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 Well, good morning, church.

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 We are picking up our series in the Gospel of Luke, looking at chapter 13 today, verses

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 1 through 9.

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 That's page 819 in the Pew Bible.

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 Let me invite you to turn there with me as we look at this next section in the Gospel

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 of Luke.

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 Let me read chapter 13, verses 1 through 9 for us.

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 There were some present at that very time who told him, that is Jesus, about the Galileans

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 whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

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 And Jesus answered them, do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all

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 the other Galileans because they suffered in this way?

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 No, I tell you.

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 But unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.

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 Or those 18 on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you think that they were

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 worse offenders than all the others who lived in Jerusalem?

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 No, I tell you.

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 But unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.

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 And he told this parable.

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 A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none.

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 And he said to the vinedresser, look, for three years now I have come seeking fruit on this

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 tree and I find none.

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 Cut it down.

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 Why should it use up the ground?

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 And he answered him, sir, let it alone this year also until I dig around it and put on

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 manure.

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 Then, if it should bear fruit next year, well and good.

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 But if not, you can cut it down.

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 Let's pray together.

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 Father, we ask this morning that you would give us ears to hear and hearts to receive

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 what you're saying through your son this morning.

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 Lord, we need a word from outside of us to tell us what is good and right and beautiful.

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 Lord, we need a word from outside of us to rescue us.

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 So, Father, would we hear your word this morning?

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 And would you get the glory?

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 We pray this in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Well, the theme of our text this morning is repentance.

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 And in particular, Jesus teaches us two things about repentance in this passage.

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 The first thing we see is that the need for repentance is universal.

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 And the second thing that Jesus teaches us is that the time for repentance is now.

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 We see the first in verses one through five.

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 The need for repentance is universal.

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 Now, to understand what's going on in this paragraph, we have to see the context.

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 In fact, we won't really understand what Jesus means by repent unless we take a step back

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 and catch the larger story.

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 About a week ago, I watched the new Avengers movie.

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 What was it called?

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 Infinity War.

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 Has anyone seen that?

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 And if you've seen that, you know that the opening of that movie starts with like Thor's

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 missing an eye.

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 His brother gets killed.

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 There's this purple guy who's just wrecking havoc in the universe.

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 And I haven't seen some of the other movies of the Avengers series.

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 So, I had absolutely no clue what was going on.

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 You know, when we come to a passage like this, it can feel a bit like that.

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 We hear these commands, but we don't know the context.

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 So, we need to take a step back and catch the larger story.

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 At the end of chapter 12, if we just look at the literary context, starting in verse 49,

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 Jesus has been teaching that in his ministry, in his presence, the great time of crisis,

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 of division, and decision has come for Israel.

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 Will they accept him as Messiah, as King, or not?

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 The signs are all there, his teaching, his miracles, but are they willing to pay attention

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 and read those signs?

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 That's the point of verses 54 through 56 of chapter 12.

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 Are they willing to open their eyes and see who Jesus really is, just like they're willing

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 to read the signs of the weather?

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 Then Jesus concludes with an illustration in verses 57 through 59.

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 He says, if you were on your way to court and you had to settle things with your accuser

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 before going to the judge, before getting thrown into prison, you would settle things before

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 you got there, right?

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 Jesus' point is that God's judgment is coming, and it's time for his audience to make things

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 right while they still can.

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 Of course, the idea of God's judgment isn't exactly a popular idea.

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 I get that.

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 But, you know, it's helpful for us to see that the reality of judgment and the need for repentance

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 is something that Jesus himself taught.

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 You know, this isn't an idea that some particularly sinister Puritans came up with in the 17th century.

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 This isn't something that medieval theologians concocted in their monasteries.

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 The idea of God's judgment isn't something that the apostle Paul invented, though we like

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 to blame him for a lot of our issues with religion.

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 No, it was Jesus himself who spoke more than anyone else in the Bible about the reality of

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 divine judgment and the need for everyone to repent.

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 But it's even bigger than that.

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 You see, the context of Jesus' call to repentance is the whole sweeping biblical story itself.

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 What we're listening into here in this passage from Luke 13 is the crux of the entire message of the Bible.

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 That message, that story that the Bible unfolds for us, that there's one true God, a God of holy love,

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 who created absolutely everything, who created everything to display his glory,

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 and created everything to participate in his joy.

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 Do you sometimes catch the sense of glory and joy at times in creation?

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 Do you get a whiff of that wonder in the world around you?

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 And the biblical story says that God created humans, God created you and me,

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 to actually occupy a special place in creation.

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 That amidst all of the wonder and beauty that God created,

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 he made humanity in his own image,

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 to reflect his glory in a unique way.

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 And more than that, to be vice regents in God's good world,

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 to be as it were sort of stewards or under kind of rulers,

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 to cultivate and steward creation under God's good rule.

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 This is what he's made us for.

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 To bear his image in that way.

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 Don't we kind of feel that responsibility today,

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 even as we consider something like ecological justice,

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 and humanity's unique role in caring for creation?

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 There's something that we know that we are responsible for,

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 a part and above, and that has an impact on everything else.

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 But you know, this picture of humans sort of ruling joyfully under God,

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 their creator, of flourishing, of bringing praise and honor to him,

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 that's not how things remained.

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 And as we look out in the world, we see that's not how things are, right?

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 Rather than glorifying God as God, humanity rebelled against God's good rule.

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 And in an act that the Bible pictures as an act of cosmic treason,

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 we chose to be our own kings instead.

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 And we chose to ignore God and the world God has made,

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 and put ourselves in the center of things.

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 And that is what the Bible means by sin.

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 You see, sin doesn't necessarily mean doing lots of really bad things.

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 You can actually be very, very moral,

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 and still be living for yourself,

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 rather than for God.

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 You can be a quote-unquote good person,

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 and yet still be rejecting God's kingship.

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 And the penalty for sin is death.

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 Just like a light bulb,

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 being unscrewed from the socket eventually goes dark.

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 So humanity, cut off from God,

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 the source of all life and goodness and grace,

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 so humanity, cut off from God,

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 faces the dark of physical and spiritual death.

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 All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

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 and the wages of sin is death.

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 And this is where Jesus' call to repentance comes in.

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 Repentance, you see, is not trying to clean up your act

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 so God will accept you.

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 Don't you see, if you're trying to earn God's favor

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 through being a good person,

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 then you're still trying to be your own king

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 and your own master and run things your way.

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 Because you're thinking you can fix the problem,

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 and you can overcome the breach that's opened up

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 between you and God.

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 You can be the fixer.

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 You can still be the king.

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 But that's not what repentance is.

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 That's not what Jesus is telling us we need.

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 Repentance doesn't mean reform your life.

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 It literally means change your mind.

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 Repentance, it means admitting.

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 You've been living as your own master,

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 worshiping the wrong things,

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 violating God's law.

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 And to repent is actually to turn.

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 It's transferring your allegiance,

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 your priority from yourself as king

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 to Jesus as king.

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 It's willingly laying down your arms

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 in the cosmic revolt

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 and coming home to God.

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 But here's the problem.

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 When we hear Jesus' call to repent,

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 to lay down our arms and receive him

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 as God's rightful king,

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 we can easily think that that call

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 does not apply to me.

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 We don't think it applies to us.

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 And that brings us back

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 to the heart of Luke chapter 13.

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 Jesus has just said that divine judgment is coming,

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 but rather than consider

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 what that means for themselves,

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 some people in the audience

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 bring up a saucy piece of recent news.

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 It's just blown up the Twitterverse

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 in early Palestine.

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 The news that Pilate,

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 the Roman governor,

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 who was a butcher

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 and a cruel man,

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 has just done something

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 completely in character

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 and murdered some Galileans in Jerusalem,

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 sent his troops right in to kill them

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 while they were worshiping

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 and sacrificing in the temple.

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 And such a gruesome death,

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 Jesus' audience thinks,

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 such a gruesome death like that

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 must prove that those Galileans

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 were really bad sinners.

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 Right, Jesus?

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 Isn't that the sort of judgment

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 you're talking about, Jesus?

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 Isn't it those sort of people

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 who really need to repent?

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 The ones who get what's coming to them?

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 But how does Jesus respond?

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 He reads right through.

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 Do you think they were worse sinners

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 because they suffered in this way?

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 No.

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 You see, it was a commonly held belief

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 in the first century

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 that tragedy and suffering

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 was a result of personal sinfulness.

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 In other words,

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 if you were a bad person,

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 bad things happen to you.

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 But Jesus completely rejects

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 that line of thinking.

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 He says these people

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 did not suffer this way

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 because they were worse

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 than anyone else.

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 But more than that,

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 Jesus won't allow his audience

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 to deflect their own need

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 for repentance

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 by pointing to some group of people

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 over there

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 who they think must be really bad

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 because of what's happened to them.

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 You see what's happening here?

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 It's as if the people in the crowd

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 are actually saying,

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 well, Jesus,

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 we believe what you're saying

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 about judgment.

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 Surely there's going to become a time.

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 The midnight hour

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 is going to get struck

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 when all of our masks come off,

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 as Kierkegaard said, right?

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 We all know that at some point

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 we're going to face our maker

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 and the true selves

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 are going to be exposed.

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 Of course,

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 we believe what you're saying

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 about judgment, Jesus,

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 but surely that doesn't apply to us.

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 Surely you must be talking

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 about those Galileans

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 who got what they deserved.

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 Now,

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 I'm sure

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 that you don't share

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 the mistaken first century belief

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 that suffering and tragedy

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 only happen to those

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 who deserve it.

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 That's a wrong belief

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 and we should,

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 along with Jesus,

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 rightly reject it.

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 But at the heart level,

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 don't you and I feel

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 that same tendency

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 to deflect

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 our own need

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 to repent?

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 Maybe you think,

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 well,

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 I'm not that bad.

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 I mean,

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 I make mistakes,

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 but I'm not as bad

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 as those people.

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 And for you,

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 it's not the hapless

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 victims of tragedy

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 that you point to,

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 no,

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 but it's some other

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 seemingly notorious

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 group of people

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 how we happen

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 to define it today.

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 And yet,

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 Jesus will not

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 let us

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 play

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 the comparison game.

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 Perhaps

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 your outward life

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 is more moral

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 than another person.

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 Maybe you have it

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 all together

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 for the most part.

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 Maybe your life

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 is successful

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 and things are going well.

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 Maybe you haven't

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 broken any laws.

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 Maybe you haven't

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 done anything

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 that's sort of

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 especially terrible

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 in the world's eyes.

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 But have you given

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 to God

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 the glory

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 he deserves?

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 God has given us

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 every breath

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 in our lungs,

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 every talent

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 and skill

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 we possess,

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 every opportunity

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 we enjoy.

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 God holds us

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 in being

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 every moment.

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 We are completely

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 and utterly

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 dependent upon

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 him

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 every single

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 second.

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 And yet,

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 most of the day,

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 we utterly

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 ignore him.

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 We put our own

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 desires

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 and our own

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 wants

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 and our own

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 agenda

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 at the center

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 of our affections

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 and drive

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 that ship

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 exactly as

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 we choose.

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 And then,

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 if things

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 don't go our way,

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 we finally

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 find the decency

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 to think of God

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 if only to

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 blame him

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 and question

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 his goodness

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 because things

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 haven't gone

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 the way

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 we wanted

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 them to.

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 I know this,

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 friends,

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 about you

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 because it's

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 true of me.

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 I do the exact

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 same thing.

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 Though the outward

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 degree of sin

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 may be different

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 from person

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 to person,

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 the inner

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 presence of sin

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 is the same

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 for us all.

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 We all need

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 to repent

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 because we're

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 all sinners

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 and unless

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 you repent,

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 Jesus says,

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 you will all

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 likewise

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 perish.

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 like a ship

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 sailing

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 straight

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 for the cliffs.

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 Unless we

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 turn

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 and chart

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 a new course

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 and follow

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 a new captain,

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 we will all

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 crash upon

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 the rocks

00:17:41.800 --> 00:17:42.779
 of God's

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 goodness

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 and holiness.

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 Jesus is telling

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 us loud and clear

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 that the need

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 for repentance

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 is universal.

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 But that's

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 not the end.

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 Jesus goes on

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 in verses 6

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 through 9

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 to tell us

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 that the time

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 for repentance

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 is now.

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 Throughout this

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 whole section

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 of Luke,

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 this whole middle

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 section of Luke's

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 gospel,

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 Jesus has been

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 pleading with

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 Israel,

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 with his own

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 people,

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 with the people

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 of promise

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 to turn back

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 to God

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 and acknowledge

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 him as their

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 Messiah before

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 it's too late

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 and to drive

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 that point

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 home,

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 he tells a

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 parable

00:18:24.599 --> 00:18:26.279
 about a

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 barren fig tree

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 in a garden

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 and there are

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 three observations

00:18:30.720 --> 00:18:31.599
 we need to make

00:18:31.599 --> 00:18:32.400
 about this

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 parable.

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 The first thing

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 we see in this

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 parable,

00:18:37.099 --> 00:18:37.279
 friends,

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 is that God

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 is making

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 time for us.

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 The owner

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 of the vineyard

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 comes to his

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 own garden

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 and to his

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 own fig tree

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 looking for

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 fruit and he

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 finds none

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 and then we

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 learn that it's

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 actually been

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 three years

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 in a row

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 that the owner

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 has been

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 patiently waiting

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 for this tree

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 to bear fruit

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 and still

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 none.

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 Surely

00:19:00.979 --> 00:19:02.019
 the time

00:19:02.019 --> 00:19:02.539
 has come

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 to cut

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 this tree

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 down

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 and plant

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 something else

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 in its place

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 to make room

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 for a more

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 productive tree.

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 But the

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 vinedresser,

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 the gardener

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 comes and

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 says,

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 let's give

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 it one

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 more year.

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 we'll dig

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 around it

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 so water

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 can get

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 down to

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 the roots,

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 we'll

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 fertilize

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 it.

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 And so

00:19:27.619 --> 00:19:28.000
 together

00:19:28.000 --> 00:19:28.579
 the owner

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 and the

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 vinedresser

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 agree they'll

00:19:30.839 --> 00:19:32.019
 extend one

00:19:32.019 --> 00:19:32.960
 more year

00:19:32.960 --> 00:19:34.220
 to this

00:19:34.220 --> 00:19:34.879
 barren fig

00:19:34.879 --> 00:19:35.200
 tree.

00:19:36.679 --> 00:19:37.519
 And you see

00:19:37.519 --> 00:19:37.759
 Jesus'

00:19:37.939 --> 00:19:38.279
 point.

00:19:39.799 --> 00:19:40.819
 Right now

00:19:40.819 --> 00:19:43.439
 God is

00:19:43.439 --> 00:19:43.939
 making a

00:19:43.939 --> 00:19:45.319
 time for

00:19:45.319 --> 00:19:45.700
 us.

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 He would

00:19:48.139 --> 00:19:48.819
 be fully

00:19:48.819 --> 00:19:49.480
 within his

00:19:49.480 --> 00:19:50.079
 rights to

00:19:50.079 --> 00:19:50.619
 call us

00:19:50.619 --> 00:19:51.179
 to account

00:19:51.179 --> 00:19:52.079
 right now.

00:19:53.700 --> 00:19:54.599
 And yet

00:19:54.599 --> 00:19:55.419
 God

00:19:55.419 --> 00:19:56.059
 still

00:19:56.059 --> 00:19:56.960
 makes

00:19:56.960 --> 00:19:57.759
 time.

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 The

00:20:00.559 --> 00:20:00.779
 apostle

00:20:00.779 --> 00:20:01.279
 Peter writes

00:20:01.279 --> 00:20:01.559
 this in

00:20:01.559 --> 00:20:01.919
 his second

00:20:01.919 --> 00:20:02.179
 letter.

00:20:02.299 --> 00:20:02.539
 He says,

00:20:02.639 --> 00:20:02.939
 God is

00:20:02.939 --> 00:20:03.679
 patient

00:20:03.679 --> 00:20:04.339
 towards you,

00:20:04.899 --> 00:20:05.799
 not wishing

00:20:05.799 --> 00:20:06.399
 that any

00:20:06.399 --> 00:20:07.000
 should perish,

00:20:07.139 --> 00:20:07.439
 but that

00:20:07.439 --> 00:20:08.419
 all should

00:20:08.419 --> 00:20:08.879
 reach

00:20:08.879 --> 00:20:09.659
 repentance.

00:20:09.660 --> 00:20:09.900
 patience.

