WEBVTT

00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.679
 Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, three persons, one God, we come into your presence.

00:00:07.299 --> 00:00:11.160
 We have been in your presence all morning, but we come into your presence very consciously

00:00:11.160 --> 00:00:19.339
 to be with your children and your people, to be with seekers and skeptics, to be in your presence, Father.

00:00:19.339 --> 00:00:23.140
 We come to receive from you this morning, to receive grace from you.

00:00:23.980 --> 00:00:28.900
 Father, we acknowledge that we are always in deep need of receiving grace from you.

00:00:29.899 --> 00:00:34.019
 And so, Father, we ask that the Holy Spirit would do a wonderful work deep in our lives,

00:00:34.619 --> 00:00:38.280
 that we might be in your presence, that we might receive from you this morning,

00:00:38.759 --> 00:00:42.820
 and that we might respond to you as we receive in a worthy manner.

00:00:43.159 --> 00:00:46.719
 And, Father, that might be repentance, that might be praise, that might be new hope,

00:00:46.719 --> 00:00:52.700
 it might be healing, it might be strength, it might just be, well, Father, you know that there's many different ways

00:00:52.700 --> 00:00:58.759
 that we have needs, that your grace is sufficient, and we ask that you would help us to receive it with gratitude,

00:00:58.899 --> 00:01:00.899
 and respond in a worthy manner.

00:01:01.320 --> 00:01:04.560
 And we ask this in the name of Jesus, your Son and our Savior. Amen.

00:01:05.340 --> 00:01:06.140
 Please be seated.

00:01:08.640 --> 00:01:14.000
 It can sometimes be a surprise to people who come to the 10 o'clock service that they see,

00:01:14.000 --> 00:01:16.939
 oh, there's an 8 o'clock service, and they decide to come to the 8 o'clock service,

00:01:17.439 --> 00:01:21.120
 and discover that the 8 o'clock service is radically, radically different.

00:01:21.400 --> 00:01:23.280
 There's no screen, no words on it.

00:01:23.280 --> 00:01:24.400
 You get these little booklets.

00:01:25.180 --> 00:01:33.019
 And, in fact, we use the 1662 Book of Common Prayer in a booklet form,

00:01:33.099 --> 00:01:35.140
 but it's the 1662 Book of Common Prayer.

00:01:35.240 --> 00:01:39.760
 It has thee, thou, dost, wast, hast, all that old-fashioned language.

00:01:39.760 --> 00:01:45.780
 I wear robes as well, and the service has no music, and the sermon is about half the length.

00:01:45.879 --> 00:01:46.500
 That's the goal.

00:01:46.920 --> 00:01:50.120
 A little bit less than half the length of the 10 o'clock service.

00:01:50.120 --> 00:01:53.900
 In fact, sometimes at the 8 o'clock service, I say, I'm going to talk about this.

00:01:53.980 --> 00:01:54.780
 I don't have time now.

00:01:54.820 --> 00:01:57.600
 I'm going to talk about this at 8 if you're curious to see how I handle it.

00:01:57.760 --> 00:02:00.820
 You know, watch the 10 o'clock, the sermon from the 10 o'clock service.

00:02:01.240 --> 00:02:04.719
 I mention that because what sometimes happens, and in fact happened to me today,

00:02:04.780 --> 00:02:08.759
 is I always teach people that I'm, when I'm trying to teach them how to preach the Bible

00:02:08.759 --> 00:02:12.580
 or teach the Bible, that you should begin with something interesting to get people's attention.

00:02:13.020 --> 00:02:17.560
 And I had a really, really good grabby thing for this sermon.

00:02:17.560 --> 00:02:21.539
 And I did it at the 8 o'clock service, and I realized after the service that it was the

00:02:21.539 --> 00:02:23.420
 complete wrong opening for the sermon.

00:02:25.199 --> 00:02:26.300
 So you're not getting it.

00:02:26.539 --> 00:02:29.699
 Instead, you get me telling you that I had a good one, but this wasn't it.

00:02:30.280 --> 00:02:31.860
 But hopefully I've got your attention.

00:02:32.379 --> 00:02:36.920
 If you want to turn in your Bibles, we're going to look at one of the most famous stories of Jesus.

00:02:37.740 --> 00:02:40.140
 There are four ancient biographies of Jesus.

00:02:40.139 --> 00:02:42.379
 Now they're known as Gospels.

00:02:43.039 --> 00:02:47.759
 And three of the four ancient biographies have different versions of this same story.

00:02:47.939 --> 00:02:53.739
 So the early Christians, the early disciples of Jesus, thought that this was a very important story.

00:02:53.819 --> 00:02:55.659
 They all wanted to make sure that it got told.

00:02:56.359 --> 00:03:01.979
 And so turn with me in your Bibles to Mark 2, verses 1 to 17.

00:03:02.259 --> 00:03:05.779
 It's the first story that's the one which is in three of the Gospels.

00:03:05.839 --> 00:03:06.939
 We're going to look at two stories.

00:03:07.519 --> 00:03:08.639
 And here's how it goes.

00:03:08.639 --> 00:03:16.500
 By the way, one of the most common things that we hear in our culture today

00:03:16.500 --> 00:03:19.019
 is that you need to learn how to forgive yourself.

00:03:19.419 --> 00:03:20.879
 It's a very, very common thing.

00:03:21.399 --> 00:03:23.439
 And you would just get a very sympathetic nod.

00:03:23.559 --> 00:03:24.759
 And it really is very interesting.

00:03:24.839 --> 00:03:28.500
 It wouldn't matter if you were at a Bridgehead, a Starbucks, or a Tim Hortons.

00:03:28.560 --> 00:03:32.079
 It wouldn't matter if you went to the best cigar lounge in the region,

00:03:32.500 --> 00:03:35.339
 the best Scotch lounge in the region,

00:03:35.340 --> 00:03:42.800
 where the bar, which is the cheapest, nastiest, grungiest, most down-and-out, sketchy bar,

00:03:42.980 --> 00:03:46.199
 if you said, I'm trying to learn how to forgive myself, people would just nod.

00:03:46.360 --> 00:03:47.140
 It sort of turns.

00:03:47.219 --> 00:03:50.379
 It doesn't matter whether you vote NDP, conservative, or liberal.

00:03:50.480 --> 00:03:53.159
 It doesn't matter if you, like, make America great hats,

00:03:53.240 --> 00:03:56.360
 or you want to vote for Joe Biden or Kamala Harris or AOC.

00:03:56.360 --> 00:04:00.100
 It's one of those things that just most people nod their heads at.

00:04:00.180 --> 00:04:02.740
 And this story talks about this very directly, by the way,

00:04:03.380 --> 00:04:05.300
 the wisdom or the possibility of this.

00:04:05.480 --> 00:04:06.900
 So anyway, here's how the story goes.

00:04:07.360 --> 00:04:07.820
 Verse 1.

00:04:08.780 --> 00:04:11.140
 And when Jesus returned to Capernaum,

00:04:11.720 --> 00:04:14.880
 after some days, it was reported that he was at home.

00:04:15.060 --> 00:04:16.800
 I just sort of want to pause there for a second.

00:04:16.800 --> 00:04:21.579
 And some of you might remember last week's scripture text,

00:04:21.720 --> 00:04:23.639
 which came just before this,

00:04:24.160 --> 00:04:26.520
 is that it ends with Jesus healing a leper.

00:04:27.759 --> 00:04:31.020
 And after Jesus heals the leper, he says to the leper,

00:04:31.600 --> 00:04:35.439
 go to the priest, have him certify you as clean,

00:04:35.540 --> 00:04:38.639
 do the appropriate sacrifices, and don't tell anybody I did this.

00:04:39.180 --> 00:04:42.800
 And it's not clear in the text whether he actually goes to the priest,

00:04:42.800 --> 00:04:46.019
 but what it is clear is he does the opposite of what Jesus tells him,

00:04:46.019 --> 00:04:47.620
 and he goes and tells everybody.

00:04:48.120 --> 00:04:53.159
 And this just builds Jesus' fame so that it's hard for him to go anywhere.

00:04:54.019 --> 00:04:56.779
 But some people, and at some point in time in one of the sermons,

00:04:56.879 --> 00:04:59.939
 I'm going to talk a little bit about why it is that Jesus would tell people

00:04:59.939 --> 00:05:01.379
 not to tell him.

00:05:02.099 --> 00:05:04.399
 Like Mark records him saying this quite frequently.

00:05:04.979 --> 00:05:08.180
 But one of the things we can see here that helps us to understand that is this.

00:05:08.799 --> 00:05:11.120
 I don't know how many of you lived in small communities,

00:05:11.120 --> 00:05:14.439
 but Jesus must have come in at night when it was dark,

00:05:14.439 --> 00:05:17.879
 and he's actually been in this small community in a person's house

00:05:17.879 --> 00:05:20.779
 for a couple of days before people figure out he's there.

00:05:22.439 --> 00:05:25.660
 It tells you something about the character of Jesus

00:05:25.660 --> 00:05:27.240
 that he didn't say,

00:05:27.740 --> 00:05:28.480
 I'm here!

00:05:29.319 --> 00:05:30.819
 Come in with trumpets,

00:05:31.259 --> 00:05:32.480
 you know, drums,

00:05:32.779 --> 00:05:34.720
 banging, let everybody know he's here,

00:05:34.839 --> 00:05:35.779
 draw a big crowd.

00:05:36.000 --> 00:05:36.620
 Like that's not,

00:05:36.680 --> 00:05:37.360
 he comes in,

00:05:37.699 --> 00:05:39.980
 he's actually just spending some time in the house,

00:05:39.980 --> 00:05:44.000
 and it takes a couple of days before people realize that Jesus is there.

00:05:44.060 --> 00:05:45.259
 And once they realize he's there,

00:05:45.340 --> 00:05:46.520
 then the crowds start to come.

00:05:46.580 --> 00:05:47.280
 They want to hear him,

00:05:47.700 --> 00:05:49.600
 and I guess they also want to see him do a miracle.

00:05:50.420 --> 00:05:51.700
 And let's just be honest,

00:05:52.180 --> 00:05:53.460
 we'd love to see a miracle.

00:05:54.480 --> 00:05:55.800
 We're no different from them.

00:05:58.480 --> 00:05:59.700
 It would be on the news,

00:05:59.939 --> 00:06:01.740
 somebody performing miracles like this.

00:06:01.819 --> 00:06:02.900
 So a crowd gathers.

00:06:02.899 --> 00:06:04.259
 But it sure is sort of a sense,

00:06:04.399 --> 00:06:07.659
 the humility and the self-effaciness of Jesus,

00:06:07.899 --> 00:06:10.560
 that he doesn't intentionally go out to try to draw crowds

00:06:10.560 --> 00:06:12.060
 and attract attention to himself.

00:06:13.019 --> 00:06:13.539
 Verse 2,

00:06:14.560 --> 00:06:16.899
 And many were gathered together

00:06:17.439 --> 00:06:18.939
 so that there was no more room,

00:06:19.299 --> 00:06:20.199
 not even at the door.

00:06:20.799 --> 00:06:22.579
 And Jesus was preaching the word to them.

00:06:23.459 --> 00:06:24.219
 And they came,

00:06:24.339 --> 00:06:26.139
 this is going to describe who they are,

00:06:26.219 --> 00:06:27.699
 it's four guys.

00:06:28.219 --> 00:06:29.899
 Four guys come,

00:06:29.899 --> 00:06:32.519
 bringing to Jesus a man who's paralyzed.

00:06:33.519 --> 00:06:33.979
 Verse 4,

00:06:34.659 --> 00:06:36.779
 And when they could not get near to Jesus

00:06:36.779 --> 00:06:37.899
 because of the crowd,

00:06:38.739 --> 00:06:40.099
 that's sort of very interesting,

00:06:41.039 --> 00:06:41.620
 they say,

00:06:41.699 --> 00:06:42.560
 listen, I got the good spot,

00:06:42.639 --> 00:06:44.679
 I'm not giving up my spot to let you get in there.

00:06:45.179 --> 00:06:47.120
 It sucks that your friend's paralyzed.

00:06:47.399 --> 00:06:48.879
 I mean, that's really the attitude of the crowd.

00:06:48.959 --> 00:06:50.259
 It just sucks for them,

00:06:50.519 --> 00:06:51.699
 I'm not giving up my spot.

00:06:53.139 --> 00:06:53.959
 So verse 4,

00:06:54.019 --> 00:06:56.439
 They could not get near to Jesus because of the crowd,

00:06:56.919 --> 00:06:57.279
 so they,

00:06:58.039 --> 00:06:59.459
 in the houses in those days,

00:06:59.979 --> 00:07:01.879
 the roof was always flat,

00:07:01.879 --> 00:07:04.079
 and in a sense it was like a deck.

00:07:04.459 --> 00:07:05.719
 And so whether it was a ladder

00:07:05.719 --> 00:07:07.199
 or stairs on the outside,

00:07:07.439 --> 00:07:08.300
 there was usually a way,

00:07:08.379 --> 00:07:09.079
 always a way,

00:07:09.519 --> 00:07:10.839
 to get up onto the roof.

00:07:11.800 --> 00:07:14.500
 So they removed the roof above Jesus,

00:07:14.839 --> 00:07:16.040
 and when they had made an opening,

00:07:16.159 --> 00:07:17.399
 they let down the bed

00:07:17.399 --> 00:07:19.620
 on which the paralyzed man lay.

00:07:19.620 --> 00:07:22.120
 Now, just before we see anything further,

00:07:22.660 --> 00:07:22.780
 you know,

00:07:22.819 --> 00:07:24.300
 one of the interesting things about this story,

00:07:24.340 --> 00:07:25.300
 if you think about it for a second,

00:07:25.399 --> 00:07:26.459
 if let's say we were,

00:07:26.899 --> 00:07:28.680
 we were in Jesus' time,

00:07:28.780 --> 00:07:30.240
 or it was just happening right now,

00:07:30.360 --> 00:07:31.180
 and Mark said,

00:07:31.240 --> 00:07:31.600
 listen here,

00:07:31.620 --> 00:07:32.780
 I've written about this story,

00:07:33.240 --> 00:07:34.000
 what do you think?

00:07:34.160 --> 00:07:35.780
 And all of us would do this.

00:07:38.139 --> 00:07:38.600
 They'd say,

00:07:39.040 --> 00:07:39.500
 you know,

00:07:39.519 --> 00:07:40.060
 come on,

00:07:40.300 --> 00:07:40.639
 Mark,

00:07:40.759 --> 00:07:42.560
 give it some extra colorful details,

00:07:42.560 --> 00:07:43.079
 like,

00:07:43.639 --> 00:07:45.139
 like,

00:07:45.360 --> 00:07:47.819
 surely the people were sort of swearing,

00:07:48.019 --> 00:07:48.280
 you know,

00:07:48.379 --> 00:07:50.240
 at the commotion going upstairs,

00:07:50.500 --> 00:07:51.220
 they were saying,

00:07:51.319 --> 00:07:51.480
 you know,

00:07:51.759 --> 00:07:52.199
 you guys,

00:07:52.319 --> 00:07:52.480
 you know,

00:07:52.540 --> 00:07:53.360
 keep it quiet,

00:07:53.480 --> 00:07:54.600
 we're trying to listen to Jesus,

00:07:55.340 --> 00:07:55.660
 you know,

00:07:55.800 --> 00:07:56.280
 people are,

00:07:56.399 --> 00:07:58.100
 they're wrecking the roof,

00:07:58.220 --> 00:07:59.639
 and probably there would have been people

00:07:59.639 --> 00:08:00.439
 wanting to go out,

00:08:00.500 --> 00:08:01.000
 and all this,

00:08:01.060 --> 00:08:02.160
 all this detail

00:08:02.160 --> 00:08:03.560
 that we would love to know about,

00:08:03.779 --> 00:08:04.899
 what was going on in the room

00:08:04.899 --> 00:08:06.800
 when they're making a big hole in the roof,

00:08:06.980 --> 00:08:08.019
 and none of it's there.

00:08:08.860 --> 00:08:09.459
 That's what I mean by,

00:08:10.100 --> 00:08:10.399
 you see,

00:08:10.459 --> 00:08:11.360
 it's very interesting,

00:08:11.360 --> 00:08:13.560
 and it shows our distraction,

00:08:13.879 --> 00:08:14.060
 like,

00:08:14.740 --> 00:08:16.960
 the inherent type of distraction

00:08:16.960 --> 00:08:17.780
 that we have

00:08:17.780 --> 00:08:19.439
 when it comes to things of God,

00:08:20.020 --> 00:08:21.780
 that we would be far more interested

00:08:21.780 --> 00:08:22.840
 in lots of ways

00:08:22.840 --> 00:08:24.220
 with all this other stuff,

00:08:25.100 --> 00:08:25.360
 you know,

00:08:25.439 --> 00:08:25.699
 the,

00:08:25.780 --> 00:08:26.420
 you know,

00:08:26.439 --> 00:08:26.980
 the mess,

00:08:27.040 --> 00:08:27.900
 who's going to clean it up,

00:08:27.920 --> 00:08:28.860
 all of that type of stuff,

00:08:29.259 --> 00:08:29.840
 than what,

00:08:29.900 --> 00:08:31.520
 but Mark sort of ignores that,

00:08:31.600 --> 00:08:33.919
 he doesn't play to our habit

00:08:33.919 --> 00:08:34.919
 to get distracted,

00:08:35.039 --> 00:08:36.240
 because he's driving towards

00:08:36.240 --> 00:08:37.779
 making a particular type of point

00:08:37.779 --> 00:08:38.399
 about Jesus,

00:08:39.120 --> 00:08:39.980
 and by the way,

00:08:39.980 --> 00:08:41.060
 it must have been Jesus

00:08:41.059 --> 00:08:42.099
 who stopped people

00:08:42.099 --> 00:08:43.399
 from going upstairs

00:08:43.399 --> 00:08:45.479
 and up onto the roof

00:08:45.479 --> 00:08:46.799
 to stop those guys

00:08:46.799 --> 00:08:47.799
 from wrecking the roof.

00:08:47.899 --> 00:08:48.679
 It must have been Jesus,

00:08:48.899 --> 00:08:50.079
 but we don't say that.

00:08:50.279 --> 00:08:50.819
 Maybe it wasn't.

00:08:50.879 --> 00:08:51.359
 Verse five.

00:08:52.559 --> 00:08:53.259
 So the guy,

00:08:53.519 --> 00:08:54.439
 they lay down,

00:08:54.539 --> 00:08:55.179
 they make a hole,

00:08:55.279 --> 00:08:56.379
 they drop the guy down,

00:08:56.879 --> 00:08:58.500
 and the guy's now

00:08:58.500 --> 00:08:59.459
 standing in front of Jesus.

00:08:59.739 --> 00:09:00.639
 Probably a lot of people

00:09:00.639 --> 00:09:01.119
 are in a very,

00:09:01.199 --> 00:09:01.359
 very,

00:09:01.439 --> 00:09:02.179
 very bad mood,

00:09:02.239 --> 00:09:03.599
 because they're covered with straw,

00:09:03.779 --> 00:09:04.679
 covered with dirt.

00:09:05.659 --> 00:09:07.139
 The homeowners are probably

00:09:07.139 --> 00:09:07.979
 really furious,

00:09:07.980 --> 00:09:10.840
 but when Jesus saw their faith,

00:09:11.340 --> 00:09:12.539
 he said to the paralytic,

00:09:13.259 --> 00:09:13.800
 son,

00:09:14.039 --> 00:09:15.440
 your sins are forgiven.

00:09:16.320 --> 00:09:16.600
 Now,

00:09:16.639 --> 00:09:17.460
 we want to pause here

00:09:17.460 --> 00:09:17.960
 for a second.

00:09:18.500 --> 00:09:19.460
 Here's one of the problems

00:09:19.460 --> 00:09:20.060
 we have.

00:09:20.620 --> 00:09:22.019
 If you're a person,

00:09:22.279 --> 00:09:23.139
 maybe from a,

00:09:23.139 --> 00:09:23.300
 you know,

00:09:23.300 --> 00:09:24.019
 a Muslim background

00:09:24.019 --> 00:09:24.960
 or a Buddhist background,

00:09:24.960 --> 00:09:26.259
 and you're hearing this story

00:09:26.259 --> 00:09:27.159
 for the first time,

00:09:27.680 --> 00:09:28.759
 or if you're just,

00:09:28.860 --> 00:09:29.720
 you haven't had any real

00:09:29.720 --> 00:09:30.720
 Christian background,

00:09:30.820 --> 00:09:31.460
 you're hearing this story

00:09:31.460 --> 00:09:32.120
 for the first time,

00:09:32.159 --> 00:09:32.800
 I want to tell you

00:09:32.800 --> 00:09:33.500
 about a problem

00:09:33.500 --> 00:09:34.420
 that Christians have

00:09:34.419 --> 00:09:36.439
 when they're very familiar

00:09:36.439 --> 00:09:37.279
 with the story.

00:09:38.579 --> 00:09:39.459
 One of the things

00:09:39.459 --> 00:09:40.399
 I try to tell people

00:09:40.399 --> 00:09:41.419
 when I'm trying to give them

00:09:41.419 --> 00:09:42.559
 encouragement about how to

00:09:42.559 --> 00:09:43.639
 preach and teach the Bible

00:09:43.639 --> 00:09:44.599
 when it comes to a narrative

00:09:44.599 --> 00:09:45.240
 like this,

00:09:45.620 --> 00:09:46.699
 is never assume

00:09:46.699 --> 00:09:48.279
 that a response is obvious.

00:09:49.819 --> 00:09:49.979
 Like,

00:09:50.059 --> 00:09:50.919
 don't assume,

00:09:51.259 --> 00:09:51.439
 well,

00:09:51.459 --> 00:09:52.360
 of course that's what

00:09:52.360 --> 00:09:53.039
 Jesus would say.

00:09:53.099 --> 00:09:53.219
 No,

00:09:53.259 --> 00:09:53.360
 no,

00:09:53.360 --> 00:09:53.559
 no,

00:09:53.559 --> 00:09:53.719
 no,

00:09:53.719 --> 00:09:53.819
 no,

00:09:53.819 --> 00:09:53.860
 no,

00:09:53.860 --> 00:09:53.919
 no,

00:09:53.919 --> 00:09:54.000
 no,

00:09:54.000 --> 00:09:54.219
 no,

00:09:54.219 --> 00:09:55.199
 just a thought experiment.

00:09:55.319 --> 00:09:56.339
 What would Stalin say?

00:09:59.939 --> 00:10:01.099
 Kill those guys.

00:10:02.539 --> 00:10:02.740
 Like,

00:10:02.899 --> 00:10:03.159
 what would,

00:10:03.399 --> 00:10:03.539
 what,

00:10:03.919 --> 00:10:04.319
 no,

00:10:04.419 --> 00:10:04.639
 no,

00:10:04.860 --> 00:10:05.719
 I'm going to say

00:10:05.719 --> 00:10:06.519
 a few things today

00:10:06.519 --> 00:10:07.959
 for our Muslim friends

00:10:07.959 --> 00:10:08.659
 who might be watching.

00:10:08.719 --> 00:10:09.059
 I'm going to say

00:10:09.059 --> 00:10:09.759
 a few things today

00:10:09.759 --> 00:10:10.459
 about Christianity

00:10:10.459 --> 00:10:11.000
 and Islam

00:10:11.000 --> 00:10:12.039
 and just sort of

00:10:12.039 --> 00:10:12.979
 give me some mercy

00:10:12.979 --> 00:10:13.879
 about this.

