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 to Mark chapter 2 verse 18. Mark chapter 2 verse 18 and we're going to read to chapter 3 verse 6

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 and it's on page 1004 if you're using a church bible and there's pens in a box if you want to

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 take notes. Peter has the pens so feel free to go and get one there and Kirsty is going to come and

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 read. It's on page 1004 Mark chapter 2 verse 18 to chapter 3 verse 6.

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 Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. Some people came and asked Jesus how is it that

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 John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees are fasting but yours are not? Jesus answered how

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 can the guests of the bridegroom fast while he is with them? They cannot so long as they have him

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 with them. But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them and on that day they will

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 fast. No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment otherwise the new piece will pull away

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 from the old making the tear worse and no one pours new wine into old wine skins otherwise the wine will

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 burst the skins and both the wine and the wine skins will be ruined. No they pour new wine into new wine

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 skins. One Sabbath Jesus was going through the cornfields and as his disciples walked along they

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 began to pick some ears of corn. The Pharisees said to him look why are they doing what is unlawful on

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 the Sabbath? He answered have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and

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 in need. In the days of Abiathar the high priest he entered the house of God and ate the consecrated

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 bread which is lawful only for priests to eat and he also gave some to his companions. Then he said to

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 them the Sabbath was made for man not man for the Sabbath so the son of man is lord even of the Sabbath.

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 Another time Jesus went into the synagogue and a man with a shriveled hand was there.

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 Some of them were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus so they watched him closely to see if he

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 would heal him on the Sabbath. Jesus said to the man with the shriveled hand stand up in front of

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 everyone. Then Jesus asked them which is lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil to save life

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 or to kill but they remained silent. He looked around at them in anger and deeply distressed at their

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 stubborn hearts said to the man stretch out your hand. He stretched it out and his hand was completely

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 restored. Then the Pharisees went out and began to plot with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus.

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 Okay let's pray and ask for God's help as we get stuck into this passage together. Let's

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 pray. Father again we thank you for this gospel of Mark. We thank you for this record about the life

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 of Jesus Christ God's son who came into the world for us.

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 We pray that we would better understand the Jesus who is written about.

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 That we would better understand the Jesus who interacts with people.

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 That we may know who you are.

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 What you have come to do.

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 That we would understand what it is to follow you.

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 And to orientate our lives around you.

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 So please speak to us

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 afresh today.

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 Please change us

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 and transform us.

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 Make us more like Christ

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 as we study him

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 and look at him.

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 We ask for your Holy Spirit

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 in all that we do.

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 Because without his power

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 we have nothing.

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 So be gracious to us

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 and help us.

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 We ask this in Jesus name.

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 Amen.

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 So there are seven candidates.

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 Who are you going to be voting for

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 as the next president of Ireland?

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 Well if you haven't made up your mind

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 like myself

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 you can be sure that the media

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 are going to be watching their every move.

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 Cameras and notebooks

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 will be at the ready.

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 What do they stand for?

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 What are they against?

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 Their lives are going to be

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 under careful observation

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 as they meet and greet.

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 And our role

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 is to watch

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 and to listen

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 and to make an informed choice.

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 Now in Mark's gospel

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 Jesus

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 has come onto the scene

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 claiming to be God's king.

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 If you like

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 the president

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 of the entire universe.

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 And as Jesus

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 goes walk about

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 people are watching him closely.

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 Particularly

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 the religious leaders.

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 They are analysing

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 his every move.

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 Who he's with.

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 What he says.

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 What he's doing.

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 It's like the paparazzi

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 are on his tail.

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 Cameras are clicking

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 at every opportunity.

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 And as we follow

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 Jesus

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 the presidential candidate

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 as he moves

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 amongst the people

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 we actually get

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 a clearer picture

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 of who Jesus is.

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 And surprisingly

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 we discover

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 that Jesus

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 is not

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 into

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 religion.

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 In fact

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 it seems

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 he goes out

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 of his way

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 to confront

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 religious people

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 and to cause

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 controversy

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 with the church.

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 So as we watch

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 and listen

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 to Jesus

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 we see that he is

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 anti-religion

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 and pro-himself.

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 We have to watch

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 and listen

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 and make an informed

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 choice

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 about this person.

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 So what does

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 Jesus offer

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 that religion

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 can't?

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 Well first off

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 Jesus offers

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 a feast

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 whereas religion

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 offers

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 a fast.

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 The media

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 are on his trail

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 watching his

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 every move

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 and as always

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 they are ready

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 with a question.

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 Look at verse 18.

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 Now John's

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 disciples

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 that's John the Baptist

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 his disciples

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 and the Pharisees

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 were fasting.

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 So some people

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 came and asked

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 Jesus

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 how is it

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 that John's

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 disciples

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 and the

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 disciples

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 of the Pharisees

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 are fasting

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 but yours are not?

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 What's your policy

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 on fasting

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 Jesus?

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 Well fasting

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 was seen

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 as a way

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 of getting

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 God's attention

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 and showing

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 the seriousness

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 of your commitment.

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 In fact

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 for the Jewish

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 person

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 it was a way

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 of actually

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 bringing in

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 the kingdom

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 of God.

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 It was a form

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 of manipulation.

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 It was kind

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 of like

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 well if we do

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 this for God

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 if we fast

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 and we show

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 how serious

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 we are with God

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 then God

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 is going to do

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 something in turn

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 for us.

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 It was an attempt

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 to force God

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 to intervene

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 and to send

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 his restoring

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 and redeeming

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 king.

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 Now the problem

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 is Jesus

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 isn't fasting

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 like everybody

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 else

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 which leads

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 us to two

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 conclusions.

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 Either Jesus

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 isn't into

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 this religious

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 thing and he's

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 not taking

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 religion very

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 seriously at

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 all

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 or

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 there is no

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 need to fast

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 because the

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 king has

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 already come.

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 Well quite

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 clearly it's

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 the latter.

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 Jesus is not

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 fasting, he's

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 not participating

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 in the religious

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 stuff because

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 the kingdom of

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 God is already

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 active and

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 present among

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 them in the

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 person of

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 Jesus.

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 If only they

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 had taken

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 time to

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 examine and

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 to see what

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 he was doing

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 because Jesus

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 had come into

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 the world and

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 he had come to

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 restore the

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 broken world as

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 he went around

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 healing the

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 sick and

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 casting out

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 demons.

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 And he came

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 to redeem

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 mankind as

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 he went

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 reaching out

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 to the

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 margins of

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 society,

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 reaching out

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 to those

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 who are on

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 the outside,

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 bringing grace

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 and offering

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 forgiveness of

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 sins.

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 So in

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 effect he's

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 saying to

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 the crowds

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 you're not

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 waiting for

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 the president

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 to be elected,

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 he's actually

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 already here,

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 it's me.

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 Rather than

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 a time to

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 fast, he's

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 saying it's

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 actually a

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 time to

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 feast.

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 There should

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 be a party

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 atmosphere

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 about us.

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 In fact he

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 says it's

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 just like a

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 wedding,

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 verse 19.

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 Jesus said

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 how can the

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 guests of

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 the bridegroom

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 fast while

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 he is with

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 them?

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 They cannot

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 so long as

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 they have

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 them with

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 them.

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 Now in

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 those days

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 weddings lasted

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 a whole

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 week.

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 We think

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 the Irish

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 are very

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 good at

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 weddings,

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 kind of

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 go from

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 three o'clock

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 until what?

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 Three in the

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 morning or

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 something like

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 that.

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 These guys

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 did it for

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 the whole

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 week.

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 A continuous

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 supply of

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 food and

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 wine as

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 the people

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 came out

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 into the

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 streets and

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 singing and

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 dancing.

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 The whole

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 week was a

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 week of

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 celebration.

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 And Jesus

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 is saying

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 because I

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 am here

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 with you,

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 the wedding

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 has begun.

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 I am the

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 bridegroom and

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 you are the

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 invited guest.

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 The king is

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 here, the

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 kingdom is on

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 display and

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 you're welcome

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 to join in.

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 So let's

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 enjoy the

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 feast.

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 And Jesus

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 is laying down

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 a challenge to

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 those who are

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 religious.

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 To live our

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 lives trying to

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 get God's

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 attention by

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 our religious

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 acts or

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 trying to

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 force God to

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 intervene by

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 our special

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 prayers is

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 actually to

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 turn your

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 back on

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 Jesus.

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 To come

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 here this

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 morning thinking

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 that, well,

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 I've read my

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 Bible this

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 week and I'm

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 here at

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 church today,

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 is somehow

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 going to turn

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 God's favour

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 around to

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 look on you

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 with goodness,

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 is actually to

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 turn your

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 back on

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 Jesus.

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 It's like

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 going to a

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 wedding to

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 fast rather

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 than to

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 feast.

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 He says,

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 I'm already

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 here.

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 The feast

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 is to

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 begin.

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 I'm already

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 looking upon

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 you in

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 favour because

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 I've come.

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 However,

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 Jesus reminds

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 us that the

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 time is

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 coming when

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 he would

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 actually have

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 to leave

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 the feast.

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 He would

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 have to

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 leave the

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 wedding,

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 verse 20.

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 The time

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 will come

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 when the

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 bridegroom

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 will be

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 taken away

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 from them

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 and on

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 that day

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 they will

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 fast.

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 Being

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 taken away

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 is a

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 reference to

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 the coming

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 death of

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 Jesus and

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 it's getting

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 closer all

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 the time.

