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 Please turn with me in your Bibles to Matthew chapter 7.

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 If you don't have a Bible, please raise your hand.

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 We'd love to give you a copy you can have.

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 Take one with you.

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 There's one here in the front.

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 Thank you.

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 Connor, you did a fantastic job with your announcements.

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 Matthew is the first book in the New Testament,

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 which is about the last fourth of the entire Bible.

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 The first book in the New Testament, before Mark.

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 We're in Matthew chapter 7, verses 7 to 12 this morning.

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 We need to pray for the reading and preaching of God's Word.

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 Father, there are many things we can learn and store up in our minds.

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 Lord, we need you to move those truths so that what we know and believe to be true transforms our lives.

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 So that our faith does not remain theoretical, but functions day to day.

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 And Lord, that's what we desire this morning.

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 That our faith in you as our Heavenly Father would become more real, more functional.

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 Every day of our lives.

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 And that the good news of Jesus Christ, His life, death, and resurrection,

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 which has given us, your people, the right to be called the children of God,

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 might be more real in our hearts this morning.

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 So please do that work by the power of the Holy Spirit.

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 In Jesus' name, we pray. Amen.

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 If you're able, please stand so we can honor God as we read from His Word.

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 Matthew chapter 7, verse 7 to 12.

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 All of you have left for us.

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 Ask, and it will be given to you.

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 Seek, and you will find.

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 Knock, and it will be opened to you.

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 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds.

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 And to the one who knocks, it will be opened.

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 Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?

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 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent?

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 If you, then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children,

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 how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him?

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 So, whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them.

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 For this is the law and the prophets.

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 This is God's holy and authoritative Word.

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 Please be seated.

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 Sometimes, nailing down what Christianity is all about can seem elusive to us.

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 After all, there are thousands of Christian denominations.

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 Who can say, truly, that this is what Christianity really is all about?

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 Certainly not me.

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 There's only one person who has the authority to tell us definitively what being a Christian is all about.

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 And that's Jesus.

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 The Christ.

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 The Messiah.

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 After whom all Christians are named.

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 And this morning, we're in Matthew 7, 7-12, which is nearing the close of Jesus' most famous sermon,

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 often called the Sermon on the Mount.

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 And in this passage, Jesus sums up His entire sermon.

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 And, in fact, He sums up more than His entire sermon.

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 We can say, it's not far-fetched to say, that the entirety of the Christian life is summed up in this passage.

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 What does it mean to be a Christian?

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 What does it look like to be a faithful Christian?

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 A mature Christian?

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 According to verses 7-11, it involves relating to God as our Heavenly Father.

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 And according to verse 12, it involves treating our neighbors the way we like to be treated.

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 Christian maturity, defined in this way, looks like this.

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 Becoming more childlike in our relation to God.

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 And becoming more Christ-like in our relation to man.

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 That's my main point for this morning, and I'm going to talk about it in two parts.

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 First, whatever you wish, ask God.

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 And second, whatever you wish, do to others.

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 First, this passage is the second-to-last teaching block of the Sermon on the Mount,

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 before Jesus concludes His entire sermon with the importance of obedience.

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 And leading up to this passage, for those of you who need a refresher,

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 and those of you who are just joining us for the first time,

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 Jesus taught us not to judge our fellow Christians with hypercritical, arrogant, and hypocritical judgment.

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 If we do that, then we are irrigating for ourselves the divine seed of judge and lawgiver,

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 by harping on the small sins of others, while we give a pass to our big sins in our own lives.

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 He also taught us not to be anxious about life, about the needs of our lives,

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 what we'll eat, what we'll drink, what we'll wear,

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 because our Heavenly Father feeds us and takes care of us and provides for us.

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 It is pointless to worry about tomorrow,

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 for worrying about tomorrow does nothing to help us for tomorrow.

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 It accomplishes nothing.

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 Instead, it just preoccupies us when there is already enough for us to be occupied with today.

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 So instead, we should concern ourselves with seeking God's kingdom and His righteousness.

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 Before that, Jesus taught us to not store up treasures here on earth.

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 Since earthly wealth is fleeting by nature and do not last beyond this life,

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 every form of earthly wealth has an expiration date.

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 Instead, Jesus taught us to store up our treasures in heaven,

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 seeking His purposes and His priorities,

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 because when we do that, those rewards that we pile up for ourselves in heaven will never perish.

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 Those who love and serve money can never love and serve God.

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 Jesus also taught us not to practice our righteousness before men,

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 to be seen by others and to be praised by them,

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 because if we do that, that kind of self-centered and self-exalting righteousness

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 is no righteousness at all.

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 Instead, we should pray in secret, fast in secret,

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 do our righteous deeds to be seen by God and not to be seen by others.

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 And as if those things weren't hard enough already,

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 Jesus also taught us not to retaliate against evildoers.

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 He told us to love not only our families and friends and neighbors,

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 but also to love our enemies.

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 Pray for those who harm us and persecute us.

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 Jesus taught us not to swear falsely or to take oaths.

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 Instead, He taught us to be so truthful that everything we say,

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 yes or no, can be taken at face value and is as good as an oath.

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 He taught us that adultery is evil,

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 but not only that, He taught us that lusting after someone,

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 just lusting after someone with our eyes and in our own hearts

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 is tantamount to adultery of the heart.

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 He taught us that murder is evil.

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 And not only that, murder in the heart,

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 when we harbor sinful anger towards someone,

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 and bitterness against someone,

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 and unforgiveness towards someone,

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 that that's tantamount murder of the heart.

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 When we look at God's law and all that Jesus taught us,

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 it corrects our delusion that we can keep God's law on our own,

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 in our own strength.

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 We have all of us fallen short of all of these commandments

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 that God gives us through Jesus.

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 It's relatively easy to look good on the outside.

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 It's relatively easy to act apart,

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 convince people around us that we're pretty good people,

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 or even maybe mature Christians.

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 It's harder to convince God who sees inside our hearts.

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 So Jesus in this sermon in the mouth chisels away

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 at all of our pretensions, our outward pretensions,

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 and He drills down to the very core of our heart.

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 He tells us, stop looking good on the outside,

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 and actually be good on the inside.

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 But how can we do that?

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 Who is sufficient for these things?

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 There's so much evil and selfishness in our hearts.

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 Jesus knows that if we actually pay attention to His words,

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 we will be driven to despair.

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 Last week was a pretty busy week,

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 and I got desperate.

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 So I asked my four-year-old daughter

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 to go to the grocery store to pick up something for me.

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 I was joking with her, of course.

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 It was fun to interact with her in that way.

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 She misunderstood my question at first,

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 because she was like,

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 there's no way that's what he's asking me.

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 And she's like, you mean this?

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 And I'm like, no, no, no, that's not what I mean.

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 This is what I mean.

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 And then when she realized what I was saying,

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 she like half laughed and half snorted.

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 I can't do that.

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 You do that.

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 That's exactly what she said.

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 That's the effect that discernment amount is meant to have on us.

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 As children of God who are weak,

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 who are poor,

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 we ought to cry out to God,

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 our Heavenly Father,

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 and say,

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 I can't do that.

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 You do that.

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 Our spiritual need is meant to drive us to our knees in prayer.

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 Our spiritual poverty is meant to drive us to prayer to God,

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 asking God for what we do not have.

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 And that's why the Sermon on the Mount,

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 Matthew chapters 5 to 7,

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 is deliberately structured to bring the focus and attention

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 on what is at the very center of the sermon,

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 the Lord's Prayer.

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 The prayer that our Lord taught us,

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 taught God's children to pray.

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 The prayer of God's children.

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 This is also why Jesus concludes His Sermon on the Mount

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 with this passage.

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 Right before He concludes at the end,

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 very end,

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 with the importance of obedience,

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 before He tells us and hammers us

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 with the importance of obedience,

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 He tells us here how we can obey.

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 How we can have the strength and the power to obey.

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 How we can receive the grace from Jesus Christ to obey.

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 How we can receive the power from His Spirit

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 to obey what He tells us to do.

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 So in verses 7 and 8,

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 Jesus encourages us to pray,

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 and with it He gives us some shocking promises

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 that seem way too good to be true.

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 Jesus says,

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 Ask, and it will be given to you.

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 Seek, and you will find it.

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 Knock, and it will be opened to you.

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 For everyone who asks, receives.

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 And the one who seeks, finds.

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 And to the one who knocks, it will be opened.

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 Jesus' promise is simple, but powerful.

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 If only we took Jesus at His word,

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 it would completely transform our prayer lives.

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 We give all kinds of excuses for why we don't pray, don't we?

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 As much as we should.

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 We're so busy.

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 We have so many responsibilities.

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 There's not enough time in life.

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 But don't we make time for things that we deem truly important?

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 And necessary.

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 We still make time to eat.

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 We still make time for sleep.

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 We still make time for work.

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 We still make time for vacation.

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 So then, the real reason, underneath all of our excuses,

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 for why we don't pray as much as we should,

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 is that we don't really think that prayer is all that important.

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 We don't really think that prayer really works.

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 How many times have we told people,

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 I'll keep you in my prayers.

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 I'll lift you up in prayer.

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 And I forgot all about it.

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 Why do we never get around to it?

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 Because we don't think prayer really makes a difference.

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 As Christians, we believe sometimes that prayer is important in theory,

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 but too often not in practice.

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 In 2 Kings 5, we're told the story of Naaman,

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 who's the commander of the Syrian army.

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 Even though he occupies such a high rank and position in society,

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 he suffers from a debilitating skin disease called leprosy,

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 where his skin begins to decay and fall out, fall apart.

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 Very shameful disease.

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 A stigmatized disease.

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 But one day he hears that there is a prophet in the land of Israel,

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 named Elijah, who does many miracles and wonders

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 and can actually heal him of his leprosy.

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 So he makes a long journey with his retinue,

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 with heaps of gold for payment for this important prophet.

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 And finally, when Naaman arrives at the door of Elijah,

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 Elijah doesn't even deign to come out to meet him.

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 He sends his messenger to Naaman,

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 to tell Naaman,

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 wash in the Jordan River seven times,

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 which is the river in Israel,

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 so that you can be cured.

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 And then Naaman turns around in a rage

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 and leaves huffing and puffing.

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 Who does this prophet think he is?

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 I'm a very important person.

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 I came a long way to see him.

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 And he wants me to wash in the Jordan River?

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 There are scores of rivers that are way better and cleaner

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 and more beautiful than this river in Syria.

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 Why do I have to wash in this stuff?

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 And as he's turning around in a rage,

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 his servants, who are much wiser and faith-filled than he is,

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 tell him,

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 But, but sir, did the prophet really tell you,

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 go wash and be cured?

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 If so, isn't that an amazing thing?

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 He said, if you wash there, you will be cured.

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 Why not do it?

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 So Naaman humbles himself.

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 He washes in the Jordan River seven times,

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 and he's cleansed of his leprosy

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 and becomes the convert.

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 What is the difference

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 between the posture of Naaman

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 and the posture of his servants?

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 The difference is faith.

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 Naaman believed the word.

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 Naaman did not believe the word of the prophet,

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 at least initially.

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 Naaman's servants believed the word of the prophet.

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 That is what happened, as he said.

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 If you hear the word of the prophet with faith,

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 then you realize what an amazing promise that is.

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 Do you hear the promise that Jesus is making here?

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 Ask, and you will receive.

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 Seek, and you will find.

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 Knock, and the door will be opened.

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 What an incredible promise that is.

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 If you see it with the eyes of faith,

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 you mean all I need to do is ask?

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 You really mean that all I need to do is seek?

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 It says in James chapter four, verse two,

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 you do not have because you do not ask.

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 Why are our Christian lives so impoverished?

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 Why do we not obey Jesus' teachings

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 in the Sermon on the Mount more perfectly?

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 Because we do not pray,

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 your kingdom comes,

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 your will be done,

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 on earth as it is in heaven.

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 God, make your rule and kingship

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 evident and apparent in my life and in my heart.

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 Why are we wrapped with anxiety

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 and know not how to receive

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 and to rest in the provision of God

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 for his children?

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 Because we do not pray,

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 give us this day our daily bread.

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 Why are we harassed by

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 and fall to temptation so often?

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 Because we do not pray,

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 lead us not into temptation,

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 but deliver us from evil.

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 19th century Christian pastor J.C. Ryle,

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 an ancient pastor once said,

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 what is the reason that some believers

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 are so much brighter and holier than others?

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 I believe the difference in 19 cases out of 20

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 arises from different habits about prayer,

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 private prayer.

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 I believe that those who are not eminently holy

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 pray little,

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 and those who are eminently holy pray much.

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 It seems too easy, doesn't it?

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 It seems too good to be true.

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 I think even now,

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 the enemy is sowing seeds of doubt

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 and skepticism in your mind.

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 But what if?

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 It really is as simple as that.

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 You do not have

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 because you do not ask.

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 Then we're left without excuse.

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 God Almighty has offered His hand to help us,

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 and all we need to is avail ourselves of that.

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 But does this mean that anyone

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 can ask God for anything,

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 and He will give it to them?

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 Like a free vending machine?

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 Is God like a cosmic genie

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 that gives us unlimited wishes,

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 not just three?

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 Let's look at the passage a little bit more closely.

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 It says in verse 8,

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 that everyone who asks receives.

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 But who is?

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 Everyone.

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 We get an answer in verse 11.

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 If you then, who are evil,

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 know how to give good gifts to your children,

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 how much more will your Father,

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 who is in heaven,

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 give good things to those who ask Him?

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 Everyone means every one of God's children.

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 Since only children can call upon God as Father.

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 Who then are the children of God?

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 All people,

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 Christians and non-Christians,

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 can in one sense be called offspring of God.

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 In the general sense that we are His creatures,

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 we are created by Him.

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 Acts 17, 28, 29,

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 Paul addresses non-Christians in such a way.

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 He says,

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 We are indeed His offspring.

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 But the Greek word that is translated there

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 as offspring is genos,

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 where we get the word generation.

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 It's kind of a generic word.

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 It's an impersonal word that refers to a generation,

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 or a kind.

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 It's saying that all humankind

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 are created in the image of God.

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 We share in some part His resemblance,

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 His likeness.

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 It's not a word that means children

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 that's used here in our passage.

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 That word,

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 that's used here in Matthew 7,

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 is never used to refer to unbelievers,

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 or to non-Christians.

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 So here in our passage,

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 Jesus is referring to the spiritual children of God.

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 Those who belong to God.

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 They're the ones that 17 times,

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 throughout a certain amount,

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 that is addressed to,

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 that can address God as our Father.

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 Now,

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 Jesus is addressing believers,

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 Christians,

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 those who have been adopted by God,

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 and therefore can call upon Him,

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 Allah, Father.

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 But what exactly does it mean to be children of God?

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 In Luke 18, 15 and 17,

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 Jesus welcomes the children,

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 even infants,

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 into His midst,

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 so that He might bless them.

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 He says,

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 Let the children come to Me,

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 and do not hinder them,

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 for to such belongs the kingdom of God.

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 Truly I say to you,

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 whoever does not receive the kingdom of God,

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 like a child,

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 shall not enter it.

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 But what does it mean,

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 to receive the kingdom of God,

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 like a child?

