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 Welcome to Ontario Community Church, where we are encouraging, equipping, and engaging lives for Christ.

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! I'm Pastor Patrick Daly, and each week I share sermons that balance the grace and love of Jesus Christ with the truth of the Word of God.

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 Together, we'll explore Scripture using observation, interpretation, and application.

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 This helps us discover practical ways to live out our faith every single day.

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 Let's dive in together into God's Word.

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 Good morning, everyone.

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 Today, we are going over a very unusual parable.

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 We've actually had the opportunity and the blessing to go over the parables of Christ, who spoke in these very simplistic parables.

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 We recently did the children in the marketplace.

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 We've done the seeds and the soil.

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 We've talked about the ten virgins.

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 We've gone over so many different simplistic messages that are full of such great spiritual and biblical depth.

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 And here, we find something that is a bit different.

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 When we focus on this specific parable, you have, well, verses 41 through 43.

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 But in order to understand this specific parable, you have to understand the scene that is happening.

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 Which is why I had Sam read the entirety of this about a sinful woman.

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 You have this scene where Jesus is being invited.

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 He's being invited by Simon, a Pharisee, into his house for a meal.

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 And you have this language where he's, well, he goes into the Pharisee's house and he reclines at the table.

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 And what's interesting is that there is this, as the text says, a woman of the city who was a sinner.

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 Now, it's kind of interesting you see that kind of language.

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 A lot of scholars, biblical scholars and commentaries, they seem to be very consistent that this woman was a prostitute.

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 Now, we don't know with 100% certainty, but that seems to be the typical agreement on that.

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 That this woman was, you've probably heard, a person of the streets, right?

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 Very similar language in that.

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 So someone that wasn't viewed upon very highly back then, or someone that's not very viewed upon highly in culture even today.

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 And so what happens, she brings this alabaster jar.

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 Or in the ESV, it's saying an alabaster flask of ointment.

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 And it says that she weeps.

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 Now, what's very interesting in this is that typically when there was going to be the washing of feet, you would use water, not tears.

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 And so this woman is in such grieving, such sorrow of this idea of who Christ is.

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 That she is weeping towards Christ.

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 And when we read this language, it seems very strange to us.

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 Because, of course, there is a cultural difference that exists back then that we may not understand.

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 Like, example is, if you go, if you can put this on the screen, the verse 46.

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 If you could put that up there real quick.

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 I want to show you something here.

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 Because when you're reading this, and it's talking about the woman, she's weeping.

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 She wet his feet with her tears, wiped them with the hair of her head, and kissed his feet and anointed them with ointment.

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 You actually see within the text what was more accustomed back then.

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 I entered your house.

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 This is what Christ is saying.

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 I entered your house, and you gave me no water for my feet.

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 But she has wet my feet with her tears.

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 So it's important to know what was customary and how this woman is going above and beyond, having this sense of mourning and grieving in front of Christ.

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 Now, again, when you read this, you're like, I don't understand what is going on because of our own modern context.

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 You think of someone crying and cleaning someone's fink.

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 You think, what a weirdo.

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 But we got to understand back then that this was more of a sense of reverence.

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 She has wept my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.

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 You, Simon, gave me no kiss, but from the time I came in, she has not ceased to kiss my feet.

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 Some of you may have seen, I'll give you an example.

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 There are a lot of films out there.

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 I can think of Robin Hood, other films.

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 Kiss my ring, right?

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 You've probably seen or heard that expression.

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 Or if you have kissed the ring of a king, that goes to show the amount of reverence that you have to do in front of an authority figure.

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 And in other cultures, there's bowing.

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 There's many different ways that someone shows reverence to someone in authority.

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 And to kiss someone's feet is, again, not something that we would think of.

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 But it's this sense of showing regret and sorrow for the Lord.

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 Now, this is not really common, at least that I know of in America.

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 Do you greet one another with a kiss?

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 Now, some cultures do that, but it's not as common nowadays.

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 I think of Italian families, right?

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 They give hugs and kisses and whatnot.

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 And certainly there are some families that do that.

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 So this is one of those times in Scripture where we read it and we may not understand.

