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 We're going to read now from Matthew 5, partway through the Sermon on the Mount.

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 Matthew 5, again thinking about retaliation and injustice.

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 So Matthew 5, and from verse 38.

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 You have heard that it was said, an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.

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 But I say to you, do not resist the one who is evil.

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 But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.

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 And if anyone would sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well.

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 And if anyone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles.

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 Give to the one who begs from you, and do not refuse the one who would borrow from you.

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 This is God's Word.

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 Ryan.

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 Thank you to the worship team for that key modulation.

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 So that my voice shouldn't crack because it's loose and ready to go right now.

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 We are continuing a series on the Sermon on the Mount.

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 One of the things that we'll talk about sometimes in circles that I'm in is like,

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 if you were king for the day, what would you do?

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 And we usually are talking about if you could control your situation,

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 like how would you orchestrate things?

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 Like we'll do this with uni students.

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 So like they're trying to figure out what kind of career they should pursue or a job.

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 It's like, well, if you were king for the day and could do anything you want,

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 like what would you choose?

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 And a lot of times the answers that are going to come to our mind that we might give

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 are typically something that's going to make life more enjoyable or at least more comfortable.

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 Definitely less pain and less strain.

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 Well, the king in the Sermon on the Mount has actually given us what a beautiful life, as Corey has said,

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 what a life of flourishing looks like.

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 The one who's the king for all time has told us what life in the kingdom looks like.

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 And so that's what we're talking about in this series on the Sermon on the Mount.

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 Our passage tonight is one of six passages where Jesus says,

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 you have heard it said, referring to some of the traditions that the Jewish leaders have given.

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 But I say to you, and when Jesus is saying that, I say to you,

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 he's actually not giving a new law, like Lewis reminded us a couple of weeks ago,

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 that he's not giving us a new and harder way to live.

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 When you read the Sermon on the Mount, you're like, this is impossible.

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 I can't live like this.

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 Like the one who lusts is like committing adultery in his heart.

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 And if I have anger towards my brother, I'm committing murder.

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 It's like this is not a life we can live.

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 He's not giving us a new law to obey or making life in the kingdom more difficult.

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 But instead, he's getting at the heart of things and he's teaching as one who has authority.

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 In fact, at the end of the Sermon on the Mount, you will see in chapter 7, verse 29,

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 that the people were astonished, it said, because he was teaching them as one who had authority.

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 So he's giving them, this is what life in the kingdom looks like or is to be like.

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 Now, when you approach the Sermon on the Mount, there are a couple of things that you need to understand.

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 One is that this was a sermon that was preached all at one time.

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 And we don't know how long it took him to preach this sermon.

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 But when we take parts of this sermon and don't see it in the context of the whole,

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 we can really misunderstand what Jesus is telling us.

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 So we need to see it as a whole sermon and keep that in mind so that when Jesus says something that seems to us really weird or really hard,

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 we can't just ignore it because he is telling us, for instance, in chapter 7,

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 that he who hears these words and does what it says is like the man who builds his house on the rock.

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 But if you hear it and don't do it, you're like building your foundation, your house on the sand.

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 So he expects us to obey it, but he wants us to hear the whole sermon

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 and to be able to hear what he is saying life in the kingdom is like as this whole thing.

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 But also, the second thing would be that when we approach this passage,

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 I mentioned it's one of six passages where Jesus said,

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 you've heard it said, but I say to you,

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 just like in the rest of the Sermon on the Mount,

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 Jesus is getting at the heart of the law.

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 He's getting at the heart of what God would have his people to do.

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 So keep that in mind when you hear he's giving us the spirit or the intention of the law.

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 So our section tonight, Lewis kind of mentioned,

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 your Bible heading might have retaliation.

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 I entitled the sermon Responding to Injustice.

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 A better title might be Responding to Personal Injustice,

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 because that's what Jesus is talking about here.

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 And he starts out in verse 38,

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 you've heard that it was said,

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 an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.

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 Now, why was that given in the law?

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 An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth?

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 To understand what Jesus is about to tell us,

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 we have to understand why he said that,

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 or why the law said that to begin with.

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 This was something given to the nation of Israel in the law,

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 an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth,

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 to prevent revenge, retaliation, and excess.

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 It was actually to prevent chaos from happening.

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 So, for instance, you know,

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 you damaged my eye,

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 therefore I'm going to cut off your arm.

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 Well, then my family member,

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 the other person's family member,

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 is now going to come and take both of your legs.

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 And then my family member comes and ends a life.

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 It's to prevent all of that from happening.

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 So when it says an eye for an eye,

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 it's basically saying,

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 don't turn this into chaos.

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 Don't let this be something that becomes

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 personal revenge and retaliation.

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 But it's actually something that helps society

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 to function as a whole.

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 In fact, many ancient legal codes had this.

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 It's called the Lex Talionis,

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 or the Law of Retaliation.

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 A very ancient legal code

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 found in many ancient societies.

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 And it was to prevent chaos from happening,

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 or even personal revenge.

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 However, what is happening,

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 when Jesus says,

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 you have heard it said,

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 he's addressing an error that's happening,

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 the Jewish leaders have done

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 a couple of things with it.

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 they've, one, turned a negative injunction

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 into a positive one.

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 Meaning, they've basically said,

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 yeah, you should actually do this to people

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 if they've done it to you.

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 If you have been injured,

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 you have every right to take their eye as well.

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 A tooth has been knocked out,

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 you have every right to take their tooth.

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 And they've used it to actually promote

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 retaliation, revenge,

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 instead of preventing it.

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 And then the second thing is,

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 they've encouraged the people

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 to take out justice for themselves.

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 Which, the eye for an eye,

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 tooth for a tooth,

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 that was given to the nation of Israel

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 for the judges to make sure

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 that bad things don't happen

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 and society runs properly.

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 And the Jewish leaders here

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 have made it a matter of personal revenge,

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 retaliation.

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 You have every right to do this.

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 So Jesus comes along the scene,

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 and he says,

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 but I tell you,

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 verse 39,

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 but I say to you,

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 do not resist the one who is evil.

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 But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek,

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 turn to him the other also.

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 Now, this is a passage

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 that pretty much everyone

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 in Western civilization knows

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 this saying about,

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 turn the other cheek.

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 What is this talking about?

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 What is Jesus saying to us

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 when he says,

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 do not resist the one who is evil?

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 This passage has been one

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 that has been very misinterpreted.

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 Every commentator kind of happens

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 to pull out something

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 that Tolstoy wrote about

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 that basically said,

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 we shouldn't even have police

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 and judgment systems

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 because we shouldn't resist evil.

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 Corey would have probably read Tolstoy

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 after reading that.

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 I just kind of Googled it.

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 So, but basically,

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 that is like completely misunderstanding

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 and misinterpreting

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 what is being said here.

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 He's talking about personal injustices.

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 And just like Jesus

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 was getting to the heart

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 with these other passages

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 when he said,

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 you've heard that it was said,

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 you shall not commit adultery,

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 but I say to you,

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 he who lusts after a woman

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 commits adultery in the heart.

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 He's getting to the heart right here

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 of what's going on.

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 So what lust is to adultery

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 and what anger is to murder,

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 instead of practicing self-justice,

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 we entrust ourselves to the judge

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 and the one who brings justice

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 to the world.

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 We're instead of insisting

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 on our own personal rights,

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 we're entrusting ourselves

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 to the giver of rights.

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 God is the judge

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 and vengeance belongs to him.

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 And so Jesus is saying,

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 we're not to avenge ourselves,

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 but entrust ourselves

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 to the one

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 who will bring vengeance for us.

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 So, do we literally turn

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 the other cheek

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 when someone slaps our right cheek?

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 Before we answer that,

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 what is,

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 when Lewis read that,

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 did anybody find it odd

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 that the passage says

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 that if anyone slaps you

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 on the right cheek,

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 or did we just kind of gloss over that?

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 If someone slaps you

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 on the right cheek,

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 like most people are right-handed

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 and if you were left-handed,

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 you were probably back then

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 taught to be right-handed

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 because it was really

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 kind of a faux pas.

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 If I'm to slap someone,

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 what cheek am I going to slap?

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 The left cheek, right?

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 Tom's figuring it out up here, right?

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 It's the left cheek.

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 But if I backhand you

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 with my right hand,

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 I'm going to hit your right cheek.

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 Back in Jewish society

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 at this time,

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 one of the biggest insults

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 you could give to someone

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 was to backhand them

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 in their right cheek.

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 It was an ultimate sign

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 of humiliation.

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 There were even laws

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 that if you did that to someone,

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 there could be like

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 a double portion of judgment

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 on you for doing it

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 because it was such a humiliation,

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 such an offense.

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 It was a massive deal

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 in an honor-shame culture.

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 This was one

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 that brought complete shame on you.

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 So Jesus is saying,

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 if someone does that to you,

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 ultimate shame,

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 completely offensive,

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 dishonors you,

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 probably in public,

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 give him the other cheek also.

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 So this would be a big deal

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 for Jesus to say that.

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 It's kind of like

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 the statement of,

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 you know,

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 if your eye offends you,

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 pluck it out

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 because it's better

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 to go into heaven

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 with missing an eye

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 than to go to hell

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 with both eyes.

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 That drastic,

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 cut your arm off,

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 pluck your eye out.

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 This would feel

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 like that same thing.

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 You mean

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 someone insults me like this

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 and I'm just supposed

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 to take it

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 and turn the other cheek?