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 The king

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 will die

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 and then the

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 people will

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 fast,

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 particularly,

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 or maybe I

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 should only

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 say only the

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 women who

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 are around

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 the cross

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 that we

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 read about

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 at the end.

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 They were

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 the ones

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 mourning for

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 Jesus.

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 They were

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 fasting.

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 But it's

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 all part of

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 his big

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 plan.

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 As Jesus

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 goes to the

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 cross,

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 he will die

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 for us,

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 making it

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 possible for

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 us to

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 enjoy the

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 ultimate

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 feast,

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 the greater

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 feast,

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 the eternal

00:12:03.580 --> 00:12:05.179
 feast in

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 God's

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 kingdom.

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 So Jesus

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 offers a

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 feast.

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 Religion

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 offers a

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 fast.

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 Second,

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 Jesus offers

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 something

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 completely

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 new,

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 whereas

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 religion

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 offers

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 something

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 old.

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 Listen to

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 how Jesus

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 speaks to

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 the crowd.

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 He's got

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 the attention

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 at this

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 stage.

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 Verse 21.

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 No one

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 sews a

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 patch of

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 untrunk

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 cloth on

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 an old

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 garment.

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 Now I

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 suppose this

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 is a little

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 bit foreign

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 to us

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 because we

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 just go

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 out and

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 buy new

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 clothes,

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 don't we?

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 We don't

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 tend to

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 patch up,

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 but if

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 you get

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 an untrunk

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 or a

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 new piece

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 of cloth

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 and you

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 put it

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 to an

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 old piece

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 of jeans

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 or something,

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 when it's

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 washed,

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 it shrinks

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 and the

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 old cloth

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 will pull

00:12:49.800 --> 00:12:50.060
 away.

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 That's the

00:12:50.539 --> 00:12:50.960
 idea.

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 He says

00:12:51.759 --> 00:12:52.300
 if he does,

00:12:52.379 --> 00:12:52.759
 the new

00:12:52.759 --> 00:12:53.240
 piece will

00:12:53.240 --> 00:12:53.720
 pull away

00:12:53.720 --> 00:12:54.100
 from the

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 old,

00:12:54.740 --> 00:12:55.360
 making the

00:12:55.360 --> 00:12:56.100
 tear worse.

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 And no

00:12:58.000 --> 00:12:58.620
 one pours

00:12:58.620 --> 00:12:59.259
 new wine

00:12:59.259 --> 00:12:59.940
 into old

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 wineskins.

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 Again,

00:13:02.160 --> 00:13:02.399
 as they

00:13:02.399 --> 00:13:03.120
 made wine,

00:13:03.440 --> 00:13:03.960
 over a

00:13:03.960 --> 00:13:04.560
 process of

00:13:04.560 --> 00:13:04.899
 time,

00:13:05.259 --> 00:13:05.639
 the wine

00:13:05.639 --> 00:13:06.320
 would ferment

00:13:06.320 --> 00:13:07.460
 and it

00:13:07.460 --> 00:13:08.360
 would expand.

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 And if the

00:13:10.800 --> 00:13:11.580
 wineskins aren't

00:13:11.580 --> 00:13:11.800
 right,

00:13:11.860 --> 00:13:12.080
 they're going

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 to burst.

00:13:12.480 --> 00:13:12.720
 He says

00:13:12.720 --> 00:13:13.240
 if he does,

00:13:13.440 --> 00:13:14.100
 the wine

00:13:14.100 --> 00:13:14.700
 will burst

00:13:14.700 --> 00:13:15.160
 the skins

00:13:15.160 --> 00:13:15.600
 and both

00:13:15.600 --> 00:13:16.080
 the wine

00:13:16.080 --> 00:13:16.320
 and the

00:13:16.320 --> 00:13:16.800
 wineskins

00:13:16.800 --> 00:13:17.220
 will be

00:13:17.220 --> 00:13:17.540
 ruined.

00:13:18.360 --> 00:13:18.740
 No,

00:13:18.840 --> 00:13:19.399
 he pours

00:13:19.399 --> 00:13:20.200
 new wine

00:13:20.200 --> 00:13:21.320
 into new

00:13:21.320 --> 00:13:21.980
 wineskins.

00:13:21.980 --> 00:13:23.759
 Now,

00:13:23.800 --> 00:13:24.379
 Jesus here

00:13:24.379 --> 00:13:24.820
 is making

00:13:24.820 --> 00:13:25.659
 a comparison

00:13:25.659 --> 00:13:26.080
 between

00:13:26.080 --> 00:13:26.680
 himself

00:13:26.680 --> 00:13:27.480
 and the

00:13:27.480 --> 00:13:27.800
 way of

00:13:27.800 --> 00:13:28.180
 religion.

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 He's saying

00:13:29.460 --> 00:13:29.980
 just as you

00:13:29.980 --> 00:13:30.860
 can't attach

00:13:30.860 --> 00:13:31.800
 a new

00:13:31.800 --> 00:13:32.720
 patch onto

00:13:32.720 --> 00:13:33.300
 an old

00:13:33.300 --> 00:13:33.740
 garment,

00:13:34.659 --> 00:13:35.240
 so you

00:13:35.240 --> 00:13:36.139
 can't attach

00:13:36.139 --> 00:13:36.899
 Jesus to

00:13:36.899 --> 00:13:37.360
 religion.

00:13:38.720 --> 00:13:39.379
 And just

00:13:39.379 --> 00:13:39.680
 as you

00:13:39.680 --> 00:13:40.159
 can't put

00:13:40.159 --> 00:13:40.820
 new wine

00:13:40.820 --> 00:13:41.519
 into old

00:13:41.519 --> 00:13:42.240
 wineskins,

00:13:42.600 --> 00:13:43.100
 so you

00:13:43.100 --> 00:13:43.940
 can't add

00:13:43.940 --> 00:13:44.980
 Jesus onto

00:13:44.980 --> 00:13:45.460
 religion.

00:13:45.940 --> 00:13:46.639
 We talk

00:13:46.639 --> 00:13:47.159
 about this

00:13:47.159 --> 00:13:47.879
 a la carte

00:13:47.879 --> 00:13:48.700
 religion where

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 you kind of

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 pick a

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 little bit

00:13:50.320 --> 00:13:50.620
 of this

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 and a

00:13:50.920 --> 00:13:51.279
 little bit

00:13:51.279 --> 00:13:51.579
 of that

00:13:51.579 --> 00:13:51.839
 and you

00:13:51.839 --> 00:13:52.279
 like this

00:13:52.279 --> 00:13:52.559
 but you

00:13:52.559 --> 00:13:53.019
 don't like

00:13:53.019 --> 00:13:53.360
 that and

00:13:53.360 --> 00:13:53.600
 you kind

00:13:53.600 --> 00:13:54.059
 of form

00:13:54.059 --> 00:13:54.600
 your own

00:13:54.600 --> 00:13:54.980
 thing.

00:13:56.199 --> 00:13:56.379
 Well,

00:13:56.399 --> 00:13:56.879
 you can't

00:13:56.879 --> 00:13:57.639
 mix Jesus

00:13:57.639 --> 00:13:58.459
 and religion.

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 Trying to

00:13:59.419 --> 00:14:00.019
 put Jesus

00:14:00.019 --> 00:14:00.659
 and religion

00:14:00.659 --> 00:14:01.459
 together is

00:14:01.459 --> 00:14:01.919
 like trying

00:14:01.919 --> 00:14:02.339
 to mix

00:14:02.339 --> 00:14:03.000
 water and

00:14:03.000 --> 00:14:03.279
 oil.

00:14:03.559 --> 00:14:03.899
 You can

00:14:03.899 --> 00:14:04.220
 put them

00:14:04.220 --> 00:14:04.679
 in a jar,

00:14:04.819 --> 00:14:05.179
 shake it

00:14:05.179 --> 00:14:05.579
 up around

00:14:05.579 --> 00:14:06.019
 the place,

00:14:06.139 --> 00:14:07.279
 but it

00:14:07.279 --> 00:14:07.720
 separates.

00:14:09.039 --> 00:14:09.779
 Jesus is

00:14:09.779 --> 00:14:10.819
 utterly and

00:14:10.819 --> 00:14:11.279
 completely

00:14:11.279 --> 00:14:11.740
 different.

00:14:12.179 --> 00:14:12.559
 He's not

00:14:12.559 --> 00:14:13.199
 a continuation

00:14:13.199 --> 00:14:13.839
 of the

00:14:13.839 --> 00:14:14.679
 old system.

00:14:14.959 --> 00:14:15.360
 He is

00:14:15.360 --> 00:14:15.959
 coming to

00:14:15.959 --> 00:14:16.659
 offer something

00:14:16.659 --> 00:14:17.620
 else entirely.

00:14:18.559 --> 00:14:19.459
 All religion

00:14:19.459 --> 00:14:20.039
 does is

00:14:20.039 --> 00:14:20.480
 offer you

00:14:20.480 --> 00:14:21.139
 the old

00:14:21.139 --> 00:14:21.960
 way and

00:14:21.960 --> 00:14:22.460
 the old

00:14:22.460 --> 00:14:22.860
 way is

00:14:22.860 --> 00:14:23.300
 just full

00:14:23.300 --> 00:14:23.940
 of rules

00:14:23.940 --> 00:14:24.600
 which breaks

00:14:24.600 --> 00:14:24.940
 you and

00:14:24.940 --> 00:14:25.840
 destroys you

00:14:25.840 --> 00:14:26.399
 and it's

00:14:26.399 --> 00:14:26.879
 all about

00:14:26.879 --> 00:14:27.800
 your performance

00:14:27.800 --> 00:14:28.279
 and trying

00:14:28.279 --> 00:14:28.600
 to get

00:14:28.600 --> 00:14:29.080
 God's

00:14:29.080 --> 00:14:29.600
 attention.

