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 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama.

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 Our passion is to experience and express grace. Join us.

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 We are back in Luke chapter 13 this morning, although what a great break it was last week

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 for our Express Grace conference. If you missed the sermon last Sunday about how remembering the

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 gospel drives us to mission both here and everywhere, or the great panel discussion that

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 we had with some of our global mission partners, those are both online. You can go hear those. I

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 encourage you to check those out there. But we've been in a series walking through Luke,

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 listening right now to Jesus teaching us about his kingdom as he journeys toward the cross.

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 In the passage we just finished, Jesus taught us about kingdom significance, what matters,

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 what's important. And this morning, it's about kingdom participation. Who gets to be a part

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 of his kingdom? As I read, listen to Jesus' passion, his emotional intensity. There's stern warnings,

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 deep angst and grief at the end. We're going to read it Luke 13 beginning at verse 22. This is God's

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 holy word. It's the only thing you'll hold this week that is absolutely reliable. The only thing you'll

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 read that is unfailingly for your good. Luke 13 verse 22. Jesus went on his way through towns and

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 villages teaching and journeying toward Jerusalem. And someone said to him, Lord, will those who are

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 saved be few? And he said to them, strive to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will

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 seek to enter and will not be able. When once the master of the house has risen and shut the door and

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 you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door saying, Lord, open to us, then he will answer you,

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 I do not know where you come from. And then you will begin to say, we ate and drank in your presence

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 and you taught in our streets. But he will say, I tell you, I do not know where you come from.

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 Depart from me, all you workers of evil. In that place, there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth

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 when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves

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 cast out. And people will come from east and west and from north and south and recline at table in

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 the kingdom of God. And behold, some are last who will be first. And some are first who will be last.

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 At that very hour, some Pharisees came and said to him, get away from here for Herod wants to kill you.

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 And he said to them, go and tell that fox, behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and

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 tomorrow. And the third day I finished my course. Nevertheless, I must go on my way today and

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 tomorrow and the day following, for it cannot be that a prophet should perish away from Jerusalem.

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 Oh, Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it.

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 How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings?

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 And you would not. Behold, your house is forsaken. And I tell you, you will not see me until you say,

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 blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Let's pray together.

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 Father, we're grateful for your word,

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 especially because it tells us about Jesus,

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 your son, our only hope,

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 our great joy.

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 Would you show us him clearly

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 and brilliantly

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 this morning.

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 Teach us through your word, Holy Spirit, come

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 and speak to our hearts, we ask in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Someone was telling me earlier this morning

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 that there is a football game tonight,

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 which was really confusing to me

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 since like some of you,

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 I was certain that football season ended in early January.

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 I think that's how it should be.

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 But apparently,

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 the Patriots and the Eagles

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 are playing a game

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 in Minneapolis tonight

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 and probably in front of a

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 close to sellout crowd

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 in a pretty full stadium.

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 But imagine

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 that you actually

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 flew up there

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 after this service

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 in time

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 to be there

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 for the game

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 because the Patriots

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 are your team.

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 And so you

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 fly up there

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 and you meet all your friends

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 there

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 outside the stadium.

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 You've got your number 12

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 Tom Brady jersey on.

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 You put some eye black

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 underneath your eyes.

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 You are fired up

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 for this game, man.

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 You are,

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 you're marching toward the stadium

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 chanting and ready to go

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 and you get up there

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 to the gate

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 and there's this lady

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 with a scanner

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 and your friends

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 are pulling out

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 these like strange

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 little rectangular pieces

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 of paper

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 and handing them to her

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 and walking in.

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 And so you're just

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 kind of walking along

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 with all your friends

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 headed into the game

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 and she says,

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 I'm sorry sir,

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 you don't have a ticket.

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 Now imagine

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 that when she says that

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 you respond this way,

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 ma'am,

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 I grew up

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 a Patriots fan.

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 I've got a picture

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 of me coming home

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 from the hospital

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 in a Patriots onesie.

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 All my life

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 I'm the biggest fan

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 I have been to

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 every single game

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 this year,

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 home and away.

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 I haven't missed one.

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 You don't understand

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 what a huge

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 Patriots fan I am.

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 I'm sorry sir.

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 You can't come in.

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 And you start to get

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 a bit worked up

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 at this point, right?

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 Like this is not okay.

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 But all my friends

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 are in there

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 and we hang out

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 and watch these games

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 together

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 and talk football

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 all the time.

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 I'm sorry sir.

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 And perhaps

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 she would add

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 if she had heard

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 this sermon

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 which would seem unlikely,

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 association

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 does not equal

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 participation.

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 In other words,

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 apparently

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 you didn't consider

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 thoughtfully

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 what qualified someone

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 to be a part

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 of the Super Bowl.

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 And that would be

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 really sad for you,

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 wouldn't it?

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 To have made that trip

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 all the way up

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 to Minnesota

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 and be left out

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 in a frigid winter

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 listening to the game

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 in a cold parking lot

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 on a radio.

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 But Jesus is cautioning us

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 in this passage

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 about an even more subtle

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 and even more significant

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 situation

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 to consider.

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 And that's not

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 considering thoughtfully

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 what qualifies someone

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 to be a part

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 of the kingdom of God.

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 And that would be

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 so much more tragic

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 for you to have made

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 the trip to church

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 so many times

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 and end up

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 missing out

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 on the glory

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 of the kingdom.

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 I think that's partially

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 why you hear

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 Jesus' emotions

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 come out so strongly

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 in this passage.

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 He wants you to understand

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 and experience

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 what it takes

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 truly to participate

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 in the kingdom.

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 To be a child of God

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 rather than of Satan.

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 To be on the side of good

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 rather than of evil.

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 To be welcomed into heaven

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 rather than left out

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 in hell.

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 How would you

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 determine that?

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 How would you know

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 if you were in

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 a right relationship

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 with God?

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 Jesus wants us to know.

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 Let's look at how

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 he teaches us

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 in this passage.

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 At first

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 he highlights

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 the importance

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 of true participation.

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 Verse 22.

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 He went on his way

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 through towns

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 and villages

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 teaching and journeying

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 toward Jerusalem.

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 He's been headed there

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 for several chapters now.

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 He's going there to die.

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 Right?

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 He's not been unclear

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 about that.

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 And someone said to him,

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 Lord, will those who are saved

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 be few?

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 And Jesus' response,

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 strive to enter

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 through the narrow door

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 for many, I tell you,

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 will seek to enter

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 and will not be able.

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 Hmm.

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 Not really a

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 straightforward answer

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 to the question.

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 Right?

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 He answers

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 this question

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 from the crowd

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 with a command

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 not to consider

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 how many will be saved.

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 Seems like that would have

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 been an easy thing.

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 Just give us a number.

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 But rather to consider

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 whether you

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 will be.

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 Now let me remind you

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 what these crowds

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 of Jews

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 following Jesus

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 would have believed

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 at this point in time.

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 Most of the influential

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 Jewish teaching

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 during Jesus' day

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 was teaching

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 that more or less

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 all

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 or at least

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 most

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 of the Jews

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 would be in the kingdom.

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 They would be saved

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 a part of the kingdom

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 of God.

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 Perhaps a few

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 of the worst

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 would get left out

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 depending on

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 who you read.

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 But most or all

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 would be in.

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 On the other hand,

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 most or all

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 Gentiles

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 were left out.

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 Yes,

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 for most of them

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 there was the occasional

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 Gentile

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 who got grafted

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 into the family of God,

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 got through all

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 the right ceremonies,

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 could become a part

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 of that

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 and be a part

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 of the kingdom.

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 But most

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 of the Gentiles

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 were left out.

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 And Jesus

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 will actually say

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 in this passage,

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 in answer to the question

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 how many will be saved,

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 fewer Jews

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 than you expect.

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 Fewer

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 of those

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 who think

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 they're in

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 and

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 more.

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 More Gentiles

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 than you expect.

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 And here goes Jesus

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 again

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 turning our expectations

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 upside down,

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 right?

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 Insiders out

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 and outsiders in.

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 The religious

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 missing out

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 on the kingdom

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 and the irreligious

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 walking right in.

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 Sounds like a warning

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 for people sitting

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 in a place like this,

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 doesn't it?

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 Jesus says,

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 strive to enter

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 through the narrow

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 door

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 for many

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 will seek

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 to enter

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 and not be able.

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 Now he doesn't

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 mean that very few

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 people will be saved.

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 He's actually

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 just told us

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 in the previous passage

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 about the great growth

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 of the kingdom

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 and how many

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 get to be a part of it.

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 He's going to

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 say that again

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 in just a moment.

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 But he does start

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 by focusing

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 on those

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 who are not

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 saved.

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 What does he mean

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 by a narrow

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 door with these

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 many

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 who are not

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 able

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 to get in?

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 It can be

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 confusing.

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 So first,

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 one thing he doesn't

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 mean

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 is this passage

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 contradicting

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 the one

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 where it says,

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 ask and it will

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 be given to you.

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 Seek and you will

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 find.

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 Knock and the door

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 will be opened

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 to you.

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 Is this a

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 contradiction?

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 No,

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 it's not.

