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 Okay, let's pray together. The reason we do this is because we don't just come to hear a message about God, we come to encounter God on Sundays.

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 And so will you join me as we pray together?

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 Heavenly Father, gracious Lord, loving Savior, we come before you this morning, as we said earlier, to worship and adore you, God, because it is right and fitting to adore you and worship you.

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 But God, not because you need it, but because we need it, God.

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 Our hearts, Lord, are so often dragged away by other false gods, by the promises of hope.

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 And yet, God, you, Christ, have the words of life. You, Christ, life is found in you.

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 And God, we've come to fix our eyes on you this morning, God.

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 We've come to rightly orientate our hearts to you this morning.

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 We've come again, God, to be reminded of the hope of Jesus and for our hearts to be stirred in adoration and affection for you, God.

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 Christ, there really is no one and none like you in all the world.

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 There's no one as faithful as you.

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 There's no one as forgiving as you.

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 There's no one as gracious as you.

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 God, we all come here with all sorts of baggage, all sorts of hang-ups, God.

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 And yet, God, you are so incredibly good and faithful, God.

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 And we really do worship you and adore you for that.

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 We honor you for that this morning, God.

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 Father, receive our worship this morning, we pray.

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 We pray that, God, it will not only be good for us, it will be pleasing in your sight, Lord.

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 Father, we pray that as a church, God, that the wonderful good news of Jesus really will get deeper into our hearts and will start to shape our hearts.

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 Father, I confess how much I need that, Lord.

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 Christ, I need you to shape my heart.

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 And I pray for us as a church, God, that you, by your Spirit, will be at work in us, God.

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 Father, let the good news of Christ drop from our heads to our hearts, God.

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 Let it shape us, God.

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 I pray that as a church, we really will, this will be the culture of our church, God.

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 Christ, come and help us, we pray, Lord.

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 Come and help us, we pray, Father.

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 Father, this morning, as Ryuta opens up your word, we pray that you will speak to us.

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 God, as we so often say, we don't just need to be encouraged or inspired.

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 We want to meet with you in your word, Lord.

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 We want your word to come alive and to penetrate our hearts.

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 God, we pray that as your word is opened up, that, God, we will encounter you in your word.

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 And so we pray for Ryuta, God, as he preaches.

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 We pray, Lord, that you'll be guiding his words and what to say.

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 Spirit of God, be anointing that time, Father, and speak to us, we pray.

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 May we discover more of you in your word this morning, God.

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 God, this morning we want to pray for Jeremy and Angie and Bernard that are in Chiang Mai.

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 And God, we pray for us as a church that you will lead us in where you want us to go with regards to fostering and adoption, God.

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 I pray for families in this church that you're calling to adopt children without families.

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 God, I pray that we as a church will respond to the need and foster those that need families for a short period.

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 God, we pray that as a church this won't just be a strategy or an idea, but it really will be spirit-led.

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 We'll be following your leading of us this morning.

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 And so, Christ, we pray for that time.

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 Come and speak to us, Lord.

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 Speak to them that are away and lead and guide us, God, as a church about where you're wanting us to go in this regard.

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 Father, this morning we want to pray also, God, for those that are sick in Watermark.

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 Pray for those that are struggling with sickness.

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 Pray for Hannah Farrell, God, who really has struggled for months, God, with sickness.

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 We bring her before you this morning, even as she's away.

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 Lord, we pray for a breakthrough in her life.

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 We pray for healing, God.

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 We pray for those in our congregation that we don't know are sick, but, God, whose health is not good.

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 And we ask you, God, to come and strengthen them and encourage them.

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 We pray restore their bodies, but we also pray that you'll minister to them in the midst of this time, Father.

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 We bring our congregation before you this morning.

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 And, Lord, finally we want to, again, just pray for our resound brothers and sisters across Asia.

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 We want to pray for those in India, New Delhi and Bangalore, those in Japan and Australia and Singapore and Hong Kong, God.

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 We pray, Christ, that you will do a profound work in our churches, that the gospel really will sound forth.

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 God, we pray all these things in your wonderful and your powerful name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Rhoda is going to come and read God's word to us this morning.

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 Is this on?

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 Yeah.

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 The scripture reading from today is from Luke 19, 11 to 27.

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 Please follow along in your bulletin or on the screen.

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 As they heard these things, he proceeded to tell a parable because he was near to Jerusalem

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 and because they supposed that the kingdom of God was to appear immediately.

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 He said, therefore, a nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and then return.

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 Calling ten of his servants, he gave them ten minutes and said to them,

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 Engage in business until I come.

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 But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying,

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 We do not want this man to reign over us.

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 When he returned, having received the kingdom, he ordered these servants to whom he had given the money to be called to him,

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 and that he might know what they had gained by doing business.

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 The first came before him, saying,

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 Lord, your minute has made ten minutes more.

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 And he said to him,

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 Well done, good servant, because you have been faithful in the very little.

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 You shall have authority over ten cities.

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 And the second came, saying,

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 Lord, your minute has made five minutes.

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 And he said to him,

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 And you are to be over five cities.

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 Then another came, saying,

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 Lord,

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 Here is your minute,

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 which I kept laid away in a handkerchief,

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 for I was afraid of you,

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 because you are a severe man.

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 You take what you did not deposit

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 and reap what you did not sow.

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 He said to him,

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 I will condemn you with your own words.

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 You were a good servant.

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 You knew that I was a severe man,

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 taking what I did not deposit

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 and reaping what I did not sow.

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 Why then did you not put my money,

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 sorry,

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 in the bank?

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 And at my coming,

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 I might have collected it with interest.

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 And he said to those who stood by,

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 Take the minute from him

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 and give it to the one who has the ten minutes.

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 And they said to him,

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 Lord, he has ten minutes.

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 I tell you that to everyone who has,

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 more will be given.

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 But from the one who has not,

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 even what he has will be taken away.

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 But as for these enemies of mine,

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 who did not want me to reign over them,

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 bring them here and slaughter them before me.

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 This is the word of God.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Good morning, everyone.

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 Good morning.

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 It's good to see you.

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 Actually, I was here in 2013

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 when Tim Keller came to Hong Kong.

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 I did a conference.

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 That was actually a life-changing moment in my life.

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 That's the first time that I heard Tim Keller.

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 Changed my life.

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 Almost like a born again.

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 Of course, I was a Christian at the time.

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 But I rediscovered the gospel.

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 Then, following year,

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 I actually visited this church in 2014

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 with a city-to-city crew of guys

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 with church planters.

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 So, I'm sure I met you already, some of you.

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 And I think, yeah, you remember me.

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 And maybe if you don't, then that's fine.

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 My name is Ryuta.

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 Ryuta.

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 It's the name from Street Fighter.

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 The Hadoken thing.

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 The Ryuu.

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 It's the same pronunciation.

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 So, it's not Ryuta.

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 It's Ryuta.

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 Okay?

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 So, anyway.

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 No, it's okay, Kevin.

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 You're forgiven.

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 No, it's okay.

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 Seriously, it's okay.

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 You can call me Ru or Ryuu.

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 Yeah, so I just really want to thank you, first of all,

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 for your prayers and support

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 and also partnership through Resound.

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 Thank you, Kevin and Claire, for hosting us.

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 And really, I feel the brotherhood together,

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 the relationship, like a family of churches together.

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 So, on behalf of the Resound guys,

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 I feel love, and I'm sure all of us feel love here,

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 and strengthened, encouraged, and empowered

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 through this meeting.

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 So, I heard that you are going through

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 the book of Revelation.

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 And the original plan was that I was supposed to preach

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 from the book of Revelation.

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 But I'm glad that he told me that I don't have to

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 because I know it's a challenging book.

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 So, I picked this passage

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 because it kind of relates to the end times.

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 You know, maybe you noticed.

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 So, I thought it will be easier.

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 But, as I re-looked at the scripture,

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 no, it's not easy.

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 It's not easy.

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 I mean, scripture, any part,

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 it's actually not easy.

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 It has to challenge us

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 because it's the Word of God.

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 Because we are sinful,

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 we need to be reshaped

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 by the gospel and the Word of God.

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 So, I hope I can share with you,

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 unpacking this parable,

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 what it really means.

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 So, I have three headings today.

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 But before we go to these headings,

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 the points,

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 we have to look at a few historical background

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 or context first, I would say.

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 Because when Jesus shares these parables,

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 which was a lot in the Gospel of Luke,

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 he shares a lot of parables.

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 Luke is quite kind,

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 using intentionally these words

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 to hint what really it means.

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 For example,

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 it starts in verse 11

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 that as they were talking about these things,

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 as they're hearing these things, right?

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 So, what was the context before?

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 It was actually Jesus was talking to Zacchaeus

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 and his friend.

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 And Jesus was saying,

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 hey, today salvation has come to this house.

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 I came to seek the lost

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 and save the lost.

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 And in that context,

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 some people are grumbling

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 because Zacchaeus was a sinner,

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 was a tax collector,

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 wasn't popular.

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 And having in his mind,

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 Jesus went on to share.

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 And then even Luke gives another reason.

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 He says,

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 because they were approaching Jerusalem.

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 Okay, this is very important information

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 because why?

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 The parable starts.

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 This noble man goes to her country

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 to receive kingship, right?

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 And Jesus is kind of similar situation,

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 going to Jerusalem.

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 And everybody was thinking

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 that he's going to be enthroned

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 as the king of Israel, right?

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 So, exactly kind of similar situation.

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 But another reason,

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 two because there, right?

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 And second reason,

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 because they thought

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 that this kingdom of God

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 will arrive,

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 will come immediately.

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 And that was wrong thinking.

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 Disciples were thinking,

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 hey, now,

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 this is the time.

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 I'm sure.

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 They were seeing the situation

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 with Zacchaeus

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 and salvation has come to this house.

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 And they're thinking,

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 Amos, I'm sure.

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 Or something,

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 some Old Testament prophet.

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 This is the day of the Lord.

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 Jesus is going to destroy the Romans,

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 kill everyone,

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 and conquer,

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 and we will be the great ones

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 because they were discussing, right?

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 Who will be the greatest?

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 So,

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 Jesus wanted to correct

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 their wrong view,

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 wrong assumption.

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 Wrong view about their lives,

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 future,

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 and the kingdom of God.

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 So,

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 three things

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 I want to talk about today.

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 First thing is expectation.

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 Expectation from God.

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 Second,

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 assumption

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 that we make.

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 And third,

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 solution

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 to our wrong

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 thinking

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 or assumption

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 or attitude

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 towards life.

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 All right.

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 So,

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 you can see,

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 now,

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 Jesus,

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 we know that

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 Jesus wants to

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 correct

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 disciples' thinking

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 and people's thinking

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 that kingdom will come.

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 So,

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 that means that

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 Jesus wants to tell them

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 that,

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 well,

00:13:29.940 --> 00:13:31.779
 it's actually not the case.

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 Kingdom is here,

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 but it actually

00:13:34.240 --> 00:13:35.360
 still takes time

00:13:35.360 --> 00:13:36.679
 to be fulfilled,

00:13:37.039 --> 00:13:37.259
 right?

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 So,

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 it's already

00:13:38.240 --> 00:13:38.899
 there's a sense

00:13:38.899 --> 00:13:39.720
 of already.

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 Yes,

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 already salvation is here.

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 Already there's hope.

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 Already there's a future promised

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 through Jesus,

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 but not yet

00:13:50.399 --> 00:13:51.879
 completed.

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 We still suffer.

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 We still have to be patient.

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 We still have to be faithful.

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 And that's what we are experiencing,

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 right?

00:14:00.199 --> 00:14:00.859
 In Hong Kong.

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 We're still going through suffering.

00:14:04.500 --> 00:14:05.519
 The city is still not

00:14:05.519 --> 00:14:07.019
 as we hoped

00:14:07.019 --> 00:14:08.139
 it to be.

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 That kind of thing

00:14:10.759 --> 00:14:11.859
 hit us in Japan, too,

00:14:11.939 --> 00:14:12.819
 in 2011

00:14:12.819 --> 00:14:14.000
 when we experienced

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 the earthquake.

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 We were literally

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 shaken.

00:14:18.399 --> 00:14:19.299
 But actually,

00:14:19.479 --> 00:14:20.179
 I can tell you,

00:14:20.240 --> 00:14:20.679
 last

00:14:20.679 --> 00:14:22.139
 80 years,

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 a lot of people

00:14:23.819 --> 00:14:24.379
 started to think

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 about their lives.

00:14:25.120 --> 00:14:26.600
 especially in North,

00:14:26.679 --> 00:14:27.899
 where the earthquake

00:14:27.899 --> 00:14:28.840
 was affected,

00:14:29.279 --> 00:14:30.340
 people started to open up

00:14:30.340 --> 00:14:30.919
 their hearts

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 and think about their life,

00:14:32.899 --> 00:14:33.279
 death,

00:14:34.279 --> 00:14:35.080
 and many people

00:14:35.080 --> 00:14:36.100
 started to become Christians.

00:14:36.659 --> 00:14:37.679
 More church planting

00:14:37.679 --> 00:14:38.860
 last five years

00:14:38.860 --> 00:14:40.019
 started happening

00:14:40.019 --> 00:14:40.700
 around Tokyo

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 and all the cities.

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 And it is true,

00:14:44.060 --> 00:14:45.500
 as you heard this morning,

00:14:46.299 --> 00:14:47.440
 that God shakes

00:14:47.440 --> 00:14:48.299
 us,

00:14:48.419 --> 00:14:48.919
 our hearts,

00:14:49.000 --> 00:14:50.379
 through using these

00:14:50.379 --> 00:14:51.500
 tragedies

00:14:51.500 --> 00:14:52.940
 or hard times.

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 And,

00:14:55.120 --> 00:14:56.600
 Jesus wants to remind us

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 how we have to live

00:14:57.720 --> 00:14:58.379
 in this

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 between

00:14:59.500 --> 00:15:00.480
 the alreadyness

00:15:00.480 --> 00:15:02.720
 and not yetness.

00:15:03.200 --> 00:15:03.340
 Okay?

00:15:03.600 --> 00:15:03.779
 So,

00:15:03.840 --> 00:15:04.299
 first thing,

00:15:04.940 --> 00:15:06.179
 Jesus starts with

00:15:06.179 --> 00:15:06.840
 talking about

00:15:06.840 --> 00:15:08.019
 this noble man,

00:15:08.799 --> 00:15:09.440
 went into

00:15:09.440 --> 00:15:10.179
 a far country

00:15:10.179 --> 00:15:11.700
 and received

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 for himself

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 a kingdom

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 and then returned.

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 And I already

00:15:14.840 --> 00:15:15.460
 have a question,

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 why does he have to

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 go to a far country

00:15:17.600 --> 00:15:18.200
 to do this?

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 And this is

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 quite important information

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 because historically,

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 in a time around

00:15:24.120 --> 00:15:25.600
 4 BC

00:15:25.600 --> 00:15:26.539
 before Christ,

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 the Herod the Great

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 went to Rome

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 and received,

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 actually,

00:15:33.519 --> 00:15:34.080
 the kingship

00:15:34.080 --> 00:15:34.899
 and returned.

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 And people hated Herod.

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 And,

00:15:38.159 --> 00:15:39.740
 40 BC,

00:15:40.000 --> 00:15:40.699
 a little bit later on,

00:15:40.759 --> 00:15:41.379
 his son,

00:15:41.699 --> 00:15:42.340
 Archelaus,

00:15:42.899 --> 00:15:44.399
 also went to Rome,

00:15:44.860 --> 00:15:45.500
 but this time

00:15:45.500 --> 00:15:46.500
 he protested

00:15:46.500 --> 00:15:47.159
 about his,

00:15:47.340 --> 00:15:48.179
 another brother

00:15:48.179 --> 00:15:50.179
 was about to

00:15:50.179 --> 00:15:50.639
 kind of

00:15:50.639 --> 00:15:51.480
 to be chosen

00:15:51.480 --> 00:15:53.120
 and what happened

00:15:53.120 --> 00:15:53.699
 was he got

00:15:53.699 --> 00:15:54.259
 banished.

00:15:55.439 --> 00:15:56.299
 He didn't become king.

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 People hated it.

00:15:58.419 --> 00:15:58.579
 So,

00:15:58.779 --> 00:15:59.639
 you can see already

00:15:59.639 --> 00:16:00.819
 as he starts

00:16:00.819 --> 00:16:01.379
 the parable,

00:16:01.779 --> 00:16:02.379
 many people

00:16:02.379 --> 00:16:03.379
 are already engaged.

00:16:04.000 --> 00:16:04.360
 What?

00:16:04.759 --> 00:16:05.939
 He's using this

00:16:05.939 --> 00:16:06.500
 kind of

00:16:06.500 --> 00:16:07.759
 intense situation

00:16:07.759 --> 00:16:08.500
 that who's going

00:16:08.500 --> 00:16:08.939
 to be king

00:16:08.939 --> 00:16:09.699
 and we don't want

00:16:09.699 --> 00:16:11.899
 this evil king

00:16:11.899 --> 00:16:12.860
 to rule us.

00:16:13.419 --> 00:16:14.279
 And Jesus

00:16:14.279 --> 00:16:15.120
 is relating

00:16:15.120 --> 00:16:16.279
 to the kingdom

00:16:16.279 --> 00:16:16.819
 of God.

00:16:17.419 --> 00:16:17.799
 Then,

00:16:18.419 --> 00:16:19.439
 he talks about

00:16:19.439 --> 00:16:21.419
 this noble man

00:16:21.419 --> 00:16:21.979
 calls

00:16:21.979 --> 00:16:23.459
 these three servants

00:16:23.459 --> 00:16:24.639
 and gave them

00:16:24.639 --> 00:16:25.639
 out of blue

00:16:25.639 --> 00:16:26.919
 no reason

00:16:26.919 --> 00:16:28.000
 that he should

00:16:28.000 --> 00:16:28.519
 do this.

00:16:28.960 --> 00:16:29.419
 Probably.

00:16:30.039 --> 00:16:30.639
 It's a gracious

00:16:30.639 --> 00:16:31.000
 thing,

00:16:31.120 --> 00:16:31.840
 generous thing.

00:16:32.460 --> 00:16:33.240
 This noble man

00:16:33.240 --> 00:16:34.899
 gives gifts,

00:16:35.500 --> 00:16:36.019
 10 minutes,

00:16:36.179 --> 00:16:36.879
 which is about

00:16:36.879 --> 00:16:37.720
 maybe three months

00:16:37.720 --> 00:16:38.139
 wages,

00:16:38.620 --> 00:16:39.480
 which is not a lot,

00:16:40.080 --> 00:16:40.820
 but it's enough

00:16:40.820 --> 00:16:42.220
 money to invest,

00:16:42.440 --> 00:16:42.679
 right,

00:16:43.039 --> 00:16:43.620
 to business.

