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 Let's look at Luke's Gospel, chapter 7, verse 36.

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 We'll start reading.

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 One of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him,

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 and he went into the Pharisee's house and reclined at the table.

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 And behold, a woman of the city, who was a sinner,

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 when she learned that he was reclining at the table in the Pharisee's house,

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 brought an alabaster flask of ointment,

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 and standing behind him at his feet, weeping,

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 she began to wet his feet with her tears and wipe them with her hair of her head

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 and kissed his feet and anointed him with the ointment.

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 Now, when the Pharisee who had invited him saw this,

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 he said to himself,

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 If this man was a prophet,

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 he would have known who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him,

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 for she is a sinner.

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 And Jesus answering said to him,

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 Simon, I have something to say to you.

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 And he answered,

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 Say it, teacher.

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 A certain moneylender had two debtors.

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 One owed 500 denarii and the other 50.

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 When they could not pay, he canceled the debt of both.

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 Now, which one of them will love him more?

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 Simon answered,

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 The one, I suppose,

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 for whom he canceled the larger debt.

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 And he said to him,

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 You have judged rightly.

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 Then turning toward the woman,

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 he said to Simon,

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 Do you see this woman?

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 I entered your house,

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 and you gave me no water from my feet.

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 But she has wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.

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 You gave me no kiss.

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 But from the time I came in,

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 she has not ceased to kiss my feet.

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 He did not anoint my head with oil,

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 but she has anointed my feet with ointment.

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 Therefore, I tell you,

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 her sins, which are many,

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 are forgiven.

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 For she loved much.

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 But he who is forgiven little,

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 loves little.

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 And he said to her,

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 Your sins are forgiven.

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 Then those who were at the table with him

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 began saying among themselves,

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 Who is this who even forgives sins?

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 And he said to the woman,

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 Your faith has saved you.

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 Go in peace.

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 So,

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 again,

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 a very familiar text.

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 I hope

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 will speak to you in a fresh way.

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 I tried to really avoid

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 looking back at

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 commentaries and previous messages

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 just to avoid

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 following a familiar outline

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 and just

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 really ask God

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 to kind of say

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 these are some things

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 that he pointed out

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 to me in this text.

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 So,

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 we all know

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 kind of what's going on.

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 Jesus had just sort of started

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 his earthly ministry

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 and

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 he's invited

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 by one of the Pharisees

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 to come and

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 basically hang out

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 and have a meal with them.

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 And I don't think

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 it was really out of love

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 or hospitality,

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 more out of intrigue

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 and want to take a closer

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 look at this guy.

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 Having meals with people

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 like as today,

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 but especially back then

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 was a way of showing

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 covenant with someone,

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 friendship with someone,

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 a very,

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 you know,

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 safe context

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 to get to know somebody.

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 And,

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 but I really just think

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 they want to take

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 a closer look at him.

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 And I don't need to go

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 on a long spiel

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 about

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 who Pharisees are.

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 You definitely know that.

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 But

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 just the term Pharisee

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 means separated

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 ones.

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 So just keep that

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 in your head.

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 It's like this idea

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 of they

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 are completely

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 devoted in their mind

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 at least to

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 the law

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 and the book of Moses

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 and

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 following all the laws

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 and the rituals.

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 And so

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 dinners

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 back then as well,

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 meals with very

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 well-known people,

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 dignitaries,

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 famous people,

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 they were kind of

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 put on display

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 and people

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 at times

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 would actually come

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 and watch

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 the dinner.

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 So you can imagine

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 that

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 like just

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 they think

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 that you're so awesome

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 that people would come

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 and watch you

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 eat your food.

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 So

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 but that's kind

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 of what it was.

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 It was a social

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 custom to be

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 permitted

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 even for the needy

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 people to visit

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 such a banquet

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 to receive leftovers.

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 So there's a

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 few points

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 just

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 that really felt

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 would be good

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 to convey

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 from this text.

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 But

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 one,

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 number one,

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 is

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 there is no

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 sinner too

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 great

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 that forgiveness

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 in Christ

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 cannot be found.

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 There's no

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 sinner too

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 great

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 that forgiveness

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 in Christ

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 cannot be found.

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 And

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 most of us

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 would say,

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 yeah,

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 we know that.

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 But I really

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 want you to

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 examine your own

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 heart and think

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 about people

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 that you've

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 interacted with

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 that you may

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 think this

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 not true of.

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 And

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 we see this

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 in verses

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 37-38.

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 So first you

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 have the

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 identity of

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 the woman

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 that Luke

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 doesn't fully

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 disclose

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 exactly who

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 she is.

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 But

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 it's very

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 clear that

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 she has a

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 very stained

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 reputation

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 and

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 more than

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 likely

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 was a

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 prostitute.

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 We don't

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 know that,

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 but it

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 comes across

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 that way.

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 And

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 she could

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 just be

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 sleeping with

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 men

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 because she

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 enjoys it

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 and that's

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 a way

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 for her

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 to make

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 a living.

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 That's

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 definitely

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 it.

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 So some

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 women,

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 though,

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 however,

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 can be

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 forced into

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 prostitution

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 when they

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 have no

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 one to

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 protect

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 them or

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 provide

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 to them.

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 That

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 happens

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 in other

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 places

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 in the

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 world

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 even

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 today.

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 So we

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 don't

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 really know

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 which one

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 it was,

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 whether she

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 was forced

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 into it

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 or it

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 was just

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 kind of

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 voluntarily.

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 But what

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 Simon actually

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 says of her

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 is like,

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 if this

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 man was a

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 prophet,

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 he would

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 see what

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 sort of

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 woman this

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 is.

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 And that

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 idea of

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 what sort

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 carries this

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 idea of

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 what kind

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 of dirt

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 she comes

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 from,

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 what kind

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 of absolute

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 filth she

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 comes from.

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 And the

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 term sinner

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 in this

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 text denotes

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 a heinous,

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 habitual

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 sinner known

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 for being

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 devoted to

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 specific sins.

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 sins.

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 So her

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 presence there

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 would have

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 been a

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 great insult

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 to some

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 degree for

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 her to

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 kind of

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 not just

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 be a

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 spectator,

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 but for

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 her to

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 actually come

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 up to

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 Jesus,

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 who was

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 the guest.

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 So it

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 was a

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 title

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 given,

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 a title

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 particularly

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 given to

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 tax collectors,

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 prostitutes,

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 drunkards.

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 And it

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 says, I

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 don't know,

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 this was

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 something that

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 just sort

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 of I

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 thought

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 about,

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 but it

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 said that

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 she was a

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 woman of

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 the city.

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 And if

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 you think

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 about those

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 of us who

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 come from

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 small towns,

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 small communities,

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 there's kind

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 of an added

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 burden of

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 shame when

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 you live in

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 such close

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 quarters with

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 people and

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 everyone knows

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 who you are.

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 You can't

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 just kind of

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 disappear into

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 a crowd.

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 And it's

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 like an

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 extra guilt,

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 extra shame

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 that a lot

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 of us don't

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 really feel.

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 And some

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 people that

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 I've met

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 in the past

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 have done

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 such shameful

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 things that

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 they're even

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 scared to go

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 out in the

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 public.

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 And maybe

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 even ashamed

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 to kind of

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 go show up

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 in a church

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 building or

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 a church

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 service.

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 And that's

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 very sad,

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 but just a

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 fear of

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 man that

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 drives them

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 away.

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 And so

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 no doubt

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 she felt

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 great guilt

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 and great

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 shame for

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 the sin

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 that she

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 had committed.

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 Sin is not

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 just an

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 action.

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 It defiles

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 us and

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 makes us

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 unclean.

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 If you think

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 about some

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 things that

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 you've done,

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 how it's

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 brought immensely

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 guilt,

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 there's a

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 verse in

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 Ezekiel that

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 I really

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 saw a good

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 while back.

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 It just

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 really nails

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 it.

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 It's Ezekiel

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 20,

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 verse 43.

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 And it

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 says,

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 this is the

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 Lord talking,

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 and there

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 you shall

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 remember your

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 ways and

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 all your

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 deeds with

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 which you

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 have defiled

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 yourselves.

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 And you

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 shall loathe

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 yourselves for

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 the evils that

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 you have

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 committed.

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 sin has a

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 way to

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 defile us

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 and cause

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 us to

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 loathe

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 ourselves

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 because of

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 the things

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 that we

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 have done.

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 And so

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 she really

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 has this

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 on her

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 shoulders.

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 And so

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 she comes

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 before Jesus,

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 she kind of

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 crosses the

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 boundary,

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 so to speak,

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 into the

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 actual dinner

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 that's taking

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 place as

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 he's reclining

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 at the

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 table.

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 And she

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 takes this

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 alabaster

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 flask,

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 which was

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 a really

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 soft stone

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 used frequently

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 to put

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 perfume in

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 particularly,

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 probably one

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 of the most

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 valuable

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 possessions

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 she had.

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 And you

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 see her

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 gladly

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 poured out

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 on the

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 feet of

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 Jesus.

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 And

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 almost

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 picturesque

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 of her

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 almost pouring

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 out her

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 spirit to

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 Christ.

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 And with

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 her tears,

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 she washed

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 Jesus'

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 feet and

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 wiped them

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 with her

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 hair,

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 which is

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 amazing.

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 Because you

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 know my

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 footophobia,

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 I can't

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 stand feet,

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 and this

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 idea that

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 she not

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 only went

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 that far,

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 that's a

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 great expression

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 of love.

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 So if I

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 ever do

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 anything for

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 your foot,

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 it means I

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 really love

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 you.

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 But she

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 cried

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 tears of

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 just brokenness

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 to Jesus

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 on his feet

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 and then

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 wiped them

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 with her

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 hair.

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 Both this

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 idea of

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 thankfulness,

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 just in

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 reverence,

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 just for

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 who Jesus

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 is,

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 and through

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 herself in

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 humility,

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 just at

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 his mercy.

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 And we

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 know this

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 is just so

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 symbolic of

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 what Jesus

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 has said

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 about those

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 who are

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 broken and

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 poor in

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 spirit.

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 In Matthew

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 5,

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 blessed are

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 the poor

00:10:01.120 --> 00:10:01.659
 in spirit,

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 for theirs

00:10:02.219 --> 00:10:02.799
 is the

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 kingdom of

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 heaven.

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 Blessed are

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 those who

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 mourn,

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 for they

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 should be

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 comforted.