00:10:14.000 --> 00:10:15.259
 I don't mean any disrespect,

00:10:15.519 --> 00:10:16.339
 but I want to throw out

00:10:16.339 --> 00:10:16.519
 some,

00:10:16.899 --> 00:10:17.779
 there's some puzzles

00:10:17.779 --> 00:10:18.500
 and riddles

00:10:18.500 --> 00:10:20.719
 in this text

00:10:20.719 --> 00:10:22.319
 in terms of the contrast

00:10:22.319 --> 00:10:23.399
 between Christianity

00:10:23.399 --> 00:10:24.099
 and other faiths.

00:10:24.099 --> 00:10:24.799
 But if you think about it

00:10:24.799 --> 00:10:25.120
 for a second,

00:10:25.219 --> 00:10:26.179
 what would Muhammad say?

00:10:28.959 --> 00:10:30.139
 Muhammad would probably say,

00:10:30.219 --> 00:10:30.319
 well,

00:10:30.360 --> 00:10:31.139
 it's Allah's will.

00:10:31.959 --> 00:10:33.079
 It is the will of Allah.

00:10:33.080 --> 00:10:36.400
 That's what he would say.

00:10:36.540 --> 00:10:36.940
 He wouldn't say,

00:10:37.020 --> 00:10:37.160
 son,

00:10:37.220 --> 00:10:37.540
 your sins

00:10:37.540 --> 00:10:38.740
 are the will of Allah.

00:10:39.139 --> 00:10:40.000
 What would Buddha say?

00:10:42.500 --> 00:10:43.620
 Buddha was obviously,

00:10:43.820 --> 00:10:45.560
 from the records of him,

00:10:45.600 --> 00:10:46.740
 he was obviously a man

00:10:46.740 --> 00:10:48.700
 who did have great compassion

00:10:48.700 --> 00:10:50.060
 and that part of his way

00:10:50.060 --> 00:10:51.080
 is the way of compassion.

00:10:52.080 --> 00:10:53.240
 But he also emerges

00:10:53.240 --> 00:10:54.820
 out of a Hindu worldview

00:10:54.820 --> 00:10:55.800
 that he might very well

00:10:55.800 --> 00:10:56.440
 have just said,

00:10:56.440 --> 00:10:56.760
 well,

00:10:58.120 --> 00:11:00.480
 may I,

00:11:00.540 --> 00:11:00.660
 you know,

00:11:00.700 --> 00:11:01.420
 I can help you

00:11:01.420 --> 00:11:02.120
 with some water

00:11:02.120 --> 00:11:03.300
 and he might say

00:11:03.300 --> 00:11:03.940
 to his disciples

00:11:03.940 --> 00:11:04.540
 it's important

00:11:04.540 --> 00:11:05.420
 to show compassion.

00:11:05.900 --> 00:11:07.200
 But at the end of the day,

00:11:07.560 --> 00:11:09.140
 it's as a result

00:11:09.140 --> 00:11:11.560
 of the sins

00:11:11.560 --> 00:11:12.520
 in this life

00:11:12.520 --> 00:11:13.040
 and the sins

00:11:13.040 --> 00:11:14.300
 in previous lives

00:11:14.300 --> 00:11:15.720
 that have now

00:11:15.720 --> 00:11:16.800
 brought this state,

00:11:17.020 --> 00:11:17.740
 karma has brought

00:11:17.740 --> 00:11:18.160
 this state

00:11:18.160 --> 00:11:19.780
 upon this particular person.

00:11:19.860 --> 00:11:20.200
 And really,

00:11:20.320 --> 00:11:20.940
 what you can do

00:11:20.940 --> 00:11:22.000
 is use this

00:11:22.000 --> 00:11:22.520
 as a time

00:11:22.520 --> 00:11:23.020
 to illustrate

00:11:23.020 --> 00:11:23.600
 to the man

00:11:23.600 --> 00:11:24.160
 and to others

00:11:24.159 --> 00:11:24.839
 the importance

00:11:24.839 --> 00:11:26.120
 of following

00:11:26.120 --> 00:11:27.199
 the way

00:11:27.199 --> 00:11:28.079
 so that you

00:11:28.079 --> 00:11:29.719
 will no longer

00:11:29.719 --> 00:11:30.559
 be caught up

00:11:30.559 --> 00:11:31.139
 in the cycle

00:11:31.139 --> 00:11:32.100
 of death and rebirth

00:11:32.100 --> 00:11:33.240
 and having all these

00:11:33.240 --> 00:11:34.539
 karmic penalties

00:11:34.539 --> 00:11:35.219
 come to you

00:11:35.219 --> 00:11:36.120
 to begin to try

00:11:36.120 --> 00:11:37.240
 to break that cycle

00:11:37.240 --> 00:11:38.319
 by having enlightenment

00:11:38.319 --> 00:11:39.439
 and, you know,

00:11:39.459 --> 00:11:40.299
 achieving nirvana.

00:11:40.600 --> 00:11:41.459
 That's probably

00:11:41.459 --> 00:11:42.319
 what something along the line

00:11:42.319 --> 00:11:43.360
 that Buddha would say.

00:11:43.500 --> 00:11:45.500
 What would a politician say?

00:11:45.579 --> 00:11:46.779
 What would a therapist say?

00:11:48.360 --> 00:11:49.019
 You see,

00:11:49.120 --> 00:11:49.759
 part of the thing

00:11:49.759 --> 00:11:51.559
 which we don't quite get

00:11:51.559 --> 00:11:52.899
 when we see this story

00:11:52.899 --> 00:11:55.840
 is the,

00:11:56.259 --> 00:11:57.819
 Jesus is going to

00:11:57.819 --> 00:11:58.980
 relate to this man

00:11:58.980 --> 00:11:59.919
 in a profoundly

00:11:59.919 --> 00:12:01.299
 compassionate way.

00:12:02.519 --> 00:12:04.139
 And whether our culture

00:12:04.139 --> 00:12:05.299
 wants to acknowledge it

00:12:05.299 --> 00:12:05.740
 or not,

00:12:05.840 --> 00:12:06.500
 it's as if

00:12:06.500 --> 00:12:08.259
 in around the years,

00:12:08.519 --> 00:12:10.699
 depending on how you count it,

00:12:11.059 --> 00:12:12.199
 27 to 30

00:12:12.199 --> 00:12:13.139
 or 30 to 33,

00:12:13.299 --> 00:12:14.039
 that's the time

00:12:14.039 --> 00:12:14.539
 that Jesus'

00:12:14.779 --> 00:12:15.539
 teaching ministry

00:12:15.539 --> 00:12:16.159
 went on

00:12:16.159 --> 00:12:18.399
 and culminating

00:12:18.399 --> 00:12:18.960
 with his death

00:12:18.960 --> 00:12:19.620
 upon the cross

00:12:19.620 --> 00:12:20.439
 and his resurrection

00:12:20.439 --> 00:12:21.399
 which launches

00:12:21.399 --> 00:12:22.600
 this Christian movement

00:12:22.600 --> 00:12:25.139
 Jesus is like a bomb

00:12:25.139 --> 00:12:26.620
 that blows up

00:12:26.620 --> 00:12:27.519
 modern thought.

00:12:28.659 --> 00:12:30.120
 And much of now,

00:12:30.320 --> 00:12:31.879
 2,000 years downstream,

00:12:32.779 --> 00:12:33.940
 we just assume,

00:12:34.240 --> 00:12:35.920
 we just assume

00:12:35.920 --> 00:12:37.659
 that the proper response

00:12:37.659 --> 00:12:39.659
 is to show

00:12:39.659 --> 00:12:40.800
 some type of compassion

00:12:40.800 --> 00:12:41.480
 towards him.

00:12:41.840 --> 00:12:42.560
 But that's not

00:12:42.560 --> 00:12:43.540
 an obvious response.

00:12:43.639 --> 00:12:43.920
 Once again,

00:12:43.960 --> 00:12:44.800
 what would Stalin say?

00:12:46.639 --> 00:12:48.519
 It's not an obvious response.

00:12:48.740 --> 00:12:49.200
 In a sense,

00:12:49.320 --> 00:12:50.320
 our whole response

00:12:50.320 --> 00:12:50.820
 to this

00:12:50.820 --> 00:12:52.600
 is formed by stories

00:12:52.600 --> 00:12:53.300
 like this,

00:12:54.000 --> 00:12:55.160
 the compassion of Jesus.

00:12:56.280 --> 00:12:57.879
 But he says this

00:12:57.879 --> 00:12:58.180
 very,

00:12:58.320 --> 00:12:59.240
 very odd thing.

00:13:00.040 --> 00:13:00.460
 Son,

00:13:00.640 --> 00:13:01.260
 your sins

00:13:01.260 --> 00:13:02.500
 are forgiven.

00:13:02.500 --> 00:13:02.620
 men.

00:13:12.620 --> 00:13:12.940
 We,

00:13:13.100 --> 00:13:15.320
 last Sunday

00:13:15.320 --> 00:13:16.679
 at the 8 o'clock service,

00:13:16.940 --> 00:13:18.659
 we had a street person

00:13:18.659 --> 00:13:19.519
 come to be part

00:13:19.519 --> 00:13:20.580
 of our service.

00:13:23.539 --> 00:13:23.899
 And,

00:13:23.960 --> 00:13:24.340
 in fact,

00:13:24.460 --> 00:13:25.139
 Shane happened

00:13:25.139 --> 00:13:25.620
 to be there

00:13:25.620 --> 00:13:26.620
 and I said to Shane

00:13:26.620 --> 00:13:27.279
 when I came in,

00:13:27.340 --> 00:13:27.799
 could you just

00:13:27.799 --> 00:13:29.100
 keep an eye on him

00:13:29.100 --> 00:13:30.000
 because I wasn't sure.

00:13:30.519 --> 00:13:30.700
 You see,

00:13:30.700 --> 00:13:31.600
 as soon as I came in,

00:13:31.660 --> 00:13:32.360
 he told me

00:13:32.360 --> 00:13:33.000
 that he was

00:13:33.000 --> 00:13:33.680
 the second coming

00:13:33.680 --> 00:13:34.180
 of Jesus.

00:13:35.080 --> 00:13:35.920
 That's the first thing

00:13:35.920 --> 00:13:36.600
 he told to me.

00:13:36.620 --> 00:13:37.400
 He's the second coming

00:13:37.400 --> 00:13:37.840
 of Jesus.

00:13:38.920 --> 00:13:39.120
 And,

00:13:39.180 --> 00:13:40.560
 and so I just said

00:13:40.560 --> 00:13:41.600
 and he was wandering around.

00:13:41.940 --> 00:13:42.900
 He signed his name

00:13:42.900 --> 00:13:43.960
 three times in the book.

00:13:44.560 --> 00:13:44.900
 Actually,

00:13:44.960 --> 00:13:45.400
 one of the times

00:13:45.400 --> 00:13:46.120
 he signed his name

00:13:46.120 --> 00:13:46.620
 was Zeus

00:13:46.620 --> 00:13:47.120
 as well,

00:13:47.180 --> 00:13:47.480
 actually.

00:13:48.220 --> 00:13:48.580
 But,

00:13:48.680 --> 00:13:49.259
 you know what I mean?

00:13:49.259 --> 00:13:49.420
 Like,

00:13:49.440 --> 00:13:49.980
 he was very,

00:13:50.060 --> 00:13:50.200
 very,

00:13:50.280 --> 00:13:50.440
 very,

00:13:50.500 --> 00:13:50.700
 like,

00:13:50.800 --> 00:13:52.200
 clearly mentally ill

00:13:52.200 --> 00:13:54.000
 and having a psychotic episode.

00:13:54.980 --> 00:13:55.140
 And,

00:13:55.180 --> 00:13:56.259
 and so I just asked Shane

00:13:56.259 --> 00:13:57.220
 if he could keep an eye

00:13:57.220 --> 00:13:57.580
 on him

00:13:57.580 --> 00:13:58.180
 in case he was

00:13:58.180 --> 00:13:58.840
 very disruptive.

00:13:58.980 --> 00:13:59.100
 Now,

00:13:59.140 --> 00:13:59.700
 as it turned out,

00:13:59.700 --> 00:14:00.660
 he wasn't disruptive.

00:14:00.780 --> 00:14:01.420
 He sat there.

00:14:02.000 --> 00:14:03.700
 He did a few little odd things,

00:14:03.759 --> 00:14:04.500
 but he sat there.

00:14:04.600 --> 00:14:04.840
 I mean,

00:14:04.860 --> 00:14:06.060
 he told me a second time

00:14:06.060 --> 00:14:07.000
 when I gave him communion

00:14:07.000 --> 00:14:08.940
 that he was the second coming

00:14:08.940 --> 00:14:09.460
 of Jesus

00:14:09.460 --> 00:14:11.400
 and some other things.

00:14:11.460 --> 00:14:11.620
 And,

00:14:11.660 --> 00:14:12.820
 and I just listened to him

00:14:12.820 --> 00:14:13.540
 for a few seconds

00:14:13.540 --> 00:14:13.860
 and I said,

00:14:13.860 --> 00:14:14.320
 I'm really sorry

00:14:14.320 --> 00:14:15.120
 you have to sit down.

00:14:15.340 --> 00:14:15.780
 And he did.

00:14:15.980 --> 00:14:16.840
 So it was all fine.

00:14:17.360 --> 00:14:18.420
 But the fact of the matter is

00:14:18.420 --> 00:14:19.300
 is that that fellow

00:14:19.300 --> 00:14:20.700
 was clearly mentally ill.

00:14:20.879 --> 00:14:22.120
 He either thought he was Zeus

00:14:22.120 --> 00:14:23.160
 or he thought he was

00:14:23.160 --> 00:14:24.400
 the son of God.

00:14:24.399 --> 00:14:25.720
 So,

00:14:25.720 --> 00:14:28.240
 that's the offensive

00:14:28.240 --> 00:14:29.399
 and shocking thing

00:14:29.399 --> 00:14:30.340
 about this text

00:14:30.340 --> 00:14:31.600
 which we have to get into it.

00:14:31.679 --> 00:14:31.860
 You see,

00:14:31.939 --> 00:14:32.500
 once again,

00:14:33.279 --> 00:14:34.220
 partly what happens

00:14:34.220 --> 00:14:35.199
 is when we read the text

00:14:35.199 --> 00:14:35.439
 we say,

00:14:35.539 --> 00:14:35.559
 well,

00:14:35.600 --> 00:14:36.639
 that's just religious language,

00:14:36.759 --> 00:14:37.559
 just religious language,

00:14:37.679 --> 00:14:38.439
 just religious language.

00:14:38.539 --> 00:14:38.679
 No,

00:14:38.720 --> 00:14:38.799
 no,

00:14:38.819 --> 00:14:38.939
 no,

00:14:38.939 --> 00:14:39.059
 no,

00:14:39.059 --> 00:14:39.199
 no.

00:14:39.199 --> 00:14:39.939
 Just think about it

00:14:39.939 --> 00:14:40.419
 in real life.

00:14:40.519 --> 00:14:41.699
 This is a story.

00:14:41.799 --> 00:14:42.519
 Remember the very,

00:14:42.699 --> 00:14:44.079
 one of the early sermons

00:14:44.079 --> 00:14:44.480
 on this,

00:14:44.519 --> 00:14:45.360
 I said that one of the things

00:14:45.360 --> 00:14:46.240
 which is very unique

00:14:46.240 --> 00:14:47.379
 about Mark's gospel

00:14:47.379 --> 00:14:50.039
 compared to the secular literature

00:14:50.039 --> 00:14:51.139
 or the pagan literature

00:14:51.139 --> 00:14:51.559
 of the day.

00:14:51.559 --> 00:14:52.479
 I shouldn't say secular.

00:14:52.639 --> 00:14:53.519
 There would have been no idea

00:14:53.519 --> 00:14:55.439
 of secular in those days.

00:14:55.599 --> 00:14:57.119
 But in the pagan literature

00:14:57.119 --> 00:14:57.879
 of those days

00:14:57.879 --> 00:15:00.759
 is that he uses fact-type language

00:15:00.759 --> 00:15:01.500
 all the way through.

00:15:01.559 --> 00:15:04.019
 He emphasizes the fact-ness

00:15:04.019 --> 00:15:05.459
 of what he's talking about.

00:15:06.099 --> 00:15:06.839
 And just as,

00:15:07.159 --> 00:15:08.419
 I didn't ask,

00:15:08.479 --> 00:15:09.939
 but I know that all of the other people

00:15:09.939 --> 00:15:10.779
 at the 8 o'clock service,

00:15:10.939 --> 00:15:12.779
 they all would have instantly recognized

00:15:12.779 --> 00:15:14.179
 that this man was mentally ill.

00:15:15.599 --> 00:15:16.779
 And he talked to several of them.

00:15:16.799 --> 00:15:18.079
 They all knew he was mentally ill

00:15:18.079 --> 00:15:19.919
 and all of us were reacting appropriately

00:15:19.919 --> 00:15:21.259
 to him as a mentally ill man.

00:15:21.559 --> 00:15:23.139
 Trying to act with compassion to him.

00:15:23.219 --> 00:15:23.500
 Gentleness.

00:15:23.619 --> 00:15:24.339
 We didn't tell him to leave.

00:15:24.419 --> 00:15:25.919
 We didn't do anything like that.

00:15:26.000 --> 00:15:26.619
 We tried to act with him.

00:15:26.679 --> 00:15:27.759
 You all know he's mentally ill.

00:15:28.179 --> 00:15:29.519
 Only mentally ill men

00:15:29.519 --> 00:15:31.199
 say something like,

00:15:31.519 --> 00:15:32.599
 son, your sins are forgiven.

00:15:35.799 --> 00:15:36.159
 Right?

00:15:37.799 --> 00:15:39.439
 That's a mentally ill thing to say.

00:15:45.139 --> 00:15:46.059
 So now you're having to go,

00:15:46.059 --> 00:15:46.739
 whoa, okay.

00:15:49.279 --> 00:15:50.159
 Even most,

00:15:50.159 --> 00:15:51.500
 you know,

00:15:51.500 --> 00:15:52.620
 maybe Richard Dawkins

00:15:52.620 --> 00:15:53.879
 or some very,

00:15:53.980 --> 00:15:54.139
 very,

00:15:54.219 --> 00:15:55.399
 very hardcore atheist

00:15:55.399 --> 00:15:56.259
 would be prepared to say,

00:15:56.419 --> 00:15:56.779
 yes,

00:15:57.059 --> 00:15:57.759
 George,

00:15:58.240 --> 00:15:59.500
 Jesus was mentally ill.

00:15:59.559 --> 00:16:00.360
 I'm so glad

00:16:00.360 --> 00:16:01.679
 a Christian finally,

00:16:01.819 --> 00:16:02.860
 I'm not saying he's mentally ill.

00:16:02.919 --> 00:16:03.399
 I'm just saying,

00:16:03.719 --> 00:16:04.279
 you think about it,

00:16:04.279 --> 00:16:05.819
 that's a mentally ill type of thing to say.

00:16:05.899 --> 00:16:07.379
 That's how we would all respond to it.

00:16:08.139 --> 00:16:08.339
 Now,

00:16:08.419 --> 00:16:09.219
 in his time,

00:16:09.759 --> 00:16:09.819
 they,

00:16:10.360 --> 00:16:11.899
 his hearers

00:16:11.899 --> 00:16:12.980
 don't respond to it

00:16:12.980 --> 00:16:13.980
 as mental illness,

00:16:14.019 --> 00:16:15.120
 although they might have

00:16:15.120 --> 00:16:16.000
 if you heard all of the things

00:16:16.000 --> 00:16:16.620
 they wanted to say.

00:16:16.620 --> 00:16:17.279
 In fact,

00:16:17.600 --> 00:16:19.240
 if you read the Gospels,

00:16:19.399 --> 00:16:20.399
 you'll find out that

00:16:20.399 --> 00:16:22.080
 there are in effect,

00:16:22.539 --> 00:16:23.159
 and I can't remember

00:16:23.159 --> 00:16:24.179
 if it comes up in Mark,

00:16:24.539 --> 00:16:25.360
 there is a time

00:16:25.360 --> 00:16:26.019
 when basically

00:16:26.019 --> 00:16:27.639
 all of Jesus' family

00:16:27.639 --> 00:16:28.460
 is concerned

00:16:28.460 --> 00:16:29.600
 that he's mentally ill

00:16:29.600 --> 00:16:32.740
 or that he's consumed

00:16:32.740 --> 00:16:33.299
 with demons

00:16:33.299 --> 00:16:33.879
 or something.

00:16:34.019 --> 00:16:34.299
 They know,

00:16:34.419 --> 00:16:35.480
 they come to think

00:16:35.480 --> 00:16:36.480
 he's not right.

00:16:36.639 --> 00:16:36.879
 You see,

00:16:36.980 --> 00:16:38.720
 one of the other reasons

00:16:38.720 --> 00:16:39.720
 to believe

00:16:39.720 --> 00:16:41.799
 that Jesus actually did

00:16:41.799 --> 00:16:42.680
 die on the cross

00:16:42.680 --> 00:16:43.740
 and rise from the dead

00:16:43.740 --> 00:16:45.259
 is that the historical evidence

00:16:45.259 --> 00:16:46.480
 shows that his family

00:16:46.480 --> 00:16:47.980
 thought he was mentally ill

00:16:47.980 --> 00:16:49.960
 or something was wrong,

00:16:50.220 --> 00:16:52.100
 that at his death,

00:16:52.340 --> 00:16:54.000
 only his mom was there,

00:16:54.120 --> 00:16:55.659
 none of his brothers or sisters,

00:16:56.480 --> 00:16:57.580
 and yet we know

00:16:57.580 --> 00:16:59.379
 that after the resurrection

00:16:59.379 --> 00:17:00.180
 of Jesus,

00:17:01.200 --> 00:17:02.299
 that at least

00:17:02.299 --> 00:17:03.960
 his brothers and sisters

00:17:03.960 --> 00:17:05.420
 also came to believe

00:17:05.420 --> 00:17:06.200
 that he was now

00:17:06.200 --> 00:17:06.819
 God,

00:17:06.880 --> 00:17:07.400
 the Son of God.

00:17:07.480 --> 00:17:08.140
 It's actually part

00:17:08.140 --> 00:17:09.319
 of the historical record

00:17:09.319 --> 00:17:09.819
 to believe

00:17:09.819 --> 00:17:10.559
 that something like this

00:17:10.559 --> 00:17:11.279
 actually happened.

00:17:12.220 --> 00:17:13.240
 But look how the story

00:17:13.240 --> 00:17:14.599
 continues in verse 6.

00:17:15.880 --> 00:17:17.180
 Now some of the scribes

00:17:17.180 --> 00:17:17.740
 were sitting there

00:17:17.740 --> 00:17:18.980
 questioning in their hearts,

00:17:19.480 --> 00:17:20.880
 why does this man

00:17:20.880 --> 00:17:21.819
 speak like that?

00:17:22.680 --> 00:17:23.420
 Notice what they say,

00:17:23.480 --> 00:17:24.579
 why does this man

00:17:24.579 --> 00:17:25.940
 speak like that?

00:17:26.380 --> 00:17:27.519
 He is blaspheming.

00:17:28.059 --> 00:17:29.440
 Who can forgive sins

00:17:29.440 --> 00:17:30.299
 but God alone?