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 Jesus doesn't explain any further,

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 because,

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 in the immediately preceding passage,

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 in Luke 18, 9 to 14,

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 He had told us exactly what it means,

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 to receive the kingdom like a child.

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 And that's the parable of the Pharisee,

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 and the tax collector.

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 In that parable,

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 as many of you know,

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 the Pharisee,

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 the self-righteous Pharisee,

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 and this poor,

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 humble tax collector,

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 they both go to God to pray,

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 in the temple.

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 The self-righteous Pharisee,

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 just barges in,

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 to the middle,

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 and goes right into the center.

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 And then he's looking up to God,

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 boldly in heaven,

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 knowing that God is happy with him,

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 and smiling upon him.

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 And he says to God,

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 thank you,

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 for making me,

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 not like that tax collector.

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 I give 10% of all my income,

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 to you.

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 I fast,

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 not once,

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 twice a week.

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 But in stark contrast,

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 the tax collector stands far off,

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 because he does not feel worthy,

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 to approach God.

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 He does not look up to heaven,

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 he's looking down,

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 because,

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 how can he,

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 a sinner such as he,

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 dare to look upon God?

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 And as he looks down,

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 he beats his chest.

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 God,

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 be merciful to me,

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 a sinner.

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 And Jesus,

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 in his kindness,

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 teaches that it's not,

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 the Pharisee,

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 the self-righteous Pharisee,

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 but the tax collector,

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 that goes home,

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 justified by God.

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 It's the tax collector,

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 that's humble and poor,

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 before God,

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 that God declares,

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 righteous,

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 and fit,

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 to enter into kingdom,

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 and enter into his presence.

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 It means,

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 that the kingdom of God,

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 belongs to,

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 people like children.

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 It means,

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 that the kingdom of God,

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 belongs to those,

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 who humbly acknowledge,

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 their spiritual poverty,

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 their neediness,

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 and their dependence,

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 upon God.

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 And so that means,

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 if you think,

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 right now,

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 here this morning,

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 that you're a pretty good person,

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 oh,

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 I'm a pretty good person.

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 I think I deserve,

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 to get into heaven.

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 I think,

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 I've done better,

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 than most people.

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 I think God,

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 should let me in.

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 You're exactly,

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 the kind of person,

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 that's not fit,

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 to enter the kingdom of heaven.

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 But if you're here,

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 this morning,

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 thinking,

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 I am a sinner,

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 in need of a savior,

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 I am not worthy,

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 to be in the presence of God,

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 I have sinned against him,

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 rebelled against him,

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 who can save me?

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 And you're turning,

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 from your sin,

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 and God says,

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 you are the one,

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 who can enter,

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 into the kingdom of God.

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 That's what it means,

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 to be children of God,

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 those who have been humbled,

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 before God,

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 dependent on him.

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 How is it,

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 that sinners are justified,

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 before God?

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 John 1, 12, 13 tells us,

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 but to all,

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 who did receive Jesus Christ,

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 who believed in his name,

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 he gave the right,

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 to become children of God,

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 who were born,

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 not of blood,

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 nor of the will,

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 or the flesh,

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 nor of the will of man,

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 but of God.

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 Only those,

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 who believe in Jesus Christ,

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 for salvation,

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 are given the right,

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 to become children of God.

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 Ed briefly mentioned this,

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 when he was leading us,

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 through the worship,

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 we haven't coordinated that,

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 I think that's the spirit,

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 prompting us.

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 This is vividly illustrated,

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 in the example,

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 of Barnabas,

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 not Barnabas,

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 sorry,

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 Barabbas,

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 at Jesus' crucifixion.

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 In Matthew 27,

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 the Pilate,

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 the Roman governor,

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 at the time,

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 gives the Jewish crowd,

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 a choice.

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 At every Passover,

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 the highest Jewish holiday,

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 the Pilate released,

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 one Jewish criminal,

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 to extend amnesty,

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 and to let them go free,

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 without any punishment.

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 And he offers to the crowd,

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 two options.

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 One,

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 Jesus,

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 who was framed,

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 and charged falsely,

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 by the envious Jewish leaders,

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 the Son of God,

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 the Messiah,

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 the Savior of the world,

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 and on the other,

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 Barabbas,

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 a dangerous insurrectionist,

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 and murderer,

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 who is on death row.

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 But the Jews,

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 who are stirred up,

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 by their envious leaders,

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 choose Barabbas.

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 They choose Barabbas,

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 to go free,

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 so that Jesus can be crucified.

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 And Barabbas,

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 his name in Aramaic,

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 means,

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 Son of the Father.

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 Jesus,

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 the Son of God,

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 literally takes the place,

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 of this Son of the Father,

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 so that he is saved.

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 Jesus serves,

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 as the substitute.

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 The innocent Son,

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 takes the place,

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 of the guilty Son,

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 so that he might be justified,

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 free,

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 and saved.

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 That's the picture,

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 of what God is accomplishing,

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 for his people,

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 at large.

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 Since God,

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 refers to his people,

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 repeatedly throughout the Bible,

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 as his Son,

00:27:36.559 --> 00:27:37.599
 collectively.

00:27:38.799 --> 00:27:39.620
 We see this,

00:27:39.720 --> 00:27:40.360
 in Exodus 4,

00:27:40.420 --> 00:27:41.279
 22-23.

00:27:41.480 --> 00:27:42.799
 God threatens Pharaoh,

00:27:43.259 --> 00:27:43.940
 who is the king,

00:27:43.980 --> 00:27:44.620
 of the Egyptians,

00:27:44.740 --> 00:27:45.519
 who are enslaving,

00:27:45.579 --> 00:27:46.380
 his people Israel.

00:27:46.900 --> 00:27:47.940
 And he threatens him,

00:27:48.240 --> 00:27:48.940
 with these words.

00:27:49.019 --> 00:27:49.259
 He says,

00:27:49.400 --> 00:27:49.900
 Israel,

00:27:50.019 --> 00:27:50.579
 my people,

00:27:50.900 --> 00:27:52.740
 Israel is my firstborn son.

00:27:53.539 --> 00:27:55.120
 Let my son go,

00:27:55.220 --> 00:27:56.539
 that they may serve me.

00:27:56.940 --> 00:27:58.019
 If you refuse,

00:27:58.019 --> 00:27:58.880
 to let him go,

00:27:59.319 --> 00:27:59.620
 behold,

00:27:59.720 --> 00:28:01.120
 I will kill your firstborn son.

00:28:01.119 --> 00:28:03.319
 On the night,

00:28:03.439 --> 00:28:04.219
 of the Passover,

00:28:04.639 --> 00:28:05.279
 God sends,

00:28:05.399 --> 00:28:06.399
 a destroying angel,

00:28:06.959 --> 00:28:07.679
 who goes through,

00:28:07.779 --> 00:28:08.379
 all the homes,

00:28:08.559 --> 00:28:09.079
 and kills,

00:28:09.199 --> 00:28:10.699
 all the firstborn males,

00:28:10.819 --> 00:28:11.579
 of the Greek family,

00:28:11.719 --> 00:28:12.039
 in Egypt.

00:28:13.479 --> 00:28:14.000
 Except,

00:28:14.819 --> 00:28:15.539
 the households,

00:28:15.959 --> 00:28:16.559
 that have listened,

00:28:16.699 --> 00:28:17.519
 to God's instructions,

00:28:18.039 --> 00:28:19.159
 and have sacrificed,

00:28:19.279 --> 00:28:20.339
 the Passover lamb,

00:28:20.599 --> 00:28:21.379
 and daubed,

00:28:21.399 --> 00:28:22.079
 its blood,

00:28:22.179 --> 00:28:23.000
 on the door.

00:28:23.359 --> 00:28:23.899
 So that when,

00:28:23.979 --> 00:28:24.719
 the destroying angel,

00:28:24.799 --> 00:28:25.719
 goes through the town,

00:28:25.899 --> 00:28:26.919
 and sees on the door,

00:28:27.019 --> 00:28:27.559
 the blood,

00:28:27.639 --> 00:28:28.739
 of the Passover lamb,

00:28:28.740 --> 00:28:29.880
 the destroying angel,

00:28:30.000 --> 00:28:31.019
 passes over,

00:28:32.039 --> 00:28:33.980
 and spares,

00:28:34.099 --> 00:28:35.240
 that son.

00:28:39.640 --> 00:28:40.599
 Is it no wonder then,

00:28:40.640 --> 00:28:41.420
 that in the New Testament,

00:28:41.579 --> 00:28:42.220
 Jesus is called,

00:28:42.339 --> 00:28:43.440
 our Passover lamb.

00:28:45.160 --> 00:28:46.160
 That he is called,

00:28:46.259 --> 00:28:46.980
 the lamb of God,

00:28:47.019 --> 00:28:47.539
 who takes away,

00:28:47.579 --> 00:28:48.460
 the sin of the world.

00:28:50.160 --> 00:28:50.920
 Do you think,

00:28:50.980 --> 00:28:51.700
 it's a coincidence,

00:28:51.920 --> 00:28:53.420
 that this substitutionary,

00:28:53.420 --> 00:28:54.700
 exchange between Jesus,

00:28:54.859 --> 00:28:55.579
 and Moravus,

00:28:55.900 --> 00:28:56.759
 took place,

00:28:57.079 --> 00:28:57.839
 on Passover?

00:28:58.740 --> 00:29:00.920
 Do you think,

00:29:01.000 --> 00:29:01.579
 it's coincidence,

00:29:01.779 --> 00:29:03.140
 that Jesus died,

00:29:03.539 --> 00:29:04.160
 he was crucified,

00:29:04.339 --> 00:29:04.980
 on the cross,

00:29:05.339 --> 00:29:06.200
 on Passover?

00:29:08.120 --> 00:29:09.480
 In order to save,

00:29:09.559 --> 00:29:10.420
 God's son,

00:29:10.519 --> 00:29:11.359
 which is us,

00:29:11.420 --> 00:29:12.299
 the people of God,

00:29:12.599 --> 00:29:13.740
 God's only son,

00:29:13.839 --> 00:29:14.140
 Jesus,

00:29:14.299 --> 00:29:15.180
 had to take,

00:29:15.259 --> 00:29:16.000
 our place.

00:29:17.980 --> 00:29:18.900
 Do you want,

00:29:18.980 --> 00:29:19.680
 to become a child,

00:29:19.759 --> 00:29:20.140
 of God?

00:29:21.059 --> 00:29:22.380
 Then humble yourself,

00:29:22.460 --> 00:29:23.000
 before him,

00:29:23.079 --> 00:29:23.740
 acknowledge that,

00:29:23.779 --> 00:29:24.319
 you are a sinner,

00:29:24.440 --> 00:29:25.180
 in need of a savior,

00:29:25.480 --> 00:29:26.339
 and receive him,

00:29:26.460 --> 00:29:28.019
 and believe in his name,

00:29:28.019 --> 00:29:28.779
 that he died,

00:29:28.779 --> 00:29:29.519
 for your sins,

00:29:29.660 --> 00:29:31.099
 and was raised to life,

00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:32.059
 raised from the dead,

00:29:32.079 --> 00:29:32.879
 on the third day.

00:29:33.579 --> 00:29:34.099
 Then God,

00:29:34.160 --> 00:29:34.539
 the father,

00:29:34.660 --> 00:29:35.680
 will give you,

00:29:35.819 --> 00:29:36.500
 the right,

00:29:36.980 --> 00:29:38.379
 to become,

00:29:39.319 --> 00:29:40.139
 children of God.

00:29:43.660 --> 00:29:44.619
 And it's only,

00:29:44.740 --> 00:29:45.400
 the children,

00:29:45.960 --> 00:29:46.539
 who have,

00:29:46.619 --> 00:29:47.119
 the right,

00:29:47.200 --> 00:29:48.259
 to ask the father,

00:29:49.220 --> 00:29:50.279
 to pray,

00:29:50.940 --> 00:29:51.519
 expecting,

00:29:51.680 --> 00:29:52.160
 to receive.

00:29:52.160 --> 00:29:54.160
 Imagine,

00:29:55.040 --> 00:29:55.100
 if,

00:29:55.140 --> 00:29:56.340
 you go out,

00:29:56.420 --> 00:29:56.800
 on the street,

00:29:57.000 --> 00:29:58.140
 walking around the mall,

00:29:58.759 --> 00:29:59.660
 and a random kid,

00:29:59.759 --> 00:30:00.279
 comes up to you,

00:30:00.340 --> 00:30:01.120
 and pulls your sleeves,

00:30:01.540 --> 00:30:01.720
 says,

00:30:01.800 --> 00:30:01.960
 hey,

00:30:02.540 --> 00:30:03.759
 can you buy me,

00:30:03.759 --> 00:30:04.400
 those pair of shoes?

00:30:07.519 --> 00:30:08.420
 I think most,

00:30:08.759 --> 00:30:09.560
 normal people,

00:30:09.800 --> 00:30:10.019
 would not,

00:30:10.100 --> 00:30:10.500
 at that moment,

00:30:10.600 --> 00:30:10.779
 be like,

00:30:10.800 --> 00:30:11.040
 oh yeah,

00:30:11.100 --> 00:30:11.300
 sure.

00:30:11.720 --> 00:30:11.860
 Yeah.

00:30:12.820 --> 00:30:13.180
 No,

00:30:13.240 --> 00:30:14.060
 you would look around,

00:30:15.060 --> 00:30:15.519
 like,

00:30:16.240 --> 00:30:16.740
 hey kid,

00:30:16.820 --> 00:30:17.360
 where's your parent?

00:30:20.660 --> 00:30:21.019
 Right?

00:30:21.019 --> 00:30:23.099
 Because it's weird,

00:30:23.619 --> 00:30:24.440
 that this stranger,

00:30:24.599 --> 00:30:25.240
 this random kid,

00:30:25.299 --> 00:30:25.900
 is asking you,

00:30:25.980 --> 00:30:26.920
 to buy him something,

00:30:27.819 --> 00:30:28.619
 that his parents,

00:30:28.779 --> 00:30:29.519
 should be buying for him.

00:30:31.119 --> 00:30:32.099
 Do you have a parent?

00:30:33.139 --> 00:30:33.980
 And if he didn't have,

00:30:34.079 --> 00:30:34.500
 a parent now,

00:30:34.579 --> 00:30:34.940
 you'd be,

00:30:35.059 --> 00:30:35.740
 rightly concerned,

00:30:35.859 --> 00:30:36.480
 then you should probably,

00:30:36.559 --> 00:30:37.220
 call the police,

00:30:37.740 --> 00:30:38.220
 connect him,

00:30:38.960 --> 00:30:39.759
 so he can,

00:30:40.119 --> 00:30:40.980
 find his parents.

00:30:45.720 --> 00:30:47.240
 It's only the children,

00:30:47.639 --> 00:30:48.920
 who get to ask,

00:30:48.920 --> 00:30:49.639
 their father,

00:30:49.640 --> 00:30:51.120
 for things.

00:30:52.280 --> 00:30:52.920
 In this way,

00:30:53.020 --> 00:30:54.360
 the fatherhood of God,

00:30:54.440 --> 00:30:55.500
 is the linchpin,

00:30:55.560 --> 00:30:56.980
 of Jesus' exhortation,

00:30:57.100 --> 00:30:58.140
 for us to pray to him.

