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 So folks, I'm driving to Aldi last Friday night.

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 It's 7pm.

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 And I've got Radio 2 on in the background.

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 And the presenter slash DJ

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!

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 New Year nonsense.

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 Why?

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 Because there was nothing wrong

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 with last year's you.

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 And we're straight into Express Yourself by Madonna,

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 which is a decent tune.

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 But my first thought when I heard her say that,

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 and there's a reason that she gets prime time

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 on a Friday night on the radio, isn't there?

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 Because she's telling people exactly what they want to hear.

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 But my first thought when I clocked that and heard that was,

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 she clearly never met me last year.

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 And I want to put it to you,

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 I'd imagine that she probably never met you last year.

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 And all that takes us to the good news

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 of this passage in Matthew chapter 3.

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 Have you got it there?

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 Summed up in that one word you get in verse 2.

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 Do you know what Matthew 3 is?

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 It is the complete antithesis of Michelle Visage.

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 And it's really, really good news.

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 Do you see that word at verse 2?

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 Here it is.

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 Repent.

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 And it comes up three times in this passage.

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 Repent.

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 Let me just do a little bit of work on that word.

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 Maybe you hear that word,

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 and you have an instant allergic reaction.

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 This man, John the Baptist,

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 that we've been reading about,

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 he is, if you're honest,

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 everything that puts you off Christianity.

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 I mean, here's a guy

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 dressing like he's from the Bronze Age.

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 Here is a guy who's telling us

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 by his life that he is anti-vegan.

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 Yeah?

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 Here is a man who's peddling

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 a religious ritual that reeks of being a cult.

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 Here is a man who's preaching

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 a dated Turner Byrne message.

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 And you hear this word, repent.

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 You see this man, John the Baptist,

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 and you think,

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 how on earth is this word, repent, good news?

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 Well, here's why.

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 See, if you were to Google the word repent,

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 you would find a number of dictionaries

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 throwing at you a definition,

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 which means something like

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 to feel deeply sorry about something.

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 Right?

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 And dictionaries are always a good place to go

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 when you're looking at words,

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 because they tell you not so much

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 what the word means

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 as much as how we use the word

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 in modern day culture, right?

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 So the dictionary is throwing up

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 that definition of feeling deeply sorry

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 about something.

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 But when the Bible uses that word,

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 it's talking about something

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 way more all-encompassing.

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 That word means, at its core,

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 to change your thinking.

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 Right?

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 Saying to yourself,

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 I'm leaving behind my old way of life

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 because I'm choosing

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 to walk in a new way of life

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 and perform the very thing

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 that your driving instructor told you

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 never ever to contemplate doing.

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 and do a complete U-turn.

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 Which raises the question,

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 turn from what?

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 And this is where we need to get into

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 the Bible story as a whole.

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 See, at the beginning of the Bible story,

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 we read Adam and Eve eating

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 from the fruit in the garden

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 that God told them not to.

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 And the thing about that

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 is that it's not just

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 a momentary lapse of judgment.

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 What is going on there

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 is something cataclysmic.

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 What they are doing in that moment

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 is declaring,

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 as they dethrone God,

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 that they want to exalt themselves.

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 themselves.

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 And as they do that,

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 they are embracing

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 a total recalibration

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 of their reason for existence.

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 Sin is fundamentally

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 human beings turning away

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 from their creator

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 and worshipping ourselves

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 and created things

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 rather than him.

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 And because of who this God is,

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 because he is all glorious,

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 because he is supreme,

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 because he cannot tolerate

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 and look upon evil,

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 God is rightly

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 banishing them

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 from the garden,

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 from his very presence.

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 He would be denying himself

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 if he didn't do that.

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 They are his enemies.

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 Mankind is deserving

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 of his just judgment,

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 but not only that,

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 think about it.

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 What do you get

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 when you turn away

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 from the source of life

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 and light?

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 What do you turn to?

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 You turn to darkness

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 and death, right?

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 And I cannot think of two

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 more apt words

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 to describe the news

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 than I see on BBC

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 every single morning.

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 Right, let me put it like this.

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 Here's Tim Keller,

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 Uncle Tim.

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 He's always good for a read.

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 He puts it like this, okay?

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 In his wonderful book

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 that I read over the Christmas period

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 called What's Wrong With The World.

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 Right?

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 He wrote this.

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 What's wrong with us?

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 What could lead human beings

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 to do things like this?

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 If you don't ask that question,

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 if that question

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 doesn't burn in your heart,

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 your head is in the sand.

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 You hear what he's saying?

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 So the call to repent

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 is the gracious wooing

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 from a holy, mighty,

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 yet merciful God,

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 his invitation to flee

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 from our old sinful ways.

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 Flee from them

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 and run to him.

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 And in so doing,

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 run back to the source

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 of life and light

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 and return to the very thing

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 that we were made for,

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 which is to delight in God,

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 savour him,

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 live for him

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 and serve him

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 and love him forever.

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 Do you know that's the reason

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 that you were made this morning?

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 Friends,

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 repentance is

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 throwing open

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 the doors of your soul

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 before the Lord

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 and saying,

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 would you come in?

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 Now John might look strange,

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 give you that,

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 but his message

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 is the constant drum

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 that God's been banging

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 through the pages

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 of the Bible story,

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 right?

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 It's nothing new

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 as it were,

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 all the way through

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 the Old Testament

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 as God sends prophet

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 after prophet

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 to his people

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 to address them

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 and to address

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 the nations.

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 And it's the exact same message

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 that Jesus will preach

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 and it's the exact same message

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 that the apostles

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 as they take the message

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 of the gospel

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 to the world

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 that they will preach.

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 So repentance,

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 the call here,

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 is not something new.

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 Jesus will say

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 the very first words

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 of Mark's gospel,

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 the very first words

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 that Mark recalls

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 coming out of his mouth,

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 repent,

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 repent,

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 turn back.

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 And all I want to do

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 this morning

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 is allow this text

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 to tell us three things

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 about repentance.

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 And here's number one

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 and this is verses one to six

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 if you want to scan

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 your eye over it.

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 It's that repentance

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 means confession.

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 Okay?

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 Repentance means confession.

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 Now it would be so easy

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 to think about John

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 and what he's doing here

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 that it's kind of like

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 some novel

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 social media craze

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 that's taken off

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 on TikTok, right?

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 Everybody wants this

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 because it's novel,

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 it's new,

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 it's strange.

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 What's this all about?

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 But we've got to see

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 that his arrival

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 in the scene here

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 is not random.

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 It is both timely

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 and it's hugely significant.

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 It's so significant,

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 in fact,

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 that all four

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 of the gospel writers,

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 Matthew, Mark, Luke,

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 and John,

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 spotlight his ministry.

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 So it's a big,

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 big deal here.

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 But what Matthew

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 is doing

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 in particular,

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 remember,

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 he's writing

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 for his fellow Jews

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 to help them understand

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 who this Jesus is.

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 He's wanting them

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 to show

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 that as John

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 comes on the scene here,

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 that this is the moment

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 we've all been waiting for.

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 Right?

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 Do you see verse 3?

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 You got it there?

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 Do you see how he quotes

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 from the prophet Isaiah?

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 Do you see Isaiah 40 there?

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 And the context

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 of that quote

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 is everything.

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 God's people,

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 if you remember the reading,

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 are about to be taken

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 into exile

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 by the Babylonians.

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 That's the context.

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 Not because the Babylonians

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 are stronger

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 or scarier

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 or mightier,

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 but they're about

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 to be taken into exile

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 because God is using them

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 as the instrument

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 by which to punish

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 the sins of his people.

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 But God is promising

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 in chapter 40

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 that he's one day,

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 if you picked it up

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 in the reading,

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 he's one day

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 going to come

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 in the future

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 personally

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 to rescue his people

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 from their biggest problem.

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 And the biggest problem

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 is not another superpower.

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 Their biggest problem

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 is their sin

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 against him,

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 a holy God.

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 And you'll know

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 that that day

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 is about to hit

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 when you hear the voice

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 of my messenger.

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 That's what Isaiah 40

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 is saying.

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 When you see my messenger,

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 when you hear his voice,

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 when you hear his call

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 to repent,

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 you can bet your bottom dollar

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 that I'm about to turn up

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 to save you.

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 And this messenger,

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 his job is going to be

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 simply

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 to get you

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 ready

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 for my coming.

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 And that's John.

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 Do you see him here?

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 Remember,

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 there's no words

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 in this text

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 that are wasted.

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 There's no filler here.

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 Do you see the description

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 of him?

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 Come here.

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 Leather belt,

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 camel's hair,

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 eating locusts.

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 Yeah,

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 anti-vegan.

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 We're not doing that

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 if you're vegan, right?

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 Do you see that?

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 Why is he telling us

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 that, Matthew?

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 He's telling us

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 because

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 he's trying to get us

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 to see that this guy,

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 John,

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 is dressing like

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 Elijah.

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 Elijah.

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 If you know the Bible story,

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 this guy Elijah

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 that comes up

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 in the Old Testament

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 and his ministry,

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 his message

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 is to say to the people,

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 to the nation,

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 you need to turn back

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 to God.

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 He's challenging

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 the religiously compromised

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 of his day,

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 Elijah,

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 saying,

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 you've got to pick

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 who you're going to serve.

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 Right?

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 If Baal is God,

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 worship him.

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 Just go for it.

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 Go for it.

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 But if Yahweh is God,

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 if the Lord is God,

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 then worship him.

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 But you're doing

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 this whole half-hearted thing.

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 It's like the hokey-cokey.

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 You're in, out, in, out.

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 You've got to choose.

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 And John is

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 dressed like Elijah.

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 He comes on the scene here

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 in the spirit of Elijah.

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 And here's the question

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 as this guy rocks up.

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 How do people respond

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 in the text?

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 Do you see verse 5?

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 Again, remember,

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 none of this is filler.

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 People didn't stay away.

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 Do you see it?

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 Thinking,

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 who is this guy?

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 They came to him

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 in droves.

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 Do you see it?

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 All sorts of different people.

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 You get that

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 in the other Gospels.

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 But Matthew wants you

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 to see

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 they're from all sorts

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 of different places.

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 Do you see that?

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 They're from Jerusalem.

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 They're from all Judea

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 and the whole region

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 of the Jordan.

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 So this is not just

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 one and twos.

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 This is people

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 in droves

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 coming to see

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 what's going on.

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 So this is big news.

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 And what do they do?

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 What's the word?

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 What do they do?

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 They confess.

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 Now can I call

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 a time out

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 at this point?

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 Just think on that

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 for a moment.

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 According to the Bible

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 for you and I

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 to get right with God

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 we need to not

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 present him

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 with a portfolio

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 of all the reasons

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 that he should

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 accept us.

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 According to the Bible

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 we need to rather

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 confess to him

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 every reason

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 that he should

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 reject us.

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 Now how

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 counterintuitive

00:13:09.720 --> 00:13:10.360
 is that?

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 You see it?

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 And they get

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 baptized.

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 Now why would

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 anyone want to

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 do that?

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 You know

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 growing up in Scotland

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 we were made

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 to

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 study this book

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 called Macbeth.

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 And so

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 etched in my mind

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 every time

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 I read something

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 like this

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 is that line

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 from Lady Macbeth

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 just after

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 she's committed

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 murder

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 and she cannot

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 wash the blood

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 off her hands.

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 Do you know

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 the line?

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 Oh damn spot

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 out I say.

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 This is what she says.

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 She cannot

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 make herself

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 clean.

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 She's guilt ridden

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 and she cannot

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 change.

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 Friends

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 going down

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 underneath the water

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 do you see

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 people are publicly

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 declaring symbolically

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 that I feel

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 like I'm covered

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 in dirt.

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 and I cannot

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 carry the

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 sense of

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 shame

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 and guilt

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 and regret.

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 I am tired

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 of pretending

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 and I need

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 to be made

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 clean.

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 Now let me

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 just make two

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 real quick

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 fire bits

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 of application

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 at this point.

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 as we seek

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 to be a

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 church

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 that is

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 seeking

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 to

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 make

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 confession

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 great

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 again.

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 Okay.

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 When we think

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 about this word

00:14:41.859 --> 00:14:42.359
 confession

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 friends

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 this should

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 be a

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 natural

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 thing

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 that we

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 do.