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 But here we can see what was more common.

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 You gave me no kiss, which would indicate you didn't greet me with a kiss, perhaps.

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 But from the time I came, she has not ceased to kiss my feet.

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 You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment.

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 And it's showing for a second, okay, Simon is inviting Christ to this party, but there's no...

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 Christ being the honored guest.

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 There's nothing that's happening beyond them.

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 But yet this woman who is a sinner, someone who is viewed upon as scum of the earth,

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 the misfit of society, is going above and beyond in reverence to the Lord.

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 That is what is very important that we can see within this text.

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 And you could...

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 It has been debated that while Simon...

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 Well, we could actually see this in the text that Simon is judging Jesus for allowing a sinner to touch him.

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 If you go back to the text, it is...

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 Let's see here.

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 In verse 39, when the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself,

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 if this man were a prophet, he would have known who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him.

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 She is a sinner.

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 Talking about cleanliness and uncleanliness, which was very common with the Jewish understanding.

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 You didn't want someone who was unclean, as it were, to be touching that which was important or that which was clean.

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 And so, what's very similar...

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 Before I go into the parable, there's actually a very similar connection with another parable.

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 If you remember the parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector,

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 you had this scene where the Pharisee felt that he was giving 10% of everything that he owned.

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 He went to the temple, he lifted his hands, and he went home.

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 And you had this other person who was the tax collector, more of the misfit of society,

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 who would not lift his head before the Lord.

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 And he would bang on his chest saying,

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 God, forgive me.

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 Have mercy on me, a sinner, essentially.

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 Very similar to the language that we find here with the two debtors.

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 That this woman was showing sorrow and grief for her sin.

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 And so, we go then into the parable of the two debtors,

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 where two people owe money.

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 And I had Sam ask this question.

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 How many of you have ever had a debt that was paid off before?

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 Maybe, maybe not.

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 Maybe you have experienced where someone paid it forward.

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 Or maybe you've had an experience where someone cut a check,

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 and whatever it is.

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 In those moments where, even if it's a small, you know,

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 your cup of coffee that someone covered for you.

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 I remember one time, my wife and I, we went into Boise.

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 We had breakfast.

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 It was a Saturday.

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 And someone paid for our entire meal.

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 And I'm telling you, when you take an entire family of seven out,

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 that can go, that can be a very expensive check.

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 And I remember, I thought, I asked the cashier there,

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 I said, do you know who this person was?

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 They do not want to tell you.

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 I'm like, well, excuse me.

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 I want to know who gave this.

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 I can thank them.

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 And the bill was like $60, $70.

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 I mean, going out for breakfast is expensive.

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 And I just thought, well, gosh, what am I going to do?

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 So we ended up paying for someone's meal to continue that.

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 And that's in those moments,

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 you appreciate when someone pays off a debt.

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 Now, this is just an everyday example that you can think of.

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 And in the text here, you have that there are two people who owe money.

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 One owes 500 denarii and the other owes 50.

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 So there's a 10 times difference.

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 It's important to note that both of them were unable to pay the debt.

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 And the lender cancels the debts for both of the debtors.

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 And so Jesus is asking Simon the question.

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 Jesus is telling Simon this parable.

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 He asks the question, now, which of them, when they could not pay,

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 he canceled the debt of both.

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 Which of them will love him more?

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 And Simon answered, the one, I suppose, for whom he canceled the larger debt.

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 And Christ said, you have judged rightly.

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 And so we see that there is this parallel with recognizing the significance of Christ,

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 but also recognizing the debt that is owed.

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 And we can think as Christians, how we have a debt that we cannot pay.

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 Now, at the end of the day, you might owe 50 denarii.

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 You might owe 500 denarii.

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 But at the end of the day, both debtors could not pay off the debt.

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 And when we think of how we are sinners that are in need of a savior,

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 it is Christ who redeems us, who pays the debt by his death, burial, and resurrection.

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 By his very life, his ministry.