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 Jesus is not

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 painting a picture

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 here as we

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 continue to read

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 through the passage

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 where these people

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 are left out

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 standing,

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 banging on the

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 door saying,

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 God,

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 we need your

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 help.

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 We trust Jesus.

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 We want a

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 relationship with

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 you.

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 Only to find

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 God coldly

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 locking the door

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 and walking

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 away,

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 refusing

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 them entrance.

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 That's not

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 the biblical

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 picture of

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 God at all.

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 These many

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 instead,

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 as we keep

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 reading,

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 we find out

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 they're Jews

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 who are

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 religious.

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 They're the

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 insiders.

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 They're the ones

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 who've been around

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 the things of

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 God and they

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 are seeking to

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 enter the kingdom

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 of God on

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 their own

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 terms.

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 That's what we

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 find out as we

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 keep reading.

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 They presume,

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 like the

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 Super Bowl fan,

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 that their

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 association

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 with Team

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 Jesus

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 is enough.

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 Well,

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 if that's not

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 true participation,

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 then what is it?

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 What does the

00:12:48.019 --> 00:12:48.819
 narrow door

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 mean?

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 Well,

00:12:51.039 --> 00:12:51.580
 Jesus has been

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 teaching about that

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 every time he's

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 opened his mouth

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 in these chapters,

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 hasn't he?

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 In chapter 12,

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 over and over,

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 he said,

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 it's your

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 connection to

00:13:00.319 --> 00:13:01.460
 Jesus that

00:13:01.460 --> 00:13:02.200
 saves you.

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 You have to

00:13:03.059 --> 00:13:03.960
 trust the king

00:13:03.960 --> 00:13:04.779
 to be a part

00:13:04.779 --> 00:13:05.779
 of the kingdom.

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 Eternity hinges

00:13:07.740 --> 00:13:08.879
 on your active

00:13:08.879 --> 00:13:10.019
 embrace of

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 Jesus.

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 And in chapter

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 13, he starts

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 to show us a

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 little bit more

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 what that means.

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 What does that

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 look like?

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 He says,

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 repent,

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 or you too

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 will perish.

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 And he says

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 that repeatedly.

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 Repent.

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 Turn from your

00:13:24.259 --> 00:13:25.459
 sin and

00:13:25.459 --> 00:13:26.759
 yourself and

00:13:26.759 --> 00:13:28.360
 trust Jesus.

00:13:29.360 --> 00:13:30.279
 Give up hope

00:13:30.279 --> 00:13:31.100
 of deserving

00:13:31.100 --> 00:13:31.799
 salvation,

00:13:32.480 --> 00:13:33.519
 of earning your

00:13:33.519 --> 00:13:34.120
 way into the

00:13:34.120 --> 00:13:34.419
 kingdom,

00:13:34.919 --> 00:13:36.019
 and trust

00:13:36.019 --> 00:13:37.539
 the Savior

00:13:37.539 --> 00:13:38.259
 King.

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 See, the narrow

00:13:40.419 --> 00:13:41.699
 door is not

00:13:41.699 --> 00:13:42.759
 to say how

00:13:42.759 --> 00:13:43.679
 few are

00:13:43.679 --> 00:13:44.720
 saved,

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 but rather

00:13:46.199 --> 00:13:47.579
 that there is

00:13:47.579 --> 00:13:48.559
 one way in.

00:13:49.879 --> 00:13:50.480
 Jesus.

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 Not knowing

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 a lot about

00:13:54.279 --> 00:13:54.559
 him,

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 not hanging

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 around his

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 people,

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 not talking

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 like him.

00:14:01.919 --> 00:14:02.299
 No,

00:14:02.299 --> 00:14:04.419
 it's easier

00:14:04.419 --> 00:14:05.059
 than that

00:14:05.059 --> 00:14:06.759
 and harder

00:14:06.759 --> 00:14:08.159
 than that

00:14:08.159 --> 00:14:08.939
 at the same

00:14:08.939 --> 00:14:09.399
 time.

00:14:09.740 --> 00:14:10.759
 It's repent

00:14:10.759 --> 00:14:11.959
 and believe

00:14:11.959 --> 00:14:12.579
 the good

00:14:12.579 --> 00:14:13.159
 news.

00:14:13.740 --> 00:14:14.319
 You must

00:14:14.319 --> 00:14:15.679
 actually see

00:14:15.679 --> 00:14:16.359
 your own

00:14:16.359 --> 00:14:16.939
 emptiness,

00:14:17.859 --> 00:14:18.639
 which is really

00:14:18.639 --> 00:14:19.139
 hard,

00:14:19.899 --> 00:14:20.919
 and embrace

00:14:20.919 --> 00:14:22.319
 Jesus desperately

00:14:22.319 --> 00:14:23.399
 and fully

00:14:23.399 --> 00:14:24.759
 with your heart

00:14:24.759 --> 00:14:25.299
 and all your

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 life.

00:14:25.699 --> 00:14:26.279
 That's true

00:14:26.279 --> 00:14:27.139
 participation

00:14:27.139 --> 00:14:28.840
 in God's

00:14:28.840 --> 00:14:29.439
 kingdom.

00:14:31.360 --> 00:14:31.879
 But see,

00:14:31.960 --> 00:14:32.460
 there's a

00:14:32.460 --> 00:14:33.519
 subtle fraud

00:14:33.519 --> 00:14:34.419
 out there

00:14:34.419 --> 00:14:35.159
 that still

00:14:35.159 --> 00:14:36.399
 lives today,

00:14:36.740 --> 00:14:37.399
 and Jesus

00:14:37.399 --> 00:14:38.319
 tells a brief

00:14:38.319 --> 00:14:39.179
 story to

00:14:39.179 --> 00:14:39.899
 highlight it,

00:14:40.000 --> 00:14:40.639
 to highlight

00:14:40.639 --> 00:14:41.819
 the deception

00:14:41.819 --> 00:14:43.100
 of mere

00:14:43.100 --> 00:14:44.000
 association.

00:14:45.439 --> 00:14:46.240
 Verse 25,

00:14:46.740 --> 00:14:47.179
 the people

00:14:47.179 --> 00:14:47.939
 who want in

00:14:47.939 --> 00:14:48.399
 knock,

00:14:48.460 --> 00:14:48.699
 and the

00:14:48.699 --> 00:14:49.439
 master says,

00:14:49.580 --> 00:14:50.220
 I don't know

00:14:50.220 --> 00:14:50.600
 where you

00:14:50.600 --> 00:14:51.240
 come from.

00:14:52.600 --> 00:14:53.899
 Verse 26,

00:14:53.899 --> 00:14:55.240
 then you

00:14:55.240 --> 00:14:55.659
 will begin

00:14:55.659 --> 00:14:56.139
 to say,

00:14:56.559 --> 00:14:57.899
 we ate

00:14:57.899 --> 00:14:58.399
 and drank

00:14:58.399 --> 00:14:58.720
 in your

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 presence,

00:15:00.059 --> 00:15:00.559
 and you

00:15:00.559 --> 00:15:00.980
 taught in

00:15:00.980 --> 00:15:01.679
 our streets.

00:15:02.379 --> 00:15:02.899
 Jesus,

00:15:03.840 --> 00:15:04.259
 Jesus,

00:15:04.399 --> 00:15:05.279
 we hung

00:15:05.279 --> 00:15:05.679
 out.

00:15:06.399 --> 00:15:06.819
 You were

00:15:06.819 --> 00:15:07.019
 here,

00:15:07.100 --> 00:15:07.259
 you were

00:15:07.259 --> 00:15:07.840
 around with

00:15:07.840 --> 00:15:08.019
 us.

00:15:08.079 --> 00:15:08.259
 Remember,

00:15:08.360 --> 00:15:08.639
 we ate

00:15:08.639 --> 00:15:09.179
 dinner that

00:15:09.179 --> 00:15:09.620
 time.

00:15:10.059 --> 00:15:10.639
 We heard

00:15:10.639 --> 00:15:11.079
 lots of

00:15:11.079 --> 00:15:11.539
 things that

00:15:11.539 --> 00:15:12.179
 you said.

00:15:12.720 --> 00:15:12.980
 You're

00:15:12.980 --> 00:15:14.279
 clearly just

00:15:14.279 --> 00:15:15.379
 confused.

00:15:16.579 --> 00:15:16.799
 Do you

00:15:16.799 --> 00:15:17.039
 see the

00:15:17.039 --> 00:15:17.480
 deception

00:15:17.480 --> 00:15:19.000
 and the

00:15:19.000 --> 00:15:19.720
 warning that

00:15:19.720 --> 00:15:20.480
 Jesus gives

00:15:20.480 --> 00:15:20.980
 to those

00:15:20.980 --> 00:15:21.460
 who've been

00:15:21.460 --> 00:15:22.039
 around him

00:15:22.039 --> 00:15:22.439
 a lot?

00:15:22.440 --> 00:15:24.780
 Jesus,

00:15:24.900 --> 00:15:25.260
 we heard

00:15:25.260 --> 00:15:25.560
 what you

00:15:25.560 --> 00:15:25.940
 taught.