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 We are

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 saved by

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 grace

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 we are

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 united

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 to

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 Jesus

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 the moment

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 we put

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 our

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 faith

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 and

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 trust

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 in

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 him

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 but the

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 Bible

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 is

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 calling

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 us

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 to

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 that

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 lifetime

00:14:52.079 --> 00:14:52.319
 of

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 repentance.

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 Where is

00:14:54.120 --> 00:14:54.660
 God calling

00:14:54.660 --> 00:14:54.980
 us to

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 change?

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 What is

00:14:55.759 --> 00:14:56.019
 he putting

00:14:56.019 --> 00:14:56.399
 the finger

00:14:56.399 --> 00:14:57.040
 on in

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 our life?

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 Here is

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 number one

00:14:59.279 --> 00:14:59.660
 bit of

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 application.

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 That our

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 churches

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 shouldn't be

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 easy places

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 for sin

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 but they

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 should be

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 safe places

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 for sinners.

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 Can I say

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 that again?

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 Our churches

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 shouldn't be

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 easy places

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 for sin.

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 I was on a

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 safeguarding call

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 the other day

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 doing the

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 training.

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 We need

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 to make

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 sure that

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 happens.

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 But they

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 should be

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 safe places

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 for sinners

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 where we

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 can be

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 honest about

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 our

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 failings

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 and the

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 ways that

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 we struggle

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 and the

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 fact that

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 we need

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 each other

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 in our

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 lives.

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 We've got

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 that saying

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 in our

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 culture

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 made popular

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 by Elton

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 John

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 and I

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 think

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 Blue

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 did an

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 incredible

00:15:42.200 --> 00:15:42.700
 cover of

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 it back

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 in the

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 90s.

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 What

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 seems to

00:15:44.639 --> 00:15:44.919
 be the

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 hardest

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 word?

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 Sorry.

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 Yeah?

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 Here's a

00:15:49.840 --> 00:15:50.179
 question I

00:15:50.179 --> 00:15:50.700
 ask myself

00:15:50.700 --> 00:15:51.179
 in response

00:15:51.179 --> 00:15:51.600
 to this

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 this week.

00:15:52.200 --> 00:15:52.940
 When was

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 the last

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 time I

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 said sorry?

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 I said

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 sorry to

00:15:58.220 --> 00:15:58.960
 God because

00:15:58.960 --> 00:15:59.779
 my sin has

00:15:59.779 --> 00:16:00.540
 offended him

00:16:00.540 --> 00:16:01.000
 and I'm

00:16:01.000 --> 00:16:01.580
 pleading the

00:16:01.580 --> 00:16:01.899
 blood of

00:16:01.899 --> 00:16:02.420
 Jesus on

00:16:02.420 --> 00:16:02.960
 my behalf.

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 But I

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 said sorry

00:16:04.620 --> 00:16:04.980
 to the

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 people that

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 I've

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 sinned

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 against.

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 Do you

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 know what

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 one of the

00:16:08.320 --> 00:16:08.600
 wonderful

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 things that

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 is a sign

00:16:10.379 --> 00:16:10.960
 of spiritual

00:16:10.960 --> 00:16:11.860
 maturity and

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 I'm trying to

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 make this

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 more a

00:16:13.460 --> 00:16:13.800
 prayer of

00:16:13.800 --> 00:16:14.139
 mine and

00:16:14.139 --> 00:16:14.500
 invite you

00:16:14.500 --> 00:16:14.759
 to do

00:16:14.759 --> 00:16:15.240
 the same.

00:16:15.240 --> 00:16:16.240
 that the

00:16:16.240 --> 00:16:17.120
 time lag

00:16:17.120 --> 00:16:17.940
 between us

00:16:17.940 --> 00:16:19.039
 sinning and

00:16:19.039 --> 00:16:20.060
 us repenting

00:16:20.060 --> 00:16:20.500
 and coming

00:16:20.500 --> 00:16:20.960
 clean and

00:16:20.960 --> 00:16:21.600
 saying sorry

00:16:21.600 --> 00:16:22.919
 the time lag

00:16:22.919 --> 00:16:23.779
 there gets

00:16:23.779 --> 00:16:24.580
 not greater

00:16:24.580 --> 00:16:26.980
 but shorter.

00:16:28.980 --> 00:16:29.220
 And so

00:16:29.220 --> 00:16:30.340
 this asks us

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 to think

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 about the

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 ways that

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 we have

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 wronged the

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 Lord and

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 wronged his

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 people and

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 just the

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 people that

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 we rub

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 shoulders with

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 every day.

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 number two

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 friends what

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 though might

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 the Lord be

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 laying specifically

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 on your

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 heart and

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 my heart

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 this morning

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 that we need

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 to confess.

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 The claim

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 here is that

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 there is one

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 who is coming

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 who is able

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 to deal with

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 your sin

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 and my sin.

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 And so the

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 invitation here

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 is to not

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 deny it.

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 Don't

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 bottle it

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 but come

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 clean honestly

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 come to the

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 Lord with it

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 and experience

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 the joy in

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 Christ of

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 being forgiven.

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 You know my

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 friend Paul

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 Reese down at

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 Charlotte Chapel

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 I remember he

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 did a funeral

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 of an old

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 man in his

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 church family

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 a number of

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 years ago

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 and he went

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 to visit the

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 family at

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 the home

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 and they

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 showed him

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 this man's

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 old Bible

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 and he had

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 circled the

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 word I think

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 it's Psalm

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 130 about

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 the joy of

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 forgiveness and

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 he'd gone to

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 town just

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 circling this

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 word forgiveness.

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 This man had

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 found joy in

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 the forgiveness

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 that Jesus had

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 won for him

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 and so that's

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 the invitation

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 with this

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 word confess.

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 You are

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 declaring in

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 this moment

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 we are

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 declaring that

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 we are

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 patients that

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 need to get

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 to A&E

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 because we

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 desperately need

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 a doctor to

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 heal us

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 and Matthew's

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 gospel the

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 rest of this

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 story is him

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 showing us how

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 Jesus is the

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 great physician.

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 He is the one

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 who is able to

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 heal your

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 every spiritual

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 need and we

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 come to God

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 confessing that

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 we have blood

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 on our hands

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 what he does

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 in this moment

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 the spirit

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 says I will

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 take you to

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 Jesus and

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 his blood

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 spilt on

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 your behalf

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 for your

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 sins.

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 He died so

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 that you don't

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 have to.

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 Repentance

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 means

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 confessing

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 but secondly

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 repentance

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 means

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 change.

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 Do you see

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 verses 7 to

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 10?

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 Do you see

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 again?

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 Not filler.

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 See the two

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 groups of

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 people who

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 come to

00:18:38.680 --> 00:18:39.160
 see what

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 on earth

00:18:39.420 --> 00:18:39.740
 is going

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 on here.

00:18:41.680 --> 00:18:41.800
 Right?

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 Matthew names

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 them as the

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 Pharisees and

00:18:45.820 --> 00:18:46.539
 the Sadducees.

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 Do you see it

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 there?

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 These are two

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 religious groups

00:18:48.620 --> 00:18:49.240
 in Israel

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 who although

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 they believe

00:18:51.220 --> 00:18:52.440
 different things

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 are both

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 passionately

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 devoted to

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 religious

00:18:56.599 --> 00:18:57.699
 observance

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 and they

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 are both

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 intrigued by

00:19:00.539 --> 00:19:01.059
 John's

00:19:01.059 --> 00:19:01.799
 message and

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 we've got to

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 ask ourselves

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 why do these

00:19:03.740 --> 00:19:04.779
 guys come all

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 the way down

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 to see what

00:19:06.419 --> 00:19:06.919
 the fuss is

00:19:06.919 --> 00:19:07.439
 all about?

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 Do you know

00:19:09.179 --> 00:19:09.599
 why they're

00:19:09.599 --> 00:19:09.959
 coming?

00:19:11.199 --> 00:19:12.000
 They're coming

00:19:12.000 --> 00:19:12.639
 because what

00:19:12.639 --> 00:19:13.659
 John is saying

00:19:13.659 --> 00:19:14.959
 is a threat

00:19:14.959 --> 00:19:15.759
 to their whole

00:19:15.759 --> 00:19:16.539
 way of life

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 and it's the

00:19:18.279 --> 00:19:19.779
 fellow Jews

00:19:19.779 --> 00:19:20.399
 who are going

00:19:20.399 --> 00:19:21.240
 to this man

00:19:21.240 --> 00:19:21.819
 John and

00:19:21.819 --> 00:19:22.359
 saying what

00:19:22.359 --> 00:19:23.319
 he is saying

00:19:23.319 --> 00:19:24.699
 is resonating

00:19:24.699 --> 00:19:25.539
 with us in a

00:19:25.539 --> 00:19:25.919
 way that what

00:19:25.919 --> 00:19:26.579
 they are teaching

00:19:26.579 --> 00:19:27.519
 isn't?

00:19:28.740 --> 00:19:29.699
 And do you

00:19:29.699 --> 00:19:30.139
 see how

00:19:30.139 --> 00:19:30.720
 John he

00:19:30.720 --> 00:19:31.439
 clocks them

00:19:31.439 --> 00:19:34.179
 coming and

00:19:34.179 --> 00:19:35.240
 he lets fly

00:19:35.240 --> 00:19:36.199
 right?

00:19:36.480 --> 00:19:36.819
 And how about

00:19:36.819 --> 00:19:37.240
 this for an

00:19:37.240 --> 00:19:37.899
 opening line?

00:19:38.740 --> 00:19:39.159
 Students you

00:19:39.159 --> 00:19:39.720
 can use this

00:19:39.720 --> 00:19:40.099
 in your

00:19:40.099 --> 00:19:41.779
 lecture hall

00:19:41.779 --> 00:19:43.559
 tomorrow but

00:19:43.559 --> 00:19:43.919
 you've got to

00:19:43.919 --> 00:19:45.159
 get the tone

00:19:45.159 --> 00:19:45.879
 of the text

00:19:45.879 --> 00:19:46.699
 here okay?

00:19:46.939 --> 00:19:47.279
 He's not

00:19:47.279 --> 00:19:47.819
 looking for

00:19:47.819 --> 00:19:48.359
 friends.

00:19:48.679 --> 00:19:49.059
 He's not

00:19:49.059 --> 00:19:49.480
 looking for

00:19:49.480 --> 00:19:50.099
 popularity.

00:19:50.619 --> 00:19:51.319
 He's looking

00:19:51.319 --> 00:19:51.980
 for these guys

00:19:51.980 --> 00:19:52.819
 to repent as

00:19:52.819 --> 00:19:53.019
 well.

00:19:53.099 --> 00:19:53.439
 Do you see

00:19:53.439 --> 00:19:53.599
 it?

00:19:53.659 --> 00:19:54.019
 What does he

00:19:54.019 --> 00:19:54.319
 say?

00:19:54.699 --> 00:19:55.419
 You brood of

00:19:55.419 --> 00:19:56.079
 vipers.

00:19:56.579 --> 00:19:58.960
 You pet of

00:19:58.960 --> 00:19:59.539
 snakes.

00:19:59.699 --> 00:19:59.939
 That's what

00:19:59.939 --> 00:20:00.460
 he's saying.

00:20:03.619 --> 00:20:05.519
 Because John

00:20:05.519 --> 00:20:06.199
 perceives that

00:20:06.199 --> 00:20:06.819
 here are two

00:20:06.819 --> 00:20:08.339
 religious groups

00:20:08.339 --> 00:20:10.359
 who are

00:20:10.359 --> 00:20:12.399
 assuming that

00:20:12.399 --> 00:20:13.119
 because of

00:20:13.119 --> 00:20:13.819
 their religious

00:20:13.819 --> 00:20:14.960
 looking lives

00:20:14.960 --> 00:20:17.000
 and their

00:20:17.000 --> 00:20:18.179
 Jewish roots

00:20:18.179 --> 00:20:18.879
 and links

00:20:18.879 --> 00:20:20.079
 to Abraham

00:20:20.079 --> 00:20:23.119
 that they have

00:20:23.119 --> 00:20:23.819
 a free pass

00:20:23.819 --> 00:20:24.039
 and all

00:20:24.039 --> 00:20:24.159
 this

00:20:24.159 --> 00:20:24.599
 repentance

00:20:24.599 --> 00:20:25.099
 stuff.

