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 Father, we confess that sometimes because the things that you offer for us seem very small,

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 that we don't think they're very powerful or very important, and we just sort of disregard them.

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 Father, we confess that this is a mistake on our part.

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 We ask, Father, that you help us not to despise the small things that you offer and the small things that you give us,

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 but to recognize them, Father, as means of grace that will grow and flourish into something, well, glorious.

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 We ask, Father, that your Holy Spirit would prepare our hearts and minds and lives to receive your word this morning.

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 And we ask this in the name of Jesus, your Son and our Savior. Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 Thank you.

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 True or not, I mean, I have no idea that that, I guess, might or might not eventually come out.

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 But generally speaking, we don't like the idea that we can be under surveillance all of the time.

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 If you read, if you see a movie where there is people are always under surveillance,

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 generally speaking, we see that as an evil thing.

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 If we read a novel that has somebody always under surveillance,

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 we tend to see that as an evil thing, not as a good thing.

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 Occasionally we might see it as a good thing.

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 But generally, if we have a society where everything is being observed by somebody all of the time,

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 we find that as going against our rights, the dignity of us as a human being.

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 So there's a bit of a puzzle.

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 I don't know how many of you are paying very close attention.

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 I'm not judging or anything like that.

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 But in the gospel text, which I just read, it seemed to say that God keeps us under constant surveillance.

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 So the question is, why is it that it's bad for the state but good for God?

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 And why is it that Christians actually would even, like, why would we even want a God that constantly keeps us under surveillance?

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 So we're going to look at this.

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 And actually, it might sound like a very, very oppressive idea.

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 And a lot of us resent this idea and hope it's not true.

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 But actually, if we press into it and look at how it's talked about, it's actually profoundly good news.

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 So if you take your Bibles and turn with me to Mark chapter 4, verse 21, we'll look at this and other ideas connected to it.

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 If you're online with us for the first time, we preach through books of the Bible and we're going through the book of Mark.

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 Sort of we're calling the series Jesus is King with a bit of a nod to Kanye West.

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 And so what's just gone on before this is Jesus has sort of talked about two things.

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 One of them is, why is it that God is sort of a, both reveals himself but is also hidden, which I talked about more last week.

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 I'll talk about it a little bit today.

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 And a famous parable in Christian circles called the parable of the sower.

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 And that's what's just happened.

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 And now the story continues with verse 21.

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 And it goes like this.

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 And Jesus said to them, actually, what I should just back up and say, what we're going to get today is we're going to look like at a couple of, in a sense, sayings or proverbs or aphorisms.

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 And then two parables.

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 So these are a couple of sort of like proverbs or sayings that comes first.

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 Verse 21.

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 Now just pause because it's going to continue.

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 The rest of the sort of the insight about that's going to continue.

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 Generally speaking, the Bible is translated very, very well into English.

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 But sometimes, some of you here, I know there's at least one person in the room who knows four languages.

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 Many of you know two or three.

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 And you know that sometimes when you translate from one language into another, there's a bit of a problem sometimes that the sense of the original doesn't translate very well into the second language.

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 And this is one of those verses where it is.

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 And so I'm going to mention it because it's sort of like what's translated is good, but it's actually even more powerful if you hear it in the literal sense.

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 And what and the issue is, is that in the original language, sorry, a bit of a grammar moment.

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 But in the original language, in the text, if you look at the text again, is a lamp brought in to be put under a basket or under a bed and not on a stand.

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 And in the text, it's talking about an object and somebody or something is, somebody is bringing the lamp in and all.

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 But in the original language, the lamp is the subject.

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 And on top of that, in the original language, the grammar implies that the lamp is a person, not an object.

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 And so it would really be better if it's translated.

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 So more literally, it says this.

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 Does the lamp come in in order that it might be placed under the bowl or under the bed?

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 Does the lamp come in in order, and it should really almost be in order that he might be placed under the bowl or under the bed?

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 And you can see how that's sort of just a bit awkward in English.

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 But that's what it's actually saying.

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 And so that's the image.

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 It's actually, for those of you who know the Bible at all well, it's very similar in John chapter 1, 1 to 14.

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 And we've been at church over Christmas, and it talks about the light.

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 You know, the word is the light, and the light comes into the world, and the light, the darkness tries to overcome it, but the light, you know, reveals.

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 It's the same idea as John chapter 1, 1 to 14, only put in the words of this little aphorism or proverb.

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 So, you know, so does the lamp come in in order to be put under a basket or under a bed and not on a stand?

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 And then it goes on, for nothing, verse 22, for nothing is hidden except to be made manifest, nor is anything secret except to come to light.

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 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.

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 So anything hidden except to be made manifest, in other words, to be able to be seen, and any secret will eventually come to light.

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 And you can see that this, well, here, actually, if you could put up the first point, here's the first point.

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 The true and greater light has been revealed, will be fully revealed, and will fully reveal all things.

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 The true and greater light has been revealed, that's Jesus, will be fully revealed, that is, when he comes again in glory, or when we see him face to face.

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 And will fully reveal all things.

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 So, I mean, that's, in fact, actually, this is one of the doctrines, one of the things which separates the Christian worldview from basically how most Canadians think.

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 This idea that there's absolutely nothing, that every second, every thought, every imagination, every desire, every word, every action is seen by God, with no exception.

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 There's absolutely nothing which is secret.

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 He sees all.

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 Now, for most Canadians, and probably for most of us, I mean, part of the problem for us as Christians is we don't really live most of our lives as if that's the case.

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 We often still function as if we get away with keeping things hidden from God, that we can do things in secret without him seeing it.

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 But this is a Christian doctrine, and I have to confess, it does sound like a very frightening doctrine or idea, and something which almost seems a bit oppressive.

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 And if, in fact, the gospel just ended with this, we'd probably have, you know, probably would be pretty reasonable to find this emotionally repulsive and not very helpful.

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 But Jesus says this in the context of this larger story of the gospel.

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 And what we see by the time the gospel comes to an end is that the light, the true and greater light, dies for human beings like you and me, who are a mixture of light and darkness.

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 That's one of the ways that the gospel of John describes us, that every human being is a mixture of light and darkness.

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 Some human beings, you can see a fair amount of light, some very little.

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 Some human beings, you see an awful lot of darkness and some very little.

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 I mean, the Bible also say that ultimately no light that we see in any human being ultimately comes from the human being.

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 It comes from God.

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 Human beings are mirrors in that sense.

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 We reflect back the light of God rather than our source of light ourselves.

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 But the Bible ends up finishing the story by making it very, very clear that when you come to Mark chapter 15, what you see is the darkness swallowing the light.

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 And in a sense, what you see there is that lies have swallowed the light.

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 Injustice has swallowed the light.

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 Envy and pride and greed has swallowed the light.

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 Insecurity has swallowed the light.

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 Imperial power has swallowed the light.

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 Religion has swallowed the light.

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 And chapter 15 ends with the darkness having swallowed the light.

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 But chapter 16 reveals this mystery.

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 That out of God's love for us, that the true light that sees every single thing there is to know about human beings,

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 willingly, even though the true light knew every single thing about you,

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 including the darkness in your life that you have not yet come to recognize or understand,

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 that seeing all of that, the true light died for you.

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 And the true light was swallowed with darkness so that the true light could swallow darkness.

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 That that's how the true light defeats the darkness.

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 So it looks at the end of chapter 15 as if the darkness has swallowed the true light.

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 But by the end of chapter 16, you understand that the true light was swallowed by darkness

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 so that the true light could swallow darkness.

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 And that in fact, this is actually the most profound description of love.

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 This is actually the most profound description of love.

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 We all keep things away from other people.

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 I mean, we all don't express all of our thoughts and judgments and prejudices and hatreds and pettiness

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 and greed and envy.

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 Like we keep that from them.

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 We keep how we maybe are in a crowd and we evaluate the type of shoes that people have

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 or how their clothes match or whether they're well-groomed

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 or whether they're good-looking or bad-looking

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 or whether they look stupid or foolish.

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 Like we hide those things all of the time.

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 And we worry if all of a sudden, if even for a day,

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 our loved one, our family member or our close friends,

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 we're actually able to be privy, actually we're able to understand and hear

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 every one of our judgments that we make throughout the day

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 where we all actually probably would believe

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 that we wouldn't have a friend at the end of the day

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 and that our marriage might be at an end at the end of the day,

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 that our family would have broken up at the end of the day,

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 that we sort of believe that to maintain love,

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 we have to maintain privacy and secrecy.

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 In fact, that's not even counting the fact that some of us

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 just so easily and effortlessly make judgments about people

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 that we don't even recognize that we're doing it.

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 We don't even recognize the fact that we go through the mall

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 or go through some other place,

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 making judgment after judgment after judgment.

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 And we've just become so part of our inner life

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 that we don't realize that we're doing it.

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 And it might be that all of a sudden,

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 even me saying something like this, we realize,

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 well, actually I do do that.

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 And if even for only 24 hours that was completely revealed to our loved ones,

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 they wouldn't love us.

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 Because we see that our evil, our darkness, is a barrier to love.

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 And so this small little saying of Jesus,

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 obviously referring to himself,

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 actually shows like a type of love that's almost incomprehensible to us.

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 like a perfect love,

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 like a love that would actually die for the darkness,

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 yet has a perfect, clear-sighted, clear-eyed knowledge

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 of the darkness in each one of us.

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 And yet he chose to die for you and for me.

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 Now,

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 some of us might actually say,

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 well, there's a bit of a pushback to all of this,

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 and say, well, okay, George, that's good, I guess.

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 But, George, don't you think there's something a little bit unfair

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 with how God,

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 I mean, on one level, yeah, that is really,

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 that is something,

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 that the light would die for the darkness,

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 and that the true light would know every single thing

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 there is to know about you and me,

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 and yet still die.

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 But, George, don't you think it's,

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 like, don't you think it's a little bit unfair

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 that the darkness within us

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 is sort of evaluated by God's perfect standard?

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 Like, don't you think it's a little bit, George,

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 like God isn't giving you any opportunity to grow?

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 Like, you know, think about it, George.

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 If you put kids in grade one,

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 and you judge them by somebody who had,

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 you gave them a question

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 that would be on, like, a PhD exam,

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 that was the math test,

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 and if they couldn't pass a PhD-level math test,

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 I mean, not a PhD in, like, English or something,

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 a PhD in math,

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 if they had to pass that test,

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 that very, very high-level test,

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 that's not even perfect, but very high-level,

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 of course, all the kids in grade one are going to fail.

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 They're going to fail all the time.

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 They'd never get out of grade one.

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 Like, that seems almost unfair.

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 And that's why it's very interesting what Jesus,

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 it's almost as if he anticipates that type of a pushback

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 by the very next thing that he says,

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 which is actually quite remarkable.

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 And for those of you who really know the Bible well,

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 it's very similar to what Paul writes in Romans chapter 2.

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 Look what he says next.

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 Verse 24.

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 Pay attention to what you hear.

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 And he said to them,

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 pay attention to what you hear.

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 In other words, just back up a little bit.

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 Basically, in the two verses,

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 23 and 24,

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 three times he tells you to hear.

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 So it would be as if,

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 I mean, I don't have a hearing aid in right now.

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 I have very little hearing in my right ear.

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 And in fact, it's a little bit distracting right now.

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 For some reason,

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 I have a very, very, very, very, very loud

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 ringing noise in my right ear.

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 Those of you who have hearing problems

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 are familiar with that,

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 and I don't have my hearing aid in,

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 which would sort of, you know, stop it.

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 But what the Bible is saying,

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 just because a person can put their hearing aid in

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 and their hearing aid's working

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 doesn't mean they listen.

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 So when it says hear,

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 it's meaning listen.

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 Okay?

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 And so he says that this is the third time.

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 And then what is it said?

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 So pay attention to what you hear.

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 The third time he says,

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 make sure you listen.

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 And here's what he says.

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 With the measure you use,

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 it will be measured to you,

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 and still more will be added to you.

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 I'll say it again.

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 With the measure you use,

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 it will be measured to you,

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 and still more will be added to you.

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 Now, this is a good translation,

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 although interestingly enough,

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 if you translate it very literally,

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 which you're going to see on the screen in a moment,

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 it actually makes it even simpler

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 and clearer to understand.

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 And then I'll read the next verse.

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 Literally it goes,

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 in whatever measure you measure,

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 it will be measured to you

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 and will be added to you.

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 In whatever measure you measure,

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 it will be measured to you

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 and will be added to you.

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 In other words,

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 whatever measure you use,

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 that's the measure God's going to use.

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 He's going to give that measure to you.

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 He's going to give it to you back.

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 There's a Jewish proverb

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 that developed a little bit after this

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 that's captured in ancient Jewish writings,

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 which helps to maybe make it

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 a little bit easier for us to understand.

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 And the Jewish proverb is,

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 in the pot in which you cook others,

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 you will be cooked.

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 In the pot in which you cook others,

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 you will be cooked.

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 So I'll say that again.

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 In the pot in which you cook others,

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 you will be cooked.

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 And then verse 25,

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 for to the one who has,

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 more will be given.

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 And from the one who has not,

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 even what he has will be taken away,

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 which almost sounds like

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 it's a little bit unfair.

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 But here's what the text is saying,

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 which is a very, very remarkable thing.

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 And it points in this direction,

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 this constant direction

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 that only Christianity has,

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 that only the gospel has,

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 that just as God condescends

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 the true light,

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 the true and greater light,

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 for your good,

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 not for his own,

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 but for your good,

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 to deal with the darkness in you

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 that you cannot deal with for yourself,

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 the true and greater light

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 gets swallowed by darkness,

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 condescends to be swallowed by darkness.

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 We see even that this,

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 this principle of condescension

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 rooted in love and justice

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 even goes to how God judges.

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 If you could put up the point,

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 it goes like this.

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 The Lord God Almighty

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 can condescend to put you

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 in the same pot

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 that you put others in.

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 The Lord God Almighty

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 can condescend to put you

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 in the same pot

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 that you put others in.

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 So what does that mean?

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 That means this,

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 that it's not as if

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 God's going to say,

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 well, listen,

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 all grade ones have to pass,

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 grade one students

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 in their math tests

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 have to pass the same test

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 that a PhD,

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 doing a PhD in math,

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 has to pass

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 as part of the examinations

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 for him or her.