00:14:31.000 --> 00:14:31.220
 Jesus

00:14:31.220 --> 00:14:31.539
 says,

00:14:31.620 --> 00:14:31.980
 no, I've

00:14:31.980 --> 00:14:32.320
 come to

00:14:32.320 --> 00:14:32.740
 offer a

00:14:32.740 --> 00:14:33.240
 new way.

00:14:34.120 --> 00:14:34.560
 I have

00:14:34.560 --> 00:14:34.980
 come to

00:14:34.980 --> 00:14:35.980
 restore you

00:14:35.980 --> 00:14:36.420
 and to

00:14:36.420 --> 00:14:37.200
 redeem you

00:14:37.200 --> 00:14:38.639
 and it's

00:14:38.639 --> 00:14:39.220
 all based

00:14:39.220 --> 00:14:39.820
 on his

00:14:39.820 --> 00:14:40.420
 performance

00:14:40.420 --> 00:14:41.240
 for us.

00:14:41.240 --> 00:14:42.240
 God's

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 love.

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 So the

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 challenge for

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 us is,

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 are we

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 going to

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 put aside

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 our old

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 way of

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 thinking,

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 to put

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 aside our

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 traditions,

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 to put

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 aside our

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 religious

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 acts and

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 embrace this

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 new radical

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 way of

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 Jesus who's

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 come to

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 offer something

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 completely

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 new?

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 One writer

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 put it like

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 this and I

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 think it's

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 very helpful.

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 He says,

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 in relation

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 to pouring

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 new wine

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 into new

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 wine skins,

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 he says,

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 will we

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 become new

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 vessels for

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 the expanding

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 fermentation of

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 Jesus and

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 the gospel in

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 our lives?

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 It's like

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 we're to

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 empty ourselves

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 completely of

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 all the old

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 stuff and

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 get rid of

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 it so we're

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 completely

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 empty so

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 that we can

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 be filled

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 completely with

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 the new

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 Jesus, the

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 gospel that

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 it would

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 expand and

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 flow into

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 every vessel

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 of our

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 lives.

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 So we

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 offer something

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 new.

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 And third,

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 Jesus offers

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 rest, whereas

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 religion just

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 offers rules.

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 Now the

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 campaign trail

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 is hotting

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 up and

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 there's a

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 bit of a

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 media frenzy

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 as they

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 follow Jesus,

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 verse 23.

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 One

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 Sabbath, Jesus

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 was going

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 through the

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 cornfields and

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 as his

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 disciples walked

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 along, they

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 began to

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 pick some

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 ears of

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 corn.

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 And the

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 Pharisee said

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 to him,

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 look, why

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 are they

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 doing what

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 is unlawful

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 on the

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 Sabbath?

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 Sabbath was

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 all about a

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 time of

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 rest.

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 And the

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 Pharisees who

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 are watching

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 with their

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 high-powered

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 zoom lenses

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 following Jesus

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 wherever he's

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 going, they've

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 picked up on

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 something and

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 they've come up

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 with a question.

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 They're the

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 religious police

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 and their

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 job is to

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 make sure

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 that every

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 single person

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 rested on

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 the Sabbath

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 and did

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 no work.

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 But to

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 enforce this

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 time of

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 resting, it

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 actually created

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 a whole series

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 of rules.

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 Altogether, they

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 had 39

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 restrictions that

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 they built on

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 to the law of

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 no work on

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 the Sabbath.

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 They added

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 39 other

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 little rules

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 onto it.

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 things like

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 you couldn't

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 walk further

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 than one

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 kilometer on

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 the Sabbath.

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 That was

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 work.

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 You couldn't

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 tie a knot.

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 That was

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 work.

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 You couldn't

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 write more

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 than one

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 letter.

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 That was

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 considered

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 work.

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 Basically, you

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 were not

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 allowed to do

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 anything that

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 was not

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 essential to

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 live.

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 You could

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 breathe.

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 That was

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 okay.

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 But that

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 was about

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 it.

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 You could

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 eat food, but

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 you weren't

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 allowed to

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 pick food.

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 food.

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 So the

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 emphasis had

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 moved terribly

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 from instead

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 of time of

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 rest to a

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 time of

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 rules.

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 But for the

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 religious people,

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 there was a

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 theological

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 reason for

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 making sure

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 that everybody

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 rested.

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 They believed

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 that if all

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 the people of

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 Israel, if

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 they could

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 keep the

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 law for

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 two Sabbaths,

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 if everybody

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 could do it

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 together for

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 two Sabbaths,

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 then they were

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 going to be

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 redeemed.

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 God was

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 going to

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 come, he

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 was going

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 to sort

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 out everything

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 and things

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 would be

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 put right

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 again.

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 So in

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 their eyes,

00:18:09.399 --> 00:18:10.139
 Jesus arrives

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 on the

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 scene with

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 his disciples.

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 And they're

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 not only

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 ignoring the

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 rules, they're

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 actually an

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 obstacle to

00:18:19.339 --> 00:18:19.759
 God's

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 redemption.

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 Jesus is a

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 barrier.

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 He's actually

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 stopping God's

00:18:24.500 --> 00:18:24.980
 work from

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 happening.

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 Jesus has an

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 answer for

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 them, as

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 always, verse

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 25.

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 Have you

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 never read

00:18:33.139 --> 00:18:33.699
 what David

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 did when

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 he and his

00:18:34.819 --> 00:18:35.679
 companions were

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 hungry and

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 in need?

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 Well, they all

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 knew David, he

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 was the greatest

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 king that had

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 ever lived.

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 In the days of

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 Abiathar, the

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 high priest, and

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 he certainly knew

00:18:46.000 --> 00:18:46.539
 what the law

00:18:46.539 --> 00:18:48.639
 was, David

00:18:48.639 --> 00:18:49.199
 entered the

00:18:49.199 --> 00:18:49.959
 house of God

00:18:49.959 --> 00:18:51.059
 and he ate the

00:18:51.059 --> 00:18:52.159
 consecrated bread,

00:18:52.720 --> 00:18:53.539
 which is lawful

00:18:53.539 --> 00:18:54.500
 only for priests

00:18:54.500 --> 00:18:55.000
 to eat.

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 and David also

00:18:57.039 --> 00:18:57.720
 gave some to

00:18:57.720 --> 00:18:58.400
 his companions.

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 Now, if you go

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 back to that

00:18:59.720 --> 00:19:00.180
 story, you

00:19:00.180 --> 00:19:01.039
 discover it all

00:19:01.039 --> 00:19:01.759
 happened on the

00:19:01.759 --> 00:19:02.019
 Sabbath.

00:19:05.079 --> 00:19:05.779
 So, at one

00:19:05.779 --> 00:19:06.599
 level, Jesus is

00:19:06.599 --> 00:19:06.940
 saying, look,

00:19:07.039 --> 00:19:08.700
 guys, remember

00:19:08.700 --> 00:19:09.480
 how there was an

00:19:09.480 --> 00:19:10.400
 exemption for

00:19:10.400 --> 00:19:11.720
 David and he

00:19:11.720 --> 00:19:12.559
 could eat food

00:19:12.559 --> 00:19:14.279
 and he could do

00:19:14.279 --> 00:19:15.000
 something that was

00:19:15.000 --> 00:19:15.640
 kind of considered

00:19:15.640 --> 00:19:16.279
 unlawful.

00:19:16.619 --> 00:19:17.059
 Well, don't you

00:19:17.059 --> 00:19:17.500
 think you could

00:19:17.500 --> 00:19:18.259
 make an exception

00:19:18.259 --> 00:19:19.380
 for other people

00:19:19.380 --> 00:19:19.680
 too?

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 But there's

00:19:22.039 --> 00:19:22.920
 actually more to

00:19:22.920 --> 00:19:23.640
 it than that.

00:19:24.620 --> 00:19:25.460
 Jesus is going

00:19:25.460 --> 00:19:25.960
 deeper.

00:19:27.920 --> 00:19:28.980
 God had promised

00:19:28.980 --> 00:19:30.000
 to his people

00:19:30.000 --> 00:19:31.320
 that a new king

00:19:31.320 --> 00:19:31.960
 was going to

00:19:31.960 --> 00:19:32.500
 come from

00:19:32.500 --> 00:19:33.740
 David's line.

00:19:34.180 --> 00:19:34.759
 This is what the

00:19:34.759 --> 00:19:35.720
 prophet Jeremiah

00:19:35.720 --> 00:19:36.940
 says, Jeremiah

00:19:36.940 --> 00:19:38.380
 23 verse 5.

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 This is what God

00:19:40.240 --> 00:19:41.039
 was looking forward

00:19:41.039 --> 00:19:41.180
 to.

00:19:41.259 --> 00:19:41.920
 He says, the days

00:19:41.920 --> 00:19:42.480
 are coming,

00:19:42.620 --> 00:19:43.279
 declares the Lord,

00:19:43.320 --> 00:19:44.220
 when I will raise

00:19:44.220 --> 00:19:45.840
 up to David a

00:19:45.840 --> 00:19:46.940
 righteous branch.

00:19:47.580 --> 00:19:48.440
 So, there's a new

00:19:48.440 --> 00:19:49.160
 king going to

00:19:49.160 --> 00:19:49.460
 come.

