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 Matthew 23, verse 1.

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 Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples,

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! The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat,

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! So do and observe what they tell you,

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 but not the works they do,

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 for they preach but do not practice.

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 They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear,

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 and lay them on people's shoulders,

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 but they themselves are not willing to move them

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 with their finger.

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 They do all their deeds to be seen by others,

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 for they make their phylacteries broad

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 and their fringes long,

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 and they love the place of honour at feasts

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 and the best seats in the synagogues

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 and greetings in the master marketplaces

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 and being called rabbi by others.

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 But you are not to be called rabbi,

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 for you have one teacher and you are all brothers.

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 And call no man your father on earth,

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 for you have one father who is in heaven.

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 Neither be called instructors,

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 for you have one instructor, the Christ.

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 The greatest among you shall be your servant.

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 Whoever exalts himself will be humbled,

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 and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

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 Will you pray with me as we come to God's word?

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 We're always in need of your help, Father,

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 Son and Holy Spirit,

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 to understand your word and believe

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 and be changed.

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 So I ask for that now in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Well, many years ago,

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 Emma and I went to Sydney to buy a car.

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 Fantastic price.

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 Low kilometres.

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 It was kind of a European brand.

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 I was a bit excited by that.

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 Now, once we got there,

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 the location was a little strange.

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 It was like this industrial area,

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 and then the guy I met

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 was a different name to the advert,

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 but I ignored all that.

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 That's okay.

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 We took it to a local mechanic.

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 At least I had that amount of wisdom.

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 And he decided not to charge us anything

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 for looking at the car to make sure it was okay,

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 because when he lifted it up and had a look,

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 it was two cars welded together.

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 Two VIN numbers.

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 Those sorts of things,

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 it's like, oh, man,

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 who can you trust in life?

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 Now, there were signs.

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 There were signs that I ignored.

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 I love what seemed impressive,

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 the great price,

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 the great brand.

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 Internally,

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 it was a counterfeit.

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 Now, that's just buying a car.

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 Now, wouldn't it be a shame

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 if we were more careful about how we buy a car

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 than we are about which spiritual authorities

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 we listen to?

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 How much more is at stake?

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 Eternity is at stake

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 in terms of who we listen to.

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 Our passage today is a warning

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 about who not to trust.

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 Now, I know the elephant in the room

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 is I'm here speaking as an authority.

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 But who can you trust?

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 We're given guidance here

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 by Christ himself.

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 I want us to be thinking about

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 who are you listening to online?

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 This is a measure of our health

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 as elders in this church

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 and as a church as a whole.

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 One day, you may need to move

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 and find another church.

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 And this is great preparation for that too.

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 Who we trust

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 to guide us to be right with God

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 is vital, isn't it?

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 So, the context of where we're up to,

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 we're still in the temple courts.

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 It's a matter of days

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 before Jesus goes to the cross.

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 He's ridden in on a donkey.

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 He's declared himself king.

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 He's receiving praise from children

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 as if he's Yahweh himself.

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 He's told those parables

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 that increasingly

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 warning the Pharisees

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 that they are not listening to God

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 because they're rejecting his son.

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 They try those gotcha questions,

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 but he shows greater wisdom than Solomon.

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 If King David gladly worshipped me,

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 then why don't you?

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 And now Jesus,

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 this is confrontation,

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 he's publicly exposing

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 and accusing the Pharisees.

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 Now, for Matthew's readers,

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 original readers,

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 this section would have helped explain

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 why the religious leaders of the day

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 were scrapped.

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 Yes, Jesus fulfilled the Old Testament,

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 but there needed to be a changing of the guard.

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 That would have been the original purpose,

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 but notice in verse 1 and 2

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 who Jesus is speaking to.

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 Before verse 13,

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 he speaks to the Pharisees themselves,

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 but look who he's speaking to.

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 It's to the crowds and to his disciples.

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 Now, often when you talk about someone else

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 to someone,

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 that's slander.

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 Why do the disciples and the crowds

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 need to hear this?

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 Why do we need to hear this?

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 And I think this helps us in

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 why it's so relevant for us today.

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 I think there's two effects of this passage.

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 One is,

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 do not look to the Pharisees

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 as your authority.

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 They are blind guides.

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 They are whitewashed tombs.

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 They are hypocrites.

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 Don't trust them.

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 The second is,

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 he's calling his people

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 to a different authority.

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 And he's calling his people

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 to be trustworthy spiritual leaders.

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 To be sitting in Moses' seat

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 is to claim succession

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 of Moses' spiritual authority.

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 The Pharisees did have huge influence in the day.

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 They were the people

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 you would naturally look to

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 and trust.

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 The ancient historian Josephus writes,

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 these,

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 the Pharisees,

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 have so great a power

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 over the multitude

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 that when they say anything

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 against the king

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 or against the high priest,

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 they are presently believed.

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 They had huge influence.

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 Now,

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 verses two and three

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 can be taken one of two ways.

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 The first way is

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 the scribes and the Pharisees

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 do teach true doctrine.

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 So,

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 listen to what they say.

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 Just don't follow their lives.

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 It doesn't match

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 their lives.

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 Now,

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 if you take that view,

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 their authority here

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 must be very,

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 very limited.

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 It's about to end

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 because he's,

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 next week we're going to see

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 he calls down God's woes,

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 God's judgments.

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 Their authority is coming to an end.

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 So,

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 if you take that view,

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 their authority is very limited.

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 The second way to take these verses

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 is

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 he's using very sharp

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 irony.

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 They claim

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 to sit on Moses' seat.

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 They want you

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 to obey everything.

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 But let me show you

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 just how unlike Moses

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 they are.

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 They claim

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 Now,

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 it may feel a bit

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 beneath Jesus

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 to talk like that.

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 But there's so much

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 at stake.

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 Verse 13,

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 they shut the kingdom

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 of heaven

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 in people's faces.

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 They are leading people

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 away from salvation.

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 Paul uses very

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 strong language

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 in Galatians 5,

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 12,

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 when those teachers

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 are saying

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 you need to be circumcised

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 and obey the law.

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 I wish those

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 who unsettle you

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 would emasculate

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 themselves.

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 It seems ungracious

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 but when

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 eternity

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 is on the line

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 you need to

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 call it out.

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 Now,

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 I favour the latter

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 but honestly

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 I don't mind

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 which view you take.

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 I think there's

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 pros and cons to both.

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 Either way,

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 the point is very clear

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 in this passage.

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 Don't trust them.

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 You can't trust them.

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 whoever claims

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 to be a spiritual

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 guide

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 has enormous

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 power

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 over anyone

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 who believes

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 that they do.

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 It's not just

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 human authority,

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 they're claiming

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 God's authority.

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 So it's so vital

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 we know

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 who we can trust.

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 Jesus said,

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 by their fruits

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 you will know

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 them.

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 In these verses

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 we get three,

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 it's not all

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 scripture has to say

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 but we've got

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 three characteristics

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 here

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 of why

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 they're false

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 teachers.

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 The second half

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 of verse three,

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 they preach

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 but do not

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 practice.

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 Now you can pick

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 any of my sermons.

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 Go for your life

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 online and pick

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 one and you

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 will be able to

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 charge me with

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 that.

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 Now assuming

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 that my life

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 isn't living up

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 to God's word,

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 now assuming

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 Jesus isn't

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 requiring

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 total

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 sanctification

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 yet,

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 what is he

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 exposing here?

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 Maybe you are

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 going to write

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 to the elders

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 later.

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 But what is he

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 exposing here?

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 I think he's

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 striking at the

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 heart of what

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 the Pharisees

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 prided themselves

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 on.

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 They were

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 the gold

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 standard

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 of being

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 godly.

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 If you want

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 to know what

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 godliness looks

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 like,

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 look at

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 me,

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 is basically

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 how they

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 live their

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 lives.

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 And yet,

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 so they've

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 got a reputation

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 of being

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 godly and

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 yet,

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 what we're

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 going to

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 see next

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 week in

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 verse 23

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 and 24,

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 they are

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 tithing their

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 garden herbs,

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 their cumin

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 and their

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 mint.

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 They're being

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 that careful

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 that they're

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 neglecting the

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 weightier matters

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 of justice.

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 mercy,

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 faithfulness.

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 There's this

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 outward appearance

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 of godliness

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 but inwardly

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 they are so

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 unlike God.

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 External

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 reputation

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 a show

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 but no

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 internal

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 change.

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 have you

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 noticed the

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 qualifications

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 for elders

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 in 1

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 Timothy 3

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 are incredibly

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 ordinary?

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 You're

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 faithful to

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 one wife,

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 self-controlled,

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 not drunkard,

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 not violent but

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 gentle, not a

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 lover of money.

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 It's very

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 ordinary things.

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 Can I suggest

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 one of the

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 reasons for

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 that is that

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 is one of the

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 fruits of

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 God's word

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 actually reaching

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 inside someone's

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 heart and

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 changing?

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 Not the

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 public things

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 but the

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 day-to-day

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 ordinary

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 obedience

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 where God is

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 changing the

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 heart.

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 When that

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 man thinks

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 no eyes are

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 watching him,

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 is God's

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 word grabbing

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 his heart

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 then?

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 grabbing his

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 heart then?

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 I've been

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 personally

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 convicted that

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 my sermons are

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 not a good

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 measure of my

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 godliness.

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 They're not.

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 My private

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 prayer, which

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 you have no

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 idea, that is

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 a much better

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 gauge of my

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 godliness or

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 how much I've

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 still got to

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 go.

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 I was speaking

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 to a missionary

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 friend and he

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 was saying that

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 he thought he

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 was already

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 obeying God,

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 like leaving

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 behind everything

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 comfortable,

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 taking great

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 risks in

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 obeying the

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 Great Commission

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 but on the

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 mission field he

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 felt convicted

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 that what God

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 really wanted him

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 to learn is

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 just that

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 ordinary,

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 daily,

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 unseen

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 obedience,

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 considerate of

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 his wife and

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 patient with his

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 children and

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 honest with his

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 words and when

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 his day's plans

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 are thrown,

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 does he trust

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 God?

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 that is the

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 evidence of

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 God's word

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 changing, not

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 the outward

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 show but the

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 inward change.

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 So that's one

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 fruit of false

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 teachers.

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 It's just,

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 there's no

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 inward reality.

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 The second

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 fruit is they

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 burden God's

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 sheep with rules

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 and regulations.

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 Now, Jesus

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 calls for much

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 more radical

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 obedience than

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 the Pharisees

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 do.

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 You think

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 tithing your

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 garden herbs

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 is radical.

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 Jesus says,

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 deny yourself,

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 take up your

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 cross,

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 pray for your

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 enemies,

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 forgive.

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 That is much

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 harder,

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 much,

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 much harder.

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 So it's not

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 the degree of

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 difficulty of

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 the rule,

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 the expectations.

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 So what

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 makes the

00:14:38.279 --> 00:14:39.019
 Pharisees'

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 rules burdensome?

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 Well, one

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 thing is,

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 they turn the

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 rules of

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 man as if

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 they're God's

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 rules.

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 They

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 emphasise the

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 traditions of

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 the fathers.

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 They added

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 regulations to

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 how to live

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 out God's

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 law.

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 So God

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 said,

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 keep the

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 Sabbath.

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 Sabbath,

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 they added

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 don't even

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 pluck a

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 head of

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 grain if

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 you're

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 hungry on

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 the

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 Sabbath.

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 They added

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 rules.

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 God's

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 word often

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 tells us

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 principles,

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 the why,

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 why we

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 should do

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 something.

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 But often

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 he leaves a

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 lot of room

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 for how we

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 express that.

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 And I

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 think we

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 confuse those

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 two all

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 the time.

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 I think

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 we're still

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 prone today

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 to make the

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 man-made

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 rules of

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 how we

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 do something

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 and we

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 load it

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 with divine

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 authority that

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 that is how

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 we must

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 obey.

00:15:48.040 --> 00:15:48.899
 So there's

00:15:48.899 --> 00:15:49.399
 man-made

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 rules and

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 we load

00:15:51.700 --> 00:15:52.379
 them with

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 divine

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 authority.

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 That's one

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 thing they

00:15:54.399 --> 00:15:54.620
 did.

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 But I

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 think there's

00:15:55.600 --> 00:15:55.960
 a deeper

00:15:55.960 --> 00:15:56.740
 problem even

00:15:56.740 --> 00:15:57.180
 than that.

00:15:59.000 --> 00:15:59.519
 Jesus

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 charges them,

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 they

00:16:00.540 --> 00:16:01.200
 themselves are

00:16:01.200 --> 00:16:01.840
 not willing

00:16:01.840 --> 00:16:02.580
 to move

00:16:02.580 --> 00:16:03.000
 them with

00:16:03.000 --> 00:16:03.820
 their finger.

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 Not even

00:16:05.900 --> 00:16:07.580
 their finger

00:16:07.580 --> 00:16:08.060
 to help

00:16:08.060 --> 00:16:08.300
 them.

00:16:09.240 --> 00:16:09.560
 Now they

00:16:09.560 --> 00:16:09.980
 were willing

00:16:09.980 --> 00:16:11.300
 to tithe

00:16:11.300 --> 00:16:11.960
 the garden

00:16:11.960 --> 00:16:12.320
 herbs.

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 I think

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 what's being

00:16:15.560 --> 00:16:15.960
 said is

00:16:15.960 --> 00:16:17.060
 they laid

00:16:17.060 --> 00:16:17.519
 down the

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 law.

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 You are

00:16:18.320 --> 00:16:19.820
 here when

00:16:19.820 --> 00:16:20.580
 God wants

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 you here.

00:16:23.920 --> 00:16:24.540
 And if

00:16:24.540 --> 00:16:24.720
 you're

00:16:24.720 --> 00:16:25.160
 failing,

00:16:25.159 --> 00:16:26.799
 no help

00:16:26.799 --> 00:16:27.279
 whatsoever,

00:16:28.319 --> 00:16:29.500
 just you

00:16:29.500 --> 00:16:29.899
 need to be

00:16:29.899 --> 00:16:30.699
 here and

00:16:30.699 --> 00:16:30.899
 you're

00:16:30.899 --> 00:16:31.419
 crushed.

00:16:33.419 --> 00:16:34.079
 It was

00:16:34.079 --> 00:16:34.659
 graceless.

00:16:35.500 --> 00:16:36.039
 You should

00:16:36.039 --> 00:16:36.480
 be here

00:16:36.480 --> 00:16:37.199
 like us,

00:16:38.000 --> 00:16:38.919
 like me.

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 No

00:16:40.000 --> 00:16:40.399
 grace.

00:16:44.719 --> 00:16:45.719
 As if

00:16:45.719 --> 00:16:46.740
 how you

00:16:46.740 --> 00:16:48.360
 perform is

00:16:48.360 --> 00:16:49.100
 how God

00:16:49.100 --> 00:16:49.959
 accepts you

00:16:49.960 --> 00:16:50.320
 or not.

00:16:50.320 --> 00:16:52.519
 It's this

00:16:52.519 --> 00:16:53.820
 subtle shift

00:16:53.820 --> 00:16:55.660
 away from

00:16:55.660 --> 00:16:56.240
 what religion

00:16:56.240 --> 00:16:56.900
 has always

00:16:56.900 --> 00:16:57.500
 been about.

00:16:58.620 --> 00:16:59.600
 The law

00:16:59.600 --> 00:17:00.120
 of Moses

00:17:00.120 --> 00:17:00.960
 was always

00:17:00.960 --> 00:17:01.759
 a response

00:17:01.759 --> 00:17:02.580
 to God's

00:17:02.580 --> 00:17:03.379
 rescue from

00:17:03.379 --> 00:17:03.700
 Egypt.