00:17:31.759 --> 00:17:31.980
 I mean,

00:17:32.000 --> 00:17:32.240
 that's,

00:17:32.440 --> 00:17:32.680
 by the way,

00:17:32.720 --> 00:17:33.299
 what we could say

00:17:33.299 --> 00:17:34.279
 to the mentally ill fellow

00:17:34.279 --> 00:17:35.460
 who was here with us

00:17:35.460 --> 00:17:37.539
 two Sundays a week ago.

00:17:38.200 --> 00:17:38.400
 You know,

00:17:38.480 --> 00:17:40.140
 only God can forgive sins,

00:17:40.259 --> 00:17:40.420
 dude.

00:17:40.500 --> 00:17:40.740
 Like,

00:17:40.799 --> 00:17:41.359
 you can't.

00:17:41.460 --> 00:17:41.980
 You're a man.

00:17:43.240 --> 00:17:43.720
 Um,

00:17:44.279 --> 00:17:44.819
 verse 8,

00:17:44.880 --> 00:17:45.359
 and immediately

00:17:45.359 --> 00:17:45.980
 Jesus,

00:17:47.180 --> 00:17:48.539
 perceiving in his spirit

00:17:48.539 --> 00:17:50.359
 that they thus questioned

00:17:50.359 --> 00:17:51.059
 within themselves,

00:17:51.220 --> 00:17:51.680
 said to them,

00:17:52.099 --> 00:17:53.140
 why do you question

00:17:53.140 --> 00:17:53.740
 these things

00:17:53.740 --> 00:17:54.539
 in your hearts?

00:17:55.099 --> 00:17:55.880
 Which is easier

00:17:55.880 --> 00:17:57.039
 to say to the paralytic,

00:17:57.359 --> 00:17:58.240
 your sons are forgiven?

00:17:58.640 --> 00:17:59.120
 Or to say,

00:17:59.220 --> 00:17:59.599
 rise,

00:18:00.059 --> 00:18:00.700
 take up your bed

00:18:00.700 --> 00:18:01.160
 and walk?

00:18:02.500 --> 00:18:03.160
 Now just sort of

00:18:03.160 --> 00:18:03.839
 pause here.

00:18:04.700 --> 00:18:05.319
 On one hand,

00:18:05.359 --> 00:18:06.099
 it's equally easy

00:18:06.099 --> 00:18:06.819
 to say both.

00:18:06.819 --> 00:18:09.539
 And I'm sure

00:18:09.539 --> 00:18:10.139
 if I'd given

00:18:10.139 --> 00:18:11.319
 that fellow,

00:18:11.720 --> 00:18:12.500
 sorry that Ross

00:18:12.500 --> 00:18:13.079
 is sitting there,

00:18:13.119 --> 00:18:13.779
 it's not Ross,

00:18:13.879 --> 00:18:14.179
 it's the,

00:18:14.439 --> 00:18:15.359
 there was another person,

00:18:15.539 --> 00:18:15.740
 in fact,

00:18:16.079 --> 00:18:16.779
 you were at church

00:18:16.779 --> 00:18:17.299
 last Sunday,

00:18:17.379 --> 00:18:17.639
 in fact,

00:18:17.740 --> 00:18:17.980
 actually,

00:18:18.259 --> 00:18:20.200
 you saw that fellow,

00:18:20.619 --> 00:18:21.259
 I think.

00:18:21.619 --> 00:18:22.099
 He might have even

00:18:22.099 --> 00:18:22.700
 talked to you.

00:18:23.079 --> 00:18:23.879
 But he was sitting

00:18:23.879 --> 00:18:24.839
 right there in that seat,

00:18:24.899 --> 00:18:25.599
 the very front seat,

00:18:25.619 --> 00:18:26.359
 as close as he could

00:18:26.359 --> 00:18:26.899
 to be to me

00:18:26.899 --> 00:18:27.939
 when I had the,

00:18:28.059 --> 00:18:28.639
 when I was doing

00:18:28.639 --> 00:18:29.480
 the communion,

00:18:29.740 --> 00:18:29.919
 right?

00:18:29.939 --> 00:18:30.139
 I mean,

00:18:30.179 --> 00:18:30.960
 I'm sure if I'd let

00:18:30.960 --> 00:18:31.639
 him speak,

00:18:31.700 --> 00:18:32.039
 he would say,

00:18:32.099 --> 00:18:32.259
 son,

00:18:32.319 --> 00:18:33.399
 your sins are forgiven

00:18:33.400 --> 00:18:34.540
 and stuff like that,

00:18:34.580 --> 00:18:34.740
 right?

00:18:35.180 --> 00:18:35.420
 So,

00:18:35.519 --> 00:18:35.640
 you know,

00:18:35.660 --> 00:18:36.060
 on one level,

00:18:36.100 --> 00:18:36.980
 it's easy to say

00:18:36.980 --> 00:18:37.680
 stuff like that.

00:18:37.720 --> 00:18:39.100
 It's a sign of mental illness.

00:18:40.140 --> 00:18:41.440
 And even if it's not

00:18:41.440 --> 00:18:42.500
 a sign of mental illness,

00:18:42.600 --> 00:18:43.620
 even if it's some type

00:18:43.620 --> 00:18:44.500
 of a poser,

00:18:45.300 --> 00:18:46.960
 some type of person

00:18:46.960 --> 00:18:47.680
 who's figured out

00:18:47.680 --> 00:18:48.420
 that he's got some

00:18:48.420 --> 00:18:48.700
 very,

00:18:48.820 --> 00:18:49.880
 very gullible people

00:18:49.880 --> 00:18:50.500
 and he can make

00:18:50.500 --> 00:18:50.800
 very,

00:18:50.940 --> 00:18:52.540
 very extravagant claims,

00:18:53.380 --> 00:18:53.519
 and,

00:18:53.660 --> 00:18:55.400
 but he knows

00:18:55.400 --> 00:18:56.380
 that he can't really do it.

00:18:56.400 --> 00:18:57.580
 He's just talking.

00:18:59.940 --> 00:19:01.620
 That talk is cheap,

00:19:01.619 --> 00:19:03.599
 but healing a man

00:19:03.599 --> 00:19:04.559
 who's paralyzed,

00:19:05.459 --> 00:19:05.699
 well,

00:19:05.759 --> 00:19:06.759
 that's an indicator

00:19:06.759 --> 00:19:07.439
 of something.

00:19:10.699 --> 00:19:11.059
 So,

00:19:11.139 --> 00:19:11.579
 verse 10,

00:19:11.679 --> 00:19:12.439
 but that you may know

00:19:12.439 --> 00:19:13.239
 that the Son of Man

00:19:13.239 --> 00:19:14.099
 has authority on earth

00:19:14.099 --> 00:19:15.099
 to forgive sins,

00:19:15.639 --> 00:19:17.319
 Jesus says to the paralyzed man,

00:19:17.500 --> 00:19:18.000
 verse 11,

00:19:18.459 --> 00:19:19.079
 I say to you,

00:19:19.119 --> 00:19:19.399
 rise,

00:19:19.539 --> 00:19:20.119
 pick up your bed

00:19:20.119 --> 00:19:20.699
 and go home.

00:19:21.619 --> 00:19:22.619
 And the man rose

00:19:22.619 --> 00:19:23.719
 and immediately picked up

00:19:23.719 --> 00:19:24.579
 his bed and went out

00:19:24.579 --> 00:19:25.599
 before them all

00:19:25.599 --> 00:19:26.739
 so that they were all amazed

00:19:26.739 --> 00:19:27.699
 and glorified God,

00:19:27.839 --> 00:19:28.099
 saying,

00:19:28.479 --> 00:19:29.639
 we never saw anything

00:19:29.639 --> 00:19:30.319
 like this.

00:19:30.319 --> 00:19:31.879
 We never saw

00:19:31.879 --> 00:19:32.839
 anything like this.

00:19:33.399 --> 00:19:33.579
 So,

00:19:33.639 --> 00:19:33.819
 you see,

00:19:33.939 --> 00:19:34.639
 here's the thing

00:19:34.639 --> 00:19:35.259
 which is going on

00:19:35.259 --> 00:19:35.839
 in the text.

00:19:36.939 --> 00:19:39.740
 Just like the mentally ill man

00:19:39.740 --> 00:19:40.500
 from last Sunday

00:19:40.500 --> 00:19:41.799
 didn't say to me,

00:19:42.179 --> 00:19:43.119
 I'm going to tell you

00:19:43.119 --> 00:19:44.379
 about the Son of God.

00:19:44.740 --> 00:19:45.439
 He didn't tell me,

00:19:45.460 --> 00:19:46.079
 I'm going to tell you

00:19:46.079 --> 00:19:46.720
 about Zeus.

00:19:47.879 --> 00:19:49.559
 Jesus just says,

00:19:50.039 --> 00:19:51.399
 your sins are forgiven.

00:19:51.700 --> 00:19:52.700
 He's not like me

00:19:52.700 --> 00:19:54.379
 during the absolution

00:19:54.379 --> 00:19:55.139
 where I pronounce

00:19:55.139 --> 00:19:56.159
 what God has done.

00:19:56.960 --> 00:19:58.000
 Jesus doesn't pronounce

00:19:58.000 --> 00:19:58.859
 what God has done.

00:19:58.960 --> 00:19:59.899
 Jesus just says it.

00:20:00.899 --> 00:20:01.559
 And it's the same thing

00:20:01.559 --> 00:20:02.099
 with the healing.

00:20:02.299 --> 00:20:03.480
 Jesus doesn't pray

00:20:03.480 --> 00:20:04.159
 for healing.

00:20:04.799 --> 00:20:05.639
 He just says,

00:20:06.159 --> 00:20:06.819
 he just says,

00:20:07.000 --> 00:20:07.899
 just like God would.

00:20:08.240 --> 00:20:08.619
 In a sense,

00:20:08.679 --> 00:20:09.279
 what we would do

00:20:09.279 --> 00:20:09.879
 when we pray

00:20:09.879 --> 00:20:11.079
 is we would pray to God

00:20:11.079 --> 00:20:11.980
 and say,

00:20:12.039 --> 00:20:12.240
 God,

00:20:12.299 --> 00:20:13.339
 could you heal this man?

00:20:13.399 --> 00:20:14.480
 And when we pray,

00:20:14.559 --> 00:20:15.139
 what we're hoping

00:20:15.139 --> 00:20:15.720
 is that God,

00:20:15.720 --> 00:20:16.399
 in a sense,

00:20:16.460 --> 00:20:16.899
 up in heaven,

00:20:17.000 --> 00:20:17.539
 hears our prayer

00:20:17.539 --> 00:20:17.839
 and says,

00:20:17.939 --> 00:20:18.059
 okay,

00:20:18.139 --> 00:20:18.339
 man,

00:20:18.419 --> 00:20:19.319
 stand up and walk.

00:20:20.059 --> 00:20:21.059
 And what you see

00:20:21.059 --> 00:20:22.419
 here with Jesus

00:20:22.419 --> 00:20:23.439
 is what you hope

00:20:23.439 --> 00:20:24.559
 God would do

00:20:24.559 --> 00:20:25.500
 when you pray to God.

00:20:26.240 --> 00:20:27.079
 Jesus is doing

00:20:27.079 --> 00:20:27.799
 something that only

00:20:27.799 --> 00:20:28.619
 God can do.

00:20:28.619 --> 00:20:30.679
 And so,

00:20:30.759 --> 00:20:31.759
 what you see here

00:20:31.759 --> 00:20:33.979
 is it's an indicator

00:20:33.979 --> 00:20:36.079
 of the fact

00:20:36.079 --> 00:20:36.699
 that Jesus,

00:20:36.899 --> 00:20:37.399
 when he says

00:20:37.399 --> 00:20:38.979
 your sins are forgiven,

00:20:39.699 --> 00:20:40.639
 that that is,

00:20:41.399 --> 00:20:42.759
 he can actually do that.

00:20:42.759 --> 00:20:45.299
 Now,

00:20:45.440 --> 00:20:46.299
 there's a couple

00:20:46.299 --> 00:20:46.879
 of things here

00:20:46.879 --> 00:20:47.539
 about this.

00:20:50.220 --> 00:20:50.619
 Like,

00:20:50.640 --> 00:20:51.420
 I think if you said

00:20:51.420 --> 00:20:53.039
 to most Canadians,

00:20:53.920 --> 00:20:54.799
 you know,

00:20:54.859 --> 00:20:55.660
 you can come to Jesus

00:20:55.660 --> 00:20:56.220
 and your sins

00:20:56.220 --> 00:20:56.720
 are forgiven.

00:20:58.000 --> 00:20:58.619
 And I think

00:20:58.619 --> 00:20:59.259
 most Canadians

00:20:59.259 --> 00:20:59.640
 would say,

00:20:59.839 --> 00:21:00.480
 I need Jesus

00:21:00.480 --> 00:21:01.559
 to forgive my sins

00:21:01.559 --> 00:21:02.140
 like a fish

00:21:02.140 --> 00:21:02.920
 needs a bicycle.

00:21:06.700 --> 00:21:07.099
 Like,

00:21:07.460 --> 00:21:08.059
 okay,

00:21:08.680 --> 00:21:10.579
 that's what you're selling,

00:21:10.579 --> 00:21:11.859
 this is how much

00:21:11.859 --> 00:21:12.859
 interest I have in it.

00:21:13.559 --> 00:21:13.799
 In fact,

00:21:13.839 --> 00:21:14.119
 actually,

00:21:14.240 --> 00:21:15.000
 probably if you got

00:21:15.000 --> 00:21:15.519
 into it,

00:21:15.559 --> 00:21:15.879
 you'd say,

00:21:15.960 --> 00:21:16.339
 you know what,

00:21:16.619 --> 00:21:17.299
 what I'm really

00:21:17.299 --> 00:21:18.139
 trying to learn

00:21:18.139 --> 00:21:19.399
 is how to forgive myself.

00:21:20.019 --> 00:21:20.279
 Like,

00:21:20.319 --> 00:21:21.359
 if Jesus could give me

00:21:21.359 --> 00:21:22.039
 some advice

00:21:22.039 --> 00:21:23.339
 about how to forgive myself,

00:21:23.460 --> 00:21:23.559
 well,

00:21:23.579 --> 00:21:24.059
 that would be

00:21:24.059 --> 00:21:25.179
 an interesting story.

00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:26.460
 Because that's what

00:21:26.460 --> 00:21:27.419
 I'm really trying to learn.

00:21:27.539 --> 00:21:28.099
 I'm trying to learn

00:21:28.099 --> 00:21:29.199
 how to forgive myself.

00:21:30.960 --> 00:21:31.299
 And,

00:21:31.699 --> 00:21:33.119
 in fact,

00:21:33.259 --> 00:21:34.359
 I think for most Canadians

00:21:34.359 --> 00:21:34.919
 they'd say,

00:21:35.000 --> 00:21:35.139
 you know,

00:21:35.179 --> 00:21:35.579
 don't you think

00:21:35.579 --> 00:21:36.639
 it's a lot more important

00:21:36.639 --> 00:21:37.839
 to learn how to forgive yourself

00:21:37.839 --> 00:21:38.059
 than,

00:21:38.179 --> 00:21:38.359
 I don't know,

00:21:38.399 --> 00:21:39.519
 be forgiven by God,

00:21:39.519 --> 00:21:40.359
 by Jesus?

00:21:41.559 --> 00:21:41.960
 Well,

00:21:41.980 --> 00:21:42.900
 here's a couple of things

00:21:42.900 --> 00:21:45.200
 just to consider about it.

00:21:46.180 --> 00:21:47.279
 Before I was the

00:21:47.279 --> 00:21:48.559
 rector of Church of the Messiah,

00:21:48.660 --> 00:21:50.099
 I was in a rural church,

00:21:50.839 --> 00:21:52.700
 non-rush hour traffic,

00:21:53.099 --> 00:21:54.940
 be about a two-hour drive

00:21:54.940 --> 00:21:55.779
 to where I lived,

00:21:55.879 --> 00:21:56.980
 two hours and a bit drive.

00:21:57.099 --> 00:21:57.579
 It was on the,

00:21:57.879 --> 00:21:58.839
 I lived on the way

00:21:58.839 --> 00:21:59.980
 to Algonquin Park.

00:22:00.500 --> 00:22:01.079
 So you'd go down

00:22:01.079 --> 00:22:02.160
 the Trans-Canada Highway,

00:22:02.319 --> 00:22:02.740
 Cobden,

00:22:02.839 --> 00:22:03.500
 you'd turn left,

00:22:03.660 --> 00:22:04.000
 and you'd,

00:22:04.000 --> 00:22:04.440
 you know,

00:22:04.480 --> 00:22:05.319
 another 20 minutes

00:22:05.319 --> 00:22:06.639
 or so on the road

00:22:06.639 --> 00:22:07.240
 on the way

00:22:07.240 --> 00:22:08.160
 to Algonquin Park.

00:22:08.160 --> 00:22:09.340
 You come to Eganville

00:22:09.340 --> 00:22:10.080
 and I just lived

00:22:10.080 --> 00:22:10.860
 one block over

00:22:10.860 --> 00:22:11.620
 from the one set

00:22:11.620 --> 00:22:12.460
 of lights in town.

00:22:13.100 --> 00:22:14.480
 And I looked after Eganville,

00:22:14.580 --> 00:22:15.680
 I looked after Killaloo,

00:22:16.259 --> 00:22:17.200
 and I looked after

00:22:17.200 --> 00:22:18.320
 two other little spots

00:22:18.320 --> 00:22:19.560
 that nobody's ever heard of.

00:22:19.680 --> 00:22:20.420
 They used to be

00:22:20.420 --> 00:22:21.160
 sort of communities,

00:22:21.320 --> 00:22:21.900
 but now they're just

00:22:21.900 --> 00:22:22.640
 a sign on the road,

00:22:22.759 --> 00:22:23.880
 Tremor and Clontarf.

00:22:24.720 --> 00:22:24.880
 And,

00:22:24.940 --> 00:22:26.740
 but in that big geographic area

00:22:26.740 --> 00:22:27.540
 that I looked at,

00:22:27.620 --> 00:22:28.400
 and if I was to go

00:22:28.400 --> 00:22:29.779
 from Arnold Theobig's house

00:22:29.779 --> 00:22:31.480
 at one end

00:22:31.480 --> 00:22:33.860
 to Delmer's house

00:22:33.860 --> 00:22:34.680
 at another end

00:22:34.680 --> 00:22:35.840
 and I kept to the speed limit,

00:22:35.839 --> 00:22:36.399
 it would have taken me

00:22:36.399 --> 00:22:36.959
 about 70,

00:22:37.059 --> 00:22:38.039
 75 minutes to drive

00:22:38.039 --> 00:22:38.859
 from one into the other.

00:22:39.000 --> 00:22:40.379
 So I covered a lot of land

00:22:40.379 --> 00:22:41.220
 but not many people.

00:22:41.319 --> 00:22:41.859
 A lot of deer,

00:22:42.439 --> 00:22:43.199
 a lot of cattle,

00:22:43.539 --> 00:22:44.259
 not many people.

00:22:44.839 --> 00:22:45.899
 But within that area

00:22:45.899 --> 00:22:48.339
 there was a First Nations reserve,

00:22:48.599 --> 00:22:49.919
 and that First Nations reserve

00:22:49.919 --> 00:22:52.299
 had been originally evangelized

00:22:52.299 --> 00:22:53.139
 by Roman Catholics.

00:22:53.279 --> 00:22:53.779
 There was an actual

00:22:53.779 --> 00:22:54.799
 Roman Catholic church

00:22:54.799 --> 00:22:55.539
 on the reserve,

00:22:56.000 --> 00:22:57.959
 and so I didn't have much

00:22:57.959 --> 00:22:59.059
 to do with people

00:22:59.059 --> 00:23:00.079
 who lived there,

00:23:00.159 --> 00:23:00.959
 but I did have something

00:23:00.959 --> 00:23:01.779
 to do with several of them.

00:23:01.799 --> 00:23:02.379
 And one of the people

00:23:02.379 --> 00:23:03.579
 that I had to deal with

00:23:03.579 --> 00:23:04.859
 was part of our church.

00:23:04.859 --> 00:23:06.339
 He got in some trouble

00:23:06.339 --> 00:23:07.759
 with the law,

00:23:07.859 --> 00:23:08.740
 which is neither here

00:23:08.740 --> 00:23:09.000
 nor there.

00:23:09.059 --> 00:23:09.799
 I actually thought

00:23:09.799 --> 00:23:10.379
 he was innocent,

00:23:10.519 --> 00:23:11.379
 but that's neither here

00:23:11.379 --> 00:23:11.759
 nor there.

00:23:12.899 --> 00:23:14.059
 And so he asked me

00:23:14.059 --> 00:23:15.319
 if I would support him.

00:23:15.559 --> 00:23:16.639
 He had to go to

00:23:16.639 --> 00:23:18.519
 appear before the judge

00:23:18.519 --> 00:23:20.479
 for the first go-around.

00:23:20.959 --> 00:23:21.559
 And so he asked me

00:23:21.559 --> 00:23:22.379
 if I would sit with him

00:23:22.379 --> 00:23:22.939
 in the crowd

00:23:22.939 --> 00:23:24.339
 waiting for his name

00:23:24.339 --> 00:23:25.019
 to be come up,

00:23:25.199 --> 00:23:26.199
 and I'd buy him a coffee,

00:23:26.339 --> 00:23:26.819
 and then afterwards

00:23:26.819 --> 00:23:27.419
 we'd talk,

00:23:27.459 --> 00:23:28.319
 and I'd pray and all that.

00:23:28.339 --> 00:23:28.899
 And I said, sure.

00:23:29.240 --> 00:23:30.240
 It was a very interesting

00:23:30.240 --> 00:23:31.759
 experience to sit there.

00:23:32.159 --> 00:23:32.759
 So first of all,

00:23:32.779 --> 00:23:33.299
 I said to him,

00:23:33.299 --> 00:23:33.779
 you know, the thing

00:23:33.779 --> 00:23:34.419
 that you did,

00:23:34.519 --> 00:23:35.220
 I almost said his name,

00:23:35.259 --> 00:23:36.019
 we'll just call him Bob.

00:23:36.440 --> 00:23:37.259
 He said, the thing you did,

00:23:37.359 --> 00:23:38.720
 Bob, you could go

00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:39.339
 to the tribal,

00:23:39.579 --> 00:23:40.919
 there was a tribal justice

00:23:40.919 --> 00:23:41.740
 system set up

00:23:41.740 --> 00:23:42.299
 to deal with this.

00:23:42.339 --> 00:23:43.180
 Why didn't you go to that?

00:23:44.079 --> 00:23:44.599
 Now, by the way,

00:23:44.819 --> 00:23:46.019
 I'm not, just time out,

00:23:46.119 --> 00:23:47.079
 I'm not making

00:23:47.079 --> 00:23:48.000
 any political comment.

00:23:48.119 --> 00:23:49.000
 I never followed him.

00:23:49.059 --> 00:23:49.759
 I have no idea

00:23:49.759 --> 00:23:50.480
 whether he was telling

00:23:50.480 --> 00:23:51.019
 me the truth.

00:23:51.419 --> 00:23:52.460
 But what he said was this.

00:23:52.500 --> 00:23:53.180
 He said, no, no, no.

00:23:53.639 --> 00:23:55.619
 He said, guys like me

00:23:55.619 --> 00:23:58.119
 on the reserve,

00:23:58.119 --> 00:23:59.519
 we never go to

00:23:59.519 --> 00:24:00.819
 the tribal justice system.

