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 Well, Luke 13, verses 1-9.

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 Luke 13, verses 1-9.

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 And hypothetical questions are irrelevant, aren't they?

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! But they can be great fun, hypothetical questions.

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!

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 What if Hitler had defeated the Russians in 1941?

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 What if I passed those exams back when I was 16?

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 What if that girl had said yes instead of saying no?

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 What if I got that job?

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 What if, what if, what if?

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 Mao Tse-tong was asked a what if question.

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 What if somebody asked Mao,

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 what if Khrushchev, the Russian leader,

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 had been assassinated instead of President Kennedy?

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 Mao, the Chinese leader, paused for a few moments,

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 then he replied,

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 well, I doubt if Aristotle and Arsist would have married Mrs. Khrushchev.

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 It's as good as that.

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 Other questions may be hypothetical, isn't it?

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 But certain questions are dead earnest.

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 They're deadly in earnest.

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 There are lots of questions that people have about Christianity,

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 but in every kind of evangelistic event I've ever done,

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 I mean, every Christian explored course I've ever done,

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 very near the top, if not at the top,

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 is the question of God and suffering.

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 God and suffering.

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 And many people doubt that they can come to terms

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 with the kind of God that we speak about,

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 and the kind of God that we sing about,

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 when they see the suffering that's in the world.

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 It's a very real problem.

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 It's a problem, isn't it, for us?

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 If we want to believe in a loving, all-powerful God,

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 and yet we live in the kind of world we do,

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 with all the kind of suffering that we know exists,

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 it's a problem.

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 And I have not got all the answers.

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 You wouldn't believe me if I said I did.

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 I have just got one, I think, fascinating insight

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 that Jesus gives us.

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 Jesus touches on this subject in conversation.

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 And in chapter 13, verse 1,

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 it looks like, doesn't it,

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 those around there have seen the news.

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 They've read the internet of the latest massacre.

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 They've been watching BBC or CNN,

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 and they've seen the dead bodies,

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 whom Pilate has done away with,

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 and had their blood mingled with sacrifices.

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 It's a foul thing.

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 And they seem to be saying,

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 well, what do you make of that, Jesus?

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 For all we're told in verse 2,

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 he answers them,

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 and as he answers them,

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 he gives us a fascinating glimpse.

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 He gives us something of an insight

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 into the whole issue of suffering.

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 So, I've got three points.

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 I want to look at Christ's question,

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 Christ's answer,

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 and then why you should listen to him.

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 Christ's question.

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 They ask him a question, don't they?

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 Verse 1.

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 Some person at that very time told him

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 about the Galileans whose blood piled

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 and mingled with their sacrifices.

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 And he answers them with a question of his own.

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 Look at verse 2.

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 He answers them,

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 do you think that these Galileans

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 were worse sinners than all the other Galileans

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 because they suffered in this way?

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 And verse 4.

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 All those 18 on whom the tower in Siloam fell

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 and killed them,

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 do you think that they were worse offenders

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 than all the others who lived in Jerusalem?

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 Christ's question echoes, does it?

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 Very obviously the question that people ask.

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 You see, when people are face to face

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 with tragedy,

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 the question that springs automatically

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 to their lips is,

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 why?

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 Why?

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 Why?

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 Why?

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 I think of a family I know.

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 The two oldest daughters have committed suicide.

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 The oldest son

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 has had a brain tumour.

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 There are three other children.

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 One of the other children has attempted suicide.

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 The boy has Asperger's.

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 And what can you do

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 when you go and sit with them?

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 That family.

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 What can you say?

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 Let me tell you what you can say.

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 You can say nothing.

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 All you can do is sit there

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 and have a cup of tea.

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 And you sit.

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 You listen.

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 You read a bit of the Bible.

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 You pray.

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 And you feel your fish.

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 Why now?

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 Why here?

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 Why me?

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 And we don't think logically

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 in those moments, do we?

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 And we ask the question,

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 why?

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 We went on holiday to Kendall

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 and as a person that managed the flats

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 and that we live in,

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 he's a very good friend of ours,

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 his father went on holiday to Greece

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 two weeks ago.

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 He said goodbye to his sister,

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 the father did,

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 and he went for a day trip

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 on a Greek island.

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 He's not been seen since.

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 You might have seen it.

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 It's on the news.

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 And nobody knows where he is.

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 They've had scanning helicopters.

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 This father, he seemed pretty normal.

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 He's a normal Cumbrian man,

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 full of humour.

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 Why?

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 Why?

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 Why?

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 Why?

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 And I want to say to you,

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 the Bible knows that question.

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 In fact, the Bible knows that question

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 so well,

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 it devotes the whole book of the Bible to it,

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 the book of Job.

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 There are 42 chapters in that book,

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 aren't there?

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 Dealing with the question,

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 why?

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 And Jesus echoes it here.

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 It's as if he knows it's on their mind.

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 And he echoes the obvious question.

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 He offers,

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 as he asks his question,

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 he offers the easy answer.

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 Do you see that?

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 Because it seems to be the only solution

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 that can solve the problem.

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 If you can link suffering,

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 if you can link tragedies

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 with sin and God's judgment,

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 then perhaps I can live with

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 an all-powerful, loving God.

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 If suffering was only allowed in this world

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 as a punishment directly for sin,

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 well, I can just about cope with it.

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 But it doesn't fit the evidence, does it?

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 You know that.

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 And that is why we keep asking the question,

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 why?

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 Why?

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 How can you believe in a God

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 who is so unfair?

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 Part of the tragedies that we see all around us,

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 it's not that the particularly sinful die,

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 is it?

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 It's not.

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 The good suffer with the bad.

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 Why him?

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 Why her?

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 Why that family?

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 And the assumed premise

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 for all those questions

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 and all our statements

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 is that the only solution

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 to the problem

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 could be if suffering was God's judgment.

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 But if suffering

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 is because of God's judgment

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 always,

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 God isn't actually a very accurate shot,

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 is he?

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 And Christ just seems to be floating

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 that kite.

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 Do you think that these Galileans

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 were worse sinners

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 than all the other Galileans

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 because they suffered like this?

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 Or those 18

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 on whom the tower in Siloam

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 fell and killed them?

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 Do you think that they were worse offenders

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 than all the others

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 who lived in Jerusalem?

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 And I want to say to you today,

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 Jesus rejects the easy answer,

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 wonderfully.

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 He doesn't buy into it

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 any more than you or I do.

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 The Bible doesn't take that line.

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 He could hardly be clearer.

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 Could he?

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 Look at verse 3,

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 No, I tell you.

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 Look at verse 5,

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 No, I tell you.

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 There are no easy,

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 glib answers to suffering.

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 We've got two different types of tragedies

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 in this paragraph.

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 Look at verse 1,

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 you've got Herod's violence.

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 It's an atrocity.

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 It's a horrific thing

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 when you think about it.

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 And there is no denying

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 is there human wickedness

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 in many of the tragedies

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 that we face.

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 I think it's tough, isn't it,

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 to put all the blame on God.

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 That's what people do.

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 When very often,

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 much of the suffering we face

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 is because of human wickedness.

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 And that tower falling

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 in verse 3,

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 what's that like?

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 It's like some air crash.

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 It's like some earthquake.

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 A tsunami.

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 The floods.

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 The famines.

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 A car crash.

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 It's very complex, isn't it?

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 It's so complex

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 that in the book on suffering

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 that the Bible has written,

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 two-thirds of the book of Job

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 is full of the wrong answers.

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 So whatever you do,

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 don't give up.

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 If you start,

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 don't give up halfway.