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 No, what it says here

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 is God says,

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 okay, I understand

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 that maybe the true light

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 on one level,

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 the true light

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 that sees everything truly,

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 that might be

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 a very high standard

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 and very intimidating for you.

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 It might even seem

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 as if that's a bit unfair

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 for me to judge you by this.

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 So what I'm going to do

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 is I'm just going to judge you

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 by the way you judge yourself.

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 No, so not the way

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 you judge yourself,

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 but by the way

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 you judge others.

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 So in a sense,

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 all I have to do

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 is say, okay,

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 well, how does George,

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 how does George

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 judge drivers?

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 Well, I'll just play back

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 George's judgments

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 on other drivers.

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 Okay?

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 And now we're going to

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 take a video

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 and watch George drive.

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 Okay?

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 I'm going to take

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 the way George judges

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 what people say

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 as to whether,

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 you know,

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 it's smart or dumb

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 or foolish.

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 And now we're going

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 to replay,

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 we got George's judgments,

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 now we're going to replay

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 what George says.

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 Now, unless you are

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 a raving narcissist,

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 this should worry you.

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 Because the fact of the matter

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 is we won't pass

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 our own moral judgments.

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 In other words,

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 it's not as if God will say,

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 well, we'll look at the pot

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 that you put people in

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 and boy,

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 after I've looked at George's life,

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 I don't have to put him

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 in that pot

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 because he never violates

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 his judgments

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 on other people.

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 No,

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 if God used that judgment,

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 I would be in the pot.

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 The pot that I cook others in,

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 I would be cooked in as well.

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 This is part of God's

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 great condescension.

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 It's part of what Paul

00:20:58.379 --> 00:20:59.839
 talks about in Romans 2.

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 And it shows,

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 in a sense,

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 the profound justice of God

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 that when we appear

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 before the judgment seat

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 of Christ,

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 that nobody will be able

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 to say they have an excuse.

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 In fact,

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 actually,

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 the flip side,

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 the profound knowledge

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 that God sees

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 each of us perfectly

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 is a profound comfort

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 for those of us

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 who are in Christ

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 when we come to him

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 in prayer.

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 Because,

00:21:21.599 --> 00:21:21.779
 you see,

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 the fact of the matter is

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 is that when we come

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 to confess our sins,

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 we don't have to try

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 to explain to God.

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 We don't have to give

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 excuses to God.

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 Because,

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 you see,

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 God sees you and me

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 perfectly,

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 and because he sees

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 you and me perfectly,

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 he already knows

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 the different things

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 that we might want

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 to say that,

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 you know,

00:21:40.579 --> 00:21:41.839
 might temper

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 the moral judgment.

00:21:42.839 --> 00:21:43.899
 He knows it better

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 than I do.

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 He knows it better

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 than you do.

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 He already,

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 in a sense,

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 applies it.

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 And yet,

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 at the same time,

00:21:52.619 --> 00:21:53.259
 we would stand

00:21:53.259 --> 00:21:54.099
 before God

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 and we would,

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 well,

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 literally,

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 it would be obvious

00:22:00.879 --> 00:22:02.240
 that we deserve

00:22:02.240 --> 00:22:02.980
 to be cooked

00:22:02.980 --> 00:22:04.299
 in lots of pots,

00:22:04.539 --> 00:22:07.980
 that we can't even

00:22:07.980 --> 00:22:09.299
 survive our own

00:22:09.299 --> 00:22:11.240
 moral judgments.

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 but some of you

00:22:13.259 --> 00:22:13.940
 might push it back

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 and say,

00:22:14.220 --> 00:22:14.579
 but George,

00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:16.299
 doesn't the text say,

00:22:17.940 --> 00:22:18.180
 like,

00:22:18.220 --> 00:22:18.980
 doesn't it almost seem

00:22:18.980 --> 00:22:20.120
 as if God adds

00:22:20.120 --> 00:22:20.920
 things to you?

00:22:20.980 --> 00:22:21.620
 Look what it says,

00:22:21.680 --> 00:22:22.620
 like in verse 25,

00:22:22.720 --> 00:22:23.200
 for to the one

00:22:23.200 --> 00:22:23.839
 who has more

00:22:23.839 --> 00:22:24.420
 will be given

00:22:24.420 --> 00:22:25.039
 and from the one

00:22:25.039 --> 00:22:25.519
 who has not,

00:22:25.599 --> 00:22:26.160
 even what he has

00:22:26.160 --> 00:22:27.059
 will be taken away.

00:22:27.680 --> 00:22:27.940
 Like,

00:22:27.980 --> 00:22:28.160
 George,

00:22:28.240 --> 00:22:29.420
 that doesn't seem fair.

00:22:30.420 --> 00:22:30.680
 And,

00:22:30.759 --> 00:22:31.000
 you know,

00:22:31.079 --> 00:22:31.819
 it just seems

00:22:31.819 --> 00:22:32.819
 as if God is like

00:22:32.819 --> 00:22:33.759
 all those people

00:22:33.759 --> 00:22:34.620
 in my life.

00:22:34.779 --> 00:22:35.859
 I get passed over,

00:22:35.920 --> 00:22:37.039
 I do all the hard work

00:22:37.039 --> 00:22:37.980
 and I get passed over

00:22:37.980 --> 00:22:38.779
 for the promotion

00:22:38.779 --> 00:22:40.039
 and somebody

00:22:40.039 --> 00:22:40.759
 who just doesn't

00:22:40.759 --> 00:22:41.319
 deserve it

00:22:41.319 --> 00:22:42.180
 gets the promotion

00:22:42.180 --> 00:22:43.680
 and it just seems

00:22:43.680 --> 00:22:44.539
 as if God

00:22:44.539 --> 00:22:45.299
 or fate

00:22:45.299 --> 00:22:46.779
 or karma

00:22:46.779 --> 00:22:47.519
 or whatever

00:22:47.519 --> 00:22:48.899
 just isn't really fair

00:22:48.899 --> 00:22:51.019
 and it keeps adding

00:22:51.019 --> 00:22:51.940
 things to me

00:22:51.940 --> 00:22:52.299
 that I,

00:22:52.599 --> 00:22:52.879
 you know,

00:22:53.059 --> 00:22:53.399
 it just,

00:22:54.019 --> 00:22:54.180
 like,

00:22:54.240 --> 00:22:54.460
 George,

00:22:54.579 --> 00:22:55.399
 that text

00:22:55.399 --> 00:22:56.420
 just doesn't seem

00:22:56.420 --> 00:22:57.019
 to be fair.

00:22:57.299 --> 00:22:57.500
 Well,

00:22:58.539 --> 00:23:00.079
 it actually is fair

00:23:00.079 --> 00:23:01.139
 and what it is

00:23:01.139 --> 00:23:02.440
 is it's deeply human.

00:23:02.440 --> 00:23:05.039
 In fact,

00:23:05.460 --> 00:23:05.920
 it really,

00:23:06.100 --> 00:23:06.840
 maybe one of the things

00:23:06.840 --> 00:23:07.340
 that we should be

00:23:07.340 --> 00:23:08.200
 starting to talk about

00:23:08.200 --> 00:23:09.120
 is that the only

00:23:09.120 --> 00:23:10.039
 true humanism

00:23:10.039 --> 00:23:10.840
 is Christianity.

00:23:11.220 --> 00:23:12.700
 Christianity is the true

00:23:12.700 --> 00:23:13.380
 and deep

00:23:13.380 --> 00:23:14.080
 and thick

00:23:14.080 --> 00:23:15.160
 humanism

00:23:15.160 --> 00:23:16.700
 because of the way

00:23:16.700 --> 00:23:18.059
 it portrays

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 us.

00:23:20.019 --> 00:23:20.240
 Like,

00:23:20.299 --> 00:23:21.380
 just take a step back

00:23:21.380 --> 00:23:23.180
 before I talk about this

00:23:23.180 --> 00:23:24.380
 a bit more directly,

00:23:24.500 --> 00:23:25.400
 but one of the things

00:23:25.400 --> 00:23:26.180
 that we have a problem

00:23:26.180 --> 00:23:27.000
 of in our culture

00:23:27.000 --> 00:23:28.519
 that's very unrecognized

00:23:28.519 --> 00:23:29.120
 by people,

00:23:29.880 --> 00:23:30.120
 like,

00:23:30.119 --> 00:23:30.839
 if you follow

00:23:30.839 --> 00:23:31.239
 the,

00:23:31.519 --> 00:23:31.979
 the,

00:23:32.379 --> 00:23:33.000
 what goes on

00:23:33.000 --> 00:23:33.579
 in movies

00:23:33.579 --> 00:23:34.959
 and in lots of novels

00:23:34.959 --> 00:23:36.199
 and what goes on

00:23:36.199 --> 00:23:37.679
 especially in academia

00:23:37.679 --> 00:23:38.439
 right now

00:23:38.439 --> 00:23:39.339
 and amongst

00:23:39.339 --> 00:23:40.519
 the academic elites

00:23:40.519 --> 00:23:42.099
 is there's two

00:23:42.099 --> 00:23:44.000
 very contradictory ideas

00:23:44.000 --> 00:23:44.719
 that are talked about

00:23:44.719 --> 00:23:45.619
 at the same time,

00:23:45.619 --> 00:23:47.199
 but because people

00:23:47.199 --> 00:23:48.339
 believe the contradictory

00:23:48.339 --> 00:23:49.139
 beliefs,

00:23:49.239 --> 00:23:50.059
 they don't recognize

00:23:50.059 --> 00:23:50.799
 them as contradictory.

00:23:51.139 --> 00:23:52.279
 They just don't recognize

00:23:52.279 --> 00:23:53.399
 that they're incoherent.

00:23:53.539 --> 00:23:53.659
 Well,

00:23:53.699 --> 00:23:54.879
 what do I mean by it?

00:23:55.559 --> 00:23:55.879
 Well,

00:23:55.979 --> 00:23:56.839
 on one hand,

00:23:56.879 --> 00:23:58.219
 you have all this theory,

00:23:58.500 --> 00:24:00.019
 whether it's critical race theory

00:24:00.019 --> 00:24:01.039
 or queer theory

00:24:01.039 --> 00:24:02.599
 or different other types

00:24:02.599 --> 00:24:03.220
 of theory

00:24:03.220 --> 00:24:05.000
 and in those types

00:24:05.000 --> 00:24:05.879
 of theory,

00:24:06.539 --> 00:24:07.460
 what you have

00:24:07.460 --> 00:24:08.339
 is you have

00:24:08.339 --> 00:24:09.200
 very,

00:24:09.379 --> 00:24:10.180
 very powerful

00:24:10.180 --> 00:24:11.240
 social forces

00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:12.720
 and human beings

00:24:12.720 --> 00:24:13.240
 are portrayed

00:24:13.240 --> 00:24:14.379
 as being essentially

00:24:14.379 --> 00:24:15.200
 passive

00:24:15.200 --> 00:24:16.220
 and formed

00:24:16.220 --> 00:24:17.220
 by these forces

00:24:17.220 --> 00:24:18.599
 that the color

00:24:18.599 --> 00:24:19.500
 of your skin

00:24:19.500 --> 00:24:21.160
 fundamentally determines

00:24:21.160 --> 00:24:22.559
 your destiny

00:24:22.559 --> 00:24:23.480
 and how other people

00:24:23.480 --> 00:24:24.059
 view you

00:24:24.059 --> 00:24:25.700
 and your prejudice

00:24:25.700 --> 00:24:26.519
 or your lack

00:24:26.519 --> 00:24:27.099
 of prejudice,

00:24:27.299 --> 00:24:27.980
 your accountability,

00:24:28.160 --> 00:24:28.519
 your lack

00:24:28.519 --> 00:24:29.200
 of accountability,

00:24:29.200 --> 00:24:30.700
 that human beings

00:24:30.700 --> 00:24:31.900
 are fundamentally

00:24:31.900 --> 00:24:32.779
 passive,

00:24:33.299 --> 00:24:34.640
 especially by these

00:24:34.640 --> 00:24:36.160
 categories of race

00:24:36.160 --> 00:24:37.059
 or sexuality,

00:24:37.360 --> 00:24:38.180
 that you're just

00:24:38.180 --> 00:24:39.420
 propelled into this

00:24:39.420 --> 00:24:41.299
 social thing

00:24:41.299 --> 00:24:42.000
 and you're just

00:24:42.000 --> 00:24:43.880
 almost like a

00:24:43.880 --> 00:24:44.819
 quirk that just

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 moves along

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 in the currents

00:24:46.640 --> 00:24:47.319
 of the culture

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 and that's just

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 the way things are.

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 And that's

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 what caused

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 lots of huge debates

00:24:53.100 --> 00:24:53.759
 in the United States,

00:24:53.860 --> 00:24:54.539
 not as many here

00:24:54.539 --> 00:24:55.000
 in Canada,

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 but that's actually

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 the way a lot

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 of elites

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 and a lot

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 of people

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 talk.

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 But on the other

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 hand,

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 you can have

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 somebody say that

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 and then 10 minutes

00:25:02.599 --> 00:25:03.700
 later talk

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 from a very,

00:25:04.439 --> 00:25:04.960
 very different

00:25:04.960 --> 00:25:05.500
 perspective

00:25:05.500 --> 00:25:06.119
 and the very

00:25:06.119 --> 00:25:07.019
 different perspective

00:25:07.019 --> 00:25:07.559
 is this,

00:25:07.619 --> 00:25:08.159
 which we're also

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 very familiar with.

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 Nobody can tell you

00:25:10.819 --> 00:25:11.679
 who you really are,

00:25:11.759 --> 00:25:12.399
 only you know

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 who you really are.

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 And it's incumbent

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 upon you to not only

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 figure out who you

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 really are in terms

00:25:18.539 --> 00:25:19.339
 of your desires,

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 but to pursue that.