00:15:26.240 --> 00:15:26.780
 We grew

00:15:26.780 --> 00:15:27.260
 up around

00:15:27.260 --> 00:15:27.740
 the Bible

00:15:27.740 --> 00:15:28.220
 all the

00:15:28.220 --> 00:15:28.720
 time.

00:15:28.820 --> 00:15:28.900
 We

00:15:28.900 --> 00:15:29.300
 memorized

00:15:29.300 --> 00:15:29.960
 a lot

00:15:29.960 --> 00:15:30.280
 of it.

00:15:31.020 --> 00:15:31.380
 I mean,

00:15:31.700 --> 00:15:32.620
 honestly,

00:15:32.780 --> 00:15:32.960
 Jesus,

00:15:33.060 --> 00:15:33.320
 what do you

00:15:33.320 --> 00:15:33.700
 think we

00:15:33.700 --> 00:15:33.880
 are?

00:15:33.960 --> 00:15:34.280
 Muslim?

00:15:35.200 --> 00:15:35.600
 Hindu?

00:15:37.100 --> 00:15:37.580
 Atheist?

00:15:38.420 --> 00:15:39.120
 No way!

00:15:39.680 --> 00:15:40.220
 We must

00:15:40.220 --> 00:15:40.980
 be Christians.

00:15:43.040 --> 00:15:43.640
 You don't

00:15:43.640 --> 00:15:44.460
 remember us?

00:15:44.760 --> 00:15:45.160
 Check the

00:15:45.160 --> 00:15:45.640
 Southwood

00:15:45.640 --> 00:15:46.120
 attendance

00:15:46.120 --> 00:15:46.700
 register.

00:15:46.880 --> 00:15:47.300
 We signed

00:15:47.300 --> 00:15:47.700
 in.

00:15:50.660 --> 00:15:51.280
 We were

00:15:51.280 --> 00:15:51.640
 there.

00:15:51.639 --> 00:15:52.399
 All of

00:15:52.399 --> 00:15:52.960
 our friends

00:15:52.960 --> 00:15:53.539
 were there

00:15:53.539 --> 00:15:54.019
 with us.

00:15:54.120 --> 00:15:54.240
 You know,

00:15:54.460 --> 00:15:55.279
 our family,

00:15:55.379 --> 00:15:55.679
 they're in

00:15:55.679 --> 00:15:56.279
 there too.

00:15:57.699 --> 00:15:58.199
 I'm sure

00:15:58.199 --> 00:15:58.519
 there's just

00:15:58.519 --> 00:15:58.779
 been a

00:15:58.779 --> 00:15:59.159
 mistake,

00:15:59.259 --> 00:15:59.779
 an oversight.

00:16:02.799 --> 00:16:03.039
 Do you

00:16:03.039 --> 00:16:03.319
 see how

00:16:03.319 --> 00:16:04.179
 deceptive

00:16:04.179 --> 00:16:04.720
 mere

00:16:04.720 --> 00:16:05.259
 association

00:16:05.259 --> 00:16:06.019
 can be?

00:16:06.799 --> 00:16:07.419
 How being

00:16:07.419 --> 00:16:08.179
 around the

00:16:08.179 --> 00:16:08.620
 things of

00:16:08.620 --> 00:16:08.919
 God and

00:16:08.919 --> 00:16:09.319
 the people

00:16:09.319 --> 00:16:09.799
 of God

00:16:09.799 --> 00:16:10.539
 can give

00:16:10.539 --> 00:16:11.159
 you a

00:16:11.159 --> 00:16:11.519
 temptation

00:16:11.519 --> 00:16:12.340
 to believe

00:16:12.340 --> 00:16:12.580
 there's

00:16:12.580 --> 00:16:12.819
 something

00:16:12.819 --> 00:16:13.240
 genuine

00:16:13.240 --> 00:16:13.720
 happening

00:16:13.720 --> 00:16:14.080
 when it's

00:16:14.080 --> 00:16:14.419
 not?

00:16:15.139 --> 00:16:15.659
 It's a

00:16:15.659 --> 00:16:16.159
 struggle that

00:16:16.159 --> 00:16:16.720
 some don't

00:16:16.720 --> 00:16:16.919
 have.

00:16:17.000 --> 00:16:17.159
 I don't

00:16:17.159 --> 00:16:17.580
 know any

00:16:17.580 --> 00:16:18.419
 atheists in

00:16:18.419 --> 00:16:18.899
 Huntsville

00:16:18.899 --> 00:16:19.480
 who are

00:16:19.480 --> 00:16:20.039
 planning on

00:16:20.039 --> 00:16:20.840
 explaining to

00:16:20.840 --> 00:16:21.420
 God how

00:16:21.420 --> 00:16:21.700
 to get

00:16:21.700 --> 00:16:21.920
 into

00:16:21.920 --> 00:16:22.180
 heaven.

00:16:23.800 --> 00:16:24.180
 That's

00:16:24.180 --> 00:16:25.139
 not their

00:16:25.139 --> 00:16:25.560
 intention.

00:16:26.360 --> 00:16:26.720
 But I

00:16:26.720 --> 00:16:27.240
 know lots

00:16:27.240 --> 00:16:28.019
 of professing

00:16:28.019 --> 00:16:28.480
 Christians

00:16:28.480 --> 00:16:29.759
 whose answers

00:16:29.759 --> 00:16:30.660
 sound a

00:16:30.660 --> 00:16:31.320
 lot like the

00:16:31.320 --> 00:16:32.019
 people knocking

00:16:32.019 --> 00:16:33.180
 and hearing

00:16:33.180 --> 00:16:34.080
 Jesus say,

00:16:34.600 --> 00:16:35.259
 I don't know

00:16:35.259 --> 00:16:35.700
 where you

00:16:35.700 --> 00:16:36.480
 come from.

00:16:37.300 --> 00:16:37.860
 You never

00:16:37.860 --> 00:16:39.200
 trusted me.

00:16:39.560 --> 00:16:39.879
 You never

00:16:39.879 --> 00:16:40.460
 shaped your

00:16:40.460 --> 00:16:41.080
 life around

00:16:41.080 --> 00:16:42.040
 my kingdom.

00:16:42.240 --> 00:16:42.899
 You just

00:16:42.899 --> 00:16:43.620
 enjoyed your

00:16:43.620 --> 00:16:44.100
 coffee,

00:16:44.259 --> 00:16:44.660
 talked to

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 some friends,

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 watched from

00:16:46.280 --> 00:16:47.019
 a distance,

00:16:47.780 --> 00:16:48.560
 and were

00:16:48.560 --> 00:16:49.500
 content in

00:16:49.500 --> 00:16:49.820
 your own

00:16:49.820 --> 00:16:50.519
 associations.

00:16:51.279 --> 00:16:51.539
 It made

00:16:51.539 --> 00:16:51.940
 you happy.

00:16:54.059 --> 00:16:54.399
 And so

00:16:54.399 --> 00:16:54.860
 you plead

00:16:54.860 --> 00:16:55.799
 your association

00:16:55.799 --> 00:16:56.379
 with religious

00:16:56.379 --> 00:16:57.179
 people and

00:16:57.179 --> 00:16:57.840
 religious

00:16:57.840 --> 00:16:58.620
 organizations,

00:16:59.159 --> 00:16:59.919
 and Jesus

00:16:59.919 --> 00:17:00.360
 says,

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 verse 27,

00:17:02.620 --> 00:17:03.399
 I tell you,

00:17:03.519 --> 00:17:04.200
 I do not

00:17:04.200 --> 00:17:04.720
 know where

00:17:04.720 --> 00:17:05.299
 you come

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 from.

00:17:06.299 --> 00:17:07.039
 Depart from

00:17:07.039 --> 00:17:08.019
 me, all you

00:17:08.019 --> 00:17:08.559
 workers of

00:17:08.559 --> 00:17:08.839
 evil.

00:17:09.059 --> 00:17:09.940
 In that place

00:17:09.940 --> 00:17:10.440
 where you're

00:17:10.440 --> 00:17:11.079
 going, there

00:17:11.079 --> 00:17:11.259
 will be

00:17:11.259 --> 00:17:11.839
 weeping and

00:17:11.839 --> 00:17:12.420
 gnashing of

00:17:12.420 --> 00:17:12.700
 teeth.

00:17:13.039 --> 00:17:13.319
 You're going

00:17:13.319 --> 00:17:13.519
 to see

00:17:13.519 --> 00:17:13.779
 Abraham,

00:17:13.980 --> 00:17:14.180
 Isaac,

00:17:14.299 --> 00:17:14.539
 Jacob,

00:17:14.619 --> 00:17:14.819
 and the

00:17:14.819 --> 00:17:15.200
 prophets

00:17:15.200 --> 00:17:15.779
 in, but

00:17:15.779 --> 00:17:16.680
 you yourselves

00:17:16.680 --> 00:17:17.700
 cast out.

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 And that's

00:17:20.500 --> 00:17:21.460
 the devastation

00:17:21.460 --> 00:17:23.079
 of mere

00:17:23.079 --> 00:17:23.779
 association.

00:17:25.299 --> 00:17:26.500
 This is no

00:17:26.500 --> 00:17:27.519
 football game

00:17:27.519 --> 00:17:28.039
 that you're

00:17:28.039 --> 00:17:28.940
 missing out on

00:17:28.940 --> 00:17:29.660
 to sit in a

00:17:29.660 --> 00:17:30.759
 cold parking

00:17:30.759 --> 00:17:31.099
 lot.