00:19:49.680 --> 00:19:50.840
 A king who will

00:19:50.840 --> 00:19:52.360
 reign wisely and

00:19:52.360 --> 00:19:53.420
 do what is right

00:19:53.420 --> 00:19:54.320
 in the land.

00:19:55.279 --> 00:19:56.700
 In his days, Judah

00:19:56.700 --> 00:19:58.019
 will be saved and

00:19:58.019 --> 00:19:59.360
 Israel will live in

00:19:59.360 --> 00:19:59.860
 safety.

00:20:00.320 --> 00:20:01.120
 So, that was a

00:20:01.120 --> 00:20:02.060
 great expectation.

00:20:02.220 --> 00:20:02.759
 They were all

00:20:02.759 --> 00:20:03.640
 looking forward for

00:20:03.640 --> 00:20:04.980
 a new David, a

00:20:04.980 --> 00:20:05.759
 better king, the

00:20:05.759 --> 00:20:06.640
 ultimate king who

00:20:06.640 --> 00:20:07.380
 was going to come

00:20:07.380 --> 00:20:08.880
 and save and

00:20:08.880 --> 00:20:09.880
 rescue Israel so

00:20:09.880 --> 00:20:11.019
 they could live in

00:20:11.019 --> 00:20:11.460
 safety.

00:20:12.519 --> 00:20:13.560
 And now Jesus

00:20:13.560 --> 00:20:14.340
 arrives on the

00:20:14.340 --> 00:20:15.140
 scene just walking

00:20:15.140 --> 00:20:15.580
 through the

00:20:15.580 --> 00:20:18.320
 cornfields and he

00:20:18.320 --> 00:20:19.200
 begins to do

00:20:19.200 --> 00:20:21.080
 things that

00:20:21.080 --> 00:20:21.840
 David did.

00:20:25.279 --> 00:20:26.519
 Jesus is saying,

00:20:27.319 --> 00:20:28.380
 I am doing what

00:20:28.380 --> 00:20:30.299
 David did because

00:20:30.299 --> 00:20:31.660
 I am that

00:20:31.660 --> 00:20:32.700
 promised king that

00:20:32.700 --> 00:20:33.580
 you're waiting for.

00:20:35.360 --> 00:20:36.680
 So, Jesus' message

00:20:36.680 --> 00:20:37.819
 is crystal clear to

00:20:37.819 --> 00:20:38.500
 these religious

00:20:38.500 --> 00:20:39.000
 people.

00:20:39.360 --> 00:20:40.039
 He's saying, you

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 don't have to keep

00:20:41.539 --> 00:20:42.819
 rules to win

00:20:42.819 --> 00:20:43.580
 God's favour.

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 You don't have to

00:20:44.840 --> 00:20:46.220
 be making up rules

00:20:46.220 --> 00:20:47.019
 to be earning

00:20:47.019 --> 00:20:47.819
 salvation.

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 Redemption is now

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 here.

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 It's me.

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 I am the long

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 awaited promised

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 king.

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 Verse 27, then he

00:20:57.140 --> 00:20:57.860
 said to them, the

00:20:57.860 --> 00:20:58.880
 Sabbath was made

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 for man, not man

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 for the Sabbath.

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 And so, the son of

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 man is Lord even of

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 the Sabbath.

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 The Sabbath was to be

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 a day of rest and

00:21:11.480 --> 00:21:13.339
 renewal, not a day of

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 impossible rule

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 keeping.

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 And the way to

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 experience this rest,

00:21:18.419 --> 00:21:19.240
 he was saying, was to

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 come to Jesus.

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 I am the king who

00:21:21.939 --> 00:21:22.939
 has come to save you

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 and redeem you.

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 I have come to break

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 that old legalistic

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 way of living, to be

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 rid of it forever.

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 And my way is a way

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 of rest.

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 Rather than striving

00:21:33.599 --> 00:21:35.799
 for redemption, you

00:21:35.799 --> 00:21:37.299
 simply receive

00:21:37.299 --> 00:21:38.039
 redemption.

00:21:39.259 --> 00:21:40.639
 Jesus has secured

00:21:40.639 --> 00:21:41.859
 salvation for us so

00:21:41.859 --> 00:21:42.740
 that we don't have to

00:21:42.740 --> 00:21:43.859
 obey rules to

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 achieve it.

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 And we don't have to

00:21:46.799 --> 00:21:48.079
 think of keeping rules

00:21:48.079 --> 00:21:49.240
 to maintain it.

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 He's done it all for

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 us.

00:21:52.579 --> 00:21:53.859
 He lived the perfect

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 life.

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 He kept all the rules

00:21:55.559 --> 00:21:56.399
 for us perfectly.

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 And he paid the

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 penalty for all the

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 times we've broken

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 the rules.

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 In effect, Jesus is

00:22:03.899 --> 00:22:05.859
 saying, you celebrate

00:22:05.859 --> 00:22:06.359
 the Sabbath.

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 I am the ultimate

00:22:08.839 --> 00:22:09.299
 Sabbath.

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 I am where you

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 find true rest.

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 And it's only in

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 coming to me that

00:22:17.220 --> 00:22:18.259
 you will receive

00:22:18.259 --> 00:22:20.379
 salvation and

00:22:20.379 --> 00:22:20.859
 redemption.

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 So with great skill

00:22:25.779 --> 00:22:27.799
 and wit, Jesus is

00:22:27.799 --> 00:22:29.619
 exposing the emptiness

00:22:29.619 --> 00:22:32.000
 of religious behavior.

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 But he doesn't stop

00:22:34.279 --> 00:22:34.559
 there.

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 He's not satisfied

00:22:35.680 --> 00:22:36.740
 with what he's done.

00:22:36.740 --> 00:22:38.440
 Jesus confronts

00:22:38.440 --> 00:22:39.660
 religion head-on,

00:22:40.519 --> 00:22:41.319
 forcing us to

00:22:41.319 --> 00:22:42.339
 choose between

00:22:42.339 --> 00:22:44.180
 Jesus or

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 religion.

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 Look at verse 1 of

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 chapter 3.

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 Another time he

00:22:50.480 --> 00:22:51.259
 went into the

00:22:51.259 --> 00:22:53.240
 synagogue and a

00:22:53.240 --> 00:22:53.960
 man with a

00:22:53.960 --> 00:22:55.019
 shriveled hand

00:22:55.019 --> 00:22:56.059
 was there.

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 Again, he would

00:22:58.500 --> 00:22:59.120
 have been somebody

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 who would have been

00:22:59.640 --> 00:23:01.079
 considered on the

00:23:01.079 --> 00:23:03.099
 outside, marginalized,

00:23:04.099 --> 00:23:05.359
 not of any interest

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 to anybody.

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 And some of them

00:23:08.240 --> 00:23:09.179
 were looking for a

00:23:09.179 --> 00:23:10.359
 reason to accuse

00:23:10.359 --> 00:23:10.819
 Jesus.

00:23:11.559 --> 00:23:12.839
 So they watched him

00:23:12.839 --> 00:23:14.039
 closely to see if he

00:23:14.039 --> 00:23:14.879
 would heal him on

00:23:14.879 --> 00:23:15.319
 the Sabbath.

00:23:16.899 --> 00:23:18.019
 And Jesus said to

00:23:18.019 --> 00:23:18.759
 the man with the

00:23:18.759 --> 00:23:19.399
 shriveled hand,

00:23:20.199 --> 00:23:21.359
 stand up in front of

00:23:21.359 --> 00:23:21.799
 everyone.

00:23:23.459 --> 00:23:24.259
 You could imagine,

00:23:24.399 --> 00:23:24.759
 couldn't you?

00:23:26.019 --> 00:23:26.719
 Everybody's gathered

00:23:26.719 --> 00:23:27.419
 for church.

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 And all of a sudden

00:23:29.759 --> 00:23:30.639
 it stops.

00:23:31.759 --> 00:23:32.859
 What has been quiet

00:23:32.859 --> 00:23:33.819
 whispering in the

00:23:33.819 --> 00:23:35.659
 pews is now made

00:23:35.659 --> 00:23:36.839
 crystal clear to

00:23:36.839 --> 00:23:37.279
 everyone.

00:23:37.439 --> 00:23:38.059
 Jesus has been

00:23:38.059 --> 00:23:39.000
 watching them taking

00:23:39.000 --> 00:23:39.819
 notes in the

00:23:39.819 --> 00:23:41.699
 shadows and now he

00:23:41.699 --> 00:23:42.919
 forces it all out

00:23:42.919 --> 00:23:43.659
 into the open.

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 It's like the battle

00:23:45.839 --> 00:23:46.959
 lines are being drawn

00:23:46.959 --> 00:23:47.879
 between the religious

00:23:47.879 --> 00:23:49.119
 leaders on one side

00:23:49.119 --> 00:23:50.019
 and Jesus on the

00:23:50.019 --> 00:23:50.240
 other.

00:23:50.779 --> 00:23:51.599
 And in the middle

00:23:51.599 --> 00:23:53.919
 stands this poor man

00:23:53.919 --> 00:23:54.979
 with a shriveled hand.

00:23:55.119 --> 00:23:55.859
 He'd only come to

00:23:55.859 --> 00:23:56.740
 church and now he's

00:23:56.740 --> 00:23:57.259
 the centre of

00:23:57.259 --> 00:23:57.699
 attention.

00:23:59.359 --> 00:24:00.519
 What's Jesus going to

00:24:00.519 --> 00:24:00.799
 do?