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 And

00:10:08.559 --> 00:10:10.860
 recognizing our

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 great spiritual

00:10:11.839 --> 00:10:13.019
 bankruptcy before

00:10:13.019 --> 00:10:13.460
 God,

00:10:14.399 --> 00:10:15.079
 nothing to

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 bring to

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 him at

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 all,

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 how it's

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 really an

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 awareness of

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 our need,

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 our mourning,

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 and our

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 brokenness.

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 And this

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 woman definitely

00:10:22.899 --> 00:10:23.679
 has this on

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 her mind.

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 So,

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 does the

00:10:27.079 --> 00:10:27.519
 weight of

00:10:27.519 --> 00:10:28.500
 your sin and

00:10:28.500 --> 00:10:29.379
 shame hinder you

00:10:29.379 --> 00:10:30.399
 from coming to

00:10:30.399 --> 00:10:30.939
 Christ for

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 mercy,

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 even as a

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 believer?

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 Do you tend to

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 kind of stay at a

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 distance sometimes

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 before you've

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 done enough

00:10:35.939 --> 00:10:36.740
 acts of

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 penance,

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 where you

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 make yourself

00:10:39.480 --> 00:10:40.399
 feel worthy

00:10:40.399 --> 00:10:41.019
 to come

00:10:41.019 --> 00:10:42.440
 to Christ?

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 But,

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 there is no

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 sinner to

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 great.

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 There just

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 isn't.

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 This leads to

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 number two,

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 which we see

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 in verse

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 39.

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 Beware of

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 having higher

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 standards of

00:10:58.360 --> 00:10:58.860
 righteousness

00:10:58.860 --> 00:11:00.019
 than Jesus.

00:11:01.159 --> 00:11:02.000
 Beware of

00:11:02.000 --> 00:11:02.680
 having higher

00:11:02.680 --> 00:11:03.360
 standards of

00:11:03.360 --> 00:11:03.759
 righteousness

00:11:03.759 --> 00:11:04.500
 than Jesus.

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 and we

00:11:06.860 --> 00:11:07.500
 see that

00:11:07.500 --> 00:11:08.860
 Simon

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 definitely

00:11:09.320 --> 00:11:09.879
 has in his

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 mind,

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 as well,

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 a lot of

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 the other

00:11:11.379 --> 00:11:12.220
 Pharisees at

00:11:12.220 --> 00:11:12.659
 this time,

00:11:13.100 --> 00:11:13.440
 that there

00:11:13.440 --> 00:11:13.720
 are just

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 good people

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 and there

00:11:14.639 --> 00:11:14.980
 are bad

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 people.

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 And the

00:11:16.940 --> 00:11:17.440
 truth is,

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 there's not.

00:11:17.940 --> 00:11:18.299
 There's only

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 bad people

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 and then

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 Jesus.

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 That's it.

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 And we

00:11:23.179 --> 00:11:23.679
 tend to

00:11:23.679 --> 00:11:24.440
 gauge people

00:11:24.440 --> 00:11:24.980
 by that

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 sometimes.

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 And they

00:11:28.980 --> 00:11:30.000
 even look at

00:11:30.000 --> 00:11:30.639
 Jesus and

00:11:30.639 --> 00:11:31.100
 don't really

00:11:31.100 --> 00:11:32.100
 see the

00:11:32.100 --> 00:11:32.500
 righteousness

00:11:32.500 --> 00:11:33.240
 in him

00:11:33.240 --> 00:11:33.840
 at all.

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 And they

00:11:34.879 --> 00:11:35.299
 think that

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 they are

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 far above

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 this woman.

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 This woman

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 should not

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 even be

00:11:38.320 --> 00:11:38.779
 around.

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 If anybody

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 has a right

00:11:40.759 --> 00:11:41.320
 to be around

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 another righteous

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 person,

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 it's just

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 one of them.

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 And previously,

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 just for sake of

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 time,

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 I may not

00:11:48.539 --> 00:11:49.679
 read all this,

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 but just in the

00:11:50.620 --> 00:11:51.340
 previous verses

00:11:51.340 --> 00:11:51.940
 leading up to

00:11:51.940 --> 00:11:52.720
 this text in

00:11:52.720 --> 00:11:53.559
 Luke 7,

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 they're talking

00:11:55.240 --> 00:11:55.740
 about John

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 the Baptist.

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 And Jesus

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 basically tells

00:11:59.840 --> 00:12:00.159
 them,

00:12:01.080 --> 00:12:01.419
 it doesn't

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 matter who

00:12:02.639 --> 00:12:03.879
 God sends,

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 you're going

00:12:04.259 --> 00:12:04.740
 to reject

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 him if

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 he's actually

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 speaking the

00:12:06.059 --> 00:12:06.460
 truth to

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 you.

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 Because John

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 came and

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 he had this

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 very strict

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 religious

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 lifestyle.

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 Very strict.

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 He took the

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 Nazarite vow.

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 He did all

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 these things that

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 just set him

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 apart.

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 It's like very,

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 I don't know,

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 strict and

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 religious.

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 And more

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 than them,

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 probably.

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 Then you have

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 Jesus'

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 ministry that

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 was kind of

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 characterized by

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 more of a

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 joyous ministry.

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 So you have

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 both someone

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 who's very

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 strict and

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 very disciplined

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 characterizing

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 John's ministry,

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 if you would,

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 versus Jesus'

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 ministry.

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 And they're

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 rejecting both

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 of them and

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 just kind of

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 saying,

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 like,

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 we don't

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 believe.

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 We think that,

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 and Jesus calls

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 them out for

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 being childish

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 in the previous

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 verses.

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 We've done all

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 these things for

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 you and you

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 still don't

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 listen.

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 And so,

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 a small lesson

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 inside of this

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 is some

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 people,

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 no matter

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 what you do,

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 you can jump

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 through all

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 their hoops,

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 answer all

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 their questions,

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 but the problem

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 is at the end

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 of the day,

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 they just have

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 a wicked,

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 depraved heart,

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 and the problem

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 is their unbelief,

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 not that they

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 haven't been shown

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 enough evidence

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 of who God

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 is.

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 And so,

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 Jesus already

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 has his

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 reputation for

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 looking,

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 for hanging

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 out with

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 gluttons,

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 tax collectors,

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 and sinners.

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 So they have

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 this idea

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 about Jesus,

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 so they

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 really think

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 that they

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 are above

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 him in

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 some ways.

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 So,

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 beware of

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 like sin

00:13:32.480 --> 00:13:34.879
 becoming

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 academic.

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 That's a

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 new word

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 I've been

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 appreciating

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 lately.

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 And

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 academic

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 means like

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 you understand

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 what it is

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 on paper,

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 and it works

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 out this way,

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 but reality

00:13:46.440 --> 00:13:47.120
 is you don't

00:13:47.120 --> 00:13:47.799
 have any clue

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 at all.

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 Like it's

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 kind of like

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 the difference

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 between reading

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 about something

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 and experiencing

00:13:51.940 --> 00:13:52.419
 something.

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 So,

00:13:54.059 --> 00:13:54.519
 beware that

00:13:54.519 --> 00:13:55.000
 your sin

00:13:55.000 --> 00:13:55.259
 is not

00:13:55.259 --> 00:13:55.740
 academic.

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 You would

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 confess,

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 like,

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 yes,

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 I know

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 I'm a

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 sinner,

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 but like

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 you don't

00:13:59.559 --> 00:14:00.539
 really feel

00:14:00.539 --> 00:14:01.199
 like the

00:14:01.199 --> 00:14:02.000
 burden of

00:14:02.000 --> 00:14:02.299
 that.

00:14:03.279 --> 00:14:03.740
 And

00:14:03.740 --> 00:14:06.460
 do you,

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 if not on

00:14:07.039 --> 00:14:07.399
 paper,

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 but in

00:14:07.779 --> 00:14:08.139
 practice,

00:14:08.340 --> 00:14:08.960
 see certain

00:14:08.960 --> 00:14:09.579
 sins as

00:14:09.579 --> 00:14:10.299
 worse than

00:14:10.299 --> 00:14:10.740
 others?

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 And do you

00:14:12.379 --> 00:14:12.840
 believe that

00:14:12.840 --> 00:14:13.399
 such people

00:14:13.399 --> 00:14:13.919
 are beyond

00:14:13.919 --> 00:14:14.460
 the mercy

00:14:14.460 --> 00:14:15.240
 of God

00:14:15.240 --> 00:14:15.740
 and his

00:14:15.740 --> 00:14:16.480
 saving power

00:14:16.480 --> 00:14:17.139
 in Christ?

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 And do

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 you,

00:14:19.279 --> 00:14:19.819
 even as a

00:14:19.819 --> 00:14:20.079
 believer,

00:14:20.299 --> 00:14:20.819
 focus on

00:14:20.819 --> 00:14:21.360
 the sins

00:14:21.360 --> 00:14:21.980
 of others

00:14:21.980 --> 00:14:22.379
 to make

00:14:22.379 --> 00:14:22.819
 yourself

00:14:22.819 --> 00:14:23.620
 more comfortable?

00:14:24.519 --> 00:14:24.819
 in your

00:14:24.819 --> 00:14:25.079
 own

00:14:25.079 --> 00:14:26.100
 self-righteousness.

00:14:27.480 --> 00:14:28.299
 I do.

00:14:28.439 --> 00:14:28.860
 I did it

00:14:28.860 --> 00:14:29.620
 earlier this

00:14:29.620 --> 00:14:29.860
 week.

00:14:31.240 --> 00:14:32.039
 And great

00:14:32.039 --> 00:14:32.480
 conviction

00:14:32.480 --> 00:14:32.899
 followed.

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 But just

00:14:34.779 --> 00:14:35.539
 beware that

00:14:35.539 --> 00:14:35.919
 you're not

00:14:35.919 --> 00:14:37.319
 gazing at

00:14:37.319 --> 00:14:38.100
 Jesus or

00:14:38.100 --> 00:14:38.740
 anyone else

00:14:38.740 --> 00:14:39.319
 through the

00:14:39.319 --> 00:14:39.919
 eyes of

00:14:39.919 --> 00:14:41.179
 self-righteousness.

00:14:42.360 --> 00:14:42.620
 So,

00:14:43.240 --> 00:14:43.439
 yeah,

00:14:43.500 --> 00:14:44.039
 beware of

00:14:44.039 --> 00:14:44.199
 that.

00:14:44.259 --> 00:14:44.579
 Don't have

00:14:44.579 --> 00:14:44.899
 a higher

00:14:44.899 --> 00:14:45.519
 standard of

00:14:45.519 --> 00:14:45.919
 righteousness

00:14:45.919 --> 00:14:46.919
 because you

00:14:46.919 --> 00:14:47.220
 don't.