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 What is Jesus saying?

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 The point

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 is not necessarily

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 to follow this literally

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 as much as,

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 one,

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 we do need to take it

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 very seriously.

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 But also to understand

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 that to be salt and light,

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 as he's mentioned

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 in chapter five,

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 to be kingdom people,

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 we must let go

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 of our rights

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 to say,

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 it's not about me,

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 it's about King Jesus,

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 I can do

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 as he tells me to do

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 and entrust him

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 with that.

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 Do we trust him

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 even in situations

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 like this?

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 Now you might be saying,

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 okay,

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 you just let me

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 off the hook there,

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 just wait.

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 And Jesus is not saying

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 you can't protect yourself

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 and you can't protect

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 your family.

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 He's giving us

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 the spirit of the law

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 and the spirit of the law

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 here is

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 don't seek revenge

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 for yourself.

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 Don't cling to your right

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 to retaliate.

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 That was something

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 that was being promoted.

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 Take vengeance

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 for yourself.

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 Retaliate.

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 You have the right.

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 Eye for an eye,

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 tooth for a tooth.

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 He's telling us

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 that's not the way

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 of the kingdom.

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 If there's been

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 a personal injustice

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 done to you,

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 entrust yourself

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 to the Lord

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 and his provision

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 for you

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 to take vengeance

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 for you.

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 Everything in us

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 wants to make people

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 pay for it

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 when they do something

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 to us.

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 Even something as small

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 as being cut off

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 while we're driving

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 or if you're walking

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 the scaffolding

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 up here

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 above Victoria

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 and someone just

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 will not turn

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 and they expect you

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 to kind of get

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 out of their way,

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 that can kind of stir.

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 Is this just me

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 and my personal confession

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 here?

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 What does it stir up

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 in us?

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 One time I literally

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 was like,

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 I am not turning.

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 I'm going to make

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 them turn.

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 That's terrible.

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 That's not the kingdom

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 way, right?

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 The kingdom way

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 says I'm not going

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 to make you pay for it.

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 I'm going to let go

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 of my rights

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 in order to promote

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 the way of King Jesus.

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 And really,

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 do we believe

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 what Jesus has just

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 said in verses 11

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 and 12?

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 Blessed are you

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 when others revile you

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 and persecute you

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 and utter all kinds

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 of evil against you

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 falsely on my account.

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 Rejoice and be glad

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 for your reward

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 in heaven is great

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 for so they persecuted

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 the prophets

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 who were before you.

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 Can we entrust

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 ourselves to Jesus

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 even when we're

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 being reviled?

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 Even when we're

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 being persecuted.

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 He says rejoice

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 and be glad?

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 Jesus, are you

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 crazy here?

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 Jesus himself

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 resisted evil.

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 You can think of

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 the story of the

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 money changers

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 in the outer courts

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 of the temple

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 where his commentators

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 say he's probably

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 preventing women

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 and Gentiles

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 from praying

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 in the temple

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 and that made him

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 angry,

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 righteously angry.

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 He resisted

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 that evil.

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 evil.

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 So do we need

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 to not resist evil

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 and turn the other cheek?

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 Sometimes.

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 But sometimes not.

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 Back to our question,

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 do we literally

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 turn the other cheek?

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 Remember what I said

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 about looking at

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 the sermon as a whole?

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 If you wait just a little

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 bit in the sermon,

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 Jesus is going to tell us

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 this in Matthew 7,

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 verse 12.

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 So whatever you wish

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 that others would do

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 to you,

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 do also to them

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 for this is the law

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 and the prophets.

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 We know that as the

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 golden rule,

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 do unto others

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 as you would have

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 them do unto you.

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 And so the question

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 would be,

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 if you were doing

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 something evil,

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 would you want

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 another person

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 to just let you

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 continue to do

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 that evil?

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 Or would the loving

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 thing be to resist you,

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 to confront you,

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 to help you do

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 the right and

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 righteous thing?

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 What would it look like

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 to follow the golden

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 rule here?

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 If someone struck you,

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 would you want,

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 sorry,

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 if you struck someone

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 in the right cheek,

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 would you want them

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 to just let you

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 persist in your anger

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 right after Jesus

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 has just said,

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 if you're angry

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 towards your brother,

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 you've committed

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 murder in your heart?

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 Would you want

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 that friend,

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 that person,

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 to let you persist

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 in your anger?

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 Do we turn

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 the other cheek?

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 Sometimes,

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 but not always.

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 And Jesus is giving

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 us a way

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 to have some wisdom

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 in these circumstances

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 by saying,

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 first and foremost,

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 the default mode

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 is to let go

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 of your rights

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 in order to think

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 about love

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 of my neighbor,

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 in order to think

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 about the way

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 of the kingdom

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 and being salt

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 and light.

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 Jesus gives us

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 a great example

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 in John chapter 18

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 when he is before

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 the high priest.

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 He's being questioned

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 by the high priest.

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 The high priest

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 questions him

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 about what he was teaching

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 and Jesus says,

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 I did nothing in secret.

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 Ask those who heard me.

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 And when he said this,

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 an officer struck him

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 in the face.

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 Presumably,

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 this could have been

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 a backhand.

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 The passage

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 doesn't tell us that,

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 but it could have been.

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 It could have been

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 to the right cheek.

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 But instead of turning

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 the other cheek,

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 in this moment,

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 while he's still under trial,

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 still on trial,

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 chapter 18,

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 verse 23 says,

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 Jesus answered him,

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 if what I said is wrong,

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 bear witness about the wrong.

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 But if what I said is right,

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 why do you strike me?

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 Instead of turning

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 the other cheek,

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 he actually confronts

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 the guy with the fact

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 that basically

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 he's broken the law

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 because when someone's

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 under trial,

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 you're not allowed

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 to strike them.

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 You have to treat them

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 with dignity and respect.

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 It would not have been loving

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 to let the officer

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 continue to slap him

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 when he had done something

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 that was clearly wrong.

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 Before judgment

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 has been rendered,

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 he's not allowed

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 to actually punish Jesus.

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 He has to wait

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 for judgment

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 to be rendered.

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 So Jesus confronts,

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 very lovingly it seems,

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 but just says,

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 if what I said is right,

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 why do you strike me?

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 Verse 40,

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 if anyone would sue you

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 and take your tunic,

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 let them have your cloak also.

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 What is he saying here?

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 It was actually illegal

00:17:56.700 --> 00:17:58.900
 to take someone's cloak.

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 Someone could give it

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 as a pledge,

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 but they would have to

00:18:01.920 --> 00:18:03.660
 then return it at sundown.

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 Why is that?

00:18:05.359 --> 00:18:06.659
 Because the outer cloak

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 was used sometimes

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 as a blanket,

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 sometimes as a bed.

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 It was to keep warm at night

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 and Jerusalem being

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 a mile high city,

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 like it would get cold.

00:18:15.839 --> 00:18:16.700
 You couldn't take

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 someone's cloak.

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 And they're saying,

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 if someone sues you

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 for your inner garment,

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 go ahead and give him

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 your outer garment.

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 The pattern is,

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 let go of what

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 your rights are

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 and give.

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 Let go of your rights

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 and give.

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 Now, again,

00:18:34.519 --> 00:18:35.679
 taking this literally

00:18:35.679 --> 00:18:37.599
 could cause us

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 to do something

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 that's unwise.

00:18:41.399 --> 00:18:42.980
 Just promoting something

00:18:42.980 --> 00:18:44.899
 that's evil behavior even.

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 However,

00:18:47.919 --> 00:18:48.819
 he says that

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 we are to be reconciled

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 to our brother.

00:18:51.179 --> 00:18:51.879
 He just said that

00:18:51.879 --> 00:18:53.279
 in chapter 5, verse 25.

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 The point is to be

00:18:54.960 --> 00:18:55.839
 reconciled to your brother

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 and make sure that

00:18:56.619 --> 00:18:58.599
 he has what he needs.

00:18:58.879 --> 00:18:59.960
 In Christ's kingdom,

00:19:00.079 --> 00:19:00.779
 instead of fighting

00:19:00.779 --> 00:19:02.000
 for personal rights,

00:19:02.000 --> 00:19:03.900
 we lay down those rights

00:19:03.900 --> 00:19:05.240
 for the sake of others.

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 Are we willing to do that?

00:19:06.920 --> 00:19:07.539
 Verse 41.

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 If anyone forces you

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 to go one mile,

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 go with him two miles.

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 What is this all about?

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 You've probably heard this.

00:19:15.119 --> 00:19:15.980
 That it relates

00:19:15.980 --> 00:19:17.039
 to a common practice

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 whereby in Roman law,

00:19:18.319 --> 00:19:19.059
 a Roman soldier

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 could require a person

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 to carry his gear.

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 Now, the gear

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 might be weapons,

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 supplies.

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 They estimate

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 that that might have weighed

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 like 60 to 80 pounds.

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 definitely enough

00:19:30.860 --> 00:19:31.740
 to be a burden.

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 And you can just imagine

00:19:34.240 --> 00:19:34.940
 that this was

00:19:34.940 --> 00:19:36.880
 something that was done

00:19:36.880 --> 00:19:38.620
 to actually humiliate

00:19:38.620 --> 00:19:39.660
 other people sometimes.

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 It was abused.