00:17:03.860 --> 00:17:04.100
 It was

00:17:04.100 --> 00:17:04.620
 always in

00:17:04.620 --> 00:17:05.100
 the context

00:17:05.100 --> 00:17:05.680
 of grace.

00:17:06.440 --> 00:17:07.039
 What God

00:17:07.039 --> 00:17:07.460
 had done.

00:17:08.600 --> 00:17:09.059
 Remember

00:17:09.059 --> 00:17:09.840
 what God

00:17:09.840 --> 00:17:10.340
 has done.

00:17:11.480 --> 00:17:11.860
 Remember

00:17:11.860 --> 00:17:12.240
 he is

00:17:12.240 --> 00:17:12.900
 present

00:17:12.900 --> 00:17:14.220
 to help

00:17:14.220 --> 00:17:14.480
 you.

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 it's

00:17:16.180 --> 00:17:16.839
 the shift

00:17:16.839 --> 00:17:17.259
 from what

00:17:17.259 --> 00:17:17.740
 God has

00:17:17.740 --> 00:17:18.059
 done to

00:17:18.059 --> 00:17:18.500
 what you

00:17:18.500 --> 00:17:19.160
 must do.

00:17:23.420 --> 00:17:24.140
 In this

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 respect,

00:17:24.819 --> 00:17:25.140
 they are

00:17:25.140 --> 00:17:26.480
 so unlike

00:17:26.480 --> 00:17:27.059
 Moses.

00:17:30.620 --> 00:17:31.120
 When

00:17:31.120 --> 00:17:32.079
 Israel failed

00:17:32.079 --> 00:17:32.400
 with the

00:17:32.400 --> 00:17:33.099
 golden calf,

00:17:33.279 --> 00:17:33.620
 he didn't

00:17:33.620 --> 00:17:33.900
 go,

00:17:34.440 --> 00:17:34.599
 well,

00:17:35.599 --> 00:17:36.200
 you'll get

00:17:36.200 --> 00:17:36.480
 what you

00:17:36.480 --> 00:17:36.880
 deserve,

00:17:37.420 --> 00:17:37.759
 because they

00:17:37.759 --> 00:17:38.360
 did deserve

00:17:38.360 --> 00:17:38.920
 judgment.

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 No,

00:17:39.559 --> 00:17:40.180
 he went up

00:17:40.180 --> 00:17:40.680
 and he

00:17:40.680 --> 00:17:41.319
 interceded.

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 Blot me

00:17:42.299 --> 00:17:42.619
 out of

00:17:42.619 --> 00:17:42.779
 your

00:17:42.779 --> 00:17:43.059
 book.

00:17:44.839 --> 00:17:45.359
 He

00:17:45.359 --> 00:17:45.819
 served

00:17:45.819 --> 00:17:46.019
 the

00:17:46.019 --> 00:17:46.419
 people.

00:17:49.379 --> 00:17:49.919
 They

00:17:49.919 --> 00:17:50.419
 are so

00:17:50.419 --> 00:17:50.899
 unlike

00:17:50.899 --> 00:17:51.319
 Moses.

00:17:52.899 --> 00:17:53.200
 This

00:17:53.200 --> 00:17:53.759
 shift

00:17:53.759 --> 00:17:55.659
 from the

00:17:55.659 --> 00:17:56.619
 focus on

00:17:56.619 --> 00:17:57.339
 what God

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 has done

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 to what

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 you must

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 do,

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 it's so

00:18:00.339 --> 00:18:01.299
 subtle,

00:18:01.599 --> 00:18:03.079
 but we

00:18:03.079 --> 00:18:03.779
 feel it,

00:18:03.839 --> 00:18:06.099
 that it's

00:18:06.099 --> 00:18:06.500
 still a

00:18:06.500 --> 00:18:07.220
 danger today.

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 In sermons,

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 I think it's

00:18:09.240 --> 00:18:10.700
 in good

00:18:10.700 --> 00:18:11.079
 churches,

00:18:11.419 --> 00:18:12.079
 probably in

00:18:12.079 --> 00:18:13.659
 some of

00:18:13.659 --> 00:18:14.199
 my sermons,

00:18:14.899 --> 00:18:15.579
 you'll feel

00:18:15.579 --> 00:18:16.099
 the shift.

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 In one

00:18:17.759 --> 00:18:18.079
 sermon,

00:18:18.199 --> 00:18:18.439
 you're going

00:18:18.439 --> 00:18:19.179
 to walk

00:18:19.179 --> 00:18:19.779
 out feeling

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 burdened,

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 I've got

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 to do

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 more,

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 I'm

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 failing,

00:18:24.019 --> 00:18:24.419
 pressure.

00:18:26.099 --> 00:18:26.619
 In

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 another

00:18:26.879 --> 00:18:27.279
 sermon,

00:18:27.539 --> 00:18:28.159
 your soul

00:18:28.159 --> 00:18:28.559
 is

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 refreshed,

00:18:32.159 --> 00:18:32.659
 God

00:18:32.659 --> 00:18:33.879
 is with

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 me,

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 to go

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 into another

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 week.

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 Now,

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 what's the

00:18:37.460 --> 00:18:37.779
 difference?

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 Because the

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 words can

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 still be

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 Jesus,

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 God is

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 great,

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 and the

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 words can

00:18:45.000 --> 00:18:45.920
 sound really

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 religious.

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 Here's the

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 difference.

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 Come to

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 me,

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 all who

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 labor and

00:18:53.399 --> 00:18:53.799
 are heavy

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 laden,

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 and I

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 will give

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 you rest.

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 Take my

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 yoke of

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 discipleship upon

00:18:59.960 --> 00:19:00.519
 you and learn

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 from me,

00:19:02.220 --> 00:19:02.960
 for I am

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 gentle and

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 lowly in

00:19:04.160 --> 00:19:04.460
 heart,

00:19:04.539 --> 00:19:04.720
 and you

00:19:04.720 --> 00:19:05.119
 will find

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 rest for

00:19:05.599 --> 00:19:06.220
 your souls,

00:19:06.359 --> 00:19:06.660
 for my

00:19:06.660 --> 00:19:07.059
 yoke is

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 easy and

00:19:07.500 --> 00:19:07.980
 my burden

00:19:07.980 --> 00:19:08.660
 is light.

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 Pharisees

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 put the

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 expectation

00:19:11.680 --> 00:19:12.380
 on you,

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 what you

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 must do

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 to be

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 right with

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 God.

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 Christ

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 says,

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 come to

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 me.

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 The

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 difference

00:19:18.120 --> 00:19:19.339
 between a

00:19:19.339 --> 00:19:19.839
 sermon

00:19:19.839 --> 00:19:20.160
 that's

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 burdening

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 or

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 uplifting

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 is,

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 it's

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 pretty

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 simple to

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 spot,

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 is

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 Christ.

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 I

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 will

00:19:29.440 --> 00:19:29.819
 serve

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 you.

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 Is

00:19:32.620 --> 00:19:33.000
 that the

00:19:33.000 --> 00:19:33.460
 message

00:19:33.460 --> 00:19:33.779
 you're

00:19:33.779 --> 00:19:34.120
 hearing?

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 God

00:19:36.180 --> 00:19:36.420
 will

00:19:36.420 --> 00:19:36.819
 serve

00:19:36.819 --> 00:19:37.299
 you.

00:19:37.980 --> 00:19:41.000
 in

00:19:41.000 --> 00:19:41.380
 me,

00:19:41.519 --> 00:19:41.700
 you

00:19:41.700 --> 00:19:41.900
 will

00:19:41.900 --> 00:19:42.259
 find

00:19:42.259 --> 00:19:42.740
 full

00:19:42.740 --> 00:19:43.220
 divine

00:19:43.220 --> 00:19:43.740
 acceptance.

00:19:44.319 --> 00:19:44.460
 In

00:19:44.460 --> 00:19:44.720
 me,

00:19:44.779 --> 00:19:44.980
 you'll

00:19:44.980 --> 00:19:45.259
 find

00:19:45.259 --> 00:19:45.700
 full

00:19:45.700 --> 00:19:46.140
 divine

00:19:46.140 --> 00:19:46.599
 help.

00:19:51.460 --> 00:19:51.940
 There's

00:19:51.940 --> 00:19:52.360
 a famous

00:19:52.360 --> 00:19:52.740
 preacher,

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 I'm not

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 going to

00:19:53.440 --> 00:19:53.860
 mention

00:19:53.860 --> 00:19:54.839
 his name

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 because

00:19:55.259 --> 00:19:55.559
 that's

00:19:55.559 --> 00:19:55.819
 not the

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 point.

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 My job

00:19:57.339 --> 00:19:57.660
 is to

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 teach

00:19:57.900 --> 00:19:58.420
 principles,

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 I think.

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 I've

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 stopped

00:20:00.400 --> 00:20:00.740
 listening

00:20:00.740 --> 00:20:01.099
 to him.

00:20:01.360 --> 00:20:01.559
 He's

00:20:01.559 --> 00:20:02.720
 a gospel

00:20:02.720 --> 00:20:04.819
 loving

00:20:04.819 --> 00:20:05.160
 man,

00:20:05.740 --> 00:20:06.039
 don't get

00:20:06.039 --> 00:20:06.400
 me wrong,

00:20:06.579 --> 00:20:07.000
 but I've

00:20:07.000 --> 00:20:07.360
 just stopped

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 listening to

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 him because

00:20:08.240 --> 00:20:09.119
 too often

00:20:09.119 --> 00:20:09.440
 his

00:20:09.440 --> 00:20:09.919
 sermons,

00:20:11.279 --> 00:20:12.259
 they're

00:20:12.259 --> 00:20:12.619
 from the

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 text,

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 they apply

00:20:13.539 --> 00:20:13.980
 the text,

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 but they

00:20:14.259 --> 00:20:14.779
 don't get

00:20:14.779 --> 00:20:15.500
 to Christ.

00:20:16.680 --> 00:20:17.039
 They don't

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 get to

00:20:17.379 --> 00:20:18.180
 his person

00:20:18.180 --> 00:20:18.619
 and what

00:20:18.619 --> 00:20:19.079
 he's done

00:20:19.079 --> 00:20:19.539
 for us.

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 And I

00:20:19.839 --> 00:20:20.019
 just,

00:20:21.519 --> 00:20:22.159
 my soul

00:20:22.159 --> 00:20:22.659
 just felt

00:20:22.659 --> 00:20:23.240
 hungry.

00:20:26.960 --> 00:20:27.619
 Who are

00:20:27.619 --> 00:20:28.079
 you listening

00:20:28.079 --> 00:20:28.859
 to online?

00:20:29.119 --> 00:20:29.579
 Do you

00:20:29.579 --> 00:20:29.879
 need to

00:20:29.879 --> 00:20:30.399
 change it?

00:20:33.720 --> 00:20:34.399
 I've got a

00:20:34.399 --> 00:20:34.779
 friend with

00:20:34.779 --> 00:20:35.559
 Christian music.

00:20:35.559 --> 00:20:36.299
 he said

00:20:36.299 --> 00:20:37.359
 that he

00:20:37.359 --> 00:20:37.779
 was listening

00:20:37.779 --> 00:20:38.159
 to Christian

00:20:38.159 --> 00:20:38.639
 music all

00:20:38.639 --> 00:20:39.000
 the time,

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 but he

00:20:40.319 --> 00:20:40.940
 started to

00:20:40.940 --> 00:20:41.799
 feel burdened

00:20:41.799 --> 00:20:42.460
 by it because

00:20:42.460 --> 00:20:43.179
 the songs

00:20:43.179 --> 00:20:44.480
 were all

00:20:44.480 --> 00:20:45.299
 about my

00:20:45.299 --> 00:20:46.059
 response to

00:20:46.059 --> 00:20:46.500
 God,

00:20:47.039 --> 00:20:48.179
 my commitment

00:20:48.179 --> 00:20:48.639
 to him,

00:20:48.879 --> 00:20:49.440
 my love

00:20:49.440 --> 00:20:49.779
 for him,

00:20:49.940 --> 00:20:50.679
 my obedience,

00:20:50.839 --> 00:20:51.779
 my praise.

00:20:52.940 --> 00:20:53.960
 It shifted.

00:20:55.099 --> 00:20:55.579
 It was the

00:20:55.579 --> 00:20:55.899
 wrong,

00:20:57.779 --> 00:20:57.980
 no,

00:20:58.079 --> 00:20:58.159
 no,

00:20:58.159 --> 00:20:58.220
 no,

00:20:58.500 --> 00:20:58.960
 we need

00:20:58.960 --> 00:20:59.799
 much more

00:20:59.799 --> 00:21:00.480
 songs about

00:21:00.480 --> 00:21:01.019
 God,

00:21:01.279 --> 00:21:01.839
 what you have

00:21:01.839 --> 00:21:02.220
 done for

00:21:02.220 --> 00:21:02.559
 me.

00:21:04.279 --> 00:21:05.000
 It's a

00:21:05.000 --> 00:21:05.779
 subtle shift

00:21:05.779 --> 00:21:06.259
 and yet

00:21:06.259 --> 00:21:08.980
 it's the

00:21:08.980 --> 00:21:09.259
 difference

00:21:09.259 --> 00:21:09.579
 between

00:21:09.579 --> 00:21:10.019
 heaven and

00:21:10.019 --> 00:21:10.279
 earth.

00:21:15.400 --> 00:21:16.160
 They lay

00:21:16.160 --> 00:21:16.600
 down the

00:21:16.600 --> 00:21:17.220
 law without

00:21:17.220 --> 00:21:17.860
 grace.

00:21:18.559 --> 00:21:18.680
 It's

00:21:18.680 --> 00:21:19.339
 Christless.

00:21:21.160 --> 00:21:21.539
 Can I

00:21:21.539 --> 00:21:22.079
 speak a

00:21:22.079 --> 00:21:22.660
 word quickly

00:21:22.660 --> 00:21:23.279
 to parents?

00:21:24.559 --> 00:21:25.180
 We need

00:21:25.180 --> 00:21:25.500
 to show

00:21:25.500 --> 00:21:26.160
 the goodness

00:21:26.160 --> 00:21:26.720
 and the

00:21:26.720 --> 00:21:27.660
 beauty of

00:21:27.660 --> 00:21:28.400
 authority

00:21:28.400 --> 00:21:29.519
 that a

00:21:29.519 --> 00:21:30.279
 Christian home

00:21:30.279 --> 00:21:31.019
 isn't just

00:21:31.019 --> 00:21:31.680
 about laying

00:21:31.680 --> 00:21:31.940
 down

00:21:31.940 --> 00:21:32.700
 expectations

00:21:32.700 --> 00:21:33.400
 of what

00:21:33.400 --> 00:21:33.920
 God wants

00:21:33.920 --> 00:21:34.100
 us.

00:21:34.400 --> 00:21:34.519
 A

00:21:34.519 --> 00:21:34.759
 Christian

00:21:34.759 --> 00:21:35.400
 home is

00:21:35.400 --> 00:21:35.920
 one filled

00:21:35.920 --> 00:21:36.320
 with his

00:21:36.320 --> 00:21:37.059
 mercy and

00:21:37.059 --> 00:21:37.460
 grace.