00:14:48.019 --> 00:14:48.299
 So,

00:14:48.500 --> 00:14:49.100
 number three,

00:14:50.100 --> 00:14:50.960
 point three.

00:14:50.960 --> 00:14:53.200
 this is a

00:14:53.200 --> 00:14:54.060
 big one.

00:14:56.240 --> 00:14:56.780
 Our love

00:14:56.780 --> 00:14:57.500
 for Christ

00:14:57.500 --> 00:14:59.160
 or lack

00:14:59.160 --> 00:14:59.740
 thereof

00:14:59.740 --> 00:15:00.940
 is directly

00:15:00.940 --> 00:15:01.660
 connected

00:15:01.660 --> 00:15:02.580
 to the

00:15:02.580 --> 00:15:03.060
 awareness

00:15:03.060 --> 00:15:03.680
 of our

00:15:03.680 --> 00:15:04.240
 own sin.

00:15:04.980 --> 00:15:05.800
 Our love

00:15:05.800 --> 00:15:06.420
 for Christ

00:15:06.420 --> 00:15:06.960
 or lack

00:15:06.960 --> 00:15:07.400
 thereof

00:15:07.400 --> 00:15:08.000
 is directly

00:15:08.000 --> 00:15:08.500
 connected

00:15:08.500 --> 00:15:08.980
 to the

00:15:08.980 --> 00:15:09.379
 awareness

00:15:09.379 --> 00:15:09.900
 of our

00:15:09.900 --> 00:15:10.580
 own sin.

00:15:11.259 --> 00:15:11.519
 And we

00:15:11.519 --> 00:15:12.120
 see this

00:15:12.120 --> 00:15:12.780
 in verses

00:15:12.780 --> 00:15:13.620
 40 through

00:15:13.620 --> 00:15:14.200
 47.

00:15:14.920 --> 00:15:15.259
 So,

00:15:15.460 --> 00:15:16.060
 Jesus knows

00:15:16.060 --> 00:15:16.480
 what's going

00:15:16.480 --> 00:15:16.780
 on.

00:15:16.879 --> 00:15:17.440
 He knows

00:15:17.440 --> 00:15:18.300
 he's

00:15:18.300 --> 00:15:18.860
 discerning

00:15:18.860 --> 00:15:19.440
 Simon's

00:15:19.440 --> 00:15:19.800
 thoughts.

00:15:20.700 --> 00:15:21.080
 And he

00:15:21.080 --> 00:15:21.519
 tells him

00:15:21.519 --> 00:15:22.180
 this parable

00:15:22.180 --> 00:15:23.259
 to teach

00:15:23.259 --> 00:15:23.500
 him a

00:15:23.500 --> 00:15:23.779
 lesson

00:15:23.779 --> 00:15:24.259
 about

00:15:24.259 --> 00:15:25.440
 sin

00:15:25.440 --> 00:15:25.980
 and about

00:15:25.980 --> 00:15:26.379
 God

00:15:26.379 --> 00:15:26.759
 and about

00:15:26.759 --> 00:15:27.180
 forgiveness

00:15:27.180 --> 00:15:27.659
 and about

00:15:27.659 --> 00:15:28.019
 who he

00:15:28.019 --> 00:15:28.419
 is.

00:15:29.480 --> 00:15:29.860
 And

00:15:29.860 --> 00:15:32.519
 500 denarii,

00:15:32.620 --> 00:15:33.000
 like both

00:15:33.000 --> 00:15:33.419
 two money

00:15:33.419 --> 00:15:33.740
 lenders,

00:15:33.899 --> 00:15:34.659
 one owned

00:15:34.659 --> 00:15:36.080
 500 and

00:15:36.080 --> 00:15:36.320
 the other

00:15:36.320 --> 00:15:36.639
 one owned

00:15:36.639 --> 00:15:37.039
 50.

00:15:37.840 --> 00:15:38.940
 500 was

00:15:38.940 --> 00:15:39.519
 the equivalent

00:15:39.519 --> 00:15:40.100
 of about

00:15:40.100 --> 00:15:40.919
 20 months

00:15:40.919 --> 00:15:41.379
 wages.

00:15:41.700 --> 00:15:41.820
 So,

00:15:41.899 --> 00:15:42.320
 that's a

00:15:42.320 --> 00:15:42.940
 long time.

00:15:44.399 --> 00:15:45.600
 50 denarii

00:15:45.600 --> 00:15:46.100
 is about

00:15:46.100 --> 00:15:46.720
 two months

00:15:46.720 --> 00:15:47.080
 wages.

00:15:47.440 --> 00:15:47.639
 So,

00:15:47.860 --> 00:15:48.279
 a lot

00:15:48.279 --> 00:15:48.560
 more,

00:15:48.559 --> 00:15:48.939
 a lot

00:15:48.939 --> 00:15:49.539
 less than

00:15:49.539 --> 00:15:50.819
 20 months

00:15:50.819 --> 00:15:51.339
 wages.

00:15:52.299 --> 00:15:52.399
 So,

00:15:52.479 --> 00:15:52.739
 but it's

00:15:52.739 --> 00:15:53.239
 meant to

00:15:53.239 --> 00:15:53.779
 depict the

00:15:53.779 --> 00:15:54.819
 reality that

00:15:54.819 --> 00:15:55.539
 unconditional

00:15:55.539 --> 00:15:56.139
 forgiveness

00:15:56.139 --> 00:15:57.159
 was expressed

00:15:57.159 --> 00:15:59.099
 by the

00:15:59.099 --> 00:15:59.859
 money lender.

00:16:00.639 --> 00:16:01.279
 He forgave

00:16:01.279 --> 00:16:01.579
 them

00:16:01.579 --> 00:16:02.419
 unconditionally,

00:16:02.719 --> 00:16:03.239
 but love

00:16:03.239 --> 00:16:03.639
 was the

00:16:03.639 --> 00:16:04.119
 result.

00:16:05.219 --> 00:16:06.379
 And we

00:16:06.379 --> 00:16:06.959
 have a

00:16:06.959 --> 00:16:08.419
 tendency

00:16:08.419 --> 00:16:08.979
 to kind

00:16:08.979 --> 00:16:09.239
 of,

00:16:10.479 --> 00:16:11.039
 as a

00:16:11.039 --> 00:16:11.359
 culture,

00:16:11.479 --> 00:16:11.979
 to disconnect

00:16:11.979 --> 00:16:12.799
 sin from

00:16:12.799 --> 00:16:13.219
 the love

00:16:13.219 --> 00:16:13.679
 of God.

00:16:14.099 --> 00:16:15.199
 And I

00:16:15.199 --> 00:16:15.819
 had a

00:16:15.819 --> 00:16:16.319
 professor

00:16:16.319 --> 00:16:17.139
 in college

00:16:17.139 --> 00:16:18.179
 that was

00:16:18.179 --> 00:16:18.299
 a

00:16:18.299 --> 00:16:19.159
 professor

00:16:19.159 --> 00:16:19.500
 of

00:16:19.500 --> 00:16:19.839
 religion

00:16:19.839 --> 00:16:21.219
 and

00:16:21.219 --> 00:16:22.739
 said that

00:16:22.739 --> 00:16:23.099
 she was

00:16:23.099 --> 00:16:23.239
 a

00:16:23.239 --> 00:16:23.519
 Christian,

00:16:23.719 --> 00:16:25.479
 but not

00:16:25.479 --> 00:16:25.919
 really.

00:16:27.099 --> 00:16:28.059
 But she

00:16:28.059 --> 00:16:29.419
 shunned me

00:16:29.419 --> 00:16:30.679
 for talking

00:16:30.679 --> 00:16:31.299
 about sin

00:16:31.299 --> 00:16:33.339
 and I

00:16:33.339 --> 00:16:34.059
 talked to her

00:16:34.059 --> 00:16:34.299
 in her

00:16:34.299 --> 00:16:34.879
 office a

00:16:34.879 --> 00:16:35.159
 lot,

00:16:35.240 --> 00:16:35.659
 just about

00:16:35.659 --> 00:16:36.079
 this kind

00:16:36.079 --> 00:16:36.519
 of stuff.

00:16:36.859 --> 00:16:38.399
 And she

00:16:38.399 --> 00:16:38.759
 just said,

00:16:38.819 --> 00:16:39.019
 you should

00:16:39.019 --> 00:16:39.359
 come to

00:16:39.359 --> 00:16:39.879
 my church

00:16:39.879 --> 00:16:40.159
 because in

00:16:40.159 --> 00:16:40.539
 my church

00:16:40.539 --> 00:16:40.919
 we talk

00:16:40.919 --> 00:16:41.339
 about the

00:16:41.339 --> 00:16:41.719
 love of

00:16:41.719 --> 00:16:42.159
 God and

00:16:42.159 --> 00:16:42.679
 how kind

00:16:42.679 --> 00:16:43.159
 God is

00:16:43.159 --> 00:16:43.819
 and how

00:16:43.819 --> 00:16:44.219
 he's our

00:16:44.219 --> 00:16:44.919
 father and

00:16:44.919 --> 00:16:45.259
 all this

00:16:45.259 --> 00:16:45.559
 stuff.

00:16:45.559 --> 00:16:46.879
 love of

00:16:46.879 --> 00:16:47.759
 love of

00:16:47.759 --> 00:16:47.679
 God and

00:16:47.679 --> 00:16:49.539
 love of

00:16:49.539 --> 00:16:49.939
 God.

00:16:49.939 --> 00:16:50.219
 You have

00:16:50.219 --> 00:16:51.379
 no idea

00:16:51.379 --> 00:16:51.979
 how loving

00:16:51.979 --> 00:16:52.519
 God is

00:16:52.519 --> 00:16:53.479
 because your

00:16:53.479 --> 00:16:54.159
 view of

00:16:54.159 --> 00:16:54.879
 yourself is

00:16:54.879 --> 00:16:55.459
 so big

00:16:55.459 --> 00:16:57.019
 and your

00:16:57.019 --> 00:16:57.459
 view of

00:16:57.459 --> 00:16:57.859
 sin is

00:16:57.859 --> 00:16:58.459
 so small.

00:16:58.599 --> 00:16:58.799
 And I

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 actually read

00:16:59.199 --> 00:16:59.619
 her this

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 passage and

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 she just

00:17:00.859 --> 00:17:01.119
 goes,

00:17:01.339 --> 00:17:01.519
 hmm,

00:17:01.779 --> 00:17:02.259
 interesting.

00:17:03.459 --> 00:17:04.240
 And I

00:17:04.240 --> 00:17:04.639
 really,

00:17:04.879 --> 00:17:05.839
 we have to

00:17:05.839 --> 00:17:06.539
 understand that

00:17:06.539 --> 00:17:06.859
 there's a

00:17:06.859 --> 00:17:07.279
 connection.

