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 Well, please turn with me in your Bibles if you have one with you, the 8th chapter of John's Gospel.

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 If you do so, allow me to say for a moment what a pleasure and privilege it's been for me to be with you these past few weeks.

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 I'm not sure if the pleasure exceeds the privilege or the privilege exceeds the pleasure.

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 But I want to thank you for your kindness, the warmth of your welcome.

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 Again, it's a sign of remarkable grace when English people in particular can welcome so warmly a Scot.

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 I'm not sure it's easily reciprocated, sadly.

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 It's lovely to be in a congregation so diverse as this.

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 When I ministered in Scotland, everyone in the congregation was like me, pasty white.

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 We had foreigners, but they came from Cheshire.

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 But in Cambridge, we had a United Nations.

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 We had about 14, 15 different nationalities.

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 And I loved that.

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 And I loved looking out and seeing people of different backgrounds, cultures, colours.

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 But confessing the one God, the one Saviour, the one Lord and the one baptism.

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 You'll notice there is an unusual heading to this passage if you have an ESV translation.

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 The earliest manuscripts do not include 7, verse 53 to 8, 11.

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 Well, and that's somewhat true.

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 It's a partial truth.

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 And often partial truths do not begin to reflect the whole truth.

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 So I don't intend to spend any time on textual criticism, seeking to vindicate why I think this passage is authentic to the Gospel of John.

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 You can take my word or you can go away and do some research on your own.

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 One caveat as we begin.

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 There is a never-present danger when Christian believers come to read the Bible.

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 And the danger is this.

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 We go to the Bible to find ourselves and not to find God.

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 What I mean by that is we can read a passage like this and we can come away from it and someone might say,

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 What were you hearing about this morning?

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 And you reply, well, we were hearing about a woman who had sinned greatly, but she experienced the mercy and kindness of God.

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 And the danger is that we remember the extremity of the woman and her sin.

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 And we somewhat downplay what actually is the great emphasis in this passage, which is not actually about the woman.

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 The great emphasis in the passage, and I hope you at least began to see that in the reading,

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 the whole emphasis in the passage is to set before us Jesus Christ.

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 Jesus had been scandalising the religious establishment.

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 This man, they said, welcomes sinners.

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 How can he really be the Messiah if he consorts with people like this woman?

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 And John wants to show us that Jesus Christ truly is the Saint-One of God.

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 That he is the one who has come from God.

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 To reveal to us the heart of God.

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 And so when we read the Bible, our first concern should always be,

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 Lord, show me yourself.

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 Show me your glory.

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 Show me your grace.

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 Show me your goodness.

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 Show me your kindness.

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 Show me your mercy.

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 Lord, show me yourself.

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 And so I hope this morning we will, in some measure at least,

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 begin to see the Lord Jesus Christ as he is set before us by John.

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 As I said in my introduction to the Bible reading,

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 the Gospel of John is really an evangelistic tract.

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 Of course, John is seeking to instruct believers in their faith in Jesus Christ.

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 But he specifically tells us at the end of chapter 20,

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 these things I have written that you might believe that Jesus truly is the Christ,

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 the Son of God,

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 and that by believing in him,

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 you will have life,

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 eternal life,

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 fullness of life,

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 with him.

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 So John is out here not simply to educate us

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 and instruct us,

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 he is out to get us.

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 He is out to persuade us.

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 He is out to win us to Jesus Christ.

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 It's a very dramatic encounter.

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 The Gospel of John is significant for any number of things,

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 but one of the significant features of John's Gospel

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 is the way that John shows us Jesus

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 in a number of dramatic encounters

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 all the way through.

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 You find him encountering Nathaniel

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 at the end of chapter 1

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 and disclosing to Nathaniel

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 that he knows what's going on in his heart.

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 In chapter 3 we find Jesus encountering Nicodemus.

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 Now Nicodemus is called by Jesus

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 in verse 10 of chapter 3,

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 the teacher of Israel,

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 the teacher of Israel,

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 the reverend professor,

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 Dr. Nicodemus.

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 But Jesus said to this man

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 with all his religion,

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 you must be born again

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 or born from above.

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 All your religion

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 does not make you right with God, Nicodemus.

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 You need a new heart.

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 You need a new beginning with God.

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 You need God to come

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 and make you new from the inside out.

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 And then in dramatic contrast

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 in chapter 4,

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 we find Jesus meeting

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 this woman,

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 this woman from Samaria

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 by the well of Sychar.

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 It's a remarkable picture

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 that's being painted for us

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 in John chapter 4

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 because Jews

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 had no dealings with Samaritans.

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 But we find Jesus

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 breaking every conceivable convention.

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 He breaks religious convention

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 by meeting with the woman.

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 He breaks social convention

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 by meeting with her alone.

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 And he breaks moral convention.

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 This woman had five husbands

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 and she was now living with a six.

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 He was a live-in lover.

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 He was not her husband.

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 But Jesus was going to be

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 her seventh and last man.

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 And Jesus evangelizes her.

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 Not like the way he did

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 with Nicodemus.

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 His first words to Nicodemus were,

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 you must be born again

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 with the woman.

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 Jesus starts very gently.

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 He starts where she is.

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 He's there to draw water

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 and Jesus asks her for a drink.

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 It's a very remarkable

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 encounter that Jesus has.

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 And slowly but surely

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 he evangelizes the woman

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 and draws her to himself.

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 And John's gospel

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 proliferates with these encounters.

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 And here is another

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 of those remarkable,

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 dramatic encounters

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 that are intended

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 to do two things.

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 Number one, principally,

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 to set before us

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 the heart of God.

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 Behold your God.

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 Is what this passage

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 is saying to us.

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 Jesus Christ is the revelation

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 of God.

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 John chapter 1 verse 18.

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 Jesus is the exegesis of God.

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 He has come to make God known.

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 There is no un-Christ likeness

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 in God.

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 Behold your God.

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 And the second note

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 that is struck in these encounters

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 is no matter who you are,

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 no matter how badly you have failed

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 and fallen,

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 no matter how messed up

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 your life is,

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 no matter how miserable you are,

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 no matter how religious you are,

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 what you need,

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 Jesus Christ alone can give.

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 let not conscience make you linger,

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 nor of fitness fondly dream.

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 All the fitness

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 he requireth

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 is to feel

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 your need

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 of him.

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 So let me look with you

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 at this passage.

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 Notice

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 three very simple things

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 as we introduce

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 this sermon

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 focusing on this encounter.

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 Notice first of all

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 the human heartlessness

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 that confronts us.

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 These religious leaders,

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 these scribes

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 and Pharisees

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 find a woman

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 obviously

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 and the narrative

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 doesn't tell us this,

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 but this is very

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 peculiar

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 and peculiar

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 to Hebrew narrative.

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 These men

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 have been lying

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 in wait.

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 They've heard news,

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 it would seem,

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 that this woman,

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 and we don't know

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 about the man,

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 I'll come to that

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 in a moment,

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 they're lying in wait

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 and they,

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 instead of

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 stopping

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 this

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 illicit

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 encounter,

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 they let it happen

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 in order

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 to catch

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 the woman

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 in the very

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 act

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 of sexual

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 adultery.

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 There is a

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 human

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 heartlessness

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 about this

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 encounter

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 as John

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 introduces it

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 to us.

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 How cold

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 hearted

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 these men

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 must have been.

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 But then

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 there was

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 religious hypocrisy.

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 Where is the man?

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 Why are we not

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 bringing him

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 to Jesus?

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 Why are we dragging

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 this poor woman?

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 Where is the man?

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 There is a

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 selectivity

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 about these

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 religious leaders.

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 They're not only

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 humanly heartless,

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 they're religious

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 hypocrites.

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 They say

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 that they are

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 concerned about

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 honouring the

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 law of God.

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 But the law

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 of God

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 equally condemned

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 the man

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 as well as the

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 woman caught

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 in adultery.

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 Where is the

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 man?

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 And then we see

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 thirdly a

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 satanic

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 wickedness.

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 Human

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 heartlessness,

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 religious

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 hypocrisy

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 and satanic

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 wickedness.

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 What are they

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 doing?

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 They're out

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 to

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 entrap

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 Jesus.

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 They bring

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 the woman

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 to Jesus,

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 teach

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 of us

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 women to be

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 caught in the

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 act of

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 adultery.

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 now in the

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 law,

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 Moses

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 commanded us

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 to stone

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 such women.

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 Actually it

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 didn't.

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 It's probably

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 inferred,

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 but it doesn't

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 actually say

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 they were to

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 be stoned.

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 So what do

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 you say?

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 They said this

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 to test

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 him or

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 entrap

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 him that

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 they might

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 have some

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 charge to

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 bring against

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 him.

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 They're not

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 interested in

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 the woman.

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 they couldn't

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 care less

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 about the

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 breach of

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 the seventh

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 commandment,

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 you shall

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 not commit

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 adultery.

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 They were

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 out to

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 get Jesus.

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 They wanted

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 to place

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 Jesus on

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 the horns

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 of a

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 dilemma.

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 If Jesus

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 said,

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 yes,

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 take her

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 out,

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 stone her

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 to death,

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 they could

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 immediately

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 report him

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 to the

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 Roman

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 authorities,

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 who alone

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 had the

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 power and

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 the

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 authority

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 to put

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 anyone to

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 death.

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 But if

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 Jesus said,

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 no,

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 he is

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 not

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 worthy

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 of death,

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 they could

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 say,

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 well,

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 there you

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 go.

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 He's

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 denying

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 the plain

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 teaching

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 of the

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 Bible.

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 You see,

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 the Pharisees,

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 and the

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 word literally

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 means the

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 separated

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 ones,

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 the elite,

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 they believed

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 every word

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 in the

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 Bible.

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 They were

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 Bible

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 literalists.

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 But they

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 had sucked

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 the marrow

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 of grace

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 and mercy

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 out of the

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 Holy Scriptures

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 because they

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 didn't know

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 the God

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 who gave

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 the Holy

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 Scriptures.

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 They interpreted

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 the Scriptures

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 others apart

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 from the

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 character of

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 God.

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 And there

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 is a

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 satanic

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 wickedness

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 here.

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 They're out

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 to further

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 their own

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 aims and

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 ends.

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 They want

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 to get

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 Jesus at

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 all costs.

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 And so

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 they bring

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 this woman

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 to Jesus.

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 You don't

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 need much

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 imagination

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 to think

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 how

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 humiliated

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 she must

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 have felt.

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 Publicly

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 shamed.

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 Perhaps

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 in the

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 state of

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 some

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 undress.

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 Dragged

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 through

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 the dust.

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 humiliated

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 shamed

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 and now

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 brought

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 to

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 Jesus.

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 So this

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 morning I

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 want to

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 look with

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 you especially

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 at Jesus

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 response

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 and reaction

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 to

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 the

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 events

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 that

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 unfolded.

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 There are

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 four things

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 to notice

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 first of

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 all.

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 Number

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 one

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 noticed

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 Jesus

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 silence.

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 So they

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 say to

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 Jesus

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 the

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 law of

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 Moses

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 commanded

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 us to

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 stone

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 such

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 women.

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 What

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 do you

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 say?

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 Jesus

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 bent

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 down

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 and

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 wrote

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 with

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 his

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 finger

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 on

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 the

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 ground.

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 Initially

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 he's

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 silent.

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 Why

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 is he

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 silent?

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 well we're

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 not told

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 are we?

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 Again that's

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 very

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 Hebrew

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 narrative.

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 We're

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 left to

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 infer.

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 Was he

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 stunned

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 by the

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 heartlessness

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 and the

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 wickedness

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 of these

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 religious

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 leaders?

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 Was he

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 speechless

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 at their

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 heartlessness,

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 their

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 wickedness,

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 their

00:16:39.860 --> 00:16:40.680
 hypocrisy?

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 Well we're

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 not told.

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 What he

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 does is to

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 bend down

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 and write

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 on the

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 ground.

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 And again

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 we might

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 ask, well

00:16:57.820 --> 00:16:58.259
 what was he

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 writing?

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 If you

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 can read

00:16:59.660 --> 00:16:59.860
 that

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 passage and

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 not ask

00:17:01.080 --> 00:17:01.460
 yourself,

00:17:01.600 --> 00:17:02.300
 what exactly

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 was he

00:17:02.620 --> 00:17:02.980
 writing?

00:17:04.680 --> 00:17:05.140
 Well we're

00:17:05.140 --> 00:17:05.900
 not told.

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 But again

00:17:06.740 --> 00:17:07.880
 this is the

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 way Hebrew

00:17:08.600 --> 00:17:09.380
 narrative

00:17:09.380 --> 00:17:10.500
 operates.

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 It's a

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 Greek text but

00:17:12.440 --> 00:17:13.400
 it's very

00:17:13.400 --> 00:17:14.100
 Hebraic.

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 We're

00:17:14.860 --> 00:17:16.019
 expected to

00:17:16.019 --> 00:17:17.140
 join up the

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 dots, we're

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 expected to

00:17:18.299 --> 00:17:18.740
 know our

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 Bibles well

00:17:20.319 --> 00:17:20.840
 enough to

00:17:20.840 --> 00:17:21.700
 think perhaps

00:17:21.700 --> 00:17:23.200
 this, ah,

00:17:23.480 --> 00:17:24.039
 ah,

00:17:24.519 --> 00:17:25.100
 ah.