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 You need to be authentic

00:25:21.619 --> 00:25:22.859
 and to need to be

00:25:22.859 --> 00:25:23.319
 authentic,

00:25:23.480 --> 00:25:24.000
 you need to be

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 autonomous,

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 you need to be not

00:25:25.240 --> 00:25:26.200
 to be under control

00:25:26.200 --> 00:25:26.940
 or the judgment

00:25:26.940 --> 00:25:27.660
 of any person,

00:25:27.960 --> 00:25:28.960
 you need to pursue,

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 you need to go

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 for that,

00:25:30.980 --> 00:25:31.720
 go for that,

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 and you can go

00:25:32.620 --> 00:25:33.000
 for that,

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 and you can actualize

00:25:34.519 --> 00:25:34.720
 that,

00:25:34.819 --> 00:25:36.480
 and people deserve

00:25:36.480 --> 00:25:37.960
 to applaud you

00:25:37.960 --> 00:25:38.680
 as you pursue

00:25:38.680 --> 00:25:39.279
 this thing

00:25:39.279 --> 00:25:39.940
 within yourself.

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 But if you think

00:25:40.579 --> 00:25:41.160
 about it for a second,

00:25:41.240 --> 00:25:41.720
 those are two

00:25:41.720 --> 00:25:42.720
 completely opposite

00:25:42.720 --> 00:25:43.759
 views of the person.

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 Two completely

00:25:46.960 --> 00:25:47.980
 opposite views

00:25:47.980 --> 00:25:48.700
 of the person.

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 And for people

00:25:52.259 --> 00:25:52.980
 who are completely

00:25:52.980 --> 00:25:53.980
 consumed by this,

00:25:54.059 --> 00:25:54.700
 the only reason

00:25:54.700 --> 00:25:55.080
 that never,

00:25:55.519 --> 00:25:56.680
 the incoherence

00:25:56.680 --> 00:25:57.500
 doesn't strike them

00:25:57.500 --> 00:25:58.400
 is because everybody

00:25:58.400 --> 00:26:00.279
 or many,

00:26:00.400 --> 00:26:00.920
 many people

00:26:00.920 --> 00:26:02.500
 talk in the same

00:26:02.500 --> 00:26:02.940
 categories,

00:26:03.059 --> 00:26:03.600
 but they're very,

00:26:03.740 --> 00:26:04.660
 very inconsistent.

00:26:04.880 --> 00:26:05.759
 What the Bible says

00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:06.500
 is something very

00:26:06.500 --> 00:26:06.880
 different.

00:26:07.019 --> 00:26:07.680
 If you could put it

00:26:07.680 --> 00:26:08.360
 up on the screen,

00:26:08.440 --> 00:26:08.759
 that would be

00:26:08.759 --> 00:26:09.380
 very helpful.

00:26:10.200 --> 00:26:10.819
 You are not

00:26:10.819 --> 00:26:11.420
 plastic,

00:26:12.340 --> 00:26:13.660
 you are not

00:26:13.660 --> 00:26:14.200
 passive,

00:26:15.059 --> 00:26:15.740
 and you are not

00:26:15.740 --> 00:26:17.039
 shielded from

00:26:17.039 --> 00:26:17.960
 the eyes of God,

00:26:18.559 --> 00:26:19.340
 but you are

00:26:19.340 --> 00:26:19.980
 created,

00:26:20.539 --> 00:26:20.920
 active,

00:26:21.559 --> 00:26:22.160
 and seen

00:26:22.160 --> 00:26:22.759
 by him.

00:26:22.759 --> 00:26:23.720
 You are

00:26:23.720 --> 00:26:24.359
 creative,

00:26:25.019 --> 00:26:25.519
 created,

00:26:25.759 --> 00:26:26.099
 active,

00:26:26.240 --> 00:26:26.579
 and seen

00:26:26.579 --> 00:26:27.119
 by him.

00:26:27.960 --> 00:26:28.740
 So human beings

00:26:28.740 --> 00:26:29.359
 are created

00:26:29.359 --> 00:26:31.599
 by the loving

00:26:31.599 --> 00:26:32.500
 triune God.

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 It means that we

00:26:33.039 --> 00:26:33.720
 have a particular

00:26:33.720 --> 00:26:34.700
 type of nature.

00:26:35.379 --> 00:26:36.019
 And part of that

00:26:36.019 --> 00:26:37.059
 particular nature

00:26:37.059 --> 00:26:37.879
 is that we are

00:26:37.879 --> 00:26:38.879
 within the concept

00:26:38.879 --> 00:26:39.339
 that we're

00:26:39.339 --> 00:26:39.799
 creatures,

00:26:40.059 --> 00:26:41.220
 not God.

00:26:41.720 --> 00:26:42.140
 Obviously,

00:26:42.279 --> 00:26:42.759
 that means we

00:26:42.759 --> 00:26:43.259
 can't just sort

00:26:43.259 --> 00:26:43.839
 of do anything,

00:26:44.000 --> 00:26:45.099
 but as part of

00:26:45.099 --> 00:26:45.640
 the fact that

00:26:45.640 --> 00:26:46.460
 we are created,

00:26:46.579 --> 00:26:47.359
 we are created

00:26:47.359 --> 00:26:48.440
 as active

00:26:48.440 --> 00:26:49.099
 creatures,

00:26:49.099 --> 00:26:50.219
 that human

00:26:50.219 --> 00:26:51.439
 beings have

00:26:51.439 --> 00:26:52.359
 direction

00:26:52.359 --> 00:26:53.459
 and momentum.

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 And that's

00:26:54.799 --> 00:26:55.139
 what's being

00:26:55.139 --> 00:26:55.719
 captured in

00:26:55.719 --> 00:26:56.919
 verse 25.

00:26:57.919 --> 00:26:58.659
 You think about

00:26:58.659 --> 00:26:59.279
 it for a second,

00:26:59.379 --> 00:27:00.039
 there's momentum.

00:27:00.919 --> 00:27:01.799
 You believe a

00:27:01.799 --> 00:27:02.059
 lie,

00:27:03.099 --> 00:27:03.899
 and you tell

00:27:03.899 --> 00:27:04.279
 a lie.

00:27:05.599 --> 00:27:06.319
 And when you

00:27:06.319 --> 00:27:07.000
 believe a lie

00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:07.839
 and tell a lie,

00:27:08.419 --> 00:27:09.459
 it is far easier

00:27:09.459 --> 00:27:10.199
 to believe another

00:27:10.199 --> 00:27:10.599
 lie,

00:27:11.240 --> 00:27:11.679
 and to tell

00:27:11.679 --> 00:27:12.279
 another lie.

00:27:13.459 --> 00:27:14.059
 And in fact,

00:27:14.139 --> 00:27:15.000
 when you tell a lie,

00:27:15.259 --> 00:27:16.079
 you often have to

00:27:16.079 --> 00:27:17.079
 tell other lies.

00:27:17.079 --> 00:27:18.119
 There's a momentum

00:27:18.119 --> 00:27:19.059
 to lying.

00:27:20.319 --> 00:27:21.259
 When you believe

00:27:21.259 --> 00:27:21.659
 a lie,

00:27:22.039 --> 00:27:23.699
 when you sort of

00:27:23.699 --> 00:27:24.539
 turn your mind

00:27:24.539 --> 00:27:25.599
 off and say,

00:27:25.699 --> 00:27:25.779
 well,

00:27:25.859 --> 00:27:26.500
 how can that

00:27:26.500 --> 00:27:27.480
 possibly be true?

00:27:29.279 --> 00:27:30.279
 But you realize

00:27:30.279 --> 00:27:30.799
 that if you

00:27:30.799 --> 00:27:31.960
 voice your

00:27:31.960 --> 00:27:32.839
 doubts

00:27:32.839 --> 00:27:34.000
 about that lie,

00:27:34.619 --> 00:27:35.199
 it's going to

00:27:35.199 --> 00:27:36.379
 cause harm to you,

00:27:36.859 --> 00:27:37.699
 and so you

00:27:37.699 --> 00:27:38.439
 believe the lie.

00:27:38.539 --> 00:27:38.919
 And once you

00:27:38.919 --> 00:27:39.639
 believe the lie,

00:27:39.720 --> 00:27:40.519
 it's far easier

00:27:40.519 --> 00:27:41.199
 to believe a

00:27:41.199 --> 00:27:41.859
 second lie.

00:27:42.399 --> 00:27:42.960
 And once you

00:27:42.960 --> 00:27:43.379
 believe that

00:27:43.379 --> 00:27:44.199
 second lie,

00:27:44.379 --> 00:27:45.399
 it's far easier

00:27:45.399 --> 00:27:46.019
 to believe a

00:27:46.019 --> 00:27:46.500
 third lie.

00:27:46.500 --> 00:27:47.039
 In fact,

00:27:47.079 --> 00:27:47.759
 part of what

00:27:47.759 --> 00:27:48.240
 makes human

00:27:48.240 --> 00:27:48.799
 beings human

00:27:48.799 --> 00:27:49.960
 beings is that

00:27:49.960 --> 00:27:50.839
 it's almost as

00:27:50.839 --> 00:27:51.559
 if in lots of

00:27:51.559 --> 00:27:52.139
 different areas

00:27:52.139 --> 00:27:52.720
 of our lives,

00:27:52.799 --> 00:27:53.199
 we're like a

00:27:53.199 --> 00:27:54.439
 snowball rolling

00:27:54.439 --> 00:27:55.259
 down a slope

00:27:55.259 --> 00:27:56.359
 that can gather

00:27:56.359 --> 00:27:57.079
 up more snow

00:27:57.079 --> 00:27:57.779
 as it goes.

00:27:58.480 --> 00:27:59.159
 And it's not

00:27:59.159 --> 00:27:59.619
 only in terms

00:27:59.619 --> 00:28:00.279
 of bad things,

00:28:00.339 --> 00:28:00.720
 but it's in

00:28:00.720 --> 00:28:01.419
 good things.

00:28:02.139 --> 00:28:02.679
 That when you

00:28:02.679 --> 00:28:03.579
 have the courage

00:28:03.579 --> 00:28:04.980
 to speak the

00:28:04.980 --> 00:28:05.399
 truth,

00:28:06.000 --> 00:28:07.939
 and then you

00:28:07.939 --> 00:28:08.659
 survive it,

00:28:08.879 --> 00:28:09.980
 it's easier to

00:28:09.980 --> 00:28:10.539
 speak the truth

00:28:10.539 --> 00:28:11.359
 a second time.

00:28:12.240 --> 00:28:13.240
 Or in love,

00:28:14.159 --> 00:28:14.839
 that when you

00:28:14.839 --> 00:28:16.139
 do something

00:28:16.140 --> 00:28:16.600
 which is

00:28:16.600 --> 00:28:17.380
 loving to

00:28:17.380 --> 00:28:18.040
 your family

00:28:18.040 --> 00:28:18.640
 members or

00:28:18.640 --> 00:28:18.900
 to your

00:28:18.900 --> 00:28:20.120
 friends or

00:28:20.120 --> 00:28:20.420
 to your

00:28:20.420 --> 00:28:22.300
 spouse or

00:28:22.300 --> 00:28:22.600
 to your

00:28:22.600 --> 00:28:23.040
 neighbors,

00:28:23.940 --> 00:28:24.500
 there's in a

00:28:24.500 --> 00:28:25.040
 sense a type

00:28:25.040 --> 00:28:25.660
 of momentum

00:28:25.660 --> 00:28:26.580
 to that love.

00:28:28.360 --> 00:28:29.180
 And so that's

00:28:29.180 --> 00:28:29.680
 what the Bible

00:28:29.680 --> 00:28:30.380
 is just saying.

00:28:30.640 --> 00:28:31.320
 The Bible is

00:28:31.320 --> 00:28:31.700
 saying here

00:28:31.700 --> 00:28:32.400
 something very,

00:28:32.480 --> 00:28:33.060
 very, very

00:28:33.060 --> 00:28:34.140
 human and

00:28:34.140 --> 00:28:34.620
 very, very

00:28:34.620 --> 00:28:35.220
 profound.

00:28:36.100 --> 00:28:37.100
 You are made

00:28:37.100 --> 00:28:37.560
 in the image

00:28:37.560 --> 00:28:38.000
 of God.

00:28:38.080 --> 00:28:38.480
 You have a

00:28:38.480 --> 00:28:38.860
 nature.

00:28:38.859 --> 00:28:38.899
 nature.

00:28:39.719 --> 00:28:40.199
 And part of

00:28:40.199 --> 00:28:40.759
 that nature

00:28:40.759 --> 00:28:41.639
 is to be

00:28:41.639 --> 00:28:42.039
 active,

00:28:42.159 --> 00:28:42.819
 not passive.

00:28:43.519 --> 00:28:44.059
 And because

00:28:44.059 --> 00:28:44.619
 you are a

00:28:44.619 --> 00:28:46.059
 creature created

00:28:46.059 --> 00:28:46.619
 in the image

00:28:46.619 --> 00:28:47.199
 of God,

00:28:47.599 --> 00:28:48.259
 God the

00:28:48.259 --> 00:28:49.299
 creator always

00:28:49.299 --> 00:28:50.159
 sees his

00:28:50.159 --> 00:28:50.619
 creature.

00:28:53.099 --> 00:28:53.879
 And that's

00:28:53.879 --> 00:28:54.459
 actually part

00:28:54.459 --> 00:28:54.899
 of the reason

00:28:54.899 --> 00:28:55.539
 why the

00:28:55.539 --> 00:28:58.059
 gospel provides

00:28:58.059 --> 00:28:58.500
 you with

00:28:58.500 --> 00:28:59.479
 profound hope.

00:29:00.919 --> 00:29:01.759
 If you put

00:29:01.759 --> 00:29:02.319
 up point

00:29:02.319 --> 00:29:02.879
 number four,

00:29:03.000 --> 00:29:03.479
 it is only

00:29:03.479 --> 00:29:04.159
 the person

00:29:04.159 --> 00:29:04.659
 and work

00:29:04.659 --> 00:29:05.139
 of the Lord

00:29:05.140 --> 00:29:06.000
 Jesus Christ

00:29:06.000 --> 00:29:06.720
 that can

00:29:06.720 --> 00:29:07.300
 give you

00:29:07.300 --> 00:29:08.400
 hope for

00:29:08.400 --> 00:29:08.660
 the new

00:29:08.660 --> 00:29:09.040
 life.

