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 Everybody's got a motto they're living by.

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 Think of a motto as a flag that you raise every morning.

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 Maybe it's Carpe Diem, seize the day.

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 Maybe it's just do it.

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 Maybe it's Semper Fidelis, always faithful, U.S. Marine Corps.

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 Well, today, Jesus is going to say,

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 Oh, dear citizen of my kingdom,

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 every morning you raise the banner of the golden rule.

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 You live according to this one rule

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 which summarizes all I've taught you.

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 Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

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 This is the banner that flies over us as a church.

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 This is a banner that flies over us individually

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 as followers of Jesus.

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 This is what compels us in our interactions

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 with the people God brings across our path.

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 So the golden rule is Jesus Christ's all-encompassing command

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 to seek the good of everyone.

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 And we do that by putting ourselves in their place,

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 seeking their good.

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 So brothers and sisters,

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 as citizens of the kingdom,

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 the golden rule must govern all your relationships.

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 That's the claim Jesus is making on us this morning.

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 In order to help you see that,

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 I want to point to four clarifiers of the golden rule.

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 The golden rule is a conclusion.

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 The golden rule is a command.

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 The golden rule is a call to use your sanctified imagination.

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 And the golden rule completes,

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 fulfills the law and the prophets.

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 And so let me read it for us.

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 Jesus says,

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 So whatever you wish that others would do to you,

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 do also to them,

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 for this is the law and the prophets.

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 This rule governs all of our relationships as Christians.

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 And so let's get into this first clarifying point.

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 The golden rule is a conclusion.

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 Do you see the word so in verse 12?

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 It's the first word of the sentence.

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 The first word of the golden rule.

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 So.

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 So whatever in the ESV.

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 So in everything,

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 says the NIV.

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 So.

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 And so you may be sitting there like,

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 Hey, yo, hey, so.

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 So what?

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 So, so what?

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 So what's the big deal about so?

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 Well, insert here

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 that wonderful after school special

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 conjunction junction.

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 You know what?

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 Conjunction junction.

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 What's your function?

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 Hooking up words, phrases, and clauses.

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 So that word so is a conjunction.

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 It's connecting two things.

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 What are, what's that word connecting?

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 It's connecting all of the body on the Sermon on the Mount,

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 what Jesus has been talking about,

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 with this one sentence in verse 12.

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 It's connecting them.

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 It's making a conclusion.

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 That's why that so is there.

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 It's a conjunction.

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 It's a conjunction.

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 This conclusion that Jesus draws from his sermon.

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 He's saying,

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 So whatever you do,

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 whatever you wish that others would do to you,

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 do also to them,

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 for this is the law and the prophets.

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 This conclusion is a summary of the entire sermon.

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 And so here's what this means for us.

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 It's, it's,

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 think about the golden rule as a cliff notes

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 for the Sermon on the Mount.

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 You can just bring it wherever you want.

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 And so let's just say that you're tempted,

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 you're really ticked off at somebody,

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 and you want to,

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 you're like murderous intent in your heart towards them,

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 and you just want to cut them to pieces with your words,

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 and something in the back of your mind says,

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 you know what,

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 I probably shouldn't do that as a citizen of the kingdom.

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 In fact,

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 I think that Jesus said something about that in the Sermon on the Mount,

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 but I don't know where.

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 Go golden at that point.

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 Go golden.

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 Be thinking,

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 okay,

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 if,

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 if someone were angry with me,

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 how would I want to be treated by that person?

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 And then I'm going to treat them that way.

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 That's how you go golden.

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 It summarizes the entire sermon.

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 It's,

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 it's this,

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 this little sentence that gets a ton done for a citizen of the kingdom.

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 Someone does you wrong,

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 and you want to retaliate.

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 You want an eye for an eye,

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 and a tooth for a tooth.

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 And you start thinking,

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 oh,

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 you know what,

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 Jesus probably said something in Matthew.

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 I don't remember where he said that,

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 but I can go golden.

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 I can apply the golden rule,

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 because it summarizes everything he said.

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 So how would I want to be treated?

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 If someone wronged me,

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 if I wronged someone,

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 how would I want to be treated at that point?

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 And I'm going to do that unto this person.

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 If you're tempted to judge another believer,

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 another person,

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 if you can't remember what Jesus said in Matthew chapter 7,

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 go golden.

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 Do unto that person what you would want them to do,

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 unto you are on safe,

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 golden ground.

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 Jesus is giving us a summary of the entire Sermon on the Mount.

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 It's his,

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 it's a conclusion he's drawing.

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 And what he's basically saying is,

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 put yourself in another person's place,

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 and then ask yourself how you would want to be treated,

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 and then you go and treat that person that way.

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 So the golden rule of the kingdom

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 is this versatile summary that Jesus gives us

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 that we can really apply in any situation with any other person.

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 It's absolutely brilliant.

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 Jesus is setting us up to live for the kingdom.

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 You can call this a kingdom code of ethics in one sentence.

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 J.C. Ryle,

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 a pastor from a bygone area.

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 I think he was English,

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 and I would try to use my English accent,

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 which ends up coming off as an Australian accent,

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 so I won't do it.

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 He says this,

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 the golden rule,

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 it settles a hundred difficult points,

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 which in a world like this

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 are continually arising between man and man.

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 It prevents the necessity

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 of laying down endless little rules

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 for our conduct in specific cases.

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 It frees us.

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 We can bring the golden rule

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 into any relationship.

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 It's a versatile summary command

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 that can be applied

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 to any relationship

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 you are encountering right now.

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 It also goes beyond.

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 Let's say that you're having an interaction

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 with somebody,

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 and nowhere in the Bible

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 does it address

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 this particular kind of interaction.

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 Go golden.

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 Do unto that person

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 as you would want them to do to you.

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 What this means

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 is that because this is a conclusion,

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 we cannot snip it

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 from the rest of the Sermon on the Mount.

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 We can't take the golden rule in isolation.

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 It's vitally connected

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 to the rest of the Sermon on the Mount.

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 Tell me,

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 do you recognize these words

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 from our nation's history?

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 Fourscore and seven years ago,

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 our fathers brought forth

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 on this continent

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 a new nation conceived in liberty

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 and dedicated to the proposition

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 that all men are created equal.

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 Remember where that's from?

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 The Gettysburg Address.

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 Abraham Lincoln.

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 Four-minute speech,

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 and here's how he ended it.

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 Now,

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 if we just took that last concluding remark

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 by President Lincoln in isolation,

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 it would be somewhat silly

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 because that concluding remark

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 is driven by,

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 it is empowered by,

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 there's force behind it

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 from the rest of the speech.

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 The rest of the speech

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 drives that last sentence

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 that President Lincoln made.

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 You cannot take the golden rule

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 in isolation

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 because the entirety

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 of the Sermon on the Mount

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 drives with force

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 the golden rule

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 which concludes it.

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 So the golden rule

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 provides a very potent summary

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 of kingdom ethics

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 and we are to live

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 every day

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 according to the golden rule.

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 So we can put it this way.

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 Do you want to live

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 in light of the Sermon on the Mount?

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 Live according to the golden rule.

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 That's what Jesus is giving us here.

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 Now at this point,

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 I want to ask you a probing question.

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 Do you have a relationship

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 right now with someone

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 that needs the golden rule applied?

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 Are you in relationship

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 with someone that's just waiting

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 for you to think about them

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 in a kingdom way?

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 I do.

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 I'm guessing everyone

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 in the room does.

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 So the golden rule

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 is a concluding summary

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 of this greatest sermon

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 ever preached

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 by the greatest man

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 that ever walked

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 the face of the earth,

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 Jesus.

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 Point two.

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 The golden rule

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 is a command.

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 It's a command

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 from the lips

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 of our king.

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 So what we see

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 happening in verse 12

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 is that Jesus,

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 our king,

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 commands us,

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 his 21st century disciples,

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 to relate to others

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 in a certain way.

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 To do to others

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 what we would want them

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 to do to us.

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 He commands us

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 to live

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 according to the golden rule.

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 Now,

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 I realize

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 that the golden rule

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 gets thrown around a lot.

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 It can sometimes

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 be thought of

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 as a golden recommendation

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 or a golden suggestion

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 or a golden idea.

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 But for citizens

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 of the kingdom,

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 it is a golden rule,

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 a golden command.

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 I mean,

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 just think of the one

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 speaking the words.

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 Jesus has a unique

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 authority.

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 He's God's anointed one,

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 the Messiah,

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 the one of whom

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 the Old Testament law

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 and prophets

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 pointed to

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 who would come

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 and establish

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 God's kingdom,

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 God's saving reign

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 on earth.

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 He is Emmanuel.

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 He is God with us.

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 And as God

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 in the flesh,

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 Jesus speaks

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 with an authority

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 unlike any other.

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 Just look down

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 to verses 28 and 29

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 of chapter 7.

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 If you were there

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 when Jesus was preaching

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 this sermon

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 on the hillside,

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 you would be surrounded

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 by people doing this.

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 And when Jesus

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 finished these sayings,

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 the crowds were astonished

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 at his teaching

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 for he was teaching them

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 as one who had

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 authority

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 and not as their scribes.

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 This is the guy

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 that spoke of

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 like this

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 in Matthew 6.

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 You've heard that

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 it was said,

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 but I say.

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 Jesus speaks

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 with the force

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 of divine authority.

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 He spoke that way

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 then

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 and he's speaking

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 that way

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 this morning

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 here

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 to us.

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 the golden rule

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 is a command.

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 Now,

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 if you look back

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 at 712,

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 here's where the command

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 actually shows up.

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 So whatever you wish

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 that others would do

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 to you,

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 we haven't hit

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 the command yet.

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 So whatever you wish

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 that others would do

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 to you,

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 do also to them.

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 The command

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 is that word do.

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 Do also to them

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 for this is the law

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 and the prophets.

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 Do to them.

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 You've got to

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 see that do.

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 You've got to feel it

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 as packing

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 a punch

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 of the Messiah.

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 Authority

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 right there.

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 Do this.

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 It's not a recommendation.

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 It's not a suggestion.

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 It's a command.

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 A command from the lips

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 of our king.

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 And this command

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 from the lips

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 of our king

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 concerns

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 others.

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 Do

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 also

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 to them.

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 So here's what's

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 going on so far.

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 Jesus,

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 our king,

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 is commanding

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 us as disciples

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 to do something

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 to them.

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 He doesn't

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 elaborate

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 on who

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 they are.

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 He just calls

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 them

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 them.

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 So he's talking

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 about people.

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 But if you look

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 at the beginning

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 of 712,

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 we get a little

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 bit more clarity.

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 So whatever

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 you wish

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 that others

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 would do

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 to you,

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 do also

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 to them.

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 So it's people

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 we're in

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 relationship

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 with.

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 And that word

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 others

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 comes from a word

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 that we get

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 the word

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 anthropology

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 from.

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 Just a general

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 word meaning

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 mankind,

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 all men.

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 He's not

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 very specific.