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 That's

00:17:26.960 --> 00:17:28.140
 Jeremiah 17.

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 isn't it?

00:17:29.500 --> 00:17:30.020
 That's what

00:17:30.020 --> 00:17:30.360
 you're all

00:17:30.360 --> 00:17:30.700
 thinking.

00:17:31.580 --> 00:17:31.880
 That's

00:17:31.880 --> 00:17:33.060
 Jeremiah 17.

00:17:34.100 --> 00:17:34.600
 Listen to

00:17:34.600 --> 00:17:35.280
 these words,

00:17:35.380 --> 00:17:35.900
 O Lord,

00:17:35.980 --> 00:17:36.500
 the hope of

00:17:36.500 --> 00:17:37.600
 Israel, all

00:17:37.600 --> 00:17:38.460
 who forsake

00:17:38.460 --> 00:17:39.120
 you shall be

00:17:39.120 --> 00:17:39.600
 put to

00:17:39.600 --> 00:17:40.000
 shame.

00:17:40.560 --> 00:17:41.140
 Those who

00:17:41.140 --> 00:17:41.759
 turn away

00:17:41.759 --> 00:17:42.480
 from you

00:17:42.480 --> 00:17:42.960
 shall be

00:17:42.960 --> 00:17:43.940
 written on

00:17:43.940 --> 00:17:44.740
 the earth.

00:17:46.900 --> 00:17:47.360
 For they

00:17:47.360 --> 00:17:48.160
 have forsaken

00:17:48.160 --> 00:17:48.820
 the Lord,

00:17:48.960 --> 00:17:49.560
 the fountain

00:17:49.560 --> 00:17:51.040
 of living

00:17:51.040 --> 00:17:52.200
 water.

00:17:54.160 --> 00:17:55.040
 O Lord,

00:17:55.120 --> 00:17:55.620
 the hope of

00:17:55.620 --> 00:17:56.640
 Israel, all

00:17:56.640 --> 00:17:57.420
 who forsake

00:17:57.420 --> 00:17:58.020
 you shall be

00:17:58.019 --> 00:17:58.440
 put to

00:17:58.440 --> 00:17:58.740
 shame.

00:17:59.099 --> 00:17:59.240
 They

00:17:59.240 --> 00:17:59.960
 brought this

00:17:59.960 --> 00:18:00.980
 woman and

00:18:00.980 --> 00:18:02.039
 shamed her.

00:18:04.839 --> 00:18:05.480
 And what

00:18:05.480 --> 00:18:06.319
 Jesus is now

00:18:06.319 --> 00:18:06.879
 doing is

00:18:06.879 --> 00:18:07.900
 shaming them.

00:18:09.539 --> 00:18:09.960
 Now I

00:18:09.960 --> 00:18:10.519
 don't know for

00:18:10.519 --> 00:18:11.839
 certain that

00:18:11.839 --> 00:18:12.420
 that's what the

00:18:12.420 --> 00:18:12.859
 Lord was

00:18:12.859 --> 00:18:13.180
 doing.

00:18:13.299 --> 00:18:13.500
 There are

00:18:13.500 --> 00:18:13.859
 other

00:18:13.859 --> 00:18:15.079
 interpretations

00:18:15.079 --> 00:18:15.639
 but I

00:18:15.639 --> 00:18:17.299
 think perhaps

00:18:17.299 --> 00:18:19.279
 the Lord was

00:18:19.279 --> 00:18:20.119
 saying to

00:18:20.119 --> 00:18:20.859
 them, so

00:18:20.859 --> 00:18:21.879
 you want to

00:18:21.879 --> 00:18:22.299
 quote the

00:18:22.299 --> 00:18:22.619
 Bible?

00:18:23.139 --> 00:18:23.700
 Well let's

00:18:23.700 --> 00:18:24.160
 quote the

00:18:24.160 --> 00:18:24.460
 Bible.

00:18:24.460 --> 00:18:26.680
 what do

00:18:26.680 --> 00:18:27.000
 you make

00:18:27.000 --> 00:18:27.640
 of Jeremiah

00:18:27.640 --> 00:18:28.880
 1710?

00:18:29.920 --> 00:18:30.680
 All who

00:18:30.680 --> 00:18:31.960
 forsake me

00:18:31.960 --> 00:18:33.120
 the fountain

00:18:33.120 --> 00:18:33.680
 of living

00:18:33.680 --> 00:18:34.360
 water shall

00:18:34.360 --> 00:18:34.819
 have their

00:18:34.819 --> 00:18:35.460
 names written

00:18:35.460 --> 00:18:35.960
 in the dust.

00:18:36.299 --> 00:18:36.620
 Some

00:18:36.620 --> 00:18:37.380
 commentators

00:18:37.380 --> 00:18:37.940
 think as

00:18:37.940 --> 00:18:38.539
 Jesus goes

00:18:38.539 --> 00:18:39.420
 on and

00:18:39.420 --> 00:18:40.200
 they continue

00:18:40.200 --> 00:18:41.079
 asking him

00:18:41.079 --> 00:18:41.360
 and he

00:18:41.360 --> 00:18:42.120
 continues to

00:18:42.120 --> 00:18:42.400
 write.

00:18:42.759 --> 00:18:43.220
 Some even

00:18:43.220 --> 00:18:44.100
 suggest that

00:18:44.100 --> 00:18:45.019
 he's writing

00:18:45.019 --> 00:18:45.840
 their names.

00:18:46.019 --> 00:18:46.279
 I don't

00:18:46.279 --> 00:18:46.779
 know that.

00:18:46.779 --> 00:18:52.440
 sometimes

00:18:52.440 --> 00:18:55.599
 silence is

00:18:55.599 --> 00:18:56.019
 the only

00:18:56.019 --> 00:18:56.619
 fitting

00:18:56.619 --> 00:18:57.980
 response to

00:18:57.980 --> 00:18:58.299
 human

00:18:58.299 --> 00:18:59.039
 heartlessness

00:18:59.039 --> 00:19:00.460
 and religious

00:19:00.460 --> 00:19:01.200
 hypocrisy.

00:19:02.319 --> 00:19:03.119
 One of the

00:19:03.119 --> 00:19:03.639
 things I

00:19:03.639 --> 00:19:04.079
 would often

00:19:04.079 --> 00:19:04.960
 tell my

00:19:04.960 --> 00:19:06.180
 assistants in

00:19:06.180 --> 00:19:06.579
 Cambridge

00:19:06.579 --> 00:19:08.019
 and the

00:19:08.019 --> 00:19:08.599
 students that

00:19:08.599 --> 00:19:09.139
 I teach

00:19:09.139 --> 00:19:10.119
 is that

00:19:10.119 --> 00:19:10.940
 you can't

00:19:10.940 --> 00:19:11.859
 quantify it

00:19:11.859 --> 00:19:12.119
 but I

00:19:12.119 --> 00:19:12.579
 would often

00:19:12.579 --> 00:19:14.000
 say 90%

00:19:14.000 --> 00:19:15.160
 of pastoral

00:19:15.160 --> 00:19:16.359
 ministry is

00:19:16.359 --> 00:19:17.359
 learning to

00:19:17.359 --> 00:19:18.339
 cultivate the

00:19:18.339 --> 00:19:19.199
 art of

00:19:19.199 --> 00:19:19.939
 silence.

00:19:23.619 --> 00:19:24.740
 But here

00:19:24.740 --> 00:19:25.599
 our Lord

00:19:25.599 --> 00:19:26.859
 his initial

00:19:26.859 --> 00:19:27.699
 response is

00:19:27.699 --> 00:19:28.039
 one of

00:19:28.039 --> 00:19:28.519
 silence.

00:19:28.679 --> 00:19:28.959
 But then

00:19:28.959 --> 00:19:29.459
 secondly

00:19:29.459 --> 00:19:32.259
 notice Jesus

00:19:32.259 --> 00:19:33.059
 challenge.

00:19:34.299 --> 00:19:35.059
 They continue

00:19:35.059 --> 00:19:35.939
 to ask him.

00:19:36.099 --> 00:19:36.299
 They're

00:19:36.299 --> 00:19:37.199
 pressing

00:19:37.199 --> 00:19:38.299
 Jesus and

00:19:38.299 --> 00:19:38.740
 so he

00:19:38.740 --> 00:19:39.740
 stands up

00:19:39.740 --> 00:19:40.879
 and says

00:19:40.879 --> 00:19:41.299
 to them

00:19:41.299 --> 00:19:42.159
 let him

00:19:42.159 --> 00:19:42.559
 who is

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 without sin

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 among you

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 be the

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 first to

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 throw a

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 stone at

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 her.

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 You want

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 to throw

00:19:52.759 --> 00:19:53.360
 stones?

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 Well what

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 does the

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 law say?

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 Well in

00:20:00.400 --> 00:20:00.820
 the book of

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 Leviticus it

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 says that

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 when you

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 accuse someone

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 of adultery

00:20:06.000 --> 00:20:06.600
 and it was a

00:20:06.600 --> 00:20:07.660
 capital charge

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 because adultery

00:20:09.440 --> 00:20:10.620
 was not

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 simply conceived

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 of as an

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 illicit

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 physical act

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 it was

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 seen to be

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 stabbing a

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 dagger into

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 the very

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 heart of

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 society

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 breaking

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 asunder

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 families

00:20:23.200 --> 00:20:23.960
 destroying

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 lives

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 dismembering

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 children

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 and those

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 who brought

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 the charge

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 they were

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 to be the

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 ones to

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 throw the

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 first stone.

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 And so

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 Jesus says

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 okay

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 let him

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 who is

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 without sin

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 cast the

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 first stone.

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 Now Jesus

00:20:41.720 --> 00:20:42.500
 could hardly

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 be saying

00:20:43.220 --> 00:20:45.019
 you can

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 only judge

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 other people

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 when you're

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 sinless.

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 He's not

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 saying that

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 otherwise

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 there will

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 be no

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 law courts

00:20:52.160 --> 00:20:52.799
 no judges

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 no anything.

00:20:56.220 --> 00:20:57.100
 Jesus is

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 putting his

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 finger on

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 their

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 consciences.

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 He's

00:21:01.579 --> 00:21:02.180
 probing

00:21:02.180 --> 00:21:02.480
 their

00:21:02.480 --> 00:21:03.220
 hearts.

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 He's

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 seeking to

00:21:06.480 --> 00:21:07.480
 bring the

00:21:07.480 --> 00:21:08.200
 law of

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 God to

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 bear

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 upon

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 their

00:21:10.920 --> 00:21:11.880
 heartlessness

00:21:11.880 --> 00:21:12.400
 and

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 inhumanity.

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 Some

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 suggest

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 the way

00:21:17.420 --> 00:21:17.960
 the language

00:21:17.960 --> 00:21:18.200
 is

00:21:18.200 --> 00:21:18.819
 constructed

00:21:18.819 --> 00:21:20.080
 that Jesus

00:21:20.080 --> 00:21:20.740
 is saying

00:21:20.740 --> 00:21:22.819
 you want

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 to talk

00:21:23.200 --> 00:21:24.019
 about adultery?

00:21:24.500 --> 00:21:24.880
 Okay

00:21:24.880 --> 00:21:25.519
 let's talk

00:21:25.519 --> 00:21:26.360
 about adultery.

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 You remember

00:21:27.580 --> 00:21:28.120
 earlier

00:21:28.120 --> 00:21:29.080
 in the

00:21:29.080 --> 00:21:29.460
 gospel

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 accounts

00:21:30.000 --> 00:21:30.880
 Matthew 5

00:21:30.880 --> 00:21:31.680
 Jesus says

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 when a man

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 looks at a

00:21:32.900 --> 00:21:33.120
 woman

00:21:33.120 --> 00:21:34.200
 lustfully

00:21:34.200 --> 00:21:40.039
 and mentally

00:21:40.039 --> 00:21:41.640
 copulates

00:21:41.640 --> 00:21:42.180
 with her

00:21:42.180 --> 00:21:44.480
 that's as

00:21:44.480 --> 00:21:45.259
 bad in

00:21:45.259 --> 00:21:45.680
 God's

00:21:45.680 --> 00:21:46.220
 sight as

00:21:46.220 --> 00:21:46.779
 the physical

00:21:46.779 --> 00:21:47.640
 act itself

00:21:47.640 --> 00:21:48.660
 and some

00:21:48.660 --> 00:21:49.220
 suggest

00:21:49.220 --> 00:21:50.380
 Jesus is

00:21:50.380 --> 00:21:51.100
 saying to

00:21:51.100 --> 00:21:51.680
 these men

00:21:51.680 --> 00:21:53.799
 so this

00:21:53.799 --> 00:21:54.319
 woman's been

00:21:54.319 --> 00:21:54.779
 caught in

00:21:54.779 --> 00:21:55.240
 the act of

00:21:55.240 --> 00:21:55.759
 adultery

00:21:55.759 --> 00:21:56.360
 what about

00:21:56.360 --> 00:21:56.660
 you?

