers

00:35:14.840 --> 00:35:15.119
 and

00:35:15.119 --> 00:35:15.440
 sisters.

00:35:16.440 --> 00:35:16.740
 How

00:35:16.740 --> 00:35:17.159
 quickly

00:35:17.159 --> 00:35:17.519
 we

00:35:17.519 --> 00:35:17.880
 judge

00:35:17.880 --> 00:35:18.200
 our

00:35:18.200 --> 00:35:18.760
 co-workers,

00:35:18.760 --> 00:35:19.320
 our

00:35:19.320 --> 00:35:19.679
 family

00:35:19.679 --> 00:35:20.119
 members.

00:35:21.500 --> 00:35:22.320
 And how

00:35:22.320 --> 00:35:22.940
 often we

00:35:22.940 --> 00:35:23.400
 feel,

00:35:24.599 --> 00:35:24.840
 hey,

00:35:25.059 --> 00:35:25.280
 I,

00:35:25.900 --> 00:35:26.519
 just like

00:35:26.519 --> 00:35:27.760
 the scribe,

00:35:27.880 --> 00:35:28.420
 the lawyers

00:35:28.420 --> 00:35:29.360
 said,

00:35:29.579 --> 00:35:30.179
 if we

00:35:30.179 --> 00:35:30.940
 lived during

00:35:30.940 --> 00:35:31.159
 our

00:35:31.159 --> 00:35:31.599
 ancestors'

00:35:31.780 --> 00:35:32.079
 time,

00:35:32.320 --> 00:35:32.599
 we would

00:35:32.599 --> 00:35:33.260
 have never

00:35:33.260 --> 00:35:33.840
 killed those

00:35:33.840 --> 00:35:34.179
 prophets,

00:35:34.320 --> 00:35:34.559
 never.

00:35:35.519 --> 00:35:35.940
 And how

00:35:35.940 --> 00:35:36.340
 often we

00:35:36.340 --> 00:35:36.679
 have that

00:35:36.679 --> 00:35:37.220
 same attitude.

00:35:37.400 --> 00:35:37.599
 Oh,

00:35:37.720 --> 00:35:38.519
 I would

00:35:38.519 --> 00:35:39.240
 have never

00:35:39.240 --> 00:35:39.780
 done that.

00:35:40.320 --> 00:35:40.599
 I would

00:35:40.599 --> 00:35:40.880
 have never

00:35:40.880 --> 00:35:41.340
 done that.

00:35:41.340 --> 00:35:44.260
 and how

00:35:44.260 --> 00:35:45.300
 quickly we

00:35:45.300 --> 00:35:45.780
 apply.

00:35:46.980 --> 00:35:47.260
 Well,

00:35:47.500 --> 00:35:48.100
 that's against

00:35:48.100 --> 00:35:48.519
 the law,

00:35:48.640 --> 00:35:49.100
 that's against

00:35:49.100 --> 00:35:49.559
 the Bible,

00:35:49.680 --> 00:35:50.120
 that's against

00:35:50.120 --> 00:35:50.480
 this.

00:35:52.039 --> 00:35:52.980
 Using the

00:35:52.980 --> 00:35:54.059
 legalism

00:35:54.059 --> 00:35:55.460
 to put

00:35:55.460 --> 00:35:56.220
 others down.

00:35:58.120 --> 00:35:58.820
 And I

00:35:58.820 --> 00:35:59.340
 would also

00:35:59.340 --> 00:36:00.000
 like to

00:36:00.000 --> 00:36:02.420
 ask,

00:36:02.420 --> 00:36:04.980
 I'm sure

00:36:04.980 --> 00:36:06.760
 some of

00:36:06.760 --> 00:36:07.119
 us here

00:36:07.119 --> 00:36:07.559
 tonight

00:36:07.559 --> 00:36:08.800
 were hurt

00:36:08.800 --> 00:36:09.539
 in the

00:36:09.539 --> 00:36:09.920
 past,

00:36:10.420 --> 00:36:11.159
 or maybe

00:36:11.159 --> 00:36:11.740
 still hurting

00:36:11.740 --> 00:36:13.880
 from these

00:36:13.880 --> 00:36:14.420
 remarks,

00:36:15.220 --> 00:36:15.700
 or people

00:36:15.700 --> 00:36:16.720
 passed,

00:36:16.800 --> 00:36:16.980
 you know,

00:36:17.039 --> 00:36:17.680
 judgment on

00:36:17.680 --> 00:36:17.900
 you,

00:36:18.539 --> 00:36:19.260
 or people

00:36:19.260 --> 00:36:21.079
 pressed you

00:36:21.079 --> 00:36:22.920
 with legalism.