00:24:02.740 --> 00:24:03.799
 Well it's not just

00:24:03.799 --> 00:24:04.779
 what is Jesus going

00:24:04.779 --> 00:24:06.119
 to do, it's what

00:24:06.119 --> 00:24:06.879
 would we do.

00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:09.379
 Because we have to

00:24:09.379 --> 00:24:09.879
 choose.

00:24:11.220 --> 00:24:11.799
 Verse 4.

00:24:13.039 --> 00:24:14.000
 Jesus asked them,

00:24:14.579 --> 00:24:15.619
 which is lawful on

00:24:15.619 --> 00:24:16.059
 the Sabbath?

00:24:16.980 --> 00:24:19.379
 To do good or to do

00:24:19.379 --> 00:24:19.720
 evil?

00:24:19.839 --> 00:24:22.339
 To save life or to

00:24:22.339 --> 00:24:22.680
 kill?

00:24:24.299 --> 00:24:25.039
 You see the law

00:24:25.039 --> 00:24:26.119
 required that there

00:24:26.119 --> 00:24:27.279
 should be no healing

00:24:27.279 --> 00:24:28.220
 done on the Sabbath.

00:24:28.220 --> 00:24:30.799
 But what is the

00:24:30.799 --> 00:24:31.799
 right response?

00:24:33.019 --> 00:24:33.740
 Well the right

00:24:33.740 --> 00:24:34.579
 response of course

00:24:34.579 --> 00:24:35.700
 is to do good.

00:24:36.740 --> 00:24:38.140
 To save life.

00:24:38.559 --> 00:24:39.640
 No matter what

00:24:39.640 --> 00:24:40.660
 religion says.

00:24:42.200 --> 00:24:43.059
 You see Jesus

00:24:43.059 --> 00:24:44.880
 always moves in

00:24:44.880 --> 00:24:46.500
 compassion to the

00:24:46.500 --> 00:24:47.799
 needs of those who

00:24:47.799 --> 00:24:49.779
 are weak, who are

00:24:49.779 --> 00:24:51.559
 poor and who are

00:24:51.559 --> 00:24:52.019
 vulnerable.

00:24:53.140 --> 00:24:54.180
 Religion on the

00:24:54.180 --> 00:24:55.059
 other hand is all

00:24:55.059 --> 00:24:56.079
 concerned about being

00:24:56.079 --> 00:24:57.680
 theologically correct.

00:24:58.220 --> 00:24:59.319
 holding to

00:24:59.319 --> 00:25:00.860
 denominational lines

00:25:00.860 --> 00:25:02.640
 and obeying house

00:25:02.640 --> 00:25:03.200
 rules.

00:25:03.319 --> 00:25:04.019
 That's what religion

00:25:04.019 --> 00:25:04.440
 is.

00:25:06.019 --> 00:25:07.559
 And the way we know

00:25:07.559 --> 00:25:08.460
 if we are on the

00:25:08.460 --> 00:25:09.420
 side of religion

00:25:09.420 --> 00:25:11.279
 or if we are on the

00:25:11.279 --> 00:25:12.220
 side of Jesus

00:25:12.220 --> 00:25:15.559
 boils down to our

00:25:15.559 --> 00:25:16.680
 response to the

00:25:16.680 --> 00:25:18.240
 weakest and the

00:25:18.240 --> 00:25:19.360
 most defenceless

00:25:19.360 --> 00:25:20.700
 in society.

00:25:22.039 --> 00:25:23.200
 That's crucial, we

00:25:23.200 --> 00:25:23.600
 get that.

00:25:23.660 --> 00:25:24.519
 That's how we know

00:25:24.519 --> 00:25:25.360
 whether we are a

00:25:25.359 --> 00:25:27.939
 religious person or

00:25:27.939 --> 00:25:28.639
 whether we are a

00:25:28.639 --> 00:25:29.519
 Jesus person.

00:25:30.740 --> 00:25:32.359
 It all boils down to

00:25:32.359 --> 00:25:33.539
 our response to the

00:25:33.539 --> 00:25:35.179
 weakest and most

00:25:35.179 --> 00:25:36.740
 defenceless in society.

00:25:38.339 --> 00:25:39.319
 Look at religion.

00:25:41.799 --> 00:25:43.119
 To the needs of the

00:25:43.119 --> 00:25:43.619
 weak and the

00:25:43.619 --> 00:25:44.579
 vulnerable, religion

00:25:44.579 --> 00:25:46.539
 is always silent.

00:25:47.339 --> 00:25:47.879
 Verse 4.

00:25:47.959 --> 00:25:48.799
 Let's read verse 4

00:25:48.799 --> 00:25:49.019
 again.

00:25:49.139 --> 00:25:49.779
 Jesus asked them,

00:25:49.859 --> 00:25:50.899
 which is lawful on the

00:25:50.899 --> 00:25:51.159
 Sabbath?

00:25:51.619 --> 00:25:52.879
 To do good or to do

00:25:52.880 --> 00:25:53.840
 evil, to save life

00:25:53.840 --> 00:25:54.380
 or to kill.

00:25:56.680 --> 00:25:57.640
 But they remain

00:25:57.640 --> 00:25:58.320
 silent.

00:25:59.780 --> 00:26:00.660
 Religion is too

00:26:00.660 --> 00:26:01.700
 busy pointing out

00:26:01.700 --> 00:26:02.540
 where others fail

00:26:02.540 --> 00:26:03.320
 and mess up.

00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:05.560
 Rather than see

00:26:05.560 --> 00:26:07.220
 needs, they see

00:26:07.220 --> 00:26:08.080
 sinners who have

00:26:08.080 --> 00:26:09.300
 rebelled against God

00:26:09.300 --> 00:26:10.380
 and therefore, well,

00:26:10.440 --> 00:26:11.220
 they deserve their

00:26:11.220 --> 00:26:12.020
 lot in life.

00:26:17.420 --> 00:26:18.460
 Are we religious?

00:26:18.460 --> 00:26:22.360
 Well, let me ask us

00:26:22.360 --> 00:26:23.140
 all this question.

00:26:23.299 --> 00:26:24.299
 What is our heart

00:26:24.299 --> 00:26:27.140
 response to a

00:26:27.140 --> 00:26:27.940
 young girl who

00:26:27.940 --> 00:26:28.680
 happens to get

00:26:28.680 --> 00:26:29.579
 pregnant and ends

00:26:29.579 --> 00:26:30.340
 up living on her

00:26:30.340 --> 00:26:30.559
 own?

00:26:32.759 --> 00:26:33.880
 Or walking down

00:26:33.880 --> 00:26:34.840
 McCurtain Street

00:26:34.840 --> 00:26:37.299
 or Patrick Street

00:26:37.299 --> 00:26:39.279
 in Cork and you

00:26:39.279 --> 00:26:40.120
 see an alcoholic

00:26:40.120 --> 00:26:41.100
 sitting down in

00:26:41.100 --> 00:26:41.720
 his mess?

00:26:44.039 --> 00:26:45.120
 Or somebody who

00:26:45.120 --> 00:26:45.799
 you know who's

00:26:45.799 --> 00:26:46.579
 gone into debt

00:26:46.579 --> 00:26:47.299
 because they've

00:26:47.299 --> 00:26:48.059
 misused their

00:26:48.059 --> 00:26:48.679
 money in the

00:26:48.679 --> 00:26:49.279
 good times?

00:26:50.559 --> 00:26:51.039
 What's your

00:26:51.039 --> 00:26:51.519
 response?

00:26:51.619 --> 00:26:51.919
 What's your

00:26:51.919 --> 00:26:52.720
 heart's response

00:26:52.720 --> 00:26:53.579
 to those things?

00:26:54.799 --> 00:26:55.399
 Do you see

00:26:55.399 --> 00:26:56.039
 somebody in

00:26:56.039 --> 00:26:56.419
 need?

00:26:57.960 --> 00:26:58.659
 Or do you

00:26:58.659 --> 00:26:59.019
 just see

00:26:59.019 --> 00:27:00.559
 failures who

00:27:00.559 --> 00:27:01.019
 are to be

00:27:01.019 --> 00:27:01.399
 ignored?

00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:05.039
 The only hope

00:27:05.039 --> 00:27:06.019
 religion offers in

00:27:06.019 --> 00:27:06.799
 cases like that

00:27:06.799 --> 00:27:07.599
 is more rules.

00:27:07.980 --> 00:27:08.539
 Do better.

00:27:08.859 --> 00:27:09.619
 Try harder.

00:27:10.480 --> 00:27:11.220
 Don't be like

00:27:11.220 --> 00:27:11.519
 this.

00:27:11.519 --> 00:27:12.740
 Be like that.

00:27:13.240 --> 00:27:13.819
 You shouldn't

00:27:13.819 --> 00:27:14.399
 have done that.

00:27:14.480 --> 00:27:14.980
 You should do

00:27:14.980 --> 00:27:15.419
 this.

00:27:16.559 --> 00:27:17.379
 It offers no

00:27:17.380 --> 00:27:17.840
 forgiveness,

00:27:18.300 --> 00:27:19.020
 no grace,

00:27:19.680 --> 00:27:20.360
 and no

00:27:20.360 --> 00:27:20.760
 mercy.

00:27:22.780 --> 00:27:23.400
 Religion is

00:27:23.400 --> 00:27:24.200
 always silent

00:27:24.200 --> 00:27:25.400
 to the needs

00:27:25.400 --> 00:27:25.960
 of the weak

00:27:25.960 --> 00:27:26.240
 and the

00:27:26.240 --> 00:27:26.620
 vulnerable.

