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 so we have lots of very cute little kids in the church today which is very very it's a very good

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 thing and it's also Father's Day by the way which I guess I'll have to say Happy Father's Day in

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 case I forget to say it later on which would be quite likely to happen with me one of the things

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 which is interesting about young children obviously Caspar is not even close to that

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 is that at some point in time they start to become morally aware and are able to make wrong choices

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 like very self-consciously wrong choices I don't know and those of you who have parents of young

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 kids you can maybe have a bit of a discussion about when that comes I think of it somewhere in

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 their twos you'll have a time when the child is you know just playing around and and maybe there's a

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 something on a table or a counter that they're not supposed to touch and they go wandering over

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 to it and and you say to them we'll just call call it we'll pretend it's a boy and his name is Bobby

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 and you say to to say to Bobby Bobby you know you're not supposed to touch that and and here's the up

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 until then you know they just do whatever they're doing they're just little little tiny kids just

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 doing whatever sort of pops into their heads and sometimes weird things pop into their heads or cute

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 things but this time you say you know Bobby you know you're not supposed to touch that and Bobby

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 stops and looks at the parent like he he looks at the parent and you say again to the child Bobby

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 don't touch that you know you're not supposed to and Bobby looks at the parent and then Bobby touches the

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 object and you know that Bobby has chosen to do something which is wrong and that's something which

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 happens to every child in fact if you met a parent who said that never happened to my child

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 you might not say anything to the parent but inwardly you know that that parent's just deluded

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 because the fact of the matter is is that there always comes a time when a young child will

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 gratuitously no it's a big word but gratuitously freely just choose to do something that's wrong

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 now last week I said a couple of things about the problem of evil usually conceived as the problem

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 of why evil exists in the world and what God does about it but prior to that there's a far more there's

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 a far deeper profound human question that most of us turn our eyes away from in terms of thinking about

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 and that is why is it that you and I gratuitously choose to do things that are wrong

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 like if one of you says you don't do it that just shows you're not self-aware

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 but the fact the matter is is that every single one of us even the best

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 will have times when we know it's wrong there's no nothing forcing us it's not like you know I don't

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 know we have to steal because we're starving to death it's you know not because we have guns pointed

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 to our head and you know we have to make some terrible moral choice or anything like that

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 there are fact every single one of us have times where we just freely knowingly choose to do something

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 that's wrong we do why is that

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 what is it about human beings

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 that that is part of what makes a human being a human being at least today

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 part of the problem is that it's hard for us to think about this and come to an answer to it

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 without being demoralized without thinking that there's just it's it's hard for us to bear the

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 idea that there's just something in us which is just broken in a way like that and and so it's

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 demoralizing so we don't we don't think about it and most of the time what we just do is we

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 pretend it's not there it's not an elephant in the room and and or we pretend that it's not really

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 something that happens to us very often because we're very good at making excuses for the wrong

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 that we do and don't want to acknowledge that we have an opportunity to forgive and we choose not to

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 forgive we have an opportunity to let go of resentment and we choose not to let go of resentment we have a

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 chance to to to to help another person and we just choose not to do it and we don't like to

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 that's not something that we like to think about as being true to us the story that we're going to

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 look at today and it's so i invite you to turn in your bibles to genesis chapter 20 and as i i sort

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 of said in my prayer it's a on the surface it's a very very simple story but it's actually some simple

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 stories can be very deep and profound um i know i might be igniting a few people by saying this but

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 the fact the matter is is that depth psychologists like freud and and jung have often gone to some

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 of these very ancient stories in the book of genesis to mine their depths in modern days

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 jordan peterson's lectures on some of these stories have gotten in the millions in terms of views

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 have seen in a sense the profound depth in these very simple stories we're going to look at one of

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 these very simple stories and it points the way forward to thinking about the evil that we do the

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 wrong that we do in a way that won't lead us to pretend and won't demoralize us so if you turn in

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 your bibles to genesis chapter 20 and um last week i i borrowed something that i learned from an australian

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 anglican scholar by the name of john woodhouse telling the story in terms of scenes and i think i'm

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 going to do that again this week so scene number one trusting in lies to protect you that's what

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 scene number one is called trusting in lies to protect you verses one and two from there uh that is uh

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 where he'd been like by the tree and and sort of close to sodom and and gomorrah from there abraham

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 journeyed toward the territory of the negev uh he's sort of going south closer to egypt

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 from there abraham journeyed toward the territory of the negev and lived between kadesh and shir and he

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 sojourned in gerar which was an important uh center for caravan routes uh where there was water etc

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 and so people would stop there was an important uh resting spot in a in a city so but back so he he

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 sojourned in gerar and abraham said of sarah his wife she is my sister

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 and abimelech the king of gerar sent and took sarah so the implication here is that uh abimelech

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 uh takes sarah to be one of his wives to be in his harem and what we see here right off the bat

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 is that what abraham has done is he's lied in a way to protect himself we're going to discover in a

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 few scenes why it is that he in his own self-consciousness why he is that he chose to lie

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 but one of the things which is very interesting here i've talked to many people over the years

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 who've said you know if god really wanted me to know him why doesn't he just reveal himself to me

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 in a way which is very blatant and obvious and if he just revealed himself to me then i would believe in

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 him well the fact of the matter is is that the the bible shows time and time and time again that that

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 is rarely true what has just gone on before this is the most an un just a spectacular and in in many

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 ways horrific demonstration of the existence of of god with the destruction of sodom and gomorrah

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 with the land being destroyed and and the smoke going up into into the heavens and abraham

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 knew that god was going to do this and and god did it and and very few people on the history of

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 the planet have ever had a more remarkable demonstration of the existence of god and yet

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 very shortly after this abraham is not trusting in god to protect him but decides that he will trust in

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 lies and deception for him to be protected

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 and in fact one of many of us could start to wonder and this is going to be one of the main questions as

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 this story progresses if abraham lies and deceives to protect himself why on earth would god choose him

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 as somebody special

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 like why would god choose a liar

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 to be the the founder of the promised people like that

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 that is actually wrong like that's just wrong that god would do that

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 scene two the lord intervenes look at verse three

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 but god came to abimelech in a dream by night and said to him behold you are a dead man

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 because actually it's funny that like that's what it says in the in hebrew you are a dead man

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 because of the woman whom you have taken for she is a man's wife now abimelech had not approached her

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 in other words they hadn't had sexual relations so he said lord will you kill an innocent people

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 did he not himself say to me she is my sister and she herself said he is my brother

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 in the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my and the innocence of my hands i have done this

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 so the lord intervenes to speak to abimelech in a dream and one of the things that we discover here

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 is that not only has abraham lied but sarah has lied they've been partners in lying and deceiving

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 now there's another big question here which some of you might not know but others

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 who've been following along knows and that is this sarah is 89 years old

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 now i hope to get to that age and probably in my own eyes i'm still going to be a good looking chap

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 at 89 but there's a type of obvious question why on earth did abimelech choose an 89 year old woman

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 to be his wife so just very very briefly a part of what's going on here in the story is this

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 the story is going to maintain time and time and time again that the birth of isaac in fulfillment

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 to the promises of god's saying that he's going to start to bless the nations through this line

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 it's going to be shown time and time again that abraham and sarah contributed nothing that is

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 completely and utterly a miracle of god in fact not only that that abraham and sarah continually

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 sabotage what god wants to do which is what they're doing right here that what's going to happen

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 abraham leaves and now he can't take his wife with him because now she's with abimelech how's how on

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 earth is isaac the promised child of abraham going to happen so they actually constantly act in ways

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 which undermines god doing something so it's going to be very very clear that only god was able to

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 accomplish this the second the second thing is and and this is probably part of it is that god's desiring

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 god's plan to create a line through which the entire world will be blessed and which salvation

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 will come he seems to have acted in a way so that many of these early patriarchs live far longer lives

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 than they normally had but there's still a bit of a mystery here the two stories pre previous to this

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 it takes very very clear that sarah has gotten too old she she know she's uh she's uh she's menopausal

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 post-menopausal she's she's old so i'm just going to suggest something here you can take with it as you

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 want you can discuss it over coffee you can think george is completely and utterly ridiculous that's

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 fine but abimelech wants to get married to sarah and i wonder if some of modern fiction is pointing to

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 what maybe has happened here that the miracle that's going on is god reverses sarah's aging

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 in the very next story the baby will be born and i wonder if what's happening is that sarah is in a

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 sense going backwards in time from 89 to looking young enough and being young enough to bear a child

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 that's pure speculation on my part you can do with it as you will all i'm trying to do is piece

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 together he chose a woman to marry and in the very next story she gives birth take with it as you want

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 the next scene is god's clear but confusing message verses six and seven then god said to abimelech in

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 the dream yes i know that you have done this in the integrity of your heart and it was i who kept you

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 from sinning against me therefore i did not let you touch her now then return the man's wife

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 here's the here's the here's the confusing bit for he is a prophet so that he will pray for you

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 and you shall live but if you do not return her know that you shall surely die you and all were yours

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 now i'm not going to spend very much time on it for some people it's a shock that god might do

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 something that might he might kill i guess all i want to do is that part of what's going on here

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 and it's going to continue throughout the rest of the bible is to try to help us to understand that

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 god is not a labradoodle

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 god is not a labradoodle he's not just a tame little pet that will follow you around god is a

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 consuming fire he creates all things out of nothing he sustains all things out of nothing

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 heaven and earth flees from his presence he is the transcendent and imminent god he is uncreated

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 and needs no environment and if god was to reveal himself fully and completely to us it would unmake us

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 and that is who the true and living god actually is

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 but the other part which is this is the prophet like how could god choose abraham to be a prophet

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 he lies he's not good does this mean that god sort of enables his favorites does god sort of reward

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 some people for living lies of deception and it's going to even get worse as the story progresses

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 the yuck factor of abraham and sarah is going to increase once we get a couple of scenes down

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 but first scene four the virtuous pagans look at verse eight so abimelech rose early in the morning

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 and called all his servants and told them all these things and the men were very much afraid

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 then abimelech called abraham and said to him what have you done to us and how have i sinned against you

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 that you have brought on me in my kingdom a great sin you have done to me things that ought not to be done

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 and abimelech said to abraham what did you see that you did this thing

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 now what abraham what abimelech is doing here is he's being very virtuous he in fact does fear god

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 to the extent that he understands god uh he's making clear that he would not have taken another man's wife

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 and he wants to make sure that there's a public airing of this so there is no appearance of evil

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 and there's going to be restitution now by the way this is something that we need desperately in our

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 country do we have in fact and i'm not picking on politics particular politicians do we have

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 a clear airing of things which they have done wrong i have done something which is wrong i apologize

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 and if necessary i will resign this is a consistent message to our country and it's not just to

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 politicians but to people in churches and business and communities where in fact you do not have this

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 very clear public acknowledgement that something has gone on and a desire to clear it to clear the air

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 to acknowledge responsibility to make restitution to make very clear what the right path is and what we

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 see here is that the pagans are virtuous and abraham and sarah are not

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 and we in canada today could learn from the virtuous pagans

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 in gerar

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 and once again we wondered to ourselves why didn't god choose abimelech rather than abraham

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 why didn't he choose a virtuous man

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 rather than abraham and sarah

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 well as i said it gets worse for abraham and sarah

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 next scene scene five is deception and blame shifting

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 verses 11 to 13

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 so abraham answers abimelech's questions abraham said i did it because i thought

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 there is no fear of god at all in this place

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 and they will kill me

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 because of my wife

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 besides

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 she is indeed my sister

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 the daughter of my father

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 the daughter of my father

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 though not the daughter of my mother

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 and she became my wife

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 and when god

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 caused me to wander from my father's house

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 i said to her

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 this is the kindness you must do to me

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 at every place

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 to which we come

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 say of me

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 he is my brother

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 we see here the seeds of prejudice

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 don't we

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 the problem with

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 i don't know

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 the irish

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 i'm irish

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 the problem with the irish

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 if you go to ireland

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 they're just always looking to try to steal your stuff

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 or take your stuff

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 or just just pick your

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 pick your racial group

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 or your ethnic group

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 or your

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 your your racial group

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 it's a standard part of prejudice

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 that everybody there

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 they're just going to want to rip you off

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 they're just going to take advantage of you

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 and here we see abraham's prejudice

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 despite the fact that the pagans in fact

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 are more virtuous

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 and the other thing is

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 it's not as

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 in in in the original language

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 when he says

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 and when god caused me to wander

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 what he's doing is blame shifting

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 he's saying listen

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 it's not my fault

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 god caused me to wander

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 and because god caused me to wander

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 i had to do all of these things

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 to protect myself

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 he's blame shifting

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 trying to pass away his responsibility

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 for his freely chosen

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 doing of something which is wrong

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 and now even when he's confronted

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 he doesn't accept responsibility

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 but in fact doubles down on it

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 and blames god for it

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 and then once again

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 how on earth could they pick

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 abraham and sarah

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 he married his sister

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 is the bible saying that's all right

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 like is the bible

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 saying it's all right

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 to marry your sister

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 you might not always have been clear about it

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 occasionally i've made these little references

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 like if you pick something like

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 the lord of the rings

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 it's six books

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 and if you were just to try to

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 to read one story

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 in the in the in the in the first book

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 and not read the rest of the story

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 you're not going to be able to interpret it correctly

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 uh... for instance

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 not giving any spoilers

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 if you just took

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 if you skip the beginning

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 and and end of book one

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 and you just read a few of boromer's speeches

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 you might understand

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 you might believe that he's a

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 a far better man than he actually was

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 but he actually does want to steal the ring

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 and and the understanding

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 that the depth of the problem

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 only becomes more clear

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 as you read all six books

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 and and genesis is book one

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 of a five book series

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 all written fundamentally

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 ultimately by moses

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 uh... genesis exodus leviticus numbers

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 and deuteronomy

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 are a five book series

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 and so if you just look at this story

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 if this was the only story

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 i'd have to say god says it's all right

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 for a man

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 for a guy to marry his sister

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 but if you read all five of the books

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 it becomes very clear

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 that what abraham and sarah had done

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 is wrong in god's eyes

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 i'm sorry it's not going to be up there on the thing

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 but if you have your own bibles

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 if you turn to leviticus

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 i'll just sort of show it to you

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 leviticus chapter 18

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 uh... verse 9

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 and verse 11

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 uh... it says this

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 leviticus uh... chapter 18

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 verse 9

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 um... you shall not uncover

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 the nakedness of your sister

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 your father's daughter

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 or your mother's daughter

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 whether brought up in the family

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 or another in another home

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 in other words

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 you shouldn't have

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 it's another way of saying

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 sexual relations

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 and then if you go down

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 to verse 11

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 you shall not uncover

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 the nakedness of your father's

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 wife's daughter

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 brought up in your father's family

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 since she is your sister

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 another language of sexual knowing

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 it's forbidden

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 and then again

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 in deuteronomy chapter 27

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 verse 22

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 deuteronomy chapter 27

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 verse 22

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 cursed be anyone who lies

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 with his sister

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 whether the daughter of his father

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 or the daughter of his mother

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 and all the people shall say

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 amen

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 so the bible makes it clear

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 that abraham

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 and sarah

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 are doing something

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 that is wrong

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 in god's eyes

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 once again

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 how on earth

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 are abraham and sarah worthy

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 like what's going on

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 with god

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 scene six

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 abimelech

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 makes

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 right

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 turn to

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 verses

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 14 to 16

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 then abimelech

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 took sheep

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 and oxen

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 and male servants

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 and female servants

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 and gave them to abraham

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 and returned sarah

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 his wife

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 to him

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 and abimelech said

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 behold my land is before you

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 dwell where it pleases you

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 to sarah he said

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 behold

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 now just notice this little dig