00:36:23.599 --> 00:36:24.200
 Maybe you

00:36:24.200 --> 00:36:25.159
 were taught

00:36:25.159 --> 00:36:28.659
 in a

00:36:28.659 --> 00:36:29.039
 such a,

00:36:29.039 --> 00:36:29.500
 in a very

00:36:29.500 --> 00:36:30.440
 legalistic

00:36:30.440 --> 00:36:32.800
 you know,

00:36:32.840 --> 00:36:33.179
 teachings.

00:36:37.519 --> 00:36:38.400
 Whatever it

00:36:38.400 --> 00:36:38.659
 is,

00:36:39.280 --> 00:36:39.840
 if you

00:36:39.840 --> 00:36:40.480
 are carrying

00:36:40.480 --> 00:36:41.700
 such a

00:36:41.700 --> 00:36:42.000
 burden,

00:36:42.720 --> 00:36:43.700
 or wounds

00:36:43.700 --> 00:36:44.139
 from the

00:36:44.139 --> 00:36:44.599
 past,

00:36:45.220 --> 00:36:46.619
 bring it

00:36:46.619 --> 00:36:47.159
 to Jesus,

00:36:49.340 --> 00:36:50.159
 where is

00:36:50.159 --> 00:36:51.260
 he's waiting.

00:36:51.820 --> 00:36:52.700
 He's waiting

00:36:52.700 --> 00:36:53.440
 for us

00:36:53.440 --> 00:36:55.519
 with

00:36:55.519 --> 00:36:56.860
 mercy,

00:36:58.440 --> 00:36:58.900
 compassion,

00:37:00.099 --> 00:37:00.420
 love,

00:37:00.440 --> 00:37:01.700
 and

00:37:01.700 --> 00:37:02.179
 forgiveness.

00:37:03.059 --> 00:37:03.940
 People may

00:37:03.940 --> 00:37:04.400
 have

00:37:04.400 --> 00:37:05.539
 hurt you

00:37:05.539 --> 00:37:06.000
 in the

00:37:06.000 --> 00:37:06.400
 past,

00:37:06.900 --> 00:37:09.099
 with this

00:37:09.099 --> 00:37:10.139
 Pharisee-like,

00:37:10.860 --> 00:37:12.000
 scribe-like

00:37:12.000 --> 00:37:13.500
 teachings and

00:37:13.500 --> 00:37:13.880
 attitude,

00:37:15.139 --> 00:37:16.539
 but what

00:37:16.539 --> 00:37:17.039
 Jesus is

00:37:17.039 --> 00:37:17.480
 saying is,

00:37:17.840 --> 00:37:18.679
 come to

00:37:18.679 --> 00:37:18.900
 me.

00:37:19.700 --> 00:37:20.200
 I do

00:37:20.200 --> 00:37:20.679
 not condemn

00:37:20.679 --> 00:37:20.960
 you.

00:37:22.159 --> 00:37:22.700
 Come

00:37:22.700 --> 00:37:24.619
 and receive

00:37:24.619 --> 00:37:25.179
 healing,

00:37:26.320 --> 00:37:26.860
 receive

00:37:26.860 --> 00:37:27.400
 mercy,

00:37:27.720 --> 00:37:28.519
 receive my

00:37:28.519 --> 00:37:28.860
 love,

00:37:29.019 --> 00:37:29.679
 my compassion.

00:37:30.440 --> 00:37:32.940
 now,

00:37:33.619 --> 00:37:37.019
 chapter 12,

00:37:37.280 --> 00:37:38.400
 verse 1.