00:30:58.780 --> 00:30:59.420
 Pray to God.

00:31:00.880 --> 00:31:01.840
 So Jesus continues,

00:31:02.020 --> 00:31:03.320
 that analogy of fatherhood,

00:31:03.380 --> 00:31:04.340
 in verses 9 to 11,

00:31:04.420 --> 00:31:04.640
 he says,

00:31:04.720 --> 00:31:05.740
 or which one of you,

00:31:06.120 --> 00:31:08.120
 if his son asks him for bread,

00:31:08.400 --> 00:31:09.380
 will give him a stone?

00:31:09.620 --> 00:31:11.120
 Or if he asks for a fish,

00:31:11.180 --> 00:31:12.140
 will give him a serpent?

00:31:12.500 --> 00:31:13.560
 If you then,

00:31:13.620 --> 00:31:14.360
 who are evil,

00:31:14.500 --> 00:31:15.320
 know how to give,

00:31:15.320 --> 00:31:16.540
 good gifts to your children,

00:31:16.539 --> 00:31:17.440
 how much more,

00:31:17.500 --> 00:31:18.059
 will your father,

00:31:18.159 --> 00:31:18.599
 who is in heaven,

00:31:18.720 --> 00:31:19.639
 give good gifts,

00:31:19.960 --> 00:31:20.500
 good things,

00:31:20.559 --> 00:31:21.759
 to those who ask him?

00:31:23.339 --> 00:31:24.700
 Jesus is not denying,

00:31:24.899 --> 00:31:25.899
 that there are cruel,

00:31:26.619 --> 00:31:27.319
 neglectful,

00:31:27.819 --> 00:31:29.259
 abusive parents.

00:31:29.819 --> 00:31:30.359
 There are.

00:31:31.740 --> 00:31:32.519
 Jesus knows,

00:31:32.599 --> 00:31:33.920
 that better than anyone else.

00:31:34.519 --> 00:31:35.619
 He says in verse 11,

00:31:35.920 --> 00:31:36.859
 if you then,

00:31:36.980 --> 00:31:38.139
 who are evil,

00:31:38.700 --> 00:31:39.500
 know how to give,

00:31:39.579 --> 00:31:40.559
 good gifts to your children.

00:31:40.720 --> 00:31:41.639
 Jesus states,

00:31:41.879 --> 00:31:42.779
 plainly here,

00:31:42.779 --> 00:31:44.940
 that all earthly parents,

00:31:45.180 --> 00:31:46.259
 are evil.

00:31:47.259 --> 00:31:48.720
 That they are sinners.

00:31:50.299 --> 00:31:51.259
 Without exception,

00:31:51.379 --> 00:31:52.579
 every single parent in the world.

00:31:54.519 --> 00:31:55.539
 But even so,

00:31:56.059 --> 00:31:57.700
 most earthly parents,

00:31:57.839 --> 00:31:59.940
 will provide for their children's basic needs,

00:32:00.000 --> 00:32:00.319
 won't they?

00:32:01.680 --> 00:32:04.059
 A stone superficially resembles bread.

00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:08.079
 A snake superficially resembles,

00:32:08.079 --> 00:32:10.079
 the most common type of catfish,

00:32:10.200 --> 00:32:10.740
 that you would have found,

00:32:10.920 --> 00:32:12.259
 in the Lake of Galilee.

00:32:12.779 --> 00:32:13.639
 In Jesus' times.

00:32:15.359 --> 00:32:15.539
 So,

00:32:15.819 --> 00:32:17.420
 giving your child,

00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:18.960
 a stone instead of bread,

00:32:19.660 --> 00:32:21.019
 this snake,

00:32:21.339 --> 00:32:22.599
 instead of a fish,

00:32:23.319 --> 00:32:24.519
 is a very cynical,

00:32:24.879 --> 00:32:26.460
 and sadistic thing to do.

00:32:28.799 --> 00:32:30.039
 Oh, you want bread?

00:32:30.399 --> 00:32:30.819
 Here,

00:32:31.000 --> 00:32:31.440
 this stone.

00:32:32.339 --> 00:32:33.399
 It looks like bread.

00:32:35.519 --> 00:32:36.440
 But what,

00:32:36.440 --> 00:32:38.559
 what parent,

00:32:39.059 --> 00:32:39.559
 does that?

00:32:39.559 --> 00:32:43.259
 give a stone instead of bread,

00:32:43.359 --> 00:32:44.299
 a stone that will break,

00:32:44.299 --> 00:32:45.639
 your child's teeth,

00:32:46.059 --> 00:32:47.559
 a serpent that will bite,

00:32:47.899 --> 00:32:48.659
 your child.

00:32:50.980 --> 00:32:53.019
 We expect any parent,

00:32:53.519 --> 00:32:55.240
 with basic decency,

00:32:55.359 --> 00:32:57.139
 and even a minimal sense of responsibility,

00:32:57.359 --> 00:32:58.759
 to give the child bread,

00:32:58.879 --> 00:32:59.539
 and fish,

00:32:59.720 --> 00:33:00.899
 when they ask for bread,

00:33:01.019 --> 00:33:01.659
 and fish.

00:33:02.200 --> 00:33:03.099
 How much more,

00:33:03.220 --> 00:33:04.379
 than will our Father,

00:33:04.460 --> 00:33:05.139
 who is in heaven,

00:33:05.140 --> 00:33:06.540
 who is not evil,

00:33:06.620 --> 00:33:07.320
 like us,

00:33:07.600 --> 00:33:08.380
 but good,

00:33:09.060 --> 00:33:10.220
 good through and through.

00:33:11.740 --> 00:33:12.820
 Give good things,

00:33:12.860 --> 00:33:13.560
 to those who ask.

00:33:13.559 --> 00:33:20.379
 I'm using several analogies,

00:33:20.519 --> 00:33:21.480
 examples from parenting,

00:33:21.619 --> 00:33:21.859
 this morning,

00:33:21.960 --> 00:33:23.000
 because it's relevant,

00:33:23.099 --> 00:33:23.619
 to this passage,

00:33:23.720 --> 00:33:24.399
 because that's exactly,

00:33:24.519 --> 00:33:25.240
 what Jesus does.

00:33:26.579 --> 00:33:27.339
 God intends,

00:33:27.440 --> 00:33:28.799
 for our parental relationship,

00:33:28.919 --> 00:33:30.200
 earthly parental relationships,

00:33:30.359 --> 00:33:31.000
 to resemble,

00:33:31.359 --> 00:33:31.899
 to be modeled,

00:33:31.980 --> 00:33:32.740
 after our relationship,

00:33:32.859 --> 00:33:34.019
 with our Heavenly Father.

00:33:35.759 --> 00:33:36.539
 My children,

00:33:36.960 --> 00:33:37.980
 often ask me,

00:33:38.059 --> 00:33:39.220
 if they can eat something,

00:33:41.019 --> 00:33:41.799
 it's not because,

00:33:41.899 --> 00:33:42.339
 we don't give them,

00:33:42.419 --> 00:33:42.940
 stuff to eat.

00:33:43.559 --> 00:33:44.140
 It's because,

00:33:44.279 --> 00:33:45.420
 they usually want a snack,

00:33:45.539 --> 00:33:46.380
 some kind of junk food.

00:33:48.420 --> 00:33:49.519
 When they come to me,

00:33:49.620 --> 00:33:50.500
 slightly after dinner,

00:33:50.700 --> 00:33:51.019
 and they're like,

00:33:51.320 --> 00:33:51.720
 Dad,

00:33:51.840 --> 00:33:52.900
 can I have something?

00:33:53.900 --> 00:33:54.420
 It's like,

00:33:54.680 --> 00:33:55.200
 what do you mean?

00:33:56.200 --> 00:33:56.940
 I know exactly,

00:33:57.059 --> 00:33:57.500
 what they want.

00:33:58.420 --> 00:33:59.100
 Before they come,

00:33:59.180 --> 00:33:59.420
 it's like,

00:33:59.519 --> 00:34:00.080
 oh dad,

00:34:00.120 --> 00:34:00.680
 I'm hungry.

00:34:00.980 --> 00:34:01.160
 I mean,

00:34:01.200 --> 00:34:01.779
 my older kids,

00:34:01.840 --> 00:34:02.299
 they're not going through,

00:34:02.400 --> 00:34:02.580
 the same,

00:34:02.640 --> 00:34:03.400
 or my little one does.

00:34:03.580 --> 00:34:03.880
 But dad,

00:34:03.920 --> 00:34:04.400
 I'm hungry.

00:34:04.840 --> 00:34:05.220
 What do you mean?

00:34:05.240 --> 00:34:05.860
 You just ate.

00:34:06.620 --> 00:34:06.880
 It's like,

00:34:06.960 --> 00:34:07.940
 oh do you want some more rice?

00:34:08.400 --> 00:34:08.679
 He's like,

00:34:08.860 --> 00:34:09.059
 no,

00:34:09.139 --> 00:34:09.280
 no,

00:34:09.280 --> 00:34:10.019
 I'm hungry.

00:34:12.360 --> 00:34:12.720
 Sure,

00:34:12.719 --> 00:34:14.579
 I know exactly,

00:34:14.579 --> 00:34:15.559
 what you're hungry for.

00:34:16.439 --> 00:34:18.099
 So they ask me,

00:34:18.459 --> 00:34:20.259
 it's some kind of candy,

00:34:20.359 --> 00:34:21.159
 or some kind of junk food,

00:34:21.239 --> 00:34:21.519
 that they want,

00:34:21.559 --> 00:34:23.039
 it's because we ration it out,

00:34:23.539 --> 00:34:25.119
 so they get to have one candy.

00:34:25.379 --> 00:34:26.679
 So my youngest one,

00:34:26.759 --> 00:34:27.099
 always comes,

00:34:27.199 --> 00:34:28.439
 can I have my candy,

00:34:28.440 --> 00:34:29.039
 candy of the day?

00:34:33.039 --> 00:34:33.619
 It's her,

00:34:33.679 --> 00:34:35.099
 it's her Halloween stash,

00:34:35.260 --> 00:34:36.240
 from last October,

00:34:36.820 --> 00:34:38.840
 with a few additions here and there,

00:34:39.300 --> 00:34:39.960
 that we have,

00:34:40.119 --> 00:34:42.159
 that she has been diligently consuming,

00:34:42.500 --> 00:34:43.380
 one at a time,

00:34:43.440 --> 00:34:44.220
 every single day.

00:34:47.220 --> 00:34:49.460
 I think she finally ran out this past week.

00:34:49.460 --> 00:34:52.559
 We control their diet,

00:34:52.699 --> 00:34:53.159
 and junk food,

00:34:53.240 --> 00:34:53.460
 why?

00:34:53.539 --> 00:34:55.599
 Because we want our children to have a healthy diet.

00:34:56.420 --> 00:34:58.800
 Because we want them to grow up healthy and strong.

00:35:00.940 --> 00:35:01.920
 That's why they ask me,

00:35:01.980 --> 00:35:02.119
 dad,

00:35:02.159 --> 00:35:02.840
 can I have this?

00:35:02.940 --> 00:35:03.159
 Dad,

00:35:03.220 --> 00:35:03.980
 can I eat this?

00:35:04.740 --> 00:35:06.360
 Usually the request is about junk food,

00:35:06.440 --> 00:35:07.139
 but occasionally,

00:35:07.320 --> 00:35:09.480
 they'll ask me if they can eat something healthy.

00:35:11.320 --> 00:35:11.659
 Like,

00:35:11.740 --> 00:35:12.699
 they'll take a piece of fruit,

00:35:12.760 --> 00:35:13.039
 and be like,

00:35:13.079 --> 00:35:14.159
 can I have this fruit?

00:35:14.159 --> 00:35:16.759
 And my answer to them usually,

00:35:16.920 --> 00:35:17.500
 unless it's like,

00:35:17.699 --> 00:35:18.779
 right before dinner or something,

00:35:18.879 --> 00:35:20.539
 I want to eat dinner first,

00:35:20.619 --> 00:35:21.940
 my answer to them usually is,

00:35:22.259 --> 00:35:22.519
 yeah,

00:35:23.239 --> 00:35:24.799
 you could eat as many as you want.

00:35:30.619 --> 00:35:32.460
 Because that's the Father's heart.

00:35:36.779 --> 00:35:39.839
 If they ask me for something that is good for them,

00:35:40.920 --> 00:35:43.159
 as long as it's within my power,

00:35:43.159 --> 00:35:46.139
 and means to provide it for them,

00:35:46.279 --> 00:35:47.639
 I'm going to give it to them.

00:35:49.859 --> 00:35:52.739
 If I don't have enough money to get them what they need,

00:35:52.960 --> 00:35:54.839
 I'll sacrifice my own needs,

00:35:54.879 --> 00:35:56.739
 so that they can have what they need.

00:35:59.359 --> 00:36:01.279
 And if I'm like that,

00:36:02.259 --> 00:36:03.119
 and I'm evil,

00:36:04.539 --> 00:36:08.699
 how much more will our Heavenly Father do so much more for us?

00:36:13.159 --> 00:36:14.579
 Our Father who is in Heaven

00:36:14.579 --> 00:36:18.480
 gives good things to us when we ask Him.

00:36:20.019 --> 00:36:21.319
 Isn't that a wonderful promise?

00:36:21.980 --> 00:36:23.719
 That He gives good things

00:36:23.719 --> 00:36:25.119
 to those who ask Him.

00:36:25.559 --> 00:36:26.920
 Parents don't give their children

00:36:26.920 --> 00:36:28.219
 whatever they ask for, do they?

00:36:29.699 --> 00:36:31.839
 That's because children don't always know

00:36:31.839 --> 00:36:32.719
 what's good for them.

00:36:33.139 --> 00:36:34.679
 They ask for all kinds of things

00:36:34.679 --> 00:36:35.440
 that are bad for them,

00:36:35.899 --> 00:36:37.139
 and that's why they need parents.

00:36:37.239 --> 00:36:37.899
 They need guardians.

00:36:37.900 --> 00:36:40.139
 A parent who grants everything

00:36:40.139 --> 00:36:41.079
 that their kid wants

00:36:41.079 --> 00:36:42.160
 will spoil them rotten.

00:36:42.539 --> 00:36:44.079
 That's a very unloving thing to do.

00:36:45.820 --> 00:36:47.220
 Likewise, our Heavenly Father,

00:36:47.380 --> 00:36:49.139
 He hears and answers

00:36:49.139 --> 00:36:50.619
 all of the prayers of His children.

00:36:51.400 --> 00:36:52.639
 But like any good father,

00:36:52.840 --> 00:36:54.680
 sometimes His answer to our prayers

00:36:54.680 --> 00:36:55.440
 is no.

00:36:55.440 --> 00:37:01.860
 It says in James 4, verse 3,

00:37:01.940 --> 00:37:03.280
 you ask and do not receive

00:37:03.280 --> 00:37:04.980
 because you ask wrongly

00:37:04.980 --> 00:37:06.860
 to spend it on your passions.

00:37:08.300 --> 00:37:10.800
 God is not going to answer our prayers

00:37:10.800 --> 00:37:13.139
 for things that fuel our pride

00:37:13.139 --> 00:37:14.240
 and sinful passions

00:37:14.240 --> 00:37:16.119
 because God knows better.