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 It's a lot

00:17:32.859 --> 00:17:33.759
 more serious

00:17:33.759 --> 00:17:34.359
 than that.

00:17:34.680 --> 00:17:35.099
 You can't

00:17:35.099 --> 00:17:35.900
 just be a

00:17:35.900 --> 00:17:37.180
 decent guy

00:17:37.180 --> 00:17:37.819
 in the

00:17:37.819 --> 00:17:38.079
 middle,

00:17:38.880 --> 00:17:39.740
 just didn't

00:17:39.740 --> 00:17:40.299
 get everything

00:17:40.299 --> 00:17:40.880
 you wanted.

00:17:41.759 --> 00:17:42.380
 Now, Jesus

00:17:42.380 --> 00:17:43.380
 says to those

00:17:43.380 --> 00:17:44.140
 who are not

00:17:44.140 --> 00:17:45.140
 in the

00:17:45.140 --> 00:17:45.519
 kingdom,

00:17:46.059 --> 00:17:47.319
 workers of

00:17:47.319 --> 00:17:47.779
 evil.

00:17:47.779 --> 00:17:53.639
 workers of

00:17:53.639 --> 00:17:55.000
 evil cast

00:17:55.000 --> 00:17:55.720
 out into a

00:17:55.720 --> 00:17:56.339
 place with

00:17:56.339 --> 00:17:57.480
 weeping and

00:17:57.480 --> 00:17:58.200
 gnashing of

00:17:58.200 --> 00:17:58.579
 teeth.

00:17:58.879 --> 00:17:59.339
 That's the

00:17:59.339 --> 00:17:59.700
 warning.

00:18:01.099 --> 00:18:01.519
 He wants you

00:18:01.519 --> 00:18:02.099
 to know the

00:18:02.099 --> 00:18:03.139
 truth about

00:18:03.139 --> 00:18:03.799
 the eternal

00:18:03.799 --> 00:18:05.200
 difference between

00:18:05.200 --> 00:18:06.240
 mere association

00:18:06.240 --> 00:18:07.680
 and true

00:18:07.680 --> 00:18:08.819
 participation,

00:18:09.059 --> 00:18:09.379
 lest you

00:18:09.379 --> 00:18:10.379
 suffer eternal

00:18:10.379 --> 00:18:11.220
 torment.

00:18:12.420 --> 00:18:13.399
 If you know

00:18:13.399 --> 00:18:13.980
 you're here

00:18:13.980 --> 00:18:14.579
 this morning

00:18:14.579 --> 00:18:15.480
 just playing

00:18:15.480 --> 00:18:16.000
 a game,

00:18:16.299 --> 00:18:17.079
 please hear

00:18:17.079 --> 00:18:17.759
 this warning.

00:18:18.299 --> 00:18:19.059
 Please consider

00:18:19.059 --> 00:18:19.919
 your own

00:18:19.919 --> 00:18:20.500
 heart.

00:18:21.639 --> 00:18:22.000
 It's a

00:18:22.000 --> 00:18:22.339
 serious

00:18:22.339 --> 00:18:22.779
 warning.

00:18:23.939 --> 00:18:24.359
 So who

00:18:24.359 --> 00:18:24.919
 gets in?

00:18:26.099 --> 00:18:27.399
 Boy, we

00:18:27.399 --> 00:18:27.839
 really need to

00:18:27.839 --> 00:18:28.279
 know now,

00:18:28.339 --> 00:18:28.579
 don't we?

00:18:28.619 --> 00:18:29.319
 Who gets

00:18:29.319 --> 00:18:29.639
 in?

00:18:30.019 --> 00:18:30.699
 Verse 28

00:18:30.699 --> 00:18:31.199
 gives us a

00:18:31.199 --> 00:18:31.699
 window into

00:18:31.699 --> 00:18:32.179
 the kingdom

00:18:32.179 --> 00:18:32.639
 feast.

00:18:32.939 --> 00:18:33.659
 Who's in

00:18:33.659 --> 00:18:33.839
 there?

00:18:34.079 --> 00:18:34.480
 What's the

00:18:34.480 --> 00:18:35.699
 identity of

00:18:35.699 --> 00:18:36.299
 the true

00:18:36.299 --> 00:18:37.279
 participants?

00:18:38.799 --> 00:18:39.379
 Some of the

00:18:39.379 --> 00:18:40.159
 ones in the

00:18:40.159 --> 00:18:40.699
 kingdom are

00:18:40.699 --> 00:18:41.619
 the ones you'd

00:18:41.619 --> 00:18:42.199
 expect, the

00:18:42.199 --> 00:18:43.419
 usual suspects.

00:18:44.359 --> 00:18:44.720
 Abraham,

00:18:44.720 --> 00:18:46.440
 Isaac,

00:18:47.720 --> 00:18:48.140
 Jacob,

00:18:48.920 --> 00:18:49.460
 all the

00:18:49.460 --> 00:18:50.000
 prophets.

00:18:52.240 --> 00:18:52.380
 Hmm.

00:18:53.059 --> 00:18:53.339
 So,

00:18:53.539 --> 00:18:55.460
 so religious

00:18:55.460 --> 00:18:56.460
 association

00:18:56.460 --> 00:18:57.779
 doesn't

00:18:57.779 --> 00:18:59.600
 disqualify you.

00:19:00.519 --> 00:19:00.880
 Those are

00:19:00.880 --> 00:19:01.519
 pretty religious

00:19:01.519 --> 00:19:02.039
 people.

00:19:02.539 --> 00:19:03.059
 Maybe you

00:19:03.059 --> 00:19:03.720
 have to be a

00:19:03.720 --> 00:19:04.680
 really holy

00:19:04.680 --> 00:19:05.440
 Jew.

00:19:06.079 --> 00:19:06.519
 Maybe it's

00:19:06.519 --> 00:19:06.900
 all about

00:19:06.900 --> 00:19:07.240
 one's

00:19:07.240 --> 00:19:07.819
 performance.

00:19:09.819 --> 00:19:10.539
 Except that

00:19:10.539 --> 00:19:11.660
 Abraham said

00:19:11.660 --> 00:19:12.279
 his wife was

00:19:12.279 --> 00:19:13.059
 his sister to

00:19:13.059 --> 00:19:13.919
 protect himself

00:19:13.919 --> 00:19:14.940
 and violate

00:19:14.940 --> 00:19:15.460
 her.

00:19:16.339 --> 00:19:17.000
 And he had a

00:19:17.000 --> 00:19:17.659
 son by his

00:19:17.659 --> 00:19:18.519
 maidservant.

00:19:19.039 --> 00:19:19.759
 And Jacob was

00:19:19.759 --> 00:19:20.799
 a serial liar

00:19:20.799 --> 00:19:22.019
 and deceiver.

00:19:23.319 --> 00:19:23.919
 So,

00:19:24.159 --> 00:19:24.539
 no.

00:19:25.579 --> 00:19:26.139
 But,

00:19:26.519 --> 00:19:27.000
 Abraham

00:19:27.000 --> 00:19:28.519
 believed

00:19:28.519 --> 00:19:29.539
 God.

00:19:29.819 --> 00:19:30.399
 And it was

00:19:30.399 --> 00:19:31.599
 counted to him

00:19:31.599 --> 00:19:32.740
 as righteousness.

00:19:33.000 --> 00:19:33.379
 He was called

00:19:33.379 --> 00:19:34.579
 a friend of

00:19:34.579 --> 00:19:34.980
 God.

00:19:35.159 --> 00:19:35.679
 That's what the

00:19:35.679 --> 00:19:36.279
 prophets were

00:19:36.279 --> 00:19:36.899
 famous for,

00:19:36.940 --> 00:19:37.319
 wasn't it?

00:19:37.480 --> 00:19:38.519
 Calling God's

00:19:38.519 --> 00:19:39.240
 people to

00:19:39.240 --> 00:19:40.519
 repent and

00:19:40.519 --> 00:19:41.399
 to trust

00:19:41.399 --> 00:19:42.639
 him again.

00:19:43.059 --> 00:19:44.000
 So,

00:19:44.579 --> 00:19:45.220
 being a

00:19:45.220 --> 00:19:45.759
 Jew is

00:19:45.759 --> 00:19:47.240
 not enough,

00:19:47.659 --> 00:19:48.399
 Jesus says.

00:19:49.159 --> 00:19:49.700
 But even

00:19:49.700 --> 00:19:50.379
 Jews who

00:19:50.379 --> 00:19:51.759
 fail can

00:19:51.759 --> 00:19:52.599
 be saved

00:19:52.599 --> 00:19:53.240
 by repentance

00:19:53.240 --> 00:19:54.519
 and faith.

00:19:55.500 --> 00:19:55.700
 So,

00:19:55.819 --> 00:19:56.299
 I look in

00:19:56.299 --> 00:19:56.899
 the stadium,

00:19:57.259 --> 00:19:57.759
 so to speak,

00:19:57.799 --> 00:19:58.119
 and sure

00:19:58.119 --> 00:19:58.319
 enough,

00:19:58.619 --> 00:19:59.019
 some of my

00:19:59.019 --> 00:19:59.679
 church friends

00:19:59.679 --> 00:20:00.559
 are in

00:20:00.559 --> 00:20:00.899
 there.