00:37:41.400 --> 00:37:42.300
 In the

00:37:42.300 --> 00:37:42.840
 meantime,

00:37:43.079 --> 00:37:43.619
 when so

00:37:43.619 --> 00:37:44.639
 many thousands

00:37:44.639 --> 00:37:45.280
 of people

00:37:45.280 --> 00:37:45.960
 had gathered

00:37:45.960 --> 00:37:46.519
 together,

00:37:46.720 --> 00:37:47.200
 that they

00:37:47.200 --> 00:37:48.079
 were trampling

00:37:48.079 --> 00:37:48.659
 one another,

00:37:49.480 --> 00:37:50.000
 he began

00:37:50.000 --> 00:37:50.599
 to say to

00:37:50.599 --> 00:37:51.320
 his disciples

00:37:51.320 --> 00:37:51.920
 first,

00:37:52.720 --> 00:37:53.960
 beware of

00:37:53.960 --> 00:37:54.460
 the leaving

00:37:54.460 --> 00:37:55.159
 of the

00:37:55.159 --> 00:37:55.820
 Pharisees,

00:37:56.260 --> 00:37:56.960
 which is

00:37:56.960 --> 00:37:58.380
 hypocrisy.

00:37:58.380 --> 00:38:01.400
 nothing is

00:38:01.400 --> 00:38:02.000
 covered up

00:38:02.000 --> 00:38:03.059
 that will

00:38:03.059 --> 00:38:03.400
 not be

00:38:03.400 --> 00:38:03.820
 revealed,

00:38:04.820 --> 00:38:05.559
 or hidden

00:38:05.559 --> 00:38:06.220
 that will

00:38:06.220 --> 00:38:06.579
 not be

00:38:06.579 --> 00:38:06.820
 known.

00:38:07.700 --> 00:38:08.019
 Therefore,

00:38:08.200 --> 00:38:08.700
 whatever you

00:38:08.700 --> 00:38:09.300
 have said

00:38:09.300 --> 00:38:09.579
 in the

00:38:09.579 --> 00:38:09.920
 dark

00:38:09.920 --> 00:38:10.400
 shall be

00:38:10.400 --> 00:38:10.860
 heard in

00:38:10.860 --> 00:38:11.240
 the light,

00:38:11.340 --> 00:38:11.780
 and what

00:38:11.780 --> 00:38:12.579
 you have

00:38:12.579 --> 00:38:13.280
 whispered in

00:38:13.280 --> 00:38:14.280
 private rooms

00:38:14.280 --> 00:38:15.280
 shall be

00:38:15.280 --> 00:38:16.400
 proclaimed on

00:38:16.400 --> 00:38:17.300
 the housetops.

00:38:18.720 --> 00:38:19.900
 Verse 3 was

00:38:19.900 --> 00:38:21.140
 a little bit,

00:38:21.400 --> 00:38:22.079
 it was a little

00:38:22.079 --> 00:38:22.700
 bit tricky.

00:38:22.699 --> 00:38:23.759
 what is he

00:38:23.759 --> 00:38:24.719
 saying that

00:38:24.719 --> 00:38:25.419
 all this

00:38:25.419 --> 00:38:27.119
 hypocrisy

00:38:27.119 --> 00:38:27.819
 will be

00:38:27.819 --> 00:38:28.519
 revealed,

00:38:29.059 --> 00:38:30.759
 or is he

00:38:30.759 --> 00:38:31.179
 saying,

00:38:31.679 --> 00:38:34.079
 you have

00:38:34.079 --> 00:38:35.159
 light in

00:38:35.159 --> 00:38:35.439
 you,

00:38:35.960 --> 00:38:37.480
 and proclaim

00:38:37.480 --> 00:38:38.079
 the gospel.

00:38:41.199 --> 00:38:41.919
 Now,

00:38:42.279 --> 00:38:43.000
 next week,

00:38:43.379 --> 00:38:44.039
 Pastor Matt

00:38:44.039 --> 00:38:44.719
 is going to

00:38:44.719 --> 00:38:45.460
 continue

00:38:45.460 --> 00:38:46.960
 chapter 12

00:38:46.960 --> 00:38:47.599
 where Jesus

00:38:47.599 --> 00:38:48.359
 talks about,

00:38:48.899 --> 00:38:49.719
 do not fear

00:38:49.719 --> 00:38:50.219
 the man,

00:38:50.219 --> 00:38:51.879
 acknowledge

00:38:51.879 --> 00:38:53.039
 me before

00:38:53.039 --> 00:38:53.399
 man.

