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 And turn to Luke chapter 15.

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 Luke chapter 15.

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 And so,

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 I'm trying to preach

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 Christianity is Jesus Christ.

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 You'll be thankful,

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 I hope to know that Christianity

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 is not a set of rules

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 or a philosophy.

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 You should never confuse Christianity

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 with the institutional church.

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 Christianity is the person

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 And when we open this passage

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 this evening,

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 we find that the person of Jesus,

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 Jesus is in trouble again, isn't he?

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 One of the extraordinary things

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 that you find about the adult life

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 of Jesus

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 is that he's nearly always in trouble.

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 He's in trouble with his family.

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 He seems to be always in trouble

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 with the local clergy.

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 He's in trouble with his followers

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 at times.

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 But by far the most deep resentment

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 and hostility

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 towards Jesus

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 comes from those who are

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 seriously religious.

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 There are some exceptions

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 to that.

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 But you can almost

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 describe the gospel

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 as a sliding scale.

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 In a sliding scale

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 where the more we move

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 to religious observance,

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 the more opposition

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 there is to Jesus.

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 I think you see that.

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 Because Jesus kept doing things,

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 he kept saying things,

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 that just didn't sit comfortably

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 with the religious observance

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 of his day.

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 Of the Pharisees.

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 And what annoyed them

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 so much

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 was not that Jesus spoke

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 as though he was God

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 in the flesh,

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 nor that he did

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 mighty miracles

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 without their permission.

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 That was bad enough.

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 The problem was

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 he did these things

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 at the wrong times,

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 in the wrong place,

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 with the wrong people.

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 So he cast out demons

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 in the middle of a church service.

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 It's something that's very,

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 very un-Presbyterian,

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 isn't it?

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 He healed people

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 on the Sabbath.

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 A day of no work.

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 And Jesus did work

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 according to them.

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 Not just once or twice

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 so that it could be overlooked.

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 But repeatedly,

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 as if he was making a point

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 which he was.

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 He reached out

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 and touched lepers,

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 the untouchable.

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 But worst of all,

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 he seemed to spend

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 an inordinate amount of time

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 with the wrong people.

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 And that is where

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 we pick up the story.

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 Verse 2.

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 Chapter 15, verse 2.

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 And the Pharisees of the skies

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 grumbled,

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 saying,

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 This man received sinners

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 and eats for them.

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 Now we have to say

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 that we tax collectors

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 and sinners,

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 tax collectors

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 have never been rehabilitated.

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 In every culture,

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 tax collectors

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 remain the same,

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 disliked.

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 Tax collectors

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 and sinners

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 were all drawing the item.

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 If you work

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 for the Inland Revenue,

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 I'm sorry.

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 It's an unfair shot.

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 You can get me back

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 at the end of the year,

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 I suppose.

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 Now, let's go back

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 to the passage.

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 The tax collectors

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 and sinners,

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 can you see it?

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 They are drawing near

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 to him.

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 Verse 1.

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 But the Pharisees

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 and the scribes

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 murmured,

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 they grumbled,

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 saying,

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 This man received sinners

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 and eats with them.

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 So the problem

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 for the clergy

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 was not just that

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 Jesus was spending time

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 with these people,

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 he seems to like them.

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 And what galled them

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 was that Jesus

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 wasn't treating them,

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 wasn't treating

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 the kind of religious people

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 with the dignity

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 they felt

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 they obviously deserved.

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 He wasn't observing

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 the usual distinctions

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 that there were

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 that had become

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 so important.

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 He seemed

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 to accept

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 and love people

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 irrespective

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 of their background

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 and irrespective

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 of their future potential.

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 So they did

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 what all religious people

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 do

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 when confronted

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 with something

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 that they don't like.

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 Can you see it?

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 In verse 2.

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 What do all religious

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 people do

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 when they're confronted

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 by something

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 that they don't like?

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 They grumble.

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 They murmur.

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 You've just got to spend

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 about six months

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 in any church

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 to find that out.

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 But the truth is,

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 Jesus does not feel

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 comfortable

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 with one kind of person

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 or with one class

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 of person

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 or another.

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 The problem is

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 all those

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 well-practiced

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 distinctions

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 that make our city

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 go round,

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 they are just

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 irrelevant to him.

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 Or more accurately,

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 they are a hindrance

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 to his true purpose.

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 All those things

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 that maybe we

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 have carefully crafted

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 our own identity,

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 our capacity

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 of what we can do,

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 our little cliques,

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 our core competencies,

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 Jesus sees through them

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 and he sees the real

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 you and me.

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 The failure of the Pharisees

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 is not a moral failure,

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 it's not a religious failure,

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 it is a failure

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 to completely understand

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 what Jesus is there to do.

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 It's a failure to understand

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 his life and his ministry.

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 And that is why

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 this parable is so important.

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 Because in this

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 short story,

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 Jesus takes us

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 right to the heart

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 for the reason

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 that he came into the world.

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 for why he dies

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 on the cross

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 and why he rises again.

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 And I don't think

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 in Luke's gospel particularly

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 there are any words

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 that describe so simply

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 and so movingly

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 when you meditate on them

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 his own understanding

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 of what he's doing.

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 So the parable

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 has got two parts.

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 The first part

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 is in verses 4 and 5

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 which speak of

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 the joy of rescue.

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 Is that verse 5?

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 Verse 4.

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 What man of you,

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 which one of you,

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 having a hundred sheep,

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 if he's lost one of them,

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 does not leave the 99

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 in the open country

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 and go after the one

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 that is lost

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 until he finds it.

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 And when he's found it,

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 he lays it on his shoulders

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 rejoicing.

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 It's a very simple story,

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 isn't it?

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 It's a very simple story

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 of search and rescue.

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 But it's no ordinary rescue.

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 It's a sheep

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 that's gone missing.

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 And every person

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 in Jesus' audience

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 knows that when

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 a sheep goes missing,

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 that sheep

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 is not going to find

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 its own way home

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 by itself.

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 Unlike Mary's little lamb.

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 It will not find

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 its own way home

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 unless the shepherd

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 goes out.

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 You know that,

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 don't you?

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 That sheep,

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 when it leaves the flock

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 and goes out on its own,

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 if nobody goes to get it,

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 it will very quickly

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 become somebody's dinner.

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 For anyone

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 of a number

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 of hungry predators.

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 And this immediately

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 has a jarring note,

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 doesn't it,

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 for Jesus' listeners.

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 Why?

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 Because they knew

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 the Old Testament.

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 And they knew

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 that the Lord's my shepherd.

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 They knew that God

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 is the shepherd.

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 They knew that the Lord

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 is my shepherd

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 more times than we ever will.

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 But for them,

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 when they said

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 the Lord is my shepherd,

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 it was a great source

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 of pride.

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 It comes to complete

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 shock to them

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 to think that

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 Jesus thinks

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 that they may have

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 gone astray.

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 Let alone be lost.