00:16:44.600 --> 00:16:44.860
 So,

00:16:44.960 --> 00:16:45.480
 when we hear

00:16:45.480 --> 00:16:46.059
 like this,

00:16:46.399 --> 00:16:46.919
 we feel,

00:16:47.080 --> 00:16:47.340
 okay,

00:16:47.740 --> 00:16:48.679
 this parable

00:16:48.679 --> 00:16:49.419
 is all about

00:16:49.419 --> 00:16:50.299
 our performance.

00:16:50.860 --> 00:16:51.440
 It's all about

00:16:51.440 --> 00:16:52.820
 God asking us

00:16:52.820 --> 00:16:53.440
 to be faithful

00:16:53.440 --> 00:16:54.480
 in our money

00:16:54.480 --> 00:16:56.120
 and reproduce,

00:16:57.200 --> 00:16:57.980
 start creating

00:16:57.980 --> 00:16:58.820
 Christian business

00:16:58.820 --> 00:16:59.639
 and then,

00:17:00.019 --> 00:17:00.779
 you know,

00:17:01.259 --> 00:17:02.340
 look God,

00:17:02.620 --> 00:17:03.340
 I did something

00:17:03.340 --> 00:17:03.960
 for you

00:17:03.960 --> 00:17:04.880
 so that God

00:17:04.880 --> 00:17:05.339
 will give us

00:17:05.339 --> 00:17:05.640
 favor.

00:17:07.059 --> 00:17:07.960
 But it's

00:17:07.960 --> 00:17:08.660
 actually not.

00:17:09.259 --> 00:17:09.700
 I was quite

00:17:09.700 --> 00:17:10.059
 surprised.

00:17:10.140 --> 00:17:10.620
 That's what I

00:17:10.620 --> 00:17:11.380
 used to think

00:17:11.380 --> 00:17:13.500
 because

00:17:13.500 --> 00:17:14.779
 there's the details

00:17:14.779 --> 00:17:16.140
 that,

00:17:17.039 --> 00:17:17.839
 in verse 14,

00:17:18.019 --> 00:17:18.759
 but citizens

00:17:18.759 --> 00:17:20.079
 hate it.

00:17:20.579 --> 00:17:21.160
 His citizens

00:17:21.160 --> 00:17:21.799
 hate it

00:17:21.799 --> 00:17:22.880
 and they didn't

00:17:22.880 --> 00:17:23.779
 want him to be

00:17:23.779 --> 00:17:24.900
 king.

00:17:24.900 --> 00:17:26.519
 what's going

00:17:26.519 --> 00:17:26.940
 on here?

00:17:28.740 --> 00:17:29.320
 I think we

00:17:29.320 --> 00:17:29.980
 have to look

00:17:29.980 --> 00:17:30.400
 at these

00:17:30.400 --> 00:17:31.060
 details.

00:17:31.720 --> 00:17:32.120
 Imagine,

00:17:32.340 --> 00:17:32.700
 this king

00:17:32.700 --> 00:17:33.060
 is going

00:17:33.060 --> 00:17:33.480
 away,

00:17:33.640 --> 00:17:34.200
 he's about

00:17:34.200 --> 00:17:34.759
 to be

00:17:34.759 --> 00:17:35.480
 chosen

00:17:35.480 --> 00:17:37.060
 as a king,

00:17:37.380 --> 00:17:37.900
 return,

00:17:38.440 --> 00:17:39.000
 and people

00:17:39.000 --> 00:17:39.640
 hate him.

00:17:40.880 --> 00:17:41.380
 Isn't this

00:17:41.380 --> 00:17:41.920
 similar to

00:17:41.920 --> 00:17:42.660
 the political

00:17:42.660 --> 00:17:45.220
 election

00:17:45.220 --> 00:17:46.100
 thing?

00:17:48.060 --> 00:17:48.560
 And here,

00:17:48.680 --> 00:17:48.940
 this is

00:17:48.940 --> 00:17:49.440
 interesting,

00:17:49.540 --> 00:17:50.220
 verse 13,

00:17:50.380 --> 00:17:50.940
 he uses

00:17:50.940 --> 00:17:51.740
 this word,

00:17:51.880 --> 00:17:52.080
 I mean,

00:17:52.200 --> 00:17:53.360
 they invest

00:17:53.360 --> 00:17:53.820
 into the

00:17:53.820 --> 00:17:54.180
 business

00:17:54.180 --> 00:17:55.100
 until I

00:17:55.100 --> 00:17:55.539
 return.

00:17:55.900 --> 00:17:56.460
 But that

00:17:56.460 --> 00:17:56.880
 word,

00:17:57.019 --> 00:17:57.320
 until,

00:17:57.799 --> 00:17:58.259
 can be

00:17:58.259 --> 00:17:58.519
 actually

00:17:58.519 --> 00:17:59.000
 translated

00:17:59.000 --> 00:17:59.460
 in three

00:17:59.460 --> 00:17:59.820
 ways.

00:18:00.200 --> 00:18:00.840
 In which

00:18:00.840 --> 00:18:02.100
 I return

00:18:02.100 --> 00:18:02.900
 or because

00:18:02.900 --> 00:18:03.799
 I return.

00:18:05.180 --> 00:18:06.000
 A few

00:18:06.000 --> 00:18:06.539
 scholars

00:18:06.539 --> 00:18:06.960
 actually

00:18:06.960 --> 00:18:07.460
 suggest

00:18:07.460 --> 00:18:08.039
 that actually

00:18:08.039 --> 00:18:09.220
 in Greek

00:18:09.220 --> 00:18:09.980
 because

00:18:09.980 --> 00:18:10.820
 is appropriate

00:18:10.820 --> 00:18:11.320
 here.

00:18:12.799 --> 00:18:13.620
 If it is

00:18:13.620 --> 00:18:13.980
 because,

00:18:14.519 --> 00:18:15.080
 it changes

00:18:15.080 --> 00:18:15.820
 the entire

00:18:15.820 --> 00:18:16.480
 meaning of

00:18:16.480 --> 00:18:16.779
 this.

00:18:18.220 --> 00:18:18.360
 Right?

00:18:18.720 --> 00:18:18.900
 So,

00:18:19.220 --> 00:18:19.620
 if it's

00:18:19.620 --> 00:18:20.180
 like until

00:18:20.180 --> 00:18:20.580
 I return,

00:18:20.579 --> 00:18:20.859
 it's like,

00:18:20.939 --> 00:18:21.319
 okay,

00:18:21.879 --> 00:18:22.079
 I want

00:18:22.079 --> 00:18:22.359
 money,

00:18:23.039 --> 00:18:23.519
 and I

00:18:23.519 --> 00:18:23.699
 want to

00:18:23.699 --> 00:18:23.960
 have a

00:18:23.960 --> 00:18:24.399
 return,

00:18:25.039 --> 00:18:25.359
 and,

00:18:25.419 --> 00:18:25.699
 you know,

00:18:25.779 --> 00:18:26.019
 I want

00:18:26.019 --> 00:18:26.199
 to have

00:18:26.199 --> 00:18:26.899
 more money,

00:18:26.980 --> 00:18:27.339
 that's what

00:18:27.339 --> 00:18:28.359
 the nobleman

00:18:28.359 --> 00:18:28.819
 might be

00:18:28.819 --> 00:18:29.059
 asking.

00:18:29.519 --> 00:18:29.939
 But it

00:18:29.939 --> 00:18:30.799
 is because

00:18:30.799 --> 00:18:31.419
 I return.

00:18:31.919 --> 00:18:32.500
 What do

00:18:32.500 --> 00:18:33.000
 you think

00:18:33.000 --> 00:18:34.519
 he will

00:18:34.519 --> 00:18:35.319
 ask of

00:18:35.319 --> 00:18:35.559
 you?

00:18:37.199 --> 00:18:37.879
 What kind

00:18:37.879 --> 00:18:38.419
 of business?

00:18:39.619 --> 00:18:40.379
 Is it for

00:18:40.379 --> 00:18:41.099
 yourself or

00:18:41.099 --> 00:18:41.599
 is it for

00:18:41.599 --> 00:18:42.259
 the king?

00:18:43.899 --> 00:18:44.259
 What do

00:18:44.259 --> 00:18:44.439
 you think?

00:18:44.500 --> 00:18:44.720
 Okay,

00:18:45.119 --> 00:18:45.539
 let's look

00:18:45.539 --> 00:18:46.319
 further here.

00:18:48.819 --> 00:18:49.779
 Verse 15,

00:18:50.579 --> 00:18:52.720
 says this,

00:18:52.799 --> 00:18:53.240
 when he

00:18:53.240 --> 00:18:53.659
 returned,

00:18:53.779 --> 00:18:54.359
 having received

00:18:54.359 --> 00:18:54.699
 the kingdom,

00:18:54.899 --> 00:18:55.519
 he ordered

00:18:55.519 --> 00:18:56.159
 the servants

00:18:56.159 --> 00:18:56.639
 to whom

00:18:56.639 --> 00:18:57.079
 he had

00:18:57.079 --> 00:18:57.519
 given the

00:18:57.519 --> 00:18:58.099
 money to

00:18:58.099 --> 00:18:58.500
 be called

00:18:58.500 --> 00:18:58.960
 to him

00:18:58.960 --> 00:18:59.899
 that he

00:18:59.899 --> 00:19:00.379
 might know

00:19:00.379 --> 00:19:00.839
 what they

00:19:00.839 --> 00:19:01.679
 had gained

00:19:01.679 --> 00:19:03.039
 by doing

00:19:03.039 --> 00:19:03.779
 business.

00:19:03.919 --> 00:19:04.439
 Again,

00:19:04.619 --> 00:19:05.220
 this seems

00:19:05.220 --> 00:19:05.919
 like he's

00:19:05.919 --> 00:19:06.399
 asking for

00:19:06.399 --> 00:19:06.699
 money,

00:19:06.799 --> 00:19:06.980
 right?

00:19:07.879 --> 00:19:08.720
 But actually,

00:19:08.819 --> 00:19:09.519
 original Greek

00:19:09.519 --> 00:19:10.359
 translation says

00:19:10.359 --> 00:19:12.740
 to be,

00:19:12.939 --> 00:19:13.619
 so they're

00:19:13.619 --> 00:19:14.980
 called to

00:19:14.980 --> 00:19:15.839
 him so

00:19:15.839 --> 00:19:16.259
 that they

00:19:16.259 --> 00:19:16.799
 might know

00:19:16.799 --> 00:19:18.000
 what business

00:19:18.000 --> 00:19:18.879
 had done,

00:19:19.480 --> 00:19:20.419
 what business

00:19:20.419 --> 00:19:21.720
 has

00:19:21.720 --> 00:19:22.319
 trans,

00:19:22.419 --> 00:19:23.079
 is that

00:19:23.079 --> 00:19:23.460
 it you

00:19:23.460 --> 00:19:23.619
 say?

00:19:24.619 --> 00:19:25.180
 Yeah,

00:19:26.180 --> 00:19:26.859
 transpired,

00:19:26.940 --> 00:19:27.039
 yeah.

00:19:27.940 --> 00:19:28.779
 So actually,

00:19:29.059 --> 00:19:29.460
 it's not

00:19:29.460 --> 00:19:30.019
 about money,

00:19:30.839 --> 00:19:31.139
 but it's

00:19:31.139 --> 00:19:31.940
 more about

00:19:31.940 --> 00:19:33.579
 what kind

00:19:33.579 --> 00:19:34.299
 of business

00:19:34.299 --> 00:19:36.339
 you invested

00:19:36.339 --> 00:19:36.779
 into.

00:19:37.879 --> 00:19:38.220
 Okay?

00:19:38.220 --> 00:19:38.319
 Okay?

00:19:38.319 --> 00:19:41.200
 And this

00:19:41.200 --> 00:19:41.659
 is important

00:19:41.659 --> 00:19:42.359
 because if

00:19:42.359 --> 00:19:43.339
 you follow

00:19:43.339 --> 00:19:44.379
 the scripture,

00:19:46.159 --> 00:19:46.859
 the nobleman

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 is asking

00:19:47.379 --> 00:19:47.659
 about

00:19:47.659 --> 00:19:48.419
 faithfulness.

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 It's not

00:19:49.079 --> 00:19:50.259
 fruitfulness.

00:19:50.599 --> 00:19:51.419
 It's not

00:19:51.419 --> 00:19:51.960
 about

00:19:51.960 --> 00:19:53.299
 successfulness.

00:19:53.819 --> 00:19:54.799
 It's about

00:19:54.799 --> 00:19:57.359
 faithfulness,

00:19:57.439 --> 00:19:57.779
 isn't it?

00:19:58.599 --> 00:19:59.119
 What was

00:19:59.119 --> 00:19:59.579
 the reward

00:19:59.579 --> 00:20:00.039
 for them?

00:20:01.839 --> 00:20:02.439
 Was that

00:20:02.439 --> 00:20:03.259
 more privilege?

00:20:03.619 --> 00:20:03.899
 Hey,

00:20:04.019 --> 00:20:04.619
 you earn so

00:20:04.619 --> 00:20:04.939
 much,

00:20:05.039 --> 00:20:05.379
 now you

00:20:05.379 --> 00:20:06.000
 can go

00:20:06.000 --> 00:20:06.379
 and spend

00:20:06.379 --> 00:20:07.659
 money on

00:20:07.659 --> 00:20:08.059
 your cloth

00:20:08.059 --> 00:20:08.339
 and you

00:20:08.339 --> 00:20:08.779
 can live

00:20:08.779 --> 00:20:09.119
 happy

00:20:09.119 --> 00:20:09.659
 ever after?

00:20:10.079 --> 00:20:10.279
 No.

00:20:10.659 --> 00:20:10.980
 More

00:20:10.980 --> 00:20:11.659
 responsibility,

00:20:12.440 --> 00:20:12.639
 right?

00:20:12.859 --> 00:20:13.859
 So faithfulness

00:20:13.859 --> 00:20:14.519
 and reward

00:20:14.519 --> 00:20:15.299
 is more

00:20:15.299 --> 00:20:15.980
 responsibility

00:20:15.980 --> 00:20:16.899
 and authority

00:20:16.899 --> 00:20:17.599
 over the

00:20:17.599 --> 00:20:17.960
 cities.

00:20:19.099 --> 00:20:19.579
 So,

00:20:19.839 --> 00:20:20.960
 what is

00:20:20.960 --> 00:20:21.599
 master

00:20:21.599 --> 00:20:22.759
 asking

00:20:22.759 --> 00:20:23.859
 his servants

00:20:23.859 --> 00:20:24.839
 to do?

00:20:25.759 --> 00:20:26.539
 I can put

00:20:26.539 --> 00:20:27.000
 it this way.

00:20:27.220 --> 00:20:27.599
 I'm sure

00:20:27.599 --> 00:20:28.379
 he's asking

00:20:28.379 --> 00:20:30.119
 to campaign

00:20:30.119 --> 00:20:31.700
 for his

00:20:31.700 --> 00:20:32.379
 political

00:20:32.379 --> 00:20:33.659
 election.

00:20:35.319 --> 00:20:35.659
 Right?

00:20:35.660 --> 00:20:38.400
 he's asking

00:20:38.400 --> 00:20:39.240
 to promote

00:20:39.240 --> 00:20:39.540
 him

00:20:39.540 --> 00:20:41.880
 while he's

00:20:41.880 --> 00:20:42.140
 gone.

00:20:42.460 --> 00:20:42.620
 And

00:20:42.620 --> 00:20:44.160
 quite

00:20:44.160 --> 00:20:44.480
 difficult

00:20:44.480 --> 00:20:44.880
 because

00:20:44.880 --> 00:20:45.480
 many

00:20:45.480 --> 00:20:46.160
 people

00:20:46.160 --> 00:20:46.640
 against

00:20:46.640 --> 00:20:46.820
 him,

00:20:46.880 --> 00:20:47.060
 many

00:20:47.060 --> 00:20:47.320
 people

00:20:47.320 --> 00:20:47.820
 hate

00:20:47.820 --> 00:20:48.120
 him,

00:20:48.620 --> 00:20:49.420
 but in

00:20:49.420 --> 00:20:49.640
 that

00:20:49.640 --> 00:20:50.180
 tension,

00:20:50.380 --> 00:20:50.720
 in that

00:20:50.720 --> 00:20:51.120
 heat,

00:20:51.220 --> 00:20:51.600
 in that

00:20:51.600 --> 00:20:52.200
 difficulty,

00:20:53.000 --> 00:20:54.040
 he wants

00:20:54.040 --> 00:20:54.820
 his servants

00:20:54.820 --> 00:20:55.720
 to be

00:20:55.720 --> 00:20:56.120
 faithful

00:20:56.120 --> 00:20:58.460
 promoting

00:20:58.460 --> 00:20:59.000
 his name.

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 So,

00:21:00.160 --> 00:21:00.340
 when we

00:21:00.340 --> 00:21:00.620
 look at

00:21:00.620 --> 00:21:01.160
 our lives,

00:21:01.380 --> 00:21:01.660
 do we

00:21:01.660 --> 00:21:02.080
 do this?

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 If God

00:21:03.240 --> 00:21:03.839
 gave you

00:21:03.839 --> 00:21:04.980
 a lot

00:21:04.980 --> 00:21:05.339
 of money,

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 how would

00:21:07.179 --> 00:21:07.519
 you spend

00:21:07.519 --> 00:21:07.699
 it?

00:21:08.960 --> 00:21:09.419
 Probably

00:21:09.419 --> 00:21:09.939
 I'm thinking

00:21:09.939 --> 00:21:10.279
 I will

00:21:10.279 --> 00:21:10.679
 start my

00:21:10.679 --> 00:21:11.019
 own

00:21:11.019 --> 00:21:11.619
 clothes

00:21:11.619 --> 00:21:12.139
 shop.

00:21:13.579 --> 00:21:13.899
 Reuters

00:21:13.899 --> 00:21:14.679
 second

00:21:14.679 --> 00:21:14.919
 hand

00:21:14.919 --> 00:21:15.279
 store.

00:21:17.079 --> 00:21:17.259
 Right?

00:21:18.000 --> 00:21:18.319
 That's

00:21:18.319 --> 00:21:19.119
 a natural

00:21:19.119 --> 00:21:19.559
 thing.