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 And so that's remarkable that we can see within the text that this woman,

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 this sinner, this person you would not expect to show such humility to Christ,

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 she is showing great humility and gratitude for the Lord

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 and this sense of, much like the other parable,

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 recognizing the need for Christ.

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 And Jesus, later on in verse 50,

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 your faith has saved you.

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 Go in peace.

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 Now, I don't know about you, but to hear that from Christ

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 would be the most wonderful thing to hear

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 and to be in Christ's presence.

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 And so what's interesting about this specific parable,

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 it's only a few verses.

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 It's not commonly seen.

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 And for those of you who maybe have grown up with a lectionary,

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 it only shows up once out of all three-year cycles,

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 which that's very interesting.

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 And so there's a controversy that exists in this text

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 because it's very,

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 I guess the word intimate can be used.

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 But see, unfortunately,

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 we live in a culture where the word intimate,

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 we automatically think something else.

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 And that's not what is happening here.

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 It was showing,

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 the woman was showing with intentionality

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 the amount of sorrow that she had for her sin.

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 It's nothing sinister in there.

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 It's showing that she is showing reverence to the Lord.

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 And so I think that's a big reason why

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 that scripture is not really preached on

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 or mentioned a lot of times.

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 We then go into,

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 let's go into the symbolism that we can,

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 that slide.

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 Oh, is it stuck?

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 That's okay.

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 With all of this in mind,

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 we can now go into,

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 well, what can we learn then from the text here?

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 The first thing that we can learn,

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 you can follow along in your notes,

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 is that we all owe a spiritual debt to the Lord.

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 It's a debt that we cannot pay on our own.

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 And I know we live in a culture where

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 we like to work and work harder

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 and work even more, right?

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 Get a second or third job to pay off a,

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 you know, a financial debt.

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 Well, why can't we do that with spirituality?

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 But that's not how the Lord works.

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 It's about believing in him.

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 It's about believing in the risen Christ.

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 Everyone owes a spiritual debt

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 that we cannot pay on our own.

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 And like the debtors,

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 we depend entirely on God's grace

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 and his mercy for us.

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 We can think of so many scriptures, right?

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 For by grace you have been saved,

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 not by works.

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 It goes on in Ephesians,

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 talking about that we are made

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 so that we can do good

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 in the name of Christ.

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 We're not saved by what we can do.

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 We are saved by what has been done for us.

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 And because of this,

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 we do good

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 in God's name.

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 Is that song Sherry, by the way?

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 It sounded like,

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 I was like,

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 that's all right.

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 No, we could have gone off into song,

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 but no, that's okay.

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 That's all right.

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 That's all right.

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 With that,

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 you got to have a little humor, right?

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 The second thing then is

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 the woman saw the debt clearly.

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 And because of the amount of debt

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 that she owed,

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 she recognized

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 having the sense of gratitude

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 and sorrow for the Lord,

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 recognizing that she needs Christ.

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 Well, we can think for us

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 and how important it is

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 for us to know Christ

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 to begin with.

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 We have the symbolism up here.

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 The money lender

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 representing God

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 and the two debtors,

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 us all in spiritual debt.

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 And what is the debt?

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 It is sin.

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 And that awareness

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 is understanding,

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 well,

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 how much debt

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 do you actually have?

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 Some of us are more

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 sensitive, as it were,

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 to the amount of sin

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 that we have.

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 But in being aware,

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 it should point us

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 to how much we need the Lord

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 and how much we appreciate

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 in gratitude

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 our Lord and our God.

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 And the forgiven debt,

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 when you believe in Jesus Christ,

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 it's showing God's grace

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 and mercy

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 to know that you are going

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 to be saved,

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 saved by grace through faith

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 and recognizing that

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 I am secure

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 in the arms of the Father.

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 And so the second thing,

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 yeah,

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 is to how the woman

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 recognized the amount of sin.

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 And because of this,

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 there was action.

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 There was faith

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 and there was action.

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 And that's so important, right?

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 When we believe in Christ,

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 right,

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 we're saved.

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 And that's the foundation.

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 That is the beginning.

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 Because of that,

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 there is continued growing

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 and action.