00:20:12.940 --> 00:20:13.880
 And this

00:20:13.880 --> 00:20:14.700
 patience of

00:20:14.700 --> 00:20:16.279
 God means

00:20:16.279 --> 00:20:17.200
 that there's

00:20:17.200 --> 00:20:17.700
 hope.

00:20:19.920 --> 00:20:20.940
 The parable

00:20:20.940 --> 00:20:21.600
 Jesus tells

00:20:21.600 --> 00:20:22.220
 here holds

00:20:22.220 --> 00:20:22.600
 out the

00:20:22.600 --> 00:20:23.460
 possibility

00:20:23.460 --> 00:20:25.360
 of fruit

00:20:25.360 --> 00:20:25.720
 bearing,

00:20:26.380 --> 00:20:26.960
 holds out

00:20:26.960 --> 00:20:27.800
 the possibility

00:20:27.800 --> 00:20:28.620
 of becoming

00:20:28.620 --> 00:20:29.480
 a vibrant

00:20:29.480 --> 00:20:30.820
 tree when

00:20:30.820 --> 00:20:31.680
 before there's

00:20:31.680 --> 00:20:32.440
 been nothing

00:20:32.440 --> 00:20:33.340
 but a history

00:20:33.340 --> 00:20:34.440
 of barrenness.

00:20:35.560 --> 00:20:36.759
 There's hope

00:20:36.759 --> 00:20:37.840
 that even if

00:20:37.840 --> 00:20:38.580
 a life has

00:20:38.580 --> 00:20:39.120
 been lived

00:20:39.120 --> 00:20:39.600
 utterly

00:20:39.599 --> 00:20:40.659
 fruitlessly

00:20:40.659 --> 00:20:41.519
 to this

00:20:41.519 --> 00:20:41.919
 moment,

00:20:42.179 --> 00:20:42.980
 while God

00:20:42.980 --> 00:20:44.099
 makes time,

00:20:44.219 --> 00:20:44.779
 there's still

00:20:44.779 --> 00:20:45.699
 hope for

00:20:45.699 --> 00:20:46.480
 the about

00:20:46.480 --> 00:20:47.240
 face of

00:20:47.240 --> 00:20:47.639
 repentance

00:20:47.639 --> 00:20:48.519
 and for

00:20:48.519 --> 00:20:48.939
 the new

00:20:48.939 --> 00:20:49.439
 spiritual

00:20:49.439 --> 00:20:50.399
 life and

00:20:50.399 --> 00:20:51.219
 vitality

00:20:51.219 --> 00:20:51.939
 that God

00:20:51.939 --> 00:20:53.019
 gives with

00:20:53.019 --> 00:20:53.480
 repentance.

00:20:55.059 --> 00:20:56.059
 In other

00:20:56.059 --> 00:20:56.459
 words,

00:20:57.740 --> 00:20:58.559
 your past

00:20:58.559 --> 00:20:59.719
 does not

00:20:59.719 --> 00:21:00.339
 need to

00:21:00.339 --> 00:21:00.919
 determine

00:21:00.919 --> 00:21:02.119
 your future

00:21:02.119 --> 00:21:03.000
 with God.

00:21:04.119 --> 00:21:05.259
 There is a

00:21:05.259 --> 00:21:05.839
 gardener

00:21:05.839 --> 00:21:07.259
 who has

00:21:07.259 --> 00:21:07.579
 done a

00:21:07.579 --> 00:21:08.599
 costly work

00:21:08.599 --> 00:21:09.119
 on your

00:21:09.119 --> 00:21:10.199
 behalf so

00:21:10.199 --> 00:21:10.639
 that you

00:21:10.639 --> 00:21:11.119
 might come

00:21:11.119 --> 00:21:11.599
 alive.

00:21:14.039 --> 00:21:14.479
 You know,

00:21:14.500 --> 00:21:14.739
 in this

00:21:14.739 --> 00:21:15.019
 story,

00:21:15.099 --> 00:21:15.599
 the owner

00:21:15.599 --> 00:21:17.139
 of the

00:21:17.139 --> 00:21:17.459
 vineyard

00:21:17.459 --> 00:21:17.699
 and the

00:21:17.699 --> 00:21:18.319
 vine dresser

00:21:18.319 --> 00:21:18.599
 of this

00:21:18.599 --> 00:21:18.859
 parable,

00:21:18.939 --> 00:21:19.219
 they make

00:21:19.219 --> 00:21:19.719
 a costly

00:21:19.719 --> 00:21:20.219
 decision,

00:21:20.339 --> 00:21:20.739
 don't they?

00:21:22.339 --> 00:21:23.119
 They make a

00:21:23.119 --> 00:21:23.859
 costly decision

00:21:23.859 --> 00:21:24.479
 to work

00:21:24.479 --> 00:21:25.399
 and to dig

00:21:25.399 --> 00:21:25.939
 up the soil

00:21:25.939 --> 00:21:26.459
 around the

00:21:26.459 --> 00:21:26.779
 tree,

00:21:27.159 --> 00:21:27.719
 to spend

00:21:27.719 --> 00:21:28.699
 time caring

00:21:28.699 --> 00:21:29.259
 for this

00:21:29.259 --> 00:21:30.099
 tree,

00:21:30.219 --> 00:21:31.099
 to fertilize

00:21:31.099 --> 00:21:31.339
 it,

00:21:31.699 --> 00:21:32.839
 and perhaps

00:21:32.839 --> 00:21:33.259
 even more,

00:21:33.339 --> 00:21:33.879
 they absorb

00:21:33.879 --> 00:21:34.759
 the cost

00:21:34.759 --> 00:21:35.779
 of allowing

00:21:35.779 --> 00:21:36.660
 this fruitless

00:21:36.660 --> 00:21:37.119
 tree to

00:21:37.119 --> 00:21:37.660
 remain

00:21:37.660 --> 00:21:39.039
 and use

00:21:39.039 --> 00:21:39.400
 up the

00:21:39.400 --> 00:21:39.799
 ground

00:21:39.799 --> 00:21:40.900
 when another

00:21:40.900 --> 00:21:41.619
 more profitable

00:21:41.619 --> 00:21:42.140
 tree could

00:21:42.140 --> 00:21:42.539
 be put in

00:21:42.539 --> 00:21:43.140
 its place.

00:21:44.240 --> 00:21:44.619
 It was a

00:21:44.619 --> 00:21:45.480
 costly decision

00:21:45.480 --> 00:21:46.059
 for the owner

00:21:46.059 --> 00:21:46.299
 and the

00:21:46.299 --> 00:21:46.779
 vine dresser

00:21:46.779 --> 00:21:47.039
 to make

00:21:47.039 --> 00:21:48.220
 time for

00:21:48.220 --> 00:21:48.819
 this barren

00:21:48.819 --> 00:21:49.420
 fig tree.

00:21:51.359 --> 00:21:51.879
 But friends,

00:21:51.980 --> 00:21:52.940
 how much

00:21:52.940 --> 00:21:54.039
 more costly

00:21:54.039 --> 00:21:55.420
 was a

00:21:55.420 --> 00:21:55.980
 decision

00:21:55.980 --> 00:21:56.619
 made

00:21:56.619 --> 00:21:58.019
 between God

00:21:58.019 --> 00:21:58.559
 the Father

00:21:58.559 --> 00:21:59.039
 and God

00:21:59.039 --> 00:21:59.500
 the Son

00:21:59.500 --> 00:21:59.920
 to make

00:21:59.920 --> 00:22:00.559
 time for

00:22:00.559 --> 00:22:01.039
 us.

00:22:04.359 --> 00:22:05.019
 At the

00:22:05.019 --> 00:22:05.319
 end of

00:22:05.319 --> 00:22:05.539
 Jesus'

00:22:05.759 --> 00:22:06.279
 journey to

00:22:06.279 --> 00:22:06.819
 Jerusalem,

00:22:07.680 --> 00:22:08.119
 he would

00:22:08.119 --> 00:22:08.940
 be faced

00:22:08.940 --> 00:22:10.059
 by the

00:22:10.059 --> 00:22:10.380
 most

00:22:10.380 --> 00:22:11.220
 barren

00:22:11.220 --> 00:22:12.019
 tree

00:22:12.019 --> 00:22:13.099
 imaginable,

00:22:14.380 --> 00:22:14.920
 a Roman

00:22:14.920 --> 00:22:15.480
 cross.

00:22:17.500 --> 00:22:18.480
 And rather

00:22:18.480 --> 00:22:19.220
 than turn

00:22:19.220 --> 00:22:19.660
 away,

00:22:19.859 --> 00:22:20.079
 Jesus

00:22:20.079 --> 00:22:21.039
 identified

00:22:21.039 --> 00:22:21.980
 fully with

00:22:21.980 --> 00:22:22.319
 us.

00:22:23.079 --> 00:22:23.740
 By being

00:22:23.740 --> 00:22:24.599
 nailed to

00:22:24.599 --> 00:22:25.059
 the cross,

00:22:25.160 --> 00:22:25.619
 Jesus would

00:22:25.619 --> 00:22:26.819
 literally take

00:22:26.819 --> 00:22:27.559
 the place

00:22:27.559 --> 00:22:28.220
 of the

00:22:28.220 --> 00:22:28.799
 fruitless

00:22:28.799 --> 00:22:29.220
 and

00:22:29.220 --> 00:22:30.019
 unrepentant.

00:22:30.059 --> 00:22:30.240
 Do you

00:22:30.240 --> 00:22:30.559
 see it

00:22:30.559 --> 00:22:30.819
 there?

00:22:31.139 --> 00:22:31.419
 That

00:22:31.419 --> 00:22:32.180
 utterly

00:22:32.180 --> 00:22:32.680
 stripped

00:22:32.680 --> 00:22:33.099
 down

00:22:33.099 --> 00:22:33.419
 piece

00:22:33.419 --> 00:22:33.599
 of

00:22:33.599 --> 00:22:33.819
 wood

00:22:33.819 --> 00:22:34.019
 and

00:22:34.019 --> 00:22:34.359
 Jesus

00:22:34.359 --> 00:22:35.700
 allowing

00:22:35.700 --> 00:22:36.059
 himself

00:22:36.059 --> 00:22:36.399
 to be

00:22:36.399 --> 00:22:37.039
 pinned

00:22:37.039 --> 00:22:37.419
 there

00:22:37.419 --> 00:22:38.759
 in the

00:22:38.759 --> 00:22:39.299
 place

00:22:39.299 --> 00:22:39.619
 of the

00:22:39.619 --> 00:22:40.299
 fruitless

00:22:40.299 --> 00:22:40.539
 and

00:22:40.539 --> 00:22:41.480
 unrepentant

00:22:41.480 --> 00:22:42.980
 to

00:22:42.980 --> 00:22:43.859
 literally

00:22:43.859 --> 00:22:44.240
 take

00:22:44.240 --> 00:22:44.440
 our

00:22:44.440 --> 00:22:44.980
 place,

00:22:45.819 --> 00:22:48.059
 to be

00:22:48.059 --> 00:22:48.359
 cut

00:22:48.359 --> 00:22:48.779
 down,

00:22:49.519 --> 00:22:50.619
 to

00:22:50.619 --> 00:22:51.119
 undergo

00:22:51.119 --> 00:22:51.480
 the

00:22:51.480 --> 00:22:52.200
 perishing

00:22:52.200 --> 00:22:53.139
 we

00:22:53.139 --> 00:22:53.680
 deserve

00:22:53.680 --> 00:22:55.700
 so that

00:22:55.700 --> 00:22:56.059
 you and

00:22:56.059 --> 00:22:56.359
 I

00:22:56.359 --> 00:22:57.259
 would

00:22:57.259 --> 00:22:57.639
 never

00:22:57.639 --> 00:22:57.980
 have

00:22:57.980 --> 00:22:58.220
 to

00:22:58.220 --> 00:23:01.519
 Jesus

00:23:01.519 --> 00:23:02.059
 faced

00:23:02.059 --> 00:23:02.460
 God's

00:23:02.460 --> 00:23:02.700
 judgment

00:23:02.700 --> 00:23:03.279
 for us

00:23:03.279 --> 00:23:04.200
 so that

00:23:04.200 --> 00:23:04.579
 we might

00:23:04.579 --> 00:23:04.920
 receive

00:23:04.920 --> 00:23:05.279
 God's

00:23:05.279 --> 00:23:05.660
 favor.

00:23:07.039 --> 00:23:07.799
 Through

00:23:07.799 --> 00:23:08.140
 the

00:23:08.140 --> 00:23:08.900
 cross,

00:23:09.559 --> 00:23:10.000
 God

00:23:10.000 --> 00:23:10.860
 has made

00:23:10.860 --> 00:23:11.559
 time

00:23:11.559 --> 00:23:12.360
 in the

00:23:12.360 --> 00:23:12.600
 most

00:23:12.600 --> 00:23:13.299
 costly

00:23:13.299 --> 00:23:13.799
 way

00:23:13.799 --> 00:23:15.000
 so that

00:23:15.000 --> 00:23:15.740
 everyone

00:23:15.740 --> 00:23:16.100
 who

00:23:16.100 --> 00:23:16.799
 repents

00:23:16.799 --> 00:23:17.920
 and

00:23:17.920 --> 00:23:18.539
 trusts in

00:23:18.539 --> 00:23:18.839
 Christ

00:23:18.839 --> 00:23:19.360
 can receive

00:23:19.360 --> 00:23:19.759
 pardon

00:23:19.759 --> 00:23:20.200
 and new

00:23:20.200 --> 00:23:20.600
 life.

00:23:24.220 --> 00:23:25.100
 But the

00:23:25.100 --> 00:23:25.740
 second observation

00:23:25.740 --> 00:23:26.220
 from this

00:23:26.220 --> 00:23:26.680
 parable is

00:23:26.680 --> 00:23:26.880
 this,

00:23:26.880 --> 00:23:27.240
 God has

00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:27.500
 made

00:23:27.500 --> 00:23:28.020
 time

00:23:28.020 --> 00:23:29.900
 but the

00:23:29.900 --> 00:23:30.380
 time won't

00:23:30.380 --> 00:23:30.920
 be forever.

00:23:33.020 --> 00:23:33.460
 The

00:23:33.460 --> 00:23:33.700
 parable

00:23:33.700 --> 00:23:34.120
 ends with

00:23:34.120 --> 00:23:34.380
 another

00:23:34.380 --> 00:23:35.060
 year being

00:23:35.060 --> 00:23:35.500
 given to

00:23:35.500 --> 00:23:35.780
 the fig

00:23:35.780 --> 00:23:36.200
 tree but

00:23:36.200 --> 00:23:36.500
 if the

00:23:36.500 --> 00:23:37.320
 year ends

00:23:37.320 --> 00:23:37.900
 and there's

00:23:37.900 --> 00:23:38.420
 still no

00:23:38.420 --> 00:23:39.580
 fruit that

00:23:39.580 --> 00:23:40.020
 will be the

00:23:40.020 --> 00:23:40.340
 end.

00:23:41.620 --> 00:23:42.140
 The

00:23:42.140 --> 00:23:42.720
 time of

00:23:42.720 --> 00:23:43.060
 God's

00:23:43.060 --> 00:23:43.680
 mercy,

00:23:44.080 --> 00:23:44.220
 the

00:23:44.220 --> 00:23:44.760
 opportunity

00:23:44.760 --> 00:23:45.480
 to turn,

00:23:45.600 --> 00:23:46.220
 to repent,

00:23:46.440 --> 00:23:47.040
 to receive

00:23:47.040 --> 00:23:47.720
 Christ as

00:23:47.720 --> 00:23:47.900
 king,

00:23:47.980 --> 00:23:48.380
 this time

00:23:48.380 --> 00:23:48.920
 for you

00:23:48.920 --> 00:23:49.300
 and for

00:23:49.300 --> 00:23:49.680
 me,

00:23:50.400 --> 00:23:52.080
 it won't

00:23:52.080 --> 00:23:52.500
 extend

00:23:52.500 --> 00:23:53.020
 forever,

00:23:53.180 --> 00:23:53.360
 Jesus

00:23:53.359 --> 00:23:53.779
 says.

00:23:57.039 --> 00:23:57.559
 Friends,

00:23:57.619 --> 00:23:58.000
 Jesus is

00:23:58.000 --> 00:23:58.439
 warning us

00:23:58.439 --> 00:23:58.799
 not to

00:23:58.799 --> 00:24:00.079
 presume on

00:24:00.079 --> 00:24:00.379
 God's

00:24:00.379 --> 00:24:01.240
 mercy and

00:24:01.240 --> 00:24:01.899
 patience.