00:21:56.819 --> 00:21:57.220
 God has

00:21:57.220 --> 00:21:57.819
 caught you

00:21:57.819 --> 00:21:58.400
 many a

00:21:58.400 --> 00:21:58.779
 time in

00:21:58.779 --> 00:21:59.160
 the act

00:21:59.160 --> 00:21:59.779
 of adultery

00:21:59.779 --> 00:22:02.779
 I'm not

00:22:02.779 --> 00:22:03.319
 sure about

00:22:03.319 --> 00:22:03.839
 that I

00:22:03.839 --> 00:22:04.319
 think it's

00:22:04.319 --> 00:22:04.920
 simply more

00:22:04.920 --> 00:22:06.200
 likely Jesus

00:22:06.200 --> 00:22:06.960
 is probing

00:22:06.960 --> 00:22:07.180
 their

00:22:07.180 --> 00:22:08.139
 consciences

00:22:08.139 --> 00:22:11.079
 and he's

00:22:11.079 --> 00:22:11.619
 challenging

00:22:11.619 --> 00:22:12.000
 them

00:22:12.000 --> 00:22:15.279
 and remarkably

00:22:15.279 --> 00:22:18.059
 once more

00:22:18.059 --> 00:22:18.599
 he bends

00:22:18.599 --> 00:22:19.119
 down and

00:22:19.119 --> 00:22:19.599
 writes on

00:22:19.599 --> 00:22:20.079
 the ground

00:22:20.079 --> 00:22:22.359
 some

00:22:22.359 --> 00:22:23.019
 commentators

00:22:23.019 --> 00:22:23.339
 think he

00:22:23.339 --> 00:22:23.819
 was actually

00:22:23.819 --> 00:22:24.359
 doodling

00:22:24.359 --> 00:22:26.819
 and you

00:22:26.819 --> 00:22:27.160
 know that's

00:22:27.160 --> 00:22:28.059
 not fanciful

00:22:28.059 --> 00:22:29.759
 sometimes

00:22:29.759 --> 00:22:31.419
 life can

00:22:31.419 --> 00:22:31.919
 be so

00:22:31.919 --> 00:22:32.579
 surreal

00:22:32.579 --> 00:22:34.480
 sometimes

00:22:34.480 --> 00:22:35.039
 religious

00:22:35.039 --> 00:22:35.679
 behaviour

00:22:35.679 --> 00:22:36.200
 can be

00:22:36.200 --> 00:22:36.740
 so

00:22:36.740 --> 00:22:39.119
 tragic

00:22:39.119 --> 00:22:40.099
 tragic

00:22:40.099 --> 00:22:41.480
 comedic

00:22:41.480 --> 00:22:42.119
 almost

00:22:42.119 --> 00:22:43.200
 that you

00:22:43.200 --> 00:22:43.500
 just

00:22:43.500 --> 00:22:44.079
 think

00:22:44.079 --> 00:22:46.980
 are you

00:22:46.980 --> 00:22:47.579
 serious?