00:17:08.299 --> 00:17:09.440
 So this

00:17:09.440 --> 00:17:10.619
 woman's love

00:17:10.619 --> 00:17:11.259
 and faith

00:17:11.259 --> 00:17:12.159
 was expressed

00:17:12.159 --> 00:17:13.039
 by her

00:17:13.039 --> 00:17:13.439
 works.

00:17:14.500 --> 00:17:15.000
 She did

00:17:15.000 --> 00:17:15.899
 three things

00:17:15.899 --> 00:17:16.839
 that Simon

00:17:16.839 --> 00:17:17.419
 did not.

00:17:17.619 --> 00:17:17.939
 And if you

00:17:17.939 --> 00:17:18.439
 see that in

00:17:18.439 --> 00:17:18.899
 her text,

00:17:19.059 --> 00:17:19.239
 like,

00:17:19.619 --> 00:17:20.219
 she did

00:17:20.219 --> 00:17:20.639
 this,

00:17:20.859 --> 00:17:21.179
 you did

00:17:21.179 --> 00:17:21.500
 not,

00:17:21.919 --> 00:17:22.179
 Simon.

00:17:22.979 --> 00:17:24.059
 So all

00:17:24.059 --> 00:17:24.519
 these different

00:17:24.519 --> 00:17:25.479
 things demonstrated

00:17:25.479 --> 00:17:26.519
 her faith

00:17:26.519 --> 00:17:27.279
 expressed in

00:17:27.279 --> 00:17:27.959
 love and

00:17:27.959 --> 00:17:28.759
 Simon's lack

00:17:28.759 --> 00:17:29.139
 of it.

00:17:29.879 --> 00:17:30.719
 Jesus not

00:17:30.719 --> 00:17:31.299
 only approved

00:17:31.299 --> 00:17:31.759
 of the woman

00:17:31.759 --> 00:17:32.339
 kissing his

00:17:32.339 --> 00:17:32.559
 feet,

00:17:32.659 --> 00:17:33.739
 but reminded

00:17:33.739 --> 00:17:34.500
 Simon that

00:17:34.500 --> 00:17:34.739
 he had

00:17:34.739 --> 00:17:36.399
 neglected to

00:17:36.399 --> 00:17:36.939
 greet him

00:17:36.939 --> 00:17:38.079
 with a

00:17:38.079 --> 00:17:38.419
 kiss.

00:17:39.759 --> 00:17:40.599
 And what

00:17:40.599 --> 00:17:41.480
 was quite

00:17:41.480 --> 00:17:42.279
 appropriate at

00:17:42.279 --> 00:17:42.619
 that time,

00:17:42.659 --> 00:17:42.980
 it was a

00:17:42.980 --> 00:17:43.299
 welcoming

00:17:43.299 --> 00:17:43.740
 thing.

00:17:43.899 --> 00:17:44.000
 And to

00:17:44.000 --> 00:17:44.459
 not do

00:17:44.459 --> 00:17:44.759
 some of

00:17:44.759 --> 00:17:45.240
 these things

00:17:45.240 --> 00:17:45.539
 or to

00:17:45.539 --> 00:17:45.819
 wash

00:17:45.819 --> 00:17:46.119
 Jesus'

00:17:46.299 --> 00:17:48.099
 feet was

00:17:48.099 --> 00:17:48.740
 an insult.

00:17:49.240 --> 00:17:49.819
 So they

00:17:49.819 --> 00:17:50.119
 didn't even

00:17:50.119 --> 00:17:50.599
 show him

00:17:50.599 --> 00:17:51.179
 the normal

00:17:51.179 --> 00:17:51.719
 hospitality

00:17:51.719 --> 00:17:52.659
 norms at

00:17:52.659 --> 00:17:52.899
 all.

00:17:53.559 --> 00:17:54.139
 So they

00:17:54.139 --> 00:17:54.859
 really didn't

00:17:54.859 --> 00:17:55.539
 respect him.

00:17:55.959 --> 00:17:56.240
 But he

00:17:56.240 --> 00:17:56.579
 didn't make

00:17:56.579 --> 00:17:57.039
 a big deal

00:17:57.039 --> 00:17:57.399
 out of it.

00:17:57.419 --> 00:17:57.659
 He just

00:17:57.659 --> 00:17:57.899
 said,

00:17:58.199 --> 00:17:58.219
 like,

00:17:58.579 --> 00:17:59.579
 this woman

00:17:59.579 --> 00:18:00.119
 has gone

00:18:00.119 --> 00:18:00.859
 far beyond

00:18:00.859 --> 00:18:01.299
 even what

00:18:01.299 --> 00:18:01.619
 you,

00:18:02.619 --> 00:18:02.939
 what I

00:18:02.939 --> 00:18:03.599
 expected

00:18:03.599 --> 00:18:04.419
 of you.

00:18:05.159 --> 00:18:06.339
 So her

00:18:06.339 --> 00:18:07.539
 love proved

00:18:07.539 --> 00:18:08.559
 and authenticated

00:18:08.559 --> 00:18:09.319
 her faith.

00:18:09.319 --> 00:18:12.579
 love much

00:18:12.579 --> 00:18:13.019
 or love

00:18:13.019 --> 00:18:13.379
 little.

00:18:14.579 --> 00:18:14.939
 We need

00:18:14.939 --> 00:18:15.179
 to be

00:18:15.179 --> 00:18:17.639
 careful here,

00:18:17.819 --> 00:18:18.720
 but there

00:18:18.720 --> 00:18:19.659
 was Thomas

00:18:19.659 --> 00:18:20.099
 Watson,

00:18:20.259 --> 00:18:20.740
 one of my

00:18:20.740 --> 00:18:21.159
 favorite

00:18:21.159 --> 00:18:21.519
 Puritan

00:18:21.519 --> 00:18:21.859
 guys,

00:18:21.939 --> 00:18:22.279
 he said,

00:18:22.359 --> 00:18:23.359
 until sin

00:18:23.359 --> 00:18:24.039
 be bitter,

00:18:25.019 --> 00:18:25.539
 Christ will

00:18:25.539 --> 00:18:26.059
 not be

00:18:26.059 --> 00:18:26.419
 sweet.

00:18:27.659 --> 00:18:28.559
 And we

00:18:28.559 --> 00:18:28.879
 have to

00:18:28.879 --> 00:18:29.480
 understand

00:18:29.480 --> 00:18:30.000
 that there's

00:18:30.000 --> 00:18:30.779
 a direct

00:18:30.779 --> 00:18:31.319
 connection

00:18:31.319 --> 00:18:31.679
 until we

00:18:31.679 --> 00:18:31.960
 really

00:18:31.960 --> 00:18:32.519
 understand

00:18:32.519 --> 00:18:32.919
 who we

00:18:32.919 --> 00:18:33.559
 are apart

00:18:33.559 --> 00:18:34.259
 from Christ,

00:18:34.980 --> 00:18:35.559
 the intensity

00:18:35.559 --> 00:18:36.379
 of our sin,

00:18:36.539 --> 00:18:37.159
 the depth

00:18:37.160 --> 00:18:37.460
 of our

00:18:37.460 --> 00:18:37.900
 need,

00:18:38.720 --> 00:18:39.200
 the extent

00:18:39.200 --> 00:18:39.500
 of our

00:18:39.500 --> 00:18:40.120
 brokenness,

00:18:40.200 --> 00:18:40.580
 and then the

00:18:40.580 --> 00:18:41.040
 judgment that

00:18:41.040 --> 00:18:41.580
 we deserve.

00:18:41.720 --> 00:18:42.340
 We will never

00:18:42.340 --> 00:18:43.019
 see Jesus

00:18:43.019 --> 00:18:43.680
 or appreciate

00:18:43.680 --> 00:18:44.000
 him for

00:18:44.000 --> 00:18:44.320
 who he

00:18:44.320 --> 00:18:44.960
 truly is.

00:18:46.200 --> 00:18:46.500
 So,

00:18:46.700 --> 00:18:47.240
 however,

00:18:48.200 --> 00:18:49.000
 this doesn't

00:18:49.000 --> 00:18:49.580
 mean that we

00:18:49.580 --> 00:18:50.480
 merit forgiveness,

00:18:51.300 --> 00:18:52.120
 rather that

00:18:52.120 --> 00:18:53.820
 our love for

00:18:53.820 --> 00:18:54.500
 Christ is the

00:18:54.500 --> 00:18:55.220
 fruit of

00:18:55.220 --> 00:18:55.820
 forgiveness.

00:18:56.500 --> 00:18:56.920
 And the

00:18:56.920 --> 00:18:57.660
 parable itself

00:18:57.660 --> 00:18:58.220
 depicts that

00:18:58.220 --> 00:18:58.640
 forgiveness

00:18:58.640 --> 00:18:59.240
 that's given

00:18:59.240 --> 00:19:00.100
 unconditionally,

00:19:00.400 --> 00:19:01.160
 and that love

00:19:01.160 --> 00:19:01.540
 was the

00:19:01.540 --> 00:19:02.340
 response to

00:19:02.340 --> 00:19:02.700
 that.

00:19:03.600 --> 00:19:04.019
 So,

00:19:04.160 --> 00:19:04.400
 in verse

00:19:04.400 --> 00:19:04.960
 47,

00:19:05.040 --> 00:19:05.440
 where you see

00:19:05.440 --> 00:19:05.940
 this idea

00:19:05.940 --> 00:19:06.700
 of her

00:19:06.700 --> 00:19:07.019
 sins,

00:19:07.080 --> 00:19:07.380
 which are

00:19:07.380 --> 00:19:07.660
 many,

00:19:07.779 --> 00:19:08.299
 are forgiven

00:19:08.299 --> 00:19:10.039
 for she

00:19:10.039 --> 00:19:10.860
 loved much.

00:19:11.360 --> 00:19:11.620
 That's,

00:19:12.600 --> 00:19:13.620
 think of it

00:19:13.620 --> 00:19:13.960
 as like

00:19:13.960 --> 00:19:14.519
 wherefore,

00:19:14.820 --> 00:19:15.180
 like the

00:19:15.180 --> 00:19:15.720
 result of

00:19:15.720 --> 00:19:15.880
 this,

00:19:15.940 --> 00:19:16.420
 the evidence

00:19:16.420 --> 00:19:18.720
 of this

00:19:18.720 --> 00:19:19.120
 is her

00:19:19.120 --> 00:19:20.019
 love towards

00:19:20.019 --> 00:19:20.400
 me.