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 You're just ahead

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 full of wrong answers.

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 So those are Christ's questions.

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 Let's look further

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 because he doesn't just

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 pose a question,

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 he gives the answer to it.

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 He goes on to give

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 his own reply.

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 So secondly,

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 Christ answers,

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 Were sinners,

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 I tell you,

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 no.

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 Verse 3,

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 No, I tell you,

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 but unless you repent,

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 you will all likewise perish.

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 Were they worse offenders?

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 Verse 5,

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 No, I tell you,

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 but unless you repent,

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 you will all likewise perish.

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 Now notice please,

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 he doesn't try to explain away suffering.

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 He doesn't try and explain it away.

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 Jesus does not pretend

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 that suffering does not exist.

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 But rather strangely,

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 Jesus' reply doesn't need

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 to comfort you at all,

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 does it?

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 It's what a hard message.

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 It does in other circumstances.

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 There are other parts of the Bible

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 that we could go to

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 where there is great comfort.

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 Jesus' reply doesn't need to pity.

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 It leads to warning.

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 You see,

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 when we're face to face

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 with tragedy,

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 we want to scream out

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 and we want to say

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 something is wrong.

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 Something is wrong.

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 And Jesus says,

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 He did right.

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 Jesus agrees with you.

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 Yes, there is something wrong.

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 But Jesus says,

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 it's closer to home

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 than we imagine.

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 Look at it again,

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 verse 3,

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 unless you repent,

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 you will all likewise perish.

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 Verse 5,

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 unless you repent,

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 you will all likewise perish.

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 If we go for the easy answer,

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 if we think suffering and tragedy

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 are like God's laser beam bombing,

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 God's kind of precision punishment,

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 well, it leaves you and I

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 so complacent,

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 doesn't it?

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 If suffering is just God's judgment,

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 it's very easy to end up saying,

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 well, actually,

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 I'm alright, Jack,

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 aren't I?

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 But you see,

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 when you ask Jesus

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 about these tragedies

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 and these sufferings

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 that are taking place around him,

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 he reverses that way of thinking.

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 He picks a tragedy

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 and Jesus gives a warning

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 and the warning is,

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 watch out, Jack.

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 Not, I'm alright, Jack.

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 Were these worse offenders?

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 No.

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 And unless you repent,

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 you will all likewise perish.

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 Now, what does he mean by that?

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 Is he speaking that there is some faith

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 that isn't limited

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 to selected sinners,

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 but it is universal.

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 What does he mean by that?

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 You will all likewise perish.

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 But he doesn't really mean

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 that Pilate's going to massacre

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 all his hearers.

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 The Romans are going to come

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 and wipe them out.

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 Well, Pilate can't do that

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 because he'd need this

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 huge sword

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 as well as just a tower

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 falling on them.

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 He can't even actually mean

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 that they will all die.

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 He doesn't mean that, does he?

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 Because he seems to imply

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 if they repent,

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 they will not perish.

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 So he's not just talking about death.

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 But repentance

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 does not allow you

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 to avoid death.

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 So what does repentance

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 allow you to avoid?

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 Not death,

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 but God's ultimate judgment.

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 And repentance

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 is always linked

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 to my sin

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 and my relationship

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 with God.

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 And these tragedies,

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 they are not,

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 they are not God's

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 ultimate judgment

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 on people.

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 But they are consequences

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 of living

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 in a rebellious

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 and a sinful world.

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 these sufferings

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 are vivid illustrations

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 of God's coming

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 judgment.

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 God's coming judgment

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 on those who will not

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 turn around

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 and will not turn back

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 to him.

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 And God's judgment

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 is far more universal

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 than just some highly

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 selective group of sinners

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 that suffer.

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 unless you repent,

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 you will all likewise

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 perish.

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 Let's try and put this

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 in the context

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 of Luke's gospel.

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 Of all the gospels,

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 Luke's mustn't just be

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 treated as a pick and mix

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 gospel.

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 It's not a series

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 of independent stories.

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 Luke says,

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 I wrote it

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 and I've written down

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 the incidents

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 in a particular order

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 so that you can know

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 the truth most clearly.

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 So go back to verse 54.

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 In page 54,

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 he's speaking to multitudes.

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 He's speaking to crowds.

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 And we automatically

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 assume crowds are innocent.

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 That's the starting point

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 for us.

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 Most people think

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 they're innocent

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 but Jesus says,

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 no, they're not.

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 He knows that the

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 average person,

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 indeed all of us,

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 are guilty.

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 We are all those

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 who've rebelled against God.

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 And he says to the multitude

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 a number of things.

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 Look at verse 54 to 56.

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 He says,

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 read the times.

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 He said to the crowds,

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 when you see a cloud

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 rising in the west,

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 you say at once,

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 the showers coming.

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 So it happens.

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 When you see the south wind

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 blowing,

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 you say there will be

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 scorching heat

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 and it happens.

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 You hypocrites.

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 You hypocrites.

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 You know how to interpret

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 the appearance of earth and sky

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 but why do you not know

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 how to interpret

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 the present time?

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 Why don't you understand

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 what is going on

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 at the minute?

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 That God

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 has stepped into the world

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 in the person of his son

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 and you are rejecting him.

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 And in verses 57 to 59,

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 judge yourselves.

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 Judge for yourselves.

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 Use your common sense.

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 Time is short.

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 See the picture?

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 Judgment is coming.

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 Judgment has come.

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 Time is short.

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 So beg for mercy.

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 Every one of us is guilty.

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 So the only sensible thing to do

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 is to throw yourselves

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 on God's mercy.

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 Those are the times

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 you are living in,

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 says Jesus.

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 And he comes to our paragraph

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 and he says,

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 take the warnings.

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 Take the warning.

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 Do you think Jesus judges

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 just especially wicked sinners?

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 No.

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 No.

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 Those who

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 the tower fell on them,

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 they are facing their judge now.

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 And how long will it be

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 before you are face to face

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 with your judge?

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 So repent

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 while you've got time.

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 Turn around.

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 Turn around from living

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 your own way

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 and turn to God

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 and do it now.

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 He tells you another parable

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 in verses 6 to 9

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 and it's all part of

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 a series of stories.

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 And the story really

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 is don't presume.

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 It's a little story

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 of a man with a fig tree

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 in his garden.

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 He comes looking for fruit on it

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 and he finds none.

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 Now I am no gardener.

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 I don't know anything

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 about gardening.

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 But you can see

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 his frustration.

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 Can't you?

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 He said to the vine dress,

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 how long have I got

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 to put up with this fig tree?

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 Let me pull it up.

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 Let me stick in something else.

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 And he answers,

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 doesn't he?

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 He says,

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 no, let it alone, sir.

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 Let it alone, sir.

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 Until I dig around it

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 and put on manure.

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 Then if it should bear fruit

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 next to you,

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 well and good.

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 If not,

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 you can cut it down.

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 You see,

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 his hearers have not had

00:15:35.899 --> 00:15:37.279
 any towers fall upon them.

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 They've not been cut down

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 in a massacre yet.

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 But don't presume.

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 Don't presume.

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 Where's the sign

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 that you're bearing

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 the fruits

00:15:51.659 --> 00:15:53.319
 that befit repentance?

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 What are the signs

00:15:55.460 --> 00:15:56.220
 of your repentance?

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 That you're living

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 a life towards God.

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 Now of course,

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 all of this has got

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 very particular reference

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 to the people of Jerusalem

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 in Jesus' day,

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 isn't it?