00:19:41.740 --> 00:19:42.800
 A Roman soldier

00:19:42.800 --> 00:19:43.600
 might do that

00:19:43.600 --> 00:19:44.840
 just to be a bully.

00:19:45.420 --> 00:19:45.880
 In fact,

00:19:46.140 --> 00:19:47.780
 if anybody is like me

00:19:47.780 --> 00:19:48.759
 growing up in the 80s,

00:19:48.800 --> 00:19:49.560
 there were these movies

00:19:49.560 --> 00:19:50.160
 where the bully

00:19:50.160 --> 00:19:50.740
 would make you

00:19:50.740 --> 00:19:51.820
 carry their book bag.

00:19:51.900 --> 00:19:53.200
 It's kind of that same thing

00:19:53.200 --> 00:19:53.900
 where it's like,

00:19:53.960 --> 00:19:55.100
 this is not okay.

00:19:55.300 --> 00:19:56.380
 This is not fair.

00:19:56.380 --> 00:19:58.380
 And Jesus says,

00:19:59.040 --> 00:19:59.920
 instead of just taking

00:19:59.920 --> 00:20:00.900
 it that one mile,

00:20:01.560 --> 00:20:02.480
 take it another mile.

00:20:02.620 --> 00:20:03.560
 Take it two miles.

00:20:04.660 --> 00:20:06.000
 Now, if you take this literally,

00:20:06.580 --> 00:20:07.760
 that could mean

00:20:07.760 --> 00:20:08.940
 that after I take it

00:20:08.940 --> 00:20:09.540
 the two miles,

00:20:09.580 --> 00:20:10.820
 I just drop it on his foot.

00:20:11.740 --> 00:20:12.620
 Is that the way

00:20:12.620 --> 00:20:13.120
 of the kingdom?

00:20:14.780 --> 00:20:15.540
 But instead,

00:20:15.720 --> 00:20:16.820
 he's getting at the heart.

00:20:17.140 --> 00:20:18.420
 Let go of your rights

00:20:18.420 --> 00:20:19.740
 and give.

00:20:20.380 --> 00:20:21.240
 Give more

00:20:21.240 --> 00:20:22.920
 than is actually required.

00:20:22.920 --> 00:20:25.759
 The kingdom life

00:20:25.759 --> 00:20:27.720
 means you would do this

00:20:27.720 --> 00:20:28.700
 even for those

00:20:28.700 --> 00:20:29.700
 that would be your enemies.

00:20:30.100 --> 00:20:30.580
 Think about

00:20:30.580 --> 00:20:32.500
 who he's talking about here.

00:20:33.200 --> 00:20:33.980
 Who were the Romans?

00:20:34.940 --> 00:20:36.000
 They were intruders.

00:20:36.700 --> 00:20:37.960
 They were oppressors.

00:20:38.500 --> 00:20:39.640
 They were my enemies.

00:20:39.779 --> 00:20:40.420
 In fact,

00:20:41.560 --> 00:20:42.560
 the Jewish people

00:20:42.560 --> 00:20:44.080
 were looking for a Messiah

00:20:44.080 --> 00:20:44.880
 who would come

00:20:44.880 --> 00:20:45.680
 to deliver them

00:20:45.680 --> 00:20:46.400
 from the Romans

00:20:46.400 --> 00:20:48.600
 or other oppressors.

00:20:50.740 --> 00:20:52.140
 Even to your enemies,

00:20:52.140 --> 00:20:53.500
 you give.

00:20:54.360 --> 00:20:55.040
 In the kingdom,

00:20:55.200 --> 00:20:56.040
 you are blessed

00:20:56.040 --> 00:20:57.920
 when you're persecuted

00:20:57.920 --> 00:21:00.480
 for the sake of Jesus.

00:21:01.640 --> 00:21:02.340
 Verse 42.

00:21:02.780 --> 00:21:03.400
 Give to the one

00:21:03.400 --> 00:21:04.380
 who begs from you

00:21:04.380 --> 00:21:05.860
 and do not refuse

00:21:05.860 --> 00:21:06.480
 the one

00:21:06.480 --> 00:21:08.000
 who would borrow from you.

00:21:09.240 --> 00:21:10.160
 What's he saying?

00:21:10.920 --> 00:21:11.860
 Don't cling

00:21:11.860 --> 00:21:12.940
 to your money

00:21:12.940 --> 00:21:13.840
 and possessions.

00:21:14.940 --> 00:21:16.080
 What would you want

00:21:16.080 --> 00:21:17.480
 someone to do for you?

00:21:19.080 --> 00:21:19.640
 Now,

00:21:20.080 --> 00:21:21.700
 you're in this situation.

00:21:22.140 --> 00:21:24.360
 Because the golden rule says,

00:21:24.520 --> 00:21:24.620
 hey,

00:21:24.700 --> 00:21:25.640
 what would we have

00:21:25.640 --> 00:21:27.400
 them do for us?

00:21:27.840 --> 00:21:28.040
 Right?

00:21:28.380 --> 00:21:29.360
 How do I want

00:21:29.360 --> 00:21:30.180
 to be treated?

00:21:31.020 --> 00:21:31.800
 What if you were

00:21:31.800 --> 00:21:32.840
 the one that was begging?

00:21:33.500 --> 00:21:34.540
 What if you were the one

00:21:34.540 --> 00:21:35.220
 that was wanting

00:21:35.220 --> 00:21:35.940
 to borrow?

00:21:36.340 --> 00:21:37.100
 Would you want them

00:21:37.100 --> 00:21:37.620
 to give?

00:21:38.580 --> 00:21:39.540
 Sometimes yes.

00:21:39.660 --> 00:21:40.620
 But what if

00:21:40.620 --> 00:21:42.580
 you've gone into debt

00:21:42.580 --> 00:21:43.960
 because of something sinful?

00:21:45.420 --> 00:21:46.800
 You didn't obey the law

00:21:46.800 --> 00:21:47.580
 in the way that you

00:21:47.580 --> 00:21:48.420
 borrowed money

00:21:48.420 --> 00:21:49.380
 or you borrowed

00:21:49.380 --> 00:21:50.360
 resources?

00:21:50.359 --> 00:21:52.079
 What if,

00:21:52.139 --> 00:21:52.799
 which could happen

00:21:52.799 --> 00:21:53.240
 back then,

00:21:53.319 --> 00:21:54.659
 you had a gambling addiction

00:21:54.659 --> 00:21:55.879
 and you owe a lot of money?

00:21:57.519 --> 00:21:58.339
 What if you had

00:21:58.339 --> 00:22:00.559
 other self-destructive

00:22:00.559 --> 00:22:01.119
 behaviors

00:22:01.119 --> 00:22:02.479
 that would cause you

00:22:02.479 --> 00:22:03.319
 to be a beggar?

00:22:03.659 --> 00:22:04.299
 Some of these

00:22:04.299 --> 00:22:05.639
 are found in Proverbs.

00:22:06.099 --> 00:22:07.240
 Proverbs talks about

00:22:07.240 --> 00:22:08.240
 sluggards,

00:22:08.839 --> 00:22:10.019
 drunkards and gluttons,

00:22:10.500 --> 00:22:11.359
 lovers of pleasure.

00:22:11.479 --> 00:22:12.299
 They will all come

00:22:12.299 --> 00:22:12.899
 to poverty.

00:22:13.139 --> 00:22:13.939
 Several passages

00:22:13.939 --> 00:22:14.899
 that talk about that.

00:22:15.339 --> 00:22:16.179
 What if you were

00:22:16.179 --> 00:22:17.899
 in a self-destructive behavior?

00:22:17.900 --> 00:22:19.860
 Would you want

00:22:19.860 --> 00:22:21.240
 someone to help you

00:22:21.240 --> 00:22:22.340
 persist in that?

00:22:22.720 --> 00:22:23.900
 Is that the loving

00:22:23.900 --> 00:22:24.600
 thing to do

00:22:24.600 --> 00:22:25.820
 to let you borrow money

00:22:25.820 --> 00:22:27.380
 when you beg

00:22:27.380 --> 00:22:28.300
 or ask them

00:22:28.300 --> 00:22:29.180
 at that time?

00:22:30.460 --> 00:22:31.680
 Sometimes yes.

00:22:32.220 --> 00:22:33.120
 Sometimes no.

00:22:34.420 --> 00:22:35.360
 But are we willing

00:22:35.360 --> 00:22:36.800
 to let go of our rights

00:22:36.800 --> 00:22:38.240
 in order

00:22:38.240 --> 00:22:40.120
 to give to someone?

00:22:40.600 --> 00:22:41.120
 And sometimes

00:22:41.120 --> 00:22:42.380
 when someone asks

00:22:42.380 --> 00:22:43.820
 us for money,

00:22:44.240 --> 00:22:45.500
 it feels like

00:22:45.500 --> 00:22:46.460
 a personal injustice.

00:22:46.460 --> 00:22:46.660
 Jesus,

00:22:47.360 --> 00:22:48.660
 I'm working hard

00:22:48.660 --> 00:22:49.400
 for my money.

00:22:50.039 --> 00:22:50.900
 I'm doing what

00:22:50.900 --> 00:22:52.340
 God's called me to do.

00:22:53.059 --> 00:22:53.840
 And you're just going

00:22:53.840 --> 00:22:55.039
 to sit there

00:22:55.039 --> 00:22:55.799
 and ask

00:22:55.799 --> 00:22:56.559
 and beg?