00:21:19.679 --> 00:21:19.919
 And I

00:21:19.919 --> 00:21:20.220
 still,

00:21:20.339 --> 00:21:20.559
 of course,

00:21:20.639 --> 00:21:21.019
 because I'm

00:21:21.019 --> 00:21:21.379
 a Christian,

00:21:21.559 --> 00:21:22.199
 still thinking

00:21:22.199 --> 00:21:22.819
 back in my

00:21:22.819 --> 00:21:23.079
 head,

00:21:23.339 --> 00:21:23.679
 but this

00:21:23.679 --> 00:21:24.000
 is for

00:21:24.000 --> 00:21:24.279
 God.

00:21:26.099 --> 00:21:26.519
 That's

00:21:26.519 --> 00:21:26.819
 how I

00:21:26.819 --> 00:21:27.099
 excuse

00:21:27.099 --> 00:21:27.599
 myself.

00:21:28.759 --> 00:21:28.939
 Right?

00:21:29.419 --> 00:21:30.039
 Or maybe

00:21:30.039 --> 00:21:30.939
 you start,

00:21:30.940 --> 00:21:31.460
 maybe a

00:21:31.460 --> 00:21:31.799
 famous

00:21:31.799 --> 00:21:32.160
 scholar,

00:21:32.360 --> 00:21:32.539
 famous

00:21:32.539 --> 00:21:33.160
 person,

00:21:33.680 --> 00:21:34.980
 you can

00:21:34.980 --> 00:21:35.320
 say,

00:21:35.440 --> 00:21:35.559
 hey,

00:21:35.620 --> 00:21:37.680
 kevinisgreat.com.

00:21:38.360 --> 00:21:38.920
 Something like

00:21:38.920 --> 00:21:39.140
 that.

00:21:39.600 --> 00:21:39.880
 I don't

00:21:39.880 --> 00:21:40.080
 know.

00:21:40.279 --> 00:21:40.620
 I'm not

00:21:40.620 --> 00:21:40.920
 saying that

00:21:40.920 --> 00:21:41.140
 you will

00:21:41.140 --> 00:21:41.500
 do that.

00:21:41.980 --> 00:21:42.140
 Okay?

00:21:43.860 --> 00:21:44.559
 Or even

00:21:44.559 --> 00:21:45.019
 church.

00:21:45.820 --> 00:21:46.539
 It's almost

00:21:46.539 --> 00:21:47.740
 like you

00:21:47.740 --> 00:21:48.860
 can name

00:21:48.860 --> 00:21:49.600
 your church

00:21:49.600 --> 00:21:51.620
 Luther is

00:21:51.620 --> 00:21:51.980
 at the

00:21:51.980 --> 00:21:53.100
 center church

00:21:53.100 --> 00:21:53.559
 or something

00:21:53.559 --> 00:21:54.000
 like that

00:21:54.000 --> 00:21:54.500
 instead of

00:21:54.500 --> 00:21:55.220
 gospel center

00:21:55.220 --> 00:21:55.720
 church.

00:21:57.420 --> 00:21:58.080
 And this

00:21:58.080 --> 00:21:58.519
 was actually

00:21:58.519 --> 00:21:58.920
 a challenge

00:21:58.920 --> 00:21:59.259
 for me

00:21:59.259 --> 00:21:59.799
 when I

00:21:59.799 --> 00:22:00.100
 started

00:22:00.100 --> 00:22:00.539
 church.

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 Because I

00:22:02.640 --> 00:22:03.240
 was afraid

00:22:03.240 --> 00:22:03.700
 of what

00:22:03.700 --> 00:22:04.539
 people would

00:22:04.539 --> 00:22:04.820
 think.

00:22:05.360 --> 00:22:05.580
 I had

00:22:05.580 --> 00:22:05.880
 actually

00:22:05.880 --> 00:22:06.299
 many

00:22:06.299 --> 00:22:07.160
 so-called

00:22:07.160 --> 00:22:07.820
 enemies or

00:22:07.820 --> 00:22:08.340
 people who

00:22:08.340 --> 00:22:08.960
 didn't like

00:22:08.960 --> 00:22:10.380
 me because

00:22:10.380 --> 00:22:11.180
 I left

00:22:11.180 --> 00:22:12.880
 quite a sad

00:22:12.880 --> 00:22:13.220
 way,

00:22:13.340 --> 00:22:13.779
 my former

00:22:13.779 --> 00:22:14.180
 church.

00:22:14.299 --> 00:22:14.799
 So I

00:22:14.799 --> 00:22:15.279
 was worried

00:22:15.279 --> 00:22:16.100
 what if I

00:22:16.100 --> 00:22:16.680
 plant this

00:22:16.680 --> 00:22:17.100
 church,

00:22:17.380 --> 00:22:17.680
 what do

00:22:17.680 --> 00:22:18.400
 other people

00:22:18.400 --> 00:22:18.880
 think of

00:22:18.880 --> 00:22:19.080
 me?

00:22:19.860 --> 00:22:20.460
 What if I

00:22:20.460 --> 00:22:20.820
 fail?

00:22:21.019 --> 00:22:21.380
 Maybe they

00:22:21.380 --> 00:22:21.759
 will laugh

00:22:21.759 --> 00:22:22.240
 at me.

00:22:22.539 --> 00:22:22.779
 Huh?

00:22:23.380 --> 00:22:23.799
 See?

00:22:24.580 --> 00:22:25.120
 He wasn't

00:22:25.120 --> 00:22:25.420
 great.

00:22:26.360 --> 00:22:27.420
 He wasn't

00:22:27.420 --> 00:22:28.600
 capable of

00:22:28.600 --> 00:22:29.299
 doing this.

00:22:29.299 --> 00:22:30.339
 I was

00:22:30.339 --> 00:22:30.799
 worried about

00:22:30.799 --> 00:22:31.099
 this.

00:22:32.180 --> 00:22:32.539
 But through

00:22:32.539 --> 00:22:33.200
 actually this

00:22:33.200 --> 00:22:33.599
 scripture

00:22:33.599 --> 00:22:34.460
 challenged me,

00:22:34.559 --> 00:22:35.059
 is it really

00:22:35.059 --> 00:22:35.700
 about you?

00:22:37.419 --> 00:22:37.899
 Is that

00:22:37.899 --> 00:22:39.680
 your name

00:22:39.680 --> 00:22:39.919
 that you

00:22:39.919 --> 00:22:40.220
 want to

00:22:40.220 --> 00:22:40.639
 promote

00:22:40.639 --> 00:22:41.099
 through this

00:22:41.099 --> 00:22:41.319
 church

00:22:41.319 --> 00:22:41.639
 planting?

00:22:42.299 --> 00:22:43.500
 Or is

00:22:43.500 --> 00:22:44.720
 it God's

00:22:44.720 --> 00:22:46.480
 name that

00:22:46.480 --> 00:22:46.799
 you want to

00:22:46.799 --> 00:22:47.359
 promote in

00:22:47.359 --> 00:22:47.819
 your life?

00:22:48.319 --> 00:22:48.899
 So I

00:22:48.899 --> 00:22:49.279
 think this is

00:22:49.279 --> 00:22:49.559
 the first

00:22:49.559 --> 00:22:50.119
 challenge.

00:22:51.000 --> 00:22:51.519
 What are

00:22:51.519 --> 00:22:52.099
 you promoting

00:22:52.099 --> 00:22:52.700
 in your

00:22:52.700 --> 00:22:52.980
 life?

00:22:53.559 --> 00:22:53.899
 I'm not

00:22:53.899 --> 00:22:54.419
 just talking

00:22:54.419 --> 00:22:55.119
 about again

00:22:55.119 --> 00:22:55.619
 starting a

00:22:55.619 --> 00:22:56.039
 business but

00:22:56.039 --> 00:22:56.359
 in your

00:22:56.359 --> 00:22:56.899
 workplace.

00:22:56.900 --> 00:22:58.840
 do you

00:22:58.840 --> 00:22:59.240
 talk about

00:22:59.240 --> 00:22:59.500
 God?

00:23:01.880 --> 00:23:02.480
 Do you

00:23:02.480 --> 00:23:03.680
 talk more

00:23:03.680 --> 00:23:04.160
 about your

00:23:04.160 --> 00:23:04.960
 success?

00:23:05.700 --> 00:23:06.400
 How you

00:23:06.400 --> 00:23:06.780
 want to be

00:23:06.780 --> 00:23:07.280
 famous?

00:23:07.820 --> 00:23:08.480
 How you

00:23:08.480 --> 00:23:08.880
 want to be

00:23:08.880 --> 00:23:09.220
 popular?

00:23:10.400 --> 00:23:11.200
 What are

00:23:11.200 --> 00:23:12.240
 you promoting

00:23:12.240 --> 00:23:12.980
 not just in

00:23:12.980 --> 00:23:14.200
 the workplace

00:23:14.200 --> 00:23:15.360
 but maybe at

00:23:15.360 --> 00:23:15.820
 your home to

00:23:15.820 --> 00:23:16.340
 your children?

00:23:18.300 --> 00:23:19.240
 Daily life.

00:23:21.740 --> 00:23:22.640
 What else

00:23:22.640 --> 00:23:24.040
 we can learn

00:23:24.040 --> 00:23:24.440
 here?

00:23:25.180 --> 00:23:25.680
 It's actually

00:23:25.680 --> 00:23:26.519
 the master

00:23:26.519 --> 00:23:27.019
 is asking

00:23:27.019 --> 00:23:29.279
 about love

00:23:29.279 --> 00:23:32.380
 towards the

00:23:32.380 --> 00:23:32.700
 master.

00:23:33.580 --> 00:23:34.160
 Because this

00:23:34.160 --> 00:23:34.960
 attention again

00:23:34.960 --> 00:23:35.640
 people don't

00:23:35.640 --> 00:23:36.180
 like him,

00:23:36.500 --> 00:23:37.000
 hate him,

00:23:37.640 --> 00:23:37.960
 and you

00:23:37.960 --> 00:23:38.279
 have to be

00:23:38.279 --> 00:23:38.740
 the servant

00:23:38.740 --> 00:23:39.440
 that you

00:23:39.440 --> 00:23:40.140
 actually love

00:23:40.140 --> 00:23:40.400
 him and

00:23:40.400 --> 00:23:41.120
 want him

00:23:41.120 --> 00:23:43.160
 to become

00:23:43.160 --> 00:23:43.480
 king.

00:23:44.240 --> 00:23:44.420
 Right?

00:23:45.360 --> 00:23:46.140
 So that has

00:23:46.140 --> 00:23:46.480
 to show

00:23:46.480 --> 00:23:47.000
 through whatever

00:23:47.000 --> 00:23:47.560
 you do it

00:23:47.560 --> 00:23:48.519
 should display

00:23:48.519 --> 00:23:49.160
 our love.

00:23:49.820 --> 00:23:50.279
 And also it's

00:23:50.279 --> 00:23:51.299
 a faith because

00:23:51.299 --> 00:23:52.039
 for these

00:23:52.039 --> 00:23:52.980
 servants you

00:23:52.980 --> 00:23:53.660
 actually don't

00:23:53.660 --> 00:23:54.759
 know if the

00:23:54.759 --> 00:23:56.079
 king will be

00:23:56.079 --> 00:23:58.140
 enthroned and

00:23:58.140 --> 00:23:58.599
 can't come

00:23:58.599 --> 00:23:58.940
 back.

00:23:59.259 --> 00:24:00.000
 What if he

00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:00.480
 didn't?

00:24:01.640 --> 00:24:02.519
 Like actually

00:24:02.519 --> 00:24:03.960
 the son of

00:24:03.960 --> 00:24:05.140
 the Herod,

00:24:05.240 --> 00:24:05.660
 the Achilles,

00:24:06.160 --> 00:24:06.440
 he got

00:24:06.440 --> 00:24:06.839
 banished.

00:24:08.119 --> 00:24:08.480
 And that was

00:24:08.480 --> 00:24:09.059
 a happy thing

00:24:09.059 --> 00:24:10.059
 for the people

00:24:10.059 --> 00:24:10.680
 because people

00:24:10.680 --> 00:24:11.420
 didn't like him.

00:24:12.079 --> 00:24:12.740
 But what if

00:24:12.740 --> 00:24:13.879
 these servants

00:24:13.879 --> 00:24:16.000
 invest everything,

00:24:16.220 --> 00:24:16.700
 risk their

00:24:16.700 --> 00:24:18.339
 life for this

00:24:18.339 --> 00:24:19.500
 noble man,

00:24:19.839 --> 00:24:20.960
 and if this

00:24:20.960 --> 00:24:21.420
 noble man

00:24:21.420 --> 00:24:21.879
 didn't come

00:24:21.879 --> 00:24:22.160
 back?

00:24:22.160 --> 00:24:22.840
 So it's

00:24:22.840 --> 00:24:23.320
 actually

00:24:23.320 --> 00:24:25.220
 faith thing,

00:24:25.320 --> 00:24:25.759
 not just

00:24:25.759 --> 00:24:26.440
 faithfulness,

00:24:27.160 --> 00:24:27.840
 but faith

00:24:27.840 --> 00:24:28.840
 is required.

00:24:30.160 --> 00:24:30.480
 God is

00:24:30.480 --> 00:24:31.240
 asking to

00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:31.820
 believe in

00:24:31.820 --> 00:24:32.160
 him that

00:24:32.160 --> 00:24:32.560
 he will

00:24:32.560 --> 00:24:33.060
 return,

00:24:33.779 --> 00:24:34.060
 he will

00:24:34.060 --> 00:24:34.900
 come back

00:24:34.900 --> 00:24:35.160
 as a

00:24:35.160 --> 00:24:35.340
 king.

00:24:35.880 --> 00:24:36.360
 So it's

00:24:36.360 --> 00:24:37.320
 also hope.

00:24:38.759 --> 00:24:39.440
 The master

00:24:39.440 --> 00:24:40.080
 is asking

00:24:40.080 --> 00:24:40.460
 us to

00:24:40.460 --> 00:24:43.120
 have hope.

00:24:43.380 --> 00:24:43.940
 And these

00:24:43.940 --> 00:24:44.740
 first two

00:24:44.740 --> 00:24:45.360
 servants

00:24:45.360 --> 00:24:46.980
 had these

00:24:46.980 --> 00:24:47.440
 qualities.

00:24:48.640 --> 00:24:49.320
 That's why

00:24:49.320 --> 00:24:49.540
 they are

00:24:49.540 --> 00:24:49.920
 faithful.

00:24:49.920 --> 00:24:51.600
 that's why

00:24:51.600 --> 00:24:52.779
 it wasn't

00:24:52.779 --> 00:24:54.200
 about how

00:24:54.200 --> 00:24:54.519
 much

00:24:54.519 --> 00:24:55.120
 minerals

00:24:55.120 --> 00:24:55.820
 they

00:24:55.820 --> 00:24:56.160
 produced

00:24:56.160 --> 00:24:56.460
 because

00:24:56.460 --> 00:24:56.980
 first one

00:24:56.980 --> 00:24:57.460
 produced

00:24:57.460 --> 00:24:58.300
 more than

00:24:58.300 --> 00:24:58.940
 second one.

00:24:59.519 --> 00:25:00.060
 It didn't

00:25:00.060 --> 00:25:00.440
 matter

00:25:00.440 --> 00:25:02.400
 for the

00:25:02.400 --> 00:25:02.640
 king.

00:25:05.279 --> 00:25:05.740
 And as

00:25:05.740 --> 00:25:06.400
 we look at

00:25:06.400 --> 00:25:07.019
 like this,

00:25:07.140 --> 00:25:07.539
 we know

00:25:07.539 --> 00:25:08.039
 right away,

00:25:08.160 --> 00:25:08.480
 okay,

00:25:09.060 --> 00:25:09.860
 we are not

00:25:09.860 --> 00:25:10.360
 that faithful.

00:25:11.519 --> 00:25:11.820
 Right?

00:25:12.180 --> 00:25:12.940
 I can see

00:25:12.940 --> 00:25:13.340
 myself,

00:25:13.440 --> 00:25:13.740
 I'm not

00:25:13.740 --> 00:25:14.440
 that faithful.

00:25:15.340 --> 00:25:15.960
 I actually

00:25:15.960 --> 00:25:16.340
 fail.

00:25:16.339 --> 00:25:19.379
 I was

00:25:19.379 --> 00:25:19.779
 about to

00:25:19.779 --> 00:25:20.559
 fail when

00:25:20.559 --> 00:25:20.980
 I started

00:25:20.980 --> 00:25:21.319
 church.

00:25:22.039 --> 00:25:22.259
 So,

00:25:22.779 --> 00:25:23.839
 let's look

00:25:23.839 --> 00:25:24.039
 at the

00:25:24.039 --> 00:25:24.539
 second point

00:25:24.539 --> 00:25:25.039
 from verse

00:25:25.039 --> 00:25:25.699
 20 to

00:25:25.699 --> 00:25:26.339
 27.

00:25:26.519 --> 00:25:26.740
 I'm going

00:25:26.740 --> 00:25:27.099
 to look

00:25:27.099 --> 00:25:27.579
 at this

00:25:27.579 --> 00:25:29.079
 third

00:25:29.079 --> 00:25:29.659
 servants.

00:25:30.159 --> 00:25:30.619
 We need

00:25:30.619 --> 00:25:31.259
 to understand

00:25:31.259 --> 00:25:31.779
 what's going

00:25:31.779 --> 00:25:32.179
 on with

00:25:32.179 --> 00:25:32.359
 this

00:25:32.359 --> 00:25:32.579
 third

00:25:32.579 --> 00:25:32.899
 servants

00:25:32.899 --> 00:25:33.220
 because

00:25:33.220 --> 00:25:33.559
 it

00:25:33.559 --> 00:25:34.279
 reflects

00:25:34.279 --> 00:25:35.159
 our

00:25:35.159 --> 00:25:35.459
 heart.

00:25:37.419 --> 00:25:37.939
 So,

00:25:38.079 --> 00:25:38.480
 assumption,

00:25:38.759 --> 00:25:39.079
 that's my

00:25:39.079 --> 00:25:39.659
 second point.

00:25:39.660 --> 00:25:42.180
 the first

00:25:42.180 --> 00:25:42.560
 thing that

00:25:42.560 --> 00:25:43.259
 is quite

00:25:43.259 --> 00:25:43.660
 shocking

00:25:43.660 --> 00:25:44.759
 to see

00:25:44.759 --> 00:25:45.279
 that

00:25:45.279 --> 00:25:46.740
 he's

00:25:46.740 --> 00:25:47.120
 servant

00:25:47.120 --> 00:25:48.759
 and he

00:25:48.759 --> 00:25:49.680
 has exactly

00:25:49.680 --> 00:25:50.279
 the same

00:25:50.279 --> 00:25:50.700
 privilege

00:25:50.700 --> 00:25:51.660
 as other

00:25:51.660 --> 00:25:52.759
 servants.