00:24:01.419 --> 00:24:02.459
 I said, you never go there?

00:24:02.519 --> 00:24:03.119
 He said, no, no, no.

00:24:03.119 --> 00:24:03.939
 He said it's controlled

00:24:03.939 --> 00:24:05.539
 by a couple of powerful families.

00:24:06.059 --> 00:24:06.919
 And the way it works

00:24:06.919 --> 00:24:08.219
 is they give themselves

00:24:08.219 --> 00:24:08.799
 a pass,

00:24:08.879 --> 00:24:09.799
 but for people like me,

00:24:09.819 --> 00:24:10.159
 they're going to be

00:24:10.159 --> 00:24:11.439
 very hard on me.

00:24:12.279 --> 00:24:14.019
 And I get a better deal

00:24:14.019 --> 00:24:15.239
 with the white judge.

00:24:16.219 --> 00:24:16.759
 And I said, really?

00:24:17.019 --> 00:24:17.919
 So I never followed up

00:24:17.919 --> 00:24:18.139
 on that.

00:24:18.199 --> 00:24:18.979
 I have no idea

00:24:18.979 --> 00:24:19.639
 if it's true.

00:24:19.679 --> 00:24:20.299
 But that's what he said.

00:24:20.339 --> 00:24:21.459
 He said, yeah, yeah,

00:24:21.519 --> 00:24:22.659
 it's powerful families

00:24:22.659 --> 00:24:23.479
 that control that.

00:24:23.480 --> 00:24:25.460
 My family is a very

00:24:25.460 --> 00:24:26.620
 low-status family.

00:24:27.000 --> 00:24:28.319
 They don't like my family.

00:24:28.880 --> 00:24:29.740
 I would get hard.

00:24:29.880 --> 00:24:30.759
 I'd be treated very hard.

00:24:30.839 --> 00:24:31.680
 I'm going to get a better deal

00:24:31.680 --> 00:24:32.620
 with the judge.

00:24:32.700 --> 00:24:33.640
 I said, well, that's interesting.

00:24:34.440 --> 00:24:35.420
 And then as I sat there,

00:24:35.620 --> 00:24:36.460
 the second thing

00:24:36.460 --> 00:24:37.319
 that was really interesting

00:24:37.319 --> 00:24:39.120
 is that as each of the lawyers

00:24:39.120 --> 00:24:39.980
 stood up to help

00:24:39.980 --> 00:24:40.759
 the different client,

00:24:40.920 --> 00:24:42.759
 he gave me a prairie

00:24:42.759 --> 00:24:43.720
 about the effectiveness

00:24:43.720 --> 00:24:44.559
 of the lawyers.

00:24:44.940 --> 00:24:45.700
 He'd say, that lawyer

00:24:45.700 --> 00:24:47.180
 never returns his phone calls.

00:24:47.640 --> 00:24:48.920
 That lawyer has a serious

00:24:48.920 --> 00:24:50.279
 alcohol problem.

00:24:50.940 --> 00:24:52.380
 That lawyer is lazy.

00:24:52.799 --> 00:24:53.460
 That lawyer is lazy.

00:24:53.460 --> 00:24:54.200
 Is this that lawyer?

00:24:54.340 --> 00:24:54.620
 Is this?

00:24:54.860 --> 00:24:56.559
 He knew who all the lawyers were.

00:24:56.900 --> 00:24:58.100
 At least that's he claimed to.

00:24:58.140 --> 00:24:58.720
 I have no idea

00:24:58.720 --> 00:24:59.559
 whether he was accurate

00:24:59.559 --> 00:25:00.180
 about any of it.

00:25:00.240 --> 00:25:01.480
 But he'd said, don't worry.

00:25:01.700 --> 00:25:04.340
 I, you know, me and my family,

00:25:04.340 --> 00:25:05.500
 we know about all the lawyers

00:25:05.500 --> 00:25:05.980
 in the region.

00:25:06.059 --> 00:25:07.019
 We have the best lawyer.

00:25:07.539 --> 00:25:08.779
 I have the best lawyer

00:25:08.779 --> 00:25:09.840
 that you can get.

00:25:10.480 --> 00:25:12.440
 Now, I'm saying all of this

00:25:12.440 --> 00:25:15.000
 because, you see,

00:25:15.000 --> 00:25:16.160
 what would you say

00:25:16.160 --> 00:25:19.220
 if he not only knew

00:25:19.220 --> 00:25:20.360
 about the lawyers,

00:25:20.559 --> 00:25:21.680
 but if it was a situation

00:25:21.680 --> 00:25:22.579
 where there were quite a few

00:25:22.579 --> 00:25:23.359
 different judges

00:25:23.359 --> 00:25:25.799
 and he was able to sit there

00:25:25.799 --> 00:25:26.699
 and tell you,

00:25:27.139 --> 00:25:28.019
 well, that judge

00:25:28.019 --> 00:25:30.480
 shows favoritism to the cronies.

00:25:30.559 --> 00:25:31.639
 That judge is racist

00:25:31.639 --> 00:25:34.619
 and that judge takes bribes

00:25:34.619 --> 00:25:38.179
 and that judge

00:25:38.179 --> 00:25:40.619
 has a serious alcohol problem.

00:25:40.619 --> 00:25:45.000
 And, you know,

00:25:45.059 --> 00:25:46.639
 that judge isn't very competent,

00:25:47.079 --> 00:25:47.839
 doesn't like me.

00:25:50.039 --> 00:25:52.859
 And if you heard that,

00:25:52.939 --> 00:25:53.659
 you wouldn't want to go

00:25:53.659 --> 00:25:55.359
 before that judge, would you?

00:25:55.399 --> 00:25:56.579
 You'd be very careful.

00:25:56.719 --> 00:25:57.299
 You sure wouldn't.

00:25:57.399 --> 00:25:58.539
 You'd want to try to figure out

00:25:58.539 --> 00:25:59.319
 the good judge,

00:25:59.359 --> 00:26:00.299
 not the judge that has

00:26:00.299 --> 00:26:01.199
 all those other major

00:26:01.199 --> 00:26:02.119
 character flaws.

00:26:03.059 --> 00:26:03.419
 Right?

00:26:03.459 --> 00:26:04.379
 That's what we'd all want to do.

00:26:04.380 --> 00:26:04.860
 But,

00:26:05.860 --> 00:26:08.520
 here's the problem.

00:26:10.680 --> 00:26:11.700
 You say you want to learn

00:26:11.700 --> 00:26:12.660
 to forgive yourself.

00:26:13.560 --> 00:26:14.600
 Do you show favoritism?

00:26:15.840 --> 00:26:16.980
 Do you show any prejudice?

00:26:19.720 --> 00:26:21.160
 Are you easily bought off?

00:26:22.280 --> 00:26:23.480
 Do you get distracted?

00:26:25.020 --> 00:26:26.760
 Do you only care about justice?

00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:26.879
 Yes.

00:26:29.240 --> 00:26:30.539
 If you didn't answer yes

00:26:30.539 --> 00:26:31.440
 to all of those things,

00:26:31.519 --> 00:26:32.180
 then why do you think

00:26:32.180 --> 00:26:33.200
 you can forgive yourself?

00:26:33.680 --> 00:26:34.680
 Like, if you wouldn't trust

00:26:34.680 --> 00:26:35.799
 another judge to do that,

00:26:35.859 --> 00:26:36.879
 why would you trust yourself

00:26:36.879 --> 00:26:37.720
 to forgive yourself?

00:26:45.859 --> 00:26:46.680
 Like, don't you think

00:26:46.680 --> 00:26:47.519
 it's always tainted?

00:26:52.339 --> 00:26:53.960
 And just think for a second.

00:26:54.519 --> 00:26:55.200
 Like, one of the things

00:26:55.200 --> 00:26:55.839
 that I had to do,

00:26:55.839 --> 00:26:57.279
 I would still do it

00:26:57.279 --> 00:26:58.459
 if somebody comes to me

00:26:58.459 --> 00:26:59.459
 and they want to be remarried

00:26:59.459 --> 00:27:00.919
 after divorce.

00:27:01.379 --> 00:27:05.199
 Let's say a 30-year-old man

00:27:05.199 --> 00:27:06.220
 comes and he wants to be

00:27:06.220 --> 00:27:07.319
 remarried after divorce.

00:27:07.500 --> 00:27:08.119
 And I'd talk to him

00:27:08.119 --> 00:27:08.859
 about a little bit of things.

00:27:08.959 --> 00:27:09.839
 But let's say I discovered

00:27:09.839 --> 00:27:11.059
 that that 30-year-old man

00:27:11.059 --> 00:27:13.139
 had a wife

00:27:13.139 --> 00:27:14.359
 and he had four kids.

00:27:14.779 --> 00:27:15.819
 And the wife

00:27:15.819 --> 00:27:17.559
 was a stay-at-home mom

00:27:17.559 --> 00:27:19.799
 and this man wants to marry

00:27:19.799 --> 00:27:21.859
 another, like a 23-year-old woman.

00:27:21.919 --> 00:27:23.159
 And I'd have to ask this man

00:27:23.159 --> 00:27:23.859
 this question.

00:27:25.839 --> 00:27:27.159
 That's why I've asked

00:27:27.159 --> 00:27:28.279
 this question to guys.

00:27:31.659 --> 00:27:32.720
 How do you think

00:27:32.720 --> 00:27:33.579
 you're going to be able

00:27:33.579 --> 00:27:34.959
 to fulfill your financial

00:27:34.959 --> 00:27:35.779
 responsibilities

00:27:35.779 --> 00:27:37.139
 to your four kids

00:27:37.139 --> 00:27:39.519
 and your first wife

00:27:39.519 --> 00:27:41.639
 and marry this young woman

00:27:41.639 --> 00:27:43.039
 who you're obviously

00:27:43.039 --> 00:27:44.179
 going to want to have kids with?

00:27:44.459 --> 00:27:45.819
 Do I like asking that question?

00:27:46.000 --> 00:27:48.039
 I am very Canadian.

00:27:48.359 --> 00:27:49.179
 Those of you who know me,

00:27:49.180 --> 00:27:50.039
 I hate conflict.

00:27:50.539 --> 00:27:51.700
 I am sleepless

00:27:51.700 --> 00:27:53.000
 for nights before it.

00:27:54.680 --> 00:27:55.640
 But I've had to look

00:27:55.640 --> 00:27:56.480
 guys in the eye

00:27:56.480 --> 00:27:57.980
 and say,

00:27:58.259 --> 00:28:00.060
 how are you going to

00:28:00.060 --> 00:28:01.240
 fulfill those obligations?

00:28:02.539 --> 00:28:03.440
 This is separate

00:28:03.440 --> 00:28:04.360
 from whether there was

00:28:04.360 --> 00:28:05.240
 a valid reason

00:28:05.240 --> 00:28:06.980
 biblically for his marriage

00:28:06.980 --> 00:28:07.560
 to break up

00:28:07.560 --> 00:28:08.380
 and being remarried.

00:28:08.779 --> 00:28:09.960
 The fact of the matter is

00:28:09.960 --> 00:28:11.500
 is if you sire those kids,

00:28:11.620 --> 00:28:12.880
 you've got a responsibility

00:28:12.880 --> 00:28:13.920
 to those kids.

00:28:14.920 --> 00:28:16.100
 You've got a responsibility

00:28:16.100 --> 00:28:16.880
 for your kids.

00:28:17.460 --> 00:28:18.980
 So here's the point

00:28:18.980 --> 00:28:19.580
 of the story.

00:28:21.460 --> 00:28:22.420
 The wife

00:28:22.420 --> 00:28:24.100
 with the four kids,

00:28:25.120 --> 00:28:25.860
 she hears

00:28:25.860 --> 00:28:27.120
 that her husband,

00:28:27.279 --> 00:28:28.120
 who now wants to marry

00:28:28.120 --> 00:28:28.960
 another young woman,

00:28:30.279 --> 00:28:31.519
 and maybe he's been

00:28:31.519 --> 00:28:32.320
 the one responsible

00:28:32.320 --> 00:28:33.019
 for the breakup

00:28:33.019 --> 00:28:33.620
 of the marriage

00:28:33.620 --> 00:28:34.400
 he's had in the fair.

00:28:34.920 --> 00:28:35.980
 What would she say

00:28:35.980 --> 00:28:37.140
 if she heard him say,

00:28:37.360 --> 00:28:38.380
 I've learned

00:28:38.380 --> 00:28:39.600
 to forgive myself?

00:28:39.599 --> 00:28:44.319
 That wife would say,

00:28:44.799 --> 00:28:45.959
 she'd go explosive,

00:28:46.159 --> 00:28:46.939
 she'd go ballistic,

00:28:47.119 --> 00:28:47.740
 what do you mean

00:28:47.740 --> 00:28:48.919
 you forgave yourself?

00:28:49.379 --> 00:28:50.359
 Like, she'd say,

00:28:50.500 --> 00:28:52.219
 what a jerk.

00:28:53.219 --> 00:28:53.879
 She'd probably say

00:28:53.879 --> 00:28:55.059
 something stronger.

00:28:56.799 --> 00:28:58.139
 Well, why is it

00:28:58.139 --> 00:28:59.259
 that we as Canadians

00:28:59.259 --> 00:29:00.039
 want to learn

00:29:00.039 --> 00:29:01.199
 how to forgive ourselves,

00:29:01.259 --> 00:29:02.399
 but we can't sort of

00:29:02.399 --> 00:29:03.379
 get our minds around

00:29:03.379 --> 00:29:04.240
 these types of

00:29:04.240 --> 00:29:05.740
 particular problems?

00:29:05.740 --> 00:29:08.500
 You see,

00:29:09.279 --> 00:29:11.019
 one of the things

00:29:11.019 --> 00:29:11.700
 which is always

00:29:11.700 --> 00:29:12.339
 talked about

00:29:12.339 --> 00:29:12.759
 at the end

00:29:12.759 --> 00:29:14.380
 of every presidential cycle,

00:29:15.339 --> 00:29:15.980
 it was talked about

00:29:15.980 --> 00:29:16.420
 with Trump,

00:29:16.519 --> 00:29:17.140
 it was talked about

00:29:17.140 --> 00:29:17.640
 with Obama,

00:29:17.759 --> 00:29:18.460
 it was talked about

00:29:18.460 --> 00:29:19.059
 before that,

00:29:19.140 --> 00:29:19.900
 it will be talked about

00:29:19.900 --> 00:29:20.460
 with Biden,

00:29:20.940 --> 00:29:22.180
 is that every U.S. president,

00:29:22.380 --> 00:29:23.420
 the last week or so

00:29:23.420 --> 00:29:25.940
 before they step away

00:29:25.940 --> 00:29:26.519
 from office,

00:29:26.660 --> 00:29:28.160
 they give a whole pile

00:29:28.160 --> 00:29:29.480
 of presidential pardons.

00:29:29.940 --> 00:29:30.620
 Get out of jail

00:29:30.620 --> 00:29:31.480
 for free cards,

00:29:31.539 --> 00:29:32.099
 you're completely

00:29:32.099 --> 00:29:33.140
 and utterly pardoned.

00:29:33.640 --> 00:29:34.759
 And those of you

00:29:34.759 --> 00:29:35.879
 who follow such things,

00:29:35.980 --> 00:29:36.839
 sometimes they're good.

00:29:36.920 --> 00:29:37.879
 There's been a miscarriage

00:29:37.879 --> 00:29:38.420
 of justice

00:29:38.420 --> 00:29:39.539
 somewhere along the line

00:29:39.539 --> 00:29:40.119
 and just because

00:29:40.119 --> 00:29:42.220
 of the angularity

00:29:42.220 --> 00:29:42.900
 of the law,

00:29:43.019 --> 00:29:43.879
 it can't actually

00:29:43.879 --> 00:29:45.059
 be rectified,

00:29:45.619 --> 00:29:46.319
 but there's been,

00:29:46.339 --> 00:29:46.599
 you know,

00:29:46.779 --> 00:29:47.819
 evidence and all

00:29:47.819 --> 00:29:48.779
 and so sometimes

00:29:48.779 --> 00:29:48.980
 you go,

00:29:49.079 --> 00:29:49.500
 that's a real,

00:29:49.579 --> 00:29:50.619
 that's a good use of it,

00:29:50.720 --> 00:29:51.140
 that there's been

00:29:51.140 --> 00:29:52.339
 an injustice corrected.

00:29:52.920 --> 00:29:53.099
 You know,

00:29:53.160 --> 00:29:54.400
 and sometimes it's just,

00:29:54.539 --> 00:29:54.759
 you know,

00:29:54.879 --> 00:29:56.099
 for whatever reason

00:29:56.099 --> 00:29:56.859
 there's been some

00:29:56.859 --> 00:29:57.559
 press reports

00:29:57.559 --> 00:29:58.299
 about this person

00:29:58.299 --> 00:29:58.700
 or that,

00:29:59.180 --> 00:30:01.240
 but always he lets off

00:30:01.240 --> 00:30:02.039
 his cronies,

00:30:02.140 --> 00:30:02.359
 right?

00:30:03.259 --> 00:30:03.680
 Always.

00:30:03.680 --> 00:30:04.360
 I'm not making

00:30:04.360 --> 00:30:05.240
 a political comment.

00:30:05.360 --> 00:30:05.920
 Trump did it,

00:30:05.980 --> 00:30:06.620
 Biden did it,

00:30:06.840 --> 00:30:07.299
 the president

00:30:07.299 --> 00:30:08.160
 after Biden

00:30:08.160 --> 00:30:08.720
 will do it.

00:30:08.779 --> 00:30:09.779
 It's a human thing.

00:30:10.320 --> 00:30:10.940
 They let off

00:30:10.940 --> 00:30:11.820
 their cronies

00:30:11.820 --> 00:30:12.980
 and there's always

00:30:12.980 --> 00:30:13.820
 a whole stuff

00:30:13.820 --> 00:30:14.360
 in the paper

00:30:14.360 --> 00:30:15.000
 about the fact

00:30:15.000 --> 00:30:15.519
 that he just

00:30:15.519 --> 00:30:16.539
 let off his cronies

00:30:16.539 --> 00:30:18.160
 and if you happen

00:30:18.160 --> 00:30:19.220
 to be pro-Trump,

00:30:19.320 --> 00:30:19.600
 you think,

00:30:19.700 --> 00:30:19.980
 yeah,

00:30:20.140 --> 00:30:20.480
 yeah,

00:30:20.640 --> 00:30:20.900
 you know,

00:30:20.940 --> 00:30:21.360
 they shouldn't

00:30:21.360 --> 00:30:22.560
 have been punished,

00:30:22.720 --> 00:30:23.019
 blah, blah, blah,

00:30:23.080 --> 00:30:24.500
 way to go Trump.

00:30:24.560 --> 00:30:24.860
 But you know,

00:30:24.920 --> 00:30:25.240
 and they're going

00:30:25.240 --> 00:30:25.779
 to do the same thing

00:30:25.779 --> 00:30:26.400
 with Biden.

00:30:26.900 --> 00:30:27.060
 You know,

00:30:27.100 --> 00:30:27.600
 the people who

00:30:27.600 --> 00:30:28.440
 were mad at Trump,

00:30:28.519 --> 00:30:28.940
 they're going to say,

00:30:29.019 --> 00:30:30.100
 way to go Biden,

00:30:30.600 --> 00:30:31.000
 you know?

00:30:31.940 --> 00:30:32.799
 And all the people

00:30:32.799 --> 00:30:33.400
 who voted for Trump

00:30:33.400 --> 00:30:33.539
 said,

00:30:33.599 --> 00:30:34.299
 how come you guys

00:30:34.299 --> 00:30:34.779
 didn't like it

00:30:34.779 --> 00:30:35.339
 when Trump did it,

00:30:35.359 --> 00:30:35.759
 but now he,

00:30:35.839 --> 00:30:36.000
 like,

00:30:36.059 --> 00:30:37.579
 that's just human nature.

00:30:37.980 --> 00:30:39.400
 That's just cronyism.

00:30:40.279 --> 00:30:41.180
 And in a sense,

00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:41.940
 when you want to learn

00:30:41.940 --> 00:30:42.920
 to forgive yourself,

00:30:43.019 --> 00:30:44.079
 it's cronyism

00:30:44.079 --> 00:30:45.879
 to yourself.

00:30:50.199 --> 00:30:50.859
 Now here,

00:30:51.139 --> 00:30:52.199
 you have to be

00:30:52.199 --> 00:30:52.839
 very careful.

00:30:53.899 --> 00:30:54.099
 You see,

00:30:54.159 --> 00:30:54.639
 one of the things

00:30:54.639 --> 00:30:55.399
 which is going on

00:30:55.399 --> 00:30:56.639
 in Jesus' words here

00:30:56.639 --> 00:30:57.419
 is there's a profound

00:30:57.419 --> 00:30:58.000
 mystery.

00:30:58.559 --> 00:30:59.179
 There's a riddle

00:30:59.179 --> 00:31:00.720
 which he's posing.

00:31:03.699 --> 00:31:05.799
 And the riddle

00:31:05.799 --> 00:31:06.339
 is this.

00:31:06.519 --> 00:31:07.240
 Why is it that

00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:08.399
 when Jesus says this

00:31:08.399 --> 00:31:09.240
 to the young man,

00:31:09.339 --> 00:31:10.319
 he's not just guilty

00:31:10.319 --> 00:31:11.159
 of cronyism?

00:31:11.160 --> 00:31:13.980
 Like,

00:31:18.060 --> 00:31:18.900
 why is Jesus

00:31:18.900 --> 00:31:19.880
 not like Trump?

00:31:20.880 --> 00:31:21.840
 Why is Jesus

00:31:21.840 --> 00:31:22.860
 not like Biden

00:31:22.860 --> 00:31:24.100
 and Obama?

00:31:24.440 --> 00:31:25.100
 Why is it not

00:31:25.100 --> 00:31:25.940
 just cronyism?

00:31:28.720 --> 00:31:29.040
 See,

00:31:29.100 --> 00:31:29.700
 the fact of the matter

00:31:29.700 --> 00:31:30.180
 is,

00:31:30.540 --> 00:31:31.600
 is that true forgiveness

00:31:31.600 --> 00:31:33.840
 has to honor justice.

00:31:33.839 --> 00:31:36.519
 And that's why

00:31:36.519 --> 00:31:37.459
 for true forgiveness

00:31:37.459 --> 00:31:38.419
 there always has to be

00:31:38.419 --> 00:31:39.519
 a cost that's paid.

00:31:40.419 --> 00:31:40.819
 Very,

00:31:40.939 --> 00:31:41.399
 very obvious

00:31:41.399 --> 00:31:41.980
 when it comes to

00:31:41.980 --> 00:31:42.659
 things like money.

00:31:43.919 --> 00:31:44.220
 Somebody,

00:31:44.559 --> 00:31:45.399
 I lend somebody

00:31:45.399 --> 00:31:46.139
 $10,000

00:31:46.139 --> 00:31:47.679
 expecting to get it back

00:31:47.679 --> 00:31:49.439
 and then something happens

00:31:49.439 --> 00:31:50.480
 they can't get it back.

00:31:50.559 --> 00:31:51.879
 If I forgive the debt,

00:31:52.500 --> 00:31:53.279
 let's say they only

00:31:53.279 --> 00:31:54.419
 were able to pay me

00:31:54.419 --> 00:31:55.099
 back $1,000,

00:31:55.399 --> 00:31:56.240
 I forgive the debt,

00:31:56.379 --> 00:31:57.359
 I'm writing off

00:31:57.359 --> 00:31:58.099
 the $9,000.