00:24:03.439 --> 00:24:03.959
 Our

00:24:03.959 --> 00:24:04.599
 end could

00:24:04.599 --> 00:24:05.259
 come at

00:24:05.259 --> 00:24:06.039
 any moment.

00:24:06.879 --> 00:24:07.399
 Life is

00:24:07.399 --> 00:24:08.719
 fleeting and

00:24:08.719 --> 00:24:09.359
 fragile.

00:24:09.500 --> 00:24:10.000
 There are no

00:24:10.000 --> 00:24:11.479
 guarantees that

00:24:11.479 --> 00:24:12.139
 you or I will

00:24:12.139 --> 00:24:12.839
 live out even

00:24:12.839 --> 00:24:13.419
 this year.

00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:16.659
 Does that

00:24:16.659 --> 00:24:17.099
 sound a bit

00:24:17.099 --> 00:24:17.659
 morbid to

00:24:17.659 --> 00:24:17.859
 you?

00:24:17.859 --> 00:24:21.359
 And yet,

00:24:21.419 --> 00:24:21.819
 what good

00:24:21.819 --> 00:24:22.240
 does it do

00:24:22.240 --> 00:24:22.639
 to live in

00:24:22.639 --> 00:24:23.179
 denial of

00:24:23.179 --> 00:24:23.619
 the fact?

00:24:25.379 --> 00:24:25.919
 If you had

00:24:25.919 --> 00:24:26.219
 a medical

00:24:26.219 --> 00:24:26.819
 condition that

00:24:26.819 --> 00:24:27.199
 threatened to

00:24:27.199 --> 00:24:27.539
 take your

00:24:27.539 --> 00:24:28.740
 life, you

00:24:28.740 --> 00:24:28.979
 would want

00:24:28.979 --> 00:24:29.459
 to know,

00:24:30.019 --> 00:24:30.339
 right?

00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:31.479
 So you

00:24:31.479 --> 00:24:31.819
 could get

00:24:31.819 --> 00:24:32.279
 your affairs

00:24:32.279 --> 00:24:32.819
 in order

00:24:32.819 --> 00:24:33.259
 before it

00:24:33.259 --> 00:24:33.539
 was too

00:24:33.539 --> 00:24:33.899
 late.

00:24:38.539 --> 00:24:39.159
 Jesus is

00:24:39.159 --> 00:24:39.479
 the great

00:24:39.479 --> 00:24:40.059
 physician and

00:24:40.059 --> 00:24:40.459
 he's telling

00:24:40.459 --> 00:24:40.979
 us that our

00:24:40.979 --> 00:24:41.339
 spiritual

00:24:41.339 --> 00:24:41.959
 condition is

00:24:41.959 --> 00:24:42.439
 just the

00:24:42.439 --> 00:24:42.740
 same.

00:24:43.559 --> 00:24:44.479
 Sin will

00:24:44.479 --> 00:24:45.319
 result in

00:24:45.319 --> 00:24:45.699
 spiritual

00:24:45.699 --> 00:24:46.119
 death.

00:24:46.119 --> 00:24:47.779
 But if

00:24:47.779 --> 00:24:48.339
 we turn

00:24:48.339 --> 00:24:49.000
 to him,

00:24:49.039 --> 00:24:49.599
 if we turn

00:24:49.599 --> 00:24:50.119
 to Christ,

00:24:50.159 --> 00:24:50.519
 we can be

00:24:50.519 --> 00:24:51.000
 made right

00:24:51.000 --> 00:24:51.579
 with God,

00:24:51.899 --> 00:24:52.559
 our debt

00:24:52.559 --> 00:24:52.939
 can be

00:24:52.939 --> 00:24:53.299
 forgiven,

00:24:53.659 --> 00:24:54.039
 and we

00:24:54.039 --> 00:24:54.500
 can actually

00:24:54.500 --> 00:24:55.179
 face death

00:24:55.179 --> 00:24:55.559
 and judgment

00:24:55.559 --> 00:24:56.439
 with confidence.

00:24:59.039 --> 00:24:59.519
 Friends,

00:24:59.619 --> 00:25:00.159
 there's time.

00:25:00.279 --> 00:25:00.839
 God's made

00:25:00.839 --> 00:25:01.839
 time for you.

00:25:03.199 --> 00:25:03.899
 But Jesus

00:25:03.899 --> 00:25:04.679
 is very clear

00:25:04.679 --> 00:25:05.379
 that time

00:25:05.379 --> 00:25:06.359
 is not going

00:25:06.359 --> 00:25:07.000
 to extend

00:25:07.000 --> 00:25:07.479
 forever.

00:25:11.899 --> 00:25:12.539
 The third

00:25:12.539 --> 00:25:13.159
 observation to

00:25:13.159 --> 00:25:13.479
 make about

00:25:13.479 --> 00:25:14.079
 this parable

00:25:14.079 --> 00:25:15.759
 is that it's

00:25:15.759 --> 00:25:16.240
 open-ended.

00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:19.079
 Jesus doesn't

00:25:19.079 --> 00:25:19.539
 tell us

00:25:19.539 --> 00:25:19.980
 whether the

00:25:19.980 --> 00:25:20.359
 fig tree

00:25:20.359 --> 00:25:21.140
 bears fruit

00:25:21.140 --> 00:25:21.619
 or not,

00:25:21.660 --> 00:25:21.980
 does he?

00:25:23.720 --> 00:25:24.359
 And that's

00:25:24.359 --> 00:25:24.799
 intentional,

00:25:24.900 --> 00:25:25.200
 you see.

00:25:26.420 --> 00:25:27.400
 The parable

00:25:27.400 --> 00:25:28.039
 is meant

00:25:28.039 --> 00:25:28.759
 to challenge

00:25:28.759 --> 00:25:29.200
 us.

00:25:30.279 --> 00:25:30.720
 Jesus is

00:25:30.720 --> 00:25:31.059
 trying to

00:25:31.059 --> 00:25:31.799
 exhort us,

00:25:31.859 --> 00:25:32.559
 to persuade

00:25:32.559 --> 00:25:32.920
 us.

00:25:32.960 --> 00:25:33.220
 He's trying

00:25:33.220 --> 00:25:33.799
 to press

00:25:33.799 --> 00:25:34.420
 home the

00:25:34.420 --> 00:25:34.920
 question,

00:25:35.539 --> 00:25:36.119
 what will

00:25:36.119 --> 00:25:36.839
 you do?

00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:39.879
 The owner

00:25:39.879 --> 00:25:40.319
 has made

00:25:40.319 --> 00:25:40.879
 time for

00:25:40.879 --> 00:25:41.079
 you.

00:25:41.359 --> 00:25:41.839
 That time

00:25:41.839 --> 00:25:42.379
 will not

00:25:42.379 --> 00:25:43.119
 last forever.

00:25:43.279 --> 00:25:43.839
 How will

00:25:43.839 --> 00:25:44.660
 you respond?

00:25:45.759 --> 00:25:48.900
 the parable

00:25:48.900 --> 00:25:49.240
 is a bit

00:25:49.240 --> 00:25:49.440
 of a

00:25:49.440 --> 00:25:49.879
 cliffhanger,

00:25:50.000 --> 00:25:50.339
 isn't it?

00:25:54.720 --> 00:25:55.299
 How will

00:25:55.299 --> 00:25:55.900
 you respond?

00:25:58.099 --> 00:25:58.680
 Will you

00:25:58.680 --> 00:25:59.119
 acknowledge

00:25:59.119 --> 00:25:59.559
 that as

00:25:59.559 --> 00:26:00.200
 Jesus says,

00:26:00.319 --> 00:26:01.460
 you too

00:26:01.460 --> 00:26:02.119
 need to

00:26:02.119 --> 00:26:02.460
 repent?

00:26:04.539 --> 00:26:04.980
 Perhaps

00:26:04.980 --> 00:26:05.240
 you're a

00:26:05.240 --> 00:26:05.579
 person of

00:26:05.579 --> 00:26:06.259
 high moral

00:26:06.259 --> 00:26:06.779
 ideals.

00:26:07.779 --> 00:26:08.000
 Perhaps

00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:08.319
 you're here

00:26:08.319 --> 00:26:08.559
 and you're

00:26:08.559 --> 00:26:08.839
 a person

00:26:08.839 --> 00:26:09.200
 of another

00:26:09.200 --> 00:26:09.539
 faith

00:26:09.539 --> 00:26:10.059
 altogether.

00:26:10.059 --> 00:26:12.559
 Maybe the

00:26:12.559 --> 00:26:12.940
 idea of

00:26:12.940 --> 00:26:13.299
 repentance

00:26:13.299 --> 00:26:13.700
 hasn't

00:26:13.700 --> 00:26:14.279
 seriously

00:26:14.279 --> 00:26:14.720
 crossed

00:26:14.720 --> 00:26:14.919
 your

00:26:14.919 --> 00:26:15.259
 mind

00:26:15.259 --> 00:26:15.579
 before

00:26:15.579 --> 00:26:15.919
 now.

00:26:16.839 --> 00:26:17.019
 Maybe

00:26:17.019 --> 00:26:17.200
 you've

00:26:17.200 --> 00:26:17.379
 never

00:26:17.379 --> 00:26:17.599
 felt

00:26:17.599 --> 00:26:17.779
 the

00:26:17.779 --> 00:26:18.119
 need.

00:26:20.619 --> 00:26:21.259
 But for

00:26:21.259 --> 00:26:21.619
 just a

00:26:21.619 --> 00:26:21.839
 moment,

00:26:21.960 --> 00:26:22.079
 friend,

00:26:22.159 --> 00:26:22.539
 consider

00:26:22.539 --> 00:26:22.799
 the

00:26:22.799 --> 00:26:23.179
 cross

00:26:23.179 --> 00:26:23.379
 of

00:26:23.379 --> 00:26:23.740
 Jesus.

00:26:26.419 --> 00:26:26.919
 The

00:26:26.919 --> 00:26:27.240
 cross

00:26:27.240 --> 00:26:27.399
 of

00:26:27.399 --> 00:26:27.639
 Jesus

00:26:27.639 --> 00:26:28.399
 demonstrates

00:26:28.399 --> 00:26:29.019
 both

00:26:29.019 --> 00:26:29.240
 the

00:26:29.240 --> 00:26:30.000
 unbelievable

00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:30.519
 love

00:26:30.519 --> 00:26:31.079
 of God

00:26:31.079 --> 00:26:32.119
 and the

00:26:32.119 --> 00:26:32.519
 terrible

00:26:32.519 --> 00:26:33.240
 sinfulness

00:26:33.240 --> 00:26:33.839
 of sin.

00:26:33.839 --> 00:26:36.599
 The

00:26:36.599 --> 00:26:36.919
 cross

00:26:36.919 --> 00:26:37.480
 demonstrates

00:26:37.480 --> 00:26:37.679
 the

00:26:37.679 --> 00:26:38.099
 love

00:26:38.099 --> 00:26:38.279
 of

00:26:38.279 --> 00:26:38.519
 God

00:26:38.519 --> 00:26:38.859
 because

00:26:38.859 --> 00:26:39.259
 Jesus

00:26:39.259 --> 00:26:39.539
 was

00:26:39.539 --> 00:26:40.139
 willing

00:26:40.139 --> 00:26:40.720
 and

00:26:40.720 --> 00:26:41.220
 glad

00:26:41.220 --> 00:26:41.500
 to

00:26:41.500 --> 00:26:42.019
 come

00:26:42.019 --> 00:26:42.519
 and

00:26:42.519 --> 00:26:42.799
 die

00:26:42.799 --> 00:26:43.019
 for

00:26:43.019 --> 00:26:43.319
 you.

00:26:44.980 --> 00:26:45.619
 But

00:26:45.619 --> 00:26:45.759
 the

00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:45.980
 cross

00:26:45.980 --> 00:26:46.279
 also

00:26:46.279 --> 00:26:46.819
 demonstrates

00:26:46.819 --> 00:26:47.079
 the

00:26:47.079 --> 00:26:47.799
 sinfulness

00:26:47.799 --> 00:26:48.439
 of our

00:26:48.439 --> 00:26:48.819
 sin.

00:26:49.879 --> 00:26:50.139
 Jesus

00:26:50.139 --> 00:26:50.779
 had to

00:26:50.779 --> 00:26:51.279
 die

00:26:51.279 --> 00:26:52.359
 in order

00:26:52.359 --> 00:26:52.919
 for our

00:26:52.919 --> 00:26:53.319
 sin

00:26:53.319 --> 00:26:53.720
 to be

00:26:53.720 --> 00:26:54.159
 forgiven.

00:26:55.599 --> 00:26:55.980
 If

00:26:55.980 --> 00:26:56.099
 there

00:26:56.099 --> 00:26:56.559
 was any

00:26:56.559 --> 00:26:56.919
 other

00:26:56.919 --> 00:26:57.359
 way

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 to be

00:26:58.079 --> 00:26:58.879
 reconciled

00:26:58.879 --> 00:26:59.019
 to

00:26:59.019 --> 00:26:59.399
 God,

00:27:00.299 --> 00:27:00.699
 if

00:27:00.699 --> 00:27:00.839
 there

00:27:00.839 --> 00:27:01.119
 was any

00:27:01.119 --> 00:27:01.319
 other

00:27:01.319 --> 00:27:01.959
 path

00:27:01.959 --> 00:27:02.279
 that could

00:27:02.279 --> 00:27:02.480
 be

00:27:02.480 --> 00:27:03.000
 tread,

00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:03.660
 if

00:27:03.660 --> 00:27:03.819
 there

00:27:03.819 --> 00:27:03.940
 was

00:27:03.940 --> 00:27:04.119
 any

00:27:04.119 --> 00:27:04.380
 other

00:27:04.380 --> 00:27:05.319
 way

00:27:05.319 --> 00:27:05.960
 through

00:27:05.960 --> 00:27:06.279
 the

00:27:06.279 --> 00:27:06.640
 dilemma,

00:27:07.920 --> 00:27:08.720
 why

00:27:08.720 --> 00:27:08.920
 on

00:27:08.920 --> 00:27:09.259
 earth

00:27:09.259 --> 00:27:09.460
 would

00:27:09.460 --> 00:27:09.720
 Jesus

00:27:09.720 --> 00:27:10.240
 die

00:27:10.240 --> 00:27:11.160
 if

00:27:11.160 --> 00:27:11.279
 there

00:27:11.279 --> 00:27:11.420
 was

00:27:11.420 --> 00:27:11.619
 some

00:27:11.619 --> 00:27:11.779
 other

00:27:11.779 --> 00:27:12.079
 way?

00:27:13.279 --> 00:27:13.880
 Why

00:27:13.880 --> 00:27:14.099
 would

00:27:14.099 --> 00:27:14.359
 God

00:27:14.359 --> 00:27:14.619
 send

00:27:14.619 --> 00:27:14.799
 his

00:27:14.799 --> 00:27:14.980
 son

00:27:14.980 --> 00:27:15.099
 in

00:27:15.099 --> 00:27:15.259
 this

00:27:15.259 --> 00:27:15.519
 way?

00:27:16.599 --> 00:27:17.019
 Surely

00:27:17.019 --> 00:27:17.299
 we

00:27:17.299 --> 00:27:18.000
 must

00:27:18.000 --> 00:27:18.599
 need

00:27:18.599 --> 00:27:18.980
 a

00:27:18.980 --> 00:27:19.420
 radical

00:27:19.420 --> 00:27:19.960
 redemption

00:27:19.960 --> 00:27:20.579
 only

00:27:20.579 --> 00:27:20.960
 Jesus

00:27:20.960 --> 00:27:21.240
 can

00:27:21.240 --> 00:27:21.640
 give

00:27:21.640 --> 00:27:23.200
 and

00:27:23.200 --> 00:27:23.579
 that's

00:27:23.579 --> 00:27:23.700
 why

00:27:23.700 --> 00:27:23.960
 Jesus

00:27:23.960 --> 00:27:24.259
 tells

00:27:24.259 --> 00:27:24.880
 everyone

00:27:24.880 --> 00:27:25.160
 to

00:27:25.160 --> 00:27:25.539
 repent

00:27:25.539 --> 00:27:25.799
 and

00:27:25.799 --> 00:27:26.099
 trust

00:27:26.099 --> 00:27:26.279
 in

00:27:26.279 --> 00:27:26.559
 him.