00:25:52.920 --> 00:25:53.259
 He had the

00:25:53.259 --> 00:25:54.040
 same amount

00:25:54.040 --> 00:25:54.500
 of money

00:25:54.500 --> 00:25:54.840
 given,

00:25:54.960 --> 00:25:55.380
 10 minutes.

00:25:57.220 --> 00:25:57.860
 It's a

00:25:57.860 --> 00:25:58.140
 little bit

00:25:58.140 --> 00:25:58.460
 different

00:25:58.460 --> 00:25:59.200
 parable from

00:25:59.200 --> 00:25:59.640
 the Matthew

00:25:59.640 --> 00:25:59.920
 one,

00:26:00.040 --> 00:26:00.200
 okay?

00:26:00.279 --> 00:26:00.620
 This is

00:26:00.620 --> 00:26:00.920
 actually

00:26:00.920 --> 00:26:01.240
 different

00:26:01.240 --> 00:26:01.560
 detail.

00:26:01.720 --> 00:26:01.820
 So,

00:26:02.160 --> 00:26:02.440
 he had

00:26:02.440 --> 00:26:02.700
 the same

00:26:02.700 --> 00:26:03.019
 privilege,

00:26:03.320 --> 00:26:03.640
 he was

00:26:03.640 --> 00:26:03.840
 in the

00:26:03.840 --> 00:26:04.000
 same

00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:04.440
 position,

00:26:04.840 --> 00:26:05.120
 he was

00:26:05.120 --> 00:26:05.460
 the same

00:26:05.460 --> 00:26:06.460
 opportunity,

00:26:06.840 --> 00:26:07.620
 he actually

00:26:07.620 --> 00:26:07.980
 had the

00:26:07.980 --> 00:26:08.600
 same access

00:26:08.600 --> 00:26:09.100
 to the

00:26:09.099 --> 00:26:09.699
 nobleman.

00:26:10.779 --> 00:26:11.459
 But how

00:26:11.459 --> 00:26:12.000
 come

00:26:12.000 --> 00:26:13.859
 that he

00:26:13.859 --> 00:26:14.459
 couldn't

00:26:14.459 --> 00:26:15.379
 be faithful

00:26:15.379 --> 00:26:15.859
 like two

00:26:15.859 --> 00:26:16.119
 other

00:26:16.119 --> 00:26:16.659
 servants?

00:26:17.959 --> 00:26:18.439
 So,

00:26:18.959 --> 00:26:19.500
 verse 20

00:26:19.500 --> 00:26:19.899
 says,

00:26:20.039 --> 00:26:20.919
 then another

00:26:20.919 --> 00:26:21.719
 came saying,

00:26:21.879 --> 00:26:22.119
 Lord,

00:26:22.419 --> 00:26:22.859
 here's your

00:26:22.859 --> 00:26:23.399
 mina which

00:26:23.399 --> 00:26:23.939
 I kept

00:26:23.939 --> 00:26:24.980
 laid away

00:26:24.980 --> 00:26:26.019
 in handkerchief,

00:26:26.319 --> 00:26:26.939
 for I was

00:26:26.939 --> 00:26:27.419
 afraid of

00:26:27.419 --> 00:26:27.579
 you.

00:26:27.719 --> 00:26:27.899
 So,

00:26:27.959 --> 00:26:28.159
 now you

00:26:28.159 --> 00:26:28.439
 can see

00:26:28.439 --> 00:26:28.799
 already,

00:26:28.939 --> 00:26:29.399
 he's

00:26:29.399 --> 00:26:30.119
 afraid of

00:26:30.119 --> 00:26:30.500
 the

00:26:30.500 --> 00:26:31.079
 nobleman.

00:26:32.240 --> 00:26:32.439
 Okay?

00:26:32.459 --> 00:26:32.899
 Because you

00:26:32.899 --> 00:26:33.099
 are a

00:26:33.099 --> 00:26:33.679
 severe man,

00:26:34.019 --> 00:26:34.359
 you take

00:26:34.359 --> 00:26:35.659
 what you

00:26:35.659 --> 00:26:36.119
 did not

00:26:36.119 --> 00:26:36.819
 deposit

00:26:36.819 --> 00:26:38.059
 and reap

00:26:38.059 --> 00:26:38.480
 what you

00:26:38.480 --> 00:26:38.879
 did not

00:26:38.880 --> 00:26:39.300
 so.

00:26:39.940 --> 00:26:40.320
 And I

00:26:40.320 --> 00:26:40.540
 again

00:26:40.540 --> 00:26:41.060
 wonder,

00:26:41.600 --> 00:26:42.880
 where has

00:26:42.880 --> 00:26:43.160
 he got

00:26:43.160 --> 00:26:43.720
 this idea

00:26:43.720 --> 00:26:44.260
 about the

00:26:44.260 --> 00:26:44.680
 nobleman?

00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:45.040
 Because

00:26:45.040 --> 00:26:46.060
 other two

00:26:46.060 --> 00:26:46.500
 servants

00:26:46.500 --> 00:26:47.480
 seemed that

00:26:47.480 --> 00:26:48.500
 they didn't

00:26:48.500 --> 00:26:48.880
 have this

00:26:48.880 --> 00:26:49.180
 problem.

00:26:50.140 --> 00:26:50.880
 But particularly

00:26:50.880 --> 00:26:51.620
 this man

00:26:51.620 --> 00:26:53.100
 had the

00:26:53.100 --> 00:26:53.380
 problem.

00:26:54.120 --> 00:26:54.420
 And it

00:26:54.420 --> 00:26:55.300
 almost sounds

00:26:55.300 --> 00:26:55.720
 like it's

00:26:55.720 --> 00:26:56.280
 an excuse,

00:26:56.440 --> 00:26:56.780
 isn't it?

00:26:57.900 --> 00:26:58.140
 Hey,

00:26:58.220 --> 00:26:58.860
 because you

00:26:58.860 --> 00:26:59.240
 are like

00:26:59.240 --> 00:26:59.640
 this,

00:26:59.960 --> 00:27:00.640
 I could

00:27:00.640 --> 00:27:01.360
 not perform.

00:27:02.040 --> 00:27:02.720
 Because you

00:27:02.720 --> 00:27:03.140
 are like

00:27:03.140 --> 00:27:03.580
 this,

00:27:04.060 --> 00:27:04.980
 or circumstances

00:27:04.980 --> 00:27:05.880
 like this,

00:27:05.880 --> 00:27:07.000
 I could

00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:07.400
 not do

00:27:07.400 --> 00:27:08.060
 my best.

00:27:09.560 --> 00:27:10.140
 Have you

00:27:10.140 --> 00:27:10.560
 ever done

00:27:10.560 --> 00:27:10.960
 that kind

00:27:10.960 --> 00:27:11.280
 of thing?

00:27:12.000 --> 00:27:12.560
 I do

00:27:12.560 --> 00:27:12.880
 this all

00:27:12.880 --> 00:27:13.100
 the time

00:27:13.100 --> 00:27:13.420
 with my

00:27:13.420 --> 00:27:13.780
 wife.

00:27:16.360 --> 00:27:16.800
 It's

00:27:16.800 --> 00:27:17.260
 your fault.

00:27:18.380 --> 00:27:18.780
 Right?

00:27:18.780 --> 00:27:20.340
 I often do

00:27:20.340 --> 00:27:20.700
 it with my

00:27:20.700 --> 00:27:21.120
 church people.

00:27:21.220 --> 00:27:21.740
 I attempted

00:27:21.740 --> 00:27:22.540
 to do that.

00:27:24.340 --> 00:27:24.660
 Okay.

00:27:25.260 --> 00:27:25.500
 It's

00:27:25.500 --> 00:27:25.900
 interesting.

00:27:26.100 --> 00:27:27.100
 But then,

00:27:27.340 --> 00:27:27.520
 more

00:27:27.520 --> 00:27:28.080
 interestingly,

00:27:28.079 --> 00:27:31.220
 verse 22.

00:27:33.359 --> 00:27:34.019
 It says

00:27:34.019 --> 00:27:34.319
 this,

00:27:34.480 --> 00:27:35.099
 the master

00:27:35.099 --> 00:27:35.899
 hears this,

00:27:36.139 --> 00:27:36.559
 and of

00:27:36.559 --> 00:27:36.859
 course,

00:27:36.980 --> 00:27:39.379
 the assumption

00:27:39.379 --> 00:27:40.639
 that this

00:27:40.639 --> 00:27:41.220
 third servant

00:27:41.220 --> 00:27:41.539
 has,

00:27:41.579 --> 00:27:42.000
 or image

00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:42.379
 that he

00:27:42.379 --> 00:27:43.000
 has towards

00:27:43.000 --> 00:27:43.639
 his master,

00:27:43.899 --> 00:27:44.500
 is not

00:27:44.500 --> 00:27:44.859
 true.

00:27:45.419 --> 00:27:45.619
 Right?

00:27:46.119 --> 00:27:46.359
 It's

00:27:46.359 --> 00:27:46.679
 actually,

00:27:46.779 --> 00:27:47.059
 basically,

00:27:47.199 --> 00:27:48.079
 he's telling,

00:27:48.240 --> 00:27:48.899
 the third servant

00:27:48.899 --> 00:27:49.419
 is telling

00:27:49.419 --> 00:27:50.599
 the master

00:27:50.599 --> 00:27:51.119
 or king,

00:27:51.799 --> 00:27:52.379
 you are

00:27:52.379 --> 00:27:52.779
 a thief.

00:27:53.439 --> 00:27:53.899
 You are

00:27:53.899 --> 00:27:54.199
 a bad

00:27:54.199 --> 00:27:54.619
 guy.

00:27:55.460 --> 00:27:55.960
 That's

00:27:55.960 --> 00:27:56.220
 why.

00:27:56.720 --> 00:27:57.059
 It's a

00:27:57.059 --> 00:27:57.599
 very rude

00:27:57.599 --> 00:27:58.399
 thing to

00:27:58.399 --> 00:27:58.659
 say.

00:27:59.480 --> 00:27:59.759
 But

00:27:59.759 --> 00:28:00.319
 master,

00:28:01.099 --> 00:28:01.859
 I can see

00:28:01.859 --> 00:28:02.099
 a little

00:28:02.099 --> 00:28:02.399
 bit of

00:28:02.399 --> 00:28:03.099
 graciousness.

00:28:03.219 --> 00:28:03.879
 He says,

00:28:04.079 --> 00:28:04.299
 well,

00:28:04.459 --> 00:28:04.799
 okay,

00:28:05.679 --> 00:28:06.240
 all right,

00:28:06.659 --> 00:28:06.980
 let's

00:28:06.980 --> 00:28:07.480
 accept.

00:28:08.119 --> 00:28:08.519
 Let's

00:28:08.519 --> 00:28:09.079
 suppose

00:28:09.079 --> 00:28:09.639
 that you

00:28:09.639 --> 00:28:10.079
 are right.

00:28:10.459 --> 00:28:10.740
 Let's

00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:10.980
 suppose

00:28:10.980 --> 00:28:11.199
 that you

00:28:11.199 --> 00:28:11.639
 are right,

00:28:12.139 --> 00:28:13.659
 but I

00:28:13.659 --> 00:28:14.079
 can still

00:28:14.079 --> 00:28:14.740
 prove you

00:28:14.740 --> 00:28:15.939
 are wrong.

00:28:16.819 --> 00:28:17.339
 So he

00:28:17.339 --> 00:28:17.899
 goes on to

00:28:17.899 --> 00:28:18.119
 say,

00:28:18.179 --> 00:28:18.439
 what does

00:28:18.439 --> 00:28:18.699
 he say?

00:28:18.779 --> 00:28:19.139
 Okay,

00:28:19.539 --> 00:28:20.259
 you knew,

00:28:21.079 --> 00:28:22.039
 you knew

00:28:22.039 --> 00:28:22.619
 that I'm

00:28:22.619 --> 00:28:23.339
 a mean

00:28:23.339 --> 00:28:23.879
 man,

00:28:24.119 --> 00:28:25.059
 the kind

00:28:25.059 --> 00:28:25.459
 of person

00:28:25.459 --> 00:28:26.299
 who steals

00:28:26.299 --> 00:28:27.399
 from

00:28:27.400 --> 00:28:27.640
 other

00:28:27.640 --> 00:28:28.040
 people.

00:28:29.380 --> 00:28:29.540
 Okay,

00:28:29.680 --> 00:28:30.060
 but he

00:28:30.060 --> 00:28:30.540
 goes on

00:28:30.540 --> 00:28:31.019
 to say,

00:28:31.840 --> 00:28:32.140
 but then

00:28:32.140 --> 00:28:32.740
 why didn't

00:28:32.740 --> 00:28:33.380
 you put

00:28:33.380 --> 00:28:34.140
 the money

00:28:34.140 --> 00:28:34.660
 in the

00:28:34.660 --> 00:28:34.900
 bank?

00:28:35.360 --> 00:28:35.880
 This is

00:28:35.880 --> 00:28:36.019
 quite

00:28:36.019 --> 00:28:36.320
 interesting

00:28:36.320 --> 00:28:36.800
 because

00:28:36.800 --> 00:28:38.660
 it was

00:28:38.660 --> 00:28:38.980
 not

00:28:38.980 --> 00:28:39.740
 allowed

00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:40.740
 for

00:28:40.740 --> 00:28:41.280
 Israelites

00:28:41.280 --> 00:28:42.019
 to put

00:28:42.019 --> 00:28:43.100
 money,

00:28:43.640 --> 00:28:44.120
 not in

00:28:44.120 --> 00:28:44.460
 the bank,

00:28:44.540 --> 00:28:44.900
 but to

00:28:44.900 --> 00:28:45.080
 have

00:28:45.080 --> 00:28:45.240
 the

00:28:45.240 --> 00:28:45.720
 interest

00:28:45.720 --> 00:28:46.360
 from

00:28:46.360 --> 00:28:47.720
 fellow

00:28:47.720 --> 00:28:48.259
 Israelites.

00:28:49.000 --> 00:28:49.640
 How do

00:28:49.640 --> 00:28:49.840
 you know

00:28:49.840 --> 00:28:50.019
 that?

00:28:50.120 --> 00:28:50.440
 You know

00:28:50.440 --> 00:28:50.840
 because

00:28:50.840 --> 00:28:51.080
 this

00:28:51.080 --> 00:28:52.000
 language

00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:52.500
 echoes

00:28:52.500 --> 00:28:53.019
 Exodus

00:28:53.019 --> 00:28:53.720
 22,

00:28:54.119 --> 00:28:54.799
 25,

00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:55.119
 or

00:28:55.119 --> 00:28:55.599
 Leviticus

00:28:55.599 --> 00:28:56.160
 25,

00:28:56.279 --> 00:28:56.700
 36,

00:28:56.819 --> 00:28:57.319
 37,

00:28:57.619 --> 00:28:57.839
 even

00:28:57.839 --> 00:28:58.420
 Deuteronomy

00:28:58.420 --> 00:28:59.079
 23,

00:28:59.220 --> 00:28:59.299
 it's

00:28:59.299 --> 00:28:59.639
 mentioned

00:28:59.639 --> 00:29:00.059
 about

00:29:00.059 --> 00:29:01.000
 do not

00:29:01.000 --> 00:29:01.900
 take the

00:29:01.900 --> 00:29:02.220
 interest

00:29:02.220 --> 00:29:02.539
 from

00:29:02.539 --> 00:29:04.139
 the

00:29:04.139 --> 00:29:04.480
 fellow

00:29:04.480 --> 00:29:05.400
 brother

00:29:05.400 --> 00:29:05.740
 in

00:29:05.740 --> 00:29:05.900
 the

00:29:05.900 --> 00:29:06.319
 Israelites.

00:29:07.240 --> 00:29:08.420
 So basically

00:29:08.420 --> 00:29:09.519
 this

00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:10.139
 noble man

00:29:10.139 --> 00:29:10.819
 was saying,

00:29:11.059 --> 00:29:11.279
 hey,

00:29:11.440 --> 00:29:11.740
 it was

00:29:11.740 --> 00:29:12.379
 maybe,

00:29:12.900 --> 00:29:13.619
 actually it

00:29:13.619 --> 00:29:14.039
 was better

00:29:14.039 --> 00:29:14.759
 to put

00:29:14.759 --> 00:29:15.700
 or render

00:29:15.700 --> 00:29:16.119
 money

00:29:16.119 --> 00:29:17.259
 to

00:29:17.259 --> 00:29:18.400
 non-Jews

00:29:18.400 --> 00:29:19.400
 and get

00:29:19.400 --> 00:29:19.780
 interest

00:29:19.780 --> 00:29:20.080
 than

00:29:20.080 --> 00:29:20.660
 doing

00:29:20.660 --> 00:29:21.060
 nothing.

00:29:22.280 --> 00:29:23.000
 So he's

00:29:23.000 --> 00:29:23.380
 saying this,

00:29:23.560 --> 00:29:24.000
 if you

00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:25.100
 knew that

00:29:25.100 --> 00:29:25.420
 I'm a

00:29:25.420 --> 00:29:25.860
 severe man,

00:29:26.060 --> 00:29:26.440
 if this

00:29:26.440 --> 00:29:26.759
 is your

00:29:26.759 --> 00:29:27.280
 image,

00:29:28.580 --> 00:29:28.940
 you could

00:29:28.940 --> 00:29:29.259
 have not

00:29:29.259 --> 00:29:29.820
 done this,

00:29:30.259 --> 00:29:30.800
 but you

00:29:30.800 --> 00:29:31.220
 didn't.

00:29:32.460 --> 00:29:33.140
 So there's

00:29:33.140 --> 00:29:34.460
 an inconsistency

00:29:34.460 --> 00:29:36.100
 in your

00:29:36.100 --> 00:29:36.560
 words and

00:29:36.560 --> 00:29:36.920
 action.

00:29:38.120 --> 00:29:38.519
 Even

00:29:38.519 --> 00:29:38.880
 you are

00:29:38.880 --> 00:29:39.259
 right,

00:29:39.640 --> 00:29:40.019
 I can

00:29:40.019 --> 00:29:40.519
 prove

00:29:40.519 --> 00:29:41.740
 that you

00:29:41.740 --> 00:29:41.980
 are not

00:29:41.980 --> 00:29:42.300
 faithful.

00:29:44.160 --> 00:29:44.500
 And this

00:29:44.500 --> 00:29:44.780
 is quite

00:29:44.780 --> 00:29:45.120
 amazing,

00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:45.500
 this is

00:29:45.500 --> 00:29:46.060
 quite painful

00:29:46.060 --> 00:29:48.160
 because we

00:29:48.160 --> 00:29:49.040
 all have

00:29:49.040 --> 00:29:49.880
 wrong

00:29:49.880 --> 00:29:50.380
 image of

00:29:50.380 --> 00:29:50.640
 God,

00:29:51.259 --> 00:29:51.759
 wrong

00:29:51.759 --> 00:29:52.300
 image of

00:29:52.300 --> 00:29:52.720
 a master.