00:31:58.439 --> 00:31:58.539
 Well,

00:31:58.579 --> 00:31:59.980
 who pays that $9,000?

00:32:00.119 --> 00:32:00.720
 The $9,000

00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:01.799
 is still gone.

00:32:02.779 --> 00:32:03.240
 Like,

00:32:03.279 --> 00:32:04.519
 I can't call up Trudeau

00:32:04.519 --> 00:32:04.859
 and say,

00:32:04.940 --> 00:32:05.279
 Trudeau,

00:32:05.359 --> 00:32:06.159
 I've just forgiven

00:32:06.159 --> 00:32:07.379
 somebody $9,000,

00:32:07.720 --> 00:32:08.419
 could you send me

00:32:08.419 --> 00:32:09.500
 a check to cover it?

00:32:10.339 --> 00:32:10.579
 Like,

00:32:10.619 --> 00:32:11.619
 if I forgive somebody

00:32:11.619 --> 00:32:12.359
 the $9,000,

00:32:12.680 --> 00:32:13.859
 I pay that cost.

00:32:15.259 --> 00:32:16.519
 If you forgive me

00:32:16.519 --> 00:32:16.919
 a debt,

00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.919
 a financial debt,

00:32:18.039 --> 00:32:19.859
 you absorb

00:32:19.859 --> 00:32:21.180
 that cost.

00:32:21.740 --> 00:32:22.839
 And that gives us

00:32:22.839 --> 00:32:23.259
 a window

00:32:23.259 --> 00:32:24.500
 in all forgiveness.

00:32:25.279 --> 00:32:26.220
 That if somebody

00:32:26.220 --> 00:32:26.819
 has wronged you

00:32:26.819 --> 00:32:28.180
 in another type of way

00:32:28.180 --> 00:32:28.940
 and you,

00:32:29.079 --> 00:32:29.839
 you might have

00:32:29.839 --> 00:32:31.039
 a profound desire

00:32:31.039 --> 00:32:32.059
 to publicize

00:32:32.059 --> 00:32:32.759
 to everybody

00:32:32.759 --> 00:32:34.159
 how bad they are.

00:32:34.480 --> 00:32:35.200
 Or you might want

00:32:35.200 --> 00:32:35.759
 to have them,

00:32:36.519 --> 00:32:37.099
 you might want to do

00:32:37.099 --> 00:32:38.079
 some other type of thing

00:32:38.079 --> 00:32:38.839
 so that they really

00:32:38.839 --> 00:32:40.440
 suffer in some type of way,

00:32:40.799 --> 00:32:41.420
 that there's some

00:32:41.420 --> 00:32:42.599
 satisfaction that you

00:32:42.599 --> 00:32:43.039
 can get

00:32:43.039 --> 00:32:44.920
 to see that there's

00:32:44.920 --> 00:32:45.599
 some suffering

00:32:45.599 --> 00:32:46.519
 or some other types

00:32:46.519 --> 00:32:47.440
 of, you know,

00:32:47.500 --> 00:32:48.399
 or other legal

00:32:48.399 --> 00:32:49.799
 or other consequences

00:32:49.799 --> 00:32:50.779
 that happen to them

00:32:50.779 --> 00:32:51.960
 so that there's some type,

00:32:52.019 --> 00:32:52.599
 you have at least

00:32:52.599 --> 00:32:53.559
 the beginning of some

00:32:53.559 --> 00:32:54.359
 type of a sense

00:32:54.359 --> 00:32:55.180
 of balance.

00:32:55.519 --> 00:32:57.339
 And if you forgive them,

00:32:57.339 --> 00:33:01.000
 then you have to pay

00:33:01.000 --> 00:33:01.939
 the cost of that

00:33:01.939 --> 00:33:02.659
 within yourself.

00:33:03.779 --> 00:33:04.959
 You have to pay

00:33:04.959 --> 00:33:06.220
 the cost of the fact

00:33:06.220 --> 00:33:07.019
 that they will not

00:33:07.019 --> 00:33:07.799
 have that type

00:33:07.799 --> 00:33:08.399
 of punishment

00:33:08.399 --> 00:33:09.159
 that you think

00:33:09.159 --> 00:33:09.959
 they deserve,

00:33:10.899 --> 00:33:11.759
 that you just have to,

00:33:11.819 --> 00:33:12.179
 in a sense,

00:33:12.259 --> 00:33:12.759
 you have to,

00:33:12.839 --> 00:33:13.199
 in a sense,

00:33:13.279 --> 00:33:14.059
 swallow that

00:33:14.059 --> 00:33:15.279
 in some type of way.

00:33:18.639 --> 00:33:19.299
 There's always

00:33:19.299 --> 00:33:20.559
 a cost to forgiveness.

00:33:22.279 --> 00:33:22.919
 By the way,

00:33:23.019 --> 00:33:24.079
 for our Muslim friends,

00:33:24.199 --> 00:33:24.939
 this is one of the

00:33:24.939 --> 00:33:25.959
 profound weaknesses

00:33:25.960 --> 00:33:26.759
 in Islam.

00:33:29.740 --> 00:33:31.039
 Just give me some grace.

00:33:31.480 --> 00:33:32.380
 It's a profound weakness

00:33:32.380 --> 00:33:32.920
 in Islam.

00:33:33.680 --> 00:33:34.740
 Because in Islam,

00:33:35.140 --> 00:33:35.740
 Allah just,

00:33:37.860 --> 00:33:39.240
 he never pays a cost

00:33:39.240 --> 00:33:39.680
 to forgive.

00:33:43.019 --> 00:33:44.420
 It's hard not to see

00:33:44.420 --> 00:33:45.460
 that what goes on

00:33:45.460 --> 00:33:46.460
 with Allah

00:33:46.460 --> 00:33:47.620
 is any different

00:33:47.620 --> 00:33:49.140
 than cronyism.

00:33:52.380 --> 00:33:53.400
 Where he lets some

00:33:53.400 --> 00:33:54.279
 go free and others

00:33:54.279 --> 00:33:55.120
 have to suffer

00:33:55.119 --> 00:33:57.059
 his punishment.

00:33:58.599 --> 00:33:59.119
 You see,

00:33:59.179 --> 00:33:59.619
 the mystery

00:33:59.619 --> 00:34:00.139
 which here,

00:34:00.239 --> 00:34:00.899
 which happens,

00:34:01.899 --> 00:34:03.259
 is that Jesus

00:34:03.259 --> 00:34:04.419
 is setting up a riddle.

00:34:04.579 --> 00:34:05.459
 When he says,

00:34:06.519 --> 00:34:06.719
 son,

00:34:06.779 --> 00:34:07.719
 your sins are forgiven,

00:34:08.819 --> 00:34:10.420
 he's also pointing us

00:34:10.420 --> 00:34:10.960
 to the fact

00:34:10.960 --> 00:34:11.539
 that justice

00:34:11.539 --> 00:34:12.599
 is going to be met

00:34:12.599 --> 00:34:14.480
 in that young man

00:34:14.480 --> 00:34:14.960
 for whatever

00:34:14.960 --> 00:34:15.659
 that young man

00:34:15.659 --> 00:34:16.719
 is responsible for.

00:34:16.799 --> 00:34:17.400
 That this is one

00:34:17.400 --> 00:34:17.799
 of the things

00:34:17.799 --> 00:34:18.519
 preparing us

00:34:18.519 --> 00:34:19.239
 for the cross.

00:34:21.400 --> 00:34:22.460
 That when we see

00:34:22.460 --> 00:34:23.539
 Jesus dying upon

00:34:23.539 --> 00:34:24.119
 the cross,

00:34:24.199 --> 00:34:24.820
 what we see

00:34:24.820 --> 00:34:26.099
 is that Jesus

00:34:26.099 --> 00:34:27.980
 takes the place

00:34:27.980 --> 00:34:28.740
 of that young man

00:34:28.740 --> 00:34:29.139
 in a sense

00:34:29.139 --> 00:34:30.079
 what that Jesus

00:34:30.079 --> 00:34:30.599
 is saying.

00:34:30.820 --> 00:34:32.000
 And it's only

00:34:32.000 --> 00:34:32.900
 if he's God

00:34:32.900 --> 00:34:33.860
 that he can stand

00:34:33.860 --> 00:34:34.740
 for every single

00:34:34.740 --> 00:34:35.199
 human being.

00:34:35.280 --> 00:34:35.860
 It's only if he's

00:34:35.860 --> 00:34:36.760
 both God and man

00:34:36.760 --> 00:34:37.480
 that he can stand

00:34:37.480 --> 00:34:38.199
 for every single

00:34:38.199 --> 00:34:38.840
 human being.

00:34:39.900 --> 00:34:40.960
 And so for whatever

00:34:40.960 --> 00:34:42.460
 things that that young

00:34:42.460 --> 00:34:43.119
 man has done

00:34:43.119 --> 00:34:43.760
 which is wrong,

00:34:43.860 --> 00:34:44.740
 whatever demands

00:34:44.740 --> 00:34:45.360
 of justice

00:34:45.360 --> 00:34:46.139
 that that should be,

00:34:46.199 --> 00:34:46.780
 if you took the

00:34:46.780 --> 00:34:47.820
 accumulation of all

00:34:47.820 --> 00:34:48.440
 of those types

00:34:48.440 --> 00:34:48.960
 of things,

00:34:49.340 --> 00:34:50.119
 and you would say

00:34:50.119 --> 00:34:50.519
 if you knew

00:34:50.519 --> 00:34:51.119
 all of those

00:34:51.119 --> 00:34:51.699
 things that that

00:34:51.699 --> 00:34:52.699
 young man had done

00:34:52.699 --> 00:34:53.639
 and became an old

00:34:53.639 --> 00:34:54.659
 man and everything

00:34:54.659 --> 00:34:55.880
 that you would think

00:34:55.880 --> 00:34:56.539
 there has to be

00:34:56.539 --> 00:34:57.679
 some consequence.

00:34:57.900 --> 00:34:58.280
 There has to be

00:34:58.280 --> 00:34:59.219
 some consequence.

00:34:59.719 --> 00:35:00.000
 There has to

00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:00.699
 justice demand

00:35:00.699 --> 00:35:01.719
 some consequence.

00:35:02.079 --> 00:35:02.840
 That when Jesus

00:35:02.840 --> 00:35:03.860
 dies on the cross

00:35:03.860 --> 00:35:04.980
 that's what John

00:35:04.980 --> 00:35:05.679
 means when he says

00:35:05.679 --> 00:35:06.900
 behold the Lamb of God

00:35:06.900 --> 00:35:07.519
 who takes away

00:35:07.519 --> 00:35:08.259
 the sin of the world.

00:35:08.380 --> 00:35:09.840
 That Jesus in a sense

00:35:09.840 --> 00:35:10.480
 is saying

00:35:10.480 --> 00:35:12.519
 I will take your place

00:35:12.519 --> 00:35:13.300
 young man

00:35:13.300 --> 00:35:14.300
 and all of the

00:35:14.300 --> 00:35:15.579
 demands of justice

00:35:15.579 --> 00:35:18.639
 I will take your place

00:35:18.639 --> 00:35:19.800
 they can come on me.

00:35:19.920 --> 00:35:20.460
 No I don't.

00:35:20.519 --> 00:35:21.259
 I know you don't

00:35:21.259 --> 00:35:21.780
 deserve it.

00:35:22.099 --> 00:35:22.719
 No I know

00:35:22.719 --> 00:35:23.759
 I don't have to do it.

00:35:24.000 --> 00:35:24.780
 It's not a matter

00:35:24.780 --> 00:35:25.739
 of you deserving it.

00:35:25.960 --> 00:35:26.940
 It's not a matter

00:35:26.940 --> 00:35:28.179
 of you have a right

00:35:28.179 --> 00:35:28.659
 for this.

00:35:28.739 --> 00:35:29.380
 It's not a matter

00:35:29.380 --> 00:35:30.179
 that I have to.

00:35:30.259 --> 00:35:30.840
 It's not a matter

00:35:30.840 --> 00:35:31.539
 that I'm weak.

00:35:31.619 --> 00:35:32.500
 I am strong.

00:35:32.619 --> 00:35:33.179
 I am the one

00:35:33.179 --> 00:35:34.219
 who can heal

00:35:34.219 --> 00:35:35.280
 paralyzed people.

00:35:35.400 --> 00:35:35.980
 I am the one

00:35:35.980 --> 00:35:36.619
 who can heal

00:35:36.619 --> 00:35:37.079
 the leper.

00:35:37.420 --> 00:35:38.019
 I am the one

00:35:38.019 --> 00:35:38.579
 who can still

00:35:38.579 --> 00:35:39.179
 the storm.

00:35:39.340 --> 00:35:39.860
 I am the one

00:35:39.860 --> 00:35:40.460
 who can walk

00:35:40.460 --> 00:35:40.920
 on water.

00:35:41.039 --> 00:35:41.519
 I am the one

00:35:41.519 --> 00:35:42.039
 who can feed

00:35:42.039 --> 00:35:42.719
 five thousand

00:35:42.719 --> 00:35:44.219
 men.

00:35:44.639 --> 00:35:46.039
 I am strong.

00:35:46.159 --> 00:35:46.880
 I am doing this

00:35:46.880 --> 00:35:47.820
 of my own free will.

00:35:47.980 --> 00:35:49.400
 I see your profound

00:35:49.400 --> 00:35:50.420
 need and broken.

00:35:50.420 --> 00:35:53.019
 I see your profound

00:35:53.019 --> 00:35:53.880
 need and brokenness

00:35:53.880 --> 00:35:54.820
 and I know you can

00:35:54.820 --> 00:35:55.840
 never fulfill the

00:35:55.840 --> 00:35:56.740
 demands of true

00:35:56.740 --> 00:35:58.519
 justice if your life

00:35:58.519 --> 00:35:59.720
 was seen with

00:35:59.720 --> 00:36:01.059
 perfect moral clarity

00:36:01.059 --> 00:36:02.599
 and God sees your

00:36:02.599 --> 00:36:03.440
 life with perfect

00:36:03.440 --> 00:36:04.159
 moral clarity

00:36:04.159 --> 00:36:05.360
 and you can never

00:36:05.360 --> 00:36:07.559
 deal with that

00:36:07.559 --> 00:36:09.159
 without being

00:36:09.159 --> 00:36:09.639
 unmade.

00:36:09.639 --> 00:36:09.679
 need.

00:36:11.239 --> 00:36:12.179
 So I will take

00:36:12.179 --> 00:36:12.759
 your place.

00:36:14.259 --> 00:36:15.099
 And that when you

00:36:15.099 --> 00:36:16.019
 see Jesus dying

00:36:16.019 --> 00:36:16.779
 on the cross

00:36:16.779 --> 00:36:17.859
 what you are seeing

00:36:17.859 --> 00:36:18.879
 is the cost

00:36:18.879 --> 00:36:19.619
 of forgiveness

00:36:19.619 --> 00:36:20.579
 being borne

00:36:20.579 --> 00:36:21.900
 by God himself

00:36:21.900 --> 00:36:23.460
 for undeserving

00:36:23.460 --> 00:36:24.480
 people like you

00:36:24.480 --> 00:36:24.920
 and me.

00:36:27.099 --> 00:36:28.000
 And it's

00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:28.599
 powerfully

00:36:28.599 --> 00:36:29.480
 illustrated by

00:36:29.480 --> 00:36:30.219
 the symbol

00:36:30.219 --> 00:36:31.659
 that as Jesus

00:36:31.659 --> 00:36:32.500
 dies

00:36:32.500 --> 00:36:34.699
 the veil

00:36:34.699 --> 00:36:35.739
 which separates

00:36:35.739 --> 00:36:36.840
 the holy

00:36:36.840 --> 00:36:37.559
 of holies

00:36:37.559 --> 00:36:38.239
 from the world

00:36:38.239 --> 00:36:38.800
 is torn

00:36:38.800 --> 00:36:39.400
 from top

00:36:39.400 --> 00:36:39.880
 to bottom

00:36:39.880 --> 00:36:40.480
 to show

00:36:40.480 --> 00:36:43.739
 that the cost

00:36:43.739 --> 00:36:44.119
 of true

00:36:44.119 --> 00:36:44.579
 forgiveness

00:36:44.579 --> 00:36:45.059
 has been

00:36:45.059 --> 00:36:45.400
 paid.

00:36:51.400 --> 00:36:52.219
 Now the next

00:36:52.219 --> 00:36:53.000
 story is very

00:36:53.000 --> 00:36:53.800
 important to bring

00:36:53.800 --> 00:36:54.539
 this home to us

00:36:54.539 --> 00:36:55.519
 in a powerful way

00:36:55.519 --> 00:36:57.320
 because you see

00:36:57.320 --> 00:36:58.139
 we all say that

00:36:58.139 --> 00:36:58.679
 and believe that

00:36:58.679 --> 00:36:59.159
 and like that

00:36:59.159 --> 00:36:59.659
 for a moment

00:36:59.659 --> 00:37:00.279
 but there's

00:37:00.279 --> 00:37:00.879
 something about

00:37:00.879 --> 00:37:01.339
 the way

00:37:01.339 --> 00:37:02.059
 our brains

00:37:02.059 --> 00:37:02.879
 are wired

00:37:02.879 --> 00:37:05.659
 just that

00:37:05.659 --> 00:37:06.599
 our brains

00:37:06.599 --> 00:37:07.299
 are wired

00:37:07.299 --> 00:37:10.519
 that we

00:37:10.519 --> 00:37:11.440
 almost instantly

00:37:11.440 --> 00:37:12.559
 sabotage

00:37:12.559 --> 00:37:14.039
 the radicalness

00:37:14.039 --> 00:37:14.639
 of what this

00:37:14.639 --> 00:37:15.739
 is that Jesus

00:37:15.739 --> 00:37:16.799
 is doing for us

00:37:16.799 --> 00:37:17.420
 with his life

00:37:17.420 --> 00:37:17.779
 and death

00:37:17.779 --> 00:37:18.420
 and resurrection

00:37:18.420 --> 00:37:19.739
 and we see it

00:37:19.739 --> 00:37:20.059
 if we look

00:37:20.059 --> 00:37:20.500
 at the next

00:37:20.500 --> 00:37:20.960
 story.

00:37:22.199 --> 00:37:22.679
 And what we

00:37:22.679 --> 00:37:23.019
 see in the

00:37:23.019 --> 00:37:23.519
 next story

00:37:23.519 --> 00:37:23.960
 is why

00:37:23.960 --> 00:37:24.559
 what human

00:37:24.559 --> 00:37:25.099
 beings need

00:37:25.099 --> 00:37:25.460
 what you

00:37:25.460 --> 00:37:26.019
 and I need

00:37:26.019 --> 00:37:26.519
 is not to

00:37:26.519 --> 00:37:26.799
 learn how

00:37:26.799 --> 00:37:27.259
 to forgive

00:37:27.259 --> 00:37:27.879
 ourselves

00:37:27.879 --> 00:37:28.940
 I do not

00:37:28.940 --> 00:37:29.339
 have to

00:37:29.340 --> 00:37:29.640
 learn to

00:37:29.640 --> 00:37:29.900
 forgive

00:37:29.900 --> 00:37:30.300
 myself

00:37:30.300 --> 00:37:30.860
 I have

00:37:30.860 --> 00:37:31.559
 to learn

00:37:31.559 --> 00:37:34.160
 I have

00:37:34.160 --> 00:37:35.180
 to ask

00:37:35.180 --> 00:37:35.579
 God

00:37:35.579 --> 00:37:36.180
 to make

00:37:36.180 --> 00:37:36.840
 what Jesus

00:37:36.840 --> 00:37:37.340
 has done

00:37:37.340 --> 00:37:37.680
 for me

00:37:37.680 --> 00:37:37.960
 on the

00:37:37.960 --> 00:37:38.320
 cross

00:37:38.320 --> 00:37:38.660
 to be

00:37:38.660 --> 00:37:39.240
 more real

00:37:39.240 --> 00:37:39.740
 for me

00:37:39.740 --> 00:37:42.280
 because I

00:37:42.280 --> 00:37:43.240
 slip into

00:37:43.240 --> 00:37:43.640
 a different

00:37:43.640 --> 00:37:44.000
 way of

00:37:44.000 --> 00:37:44.380
 thinking

00:37:44.380 --> 00:37:45.079
 too quickly.