00:20:02.519 --> 00:20:02.980
 But there's

00:20:02.980 --> 00:20:03.480
 even bigger

00:20:03.480 --> 00:20:03.799
 news.

00:20:04.339 --> 00:20:04.599
 There's

00:20:04.599 --> 00:20:05.200
 unusual

00:20:05.200 --> 00:20:06.200
 suspects.

00:20:07.339 --> 00:20:07.579
 I don't

00:20:07.579 --> 00:20:07.740
 know if

00:20:07.740 --> 00:20:07.980
 that's a

00:20:07.980 --> 00:20:08.179
 thing.

00:20:08.940 --> 00:20:09.279
 But verse

00:20:09.279 --> 00:20:09.899
 29,

00:20:10.440 --> 00:20:11.379
 people coming

00:20:11.380 --> 00:20:12.180
 from east

00:20:12.180 --> 00:20:12.840
 and west,

00:20:13.160 --> 00:20:13.720
 north and

00:20:13.720 --> 00:20:14.040
 south,

00:20:14.200 --> 00:20:15.020
 and reclining

00:20:15.020 --> 00:20:15.860
 at table

00:20:15.860 --> 00:20:16.680
 in the kingdom

00:20:16.680 --> 00:20:17.260
 of God.

00:20:17.520 --> 00:20:18.000
 Some who

00:20:18.000 --> 00:20:18.780
 are last

00:20:18.780 --> 00:20:19.900
 who will be

00:20:19.900 --> 00:20:20.260
 first,

00:20:20.340 --> 00:20:20.660
 and some

00:20:20.660 --> 00:20:21.300
 are first

00:20:21.300 --> 00:20:22.360
 who will be

00:20:22.360 --> 00:20:22.860
 last.

00:20:23.140 --> 00:20:23.800
 Right there,

00:20:23.900 --> 00:20:24.420
 as you look in

00:20:24.420 --> 00:20:24.880
 at the head

00:20:24.880 --> 00:20:25.600
 of the table

00:20:25.600 --> 00:20:26.760
 in the kingdom

00:20:26.760 --> 00:20:27.320
 feast,

00:20:27.620 --> 00:20:28.340
 Gentiles,

00:20:28.920 --> 00:20:29.460
 those who

00:20:29.460 --> 00:20:30.380
 seem the least

00:20:30.380 --> 00:20:31.660
 likely to be

00:20:31.660 --> 00:20:32.100
 included,

00:20:32.360 --> 00:20:33.260
 the unclean,

00:20:33.540 --> 00:20:34.020
 the ones with

00:20:34.020 --> 00:20:34.960
 no association

00:20:34.960 --> 00:20:35.760
 with God's

00:20:35.760 --> 00:20:36.880
 people at all.

00:20:37.280 --> 00:20:37.700
 Jesus,

00:20:38.340 --> 00:20:39.060
 this is not

00:20:39.060 --> 00:20:39.500
 okay.

00:20:40.099 --> 00:20:40.559
 They're not

00:20:40.559 --> 00:20:40.920
 supposed to

00:20:40.920 --> 00:20:41.420
 be there.

00:20:42.519 --> 00:20:43.220
 It's not how

00:20:43.220 --> 00:20:43.880
 we do things.

00:20:44.220 --> 00:20:44.819
 I thought you

00:20:44.819 --> 00:20:45.319
 said something

00:20:45.319 --> 00:20:46.019
 about a narrow

00:20:46.019 --> 00:20:46.480
 door,

00:20:47.220 --> 00:20:47.740
 and now there

00:20:47.740 --> 00:20:48.079
 just seems to

00:20:48.079 --> 00:20:48.440
 be doors

00:20:48.440 --> 00:20:49.019
 everywhere.

00:20:49.380 --> 00:20:49.579
 North,

00:20:49.680 --> 00:20:49.859
 south,

00:20:49.940 --> 00:20:50.079
 east,

00:20:50.140 --> 00:20:50.400
 and west,

00:20:50.460 --> 00:20:50.759
 come on

00:20:50.759 --> 00:20:50.900
 in,

00:20:50.980 --> 00:20:51.339
 everybody.

00:20:52.039 --> 00:20:52.279
 Can we

00:20:52.279 --> 00:20:52.519
 go back

00:20:52.519 --> 00:20:52.740
 to the

00:20:52.740 --> 00:20:53.279
 narrow one

00:20:53.279 --> 00:20:54.180
 where only

00:20:54.180 --> 00:20:54.539
 we get

00:20:54.539 --> 00:20:54.799
 in?

00:20:57.619 --> 00:20:58.200
 Come on,

00:20:58.259 --> 00:20:58.500
 Jesus.

00:20:59.279 --> 00:20:59.619
 They're letting

00:20:59.619 --> 00:21:00.099
 anyone in

00:21:00.099 --> 00:21:00.720
 these days.

00:21:01.480 --> 00:21:01.920
 People not

00:21:01.920 --> 00:21:02.259
 even wearing

00:21:02.259 --> 00:21:02.900
 team colors.

00:21:03.000 --> 00:21:03.480
 They're Vikings

00:21:03.480 --> 00:21:04.279
 fans up here

00:21:04.279 --> 00:21:04.980
 in Minneapolis.

00:21:05.900 --> 00:21:06.160
 They don't

00:21:06.160 --> 00:21:06.420
 even root

00:21:06.420 --> 00:21:06.680
 for the

00:21:06.680 --> 00:21:07.099
 Patriots.

00:21:07.160 --> 00:21:07.339
 They have

00:21:07.339 --> 00:21:08.160
 no connections

00:21:08.160 --> 00:21:08.759
 at all.

00:21:08.759 --> 00:21:09.259
 Look what

00:21:09.259 --> 00:21:09.940
 I'm wearing.

00:21:11.099 --> 00:21:11.599
 I got the

00:21:11.599 --> 00:21:12.119
 jersey and the

00:21:12.119 --> 00:21:12.700
 eye black.

00:21:12.799 --> 00:21:13.279
 I'm in,

00:21:13.359 --> 00:21:13.599
 right?

00:21:15.920 --> 00:21:16.519
 I used to

00:21:16.519 --> 00:21:17.019
 drive by that

00:21:17.019 --> 00:21:17.599
 guy mowing his

00:21:17.599 --> 00:21:18.119
 grass on my

00:21:18.119 --> 00:21:18.680
 way to church

00:21:18.680 --> 00:21:19.500
 on Sundays.

00:21:21.259 --> 00:21:21.779
 She got

00:21:21.779 --> 00:21:22.359
 pregnant in

00:21:22.359 --> 00:21:22.879
 high school,

00:21:23.839 --> 00:21:24.180
 didn't even

00:21:24.180 --> 00:21:24.559
 keep the

00:21:24.559 --> 00:21:24.859
 baby.

00:21:26.559 --> 00:21:27.039
 He's never

00:21:27.039 --> 00:21:27.400
 been to

00:21:27.400 --> 00:21:28.079
 Bible study.

00:21:31.579 --> 00:21:32.119
 How can

00:21:32.119 --> 00:21:32.599
 someone like

00:21:32.599 --> 00:21:33.039
 that be in

00:21:33.039 --> 00:21:33.440
 the kingdom

00:21:33.440 --> 00:21:34.359
 while a

00:21:34.359 --> 00:21:34.859
 decent,

00:21:35.359 --> 00:21:35.980
 church-going

00:21:35.980 --> 00:21:36.839
 person like

00:21:36.839 --> 00:21:37.599
 me is

00:21:37.599 --> 00:21:39.059
 left out?

00:21:40.900 --> 00:21:41.539
 How are

00:21:41.539 --> 00:21:41.819
 all these

00:21:41.819 --> 00:21:42.500
 half-hearted

00:21:42.500 --> 00:21:43.420
 Patriots and

00:21:43.420 --> 00:21:43.980
 Eagles and

00:21:43.980 --> 00:21:44.779
 couldn't-care-less

00:21:44.779 --> 00:21:46.000
 fans in that

00:21:46.000 --> 00:21:46.579
 stadium while

00:21:46.579 --> 00:21:47.480
 I'm out here

00:21:47.480 --> 00:21:48.079
 in my jersey

00:21:48.079 --> 00:21:48.460
 and I

00:21:48.460 --> 00:21:48.900
 black?

00:21:51.839 --> 00:21:52.380
 Well,

00:21:53.079 --> 00:21:53.759
 everyone in

00:21:53.759 --> 00:21:54.160
 the stadium

00:21:54.160 --> 00:21:55.160
 has one

00:21:55.160 --> 00:21:55.579
 thing in

00:21:55.579 --> 00:21:55.900
 common,

00:21:56.900 --> 00:21:57.860
 a ticket.