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 And what Jesus is doing

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 is saying,

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 all that you know

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 of the God

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 of the Old Testament,

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 that is true of me.

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 I have come

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 from God,

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 from heaven,

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 into this world.

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 To rescue

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 men and women,

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 boys and girls

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 who are lost.

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 The reason behind

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 my miracles,

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 the reason behind

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 my teaching,

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 the reason I'm

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 speaking to you

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 is because God

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 is searching you

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 to bring you

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 back to himself.

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 You see,

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 God is not a

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 detached observer,

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 is he?

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 Watching from a distance.

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 He doesn't wait

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 to be asked

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 before he begins

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 caring for us.

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 And the proof

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 of that is where?

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 It is in the life

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 and the death

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 and the resurrection

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 of Jesus.

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 And you can tell

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 how seriously

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 God takes our lostness

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 by the fact

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 that he sends

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 Jesus to live

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 and die for us.

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 He must think

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 that we are

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 in serious danger.

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 We use this idea,

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 don't we,

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 of being lost

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 in a host

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 of different ways.

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 It's possible

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 to go to an art gallery,

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 isn't it,

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 and get lost

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 in all the beauty.

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 But that is not

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 what Jesus means here.

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 It's possible

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 to read a really

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 great book

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 and get lost

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 in the book

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 for an afternoon.

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 But that's not

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 what Jesus means here.

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 It's possible

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 to take a walk

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 in the beauty

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 of the countryside

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 and be lost

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 in the beauty

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 of creation.

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 But that is not

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 what he means

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 by lost here.

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 No, Jesus seems

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 to think

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 our lostness

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 demands rescue.

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 And we are

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 very familiar

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 with people

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 being rescued.

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 So do you remember

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 earlier a few weeks ago

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 the explorer

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 Henry Worsley

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 died

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 in the Antarctica.

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 He was exploring

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 the Antarctica

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 and he was lost.

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 Yesterday

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 four British rowers

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 have been rescued

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 after becoming stranded

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 in the mid-Atlantic ocean

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 for more than 16 hours

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 when their boat

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 capsized.

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 What they were doing there,

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 I don't know,

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 in the middle

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 of the Atlantic ocean

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 but they were there.

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 On Tuesday,

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 you might have seen

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 the video,

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 a mother and her toddler

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 drove their car

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 into an Amsterdam canal.

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 I don't know

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 if you've seen the video

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 have you seen it?

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 And bypassers

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 amazingly

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 dived into the canal.

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 I don't know

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 if they're cleaner

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 than the Brent

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 but they dived

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 into the canal

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 and rescued

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 the mother

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 and her toddler.

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 Now if the four

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 British rowers

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 had not been rescued

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 they would have been

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 lost.

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 If the passers-by

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 had not jumped

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 into the canal

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 in Amsterdam

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 the mother and toddler

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 would have been

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 lost.

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 Unless someone

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 rescued them

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 they would perish.

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 That's what Jesus

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 is talking about here.

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 That's the point.

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 This is what Jesus

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 has come to do.

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 But unless somebody

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 goes after the sheep

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 the sheep perishes.

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 This is what

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 he's come to do.

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 He's come to do for us

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 what we cannot do

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 for ourselves

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 to search for us

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 and to find us

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 and to bring us

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 home to God.

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 So when you look

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 at the life

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 and the death

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 of Jesus Christ

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 you see the love

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 of God in action.

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 I don't know

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 if you've ever

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 really thought

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 of what a remarkable

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 thing it is.

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 That God should

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 send his son

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 to the world

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 to seek for you

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 and for me.

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 That everything

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 Jesus went through

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 is because we have

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 cut ourselves off

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 from God.

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 And it is not

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 God who is lost.

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 Jesus is like

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 a shepherd

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 searching,

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 searching,

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 searching

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 because he knows

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 if he doesn't

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 find the sheep

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 the sheep

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 will perish.

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 I'm not sure

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 why you came to

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 church this morning

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 maybe just

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 this evening

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 maybe just have it.

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 But ultimately

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 spiritually speaking

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 the reason you came

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 to church this evening

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 is because God

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 is diligently

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 searching for you.

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 The fact that

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 you are here

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 means that God

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 is drawing you

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 to himself.

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 The difficulty

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 is like the

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 Pharisees.

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 We spend so much

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 time pretending

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 that actually

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 we're not lost.

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 It's so easy

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 today to grow

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 comfortable with

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 our lostness.

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 Our food is fast

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 and plentiful.

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 Our homes are

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 comfortable and

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 very expensive.

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 We have gadgets

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 to simplify and

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 simultaneously

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 complicate our

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 lives.

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 We have medicine

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 to prolong our

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 lives.

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 And entertainment

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 to dull any

00:12:07.199 --> 00:12:08.519
 vestige of

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 hunger for God

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 and longing

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 for him.

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 But I think

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 one of the

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 marks of our

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 lostness is

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 this kind of

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 spiritual

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 drifting in

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 our culture.

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 Douglas

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 Copeland

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 speaks of a

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 generation that

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 has grown up

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 that has no

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 use and no

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 time for God

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 that moves

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 between active

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 consuming and

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 compulsive

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 television watching

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 and apathy.

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 Life is lived

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 between the

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 demands of our

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 advertising and

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 our urges.

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 And I think

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 there's many

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 people who feel

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 that.

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 Many of your

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 friends and

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 work colleagues

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 and neighbours

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 many people who

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 feel this profound

00:12:51.779 --> 00:12:52.620
 sense of

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 disconnectedness with

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 God that life is

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 not what it was

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 meant to be.

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 They were made

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 for something

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 greater.

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 We've got no

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 responsibilities,

00:13:02.879 --> 00:13:03.700
 no commitments,

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 no purpose,

00:13:05.660 --> 00:13:06.660
 but no hope.

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 We're free to

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 think not too

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 hard about

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 anything in

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 particular and

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 we emulate the

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 morality of

00:13:14.000 --> 00:13:14.940
 whatever the

00:13:14.940 --> 00:13:16.140
 latest movie

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 film is.

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 A generation of

00:13:20.060 --> 00:13:20.520
 young people have

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 grown up where

00:13:21.020 --> 00:13:21.920
 death is funny

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 and nothing is

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 important.

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 I read this

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 week from one

00:13:27.540 --> 00:13:27.840
 writer who

00:13:27.840 --> 00:13:28.259
 listened to this

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 that says this,

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 we are told that

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 we can be anything

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 we want to be

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 but we have no

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 particular reason to

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 be anything in

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 particular.

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 Isn't that

00:13:34.900 --> 00:13:35.139
 brilliant?

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 We are told that

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 we can be anything

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 we want to be

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 but we have no

00:13:40.680 --> 00:13:41.980
 particular reason to

00:13:41.980 --> 00:13:42.700
 be anything in

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 particular.