00:37:45.200 --> 00:37:45.420
 Look at

00:37:45.420 --> 00:37:45.820
 what happens

00:37:45.820 --> 00:37:46.660
 in verse 13

00:37:46.660 --> 00:37:47.960
 and Jesus

00:37:47.960 --> 00:37:48.600
 went out again

00:37:48.600 --> 00:37:49.340
 beside the sea

00:37:49.340 --> 00:37:49.920
 and all the

00:37:49.920 --> 00:37:50.480
 crowd was

00:37:50.480 --> 00:37:51.200
 coming to him

00:37:51.200 --> 00:37:51.539
 and he was

00:37:51.539 --> 00:37:52.039
 teaching them

00:37:52.039 --> 00:37:52.420
 and as he

00:37:52.420 --> 00:37:53.120
 passed by

00:37:53.120 --> 00:37:53.519
 he saw

00:37:53.519 --> 00:37:53.920
 Levi

00:37:53.920 --> 00:37:54.360
 the son

00:37:54.360 --> 00:37:54.920
 of Alphaeus

00:37:54.920 --> 00:37:55.360
 sitting at

00:37:55.360 --> 00:37:55.800
 the tax

00:37:55.800 --> 00:37:56.059
 booth

00:37:56.059 --> 00:37:57.400
 and Jesus

00:37:57.400 --> 00:37:57.980
 said to him

00:37:57.980 --> 00:37:58.559
 follow me

00:37:58.559 --> 00:37:59.900
 and Levi

00:37:59.900 --> 00:38:00.820
 rises and

00:38:00.820 --> 00:38:01.279
 follows him

00:38:01.279 --> 00:38:01.699
 now just

00:38:01.699 --> 00:38:02.360
 those of you

00:38:02.360 --> 00:38:02.639
 who aren't

00:38:02.639 --> 00:38:03.219
 familiar with

00:38:03.219 --> 00:38:03.759
 stories like

00:38:03.759 --> 00:38:04.139
 this in the

00:38:04.139 --> 00:38:04.619
 context

00:38:04.619 --> 00:38:06.460
 if you watch

00:38:06.460 --> 00:38:06.900
 a second

00:38:06.900 --> 00:38:07.779
 world war movie

00:38:07.779 --> 00:38:08.400
 set let's say

00:38:08.400 --> 00:38:09.039
 in occupied

00:38:09.039 --> 00:38:09.519
 Holland

00:38:09.519 --> 00:38:12.900
 and you

00:38:12.900 --> 00:38:13.840
 see Dutch

00:38:13.840 --> 00:38:14.380
 people

00:38:14.380 --> 00:38:15.739
 if you're

00:38:15.739 --> 00:38:16.119
 watching a

00:38:16.119 --> 00:38:16.559
 second world

00:38:16.559 --> 00:38:17.299
 war movie

00:38:17.299 --> 00:38:17.980
 now set

00:38:17.980 --> 00:38:18.420
 in Holland

00:38:18.420 --> 00:38:18.840
 during the

00:38:18.840 --> 00:38:19.340
 occupation

00:38:19.340 --> 00:38:19.719
 by the

00:38:19.719 --> 00:38:20.119
 Nazis

00:38:20.119 --> 00:38:21.519
 usually what

00:38:21.519 --> 00:38:21.779
 is going

00:38:21.779 --> 00:38:21.960
 to be

00:38:21.960 --> 00:38:22.299
 involved

00:38:22.299 --> 00:38:23.000
 is some

00:38:23.000 --> 00:38:23.480
 heroic

00:38:23.480 --> 00:38:23.880
 and there

00:38:23.880 --> 00:38:24.360
 were very

00:38:24.360 --> 00:38:25.019
 many heroic

00:38:25.019 --> 00:38:25.380
 Dutch

00:38:25.380 --> 00:38:25.860
 people who

00:38:25.860 --> 00:38:26.480
 resisted the

00:38:26.480 --> 00:38:26.900
 Nazis

00:38:26.900 --> 00:38:28.139
 tried to

00:38:28.139 --> 00:38:28.579
 protect the

00:38:28.579 --> 00:38:28.920
 Jews

00:38:28.920 --> 00:38:29.960
 did what

00:38:29.960 --> 00:38:30.320
 they could

00:38:30.320 --> 00:38:30.760
 to undermine

00:38:30.760 --> 00:38:31.200
 the Nazi

00:38:31.200 --> 00:38:31.519
 regime

00:38:31.519 --> 00:38:31.820
 but there

00:38:31.820 --> 00:38:32.220
 were also

00:38:32.220 --> 00:38:33.860
 Dutch men

00:38:33.860 --> 00:38:34.260
 and women

00:38:34.260 --> 00:38:35.260
 who supported

00:38:35.260 --> 00:38:35.880
 the regime

00:38:35.880 --> 00:38:37.000
 who helped

00:38:37.000 --> 00:38:37.619
 the regime

00:38:37.619 --> 00:38:42.039
 right it was

00:38:42.039 --> 00:38:43.639
 Corrie Ten Boom

00:38:43.639 --> 00:38:46.139
 and her family

00:38:46.139 --> 00:38:47.160
 and her mom

00:38:47.160 --> 00:38:48.079
 her sister

00:38:48.079 --> 00:38:49.099
 and her dad

00:38:49.099 --> 00:38:49.860
 died in a

00:38:49.860 --> 00:38:50.920
 concentration camp

00:38:50.920 --> 00:38:51.500
 for hiding

00:38:51.500 --> 00:38:52.440
 Jews but they

00:38:52.440 --> 00:38:53.920
 they were found

00:38:53.920 --> 00:38:54.380
 out because

00:38:54.380 --> 00:38:55.320
 neighbors reported

00:38:55.320 --> 00:38:57.120
 them so

00:38:57.120 --> 00:38:57.620
 when you

00:38:57.620 --> 00:38:58.360
 watch a

00:38:58.360 --> 00:38:58.840
 second world

00:38:58.840 --> 00:38:59.400
 war movie

00:38:59.400 --> 00:38:59.960
 and you

00:38:59.960 --> 00:39:00.480
 see a

00:39:00.480 --> 00:39:01.059
 Dutch man

00:39:01.059 --> 00:39:01.300
 or a

00:39:01.300 --> 00:39:01.800
 Dutch woman

00:39:01.800 --> 00:39:02.800
 working for

00:39:02.800 --> 00:39:03.380
 the Nazis

00:39:03.380 --> 00:39:04.740
 that's what

00:39:04.740 --> 00:39:05.240
 a tax

00:39:05.240 --> 00:39:05.680
 collector

00:39:05.680 --> 00:39:08.100
 is okay

00:39:08.100 --> 00:39:09.039
 they're

00:39:09.039 --> 00:39:09.780
 they're not

00:39:09.780 --> 00:39:10.380
 they're not

00:39:10.380 --> 00:39:11.260
 only they're

00:39:11.260 --> 00:39:11.760
 not only going

00:39:11.760 --> 00:39:11.980
 to be

00:39:11.980 --> 00:39:12.800
 constantly guilty

00:39:12.800 --> 00:39:13.519
 of graft

00:39:13.519 --> 00:39:14.900
 and injustice

00:39:14.900 --> 00:39:16.080
 and a whole

00:39:16.080 --> 00:39:16.620
 pile of other

00:39:16.620 --> 00:39:17.380
 things but

00:39:17.380 --> 00:39:18.039
 they work

00:39:18.039 --> 00:39:18.860
 directly for

00:39:18.860 --> 00:39:20.260
 the imperial

00:39:20.260 --> 00:39:21.380
 forces oppressing

00:39:21.380 --> 00:39:22.000
 the Jews

00:39:22.000 --> 00:39:23.480
 over the Jews

00:39:23.480 --> 00:39:24.300
 so that's what

00:39:24.300 --> 00:39:24.980
 a tax collector

00:39:24.980 --> 00:39:25.659
 so Jesus

00:39:25.659 --> 00:39:26.400
 sees a guy

00:39:26.400 --> 00:39:26.980
 like that

00:39:26.980 --> 00:39:28.079
 a guy

00:39:28.079 --> 00:39:28.780
 like a

00:39:28.780 --> 00:39:29.920
 Dutch person

00:39:29.920 --> 00:39:30.460
 helping the

00:39:30.460 --> 00:39:30.780
 Nazis

00:39:30.780 --> 00:39:31.240
 and he says

00:39:31.240 --> 00:39:31.880
 follow me

00:39:31.880 --> 00:39:32.260
 and the guy

00:39:32.260 --> 00:39:33.340
 follows him

00:39:33.340 --> 00:39:34.360
 you go

00:39:34.360 --> 00:39:34.920
 on one level

00:39:34.920 --> 00:39:35.159
 you go

00:39:35.159 --> 00:39:35.619
 wow

00:39:35.619 --> 00:39:36.740
 like wow

00:39:36.740 --> 00:39:39.659
 but now

00:39:39.659 --> 00:39:39.940
 you're going to

00:39:39.940 --> 00:39:40.440
 be concerned

00:39:40.440 --> 00:39:40.900
 with the very

00:39:40.900 --> 00:39:41.539
 next story

00:39:41.539 --> 00:39:41.900
 look what

00:39:41.900 --> 00:39:42.559
 happens next

00:39:42.559 --> 00:39:43.360
 verse 15

00:39:43.360 --> 00:39:44.840
 and as Jesus

00:39:44.840 --> 00:39:46.139
 as he reclined

00:39:46.139 --> 00:39:46.519
 a table

00:39:46.519 --> 00:39:46.900
 it's actually

00:39:46.900 --> 00:39:47.559
 very interesting

00:39:47.559 --> 00:39:47.920
 the Greek

00:39:47.920 --> 00:39:48.519
 it's not sure

00:39:48.519 --> 00:39:49.019
 whether it's

00:39:49.019 --> 00:39:49.760
 Jesus' house

00:39:49.760 --> 00:39:50.619
 or Levi's house

00:39:50.619 --> 00:39:51.340
 you can't actually

00:39:51.340 --> 00:39:52.199
 tell in the Greek

00:39:52.199 --> 00:39:53.960
 whether it's

00:39:53.960 --> 00:39:54.799
 Jesus' house

00:39:54.799 --> 00:39:55.519
 that he's renting

00:39:55.519 --> 00:39:56.159
 or staying in

00:39:56.159 --> 00:39:56.659
 or whether it's

00:39:56.659 --> 00:39:57.460
 Levi's house

00:39:57.460 --> 00:39:58.739
 but so I'll just

00:39:58.739 --> 00:39:59.399
 say and as he

00:39:59.399 --> 00:40:00.439
 reclined a table

00:40:00.439 --> 00:40:01.619
 in his house

00:40:01.619 --> 00:40:03.099
 many tax collectors

00:40:03.099 --> 00:40:03.819
 and sinners

00:40:03.819 --> 00:40:04.559
 were reclining

00:40:04.559 --> 00:40:05.059
 with Jesus

00:40:05.059 --> 00:40:05.819
 and his disciples

00:40:05.819 --> 00:40:06.359
 for they were

00:40:06.359 --> 00:40:06.759
 many who

00:40:06.759 --> 00:40:07.279
 followed him

00:40:07.279 --> 00:40:07.579
 look at that

00:40:07.579 --> 00:40:07.939
 for there were

00:40:07.939 --> 00:40:08.519
 many of these

00:40:08.519 --> 00:40:08.899
 sinners

00:40:08.899 --> 00:40:10.199
 and tax collectors

00:40:10.199 --> 00:40:10.759
 who followed

00:40:10.759 --> 00:40:11.179
 Jesus

00:40:11.179 --> 00:40:12.739
 and the scribes

00:40:12.739 --> 00:40:13.460
 of the Pharisees

00:40:13.460 --> 00:40:13.859
 who aren't

00:40:13.859 --> 00:40:14.619
 following Jesus

00:40:14.619 --> 00:40:15.339
 the scribes

00:40:15.339 --> 00:40:15.779
 are like the

00:40:15.779 --> 00:40:16.879
 experts in the law

00:40:16.879 --> 00:40:18.179
 when they saw

00:40:18.179 --> 00:40:18.659
 that he was

00:40:18.659 --> 00:40:19.019
 eating with

00:40:19.019 --> 00:40:20.139
 sinners and tax collectors

00:40:20.139 --> 00:40:20.940
 they said to his

00:40:20.940 --> 00:40:21.299
 disciples

00:40:21.299 --> 00:40:21.960
 why does he

00:40:21.960 --> 00:40:22.759
 eat with tax collectors

00:40:22.759 --> 00:40:23.319
 and sinners

00:40:23.319 --> 00:40:25.000
 now here's the thing

00:40:25.000 --> 00:40:25.400
 about us

00:40:25.400 --> 00:40:26.059
 one of the reasons

00:40:26.059 --> 00:40:27.159
 that we would side

00:40:27.159 --> 00:40:27.960
 we would say

00:40:27.960 --> 00:40:28.739
 whoa that's terrible

00:40:28.739 --> 00:40:29.259
 what they're doing

00:40:29.259 --> 00:40:29.739
 well the reason

00:40:29.739 --> 00:40:30.259
 one of the reasons

00:40:30.259 --> 00:40:31.000
 we say that's terrible

00:40:31.000 --> 00:40:31.839
 that he's doing that

00:40:31.839 --> 00:40:32.239
 is because

00:40:32.239 --> 00:40:33.139
 we've been formed

00:40:33.139 --> 00:40:33.779
 by Jesus

00:40:33.779 --> 00:40:35.099
 and also partially

00:40:35.099 --> 00:40:35.839
 because we like

00:40:35.839 --> 00:40:36.519
 the idea of

00:40:36.519 --> 00:40:37.319
 going against

00:40:37.319 --> 00:40:38.339
 the moral majority

00:40:38.339 --> 00:40:39.859
 but here's the thing

00:40:39.859 --> 00:40:40.779
 and I'm making

00:40:40.779 --> 00:40:41.819
 no political comments

00:40:41.819 --> 00:40:42.900
 you can pick your thing

00:40:42.900 --> 00:40:44.940
 Jesus is having

00:40:44.940 --> 00:40:45.539
 a party

00:40:45.539 --> 00:40:46.319
 with everybody

00:40:46.319 --> 00:40:47.279
 wearing

00:40:47.279 --> 00:40:48.159
 make America

00:40:48.159 --> 00:40:49.239
 great hats

00:40:49.239 --> 00:40:51.739
 with big pictures

00:40:51.739 --> 00:40:52.439
 of Trump

00:40:52.439 --> 00:40:53.219
 behind them

00:40:53.219 --> 00:40:56.339
 or

00:40:56.339 --> 00:40:58.319
 all the trans

00:40:58.319 --> 00:40:58.799
 activists

00:40:58.799 --> 00:40:59.919
 are together

00:40:59.919 --> 00:41:01.439
 and Jesus

00:41:01.439 --> 00:41:01.979
 is in there

00:41:01.979 --> 00:41:02.619
 having a party

00:41:02.619 --> 00:41:03.099
 with them

00:41:03.099 --> 00:41:04.899
 now

00:41:04.899 --> 00:41:06.279
 pick your politics

00:41:06.279 --> 00:41:08.819
 for those of you

00:41:08.819 --> 00:41:09.359
 of one group

00:41:09.359 --> 00:41:09.639
 you'd say

00:41:09.639 --> 00:41:10.519
 how could Jesus

00:41:10.519 --> 00:41:11.219
 be with a whole

00:41:11.219 --> 00:41:11.679
 pile of

00:41:11.679 --> 00:41:12.259
 make America

00:41:12.259 --> 00:41:13.279
 great people

00:41:13.279 --> 00:41:14.479
 like what's he

00:41:14.479 --> 00:41:15.079
 doing

00:41:15.079 --> 00:41:16.379
 with sinners

00:41:16.379 --> 00:41:18.419
 and for the rest

00:41:18.419 --> 00:41:18.699
 of us

00:41:18.699 --> 00:41:19.000
 we're going

00:41:19.000 --> 00:41:19.599
 what's he doing

00:41:19.599 --> 00:41:20.059
 with all the

00:41:20.059 --> 00:41:21.059
 trans activists

00:41:21.059 --> 00:41:22.619
 having a party

00:41:22.619 --> 00:41:23.500
 with them

00:41:23.500 --> 00:41:30.519
 Jesus says this

00:41:30.519 --> 00:41:31.300
 in verse 17

00:41:31.300 --> 00:41:31.900
 and when Jesus

00:41:31.900 --> 00:41:32.380
 heard it

00:41:32.380 --> 00:41:33.039
 he said to them

00:41:33.039 --> 00:41:33.739
 those who are well

00:41:33.739 --> 00:41:34.360
 have no need

00:41:34.360 --> 00:41:34.940
 of a doctor

00:41:34.940 --> 00:41:35.679
 but those who are

00:41:35.679 --> 00:41:36.019
 sick

00:41:36.019 --> 00:41:37.980
 I came not to

00:41:37.980 --> 00:41:38.539
 call the righteous

00:41:38.539 --> 00:41:39.199
 but sinners

00:41:39.199 --> 00:41:41.119
 now

00:41:41.119 --> 00:41:42.619
 here's the

00:41:42.619 --> 00:41:44.059
 thing about this

00:41:44.059 --> 00:41:44.980
 see the

00:41:44.980 --> 00:41:46.039
 normal way

00:41:46.039 --> 00:41:47.320
 the normal way

00:41:47.320 --> 00:41:47.719
 that we're

00:41:47.719 --> 00:41:48.139
 wired

00:41:48.139 --> 00:41:50.019
 at a very

00:41:50.019 --> 00:41:50.579
 very deep

00:41:50.579 --> 00:41:50.940
 level

00:41:50.940 --> 00:41:51.480
 is to

00:41:51.480 --> 00:41:52.099
 understand

00:41:52.099 --> 00:41:53.079
 spiritual

00:41:53.079 --> 00:41:53.699
 and religious

00:41:53.699 --> 00:41:54.759
 life like this

00:41:54.759 --> 00:41:55.759
 we'd say

00:41:55.759 --> 00:41:56.159
 okay it's

00:41:56.159 --> 00:41:56.820
 really good

00:41:56.820 --> 00:41:57.800
 you guys

00:41:57.800 --> 00:41:58.219
 with make

00:41:58.219 --> 00:41:58.599
 America

00:41:58.599 --> 00:41:59.079
 great hats

00:41:59.079 --> 00:41:59.340
 I'm just

00:41:59.340 --> 00:41:59.699
 going to keep

00:41:59.699 --> 00:42:00.099
 staying with

00:42:00.099 --> 00:42:00.539
 one thing

00:42:00.539 --> 00:42:00.820
 I'm not

00:42:00.820 --> 00:42:01.179
 making any

00:42:01.179 --> 00:42:01.860
 political comment

00:42:01.860 --> 00:42:02.099
 okay

00:42:02.099 --> 00:42:02.579
 I just

00:42:02.579 --> 00:42:03.360
 make it

00:42:03.360 --> 00:42:03.659
 simple

00:42:03.659 --> 00:42:04.539
 so we'd

00:42:04.539 --> 00:42:04.860
 say

00:42:04.860 --> 00:42:05.320
 okay

00:42:05.320 --> 00:42:05.739
 oh

00:42:05.739 --> 00:42:06.059
 that's

00:42:06.059 --> 00:42:06.300
 really

00:42:06.300 --> 00:42:06.759
 good

00:42:06.759 --> 00:42:07.539
 that you

00:42:07.539 --> 00:42:07.920
 guys

00:42:07.920 --> 00:42:08.579
 all wearing

00:42:08.579 --> 00:42:08.940
 your make

00:42:08.940 --> 00:42:09.279
 America

00:42:09.279 --> 00:42:09.960
 great hats

00:42:09.960 --> 00:42:10.420
 you've all

00:42:10.420 --> 00:42:11.000
 decided to

00:42:11.000 --> 00:42:11.639
 follow Jesus

00:42:11.639 --> 00:42:12.420
 okay

00:42:12.420 --> 00:42:12.859
 now here's

00:42:12.859 --> 00:42:13.199
 the first

00:42:13.199 --> 00:42:13.420
 thing

00:42:13.420 --> 00:42:13.719
 you've all

00:42:13.719 --> 00:42:13.960
 got to

00:42:13.960 --> 00:42:14.279
 take your

00:42:14.279 --> 00:42:14.940
 hats off

00:42:14.940 --> 00:42:15.980
 you've got

00:42:15.980 --> 00:42:16.299
 to get rid

00:42:16.299 --> 00:42:16.480
 of the

00:42:16.480 --> 00:42:17.179
 Trump posters

00:42:17.179 --> 00:42:18.239
 you've got

00:42:18.239 --> 00:42:18.639
 to burn

00:42:18.639 --> 00:42:18.859
 them

00:42:18.859 --> 00:42:19.099
 you've got

00:42:19.099 --> 00:42:19.519
 to promise

00:42:19.519 --> 00:42:20.019
 you'll never

00:42:20.019 --> 00:42:20.500
 use them

00:42:20.500 --> 00:42:20.879
 again

00:42:20.879 --> 00:42:21.559
 okay

00:42:21.559 --> 00:42:22.859
 and if

00:42:22.859 --> 00:42:23.199
 you do

00:42:23.199 --> 00:42:23.559
 that

00:42:23.559 --> 00:42:24.179
 and now

00:42:24.179 --> 00:42:24.460
 you've got

00:42:24.460 --> 00:42:24.639
 to do

00:42:24.639 --> 00:42:24.879
 a few

00:42:24.879 --> 00:42:25.319
 other types

00:42:25.319 --> 00:42:25.539
 of things

00:42:25.539 --> 00:42:25.739
 you've got

00:42:25.739 --> 00:42:25.940
 to do

00:42:25.940 --> 00:42:26.119
 this

00:42:26.119 --> 00:42:26.299
 and you

00:42:26.299 --> 00:42:26.500
 can do

00:42:26.500 --> 00:42:26.719
 that

00:42:26.719 --> 00:42:27.239
 well if

00:42:27.239 --> 00:42:27.500
 you do

00:42:27.500 --> 00:42:27.699
 that

00:42:27.699 --> 00:42:27.920
 okay

00:42:27.920 --> 00:42:28.359
 now you're

00:42:28.359 --> 00:42:28.639
 sort of

00:42:28.639 --> 00:42:28.960
 welcome

00:42:28.960 --> 00:42:29.539
 into polite

00:42:29.539 --> 00:42:30.079
 society

00:42:30.079 --> 00:42:30.480
 and now

00:42:30.480 --> 00:42:30.819
 we could

00:42:30.819 --> 00:42:31.299
 see how

00:42:31.299 --> 00:42:31.940
 if you

00:42:31.940 --> 00:42:32.420
 actually said

00:42:32.420 --> 00:42:32.659
 a few

00:42:32.659 --> 00:42:33.159
 prayers

00:42:33.159 --> 00:42:33.599
 because now

00:42:33.599 --> 00:42:33.799
 you're

00:42:33.799 --> 00:42:34.099
 working

00:42:34.099 --> 00:42:34.420
 you're going

00:42:34.420 --> 00:42:34.659
 to be

00:42:34.659 --> 00:42:35.180
 you're going

00:42:35.180 --> 00:42:35.380
 to be

00:42:35.380 --> 00:42:35.900
 kinder

00:42:35.900 --> 00:42:37.119
 to this

00:42:37.119 --> 00:42:37.400
 group

00:42:37.400 --> 00:42:37.639
 you're going