00:37:16.940 --> 00:37:18.320
 Because He loves us.

00:37:19.539 --> 00:37:21.480
 You might have been praying faithfully every day

00:37:21.480 --> 00:37:24.240
 that you might win the jackpot.

00:37:25.440 --> 00:37:27.480
 But God's not going to answer that prayer

00:37:27.480 --> 00:37:29.619
 because He says in His Word

00:37:29.619 --> 00:37:31.400
 that the deceitfulness of riches

00:37:31.400 --> 00:37:33.639
 choke the Word of God in our hearts

00:37:33.639 --> 00:37:35.039
 so that it doesn't grow

00:37:35.039 --> 00:37:36.900
 and it leads to our eternal perdition.

00:37:43.099 --> 00:37:45.119
 He says in 1 John 3, 22,

00:37:45.240 --> 00:37:46.220
 whatever we ask,

00:37:46.320 --> 00:37:47.599
 we receive from Him.

00:37:48.460 --> 00:37:50.000
 In 1 John 5, 14 and 15,

00:37:50.079 --> 00:37:51.260
 and this is the confidence

00:37:51.260 --> 00:37:52.440
 that we have toward Him,

00:37:52.440 --> 00:37:54.300
 that if we ask anything

00:37:54.300 --> 00:37:56.960
 according to His will,

00:37:57.980 --> 00:37:59.140
 He hears us.

00:37:59.480 --> 00:38:01.140
 And if we know that He hears us

00:38:01.140 --> 00:38:02.160
 in whatever we ask,

00:38:02.340 --> 00:38:04.019
 we know that we have

00:38:04.019 --> 00:38:04.980
 the requests

00:38:04.980 --> 00:38:06.300
 that we have asked of Him.

00:38:07.580 --> 00:38:08.920
 So our loving Father

00:38:08.920 --> 00:38:10.060
 does not give us

00:38:10.060 --> 00:38:11.660
 everything we ask for.

00:38:11.960 --> 00:38:13.039
 He gives us

00:38:13.039 --> 00:38:15.080
 every good thing

00:38:15.080 --> 00:38:16.120
 we ask for.

00:38:16.119 --> 00:38:20.299
 How much more will your Father

00:38:20.299 --> 00:38:20.799
 who is in heaven

00:38:20.799 --> 00:38:21.759
 give good things

00:38:21.759 --> 00:38:22.639
 to those who ask Him?

00:38:22.900 --> 00:38:23.819
 So what is it then

00:38:23.819 --> 00:38:24.799
 that we should ask for?

00:38:25.119 --> 00:38:26.920
 What is it that we should seek?

00:38:28.059 --> 00:38:29.719
 Ask and it will be given to you.

00:38:29.839 --> 00:38:30.920
 Seek and you will find.

00:38:31.000 --> 00:38:32.079
 Jesus told us exactly

00:38:32.079 --> 00:38:32.819
 what we should seek

00:38:32.819 --> 00:38:34.880
 earlier in Matthew 6, 31 to 33.

00:38:35.339 --> 00:38:36.480
 Therefore do not be anxious,

00:38:36.639 --> 00:38:36.759
 saying,

00:38:36.839 --> 00:38:37.559
 what shall we eat?

00:38:37.799 --> 00:38:38.839
 Or what shall we drink?

00:38:38.960 --> 00:38:39.960
 Or what shall we wear?

00:38:40.159 --> 00:38:41.279
 For the Gentiles seek

00:38:41.279 --> 00:38:41.880
 after these things

00:38:41.880 --> 00:38:42.779
 and your Heavenly Father

00:38:42.779 --> 00:38:44.839
 knows that you need them all.

00:38:44.840 --> 00:38:46.500
 But seek first

00:38:46.500 --> 00:38:47.700
 the kingdom of God

00:38:47.700 --> 00:38:49.160
 and His righteousness

00:38:49.160 --> 00:38:50.880
 and all these things

00:38:50.880 --> 00:38:52.039
 will be added to you.

00:38:53.620 --> 00:38:54.760
 We are to seek

00:38:54.760 --> 00:38:56.320
 God's kingdom first.

00:38:56.660 --> 00:38:57.420
 We are to seek

00:38:57.420 --> 00:38:59.120
 His righteousness first.

00:38:59.360 --> 00:39:00.059
 We are to seek

00:39:00.059 --> 00:39:00.800
 the purposes

00:39:00.800 --> 00:39:01.960
 and the priorities

00:39:01.960 --> 00:39:03.120
 of God first

00:39:03.120 --> 00:39:03.820
 in our lives.

00:39:04.160 --> 00:39:05.240
 And when we do that

00:39:05.240 --> 00:39:06.280
 and our purposes

00:39:06.280 --> 00:39:07.620
 are aligned with His,

00:39:08.220 --> 00:39:08.780
 God says,

00:39:08.940 --> 00:39:10.780
 ask anything you wish.

00:39:11.780 --> 00:39:12.539
 I'll give it.

00:39:12.539 --> 00:39:13.840
 I'll give it.

00:39:14.840 --> 00:39:17.180
 This is the meaning

00:39:17.180 --> 00:39:18.160
 of Psalm 37,

00:39:18.260 --> 00:39:19.100
 verses 3 to 4.

00:39:19.460 --> 00:39:20.519
 Trust in the Lord

00:39:20.519 --> 00:39:21.539
 and do good.

00:39:22.039 --> 00:39:23.240
 Dwell in the land

00:39:23.240 --> 00:39:24.600
 and befriend faithfulness.

00:39:24.920 --> 00:39:25.760
 Delight yourself

00:39:25.760 --> 00:39:26.600
 in the Lord

00:39:26.600 --> 00:39:28.480
 and He will give you

00:39:28.480 --> 00:39:29.420
 the desires

00:39:29.420 --> 00:39:30.800
 of your heart.

00:39:32.559 --> 00:39:34.280
 Not whatever sinful desire

00:39:34.280 --> 00:39:34.800
 you have,

00:39:35.280 --> 00:39:36.960
 but when you delight yourself

00:39:36.960 --> 00:39:37.640
 in the Lord,

00:39:37.740 --> 00:39:38.920
 when you trust in Him

00:39:38.920 --> 00:39:40.340
 and befriend faithfulness,

00:39:40.340 --> 00:39:41.960
 when your desires

00:39:41.960 --> 00:39:43.800
 and what you seek

00:39:43.800 --> 00:39:44.160
 in life

00:39:44.160 --> 00:39:44.800
 is aligned

00:39:44.800 --> 00:39:46.720
 with His desires.

00:39:49.760 --> 00:39:51.180
 Because you delight in Him,

00:39:51.960 --> 00:39:52.600
 God says,

00:39:52.800 --> 00:39:53.960
 I will give you

00:39:53.960 --> 00:39:55.760
 all that your heart

00:39:55.760 --> 00:39:56.559
 desires.

00:39:59.680 --> 00:40:00.980
 It's an amazing promise.

00:40:01.140 --> 00:40:02.200
 Our earthly fathers

00:40:02.200 --> 00:40:02.940
 are finite.

00:40:04.320 --> 00:40:05.579
 They have limited knowledge.

00:40:05.579 --> 00:40:08.000
 Even the best of them

00:40:08.000 --> 00:40:08.880
 can only do

00:40:08.880 --> 00:40:10.279
 what seems best

00:40:10.279 --> 00:40:10.779
 to them.

00:40:11.980 --> 00:40:12.759
 And sometimes

00:40:12.759 --> 00:40:13.739
 they make mistakes.

00:40:15.440 --> 00:40:16.559
 And what they think

00:40:16.559 --> 00:40:16.960
 is best

00:40:16.960 --> 00:40:17.699
 is not actually

00:40:17.699 --> 00:40:18.360
 what is best.

00:40:19.219 --> 00:40:20.179
 But in contrast,

00:40:20.319 --> 00:40:21.199
 our Heavenly Father

00:40:21.199 --> 00:40:23.199
 knows what is best

00:40:23.199 --> 00:40:23.679
 for us.

00:40:24.799 --> 00:40:26.099
 He always gives us

00:40:26.099 --> 00:40:27.219
 what is good

00:40:27.219 --> 00:40:28.179
 that we may share

00:40:28.179 --> 00:40:28.719
 His holiness,

00:40:28.920 --> 00:40:29.900
 it says in Hebrews 12,

00:40:29.980 --> 00:40:30.400
 verse 10.

00:40:32.039 --> 00:40:33.139
 Our earthly fathers

00:40:33.139 --> 00:40:33.940
 can only see

00:40:33.940 --> 00:40:35.319
 a few consequences

00:40:35.319 --> 00:40:36.539
 or steps ahead.

00:40:37.000 --> 00:40:37.900
 But our Heavenly Father

00:40:37.900 --> 00:40:38.619
 sees all.

00:40:39.299 --> 00:40:40.279
 He knows all.

00:40:40.659 --> 00:40:41.359
 In the past,

00:40:41.460 --> 00:40:41.819
 the present,

00:40:41.920 --> 00:40:42.339
 and the future.

00:40:43.480 --> 00:40:44.319
 And this truth

00:40:44.319 --> 00:40:45.819
 is such an encouragement

00:40:45.819 --> 00:40:46.599
 toward prayer.

00:40:47.400 --> 00:40:48.319
 It's an invitation

00:40:48.319 --> 00:40:50.059
 to explore

00:40:50.059 --> 00:40:51.079
 the extent

00:40:51.079 --> 00:40:52.420
 of God's grace

00:40:52.420 --> 00:40:53.500
 and generosity.

00:40:54.239 --> 00:40:55.539
 Assured of the fact

00:40:55.539 --> 00:40:56.480
 that our good,

00:40:56.579 --> 00:40:57.639
 loving Heavenly Father

00:40:57.639 --> 00:40:58.960
 will only give

00:40:58.960 --> 00:41:00.119
 good things to us.

00:41:00.119 --> 00:41:03.460
 So I want to ask you,

00:41:03.579 --> 00:41:04.239
 have there been

00:41:04.239 --> 00:41:05.179
 some bitter pills

00:41:05.179 --> 00:41:05.699
 that you'll have

00:41:05.699 --> 00:41:06.579
 to swallow in life?

00:41:08.559 --> 00:41:09.900
 You can rest assured

00:41:09.900 --> 00:41:11.139
 that even those things

00:41:11.139 --> 00:41:12.739
 are for your good.

00:41:13.779 --> 00:41:15.219
 Because God's promises

00:41:15.219 --> 00:41:15.819
 in His Word

00:41:15.819 --> 00:41:16.420
 that for those

00:41:16.420 --> 00:41:17.139
 who love God,

00:41:17.259 --> 00:41:18.559
 all things work

00:41:18.559 --> 00:41:19.519
 together for good.

00:41:20.000 --> 00:41:20.759
 Romans 8, 28.

00:41:22.039 --> 00:41:23.199
 Are there things

00:41:23.199 --> 00:41:23.819
 in life that you're

00:41:23.819 --> 00:41:25.500
 hesitant to pray for

00:41:25.500 --> 00:41:27.400
 because you're not sure

00:41:27.400 --> 00:41:28.199
 whether it's a good

00:41:28.199 --> 00:41:29.139
 thing or not?

00:41:29.139 --> 00:41:31.460
 Just ask away.

00:41:32.679 --> 00:41:34.379
 Because our Heavenly Father

00:41:34.379 --> 00:41:35.420
 will only give you

00:41:35.420 --> 00:41:36.059
 what is good.

00:41:39.579 --> 00:41:41.759
 Our earthly fathers

00:41:41.759 --> 00:41:43.639
 have finite resources.

00:41:44.679 --> 00:41:46.039
 Even the wealthiest

00:41:46.039 --> 00:41:47.539
 of them have limits

00:41:47.539 --> 00:41:48.799
 of what they can

00:41:48.799 --> 00:41:49.559
 actually afford

00:41:49.559 --> 00:41:50.199
 for their children.

00:41:51.239 --> 00:41:52.299
 But our Heavenly Father

00:41:52.299 --> 00:41:53.400
 has no such limits.

00:41:55.319 --> 00:41:56.859
 And every loving parent

00:41:56.859 --> 00:41:58.480
 knows the pain

00:41:58.480 --> 00:42:02.460
 of wanting to give

00:42:02.460 --> 00:42:03.719
 what is the very best

00:42:03.719 --> 00:42:04.500
 for their child

00:42:04.500 --> 00:42:06.380
 and being unable to

00:42:06.380 --> 00:42:07.619
 because of their limitations.

00:42:12.900 --> 00:42:14.519
 Our Father in Heaven

00:42:14.519 --> 00:42:16.599
 has no limitations

00:42:16.599 --> 00:42:17.119
 like that.

00:42:18.179 --> 00:42:19.539
 Psalm 89, 11.

00:42:19.679 --> 00:42:19.840
 It says,

00:42:19.920 --> 00:42:21.139
 The heavens are yours.

00:42:21.820 --> 00:42:22.599
 The earth

00:42:22.599 --> 00:42:23.780
 also is yours.

00:42:24.159 --> 00:42:24.719
 The world

00:42:24.719 --> 00:42:26.059
 and all that is in it,

00:42:26.059 --> 00:42:27.619
 you have founded them.

00:42:27.699 --> 00:42:28.519
 Our Heavenly Father

00:42:28.519 --> 00:42:29.179
 has both

00:42:29.179 --> 00:42:30.119
 the wealth

00:42:30.119 --> 00:42:32.199
 and the will

00:42:32.199 --> 00:42:33.679
 to give

00:42:33.679 --> 00:42:35.059
 good things

00:42:35.059 --> 00:42:35.659
 to His children.

00:42:38.860 --> 00:42:39.860
 Beloved child

00:42:39.860 --> 00:42:40.420
 of God,

00:42:40.579 --> 00:42:41.259
 do you

00:42:41.259 --> 00:42:42.799
 relate to God

00:42:42.799 --> 00:42:43.500
 as your loving

00:42:43.500 --> 00:42:44.019
 Father?

00:42:45.460 --> 00:42:46.059
 Do you know

00:42:46.059 --> 00:42:46.980
 that He cares

00:42:46.980 --> 00:42:47.539
 for you?

00:42:48.019 --> 00:42:48.500
 Do you know

00:42:48.500 --> 00:42:49.219
 that He takes

00:42:49.219 --> 00:42:50.139
 an interest

00:42:50.139 --> 00:42:50.779
 in you?

00:42:50.960 --> 00:42:52.159
 That He's concerned

00:42:52.159 --> 00:42:53.059
 about you?

00:42:53.299 --> 00:42:53.739
 Do you know

00:42:53.739 --> 00:42:54.679
 that He provides

00:42:54.679 --> 00:42:55.159
 for you?

00:42:55.419 --> 00:42:56.000
 That He is

00:42:56.000 --> 00:42:57.219
 zealously protected

00:42:57.219 --> 00:42:57.819
 over you?

00:42:58.039 --> 00:42:58.399
 Do you know

00:42:58.399 --> 00:42:59.599
 that your Heavenly Father

00:42:59.599 --> 00:43:00.679
 has good plans

00:43:00.679 --> 00:43:02.059
 and good purposes

00:43:02.059 --> 00:43:02.599
 for you?