00:21:59.460 --> 00:22:00.380
 They entered

00:22:00.380 --> 00:22:01.079
 through the

00:22:01.079 --> 00:22:01.819
 ticket gate,

00:22:01.819 --> 00:22:10.319
 door,

00:22:11.220 --> 00:22:11.720
 which is

00:22:11.720 --> 00:22:12.319
 Jesus,

00:22:13.299 --> 00:22:14.359
 a door that

00:22:14.359 --> 00:22:15.319
 requires not

00:22:15.319 --> 00:22:16.079
 purchasing

00:22:16.079 --> 00:22:17.980
 qualification in

00:22:17.980 --> 00:22:18.659
 this case,

00:22:19.059 --> 00:22:19.839
 but rather

00:22:19.839 --> 00:22:20.859
 putting down

00:22:20.859 --> 00:22:21.679
 your own

00:22:21.679 --> 00:22:22.679
 qualifications

00:22:22.679 --> 00:22:24.079
 and trusting

00:22:24.079 --> 00:22:25.519
 his.

00:22:26.599 --> 00:22:27.379
 It's grace.

00:22:28.799 --> 00:22:29.419
 That's what

00:22:29.419 --> 00:22:29.899
 makes you a

00:22:29.899 --> 00:22:30.799
 participant in

00:22:30.799 --> 00:22:32.079
 this kingdom.

00:22:33.379 --> 00:22:33.799
 Kids,

00:22:33.919 --> 00:22:34.359
 I want to

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 talk especially

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 to you for

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 just a minute.

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 I know it

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 can be really

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 hard to listen

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 to me for a

00:22:40.500 --> 00:22:41.159
 long time.

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 I get that.

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 I've been

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 there.

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 But I want

00:22:43.759 --> 00:22:44.000
 you to

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 concentrate for

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 a minute because

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 this is God's

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 word, so it's

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 really important.

00:22:50.379 --> 00:22:51.379
 Jesus wants

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 you to know

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 what it really

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 means to be

00:22:54.680 --> 00:22:55.319
 a Christian.

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 Because it's

00:22:57.079 --> 00:22:58.519
 confusing sometimes

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 to us,

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 isn't it?

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 To really be a

00:23:01.360 --> 00:23:01.880
 Christian, it

00:23:01.880 --> 00:23:02.799
 doesn't mean

00:23:02.799 --> 00:23:04.120
 going to church

00:23:04.120 --> 00:23:04.579
 with your

00:23:04.579 --> 00:23:06.440
 family, or

00:23:06.440 --> 00:23:07.620
 even going to

00:23:07.620 --> 00:23:08.519
 Sunday school

00:23:08.519 --> 00:23:10.980
 every week, or

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 even praying a

00:23:12.960 --> 00:23:13.960
 lot, like when

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 you eat and when

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 you go to bed and

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 other times.

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 Although those are

00:23:17.299 --> 00:23:18.579
 good things, and

00:23:18.579 --> 00:23:19.180
 those are things

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 that Christians do,

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 but that's not

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 what makes you a

00:23:23.519 --> 00:23:23.940
 Christian.

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 Christian.

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 What makes you a

00:23:26.360 --> 00:23:27.299
 Christian is not

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 anything good that

00:23:29.420 --> 00:23:30.080
 you do.

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 It's something

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 perfect that Jesus

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 does.

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 Does that difference

00:23:36.279 --> 00:23:36.960
 make sense?

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 You can't do enough

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 good things.

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 Jesus has done

00:23:40.580 --> 00:23:41.640
 something perfect for

00:23:41.640 --> 00:23:41.759
 you.

00:23:41.860 --> 00:23:42.600
 Jesus lived a

00:23:42.600 --> 00:23:43.680
 perfect life, right?

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 And then he died on

00:23:46.160 --> 00:23:47.860
 the cross to forgive

00:23:47.860 --> 00:23:48.559
 your sins.

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 And he rose from the

00:23:50.180 --> 00:23:51.340
 dead so that you can

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 live like him.

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 And that's what it

00:23:54.200 --> 00:23:55.000
 means to be a

00:23:55.000 --> 00:23:55.420
 Christian.

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 Not to do a lot of

00:23:57.920 --> 00:23:59.440
 good things, but to

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 trust the one who is

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 really good and

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 really perfect.

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 That you trust him,

00:24:04.660 --> 00:24:06.000
 that you believe in

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 him.

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 Rather than saying to

00:24:09.040 --> 00:24:10.580
 yourself, I'm really

00:24:10.580 --> 00:24:11.700
 good, you say, God,

00:24:11.800 --> 00:24:13.480
 I want to be in your

00:24:13.480 --> 00:24:15.080
 family, and I know

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 that the only one good

00:24:16.480 --> 00:24:17.480
 enough to be in your

00:24:17.480 --> 00:24:19.100
 family is Jesus.

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 So I trust him.

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 If you've never

00:24:24.040 --> 00:24:26.160
 trusted Jesus, you

00:24:26.160 --> 00:24:27.160
 don't have to wait.

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 You can do that today,

00:24:29.660 --> 00:24:31.840
 right now, and then

00:24:31.840 --> 00:24:32.940
 come talk with your

00:24:32.940 --> 00:24:34.100
 parents or with me

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 after the service about

00:24:35.840 --> 00:24:36.440
 that, or come to the

00:24:36.440 --> 00:24:37.420
 communicants class if you

00:24:37.420 --> 00:24:37.600
 want.

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 But listen, one last

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 thing.

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 Well, you can keep

00:24:41.660 --> 00:24:42.560
 listening, but for now.

00:24:43.820 --> 00:24:44.980
 If you think you're a

00:24:44.980 --> 00:24:47.960
 good kid, you really

00:24:47.960 --> 00:24:50.840
 need to trust Jesus and

00:24:50.840 --> 00:24:51.279
 not you.

00:24:53.220 --> 00:24:54.259
 And if you think you're

00:24:54.259 --> 00:24:55.860
 a bad kid, and you're

00:24:55.860 --> 00:24:56.900
 not really good enough,

00:24:57.640 --> 00:24:59.019
 you can trust Jesus

00:24:59.019 --> 00:24:59.380
 too.

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 And he loves you, and he

00:25:01.519 --> 00:25:02.420
 forgives you, and you

00:25:02.420 --> 00:25:03.740
 can all be a part of his

00:25:03.740 --> 00:25:04.079
 family.

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 That's the good news of

00:25:05.840 --> 00:25:06.100
 Jesus.

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 That's what Jesus wants.

00:25:08.500 --> 00:25:10.519
 Jesus wants to have us in

00:25:10.519 --> 00:25:11.579
 his family.

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 This is not a passage about

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 how Jesus wants to keep

00:25:14.400 --> 00:25:15.100
 people out.

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 Look at the end of it,

00:25:16.440 --> 00:25:17.400
 and this beautiful look

00:25:17.400 --> 00:25:18.380
 we get at the heart of

00:25:18.380 --> 00:25:18.720
 Jesus.

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 Verse 31, at the very

00:25:20.900 --> 00:25:22.900
 hour, some Pharisees came

00:25:22.900 --> 00:25:24.320
 and said to him, get away

00:25:24.320 --> 00:25:25.420
 from here, for Herod wants

00:25:25.420 --> 00:25:26.160
 to kill you.

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 And he said to them, go

00:25:28.080 --> 00:25:29.660
 and tell that fox, behold,

00:25:29.759 --> 00:25:31.440
 I cast out demons and

00:25:31.440 --> 00:25:33.279
 perform cures today and

00:25:33.279 --> 00:25:34.700
 tomorrow, and the third

00:25:34.700 --> 00:25:36.059
 day I finish my course.

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 Nevertheless, I must go on

00:25:38.180 --> 00:25:39.460
 my way today and tomorrow

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 and the day following, for

00:25:40.900 --> 00:25:42.180
 it cannot be that a prophet

00:25:42.180 --> 00:25:44.019
 should perish away from

00:25:44.019 --> 00:25:44.559
 Jerusalem.

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 Tell Herod, I'm not afraid

00:25:47.859 --> 00:25:49.700
 of his threats because I'm

00:25:49.700 --> 00:25:51.480
 already on my way to my

00:25:51.480 --> 00:25:51.960
 death.

00:25:52.639 --> 00:25:54.799
 I'm headed to Jerusalem to

00:25:54.799 --> 00:25:55.659
 die, right?

00:25:56.379 --> 00:25:58.339
 And that prompts a thought

00:25:58.339 --> 00:25:59.519
 for Jesus.

00:25:59.819 --> 00:26:00.339
 Jerusalem.

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 The city at the center of

00:26:03.679 --> 00:26:05.339
 God's people, Israel.

00:26:06.240 --> 00:26:08.299
 Verse 34, oh, Jerusalem.

00:26:09.000 --> 00:26:10.519
 Jerusalem, the city that

00:26:10.519 --> 00:26:12.099
 kills the prophets and

00:26:12.099 --> 00:26:13.200
 stones the ones who were

00:26:13.200 --> 00:26:13.920
 sent to it.

00:26:14.640 --> 00:26:16.000
 How often would I have

00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:16.940
 gathered your children

00:26:16.940 --> 00:26:18.880
 together as a hen gathers

00:26:18.880 --> 00:26:20.140
 her brood under her wings

00:26:20.140 --> 00:26:22.140
 and you would not.