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 abimelech

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 is making

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 a very very

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 even though

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 he can argue

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 that he's not been guilty

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 of anything

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 he wants to make sure

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 there's no appearance

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 of evil

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 so he's going to make

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 a gift

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 of lots

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 of gold

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 and servants

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 and he's saying

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 there's no hard feelings

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 the whole land

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 is before you

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 I want you

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 to be able to stay

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 but he gets in

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 the little dig

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 notice the little dig

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 verse 15

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 behold the land

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 my land is before you

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 dwell where it pleases you

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 verse 16

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 to sarah

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 he said

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 behold I have given

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 your brother

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 not husband

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 I've given you

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 a brother

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 a thousand pieces

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 of silver

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 it is a sign

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 of your innocence

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 in the eyes of all

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 who are with you

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 and for everyone

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 that you

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 are vindicated

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 at the expense

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 to himself

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 he makes sure

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 the other person

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 is vindicated

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 once again

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 profound lessons

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 for how we should

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 live today

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 and then finally

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 the final scene

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 entitled

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 why on earth

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 Abraham

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 then verse 17

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 then Abraham

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 prayed to God

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 and God healed

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 Abimelech

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 and also healed

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 his wife

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 and female slaves

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 so that they

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 bore children

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 for the Lord

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 had closed all the

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 wombs of the house

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 of Abimelech

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 because of Abraham

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 Sarah's wife

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 Abraham's prayer

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 worked

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 in the sense

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 that Abraham

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 prayed

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 and God said

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 yes

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 occasionally

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 people

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 when they find out

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 I'm a minister

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 they might say

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 something like

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 we're having a picnic

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 this afternoon

00:24:12.260 --> 00:24:13.940
 if you could do

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 something

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 if you could pray

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 for good weather

00:24:16.600 --> 00:24:17.960
 I'd really appreciate it

00:24:17.960 --> 00:24:19.460
 and I always say

00:24:19.460 --> 00:24:20.840
 I'm in sales

00:24:20.840 --> 00:24:21.700
 not management

00:24:21.700 --> 00:24:23.020
 my prayers

00:24:23.020 --> 00:24:23.860
 don't work any better

00:24:23.860 --> 00:24:24.440
 than yours

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 and then I'll usually say

00:24:25.660 --> 00:24:26.720
 my wife is closer

00:24:26.720 --> 00:24:27.340
 to management

00:24:27.340 --> 00:24:28.060
 than I am

00:24:28.060 --> 00:24:29.240
 maybe you should ask

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 her to pray

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 so we tend to have

00:24:31.840 --> 00:24:32.660
 a thought here though

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 isn't it

00:24:33.040 --> 00:24:33.880
 that in fact

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 that

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 that

00:24:37.520 --> 00:24:40.040
 if we're closer

00:24:40.040 --> 00:24:40.700
 to God

00:24:40.700 --> 00:24:41.760
 God will answer

00:24:41.760 --> 00:24:42.580
 our prayers

00:24:42.580 --> 00:24:43.840
 so

00:24:43.840 --> 00:24:46.080
 what on earth

00:24:46.080 --> 00:24:46.940
 is going on here

00:24:46.940 --> 00:24:48.260
 in this particular story

00:24:48.260 --> 00:24:49.780
 he prays as a prophet

00:24:49.780 --> 00:24:51.140
 and God says yes

00:24:51.140 --> 00:24:52.500
 so

00:24:52.500 --> 00:24:55.040
 he

00:24:55.040 --> 00:24:57.660
 it's very easy

00:24:57.660 --> 00:24:58.320
 to look at this

00:24:58.320 --> 00:24:58.680
 and say

00:24:58.680 --> 00:24:59.800
 this is just the problem

00:24:59.800 --> 00:25:00.580
 with religion

00:25:00.580 --> 00:25:02.080
 and religious texts

00:25:02.079 --> 00:25:03.859
 that what goes on

00:25:03.859 --> 00:25:04.319
 in religion

00:25:04.319 --> 00:25:05.019
 is that there's

00:25:05.019 --> 00:25:06.079
 one rule for me

00:25:06.079 --> 00:25:06.919
 another for thee

00:25:06.919 --> 00:25:07.699
 that's not just

00:25:07.699 --> 00:25:08.919
 a problem for religion

00:25:08.919 --> 00:25:09.659
 it's a problem

00:25:09.659 --> 00:25:10.279
 in politics

00:25:10.279 --> 00:25:11.159
 it's a problem

00:25:11.159 --> 00:25:14.500
 in university faculties

00:25:14.500 --> 00:25:15.179
 it's a problem

00:25:15.179 --> 00:25:17.299
 in media establishments

00:25:17.299 --> 00:25:18.759
 and in businesses

00:25:18.759 --> 00:25:20.539
 one rule for me

00:25:20.539 --> 00:25:21.359
 another for thee

00:25:21.359 --> 00:25:22.000
 and I

00:25:22.000 --> 00:25:23.339
 as soon as I say that

00:25:23.339 --> 00:25:24.259
 all of you can think

00:25:24.259 --> 00:25:24.899
 of instances

00:25:24.899 --> 00:25:25.879
 where it's the case

00:25:25.879 --> 00:25:27.279
 but it seems to often

00:25:27.279 --> 00:25:27.859
 be the case

00:25:27.859 --> 00:25:29.399
 in religious institutions

00:25:29.399 --> 00:25:30.439
 one rule for me

00:25:30.439 --> 00:25:31.179
 another for thee

00:25:31.180 --> 00:25:33.100
 and how on earth

00:25:33.100 --> 00:25:34.380
 can you say

00:25:34.380 --> 00:25:34.860
 George

00:25:34.860 --> 00:25:35.860
 that God is showing

00:25:35.860 --> 00:25:36.940
 mercy and grace

00:25:36.940 --> 00:25:37.960
 to Abraham

00:25:37.960 --> 00:25:40.100
 if Abraham

00:25:40.100 --> 00:25:41.120
 has been doing

00:25:41.120 --> 00:25:42.759
 very very bad things

00:25:42.759 --> 00:25:43.620
 and it's not

00:25:43.620 --> 00:25:44.640
 mercy and grace

00:25:44.640 --> 00:25:45.620
 if it's unjust

00:25:45.620 --> 00:25:46.600
 or unfair

00:25:46.600 --> 00:25:48.180
 or wrong

00:25:48.180 --> 00:25:49.680
 Abraham is

00:25:49.680 --> 00:25:50.799
 undeserving

00:25:50.799 --> 00:25:52.539
 and if Abraham

00:25:52.539 --> 00:25:53.340
 is undeserving

00:25:53.340 --> 00:25:54.400
 then it's wrong

00:25:54.400 --> 00:25:54.920
 for God

00:25:54.920 --> 00:25:56.420
 to favor him

00:25:56.420 --> 00:25:57.259
 it's

00:25:57.259 --> 00:25:57.980
 you know

00:25:57.980 --> 00:25:59.740
 you can't have

00:25:59.740 --> 00:26:01.019
 mercy and grace

00:26:01.019 --> 00:26:03.019
 if there's injustice

00:26:03.019 --> 00:26:04.059
 if there's

00:26:04.059 --> 00:26:05.319
 favoritism

00:26:05.319 --> 00:26:07.660
 you can't just

00:26:07.660 --> 00:26:08.360
 sort of pick

00:26:08.360 --> 00:26:09.480
 it's just

00:26:09.480 --> 00:26:09.819
 George

00:26:09.819 --> 00:26:10.519
 you know

00:26:10.519 --> 00:26:12.920
 it was bad

00:26:12.920 --> 00:26:13.099
 if

00:26:13.099 --> 00:26:14.160
 when Trump

00:26:14.160 --> 00:26:15.180
 was leaving office

00:26:15.180 --> 00:26:16.779
 and he lets his crony

00:26:16.779 --> 00:26:17.960
 he gives last second

00:26:17.960 --> 00:26:20.120
 you know

00:26:20.120 --> 00:26:21.700
 get them

00:26:21.700 --> 00:26:22.680
 out of jail

00:26:22.680 --> 00:26:23.680
 and declares them

00:26:23.680 --> 00:26:24.860
 innocent for their cronies

00:26:24.860 --> 00:26:25.940
 and it'll be just as wrong

00:26:25.940 --> 00:26:27.059
 if Biden does it

00:26:27.059 --> 00:26:28.900
 at the end of his term

00:26:28.900 --> 00:26:30.720
 if in his final week

00:26:30.720 --> 00:26:31.600
 he just starts taking

00:26:31.600 --> 00:26:32.580
 all of the guys

00:26:32.580 --> 00:26:34.220
 who are his golfing buddies

00:26:34.220 --> 00:26:35.860
 and his campaign donors

00:26:35.860 --> 00:26:36.820
 and he just makes

00:26:36.820 --> 00:26:37.920
 their criminal charges

00:26:37.920 --> 00:26:38.480
 go away

00:26:38.480 --> 00:26:40.279
 and that's just wrong

00:26:40.279 --> 00:26:41.180
 and this seems like

00:26:41.180 --> 00:26:42.420
 that's what's going on here

00:26:42.420 --> 00:26:43.519
 and it's just wrong

00:26:43.519 --> 00:26:44.160
 George

00:26:44.160 --> 00:26:48.920
 and if after reading

00:26:48.920 --> 00:26:49.559
 the story

00:26:49.559 --> 00:26:51.240
 you think that

00:26:51.240 --> 00:26:52.500
 that's a good thing

00:26:52.500 --> 00:26:54.960
 so I just want to talk

00:26:54.960 --> 00:26:55.860
 about three types

00:26:55.860 --> 00:26:56.460
 of things

00:26:56.460 --> 00:26:57.559
 to try to help us

00:26:57.559 --> 00:26:58.180
 to understand

00:26:58.180 --> 00:26:58.960
 why this story

00:26:58.960 --> 00:27:00.079
 is deep and profound

00:27:00.079 --> 00:27:02.200
 why it's in the Bible

00:27:02.200 --> 00:27:04.519
 and here's the first thing

00:27:04.519 --> 00:27:06.059
 there is

00:27:06.059 --> 00:27:07.460
 this Bible text

00:27:07.460 --> 00:27:09.000
 reveals to you

00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:09.500
 and me

00:27:09.500 --> 00:27:11.120
 that there is

00:27:11.120 --> 00:27:11.980
 a natural

00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:13.680
 or common

00:27:13.680 --> 00:27:17.460
 there's a natural

00:27:17.460 --> 00:27:18.900
 spiritual imagination

00:27:18.900 --> 00:27:20.940
 where there's a natural

00:27:20.940 --> 00:27:21.680
 religious

00:27:21.680 --> 00:27:23.160
 intuition

00:27:23.160 --> 00:27:25.039
 there's something

00:27:25.039 --> 00:27:25.940
 which is common

00:27:25.940 --> 00:27:26.799
 to almost all

00:27:26.799 --> 00:27:27.580
 human beings

00:27:27.580 --> 00:27:28.640
 about how spiritual

00:27:28.640 --> 00:27:30.380
 and religious things

00:27:30.380 --> 00:27:31.400
 should work

00:27:31.400 --> 00:27:32.880
 it's how our imagination

00:27:32.880 --> 00:27:33.500
 works

00:27:33.500 --> 00:27:34.440
 it's a profound

00:27:34.440 --> 00:27:35.620
 institution

00:27:35.620 --> 00:27:36.420
 intuition

00:27:36.420 --> 00:27:38.120
 and it's common

00:27:38.120 --> 00:27:39.259
 to all

00:27:39.259 --> 00:27:40.519
 and it's common

00:27:40.519 --> 00:27:41.500
 to every religion

00:27:41.500 --> 00:27:42.259
 and in fact

00:27:42.259 --> 00:27:43.080
 many versions

00:27:43.080 --> 00:27:44.100
 of Christianity

00:27:44.100 --> 00:27:45.420
 are in fact

00:27:45.420 --> 00:27:46.240
 times when

00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:47.580
 people forget

00:27:47.580 --> 00:27:48.840
 what the gospel is

00:27:48.839 --> 00:27:50.179
 and just allow

00:27:50.179 --> 00:27:51.579
 the natural

00:27:51.579 --> 00:27:52.500
 religious

00:27:52.500 --> 00:27:54.359
 spiritual intuition

00:27:54.359 --> 00:27:55.379
 and imagination

00:27:55.379 --> 00:27:57.819
 re-read the text

00:27:57.819 --> 00:27:59.799
 and so Christianity

00:27:59.799 --> 00:28:01.159
 becomes a form

00:28:01.159 --> 00:28:02.819
 of this natural

00:28:02.819 --> 00:28:04.559
 imagination

00:28:04.559 --> 00:28:05.899
 about how

00:28:05.899 --> 00:28:07.339
 religion and spirituality

00:28:07.339 --> 00:28:08.079
 should work

00:28:08.079 --> 00:28:09.119
 and if you could put up

00:28:09.119 --> 00:28:10.079
 the first slide

00:28:10.079 --> 00:28:11.019
 that would be really good

00:28:11.019 --> 00:28:12.240
 hopefully you can see it

00:28:12.240 --> 00:28:13.839
 and those of you

00:28:13.839 --> 00:28:14.579
 watching online

00:28:14.579 --> 00:28:15.419
 it will be at the bottom

00:28:15.420 --> 00:28:17.000
 and here it is

00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:17.860
 I call it the

00:28:17.860 --> 00:28:19.660
 what do I call it here

00:28:19.660 --> 00:28:20.480
 I call it the

00:28:20.480 --> 00:28:24.039
 I think I have the

00:28:24.039 --> 00:28:25.519
 no I have the right thing

00:28:25.519 --> 00:28:26.380
 I call it the natural

00:28:26.380 --> 00:28:27.759
 spiritual imagination

00:28:27.759 --> 00:28:28.880
 I think I just called it that

00:28:28.880 --> 00:28:29.880
 and here's the thing

00:28:29.880 --> 00:28:30.560
 here's how it works

00:28:30.560 --> 00:28:31.500
 first of all

00:28:31.500 --> 00:28:32.779
 you start doing better

00:28:32.779 --> 00:28:34.980
 then you start

00:28:34.980 --> 00:28:36.100
 being spiritual

00:28:36.100 --> 00:28:37.140
 or engaging

00:28:37.140 --> 00:28:38.400
 in spiritual things

00:28:38.400 --> 00:28:39.820
 and then as you

00:28:39.820 --> 00:28:40.759
 proceed along

00:28:40.759 --> 00:28:41.360
 because you're doing

00:28:41.360 --> 00:28:42.080
 a better and better

00:28:42.080 --> 00:28:43.039
 you're living a better

00:28:43.039 --> 00:28:43.740
 and better life

00:28:43.740 --> 00:28:45.180
 and you're getting better

00:28:45.180 --> 00:28:46.480
 at doing spiritual

00:28:46.480 --> 00:28:47.420
 or religious things

00:28:47.420 --> 00:28:48.220
 you come to the point

00:28:48.220 --> 00:28:49.400
 where God accepts you

00:28:49.400 --> 00:28:51.319
 which I guess

00:28:51.319 --> 00:28:52.059
 we could call

00:28:52.059 --> 00:28:53.079
 salvation

00:28:53.079 --> 00:28:55.740
 and you see that

00:28:55.740 --> 00:28:56.799
 in Christians as well

00:28:56.799 --> 00:28:57.579
 you have a person

00:28:57.579 --> 00:28:58.120
 who used to be

00:28:58.120 --> 00:28:59.400
 a practicing Christian

00:28:59.400 --> 00:29:00.339
 and they have been

00:29:00.339 --> 00:29:01.620
 away for a long time

00:29:01.620 --> 00:29:03.539
 and they start to feel

00:29:03.539 --> 00:29:04.480
 like maybe they need

00:29:04.480 --> 00:29:05.579
 to get back to church

00:29:05.579 --> 00:29:06.359
 but they can't come

00:29:06.359 --> 00:29:06.960
 back to church

00:29:06.960 --> 00:29:07.620
 because they've been

00:29:07.620 --> 00:29:08.880
 living a very bad life

00:29:08.880 --> 00:29:11.059
 so they talk to you

00:29:11.059 --> 00:29:11.359
 and they say

00:29:11.359 --> 00:29:11.759
 you know I've been

00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:12.759
 living a very bad life

00:29:12.759 --> 00:29:13.339
 and normally I've been

00:29:13.339 --> 00:29:14.199
 living a bad life

00:29:14.199 --> 00:29:15.240
 often I've been

00:29:15.240 --> 00:29:16.659
 living an unsuccessful life

00:29:16.659 --> 00:29:18.220
 like my family's

00:29:18.220 --> 00:29:19.159
 a little bit messed up

00:29:19.159 --> 00:29:19.919
 my business is

00:29:19.919 --> 00:29:21.099
 a little bit messed up

00:29:21.099 --> 00:29:22.939
 and you know

00:29:22.939 --> 00:29:23.619
 frankly I have

00:29:23.619 --> 00:29:24.619
 some other problems

00:29:24.619 --> 00:29:27.059
 and so what we say is

00:29:27.059 --> 00:29:28.279
 well once I start

00:29:28.279 --> 00:29:29.480
 to do a little bit better

00:29:29.480 --> 00:29:32.619
 I'll come to church

00:29:32.619 --> 00:29:35.759
 and coming to church

00:29:35.759 --> 00:29:37.039
 and then doing it

00:29:37.039 --> 00:29:37.919
 and then maybe as well

00:29:37.919 --> 00:29:38.439
 they'll start to do

00:29:38.439 --> 00:29:38.919
 a few other things

00:29:38.919 --> 00:29:39.539
 like this is just

00:29:39.539 --> 00:29:40.359
 the Christian version

00:29:40.359 --> 00:29:41.039
 they'll start to read

00:29:41.039 --> 00:29:41.559
 the Bible

00:29:41.559 --> 00:29:42.319
 and they'll start to do

00:29:42.319 --> 00:29:43.179
 a few other types

00:29:43.179 --> 00:29:43.659
 of things

00:29:43.659 --> 00:29:44.759
 and then they're

00:29:44.759 --> 00:29:45.720
 sort of doing better

00:29:45.720 --> 00:29:47.200
 they're living a better life

00:29:47.200 --> 00:29:47.639
 and they're more

00:29:47.639 --> 00:29:49.259
 have a more successful life

00:29:49.259 --> 00:29:50.799
 and they're going to church

00:29:50.799 --> 00:29:51.879
 and doing religious things

00:29:51.879 --> 00:29:52.419
 regularly

00:29:52.419 --> 00:29:53.439
 and the sense is

00:29:53.439 --> 00:29:54.700
 that if you do those things

00:29:54.700 --> 00:29:55.639
 at some point in time

00:29:55.639 --> 00:29:56.700
 God accepts you

00:29:56.700 --> 00:29:58.339
 you're saved

00:29:58.339 --> 00:30:00.460
 and this is not just

00:30:00.460 --> 00:30:01.119
 this is like

00:30:01.119 --> 00:30:01.659
 it's the same

00:30:01.659 --> 00:30:02.099
 you know with

00:30:02.099 --> 00:30:03.179
 with you know

00:30:03.179 --> 00:30:04.139
 whether it's Hinduism

00:30:04.139 --> 00:30:05.240
 and the different types

00:30:05.240 --> 00:30:05.779
 of rules

00:30:05.779 --> 00:30:06.700
 that you need to follow

00:30:06.700 --> 00:30:07.819
 and getting your life

00:30:07.819 --> 00:30:08.220
 in order

00:30:08.220 --> 00:30:09.339
 and then the spiritual

00:30:09.339 --> 00:30:10.059
 practices

00:30:10.059 --> 00:30:11.119
 so that you're going

00:30:11.119 --> 00:30:12.539
 to do better

00:30:12.539 --> 00:30:13.259
 as a Hindu

00:30:13.259 --> 00:30:14.259
 you know

00:30:14.259 --> 00:30:15.699
 I've talked to some

00:30:15.699 --> 00:30:17.419
 people who grew up

00:30:17.419 --> 00:30:17.819
 Muslim

00:30:17.819 --> 00:30:19.119
 and they've left

00:30:19.119 --> 00:30:20.279
 they don't go to the mosque

00:30:20.279 --> 00:30:21.199
 or anything like that

00:30:21.199 --> 00:30:22.500
 and they like to drink a lot

00:30:22.500 --> 00:30:23.240
 which is wrong

00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:24.639
 and they eat pork sandwiches