00:29:09.700 --> 00:29:10.500
 It is only

00:29:10.500 --> 00:29:11.100
 the person

00:29:11.100 --> 00:29:11.560
 and work

00:29:11.560 --> 00:29:12.000
 of the Lord

00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:12.759
 Jesus Christ

00:29:12.759 --> 00:29:13.140
 that can

00:29:13.140 --> 00:29:13.540
 give you

00:29:13.540 --> 00:29:14.720
 hope for

00:29:14.720 --> 00:29:14.980
 the new

00:29:14.980 --> 00:29:15.380
 life.

00:29:16.259 --> 00:29:16.880
 One of the

00:29:16.880 --> 00:29:17.380
 problems

00:29:17.380 --> 00:29:18.640
 that we

00:29:18.640 --> 00:29:19.040
 have with

00:29:19.040 --> 00:29:19.540
 religion

00:29:19.540 --> 00:29:21.480
 is that

00:29:21.480 --> 00:29:22.080
 in religion

00:29:22.080 --> 00:29:22.520
 you have

00:29:22.520 --> 00:29:22.780
 to try

00:29:22.780 --> 00:29:23.440
 to make

00:29:23.440 --> 00:29:23.780
 it look

00:29:23.780 --> 00:29:24.160
 like you're

00:29:24.160 --> 00:29:24.420
 a good

00:29:24.420 --> 00:29:24.920
 person.