00:22:49.059 --> 00:22:50.000
 I can't

00:22:50.000 --> 00:22:50.240
 get my

00:22:50.240 --> 00:22:50.679
 head around

00:22:50.679 --> 00:22:50.899
 this

00:22:50.899 --> 00:22:51.319
 you know

00:22:51.319 --> 00:22:52.460
 I don't

00:22:52.460 --> 00:22:52.879
 think he

00:22:52.879 --> 00:22:53.399
 was doodling

00:22:53.399 --> 00:22:53.679
 but

00:22:53.679 --> 00:22:56.559
 when they

00:22:56.559 --> 00:22:57.200
 heard it

00:22:57.200 --> 00:22:58.640
 they went

00:22:58.640 --> 00:22:59.100
 away

00:22:59.100 --> 00:22:59.600
 one

00:22:59.600 --> 00:23:00.620
 by one

00:23:00.620 --> 00:23:01.779
 beginning

00:23:01.779 --> 00:23:02.799
 with the

00:23:02.799 --> 00:23:03.600
 older ones

00:23:03.600 --> 00:23:04.779
 and Jesus

00:23:04.779 --> 00:23:05.360
 was left

00:23:05.360 --> 00:23:05.720
 alone

00:23:05.720 --> 00:23:06.100
 with the

00:23:06.100 --> 00:23:06.319
 woman

00:23:06.319 --> 00:23:06.759
 standing

00:23:06.759 --> 00:23:07.620
 before him

00:23:07.620 --> 00:23:10.980
 conviction

00:23:10.980 --> 00:23:12.039
 of sin

00:23:12.039 --> 00:23:13.840
 had begun

00:23:13.840 --> 00:23:16.100
 to afflict

00:23:16.100 --> 00:23:16.380
 their

00:23:16.380 --> 00:23:17.380
 consciences

00:23:17.380 --> 00:23:18.580
 but notice

00:23:18.580 --> 00:23:18.920
 this

00:23:18.920 --> 00:23:20.000
 conviction

00:23:20.000 --> 00:23:20.680
 of sin

00:23:20.680 --> 00:23:21.360
 is not

00:23:21.360 --> 00:23:22.160
 conversion

00:23:22.160 --> 00:23:23.019
 from sin

00:23:23.019 --> 00:23:23.740
 were any

00:23:23.740 --> 00:23:24.120
 of these

00:23:24.120 --> 00:23:24.480
 men

00:23:24.480 --> 00:23:25.019
 later

00:23:25.019 --> 00:23:25.559
 converted

00:23:25.559 --> 00:23:26.059
 were not

00:23:26.059 --> 00:23:26.440
 told

00:23:26.440 --> 00:23:27.059
 wouldn't

00:23:27.059 --> 00:23:27.299
 it be

00:23:27.299 --> 00:23:27.860
 wonderful

00:23:27.860 --> 00:23:29.740
 to discover

00:23:29.740 --> 00:23:30.920
 in heaven's

00:23:30.920 --> 00:23:31.320
 glory

00:23:31.320 --> 00:23:33.059
 that some

00:23:33.059 --> 00:23:33.340
 or at

00:23:33.340 --> 00:23:33.820
 least one

00:23:33.820 --> 00:23:34.200
 of these

00:23:34.200 --> 00:23:34.660
 men

00:23:34.660 --> 00:23:37.320
 would be

00:23:37.320 --> 00:23:37.880
 around the

00:23:37.880 --> 00:23:38.340
 throne of

00:23:38.340 --> 00:23:38.680
 God

00:23:38.680 --> 00:23:39.220
 saying I

00:23:39.220 --> 00:23:39.940
 bless God

00:23:39.940 --> 00:23:40.259
 for the

00:23:40.259 --> 00:23:40.620
 day

00:23:40.620 --> 00:23:41.920
 that the

00:23:41.920 --> 00:23:42.320
 son of

00:23:42.320 --> 00:23:42.580
 God

00:23:42.580 --> 00:23:43.100
 said

00:23:43.100 --> 00:23:45.480
 those of

00:23:45.480 --> 00:23:46.019
 you without

00:23:46.019 --> 00:23:46.380
 sin

00:23:46.380 --> 00:23:46.960
 cast the

00:23:46.960 --> 00:23:47.600
 first stone

00:23:47.600 --> 00:23:49.279
 but you

00:23:49.279 --> 00:23:49.700
 can be

00:23:49.700 --> 00:23:50.240
 convicted

00:23:50.240 --> 00:23:50.880
 of sin

00:23:50.880 --> 00:23:51.460
 and have

00:23:51.460 --> 00:23:52.160
 your conscience

00:23:52.160 --> 00:23:52.980
 afflict you

00:23:52.980 --> 00:23:53.240
 of the

00:23:53.240 --> 00:23:54.000
 reality of

00:23:54.000 --> 00:23:54.680
 sin and

00:23:54.680 --> 00:23:55.119
 not be

00:23:55.119 --> 00:23:55.660
 converted

00:23:55.660 --> 00:23:56.539
 from sin

00:23:56.539 --> 00:23:58.359
 we're told

00:23:58.359 --> 00:23:58.920
 in the

00:23:58.920 --> 00:23:59.339
 letter to

00:23:59.339 --> 00:23:59.740
 the Hebrews

00:23:59.740 --> 00:24:00.740
 about Esau

00:24:00.740 --> 00:24:03.059
 Esau was

00:24:03.059 --> 00:24:04.160
 beside himself

00:24:04.160 --> 00:24:04.720
 when he

00:24:04.720 --> 00:24:05.599
 sold his

00:24:05.599 --> 00:24:06.319
 birthright

00:24:06.319 --> 00:24:06.880
 for a

00:24:06.880 --> 00:24:07.359
 mess of

00:24:07.359 --> 00:24:07.980
 pottage

00:24:07.980 --> 00:24:08.599
 as the

00:24:08.599 --> 00:24:09.039
 King James

00:24:09.039 --> 00:24:09.759
 version puts

00:24:09.759 --> 00:24:10.400
 it and he

00:24:10.400 --> 00:24:11.119
 was sorry

00:24:11.119 --> 00:24:12.519
 he was very

00:24:12.519 --> 00:24:13.380
 sorry and he

00:24:13.380 --> 00:24:14.140
 wept tears

00:24:14.140 --> 00:24:14.960
 but he wasn't

00:24:14.960 --> 00:24:15.539
 converted

00:24:15.539 --> 00:24:16.900
 he didn't

00:24:16.900 --> 00:24:17.400
 come and

00:24:17.400 --> 00:24:18.019
 prostrate

00:24:18.019 --> 00:24:18.700
 himself and

00:24:18.700 --> 00:24:19.259
 say God

00:24:19.259 --> 00:24:20.240
 be merciful

00:24:20.240 --> 00:24:20.720
 to me

00:24:20.720 --> 00:24:21.259
 the sinner

00:24:21.259 --> 00:24:24.500
 being convicted

00:24:24.500 --> 00:24:25.319
 of sin

00:24:25.319 --> 00:24:27.119
 of being a

00:24:27.119 --> 00:24:27.799
 sinner before

00:24:27.799 --> 00:24:28.279
 God

00:24:28.279 --> 00:24:30.359
 it doesn't

00:24:30.359 --> 00:24:31.140
 even take you

00:24:31.140 --> 00:24:32.119
 halfway there

00:24:32.119 --> 00:24:34.039
 you can end

00:24:34.039 --> 00:24:34.839
 up living all

00:24:34.839 --> 00:24:35.460
 your life

00:24:35.460 --> 00:24:36.180
 aware you're

00:24:36.180 --> 00:24:36.599
 a sinner

00:24:36.599 --> 00:24:37.420
 and never

00:24:37.420 --> 00:24:38.539
 yet fly to

00:24:38.539 --> 00:24:39.579
 Jesus Christ

00:24:39.579 --> 00:24:42.839
 for mercy

00:24:42.839 --> 00:24:43.920
 forgiveness

00:24:43.920 --> 00:24:45.240
 and for

00:24:45.240 --> 00:24:45.819
 salvation

00:24:45.819 --> 00:24:49.000
 and so

00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:49.319
 Jesus

00:24:49.319 --> 00:24:49.879
 challenge

00:24:49.879 --> 00:24:50.640
 results in

00:24:50.640 --> 00:24:51.079
 the men

00:24:51.079 --> 00:24:52.319
 going away

00:24:52.319 --> 00:24:53.179
 one by one

00:24:53.179 --> 00:24:54.819
 and then

00:24:54.819 --> 00:24:55.339
 thirdly we

00:24:55.339 --> 00:24:55.740
 have Jesus

00:24:55.740 --> 00:24:56.240
 mercy

00:24:56.240 --> 00:24:56.679
 we're seeing

00:24:56.679 --> 00:24:57.039
 Jesus

00:24:57.039 --> 00:24:57.619
 silence

00:24:57.619 --> 00:24:57.980
 Jesus

00:24:57.980 --> 00:24:58.559
 challenge

00:24:58.559 --> 00:24:59.439
 and then

00:24:59.439 --> 00:25:00.139
 Jesus

00:25:00.139 --> 00:25:01.039
 mercy

00:25:01.039 --> 00:25:03.159
 Jesus

00:25:03.159 --> 00:25:03.819
 was left

00:25:03.819 --> 00:25:04.220
 alone

00:25:04.220 --> 00:25:04.639
 with the

00:25:04.639 --> 00:25:04.839
 woman

00:25:04.839 --> 00:25:05.359
 standing

00:25:05.359 --> 00:25:06.039
 before him

00:25:06.039 --> 00:25:10.639
 can you

00:25:10.639 --> 00:25:11.079
 imagine

00:25:11.079 --> 00:25:11.599
 what that

00:25:11.599 --> 00:25:11.960
 woman

00:25:11.960 --> 00:25:13.559
 must have

00:25:13.559 --> 00:25:14.079
 been wondering

00:25:14.079 --> 00:25:15.759
 she's been

00:25:15.759 --> 00:25:16.439
 dragged

00:25:16.439 --> 00:25:17.960
 unceremoniously

00:25:17.960 --> 00:25:19.439
 shamelessly

00:25:19.439 --> 00:25:20.539
 publicly

00:25:20.539 --> 00:25:22.799
 she's been

00:25:22.799 --> 00:25:23.799
 humiliated

00:25:23.799 --> 00:25:25.859
 the threat

00:25:25.859 --> 00:25:26.819
 of death

00:25:26.819 --> 00:25:28.539
 was hanging

00:25:28.539 --> 00:25:29.279
 over her

00:25:29.279 --> 00:25:30.960
 and now

00:25:30.960 --> 00:25:32.539
 all her

00:25:32.539 --> 00:25:33.279
 accusers

00:25:33.279 --> 00:25:33.720
 have

00:25:33.720 --> 00:25:34.279
 vanished

00:25:34.279 --> 00:25:36.379
 she must

00:25:36.379 --> 00:25:36.779
 have been

00:25:36.779 --> 00:25:37.839
 absolutely

00:25:37.839 --> 00:25:40.019
 bewildered

00:25:40.019 --> 00:25:41.680
 just

00:25:41.680 --> 00:25:42.740
 what

00:25:42.740 --> 00:25:44.359
 what's

00:25:44.359 --> 00:25:44.899
 what's

00:25:44.899 --> 00:25:45.339
 happening

00:25:45.339 --> 00:25:47.000
 what

00:25:47.000 --> 00:25:47.779
 on earth

00:25:47.779 --> 00:25:48.480
 is happening

00:25:48.480 --> 00:25:49.720
 to me

00:25:49.720 --> 00:25:53.299
 Jesus

00:25:53.299 --> 00:25:53.859
 was left

00:25:53.859 --> 00:25:54.179
 alone

00:25:54.179 --> 00:25:54.539
 with the

00:25:54.539 --> 00:25:54.779
 woman

00:25:54.779 --> 00:25:56.039
 Jesus

00:25:56.039 --> 00:25:56.619
 stood up

00:25:56.619 --> 00:25:57.059
 and said

00:25:57.059 --> 00:25:57.500
 to her

00:25:57.500 --> 00:25:58.319
 woman

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 where are

00:25:59.919 --> 00:26:00.240
 they

00:26:00.240 --> 00:26:02.419
 has no one

00:26:02.419 --> 00:26:02.919
 condemned

00:26:02.919 --> 00:26:03.279
 you

00:26:03.279 --> 00:26:05.919
 she said

00:26:05.919 --> 00:26:06.299
 no one

00:26:06.299 --> 00:26:06.659
 Lord

00:26:06.660 --> 00:26:13.640
 no one

00:26:13.640 --> 00:26:16.540
 and Jesus

00:26:16.540 --> 00:26:17.420
 said to her

00:26:17.420 --> 00:26:19.560
 neither do I

00:26:19.560 --> 00:26:20.920
 condemn you

00:26:20.920 --> 00:26:25.680
 Augustine

00:26:25.680 --> 00:26:27.080
 great early

00:26:27.080 --> 00:26:27.800
 church father

00:26:27.800 --> 00:26:29.400
 has a

00:26:29.400 --> 00:26:29.940
 wonderful

00:26:29.940 --> 00:26:31.120
 wonderful

00:26:31.120 --> 00:26:31.680
 statement

00:26:31.680 --> 00:26:32.840
 I know

00:26:32.840 --> 00:26:33.380
 someone here

00:26:33.380 --> 00:26:33.600
 is a

00:26:33.600 --> 00:26:33.860
 Latin

00:26:33.860 --> 00:26:34.259
 so I'm

00:26:34.259 --> 00:26:34.880
 going to

00:26:34.880 --> 00:26:35.360
 tell you

00:26:35.360 --> 00:26:35.740
 Latin

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 and I

00:26:36.039 --> 00:26:36.580
 translate it

00:26:36.580 --> 00:26:36.779
 so you're

00:26:36.779 --> 00:26:37.019
 okay

00:26:37.019 --> 00:26:39.180
 he comments

00:26:39.180 --> 00:26:39.560
 in this

00:26:39.560 --> 00:26:40.080
 passage

00:26:40.080 --> 00:26:41.180
 and he

00:26:41.180 --> 00:26:41.820
 says

00:26:41.820 --> 00:26:43.620
 relicti

00:26:43.620 --> 00:26:44.279
 sunt

00:26:44.279 --> 00:26:44.940
 duo

00:26:44.940 --> 00:26:45.840
 miserat

00:26:45.840 --> 00:26:47.060
 et misericordia

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 there remained

00:26:48.920 --> 00:26:49.740
 but two

00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:51.039
 misery

00:26:51.039 --> 00:26:52.060
 and mercy

00:26:52.059 --> 00:27:18.539
 neither do I

00:27:18.539 --> 00:27:19.159
 condemn you

00:27:19.160 --> 00:27:23.140
 how could

00:27:23.140 --> 00:27:23.740
 Jesus say

00:27:23.740 --> 00:27:24.120
 that to

00:27:24.120 --> 00:27:24.340
 her

00:27:24.340 --> 00:27:25.380
 she

00:27:25.380 --> 00:27:25.740
 committed

00:27:25.740 --> 00:27:25.960
 an

00:27:25.960 --> 00:27:26.420
 altering

00:27:26.420 --> 00:27:28.480
 and that

00:27:28.480 --> 00:27:29.080
 was just

00:27:29.080 --> 00:27:30.240
 if you

00:27:30.240 --> 00:27:30.860
 like the

00:27:30.860 --> 00:27:31.900
 the

00:27:31.900 --> 00:27:32.720
 efflorescence

00:27:32.720 --> 00:27:33.000
 the

00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:33.980
 flowering

00:27:33.980 --> 00:27:34.259
 the

00:27:34.259 --> 00:27:35.100
 outward

00:27:35.100 --> 00:27:35.860
 observation

00:27:35.860 --> 00:27:36.320
 of her

00:27:36.320 --> 00:27:36.660
 sinful

00:27:36.660 --> 00:27:37.040
 life

00:27:37.040 --> 00:27:37.540
 how could

00:27:37.540 --> 00:27:37.820
 Jesus

00:27:37.820 --> 00:27:38.259
 just say

00:27:38.259 --> 00:27:38.540
 well

00:27:38.540 --> 00:27:39.060
 I

00:27:39.060 --> 00:27:39.259
 don't

00:27:39.259 --> 00:27:39.600
 condemn

00:27:39.600 --> 00:27:39.820
 you

00:27:39.820 --> 00:27:44.700
 because

00:27:44.700 --> 00:27:45.019
 he had

00:27:45.019 --> 00:27:45.460
 come into

00:27:45.460 --> 00:27:45.960
 the world

00:27:45.960 --> 00:27:46.540
 to be a

00:27:46.540 --> 00:27:46.900
 sin

00:27:46.900 --> 00:27:47.460
 bearing

00:27:47.460 --> 00:27:47.860