00:30:24.639 --> 00:30:25.419
 which is wrong

00:30:25.419 --> 00:30:26.599
 and they sort of say

00:30:26.599 --> 00:30:26.839
 you know

00:30:26.839 --> 00:30:27.659
 I need to start getting

00:30:27.659 --> 00:30:28.339
 some of those things

00:30:28.339 --> 00:30:29.720
 under control

00:30:29.720 --> 00:30:31.679
 stop watching porn

00:30:31.679 --> 00:30:33.539
 and stop drinking beer

00:30:33.539 --> 00:30:34.579
 and once I do

00:30:34.579 --> 00:30:35.199
 maybe I'll start going

00:30:35.199 --> 00:30:36.000
 back to the mosque

00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:37.720
 and I start to do

00:30:37.720 --> 00:30:38.799
 those religious practices

00:30:38.799 --> 00:30:40.680
 and it's the common way

00:30:40.680 --> 00:30:41.339
 that the religious

00:30:41.339 --> 00:30:42.460
 imagination works

00:30:42.460 --> 00:30:43.299
 and it's the way

00:30:43.299 --> 00:30:44.220
 we judge Abraham

00:30:44.220 --> 00:30:44.619
 right

00:30:44.619 --> 00:30:45.660
 like how on earth

00:30:45.660 --> 00:30:46.259
 could Abraham

00:30:46.259 --> 00:30:47.240
 be God's prophet

00:30:47.240 --> 00:30:48.019
 why

00:30:48.019 --> 00:30:49.000
 well because the way

00:30:49.000 --> 00:30:50.480
 our mind naturally works

00:30:50.480 --> 00:30:50.980
 is that

00:30:50.980 --> 00:30:51.859
 if you're going to be

00:30:51.859 --> 00:30:52.420
 a prophet

00:30:52.420 --> 00:30:53.000
 like that's like

00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:54.079
 a really high level

00:30:54.079 --> 00:30:55.319
 acceptance by God

00:30:55.319 --> 00:30:56.259
 so surely you got

00:30:56.259 --> 00:30:56.940
 to get your life

00:30:56.940 --> 00:30:57.380
 in order

00:30:57.380 --> 00:30:58.720
 and then after that

00:30:58.720 --> 00:30:59.400
 you got to be doing

00:30:59.400 --> 00:31:00.460
 the religious practices

00:31:00.460 --> 00:31:01.259
 and if you're doing

00:31:01.259 --> 00:31:02.019
 all of those things

00:31:02.019 --> 00:31:02.599
 then eventually

00:31:02.599 --> 00:31:03.339
 you're going to be able

00:31:03.339 --> 00:31:03.940
 to be sort of

00:31:03.940 --> 00:31:04.640
 like a prophet

00:31:04.640 --> 00:31:06.000
 like high up

00:31:06.000 --> 00:31:06.560
 up here

00:31:06.560 --> 00:31:07.820
 because that's just

00:31:07.820 --> 00:31:08.620
 the way it works

00:31:08.620 --> 00:31:09.780
 you do

00:31:09.780 --> 00:31:10.320
 God

00:31:10.320 --> 00:31:11.200
 you don't choose

00:31:11.200 --> 00:31:11.700
 a prophet

00:31:11.700 --> 00:31:12.360
 a guy who

00:31:12.360 --> 00:31:13.620
 married his sister

00:31:13.620 --> 00:31:14.759
 like that's just

00:31:14.759 --> 00:31:15.980
 that will never happen

00:31:15.980 --> 00:31:16.660
 that's just

00:31:16.660 --> 00:31:18.200
 that goes against

00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:19.920
 how we understand

00:31:19.920 --> 00:31:21.660
 religion and spirituality

00:31:21.660 --> 00:31:22.800
 it goes against

00:31:22.800 --> 00:31:23.440
 our imagination

00:31:23.440 --> 00:31:24.200
 it goes against

00:31:24.200 --> 00:31:24.920
 our intuitions

00:31:24.920 --> 00:31:26.340
 it's just wrong

00:31:26.340 --> 00:31:29.580
 and it's wrong

00:31:29.580 --> 00:31:30.120
 whether it's

00:31:30.120 --> 00:31:31.600
 it's a bespoke

00:31:31.600 --> 00:31:32.480
 spirituality

00:31:32.480 --> 00:31:33.280
 you know

00:31:33.279 --> 00:31:33.960
 whether it's

00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:35.440
 it's a mystical thing

00:31:35.440 --> 00:31:35.980
 whether it's

00:31:35.980 --> 00:31:36.359
 Buddhism

00:31:36.359 --> 00:31:37.279
 Hinduism

00:31:37.279 --> 00:31:38.660
 whether it's

00:31:38.660 --> 00:31:39.619
 it's Islam

00:31:39.619 --> 00:31:40.339
 you know

00:31:40.339 --> 00:31:40.839
 whether it's

00:31:40.839 --> 00:31:41.460
 many forms

00:31:41.460 --> 00:31:42.220
 of Christianity

00:31:42.220 --> 00:31:43.660
 and and

00:31:43.660 --> 00:31:44.200
 and one of the

00:31:44.200 --> 00:31:44.799
 reasons in our

00:31:44.799 --> 00:31:45.139
 culture

00:31:45.139 --> 00:31:45.779
 many people

00:31:45.779 --> 00:31:46.599
 are rejecting

00:31:46.599 --> 00:31:47.059
 religion

00:31:47.059 --> 00:31:47.559
 is because

00:31:47.559 --> 00:31:48.220
 they look at

00:31:48.220 --> 00:31:48.579
 that

00:31:48.579 --> 00:31:49.579
 and and they

00:31:49.579 --> 00:31:50.200
 and they just

00:31:50.200 --> 00:31:50.539
 say

00:31:50.539 --> 00:31:51.940
 well this doesn't

00:31:51.940 --> 00:31:52.519
 just doesn't

00:31:52.519 --> 00:31:53.000
 work

00:31:53.000 --> 00:31:53.980
 you know

00:31:53.980 --> 00:31:54.579
 because fact

00:31:54.579 --> 00:31:54.960
 the matter

00:31:54.960 --> 00:31:55.500
 is

00:31:55.500 --> 00:31:56.339
 that

00:31:56.339 --> 00:31:57.680
 I know

00:31:57.680 --> 00:31:58.379
 because you see

00:31:58.379 --> 00:31:58.960
 there's an extra

00:31:58.960 --> 00:31:59.579
 thing to that

00:31:59.579 --> 00:32:00.119
 that this is

00:32:00.119 --> 00:32:00.740
 what should happen

00:32:00.740 --> 00:32:01.359
 in our culture

00:32:01.359 --> 00:32:01.680
 is that

00:32:01.680 --> 00:32:02.220
 okay

00:32:02.220 --> 00:32:02.600
 you know

00:32:02.600 --> 00:32:03.579
 I've lived a messy

00:32:03.579 --> 00:32:04.400
 type of life

00:32:04.400 --> 00:32:04.880
 and you know

00:32:04.880 --> 00:32:06.539
 my job's not going

00:32:06.539 --> 00:32:07.120
 very well

00:32:07.120 --> 00:32:07.600
 and my you know

00:32:07.600 --> 00:32:08.160
 there's problems

00:32:08.160 --> 00:32:08.860
 in my marriage

00:32:08.860 --> 00:32:09.319
 and all of that

00:32:09.319 --> 00:32:10.019
 I'm going to start

00:32:10.019 --> 00:32:10.880
 getting some control

00:32:10.880 --> 00:32:11.460
 over that

00:32:11.460 --> 00:32:12.279
 so I'm starting to do

00:32:12.279 --> 00:32:12.519
 better

00:32:12.519 --> 00:32:13.279
 now that I'm doing

00:32:13.279 --> 00:32:13.539
 better

00:32:13.539 --> 00:32:14.519
 I can go to the mosque

00:32:14.519 --> 00:32:15.400
 I can go to the temple

00:32:15.400 --> 00:32:16.579
 I can go to the church

00:32:16.579 --> 00:32:17.839
 and and after I start

00:32:17.839 --> 00:32:18.220
 to do that

00:32:18.220 --> 00:32:18.779
 and get involved

00:32:18.779 --> 00:32:19.079
 in that

00:32:19.079 --> 00:32:19.680
 now I'm actually

00:32:19.680 --> 00:32:20.620
 connected to God

00:32:20.620 --> 00:32:22.200
 and the result of that

00:32:22.200 --> 00:32:23.200
 is going to be

00:32:23.200 --> 00:32:24.039
 that God is now

00:32:24.039 --> 00:32:24.900
 going to take care

00:32:24.900 --> 00:32:25.180
 of me

00:32:25.180 --> 00:32:25.980
 and bless me

00:32:25.980 --> 00:32:27.160
 and what often

00:32:27.160 --> 00:32:27.880
 happens is

00:32:27.880 --> 00:32:28.460
 then you get

00:32:28.460 --> 00:32:29.700
 the cancer diagnosis

00:32:29.700 --> 00:32:30.539
 for your mom

00:32:30.539 --> 00:32:31.539
 then you don't get

00:32:31.539 --> 00:32:32.220
 the promotion

00:32:32.220 --> 00:32:33.940
 then you're

00:32:33.940 --> 00:32:34.700
 the stocks

00:32:34.700 --> 00:32:35.460
 that you invested

00:32:35.460 --> 00:32:35.980
 in go

00:32:35.980 --> 00:32:37.759
 go belly up

00:32:37.759 --> 00:32:38.819
 and and and now

00:32:38.819 --> 00:32:39.960
 you're mad at God

00:32:39.960 --> 00:32:41.220
 because good grief

00:32:41.220 --> 00:32:41.639
 God

00:32:41.639 --> 00:32:42.619
 I was doing

00:32:42.619 --> 00:32:43.799
 my part of the deal

00:32:43.799 --> 00:32:44.700
 I good grief

00:32:44.700 --> 00:32:45.639
 I stopped watching

00:32:45.639 --> 00:32:46.000
 the porn

00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:46.799
 I stopped drinking