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 It may well be

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 that they've had

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 three years

00:16:06.740 --> 00:16:07.559
 of his public ministry

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 and within a year

00:16:08.500 --> 00:16:10.319
 their final rejection

00:16:10.319 --> 00:16:10.759
 of Jesus

00:16:10.759 --> 00:16:11.699
 will be complete.

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 They will lay him

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 to a tree.

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 And their predicted

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 destruction

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 will be sealed.

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 But every tragedy

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 that you and I

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 read about,

00:16:22.720 --> 00:16:23.320
 that you and I

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 experience,

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 is a reminder

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 of the same warning.

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 It's not that those

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 who suffer

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 are especially wicked.

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 It is that we will

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 all have to face

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 God's judgment

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 unless we repent.

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 And that is why,

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 let me say this to you,

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 that is why

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 a world of tragedies

00:16:44.379 --> 00:16:46.360
 is a very fitting

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 world for you

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 and I to live in.

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 If you're like me

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 and all too many

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 of you are,

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 we are so selfish

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 and rebellious

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 that we need

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 a world

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 that won't let us

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 think that it's okay.

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 We need a world

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 full of constant

00:17:02.759 --> 00:17:03.439
 reminders

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 that if there were

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 no tragedies

00:17:06.700 --> 00:17:08.019
 to bring us up short,

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 if there were no

00:17:09.059 --> 00:17:10.359
 deaths to bring us

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 up short,

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 we might think

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 God doesn't care

00:17:13.380 --> 00:17:14.160
 about sin.

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 But God cares

00:17:17.160 --> 00:17:17.940
 intensely

00:17:17.940 --> 00:17:19.060
 about sin.

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 He cares intensely

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 about you.

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 But unless

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 you repent,

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 you will all

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 likewise

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 perish.

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 Somebody says,

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 well,

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 it's a bit of a

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 sledgehammer

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 and a crushing nut,

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 isn't it,

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 Jesus?

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 It's a bit over

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 the top.

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 No,

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 it's not.

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 Because God's

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 judgment that we

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 look at tonight

00:17:41.859 --> 00:17:42.679
 is a terrible,

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 terrible thing.

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 And I am so,

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 I'm so anesthetized

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 to my need.

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 I'm so blandly

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 indifferent

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 that I need

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 to be put in a

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 world that sets

00:17:56.359 --> 00:17:56.919
 my nerves

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 jangling.

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 That it sets

00:17:59.779 --> 00:18:00.500
 my mind

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 screaming,

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 there is

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 something wrong.

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 There is

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 something wrong.

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 I need to be

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 driven

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 to turn

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 from my sin

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 because I

00:18:10.100 --> 00:18:10.700
 don't do it

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 and I won't

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 do it

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 naturally

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 or easily.

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 And it

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 is mercy

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 God will

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 do anything

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 to provoke

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 me to do

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 just that.

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 It is a

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 very blunt

00:18:23.600 --> 00:18:24.060
 warning,

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 isn't it?

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 Unless you

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 repent,

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 you will

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 all likewise

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 perish.

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 But it is

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 born of

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 mercy

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 and of

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 love.

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 So we

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 have Christ

00:18:37.620 --> 00:18:38.080
 question

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 and Christ

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 answer.

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 But I

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 want to

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 step back

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 for a moment

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 and I

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 want you to

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 see who

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 delivered this

00:18:47.580 --> 00:18:47.920
 warning.

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 Who delivered

00:18:50.059 --> 00:18:50.580
 this warning?

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 Why should

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 you listen to

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 such a harsh

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 message?

00:18:55.279 --> 00:18:55.880
 Why should

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 you listen to

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 this person

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 as he brings

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 me a warning

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 from tragedy

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 and suffering?

00:19:00.440 --> 00:19:01.059
 How dare

00:19:01.059 --> 00:19:01.720
 he do that?

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 But let me

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 give you two

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 reasons.

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 Two reasons

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 why you need

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 to listen

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 and why you

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 should listen

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 and why you

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 should be

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 glad to

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 listen.

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 The first

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 reason is

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 this,

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 because the

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 Jesus who

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 is speaking

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 here is on

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 his way to

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 Jerusalem.

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 That's the

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 section we're

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 in in Luke's

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 Gospel.

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 He's in this

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 vast narrative,

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 Luke is,

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 of telling you

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 Jesus is on

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 his way to

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 the cross.

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 He's on his

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 way to the

00:19:26.839 --> 00:19:27.400
 judgment of

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 God.

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 Most of Luke's

00:19:30.200 --> 00:19:30.839
 Gospel is taken

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 back with Jesus

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 journeying to

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 Jerusalem and

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 Jerusalem is the

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 place of death

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 for him.

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 The place of

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 the cross.

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 And what is

00:19:39.819 --> 00:19:40.319
 the cross?

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 The cross is

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 the place of

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 the most unjust

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 suffering of

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 all time.

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 We talk,

00:19:50.619 --> 00:19:50.859
 don't we,

00:19:50.920 --> 00:19:51.639
 about innocent

00:19:51.639 --> 00:19:52.940
 people being

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 killed and

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 suffering.

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 But actually

00:19:58.079 --> 00:19:58.740
 none of them

00:19:58.740 --> 00:19:59.440
 are really

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 innocent.

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 none of us

00:20:02.339 --> 00:20:03.059
 are truly

00:20:03.059 --> 00:20:03.700
 innocent.

00:20:05.379 --> 00:20:05.799
 And yet

00:20:05.799 --> 00:20:06.379
 he was.

00:20:07.899 --> 00:20:08.619
 He lived a

00:20:08.619 --> 00:20:09.259
 pure life.

00:20:10.599 --> 00:20:11.119
 He had

00:20:11.119 --> 00:20:11.799
 pure lips.

00:20:13.240 --> 00:20:13.599
 When they

00:20:13.599 --> 00:20:14.319
 pulled Jesus'

00:20:14.679 --> 00:20:15.439
 heart apart,

00:20:15.539 --> 00:20:16.339
 that is literally

00:20:16.339 --> 00:20:17.460
 what happened

00:20:17.460 --> 00:20:18.339
 in crucifixion,

00:20:18.399 --> 00:20:18.899
 they pull your

00:20:18.899 --> 00:20:19.720
 heart apart at

00:20:19.720 --> 00:20:20.200
 the cross.

00:20:21.359 --> 00:20:21.919
 And what came

00:20:21.919 --> 00:20:22.460
 out of Jesus'

00:20:22.700 --> 00:20:23.000
 heart?

00:20:23.139 --> 00:20:24.099
 Not selfishness,

00:20:24.179 --> 00:20:24.740
 but love.

00:20:26.419 --> 00:20:27.139
 There was no

00:20:27.139 --> 00:20:27.799
 thought for

00:20:27.799 --> 00:20:28.859
 himself for a

00:20:28.859 --> 00:20:29.159
 moment.

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 You can

00:20:29.779 --> 00:20:30.399
 excuse it,

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 can't you,

00:20:30.699 --> 00:20:31.259
 at the cross

00:20:31.259 --> 00:20:31.679
 in that

00:20:31.679 --> 00:20:32.719
 immense agony.

00:20:33.159 --> 00:20:33.679
 No thought

00:20:33.679 --> 00:20:34.199
 for himself,

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 but thought

00:20:34.699 --> 00:20:35.299
 for others.

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 His mother,

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 behold your

00:20:39.339 --> 00:20:40.299
 son, he

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 said.

00:20:41.699 --> 00:20:42.759
 John, look

00:20:42.759 --> 00:20:43.379
 after her.