00:27:30.140 --> 00:27:30.960
 Compare that

00:27:30.960 --> 00:27:32.140
 to Jesus.

00:27:33.340 --> 00:27:34.320
 To the needs

00:27:34.320 --> 00:27:35.020
 of the poor

00:27:35.020 --> 00:27:35.440
 and the

00:27:35.440 --> 00:27:36.140
 defenseless,

00:27:36.440 --> 00:27:37.420
 Jesus is

00:27:37.420 --> 00:27:38.420
 compassionate.

00:27:38.700 --> 00:27:38.960
 Look at

00:27:38.960 --> 00:27:39.600
 verse 5.

00:27:40.180 --> 00:27:40.700
 He looked

00:27:40.700 --> 00:27:41.600
 around at

00:27:41.600 --> 00:27:42.360
 them in

00:27:42.360 --> 00:27:42.880
 anger,

00:27:43.720 --> 00:27:44.540
 making eye

00:27:44.540 --> 00:27:45.320
 contact with

00:27:45.319 --> 00:27:46.000
 all of the

00:27:46.000 --> 00:27:46.299
 religious

00:27:46.299 --> 00:27:47.439
 people as

00:27:47.439 --> 00:27:47.939
 they sit

00:27:47.939 --> 00:27:48.279
 in their

00:27:48.279 --> 00:27:48.899
 church.

00:27:51.279 --> 00:27:52.059
 He looked

00:27:52.059 --> 00:27:52.599
 around at

00:27:52.599 --> 00:27:52.879
 them in

00:27:52.879 --> 00:27:53.740
 anger and

00:27:53.740 --> 00:27:54.139
 deeply

00:27:54.139 --> 00:27:54.980
 distressed at

00:27:54.980 --> 00:27:55.819
 their stubborn

00:27:55.819 --> 00:27:56.419
 hearts.

00:27:57.539 --> 00:27:58.339
 And he said

00:27:58.339 --> 00:27:58.799
 to the man,

00:27:58.980 --> 00:27:59.619
 stretch out

00:27:59.619 --> 00:28:00.279
 your hand.

00:28:01.859 --> 00:28:02.519
 And he

00:28:02.519 --> 00:28:03.179
 stretched it

00:28:03.179 --> 00:28:03.779
 out and his

00:28:03.779 --> 00:28:04.319
 hand was

00:28:04.319 --> 00:28:04.899
 completely

00:28:04.899 --> 00:28:05.460
 restored.

00:28:07.659 --> 00:28:08.339
 You see,

00:28:08.460 --> 00:28:08.980
 followers of

00:28:08.980 --> 00:28:09.919
 Jesus do not

00:28:09.919 --> 00:28:10.720
 sit in

00:28:10.720 --> 00:28:12.639
 condemnation or

00:28:12.639 --> 00:28:13.659
 in accusation

00:28:13.660 --> 00:28:14.220
 of others.

00:28:16.160 --> 00:28:16.980
 Rather than

00:28:16.980 --> 00:28:18.019
 seeing faults

00:28:18.019 --> 00:28:18.900
 and failures,

00:28:20.360 --> 00:28:20.880
 they see

00:28:20.880 --> 00:28:21.560
 people who

00:28:21.560 --> 00:28:22.259
 need the

00:28:22.259 --> 00:28:22.640
 love of

00:28:22.640 --> 00:28:24.160
 Christ and

00:28:24.160 --> 00:28:24.700
 the welcome

00:28:24.700 --> 00:28:25.480
 of a

00:28:25.480 --> 00:28:25.940
 saviour.

00:28:28.320 --> 00:28:29.000
 Do you

00:28:29.000 --> 00:28:29.860
 claim, do

00:28:29.860 --> 00:28:30.640
 I claim to

00:28:30.640 --> 00:28:31.100
 be on the

00:28:31.100 --> 00:28:31.540
 side of

00:28:31.540 --> 00:28:31.840
 Jesus?

00:28:33.720 --> 00:28:34.460
 Well, let's

00:28:34.460 --> 00:28:35.000
 ask another

00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:35.500
 question.

00:28:36.600 --> 00:28:37.340
 What is our

00:28:37.340 --> 00:28:38.600
 heart response

00:28:38.600 --> 00:28:40.560
 to those of

00:28:40.560 --> 00:28:41.820
 other nationalities

00:28:41.820 --> 00:28:42.840
 who we claim

00:28:42.839 --> 00:28:43.399
 are taking

00:28:43.399 --> 00:28:44.399
 the Irish

00:28:44.399 --> 00:28:45.059
 people's

00:28:45.059 --> 00:28:45.480
 jobs?

00:28:47.639 --> 00:28:48.319
 What's our

00:28:48.319 --> 00:28:49.139
 heart response

00:28:49.139 --> 00:28:49.839
 to those who

00:28:49.839 --> 00:28:51.039
 live off social

00:28:51.039 --> 00:28:52.259
 welfare and

00:28:52.259 --> 00:28:53.240
 benefits while

00:28:53.240 --> 00:28:54.119
 we do all the

00:28:54.119 --> 00:28:54.839
 hard work?

00:28:57.619 --> 00:28:58.359
 What do we

00:28:58.359 --> 00:28:59.119
 think of those

00:28:59.119 --> 00:28:59.919
 who have

00:28:59.919 --> 00:29:00.720
 addiction and

00:29:00.720 --> 00:29:01.679
 use up vital

00:29:01.679 --> 00:29:02.279
 resources?

00:29:05.240 --> 00:29:06.059
 Do you look

00:29:06.059 --> 00:29:06.759
 at those people

00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:07.319
 and you see

00:29:07.319 --> 00:29:08.099
 people like that

00:29:08.099 --> 00:29:08.459
 and think,

00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:09.379
 they're the

00:29:09.379 --> 00:29:10.079
 cause of all

00:29:10.079 --> 00:29:10.659
 the problems?

00:29:10.660 --> 00:29:14.000
 or do we

00:29:14.000 --> 00:29:14.740
 see people

00:29:14.740 --> 00:29:16.040
 who are our

00:29:16.040 --> 00:29:17.220
 primary concern

00:29:17.220 --> 00:29:18.140
 needing our

00:29:18.140 --> 00:29:18.779
 support and

00:29:18.779 --> 00:29:19.160
 help?

00:29:22.940 --> 00:29:23.980
 The hope of

00:29:23.980 --> 00:29:24.820
 Jesus is one

00:29:24.820 --> 00:29:25.680
 of restoration

00:29:25.680 --> 00:29:27.340
 and renewal.

00:29:28.700 --> 00:29:29.320
 One where

00:29:29.320 --> 00:29:30.200
 forgiveness is

00:29:30.200 --> 00:29:30.920
 offered for the

00:29:30.920 --> 00:29:31.580
 repentant,

00:29:31.960 --> 00:29:32.759
 there is grace

00:29:32.759 --> 00:29:33.640
 for the broken,

00:29:34.000 --> 00:29:34.880
 there is mercy

00:29:34.880 --> 00:29:35.620
 to all who

00:29:35.620 --> 00:29:36.040
 ask,

00:29:36.279 --> 00:29:36.980
 and there is a

00:29:36.980 --> 00:29:37.640
 welcome for

00:29:37.640 --> 00:29:38.860
 all who will

00:29:38.859 --> 00:29:39.219
 come.

00:29:43.899 --> 00:29:44.879
 So as Jesus

00:29:44.879 --> 00:29:45.679
 goes out on

00:29:45.679 --> 00:29:46.659
 his campaign

00:29:46.659 --> 00:29:48.639
 trail, he's

00:29:48.639 --> 00:29:50.319
 putting it up

00:29:50.319 --> 00:29:51.000
 to us all.

00:29:52.099 --> 00:29:52.959
 Those who are

00:29:52.959 --> 00:29:53.639
 on the side

00:29:53.639 --> 00:29:54.240
 of religion

00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:56.059
 cannot be on

00:29:56.059 --> 00:29:56.679
 the side of

00:29:56.679 --> 00:29:57.000
 Jesus.

00:29:58.500 --> 00:29:59.500
 And those who

00:29:59.500 --> 00:30:00.399
 claim to be on

00:30:00.399 --> 00:30:00.979
 the side of

00:30:00.979 --> 00:30:02.479
 Jesus can't be

00:30:02.479 --> 00:30:03.219
 on the side of

00:30:03.219 --> 00:30:03.539
 religion.

00:30:05.139 --> 00:30:05.979
 They don't go

00:30:05.979 --> 00:30:06.399
 together.

00:30:07.439 --> 00:30:07.899
 They're two

00:30:07.900 --> 00:30:08.660
 different lives

00:30:08.660 --> 00:30:09.259
 entirely.

00:30:10.640 --> 00:30:11.320
 In fact,

00:30:11.440 --> 00:30:12.100
 surprisingly,

00:30:12.360 --> 00:30:12.820
 the religious

00:30:12.820 --> 00:30:13.580
 are the first

00:30:13.580 --> 00:30:14.220
 to oppose

00:30:14.220 --> 00:30:14.680
 Jesus,

00:30:14.820 --> 00:30:15.380
 verse 6.

00:30:16.700 --> 00:30:17.420
 The religious

00:30:17.420 --> 00:30:17.940
 people,

00:30:18.140 --> 00:30:18.660
 the church

00:30:18.660 --> 00:30:19.040
 people,

00:30:19.120 --> 00:30:19.519
 the one who

00:30:19.519 --> 00:30:19.980
 read their

00:30:19.980 --> 00:30:20.420
 Bibles,

00:30:21.060 --> 00:30:21.600
 verse 6.