00:26:23.559 --> 00:26:24.640
 Behold, your house is

00:26:24.640 --> 00:26:25.220
 forsaken.

00:26:25.779 --> 00:26:26.700
 And I tell you, you will

00:26:26.700 --> 00:26:28.380
 not see me until you say,

00:26:28.819 --> 00:26:30.380
 blessed is he who comes

00:26:30.380 --> 00:26:31.900
 in the name of the Lord.

00:26:32.100 --> 00:26:33.120
 There will come a time

00:26:33.120 --> 00:26:34.580
 later when the Jews

00:26:34.580 --> 00:26:36.220
 embrace the Messiah.

00:26:36.220 --> 00:26:39.579
 But as Jesus heads to the

00:26:39.579 --> 00:26:43.019
 cross, he grieves for the

00:26:43.019 --> 00:26:45.200
 people of God as he

00:26:45.200 --> 00:26:46.279
 considers how many of them

00:26:46.279 --> 00:26:47.420
 are actually rejecting

00:26:47.420 --> 00:26:48.900
 God.

00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:52.740
 His heart is for associates

00:26:52.740 --> 00:26:57.259
 and participants in God's

00:26:57.259 --> 00:26:57.799
 kingdom, right?

00:26:59.079 --> 00:27:00.839
 Oh, Jerusalem, Jerusalem,

00:27:01.079 --> 00:27:02.220
 how often I would have

00:27:02.220 --> 00:27:03.579
 gathered you as a hen

00:27:03.579 --> 00:27:05.159
 gathers her chicks.

00:27:05.419 --> 00:27:06.359
 You've been hanging

00:27:06.359 --> 00:27:08.179
 around me, but I long

00:27:08.179 --> 00:27:10.119
 to gather you into myself

00:27:10.119 --> 00:27:12.299
 because it breaks my heart

00:27:12.299 --> 00:27:13.740
 to see you left out.

00:27:15.439 --> 00:27:16.480
 It's the heart of Jesus

00:27:16.480 --> 00:27:18.299
 for those not actively

00:27:18.299 --> 00:27:19.339
 trusting him.

00:27:19.519 --> 00:27:21.339
 It breaks his heart.

00:27:22.579 --> 00:27:23.480
 In Matthew's gospel,

00:27:23.599 --> 00:27:24.659
 when he says these words,

00:27:24.980 --> 00:27:26.859
 we're told Jesus is weeping

00:27:26.859 --> 00:27:28.639
 over Jerusalem.

00:27:28.640 --> 00:27:32.180
 By the way, is that your

00:27:32.180 --> 00:27:32.540
 heart?

00:27:33.680 --> 00:27:35.940
 For those of you who know

00:27:35.940 --> 00:27:37.840
 Jesus but know others who

00:27:37.840 --> 00:27:39.820
 don't, is that your heart

00:27:39.820 --> 00:27:40.300
 for them?

00:27:41.880 --> 00:27:44.380
 Do you weep more than you

00:27:44.380 --> 00:27:44.720
 scold?

00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:48.420
 Do you grieve out of love

00:27:48.420 --> 00:27:49.980
 for them more than you

00:27:49.980 --> 00:27:52.340
 lecture out of pride over

00:27:52.340 --> 00:27:52.580
 them?

00:27:53.360 --> 00:27:55.220
 Are you truly heartbroken

00:27:55.220 --> 00:27:57.339
 for them or are you

00:27:57.339 --> 00:27:59.539
 truly angry at them?

00:28:01.360 --> 00:28:02.680
 Whether they are Hindus

00:28:02.680 --> 00:28:04.980
 in India, atheists in

00:28:04.980 --> 00:28:07.720
 Ireland, nominal Presbyterians

00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:09.720
 in Huntsville, do you

00:28:09.720 --> 00:28:11.680
 truly long for them to be

00:28:11.680 --> 00:28:13.200
 gathered to Jesus?

00:28:15.200 --> 00:28:16.400
 Jesus does.

00:28:17.700 --> 00:28:20.720
 He wants them and me

00:28:20.720 --> 00:28:24.160
 and you gathered to the

00:28:24.160 --> 00:28:26.640
 one place of salvation.

00:28:27.779 --> 00:28:30.500
 It's a picture of safety

00:28:30.500 --> 00:28:34.539
 and refuge and rest,

00:28:34.660 --> 00:28:35.100
 isn't it?

00:28:36.880 --> 00:28:38.120
 Get that picture in your

00:28:38.120 --> 00:28:38.259
 head?

00:28:38.299 --> 00:28:39.299
 It's the one Jesus gives

00:28:39.299 --> 00:28:39.640
 us.

00:28:41.220 --> 00:28:42.759
 It's one used warmly for

00:28:42.759 --> 00:28:44.160
 God's loving protection

00:28:44.160 --> 00:28:45.460
 throughout the Bible.

00:28:46.420 --> 00:28:47.539
 But I've got to be honest

00:28:47.539 --> 00:28:49.160
 with you, it's not such a

00:28:49.160 --> 00:28:51.040
 cute, warm and fuzzy

00:28:51.040 --> 00:28:54.180
 picture in this passage.

00:28:55.540 --> 00:28:57.860
 The context here is one

00:28:57.860 --> 00:28:59.340
 of eternal danger.

00:29:00.360 --> 00:29:03.680
 And Jesus' death, that's

00:29:03.680 --> 00:29:05.120
 what he's talking about

00:29:05.120 --> 00:29:05.820
 that he's going to

00:29:05.820 --> 00:29:06.800
 Jerusalem for.

00:29:07.120 --> 00:29:08.759
 So when Jesus talks about

00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:10.540
 gathering us under his

00:29:10.540 --> 00:29:13.300
 wings like a hen, we've

00:29:13.300 --> 00:29:14.519
 got to realize that the

00:29:14.519 --> 00:29:16.040
 picture is a gruesome

00:29:16.040 --> 00:29:18.180
 reality for the hen.

00:29:19.160 --> 00:29:21.220
 Hens gather their chicks

00:29:21.220 --> 00:29:22.620
 under their wings when

00:29:22.620 --> 00:29:24.259
 there's danger nearby.

00:29:24.580 --> 00:29:26.300
 It could be a fox like

00:29:26.300 --> 00:29:26.620
 Herod.

00:29:28.360 --> 00:29:31.040
 Possibly freezing cold

00:29:31.040 --> 00:29:31.720
 weather.

00:29:32.100 --> 00:29:34.100
 Maybe a fire in the barn.

00:29:34.960 --> 00:29:36.980
 And the hen rushes to

00:29:36.980 --> 00:29:38.420
 gather her chicks.

00:29:38.860 --> 00:29:40.900
 While the hen could easily

00:29:40.900 --> 00:29:42.640
 fly away from danger

00:29:42.640 --> 00:29:46.900
 herself, she will stay and

00:29:46.900 --> 00:29:47.800
 endure the pain.

00:29:47.800 --> 00:29:50.440
 Even at times sacrificing

00:29:50.440 --> 00:29:51.740
 her own life.

00:29:52.680 --> 00:29:54.800
 To save the chicks who

00:29:54.800 --> 00:29:58.180
 stay safe, protected beneath

00:29:58.180 --> 00:29:58.820
 her wings.

00:29:59.120 --> 00:30:01.080
 That's the painful picture.

00:30:01.500 --> 00:30:04.080
 But beautiful picture of our

00:30:04.080 --> 00:30:06.800
 Savior who endures the pain

00:30:06.800 --> 00:30:09.400
 of sin's curse on the cross.

00:30:09.900 --> 00:30:11.720
 That we might be safe.

00:30:12.680 --> 00:30:14.920
 Protected under his wings.

00:30:14.920 --> 00:30:17.300
 So of course he grieves

00:30:17.300 --> 00:30:18.880
 when some of God's people

00:30:18.880 --> 00:30:20.640
 are unwilling to be

00:30:20.640 --> 00:30:22.460
 gathered to safety.

00:30:24.060 --> 00:30:26.640
 Are you willing to be

00:30:26.640 --> 00:30:27.779
 gathered under Jesus'

00:30:28.220 --> 00:30:28.680
 protection?

00:30:30.060 --> 00:30:31.560
 I didn't ask, are you

00:30:31.560 --> 00:30:33.240
 willing to play church to

00:30:33.240 --> 00:30:34.480
 make your spouse happy?

00:30:35.840 --> 00:30:37.300
 Or would you rather be

00:30:37.300 --> 00:30:39.080
 associated with Christians

00:30:39.080 --> 00:30:41.060
 than any other religion?

00:30:41.059 --> 00:30:41.139
 Christian?

00:30:44.980 --> 00:30:47.039
 My heart for all of you,

00:30:47.419 --> 00:30:49.759
 I think most of you know

00:30:49.759 --> 00:30:50.859
 I love you a lot.

00:30:51.700 --> 00:30:53.339
 And for all of you who are

00:30:53.339 --> 00:30:54.720
 here and spend any time

00:30:54.720 --> 00:30:57.159
 with us, my heart, I want

00:30:57.159 --> 00:30:59.299
 you to be in with me.

00:31:00.220 --> 00:31:02.059
 Now and in this life, but

00:31:02.059 --> 00:31:03.279
 especially forever.