00:20:44.659 --> 00:20:45.159
 Out of his

00:20:45.159 --> 00:20:45.759
 heart, when they

00:20:45.759 --> 00:20:46.459
 pulled it apart,

00:20:46.559 --> 00:20:47.539
 came not bitterness,

00:20:47.979 --> 00:20:48.679
 but forgiveness.

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 Whether it was

00:20:51.079 --> 00:20:51.799
 for the soldiers who

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 were hammering the

00:20:52.459 --> 00:20:53.139
 nails into his

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 wrists, or perhaps

00:20:54.379 --> 00:20:55.039
 more likely the

00:20:55.039 --> 00:20:55.719
 Jewish religious

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 establishment that

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 had kind of

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 finished their

00:20:57.859 --> 00:20:58.940
 kangaroo court,

00:21:00.659 --> 00:21:01.539
 Father, forgive

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 them, they know

00:21:03.079 --> 00:21:03.579
 not what they

00:21:03.579 --> 00:21:03.839
 do.

00:21:06.039 --> 00:21:06.819
 Yes, this

00:21:06.819 --> 00:21:07.639
 appeal of

00:21:07.639 --> 00:21:08.319
 Jesus, this

00:21:08.319 --> 00:21:09.099
 answer from

00:21:09.099 --> 00:21:11.599
 Jesus, is

00:21:11.599 --> 00:21:12.039
 from somebody

00:21:12.039 --> 00:21:12.740
 who knows

00:21:12.740 --> 00:21:13.799
 first-hand

00:21:13.799 --> 00:21:14.519
 unjust

00:21:14.519 --> 00:21:14.980
 suffering.

00:21:16.399 --> 00:21:16.919
 And that is

00:21:16.919 --> 00:21:17.460
 why we must

00:21:17.460 --> 00:21:18.039
 listen to him.

00:21:19.559 --> 00:21:19.859
 John

00:21:19.859 --> 00:21:20.379
 Stott writes

00:21:20.379 --> 00:21:20.759
 in the cross

00:21:20.759 --> 00:21:21.200
 of Christ,

00:21:21.599 --> 00:21:22.339
 in the real

00:21:22.339 --> 00:21:23.500
 world of pain,

00:21:24.440 --> 00:21:25.119
 how could one

00:21:25.119 --> 00:21:26.180
 worship a God

00:21:26.180 --> 00:21:26.860
 who is immune

00:21:26.860 --> 00:21:27.259
 to it.

00:21:28.779 --> 00:21:29.320
 I have entered

00:21:29.320 --> 00:21:29.980
 many Buddhist

00:21:29.980 --> 00:21:30.660
 temples in

00:21:30.660 --> 00:21:31.400
 different countries

00:21:31.400 --> 00:21:32.180
 and stood

00:21:32.180 --> 00:21:33.480
 respectfully before

00:21:33.480 --> 00:21:34.180
 the statue of

00:21:34.180 --> 00:21:35.140
 Buddha, his

00:21:35.140 --> 00:21:36.000
 legs crossed,

00:21:36.640 --> 00:21:37.620
 his arms folded,

00:21:38.279 --> 00:21:39.259
 his eyes closed.

00:21:39.820 --> 00:21:40.340
 There goes

00:21:40.340 --> 00:21:41.060
 from a smile

00:21:41.060 --> 00:21:41.740
 playing round

00:21:41.740 --> 00:21:42.640
 his mouth, a

00:21:42.640 --> 00:21:43.880
 remote look on

00:21:43.880 --> 00:21:45.259
 his face, detached

00:21:45.259 --> 00:21:46.279
 from the agonies

00:21:46.279 --> 00:21:47.000
 of the world.

00:21:48.140 --> 00:21:48.940
 But each time

00:21:48.940 --> 00:21:49.759
 after a while,

00:21:50.660 --> 00:21:51.120
 I have had to

00:21:51.120 --> 00:21:52.980
 turn away, and

00:21:52.980 --> 00:21:53.960
 in imagination I

00:21:53.960 --> 00:21:54.279
 have turned

00:21:54.279 --> 00:21:55.140
 instead to that

00:21:55.140 --> 00:21:56.200
 lonely, twisted,

00:21:56.640 --> 00:21:57.380
 tortured figure

00:21:57.380 --> 00:21:58.060
 on the cross,

00:21:59.320 --> 00:21:59.980
 nails through

00:21:59.980 --> 00:22:00.820
 hand and feet,

00:22:02.040 --> 00:22:03.180
 back lacerated,

00:22:04.220 --> 00:22:05.440
 limbs wrenched,

00:22:06.340 --> 00:22:07.340
 brow bleeding

00:22:07.340 --> 00:22:08.000
 through thorn

00:22:08.000 --> 00:22:09.759
 pricks, mouth

00:22:09.759 --> 00:22:10.700
 dry and

00:22:10.700 --> 00:22:11.440
 intolerably

00:22:11.440 --> 00:22:11.980
 thirsty,

00:22:12.500 --> 00:22:13.900
 plunged in

00:22:13.900 --> 00:22:14.780
 God-forsaken

00:22:14.780 --> 00:22:15.500
 darkness.

00:22:16.300 --> 00:22:17.040
 That is the

00:22:17.040 --> 00:22:17.700
 God for me.

00:22:20.060 --> 00:22:20.580
 There's a

00:22:20.580 --> 00:22:20.880
 well-known

00:22:20.880 --> 00:22:21.140
 poem,

00:22:21.220 --> 00:22:21.960
 Jesus of the

00:22:21.960 --> 00:22:22.300
 scars,

00:22:22.380 --> 00:22:22.920
 last verse,

00:22:23.000 --> 00:22:23.480
 was like this,

00:22:23.480 --> 00:22:24.200
 the other

00:22:24.200 --> 00:22:24.680
 gods were

00:22:24.680 --> 00:22:25.099
 strong,

00:22:25.220 --> 00:22:25.500
 but thou

00:22:25.500 --> 00:22:26.059
 was weak.

00:22:26.880 --> 00:22:27.779
 They rode,

00:22:28.319 --> 00:22:28.779
 but thou

00:22:28.779 --> 00:22:29.360
 did stumble

00:22:29.360 --> 00:22:30.039
 to a throne.

00:22:31.079 --> 00:22:31.680
 But to

00:22:31.680 --> 00:22:32.700
 our wounds,

00:22:32.819 --> 00:22:33.740
 only God's

00:22:33.740 --> 00:22:34.319
 wounds can

00:22:34.319 --> 00:22:34.779
 speak,

00:22:35.680 --> 00:22:36.319
 and not a

00:22:36.319 --> 00:22:36.920
 God has

00:22:36.920 --> 00:22:37.420
 wounds,

00:22:38.420 --> 00:22:38.980
 but thou

00:22:38.980 --> 00:22:39.420
 alone.

00:22:40.960 --> 00:22:41.720
 The one

00:22:41.720 --> 00:22:42.339
 who delivers

00:22:42.339 --> 00:22:42.980
 the warning

00:22:42.980 --> 00:22:44.660
 is the one

00:22:44.660 --> 00:22:45.339
 who experienced

00:22:45.339 --> 00:22:45.779
 suffering.

00:22:45.779 --> 00:22:48.099
 the one

00:22:48.099 --> 00:22:48.619
 who delivers

00:22:48.619 --> 00:22:49.240
 the warning

00:22:49.240 --> 00:22:49.839
 is the one

00:22:49.839 --> 00:22:50.240
 who went

00:22:50.240 --> 00:22:50.480
 to the

00:22:50.480 --> 00:22:50.740
 cross,

00:22:50.799 --> 00:22:51.139
 not to

00:22:51.139 --> 00:22:51.700
 suffer just

00:22:51.700 --> 00:22:52.099
 physically,

00:22:52.259 --> 00:22:52.519
 but to

00:22:52.519 --> 00:22:52.859
 take the

00:22:52.859 --> 00:22:53.180
 judgment,

00:22:53.299 --> 00:22:53.859
 the spiritual

00:22:53.859 --> 00:22:54.279
 judgment,

00:22:54.759 --> 00:22:55.180
 that we

00:22:55.180 --> 00:22:55.799
 deserve.