00:13:46.280 --> 00:13:46.980
 And so our

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 friends, our

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 colleagues, our

00:13:48.500 --> 00:13:49.540
 neighbours, maybe

00:13:49.540 --> 00:13:50.480
 our families drift

00:13:50.480 --> 00:13:51.379
 from one peak

00:13:51.379 --> 00:13:52.340
 experience to the

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 next with that

00:13:54.800 --> 00:13:55.840
 defensive anthem

00:13:55.840 --> 00:13:56.540
 I'm not hurting

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 anyone.

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 And we've

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 developed, haven't

00:14:00.400 --> 00:14:00.759
 we, as a

00:14:00.759 --> 00:14:01.580
 culture, lots

00:14:01.580 --> 00:14:02.860
 of clever little

00:14:02.860 --> 00:14:05.100
 mechanisms to

00:14:05.100 --> 00:14:05.779
 deal with our

00:14:05.779 --> 00:14:06.419
 lostness.

00:14:08.179 --> 00:14:08.840
 So one of the

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 ways that people

00:14:09.240 --> 00:14:10.120
 do that is they

00:14:10.120 --> 00:14:10.919
 kind of draw

00:14:10.919 --> 00:14:12.200
 themselves a new

00:14:12.200 --> 00:14:12.740
 map.

00:14:14.299 --> 00:14:15.179
 They configure

00:14:15.179 --> 00:14:16.279
 reality with

00:14:16.279 --> 00:14:17.559
 themselves at the

00:14:17.559 --> 00:14:18.340
 centre of it.

00:14:19.759 --> 00:14:20.460
 I know my map

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 tells me I'm not

00:14:21.480 --> 00:14:21.939
 lost.

00:14:23.659 --> 00:14:24.259
 One of the

00:14:24.259 --> 00:14:25.039
 maps is

00:14:25.039 --> 00:14:25.639
 spirituality,

00:14:25.919 --> 00:14:26.460
 people have that,

00:14:26.519 --> 00:14:26.779
 don't they?

00:14:26.779 --> 00:14:27.379
 where I

00:14:27.379 --> 00:14:28.399
 alleviate my

00:14:28.399 --> 00:14:29.480
 lostness by

00:14:29.480 --> 00:14:30.439
 going through a

00:14:30.439 --> 00:14:31.799
 number of

00:14:31.799 --> 00:14:33.000
 spiritual exercise

00:14:33.000 --> 00:14:33.740
 which are

00:14:33.740 --> 00:14:34.959
 basically designed

00:14:34.959 --> 00:14:35.679
 to make me feel

00:14:35.679 --> 00:14:36.159
 better about

00:14:36.159 --> 00:14:36.659
 myself.

00:14:36.839 --> 00:14:37.500
 Instead of

00:14:37.500 --> 00:14:38.279
 acknowledging I

00:14:38.279 --> 00:14:38.959
 am lost.

00:14:40.019 --> 00:14:40.699
 And I need to

00:14:40.699 --> 00:14:42.019
 be rescued by

00:14:42.019 --> 00:14:42.539
 the shepherd.

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 I devote

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 myself to

00:14:45.299 --> 00:14:46.319
 different spiritual

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 activities.

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 I think it's

00:14:49.980 --> 00:14:50.659
 more difficult,

00:14:50.759 --> 00:14:50.939
 isn't it?

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 It seems to me

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 to be more

00:14:52.039 --> 00:14:53.339
 difficult in

00:14:53.339 --> 00:14:54.299
 talking to those

00:14:54.299 --> 00:14:54.759
 people who

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 think of

00:14:55.379 --> 00:14:56.299
 themselves as

00:14:56.299 --> 00:14:58.639
 spiritual to

00:14:58.639 --> 00:14:59.439
 come to terms

00:14:59.439 --> 00:15:00.059
 with the fact

00:15:00.059 --> 00:15:01.539
 with what Jesus

00:15:01.539 --> 00:15:02.079
 says here that

00:15:02.079 --> 00:15:02.759
 we are lost.

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 Another map,

00:15:06.259 --> 00:15:06.699
 let me call it

00:15:06.699 --> 00:15:07.359
 is self.

00:15:09.299 --> 00:15:10.159
 What we do

00:15:10.159 --> 00:15:10.579
 here is we

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 make the goal

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 of human life

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 for me.

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 And I

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 myself, I

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 am the

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 ultimate object

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 of allegiance.

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 And when that

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 happens,

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 when we put

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 ourselves right

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 at the center,

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 my deep longing

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 for God that

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 every human

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 being has,

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 is replaced

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 with a desire

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 for my emotional

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 well-being.

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 Sin becomes

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 addiction.

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 My longing

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 for God

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 becomes pathology.

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 And I become

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 anethetized.

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 My senses are

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 dull to the

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 very things

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 that I need

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 to listen to.

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 And I become

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 a little lost

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 sheep who's

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 being retooled

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 emotionally to

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 deal with my

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 anxiety.

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 And I think

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 that's why the

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 words of Jesus

00:15:55.399 --> 00:15:56.039
 tonight are so

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 important for us.

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 In Jesus'

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 mind, we are

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 all sheep.

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 And we have

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 erred and

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 strayed from

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 his ways like

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 lost sheep.

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 And we've put

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 a distance between

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 ourselves and

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 God and we

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 are lost.

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 And that is why

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 he says he is

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 calm.

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 And what does

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 he do when he

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 finds the

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 sheep?

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 I'm told

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 often that when

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 people find

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 lost sheep,

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 the sheep

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 refuses to

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 budge.

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 You've seen

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 that in me

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 with the

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 sheep on

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 the edge

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 of the

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 cliff.

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 And it

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 just refuses

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 to move.

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 And the

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 sheep clings

00:16:29.180 --> 00:16:29.840
 for whatever

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 it's stuck

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 in.

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 So what

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 does Jesus

00:16:31.760 --> 00:16:32.160
 do when

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 he finds

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 us?

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 Verse 5,

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 can you

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 see that?

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 He lays

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 us on

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 his shoulders

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 rejoicing.

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 The shepherd

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 has gone to

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 great risk

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 to find

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 this wayward

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 sheep.

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 You see,

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 God doesn't

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 look at us

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 and say,

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 here's a

00:16:45.440 --> 00:16:46.000
 self-help

00:16:46.000 --> 00:16:46.400
 manual.

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 Help

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 yourself.

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 He comes

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 to us

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 and he

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 finds us

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 where we

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 are.

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 And when

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 he finds

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 us,

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 that is

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 not the

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 end of

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 it.

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 He picks

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 us up

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 and he

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 puts us

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 on his

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 shoulders

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 and he

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 takes us

00:16:57.840 --> 00:16:58.280
 back home

00:16:58.280 --> 00:16:58.860
 rejoicing.

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 Rejoicing.

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 And Jesus

00:17:02.060 --> 00:17:02.800
 carries us

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 on his

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 shoulders

00:17:03.600 --> 00:17:04.279
 the entire

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 distance

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 back to

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 the fold.