00:29:54.279 --> 00:29:54.460
 Right?

00:29:55.279 --> 00:29:56.300
 So how

00:29:56.300 --> 00:29:56.900
 come that we

00:29:56.900 --> 00:29:57.500
 have these

00:29:57.500 --> 00:29:58.360
 wrong images

00:29:58.360 --> 00:29:58.920
 or wrong

00:29:58.920 --> 00:30:00.200
 idea about

00:30:00.200 --> 00:30:00.519
 God?

00:30:01.180 --> 00:30:01.680
 Some of

00:30:01.680 --> 00:30:02.000
 us we

00:30:02.000 --> 00:30:02.720
 think God

00:30:02.720 --> 00:30:03.940
 is very

00:30:03.940 --> 00:30:04.840
 harsh and

00:30:04.840 --> 00:30:05.240
 not loving.

00:30:06.019 --> 00:30:06.320
 And some

00:30:06.320 --> 00:30:07.080
 of us think

00:30:07.080 --> 00:30:07.779
 God is just

00:30:07.779 --> 00:30:08.080
 loving.

00:30:08.740 --> 00:30:09.240
 He accepts

00:30:09.240 --> 00:30:09.800
 anything and

00:30:09.800 --> 00:30:10.320
 doesn't punish

00:30:10.320 --> 00:30:10.680
 anyone.

00:30:11.980 --> 00:30:12.259
 But Bible

00:30:12.259 --> 00:30:12.779
 says no.

00:30:14.460 --> 00:30:15.240
 God is a

00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:15.519
 judge.

00:30:16.640 --> 00:30:17.400
 He punishes

00:30:17.400 --> 00:30:17.740
 evil.

00:30:18.160 --> 00:30:19.080
 He's just

00:30:19.080 --> 00:30:19.400
 God.

00:30:19.779 --> 00:30:20.220
 But at the

00:30:20.220 --> 00:30:20.759
 same time,

00:30:21.380 --> 00:30:21.640
 He's a

00:30:21.640 --> 00:30:21.900
 gracious

00:30:21.900 --> 00:30:22.240
 God,

00:30:22.420 --> 00:30:22.759
 merciful

00:30:22.759 --> 00:30:23.180
 God,

00:30:23.440 --> 00:30:23.640
 loving

00:30:23.640 --> 00:30:23.980
 God.

00:30:24.519 --> 00:30:25.120
 This too

00:30:25.120 --> 00:30:26.480
 somehow has

00:30:26.480 --> 00:30:27.080
 to fit in.

00:30:28.060 --> 00:30:28.240
 Right?

00:30:29.360 --> 00:30:30.140
 But then

00:30:30.140 --> 00:30:30.720
 how come?

00:30:30.880 --> 00:30:31.440
 And it's

00:30:31.440 --> 00:30:31.980
 actually if you

00:30:31.980 --> 00:30:32.519
 dig deeper,

00:30:34.420 --> 00:30:36.140
 I can see

00:30:36.140 --> 00:30:37.680
 almost this

00:30:37.680 --> 00:30:38.600
 master saying,

00:30:38.980 --> 00:30:40.180
 it's not

00:30:40.180 --> 00:30:41.560
 because you

00:30:41.560 --> 00:30:42.100
 had a wrong

00:30:42.100 --> 00:30:42.600
 image of

00:30:42.600 --> 00:30:45.240
 me that

00:30:45.240 --> 00:30:45.720
 you are

00:30:45.720 --> 00:30:46.540
 faithful.

00:30:46.539 --> 00:30:46.619
 faithful.

00:30:46.819 --> 00:30:47.000
 It's

00:30:47.000 --> 00:30:47.279
 actually

00:30:47.279 --> 00:30:47.579
 rather

00:30:47.579 --> 00:30:48.359
 opposite.

00:30:49.399 --> 00:30:50.019
 Because you

00:30:50.019 --> 00:30:50.659
 are unfaithful

00:30:50.659 --> 00:30:51.059
 already,

00:30:52.159 --> 00:30:53.059
 in your

00:30:53.059 --> 00:30:53.279
 heart,

00:30:53.379 --> 00:30:53.819
 you start

00:30:53.819 --> 00:30:54.119
 to see

00:30:54.119 --> 00:30:54.379
 me.

00:30:55.539 --> 00:30:56.000
 Wrong

00:30:56.000 --> 00:30:56.279
 way.

00:30:57.319 --> 00:30:57.680
 This is

00:30:57.680 --> 00:30:58.139
 interesting

00:30:58.139 --> 00:30:58.859
 scripture

00:30:58.859 --> 00:30:59.299
 here.

00:31:02.200 --> 00:31:02.720
 Psalm,

00:31:04.000 --> 00:31:04.379
 sorry,

00:31:04.500 --> 00:31:04.779
 I'm trying

00:31:04.779 --> 00:31:04.899
 to,

00:31:04.980 --> 00:31:05.659
 Psalm 18,

00:31:05.839 --> 00:31:06.480
 25 to

00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:06.920
 26,

00:31:07.059 --> 00:31:07.599
 says this,

00:31:08.079 --> 00:31:08.480
 with the

00:31:08.480 --> 00:31:09.319
 merciful you

00:31:09.319 --> 00:31:09.700
 show,

00:31:09.779 --> 00:31:10.159
 I'm talking

00:31:10.159 --> 00:31:10.639
 about God,

00:31:10.819 --> 00:31:11.139
 you show

00:31:11.139 --> 00:31:11.500
 yourself

00:31:11.500 --> 00:31:11.859
 merciful.

00:31:12.119 --> 00:31:12.440
 With the

00:31:12.440 --> 00:31:13.059
 blameless

00:31:13.059 --> 00:31:13.599
 man,

00:31:13.599 --> 00:31:14.839
 you show

00:31:14.839 --> 00:31:15.259
 yourself

00:31:15.259 --> 00:31:15.799
 blameless.

00:31:16.079 --> 00:31:16.359
 With the

00:31:16.359 --> 00:31:17.419
 purified,

00:31:17.740 --> 00:31:18.240
 you show

00:31:18.240 --> 00:31:18.639
 yourself

00:31:18.639 --> 00:31:19.019
 pure.

00:31:19.659 --> 00:31:20.179
 And with

00:31:20.179 --> 00:31:21.019
 the croaked,

00:31:21.639 --> 00:31:22.399
 you make

00:31:22.399 --> 00:31:23.419
 yourself seem

00:31:23.419 --> 00:31:25.079
 torturous.

00:31:25.319 --> 00:31:25.579
 You say

00:31:25.579 --> 00:31:25.939
 torturous?

00:31:26.059 --> 00:31:26.219
 Yeah,

00:31:26.519 --> 00:31:27.039
 or croaked.

00:31:28.599 --> 00:31:29.079
 So it is

00:31:29.079 --> 00:31:29.519
 interesting,

00:31:29.899 --> 00:31:30.219
 for those

00:31:30.219 --> 00:31:30.659
 people who

00:31:30.659 --> 00:31:31.559
 already have

00:31:31.559 --> 00:31:31.980
 a right

00:31:31.980 --> 00:31:32.619
 image of God,

00:31:32.699 --> 00:31:33.659
 already hearts

00:31:33.659 --> 00:31:34.259
 are right

00:31:34.259 --> 00:31:35.219
 towards God,

00:31:35.639 --> 00:31:35.959
 God is

00:31:35.959 --> 00:31:36.799
 always pure,

00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:37.879
 right,

00:31:38.139 --> 00:31:38.639
 righteous,

00:31:38.640 --> 00:31:40.660
 but when

00:31:40.660 --> 00:31:41.340
 our hearts

00:31:41.340 --> 00:31:41.980
 are croaked,

00:31:42.380 --> 00:31:42.820
 bent,

00:31:44.300 --> 00:31:44.780
 de-shaped,

00:31:45.360 --> 00:31:45.980
 we already

00:31:45.980 --> 00:31:46.840
 see everything,

00:31:46.920 --> 00:31:47.259
 not just

00:31:47.259 --> 00:31:47.720
 I think

00:31:47.720 --> 00:31:48.040
 God,

00:31:48.300 --> 00:31:49.000
 but everything

00:31:49.000 --> 00:31:50.740
 else is

00:31:50.740 --> 00:31:51.240
 de-shaped.

00:31:52.240 --> 00:31:52.640
 And this

00:31:52.640 --> 00:31:53.400
 actually reminds

00:31:53.400 --> 00:31:54.020
 me of this

00:31:54.020 --> 00:31:54.720
 concept in

00:31:54.720 --> 00:31:55.080
 Genesis,

00:31:55.280 --> 00:31:55.600
 isn't it?

00:31:56.880 --> 00:31:57.360
 Adam and

00:31:57.360 --> 00:31:57.680
 Eve,

00:31:59.180 --> 00:31:59.680
 why did

00:31:59.680 --> 00:32:00.100
 they sin?

00:32:01.060 --> 00:32:01.800
 Because they

00:32:01.800 --> 00:32:02.620
 believed the

00:32:02.620 --> 00:32:02.940
 lie,

00:32:04.040 --> 00:32:04.580
 the twisted

00:32:04.580 --> 00:32:06.380
 word of

00:32:06.380 --> 00:32:06.800
 Satan.

00:32:06.799 --> 00:32:08.819
 and Satan

00:32:08.819 --> 00:32:09.899
 twisted basically

00:32:09.899 --> 00:32:10.619
 the image of

00:32:10.619 --> 00:32:10.799
 God,

00:32:10.819 --> 00:32:11.700
 God cannot

00:32:11.700 --> 00:32:12.500
 be trusted.

00:32:13.720 --> 00:32:14.539
 God cannot

00:32:14.539 --> 00:32:15.980
 be trusted

00:32:15.980 --> 00:32:16.899
 and he's

00:32:16.899 --> 00:32:17.619
 hiding something

00:32:17.619 --> 00:32:18.200
 from you,

00:32:18.339 --> 00:32:19.000
 he doesn't

00:32:19.000 --> 00:32:19.440
 want to give

00:32:19.440 --> 00:32:20.119
 you the best.

00:32:22.259 --> 00:32:22.879
 That's why,

00:32:23.319 --> 00:32:24.039
 don't worry,

00:32:24.519 --> 00:32:25.139
 you can eat

00:32:25.139 --> 00:32:27.220
 and it's

00:32:27.220 --> 00:32:27.480
 okay.

00:32:28.240 --> 00:32:28.639
 It all

00:32:28.639 --> 00:32:29.159
 started from

00:32:29.159 --> 00:32:29.440
 there.

00:32:30.440 --> 00:32:30.879
 And you

00:32:30.879 --> 00:32:31.200
 know this

00:32:31.200 --> 00:32:32.500
 word that

00:32:32.500 --> 00:32:33.099
 the master

00:32:33.099 --> 00:32:33.440
 used,

00:32:33.879 --> 00:32:34.700
 you know,

00:32:34.799 --> 00:32:35.319
 you knew

00:32:35.319 --> 00:32:36.159
 that I'm a

00:32:36.159 --> 00:32:36.700
 severe man.

00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:37.619
 the word

00:32:37.619 --> 00:32:38.940
 is quite

00:32:38.940 --> 00:32:39.440
 interesting,

00:32:39.619 --> 00:32:40.139
 this is my

00:32:40.139 --> 00:32:40.839
 personal opinion,

00:32:41.240 --> 00:32:41.960
 it means to

00:32:41.960 --> 00:32:42.599
 experience,

00:32:43.159 --> 00:32:43.759
 to know or

00:32:43.759 --> 00:32:44.440
 to perceive,

00:32:45.259 --> 00:32:45.720
 and the word

00:32:45.720 --> 00:32:46.419
 origin is

00:32:46.419 --> 00:32:46.940
 idol,

00:32:47.480 --> 00:32:47.960
 it's the

00:32:47.960 --> 00:32:49.399
 original word

00:32:49.399 --> 00:32:50.919
 that diverts

00:32:50.919 --> 00:32:51.500
 into

00:32:51.500 --> 00:32:52.599
 idols.

00:32:54.220 --> 00:32:54.940
 It's the

00:32:54.940 --> 00:32:55.779
 idols that we

00:32:55.779 --> 00:32:56.259
 are creating

00:32:56.259 --> 00:32:57.700
 by having a

00:32:57.700 --> 00:32:58.159
 wrong image

00:32:58.159 --> 00:32:58.440
 of our

00:32:58.440 --> 00:32:58.740
 master.

00:32:58.740 --> 00:33:03.099
 that's the

00:33:03.099 --> 00:33:04.319
 original issue

00:33:04.319 --> 00:33:05.240
 or deep

00:33:05.240 --> 00:33:06.279
 problem of

00:33:06.279 --> 00:33:06.680
 this third

00:33:06.680 --> 00:33:07.000
 servant.

00:33:08.380 --> 00:33:09.160
 It's nothing

00:33:09.160 --> 00:33:09.559
 to do with

00:33:09.559 --> 00:33:10.059
 the performance,

00:33:11.380 --> 00:33:11.920
 it's nothing

00:33:11.920 --> 00:33:13.380
 to do with

00:33:13.380 --> 00:33:15.799
 how he

00:33:15.799 --> 00:33:16.460
 sees God,

00:33:16.620 --> 00:33:16.819
 I mean,

00:33:16.880 --> 00:33:17.400
 it's to do

00:33:17.400 --> 00:33:17.960
 with how he

00:33:17.960 --> 00:33:19.059
 sees God,

00:33:19.099 --> 00:33:19.660
 but originally

00:33:19.660 --> 00:33:21.339
 with a deep

00:33:21.339 --> 00:33:22.880
 hard issue

00:33:22.880 --> 00:33:24.120
 that we

00:33:24.120 --> 00:33:24.460
 have.

00:33:24.460 --> 00:33:25.860
 and I

00:33:25.860 --> 00:33:26.180
 had to

00:33:26.180 --> 00:33:26.799
 correct myself

00:33:26.799 --> 00:33:27.140
 with my

00:33:27.140 --> 00:33:27.600
 life too,

00:33:28.200 --> 00:33:28.799
 because I

00:33:28.799 --> 00:33:29.140
 brought up

00:33:29.140 --> 00:33:29.940
 in a

00:33:29.940 --> 00:33:30.539
 non-Christian

00:33:30.539 --> 00:33:30.900
 family,

00:33:31.019 --> 00:33:31.440
 my family

00:33:31.440 --> 00:33:32.279
 was single

00:33:32.279 --> 00:33:32.880
 parented,

00:33:33.600 --> 00:33:34.079
 I had

00:33:34.079 --> 00:33:34.880
 always wrong

00:33:34.880 --> 00:33:35.360
 image of

00:33:35.360 --> 00:33:36.140
 my father,

00:33:37.279 --> 00:33:37.799
 that my

00:33:37.799 --> 00:33:38.400
 father left

00:33:38.400 --> 00:33:38.840
 when I was

00:33:38.840 --> 00:33:39.120
 young,

00:33:39.119 --> 00:33:41.319
 and so

00:33:41.319 --> 00:33:42.259
 that carried

00:33:42.259 --> 00:33:43.259
 constantly

00:33:43.259 --> 00:33:43.839
 that image,

00:33:43.979 --> 00:33:44.279
 okay,

00:33:44.500 --> 00:33:45.500
 father who

00:33:45.500 --> 00:33:46.019
 just are

00:33:46.019 --> 00:33:46.799
 not responsible

00:33:46.799 --> 00:33:48.079
 leaves the

00:33:48.079 --> 00:33:48.399
 family,

00:33:49.259 --> 00:33:49.919
 so when I

00:33:49.919 --> 00:33:50.779
 got to know,

00:33:50.959 --> 00:33:51.139
 I mean,

00:33:51.179 --> 00:33:51.659
 started believing

00:33:51.659 --> 00:33:52.599
 God as a

00:33:52.599 --> 00:33:53.159
 father in

00:33:53.159 --> 00:33:53.419
 heaven,

00:33:53.739 --> 00:33:54.219
 I just

00:33:54.219 --> 00:33:54.979
 could not

00:33:54.979 --> 00:33:57.059
 see God

00:33:57.059 --> 00:33:58.000
 as my

00:33:58.000 --> 00:33:58.459
 father in

00:33:58.459 --> 00:33:58.679
 heaven.

00:33:59.359 --> 00:34:00.259
 I somehow

00:34:00.259 --> 00:34:01.379
 had back

00:34:01.379 --> 00:34:01.699
 on my

00:34:01.699 --> 00:34:02.079
 head,

00:34:02.559 --> 00:34:03.000
 I cannot

00:34:03.000 --> 00:34:03.599
 trust him.

00:34:04.839 --> 00:34:05.219
 So what

00:34:05.219 --> 00:34:05.599
 I decided

00:34:05.599 --> 00:34:06.579
 to do is

00:34:06.579 --> 00:34:07.139
 instead of

00:34:07.139 --> 00:34:07.719
 trust him,

00:34:07.799 --> 00:34:08.159
 I started

00:34:08.159 --> 00:34:09.019
 to trust

00:34:09.019 --> 00:34:11.000
 someone who

00:34:11.000 --> 00:34:11.719
 can be the

00:34:11.719 --> 00:34:12.440
 father figure

00:34:12.440 --> 00:34:13.340
 in my

00:34:13.340 --> 00:34:13.659
 life.

00:34:15.460 --> 00:34:16.159
 And I

00:34:16.159 --> 00:34:16.519
 started to

00:34:16.519 --> 00:34:16.900
 try to

00:34:16.900 --> 00:34:18.400
 please these

00:34:18.400 --> 00:34:19.059
 people rather

00:34:19.059 --> 00:34:19.780
 than pleasing

00:34:19.780 --> 00:34:20.599
 God himself,

00:34:20.820 --> 00:34:21.159
 and be

00:34:21.159 --> 00:34:21.820
 faithful to

00:34:21.820 --> 00:34:23.539
 God himself.

00:34:23.860 --> 00:34:24.539
 I always

00:34:24.539 --> 00:34:25.460
 had a fear,

00:34:26.599 --> 00:34:27.039
 and that

00:34:27.039 --> 00:34:28.199
 basically

00:34:28.199 --> 00:34:29.139
 shaped my

00:34:29.139 --> 00:34:29.820
 life in

00:34:29.820 --> 00:34:30.039
 the wrong

00:34:30.039 --> 00:34:30.360
 way.