00:32:46.799 --> 00:32:47.299
 the beer

00:32:47.299 --> 00:32:48.899
 I'm going to church

00:32:48.899 --> 00:32:50.500
 and now this happens

00:32:50.500 --> 00:32:51.139
 like

00:32:51.139 --> 00:32:52.420
 God

00:32:52.420 --> 00:32:54.079
 you let down

00:32:54.079 --> 00:32:55.180
 your part of the deal

00:32:55.180 --> 00:33:01.519
 the second thing

00:33:01.519 --> 00:33:04.519
 the problem

00:33:04.519 --> 00:33:06.440
 there's a big problem

00:33:06.440 --> 00:33:08.560
 and the big problem

00:33:08.560 --> 00:33:09.340
 is what I began

00:33:09.340 --> 00:33:10.160
 the sermon with

00:33:10.160 --> 00:33:11.740
 the mystery

00:33:11.740 --> 00:33:12.779
 of your wrongdoing

00:33:12.779 --> 00:33:16.220
 the mystery

00:33:16.220 --> 00:33:17.259
 of your wrongdoing

00:33:17.259 --> 00:33:19.799
 like

00:33:19.799 --> 00:33:20.340
 what

00:33:20.340 --> 00:33:21.080
 why is it

00:33:21.079 --> 00:33:23.379
 why is it

00:33:23.379 --> 00:33:23.759
 that you can

00:33:23.759 --> 00:33:24.679
 have an opportunity

00:33:24.679 --> 00:33:26.779
 you get a phone call

00:33:26.779 --> 00:33:28.319
 and somebody says

00:33:28.319 --> 00:33:28.960
 I'd really like

00:33:28.960 --> 00:33:29.319
 to take

00:33:29.319 --> 00:33:29.960
 pick you up

00:33:29.960 --> 00:33:31.699
 I'd love to treat

00:33:31.699 --> 00:33:32.639
 you to a good meal

00:33:32.639 --> 00:33:34.319
 buy a couple

00:33:34.319 --> 00:33:34.919
 of beers

00:33:34.919 --> 00:33:36.259
 have a really

00:33:36.259 --> 00:33:37.159
 good afternoon

00:33:37.159 --> 00:33:38.379
 and you say

00:33:38.379 --> 00:33:38.779
 no because

00:33:38.779 --> 00:33:39.099
 I'm going to

00:33:39.099 --> 00:33:39.740
 watch porn

00:33:39.740 --> 00:33:40.720
 like

00:33:40.720 --> 00:33:41.919
 I mean

00:33:41.919 --> 00:33:42.099
 you know

00:33:42.099 --> 00:33:42.720
 it's wrong

00:33:42.720 --> 00:33:44.599
 like

00:33:44.599 --> 00:33:45.019
 why would

00:33:45.019 --> 00:33:45.639
 you do that

00:33:45.639 --> 00:33:46.460
 like

00:33:46.460 --> 00:33:47.559
 good grief

00:33:47.559 --> 00:33:48.279
 you have

00:33:48.279 --> 00:33:49.279
 your good friend

00:33:49.279 --> 00:33:50.240
 just said

00:33:50.240 --> 00:33:51.500
 he'll take you out

00:33:51.500 --> 00:33:52.859
 pay for your meal

00:33:52.859 --> 00:33:53.720
 you'll have a really

00:33:53.720 --> 00:33:54.500
 good time

00:33:54.500 --> 00:33:55.399
 like that sounds

00:33:55.399 --> 00:33:55.879
 wonderful

00:33:55.879 --> 00:33:56.819
 like why would

00:33:56.819 --> 00:33:57.720
 you gratuitously

00:33:57.720 --> 00:33:58.700
 do the other thing

00:33:58.700 --> 00:34:01.639
 and you

00:34:01.639 --> 00:34:02.500
 you can multiply

00:34:02.500 --> 00:34:02.759
 like

00:34:02.759 --> 00:34:03.480
 why is it

00:34:03.480 --> 00:34:04.059
 that we do

00:34:04.059 --> 00:34:05.259
 things like that

00:34:05.259 --> 00:34:07.159
 but why is it

00:34:07.159 --> 00:34:07.940
 that the natural

00:34:07.940 --> 00:34:08.659
 religious

00:34:08.659 --> 00:34:09.259
 spiritual

00:34:09.259 --> 00:34:09.980
 imagination

00:34:09.980 --> 00:34:10.619
 pretends

00:34:10.619 --> 00:34:11.039
 that that

00:34:11.039 --> 00:34:11.799
 part of

00:34:11.799 --> 00:34:12.480
 our doing

00:34:12.480 --> 00:34:12.920
 wrong

00:34:12.920 --> 00:34:14.320
 doesn't exist

00:34:14.320 --> 00:34:16.139
 because the fact

00:34:16.139 --> 00:34:16.539
 the matter

00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:17.199
 is

00:34:17.199 --> 00:34:18.179
 that we

00:34:18.179 --> 00:34:18.899
 sometimes

00:34:18.899 --> 00:34:19.980
 gratuitously

00:34:19.980 --> 00:34:20.879
 choose

00:34:20.879 --> 00:34:21.460
 what is

00:34:21.460 --> 00:34:21.919
 wrong

00:34:21.919 --> 00:34:22.939
 and no

00:34:22.939 --> 00:34:23.319
 amount

00:34:23.319 --> 00:34:23.799
 of depth

00:34:23.799 --> 00:34:24.679
 therapy

00:34:24.679 --> 00:34:25.219
 changes

00:34:25.219 --> 00:34:25.519
 that

00:34:25.519 --> 00:34:26.039
 no

00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:26.439
 amount

00:34:26.439 --> 00:34:27.039
 of behavior

00:34:27.039 --> 00:34:27.839
 modification

00:34:27.839 --> 00:34:28.799
 changes

00:34:28.799 --> 00:34:29.059
 that

00:34:29.059 --> 00:34:29.779
 no amount

00:34:29.779 --> 00:34:30.539
 of finding

00:34:30.539 --> 00:34:31.939
 coaches

00:34:31.939 --> 00:34:32.779
 who can

00:34:32.779 --> 00:34:33.219
 give you

00:34:33.219 --> 00:34:33.919
 techniques

00:34:33.919 --> 00:34:34.639
 about

00:34:34.639 --> 00:34:35.199
 human

00:34:35.199 --> 00:34:35.739
 behavior

00:34:35.739 --> 00:34:36.259
 that

00:34:36.259 --> 00:34:36.719
 doesn't

00:34:36.719 --> 00:34:37.099
 change

00:34:37.099 --> 00:34:37.219
 it

00:34:37.219 --> 00:34:37.799
 no amount

00:34:37.799 --> 00:34:38.460
 of spiritual

00:34:38.460 --> 00:34:39.139
 practices

00:34:39.139 --> 00:34:40.179
 removes

00:34:40.179 --> 00:34:40.559
 it

00:34:40.559 --> 00:34:42.079
 and

00:34:42.079 --> 00:34:42.439
 given

00:34:42.439 --> 00:34:43.239
 the fact

00:34:43.239 --> 00:34:44.259
 that we

00:34:44.259 --> 00:34:44.799
 have a

00:34:44.799 --> 00:34:45.199
 part of

00:34:45.199 --> 00:34:45.399
 us

00:34:45.399 --> 00:34:46.000
 that just

00:34:46.000 --> 00:34:46.919
 gratuitously

00:34:46.920 --> 00:34:47.300
 do

00:34:47.300 --> 00:34:47.720
 something

00:34:47.720 --> 00:34:48.000
 which

00:34:48.000 --> 00:34:48.200
 is

00:34:48.200 --> 00:34:48.820
 wrong

00:34:48.820 --> 00:34:51.400
 it

00:34:51.400 --> 00:34:51.740
 means

00:34:51.740 --> 00:34:52.059
 that the

00:34:52.059 --> 00:34:52.659
 natural

00:34:52.659 --> 00:34:53.780
 spiritual

00:34:53.780 --> 00:34:54.599
 imagination

00:34:54.599 --> 00:34:55.840
 is

00:34:55.840 --> 00:34:56.579
 doomed

00:34:56.579 --> 00:34:58.039
 it

00:34:58.039 --> 00:34:58.280
 will

00:34:58.280 --> 00:34:58.860
 never

00:34:58.860 --> 00:34:59.400
 ever

00:34:59.400 --> 00:35:00.240
 work

00:35:00.240 --> 00:35:01.579
 to

00:35:01.579 --> 00:35:01.820
 my

00:35:01.820 --> 00:35:02.159
 Buddhist

00:35:02.159 --> 00:35:02.840
 friends

00:35:02.840 --> 00:35:04.380
 you

00:35:04.380 --> 00:35:04.539
 will

00:35:04.539 --> 00:35:04.840
 never

00:35:04.840 --> 00:35:05.139
 get

00:35:05.139 --> 00:35:05.700
 enlightenment

00:35:05.700 --> 00:35:06.579
 to

00:35:06.579 --> 00:35:06.800
 my

00:35:06.800 --> 00:35:07.139
 Hindu

00:35:07.139 --> 00:35:07.780
 friends

00:35:07.780 --> 00:35:08.480
 you

00:35:08.480 --> 00:35:08.659
 will

00:35:08.659 --> 00:35:09.019
 never

00:35:09.019 --> 00:35:09.500
 stop

00:35:09.500 --> 00:35:09.740
 the

00:35:09.740 --> 00:35:10.079
 cycle

00:35:10.079 --> 00:35:10.300
 of

00:35:10.300 --> 00:35:10.639
 life

00:35:10.639 --> 00:35:10.820
 and

00:35:10.820 --> 00:35:11.360
 rebirth

00:35:11.360 --> 00:35:12.420
 never

00:35:12.420 --> 00:35:13.960
 to

00:35:13.960 --> 00:35:14.180
 my

00:35:14.180 --> 00:35:14.579
 Muslim

00:35:14.579 --> 00:35:15.120
 friends

00:35:15.120 --> 00:35:19.820
 it

00:35:19.820 --> 00:35:20.120
 doesn't

00:35:20.120 --> 00:35:20.559
 work

00:35:20.559 --> 00:35:21.420
 you

00:35:21.420 --> 00:35:21.760
 choose

00:35:21.760 --> 00:35:21.920
 to

00:35:21.920 --> 00:35:22.099
 do

00:35:22.099 --> 00:35:22.519
 wrong

00:35:22.519 --> 00:35:23.559
 so

00:35:23.559 --> 00:35:23.760
 do

00:35:23.760 --> 00:35:24.200
 I

00:35:24.200 --> 00:35:24.840
 so

00:35:24.840 --> 00:35:25.039
 do

00:35:25.039 --> 00:35:25.400
 you

00:35:25.400 --> 00:35:28.860
 why

00:35:28.860 --> 00:35:29.300
 is it

00:35:29.300 --> 00:35:29.599
 that we

00:35:29.599 --> 00:35:30.000
 cling

00:35:30.000 --> 00:35:30.400
 to this

00:35:30.400 --> 00:35:30.780
 religious

00:35:30.780 --> 00:35:31.340
 model

00:35:31.340 --> 00:35:33.240
 and we

00:35:33.240 --> 00:35:33.640
 know

00:35:33.640 --> 00:35:34.059
 that we

00:35:34.059 --> 00:35:34.480
 choose

00:35:34.480 --> 00:35:35.019
 wrong

00:35:35.019 --> 00:35:35.599
 and you

00:35:35.599 --> 00:35:35.820
 see

00:35:35.820 --> 00:35:36.079
 what

00:35:36.079 --> 00:35:36.539
 happens

00:35:36.539 --> 00:35:36.880
 is

00:35:36.880 --> 00:35:37.420
 because

00:35:37.420 --> 00:35:37.640
 we

00:35:37.640 --> 00:35:37.980
 choose

00:35:37.980 --> 00:35:38.320
 wrong

00:35:38.320 --> 00:35:38.559
 what

00:35:38.559 --> 00:35:38.660
 do

00:35:38.659 --> 00:35:38.799
 we

00:35:38.799 --> 00:35:39.139
 do

00:35:39.139 --> 00:35:39.859
 we

00:35:39.859 --> 00:35:40.059
 have

00:35:40.059 --> 00:35:40.339
 one

00:35:40.339 --> 00:35:40.579
 rule

00:35:40.579 --> 00:35:40.819
 for

00:35:40.819 --> 00:35:41.039
 me

00:35:41.039 --> 00:35:41.179
 and

00:35:41.179 --> 00:35:41.420
 another

00:35:41.420 --> 00:35:41.699
 rule

00:35:41.699 --> 00:35:41.940
 for

00:35:41.940 --> 00:35:42.159
 thee

00:35:42.159 --> 00:35:42.359
 we

00:35:42.359 --> 00:35:42.719
 become

00:35:42.719 --> 00:35:43.079
 very

00:35:43.079 --> 00:35:43.839
 good

00:35:43.839 --> 00:35:44.460
 at

00:35:44.460 --> 00:35:44.899
 blame

00:35:44.899 --> 00:35:45.339
 shifting

00:35:45.339 --> 00:35:45.559
 we

00:35:45.559 --> 00:35:45.920
 become

00:35:45.920 --> 00:35:46.299
 very

00:35:46.299 --> 00:35:46.819
 good

00:35:46.819 --> 00:35:47.099
 at

00:35:47.099 --> 00:35:47.739
 pretend

00:35:47.739 --> 00:35:48.460
 and

00:35:48.460 --> 00:35:48.759
 what's

00:35:48.759 --> 00:35:48.920
 the

00:35:48.920 --> 00:35:49.339
 problem

00:35:49.339 --> 00:35:49.599
 with

00:35:49.599 --> 00:35:49.940
 blame

00:35:49.940 --> 00:35:50.319
 shifting

00:35:50.319 --> 00:35:50.559
 and

00:35:50.559 --> 00:35:51.039
 pretending

00:35:51.039 --> 00:35:51.319
 that

00:35:51.319 --> 00:35:51.480
 we're

00:35:51.480 --> 00:35:51.739
 far

00:35:51.739 --> 00:35:51.980
 more

00:35:51.980 --> 00:35:52.399
 righteous

00:35:52.399 --> 00:35:52.759
 far

00:35:52.759 --> 00:35:52.960
 more

00:35:52.960 --> 00:35:53.399
 together

00:35:53.399 --> 00:35:53.980
 I

00:35:53.980 --> 00:35:54.119
 mean

00:35:54.119 --> 00:35:54.279
 in

00:35:54.279 --> 00:35:54.480
 good

00:35:54.480 --> 00:35:54.899
 grief

00:35:54.899 --> 00:35:55.359
 if

00:35:55.359 --> 00:35:55.559
 there

00:35:55.559 --> 00:35:55.699
 is

00:35:55.699 --> 00:35:56.019
 ever

00:35:56.019 --> 00:35:56.179
 an

00:35:56.179 --> 00:35:56.359
 age

00:35:56.359 --> 00:35:56.500
 where

00:35:56.500 --> 00:35:56.639
 we

00:35:56.639 --> 00:35:56.819
 have

00:35:56.819 --> 00:35:56.940
 a

00:35:56.940 --> 00:35:57.299
 problem

00:35:57.299 --> 00:35:57.500
 with

00:35:57.500 --> 00:35:57.679
 this

00:35:57.679 --> 00:35:57.839
 is

00:35:57.839 --> 00:35:58.139
 people

00:35:58.139 --> 00:35:58.480
 don't

00:35:58.480 --> 00:35:58.779
 actually

00:35:58.779 --> 00:35:59.000
 want

00:35:59.000 --> 00:35:59.119
 to

00:35:59.119 --> 00:35:59.339
 eat

00:35:59.339 --> 00:35:59.460
 a

00:35:59.460 --> 00:35:59.659
 good

00:35:59.659 --> 00:36:00.139
 tasting

00:36:00.139 --> 00:36:01.279
 cupcake

00:36:01.279 --> 00:36:02.379
 they

00:36:08.659 --> 00:36:08.819
 even

00:36:08.819 --> 00:36:09.039
 if

00:36:09.039 --> 00:36:09.259
 the

00:36:09.259 --> 00:36:09.819
 cupcake

00:36:09.819 --> 00:36:10.399
 or

00:36:10.399 --> 00:36:10.579
 the

00:36:10.579 --> 00:36:10.879
 donut

00:36:10.879 --> 00:36:11.119
 at

00:36:11.119 --> 00:36:11.359
 Tim

00:36:11.359 --> 00:36:11.819
 Hortons

00:36:11.819 --> 00:36:12.259
 at

00:36:12.259 --> 00:36:12.679
 one

00:36:12.679 --> 00:36:13.039
 fifth

00:36:13.039 --> 00:36:13.279
 the

00:36:13.279 --> 00:36:13.719
 price

00:36:13.719 --> 00:36:14.199
 is

00:36:14.199 --> 00:36:14.599
 twenty

00:36:14.599 --> 00:36:15.039
 times

00:36:15.039 --> 00:36:15.339
 more

00:36:15.339 --> 00:36:15.879
 tasty

00:36:15.879 --> 00:36:19.359
 we

00:36:19.359 --> 00:36:19.719
 want

00:36:19.719 --> 00:36:19.940
 the

00:36:19.940 --> 00:36:20.420
 Facebook

00:36:20.420 --> 00:36:21.339
 Instagram

00:36:21.339 --> 00:36:21.960
 TikTok

00:36:21.960 --> 00:36:22.639
 moment

00:36:22.639 --> 00:36:23.139
 to make

00:36:23.139 --> 00:36:23.279
 it

00:36:23.279 --> 00:36:23.539
 look

00:36:23.539 --> 00:36:24.079
 like

00:36:24.079 --> 00:36:24.619
 things

00:36:24.619 --> 00:36:25.039
 are

00:36:25.039 --> 00:36:25.659
 good

00:36:25.659 --> 00:36:26.519
 and

00:36:26.519 --> 00:36:26.739
 what

00:36:26.739 --> 00:36:27.199
 happens

00:36:27.199 --> 00:36:27.399
 it

00:36:27.399 --> 00:36:27.639
 makes

00:36:27.639 --> 00:36:27.779
 us

00:36:27.779 --> 00:36:28.259
 profoundly

00:36:28.259 --> 00:36:29.059
 insecure

00:36:29.059 --> 00:36:31.159
 it

00:36:31.159 --> 00:36:31.399
 makes

00:36:31.399 --> 00:36:31.579
 us

00:36:31.579 --> 00:36:32.359
 profoundly

00:36:32.359 --> 00:36:33.940
 insecure

00:36:33.940 --> 00:36:35.659
 and

00:36:35.659 --> 00:36:35.859
 we

00:36:35.859 --> 00:36:36.599
 reject

00:36:36.599 --> 00:36:37.119
 religion

00:36:37.119 --> 00:36:37.480
 because

00:36:37.480 --> 00:36:37.739
 it's

00:36:37.739 --> 00:36:37.940
 just

00:36:37.940 --> 00:36:38.219
 in

00:36:38.219 --> 00:36:38.639
 image

00:36:38.639 --> 00:36:39.159
 management

00:36:39.159 --> 00:36:39.399
 and

00:36:39.399 --> 00:36:39.619
 it's

00:36:39.619 --> 00:36:40.099
 hard

00:36:40.099 --> 00:36:40.579
 for

00:36:40.579 --> 00:36:40.799
 us

00:36:40.799 --> 00:36:40.980
 to

00:36:40.980 --> 00:36:41.259
 think

00:36:41.259 --> 00:36:41.379
 of

00:36:41.379 --> 00:36:41.500
 the

00:36:41.500 --> 00:36:41.779
 fact

00:36:41.779 --> 00:36:41.959
 that

00:36:41.959 --> 00:36:42.099
 we

00:36:42.099 --> 00:36:42.299
 do

00:36:42.299 --> 00:36:42.779
 things

00:36:42.779 --> 00:36:43.279
 which

00:36:43.279 --> 00:36:43.459
 are

00:36:43.459 --> 00:36:43.899
 wrong

00:36:43.899 --> 00:36:44.439
 without

00:36:44.439 --> 00:36:44.919
 being

00:36:44.919 --> 00:36:45.579
 profoundly

00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:46.759
 demoralizing

00:36:46.759 --> 00:36:52.079
 so the

00:36:52.079 --> 00:36:52.539
 first thing

00:36:52.539 --> 00:36:52.819
 is the

00:36:52.819 --> 00:36:53.219
 natural

00:36:53.219 --> 00:36:53.719
 way that

00:36:53.719 --> 00:36:53.899
 our

00:36:53.899 --> 00:36:54.319
 religious

00:36:54.319 --> 00:36:54.619
 and

00:36:54.619 --> 00:36:54.939
 spiritual

00:36:54.939 --> 00:36:55.539
 imagination

00:36:55.539 --> 00:36:55.899
 works

00:36:55.899 --> 00:36:56.099
 the

00:36:56.099 --> 00:36:56.459
 second

00:36:56.459 --> 00:36:56.899
 thing

00:36:56.899 --> 00:36:58.399
 is the

00:36:58.399 --> 00:36:58.719
 mystery

00:36:58.719 --> 00:36:59.039
 of our

00:36:59.039 --> 00:36:59.500
 wrongdoing

00:36:59.500 --> 00:37:00.239
 isn't that

00:37:00.239 --> 00:37:00.439
 what we

00:37:00.439 --> 00:37:00.679
 see in

00:37:00.679 --> 00:37:00.980
 the story

00:37:00.980 --> 00:37:01.119
 of

00:37:01.119 --> 00:37:01.439
 Abraham

00:37:01.439 --> 00:37:01.919
 we

00:37:01.919 --> 00:37:02.599
 evaluate

00:37:02.599 --> 00:37:03.079
 Abraham

00:37:03.079 --> 00:37:03.639
 as being

00:37:03.639 --> 00:37:04.179
 unworthy

00:37:04.179 --> 00:37:05.519
 because of