00:21:39.019 --> 00:21:39.680
 We need

00:21:39.680 --> 00:21:40.059
 authority,

00:21:40.180 --> 00:21:40.580
 don't hear me

00:21:40.580 --> 00:21:40.840
 wrong,

00:21:42.500 --> 00:21:42.799
 but the

00:21:42.799 --> 00:21:43.240
 only way

00:21:43.240 --> 00:21:43.660
 you can

00:21:43.660 --> 00:21:44.720
 fill a

00:21:44.720 --> 00:21:45.100
 home with

00:21:45.100 --> 00:21:45.539
 mercy and

00:21:45.539 --> 00:21:46.000
 grace is

00:21:46.000 --> 00:21:46.539
 if you

00:21:46.539 --> 00:21:47.120
 know you

00:21:47.120 --> 00:21:47.940
 need mercy

00:21:47.940 --> 00:21:48.620
 and grace

00:21:48.620 --> 00:21:50.420
 and you

00:21:50.420 --> 00:21:50.900
 can't fake

00:21:50.900 --> 00:21:51.100
 that,

00:21:51.160 --> 00:21:51.460
 there's no

00:21:51.460 --> 00:21:51.960
 rules for

00:21:51.960 --> 00:21:52.140
 that.

00:21:56.600 --> 00:21:57.200
 We need

00:21:57.200 --> 00:21:57.420
 to be

00:21:57.420 --> 00:21:57.799
 filled with

00:21:57.799 --> 00:21:58.360
 Christ and

00:21:58.360 --> 00:21:58.920
 his mercy

00:21:58.920 --> 00:21:59.360
 if we

00:21:59.360 --> 00:21:59.620
 want.

00:22:01.940 --> 00:22:02.460
 Our

00:22:02.460 --> 00:22:03.000
 kids to

00:22:03.000 --> 00:22:03.420
 see that

00:22:03.420 --> 00:22:03.759
 in us.

00:22:05.799 --> 00:22:06.160
 So the

00:22:06.160 --> 00:22:06.700
 first fruit,

00:22:07.860 --> 00:22:08.559
 there's an

00:22:08.559 --> 00:22:09.360
 outward show,

00:22:09.500 --> 00:22:09.840
 there's no

00:22:09.840 --> 00:22:10.920
 inward change

00:22:10.920 --> 00:22:11.480
 to be like

00:22:11.480 --> 00:22:11.840
 God.

00:22:12.539 --> 00:22:13.220
 The second

00:22:13.220 --> 00:22:14.740
 fruit is

00:22:14.740 --> 00:22:15.000
 that they

00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:15.820
 burden with

00:22:15.820 --> 00:22:16.299
 the law

00:22:16.299 --> 00:22:17.279
 and it's

00:22:17.279 --> 00:22:18.299
 just missing

00:22:18.299 --> 00:22:18.920
 grace.

00:22:20.500 --> 00:22:21.360
 The third

00:22:21.360 --> 00:22:21.740
 fruit,

00:22:24.240 --> 00:22:24.980
 they love

00:22:24.980 --> 00:22:25.759
 their own

00:22:25.759 --> 00:22:26.940
 reputation

00:22:26.940 --> 00:22:28.620
 as being

00:22:28.620 --> 00:22:29.200
 closer to

00:22:29.200 --> 00:22:29.519
 God.

00:22:29.640 --> 00:22:30.279
 Verses 5

00:22:30.279 --> 00:22:30.759
 to 7.

00:22:33.160 --> 00:22:33.860
 They do

00:22:33.860 --> 00:22:34.539
 all their

00:22:34.539 --> 00:22:35.259
 deeds to

00:22:35.259 --> 00:22:35.720
 be seen

00:22:35.720 --> 00:22:36.340
 by others.

00:22:38.200 --> 00:22:38.779
 They turn

00:22:38.779 --> 00:22:39.860
 acts for

00:22:39.860 --> 00:22:41.340
 God to

00:22:41.340 --> 00:22:41.740
 then make

00:22:41.740 --> 00:22:42.019
 it about

00:22:42.019 --> 00:22:42.580
 people's

00:22:42.580 --> 00:22:43.360
 love for

00:22:43.360 --> 00:22:43.759
 them.

00:22:47.519 --> 00:22:48.160
 I can't

00:22:48.160 --> 00:22:48.559
 even say

00:22:48.559 --> 00:22:49.000
 the word

00:22:49.000 --> 00:22:50.059
 phylactery,

00:22:50.299 --> 00:22:51.220
 I don't know

00:22:51.220 --> 00:22:51.539
 if I got

00:22:51.539 --> 00:22:51.940
 that right,

00:22:52.000 --> 00:22:52.600
 but it

00:22:52.600 --> 00:22:52.880
 was a

00:22:52.880 --> 00:22:53.620
 small box

00:22:53.620 --> 00:22:54.420
 containing

00:22:54.420 --> 00:22:56.299
 verses from

00:22:56.299 --> 00:22:56.860
 the law,

00:22:57.279 --> 00:22:57.640
 which

00:22:57.640 --> 00:22:58.279
 Deuteronomy

00:22:58.279 --> 00:22:58.799
 commanded,

00:22:58.960 --> 00:22:59.420
 whether it's

00:22:59.420 --> 00:23:00.039
 metaphorical

00:23:00.039 --> 00:23:00.359
 or not,

00:23:00.440 --> 00:23:00.940
 they took

00:23:00.940 --> 00:23:01.639
 it literally

00:23:01.639 --> 00:23:02.259
 and they

00:23:02.259 --> 00:23:02.680
 bound it

00:23:02.680 --> 00:23:02.960
 on their

00:23:02.960 --> 00:23:03.339
 forehead

00:23:03.339 --> 00:23:04.519
 or on

00:23:04.519 --> 00:23:04.960
 their hand

00:23:04.960 --> 00:23:06.000
 and their

00:23:06.000 --> 00:23:06.420
 tassels

00:23:06.420 --> 00:23:06.899
 were on

00:23:06.899 --> 00:23:07.240
 the outer

00:23:07.240 --> 00:23:07.639
 garments.

00:23:07.960 --> 00:23:08.119
 They were

00:23:08.119 --> 00:23:08.319
 meant to

00:23:08.319 --> 00:23:09.039
 be personal

00:23:09.039 --> 00:23:10.220
 reminders to

00:23:10.220 --> 00:23:10.779
 obey God's

00:23:10.779 --> 00:23:10.960
 word,

00:23:11.039 --> 00:23:11.359
 but they

00:23:11.359 --> 00:23:11.819
 make them

00:23:11.819 --> 00:23:12.879
 broad and

00:23:12.879 --> 00:23:13.339
 long.

00:23:13.740 --> 00:23:14.099
 Look at

00:23:14.099 --> 00:23:14.879
 how godly

00:23:14.879 --> 00:23:15.480
 I am.

00:23:16.019 --> 00:23:17.079
 It's so

00:23:17.079 --> 00:23:20.079
 twisted

00:23:20.079 --> 00:23:21.420
 what the

00:23:21.420 --> 00:23:21.960
 human heart

00:23:21.960 --> 00:23:22.500
 can do.

00:23:24.700 --> 00:23:25.339
 Prayer.

00:23:25.960 --> 00:23:26.399
 Haven't you

00:23:26.400 --> 00:23:27.259
 heard prayers

00:23:27.259 --> 00:23:28.920
 sometimes at

00:23:28.920 --> 00:23:30.080
 public events

00:23:30.080 --> 00:23:30.600
 like weddings

00:23:30.600 --> 00:23:31.040
 and things

00:23:31.040 --> 00:23:31.680
 where it's

00:23:31.680 --> 00:23:32.140
 meant to

00:23:32.140 --> 00:23:34.620
 be pouring

00:23:34.620 --> 00:23:35.040
 out our

00:23:35.040 --> 00:23:35.680
 helplessness

00:23:35.680 --> 00:23:36.360
 before God,

00:23:36.440 --> 00:23:36.759
 but it's

00:23:36.759 --> 00:23:37.800
 this show

00:23:37.800 --> 00:23:38.740
 of jargon

00:23:38.740 --> 00:23:39.940
 and look

00:23:39.940 --> 00:23:40.480
 at me and

00:23:40.480 --> 00:23:41.120
 my passion

00:23:41.120 --> 00:23:41.620
 for God.

00:23:43.000 --> 00:23:43.740
 It's so

00:23:43.740 --> 00:23:44.580
 twisted in

00:23:44.580 --> 00:23:45.200
 on ourselves.

00:23:45.200 --> 00:23:53.519
 A generation

00:23:53.519 --> 00:23:54.220
 ago, the

00:23:54.220 --> 00:23:55.180
 big names

00:23:55.180 --> 00:23:56.960
 in the

00:23:56.960 --> 00:23:57.500
 evangelical

00:23:57.500 --> 00:23:59.559
 English-speaking

00:23:59.559 --> 00:24:00.660
 world were

00:24:00.660 --> 00:24:01.259
 like Martin

00:24:01.259 --> 00:24:02.059
 Lloyd-Jones,

00:24:03.019 --> 00:24:03.380
 John

00:24:03.380 --> 00:24:03.960
 Stott,

00:24:05.039 --> 00:24:05.680
 and Dick

00:24:05.680 --> 00:24:06.080
 Lucas.

00:24:07.000 --> 00:24:08.100
 And Phil

00:24:08.100 --> 00:24:08.720
 Jensen from

00:24:08.720 --> 00:24:10.059
 Sydney, he

00:24:10.059 --> 00:24:10.400
 was talking

00:24:10.400 --> 00:24:10.819
 about Dick

00:24:10.819 --> 00:24:11.539
 Lucas and

00:24:11.539 --> 00:24:12.220
 he said,

00:24:12.360 --> 00:24:12.759
 you've never

00:24:12.759 --> 00:24:13.279
 met a man

00:24:13.279 --> 00:24:13.639
 who was

00:24:13.639 --> 00:24:14.519
 less

00:24:14.519 --> 00:24:15.480
 egocentric.

00:24:16.960 --> 00:24:17.359
 Everybody

00:24:17.359 --> 00:24:18.039
 else wanted

00:24:18.039 --> 00:24:18.599
 to go and

00:24:18.599 --> 00:24:19.039
 talk to

00:24:19.039 --> 00:24:19.579
 the great

00:24:19.579 --> 00:24:19.859
 one.

00:24:21.200 --> 00:24:21.839
 But as

00:24:21.839 --> 00:24:22.339
 soon as he

00:24:22.339 --> 00:24:22.619
 got the

00:24:22.619 --> 00:24:23.180
 impression that

00:24:23.180 --> 00:24:23.639
 you came

00:24:23.639 --> 00:24:24.139
 because he

00:24:24.139 --> 00:24:24.420
 was the

00:24:24.420 --> 00:24:24.899
 great one,

00:24:25.139 --> 00:24:25.420
 that was

00:24:25.420 --> 00:24:25.639
 the end

00:24:25.639 --> 00:24:25.819
 of the

00:24:25.819 --> 00:24:26.259
 conversation.

00:24:27.559 --> 00:24:28.139
 He was

00:24:28.139 --> 00:24:28.879
 always serving

00:24:28.879 --> 00:24:29.399
 the people.

00:24:33.359 --> 00:24:33.940
 That's the

00:24:33.940 --> 00:24:34.319
 fruit of

00:24:34.319 --> 00:24:34.700
 someone you

00:24:34.700 --> 00:24:35.220
 can trust.

00:24:35.460 --> 00:24:36.639
 It's not

00:24:36.639 --> 00:24:37.119
 about their

00:24:37.119 --> 00:24:37.599
 name.

00:24:38.180 --> 00:24:38.500
 They're not

00:24:38.500 --> 00:24:38.879
 the great

00:24:38.879 --> 00:24:39.139
 one.

00:24:39.140 --> 00:24:45.960
 Again,

00:24:46.080 --> 00:24:46.480
 they're so

00:24:46.480 --> 00:24:46.860
 unlike

00:24:46.860 --> 00:24:47.240
 Moses.

00:24:49.320 --> 00:24:50.120
 He was

00:24:50.120 --> 00:24:50.300
 the

00:24:50.300 --> 00:24:50.740
 authority,

00:24:50.900 --> 00:24:51.180
 but on

00:24:51.180 --> 00:24:51.520
 this one

00:24:51.520 --> 00:24:52.259
 occasion when

00:24:52.259 --> 00:24:52.880
 the 70

00:24:52.880 --> 00:24:53.540
 elders were

00:24:53.540 --> 00:24:54.120
 filled with

00:24:54.120 --> 00:24:54.720
 the spirit

00:24:54.720 --> 00:24:55.580
 to prophesy,

00:24:56.240 --> 00:24:56.880
 his assistants

00:24:56.880 --> 00:24:57.400
 were saying,

00:24:57.660 --> 00:24:57.860
 quick,

00:24:57.980 --> 00:24:58.220
 Moses,

00:24:58.380 --> 00:24:59.000
 stop them

00:24:59.000 --> 00:24:59.759
 because the

00:24:59.759 --> 00:25:00.540
 authority was

00:25:00.540 --> 00:25:01.480
 spreading away

00:25:01.480 --> 00:25:02.100
 from Moses

00:25:02.100 --> 00:25:02.540
 to these

00:25:02.540 --> 00:25:03.060
 other elders.

00:25:03.220 --> 00:25:04.720
 Are you

00:25:04.720 --> 00:25:05.180
 jealous?

00:25:05.680 --> 00:25:06.140
 For my

00:25:06.140 --> 00:25:06.480
 sake,

00:25:07.180 --> 00:25:07.540
 would that

00:25:07.540 --> 00:25:08.060
 all the

00:25:08.059 --> 00:25:08.359
 Lord's

00:25:08.359 --> 00:25:08.799
 people were

00:25:08.799 --> 00:25:09.240
 prophets,

00:25:09.359 --> 00:25:09.599
 that the

00:25:09.599 --> 00:25:09.940
 Lord would

00:25:09.940 --> 00:25:10.259
 put his

00:25:10.259 --> 00:25:10.720
 spirit on

00:25:10.720 --> 00:25:10.960
 them?

00:25:14.119 --> 00:25:15.099
 Moses wasn't

00:25:15.099 --> 00:25:15.980
 even trying to

00:25:15.980 --> 00:25:16.440
 keep all the

00:25:16.440 --> 00:25:17.000
 authority to

00:25:17.000 --> 00:25:17.399
 himself.

00:25:18.980 --> 00:25:19.859
 The Pharisees

00:25:19.859 --> 00:25:20.119
 were.

00:25:20.919 --> 00:25:21.720
 They loved

00:25:21.720 --> 00:25:22.179
 their own

00:25:22.179 --> 00:25:22.440
 name.

00:25:26.599 --> 00:25:27.079
 Now,

00:25:27.139 --> 00:25:27.500
 there might

00:25:27.500 --> 00:25:27.859
 be an

00:25:27.859 --> 00:25:28.519
 order to

00:25:28.519 --> 00:25:29.059
 these three

00:25:29.059 --> 00:25:29.700
 characteristics.

00:25:31.879 --> 00:25:32.599
 If the

00:25:32.599 --> 00:25:33.659
 deepest love

00:25:33.659 --> 00:25:34.079
 that you

00:25:34.079 --> 00:25:34.379
 and I

00:25:34.379 --> 00:25:35.059
 have is

00:25:35.059 --> 00:25:35.700
 the praise

00:25:35.700 --> 00:25:36.319
 of people,

00:25:37.019 --> 00:25:37.799
 you can't

00:25:37.799 --> 00:25:38.500
 rejoice in

00:25:38.500 --> 00:25:38.859
 God's

00:25:38.859 --> 00:25:41.759
 grace because

00:25:41.759 --> 00:25:43.259
 you don't

00:25:43.259 --> 00:25:43.579
 get the

00:25:43.579 --> 00:25:44.059
 praise.

00:25:45.559 --> 00:25:46.240
 He does.

00:25:46.319 --> 00:25:46.619
 He gets

00:25:46.619 --> 00:25:46.960
 it all.