00:22:57.100 --> 00:22:57.720
 Why don't you

00:22:57.720 --> 00:22:58.480
 go get a job?

00:22:58.539 --> 00:22:59.299
 We have these thoughts,

00:22:59.380 --> 00:22:59.600
 right?

00:23:00.340 --> 00:23:01.059
 Why don't you

00:23:01.059 --> 00:23:01.880
 go do this?

00:23:02.019 --> 00:23:02.819
 The way of the kingdom

00:23:02.819 --> 00:23:04.460
 says we let go

00:23:04.460 --> 00:23:05.840
 of what is owed to us

00:23:05.840 --> 00:23:06.960
 and we give.

00:23:07.500 --> 00:23:08.319
 But we do

00:23:08.319 --> 00:23:09.799
 what the loving

00:23:09.799 --> 00:23:10.940
 thing is.

00:23:11.019 --> 00:23:11.640
 We are willing

00:23:11.640 --> 00:23:12.840
 to inconvenience

00:23:12.840 --> 00:23:13.440
 ourselves

00:23:13.440 --> 00:23:15.539
 in order for others

00:23:15.539 --> 00:23:16.380
 to have

00:23:16.380 --> 00:23:17.220
 what they need.

00:23:18.980 --> 00:23:19.559
 Now do you see

00:23:19.559 --> 00:23:20.220
 the pattern

00:23:20.220 --> 00:23:21.759
 in these

00:23:21.759 --> 00:23:22.880
 four things?

00:23:24.039 --> 00:23:24.460
 Give

00:23:24.460 --> 00:23:25.500
 the other cheek.

00:23:26.380 --> 00:23:26.720
 Give

00:23:26.720 --> 00:23:27.220
 also

00:23:27.220 --> 00:23:28.039
 your cloak.

00:23:29.000 --> 00:23:29.380
 Give

00:23:29.380 --> 00:23:30.340
 another mile.

00:23:31.400 --> 00:23:31.660
 Give

00:23:31.660 --> 00:23:32.140
 to him

00:23:32.140 --> 00:23:33.019
 who asks.

00:23:33.340 --> 00:23:33.740
 In other words,

00:23:33.840 --> 00:23:34.759
 give your resources.

00:23:35.620 --> 00:23:36.480
 When you are

00:23:36.480 --> 00:23:37.080
 facing

00:23:37.080 --> 00:23:37.820
 personal

00:23:37.820 --> 00:23:38.480
 injustice,

00:23:39.120 --> 00:23:40.279
 don't focus

00:23:40.279 --> 00:23:40.980
 on the rights

00:23:40.980 --> 00:23:41.519
 that you have

00:23:41.519 --> 00:23:42.380
 to retaliate,

00:23:43.079 --> 00:23:43.759
 but have

00:23:43.759 --> 00:23:44.420
 a spirit

00:23:44.420 --> 00:23:45.000
 of giving.

00:23:45.720 --> 00:23:46.500
 How can I

00:23:46.500 --> 00:23:47.539
 love this person

00:23:47.539 --> 00:23:48.579
 and treat them

00:23:48.579 --> 00:23:49.200
 the way

00:23:49.200 --> 00:23:50.259
 in which

00:23:50.259 --> 00:23:51.460
 I wish

00:23:51.460 --> 00:23:51.759
 they would

00:23:51.759 --> 00:23:52.339
 treat me?

00:23:53.839 --> 00:23:54.200
 Now,

00:23:54.620 --> 00:23:56.319
 this

00:23:56.319 --> 00:23:58.079
 sounds like

00:23:58.079 --> 00:23:58.500
 one of those

00:23:58.500 --> 00:23:58.799
 things,

00:23:58.900 --> 00:23:59.000
 like,

00:23:59.079 --> 00:23:59.700
 I'm not sure,

00:23:59.819 --> 00:23:59.960
 Ryan,

00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:00.380
 if you're trying

00:24:00.380 --> 00:24:00.720
 to let me

00:24:00.720 --> 00:24:01.200
 off the hook

00:24:01.200 --> 00:24:01.700
 here of having

00:24:01.700 --> 00:24:02.160
 to actually

00:24:02.160 --> 00:24:02.980
 obey this,

00:24:03.120 --> 00:24:03.339
 or,

00:24:03.779 --> 00:24:04.079
 like,

00:24:04.400 --> 00:24:04.940
 this seems

00:24:04.940 --> 00:24:05.920
 like a very

00:24:05.920 --> 00:24:06.660
 gray area

00:24:06.660 --> 00:24:07.120
 thing,

00:24:07.319 --> 00:24:07.519
 like,

00:24:07.880 --> 00:24:09.200
 help me know

00:24:09.200 --> 00:24:09.839
 what to do.

00:24:10.980 --> 00:24:11.599
 The way

00:24:11.599 --> 00:24:11.819
 of the

00:24:11.819 --> 00:24:12.099
 kingdom

00:24:12.099 --> 00:24:12.660
 is learning

00:24:12.660 --> 00:24:13.160
 the heart

00:24:13.160 --> 00:24:13.480
 of the

00:24:13.480 --> 00:24:13.920
 master,

00:24:14.779 --> 00:24:15.599
 and when we

00:24:15.599 --> 00:24:16.160
 learn the

00:24:16.160 --> 00:24:16.559
 heart of the

00:24:16.559 --> 00:24:16.900
 master,

00:24:17.039 --> 00:24:17.440
 we can

00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:18.579
 obey him,

00:24:18.700 --> 00:24:19.160
 because we

00:24:19.160 --> 00:24:19.799
 can entrust

00:24:19.799 --> 00:24:20.480
 ourselves to

00:24:20.480 --> 00:24:20.700
 him,

00:24:20.960 --> 00:24:21.660
 even doing

00:24:21.660 --> 00:24:22.240
 things that

00:24:22.240 --> 00:24:23.240
 seem really,

00:24:23.519 --> 00:24:24.620
 really hard.

00:24:26.079 --> 00:24:26.660
 So we

00:24:26.660 --> 00:24:27.079
 entrust

00:24:27.079 --> 00:24:27.660
 ourselves

00:24:27.660 --> 00:24:28.779
 to him

00:24:28.779 --> 00:24:29.759
 to do

00:24:29.759 --> 00:24:30.140
 what he's

00:24:30.140 --> 00:24:30.539
 calling us

00:24:30.539 --> 00:24:30.839
 to do,

00:24:30.880 --> 00:24:31.319
 because he

00:24:31.319 --> 00:24:32.059
 does expect

00:24:32.059 --> 00:24:32.460
 us to

00:24:32.460 --> 00:24:33.160
 obey him

00:24:33.160 --> 00:24:33.440
 in the

00:24:33.440 --> 00:24:33.819
 Sermon on

00:24:33.819 --> 00:24:34.140
 the Mount.

00:24:36.240 --> 00:24:36.720
 One

00:24:36.720 --> 00:24:37.319
 illustration

00:24:37.319 --> 00:24:39.339
 that has

00:24:39.339 --> 00:24:39.819
 been given

00:24:39.819 --> 00:24:40.700
 from the

00:24:40.700 --> 00:24:41.039
 pulpit

00:24:41.039 --> 00:24:41.519
 since I've

00:24:41.519 --> 00:24:41.919
 been here,

00:24:42.039 --> 00:24:42.579
 so sorry

00:24:42.579 --> 00:24:42.939
 for the

00:24:42.939 --> 00:24:43.359
 repeat,

00:24:43.939 --> 00:24:45.240
 but I

00:24:45.240 --> 00:24:45.519
 couldn't

00:24:45.519 --> 00:24:46.139
 help it,

00:24:46.480 --> 00:24:46.740
 that I

00:24:46.740 --> 00:24:47.059
 think one

00:24:47.059 --> 00:24:47.299
 of the

00:24:47.299 --> 00:24:47.559
 best

00:24:47.559 --> 00:24:48.159
 illustrations

00:24:48.159 --> 00:24:48.939
 of this

00:24:48.939 --> 00:24:49.879
 going the

00:24:49.879 --> 00:24:50.579
 extra mile,

00:24:50.819 --> 00:24:51.359
 giving your

00:24:51.359 --> 00:24:52.319
 cloak also

00:24:52.319 --> 00:24:52.899
 comes from

00:24:52.899 --> 00:24:53.279
 Les Mis.

00:24:54.500 --> 00:24:54.759
 When

00:24:54.759 --> 00:24:55.559
 Jean Valjean

00:24:55.559 --> 00:24:56.379
 comes into

00:24:56.379 --> 00:24:57.759
 the church,

00:24:57.879 --> 00:24:58.500
 they invite

00:24:58.500 --> 00:24:59.279
 him in

00:24:59.279 --> 00:25:00.279
 as the

00:25:00.279 --> 00:25:00.799
 guest,

00:25:01.139 --> 00:25:02.919
 they give

00:25:02.919 --> 00:25:03.179
 him the

00:25:03.179 --> 00:25:03.839
 warm fire,

00:25:03.939 --> 00:25:04.159
 they give

00:25:04.159 --> 00:25:04.679
 him wine,

00:25:04.779 --> 00:25:05.000
 they give

00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:05.720
 him food,

00:25:06.579 --> 00:25:06.859
 they give

00:25:06.859 --> 00:25:07.539
 him a place

00:25:07.539 --> 00:25:08.240
 to sleep

00:25:08.240 --> 00:25:09.200
 and restore

00:25:09.200 --> 00:25:09.940
 himself,

00:25:10.519 --> 00:25:10.920
 and what

00:25:10.920 --> 00:25:11.140
 does he

00:25:11.140 --> 00:25:11.420
 do?