00:29:26.640 --> 00:29:29.060
 And that

00:29:29.060 --> 00:29:30.040
 usually means

00:29:30.040 --> 00:29:30.600
 that we

00:29:30.600 --> 00:29:30.900
 have to

00:29:30.900 --> 00:29:31.360
 either tell

00:29:31.360 --> 00:29:31.920
 lies to

00:29:31.920 --> 00:29:32.400
 ourselves

00:29:32.400 --> 00:29:32.940
 about what

00:29:32.940 --> 00:29:33.420
 we're doing

00:29:33.420 --> 00:29:33.920
 or make

00:29:33.920 --> 00:29:34.740
 excuses for

00:29:34.740 --> 00:29:35.359
 ourselves

00:29:35.359 --> 00:29:36.599
 or act

00:29:36.599 --> 00:29:36.859
 very,

00:29:37.000 --> 00:29:37.599
 very aggressively

00:29:37.599 --> 00:29:38.299
 to others

00:29:38.299 --> 00:29:38.660
 or put

00:29:38.660 --> 00:29:39.180
 on fronts

00:29:39.180 --> 00:29:39.799
 to others

00:29:39.799 --> 00:29:40.880
 and it

00:29:40.880 --> 00:29:41.579
 always leads

00:29:41.579 --> 00:29:42.200
 to a great

00:29:42.200 --> 00:29:42.779
 deal of

00:29:42.779 --> 00:29:43.559
 insecurity

00:29:43.559 --> 00:29:46.380
 because

00:29:46.380 --> 00:29:48.440
 once again

00:29:48.440 --> 00:29:48.940
 unless you're

00:29:48.940 --> 00:29:49.319
 a raving

00:29:49.319 --> 00:29:49.920
 narcissist

00:29:49.920 --> 00:29:50.480
 who are

00:29:50.480 --> 00:29:51.400
 by almost

00:29:51.400 --> 00:29:51.980
 definition

00:29:51.980 --> 00:29:52.599
 profoundly

00:29:52.599 --> 00:29:53.140
 insecure

00:29:53.140 --> 00:29:55.519
 you realize

00:29:55.519 --> 00:29:56.019
 that you're

00:29:56.019 --> 00:29:56.640
 not quite

00:29:56.640 --> 00:29:58.039
 as holy

00:29:58.039 --> 00:29:58.460
 or good

00:29:58.460 --> 00:29:58.799
 as it

00:29:58.799 --> 00:29:59.579
 seems

00:29:59.579 --> 00:30:01.539
 that you

00:30:01.539 --> 00:30:02.539
 start to

00:30:02.539 --> 00:30:03.019
 become aware

00:30:03.019 --> 00:30:03.339
 of your

00:30:03.339 --> 00:30:03.880
 pride

00:30:03.880 --> 00:30:04.560
 or your

00:30:04.560 --> 00:30:05.160
 greed

00:30:05.160 --> 00:30:05.860
 or your

00:30:05.860 --> 00:30:06.660
 envy

00:30:06.660 --> 00:30:08.700
 or the

00:30:08.700 --> 00:30:09.080
 jealousy

00:30:09.080 --> 00:30:09.460
 that you

00:30:09.460 --> 00:30:09.900
 have for

00:30:09.900 --> 00:30:10.180
 others

00:30:10.180 --> 00:30:10.560
 or the

00:30:10.560 --> 00:30:10.920
 desire

00:30:10.920 --> 00:30:11.180
 for

00:30:11.180 --> 00:30:11.680
 rivalry

00:30:11.680 --> 00:30:12.060
 that you

00:30:12.060 --> 00:30:12.240
 have

00:30:12.240 --> 00:30:12.420
 for

00:30:12.420 --> 00:30:12.660
 others

00:30:12.660 --> 00:30:12.960
 but you

00:30:12.960 --> 00:30:13.220
 can't

00:30:13.220 --> 00:30:13.580
 let that

00:30:13.580 --> 00:30:13.760
 out

00:30:13.760 --> 00:30:13.980
 and you

00:30:13.980 --> 00:30:14.140
 can't

00:30:14.140 --> 00:30:14.320
 really

00:30:14.320 --> 00:30:14.820
 look at

00:30:14.820 --> 00:30:15.120
 it

00:30:15.120 --> 00:30:16.940
 because if

00:30:16.940 --> 00:30:17.440
 you do

00:30:17.440 --> 00:30:18.760
 you lose

00:30:18.760 --> 00:30:19.780
 it's sort

00:30:19.780 --> 00:30:20.360
 of shameful

00:30:20.360 --> 00:30:20.900
 you lose

00:30:20.900 --> 00:30:21.560
 your standing

00:30:21.560 --> 00:30:22.320
 before others

00:30:22.320 --> 00:30:22.880
 and you worry

00:30:22.880 --> 00:30:23.360
 that you lose

00:30:23.360 --> 00:30:23.860
 your standing

00:30:23.860 --> 00:30:24.640
 before God

00:30:24.640 --> 00:30:27.880
 and there's

00:30:27.880 --> 00:30:28.600
 another problem

00:30:28.600 --> 00:30:29.180
 in the religious

00:30:29.180 --> 00:30:29.940
 life or just

00:30:29.940 --> 00:30:30.360
 the human

00:30:30.360 --> 00:30:31.060
 life is that

00:30:31.060 --> 00:30:31.740
 what happens

00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:32.520
 when you realize

00:30:32.520 --> 00:30:33.180
 something about

00:30:33.180 --> 00:30:34.040
 your past

00:30:34.040 --> 00:30:35.980
 that five

00:30:35.980 --> 00:30:36.600
 years later

00:30:36.600 --> 00:30:37.300
 or ten years

00:30:37.300 --> 00:30:37.980
 later and

00:30:37.980 --> 00:30:39.000
 pardon my

00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:39.480
 language I'm

00:30:39.480 --> 00:30:39.820
 just going to

00:30:39.820 --> 00:30:40.300
 speak the way

00:30:40.300 --> 00:30:41.040
 many Canadians

00:30:41.040 --> 00:30:41.960
 do and all

00:30:41.960 --> 00:30:42.280
 of a sudden

00:30:42.280 --> 00:30:42.660
 you say oh

00:30:42.660 --> 00:30:43.240
 my God

00:30:43.240 --> 00:30:46.940
 I used to

00:30:46.940 --> 00:30:47.520
 do that to

00:30:47.520 --> 00:30:48.280
 my spouse

00:30:48.280 --> 00:30:49.420
 or oh

00:30:49.420 --> 00:30:50.580
 my good

00:30:50.580 --> 00:30:51.240
 gracious

00:30:51.240 --> 00:30:53.759
 I said

00:30:53.759 --> 00:30:54.079
 that to

00:30:54.079 --> 00:30:54.859
 my parents

00:30:54.859 --> 00:30:56.620
 that's what

00:30:56.620 --> 00:30:57.039
 I used to

00:30:57.039 --> 00:30:57.299
 do to

00:30:57.299 --> 00:30:58.200
 my parents

00:30:58.200 --> 00:31:01.640
 good

00:31:01.640 --> 00:31:02.440
 gracious

00:31:02.440 --> 00:31:03.920
 that's

00:31:03.920 --> 00:31:04.220
 actually

00:31:04.220 --> 00:31:04.519
 what I

00:31:04.519 --> 00:31:04.900
 used to

00:31:04.900 --> 00:31:05.559
 how I

00:31:05.559 --> 00:31:05.859
 used to

00:31:05.859 --> 00:31:06.220
 treat my

00:31:06.220 --> 00:31:06.819
 employees

00:31:06.819 --> 00:31:07.660
 five years

00:31:07.660 --> 00:31:08.120
 or ten

00:31:08.120 --> 00:31:08.420
 years

00:31:08.420 --> 00:31:08.920
 or twenty

00:31:08.920 --> 00:31:09.259
 years

00:31:09.259 --> 00:31:09.640
 or thirty

00:31:09.640 --> 00:31:09.920
 years

00:31:09.920 --> 00:31:10.240
 ago

00:31:10.240 --> 00:31:13.660
 and like

00:31:13.660 --> 00:31:13.920
 where do

00:31:13.920 --> 00:31:14.240
 you go

00:31:14.240 --> 00:31:14.599
 with that

00:31:14.599 --> 00:31:14.799
 and what

00:31:14.799 --> 00:31:14.940
 do you

00:31:14.940 --> 00:31:15.400
 do with

00:31:15.400 --> 00:31:15.700
 that

00:31:15.700 --> 00:31:17.319
 but you

00:31:17.319 --> 00:31:17.799
 see here's

00:31:17.799 --> 00:31:18.299
 the profound

00:31:18.299 --> 00:31:18.779
 difference

00:31:18.779 --> 00:31:19.120
 that the

00:31:19.120 --> 00:31:19.500
 gospel

00:31:19.500 --> 00:31:20.000
 makes

00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:21.180
 remember

00:31:21.180 --> 00:31:23.400
 that in

00:31:23.400 --> 00:31:23.759
 a sense

00:31:23.759 --> 00:31:24.779
 what happens

00:31:24.779 --> 00:31:25.680
 is that the

00:31:25.680 --> 00:31:26.360
 pot that you

00:31:26.360 --> 00:31:26.920
 cook others

00:31:26.920 --> 00:31:28.039
 in as you

00:31:28.039 --> 00:31:29.100
 develop more

00:31:29.100 --> 00:31:29.980
 moral clarity

00:31:29.980 --> 00:31:30.720
 it starts to

00:31:30.720 --> 00:31:32.200
 you start to

00:31:32.200 --> 00:31:32.759
 realize that

00:31:32.759 --> 00:31:33.220
 there's other

00:31:33.220 --> 00:31:33.940
 things that

00:31:33.940 --> 00:31:34.400
 you would have

00:31:34.400 --> 00:31:34.940
 that really

00:31:34.940 --> 00:31:35.279
 you hadn't

00:31:35.279 --> 00:31:36.000
 really realized

00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:36.519
 that that was

00:31:36.519 --> 00:31:36.980
 a judgment

00:31:36.980 --> 00:31:37.500
 you were making

00:31:37.500 --> 00:31:38.019
 upon other

00:31:38.019 --> 00:31:38.700
 people or that

00:31:38.700 --> 00:31:39.140
 what you were

00:31:39.140 --> 00:31:39.680
 doing was all

00:31:39.680 --> 00:31:40.340
 wrong and now

00:31:40.340 --> 00:31:40.900
 you realize it

00:31:40.900 --> 00:31:41.500
 was wrong and

00:31:41.500 --> 00:31:42.380
 it's five or

00:31:42.380 --> 00:31:42.820
 ten or twenty

00:31:42.820 --> 00:31:43.279
 years in the

00:31:43.279 --> 00:31:44.120
 past and of

00:31:44.120 --> 00:31:44.519
 course you can

00:31:44.519 --> 00:31:44.940
 do certain

00:31:44.940 --> 00:31:45.420
 types of

00:31:45.420 --> 00:31:45.900
 things like

00:31:45.900 --> 00:31:47.340
 make reparations

00:31:47.340 --> 00:31:48.080
 or apologize

00:31:48.080 --> 00:31:48.960
 you know many

00:31:48.960 --> 00:31:50.080
 years later but

00:31:50.080 --> 00:31:50.580
 at the end of

00:31:50.580 --> 00:31:50.880
 the day there's

00:31:50.880 --> 00:31:51.180
 still this

00:31:51.180 --> 00:31:51.620
 problem of

00:31:51.620 --> 00:31:52.260
 conscience but

00:31:52.260 --> 00:31:53.060
 the wonderful

00:31:53.060 --> 00:31:53.720
 thing about the

00:31:53.720 --> 00:31:55.240
 gospel is that

00:31:55.240 --> 00:31:56.140
 when Jesus died

00:31:56.140 --> 00:31:56.740
 for you on the

00:31:56.740 --> 00:31:57.460
 cross he knew

00:31:57.460 --> 00:31:58.060
 all of the

00:31:58.060 --> 00:31:58.660
 darkness in

00:31:58.660 --> 00:31:59.160
 your life

00:31:59.160 --> 00:32:00.980
 the darkness

00:32:00.980 --> 00:32:01.960
 that you discover

00:32:01.960 --> 00:32:04.520
 that was in

00:32:04.520 --> 00:32:05.060
 there that you

00:32:05.060 --> 00:32:05.760
 didn't realize it

00:32:05.760 --> 00:32:06.400
 was there a year

00:32:06.400 --> 00:32:07.400
 ago it was there

00:32:07.400 --> 00:32:08.040
 a year ago you

00:32:08.040 --> 00:32:08.800
 just didn't see

00:32:08.800 --> 00:32:10.220
 it but he saw

00:32:10.220 --> 00:32:10.860
 it when he died

00:32:10.860 --> 00:32:11.300
 for you

00:32:11.300 --> 00:32:13.200
 all of the

00:32:13.200 --> 00:32:13.780
 darkness in

00:32:13.780 --> 00:32:14.340
 your life he

00:32:14.340 --> 00:32:15.320
 saw all of it

00:32:15.320 --> 00:32:16.400
 every single

00:32:16.400 --> 00:32:17.960
 bit of darkness

00:32:17.960 --> 00:32:19.640
 he saw when he

00:32:19.640 --> 00:32:20.300
 died for you

00:32:20.299 --> 00:32:21.940
 like every

00:32:21.940 --> 00:32:23.220
 single bit

00:32:23.220 --> 00:32:24.879
 he saw when

00:32:24.879 --> 00:32:25.480
 he died for

00:32:25.480 --> 00:32:25.740
 you

00:32:25.740 --> 00:32:30.299
 and you see

00:32:30.299 --> 00:32:31.480
 that's

00:32:31.480 --> 00:32:32.379
 partially why

00:32:32.379 --> 00:32:33.460
 the gospel is

00:32:33.460 --> 00:32:34.259
 so different

00:32:34.259 --> 00:32:35.039
 than religion

00:32:35.039 --> 00:32:36.980
 and as the

00:32:36.980 --> 00:32:37.899
 gospel becomes

00:32:37.899 --> 00:32:38.639
 more real and

00:32:38.639 --> 00:32:39.559
 more precious to

00:32:39.559 --> 00:32:40.019
 you it really

00:32:40.019 --> 00:32:40.819
 does provide a

00:32:40.819 --> 00:32:42.059
 place that you

00:32:42.059 --> 00:32:42.700
 can start to

00:32:42.700 --> 00:32:43.099
 look at the

00:32:43.099 --> 00:32:43.599
 things in your

00:32:43.599 --> 00:32:44.039
 life that are

00:32:44.039 --> 00:32:44.720
 just wrong

00:32:44.720 --> 00:32:45.460
 that were just

00:32:45.460 --> 00:32:45.859
 wrong

00:32:45.859 --> 00:32:47.359
 without it

00:32:47.359 --> 00:32:48.359
 unmaking you

00:32:48.359 --> 00:32:51.179
 he always knew

00:32:51.179 --> 00:32:52.199
 you were proud

00:32:52.199 --> 00:32:53.359
 self-centered

00:32:53.359 --> 00:32:54.959
 greedy

00:32:54.959 --> 00:32:56.399
 glutton

00:32:56.399 --> 00:32:58.079
 filled with

00:32:58.079 --> 00:32:58.500
 lust

00:32:58.500 --> 00:32:59.500
 he knew that

00:32:59.500 --> 00:33:00.079
 about you when

00:33:00.079 --> 00:33:00.559
 he died

00:33:00.559 --> 00:33:01.879
 he knew your

00:33:01.879 --> 00:33:03.119
 prejudices when

00:33:03.119 --> 00:33:03.759
 he died for

00:33:03.759 --> 00:33:04.019
 you

00:33:04.019 --> 00:33:07.099
 it's a shock

00:33:07.099 --> 00:33:07.859
 to you but

00:33:07.859 --> 00:33:08.439
 it's not to

00:33:08.439 --> 00:33:08.799
 him

00:33:08.799 --> 00:33:12.200
 and so the

00:33:12.200 --> 00:33:12.919
 gospel both

00:33:12.919 --> 00:33:13.720
 provides you a

00:33:13.720 --> 00:33:14.220
 place where you

00:33:14.220 --> 00:33:14.799