00:27:31.380 --> 00:27:31.940
 But

00:27:31.940 --> 00:27:32.079
 what

00:27:32.079 --> 00:27:32.279
 about

00:27:32.279 --> 00:27:32.460
 you

00:27:32.460 --> 00:27:32.640
 if

00:27:32.640 --> 00:27:32.779
 you're

00:27:32.779 --> 00:27:32.920
 a

00:27:32.920 --> 00:27:33.120
 long

00:27:33.120 --> 00:27:33.380
 time

00:27:33.380 --> 00:27:33.680
 church

00:27:33.680 --> 00:27:34.079
 attender?

00:27:35.500 --> 00:27:35.960
 Maybe

00:27:35.960 --> 00:27:36.120
 you've

00:27:36.120 --> 00:27:36.220
 been

00:27:36.220 --> 00:27:36.440
 coming

00:27:36.440 --> 00:27:36.620
 to

00:27:36.620 --> 00:27:36.860
 Trinity

00:27:36.860 --> 00:27:37.120
 for

00:27:37.120 --> 00:27:37.340
 some

00:27:37.340 --> 00:27:37.600
 length

00:27:37.600 --> 00:27:37.740
 of

00:27:37.740 --> 00:27:38.079
 time

00:27:38.079 --> 00:27:38.980
 and

00:27:38.980 --> 00:27:39.100
 if

00:27:39.100 --> 00:27:39.279
 so

00:27:39.279 --> 00:27:39.539
 you've

00:27:39.539 --> 00:27:39.840
 probably

00:27:39.840 --> 00:27:40.120
 heard

00:27:40.120 --> 00:27:40.460
 most

00:27:40.460 --> 00:27:40.660
 of

00:27:40.660 --> 00:27:40.900
 what

00:27:40.900 --> 00:27:41.259
 this

00:27:41.259 --> 00:27:41.640
 passage

00:27:41.640 --> 00:27:41.920
 has

00:27:41.920 --> 00:27:42.100
 to

00:27:42.100 --> 00:27:42.420
 say

00:27:42.420 --> 00:27:44.039
 along

00:27:44.039 --> 00:27:44.180
 the

00:27:44.180 --> 00:27:44.380
 way.

00:27:45.500 --> 00:27:45.960
 If

00:27:45.960 --> 00:27:46.100
 you've

00:27:46.100 --> 00:27:46.200
 been

00:27:46.200 --> 00:27:46.420
 coming

00:27:46.420 --> 00:27:46.600
 to

00:27:46.600 --> 00:27:46.880
 Trinity

00:27:46.880 --> 00:27:47.200
 maybe

00:27:47.200 --> 00:27:47.539
 you've

00:27:47.539 --> 00:27:48.000
 grown

00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:48.180
 up

00:27:48.180 --> 00:27:48.340
 here

00:27:48.340 --> 00:27:48.559
 maybe

00:27:48.559 --> 00:27:48.759
 this

00:27:48.759 --> 00:27:48.880
 is

00:27:48.880 --> 00:27:49.019
 your

00:27:49.019 --> 00:27:49.400
 church

00:27:49.400 --> 00:27:50.380
 where

00:27:50.380 --> 00:27:50.600
 you've

00:27:50.600 --> 00:27:50.700
 been

00:27:50.700 --> 00:27:50.920
 coming

00:27:50.920 --> 00:27:51.079
 your

00:27:51.079 --> 00:27:51.259
 whole

00:27:51.259 --> 00:27:51.500
 life

00:27:51.500 --> 00:27:51.759
 maybe

00:27:51.759 --> 00:27:52.140
 you've

00:27:52.140 --> 00:27:52.519
 been

00:27:52.519 --> 00:27:52.720
 coming

00:27:52.720 --> 00:27:52.880
 here

00:27:52.880 --> 00:27:53.019
 ever

00:27:53.019 --> 00:27:53.259
 since

00:27:53.259 --> 00:27:53.400
 you

00:27:53.400 --> 00:27:53.559
 moved

00:27:53.559 --> 00:27:53.700
 to

00:27:53.700 --> 00:27:54.000
 town

00:27:54.000 --> 00:27:56.860
 maybe

00:27:56.859 --> 00:27:57.019
 you

00:27:57.019 --> 00:27:57.299
 come

00:27:57.299 --> 00:27:57.679
 because

00:27:57.679 --> 00:27:58.159
 your

00:27:58.159 --> 00:27:58.539
 spouse

00:27:58.539 --> 00:27:58.699
 or

00:27:58.699 --> 00:27:58.839
 your

00:27:58.839 --> 00:27:59.099
 friend

00:27:59.099 --> 00:27:59.379
 keeps

00:27:59.379 --> 00:27:59.699
 dragging

00:27:59.699 --> 00:27:59.899
 you

00:27:59.899 --> 00:28:00.299
 along

00:28:00.299 --> 00:28:02.279
 you've

00:28:02.279 --> 00:28:02.479
 heard

00:28:02.479 --> 00:28:02.659
 the

00:28:02.659 --> 00:28:03.000
 gospel

00:28:03.000 --> 00:28:03.240
 of

00:28:03.240 --> 00:28:03.459
 Jesus

00:28:03.459 --> 00:28:04.019
 preached

00:28:04.019 --> 00:28:05.039
 you've

00:28:05.039 --> 00:28:05.240
 heard

00:28:05.240 --> 00:28:05.399
 the

00:28:05.399 --> 00:28:05.659
 good

00:28:05.659 --> 00:28:06.099
 news

00:28:06.099 --> 00:28:06.500
 of

00:28:06.500 --> 00:28:06.839
 forgiveness

00:28:06.839 --> 00:28:07.119
 of

00:28:07.119 --> 00:28:07.379
 sins

00:28:07.379 --> 00:28:07.539
 and

00:28:07.539 --> 00:28:07.699
 new

00:28:07.699 --> 00:28:07.959
 life

00:28:07.959 --> 00:28:08.099
 to

00:28:08.099 --> 00:28:08.379
 all

00:28:08.379 --> 00:28:08.539
 who

00:28:08.539 --> 00:28:08.939
 repent

00:28:08.939 --> 00:28:09.219
 and

00:28:09.219 --> 00:28:09.519
 trust

00:28:09.519 --> 00:28:09.679
 in

00:28:09.679 --> 00:28:09.939
 Christ

00:28:09.939 --> 00:28:10.119
 but

00:28:10.119 --> 00:28:10.259
 let

00:28:10.259 --> 00:28:10.359
 me

00:28:10.359 --> 00:28:10.699
 ask

00:28:10.699 --> 00:28:10.859
 you

00:28:10.859 --> 00:28:11.159
 friend

00:28:11.159 --> 00:28:12.199
 have

00:28:12.199 --> 00:28:12.339
 you

00:28:12.339 --> 00:28:12.979
 actually

00:28:12.979 --> 00:28:14.019
 repented

00:28:14.019 --> 00:28:16.399
 have

00:28:16.399 --> 00:28:16.559
 you

00:28:16.559 --> 00:28:17.000
 made

00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:17.339
 the

00:28:17.339 --> 00:28:17.919
 decisive

00:28:17.919 --> 00:28:19.199
 turn

00:28:19.199 --> 00:28:23.119
 or

00:28:23.119 --> 00:28:23.259
 do

00:28:23.259 --> 00:28:23.359
 you

00:28:23.359 --> 00:28:23.579
 just

00:28:23.579 --> 00:28:23.899
 come

00:28:23.899 --> 00:28:25.119
 and

00:28:25.119 --> 00:28:25.519
 participate

00:28:25.519 --> 00:28:25.939
 in the

00:28:25.939 --> 00:28:26.379
 service

00:28:26.379 --> 00:28:27.279
 and

00:28:27.279 --> 00:28:27.479
 make

00:28:27.479 --> 00:28:27.779
 friends

00:28:27.779 --> 00:28:28.019
 over

00:28:28.019 --> 00:28:28.519
 coffee

00:28:28.519 --> 00:28:28.839
 maybe

00:28:28.839 --> 00:28:29.139
 even

00:28:29.139 --> 00:28:29.439
 serve

00:28:29.439 --> 00:28:29.639
 in a

00:28:29.639 --> 00:28:29.939
 ministry

00:28:29.939 --> 00:28:30.119
 all

00:28:30.119 --> 00:28:30.259
 those

00:28:30.259 --> 00:28:30.419
 things

00:28:30.419 --> 00:28:30.559
 are

00:28:30.559 --> 00:28:30.799
 good

00:28:30.799 --> 00:28:31.199
 things

00:28:31.199 --> 00:28:31.379
 but

00:28:31.379 --> 00:28:31.579
 it's

00:28:31.579 --> 00:28:32.019
 possible

00:28:32.019 --> 00:28:32.219
 to

00:28:32.219 --> 00:28:32.359
 do

00:28:32.359 --> 00:28:32.659
 all

00:28:32.659 --> 00:28:33.000
 that

00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:33.500
 and

00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:33.979
 still

00:28:33.979 --> 00:28:34.799
 not

00:28:34.799 --> 00:28:35.559
 repent

00:28:35.559 --> 00:28:38.859
 repentance

00:28:38.859 --> 00:28:39.339
 is a

00:28:39.339 --> 00:28:40.059
 surrendering

00:28:40.059 --> 00:28:40.399
 of the

00:28:40.399 --> 00:28:40.859
 whole

00:28:40.859 --> 00:28:41.399
 heart

00:28:41.399 --> 00:28:41.659
 to

00:28:41.659 --> 00:28:41.959
 Christ

00:28:41.959 --> 00:28:42.139
 do

00:28:42.139 --> 00:28:42.279
 you

00:28:42.279 --> 00:28:42.500
 sit

00:28:42.500 --> 00:28:42.779
 week

00:28:42.779 --> 00:28:43.059
 after

00:28:43.059 --> 00:28:43.419
 week

00:28:43.419 --> 00:28:43.959
 under

00:28:43.959 --> 00:28:44.359
 God's

00:28:44.359 --> 00:28:44.639
 word

00:28:44.639 --> 00:28:45.139
 without

00:28:45.139 --> 00:28:45.579
 any

00:28:45.579 --> 00:28:46.240
 real

00:28:46.240 --> 00:28:46.679
 turning

00:28:46.679 --> 00:28:46.919
 to

00:28:46.919 --> 00:28:47.179
 him

00:28:47.179 --> 00:28:48.659
 do

00:28:48.659 --> 00:28:48.799
 you

00:28:48.799 --> 00:28:48.980
 see

00:28:48.980 --> 00:28:49.459
 any

00:28:49.459 --> 00:28:50.240
 fruit

00:28:50.240 --> 00:28:51.279
 any

00:28:51.279 --> 00:28:52.019
 evidence

00:28:52.019 --> 00:28:52.240
 of

00:28:52.240 --> 00:28:52.659
 repentance

00:28:52.659 --> 00:28:52.980
 in

00:28:52.980 --> 00:28:53.079
 your

00:28:53.079 --> 00:28:53.500
 life

00:28:53.500 --> 00:28:57.480
 what

00:28:57.480 --> 00:28:57.679
 does

00:28:57.679 --> 00:28:57.879
 fruit

00:28:57.879 --> 00:28:58.000
 of

00:28:58.000 --> 00:28:58.359
 repentance

00:28:58.359 --> 00:28:58.639
 look

00:28:58.639 --> 00:28:58.959
 like

00:28:58.959 --> 00:29:00.939
 here's

00:29:00.939 --> 00:29:01.039
 how

00:29:01.039 --> 00:29:01.339
 J.C.