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 In other words,

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 we can think of how

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 as we grow,

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 as we believe in Christ,

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 and how many of you

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 have met a brand new Christian

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 and you see how excited they are

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 about how Jesus saved them.

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 And sometimes it makes you wish,

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 man,

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 I wish I was on fire

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 for the Lord like that

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 when,

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 like how this Christian

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 is first began.

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 But we continue to grow

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 in the Lord.

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 we continue

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 in the words

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 that we speak,

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 us being present

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 with other people

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 and the actions

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 that we do

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 should be a reflection

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 of Christ's love,

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 grace,

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 and mercy.

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 And so the woman,

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 her actions

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 were reflecting

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 appreciation

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 and need

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 for the Lord.

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 which then leads us

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 into

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 the application

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 and what do we do

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 about this?

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 All right,

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 pastor,

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 you're talking about

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 this woman

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 who is basically

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 a prostitute

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 who's coming to the Lord

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 and she's letting down

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 her hair

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 and she's cleaning

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 his feet.

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 What does that have

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 to do with me?

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 When we think about it,

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 it's so important

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 for us.

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 We have Scripture

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 as our source,

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 the divine inspiration

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 from the Lord.

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 And when we go

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 into the interpretation,

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 that is the lessons

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 that we can learn

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 on our spiritual walk,

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 which leads us

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 to how we live this out.

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 The first thing

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 for us

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 is to recognize

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 the debt

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 that we cannot pay

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 on our own.

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 Understand that,

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 well,

00:19:05.100 --> 00:19:06.019
 try doing life

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 on your own.

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 I know I have.

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 It didn't turn out

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 very well.

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 And it's recognizing

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 we need God's grace.

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 We need His forgiveness

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 and His love.

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 And it's important

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 for us to recognize

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 what God has done

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 for us.

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 It's just like

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 when we take

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 of communion,

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 that we are

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 to examine

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 our hearts

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 and we are

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 to focus

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 on what Christ

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 has done

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 for us.

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 And remember

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 that you were

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 once in debt

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 and that Christ,

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 it's just like

00:19:41.200 --> 00:19:41.799
 that song,

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 Jesus paid it all.

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 Right?

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 It's very important

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 for us to never

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 forget that.

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 The gravity,

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 the amount

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 that God

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 has done for us.

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 So recognize

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 the debt

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 and respond

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 to Christ

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 in faith.

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 Now,

00:20:00.740 --> 00:20:02.279
 for some of us,

00:20:02.440 --> 00:20:03.460
 we already know

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 the Lord.

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 if you are

00:20:07.760 --> 00:20:08.600
 not a believer,

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 recognize

00:20:10.180 --> 00:20:10.720
 your debt

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 and respond

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 to Christ's call

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 by believing

00:20:13.060 --> 00:20:13.500
 in Him

00:20:13.500 --> 00:20:14.480
 and being saved.

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 For those

00:20:16.980 --> 00:20:17.760
 who have been

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 saved,

00:20:18.380 --> 00:20:19.140
 you continue

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 to respond

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 to God

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 molding you,

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 to God

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 leading and

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 guiding you

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 on your

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 spiritual walk

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 in Him.

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 Just as I've

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 mentioned so many

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 times about how

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 God is the potter

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 and we are

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 the clay,

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 understand that

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 when you put on

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 the new self,

00:20:39.000 --> 00:20:40.180
 when you are

00:20:40.180 --> 00:20:41.240
 saved by grace

00:20:41.240 --> 00:20:41.820
 through faith,

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 you are setting

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 aside the former

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 life and the

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 former things.

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 That is the

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 beginning of your

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 life,

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 to continue

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 to be transformed,

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 to continue

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 to be molded,

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 where God

00:20:55.760 --> 00:20:57.460
 will change

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 your mind

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 and to change

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 your heart.