 sin

00:27:47.860 --> 00:27:48.279
 atoning

00:27:48.279 --> 00:27:48.900
 saviour

00:27:48.900 --> 00:27:49.700
 he knew

00:27:49.700 --> 00:27:50.060
 the day

00:27:50.060 --> 00:27:50.519
 would come

00:27:50.519 --> 00:27:50.920
 when he

00:27:50.920 --> 00:27:51.519
 would bear

00:27:51.519 --> 00:27:52.780
 the condemnation

00:27:52.780 --> 00:27:53.140
 of her

00:27:53.140 --> 00:27:53.640
 adultery

00:27:53.640 --> 00:27:54.420
 on himself

00:27:54.420 --> 00:27:57.580
 the day

00:27:57.580 --> 00:27:58.120
 would come

00:27:58.120 --> 00:27:58.700
 when God

00:27:58.700 --> 00:27:59.240
 would lay

00:27:59.240 --> 00:28:00.120
 on him

00:28:00.120 --> 00:28:01.440
 the iniquity

00:28:01.440 --> 00:28:01.840
 of us

00:28:01.840 --> 00:28:02.300
 all

00:28:02.300 --> 00:28:02.920
 Isaiah

00:28:02.920 --> 00:28:03.480
 53

00:28:03.480 --> 00:28:05.700
 he

00:28:05.700 --> 00:28:06.220
 wasn't

00:28:06.220 --> 00:28:06.900
 sweeping

00:28:06.900 --> 00:28:07.380
 her sin

00:28:07.380 --> 00:28:07.820
 under the

00:28:07.820 --> 00:28:08.180
 carpet

00:28:08.180 --> 00:28:08.800
 he wasn't

00:28:08.800 --> 00:28:09.320
 turning a

00:28:09.320 --> 00:28:09.960
 blind eye

00:28:09.960 --> 00:28:10.519
 he wasn't

00:28:10.519 --> 00:28:10.800
 just

00:28:10.800 --> 00:28:11.440
 saying

00:28:11.440 --> 00:28:11.940
 well

00:28:11.940 --> 00:28:12.380
 let's

00:28:12.380 --> 00:28:12.940
 bygones

00:28:12.940 --> 00:28:13.160
 be

00:28:13.160 --> 00:28:13.920
 bygones

00:28:13.920 --> 00:28:15.340
 in those

00:28:15.340 --> 00:28:15.740
 words

00:28:15.740 --> 00:28:15.960
 of

00:28:15.960 --> 00:28:16.259
 Jesus

00:28:16.259 --> 00:28:16.900
 Christ

00:28:16.900 --> 00:28:18.500
 he

00:28:18.500 --> 00:28:18.720
 was

00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:18.840
 in

00:28:18.840 --> 00:28:19.300
 effect

00:28:19.300 --> 00:28:19.920
 saying

00:28:19.920 --> 00:28:20.500
 the

00:28:20.500 --> 00:28:20.759
 woman

00:28:20.759 --> 00:28:21.140
 wouldn't

00:28:21.140 --> 00:28:21.420
 know

00:28:21.420 --> 00:28:21.720
 it

00:28:21.720 --> 00:28:22.360
 later

00:28:22.360 --> 00:28:22.660
 she

00:28:22.660 --> 00:28:23.080
 would

00:28:23.080 --> 00:28:25.340
 I'm

00:28:25.340 --> 00:28:25.519
 going

00:28:25.519 --> 00:28:25.940
 to pay

00:28:25.940 --> 00:28:26.640
 the price

00:28:26.640 --> 00:28:27.640
 for that

00:28:27.640 --> 00:28:28.000
 sin

00:28:28.000 --> 00:28:29.940
 I'm

00:28:29.940 --> 00:28:30.120
 going

00:28:30.120 --> 00:28:30.660
 to die

00:28:30.660 --> 00:28:31.240
 the death

00:28:31.240 --> 00:28:31.880
 that sin

00:28:31.880 --> 00:28:32.259
 and all

00:28:32.259 --> 00:28:32.900
 your sins

00:28:32.900 --> 00:28:33.560
 deserved

00:28:33.560 --> 00:28:35.940
 neither

00:28:35.940 --> 00:28:36.420
 do I

00:28:36.420 --> 00:28:36.860
 condemn

00:28:36.860 --> 00:28:37.220
 you

00:28:37.220 --> 00:28:38.839
 you see

00:28:38.839 --> 00:28:39.519
 the great

00:28:39.519 --> 00:28:41.519
 first movement

00:28:41.519 --> 00:28:42.039
 of the

00:28:42.039 --> 00:28:42.579
 gospel

00:28:42.579 --> 00:28:45.500
 is to

00:28:45.500 --> 00:28:46.660
 set before

00:28:46.660 --> 00:28:47.160
 us

00:28:47.160 --> 00:28:48.420
 the love

00:28:48.420 --> 00:28:49.000
 of God

00:28:49.000 --> 00:28:51.779
 John Owen

00:28:51.779 --> 00:28:52.240
 the English

00:28:52.240 --> 00:28:52.759
 Puritan

00:28:52.759 --> 00:28:54.559
 said

00:28:54.559 --> 00:28:54.839
 many

00:28:54.839 --> 00:28:55.579
 Christians

00:28:55.579 --> 00:28:57.860
 find it

00:28:57.860 --> 00:28:58.380
 hard to

00:28:58.380 --> 00:28:58.839
 believe

00:28:58.839 --> 00:28:59.200
 there is

00:28:59.200 --> 00:28:59.460
 any

00:28:59.460 --> 00:29:00.160
 sweetness

00:29:00.160 --> 00:29:01.259
 in God

00:29:01.259 --> 00:29:01.779
 except

00:29:01.779 --> 00:29:02.420
 what was

00:29:02.420 --> 00:29:02.880
 purchased

00:29:02.880 --> 00:29:03.299
 at the

00:29:03.299 --> 00:29:03.980
 high cost

00:29:03.980 --> 00:29:04.460
 of Jesus

00:29:04.460 --> 00:29:04.920
 blood

00:29:04.920 --> 00:29:07.680
 but the

00:29:07.680 --> 00:29:07.940
 Bible

00:29:07.940 --> 00:29:08.539
 tells us

00:29:08.539 --> 00:29:08.960
 that God

00:29:08.960 --> 00:29:09.620
 so loved

00:29:09.620 --> 00:29:10.060
 the world

00:29:10.060 --> 00:29:10.420
 that he

00:29:10.420 --> 00:29:10.759
 gave

00:29:10.759 --> 00:29:11.300
 Jesus

00:29:11.300 --> 00:29:11.720
 didn't

00:29:11.720 --> 00:29:12.060
 come

00:29:12.060 --> 00:29:12.320
 to

00:29:12.320 --> 00:29:12.860
 procure

00:29:12.860 --> 00:29:13.100
 the

00:29:13.100 --> 00:29:13.300
 love

00:29:13.300 --> 00:29:13.460
 of

00:29:13.460 --> 00:29:13.720
 God

00:29:13.720 --> 00:29:13.940
 he

00:29:13.940 --> 00:29:14.240
 came

00:29:14.240 --> 00:29:14.380
 as

00:29:14.380 --> 00:29:14.560
 the

00:29:14.560 --> 00:29:14.960
 evidence

00:29:14.960 --> 00:29:15.320
 and

00:29:15.320 --> 00:29:15.600
 gift

00:29:15.600 --> 00:29:15.940
 of

00:29:15.940 --> 00:29:16.140
 the

00:29:16.140 --> 00:29:16.320
 love

00:29:16.320 --> 00:29:16.480
 of

00:29:16.480 --> 00:29:16.759
 God

00:29:16.759 --> 00:29:17.300
 the

00:29:17.300 --> 00:29:17.560
 first

00:29:17.560 --> 00:29:17.860
 great

00:29:17.860 --> 00:29:18.240
 movement

00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:18.460
 of

00:29:18.460 --> 00:29:18.600
 the

00:29:18.600 --> 00:29:19.100
 gospel

00:29:19.100 --> 00:29:19.860
 is

00:29:19.860 --> 00:29:20.259
 God

00:29:20.259 --> 00:29:20.660
 so

00:29:20.660 --> 00:29:21.200
 loved

00:29:21.200 --> 00:29:21.620
 the

00:29:21.620 --> 00:29:22.019
 world

00:29:22.019 --> 00:29:22.320
 that

00:29:22.320 --> 00:29:22.460
 he

00:29:22.460 --> 00:29:22.940
 gave

00:29:22.940 --> 00:29:24.240
 and

00:29:24.240 --> 00:29:24.420
 that

00:29:24.420 --> 00:29:24.680
 has

00:29:24.680 --> 00:29:24.840
 to

00:29:24.840 --> 00:29:25.160
 be

00:29:25.160 --> 00:29:25.779
 the

00:29:25.779 --> 00:29:26.300
 primary

00:29:26.300 --> 00:29:26.940
 note

00:29:26.940 --> 00:29:28.160
 in

00:29:28.160 --> 00:29:29.180
 Christian

00:29:29.180 --> 00:29:29.640
 worship

00:29:29.640 --> 00:29:30.400
 in

00:29:30.400 --> 00:29:30.779
 Christian

00:29:30.779 --> 00:29:31.259
 preaching

00:29:31.259 --> 00:29:31.620
 in

00:29:31.620 --> 00:29:31.980
 Christian

00:29:31.980 --> 00:29:32.539
 serving

00:29:32.539 --> 00:29:36.079
 and so

00:29:36.079 --> 00:29:36.420
 Jesus

00:29:36.420 --> 00:29:37.420
 shows

00:29:37.420 --> 00:29:37.700
 this

00:29:37.700 --> 00:29:38.039
 woman

00:29:38.039 --> 00:29:39.079
 great

00:29:39.079 --> 00:29:39.519
 mercy

00:29:39.519 --> 00:29:41.639
 because

00:29:41.639 --> 00:29:41.859
 he

00:29:41.859 --> 00:29:42.420
 himself

00:29:42.420 --> 00:29:43.799
 would

00:29:43.799 --> 00:29:44.240
 bear

00:29:44.240 --> 00:29:45.759
 the

00:29:45.759 --> 00:29:46.220
 price

00:29:46.220 --> 00:29:46.579
 of her

00:29:46.579 --> 00:29:46.859
 sin

00:29:46.859 --> 00:29:48.980
 but then

00:29:48.980 --> 00:29:49.500
 fourthly

00:29:49.500 --> 00:29:49.839
 notice

00:29:49.839 --> 00:29:50.180
 Jesus

00:29:50.180 --> 00:29:50.819
 command

00:29:50.819 --> 00:29:51.240
 Jesus

00:29:51.240 --> 00:29:52.019
 silence

00:29:52.019 --> 00:29:52.420
 Jesus

00:29:52.420 --> 00:29:53.059
 challenge

00:29:53.059 --> 00:29:53.440
 Jesus

00:29:53.440 --> 00:29:54.039
 mercy

00:29:54.039 --> 00:29:55.379
 and then

00:29:55.379 --> 00:29:55.720
 Jesus

00:29:55.720 --> 00:29:56.339
 command

00:29:56.339 --> 00:29:56.859
 neither

00:29:56.859 --> 00:29:57.279
 do I

00:29:57.279 --> 00:29:57.740
 condemn

00:29:57.740 --> 00:29:58.099
 you

00:29:58.099 --> 00:29:59.240
 go

00:29:59.240 --> 00:30:00.759
 it's an

00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:01.339
 imperative

00:30:01.339 --> 00:30:01.920
 there

00:30:01.920 --> 00:30:02.820
 go

00:30:02.820 --> 00:30:03.240
 as a

00:30:03.240 --> 00:30:03.720
 command

00:30:03.720 --> 00:30:04.940
 and

00:30:04.940 --> 00:30:05.240
 from

00:30:05.240 --> 00:30:05.580
 now

00:30:05.580 --> 00:30:06.000
 on

00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:06.440
 sin

00:30:06.440 --> 00:30:06.660
 no

00:30:06.660 --> 00:30:07.019
 more

00:30:07.019 --> 00:30:11.080
 this

00:30:11.080 --> 00:30:11.400
 woman

00:30:11.400 --> 00:30:12.000
 was being

00:30:12.000 --> 00:30:12.660
 forgiven

00:30:12.660 --> 00:30:14.039
 she

00:30:14.039 --> 00:30:14.500
 was being

00:30:14.500 --> 00:30:14.960
 shown

00:30:14.960 --> 00:30:15.580
 mercy

00:30:15.580 --> 00:30:17.400
 that

00:30:17.400 --> 00:30:17.620
 she

00:30:17.620 --> 00:30:18.019
 might

00:30:18.019 --> 00:30:18.620
 now

00:30:18.620 --> 00:30:19.700
 live

00:30:19.700 --> 00:30:20.300
 a new

00:30:20.300 --> 00:30:20.779
 life

00:30:20.779 --> 00:30:23.039
 that

00:30:23.039 --> 00:30:23.220
 the

00:30:23.220 --> 00:30:23.680
 dominant

00:30:23.680 --> 00:30:24.080
 note

00:30:24.080 --> 00:30:24.380
 in her

00:30:24.380 --> 00:30:24.740
 life

00:30:24.740 --> 00:30:24.940
 will

00:30:24.940 --> 00:30:25.120
 no

00:30:25.120 --> 00:30:25.519
 longer

00:30:25.519 --> 00:30:25.800
 be

00:30:25.800 --> 00:30:26.279
 sin

00:30:26.279 --> 00:30:26.860
 and

00:30:26.860 --> 00:30:27.420
 rebellion

00:30:27.420 --> 00:30:27.940
 against

00:30:27.940 --> 00:30:28.460
 God

00:30:28.460 --> 00:30:29.440
 transgression

00:30:29.440 --> 00:30:29.840
 of his

00:30:29.840 --> 00:30:30.200
 law

00:30:30.200 --> 00:30:30.860
 but from

00:30:30.860 --> 00:30:31.140
 now

00:30:31.140 --> 00:30:31.420
 on

00:30:31.420 --> 00:30:31.620
 she

00:30:31.620 --> 00:30:31.800
 would

00:30:31.800 --> 00:30:31.940
 be

00:30:31.940 --> 00:30:32.259
 living

00:30:32.259 --> 00:30:32.800
 unto

00:30:32.800 --> 00:30:33.380
 God

00:30:33.380 --> 00:30:34.720
 she

00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:34.880
 would

00:30:34.880 --> 00:30:35.080
 be

00:30:35.080 --> 00:30:35.380
 a

00:30:35.380 --> 00:30:35.720
 hater

00:30:35.720 --> 00:30:35.960
 of

00:30:35.960 --> 00:30:36.320
 sin

00:30:36.320 --> 00:30:36.800
 and

00:30:36.800 --> 00:30:36.960
 a

00:30:36.960 --> 00:30:37.180
 lover

00:30:37.180 --> 00:30:37.420
 of

00:30:37.420 --> 00:30:38.080
 righteousness

00:30:38.080 --> 00:30:39.380
 you

00:30:39.380 --> 00:30:39.560
 see

00:30:39.560 --> 00:30:39.880
 God

00:30:39.880 --> 00:30:40.300
 doesn't

00:30:40.300 --> 00:30:40.759
 save

00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:41.019
 us

00:30:41.019 --> 00:30:41.460
 to

00:30:41.460 --> 00:30:41.860
 leave

00:30:41.860 --> 00:30:42.039
 us

00:30:42.039 --> 00:30:42.180
 as

00:30:42.180 --> 00:30:42.380
 we

00:30:42.380 --> 00:30:42.759
 are

00:30:42.759 --> 00:30:44.080
 he

00:30:44.080 --> 00:30:44.640
 saves

00:30:44.640 --> 00:30:44.800
 us

00:30:44.800 --> 00:30:44.960
 and

00:30:44.960 --> 00:30:45.560
 restores

00:30:45.560 --> 00:30:45.800
 us

00:30:45.800 --> 00:30:45.980
 to

00:30:45.980 --> 00:30:46.500
 himself

00:30:46.500 --> 00:30:47.100
 to

00:30:47.100 --> 00:30:47.700
 change

00:30:47.700 --> 00:30:47.960
 us

00:30:47.960 --> 00:30:48.220
 and

00:30:48.220 --> 00:30:48.519
 make

00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:48.720
 us

00:30:48.720 --> 00:30:49.100
 new

00:30:49.100 --> 00:30:49.580
 and

00:30:49.580 --> 00:30:50.019
 fit

00:30:50.019 --> 00:30:50.380
 us

00:30:50.380 --> 00:30:50.900
 for

00:30:50.900 --> 00:30:51.240
 his

00:30:51.240 --> 00:30:51.960
 fellowship

00:30:51.960 --> 00:30:52.220
 in

00:30:52.220 --> 00:30:52.660
 heaven's

00:30:52.660 --> 00:30:53.080
 glory

00:30:53.080 --> 00:30:54.380
 if

00:30:54.380 --> 00:30:54.980
 this

00:30:54.980 --> 00:30:55.440
 morning

00:30:55.440 --> 00:30:56.000
 you

00:30:56.000 --> 00:30:56.340
 are

00:30:56.340 --> 00:30:56.900
 simply

00:30:56.900 --> 00:30:57.920
 continuing

00:30:57.920 --> 00:30:58.000
!