 can begin to

00:33:14.799 --> 00:33:15.339
 look at your

00:33:15.339 --> 00:33:15.960
 life with

00:33:15.960 --> 00:33:16.960
 with honesty

00:33:16.960 --> 00:33:18.460
 and with

00:33:18.460 --> 00:33:19.240
 honesty not

00:33:19.240 --> 00:33:19.559
 where you have

00:33:19.559 --> 00:33:19.940
 to say well

00:33:19.940 --> 00:33:20.359
 that's you

00:33:20.359 --> 00:33:21.159
 know that the

00:33:21.159 --> 00:33:21.639
 fact that I

00:33:21.639 --> 00:33:22.039
 had those

00:33:22.039 --> 00:33:22.940
 prejudiced views

00:33:22.940 --> 00:33:24.379
 ten years ago

00:33:24.379 --> 00:33:25.259
 that's just no

00:33:25.259 --> 00:33:25.859
 no no no no no

00:33:25.859 --> 00:33:26.440
 no they were

00:33:26.440 --> 00:33:27.119
 wrong then

00:33:27.119 --> 00:33:29.500
 they were wrong

00:33:29.500 --> 00:33:30.899
 then you can

00:33:30.899 --> 00:33:31.700
 see the darkness

00:33:31.700 --> 00:33:32.399
 for darkness

00:33:32.400 --> 00:33:34.540
 and you can

00:33:34.540 --> 00:33:35.120
 repent

00:33:35.120 --> 00:33:36.820
 and ask

00:33:36.820 --> 00:33:37.759
 for the light

00:33:37.759 --> 00:33:38.500
 of Christ to

00:33:38.500 --> 00:33:39.019
 be even more

00:33:39.019 --> 00:33:39.460
 real and

00:33:39.460 --> 00:33:40.140
 powerful in

00:33:40.140 --> 00:33:41.380
 you to help

00:33:41.380 --> 00:33:42.120
 to put those

00:33:42.120 --> 00:33:42.660
 parts of

00:33:42.660 --> 00:33:43.259
 darkness in

00:33:43.259 --> 00:33:43.540
 you to

00:33:43.540 --> 00:33:43.960
 death

00:33:43.960 --> 00:33:44.880
 that they

00:33:44.880 --> 00:33:45.240
 not have

00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:45.800
 any part

00:33:45.800 --> 00:33:46.060
 in you

00:33:46.060 --> 00:33:46.560
 anymore

00:33:46.560 --> 00:33:49.340
 and you can

00:33:49.340 --> 00:33:49.880
 be just so

00:33:49.880 --> 00:33:50.560
 grateful that

00:33:50.560 --> 00:33:51.120
 Jesus knew

00:33:51.120 --> 00:33:51.560
 that about

00:33:51.560 --> 00:33:51.960
 you too

00:33:51.960 --> 00:33:52.280
 when he

00:33:52.280 --> 00:33:52.800
 died for

00:33:52.800 --> 00:33:53.060
 you

00:33:53.060 --> 00:33:55.620
 the darkness

00:33:55.620 --> 00:33:56.220
 that shocks

00:33:56.220 --> 00:33:56.860
 you now

00:33:56.860 --> 00:33:59.120
 is a

00:33:59.120 --> 00:33:59.740
 darkness he

00:33:59.740 --> 00:34:00.220
 saw

00:34:00.220 --> 00:34:01.940
 when he

00:34:01.940 --> 00:34:02.300
 died

00:34:02.299 --> 00:34:02.740
 on the

00:34:02.740 --> 00:34:03.059
 cross

00:34:03.059 --> 00:34:03.419
 for you

00:34:03.419 --> 00:34:03.700
 thinking

00:34:03.700 --> 00:34:04.159
 of you

00:34:04.159 --> 00:34:09.519
 just want

00:34:09.519 --> 00:34:09.840
 to wrap

00:34:09.840 --> 00:34:10.059
 it up

00:34:10.059 --> 00:34:10.739
 very closely

00:34:10.739 --> 00:34:11.279
 by looking

00:34:11.279 --> 00:34:11.539
 at the

00:34:11.539 --> 00:34:11.739
 two

00:34:11.739 --> 00:34:12.300
 parables

00:34:12.300 --> 00:34:14.039
 and

00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:14.779
 they go

00:34:14.779 --> 00:34:15.519
 like this

00:34:15.519 --> 00:34:18.119
 and

00:34:18.119 --> 00:34:18.880
 I'm going

00:34:18.880 --> 00:34:19.099
 to put

00:34:19.099 --> 00:34:19.460
 the point

00:34:19.460 --> 00:34:19.739
 up in

00:34:19.739 --> 00:34:20.079
 a moment

00:34:20.079 --> 00:34:20.739
 but for

00:34:20.739 --> 00:34:21.099
 some of

00:34:21.099 --> 00:34:21.380
 you who

00:34:21.380 --> 00:34:21.559
 are

00:34:21.559 --> 00:34:22.139
 Christians

00:34:22.139 --> 00:34:22.539
 for a

00:34:22.539 --> 00:34:22.699
 long

00:34:22.699 --> 00:34:22.980
 time

00:34:22.980 --> 00:34:23.119
 and

00:34:23.119 --> 00:34:23.279
 you're

00:34:23.279 --> 00:34:23.579
 familiar

00:34:23.579 --> 00:34:23.840
 with

00:34:23.840 --> 00:34:24.440
 Zechariah

00:34:24.440 --> 00:34:24.820
 4

00:34:24.820 --> 00:34:25.759
 do not

00:34:25.759 --> 00:34:26.400
 despise

00:34:26.400 --> 00:34:26.719
 the day

00:34:26.719 --> 00:34:27.139
 of small

00:34:27.139 --> 00:34:27.719
 things

00:34:27.719 --> 00:34:28.659
 that's

00:34:28.659 --> 00:34:28.900
 the way

00:34:28.900 --> 00:34:29.739
 to understand

00:34:29.739 --> 00:34:30.380
 these two

00:34:30.380 --> 00:34:30.920
 parables

00:34:30.920 --> 00:34:32.139
 do not

00:34:32.139 --> 00:34:32.960
 despise

00:34:32.960 --> 00:34:33.460
 the day

00:34:33.460 --> 00:34:34.039
 of small

00:34:34.039 --> 00:34:34.599
 things

00:34:34.599 --> 00:34:36.900
 verse

00:34:36.900 --> 00:34:37.420
 20

00:34:37.420 --> 00:34:39.200
 26

00:34:39.200 --> 00:34:40.240
 and

00:34:40.240 --> 00:34:40.500
 Jesus

00:34:40.500 --> 00:34:40.780
 said

00:34:40.780 --> 00:34:41.220
 the kingdom

00:34:41.220 --> 00:34:41.760
 of God

00:34:41.760 --> 00:34:42.300
 is as if

00:34:42.300 --> 00:34:42.700
 a man

00:34:42.700 --> 00:34:43.300
 should scatter

00:34:43.300 --> 00:34:43.780
 seed on

00:34:43.780 --> 00:34:44.260
 the ground

00:34:44.260 --> 00:34:45.420
 now

00:34:45.420 --> 00:34:45.700
 just

00:34:45.700 --> 00:34:46.300
 pause

00:34:46.300 --> 00:34:47.360
 it's going

00:34:47.360 --> 00:34:47.539
 to be

00:34:47.539 --> 00:34:47.900
 the same

00:34:47.900 --> 00:34:48.260
 type of

00:34:48.260 --> 00:34:48.579
 an image

00:34:48.579 --> 00:34:48.840
 of a

00:34:48.840 --> 00:34:49.119
 small

00:34:49.119 --> 00:34:49.619
 seed

00:34:49.619 --> 00:34:50.039
 just

00:34:50.039 --> 00:34:51.159
 think

00:34:51.159 --> 00:34:51.440
 about

00:34:51.440 --> 00:34:51.940
 what we

00:34:51.940 --> 00:34:52.420
 actually

00:34:52.420 --> 00:34:52.780
 wish

00:34:52.780 --> 00:34:52.940
 it

00:34:52.940 --> 00:34:53.360
 said

00:34:53.360 --> 00:34:54.500
 you see

00:34:54.500 --> 00:34:54.940
 from the

00:34:54.940 --> 00:34:55.400
 perspective

00:34:55.400 --> 00:34:55.760
 of the

00:34:55.760 --> 00:34:56.099
 world

00:34:56.099 --> 00:34:56.519
 what we

00:34:56.519 --> 00:34:57.400
 wish

00:34:57.400 --> 00:34:57.740
 we would

00:34:57.740 --> 00:34:57.920
 say

00:34:57.920 --> 00:34:58.079
 is

00:34:58.079 --> 00:34:58.519
 the kingdom

00:34:58.519 --> 00:34:58.960
 of God

00:34:58.960 --> 00:34:59.300
 is like

00:34:59.300 --> 00:34:59.579
 Mount

00:34:59.579 --> 00:35:00.099
 Everest

00:35:00.099 --> 00:35:01.360
 the kingdom

00:35:01.360 --> 00:35:01.820
 of God

00:35:01.820 --> 00:35:02.219
 is like

00:35:02.219 --> 00:35:03.159
 Niagara Falls

00:35:03.159 --> 00:35:04.340
 the kingdom

00:35:04.340 --> 00:35:05.019
 of God

00:35:05.019 --> 00:35:05.519
 is like

00:35:05.519 --> 00:35:05.759
 this

00:35:05.759 --> 00:35:06.400
 superhero

00:35:06.400 --> 00:35:07.500
 the kingdom

00:35:07.500 --> 00:35:08.079
 of God

00:35:08.079 --> 00:35:08.500
 is like

00:35:08.500 --> 00:35:08.699
 this

00:35:08.699 --> 00:35:09.219
 invincible

00:35:09.219 --> 00:35:09.739
 army

00:35:09.739 --> 00:35:10.199
 or this

00:35:10.199 --> 00:35:10.699
 invincible

00:35:10.699 --> 00:35:11.239
 sports

00:35:11.239 --> 00:35:11.559
 team

00:35:11.559 --> 00:35:12.400
 we want

00:35:12.400 --> 00:35:12.679
 to have

00:35:12.679 --> 00:35:13.099
 something

00:35:13.099 --> 00:35:13.440
 very

00:35:13.440 --> 00:35:13.719
 very

00:35:13.719 --> 00:35:14.000
 very

00:35:14.000 --> 00:35:14.360
 big

00:35:14.360 --> 00:35:14.519
 and

00:35:14.519 --> 00:35:15.079
 overwhelming

00:35:15.079 --> 00:35:16.000
 but

00:35:16.000 --> 00:35:16.139
 what

00:35:16.139 --> 00:35:16.259
 does

00:35:16.259 --> 00:35:16.380
 it

00:35:16.380 --> 00:35:16.679
 say

00:35:16.679 --> 00:35:17.719
 the

00:35:17.719 --> 00:35:18.059
 kingdom

00:35:18.059 --> 00:35:18.619
 of God

00:35:18.619 --> 00:35:19.159
 is as if

00:35:19.159 --> 00:35:19.480
 man

00:35:19.480 --> 00:35:19.739
 should

00:35:19.739 --> 00:35:20.179
 scatter

00:35:20.179 --> 00:35:20.699
 seed

00:35:20.699 --> 00:35:20.980
 on the

00:35:20.980 --> 00:35:21.300
 ground

00:35:21.300 --> 00:35:21.639
 little

00:35:21.639 --> 00:35:21.980
 tiny

00:35:21.980 --> 00:35:22.579
 seeds

00:35:22.579 --> 00:35:23.900
 scattered

00:35:23.900 --> 00:35:24.159
 in the

00:35:24.159 --> 00:35:24.500
 ground

00:35:24.500 --> 00:35:26.239
 verse

00:35:26.239 --> 00:35:26.800
 27

00:35:26.800 --> 00:35:27.940
 he sleeps

00:35:27.940 --> 00:35:28.480
 and rises

00:35:28.480 --> 00:35:28.860
 night

00:35:28.860 --> 00:35:29.320
 and day

00:35:29.320 --> 00:35:30.320
 and notice

00:35:30.320 --> 00:35:30.720
 there that

00:35:30.720 --> 00:35:30.980
 little

00:35:30.980 --> 00:35:31.420
 Jewish

00:35:31.420 --> 00:35:31.820
 thing

00:35:31.820 --> 00:35:32.740
 Jewish

00:35:32.740 --> 00:35:33.140
 people

00:35:33.140 --> 00:35:33.560
 begin

00:35:33.560 --> 00:35:33.780
 their

00:35:33.780 --> 00:35:34.060
 day

00:35:34.060 --> 00:35:34.539
 at

00:35:34.539 --> 00:35:35.080
 sunset

00:35:35.080 --> 00:35:35.980
 we

00:35:35.980 --> 00:35:36.300
 begin

00:35:36.300 --> 00:35:36.480
 our

00:35:36.480 --> 00:35:36.780
 days

00:35:36.780 --> 00:35:37.039
 in a

00:35:37.039 --> 00:35:37.280
 sense

00:35:37.280 --> 00:35:37.460
 at

00:35:37.460 --> 00:35:37.980
 sunrise

00:35:37.980 --> 00:35:38.420
 they

00:35:38.420 --> 00:35:38.740
 begin

00:35:38.740 --> 00:35:38.900
 their

00:35:38.900 --> 00:35:39.120
 days

00:35:39.120 --> 00:35:39.300
 at

00:35:39.300 --> 00:35:39.640
 sunset

00:35:39.640 --> 00:35:39.840
 it's

00:35:39.840 --> 00:35:39.960
 sort

00:35:39.960 --> 00:35:40.060
 of

00:35:40.060 --> 00:35:40.240
 this

00:35:40.240 --> 00:35:40.740
 little

00:35:40.740 --> 00:35:41.220
 Jewish

00:35:41.220 --> 00:35:41.940
 thing

00:35:41.940 --> 00:35:42.220
 which

00:35:42.220 --> 00:35:42.380
 is

00:35:42.380 --> 00:35:42.620
 put

00:35:42.620 --> 00:35:42.940
 there

00:35:42.940 --> 00:35:43.720
 sort

00:35:43.720 --> 00:35:43.800
 of

00:35:43.800 --> 00:35:43.900
 a

00:35:43.900 --> 00:35:44.140
 very

00:35:44.140 --> 00:35:44.740
 interesting

00:35:44.740 --> 00:35:45.220
 idea

00:35:45.220 --> 00:35:45.580
 by the

00:35:45.580 --> 00:35:45.780
 way

00:35:45.780 --> 00:35:47.700
 we

00:35:47.700 --> 00:35:48.180
 in a

00:35:48.180 --> 00:35:48.460
 sense

00:35:48.460 --> 00:35:48.840
 view

00:35:48.840 --> 00:35:49.100
 that

00:35:49.100 --> 00:35:49.280
 our

00:35:49.280 --> 00:35:49.640
 day

00:35:49.640 --> 00:35:50.200
 begins

00:35:50.200 --> 00:35:50.620
 when

00:35:50.620 --> 00:35:50.860
 we're

00:35:50.860 --> 00:35:51.460
 active

00:35:51.460 --> 00:35:51.820
 and

00:35:51.820 --> 00:35:52.120
 after

00:35:52.120 --> 00:35:52.400
 we've

00:35:52.400 --> 00:35:52.800
 accomplished

00:35:52.800 --> 00:35:53.160
 all we

00:35:53.160 --> 00:35:53.480
 have to

00:35:53.480 --> 00:35:53.840
 accomplish

00:35:53.840 --> 00:35:54.180
 and we

00:35:54.180 --> 00:35:54.700
 sleep

00:35:54.699 --> 00:35:55.359
 almost

00:35:55.359 --> 00:35:55.739
 as if

00:35:55.739 --> 00:35:56.099
 sleep

00:35:56.099 --> 00:35:56.299
 is

00:35:56.299 --> 00:35:56.480
 sort

00:35:56.480 --> 00:35:56.579
 of

00:35:56.579 --> 00:35:56.899
 an

00:35:56.899 --> 00:35:57.579
 irrelevancy

00:35:57.579 --> 00:35:57.919
 and we

00:35:57.919 --> 00:35:58.199
 wish

00:35:58.199 --> 00:35:58.759
 those

00:35:58.759 --> 00:35:59.059
 of us

00:35:59.059 --> 00:35:59.299
 who are

00:35:59.299 --> 00:35:59.939
 workaholics

00:35:59.939 --> 00:36:00.319
 wish we

00:36:00.319 --> 00:36:00.639
 could get

00:36:00.639 --> 00:36:00.939
 rid of

00:36:00.939 --> 00:36:01.119
 it

00:36:01.119 --> 00:36:01.899
 but

00:36:01.899 --> 00:36:02.579
 for the

00:36:02.579 --> 00:36:02.859
 Jewish

00:36:02.859 --> 00:36:03.199
 people

00:36:03.199 --> 00:36:03.500
 the day

00:36:03.500 --> 00:36:03.839
 begins

00:36:03.839 --> 00:36:04.639
 with rest

00:36:04.639 --> 00:36:05.619
 and out

00:36:05.619 --> 00:36:06.039
 of rest