00:20:26.619 --> 00:20:27.240
 It's what

00:20:27.240 --> 00:20:27.379
 they're

00:20:27.379 --> 00:20:27.819
 presuming.

00:20:28.240 --> 00:20:28.480
 John

00:20:28.480 --> 00:20:29.339
 smells

00:20:29.339 --> 00:20:30.819
 presumption

00:20:30.819 --> 00:20:33.000
 in the air

00:20:33.000 --> 00:20:35.939
 and he wants

00:20:35.939 --> 00:20:36.419
 to rock

00:20:36.419 --> 00:20:36.939
 them, shake

00:20:36.939 --> 00:20:37.319
 them out

00:20:37.319 --> 00:20:37.619
 of it.

00:20:38.419 --> 00:20:38.759
 But we've

00:20:38.759 --> 00:20:39.039
 got to ask

00:20:39.039 --> 00:20:39.439
 the question

00:20:39.439 --> 00:20:39.759
 at this

00:20:39.759 --> 00:20:40.059
 stage

00:20:40.059 --> 00:20:40.299
 friends,

00:20:40.439 --> 00:20:40.939
 what might

00:20:40.939 --> 00:20:41.500
 we,

00:20:42.559 --> 00:20:43.200
 what might

00:20:43.200 --> 00:20:43.960
 you be

00:20:43.960 --> 00:20:44.919
 presuming on

00:20:44.919 --> 00:20:45.579
 this morning

00:20:45.579 --> 00:20:47.119
 when it comes

00:20:47.119 --> 00:20:47.859
 to being right

00:20:47.859 --> 00:20:48.539
 with God?

00:20:48.539 --> 00:20:49.359
 Maybe you

00:20:49.359 --> 00:20:50.220
 think my

00:20:50.220 --> 00:20:50.639
 parents

00:20:50.639 --> 00:20:51.539
 christened me

00:20:51.539 --> 00:20:51.980
 as a

00:20:51.980 --> 00:20:52.319
 child.

00:20:54.359 --> 00:20:55.000
 Maybe you've

00:20:55.000 --> 00:20:55.359
 been reading

00:20:55.359 --> 00:20:56.180
 Jordan Peterson

00:20:56.180 --> 00:20:56.559
 and you're

00:20:56.559 --> 00:20:56.759
 thinking,

00:20:56.879 --> 00:20:57.839
 I'm sympathetic

00:20:57.839 --> 00:20:58.920
 to Christian

00:20:58.920 --> 00:20:59.619
 morality.

00:21:01.079 --> 00:21:01.940
 Maybe you do

00:21:01.940 --> 00:21:02.500
 your bit for

00:21:02.500 --> 00:21:03.039
 charity,

00:21:03.180 --> 00:21:03.839
 maybe you say

00:21:03.839 --> 00:21:04.420
 grace at

00:21:04.420 --> 00:21:04.899
 mealtimes,

00:21:04.980 --> 00:21:05.539
 the list could

00:21:05.539 --> 00:21:06.059
 go on.

00:21:06.279 --> 00:21:06.799
 But all the

00:21:06.799 --> 00:21:07.279
 things that

00:21:07.279 --> 00:21:07.720
 maybe we're

00:21:07.720 --> 00:21:08.279
 tempted to

00:21:08.279 --> 00:21:08.720
 think when it

00:21:08.720 --> 00:21:09.240
 comes to this

00:21:09.240 --> 00:21:09.899
 whole repentance

00:21:09.899 --> 00:21:10.399
 and coming

00:21:10.399 --> 00:21:11.019
 clean before

00:21:11.019 --> 00:21:11.500
 the Lord,

00:21:11.960 --> 00:21:12.440
 that that

00:21:12.440 --> 00:21:13.159
 doesn't apply

00:21:13.159 --> 00:21:13.700
 to me.

00:21:13.700 --> 00:21:15.500
 can understand

00:21:15.500 --> 00:21:15.759
 how it

00:21:15.759 --> 00:21:16.180
 applies to

00:21:16.180 --> 00:21:16.539
 Putin,

00:21:17.360 --> 00:21:17.819
 but I

00:21:17.819 --> 00:21:18.220
 can't see

00:21:18.220 --> 00:21:18.500
 how it

00:21:18.500 --> 00:21:19.039
 applies to

00:21:19.039 --> 00:21:19.420
 me.

00:21:24.180 --> 00:21:24.620
 Friends,

00:21:24.680 --> 00:21:25.000
 what's the

00:21:25.000 --> 00:21:25.380
 proof of

00:21:25.380 --> 00:21:25.880
 repentance?

00:21:26.140 --> 00:21:26.440
 See it in

00:21:26.440 --> 00:21:26.940
 the text.

00:21:28.779 --> 00:21:29.559
 What is the

00:21:29.559 --> 00:21:30.220
 proof that

00:21:30.220 --> 00:21:30.940
 the love of

00:21:30.940 --> 00:21:32.539
 God has

00:21:32.539 --> 00:21:33.180
 totally

00:21:33.180 --> 00:21:34.380
 transformed and

00:21:34.380 --> 00:21:35.019
 invaded a

00:21:35.019 --> 00:21:35.620
 human heart?

00:21:36.100 --> 00:21:36.559
 What's the

00:21:36.559 --> 00:21:37.240
 proof of it?

00:21:38.720 --> 00:21:39.200
 Deep,

00:21:40.059 --> 00:21:40.880
 convictional,

00:21:42.140 --> 00:21:42.620
 tangible,

00:21:42.619 --> 00:21:44.039
 fruit.

00:21:45.459 --> 00:21:45.679
 You see

00:21:45.679 --> 00:21:46.099
 him say it?

00:21:47.059 --> 00:21:47.459
 You know,

00:21:47.500 --> 00:21:47.859
 it's a true

00:21:47.859 --> 00:21:48.539
 story told

00:21:48.539 --> 00:21:51.139
 about Harland

00:21:51.139 --> 00:21:51.719
 and Wolf

00:21:51.719 --> 00:21:52.779
 shipbuilders

00:21:52.779 --> 00:21:53.599
 in Belfast.

00:21:55.199 --> 00:21:55.739
 Famous for

00:21:55.739 --> 00:21:56.059
 being the

00:21:56.059 --> 00:21:56.539
 place where

00:21:56.539 --> 00:21:57.299
 the Titanic

00:21:57.299 --> 00:21:57.779
 was built.

00:21:57.859 --> 00:21:58.159
 They always

00:21:58.159 --> 00:21:58.679
 tell us that

00:21:58.679 --> 00:21:59.159
 it was fine

00:21:59.159 --> 00:21:59.379
 when it

00:21:59.379 --> 00:21:59.879
 left there.

00:22:01.459 --> 00:22:02.000
 Famous for

00:22:02.000 --> 00:22:02.239
 being the

00:22:02.239 --> 00:22:02.599
 place where

00:22:02.599 --> 00:22:03.019
 the Titanic

00:22:03.019 --> 00:22:03.419
 was built,

00:22:03.500 --> 00:22:03.599
 right?

00:22:03.659 --> 00:22:03.979
 At its

00:22:03.979 --> 00:22:04.279
 height,

00:22:04.459 --> 00:22:04.919
 it employed

00:22:04.919 --> 00:22:06.199
 some 35,000

00:22:06.199 --> 00:22:06.819
 men in its

00:22:06.819 --> 00:22:07.259
 workforce.

00:22:08.799 --> 00:22:09.319
 You can

00:22:09.319 --> 00:22:09.719
 imagine with

00:22:09.719 --> 00:22:10.279
 that number

00:22:10.279 --> 00:22:11.039
 of people on

00:22:11.039 --> 00:22:12.319
 a building

00:22:12.319 --> 00:22:12.740
 site,

00:22:13.619 --> 00:22:14.059
 construction

00:22:14.059 --> 00:22:14.460
 site.

00:22:15.099 --> 00:22:15.679
 When the

00:22:15.679 --> 00:22:16.179
 bell went

00:22:16.179 --> 00:22:16.480
 at the end

00:22:16.480 --> 00:22:16.679
 of the

00:22:16.679 --> 00:22:17.299
 day and

00:22:17.299 --> 00:22:17.839
 that number

00:22:17.839 --> 00:22:18.339
 of people

00:22:18.339 --> 00:22:19.619
 left en masse,

00:22:20.319 --> 00:22:20.939
 what people

00:22:20.939 --> 00:22:21.759
 soon discovered

00:22:21.759 --> 00:22:22.480
 is that it

00:22:22.480 --> 00:22:22.919
 was the

00:22:22.919 --> 00:22:23.679
 easiest thing

00:22:23.679 --> 00:22:23.919
 in the

00:22:23.919 --> 00:22:24.379
 world just

00:22:24.379 --> 00:22:24.839
 to steal

00:22:24.839 --> 00:22:25.299
 something.

00:22:26.299 --> 00:22:26.539
 So they

00:22:26.539 --> 00:22:26.879
 used to

00:22:26.879 --> 00:22:27.079
 put,

00:22:27.159 --> 00:22:27.500
 many of

00:22:27.500 --> 00:22:27.700
 the men

00:22:27.700 --> 00:22:27.980
 used to

00:22:27.980 --> 00:22:28.299
 put little

00:22:28.299 --> 00:22:28.659
 bits of

00:22:28.659 --> 00:22:29.619
 copper or

00:22:29.619 --> 00:22:30.299
 lead pipe

00:22:30.299 --> 00:22:30.599
 in their

00:22:30.599 --> 00:22:31.159
 back pocket

00:22:31.159 --> 00:22:31.480
 in their

00:22:31.480 --> 00:22:32.000
 jacket and

00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:32.460
 just walk

00:22:32.460 --> 00:22:32.700
 out.

00:22:33.079 --> 00:22:33.500
 Nothing

00:22:33.500 --> 00:22:33.879
 that they

00:22:33.879 --> 00:22:34.220
 could do

00:22:34.220 --> 00:22:34.740
 about it.

00:22:35.619 --> 00:22:35.919
 But see,

00:22:35.980 --> 00:22:36.279
 during one

00:22:36.279 --> 00:22:36.519
 of the

00:22:36.519 --> 00:22:37.119
 periods of

00:22:37.119 --> 00:22:38.720
 revival in

00:22:38.720 --> 00:22:39.399
 Northern

00:22:39.399 --> 00:22:40.000
 Ireland,

00:22:40.000 --> 00:22:41.720
 many of

00:22:41.720 --> 00:22:42.359
 those men

00:22:42.359 --> 00:22:43.740
 repented and

00:22:43.740 --> 00:22:44.519
 became Christians,

00:22:44.619 --> 00:22:44.880
 put their

00:22:44.880 --> 00:22:45.279
 faith in

00:22:45.279 --> 00:22:45.579
 Jesus.

00:22:46.079 --> 00:22:46.440
 And what

00:22:46.440 --> 00:22:46.980
 began to

00:22:46.980 --> 00:22:48.279
 happen is

00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:48.660
 that one

00:22:48.660 --> 00:22:49.200
 by one,

00:22:49.420 --> 00:22:49.940
 all these

00:22:49.940 --> 00:22:50.500
 men began

00:22:50.500 --> 00:22:51.059
 to bring

00:22:51.059 --> 00:22:51.640
 back to

00:22:51.640 --> 00:22:52.240
 the shipyard

00:22:52.240 --> 00:22:52.660
 the stuff

00:22:52.660 --> 00:22:53.000
 that they'd

00:22:53.000 --> 00:22:53.660
 stolen over

00:22:53.660 --> 00:22:54.180
 the years.

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 To the

00:22:55.579 --> 00:22:56.180
 extent that

00:22:56.180 --> 00:22:56.880
 the shipbuilders

00:22:56.880 --> 00:22:57.400
 had to put

00:22:57.400 --> 00:22:57.680
 out an

00:22:57.680 --> 00:22:58.079
 announcement

00:22:58.079 --> 00:22:58.779
 over the

00:22:58.779 --> 00:22:59.359
 airwaves,

00:22:59.500 --> 00:23:00.000
 telling people

00:23:00.000 --> 00:23:00.640
 to stop

00:23:00.640 --> 00:23:01.259
 bringing back

00:23:01.259 --> 00:23:01.640
 the stuff

00:23:01.640 --> 00:23:01.900
 that they

00:23:01.900 --> 00:23:02.299
 had stolen

00:23:02.299 --> 00:23:02.779
 because they

00:23:02.779 --> 00:23:03.180
 didn't have

00:23:03.180 --> 00:23:03.559
 room enough

00:23:03.559 --> 00:23:03.799
 in their

00:23:03.799 --> 00:23:04.359
 warehouse to

00:23:04.359 --> 00:23:04.799
 store it

00:23:04.799 --> 00:23:05.000
 all.