00:25:12.740 --> 00:25:13.759
 He steals

00:25:13.759 --> 00:25:14.359
 the silver

00:25:14.359 --> 00:25:14.980
 and he

00:25:14.980 --> 00:25:15.460
 leaves.

00:25:16.359 --> 00:25:16.920
 He's caught

00:25:16.920 --> 00:25:17.259
 by the

00:25:17.259 --> 00:25:17.720
 authorities,

00:25:18.420 --> 00:25:19.380
 they drag

00:25:19.380 --> 00:25:19.900
 him back

00:25:19.900 --> 00:25:21.120
 to the

00:25:21.120 --> 00:25:21.660
 priest,

00:25:22.019 --> 00:25:22.440
 and they

00:25:22.440 --> 00:25:22.720
 say,

00:25:23.019 --> 00:25:23.539
 we caught

00:25:23.539 --> 00:25:23.920
 the one

00:25:23.920 --> 00:25:24.400
 who stole

00:25:24.400 --> 00:25:24.779
 from you.

00:25:24.960 --> 00:25:25.579
 He had

00:25:25.579 --> 00:25:26.380
 the audacity

00:25:26.380 --> 00:25:27.120
 to say

00:25:27.120 --> 00:25:27.740
 that you

00:25:27.740 --> 00:25:28.180
 had given

00:25:28.180 --> 00:25:28.640
 this to

00:25:28.640 --> 00:25:28.960
 him.

00:25:30.180 --> 00:25:30.740
 He said,

00:25:30.900 --> 00:25:31.400
 he is

00:25:31.400 --> 00:25:31.920
 correct,

00:25:32.059 --> 00:25:32.440
 the priest

00:25:32.440 --> 00:25:32.819
 says,

00:25:33.339 --> 00:25:34.000
 but why

00:25:34.000 --> 00:25:34.339
 did you

00:25:34.339 --> 00:25:34.900
 leave so

00:25:34.900 --> 00:25:35.279
 early,

00:25:35.500 --> 00:25:35.660
 sir?

00:25:35.660 --> 00:25:36.340
 You

00:25:36.340 --> 00:25:37.300
 left the

00:25:37.300 --> 00:25:38.279
 best part

00:25:38.279 --> 00:25:38.779
 and he

00:25:38.779 --> 00:25:39.360
 reaches over

00:25:39.360 --> 00:25:39.840
 and gives

00:25:39.840 --> 00:25:40.340
 him the

00:25:40.340 --> 00:25:41.019
 candlesticks

00:25:41.019 --> 00:25:41.300
 that are

00:25:41.300 --> 00:25:41.720
 worth more

00:25:41.720 --> 00:25:42.140
 than all

00:25:42.140 --> 00:25:42.640
 the other

00:25:42.640 --> 00:25:43.080
 silver.

00:25:44.340 --> 00:25:45.060
 He gives

00:25:45.060 --> 00:25:45.600
 him more.

00:25:46.380 --> 00:25:46.600
 And you

00:25:46.600 --> 00:25:47.259
 just see,

00:25:47.420 --> 00:25:47.620
 like,

00:25:47.740 --> 00:25:48.680
 I watch

00:25:48.680 --> 00:25:49.400
 this scene

00:25:49.400 --> 00:25:50.000
 and it

00:25:50.000 --> 00:25:50.180
 just,

00:25:51.140 --> 00:25:51.600
 I know

00:25:51.600 --> 00:25:51.820
 you're not

00:25:51.820 --> 00:25:51.980
 going to

00:25:51.980 --> 00:25:52.360
 believe this

00:25:52.360 --> 00:25:52.620
 as an

00:25:52.620 --> 00:25:52.860
 American,

00:25:52.980 --> 00:25:53.120
 it makes

00:25:53.120 --> 00:25:53.440
 me really

00:25:53.440 --> 00:25:53.900
 emotional,

00:25:54.040 --> 00:25:54.220
 probably

00:25:54.220 --> 00:25:54.600
 doesn't do

00:25:54.600 --> 00:25:54.900
 the same

00:25:54.900 --> 00:25:55.160
 thing it

00:25:55.160 --> 00:25:55.400
 does for

00:25:55.400 --> 00:25:55.500
 you,

00:25:55.800 --> 00:25:56.880
 but I

00:25:56.880 --> 00:25:57.240
 just get

00:25:57.240 --> 00:25:57.720
 emotional

00:25:57.720 --> 00:25:58.040
 even

00:25:58.040 --> 00:25:58.560
 watching

00:25:58.560 --> 00:25:59.160
 this to

00:25:59.160 --> 00:25:59.580
 say,

00:26:00.259 --> 00:26:00.640
 this is

00:26:00.640 --> 00:26:01.779
 the gospel

00:26:01.779 --> 00:26:02.779
 of grace

00:26:02.779 --> 00:26:04.440
 that we

00:26:04.440 --> 00:26:05.059
 stole

00:26:05.059 --> 00:26:05.660
 and deserve

00:26:05.660 --> 00:26:06.440
 complete

00:26:06.440 --> 00:26:07.539
 condemnation,

00:26:08.220 --> 00:26:09.139
 yet he

00:26:09.139 --> 00:26:09.920
 lavishes

00:26:09.920 --> 00:26:10.579
 his grace

00:26:10.579 --> 00:26:11.220
 on us.

00:26:11.740 --> 00:26:11.960
 You

00:26:11.960 --> 00:26:12.539
 left the

00:26:12.539 --> 00:26:12.779
 most

00:26:12.779 --> 00:26:13.299
 expensive

00:26:13.299 --> 00:26:13.899
 part.

00:26:15.399 --> 00:26:15.680
 Jesus

00:26:15.680 --> 00:26:16.339
 tells us,

00:26:16.539 --> 00:26:16.799
 give the

00:26:16.799 --> 00:26:17.519
 other cheek,

00:26:17.920 --> 00:26:18.299
 give your

00:26:18.299 --> 00:26:19.180
 cloak also,

00:26:19.519 --> 00:26:20.180
 give another

00:26:20.180 --> 00:26:20.639
 mile,

00:26:21.139 --> 00:26:21.819
 give your

00:26:21.819 --> 00:26:22.519
 resources.

00:26:25.039 --> 00:26:25.779
 All of

00:26:25.779 --> 00:26:26.319
 us here

00:26:26.319 --> 00:26:26.839
 can think

00:26:26.839 --> 00:26:27.259
 of someone

00:26:27.259 --> 00:26:27.519
 who's

00:26:27.519 --> 00:26:27.859
 tried to

00:26:27.859 --> 00:26:28.759
 humiliate

00:26:28.759 --> 00:26:29.039
 us,

00:26:29.279 --> 00:26:29.819
 or take

00:26:29.819 --> 00:26:30.200
 advantage

00:26:30.200 --> 00:26:30.660
 of us,

00:26:30.759 --> 00:26:31.259
 or maybe

00:26:31.259 --> 00:26:31.759
 has just

00:26:31.759 --> 00:26:32.720
 asked too

00:26:32.720 --> 00:26:33.299
 much of

00:26:33.299 --> 00:26:33.599
 us.

00:26:34.039 --> 00:26:34.619
 So we

00:26:34.619 --> 00:26:34.920
 can just

00:26:34.920 --> 00:26:35.379
 think of

00:26:35.379 --> 00:26:36.140
 those times

00:26:36.140 --> 00:26:36.379
 where,

00:26:36.519 --> 00:26:36.660
 man,

00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:37.500
 how could

00:26:37.500 --> 00:26:38.960
 I let

00:26:38.960 --> 00:26:39.299
 go of

00:26:39.299 --> 00:26:40.059
 my rights

00:26:40.059 --> 00:26:41.480
 and give?

00:26:42.900 --> 00:26:43.420
 And the

00:26:43.420 --> 00:26:44.240
 answer is,

00:26:44.480 --> 00:26:46.079
 how could

00:26:46.079 --> 00:26:46.920
 we best

00:26:46.920 --> 00:26:47.980
 love our

00:26:47.980 --> 00:26:48.240
 neighbor?

00:26:49.160 --> 00:26:49.680
 What is

00:26:49.680 --> 00:26:50.099
 the right

00:26:50.099 --> 00:26:50.799
 thing here

00:26:50.799 --> 00:26:51.579
 that would,

00:26:51.859 --> 00:26:52.220
 how would I

00:26:52.220 --> 00:26:52.720
 want to be

00:26:52.720 --> 00:26:53.259
 treated in

00:26:53.259 --> 00:26:53.619
 this so

00:26:53.619 --> 00:26:53.879
 that would

00:26:53.879 --> 00:26:54.400
 lead me

00:26:54.400 --> 00:26:54.740
 in the

00:26:54.740 --> 00:26:55.700
 way of

00:26:55.700 --> 00:26:55.859
 the

00:26:55.859 --> 00:26:56.200
 kingdom?

00:26:57.539 --> 00:26:58.019
 Jesus

00:26:58.019 --> 00:26:58.359
 said,

00:26:58.460 --> 00:26:58.740
 you are

00:26:58.740 --> 00:26:59.319
 blessed

00:26:59.319 --> 00:27:00.599
 when others

00:27:00.599 --> 00:27:01.480
 revile you

00:27:01.480 --> 00:27:02.279
 on his

00:27:02.279 --> 00:27:02.819
 account?