00:36:06.039 --> 00:36:06.559
 you act

00:36:06.559 --> 00:36:07.579
 anyway

00:36:07.579 --> 00:36:08.059
 sorry

00:36:08.059 --> 00:36:08.480
 that's a bit

00:36:08.480 --> 00:36:08.639
 of an

00:36:08.639 --> 00:36:08.919
 aside

00:36:08.919 --> 00:36:09.639
 so

00:36:09.639 --> 00:36:10.500
 the kingdom

00:36:10.500 --> 00:36:10.919
 of God

00:36:10.919 --> 00:36:11.359
 is as if

00:36:11.359 --> 00:36:11.699
 a man

00:36:11.699 --> 00:36:12.239
 should scatter

00:36:12.239 --> 00:36:12.719
 seed on

00:36:12.719 --> 00:36:13.179
 the ground

00:36:13.179 --> 00:36:14.319
 he sleeps

00:36:14.319 --> 00:36:14.960
 and rises

00:36:14.960 --> 00:36:15.719
 night and

00:36:15.719 --> 00:36:16.019
 day

00:36:16.019 --> 00:36:16.739
 and the

00:36:16.739 --> 00:36:17.379
 seed sprouts

00:36:17.379 --> 00:36:17.879
 and grows

00:36:17.879 --> 00:36:18.239
 he knows

00:36:18.239 --> 00:36:18.779
 not how

00:36:18.779 --> 00:36:19.639
 the earth

00:36:19.639 --> 00:36:20.099
 produces

00:36:20.099 --> 00:36:20.859
 by itself

00:36:20.859 --> 00:36:21.399
 first the

00:36:21.399 --> 00:36:21.759
 blade

00:36:21.759 --> 00:36:22.299
 then the

00:36:22.299 --> 00:36:22.500
 ear

00:36:22.500 --> 00:36:22.899
 then the

00:36:22.899 --> 00:36:23.419
 full grown

00:36:23.420 --> 00:36:23.940
 grain in

00:36:23.940 --> 00:36:24.320
 the ear

00:36:24.320 --> 00:36:25.220
 but when

00:36:25.220 --> 00:36:25.599
 the grain

00:36:25.599 --> 00:36:26.059
 is ripe

00:36:26.059 --> 00:36:26.460
 it once

00:36:26.460 --> 00:36:26.880
 he puts

00:36:26.880 --> 00:36:27.200
 in the

00:36:27.200 --> 00:36:27.539
 sickle

00:36:27.539 --> 00:36:28.360
 because the

00:36:28.360 --> 00:36:28.659
 harvest

00:36:28.659 --> 00:36:29.200
 has come

00:36:29.200 --> 00:36:31.780
 it's

00:36:31.780 --> 00:36:32.840
 saying that

00:36:32.840 --> 00:36:33.139
 you know

00:36:33.139 --> 00:36:33.680
 just as in

00:36:33.680 --> 00:36:34.000
 a sense

00:36:34.000 --> 00:36:34.300
 it seems

00:36:34.300 --> 00:36:34.539
 like a

00:36:34.539 --> 00:36:35.039
 very small

00:36:35.039 --> 00:36:35.280
 thing

00:36:35.280 --> 00:36:35.559
 when you

00:36:35.559 --> 00:36:36.019
 ask Jesus

00:36:36.019 --> 00:36:36.440
 to come

00:36:36.440 --> 00:36:36.760
 into your

00:36:36.760 --> 00:36:37.039
 life

00:36:37.039 --> 00:36:38.780
 to be

00:36:38.780 --> 00:36:38.960
 your

00:36:38.960 --> 00:36:39.220
 savior

00:36:39.220 --> 00:36:39.519
 and your

00:36:39.519 --> 00:36:39.780
 lord

00:36:39.780 --> 00:36:40.059
 or you

00:36:40.059 --> 00:36:40.539
 recognize

00:36:40.539 --> 00:36:41.000
 that you've

00:36:41.000 --> 00:36:41.500
 asked Jesus

00:36:41.500 --> 00:36:42.180
 to be

00:36:42.180 --> 00:36:43.059
 your savior

00:36:43.059 --> 00:36:43.460
 and lord

00:36:43.460 --> 00:36:43.760
 you don't

00:36:43.760 --> 00:36:44.139
 really know

00:36:44.139 --> 00:36:44.380
 when it

00:36:44.380 --> 00:36:44.680
 began

00:36:44.680 --> 00:36:44.980
 but you

00:36:44.980 --> 00:36:45.119
 know

00:36:45.119 --> 00:36:45.380
 that it

00:36:45.380 --> 00:36:45.820
 happened

00:36:45.820 --> 00:36:47.320
 and

00:36:47.320 --> 00:36:48.400
 it seems

00:36:48.400 --> 00:36:48.659
 like a

00:36:48.659 --> 00:36:49.039
 very very

00:36:49.039 --> 00:36:49.559
 small

00:36:49.559 --> 00:36:50.000
 thing

00:36:50.000 --> 00:36:52.420
 yet that

00:36:52.420 --> 00:36:53.039
 small

00:36:53.039 --> 00:36:53.639
 apparent

00:36:53.639 --> 00:36:54.139
 thing

00:36:54.139 --> 00:36:54.759
 continues

00:36:54.759 --> 00:36:55.340
 to work

00:36:55.340 --> 00:36:55.619
 in your

00:36:55.619 --> 00:36:56.039
 life

00:36:56.039 --> 00:36:56.599
 and grows

00:36:56.599 --> 00:36:57.099
 and grows

00:36:57.099 --> 00:36:57.619
 and grows

00:36:57.619 --> 00:36:58.179
 and grows

00:36:58.179 --> 00:36:58.699
 without you

00:36:58.699 --> 00:36:59.360
 realizing how

00:36:59.360 --> 00:36:59.980
 it works

00:36:59.980 --> 00:37:01.800
 and for us

00:37:01.800 --> 00:37:02.340
 who are in

00:37:02.340 --> 00:37:03.059
 Christ the end

00:37:03.059 --> 00:37:03.599
 will be

00:37:03.599 --> 00:37:04.559
 the new

00:37:04.559 --> 00:37:04.940
 heaven and

00:37:04.940 --> 00:37:05.159
 the new

00:37:05.159 --> 00:37:05.519
 earth

00:37:05.519 --> 00:37:06.659
 seeing Christ

00:37:06.659 --> 00:37:07.159
 as he is

00:37:07.159 --> 00:37:07.480
 and being

00:37:07.480 --> 00:37:08.440
 like him

00:37:08.440 --> 00:37:12.300
 or

00:37:12.300 --> 00:37:13.719
 reading the

00:37:13.719 --> 00:37:14.400
 bible seems

00:37:14.400 --> 00:37:15.000
 like such a

00:37:15.000 --> 00:37:15.739
 small thing

00:37:15.739 --> 00:37:17.559
 and let me

00:37:17.559 --> 00:37:18.360
 guarantee you

00:37:18.360 --> 00:37:19.079
 it is very

00:37:19.079 --> 00:37:19.980
 easy for an

00:37:19.980 --> 00:37:20.860
 apparently clever

00:37:20.860 --> 00:37:21.420
 person with

00:37:21.420 --> 00:37:21.760
 a high

00:37:21.760 --> 00:37:22.440
 IQ to

00:37:22.440 --> 00:37:22.800
 make the

00:37:22.800 --> 00:37:23.280
 bible look

00:37:23.280 --> 00:37:23.820
 completely

00:37:23.820 --> 00:37:24.440
 and utterly

00:37:24.440 --> 00:37:25.099
 ridiculous

00:37:25.099 --> 00:37:26.519
 and it

00:37:26.519 --> 00:37:27.039
 seems so

00:37:27.039 --> 00:37:27.740
 completely

00:37:27.740 --> 00:37:28.820
 powerless

00:37:28.820 --> 00:37:29.980
 and weak

00:37:29.980 --> 00:37:30.559
 and helpless

00:37:30.559 --> 00:37:32.780
 yet the

00:37:32.780 --> 00:37:33.240
 means of

00:37:33.240 --> 00:37:33.680
 grace are

00:37:33.680 --> 00:37:34.160
 such that

00:37:34.160 --> 00:37:34.460
 when we

00:37:34.460 --> 00:37:34.840
 read the

00:37:34.840 --> 00:37:35.260
 bible and

00:37:35.260 --> 00:37:35.700
 we hear

00:37:35.700 --> 00:37:35.960
 it

00:37:35.960 --> 00:37:38.579
 that's what

00:37:38.579 --> 00:37:39.039
 he asks us

00:37:39.039 --> 00:37:39.320
 to do

00:37:39.320 --> 00:37:40.220
 read my

00:37:40.220 --> 00:37:40.760
 word

00:37:40.760 --> 00:37:41.539
 hear my

00:37:41.539 --> 00:37:42.120
 word

00:37:42.120 --> 00:37:43.280
 hear my

00:37:43.280 --> 00:37:43.599
 word

00:37:43.599 --> 00:37:44.300
 listen to

00:37:44.300 --> 00:37:44.579
 it

00:37:44.579 --> 00:37:45.820
 yes I

00:37:45.820 --> 00:37:46.160
 know it's

00:37:46.160 --> 00:37:46.620
 small

00:37:46.620 --> 00:37:47.539
 yes I

00:37:47.539 --> 00:37:47.880
 know it

00:37:47.880 --> 00:37:48.340
 doesn't seem

00:37:48.340 --> 00:37:48.840
 like it's as

00:37:48.840 --> 00:37:49.640
 powerful as

00:37:49.639 --> 00:37:50.599
 learning some

00:37:50.599 --> 00:37:51.259
 other massive

00:37:51.259 --> 00:37:51.879
 spiritual

00:37:51.879 --> 00:37:52.799
 technique or

00:37:52.799 --> 00:37:54.239
 exercise program

00:37:54.239 --> 00:37:55.039
 or having all

00:37:55.039 --> 00:37:55.559
 sorts of money

00:37:55.559 --> 00:37:56.319
 I know it

00:37:56.319 --> 00:37:56.900
 seems very

00:37:56.900 --> 00:37:57.440
 weak and

00:37:57.440 --> 00:37:58.339
 inconsequential

00:37:58.339 --> 00:37:59.139
 but just

00:37:59.139 --> 00:37:59.900
 trust me on

00:37:59.900 --> 00:38:00.500
 the means of

00:38:00.500 --> 00:38:00.940
 grace

00:38:00.940 --> 00:38:02.719
 and say that

00:38:02.719 --> 00:38:03.079
 prayer

00:38:03.079 --> 00:38:05.139
 forgive that

00:38:05.139 --> 00:38:05.639
 person

00:38:05.639 --> 00:38:06.879
 read the

00:38:06.879 --> 00:38:07.239
 bible

00:38:07.239 --> 00:38:09.279
 be in part of

00:38:09.279 --> 00:38:10.039
 a small group

00:38:10.039 --> 00:38:10.920
 a tiny part of

00:38:10.920 --> 00:38:11.779
 your whole week

00:38:11.779 --> 00:38:12.539
 where you open

00:38:12.539 --> 00:38:13.179
 the word with

00:38:13.179 --> 00:38:13.739
 other people

00:38:13.739 --> 00:38:14.339
 seeking to

00:38:14.339 --> 00:38:14.879
 follow Jesus

00:38:14.879 --> 00:38:15.599
 yes I know it

00:38:15.599 --> 00:38:16.359
 seems small

00:38:16.359 --> 00:38:17.460
 and doesn't

00:38:17.460 --> 00:38:17.900
 seem very

00:38:17.900 --> 00:38:18.719
 powerful like

00:38:18.719 --> 00:38:19.339
 it'll accomplish

00:38:19.339 --> 00:38:20.699
 much but

00:38:20.699 --> 00:38:21.259
 God's the

00:38:21.259 --> 00:38:21.639
 one who

00:38:21.639 --> 00:38:22.039
 does the

00:38:22.039 --> 00:38:22.500
 work of

00:38:22.500 --> 00:38:22.879
 building

00:38:22.879 --> 00:38:25.119
 it's a

00:38:25.119 --> 00:38:25.919
 small means

00:38:25.919 --> 00:38:26.379
 of grace

00:38:26.379 --> 00:38:26.839
 where God

00:38:26.839 --> 00:38:27.199
 does all

00:38:27.199 --> 00:38:27.679
 the work

00:38:27.679 --> 00:38:29.399
 look at

00:38:29.399 --> 00:38:29.919
 verse 30

00:38:29.919 --> 00:38:30.139
 and he

00:38:30.139 --> 00:38:30.980
 said with

00:38:30.980 --> 00:38:31.359
 what can

00:38:31.359 --> 00:38:31.919
 we compare

00:38:31.919 --> 00:38:32.439
 the kingdom

00:38:32.439 --> 00:38:32.919
 of God

00:38:32.919 --> 00:38:33.259
 or what

00:38:33.259 --> 00:38:33.699
 parable

00:38:33.699 --> 00:38:34.139
 shall we

00:38:34.139 --> 00:38:34.719
 use for

00:38:34.719 --> 00:38:34.919
 it

00:38:34.919 --> 00:38:35.519
 it is

00:38:35.519 --> 00:38:35.839
 like a

00:38:35.839 --> 00:38:36.199
 grain

00:38:36.199 --> 00:38:36.759
 of mustard

00:38:36.759 --> 00:38:37.219
 seed

00:38:37.219 --> 00:38:38.259
 which when

00:38:38.259 --> 00:38:38.739
 sown on

00:38:38.739 --> 00:38:39.199
 the ground

00:38:39.199 --> 00:38:39.659
 is the

00:38:39.659 --> 00:38:40.239
 smallest of

00:38:40.239 --> 00:38:40.619
 all the

00:38:40.619 --> 00:38:41.119
 seeds on

00:38:41.119 --> 00:38:41.439
 earth

00:38:41.439 --> 00:38:42.939
 yet when

00:38:42.939 --> 00:38:43.219
 it's

00:38:43.219 --> 00:38:43.759
 sown it

00:38:43.759 --> 00:38:44.299
 grows up

00:38:44.299 --> 00:38:44.799
 and becomes

00:38:44.799 --> 00:38:45.459
 larger than

00:38:45.459 --> 00:38:45.839
 all the

00:38:45.839 --> 00:38:46.459
 garden plants

00:38:46.459 --> 00:38:46.919
 and puts

00:38:46.919 --> 00:38:47.500
 out large

00:38:47.500 --> 00:38:47.939
 branches

00:38:47.939 --> 00:38:48.419
 so that

00:38:48.420 --> 00:38:48.900
 the birds

00:38:48.900 --> 00:38:49.159
 of the

00:38:49.159 --> 00:38:49.360
 air

00:38:49.360 --> 00:38:49.860
 can make

00:38:49.860 --> 00:38:50.320
 nests

00:38:50.320 --> 00:38:50.760
 in its

00:38:50.760 --> 00:38:51.059
 shade

00:38:51.059 --> 00:38:52.099
 now just

00:38:52.099 --> 00:38:52.579
 a pause

00:38:52.579 --> 00:38:52.900
 here

00:38:52.900 --> 00:38:55.980
 the mustard

00:38:55.980 --> 00:38:56.920
 seed image

00:38:56.920 --> 00:38:57.380
 is a

00:38:57.380 --> 00:38:58.039
 proverbial

00:38:58.039 --> 00:38:58.460
 saying

00:38:58.460 --> 00:38:59.180
 what's a

00:38:59.180 --> 00:38:59.680
 proverbial

00:38:59.680 --> 00:39:00.019
 saying

00:39:00.019 --> 00:39:01.019
 we're familiar

00:39:01.019 --> 00:39:01.220
 with

00:39:01.220 --> 00:39:01.760
 proverbial

00:39:01.760 --> 00:39:02.180
 sayings

00:39:02.180 --> 00:39:02.519
 garbage

00:39:02.519 --> 00:39:02.740
 in

00:39:02.740 --> 00:39:03.039
 garbage

00:39:03.039 --> 00:39:03.360
 out

00:39:03.360 --> 00:39:04.519
 now garbage

00:39:04.519 --> 00:39:04.960
 in garbage

00:39:04.960 --> 00:39:05.420
 out isn't

00:39:05.420 --> 00:39:05.740
 literally

00:39:05.740 --> 00:39:06.360
 true but we

00:39:06.360 --> 00:39:06.760
 know what it

00:39:06.760 --> 00:39:07.260
 means right

00:39:07.260 --> 00:39:08.000
 with statistics

00:39:08.000 --> 00:39:08.539
 and stuff like

00:39:08.539 --> 00:39:09.139
 garbage in

00:39:09.139 --> 00:39:09.599
 garbage out

00:39:09.599 --> 00:39:09.960
 there's a whole

00:39:09.960 --> 00:39:10.500
 range of

00:39:10.500 --> 00:39:11.079
 proverbial

00:39:11.079 --> 00:39:11.639
 sayings

00:39:11.639 --> 00:39:12.659
 and in

00:39:12.659 --> 00:39:12.960
 Jesus'