00:38:54.859 --> 00:38:55.480
 So,

00:38:55.579 --> 00:38:56.000
 I wonder

00:38:56.000 --> 00:38:56.519
 if

00:38:56.519 --> 00:38:58.179
 verse 3,

00:38:58.399 --> 00:38:58.959
 chapter 12

00:38:58.959 --> 00:38:59.539
 verse 3

00:38:59.539 --> 00:39:00.079
 is

00:39:00.079 --> 00:39:01.619
 Jesus

00:39:01.619 --> 00:39:02.099
 leading

00:39:02.099 --> 00:39:02.480
 people,

00:39:02.719 --> 00:39:02.899
 his

00:39:02.899 --> 00:39:03.419
 disciples

00:39:03.419 --> 00:39:04.759
 saying,

00:39:06.399 --> 00:39:06.739
 proclaim

00:39:06.739 --> 00:39:07.379
 the gospel.

00:39:08.899 --> 00:39:09.480
 Do not

00:39:09.480 --> 00:39:09.759
 fear

00:39:09.759 --> 00:39:10.119
 man,

00:39:11.199 --> 00:39:11.659
 acknowledge

00:39:11.659 --> 00:39:12.299
 me before

00:39:12.299 --> 00:39:12.639
 man.

00:39:14.799 --> 00:39:15.480
 Now,

00:39:15.480 --> 00:39:15.559
 now,

00:39:15.559 --> 00:39:15.619
 now,

00:39:15.619 --> 00:39:15.659
 now,

00:39:15.659 --> 00:39:15.679
 now,

00:39:15.679 --> 00:39:15.719
 now,

00:39:15.719 --> 00:39:15.739
 now,

00:39:15.739 --> 00:39:15.759
 now,

00:39:15.759 --> 00:39:15.779
 now,

00:39:15.779 --> 00:39:15.799
 now,

00:39:15.799 --> 00:39:15.859
 now,

00:39:15.859 --> 00:39:15.959
 now,

00:39:15.959 --> 00:39:17.619
 now,

00:39:17.619 --> 00:39:17.639
 now,

00:39:17.639 --> 00:39:17.659
 now,

00:39:17.659 --> 00:39:19.679
 now,

00:39:19.679 --> 00:39:20.879
 the light,

00:39:21.099 --> 00:39:21.579
 going back

00:39:21.579 --> 00:39:22.199
 to the light,

00:39:22.539 --> 00:39:23.019
 parable of

00:39:23.019 --> 00:39:23.299
 light,

00:39:25.339 --> 00:39:25.799
 I will

00:39:25.799 --> 00:39:29.119
 read this

00:39:29.119 --> 00:39:29.699
 parable from

00:39:29.699 --> 00:39:30.059
 Matthew,

00:39:30.179 --> 00:39:31.519
 chapter 5,

00:39:31.619 --> 00:39:32.379
 verses 14

00:39:32.379 --> 00:39:32.980
 to 16,

00:39:33.099 --> 00:39:33.539
 and listen

00:39:33.539 --> 00:39:34.000
 to what

00:39:34.000 --> 00:39:35.619
 Jesus is

00:39:35.619 --> 00:39:36.519
 telling all

00:39:36.519 --> 00:39:36.919
 of us

00:39:36.919 --> 00:39:37.619
 to do.

00:39:39.819 --> 00:39:40.799
 You are

00:39:40.799 --> 00:39:41.339
 the light

00:39:41.339 --> 00:39:41.719
 of the

00:39:41.719 --> 00:39:42.239
 world,

00:39:43.239 --> 00:39:44.000
 a city

00:39:44.000 --> 00:39:45.279
 set on

00:39:45.279 --> 00:39:45.659
 a hill

00:39:45.659 --> 00:39:46.099
 cannot

00:39:46.099 --> 00:39:46.699
 be hidden,

00:39:47.319 --> 00:39:49.019
 nor do

00:39:49.019 --> 00:39:49.619
 people light

00:39:49.619 --> 00:39:50.079
 a lamp

00:39:50.079 --> 00:39:50.500
 and put

00:39:50.500 --> 00:39:51.239
 it under

00:39:51.239 --> 00:39:51.900
 a basket,

00:39:52.360 --> 00:39:52.719
 but on

00:39:52.719 --> 00:39:53.239
 a stand,

00:39:54.139 --> 00:39:54.500
 and it

00:39:54.500 --> 00:39:55.280
 gives light

00:39:55.280 --> 00:39:56.199
 to all

00:39:56.199 --> 00:39:56.840
 in the

00:39:56.840 --> 00:39:57.259
 house.