00:23:05.000 --> 00:23:07.720
 But do

00:23:07.720 --> 00:23:08.079
 you see

00:23:08.079 --> 00:23:09.799
 what John

00:23:09.799 --> 00:23:10.180
 is saying

00:23:10.180 --> 00:23:10.500
 and how it

00:23:10.500 --> 00:23:11.000
 connects to

00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:11.180
 that?

00:23:11.279 --> 00:23:11.619
 What is

00:23:11.619 --> 00:23:12.319
 the thing

00:23:12.319 --> 00:23:12.700
 that God

00:23:12.700 --> 00:23:13.160
 is looking

00:23:13.160 --> 00:23:13.440
 for?

00:23:13.519 --> 00:23:13.799
 What is

00:23:13.799 --> 00:23:14.400
 the proof

00:23:14.400 --> 00:23:15.140
 of repentance?

00:23:16.339 --> 00:23:16.940
 It is

00:23:16.940 --> 00:23:17.220
 deep,

00:23:17.319 --> 00:23:17.799
 convictional,

00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:18.319
 tangible

00:23:18.319 --> 00:23:18.819
 fruit.

00:23:19.980 --> 00:23:20.740
 The proof

00:23:20.740 --> 00:23:21.119
 that God

00:23:21.119 --> 00:23:21.480
 has gripped

00:23:21.480 --> 00:23:21.980
 your heart

00:23:21.980 --> 00:23:22.440
 is that

00:23:22.440 --> 00:23:23.039
 your life

00:23:23.039 --> 00:23:24.119
 will begin

00:23:24.119 --> 00:23:25.220
 to change.

00:23:26.059 --> 00:23:26.319
 And so

00:23:26.319 --> 00:23:26.960
 John looks

00:23:26.960 --> 00:23:27.279
 at these

00:23:27.279 --> 00:23:27.960
 Pharisees and

00:23:27.960 --> 00:23:28.539
 Sadducees

00:23:28.539 --> 00:23:29.119
 and says,

00:23:29.500 --> 00:23:30.039
 you presume

00:23:30.039 --> 00:23:30.380
 that your

00:23:30.380 --> 00:23:30.819
 lives are

00:23:30.819 --> 00:23:31.519
 producing good

00:23:31.519 --> 00:23:31.819
 fruit,

00:23:32.099 --> 00:23:32.720
 let me tell

00:23:32.720 --> 00:23:32.980
 you that

00:23:32.980 --> 00:23:33.460
 God looks

00:23:33.460 --> 00:23:33.799
 on it and

00:23:33.799 --> 00:23:34.380
 he declares

00:23:34.380 --> 00:23:34.779
 over you

00:23:34.779 --> 00:23:35.079
 that you

00:23:35.079 --> 00:23:35.700
 are producing

00:23:35.700 --> 00:23:37.099
 bad fruit.

00:23:39.740 --> 00:23:40.200
 Repentance

00:23:40.200 --> 00:23:41.099
 means change.

00:23:43.539 --> 00:23:44.160
 But let me

00:23:44.160 --> 00:23:44.460
 just do a

00:23:44.460 --> 00:23:44.680
 little bit

00:23:44.680 --> 00:23:45.139
 pastoral

00:23:45.139 --> 00:23:45.579
 work here.

00:23:45.660 --> 00:23:45.899
 Maybe

00:23:45.899 --> 00:23:46.779
 like me

00:23:46.779 --> 00:23:47.379
 you hear

00:23:47.379 --> 00:23:47.680
 that

00:23:47.680 --> 00:23:50.700
 and you

00:23:50.700 --> 00:23:51.220
 think to

00:23:51.220 --> 00:23:51.700
 yourself,

00:23:52.240 --> 00:23:52.720
 honestly,

00:23:53.220 --> 00:23:54.059
 I'm not

00:23:54.059 --> 00:23:54.539
 sure where

00:23:54.539 --> 00:23:54.940
 the power

00:23:54.940 --> 00:23:55.639
 to change,

00:23:56.160 --> 00:23:56.579
 I love

00:23:56.579 --> 00:23:57.039
 your message,

00:23:57.160 --> 00:23:57.379
 I love

00:23:57.379 --> 00:23:57.680
 that,

00:23:58.059 --> 00:23:58.619
 but I

00:23:58.619 --> 00:23:58.960
 don't know

00:23:58.960 --> 00:23:59.259
 where the

00:23:59.259 --> 00:23:59.680
 power to

00:23:59.680 --> 00:23:59.980
 change

00:23:59.980 --> 00:24:00.639
 really comes

00:24:00.639 --> 00:24:00.920
 from.

00:24:02.240 --> 00:24:03.019
 I don't

00:24:03.019 --> 00:24:03.599
 rate my

00:24:03.599 --> 00:24:04.440
 ability to

00:24:04.440 --> 00:24:04.940
 do it.

00:24:07.440 --> 00:24:07.880
 Do you

00:24:07.880 --> 00:24:08.180
 know what?

00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:08.380
 See,

00:24:08.440 --> 00:24:08.640
 if you're

00:24:08.640 --> 00:24:08.920
 there,

00:24:10.279 --> 00:24:11.519
 I think

00:24:11.519 --> 00:24:11.680
 you're

00:24:11.680 --> 00:24:12.080
 exactly

00:24:12.080 --> 00:24:12.320
 where

00:24:12.320 --> 00:24:12.559
 John

00:24:12.559 --> 00:24:12.680
 the

00:24:12.680 --> 00:24:12.960
 Baptist

00:24:12.960 --> 00:24:13.299
 wants

00:24:13.299 --> 00:24:13.519
 his

00:24:13.519 --> 00:24:13.820
 listeners

00:24:13.820 --> 00:24:14.299
 to be.

00:24:17.559 --> 00:24:18.160
 This is

00:24:18.160 --> 00:24:18.640
 not about

00:24:18.640 --> 00:24:19.240
 turning over

00:24:19.240 --> 00:24:19.640
 a new

00:24:19.640 --> 00:24:20.019
 leaf.

00:24:22.180 --> 00:24:22.620
 What

00:24:22.620 --> 00:24:23.000
 John is

00:24:23.000 --> 00:24:23.440
 saying is

00:24:23.440 --> 00:24:23.740
 that I'm

00:24:23.740 --> 00:24:24.100
 getting you

00:24:24.100 --> 00:24:24.539
 ready to

00:24:24.539 --> 00:24:26.180
 see that

00:24:26.180 --> 00:24:26.480
 God's

00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:26.779
 come to

00:24:26.779 --> 00:24:27.080
 give you

00:24:27.080 --> 00:24:27.360
 a new

00:24:27.360 --> 00:24:27.680
 heart.

00:24:27.680 --> 00:24:28.680
 God's

00:24:28.680 --> 00:24:27.840
 love.

00:24:29.120 --> 00:24:29.820
 So here's

00:24:29.820 --> 00:24:30.140
 the third

00:24:30.140 --> 00:24:30.480
 thing that

00:24:30.480 --> 00:24:30.820
 repentance

00:24:30.820 --> 00:24:31.200
 means.

00:24:31.620 --> 00:24:32.100
 Repentance

00:24:32.100 --> 00:24:33.100
 means

00:24:33.100 --> 00:24:34.240
 Christ.

00:24:35.640 --> 00:24:35.980
 Come

00:24:35.980 --> 00:24:36.220
 with me

00:24:36.220 --> 00:24:36.500
 in verses

00:24:36.500 --> 00:24:37.000
 11 and

00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:37.220
 12.

00:24:37.340 --> 00:24:37.660
 See it.

00:24:38.100 --> 00:24:38.680
 What John

00:24:38.680 --> 00:24:39.220
 knows about

00:24:39.220 --> 00:24:39.920
 himself and

00:24:39.920 --> 00:24:40.320
 he keeps

00:24:40.320 --> 00:24:41.120
 telling people,

00:24:41.779 --> 00:24:42.160
 do you see

00:24:42.160 --> 00:24:42.360
 it?

00:24:42.920 --> 00:24:43.560
 The one

00:24:43.560 --> 00:24:43.980
 that's coming

00:24:43.980 --> 00:24:44.539
 after me,

00:24:44.620 --> 00:24:44.820
 can I

00:24:44.820 --> 00:24:45.440
 paraphrase?

00:24:46.200 --> 00:24:46.660
 I'm not

00:24:46.660 --> 00:24:47.080
 fit to

00:24:47.080 --> 00:24:47.600
 strap his

00:24:47.600 --> 00:24:47.960
 boots.

00:24:50.539 --> 00:24:51.200
 John is

00:24:51.200 --> 00:24:51.539
 saying in

00:24:51.539 --> 00:24:52.019
 that language,

00:24:52.240 --> 00:24:52.740
 I am

00:24:52.740 --> 00:24:53.180
 his

00:24:53.180 --> 00:24:54.600
 servant.

00:24:55.940 --> 00:24:56.420
 Elizabeth's

00:24:56.420 --> 00:24:56.660
 boy,

00:24:57.140 --> 00:24:57.300
 right?

00:24:57.700 --> 00:24:58.019
 Jesus'

00:24:58.240 --> 00:24:58.860
 second

00:24:58.860 --> 00:24:59.140
 cousin.

00:25:01.880 --> 00:25:02.440
 I'm not

00:25:02.440 --> 00:25:02.759
 fit to

00:25:02.759 --> 00:25:03.160
 strap his

00:25:03.160 --> 00:25:03.460
 boots.

00:25:05.060 --> 00:25:05.660
 And notice

00:25:05.660 --> 00:25:06.400
 the humility

00:25:06.400 --> 00:25:07.420
 of John

00:25:07.420 --> 00:25:07.759
 in that

00:25:07.759 --> 00:25:08.060
 moment.

00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:11.900
 Don't

00:25:11.900 --> 00:25:12.220
 look at

00:25:12.220 --> 00:25:12.480
 me,

00:25:12.960 --> 00:25:13.420
 look at

00:25:13.420 --> 00:25:13.640
 him.

00:25:14.080 --> 00:25:14.240
 Wouldn't

00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:14.420
 I'd love

00:25:14.420 --> 00:25:14.680
 to see

00:25:14.680 --> 00:25:14.960
 more of

00:25:14.960 --> 00:25:15.240
 that in

00:25:15.240 --> 00:25:15.640
 your life?

00:25:16.480 --> 00:25:16.779
 I take

00:25:16.779 --> 00:25:17.019
 it that's

00:25:17.019 --> 00:25:17.519
 what spiritual

00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:18.420
 maturity again

00:25:18.420 --> 00:25:19.120
 looks like.

00:25:19.860 --> 00:25:20.440
 I want

00:25:20.440 --> 00:25:20.680
 to see

00:25:20.680 --> 00:25:21.160
 less of

00:25:21.160 --> 00:25:22.220
 me and

00:25:22.220 --> 00:25:22.560
 more of

00:25:22.560 --> 00:25:22.779
 him.

00:25:24.360 --> 00:25:24.720
 He is

00:25:24.720 --> 00:25:25.519
 not interested

00:25:25.519 --> 00:25:26.060
 in the

00:25:26.059 --> 00:25:27.279
 limelight.

00:25:27.839 --> 00:25:28.299
 He is

00:25:28.299 --> 00:25:28.619
 not

00:25:28.619 --> 00:25:29.099
 interested

00:25:29.099 --> 00:25:29.759
 in building

00:25:29.759 --> 00:25:30.559
 a following.

00:25:31.480 --> 00:25:31.819
 His

00:25:31.819 --> 00:25:32.619
 delight

00:25:32.619 --> 00:25:33.619
 is that

00:25:33.619 --> 00:25:34.079
 he would

00:25:34.079 --> 00:25:34.299
 be

00:25:34.299 --> 00:25:34.839
 totally

00:25:34.839 --> 00:25:35.679
 eclipsed.