00:43:03.079 --> 00:43:03.679
 Do you know

00:43:03.679 --> 00:43:04.460
 that your Heavenly Father

00:43:04.460 --> 00:43:05.500
 has great hopes

00:43:05.500 --> 00:43:06.599
 and dreams

00:43:06.599 --> 00:43:07.139
 for you?

00:43:07.799 --> 00:43:08.460
 Do you know

00:43:08.460 --> 00:43:09.719
 that He is more eager

00:43:09.719 --> 00:43:10.799
 to bless you

00:43:10.799 --> 00:43:12.919
 than you are eager

00:43:12.919 --> 00:43:14.019
 to receive blessings

00:43:14.019 --> 00:43:14.460
 from Him?

00:43:18.139 --> 00:43:19.299
 It grieves

00:43:19.299 --> 00:43:20.799
 our Heavenly Father

00:43:20.799 --> 00:43:21.679
 so much

00:43:21.679 --> 00:43:24.039
 that many of us

00:43:24.039 --> 00:43:24.739
 entertain

00:43:24.739 --> 00:43:25.980
 these harsh

00:43:25.980 --> 00:43:26.799
 and critical

00:43:26.799 --> 00:43:27.440
 thoughts

00:43:27.440 --> 00:43:28.299
 of Him.

00:43:30.899 --> 00:43:31.879
 We imagine

00:43:31.879 --> 00:43:32.359
 that God

00:43:32.359 --> 00:43:33.319
 is this severe

00:43:33.319 --> 00:43:34.960
 and stingy

00:43:34.960 --> 00:43:36.319
 and stringent

00:43:36.319 --> 00:43:37.519
 Father

00:43:37.519 --> 00:43:39.719
 who is aloof

00:43:39.719 --> 00:43:41.019
 and distant

00:43:41.019 --> 00:43:41.519
 from us,

00:43:41.559 --> 00:43:42.099
 too busy

00:43:42.099 --> 00:43:42.599
 for us

00:43:42.599 --> 00:43:43.319
 and annoyed

00:43:43.319 --> 00:43:44.179
 of us.

00:43:45.440 --> 00:43:46.179
 This grieves

00:43:46.179 --> 00:43:46.980
 our Heavenly Father

00:43:46.980 --> 00:43:47.819
 because not only

00:43:47.819 --> 00:43:48.619
 is it false,

00:43:49.000 --> 00:43:49.719
 but because that

00:43:49.719 --> 00:43:50.839
 false view of God

00:43:50.840 --> 00:43:52.079
 alienates us

00:43:52.079 --> 00:43:52.640
 from Him.

00:43:53.100 --> 00:43:54.260
 It separates us

00:43:54.260 --> 00:43:55.240
 and distances us

00:43:55.240 --> 00:43:56.260
 from our Heavenly Father.

00:43:57.360 --> 00:43:58.579
 But it makes us

00:43:58.579 --> 00:43:59.760
 reluctant to approach

00:43:59.760 --> 00:44:00.400
 Him in prayer.

00:44:01.920 --> 00:44:02.660
 But we must know

00:44:02.660 --> 00:44:03.300
 God truly

00:44:03.300 --> 00:44:04.240
 in the way

00:44:04.240 --> 00:44:04.900
 that He has actually

00:44:04.900 --> 00:44:05.579
 revealed Himself

00:44:05.579 --> 00:44:06.260
 to us.

00:44:06.900 --> 00:44:07.600
 Our Heavenly Father

00:44:07.600 --> 00:44:09.100
 is extravagant

00:44:09.100 --> 00:44:09.940
 in His generosity

00:44:09.940 --> 00:44:10.559
 toward us.

00:44:10.980 --> 00:44:11.680
 He delights

00:44:11.680 --> 00:44:12.300
 in us.

00:44:13.240 --> 00:44:14.460
 Zephaniah 3.17

00:44:14.460 --> 00:44:14.860
 says that

00:44:14.860 --> 00:44:15.539
 our Father

00:44:15.539 --> 00:44:17.600
 rejoices over us

00:44:17.600 --> 00:44:18.579
 with gladness.

00:44:18.579 --> 00:44:20.480
 He criets us

00:44:20.480 --> 00:44:21.360
 with love.

00:44:22.239 --> 00:44:23.079
 He exalts

00:44:23.079 --> 00:44:23.819
 over us

00:44:23.819 --> 00:44:25.159
 with loud singing.

00:44:25.880 --> 00:44:26.440
 That's how

00:44:26.440 --> 00:44:27.119
 our Heavenly Father

00:44:27.119 --> 00:44:28.299
 loves His

00:44:28.299 --> 00:44:29.159
 precious children.

00:44:31.920 --> 00:44:33.119
 We must remember

00:44:33.119 --> 00:44:33.579
 this truth

00:44:33.579 --> 00:44:34.239
 about our Father.

00:44:34.739 --> 00:44:35.219
 John Oman

00:44:35.219 --> 00:44:35.960
 writes in his book

00:44:35.960 --> 00:44:36.819
 Communion with God

00:44:36.819 --> 00:44:38.299
 that if we did this,

00:44:38.340 --> 00:44:39.440
 if we remember this,

00:44:39.480 --> 00:44:39.880
 he says,

00:44:40.239 --> 00:44:41.019
 then we would not

00:44:41.019 --> 00:44:42.119
 be able to bear

00:44:42.119 --> 00:44:43.440
 one hour's absence

00:44:43.440 --> 00:44:44.079
 from Him.

00:44:44.719 --> 00:44:45.159
 Instead,

00:44:45.519 --> 00:44:46.579
 we find it difficult

00:44:46.579 --> 00:44:47.159
 to spend

00:44:47.159 --> 00:44:48.079
 even one hour

00:44:48.079 --> 00:44:48.699
 with Him.

00:44:50.219 --> 00:44:51.099
 Let then this

00:44:51.099 --> 00:44:52.059
 be the first thought

00:44:52.059 --> 00:44:52.579
 that we have

00:44:52.579 --> 00:44:53.239
 of the Father,

00:44:53.440 --> 00:44:54.199
 that He's full

00:44:54.199 --> 00:44:55.400
 of eternal love

00:44:55.400 --> 00:44:56.039
 to us.

00:45:01.880 --> 00:45:02.759
 I've been reading

00:45:02.759 --> 00:45:03.860
 some news articles

00:45:03.860 --> 00:45:04.460
 lately that with

00:45:04.460 --> 00:45:05.559
 the rise of AI

00:45:05.559 --> 00:45:07.539
 that these criminals

00:45:07.539 --> 00:45:08.759
 have gotten

00:45:08.759 --> 00:45:09.299
 an upgrade

00:45:09.299 --> 00:45:10.519
 and instead

00:45:10.519 --> 00:45:11.259
 of kidnapping

00:45:11.259 --> 00:45:11.860
 kids,

00:45:12.340 --> 00:45:13.000
 they will just

00:45:13.000 --> 00:45:14.840
 generate AI voices

00:45:14.840 --> 00:45:16.199
 of these kids

00:45:16.199 --> 00:45:17.320
 and then call

00:45:17.320 --> 00:45:17.900
 the parents

00:45:17.900 --> 00:45:18.559
 when the kids

00:45:18.559 --> 00:45:19.119
 are not unable

00:45:19.119 --> 00:45:20.039
 to pick up

00:45:20.039 --> 00:45:20.539
 their phone

00:45:20.539 --> 00:45:21.699
 and then mimic

00:45:21.699 --> 00:45:22.280
 their voices

00:45:22.280 --> 00:45:23.579
 and basically

00:45:23.579 --> 00:45:24.739
 use them as ransom

00:45:24.739 --> 00:45:26.099
 to extort money

00:45:26.099 --> 00:45:27.400
 from these parents.

00:45:28.800 --> 00:45:29.360
 And I'm reading

00:45:29.360 --> 00:45:29.920
 these articles

00:45:29.920 --> 00:45:30.539
 that have how

00:45:30.539 --> 00:45:31.300
 many parents

00:45:31.300 --> 00:45:32.340
 are being extorted

00:45:32.340 --> 00:45:33.480
 to giving away

00:45:33.480 --> 00:45:35.199
 thousands and tens

00:45:35.199 --> 00:45:35.880
 of thousands

00:45:35.880 --> 00:45:37.199
 of dollars

00:45:37.199 --> 00:45:38.800
 to these criminals.

00:45:39.739 --> 00:45:41.179
 And most of the time

00:45:41.179 --> 00:45:41.599
 these parents

00:45:41.599 --> 00:45:42.940
 are not dumb.

00:45:43.000 --> 00:45:44.900
 they suspect

00:45:44.900 --> 00:45:46.780
 that this is

00:45:46.780 --> 00:45:47.739
 a criminal enterprise

00:45:47.739 --> 00:45:48.659
 and that what

00:45:48.659 --> 00:45:49.059
 they're saying

00:45:49.059 --> 00:45:49.760
 is false.

00:45:50.320 --> 00:45:51.280
 But nevertheless,

00:45:52.320 --> 00:45:54.000
 they send

00:45:54.000 --> 00:45:54.440
 the money.

00:45:55.480 --> 00:45:56.019
 They wire

00:45:56.019 --> 00:45:56.460
 the money.

00:45:57.320 --> 00:45:57.699
 Why?

00:45:57.699 --> 00:45:57.780
 Why?

00:46:01.039 --> 00:46:02.000
 Because if there's

00:46:02.000 --> 00:46:02.679
 even just a

00:46:02.679 --> 00:46:03.840
 one percent chance

00:46:03.840 --> 00:46:06.000
 that what

00:46:06.000 --> 00:46:08.179
 those criminals

00:46:08.179 --> 00:46:08.559
 are saying

00:46:08.559 --> 00:46:09.000
 is true,

00:46:10.000 --> 00:46:10.880
 their child

00:46:10.880 --> 00:46:11.380
 is there

00:46:11.380 --> 00:46:12.800
 and it's just

00:46:12.800 --> 00:46:13.280
 money

00:46:13.280 --> 00:46:14.340
 that stands

00:46:14.340 --> 00:46:15.320
 between the life

00:46:15.320 --> 00:46:15.700
 and freedom

00:46:15.700 --> 00:46:16.440
 of their child,

00:46:18.039 --> 00:46:18.740
 the heart

00:46:18.740 --> 00:46:19.400
 of the parent

00:46:19.400 --> 00:46:20.099
 and the heart

00:46:20.099 --> 00:46:20.619
 of the father

00:46:20.619 --> 00:46:22.340
 is take my money.

00:46:23.940 --> 00:46:25.539
 Take my life savings.

00:46:25.539 --> 00:46:25.740
 Take my life savings.

00:46:25.739 --> 00:46:36.739
 Do you feel like

00:46:36.739 --> 00:46:37.659
 that prophecy

00:46:37.659 --> 00:46:38.439
 that Lauren shared

00:46:38.439 --> 00:46:39.539
 that you're worth

00:46:39.539 --> 00:46:39.939
 nothing,

00:46:40.059 --> 00:46:40.799
 you're trash,

00:46:41.639 --> 00:46:43.139
 disposable good

00:46:43.139 --> 00:46:43.779
 thrown out

00:46:43.779 --> 00:46:44.259
 on the river?

00:46:44.379 --> 00:46:44.539
 No,

00:46:44.659 --> 00:46:45.539
 you are the treasure.

00:46:47.919 --> 00:46:48.779
 God says

00:46:48.779 --> 00:46:49.839
 in Exodus 19,

00:46:50.039 --> 00:46:50.399
 5

00:46:50.399 --> 00:46:51.679
 that his people

00:46:51.679 --> 00:46:53.279
 are his treasured

00:46:53.279 --> 00:46:53.759
 possession.

00:46:53.760 --> 00:47:00.300
 I want to share

00:47:00.300 --> 00:47:00.920
 a quote from

00:47:00.920 --> 00:47:01.740
 Paul Miller's book

00:47:01.740 --> 00:47:02.560
 of Praying Life.

00:47:03.960 --> 00:47:04.940
 It's a little longer

00:47:04.940 --> 00:47:05.520
 but it's worth

00:47:05.520 --> 00:47:06.280
 quoting in full.

00:47:06.460 --> 00:47:07.280
 Just follow on with me

00:47:07.280 --> 00:47:07.920
 and I'll project

00:47:07.920 --> 00:47:08.600
 it to you on the screen.

00:47:09.760 --> 00:47:10.720
 Let's do a quick

00:47:10.720 --> 00:47:11.740
 analysis on how

00:47:11.740 --> 00:47:12.800
 little children ask.

00:47:13.560 --> 00:47:14.540
 What do they ask

00:47:14.540 --> 00:47:14.960
 for?

00:47:15.800 --> 00:47:16.260
 Everything

00:47:16.260 --> 00:47:17.340
 and anything.

00:47:18.200 --> 00:47:18.740
 If they hear

00:47:18.740 --> 00:47:19.320
 about Disneyland,

00:47:19.840 --> 00:47:20.420
 they want to go

00:47:20.420 --> 00:47:21.180
 there tomorrow.

00:47:21.179 --> 00:47:23.159
 How often

00:47:23.159 --> 00:47:23.839
 do little children

00:47:23.839 --> 00:47:24.359
 ask?

00:47:25.379 --> 00:47:25.899
 Repeatedly,

00:47:26.039 --> 00:47:27.259
 over and over again.

00:47:28.039 --> 00:47:29.139
 They wear us out.

00:47:29.819 --> 00:47:31.179
 Sometimes we give in

00:47:31.179 --> 00:47:32.599
 just to shut them up.

00:47:33.519 --> 00:47:34.519
 How do little children

00:47:34.519 --> 00:47:35.019
 ask?

00:47:35.460 --> 00:47:36.339
 Without guile.

00:47:36.960 --> 00:47:37.799
 They just say

00:47:37.799 --> 00:47:38.940
 what is on their minds.

00:47:39.539 --> 00:47:40.539
 They have no awareness

00:47:40.539 --> 00:47:41.519
 of what is appropriate

00:47:41.519 --> 00:47:42.000
 or inappropriate.

00:47:43.139 --> 00:47:44.339
 Jesus tells us

00:47:44.339 --> 00:47:44.980
 to watch

00:47:44.980 --> 00:47:46.099
 little children

00:47:46.099 --> 00:47:47.059
 if we want to learn

00:47:47.059 --> 00:47:47.679
 how to ask

00:47:47.679 --> 00:47:48.179
 in prayer.

00:47:48.179 --> 00:47:50.460
 The second thing

00:47:50.460 --> 00:47:51.079
 we must do

00:47:51.079 --> 00:47:51.739
 in learning to pray

00:47:51.739 --> 00:47:52.359
 is believe

00:47:52.359 --> 00:47:53.119
 like a child.

00:47:53.699 --> 00:47:54.299
 Children are

00:47:54.299 --> 00:47:55.599
 supremely confident

00:47:55.599 --> 00:47:56.779
 in their parents'

00:47:57.000 --> 00:47:57.779
 love and power.

00:47:59.319 --> 00:47:59.799
 Instinctively,

00:47:59.899 --> 00:48:00.519
 they trust.