00:42:37.639 --> 00:42:37.820
 to be

00:42:37.820 --> 00:42:38.159
 kinder

00:42:38.159 --> 00:42:38.480
 to that

00:42:38.480 --> 00:42:38.780
 group

00:42:38.780 --> 00:42:39.079
 you're going

00:42:39.079 --> 00:42:39.800
 to make

00:42:39.800 --> 00:42:40.559
 a donation

00:42:40.559 --> 00:42:40.900
 to the

00:42:40.900 --> 00:42:41.380
 Black Lives

00:42:41.380 --> 00:42:41.680
 Matter

00:42:41.680 --> 00:42:42.220
 movement

00:42:42.220 --> 00:42:43.519
 you're going

00:42:43.519 --> 00:42:43.940
 to support

00:42:43.940 --> 00:42:44.500
 AOC

00:42:44.500 --> 00:42:45.920
 in politics

00:42:45.920 --> 00:42:46.680
 and you start

00:42:46.680 --> 00:42:47.059
 to do that

00:42:47.059 --> 00:42:47.380
 type of thing

00:42:47.380 --> 00:42:47.760
 well you can

00:42:47.760 --> 00:42:48.260
 be accepted

00:42:48.260 --> 00:42:48.680
 in church

00:42:48.680 --> 00:42:49.019
 and you can

00:42:49.019 --> 00:42:49.400
 say a few

00:42:49.400 --> 00:42:49.820
 prayers

00:42:49.820 --> 00:42:50.599
 and if you

00:42:50.599 --> 00:42:51.079
 do that

00:42:51.079 --> 00:42:51.380
 and you do

00:42:51.380 --> 00:42:51.619
 that

00:42:51.619 --> 00:42:51.840
 you do

00:42:51.840 --> 00:42:52.000
 that

00:42:52.000 --> 00:42:52.480
 well eventually

00:42:52.480 --> 00:42:52.900
 you can be

00:42:52.900 --> 00:42:53.240
 connected

00:42:53.240 --> 00:42:53.840
 to God

00:42:53.840 --> 00:42:55.039
 that's the

00:42:55.039 --> 00:42:55.860
 basic way

00:42:55.860 --> 00:42:56.619
 we're wired

00:42:56.619 --> 00:42:58.200
 but that then

00:42:58.200 --> 00:42:58.820
 goes against

00:42:58.820 --> 00:42:59.700
 this profound

00:42:59.700 --> 00:43:00.500
 mystery that's

00:43:00.500 --> 00:43:01.039
 just happened

00:43:01.039 --> 00:43:01.860
 before this

00:43:01.860 --> 00:43:02.920
 that the only way

00:43:02.920 --> 00:43:03.619
 somebody's sins

00:43:03.619 --> 00:43:04.380
 can be forgiven

00:43:04.380 --> 00:43:05.119
 is if God

00:43:05.119 --> 00:43:05.960
 pays the price

00:43:05.960 --> 00:43:06.639
 for your sins

00:43:06.639 --> 00:43:07.519
 that God

00:43:07.519 --> 00:43:08.239
 absorbs that

00:43:08.239 --> 00:43:09.319
 cost into himself

00:43:09.319 --> 00:43:10.179
 and the fact

00:43:10.179 --> 00:43:10.559
 of the matter

00:43:10.559 --> 00:43:11.339
 is that the

00:43:11.339 --> 00:43:12.299
 religious development

00:43:12.299 --> 00:43:13.059
 that's presented

00:43:13.059 --> 00:43:13.579
 in the gospel

00:43:13.579 --> 00:43:14.239
 is a complete

00:43:14.239 --> 00:43:14.779
 opposite

00:43:14.779 --> 00:43:15.839
 it's not

00:43:15.839 --> 00:43:16.679
 that first

00:43:16.679 --> 00:43:17.139
 you get rid

00:43:17.139 --> 00:43:17.339
 of the

00:43:17.339 --> 00:43:17.839
 Make America

00:43:17.839 --> 00:43:18.480
 Great hats

00:43:18.480 --> 00:43:19.420
 and give

00:43:19.420 --> 00:43:19.839
 some money

00:43:19.839 --> 00:43:20.460
 to AOC

00:43:20.460 --> 00:43:21.599
 and then

00:43:21.599 --> 00:43:22.099
 you can sort

00:43:22.099 --> 00:43:22.519
 of say a few

00:43:22.519 --> 00:43:22.799
 prayers

00:43:22.799 --> 00:43:23.119
 and then

00:43:23.119 --> 00:43:23.460
 you're made

00:43:23.460 --> 00:43:23.940
 right with God

00:43:23.940 --> 00:43:24.460
 it's a complete

00:43:24.460 --> 00:43:24.819
 opposite

00:43:24.819 --> 00:43:25.480
 you begin

00:43:25.480 --> 00:43:25.980
 by being

00:43:25.980 --> 00:43:26.480
 made right

00:43:26.480 --> 00:43:27.019
 with God

00:43:27.019 --> 00:43:27.839
 while you're

00:43:27.839 --> 00:43:28.359
 wearing your

00:43:28.359 --> 00:43:28.940
 Make America

00:43:28.940 --> 00:43:29.659
 Great hats

00:43:29.659 --> 00:43:30.619
 and hating

00:43:30.619 --> 00:43:31.239
 AOC

00:43:31.239 --> 00:43:33.599
 when you're

00:43:33.599 --> 00:43:34.139
 completely

00:43:34.139 --> 00:43:34.839
 and utterly

00:43:34.839 --> 00:43:35.799
 unworthy

00:43:35.799 --> 00:43:38.259
 God forgives

00:43:38.259 --> 00:43:38.679
 you in the

00:43:38.679 --> 00:43:39.139
 person of

00:43:39.139 --> 00:43:39.479
 Jesus

00:43:39.479 --> 00:43:40.819
 it begins

00:43:40.819 --> 00:43:42.159
 with forgiveness

00:43:42.159 --> 00:43:42.939
 and union

00:43:42.939 --> 00:43:43.699
 with God

00:43:43.699 --> 00:43:44.719
 and works

00:43:44.719 --> 00:43:45.279
 backwards

00:43:45.279 --> 00:43:46.819
 from our

00:43:46.819 --> 00:43:48.099
 naturalistic

00:43:48.099 --> 00:43:48.959
 religious

00:43:48.959 --> 00:43:49.779
 point of view

00:43:49.779 --> 00:43:51.719
 that as

00:43:51.719 --> 00:43:52.519
 the gospel

00:43:52.519 --> 00:43:53.500
 grips you

00:43:53.500 --> 00:43:57.059
 you say

00:43:57.059 --> 00:43:57.559
 gosh

00:43:57.559 --> 00:43:59.980
 Jesus

00:43:59.980 --> 00:44:00.400
 is the

00:44:00.400 --> 00:44:00.579
 one

00:44:00.579 --> 00:44:00.820
 who's

00:44:00.820 --> 00:44:01.380
 reconciled

00:44:01.380 --> 00:44:01.500
 me

00:44:01.500 --> 00:44:01.639
 to

00:44:01.639 --> 00:44:02.039
 God

00:44:02.039 --> 00:44:03.340
 I

00:44:03.340 --> 00:44:03.659
 need

00:44:03.659 --> 00:44:03.840
 to

00:44:03.840 --> 00:44:04.179
 pray

00:44:04.179 --> 00:44:04.780
 I

00:44:04.780 --> 00:44:04.880
 need

00:44:04.880 --> 00:44:04.960
 to

00:44:04.960 --> 00:44:05.079
 figure

00:44:05.079 --> 00:44:05.179
 out

00:44:05.179 --> 00:44:05.340
 how to

00:44:05.340 --> 00:44:05.659
 pray

00:44:05.659 --> 00:44:07.340
 and I

00:44:07.340 --> 00:44:07.460
 need

00:44:07.460 --> 00:44:07.579
 to

00:44:07.579 --> 00:44:07.739
 figure

00:44:07.739 --> 00:44:07.860
 out

00:44:07.860 --> 00:44:07.940
 how

00:44:07.940 --> 00:44:08.059
 to

00:44:08.059 --> 00:44:08.219
 read

00:44:08.219 --> 00:44:08.400
 the

00:44:08.400 --> 00:44:08.699
 word

00:44:08.699 --> 00:44:08.920
 and

00:44:08.920 --> 00:44:09.679
 I'm

00:44:09.679 --> 00:44:09.800
 not

00:44:09.800 --> 00:44:10.059
 really

00:44:10.059 --> 00:44:10.460
 worthy

00:44:10.460 --> 00:44:10.699
 to be

00:44:10.699 --> 00:44:10.860
 with

00:44:10.860 --> 00:44:11.039
 other

00:44:11.039 --> 00:44:11.380
 Christians

00:44:11.380 --> 00:44:11.519
 I'm

00:44:11.519 --> 00:44:11.639
 going to

00:44:11.639 --> 00:44:11.820
 hang

00:44:11.820 --> 00:44:12.000
 around

00:44:12.000 --> 00:44:12.179
 with

00:44:12.179 --> 00:44:12.539
 Christians

00:44:12.539 --> 00:44:12.739
 and

00:44:12.739 --> 00:44:12.940
 now

00:44:12.940 --> 00:44:13.079
 as

00:44:13.079 --> 00:44:13.199
 you've

00:44:13.199 --> 00:44:13.320
 got

00:44:13.320 --> 00:44:13.460
 to

00:44:13.460 --> 00:44:13.639
 look

00:44:13.639 --> 00:44:13.760
 at

00:44:13.760 --> 00:44:13.860
 you

00:44:13.860 --> 00:44:13.960
 know

00:44:13.960 --> 00:44:14.199
 maybe

00:44:14.199 --> 00:44:14.400
 the

00:44:14.400 --> 00:44:14.559
 way

00:44:14.559 --> 00:44:14.760
 I'm

00:44:14.760 --> 00:44:15.099
 handling

00:44:15.099 --> 00:44:15.699
 politics

00:44:15.699 --> 00:44:16.099
 isn't

00:44:16.099 --> 00:44:16.500
 right

00:44:16.500 --> 00:44:18.300
 you know

00:44:18.300 --> 00:44:18.579
 maybe

00:44:18.579 --> 00:44:19.239
 walking

00:44:19.239 --> 00:44:19.760
 around

00:44:19.760 --> 00:44:20.120
 wearing

00:44:20.120 --> 00:44:20.300
 a

00:44:20.300 --> 00:44:20.640
 MAGA

00:44:20.640 --> 00:44:21.120
 hat

00:44:21.120 --> 00:44:21.340
 to

00:44:21.340 --> 00:44:21.840
 church

00:44:21.840 --> 00:44:22.080
 is

00:44:22.080 --> 00:44:22.500
 just

00:44:22.500 --> 00:44:22.840
 not

00:44:22.840 --> 00:44:23.180
 very

00:44:23.180 --> 00:44:23.880
 charitable

00:44:23.880 --> 00:44:24.280
 maybe

00:44:24.280 --> 00:44:24.440
 I

00:44:24.440 --> 00:44:24.560
 should

00:44:24.560 --> 00:44:24.820
 take

00:44:24.820 --> 00:44:25.020
 that

00:44:25.020 --> 00:44:25.420
 off

00:44:25.420 --> 00:44:26.160
 begins

00:44:26.160 --> 00:44:26.360
 with

00:44:26.360 --> 00:44:26.800
 grace

00:44:26.800 --> 00:44:28.420
 and

00:44:28.420 --> 00:44:28.700
 moves

00:44:28.700 --> 00:44:29.040
 the

00:44:29.040 --> 00:44:29.220
 other

00:44:29.220 --> 00:44:29.520
 way

00:44:29.520 --> 00:44:30.100
 it's

00:44:30.100 --> 00:44:30.280
 not

00:44:30.280 --> 00:44:30.400
 a

00:44:30.400 --> 00:44:30.660
 matter

00:44:30.660 --> 00:44:30.860
 of

00:44:30.860 --> 00:44:31.100
 making

00:44:31.100 --> 00:44:31.520
 yourself

00:44:31.520 --> 00:44:32.020
 worthy

00:44:32.020 --> 00:44:32.360
 until

00:44:32.360 --> 00:44:32.520
 you

00:44:32.520 --> 00:44:32.800
 find

00:44:32.800 --> 00:44:32.940
 a

00:44:32.940 --> 00:44:33.220
 union

00:44:33.220 --> 00:44:33.420
 with

00:44:33.420 --> 00:44:33.620
 God

00:44:33.620 --> 00:44:33.840
 that

00:44:33.840 --> 00:44:34.100
 never

00:44:34.100 --> 00:44:34.220
 is

00:44:34.220 --> 00:44:34.340
 going

00:44:34.340 --> 00:44:34.440
 to

00:44:34.440 --> 00:44:34.840
 work

00:44:34.840 --> 00:44:35.940
 never

00:44:35.940 --> 00:44:36.160
 going

00:44:36.160 --> 00:44:36.260
 to

00:44:36.260 --> 00:44:36.440
 work

00:44:36.440 --> 00:44:36.620
 only

00:44:36.620 --> 00:44:36.880
 makes

00:44:36.880 --> 00:44:37.000
 you

00:44:37.000 --> 00:44:37.360
 anxious

00:44:37.360 --> 00:44:37.600
 only

00:44:37.600 --> 00:44:37.880
 makes

00:44:37.880 --> 00:44:38.020
 you

00:44:38.020 --> 00:44:38.280
 self

00:44:38.280 --> 00:44:38.560
 righteous

00:44:38.560 --> 00:44:38.880
 only

00:44:38.880 --> 00:44:39.160
 makes

00:44:39.160 --> 00:44:39.300
 you

00:44:39.300 --> 00:44:39.740
 proud

00:44:39.740 --> 00:44:40.020
 only

00:44:40.020 --> 00:44:40.320
 makes

00:44:40.320 --> 00:44:40.460
 you

00:44:40.460 --> 00:44:40.880
 arrogant

00:44:40.880 --> 00:44:41.500
 only

00:44:41.500 --> 00:44:41.820
 makes

00:44:41.820 --> 00:44:41.980
 you

00:44:41.980 --> 00:44:42.500
 unhappy

00:44:42.500 --> 00:44:43.060
 only

00:44:43.060 --> 00:44:43.360
 makes

00:44:43.360 --> 00:44:43.500
 you

00:44:43.500 --> 00:44:43.780
 self

00:44:43.780 --> 00:44:44.400
 satisfied

00:44:44.400 --> 00:44:44.880
 until

00:44:44.880 --> 00:44:45.120
 your

00:44:45.120 --> 00:44:45.380
 life

00:44:45.380 --> 00:44:45.840
 crumbles

00:44:45.840 --> 00:44:46.780
 completely

00:44:46.780 --> 00:44:47.360
 useless

00:44:47.360 --> 00:44:48.980
 you

00:44:48.980 --> 00:44:49.260
 and I

00:44:49.260 --> 00:44:49.519
 need

00:44:49.519 --> 00:44:50.039
 grace

00:44:50.039 --> 00:44:51.000
 we

00:44:51.000 --> 00:44:51.160
 need

00:44:51.160 --> 00:44:51.320
 this

00:44:51.320 --> 00:44:51.780
 profound

00:44:51.780 --> 00:44:52.120
 act

00:44:52.120 --> 00:44:52.260
 of

00:44:52.260 --> 00:44:52.480
 Jesus

00:44:52.480 --> 00:44:52.780
 dying

00:44:52.780 --> 00:44:52.900
 on

00:44:52.900 --> 00:44:53.019
 the

00:44:53.019 --> 00:44:53.320
 cross

00:44:53.320 --> 00:44:53.539
 for

00:44:53.539 --> 00:44:53.820
 us

00:44:53.820 --> 00:44:55.000
 and

00:44:55.000 --> 00:44:55.140
 as

00:44:55.140 --> 00:44:55.300
 that

00:44:55.300 --> 00:44:55.640
 grips

00:44:55.640 --> 00:44:56.000
 us

00:44:56.000 --> 00:44:56.940
 we

00:44:56.940 --> 00:44:57.120
 say

00:44:57.120 --> 00:44:57.240
 you

00:44:57.240 --> 00:44:57.320
 know

00:44:57.320 --> 00:44:57.519
 what

00:44:57.519 --> 00:44:58.460
 my

00:44:58.460 --> 00:44:58.700
 view

00:44:58.700 --> 00:44:58.860
 of

00:44:58.860 --> 00:44:59.099
 people

00:44:59.099 --> 00:44:59.240
 of

00:44:59.240 --> 00:44:59.480
 different

00:44:59.480 --> 00:44:59.800
 colors

00:44:59.800 --> 00:45:00.059
 that's

00:45:00.059 --> 00:45:00.420
 wrong

00:45:00.420 --> 00:45:02.559
 my

00:45:02.559 --> 00:45:02.780
 view

00:45:02.780 --> 00:45:02.920
 of

00:45:02.920 --> 00:45:03.120
 women

00:45:03.120 --> 00:45:03.500
 that's

00:45:03.500 --> 00:45:03.880
 wrong

00:45:03.880 --> 00:45:05.880
 my

00:45:05.880 --> 00:45:06.280
 holding

00:45:06.280 --> 00:45:06.500
 on

00:45:06.500 --> 00:45:06.660
 to

00:45:06.660 --> 00:45:06.920
 money

00:45:06.920 --> 00:45:07.260
 that's

00:45:07.260 --> 00:45:07.660
 wrong

00:45:07.660 --> 00:45:09.360
 my

00:45:09.360 --> 00:45:09.900
 ungenerous

00:45:09.900 --> 00:45:10.079
 heart

00:45:10.079 --> 00:45:10.420
 that's

00:45:10.420 --> 00:45:10.760
 wrong

00:45:10.760 --> 00:45:11.500
 my

00:45:11.500 --> 00:45:11.780
 thinking

00:45:11.780 --> 00:45:12.000
 the

00:45:12.000 --> 00:45:12.320
 worst

00:45:12.320 --> 00:45:12.480
 of

00:45:12.480 --> 00:45:12.700
 C's

00:45:12.700 --> 00:45:12.900
 group

00:45:12.900 --> 00:45:13.200
 that's

00:45:13.200 --> 00:45:13.559
 wrong

00:45:13.559 --> 00:45:15.920
 works

00:45:15.920 --> 00:45:16.079
 from

00:45:16.079 --> 00:45:16.220
 the

00:45:16.220 --> 00:45:16.619
 gospel

00:45:16.619 --> 00:45:16.920
 out

00:45:16.920 --> 00:45:17.240
 to

00:45:17.240 --> 00:45:17.360
 our

00:45:17.360 --> 00:45:17.840
 behavior

00:45:17.840 --> 00:45:19.139
 not

00:45:19.139 --> 00:45:19.380
 being

00:45:19.380 --> 00:45:19.800
 worthy

00:45:19.800 --> 00:45:21.039
 until

00:45:21.039 --> 00:45:21.360
 Jesus

00:45:21.360 --> 00:45:21.760
 finally

00:45:21.760 --> 00:45:22.099
 dies

00:45:22.099 --> 00:45:22.300
 for

00:45:22.300 --> 00:45:22.500
 you

00:45:22.500 --> 00:45:23.300
 please

00:45:23.300 --> 00:45:23.700
 stand

00:45:23.700 --> 00:45:36.700
 you

00:45:36.700 --> 00:45:36.760
 know

00:45:36.760 --> 00:45:36.960
 that

00:45:36.960 --> 00:45:37.400
 Christian

00:45:37.400 --> 00:45:37.639
 life

00:45:37.639 --> 00:45:37.820
 for

00:45:37.820 --> 00:45:38.019
 those

00:45:38.019 --> 00:45:38.220
 that

00:45:38.220 --> 00:45:38.300
 I

00:45:38.300 --> 00:45:39.519
 point

00:45:39.519 --> 00:45:39.700
 here

00:45:39.700 --> 00:45:39.900
 there's

00:45:39.900 --> 00:45:40.019
 a

00:45:40.019 --> 00:45:40.340
 camera

00:45:40.340 --> 00:45:40.539
 here

00:45:40.539 --> 00:45:40.700
 by

00:45:40.700 --> 00:45:40.780
 the

00:45:40.780 --> 00:45:40.860
 way

00:45:40.860 --> 00:45:41.099
 that's

00:45:41.099 --> 00:45:41.220
 why

00:45:41.220 --> 00:45:41.360
 I

00:45:41.360 --> 00:45:41.740
 sometimes

00:45:41.740 --> 00:45:41.940
 look

00:45:41.940 --> 00:45:42.099
 I'm

00:45:42.099 --> 00:45:42.240
 not

00:45:42.240 --> 00:45:42.519
 picking

00:45:42.519 --> 00:45:42.699
 on

00:45:42.699 --> 00:45:42.800
 the

00:45:42.800 --> 00:45:43.139
 Maureen

00:45:43.139 --> 00:45:43.599
 family

00:45:43.599 --> 00:45:46.900
 or

00:45:46.900 --> 00:45:47.300
 Claire

00:45:47.300 --> 00:45:47.500
 on

00:45:47.500 --> 00:45:47.639
 the

00:45:47.639 --> 00:45:48.000
 computer

00:45:48.000 --> 00:45:48.239
 there's

00:45:48.239 --> 00:45:48.400
 the

00:45:48.400 --> 00:45:48.759
 camera

00:45:48.759 --> 00:45:48.940
 there

00:45:48.940 --> 00:45:49.039
 I

00:45:49.039 --> 00:45:49.199
 want

00:45:49.199 --> 00:45:49.300
 to

00:45:49.300 --> 00:45:49.780
 acknowledge

00:45:49.780 --> 00:45:50.039
 the

00:45:50.039 --> 00:45:50.960
 congregation

00:45:50.960 --> 00:45:51.780
 that's

00:45:51.780 --> 00:45:52.039
 there

00:45:52.039 --> 00:45:52.719
 but also

00:45:52.719 --> 00:45:52.940
 to

00:45:52.940 --> 00:45:53.139
 you

00:45:53.139 --> 00:45:54.440
 you know

00:45:54.440 --> 00:45:54.679
 that

00:45:54.679 --> 00:45:55.400
 the

00:45:55.400 --> 00:45:55.739
 Christian

00:45:55.739 --> 00:45:55.980
 life

00:45:55.980 --> 00:45:56.199
 just

00:45:56.199 --> 00:45:56.519
 begins

00:45:56.519 --> 00:45:56.820
 when you

00:45:56.820 --> 00:45:57.099
 sort of

00:45:57.099 --> 00:45:57.400
 have an

00:45:57.400 --> 00:45:57.820
 internal

00:45:57.820 --> 00:45:58.360
 desire

00:45:58.360 --> 00:45:58.679
 that you

00:45:58.679 --> 00:45:59.019
 need to

00:45:59.019 --> 00:45:59.719
 actually be

00:45:59.719 --> 00:45:59.940
 with

00:45:59.940 --> 00:46:00.219
 Jesus

00:46:00.219 --> 00:46:00.719
 and accept

00:46:00.719 --> 00:46:01.000
 what he

00:46:01.000 --> 00:46:01.340
 offers

00:46:01.340 --> 00:46:02.280
 you might

00:46:02.280 --> 00:46:02.559
 not be

00:46:02.559 --> 00:46:02.820
 able to

00:46:02.820 --> 00:46:03.159
 put that

00:46:03.159 --> 00:46:03.340
 into

00:46:03.340 --> 00:46:03.559
 words

00:46:03.559 --> 00:46:03.840
 that's

00:46:03.840 --> 00:46:04.059
 fine

00:46:04.059 --> 00:46:04.239
 you don't

00:46:04.239 --> 00:46:04.440
 have to

00:46:04.440 --> 00:46:04.599
 put

00:46:04.599 --> 00:46:04.900
 yourself

00:46:04.900 --> 00:46:05.099
 into

00:46:05.099 --> 00:46:05.340
 words

00:46:05.340 --> 00:46:05.639
 all you

00:46:05.639 --> 00:46:05.780
 have

00:46:05.780 --> 00:46:05.840
 to

00:46:05.840 --> 00:46:05.940
 do

00:46:05.940 --> 00:46:06.039
 is

00:46:06.039 --> 00:46:06.199
 just

00:46:06.199 --> 00:46:06.400
 say

00:46:06.400 --> 00:46:06.579
 if

00:46:06.579 --> 00:46:06.940
 you've

00:46:06.940 --> 00:46:07.119
 never

00:46:07.119 --> 00:46:07.380
 become

00:46:07.380 --> 00:46:07.519
 a

00:46:07.519 --> 00:46:07.799
 Christian

00:46:07.799 --> 00:46:08.059
 say