00:25:49.339 --> 00:25:49.759
 And so

00:25:49.759 --> 00:25:50.599
 your religion,

00:25:50.859 --> 00:25:51.299
 if you're

00:25:51.299 --> 00:25:51.599
 looking for

00:25:51.599 --> 00:25:52.000
 praise for

00:25:52.000 --> 00:25:52.259
 people,

00:25:52.599 --> 00:25:53.240
 it's all

00:25:53.240 --> 00:25:53.539
 going to be

00:25:53.539 --> 00:25:53.980
 for show,

00:25:54.099 --> 00:25:54.539
 external.

00:25:54.779 --> 00:25:55.079
 You don't

00:25:55.079 --> 00:25:55.500
 care about

00:25:55.500 --> 00:25:56.019
 the internal

00:25:56.019 --> 00:25:56.440
 reality,

00:25:56.539 --> 00:25:56.879
 you care

00:25:56.879 --> 00:25:57.180
 about the

00:25:57.180 --> 00:25:57.500
 external.

00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:00.519
 But if

00:26:00.519 --> 00:26:00.879
 you love

00:26:00.879 --> 00:26:01.599
 his grace,

00:26:02.599 --> 00:26:03.899
 you want

00:26:03.899 --> 00:26:04.299
 him to get

00:26:04.299 --> 00:26:04.879
 the praise

00:26:04.880 --> 00:26:05.540
 and you

00:26:05.540 --> 00:26:07.760
 want that

00:26:07.760 --> 00:26:08.240
 internal

00:26:08.240 --> 00:26:08.660
 reality.

00:26:12.740 --> 00:26:13.180
 Now,

00:26:13.260 --> 00:26:13.620
 I don't

00:26:13.620 --> 00:26:14.100
 think my

00:26:14.100 --> 00:26:14.700
 love for

00:26:14.700 --> 00:26:15.220
 people's

00:26:15.220 --> 00:26:16.000
 praise will

00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:16.700
 be fully

00:26:16.700 --> 00:26:17.340
 eradicated

00:26:17.340 --> 00:26:18.080
 until Jesus

00:26:18.080 --> 00:26:18.640
 returns.

00:26:19.640 --> 00:26:20.360
 My motives

00:26:20.360 --> 00:26:21.120
 are always,

00:26:21.180 --> 00:26:21.980
 always mixed.

00:26:24.280 --> 00:26:25.000
 I've known

00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:25.440
 people to

00:26:25.440 --> 00:26:25.940
 step back

00:26:25.940 --> 00:26:26.520
 from music

00:26:26.520 --> 00:26:27.180
 for a time

00:26:27.180 --> 00:26:28.280
 because they

00:26:28.280 --> 00:26:28.740
 just knew

00:26:28.740 --> 00:26:29.000
 in their

00:26:29.000 --> 00:26:29.680
 own heart

00:26:29.680 --> 00:26:31.620
 that even

00:26:31.620 --> 00:26:32.080
 while they're

00:26:32.080 --> 00:26:32.420
 meant to be

00:26:32.420 --> 00:26:33.140
 leading the

00:26:33.140 --> 00:26:34.040
 congregation in

00:26:34.039 --> 00:26:34.440
 worship.

00:26:34.700 --> 00:26:35.139
 Really,

00:26:35.240 --> 00:26:35.539
 what they're

00:26:35.539 --> 00:26:36.339
 wanting is

00:26:36.339 --> 00:26:37.220
 you to

00:26:37.220 --> 00:26:38.079
 love them.

00:26:39.799 --> 00:26:39.960
 Now,

00:26:40.019 --> 00:26:40.399
 you may not

00:26:40.399 --> 00:26:40.879
 need a step

00:26:40.879 --> 00:26:41.200
 back,

00:26:41.460 --> 00:26:44.319
 but where

00:26:44.319 --> 00:26:45.159
 is the

00:26:45.159 --> 00:26:45.680
 Holy Spirit

00:26:45.680 --> 00:26:46.619
 convicting you

00:26:46.619 --> 00:26:47.019
 that you're

00:26:47.019 --> 00:26:47.539
 doing it for

00:26:47.539 --> 00:26:48.039
 the love of

00:26:48.039 --> 00:26:48.579
 the praise

00:26:48.579 --> 00:26:49.079
 of people?

00:26:50.180 --> 00:26:50.759
 Name it.

00:26:50.960 --> 00:26:51.740
 It's dangerous

00:26:51.740 --> 00:26:52.440
 not to name

00:26:52.440 --> 00:26:52.639
 it.

00:26:53.899 --> 00:26:54.440
 That's the

00:26:54.440 --> 00:26:55.359
 pathway to be

00:26:55.359 --> 00:26:56.240
 refreshed in

00:26:56.240 --> 00:26:56.680
 his grace

00:26:56.680 --> 00:26:56.960
 again.

00:27:02.619 --> 00:27:03.099
 Now,

00:27:03.159 --> 00:27:03.440
 they're the

00:27:03.440 --> 00:27:03.879
 fruits.

00:27:04.039 --> 00:27:04.720
 false

00:27:04.720 --> 00:27:05.500
 teachers and

00:27:05.500 --> 00:27:06.339
 people we

00:27:06.339 --> 00:27:07.460
 shouldn't

00:27:07.460 --> 00:27:11.039
 trust if

00:27:11.039 --> 00:27:11.899
 their whole

00:27:11.899 --> 00:27:12.359
 life is

00:27:12.359 --> 00:27:12.799
 characterized

00:27:12.799 --> 00:27:13.420
 by those

00:27:13.420 --> 00:27:14.119
 three things.

00:27:14.859 --> 00:27:15.379
 You might

00:27:15.379 --> 00:27:15.879
 expect at

00:27:15.879 --> 00:27:16.279
 this point

00:27:16.279 --> 00:27:17.319
 that we're

00:27:17.319 --> 00:27:17.519
 given

00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:18.159
 characteristics

00:27:18.159 --> 00:27:18.839
 of people

00:27:18.839 --> 00:27:19.460
 you can

00:27:19.460 --> 00:27:19.879
 trust,

00:27:20.259 --> 00:27:20.720
 but that's

00:27:20.720 --> 00:27:21.379
 not where

00:27:21.379 --> 00:27:22.200
 Jesus goes.

00:27:22.420 --> 00:27:22.779
 We're given

00:27:22.779 --> 00:27:24.180
 something so

00:27:24.180 --> 00:27:24.819
 much better

00:27:24.819 --> 00:27:25.259
 than that.

00:27:26.460 --> 00:27:26.960
 Look at

00:27:26.960 --> 00:27:27.599
 verses 8 to

00:27:27.599 --> 00:27:27.879
 10.

00:27:27.879 --> 00:27:27.920
 10.

00:27:27.920 --> 00:27:32.680
 You are

00:27:32.680 --> 00:27:33.039
 not to be

00:27:33.039 --> 00:27:33.220
 called

00:27:33.220 --> 00:27:33.680
 rabbi,

00:27:33.880 --> 00:27:34.140
 for you

00:27:34.140 --> 00:27:34.759
 have one

00:27:34.759 --> 00:27:35.259
 teacher,

00:27:35.880 --> 00:27:36.740
 and you

00:27:36.740 --> 00:27:37.100
 are all

00:27:37.100 --> 00:27:37.480
 brothers.

00:27:37.980 --> 00:27:38.400
 And call

00:27:38.400 --> 00:27:38.820
 no man

00:27:38.820 --> 00:27:39.340
 your father

00:27:39.340 --> 00:27:39.720
 on earth,

00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:39.980
 for you

00:27:39.980 --> 00:27:40.560
 have one

00:27:40.560 --> 00:27:42.220
 father who

00:27:42.220 --> 00:27:42.560
 is in

00:27:42.560 --> 00:27:42.779
 heaven.

00:27:43.700 --> 00:27:44.180
 Neither be

00:27:44.180 --> 00:27:44.400
 called

00:27:44.400 --> 00:27:44.960
 instructors,

00:27:45.100 --> 00:27:45.340
 for you

00:27:45.340 --> 00:27:46.060
 have one

00:27:46.060 --> 00:27:46.779
 instructor,

00:27:47.100 --> 00:27:47.720
 the Christ.

00:27:47.720 --> 00:27:57.319
 God

00:27:57.319 --> 00:28:00.420
 himself is

00:28:00.420 --> 00:28:00.600
 your

00:28:00.600 --> 00:28:00.980
 teacher,

00:28:01.759 --> 00:28:02.940
 your

00:28:02.940 --> 00:28:03.420
 father,

00:28:03.720 --> 00:28:04.000
 your

00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:04.779
 authority.

00:28:06.500 --> 00:28:07.019
 There's

00:28:07.019 --> 00:28:07.920
 possibly a

00:28:07.920 --> 00:28:08.680
 trinitarian

00:28:08.680 --> 00:28:09.480
 nature in

00:28:09.480 --> 00:28:10.039
 these verses.

00:28:12.720 --> 00:28:13.839
 Jesus is

00:28:13.839 --> 00:28:14.600
 claiming a

00:28:14.600 --> 00:28:15.880
 radical change

00:28:15.880 --> 00:28:16.660
 in salvation

00:28:16.660 --> 00:28:17.100
 history.

00:28:17.099 --> 00:28:17.799
 Old Testament,

00:28:18.519 --> 00:28:19.419
 their spiritual

00:28:19.419 --> 00:28:20.199
 relationship with

00:28:20.199 --> 00:28:21.039
 God depended

00:28:21.039 --> 00:28:21.579
 on the

00:28:21.579 --> 00:28:21.939
 leaders.

00:28:22.879 --> 00:28:23.259
 If they

00:28:23.259 --> 00:28:23.859
 were faithful,

00:28:25.339 --> 00:28:26.480
 God blessed.

00:28:26.679 --> 00:28:26.980
 If they

00:28:26.980 --> 00:28:27.599
 weren't faithful,

00:28:28.599 --> 00:28:29.339
 they were

00:28:29.339 --> 00:28:29.839
 cursed.

00:28:31.339 --> 00:28:31.899
 A change

00:28:31.899 --> 00:28:32.259
 is happening

00:28:32.259 --> 00:28:32.619
 here.

00:28:34.259 --> 00:28:34.939
 Jeremiah said

00:28:34.939 --> 00:28:35.259
 the new

00:28:35.259 --> 00:28:35.639
 covenant,

00:28:36.259 --> 00:28:36.859
 no longer

00:28:36.859 --> 00:28:37.439
 shall each

00:28:37.439 --> 00:28:38.159
 one teach

00:28:38.159 --> 00:28:38.659
 his neighbor

00:28:38.659 --> 00:28:39.480
 and his

00:28:39.480 --> 00:28:39.799
 brother,

00:28:39.899 --> 00:28:40.139
 saying,

00:28:40.299 --> 00:28:40.719
 know the

00:28:40.719 --> 00:28:41.039
 Lord,

00:28:41.379 --> 00:28:41.659
 for they

00:28:41.659 --> 00:28:42.179
 shall all

00:28:42.179 --> 00:28:42.679
 know me,

00:28:43.059 --> 00:28:43.480
 from the

00:28:43.480 --> 00:28:43.819
 least of

00:28:43.819 --> 00:28:44.039
 them to

00:28:44.039 --> 00:28:44.639
 the greatest,

00:28:44.819 --> 00:28:45.219
 declares the

00:28:45.219 --> 00:28:45.439
 Lord.

00:28:47.099 --> 00:28:48.579
 one

00:28:48.579 --> 00:28:49.079
 authority

00:28:49.079 --> 00:28:51.119
 in God

00:28:51.119 --> 00:28:51.639
 himself.

00:28:52.679 --> 00:28:53.139
 That's

00:28:53.139 --> 00:28:53.419
 true

00:28:53.419 --> 00:28:53.859
 religion.

00:28:56.519 --> 00:28:57.139
 A few

00:28:57.139 --> 00:28:57.319
 of the

00:28:57.319 --> 00:28:57.699
 people who

00:28:57.699 --> 00:28:57.939
 have been

00:28:57.939 --> 00:28:58.699
 influential in

00:28:58.699 --> 00:28:59.279
 my life

00:28:59.279 --> 00:29:00.019
 are no

00:29:00.019 --> 00:29:00.659
 longer claiming

00:29:00.659 --> 00:29:00.959
 to be

00:29:00.959 --> 00:29:01.319
 Christian.

00:29:03.679 --> 00:29:04.119
 Sadly,

00:29:04.279 --> 00:29:04.639
 I'm guessing

00:29:04.639 --> 00:29:05.139
 I'm not the

00:29:05.139 --> 00:29:05.679
 only one who

00:29:05.679 --> 00:29:06.079
 can say

00:29:06.079 --> 00:29:06.319
 that.

00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:07.379
 Some of

00:29:07.379 --> 00:29:08.579
 those are

00:29:08.579 --> 00:29:09.259
 relationships in

00:29:09.259 --> 00:29:09.599
 my life.

00:29:09.659 --> 00:29:09.859
 Some of

00:29:09.859 --> 00:29:10.219
 them are just

00:29:10.219 --> 00:29:10.559
 public

00:29:10.559 --> 00:29:10.980
 figures.

00:29:10.980 --> 00:29:13.900
 But here's

00:29:13.900 --> 00:29:14.180
 the thing,

00:29:14.299 --> 00:29:14.880
 my faith is

00:29:14.880 --> 00:29:16.019
 not shaken.

00:29:17.700 --> 00:29:18.400
 It's very

00:29:18.400 --> 00:29:19.120
 disturbing when

00:29:19.120 --> 00:29:19.579
 that happens,

00:29:19.660 --> 00:29:19.960
 isn't it?

00:29:20.160 --> 00:29:20.660
 It's very

00:29:20.660 --> 00:29:21.160
 disturbing.

00:29:21.559 --> 00:29:21.960
 But my

00:29:21.960 --> 00:29:22.460
 faith is not

00:29:22.460 --> 00:29:23.079
 shaken because

00:29:23.079 --> 00:29:23.519
 they're not

00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:24.180
 my authority.

00:29:26.120 --> 00:29:26.920
 God alone

00:29:26.920 --> 00:29:27.779
 is in

00:29:27.779 --> 00:29:28.579
 his word and

00:29:28.579 --> 00:29:29.000
 by his

00:29:29.000 --> 00:29:29.539
 spirit in

00:29:29.539 --> 00:29:30.019
 the gospel.

00:29:32.380 --> 00:29:33.099
 Which means

00:29:33.099 --> 00:29:33.700
 our faith

00:29:33.700 --> 00:29:35.559
 is solid

00:29:35.559 --> 00:29:36.980
 when he

00:29:36.980 --> 00:29:37.299
 is our

00:29:37.299 --> 00:29:37.500
 one

00:29:37.500 --> 00:29:37.940
 authority.

00:29:37.940 --> 00:29:40.960
 his gospel

00:29:40.960 --> 00:29:41.680
 never fails

00:29:41.680 --> 00:29:41.960
 us.

00:29:44.480 --> 00:29:44.940
 At

00:29:44.940 --> 00:29:45.400
 small group

00:29:45.400 --> 00:29:45.779
 this week,

00:29:45.840 --> 00:29:46.360
 I love the

00:29:46.360 --> 00:29:46.720
 fact that

00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:47.340
 they ganged

00:29:47.340 --> 00:29:47.860
 up on me

00:29:47.860 --> 00:29:49.440
 and disagreed

00:29:49.440 --> 00:29:49.759
 with me.

00:29:50.900 --> 00:29:51.640
 I think I

00:29:51.640 --> 00:29:51.820
 was the

00:29:51.820 --> 00:29:52.259
 only one

00:29:52.259 --> 00:29:53.259
 who believed

00:29:53.259 --> 00:29:53.960
 at one

00:29:53.960 --> 00:29:55.380
 point from

00:29:55.380 --> 00:29:55.900
 the passage.