00:48:00.940 --> 00:48:01.480
 They believe

00:48:01.480 --> 00:48:02.239
 their parents

00:48:02.239 --> 00:48:03.639
 want to do them good.

00:48:04.059 --> 00:48:04.659
 If you know

00:48:04.659 --> 00:48:05.619
 your parent loves

00:48:05.619 --> 00:48:06.339
 and protects you,

00:48:06.399 --> 00:48:07.579
 it fills your world

00:48:07.579 --> 00:48:08.460
 with possibility.

00:48:08.960 --> 00:48:09.440
 So you just

00:48:09.440 --> 00:48:10.259
 chatter away

00:48:10.259 --> 00:48:10.799
 with what is

00:48:10.799 --> 00:48:11.480
 on your heart.

00:48:11.960 --> 00:48:13.039
 But as we get older,

00:48:13.359 --> 00:48:14.279
 we get less naive

00:48:14.279 --> 00:48:15.179
 and more cynical.

00:48:16.099 --> 00:48:16.599
 Disappointment

00:48:16.599 --> 00:48:17.559
 and broken promises

00:48:17.559 --> 00:48:18.420
 are the norm

00:48:18.420 --> 00:48:19.779
 instead of hoping

00:48:19.779 --> 00:48:20.299
 and dreaming.

00:48:21.099 --> 00:48:22.320
 Our childlike faith

00:48:22.320 --> 00:48:23.299
 dies a thousand

00:48:23.299 --> 00:48:24.000
 little deaths.

00:48:24.900 --> 00:48:26.019
 Jesus encourages us

00:48:26.019 --> 00:48:26.579
 to believe

00:48:26.579 --> 00:48:27.460
 like little children

00:48:27.460 --> 00:48:28.500
 by telling stories

00:48:28.500 --> 00:48:29.299
 about adults

00:48:29.299 --> 00:48:30.519
 who acted like children.

00:48:31.139 --> 00:48:31.659
 The parable

00:48:31.659 --> 00:48:32.880
 of the persistent widows

00:48:32.880 --> 00:48:33.840
 who won't take

00:48:33.840 --> 00:48:34.719
 no foreign answer

00:48:34.719 --> 00:48:35.840
 from an unjust judge.

00:48:36.099 --> 00:48:36.679
 And the parable

00:48:36.679 --> 00:48:37.320
 about a man

00:48:37.320 --> 00:48:38.420
 who badgers his neighbor

00:48:38.420 --> 00:48:39.599
 to lend him three loads

00:48:39.599 --> 00:48:40.460
 for a friend

00:48:40.460 --> 00:48:41.500
 who has come at midnight.

00:48:42.539 --> 00:48:43.719
 On the rare occasion

00:48:43.719 --> 00:48:44.960
 when Jesus encounters

00:48:44.960 --> 00:48:45.480
 an adult

00:48:45.480 --> 00:48:46.199
 who believes

00:48:46.199 --> 00:48:46.980
 like a child,

00:48:46.980 --> 00:48:48.079
 he stands

00:48:48.079 --> 00:48:49.119
 on a soapbox

00:48:49.119 --> 00:48:50.519
 and practically yells,

00:48:51.059 --> 00:48:52.039
 pay attention

00:48:52.039 --> 00:48:53.380
 to this person.

00:48:53.780 --> 00:48:54.780
 Look how he

00:48:54.780 --> 00:48:55.440
 or she

00:48:55.440 --> 00:48:56.400
 believes.

00:49:00.900 --> 00:49:02.280
 So be more

00:49:02.280 --> 00:49:03.079
 childlike

00:49:03.079 --> 00:49:03.880
 in your relationship

00:49:03.880 --> 00:49:04.820
 to God our Father.

00:49:06.099 --> 00:49:07.420
 Whatever you wish,

00:49:07.760 --> 00:49:08.400
 ask Him.

00:49:10.099 --> 00:49:11.059
 It is this kind

00:49:11.059 --> 00:49:11.579
 of relationship

00:49:11.579 --> 00:49:12.800
 with and our confidence

00:49:12.800 --> 00:49:13.780
 in our Heavenly Father

00:49:13.780 --> 00:49:14.740
 that enables us

00:49:14.740 --> 00:49:15.480
 then to obey

00:49:15.480 --> 00:49:16.539
 verse 12.

00:49:17.159 --> 00:49:18.280
 So whatever you wish

00:49:18.280 --> 00:49:18.800
 that others

00:49:18.800 --> 00:49:19.619
 would do to you,

00:49:19.940 --> 00:49:21.019
 do also to them

00:49:21.019 --> 00:49:22.260
 for this is the law

00:49:22.260 --> 00:49:23.559
 and the prophets.

00:49:25.179 --> 00:49:26.400
 Whatever you wish,

00:49:26.579 --> 00:49:27.280
 do to others.

00:49:27.340 --> 00:49:27.860
 I'll be brief

00:49:27.860 --> 00:49:28.519
 in my treatment

00:49:28.519 --> 00:49:28.880
 of this

00:49:28.880 --> 00:49:29.539
 because we're going

00:49:29.539 --> 00:49:30.599
 to come to it again

00:49:30.599 --> 00:49:31.800
 in Matthew chapter 22.

00:49:32.280 --> 00:49:33.320
 This is what is commonly

00:49:33.320 --> 00:49:34.699
 called the golden rule.

00:49:35.400 --> 00:49:36.019
 This moniker

00:49:36.019 --> 00:49:37.119
 is attributed

00:49:37.119 --> 00:49:37.679
 traditionally

00:49:37.679 --> 00:49:38.559
 to Roman Emperor

00:49:38.559 --> 00:49:39.679
 Alexander Severus

00:49:39.679 --> 00:49:40.679
 from the 3rd century.

00:49:41.340 --> 00:49:42.199
 He was not himself

00:49:42.199 --> 00:49:42.679
 a Christian

00:49:42.679 --> 00:49:43.500
 but because he was

00:49:43.500 --> 00:49:44.199
 so impressed

00:49:44.199 --> 00:49:44.960
 by the depth

00:49:44.960 --> 00:49:46.879
 and the comprehensiveness

00:49:46.879 --> 00:49:47.960
 of Jesus'

00:49:48.199 --> 00:49:49.239
 ethical principle

00:49:49.239 --> 00:49:50.899
 that it is said

00:49:50.899 --> 00:49:52.339
 that he inscribed

00:49:52.339 --> 00:49:53.440
 this saying,

00:49:53.619 --> 00:49:54.500
 this verse,

00:49:54.619 --> 00:49:55.019
 this teaching,

00:49:55.639 --> 00:49:56.399
 in gold

00:49:56.399 --> 00:49:57.879
 in his bedroom chamber.

00:49:58.899 --> 00:49:59.579
 And henceforth,

00:49:59.679 --> 00:50:00.659
 people came to call it

00:50:00.659 --> 00:50:01.859
 the golden rule.

00:50:04.219 --> 00:50:05.139
 It's what Jesus

00:50:05.139 --> 00:50:05.839
 later says

00:50:05.839 --> 00:50:06.500
 in Matthew 22,

00:50:06.599 --> 00:50:07.239
 37, 40,

00:50:07.319 --> 00:50:08.659
 as to love your neighbor

00:50:08.659 --> 00:50:09.599
 as yourself.

00:50:10.920 --> 00:50:11.420
 Which is taken

00:50:11.420 --> 00:50:12.739
 from Leviticus 19, 18.

00:50:13.559 --> 00:50:14.500
 Paul calls this

00:50:14.500 --> 00:50:15.739
 in Romans 13,

00:50:16.379 --> 00:50:17.579
 love is the fulfillment

00:50:17.579 --> 00:50:18.239
 of the law.

00:50:18.739 --> 00:50:19.619
 Galatians 5, 14,

00:50:19.679 --> 00:50:20.440
 the whole law

00:50:20.440 --> 00:50:21.059
 is fulfilled

00:50:21.059 --> 00:50:22.079
 in this one saying,

00:50:22.179 --> 00:50:22.639
 you are to love

00:50:22.639 --> 00:50:23.039
 your neighbor

00:50:23.039 --> 00:50:23.699
 as yourself.

00:50:24.879 --> 00:50:26.000
 They're all echoing

00:50:26.000 --> 00:50:27.119
 what Jesus says

00:50:27.119 --> 00:50:28.480
 here in this verse.

00:50:29.799 --> 00:50:30.500
 This command

00:50:30.500 --> 00:50:31.440
 is so comprehensive

00:50:31.440 --> 00:50:32.420
 that if you obeyed it,

00:50:32.460 --> 00:50:33.199
 you would literally

00:50:33.199 --> 00:50:33.960
 be obeying

00:50:33.960 --> 00:50:34.639
 the fullness

00:50:34.639 --> 00:50:35.879
 of God's commands

00:50:35.879 --> 00:50:37.019
 in all of his scriptures.

00:50:37.019 --> 00:50:38.820
 That's why Jesus says,

00:50:38.940 --> 00:50:40.380
 this is the law

00:50:40.380 --> 00:50:41.199
 and the prophets.

00:50:42.559 --> 00:50:43.539
 How is this so?

00:50:43.960 --> 00:50:44.940
 Because this command

00:50:44.940 --> 00:50:46.539
 gets at the very root

00:50:46.539 --> 00:50:48.079
 of all the sin

00:50:48.079 --> 00:50:48.820
 and wickedness

00:50:48.820 --> 00:50:49.320
 and evil

00:50:49.320 --> 00:50:50.099
 in our world.

00:50:51.840 --> 00:50:52.659
 This is as it says

00:50:52.659 --> 00:50:53.440
 in James 4,

00:50:53.539 --> 00:50:54.079
 1 to 3,

00:50:54.139 --> 00:50:55.219
 what causes quarrels

00:50:55.219 --> 00:50:56.280
 and what causes fights

00:50:56.280 --> 00:50:56.800
 among you?

00:50:57.099 --> 00:50:57.920
 Is it not this,

00:50:57.960 --> 00:50:58.679
 that your passions

00:50:58.679 --> 00:50:59.759
 are at war within you?

00:51:00.199 --> 00:51:00.840
 You desire

00:51:00.840 --> 00:51:01.659
 and do not have,

00:51:01.719 --> 00:51:02.300
 so you murder.

00:51:02.420 --> 00:51:03.619
 You covet and cannot obtain,

00:51:03.679 --> 00:51:04.759
 so you fight and quarrel.

00:51:05.039 --> 00:51:05.860
 You do not have

00:51:05.860 --> 00:51:07.000
 because you do not ask.

00:51:07.019 --> 00:51:08.800
 You ask and do not receive

00:51:08.800 --> 00:51:10.039
 because you ask wrongly

00:51:10.039 --> 00:51:11.460
 to spend it on your passions.

00:51:12.280 --> 00:51:13.619
 It's because we covet

00:51:13.619 --> 00:51:14.960
 and we desire

00:51:14.960 --> 00:51:15.739
 what belongs

00:51:15.739 --> 00:51:16.599
 to someone else

00:51:16.599 --> 00:51:18.119
 because our desires

00:51:18.119 --> 00:51:18.920
 are at odds

00:51:18.920 --> 00:51:20.199
 with each other's desires

00:51:20.199 --> 00:51:21.420
 that we fight

00:51:21.420 --> 00:51:22.059
 and quarrel

00:51:22.059 --> 00:51:22.860
 and make war.

00:51:24.599 --> 00:51:25.759
 Why is there war

00:51:25.759 --> 00:51:26.300
 in Ukraine?

00:51:27.280 --> 00:51:28.380
 Why is there war

00:51:28.380 --> 00:51:28.860
 in Gaza?

00:51:29.820 --> 00:51:31.480
 Why is there discord

00:51:31.480 --> 00:51:32.719
 with you and your

00:51:32.719 --> 00:51:33.920
 family members,

00:51:34.219 --> 00:51:35.000
 your housemates,

00:51:35.139 --> 00:51:35.780
 your friends?

00:51:35.780 --> 00:51:38.800
 It's because of

00:51:38.800 --> 00:51:39.940
 our desires,

00:51:40.200 --> 00:51:41.080
 sinful desires

00:51:41.080 --> 00:51:41.900
 that are at odds

00:51:41.900 --> 00:51:43.560
 with each other.

00:51:45.200 --> 00:51:46.300
 Why do we murder?

00:51:46.660 --> 00:51:47.540
 Why do people murder?

00:51:47.640 --> 00:51:48.519
 Because to get

00:51:48.519 --> 00:51:49.300
 what they want.

00:51:50.440 --> 00:51:51.340
 Why do people

00:51:51.340 --> 00:51:52.160
 commit adultery?

00:51:52.240 --> 00:51:53.380
 Because they desire

00:51:53.380 --> 00:51:54.440
 someone else's wife

00:51:54.440 --> 00:51:56.460
 or someone else's husband.

00:51:57.000 --> 00:51:58.100
 Why do they steal?

00:51:58.180 --> 00:51:59.000
 Because they want,

00:51:59.100 --> 00:51:59.700
 they desire

00:51:59.700 --> 00:52:00.980
 someone else's things.

00:52:00.980 --> 00:52:03.019
 why do they lie

00:52:03.019 --> 00:52:03.780
 so that they can

00:52:03.780 --> 00:52:04.940
 protect themselves

00:52:04.940 --> 00:52:06.440
 and keep what they want?

00:52:09.820 --> 00:52:10.960
 It's at the root

00:52:10.960 --> 00:52:12.000
 of every sin.

00:52:12.699 --> 00:52:13.579
 Sinful desires.

00:52:14.219 --> 00:52:15.300
 And the golden rule

00:52:15.300 --> 00:52:16.000
 commends us

00:52:16.000 --> 00:52:16.880
 to stop thinking

00:52:16.880 --> 00:52:18.119
 about our self,

00:52:18.420 --> 00:52:19.719
 the self,

00:52:19.820 --> 00:52:20.619
 and to start thinking

00:52:20.619 --> 00:52:21.320
 about others.

00:52:21.480 --> 00:52:23.260
 It turns our selfishness

00:52:23.260 --> 00:52:24.039
 on its head

00:52:24.039 --> 00:52:25.380
 due to others

00:52:25.380 --> 00:52:26.280
 what you would have them

00:52:26.280 --> 00:52:26.960
 do to you

00:52:26.960 --> 00:52:27.840
 and in doing so

00:52:27.840 --> 00:52:28.360
 it solves

00:52:28.360 --> 00:52:29.400
 the very root

00:52:29.400 --> 00:52:30.440
 of our problem.

00:52:31.260 --> 00:52:32.019
 It's a sin

00:52:32.019 --> 00:52:33.660
 at its very heart.

00:52:35.039 --> 00:52:36.280
 We find variations

00:52:36.280 --> 00:52:37.380
 of the golden rule

00:52:37.380 --> 00:52:38.320
 throughout many cultures

00:52:38.320 --> 00:52:38.940
 and centuries.

00:52:39.860 --> 00:52:40.380
 For example,

00:52:40.559 --> 00:52:41.720
 Jewish Rabbi Hillel

00:52:41.720 --> 00:52:42.480
 of the first century

00:52:42.480 --> 00:52:43.619
 famously summarized

00:52:43.619 --> 00:52:44.780
 the Old Testament law

00:52:44.780 --> 00:52:45.220
 this way,

00:52:45.619 --> 00:52:46.760
 Do not do to your neighbor

00:52:46.760 --> 00:52:47.820
 what is hateful to you.