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 He's purposefully

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 generic.

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 Because Jesus

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 is being

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 hypothetical.

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 He's saying

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 anyone

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 anyone,

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 anyone,

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 whatever you

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 wish that

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 others,

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 whoever,

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 anyone that

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 crosses your

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 path,

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 whatever you

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 wish that

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 they would

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 do to you,

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 do also

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 to them.

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 And I know

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 what you may

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 be kind of

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 experiencing

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 right now

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 when you

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 encounter a

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 general word

00:15:44.820 --> 00:15:46.019
 like them

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 or others,

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 it lacks

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 some specificity.

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 and what

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 that means,

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 what can

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 happen then

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 is it's

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 possible for

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 us to be

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 all,

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 okay,

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 that's a

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 good general

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 rule to

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 live by.

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 And we

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 don't take

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 it the next

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 step.

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 We just

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 live and

00:16:05.299 --> 00:16:05.739
 are content

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 with the

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 general kind

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 of vague

00:16:08.519 --> 00:16:09.679
 word them

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 and others.

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 And what I

00:16:12.379 --> 00:16:12.759
 want to help

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 you do right

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 now is go

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 from them

00:16:14.419 --> 00:16:15.120
 and others

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 to concrete

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 people.

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 So I

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 haven't,

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 I realize

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 I haven't

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 yet fully

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 unpacked what

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 we are to

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 do to them,

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 but I want

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 to just take a

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 minute here and

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 linger a little

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 bit more on

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 them.

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 Who is

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 them?

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 Well,

00:16:36.659 --> 00:16:37.059
 we are to

00:16:37.059 --> 00:16:37.519
 live out the

00:16:37.519 --> 00:16:38.480
 golden rule to

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 real people

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 in real

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 time.

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 Husbands,

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 you are to

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 live according

00:16:46.600 --> 00:16:47.279
 to the golden

00:16:47.279 --> 00:16:47.759
 rule with

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 your wives

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 and wives

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 with your

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 husbands.

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 Parents,

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 you are to

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 live out the

00:16:54.220 --> 00:16:54.840
 golden rule

00:16:54.840 --> 00:16:55.300
 with your

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 children.

00:16:56.920 --> 00:16:57.480
 And children,

00:16:57.639 --> 00:16:57.940
 you are to

00:16:57.940 --> 00:16:58.420
 live out the

00:16:58.420 --> 00:16:58.899
 golden rule

00:16:58.899 --> 00:16:59.240
 with your

00:16:59.240 --> 00:16:59.720
 parents.

00:17:01.100 --> 00:17:01.759
 Brothers and

00:17:01.759 --> 00:17:02.139
 sisters,

00:17:03.200 --> 00:17:03.779
 Jesus is

00:17:03.779 --> 00:17:04.440
 calling you to

00:17:04.440 --> 00:17:04.980
 live the golden

00:17:04.980 --> 00:17:05.420
 rule with

00:17:05.420 --> 00:17:05.819
 each other.

00:17:06.420 --> 00:17:07.160
 Miracles do

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 happen.

00:17:09.880 --> 00:17:10.319
 Extended

00:17:10.319 --> 00:17:10.900
 family,

00:17:11.759 --> 00:17:12.319
 in-laws,

00:17:12.680 --> 00:17:13.980
 even exes,

00:17:14.839 --> 00:17:15.380
 we are to

00:17:15.380 --> 00:17:16.500
 live the golden

00:17:16.500 --> 00:17:17.559
 rule towards.

00:17:18.619 --> 00:17:19.339
 Classmates and

00:17:19.339 --> 00:17:19.720
 teachers,

00:17:20.039 --> 00:17:20.299
 governing

00:17:20.299 --> 00:17:20.819
 authorities,

00:17:21.000 --> 00:17:21.720
 supervisors at

00:17:21.720 --> 00:17:22.019
 work,

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 people you

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 oversee,

00:17:24.339 --> 00:17:24.880
 workmates,

00:17:25.039 --> 00:17:25.339
 teammates,

00:17:25.640 --> 00:17:26.000
 coaches,

00:17:26.680 --> 00:17:27.500
 fellow performers,

00:17:27.819 --> 00:17:28.240
 orchestra,

00:17:28.660 --> 00:17:29.200
 thespians,

00:17:29.980 --> 00:17:31.740
 anyone.

00:17:34.740 --> 00:17:35.779
 Specific people.

00:17:36.779 --> 00:17:37.299
 Your neighbor

00:17:37.299 --> 00:17:38.140
 next door to

00:17:38.140 --> 00:17:38.319
 you.

00:17:39.880 --> 00:17:40.839
 What is to

00:17:40.839 --> 00:17:41.380
 govern your

00:17:41.380 --> 00:17:42.220
 relationship with

00:17:42.220 --> 00:17:42.400
 them?

00:17:42.839 --> 00:17:43.720
 The golden

00:17:43.720 --> 00:17:44.539
 rule.

00:17:45.860 --> 00:17:46.480
 It's the

00:17:46.480 --> 00:17:47.000
 code of the

00:17:47.000 --> 00:17:47.319
 kingdom.

00:17:49.440 --> 00:17:50.519
 With all of

00:17:50.519 --> 00:17:51.400
 his authority,

00:17:51.600 --> 00:17:52.100
 Jesus is

00:17:52.100 --> 00:17:52.620
 saying,

00:17:53.440 --> 00:17:53.940
 you do to

00:17:53.940 --> 00:17:55.079
 others as

00:17:55.079 --> 00:17:55.660
 you would

00:17:55.660 --> 00:17:56.279
 want them to

00:17:56.279 --> 00:17:56.700
 do to you.

00:17:56.799 --> 00:17:57.279
 This is a

00:17:57.279 --> 00:17:57.819
 hallmark of

00:17:57.819 --> 00:17:58.339
 my kingdom.

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 I want you to

00:17:59.220 --> 00:17:59.819
 advance my

00:17:59.819 --> 00:18:00.980
 kingdom one

00:18:00.980 --> 00:18:01.660
 golden rule

00:18:01.660 --> 00:18:02.539
 opportunity at a

00:18:02.539 --> 00:18:02.860
 time.

00:18:02.859 --> 00:18:06.539
 now, here's

00:18:06.539 --> 00:18:06.959
 what I'd like

00:18:06.959 --> 00:18:07.199
 you to do

00:18:07.199 --> 00:18:07.699
 this morning.

00:18:09.079 --> 00:18:09.299
 Pick

00:18:09.299 --> 00:18:09.799
 somebody.

00:18:11.319 --> 00:18:11.699
 Pick

00:18:11.699 --> 00:18:12.359
 someone.

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 A person

00:18:13.719 --> 00:18:14.199
 in your

00:18:14.199 --> 00:18:15.279
 life who

00:18:15.279 --> 00:18:16.259
 you know

00:18:16.259 --> 00:18:18.259
 God would

00:18:18.259 --> 00:18:19.039
 want you

00:18:19.039 --> 00:18:20.959
 to pursue

00:18:20.959 --> 00:18:21.599
 the golden

00:18:21.599 --> 00:18:22.339
 rule with.

00:18:23.299 --> 00:18:23.559
 Pick

00:18:23.559 --> 00:18:23.859
 someone.

00:18:26.419 --> 00:18:27.119
 Now, don't

00:18:27.119 --> 00:18:27.799
 make the mistake

00:18:27.799 --> 00:18:28.399
 of thinking that

00:18:28.399 --> 00:18:28.959
 the golden rule,

00:18:29.059 --> 00:18:29.479
 because it

00:18:29.479 --> 00:18:30.619
 concerns others,

00:18:30.619 --> 00:18:32.419
 is just to be

00:18:32.419 --> 00:18:33.239
 limited to kind

00:18:33.239 --> 00:18:34.359
 of a horizontal

00:18:34.359 --> 00:18:35.299
 relationship.

00:18:37.759 --> 00:18:38.659
 We treat

00:18:38.659 --> 00:18:39.699
 others according

00:18:39.699 --> 00:18:40.359
 to the golden

00:18:40.359 --> 00:18:41.819
 rule because

00:18:41.819 --> 00:18:42.879
 Jesus commands

00:18:42.879 --> 00:18:43.099
 it.

00:18:45.799 --> 00:18:46.439
 We love

00:18:46.439 --> 00:18:47.299
 others this

00:18:47.299 --> 00:18:47.979
 way because we

00:18:47.979 --> 00:18:48.559
 love our king

00:18:48.559 --> 00:18:49.119
 and seek to

00:18:49.119 --> 00:18:49.939
 obey all that

00:18:49.939 --> 00:18:50.439
 he commanded.

00:18:52.219 --> 00:18:53.179
 And so, if I

00:18:53.179 --> 00:18:53.619
 were to ask

00:18:53.619 --> 00:18:54.159
 you, well, why

00:18:54.159 --> 00:18:54.719
 would you want

00:18:54.719 --> 00:18:55.379
 to pursue the

00:18:55.379 --> 00:18:56.559
 golden rule with

00:18:56.559 --> 00:18:57.679
 your, this

00:18:57.679 --> 00:18:58.119
 person?

00:18:58.579 --> 00:18:59.059
 And you say,

00:18:59.139 --> 00:18:59.579
 well, you know

00:18:59.579 --> 00:18:59.739
 what?

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 I really would

00:19:00.220 --> 00:19:00.819
 like peace in

00:19:00.819 --> 00:19:01.440
 our relationship.

00:19:02.000 --> 00:19:02.600
 I would say, me

00:19:02.600 --> 00:19:02.819
 too.

00:19:02.920 --> 00:19:03.440
 I hope that's

00:19:03.440 --> 00:19:04.140
 the case, but

00:19:04.140 --> 00:19:06.140
 are there any

00:19:06.140 --> 00:19:06.900
 other reasons why

00:19:06.900 --> 00:19:08.140
 you would pursue

00:19:08.140 --> 00:19:09.160
 the golden rule?

00:19:11.339 --> 00:19:12.079
 And if you were

00:19:12.079 --> 00:19:12.740
 to say something

00:19:12.740 --> 00:19:13.240
 to the extent

00:19:13.240 --> 00:19:13.660
 that, well,

00:19:14.539 --> 00:19:15.559
 ultimately, the

00:19:15.559 --> 00:19:16.779
 reason why I'm

00:19:16.779 --> 00:19:17.400
 going to live

00:19:17.400 --> 00:19:17.980
 according to the

00:19:17.980 --> 00:19:18.620
 golden rule with

00:19:18.620 --> 00:19:20.299
 this person is

00:19:20.299 --> 00:19:21.279
 to please my

00:19:21.279 --> 00:19:24.039
 king, is to

00:19:24.039 --> 00:19:24.900
 obey what he

00:19:24.900 --> 00:19:27.000
 requires, is to

00:19:27.000 --> 00:19:27.759
 do what's good

00:19:27.759 --> 00:19:28.460
 and pleasing in

00:19:28.460 --> 00:19:29.259
 his sight because

00:19:29.259 --> 00:19:30.000
 he commands it

00:19:30.000 --> 00:19:31.460
 out to me, you're

00:19:31.460 --> 00:19:31.720
 in a good

00:19:31.720 --> 00:19:32.019
 spot.