00:25:38.759 --> 00:25:39.399
 His

00:25:39.399 --> 00:25:39.839
 one aim

00:25:39.839 --> 00:25:40.240
 in life

00:25:40.240 --> 00:25:40.679
 is to

00:25:40.679 --> 00:25:41.179
 point to

00:25:41.179 --> 00:25:41.480
 Jesus

00:25:41.480 --> 00:25:42.319
 and say,

00:25:42.879 --> 00:25:43.759
 you don't

00:25:43.759 --> 00:25:44.139
 need my

00:25:44.139 --> 00:25:44.599
 baptism,

00:25:45.159 --> 00:25:46.279
 you need

00:25:46.279 --> 00:25:46.599
 his.

00:25:48.519 --> 00:25:49.159
 Because

00:25:49.159 --> 00:25:49.799
 I didn't

00:25:49.799 --> 00:25:50.159
 see this

00:25:50.159 --> 00:25:50.839
 for years.

00:25:51.839 --> 00:25:52.639
 There's a

00:25:52.639 --> 00:25:53.059
 difference

00:25:53.059 --> 00:25:53.460
 between

00:25:53.460 --> 00:25:53.879
 John's

00:25:53.879 --> 00:25:54.379
 baptism

00:25:54.380 --> 00:25:55.500
 and the

00:25:55.500 --> 00:25:55.940
 baptism

00:25:55.940 --> 00:25:56.220
 that

00:25:56.220 --> 00:25:56.500
 Jesus

00:25:56.500 --> 00:25:56.760
 will

00:25:56.760 --> 00:25:56.940
 give

00:25:56.940 --> 00:25:57.240
 people.

00:25:57.340 --> 00:25:57.440
 Do you

00:25:57.440 --> 00:25:57.740
 see it

00:25:57.740 --> 00:25:57.880
 in the

00:25:57.880 --> 00:25:58.160
 text?

00:25:58.280 --> 00:25:58.560
 Blink and

00:25:58.560 --> 00:25:58.760
 you might

00:25:58.760 --> 00:25:59.180
 miss it.

00:26:00.140 --> 00:26:00.620
 There's a

00:26:00.620 --> 00:26:00.940
 difference

00:26:00.940 --> 00:26:01.380
 between the

00:26:01.380 --> 00:26:01.840
 baptisms.

00:26:01.940 --> 00:26:02.340
 Maybe think

00:26:02.340 --> 00:26:02.560
 of it

00:26:02.560 --> 00:26:03.060
 like this.

00:26:03.420 --> 00:26:03.620
 You know

00:26:03.620 --> 00:26:04.460
 the worst

00:26:04.460 --> 00:26:05.000
 three words

00:26:05.000 --> 00:26:05.280
 you could

00:26:05.280 --> 00:26:05.640
 hope to

00:26:05.640 --> 00:26:06.020
 hear on

00:26:06.020 --> 00:26:06.320
 Christmas

00:26:06.320 --> 00:26:06.760
 day as

00:26:06.760 --> 00:26:07.220
 a child?

00:26:08.800 --> 00:26:09.320
 When you're

00:26:09.320 --> 00:26:09.760
 standing there

00:26:09.760 --> 00:26:09.960
 with your

00:26:09.960 --> 00:26:10.480
 new present

00:26:10.480 --> 00:26:10.900
 opened.

00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:11.220
 And I

00:26:11.220 --> 00:26:11.640
 heard these

00:26:11.640 --> 00:26:12.100
 words from

00:26:12.100 --> 00:26:14.020
 my sister-in-law's

00:26:14.020 --> 00:26:14.620
 boyfriend on

00:26:14.620 --> 00:26:14.900
 Christmas

00:26:14.900 --> 00:26:15.560
 day when our

00:26:15.560 --> 00:26:15.940
 kids opened

00:26:15.940 --> 00:26:16.360
 presents.

00:26:16.780 --> 00:26:16.940
 You know

00:26:16.940 --> 00:26:17.200
 the three

00:26:17.200 --> 00:26:17.520
 words?

00:26:18.220 --> 00:26:18.620
 Batteries

00:26:18.620 --> 00:26:18.620


00:26:18.620 --> 00:26:19.120
 Not

00:26:19.120 --> 00:26:19.780
 included.

00:26:19.779 --> 00:26:23.379
 Batteries

00:26:23.379 --> 00:26:23.559
 Not

00:26:23.559 --> 00:26:23.920
 Included.

00:26:24.019 --> 00:26:24.119
 You're

00:26:24.119 --> 00:26:24.500
 standing there

00:26:24.500 --> 00:26:24.920
 with something

00:26:24.920 --> 00:26:25.279
 that looks

00:26:25.279 --> 00:26:25.920
 incredible.

00:26:26.579 --> 00:26:27.139
 It's wonderful

00:26:27.139 --> 00:26:27.500
 in your

00:26:27.500 --> 00:26:27.980
 hands but

00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:28.440
 there is

00:26:28.440 --> 00:26:29.299
 no power

00:26:29.299 --> 00:26:30.519
 to make

00:26:30.519 --> 00:26:31.099
 it work.

00:26:32.299 --> 00:26:32.839
 That's

00:26:32.839 --> 00:26:33.200
 John's

00:26:33.200 --> 00:26:33.579
 baptism

00:26:33.579 --> 00:26:33.920
 here.

00:26:34.000 --> 00:26:34.160
 That's

00:26:34.160 --> 00:26:34.460
 what he

00:26:34.460 --> 00:26:34.639
 is

00:26:34.639 --> 00:26:35.240
 declaring.

00:26:36.079 --> 00:26:36.399
 My

00:26:36.399 --> 00:26:36.839
 baptism

00:26:36.839 --> 00:26:37.559
 has no

00:26:37.559 --> 00:26:38.359
 power to

00:26:38.359 --> 00:26:39.019
 change.

00:26:39.420 --> 00:26:39.799
 It can

00:26:39.799 --> 00:26:40.119
 get you

00:26:40.119 --> 00:26:40.559
 maybe clean

00:26:40.559 --> 00:26:40.779
 on the

00:26:40.779 --> 00:26:42.200
 outside but

00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:42.460
 it has

00:26:42.460 --> 00:26:42.960
 no power

00:26:42.960 --> 00:26:43.559
 to change

00:26:43.559 --> 00:26:43.839
 you in

00:26:43.839 --> 00:26:44.160
 the one

00:26:44.160 --> 00:26:44.619
 place that

00:26:44.619 --> 00:26:44.920
 we need

00:26:44.920 --> 00:26:45.200
 to be

00:26:45.200 --> 00:26:45.579
 changed

00:26:45.579 --> 00:26:46.039
 which is

00:26:46.039 --> 00:26:47.519
 on the

00:26:47.519 --> 00:26:48.180
 inside.

00:26:48.180 --> 00:26:48.620
 But

00:26:48.620 --> 00:26:49.120
 coming

00:26:49.120 --> 00:26:49.940
 after me

00:26:49.940 --> 00:26:51.279
 is one

00:26:51.279 --> 00:26:51.820
 who will

00:26:51.820 --> 00:26:52.360
 give you

00:26:52.360 --> 00:26:52.700
 if you

00:26:52.700 --> 00:26:53.120
 turn to

00:26:53.120 --> 00:26:53.360
 him in

00:26:53.360 --> 00:26:53.759
 repentance

00:26:53.759 --> 00:26:54.420
 and faith

00:26:54.420 --> 00:26:55.259
 verse 11

00:26:55.259 --> 00:26:56.160
 he will

00:26:56.160 --> 00:26:56.920
 give you

00:26:56.920 --> 00:26:58.279
 the Holy

00:26:58.279 --> 00:26:58.900
 Spirit and

00:26:58.900 --> 00:26:59.320
 fire.

00:26:59.480 --> 00:26:59.779
 Do you see

00:26:59.779 --> 00:27:00.299
 that language

00:27:00.299 --> 00:27:00.640
 there?

00:27:01.580 --> 00:27:02.460
 So if you're

00:27:02.460 --> 00:27:02.940
 a Christian

00:27:02.940 --> 00:27:03.500
 here today

00:27:03.500 --> 00:27:04.279
 here's what's

00:27:04.279 --> 00:27:04.680
 true.

00:27:05.640 --> 00:27:06.240
 Because

00:27:06.240 --> 00:27:06.980
 Jesus has

00:27:06.980 --> 00:27:07.560
 paid for

00:27:07.560 --> 00:27:08.340
 our sins

00:27:08.340 --> 00:27:09.380
 the Spirit

00:27:09.380 --> 00:27:09.980
 has been

00:27:09.980 --> 00:27:10.700
 given to

00:27:10.700 --> 00:27:11.380
 us poured

00:27:11.380 --> 00:27:11.820
 out on

00:27:11.820 --> 00:27:12.680
 all the

00:27:12.680 --> 00:27:13.299
 people of

00:27:13.299 --> 00:27:13.640
 God.

00:27:13.799 --> 00:27:14.360
 The Holy

00:27:14.360 --> 00:27:14.940
 Spirit is

00:27:14.940 --> 00:27:15.400
 not just

00:27:15.400 --> 00:27:15.860
 for a

00:27:15.860 --> 00:27:16.259
 select

00:27:16.259 --> 00:27:16.759
 few.

00:27:16.759 --> 00:27:18.619
 It is

00:27:18.619 --> 00:27:19.220
 for all

00:27:19.220 --> 00:27:19.680
 those who

00:27:19.680 --> 00:27:20.119
 keep their

00:27:20.119 --> 00:27:20.640
 faith in

00:27:20.640 --> 00:27:21.220
 Jesus that

00:27:21.220 --> 00:27:21.920
 he comes

00:27:21.920 --> 00:27:22.480
 to live

00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:23.460
 in our

00:27:23.460 --> 00:27:23.819
 life.

00:27:23.920 --> 00:27:24.240
 So the

00:27:24.240 --> 00:27:24.859
 Holy Spirit

00:27:24.859 --> 00:27:25.779
 there, the

00:27:25.779 --> 00:27:26.579
 very presence

00:27:26.579 --> 00:27:27.099
 of God

00:27:27.099 --> 00:27:27.519
 come to

00:27:27.519 --> 00:27:28.180
 dwell in

00:27:28.180 --> 00:27:28.539
 us.

00:27:28.900 --> 00:27:29.379
 He is

00:27:29.379 --> 00:27:29.799
 ours.

00:27:31.379 --> 00:27:31.779
 It's what

00:27:31.779 --> 00:27:32.400
 Jesus has

00:27:32.400 --> 00:27:32.819
 come to

00:27:32.819 --> 00:27:33.359
 give us.

00:27:34.220 --> 00:27:34.680
 And his

00:27:34.680 --> 00:27:35.279
 business, the

00:27:35.279 --> 00:27:35.980
 Holy Spirit, is

00:27:35.980 --> 00:27:36.680
 to transform

00:27:36.680 --> 00:27:37.299
 our hearts

00:27:37.299 --> 00:27:37.680
 from the

00:27:37.680 --> 00:27:38.640
 inside out.

00:27:39.640 --> 00:27:40.299
 It's to

00:27:40.299 --> 00:27:40.759
 animate

00:27:40.759 --> 00:27:41.220
 us.

00:27:42.980 --> 00:27:43.720
 Holy Spirit

00:27:43.720 --> 00:27:44.460
 and fire.

00:27:44.559 --> 00:27:44.759
 You may be

00:27:44.759 --> 00:27:45.799
 thinking, what is

00:27:45.799 --> 00:27:46.259
 that fire

00:27:46.259 --> 00:27:46.839
 language all

00:27:46.839 --> 00:27:47.079
 about?

00:27:47.160 --> 00:27:47.579
 I take it

00:27:47.579 --> 00:27:48.319
 it's symbolic

00:27:48.319 --> 00:27:49.079
 there of

00:27:49.079 --> 00:27:49.900
 this inner

00:27:49.900 --> 00:27:50.779
 purity.

00:27:55.619 --> 00:27:56.519
 That Jesus

00:27:56.519 --> 00:27:57.059
 has made

00:27:57.059 --> 00:27:58.140
 us clean.

00:27:59.359 --> 00:28:00.220
 And he is

00:28:00.220 --> 00:28:00.960
 committed to

00:28:00.960 --> 00:28:01.660
 making us

00:28:01.660 --> 00:28:02.599
 into a

00:28:02.599 --> 00:28:03.079
 people who

00:28:03.079 --> 00:28:03.740
 are passionate

00:28:03.740 --> 00:28:06.440
 about purity.