00:22:56.799 --> 00:22:57.420
 That is the

00:22:57.420 --> 00:22:57.740
 one who

00:22:57.740 --> 00:22:58.379
 warns.

00:23:00.079 --> 00:23:00.420
 In his

00:23:00.420 --> 00:23:00.960
 body he

00:23:00.960 --> 00:23:01.440
 bore our

00:23:01.440 --> 00:23:02.079
 sins on

00:23:02.079 --> 00:23:02.359
 the tree,

00:23:02.460 --> 00:23:02.819
 by his

00:23:02.819 --> 00:23:03.319
 wounds you

00:23:03.319 --> 00:23:03.680
 have been

00:23:03.680 --> 00:23:04.000
 healed.

00:23:04.399 --> 00:23:05.019
 Christ dies

00:23:05.019 --> 00:23:05.660
 once for

00:23:05.660 --> 00:23:05.920
 all,

00:23:06.160 --> 00:23:06.660
 the righteous

00:23:06.660 --> 00:23:07.079
 for the

00:23:07.079 --> 00:23:07.639
 unrighteous,

00:23:07.740 --> 00:23:08.160
 the just

00:23:08.160 --> 00:23:08.500
 for the

00:23:08.500 --> 00:23:09.000
 unjust,

00:23:09.319 --> 00:23:09.619
 that he

00:23:09.619 --> 00:23:10.139
 might bring

00:23:10.139 --> 00:23:10.480
 us to

00:23:10.480 --> 00:23:10.700
 God.

00:23:10.779 --> 00:23:10.960
 Why

00:23:10.960 --> 00:23:11.379
 listen?

00:23:11.839 --> 00:23:12.379
 Because he

00:23:12.379 --> 00:23:12.759
 knows.

00:23:13.799 --> 00:23:14.299
 He suffered.

00:23:14.299 --> 00:23:16.839
 And why

00:23:16.839 --> 00:23:17.200
 listen?

00:23:17.339 --> 00:23:17.659
 Secondly,

00:23:17.799 --> 00:23:18.579
 because he's

00:23:18.579 --> 00:23:19.319
 dealt with

00:23:19.319 --> 00:23:19.779
 suffering.

00:23:21.659 --> 00:23:22.519
 That Jesus'

00:23:22.740 --> 00:23:23.319
 death has

00:23:23.319 --> 00:23:24.419
 reversed the

00:23:24.419 --> 00:23:25.240
 effects of

00:23:25.240 --> 00:23:26.099
 our rebellion.

00:23:28.299 --> 00:23:29.079
 One writer

00:23:29.079 --> 00:23:29.519
 puts it like

00:23:29.519 --> 00:23:29.799
 this,

00:23:29.899 --> 00:23:30.359
 says this,

00:23:30.500 --> 00:23:31.240
 the leaves

00:23:31.240 --> 00:23:31.680
 of the

00:23:31.680 --> 00:23:32.399
 New Testament

00:23:32.399 --> 00:23:33.899
 rustle with

00:23:33.899 --> 00:23:34.480
 the promise

00:23:34.480 --> 00:23:35.059
 of a new

00:23:35.059 --> 00:23:35.579
 world.

00:23:35.859 --> 00:23:36.220
 Don't they?

00:23:37.299 --> 00:23:38.180
 The leaves

00:23:38.180 --> 00:23:38.579
 of the New

00:23:38.579 --> 00:23:38.919
 Testament,

00:23:39.019 --> 00:23:39.539
 they rustle

00:23:39.539 --> 00:23:39.819
 with the

00:23:39.819 --> 00:23:40.259
 promise of

00:23:40.259 --> 00:23:40.500
 a new

00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:40.819
 world.

00:23:41.159 --> 00:23:41.779
 A world

00:23:41.779 --> 00:23:42.220
 where in

00:23:42.220 --> 00:23:42.819
 righteousness

00:23:42.819 --> 00:23:43.539
 dwells.

00:23:43.539 --> 00:23:44.259
 A world

00:23:44.259 --> 00:23:44.559
 where there

00:23:44.559 --> 00:23:44.779
 will be

00:23:44.779 --> 00:23:45.359
 no sickness

00:23:45.359 --> 00:23:46.460
 or sorrow,

00:23:46.899 --> 00:23:47.700
 no pain,

00:23:48.099 --> 00:23:48.819
 no death.

00:23:49.359 --> 00:23:50.079
 A world

00:23:50.079 --> 00:23:50.579
 where all

00:23:50.579 --> 00:23:51.159
 these things

00:23:51.159 --> 00:23:51.440
 will be

00:23:51.440 --> 00:23:52.220
 sorted out.

00:23:53.619 --> 00:23:53.940
 And his

00:23:53.940 --> 00:23:55.579
 cross gives

00:23:55.579 --> 00:23:56.279
 me access

00:23:56.279 --> 00:23:56.819
 to that

00:23:56.819 --> 00:23:57.359
 world.

00:23:59.899 --> 00:24:00.460
 It's one of

00:24:00.460 --> 00:24:00.779
 those books

00:24:00.779 --> 00:24:01.079
 written from

00:24:01.079 --> 00:24:01.440
 the US,

00:24:01.500 --> 00:24:01.799
 they come out

00:24:01.799 --> 00:24:02.039
 occasionally,

00:24:02.119 --> 00:24:02.379
 it's written

00:24:02.379 --> 00:24:02.680
 by a

00:24:02.680 --> 00:24:02.859
 child,

00:24:03.859 --> 00:24:04.240
 the child

00:24:04.240 --> 00:24:04.799
 was severely

00:24:04.799 --> 00:24:05.299
 disabled,

00:24:05.420 --> 00:24:05.779
 he lived

00:24:05.779 --> 00:24:06.240
 to the age

00:24:06.240 --> 00:24:06.839
 of six,

00:24:06.940 --> 00:24:07.619
 six and

00:24:07.619 --> 00:24:07.839
 died.

00:24:07.920 --> 00:24:08.420
 It's not a

00:24:08.420 --> 00:24:08.920
 great book,

00:24:09.680 --> 00:24:10.299
 but it's a

00:24:10.299 --> 00:24:10.920
 wonderful title

00:24:10.920 --> 00:24:11.440
 and it picks

00:24:11.440 --> 00:24:12.039
 up the promise

00:24:12.039 --> 00:24:12.859
 of this new

00:24:12.859 --> 00:24:13.319
 world.

00:24:13.539 --> 00:24:13.779
 Where There

00:24:13.779 --> 00:24:14.059
 Won't Be

00:24:14.059 --> 00:24:14.680
 Any Disability.

00:24:15.819 --> 00:24:16.440
 The title is

00:24:16.440 --> 00:24:16.799
 something that

00:24:16.799 --> 00:24:17.279
 the little boy

00:24:17.279 --> 00:24:17.779
 had said

00:24:17.779 --> 00:24:18.379
 that stuck

00:24:18.379 --> 00:24:18.659
 with his

00:24:18.659 --> 00:24:19.180
 parents.