00:34:32.380 --> 00:34:33.079
 But through

00:34:33.079 --> 00:34:33.579
 the gospel,

00:34:35.059 --> 00:34:35.659
 I had to

00:34:35.659 --> 00:34:37.420
 learn who

00:34:37.420 --> 00:34:37.940
 truly

00:34:37.940 --> 00:34:39.340
 who the

00:34:39.340 --> 00:34:39.920
 father is.

00:34:40.360 --> 00:34:40.700
 So now

00:34:40.700 --> 00:34:41.000
 you can

00:34:41.000 --> 00:34:41.300
 see,

00:34:42.880 --> 00:34:43.179
 master

00:34:43.179 --> 00:34:43.679
 says,

00:34:44.380 --> 00:34:45.380
 faithful in

00:34:45.380 --> 00:34:46.059
 little things.

00:34:46.200 --> 00:34:46.559
 What does

00:34:46.559 --> 00:34:47.019
 that really

00:34:47.019 --> 00:34:47.440
 mean?

00:34:48.940 --> 00:34:49.260
 It's

00:34:49.260 --> 00:34:49.860
 faithful

00:34:49.860 --> 00:34:51.619
 with a

00:34:51.619 --> 00:34:51.820
 heart

00:34:51.820 --> 00:34:52.240
 condition

00:34:52.240 --> 00:34:53.079
 every day.

00:34:54.440 --> 00:34:55.059
 Heart

00:34:55.059 --> 00:34:55.460
 condition,

00:34:55.579 --> 00:34:55.920
 how we

00:34:55.920 --> 00:34:56.639
 see God,

00:34:57.880 --> 00:34:58.340
 how we

00:34:58.340 --> 00:34:59.900
 apply everything

00:34:59.900 --> 00:35:00.539
 and relate

00:35:00.539 --> 00:35:00.960
 to our

00:35:00.960 --> 00:35:01.380
 heart,

00:35:01.840 --> 00:35:02.400
 perception,

00:35:02.920 --> 00:35:03.320
 worldview.

00:35:03.320 --> 00:35:03.500
 view.

00:35:04.340 --> 00:35:04.820
 Why did

00:35:04.820 --> 00:35:05.360
 Jesus say,

00:35:05.480 --> 00:35:06.000
 hey, you

00:35:06.000 --> 00:35:06.280
 need to

00:35:06.280 --> 00:35:07.080
 correct your

00:35:07.080 --> 00:35:07.700
 view about

00:35:07.700 --> 00:35:08.059
 the kingdom

00:35:08.059 --> 00:35:08.440
 of God

00:35:08.440 --> 00:35:09.019
 coming right

00:35:09.019 --> 00:35:09.300
 away?

00:35:09.980 --> 00:35:10.300
 Why?

00:35:10.480 --> 00:35:10.980
 Because if

00:35:10.980 --> 00:35:11.480
 you think

00:35:11.480 --> 00:35:12.140
 kingdom of

00:35:12.140 --> 00:35:12.640
 God coming

00:35:12.640 --> 00:35:13.019
 right away,

00:35:13.080 --> 00:35:13.440
 you think

00:35:13.440 --> 00:35:14.500
 this way,

00:35:14.700 --> 00:35:14.960
 oh, God

00:35:14.960 --> 00:35:15.320
 has to

00:35:15.320 --> 00:35:15.760
 bless me

00:35:15.760 --> 00:35:16.320
 right now.

00:35:17.019 --> 00:35:17.280
 Right?

00:35:18.220 --> 00:35:18.880
 God has

00:35:18.880 --> 00:35:19.220
 to give me

00:35:19.220 --> 00:35:19.820
 solution right

00:35:19.820 --> 00:35:19.960
 now.

00:35:20.059 --> 00:35:20.420
 God has

00:35:20.420 --> 00:35:21.480
 to heal me

00:35:21.480 --> 00:35:21.980
 right now.

00:35:22.100 --> 00:35:22.640
 Or God

00:35:22.640 --> 00:35:23.000
 has to

00:35:23.000 --> 00:35:23.400
 change the

00:35:23.400 --> 00:35:23.880
 situation of

00:35:23.880 --> 00:35:24.160
 Hong Kong

00:35:24.160 --> 00:35:24.660
 right now.

00:35:26.000 --> 00:35:26.620
 But sometimes

00:35:26.620 --> 00:35:27.080
 it's not the

00:35:27.080 --> 00:35:27.380
 case.

00:35:28.059 --> 00:35:28.680
 It takes

00:35:28.680 --> 00:35:29.200
 time.

00:35:29.199 --> 00:35:31.399
 So again,

00:35:31.960 --> 00:35:32.619
 our wrong

00:35:32.619 --> 00:35:33.339
 perception of

00:35:33.339 --> 00:35:33.960
 God and

00:35:33.960 --> 00:35:34.399
 the world

00:35:34.399 --> 00:35:34.980
 and kingdom

00:35:34.980 --> 00:35:36.539
 affects how

00:35:36.539 --> 00:35:37.279
 we live

00:35:37.279 --> 00:35:37.859
 our lives.

00:35:39.859 --> 00:35:40.819
 We become

00:35:40.819 --> 00:35:41.359
 impatient.

00:35:42.119 --> 00:35:42.919
 We start

00:35:42.919 --> 00:35:43.799
 excusing our

00:35:43.799 --> 00:35:45.059
 lives when

00:35:45.059 --> 00:35:45.500
 it's our

00:35:45.500 --> 00:35:46.119
 whole fault.

00:35:47.939 --> 00:35:48.819
 It's a deep

00:35:48.819 --> 00:35:49.939
 issue of our

00:35:49.939 --> 00:35:50.439
 heart.

00:35:51.980 --> 00:35:52.539
 So,

00:35:52.819 --> 00:35:53.119
 where is the

00:35:53.119 --> 00:35:53.379
 hope?

00:35:55.439 --> 00:35:56.239
 Where is the

00:35:56.239 --> 00:35:56.359
 hope?

00:35:56.439 --> 00:35:57.000
 Because the

00:35:57.000 --> 00:35:57.719
 end of this

00:35:57.719 --> 00:35:59.059
 parable seems

00:35:59.059 --> 00:35:59.719
 very scary.

00:36:00.779 --> 00:36:01.299
 Isn't it?

00:36:02.460 --> 00:36:02.980
 I mean,

00:36:03.159 --> 00:36:04.000
 when I first

00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:04.519
 read this,

00:36:04.599 --> 00:36:04.799
 I said,

00:36:04.900 --> 00:36:05.099
 well,

00:36:05.239 --> 00:36:05.940
 third servant,

00:36:06.099 --> 00:36:06.699
 it's not that

00:36:06.699 --> 00:36:07.099
 bad.

00:36:07.539 --> 00:36:07.900
 He didn't

00:36:07.900 --> 00:36:08.619
 kill anyone.

00:36:09.360 --> 00:36:09.599
 Right?

00:36:10.320 --> 00:36:11.340
 Did he steal?

00:36:12.119 --> 00:36:12.739
 He just was

00:36:12.739 --> 00:36:13.119
 a little bit

00:36:13.119 --> 00:36:13.739
 unfaithful.

00:36:14.519 --> 00:36:14.920
 Right?

00:36:15.019 --> 00:36:15.440
 He was a

00:36:15.440 --> 00:36:15.719
 little bit

00:36:15.719 --> 00:36:16.079
 fearful.

00:36:17.960 --> 00:36:18.539
 He didn't

00:36:18.539 --> 00:36:19.079
 do any

00:36:19.079 --> 00:36:20.000
 major mistake.

00:36:20.699 --> 00:36:21.199
 Now he

00:36:21.199 --> 00:36:21.639
 needs to be

00:36:21.639 --> 00:36:21.980
 killed.

00:36:23.000 --> 00:36:23.759
 A little bit

00:36:23.759 --> 00:36:24.539
 harsh here.

00:36:25.279 --> 00:36:25.719
 Isn't it?

00:36:26.360 --> 00:36:26.799
 And this

00:36:26.799 --> 00:36:27.400
 is shocking

00:36:27.400 --> 00:36:28.299
 for the

00:36:28.299 --> 00:36:28.599
 people,

00:36:28.599 --> 00:36:29.179
 the audience

00:36:29.179 --> 00:36:29.759
 because they

00:36:29.759 --> 00:36:30.319
 knew this

00:36:30.319 --> 00:36:30.599
 was the

00:36:30.599 --> 00:36:31.179
 reality of

00:36:31.179 --> 00:36:31.559
 the Roman

00:36:31.559 --> 00:36:32.019
 system.

00:36:33.159 --> 00:36:33.579
 This is

00:36:33.579 --> 00:36:34.019
 how the

00:36:34.019 --> 00:36:34.480
 heralds,

00:36:34.519 --> 00:36:34.940
 the great

00:36:34.940 --> 00:36:35.539
 treated

00:36:35.539 --> 00:36:36.819
 people in

00:36:36.819 --> 00:36:37.259
 reality.

00:36:39.779 --> 00:36:40.500
 So now,

00:36:40.599 --> 00:36:41.059
 is that the

00:36:41.059 --> 00:36:41.619
 kingdom of

00:36:41.619 --> 00:36:41.799
 God,

00:36:41.880 --> 00:36:42.239
 same as

00:36:42.239 --> 00:36:43.259
 the herald,

00:36:43.319 --> 00:36:43.699
 the king,

00:36:43.839 --> 00:36:44.420
 the great?

00:36:45.639 --> 00:36:46.119
 No.

00:36:46.299 --> 00:36:47.199
 I'm glad

00:36:47.199 --> 00:36:48.860
 that Jesus

00:36:48.860 --> 00:36:49.460
 does not

00:36:49.460 --> 00:36:50.059
 add the

00:36:50.059 --> 00:36:50.380
 sentence

00:36:50.380 --> 00:36:50.920
 saying,

00:36:51.400 --> 00:36:52.339
 okay,

00:36:52.440 --> 00:36:52.839
 bring them

00:36:52.839 --> 00:36:53.279
 here,

00:36:53.699 --> 00:36:54.380
 slaughter them,

00:36:54.860 --> 00:36:55.920
 so king

00:36:55.920 --> 00:36:56.519
 killed them.

00:36:56.519 --> 00:36:56.960
 He didn't

00:36:56.960 --> 00:36:58.079
 add that

00:36:58.079 --> 00:36:58.400
 sentence.

00:36:58.860 --> 00:36:59.400
 He left

00:36:59.400 --> 00:36:59.840
 it open.

00:37:02.079 --> 00:37:02.800
 So there's

00:37:02.800 --> 00:37:03.639
 actually no

00:37:03.639 --> 00:37:05.519
 conclusion to

00:37:05.519 --> 00:37:06.719
 this parable

00:37:06.719 --> 00:37:07.800
 at this

00:37:07.800 --> 00:37:08.079
 point.

00:37:09.219 --> 00:37:09.659
 And Luke

00:37:09.659 --> 00:37:10.239
 does very

00:37:10.239 --> 00:37:10.900
 similar things

00:37:10.900 --> 00:37:11.440
 with all

00:37:11.440 --> 00:37:11.880
 other

00:37:11.880 --> 00:37:12.559
 parables.

00:37:12.719 --> 00:37:13.119
 Many of

00:37:13.119 --> 00:37:13.519
 the parables,

00:37:13.780 --> 00:37:14.259
 the famous

00:37:14.259 --> 00:37:14.719
 ones, of

00:37:14.719 --> 00:37:14.980
 course,

00:37:15.519 --> 00:37:16.440
 the prodigal

00:37:16.440 --> 00:37:16.719
 son.

00:37:18.079 --> 00:37:18.380
 Right?

00:37:19.420 --> 00:37:19.900
 There's no

00:37:19.900 --> 00:37:20.460
 happy ending.

00:37:20.739 --> 00:37:21.000
 You don't

00:37:21.000 --> 00:37:21.480
 know what

00:37:21.480 --> 00:37:21.820
 happened.

00:37:22.480 --> 00:37:23.000
 But actually,

00:37:23.099 --> 00:37:23.480
 it's not just

00:37:23.480 --> 00:37:23.719
 Luke.

00:37:23.719 --> 00:37:24.079
 It's in

00:37:24.079 --> 00:37:24.739
 the Bible.

00:37:25.519 --> 00:37:25.959
 For example,

00:37:26.059 --> 00:37:26.519
 Abraham,

00:37:27.239 --> 00:37:27.939
 God tells

00:37:27.939 --> 00:37:28.319
 him to

00:37:28.319 --> 00:37:28.879
 kill his

00:37:28.879 --> 00:37:29.159
 son,

00:37:29.399 --> 00:37:29.859
 sacrifice,

00:37:31.259 --> 00:37:31.639
 but God

00:37:31.639 --> 00:37:31.939
 says,

00:37:32.439 --> 00:37:32.659
 you don't

00:37:32.659 --> 00:37:33.059
 have to.

00:37:34.519 --> 00:37:34.779
 Right?

00:37:35.899 --> 00:37:36.579
 For Abraham,

00:37:36.659 --> 00:37:36.919
 he was

00:37:36.919 --> 00:37:37.259
 hopeless,

00:37:37.639 --> 00:37:38.219
 but I'm

00:37:38.219 --> 00:37:38.679
 glad that

00:37:38.679 --> 00:37:40.039
 God comes

00:37:40.039 --> 00:37:40.559
 and works

00:37:40.559 --> 00:37:41.519
 and provides

00:37:41.519 --> 00:37:42.959
 different

00:37:42.959 --> 00:37:43.579
 ending and

00:37:43.579 --> 00:37:44.119
 solution to

00:37:44.119 --> 00:37:44.639
 our lives.

00:37:45.599 --> 00:37:46.000
 Yes,

00:37:46.399 --> 00:37:47.399
 we are

00:37:47.399 --> 00:37:48.459
 destined

00:37:48.459 --> 00:37:49.059
 originally

00:37:49.059 --> 00:37:50.000
 to be

00:37:50.000 --> 00:37:50.299
 killed,

00:37:50.599 --> 00:37:51.000
 punished,

00:37:51.679 --> 00:37:52.039
 casted

00:37:52.039 --> 00:37:52.279
 out,

00:37:52.879 --> 00:37:53.319
 sent into

00:37:53.319 --> 00:37:53.619
 hell.

00:37:53.719 --> 00:37:56.059
 We are

00:37:56.059 --> 00:37:56.339
 sinners.

00:37:58.339 --> 00:37:58.839
 So,

00:37:58.980 --> 00:37:59.279
 what's the

00:37:59.279 --> 00:37:59.619
 solution?

00:38:00.619 --> 00:38:01.219
 We know

00:38:01.219 --> 00:38:01.719
 from this

00:38:01.719 --> 00:38:02.279
 progression

00:38:02.279 --> 00:38:02.939
 of this

00:38:02.939 --> 00:38:03.339
 story.

00:38:04.439 --> 00:38:04.699
 Luke,

00:38:04.799 --> 00:38:05.179
 actually,

00:38:05.299 --> 00:38:05.859
 Luke started

00:38:05.859 --> 00:38:06.379
 all this

00:38:06.379 --> 00:38:06.859
 theme from

00:38:06.859 --> 00:38:07.639
 chapter 9.

00:38:08.879 --> 00:38:10.039
 As Jesus

00:38:10.039 --> 00:38:10.959
 was approaching,

00:38:11.099 --> 00:38:11.500
 he said,

00:38:11.559 --> 00:38:11.819
 he started

00:38:11.819 --> 00:38:12.399
 talking about

00:38:12.399 --> 00:38:12.779
 I'm going

00:38:12.779 --> 00:38:13.259
 to Jerusalem.

00:38:13.719 --> 00:38:14.059
 But he

00:38:14.059 --> 00:38:14.679
 started mentioning

00:38:14.679 --> 00:38:15.659
 three times

00:38:15.659 --> 00:38:16.019
 the very

00:38:16.019 --> 00:38:16.379
 important

00:38:16.379 --> 00:38:16.879
 information

00:38:16.879 --> 00:38:17.179
 that he

00:38:17.179 --> 00:38:17.379
 said,

00:38:17.459 --> 00:38:17.759
 I will

00:38:17.759 --> 00:38:18.399
 go there

00:38:18.399 --> 00:38:19.199
 to be

00:38:19.199 --> 00:38:19.599
 killed,

00:38:20.599 --> 00:38:21.980
 die for

00:38:21.980 --> 00:38:22.459
 people,

00:38:22.460 --> 00:38:24.079
 rise again

00:38:24.079 --> 00:38:24.500
 three days

00:38:24.500 --> 00:38:24.760
 later.

00:38:25.460 --> 00:38:26.019
 Three times

00:38:26.019 --> 00:38:26.579
 he mentioned

00:38:26.579 --> 00:38:27.400
 even in

00:38:27.400 --> 00:38:28.159
 chapter 18,

00:38:28.280 --> 00:38:28.960
 one chapter

00:38:28.960 --> 00:38:29.420
 before,

00:38:29.800 --> 00:38:30.360
 he mentions

00:38:30.360 --> 00:38:30.860
 it again,

00:38:31.019 --> 00:38:31.599
 third time.

00:38:32.280 --> 00:38:32.720
 But every

00:38:32.720 --> 00:38:33.139
 time he

00:38:33.139 --> 00:38:33.559
 mentions,

00:38:33.720 --> 00:38:34.579
 disciples do

00:38:34.579 --> 00:38:35.179
 not get

00:38:35.179 --> 00:38:35.500
 this,

00:38:36.039 --> 00:38:36.440
 didn't get

00:38:36.440 --> 00:38:36.720
 this.

00:38:37.440 --> 00:38:37.940
 Disciples

00:38:37.940 --> 00:38:38.240
 didn't

00:38:38.240 --> 00:38:39.159
 understand what

00:38:39.159 --> 00:38:39.420
 he was

00:38:39.420 --> 00:38:39.720
 saying.

00:38:42.440 --> 00:38:42.659
 And

00:38:42.659 --> 00:38:43.980
 maybe I

00:38:43.980 --> 00:38:44.960
 can mention

00:38:44.960 --> 00:38:45.220
 this,

00:38:45.619 --> 00:38:47.139
 maybe put

00:38:47.139 --> 00:38:47.820
 ourselves in

00:38:47.820 --> 00:38:48.099
 the shoes

00:38:48.099 --> 00:38:48.619
 of disciples.

00:38:49.619 --> 00:38:49.740
 Okay,

00:38:49.840 --> 00:38:50.619
 disciples at

00:38:50.619 --> 00:38:51.000
 this moment,

00:38:51.099 --> 00:38:51.380
 I'm sure

00:38:51.380 --> 00:38:51.779
 they're

00:38:51.779 --> 00:38:52.119
 thinking,

00:38:52.480 --> 00:38:52.759
 we are

00:38:52.759 --> 00:38:53.079
 the faithful

00:38:53.079 --> 00:38:53.460
 ones.