00:30:58.000 --> 00:30:58.740
 sin

00:30:58.740 --> 00:30:59.220
 no

00:30:59.220 --> 00:30:59.579
 matter

00:30:59.579 --> 00:30:59.980
 how

00:30:59.980 --> 00:31:00.720
 eloquent

00:31:00.720 --> 00:31:01.019
 your

00:31:01.019 --> 00:31:01.680
 evangelical

00:31:01.680 --> 00:31:02.599
 testimony

00:31:02.599 --> 00:31:03.079
 is

00:31:03.079 --> 00:31:03.599
 it's

00:31:03.599 --> 00:31:03.759
 a

00:31:03.759 --> 00:31:04.380
 charade

00:31:04.380 --> 00:31:05.279
 because

00:31:05.279 --> 00:31:05.599
 when

00:31:05.599 --> 00:31:05.799
 we

00:31:05.799 --> 00:31:05.940
 are

00:31:05.940 --> 00:31:06.500
 united

00:31:06.500 --> 00:31:06.839
 to

00:31:06.839 --> 00:31:07.180
 Jesus

00:31:07.180 --> 00:31:07.819
 Christ

00:31:07.819 --> 00:31:10.200
 new

00:31:10.200 --> 00:31:10.799
 creation

00:31:10.799 --> 00:31:14.279
 we

00:31:14.279 --> 00:31:14.559
 begin

00:31:14.559 --> 00:31:14.819
 to

00:31:14.819 --> 00:31:15.119
 hate

00:31:15.119 --> 00:31:15.519
 sin

00:31:15.519 --> 00:31:16.460
 and

00:31:16.460 --> 00:31:16.680
 when

00:31:16.680 --> 00:31:16.899
 we

00:31:16.899 --> 00:31:17.139
 do

00:31:17.139 --> 00:31:17.599
 sin

00:31:17.599 --> 00:31:19.379
 we

00:31:19.379 --> 00:31:19.519
 are

00:31:19.519 --> 00:31:20.019
 shamed

00:31:20.019 --> 00:31:20.339
 by

00:31:20.339 --> 00:31:20.680
 it

00:31:20.680 --> 00:31:21.379
 we

00:31:21.379 --> 00:31:21.519
 are

00:31:21.519 --> 00:31:21.940
 humbled

00:31:21.940 --> 00:31:22.339
 by

00:31:22.339 --> 00:31:22.680
 it

00:31:22.680 --> 00:31:24.419
 and

00:31:24.419 --> 00:31:24.579
 we

00:31:24.579 --> 00:31:25.419
 unceasingly

00:31:25.419 --> 00:31:25.799
 cry

00:31:25.799 --> 00:31:26.019
 to

00:31:26.019 --> 00:31:26.220
 the

00:31:26.220 --> 00:31:26.579
 Lord

00:31:26.579 --> 00:31:26.940
 to

00:31:26.940 --> 00:31:27.319
 forgive

00:31:27.319 --> 00:31:27.680
 us

00:31:27.680 --> 00:31:27.960
 for

00:31:27.960 --> 00:31:28.339
 Jesus

00:31:28.339 --> 00:31:28.779
 sake

00:31:28.779 --> 00:31:29.240
 because

00:31:29.240 --> 00:31:29.440
 of

00:31:29.440 --> 00:31:29.680
 it

00:31:29.680 --> 00:31:32.419
 go

00:31:32.419 --> 00:31:33.200
 and

00:31:33.200 --> 00:31:33.579
 sin

00:31:33.579 --> 00:31:34.419
 no

00:31:34.419 --> 00:31:34.779
 more

00:31:34.779 --> 00:31:37.339
 that's

00:31:37.339 --> 00:31:38.059
 that's

00:31:38.059 --> 00:31:38.220
 the

00:31:38.220 --> 00:31:38.599
 calling

00:31:38.599 --> 00:31:39.079
 of

00:31:39.079 --> 00:31:39.319
 every

00:31:39.319 --> 00:31:39.720
 Christian

00:31:39.720 --> 00:31:41.839
 you

00:31:41.839 --> 00:31:42.000
 see

00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:42.079
 is

00:31:42.079 --> 00:31:42.220
 this

00:31:42.220 --> 00:31:42.400
 not

00:31:42.400 --> 00:31:42.559
 an

00:31:42.559 --> 00:31:43.140
 unrealistic

00:31:43.140 --> 00:31:43.759
 calling

00:31:43.759 --> 00:31:45.400
 obviously

00:31:45.400 --> 00:31:45.880
 not

00:31:45.880 --> 00:31:46.380
 Jesus

00:31:46.380 --> 00:31:46.819
 Christ

00:31:46.819 --> 00:31:47.000
 said

00:31:47.000 --> 00:31:47.180
 go

00:31:47.180 --> 00:31:47.360
 and

00:31:47.360 --> 00:31:47.539
 sin

00:31:47.539 --> 00:31:47.720
 no

00:31:47.720 --> 00:31:47.980
 more

00:31:47.980 --> 00:31:50.180
 does

00:31:50.180 --> 00:31:50.380
 that

00:31:50.380 --> 00:31:50.700
 mean

00:31:50.700 --> 00:31:51.700
 it's

00:31:51.700 --> 00:31:52.140
 possible

00:31:52.140 --> 00:31:52.420
 that

00:31:52.420 --> 00:31:52.640
 I

00:31:52.640 --> 00:31:53.259
 won't

00:31:53.259 --> 00:31:53.559
 sin

00:31:53.559 --> 00:31:54.059
 anymore

00:31:54.059 --> 00:31:56.819
 do

00:31:56.819 --> 00:31:56.940
 you

00:31:56.940 --> 00:31:57.079
 know

00:31:57.079 --> 00:31:57.279
 your

00:31:57.279 --> 00:31:57.480
 own

00:31:57.480 --> 00:31:57.799
 heart

00:31:57.799 --> 00:31:58.000
 at

00:31:58.000 --> 00:31:58.380
 all

00:31:58.380 --> 00:32:00.559
 no

00:32:00.559 --> 00:32:00.759
 we

00:32:00.759 --> 00:32:01.059
 sin

00:32:01.059 --> 00:32:03.160
 but

00:32:03.160 --> 00:32:03.500
 that's

00:32:03.500 --> 00:32:03.700
 our

00:32:03.700 --> 00:32:04.160
 calling

00:32:04.160 --> 00:32:05.339
 to

00:32:05.339 --> 00:32:05.640
 sin

00:32:05.640 --> 00:32:05.860
 no

00:32:05.860 --> 00:32:06.180
 more

00:32:06.180 --> 00:32:06.620
 to

00:32:06.620 --> 00:32:06.779
 have

00:32:06.779 --> 00:32:07.059
 done

00:32:07.059 --> 00:32:07.299
 with

00:32:07.299 --> 00:32:07.579
 sin

00:32:07.579 --> 00:32:07.779
 to

00:32:07.779 --> 00:32:07.940
 be

00:32:07.940 --> 00:32:08.240
 quit

00:32:08.240 --> 00:32:08.240


00:32:08.240 --> 00:32:08.460
 with

00:32:08.460 --> 00:32:08.759
 sin

00:32:08.759 --> 00:32:09.980
 every

00:32:09.980 --> 00:32:10.519
 sin

00:32:10.519 --> 00:32:11.980
 every

00:32:11.980 --> 00:32:12.420
 sin

00:32:12.420 --> 00:32:12.660
 you

00:32:12.660 --> 00:32:12.819
 and

00:32:12.819 --> 00:32:12.980
 I

00:32:12.980 --> 00:32:13.480
 commit

00:32:13.480 --> 00:32:15.579
 is

00:32:15.579 --> 00:32:15.720
 a

00:32:15.720 --> 00:32:16.220
 rebellion

00:32:16.220 --> 00:32:17.319
 against

00:32:17.319 --> 00:32:17.799
 God

00:32:17.799 --> 00:32:18.920
 a

00:32:18.920 --> 00:32:19.579
 transgression

00:32:19.579 --> 00:32:19.960
 of his

00:32:19.960 --> 00:32:20.339
 mercy

00:32:20.339 --> 00:32:20.859
 and love

00:32:20.859 --> 00:32:23.259
 every

00:32:23.259 --> 00:32:23.779
 sin

00:32:23.779 --> 00:32:24.240
 if it

00:32:24.240 --> 00:32:24.440
 had

00:32:24.440 --> 00:32:24.660
 its

00:32:24.660 --> 00:32:24.879
 own

00:32:24.879 --> 00:32:25.220
 way

00:32:25.220 --> 00:32:25.500
 would

00:32:25.500 --> 00:32:25.859
 un

00:32:25.859 --> 00:32:26.339
 god

00:32:26.339 --> 00:32:26.940
 god

00:32:26.940 --> 00:32:28.940
 the

00:32:28.940 --> 00:32:29.640
 puritans

00:32:29.640 --> 00:32:31.740
 would

00:32:31.740 --> 00:32:32.140
 often

00:32:32.140 --> 00:32:32.720
 say

00:32:32.720 --> 00:32:33.220
 sin

00:32:33.220 --> 00:32:33.519
 is

00:32:33.519 --> 00:32:33.839
 god

00:32:33.839 --> 00:32:34.440
 killing

00:32:34.440 --> 00:32:35.200
 sin

00:32:35.200 --> 00:32:35.539
 is

00:32:35.539 --> 00:32:35.980
 god

00:32:35.980 --> 00:32:36.480
 killing

00:32:36.480 --> 00:32:37.519
 if sin

00:32:37.519 --> 00:32:37.779
 could

00:32:37.779 --> 00:32:38.000
 have

00:32:38.000 --> 00:32:38.240
 its

00:32:38.240 --> 00:32:38.559
 way

00:32:38.559 --> 00:32:39.099
 it

00:32:39.099 --> 00:32:39.279
 would

00:32:39.279 --> 00:32:39.740
 kill

00:32:39.740 --> 00:32:40.539
 god

00:32:40.539 --> 00:32:41.759
 every

00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:42.200
 sin

00:32:42.200 --> 00:32:43.099
 what we

00:32:43.099 --> 00:32:43.380
 call

00:32:43.380 --> 00:32:43.740
 little

00:32:43.740 --> 00:32:44.420
 sins

00:32:44.420 --> 00:32:46.860
 if sin

00:32:46.860 --> 00:32:47.720
 had

00:32:47.720 --> 00:32:47.940
 its

00:32:47.940 --> 00:32:48.180
 way

00:32:48.180 --> 00:32:48.519
 at the

00:32:48.519 --> 00:32:48.819
 heart

00:32:48.819 --> 00:32:49.000
 of

00:32:49.000 --> 00:32:49.240
 every

00:32:49.240 --> 00:32:49.700
 sin

00:32:49.700 --> 00:32:50.519
 there is

00:32:50.519 --> 00:32:50.660
 the

00:32:50.660 --> 00:32:51.079
 desire

00:32:51.079 --> 00:32:51.339
 to

00:32:51.339 --> 00:32:51.700
 kill

00:32:51.700 --> 00:32:52.319
 god

00:32:52.319 --> 00:32:55.779
 and so

00:32:55.779 --> 00:32:55.960
 the

00:32:55.960 --> 00:32:56.460
 christian

00:32:56.460 --> 00:32:58.279
 who has

00:32:58.279 --> 00:32:58.620
 been

00:32:58.620 --> 00:32:59.440
 forgiven

00:32:59.440 --> 00:32:59.839
 and who

00:32:59.839 --> 00:32:59.980
 has

00:32:59.980 --> 00:33:00.420
 received

00:33:00.420 --> 00:33:00.920
 mercy

00:33:00.920 --> 00:33:04.120
 has set

00:33:04.120 --> 00:33:04.539
 before

00:33:04.539 --> 00:33:04.880
 them

00:33:04.880 --> 00:33:06.880
 a new

00:33:06.880 --> 00:33:07.340
 life

00:33:07.340 --> 00:33:11.300
 to love

00:33:11.300 --> 00:33:11.720
 god's

00:33:11.720 --> 00:33:12.220
 commandments

00:33:12.220 --> 00:33:14.620
 and to

00:33:14.620 --> 00:33:14.960
 love the

00:33:14.960 --> 00:33:15.420
 god who

00:33:15.420 --> 00:33:15.820
 gave the

00:33:15.820 --> 00:33:16.279
 commandments

00:33:16.279 --> 00:33:16.740
 so let

00:33:16.740 --> 00:33:17.120
 me try

00:33:17.120 --> 00:33:17.940
 and just

00:33:17.940 --> 00:33:18.320
 in a

00:33:18.320 --> 00:33:18.759
 moment or

00:33:18.759 --> 00:33:19.039
 two

00:33:19.039 --> 00:33:20.019
 highlight

00:33:20.019 --> 00:33:20.380
 three

00:33:20.380 --> 00:33:21.000
 great

00:33:21.000 --> 00:33:21.779
 truths

00:33:21.779 --> 00:33:22.920
 that this

00:33:22.920 --> 00:33:24.220
 encounter

00:33:24.220 --> 00:33:24.860
 highlights

00:33:24.860 --> 00:33:25.279
 for us

00:33:25.279 --> 00:33:25.500
 number

00:33:25.500 --> 00:33:25.880
 one

00:33:25.880 --> 00:33:26.880
 it shows

00:33:26.880 --> 00:33:27.279
 us the

00:33:27.279 --> 00:33:27.779
 gospel

00:33:27.779 --> 00:33:29.039
 is glorious

00:33:29.039 --> 00:33:29.840
 good news

00:33:29.839 --> 00:33:33.240
 that we

00:33:33.240 --> 00:33:33.639
 can go

00:33:33.639 --> 00:33:34.099
 to men

00:33:34.099 --> 00:33:34.579
 and women

00:33:34.579 --> 00:33:35.339
 whose

00:33:35.339 --> 00:33:35.859
 lives

00:33:35.859 --> 00:33:36.399
 have been

00:33:36.399 --> 00:33:37.059
 utterly

00:33:37.059 --> 00:33:39.480
 disfigured

00:33:39.480 --> 00:33:40.659
 and dismembered

00:33:40.659 --> 00:33:41.299
 by sin

00:33:41.299 --> 00:33:42.059
 you know

00:33:42.059 --> 00:33:43.319
 we live

00:33:43.319 --> 00:33:43.599
 in a

00:33:43.599 --> 00:33:43.980
 culture

00:33:43.980 --> 00:33:44.339
 today

00:33:44.339 --> 00:33:44.519
 in

00:33:44.519 --> 00:33:44.779
 Britain

00:33:44.779 --> 00:33:45.019
 where

00:33:45.019 --> 00:33:45.339
 people

00:33:45.339 --> 00:33:45.559
 are

00:33:45.559 --> 00:33:45.899
 three

00:33:45.899 --> 00:33:46.459
 four

00:33:46.459 --> 00:33:46.980
 almost

00:33:46.980 --> 00:33:47.379
 five

00:33:47.379 --> 00:33:48.159
 generations

00:33:48.159 --> 00:33:48.859
 many of

00:33:48.859 --> 00:33:48.980
 them

00:33:48.980 --> 00:33:49.459
 removed

00:33:49.459 --> 00:33:49.699
 from

00:33:49.699 --> 00:33:50.000
 anything

00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:50.579
 christian

00:33:50.579 --> 00:33:53.779
 life

00:33:53.779 --> 00:33:54.439
 is

00:33:54.439 --> 00:33:56.119
 dysfunctional

00:33:56.119 --> 00:33:59.779
 someone

00:33:59.779 --> 00:34:00.419
 maybe one

00:34:00.419 --> 00:34:00.799
 day will

00:34:00.799 --> 00:34:01.519
 wake up

00:34:01.519 --> 00:34:02.459
 and say

00:34:02.459 --> 00:34:04.000
 have we

00:34:04.000 --> 00:34:04.719
 ever asked

00:34:04.719 --> 00:34:05.479
 the question

00:34:05.479 --> 00:34:07.019
 why

00:34:07.019 --> 00:34:08.619
 is our

00:34:08.619 --> 00:34:09.380
 society

00:34:09.380 --> 00:34:10.059
 so

00:34:10.059 --> 00:34:11.559
 socially

00:34:11.559 --> 00:34:12.940
 and morally

00:34:12.940 --> 00:34:14.960
 dysfunctional

00:34:14.960 --> 00:34:17.440
 people with

00:34:17.440 --> 00:34:18.339
 broken lives

00:34:18.339 --> 00:34:19.279
 broken homes

00:34:19.279 --> 00:34:19.699
 broken

00:34:19.699 --> 00:34:20.500
 relationships

00:34:20.500 --> 00:34:21.460
 partners by

00:34:21.460 --> 00:34:22.019
 the dozen

00:34:22.019 --> 00:34:23.940
 life has

00:34:23.940 --> 00:34:24.440
 just been

00:34:24.440 --> 00:34:25.300
 a succession

00:34:25.300 --> 00:34:26.759
 of

00:34:26.759 --> 00:34:27.940
 miserable

00:34:27.940 --> 00:34:28.980
 encounters

00:34:28.980 --> 00:34:32.679
 and the

00:34:32.679 --> 00:34:33.320
 gospel of

00:34:33.320 --> 00:34:33.880
 God says

00:34:33.880 --> 00:34:34.360
 I've got good

00:34:34.360 --> 00:34:35.119
 news for you

00:34:35.119 --> 00:34:36.239
 no matter

00:34:36.239 --> 00:34:37.239
 how mangled

00:34:37.239 --> 00:34:37.960
 your life

00:34:37.960 --> 00:34:39.860
 no matter

00:34:39.860 --> 00:34:40.400
 whether you've

00:34:40.400 --> 00:34:40.920
 had five

00:34:40.920 --> 00:34:41.380
 husbands

00:34:41.380 --> 00:34:41.719
 and are

00:34:41.719 --> 00:34:42.159
 living with

00:34:42.159 --> 00:34:42.579
 a six

00:34:42.579 --> 00:34:42.980
 live-in

00:34:42.980 --> 00:34:43.340
 lover

00:34:43.340 --> 00:34:49.099
 here's good

00:34:49.099 --> 00:34:49.699
 news for

00:34:49.699 --> 00:34:49.920
 you

00:34:49.920 --> 00:34:52.980
 God sent

00:34:52.980 --> 00:34:53.440
 his son

00:34:53.440 --> 00:34:53.860
 into the

00:34:53.860 --> 00:34:54.119
 world

00:34:54.119 --> 00:34:54.639
 not to

00:34:54.639 --> 00:34:55.079
 condemn

00:34:55.079 --> 00:34:55.659
 the world

00:34:55.659 --> 00:34:56.500
 but to

00:34:56.500 --> 00:34:56.920
 save the

00:34:56.920 --> 00:34:57.139
 world

00:34:57.139 --> 00:34:57.639
 through him

00:34:57.639 --> 00:34:58.159
 there is

00:34:58.159 --> 00:34:58.680
 forgiveness

00:34:58.680 --> 00:34:59.440
 with God

00:34:59.440 --> 00:34:59.900
 that he

00:34:59.900 --> 00:35:00.340
 might be

00:35:00.340 --> 00:35:00.639
 feared

00:35:00.639 --> 00:35:01.820
 there are

00:35:01.820 --> 00:35:02.820
 new beginnings

00:35:02.820 --> 00:35:03.320
 to be

00:35:03.320 --> 00:35:03.760
 had

00:35:03.760 --> 00:35:04.400
 if you

00:35:04.400 --> 00:35:04.840
 would have

00:35:04.840 --> 00:35:05.099
 them

00:35:05.099 --> 00:35:07.460
 good news

00:35:07.460 --> 00:35:10.000
 good news

00:35:10.000 --> 00:35:11.880
 secondly

00:35:11.880 --> 00:35:13.180
 beware of

00:35:13.180 --> 00:35:14.260
 being strict

00:35:14.260 --> 00:35:15.180
 about other

00:35:15.180 --> 00:35:16.180
 people's sins

00:35:16.180 --> 00:35:16.820
 and soft

00:35:16.820 --> 00:35:17.380
 about your

00:35:17.380 --> 00:35:17.700
 own

00:35:17.699 --> 00:35:20.119
 these

00:35:20.119 --> 00:35:20.759
 religious

00:35:20.759 --> 00:35:21.239
 leaders

00:35:21.239 --> 00:35:22.039
 they were

00:35:22.039 --> 00:35:22.599
 strict

00:35:22.599 --> 00:35:23.939
 about this

00:35:23.939 --> 00:35:24.439
 woman's

00:35:24.439 --> 00:35:24.599
 sin

00:35:24.599 --> 00:35:24.859
 but they

00:35:24.859 --> 00:35:25.000
 were

00:35:25.000 --> 00:35:25.419
 soft

00:35:25.419 --> 00:35:25.779
 on their

00:35:25.779 --> 00:35:26.079
 own

00:35:26.079 --> 00:35:26.419
 sins

00:35:26.419 --> 00:35:26.919
 of human

00:35:26.919 --> 00:35:27.599
 heartlessness

00:35:27.599 --> 00:35:28.239
 and religious

00:35:28.239 --> 00:35:28.980
 hypocrisy

00:35:28.980 --> 00:35:32.179
 remember

00:35:32.179 --> 00:35:32.539
 Jesus'