00:39:58.139 --> 00:39:58.860
 In the

00:39:58.860 --> 00:39:59.780
 same way,

00:40:00.480 --> 00:40:01.099
 let your

00:40:01.099 --> 00:40:02.079
 light shine

00:40:02.079 --> 00:40:02.980
 before others

00:40:02.980 --> 00:40:04.340
 so that

00:40:04.340 --> 00:40:04.940
 they may

00:40:04.940 --> 00:40:05.599
 see your

00:40:05.599 --> 00:40:06.460
 good works

00:40:06.460 --> 00:40:07.639
 and give

00:40:07.639 --> 00:40:08.280
 glory

00:40:08.280 --> 00:40:09.519
 to your

00:40:09.519 --> 00:40:09.960
 Father

00:40:09.960 --> 00:40:10.739
 who is

00:40:10.739 --> 00:40:11.039
 in

00:40:11.039 --> 00:40:11.599
 heaven.

00:40:11.599 --> 00:40:11.679
 heaven.

00:40:17.119 --> 00:40:17.639
 So,

00:40:17.819 --> 00:40:18.119
 do you

00:40:18.119 --> 00:40:18.539
 have

00:40:18.539 --> 00:40:20.519
 Jesus'

00:40:20.799 --> 00:40:21.219
 light in

00:40:21.219 --> 00:40:21.400
 you?

00:40:23.679 --> 00:40:24.119
 And are

00:40:24.119 --> 00:40:24.420
 you

00:40:24.420 --> 00:40:32.839
 let the

00:40:32.839 --> 00:40:33.380
 light

00:40:33.380 --> 00:40:36.259
 shine

00:40:36.260 --> 00:40:37.940
 so that

00:40:37.940 --> 00:40:38.220
 people

00:40:38.220 --> 00:40:38.680
 around

00:40:38.680 --> 00:40:39.080
 you

00:40:39.080 --> 00:40:41.560
 can be

00:40:41.560 --> 00:40:41.960
 drawn

00:40:41.960 --> 00:40:42.960
 to that

00:40:42.960 --> 00:40:43.360
 light?

00:40:44.900 --> 00:40:45.600
 Or are

00:40:45.600 --> 00:40:45.980
 we still

00:40:45.980 --> 00:40:46.320
 in the

00:40:46.320 --> 00:40:46.700
 darkness

00:40:46.700 --> 00:40:47.280
 like the

00:40:47.280 --> 00:40:47.740
 Pharisees

00:40:47.740 --> 00:40:48.140
 and the

00:40:48.140 --> 00:40:48.640
 law

00:40:48.640 --> 00:40:49.200
 experts

00:40:49.200 --> 00:40:50.100
 because

00:40:50.100 --> 00:40:50.640
 we're so

00:40:50.640 --> 00:40:51.000
 busy

00:40:51.000 --> 00:40:51.440
 judging

00:40:51.440 --> 00:40:53.160
 and we

00:40:53.160 --> 00:40:53.880
 feel that

00:40:53.880 --> 00:40:54.340
 we are

00:40:54.340 --> 00:40:55.600
 doing okay,

00:40:56.080 --> 00:40:56.420
 holy,

00:40:57.260 --> 00:40:57.680
 better than

00:40:57.680 --> 00:40:58.100
 others?

00:40:59.080 --> 00:40:59.520
 Oh,

00:40:59.600 --> 00:40:59.920
 I keep

00:40:59.920 --> 00:41:00.340
 the law.

00:41:00.460 --> 00:41:00.760
 I read

00:41:00.760 --> 00:41:01.200
 the Bible

00:41:01.200 --> 00:41:01.760
 and I

00:41:01.760 --> 00:41:02.580
 follow the

00:41:02.580 --> 00:41:02.900
 Bible.

00:41:04.540 --> 00:41:05.200
 Are we

00:41:05.200 --> 00:41:05.620
 all just

00:41:05.620 --> 00:41:06.100
 wrapped up

00:41:06.099 --> 00:41:06.539
 in that

00:41:06.539 --> 00:41:08.860
 which is

00:41:08.860 --> 00:41:10.360
 basically

00:41:10.360 --> 00:41:10.880
 darkness?