00:19:33.859 --> 00:19:35.839
 Ultimately, the

00:19:35.839 --> 00:19:37.500
 golden rule is

00:19:37.500 --> 00:19:38.339
 something that we

00:19:38.339 --> 00:19:38.819
 obey.

00:19:39.880 --> 00:19:40.779
 We live the

00:19:40.779 --> 00:19:41.660
 golden rule with

00:19:41.660 --> 00:19:43.119
 others in order to

00:19:43.119 --> 00:19:44.700
 obey our king.

00:19:45.359 --> 00:19:47.440
 It's all ultimately

00:19:47.440 --> 00:19:49.140
 about Jesus.

00:19:50.779 --> 00:19:51.500
 These aren't

00:19:51.500 --> 00:19:52.019
 suggestions.

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 This is not a

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 recommendation.

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 This is not a

00:19:55.940 --> 00:19:56.579
 good idea.

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 idea.

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 This is a

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 command.

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 We are to do

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 this to them.

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 We are to treat

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 them as we would

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 want them to

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 treat us.

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 Okay, so I've

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 sought to establish

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 so far that the

00:20:13.139 --> 00:20:14.220
 golden rule is a

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 summary conclusion

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 and that it's a

00:20:16.599 --> 00:20:17.359
 command.

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 It's all about

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 Jesus, but right

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 now you may be

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 asking a question

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 like this.

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 Okay, I buy it,

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 like, okay, I buy

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 it.

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 But come on, let's

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 get down to the

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 nitty-gritty.

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 How am I supposed

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 to do this?

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 Well, the golden

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 rule is a call to

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 use your imagination

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 for the good of

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 others.

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 It's how we do

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 it.

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 The golden rule is

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 technically what's

00:20:51.799 --> 00:20:53.259
 called a conditional

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 clause, which means

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 this.

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 Remember that command,

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 do also to them?

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 It doesn't mean much

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 until you realize what

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 Jesus says right in

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 front of it gives it

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 its meaning.

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 So let's look at

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 verse 12 again.

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 So whatever you wish

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 that others would do

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 to you, do also to

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 them.

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 Do that.

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 Whatever you wish

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 that others would do

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 to you, you do to

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 them.

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 That's what we do.

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 So what does Jesus

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 say?

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 Treat others the way

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 you would want to be

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 treated.

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 Jesus is wanting

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 to use us to

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 bless those people

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 he has placed us

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 among.

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 He wants us to

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 advance his kingdom

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 one relationship at a

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 time by living out

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 the golden rule.

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 Let's take a little

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 bit closer look at

00:21:53.599 --> 00:21:54.720
 what Jesus is saying

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 here.

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 Jesus is saying

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 put yourself in the

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 shoes of other people.

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 Now, you need to

00:22:04.160 --> 00:22:05.200
 realize that in order

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 to do that, people

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 need a reversing of

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 their natural way of

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 thinking.

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 The kingdom of God

00:22:17.859 --> 00:22:18.740
 is all about people.

00:22:20.179 --> 00:22:21.379
 The saving reign of

00:22:21.379 --> 00:22:22.559
 Jesus is all about

00:22:22.559 --> 00:22:23.059
 people.

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 And so it makes, it

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 should not be a

00:22:27.279 --> 00:22:28.299
 surprise to you that

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 the command above all

00:22:30.259 --> 00:22:31.299
 is a command of how

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 we relate to others.

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 Jesus is calling us to

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 a certain way of

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 thinking.

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 A reversing of the

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 natural flow of

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 thinking in a sinner's

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 mind.

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 Naturally, we approach

00:22:48.019 --> 00:22:50.299
 relationships with a

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 kind of earthly

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 thinking that goes

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 like this.

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 Well, what can I get

00:22:55.039 --> 00:22:55.500
 from that?

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 What can I get from

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 her?

00:22:57.819 --> 00:22:58.619
 What can I get from

00:22:58.619 --> 00:22:58.920
 him?

00:22:59.279 --> 00:23:00.039
 What can I get from

00:23:00.039 --> 00:23:00.839
 this situation?

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 But Jesus is

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 commanding a new

00:23:04.319 --> 00:23:05.379
 kingdom approach to

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 relationships that

00:23:06.299 --> 00:23:07.819
 requires a new

00:23:07.819 --> 00:23:08.599
 kingdom way of

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 thinking.

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 And it's not what

00:23:10.519 --> 00:23:11.099
 can I get?

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 It is what can I

00:23:13.359 --> 00:23:13.740
 give?

00:23:14.859 --> 00:23:15.819
 What can I give?

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 I remember my dad

00:23:16.720 --> 00:23:18.119
 telling me when I was

00:23:18.119 --> 00:23:18.940
 a young man, Mike,

00:23:19.019 --> 00:23:19.940
 there are two kinds

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 of people in the

00:23:20.700 --> 00:23:20.980
 world.

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 There are takers and

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 there are givers.

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 You be a giver,

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 Mike.

00:23:27.579 --> 00:23:28.960
 Jesus is saying on a

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 grander scale, as my

00:23:31.340 --> 00:23:33.039
 citizens of my

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 kingdom, we seek to

00:23:35.539 --> 00:23:37.019
 do good to others.

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 We give.

00:23:41.660 --> 00:23:43.120
 Now, in order for

00:23:43.120 --> 00:23:44.100
 this reversing of

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 thinking to take

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 place, it requires a

00:23:47.279 --> 00:23:48.960
 miraculous feat of

00:23:48.960 --> 00:23:50.759
 divine engineering.

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 I'm not sure if you

00:23:53.279 --> 00:23:54.799
 guys know this, but up

00:23:54.799 --> 00:23:56.539
 until 1900, the

00:23:56.539 --> 00:23:58.339
 Chicago River ran

00:23:58.339 --> 00:24:00.159
 through Chicago and

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 emptied into Lake

00:24:02.480 --> 00:24:03.420
 Michigan.

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 And it was causing

00:24:04.500 --> 00:24:05.759
 all sorts of problems

00:24:05.759 --> 00:24:06.659
 for the city of

00:24:06.659 --> 00:24:07.079
 Chicago.

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 And so someone got

00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:08.940
 the great idea, well,

00:24:09.000 --> 00:24:09.599
 why don't we just

00:24:09.599 --> 00:24:10.680
 reverse the flow of

00:24:10.680 --> 00:24:11.019
 the river?

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 So in 1900, through a

00:24:13.859 --> 00:24:15.480
 real miraculous feat

00:24:15.480 --> 00:24:17.039
 of civil engineering,

00:24:17.619 --> 00:24:19.139
 the flow of the

00:24:19.139 --> 00:24:20.139
 Chicago River was

00:24:20.139 --> 00:24:20.619
 reversed.

00:24:21.379 --> 00:24:22.319
 Instead of flowing

00:24:22.319 --> 00:24:24.059
 flowing into Lake

00:24:24.059 --> 00:24:25.980
 Michigan, it flowed

00:24:25.980 --> 00:24:28.500
 out of Lake

00:24:28.500 --> 00:24:29.200
 Michigan.

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 And it had quite

00:24:30.980 --> 00:24:32.000
 the effect.

00:24:33.939 --> 00:24:35.339
 All of us have a

00:24:35.339 --> 00:24:36.659
 default thought

00:24:36.659 --> 00:24:37.159
 flow.

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 A default thought

00:24:40.279 --> 00:24:43.480
 flow that falls

00:24:43.480 --> 00:24:44.759
 into this what can

00:24:44.759 --> 00:24:45.720
 I get kind of

00:24:45.720 --> 00:24:46.059
 thinking.

00:24:47.559 --> 00:24:48.659
 But when a sinner

00:24:48.659 --> 00:24:49.619
 comes to Christ in

00:24:49.619 --> 00:24:50.500
 repentance and faith,

00:24:50.500 --> 00:24:53.160
 God begins a

00:24:53.160 --> 00:24:54.599
 miraculous feat of

00:24:54.599 --> 00:24:56.099
 divine engineering.

00:24:56.519 --> 00:24:57.299
 He begins to

00:24:57.299 --> 00:24:58.740
 reverse the flow of

00:24:58.740 --> 00:24:59.460
 our thoughts from

00:24:59.460 --> 00:25:00.599
 what can I get to

00:25:00.599 --> 00:25:01.619
 what can I give.

00:25:01.920 --> 00:25:02.779
 He radically

00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:04.759
 reorientates our

00:25:04.759 --> 00:25:05.640
 heart from

00:25:05.640 --> 00:25:07.119
 ourselves to

00:25:07.119 --> 00:25:07.680
 Him.

00:25:07.980 --> 00:25:08.579
 And when our

00:25:08.579 --> 00:25:09.539
 hearts are living

00:25:09.539 --> 00:25:10.759
 for Him, we are

00:25:10.759 --> 00:25:11.380
 going to want to do

00:25:11.380 --> 00:25:12.039
 good to our

00:25:12.039 --> 00:25:12.339
 neighbors.

00:25:12.799 --> 00:25:13.960
 When we love God,

00:25:13.960 --> 00:25:15.380
 we will want to

00:25:15.380 --> 00:25:16.640
 love our neighbors.

00:25:17.019 --> 00:25:17.799
 Matthew 22.

00:25:20.500 --> 00:25:21.160
 And that's what

00:25:21.160 --> 00:25:21.920
 Jesus is getting

00:25:21.920 --> 00:25:22.319
 at here.

00:25:24.539 --> 00:25:27.380
 Jesus is calling

00:25:27.380 --> 00:25:29.000
 us to a kingdom

00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:31.380
 way of thinking.

00:25:35.700 --> 00:25:36.700
 This way of

00:25:36.700 --> 00:25:38.299
 thinking begins at

00:25:38.299 --> 00:25:39.920
 our conversions, but

00:25:39.920 --> 00:25:41.160
 then is strengthened

00:25:41.160 --> 00:25:42.740
 day after day,

00:25:43.220 --> 00:25:43.839
 morning after

00:25:43.839 --> 00:25:45.180
 morning, as we

00:25:45.180 --> 00:25:46.599
 seep our minds in

00:25:46.599 --> 00:25:47.880
 God's Word and pray

00:25:47.880 --> 00:25:49.300
 and pray and pray.

00:25:50.300 --> 00:25:51.120
 Hallowed be

00:25:51.120 --> 00:25:51.760
 Your name.

00:25:52.160 --> 00:25:53.180
 Your kingdom come.

00:25:53.540 --> 00:25:54.520
 Your will be done.

00:25:54.680 --> 00:25:56.300
 Oh, Father, I'm

00:25:56.300 --> 00:25:57.420
 asking, I'm

00:25:57.420 --> 00:25:58.460
 seeking, I'm

00:25:58.460 --> 00:25:59.560
 praying, I'm

00:25:59.560 --> 00:26:00.340
 knocking, I'm

00:26:00.340 --> 00:26:01.200
 coming after You,

00:26:01.300 --> 00:26:02.300
 I'm pursuing this.