00:19:21.160 --> 00:19:21.460
 So,

00:19:21.580 --> 00:19:22.080
 not that she

00:19:22.080 --> 00:19:22.539
 had earned

00:19:22.539 --> 00:19:23.160
 his forgiveness

00:19:23.160 --> 00:19:23.640
 and none of

00:19:23.640 --> 00:19:23.940
 us ever

00:19:23.940 --> 00:19:24.360
 could,

00:19:25.799 --> 00:19:26.380
 that would

00:19:26.380 --> 00:19:26.740
 go against

00:19:26.740 --> 00:19:27.059
 the whole

00:19:27.059 --> 00:19:27.500
 parable,

00:19:27.640 --> 00:19:28.039
 plus what

00:19:28.039 --> 00:19:28.320
 he just

00:19:28.320 --> 00:19:28.779
 says in

00:19:28.779 --> 00:19:29.080
 the next

00:19:29.080 --> 00:19:29.799
 verse.

00:19:30.759 --> 00:19:31.160
 So,

00:19:31.720 --> 00:19:32.140
 we know

00:19:32.140 --> 00:19:32.400
 that we

00:19:32.400 --> 00:19:32.880
 can't earn

00:19:32.880 --> 00:19:33.220
 God's

00:19:33.220 --> 00:19:33.580
 forgiveness.

00:19:33.579 --> 00:19:33.759
 forgiveness.

00:19:35.000 --> 00:19:35.500
 So,

00:19:35.960 --> 00:19:36.639
 a while

00:19:36.639 --> 00:19:37.099
 back,

00:19:37.419 --> 00:19:38.679
 I read

00:19:38.679 --> 00:19:39.799
 this devotional

00:19:39.799 --> 00:19:41.259
 Future Grace

00:19:41.259 --> 00:19:43.159
 by Piper

00:19:43.159 --> 00:19:43.799
 on a

00:19:43.799 --> 00:19:44.399
 sabbatical,

00:19:44.579 --> 00:19:44.819
 and I'm

00:19:44.819 --> 00:19:45.419
 rereading it

00:19:45.419 --> 00:19:46.919
 with Adam

00:19:46.919 --> 00:19:47.240
 Dome

00:19:47.240 --> 00:19:47.899
 right now.

00:19:48.679 --> 00:19:49.399
 Such a

00:19:49.399 --> 00:19:50.159
 great reminder,

00:19:50.599 --> 00:19:51.519
 but of

00:19:51.519 --> 00:19:51.779
 course,

00:19:51.919 --> 00:19:52.619
 all of us

00:19:52.619 --> 00:19:53.359
 would say

00:19:53.359 --> 00:19:54.179
 we can't

00:19:54.179 --> 00:19:54.919
 earn forgiveness

00:19:54.919 --> 00:19:55.439
 by good

00:19:55.439 --> 00:19:55.839
 works,

00:19:55.980 --> 00:19:56.539
 by doing

00:19:56.539 --> 00:19:57.039
 good things

00:19:57.039 --> 00:19:57.559
 for people,

00:19:57.740 --> 00:19:58.339
 by attending

00:19:58.339 --> 00:19:59.500
 services.

00:19:59.619 --> 00:20:00.000
 I think we

00:20:00.000 --> 00:20:00.399
 all know

00:20:00.399 --> 00:20:00.759
 that,

00:20:01.099 --> 00:20:02.220
 but how

00:20:02.220 --> 00:20:02.819
 many of you

00:20:02.819 --> 00:20:03.139
 have ever

00:20:03.139 --> 00:20:03.679
 tried to

00:20:03.679 --> 00:20:04.339
 pay God

00:20:04.339 --> 00:20:05.000
 back with

00:20:05.000 --> 00:20:05.619
 gratitude,

00:20:06.740 --> 00:20:07.159
 or pay

00:20:07.159 --> 00:20:07.759
 God back

00:20:07.759 --> 00:20:08.299
 with love.

00:20:09.919 --> 00:20:10.399
 And,

00:20:10.519 --> 00:20:10.740
 man,

00:20:10.799 --> 00:20:11.579
 this was a

00:20:11.579 --> 00:20:12.119
 killer for

00:20:12.119 --> 00:20:12.299
 me,

00:20:12.339 --> 00:20:12.919
 because I

00:20:12.919 --> 00:20:13.659
 feel like

00:20:13.659 --> 00:20:15.000
 so much

00:20:15.000 --> 00:20:15.319
 in my

00:20:15.319 --> 00:20:15.740
 life,

00:20:15.779 --> 00:20:16.099
 I've been

00:20:16.099 --> 00:20:16.619
 saying,

00:20:17.960 --> 00:20:18.579
 God has

00:20:18.579 --> 00:20:18.980
 died for

00:20:18.980 --> 00:20:19.159
 me,

00:20:19.240 --> 00:20:19.659
 so therefore

00:20:19.659 --> 00:20:20.059
 I just

00:20:20.059 --> 00:20:20.480
 need to be

00:20:20.480 --> 00:20:21.019
 grateful and

00:20:21.019 --> 00:20:21.339
 just show

00:20:21.339 --> 00:20:21.740
 him a lot

00:20:21.740 --> 00:20:22.200
 of love.

00:20:22.779 --> 00:20:23.359
 But the

00:20:23.359 --> 00:20:24.000
 problem with

00:20:24.000 --> 00:20:24.519
 that is our

00:20:24.519 --> 00:20:25.039
 love and

00:20:25.039 --> 00:20:25.559
 our gratitude

00:20:25.559 --> 00:20:26.399
 rises and

00:20:26.399 --> 00:20:27.159
 falls every

00:20:27.159 --> 00:20:27.519
 day.

00:20:28.559 --> 00:20:28.980
 So,

00:20:29.419 --> 00:20:30.579
 the power

00:20:30.579 --> 00:20:31.379
 to live

00:20:31.379 --> 00:20:31.619
 is,

00:20:32.819 --> 00:20:33.339
 as

00:20:33.339 --> 00:20:33.960
 followers of

00:20:33.960 --> 00:20:34.480
 Jesus is

00:20:34.480 --> 00:20:35.200
 not found

00:20:35.200 --> 00:20:35.539
 in our

00:20:35.539 --> 00:20:36.240
 gratitude and

00:20:36.240 --> 00:20:36.980
 love ultimately.

00:20:38.019 --> 00:20:38.259
 Isn't that

00:20:38.259 --> 00:20:38.639
 shocking?

00:20:38.939 --> 00:20:39.599
 It is to

00:20:39.599 --> 00:20:39.819
 me.

00:20:40.859 --> 00:20:41.539
 But it

00:20:41.539 --> 00:20:41.980
 can't be

00:20:41.980 --> 00:20:42.379
 because it

00:20:42.379 --> 00:20:42.899
 just rises

00:20:42.899 --> 00:20:43.480
 and falls.

00:20:43.639 --> 00:20:43.859
 At the

00:20:43.859 --> 00:20:44.200
 end of the

00:20:44.200 --> 00:20:44.539
 day,

00:20:44.700 --> 00:20:45.419
 our gratitude

00:20:45.419 --> 00:20:46.859
 and our

00:20:46.859 --> 00:20:47.639
 love can

00:20:47.639 --> 00:20:48.460
 be motivations,

00:20:48.679 --> 00:20:48.919
 but it

00:20:48.919 --> 00:20:49.419
 really seems

00:20:49.419 --> 00:20:49.839
 to be that

00:20:49.839 --> 00:20:50.419
 scripture puts

00:20:50.419 --> 00:20:50.839
 the emphasis

00:20:50.839 --> 00:20:51.899
 on grace.

00:20:52.859 --> 00:20:53.099
 Like,

00:20:53.159 --> 00:20:53.419
 at the end

00:20:53.419 --> 00:20:53.799
 of the day,

00:20:53.879 --> 00:20:54.240
 it's still

00:20:54.240 --> 00:20:54.879
 grace that's

00:20:54.879 --> 00:20:55.279
 going to

00:20:55.279 --> 00:20:55.879
 hold you,

00:20:55.919 --> 00:20:56.220
 not your

00:20:56.220 --> 00:20:56.619
 gratitude,

00:20:56.819 --> 00:20:57.099
 not your

00:20:57.099 --> 00:20:57.539
 love.

00:20:57.539 --> 00:20:59.700
 And,

00:20:59.859 --> 00:21:00.480
 kind of,

00:21:00.960 --> 00:21:02.480
 so,

00:21:02.599 --> 00:21:05.420
 tomorrow is,

00:21:06.099 --> 00:21:06.759
 Kathleen's

00:21:06.759 --> 00:21:06.960
 going to

00:21:06.960 --> 00:21:07.319
 hit me if

00:21:07.319 --> 00:21:07.680
 I'm wrong

00:21:07.680 --> 00:21:07.980
 on this,

00:21:08.019 --> 00:21:08.259
 I think

00:21:08.259 --> 00:21:08.579
 it's my

00:21:08.579 --> 00:21:09.599
 12-year

00:21:09.599 --> 00:21:10.240
 transplant

00:21:10.240 --> 00:21:10.960
 anniversary,

00:21:11.839 --> 00:21:12.180
 where I

00:21:12.180 --> 00:21:12.519
 get my

00:21:12.519 --> 00:21:13.460
 lungs at

00:21:13.460 --> 00:21:13.799
 UAB.

00:21:14.099 --> 00:21:14.240
 So,

00:21:14.299 --> 00:21:14.519
 it's really

00:21:14.519 --> 00:21:14.799
 cool that

00:21:14.799 --> 00:21:15.079
 Wes and

00:21:15.079 --> 00:21:15.339
 Liz were

00:21:15.339 --> 00:21:15.619
 on the

00:21:15.619 --> 00:21:15.819
 day,

00:21:15.879 --> 00:21:16.180
 because they

00:21:16.180 --> 00:21:17.119
 were there,

00:21:17.599 --> 00:21:18.019
 other than

00:21:18.019 --> 00:21:18.420
 Nathan and

00:21:18.420 --> 00:21:18.659
 Sam.

00:21:19.339 --> 00:21:21.180
 But I

00:21:21.180 --> 00:21:21.819
 know that

00:21:21.819 --> 00:21:22.259
 I have

00:21:22.259 --> 00:21:23.539
 this works-based

00:21:23.539 --> 00:21:24.639
 mentality to

00:21:24.639 --> 00:21:25.299
 pay God

00:21:25.299 --> 00:21:25.859
 back for

00:21:25.859 --> 00:21:26.220
 what he's

00:21:26.220 --> 00:21:26.579
 done for

00:21:26.579 --> 00:21:26.819
 me.