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 I'm sure

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 for some of us,

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 you may have

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 known someone

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 who had

00:21:04.400 --> 00:21:05.440
 a hardened

00:21:05.440 --> 00:21:05.960
 heart,

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 someone who

00:21:07.880 --> 00:21:08.880
 was bitter

00:21:08.880 --> 00:21:09.599
 or angry

00:21:09.599 --> 00:21:10.380
 and resentful

00:21:10.380 --> 00:21:11.019
 to the Lord,

00:21:12.099 --> 00:21:12.519
 the God

00:21:12.519 --> 00:21:13.200
 working in

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 them and

00:21:13.579 --> 00:21:14.380
 changing them

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 is part of

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 that transforming

00:21:16.440 --> 00:21:17.240
 process or

00:21:17.240 --> 00:21:17.940
 even how

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 sometimes we

00:21:18.779 --> 00:21:19.460
 get convicted.

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 I remember

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 many years

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 ago,

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 my wife

00:21:22.359 --> 00:21:22.720
 and I,

00:21:22.799 --> 00:21:23.279
 when we

00:21:23.279 --> 00:21:23.880
 were first

00:21:23.880 --> 00:21:24.240
 dating,

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 if someone

00:21:27.140 --> 00:21:27.880
 was asking

00:21:27.880 --> 00:21:28.880
 for a

00:21:28.880 --> 00:21:29.640
 conversation

00:21:29.640 --> 00:21:30.339
 or money

00:21:30.339 --> 00:21:30.880
 on the

00:21:30.880 --> 00:21:31.200
 street,

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 I would

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 walk past

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 them.

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 It was just

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 very common.

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 I just tuned

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 it out.

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 But I remember

00:21:36.799 --> 00:21:37.620
 one time

00:21:37.620 --> 00:21:39.200
 that God

00:21:39.200 --> 00:21:40.019
 convicted me,

00:21:40.019 --> 00:21:41.160
 you need to

00:21:41.160 --> 00:21:41.680
 talk to this

00:21:41.680 --> 00:21:42.120
 person.

00:21:43.960 --> 00:21:44.740
 Praying with

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 them,

00:21:46.079 --> 00:21:46.680
 offering them

00:21:46.680 --> 00:21:47.140
 a meal.

00:21:48.039 --> 00:21:48.440
 It was

00:21:48.440 --> 00:21:48.940
 inconvenient,

00:21:49.120 --> 00:21:49.599
 absolutely.

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 But in

00:21:53.439 --> 00:21:54.179
 those moments,

00:21:54.579 --> 00:21:55.059
 God will

00:21:55.059 --> 00:21:55.639
 pull at

00:21:55.639 --> 00:21:56.119
 your heart.

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 Consider

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 the least

00:22:00.759 --> 00:22:01.359
 in our

00:22:01.359 --> 00:22:02.039
 society,

00:22:02.259 --> 00:22:02.899
 consider the

00:22:02.899 --> 00:22:03.459
 least in

00:22:03.459 --> 00:22:04.039
 our culture,

00:22:04.159 --> 00:22:04.679
 much like

00:22:04.679 --> 00:22:05.339
 how,

00:22:06.199 --> 00:22:06.559
 isn't it

00:22:06.559 --> 00:22:07.559
 fascinating

00:22:07.559 --> 00:22:08.219
 that Christ

00:22:08.219 --> 00:22:09.279
 is talking

00:22:09.279 --> 00:22:10.099
 about how

00:22:10.099 --> 00:22:11.419
 the

00:22:11.419 --> 00:22:12.179
 prostitute,

00:22:12.319 --> 00:22:12.919
 this sinner,

00:22:14.419 --> 00:22:15.459
 this faith

00:22:15.459 --> 00:22:16.240
 has saved

00:22:16.240 --> 00:22:16.539
 her.

00:22:17.919 --> 00:22:18.959
 And she's

00:22:18.960 --> 00:22:20.279
 the scum

00:22:20.279 --> 00:22:20.559
 of the

00:22:20.559 --> 00:22:20.759
 earth,

00:22:20.840 --> 00:22:21.259
 according to

00:22:21.259 --> 00:22:21.420
 their

00:22:21.420 --> 00:22:21.880
 culture.

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 That's

00:22:23.799 --> 00:22:24.380
 something that's

00:22:24.380 --> 00:22:24.779
 powerful.