00:26:02.720 --> 00:26:03.960
 I want to think

00:26:03.960 --> 00:26:05.080
 like a kingdom

00:26:05.080 --> 00:26:05.660
 citizen.

00:26:06.160 --> 00:26:07.160
 I want to love

00:26:07.160 --> 00:26:08.220
 others as You

00:26:08.220 --> 00:26:09.020
 would call me to.

00:26:09.500 --> 00:26:10.380
 Help me, Father,

00:26:10.480 --> 00:26:11.100
 with this.

00:26:11.540 --> 00:26:12.740
 And as we seek

00:26:12.740 --> 00:26:13.580
 Him and trust

00:26:13.580 --> 00:26:15.040
 Him, He

00:26:15.040 --> 00:26:15.660
 strengthens the

00:26:15.660 --> 00:26:15.980
 flow.

00:26:15.980 --> 00:26:18.279
 He gives us the

00:26:18.279 --> 00:26:19.180
 grace we need to

00:26:19.180 --> 00:26:19.819
 live the way He's

00:26:19.819 --> 00:26:20.480
 calling us to

00:26:20.480 --> 00:26:20.759
 live.

00:26:22.700 --> 00:26:23.339
 And so this

00:26:23.339 --> 00:26:25.740
 divine

00:26:25.740 --> 00:26:27.720
 engineering of

00:26:27.720 --> 00:26:29.180
 changing the flow

00:26:29.180 --> 00:26:30.660
 of our thoughts is

00:26:30.660 --> 00:26:32.200
 a work of God

00:26:32.200 --> 00:26:35.240
 radically changes

00:26:35.240 --> 00:26:35.700
 us.

00:26:38.579 --> 00:26:39.519
 Let's take this

00:26:39.519 --> 00:26:40.140
 another step.

00:26:41.319 --> 00:26:42.259
 Now that we've

00:26:42.259 --> 00:26:44.360
 talked about this

00:26:44.360 --> 00:26:45.259
 reversal of our

00:26:45.259 --> 00:26:45.920
 thinking, that we

00:26:45.920 --> 00:26:46.559
 move from thinking

00:26:46.559 --> 00:26:47.240
 of ourselves to

00:26:47.240 --> 00:26:48.440
 thinking of others,

00:26:49.619 --> 00:26:50.420
 then what?

00:26:51.240 --> 00:26:52.779
 How are we to

00:26:52.779 --> 00:26:56.259
 live out the

00:26:56.259 --> 00:26:57.640
 golden rule with

00:26:57.640 --> 00:26:58.359
 others?

00:26:58.500 --> 00:26:59.420
 How are we to

00:26:59.420 --> 00:27:00.960
 do whatever you

00:27:00.960 --> 00:27:01.559
 wish that others

00:27:01.559 --> 00:27:02.119
 would do to you,

00:27:02.220 --> 00:27:02.859
 do also to them?

00:27:02.920 --> 00:27:03.740
 How do we do

00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:04.019
 that?

00:27:05.259 --> 00:27:05.960
 Well, this is where

00:27:05.960 --> 00:27:07.740
 you employ your

00:27:07.740 --> 00:27:09.680
 sanctified imagination.

00:27:11.480 --> 00:27:12.379
 You've got to think

00:27:12.379 --> 00:27:12.759
 different.

00:27:12.759 --> 00:27:14.339
 You've got to think

00:27:14.339 --> 00:27:15.019
 about people

00:27:15.019 --> 00:27:15.480
 different.

00:27:17.680 --> 00:27:18.779
 And here's how it

00:27:18.779 --> 00:27:19.119
 works.

00:27:20.619 --> 00:27:22.160
 When there's this

00:27:22.160 --> 00:27:24.019
 reversing of

00:27:24.019 --> 00:27:26.220
 heart from me

00:27:26.220 --> 00:27:28.039
 to others, we

00:27:28.039 --> 00:27:29.140
 employ our

00:27:29.140 --> 00:27:30.359
 sanctified

00:27:30.359 --> 00:27:32.779
 imagination to

00:27:32.779 --> 00:27:33.720
 put ourselves in the

00:27:33.720 --> 00:27:34.400
 shoes of others.

00:27:34.400 --> 00:27:44.220
 white guy living in

00:27:44.220 --> 00:27:44.720
 Kenosha.

00:27:44.920 --> 00:27:46.040
 It doesn't really

00:27:46.040 --> 00:27:47.220
 take a lot of

00:27:47.220 --> 00:27:48.300
 imagination to do

00:27:48.300 --> 00:27:49.900
 that because it's

00:27:49.900 --> 00:27:50.600
 built into me.

00:27:52.600 --> 00:27:54.380
 But when I'm

00:27:54.380 --> 00:27:55.000
 confronted with

00:27:55.000 --> 00:27:55.500
 someone who's

00:27:55.500 --> 00:27:58.480
 unlike me, who's

00:27:58.480 --> 00:27:59.800
 not a white

00:27:59.799 --> 00:28:01.139
 middle class male,

00:28:02.799 --> 00:28:04.339
 then I'm

00:28:04.339 --> 00:28:05.359
 challenged in my

00:28:05.359 --> 00:28:05.980
 imagination.

00:28:06.980 --> 00:28:07.839
 But I want to

00:28:07.839 --> 00:28:08.240
 imagine.

00:28:09.500 --> 00:28:10.319
 I want to

00:28:10.319 --> 00:28:11.579
 imagine what it's

00:28:11.579 --> 00:28:12.740
 like to grow up in

00:28:12.740 --> 00:28:13.559
 Frank neighborhood

00:28:13.559 --> 00:28:15.240
 as a black male.

00:28:16.180 --> 00:28:16.980
 I want to put

00:28:16.980 --> 00:28:18.680
 myself in his

00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:19.700
 shoes.

00:28:19.700 --> 00:28:23.640
 do unto others

00:28:23.640 --> 00:28:25.140
 as you would

00:28:25.140 --> 00:28:25.620
 have them do

00:28:25.620 --> 00:28:26.180
 unto you.

00:28:30.180 --> 00:28:31.019
 I want to

00:28:31.019 --> 00:28:31.660
 understand.

00:28:32.799 --> 00:28:33.860
 I want to

00:28:33.860 --> 00:28:35.680
 imagine what

00:28:35.680 --> 00:28:37.019
 it is like

00:28:37.019 --> 00:28:39.100
 to live

00:28:39.099 --> 00:28:41.899
 to live

00:28:41.899 --> 00:28:43.179
 under the

00:28:43.179 --> 00:28:44.139
 poverty level.

00:28:46.379 --> 00:28:47.279
 I want to

00:28:47.279 --> 00:28:47.959
 understand what

00:28:47.959 --> 00:28:48.439
 it's like to

00:28:48.439 --> 00:28:49.459
 live as a

00:28:49.459 --> 00:28:50.559
 homeless woman

00:28:50.559 --> 00:28:51.679
 in Kenosha

00:28:51.679 --> 00:28:53.639
 when it's

00:28:53.639 --> 00:28:55.659
 December and

00:28:55.659 --> 00:28:56.240
 the temperature's

00:28:56.240 --> 00:28:56.539
 dropping.

00:28:57.599 --> 00:28:58.379
 I want to

00:28:58.379 --> 00:28:59.359
 understand what

00:28:59.359 --> 00:29:00.519
 it's like to

00:29:00.519 --> 00:29:02.079
 live as a

00:29:02.079 --> 00:29:03.500
 white 30

00:29:03.500 --> 00:29:04.379
 year old mom

00:29:04.379 --> 00:29:05.279
 of three.

00:29:06.779 --> 00:29:07.679
 I want to

00:29:07.679 --> 00:29:08.399
 understand that.

00:29:08.400 --> 00:29:09.380
 I want to

00:29:09.380 --> 00:29:10.280
 put myself in

00:29:10.280 --> 00:29:11.000
 her shoes.

00:29:13.400 --> 00:29:14.200
 That's where

00:29:14.200 --> 00:29:14.820
 your imagination

00:29:14.820 --> 00:29:15.620
 comes in.

00:29:16.620 --> 00:29:17.940
 It is

00:29:17.940 --> 00:29:18.680
 potent.

00:29:19.519 --> 00:29:20.180
 Because when

00:29:20.180 --> 00:29:21.040
 you start putting

00:29:21.040 --> 00:29:21.720
 yourself in the

00:29:21.720 --> 00:29:22.380
 shoes of others,

00:29:22.680 --> 00:29:23.019
 do you know

00:29:23.019 --> 00:29:23.560
 what happens?

00:29:24.080 --> 00:29:25.040
 You begin to

00:29:25.040 --> 00:29:26.140
 dignify that

00:29:26.140 --> 00:29:26.560
 person.

00:29:27.660 --> 00:29:28.320
 You begin to

00:29:28.320 --> 00:29:28.980
 realize, oh,

00:29:29.100 --> 00:29:29.980
 this person is

00:29:29.980 --> 00:29:30.740
 of tremendous

00:29:30.740 --> 00:29:31.840
 worth in God's

00:29:31.840 --> 00:29:32.200
 eyes.

00:29:32.620 --> 00:29:33.280
 They are an

00:29:33.280 --> 00:29:34.340
 image bearer

00:29:34.340 --> 00:29:35.000
 of God

00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:36.180
 regardless of

00:29:36.180 --> 00:29:36.680
 their gender,

00:29:36.940 --> 00:29:37.640
 regardless of

00:29:37.640 --> 00:29:38.220
 their race,

00:29:38.400 --> 00:29:39.720
 their sexual

00:29:39.720 --> 00:29:40.480
 orientation,

00:29:41.019 --> 00:29:41.680
 regardless of

00:29:41.680 --> 00:29:43.160
 their socioeconomic

00:29:43.160 --> 00:29:43.640
 status.

00:29:44.000 --> 00:29:44.600
 They are an

00:29:44.600 --> 00:29:45.440
 image bearer

00:29:45.440 --> 00:29:46.120
 and therefore

00:29:46.120 --> 00:29:46.480
 they have

00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:47.360
 intrinsic worth.

00:29:48.480 --> 00:29:49.440
 And I will

00:29:49.440 --> 00:29:50.780
 dignify them

00:29:50.780 --> 00:29:51.380
 because of

00:29:51.380 --> 00:29:51.680
 that.

00:29:53.680 --> 00:29:54.759
 And so when I

00:29:54.759 --> 00:29:55.320
 start thinking

00:29:55.320 --> 00:29:56.620
 that way and

00:29:56.620 --> 00:29:57.420
 you start thinking

00:29:57.420 --> 00:29:58.019
 that way,

00:29:58.460 --> 00:29:59.100
 we're going

00:29:59.100 --> 00:29:59.620
 golden.

00:29:59.620 --> 00:29:59.759
 Golden.