00:30:21.960 --> 00:30:22.440
 Then the

00:30:22.440 --> 00:30:23.280
 Pharisees went

00:30:23.280 --> 00:30:24.060
 out and began

00:30:24.060 --> 00:30:24.880
 to plot with

00:30:24.880 --> 00:30:25.700
 the Herodians

00:30:25.700 --> 00:30:27.340
 how they might

00:30:27.340 --> 00:30:28.320
 kill Jesus.

00:30:28.319 --> 00:30:28.460
 Jesus.

00:30:30.519 --> 00:30:31.279
 You see,

00:30:31.359 --> 00:30:32.019
 Jesus has been

00:30:32.019 --> 00:30:32.759
 saying it very

00:30:32.759 --> 00:30:34.079
 clearly to the

00:30:34.079 --> 00:30:34.500
 religious.

00:30:35.359 --> 00:30:35.839
 He says,

00:30:35.919 --> 00:30:36.619
 you are way

00:30:36.619 --> 00:30:37.399
 off the mark.

00:30:38.819 --> 00:30:39.659
 Your traditions

00:30:39.659 --> 00:30:40.819
 of rules and

00:30:40.819 --> 00:30:41.819
 codes have no

00:30:41.819 --> 00:30:42.359
 value.

00:30:43.399 --> 00:30:44.159
 Your religious

00:30:44.159 --> 00:30:45.579
 acts and rituals

00:30:45.579 --> 00:30:46.519
 are never going

00:30:46.519 --> 00:30:47.259
 to save you

00:30:47.259 --> 00:30:48.259
 or free you.

00:30:49.139 --> 00:30:50.539
 And that's what

00:30:50.539 --> 00:30:51.399
 makes them so

00:30:51.399 --> 00:30:52.339
 angry because

00:30:52.339 --> 00:30:53.480
 their life is all

00:30:53.480 --> 00:30:54.159
 centred around

00:30:54.159 --> 00:30:54.679
 their own

00:30:54.679 --> 00:30:55.240
 performance.

00:30:55.240 --> 00:30:56.059
 And Jesus

00:30:56.059 --> 00:30:56.599
 says it's

00:30:56.599 --> 00:30:57.160
 never going

00:30:57.160 --> 00:30:57.599
 to work.

00:30:58.299 --> 00:30:58.900
 And they want

00:30:58.900 --> 00:30:59.480
 to kill him

00:30:59.480 --> 00:31:00.000
 and get rid

00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:00.339
 of him.

00:31:03.920 --> 00:31:04.859
 But to those

00:31:04.859 --> 00:31:05.700
 who embrace

00:31:05.700 --> 00:31:06.319
 Jesus,

00:31:08.099 --> 00:31:08.859
 Jesus gives

00:31:08.859 --> 00:31:09.480
 us a new

00:31:09.480 --> 00:31:10.400
 way entirely.

00:31:11.519 --> 00:31:12.220
 A completely

00:31:12.220 --> 00:31:12.700
 new way.

00:31:12.779 --> 00:31:13.279
 He gives us

00:31:13.279 --> 00:31:14.220
 a new heart.

00:31:15.279 --> 00:31:15.980
 And into our

00:31:15.980 --> 00:31:16.680
 heart he gives

00:31:16.680 --> 00:31:17.440
 us a rule

00:31:17.440 --> 00:31:19.000
 of love.

00:31:19.700 --> 00:31:20.400
 And he gives

00:31:20.400 --> 00:31:21.180
 us a law

00:31:21.180 --> 00:31:22.579
 of compassion.

00:31:24.099 --> 00:31:24.900
 And that is

00:31:24.900 --> 00:31:25.420
 what is the

00:31:25.420 --> 00:31:26.240
 true mark

00:31:26.240 --> 00:31:27.000
 of a church

00:31:27.000 --> 00:31:27.860
 that is on

00:31:27.860 --> 00:31:28.519
 the side

00:31:28.519 --> 00:31:29.460
 of Jesus.

00:31:31.340 --> 00:31:31.940
 And that is

00:31:31.940 --> 00:31:32.780
 what we want

00:31:32.780 --> 00:31:33.600
 for this church

00:31:33.600 --> 00:31:34.220
 and for us

00:31:34.220 --> 00:31:34.840
 individually

00:31:34.840 --> 00:31:35.980
 and together.

00:31:36.300 --> 00:31:37.180
 That here we

00:31:37.180 --> 00:31:37.860
 are known as

00:31:37.860 --> 00:31:38.900
 a church that

00:31:38.900 --> 00:31:39.519
 welcomes

00:31:39.519 --> 00:31:40.040
 sinners.

00:31:41.120 --> 00:31:41.860
 That we

00:31:41.860 --> 00:31:42.720
 welcome each

00:31:42.720 --> 00:31:43.400
 other because

00:31:43.400 --> 00:31:44.519
 we all mess

00:31:44.519 --> 00:31:44.780
 up.

00:31:44.940 --> 00:31:45.320
 And our

00:31:45.320 --> 00:31:46.180
 performance is

00:31:46.180 --> 00:31:46.780
 never good

00:31:46.780 --> 00:31:47.120
 enough.

00:31:47.960 --> 00:31:48.759
 And we give

00:31:48.759 --> 00:31:49.740
 grace to the

00:31:49.740 --> 00:31:50.759
 broken and

00:31:50.759 --> 00:31:51.500
 those who are

00:31:51.500 --> 00:31:52.140
 finding it

00:31:52.140 --> 00:31:52.580
 difficult.

00:31:52.900 --> 00:31:53.680
 And we reach

00:31:53.680 --> 00:31:54.700
 across to the

00:31:54.700 --> 00:31:55.500
 outsider.

00:31:56.380 --> 00:31:57.319
 But we

00:31:57.319 --> 00:31:58.100
 will always

00:31:58.100 --> 00:31:59.140
 confront the

00:31:59.140 --> 00:32:00.000
 religious because

00:32:00.000 --> 00:32:00.660
 there is no

00:32:00.660 --> 00:32:01.600
 room for

00:32:01.600 --> 00:32:02.519
 religious people

00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:03.580
 in here.

00:32:07.720 --> 00:32:08.680
 If we are

00:32:08.680 --> 00:32:09.279
 going to go

00:32:09.279 --> 00:32:09.799
 the way of

00:32:09.799 --> 00:32:10.160
 Jesus,

00:32:10.920 --> 00:32:12.559
 then we must

00:32:12.559 --> 00:32:13.480
 be prepared for

00:32:13.480 --> 00:32:14.420
 the response

00:32:14.420 --> 00:32:15.940
 that Jesus

00:32:15.940 --> 00:32:16.420
 got.

00:32:18.279 --> 00:32:19.180
 They wanted

00:32:19.180 --> 00:32:19.700
 to kill

00:32:19.700 --> 00:32:20.600
 Jesus and get

00:32:20.600 --> 00:32:21.340
 rid of Jesus.

00:32:21.339 --> 00:32:21.539
 Jesus.

00:32:23.339 --> 00:32:24.240
 And religious

00:32:24.240 --> 00:32:24.899
 people won't

00:32:24.899 --> 00:32:25.500
 want anything

00:32:25.500 --> 00:32:26.159
 to do with

00:32:26.159 --> 00:32:26.679
 grace.

00:32:27.220 --> 00:32:27.579
 They won't

00:32:27.579 --> 00:32:28.099
 want anything

00:32:28.099 --> 00:32:28.779
 to do with

00:32:28.779 --> 00:32:29.799
 those who

00:32:29.799 --> 00:32:30.839
 welcome others.

00:32:32.399 --> 00:32:33.359
 We must be

00:32:33.359 --> 00:32:33.819
 prepared.

00:32:35.259 --> 00:32:36.159
 But let us

00:32:36.159 --> 00:32:36.899
 think clearly,

00:32:37.059 --> 00:32:37.799
 which side are

00:32:37.799 --> 00:32:38.259
 we on?

00:32:39.399 --> 00:32:40.459
 The side of the

00:32:40.459 --> 00:32:41.799
 religious or

00:32:41.799 --> 00:32:42.419
 the side of

00:32:42.419 --> 00:32:42.740
 Jesus?

00:32:44.339 --> 00:32:45.579
 He confronts

00:32:45.579 --> 00:32:46.199
 us head on

00:32:46.199 --> 00:32:47.619
 to make that

00:32:47.619 --> 00:32:48.059
 choice.

00:32:48.059 --> 00:32:48.179
 us.

00:32:49.179 --> 00:32:50.379
 Let's pray

00:32:50.379 --> 00:32:51.099
 together.

00:32:51.099 --> 00:33:07.039
 just going to

00:33:07.039 --> 00:33:07.679
 read something

00:33:07.679 --> 00:33:08.480
 from Isaiah.

00:33:10.219 --> 00:33:11.019
 Let's just

00:33:11.019 --> 00:33:11.719
 reflect on

00:33:11.719 --> 00:33:12.039
 this.

00:33:12.039 --> 00:33:12.119
 Let's

00:33:12.119 --> 00:33:13.039
 just reflect

00:33:13.039 --> 00:33:14.039
 on this.