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 In other

00:17:06.519 --> 00:17:06.799
 words,

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 the measure

00:17:07.539 --> 00:17:08.340
 of Jesus'

00:17:08.700 --> 00:17:09.120
 burden

00:17:09.120 --> 00:17:10.900
 is the

00:17:10.900 --> 00:17:11.799
 exact measure

00:17:11.799 --> 00:17:12.180
 of our

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 lostness.

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 Can you

00:17:13.059 --> 00:17:13.400
 see that?

00:17:14.680 --> 00:17:15.600
 The measure

00:17:15.599 --> 00:17:16.119
 of Jesus'

00:17:16.339 --> 00:17:16.879
 burden is

00:17:16.879 --> 00:17:17.399
 the exact

00:17:17.399 --> 00:17:17.959
 measure of

00:17:17.959 --> 00:17:18.899
 our lostness.

00:17:19.339 --> 00:17:20.000
 He carries

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 us back to

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 God the

00:17:21.679 --> 00:17:22.299
 distance we

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 have strayed.

00:17:24.559 --> 00:17:25.319
 His shoulders

00:17:25.319 --> 00:17:26.119
 bear the

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 burden of

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 our guilt,

00:17:27.879 --> 00:17:28.459
 all of it.

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 And you

00:17:31.439 --> 00:17:31.899
 will know that

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 if you read

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 this gospel to

00:17:32.859 --> 00:17:33.240
 the end,

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 what it cost

00:17:33.940 --> 00:17:34.559
 Jesus to

00:17:34.559 --> 00:17:35.140
 bear us

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 and to

00:17:35.680 --> 00:17:36.180
 bear us

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 and we

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 are told

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 that as

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 he was

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 nailed to

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 the cross

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 he

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 shouldered

00:17:39.259 --> 00:17:39.860
 our sin,

00:17:40.220 --> 00:17:40.920
 he shouldered

00:17:40.920 --> 00:17:41.460
 our guilt.

00:17:42.980 --> 00:17:43.559
 All that

00:17:43.559 --> 00:17:43.900
 we've done

00:17:43.900 --> 00:17:44.279
 to push

00:17:44.279 --> 00:17:44.860
 God away

00:17:44.860 --> 00:17:45.240
 Jesus

00:17:45.240 --> 00:17:45.880
 shouldered.

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 It is by

00:17:46.840 --> 00:17:47.460
 his death

00:17:47.460 --> 00:17:47.820
 we are

00:17:47.820 --> 00:17:48.240
 rescued,

00:17:48.720 --> 00:17:49.100
 it is by

00:17:49.100 --> 00:17:49.620
 his death

00:17:49.620 --> 00:17:49.960
 that we're

00:17:49.960 --> 00:17:50.299
 forgiven,

00:17:50.759 --> 00:17:51.200
 it is by

00:17:51.200 --> 00:17:51.779
 his death

00:17:51.779 --> 00:17:52.120
 that we're

00:17:52.120 --> 00:17:52.539
 brought home

00:17:52.539 --> 00:17:53.100
 to God.

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 And yet

00:17:54.700 --> 00:17:55.019
 the most

00:17:55.019 --> 00:17:55.580
 remarkable

00:17:55.580 --> 00:17:56.059
 thing about

00:17:56.059 --> 00:17:56.620
 these words

00:17:56.620 --> 00:17:56.940
 is that

00:17:56.940 --> 00:17:57.420
 he tells

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 us that

00:17:58.019 --> 00:17:58.519
 he does

00:17:58.519 --> 00:17:59.259
 it for

00:17:59.259 --> 00:18:01.660
 joy.

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 Do you see

00:18:06.099 --> 00:18:06.299
 that he

00:18:06.299 --> 00:18:06.599
 puts it

00:18:06.599 --> 00:18:06.839
 on his

00:18:06.839 --> 00:18:07.160
 shoulders

00:18:07.160 --> 00:18:07.900
 rejoicing.

00:18:10.359 --> 00:18:10.759
 Jesus

00:18:10.759 --> 00:18:11.240
 knew what

00:18:11.240 --> 00:18:11.440
 it would

00:18:11.440 --> 00:18:11.879
 cost him

00:18:11.879 --> 00:18:12.400
 to rescue

00:18:12.400 --> 00:18:14.240
 the lost

00:18:14.240 --> 00:18:14.579
 sheep,

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 but for

00:18:14.980 --> 00:18:15.339
 him it's

00:18:15.339 --> 00:18:15.759
 the opposite

00:18:15.759 --> 00:18:16.279
 of dull

00:18:16.279 --> 00:18:16.960
 and tedious,

00:18:17.119 --> 00:18:17.460
 it brings

00:18:17.460 --> 00:18:17.940
 joy and

00:18:17.940 --> 00:18:18.319
 rejoicing.

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 Yes he

00:18:19.059 --> 00:18:19.420
 knows,

00:18:19.599 --> 00:18:20.019
 there's going

00:18:20.019 --> 00:18:20.240
 to be

00:18:20.240 --> 00:18:21.019
 the agony

00:18:21.019 --> 00:18:21.379
 of the

00:18:21.379 --> 00:18:21.839
 cross,

00:18:22.799 --> 00:18:24.059
 but he

00:18:24.059 --> 00:18:24.599
 knows that

00:18:24.599 --> 00:18:25.599
 through that

00:18:25.599 --> 00:18:26.279
 agony of

00:18:26.279 --> 00:18:26.759
 the cross

00:18:26.759 --> 00:18:27.220
 he will

00:18:27.220 --> 00:18:27.879
 bring delight

00:18:27.879 --> 00:18:28.579
 to God

00:18:28.579 --> 00:18:29.240
 and delight

00:18:29.240 --> 00:18:29.819
 to him

00:18:29.819 --> 00:18:30.400
 by saving

00:18:30.400 --> 00:18:32.740
 us from

00:18:32.740 --> 00:18:33.279
 being lost

00:18:33.279 --> 00:18:33.640
 forever.

00:18:35.880 --> 00:18:36.599
 So let me

00:18:36.599 --> 00:18:37.079
 speak to us

00:18:37.079 --> 00:18:37.279
 who are

00:18:37.279 --> 00:18:37.880
 regulars.

00:18:39.720 --> 00:18:40.380
 I want

00:18:40.380 --> 00:18:40.779
 to ask

00:18:40.779 --> 00:18:41.140
 you,

00:18:42.099 --> 00:18:42.559
 does it

00:18:42.559 --> 00:18:43.000
 bring you

00:18:43.000 --> 00:18:43.839
 joy and

00:18:43.839 --> 00:18:45.700
 delight when

00:18:45.700 --> 00:18:46.099
 you see

00:18:46.099 --> 00:18:46.579
 someone who

00:18:46.579 --> 00:18:47.500
 is moving

00:18:47.500 --> 00:18:48.120
 from being

00:18:48.120 --> 00:18:49.160
 lost to

00:18:49.160 --> 00:18:50.019
 being found?