00:24:20.139 --> 00:24:21.139
 It's from

00:24:21.139 --> 00:24:22.019
 the 1970s,

00:24:22.259 --> 00:24:22.839
 I won't be

00:24:22.839 --> 00:24:23.279
 a cripple

00:24:23.279 --> 00:24:23.799
 when I see

00:24:23.799 --> 00:24:24.279
 Jesus.

00:24:25.559 --> 00:24:26.059
 When you

00:24:26.059 --> 00:24:26.599
 come face

00:24:26.599 --> 00:24:27.079
 to face

00:24:27.079 --> 00:24:27.759
 with suffering,

00:24:29.420 --> 00:24:30.019
 you've got

00:24:30.019 --> 00:24:30.359
 problems,

00:24:30.480 --> 00:24:30.920
 I've got

00:24:30.920 --> 00:24:31.299
 problems,

00:24:31.399 --> 00:24:32.000
 if you want

00:24:32.000 --> 00:24:32.319
 to believe

00:24:32.319 --> 00:24:32.559
 in an

00:24:32.559 --> 00:24:33.359
 all-powerful

00:24:33.359 --> 00:24:34.159
 loving God.

00:24:35.119 --> 00:24:35.659
 We can't

00:24:35.659 --> 00:24:36.139
 duck them,

00:24:37.079 --> 00:24:38.740
 but please

00:24:38.740 --> 00:24:39.500
 don't think

00:24:39.500 --> 00:24:40.079
 this morning

00:24:40.079 --> 00:24:40.839
 that if you

00:24:40.839 --> 00:24:41.899
 remove God,

00:24:42.000 --> 00:24:42.319
 you've come

00:24:42.319 --> 00:24:42.759
 to the end

00:24:42.759 --> 00:24:42.939
 of your

00:24:42.939 --> 00:24:43.359
 problems.

00:24:43.500 --> 00:24:43.879
 You haven't.

00:24:44.960 --> 00:24:45.439
 You've just

00:24:45.439 --> 00:24:45.919
 got a completely

00:24:45.919 --> 00:24:46.579
 different set.

00:24:47.319 --> 00:24:47.599
 You've got

00:24:47.599 --> 00:24:48.220
 the same world,

00:24:48.359 --> 00:24:49.220
 the same tragedies,

00:24:49.279 --> 00:24:50.099
 the same unjust

00:24:50.099 --> 00:24:50.419
 suffering,

00:24:50.480 --> 00:24:50.819
 but actually

00:24:50.819 --> 00:24:51.159
 you've got

00:24:51.159 --> 00:24:51.759
 no hope.

00:24:55.159 --> 00:24:55.659
 I'm not

00:24:55.659 --> 00:24:56.299
 asking you to

00:24:56.299 --> 00:24:57.240
 believe God

00:24:57.240 --> 00:24:58.439
 because wouldn't

00:24:58.439 --> 00:24:59.019
 it be nice if

00:24:59.019 --> 00:24:59.539
 it were true?

00:24:59.819 --> 00:25:00.399
 That's not a good

00:25:00.399 --> 00:25:00.939
 enough ground.

00:25:00.940 --> 00:25:03.400
 But don't

00:25:03.400 --> 00:25:03.880
 let's throw

00:25:03.880 --> 00:25:04.340
 God out of

00:25:04.340 --> 00:25:04.720
 the window

00:25:04.720 --> 00:25:05.320
 until we're

00:25:05.320 --> 00:25:05.720
 dead sure

00:25:05.720 --> 00:25:06.120
 he's not

00:25:06.120 --> 00:25:06.440
 true.

00:25:08.259 --> 00:25:08.799
 We've got

00:25:08.799 --> 00:25:09.580
 nothing to

00:25:09.580 --> 00:25:10.120
 lose.

00:25:11.940 --> 00:25:12.440
 We've got

00:25:12.440 --> 00:25:12.799
 nothing to

00:25:12.799 --> 00:25:13.240
 gain by

00:25:13.240 --> 00:25:13.539
 doing that,

00:25:13.600 --> 00:25:13.759
 I mean.

00:25:15.320 --> 00:25:15.820
 Why listen to

00:25:15.820 --> 00:25:16.259
 that Christ?

00:25:16.380 --> 00:25:16.799
 Well, he knows

00:25:16.799 --> 00:25:17.240
 what suffering

00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:17.640
 is like,

00:25:17.779 --> 00:25:18.259
 he's faced

00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:18.820
 it himself,

00:25:19.480 --> 00:25:20.019
 and he claims

00:25:20.019 --> 00:25:21.000
 to have dealt

00:25:21.000 --> 00:25:21.360
 with it.

00:25:22.380 --> 00:25:22.820
 I was reading

00:25:22.820 --> 00:25:23.880
 last night's

00:25:23.880 --> 00:25:25.840
 little book,

00:25:26.279 --> 00:25:26.799
 and in it it

00:25:26.799 --> 00:25:27.279
 talks about

00:25:27.279 --> 00:25:28.700
 finding God

00:25:28.700 --> 00:25:29.039
 is in the

00:25:29.039 --> 00:25:29.420
 darkness

00:25:29.420 --> 00:25:30.000
 little book,

00:25:30.200 --> 00:25:30.680
 Irene Howard

00:25:30.680 --> 00:25:31.140
 is written,

00:25:31.640 --> 00:25:31.940
 and she

00:25:31.940 --> 00:25:32.319
 tells the

00:25:32.319 --> 00:25:32.660
 story of

00:25:32.660 --> 00:25:33.420
 Pat Cardy.

00:25:34.840 --> 00:25:35.400
 She and her

00:25:35.400 --> 00:25:35.759
 husband were

00:25:35.759 --> 00:25:36.080
 living in

00:25:36.080 --> 00:25:36.500
 Northern Ireland

00:25:36.500 --> 00:25:37.259
 around 1980,

00:25:38.080 --> 00:25:38.519
 and their

00:25:38.519 --> 00:25:39.039
 nine-year-old

00:25:39.039 --> 00:25:39.660
 daughter Jennifer

00:25:39.660 --> 00:25:40.220
 went to play

00:25:40.220 --> 00:25:40.620
 with one of

00:25:40.620 --> 00:25:41.220
 her friends.

00:25:42.019 --> 00:25:42.700
 She started

00:25:42.700 --> 00:25:43.200
 riding her

00:25:43.200 --> 00:25:44.120
 bike over to

00:25:44.120 --> 00:25:44.680
 her friend's

00:25:44.680 --> 00:25:44.960
 house, and

00:25:44.960 --> 00:25:45.319
 they never

00:25:45.319 --> 00:25:45.779
 saw her

00:25:45.779 --> 00:25:46.240
 again.

00:25:47.279 --> 00:25:47.700
 They found

00:25:47.700 --> 00:25:48.180
 her body

00:25:48.180 --> 00:25:48.680
 about a week

00:25:48.680 --> 00:25:49.080
 later.

00:25:49.440 --> 00:25:49.779
 She'd been

00:25:49.779 --> 00:25:50.100
 murdered.

00:25:50.880 --> 00:25:51.340
 They did

00:25:51.340 --> 00:25:51.700
 not know

00:25:51.700 --> 00:25:52.140
 why,

00:25:52.779 --> 00:25:53.160
 they did

00:25:53.160 --> 00:25:53.480
 not know

00:25:53.480 --> 00:25:53.759
 who.

00:25:54.620 --> 00:25:54.980
 You can

00:25:54.980 --> 00:25:55.460
 imagine the

00:25:55.460 --> 00:25:56.319
 parents facing

00:25:56.319 --> 00:25:57.019
 that situation.