00:33:19.039 --> 00:33:19.939
 Is not

00:33:19.939 --> 00:33:20.619
 this the

00:33:20.619 --> 00:33:21.219
 kind of

00:33:21.219 --> 00:33:22.399
 fasting I

00:33:22.399 --> 00:33:23.099
 have chosen

00:33:23.099 --> 00:33:25.759
 to loose

00:33:25.759 --> 00:33:26.539
 the chains

00:33:26.539 --> 00:33:27.299
 of injustice

00:33:27.299 --> 00:33:30.119
 and untie

00:33:30.119 --> 00:33:30.779
 the cords

00:33:30.779 --> 00:33:31.139
 of the

00:33:31.139 --> 00:33:31.459
 yoke

00:33:31.459 --> 00:33:33.439
 to set

00:33:33.439 --> 00:33:34.259
 the oppressed

00:33:34.259 --> 00:33:34.759
 free

00:33:34.759 --> 00:33:36.279
 and break

00:33:36.279 --> 00:33:37.139
 every yoke?

00:33:39.719 --> 00:33:40.639
 Is this

00:33:40.639 --> 00:33:41.079
 not the

00:33:41.079 --> 00:33:42.299
 kind of

00:33:42.299 --> 00:33:43.019
 fasting I

00:33:43.019 --> 00:33:43.679
 have chosen?

00:33:44.819 --> 00:33:45.619
 Is it

00:33:45.619 --> 00:33:46.059
 not to

00:33:46.059 --> 00:33:46.659
 share your

00:33:46.659 --> 00:33:47.419
 food with

00:33:47.419 --> 00:33:47.939
 the hungry,

00:33:48.579 --> 00:33:49.619
 to provide

00:33:49.619 --> 00:33:50.299
 the poor

00:33:50.299 --> 00:33:51.479
 wanderer

00:33:51.479 --> 00:33:52.139
 with shelter,

00:33:52.139 --> 00:33:53.579
 when you

00:33:53.579 --> 00:33:54.059
 see the

00:33:54.059 --> 00:33:54.659
 naked to

00:33:54.659 --> 00:33:55.279
 clothe him

00:33:55.279 --> 00:33:56.679
 and not

00:33:56.679 --> 00:33:57.119
 to turn

00:33:57.119 --> 00:33:57.719
 away from

00:33:57.719 --> 00:33:58.279
 your own

00:33:58.279 --> 00:33:59.519
 flesh and

00:33:59.519 --> 00:33:59.859
 blood?

00:34:02.359 --> 00:34:03.099
 If you

00:34:03.099 --> 00:34:03.659
 do away

00:34:03.659 --> 00:34:04.079
 with the

00:34:04.079 --> 00:34:04.539
 yoke of

00:34:04.539 --> 00:34:05.039
 oppression,

00:34:05.699 --> 00:34:06.119
 with the

00:34:06.119 --> 00:34:07.119
 pointing finger

00:34:07.119 --> 00:34:08.099
 and malicious

00:34:08.099 --> 00:34:08.719
 talk,

00:34:09.519 --> 00:34:10.400
 and if you

00:34:10.400 --> 00:34:11.440
 spend yourselves

00:34:11.440 --> 00:34:12.259
 on behalf

00:34:12.259 --> 00:34:12.619
 of the

00:34:12.619 --> 00:34:13.659
 hungry and

00:34:13.659 --> 00:34:14.619
 satisfy the

00:34:14.619 --> 00:34:15.139
 needs of

00:34:15.139 --> 00:34:15.819
 the oppressed,

00:34:15.820 --> 00:34:17.460
 then your

00:34:17.460 --> 00:34:18.059
 light will

00:34:18.059 --> 00:34:19.039
 rise in

00:34:19.039 --> 00:34:19.600
 the darkness

00:34:19.600 --> 00:34:21.340
 and your

00:34:21.340 --> 00:34:21.960
 night will

00:34:21.960 --> 00:34:22.740
 become like

00:34:22.740 --> 00:34:23.559
 the noonday.

00:34:27.760 --> 00:34:28.400
 Father,

00:34:28.559 --> 00:34:28.860
 we

00:34:28.860 --> 00:34:30.059
 firstly

00:34:30.059 --> 00:34:30.940
 confess

00:34:30.940 --> 00:34:34.360
 for the

00:34:34.360 --> 00:34:35.100
 times where

00:34:35.100 --> 00:34:36.500
 we go

00:34:36.500 --> 00:34:37.059
 the religious

00:34:37.059 --> 00:34:37.580
 route

00:34:37.580 --> 00:34:40.080
 and we

00:34:40.080 --> 00:34:40.500
 think it's

00:34:40.500 --> 00:34:40.980
 about our

00:34:40.980 --> 00:34:41.500
 performance

00:34:41.500 --> 00:34:43.420
 and about

00:34:43.420 --> 00:34:43.880
 our little

00:34:43.880 --> 00:34:44.559
 rituals

00:34:44.559 --> 00:34:47.159
 and we

00:34:47.159 --> 00:34:47.960
 ignore those

00:34:47.960 --> 00:34:48.260
 who are

00:34:48.260 --> 00:34:48.800
 most in

00:34:48.800 --> 00:34:49.159
 need.

00:34:51.380 --> 00:34:52.000
 Father,

00:34:52.099 --> 00:34:52.679
 please forgive

00:34:52.679 --> 00:34:53.099
 us.

00:34:55.760 --> 00:34:56.639
 Please help

00:34:56.639 --> 00:34:57.179
 us to go

00:34:57.179 --> 00:34:57.699
 the way of

00:34:57.699 --> 00:34:58.019
 Jesus,

00:34:58.219 --> 00:34:58.920
 to embrace

00:34:58.920 --> 00:34:59.239
 him,

00:35:00.519 --> 00:35:01.800
 to go a

00:35:01.800 --> 00:35:02.920
 completely new

00:35:02.920 --> 00:35:03.960
 and different

00:35:03.960 --> 00:35:04.360
 way,

00:35:05.460 --> 00:35:06.579
 the way of

00:35:06.579 --> 00:35:07.000
 Christ.

00:35:07.000 --> 00:35:07.139
 Christ,

00:35:07.699 --> 00:35:09.940
 and I

00:35:09.940 --> 00:35:10.400
 pray that

00:35:10.400 --> 00:35:10.780
 you would

00:35:10.780 --> 00:35:11.539
 enable us

00:35:11.539 --> 00:35:12.179
 to live

00:35:12.179 --> 00:35:12.860
 a life

00:35:12.860 --> 00:35:14.860
 whereby we

00:35:14.860 --> 00:35:15.659
 are shining

00:35:15.659 --> 00:35:16.300
 the light

00:35:16.300 --> 00:35:16.619
 in the

00:35:16.619 --> 00:35:17.000
 darkness,

00:35:18.639 --> 00:35:19.320
 reaching out

00:35:19.320 --> 00:35:19.699
 to the

00:35:19.699 --> 00:35:20.139
 weak,

00:35:20.699 --> 00:35:21.340
 the poor

00:35:21.340 --> 00:35:21.900
 and the

00:35:21.900 --> 00:35:22.320
 vulnerable,

00:35:24.139 --> 00:35:24.519
 welcoming

00:35:24.519 --> 00:35:25.099
 in

00:35:25.099 --> 00:35:27.500
 and offering

00:35:27.500 --> 00:35:28.019
 grace.

00:35:31.500 --> 00:35:32.260
 May we

00:35:32.260 --> 00:35:32.719
 follow the

00:35:32.719 --> 00:35:33.059
 way of

00:35:33.059 --> 00:35:33.679
 Jesus and

00:35:33.679 --> 00:35:34.019
 may we

00:35:34.019 --> 00:35:34.619
 get rid

00:35:34.619 --> 00:35:35.039
 of every

00:35:35.039 --> 00:35:35.619
 hint

00:35:35.619 --> 00:35:37.259
 of

00:35:37.259 --> 00:35:37.739
 religion

00:35:37.739 --> 00:35:39.239
 that is

00:35:39.239 --> 00:35:39.539
 in our

00:35:39.539 --> 00:35:39.980
 lives.

00:35:41.420 --> 00:35:42.239
 We ask

00:35:42.239 --> 00:35:42.619
 this in

00:35:42.619 --> 00:35:42.900
 Jesus'

00:35:43.099 --> 00:35:43.319
 name.

00:35:44.319 --> 00:35:44.639
 Amen.

00:35:51.519 --> 00:35:52.440
 The final

00:35:52.440 --> 00:35:53.339
 song that

00:35:53.339 --> 00:35:53.779
 we have

00:35:53.779 --> 00:35:54.420
 this morning,

00:35:54.579 --> 00:35:55.239
 it's a

00:35:55.239 --> 00:35:55.900
 new song

00:35:55.900 --> 00:35:56.579
 for some

00:35:56.579 --> 00:35:56.980
 of us.

00:35:57.900 --> 00:35:58.239
 Others,

00:35:58.420 --> 00:35:58.679
 I think,

00:35:58.739 --> 00:35:59.380
 will know

00:35:59.380 --> 00:35:59.599
 it.

00:36:00.719 --> 00:36:01.279
 But it

00:36:01.279 --> 00:36:01.940
 talks about

00:36:01.940 --> 00:36:02.900
 the compassion

00:36:02.900 --> 00:36:03.619
 of Jesus

00:36:03.619 --> 00:36:05.859
 this morning,

00:36:05.980 --> 00:36:09.900
 the

00:36:12.539 --> 00:36:12.839
 name

00:36:12.839 --> 00:36:13.079
 God

00:36:13.219 --> 00:36:14.059
 who

00:36:14.059 --> 00:36:14.359
 does

00:36:14.359 --> 00:36:15.239
 you

00:36:15.239 --> 00:36:19.039
 do