00:41:11.799 --> 00:41:12.519
 Or are

00:41:12.519 --> 00:41:12.880
 we like

00:41:12.880 --> 00:41:13.219
 Jesus

00:41:13.219 --> 00:41:13.739
 where

00:41:13.739 --> 00:41:14.679
 the light

00:41:14.679 --> 00:41:15.579
 shines

00:41:15.579 --> 00:41:17.659
 and the

00:41:17.659 --> 00:41:18.039
 mercy

00:41:18.039 --> 00:41:19.940
 and love

00:41:19.940 --> 00:41:20.679
 and compassion

00:41:20.679 --> 00:41:21.460
 and forgiveness

00:41:21.460 --> 00:41:22.460
 just flows

00:41:22.460 --> 00:41:22.940
 out

00:41:22.940 --> 00:41:24.739
 to others?

00:41:30.079 --> 00:41:30.900
 In a

00:41:30.900 --> 00:41:31.079
 minute,

00:41:31.199 --> 00:41:31.460
 we're going

00:41:31.460 --> 00:41:31.940
 to sing

00:41:31.940 --> 00:41:33.759
 a song

00:41:33.759 --> 00:41:34.579
 that talks

00:41:34.579 --> 00:41:34.960
 about

00:41:34.960 --> 00:41:36.420
 there is

00:41:36.420 --> 00:41:36.920
 a fountain

00:41:36.920 --> 00:41:38.460
 and this

00:41:38.460 --> 00:41:38.880
 fountain

00:41:38.880 --> 00:41:40.119
 consists of

00:41:40.119 --> 00:41:40.360
 Jesus'

00:41:40.599 --> 00:41:40.920
 blood.

00:41:43.079 --> 00:41:43.860
 Come to

00:41:43.860 --> 00:41:44.340
 the fountain

00:41:44.340 --> 00:41:47.820
 and receive

00:41:47.820 --> 00:41:49.039
 the light

00:41:49.039 --> 00:41:51.480
 so that

00:41:51.480 --> 00:41:52.780
 we can

00:41:52.780 --> 00:41:54.059
 be the

00:41:54.059 --> 00:41:54.539
 light of

00:41:54.539 --> 00:41:55.039
 the world.

00:41:57.280 --> 00:41:58.199
 Whatever it

00:41:58.199 --> 00:41:58.500
 is,

00:41:59.400 --> 00:42:00.699
 bring it

00:42:00.699 --> 00:42:01.099
 to Jesus.

00:42:01.099 --> 00:42:03.039
 whatever

00:42:03.039 --> 00:42:04.099
 that was

00:42:04.099 --> 00:42:05.000
 you're

00:42:05.000 --> 00:42:05.460
 struggling

00:42:05.460 --> 00:42:06.639
 in the

00:42:06.639 --> 00:42:07.159
 darkness,

00:42:07.719 --> 00:42:09.719
 when you

00:42:09.719 --> 00:42:10.079
 receive

00:42:10.079 --> 00:42:10.480
 Jesus

00:42:10.480 --> 00:42:11.019
 and when

00:42:11.019 --> 00:42:11.799
 he is

00:42:11.799 --> 00:42:12.360
 the source

00:42:12.360 --> 00:42:12.839
 of light

00:42:12.839 --> 00:42:13.279
 in you,

00:42:14.279 --> 00:42:15.019
 it will

00:42:15.019 --> 00:42:15.940
 clear away

00:42:15.940 --> 00:42:16.719
 the darkness.

00:42:18.000 --> 00:42:18.319
 Every

00:42:18.319 --> 00:42:19.019
 corner of

00:42:19.019 --> 00:42:19.519
 the room

00:42:19.519 --> 00:42:21.000
 will be

00:42:21.000 --> 00:42:21.500
 illumined.