00:29:56.400 --> 00:29:56.740
 It was

00:29:56.740 --> 00:29:57.680
 wonderful because

00:29:57.680 --> 00:29:59.019
 the word of

00:29:59.019 --> 00:29:59.840
 God was the

00:29:59.840 --> 00:30:00.680
 authority in

00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:01.039
 the room.

00:30:02.900 --> 00:30:03.660
 That's true

00:30:03.660 --> 00:30:04.120
 religion.

00:30:04.400 --> 00:30:04.720
 One

00:30:04.720 --> 00:30:05.259
 authority.

00:30:07.940 --> 00:30:11.080
 Now,

00:30:11.200 --> 00:30:11.660
 the Pharisees

00:30:11.660 --> 00:30:12.080
 looked to

00:30:12.080 --> 00:30:13.400
 their earlier

00:30:13.400 --> 00:30:14.160
 rabbis and

00:30:14.160 --> 00:30:14.519
 called them

00:30:14.519 --> 00:30:15.500
 fathers and

00:30:15.500 --> 00:30:15.799
 what they

00:30:15.799 --> 00:30:16.100
 meant by

00:30:16.100 --> 00:30:17.039
 that is all

00:30:17.039 --> 00:30:17.620
 their teaching

00:30:17.620 --> 00:30:18.620
 became capital

00:30:18.620 --> 00:30:19.720
 T truth.

00:30:19.820 --> 00:30:20.500
 You can't

00:30:20.500 --> 00:30:21.240
 disagree with

00:30:21.240 --> 00:30:21.360
 them.

00:30:21.660 --> 00:30:21.799
 Now,

00:30:21.920 --> 00:30:23.259
 we have a

00:30:23.259 --> 00:30:24.220
 history of

00:30:24.220 --> 00:30:25.200
 faithful teachers

00:30:25.200 --> 00:30:25.640
 that we

00:30:25.640 --> 00:30:26.960
 stand on the

00:30:26.960 --> 00:30:27.519
 shoulders of

00:30:27.519 --> 00:30:28.160
 giants.

00:30:30.460 --> 00:30:31.279
 We've got the

00:30:31.279 --> 00:30:31.940
 early church

00:30:31.940 --> 00:30:32.360
 fathers.

00:30:32.519 --> 00:30:32.840
 We've got

00:30:32.840 --> 00:30:34.700
 the reformers,

00:30:34.900 --> 00:30:35.340
 Calvin,

00:30:35.539 --> 00:30:35.820
 Luther.

00:30:35.940 --> 00:30:36.820
 We've got the

00:30:36.820 --> 00:30:37.140
 Baptist

00:30:37.140 --> 00:30:37.779
 Confession.

00:30:37.940 --> 00:30:41.740
 But we

00:30:41.740 --> 00:30:42.400
 have one,

00:30:42.740 --> 00:30:43.840
 one final

00:30:43.840 --> 00:30:44.320
 authority.

00:30:45.460 --> 00:30:46.080
 They deserve

00:30:46.080 --> 00:30:46.779
 our respect,

00:30:47.840 --> 00:30:48.120
 but we

00:30:48.120 --> 00:30:48.559
 have one

00:30:48.559 --> 00:30:49.000
 authority.

00:30:52.600 --> 00:30:53.279
 Catholics

00:30:53.279 --> 00:30:54.480
 use this

00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:55.080
 seat of

00:30:55.080 --> 00:30:55.779
 Moses as

00:30:55.779 --> 00:30:56.740
 part of the

00:30:56.740 --> 00:30:57.539
 evidence for

00:30:57.539 --> 00:30:58.600
 the Pope,

00:30:59.059 --> 00:30:59.759
 whereas the

00:30:59.759 --> 00:31:00.360
 passage is

00:31:00.360 --> 00:31:02.120
 saying God's

00:31:02.120 --> 00:31:02.559
 not going to

00:31:02.559 --> 00:31:03.440
 share that

00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:03.840
 seat with

00:31:03.840 --> 00:31:04.120
 anyone.

00:31:04.320 --> 00:31:04.980
 He sits

00:31:04.980 --> 00:31:05.539
 on that

00:31:05.539 --> 00:31:05.860
 seat.

00:31:05.859 --> 00:31:11.059
 false

00:31:11.059 --> 00:31:11.459
 religion

00:31:11.459 --> 00:31:12.459
 always puts

00:31:12.459 --> 00:31:13.579
 something in

00:31:13.579 --> 00:31:14.439
 between you

00:31:14.439 --> 00:31:15.740
 and God

00:31:15.740 --> 00:31:16.719
 in his

00:31:16.719 --> 00:31:19.079
 word as

00:31:19.079 --> 00:31:19.779
 the ultimate

00:31:19.779 --> 00:31:20.339
 authority.

00:31:21.500 --> 00:31:22.459
 Whether it's a

00:31:22.459 --> 00:31:23.519
 human or a

00:31:23.519 --> 00:31:23.979
 tradition,

00:31:25.079 --> 00:31:25.319
 some

00:31:25.319 --> 00:31:25.919
 institution,

00:31:26.199 --> 00:31:26.879
 something is in

00:31:26.879 --> 00:31:27.240
 between.

00:31:27.240 --> 00:31:34.920
 may sound like

00:31:34.920 --> 00:31:35.420
 I'm trying to

00:31:35.420 --> 00:31:35.779
 get out of

00:31:35.779 --> 00:31:36.220
 my job,

00:31:36.880 --> 00:31:38.059
 but elders

00:31:38.059 --> 00:31:38.900
 and pastors

00:31:38.900 --> 00:31:39.579
 and other

00:31:39.579 --> 00:31:40.240
 authorities in

00:31:40.240 --> 00:31:40.620
 our lives,

00:31:40.759 --> 00:31:41.359
 they're a good

00:31:41.359 --> 00:31:41.740
 gift,

00:31:41.880 --> 00:31:42.220
 but what it

00:31:42.220 --> 00:31:43.700
 means is we're

00:31:43.700 --> 00:31:44.140
 first and

00:31:44.140 --> 00:31:44.359
 foremost

00:31:44.359 --> 00:31:44.799
 brothers.

00:31:46.160 --> 00:31:46.559
 We're

00:31:46.559 --> 00:31:46.960
 learners.

00:31:46.960 --> 00:31:53.279
 I don't

00:31:53.279 --> 00:31:53.720
 think Jesus

00:31:53.720 --> 00:31:54.140
 is being

00:31:54.140 --> 00:31:55.220
 hyper-democratic

00:31:55.220 --> 00:31:55.579
 here.

00:31:57.539 --> 00:31:58.019
 Human

00:31:58.019 --> 00:31:58.720
 teachers are

00:31:58.720 --> 00:31:59.680
 a gift from

00:31:59.680 --> 00:32:00.240
 Christ,

00:32:01.319 --> 00:32:02.400
 but if you

00:32:02.400 --> 00:32:02.700
 look at

00:32:02.700 --> 00:32:03.039
 Paul's

00:32:03.039 --> 00:32:03.420
 ministry,

00:32:03.579 --> 00:32:03.880
 especially

00:32:03.880 --> 00:32:04.860
 1 Thessalonians

00:32:04.860 --> 00:32:05.160
 2,

00:32:05.279 --> 00:32:05.640
 there's this

00:32:05.640 --> 00:32:06.680
 lovely section

00:32:06.680 --> 00:32:06.960
 where he

00:32:06.960 --> 00:32:07.160
 says,

00:32:07.259 --> 00:32:07.660
 I was like

00:32:07.660 --> 00:32:08.340
 a nursing

00:32:08.340 --> 00:32:09.039
 mother to

00:32:09.039 --> 00:32:09.279
 you.

00:32:10.279 --> 00:32:10.840
 When they

00:32:10.840 --> 00:32:11.340
 started off

00:32:11.340 --> 00:32:11.759
 as Christians,

00:32:11.880 --> 00:32:12.500
 they were so

00:32:12.500 --> 00:32:13.140
 dependent on

00:32:13.140 --> 00:32:13.779
 him, like a

00:32:13.779 --> 00:32:14.440
 nursing mother,

00:32:14.840 --> 00:32:15.160
 but then I

00:32:15.160 --> 00:32:15.620
 was like a

00:32:15.620 --> 00:32:16.340
 father to

00:32:16.340 --> 00:32:16.579
 you.

00:32:16.960 --> 00:32:17.360
 God's

00:32:17.360 --> 00:32:18.000
 urging you,

00:32:18.079 --> 00:32:18.420
 come on,

00:32:18.740 --> 00:32:19.240
 you can do

00:32:19.240 --> 00:32:19.920
 it, pushing

00:32:19.920 --> 00:32:20.400
 out of the

00:32:20.400 --> 00:32:21.220
 nest, but

00:32:21.220 --> 00:32:21.559
 then he

00:32:21.559 --> 00:32:24.360
 says, he

00:32:24.360 --> 00:32:24.700
 calls them

00:32:24.700 --> 00:32:25.039
 brothers.

00:32:26.940 --> 00:32:27.160
 True

00:32:27.160 --> 00:32:28.200
 authorities

00:32:28.200 --> 00:32:30.039
 push you

00:32:30.039 --> 00:32:30.779
 away from

00:32:30.779 --> 00:32:32.200
 themselves to

00:32:32.200 --> 00:32:32.700
 Christ.

00:32:34.779 --> 00:32:35.460
 We're a

00:32:35.460 --> 00:32:36.460
 brotherhood in

00:32:36.460 --> 00:32:36.660
 there.

00:32:42.759 --> 00:32:43.319
 Every

00:32:43.319 --> 00:32:43.779
 earthly

00:32:43.779 --> 00:32:44.360
 teacher has

00:32:44.360 --> 00:32:44.819
 gaps.

00:32:46.960 --> 00:32:47.960
 has prejudice,

00:32:47.960 --> 00:32:48.680
 has

00:32:48.680 --> 00:32:48.660
 prejudice, has

00:32:48.660 --> 00:32:49.759
 imbalances,

00:32:49.980 --> 00:32:50.400
 has that

00:32:50.400 --> 00:32:50.880
 remaining

00:32:50.880 --> 00:32:51.539
 sin of

00:32:51.539 --> 00:32:51.940
 the love

00:32:51.940 --> 00:32:52.380
 of praise

00:32:52.380 --> 00:32:52.840
 of man,

00:32:53.299 --> 00:32:54.039
 but Christ's

00:32:54.039 --> 00:32:54.460
 blood has

00:32:54.460 --> 00:32:54.980
 brought for

00:32:54.980 --> 00:32:55.579
 us a

00:32:55.579 --> 00:32:56.319
 father in

00:32:56.319 --> 00:32:58.039
 heaven, one

00:32:58.039 --> 00:32:58.920
 divine master,

00:32:59.079 --> 00:32:59.759
 one teacher,

00:32:59.920 --> 00:33:00.559
 in his word,

00:33:00.680 --> 00:33:01.059
 by his

00:33:01.059 --> 00:33:02.559
 spirit, which

00:33:02.559 --> 00:33:03.019
 means our

00:33:03.019 --> 00:33:04.440
 faith can

00:33:04.440 --> 00:33:04.819
 never be

00:33:04.819 --> 00:33:05.559
 shaken if

00:33:05.559 --> 00:33:06.019
 we look to

00:33:06.019 --> 00:33:06.600
 that authority.

00:33:06.599 --> 00:33:17.799
 there's so

00:33:17.799 --> 00:33:17.980
 many

00:33:17.980 --> 00:33:19.559
 capabilities in

00:33:19.559 --> 00:33:21.319
 human

00:33:21.319 --> 00:33:22.019
 teachers that

00:33:22.019 --> 00:33:22.859
 we often,

00:33:24.359 --> 00:33:25.319
 it attracts

00:33:25.319 --> 00:33:25.779
 us, it

00:33:25.779 --> 00:33:26.099
 gives us

00:33:26.099 --> 00:33:26.859
 confidence in

00:33:26.859 --> 00:33:27.199
 them, like

00:33:27.199 --> 00:33:27.959
 their knowledge,

00:33:28.599 --> 00:33:29.039
 their Bible

00:33:29.039 --> 00:33:29.500
 knowledge,

00:33:29.619 --> 00:33:30.079
 their widely

00:33:30.079 --> 00:33:30.699
 read, or

00:33:30.699 --> 00:33:32.019
 maybe it's

00:33:32.019 --> 00:33:32.819
 their rhetoric,

00:33:33.199 --> 00:33:33.779
 their debating

00:33:33.779 --> 00:33:34.539
 skills are

00:33:34.539 --> 00:33:35.539
 impressive,

00:33:35.539 --> 00:33:36.359
 maybe it's

00:33:36.359 --> 00:33:37.019
 their training,

00:33:37.159 --> 00:33:37.420
 they've got

00:33:37.420 --> 00:33:38.420
 PhDs, maybe

00:33:38.420 --> 00:33:38.720
 it's their

00:33:38.720 --> 00:33:39.279
 titles,

00:33:40.480 --> 00:33:43.200
 reverend,

00:33:43.319 --> 00:33:43.639
 bishop,

00:33:44.139 --> 00:33:44.539
 pastor,

00:33:44.720 --> 00:33:44.980
 senior

00:33:44.980 --> 00:33:46.159
 pastor, maybe

00:33:46.159 --> 00:33:46.519
 it's their

00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:47.000
 charisma,

00:33:47.279 --> 00:33:47.440
 they're

00:33:47.440 --> 00:33:47.940
 passionate,

00:33:49.379 --> 00:33:49.720
 they're

00:33:49.720 --> 00:33:50.259
 zealous,

00:33:51.539 --> 00:33:52.559
 you can

00:33:52.559 --> 00:33:52.859
 look for

00:33:52.859 --> 00:33:54.079
 their empathy,

00:33:55.240 --> 00:33:56.440
 their tears,

00:33:56.579 --> 00:33:57.159
 maybe you can

00:33:57.159 --> 00:33:57.740
 look for their

00:33:57.740 --> 00:33:59.019
 visionaries,

00:33:59.139 --> 00:33:59.359
 they've got

00:33:59.359 --> 00:33:59.899
 these grand

00:33:59.899 --> 00:34:00.500
 plans, they

00:34:00.500 --> 00:34:01.119
 can move

00:34:01.119 --> 00:34:01.680
 people to

00:34:01.680 --> 00:34:01.920
 get them

00:34:01.920 --> 00:34:02.819
 done, it

00:34:02.819 --> 00:34:03.059
 could be

00:34:03.059 --> 00:34:03.859
 their popularity,

00:34:03.859 --> 00:34:05.679
 but all

00:34:05.679 --> 00:34:07.139
 that could

00:34:07.139 --> 00:34:08.039
 be two

00:34:08.039 --> 00:34:08.960
 chassis of

00:34:08.960 --> 00:34:09.440
 a car

00:34:09.440 --> 00:34:09.859
 welded

00:34:09.859 --> 00:34:10.339
 together.

00:34:12.539 --> 00:34:13.299
 Let's not

00:34:13.299 --> 00:34:13.619
 look at

00:34:13.619 --> 00:34:14.359
 those things,

00:34:14.659 --> 00:34:15.839
 they can be

00:34:15.839 --> 00:34:16.239
 used for

00:34:16.239 --> 00:34:16.599
 good or

00:34:16.599 --> 00:34:16.920
 ill.

00:34:20.719 --> 00:34:21.299
 Verses

00:34:21.299 --> 00:34:21.759
 11 and

00:34:21.759 --> 00:34:22.460
 12 tell

00:34:22.460 --> 00:34:22.839
 us the

00:34:22.839 --> 00:34:23.359
 fruit we're

00:34:23.359 --> 00:34:23.659
 to look

00:34:23.659 --> 00:34:23.940
 for.