00:38:54.239 --> 00:38:54.799
 We follow

00:38:54.799 --> 00:38:55.199
 Jesus,

00:38:56.059 --> 00:38:56.599
 so yeah,

00:38:56.739 --> 00:38:57.179
 come on,

00:38:57.779 --> 00:38:58.199
 kill these

00:38:58.199 --> 00:38:58.559
 Romans,

00:38:59.359 --> 00:38:59.619
 Jesus.

00:39:00.099 --> 00:39:00.719
 Because Jesus

00:39:00.719 --> 00:39:01.579
 finished this

00:39:01.579 --> 00:39:02.519
 parable and

00:39:02.519 --> 00:39:03.179
 he was about

00:39:03.179 --> 00:39:03.659
 to go to

00:39:03.659 --> 00:39:04.059
 Jerusalem,

00:39:04.219 --> 00:39:04.400
 right?

00:39:04.619 --> 00:39:05.000
 He was

00:39:05.000 --> 00:39:05.559
 heading off.

00:39:06.219 --> 00:39:06.559
 It's almost

00:39:06.559 --> 00:39:07.359
 like a movie

00:39:07.359 --> 00:39:08.119
 scene and

00:39:08.119 --> 00:39:08.579
 the last

00:39:08.579 --> 00:39:09.139
 final,

00:39:09.659 --> 00:39:10.299
 the battles

00:39:10.299 --> 00:39:11.099
 begins,

00:39:11.179 --> 00:39:11.699
 the return

00:39:11.699 --> 00:39:12.019
 of the

00:39:12.019 --> 00:39:12.420
 king.

00:39:13.440 --> 00:39:13.639
 And

00:39:13.639 --> 00:39:14.139
 disciples

00:39:14.139 --> 00:39:14.579
 thinking,

00:39:14.759 --> 00:39:14.980
 yeah,

00:39:15.099 --> 00:39:15.440
 come on

00:39:15.440 --> 00:39:15.719
 Jesus.

00:39:16.299 --> 00:39:16.639
 But all

00:39:16.639 --> 00:39:17.039
 others are

00:39:17.039 --> 00:39:17.279
 thinking,

00:39:17.440 --> 00:39:18.799
 am I faithful?

00:39:18.800 --> 00:39:20.240
 Am I

00:39:20.240 --> 00:39:20.440
 going to

00:39:20.440 --> 00:39:20.980
 be killed

00:39:20.980 --> 00:39:21.980
 when Jesus

00:39:21.980 --> 00:39:23.500
 becomes king?

00:39:24.920 --> 00:39:25.320
 Well,

00:39:25.360 --> 00:39:25.820
 what happened

00:39:25.820 --> 00:39:26.840
 to disciples?

00:39:27.000 --> 00:39:27.380
 Disciples

00:39:27.380 --> 00:39:28.240
 actually betrayed

00:39:28.240 --> 00:39:28.680
 Jesus,

00:39:29.440 --> 00:39:29.720
 right?

00:39:30.560 --> 00:39:30.940
 You can

00:39:30.940 --> 00:39:31.380
 imagine

00:39:31.380 --> 00:39:32.720
 the fear

00:39:32.720 --> 00:39:33.380
 that they

00:39:33.380 --> 00:39:33.660
 had.

00:39:35.039 --> 00:39:35.519
 Thinking

00:39:35.519 --> 00:39:35.980
 about this

00:39:35.980 --> 00:39:36.340
 parable,

00:39:36.940 --> 00:39:37.180
 well,

00:39:37.360 --> 00:39:38.080
 we failed.

00:39:39.440 --> 00:39:40.220
 We weren't

00:39:40.220 --> 00:39:40.600
 faithful.

00:39:41.640 --> 00:39:42.080
 Not even

00:39:42.080 --> 00:39:42.320
 that.

00:39:42.440 --> 00:39:42.780
 They thought

00:39:42.780 --> 00:39:43.039
 he was

00:39:43.039 --> 00:39:43.220
 going to

00:39:43.220 --> 00:39:43.600
 be king,

00:39:43.680 --> 00:39:43.980
 but he

00:39:43.980 --> 00:39:44.580
 got killed

00:39:44.580 --> 00:39:45.740
 by the

00:39:45.740 --> 00:39:46.080
 people

00:39:46.080 --> 00:39:47.100
 who hated

00:39:47.100 --> 00:39:47.380
 him.

00:39:48.800 --> 00:39:49.600
 confusion,

00:39:50.780 --> 00:39:51.080
 mixed

00:39:51.080 --> 00:39:51.560
 feeling,

00:39:52.360 --> 00:39:53.300
 hopelessness,

00:39:53.940 --> 00:39:57.120
 because they

00:39:57.120 --> 00:39:57.440
 didn't

00:39:57.440 --> 00:39:58.060
 understand

00:39:58.060 --> 00:39:59.519
 what Jesus

00:39:59.519 --> 00:40:00.080
 was going

00:40:00.080 --> 00:40:00.440
 to do.

00:40:01.880 --> 00:40:02.539
 And we

00:40:02.539 --> 00:40:03.260
 know the

00:40:03.260 --> 00:40:03.620
 solution.

00:40:04.680 --> 00:40:05.120
 What did

00:40:05.120 --> 00:40:05.480
 he do?

00:40:07.220 --> 00:40:07.980
 He died

00:40:07.980 --> 00:40:08.400
 for us,

00:40:08.440 --> 00:40:08.580
 right?

00:40:08.660 --> 00:40:09.039
 Why did

00:40:09.039 --> 00:40:09.440
 he die?

00:40:11.120 --> 00:40:11.780
 So that

00:40:11.780 --> 00:40:12.120
 we,

00:40:12.360 --> 00:40:12.740
 the third

00:40:12.740 --> 00:40:13.340
 servants,

00:40:13.980 --> 00:40:14.240
 we,

00:40:14.420 --> 00:40:15.060
 who didn't

00:40:15.060 --> 00:40:17.260
 support him

00:40:17.260 --> 00:40:17.680
 to be

00:40:17.680 --> 00:40:17.940
 king,

00:40:17.940 --> 00:40:19.619
 we can

00:40:19.619 --> 00:40:20.179
 be treated

00:40:20.179 --> 00:40:21.300
 as

00:40:21.300 --> 00:40:21.639
 faithful

00:40:21.639 --> 00:40:22.039
 ones.

00:40:23.820 --> 00:40:24.220
 He

00:40:24.220 --> 00:40:25.059
 actually

00:40:25.059 --> 00:40:25.500
 is the

00:40:25.500 --> 00:40:25.780
 king,

00:40:25.860 --> 00:40:25.960
 well,

00:40:25.980 --> 00:40:26.200
 he was

00:40:26.200 --> 00:40:26.420
 already

00:40:26.420 --> 00:40:26.900
 king in

00:40:26.900 --> 00:40:27.159
 heaven.

00:40:28.079 --> 00:40:28.300
 He

00:40:28.300 --> 00:40:28.639
 created

00:40:28.639 --> 00:40:29.000
 all the

00:40:29.000 --> 00:40:29.280
 earth,

00:40:30.240 --> 00:40:30.559
 we were

00:40:30.559 --> 00:40:31.139
 his people,

00:40:31.280 --> 00:40:31.780
 supposed to

00:40:31.780 --> 00:40:32.000
 be,

00:40:33.000 --> 00:40:33.340
 he was

00:40:33.340 --> 00:40:33.500
 king,

00:40:33.559 --> 00:40:33.800
 but he

00:40:33.800 --> 00:40:34.019
 became

00:40:34.019 --> 00:40:34.360
 servant.

00:40:35.639 --> 00:40:36.200
 And Luke

00:40:36.200 --> 00:40:36.519
 is very

00:40:36.519 --> 00:40:37.019
 clear with

00:40:37.019 --> 00:40:37.500
 his theme,

00:40:37.840 --> 00:40:38.360
 the suffering

00:40:38.360 --> 00:40:38.820
 servant,

00:40:39.059 --> 00:40:39.480
 the servant

00:40:39.480 --> 00:40:40.380
 that Isaiah

00:40:40.380 --> 00:40:41.240
 talks about.

00:40:42.159 --> 00:40:42.720
 He was

00:40:42.720 --> 00:40:42.960
 king,

00:40:43.059 --> 00:40:43.420
 but he

00:40:43.420 --> 00:40:44.159
 became a

00:40:44.159 --> 00:40:44.420
 servant,

00:40:44.920 --> 00:40:45.480
 the only

00:40:45.480 --> 00:40:45.880
 faithful

00:40:45.880 --> 00:40:47.079
 servant who

00:40:47.079 --> 00:40:47.599
 served,

00:40:47.739 --> 00:40:47.980
 having

00:40:47.980 --> 00:40:48.759
 exact

00:40:48.759 --> 00:40:49.400
 image of

00:40:49.400 --> 00:40:49.759
 God,

00:40:50.659 --> 00:40:51.340
 with the

00:40:51.340 --> 00:40:51.599
 right

00:40:51.599 --> 00:40:52.139
 attitude,

00:40:53.319 --> 00:40:55.420
 and

00:40:55.420 --> 00:40:56.079
 performed

00:40:56.079 --> 00:40:57.259
 perfectly,

00:40:57.900 --> 00:40:58.500
 reproduced

00:40:58.500 --> 00:40:58.920
 everything

00:40:58.920 --> 00:40:59.279
 right.

00:41:00.639 --> 00:41:01.159
 He is

00:41:01.159 --> 00:41:01.500
 this,

00:41:01.799 --> 00:41:02.219
 the true

00:41:02.219 --> 00:41:02.659
 servant,

00:41:03.360 --> 00:41:03.759
 in this

00:41:03.759 --> 00:41:04.099
 story.

00:41:04.779 --> 00:41:05.179
 But good

00:41:05.179 --> 00:41:05.880
 news is

00:41:05.880 --> 00:41:06.319
 that because

00:41:06.319 --> 00:41:07.059
 he died

00:41:07.059 --> 00:41:07.619
 for us,

00:41:08.480 --> 00:41:08.920
 he took

00:41:08.920 --> 00:41:09.559
 our place,

00:41:10.559 --> 00:41:12.139
 now we

00:41:12.139 --> 00:41:12.659
 can be

00:41:12.659 --> 00:41:13.019
 treated

00:41:13.019 --> 00:41:15.400
 as a

00:41:15.400 --> 00:41:15.559
 true

00:41:15.559 --> 00:41:15.880
 servant.

00:41:17.039 --> 00:41:17.500
 But not

00:41:17.500 --> 00:41:18.019
 only that,

00:41:18.340 --> 00:41:18.860
 we know

00:41:18.860 --> 00:41:20.320
 that he

00:41:20.320 --> 00:41:20.739
 went back

00:41:20.739 --> 00:41:21.159
 to heaven,

00:41:22.320 --> 00:41:22.599
 right,

00:41:22.719 --> 00:41:23.139
 he's now

00:41:23.139 --> 00:41:23.639
 enthroned

00:41:23.639 --> 00:41:24.099
 in heaven,

00:41:25.159 --> 00:41:25.820
 but he

00:41:25.820 --> 00:41:26.199
 will come

00:41:26.199 --> 00:41:26.699
 back

00:41:26.699 --> 00:41:28.460
 with army.

00:41:30.039 --> 00:41:30.460
 A scary

00:41:30.460 --> 00:41:30.940
 thing is

00:41:30.940 --> 00:41:31.360
 that that

00:41:31.360 --> 00:41:31.940
 end time

00:41:31.940 --> 00:41:33.300
 will reflect

00:41:33.300 --> 00:41:33.860
 probably

00:41:33.860 --> 00:41:35.079
 this problem

00:41:35.079 --> 00:41:35.460
 more.

00:41:37.599 --> 00:41:38.039
 So,

00:41:38.619 --> 00:41:39.019
 in this

00:41:39.019 --> 00:41:39.559
 between,

00:41:40.559 --> 00:41:41.119
 the already

00:41:41.119 --> 00:41:42.179
 and not

00:41:42.179 --> 00:41:42.539
 yet,

00:41:43.599 --> 00:41:44.839
 how does

00:41:44.839 --> 00:41:45.239
 that apply?

00:41:45.359 --> 00:41:45.759
 How does

00:41:45.759 --> 00:41:46.559
 this truth

00:41:46.559 --> 00:41:47.259
 that Jesus

00:41:47.259 --> 00:41:47.819
 is dying

00:41:47.819 --> 00:41:48.460
 for in

00:41:48.460 --> 00:41:48.940
 our place,

00:41:49.279 --> 00:41:49.659
 for our

00:41:49.659 --> 00:41:50.019
 sins,

00:41:50.839 --> 00:41:51.719
 apply really

00:41:51.719 --> 00:41:52.500
 to our

00:41:52.500 --> 00:41:52.739
 hearts?

00:41:53.099 --> 00:41:53.659
 Then how

00:41:53.659 --> 00:41:54.359
 can we be

00:41:54.359 --> 00:41:54.779
 faithful?

00:41:54.960 --> 00:41:55.339
 How can

00:41:55.339 --> 00:41:55.619
 we have

00:41:55.619 --> 00:41:56.079
 a right

00:41:56.079 --> 00:41:56.759
 image of

00:41:56.759 --> 00:41:57.079
 God,

00:41:57.480 --> 00:41:58.199
 right attitude

00:41:58.199 --> 00:41:58.779
 towards

00:41:58.779 --> 00:41:59.440
 the

00:41:59.440 --> 00:41:59.759
 Master?

00:42:01.960 --> 00:42:02.400
 How?

00:42:02.960 --> 00:42:03.139
 Well,

00:42:03.219 --> 00:42:03.880
 first of all,

00:42:04.500 --> 00:42:05.339
 Jesus gave

00:42:05.339 --> 00:42:06.380
 us the

00:42:06.380 --> 00:42:07.400
 exact image

00:42:07.400 --> 00:42:08.940
 of the

00:42:08.940 --> 00:42:09.179
 Father.

00:42:09.179 --> 00:42:09.319
 God,

00:42:09.839 --> 00:42:11.319
 there's no

00:42:11.319 --> 00:42:11.859
 longer we

00:42:11.859 --> 00:42:12.139
 have an

00:42:12.139 --> 00:42:12.859
 excuse that

00:42:12.859 --> 00:42:13.279
 you are

00:42:13.279 --> 00:42:13.839
 like this,

00:42:14.460 --> 00:42:14.859
 or you're

00:42:14.859 --> 00:42:15.119
 a severe

00:42:15.119 --> 00:42:15.339
 man.

00:42:15.419 --> 00:42:15.599
 No,

00:42:15.819 --> 00:42:16.139
 God is

00:42:16.139 --> 00:42:16.659
 not just

00:42:16.659 --> 00:42:16.919
 a severe

00:42:16.919 --> 00:42:17.239
 man.

00:42:19.199 --> 00:42:19.779
 He's a

00:42:19.779 --> 00:42:20.279
 loving God.

00:42:21.000 --> 00:42:21.579
 He died

00:42:21.579 --> 00:42:22.039
 for you,

00:42:22.619 --> 00:42:22.919
 right?

00:42:23.179 --> 00:42:23.839
 He gives

00:42:23.839 --> 00:42:24.799
 up the

00:42:24.799 --> 00:42:25.359
 most precious

00:42:25.359 --> 00:42:25.879
 to you.

00:42:26.779 --> 00:42:26.980
 So,

00:42:27.119 --> 00:42:27.539
 how can we

00:42:27.539 --> 00:42:27.879
 have this

00:42:27.879 --> 00:42:28.259
 image?

00:42:28.399 --> 00:42:28.599
 Now,

00:42:29.219 --> 00:42:29.519
 God,

00:42:29.579 --> 00:42:29.739
 you're a

00:42:29.739 --> 00:42:29.919
 severe

00:42:29.919 --> 00:42:30.279
 man.

00:42:30.440 --> 00:42:30.579
 No,

00:42:30.639 --> 00:42:30.940
 we should

00:42:30.940 --> 00:42:31.419
 be saying,

00:42:31.659 --> 00:42:31.940
 God,

00:42:32.019 --> 00:42:32.699
 I trust

00:42:32.699 --> 00:42:32.940
 you.

00:42:33.799 --> 00:42:34.279
 God,

00:42:34.419 --> 00:42:35.179
 I know

00:42:35.179 --> 00:42:36.699
 what you

00:42:36.699 --> 00:42:37.099
 say is

00:42:37.099 --> 00:42:37.399
 true.

00:42:37.400 --> 00:42:39.380
 regardless

00:42:39.380 --> 00:42:39.740
 of all

00:42:39.740 --> 00:42:40.079
 the things

00:42:40.079 --> 00:42:40.579
 happening in

00:42:40.579 --> 00:42:41.039
 my life

00:42:41.039 --> 00:42:41.800
 and crazy

00:42:41.800 --> 00:42:42.340
 things going

00:42:42.340 --> 00:42:42.539
 on in

00:42:42.539 --> 00:42:43.039
 my life

00:42:43.039 --> 00:42:43.720
 or in

00:42:43.720 --> 00:42:44.139
 Hong Kong,

00:42:44.559 --> 00:42:45.200
 I know

00:42:45.200 --> 00:42:47.260
 that you

00:42:47.260 --> 00:42:47.559
 will come

00:42:47.559 --> 00:42:49.200
 back and

00:42:49.200 --> 00:42:49.800
 set everything

00:42:49.800 --> 00:42:50.139
 right.

00:42:52.180 --> 00:42:52.960
 This truth

00:42:52.960 --> 00:42:53.519
 can actually

00:42:53.519 --> 00:42:54.139
 give you love

00:42:54.139 --> 00:42:54.720
 towards him,

00:42:55.420 --> 00:42:56.000
 right?

00:42:56.139 --> 00:42:56.660
 Because now

00:42:56.660 --> 00:42:57.079
 you have a

00:42:57.079 --> 00:42:57.700
 right image.

00:42:58.820 --> 00:42:59.519
 It makes

00:42:59.519 --> 00:42:59.820
 us,

00:42:59.900 --> 00:43:00.220
 actually,

00:43:00.260 --> 00:43:00.599
 it's very

00:43:00.599 --> 00:43:01.340
 interesting because

00:43:01.340 --> 00:43:01.820
 these two

00:43:01.820 --> 00:43:02.519
 servants came

00:43:02.519 --> 00:43:02.920
 and said,

00:43:03.059 --> 00:43:03.280
 hey,

00:43:03.599 --> 00:43:04.400
 I produce

00:43:04.400 --> 00:43:04.740
 two,

00:43:05.019 --> 00:43:05.900
 ten more

00:43:05.900 --> 00:43:06.300
 minas.