00:29:01.399 --> 00:29:01.579
 Ryle

00:29:01.579 --> 00:29:02.059
 described

00:29:02.059 --> 00:29:02.179
 it

00:29:02.179 --> 00:29:02.299
 he

00:29:02.299 --> 00:29:02.559
 said

00:29:02.559 --> 00:29:03.559
 real

00:29:03.559 --> 00:29:04.019
 repentance

00:29:04.019 --> 00:29:04.359
 starts

00:29:04.359 --> 00:29:04.539
 to

00:29:04.539 --> 00:29:04.720
 look

00:29:04.720 --> 00:29:04.939
 like

00:29:04.939 --> 00:29:05.220
 this

00:29:05.220 --> 00:29:05.379
 it

00:29:05.379 --> 00:29:06.419
 begins

00:29:06.419 --> 00:29:06.619
 with

00:29:06.619 --> 00:29:06.779
 a

00:29:06.779 --> 00:29:07.179
 knowledge

00:29:07.179 --> 00:29:07.439
 of

00:29:07.439 --> 00:29:07.740
 sin

00:29:07.740 --> 00:29:09.099
 you

00:29:09.099 --> 00:29:09.319
 see

00:29:09.319 --> 00:29:09.519
 it

00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:09.980
 you

00:29:09.980 --> 00:29:10.419
 acknowledge

00:29:10.419 --> 00:29:10.740
 it

00:29:10.740 --> 00:29:11.859
 and

00:29:11.859 --> 00:29:11.939
 it

00:29:11.939 --> 00:29:12.099
 goes

00:29:12.099 --> 00:29:12.279
 on

00:29:12.279 --> 00:29:12.419
 to

00:29:12.419 --> 00:29:12.699
 sorrow

00:29:12.699 --> 00:29:12.939
 for

00:29:12.939 --> 00:29:13.219
 sin

00:29:13.219 --> 00:29:14.279
 you

00:29:14.279 --> 00:29:14.679
 grieve

00:29:14.679 --> 00:29:14.919
 it

00:29:14.919 --> 00:29:16.619
 it

00:29:16.619 --> 00:29:16.819
 leads

00:29:16.819 --> 00:29:17.000
 to

00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:17.480
 confession

00:29:17.480 --> 00:29:17.699
 of

00:29:17.699 --> 00:29:17.859
 sin

00:29:17.859 --> 00:29:18.159
 before

00:29:18.159 --> 00:29:18.439
 God

00:29:18.439 --> 00:29:18.579
 you

00:29:18.579 --> 00:29:18.799
 start

00:29:18.799 --> 00:29:18.959
 to

00:29:18.959 --> 00:29:19.259
 admit

00:29:19.259 --> 00:29:19.480
 it

00:29:19.480 --> 00:29:19.919
 and

00:29:19.919 --> 00:29:20.179
 call

00:29:20.179 --> 00:29:20.359
 out

00:29:20.359 --> 00:29:20.500
 to

00:29:20.500 --> 00:29:20.699
 God

00:29:20.699 --> 00:29:20.859
 for

00:29:20.859 --> 00:29:21.279
 forgiveness

00:29:21.279 --> 00:29:23.179
 but

00:29:23.179 --> 00:29:23.299
 then

00:29:23.299 --> 00:29:23.419
 it

00:29:23.419 --> 00:29:23.599
 starts

00:29:23.599 --> 00:29:23.740
 to

00:29:23.740 --> 00:29:23.879
 bear

00:29:23.879 --> 00:29:24.079
 other

00:29:24.079 --> 00:29:24.259
 fruit

00:29:24.259 --> 00:29:24.379
 it

00:29:24.379 --> 00:29:24.559
 starts

00:29:24.559 --> 00:29:24.699
 to

00:29:24.699 --> 00:29:24.939
 show

00:29:24.939 --> 00:29:25.259
 itself

00:29:25.259 --> 00:29:25.599
 before

00:29:25.599 --> 00:29:26.019
 others

00:29:26.019 --> 00:29:26.659
 by

00:29:26.659 --> 00:29:26.859
 a

00:29:26.859 --> 00:29:27.139
 thorough

00:29:27.139 --> 00:29:27.859
 breaking

00:29:27.859 --> 00:29:28.219
 off

00:29:28.219 --> 00:29:28.439
 from

00:29:28.439 --> 00:29:28.679
 sin

00:29:28.679 --> 00:29:28.799
 you

00:29:28.799 --> 00:29:28.899
 want

00:29:28.899 --> 00:29:29.480
 to

00:29:29.480 --> 00:29:30.099
 not

00:29:30.099 --> 00:29:30.500
 just

00:29:30.500 --> 00:29:30.679
 has

00:29:30.679 --> 00:29:30.799
 your

00:29:30.799 --> 00:29:31.500
 mind

00:29:31.500 --> 00:29:31.879
 changed

00:29:31.879 --> 00:29:32.019
 your

00:29:32.019 --> 00:29:32.279
 heart

00:29:32.279 --> 00:29:32.480
 changed

00:29:32.480 --> 00:29:32.639
 but

00:29:32.639 --> 00:29:32.919
 you

00:29:32.919 --> 00:29:33.079
 want

00:29:33.079 --> 00:29:33.199
 to

00:29:33.199 --> 00:29:33.439
 change

00:29:33.439 --> 00:29:33.599
 your

00:29:33.599 --> 00:29:33.960
 life

00:29:33.960 --> 00:29:34.299
 too

00:29:34.299 --> 00:29:35.019
 it

00:29:35.019 --> 00:29:35.240
 leads

00:29:35.240 --> 00:29:35.379
 to

00:29:35.379 --> 00:29:35.480
 a

00:29:35.480 --> 00:29:35.579
 new

00:29:35.579 --> 00:29:36.159
 direction

00:29:36.159 --> 00:29:37.439
 and

00:29:37.439 --> 00:29:37.519
 it

00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:37.939
 results

00:29:37.939 --> 00:29:38.099
 in

00:29:38.099 --> 00:29:38.419
 producing

00:29:38.419 --> 00:29:38.639
 a

00:29:38.639 --> 00:29:38.879
 habit

00:29:38.879 --> 00:29:39.039
 of

00:29:39.039 --> 00:29:39.259
 deep

00:29:39.259 --> 00:29:39.879
 distaste

00:29:39.879 --> 00:29:40.119
 for

00:29:40.119 --> 00:29:40.299
 all

00:29:40.299 --> 00:29:40.439
 sin

00:29:40.439 --> 00:29:40.599
 it

00:29:40.599 --> 00:29:41.259
 loses

00:29:41.259 --> 00:29:41.859
 the

00:29:41.859 --> 00:29:42.199
 savor

00:29:42.199 --> 00:29:42.399
 that

00:29:42.399 --> 00:29:42.500
 it

00:29:42.500 --> 00:29:42.740
 once

00:29:42.740 --> 00:29:43.079
 had

00:29:43.079 --> 00:29:46.019
 and

00:29:46.019 --> 00:29:46.240
 above

00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:46.480
 all

00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:46.919
 repentance

00:29:46.919 --> 00:29:47.220
 is

00:29:47.220 --> 00:29:48.119
 inseparably

00:29:48.119 --> 00:29:48.799
 connected

00:29:48.799 --> 00:29:49.119
 Ryle

00:29:49.119 --> 00:29:49.399
 says

00:29:49.399 --> 00:29:49.559
 with

00:29:49.559 --> 00:29:49.799
 a

00:29:49.799 --> 00:29:50.199
 lively

00:29:50.199 --> 00:29:50.759
 faith

00:29:50.759 --> 00:29:51.359
 in

00:29:51.359 --> 00:29:51.500
 the

00:29:51.500 --> 00:29:51.699
 Lord

00:29:51.699 --> 00:29:52.059
 Jesus

00:29:52.059 --> 00:29:54.079
 it's

00:29:54.079 --> 00:29:54.199
 a

00:29:54.199 --> 00:29:54.439
 turning

00:29:54.439 --> 00:29:55.099
 from

00:29:55.099 --> 00:29:55.779
 one

00:29:55.779 --> 00:29:56.199
 thing

00:29:56.199 --> 00:29:57.339
 unto

00:29:57.339 --> 00:29:58.480
 him

00:29:58.480 --> 00:30:01.519
 has

00:30:01.519 --> 00:30:02.039
 repentance

00:30:02.039 --> 00:30:02.519
 begun

00:30:02.519 --> 00:30:02.740
 to

00:30:02.740 --> 00:30:03.139
 produce

00:30:03.139 --> 00:30:03.619
 that

00:30:03.619 --> 00:30:04.319
 sort

00:30:04.319 --> 00:30:04.519
 of

00:30:04.519 --> 00:30:04.819
 fruit

00:30:04.819 --> 00:30:05.039
 in

00:30:05.039 --> 00:30:05.159
 your

00:30:05.159 --> 00:30:05.579
 life

00:30:05.579 --> 00:30:07.399
 has

00:30:07.399 --> 00:30:07.579
 the

00:30:07.579 --> 00:30:08.059
 about

00:30:08.059 --> 00:30:08.619
 face

00:30:08.619 --> 00:30:10.000
 from

00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:10.359
 self

00:30:10.359 --> 00:30:10.559
 to

00:30:10.559 --> 00:30:10.879
 God

00:30:10.879 --> 00:30:11.099
 the

00:30:11.099 --> 00:30:11.439
 surrender

00:30:11.439 --> 00:30:11.639
 of

00:30:11.639 --> 00:30:11.759
 your

00:30:11.759 --> 00:30:12.059
 whole

00:30:12.059 --> 00:30:12.339
 self

00:30:12.339 --> 00:30:12.500
 to

00:30:12.500 --> 00:30:12.639
 him

00:30:12.640 --> 00:30:12.880
 begun

00:30:12.880 --> 00:30:13.020
 to

00:30:13.020 --> 00:30:13.180
 look

00:30:13.180 --> 00:30:13.400
 like

00:30:13.400 --> 00:30:13.720
 that

00:30:13.720 --> 00:30:17.180
 there's

00:30:17.180 --> 00:30:17.280
 a

00:30:17.280 --> 00:30:17.620
 difference

00:30:17.620 --> 00:30:18.080
 you know

00:30:18.080 --> 00:30:19.220
 between

00:30:19.220 --> 00:30:19.680
 merely

00:30:19.680 --> 00:30:20.700
 professing

00:30:20.700 --> 00:30:21.520
 Christ

00:30:21.520 --> 00:30:22.900
 and

00:30:22.900 --> 00:30:23.280
 really

00:30:23.280 --> 00:30:24.240
 possessing

00:30:24.240 --> 00:30:25.300
 Christ

00:30:25.300 --> 00:30:27.759
 if

00:30:27.759 --> 00:30:27.940
 you've

00:30:27.940 --> 00:30:28.060
 been

00:30:28.060 --> 00:30:28.280
 coming

00:30:28.280 --> 00:30:28.440
 to

00:30:28.440 --> 00:30:28.680
 church

00:30:28.680 --> 00:30:28.860
 for

00:30:28.860 --> 00:30:29.140
 some

00:30:29.140 --> 00:30:29.380
 time

00:30:29.380 --> 00:30:29.680
 can

00:30:29.680 --> 00:30:29.920
 you

00:30:29.920 --> 00:30:30.300
 say

00:30:30.300 --> 00:30:30.860
 you

00:30:30.860 --> 00:30:31.420
 really

00:30:31.420 --> 00:30:32.480
 possess

00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:32.840
 him

00:30:32.840 --> 00:30:36.860
 maybe

00:30:36.860 --> 00:30:37.240
 so

00:30:37.240 --> 00:30:39.400
 maybe

00:30:39.400 --> 00:30:39.640
 by

00:30:39.640 --> 00:30:40.000
 God's

00:30:40.000 --> 00:30:40.320
 grace

00:30:40.320 --> 00:30:40.540
 you

00:30:40.540 --> 00:30:41.120
 can

00:30:41.120 --> 00:30:41.720
 point

00:30:41.720 --> 00:30:41.860
 to

00:30:41.860 --> 00:30:42.000
 the

00:30:42.000 --> 00:30:42.180
 fruit

00:30:42.180 --> 00:30:42.320
 of

00:30:42.320 --> 00:30:42.660
 repentance

00:30:42.660 --> 00:30:42.880
 in

00:30:42.880 --> 00:30:43.000
 your

00:30:43.000 --> 00:30:43.380
 life

00:30:43.380 --> 00:30:44.960
 for

00:30:44.960 --> 00:30:45.200
 many

00:30:45.200 --> 00:30:45.360
 of

00:30:45.360 --> 00:30:45.440
 you

00:30:45.440 --> 00:30:45.660
 here

00:30:45.660 --> 00:30:45.820
 I

00:30:45.820 --> 00:30:46.019
 know

00:30:46.019 --> 00:30:46.320
 that's

00:30:46.320 --> 00:30:46.740
 true

00:30:46.740 --> 00:30:47.960
 and

00:30:47.960 --> 00:30:48.080
 if

00:30:48.080 --> 00:30:48.200
 that

00:30:48.200 --> 00:30:48.400
 is

00:30:48.400 --> 00:30:48.700
 true

00:30:48.700 --> 00:30:48.860
 in

00:30:48.860 --> 00:30:48.980
 your

00:30:48.980 --> 00:30:49.180
 own

00:30:49.180 --> 00:30:49.420
 life

00:30:49.420 --> 00:30:49.580
 then

00:30:49.580 --> 00:30:49.900
 Christian

00:30:49.900 --> 00:30:50.259
 thank

00:30:50.259 --> 00:30:50.660
 God

00:30:50.660 --> 00:30:50.920
 for

00:30:50.920 --> 00:30:51.160
 it

00:30:51.160 --> 00:30:52.680
 and

00:30:52.680 --> 00:30:53.080
 go

00:30:53.080 --> 00:30:53.500
 on

00:30:53.500 --> 00:30:54.299
 repenting

00:30:54.299 --> 00:30:54.759
 to

00:30:54.759 --> 00:30:54.920
 the

00:30:54.920 --> 00:30:55.200
 end

00:30:55.200 --> 00:30:55.340
 of

00:30:55.340 --> 00:30:55.460
 your

00:30:55.460 --> 00:30:55.759
 earthly

00:30:55.759 --> 00:30:56.220
 life

00:30:56.220 --> 00:30:57.440
 perhaps

00:30:57.440 --> 00:30:57.680
 one

00:30:57.680 --> 00:30:57.759
 of

00:30:57.759 --> 00:30:57.880
 the

00:30:57.880 --> 00:30:58.200
 greatest

00:30:58.200 --> 00:30:58.779
 signs

00:30:58.779 --> 00:30:59.240
 that

00:30:59.240 --> 00:30:59.620
 repentance

00:30:59.620 --> 00:30:59.920
 is

00:30:59.920 --> 00:31:00.340
 starting

00:31:00.340 --> 00:31:00.539
 to

00:31:00.539 --> 00:31:00.779
 take

00:31:00.779 --> 00:31:01.200
 root

00:31:01.200 --> 00:31:01.740
 is

00:31:01.740 --> 00:31:01.900
 that

00:31:01.900 --> 00:31:02.039
 you

00:31:02.039 --> 00:31:02.779
 realize

00:31:02.779 --> 00:31:03.259
 how

00:31:03.259 --> 00:31:03.740
 much

00:31:03.740 --> 00:31:04.019
 you

00:31:04.019 --> 00:31:04.700
 always

00:31:04.700 --> 00:31:05.160
 needed

00:31:05.160 --> 00:31:07.160
 that

00:31:07.160 --> 00:31:07.360
 you're

00:31:07.360 --> 00:31:07.660
 never

00:31:07.660 --> 00:31:08.220
 exempt

00:31:08.220 --> 00:31:09.779
 even

00:31:09.779 --> 00:31:09.940
 if

00:31:09.940 --> 00:31:10.079
 you've

00:31:10.079 --> 00:31:10.160
 been

00:31:10.160 --> 00:31:10.319
 a

00:31:10.319 --> 00:31:10.600
 genuine

00:31:10.600 --> 00:31:10.960
 Christian

00:31:10.960 --> 00:31:11.180
 for

00:31:11.180 --> 00:31:11.400
 a

00:31:11.400 --> 00:31:11.680
 long

00:31:11.680 --> 00:31:12.220
 time

00:31:12.220 --> 00:31:14.819
 friends

00:31:14.819 --> 00:31:14.960
 our

00:31:14.960 --> 00:31:15.460
 repentance

00:31:15.460 --> 00:31:15.900
 will

00:31:15.900 --> 00:31:16.480
 continue

00:31:16.480 --> 00:31:17.299
 all

00:31:17.299 --> 00:31:17.539
 the

00:31:17.539 --> 00:31:18.000
 way

00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:18.319
 into

00:31:18.319 --> 00:31:18.799
 glory

00:31:18.799 --> 00:31:21.680
 when

00:31:21.680 --> 00:31:22.059
 finally

00:31:22.059 --> 00:31:22.279
 we're

00:31:22.279 --> 00:31:22.519
 made

00:31:22.519 --> 00:31:22.799
 new

00:31:22.799 --> 00:31:23.880
 in the

00:31:23.880 --> 00:31:24.039
 very

00:31:24.039 --> 00:31:24.420
 presence

00:31:24.420 --> 00:31:24.600
 of

00:31:24.600 --> 00:31:24.720
 our

00:31:24.720 --> 00:31:25.120
 triune

00:31:25.120 --> 00:31:25.480
 God

00:31:25.480 --> 00:31:28.880
 but

00:31:28.880 --> 00:31:29.240
 responding

00:31:29.240 --> 00:31:29.440
 to

00:31:29.440 --> 00:31:29.640
 Jesus'