00:27:02.960 --> 00:27:03.339
 Do we

00:27:03.339 --> 00:27:04.039
 believe that?

00:27:04.140 --> 00:27:04.460
 Do we

00:27:04.460 --> 00:27:05.480
 believe that

00:27:05.480 --> 00:27:05.860
 when we

00:27:05.860 --> 00:27:06.279
 suffer

00:27:06.279 --> 00:27:06.799
 persecution

00:27:06.799 --> 00:27:07.400
 for doing

00:27:07.400 --> 00:27:07.680
 what's

00:27:07.680 --> 00:27:08.079
 right,

00:27:08.319 --> 00:27:09.319
 we are

00:27:09.319 --> 00:27:10.140
 blessed?

00:27:11.660 --> 00:27:12.420
 What should

00:27:12.420 --> 00:27:13.079
 you feel

00:27:13.079 --> 00:27:13.880
 when you

00:27:13.880 --> 00:27:14.880
 face personal

00:27:14.880 --> 00:27:15.599
 injustices?

00:27:16.519 --> 00:27:17.019
 Could we

00:27:17.019 --> 00:27:17.519
 do what

00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:18.339
 Matthew 5

00:27:18.339 --> 00:27:19.059
 12 says

00:27:19.059 --> 00:27:19.299
 when it

00:27:19.299 --> 00:27:20.019
 says rejoice

00:27:20.019 --> 00:27:20.620
 and be

00:27:20.620 --> 00:27:21.099
 glad?

00:27:22.200 --> 00:27:22.599
 Could we

00:27:22.599 --> 00:27:24.099
 rejoice in

00:27:24.099 --> 00:27:24.980
 facing personal

00:27:24.980 --> 00:27:25.700
 injustices

00:27:25.700 --> 00:27:27.120
 because we're

00:27:27.120 --> 00:27:28.019
 suffering for

00:27:28.019 --> 00:27:28.860
 doing what

00:27:28.860 --> 00:27:29.740
 is right?

00:27:29.740 --> 00:27:32.339
 Paul says

00:27:32.339 --> 00:27:33.519
 something similar

00:27:33.519 --> 00:27:34.359
 to this in

00:27:34.359 --> 00:27:35.099
 Romans 12

00:27:35.099 --> 00:27:36.680
 17-21

00:27:36.680 --> 00:27:37.559
 He says,

00:27:37.559 --> 00:27:38.579
 Repay no one

00:27:38.579 --> 00:27:39.480
 evil for evil

00:27:39.480 --> 00:27:40.700
 but give

00:27:40.700 --> 00:27:41.519
 thought to do

00:27:41.519 --> 00:27:42.240
 what is honorable

00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:42.900
 in the sight of

00:27:42.900 --> 00:27:43.160
 all.

00:27:44.099 --> 00:27:44.700
 If possible,

00:27:44.940 --> 00:27:45.480
 so far as it

00:27:45.480 --> 00:27:46.160
 depends on you,

00:27:46.319 --> 00:27:47.140
 live peaceably

00:27:47.140 --> 00:27:47.599
 with all.

00:27:48.180 --> 00:27:48.559
 Beloved,

00:27:48.660 --> 00:27:49.220
 never avenge

00:27:49.220 --> 00:27:49.660
 yourself,

00:27:50.200 --> 00:27:50.779
 but leave it

00:27:50.779 --> 00:27:51.279
 to the wrath

00:27:51.279 --> 00:27:51.740
 of God

00:27:51.740 --> 00:27:52.180
 for it is

00:27:52.180 --> 00:27:52.440
 written,

00:27:52.660 --> 00:27:53.220
 vengeance is

00:27:53.220 --> 00:27:53.599
 mine,

00:27:53.980 --> 00:27:54.440
 I will

00:27:54.440 --> 00:27:54.839
 repay,

00:27:55.039 --> 00:27:55.319
 says the

00:27:55.319 --> 00:27:55.579
 Lord.

00:27:56.480 --> 00:27:56.779
 To the

00:27:56.779 --> 00:27:57.299
 contrary,

00:27:58.059 --> 00:27:58.539
 if your

00:27:58.539 --> 00:27:58.960
 enemy is

00:27:58.960 --> 00:27:59.379
 hungry,

00:27:59.639 --> 00:28:00.180
 feed him.

00:28:01.139 --> 00:28:01.480
 If he's

00:28:01.480 --> 00:28:01.839
 thirsty,

00:28:02.000 --> 00:28:02.220
 give him

00:28:02.220 --> 00:28:02.680
 something to

00:28:02.680 --> 00:28:03.059
 drink.

00:28:03.879 --> 00:28:04.139
 For by

00:28:04.139 --> 00:28:04.619
 doing so,

00:28:04.720 --> 00:28:05.000
 you will

00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:05.899
 heap burning

00:28:05.899 --> 00:28:06.680
 coals on

00:28:06.680 --> 00:28:07.299
 his head.

00:28:07.879 --> 00:28:08.220
 Do not

00:28:08.220 --> 00:28:09.240
 be overcome

00:28:09.240 --> 00:28:09.859
 by evil,

00:28:10.200 --> 00:28:11.139
 but overcome

00:28:11.139 --> 00:28:12.839
 evil with

00:28:12.839 --> 00:28:13.359
 good.

00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:16.339
 Does all of

00:28:16.339 --> 00:28:16.700
 that sound

00:28:16.700 --> 00:28:17.160
 ridiculous?

00:28:19.039 --> 00:28:19.559
 Overcome

00:28:19.559 --> 00:28:20.480
 evil with

00:28:20.480 --> 00:28:20.859
 good?

00:28:20.859 --> 00:28:25.879
 ultimately,

00:28:26.819 --> 00:28:27.839
 Jesus didn't

00:28:27.839 --> 00:28:29.099
 resist evil,

00:28:29.719 --> 00:28:30.379
 but he

00:28:30.379 --> 00:28:30.959
 suffered the

00:28:30.959 --> 00:28:31.399
 greatest

00:28:31.399 --> 00:28:32.179
 injustice

00:28:32.179 --> 00:28:32.779
 that has

00:28:32.779 --> 00:28:33.479
 ever been

00:28:33.479 --> 00:28:34.039
 known to

00:28:34.039 --> 00:28:34.399
 man,

00:28:35.139 --> 00:28:35.799
 and he

00:28:35.799 --> 00:28:36.079
 did it

00:28:36.079 --> 00:28:36.679
 for us.

00:28:38.579 --> 00:28:39.099
 Ultimately,

00:28:39.319 --> 00:28:39.819
 he willingly

00:28:39.819 --> 00:28:40.419
 gave the

00:28:40.419 --> 00:28:41.039
 other cheek

00:28:41.039 --> 00:28:41.819
 in order to

00:28:41.819 --> 00:28:42.179
 be the

00:28:42.179 --> 00:28:42.719
 sacrifice

00:28:42.719 --> 00:28:44.419
 for our

00:28:44.419 --> 00:28:45.079
 sins.

00:28:46.939 --> 00:28:47.740
 He didn't

00:28:47.740 --> 00:28:48.099
 just give

00:28:48.099 --> 00:28:48.699
 his tunic,

00:28:49.119 --> 00:28:49.479
 he gave

00:28:49.479 --> 00:28:49.859
 his outer

00:28:49.859 --> 00:28:50.179
 cloak,

00:28:50.279 --> 00:28:50.539
 he was

00:28:50.539 --> 00:28:50.940
 stripped

00:28:50.940 --> 00:28:52.319
 down of

00:28:52.319 --> 00:28:52.700
 all of

00:28:52.700 --> 00:28:53.180
 his clothing

00:28:53.180 --> 00:28:53.819
 in order

00:28:53.819 --> 00:28:54.700
 to bear

00:28:54.700 --> 00:28:56.099
 our shame.

00:28:57.659 --> 00:28:58.680
 Jesus not

00:28:58.680 --> 00:28:59.139
 only went

00:28:59.139 --> 00:28:59.799
 the extra

00:28:59.799 --> 00:29:00.139
 mile,

00:29:00.279 --> 00:29:00.639
 he went

00:29:00.639 --> 00:29:01.319
 the whole

00:29:01.319 --> 00:29:02.200
 way to

00:29:02.200 --> 00:29:02.920
 suffer the

00:29:02.920 --> 00:29:04.200
 wrath of

00:29:04.200 --> 00:29:05.379
 God on

00:29:05.379 --> 00:29:06.259
 our behalf.

00:29:06.480 --> 00:29:06.799
 He gave

00:29:06.799 --> 00:29:07.259
 his very

00:29:07.259 --> 00:29:07.799
 life,

00:29:08.599 --> 00:29:09.180
 the only

00:29:09.180 --> 00:29:09.639
 one who

00:29:09.639 --> 00:29:10.119
 deserved

00:29:10.119 --> 00:29:11.039
 honor and

00:29:11.039 --> 00:29:11.839
 glory and

00:29:11.839 --> 00:29:12.379
 praise.

00:29:12.859 --> 00:29:13.299
 Gave it

00:29:13.299 --> 00:29:14.399
 all up so

00:29:14.399 --> 00:29:15.019
 that we

00:29:15.019 --> 00:29:15.839
 could have

00:29:15.839 --> 00:29:16.420
 life with

00:29:16.420 --> 00:29:16.700
 him,

00:29:16.940 --> 00:29:17.639
 a relationship

00:29:17.639 --> 00:29:18.859
 with God.