00:37:05.519 --> 00:37:05.659
 our

00:37:05.659 --> 00:37:06.019
 natural

00:37:06.019 --> 00:37:06.459
 religious

00:37:06.459 --> 00:37:07.059
 imagination

00:37:07.059 --> 00:37:08.480
 we

00:37:08.480 --> 00:37:09.500
 look at

00:37:09.500 --> 00:37:09.860
 Abraham

00:37:09.860 --> 00:37:11.039
 and see

00:37:11.039 --> 00:37:11.840
 that he

00:37:11.840 --> 00:37:12.960
 gratuitously

00:37:12.960 --> 00:37:13.699
 chose to

00:37:13.699 --> 00:37:14.099
 do what

00:37:14.099 --> 00:37:14.900
 was wrong

00:37:14.900 --> 00:37:20.420
 the third

00:37:20.420 --> 00:37:20.900
 and final

00:37:20.900 --> 00:37:21.539
 thing is

00:37:21.539 --> 00:37:22.480
 the subversive

00:37:22.480 --> 00:37:24.519
 fulfillment

00:37:24.519 --> 00:37:25.679
 of the

00:37:25.679 --> 00:37:26.179
 gospel

00:37:26.179 --> 00:37:28.199
 the subversive

00:37:28.199 --> 00:37:29.299
 fulfillment

00:37:29.299 --> 00:37:30.400
 of the

00:37:30.400 --> 00:37:30.880
 gospel

00:37:30.880 --> 00:37:32.140
 by that

00:37:32.140 --> 00:37:32.519
 I mean

00:37:32.519 --> 00:37:33.019
 is the

00:37:33.019 --> 00:37:33.579
 gospel

00:37:33.579 --> 00:37:34.920
 subverts

00:37:34.920 --> 00:37:36.079
 the

00:37:36.079 --> 00:37:36.640
 natural

00:37:36.640 --> 00:37:37.480
 religious

00:37:37.480 --> 00:37:38.519
 imagination

00:37:38.519 --> 00:37:40.180
 but it

00:37:40.180 --> 00:37:40.940
 fulfills

00:37:40.940 --> 00:37:41.280
 our

00:37:41.280 --> 00:37:41.740
 deeper

00:37:41.740 --> 00:37:42.400
 desire

00:37:42.400 --> 00:37:44.320
 to live

00:37:44.320 --> 00:37:44.740
 a life

00:37:44.740 --> 00:37:45.099
 that is

00:37:45.099 --> 00:37:46.740
 right

00:37:46.740 --> 00:37:47.460
 with God

00:37:47.460 --> 00:37:48.280
 that's

00:37:48.280 --> 00:37:48.960
 transparent

00:37:48.960 --> 00:37:49.760
 and honest

00:37:49.760 --> 00:37:50.440
 and doesn't

00:37:50.440 --> 00:37:50.980
 have to

00:37:50.980 --> 00:37:51.559
 pretend

00:37:51.559 --> 00:37:53.019
 that there's

00:37:53.019 --> 00:37:53.579
 not a

00:37:53.579 --> 00:37:54.000
 part of

00:37:54.000 --> 00:37:54.420
 us that

00:37:54.420 --> 00:37:54.940
 choose to

00:37:54.940 --> 00:37:55.180
 do

00:37:55.180 --> 00:37:55.559
 what's

00:37:55.559 --> 00:37:55.920
 wrong

00:37:55.920 --> 00:37:57.700
 it's

00:37:57.700 --> 00:37:58.360
 the

00:37:58.360 --> 00:37:58.740
 good

00:37:58.740 --> 00:37:59.400
 news

00:37:59.400 --> 00:37:59.980
 that

00:37:59.980 --> 00:38:00.420
 God

00:38:00.420 --> 00:38:01.420
 subverts

00:38:01.420 --> 00:38:02.840
 but he

00:38:02.840 --> 00:38:03.400
 actually

00:38:03.400 --> 00:38:04.139
 fulfills

00:38:04.139 --> 00:38:04.559
 at a

00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:04.880
 deeper

00:38:04.880 --> 00:38:05.539
 level

00:38:05.539 --> 00:38:06.760
 what we

00:38:06.760 --> 00:38:07.180
 desire

00:38:07.180 --> 00:38:07.500
 if you

00:38:07.500 --> 00:38:07.780
 could put

00:38:07.780 --> 00:38:08.059
 up the

00:38:08.059 --> 00:38:08.920
 final slide

00:38:08.920 --> 00:38:09.840
 the scandalous

00:38:09.840 --> 00:38:10.460
 grace of

00:38:10.460 --> 00:38:11.019
 the triune

00:38:11.019 --> 00:38:11.420
 God

00:38:11.420 --> 00:38:12.840
 and the

00:38:12.840 --> 00:38:13.460
 way the

00:38:13.460 --> 00:38:14.300
 gospel works

00:38:14.300 --> 00:38:14.880
 is there's

00:38:14.880 --> 00:38:15.619
 an announcement

00:38:15.619 --> 00:38:16.880
 Abraham

00:38:16.880 --> 00:38:18.059
 you are a

00:38:18.059 --> 00:38:18.579
 bad

00:38:18.579 --> 00:38:19.300
 man

00:38:19.300 --> 00:38:20.700
 George

00:38:20.700 --> 00:38:22.200
 you are

00:38:22.200 --> 00:38:23.039
 a bad

00:38:23.039 --> 00:38:23.980
 man

00:38:23.980 --> 00:38:26.199
 but it

00:38:26.199 --> 00:38:26.619
 begins

00:38:26.619 --> 00:38:27.679
 with God

00:38:27.679 --> 00:38:28.599
 accepting me

00:38:28.599 --> 00:38:29.179
 as his

00:38:29.179 --> 00:38:29.619
 child

00:38:29.619 --> 00:38:31.460
 by salvation

00:38:31.460 --> 00:38:32.300
 by grace

00:38:32.300 --> 00:38:32.739
 I'll explain

00:38:32.739 --> 00:38:33.099
 more about

00:38:33.099 --> 00:38:33.440
 that in a

00:38:33.440 --> 00:38:33.699
 moment

00:38:33.699 --> 00:38:34.940
 and then

00:38:34.940 --> 00:38:35.460
 it leads

00:38:35.460 --> 00:38:36.019
 from that

00:38:36.019 --> 00:38:36.779
 to begin

00:38:36.779 --> 00:38:37.800
 practicing

00:38:37.800 --> 00:38:38.460
 the means

00:38:38.460 --> 00:38:38.980
 of grace

00:38:38.980 --> 00:38:39.440
 which is

00:38:39.440 --> 00:38:39.920
 another way

00:38:39.920 --> 00:38:40.300
 a better

00:38:40.300 --> 00:38:40.579
 way

00:38:40.579 --> 00:38:41.179
 a gospel

00:38:41.179 --> 00:38:41.440
 way

00:38:41.440 --> 00:38:41.900
 of talking

00:38:41.900 --> 00:38:42.119
 about

00:38:42.119 --> 00:38:42.519
 religious

00:38:42.519 --> 00:38:43.239
 observance

00:38:43.239 --> 00:38:43.639
 it's not

00:38:43.639 --> 00:38:44.039
 religious

00:38:44.039 --> 00:38:44.820
 observance

00:38:44.820 --> 00:38:45.500
 it's

00:38:45.500 --> 00:38:45.980
 practicing

00:38:45.980 --> 00:38:46.519
 the means

00:38:46.519 --> 00:38:47.119
 of grace

00:38:47.119 --> 00:38:48.099
 and we

00:38:48.099 --> 00:38:48.500
 begin

00:38:48.500 --> 00:38:48.920
 with being

00:38:48.920 --> 00:38:49.360
 accepted

00:38:49.360 --> 00:38:50.000
 by God

00:38:50.000 --> 00:38:50.579
 completely

00:38:50.579 --> 00:38:51.139
 and utterly

00:38:51.139 --> 00:38:52.019
 undeserved

00:38:52.019 --> 00:38:53.659
 and it's

00:38:53.659 --> 00:38:54.099
 from that

00:38:54.099 --> 00:38:54.719
 place

00:38:54.719 --> 00:38:55.480
 that we

00:38:55.480 --> 00:38:56.019
 begin

00:38:56.019 --> 00:38:56.880
 to live

00:38:56.880 --> 00:38:57.539
 and practice

00:38:57.539 --> 00:38:58.059
 the means

00:38:58.059 --> 00:38:58.639
 of grace

00:38:58.639 --> 00:38:59.019
 and it's

00:38:59.019 --> 00:38:59.519
 from that

00:38:59.519 --> 00:38:59.940
 place

00:38:59.940 --> 00:39:00.239
 that we

00:39:00.239 --> 00:39:00.599
 become

00:39:00.599 --> 00:39:01.039
 more and

00:39:01.039 --> 00:39:01.759
 more convinced

00:39:01.759 --> 00:39:02.440
 that it's

00:39:02.440 --> 00:39:02.900
 important

00:39:02.900 --> 00:39:03.619
 that not only

00:39:03.619 --> 00:39:04.059
 do we do

00:39:04.059 --> 00:39:04.599
 things like

00:39:04.599 --> 00:39:05.039
 justice

00:39:05.039 --> 00:39:05.579
 and mercy

00:39:05.579 --> 00:39:06.340
 and compassion

00:39:06.340 --> 00:39:07.340
 but also

00:39:07.340 --> 00:39:07.800
 that we

00:39:07.800 --> 00:39:09.039
 write songs

00:39:09.039 --> 00:39:09.340
 that are

00:39:09.340 --> 00:39:09.599
 good

00:39:09.599 --> 00:39:10.259
 and dance

00:39:10.259 --> 00:39:10.800
 dances

00:39:10.800 --> 00:39:11.219
 that are

00:39:11.219 --> 00:39:11.940
 beautiful

00:39:11.940 --> 00:39:14.360
 and start

00:39:14.360 --> 00:39:15.019
 businesses

00:39:15.019 --> 00:39:15.739
 which are

00:39:15.739 --> 00:39:17.239
 successful

00:39:17.239 --> 00:39:18.659
 and rise

00:39:18.659 --> 00:39:19.159
 up in the

00:39:19.159 --> 00:39:19.960
 civil service

00:39:19.960 --> 00:39:20.820
 not as just

00:39:20.820 --> 00:39:21.300
 a person

00:39:21.300 --> 00:39:21.840
 who just

00:39:21.840 --> 00:39:22.780
 puts everybody

00:39:22.780 --> 00:39:23.240
 down

00:39:23.240 --> 00:39:23.700
 but to be

00:39:23.700 --> 00:39:24.240
 known as a

00:39:24.240 --> 00:39:24.860
 man and woman

00:39:24.860 --> 00:39:25.640
 of integrity

00:39:25.640 --> 00:39:26.720
 that we start

00:39:26.720 --> 00:39:27.320
 to do better

00:39:27.320 --> 00:39:29.300
 once again

00:39:29.300 --> 00:39:30.340
 I don't have

00:39:30.340 --> 00:39:30.740
 it in here

00:39:30.740 --> 00:39:31.180
 but remember

00:39:31.180 --> 00:39:31.600
 that we're

00:39:31.600 --> 00:39:32.080
 looking at the

00:39:32.080 --> 00:39:32.539
 stories of

00:39:32.539 --> 00:39:32.780
 Abraham

00:39:32.780 --> 00:39:33.260
 and within

00:39:33.260 --> 00:39:33.760
 the stories

00:39:33.760 --> 00:39:34.220
 of Abraham

00:39:34.220 --> 00:39:34.680
 itself

00:39:34.680 --> 00:39:35.300
 there is a

00:39:35.300 --> 00:39:35.800
 pointer at

00:39:35.800 --> 00:39:36.140
 the very

00:39:36.140 --> 00:39:36.780
 very end

00:39:36.780 --> 00:39:37.700
 a very

00:39:37.700 --> 00:39:38.400
 very famous

00:39:38.400 --> 00:39:39.080
 story

00:39:39.080 --> 00:39:40.539
 of Abraham

00:39:40.539 --> 00:39:41.420
 and we're

00:39:41.420 --> 00:39:41.680
 going to be

00:39:41.680 --> 00:39:42.240
 looking at it

00:39:42.240 --> 00:39:43.620
 in two weeks

00:39:43.620 --> 00:39:43.940
 time

00:39:43.940 --> 00:39:44.380
 and it's in

00:39:44.380 --> 00:39:45.080
 Genesis chapter

00:39:45.080 --> 00:39:46.140
 22 verse 8

00:39:46.140 --> 00:39:47.039
 and it's the

00:39:47.039 --> 00:39:47.780
 story of now

00:39:47.780 --> 00:39:48.600
 Abraham has his

00:39:48.600 --> 00:39:48.980
 child

00:39:48.980 --> 00:39:51.039
 and Ishmael

00:39:51.039 --> 00:39:51.500
 is gone

00:39:51.500 --> 00:39:51.840
 and it's

00:39:51.840 --> 00:39:52.659
 only Isaac

00:39:52.659 --> 00:39:53.139
 and God

00:39:53.139 --> 00:39:53.659
 says to

00:39:53.659 --> 00:39:54.099
 Abraham

00:39:54.099 --> 00:39:55.000
 I want you

00:39:55.000 --> 00:39:55.380
 to take

00:39:55.380 --> 00:39:55.880
 your son

00:39:55.880 --> 00:39:56.260
 your only

00:39:56.260 --> 00:39:56.740
 son whom

00:39:56.740 --> 00:39:57.280
 you love

00:39:57.280 --> 00:39:58.240
 your only

00:39:58.240 --> 00:39:58.740
 son whom

00:39:58.740 --> 00:39:59.079
 you love

00:39:59.079 --> 00:39:59.500
 and I want

00:39:59.500 --> 00:39:59.760
 you to

00:39:59.760 --> 00:40:00.159
 take him

00:40:00.159 --> 00:40:00.519
 up onto

00:40:00.519 --> 00:40:00.920
 the mountain

00:40:00.920 --> 00:40:01.500
 and I want

00:40:01.500 --> 00:40:01.800
 you to

00:40:01.800 --> 00:40:02.139
 kill him

00:40:02.139 --> 00:40:02.400
 as a

00:40:02.400 --> 00:40:02.820
 sacrifice

00:40:02.820 --> 00:40:03.500
 for me

00:40:03.500 --> 00:40:04.440
 and Abraham

00:40:04.440 --> 00:40:05.019
 goes

00:40:05.019 --> 00:40:05.780
 and does

00:40:05.780 --> 00:40:05.940
 it

00:40:05.940 --> 00:40:06.519
 and there's

00:40:06.519 --> 00:40:06.920
 this very

00:40:06.920 --> 00:40:07.940
 famous line

00:40:07.940 --> 00:40:08.360
 that as

00:40:08.360 --> 00:40:08.880
 they're going

00:40:08.880 --> 00:40:09.240
 up the

00:40:09.240 --> 00:40:09.539
 mountain

00:40:09.539 --> 00:40:09.940
 and he's

00:40:09.940 --> 00:40:10.360
 gotten rid

00:40:10.360 --> 00:40:10.599
 of the

00:40:10.599 --> 00:40:10.960
 servants

00:40:10.960 --> 00:40:11.420
 it's just

00:40:11.420 --> 00:40:11.860
 Abraham

00:40:11.860 --> 00:40:12.199
 and his

00:40:12.199 --> 00:40:14.619
 son Isaac

00:40:14.619 --> 00:40:15.880
 and Abraham

00:40:15.880 --> 00:40:16.719
 it's verse 8

00:40:16.719 --> 00:40:17.699
 of chapter 22

00:40:17.699 --> 00:40:18.960
 at verse 7

00:40:18.960 --> 00:40:19.259
 it goes

00:40:19.259 --> 00:40:19.759
 and Isaac

00:40:19.759 --> 00:40:20.319
 said to his

00:40:20.319 --> 00:40:21.000
 father Abraham

00:40:21.000 --> 00:40:21.739
 my father

00:40:21.739 --> 00:40:22.579
 and Abraham

00:40:22.579 --> 00:40:23.279
 said here I

00:40:23.279 --> 00:40:23.980
 am my son

00:40:23.980 --> 00:40:24.719
 and Isaac

00:40:24.719 --> 00:40:25.380
 says behold

00:40:25.380 --> 00:40:25.900
 the fire

00:40:25.900 --> 00:40:26.359
 and the wood

00:40:26.359 --> 00:40:26.859
 but where

00:40:26.859 --> 00:40:27.460
 is the lamb

00:40:27.460 --> 00:40:28.019
 for the burnt

00:40:28.019 --> 00:40:28.480
 offering

00:40:28.480 --> 00:40:30.079
 and Abraham's

00:40:30.079 --> 00:40:30.900
 famous answer

00:40:30.900 --> 00:40:32.000
 is God

00:40:32.000 --> 00:40:33.059
 will provide

00:40:33.059 --> 00:40:34.139
 for himself

00:40:34.139 --> 00:40:35.319
 the lamb

00:40:35.319 --> 00:40:36.559
 for the burnt

00:40:36.559 --> 00:40:37.079
 offering

00:40:37.079 --> 00:40:38.339
 my son

00:40:38.339 --> 00:40:39.859
 at the end

00:40:39.859 --> 00:40:40.420
 of the story

00:40:40.420 --> 00:40:41.219
 after Abraham

00:40:41.219 --> 00:40:41.579
 is going to

00:40:41.579 --> 00:40:41.880
 go ahead

00:40:41.880 --> 00:40:42.719
 and do it

00:40:42.719 --> 00:40:43.500
 there is a

00:40:43.500 --> 00:40:44.059
 ram that

00:40:44.059 --> 00:40:44.719
 is provided

00:40:44.719 --> 00:40:45.379
 and God

00:40:45.379 --> 00:40:46.399
 reveals to Abraham

00:40:46.399 --> 00:40:47.039
 he's not to

00:40:47.039 --> 00:40:47.619
 kill his son

00:40:47.619 --> 00:40:48.079
 and there's a

00:40:48.079 --> 00:40:48.279
 ram

00:40:48.279 --> 00:40:48.679
 not the

00:40:48.679 --> 00:40:48.899
 lamb

00:40:48.899 --> 00:40:49.179
 but a

00:40:49.179 --> 00:40:49.539
 ram

00:40:49.539 --> 00:40:51.119
 and then

00:40:51.119 --> 00:40:51.639
 in the

00:40:51.639 --> 00:40:52.459
 other stories

00:40:52.459 --> 00:40:52.759
 we're going

00:40:52.759 --> 00:40:53.299
 to discover

00:40:53.299 --> 00:40:53.579
 in the

00:40:53.579 --> 00:40:53.879
 book of

00:40:53.879 --> 00:40:54.199
 Exodus

00:40:54.199 --> 00:40:54.579
 and in

00:40:54.579 --> 00:40:54.799
 the book

00:40:54.799 --> 00:40:54.939
 of

00:40:54.939 --> 00:40:55.339
 Leviticus

00:40:55.339 --> 00:40:55.739
 and Numbers

00:40:55.739 --> 00:40:56.439
 and Deuteronomy

00:40:56.439 --> 00:40:56.859
 that there's

00:40:56.859 --> 00:40:57.039
 to be

00:40:57.039 --> 00:40:57.879
 the sacrifices

00:40:57.879 --> 00:40:59.039
 but as

00:40:59.039 --> 00:40:59.679
 the story

00:40:59.679 --> 00:41:00.419
 unfolds

00:41:00.419 --> 00:41:00.959
 because there's

00:41:00.959 --> 00:41:01.599
 books after

00:41:01.599 --> 00:41:02.159
 these first

00:41:02.159 --> 00:41:02.659
 five that

00:41:02.659 --> 00:41:02.980
 make up

00:41:02.980 --> 00:41:03.459
 the 39

00:41:03.459 --> 00:41:03.919
 books of

00:41:03.919 --> 00:41:04.159
 the Old

00:41:04.159 --> 00:41:04.519
 Testament

00:41:04.519 --> 00:41:05.199
 there is

00:41:05.199 --> 00:41:05.379
 this

00:41:05.379 --> 00:41:06.279
 realization

00:41:06.279 --> 00:41:06.799
 at a

00:41:06.799 --> 00:41:07.219
 deeper and

00:41:07.219 --> 00:41:07.459
 deeper

00:41:07.459 --> 00:41:07.819
 level

00:41:07.819 --> 00:41:08.519
 that the

00:41:08.519 --> 00:41:09.379
 mere sacrifice

00:41:09.379 --> 00:41:10.119
 of animals

00:41:10.119 --> 00:41:10.519
 for a

00:41:10.519 --> 00:41:11.039
 human being

00:41:11.039 --> 00:41:11.559
 is not

00:41:11.559 --> 00:41:12.000
 going to

00:41:12.000 --> 00:41:12.699
 be sufficient

00:41:12.699 --> 00:41:13.519
 and then

00:41:13.519 --> 00:41:14.179
 the very

00:41:14.179 --> 00:41:14.699
 first

00:41:14.699 --> 00:41:15.639
 historical

00:41:15.639 --> 00:41:16.659
 record we

00:41:16.659 --> 00:41:17.400
 have of

00:41:17.400 --> 00:41:17.800
 Jesus

00:41:17.800 --> 00:41:18.480
 is when

00:41:18.480 --> 00:41:19.119
 John the

00:41:19.119 --> 00:41:19.519
 Baptist

00:41:19.519 --> 00:41:20.440
 says at

00:41:20.440 --> 00:41:20.880
 the beginning

00:41:20.880 --> 00:41:21.440
 of Jesus'