00:34:25.920 --> 00:34:26.699
 And this

00:34:26.699 --> 00:34:27.199
 fruit can

00:34:27.199 --> 00:34:27.900
 only come

00:34:27.900 --> 00:34:28.539
 if someone

00:34:28.539 --> 00:34:29.859
 looks to

00:34:29.859 --> 00:34:30.420
 Jesus as

00:34:30.420 --> 00:34:30.779
 the one

00:34:30.779 --> 00:34:31.279
 authority

00:34:31.280 --> 00:34:33.340
 and loves

00:34:33.340 --> 00:34:33.960
 the grace

00:34:33.960 --> 00:34:34.340
 of God.

00:34:35.060 --> 00:34:35.740
 The greatest

00:34:35.740 --> 00:34:36.340
 among you

00:34:36.340 --> 00:34:36.700
 shall be

00:34:36.700 --> 00:34:37.519
 your servant.

00:34:39.420 --> 00:34:39.960
 Whoever

00:34:39.960 --> 00:34:40.640
 exalts

00:34:40.640 --> 00:34:41.240
 himself will

00:34:41.240 --> 00:34:41.720
 be humbled

00:34:41.720 --> 00:34:42.340
 and whoever

00:34:42.340 --> 00:34:43.080
 humbles

00:34:43.080 --> 00:34:44.740
 himself will

00:34:44.740 --> 00:34:45.500
 be exalted.

00:34:48.440 --> 00:34:49.000
 Even as

00:34:49.000 --> 00:34:49.620
 the Son of

00:34:49.620 --> 00:34:50.200
 Man came

00:34:50.200 --> 00:34:50.660
 not to be

00:34:50.660 --> 00:34:51.140
 served but

00:34:51.140 --> 00:34:52.040
 to serve and

00:34:52.040 --> 00:34:52.460
 to give his

00:34:52.460 --> 00:34:53.019
 life as a

00:34:53.019 --> 00:34:53.680
 ransom for

00:34:53.680 --> 00:34:54.060
 many.

00:34:55.720 --> 00:34:56.240
 Humility.

00:34:57.240 --> 00:34:57.760
 Do we look

00:34:57.760 --> 00:34:58.680
 for humility?

00:34:58.679 --> 00:35:01.339
 I'm going

00:35:01.339 --> 00:35:01.719
 to say it

00:35:01.719 --> 00:35:01.919
 again.

00:35:02.139 --> 00:35:02.539
 Who you're

00:35:02.539 --> 00:35:03.019
 listening to

00:35:03.019 --> 00:35:04.799
 online, are

00:35:04.799 --> 00:35:05.440
 they humble?

00:35:06.339 --> 00:35:06.980
 Are they

00:35:06.980 --> 00:35:08.299
 pushing away

00:35:08.299 --> 00:35:09.019
 from self?

00:35:09.299 --> 00:35:09.759
 Are they so

00:35:09.759 --> 00:35:10.759
 full of God

00:35:10.759 --> 00:35:11.339
 and full of

00:35:11.339 --> 00:35:11.699
 others?

00:35:15.219 --> 00:35:15.919
 Are they

00:35:15.919 --> 00:35:17.359
 aware of

00:35:17.359 --> 00:35:18.199
 their propensity

00:35:18.199 --> 00:35:19.980
 for loving

00:35:19.980 --> 00:35:20.980
 people's praise?

00:35:25.519 --> 00:35:26.299
 Now one

00:35:26.299 --> 00:35:26.960
 public teacher

00:35:26.960 --> 00:35:28.000
 I followed

00:35:28.000 --> 00:35:29.240
 is John

00:35:29.240 --> 00:35:29.679
 Piper.

00:35:30.460 --> 00:35:31.860
 Now I

00:35:31.860 --> 00:35:32.159
 don't really

00:35:32.159 --> 00:35:32.639
 care if you

00:35:32.639 --> 00:35:33.059
 like his

00:35:33.059 --> 00:35:33.579
 style or

00:35:33.579 --> 00:35:33.760
 not.

00:35:35.639 --> 00:35:36.340
 The point

00:35:36.340 --> 00:35:36.579
 of this

00:35:36.579 --> 00:35:37.019
 message is

00:35:37.019 --> 00:35:37.300
 not to

00:35:37.300 --> 00:35:37.699
 say hey

00:35:37.699 --> 00:35:38.720
 listen only

00:35:38.720 --> 00:35:39.119
 to John

00:35:39.119 --> 00:35:39.440
 Piper.

00:35:39.559 --> 00:35:39.820
 That would

00:35:39.820 --> 00:35:40.500
 totally

00:35:40.500 --> 00:35:41.079
 misunderstand

00:35:41.079 --> 00:35:42.119
 the point

00:35:42.119 --> 00:35:42.420
 of this

00:35:42.420 --> 00:35:43.139
 sermon.

00:35:43.920 --> 00:35:44.579
 Now whatever

00:35:44.579 --> 00:35:44.860
 you think

00:35:44.860 --> 00:35:45.099
 of him,

00:35:45.380 --> 00:35:45.500
 there's

00:35:45.500 --> 00:35:45.679
 something

00:35:45.679 --> 00:35:45.880
 that's

00:35:45.880 --> 00:35:46.240
 made me

00:35:46.240 --> 00:35:46.820
 respect him

00:35:46.820 --> 00:35:47.380
 even more

00:35:47.380 --> 00:35:48.179
 because in

00:35:48.179 --> 00:35:50.280
 2011 he

00:35:50.280 --> 00:35:51.179
 took eight

00:35:51.179 --> 00:35:51.720
 months off

00:35:51.719 --> 00:35:53.639
 every public

00:35:53.639 --> 00:35:54.239
 speaking

00:35:54.239 --> 00:35:57.219
 from the

00:35:57.219 --> 00:35:57.619
 pulpit,

00:35:57.959 --> 00:35:59.139
 from all

00:35:59.139 --> 00:35:59.619
 conferences,

00:36:00.259 --> 00:36:00.679
 there's one

00:36:00.679 --> 00:36:01.079
 or two we

00:36:01.079 --> 00:36:01.439
 couldn't get

00:36:01.439 --> 00:36:02.259
 out of for

00:36:02.259 --> 00:36:02.619
 some reason,

00:36:02.699 --> 00:36:04.179
 but he was

00:36:04.179 --> 00:36:04.939
 a great one.

00:36:05.619 --> 00:36:06.159
 He was

00:36:06.159 --> 00:36:07.079
 selling books,

00:36:08.219 --> 00:36:08.519
 there was

00:36:08.519 --> 00:36:09.319
 huge following,

00:36:09.879 --> 00:36:10.339
 he could have

00:36:10.339 --> 00:36:12.359
 said look how

00:36:12.359 --> 00:36:13.139
 God is blessing

00:36:13.139 --> 00:36:13.739
 my ministry,

00:36:13.959 --> 00:36:14.319
 there's no

00:36:14.319 --> 00:36:14.679
 problem,

00:36:15.339 --> 00:36:15.939
 but he took

00:36:15.939 --> 00:36:16.480
 eight months

00:36:16.480 --> 00:36:17.139
 off because of

00:36:17.139 --> 00:36:17.739
 his marriage.

00:36:21.980 --> 00:36:23.019
 He could

00:36:23.019 --> 00:36:23.299
 have just

00:36:23.299 --> 00:36:23.900
 kept hidden.

00:36:26.639 --> 00:36:26.980
 Now in

00:36:26.980 --> 00:36:27.339
 terms of

00:36:27.339 --> 00:36:27.859
 his marriage

00:36:27.859 --> 00:36:28.420
 he writes,

00:36:29.619 --> 00:36:29.980
 I would

00:36:29.980 --> 00:36:30.619
 label my

00:36:30.619 --> 00:36:31.599
 decades long

00:36:31.599 --> 00:36:33.519
 besetting and

00:36:33.519 --> 00:36:33.980
 hopefully

00:36:33.980 --> 00:36:34.699
 weakening

00:36:34.699 --> 00:36:37.279
 sins in

00:36:37.279 --> 00:36:38.259
 this relationship

00:36:38.259 --> 00:36:38.759
 with Noel

00:36:38.759 --> 00:36:40.019
 as selfishness,

00:36:41.079 --> 00:36:41.739
 self-pity,

00:36:43.000 --> 00:36:43.400
 anger,

00:36:44.460 --> 00:36:45.199
 blaming and

00:36:45.199 --> 00:36:45.980
 sullenness,

00:36:46.059 --> 00:36:46.559
 all of them

00:36:46.559 --> 00:36:47.259
 species of

00:36:47.259 --> 00:36:47.619
 pride.

00:36:48.779 --> 00:36:49.559
 God is as

00:36:49.559 --> 00:36:50.179
 sovereign and

00:36:50.179 --> 00:36:50.820
 gracious as

00:36:50.820 --> 00:36:51.420
 ever and I

00:36:51.420 --> 00:36:52.159
 find myself

00:36:52.159 --> 00:36:52.860
 chastened,

00:36:53.559 --> 00:36:55.440
 humbled and

00:36:55.440 --> 00:36:56.239
 perhaps more

00:36:56.239 --> 00:36:57.239
 usable now.

00:36:59.679 --> 00:37:00.179
 Anyways,

00:37:00.539 --> 00:37:01.400
 that humility

00:37:01.400 --> 00:37:03.279
 made me

00:37:03.279 --> 00:37:03.860
 respect him

00:37:03.860 --> 00:37:04.380
 all the more.

00:37:04.980 --> 00:37:05.559
 Look for

00:37:05.559 --> 00:37:06.159
 that kind of

00:37:06.159 --> 00:37:06.599
 humility.

00:37:12.239 --> 00:37:13.079
 Look for

00:37:13.079 --> 00:37:14.019
 the fruit of

00:37:14.019 --> 00:37:15.099
 serving the

00:37:15.099 --> 00:37:15.320
 sheep.

00:37:15.440 --> 00:37:15.820
 There can be

00:37:15.820 --> 00:37:16.360
 so much

00:37:16.360 --> 00:37:16.900
 talk of

00:37:16.900 --> 00:37:17.840
 ministry and

00:37:17.840 --> 00:37:18.320
 serving.

00:37:18.539 --> 00:37:18.840
 We can

00:37:18.840 --> 00:37:19.260
 use that.

00:37:19.780 --> 00:37:20.200
 Don't we

00:37:20.200 --> 00:37:20.640
 use those

00:37:20.640 --> 00:37:21.220
 words so

00:37:21.220 --> 00:37:21.519
 often?

00:37:23.800 --> 00:37:25.059
 But self-love

00:37:25.059 --> 00:37:26.080
 can use the

00:37:26.080 --> 00:37:28.340
 flock for

00:37:28.340 --> 00:37:29.280
 ministry goals

00:37:29.280 --> 00:37:30.120
 whereas

00:37:30.120 --> 00:37:31.220
 shepherding love

00:37:31.220 --> 00:37:31.880
 for the sheep

00:37:31.880 --> 00:37:32.780
 and for the

00:37:32.780 --> 00:37:33.320
 flock will

00:37:33.320 --> 00:37:34.340
 well ministry

00:37:34.340 --> 00:37:34.920
 structures,

00:37:35.500 --> 00:37:35.940
 they can

00:37:35.940 --> 00:37:36.420
 change.

00:37:37.880 --> 00:37:38.580
 Does that

00:37:38.580 --> 00:37:39.320
 spot need to

00:37:39.320 --> 00:37:39.780
 be filled?

00:37:39.780 --> 00:37:45.500
 it's always

00:37:45.500 --> 00:37:46.460
 looking to

00:37:46.460 --> 00:37:47.360
 the sheep

00:37:47.360 --> 00:37:47.920
 and the

00:37:47.920 --> 00:37:48.400
 church's

00:37:48.400 --> 00:37:48.640
 best

00:37:48.640 --> 00:37:49.100
 interests.

00:37:52.180 --> 00:37:52.480
 Now I'm

00:37:52.480 --> 00:37:53.120
 guessing us

00:37:53.120 --> 00:37:53.600
 as elders are

00:37:53.600 --> 00:37:53.820
 going to

00:37:53.820 --> 00:37:54.240
 offend you

00:37:54.240 --> 00:37:54.500
 at some

00:37:54.500 --> 00:37:54.860
 point by

00:37:54.860 --> 00:37:55.100
 the way.

00:37:55.800 --> 00:37:56.740
 I don't

00:37:56.740 --> 00:37:56.940
 think

00:37:56.940 --> 00:37:57.500
 servanthood

00:37:57.500 --> 00:37:58.340
 means

00:37:58.340 --> 00:38:02.540
 leaders will

00:38:02.540 --> 00:38:03.120
 never offend.

00:38:03.500 --> 00:38:04.100
 If we've all

00:38:04.100 --> 00:38:04.660
 got idols,

00:38:04.760 --> 00:38:05.280
 I've still got

00:38:05.280 --> 00:38:06.000
 idols in my

00:38:06.000 --> 00:38:06.260
 heart,

00:38:06.380 --> 00:38:06.920
 things people

00:38:06.920 --> 00:38:07.380
 say to me

00:38:07.380 --> 00:38:08.059
 still deeply

00:38:08.059 --> 00:38:08.700
 offend me.

00:38:09.420 --> 00:38:09.820
 We should

00:38:09.820 --> 00:38:10.500
 expect that.

00:38:10.760 --> 00:38:11.860
 But can I

00:38:11.860 --> 00:38:12.200
 suggest,

00:38:12.539 --> 00:38:14.559
 look at a

00:38:14.559 --> 00:38:15.480
 leader's track

00:38:15.480 --> 00:38:15.920
 record.

00:38:16.400 --> 00:38:17.039
 Can you look

00:38:17.039 --> 00:38:17.680
 back from that

00:38:17.680 --> 00:38:18.200
 one issue

00:38:18.200 --> 00:38:18.619
 and go,

00:38:19.220 --> 00:38:19.820
 there is a

00:38:19.820 --> 00:38:20.659
 trail of

00:38:20.659 --> 00:38:21.159
 care.

00:38:22.940 --> 00:38:23.340
 Can you

00:38:23.340 --> 00:38:23.720
 say that?

00:38:28.079 --> 00:38:28.880
 So who do

00:38:28.880 --> 00:38:29.340
 we trust?

00:38:29.420 --> 00:38:30.079
 Who can we

00:38:30.079 --> 00:38:30.500
 trust?

00:38:31.539 --> 00:38:32.220
 There's only

00:38:32.220 --> 00:38:32.519
 one.

00:38:34.840 --> 00:38:35.360
 Father,

00:38:35.579 --> 00:38:35.900
 Son and

00:38:35.900 --> 00:38:36.519
 Holy Spirit.

00:38:36.920 --> 00:38:37.460
 in his

00:38:37.460 --> 00:38:37.880
 word.

00:38:39.079 --> 00:38:39.420
 We have

00:38:39.420 --> 00:38:39.780
 one

00:38:39.780 --> 00:38:40.280
 authority.

00:38:46.760 --> 00:38:47.740
 Jesus is

00:38:47.740 --> 00:38:48.380
 just as

00:38:48.380 --> 00:38:48.920
 displeased

00:38:48.920 --> 00:38:50.720
 today with

00:38:50.720 --> 00:38:51.240
 those who

00:38:51.240 --> 00:38:52.220
 require loyalty

00:38:52.220 --> 00:38:52.960
 to themselves

00:38:52.960 --> 00:38:54.720
 rather than

00:38:54.720 --> 00:38:55.200
 exalting

00:38:55.200 --> 00:38:55.780
 Christ.

00:38:57.980 --> 00:38:58.659
 They will

00:38:58.659 --> 00:38:59.220
 be humbled

00:38:59.220 --> 00:38:59.860
 by God

00:38:59.860 --> 00:39:00.340
 in the end.