00:42:23.699 --> 00:42:24.380
 So,

00:42:24.380 --> 00:42:28.619
 we are

00:42:28.619 --> 00:42:29.539
 the light

00:42:29.539 --> 00:42:29.820
 of the

00:42:29.820 --> 00:42:30.200
 world

00:42:30.200 --> 00:42:33.840
 and let

00:42:33.840 --> 00:42:34.360
 our light

00:42:34.360 --> 00:42:34.760
 shine

00:42:34.760 --> 00:42:35.660
 before others

00:42:35.660 --> 00:42:36.340
 so that

00:42:36.340 --> 00:42:36.840
 they may

00:42:36.840 --> 00:42:37.660
 see our

00:42:37.660 --> 00:42:38.300
 good works

00:42:38.300 --> 00:42:39.380
 and give

00:42:39.380 --> 00:42:40.099
 glory to

00:42:40.099 --> 00:42:41.619
 our Father

00:42:41.619 --> 00:42:42.300
 who is

00:42:42.300 --> 00:42:42.760
 in heaven.

00:42:43.420 --> 00:42:44.000
 Let us

00:42:44.000 --> 00:42:44.200
 pray.

00:42:44.200 --> 00:42:44.260
 Amen.

00:42:44.260 --> 00:42:44.360
 Amen.

00:42:44.360 --> 00:42:44.420
 Amen.

00:42:49.119 --> 00:42:49.860
 Lord Jesus,

00:42:50.039 --> 00:42:50.320
 thank you

00:42:50.320 --> 00:42:50.619
 for

00:42:50.619 --> 00:42:52.500
 coming

00:42:52.500 --> 00:42:52.860
 to this

00:42:52.860 --> 00:42:53.320
 world

00:42:53.320 --> 00:42:54.840
 and thank

00:42:54.840 --> 00:42:55.340
 you for

00:42:55.340 --> 00:42:56.400
 being the

00:42:56.400 --> 00:42:56.780
 light

00:42:56.780 --> 00:42:58.820
 that chases

00:42:58.820 --> 00:42:59.679
 away all

00:42:59.679 --> 00:43:00.320
 the darkness

00:43:00.320 --> 00:43:03.059
 and Lord

00:43:03.059 --> 00:43:03.699
 we pray

00:43:03.699 --> 00:43:05.039
 that we

00:43:05.039 --> 00:43:05.840
 will have

00:43:05.840 --> 00:43:06.500
 you,

00:43:07.539 --> 00:43:08.260
 the gospel,

00:43:09.139 --> 00:43:09.800
 your mission

00:43:09.800 --> 00:43:10.840
 in us

00:43:10.840 --> 00:43:12.159
 like a

00:43:12.159 --> 00:43:12.960
 bright light

00:43:12.960 --> 00:43:14.159
 that shines

00:43:14.159 --> 00:43:15.739
 so that

00:43:15.739 --> 00:43:16.300
 others

00:43:16.300 --> 00:43:17.800
 can see

00:43:17.800 --> 00:43:18.340
 the light

00:43:18.340 --> 00:43:19.320
 and be

00:43:19.320 --> 00:43:19.880
 equally

00:43:19.880 --> 00:43:21.440
 be blessed

00:43:21.440 --> 00:43:23.679
 and all

00:43:23.679 --> 00:43:23.980
 that we

00:43:23.980 --> 00:43:24.280
 do,

00:43:24.539 --> 00:43:24.700
 Lord,

00:43:26.139 --> 00:43:26.900
 help us

00:43:26.900 --> 00:43:27.380
 to do

00:43:27.380 --> 00:43:29.440
 for the

00:43:29.440 --> 00:43:29.880
 glory of

00:43:29.880 --> 00:43:30.179
 God.

00:43:31.480 --> 00:43:32.220
 In Jesus

00:43:32.220 --> 00:43:32.659
 name we

00:43:32.659 --> 00:43:32.920
 pray.

00:43:33.920 --> 00:43:34.159
 Amen.

00:43:37.960 --> 00:43:38.480
 Let's

00:43:38.480 --> 00:43:38.740
 stand

00:43:38.740 --> 00:43:39.099
 together

00:43:39.099 --> 00:43:39.500
 and let's

00:43:39.500 --> 00:43:39.720
 sing.

00:43:51.440 --> 00:44:08.700
 there's

00:44:09.519 --> 00:44:15.700
 a fountain

00:44:15.700 --> 00:44:18.340
 filled with

00:44:18.340 --> 00:44:19.159
 our

00:44:19.159 --> 00:44:25.279
 drawn from Emmanuel's hand,

00:44:25.279 --> 00:44:36.460
 and sinners' plans beneath and blood lose all.