00:41:21.699 --> 00:41:22.259
 ministry

00:41:22.259 --> 00:41:24.239
 behold

00:41:24.239 --> 00:41:25.599
 the lamb

00:41:25.599 --> 00:41:26.639
 of God

00:41:26.639 --> 00:41:27.559
 that takes

00:41:27.559 --> 00:41:28.259
 away

00:41:28.259 --> 00:41:29.219
 the sin

00:41:29.219 --> 00:41:29.759
 of the

00:41:29.759 --> 00:41:30.279
 world

00:41:30.279 --> 00:41:35.739
 Abraham's

00:41:35.739 --> 00:41:36.559
 not worthy

00:41:36.559 --> 00:41:37.000
 by the

00:41:37.000 --> 00:41:37.300
 religious

00:41:37.300 --> 00:41:37.840
 imagination

00:41:37.840 --> 00:41:38.860
 he does

00:41:38.860 --> 00:41:39.460
 wrong

00:41:39.460 --> 00:41:40.559
 he needs

00:41:40.559 --> 00:41:41.240
 grace

00:41:41.240 --> 00:41:42.699
 and he

00:41:42.699 --> 00:41:42.940
 needs

00:41:42.940 --> 00:41:43.500
 grace

00:41:43.500 --> 00:41:44.159
 that is

00:41:44.159 --> 00:41:44.500
 also

00:41:44.500 --> 00:41:44.960
 going

00:41:44.960 --> 00:41:45.860
 to be

00:41:45.860 --> 00:41:46.860
 at one

00:41:46.860 --> 00:41:47.500
 with

00:41:47.500 --> 00:41:48.139
 justice

00:41:48.139 --> 00:41:49.460
 and how

00:41:49.460 --> 00:41:49.780
 is that

00:41:49.780 --> 00:41:50.320
 the case

00:41:50.320 --> 00:41:51.460
 God looks

00:41:51.460 --> 00:41:51.820
 at you

00:41:51.820 --> 00:41:52.019
 and he

00:41:52.019 --> 00:41:52.400
 looks at

00:41:52.400 --> 00:41:52.639
 me

00:41:52.639 --> 00:41:53.659
 and I

00:41:53.659 --> 00:41:54.119
 cannot

00:41:54.119 --> 00:41:54.519
 be

00:41:54.519 --> 00:41:55.039
 perfect

00:41:55.039 --> 00:41:55.699
 I

00:41:55.699 --> 00:41:56.300
 choose

00:41:56.300 --> 00:41:56.760
 to do

00:41:56.760 --> 00:41:57.260
 wrong

00:41:57.260 --> 00:41:57.800
 at different

00:41:57.800 --> 00:41:58.440
 times

00:41:58.440 --> 00:41:59.320
 and so

00:41:59.320 --> 00:41:59.760
 God

00:41:59.760 --> 00:42:00.460
 provides

00:42:00.460 --> 00:42:00.920
 for me

00:42:00.920 --> 00:42:01.340
 in a way

00:42:01.340 --> 00:42:01.679
 that I

00:42:01.679 --> 00:42:01.960
 cannot

00:42:01.960 --> 00:42:02.420
 provide

00:42:02.420 --> 00:42:03.099
 for myself

00:42:03.099 --> 00:42:03.760
 he

00:42:03.760 --> 00:42:04.240
 provides

00:42:04.240 --> 00:42:04.699
 I am

00:42:04.699 --> 00:42:04.900
 made

00:42:04.900 --> 00:42:05.179
 in the

00:42:05.179 --> 00:42:05.480
 image

00:42:05.480 --> 00:42:05.920
 of God

00:42:05.920 --> 00:42:06.539
 he

00:42:06.539 --> 00:42:06.920
 takes

00:42:06.920 --> 00:42:07.360
 the one

00:42:07.360 --> 00:42:07.699
 of whom

00:42:07.699 --> 00:42:08.460
 every human

00:42:08.460 --> 00:42:08.900
 being is

00:42:08.900 --> 00:42:09.180
 made in

00:42:09.180 --> 00:42:09.599
 the image

00:42:09.599 --> 00:42:09.920
 of

00:42:09.920 --> 00:42:10.420
 and that

00:42:10.420 --> 00:42:10.880
 one

00:42:10.880 --> 00:42:11.079
 who

00:42:11.079 --> 00:42:11.680
 every one

00:42:11.680 --> 00:42:11.960
 of us

00:42:11.960 --> 00:42:12.220
 is in

00:42:12.220 --> 00:42:12.639
 the image

00:42:12.639 --> 00:42:12.840
 of

00:42:12.840 --> 00:42:13.720
 he takes

00:42:13.720 --> 00:42:14.079
 flesh

00:42:14.079 --> 00:42:14.599
 and becomes

00:42:14.599 --> 00:42:14.900
 human

00:42:14.900 --> 00:42:15.320
 being

00:42:15.320 --> 00:42:15.980
 and he

00:42:15.980 --> 00:42:16.300
 lives

00:42:16.300 --> 00:42:16.760
 amongst us

00:42:16.760 --> 00:42:17.740
 he becomes

00:42:17.740 --> 00:42:18.539
 my representative

00:42:18.539 --> 00:42:19.099
 who can

00:42:19.099 --> 00:42:19.559
 better be

00:42:19.559 --> 00:42:20.320
 my representative

00:42:20.320 --> 00:42:20.920
 than he

00:42:20.920 --> 00:42:21.559
 whose image

00:42:21.559 --> 00:42:21.980
 I am

00:42:21.980 --> 00:42:22.619
 made in

00:42:22.619 --> 00:42:23.380
 and he

00:42:23.380 --> 00:42:24.000
 comes and

00:42:24.000 --> 00:42:24.420
 dwells

00:42:24.420 --> 00:42:24.980
 amongst us

00:42:24.980 --> 00:42:25.340
 and knows

00:42:25.340 --> 00:42:26.079
 every trial

00:42:26.079 --> 00:42:26.760
 and temptation

00:42:26.760 --> 00:42:27.539
 that you

00:42:27.539 --> 00:42:27.840
 and I

00:42:27.840 --> 00:42:28.160
 do

00:42:28.160 --> 00:42:29.039
 only without

00:42:29.039 --> 00:42:29.480
 sin

00:42:29.480 --> 00:42:30.280
 he knows

00:42:30.280 --> 00:42:30.840
 the depth

00:42:30.840 --> 00:42:31.579
 of temptation

00:42:31.579 --> 00:42:32.579
 I give

00:42:32.579 --> 00:42:32.860
 in

00:42:32.860 --> 00:42:33.619
 he doesn't

00:42:33.619 --> 00:42:33.980
 give in

00:42:33.980 --> 00:42:34.700
 he identifies

00:42:34.700 --> 00:42:35.320
 with me

00:42:35.320 --> 00:42:35.860
 even more

00:42:35.860 --> 00:42:36.300
 deeply

00:42:36.300 --> 00:42:36.880
 than I am

00:42:36.880 --> 00:42:37.380
 able to

00:42:37.380 --> 00:42:38.000
 experience

00:42:38.000 --> 00:42:38.599
 myself

00:42:38.599 --> 00:42:39.440
 he my

00:42:39.440 --> 00:42:40.119
 representative

00:42:40.119 --> 00:42:40.860
 he identifies

00:42:40.860 --> 00:42:41.400
 with me

00:42:41.400 --> 00:42:42.000
 he chooses

00:42:42.000 --> 00:42:42.619
 to be my

00:42:42.619 --> 00:42:43.199
 substitute

00:42:43.199 --> 00:42:44.099
 to take

00:42:44.099 --> 00:42:44.679
 my place

00:42:44.679 --> 00:42:45.179
 so that the

00:42:45.179 --> 00:42:45.779
 wrongdoing

00:42:45.779 --> 00:42:46.360
 that I have

00:42:46.360 --> 00:42:47.199
 done is

00:42:47.199 --> 00:42:47.739
 dealt with

00:42:47.739 --> 00:42:48.119
 in him

00:42:48.119 --> 00:42:48.659
 and he can

00:42:48.659 --> 00:42:48.920
 do it

00:42:48.920 --> 00:42:49.139
 why

00:42:49.139 --> 00:42:49.719
 because he's

00:42:49.719 --> 00:42:50.480
 my representative

00:42:50.480 --> 00:42:50.860
 and he's

00:42:50.860 --> 00:42:51.579
 identified with

00:42:51.579 --> 00:42:51.719
 me

00:42:51.719 --> 00:42:52.079
 he knows

00:42:52.079 --> 00:42:52.420
 what he's

00:42:52.420 --> 00:42:52.719
 doing

00:42:52.719 --> 00:42:53.299
 and he

00:42:53.299 --> 00:42:53.880
 offers in

00:42:53.880 --> 00:42:54.579
 exchange

00:42:54.579 --> 00:42:56.039
 for him

00:42:56.039 --> 00:42:56.059
 for him

00:42:56.059 --> 00:42:56.380
 taking

00:42:56.380 --> 00:42:56.679
 my

00:42:56.679 --> 00:42:57.039
 doom

00:42:57.039 --> 00:42:57.599
 the

00:42:57.599 --> 00:42:57.920
 destiny

00:42:57.920 --> 00:42:58.159
 which

00:42:58.159 --> 00:42:58.299
 he

00:42:58.299 --> 00:42:58.719
 deserves

00:42:58.719 --> 00:43:02.259
 there

00:43:02.259 --> 00:43:02.759
 is no

00:43:02.759 --> 00:43:03.579
 sacrificing

00:43:03.579 --> 00:43:04.299
 of God's

00:43:04.299 --> 00:43:04.900
 justice

00:43:04.900 --> 00:43:06.319
 but mercy

00:43:06.319 --> 00:43:07.539
 without

00:43:07.539 --> 00:43:08.400
 sacrificing

00:43:08.400 --> 00:43:08.960
 justice

00:43:08.960 --> 00:43:09.599
 is greater

00:43:09.599 --> 00:43:09.840
 than

00:43:09.840 --> 00:43:10.420
 justice

00:43:10.420 --> 00:43:11.380
 and that

00:43:11.380 --> 00:43:11.659
 is what

00:43:11.659 --> 00:43:11.940
 God

00:43:11.940 --> 00:43:12.440
 offers

00:43:12.440 --> 00:43:12.819
 us

00:43:12.819 --> 00:43:13.599
 in the

00:43:13.599 --> 00:43:13.920
 person

00:43:13.920 --> 00:43:14.099
 of

00:43:14.099 --> 00:43:14.460
 Christ

00:43:14.460 --> 00:43:17.199
 and

00:43:17.199 --> 00:43:17.519
 that's

00:43:17.519 --> 00:43:17.840
 why

00:43:17.840 --> 00:43:18.779
 the

00:43:18.779 --> 00:43:19.279
 gospel

00:43:19.279 --> 00:43:20.420
 subverts

00:43:20.420 --> 00:43:20.619
 this

00:43:20.619 --> 00:43:22.320
 but fulfills

00:43:22.320 --> 00:43:23.139
 the

00:43:23.139 --> 00:43:23.500
 religious

00:43:23.500 --> 00:43:24.360
 imagination

00:43:24.360 --> 00:43:27.920
 Jesus

00:43:27.920 --> 00:43:28.659
 knew

00:43:28.659 --> 00:43:29.880
 the wrong

00:43:29.880 --> 00:43:30.280
 that I

00:43:30.280 --> 00:43:30.880
 have done

00:43:30.880 --> 00:43:32.360
 and

00:43:32.360 --> 00:43:32.820
 every

00:43:32.820 --> 00:43:33.280
 wrong

00:43:33.280 --> 00:43:33.659
 that I

00:43:33.659 --> 00:43:33.860
 have

00:43:33.860 --> 00:43:34.400
 done

00:43:34.400 --> 00:43:35.220
 has been

00:43:35.220 --> 00:43:35.519
 dealt

00:43:35.519 --> 00:43:36.059
 with by

00:43:36.059 --> 00:43:36.460
 him

00:43:36.460 --> 00:43:37.680
 and my

00:43:37.680 --> 00:43:38.300
 standing

00:43:38.300 --> 00:43:38.880
 with him

00:43:38.880 --> 00:43:39.460
 is not

00:43:39.460 --> 00:43:39.940
 on me

00:43:39.940 --> 00:43:40.440
 being able

00:43:40.440 --> 00:43:40.860
 to do

00:43:40.860 --> 00:43:41.180
 right

00:43:41.180 --> 00:43:41.539
 and not

00:43:41.539 --> 00:43:41.760
 do

00:43:41.760 --> 00:43:42.200
 wrong

00:43:42.200 --> 00:43:42.840
 and it's

00:43:42.840 --> 00:43:43.280
 not by

00:43:43.280 --> 00:43:43.579
 having

00:43:43.579 --> 00:43:44.139
 one rule

00:43:44.139 --> 00:43:44.519
 for me

00:43:44.519 --> 00:43:44.880
 and another

00:43:44.880 --> 00:43:45.159
 rule

00:43:45.159 --> 00:43:45.559
 for other

00:43:45.559 --> 00:43:46.059
 people

00:43:46.059 --> 00:43:46.740
 and it's

00:43:46.740 --> 00:43:47.340
 not by

00:43:47.340 --> 00:43:47.880
 me being

00:43:47.880 --> 00:43:48.200
 really

00:43:48.200 --> 00:43:48.700
 really good

00:43:48.700 --> 00:43:49.139
 at jumping

00:43:49.139 --> 00:43:49.519
 at other

00:43:49.519 --> 00:43:49.840
 people

00:43:49.840 --> 00:43:50.300
 for having

00:43:50.300 --> 00:43:50.760
 specks

00:43:50.760 --> 00:43:51.080
 in their

00:43:51.080 --> 00:43:51.360
 eye

00:43:51.360 --> 00:43:52.120
 while I

00:43:52.120 --> 00:43:52.460
 have a

00:43:52.460 --> 00:43:52.740
 log

00:43:52.740 --> 00:43:53.400
 in mine

00:43:53.400 --> 00:43:54.120
 it's

00:43:54.120 --> 00:43:54.360
 by

00:43:54.360 --> 00:43:55.000
 me

00:43:55.000 --> 00:43:55.620
 understanding

00:43:55.620 --> 00:43:55.900
 that

00:43:55.900 --> 00:43:56.200
 God

00:43:56.200 --> 00:43:56.400
 knew

00:43:56.400 --> 00:43:56.600
 the

00:43:56.600 --> 00:43:57.039
 depth

00:43:57.039 --> 00:43:57.380
 of the

00:43:57.380 --> 00:43:58.019
 wrongdoing

00:43:58.019 --> 00:43:58.580
 and everything

00:43:58.580 --> 00:43:59.160
 about me

00:43:59.160 --> 00:43:59.440
 when he

00:43:59.440 --> 00:43:59.840
 died

00:43:59.840 --> 00:44:00.539
 for when

00:44:00.539 --> 00:44:00.880
 Jesus

00:44:00.880 --> 00:44:01.280
 died

00:44:01.280 --> 00:44:01.580
 for me

00:44:01.580 --> 00:44:01.860
 on the

00:44:01.860 --> 00:44:02.140
 cross

00:44:02.140 --> 00:44:02.360
 it's

00:44:02.360 --> 00:44:02.600
 all

00:44:02.600 --> 00:44:02.780
 been

00:44:02.780 --> 00:44:03.180
 dealt

00:44:03.180 --> 00:44:03.440
 with

00:44:03.440 --> 00:44:04.100
 and that

00:44:04.100 --> 00:44:04.480
 means

00:44:04.480 --> 00:44:04.660
 that

00:44:04.660 --> 00:44:04.980
 week

00:44:04.980 --> 00:44:05.200
 by

00:44:05.200 --> 00:44:05.539
 week

00:44:05.539 --> 00:44:05.780
 one

00:44:05.780 --> 00:44:05.880
 of

00:44:05.880 --> 00:44:06.000
 the

00:44:06.000 --> 00:44:06.260
 means

00:44:06.260 --> 00:44:06.440
 of

00:44:06.440 --> 00:44:06.720
 grace

00:44:06.720 --> 00:44:06.900
 is

00:44:06.900 --> 00:44:07.039
 that

00:44:07.039 --> 00:44:07.280
 I

00:44:07.280 --> 00:44:07.480
 can

00:44:07.480 --> 00:44:07.860