00:39:00.820 --> 00:39:01.380
 Don't follow

00:39:01.380 --> 00:39:01.840
 them into

00:39:01.840 --> 00:39:02.180
 God's

00:39:02.180 --> 00:39:02.700
 displeasure.

00:39:06.920 --> 00:39:09.420
 listen to

00:39:09.420 --> 00:39:09.900
 those who

00:39:09.900 --> 00:39:10.300
 are most

00:39:10.300 --> 00:39:11.139
 like Moses

00:39:11.139 --> 00:39:11.519
 and the

00:39:11.519 --> 00:39:11.840
 Lord,

00:39:12.139 --> 00:39:12.380
 who are

00:39:12.380 --> 00:39:13.019
 gentle and

00:39:13.019 --> 00:39:13.480
 lowly in

00:39:13.480 --> 00:39:13.860
 heart,

00:39:15.300 --> 00:39:15.800
 who came

00:39:15.800 --> 00:39:16.760
 not to

00:39:16.760 --> 00:39:17.380
 be served

00:39:17.380 --> 00:39:17.780
 but to

00:39:17.780 --> 00:39:18.240
 serve,

00:39:20.240 --> 00:39:21.360
 who love

00:39:21.360 --> 00:39:22.019
 grace,

00:39:23.220 --> 00:39:23.900
 and they

00:39:23.900 --> 00:39:25.240
 point to

00:39:25.240 --> 00:39:25.800
 God and

00:39:25.800 --> 00:39:26.420
 his authority

00:39:26.420 --> 00:39:26.840
 and they

00:39:26.840 --> 00:39:27.700
 want him to

00:39:27.700 --> 00:39:27.940
 get the

00:39:27.940 --> 00:39:28.380
 praise.

00:39:28.380 --> 00:39:29.380
 God's

00:39:29.380 --> 00:39:29.380


00:39:29.380 --> 00:39:35.280
 I think

00:39:35.280 --> 00:39:35.820
 this passage

00:39:35.820 --> 00:39:36.780
 exposes how

00:39:36.780 --> 00:39:37.680
 much of the

00:39:37.680 --> 00:39:38.539
 Pharisee way of

00:39:38.539 --> 00:39:39.220
 thinking still

00:39:39.220 --> 00:39:39.840
 lurks in

00:39:39.840 --> 00:39:40.119
 us.

00:39:40.119 --> 00:39:43.259
 thanks be to

00:39:43.259 --> 00:39:43.779
 God that we

00:39:43.779 --> 00:39:44.380
 have one

00:39:44.380 --> 00:39:44.839
 authority,

00:39:45.539 --> 00:39:46.460
 who's totally

00:39:46.460 --> 00:39:47.199
 faithful,

00:39:47.420 --> 00:39:48.299
 he's personally,

00:39:48.880 --> 00:39:49.699
 presently our

00:39:49.699 --> 00:39:51.259
 teacher and

00:39:51.259 --> 00:39:52.159
 father and

00:39:52.159 --> 00:39:52.719
 master.

00:39:53.960 --> 00:39:54.579
 Your faith,

00:39:55.019 --> 00:39:55.619
 my faith,

00:39:56.619 --> 00:39:57.799
 depends on

00:39:57.799 --> 00:39:58.079
 him.

00:40:00.900 --> 00:40:01.779
 There's so much

00:40:01.779 --> 00:40:02.500
 comfort in that,

00:40:02.679 --> 00:40:03.059
 there's so much

00:40:03.059 --> 00:40:04.219
 assurance in that,

00:40:06.359 --> 00:40:07.400
 holding fast to

00:40:07.400 --> 00:40:08.299
 the gospel of

00:40:08.299 --> 00:40:09.000
 Christ in his

00:40:09.000 --> 00:40:09.639
 word alone.

00:40:10.119 --> 00:40:14.380
 no power of

00:40:14.380 --> 00:40:15.659
 hell, no

00:40:15.659 --> 00:40:16.519
 scheme of

00:40:16.519 --> 00:40:17.500
 man can ever

00:40:17.500 --> 00:40:18.279
 pluck me from

00:40:18.279 --> 00:40:18.799
 his hand.

00:40:19.799 --> 00:40:20.639
 When you look

00:40:20.639 --> 00:40:21.199
 to one

00:40:21.199 --> 00:40:22.779
 authority, that's

00:40:22.779 --> 00:40:23.159
 who you can

00:40:23.159 --> 00:40:23.500
 trust.

00:40:25.579 --> 00:40:26.339
 Let's pray.

00:40:38.500 --> 00:40:39.179
 Father,

00:40:39.179 --> 00:40:40.319
 forgive us for

00:40:40.319 --> 00:40:41.359
 the degree to

00:40:41.359 --> 00:40:42.219
 which we still

00:40:42.219 --> 00:40:43.199
 love the

00:40:43.199 --> 00:40:43.899
 praise of

00:40:43.899 --> 00:40:44.379
 people.

00:40:47.719 --> 00:40:48.619
 When we

00:40:48.619 --> 00:40:49.859
 rob you of

00:40:49.859 --> 00:40:50.619
 your praise,

00:40:51.399 --> 00:40:51.980
 in your

00:40:51.980 --> 00:40:52.759
 grace, and

00:40:52.759 --> 00:40:53.359
 we rob

00:40:53.359 --> 00:40:54.659
 ourselves of

00:40:54.659 --> 00:40:57.759
 the peace

00:40:57.759 --> 00:40:58.639
 that comes in

00:40:58.639 --> 00:40:59.559
 resting in

00:40:59.559 --> 00:41:01.079
 Christ, and

00:41:01.079 --> 00:41:02.059
 the joy and

00:41:02.059 --> 00:41:03.039
 courage to live

00:41:03.039 --> 00:41:03.559
 for you that

00:41:03.559 --> 00:41:04.039
 comes from

00:41:04.039 --> 00:41:04.259
 that.

00:41:04.260 --> 00:41:05.100
 So please

00:41:05.100 --> 00:41:05.680
 help us,

00:41:05.840 --> 00:41:06.380
 Lord, to

00:41:06.380 --> 00:41:07.700
 in this

00:41:07.700 --> 00:41:08.220
 community,

00:41:08.900 --> 00:41:09.360
 help one

00:41:09.360 --> 00:41:10.240
 another to

00:41:10.240 --> 00:41:10.900
 point each

00:41:10.900 --> 00:41:11.280
 other to

00:41:11.280 --> 00:41:12.660
 you again

00:41:12.660 --> 00:41:13.140
 and again.

00:41:15.280 --> 00:41:16.060
 We thank

00:41:16.060 --> 00:41:16.440
 you that you

00:41:16.440 --> 00:41:17.000
 are faithful.

00:41:17.740 --> 00:41:18.540
 In Jesus' name,

00:41:18.700 --> 00:41:18.940
 Amen.

00:41:18.940 --> 00:41:19.040
 Amen.

00:41:19.039 --> 00:41:30.380
 Thank you,

00:41:30.420 --> 00:41:30.679
 Dave.

00:41:33.079 --> 00:41:33.759
 Some very

00:41:33.759 --> 00:41:34.420
 sobering

00:41:34.420 --> 00:41:36.940
 signals, I

00:41:36.940 --> 00:41:37.099
 think,

00:41:37.179 --> 00:41:37.579
 there out of

00:41:37.579 --> 00:41:37.820
 scripture,

00:41:37.960 --> 00:41:38.239
 isn't there?

00:41:38.739 --> 00:41:41.199
 And thanks be to

00:41:41.199 --> 00:41:42.000
 God for the

00:41:42.000 --> 00:41:42.599
 message that he's

00:41:42.599 --> 00:41:43.119
 brought us through

00:41:43.119 --> 00:41:43.340
 Dave.

00:41:43.340 --> 00:41:43.719
 And Dave,

00:41:43.719 --> 00:41:44.419
 thank you for

00:41:44.419 --> 00:41:45.019
 the humility

00:41:45.019 --> 00:41:46.559
 you demonstrated

00:41:46.559 --> 00:41:47.919
 while you were

00:41:47.919 --> 00:41:49.859
 expounding humility

00:41:49.859 --> 00:41:50.359
 to us.

00:41:51.619 --> 00:41:52.359
 Muses, if you'd

00:41:52.359 --> 00:41:53.019
 like to come out,

00:41:53.239 --> 00:41:54.679
 it's time for our

00:41:54.679 --> 00:41:55.259
 next song.

00:41:55.399 --> 00:41:56.000
 And for those of

00:41:56.000 --> 00:41:56.579
 you who dropped

00:41:56.579 --> 00:41:57.219
 your children out

00:41:57.219 --> 00:41:57.939
 to creche, now

00:41:57.939 --> 00:41:58.359
 would be a good

00:41:58.359 --> 00:41:59.179
 time to collect

00:41:59.179 --> 00:41:59.359
 them.

00:42:00.639 --> 00:42:01.899
 And Anne, I

00:42:01.899 --> 00:42:02.259
 think we'll be

00:42:02.259 --> 00:42:03.079
 taking years

00:42:03.079 --> 00:42:05.739
 three to six out

00:42:05.739 --> 00:42:06.719
 to the hall for

00:42:06.719 --> 00:42:07.539
 their time together.

00:42:08.500 --> 00:42:08.899
 And straight

00:42:08.899 --> 00:42:09.599
 after the song,

00:42:09.959 --> 00:42:10.439
 Andrew,

00:42:10.980 --> 00:42:11.839
 Wilco, if you'd

00:42:11.839 --> 00:42:12.359
 like to come up

00:42:12.359 --> 00:42:13.699
 and I'd like to

00:42:13.699 --> 00:42:14.419
 lead us in prayer,

00:42:14.500 --> 00:42:14.819
 that would be

00:42:14.819 --> 00:42:15.059
 great.

00:42:15.460 --> 00:42:15.859
 Thank you.

00:42:15.859 --> 00:42:15.859


00:42:30.559 --> 00:42:34.079
 What gift of grace

00:42:34.079 --> 00:42:35.980
 is Jesus my

00:42:35.980 --> 00:42:37.500
 Redeemer?

00:42:38.439 --> 00:42:40.000
 There is no

00:42:40.000 --> 00:42:42.599
 more for heaven

00:42:42.599 --> 00:42:43.719
 now to give.

00:42:43.719 --> 00:42:47.719
 He is my joy,

00:42:48.779 --> 00:42:50.099
 my righteousness

00:42:50.099 --> 00:42:52.119
 and freedom,

00:42:53.360 --> 00:42:56.059
 my steadfast love,

00:42:56.199 --> 00:42:58.440
 my deep and boundless

00:42:58.440 --> 00:42:59.719
 peace.

00:43:00.799 --> 00:43:02.719
 To this I hold

00:43:02.719 --> 00:43:04.599
 my hope

00:43:04.599 --> 00:43:07.039
 is only Jesus,

00:43:07.039 --> 00:43:11.059
 for my life

00:43:11.059 --> 00:43:12.159
 is holy

00:43:12.159 --> 00:43:13.279
 bound to

00:43:13.279 --> 00:43:15.259
 His.

00:43:15.259 --> 00:43:17.940
 Oh, how strange

00:43:17.940 --> 00:43:19.440
 and divine

00:43:19.440 --> 00:43:21.579
 I can sing,

00:43:21.679 --> 00:43:23.539
 all is mine,

00:43:23.639 --> 00:43:25.099
 yet not I,

00:43:25.460 --> 00:43:27.779
 but through Christ

00:43:27.779 --> 00:43:29.539
 in me.

00:43:29.539 --> 00:43:43.380
 the night is dark,

00:43:43.380 --> 00:43:45.300
 but I am not

00:43:45.300 --> 00:43:46.840
 forsaken,

00:43:46.840 --> 00:43:49.980
 for by my side

00:43:49.980 --> 00:43:51.880
 the Savior

00:43:51.880 --> 00:43:54.000
 He will stay.

00:43:54.000 --> 00:43:57.119
 I labor on

00:43:57.119 --> 00:43:59.300
 in weakness

00:43:59.300 --> 00:44:02.119
 and rejoicing,

00:44:02.119 --> 00:44:05.440
 for in my need

00:44:05.440 --> 00:44:06.619
 His power

00:44:06.619 --> 00:44:08.380
 is displayed.

00:44:08.380 --> 00:44:11.760
 to this I hold

00:44:11.760 --> 00:44:14.000
 my shepherd

00:44:14.000 --> 00:44:17.500
 will defend me,

00:44:17.500 --> 00:44:19.500
 through the deepest

00:44:19.500 --> 00:44:23.500
 valley He will lead.

00:44:23.500 --> 00:44:27.239
 O the night

00:44:27.239 --> 00:44:28.820
 has been won

00:44:28.820 --> 00:44:30.960
 and I shall

00:44:30.960 --> 00:44:32.119
 overcome

00:44:32.119 --> 00:44:34.480
 yet not I,

00:44:34.840 --> 00:44:37.139
 but through Christ

00:44:37.139 --> 00:44:38.880
 in me.

00:44:38.880 --> 00:44:52.400
 No fate I dread,

00:44:53.059 --> 00:44:56.260
 I know I am forgiven,

00:44:57.480 --> 00:44:59.539
 the future's sure,

00:45:00.240 --> 00:45:04.320
 the price it has been paid,

00:45:04.320 --> 00:45:07.320
 for Jesus bled

00:45:07.320 --> 00:45:08.400
 and suffered

00:45:08.400 --> 00:45:08.400


00:45:08.400 --> 00:45:10.720
 for my pardon

00:45:10.720 --> 00:45:14.420
 and He was raised

00:45:14.420 --> 00:45:15.980
 to overthrow

00:45:15.980 --> 00:45:18.480
 the grave.

00:45:19.019 --> 00:45:21.500
 To this I hold

00:45:21.500 --> 00:45:22.440
 my sin

00:45:22.440 --> 00:45:24.800
 has been defeated,

00:45:26.440 --> 00:45:28.720
 Jesus now

00:45:28.720 --> 00:45:29.860
 and ever

00:45:29.860 --> 00:45:31.660
 is my plea.

00:45:33.600 --> 00:45:35.440
 All the chains

00:45:35.440 --> 00:45:36.800
 are released,

00:45:36.800 --> 00:45:38.800
 I can sing,

00:45:39.000 --> 00:45:40.560
 I am free,

00:45:40.920 --> 00:45:42.260
 yet not I,

00:45:42.660 --> 00:45:44.900
 but through Christ

00:45:44.900 --> 00:45:45.960
 in me.

00:45:56.960 --> 00:46:00.180
 With every breath

00:46:00.179 --> 00:46:02.500
 I long to follow

00:46:02.500 --> 00:46:03.980
 Jesus,

00:46:03.980 --> 00:46:07.500
 for He has said

00:46:07.500 --> 00:46:09.179
 that He will

00:46:09.179 --> 00:46:12.019
 bring me home,

00:46:12.019 --> 00:46:14.679
 and day by day

00:46:14.679 --> 00:46:16.980
 I know He will

00:46:16.980 --> 00:46:19.059
 renew me

00:46:19.059 --> 00:46:22.059
 until I stand

00:46:22.059 --> 00:46:23.159
 with joy

00:46:23.159 --> 00:46:25.379
 before the throne.

00:46:25.380 --> 00:46:29.180
 to this I hold

00:46:29.180 --> 00:46:30.220
 my hope

00:46:30.220 --> 00:46:33.180
 is only Jesus,

00:46:33.180 --> 00:46:36.680
 all the glory

00:46:36.680 --> 00:46:37.380
 evermore

00:46:37.380 --> 00:46:39.380
 to Him.