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 And are

00:18:53.519 --> 00:18:53.980
 there people

00:18:53.980 --> 00:18:54.460
 who you

00:18:54.460 --> 00:18:55.099
 know who

00:18:55.099 --> 00:18:55.859
 are wandering,

00:18:58.059 --> 00:18:58.339
 who have

00:18:58.339 --> 00:18:58.720
 maybe not

00:18:58.720 --> 00:18:59.140
 been in

00:18:59.140 --> 00:18:59.519
 church for

00:18:59.519 --> 00:18:59.799
 a few

00:18:59.799 --> 00:19:00.200
 weeks,

00:19:01.200 --> 00:19:02.220
 and actually

00:19:02.220 --> 00:19:02.680
 they are

00:19:02.680 --> 00:19:03.940
 drifting away.

00:19:06.240 --> 00:19:06.900
 They're not

00:19:06.900 --> 00:19:07.559
 following through

00:19:07.559 --> 00:19:07.900
 on their

00:19:07.900 --> 00:19:08.319
 spiritual

00:19:08.319 --> 00:19:08.980
 commitments.

00:19:10.480 --> 00:19:11.140
 And if

00:19:11.140 --> 00:19:11.400
 you are

00:19:11.400 --> 00:19:11.860
 following

00:19:11.860 --> 00:19:12.299
 Jesus,

00:19:12.519 --> 00:19:12.940
 I want

00:19:12.940 --> 00:19:13.799
 to encourage

00:19:13.799 --> 00:19:14.480
 you to

00:19:14.480 --> 00:19:15.259
 go after

00:19:15.259 --> 00:19:16.579
 them in

00:19:16.579 --> 00:19:16.799
 English

00:19:16.799 --> 00:19:17.200
 way,

00:19:18.640 --> 00:19:18.960
 and to

00:19:18.960 --> 00:19:19.420
 get them,

00:19:20.980 --> 00:19:21.339
 and to

00:19:21.339 --> 00:19:22.079
 bring them

00:19:22.079 --> 00:19:22.519
 back,

00:19:22.960 --> 00:19:23.539
 not because

00:19:23.539 --> 00:19:23.900
 of the joy

00:19:23.900 --> 00:19:24.240
 it's going

00:19:24.240 --> 00:19:24.400
 to bring

00:19:24.400 --> 00:19:24.640
 you,

00:19:24.720 --> 00:19:24.920
 though it

00:19:24.920 --> 00:19:25.059
 will

00:19:25.059 --> 00:19:25.359
 bring you

00:19:25.359 --> 00:19:25.539
 joy,

00:19:25.620 --> 00:19:25.779
 won't

00:19:25.779 --> 00:19:25.980
 it?

00:19:27.319 --> 00:19:27.680
 No,

00:19:27.740 --> 00:19:28.120
 for the joy

00:19:28.120 --> 00:19:28.319
 it will

00:19:28.319 --> 00:19:28.859
 bring them,

00:19:30.599 --> 00:19:31.140
 but for the

00:19:31.140 --> 00:19:31.500
 joy it will

00:19:31.500 --> 00:19:32.099
 bring God.

00:19:32.200 --> 00:19:32.640
 This is the

00:19:32.640 --> 00:19:32.819
 point,

00:19:32.900 --> 00:19:33.720
 there is joy

00:19:33.720 --> 00:19:34.420
 in heaven

00:19:34.420 --> 00:19:35.200
 because God

00:19:35.200 --> 00:19:35.839
 delights in

00:19:35.839 --> 00:19:36.480
 every single

00:19:36.480 --> 00:19:36.920
 one of his

00:19:36.920 --> 00:19:37.220
 people.

00:19:38.700 --> 00:19:39.200
 He doesn't

00:19:39.200 --> 00:19:39.620
 want to see

00:19:39.620 --> 00:19:40.200
 any one of

00:19:40.200 --> 00:19:40.740
 us lost.

00:19:41.140 --> 00:19:41.799
 God sent

00:19:41.799 --> 00:19:42.620
 his son to

00:19:42.620 --> 00:19:43.400
 rescue us,

00:19:43.660 --> 00:19:44.079
 and even

00:19:44.079 --> 00:19:44.420
 though it

00:19:44.420 --> 00:19:44.819
 cost him

00:19:44.819 --> 00:19:45.220
 his life,

00:19:45.319 --> 00:19:45.980
 Jesus loves

00:19:45.980 --> 00:19:46.480
 to do the

00:19:46.480 --> 00:19:46.859
 will of the

00:19:46.859 --> 00:19:47.160
 father.

00:19:47.500 --> 00:19:47.880
 That's the

00:19:47.880 --> 00:19:48.319
 joy of the

00:19:48.319 --> 00:19:48.660
 rescue.

00:19:49.900 --> 00:19:50.299
 Secondly,

00:19:50.400 --> 00:19:50.819
 more briefly,

00:19:51.319 --> 00:19:52.079
 there's the

00:19:52.079 --> 00:19:52.440
 joy of

00:19:52.440 --> 00:19:52.960
 restoration.

00:19:53.160 --> 00:19:53.320
 Can you

00:19:53.320 --> 00:19:53.559
 look with

00:19:53.559 --> 00:19:53.759
 me at

00:19:53.759 --> 00:19:54.220
 verse 6

00:19:54.220 --> 00:19:54.620
 and 7?

00:19:56.259 --> 00:19:56.840
 And when

00:19:56.840 --> 00:19:57.180
 he comes

00:19:57.180 --> 00:19:57.559
 home,

00:19:59.279 --> 00:20:00.059
 he calls

00:20:00.059 --> 00:20:00.960
 together his

00:20:00.960 --> 00:20:01.600
 friends and

00:20:01.600 --> 00:20:02.080
 his neighbours

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 saying to

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 them,

00:20:02.880 --> 00:20:03.360
 rejoice with

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 me,

00:20:04.380 --> 00:20:04.640
 for I

00:20:04.640 --> 00:20:05.200
 found my

00:20:05.200 --> 00:20:05.640
 sheep that

00:20:05.640 --> 00:20:06.140
 was lost.

00:20:07.380 --> 00:20:08.100
 Just so,

00:20:09.000 --> 00:20:09.779
 I tell you,

00:20:10.299 --> 00:20:10.559
 there will be

00:20:10.559 --> 00:20:11.140
 more joy in

00:20:11.140 --> 00:20:11.559
 heaven over

00:20:11.559 --> 00:20:12.100
 one sinner

00:20:12.100 --> 00:20:12.720
 who repents

00:20:12.720 --> 00:20:13.080
 than over

00:20:13.080 --> 00:20:13.640
 ninety-nine

00:20:13.640 --> 00:20:14.000
 righteous

00:20:14.000 --> 00:20:14.720
 persons who

00:20:14.720 --> 00:20:15.220
 need no

00:20:15.220 --> 00:20:15.680
 repentance,

00:20:15.900 --> 00:20:16.480
 or ninety-nine

00:20:16.480 --> 00:20:16.900
 people who

00:20:16.900 --> 00:20:17.340
 think they

00:20:17.340 --> 00:20:17.740
 don't need

00:20:17.740 --> 00:20:18.180
 repentance.