 gather

00:44:07.860 --> 00:44:08.060
 with

00:44:08.060 --> 00:44:08.340
 other

00:44:08.340 --> 00:44:08.660
 brothers

00:44:08.660 --> 00:44:08.960
 and

00:44:08.960 --> 00:44:09.260
 sisters

00:44:09.260 --> 00:44:09.519
 in

00:44:09.519 --> 00:44:09.800
 Christ

00:44:09.800 --> 00:44:10.400
 and we

00:44:10.400 --> 00:44:10.580
 can

00:44:10.580 --> 00:44:10.960
 gather

00:44:10.960 --> 00:44:11.320
 around

00:44:11.320 --> 00:44:11.480
 the

00:44:11.480 --> 00:44:11.780
 Lord's

00:44:11.780 --> 00:44:12.060
 table

00:44:12.060 --> 00:44:12.440
 and we

00:44:12.440 --> 00:44:12.620
 can

00:44:12.620 --> 00:44:13.100
 remember

00:44:13.099 --> 00:44:13.339
 that

00:44:13.339 --> 00:44:13.639
 Jesus

00:44:13.639 --> 00:44:14.039
 died

00:44:14.039 --> 00:44:14.339
 on the

00:44:14.339 --> 00:44:14.739
 cross

00:44:14.739 --> 00:44:15.219
 that

00:44:15.219 --> 00:44:15.339
 he

00:44:15.339 --> 00:44:15.759
 shed

00:44:15.759 --> 00:44:15.980
 his

00:44:15.980 --> 00:44:16.639
 blood

00:44:16.639 --> 00:44:16.860
 that

00:44:16.860 --> 00:44:17.019
 his

00:44:17.019 --> 00:44:17.400
 body

00:44:17.400 --> 00:44:17.659
 was

00:44:17.659 --> 00:44:18.039
 pierced

00:44:18.039 --> 00:44:18.480
 and he

00:44:18.480 --> 00:44:18.739
 did

00:44:18.739 --> 00:44:18.980
 this

00:44:18.980 --> 00:44:19.319
 knowing

00:44:19.319 --> 00:44:19.779
 the

00:44:19.779 --> 00:44:20.259
 truth

00:44:20.259 --> 00:44:20.639
 the

00:44:20.639 --> 00:44:21.159
 mystery

00:44:21.159 --> 00:44:21.539
 the

00:44:21.539 --> 00:44:22.059
 secret

00:44:22.059 --> 00:44:22.460
 the

00:44:22.460 --> 00:44:22.880
 riddle

00:44:22.880 --> 00:44:23.219
 the

00:44:23.219 --> 00:44:23.739
 enigma

00:44:23.739 --> 00:44:24.039
 of

00:44:24.039 --> 00:44:24.299
 who

00:44:24.299 --> 00:44:24.500
 I

00:44:24.500 --> 00:44:24.799
 am

00:44:24.799 --> 00:44:25.119
 and

00:44:25.119 --> 00:44:25.360
 who

00:44:25.360 --> 00:44:25.579
 you

00:44:25.579 --> 00:44:25.839
 are

00:44:25.839 --> 00:44:26.199
 and

00:44:26.199 --> 00:44:26.400
 he

00:44:26.400 --> 00:44:26.719
 knew

00:44:26.719 --> 00:44:27.019
 that

00:44:27.019 --> 00:44:27.199
 when

00:44:27.199 --> 00:44:27.339
 he

00:44:27.339 --> 00:44:27.619
 died

00:44:27.619 --> 00:44:27.839
 for

00:44:27.839 --> 00:44:28.099
 me

00:44:28.099 --> 00:44:28.599
 and

00:44:28.599 --> 00:44:28.880
 so

00:44:28.880 --> 00:44:29.159
 I

00:44:29.159 --> 00:44:29.420
 can

00:44:29.420 --> 00:44:29.900
 confess

00:44:29.900 --> 00:44:30.199
 my

00:44:30.199 --> 00:44:30.819
 sins

00:44:30.819 --> 00:44:31.900
 confident

00:44:31.900 --> 00:44:32.119
 in

00:44:32.119 --> 00:44:32.279
 his

00:44:32.279 --> 00:44:32.759
 forgiveness

00:44:32.759 --> 00:44:33.380
 I

00:44:33.380 --> 00:44:33.519
 am

00:44:33.519 --> 00:44:33.739
 not

00:44:33.739 --> 00:44:33.880
 going

00:44:33.880 --> 00:44:33.980
 to

00:44:33.980 --> 00:44:34.339
 unearth

00:44:34.339 --> 00:44:35.059
 anything

00:44:35.059 --> 00:44:35.299
 in

00:44:35.299 --> 00:44:35.500
 my

00:44:35.500 --> 00:44:35.940
 past

00:44:35.940 --> 00:44:36.099
 that

00:44:36.099 --> 00:44:36.239
 is

00:44:36.239 --> 00:44:36.480
 so

00:44:36.480 --> 00:44:36.940
 terrible

00:44:36.940 --> 00:44:37.099
 that

00:44:43.099 --> 00:44:43.779
 he

00:44:43.779 --> 00:44:44.059
 did

00:44:44.059 --> 00:44:44.299
 not

00:44:44.299 --> 00:44:44.539
 turn

00:44:44.539 --> 00:44:44.779
 away

00:44:44.779 --> 00:44:45.059
 from

00:44:45.059 --> 00:44:45.319
 me

00:44:45.319 --> 00:44:45.880
 but

00:44:45.880 --> 00:44:46.000
 he

00:44:46.000 --> 00:44:46.380
 died

00:44:46.380 --> 00:44:46.599
 for

00:44:46.599 --> 00:44:46.799
 me

00:44:46.799 --> 00:44:47.699
 and

00:44:47.699 --> 00:44:47.920
 so

00:44:47.920 --> 00:44:48.119
 I

00:44:48.119 --> 00:44:48.319
 have

00:44:48.319 --> 00:44:48.460
 a

00:44:48.460 --> 00:44:48.719
 place

00:44:48.719 --> 00:44:48.900
 where

00:44:48.900 --> 00:44:48.980
 I

00:44:48.980 --> 00:44:49.119
 don't

00:44:49.119 --> 00:44:49.360
 have

00:44:49.360 --> 00:44:49.500
 to

00:44:49.500 --> 00:44:49.900
 pretend

00:44:49.900 --> 00:44:50.119
 and

00:44:50.119 --> 00:44:50.259
 it's

00:44:50.259 --> 00:44:50.480
 really

00:44:50.480 --> 00:44:50.819
 hard

00:44:50.819 --> 00:44:51.179
 because

00:44:51.179 --> 00:44:51.799
 I

00:44:51.799 --> 00:44:52.920
 like

00:44:52.920 --> 00:44:53.480
 pretending

00:44:53.480 --> 00:44:53.880
 and I

00:44:53.880 --> 00:44:54.179
 like

00:44:54.179 --> 00:44:54.480
 having

00:44:54.480 --> 00:44:54.880
 different

00:44:54.880 --> 00:44:55.159
 rules

00:44:55.159 --> 00:44:55.360
 for

00:44:55.360 --> 00:44:55.500
 other

00:44:55.500 --> 00:44:55.739
 people

00:44:55.739 --> 00:44:55.920
 and

00:44:55.920 --> 00:44:56.019
 I

00:44:56.019 --> 00:44:56.380
 like

00:44:56.380 --> 00:44:56.659
 seeing

00:44:56.659 --> 00:44:57.099
 specks

00:44:57.099 --> 00:44:57.219
 in

00:44:57.219 --> 00:44:57.380
 other

00:44:57.380 --> 00:44:57.799
 people's

00:44:57.799 --> 00:44:58.019
 eyes

00:44:58.019 --> 00:44:58.179
 and

00:44:58.179 --> 00:44:58.380
 not

00:44:58.380 --> 00:44:58.739
 noticing

00:44:58.739 --> 00:44:58.920
 the

00:44:58.920 --> 00:44:59.139
 logs

00:44:59.139 --> 00:44:59.279
 of

00:44:59.279 --> 00:44:59.400
 mine

00:44:59.400 --> 00:44:59.619
 I'm

00:44:59.619 --> 00:45:00.099
 addicted

00:45:00.099 --> 00:45:00.400
 to

00:45:00.400 --> 00:45:00.679
 that

00:45:00.679 --> 00:45:01.179
 but

00:45:01.179 --> 00:45:01.519
 week

00:45:01.519 --> 00:45:01.719
 by

00:45:01.719 --> 00:45:02.019
 week

00:45:02.019 --> 00:45:02.199
 as

00:45:02.199 --> 00:45:02.460
 part

00:45:02.460 --> 00:45:02.539
 of

00:45:02.539 --> 00:45:02.639
 the

00:45:02.639 --> 00:45:02.860
 means

00:45:02.860 --> 00:45:03.019
 of

00:45:03.019 --> 00:45:03.199
 grace

00:45:03.199 --> 00:45:03.380
 I

00:45:13.099 --> 00:45:13.380
 loves

00:45:13.380 --> 00:45:13.599
 me

00:45:13.599 --> 00:45:14.039
 and

00:45:14.039 --> 00:45:14.219
 I

00:45:14.219 --> 00:45:14.440
 can

00:45:14.440 --> 00:45:14.719
 start

00:45:14.719 --> 00:45:14.900
 to

00:45:14.900 --> 00:45:15.079
 look

00:45:15.079 --> 00:45:15.199
 at

00:45:15.199 --> 00:45:15.339
 the

00:45:15.339 --> 00:45:15.639
 wrong

00:45:15.639 --> 00:45:15.819
 that

00:45:15.819 --> 00:45:16.000
 I've

00:45:16.000 --> 00:45:16.179
 done

00:45:16.179 --> 00:45:16.319
 and

00:45:16.319 --> 00:45:16.440
 said

00:45:16.440 --> 00:45:16.639
 that

00:45:16.639 --> 00:45:16.819
 is

00:45:16.819 --> 00:45:17.219
 wrong

00:45:17.219 --> 00:45:17.440
 that

00:45:17.440 --> 00:45:17.599
 is

00:45:17.599 --> 00:45:18.319
 gratuitous

00:45:18.319 --> 00:45:19.019
 and

00:45:19.019 --> 00:45:19.159
 I

00:45:19.159 --> 00:45:19.339
 can

00:45:19.339 --> 00:45:19.639
 start

00:45:19.639 --> 00:45:19.819
 to

00:45:19.819 --> 00:45:20.239
 have

00:45:20.239 --> 00:45:20.880
 the

00:45:20.880 --> 00:45:21.339
 self

00:45:21.339 --> 00:45:22.139
 possession

00:45:22.139 --> 00:45:27.960
 and

00:45:27.960 --> 00:45:28.480
 standing

00:45:28.480 --> 00:45:28.739
 in

00:45:28.739 --> 00:45:29.199
 Christ

00:45:29.199 --> 00:45:29.980
 to

00:45:29.980 --> 00:45:30.239
 say

00:45:30.239 --> 00:45:30.659
 yes

00:45:30.659 --> 00:45:30.900
 this

00:45:30.900 --> 00:45:31.159
 week

00:45:31.159 --> 00:45:31.380
 I've

00:45:31.380 --> 00:45:31.539
 done

00:45:31.539 --> 00:45:31.799
 this

00:45:31.799 --> 00:45:31.940
 and

00:45:31.940 --> 00:45:32.139
 yes

00:45:32.139 --> 00:45:32.279
 this

00:45:32.279 --> 00:45:32.480
 week

00:45:32.480 --> 00:45:32.679
 I've

00:45:32.679 --> 00:45:32.839
 done

00:45:32.839 --> 00:45:33.039
 this

00:45:33.039 --> 00:45:33.139
 and

00:45:33.139 --> 00:45:33.259
 I

00:45:33.259 --> 00:45:33.480
 can't

00:45:33.480 --> 00:45:33.619
 even

00:45:33.619 --> 00:45:33.860
 begin

00:45:33.860 --> 00:45:34.039
 to

00:45:34.039 --> 00:45:34.279
 count

00:45:34.279 --> 00:45:34.480
 them

00:45:34.480 --> 00:45:35.920
 and

00:45:35.920 --> 00:45:36.139
 I'm

00:45:36.139 --> 00:45:36.500
 sorry

00:45:36.500 --> 00:45:36.799
 for

00:45:36.799 --> 00:45:36.960
 them

00:45:36.960 --> 00:45:37.079
 but

00:45:37.079 --> 00:45:37.139
 I

00:45:37.139 --> 00:45:37.259
 am

00:45:37.259 --> 00:45:37.480
 so

00:45:37.480 --> 00:45:37.960
 thankful

00:45:37.960 --> 00:45:38.480
 for

00:45:38.480 --> 00:45:38.860
 grace

00:45:38.860 --> 00:45:39.079
 I'm

00:45:39.079 --> 00:45:39.279
 so

00:45:39.279 --> 00:45:39.679
 thankful

00:45:39.679 --> 00:45:39.940
 for

00:45:39.940 --> 00:45:40.119
 the

00:45:40.119 --> 00:45:40.519
 cross

00:45:40.519 --> 00:45:40.739
 I'm

00:45:40.739 --> 00:45:40.900
 so

00:45:40.900 --> 00:45:41.259
 thankful

00:45:41.259 --> 00:45:41.539
 for

00:45:41.539 --> 00:45:41.980
 Christ

00:45:41.980 --> 00:45:43.460
 I

00:45:43.460 --> 00:45:43.799
 thank

00:45:43.799 --> 00:45:43.940
 you

00:45:43.940 --> 00:45:44.079
 for

00:45:44.079 --> 00:45:44.299
 these

00:45:44.299 --> 00:45:44.599
 means

00:45:44.599 --> 00:45:44.799
 of

00:45:44.799 --> 00:45:45.139
 grace

00:45:45.139 --> 00:45:45.340
 of

00:45:45.340 --> 00:45:45.779
 reading

00:45:45.779 --> 00:45:46.019
 your

00:45:46.019 --> 00:45:46.380
 word

00:45:46.380 --> 00:45:46.599
 and

00:45:46.599 --> 00:45:47.539
 of

00:45:47.539 --> 00:45:47.699
 a

00:45:47.699 --> 00:45:48.099
 common

00:45:48.099 --> 00:45:48.400
 one

00:45:48.400 --> 00:45:48.659
 another

00:45:48.659 --> 00:45:49.039
 life

00:45:49.039 --> 00:45:49.219
 with

00:45:49.219 --> 00:45:49.519
 brothers

00:45:49.519 --> 00:45:49.819
 and

00:45:49.819 --> 00:45:50.219
 sisters

00:45:50.219 --> 00:45:50.539
 and

00:45:50.539 --> 00:45:50.699
 of

00:45:50.699 --> 00:45:51.119
 the

00:45:51.119 --> 00:45:51.480
 Lord's

00:45:51.480 --> 00:45:51.840
 table

00:45:51.840 --> 00:45:52.079
 and

00:45:52.079 --> 00:45:52.219
 of

00:45:52.219 --> 00:45:52.559
 the

00:45:52.559 --> 00:45:53.079
 songs

00:45:53.079 --> 00:45:53.360
 and

00:45:53.360 --> 00:45:54.699
 that

00:45:54.699 --> 00:45:54.819
 I

00:45:54.819 --> 00:45:55.019
 can

00:45:55.019 --> 00:45:55.659
 recommit

00:45:55.659 --> 00:45:56.759
 and

00:45:56.759 --> 00:45:56.980
 once

00:45:56.980 --> 00:45:57.219
 again

00:45:57.219 --> 00:45:57.400
 I

00:45:57.400 --> 00:45:57.579
 can

00:45:57.579 --> 00:45:57.940
 say

00:45:57.940 --> 00:45:58.719
 thank

00:45:58.719 --> 00:45:58.860
 you

00:45:58.860 --> 00:45:59.340
 Jesus

00:45:59.340 --> 00:46:02.079
 you

00:46:02.079 --> 00:46:02.179
 know

00:46:02.179 --> 00:46:02.400
 this

00:46:02.400 --> 00:46:02.599
 week

00:46:02.599 --> 00:46:02.699
 I

00:46:02.699 --> 00:46:02.819
 had

00:46:02.819 --> 00:46:02.920
 a

00:46:02.920 --> 00:46:03.179
 chance

00:46:03.179 --> 00:46:03.319
 to

00:46:03.319 --> 00:46:03.440
 do

00:46:03.440 --> 00:46:03.819
 justice

00:46:03.819 --> 00:46:04.000
 and

00:46:04.000 --> 00:46:04.139
 I

00:46:04.139 --> 00:46:04.420
 chose

00:46:04.420 --> 00:46:04.579
 to

00:46:04.579 --> 00:46:04.739
 be

00:46:04.739 --> 00:46:05.139
 silent

00:46:09.079 --> 00:46:09.920
 I

00:46:09.920 --> 00:46:11.900
 recommit

00:46:11.900 --> 00:46:13.139
 help

00:46:13.139 --> 00:46:13.259