00:21:27.619 --> 00:21:27.919
 And I

00:21:27.919 --> 00:21:28.179
 want to

00:21:28.179 --> 00:21:28.460
 pay him

00:21:28.460 --> 00:21:28.960
 back by

00:21:28.960 --> 00:21:29.539
 my gratitude

00:21:29.539 --> 00:21:30.200
 and my

00:21:30.200 --> 00:21:30.679
 love.

00:21:31.220 --> 00:21:32.619
 And so,

00:21:32.859 --> 00:21:33.159
 when I'm

00:21:33.159 --> 00:21:33.819
 not grateful,

00:21:34.279 --> 00:21:34.619
 and when I'm

00:21:34.619 --> 00:21:35.059
 not loving

00:21:35.059 --> 00:21:35.359
 God,

00:21:35.419 --> 00:21:35.939
 I just hate

00:21:35.939 --> 00:21:36.399
 myself.

00:21:37.139 --> 00:21:38.500
 It's a

00:21:38.500 --> 00:21:39.179
 really bad,

00:21:39.240 --> 00:21:39.980
 bad cycle.

00:21:41.319 --> 00:21:42.039
 But we

00:21:42.039 --> 00:21:43.379
 put emphasis

00:21:43.379 --> 00:21:44.439
 on what was

00:21:44.439 --> 00:21:45.019
 grace that

00:21:45.019 --> 00:21:45.559
 taught my

00:21:45.559 --> 00:21:46.019
 heart to

00:21:46.019 --> 00:21:46.259
 fear,

00:21:46.379 --> 00:21:46.599
 but we

00:21:46.599 --> 00:21:46.960
 need to

00:21:46.960 --> 00:21:47.539
 think about

00:21:47.539 --> 00:21:48.980
 it's also

00:21:48.980 --> 00:21:49.579
 grace that's

00:21:49.579 --> 00:21:49.839
 going to

00:21:49.839 --> 00:21:50.119
 lead us

00:21:50.119 --> 00:21:50.399
 home.

00:21:50.859 --> 00:21:51.339
 So,

00:21:51.419 --> 00:21:51.980
 you can't

00:21:51.980 --> 00:21:52.439
 pay God

00:21:52.439 --> 00:21:52.980
 back with

00:21:52.980 --> 00:21:53.379
 how grateful

00:21:53.379 --> 00:21:53.879
 you are.

00:21:54.319 --> 00:21:54.779
 I think

00:21:54.779 --> 00:21:55.179
 that's what

00:21:55.179 --> 00:21:56.759
 I unknowingly

00:21:56.759 --> 00:21:57.180
 was trying

00:21:57.180 --> 00:21:57.619
 to do.

00:21:57.759 --> 00:21:57.960
 Like,

00:21:58.019 --> 00:21:58.119
 God,

00:21:58.119 --> 00:21:58.319
 I'm going

00:21:58.319 --> 00:21:58.579
 to pay

00:21:58.579 --> 00:21:59.160
 you back

00:21:59.160 --> 00:22:00.079
 for the

00:22:00.079 --> 00:22:00.400
 forgiveness

00:22:00.400 --> 00:22:01.000
 you've shown

00:22:01.000 --> 00:22:01.680
 me by

00:22:01.680 --> 00:22:02.319
 being grateful.

00:22:03.079 --> 00:22:03.420
 And you

00:22:03.420 --> 00:22:04.039
 can't do it.

00:22:04.119 --> 00:22:04.359
 It's just

00:22:04.359 --> 00:22:04.579
 going to

00:22:04.579 --> 00:22:05.039
 rise and

00:22:05.039 --> 00:22:05.259
 fall.

00:22:05.359 --> 00:22:05.660
 At the end

00:22:05.660 --> 00:22:06.000
 of the day,

00:22:06.160 --> 00:22:06.720
 it's still

00:22:06.720 --> 00:22:07.740
 God's grace.

00:22:07.740 --> 00:22:08.319
 It's still

00:22:08.319 --> 00:22:09.039
 God's grace.

00:22:09.039 --> 00:22:10.039
 God's grace

00:22:10.039 --> 00:22:12.039
 towards us.

00:22:12.039 --> 00:22:12.700
 None of

00:22:12.700 --> 00:22:12.940
 us are

00:22:12.940 --> 00:22:13.779
 ever truly

00:22:13.779 --> 00:22:14.299
 aware of

00:22:14.299 --> 00:22:14.759
 how sinful

00:22:14.759 --> 00:22:15.259
 we are,

00:22:15.339 --> 00:22:15.700
 like,

00:22:15.799 --> 00:22:16.019
 ever.

00:22:16.839 --> 00:22:17.599
 We have

00:22:17.599 --> 00:22:18.180
 moments where

00:22:18.180 --> 00:22:18.539
 we're pretty

00:22:18.539 --> 00:22:19.159
 clueless and

00:22:19.159 --> 00:22:19.399
 we think

00:22:19.399 --> 00:22:19.819
 we're pretty

00:22:19.819 --> 00:22:20.579
 good people.

00:22:21.059 --> 00:22:22.099
 And other

00:22:22.099 --> 00:22:22.619
 times we're

00:22:22.619 --> 00:22:23.139
 more aware

00:22:23.139 --> 00:22:23.379
 of it.

00:22:23.440 --> 00:22:23.700
 But none

00:22:23.700 --> 00:22:23.920
 of us

00:22:23.920 --> 00:22:24.399
 have ever

00:22:24.399 --> 00:22:26.399
 been 100%

00:22:26.399 --> 00:22:27.359
 aware of

00:22:27.359 --> 00:22:28.039
 just how

00:22:28.039 --> 00:22:28.920
 truly sinful

00:22:28.920 --> 00:22:29.639
 we are.

00:22:30.319 --> 00:22:30.720
 So even

00:22:30.720 --> 00:22:31.139
 the most

00:22:31.139 --> 00:22:31.500
 devout

00:22:31.500 --> 00:22:32.000
 followers of

00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:32.559
 Jesus failed

00:22:32.559 --> 00:22:33.079
 at times to

00:22:33.079 --> 00:22:33.579
 show that.

00:22:34.159 --> 00:22:34.539
 But we

00:22:34.539 --> 00:22:34.980
 know that,

00:22:35.079 --> 00:22:35.259
 again,

00:22:35.339 --> 00:22:35.779
 it's God's

00:22:35.779 --> 00:22:36.399
 love and

00:22:36.399 --> 00:22:36.920
 God's grace

00:22:36.920 --> 00:22:37.899
 towards us.

00:22:37.900 --> 00:22:39.200
 the breadth

00:22:39.200 --> 00:22:39.500
 of it,

00:22:39.540 --> 00:22:40.120
 the intensity

00:22:40.120 --> 00:22:40.600
 of it,

00:22:40.640 --> 00:22:40.940
 is what

00:22:40.940 --> 00:22:41.740
 sustains us.

00:22:42.540 --> 00:22:43.220
 In 1 John

00:22:43.220 --> 00:22:43.700
 4,

00:22:44.000 --> 00:22:44.900
 verse 9,

00:22:44.980 --> 00:22:45.300
 it says,

00:22:45.400 --> 00:22:45.780
 And this

00:22:45.780 --> 00:22:46.140
 is the

00:22:46.140 --> 00:22:46.540
 love of

00:22:46.540 --> 00:22:46.860
 God,

00:22:47.420 --> 00:22:47.920
 was made

00:22:47.920 --> 00:22:48.840
 manifest among

00:22:48.840 --> 00:22:49.240
 us that

00:22:49.240 --> 00:22:49.759
 God sent

00:22:49.759 --> 00:22:50.320
 his only

00:22:50.320 --> 00:22:50.960
 son into

00:22:50.960 --> 00:22:51.519
 the world

00:22:51.519 --> 00:22:52.000
 so that we

00:22:52.000 --> 00:22:52.759
 might live

00:22:52.759 --> 00:22:53.680
 through him.

00:22:54.960 --> 00:22:55.500
 And this

00:22:55.500 --> 00:22:56.019
 is love,

00:22:56.259 --> 00:22:57.560
 not that we

00:22:57.560 --> 00:22:58.420
 have loved

00:22:58.420 --> 00:22:58.820
 God,

00:22:59.540 --> 00:23:00.240
 but that he

00:23:00.240 --> 00:23:01.120
 loved us

00:23:01.120 --> 00:23:01.500
 and sent

00:23:01.500 --> 00:23:02.100
 his son

00:23:02.100 --> 00:23:03.259
 to be the

00:23:03.259 --> 00:23:03.880
 repitiation

00:23:03.880 --> 00:23:04.400
 for our

00:23:04.400 --> 00:23:04.740
 sins.

00:23:06.540 --> 00:23:07.320
 It's very

00:23:07.319 --> 00:23:07.399
 great.

00:23:08.539 --> 00:23:08.819
 So,

00:23:09.359 --> 00:23:09.639
 number

00:23:09.639 --> 00:23:10.059
 four,

00:23:11.819 --> 00:23:12.240
 forgiveness

00:23:12.240 --> 00:23:13.599
 can only

00:23:13.599 --> 00:23:14.299
 be found

00:23:14.299 --> 00:23:15.200
 by faith

00:23:15.200 --> 00:23:15.939
 in Christ.

00:23:16.619 --> 00:23:17.139
 Forgiveness

00:23:17.139 --> 00:23:17.899
 can only be

00:23:17.899 --> 00:23:18.339
 found by

00:23:18.339 --> 00:23:18.740
 faith in

00:23:18.740 --> 00:23:19.000
 Christ.

00:23:19.119 --> 00:23:19.339
 And see

00:23:19.339 --> 00:23:19.720
 this in

00:23:19.720 --> 00:23:20.599
 verses 48

00:23:20.599 --> 00:23:21.319
 through 50.

00:23:23.099 --> 00:23:23.740
 Jesus

00:23:23.740 --> 00:23:24.519
 has the

00:23:24.519 --> 00:23:25.059
 authority

00:23:25.059 --> 00:23:26.379
 to forgive

00:23:26.379 --> 00:23:26.879
 sins,

00:23:27.039 --> 00:23:27.879
 which only

00:23:27.879 --> 00:23:28.399
 technically

00:23:28.399 --> 00:23:29.200
 God can

00:23:29.200 --> 00:23:29.480
 do.

00:23:30.839 --> 00:23:31.439
 Faith,

00:23:32.220 --> 00:23:33.099
 her faith

00:23:33.099 --> 00:23:33.720
 saves her,

00:23:33.779 --> 00:23:34.099
 not her

00:23:34.099 --> 00:23:34.480
 works.