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 Here's another

00:20:21.100 --> 00:20:21.740
 side of being

00:20:21.740 --> 00:20:22.240
 rescued.

00:20:23.440 --> 00:20:24.039
 We've done

00:20:24.039 --> 00:20:24.559
 nothing to

00:20:24.559 --> 00:20:25.140
 force God's

00:20:25.140 --> 00:20:25.519
 hand to

00:20:25.519 --> 00:20:25.920
 search for

00:20:25.920 --> 00:20:26.160
 us,

00:20:26.420 --> 00:20:26.980
 except by

00:20:26.980 --> 00:20:27.299
 becoming

00:20:27.299 --> 00:20:27.759
 lost.

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 And God

00:20:29.799 --> 00:20:30.320
 sends his

00:20:30.320 --> 00:20:30.700
 son to

00:20:30.700 --> 00:20:31.160
 search for

00:20:31.160 --> 00:20:31.279
 us,

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 but when

00:20:31.880 --> 00:20:32.440
 he finds

00:20:32.440 --> 00:20:32.620
 us,

00:20:32.660 --> 00:20:33.059
 he doesn't

00:20:33.059 --> 00:20:33.539
 drag us

00:20:33.539 --> 00:20:34.120
 back against

00:20:34.120 --> 00:20:34.700
 our will.

00:20:36.340 --> 00:20:36.660
 To be

00:20:36.660 --> 00:20:37.100
 brought back

00:20:37.100 --> 00:20:37.440
 to God

00:20:37.440 --> 00:20:37.840
 means to

00:20:37.840 --> 00:20:38.279
 repent of

00:20:38.279 --> 00:20:38.779
 our sin.

00:20:40.380 --> 00:20:41.100
 It means

00:20:41.100 --> 00:20:41.900
 to give up

00:20:41.900 --> 00:20:43.200
 our self-made

00:20:43.200 --> 00:20:43.920
 maps.

00:20:46.019 --> 00:20:46.700
 It means

00:20:46.700 --> 00:20:47.299
 to surrender

00:20:47.299 --> 00:20:47.740
 to Jesus

00:20:47.740 --> 00:20:48.299
 Christ.

00:20:50.660 --> 00:20:51.299
 It means

00:20:51.299 --> 00:20:51.820
 despite my

00:20:51.819 --> 00:20:52.480
 abilities and

00:20:52.480 --> 00:20:53.519
 capabilities and

00:20:53.519 --> 00:20:54.079
 earnings I

00:20:54.079 --> 00:20:54.619
 have lost,

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 it is what

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 the Bible

00:20:55.919 --> 00:20:56.799
 means by

00:20:56.799 --> 00:20:57.299
 sin.

00:20:58.759 --> 00:20:59.079
 It means

00:20:59.079 --> 00:20:59.539
 to give up

00:20:59.539 --> 00:21:00.179
 our self-made

00:21:00.179 --> 00:21:00.579
 maps.

00:21:01.460 --> 00:21:01.839
 I met an

00:21:01.839 --> 00:21:02.079
 American

00:21:02.079 --> 00:21:02.740
 minister at

00:21:02.740 --> 00:21:03.139
 lunch this

00:21:03.139 --> 00:21:03.939
 week in

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 Covent Garden

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 and I was

00:21:07.939 --> 00:21:08.240
 supposed to

00:21:08.240 --> 00:21:08.559
 pick the

00:21:08.559 --> 00:21:08.879
 restaurant,

00:21:09.139 --> 00:21:09.519
 we were

00:21:09.519 --> 00:21:09.740
 going to go

00:21:09.740 --> 00:21:10.139
 to Five

00:21:10.139 --> 00:21:10.579
 Guys,

00:21:10.759 --> 00:21:11.359
 the burger

00:21:11.359 --> 00:21:11.720
 place.

00:21:12.419 --> 00:21:12.740
 And anyway,

00:21:12.799 --> 00:21:13.179
 after about

00:21:13.179 --> 00:21:13.779
 ten minutes

00:21:13.779 --> 00:21:14.319
 of walking

00:21:14.319 --> 00:21:14.659
 around

00:21:14.659 --> 00:21:15.399
 Covent Garden,

00:21:15.819 --> 00:21:16.740
 the American

00:21:16.740 --> 00:21:17.279
 man said to

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 me,

00:21:17.419 --> 00:21:17.679
 you don't

00:21:17.679 --> 00:21:17.899
 know where

00:21:17.899 --> 00:21:18.259
 you're going,

00:21:18.339 --> 00:21:18.519
 do you?

00:21:18.519 --> 00:21:19.779
 And I

00:21:19.779 --> 00:21:19.980
 said,

00:21:20.059 --> 00:21:20.299
 no.

00:21:21.339 --> 00:21:21.680
 And I

00:21:21.680 --> 00:21:22.039
 said,

00:21:23.039 --> 00:21:23.299
 he said,

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 well do you

00:21:23.500 --> 00:21:23.720
 think we

00:21:23.720 --> 00:21:24.000
 should look?

00:21:24.019 --> 00:21:24.240
 I said,

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 I'm sure it's

00:21:25.579 --> 00:21:25.920
 around here.

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 So we

00:21:26.160 --> 00:21:26.500
 walked on

00:21:26.500 --> 00:21:27.019
 another five

00:21:27.019 --> 00:21:27.279
 to ten

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 minutes and

00:21:28.759 --> 00:21:29.740
 then he

00:21:29.740 --> 00:21:30.339
 got Google

00:21:30.339 --> 00:21:30.819
 Earth or

00:21:30.819 --> 00:21:31.200
 whatever it

00:21:31.200 --> 00:21:31.299
 is,

00:21:31.379 --> 00:21:32.240
 Google Maps.

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 You've

00:21:34.420 --> 00:21:34.779
 got to give

00:21:34.779 --> 00:21:35.180
 up that at

00:21:35.180 --> 00:21:35.440
 some point.

00:21:35.579 --> 00:21:35.920
 I have to

00:21:35.920 --> 00:21:36.079
 say,

00:21:36.180 --> 00:21:36.440
 listen,

00:21:36.539 --> 00:21:36.720
 I don't

00:21:36.720 --> 00:21:37.180
 know what I

00:21:37.180 --> 00:21:37.319
 am.

00:21:37.359 --> 00:21:37.559
 I don't

00:21:37.559 --> 00:21:37.859
 know any

00:21:37.859 --> 00:21:38.599
 Covent Garden

00:21:38.599 --> 00:21:39.440
 any better

00:21:39.440 --> 00:21:39.900
 than you do

00:21:39.900 --> 00:21:40.119
 when you're

00:21:40.119 --> 00:21:40.720
 from Michigan.