00:52:47.920 --> 00:52:49.059
 This is the whole Torah.

00:52:49.300 --> 00:52:50.260
 The rest is commentary.

00:52:51.780 --> 00:52:52.860
 The first century

00:52:52.860 --> 00:52:53.820
 Greek philosopher

00:52:53.820 --> 00:52:55.099
 Philo writes,

00:52:55.099 --> 00:52:55.860
 Whatever things

00:52:55.860 --> 00:52:57.019
 anyone hates to suffer,

00:52:57.180 --> 00:52:58.260
 let him not do.

00:52:58.260 --> 00:53:00.180
 So,

00:53:00.260 --> 00:53:00.320
 remember,

00:53:00.480 --> 00:53:01.320
 the Chinese philosopher

00:53:01.320 --> 00:53:02.060
 Confucius

00:53:02.060 --> 00:53:03.680
 writes in Analects,

00:53:03.980 --> 00:53:04.940
 What you do not want

00:53:04.940 --> 00:53:05.860
 done to yourself

00:53:05.860 --> 00:53:07.360
 do not do to others.

00:53:09.100 --> 00:53:10.520
 It's kind of ubiquitous.

00:53:10.700 --> 00:53:12.300
 You find this rule,

00:53:12.400 --> 00:53:13.060
 a version of it

00:53:13.060 --> 00:53:13.360
 at least,

00:53:13.440 --> 00:53:14.380
 everywhere in the world.

00:53:15.220 --> 00:53:16.260
 But have you noticed

00:53:16.260 --> 00:53:18.020
 the consistent difference

00:53:18.020 --> 00:53:19.400
 between all of those things

00:53:19.400 --> 00:53:21.260
 by other teachers

00:53:21.260 --> 00:53:22.900
 and the saying of Jesus?

00:53:25.640 --> 00:53:26.740
 What is the difference?

00:53:28.260 --> 00:53:32.060
 All the other

00:53:32.060 --> 00:53:33.520
 so-called golden rules

00:53:33.520 --> 00:53:35.160
 are formulated negatively.

00:53:38.240 --> 00:53:39.720
 Don't do to others

00:53:39.720 --> 00:53:41.600
 what you don't want

00:53:41.600 --> 00:53:42.400
 them to do to you.

00:53:43.280 --> 00:53:44.700
 But Jesus' teaching

00:53:44.700 --> 00:53:46.060
 is formulated positively.

00:53:47.020 --> 00:53:47.240
 So,

00:53:47.320 --> 00:53:48.620
 whatever you wish

00:53:48.620 --> 00:53:50.080
 that others would do

00:53:50.080 --> 00:53:50.620
 to you,

00:53:50.800 --> 00:53:52.220
 do also to them.

00:53:52.660 --> 00:53:53.580
 For this is the law

00:53:53.580 --> 00:53:54.120
 and the prophets.

00:53:54.620 --> 00:53:56.120
 Instead of simply telling us

00:53:56.119 --> 00:53:57.819
 not to do what we don't

00:53:57.819 --> 00:53:58.940
 want others to do to us,

00:53:59.219 --> 00:54:00.139
 Jesus calls us

00:54:00.139 --> 00:54:01.319
 to be proactive

00:54:01.319 --> 00:54:02.819
 and be attentive

00:54:02.819 --> 00:54:04.219
 to the needs

00:54:04.219 --> 00:54:04.839
 of others

00:54:04.839 --> 00:54:06.019
 and to care for them.

00:54:07.400 --> 00:54:08.659
 We should treat others

00:54:08.659 --> 00:54:09.440
 the way we want

00:54:09.440 --> 00:54:09.980
 to be treated.

00:54:11.059 --> 00:54:11.839
 These variations

00:54:11.839 --> 00:54:12.679
 of the golden rule

00:54:12.679 --> 00:54:13.319
 that we find

00:54:13.319 --> 00:54:14.259
 in other cultures

00:54:14.259 --> 00:54:14.960
 and societies

00:54:14.960 --> 00:54:16.199
 are based on the idea

00:54:16.199 --> 00:54:17.019
 of equity

00:54:17.019 --> 00:54:18.219
 and reciprocity.

00:54:18.219 --> 00:54:22.259
 and at its very root,

00:54:22.319 --> 00:54:22.659
 actually,

00:54:22.799 --> 00:54:23.359
 it's selfish.

00:54:24.500 --> 00:54:25.639
 Do this for others

00:54:25.639 --> 00:54:27.839
 so you have a society

00:54:27.839 --> 00:54:28.339
 where others

00:54:28.339 --> 00:54:30.059
 do the same thing

00:54:30.059 --> 00:54:30.699
 to you.

00:54:31.199 --> 00:54:32.399
 Don't do this to others

00:54:32.399 --> 00:54:33.239
 so that they

00:54:33.239 --> 00:54:34.159
 don't do that

00:54:34.159 --> 00:54:34.639
 to you.

00:54:35.679 --> 00:54:36.459
 But what Jesus

00:54:36.459 --> 00:54:37.480
 is calling us to hear

00:54:37.480 --> 00:54:38.579
 is a selfish,

00:54:38.899 --> 00:54:40.279
 sacrificial love

00:54:40.279 --> 00:54:41.019
 that gives

00:54:41.019 --> 00:54:42.319
 even when it hurts.

00:54:42.320 --> 00:54:44.240
 it entails

00:54:44.240 --> 00:54:45.100
 foregoing

00:54:45.100 --> 00:54:46.280
 our own desires

00:54:46.280 --> 00:54:47.000
 and needs

00:54:47.000 --> 00:54:47.920
 to meet the needs

00:54:47.920 --> 00:54:48.500
 of others.

00:54:50.700 --> 00:54:51.600
 Considering others

00:54:51.600 --> 00:54:52.420
 more significant

00:54:52.420 --> 00:54:53.100
 than ourselves.

00:54:53.800 --> 00:54:54.480
 Looking out

00:54:54.480 --> 00:54:55.400
 for others' interests

00:54:55.400 --> 00:54:56.460
 not just our own.

00:54:57.940 --> 00:54:58.840
 If we obey

00:54:58.840 --> 00:54:59.920
 the negative formulation

00:54:59.920 --> 00:55:00.760
 of the golden rule

00:55:00.760 --> 00:55:01.580
 we will never

00:55:01.580 --> 00:55:02.760
 you know

00:55:02.760 --> 00:55:03.660
 sock our enemy

00:55:03.660 --> 00:55:04.280
 in the face

00:55:04.280 --> 00:55:05.640
 because we don't want

00:55:05.640 --> 00:55:06.600
 to be attacked

00:55:06.600 --> 00:55:07.440
 like that ourselves.

00:55:08.880 --> 00:55:09.800
 But we're not

00:55:09.800 --> 00:55:10.640
 going to go beyond

00:55:10.640 --> 00:55:11.000
 that

00:55:11.000 --> 00:55:12.400
 to love

00:55:12.400 --> 00:55:13.619
 our enemies

00:55:13.619 --> 00:55:15.519
 and to pray

00:55:15.519 --> 00:55:16.039
 for those

00:55:16.039 --> 00:55:17.039
 who persecute us

00:55:17.039 --> 00:55:17.699
 as Jesus

00:55:17.699 --> 00:55:18.300
 commands us

00:55:18.300 --> 00:55:18.599
 to do

00:55:18.599 --> 00:55:19.860
 in Matthew 5.44.

00:55:22.179 --> 00:55:23.300
 If we obey

00:55:23.300 --> 00:55:24.340
 the negative formulation

00:55:24.340 --> 00:55:24.880
 of the golden rule

00:55:24.880 --> 00:55:25.780
 we might never steal

00:55:25.780 --> 00:55:26.579
 from someone

00:55:26.579 --> 00:55:27.599
 because we don't

00:55:27.599 --> 00:55:28.260
 want to be stolen

00:55:28.260 --> 00:55:28.760
 from

00:55:28.760 --> 00:55:30.840
 but it's not

00:55:30.840 --> 00:55:31.300
 going to make us

00:55:31.300 --> 00:55:32.380
 go beyond that

00:55:32.380 --> 00:55:33.599
 to be generous

00:55:33.599 --> 00:55:34.360
 toward others

00:55:34.360 --> 00:55:35.820
 sacrificially.

00:55:35.820 --> 00:55:41.700
 Jesus' command

00:55:41.700 --> 00:55:42.720
 goes beyond

00:55:42.720 --> 00:55:43.320
 equity

00:55:43.320 --> 00:55:44.600
 and reciprocity

00:55:44.600 --> 00:55:46.240
 it goes to

00:55:46.240 --> 00:55:47.420
 sacrificial love

00:55:47.420 --> 00:55:48.160
 and this is a very

00:55:48.160 --> 00:55:48.980
 difficult thing

00:55:48.980 --> 00:55:50.039
 for us to do

00:55:50.039 --> 00:55:51.820
 because

00:55:51.820 --> 00:55:53.000
 it means loss

00:55:53.000 --> 00:55:53.680
 for ourselves.