00:31:29.799 --> 00:31:29.980
 parable

00:31:29.980 --> 00:31:30.259
 doesn't

00:31:30.259 --> 00:31:30.600
 just mean

00:31:30.600 --> 00:31:31.059
 acknowledging

00:31:31.059 --> 00:31:31.500
 our need

00:31:31.500 --> 00:31:31.660
 to

00:31:31.660 --> 00:31:31.980
 repent

00:31:31.980 --> 00:31:33.180
 it

00:31:33.180 --> 00:31:33.420
 means

00:31:33.420 --> 00:31:33.759
 seeing

00:31:33.759 --> 00:31:33.920
 our

00:31:33.920 --> 00:31:34.099
 need

00:31:34.099 --> 00:31:34.220
 to

00:31:34.220 --> 00:31:34.599
 repent

00:31:34.599 --> 00:31:35.599
 now

00:31:35.599 --> 00:31:38.099
 to

00:31:38.099 --> 00:31:38.460
 really

00:31:38.460 --> 00:31:38.940
 feel

00:31:38.940 --> 00:31:39.220
 the

00:31:39.220 --> 00:31:39.759
 urgency

00:31:39.759 --> 00:31:40.140
 of

00:31:40.140 --> 00:31:40.480
 it

00:31:40.480 --> 00:31:42.839
 do

00:31:42.839 --> 00:31:42.880
 you

00:31:42.880 --> 00:31:43.039
 remember

00:31:43.039 --> 00:31:43.240
 that

00:31:43.240 --> 00:31:43.519
 scene

00:31:43.519 --> 00:31:43.680
 from

00:31:43.680 --> 00:31:43.819
 the

00:31:43.819 --> 00:31:44.019
 screw

00:31:44.019 --> 00:31:44.240
 tape

00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:44.500
 letters

00:31:44.500 --> 00:31:44.700
 if

00:31:44.700 --> 00:31:44.819
 you're

00:31:44.819 --> 00:31:44.920
 a

00:31:44.920 --> 00:31:45.140
 CS

00:31:45.140 --> 00:31:45.360
 Lewis

00:31:45.360 --> 00:31:45.720
 fan

00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:46.200
 early

00:31:46.200 --> 00:31:46.579
 on

00:31:46.579 --> 00:31:47.140
 I

00:31:47.140 --> 00:31:47.400
 think

00:31:47.400 --> 00:31:47.559
 the

00:31:47.559 --> 00:31:47.759
 main

00:31:47.759 --> 00:31:48.140
 character

00:31:48.140 --> 00:31:48.259
 is

00:31:48.259 --> 00:31:48.740
 sitting

00:31:48.740 --> 00:31:48.920
 in

00:31:48.920 --> 00:31:49.019
 the

00:31:49.019 --> 00:31:49.519
 library

00:31:49.519 --> 00:31:50.039
 I

00:31:50.039 --> 00:31:50.380
 imagine

00:31:50.380 --> 00:31:50.519
 him

00:31:50.519 --> 00:31:51.000
 sitting

00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:51.200
 in

00:31:51.200 --> 00:31:51.339
 the

00:31:51.339 --> 00:31:51.720
 in

00:31:51.720 --> 00:31:51.860
 the

00:31:51.860 --> 00:31:52.360
 Bodleian

00:31:52.360 --> 00:31:52.519
 in

00:31:52.519 --> 00:31:52.839
 Oxford

00:31:52.839 --> 00:31:53.519
 staring

00:31:53.519 --> 00:31:53.779
 up

00:31:53.779 --> 00:31:53.960
 maybe

00:31:53.960 --> 00:31:54.120
 he's

00:31:54.120 --> 00:31:54.240
 in

00:31:54.240 --> 00:31:54.599
 Radcliffe

00:31:54.599 --> 00:31:55.019
 camera

00:31:55.019 --> 00:31:55.240
 sort

00:31:55.240 --> 00:31:55.339
 of

00:31:55.339 --> 00:31:55.799
 admiring

00:31:55.799 --> 00:31:55.980
 the

00:31:55.980 --> 00:31:56.339
 glass

00:31:56.339 --> 00:31:56.559
 window

00:31:56.559 --> 00:31:56.680
 and

00:31:56.680 --> 00:31:56.900
 suddenly

00:31:56.900 --> 00:31:57.079
 has

00:31:57.079 --> 00:31:57.240
 this

00:31:57.240 --> 00:31:57.599
 thought

00:31:57.599 --> 00:31:58.839
 oh

00:31:58.839 --> 00:31:59.000
 my

00:31:59.000 --> 00:31:59.259
 goodness

00:31:59.259 --> 00:31:59.579
 God

00:31:59.579 --> 00:31:59.720
 is

00:31:59.720 --> 00:32:00.180
 real

00:32:00.180 --> 00:32:00.759
 and

00:32:00.759 --> 00:32:00.880
 I

00:32:00.880 --> 00:32:01.039
 need

00:32:01.039 --> 00:32:01.160
 to

00:32:01.160 --> 00:32:01.279
 get

00:32:01.279 --> 00:32:01.539
 right

00:32:01.539 --> 00:32:01.740
 with

00:32:01.740 --> 00:32:01.960
 him

00:32:01.960 --> 00:32:02.839
 and

00:32:02.839 --> 00:32:02.980
 it

00:32:02.980 --> 00:32:03.539
 strikes

00:32:03.539 --> 00:32:03.740
 the

00:32:03.740 --> 00:32:03.900
 main

00:32:03.900 --> 00:32:04.220
 character

00:32:04.220 --> 00:32:04.319
 as

00:32:04.319 --> 00:32:04.380
 the

00:32:04.380 --> 00:32:04.480
 most

00:32:04.480 --> 00:32:04.880
 important

00:32:04.880 --> 00:32:05.359
 question

00:32:05.359 --> 00:32:05.500
 in

00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:05.620
 the

00:32:05.620 --> 00:32:06.160
 universe

00:32:06.160 --> 00:32:08.059
 but

00:32:08.059 --> 00:32:08.160
 then

00:32:08.160 --> 00:32:08.240
 he

00:32:08.240 --> 00:32:08.359
 gets

00:32:08.359 --> 00:32:08.700
 hungry

00:32:08.700 --> 00:32:10.019
 and

00:32:10.019 --> 00:32:10.099
 he

00:32:10.099 --> 00:32:10.200
 has

00:32:10.200 --> 00:32:10.279
 to

00:32:10.279 --> 00:32:10.380
 go

00:32:10.380 --> 00:32:10.500
 get

00:32:10.500 --> 00:32:10.680
 something

00:32:10.680 --> 00:32:10.839
 to

00:32:10.839 --> 00:32:11.059
 eat

00:32:11.059 --> 00:32:11.900
 by

00:32:11.900 --> 00:32:12.019
 the

00:32:12.019 --> 00:32:12.220
 time

00:32:12.220 --> 00:32:12.319
 he

00:32:12.319 --> 00:32:12.519
 makes

00:32:12.519 --> 00:32:12.620
 it

00:32:12.620 --> 00:32:12.740
 out

00:32:12.740 --> 00:32:12.839
 to

00:32:12.839 --> 00:32:12.960
 the

00:32:12.960 --> 00:32:13.180
 street

00:32:13.180 --> 00:32:13.339
 and

00:32:13.339 --> 00:32:13.519
 sees

00:32:13.519 --> 00:32:13.660
 the

00:32:13.660 --> 00:32:13.819
 bus

00:32:13.819 --> 00:32:13.960
 is

00:32:13.960 --> 00:32:14.180
 going

00:32:14.180 --> 00:32:14.519
 by

00:32:14.519 --> 00:32:14.680
 and

00:32:14.680 --> 00:32:14.859
 sees

00:32:14.859 --> 00:32:14.960
 the

00:32:14.960 --> 00:32:15.079
 new

00:32:15.079 --> 00:32:15.299
 books

00:32:15.299 --> 00:32:15.420
 he

00:32:15.420 --> 00:32:15.620
 wants

00:32:15.620 --> 00:32:15.779
 to

00:32:15.779 --> 00:32:16.079
 buy

00:32:16.079 --> 00:32:16.920
 oh

00:32:16.920 --> 00:32:17.059
 he's

00:32:17.059 --> 00:32:17.200
 on

00:32:17.200 --> 00:32:17.279
 to

00:32:17.279 --> 00:32:17.539
 something

00:32:17.539 --> 00:32:17.879
 else

00:32:17.879 --> 00:32:21.839
 but

00:32:21.839 --> 00:32:22.240
 friends

00:32:22.240 --> 00:32:23.119
 do you

00:32:23.119 --> 00:32:23.200
 see

00:32:23.200 --> 00:32:23.339
 the

00:32:23.339 --> 00:32:23.779
 urgency

00:32:23.779 --> 00:32:25.519
 of

00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:25.899
 repentance

00:32:25.899 --> 00:32:28.460
 why

00:32:28.460 --> 00:32:28.700
 would

00:32:28.700 --> 00:32:28.839
 you

00:32:28.839 --> 00:32:29.180
 wait

00:32:29.180 --> 00:32:31.480
 it's

00:32:31.480 --> 00:32:31.740
 a very

00:32:31.740 --> 00:32:32.039
 foolish

00:32:32.039 --> 00:32:32.339
 thing

00:32:32.339 --> 00:32:32.619
 to put

00:32:32.619 --> 00:32:32.720
 it

00:32:32.720 --> 00:32:32.920
 off

00:32:32.920 --> 00:32:33.059
 you

00:32:33.059 --> 00:32:33.259
 know

00:32:33.259 --> 00:32:36.259
 some

00:32:36.259 --> 00:32:36.460
 people

00:32:36.460 --> 00:32:36.740
 think

00:32:36.740 --> 00:32:37.000
 that

00:32:37.000 --> 00:32:37.740
 they'll

00:32:37.740 --> 00:32:37.920
 have

00:32:37.920 --> 00:32:38.079
 their

00:32:38.079 --> 00:32:38.519
 fun

00:32:38.519 --> 00:32:39.160
 now

00:32:39.160 --> 00:32:40.740
 and

00:32:40.740 --> 00:32:40.940
 then

00:32:40.940 --> 00:32:41.099
 when

00:32:41.099 --> 00:32:41.259
 they're

00:32:41.259 --> 00:32:41.579
 old

00:32:41.579 --> 00:32:42.059
 they'll

00:32:42.059 --> 00:32:42.240
 come

00:32:42.240 --> 00:32:42.399
 to

00:32:42.399 --> 00:32:42.680
 terms

00:32:42.680 --> 00:32:42.879
 with

00:32:42.879 --> 00:32:43.220
 God

00:32:43.220 --> 00:32:45.460
 but

00:32:45.460 --> 00:32:45.579
 that

00:32:45.579 --> 00:32:45.700
 is

00:32:45.700 --> 00:32:45.779
 a

00:32:45.779 --> 00:32:45.920
 very

00:32:45.920 --> 00:32:46.399
 foolish

00:32:46.400 --> 00:32:47.560
 agenda

00:32:47.560 --> 00:32:47.980
 friends

00:32:47.980 --> 00:32:49.920
 after

00:32:49.920 --> 00:32:50.259
 all

00:32:50.259 --> 00:32:51.420
 what

00:32:51.420 --> 00:32:51.620
 makes

00:32:51.620 --> 00:32:51.759
 you

00:32:51.759 --> 00:32:52.000
 think

00:32:52.000 --> 00:32:52.160
 that

00:32:52.160 --> 00:32:52.259
 in

00:32:52.259 --> 00:32:52.440
 old

00:32:52.440 --> 00:32:52.720
 age

00:32:52.720 --> 00:32:52.880
 you'll

00:32:52.880 --> 00:32:53.019
 have

00:32:53.019 --> 00:32:53.200
 any

00:32:53.200 --> 00:32:53.580
 desire

00:32:53.580 --> 00:32:53.759
 to

00:32:53.759 --> 00:32:53.900
 come

00:32:53.900 --> 00:32:54.019
 to

00:32:54.019 --> 00:32:54.240
 terms

00:32:54.240 --> 00:32:54.400
 with

00:32:54.400 --> 00:32:54.680
 God

00:32:54.680 --> 00:32:57.300
 and

00:32:57.300 --> 00:32:57.460
 what

00:32:57.460 --> 00:32:57.840
 guarantee

00:32:57.840 --> 00:32:58.080
 do

00:32:58.080 --> 00:32:58.180
 you

00:32:58.180 --> 00:32:58.420
 have

00:32:58.420 --> 00:32:58.580
 that

00:32:58.580 --> 00:32:58.800
 God

00:32:58.800 --> 00:32:58.980
 will

00:32:58.980 --> 00:32:59.380
 allow

00:32:59.380 --> 00:32:59.560
 you

00:32:59.560 --> 00:32:59.740
 to

00:32:59.740 --> 00:33:00.019
 tarry

00:33:00.019 --> 00:33:00.240
 that

00:33:00.240 --> 00:33:00.620
 long

00:33:00.620 --> 00:33:04.340
 and

00:33:04.340 --> 00:33:04.740
 moreover

00:33:04.740 --> 00:33:05.000
 don't

00:33:05.000 --> 00:33:05.140
 you

00:33:05.140 --> 00:33:05.519
 see

00:33:05.519 --> 00:33:06.740
 that

00:33:06.740 --> 00:33:06.980
 a

00:33:06.980 --> 00:33:07.400
 life

00:33:07.400 --> 00:33:08.360
 lived

00:33:08.360 --> 00:33:08.759
 for

00:33:08.759 --> 00:33:09.360
 God

00:33:09.360 --> 00:33:09.700
 in

00:33:09.700 --> 00:33:10.280
 Christ

00:33:10.280 --> 00:33:10.800
 is

00:33:10.800 --> 00:33:10.980
 where

00:33:10.980 --> 00:33:11.200
 your

00:33:11.200 --> 00:33:12.000
 deepest

00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:12.820
 purpose

00:33:12.820 --> 00:33:13.400
 and

00:33:13.400 --> 00:33:13.840
 joy

00:33:13.840 --> 00:33:14.180
 is

00:33:14.180 --> 00:33:14.780
 found

00:33:14.779 --> 00:33:17.000
 repentance

00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:17.519
 is a

00:33:17.519 --> 00:33:18.359
 transformation

00:33:18.359 --> 00:33:18.940
 from

00:33:18.940 --> 00:33:19.420
 death

00:33:19.420 --> 00:33:19.740
 to

00:33:19.740 --> 00:33:20.180
 life

00:33:20.180 --> 00:33:20.899
 from

00:33:20.899 --> 00:33:21.599
 sleeping

00:33:21.599 --> 00:33:21.980
 to

00:33:21.980 --> 00:33:22.519
 waking

00:33:22.519 --> 00:33:23.059
 from

00:33:23.059 --> 00:33:23.700
 captivity

00:33:23.700 --> 00:33:24.079
 to

00:33:24.079 --> 00:33:24.619
 freedom

00:33:24.619 --> 00:33:26.440
 from

00:33:26.440 --> 00:33:26.639
 the

00:33:26.639 --> 00:33:27.160
 dangerous

00:33:27.160 --> 00:33:27.879
 rocks

00:33:27.879 --> 00:33:28.259
 of the

00:33:28.259 --> 00:33:28.639
 cliff

00:33:28.639 --> 00:33:28.980
 ridden

00:33:28.980 --> 00:33:29.420
 shore

00:33:29.420 --> 00:33:29.759
 to the

00:33:29.759 --> 00:33:30.039
 open

00:33:30.039 --> 00:33:30.519
 seas

00:33:30.519 --> 00:33:30.700
 of

00:33:30.700 --> 00:33:31.059
 God's

00:33:31.059 --> 00:33:31.460
 kingdom

00:33:31.460 --> 00:33:33.920
 repentance

00:33:33.920 --> 00:33:34.319
 isn't

00:33:34.319 --> 00:33:34.480
 a

00:33:34.480 --> 00:33:35.619
 turning

00:33:35.619 --> 00:33:35.879
 into

00:33:35.879 --> 00:33:36.139
 some

00:33:36.139 --> 00:33:36.339
 sort

00:33:36.339 --> 00:33:36.460
 of

00:33:36.460 --> 00:33:36.899
 dark

00:33:36.899 --> 00:33:37.279
 alley

00:33:37.279 --> 00:33:37.539
 and

00:33:37.539 --> 00:33:37.899
 biding

00:33:37.899 --> 00:33:38.160
 our

00:33:38.160 --> 00:33:38.720
 time

00:33:38.720 --> 00:33:39.740
 it's

00:33:39.740 --> 00:33:40.059
 stepping

00:33:40.059 --> 00:33:40.339
 out

00:33:40.339 --> 00:33:40.519
 into

00:33:40.519 --> 00:33:40.680
 the

00:33:40.680 --> 00:33:41.039
 light

00:33:41.039 --> 00:33:41.680
 and

00:33:41.680 --> 00:33:42.019
 finding

00:33:42.019 --> 00:33:42.220
 the

00:33:42.220 --> 00:33:42.420
 real

00:33:42.420 --> 00:33:43.000
 reason

00:33:43.000 --> 00:33:43.220
 for

00:33:43.220 --> 00:33:43.460
 which

00:33:43.460 --> 00:33:43.620
 we

00:33:43.620 --> 00:33:43.779
 were

00:33:43.779 --> 00:33:44.319
 made

00:33:44.319 --> 00:33:45.220
 communion

00:33:45.220 --> 00:33:45.559
 with