00:21:41.720 --> 00:21:42.319
 We could have

00:21:42.319 --> 00:21:42.700
 walked for

00:21:42.700 --> 00:21:43.279
 hours and I

00:21:43.279 --> 00:21:43.579
 wouldn't have

00:21:43.579 --> 00:21:43.940
 found it.

00:21:44.180 --> 00:21:44.720
 You've got to

00:21:44.720 --> 00:21:45.099
 give up the

00:21:45.099 --> 00:21:45.559
 self-made

00:21:45.559 --> 00:21:46.059
 map.

00:21:48.579 --> 00:21:49.299
 And that's

00:21:49.299 --> 00:21:50.879
 what you've

00:21:50.879 --> 00:21:51.279
 got to do

00:21:51.279 --> 00:21:51.740
 if you will

00:21:51.740 --> 00:21:52.220
 come to

00:21:52.220 --> 00:21:52.599
 Christ.

00:21:56.299 --> 00:21:56.700
 Despite

00:21:56.700 --> 00:21:57.740
 your abilities

00:21:57.740 --> 00:21:58.159
 and your

00:21:58.159 --> 00:21:59.500
 capacities and

00:21:59.500 --> 00:21:59.960
 earnings,

00:22:00.220 --> 00:22:00.559
 you are

00:22:00.559 --> 00:22:00.940
 lost.

00:22:01.279 --> 00:22:01.500
 That's what

00:22:01.500 --> 00:22:01.759
 the Bible

00:22:01.759 --> 00:22:02.220
 means by

00:22:02.220 --> 00:22:02.480
 sin.

00:22:04.139 --> 00:22:04.480
 And our

00:22:04.480 --> 00:22:04.859
 problem is

00:22:04.859 --> 00:22:05.179
 that the

00:22:05.179 --> 00:22:05.579
 only place

00:22:05.579 --> 00:22:06.019
 we see

00:22:06.019 --> 00:22:06.419
 sin is

00:22:06.419 --> 00:22:06.599
 on a

00:22:06.599 --> 00:22:06.819
 kind of

00:22:06.819 --> 00:22:07.299
 deserted

00:22:07.299 --> 00:22:07.639
 man.

00:22:08.839 --> 00:22:09.259
 But in

00:22:09.259 --> 00:22:09.559
 the Bible

00:22:09.559 --> 00:22:10.099
 sin is not

00:22:10.099 --> 00:22:10.500
 so much a

00:22:10.500 --> 00:22:11.240
 moral issue

00:22:11.240 --> 00:22:12.059
 as a

00:22:12.059 --> 00:22:12.480
 spiritual

00:22:12.480 --> 00:22:12.839
 issue.

00:22:13.139 --> 00:22:13.659
 It is not

00:22:13.659 --> 00:22:14.440
 so much the

00:22:14.440 --> 00:22:14.940
 breaking of

00:22:14.940 --> 00:22:15.460
 a cold

00:22:15.460 --> 00:22:15.940
 distant

00:22:15.940 --> 00:22:16.480
 law but

00:22:16.480 --> 00:22:16.620
 the

00:22:16.620 --> 00:22:17.039
 breaking of

00:22:17.039 --> 00:22:17.519
 a friendship

00:22:17.519 --> 00:22:18.200
 and relationship

00:22:18.200 --> 00:22:18.920
 with God.

00:22:19.680 --> 00:22:20.600
 In all I've

00:22:20.600 --> 00:22:20.900
 done in

00:22:20.900 --> 00:22:21.620
 rebellion and

00:22:21.620 --> 00:22:22.140
 all I've

00:22:22.140 --> 00:22:22.440
 done in

00:22:22.440 --> 00:22:23.299
 disobedience to

00:22:23.299 --> 00:22:24.120
 God, it

00:22:24.120 --> 00:22:24.799
 results in

00:22:24.799 --> 00:22:25.700
 separation and

00:22:25.700 --> 00:22:26.319
 distance from

00:22:26.319 --> 00:22:26.660
 him.

00:22:26.940 --> 00:22:27.360
 That is what

00:22:27.360 --> 00:22:27.840
 it means to

00:22:27.840 --> 00:22:28.319
 be lost.

00:22:29.559 --> 00:22:29.799
 And to

00:22:29.799 --> 00:22:30.900
 repent doesn't

00:22:30.900 --> 00:22:31.440
 mean to eat

00:22:31.440 --> 00:22:32.620
 humble pie and

00:22:32.620 --> 00:22:33.180
 turn over a

00:22:33.180 --> 00:22:35.019
 new leaf and

00:22:35.019 --> 00:22:35.720
 find your way

00:22:35.720 --> 00:22:36.259
 home.

00:22:37.700 --> 00:22:38.220
 No, to

00:22:38.220 --> 00:22:39.100
 repent means to

00:22:39.100 --> 00:22:39.840
 change my

00:22:39.840 --> 00:22:41.840
 heart and to

00:22:41.840 --> 00:22:42.299
 change my

00:22:42.299 --> 00:22:44.420
 mind and to

00:22:44.420 --> 00:22:45.200
 recognise that

00:22:45.200 --> 00:22:45.860
 I have got

00:22:45.860 --> 00:22:46.519
 myself into

00:22:46.519 --> 00:22:47.200
 the mess I

00:22:47.200 --> 00:22:48.140
 am in by my

00:22:48.140 --> 00:22:48.920
 own self

00:22:48.920 --> 00:22:49.779
 conceit and

00:22:49.779 --> 00:22:50.160
 my own

00:22:50.160 --> 00:22:50.960
 self will.

00:22:52.519 --> 00:22:53.019
 And it is

00:22:53.019 --> 00:22:54.220
 not despair and

00:22:54.220 --> 00:22:54.620
 it's not

00:22:54.620 --> 00:22:55.600
 self loathing.

00:22:55.980 --> 00:22:56.640
 It's seeing

00:22:56.640 --> 00:22:57.480
 that what I've

00:22:57.480 --> 00:22:57.980
 done has

00:22:57.980 --> 00:22:59.080
 separated me

00:22:59.080 --> 00:22:59.819
 from God.

00:23:01.580 --> 00:23:02.180
 And I

00:23:02.180 --> 00:23:03.140
 thank God

00:23:03.140 --> 00:23:03.799
 that he has

00:23:03.799 --> 00:23:04.259
 come and

00:23:04.259 --> 00:23:04.940
 rescued me.

00:23:06.640 --> 00:23:07.240
 It is

00:23:07.240 --> 00:23:08.140
 allowing yourself

00:23:08.140 --> 00:23:08.960
 to be rescued.

00:23:09.380 --> 00:23:10.000
 It is letting

00:23:10.000 --> 00:23:11.200
 Jesus take you

00:23:11.200 --> 00:23:11.640
 upon his

00:23:11.640 --> 00:23:12.680
 shoulders and

00:23:12.680 --> 00:23:13.279
 bring you back

00:23:13.279 --> 00:23:13.879
 to God.