00:29:59.759 --> 00:30:04.379
 but it doesn't

00:30:04.379 --> 00:30:04.779
 end there.

00:30:05.539 --> 00:30:06.859
 You move from

00:30:06.859 --> 00:30:08.779
 dignifying someone

00:30:08.779 --> 00:30:09.279
 through your

00:30:09.279 --> 00:30:11.240
 imagination to

00:30:11.240 --> 00:30:12.420
 then identifying

00:30:12.420 --> 00:30:13.980
 with someone in

00:30:13.980 --> 00:30:14.680
 your imagination.

00:30:15.960 --> 00:30:17.180
 Oh, what would it

00:30:17.180 --> 00:30:18.920
 be like to grow up

00:30:18.920 --> 00:30:19.900
 in the Wilson

00:30:19.900 --> 00:30:21.059
 neighborhood if I

00:30:21.059 --> 00:30:22.480
 was a 13-year-old

00:30:22.480 --> 00:30:23.980
 black young man?

00:30:24.079 --> 00:30:24.759
 What would that be

00:30:24.759 --> 00:30:25.059
 like?

00:30:25.059 --> 00:30:26.240
 What is it like

00:30:26.240 --> 00:30:26.919
 during the

00:30:26.919 --> 00:30:28.000
 summertime when

00:30:28.000 --> 00:30:28.619
 I'm hanging out

00:30:28.619 --> 00:30:29.279
 with my friends

00:30:29.279 --> 00:30:30.159
 and black and

00:30:30.159 --> 00:30:30.859
 whites are just

00:30:30.859 --> 00:30:31.659
 cruising around

00:30:31.659 --> 00:30:32.139
 our neighborhood

00:30:32.139 --> 00:30:32.720
 all the time?

00:30:32.779 --> 00:30:33.299
 What effect

00:30:33.299 --> 00:30:33.819
 would that have

00:30:33.819 --> 00:30:34.139
 on me?

00:30:35.819 --> 00:30:36.700
 I start to

00:30:36.700 --> 00:30:37.319
 identify.

00:30:39.019 --> 00:30:39.700
 And when I

00:30:39.700 --> 00:30:40.599
 start to identify

00:30:40.599 --> 00:30:41.279
 with someone,

00:30:41.799 --> 00:30:43.059
 I begin to

00:30:43.059 --> 00:30:44.220
 empathize with

00:30:44.220 --> 00:30:44.460
 them.

00:30:44.460 --> 00:30:47.180
 I start to

00:30:47.180 --> 00:30:48.500
 feel for them.

00:30:48.819 --> 00:30:49.559
 I'm moved

00:30:49.559 --> 00:30:50.480
 by that.

00:30:53.279 --> 00:30:53.920
 Dignify.

00:30:55.460 --> 00:30:56.059
 Identify.

00:30:57.740 --> 00:30:58.380
 Empathize.

00:30:59.039 --> 00:31:01.920
 D-I-E.

00:31:02.920 --> 00:31:03.559
 Dignify.

00:31:04.620 --> 00:31:05.259
 Identify.

00:31:06.180 --> 00:31:06.799
 Empathize.

00:31:06.900 --> 00:31:07.660
 In order for

00:31:07.660 --> 00:31:08.759
 me to get

00:31:08.759 --> 00:31:09.720
 outside of

00:31:09.720 --> 00:31:10.220
 myself,

00:31:10.440 --> 00:31:10.920
 I've got to

00:31:10.920 --> 00:31:11.620
 die to

00:31:11.620 --> 00:31:12.039
 myself.

00:31:12.039 --> 00:31:14.279
 I've got to

00:31:14.279 --> 00:31:14.839
 dignify.

00:31:15.000 --> 00:31:15.259
 I've got to

00:31:15.259 --> 00:31:15.740
 identify.

00:31:16.240 --> 00:31:16.639
 I've got to

00:31:16.639 --> 00:31:17.240
 empathize.

00:31:17.500 --> 00:31:18.099
 And when that

00:31:18.099 --> 00:31:18.799
 falls into

00:31:18.799 --> 00:31:19.420
 place,

00:31:20.399 --> 00:31:21.779
 that compassion

00:31:21.779 --> 00:31:23.980
 compels me

00:31:23.980 --> 00:31:25.519
 to do

00:31:25.519 --> 00:31:27.059
 also to

00:31:27.059 --> 00:31:27.859
 them.

00:31:30.599 --> 00:31:31.460
 It drives

00:31:31.460 --> 00:31:31.700
 me.

00:31:35.559 --> 00:31:36.339
 This just

00:31:36.339 --> 00:31:37.220
 doesn't happen

00:31:37.220 --> 00:31:38.220
 when you're

00:31:38.220 --> 00:31:38.599
 eating your

00:31:38.599 --> 00:31:39.139
 cereal in the

00:31:39.139 --> 00:31:39.339
 morning.

00:31:41.180 --> 00:31:41.879
 You've got to

00:31:41.880 --> 00:31:42.140
 give this

00:31:42.140 --> 00:31:42.680
 stuff time.

00:31:43.840 --> 00:31:44.220
 You've got to

00:31:44.220 --> 00:31:44.880
 actually let

00:31:44.880 --> 00:31:46.520
 yourself enter

00:31:46.520 --> 00:31:47.720
 into somebody's

00:31:47.720 --> 00:31:48.500
 else experience.

00:31:50.200 --> 00:31:50.700
 You've got to

00:31:50.700 --> 00:31:51.360
 be thoughtful,

00:31:52.300 --> 00:31:52.780
 intentional.

00:31:53.840 --> 00:31:54.460
 You may not

00:31:54.460 --> 00:31:55.380
 want to feel

00:31:55.380 --> 00:31:57.220
 what you will

00:31:57.220 --> 00:31:59.980
 feel, but you

00:31:59.980 --> 00:32:00.660
 step in.

00:32:02.760 --> 00:32:03.840
 You, by faith,

00:32:03.980 --> 00:32:04.480
 Lord Jesus,

00:32:04.600 --> 00:32:05.020
 help me to

00:32:05.020 --> 00:32:05.620
 identify.

00:32:09.620 --> 00:32:10.420
 Jesus isn't

00:32:10.420 --> 00:32:11.060
 calling us to

00:32:11.059 --> 00:32:11.539
 something here

00:32:11.539 --> 00:32:11.559
 something here

00:32:11.559 --> 00:32:11.879
 that he

00:32:11.879 --> 00:32:12.940
 himself didn't

00:32:12.940 --> 00:32:13.200
 do.

00:32:14.200 --> 00:32:14.779
 If there's

00:32:14.779 --> 00:32:15.259
 anybody that

00:32:15.259 --> 00:32:15.539
 lived the

00:32:15.539 --> 00:32:15.980
 golden rule,

00:32:16.119 --> 00:32:16.679
 it's him.

00:32:18.519 --> 00:32:20.319
 He dignified

00:32:20.319 --> 00:32:20.919
 us.

00:32:21.399 --> 00:32:21.679
 Were we

00:32:21.679 --> 00:32:21.980
 sinners?

00:32:22.539 --> 00:32:23.099
 Oh, yeah.

00:32:23.720 --> 00:32:24.059
 Would that

00:32:24.059 --> 00:32:24.579
 stop him from

00:32:24.579 --> 00:32:25.119
 doing something?

00:32:25.279 --> 00:32:25.779
 No.

00:32:26.859 --> 00:32:27.539
 We were

00:32:27.539 --> 00:32:28.559
 valuable in his

00:32:28.559 --> 00:32:29.539
 eyes because we

00:32:29.539 --> 00:32:30.339
 are his image

00:32:30.339 --> 00:32:31.000
 bearers.

00:32:31.000 --> 00:32:32.000
 God's

00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:32.259
 eyes.

00:32:32.259 --> 00:32:33.000
 He

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:34.359
 and he

00:32:34.359 --> 00:32:35.480
 actually

00:32:35.480 --> 00:32:36.980
 stepped into

00:32:36.980 --> 00:32:37.980
 our shoes

00:32:37.980 --> 00:32:39.099
 by becoming

00:32:39.099 --> 00:32:39.579
 a man.

00:32:43.380 --> 00:32:44.380
 Dignified.

00:32:44.640 --> 00:32:45.660
 He identified

00:32:45.660 --> 00:32:46.740
 with us.

00:32:47.259 --> 00:32:47.980
 He walked

00:32:47.980 --> 00:32:49.019
 this planet

00:32:49.019 --> 00:32:50.099
 for 33

00:32:50.099 --> 00:32:50.960
 years.

00:32:52.220 --> 00:32:52.880
 He knows

00:32:52.880 --> 00:32:53.500
 everything that

00:32:53.500 --> 00:32:54.319
 we've experienced

00:32:54.319 --> 00:32:54.900
 firsthand.

00:32:55.599 --> 00:32:56.220
 He is a

00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:57.140
 sympathetic high

00:32:57.140 --> 00:32:57.619
 priest.

00:32:57.619 --> 00:32:57.759
 priest.

00:32:58.959 --> 00:33:00.399
 He empathizes

00:33:00.399 --> 00:33:01.119
 with us.

00:33:01.439 --> 00:33:02.000
 Remember at the

00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:02.539
 end of Matthew

00:33:02.539 --> 00:33:03.319
 9, Jesus is

00:33:03.319 --> 00:33:03.979
 walking around

00:33:03.979 --> 00:33:04.939
 and he sees

00:33:04.939 --> 00:33:05.779
 these people

00:33:05.779 --> 00:33:06.719
 who are harassed

00:33:06.719 --> 00:33:07.119
 and helpless

00:33:07.119 --> 00:33:07.579
 like sheep

00:33:07.579 --> 00:33:07.959
 without a

00:33:07.959 --> 00:33:08.799
 shepherd and

00:33:08.799 --> 00:33:09.739
 he out of

00:33:09.739 --> 00:33:11.399
 compassion moves.

00:33:13.899 --> 00:33:14.639
 He had

00:33:14.639 --> 00:33:15.319
 compassion on

00:33:15.319 --> 00:33:15.479
 them.

00:33:17.259 --> 00:33:18.139
 Where did that

00:33:18.139 --> 00:33:18.359
 go?

00:33:19.159 --> 00:33:20.039
 Oh, he died.

00:33:21.399 --> 00:33:22.599
 He went all

00:33:22.599 --> 00:33:24.000
 the way for

00:33:24.000 --> 00:33:24.359
 us.

00:33:24.359 --> 00:33:25.679
 He lived

00:33:25.679 --> 00:33:27.019
 out the

00:33:27.019 --> 00:33:27.719
 golden rule

00:33:27.719 --> 00:33:28.519
 on a

00:33:28.519 --> 00:33:29.159
 blood red

00:33:29.159 --> 00:33:29.839
 cross

00:33:29.839 --> 00:33:34.359
 for us.

00:33:36.299 --> 00:33:37.359
 We've got a

00:33:37.359 --> 00:33:38.259
 king who's

00:33:38.259 --> 00:33:38.839
 walked it.