00:33:45.559 --> 00:33:46.059
 God

00:33:46.059 --> 00:33:46.960
 and

00:33:46.960 --> 00:33:47.160
 a

00:33:47.160 --> 00:33:47.500
 life

00:33:47.500 --> 00:33:48.100
 lived

00:33:48.100 --> 00:33:48.900
 as

00:33:48.900 --> 00:33:49.100
 a

00:33:49.100 --> 00:33:49.420
 part

00:33:49.420 --> 00:33:49.579
 of

00:33:49.579 --> 00:33:49.779
 his

00:33:49.779 --> 00:33:52.340
 loving

00:33:52.340 --> 00:33:53.779
 redemptive

00:33:53.779 --> 00:33:54.600
 liberating

00:33:54.600 --> 00:33:54.960
 reign

00:33:54.960 --> 00:33:55.200
 in the

00:33:55.200 --> 00:33:55.600
 world

00:33:55.600 --> 00:33:57.539
 why

00:33:57.539 --> 00:33:58.019
 on earth

00:33:58.019 --> 00:33:58.279
 would you

00:33:58.279 --> 00:33:58.559
 want to

00:33:58.559 --> 00:33:58.920
 wait

00:33:58.920 --> 00:34:01.680
 are there

00:34:01.680 --> 00:34:02.279
 questions or

00:34:02.279 --> 00:34:02.700
 doubts you

00:34:02.700 --> 00:34:03.180
 still have

00:34:03.180 --> 00:34:03.400
 about

00:34:03.400 --> 00:34:03.860
 Christianity

00:34:03.860 --> 00:34:04.519
 maybe that's

00:34:04.519 --> 00:34:04.680
 what's

00:34:04.680 --> 00:34:05.000
 holding you

00:34:05.000 --> 00:34:05.259
 back

00:34:05.259 --> 00:34:05.420
 then

00:34:05.420 --> 00:34:06.000
 explore

00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:06.380
 them

00:34:06.380 --> 00:34:07.059
 without

00:34:07.059 --> 00:34:07.539
 delay

00:34:07.539 --> 00:34:07.799
 the

00:34:07.799 --> 00:34:08.079
 stakes

00:34:08.079 --> 00:34:08.240
 are

00:34:08.240 --> 00:34:08.500
 too

00:34:08.500 --> 00:34:08.940
 high

00:34:08.940 --> 00:34:09.300
 to

00:34:09.300 --> 00:34:09.500
 keep

00:34:09.500 --> 00:34:09.840
 putting

00:34:09.840 --> 00:34:10.059
 those

00:34:10.059 --> 00:34:10.500
 questions

00:34:10.500 --> 00:34:11.079
 off

00:34:11.079 --> 00:34:12.320
 and

00:34:12.320 --> 00:34:12.539
 maybe

00:34:12.539 --> 00:34:12.699
 you

00:34:12.699 --> 00:34:12.860
 need

00:34:12.860 --> 00:34:12.980
 to

00:34:12.980 --> 00:34:13.300
 consider

00:34:13.300 --> 00:34:13.500
 whether

00:34:13.500 --> 00:34:13.780
 some

00:34:13.780 --> 00:34:13.900
 of

00:34:13.900 --> 00:34:14.000
 your

00:34:14.000 --> 00:34:14.240
 doubts

00:34:14.240 --> 00:34:14.380
 and

00:34:14.380 --> 00:34:14.720
 questions

00:34:14.720 --> 00:34:14.960
 might

00:34:14.960 --> 00:34:15.240
 better

00:34:15.240 --> 00:34:15.400
 be

00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:15.800
 explored

00:34:15.800 --> 00:34:16.360
 inside

00:34:16.360 --> 00:34:16.600
 the

00:34:16.600 --> 00:34:16.800
 faith

00:34:16.800 --> 00:34:17.000
 rather

00:34:17.000 --> 00:34:17.160
 than

00:34:17.160 --> 00:34:17.500
 outside

00:34:17.500 --> 00:34:17.760
 of

00:34:17.760 --> 00:34:17.900
 it

00:34:17.900 --> 00:34:19.940
 you

00:34:19.940 --> 00:34:20.039
 know

00:34:20.039 --> 00:34:20.180
 you

00:34:20.180 --> 00:34:20.340
 can

00:34:20.340 --> 00:34:20.760
 learn

00:34:20.760 --> 00:34:21.320
 how

00:34:21.320 --> 00:34:21.480
 a

00:34:21.480 --> 00:34:21.800
 bike

00:34:21.800 --> 00:34:22.800
 a bicycle

00:34:22.800 --> 00:34:23.140
 works

00:34:23.140 --> 00:34:23.320
 by

00:34:23.320 --> 00:34:23.720
 riding

00:34:23.720 --> 00:34:24.039
 it

00:34:24.039 --> 00:34:24.900
 just

00:34:24.900 --> 00:34:25.100
 as

00:34:25.100 --> 00:34:25.260
 well

00:34:25.260 --> 00:34:25.380
 as

00:34:25.380 --> 00:34:25.539
 by

00:34:25.539 --> 00:34:25.940
 studying

00:34:25.940 --> 00:34:26.360
 it

00:34:26.360 --> 00:34:28.100
 some

00:34:28.100 --> 00:34:28.580
 questions

00:34:28.580 --> 00:34:28.800
 about

00:34:28.800 --> 00:34:29.300
 Christianity

00:34:29.300 --> 00:34:29.960
 may be

00:34:29.960 --> 00:34:30.240
 better

00:34:30.240 --> 00:34:30.680
 answered

00:34:30.680 --> 00:34:31.140
 in a

00:34:31.140 --> 00:34:31.440
 living

00:34:31.440 --> 00:34:32.120
 relationship

00:34:32.120 --> 00:34:32.380
 with

00:34:32.380 --> 00:34:32.800
 Christ

00:34:32.800 --> 00:34:34.340
 than

00:34:34.340 --> 00:34:34.560
 far

00:34:34.560 --> 00:34:34.840
 apart

00:34:34.840 --> 00:34:35.060
 from

00:34:35.060 --> 00:34:35.300
 him

00:34:35.300 --> 00:34:37.120
 maybe

00:34:37.120 --> 00:34:37.320
 you

00:34:37.320 --> 00:34:37.500
 need

00:34:37.500 --> 00:34:37.640
 to

00:34:37.640 --> 00:34:37.860
 take

00:34:37.860 --> 00:34:38.039
 a

00:34:38.039 --> 00:34:38.380
 step

00:34:38.380 --> 00:34:39.100
 and

00:34:39.100 --> 00:34:39.340
 keep

00:34:39.340 --> 00:34:39.820
 exploring

00:34:39.820 --> 00:34:40.120
 that

00:34:40.120 --> 00:34:40.460
 way

00:34:40.460 --> 00:34:43.639
 but maybe

00:34:43.639 --> 00:34:43.920
 it's not

00:34:43.920 --> 00:34:44.380
 the questions

00:34:44.380 --> 00:34:44.780
 or doubts

00:34:44.780 --> 00:34:45.260
 maybe it's

00:34:45.260 --> 00:34:45.880
 the cost

00:34:45.880 --> 00:34:46.760
 of following

00:34:46.760 --> 00:34:47.340
 Jesus that

00:34:47.340 --> 00:34:47.840
 causes you

00:34:47.840 --> 00:34:48.360
 to delay

00:34:48.360 --> 00:34:49.760
 perhaps the

00:34:49.760 --> 00:34:50.199
 idea of

00:34:50.199 --> 00:34:50.940
 transferring

00:34:50.940 --> 00:34:51.780
 your allegiance

00:34:51.780 --> 00:34:52.619
 to Christ

00:34:52.619 --> 00:34:53.559
 makes it

00:34:53.559 --> 00:34:54.360
 seem like

00:34:54.360 --> 00:34:54.980
 the very

00:34:54.980 --> 00:34:55.679
 thought of

00:34:55.679 --> 00:34:56.260
 that seems

00:34:56.260 --> 00:34:56.820
 like you'd

00:34:56.820 --> 00:34:57.280
 lose

00:34:57.280 --> 00:34:57.940
 just too

00:34:57.940 --> 00:34:58.440
 much

00:34:58.440 --> 00:35:00.039
 friends

00:35:00.039 --> 00:35:00.920
 reputation

00:35:00.920 --> 00:35:02.280
 pursuits

00:35:02.280 --> 00:35:04.680
 maybe

00:35:04.680 --> 00:35:04.860
 maybe you

00:35:04.860 --> 00:35:05.120
 feel like

00:35:05.120 --> 00:35:05.320
 you'd

00:35:05.320 --> 00:35:05.460
 lose

00:35:05.460 --> 00:35:05.580
 a

00:35:05.580 --> 00:35:05.720
 key

00:35:05.720 --> 00:35:05.940
 part

00:35:05.940 --> 00:35:06.040
 of

00:35:06.040 --> 00:35:06.140
 your

00:35:06.140 --> 00:35:06.360
 very

00:35:06.360 --> 00:35:06.840
 identity

00:35:06.840 --> 00:35:07.440
 in

00:35:07.440 --> 00:35:07.620
 giving

00:35:07.620 --> 00:35:07.800
 your

00:35:07.800 --> 00:35:08.040
 life

00:35:08.040 --> 00:35:08.220
 over

00:35:08.220 --> 00:35:08.360
 to

00:35:08.360 --> 00:35:08.620
 Christ

00:35:08.620 --> 00:35:08.800
 and

00:35:08.800 --> 00:35:09.820
 transferring

00:35:09.820 --> 00:35:11.019
 yourself

00:35:11.019 --> 00:35:11.220
 to

00:35:11.220 --> 00:35:11.500
 him

00:35:11.500 --> 00:35:14.380
 the

00:35:14.380 --> 00:35:14.720
 cost

00:35:14.720 --> 00:35:15.100
 seems

00:35:15.100 --> 00:35:15.380
 too

00:35:15.380 --> 00:35:15.740
 high

00:35:15.740 --> 00:35:19.800
 but

00:35:19.800 --> 00:35:20.120
 if that's

00:35:20.120 --> 00:35:20.300
 true

00:35:20.300 --> 00:35:20.640
 for you

00:35:20.640 --> 00:35:20.860
 friend

00:35:20.860 --> 00:35:21.360
 remember

00:35:21.360 --> 00:35:22.880
 all that

00:35:22.880 --> 00:35:23.200
 Christ

00:35:23.200 --> 00:35:23.560
 has done

00:35:23.560 --> 00:35:23.760
 for

00:35:23.760 --> 00:35:24.040
 you

00:35:24.040 --> 00:35:27.000
 if

00:35:27.000 --> 00:35:27.140
 he

00:35:27.140 --> 00:35:27.440
 gave

00:35:27.440 --> 00:35:27.680
 up

00:35:27.680 --> 00:35:28.060
 his

00:35:28.060 --> 00:35:28.260
 own

00:35:28.260 --> 00:35:28.660
 life

00:35:28.660 --> 00:35:29.740
 if

00:35:29.740 --> 00:35:29.900
 he

00:35:29.900 --> 00:35:30.440
 climbed

00:35:30.440 --> 00:35:30.960
 the

00:35:30.960 --> 00:35:31.420
 barren

00:35:31.420 --> 00:35:31.980
 tree

00:35:31.980 --> 00:35:32.380
 for

00:35:32.380 --> 00:35:32.740
 you

00:35:32.740 --> 00:35:34.059
 then

00:35:34.059 --> 00:35:34.519
 nothing

00:35:34.519 --> 00:35:34.800
 we

00:35:34.800 --> 00:35:35.139
 lose

00:35:35.139 --> 00:35:35.340
 for

00:35:35.340 --> 00:35:35.659
 him

00:35:35.659 --> 00:35:36.460
 will

00:35:36.460 --> 00:35:37.059
 compare

00:35:37.059 --> 00:35:37.740
 to

00:35:37.740 --> 00:35:37.920
 what

00:35:37.920 --> 00:35:38.099
 we

00:35:38.099 --> 00:35:38.480
 stand

00:35:38.480 --> 00:35:38.679
 to

00:35:38.679 --> 00:35:39.019
 gain

00:35:39.019 --> 00:35:43.079
 God

00:35:43.079 --> 00:35:43.240
 has

00:35:43.240 --> 00:35:43.400
 made

00:35:43.400 --> 00:35:43.679
 time

00:35:43.679 --> 00:35:43.880
 for

00:35:43.880 --> 00:35:44.119
 you

00:35:44.119 --> 00:35:45.460
 his

00:35:45.460 --> 00:35:45.900
 kindness

00:35:45.900 --> 00:35:46.159
 is

00:35:46.159 --> 00:35:46.320
 meant

00:35:46.320 --> 00:35:46.500
 to

00:35:46.500 --> 00:35:46.760
 lead

00:35:46.760 --> 00:35:46.880
 you

00:35:46.880 --> 00:35:47.059
 to

00:35:47.059 --> 00:35:47.500
 repentance

00:35:47.500 --> 00:35:49.280
 don't

00:35:49.280 --> 00:35:49.619
 delay

00:35:49.619 --> 00:35:52.000
 let's

00:35:52.000 --> 00:35:52.280
 pray

00:35:52.280 --> 00:36:00.300
 why don't

00:36:00.300 --> 00:36:00.420
 we

00:36:00.420 --> 00:36:00.699
 take a

00:36:00.699 --> 00:36:00.820
 few

00:36:00.820 --> 00:36:01.300
 moments

00:36:01.300 --> 00:36:01.960
 in

00:36:01.960 --> 00:36:02.100
 the

00:36:02.100 --> 00:36:02.420
 quiet

00:36:02.420 --> 00:36:02.560
 of

00:36:02.560 --> 00:36:02.720
 this

00:36:02.720 --> 00:36:03.160
 moment

00:36:03.160 --> 00:36:04.120
 together

00:36:04.120 --> 00:36:05.480
 just

00:36:05.480 --> 00:36:05.660
 to

00:36:05.660 --> 00:36:06.060
 reflect

00:36:06.060 --> 00:36:06.660
 silently

00:36:06.660 --> 00:36:08.620
 on

00:36:08.620 --> 00:36:08.800
 what

00:36:08.800 --> 00:36:09.019
 God

00:36:09.019 --> 00:36:09.180
 may

00:36:09.180 --> 00:36:09.300
 have

00:36:09.300 --> 00:36:09.440
 been

00:36:09.440 --> 00:36:09.780
 speaking

00:36:09.780 --> 00:36:10.000
 to

00:36:10.000 --> 00:36:10.160
 our

00:36:10.160 --> 00:36:10.420
 hearts

00:36:10.420 --> 00:36:10.660
 this

00:36:10.660 --> 00:36:10.960
 morning

00:36:10.960 --> 00:36:21.940
 for

00:36:21.940 --> 00:36:22.180
 some

00:36:22.180 --> 00:36:22.320
 of

00:36:22.320 --> 00:36:22.600
 us

00:36:22.600 --> 00:36:23.600
 this

00:36:23.600 --> 00:36:23.860
 morning

00:36:23.860 --> 00:36:24.060
 it's

00:36:24.060 --> 00:36:24.280
 a good

00:36:24.280 --> 00:36:24.800
 opportunity

00:36:24.800 --> 00:36:25.539
 to give

00:36:25.539 --> 00:36:27.400
 quiet

00:36:27.400 --> 00:36:27.840
 thanks

00:36:27.840 --> 00:36:28.000
 in

00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:28.139
 our

00:36:28.139 --> 00:36:28.699
 heart

00:36:28.699 --> 00:36:29.960
 that

00:36:29.960 --> 00:36:30.179
 our

00:36:30.179 --> 00:36:30.500
 eyes

00:36:30.500 --> 00:36:30.659
 have

00:36:30.659 --> 00:36:30.940
 indeed

00:36:30.940 --> 00:36:31.139
 been

00:36:31.139 --> 00:36:31.400
 opened

00:36:31.400 --> 00:36:31.599
 and

00:36:31.599 --> 00:36:31.820
 God

00:36:31.820 --> 00:36:32.000
 has

00:36:32.000 --> 00:36:32.340
 granted

00:36:32.340 --> 00:36:32.599
 us

00:36:32.599 --> 00:36:32.759
 the

00:36:32.759 --> 00:36:32.960
 gift

00:36:32.960 --> 00:36:33.099
 of

00:36:33.099 --> 00:36:33.519
 repentance

00:36:33.519 --> 00:36:35.940
 would you

00:36:35.940 --> 00:36:36.380
 thank him

00:36:36.380 --> 00:36:36.599
 this

00:36:36.599 --> 00:36:36.920
 morning

00:36:36.920 --> 00:36:38.519
 if that's

00:36:38.519 --> 00:36:38.759
 you

00:36:38.760 --> 00:36:43.840
 for

00:36:43.840 --> 00:36:44.040
 some

00:36:44.040 --> 00:36:44.300
 of us

00:36:44.300 --> 00:36:44.540
 there's

00:36:44.540 --> 00:36:44.800
 still

00:36:44.800 --> 00:36:45.060
 things

00:36:45.060 --> 00:36:45.200
 we're

00:36:45.200 --> 00:36:45.520
 grappling

00:36:45.520 --> 00:36:45.880
 with

00:36:45.880 --> 00:36:46.140
 as we

00:36:46.140 --> 00:36:46.460
 consider

00:36:46.460 --> 00:36:46.620
 the

00:36:46.620 --> 00:36:46.880
 claims

00:36:46.880 --> 00:36:47.040
 of

00:36:47.040 --> 00:36:47.440
 Christ