 me

00:46:13.259 --> 00:46:13.400
 to

00:46:13.400 --> 00:46:13.559
 live

00:46:13.559 --> 00:46:13.639
 in

00:46:13.639 --> 00:46:13.759
 a

00:46:13.759 --> 00:46:14.019
 way

00:46:14.019 --> 00:46:15.219
 which

00:46:15.219 --> 00:46:15.500
 spreads

00:46:15.500 --> 00:46:15.699
 the

00:46:15.699 --> 00:46:16.139
 gospel

00:46:16.139 --> 00:46:16.539
 which

00:46:16.539 --> 00:46:16.739
 does

00:46:16.739 --> 00:46:16.960
 good

00:46:16.960 --> 00:46:17.139
 for

00:46:17.139 --> 00:46:17.340
 this

00:46:17.340 --> 00:46:17.639
 city

00:46:17.639 --> 00:46:18.860
 which

00:46:18.860 --> 00:46:19.099
 brings

00:46:19.099 --> 00:46:19.239
 you

00:46:19.239 --> 00:46:19.619
 glory

00:46:19.619 --> 00:46:21.920
 invite

00:46:21.920 --> 00:46:22.019
 you

00:46:22.019 --> 00:46:22.179
 to

00:46:22.179 --> 00:46:22.559
 stand

00:46:22.559 --> 00:46:31.199
 if

00:46:31.199 --> 00:46:31.420
 you're

00:46:31.420 --> 00:46:31.739
 here

00:46:31.739 --> 00:46:32.000
 or

00:46:32.000 --> 00:46:32.420
 you're

00:46:32.420 --> 00:46:32.840
 watching

00:46:32.840 --> 00:46:33.059
 and

00:46:33.059 --> 00:46:33.219
 if

00:46:33.219 --> 00:46:33.440
 you've

00:46:33.440 --> 00:46:33.679
 never

00:46:33.679 --> 00:46:34.279
 given

00:46:34.279 --> 00:46:34.480
 your

00:46:34.480 --> 00:46:34.739
 life

00:46:34.739 --> 00:46:34.920
 to

00:46:34.920 --> 00:46:35.279
 Christ

00:46:35.279 --> 00:46:35.619
 it's

00:46:35.619 --> 00:46:35.799
 no

00:46:35.799 --> 00:46:35.980
 better

00:46:35.980 --> 00:46:36.340
 time

00:46:36.340 --> 00:46:36.599
 right

00:46:36.599 --> 00:46:37.099
 now

00:46:37.099 --> 00:46:37.299
 to

00:46:37.299 --> 00:46:37.519
 say

00:46:37.519 --> 00:46:38.239
 Jesus

00:46:38.239 --> 00:46:38.559
 I

00:46:38.559 --> 00:46:39.840
 now

00:46:39.840 --> 00:46:40.599
 understand

00:46:40.599 --> 00:46:40.779
 what

00:46:40.779 --> 00:46:41.019
 it is

00:46:41.019 --> 00:46:41.119
 that

00:46:41.119 --> 00:46:41.299
 you've

00:46:41.299 --> 00:46:41.460
 done

00:46:41.460 --> 00:46:41.639
 for

00:46:41.639 --> 00:46:41.779
 me

00:46:41.779 --> 00:46:41.880
 on

00:46:41.880 --> 00:46:42.019
 the

00:46:42.019 --> 00:46:42.380
 cross

00:46:42.380 --> 00:46:42.579
 and

00:46:42.579 --> 00:46:43.000
 I'm

00:46:43.000 --> 00:46:43.920
 tired

00:46:43.920 --> 00:46:44.360
 of

00:46:44.360 --> 00:46:45.299
 being

00:46:45.299 --> 00:46:46.039
 demoralized

00:46:46.039 --> 00:46:46.480
 by my

00:46:46.480 --> 00:46:47.079
 wrongdoing

00:46:47.079 --> 00:46:47.539
 I'm

00:46:47.539 --> 00:46:47.900
 tired

00:46:47.900 --> 00:46:48.119
 of

00:46:48.119 --> 00:46:48.400
 play

00:46:48.400 --> 00:46:48.840
 acting

00:46:48.840 --> 00:46:49.940
 I'm

00:46:49.940 --> 00:46:50.259
 tired

00:46:50.259 --> 00:46:50.480
 of

00:46:50.480 --> 00:46:51.019
 pretending

00:46:51.019 --> 00:46:52.579
 I'm

00:46:52.579 --> 00:46:52.880
 glad

00:46:52.880 --> 00:46:53.179
 that I

00:46:53.179 --> 00:46:53.340
 can

00:46:53.340 --> 00:46:53.519
 be

00:46:53.519 --> 00:46:53.820
 honest

00:46:53.820 --> 00:46:54.079
 with

00:46:54.079 --> 00:46:54.259
 you

00:46:54.259 --> 00:46:54.460
 and

00:46:54.460 --> 00:46:54.940
 honestly

00:46:54.940 --> 00:46:55.340
 I

00:46:55.340 --> 00:46:55.639
 want

00:46:55.639 --> 00:46:55.799
 you

00:46:55.799 --> 00:46:56.119
 Jesus

00:46:56.119 --> 00:46:56.380
 to

00:46:56.380 --> 00:46:56.519
 be

00:46:56.519 --> 00:46:56.739
 my

00:46:56.739 --> 00:46:57.039
 savior

00:46:57.039 --> 00:46:57.219
 and

00:46:57.219 --> 00:46:57.360
 my

00:46:57.360 --> 00:46:57.639
 lord

00:46:57.639 --> 00:46:57.779
 and

00:46:57.779 --> 00:46:57.900
 I

00:46:57.900 --> 00:46:58.159
 thank

00:46:58.159 --> 00:46:58.259
 you

00:46:58.259 --> 00:46:58.360
 that

00:46:58.360 --> 00:46:58.420
 you

00:46:58.420 --> 00:46:58.519
 will

00:46:58.519 --> 00:46:58.719
 never

00:46:58.719 --> 00:46:58.920
 let

00:46:58.920 --> 00:46:59.039
 me

00:46:59.039 --> 00:46:59.239
 go

00:46:59.239 --> 00:46:59.360
 and

00:46:59.360 --> 00:46:59.519
 there's

00:46:59.519 --> 00:46:59.659
 no

00:46:59.659 --> 00:46:59.860
 better

00:46:59.860 --> 00:47:00.179
 time

00:47:00.179 --> 00:47:00.340
 than

00:47:00.340 --> 00:47:00.559
 today

00:47:00.559 --> 00:47:00.719
 to

00:47:00.719 --> 00:47:00.900
 say

00:47:08.559 --> 00:47:09.039
 quietness

00:47:09.039 --> 00:47:09.159
 of

00:47:09.159 --> 00:47:09.320
 my

00:47:09.320 --> 00:47:09.579
 heart

00:47:09.579 --> 00:47:09.799
 but

00:47:09.799 --> 00:47:10.239
 surrounded

00:47:10.239 --> 00:47:10.480
 by

00:47:10.480 --> 00:47:10.659
 my

00:47:10.659 --> 00:47:10.880
 brothers

00:47:10.880 --> 00:47:11.119
 and

00:47:11.119 --> 00:47:11.420
 sisters

00:47:11.420 --> 00:47:11.639
 there

00:47:11.639 --> 00:47:11.779
 will

00:47:11.779 --> 00:47:11.900
 be

00:47:11.900 --> 00:47:12.039
 a

00:47:12.039 --> 00:47:12.299
 time

00:47:12.299 --> 00:47:12.480
 for

00:47:12.480 --> 00:47:12.599
 me

00:47:12.599 --> 00:47:12.880
 later

00:47:12.880 --> 00:47:13.099
 to

00:47:13.099 --> 00:47:13.320
 say

00:47:13.320 --> 00:47:13.480
 that

00:47:13.480 --> 00:47:13.659
 I'm

00:47:13.659 --> 00:47:14.019
 sorry

00:47:14.019 --> 00:47:14.219
 for

00:47:14.219 --> 00:47:14.380
 what

00:47:14.380 --> 00:47:14.559
 I've

00:47:14.559 --> 00:47:14.840
 done

00:47:14.840 --> 00:47:16.380
 and

00:47:16.380 --> 00:47:16.519
 to

00:47:16.519 --> 00:47:17.119
 recommit

00:47:17.119 --> 00:47:17.320
 to

00:47:17.320 --> 00:47:17.559
 you

00:47:17.559 --> 00:47:17.799
 to

00:47:17.799 --> 00:47:18.579
 be

00:47:18.579 --> 00:47:18.900
 gripped

00:47:18.900 --> 00:47:19.079
 by

00:47:19.079 --> 00:47:19.239
 the

00:47:19.239 --> 00:47:19.679
 gospel

00:47:19.679 --> 00:47:19.900
 and

00:47:19.900 --> 00:47:20.039
 to

00:47:20.039 --> 00:47:20.199
 live

00:47:20.199 --> 00:47:20.380
 in a

00:47:20.380 --> 00:47:20.500
 way

00:47:20.500 --> 00:47:20.679
 that

00:47:20.679 --> 00:47:20.920
 brings

00:47:20.920 --> 00:47:21.059
 you

00:47:21.059 --> 00:47:21.400
 glory

00:47:21.400 --> 00:47:21.659
 and

00:47:21.659 --> 00:47:22.559
 recommit

00:47:22.559 --> 00:47:22.719
 to

00:47:22.719 --> 00:47:22.860
 the

00:47:22.860 --> 00:47:23.139
 means

00:47:23.139 --> 00:47:23.340
 of

00:47:23.340 --> 00:47:23.719
 grace

00:47:23.719 --> 00:47:24.659
 fellowship

00:47:24.659 --> 00:47:24.980
 with

00:47:24.980 --> 00:47:25.199
 other

00:47:25.199 --> 00:47:25.659
 believers

00:47:25.659 --> 00:47:26.019
 whether

00:47:26.019 --> 00:47:26.259
 it's

00:47:26.259 --> 00:47:26.460
 one

00:47:26.460 --> 00:47:26.639
 on

00:47:26.639 --> 00:47:26.980
 one

00:47:26.980 --> 00:47:27.139
 or

00:47:27.139 --> 00:47:27.579
 mentors

00:47:27.579 --> 00:47:27.860
 or

00:47:27.860 --> 00:47:28.259
 small

00:47:28.259 --> 00:47:28.739
 groups

00:47:28.739 --> 00:47:29.099
 and

00:47:29.099 --> 00:47:29.940
 weekly

00:47:29.940 --> 00:47:30.420
 meetings

00:47:30.420 --> 00:47:30.659
 that

00:47:30.659 --> 00:47:31.119
 I

00:47:31.119 --> 00:47:31.860
 recommit

00:47:31.860 --> 00:47:32.320
 thank

00:47:32.320 --> 00:47:32.460
 you

00:47:32.460 --> 00:47:32.599
 that

00:47:32.599 --> 00:47:32.700
 you

00:47:32.700 --> 00:47:33.019
 accept

00:47:33.019 --> 00:47:33.200
 me

00:47:33.200 --> 00:47:33.579
 Christ

00:47:33.579 --> 00:47:34.000
 thank

00:47:34.000 --> 00:47:34.460
 you

00:47:34.460 --> 00:47:34.700
 let's

00:47:34.700 --> 00:47:34.840
 bow

00:47:34.840 --> 00:47:34.960
 our

00:47:34.960 --> 00:47:35.099
 heads

00:47:35.099 --> 00:47:35.240
 in

00:47:35.240 --> 00:47:35.400
 prayer

00:47:35.400 --> 00:47:35.679
 father

00:47:35.679 --> 00:47:35.940
 pour

00:47:35.940 --> 00:47:36.079
 out

00:47:36.079 --> 00:47:36.159
 the

00:47:36.159 --> 00:47:36.320
 holy

00:47:36.320 --> 00:47:36.559
 spirit

00:47:36.559 --> 00:47:36.820
 upon

00:47:36.820 --> 00:47:37.079
 us

00:47:37.079 --> 00:47:39.980
 with

00:47:39.980 --> 00:47:40.460
 gentle

00:47:40.460 --> 00:47:40.740
 but

00:47:40.740 --> 00:47:41.039
 very

00:47:41.039 --> 00:47:41.460
 deep

00:47:41.460 --> 00:47:41.619
 and

00:47:41.619 --> 00:47:42.079
 penetrating

00:47:42.079 --> 00:47:42.599
 power

00:47:42.599 --> 00:47:43.400
 we

00:47:43.400 --> 00:47:43.659
 ask

00:47:43.659 --> 00:47:43.780
 that

00:47:43.780 --> 00:47:43.880
 you

00:47:43.880 --> 00:47:44.000
 would

00:47:44.000 --> 00:47:44.260
 help

00:47:44.260 --> 00:47:44.420
 us

00:47:44.420 --> 00:47:44.579
 to

00:47:44.579 --> 00:47:44.760
 put

00:47:44.760 --> 00:47:44.960
 to

00:47:44.960 --> 00:47:45.280
 death

00:47:45.280 --> 00:47:45.480
 our

00:47:45.480 --> 00:47:46.039
 natural

00:47:46.039 --> 00:47:46.579
 religious

00:47:46.579 --> 00:47:47.340
 imagination

00:47:47.340 --> 00:47:47.559
 and

00:47:47.559 --> 00:47:48.039
 intuition

00:47:48.039 --> 00:47:48.880
 that

00:47:48.880 --> 00:47:49.000
 you

00:47:49.000 --> 00:47:49.139
 would

00:47:49.139 --> 00:47:49.380
 grip

00:47:49.380 --> 00:47:49.559
 us

00:47:49.559 --> 00:47:49.780
 by

00:47:49.780 --> 00:47:50.039
 the

00:47:50.039 --> 00:47:50.800
 scandalous

00:47:50.800 --> 00:47:51.320
 nature

00:47:51.320 --> 00:47:51.599
 of

00:47:51.599 --> 00:47:51.740
 your

00:47:51.740 --> 00:47:52.300
 grace

00:47:52.300 --> 00:47:53.159
 that

00:47:53.159 --> 00:47:53.320
 we

00:47:53.320 --> 00:47:53.500
 would

00:47:53.500 --> 00:47:53.840
 learn

00:47:53.840 --> 00:47:54.099
 to

00:47:54.099 --> 00:47:54.480
 live

00:47:54.480 --> 00:47:54.740
 out

00:47:54.740 --> 00:47:54.840
 of

00:47:54.840 --> 00:47:54.980
 the

00:47:54.980 --> 00:47:55.519
 promise

00:47:55.519 --> 00:47:55.720
 of

00:47:55.720 --> 00:47:55.900
 the

00:47:55.900 --> 00:47:56.700
 scandalous

00:47:56.700 --> 00:47:57.620
 subversive

00:47:57.620 --> 00:47:58.280
 fulfillment

00:47:58.280 --> 00:47:58.640
 of

00:47:58.640 --> 00:47:58.880
 your

00:47:58.880 --> 00:47:59.480
 grace

00:47:59.480 --> 00:48:00.380
 offered

00:48:00.380 --> 00:48:01.000
 to

00:48:01.000 --> 00:48:01.460
 people

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 and

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 you

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 Lord

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 you

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 thank

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 you

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 Jesus

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 and

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 we

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 ask

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 it

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 all

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 in

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 his

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 name

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 and

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 we

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 say

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 together

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 Amen