00:33:40.259 --> 00:33:41.240
 He's calling

00:33:41.240 --> 00:33:41.959
 us to something

00:33:41.959 --> 00:33:42.899
 he himself has

00:33:42.899 --> 00:33:43.240
 done.

00:33:44.240 --> 00:33:45.240
 He knows

00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:46.000
 the golden

00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:47.079
 rule firsthand.

00:33:48.299 --> 00:33:49.019
 In fact,

00:33:49.379 --> 00:33:49.959
 you are here

00:33:49.959 --> 00:33:50.539
 this morning

00:33:50.539 --> 00:33:52.659
 because he

00:33:52.659 --> 00:33:53.359
 lived the

00:33:53.359 --> 00:33:53.939
 golden rule

00:33:53.939 --> 00:33:54.939
 towards you.

00:33:59.719 --> 00:34:00.439
 Another way

00:34:00.439 --> 00:34:01.539
 you can sum

00:34:01.539 --> 00:34:01.899
 up the

00:34:01.899 --> 00:34:02.519
 golden rule

00:34:02.519 --> 00:34:03.500
 to do

00:34:03.500 --> 00:34:04.139
 unto others

00:34:04.139 --> 00:34:04.500
 as you

00:34:04.500 --> 00:34:04.839
 would have

00:34:04.839 --> 00:34:05.119
 them do

00:34:05.119 --> 00:34:05.539
 unto you

00:34:05.539 --> 00:34:06.019
 is to

00:34:06.019 --> 00:34:06.579
 love your

00:34:06.579 --> 00:34:07.199
 neighbor as

00:34:07.199 --> 00:34:07.740
 yourself.

00:34:12.500 --> 00:34:13.059
 Now,

00:34:13.619 --> 00:34:14.239
 we talked

00:34:14.239 --> 00:34:15.420
 about this

00:34:15.420 --> 00:34:16.519
 call to use

00:34:16.519 --> 00:34:17.380
 our imagination

00:34:17.380 --> 00:34:18.859
 for the good

00:34:18.859 --> 00:34:19.319
 of others.

00:34:19.519 --> 00:34:20.339
 It is a

00:34:20.339 --> 00:34:22.179
 God glorifying

00:34:22.179 --> 00:34:22.699
 good.

00:34:24.699 --> 00:34:25.440
 But I've got

00:34:25.440 --> 00:34:25.899
 to be honest

00:34:25.899 --> 00:34:26.139
 with you

00:34:26.139 --> 00:34:26.719
 about something.

00:34:29.759 --> 00:34:30.440
 There's no

00:34:30.440 --> 00:34:31.779
 promise of

00:34:31.779 --> 00:34:32.659
 reciprocity.

00:34:33.739 --> 00:34:34.319
 There's no

00:34:34.319 --> 00:34:34.940
 promise when

00:34:34.940 --> 00:34:35.460
 you move

00:34:35.460 --> 00:34:36.179
 towards someone

00:34:36.179 --> 00:34:36.699
 out of a

00:34:36.699 --> 00:34:37.139
 heart to

00:34:37.139 --> 00:34:37.559
 obey the

00:34:37.559 --> 00:34:38.119
 golden rule

00:34:38.119 --> 00:34:38.980
 that it's

00:34:38.980 --> 00:34:39.159
 going to

00:34:39.159 --> 00:34:39.799
 come back

00:34:39.799 --> 00:34:40.419
 at you

00:34:40.419 --> 00:34:40.659
 in the

00:34:40.659 --> 00:34:41.159
 same way.

00:34:42.440 --> 00:34:42.940
 Jesus

00:34:42.940 --> 00:34:43.940
 isn't saying

00:34:43.940 --> 00:34:44.339
 here,

00:34:44.799 --> 00:34:44.960
 hey,

00:34:45.159 --> 00:34:46.419
 you scratch

00:34:46.419 --> 00:34:47.159
 their back,

00:34:47.279 --> 00:34:48.019
 they'll scratch

00:34:48.019 --> 00:34:48.440
 yours.

00:34:48.659 --> 00:34:49.239
 He's not

00:34:49.239 --> 00:34:50.000
 saying that.

00:34:50.000 --> 00:34:51.840
 This isn't

00:34:51.840 --> 00:34:52.360
 some kind

00:34:52.360 --> 00:34:53.760
 of utilitarian

00:34:53.760 --> 00:34:55.380
 social engineering

00:34:55.380 --> 00:34:55.940
 Jesus has

00:34:55.940 --> 00:34:56.360
 got going

00:34:56.360 --> 00:34:56.760
 on here.

00:34:58.260 --> 00:34:58.480
 No,

00:34:58.559 --> 00:34:59.139
 he says

00:34:59.139 --> 00:34:59.460
 this.

00:34:59.719 --> 00:35:00.039
 He says,

00:35:00.039 --> 00:35:01.460
 you love

00:35:01.460 --> 00:35:02.119
 these people,

00:35:02.480 --> 00:35:02.780
 you put

00:35:02.780 --> 00:35:04.119
 yourself in

00:35:04.119 --> 00:35:04.960
 their shoes,

00:35:05.199 --> 00:35:05.719
 you feel

00:35:05.719 --> 00:35:06.179
 what they're

00:35:06.179 --> 00:35:06.780
 feeling,

00:35:07.019 --> 00:35:07.320
 and you

00:35:07.320 --> 00:35:07.860
 move to

00:35:07.860 --> 00:35:08.019
 them,

00:35:08.079 --> 00:35:08.340
 you do

00:35:08.340 --> 00:35:08.880
 good to

00:35:08.880 --> 00:35:09.219
 them,

00:35:09.739 --> 00:35:10.760
 without

00:35:10.760 --> 00:35:11.940
 expecting

00:35:11.940 --> 00:35:12.860
 anything

00:35:12.860 --> 00:35:13.659
 back.

00:35:13.659 --> 00:35:24.859
 let me

00:35:24.859 --> 00:35:25.199
 ask you

00:35:25.199 --> 00:35:25.599
 a question.

00:35:27.279 --> 00:35:27.940
 When you

00:35:27.940 --> 00:35:28.500
 start using

00:35:28.500 --> 00:35:29.059
 your imagination

00:35:29.059 --> 00:35:30.019
 this way out

00:35:30.019 --> 00:35:30.480
 of obedience

00:35:30.480 --> 00:35:30.920
 to your

00:35:30.920 --> 00:35:31.259
 king,

00:35:31.940 --> 00:35:32.199
 you start

00:35:32.199 --> 00:35:32.599
 approaching

00:35:32.599 --> 00:35:33.359
 people this

00:35:33.359 --> 00:35:33.920
 way in

00:35:33.920 --> 00:35:34.199
 order to

00:35:34.199 --> 00:35:34.539
 advance

00:35:34.539 --> 00:35:35.019
 his kingdom,

00:35:36.039 --> 00:35:37.480
 why would

00:35:37.480 --> 00:35:37.759
 you do

00:35:37.759 --> 00:35:38.139
 this?

00:35:39.639 --> 00:35:41.359
 Why would

00:35:41.359 --> 00:35:42.359
 you put

00:35:42.359 --> 00:35:43.099
 yourself in

00:35:43.099 --> 00:35:43.819
 someone else's

00:35:43.819 --> 00:35:45.119
 shoes if

00:35:45.119 --> 00:35:45.480
 you have

00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:46.400
 no personal

00:35:46.400 --> 00:35:47.059
 gain from

00:35:47.059 --> 00:35:47.219
 it?

00:35:48.019 --> 00:35:48.599
 Why would

00:35:48.599 --> 00:35:49.199
 you pursue

00:35:49.199 --> 00:35:50.480
 someone without

00:35:50.480 --> 00:35:51.420
 any promise

00:35:51.420 --> 00:35:53.259
 of benefit?

00:35:53.260 --> 00:35:53.340
 it?

00:35:55.680 --> 00:35:55.920
 Well,

00:35:56.040 --> 00:35:56.620
 earlier I

00:35:56.620 --> 00:35:56.940
 made the

00:35:56.940 --> 00:35:57.180
 case,

00:35:57.300 --> 00:35:57.380
 well,

00:35:57.420 --> 00:35:57.640
 it's a

00:35:57.640 --> 00:35:57.980
 command,

00:35:58.100 --> 00:35:58.440
 you obey

00:35:58.440 --> 00:35:58.920
 Jesus,

00:35:59.080 --> 00:35:59.320
 that's

00:35:59.320 --> 00:35:59.580
 enough.

00:36:02.460 --> 00:36:02.860
 But

00:36:02.860 --> 00:36:03.220
 Jesus

00:36:03.220 --> 00:36:04.100
 doesn't

00:36:04.100 --> 00:36:04.540
 limit it

00:36:04.540 --> 00:36:04.900
 there.

00:36:05.560 --> 00:36:05.900
 Look what

00:36:05.900 --> 00:36:06.320
 he says.

00:36:07.800 --> 00:36:08.200
 So

00:36:08.200 --> 00:36:08.640
 whatever you

00:36:08.640 --> 00:36:09.000
 wish that

00:36:09.000 --> 00:36:09.460
 others would

00:36:09.460 --> 00:36:09.720
 do to

00:36:09.720 --> 00:36:09.860
 you,

00:36:09.960 --> 00:36:10.320
 do also

00:36:10.320 --> 00:36:10.700
 to them

00:36:10.700 --> 00:36:11.620
 for,

00:36:12.280 --> 00:36:12.620
 means

00:36:12.620 --> 00:36:13.080
 reason,

00:36:13.620 --> 00:36:14.460
 for this

00:36:14.460 --> 00:36:15.740
 is the

00:36:15.740 --> 00:36:16.160
 law

00:36:16.160 --> 00:36:17.380
 and the

00:36:17.380 --> 00:36:17.840
 prophets.

00:36:17.840 --> 00:36:18.039
 prophets.

00:36:20.559 --> 00:36:21.360
 The golden

00:36:21.360 --> 00:36:24.460
 rule fulfills

00:36:24.460 --> 00:36:25.440
 the law

00:36:25.440 --> 00:36:25.660
 and the

00:36:25.660 --> 00:36:25.980
 prophets.

00:36:26.320 --> 00:36:26.480
 It

00:36:26.480 --> 00:36:28.120
 completes the

00:36:28.120 --> 00:36:28.500
 law and

00:36:28.500 --> 00:36:28.920
 the prophets.

00:36:29.059 --> 00:36:29.579
 Not only does

00:36:29.579 --> 00:36:29.940
 the golden

00:36:29.940 --> 00:36:30.640
 rule conclude

00:36:30.640 --> 00:36:31.140
 the sermon,

00:36:31.519 --> 00:36:32.220
 not only is

00:36:32.220 --> 00:36:32.820
 it a command,

00:36:33.220 --> 00:36:33.820
 not only is

00:36:33.820 --> 00:36:34.720
 it a call to

00:36:34.720 --> 00:36:35.300
 use our

00:36:35.300 --> 00:36:36.019
 sanctified

00:36:36.019 --> 00:36:37.100
 imaginations

00:36:37.100 --> 00:36:38.100
 for other

00:36:38.100 --> 00:36:39.079
 people's goods,

00:36:39.440 --> 00:36:40.600
 it fulfills

00:36:40.600 --> 00:36:41.400
 the law

00:36:41.400 --> 00:36:42.120
 and the

00:36:42.120 --> 00:36:42.480
 prophets.