00:25:57.180 --> 00:25:57.759
 Pat Cardy

00:25:57.759 --> 00:25:58.319
 relates how

00:25:58.319 --> 00:25:58.599
 she was

00:25:58.599 --> 00:25:59.259
 given grace

00:25:59.259 --> 00:25:59.700
 to make

00:25:59.700 --> 00:26:00.019
 it through

00:26:00.019 --> 00:26:00.480
 Jennifer's

00:26:00.480 --> 00:26:00.720
 funeral.

00:26:01.579 --> 00:26:01.960
 But then

00:26:01.960 --> 00:26:02.319
 she talks

00:26:02.319 --> 00:26:02.579
 about the

00:26:02.579 --> 00:26:03.299
 following day

00:26:03.299 --> 00:26:04.439
 when she

00:26:04.439 --> 00:26:04.759
 did not

00:26:04.759 --> 00:26:05.259
 find any

00:26:05.259 --> 00:26:05.559
 of that

00:26:05.559 --> 00:26:05.980
 grace.

00:26:06.939 --> 00:26:07.439
 She tried

00:26:07.439 --> 00:26:07.879
 to busy

00:26:07.879 --> 00:26:08.720
 herself tidying

00:26:08.720 --> 00:26:09.059
 up and

00:26:09.059 --> 00:26:09.319
 cleaning,

00:26:09.439 --> 00:26:09.619
 but it

00:26:09.619 --> 00:26:09.899
 did not

00:26:09.899 --> 00:26:10.179
 work.

00:26:10.460 --> 00:26:10.839
 She tried

00:26:10.839 --> 00:26:11.139
 to give

00:26:11.139 --> 00:26:11.700
 in to tears

00:26:11.700 --> 00:26:12.019
 as she

00:26:12.019 --> 00:26:12.619
 saw and

00:26:12.619 --> 00:26:12.859
 touched

00:26:12.859 --> 00:26:13.319
 Jennifer's

00:26:13.319 --> 00:26:13.700
 belonging.

00:26:14.859 --> 00:26:15.179
 Finally,

00:26:15.259 --> 00:26:15.539
 she was in

00:26:15.539 --> 00:26:16.019
 the bathroom,

00:26:16.159 --> 00:26:16.480
 and there

00:26:16.480 --> 00:26:17.000
 again were

00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:17.579
 Jennifer's

00:26:17.579 --> 00:26:18.720
 own personal

00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:19.099
 items,

00:26:19.220 --> 00:26:19.500
 and the

00:26:19.500 --> 00:26:20.639
 awful finality

00:26:20.639 --> 00:26:21.159
 of death

00:26:21.159 --> 00:26:21.500
 for her.

00:26:22.259 --> 00:26:22.639
 She said

00:26:22.639 --> 00:26:22.980
 that once

00:26:22.980 --> 00:26:23.379
 the tears

00:26:23.379 --> 00:26:23.779
 started,

00:26:23.879 --> 00:26:24.059
 there was

00:26:24.059 --> 00:26:24.460
 no holding

00:26:24.460 --> 00:26:24.779
 back,

00:26:24.859 --> 00:26:25.119
 and the

00:26:25.119 --> 00:26:25.559
 violent,

00:26:25.700 --> 00:26:26.179
 suffocating

00:26:26.180 --> 00:26:26.960
 sobs kept

00:26:26.960 --> 00:26:27.240
 coming.

00:26:27.519 --> 00:26:27.840
 I would

00:26:27.840 --> 00:26:28.460
 never see

00:26:28.460 --> 00:26:28.840
 her again.

00:26:28.900 --> 00:26:29.240
 I wished

00:26:29.240 --> 00:26:29.560
 that I

00:26:29.560 --> 00:26:29.860
 too could

00:26:29.860 --> 00:26:30.160
 die.

00:26:31.120 --> 00:26:31.539
 She began

00:26:31.539 --> 00:26:31.940
 as best

00:26:31.940 --> 00:26:32.180
 as she

00:26:32.180 --> 00:26:32.539
 could to

00:26:32.539 --> 00:26:32.940
 call on

00:26:32.940 --> 00:26:33.279
 God for

00:26:33.279 --> 00:26:33.660
 help and

00:26:33.660 --> 00:26:34.299
 for sustaining

00:26:34.299 --> 00:26:34.799
 grace in

00:26:34.799 --> 00:26:35.320
 that time.

00:26:36.880 --> 00:26:37.100
 There

00:26:37.100 --> 00:26:37.400
 followed

00:26:37.400 --> 00:26:38.160
 another stream

00:26:38.160 --> 00:26:38.560
 of bitter

00:26:38.560 --> 00:26:39.160
 tears as

00:26:39.160 --> 00:26:39.539
 she picked

00:26:39.539 --> 00:26:39.840
 up her

00:26:39.840 --> 00:26:40.240
 copy of

00:26:40.240 --> 00:26:40.840
 Daily Light,

00:26:41.039 --> 00:26:41.360
 which was

00:26:41.360 --> 00:26:41.620
 there in

00:26:41.620 --> 00:26:42.100
 the bathroom.

00:26:43.160 --> 00:26:43.620
 She said,

00:26:43.700 --> 00:26:44.140
 I could read

00:26:44.140 --> 00:26:44.500
 nothing.

00:26:45.400 --> 00:26:45.980
 My tears

00:26:45.980 --> 00:26:46.980
 were unwipeable

00:26:46.980 --> 00:26:47.539
 as well as

00:26:47.539 --> 00:26:48.060
 unstoppable.

00:26:49.160 --> 00:26:49.640
 Twice I

00:26:49.640 --> 00:26:50.180
 tried to

00:26:50.180 --> 00:26:50.440
 read,

00:26:50.519 --> 00:26:50.940
 but I could

00:26:50.940 --> 00:26:51.240
 not.

00:26:51.960 --> 00:26:52.480
 The third

00:26:52.480 --> 00:26:52.920
 time I

00:26:52.920 --> 00:26:53.480
 read these

00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:54.039
 words more

00:26:54.039 --> 00:26:54.400
 clearly.

00:26:54.400 --> 00:26:57.900
 And God

00:26:57.900 --> 00:26:58.380
 shall wipe

00:26:58.380 --> 00:26:59.120
 away all

00:26:59.120 --> 00:26:59.720
 tears from

00:26:59.720 --> 00:27:00.280
 their eyes,

00:27:01.280 --> 00:27:01.880
 and there

00:27:01.880 --> 00:27:02.259
 shall be no

00:27:02.259 --> 00:27:02.700
 more death,

00:27:04.180 --> 00:27:04.880
 neither sorrow,

00:27:05.080 --> 00:27:05.620
 nor crying,

00:27:07.300 --> 00:27:08.080
 for the

00:27:08.080 --> 00:27:08.560
 former things

00:27:08.560 --> 00:27:08.920
 have passed

00:27:08.920 --> 00:27:09.220
 away.

00:27:11.860 --> 00:27:12.340
 Why

00:27:12.340 --> 00:27:13.019
 listen to

00:27:13.019 --> 00:27:13.560
 Jesus Christ

00:27:13.560 --> 00:27:13.920
 this morning?

00:27:14.100 --> 00:27:14.700
 Because he

00:27:14.700 --> 00:27:15.060
 knows what

00:27:15.060 --> 00:27:15.680
 suffering is.

00:27:16.519 --> 00:27:16.820
 He's

00:27:16.820 --> 00:27:17.160
 faced it

00:27:17.160 --> 00:27:17.580
 himself and

00:27:17.580 --> 00:27:17.920
 he claims

00:27:17.920 --> 00:27:18.140
 to have

00:27:18.140 --> 00:27:18.440
 dealt with

00:27:18.440 --> 00:27:18.620
 it.