00:31:04.059 --> 00:31:06.200
 That we would together know

00:31:06.200 --> 00:31:08.559
 that kind of refuge of safety

00:31:08.559 --> 00:31:11.359
 and joy, resting with Jesus

00:31:11.359 --> 00:31:13.359
 and serving and enjoying

00:31:13.359 --> 00:31:14.720
 him forever.

00:31:15.899 --> 00:31:17.359
 And there's only one way in.

00:31:18.379 --> 00:31:21.119
 To experience the grace of God.

00:31:21.500 --> 00:31:23.679
 To despair of your own

00:31:23.679 --> 00:31:25.720
 qualifications and actively

00:31:25.720 --> 00:31:27.159
 embrace Jesus.

00:31:27.480 --> 00:31:29.019
 To run under the loving

00:31:29.019 --> 00:31:30.940
 wings of Jesus for refuge

00:31:30.940 --> 00:31:32.519
 and rest.

00:31:33.200 --> 00:31:34.379
 That's why I'm always talking

00:31:34.379 --> 00:31:35.359
 to you about Jesus.

00:31:35.359 --> 00:31:35.599
 Jesus.

00:31:36.240 --> 00:31:38.059
 Because he's the only one.

00:31:38.459 --> 00:31:40.519
 The only way that we find

00:31:40.519 --> 00:31:42.659
 a true relationship with God.

00:31:42.939 --> 00:31:44.979
 True participation in his

00:31:44.979 --> 00:31:45.459
 kingdom.

00:31:46.699 --> 00:31:48.240
 Listen, if you're just here

00:31:48.240 --> 00:31:49.719
 to make someone else happy.

00:31:51.099 --> 00:31:53.899
 Just to get your kids

00:31:53.899 --> 00:31:55.279
 some good morals.

00:31:56.519 --> 00:31:57.959
 Just to hang out with

00:31:57.959 --> 00:31:58.939
 some nice friends.

00:31:59.479 --> 00:32:00.579
 As Derek said earlier,

00:32:00.759 --> 00:32:02.319
 I'm really glad you're here.

00:32:02.899 --> 00:32:04.059
 I'm not trying to run you

00:32:04.059 --> 00:32:04.679
 off at all.

00:32:06.639 --> 00:32:07.679
 But I want to love you

00:32:07.679 --> 00:32:09.839
 enough to offer you

00:32:09.839 --> 00:32:11.859
 the only hope

00:32:11.859 --> 00:32:13.899
 that any of us has.

00:32:14.119 --> 00:32:15.359
 To plead with you

00:32:15.359 --> 00:32:17.059
 to receive the forgiveness

00:32:17.059 --> 00:32:18.359
 and freedom

00:32:18.359 --> 00:32:19.819
 and joy

00:32:19.819 --> 00:32:21.079
 of Jesus.

00:32:21.980 --> 00:32:24.039
 He wants to gather you in

00:32:24.039 --> 00:32:26.019
 under his wings.

00:32:26.259 --> 00:32:27.759
 How tragic it would be

00:32:27.759 --> 00:32:29.839
 to have spent so much time

00:32:29.839 --> 00:32:31.220
 around the things of God

00:32:31.220 --> 00:32:33.259
 and the people of God

00:32:33.259 --> 00:32:35.600
 and then to spend eternity

00:32:35.600 --> 00:32:37.720
 apart from him.

00:32:38.759 --> 00:32:40.079
 I want so much more

00:32:40.079 --> 00:32:41.660
 than that for you.

00:32:43.120 --> 00:32:44.180
 Don't be deceived

00:32:44.180 --> 00:32:45.120
 by good feelings

00:32:45.120 --> 00:32:46.000
 of association.

00:32:47.059 --> 00:32:48.240
 Don't assume the door

00:32:48.240 --> 00:32:49.640
 remains open forever.

00:32:50.160 --> 00:32:50.960
 Don't conclude

00:32:50.960 --> 00:32:52.380
 that it is no big deal

00:32:52.380 --> 00:32:53.339
 where you stand.

00:32:54.960 --> 00:32:56.600
 Jesus longs to gather

00:32:56.600 --> 00:32:58.460
 all people in.

00:32:58.460 --> 00:32:59.799
 Come to him.

00:33:00.380 --> 00:33:01.039
 Trust him.

00:33:01.640 --> 00:33:01.980
 Today.

00:33:02.920 --> 00:33:03.420
 Let's pray.

00:33:08.720 --> 00:33:09.759
 Jesus, we hear that

00:33:09.759 --> 00:33:10.640
 in your voice

00:33:10.640 --> 00:33:11.500
 even as it was sung

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 over us earlier.

00:33:14.140 --> 00:33:15.500
 How often I've longed

00:33:15.500 --> 00:33:16.539
 to gather you

00:33:16.539 --> 00:33:18.519
 beneath my gentle wings.

00:33:19.900 --> 00:33:20.660
 Jesus, you longed

00:33:20.660 --> 00:33:21.519
 to do that so much

00:33:21.519 --> 00:33:22.960
 that you gave your life

00:33:22.960 --> 00:33:25.079
 for us.

00:33:25.079 --> 00:33:29.339
 that you covered us

00:33:29.339 --> 00:33:31.960
 even as the blows

00:33:31.960 --> 00:33:33.000
 of the cross

00:33:33.000 --> 00:33:33.859
 and the nails

00:33:33.859 --> 00:33:35.299
 pierced you.

00:33:36.359 --> 00:33:37.599
 You stayed

00:33:37.599 --> 00:33:39.980
 because you love us.

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 And so you call us

00:33:43.199 --> 00:33:44.699
 into that relationship

00:33:44.699 --> 00:33:46.079
 and Jesus,

00:33:46.259 --> 00:33:47.500
 as you call young people

00:33:47.500 --> 00:33:50.460
 and older people

00:33:50.460 --> 00:33:51.439
 and people who've never

00:33:51.439 --> 00:33:52.059
 been to church

00:33:52.059 --> 00:33:53.079
 and people who've never

00:33:53.079 --> 00:33:54.139
 missed a Sunday

00:33:54.139 --> 00:33:55.639
 to yourself.

00:33:55.960 --> 00:33:57.720
 Would we hear your voice

00:33:57.720 --> 00:33:59.379
 and come and find

00:33:59.379 --> 00:34:00.799
 rest and refuge?

00:34:03.599 --> 00:34:04.399
 Do your work,

00:34:04.519 --> 00:34:05.000
 Holy Spirit,

00:34:05.179 --> 00:34:06.079
 in our hearts

00:34:06.079 --> 00:34:08.219
 for the glory of Jesus

00:34:08.219 --> 00:34:09.699
 and for our eternal good.

00:34:10.860 --> 00:34:12.400
 We ask in Jesus' name.

00:34:13.239 --> 00:34:13.500
 Amen.

00:34:16.500 --> 00:34:18.500
 For more information,

00:34:18.880 --> 00:34:19.799
 visit us online

00:34:19.799 --> 00:34:21.079
 at southwood.org.

00:34:23.079 --> 00:34:24.440
 Good morning,

00:34:24.699 --> 00:34:25.440
клад,

00:34:25.480 --> 00:34:25.739
 sigue ourzla.

00:34:26.519 --> 00:34:27.519
 Good morning,

00:34:27.519 --> 00:34:27.819
 good morning,

00:34:27.819 --> 00:34:28.000
 Vicente,

00:34:28.099 --> 00:34:28.739
 and again.

00:34:29.079 --> 00:34:29.940
 Thank you,

00:34:30.079 --> 00:34:30.860
 as well.

00:34:31.519 --> 00:34:32.420
 Good morning,

00:34:32.599 --> 00:34:33.559
 all right.

00:34:34.159 --> 00:34:34.239
 Good morning,

00:34:34.319 --> 00:34:34.940
 good morning,

00:34:34.940 --> 00:34:35.119
 and later.

00:34:35.259 --> 00:34:36.420
 Good morning,

00:34:36.659 --> 00:34:37.259
 bye baby.

00:34:37.319 --> 00:34:37.739
 Good morning,

00:34:37.819 --> 00:34:38.159
 good morning,

00:34:38.319 --> 00:34:38.500
 good morning,

00:34:38.559 --> 00:34:38.819
 heard about

00:34:38.819 --> 00:34:39.019
 the Jean,

00:34:39.019 --> 00:34:40.400
 lossy guys

00:34:40.400 --> 00:34:40.739
 and challenges,

00:34:40.739 --> 00:34:41.440
 takish,

00:34:41.480 --> 00:34:43.159
 you can see

00:34:43.159 --> 00:34:43.599
 good morning,

00:34:43.599 --> 00:34:44.779
 and I hope

00:34:44.799 --> 00:34:45.940
 all for you

00:34:45.940 --> 00:34:46.619
 for youriliary

00:34:46.659 --> 00:34:47.360
 Um,

00:34:47.360 --> 00:34:48.039
 thank you,

00:34:48.139 --> 00:34:48.579
 and I hope

00:34:48.779 --> 00:34:49.420
 have the How

00:34:49.420 --> 00:34:50.619
 the club

00:34:50.719 --> 00:34:50.940
 and assessment

00:34:51.079 --> 00:34:52.279
 for you.