00:36:42.480 --> 00:36:42.679
 prophets.

00:36:44.579 --> 00:36:45.240
 In other

00:36:45.240 --> 00:36:45.539
 words,

00:36:45.860 --> 00:36:47.219
 it's a

00:36:47.219 --> 00:36:48.400
 summary of

00:36:48.400 --> 00:36:49.440
 all of

00:36:49.440 --> 00:36:49.780
 God's

00:36:49.780 --> 00:36:50.880
 will revealed

00:36:50.880 --> 00:36:51.139
 in the

00:36:51.139 --> 00:36:51.639
 Old Testament.

00:36:54.099 --> 00:36:54.679
 Let me

00:36:54.679 --> 00:36:55.340
 remind you of

00:36:55.340 --> 00:36:55.960
 Jesus' opening

00:36:55.960 --> 00:36:56.539
 words at the

00:36:56.539 --> 00:36:56.980
 body of

00:36:56.980 --> 00:36:57.360
 his sermon

00:36:57.360 --> 00:36:57.840
 in Matthew

00:36:57.840 --> 00:36:58.219
 5,

00:36:58.280 --> 00:36:58.659
 17.

00:36:59.000 --> 00:36:59.300
 Would you

00:36:59.300 --> 00:36:59.619
 turn there

00:36:59.619 --> 00:36:59.960
 with me?

00:37:03.679 --> 00:37:04.159
 Jesus

00:37:04.159 --> 00:37:04.460
 says,

00:37:04.519 --> 00:37:04.800
 Do not

00:37:04.800 --> 00:37:05.199
 think that

00:37:05.199 --> 00:37:05.420
 I have

00:37:05.420 --> 00:37:05.820
 come to

00:37:05.820 --> 00:37:06.300
 abolish

00:37:06.300 --> 00:37:06.659
 the law

00:37:06.659 --> 00:37:06.900
 or the

00:37:06.900 --> 00:37:07.240
 prophets.

00:37:07.420 --> 00:37:07.719
 I have

00:37:07.719 --> 00:37:08.240
 not come

00:37:08.240 --> 00:37:08.860
 to abolish

00:37:08.860 --> 00:37:09.039
 them,

00:37:09.119 --> 00:37:09.460
 but to

00:37:09.460 --> 00:37:09.960
 fulfill

00:37:09.960 --> 00:37:10.340
 them.

00:37:10.940 --> 00:37:11.139
 For

00:37:11.139 --> 00:37:11.639
 truly I

00:37:11.639 --> 00:37:12.039
 say to

00:37:12.039 --> 00:37:12.320
 you,

00:37:12.320 --> 00:37:12.700
 until

00:37:12.700 --> 00:37:13.140
 heaven and

00:37:13.140 --> 00:37:13.300
 earth

00:37:13.300 --> 00:37:13.960
 pass away,

00:37:14.240 --> 00:37:14.720
 not one

00:37:14.720 --> 00:37:15.039
 iota,

00:37:15.160 --> 00:37:15.440
 not a

00:37:15.440 --> 00:37:15.660
 dot,

00:37:15.720 --> 00:37:16.160
 will pass

00:37:16.160 --> 00:37:16.460
 from the

00:37:16.460 --> 00:37:16.960
 law until

00:37:16.960 --> 00:37:18.080
 all is

00:37:18.080 --> 00:37:18.600
 accomplished.

00:37:20.400 --> 00:37:20.840
 Jesus

00:37:20.840 --> 00:37:21.559
 came to

00:37:21.559 --> 00:37:22.340
 fulfill the

00:37:22.340 --> 00:37:22.660
 law and

00:37:22.660 --> 00:37:23.120
 the prophets.

00:37:23.500 --> 00:37:23.960
 And we

00:37:23.960 --> 00:37:24.460
 can ask the

00:37:24.460 --> 00:37:24.860
 question,

00:37:25.220 --> 00:37:25.600
 well how did

00:37:25.600 --> 00:37:25.800
 you do

00:37:25.800 --> 00:37:26.080
 that,

00:37:26.180 --> 00:37:26.360
 Jesus?

00:37:26.660 --> 00:37:27.039
 And there

00:37:27.039 --> 00:37:27.380
 are three

00:37:27.380 --> 00:37:27.800
 ways he

00:37:27.800 --> 00:37:28.080
 did it.

00:37:28.180 --> 00:37:28.400
 First

00:37:28.400 --> 00:37:28.720
 one is

00:37:28.720 --> 00:37:28.960
 this.

00:37:29.220 --> 00:37:29.380
 He

00:37:29.380 --> 00:37:29.720
 fulfilled

00:37:29.720 --> 00:37:29.940
 the

00:37:29.940 --> 00:37:30.559
 prophecies

00:37:30.559 --> 00:37:30.820
 in the

00:37:30.820 --> 00:37:31.620
 prophets

00:37:31.620 --> 00:37:32.519
 about the

00:37:32.519 --> 00:37:32.840
 coming

00:37:32.840 --> 00:37:33.380
 Messiah.

00:37:34.860 --> 00:37:35.160
 This

00:37:35.160 --> 00:37:35.800
 child

00:37:35.800 --> 00:37:36.380
 born to

00:37:36.380 --> 00:37:36.840
 us,

00:37:37.500 --> 00:37:37.780
 whose

00:37:37.780 --> 00:37:38.420
 government

00:37:38.420 --> 00:37:38.800
 would be

00:37:38.800 --> 00:37:39.180
 on his

00:37:39.180 --> 00:37:39.580
 shoulders,

00:37:40.140 --> 00:37:41.059
 that his

00:37:41.059 --> 00:37:41.780
 reign would

00:37:41.780 --> 00:37:42.240
 never end,

00:37:42.239 --> 00:37:42.500
 he would

00:37:42.500 --> 00:37:42.959
 sit on the

00:37:42.959 --> 00:37:43.299
 throne of

00:37:43.299 --> 00:37:43.759
 David.

00:37:44.979 --> 00:37:45.319
 Isaiah

00:37:45.319 --> 00:37:45.919
 9, 6,

00:37:45.979 --> 00:37:46.339
 and 7,

00:37:46.439 --> 00:37:46.799
 that's

00:37:46.799 --> 00:37:47.399
 talking about

00:37:47.399 --> 00:37:47.799
 Jesus.

00:37:48.500 --> 00:37:48.819
 And he

00:37:48.819 --> 00:37:49.379
 fulfilled it.

00:37:50.079 --> 00:37:50.739
 He fulfilled

00:37:50.739 --> 00:37:51.199
 the law and

00:37:51.199 --> 00:37:51.679
 the prophets

00:37:51.679 --> 00:37:52.919
 by being the

00:37:52.919 --> 00:37:53.459
 Messiah.

00:37:54.479 --> 00:37:55.000
 That's one

00:37:55.000 --> 00:37:55.299
 way.

00:37:55.679 --> 00:37:56.279
 Another way that

00:37:56.279 --> 00:37:56.899
 he fulfilled the

00:37:56.899 --> 00:37:57.219
 law and the

00:37:57.219 --> 00:37:58.379
 prophets is in

00:37:58.379 --> 00:37:59.219
 his teaching.

00:38:00.899 --> 00:38:01.199
 He

00:38:01.199 --> 00:38:03.000
 clarified the

00:38:03.000 --> 00:38:03.659
 true meaning

00:38:03.659 --> 00:38:05.000
 of the law

00:38:05.000 --> 00:38:05.219
 and the

00:38:05.219 --> 00:38:05.539
 prophets.

00:38:05.759 --> 00:38:06.259
 That's what

00:38:06.259 --> 00:38:07.039
 Matthew 6,

00:38:07.359 --> 00:38:07.979
 you've heard that

00:38:07.980 --> 00:38:08.179
 I would

00:38:08.179 --> 00:38:08.539
 said,

00:38:08.699 --> 00:38:09.119
 but I

00:38:09.119 --> 00:38:09.519
 say to

00:38:09.519 --> 00:38:10.280
 you six

00:38:10.280 --> 00:38:10.900
 times over

00:38:10.900 --> 00:38:11.260
 again.

00:38:12.860 --> 00:38:13.659
 He is

00:38:13.659 --> 00:38:14.420
 fulfilling the

00:38:14.420 --> 00:38:15.099
 true meaning

00:38:15.099 --> 00:38:16.000
 of the law

00:38:16.000 --> 00:38:16.199
 and the

00:38:16.199 --> 00:38:16.519
 prophets.

00:38:18.619 --> 00:38:19.500
 And finally,

00:38:19.599 --> 00:38:20.099
 he fulfilled

00:38:20.099 --> 00:38:20.599
 all the

00:38:20.599 --> 00:38:21.639
 requirements of

00:38:21.639 --> 00:38:21.980
 the law and

00:38:21.980 --> 00:38:22.380
 the prophets

00:38:22.380 --> 00:38:23.780
 by living a

00:38:23.780 --> 00:38:24.300
 perfect,

00:38:24.820 --> 00:38:25.320
 sinless

00:38:25.320 --> 00:38:26.380
 life.

00:38:27.539 --> 00:38:27.980
 He

00:38:27.980 --> 00:38:29.340
 lived out

00:38:29.340 --> 00:38:30.139
 what he

00:38:30.139 --> 00:38:31.079
 laid out

00:38:31.079 --> 00:38:31.679
 in the

00:38:31.679 --> 00:38:32.139
 Sermon on

00:38:32.139 --> 00:38:32.539
 the Mount.

00:38:33.880 --> 00:38:34.219
 Jesus

00:38:34.219 --> 00:38:34.840
 fulfilled the

00:38:34.840 --> 00:38:35.500
 law and the

00:38:35.500 --> 00:38:36.500
 prophets by

00:38:36.500 --> 00:38:37.280
 obeying the

00:38:37.280 --> 00:38:37.980
 true meaning

00:38:37.980 --> 00:38:38.539
 of the law

00:38:38.539 --> 00:38:39.119
 and prophets

00:38:39.119 --> 00:38:40.699
 every moment

00:38:40.699 --> 00:38:42.019
 of every

00:38:42.019 --> 00:38:42.679
 day,

00:38:42.900 --> 00:38:43.559
 of every

00:38:43.559 --> 00:38:44.019
 week,

00:38:44.099 --> 00:38:44.639
 of every

00:38:44.639 --> 00:38:45.199
 year of

00:38:45.199 --> 00:38:45.699
 his 33

00:38:45.699 --> 00:38:46.320
 years.

00:38:47.179 --> 00:38:47.820
 Perfectly.