00:27:19.560 --> 00:27:20.140
 And he

00:27:20.140 --> 00:27:20.680
 offers to

00:27:20.680 --> 00:27:21.280
 lead you to

00:27:21.280 --> 00:27:21.920
 that world

00:27:21.920 --> 00:27:22.600
 where suffering

00:27:22.600 --> 00:27:22.920
 will be

00:27:22.920 --> 00:27:23.340
 removed.

00:27:24.400 --> 00:27:25.440
 He's

00:27:25.440 --> 00:27:26.840
 taken the

00:27:26.840 --> 00:27:27.160
 initiative,

00:27:27.280 --> 00:27:27.480
 isn't it?

00:27:27.480 --> 00:27:27.720
 It's an

00:27:27.720 --> 00:27:28.759
 amazing gesture

00:27:28.759 --> 00:27:29.180
 of love.

00:27:29.259 --> 00:27:29.400
 And he

00:27:29.400 --> 00:27:29.780
 says,

00:27:30.600 --> 00:27:30.920
 I love

00:27:30.920 --> 00:27:31.140
 you.

00:27:32.600 --> 00:27:32.820
 He

00:27:32.820 --> 00:27:32.980
 says,

00:27:33.040 --> 00:27:33.540
 stop the

00:27:33.540 --> 00:27:33.960
 war.

00:27:35.220 --> 00:27:35.840
 Stop the

00:27:35.840 --> 00:27:36.600
 war against

00:27:36.600 --> 00:27:36.780
 me.

00:27:36.880 --> 00:27:37.519
 Stop living

00:27:37.519 --> 00:27:38.100
 your life

00:27:38.100 --> 00:27:38.580
 your way

00:27:38.580 --> 00:27:39.080
 and turn

00:27:39.080 --> 00:27:39.540
 to me

00:27:39.540 --> 00:27:40.400
 and repent.

00:27:41.620 --> 00:27:41.940
 They

00:27:41.940 --> 00:27:42.259
 face him

00:27:42.259 --> 00:27:42.440
 with a

00:27:42.440 --> 00:27:42.800
 tragedy,

00:27:42.900 --> 00:27:43.240
 the latest

00:27:43.240 --> 00:27:43.620
 tragedy.

00:27:43.740 --> 00:27:43.920
 And as

00:27:43.920 --> 00:27:44.340
 he replies,

00:27:44.420 --> 00:27:44.759
 he makes

00:27:44.759 --> 00:27:45.140
 it clear,

00:27:45.519 --> 00:27:46.160
 the tragedies

00:27:46.160 --> 00:27:46.620
 are not

00:27:46.620 --> 00:27:47.200
 just meant

00:27:47.200 --> 00:27:47.580
 to leave

00:27:47.580 --> 00:27:48.200
 me pitying

00:27:48.200 --> 00:27:48.740
 the sufferers

00:27:48.740 --> 00:27:49.080
 only,

00:27:49.640 --> 00:27:49.960
 but they

00:27:49.960 --> 00:27:50.280
 are meant

00:27:50.280 --> 00:27:50.580
 to leave

00:27:50.580 --> 00:27:51.019
 me listening

00:27:51.019 --> 00:27:51.360
 to the

00:27:51.360 --> 00:27:51.700
 warning.

00:27:51.700 --> 00:27:53.200
 to live

00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:53.980
 on myself

00:27:53.980 --> 00:27:54.460
 without

00:27:54.460 --> 00:27:55.000
 repenting

00:27:55.000 --> 00:27:55.380
 is simply

00:27:55.380 --> 00:27:55.799
 to live

00:27:55.799 --> 00:27:56.360
 on borrowed

00:27:56.360 --> 00:27:56.740
 time.

00:27:58.819 --> 00:27:59.360
 And he

00:27:59.360 --> 00:27:59.759
 answered them,

00:27:59.799 --> 00:27:59.980
 do you

00:27:59.980 --> 00:28:00.279
 think that

00:28:00.279 --> 00:28:00.940
 these Galileans

00:28:00.940 --> 00:28:01.400
 are worse

00:28:01.400 --> 00:28:01.779
 sinners than

00:28:01.779 --> 00:28:02.180
 all the

00:28:02.180 --> 00:28:03.059
 other Galileans

00:28:03.059 --> 00:28:03.460
 because they

00:28:03.460 --> 00:28:03.900
 suffered in

00:28:03.900 --> 00:28:04.220
 this way?

00:28:04.580 --> 00:28:04.779
 No,

00:28:04.840 --> 00:28:05.600
 I tell you,

00:28:05.980 --> 00:28:06.580
 but unless

00:28:06.580 --> 00:28:07.120
 you repent,

00:28:07.220 --> 00:28:07.400
 you will

00:28:07.400 --> 00:28:08.120
 all likewise

00:28:08.120 --> 00:28:08.539
 perish.

00:28:08.960 --> 00:28:09.539
 Please do

00:28:09.539 --> 00:28:10.180
 not walk

00:28:10.180 --> 00:28:10.420
 out of

00:28:10.420 --> 00:28:11.140
 these doors

00:28:11.140 --> 00:28:11.779
 and ignore

00:28:11.779 --> 00:28:12.400
 the warning.

00:28:14.500 --> 00:28:14.759
 Come

00:28:14.759 --> 00:28:15.160
 again,

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 speak to

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 me,

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 call to

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 God.

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 I'm very

00:28:21.500 --> 00:28:22.240
 aware this

00:28:22.240 --> 00:28:22.580
 morning that

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 there are

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 lots of

00:28:23.300 --> 00:28:23.900
 questions about

00:28:23.900 --> 00:28:24.340
 suffering that

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 I've not

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 answered.

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 And the

00:28:27.180 --> 00:28:27.620
 topic is

00:28:27.620 --> 00:28:27.920
 very,

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 very painful.

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 I'd be

00:28:29.980 --> 00:28:30.400
 glad to

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 try and

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 share some

00:28:31.140 --> 00:28:31.640
 of the

00:28:31.640 --> 00:28:32.759
 Bible with

00:28:32.759 --> 00:28:32.900
 you.

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 I know

00:28:33.140 --> 00:28:33.580
 David Barnes

00:28:33.580 --> 00:28:33.800
 did an

00:28:33.800 --> 00:28:34.039
 excellent

00:28:34.039 --> 00:28:35.420
 seminar at

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 the church

00:28:35.840 --> 00:28:36.120
 weekend.

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 I'm sure

00:28:36.420 --> 00:28:36.680
 he would

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 talk to

00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:37.259
 you about

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 it.

00:28:38.380 --> 00:28:38.560
 We'll

00:28:38.560 --> 00:28:39.000
 be hovering

00:28:39.000 --> 00:28:39.400
 around.

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 There

00:28:41.320 --> 00:28:41.640
 was some

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 present and

00:28:42.019 --> 00:28:42.380
 they asked,

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 do you

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 think that

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 they were

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 worse

00:28:43.279 --> 00:28:43.440
 sinners,

00:28:43.560 --> 00:28:43.680
 those

00:28:43.680 --> 00:28:44.019
 people in

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 Nairobi,

00:28:45.640 --> 00:28:46.140
 the latest

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 victims in

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 our city,

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 those who

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 died in

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 Nigeria?

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 No, of

00:28:51.560 --> 00:28:51.980
 course not.

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 But unless

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 you repent,

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 you will

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 all likewise

00:28:57.259 --> 00:28:57.620
 perish.

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 Let's pray.