00:35:32.739 --> 00:35:33.099
 words in

00:35:33.099 --> 00:35:33.759
 Matthew 11

00:35:33.759 --> 00:35:34.939
 it will be

00:35:34.939 --> 00:35:35.759
 better for

00:35:35.759 --> 00:35:36.439
 Sodom

00:35:36.439 --> 00:35:37.639
 Sodom

00:35:37.639 --> 00:35:38.739
 notorious

00:35:38.739 --> 00:35:39.579
 for

00:35:39.579 --> 00:35:41.199
 flagrant

00:35:41.199 --> 00:35:43.359
 egregious

00:35:43.359 --> 00:35:44.559
 immorality

00:35:44.559 --> 00:35:45.940
 sodomy

00:35:45.940 --> 00:35:46.920
 it will be

00:35:46.920 --> 00:35:47.539
 better for

00:35:47.539 --> 00:35:48.179
 Sodom

00:35:48.179 --> 00:35:48.599
 than for

00:35:48.599 --> 00:35:49.079
 covenant

00:35:49.079 --> 00:35:49.699
 privilege

00:35:49.699 --> 00:35:50.619
 Capernaum

00:35:50.619 --> 00:35:51.259
 on the

00:35:51.259 --> 00:35:51.579
 day of

00:35:51.579 --> 00:35:52.079
 judgment

00:35:52.079 --> 00:35:57.119
 beware of

00:35:57.119 --> 00:35:57.900
 being strict

00:35:57.900 --> 00:35:58.579
 about other

00:35:58.579 --> 00:35:59.259
 people's

00:35:59.259 --> 00:35:59.519
 sins

00:35:59.519 --> 00:36:00.159
 and soft

00:36:00.159 --> 00:36:00.719
 about your

00:36:00.719 --> 00:36:01.639
 own sins

00:36:01.639 --> 00:36:03.219
 remember

00:36:03.219 --> 00:36:04.019
 Jesus spoke

00:36:04.019 --> 00:36:04.799
 about people

00:36:04.799 --> 00:36:05.179
 who are

00:36:05.179 --> 00:36:06.420
 very acutely

00:36:06.420 --> 00:36:07.219
 observant

00:36:07.219 --> 00:36:07.759
 at seeing

00:36:07.759 --> 00:36:08.739
 specks

00:36:08.739 --> 00:36:09.739
 in other

00:36:09.739 --> 00:36:10.219
 people

00:36:10.219 --> 00:36:12.679
 that they

00:36:12.679 --> 00:36:13.839
 are blind

00:36:13.839 --> 00:36:14.459
 to the

00:36:14.459 --> 00:36:14.759
 sins

00:36:14.759 --> 00:36:15.079
 in their

00:36:15.079 --> 00:36:15.279
 own

00:36:15.279 --> 00:36:15.619
 life

00:36:15.619 --> 00:36:16.519
 and Jesus

00:36:16.519 --> 00:36:17.419
 gives this

00:36:17.419 --> 00:36:18.480
 comedic

00:36:18.480 --> 00:36:19.359
 word picture

00:36:19.359 --> 00:36:20.139
 of someone

00:36:20.139 --> 00:36:20.500
 with a

00:36:20.500 --> 00:36:21.099
 big tree

00:36:21.099 --> 00:36:21.859
 sticking out

00:36:21.859 --> 00:36:22.139
 of their

00:36:22.139 --> 00:36:22.599
 eye

00:36:22.599 --> 00:36:23.759
 and saying

00:36:23.759 --> 00:36:24.259
 to someone

00:36:24.259 --> 00:36:25.159
 I think

00:36:25.159 --> 00:36:25.439
 there's a

00:36:25.439 --> 00:36:26.239
 little speck

00:36:26.239 --> 00:36:26.879
 somewhere in

00:36:26.879 --> 00:36:27.279
 your eye

00:36:27.279 --> 00:36:27.639
 you need to

00:36:27.639 --> 00:36:27.959
 help me

00:36:27.959 --> 00:36:28.259
 get it

00:36:28.259 --> 00:36:28.459
 out

00:36:28.459 --> 00:36:28.679
 there's

00:36:28.679 --> 00:36:29.019
 this big

00:36:29.019 --> 00:36:29.559
 tree

00:36:29.559 --> 00:36:30.500
 sticking out

00:36:30.500 --> 00:36:30.759
 of their

00:36:30.759 --> 00:36:31.159
 eye

00:36:31.159 --> 00:36:32.079
 we're meant

00:36:32.079 --> 00:36:32.419
 to see

00:36:32.419 --> 00:36:33.339
 the absurdity

00:36:33.339 --> 00:36:33.859
 of it

00:36:33.859 --> 00:36:37.099
 it's much

00:36:37.099 --> 00:36:37.699
 easier to

00:36:37.699 --> 00:36:38.139
 see the

00:36:38.139 --> 00:36:38.619
 sins of

00:36:38.619 --> 00:36:38.899
 others

00:36:38.899 --> 00:36:39.339
 than to

00:36:39.339 --> 00:36:39.699
 see your

00:36:39.699 --> 00:36:39.939
 own

00:36:39.940 --> 00:36:40.340
 sins

00:36:40.340 --> 00:36:41.440
 to be

00:36:41.440 --> 00:36:41.760
 strict

00:36:41.760 --> 00:36:42.019
 about

00:36:42.019 --> 00:36:42.300
 other

00:36:42.300 --> 00:36:42.820
 people's

00:36:42.820 --> 00:36:43.099
 sins

00:36:43.099 --> 00:36:43.340
 and

00:36:43.340 --> 00:36:43.800
 soft

00:36:43.800 --> 00:36:43.980
 and

00:36:43.980 --> 00:36:44.159
 your

00:36:44.159 --> 00:36:44.420
 own

00:36:44.420 --> 00:36:45.139
 beware

00:36:45.139 --> 00:36:45.320
 of

00:36:45.320 --> 00:36:45.639
 that

00:36:45.639 --> 00:36:50.119
 and the

00:36:50.119 --> 00:36:50.360
 last

00:36:50.360 --> 00:36:50.639
 thing

00:36:50.639 --> 00:36:53.240
 never

00:36:53.240 --> 00:36:53.920
 forget

00:36:53.920 --> 00:36:55.460
 whoever

00:36:55.460 --> 00:36:55.880
 it is

00:36:55.880 --> 00:36:56.340
 you meet

00:36:56.340 --> 00:36:58.659
 that Jesus

00:36:58.659 --> 00:36:59.440
 Christ came

00:36:59.440 --> 00:36:59.860
 into the

00:36:59.860 --> 00:37:00.119
 world

00:37:00.119 --> 00:37:00.679
 not to

00:37:00.679 --> 00:37:01.099
 condemn

00:37:01.099 --> 00:37:01.340
 the

00:37:01.340 --> 00:37:01.700
 world

00:37:01.700 --> 00:37:02.800
 but to

00:37:02.800 --> 00:37:03.039
 save

00:37:03.039 --> 00:37:03.220
 the

00:37:03.220 --> 00:37:03.579
 world

00:37:03.579 --> 00:37:04.220
 through

00:37:04.220 --> 00:37:04.720
 himself

00:37:04.720 --> 00:37:05.119
 John

00:37:05.119 --> 00:37:05.360
 3

00:37:05.360 --> 00:37:05.780
 17

00:37:05.780 --> 00:37:07.119
 I don't

00:37:07.119 --> 00:37:07.460
 mean you

00:37:07.460 --> 00:37:07.740
 don't

00:37:07.740 --> 00:37:08.179
 confront

00:37:08.179 --> 00:37:08.599
 people

00:37:08.599 --> 00:37:09.019
 with their

00:37:09.019 --> 00:37:09.280
 sin

00:37:09.280 --> 00:37:09.580
 I don't

00:37:09.580 --> 00:37:10.100
 mean that

00:37:10.100 --> 00:37:11.440
 I don't

00:37:11.440 --> 00:37:11.780
 mean you

00:37:11.780 --> 00:37:12.380
 don't tell

00:37:12.380 --> 00:37:13.280
 people that

00:37:13.280 --> 00:37:13.740
 the wages

00:37:13.740 --> 00:37:14.240
 of sin

00:37:14.240 --> 00:37:14.960
 is death

00:37:14.960 --> 00:37:17.340
 I don't

00:37:17.340 --> 00:37:17.660
 mean you

00:37:17.660 --> 00:37:18.200
 don't tell

00:37:18.200 --> 00:37:18.960
 people that

00:37:18.960 --> 00:37:19.420
 there is a

00:37:19.420 --> 00:37:19.820
 way that

00:37:19.820 --> 00:37:20.440
 seems right

00:37:20.440 --> 00:37:21.000
 to a man

00:37:21.000 --> 00:37:21.340
 that the

00:37:21.340 --> 00:37:21.900
 end thereof

00:37:21.900 --> 00:37:22.160
 is the

00:37:22.160 --> 00:37:22.440
 way of

00:37:22.440 --> 00:37:22.700
 death

00:37:22.700 --> 00:37:23.060
 I don't

00:37:23.060 --> 00:37:23.420
 mean any

00:37:23.420 --> 00:37:23.780
 of that

00:37:23.780 --> 00:37:24.140
 of course

00:37:24.140 --> 00:37:24.640
 you do

00:37:24.639 --> 00:37:27.319
 what people

00:37:27.319 --> 00:37:28.000
 hear from

00:37:28.000 --> 00:37:28.219
 your

00:37:28.219 --> 00:37:28.719
 lips

00:37:28.719 --> 00:37:30.219
 and see

00:37:30.219 --> 00:37:31.159
 from your

00:37:31.159 --> 00:37:31.980
 eyes

00:37:31.980 --> 00:37:34.819
 is very

00:37:34.819 --> 00:37:35.460
 important

00:37:35.460 --> 00:37:40.079
 Thomas

00:37:40.079 --> 00:37:40.699
 Boston

00:37:40.699 --> 00:37:41.980
 whom some

00:37:41.980 --> 00:37:42.219
 of you

00:37:42.219 --> 00:37:42.519
 will have

00:37:42.519 --> 00:37:43.019
 heard of

00:37:43.019 --> 00:37:43.799
 early

00:37:43.799 --> 00:37:44.420
 18th

00:37:44.420 --> 00:37:44.799
 century

00:37:44.799 --> 00:37:45.480
 Scottish

00:37:45.480 --> 00:37:46.480
 minister

00:37:46.480 --> 00:37:48.480
 one of

00:37:48.480 --> 00:37:48.900
 the truly

00:37:48.900 --> 00:37:49.599
 great

00:37:49.599 --> 00:37:50.679
 men

00:37:50.679 --> 00:37:51.440
 produced

00:37:51.440 --> 00:37:51.779
 by the

00:37:51.779 --> 00:37:52.119