00:29:18.859 --> 00:29:19.859
 God

00:29:19.859 --> 00:29:21.539
 because of

00:29:21.539 --> 00:29:21.919
 this,

00:29:22.639 --> 00:29:23.839
 we have

00:29:23.839 --> 00:29:24.240
 life.

00:29:25.679 --> 00:29:26.019
 He took

00:29:26.019 --> 00:29:26.379
 on our

00:29:26.379 --> 00:29:27.379
 sin and

00:29:27.379 --> 00:29:28.119
 gave us

00:29:28.119 --> 00:29:28.399
 his

00:29:28.399 --> 00:29:28.959
 righteousness

00:29:28.959 --> 00:29:29.500
 so that

00:29:29.500 --> 00:29:29.740
 through

00:29:29.740 --> 00:29:30.459
 repentance

00:29:30.459 --> 00:29:31.139
 and faith

00:29:31.139 --> 00:29:32.139
 we could

00:29:32.139 --> 00:29:32.819
 be redeemed.

00:29:34.319 --> 00:29:35.119
 Does all

00:29:35.119 --> 00:29:35.379
 of this

00:29:35.379 --> 00:29:35.599
 sound

00:29:35.599 --> 00:29:36.099
 ridiculous?

00:29:36.919 --> 00:29:37.699
 That's how

00:29:37.699 --> 00:29:39.000
 life has

00:29:39.000 --> 00:29:39.439
 been given

00:29:39.439 --> 00:29:40.219
 to us.

00:29:41.500 --> 00:29:42.019
 Follow

00:29:42.019 --> 00:29:42.599
 in the

00:29:42.599 --> 00:29:43.419
 way of

00:29:43.419 --> 00:29:43.579
 our

00:29:43.579 --> 00:29:43.939
 master.

00:29:44.079 --> 00:29:44.579
 How could

00:29:44.579 --> 00:29:44.939
 he do

00:29:44.939 --> 00:29:45.259
 this?

00:29:45.259 --> 00:29:47.420
 Peter

00:29:47.420 --> 00:29:47.920
 addresses

00:29:47.920 --> 00:29:48.460
 that in

00:29:48.460 --> 00:29:48.980
 1 Peter

00:29:48.980 --> 00:29:49.619
 chapter 2

00:29:49.619 --> 00:29:49.960
 so I'm

00:29:49.960 --> 00:29:50.299
 glad you

00:29:50.299 --> 00:29:50.660
 asked.

00:29:51.420 --> 00:29:51.720
 When he

00:29:51.720 --> 00:29:52.519
 was reviled

00:29:52.519 --> 00:29:53.259
 he did

00:29:53.259 --> 00:29:54.140
 not revile

00:29:54.140 --> 00:29:54.819
 in return.

00:29:55.420 --> 00:29:55.799
 When he

00:29:55.799 --> 00:29:56.240
 suffered

00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:57.039
 he did

00:29:57.039 --> 00:29:57.220
 not

00:29:57.220 --> 00:29:57.640
 threaten

00:29:57.640 --> 00:29:58.660
 but

00:29:58.660 --> 00:29:59.539
 continued

00:29:59.539 --> 00:30:00.359
 entrusting

00:30:00.359 --> 00:30:01.059
 himself

00:30:01.059 --> 00:30:02.140
 to him

00:30:02.140 --> 00:30:02.839
 who judges

00:30:02.839 --> 00:30:03.660
 justly.

00:30:04.519 --> 00:30:05.000
 He himself

00:30:05.000 --> 00:30:05.480
 bore our

00:30:05.480 --> 00:30:06.039
 sins in

00:30:06.039 --> 00:30:06.480
 his body

00:30:06.480 --> 00:30:06.759
 on the

00:30:06.759 --> 00:30:07.079
 tree

00:30:07.079 --> 00:30:07.839
 that we

00:30:07.839 --> 00:30:08.440
 might die

00:30:08.440 --> 00:30:09.160
 to sin

00:30:09.160 --> 00:30:10.319
 and live

00:30:10.319 --> 00:30:10.579
 to

00:30:10.579 --> 00:30:11.160
 righteousness.

00:30:11.940 --> 00:30:12.740
 By his

00:30:12.740 --> 00:30:13.279
 wounds

00:30:13.279 --> 00:30:14.059
 you have

00:30:14.059 --> 00:30:14.539
 been healed.

00:30:15.259 --> 00:30:16.240
 He kept

00:30:16.240 --> 00:30:16.740
 entrusting

00:30:16.740 --> 00:30:17.319
 himself

00:30:17.319 --> 00:30:18.259
 to the

00:30:18.259 --> 00:30:18.759
 one

00:30:18.759 --> 00:30:19.879
 who judges

00:30:19.879 --> 00:30:20.759
 justly.

00:30:21.779 --> 00:30:22.200
 Jesus

00:30:22.200 --> 00:30:22.579
 is not

00:30:22.579 --> 00:30:22.960
 just giving

00:30:22.960 --> 00:30:23.819
 us laws

00:30:23.819 --> 00:30:24.279
 to obey.

00:30:24.400 --> 00:30:24.680
 He's not

00:30:24.680 --> 00:30:25.740
 giving us

00:30:25.740 --> 00:30:26.460
 a new

00:30:26.460 --> 00:30:26.799
 law.

00:30:26.940 --> 00:30:27.160
 He's

00:30:27.160 --> 00:30:27.599
 calling

00:30:27.599 --> 00:30:28.079
 us

00:30:28.079 --> 00:30:29.480
 to life

00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:30.980
 as he

00:30:30.980 --> 00:30:31.400
 says in

00:30:31.400 --> 00:30:31.680
 John

00:30:31.680 --> 00:30:32.240
 chapter 10

00:30:32.240 --> 00:30:33.019
 abundant

00:30:33.019 --> 00:30:34.039
 life.

00:30:34.799 --> 00:30:34.960
 The

00:30:34.960 --> 00:30:35.379
 kingdom

00:30:35.379 --> 00:30:35.900
 life.

00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:36.379
 A life

00:30:36.379 --> 00:30:37.059
 of flourishing.

00:30:37.259 --> 00:30:37.640
 Life

00:30:37.640 --> 00:30:38.519
 as it

00:30:38.519 --> 00:30:38.920
 should

00:30:38.920 --> 00:30:39.440
 be

00:30:39.440 --> 00:30:40.379
 as

00:30:40.379 --> 00:30:40.700
 Corey

00:30:40.700 --> 00:30:40.879
 has

00:30:40.879 --> 00:30:41.240
 reminded

00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:41.599
 us.

00:30:42.220 --> 00:30:42.400
 Jesus

00:30:42.400 --> 00:30:42.779
 says I

00:30:42.779 --> 00:30:43.140
 came

00:30:43.140 --> 00:30:43.440
 that they

00:30:43.440 --> 00:30:43.759
 may have

00:30:43.759 --> 00:30:44.240
 life

00:30:44.240 --> 00:30:45.299
 and have

00:30:45.299 --> 00:30:45.539
 it

00:30:45.539 --> 00:30:46.279
 abundantly.

00:30:47.180 --> 00:30:47.599
 People

00:30:47.599 --> 00:30:48.519
 of the

00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:48.759
 kingdom

00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:49.259
 are people

00:30:49.259 --> 00:30:50.059
 who give

00:30:50.059 --> 00:30:50.839
 even in

00:30:50.839 --> 00:30:51.539
 the face

00:30:51.539 --> 00:30:52.579
 of personal

00:30:52.579 --> 00:30:53.120
 injustice

00:30:53.120 --> 00:30:53.880
 done to

00:30:53.880 --> 00:30:54.299
 us.

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 This

00:30:55.380 --> 00:30:56.000
 should be

00:30:56.000 --> 00:30:56.839
 our default

00:30:56.839 --> 00:30:57.460
 mode.

00:30:58.700 --> 00:30:59.460
 We're not

00:30:59.460 --> 00:31:00.200
 getting let

00:31:00.200 --> 00:31:00.500
 off the

00:31:00.500 --> 00:31:00.900
 hook by

00:31:00.900 --> 00:31:01.359
 saying well

00:31:01.359 --> 00:31:01.640
 if you

00:31:01.640 --> 00:31:02.000
 take this

00:31:02.000 --> 00:31:02.319
 literally

00:31:02.319 --> 00:31:02.579
 you can

00:31:02.579 --> 00:31:02.839
 do some

00:31:02.839 --> 00:31:03.180
 unwise

00:31:03.180 --> 00:31:03.720
 things.

00:31:04.440 --> 00:31:05.160
 We're not

00:31:05.160 --> 00:31:05.539
 being let

00:31:05.539 --> 00:31:05.859
 off the

00:31:05.859 --> 00:31:06.200
 hook

00:31:06.200 --> 00:31:06.779
 in that

00:31:06.779 --> 00:31:07.099
 way.

00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:07.620
 Instead

00:31:07.620 --> 00:31:08.059
 we're

00:31:08.059 --> 00:31:08.859
 being called

00:31:08.859 --> 00:31:09.420
 to something

00:31:09.420 --> 00:31:09.880
 higher.

00:31:10.019 --> 00:31:10.559
 The default

00:31:10.559 --> 00:31:11.160
 mode is

00:31:11.160 --> 00:31:12.000
 to give.