00:22:25.019 --> 00:22:25.840
 And us

00:22:25.840 --> 00:22:26.700
 as Christians,

00:22:26.880 --> 00:22:27.500
 we are to

00:22:27.500 --> 00:22:28.380
 focus on

00:22:28.380 --> 00:22:29.360
 those who

00:22:29.360 --> 00:22:29.900
 are also

00:22:29.900 --> 00:22:30.420
 sinners,

00:22:31.160 --> 00:22:32.120
 expanding the

00:22:32.120 --> 00:22:32.640
 kingdom of

00:22:32.640 --> 00:22:33.100
 God and

00:22:33.100 --> 00:22:33.840
 sharing the

00:22:33.840 --> 00:22:34.700
 gospel message

00:22:34.700 --> 00:22:35.380
 with others.

00:22:36.420 --> 00:22:36.940
 Absolutely,

00:22:37.240 --> 00:22:37.740
 it can be

00:22:37.740 --> 00:22:38.279
 inconvenient.

00:22:38.400 --> 00:22:38.720
 We've got

00:22:38.720 --> 00:22:39.299
 places to

00:22:39.299 --> 00:22:39.640
 go and

00:22:39.640 --> 00:22:40.140
 people to

00:22:40.140 --> 00:22:40.360
 see.

00:22:40.460 --> 00:22:40.600
 I

00:22:40.600 --> 00:22:41.039
 understand

00:22:41.039 --> 00:22:41.500
 that.

00:22:42.180 --> 00:22:42.680
 But there

00:22:42.680 --> 00:22:43.200
 are some

00:22:43.200 --> 00:22:43.779
 times when

00:22:43.779 --> 00:22:44.299
 God's like,

00:22:44.500 --> 00:22:45.319
 stop for a

00:22:45.319 --> 00:22:45.559
 moment.

00:22:47.539 --> 00:22:47.960
 Pray for

00:22:47.960 --> 00:22:48.620
 this person.

00:22:48.960 --> 00:22:49.819
 Have a

00:22:49.819 --> 00:22:50.500
 conversation.

00:22:50.819 --> 00:22:51.220
 Offer them

00:22:51.220 --> 00:22:51.960
 a bottle of

00:22:51.960 --> 00:22:54.120
 water or

00:22:54.120 --> 00:22:54.579
 a meal.

00:22:56.299 --> 00:22:57.299
 Because you'd

00:22:57.299 --> 00:22:58.600
 be amazed at

00:22:58.600 --> 00:22:59.299
 how your

00:22:59.299 --> 00:23:00.079
 life can have

00:23:00.079 --> 00:23:01.079
 such a

00:23:01.079 --> 00:23:02.319
 profound impact

00:23:02.319 --> 00:23:02.920
 on people,

00:23:03.079 --> 00:23:04.100
 even when you

00:23:04.100 --> 00:23:04.720
 don't realize

00:23:04.720 --> 00:23:05.039
 it.

00:23:06.680 --> 00:23:07.460
 You'd be

00:23:07.460 --> 00:23:08.039
 amazed by

00:23:08.039 --> 00:23:08.299
 that.

00:23:09.920 --> 00:23:11.019
 And finally,

00:23:11.500 --> 00:23:13.180
 we have to

00:23:13.180 --> 00:23:13.880
 live and

00:23:13.880 --> 00:23:14.600
 love like

00:23:14.600 --> 00:23:15.100
 Christ,

00:23:15.279 --> 00:23:15.480
 right?

00:23:15.539 --> 00:23:16.180
 It's being

00:23:16.180 --> 00:23:16.779
 grateful.

00:23:16.779 --> 00:23:19.079
 to live

00:23:19.079 --> 00:23:19.559
 and love

00:23:19.559 --> 00:23:20.180
 like Christ,

00:23:20.279 --> 00:23:20.680
 being an

00:23:20.680 --> 00:23:21.579
 ambassador for

00:23:21.579 --> 00:23:21.859
 him.