00:23:34.919 --> 00:23:35.299
 So she

00:23:35.299 --> 00:23:36.279
 abandons all

00:23:36.279 --> 00:23:37.139
 any pretense

00:23:37.140 --> 00:23:37.460
 of her

00:23:37.460 --> 00:23:37.680
 own

00:23:37.680 --> 00:23:37.920
 self

00:23:37.920 --> 00:23:38.380
 righteousness

00:23:38.380 --> 00:23:38.860
 and just

00:23:38.860 --> 00:23:39.460
 clings to

00:23:39.460 --> 00:23:40.000
 Christ's

00:23:40.000 --> 00:23:40.420
 righteousness.

00:23:41.500 --> 00:23:41.820
 And all

00:23:41.820 --> 00:23:42.160
 that is

00:23:42.160 --> 00:23:42.880
 expressed in

00:23:42.880 --> 00:23:43.480
 her actions.

00:23:43.600 --> 00:23:44.180
 Think about

00:23:44.180 --> 00:23:45.340
 the faith

00:23:45.340 --> 00:23:45.620
 that it

00:23:45.620 --> 00:23:46.060
 took her

00:23:46.060 --> 00:23:46.500
 to even

00:23:46.500 --> 00:23:47.000
 show her

00:23:47.000 --> 00:23:47.740
 face there.

00:23:48.360 --> 00:23:48.580
 Like,

00:23:48.620 --> 00:23:48.920
 she must

00:23:48.920 --> 00:23:49.240
 have just

00:23:49.240 --> 00:23:49.860
 heard that

00:23:49.860 --> 00:23:50.580
 Jesus was

00:23:50.580 --> 00:23:51.080
 around.

00:23:51.800 --> 00:23:52.180
 Must have

00:23:52.180 --> 00:23:52.700
 just heard

00:23:52.700 --> 00:23:52.960
 that he

00:23:52.960 --> 00:23:53.259
 was in

00:23:53.259 --> 00:23:53.759
 the neighborhood.

00:23:54.200 --> 00:23:54.580
 And then

00:23:54.580 --> 00:23:55.480
 the stuff

00:23:55.480 --> 00:23:55.740
 that she

00:23:55.740 --> 00:23:56.120
 had heard

00:23:56.120 --> 00:23:56.720
 about him

00:23:56.720 --> 00:23:57.080
 just said,

00:23:57.240 --> 00:23:57.580
 this man

00:23:57.580 --> 00:23:58.020
 must be

00:23:58.020 --> 00:23:58.420
 a man

00:23:58.420 --> 00:23:58.920
 of mercy.

00:23:59.600 --> 00:24:00.400
 This man

00:24:00.400 --> 00:24:01.120
 might be

00:24:01.120 --> 00:24:02.280
 my only hope.

00:24:02.279 --> 00:24:03.519
 And so

00:24:03.519 --> 00:24:04.019
 she,

00:24:04.399 --> 00:24:04.740
 regardless

00:24:04.740 --> 00:24:05.139
 of what

00:24:05.139 --> 00:24:05.660
 people think

00:24:05.660 --> 00:24:06.079
 about her,

00:24:06.180 --> 00:24:06.619
 she shows

00:24:06.619 --> 00:24:07.099
 up there.

00:24:07.879 --> 00:24:08.299
 So think

00:24:08.299 --> 00:24:10.139
 about the

00:24:10.139 --> 00:24:10.599
 fear of

00:24:10.599 --> 00:24:11.200
 man that

00:24:11.200 --> 00:24:11.779
 her faith

00:24:11.779 --> 00:24:12.379
 overcame

00:24:12.379 --> 00:24:12.639
 in that

00:24:12.639 --> 00:24:13.039
 moment.

00:24:14.000 --> 00:24:14.920
 And because

00:24:14.920 --> 00:24:15.500
 she believed

00:24:15.500 --> 00:24:15.920
 that Jesus

00:24:15.920 --> 00:24:17.119
 was worth

00:24:17.119 --> 00:24:17.339
 it.

00:24:17.599 --> 00:24:18.539
 And her

00:24:18.539 --> 00:24:19.299
 faith was

00:24:19.299 --> 00:24:20.220
 expressed in

00:24:20.220 --> 00:24:20.759
 the love that

00:24:20.759 --> 00:24:21.319
 she showed

00:24:21.319 --> 00:24:22.180
 towards him.

00:24:23.099 --> 00:24:23.519
 And so,

00:24:24.160 --> 00:24:25.000
 but, you

00:24:25.000 --> 00:24:25.379
 know, Christ

00:24:25.379 --> 00:24:25.920
 told her,

00:24:26.079 --> 00:24:26.420
 hey, your

00:24:26.420 --> 00:24:27.460
 faith has

00:24:27.460 --> 00:24:28.039
 saved you.

00:24:28.599 --> 00:24:29.539
 Go in

00:24:29.539 --> 00:24:29.980
 peace.

00:24:31.740 --> 00:24:32.259
 Those are

00:24:32.259 --> 00:24:33.059
 amazing words.

00:24:33.139 --> 00:24:33.559
 Like, we all

00:24:33.559 --> 00:24:34.460
 long to kind

00:24:34.460 --> 00:24:35.099
 of hear that.

00:24:36.119 --> 00:24:37.559
 And understand,

00:24:37.720 --> 00:24:38.019
 though, that

00:24:38.019 --> 00:24:38.819
 Jesus knew

00:24:38.819 --> 00:24:39.579
 in the back

00:24:39.579 --> 00:24:40.259
 of his mind

00:24:40.259 --> 00:24:41.799
 that I'm

00:24:41.799 --> 00:24:42.139
 going to pay

00:24:42.139 --> 00:24:42.639
 the penalty

00:24:42.639 --> 00:24:43.039
 for that

00:24:43.039 --> 00:24:43.759
 woman's sins.

00:24:44.819 --> 00:24:45.420
 There's no

00:24:45.420 --> 00:24:45.920
 such thing

00:24:45.920 --> 00:24:46.559
 as pardon

00:24:46.559 --> 00:24:48.399
 without payment

00:24:48.399 --> 00:24:48.980
 of debt

00:24:48.980 --> 00:24:50.399
 in God's

00:24:50.399 --> 00:24:50.779
 eyes.

00:24:51.379 --> 00:24:52.079
 Christ had

00:24:52.079 --> 00:24:52.619
 to pay the

00:24:52.619 --> 00:24:53.539
 penalty for

00:24:53.539 --> 00:24:54.220
 our sin,

00:24:54.339 --> 00:24:54.879
 and he did,

00:24:54.960 --> 00:24:55.359
 as well as

00:24:55.359 --> 00:24:55.680
 for this

00:24:55.680 --> 00:24:56.359
 woman's sin.

00:24:58.420 --> 00:24:58.859
 Really

00:24:58.859 --> 00:24:59.240
 quickly,

00:24:59.240 --> 00:24:59.740
 flip over

00:24:59.740 --> 00:25:00.539
 to Colossians

00:25:00.539 --> 00:25:01.359
 chapter 2.

00:25:02.900 --> 00:25:03.420
 Colossians

00:25:03.420 --> 00:25:04.180
 chapter 2.

00:25:08.720 --> 00:25:09.200
 Colossians

00:25:09.200 --> 00:25:09.839
 chapter 2,

00:25:09.900 --> 00:25:10.359
 and look at

00:25:10.359 --> 00:25:11.319
 verse 13.

00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:13.480
 And Paul

00:25:13.480 --> 00:25:13.900
 writes,

00:25:14.019 --> 00:25:14.539
 And you,

00:25:15.420 --> 00:25:15.839
 who were

00:25:15.839 --> 00:25:16.200
 dead in

00:25:16.200 --> 00:25:16.359
 your

00:25:16.359 --> 00:25:17.099
 trespasses,

00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:17.440
 and the

00:25:17.440 --> 00:25:18.200
 uncircumcision

00:25:18.200 --> 00:25:18.519
 of your

00:25:18.519 --> 00:25:19.000
 flesh,

00:25:19.200 --> 00:25:19.799
 God made

00:25:19.799 --> 00:25:20.799
 alive together

00:25:20.799 --> 00:25:21.380
 with him,

00:25:21.960 --> 00:25:22.799
 having forgiven

00:25:22.799 --> 00:25:23.799
 us all our

00:25:23.799 --> 00:25:24.539
 trespasses,

00:25:25.220 --> 00:25:26.079
 by canceling

00:25:26.079 --> 00:25:26.620
 the record

00:25:26.620 --> 00:25:27.140
 of debt

00:25:27.140 --> 00:25:27.740
 that stood

00:25:27.740 --> 00:25:28.620
 against us

00:25:28.619 --> 00:25:28.979
 with its

00:25:28.979 --> 00:25:30.059
 legal demands.

00:25:30.879 --> 00:25:31.439
 This,

00:25:31.799 --> 00:25:32.279
 he set

00:25:32.279 --> 00:25:32.799
 aside,

00:25:33.059 --> 00:25:33.639
 mailing it

00:25:33.639 --> 00:25:34.059
 to the

00:25:34.059 --> 00:25:34.439
 cross.

00:25:35.279 --> 00:25:36.039
 So this

00:25:36.039 --> 00:25:36.579
 idea of

00:25:36.579 --> 00:25:37.039
 a record

00:25:37.039 --> 00:25:37.479
 of debt,

00:25:37.579 --> 00:25:38.139
 all the

00:25:38.139 --> 00:25:38.719
 stuff that

00:25:38.719 --> 00:25:39.019
 you have

00:25:39.019 --> 00:25:39.899
 done and

00:25:39.899 --> 00:25:40.479
 thought that

00:25:40.479 --> 00:25:41.339
 was dishonoring

00:25:41.339 --> 00:25:41.959
 to God,

00:25:43.399 --> 00:25:45.219
 Christ paid

00:25:45.219 --> 00:25:45.759
 the price

00:25:45.759 --> 00:25:46.259
 for it,

00:25:46.719 --> 00:25:47.819
 and canceled

00:25:47.819 --> 00:25:49.559
 it by his

00:25:49.559 --> 00:25:50.539
 sacrifice on

00:25:50.539 --> 00:25:51.099
 the cross.

00:25:51.099 --> 00:25:52.559
 God

00:25:52.559 --> 00:25:52.559


00:25:52.559 --> 00:25:53.859
 in our

00:25:53.859 --> 00:25:54.240
 story,

00:25:54.339 --> 00:25:54.879
 Jesus knows

00:25:54.879 --> 00:25:55.279
 that he's

00:25:55.279 --> 00:25:55.459
 going to

00:25:55.459 --> 00:25:55.719
 have to

00:25:55.719 --> 00:25:56.099
 do that.