00:43:06.300 --> 00:43:07.100
 What did

00:43:07.100 --> 00:43:07.420
 he say?

00:43:07.500 --> 00:43:08.200
 They said,

00:43:08.480 --> 00:43:09.280
 your minas

00:43:09.280 --> 00:43:10.560
 produced ten

00:43:10.560 --> 00:43:10.820
 more.

00:43:12.380 --> 00:43:13.240
 Your minas

00:43:13.240 --> 00:43:14.160
 produced five

00:43:14.160 --> 00:43:14.360
 more.

00:43:14.460 --> 00:43:14.760
 It's not

00:43:14.760 --> 00:43:15.039
 me.

00:43:15.900 --> 00:43:16.400
 It's your

00:43:16.400 --> 00:43:16.740
 gift.

00:43:18.260 --> 00:43:18.820
 It's your

00:43:18.820 --> 00:43:19.260
 generosity.

00:43:19.519 --> 00:43:19.880
 It's your

00:43:19.880 --> 00:43:20.519
 gift that

00:43:20.519 --> 00:43:21.280
 gave me,

00:43:21.660 --> 00:43:22.060
 actually,

00:43:22.220 --> 00:43:22.720
 through me,

00:43:23.080 --> 00:43:24.400
 produced more.

00:43:25.320 --> 00:43:25.680
 So this,

00:43:25.980 --> 00:43:26.300
 actually,

00:43:26.420 --> 00:43:27.200
 I'm sure they

00:43:27.200 --> 00:43:28.019
 understood that

00:43:28.019 --> 00:43:28.460
 there's no

00:43:28.460 --> 00:43:29.060
 pressure that

00:43:29.060 --> 00:43:29.780
 we have to

00:43:29.780 --> 00:43:30.200
 perform.

00:43:31.480 --> 00:43:31.900
 But it's

00:43:31.900 --> 00:43:32.780
 actually the

00:43:32.780 --> 00:43:33.539
 performance comes

00:43:33.539 --> 00:43:34.000
 naturally,

00:43:34.780 --> 00:43:35.260
 right?

00:43:36.300 --> 00:43:37.120
 Because he

00:43:37.120 --> 00:43:37.800
 enables me,

00:43:37.940 --> 00:43:38.940
 he helps

00:43:38.940 --> 00:43:39.260
 me,

00:43:39.940 --> 00:43:41.340
 he gives

00:43:41.340 --> 00:43:42.019
 me strength.

00:43:42.360 --> 00:43:42.640
 Therefore,

00:43:42.940 --> 00:43:43.400
 I'm not

00:43:43.400 --> 00:43:43.880
 worried about

00:43:43.880 --> 00:43:44.380
 results.

00:43:45.340 --> 00:43:45.760
 I'm not

00:43:45.760 --> 00:43:46.480
 worried about

00:43:46.480 --> 00:43:47.120
 whether I get

00:43:47.120 --> 00:43:47.760
 accepted or

00:43:47.760 --> 00:43:48.100
 not because

00:43:48.100 --> 00:43:48.620
 we already

00:43:48.620 --> 00:43:49.080
 accepted.

00:43:49.800 --> 00:43:50.340
 He already

00:43:50.340 --> 00:43:50.960
 sees us

00:43:50.960 --> 00:43:51.440
 faithful.

00:43:51.960 --> 00:43:52.120
 Now,

00:43:52.360 --> 00:43:52.840
 I can

00:43:52.840 --> 00:43:53.460
 produce

00:43:53.460 --> 00:43:55.140
 without fear,

00:43:55.340 --> 00:43:56.039
 without worry,

00:43:56.880 --> 00:43:57.780
 and come to

00:43:57.780 --> 00:43:58.480
 God,

00:43:58.860 --> 00:43:59.280
 and then

00:43:59.280 --> 00:43:59.980
 God,

00:44:00.039 --> 00:44:00.280
 look,

00:44:01.580 --> 00:44:02.180
 your son,

00:44:02.880 --> 00:44:03.320
 the greatest

00:44:03.320 --> 00:44:04.100
 gift that

00:44:04.100 --> 00:44:04.920
 you gave

00:44:04.920 --> 00:44:05.159
 me,

00:44:06.059 --> 00:44:06.700
 produced all

00:44:06.700 --> 00:44:07.019
 these things

00:44:07.019 --> 00:44:07.340
 in my

00:44:07.340 --> 00:44:07.639
 life.

00:44:09.220 --> 00:44:09.920
 That's the

00:44:09.920 --> 00:44:11.539
 attitude that

00:44:11.539 --> 00:44:12.039
 we can have

00:44:12.039 --> 00:44:12.360
 from the

00:44:12.360 --> 00:44:12.619
 gospel,

00:44:13.220 --> 00:44:13.960
 from what

00:44:13.960 --> 00:44:14.480
 Jesus has

00:44:14.480 --> 00:44:14.700
 done,

00:44:14.820 --> 00:44:15.200
 the greatest

00:44:15.200 --> 00:44:16.800
 gift that

00:44:16.800 --> 00:44:17.180
 God gave

00:44:17.180 --> 00:44:18.240
 you and

00:44:18.240 --> 00:44:18.659
 gave me.

00:44:20.200 --> 00:44:20.680
 So,

00:44:20.920 --> 00:44:21.280
 I want to

00:44:21.280 --> 00:44:21.720
 finish with

00:44:21.720 --> 00:44:22.139
 this

00:44:22.139 --> 00:44:24.700
 scripture.

00:44:25.400 --> 00:44:25.700
 It says

00:44:25.700 --> 00:44:25.920
 this,

00:44:26.159 --> 00:44:27.099
 Philippians 2,

00:44:27.180 --> 00:44:27.720
 6 to

00:44:27.720 --> 00:44:28.099
 11,

00:44:29.099 --> 00:44:29.980
 who being

00:44:29.980 --> 00:44:30.420
 in the very

00:44:30.420 --> 00:44:30.940
 nature of

00:44:30.940 --> 00:44:31.280
 God,

00:44:32.240 --> 00:44:32.680
 did not

00:44:32.680 --> 00:44:33.519
 consider equally

00:44:33.519 --> 00:44:34.000
 with God,

00:44:34.099 --> 00:44:34.579
 something to

00:44:34.579 --> 00:44:35.340
 be used

00:44:35.340 --> 00:44:36.239
 to his

00:44:36.239 --> 00:44:36.480
 own

00:44:36.480 --> 00:44:36.960
 advantage.

00:44:37.639 --> 00:44:37.940
 Rather,

00:44:38.119 --> 00:44:38.659
 he made

00:44:38.659 --> 00:44:39.139
 himself

00:44:39.139 --> 00:44:39.960
 nothing,

00:44:40.380 --> 00:44:40.960
 but taking

00:44:40.960 --> 00:44:41.420
 the very

00:44:41.420 --> 00:44:41.920
 nature of

00:44:41.920 --> 00:44:42.239
 a servant,

00:44:42.400 --> 00:44:43.039
 being made

00:44:43.039 --> 00:44:43.480
 in human

00:44:43.480 --> 00:44:44.019
 likeness,

00:44:44.340 --> 00:44:45.059
 and being

00:44:45.059 --> 00:44:46.179
 found in

00:44:46.179 --> 00:44:47.980
 appearance as

00:44:47.980 --> 00:44:48.300
 a man,

00:44:48.460 --> 00:44:49.139
 he humbled

00:44:49.139 --> 00:44:50.259
 himself by

00:44:50.259 --> 00:44:50.800
 becoming

00:44:50.800 --> 00:44:52.219
 obedient to

00:44:52.219 --> 00:44:52.539
 death,

00:44:52.820 --> 00:44:53.360
 even death

00:44:53.360 --> 00:44:53.619
 on the

00:44:53.619 --> 00:44:53.980
 cross.

00:44:55.280 --> 00:44:55.699
 Therefore,

00:44:55.880 --> 00:44:56.500
 he exalted

00:44:56.500 --> 00:44:57.039
 him to the

00:44:57.039 --> 00:44:57.719
 highest place,

00:44:57.840 --> 00:44:58.400
 gave him

00:44:58.400 --> 00:44:59.019
 the name

00:44:59.019 --> 00:44:59.980
 that is above

00:44:59.980 --> 00:45:00.780
 every name,

00:45:01.679 --> 00:45:02.259
 that at the

00:45:02.259 --> 00:45:02.639
 name of

00:45:02.639 --> 00:45:02.879
 Jesus,

00:45:03.059 --> 00:45:03.679
 every knee

00:45:03.679 --> 00:45:04.379
 should bow

00:45:04.379 --> 00:45:06.219
 in heaven

00:45:06.219 --> 00:45:07.139
 and on

00:45:07.139 --> 00:45:07.960
 earth and

00:45:07.960 --> 00:45:08.500
 under the

00:45:08.500 --> 00:45:08.779
 earth,

00:45:08.980 --> 00:45:09.659
 and every

00:45:09.659 --> 00:45:10.359
 time I

00:45:10.359 --> 00:45:10.699
 acknowledge

00:45:10.699 --> 00:45:11.440
 that Jesus

00:45:11.440 --> 00:45:12.440
 Christ is

00:45:12.440 --> 00:45:13.079
 Lord,

00:45:13.279 --> 00:45:13.779
 to the

00:45:13.779 --> 00:45:14.819
 glory of

00:45:14.819 --> 00:45:15.239
 God,

00:45:15.779 --> 00:45:16.519
 the Father.

00:45:18.099 --> 00:45:19.019
 I'm so

00:45:19.019 --> 00:45:19.659
 encouraged to

00:45:19.659 --> 00:45:20.319
 share this

00:45:20.319 --> 00:45:20.859
 gospel with

00:45:20.859 --> 00:45:21.139
 you,

00:45:21.699 --> 00:45:22.079
 even though

00:45:22.079 --> 00:45:22.319
 we're in

00:45:22.319 --> 00:45:22.559
 a different

00:45:22.559 --> 00:45:22.980
 country,

00:45:24.099 --> 00:45:24.980
 I feel

00:45:24.980 --> 00:45:25.279
 the same

00:45:25.279 --> 00:45:25.599
 actually.

00:45:26.799 --> 00:45:27.119
 You know,

00:45:27.199 --> 00:45:27.739
 you live in

00:45:27.739 --> 00:45:28.239
 a big city,

00:45:28.659 --> 00:45:30.339
 and I've been

00:45:30.339 --> 00:45:30.920
 challenged in

00:45:30.920 --> 00:45:31.339
 this way,

00:45:31.559 --> 00:45:32.079
 but we are

00:45:32.079 --> 00:45:32.480
 united.

00:45:32.639 --> 00:45:33.400
 in this

00:45:33.400 --> 00:45:33.679
 gospel.

00:45:34.420 --> 00:45:34.679
 So,

00:45:35.019 --> 00:45:35.519
 we're praying

00:45:35.519 --> 00:45:36.019
 for you,

00:45:36.839 --> 00:45:37.239
 Hong Kong,

00:45:38.319 --> 00:45:38.599
 so that you

00:45:38.599 --> 00:45:38.859
 will be

00:45:38.859 --> 00:45:39.659
 faithful servant

00:45:39.659 --> 00:45:41.719
 in time

00:45:41.719 --> 00:45:42.339
 like this.

00:45:44.079 --> 00:45:44.679
 Let's be

00:45:44.679 --> 00:45:45.579
 a shining

00:45:45.579 --> 00:45:46.179
 light and

00:45:46.179 --> 00:45:47.059
 salt to

00:45:47.059 --> 00:45:47.359
 the world

00:45:47.359 --> 00:45:47.679
 together.

00:45:48.239 --> 00:45:48.719
 Let's stand

00:45:48.719 --> 00:45:49.239
 up and pray.

00:45:49.239 --> 00:46:00.119
 Father, we

00:46:00.119 --> 00:46:02.099
 thank you for

00:46:02.099 --> 00:46:03.439
 this parable.

00:46:06.399 --> 00:46:07.239
 Sometimes we

00:46:07.239 --> 00:46:08.759
 get scared

00:46:08.759 --> 00:46:09.479
 when we see

00:46:09.479 --> 00:46:10.099
 the standard

00:46:10.099 --> 00:46:10.539
 that you

00:46:10.539 --> 00:46:12.759
 show us,

00:46:12.799 --> 00:46:13.500
 the expectation

00:46:13.500 --> 00:46:14.299
 that you have.

00:46:14.300 --> 00:46:17.300
 right away

00:46:17.300 --> 00:46:17.880
 feel, oh,

00:46:17.960 --> 00:46:18.600
 we have to

00:46:18.600 --> 00:46:19.380
 try hard.

00:46:20.080 --> 00:46:20.880
 We have to

00:46:20.880 --> 00:46:22.080
 live this

00:46:22.080 --> 00:46:22.420
 way.

00:46:24.580 --> 00:46:25.360
 But actually,

00:46:25.600 --> 00:46:26.060
 we thank you

00:46:26.060 --> 00:46:26.300
 for your

00:46:26.300 --> 00:46:26.539
 cross,

00:46:26.620 --> 00:46:27.160
 because first

00:46:27.160 --> 00:46:27.880
 it shows us

00:46:27.880 --> 00:46:29.200
 that we

00:46:29.200 --> 00:46:29.780
 can do it.

00:46:30.140 --> 00:46:30.800
 We can't.

00:46:31.360 --> 00:46:31.960
 We failed.

00:46:31.960 --> 00:46:32.019
 God,

00:46:33.019 --> 00:46:33.599
 and it's a

00:46:33.599 --> 00:46:34.740
 grace to

00:46:34.740 --> 00:46:35.699
 realize our

00:46:35.699 --> 00:46:36.320
 own weakness,

00:46:36.599 --> 00:46:36.980
 sinfulness.

00:46:37.559 --> 00:46:38.780
 It's not a

00:46:38.780 --> 00:46:39.079
 threat.

00:46:40.000 --> 00:46:40.679
 It's actually

00:46:40.679 --> 00:46:41.260
 grace and

00:46:41.260 --> 00:46:43.079
 love that you

00:46:43.079 --> 00:46:43.780
 show us,

00:46:44.000 --> 00:46:44.659
 because through

00:46:44.659 --> 00:46:46.000
 that, now we

00:46:46.000 --> 00:46:46.659
 can't rely on

00:46:46.659 --> 00:46:46.860
 you.

00:46:48.139 --> 00:46:48.840
 Through that,

00:46:49.519 --> 00:46:50.179
 we can actually

00:46:50.179 --> 00:46:50.760
 revive our

00:46:50.760 --> 00:46:51.780
 hearts and see

00:46:51.780 --> 00:46:52.619
 who you are

00:46:52.619 --> 00:46:53.860
 truly, not the

00:46:53.860 --> 00:46:55.300
 severe, mean,

00:46:55.800 --> 00:46:56.400
 cruel God,

00:46:56.519 --> 00:46:57.539
 bad, loving God

00:46:57.539 --> 00:46:58.739
 who gave up

00:46:58.739 --> 00:46:59.400
 everything for

00:46:59.400 --> 00:47:01.099
 us, who did

00:47:01.099 --> 00:47:01.900
 everything right

00:47:01.900 --> 00:47:02.639
 for us, who

00:47:02.639 --> 00:47:03.519
 lived for me,

00:47:03.840 --> 00:47:04.800
 for us,

00:47:04.920 --> 00:47:05.059
 Lord.

00:47:05.500 --> 00:47:06.259
 So help us

00:47:06.259 --> 00:47:07.920
 once again to

00:47:07.920 --> 00:47:08.480
 come back to

00:47:08.480 --> 00:47:08.679
 you.

00:47:10.039 --> 00:47:11.159
 Lord, help us

00:47:11.159 --> 00:47:12.460
 to really set

00:47:12.460 --> 00:47:13.199
 aside all the

00:47:13.199 --> 00:47:14.480
 excuses that we

00:47:14.480 --> 00:47:15.219
 every day make.

00:47:16.279 --> 00:47:16.840
 Help us not

00:47:16.840 --> 00:47:18.880
 that we are

00:47:18.880 --> 00:47:21.000
 blaming the

00:47:21.000 --> 00:47:21.500
 people around

00:47:21.500 --> 00:47:21.779
 us for

00:47:21.779 --> 00:47:22.239
 our situation,

00:47:22.420 --> 00:47:22.579
 Lord.

00:47:23.800 --> 00:47:24.599
 Help us to

00:47:24.599 --> 00:47:25.539
 stop that and

00:47:25.539 --> 00:47:26.539
 say, Lord,

00:47:26.539 --> 00:47:28.300
 help me.

00:47:29.679 --> 00:47:30.219
 I want to be

00:47:30.219 --> 00:47:31.019
 faithful through

00:47:31.019 --> 00:47:31.340
 you.

00:47:32.259 --> 00:47:33.079
 So, Lord, help

00:47:33.079 --> 00:47:34.340
 us, Lord, in

00:47:34.340 --> 00:47:35.199
 this time, in

00:47:35.199 --> 00:47:35.779
 this generation,

00:47:35.960 --> 00:47:36.279
 Lord, so that

00:47:36.279 --> 00:47:36.699
 we can be

00:47:36.699 --> 00:47:37.659
 faithful, we

00:47:37.659 --> 00:47:38.019
 can be the

00:47:38.019 --> 00:47:40.420
 light, promoting,

00:47:40.659 --> 00:47:41.480
 campaigning your

00:47:41.480 --> 00:47:42.840
 name in this

00:47:42.840 --> 00:47:44.000
 Hong Kong and

00:47:44.000 --> 00:47:45.239
 the cities all

00:47:45.239 --> 00:47:45.840
 over the world,

00:47:46.320 --> 00:47:47.980
 so that when you

00:47:47.980 --> 00:47:49.519
 return, people

00:47:49.519 --> 00:47:51.420
 will praise you,

00:47:51.659 --> 00:47:52.519
 glorify you,

00:47:53.000 --> 00:47:53.519
 and shout,

00:47:54.519 --> 00:47:55.099
 our King,

00:47:55.099 --> 00:47:57.779
 we glorify you,

00:47:57.839 --> 00:47:58.059
 Lord.

00:47:58.400 --> 00:47:59.219
 In Jesus' name

00:47:59.219 --> 00:47:59.539
 we pray.

00:48:00.119 --> 00:48:00.420
 Amen.

00:48:01.539 --> 00:48:02.000
 Thank you,

00:48:02.059 --> 00:48:02.219
 everyone.

00:48:02.219 --> 00:48:03.219
 two off