00:28:09.319 --> 00:28:10.200
 Because here's

00:28:10.200 --> 00:28:10.720
 what this God

00:28:10.720 --> 00:28:11.059
 does.

00:28:11.200 --> 00:28:12.359
 He specializes

00:28:12.359 --> 00:28:14.979
 in raising

00:28:14.979 --> 00:28:15.639
 up children

00:28:15.639 --> 00:28:16.619
 for Abraham

00:28:16.619 --> 00:28:19.559
 from stones.

00:28:20.279 --> 00:28:20.579
 Do you see

00:28:20.579 --> 00:28:20.959
 the language

00:28:20.959 --> 00:28:21.159
 here?

00:28:21.199 --> 00:28:21.359
 If I could

00:28:21.359 --> 00:28:21.699
 just play

00:28:21.699 --> 00:28:21.979
 on it a

00:28:21.979 --> 00:28:22.359
 little bit.

00:28:25.759 --> 00:28:26.399
 God can

00:28:26.399 --> 00:28:26.959
 make these

00:28:26.959 --> 00:28:28.859
 stones into

00:28:28.859 --> 00:28:29.539
 worshippers.

00:28:29.619 --> 00:28:30.079
 Now how on

00:28:30.079 --> 00:28:30.479
 earth is he

00:28:30.479 --> 00:28:30.879
 going to do

00:28:30.879 --> 00:28:31.079
 that?

00:28:31.159 --> 00:28:31.500
 Well I think

00:28:31.500 --> 00:28:31.839
 what's going

00:28:31.839 --> 00:28:32.240
 on here,

00:28:32.359 --> 00:28:32.859
 remember the

00:28:32.859 --> 00:28:33.619
 Christian is

00:28:33.619 --> 00:28:34.139
 someone who

00:28:34.139 --> 00:28:34.819
 is spiritually

00:28:34.819 --> 00:28:35.279
 dead.

00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:36.359
 There was

00:28:36.359 --> 00:28:36.619
 not an

00:28:36.619 --> 00:28:37.219
 iota in

00:28:37.219 --> 00:28:37.839
 my existence

00:28:37.839 --> 00:28:38.299
 that wanted

00:28:38.299 --> 00:28:39.000
 anything to

00:28:39.000 --> 00:28:39.279
 do with

00:28:39.279 --> 00:28:40.139
 God until

00:28:40.139 --> 00:28:40.559
 the Holy

00:28:40.559 --> 00:28:41.179
 Spirit flooded

00:28:41.180 --> 00:28:41.740
 my life.

00:28:43.039 --> 00:28:43.700
 A Christian

00:28:43.700 --> 00:28:44.160
 is someone

00:28:44.160 --> 00:28:44.660
 who is

00:28:44.660 --> 00:28:45.560
 internally

00:28:45.560 --> 00:28:46.960
 inanimate

00:28:46.960 --> 00:28:49.000
 but who

00:28:49.000 --> 00:28:49.560
 has had

00:28:49.560 --> 00:28:50.080
 a heart

00:28:50.080 --> 00:28:50.700
 transplant.

00:28:51.880 --> 00:28:52.519
 Something that

00:28:52.519 --> 00:28:53.180
 Ezekiel,

00:28:53.299 --> 00:28:53.820
 something that

00:28:53.820 --> 00:28:54.799
 Jeremiah had

00:28:54.799 --> 00:28:55.920
 prophesied and

00:28:55.920 --> 00:28:56.500
 spoken about the

00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:56.940
 day that God

00:28:56.940 --> 00:28:57.500
 was coming to

00:28:57.500 --> 00:28:57.840
 give his

00:28:57.840 --> 00:28:59.100
 people a

00:28:59.100 --> 00:28:59.720
 new heart

00:28:59.720 --> 00:29:00.299
 and write

00:29:00.299 --> 00:29:00.880
 his law

00:29:00.880 --> 00:29:02.480
 inside of

00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:02.799
 them.

00:29:03.240 --> 00:29:03.519
 And just

00:29:03.519 --> 00:29:04.140
 remember back

00:29:04.140 --> 00:29:04.460
 to the

00:29:04.460 --> 00:29:04.920
 beginning of

00:29:04.920 --> 00:29:05.299
 the Bible

00:29:05.299 --> 00:29:05.700
 story.

00:29:05.820 --> 00:29:06.140
 What did

00:29:06.140 --> 00:29:06.740
 God do

00:29:06.740 --> 00:29:08.220
 to Adam?

00:29:09.160 --> 00:29:10.380
 He breathed

00:29:10.380 --> 00:29:11.000
 into him

00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:12.200
 the breath

00:29:12.200 --> 00:29:12.780
 of life

00:29:12.780 --> 00:29:13.960
 and he

00:29:13.960 --> 00:29:15.180
 became a

00:29:15.180 --> 00:29:16.380
 living being.

00:29:17.080 --> 00:29:17.380
 And it's

00:29:17.380 --> 00:29:18.200
 almost as if

00:29:18.200 --> 00:29:18.540
 God,

00:29:18.720 --> 00:29:19.100
 spiritually

00:29:19.100 --> 00:29:19.560
 speaking,

00:29:19.660 --> 00:29:20.100
 he's at

00:29:20.100 --> 00:29:20.640
 it again.

00:29:21.400 --> 00:29:21.900
 What is

00:29:21.900 --> 00:29:22.280
 he doing

00:29:22.280 --> 00:29:23.060
 into stones

00:29:23.060 --> 00:29:23.780
 but breathing

00:29:23.780 --> 00:29:24.460
 into them

00:29:24.460 --> 00:29:25.020
 the breath

00:29:25.020 --> 00:29:25.640
 of life

00:29:25.640 --> 00:29:27.040
 and causing

00:29:27.040 --> 00:29:28.020
 this rock,

00:29:28.180 --> 00:29:29.020
 this stone,

00:29:29.400 --> 00:29:30.020
 because of

00:29:30.020 --> 00:29:30.620
 his grace,

00:29:31.280 --> 00:29:32.420
 to sing

00:29:32.420 --> 00:29:32.800
 out in

00:29:32.800 --> 00:29:33.420
 praise of

00:29:33.420 --> 00:29:33.940
 worship to

00:29:33.940 --> 00:29:34.160
 him.

00:29:34.160 --> 00:29:34.220
 him.

00:29:38.220 --> 00:29:38.820
 But do

00:29:38.820 --> 00:29:39.220
 you see

00:29:39.220 --> 00:29:40.200
 how I

00:29:40.200 --> 00:29:40.680
 wouldn't be

00:29:40.680 --> 00:29:41.140
 doing my

00:29:41.140 --> 00:29:41.759
 job right

00:29:41.759 --> 00:29:42.920
 and John

00:29:42.920 --> 00:29:43.320
 wouldn't be

00:29:43.320 --> 00:29:43.720
 doing his

00:29:43.720 --> 00:29:44.279
 job right

00:29:44.279 --> 00:29:45.759
 if we

00:29:45.759 --> 00:29:46.259
 didn't see

00:29:46.259 --> 00:29:46.779
 the language

00:29:46.779 --> 00:29:47.200
 at verse

00:29:47.200 --> 00:29:47.640
 12 that

00:29:47.640 --> 00:29:47.940
 he goes

00:29:47.940 --> 00:29:48.240
 on to

00:29:48.240 --> 00:29:48.480
 use.

00:29:48.540 --> 00:29:48.660
 Do you

00:29:48.660 --> 00:29:48.900
 see how

00:29:48.900 --> 00:29:49.120
 he goes

00:29:49.120 --> 00:29:49.800
 all lumberjack

00:29:49.800 --> 00:29:50.140
 on them

00:29:50.140 --> 00:29:50.400
 here?

00:29:52.380 --> 00:29:52.820
 Speaking

00:29:52.820 --> 00:29:53.220
 still to

00:29:53.220 --> 00:29:53.820
 the Pharisees

00:29:53.820 --> 00:29:54.100
 and the

00:29:54.100 --> 00:29:54.540
 Sadducees,

00:29:54.640 --> 00:29:55.000
 he says

00:29:55.000 --> 00:29:55.640
 the axe

00:29:55.640 --> 00:29:55.940
 is at

00:29:55.940 --> 00:29:56.360
 the root

00:29:56.360 --> 00:29:56.940
 of the

00:29:56.940 --> 00:29:57.180
 tree.

00:29:57.320 --> 00:29:57.740
 Again,

00:29:57.940 --> 00:29:58.560
 not a

00:29:58.560 --> 00:29:59.000
 guy looking

00:29:59.000 --> 00:29:59.700
 for friends

00:29:59.700 --> 00:30:01.799
 but looking

00:30:01.799 --> 00:30:02.100
 to be

00:30:02.100 --> 00:30:02.620
 faithful to

00:30:02.620 --> 00:30:03.059
 the job

00:30:03.059 --> 00:30:03.980
 that God

00:30:03.980 --> 00:30:04.400
 has called

00:30:04.400 --> 00:30:04.720
 them to

00:30:04.720 --> 00:30:05.059
 do.

00:30:05.480 --> 00:30:06.059
 The axe

00:30:06.059 --> 00:30:06.319
 is at

00:30:06.319 --> 00:30:06.620
 the root

00:30:06.620 --> 00:30:06.940
 of the

00:30:06.940 --> 00:30:07.279
 tree.

00:30:07.880 --> 00:30:08.160
 Jesus

00:30:08.160 --> 00:30:08.660
 has come

00:30:08.660 --> 00:30:09.319
 to save

00:30:09.319 --> 00:30:10.120
 but he's

00:30:10.120 --> 00:30:10.580
 also come

00:30:10.580 --> 00:30:11.200
 to judge.

00:30:13.140 --> 00:30:13.500
 But we've

00:30:13.500 --> 00:30:13.880
 got to see

00:30:13.880 --> 00:30:14.180
 and I think

00:30:14.180 --> 00:30:14.539
 this is what

00:30:14.539 --> 00:30:14.980
 John should

00:30:14.980 --> 00:30:15.299
 read on.

00:30:15.360 --> 00:30:15.539
 We'll meet

00:30:15.539 --> 00:30:15.860
 him again

00:30:15.860 --> 00:30:16.120
 in the

00:30:16.120 --> 00:30:16.400
 story.

00:30:16.539 --> 00:30:16.799
 It's maybe

00:30:16.799 --> 00:30:17.100
 the thing

00:30:17.100 --> 00:30:17.420
 that he

00:30:17.420 --> 00:30:18.380
 didn't

00:30:18.380 --> 00:30:19.100
 expect.

00:30:20.500 --> 00:30:21.080
 That that

00:30:21.080 --> 00:30:21.460
 judgment

00:30:21.460 --> 00:30:21.960
 that Jesus

00:30:21.960 --> 00:30:22.380
 has come

00:30:22.380 --> 00:30:22.799
 to give

00:30:22.799 --> 00:30:23.400
 isn't

00:30:23.400 --> 00:30:23.840
 now.

00:30:25.279 --> 00:30:25.940
 Today is

00:30:25.940 --> 00:30:26.220
 the day

00:30:26.220 --> 00:30:26.900
 of salvation.

00:30:27.880 --> 00:30:28.180
 Jesus'

00:30:28.400 --> 00:30:28.880
 blood is

00:30:28.880 --> 00:30:29.259
 open to

00:30:29.259 --> 00:30:29.640
 everybody

00:30:29.640 --> 00:30:30.040
 who would

00:30:30.040 --> 00:30:30.440
 believe.

00:30:30.560 --> 00:30:30.840
 But there

00:30:30.840 --> 00:30:31.360
 is coming

00:30:31.360 --> 00:30:31.820
 a day

00:30:31.820 --> 00:30:33.600
 when King

00:30:33.600 --> 00:30:34.259
 Jesus will

00:30:34.259 --> 00:30:34.680
 one day

00:30:34.680 --> 00:30:36.240
 return and

00:30:36.240 --> 00:30:36.560
 he will

00:30:36.560 --> 00:30:37.880
 judge the

00:30:37.880 --> 00:30:39.140
 whole earth.