00:25:56.199 --> 00:25:56.439
 He can't

00:25:56.439 --> 00:25:56.919
 just forgive

00:25:56.919 --> 00:25:57.419
 this woman

00:25:57.419 --> 00:25:58.240
 and just

00:25:58.240 --> 00:25:58.819
 go on.

00:25:59.740 --> 00:26:01.379
 But our

00:26:01.379 --> 00:26:01.919
 salvation,

00:26:02.099 --> 00:26:02.559
 our faith,

00:26:02.659 --> 00:26:03.099
 our forgiveness

00:26:03.099 --> 00:26:03.779
 of sins is

00:26:03.779 --> 00:26:04.500
 only found

00:26:04.500 --> 00:26:05.759
 by Christ

00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:06.879
 dying for

00:26:06.879 --> 00:26:07.199
 us.

00:26:08.639 --> 00:26:09.039
 So,

00:26:09.139 --> 00:26:09.939
 lastly,

00:26:10.480 --> 00:26:10.779
 verse,

00:26:11.939 --> 00:26:12.879
 this is more

00:26:12.879 --> 00:26:13.099
 of an

00:26:13.099 --> 00:26:13.659
 implication,

00:26:14.879 --> 00:26:16.459
 but because,

00:26:16.659 --> 00:26:17.039
 this is number

00:26:17.039 --> 00:26:17.339
 five,

00:26:17.339 --> 00:26:18.259
 because God

00:26:18.259 --> 00:26:18.959
 has forgiven

00:26:18.959 --> 00:26:19.659
 us in

00:26:19.659 --> 00:26:20.159
 Christ,

00:26:20.859 --> 00:26:21.379
 so we

00:26:21.379 --> 00:26:22.419
 must forgive

00:26:22.419 --> 00:26:22.879
 others.

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 So,

00:26:24.939 --> 00:26:25.679
 the joy

00:26:25.679 --> 00:26:26.419
 and freedom

00:26:26.419 --> 00:26:27.159
 of forgiveness

00:26:27.159 --> 00:26:27.579
 that we've

00:26:27.579 --> 00:26:28.619
 experienced in

00:26:28.619 --> 00:26:29.139
 Christ,

00:26:29.879 --> 00:26:30.419
 we must

00:26:30.419 --> 00:26:31.220
 express to

00:26:31.220 --> 00:26:31.799
 others from

00:26:31.799 --> 00:26:32.299
 the heart.

00:26:32.779 --> 00:26:33.879
 For in

00:26:33.879 --> 00:26:34.459
 that kind

00:26:34.459 --> 00:26:35.039
 of forgiveness,

00:26:35.699 --> 00:26:37.539
 people see a

00:26:37.539 --> 00:26:38.019
 picture of

00:26:38.019 --> 00:26:38.319
 Jesus.

00:26:38.559 --> 00:26:39.019
 It points

00:26:39.019 --> 00:26:39.500
 to him.

00:26:40.519 --> 00:26:41.279
 And it's

00:26:41.279 --> 00:26:41.679
 not out of

00:26:41.679 --> 00:26:41.980
 duty,

00:26:42.139 --> 00:26:43.159
 but out of

00:26:43.159 --> 00:26:44.980
 what God

00:26:44.980 --> 00:26:45.419
 has wrought

00:26:45.419 --> 00:26:45.839
 in our

00:26:45.839 --> 00:26:46.199
 hearts

00:26:46.199 --> 00:26:47.139
 through him

00:26:47.140 --> 00:26:47.920
 showing us

00:26:47.920 --> 00:26:48.380
 forgiveness.

00:26:49.340 --> 00:26:49.740
 Also,

00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:50.720
 in Colossians,

00:26:50.800 --> 00:26:51.220
 if you just

00:26:51.220 --> 00:26:51.660
 jump down

00:26:51.660 --> 00:26:52.040
 the next

00:26:52.040 --> 00:26:52.360
 chapter,

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 it says,

00:26:53.600 --> 00:26:53.980
 put on

00:26:53.980 --> 00:26:54.240
 then,

00:26:54.320 --> 00:26:54.759
 as God's

00:26:54.759 --> 00:26:55.560
 chosen ones,

00:26:55.680 --> 00:26:56.200
 holy and

00:26:56.200 --> 00:26:56.620
 beloved,

00:26:57.120 --> 00:26:57.720
 compassionate

00:26:57.720 --> 00:26:58.620
 hearts,

00:26:59.440 --> 00:26:59.840
 kindness,

00:27:00.300 --> 00:27:00.820
 humility,

00:27:01.360 --> 00:27:01.860
 meekness,

00:27:02.460 --> 00:27:03.259
 and patience,

00:27:03.580 --> 00:27:04.140
 bearing one

00:27:04.140 --> 00:27:04.520
 another,

00:27:05.540 --> 00:27:06.259
 and,

00:27:06.720 --> 00:27:07.320
 if one has

00:27:07.320 --> 00:27:07.820
 a complaint

00:27:07.820 --> 00:27:08.640
 against another,

00:27:08.800 --> 00:27:09.400
 forgiving each

00:27:09.400 --> 00:27:09.680
 other,

00:27:10.280 --> 00:27:11.060
 as the Lord

00:27:11.060 --> 00:27:11.660
 has forgiven

00:27:11.660 --> 00:27:12.080
 you,

00:27:12.340 --> 00:27:12.720
 so you

00:27:12.720 --> 00:27:13.780
 also must

00:27:13.780 --> 00:27:14.400
 forgive.

00:27:15.720 --> 00:27:16.240
 And so,

00:27:16.240 --> 00:27:17.299
 those of

00:27:17.299 --> 00:27:17.620
 us who

00:27:17.620 --> 00:27:18.019
 have been

00:27:18.019 --> 00:27:18.620
 set free

00:27:18.620 --> 00:27:19.180
 and forgiven

00:27:19.180 --> 00:27:19.859
 by Christ,

00:27:19.960 --> 00:27:21.019
 we should be

00:27:21.019 --> 00:27:21.559
 eager to

00:27:21.559 --> 00:27:21.940
 show that

00:27:21.940 --> 00:27:22.279
 to other

00:27:22.279 --> 00:27:22.680
 people,

00:27:23.740 --> 00:27:24.120
 for in

00:27:24.120 --> 00:27:24.559
 that they

00:27:24.559 --> 00:27:25.259
 see the

00:27:25.259 --> 00:27:25.620
 forgiveness

00:27:25.620 --> 00:27:26.480
 of Christ.

00:27:27.660 --> 00:27:29.160
 And just,

00:27:29.599 --> 00:27:29.980
 if there's

00:27:29.980 --> 00:27:30.640
 anything that

00:27:30.640 --> 00:27:31.220
 needs to be

00:27:31.220 --> 00:27:31.819
 dealt with in

00:27:31.819 --> 00:27:32.259
 your heart

00:27:32.259 --> 00:27:32.680
 today,

00:27:33.680 --> 00:27:35.059
 things that you

00:27:35.059 --> 00:27:35.559
 need to ask

00:27:35.559 --> 00:27:36.120
 the Lord for

00:27:36.120 --> 00:27:36.920
 forgiveness for,

00:27:37.099 --> 00:27:37.940
 or go to

00:27:37.940 --> 00:27:38.680
 someone that you

00:27:38.680 --> 00:27:39.319
 have sinned

00:27:39.319 --> 00:27:39.720
 against,

00:27:39.980 --> 00:27:41.700
 and say,

00:27:41.700 --> 00:27:41.799
 hey,

00:27:42.600 --> 00:27:43.440
 I need to

00:27:43.440 --> 00:27:43.819
 ask your

00:27:43.819 --> 00:27:44.279
 forgiveness,

00:27:44.880 --> 00:27:45.519
 may this

00:27:45.519 --> 00:27:45.880
 kind of be

00:27:45.880 --> 00:27:46.380
 a driving

00:27:46.380 --> 00:27:46.940
 force of

00:27:46.940 --> 00:27:47.220
 that,

00:27:47.900 --> 00:27:48.660
 but I pray

00:27:48.660 --> 00:27:48.980
 that you

00:27:48.980 --> 00:27:49.299
 would just

00:27:49.299 --> 00:27:49.600
 kind of

00:27:49.600 --> 00:27:50.799
 see the

00:27:50.799 --> 00:27:51.460
 grace and

00:27:51.460 --> 00:27:51.819
 forgiveness

00:27:51.819 --> 00:27:52.420
 of Christ

00:27:52.420 --> 00:27:53.100
 with no

00:27:53.100 --> 00:27:53.900
 strings

00:27:53.900 --> 00:27:55.240
 attached.

00:27:55.420 --> 00:27:55.920
 You can't

00:27:55.920 --> 00:27:56.299
 pay them

00:27:56.299 --> 00:27:56.680
 back,

00:27:56.700 --> 00:27:57.120
 it's just

00:27:57.120 --> 00:27:57.500
 free,

00:27:57.920 --> 00:27:58.680
 and there's

00:27:58.680 --> 00:28:00.220
 nothing we've

00:28:00.220 --> 00:28:01.539
 done that

00:28:01.539 --> 00:28:02.319
 cannot be

00:28:02.319 --> 00:28:03.539
 pardoned and

00:28:03.539 --> 00:28:04.539
 forgiven.

00:28:04.539 --> 00:28:06.819
 God is

00:28:06.819 --> 00:28:07.319
 not just

00:28:07.319 --> 00:28:07.920
 forgiving us

00:28:07.920 --> 00:28:08.220
 because he

00:28:08.220 --> 00:28:08.680
 just feels

00:28:08.680 --> 00:28:09.480
 bad for us,

00:28:10.619 --> 00:28:11.180
 it's because

00:28:11.180 --> 00:28:12.420
 he truly is

00:28:12.420 --> 00:28:13.440
 kind towards

00:28:13.440 --> 00:28:13.680
 us,

00:28:13.720 --> 00:28:14.539
 he wants to

00:28:14.539 --> 00:28:15.180
 show us

00:28:15.180 --> 00:28:15.720
 that kind

00:28:15.720 --> 00:28:16.200
 of forgiveness,

00:28:17.379 --> 00:28:18.619
 and I pray

00:28:18.619 --> 00:28:18.899
 that that

00:28:18.899 --> 00:28:19.940
 just transforms

00:28:19.940 --> 00:28:20.440
 our hearts

00:28:20.440 --> 00:28:20.779
 today.