00:46:08.059 --> 00:46:09.480
 Jesus

00:46:09.480 --> 00:46:09.880
 what

00:46:09.880 --> 00:46:10.019
 you

00:46:10.019 --> 00:46:10.199
 did

00:46:10.199 --> 00:46:10.360
 for

00:46:10.360 --> 00:46:10.539
 that

00:46:10.539 --> 00:46:10.940
 paralyzed

00:46:10.940 --> 00:46:11.319
 man

00:46:11.319 --> 00:46:11.519
 could

00:46:11.519 --> 00:46:11.599
 you

00:46:11.599 --> 00:46:11.719
 do

00:46:11.719 --> 00:46:11.880
 that

00:46:11.880 --> 00:46:12.059
 for

00:46:12.059 --> 00:46:12.299
 me

00:46:12.299 --> 00:46:15.039
 and

00:46:15.039 --> 00:46:15.179
 what

00:46:15.179 --> 00:46:15.319
 you

00:46:15.319 --> 00:46:15.779
 illustrated

00:46:15.779 --> 00:46:16.960
 with

00:46:16.960 --> 00:46:17.159
 those

00:46:17.159 --> 00:46:17.460
 bad

00:46:17.460 --> 00:46:17.799
 people

00:46:17.799 --> 00:46:18.099
 could

00:46:18.099 --> 00:46:18.559
 that

00:46:18.559 --> 00:46:18.739
 be

00:46:18.739 --> 00:46:18.940
 the

00:46:18.940 --> 00:46:19.199
 story

00:46:19.199 --> 00:46:19.340
 of

00:46:19.340 --> 00:46:19.519
 my

00:46:19.519 --> 00:46:19.860
 life

00:46:19.860 --> 00:46:20.739
 that's

00:46:20.739 --> 00:46:20.840
 all

00:46:20.840 --> 00:46:20.920
 you

00:46:20.920 --> 00:46:21.079
 have

00:46:21.079 --> 00:46:21.219
 to

00:46:21.219 --> 00:46:21.460
 say

00:46:21.460 --> 00:46:22.840
 you

00:46:22.840 --> 00:46:22.940
 don't

00:46:22.940 --> 00:46:23.039
 have

00:46:23.039 --> 00:46:23.079
 to

00:46:23.079 --> 00:46:23.199
 know

00:46:23.199 --> 00:46:23.299
 all

00:46:23.299 --> 00:46:23.440
 the

00:46:23.440 --> 00:46:23.940
 theology

00:46:23.940 --> 00:46:24.360
 just

00:46:24.360 --> 00:46:24.500
 have

00:46:24.500 --> 00:46:24.579
 to

00:46:24.579 --> 00:46:24.699
 say

00:46:24.699 --> 00:46:24.900
 that

00:46:24.900 --> 00:46:25.299
 that's

00:46:25.299 --> 00:46:25.679
 that's

00:46:25.679 --> 00:46:25.880
 where

00:46:25.880 --> 00:46:26.019
 I

00:46:26.019 --> 00:46:26.239
 need

00:46:26.239 --> 00:46:26.400
 to

00:46:26.400 --> 00:46:26.759
 belong

00:46:26.759 --> 00:46:28.619
 and

00:46:28.619 --> 00:46:28.719
 for

00:46:28.719 --> 00:46:28.900
 those

00:46:28.900 --> 00:46:29.039
 of

00:46:29.039 --> 00:46:29.179
 us

00:46:29.179 --> 00:46:29.279
 who

00:46:29.279 --> 00:46:29.400
 are

00:46:29.400 --> 00:46:29.779
 Christians

00:46:29.779 --> 00:46:29.980
 one

00:46:29.980 --> 00:46:30.059
 of

00:46:30.059 --> 00:47:00.039
 the

00:47:00.039 --> 00:47:00.139
 you

00:47:00.139 --> 00:47:00.340
 so

00:47:00.340 --> 00:47:00.639
 much

00:47:00.639 --> 00:47:00.940
 that

00:47:00.940 --> 00:47:01.259
 Jesus

00:47:01.259 --> 00:47:01.719
 loves

00:47:01.719 --> 00:47:02.079
 us

00:47:02.079 --> 00:47:02.420
 that

00:47:02.420 --> 00:47:02.679
 Jesus

00:47:02.679 --> 00:47:03.099
 loved

00:47:03.099 --> 00:47:03.400
 us

00:47:03.400 --> 00:47:03.579
 that

00:47:03.579 --> 00:47:03.679
 he

00:47:03.679 --> 00:47:03.880
 died

00:47:03.880 --> 00:47:04.000
 on

00:47:04.000 --> 00:47:04.119
 the

00:47:04.119 --> 00:47:04.500
 cross

00:47:04.500 --> 00:47:04.779
 thank

00:47:04.779 --> 00:47:04.920
 you

00:47:04.920 --> 00:47:05.139
 so

00:47:05.139 --> 00:47:05.380
 much

00:47:05.380 --> 00:47:05.559
 that

00:47:05.559 --> 00:47:05.699
 you

00:47:05.699 --> 00:47:05.900
 see

00:47:05.900 --> 00:47:06.139
 every

00:47:06.139 --> 00:47:06.400
 human

00:47:06.400 --> 00:47:06.659
 being

00:47:06.659 --> 00:47:06.840
 with

00:47:06.840 --> 00:47:07.239
 perfect

00:47:07.239 --> 00:47:07.559
 moral

00:47:07.559 --> 00:47:08.119
 clarity

00:47:08.119 --> 00:47:09.239
 because

00:47:09.239 --> 00:47:09.380
 you

00:47:09.380 --> 00:47:09.500
 are

00:47:09.500 --> 00:47:09.659
 the

00:47:09.659 --> 00:47:10.519
 author

00:47:10.519 --> 00:47:10.779
 of

00:47:10.779 --> 00:47:11.219
 morality

00:47:11.219 --> 00:47:11.500
 the

00:47:11.500 --> 00:47:11.820
 center

00:47:11.820 --> 00:47:11.980
 of

00:47:11.980 --> 00:47:12.079
 the

00:47:12.079 --> 00:47:12.279
 moral

00:47:12.279 --> 00:47:12.719
 universe

00:47:12.719 --> 00:47:12.920
 you

00:47:12.920 --> 00:47:13.059
 see

00:47:13.059 --> 00:47:13.259
 each

00:47:13.259 --> 00:47:13.460
 human

00:47:13.460 --> 00:47:13.679
 being

00:47:13.679 --> 00:47:13.860
 with

00:47:13.860 --> 00:47:14.420
 complete

00:47:14.420 --> 00:47:15.179
 utter

00:47:15.179 --> 00:47:16.099
 piercing

00:47:16.099 --> 00:47:17.059
 clarity

00:47:17.059 --> 00:47:18.539
 you

00:47:18.539 --> 00:47:18.659
 know

00:47:18.659 --> 00:47:18.920
 those

00:47:18.920 --> 00:47:19.460
 excuses

00:47:19.460 --> 00:47:20.279
 so

00:47:20.279 --> 00:47:20.440
 that

00:47:20.440 --> 00:47:20.579
 we

00:47:20.579 --> 00:47:20.920
 did

00:47:20.920 --> 00:47:21.199
 something

00:47:21.199 --> 00:47:21.340
 that

00:47:21.340 --> 00:47:21.519
 wasn't

00:47:21.519 --> 00:47:21.719
 really

00:47:21.719 --> 00:47:22.039
 wrong

00:47:22.039 --> 00:47:22.179
 that

00:47:22.179 --> 00:47:22.279
 there

00:47:22.279 --> 00:47:22.360
 were

00:47:22.360 --> 00:47:22.519
 good

00:47:22.519 --> 00:47:22.900
 excuses

00:47:22.900 --> 00:47:23.300
 you

00:47:23.300 --> 00:47:23.340
 you

00:47:23.340 --> 00:47:23.440
 know

00:47:23.440 --> 00:47:23.700
 those

00:47:23.700 --> 00:47:23.940
 things

00:47:23.940 --> 00:47:24.080
 that

00:47:24.080 --> 00:47:24.260
 had

00:47:24.260 --> 00:47:24.460
 no

00:47:24.460 --> 00:47:24.860
 excuse

00:47:24.860 --> 00:47:24.980
 that

00:47:24.980 --> 00:47:25.080
 we

00:47:25.080 --> 00:47:25.260
 just

00:47:25.260 --> 00:47:25.400
 did

00:47:25.400 --> 00:47:25.640
 something

00:47:25.640 --> 00:47:26.080
 wrong

00:47:26.080 --> 00:47:26.820
 we

00:47:26.820 --> 00:47:27.000
 give

00:47:27.000 --> 00:47:27.140
 you

00:47:27.140 --> 00:47:27.460
 thanks

00:47:27.460 --> 00:47:27.640
 and

00:47:27.640 --> 00:47:27.980
 praise

00:47:27.980 --> 00:47:28.160
 that

00:47:28.160 --> 00:47:28.580
 despite

00:47:28.580 --> 00:47:28.800
 your

00:47:28.800 --> 00:47:29.080
 moral

00:47:29.080 --> 00:47:29.340
 not

00:47:29.340 --> 00:47:29.780
 despite

00:47:29.780 --> 00:47:30.039
 that

00:47:30.039 --> 00:47:30.300
 father

00:47:30.300 --> 00:47:30.780
 when

00:47:30.780 --> 00:47:30.920
 you

00:47:30.920 --> 00:47:31.080
 were

00:47:31.080 --> 00:47:31.320
 full

00:47:31.320 --> 00:47:31.580
 with

00:47:31.580 --> 00:47:31.860
 moral

00:47:31.860 --> 00:47:32.360
 clarity

00:47:32.360 --> 00:47:33.220
 you

00:47:33.220 --> 00:47:33.519
 loved

00:47:33.519 --> 00:47:33.900
 us

00:47:33.900 --> 00:47:34.960
 and

00:47:34.960 --> 00:47:35.240
 Jesus

00:47:35.240 --> 00:47:35.599
 came

00:47:35.599 --> 00:47:35.920
 to die

00:47:35.920 --> 00:47:36.139
 upon

00:47:36.139 --> 00:47:36.320
 the

00:47:36.320 --> 00:47:36.680
 cross

00:47:36.680 --> 00:47:36.980
 for

00:47:36.980 --> 00:47:37.280
 us

00:47:37.280 --> 00:47:38.460
 to

00:47:38.460 --> 00:47:38.660
 take

00:47:38.660 --> 00:47:38.860
 that

00:47:38.860 --> 00:47:39.400
 punishment

00:47:39.400 --> 00:47:40.200
 that

00:47:40.200 --> 00:47:40.960
 making

00:47:40.960 --> 00:47:41.660
 rightness

00:47:41.660 --> 00:47:41.840
 that

00:47:41.840 --> 00:47:42.059
 had

00:47:42.059 --> 00:47:42.320
 to be

00:47:42.320 --> 00:47:42.539
 done

00:47:42.539 --> 00:47:42.680
 that

00:47:42.680 --> 00:47:42.800
 we

00:47:42.800 --> 00:47:43.039
 couldn't

00:47:43.039 --> 00:47:43.180
 do

00:47:43.180 --> 00:47:43.380
 for

00:47:43.380 --> 00:47:43.760
 ourselves

00:47:43.760 --> 00:47:43.980
 that

00:47:43.980 --> 00:47:44.139
 he

00:47:44.139 --> 00:47:44.420
 did

00:47:44.420 --> 00:47:44.559
 it

00:47:44.559 --> 00:47:44.840
 for

00:47:44.840 --> 00:47:45.079
 us

00:47:45.079 --> 00:47:45.180
 in

00:47:45.180 --> 00:47:45.340
 his

00:47:45.340 --> 00:47:45.660
 life

00:47:45.660 --> 00:47:46.559
 in

00:47:46.559 --> 00:47:46.680
 his

00:47:46.680 --> 00:47:46.880
 death

00:47:46.880 --> 00:47:47.099
 upon

00:47:47.099 --> 00:47:47.260
 the

00:47:47.260 --> 00:47:47.579
 cross

00:47:47.579 --> 00:47:48.200
 we

00:47:48.200 --> 00:47:48.480
 thank

00:47:48.480 --> 00:47:48.639
 you

00:47:48.639 --> 00:47:48.960
 father

00:47:48.960 --> 00:47:49.220
 for

00:47:49.220 --> 00:47:49.360
 the

00:47:49.360 --> 00:47:49.539
 many

00:47:49.539 --> 00:47:50.039
 evidences

00:47:50.039 --> 00:47:50.340
 for

00:47:50.340 --> 00:47:50.500
 his

00:47:50.500 --> 00:47:51.059
 resurrection

00:47:51.059 --> 00:47:51.440
 and

00:47:51.440 --> 00:47:52.139
 not

00:47:52.139 --> 00:47:52.340
 only

00:47:52.340 --> 00:47:52.500
 in

00:47:52.500 --> 00:47:52.800
 history

00:47:52.800 --> 00:47:53.000
 but

00:47:53.000 --> 00:47:53.240
 also

00:47:53.240 --> 00:47:53.360
 in

00:47:53.360 --> 00:47:53.500
 our

00:47:53.500 --> 00:47:53.880
 lives

00:47:53.880 --> 00:47:54.019
 and

00:47:54.019 --> 00:47:54.160
 we

00:47:54.160 --> 00:47:54.440
 thank

00:47:54.440 --> 00:47:54.559
 you

00:47:54.559 --> 00:47:54.680
 for

00:47:54.680 --> 00:47:54.800
 what

00:47:54.800 --> 00:47:54.880
 he

00:47:54.880 --> 00:47:55.039
 did

00:47:55.039 --> 00:47:55.200
 for

00:47:55.200 --> 00:47:55.340
 us

00:47:55.340 --> 00:47:55.460
 on

00:47:55.460 --> 00:47:55.579
 the

00:47:55.579 --> 00:47:55.900
 cross

00:47:55.900 --> 00:47:56.200
 father

00:47:56.200 --> 00:47:56.400
 we

00:47:56.400 --> 00:47:57.019
 thank

00:47:57.019 --> 00:47:57.160
 you

00:47:57.160 --> 00:47:57.280
 that

00:47:57.280 --> 00:47:57.380
 he

00:47:57.380 --> 00:47:57.500
 is

00:47:57.500 --> 00:47:57.680
 our

00:47:57.680 --> 00:47:58.100
 savior

00:47:58.100 --> 00:47:58.360
 we

00:47:58.360 --> 00:47:58.640
 ask

00:47:58.640 --> 00:47:59.000
 father

00:47:59.000 --> 00:47:59.260
 that

00:47:59.260 --> 00:47:59.920
 what

00:47:59.920 --> 00:48:00.120
 he

00:48:00.120 --> 00:48:00.480
 did

00:48:00.480 --> 00:48:00.680
 for

00:48:00.680 --> 00:48:00.860
 us

00:48:00.860 --> 00:48:00.980
 on

00:48:00.980 --> 00:48:01.120
 the

00:48:01.120 --> 00:48:01.460
 cross

00:48:01.460 --> 00:48:01.620
 that

00:48:01.620 --> 00:48:01.780
 that

00:48:01.780 --> 00:48:01.940
 might

00:48:01.940 --> 00:48:02.100
 be

00:48:02.100 --> 00:48:02.240
 the

00:48:02.240 --> 00:48:02.579
 ground

00:48:02.579 --> 00:48:02.860
 upon

00:48:02.860 --> 00:48:03.120
 which

00:48:03.120 --> 00:48:03.300
 we

00:48:03.300 --> 00:48:03.720
 stand

00:48:03.720 --> 00:48:03.880
 it

00:48:03.880 --> 00:48:04.019
 might

00:48:04.019 --> 00:48:04.180
 be

00:48:04.180 --> 00:48:04.420
 that

00:48:04.420 --> 00:48:04.620
 which

00:48:04.620 --> 00:48:05.059
 covers

00:48:05.059 --> 00:48:05.320
 us

00:48:05.320 --> 00:48:05.440
 it

00:48:05.440 --> 00:48:05.600
 might

00:48:05.600 --> 00:48:05.740
 be

00:48:05.740 --> 00:48:05.900
 the

00:48:05.900 --> 00:48:06.160
 lens

00:48:06.160 --> 00:48:06.360
 by

00:48:06.360 --> 00:48:06.579
 which

00:48:06.579 --> 00:48:06.740
 we

00:48:06.740 --> 00:48:06.960
 see

00:48:06.960 --> 00:48:07.160
 the

00:48:07.160 --> 00:48:07.480
 world

00:48:07.480 --> 00:48:07.880
 around

00:48:07.880 --> 00:48:08.100
 us

00:48:08.100 --> 00:48:08.280
 the

00:48:08.280 --> 00:48:08.579
 lens

00:48:08.579 --> 00:48:08.780
 by

00:48:08.780 --> 00:48:09.000
 which

00:48:09.000 --> 00:48:09.140
 we

00:48:09.140 --> 00:48:09.340
 see

00:48:09.340 --> 00:48:09.920
 ourselves

00:48:09.920 --> 00:48:10.660
 the

00:48:10.660 --> 00:48:10.980
 lens

00:48:10.980 --> 00:48:11.180
 by

00:48:11.180 --> 00:48:11.400
 which

00:48:11.400 --> 00:48:11.559
 we

00:48:11.559 --> 00:48:11.760
 see

00:48:11.760 --> 00:48:12.140
 money

00:48:12.140 --> 00:48:12.460
 and

00:48:12.460 --> 00:48:13.320
 relationships

00:48:13.320 --> 00:48:14.120
 in our

00:48:14.120 --> 00:48:14.620
 culture

00:48:14.620 --> 00:48:14.840
 and

00:48:14.840 --> 00:48:15.340
 politics

00:48:15.340 --> 00:48:15.760
 and

00:48:15.760 --> 00:48:16.640
 jobs

00:48:16.640 --> 00:48:16.880
 and

00:48:16.880 --> 00:48:17.260
 careers

00:48:17.260 --> 00:48:17.579
 and

00:48:17.579 --> 00:48:18.059
 sex

00:48:18.059 --> 00:48:18.260
 and

00:48:18.260 --> 00:48:18.660
 everything

00:48:18.660 --> 00:48:18.980
 else

00:48:18.980 --> 00:48:19.100
 that

00:48:19.100 --> 00:48:19.220
 it

00:48:19.220 --> 00:48:19.360
 might

00:48:19.360 --> 00:48:19.539
 be

00:48:19.539 --> 00:48:19.860
 father

00:48:19.860 --> 00:48:20.079
 the

00:48:20.079 --> 00:48:20.720
 way

00:48:20.720 --> 00:48:20.880
 that

00:48:20.880 --> 00:48:21.000
 we

00:48:21.000 --> 00:48:21.539
 understand

00:48:21.539 --> 00:48:21.740
 the

00:48:21.740 --> 00:48:22.000
 world

00:48:22.000 --> 00:48:22.160
 and

00:48:22.160 --> 00:48:22.260
 the

00:48:22.260 --> 00:48:22.400
 way

00:48:22.400 --> 00:48:22.539
 that

00:48:22.539 --> 00:48:22.640
 we

00:48:22.640 --> 00:48:22.880
 live

00:48:22.880 --> 00:48:23.039
 that

00:48:23.039 --> 00:48:23.059
 that

00:48:23.059 --> 00:48:23.420
 might

00:48:23.420 --> 00:48:23.600
 be

00:48:23.600 --> 00:48:23.860
 that

00:48:23.860 --> 00:48:24.100
 which

00:48:24.100 --> 00:48:24.480
 forms

00:48:24.480 --> 00:48:24.680
 us

00:48:24.680 --> 00:48:24.940
 father

00:48:24.940 --> 00:48:25.220
 that

00:48:25.220 --> 00:48:25.380
 it

00:48:25.380 --> 00:48:25.519
 might

00:48:25.519 --> 00:48:25.680
 be

00:48:25.680 --> 00:48:26.280
 Jesus

00:48:26.280 --> 00:48:27.420
 and his

00:48:27.420 --> 00:48:27.660
 death

00:48:27.660 --> 00:48:27.920
 upon

00:48:27.920 --> 00:48:28.100
 the

00:48:28.100 --> 00:48:28.440
 cross

00:48:28.440 --> 00:48:30.559
 we

00:48:30.559 --> 00:48:30.820
 ask

00:48:30.820 --> 00:48:30.940
 that

00:48:30.940 --> 00:48:31.059
 your

00:48:31.059 --> 00:48:31.240
 Holy

00:48:31.240 --> 00:48:31.480
 Spirit

00:48:31.480 --> 00:48:31.640
 would

00:48:31.640 --> 00:48:31.740
 do

00:48:31.740 --> 00:48:31.940
 that

00:48:31.940 --> 00:48:32.180
 work

00:48:32.180 --> 00:48:32.300
 in

00:48:32.300 --> 00:48:32.420
 our

00:48:32.420 --> 00:48:32.760
 lives

00:48:32.760 --> 00:48:33.019
 more

00:48:33.019 --> 00:48:33.120
 and

00:48:33.120 --> 00:48:33.220
 more

00:48:33.220 --> 00:48:33.400
 we

00:48:33.400 --> 00:48:33.720
 thank

00:48:33.720 --> 00:48:33.840
 you

00:48:33.840 --> 00:48:33.960
 that

00:48:33.960 --> 00:48:34.059
 we

00:48:34.059 --> 00:48:34.240
 can

00:48:34.240 --> 00:48:34.600
 gather

00:48:34.600 --> 00:48:34.820
 to

00:48:34.820 --> 00:48:35.480
 recommit

00:48:35.480 --> 00:48:35.760
 to

00:48:35.760 --> 00:48:36.240
 reconnect

00:48:36.240 --> 00:48:36.620
 to

00:48:36.620 --> 00:48:37.120
 renew

00:48:37.120 --> 00:48:37.980
 father

00:48:37.980 --> 00:48:38.220
 the

00:48:38.220 --> 00:48:38.520
 covenant

00:48:38.520 --> 00:48:38.980
 knowing

00:48:38.980 --> 00:48:39.240
 not

00:48:39.240 --> 00:48:39.360
 that

00:48:39.360 --> 00:48:39.440
 we

00:48:39.440 --> 00:48:39.580
 have

00:48:39.580 --> 00:48:39.700
 to

00:48:39.700 --> 00:48:39.860
 give

00:48:39.860 --> 00:48:39.980
 our

00:48:39.980 --> 00:48:40.220
 lives

00:48:40.220 --> 00:48:40.380
 to

00:48:40.380 --> 00:48:40.700
 Jesus

00:48:40.700 --> 00:48:41.260
 again

00:48:41.260 --> 00:48:42.320
 that

00:48:42.320 --> 00:48:42.480
 when

00:48:42.480 --> 00:48:42.620
 he

00:48:42.620 --> 00:48:42.900
 took

00:48:42.900 --> 00:48:43.080
 us

00:48:43.080 --> 00:48:43.180
 he

00:48:43.180 --> 00:48:43.560
 took

00:48:43.560 --> 00:48:43.880
 us

00:48:43.880 --> 00:48:44.340
 but

00:48:44.340 --> 00:48:44.460
 that

00:48:44.460 --> 00:48:44.600
 we

00:48:44.600 --> 00:48:44.800
 can

00:48:44.800 --> 00:48:45.440
 recommit

00:48:45.440 --> 00:48:45.640
 that

00:48:45.640 --> 00:48:45.800
 we

00:48:45.800 --> 00:48:46.000
 can

00:48:46.000 --> 00:48:46.460
 reconnect

00:48:46.460 --> 00:48:46.660
 we

00:48:46.660 --> 00:48:46.840
 can

00:48:46.840 --> 00:48:47.140
 renew

00:48:47.140 --> 00:48:47.400
 that

00:48:47.400 --> 00:48:47.720
 covenant

00:48:47.720 --> 00:48:47.900
 and

00:48:47.900 --> 00:48:48.020
 say

00:48:48.020 --> 00:48:48.260
 Lord

00:48:48.260 --> 00:48:48.800
 help

00:48:48.800 --> 00:48:48.920
 me

00:48:48.920 --> 00:48:49.040
 to

00:48:49.040 --> 00:48:49.200
 live

00:48:49.200 --> 00:48:49.380
 for

00:48:49.380 --> 00:48:49.660
 you

00:48:49.660 --> 00:48:50.680
 this

00:48:50.680 --> 00:48:50.960
 week

00:48:50.960 --> 00:48:52.160
 we

00:48:52.160 --> 00:48:52.380
 ask

00:48:52.380 --> 00:48:52.540
 all

00:48:52.540 --> 00:48:52.740
 these

00:48:52.740 --> 00:48:52.960
 things

00:48:52.960 --> 00:48:53.080
 in

00:48:53.080 --> 00:48:53.200
 the

00:48:53.200 --> 00:48:53.360
 name

00:48:53.360 --> 00:48:53.520
 of

00:48:53.520 --> 00:48:53.800
 Jesus

00:48:53.800 --> 00:48:54.080
 your

00:48:54.080 --> 00:48:54.420
 son

00:48:54.420 --> 00:48:54.560
 and

00:48:54.560 --> 00:48:54.760
 our

00:48:54.760 --> 00:48:55.120
 savior

00:48:55.120 --> 00:48:56.220
 amen