00:30:40.420 --> 00:30:40.660
 And so

00:30:40.660 --> 00:30:41.200
 the axe

00:30:41.200 --> 00:30:41.620
 at the root

00:30:41.620 --> 00:30:41.900
 of the

00:30:41.900 --> 00:30:42.560
 tree is

00:30:42.560 --> 00:30:43.240
 this imagery

00:30:43.240 --> 00:30:43.960
 of saying

00:30:43.960 --> 00:30:44.780
 judgment

00:30:44.780 --> 00:30:45.660
 will come.

00:30:45.840 --> 00:30:46.220
 Are you

00:30:46.220 --> 00:30:47.000
 ready to

00:30:47.000 --> 00:30:48.300
 face your

00:30:48.300 --> 00:30:48.640
 maker?

00:30:50.120 --> 00:30:51.000
 When Jesus

00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:51.800
 separates the

00:30:51.800 --> 00:30:52.180
 wheat and

00:30:52.180 --> 00:30:52.820
 the chaff,

00:30:53.200 --> 00:30:53.600
 the Bible

00:30:53.600 --> 00:30:54.300
 talks about

00:30:54.300 --> 00:30:54.840
 or Jesus

00:30:54.840 --> 00:30:55.480
 talks about

00:30:55.480 --> 00:30:56.620
 heaven and

00:30:56.620 --> 00:30:57.020
 hell.

00:30:57.560 --> 00:30:57.840
 And so

00:30:57.840 --> 00:30:58.500
 the question

00:30:58.500 --> 00:30:58.960
 of this

00:30:58.960 --> 00:30:59.200
 passage that

00:30:59.200 --> 00:31:00.220
 John wants

00:31:00.220 --> 00:31:00.620
 to leave

00:31:00.620 --> 00:31:01.799
 his listeners

00:31:01.799 --> 00:31:02.840
 with and

00:31:02.840 --> 00:31:03.160
 I think

00:31:03.160 --> 00:31:03.559
 the aim

00:31:03.559 --> 00:31:03.819
 of this

00:31:03.819 --> 00:31:04.880
 passage for

00:31:04.880 --> 00:31:05.539
 us hearers

00:31:05.539 --> 00:31:07.200
 today is

00:31:07.200 --> 00:31:08.019
 are you

00:31:08.019 --> 00:31:09.180
 ready to

00:31:09.180 --> 00:31:10.500
 meet your

00:31:10.500 --> 00:31:10.860
 maker?

00:31:12.660 --> 00:31:12.980
 I'm going

00:31:12.980 --> 00:31:13.539
 to think about

00:31:13.539 --> 00:31:14.220
 more next

00:31:14.220 --> 00:31:14.700
 week about

00:31:14.700 --> 00:31:16.620
 Jesus and

00:31:16.620 --> 00:31:17.279
 the life that

00:31:17.279 --> 00:31:17.840
 he has come

00:31:17.840 --> 00:31:18.380
 to give.

00:31:19.580 --> 00:31:20.500
 But just as we

00:31:20.500 --> 00:31:21.240
 close, let me

00:31:21.240 --> 00:31:21.640
 tell you about

00:31:21.640 --> 00:31:22.240
 my friend

00:31:22.240 --> 00:31:24.099
 Pedram.

00:31:26.880 --> 00:31:27.359
 I've met

00:31:27.359 --> 00:31:27.940
 some wonderful

00:31:27.940 --> 00:31:28.500
 people in

00:31:28.500 --> 00:31:30.940
 my time

00:31:30.940 --> 00:31:31.420
 at Brunsfield.

00:31:31.460 --> 00:31:31.740
 You're all

00:31:31.740 --> 00:31:32.279
 wonderful, but

00:31:32.279 --> 00:31:32.579
 you know what

00:31:32.579 --> 00:31:32.740
 I mean.

00:31:32.799 --> 00:31:33.099
 Just people

00:31:33.099 --> 00:31:33.700
 from different

00:31:33.700 --> 00:31:34.440
 places doing

00:31:34.440 --> 00:31:35.299
 different things.

00:31:35.500 --> 00:31:35.900
 And they come

00:31:35.900 --> 00:31:36.660
 and God brings

00:31:36.660 --> 00:31:37.059
 them into your

00:31:37.059 --> 00:31:37.539
 life for a

00:31:37.539 --> 00:31:38.200
 season and he

00:31:38.200 --> 00:31:38.599
 takes them

00:31:38.599 --> 00:31:38.759
 on.

00:31:39.259 --> 00:31:39.759
 Pedram came

00:31:39.759 --> 00:31:40.299
 into my life.

00:31:40.380 --> 00:31:40.759
 He was part

00:31:40.759 --> 00:31:41.299
 of this church

00:31:41.299 --> 00:31:41.859
 a number of

00:31:41.859 --> 00:31:42.420
 years ago.

00:31:42.940 --> 00:31:43.440
 When he got

00:31:43.440 --> 00:31:43.759
 to know him

00:31:43.759 --> 00:31:44.400
 for about six

00:31:44.400 --> 00:31:45.740
 months, three

00:31:45.740 --> 00:31:46.180
 things about

00:31:46.180 --> 00:31:46.579
 Pedram.

00:31:46.660 --> 00:31:47.299
 He was Iranian.

00:31:47.920 --> 00:31:48.680
 He grew up

00:31:48.680 --> 00:31:50.100
 in London and

00:31:50.100 --> 00:31:50.580
 he worked at

00:31:50.580 --> 00:31:51.259
 Curry's PC

00:31:51.259 --> 00:31:51.640
 World.

00:31:52.400 --> 00:31:52.900
 So every time

00:31:52.900 --> 00:31:53.240
 he used to

00:31:53.240 --> 00:31:53.660
 meet for a

00:31:53.660 --> 00:31:54.160
 coffee, the

00:31:54.160 --> 00:31:54.880
 conversation

00:31:54.880 --> 00:31:56.500
 went all over

00:31:56.500 --> 00:31:56.940
 the place.

00:31:57.000 --> 00:31:57.360
 But he always

00:31:57.360 --> 00:31:57.900
 used to tell me

00:31:57.900 --> 00:31:58.180
 about how

00:31:58.180 --> 00:31:58.779
 growing up,

00:31:58.840 --> 00:31:59.460
 his life was

00:31:59.460 --> 00:32:00.620
 surrounded with

00:32:00.620 --> 00:32:01.080
 people who

00:32:01.080 --> 00:32:01.700
 were all into

00:32:01.700 --> 00:32:02.460
 gadgets and

00:32:02.460 --> 00:32:03.019
 gizmos and

00:32:03.019 --> 00:32:03.680
 the good life.

00:32:04.740 --> 00:32:05.220
 And he talked

00:32:05.220 --> 00:32:05.720
 about how he

00:32:05.720 --> 00:32:06.420
 kind of absorbed

00:32:06.420 --> 00:32:07.259
 this worldview as

00:32:07.259 --> 00:32:07.940
 to he was

00:32:07.940 --> 00:32:08.380
 thinking, those

00:32:08.380 --> 00:32:08.759
 are the things

00:32:08.759 --> 00:32:09.480
 that I want to

00:32:09.480 --> 00:32:10.440
 pursue in my

00:32:10.440 --> 00:32:11.080
 life and make

00:32:11.080 --> 00:32:11.680
 it all about.

00:32:12.180 --> 00:32:12.700
 And we used

00:32:12.700 --> 00:32:14.539
 to meet up and

00:32:14.539 --> 00:32:15.100
 every time we

00:32:15.100 --> 00:32:15.660
 did, we chat

00:32:15.660 --> 00:32:16.180
 about life and

00:32:16.180 --> 00:32:16.680
 then we crack

00:32:16.680 --> 00:32:17.820
 open the Bible and

00:32:17.820 --> 00:32:18.340
 we look at

00:32:18.339 --> 00:32:19.059
 Mark's gospel.

00:32:19.980 --> 00:32:20.759
 And early on in

00:32:20.759 --> 00:32:21.659
 Mark chapter 1,

00:32:22.599 --> 00:32:23.500
 the first words

00:32:23.500 --> 00:32:24.039
 out of Jesus'

00:32:24.259 --> 00:32:24.819
 mouth, that

00:32:24.819 --> 00:32:26.319
 word, repent.

00:32:27.459 --> 00:32:28.000
 And Pedram

00:32:28.000 --> 00:32:29.220
 looked at it and

00:32:29.220 --> 00:32:29.919
 he thought about

00:32:29.919 --> 00:32:30.459
 it and he

00:32:30.459 --> 00:32:31.659
 mulled it over and

00:32:31.659 --> 00:32:32.740
 his response is

00:32:32.740 --> 00:32:33.299
 to this day one

00:32:33.299 --> 00:32:33.559
 of the most

00:32:33.559 --> 00:32:34.220
 profound things

00:32:34.220 --> 00:32:34.899
 I've ever heard.

00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:37.720
 He read that

00:32:37.720 --> 00:32:38.199
 call and he

00:32:38.199 --> 00:32:38.799
 said, it's almost

00:32:38.799 --> 00:32:39.439
 as if, isn't

00:32:39.439 --> 00:32:40.899
 he, Jesus is

00:32:40.899 --> 00:32:41.659
 calling me to a

00:32:41.659 --> 00:32:43.220
 life of

00:32:43.220 --> 00:32:43.980
 unlearning.

00:32:46.699 --> 00:32:47.240
 And I

00:32:47.240 --> 00:32:47.539
 thought, brother,

00:32:47.539 --> 00:32:48.220
 what a profound

00:32:48.220 --> 00:32:48.740
 comment.

00:32:50.559 --> 00:32:51.259
 Because it is

00:32:51.259 --> 00:32:51.960
 what a disciple

00:32:51.960 --> 00:32:52.579
 is.

00:32:54.500 --> 00:32:55.099
 Someone who

00:32:55.099 --> 00:32:55.700
 is learning

00:32:55.700 --> 00:32:57.659
 Jesus, seeking

00:32:57.659 --> 00:32:58.299
 to walk with

00:32:58.299 --> 00:32:58.859
 him all the

00:32:58.859 --> 00:32:59.420
 days of their

00:32:59.420 --> 00:32:59.740
 lives.

00:33:00.039 --> 00:33:00.559
 But part of

00:33:00.559 --> 00:33:01.039
 that learning

00:33:01.039 --> 00:33:01.980
 Jesus process

00:33:01.980 --> 00:33:02.819
 will be about

00:33:02.819 --> 00:33:04.119
 us unlearning

00:33:04.119 --> 00:33:04.680
 the things that

00:33:04.680 --> 00:33:05.299
 used to dominate

00:33:05.299 --> 00:33:07.119
 our lives and

00:33:07.119 --> 00:33:07.940
 our attitudes and

00:33:07.940 --> 00:33:08.500
 our ambitions.

00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:10.159
 And Pedram reads

00:33:10.159 --> 00:33:10.980
 this and he's

00:33:10.980 --> 00:33:11.659
 thinking to himself,

00:33:11.779 --> 00:33:12.500
 Jesus is telling

00:33:12.500 --> 00:33:13.139
 me in this moment

00:33:13.139 --> 00:33:13.940
 that my heart is

00:33:13.940 --> 00:33:14.480
 like a broken

00:33:14.480 --> 00:33:14.940
 compass.

00:33:14.940 --> 00:33:16.759
 He's telling

00:33:16.759 --> 00:33:17.440
 me that my

00:33:17.440 --> 00:33:18.360
 longings are

00:33:18.360 --> 00:33:19.039
 like a violin

00:33:19.039 --> 00:33:19.640
 that is so

00:33:19.640 --> 00:33:20.640
 badly out of

00:33:20.640 --> 00:33:20.960
 tune.

00:33:21.960 --> 00:33:22.620
 He's telling

00:33:22.620 --> 00:33:23.180
 me that my

00:33:23.180 --> 00:33:23.940
 ambitions and

00:33:23.940 --> 00:33:24.539
 dreams, it's

00:33:24.539 --> 00:33:25.019
 as if I'm

00:33:25.019 --> 00:33:26.700
 investing myself,

00:33:26.840 --> 00:33:27.620
 my life savings

00:33:27.620 --> 00:33:28.620
 into a bank

00:33:28.620 --> 00:33:29.200
 that God is

00:33:29.200 --> 00:33:29.820
 telling me is

00:33:29.820 --> 00:33:30.500
 just about to

00:33:30.500 --> 00:33:30.980
 go under.