00:39:12.960 --> 00:39:13.680
 time the

00:39:13.680 --> 00:39:14.200
 idea of the

00:39:14.200 --> 00:39:14.800
 smallness of

00:39:14.800 --> 00:39:15.200
 the mustard

00:39:15.200 --> 00:39:15.639
 seed and

00:39:15.639 --> 00:39:16.920
 the bigness

00:39:16.920 --> 00:39:17.900
 of the result

00:39:17.900 --> 00:39:18.260
 was a

00:39:18.260 --> 00:39:18.880
 proverbial

00:39:18.880 --> 00:39:19.280
 saying

00:39:19.280 --> 00:39:19.960
 he wasn't

00:39:19.960 --> 00:39:20.340
 making a

00:39:20.340 --> 00:39:20.720
 scientific

00:39:20.720 --> 00:39:21.280
 saying but

00:39:21.280 --> 00:39:21.940
 a proverbial

00:39:21.940 --> 00:39:23.200
 saying and

00:39:23.200 --> 00:39:24.220
 it's the same

00:39:24.220 --> 00:39:24.920
 type of thing

00:39:24.920 --> 00:39:26.539
 this in fact if you

00:39:26.539 --> 00:39:27.019
 could put up the

00:39:27.019 --> 00:39:27.599
 point that would be

00:39:27.599 --> 00:39:28.240
 great do not

00:39:28.240 --> 00:39:29.280
 despise the day of

00:39:29.280 --> 00:39:30.820
 small things trust his

00:39:30.820 --> 00:39:31.920
 grace and the means

00:39:31.920 --> 00:39:32.860
 of grace do not

00:39:32.860 --> 00:39:34.900
 despise the day of

00:39:34.900 --> 00:39:36.280
 small things trust his

00:39:36.280 --> 00:39:37.180
 grace and the means

00:39:37.180 --> 00:39:39.039
 of grace that just

00:39:39.039 --> 00:39:39.840
 as in a sense a

00:39:39.840 --> 00:39:40.720
 small thing like

00:39:40.720 --> 00:39:41.680
 hearing the bible

00:39:41.679 --> 00:39:43.359
 taking some time

00:39:43.359 --> 00:39:44.219
 every day to hear

00:39:44.219 --> 00:39:45.199
 the bible and to

00:39:45.199 --> 00:39:46.299
 listen to the bible

00:39:46.299 --> 00:39:47.339
 and you put it

00:39:47.339 --> 00:39:47.960
 away and well it

00:39:47.960 --> 00:39:48.879
 hasn't changed my

00:39:48.879 --> 00:39:49.980
 emotions it hasn't

00:39:49.980 --> 00:39:51.079
 put extra money in

00:39:51.079 --> 00:39:52.500
 my bank it hasn't

00:39:52.500 --> 00:39:53.639
 added five pounds of

00:39:53.639 --> 00:39:54.679
 muscle or taken

00:39:54.679 --> 00:39:55.799
 away three pounds of

00:39:55.799 --> 00:39:56.779
 fat or added two

00:39:56.779 --> 00:39:58.099
 inches to my height

00:39:58.099 --> 00:39:59.399
 or taken two inches

00:39:59.399 --> 00:40:00.119
 away from my height

00:40:00.119 --> 00:40:00.879
 it doesn't seem like

00:40:00.879 --> 00:40:01.739
 it's very powerful

00:40:01.739 --> 00:40:04.599
 but Jesus is saying

00:40:04.599 --> 00:40:06.019
 don't despise the day

00:40:06.019 --> 00:40:07.219
 of small things like

00:40:07.219 --> 00:40:08.879
 taking me into your

00:40:08.879 --> 00:40:09.619
 life seems like a

00:40:09.619 --> 00:40:10.639
 very small thing but

00:40:10.639 --> 00:40:11.539
 it ends in glory

00:40:11.539 --> 00:40:13.860
 and you read my

00:40:13.860 --> 00:40:15.320
 word out of obedience

00:40:15.320 --> 00:40:16.599
 and listen to it

00:40:16.599 --> 00:40:18.360
 and the work that I

00:40:18.360 --> 00:40:20.079
 do in you that's

00:40:20.079 --> 00:40:21.440
 small and unnoticeable

00:40:21.440 --> 00:40:23.099
 almost like planting

00:40:23.099 --> 00:40:24.159
 a seed in a garden

00:40:24.159 --> 00:40:25.559
 and the next day it

00:40:25.559 --> 00:40:26.340
 looks like nothing's

00:40:26.340 --> 00:40:27.059
 happened and the day

00:40:27.059 --> 00:40:27.739
 after and the day

00:40:27.739 --> 00:40:28.400
 after and the day

00:40:28.400 --> 00:40:29.259
 after but eventually

00:40:29.259 --> 00:40:30.500
 if you wait over time

00:40:30.500 --> 00:40:31.779
 and almost imperceptible

00:40:31.779 --> 00:40:33.480
 in the change something

00:40:33.480 --> 00:40:35.139
 quite remarkable happens

00:40:35.139 --> 00:40:37.599
 and this other image

00:40:37.599 --> 00:40:39.380
 here is the same type

00:40:39.380 --> 00:40:40.239
 of an image of not

00:40:40.239 --> 00:40:41.739
 only is it just like

00:40:41.739 --> 00:40:42.659
 the plant that grows

00:40:42.659 --> 00:40:43.379
 but it's something

00:40:43.379 --> 00:40:44.419
 big that comes that's

00:40:44.419 --> 00:40:45.259
 not only good for you

00:40:45.259 --> 00:40:46.339
 but good for the world

00:40:46.339 --> 00:40:49.819
 you want to know a

00:40:49.819 --> 00:40:50.659
 simple thing that I've

00:40:50.659 --> 00:40:51.519
 just come across

00:40:51.519 --> 00:40:53.679
 that when people despise

00:40:53.679 --> 00:40:54.539
 the Bible and they

00:40:54.539 --> 00:40:55.500
 worry and they make

00:40:55.500 --> 00:40:56.519
 claims about how the

00:40:56.519 --> 00:40:57.199
 Bible has been

00:40:57.199 --> 00:40:58.179
 mistranslated from

00:40:58.179 --> 00:40:58.839
 mistranslated

00:40:58.839 --> 00:40:59.579
 mistranslated

00:40:59.579 --> 00:41:01.340
 here's a thing for you

00:41:01.340 --> 00:41:02.179
 just to say to them

00:41:02.179 --> 00:41:04.400
 do you believe that

00:41:04.400 --> 00:41:05.279
 when you read Plato

00:41:05.279 --> 00:41:06.659
 or Socrates or

00:41:06.659 --> 00:41:07.699
 Aristotle you're really

00:41:07.699 --> 00:41:08.480
 reading what they say

00:41:08.480 --> 00:41:09.239
 when you read the

00:41:09.239 --> 00:41:10.380
 histories of Rome

00:41:10.380 --> 00:41:11.420
 do you believe that

00:41:11.420 --> 00:41:12.199
 fundamentally they're

00:41:12.199 --> 00:41:13.519
 correct and most

00:41:13.519 --> 00:41:14.519
 people will say yes

00:41:14.519 --> 00:41:14.960
 they do

00:41:14.960 --> 00:41:16.579
 well how is it that we

00:41:16.579 --> 00:41:17.440
 have any of those

00:41:17.440 --> 00:41:17.900
 writings

00:41:17.900 --> 00:41:19.599
 I can tell you how

00:41:19.599 --> 00:41:20.500
 we have those writings

00:41:20.500 --> 00:41:21.980
 it's because Christian

00:41:21.980 --> 00:41:23.199
 monks translated them

00:41:23.199 --> 00:41:25.739
 the same trans Christian

00:41:25.739 --> 00:41:27.119
 monks that translated

00:41:27.119 --> 00:41:28.559
 that not translated

00:41:28.559 --> 00:41:29.659
 that copied them

00:41:29.659 --> 00:41:30.859
 the same Christian

00:41:30.859 --> 00:41:31.619
 monks that copied

00:41:31.619 --> 00:41:32.099
 the Bible

00:41:32.099 --> 00:41:33.659
 so why is it that

00:41:33.659 --> 00:41:34.400
 you don't believe

00:41:34.400 --> 00:41:37.460
 in that you're

00:41:37.460 --> 00:41:38.119
 reading Plato

00:41:38.119 --> 00:41:39.359
 correctly but you do

00:41:39.359 --> 00:41:40.719
 you believe that

00:41:40.719 --> 00:41:41.219
 you're reading Plato

00:41:41.219 --> 00:41:42.019
 correctly but the

00:41:42.019 --> 00:41:42.500
 same monks

00:41:42.500 --> 00:41:43.279
 translate the Bible

00:41:43.279 --> 00:41:43.880
 and you don't think

00:41:43.880 --> 00:41:44.599
 they translated it

00:41:44.599 --> 00:41:46.199
 they copied that

00:41:46.199 --> 00:41:46.859
 correctly that like

00:41:46.859 --> 00:41:47.400
 that doesn't make

00:41:47.400 --> 00:41:48.059
 any sense

00:41:48.059 --> 00:41:50.480
 and the point I put

00:41:50.480 --> 00:41:51.400
 it on is this is

00:41:51.400 --> 00:41:52.659
 that is you see the

00:41:52.659 --> 00:41:54.039
 means of grace goes

00:41:54.039 --> 00:41:56.400
 and it brings flowers

00:41:56.400 --> 00:41:57.079
 it's out of the

00:41:57.079 --> 00:41:58.119
 Christian faith that

00:41:58.119 --> 00:41:59.139
 science developed

00:41:59.139 --> 00:42:00.079
 it's out of the

00:42:00.079 --> 00:42:00.860
 Christian faith that

00:42:00.860 --> 00:42:01.920
 human rights developed

00:42:01.920 --> 00:42:02.440
 it's out of the

00:42:02.440 --> 00:42:03.599
 Christian faith that

00:42:03.599 --> 00:42:05.000
 slavery began to be

00:42:05.000 --> 00:42:06.180
 seen as evil and

00:42:06.180 --> 00:42:07.000
 even though in our

00:42:07.000 --> 00:42:07.960
 day and age slavery

00:42:07.960 --> 00:42:08.960
 continues to make

00:42:08.960 --> 00:42:10.160
 comebacks that we

00:42:10.160 --> 00:42:11.300
 understand that

00:42:11.300 --> 00:42:12.300
 slavery is evil

00:42:12.300 --> 00:42:13.400
 it's from Christianity

00:42:13.400 --> 00:42:14.220
 that we understand

00:42:14.220 --> 00:42:15.059
 that human beings are

00:42:15.059 --> 00:42:15.780
 made in the image of

00:42:15.780 --> 00:42:16.619
 God and have a type

00:42:16.619 --> 00:42:17.940
 of integrity that is

00:42:17.940 --> 00:42:19.220
 a fruit of Christianity

00:42:19.220 --> 00:42:20.619
 it's it's out out of

00:42:20.619 --> 00:42:21.860
 out of the the fruit

00:42:21.860 --> 00:42:22.720
 of Christianity that we

00:42:22.720 --> 00:42:23.619
 understand that freedom

00:42:23.619 --> 00:42:24.559
 is important it's out

00:42:24.559 --> 00:42:25.780
 of freedom that you

00:42:25.780 --> 00:42:27.840
 have financial growth

00:42:27.840 --> 00:42:29.160
 and and markets and

00:42:29.160 --> 00:42:30.120
 and and other things

00:42:30.120 --> 00:42:31.200
 like that and and

00:42:31.200 --> 00:42:31.700
 and it's out of

00:42:31.700 --> 00:42:32.280
 Christianity that you

00:42:32.280 --> 00:42:32.900
 have a belief that

00:42:32.900 --> 00:42:33.740
 there's a concern for

00:42:33.740 --> 00:42:35.040
 the poor and for

00:42:35.040 --> 00:42:36.040
 hospitals and for

00:42:36.040 --> 00:42:37.780
 education and and and

00:42:37.780 --> 00:42:38.560
 all of that and it's

00:42:38.560 --> 00:42:39.960
 also in a sense things

00:42:39.960 --> 00:42:41.160
 that just the gospel

00:42:41.160 --> 00:42:42.100
 works in you and the

00:42:42.100 --> 00:42:43.400
 Bible works in you and

00:42:43.400 --> 00:42:44.540
 not only does it develop

00:42:44.540 --> 00:42:45.700
 into something big in

00:42:45.700 --> 00:42:46.560
 you that you will only

00:42:46.560 --> 00:42:47.820
 see when you appear

00:42:47.820 --> 00:42:49.620
 before Jesus at the end

00:42:49.620 --> 00:42:50.440
 of the end of the end

00:42:50.440 --> 00:42:51.300
 of the end but even

00:42:51.300 --> 00:42:52.440
 before we reach the end

00:42:52.440 --> 00:42:53.180
 of the end of the end

00:42:53.180 --> 00:42:53.880
 of the end

00:42:53.880 --> 00:42:57.619
 the birds can nest

00:42:57.619 --> 00:43:00.880
 and there's a

00:43:00.880 --> 00:43:02.539
 fruitfulness and a

00:43:02.539 --> 00:43:04.240
 blessing upon the whole

00:43:04.240 --> 00:43:07.160
 culture as we take the

00:43:07.160 --> 00:43:08.880
 grace of Christ and

00:43:08.880 --> 00:43:09.900
 receive the means of

00:43:09.900 --> 00:43:13.000
 grace so do not despise

00:43:13.000 --> 00:43:14.079
 the day of small things

00:43:14.079 --> 00:43:15.840
 come to communion read

00:43:15.840 --> 00:43:19.039
 the word do not despise

00:43:19.039 --> 00:43:20.300
 the day of small things

00:43:20.300 --> 00:43:22.300
 don't live by lies

00:43:22.300 --> 00:43:22.320
 don't live by lies

00:43:22.320 --> 00:43:30.680
 don't live by hatred

00:43:30.680 --> 00:43:31.960
 when you feel hatred

00:43:31.960 --> 00:43:33.260
 repent of it it's a

00:43:33.260 --> 00:43:34.200
 small thing but it's a

00:43:34.200 --> 00:43:34.740
 big thing

00:43:34.740 --> 00:43:40.560
 don't despise the day of

00:43:40.560 --> 00:43:41.840
 small things don't

00:43:41.840 --> 00:43:43.260
 despise God's grace in

00:43:43.260 --> 00:43:45.620
 small packets it's a

00:43:45.620 --> 00:43:46.760
 small packet that comes

00:43:46.760 --> 00:43:47.920
 into us that we receive

00:43:47.920 --> 00:43:49.519
 but it's God's very

00:43:49.519 --> 00:43:50.920
 power and grace that

00:43:50.920 --> 00:43:51.960
 comes into us that we

00:43:51.960 --> 00:43:54.320
 receive and he does a

00:43:54.320 --> 00:43:55.599
 hidden work of grace in

00:43:55.599 --> 00:43:56.599
 your life and mine

00:43:56.599 --> 00:43:59.820
 that preparing us for an

00:43:59.820 --> 00:44:00.820
 eternal weight of glory

00:44:00.820 --> 00:44:02.639
 let's bow our heads in

00:44:02.639 --> 00:44:02.960
 prayer

00:44:02.960 --> 00:44:05.700
 please stand let's pray

00:44:05.699 --> 00:44:17.339
 father we ask for several

00:44:17.339 --> 00:44:18.500
 things we ask that you

00:44:18.500 --> 00:44:20.199
 build within us a

00:44:20.199 --> 00:44:21.639
 consciousness that you

00:44:21.639 --> 00:44:23.379
 see all things that there

00:44:23.379 --> 00:44:24.539
 is nothing in our lives

00:44:24.539 --> 00:44:25.899
 that is hidden from you

00:44:25.899 --> 00:44:29.759
 and we ask father that as

00:44:29.759 --> 00:44:31.579
 this truth father we know

00:44:31.579 --> 00:44:32.679
 that if we just think about

00:44:32.679 --> 00:44:33.659
 this truth without the

00:44:33.659 --> 00:44:34.599
 gospel without the

00:44:34.599 --> 00:44:35.619
 knowledge that the true

00:44:35.619 --> 00:44:39.360
 light died for us and

00:44:39.360 --> 00:44:40.759
 father it's a very hard

00:44:40.759 --> 00:44:42.119
 thing so make the gospel

00:44:42.119 --> 00:44:43.339
 more dear to our hearts

00:44:43.339 --> 00:44:44.819
 and as the gospel becomes

00:44:44.819 --> 00:44:45.960
 more dear to our hearts

00:44:45.960 --> 00:44:47.960
 help us father to rejoice

00:44:47.960 --> 00:44:49.199
 in the fact that you see

00:44:49.199 --> 00:44:52.139
 all and help us to live

00:44:52.139 --> 00:44:53.179
 lives father of

00:44:53.179 --> 00:44:54.759
 transparency and honesty

00:44:54.759 --> 00:44:57.980
 and integrity help us

00:44:57.980 --> 00:44:59.119
 father to live not by

00:44:59.119 --> 00:45:00.699
 lies or injustice or

00:45:00.699 --> 00:45:04.219
 hatred not by greed or

00:45:04.219 --> 00:45:07.219
 envy not by prejudice

00:45:07.219 --> 00:45:09.539
 but father we ask that as

00:45:09.539 --> 00:45:10.879
 the gospel grips us that

00:45:10.879 --> 00:45:11.919
 we would be more and more

00:45:11.919 --> 00:45:13.219
 open to the light of your

00:45:13.219 --> 00:45:14.739
 grace in every area of who

00:45:14.739 --> 00:45:17.159
 we are and not only us as

00:45:17.159 --> 00:45:18.379
 individuals but at a

00:45:18.379 --> 00:45:20.199
 societal and cultural and

00:45:20.199 --> 00:45:21.359
 communal level as well

00:45:21.359 --> 00:45:23.679
 that the light of christ will

00:45:23.679 --> 00:45:25.559
 reveal the darkness and that

00:45:25.559 --> 00:45:26.719
 we will love the light and

00:45:26.719 --> 00:45:29.139
 hate the darkness and that we

00:45:29.139 --> 00:45:30.500
 will learn to walk in your

00:45:30.500 --> 00:45:32.599
 light knowing that you walk

00:45:32.599 --> 00:45:34.219
 with us and that you love us

00:45:34.219 --> 00:45:37.139
 and care for us and we ask

00:45:37.139 --> 00:45:38.500
 this in the name of jesus your

00:45:38.500 --> 00:45:40.319
 son and our savior amen

00:45:40.320 --> 00:45:45.860
 yes

00:45:45.860 --> 00:45:47.420
 thank you

00:45:47.760 --> 00:45:49.140
 thank you

00:45:49.140 --> 00:45:54.400
 my

00:45:54.400 --> 00:45:55.400
 thank you

00:45:55.620 --> 00:46:05.559
 thank you