00:55:54.559 --> 00:55:55.460
 If you're a parent

00:55:55.460 --> 00:55:57.300
 and then

00:55:57.300 --> 00:55:58.860
 you have to wake up

00:55:58.860 --> 00:55:59.720
 in the middle of the life

00:55:59.720 --> 00:56:00.600
 middle of your

00:56:00.600 --> 00:56:01.680
 sorry not middle of your life

00:56:01.680 --> 00:56:02.280
 middle of your

00:56:02.280 --> 00:56:03.160
 your sleep

00:56:03.159 --> 00:56:04.179
 to attend

00:56:04.179 --> 00:56:05.319
 to your crying child

00:56:05.319 --> 00:56:09.199
 you really want

00:56:09.199 --> 00:56:09.920
 to just sleep

00:56:09.920 --> 00:56:11.619
 but your spouse

00:56:11.619 --> 00:56:12.739
 is soundly asleep

00:56:12.739 --> 00:56:16.879
 and then you say

00:56:16.879 --> 00:56:17.440
 to yourself

00:56:17.440 --> 00:56:17.799
 well

00:56:17.799 --> 00:56:19.259
 I'm going to die

00:56:19.259 --> 00:56:20.279
 to myself

00:56:20.279 --> 00:56:21.799
 my selfish desire

00:56:21.799 --> 00:56:22.379
 and needs

00:56:22.379 --> 00:56:23.579
 because how I would

00:56:23.579 --> 00:56:24.199
 want to be treated

00:56:24.199 --> 00:56:24.920
 in a situation

00:56:24.920 --> 00:56:26.259
 is for my spouse

00:56:26.259 --> 00:56:26.699
 to go

00:56:26.699 --> 00:56:27.839
 so I'm going to do

00:56:27.839 --> 00:56:28.519
 that for her

00:56:28.519 --> 00:56:29.139
 I'm going to do

00:56:29.139 --> 00:56:29.759
 that for him

00:56:29.759 --> 00:56:30.460
 I'm going to go

00:56:30.460 --> 00:56:31.259
 attend to the child

00:56:31.260 --> 00:56:33.100
 and you know

00:56:33.100 --> 00:56:33.560
 what happens

00:56:33.560 --> 00:56:34.240
 when you do that

00:56:34.240 --> 00:56:36.560
 you're really

00:56:36.560 --> 00:56:37.200
 really tired

00:56:37.200 --> 00:56:37.820
 the next morning

00:56:37.820 --> 00:56:40.600
 you've lost sleep

00:56:40.600 --> 00:56:46.400
 when there's someone

00:56:46.400 --> 00:56:47.120
 that you meet

00:56:47.120 --> 00:56:47.580
 a neighbor

00:56:47.580 --> 00:56:48.380
 who is poor

00:56:48.380 --> 00:56:50.940
 and you must

00:56:50.940 --> 00:56:52.120
 share your money

00:56:52.120 --> 00:56:52.600
 with them

00:56:52.600 --> 00:56:53.020
 or you must

00:56:53.020 --> 00:56:53.920
 share your bread

00:56:53.920 --> 00:56:54.900
 with them

00:56:54.900 --> 00:56:59.740
 as Jesus commands us

00:56:59.740 --> 00:57:00.320
 to and you give it

00:57:00.320 --> 00:57:00.740
 to them

00:57:00.739 --> 00:57:01.959
 you know what

00:57:01.959 --> 00:57:02.439
 happens

00:57:02.439 --> 00:57:04.699
 you're that much

00:57:04.699 --> 00:57:05.119
 poorer

00:57:05.119 --> 00:57:07.179
 you're that much

00:57:07.179 --> 00:57:07.679
 hungrier

00:57:07.679 --> 00:57:14.059
 when

00:57:14.059 --> 00:57:16.839
 when you are

00:57:16.839 --> 00:57:17.839
 hurt by someone

00:57:17.839 --> 00:57:19.519
 you are wronged

00:57:19.519 --> 00:57:20.279
 by someone

00:57:20.279 --> 00:57:22.299
 and instead of

00:57:22.299 --> 00:57:24.899
 taking matters

00:57:24.899 --> 00:57:25.579
 into your hands

00:57:25.579 --> 00:57:26.639
 and seeking justice

00:57:26.639 --> 00:57:28.439
 taking vengeance

00:57:28.439 --> 00:57:29.939
 well that's only fair

00:57:29.940 --> 00:57:30.639
 that's only right

00:57:30.639 --> 00:57:31.720
 instead of doing that

00:57:31.720 --> 00:57:32.720
 you

00:57:32.720 --> 00:57:34.400
 you eat that

00:57:34.400 --> 00:57:35.840
 harm

00:57:35.840 --> 00:57:37.639
 you

00:57:37.639 --> 00:57:38.900
 bear the loss

00:57:38.900 --> 00:57:39.579
 yourself

00:57:39.579 --> 00:57:43.079
 you know what happens

00:57:43.079 --> 00:57:45.599
 that still

00:57:45.599 --> 00:57:46.579
 really really hurts

00:57:46.579 --> 00:57:50.480
 and it feels like

00:57:50.480 --> 00:57:50.920
 losing

00:57:50.920 --> 00:57:55.300
 how can you possibly

00:57:55.300 --> 00:57:56.139
 live like that

00:57:56.139 --> 00:58:00.139
 you can only

00:58:00.139 --> 00:58:01.579
 live like that

00:58:01.579 --> 00:58:03.220
 if you have

00:58:03.220 --> 00:58:04.480
 this unshakable

00:58:04.480 --> 00:58:05.200
 confidence

00:58:05.200 --> 00:58:06.780
 that you can ask

00:58:06.780 --> 00:58:07.519
 your father

00:58:07.519 --> 00:58:08.579
 whatever you wish

00:58:08.579 --> 00:58:11.720
 so that you can

00:58:11.720 --> 00:58:12.639
 do to others

00:58:12.639 --> 00:58:13.619
 whatever you wish

00:58:13.619 --> 00:58:14.740
 for yourself

00:58:14.739 --> 00:58:18.259
 that when you

00:58:18.259 --> 00:58:18.619
 give

00:58:18.619 --> 00:58:19.279
 and you give

00:58:19.279 --> 00:58:19.879
 and you give

00:58:19.879 --> 00:58:20.399
 and you give

00:58:20.399 --> 00:58:20.799
 and you have

00:58:20.799 --> 00:58:21.599
 less and less

00:58:21.599 --> 00:58:22.299
 and less

00:58:22.299 --> 00:58:23.159
 to trust

00:58:23.159 --> 00:58:23.659
 that no my

00:58:23.659 --> 00:58:23.979
 God

00:58:23.979 --> 00:58:24.739
 my father

00:58:24.739 --> 00:58:25.399
 is going to

00:58:25.399 --> 00:58:26.319
 provide for me

00:58:26.320 --> 00:58:30.100
 when you're

00:58:30.100 --> 00:58:30.420
 hurting

00:58:30.420 --> 00:58:30.920
 and hurting

00:58:30.920 --> 00:58:31.460
 and hurting

00:58:31.460 --> 00:58:32.019
 and wrong

00:58:32.019 --> 00:58:32.500
 and wrong

00:58:32.500 --> 00:58:33.080
 and wrong

00:58:33.080 --> 00:58:35.200
 you trust

00:58:35.200 --> 00:58:35.960
 oh but my

00:58:35.960 --> 00:58:36.860
 father sees

00:58:36.860 --> 00:58:38.120
 he's the king

00:58:38.120 --> 00:58:39.160
 he is the judge

00:58:39.160 --> 00:58:39.720
 there will be

00:58:39.720 --> 00:58:40.660
 justice in the end

00:58:40.660 --> 00:58:42.940
 and I will be

00:58:42.940 --> 00:58:43.700
 rewarded for all

00:58:43.700 --> 00:58:44.059
 that I have

00:58:44.059 --> 00:58:44.320
 done

00:58:44.320 --> 00:58:48.220
 it's only

00:58:48.220 --> 00:58:49.220
 when you

00:58:49.220 --> 00:58:50.220
 as a child

00:58:50.220 --> 00:58:50.640
 of God

00:58:50.640 --> 00:58:51.120
 can say

00:58:51.120 --> 00:58:51.500
 whatever

00:58:51.500 --> 00:58:52.559
 you wish

00:58:52.559 --> 00:58:53.120
 I'm going to

00:58:53.120 --> 00:58:53.539
 ask

00:58:53.539 --> 00:58:54.220
 and I will

00:58:54.220 --> 00:58:54.660
 receive

00:58:54.659 --> 00:58:55.779
 it's only

00:58:55.779 --> 00:58:56.460
 when you have

00:58:56.460 --> 00:58:57.139
 that confidence

00:58:57.139 --> 00:58:57.579
 you can go

00:58:57.579 --> 00:58:58.000
 to others

00:58:58.000 --> 00:58:59.119
 and do

00:58:59.119 --> 00:58:59.639
 for them

00:58:59.639 --> 00:59:00.339
 whatever you

00:59:00.339 --> 00:59:00.739
 wish

00:59:00.739 --> 00:59:02.719
 that's why

00:59:02.719 --> 00:59:03.219
 the greatest

00:59:03.219 --> 00:59:03.659
 commandment

00:59:03.659 --> 00:59:04.000
 is always

00:59:04.000 --> 00:59:04.719
 given in two

00:59:04.719 --> 00:59:05.259
 parts

00:59:05.259 --> 00:59:06.239
 love the

00:59:06.239 --> 00:59:06.659
 Lord your

00:59:06.659 --> 00:59:07.199
 God

00:59:07.199 --> 00:59:07.679
 with all

00:59:07.679 --> 00:59:08.139
 your heart

00:59:08.139 --> 00:59:08.339
 soul

00:59:08.339 --> 00:59:08.579
 mind

00:59:08.579 --> 00:59:08.980
 and strength

00:59:08.980 --> 00:59:09.359
 it is the

00:59:09.359 --> 00:59:09.679
 first

00:59:09.679 --> 00:59:10.420
 and greatest

00:59:10.420 --> 00:59:10.879
 commandment

00:59:10.879 --> 00:59:11.159
 and the

00:59:11.159 --> 00:59:11.379
 second

00:59:11.379 --> 00:59:11.899
 is like

00:59:11.899 --> 00:59:12.539
 love your

00:59:12.539 --> 00:59:12.839
 neighbor

00:59:12.839 --> 00:59:13.819
 as yourself

00:59:13.819 --> 00:59:14.559
 because you

00:59:14.559 --> 00:59:15.319
 cannot have

00:59:15.319 --> 00:59:16.219
 love of neighbor

00:59:16.219 --> 00:59:17.339
 without the

00:59:17.339 --> 00:59:17.980
 love of God

00:59:17.980 --> 00:59:27.880
 I've mentioned

00:59:27.880 --> 00:59:28.280
 to you

00:59:28.280 --> 00:59:28.679
 before

00:59:28.679 --> 00:59:29.139
 and I'll

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 conclude

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 with this

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 that this

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 sermon

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 is structured

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 in a way

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 so that the

00:59:33.280 --> 00:59:33.840
 first half

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 of it

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 mirrors the

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 second half

00:59:35.099 --> 00:59:36.760
 this passage

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 we looked at

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 this morning

00:59:37.699 --> 00:59:38.719
 is mirrored

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 by Matthew

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 5

00:59:39.599 --> 00:59:40.119
 17

00:59:40.119 --> 00:59:40.679
 to 20

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 there Jesus

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 says in

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 verse 17

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 do not

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 think that I

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 have come

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 to abolish

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 the law

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 and the

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 prophets

00:59:46.960 --> 00:59:47.720
 I have not

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 come to

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 abolish

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 them

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 but to

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 fulfill

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 them

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 and then

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 Jesus

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 mentions

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 the law

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 and the

00:59:52.159 --> 00:59:52.460
 prophets

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 again

00:59:52.780 --> 00:59:53.119
 in our

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 passage

00:59:53.579 --> 00:59:54.500
 this is

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 the law

00:59:55.320 --> 00:59:55.960
 and the

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 prophets

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 what

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 to do

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 to others

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 what you

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 happen to

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 you

00:59:59.820 --> 01:00:01.099
 Jesus

01:00:01.099 --> 01:00:01.840
 says he

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 fulfills

01:00:02.659 --> 01:00:03.579
 that law

01:00:03.579 --> 01:00:04.519
 Jesus

01:00:04.519 --> 01:00:04.820
 says he

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 fulfills

01:00:05.539 --> 01:00:06.039
 that love

01:00:06.039 --> 01:00:06.360
 of neighbor

01:00:06.360 --> 01:00:06.900
 how does

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 he do

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 it

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 we are

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 sinners

01:00:08.880 --> 01:00:10.340
 we deserve

01:00:10.340 --> 01:00:10.820
 hell

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 and eternal

01:00:11.679 --> 01:00:12.220
 punishment

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 and eternal

01:00:13.079 --> 01:00:13.639
 separation

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 from God

01:00:14.240 --> 01:00:15.220
 but Jesus

01:00:15.220 --> 01:00:16.300
 came as

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 our neighbor

01:00:17.039 --> 01:00:19.400
 as our

01:00:19.400 --> 01:00:20.080
 brother

01:00:20.080 --> 01:00:21.300
 and he

01:00:21.300 --> 01:00:22.180
 said I

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 will do

01:00:22.640 --> 01:00:23.160
 for them

01:00:23.160 --> 01:00:23.580
 what I

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 would love

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 to have

01:00:24.160 --> 01:00:25.039
 them do

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 to me

01:00:25.500 --> 01:00:26.019
 is they

01:00:26.019 --> 01:00:26.220
 were in

01:00:26.220 --> 01:00:26.820
 my shoes

01:00:26.820 --> 01:00:27.740
 I'm the

01:00:27.740 --> 01:00:28.280
 only person

01:00:28.280 --> 01:00:28.580
 that can

01:00:28.580 --> 01:00:29.060
 save them

01:00:29.060 --> 01:00:29.580
 I'm the

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 only person

01:00:30.120 --> 01:00:30.440
 that can

01:00:30.440 --> 01:00:30.920
 die for

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 their sins

01:00:31.440 --> 01:00:31.720
 and to

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 be the

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 sacrificial

01:00:32.760 --> 01:00:33.640
 Passover

01:00:33.640 --> 01:00:34.039
 lamb

01:00:34.039 --> 01:00:34.580
 so I

01:00:34.580 --> 01:00:34.860
 will go

01:00:34.860 --> 01:00:35.120
 to the

01:00:35.120 --> 01:00:35.500
 cross

01:00:35.500 --> 01:00:36.120
 and I

01:00:36.120 --> 01:00:36.680
 will die

01:00:36.680 --> 01:00:37.060
 so that

01:00:37.060 --> 01:00:37.580
 I can

01:00:37.580 --> 01:00:38.280
 perish

01:00:38.280 --> 01:00:38.720
 but they

01:00:38.720 --> 01:00:39.400
 might live

01:00:39.400 --> 01:00:39.940
 forever

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 Jesus

01:00:41.560 --> 01:00:42.220
 was the

01:00:42.220 --> 01:00:42.600
 perfect

01:00:42.600 --> 01:00:42.960
 neighbor

01:00:42.960 --> 01:00:44.639
 he's the

01:00:44.639 --> 01:00:45.019
 one who

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 treated us

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 and loved

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 us as

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 he loved

01:00:47.159 --> 01:00:47.659
 himself

01:00:47.659 --> 01:00:49.139
 for it

01:00:49.139 --> 01:00:49.400
 says in

01:00:49.400 --> 01:00:49.820
 Mark 10

01:00:49.820 --> 01:00:50.280
 45

01:00:50.280 --> 01:00:50.780
 even the

01:00:50.780 --> 01:00:51.099
 son of

01:00:51.099 --> 01:00:51.460
 man came

01:00:51.460 --> 01:00:51.840
 not to

01:00:51.840 --> 01:00:52.139
 be

01:00:52.139 --> 01:00:52.559
 served

01:00:52.559 --> 01:00:53.099
 but to

01:00:53.099 --> 01:00:53.599
 serve

01:00:53.599 --> 01:00:54.079
 and to

01:00:54.079 --> 01:00:54.460
 give his

01:00:54.460 --> 01:00:54.920
 life as

01:00:54.920 --> 01:00:55.420
 a ransom

01:00:55.420 --> 01:00:56.019
 for the

01:00:56.019 --> 01:00:56.260
 many

01:00:56.260 --> 01:00:58.559
 it's only

01:00:58.559 --> 01:00:59.000
 when we

01:00:59.000 --> 01:00:59.619
 know God

01:00:59.619 --> 01:01:00.099
 like that

01:01:00.099 --> 01:01:01.039
 and we

01:01:01.039 --> 01:01:01.659
 know that

01:01:01.659 --> 01:01:02.179
 love

01:01:02.179 --> 01:01:03.920
 that we

01:01:03.920 --> 01:01:04.320
 can be

01:01:04.320 --> 01:01:04.740
 changed

01:01:04.740 --> 01:01:05.199
 to love

01:01:05.199 --> 01:01:05.679
 other people

01:01:05.679 --> 01:01:06.179
 in the same

01:01:06.179 --> 01:01:06.519
 way

01:01:06.519 --> 01:01:09.800
 let's pray

01:01:09.800 --> 01:01:10.179
 together

01:01:10.179 --> 01:01:22.259
 father

01:01:22.259 --> 01:01:28.559
 thank you

01:01:28.559 --> 01:01:28.839
 that we

01:01:28.839 --> 01:01:29.159
 get to

01:01:29.159 --> 01:01:29.679
 call upon

01:01:29.679 --> 01:01:29.859
 your

01:01:29.859 --> 01:01:30.219
 father

01:01:30.219 --> 01:01:33.460
 thank you

01:01:33.460 --> 01:01:33.980
 that you

01:01:33.980 --> 01:01:34.339
 have given

01:01:34.339 --> 01:01:35.119
 to us

01:01:35.119 --> 01:01:35.319
 your

01:01:35.319 --> 01:01:35.759
 children

01:01:35.759 --> 01:01:36.159
 here

01:01:36.159 --> 01:01:37.319
 the right

01:01:37.319 --> 01:01:38.000
 to become

01:01:38.000 --> 01:01:38.539
 children

01:01:38.539 --> 01:01:39.039
 of God

01:01:39.039 --> 01:01:43.699
 father

01:01:43.699 --> 01:01:44.440
 help us

01:01:44.440 --> 01:01:44.719
 to

01:01:44.719 --> 01:01:45.139
 live

01:01:45.139 --> 01:01:45.420
 like

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 him

01:01:45.699 --> 01:01:48.900
 give us

01:01:48.900 --> 01:01:49.380
 the faith

01:01:49.380 --> 01:01:49.639
 and the

01:01:49.639 --> 01:01:50.119
 confidence

01:01:50.119 --> 01:01:50.719
 to live

01:01:50.719 --> 01:01:51.219
 like our

01:01:51.219 --> 01:01:51.559
 father

01:01:51.559 --> 01:01:51.900
 is the

01:01:51.900 --> 01:01:52.239
 king of

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 kings

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 and the

01:01:52.739 --> 01:01:52.900
 lord

01:01:52.900 --> 01:01:53.119
 of the

01:01:53.119 --> 01:01:53.340
 kings

01:01:53.340 --> 01:02:04.680
 and the

01:02:04.680 --> 01:02:04.980
 king of

01:02:04.980 --> 01:02:04.900
 you

01:02:04.900 --> 01:02:04.900


01:02:04.900 --> 01:02:04.980
 king of

01:02:04.980 --> 01:02:04.900
 you

01:02:04.900 --> 01:02:05.400
 and the

01:02:05.400 --> 01:02:05.400


01:02:05.400 --> 01:02:05.780
 you

01:02:05.780 --> 01:02:06.000
 and the

01:02:06.000 --> 01:02:06.940
 king of

01:02:06.940 --> 01:02:06.940


01:02:06.940 --> 01:02:07.220
 as our

01:02:07.220 --> 01:02:07.519
 neighbor

01:02:07.519 --> 01:02:09.019
 as our

01:02:09.019 --> 01:02:09.300
 brother

01:02:09.300 --> 01:02:12.579
 that we

01:02:12.579 --> 01:02:13.120
 might find

01:02:13.120 --> 01:02:13.440
 our way

01:02:13.440 --> 01:02:13.860
 to you

01:02:13.860 --> 01:02:15.780
 rather than

01:02:15.780 --> 01:02:16.200
 we might be

01:02:16.200 --> 01:02:17.000
 found by you

01:02:17.000 --> 01:02:17.820
 to be

01:02:17.820 --> 01:02:18.440
 reconciled

01:02:18.440 --> 01:02:18.820
 to you

01:02:18.820 --> 01:02:22.080
 in the

01:02:22.080 --> 01:02:22.539
 precious name

01:02:22.539 --> 01:02:22.760
 of your

01:02:22.760 --> 01:02:22.940
 son

01:02:22.940 --> 01:02:23.240
 Jesus

01:02:23.240 --> 01:02:23.580
 Christ

01:02:23.580 --> 01:02:23.800
 we

01:02:23.800 --> 01:02:24.000
 pray

01:02:24.000 --> 01:02:24.480
 amen

01:02:24.480 --> 01:02:27.059
 ho

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