00:33:33.580 --> 00:33:34.180
 And he's

00:33:34.180 --> 00:33:34.700
 come through

00:33:34.700 --> 00:33:35.320
 his death on

00:33:35.320 --> 00:33:35.940
 the cross and

00:33:35.940 --> 00:33:36.740
 his resurrection

00:33:36.740 --> 00:33:39.019
 to call me to

00:33:39.019 --> 00:33:39.559
 repentance,

00:33:39.820 --> 00:33:40.400
 which is to

00:33:40.400 --> 00:33:41.840
 turn from

00:33:41.839 --> 00:33:43.539
 myself and

00:33:43.539 --> 00:33:44.500
 my sin against

00:33:44.500 --> 00:33:45.059
 him, a holy

00:33:45.059 --> 00:33:46.299
 God, and all

00:33:46.299 --> 00:33:47.059
 the wrong ways

00:33:47.059 --> 00:33:47.559
 I used to

00:33:47.559 --> 00:33:48.059
 think to

00:33:48.059 --> 00:33:48.899
 turn from

00:33:48.899 --> 00:33:49.959
 them and

00:33:49.959 --> 00:33:51.859
 turn me into

00:33:51.859 --> 00:33:52.720
 someone who

00:33:52.720 --> 00:33:54.240
 absolutely delights

00:33:54.240 --> 00:33:55.480
 and longs and

00:33:55.480 --> 00:33:56.539
 lives to follow

00:33:56.539 --> 00:33:57.579
 him.

00:33:57.980 --> 00:33:58.579
 Friends, one of

00:33:58.579 --> 00:33:59.139
 the big themes

00:33:59.139 --> 00:33:59.500
 that we're going

00:33:59.500 --> 00:34:00.759
 to see in this

00:34:00.759 --> 00:34:01.799
 gospel is that

00:34:01.799 --> 00:34:02.619
 Matthew wants us

00:34:02.619 --> 00:34:03.199
 to know about

00:34:03.199 --> 00:34:04.139
 discipleship.

00:34:05.859 --> 00:34:06.699
 Chapter 3,

00:34:06.799 --> 00:34:07.059
 what have we

00:34:07.059 --> 00:34:07.439
 had this

00:34:07.439 --> 00:34:07.679
 morning?

00:34:07.779 --> 00:34:08.139
 We've had

00:34:08.139 --> 00:34:09.960
 baptism, right?

00:34:09.960 --> 00:34:10.460
 And we've

00:34:10.460 --> 00:34:11.500
 had the

00:34:11.500 --> 00:34:11.920
 fruit of

00:34:11.920 --> 00:34:12.320
 obedience,

00:34:12.579 --> 00:34:12.740
 yeah?

00:34:13.860 --> 00:34:15.000
 Chapter 28,

00:34:15.119 --> 00:34:15.619
 what will you

00:34:15.619 --> 00:34:16.159
 see is the

00:34:16.159 --> 00:34:16.699
 commission that

00:34:16.699 --> 00:34:17.380
 Jesus gives to

00:34:17.380 --> 00:34:18.119
 his disciples to

00:34:18.119 --> 00:34:18.579
 go to the

00:34:18.579 --> 00:34:19.360
 worlds to teach

00:34:19.360 --> 00:34:19.860
 them what?

00:34:20.539 --> 00:34:21.559
 To baptize

00:34:21.559 --> 00:34:23.199
 them and to

00:34:23.199 --> 00:34:24.139
 teach them about

00:34:24.139 --> 00:34:25.220
 the fruit of

00:34:25.220 --> 00:34:25.599
 obedience.

00:34:26.720 --> 00:34:27.159
 And it's as if

00:34:27.159 --> 00:34:28.059
 this whole gospel,

00:34:28.220 --> 00:34:28.579
 one of the

00:34:28.579 --> 00:34:29.440
 sub-themes is

00:34:29.440 --> 00:34:30.420
 this discipleship

00:34:30.420 --> 00:34:31.059
 process of

00:34:31.059 --> 00:34:31.800
 learning what it

00:34:31.800 --> 00:34:32.699
 means to

00:34:32.699 --> 00:34:33.480
 follow Jesus.

00:34:33.599 --> 00:34:34.220
 But right at

00:34:34.220 --> 00:34:34.860
 the beginning of

00:34:34.860 --> 00:34:35.720
 Jesus' public

00:34:35.720 --> 00:34:36.240
 ministry,

00:34:38.440 --> 00:34:39.099
 this is Matthew

00:34:39.099 --> 00:34:39.960
 is telling us.

00:34:41.239 --> 00:34:41.839
 You want to

00:34:41.839 --> 00:34:42.339
 follow him?

00:34:43.460 --> 00:34:44.500
 It all starts

00:34:44.500 --> 00:34:47.400
 here, with

00:34:47.400 --> 00:34:47.940
 repentance.

00:34:50.259 --> 00:34:50.799
 So friends,

00:34:50.839 --> 00:34:51.079
 why don't I

00:34:51.079 --> 00:34:51.360
 pray?

00:34:51.440 --> 00:34:51.699
 We'll just be

00:34:51.699 --> 00:34:52.219
 silent for a

00:34:52.219 --> 00:34:52.599
 few minutes.

00:34:52.679 --> 00:34:52.920
 I'm going to

00:34:52.920 --> 00:34:53.179
 pray.

00:34:55.279 --> 00:34:56.079
 But why don't

00:34:56.079 --> 00:34:57.079
 us maybe just

00:34:57.079 --> 00:34:57.920
 individually just

00:34:57.920 --> 00:34:59.079
 respond to what

00:34:59.079 --> 00:34:59.819
 we've heard this

00:34:59.819 --> 00:35:00.039
 morning?

00:35:00.079 --> 00:35:00.440
 I don't know what

00:35:00.440 --> 00:35:00.960
 God is maybe

00:35:00.960 --> 00:35:01.819
 doing by his

00:35:01.819 --> 00:35:02.460
 spirit in our

00:35:02.460 --> 00:35:02.860
 lives.

00:35:03.940 --> 00:35:04.519
 But just before

00:35:04.519 --> 00:35:04.980
 we sing our

00:35:04.980 --> 00:35:05.519
 couple of songs

00:35:05.519 --> 00:35:06.099
 and close our

00:35:06.099 --> 00:35:06.500
 time together,

00:35:06.599 --> 00:35:06.779
 why don't we

00:35:06.779 --> 00:35:07.659
 just be quiet

00:35:07.659 --> 00:35:08.079
 for a few

00:35:08.079 --> 00:35:08.519
 moments?

00:35:09.099 --> 00:35:09.599
 And just

00:35:09.599 --> 00:35:10.099
 still our

00:35:10.099 --> 00:35:10.639
 hearts come

00:35:10.639 --> 00:35:11.119
 before the

00:35:11.119 --> 00:35:12.679
 Lord and

00:35:12.679 --> 00:35:13.099
 maybe bring

00:35:13.099 --> 00:35:13.400
 our own

00:35:13.400 --> 00:35:13.819
 individual

00:35:13.819 --> 00:35:14.380
 prayers to

00:35:14.380 --> 00:35:14.579
 him.

00:35:18.079 --> 00:35:18.559
 And so

00:35:18.559 --> 00:35:18.980
 Father, we

00:35:18.980 --> 00:35:19.539
 thank you so

00:35:19.539 --> 00:35:20.139
 much for this

00:35:20.139 --> 00:35:20.539
 morning.

00:35:22.400 --> 00:35:22.900
 Lord, it

00:35:22.900 --> 00:35:23.659
 always feels to

00:35:23.659 --> 00:35:25.500
 me, gathering

00:35:25.500 --> 00:35:26.199
 on a Sunday,

00:35:27.380 --> 00:35:28.519
 meeting with my

00:35:28.519 --> 00:35:28.900
 brothers and

00:35:28.900 --> 00:35:29.500
 sisters, singing

00:35:29.500 --> 00:35:30.000
 your praises,

00:35:30.159 --> 00:35:30.579
 hearing your

00:35:30.579 --> 00:35:31.619
 word, it just

00:35:31.619 --> 00:35:33.319
 reorientates me to

00:35:33.319 --> 00:35:33.860
 the gospel.

00:35:35.420 --> 00:35:35.839
 Lord, our

00:35:35.839 --> 00:35:36.659
 hearts so often

00:35:36.659 --> 00:35:37.500
 wonder, they get

00:35:37.500 --> 00:35:38.299
 cold, they get

00:35:38.300 --> 00:35:39.480
 distracted, our

00:35:39.480 --> 00:35:40.300
 minds sometimes

00:35:40.300 --> 00:35:40.920
 go all over the

00:35:40.920 --> 00:35:41.220
 place.

00:35:41.300 --> 00:35:41.740
 But I pray,

00:35:41.960 --> 00:35:42.360
 Father, this

00:35:42.360 --> 00:35:43.740
 morning that you

00:35:43.740 --> 00:35:44.760
 would re-center

00:35:44.760 --> 00:35:45.519
 us on the

00:35:45.519 --> 00:35:47.640
 gospel, that

00:35:47.640 --> 00:35:47.960
 there is

00:35:47.960 --> 00:35:49.019
 forgiveness and

00:35:49.019 --> 00:35:49.660
 life to be

00:35:49.660 --> 00:35:50.440
 found in

00:35:50.440 --> 00:35:51.539
 confessing our

00:35:51.539 --> 00:35:52.200
 sins, in

00:35:52.200 --> 00:35:53.280
 repenting, in

00:35:53.280 --> 00:35:54.600
 turning, and

00:35:54.600 --> 00:35:55.780
 returning to you,

00:35:55.860 --> 00:35:56.360
 the God who

00:35:56.360 --> 00:35:56.820
 loves us.

00:35:56.880 --> 00:35:57.560
 We thank you so

00:35:57.560 --> 00:35:57.780
 much.

00:35:57.840 --> 00:35:58.140
 We're going to

00:35:58.140 --> 00:35:58.660
 see in this

00:35:58.660 --> 00:35:59.300
 gospel that

00:35:59.300 --> 00:36:00.720
 Jesus is the

00:36:00.720 --> 00:36:01.960
 great and

00:36:01.960 --> 00:36:02.460
 perfect

00:36:02.460 --> 00:36:02.980
 physician.

00:36:04.480 --> 00:36:04.700
 And so,

00:36:04.800 --> 00:36:05.200
 Lord, I pray

00:36:05.200 --> 00:36:05.560
 that as we

00:36:05.560 --> 00:36:06.220
 finish our time

00:36:06.219 --> 00:36:06.919
 this morning as

00:36:06.919 --> 00:36:08.179
 we respond in

00:36:08.179 --> 00:36:08.699
 prayer and

00:36:08.699 --> 00:36:10.019
 praise, that

00:36:10.019 --> 00:36:10.519
 you would help

00:36:10.519 --> 00:36:11.179
 us individually

00:36:11.179 --> 00:36:11.919
 respond to

00:36:11.919 --> 00:36:12.099
 this.

00:36:12.179 --> 00:36:12.679
 And maybe even

00:36:12.679 --> 00:36:13.239
 for some of

00:36:13.239 --> 00:36:13.819
 us today, for

00:36:13.819 --> 00:36:14.659
 the first time,

00:36:15.179 --> 00:36:15.899
 we put our

00:36:15.899 --> 00:36:17.419
 faith and

00:36:17.419 --> 00:36:19.019
 trust in

00:36:19.019 --> 00:36:20.099
 Jesus as we

00:36:20.099 --> 00:36:21.099
 repent of our

00:36:21.099 --> 00:36:21.759
 sins and turn

00:36:21.759 --> 00:36:22.199
 to him.

00:36:22.879 --> 00:36:23.379
 Father, we

00:36:23.379 --> 00:36:23.919
 thank you for

00:36:23.919 --> 00:36:24.339
 your goodness

00:36:24.339 --> 00:36:24.919
 to us this

00:36:24.919 --> 00:36:25.159
 morning.

00:36:25.239 --> 00:36:25.939
 We pray that

00:36:25.939 --> 00:36:26.439
 you'd be with

00:36:26.439 --> 00:36:27.419
 us as we

00:36:27.419 --> 00:36:27.919
 finish our

00:36:27.919 --> 00:36:28.179
 time.

00:36:28.279 --> 00:36:28.639
 In Jesus'

00:36:28.839 --> 00:36:29.139
 name we

00:36:29.139 --> 00:36:29.399
 pray.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.