00:38:49.559 --> 00:38:50.320
 Here's what

00:38:50.320 --> 00:38:50.860
 this means.

00:38:52.260 --> 00:38:53.699
 Jesus is the

00:38:53.699 --> 00:38:54.539
 golden rule

00:38:54.539 --> 00:38:55.579
 incarnate.

00:38:56.380 --> 00:38:56.760
 That's what

00:38:56.760 --> 00:38:57.340
 that means.

00:38:58.360 --> 00:38:58.820
 He lived

00:38:58.820 --> 00:38:59.219
 it out.

00:39:04.219 --> 00:39:05.199
 Jesus not

00:39:05.199 --> 00:39:05.840
 just commanded

00:39:05.840 --> 00:39:06.099
 it.

00:39:06.500 --> 00:39:06.800
 He did.

00:39:07.980 --> 00:39:08.559
 He didn't

00:39:08.559 --> 00:39:09.239
 just model

00:39:09.239 --> 00:39:09.480
 it.

00:39:09.980 --> 00:39:10.260
 He did

00:39:10.260 --> 00:39:10.539
 that.

00:39:11.900 --> 00:39:12.340
 Jesus,

00:39:12.659 --> 00:39:13.139
 by dying

00:39:13.139 --> 00:39:13.440
 on the

00:39:13.440 --> 00:39:13.960
 cross,

00:39:14.679 --> 00:39:15.199
 the golden

00:39:15.199 --> 00:39:15.920
 rule on

00:39:15.920 --> 00:39:16.260
 the blood

00:39:16.260 --> 00:39:17.019
 red cross,

00:39:17.760 --> 00:39:18.340
 by dying

00:39:18.340 --> 00:39:18.559
 on the

00:39:18.559 --> 00:39:19.000
 cross for

00:39:19.000 --> 00:39:19.400
 us,

00:39:19.800 --> 00:39:20.760
 he makes

00:39:20.760 --> 00:39:21.300
 the golden

00:39:21.300 --> 00:39:23.019
 rule possible

00:39:23.019 --> 00:39:24.199
 for us to

00:39:24.199 --> 00:39:25.420
 actually live.

00:39:26.639 --> 00:39:27.440
 As new

00:39:27.440 --> 00:39:28.219
 creations,

00:39:29.099 --> 00:39:29.940
 born of the

00:39:29.940 --> 00:39:30.340
 spirit,

00:39:31.340 --> 00:39:32.280
 we are now

00:39:32.280 --> 00:39:33.559
 able to live

00:39:33.559 --> 00:39:34.360
 out the

00:39:34.360 --> 00:39:35.000
 golden rule.

00:39:35.000 --> 00:39:36.139
 and not

00:39:36.139 --> 00:39:36.519
 only are we

00:39:36.519 --> 00:39:37.260
 able to,

00:39:37.860 --> 00:39:39.079
 he commands

00:39:39.079 --> 00:39:39.380
 it.

00:39:40.380 --> 00:39:41.320
 He calls

00:39:41.320 --> 00:39:42.559
 us to

00:39:42.559 --> 00:39:42.840
 it.

00:39:45.059 --> 00:39:45.699
 So,

00:39:45.780 --> 00:39:46.059
 Jesus,

00:39:46.539 --> 00:39:47.980
 the Messiah,

00:39:48.800 --> 00:39:49.699
 fulfills the

00:39:49.699 --> 00:39:50.019
 law and the

00:39:50.019 --> 00:39:50.340
 prophets.

00:39:50.599 --> 00:39:51.159
 Jesus, the

00:39:51.159 --> 00:39:51.619
 teacher,

00:39:51.880 --> 00:39:52.380
 fulfills the

00:39:52.380 --> 00:39:52.760
 law and the

00:39:52.760 --> 00:39:53.079
 prophets.

00:39:53.579 --> 00:39:54.320
 And Jesus,

00:39:54.800 --> 00:39:55.679
 the perfect

00:39:55.679 --> 00:39:56.679
 human,

00:39:57.260 --> 00:39:58.380
 fulfills the

00:39:58.380 --> 00:39:59.300
 law and the

00:39:59.300 --> 00:39:59.659
 prophets.

00:39:59.659 --> 00:39:59.779
 prophets.

00:40:00.139 --> 00:40:00.639
 And he did

00:40:00.639 --> 00:40:01.799
 it all so

00:40:01.799 --> 00:40:02.659
 that we

00:40:02.659 --> 00:40:03.819
 could live

00:40:03.819 --> 00:40:04.819
 out the

00:40:04.819 --> 00:40:05.399
 golden rule

00:40:05.399 --> 00:40:06.619
 with others.

00:40:07.399 --> 00:40:08.059
 And when we

00:40:08.059 --> 00:40:08.339
 do,

00:40:09.960 --> 00:40:10.359
 God's

00:40:10.359 --> 00:40:11.500
 kingdom is

00:40:11.500 --> 00:40:12.599
 advanced.

00:40:16.799 --> 00:40:17.679
 This morning,

00:40:17.779 --> 00:40:18.659
 I sought to

00:40:18.659 --> 00:40:19.239
 show you that

00:40:19.239 --> 00:40:20.000
 the golden rule

00:40:20.000 --> 00:40:21.659
 is the conclusion

00:40:21.659 --> 00:40:22.960
 of the body

00:40:22.960 --> 00:40:23.460
 of the Sermon

00:40:23.460 --> 00:40:23.879
 on the Mount.

00:40:23.880 --> 00:40:25.480
 that the

00:40:25.480 --> 00:40:26.420
 golden rule is

00:40:26.420 --> 00:40:27.039
 a command from

00:40:27.039 --> 00:40:27.840
 the lips of

00:40:27.840 --> 00:40:28.340
 our king.

00:40:28.860 --> 00:40:29.440
 That the

00:40:29.440 --> 00:40:30.340
 golden rule is

00:40:30.340 --> 00:40:30.960
 a call to

00:40:30.960 --> 00:40:31.720
 use our

00:40:31.720 --> 00:40:32.860
 imagination for

00:40:32.860 --> 00:40:33.320
 the good of

00:40:33.320 --> 00:40:33.519
 others.

00:40:33.619 --> 00:40:34.220
 It's a call to

00:40:34.220 --> 00:40:35.820
 die, to

00:40:35.820 --> 00:40:37.780
 dignify, to

00:40:37.780 --> 00:40:39.800
 identify, to

00:40:39.800 --> 00:40:41.680
 empathize with

00:40:41.680 --> 00:40:42.220
 others.

00:40:43.220 --> 00:40:43.660
 And then

00:40:43.660 --> 00:40:44.160
 finally, the

00:40:44.160 --> 00:40:44.800
 golden rule

00:40:44.800 --> 00:40:47.820
 completes the

00:40:47.820 --> 00:40:48.340
 law and the

00:40:48.340 --> 00:40:48.700
 prophets.

00:40:48.699 --> 00:40:48.879
 prophets.

00:40:52.000 --> 00:40:52.759
 When we

00:40:52.759 --> 00:40:53.359
 live out the

00:40:53.359 --> 00:40:53.879
 golden rule,

00:40:55.139 --> 00:40:56.799
 we please

00:40:56.799 --> 00:40:58.379
 our heavenly

00:40:58.379 --> 00:41:00.099
 father and

00:41:00.099 --> 00:41:00.699
 the kingdom

00:41:00.699 --> 00:41:02.279
 of Jesus is

00:41:02.279 --> 00:41:03.319
 advanced.

00:41:04.480 --> 00:41:05.259
 So this

00:41:05.259 --> 00:41:07.379
 morning, we've

00:41:07.379 --> 00:41:07.939
 lifted up a

00:41:07.939 --> 00:41:08.779
 banner over our

00:41:08.779 --> 00:41:09.179
 church.

00:41:10.000 --> 00:41:10.980
 The banner of

00:41:10.980 --> 00:41:11.759
 the golden rule.

00:41:12.939 --> 00:41:13.359
 And I just

00:41:13.359 --> 00:41:13.819
 want to let you

00:41:13.819 --> 00:41:14.719
 know that banner

00:41:14.719 --> 00:41:15.399
 flies.

00:41:16.000 --> 00:41:18.119
 It flies off

00:41:18.119 --> 00:41:19.259
 the blood

00:41:19.259 --> 00:41:20.940
 red cross

00:41:20.940 --> 00:41:22.400
 of Jesus.

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 He made it

00:41:24.920 --> 00:41:25.359
 possible.

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 And he calls

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 us to it.

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 Let's pray.

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 God in

00:41:31.219 --> 00:41:31.519
 heaven,

00:41:32.920 --> 00:41:34.259
 Father,

00:41:35.400 --> 00:41:37.319
 we just

00:41:37.319 --> 00:41:38.179
 confess that

00:41:38.179 --> 00:41:39.639
 we do not

00:41:39.639 --> 00:41:40.380
 live the

00:41:40.380 --> 00:41:41.099
 golden rule

00:41:41.099 --> 00:41:42.920
 day to day,

00:41:43.099 --> 00:41:43.940
 hour by hour,

00:41:44.719 --> 00:41:45.599
 but we want

00:41:45.599 --> 00:41:45.839
 to.

00:41:47.019 --> 00:41:47.460
 God, would

00:41:47.460 --> 00:41:47.960
 you give us

00:41:47.960 --> 00:41:48.679
 the grace for

00:41:48.679 --> 00:41:49.119
 the balance

00:41:49.119 --> 00:41:49.860
 of this day

00:41:49.860 --> 00:41:51.519
 to do unto

00:41:51.519 --> 00:41:53.380
 others as we

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 would have

00:41:53.720 --> 00:41:54.159
 them do to

00:41:54.159 --> 00:41:54.539
 us.

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 That we

00:41:55.400 --> 00:41:55.800
 would love

00:41:55.800 --> 00:41:56.179
 our neighbors

00:41:56.179 --> 00:41:56.900
 as ourselves.

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 And God, we

00:41:58.099 --> 00:41:58.800
 would ask that

00:41:58.800 --> 00:41:59.699
 through our

00:41:59.699 --> 00:42:00.639
 humble,

00:42:01.780 --> 00:42:03.039
 broken steps

00:42:03.039 --> 00:42:03.800
 of obedience

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 that you

00:42:06.179 --> 00:42:07.320
 would advance

00:42:07.320 --> 00:42:08.440
 your kingdom.

00:42:09.380 --> 00:42:10.900
 Let your

00:42:10.900 --> 00:42:12.240
 kingdom come.

00:42:13.159 --> 00:42:13.639
 Let your

00:42:13.639 --> 00:42:14.619
 will be done

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 on earth

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 as it is

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 in heaven.

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 In Jesus'

00:42:20.159 --> 00:42:20.239
 name,

00:42:20.900 --> 00:42:21.199
 amen.

00:42:21.199 --> 00:42:21.339
 Amen.

00:42:21.339 --> 00:42:21.420
 Amen.

00:42:21.420 --> 00:42:51.400
 Thank you.