00:23:23.119 --> 00:23:23.779
 In the

00:23:23.779 --> 00:23:24.359
 words that

00:23:24.359 --> 00:23:25.319
 we speak to

00:23:25.319 --> 00:23:26.039
 other people,

00:23:26.460 --> 00:23:27.019
 in the

00:23:27.019 --> 00:23:27.819
 actions that

00:23:27.819 --> 00:23:28.279
 we do,

00:23:28.420 --> 00:23:28.980
 and I

00:23:28.980 --> 00:23:29.259
 would even

00:23:29.259 --> 00:23:29.839
 add a third

00:23:29.839 --> 00:23:30.119
 thing,

00:23:30.220 --> 00:23:31.059
 your presence

00:23:31.059 --> 00:23:32.019
 with people

00:23:32.019 --> 00:23:33.759
 can speak

00:23:33.759 --> 00:23:34.299
 miles.

00:23:36.200 --> 00:23:36.819
 Allow your

00:23:36.819 --> 00:23:37.859
 relationship with

00:23:37.859 --> 00:23:38.740
 Christ to

00:23:38.740 --> 00:23:40.740
 let God work

00:23:40.740 --> 00:23:41.639
 in and through

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 you, let the

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 love of Christ

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 pour out

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 through you.

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 Which is why

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 it's so important

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 for us to

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 exhibit the

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 love of

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 Christ,

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 kindness,

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 generosity,

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 devotion to

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 him.

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 It is living

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 intentionally,

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 letting Christ's

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 example guide

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 us in what we

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 say and in

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 what we do.

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 And so let us

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 consider that

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 Jesus forgives

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 us large and

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 small debts.

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 But what

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 matters is how

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 we respond.

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 What matters

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 is if we

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 are ready

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 to recognize

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 the debt and

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 to respond to

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 Christ in

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 faith by

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 believing in

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 him or

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 returning to

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 him or

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 being wholly

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 devoted to

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 him.

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 Let God

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 work in your

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 life,

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 continuing to

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 transform your

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 mind and your

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 heart and

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 consider, I

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 want you to

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 think about

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 this before we

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 close here.

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 Who do you

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 identify with?

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 Do you

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 identify with

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 Simon?

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 And you

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 think, what a

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 wicked woman

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 who's wanting

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 to be by

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 Christ.

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 Or maybe you

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 identify with

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 the woman,

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 someone who

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 recognizes their

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 need for

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 Christ.

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 Christ.

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 For some

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 of us, we

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 may identify

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 with one or

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 the other, but

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 in any case,

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 let us choose

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 to believe in

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 Christ, to

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 respond to

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 him, and be

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 grateful for

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 what the Lord

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 has done for

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 us.

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 Let's pray

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 together.

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 And Father, we

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 thank you for

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 your word.

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 We thank you

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 for your son,

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 Jesus Christ,

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 the way, the

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 truth, and the

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 life.

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 And we

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 pray that

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 we may

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 have a heart

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 of devotion

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 and understand

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 our need, our

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 continual need

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 for the Lord.

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 May we

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 recognize that

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 we are saved

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 by what the

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 Lord has done

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 for us.

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 May we have

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 the faith like

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 this woman who

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 is a sinner.

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 May we have

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 faith and

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 devotion to the

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 Lord, showing

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 hospitality to

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 others, devotion

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 to him.

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 Father, we

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 recognize that

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 even though this

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 parable and

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 this scene here

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 may be difficult

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 for us to

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 understand, may

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 it still work

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 in our mind

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 and in our

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 hearts and

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 transform us,

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 recognizing our

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 need to invite

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 Christ in and

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 to respond to

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 him.

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 May we be

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 devoted to

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 you.

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 We love

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 you, we

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 praise you, we

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 glorify you, and

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 we honor you.

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 It is in the

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 name of Jesus

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 Christ that we

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 pray and we all

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 say together, amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Thank you for

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 listening for this

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 week's message from

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 Ontario Community

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 Church.

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 I pray that you

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 are encouraged and

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 strengthened in your

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 walk with Christ.

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 For more sermons and

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 resources, visit

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 OntarioCommunityChurch.org.

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 May God bless you as

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 you live out his

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 grace and truth

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 every single day.

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 Amen.

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