00:46:39.380 --> 00:46:43.260
 When the race

00:46:43.260 --> 00:46:44.579
 is complete,

00:46:44.579 --> 00:46:46.680
 still my lips

00:46:46.680 --> 00:46:47.579
 shall repeat,

00:46:48.640 --> 00:46:50.059
 yet not I,

00:46:50.460 --> 00:46:52.680
 but through Christ

00:46:52.679 --> 00:46:53.679
 in me.

00:46:53.679 --> 00:46:54.679
 through Christ

00:46:54.679 --> 00:46:54.679


00:46:54.679 --> 00:46:57.579
 When the race

00:46:57.579 --> 00:46:58.960
 is complete,

00:46:58.960 --> 00:47:01.159
 still my lips

00:47:01.159 --> 00:47:02.679
 shall repeat,

00:47:02.679 --> 00:47:04.679
 yet not I,

00:47:05.000 --> 00:47:06.679
 but through Christ

00:47:07.239 --> 00:47:08.679
 in me.

00:47:08.679 --> 00:47:11.679
 Yet not I,

00:47:11.679 --> 00:47:13.679
 but through Christ

00:47:13.679 --> 00:47:14.379
 Christ

00:47:14.379 --> 00:47:17.679
 in me.

00:47:17.679 --> 00:47:43.539
 Good morning, everyone.

00:47:43.539 --> 00:48:13.519
 Good morning, everyone.

00:48:13.539 --> 00:48:16.940
 God, everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

00:48:17.800 --> 00:48:23.539
 We hold confidence and hope because of knowing who you are and what Jesus has done.

00:48:24.440 --> 00:48:34.579
 No plan of man or the evil one or even our own sin can change the glorious moment when we will be changed and spend eternity with you.

00:48:34.579 --> 00:48:48.039
 Father, we confess, though, just like the Pharisees and religious leaders, we can too easily keep up appearances, looking at things other than you to give us the joy that can only be found in you.

00:48:48.440 --> 00:48:56.420
 We can care more about titles, success in the world and being praised by others more than pleasing you.

00:48:57.460 --> 00:49:01.079
 Father, help us not to be blind fools like the scribes and Pharisees.

00:49:01.639 --> 00:49:05.820
 Give us a love and genuine concern for others, just like you have for us.

00:49:05.820 --> 00:49:17.039
 May our lives be known for serving others, to see others build up and grow and ultimately know you and help us to encourage each other in church with the same attitude and the same mind.

00:49:17.039 --> 00:49:22.320
 Lord, we thank you for many in our own church who model this care and self-sacrifice.

00:49:22.980 --> 00:49:32.179
 And we pray as you change us each day, help us to live this way, even when our own flesh pulls us away to live selfish and self-exalting lives.

00:49:32.179 --> 00:49:36.279
 May there be a deep humility in us that reflects your glory.

00:49:37.679 --> 00:49:45.039
 Lord, sometimes it is easy to despair at leaders in our country who don't reflect your model for leadership.

00:49:45.879 --> 00:49:54.059
 At times we have leaders who are interested in advancing their own agenda for their own glory rather than honouring the calling of serving the people.

00:49:54.059 --> 00:50:03.539
 Father God, we pray you would continue to rise a generation of leaders in our churches and our community with a love for you and a servant heart for others.

00:50:04.559 --> 00:50:09.460
 We pray you might embolden these leaders to speak the truth in wisdom and love.

00:50:10.679 --> 00:50:16.840
 Specifically, ask we would have leaders that honour your godly design for marriage and families.

00:50:17.799 --> 00:50:23.960
 Leaders that value the life of unborn children and uniqueness in the way that we are created.

00:50:24.059 --> 00:50:24.960
 As male and female.

00:50:25.539 --> 00:50:28.940
 And we pray for leaders that care for the poor, the widow and the orphan.

00:50:29.860 --> 00:50:36.500
 We ask for leaders that do not care for the praise of men, but care only to advance what you say is good and true.

00:50:38.039 --> 00:50:41.219
 Lord, we have many needs in our own church we want to bring before you.

00:50:41.400 --> 00:50:45.000
 We pray for the Pilliga trip and the Kids Club coming up in a couple of weeks.

00:50:45.559 --> 00:50:50.679
 We thank you that we have seen the fruit and the willingness of kids and parents in previous years to hear the gospel.

00:50:50.679 --> 00:50:54.379
 We pray this work might bring a harvest for your kingdom.

00:50:54.980 --> 00:51:03.339
 May you change the lives of many in this community as they see the love and service of the team to bring the message of good news of Jesus to them.

00:51:04.099 --> 00:51:05.859
 Alongside Henry and Maria.

00:51:05.860 --> 00:51:14.280
 We also thank you for the opportunity for the church to outreach through Taste and See coming up in the next few weeks.

00:51:15.059 --> 00:51:19.920
 Father, prepare the men who come along and don't know you to have soft hearts ready to listen.

00:51:20.220 --> 00:51:26.059
 And may you give Dave and the other men involved wisdom and words to speak in moments when they need them.

00:51:26.059 --> 00:51:35.639
 Lord, for those who can't be with us today, our brothers and sisters in nursing homes or those unwell, give them a real peace in your presence, we ask.

00:51:35.980 --> 00:51:41.299
 May they feel the special bond of being together, even though they can't be physically with us today.

00:51:43.059 --> 00:51:50.380
 Lord, we also want to think of those grieving at the moment or mourning the loss of loved ones in the week past or the week ahead.

00:51:50.480 --> 00:51:51.500
 May you give them comfort.

00:51:51.500 --> 00:51:55.940
 But some of us at church have anniversaries of loved ones we've lost.

00:51:56.079 --> 00:52:01.019
 Others are living with the uncertain reality of others who are sick around them and don't have much time left.

00:52:02.119 --> 00:52:08.539
 Lord, how comforting it is to know that we can never be closer to knowing your peace and comfort when we are at our weakest moments.

00:52:10.280 --> 00:52:16.480
 We also thank you too, Lord, for the women's conference that's happened over the weekend.

00:52:16.480 --> 00:52:19.539
 Thank you for the great blessing that's been for the women in our church.

00:52:19.760 --> 00:52:26.260
 And may they go away from that feeling encouraged and more confident in learning more about you.

00:52:27.300 --> 00:52:30.460
 For the week ahead, we know there will be joys and trials.

00:52:30.920 --> 00:52:35.639
 Give us eternal perspective in all we do and hearts and minds willing to do everything for your glory.

00:52:35.980 --> 00:52:36.619
 In Jesus' name.

00:52:36.940 --> 00:52:37.159
 Amen.

00:52:46.480 --> 00:52:49.400
 Good morning.

00:52:50.119 --> 00:52:53.280
 Church camp is 23 weeks away.

00:52:55.460 --> 00:52:57.059
 Start getting excited now.

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 So, it's always great, isn't it?

00:53:02.420 --> 00:53:11.519
 After church, we have coffee, we have tea, and it's really good to chat and get to know each other more.

00:53:11.519 --> 00:53:15.019
 So, church camp is that on steroids.

00:53:15.179 --> 00:53:15.860
 It really is.

00:53:16.079 --> 00:53:20.539
 It's really good, you know, a good time.

00:53:21.019 --> 00:53:22.219
 I love church camp.

00:53:22.300 --> 00:53:30.980
 I love the opportunity to be able to get to know people at, you know, a deeper level and to do it in a relaxed atmosphere as well.

00:53:30.980 --> 00:53:37.019
 So, this year we're going, not this year, next year, 23 weeks.

00:53:37.360 --> 00:53:40.860
 Next year, 26, we're going to a crew camp.

00:53:41.719 --> 00:53:49.880
 Now, it will not have escaped your notice that it costs a lot more than it has done, you know, like the last time.

00:53:49.880 --> 00:54:04.039
 But what we were aiming to get was to, that involved, last time it involved some people not even taking part at all or being present.

00:54:04.140 --> 00:54:07.340
 They were there working, but not actually present.

00:54:07.340 --> 00:54:22.079
 And so, we really want everyone to, you know, to be there, to be able to enjoy and to be able to, you know, mix with everyone and enjoy one another's company.

00:54:22.579 --> 00:54:28.280
 And, of course, to sit under good Bible teaching in a relaxed way.

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 So, yes, so consider it an investment in each other.

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 And 23 weeks, you know, put money aside each week for this.

00:54:48.380 --> 00:54:54.400
 Don't, as it says in the bulletin, don't let it be a barrier.

00:54:54.519 --> 00:54:56.340
 Don't let the money be a barrier, okay?

00:54:56.340 --> 00:55:04.519
 If you have an issue, if you think, well, even 23 weeks, this is going to be difficult to, you know, to get this money together,

00:55:05.220 --> 00:55:12.160
 then please come and see either myself or one of the other elders or chairs, okay?

00:55:12.720 --> 00:55:13.980
 So, yes.

00:55:15.420 --> 00:55:15.900
 Thanks.

00:55:15.900 --> 00:55:26.639
 Thank you, Gareth.

00:55:28.059 --> 00:55:31.460
 I know each of the church camps I've been to has been a great time in fellowship.

00:55:31.660 --> 00:55:35.760
 So, I would commend that to everyone to make the effort to be there.

00:55:36.460 --> 00:55:39.639
 Certainly well worth the time to spend in fellowship together.

00:55:39.639 --> 00:55:44.179
 All right.

00:55:44.279 --> 00:55:45.539
 Just a few announcements.

00:55:46.099 --> 00:55:47.420
 Firstly, birthdays.

00:55:47.579 --> 00:55:48.699
 We've got three this week.

00:55:49.759 --> 00:55:52.739
 Yin Min, Damien and Kaya.

00:55:53.440 --> 00:55:55.900
 Happy birthday to your birthdays this week.

00:55:57.460 --> 00:55:58.339
 Grace Kids.

00:55:58.440 --> 00:56:00.960
 I have a message for you from Grace Kids.

00:56:01.319 --> 00:56:03.559
 They need teachers and helpers for term four.

00:56:03.559 --> 00:56:09.799
 Please see Catherine Gibbons if you feel that there's something that you can do there in that respect.

00:56:11.199 --> 00:56:12.840
 The blokes taste and see.

00:56:13.380 --> 00:56:16.460
 Thank you, Andrew, for praying for that.

00:56:17.239 --> 00:56:20.500
 It's part of the men's initiative over the next couple of months.

00:56:21.179 --> 00:56:26.719
 There is a flyer out the front on the exit door.

00:56:27.380 --> 00:56:28.920
 It flies on the table there.

00:56:28.920 --> 00:56:38.139
 But Dave has requested that someone, we need a few hands to help prepare desserts for each of those four evenings.

00:56:38.820 --> 00:56:45.720
 So, if anyone feels they'd be able to support the men and that fellowship together in that way, please talk to Dave.

00:56:48.059 --> 00:56:50.320
 And Grace Community Carols.

00:56:50.400 --> 00:56:55.440
 It seems odd, doesn't it, to be talking in September about carols in December.

00:56:56.159 --> 00:56:57.880
 And yet it is only weeks away.

00:56:57.880 --> 00:57:00.280
 I just can't believe how fast this year has gone.

00:57:01.500 --> 00:57:04.880
 And so Grace Community Carols is set down for December 20th.

00:57:06.039 --> 00:57:07.380
 Make sure you save the date.

00:57:08.140 --> 00:57:18.720
 And for those of you that are accustomed to using the FSM, please make sure you get into that FSM this week, if at all possible.

00:57:18.719 --> 00:57:23.419
 So that we can get a bit of an idea of who is going to be available and when.

00:57:24.179 --> 00:57:29.339
 And provide them the opportunity to start to plan those carols.

00:57:29.340 --> 00:57:31.000
 And thank you for those of you that you are happy with us.

00:57:31.000 --> 00:57:33.340
 And thank you for those of you that you are happy with us.

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 And thank you for those of you that you are happy with us.

00:57:34.720 --> 00:57:35.920
 And thank you for those of you that you are happy with us.

00:57:35.920 --> 00:57:37.640
 And thank you for those of you that you are happy with us.

00:57:37.640 --> 00:57:38.500
 And thank you for those of you that you are happy with us.

00:57:38.500 --> 00:57:39.579
 And thank you for those of you that you are happy with us.

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!

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00:57:40.600 --> 00:57:41.360
!

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 Andrew mentioned that we will be having morning tea and coffee, so please hang around after the service as we join a little bit of fellowship together.

00:57:52.599 --> 00:57:57.860
 And our guests, please do that. We would most welcome you to join us and have a bit of a chat.

00:57:59.099 --> 00:58:02.240
 I'll call the musos up for the last song, please.

00:58:02.239 --> 00:58:17.079
 And just before we have the last song, I might just close the service in prayer as well.

00:58:17.739 --> 00:58:21.359
 So if you could just join me in prayer for a moment before the musos bring us our last song.

00:58:25.839 --> 00:58:29.139
 Our loving Heavenly Father, we thank you for your word today.

00:58:29.139 --> 00:58:40.639
 We've been reminded that true greatness in our earthly walk is not found in pride or position, but in humility and serving others.

00:58:41.960 --> 00:58:46.679
 Lord, help us to walk away from here today, not only as hearers of your word, but as doers.

00:58:47.960 --> 00:58:51.980
 And Father, help us to seek to live as a servant-hearted followers of Christ.

00:58:51.980 --> 00:59:01.599
 And Father, as we remember the depth of your love, we remember also that the greatest act of servant leadership was seen in your Son,

00:59:02.159 --> 00:59:05.699
 who humbled himself to the point of death on a cross for us.

00:59:07.639 --> 00:59:16.059
 May that love break our pride, stir our hearts, and send us out to serve others in the same spirit of humility and grace.

00:59:16.059 --> 00:59:20.880
 We ask this in the name of Christ Jesus, our Saviour and the Servant King.

00:59:21.599 --> 00:59:21.880
 Amen.

00:59:21.880 --> 00:59:22.000
 Amen.

00:59:22.000 --> 00:59:48.179
 I'll keep the Father's love for us.

00:59:48.179 --> 01:00:10.819
 How vast beyond the measure that he should give his only Son to make a rich his treasure.

01:00:10.820 --> 01:00:27.820
 How great the pain of searing loss, the Father turns his face away.

01:00:27.820 --> 01:00:42.960
 As wounds which Mother's chosen one bring many sons to glory.

01:00:42.960 --> 01:01:11.679
 Behold the man upon a cross, my sin upon his shoulder.

01:01:12.960 --> 01:01:21.320
 Ashamed I hear my mocking voice.

01:01:21.880 --> 01:01:29.420
 Call out among the scoffers.

01:01:29.980 --> 01:01:37.380
 It was my sin that held him there.

01:01:37.380 --> 01:01:44.380
 Until it was accomplished.

01:01:46.000 --> 01:01:53.619
 His dying breath has brought me life.

01:01:53.619 --> 01:02:00.619
 I know that it is finished.

01:02:00.619 --> 01:02:21.359
 I will not boast in anything.

01:02:21.360 --> 01:02:28.920
 No gifts, no power, no wisdom.

01:02:30.920 --> 01:02:38.340
 But I will boast in Jesus Christ.

01:02:38.920 --> 01:02:44.539
 His death and resurrection.

01:02:44.539 --> 01:02:53.539
 What should I gain from his reward?

01:02:53.539 --> 01:03:00.539
 I cannot give an answer.

01:03:02.159 --> 01:03:09.980
 But this I know with all my heart.

01:03:09.980 --> 01:03:16.980
 His wounds have paid my answer.

01:03:16.980 --> 01:03:24.980
 Why should I gain from his reward?

01:03:24.980 --> 01:03:31.980
 I cannot give an answer.

01:03:31.980 --> 01:03:42.420
 But this I know with all my heart.

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 His wounds have paid my ransom.

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