00:31:12.000 --> 00:31:13.180
 to entrust

00:31:13.180 --> 00:31:13.839
 ourselves

00:31:13.839 --> 00:31:14.759
 to the

00:31:14.759 --> 00:31:15.259
 righteous

00:31:15.259 --> 00:31:16.180
 judge.

00:31:17.480 --> 00:31:17.839
 And you

00:31:17.839 --> 00:31:18.480
 never know

00:31:18.480 --> 00:31:19.519
 it could

00:31:19.519 --> 00:31:19.980
 lead to

00:31:19.980 --> 00:31:21.019
 someone else

00:31:21.019 --> 00:31:21.700
 having

00:31:21.700 --> 00:31:22.259
 life.

00:31:23.319 --> 00:31:23.839
 And that

00:31:23.839 --> 00:31:24.279
 would be

00:31:24.279 --> 00:31:24.859
 our hope

00:31:24.859 --> 00:31:25.160
 that we

00:31:25.160 --> 00:31:25.460
 would be

00:31:25.460 --> 00:31:26.420
 salt and

00:31:26.420 --> 00:31:27.160
 light and

00:31:27.160 --> 00:31:27.599
 that people

00:31:27.599 --> 00:31:28.099
 would see

00:31:28.099 --> 00:31:28.579
 our good

00:31:28.579 --> 00:31:29.319
 works and

00:31:29.319 --> 00:31:30.359
 glorify our

00:31:30.359 --> 00:31:31.380
 Father who

00:31:31.380 --> 00:31:31.700
 is in

00:31:31.700 --> 00:31:31.980
 heaven.

00:31:32.160 --> 00:31:32.640
 Like Jesus

00:31:32.640 --> 00:31:33.180
 said in

00:31:33.180 --> 00:31:34.220
 chapter 5

00:31:34.220 --> 00:31:34.900
 verse 16.

00:31:35.980 --> 00:31:37.619
 So let's

00:31:37.619 --> 00:31:38.500
 follow our

00:31:38.500 --> 00:31:40.220
 Lord into

00:31:40.220 --> 00:31:41.059
 this

00:31:41.059 --> 00:31:41.759
 abundant

00:31:41.759 --> 00:31:42.539
 life.

00:31:43.660 --> 00:31:44.299
 Let's

00:31:44.299 --> 00:31:44.519
 pray.

00:31:50.160 --> 00:31:50.839
 Our

00:31:50.839 --> 00:31:51.319
 Father when

00:31:51.319 --> 00:31:52.160
 we read

00:31:52.160 --> 00:31:52.960
 your

00:31:52.960 --> 00:31:53.400
 scriptures

00:31:53.400 --> 00:31:55.259
 when we

00:31:55.259 --> 00:31:55.779
 read this

00:31:55.779 --> 00:31:56.440
 passage

00:31:56.440 --> 00:31:58.579
 it can

00:31:58.579 --> 00:31:59.740
 lead to

00:31:59.740 --> 00:32:00.420
 a sense

00:32:00.420 --> 00:32:01.279
 of how

00:32:01.279 --> 00:32:01.700
 in the

00:32:01.700 --> 00:32:02.259
 world could

00:32:02.259 --> 00:32:03.019
 we ever

00:32:03.019 --> 00:32:03.700
 obey

00:32:03.700 --> 00:32:04.480
 Jesus'

00:32:04.740 --> 00:32:05.200
 commands?

00:32:05.339 --> 00:32:05.640
 How could

00:32:05.640 --> 00:32:06.140
 we ever

00:32:06.140 --> 00:32:06.600
 lift the

00:32:06.600 --> 00:32:07.180
 life he's

00:32:07.180 --> 00:32:07.839
 called us

00:32:07.839 --> 00:32:08.180
 to?

00:32:08.180 --> 00:32:11.060
 And that

00:32:11.060 --> 00:32:11.740
 poverty of

00:32:11.740 --> 00:32:12.220
 spirit is

00:32:12.220 --> 00:32:12.539
 where we're

00:32:12.539 --> 00:32:13.000
 supposed to

00:32:13.000 --> 00:32:13.120
 be.

00:32:13.180 --> 00:32:13.519
 We say

00:32:13.519 --> 00:32:14.080
 we can't

00:32:14.080 --> 00:32:14.740
 live this.

00:32:15.620 --> 00:32:16.460
 We have

00:32:16.460 --> 00:32:17.019
 to rely

00:32:17.019 --> 00:32:17.700
 on you.

00:32:18.100 --> 00:32:18.500
 We are

00:32:18.500 --> 00:32:19.140
 completely

00:32:19.140 --> 00:32:19.799
 dependent.

00:32:20.539 --> 00:32:20.880
 We are

00:32:20.880 --> 00:32:21.500
 completely

00:32:21.500 --> 00:32:22.060
 helpless

00:32:22.060 --> 00:32:23.140
 and hopeless

00:32:23.140 --> 00:32:23.920
 without

00:32:23.920 --> 00:32:24.799
 Jesus.

00:32:25.720 --> 00:32:26.039
 And Lord

00:32:26.039 --> 00:32:26.880
 Jesus you

00:32:26.880 --> 00:32:27.519
 live the

00:32:27.519 --> 00:32:27.940
 life that

00:32:27.940 --> 00:32:28.820
 we couldn't

00:32:28.820 --> 00:32:29.380
 live.

00:32:31.060 --> 00:32:31.920
 So that

00:32:31.920 --> 00:32:32.200
 you could

00:32:32.200 --> 00:32:33.039
 exchange your

00:32:33.039 --> 00:32:33.519
 righteousness

00:32:33.519 --> 00:32:34.960
 for our

00:32:34.960 --> 00:32:36.080
 sin so

00:32:36.080 --> 00:32:36.640
 that we

00:32:36.640 --> 00:32:37.380
 could become

00:32:37.380 --> 00:32:38.300
 the righteousness

00:32:38.300 --> 00:32:39.020
 of God

00:32:39.020 --> 00:32:40.080
 in you.

00:32:41.080 --> 00:32:41.960
 So thank

00:32:41.960 --> 00:32:42.320
 you Lord

00:32:42.320 --> 00:32:42.620
 Jesus.

00:32:43.620 --> 00:32:44.300
 Thank you

00:32:44.300 --> 00:32:45.180
 for your

00:32:45.180 --> 00:32:46.040
 sacrifice for

00:32:46.040 --> 00:32:46.600
 the way that

00:32:46.600 --> 00:32:47.320
 you didn't

00:32:47.320 --> 00:32:48.360
 resist evil

00:32:48.360 --> 00:32:48.760
 that you

00:32:48.760 --> 00:32:49.220
 turned the

00:32:49.220 --> 00:32:49.680
 other cheek

00:32:49.680 --> 00:32:50.000
 that you

00:32:50.000 --> 00:32:50.360
 went the

00:32:50.360 --> 00:32:50.920
 extra mile

00:32:50.920 --> 00:32:51.220
 that you

00:32:51.220 --> 00:32:52.380
 gave everything

00:32:52.380 --> 00:32:53.660
 in order

00:32:53.660 --> 00:32:54.020
 that we

00:32:54.020 --> 00:32:54.520
 might have

00:32:54.520 --> 00:32:54.840
 life.

00:32:54.940 --> 00:32:55.580
 Now empower

00:32:55.580 --> 00:32:56.100
 us we

00:32:56.100 --> 00:32:58.100
 pray to

00:32:58.100 --> 00:32:58.600
 live that

00:32:58.600 --> 00:32:59.020
 life in

00:32:59.020 --> 00:32:59.500
 our community

00:32:59.500 --> 00:32:59.820
 in our

00:32:59.820 --> 00:33:00.780
 city before

00:33:00.780 --> 00:33:01.320
 our family

00:33:01.320 --> 00:33:01.580
 and our

00:33:01.580 --> 00:33:01.900
 neighbors

00:33:01.900 --> 00:33:02.100
 our

00:33:02.100 --> 00:33:02.640
 co-workers

00:33:02.640 --> 00:33:03.200
 our

00:33:03.200 --> 00:33:03.780
 friends.

00:33:04.900 --> 00:33:05.640
 Help us

00:33:05.640 --> 00:33:06.320
 to be salt

00:33:06.320 --> 00:33:06.740
 and light

00:33:06.740 --> 00:33:07.380
 not so

00:33:07.380 --> 00:33:07.759
 that people

00:33:07.759 --> 00:33:08.420
 say man

00:33:08.420 --> 00:33:08.859
 what a

00:33:08.859 --> 00:33:09.299
 good guy

00:33:09.299 --> 00:33:09.599
 what a

00:33:09.599 --> 00:33:10.839
 good awesome

00:33:10.839 --> 00:33:11.940
 person she

00:33:11.940 --> 00:33:13.680
 is but

00:33:13.680 --> 00:33:13.960
 they would

00:33:13.960 --> 00:33:15.279
 glorify you

00:33:15.279 --> 00:33:16.000
 our father

00:33:16.000 --> 00:33:16.660
 who is in

00:33:16.660 --> 00:33:18.140
 heaven and

00:33:18.140 --> 00:33:18.599
 we pray all

00:33:18.599 --> 00:33:19.700
 this in the

00:33:19.700 --> 00:33:20.140
 precious name

00:33:20.140 --> 00:33:20.579
 of Jesus.

00:33:21.460 --> 00:33:21.759
 Amen.