00:36:47.440 --> 00:36:50.120
 I

00:36:50.120 --> 00:36:50.280
 wonder

00:36:50.280 --> 00:36:50.520
 this

00:36:50.520 --> 00:36:50.740
 morning

00:36:50.740 --> 00:36:51.080
 if you

00:36:51.080 --> 00:36:51.200
 would

00:36:51.200 --> 00:36:51.500
 ask

00:36:51.500 --> 00:36:51.760
 God

00:36:51.760 --> 00:36:52.100
 to help

00:36:52.100 --> 00:36:52.300
 give

00:36:52.300 --> 00:36:52.440
 you

00:36:52.440 --> 00:36:52.780
 wisdom

00:36:52.780 --> 00:36:52.980
 and

00:36:52.980 --> 00:36:53.420
 clarity

00:36:53.420 --> 00:36:54.260
 on

00:36:54.260 --> 00:36:54.420
 some

00:36:54.420 --> 00:36:54.520
 of

00:36:54.520 --> 00:36:54.680
 those

00:36:54.680 --> 00:36:55.280
 questions

00:36:55.280 --> 00:36:56.780
 God's

00:36:56.780 --> 00:36:56.860
 a

00:36:56.860 --> 00:36:57.140
 speaking

00:36:57.140 --> 00:36:57.600
 God

00:36:57.600 --> 00:37:01.220
 Jesus

00:37:01.220 --> 00:37:01.660
 says to

00:37:01.660 --> 00:37:02.040
 ask

00:37:02.040 --> 00:37:02.620
 and seek

00:37:02.620 --> 00:37:03.440
 and knock

00:37:03.440 --> 00:37:03.720
 and it

00:37:03.720 --> 00:37:03.960
 will be

00:37:03.960 --> 00:37:04.300
 opened

00:37:04.300 --> 00:37:04.580
 to

00:37:04.580 --> 00:37:04.920
 us

00:37:04.920 --> 00:37:05.600
 would

00:37:05.600 --> 00:37:05.700
 you

00:37:05.700 --> 00:37:06.100
 ask him

00:37:06.100 --> 00:37:06.300
 this

00:37:06.300 --> 00:37:06.580
 morning

00:37:06.579 --> 00:37:11.819
 I

00:37:11.819 --> 00:37:12.019
 wonder

00:37:12.019 --> 00:37:12.179
 if

00:37:12.179 --> 00:37:12.340
 some

00:37:12.340 --> 00:37:12.480
 of

00:37:12.480 --> 00:37:12.779
 us

00:37:12.779 --> 00:37:14.440
 are

00:37:14.440 --> 00:37:14.639
 ready

00:37:14.639 --> 00:37:14.819
 to

00:37:14.819 --> 00:37:15.019
 make

00:37:15.019 --> 00:37:15.179
 the

00:37:15.179 --> 00:37:15.699
 decisive

00:37:15.699 --> 00:37:16.500
 turn

00:37:16.500 --> 00:37:16.919
 that

00:37:16.919 --> 00:37:17.199
 Jesus

00:37:17.199 --> 00:37:17.599
 talks

00:37:17.599 --> 00:37:17.879
 about

00:37:17.879 --> 00:37:18.159
 in

00:37:18.159 --> 00:37:18.439
 this

00:37:18.439 --> 00:37:19.219
 passage

00:37:19.219 --> 00:37:25.359
 if

00:37:25.359 --> 00:37:25.599
 that's

00:37:25.599 --> 00:37:25.699
 you

00:37:25.699 --> 00:37:25.899
 maybe

00:37:25.899 --> 00:37:26.079
 you

00:37:26.079 --> 00:37:26.199
 could

00:37:26.199 --> 00:37:26.419
 pray

00:37:26.419 --> 00:37:26.799
 something

00:37:26.799 --> 00:37:27.099
 along

00:37:27.099 --> 00:37:27.339
 these

00:37:27.339 --> 00:37:27.739
 lines

00:37:27.739 --> 00:37:30.039
 father

00:37:30.039 --> 00:37:31.339
 I

00:37:31.339 --> 00:37:31.599
 see

00:37:31.599 --> 00:37:31.759
 that

00:37:31.759 --> 00:37:31.939
 I'm

00:37:31.939 --> 00:37:32.099
 more

00:37:32.099 --> 00:37:32.679
 flawed

00:37:32.679 --> 00:37:32.859
 and

00:37:32.859 --> 00:37:33.079
 I'm

00:37:33.079 --> 00:37:33.279
 more

00:37:33.279 --> 00:37:33.879
 sinful

00:37:33.879 --> 00:37:34.379
 than

00:37:34.379 --> 00:37:34.519
 I

00:37:34.519 --> 00:37:34.739
 ever

00:37:34.739 --> 00:37:35.179
 dared

00:37:35.179 --> 00:37:35.719
 believe

00:37:35.719 --> 00:37:38.419
 but

00:37:38.419 --> 00:37:38.519
 I

00:37:38.519 --> 00:37:38.759
 also

00:37:38.759 --> 00:37:39.000
 see

00:37:39.000 --> 00:37:39.159
 that

00:37:39.159 --> 00:37:39.359
 I'm

00:37:39.359 --> 00:37:39.759
 even

00:37:39.759 --> 00:37:39.980
 more

00:37:39.980 --> 00:37:40.419
 loved

00:37:40.419 --> 00:37:40.579
 and

00:37:40.579 --> 00:37:40.719
 more

00:37:40.719 --> 00:37:41.219
 accepted

00:37:41.219 --> 00:37:41.480
 than

00:37:41.480 --> 00:37:41.599
 I

00:37:41.599 --> 00:37:41.779
 ever

00:37:41.779 --> 00:37:42.099
 dared

00:37:42.099 --> 00:37:42.559
 hope

00:37:42.559 --> 00:37:45.059
 father

00:37:45.059 --> 00:37:45.239
 I

00:37:45.239 --> 00:37:45.500
 turn

00:37:45.500 --> 00:37:45.679
 from

00:37:45.679 --> 00:37:45.840
 my

00:37:45.840 --> 00:37:46.059
 old

00:37:46.059 --> 00:37:46.420
 life

00:37:46.420 --> 00:37:46.579
 of

00:37:46.579 --> 00:37:46.840
 living

00:37:46.840 --> 00:37:47.079
 for

00:37:47.079 --> 00:37:47.559
 myself

00:37:47.559 --> 00:37:49.059
 I

00:37:49.059 --> 00:37:49.199
 have

00:37:49.199 --> 00:37:49.820
 nothing

00:37:49.820 --> 00:37:50.480
 in

00:37:50.480 --> 00:37:50.699
 my

00:37:50.699 --> 00:37:51.199
 record

00:37:51.199 --> 00:37:51.639
 to

00:37:51.639 --> 00:37:51.940
 merit

00:37:51.940 --> 00:37:52.340
 your

00:37:52.340 --> 00:37:52.779
 approval

00:37:52.779 --> 00:37:53.059
 but

00:37:53.059 --> 00:37:53.539
 now

00:37:53.539 --> 00:37:54.779
 I

00:37:54.779 --> 00:37:55.179
 rest

00:37:55.179 --> 00:37:55.320
 in

00:37:55.320 --> 00:37:55.500
 what

00:37:55.500 --> 00:37:55.820
 Jesus

00:37:55.820 --> 00:37:56.299
 did

00:37:56.299 --> 00:37:57.579
 and

00:37:57.579 --> 00:37:57.820
 ask

00:37:57.820 --> 00:37:57.940
 to

00:37:57.940 --> 00:37:58.079
 be

00:37:58.079 --> 00:37:58.579
 accepted

00:37:58.579 --> 00:37:59.299
 into

00:37:59.299 --> 00:37:59.759
 God's

00:37:59.759 --> 00:38:00.079
 family

00:38:00.079 --> 00:38:00.239
 into

00:38:00.239 --> 00:38:00.519
 your

00:38:00.519 --> 00:38:00.880
 family

00:38:00.880 --> 00:38:01.219
 father

00:38:01.219 --> 00:38:01.460
 for

00:38:01.460 --> 00:38:01.739
 his

00:38:01.739 --> 00:38:02.059
 sake

00:38:02.059 --> 00:38:08.699
 if

00:38:08.699 --> 00:38:08.799
 you

00:38:08.799 --> 00:38:08.940
 can

00:38:08.940 --> 00:38:09.139
 make

00:38:09.139 --> 00:38:09.320
 that

00:38:09.320 --> 00:38:09.539
 prayer

00:38:09.539 --> 00:38:09.739
 your

00:38:09.739 --> 00:38:10.039
 own

00:38:10.039 --> 00:38:10.279
 this

00:38:10.279 --> 00:38:10.559
 morning

00:38:10.559 --> 00:38:10.759
 would

00:38:10.759 --> 00:38:10.860
 you

00:38:10.860 --> 00:38:11.079
 tell

00:38:11.079 --> 00:38:11.420
 someone

00:38:11.420 --> 00:38:11.679
 after

00:38:11.679 --> 00:38:11.900
 the

00:38:11.900 --> 00:38:12.320
 service

00:38:12.320 --> 00:38:13.080
 maybe

00:38:13.080 --> 00:38:13.280
 the

00:38:13.280 --> 00:38:13.460
 friend

00:38:13.460 --> 00:38:13.620
 you

00:38:13.620 --> 00:38:13.840
 came

00:38:13.840 --> 00:38:14.100
 with

00:38:14.100 --> 00:38:14.220
 you

00:38:14.220 --> 00:38:14.340
 can

00:38:14.340 --> 00:38:14.519
 talk

00:38:14.519 --> 00:38:14.640
 to

00:38:14.640 --> 00:38:14.840
 me

00:38:14.840 --> 00:38:15.500
 afterwards

00:38:15.500 --> 00:38:17.559
 take

00:38:17.559 --> 00:38:17.720
 a

00:38:17.720 --> 00:38:18.019
 step

00:38:18.019 --> 00:38:18.180
 of

00:38:18.180 --> 00:38:18.380
 being

00:38:18.380 --> 00:38:18.820
 known

00:38:18.820 --> 00:38:20.059
 as

00:38:20.059 --> 00:38:20.200
 a

00:38:20.200 --> 00:38:20.500
 follower

00:38:20.500 --> 00:38:20.760
 of

00:38:20.760 --> 00:38:21.160
 Jesus

00:38:21.160 --> 00:38:22.980
 father

00:38:22.980 --> 00:38:23.180
 we

00:38:23.180 --> 00:38:23.559
 pray

00:38:23.559 --> 00:38:25.160
 that

00:38:25.160 --> 00:38:25.280
 you

00:38:25.280 --> 00:38:25.400
 would

00:38:25.400 --> 00:38:25.620
 take

00:38:25.620 --> 00:38:25.840
 all

00:38:25.840 --> 00:38:25.980
 that

00:38:25.980 --> 00:38:26.180
 we've

00:38:26.180 --> 00:38:26.400
 heard

00:38:26.400 --> 00:38:26.660
 this

00:38:26.660 --> 00:38:27.000
 morning

00:38:27.000 --> 00:38:27.539
 you

00:38:27.539 --> 00:38:27.680
 would

00:38:27.680 --> 00:38:27.960
 seal

00:38:27.960 --> 00:38:28.100
 it

00:38:28.100 --> 00:38:28.240
 into

00:38:28.240 --> 00:38:28.460
 our

00:38:28.460 --> 00:38:28.900
 hearts

00:38:28.900 --> 00:38:29.360
 and

00:38:29.360 --> 00:38:29.680
 above

00:38:29.680 --> 00:38:29.940
 all

00:38:29.940 --> 00:38:30.200
 Lord

00:38:30.200 --> 00:38:30.400
 we

00:38:30.400 --> 00:38:30.680
 pray

00:38:30.680 --> 00:38:30.900
 that

00:38:30.900 --> 00:38:31.059
 you

00:38:31.059 --> 00:38:31.200
 would

00:38:31.200 --> 00:38:31.400
 give

00:38:31.400 --> 00:38:31.559
 us

00:38:31.559 --> 00:38:31.760
 a

00:38:31.760 --> 00:38:32.100
 deep

00:38:32.100 --> 00:38:33.180
 gladness

00:38:33.180 --> 00:38:33.360
 in

00:38:33.360 --> 00:38:33.760
 Christ

00:38:33.760 --> 00:38:33.940
 who

00:38:33.940 --> 00:38:34.080
 has

00:38:34.080 --> 00:38:34.340
 opened

00:38:34.340 --> 00:38:34.559
 the

00:38:34.559 --> 00:38:34.800
 door

00:38:34.800 --> 00:38:34.960
 of

00:38:34.960 --> 00:38:35.360
 repentance

00:38:35.360 --> 00:38:35.700
 for

00:38:35.700 --> 00:38:35.900
 us

00:38:35.900 --> 00:38:36.039
 so

00:38:36.039 --> 00:38:36.160
 that

00:38:36.160 --> 00:38:36.340
 all

00:38:36.340 --> 00:38:36.580
 might

00:38:36.580 --> 00:38:36.740
 go

00:38:36.739 --> 00:38:37.000
 in

00:38:37.000 --> 00:38:38.719
 Jesus

00:38:38.719 --> 00:38:38.939
 we

00:38:38.939 --> 00:38:39.079
 give

00:38:39.079 --> 00:38:39.199
 you

00:38:39.199 --> 00:38:39.779
 praise

00:38:39.779 --> 00:38:40.559
 and

00:38:40.559 --> 00:38:40.919
 glory

00:38:40.919 --> 00:38:41.219
 this

00:38:41.219 --> 00:38:41.500
 morning

00:38:41.500 --> 00:38:41.659
 for

00:38:41.659 --> 00:38:41.779
 the

00:38:41.779 --> 00:38:42.019
 great

00:38:42.019 --> 00:38:42.479
 Savior

00:38:42.479 --> 00:38:42.739
 and

00:38:42.739 --> 00:38:42.899
 Lord

00:38:42.899 --> 00:38:43.079
 that

00:38:43.079 --> 00:38:43.219
 you

00:38:43.219 --> 00:38:43.519
 are

00:38:43.519 --> 00:38:44.179
 and

00:38:44.179 --> 00:38:44.319
 we

00:38:44.319 --> 00:38:44.659
 surrender

00:38:44.659 --> 00:38:44.899
 our

00:38:44.899 --> 00:38:45.179
 lives

00:38:45.179 --> 00:38:45.339
 to

00:38:45.339 --> 00:38:45.659
 you

00:38:45.659 --> 00:38:47.079
 amen

00:38:47.079 --> 00:38:50.919
 well

00:38:50.919 --> 00:38:51.119
 friends

00:38:51.119 --> 00:38:51.339
 one of

00:38:51.339 --> 00:38:51.459
 the

00:38:51.459 --> 00:38:51.859
 first

00:38:51.859 --> 00:38:52.639
 public

00:38:52.639 --> 00:38:53.219
 steps

00:38:53.219 --> 00:38:53.519
 that

00:38:53.519 --> 00:38:53.659
 we

00:38:53.659 --> 00:38:54.119
 take

00:38:54.119 --> 00:38:54.459
 when

00:38:54.459 --> 00:38:54.759
 we've

00:38:54.759 --> 00:38:55.079
 committed

00:38:55.079 --> 00:38:55.319
 our

00:38:55.319 --> 00:38:55.579
 lives

00:38:55.579 --> 00:38:55.739
 to

00:38:55.739 --> 00:38:56.099
 Christ

00:38:56.099 --> 00:38:56.639
 is

00:38:56.639 --> 00:38:56.759
 to

00:38:56.759 --> 00:38:56.899
 make

00:38:56.899 --> 00:38:57.059
 a

00:38:57.059 --> 00:38:57.419
 public

00:38:57.419 --> 00:38:57.979
 profession

00:38:57.979 --> 00:38:58.239
 of

00:38:58.239 --> 00:38:58.519
 faith

00:38:58.519 --> 00:38:58.719
 in

00:38:58.719 --> 00:38:59.379
 baptism

00:38:59.379 --> 00:39:00.699
 baptism

00:39:00.699 --> 00:39:01.179
 is

00:39:01.179 --> 00:39:01.359
 a

00:39:01.359 --> 00:39:02.039
 symbol

00:39:02.039 --> 00:39:02.619
 of

00:39:02.619 --> 00:39:02.779
 our

00:39:02.779 --> 00:39:03.279
 union

00:39:03.280 --> 00:39:05.000
 kingdom

00:39:09.060 --> 00:39:10.780
 kingdom

00:39:10.780 --> 00:39:11.880
 the

00:39:11.880 --> 00:39:12.640
 organization

00:39:12.640 --> 00:39:12.700
 to

00:39:12.700 --> 00:39:13.640
 Creator

00:39:13.640 --> 00:39:14.400
 is

00:39:14.400 --> 00:39:15.180
 responsible

00:39:15.180 --> 00:39:16.280
 to

00:39:16.280 --> 00:39:17.200
 our

00:39:17.200 --> 00:39:17.500
empel

00:39:17.500 --> 00:39:18.060
 that

00:39:18.060 --> 00:39:19.500
 has

00:39:19.500 --> 00:39:20.460
 our

00:39:20.460 --> 00:39:20.740
 가족

00:39:20.740 --> 00:39:21.400
 in

00:39:21.400 --> 00:39:21.480
 this

00:39:21.480 --> 00:39:22.000
 entering

00:39:22.000 --> 00:39:22.680
 place

00:39:22.680 --> 00:39:24.700
 and

00:39:24.700 --> 00:39:25.180
 another

00:39:25.180 --> 00:39:25.620
 going

00:39:25.620 --> 00:39:25.860
 next

00:39:25.900 --> 00:39:26.980
 to

00:39:27.080 --> 00:39:27.860
 your

00:39:27.860 --> 00:39:29.180
 example

00:39:29.180 --> 00:39:30.040
 is

00:39:30.040 --> 00:39:31.540
 opening

00:39:31.540 --> 00:39:32.300
 this

00:39:32.300 --> 00:39:33.000
 morning