00:23:16.819 --> 00:23:17.359
 And the

00:23:17.359 --> 00:23:17.799
 great truth

00:23:17.799 --> 00:23:18.259
 tonight is

00:23:18.259 --> 00:23:18.460
 this.

00:23:19.299 --> 00:23:20.019
 It doesn't

00:23:20.019 --> 00:23:20.500
 matter how

00:23:20.500 --> 00:23:20.960
 far you've

00:23:20.960 --> 00:23:21.359
 wandered

00:23:21.359 --> 00:23:21.779
 tonight.

00:23:23.559 --> 00:23:24.319
 It doesn't

00:23:24.319 --> 00:23:24.839
 matter how

00:23:24.839 --> 00:23:26.500
 deeply entangled

00:23:26.500 --> 00:23:27.599
 you are in

00:23:27.599 --> 00:23:28.299
 the thing that

00:23:28.299 --> 00:23:28.639
 you are

00:23:28.639 --> 00:23:29.399
 entangled in

00:23:29.399 --> 00:23:29.839
 now.

00:23:30.220 --> 00:23:30.980
 If you want

00:23:30.980 --> 00:23:31.599
 to turn away

00:23:31.599 --> 00:23:32.319
 from it now

00:23:32.319 --> 00:23:33.259
 and allow

00:23:33.259 --> 00:23:33.920
 Jesus to

00:23:33.920 --> 00:23:34.720
 rescue you,

00:23:35.220 --> 00:23:35.539
 he will

00:23:35.539 --> 00:23:35.899
 bring you

00:23:35.899 --> 00:23:36.259
 home.

00:23:38.099 --> 00:23:38.559
 And when

00:23:38.559 --> 00:23:39.119
 you do,

00:23:39.319 --> 00:23:39.700
 and when

00:23:39.700 --> 00:23:40.339
 he brings

00:23:40.339 --> 00:23:40.879
 you there,

00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:41.299
 it will

00:23:41.299 --> 00:23:41.879
 bring you

00:23:41.879 --> 00:23:43.379
 great joy

00:23:43.379 --> 00:23:44.039
 in heaven.

00:23:46.919 --> 00:23:47.480
 We are

00:23:47.480 --> 00:23:47.919
 in desperate

00:23:47.919 --> 00:23:48.339
 need of

00:23:48.339 --> 00:23:48.679
 rescue.

00:23:50.619 --> 00:23:51.139
 Do you

00:23:51.139 --> 00:23:51.480
 think that

00:23:51.480 --> 00:23:51.980
 God will

00:23:51.980 --> 00:23:52.500
 have sent

00:23:52.500 --> 00:23:53.139
 his son

00:23:53.139 --> 00:23:53.720
 to die

00:23:53.720 --> 00:23:53.980
 on the

00:23:53.980 --> 00:23:54.419
 cross if

00:23:54.419 --> 00:23:54.759
 there isn't

00:23:54.759 --> 00:23:55.119
 an easier

00:23:55.119 --> 00:23:55.559
 way for him

00:23:55.559 --> 00:23:56.000
 to do it?

00:23:57.619 --> 00:23:58.419
 God cares

00:23:58.419 --> 00:23:58.919
 for us so

00:23:58.919 --> 00:23:59.759
 deeply that

00:23:59.759 --> 00:24:00.319
 even when

00:24:00.319 --> 00:24:00.779
 we've turned

00:24:00.779 --> 00:24:01.459
 our backs

00:24:01.459 --> 00:24:01.959
 on him

00:24:01.959 --> 00:24:03.240
 and wandered

00:24:03.240 --> 00:24:04.000
 and kept

00:24:04.000 --> 00:24:04.519
 wandering,

00:24:05.199 --> 00:24:05.639
 he sent

00:24:05.639 --> 00:24:06.059
 his son

00:24:06.059 --> 00:24:06.699
 to rescue

00:24:06.699 --> 00:24:08.480
 and to

00:24:08.480 --> 00:24:09.359
 shoulder us

00:24:09.359 --> 00:24:10.219
 home and

00:24:10.219 --> 00:24:10.799
 he invites

00:24:10.799 --> 00:24:11.599
 us all

00:24:11.599 --> 00:24:12.000
 to come

00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:12.379
 back in

00:24:12.379 --> 00:24:12.819
 a friendship

00:24:12.819 --> 00:24:13.379
 with him.

00:24:15.240 --> 00:24:15.539
 And you

00:24:15.539 --> 00:24:15.839
 may be

00:24:15.839 --> 00:24:16.119
 thinking,

00:24:16.359 --> 00:24:16.859
 what must

00:24:16.859 --> 00:24:17.419
 I do?

00:24:19.059 --> 00:24:19.479
 And it's

00:24:19.479 --> 00:24:20.099
 very, very

00:24:20.099 --> 00:24:20.740
 simple, isn't

00:24:20.740 --> 00:24:20.899
 it?

00:24:20.959 --> 00:24:21.399
 It is to

00:24:21.399 --> 00:24:22.079
 say, I am

00:24:22.079 --> 00:24:22.639
 lost.

00:24:25.039 --> 00:24:25.419
 It is to

00:24:25.419 --> 00:24:25.979
 say, I am

00:24:25.979 --> 00:24:26.959
 lost and I

00:24:26.959 --> 00:24:27.719
 need to be

00:24:27.719 --> 00:24:28.159
 rescued.

00:24:30.079 --> 00:24:30.559
 It is to

00:24:30.559 --> 00:24:30.839
 put your

00:24:30.839 --> 00:24:31.539
 hand out

00:24:31.539 --> 00:24:32.240
 to Christ

00:24:32.240 --> 00:24:34.159
 and say,

00:24:34.319 --> 00:24:35.039
 please rescue

00:24:35.039 --> 00:24:35.399
 me.

00:24:36.959 --> 00:24:37.500
 It's as

00:24:37.500 --> 00:24:37.859
 simple as

00:24:37.859 --> 00:24:38.079
 that.

00:24:39.359 --> 00:24:40.379
 And yes,

00:24:40.500 --> 00:24:40.839
 I have

00:24:40.839 --> 00:24:41.419
 pushed God

00:24:41.419 --> 00:24:41.799
 away.

00:24:43.199 --> 00:24:43.839
 And yes,

00:24:43.939 --> 00:24:44.279
 I have

00:24:44.279 --> 00:24:45.139
 wandered a

00:24:45.139 --> 00:24:45.799
 long way

00:24:45.799 --> 00:24:46.279
 off.

00:24:47.019 --> 00:24:47.619
 And I

00:24:47.619 --> 00:24:48.099
 need to be

00:24:48.099 --> 00:24:48.419
 forgiven.

00:24:49.500 --> 00:24:49.979
 And I

00:24:49.979 --> 00:24:50.379
 need to be

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 brought home.

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 And all

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 you need to

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 do is ask

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 God to

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 bring you

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 back because

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 of what

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 Jesus has

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 done.

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 And you

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 will know

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 the joy of

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 rescue and

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 the joy of

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 restoration.

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 Let's pray.

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 Amen.

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