 Scottish

00:37:52.119 --> 00:37:52.579
 Church

00:37:52.579 --> 00:37:54.559
 he tells

00:37:54.559 --> 00:37:54.980
 us

00:37:54.980 --> 00:37:55.840
 that he

00:37:55.840 --> 00:37:56.199
 stumbled

00:37:56.199 --> 00:37:56.840
 across a

00:37:56.840 --> 00:37:57.319
 book one

00:37:57.319 --> 00:37:57.639
 day

00:37:57.639 --> 00:37:59.059
 that

00:37:59.059 --> 00:37:59.719
 transformed

00:37:59.719 --> 00:37:59.980
 his

00:37:59.980 --> 00:38:00.380
 ministry

00:38:00.380 --> 00:38:02.360
 and he

00:38:02.360 --> 00:38:02.880
 used a

00:38:02.880 --> 00:38:03.340
 word

00:38:03.340 --> 00:38:04.299
 that struck

00:38:04.299 --> 00:38:04.679
 me when

00:38:04.679 --> 00:38:05.059
 I first

00:38:05.059 --> 00:38:05.619
 read it

00:38:05.619 --> 00:38:07.619
 40 years

00:38:07.619 --> 00:38:07.940
 ago

00:38:07.940 --> 00:38:08.819
 his

00:38:08.819 --> 00:38:10.319
 memoirs

00:38:10.319 --> 00:38:11.159
 of Thomas

00:38:11.159 --> 00:38:11.519
 Boston

00:38:11.519 --> 00:38:12.460
 he said

00:38:12.460 --> 00:38:13.440
 I read

00:38:13.440 --> 00:38:13.920
 this book

00:38:13.920 --> 00:38:14.619
 and it

00:38:14.619 --> 00:38:15.099
 brought

00:38:15.099 --> 00:38:16.179
 a certain

00:38:16.179 --> 00:38:17.159
 tincture

00:38:17.159 --> 00:38:18.159
 to my

00:38:18.159 --> 00:38:18.639
 ministry

00:38:18.639 --> 00:38:19.639
 you know

00:38:19.639 --> 00:38:19.859
 what a

00:38:19.859 --> 00:38:20.279
 tincture

00:38:20.279 --> 00:38:20.519
 is

00:38:20.519 --> 00:38:21.559
 you drop

00:38:21.559 --> 00:38:22.059
 a little

00:38:22.059 --> 00:38:22.980
 tincture

00:38:22.980 --> 00:38:23.359
 of say

00:38:23.359 --> 00:38:23.920
 iodine

00:38:23.920 --> 00:38:24.399
 into a

00:38:24.399 --> 00:38:24.799
 solution

00:38:24.799 --> 00:38:25.279
 and it

00:38:25.279 --> 00:38:26.559
 impregnates

00:38:26.559 --> 00:38:27.460
 and suffuses

00:38:27.460 --> 00:38:28.139
 the solution

00:38:28.139 --> 00:38:29.579
 and changes

00:38:29.579 --> 00:38:30.179
 its colour

00:38:30.179 --> 00:38:31.099
 he says

00:38:31.099 --> 00:38:31.819
 I read

00:38:31.819 --> 00:38:32.259
 a book

00:38:32.259 --> 00:38:34.420
 and it

00:38:34.420 --> 00:38:34.779
 brought

00:38:34.779 --> 00:38:35.219
 a new

00:38:35.219 --> 00:38:35.960
 dimension

00:38:35.960 --> 00:38:36.639
 a new

00:38:36.639 --> 00:38:37.539
 fragrance

00:38:37.539 --> 00:38:38.000
 a new

00:38:38.000 --> 00:38:38.879
 pervasiveness

00:38:38.879 --> 00:38:39.500
 to my

00:38:39.500 --> 00:38:40.000
 preaching

00:38:40.000 --> 00:38:42.799
 and it

00:38:42.799 --> 00:38:43.339
 was simply

00:38:43.339 --> 00:38:43.819
 this

00:38:43.819 --> 00:38:44.420
 he read

00:38:44.420 --> 00:38:44.879
 a book

00:38:44.880 --> 00:38:46.539
 that said

00:38:46.539 --> 00:38:47.380
 the gospel

00:38:47.380 --> 00:38:47.980
 of Jesus

00:38:47.980 --> 00:38:48.660
 Christ

00:38:48.660 --> 00:38:50.059
 is

00:38:50.059 --> 00:38:51.360
 principally

00:38:51.360 --> 00:38:54.619
 about a

00:38:54.619 --> 00:38:55.000
 God

00:38:55.000 --> 00:38:55.400
 who is

00:38:55.400 --> 00:38:55.980
 rich in

00:38:55.980 --> 00:38:56.380
 mercy

00:38:56.380 --> 00:38:57.820
 who is

00:38:57.820 --> 00:38:58.440
 slow to

00:38:58.440 --> 00:38:58.860
 anger

00:38:58.860 --> 00:39:00.760
 and who

00:39:00.760 --> 00:39:02.059
 abounds

00:39:02.059 --> 00:39:03.800
 in

00:39:03.800 --> 00:39:04.300
 kindness

00:39:04.300 --> 00:39:05.079
 and mercy

00:39:05.079 --> 00:39:08.240
 Moses

00:39:08.240 --> 00:39:09.820
 one day

00:39:09.820 --> 00:39:11.400
 prayed

00:39:11.400 --> 00:39:12.220
 to God

00:39:12.220 --> 00:39:12.940
 Exodus

00:39:12.940 --> 00:39:13.579
 33

00:39:13.579 --> 00:39:14.039
 Lord

00:39:14.039 --> 00:39:14.559
 show me

00:39:14.559 --> 00:39:14.759
 your

00:39:14.759 --> 00:39:15.179
 glory

00:39:15.179 --> 00:39:18.639
 and in

00:39:18.639 --> 00:39:18.860
 chapter

00:39:18.860 --> 00:39:19.480
 34

00:39:19.480 --> 00:39:19.759
 of

00:39:19.759 --> 00:39:20.159
 Exodus

00:39:20.159 --> 00:39:20.619
 the

00:39:20.619 --> 00:39:21.019
 Lord

00:39:21.019 --> 00:39:21.840
 hides

00:39:21.840 --> 00:39:22.259
 Moses

00:39:22.259 --> 00:39:22.639
 in the

00:39:22.639 --> 00:39:23.019
 cleft

00:39:23.019 --> 00:39:23.299
 of a

00:39:23.299 --> 00:39:23.579
 rock

00:39:23.579 --> 00:39:24.779
 and the

00:39:24.779 --> 00:39:25.000
 Lord

00:39:25.000 --> 00:39:25.440
 causes

00:39:25.440 --> 00:39:25.920
 all his

00:39:25.920 --> 00:39:26.380
 goodness

00:39:26.380 --> 00:39:27.000
 to pass

00:39:27.000 --> 00:39:27.559
 before him

00:39:27.559 --> 00:39:27.880
 it's a

00:39:27.880 --> 00:39:28.480
 theophany

00:39:28.480 --> 00:39:30.420
 and as

00:39:30.420 --> 00:39:31.039
 he passes

00:39:31.039 --> 00:39:32.079
 by Moses

00:39:32.079 --> 00:39:33.460
 he speaks

00:39:33.460 --> 00:39:34.980
 so what

00:39:34.980 --> 00:39:35.400
 is Moses

00:39:35.400 --> 00:39:35.739
 asked

00:39:35.739 --> 00:39:36.139
 show me

00:39:36.139 --> 00:39:36.360
 your

00:39:36.360 --> 00:39:36.759
 glory

00:39:36.759 --> 00:39:39.980
 and the

00:39:39.980 --> 00:39:40.179
 Lord

00:39:40.179 --> 00:39:40.659
 speaks

00:39:40.659 --> 00:39:40.960
 and he

00:39:40.960 --> 00:39:41.199
 says

00:39:41.199 --> 00:39:41.599
 you want

00:39:41.599 --> 00:39:42.059
 to see

00:39:42.059 --> 00:39:42.320
 my

00:39:42.320 --> 00:39:42.739
 glory

00:39:42.739 --> 00:39:44.839
 let me

00:39:44.839 --> 00:39:45.239
 tell you

00:39:45.239 --> 00:39:45.719
 about my

00:39:45.719 --> 00:39:46.099
 glory

00:39:46.099 --> 00:39:46.699
 what are

00:39:46.699 --> 00:39:47.059
 the first

00:39:47.059 --> 00:39:47.559
 words the

00:39:47.559 --> 00:39:47.759
 Lord

00:39:47.759 --> 00:39:48.279
 speaks

00:39:48.279 --> 00:39:49.279
 the

00:39:49.279 --> 00:39:49.799
 Lord

00:39:49.799 --> 00:39:51.559
 Yahweh

00:39:51.559 --> 00:39:52.359
 Yahweh

00:39:52.359 --> 00:39:53.459
 the living

00:39:53.459 --> 00:39:53.939
 one

00:39:53.939 --> 00:39:55.939
 rich in

00:39:55.939 --> 00:39:56.399
 mercy

00:39:56.399 --> 00:39:57.799
 and slow

00:39:57.799 --> 00:39:58.439
 to anger

00:39:58.440 --> 00:39:59.740
 yes he

00:39:59.740 --> 00:40:00.039
 will by

00:40:00.039 --> 00:40:00.500
 no means

00:40:00.500 --> 00:40:00.960
 clear the

00:40:00.960 --> 00:40:01.280
 guilty

00:40:01.280 --> 00:40:02.119
 absolutely

00:40:02.119 --> 00:40:03.700
 but what's

00:40:03.700 --> 00:40:04.139
 the first

00:40:04.139 --> 00:40:04.519
 thing

00:40:04.519 --> 00:40:07.760
 Yahweh

00:40:07.760 --> 00:40:10.380
 rich in

00:40:10.380 --> 00:40:10.760
 mercy

00:40:10.760 --> 00:40:11.700
 get your

00:40:11.700 --> 00:40:12.360
 head round

00:40:12.360 --> 00:40:12.679
 that

00:40:12.679 --> 00:40:13.320
 Moses

00:40:13.320 --> 00:40:15.099
 rich

00:40:15.099 --> 00:40:15.960
 in

00:40:15.960 --> 00:40:16.340
 mercy

00:40:16.340 --> 00:40:18.579
 so

00:40:18.579 --> 00:40:20.679
 an

00:40:20.679 --> 00:40:21.320
 adulterous

00:40:21.320 --> 00:40:21.659
 woman

00:40:21.659 --> 00:40:24.079
 who

00:40:24.079 --> 00:40:24.820
 discovered

00:40:24.820 --> 00:40:27.159
 unfathomable

00:40:27.159 --> 00:40:27.759
 grace

00:40:27.759 --> 00:40:29.339
 and a

00:40:29.339 --> 00:40:29.819
 merciful

00:40:29.819 --> 00:40:30.819
 savior

00:40:30.819 --> 00:40:30.980
 you

00:40:30.980 --> 00:40:32.980
 you